Chapter Summaries

Li Mu created the Soul Source Realm, a Spark Instance designed to house the human souls from the EVA world, and awakened billions of them within it. Asuka was the first to wake, but she felt alienated from the new paradise because she had lost EVA and her sense of purpose.

• Li Mu discovered that offline Mirror World let him test attacks on Golden Crow City without affecting reality, and he used it to identify weaknesses in the city's defenses.
• Li Mu learned that a mysterious entity had bought up all the Phoenix Divine Metal on the Spark Network, while the virtual world server he ordered arrived.
• Li Mu transformed the server into the orange-quality Soul Source Realm and spent hours setting its world rules.
• Li Mu released the Angel Gundam Spark, which transferred the sealed human souls into Soul Source Realm and awakened them.
• Asuka woke to a peaceful world with a wristband promising housing, health, and abundant resources, but she felt alienated and purposeless without EVA.

Asuka entered the Soul Source Realm’s deeper world, where she discovered the Spark Store and began hunting monsters. Li Mu watched her progress and planned to make her a future pilot of the Freedom Gundam, then turned his attention to finding Phoenix Divine Metal in the Spark World’s underground magma layer.

• Asuka accepted the offer to enter the deeper world and prepared weapons and supplies before leaving her home.
• Asuka killed a scarlet-eyed wild cat, collected Spark Energy, and discovered that the Spark Store sold EVAs and powerful machines.
• Li Mu watched Asuka invisibly and decided to let her grow before contacting her, intending to give her the Freedom Gundam eventually.
• Li Mu explained how he had linked the Soul Source Realm’s deeper world to the Mirror World and considered moving Blue Star’s population into the realm to increase HuoZhong Source Power.
• Li Mu recalled that Phoenix Divine Metal could only be mined in the Spark World’s underground magma layer and decided to search for it despite the danger and its inflated price.

Li Mu traveled to Demon Dragon Free City to seek Phoenix Divine Metal and acquired prospecting knowledge from Raymond, whose hidden data revealed a hyperspace metal deposit guarded by a Mist Nest. After using Raymond to distract the Dragon Fang Spark Hunter Group and its rivals, Li Mu reached the swamp deposit and began drawing out the Mist Beasts.

• Li Mu entered the underground world through the fissure beside the stone sword and went to Underground City No. 5 to find a prospecting expert.
• Li Mu bought Raymond’s prospecting knowledge, then recovered deleted data showing Raymond had discovered a hyperspace metal deposit and wanted to exploit someone as a scapegoat.
• Li Mu used a Nightmare Projection to control Raymond, who sold false deposit information and placed a bounty on the Dragon Fang Spark Hunter Group, provoking its enemies and deceived buyers.
• Li Mu traveled in disguise to the swamp where Raymond had found the deposit and used Clairvoyance Spark to locate the meteorite and the Mist Nest inside it.
• Li Mu transformed a layer of swamp sludge into crocodiles to lure out the Mist Beasts guarding the nest.

Li Mu hunted the swamp’s Mist Beasts, using his spells and traps to defeat the Swamp Giant Frogs and Swamp Eels. After absorbing their Spark Energy, his Transcendence Level reached LV18, and the chapter ended with him wiping out the Swamp Eels.

• Li Mu lured Swamp Giant Frogs to the surface with crocodiles, then petrified their mouths and burned them from within with Fiendfyre hummingbirds.
• After killing the last Swamp Giant Frog, Li Mu’s Transcendence Level rose to LV18, and he spent three Free Attribute Points to raise Nirvana to LV7 and gain its first trait.
• Li Mu retreated from the swamp when Swamp Eels with spatial abilities emerged, then made a cave and attacked them from the Mirror World.
• The Swamp Eels regenerated after Li Mu severed their heads and counterattacked with spatial spikes, so he lured hundreds of them out of the swamp with Space Nanobugs.
• Li Mu used group Apparition, Anti-Apparition, and the Spear of Destiny to drain and kill the Swamp Eels before their heads could reunite with their bodies.

Li Mu fought through the Mist Nest’s defenders and discovered that the intelligent Six-Tailed Demon Fox could overpower the Phoenix. He exploited the connection between the Mirror World and reality to frighten the fox into fleeing, leaving the Mist Nest unresolved.

• Li Mu killed the Marsh Soul Bees, survived the queen’s fatal Soul-Stinging Thorn through Nirvana, and obtained the green Soul-Stinging Thorn Spark skill.
• Li Mu disconnected from the network to attack the Mist Nest safely, but the Six-Tailed Demon Fox killed him and triggered a Mirror World reset.
• Li Mu reconnected, disguised himself as a Marsh Soul Bee, and infiltrated the Six-Tailed Demon Fox’s excavation of the meteorite.
• Li Mu ambushed the Six-Tailed Demon Fox with the Phoenix, but its six-element attacks repeatedly destroyed the Phoenix until Li Mu withdrew from the Mirror World.
• Li Mu repeatedly entered and exited the Mirror World, making the fox’s attacks manifest in reality against no visible target, until the frightened Six-Tailed Demon Fox fled.

Li Mu captured the Mist Nest, converted it into an orange Heaven Grade Spark, and discovered its ability to generate resources and Mist Beasts. The chapter ended as an unprecedented blood-red bee-type Mist Beast hatched from the nest.

• Li Mu collected the meteorite and its ores while the Six-Tailed Demon Fox fled after being frightened by battles in the Mirror World.
• Li Mu refined the ore and recovered twelve tons of hyperspace metal, then used two tons of it to buy enough HuoZhong Source Coins for Fantasy Conversion.
• Li Mu converted the Mist Nest into an orange Heaven Grade Spark that generated HuoZhong Source Power, hyperspace matter, and an internal nest space.
• Li Mu fed the Mist Nest an assortment of resources to produce a Level 40 bee-type Mist Beast.
• The Shipborne Optical Computer found no public records matching the blood-red bee that hatched.

Li Mu strengthened his Nirvana Talent, absorbed the Lava Red Lotus Flame and Fiendfyre into his Nirvana Flame, then raided a volcano to hunt its molten lizards. After killing more than ten thousand of them, he reached Transcendence Level 20 but was left with nearly depleted Mental Power.

• Li Mu produced Mist Beasts in the Mirror World, killed them for Spark Energy, and used the resulting Free Attribute Point to raise Nirvana to LV8.
• Li Mu bought a cyan-quality Lava Red Lotus Flame seed and absorbed it into his Nirvana Flame, gaining access to its extreme heat and the traits of absorbed flames.
• Li Mu fused Fiendfyre into the Nirvana Flame and gained its powerful burning trait.
• Li Mu traveled to Raymond's dormant volcano, where over ten thousand molten lizards attacked him with a sea of flames.
• Li Mu used the Spear of Destiny, covered in Nirvana Flame, to kill the molten lizards over fifteen hours and reached Transcendence Level 20.

After recovering from the battle with the Molten Fire Lizards, Li Mu descended into the magma layer to search for Phoenix Divine Metal. He found and avoided a powerful Steel Snake Dragon, then used injured lava beetles to locate three small deposits, leaving with less than two grams of refined metal.

• Li Mu checked his improved attributes, planned to give the Resurrection Ring to Rei Ayanami, and spent a day collecting the Molten Fire Lizards’ hearts.
• Li Mu descended into the magma beneath the underground world and used Clairvoyance Spark to search for metal-eating Mist Beasts.
• Li Mu discovered a LV50 Steel Snake Dragon and retreated rather than risk fighting it.
• Li Mu found lava beetles around LV30, injured them with group Apparition, marked them with a Tracking Spell, and disguised himself as one of them.
• Li Mu followed the injured beetles and eventually found three portions of Phoenix Divine Metal, totaling less than two grams after refinement.

Li Mu built a wormhole-linked base in the magma layer and created little miners to gather Phoenix Divine Metal, but the slow pace of mining led him to seek HuoZhong Source Power in another world. He entered the world of Ender's Game and began exterminating its insectoid civilization, destroying a colony planet's forces and queen.

• Li Mu built a Core Light Iron survival base in the magma layer and connected it to Golden Crow City with a wormhole.
• Li Mu hired Sea Burial to decode six Mist Beast genetic maps, then used the Angel Bible to create little miners that could withstand magma and find rare metals.
• Li Mu expanded his mining operation to one hundred little miners but judged that gathering enough Phoenix Divine Metal and HuoZhong Source Power would take too long.
• Li Mu traveled to the Ender's Game world, intending to turn its insectoids into HuoZhong Source Power, and sent the Phoenix toward their nearest colony planet.
• Li Mu attacked the insectoid mothership with the Void Realm Starshatter Cannon, then fought off the insectoid fleet while remaining protected by Absolute Territory and Nirvana Flame.
• Li Mu rammed through the insectoid mothership and burned it and the insectoid queen to ashes.

Li Mu used Phoenix’s abilities and new tactics to devastate the insect fleet at the second colonial planet. After destroying three insect motherships and trapping another, he left the battle celebrating a successful counterattack that redirected an enemy’s devastating energy blast.

• Li Mu arrived at the second colonial planet and found five insect queens and millions of fighters gathered there.
• Li Mu used Apparition and Freedom Gundam’s imaginary space to approach an insect mothership, then trapped it with Absolute Territory and destroyed it with Void Burst Bombs.
• Phoenix accelerated into a third insect mothership, smashing it apart and killing its queen in the collision.
• The remaining insect forces formed a shield around their motherships, and one mothership fired an energy attack that broke Absolute Territory.
• Li Mu swallowed the energy blast with Phoenix and redirected it through the Void Realm Starshatter Cannon, destroying the mothership and surrounding insect fighters.
• Li Mu celebrated the success of his new counterattack tactic, which required precise timing to avoid destroying Phoenix.

Li Mu tested ways to destroy the insects on their homeworld, but the swarm repeatedly escaped before he could claim the HuoZhong Source Power. He then lured the insects toward Mist Beasts while making Phoenix appear far away, setting up a trap on the homeworld.

• Phoenix destroyed the last insect mothership and its Mother Queen, then Li Mu cleared the remaining insects from a nearby colony planet.
• Li Mu reached the insect homeworld and used the offline Mirror World to test attrition and decapitation tactics, but the insects fled and he gained little HuoZhong Source Power.
• Li Mu decided to use the Tree of Life against the homeworld and arranged for Phoenix to appear on distant colony planets to mislead the insects.
• Li Mu materialized the Mist Nest in an insect-free canyon, where Mist Beasts fought the swarm and drew the insects' interest with their natural genes.
• After scouts reported that Phoenix had moved far away, the insects began prioritizing the capture of Mist Beasts.

Li Mu lured the Zerg swarm away from the Mist Nest while the Tree of Life destroyed the Zerg homeworld and most of the swarm. The surviving Zerg fled into space, where Li Mu kept them occupied until the Phoenix arrived.

• Li Mu led the Zerg swarm around the world with the Mist Nest while he secretly infiltrated the Zerg homeworld and began growing the Tree of Life from within.
• After five days, Li Mu unleashed the Tree of Life, splitting the homeworld apart and destroying seventy to eighty percent of the Zerg swarm.
• Li Mu used the Nightmare Crown to refract the Zerg motherships' Super Main Cannon blasts into their own swarm, leaving only eleven motherships and fewer than a million fighters.
• The frightened Zerg Queen ordered a retreat, while the Tree of Life crushed every fighter sent to investigate it.
• Li Mu pursued the fleeing swarm through space for two days until the Phoenix arrived disguised as a meteor.

Li Mu destroyed the Zerg civilization, conquered humanity on Blue Star, and established the Third Phoenix Empire before returning to Golden Crow City. There, he enhanced Swarm Summoning into a powerful one-day swarm skill, though its resonance drained the swarm’s duration rapidly.

• Li Mu and Divine Angel destroyed the Zerg motherships, killed the Zerg Queen, and eliminated the Queen Mothers, ending Zerg civilization.
• Li Mu returned to Blue Star, compelled the world’s leaders to unite, and established the Third Phoenix Empire under the Imperius Curse.
• Li Mu spent two months adapting Zerg and otherworldly technology for the empire before returning to Golden Crow City without enough Phoenix Divine Metal for Phoenix.
• Li Mu learned the insect queen’s Swarm Summoning skill and enhanced it to Level 10, gaining the Swarm Resonance trait.
• Li Mu summoned 106,000 Swarm Fighters and tested Swarm Resonance, finding that it greatly strengthened their offense and defense but consumed an hour of their duration each use.

Li Mu tested Swarm Resonance, then devised a trap to kill the Steel Snake Dragon and preserve the Phoenix Divine Metal. He lured the dragon into the Bone Blood Gourd with a Divine Blood Bodhi and killed it with a coordinated assault.

• Li Mu tested Swarm Resonance by destroying Golden Crow City with 106,000 swarm fighter craft, then considered the Steel Snake Dragon’s weaknesses and the danger of letting it heal.
• Li Mu bought a Divine Blood Bodhi and prepared a trap inside the Bone Blood Gourd near the Steel Snake Dragon’s magma habitat.
• Li Mu used controlled Mist Beasts to lure the Steel Snake Dragon into the gourd, where it swallowed the Divine Blood Bodhi and became a divine lifeform temporarily.
• Li Mu sealed the gourd and attacked the Steel Snake Dragon with the Spear of Destiny, Mist Bees, and Glorious Scepter.
• Li Mu’s combined attacks killed the Steel Snake Dragon in just over ten seconds.

Li Mu dismantled the Steel Snake Dragon, used its Phoenix Divine Metal to upgrade the Phoenix to Hull Structure Level 10, and enrolled at the Spark Captain Academy. He tested the Phoenix’s new transformation abilities near Golden Crow City, where its Deep Space Radar revealed many potential treasures.

• Li Mu recovered 351 grams of Phoenix Divine Metal from the Steel Snake Dragon’s heart and sold resources to raise the 100,000 HuoZhong Source Coins needed to enroll at the Spark Captain Academy.
• Li Mu spent 490 grams of Phoenix Divine Metal and 490,000 HuoZhong Source Power to upgrade the Phoenix’s hull structure to Red Level 10.
• Li Mu learned that the Phoenix characteristic granted male phoenix, female phoenix, and phoenix forms with abilities tied to civilization fortune, treasure hunting, and auspicious fortune.
• Li Mu noticed that the Phoenix remained at Seed Destroyer Level 9 despite its Level 10 hull structure and wondered whether reaching Level 10 required evolving into a Spark Cruiser.
• Li Mu disguised the Phoenix as the Golden Crow and used its female phoenix form’s Deep Space Radar to detect colored light dots within fifty-five kilometers of Golden Crow City.

Li Mu used Phoenix’s treasure-hunting ability to discover an orange-grade Causal Gem whose guaranteed-hit power seemed linked to the female phoenix’s talent. After learning that keeping obtained treasures strengthened that ability, he devised a way to sell unwanted finds and recover useful treasures, then headed toward Demon Dragon Free City.

• Li Mu measured the Deep Space Radar’s civilization fortune cost and scanned the area around Golden Crow City, planning to share resource maps with the Phoenix Apostles.
• Li Mu found an orange-grade Causal Gem and tested its guaranteed-hit skill, which caused it to strike a distant Mist Beast leader without crossing the intervening space.
• Li Mu connected the gem’s appearance to Phoenix’s female form and decided to keep it, discovering that retaining treasures strengthened the female phoenix’s treasure-hunting ability.
• Li Mu tested the ability with Phoenix Divine Metal and realized he could sell unwanted treasures, then reacquire useful ones to preserve the ability’s growth.
• Li Mu set out for Demon Dragon Free City.

Li Mu began his advanced studies at Spark Captain Academy, where class advisor Zhang Yi tested his knowledge and spent three days explaining what he needed to learn. Zhang Yi then took Li Mu and the Phoenix on a practical combat mission, which ended with Li Mu destroying a planet and escaping a devastating counterattack as Zhang Yi looked displeased.

• Li Mu earned 160,000 HuoZhong Source Coins by finding ownerless treasures before using his admission notice to teleport to Spark Captain Academy.
• Li Mu entered his dormitory and classroom, where Zhang Yi gave him five hours to answer an exam of more than ten thousand pages.
• After grading Li Mu's answers, Zhang Yi explained his weaknesses and study priorities over three days, warning him against the Golden Crow Body-Refining Technique.
• Zhang Yi accompanied Li Mu to the Phoenix and launched a practical combat mission on an abandoned planet inhabited by aliens.
• A powerful lion- and tiger-like metal creature swallowed Li Mu's Void Burst Bomb and damaged the Phoenix, forcing Li Mu to kite it while he summoned 106,000 swarm fighters.
• Li Mu's swarm destroyed the planet's surface, but the metal creature unleashed a massive energy attack that stripped the Phoenix's feathers, leaving Zhang Yi apparently angry.

Zhang Yi demonstrated how to use the Golden Crow’s radar and weapons to defeat a Lion-Tiger Armored Beast, then criticized Li Mu’s combat habits and advised him on training his Spark Captain skills. Li Mu learned that the Spark Alliance deliberately concentrated resources on captains with backgrounds, leaving those without connections outside its core.

• Li Mu temporarily transferred control of the Golden Crow to Zhang Yi, who used its radar and weapons to lure out and kill the Lion-Tiger Armored Beast while slaughtering the planet’s aliens.
• Zhang Yi explained how he had identified and killed the beast’s operator, then criticized Li Mu for charging into danger without reconnaissance or effective radar use.
• Zhang Yi advised Li Mu to become a qualified Spark Captain before enhancing Hull Fusion and Mental Fusion, and reassured him that his HuoZhong Codex was not a problem.
• Li Mu asked why basic training knowledge was kept secret, and Zhang Yi explained that the Spark Alliance favored captains with backgrounds and did not intend to invest in those without them.

After completing three months at Spark Captain Academy, Li Mu learned that Zhou Hao of the Six Gods Families was challenging academy captains for rewards. Li Mu accepted the challenge for the chance to win a red Spark Star Core, but he doubted he could defeat Zhou Hao without revealing the Phoenix’s full strength.

• Li Mu completed intensive combat and Seedship training but failed his third-month written and practical assessments.
• Zhang Yi told Li Mu about the Six Gods Families and Zhou Hao, a young Zhou Family captain who had defeated three academy challengers.
• Li Mu accepted Zhang Yi’s suggestion to challenge Zhou Hao after learning that victory could earn him a red Spark Star Core.
• Li Mu watched recordings of Zhou Hao’s battles and saw that his Seed Destroyer, the Light, and his piloting skill had overwhelmed all three opponents.

Li Mu tested the Light’s combat capabilities in the Mirror World by fighting an unmanned replica with the Phoenix. He discovered the Light’s formidable defenses, weapons, and light-speed escape ability, and decided to restart the simulation for more tests.

• Li Mu asked Zhang Yi to take him within fifteen hundred li so he could enter the Mirror World and test the Light.
• Li Mu sent the Phoenix through a spatial vortex to ambush the Light in the asteroid belt.
• The Phoenix broke the Light’s energy shield with a close-range barrage, revealing golden crystal armor that blocked the Void Burst Bombs’ aftershocks.
• The Light turned intangible, escaped at nearly light speed, and used gamma rays and secondary cannons to keep Li Mu and the swarm fighters at bay.
• Li Mu saw that the Light’s defenses exceeded the Phoenix’s and decided to restart the Mirror World for further tests.