Chapter Summaries

Su Ye learned that the Empire had brought back the Expeditionary Army and sent the Red Dragon Army to Guang City after uncovering the Gu Family’s actions. Shen Wuni arrived at the Gu Family manor to confront the family and its Taboo.

• Old Man told Su Ye that the Empire had personally recalled the Expeditionary Army after the Hundred-Winged Angel’s actions and that the Red Dragon Army had gone to Guang City.
• Old Man explained that the Empire had traced the Bugman matter to the Gu Family and described the Ninth Expeditionary Legion’s overwhelming strength.
• An Imperial Taboo confronted the Gu Family head, accusing the family of cooperating with the Zerg, harming the Empire, and breaking the rules by trying to return after leaving.
• Shen Wuni and the Red Dragon Army appeared above the Gu Family manor, and Shen Wuni challenged the Gu Family head and called out the family’s hidden Taboo.

The Empire’s returning Expeditionary Army enabled Shen Wuni and the Red Dragon Army to destroy the Gu Family’s third branch and drive its second branch out of the Empire. Su Ye read about the crackdown, while Ye Xiu wondered whether his actions had caused the Gu Family’s earlier-than-expected medical retirement.

• Shen Wuni ordered the Red Dragon Army to wipe out the Gu Family’s third branch and expel those who could leave the Empire.
• The Gu Family’s Supreme God died by dissolving into a rain of light, and the third branch was destroyed while the second branch was driven out.
• Shen Wuni warned the Gu Family’s Taboos against further trouble and left with the Red Dragon Army.
• News of the Gu Family’s punishment spread across the Empire, and its upper ranks recognized that the family had been made an example of.
• Su Ye read Lin Xiaoxiao’s gossip while fishing and reflected that the remaining Gu Family branch could not be destroyed without risking chaos.
• Ye Xiu saw the news and wondered whether he had caused the Gu Family’s medical retirement to happen months early.

Ye Xiu realized that the future had changed, leaving him unsure how to proceed. In Purgatory, Yelokiji investigated the Previous Epoch’s final battle and concluded that the Empire’s strongest being had survived, then left to seek answers from the Dao Gu Clan.

• Ye Xiu recognized that his foreknowledge had become unreliable and struggled with uncertainty about what to do next.
• Yelokiji entered Purgatory to investigate the Previous Epoch’s final battle and determine whether the Empire’s strongest being had survived.
• Yelokiji explored the crimson forbidden land, where the fallen Genesis-level being’s corpse and lingering power remained.
• Yelokiji concluded that the being had never died and had orchestrated events, though he could not yet discern its purpose.
• Yelokiji left Purgatory to seek more information from the Dao Gu Clan, the greatest winner of the Previous Epoch.

Su Ye received a Supreme Oath buff but chose the unlimited self-discipline buff, then summoned Little Destiny, a wondrous artifact containing the complete origin of creation. Suspecting it could draw Taboos to the Main World, he stored it away and learned that The Empire was transferring people to Guang City after the Gu Family matter was resolved.

• Su Ye chose the Supreme Oath buff over the self-discipline buff and completed his daily tasks.
• Su Ye summoned Little Destiny and discovered it increased fortune and contained a complete origin of creation.
• Lilith said she could use Little Destiny later, so Su Ye stored it in his God King Treasury.
• Su Ye wondered whether Taboos had come to the Main World to seize Little Destiny and whether it would be born there this epoch.
• Su Ye visited Old Man, who explained that The Empire planned to transfer people to Guang City to fill gaps after resolving the Gu Family matter.

Su Ye learned that the Empire had punished the Gu Family and other troublemaking families after the Expeditionary Army returned, while leaving lesser dissenters alone. The Old Man told Su Ye to accompany him to French Chicken for a week and stay close so he would not cause trouble.

• Su Ye questioned why the Empire had spared the remaining Gu Family branches, and the Old Man explained that the family had made contributions and that destroying it entirely would cause turmoil.
• The Old Man told Su Ye that other families had also been punished, with dozens of Main Gods from even the least affected family sent to the Starry Sky Frontline.
• Su Ye learned that the Empire was ignoring its less dangerous diehards, who were allowed to make a show until they became too disruptive.
• The Old Man told Su Ye they would visit French Chicken for an exchange and ordered him to stay by his side for the weeklong trip.
• The Empire's nine Expeditionary Armies and their nine Half-Step Genesis powerhouses returned, ending the recent unrest and warning other countries not to cause trouble within its borders.

The Empire recalled its Nine Expeditionary Armies and purged members of several great Families, drawing alarm from the other nations. Su Ye welcomed the Four Sky Knights back at Diamond level, while the Empire’s leaders discussed Yelokiji’s journey to Purgatory and the unknown ancient world he had reached.

• The Empire’s return of its Nine Expeditionary Armies and its purge of great Families shocked the other nations, which avoided provoking it.
• Su Ye returned to his territory and worried that the Main World might begin gestating Little Destiny and spark a war among the Taboos.
• The Four Sky Knights—Artoria, Ashaga, Natalie, and Victoria—returned from a ruined Undead World at Diamond level and greeted Su Ye.
• Su Ye invited the Four Sky Knights and Lilith to fish with him and later soak in a bath.
• Shen Wuni and the other Empire leaders discussed Yelokiji’s departure for Purgatory and his escape through an ancient path to an unknown ancient world.
• Ying Haogu said the ancient path could not be traced, and Liu Tian'en and Li Gushang suggested that ancient powers might be preparing to harvest at the end of the era.

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.