Chapter Summaries

Pusiluo resented Alikui'en’s control and noticed an unfamiliar group of Saint Realm experts flying past Chiyan Mountain, while remaining unable to act against his master. In the Light Church’s Holy Capital, Wuer Nuode confronted the truth about Pope Aodarming and the Lord of Light, leaving him furious and powerless to change the Church.

• Pusiluo saw a group of unfamiliar Saint Realm experts head toward the open sea and speculated that a hidden god led them.
• Pusiluo abandoned the idea of provoking the group to draw out a threat to Alikui'en and went to kill fire dragons instead.
• Wuer Nuode arrived at the Pope Palace but was stopped by guards, who claimed the Pope was discussing work with the Saintess.
• Wuer Nuode cursed the Lord of Light and recalled how Aodarming had massacred the Church, violated Saintess Liya, and been appointed Pope by a Highgod projection.
• Wuer Nuode remembered that the Beast God Buniu and Alikui'en had both refused to help him oppose Aodarming.

Huosi recruited Wuer Nuode to help overthrow the Light Church, then had Adkins kill Pope Aodarming and began the Federation’s takeover of the Light Continent. As the Federation liberated towns and aided ordinary people, residents of Tanshan Town abandoned their faith in the Lord of Light and chose to trust the Federation.

• Huosi told Wuer Nuode that he would rule the Light Continent and promised to end hunger, neglect, and exploitation; Wuer Nuode agreed to serve him.
• Adkins took Wuer Nuode to the Hall of Light, where he killed Pope Aodarming and destroyed his divine core.
• Wuer Nuode publicly denounced the Church and the Lord of Light as Federation forces advanced across the continent, removing local rulers and establishing new laws and services.
• In Tanshan Town, Federation troops refused the mayor’s offerings, fed children, treated the sick, killed nearby bandits, and began building homes and roads.
• After witnessing the Federation’s help and the Lord of Light’s failure to protect them, Tanshan’s elderly residents rejected their old faith and declared their trust in the Federation.

Xite’s forces were crushed as the Interstellar Federation conquered the Light Continent and reorganized it as the Byron Division. While planning the next stages of expansion, Huosi learned that the secluded gods in Chiyan Mountain were Alikui'en and Pusiluo and decided to visit them.

• Xite prepared to resist the Federation, but his soldiers’ defenses collapsed under fighter jets and mechanized forces, and the troops fled.
• Two months later, the Light Church had been abolished and the continent had become the Federation’s Byron Division, with Holy City renamed Federation Byron City.
• Wuer Nuode reported the completed personnel appointments to Huosi, who planned recovery before an expedition to the Dark Continent and later development of the ocean.
• Wuer Nuode mentioned Alikui'en of Chiyan Mountain, and Huosi recognized the name and guessed that the other secluded god was Pusiluo.
• Huosi recalled that Alikui'en was a cautious Seven-Star Fiend and that his pet Pusiluo was a hidden Asura who had endured billions of years of frustration.

Alikui'en investigated the mysterious Interstellar Federation and encountered Huosi and Adkins, who demanded that he break his Master-Servant Contract with Pusiluo. Once freed, Pusiluo pledged himself to Huosi and prepared to settle his score with Alikui'en.

• Alikui'en avoided confronting the Federation and stayed hidden in the caves of Chiyan Mountain while Pusiluo urged him to investigate.
• Huosi and Adkins appeared before Alikui'en and Pusiluo, and Alikui'en immediately knelt and apologized for his pet.
• Huosi refused to recruit Alikui'en and asked him to break the Master-Servant Contract with Pusiluo in exchange for leaving him unharmed.
• Alikui'en agreed and shattered the contract, freeing Pusiluo from his control.
• Pusiluo transformed into a red-haired man, pledged his service to Huosi, and asked permission to settle his score with Alikui'en.
• Huosi granted Pusiluo permission, and Pusiluo turned toward Alikui'en, ready to attack.

Pusiluo killed Alikui'en after breaking free from the years of abuse he suffered as a transformed pet, then joined Huosi and traveled the continent to recover. Two years later, he returned to the fighting on the Dark Continent and defeated a powerful opponent, while Adkins acknowledged his strength.

• Pusiluo attacked Alikui'en, overwhelmed him with his fused fire mysteries, and killed him despite his pleas for mercy.
• Pusiluo pledged himself to Huosi, who told him to travel the continent and take time to recover.
• Pusiluo spent two years roaming the plane, then returned to the Federation to fight a god from the Dark Continent.
• Pusiluo shattered his opponent's divine sword, resisted his soul attack, and killed him.
• Adkins appeared and praised Pusiluo's talent, while Pusiluo remarked on the power of Adkins's battle armor.

Huosi’s Federation seized the Bailun Plane, expanded across countless Material Planes, and grew into a vast multi-plane government over a thousand years. When Pusiluo learned that an expedition had encountered a plane guarded by a Midgod, he immediately took interest.

• Adkins told Pusiluo that Huosi’s battle armor was a secret, and the two resumed their familiar teasing and bickering.
• After the Dark Continent’s god-level protector fell, the Federation took control of the Bailun Plane and began extensive reforms and resource extraction.
• Huosi concluded that the plane’s resources replenished from the Elemental Ocean but would take hundreds of millions of years to recover after the Federation’s rapid mining.
• Huosi established a teleportation hub in the Yulan Plane, and Pusiluo became the public face and commander of the Federation’s expeditions.
• A thousand years later, the Federation controlled 5,362 Material Planes, and a soldier told Pusiluo that an expedition had encountered a plane guarded by a Midgod.

Huosi learned that a Midgod in blue robes had confronted his scouts on the Gorbachev Plane, a vital junction, and decided to investigate rather than abandon it. The man was Sean Barbary, a fugitive from the Four Divine Beasts Clan who believed the strange arrivals were his pursuers.

• Pusiluo reported that a blue-robed Midgod had subdued the advance team on the Gorbachev Plane and let them go after questioning them.
• Huosi concluded the plane was too important to abandon and chose to investigate the mysterious Midgod.
• Sean Barbary hesitated at a teleportation array after fleeing the Water Divine Plane, where his father Barbary had cast him out to save the clan from the Four Divine Beasts Clan.
• Xius Reding had targeted Sean’s wife, and after Sean insulted him, Isaac Reding demanded Sean’s execution.
• Sean fled with his wife, but Nimo Clan members killed her on the Fire Divine Plane, and Sean escaped alone through the Celestial Realm and Underworld to the Gorbachev Plane.
• When a gigantic door appeared and small Metal Lifeforms emerged, Sean feared the Four Divine Beasts Clan had found him.

Sean Barbary remained in the Gorbachev Plane, unaware that the Four Divine Beasts Clan had discovered his location and ordered his death. Huosi arrived with Adkins and Pusiluo and confronted Sean, suspecting he was a fugitive.

• Sean Barbary decided not to leave the Gorbachev Plane because he lacked the wealth to travel and believed the newcomers were unlikely to reveal his whereabouts.
• Tristan told the black-haired Elder that Sean Barbary had traveled from the Underworld to the Gorbachev Plane.
• The Elder ordered the Four Divine Beasts Clan's people near the teleportation arrays to find and kill Sean.
• Huosi entered the Gorbachev Plane with Adkins and Pusiluo, using disguises and a concealment system to hide their appearances and soul auras.
• Sean noticed Huosi and his companions approaching, and Huosi questioned him about why he had come to the plane.

Huosi weighed whether to cooperate with or kill Sean Barbary, but the Four Divine Beasts Clan arrived and cornered Sean. Nack Bowen killed Sean after Sean used Sovereign's Might and slew one clan member, then attacked the people below, prompting Huosi to shield them.

• Huosi considered his options while Sean Barbary watched the teleportation array.
• Nack Bowen and nine members of the Four Divine Beasts Clan emerged from the array and pursued Sean, while Huosi ordered Adkins and Pusiluo to stay out of the fight.
• Sean used Sovereign's Might to attack Nack, then bypassed him and killed one of the clan members.
• Metamor Reding restrained Sean with Dragon Roar, allowing Nack to strike him down and take his water-type divine spark.
• Nack unleashed attacks at the crowd below, but Huosi blocked them with a thousand-meter-tall shield.

Huosi used his emergency teleportation system and 3,600 Super Nuclear Bombs to escape the Four Divine Beasts Clan’s attack, killing Nack’s Midgod clone and the other pursuers in Spatial Turbulence. Nack blamed the Barbary Clan for the deaths, and Gaiselesen vowed to destroy the clan.

• Nack and Metamor demanded Huosi’s artifact and surrounded him with the other Midgods after Huosi refused.
• Huosi detonated 3,600 Super Nuclear Bombs, tearing apart the surrounding space and killing Nack’s clone and the other pursuers in Spatial Turbulence.
• Nack awoke in the Underworld and decided to blame the Barbary Clan, claiming a Barbary Highgod had killed the group.
• Huosi used his emergency teleportation system to bring himself and his two companions back to the Yulan Plane, spending half his accumulated resources.
• A clan informant told Gaiselesen that Nack blamed the Barbary Clan, and Gaiselesen declared that the clan had to be destroyed.

After learning that the Four Divine Beasts Clan planned to destroy his clan, Barbary prepared to seek refuge with the Augusta Clan in the Radiant Plane. Twenty years later, the Four Divine Beasts Clan still underestimated his escape plan as he secretly led his elders away.

• The Four Divine Beasts Clan decided to wipe out the Barbary Clan after its members died pursuing Sean, and the news reached Barbary through the Ashcroft Clan.
• Barbary ordered promising young clan members sent to Material Planes and directed the clan’s Six-Star Fiends and above toward the Radiant Plane to seek the Augusta Clan’s protection.
• Twenty years later, Isaac dismissed reports that the Barbary Clan’s people were fleeing and ordered his men to watch Barbary instead.
• Barbary left most of his clan behind as a decoy, secretly sent young members away, and led the remaining elders toward the Radiant Plane.
• Barbary planned to offer the Augusta Clan his eternal allegiance; if they refused, he would hide and attack weaker members of the Four Divine Beasts Clan.

Hankin Augusta received Barbary, who asked him to save the Barbary Clan from the Four Divine Beasts Clan. Hankin believed Barbary’s account but weighed the risks of sheltering him, leaving his decision unresolved.

• Hankin considered the Augusta Clan’s strength and advantages compared with the Four Divine Beasts Clan.
• Barbary arrived at the Augusta Clan’s grounds and humbly requested an audience with Hankin.
• Hankin welcomed Barbary, and after they talked, Barbary asked him to save his clan.
• Barbary explained that the Four Divine Beasts Clan blamed his clan for helping his son Sean and threatened to wipe them out.
• Hankin agreed that the Four Divine Beasts Clan was unreasonable and considered whether protecting Barbary was worth the cost.

Hanjin accepted Barbary and his clan into the Augusta Clan, hoping their dispute with the Four Divine Beasts Clan would advance Augusta’s plans against the Four Divine Beast Sovereigns. Fifteen years later, the furious clan debated war, and Gaiselesen proposed consulting his father before deciding.

• Barbary offered his clan’s wealth and swore loyalty to Hanjin in exchange for protection, and Hanjin told him to wait for an answer.
• Hanjin recalled Augusta’s order to provoke a conflict with the Four Divine Beasts Clan and decided to shelter Barbary as an honorary elder, making his clansmen outer disciples.
• Hanjin’s announcement spread across the Radiant Plane, and fifteen years later the Four Divine Beasts Clan learned of it and demanded action.
• Gaiselesen tried to calm the outraged elders, while Bru insisted that the clan defend its honor and was dismissed from Azure Dragon Hall.
• The four patriarchs argued over whether to fight the Augusta Clan, and Gaiselesen suggested asking Augusta before deciding because a war might affect the Sovereigns.

Gaiselesen consulted Reding about the Four Divine Beasts Clan’s conflict with the Augusta Clan, and Reding ordered them to leave Barbary alone while suspecting Augusta might be behind the danger. Hoss and his allies focused on recovery and cultivation as the Federation paused expansion, and after a hundred thousand years Adkins broke through to Midgodhood.

• Gaiselesen summoned Reding, who ordered the clan to stop pursuing Barbary as long as he remained in the Radiant Plane.
• Reding told Moni and Bowen he suspected Augusta might be plotting against the Four Divine Beast Sovereigns and urged them to focus on cultivation.
• Hoss chose to refine a Midgod spark, while Adkins and Pusiluo also entered seclusion to improve their strength.
• Hoss ordered the Federation to halt expansion for a hundred thousand years and consolidate its controlled Material Planes.
• In Federation Year 103,563, Adkins broke through to become a Midgod of the Light Element, and Hoss congratulated him.

After a hundred thousand years of preparation, Huosi restarted the Federation’s expeditions, and Pusiluo and Adkins spent a million years conquering Material Planes. By Federation Year 2,570,000, the Federation controlled thirty-six million planes and had built a vast network of research centers and provinces while concealing its operations from the Plane Guardians and Divine Planes.

• Huosi told Pusiluo and Adkins that the Federation would resume its expeditions and begin targeting mid-sized Material Planes.
• Pusiluo and Adkins led the Expeditionary Army through repeated conquests, restructuring each plane and sending resources to the central government.
• After conquering 18,329,781 planes, Pusiluo complained that the work had become tedious, but continued to pursue Huosi’s promised upgraded armor.
• The Federation expanded its Academy of Sciences across dedicated project planes and organized its holdings into a capital circle, provinces, and prefectures.
• By Federation Year 2,570,000, the Federation controlled thirty-six million Material Planes and kept its gates, members, and research secret from the Plane Guardians and Divine Planes.

Zacharias Leilin became a god and discussed his hope of joining the Academy of Sciences with his two older brothers. Lord Huosi appeared with Adkins and invited Leilin to join his research group, sending him to report to the Academy of Sciences on Qingya Continent.

• Zacharias Leilin became a god outside his body, while his brothers Burgess and the middle-aged man in white robes marveled at his talent.
• Leilin told his brothers he wanted to join the Academy of Sciences but doubted he could pass its rigorous selection process.
• Huosi and Adkins appeared before the brothers, and Leilin recognized and respectfully greeted them.
• Huosi invited Leilin to join his research group, and Leilin accepted.
• Huosi gave Leilin identification and instructed him to report to the Academy of Sciences on Qingya Continent.

Leilin activated the smart wristband Huosi had given him and learned that his Grade A authorization would provide him and his brothers with a home and extensive resources on Qingya Continent. Huosi then explained that Leilin’s extraordinary talent might let him become a Paragon, making him a possible key to studying willpower.

• Leilin authenticated the wristband with a drop of blood and met its artificial intelligence, Xiao Ai.
• Xiao Ai revealed Leilin’s account balance and explained that his Grade A authorization gave him free access to basic facilities and Federation funding for research.
• Xiao Ai arranged for Leilin’s two brothers to live with him on Qingya Continent, though they could not enter the Academy of Sciences.
• Adkins asked Huosi why he had granted Leilin such high authorization, and Huosi said Leilin’s talent surpassed even Adkins’s and Pusiluo’s.
• Huosi considered Leilin’s potential to become a Paragon and hoped he might help reveal the principles of willpower.

Linley became a Highgod after fusing five profound mysteries and surpassed Adkins and Pusiluo in strength and research. As they sparred on the Yulan Plane, Huosi arrived, while his own advanced armor left him confident he could contend with an Asura but uncertain how to reach a Paragon’s level.

• Linley rapidly advanced in the Federation, became its third Highgod, and had already fused five profound mysteries by the time of his breakthrough.
• Pusiluo attacked Linley in a sparring match, but Linley easily countered him, while Adkins admitted he could not challenge Linley.
• Huosi arrived and explained that Pusiluo’s talent might let him fuse five profound mysteries but would not make him a Paragon.
• Linley asked Huosi why he had come, and Huosi reflected that his upgraded armor could let him contend with an Asura, though he still lacked a path to Paragon willpower.

Huosi told Leilin and Pusiluo that another Yulan Plane genius had caught his attention, while reflecting on Beirut’s extraordinary influence and the plane’s powerful figures. On the Magical Beast Continent, Beirut killed a red-haired man for his godsnaps, then faced four mysterious visitors far stronger than himself.

• Huosi said the genius he wanted to find was from the Yulan Plane, and Leilin reacted with surprise.
• Huosi reflected on Beirut’s role in Leilin’s rise and on the unusually powerful figures connected to the Yulan Plane.
• Beirut demanded two godsnaps from a red-haired man, broke his sword with a God-Eater Rat weapon, and killed him with his Innate Divine Ability.
• Beirut swallowed the red-haired man’s godsnaps and decided he should lie low on another continent.
• Four powerful figures appeared before Beirut, leaving him wary and outmatched.

Beirut accepted Huosi’s offer to join the Huosi Academy of Sciences, while Huosi explained the God-Eater Rat’s overwhelming power to his companions. Elsewhere, Augusta emerged from seclusion to learn that the Four Divine Beasts Clan had ended its conflict with the Augusta Clan, leaving him baffled.

• Beirut agreed to work for Huosi and received an identity bracelet directing him to the Academy of Sciences on Qingya Continent.
• Beirut learned from Jarvis that the man who recruited him was Lord Huosi and became excited about joining Huosi’s ranks.
• Pusiluo asked about Beirut’s bloodline, and Huosi explained that Beirut could surpass Leilin at Highgod level because his God-Slaying ability bypassed soul defenses.
• Leilin asked how anyone could resist the ability, and Huosi said that reaching Paragon by fusing all six profound mysteries would allow it.
• Augusta emerged from a hundred million years of seclusion and learned that the Four Divine Beasts Clan had chosen to let its conflict with the Augusta Clan go, which puzzled him.