Chapter Summaries

Bai Fu tracked the suspected killer N2 to Beri, captured him, and learned that the Glorious Force had ordered the assassination of the Taim Civilization’s Head of State. While returning with N2, she encountered ten Calamity-level pursuers and prepared to fight them, unaware that someone was watching Xiphris.

• Fei Ye left for her Star Pact duties and asked An Ya to keep Sesia away from Bai Fu, while An Ya secretly planned to use the opportunity to grow closer to Boss.
• Bai Fu reached Beri with An Ya, Xiphris, Sesia, and Yulia, found N2 with help from Love Trains, and sealed his courtyard.
• N2 offered to reveal the truth in exchange for escape from the Dark Domain, disclosed that the Glorious Force had ordered the assassination, and triggered the Taim Civilization’s main quest for Bai Fu.
• Bai Fu took N2 and the players from Beri back toward the Edge World, but the Glorious Force sent ten Calamity-level fighters to intercept them.
• Bai Fu, Sesia, and N2 disembarked to confront the attackers, while the players began streaming and a hidden figure watched Xiphris.

Bai Fu fought the Glorious Force’s Calamity-level beings in the Dark Domain and gained the upper hand, while the Dark Domain Insectoid Empress’s ambush on Xiphris failed. After a Sovereign killed N2 during the battle, An Ya revealed that the Needle of Sin and Punishment could still recover his memories, giving Bai Fu a way to uncover the Taim Civilization mission’s mastermind.

• News of Bai Fu fighting ten Calamity-level beings alarmed people across the Edge World, while Digging Princess reassured Fei Ye and Andras that Bai Fu was holding her own.
• Bai Fu used True Sanction and Dark Burn to nearly kill a Glorious Force Martial Artist, then overwhelmed the remaining Calamity-level beings with debuffs and sustained attacks.
• The Dark Domain Insectoid Empress’s clone ambushed Xiphris aboard the Night of Tranquility, but An Ya killed it with the Needle of Sin and Punishment.
• A Sovereign struck N2 through the Glorious Force’s communicator, and the Glorious Force’s fighters killed N2 before fleeing as Bai Fu pursued them.
• An Ya told Bai Fu that the Needle of Sin and Punishment could read N2’s lingering mental fragments, and Bai Fu realized she could still uncover the mastermind.

Bai Fu learned from N2’s memories that the Taim Civilization’s Head of State secretly controlled the Glorious Force, and she began plotting how to use that knowledge to advance her own power. As the Night of Tranquility headed toward the Taim Civilization, the Head of State publicly prepared to thank Bai Fu while secretly ordering witnesses and associates eliminated.

• Bai Fu and An Ya used the Needle of Sin and Punishment to recover fragments of N2’s spirit and view his memories, which revealed that the Head of State had trained him and arranged the assassination attempt.
• Bai Fu connected the Head of State to past attacks and political schemes, then considered taking down the Glorious Force herself and possibly replacing him.
• Bai Fu warned An Ya and the others to keep the revelation secret, placed N2’s body in a cryogenic pod for Nilis, and gained 190 million experience, 0.5% Edge World exploration progress, and the passive skill Dark Desperation.
• After Bai Fu’s victory became public, Hampton collapsed, and Andras moved to take charge of the Origin Consortium and increase its investment in Bai Fu.
• Nilis’s allies reconsidered their hostility toward Bai Fu, while the Head of State welcomed news that N2’s connection to the Glorious Force had been exposed.
• The Head of State ordered his aides to contact Bai Fu and secretly kill N2’s associates and civilians who had seen him.

Bai Fu met the Them civilization’s Head of State, discovered that he was a powerful Sovereign with Strong Luck, and publicly offered to help fight the Glorious Force. After recruiting players for covert missions and returning to Ulysses Star, she obtained two A-rank Espers and completed the Ability Evolution Tree quest, raising her Ability Garden link level.

• Bai Fu investigated news of the Glorious Force’s attacks and agreed to meet the Them civilization’s Head of State alongside Nilis.
• Bai Fu met the Head of State on Them Star and used Spiritual Vision to discover his Sovereign strength and Strong Luck talent.
• Bai Fu publicly offered to help the Them civilization fight the Glorious Force, while the Head of State privately planned to exploit her offer.
• Bai Fu recruited respected unaffiliated players for covert missions, then returned to Ulysses Star and asked Nilis to find two A-rank Espers.
• After Nilis sent the two Espers to Ulysses Star, Bai Fu completed the hidden Ability Evolution Tree quest and gained 10 Ability Garden link levels.

After gaining the Apocalypse psychic attribute, Bai Fu expanded the Darkmoon Tide and spent six months strengthening her faction and preparing for the Taim Civilization’s coming conflict. When Rania survived an assassination attempt and civil war became imminent, Bai Fu mustered her forces to intervene.

• Bai Fu gained the Apocalypse psychic attribute, which let her strengthen followers, inflict Fragile on enemies, and lend them part of her attributes.
• Bai Fu received the Ability Evolution Tree (II) mission and planned to raise its score by helping players cultivate abilities through dungeon shops.
• Bai Fu united factions in the Initial Gate Star Cluster, expanded the Darkmoon Tide’s fleet and bases, and established several new companies.
• Over the next six months, Bai Fu and her allies grew stronger, while her Prayer Card collection let her command two standard Spiritual Energy Legions.
• Yin Zhu told Bai Fu that Rania had survived an attack and the Taim Civilization’s factions were on the verge of civil war, and gave her the Zenith Authority blueprint.
• After receiving further calls from Nilis and the Head of State, Bai Fu ordered the Darkmoon Tide to move out and sweep across the Taim Civilization.

Bai Fu joined Nilis and the Head of State’s faction as the Taim Civilization neared civil war, then led the defense of Lockheed Observation Station against a fleet sent by General Lister. She effortlessly overwhelmed the attackers and prepared to tear apart their fortress ship.

• The Head of State met Bai Fu at Nilis’s banquet and revealed that he had abandoned neutrality after Rania’s assassination.
• Nilis assigned Bai Fu to defend Lockheed Observation Station and its nearby wormhole, while Gang Mu and Malun joined her.
• General Lister’s fleet attacked Lockheed, and Commander Fleming recognized Bai Fu and ordered his forces to press the assault.
• Bai Fu summoned Hei Fu and Legion creatures, then destroyed an enemy ship from the inside out.
• Bai Fu raised the Zenith Authority and faced the fortress ship, determined to tear it apart.

Bai Fu fought Fei Laiming’s fleet while Lockheed came under attack, then gave Digging Princess a temporary share of her attributes and Prayer Cards to defend the station. Digging Princess overwhelmed the invaders, and Fei Laiming learned that his forces had lost control of the situation.

• Fei Laiming rallied his troops by arguing that Bai Fu could not defeat them before their rear forces captured Lockheed, while Malun and Gang Mu watched in disbelief.
• Bai Fu and Hei Fu battled the fleet, and Bai Fu put pressure on Fei Laiming’s fortress ship as its shields endured her attacks.
• Bai Fu learned that enemy troops were trying to seize Lockheed and its wormhole, then contacted Digging Princess instead of leaving the battlefield herself.
• Bai Fu temporarily granted Digging Princess 20% of her base attributes and told her to retrieve S-Rank and S+ Rank Prayer Cards to save Lockheed.
• Digging Princess used the Prayer Cards and a Blessing of the Heart to defeat the attackers, while Undying players rebelled and seized control of a ship.
• Fei Laiming learned that Lockheed’s battle had turned around and stared at Bai Fu in terror.

Bai Fu destroyed Flemming’s fleet, earned a major mission reward, and helped Nilis’s faction turn the Taim civilization’s political crisis into open war against Listor. As the factions questioned why players kept defecting to Bai Fu, Yuan Yi invited her to a peace summit, though his real purpose remained unclear.

• Bai Fu overwhelmed Flemming with her abilities, killed him, and helped Hei Fu, Sesia, Gang Mu, and Malun capture the remaining fleet.
• Nilis rewarded Bai Fu and her team, while Bai Fu considered how the defecting players could help her recruit more Undying and gather intelligence.
• Listor’s fleet defeat sparked a public war of accusations among the Taim factions, and the Head of State declared a state of war.
• After days of verbal conflict, Nilis and Gustav joined forces against Listor, while Bai Fu guarded routes and earned experience with the players.
• Rania spoke with Yuan Yi, who praised Bai Fu’s potential and announced plans for a peace conference.
• Bai Fu received an invitation from Yuan Yi to attend a peace summit.

Bai Fu attended Yuan Yi’s peace summit on Arcane Star, where she received advanced Overlord-level psionic knowledge from the Arcane Library. Yuan Yi revealed that he valued her because she might be a Seeker of Dao, while he used the summit to identify factions allied with the Ten Saints Association.

• Bai Fu accepted Yuan Yi’s invitation after consulting Yin Zhu and arranged to travel with the Lord of Oaths and Nilis’s trusted aide.
• Bai Fu arrived on Arcane Star and encountered Calvin, who taunted her before she challenged him to prove himself on the battlefield.
• The Arcane Library gave Bai Fu advanced Overlord-level psionic knowledge, which she accepted and began reading in her room.
• Yuan Yi told Rania that Bai Fu might be a Seeker of Dao and explained that the summit would help him discover who had allied with the Ten Saints Association.

Bai Fu mastered Sovereign-grade advancement knowledge, created and named Shadow Fu, and attended the failed peace summit, where Yuan Yi uncovered suspicious figures. On the way back to Lockheed, Bai Fu and Shadow Fu detected an unknown signal approaching their ship.

• Bai Fu learned [Apostle's Path] and gained new Sovereign-grade skills and the [Transcendence] talent.
• Bai Fu created Shadow Fu with a Prayer Card, bestowed a True Name on her, and gave her Body Cultivation advancement knowledge to study.
• The Lord of Oaths challenged Yuan Yi to a spar and surprised him with her improved combat technique, though he still won.
• Bai Fu attended the peace summit, which ended without agreement, while Yuan Yi concluded that Rufus, Lister, and Gustav's aide seemed suspicious.
• Bai Fu and Shadow Fu headed back to Lockheed, but Shadow Fu detected an unknown signal approaching their spaceship.

Bai Fu turned the ambush by ten Calamity-grade fighters into a battle to test her strength and rapidly crippled their fake Calvin. By the time Gang Mu and the others arrived, Bai Fu was chasing all ten attackers, and Nilis learned that she needed no rescue.

• Bai Fu received the hidden objective of [Secret Meeting], which required her to survive an ambush, and chose to fight instead of flee.
• Three ships rammed Bai Fu’s vessel, but she survived the explosions and identified the attackers as impostors rather than Lister’s people.
• Bai Fu recognized Frank by his [Ghost Hand] skill and pretended to mistake the leader for Calvin while Shadow Fu deployed two [Legions].
• Bai Fu used a powerful true-damage attack to cripple the fake Calvin, then fought Frank and the other attackers while Shadow Fu’s legions restrained their allies.
• Sesia, Yulia, Gang Mu, and Malun set out to rescue Bai Fu, but Gang Mu arrived to find her chasing all ten attackers; Nilis and others later heard of the outcome.

After Bai Fu defeated the Ten Saints Association’s attackers, she unlocked a hidden main quest and tracked the survivors toward their organization. As Frank was appointed acting commander and invited to a secret meeting, Bai Fu also learned of a planned attack on the Head of State and prepared to level up for the dangers ahead.

• Yuan Yi recognized Shadow Fu as evidence that Bai Fu was a Seeker of Dao and decided to curry favor with her while she had lost her memories.
• Bai Fu let Frank and the other attackers escape, secretly tracking their ship with an upgraded Darkmoon Eye, and earned 205 million EXP plus the passive skill [Outnumbered but Unafraid].
• Bai Fu triggered the hidden main quest [Returning Exiles], then learned from the captured attackers that the Exiles were the Ten Saints Association and that only Fire Rat knew their foothold.
• The Lord of Oaths sent Bai Fu a Virtual Heart, while Nilis and the Head of State renewed their public attacks on Lister.
• Frank landed on Povalia and was appointed acting commander, with an invitation to attend the Ten Saints Association’s [Secret Meeting], giving Bai Fu a chance to locate its base.
• Nilis and the Head of State told Bai Fu that Lister and the Glorious Force planned a decapitation operation against the Head of State, so Bai Fu prepared to spend her saved EXP leveling up.

Bai Fu reached the level cap for [Apostle Walker] and received an Awakening Mission requiring Ruler-level knowledge, 5,000 Basic Inspiration, and a major achievement. After uncovering the Head of State’s plan to send her into a trap at CC307, she redirected a Glorious Force vessel toward Povalia to turn the scheme against him.

• Bai Fu raised [Apostle Walker] to Lv40, saw her attributes surge, and received three objectives for her second awakening from Calamity to Ruler.
• Bai Fu used Virtual Heart to contact Lister and learned that he had never allied with the Glorious Force, then warned Sesia and Yulia about the coming operation.
• The Head of State sent Bai Fu to CC307, where Lister discovered Gustav had secretly built a God's Judgment Light capable of a Ruler-level strike.
• Bai Fu realized the Head of State intended to use her death to provoke a conflict between Gustav and Nilis, so she chose to retaliate by drawing the Ten Saints Association toward Povalia.
• Near CC307, Bai Fu pursued a Glorious Force vessel instead of attacking the planet and used Virtual Heart to steer it toward Povalia, while the Head of State and the Glorious Force commander were left confused.

Bai Fu claimed the Evolution Key after uncovering the Ten Saints Association’s hideout, then let the Head of State’s forces attack it while she sought a powerful trading partner. She contacted Julian of the Rebirth Empire’s Security Bureau with the intelligence, and he eagerly agreed to negotiate.

• Antoine tried to sabotage the ship, but Bai Fu’s rescue robots killed him and stood ready to serve her.
• Bai Fu used the Darkmoon Eye to confirm the Ten Saints Association’s hideout, completed [Returning Exiles] Branch 2, and received the Evolution Key.
• The Head of State’s forces attacked the factory on Povalia, prompting Frank to alert the Saint, who ordered the Association to abandon the site.
• The Head of State ordered his forces to kill the resisting members, while Bai Fu left the players to handle the attack.
• Yin Zhu advised Bai Fu to trade her intelligence with the Rebirth Empire and gave her a Security Bureau contact.
• Bai Fu contacted Julian with the location of the Ten Saints Association, and he eagerly opened negotiations.

Bai Fu traded intelligence on the Ten Saints Association to the Rebirth Empire, setting off a chain of attacks that devastated the Association and the Head of State’s forces. After receiving the Empire’s knowledge packages and a promised enhanced genome, she prepared to target the Glorious Force and pursue Dominator status.

• Bai Fu gave the Rebirth Empire the Ten Saints Association’s hideout in exchange for two advanced knowledge packages and the King of the Earth's enhanced gene set, while the Head of State was mistakenly praised for discovering the Association’s outpost.
• The Ten Saints Association retaliated against the Head of State, killing three of his four Disaster-level operatives and destroying most of his special operations bases.
• The Rebirth Empire attacked the Association’s stronghold with two Transcendents and several elite forces, inflicting heavy losses and killing an Overlord, but the Saint escaped.
• Other major factions suspected the Head of State of secretly working with the Rebirth Empire, disrupting the course of the Them civilization’s conflict.
• Bai Fu received 390 million experience for the completed quest, learned that the next mission required a new hideout or 400 Favorability with the Rebirth Empire, and planned to defeat the Glorious Force to advance toward becoming a Dominator.

After using the Rebirth Empire’s enhanced genome and mastering new knowledge, Bai Fu grew far stronger and planned to expand the Silent Court into neighboring galaxy groups. As she prepared to leave Taim Civilization, rumors exposed the Head of State’s possible ties to Rebirth Empire, and the chapter ended as the 2.1 update began.

• Julian delivered King of the Earth's enhanced genome to Bai Fu, who evolved into an Earth Prophet and gained new traits and attributes.
• Bai Fu mastered two sets of advanced knowledge, upgraded her psychic abilities, and tested her increased toughness against Sesia, prompting Sesia to seek new ways to grow stronger.
• Bai Fu planned to expand the Silent Court and proposed a mutual aid organization that would provide military protection to neighboring galaxy groups in exchange for commission access.
• Bai Fu told Nilis and the Head of State that she would return to the Sea Lion Galaxy, while rumors spread that the Head of State had secretly pledged allegiance to Rebirth Empire.
• Nilis warned Bai Fu about the rumor, and she returned to the Sea Lion Galaxy to contact nearby factions and pursue her expansion plans.
• The 2.1 version maintenance update began half a month later.

Bai Fu gained new enhancements and a main quest seed, then used her guidance skills to expand the Silent Court and build influence across nearby clusters. As version 2.1 began, she focused on the escalating Taim Civilization conflict and the Glorious Force, whose Head of State hired her to fight them, likely intending to sacrifice her.

• Bai Fu received the title Spirit Leader, new talents and Void Shelter, and a main quest seed that let her create a player quest.
• Bai Fu guided Yulia and a StarNet superhuman, attracting visitors and recruiting new members, including Dietrich, while exposing a Glorious Force spy.
• Bai Fu negotiated guidance agreements with nearby civilizations, assigned her faction members to new regions, and sent returning players to develop the surrounding clusters.
• Bai Fu watched the Taim Civilization's civil war intensify as the Free Star Alliance intervened and the Glorious Force massacred a former Head of State and peace rally attendees.
• The Head of State hired Bai Fu to deal with the Glorious Force, and Bai Fu suspected he planned to sacrifice her while using the conflict to gain public support.

Bai Fu empowered Little Hei Fu to manage the Silent Court’s logistics, then led a million A-rank players into the Taim Civilization to fight the Glorious Force. At Tie Liu Mining Star, she prepared to breach the enemy’s defenses while secretly planning to disrupt the Head of State’s scheme and delay the campaign.

• Bai Fu used Bestow True Name on Little Hei Fu, made her an Auxiliary Spiritual Energy Priest, and put her in charge of the logistics legion.
• Bai Fu obtained concealment equipment from Yin Zhu and aircraft and radar systems from Andras before accepting the Head of State’s commission to attack the Glorious Force.
• Bai Fu rallied and organized a million A-rank players, then led the Silent Court fleet to the Taim Civilization after news of the expedition spread.
• Bai Fu met Gang Mu, Malun, and the Head of State’s hired mercenaries, then learned their first target was a secret Glorious Force base revealed by an informant.
• Bai Fu and Gang Mu reached Tie Liu Mining Star, where the Glorious Force controlled a formidable defensive line, and Bai Fu offered to breach its space city wall while the others drew enemy attention.

Bai Fu led the assault on Tie Liu Mining Star, shattered the Glorious Force’s defenses, and won a crushing victory that made her Taym Civilization’s most popular idol. She secretly learned the Glorious Force headquarters’ location, while the Head of State planned how to leak it and preserve his scheme.

• Bai Fu led her companions toward the Glorious Force’s defensive line, survived its barrage, and crushed a giant mech with her force field as Shadow Fu’s team seized the fortress.
• Bai Fu opened the way for the players and allied forces to storm Tie Liu Mining Star, where the Glorious Force’s defenses collapsed and its arranged surrendering traitor died by a stray shot.
• Hei Fu killed Raoul before he could stage a surrender, and An Ya extracted the Glorious Force headquarters’ location from his memories.
• Bai Fu concealed Raoul’s death, completed the five-hour campaign in victory, and received experience points and Locator Cards for the investigation mission.
• News of Bai Fu’s battlefield strength spread, raising her reputation above a thousand and attracting support, media attention, and investment offers.
• The Head of State publicly comforted Bai Fu while privately fuming, then ordered his commander to find a plausible way to leak the Glorious Force headquarters’ location.

Bai Fu countered the Head of State’s attempts to lure her into a trap while publicly pledging to fund the hunt for the Glorious Force herself. The Head of State then threatened to kill captured relief federation leaders to force her into a fight, and Bai Fu prepared to reveal the Glorious Force’s headquarters.

• Bai Fu learned that Whitney’s investment was tied to a future contest involving the Spiritual Energy Priests and the Ten Saints Association, and that a quest would unlock at Overlord rank.
• The Head of State tried four times to use false leads to expose the Glorious Force’s headquarters, but Bai Fu turned each scheme against him.
• Bai Fu publicly apologized for failing to find the Glorious Force and promised to fund the Darkmoon Tide herself, while Yin Zhu warned her that the pledge could harm the organization.
• Andras, Yuan Yi, and Whitney discussed Bai Fu’s actions, while the Head of State concluded that a spy might be leaking information and chose to attack her directly.
• The Glorious Force seized senior members of the Them Disaster Relief Federation and challenged Bai Fu to a fight to the death; with Basic Inspiration at 4,985, Bai Fu locked onto the force’s headquarters.