Recaps

The Empire's leaders prepared for the approaching era and considered the possibility that the Dao Gu Clan would return. Su Ye received a powerful troop-immortality buff and set off with the Old Man for French Chicken, where he unexpectedly encountered Ye Xiu.

• Zhao Miejin and the other commanders discussed the Dao Gu Clan, while Xia Jieyu and the First Divine Pillar urged preparations for the new era.
• Su Ye chose the Undying and Indestructible buff for his troops, swept his missions, and collected rewards including a Devil's Contract and fourteen barracks.
• Su Ye returned to the Main World and went to the Old Man's office to leave for French Chicken.
• At the gathering, Su Ye and Ye Xiu recognized each other as jinxes and hurried in opposite directions.
• Su Ye decided to keep his distance from Ye Xiu on the journey to French Chicken.

Su Ye and Old Man arrived in French Chicken, where protests and looting were already underway. A bombing broke out, and they saw foreign Chaos Sect members claim responsibility, leaving Old Man to gather the others while Su Ye stayed in the hotel.

• Old Man brought Su Ye to French Chicken through the Empire’s teleportation array, and Su Ye worried about the country’s weakened state.
• Su Ye watched Black protesters loot the streets from his hotel room while Old Man explained that the protest was about higher wages.
• An explosion struck the street, and Su Ye denied having anything to do with it as more blasts followed.
• Su Ye and Old Man spotted sinister black-robed Chaos Sect members at the scene, and Old Man went to gather the others.
• Su Ye stayed in his room, trusting his luck to warn him if he faced mortal danger.

Su Ye and the Old Man became caught in France’s unrest just as the Void battlefront collapsed, leaving them stranded in French Chicken. The chapter ended with the Old Man explaining that even a Taboo could not simply leave.

• Su Ye watched the Chaos Church carve bloodied formations in the street while riots and killings erupted across French Chicken.
• A white man attacked the local law enforcement bureau as racial violence spread, and the French authorities failed to respond.
• Old Gu unleashed the Land of Eternity on French Chicken’s collapsing battlefront, where purple-black cracks and a gigantic eye appeared in the Void.
• Su Ye recognized that the Chaos Church’s Inscriptions resembled those on his Supreme God Throne.
• The Old Man told Su Ye to return home, but the teleportation array collapsed as they tried to use it.
• The Old Man said they would have to wait in French Chicken because leaving was no longer simple, even for a Taboo.

Su Ye and Old Man were trapped in French Chicken after the Void severed Space-Time and isolated the country from The Empire. As the Void’s Erosion spread and a Chaos Evil Sect ritual neared completion, Ye Xiu investigated the summoning site and encountered a creature calling itself the Abyssal Overlord, Lord Barbatos.

• Old Man told Su Ye that the Void had severed Space-Time, preventing teleportation and communication with The Empire.
• Su Ye and Old Man reached the embassy, where they watched Void Energy clash with the Chaos Evil Sect’s scarlet ritual light.
• Old Man warned Su Ye that the ritual was close to completion and that French Chicken could not contact The Empire.
• Ye Xiu left the embassy alone and found the Cultists dead around the ritual site.
• Ye Xiu watched a Blood Cocoon crack open and reveal a black-scaled, winged creature that called itself Lord Barbatos.
• Ye Xiu noticed the creature was only Black Iron rank.

Ye Xiu and Barbatos joined forces to fight off a swarm of Void Creatures, and Barbatos recognized Ye Xiu as the world’s Child of Fortune. They returned safely to the embassy, where Barbatos’s bizarre behavior drew ridicule.

• Ye Xiu and Barbatos argued and fought after Barbatos bit Ye Xiu, then agreed to a truce when Void Creatures emerged from a widening rift.
• Ye Xiu fought the attackers while Barbatos realized he was in the Lord Era and identified Ye Xiu as the Child of Fortune.
• Barbatos offered to guide Ye Xiu and pointed him toward a safe route through the encirclement.
• Ye Xiu escaped with Barbatos and asked him to change his appearance, so Barbatos transformed into a Teddy.
• Ye Xiu returned to the embassy with Barbatos, whose strange grin and drooling made someone call him disgusting.

Barbatos realized he had reincarnated as a weak dog at the end of the Lord Era, then recognized Su Ye as someone who resembled an old enemy. After learning Su Ye was a Technology Side lord, Barbatos questioned how he had fallen and recalled that Fate had sent him to this era.

• Barbatos learned that he had arrived at the end of the Lord Era and feared the coming war of the gods.
• Barbatos recognized Su Ye, charged at him, and was kicked away before Ye Xiu carried him back to his room.
• Ye Xiu told Barbatos that Su Ye was a Technology Side lord, and Barbatos concluded that Su Ye resembled his old enemy but lacked his aura of Fate.
• Barbatos wondered who had caused Su Ye to fall and recalled Fate offering to send him to the future End Era during a past reincarnation.

Su Ye discovered that Barbatos was a reincarnated Taboo Demon Overlord who had attached himself to Ye Xiu, while Barbatos warned Ye Xiu that Su Ye was dangerous. As Void Creatures emerged from a rift, Ye Xiu asked whether Barbatos could leave, and Barbatos answered that he both could and could not.

• Barbatos recognized Su Ye as a hated, seemingly immortal figure from his past, while Ye Xiu called Su Ye a jinx and Barbatos realized Ye Xiu was a protagonist.
• Su Ye used his All-Knowing Eye to learn Barbatos was a reincarnated demon with several divinities and wondered why Barbatos seemed to hold a grudge against him.
• Su Ye jokingly considered pretending not to recognize Barbatos and taking him to be neutered, while Barbatos watched a female streamer and sneezed.
• Ye Xiu asked Barbatos how to break Void Energy, and Barbatos explained that only the Void's retreat or a Taboo disrupting its balance could stop it.
• After weak Void Creatures crawled from the rift and Ye Xiu worried that French Chicken was doomed, he asked Barbatos whether he could leave, and Barbatos said he could but could not.

French Chicken’s Taboos and its Luck Beast were overwhelmed when a Half-Step Genesis-level Void Empress led the attack on their frontline. The frontline collapsed, and Void Energy began pouring into the Main World as Su Ye learned that the failure stemmed from people’s hearts.

• French Chicken’s ten Taboos and the Gallic Rooster fought the Ten Void Kings, while other Taboos stayed away because they could simply leave for another country.
• A Half-Step Genesis-level Void Empress emerged and unleashed Void Energy across the battlefield, overpowering the Gallic Rooster and shattering the Frontline World.
• Purple radiance filled the night sky over French Chicken, and Void Energy poured through a rift into the Main World.
• Su Ye reacted in shock as Old Man told him that the frontline had collapsed and explained that the problem was people’s hearts, since few were willing to sacrifice themselves for their empire.

As Void Energy swept across French Chicken, Su Ye and Old Man took shelter beneath the True Dragon Flag at The Empire’s embassy, while Ye Xiu relied on Barbatos’s assurance that help would come. The flag’s golden dragon protected the embassy with The Empire’s national fortune, leaving Su Ye to understand why Old Man had waited calmly.

• Old Man told Su Ye that French Chicken’s front lines had collapsed because the country lacked unity and had sent too few Taboos into battle.
• As Void Energy approached, Old Man pointed to the True Dragon Flag and told Su Ye to wait for The Empire’s response.
• Barbatos told Ye Xiu that the flag represented The Empire’s will and that someone from The Empire would arrive, then persuaded Ye Xiu to buy him a 148 Origin Crystal membership.
• Void Energy reached the embassy, and the True Dragon Flag released golden light and summoned a dragon phantom that shielded the grounds.
• Old Man explained that The Empire’s national fortune could protect the embassy because it counted as half of The Empire’s territory.

The Empire evacuated its people from French Chicken after the Void invaded, while Shen Wuni confronted the Void Empress long enough to oversee their escape. Su Ye returned to his territory, where he discovered a new buff that could raise his troops’ ranks.

• The Empire learned of the Void invasion through its Luck Beast, announced French Chicken’s impending fall, and began evacuating its people.
• Shen Wuni appeared in the Frontline World to deter the Void Empress from interfering with the rescue operation.
• Ling Haotian escorted Su Ye and the embassy staff back to the Empire, while other Empire forces evacuated the remaining people.
• After the evacuation, Shen Wuni left without fighting the Void Empress, who chose not to pursue the Empire.
• Su Ye returned to his territory and blamed Ye Xiu for French Chicken’s troubles, then went to sleep after checking his new buffs the next morning.
• Su Ye discovered that Protection of the Great Dao: Shadow of the End would slightly increase his troops’ ranks.

Su Ye learned that the Main World had lifted its restrictions on Lords recruiting troops, bringing widespread danger and prompting The Empire to separate Lords from ordinary people. Old Man also told him that French Chicken had fallen completely.

• Su Ye noticed that he could recruit troops into the Main World and went to Old Man for an explanation.
• Old Man told Su Ye that Lords of every rank could now recruit troops into the Main World because the world's rules had changed.
• Su Ye learned that The Empire was separating Lords and ordinary people to protect civilians and preserve stability.
• Old Man described how troops were appearing openly overseas and told Su Ye that French Chicken had fallen completely.

Su Ye learned that French Chicken had become a foothold for the Void while The Empire kept the invasion secret and prepared to handle domestic critics. In White Eagle, the rulers planned to lure French Chicken's magnates in and seize their family fortunes.

• Old Man told Su Ye that French Chicken had fallen to the Void and that The Empire would not intervene because it had abandoned its territory.
• Old Man explained that the Main World's rules were changing and showed Su Ye a public intellectual criticizing The Empire's separation of Lords from ordinary people.
• Old Man said The Empire was keeping French Chicken's invasion under lockdown and that someone would deal with the critics stirring up trouble.
• Su Ye left after hearing the news and concluded that the Main World was responding to the worsening crisis with a version update.
• White Eagle's magnates met and agreed to lure French Chicken's magnates over so they could devour their family estates.

As silent rifts spread death and plague across the Main World, the Seven Divine Pillars discussed a revelation that the world’s rules were changing and danger was approaching. They traced the emergence of the Lord of Original Sin’s power to Imperial Capital University and decided to identify the person behind it without interfering.

• Silent rifts appeared in the Black Continent and White Elephant, spreading an aura of death and plague.
• The Seven Divine Pillars met after the Luck Beast warned that The Empire must remain stable as the Main World’s future became unclear.
• The Divine Pillars discussed threats from inside and outside The Empire and the possibility that a new system would emerge as the world’s rules changed.
• The First Divine Pillar told the others to watch Ye Xiu and Huo Wenyue, whose systems might be connected to the coming change.
• The First Divine Pillar linked Huo Wenyue’s power and the Seeds of Original Sin found overseas to visits by Imperial Capital University.
• The Second Divine Pillar agreed to investigate Imperial Capital University, while the First Divine Pillar warned the others not to interfere with the new system’s emergence.

The Second Divine Pillar identified Su Ye as the only person who had visited every site where the Seeds of Original Sin erupted and marked him as The Empire’s main suspect. Meanwhile, Barbatos mistook a sense of malice for a plot by Su Ye, then agreed to accompany Ye Xiu to the frontlines to grow stronger.

• The Second Divine Pillar investigated the records and learned that Su Ye had visited all four locations where the Seeds of Original Sin erupted.
• The Second Divine Pillar considered Su Ye’s lineage trustworthy but still marked him as the leading suspect for The Empire to watch.
• Su Ye sneezed while fishing, guessed that someone was plotting against him, and decided to blame the Abyssal Overlord.
• Barbatos sensed malice, failed to calculate who was behind it, and accused Su Ye of plotting against Him.
• Ye Xiu invited Barbatos to the frontlines, and Barbatos agreed so He could strengthen Himself and eventually retrieve His old origin.
• Ye Xiu set out for the frontlines to gain combat experience and improve his strength and that of his troops.

Ye Xiu questioned whether his apparent Rebirth was real and focused on growing stronger, while Xi Yue began deploying Gray Currency to fight the Zerg in the Silver Zerg World. Back in Su Ye’s territory, Lilith pulled a great white shark from the Sea of Chaos, which yielded a Platinum Rank weapon, and Su Ye decided to hold a banquet.

• Ye Xiu doubted whether his memories of the future came from Rebirth or had been planted, then took Barbatos to the front line to increase his strength.
• Xi Yue arrived in the Silver Zerg World with Unmanned Gundams and containers of Gray Currency, then ordered their deployment against the Bugs.
• Xi Yue directed Zero to deploy more Gray Currency and unmanned interstellar spaceships, explore the world’s coordinates, and record its Zerg species and traits.
• Xi Yue ordered Nanako to guard the Gray Currency deployment before returning through the Light Gate.
• After catching no fish, Su Ye watched Lilith pull a great white shark from the Sea of Chaos; it transformed into a Platinum Rank weapon.
• Su Ye put away the weapon and invited Lilith to a banquet.

Su Ye recruited the Taboo Origin, sensed a change in the Main World’s rules, and learned that opposition was growing to the separation of ordinary people and Lords. Old Man authorized Su Ye to create a minor distraction, leaving Su Ye eager to make a spectacle.

• Su Ye locked the Apocalypse BUFF and recruited the Taboo Origin, which he stored in his God King Treasury.
• Su Ye sensed that the version update had loosened the Main World’s rules and introduced new energy he could absorb.
• Su Ye visited Old Man and heard that voices in The Empire were opposing the separation of ordinary people and Lords.
• Old Man asked Su Ye to divert netizens’ attention with a modest incident rather than suppress the critics.
• Su Ye accepted Old Man’s authorization and grinned at the chance to put on a show.

Su Ye caused a celebrity scandal with Liu Qianqian to bury online discussion about imperial lords and ordinary people. A group of paid influencers then plotted to deal with Su Ye and keep their profitable campaign going.

• Su Ye agreed with Old Man to stir up trouble and drove Longxiang to Liu Qianqian’s entertainment company.
• Su Ye kissed Liu Qianqian in front of paparazzi, and the resulting scandal pushed discussion of imperial lords and ordinary people off the trending list.
• Su Ye and Liu Qianqian spent two hours together, then went shopping and eating while paparazzi photographed them.
• A group of prominent figures complained that Su Ye had disrupted their plans and discussed an offer of ten million per person to escalate the campaign.
• The group agreed that they needed to deal with Su Ye, whom they saw as an obstacle to their income.

Su Ye learned that Teacher Gao had publicly criticized him and, with Old Man’s backing, prepared to turn the dispute into a prolonged televised confrontation. The chapter ended with Su Ye reviewing Teacher Gao’s dirt before an interview arranged for that afternoon.

• Teacher Gao criticized Su Ye on a livestream, and his remarks spread widely online.
• Su Ye checked his daily buffs and tasks, then returned to the Main World to visit Old Man.
• Old Man told Su Ye that Teacher Gao had attacked him and explained that the man had no powerful backing.
• Su Ye wanted to retaliate, but Old Man encouraged him to expose Teacher Gao’s dirt on television and keep the feud going.
• Old Man gave Su Ye the evidence and arranged an interview with the Celebrity Lord Program Team for that afternoon.

Su Ye learned that The Empire was delaying action against its traitors while he kept drawing attention. At a Level 3 Frontline, Ye Xiu and Barbatos found a Psionic Seed among Warp creatures, and Ye Xiu attacked to claim it.

• Old Man told Su Ye that The Empire would deal with its traitors when the time was right, and Su Ye left to prepare for an afternoon interview.
• Su Ye went to find Liu Qianqian while Ye Xiu arrived at a Level 3 Frontline with Barbatos.
• Barbatos sensed something valuable outside the base city, and Ye Xiu followed his directions in a rented anti-gravity aircraft.
• Ye Xiu spotted a white light among the Warp creatures, and Barbatos identified it as a Psionic Seed that could awaken psionic abilities.
• Ye Xiu summoned Dragon Slayers, jumped from the aircraft with his War Blade, and began slaughtering the Warp creatures.

Barbatos decided to stay near Ye Xiu after sensing that his unusual fortune and Su Ye’s unchanged nature pointed to events he did not understand. Later, Su Ye appeared on Bingbing’s livestream and casually revealed how little he knew about the company he had invested in.

• Barbatos wondered whether Fate had fallen and been reborn as Su Ye, then chose to remain with Ye Xiu and see what happened.
• Su Ye returned to school and reunited with Bingbing, who accepted his invitation to dinner before hosting the livestream interview.
• Su Ye told the viewers that he and Liu Qianqian were friends and that he had invested in her company because she wanted to start one.
• When Bingbing asked what projects the company had prepared, Su Ye admitted he did not know and asked whether he was supposed to know.

Su Ye used a livestream interview to lash out at Teacher Gao for criticizing his success and revealed that Gao was no longer an Imperial citizen. As the backlash grew, Gao tried to enlist help and eventually asked Fu Wei to arrange an apology to Su Ye.

• Bingbing asked Su Ye whether he should keep a lower profile, and he said he had earned his money himself and had no reason to restrain himself.
• Su Ye openly insulted Teacher Gao on the livestream, accusing him of hypocrisy and of living in The Empire while disparaging its people.
• Bingbing reminded Su Ye that they were live, but he continued and claimed Teacher Gao was a foreign lapdog who had given up Imperial citizenship.
• Teacher Gao watched the broadcast in fury and panic, then contacted people to try to contain the fallout.
• After his contacts refused to help, Teacher Gao reached out to Fu Wei and asked him to contact Su Ye so Gao could apologize and offer compensation.

After drawing attention with Bingbing, Su Ye learned that countries surrounding the Empire had been invaded and discussed the news with the Old Man. The Empire had prepared to respond but chose not to expand its borders, fearing that the absence of external threats would intensify internal infighting.

• Su Ye reassured Bingbing after the show, then went out to eat with her, prompting paparazzi to send their outing trending.
• Su Ye returned to his territory, locked in the Imbuement buff, completed his daily tasks, and went back to the Main World.
• Su Ye accepted Fu Wei's dinner invitation and returned to the university to ask the Old Man for news.
• The Old Man showed Su Ye a report that said every neighboring country, including White Elephant, had been invaded, though White Elephant had grown stronger for special reasons.
• The Old Man told Su Ye the Empire had prepared to act but decided against it because removing external pressure could lead to severe internal infighting.

Old Man explained that The Empire had preserved weaker races and empires as shields and test subjects, while preparing for the next era. He told Su Ye to study The Empire’s inherited history, which Su Ye could access because of his status as a Prison of Heaven warden, and urged him to make the online commotion bigger.

• Su Ye realized The Empire avoided conquering the world because external pressure helped prevent its own internal collapse.
• Old Man revealed that many races and empires had survived the previous era’s destruction because The Empire preserved them.
• Old Man explained that The Empire used those groups as shields and test subjects for developing new systems, and was already planning for the next era.
• Old Man told Su Ye that his Prison of Heaven status let him study The Empire’s real inherited history.
• Old Man urged Su Ye to make the online commotion bigger, and Su Ye fell silent as he compared it with the stakes Old Man had revealed.

Su Ye learned how the Empire had prepared for the Main World’s changing era by relocating ordinary people and preserving the possibility of leaving behind survivors. After reflecting on the Empire’s hidden role in rewriting history, he suspected it had already prepared for the worst.

• Old Man told Su Ye that failed ordinary lords had been moved to a small world and that children would be taught until they were old enough to become lords.
• Su Ye left Old Man’s office and returned to his territory to consider the Empire’s preparations and the changes to the Main World.
• Su Ye concluded that the Empire had rewritten history across eras, explaining why the West had lost its inheritance.
• Su Ye reasoned that the Empire’s hidden history and his own standing gave him access to knowledge unavailable even to ordinary Supreme Gods.
• Su Ye realized the Empire might already be planning for the next era and had likely prepared for the worst.

Ye Xiu fled Warp creatures with Barbatos, then escaped through a rift into the Abyss. On the Main World, Su Ye rejected Fu Wei’s attempt to mediate a settlement with Fatty Gao, leaving Fu Wei furious.

• Su Ye suspected The Empire had learned something as he rested with Lilith.
• Ye Xiu learned that absorbing the Psionic Seed had made him detectable to the Warp and vulnerable to Pollution, then fled pursuing Warp creatures with Barbatos.
• With Gold Rank Warp creatures closing in, Ye Xiu followed Barbatos through a spatial rift and found himself trapped in the Abyss after it vanished.
• Su Ye met Fu Wei at a private club, where Fu Wei asked him to settle his dispute with Fatty Gao.
• Su Ye refused to give Fu Wei face and mocked him, prompting Fu Wei to lose his composure.