Chapter Summaries

Liu Yun prepared to explore the No. 9 Ancient Civilization Ruins, hoping his Machine Race Clone could seize control of its intelligent lifeform. At the Limit Dojo gathering, Hong praised Liu Yun before the assembled War Gods, while Xia Lin and Wang Huifeng quietly resented him.

• Liu Yun received the Limit Dojo's notice that War Gods would enter the No. 9 Ancient Civilization Ruins, where the death and disability rate was 72%.
• Liu Yun hacked the Limit Dojo's system, found Xia Lin and Wang Huifeng on the expedition list, and arranged for Yang Xiaolong and others to join as well.
• Liu Yun returned to the Limit Dojo and met Huang Mei, Xiao Wu, and Wang Tianba, who praised his survival and accomplishments.
• Hong arrived at the Limit Dojo with a white man in his aircraft and called Liu Yun forward before the gathered War Gods.
• Hong outlined the ruins expedition, highlighted the Black God Set, and urged everyone to follow Liu Yun's example in helping humanity.
• Xia Lin and Wang Huifeng watched Hong praise Liu Yun with bitter resentment but remained silent.

Liu Yun hacked the No. 9 Ancient Civilization Ruins with his Machine Race Clone and took control of its network, turning the trial into a swift conquest. He left the other participants with Black God Sets, punished Xia Lin and Wang Huifeng, and met the ruins’ crystal humanoid in its central hall.

• Yao Rao explained that the No. 9 Ancient Civilization Ruins separated Martial Artists and Psychics into different passages and used trials to award Black God Sets.
• Hong told Liu Yun they would meet again at Mist Island, and Liu Yun agreed they would fight side by side.
• After entering the ruins, Liu Yun learned that his brain domain width qualified him for the Elite Passage and used the Machine Race Clone to seize control of the ruins’ network.
• Liu Yun arranged for most participants to receive Black God Sets and be sent away, while Xia Lin and Wang Huifeng were confined and subjected to ongoing punishment.
• Liu Yun entered the central hall, where a crystal humanoid greeted him as its honored master, and Yang Xiaolong and the others joined him to inspect the base’s selections.

Liu Yun led Ruby, Yang Xiaolong, Blacka, and Bai Wan through No. 9 Ruins, giving them Yun Mo Star tokens, armor, and cultivation manuals before ordering them to leave. His foreboding grew as he prepared to head to Mist Island immediately, while Yao Rao watched his group depart with concern for what their growing strength might mean for Earth.

• Ruby, Yang Xiaolong, Blacka, and Bai Wan entered the magnificent hall in No. 9 Ruins and marveled at its power and treasures.
• The crystal man gave Liu Yun four Yun Mo Star tokens, and Liu Yun distributed the tokens, displayed a Black God Set, and offered the women cultivation manuals.
• Liu Yun rejected Yang Xiaolong's suggestion that they occupy the ruin and told the group to leave, concealing that he had already gained control of it.
• Liu Yun revealed that he had obtained the Duntian Shuttle and said he wanted the ruin to remain available to future explorers.
• Liu Yun's group left the ruin, reassuring the anxious Yao Rao that they were safe.
• Liu Yun refused Yao Rao's offer to rest and set out for Mist Island immediately, while Yao Rao considered how his companions' advancement could change Earth's situation.

Liu Yun arrived at Mist Island, where Hong and Thunder God were waiting, while the Golden Horned Beast devoured monsters across the oceans and broke through to the Cosmic Level. It continued toward the Atlantic and Indian Oceans, still hungry and preparing to grow stronger before attacking humanity.

• Liu Yun dismissed his sense of impending danger as he accepted the admiration of War Gods outside Ruin No. 9.
• The Golden Horned Beast devoured the Pacific Ocean's monsters until it reached the peak of the Stellar Level, then headed north to the Arctic Ocean.
• The Golden Horned Beast killed and absorbed a Frost Dragon, breaking through to the Cosmic Level and gaining a domain.
• The Golden Horned Beast swam toward the Atlantic and Indian Oceans, intending to reach its utmost strength before attacking humanity.
• Liu Yun flew to Mist Island, where Hong and Thunder God welcomed him, and Hong grabbed him and began talking.

Liu Yun reunited with Hong and Thunder God, learned about the universe’s power levels, and saw a video of Cosmic-Level experts that stirred an inexplicable ache and tears in him. At Mist Island, he learned of a thirteen-tentacled Monster Emperor in the lake and declared he would kill it to pacify the Pacific Ocean.

• Hong and Thunder God welcomed Liu Yun and praised his growth and the hope it gave Earth.
• Hong explained the scale of the universe and showed Liu Yun the ranks of Martial Artists and Psychics, including a video of Cosmic-Level experts fighting near a supernova.
• Liu Yun watched the video, felt an unexplained ache, and wept at the sight of a white dwarf with gravity three hundred million times Earth’s.
• Hong and Thunder God reassured Liu Yun that powerful outsiders had little reason to visit Earth and urged him not to lose confidence.
• At Mist Island, Thunder God showed Liu Yun the monster-filled lake and revealed that a thirteen-tentacled Monster Emperor lived within it.
• Liu Yun vowed to kill the Monster Emperor and pacify the Pacific Ocean.

Liu Yun arrived at Mist Island, where the nations had assembled to compete for its secrets, and learned that the monster emperor lurked thousands of meters beneath the lake. Despite Jia Yi’s warnings about his limited combat experience, Liu Yun secured Jia Yi’s support and entered the lake to pursue the monster emperor and Hu Yan Bo’s inheritance.

• Liu Yun flew over the heavily guarded Mist Island lake and saw teams from six powers setting up equipment around the shore.
• Jia Yi showed Liu Yun a scan of the enormous Tentacle Beast, which hid deep underground beneath the lake and could retract its thirteen regenerating tentacles into a shell.
• Jia Yi warned Liu Yun that the monster emperor was extremely dangerous and argued that Liu Yun’s rapid, pill-assisted growth had left his combat experience insufficient.
• Liu Yun insisted that confronting the monster emperor was the best way to challenge himself and prove his strength.
• Jia Yi agreed to support Liu Yun, who entered the lake to reach the Tentacle Beast and seek Hu Yan Bo’s inheritance.

Liu Yun killed the Tentacle Beast Emperor at the bottom of a lake, proving his strength to Jia Yi and the foreign bases. As Huaxia celebrated his victory, the Golden Horned Beast turned its attention toward India Base.

• Liu Yun descended into the lake and ignored the Crystal Ball’s warnings as he searched for the Tentacle Beast.
• Liu Yun used the Machine Race Clone’s analysis to evade the Beast Emperor’s attacks and severed its tentacles with his Straight Blade.
• Liu Yun hauled the Tentacle Beast’s body out of the lake and killed it, while Jia Yi watched in disbelief from the command center.
• Jia Yi ordered headquarters to be informed of Liu Yun’s victory, and people at Huaxia Base celebrated as foreign representatives worried about Huaxia’s rising power.
• Liu Yun believed he had become one of Earth’s top experts, unaware that the Golden Horned Beast had decided to attack India Base.

The Golden Horned Beast destroyed the India Base and rampaged across the Indian Peninsula, devouring people, buildings, and other targets as human defenses failed. India managed to send news of the beast to the world, leaving humanity aware of the threat but unable to stop it.

• The India Base commander ordered laser turrets and fighter jets to attack the approaching Golden Horned Beast, but its armor shrugged off their weapons and it destroyed several fighters.
• The Golden Horned Beast charged into the India Base, smashed it with a claw, and devoured everything in the ruins.
• The Golden Horned Beast rampaged across the Indian Peninsula, destroying bases and striking down people who tried to flee.
• Rescue planes and ships attempting to reach the peninsula were destroyed, while the Golden Horned Beast crushed a building where people had gathered to send distress signals and swallowed it.
• The people of India managed to send news of the Golden Horned Beast to the rest of the world.

After killing the Beast Emperor, Liu Yun learned that a Golden Horned Beast was attacking India and warned that Earth faced an unprecedented crisis. He donated most of the Beast Emperor’s corpse to Huaxia and received a Mu Ya Crystal from Hong, while still hoping to obtain the crystals hidden in the Yun Mo Star ruin.

• The Beast Emperor’s corpse drew interest from world powers and factions, while Liu Yun focused on the hidden ruin beneath the lake and its Mu Ya Crystals.
• Hong and Thunder God arrived, and Hong and the crowd expressed shock that Liu Yun had killed a Beast Emperor without awakening a domain.
• Hong showed Liu Yun footage of the Golden Horned Beast attacking India, and Liu Yun identified it as a terrifying starry sky beast that could devour rock and metal.
• Liu Yun warned Hong that Earth faced an unprecedented crisis and offered most of the Beast Emperor’s corpse to Huaxia for research and weapons development.
• Hong praised Liu Yun and gave him a Mu Ya Crystal, which Liu Yun recognized and hoped to supplement with the crystals aboard the Yun Mo Star.

Hong, Liu Yun, and Thunder God stayed on Mist Island to excavate Mu Ya Crystals and seek the ruins’ power as humanity’s only chance against the Golden Horned Beast. Liu Yun used the Machine Race Clone to locate more crystals, but found their supply far from enough, until the clone offered a suggestion that renewed his hope.

• Hong, Thunder God, and Liu Yun pledged to fight together and pursue the buried power beneath Mist Island while other forces evacuated.
• India Base and EU Base evacuated their people, equipment, and research, while Jia Yi led Huaxia Base away from the island.
• Hong, Liu Yun, and Thunder God entered an underground river, where they found Mu Ya Crystals in the rock and began excavating them.
• Liu Yun asked the Machine Race Clone to scan underground for crystals and used a portal to store each one he collected.
• Liu Yun despaired that the crystals could not match the Golden Horned Beast, but the Machine Race Clone gave him a suggestion that revived his hope.

Liu Yun arranged an evacuation of Earth aboard the Machine Race’s forty-two warships while preparing to seek help in the Mist Island Ruins. He left Hong and Thunder God to hold off the Golden Horned Beast as he headed underground to take control of Babata.

• Liu Yun agreed to evacuate as many people as possible, gave Ruby and Yang Xiaolong authority over the warships, and ordered Liu Ling to leave Earth.
• Ruby and Yang Xiaolong accepted the evacuation mission, while Liu Ling reluctantly boarded a crimson warship.
• Hong and Thunder God returned with Mu Ya Crystals and offered to share them with Liu Yun before fighting the Golden Horned Beast.
• Liu Yun told Hong and Thunder God he would train in the Mist Island Ruins alone and asked them to defend Earth until he returned.
• Liu Yun moved the Machine Race’s heavy cannons to support the defense, then plunged into the underground lake to take control of Babata.

Liu Yun entered Hu Yan Bo’s ruins beneath Mist Island, searching for a way to resist the Golden Horned Beast. He used the Crystal Ball’s Evolution Heart to overwhelm Babata and make it submit, leaving him with control of the ruins’ artificial intelligence.

• Liu Yun discovered the hidden hatch 15,000 meters underground and entered the ruins, where he found hundreds of Mu Ya Crystals.
• Liu Yun passed Hu Yan Bo’s enormous servant’s corpse and found seven corpses in a vast hall, including a damaged Machine Race immortal.
• Babata appeared in the hall and welcomed Liu Yun, but Liu Yun demanded that it submit or kill him.
• Liu Yun’s Crystal Ball revealed the Machine Race’s Evolution Heart and restrained Babata while the Machine Race Clone invaded its core consciousness system.
• Babata submitted to Liu Yun and pledged to serve him.

Liu Yun discovered that the Machine Race Clone would need a month to fuse with the damaged Machine Race Immortal body, so he headed for the Mechanical Base with Babata to find another way. Meanwhile, the Golden Horned Beast conquered Southeast Asia and threatened Huaxia, where Hong and Thunder God returned to Jiangnan City as people sought their guidance.

• Liu Yun placed the crystal ball on the Machine Race Immortal's corpse and learned that the Machine Race Clone could wield only five percent of its power after a month of fusion.
• Liu Yun took the crystal ball and ordered Babata to gather usable resources as they headed for the Mechanical Base.
• The Golden Horned Beast subdued the monsters of Southeast Asia, swallowed a human war base, and led a monster army that devastated the region.
• The Golden Horned Beast turned its attention toward Huaxia as its territory and ambitions grew.
• Hong and Thunder God arrived at the Jiangnan City base, where Jia Yi greeted them and reporters questioned them about resisting the Golden Horned Beast.

As the Golden Horned Beast overwhelmed humanity, the human bases turned to escape plans and launched the Human Inheritance Project, while Liu Yun's warships carried selected civilians away from Earth. Liu Yun returned to the Machine Race Base, where Yang Xiaolong, Ruby, Blacka, and the others had chosen to stay and fight, and began a third upgrade in a desperate attempt to improve their chances.

• Hong and Thunder God reassured reporters that humanity would fight the Golden Horned Beast, though they had no specific battle plan.
• The North American president approved the Human Inheritance Project, and human bases focused on preparing escape warships as the front lines collapsed.
• Liu Yun's warships took selected children and civilians from Huaxia shelters into outer space.
• Liu Yun found Yang Xiaolong, Ruby, Blacka, and the others at the Machine Race Base, where they had chosen to stay and defend it.
• Liu Yun began the Machine Race Base's third upgrade, hoping to raise it to Level Two and gain a chance against the Golden Horned Beast.

Liu Yun used Mu Ya Crystals and a fragment from an immortal Machine Race warrior to upgrade the Machine Race Base, hoping to prepare it to fight the Golden Horned Beast. The upgrade succeeded, and Liu Yun set out with his newly strengthened robot army to suppress and kill the beast.

• Liu Yun began upgrading the Machine Race Base with rare metals and Mu Ya Crystals while Ruby and the others watched.
• Liu Yun gave Mu Ya Crystals to the four women and ordered them into sealed Evolution Chambers, keeping his plan secret from them.
• Babata brought Liu Yun a fragment from an immortal Machine Race warrior, and Liu Yun placed it in the base core's beam.
• The immortal fragment triggered the base's evolution, raising every robot to stellar-level combat power and greatly strengthening Excalibur Brave.
• Liu Yun sent Babata to Mist Island to receive trial takers and announced that he would fight the Golden Horned Beast.

The Golden Horned Beast overwhelmed Jiangnan Base’s defenses, forcing Thunder God and Hong to face defeat as the beast tide broke through. Liu Yun arrived in the Excalibur Brave to challenge the beast, leaving humanity’s survival to their coming battle.

• Thunder God and Hong led Jiangnan Base’s defenders against the beast tide as the Golden Horned Beast arrived and declared humans to be insects.
• Thunder God ordered the soldiers to fire Liu Yun’s laser cannons, but their barrage only left shallow marks on the Golden Horned Beast.
• The Golden Horned Beast crushed part of the city wall, and the beasts overran the base as civilians were slaughtered.
• The Golden Horned Beast turned its claws toward Thunder God and Hong and called the destruction an amusing game.
• Liu Yun arrived in the Excalibur Brave and charged at the Golden Horned Beast.

Liu Yun lured the Golden Horned Beast from Earth into the asteroid belt, where he and his teammates trapped it in a weapons ambush. He ordered the Machine Race Clone to trigger a final explosion that destroyed the Golden Horned Beast and Excalibur Brave, leaving Liu Yun’s fate unknown.

• Liu Yun piloted Excalibur Brave to wound the Golden Horned Beast and drew it away from Earth into space.
• Liu Yun contacted Ruby, Yang Xiaolong, and the others, who teleported to the asteroid belt and activated concealed weapons.
• Liu Yun used Excalibur Brave to lure the Golden Horned Beast into range of a probe attack, but the beast bit into the ship with its Devouring Secret Technique.
• Liu Yun told Ruby and Yang Xiaolong to activate the restraint system and attack both him and the Golden Horned Beast, despite the risk.
• Liu Yun ordered the Machine Race Clone to activate the backup mental simulation system and destroy them both in a massive explosion.
• The explosion cleared a quarter of the asteroid belt, and Liu Yun and the Golden Horned Beast vanished.

After the Golden Horned Beast crisis, Earth’s factions searched for the mysterious warship’s owner while humanity slowly recovered from the monster invasion. At the Machine Race Base, Ruby, Yang Xiaolong, Blacka, Xueni, and Liu Ling mourned Liu Yun as hundreds of warships gathered outside, leaving the base in danger.

• Hong and Thunder God suspected Liu Yun had piloted the warship, but they turned to fighting the remaining monsters instead of investigating.
• The North American and EU Bases sought to identify the warship’s owner, while people across Earth speculated about the warships and the Machine Race Base’s technology.
• Humanity gradually stabilized and learned to defend itself against monsters as the mysterious warrior became a celebrated figure.
• At the Machine Race Base, Yang Xiaolong and Blacka grieved over footage showing Liu Yun and the Golden Horned Beast disappearing in the explosion.
• Xueni warned that the major factions would target the Machine Race Base for its technology, and Liu Ling arrived as hundreds of warships gathered outside the nearly undefended base.

As Liu Ling remained unconscious, Ruby, Yang Xiaolong, Blacka, and Xueni prepared to defend the Machine Race base from fighter groups sent by Earth's major powers. The groups turned on one another, then agreed to divide the base and use Nehru's India Base forces as the frontline against Huaxia, while Huaxia had yet to respond.

• Hundreds of fighters from North America, EU Base, Huaxia, and smaller alliances surrounded the Machine Race base, which Liu Yun had left without its weapons after fighting the Golden Horned Beast.
• Ruby, Yang Xiaolong, Blacka, and Xueni resolved to protect the base while Liu Ling remained unconscious, hoping Liu Yun would return if it survived.
• Ice Snow Emperor's EU Base fighters attacked Easter's North American formation, and Nehru's India Base fighters were drawn into the ensuing battle; all three groups lost more than half their forces.
• The rival groups agreed to a temporary ceasefire and decided to share the base according to strength while joining against outsiders and blocking Huaxia from receiving its aid.
• Nehru urged the others to attack Huaxia, but Ice Snow Emperor rejected him and threatened to put India Base on the front line when Huaxia's army arrived.
• Councilor Simida claimed that Simida deserved control of the world for supposedly sending the battleship that saved Earth, while Huaxia remained absent from the conflict.

Babata raised the Machine Race base into a floating island and its defenses ended the factions’ attempt to seize it. In the Solar System, Liu Yun revived aboard a restored Excalibur Brave, having reached the cosmic level, while the Golden Horned Beast remained barely alive and restrained.

• Babata activated the Floating Island System, lifting the Machine Race base and surrounding it with powerful defenses.
• Hong and Thunder God watched the factions’ conflict, while Jia Yi proposed revealing Liu Yun’s story and seeking the base’s secrets through Liu Ling; Hong warned him not to target Liu Yun’s inheritance.
• Babata told Ruby, Yang Xiaolong, Blacka, and Xueni to guard the base until Liu Yun returned, then disappeared.
• The faction leaders reconsidered their plan to seize the fortified base after their infighting cost them elite fighter craft.
• Liu Yun revived aboard the restored Excalibur Brave in the Solar System, broke through to the cosmic level, and found the Golden Horned Beast restrained and barely breathing.