Chapter Summaries

Li Yuan discovered that Angel Mo had sent Apostles Five and Six to assassinate the Ocean Empire’s king while the other apostles stalled the Ocean Army. The raid failed when Cthulhu and the queen killed the two apostles, leaving Mo’s plan exposed.

• Apostles One and Two joined the battle and used ice and fire to drive back the Ocean Army, while Atlas and Antaeus retreated from their attack.
• Angel Mo revealed that Apostles Five and Six had secretly left to raid the Ocean Palace, prompting Hydra to warn Li Yuan that two fourth-tier angels had entered it.
• Mo told Li Yuan the apostles had departed after their last conversation and had used the apostles of light and darkness to conceal their absence.
• Cthulhu and the queen killed Apostles Five and Six after the pair found the true Ocean Empire king and tried to assassinate him.
• Cthulhu crushed one apostle’s head as the queen praised his prediction that the attackers would come.

Li Yuan’s plan to destroy Paradise Island trapped Mo’s winged forces, but Mo counterattacked with his apostles until the Twelfth Apostle betrayed the Winged King and claimed the crown. Mo then revealed that he had expected the betrayal and made the Twelfth Apostle king, leaving Li Yuan stunned.

• Li Yuan revealed that the Ocean Empire’s king and queen were Fourth Tier fighters, and Mo dismissed the surprise as a trick he had anticipated.
• Paradise Island split apart and sank after Li Yuan’s Fishmen secretly hollowed it out, while a giant great white shark erupted from beneath it.
• Mo sent eight apostles and the winged people to attack the Ocean Army, which was overwhelmed by the apostles’ power.
• Li Yuan suggested there might be a Judas among Mo’s Twelve Apostles, and the Twelfth Apostle killed the Winged King and the Eleventh Apostle before taking the crown.
• Mo revealed that he had remembered the betrayal for a hundred years and ordered the Twelfth Apostle to put on the crown and become king, surprising Li Yuan.

Li Yuan and Mo discovered that Qin Leng had secretly fueled their conflict and manipulated the Twelve Apostles, though both still intended to kill each other. In Hell Space, Qin Leng explained his plan to weaken dangerous Sequences and revealed that a distant cultivation world had sixth-order beings and a legend of a seventh-order sage.

• The Twelfth Apostle killed the king and staged Eleven’s death, but Eleven resurrected, and the crown’s protections were revealed.
• Mo and Li Yuan recognized Qin Leng as the third party who had stirred up their century-long conflict and tried to turn the Twelve Apostles against the Winged King.
• The Twelfth Apostle reported Qin Leng’s scheme to Mo, who told him to play along and use the plot to draw Qin Leng out.
• Qin Leng noticed the counterplot and changed his plan, while Li Yuan and Mo continued preparing to kill each other despite knowing about the third party.
• In Hell Space, Qin Leng explained that he had used demons to provoke wars and hoped the Sequences would weaken or kill one another, especially Li Yuan and Mo.
• Qin Leng recalled learning cultivation methods from a powerful otherworldly being and hearing of a seventh-order sage beyond that world’s sixth-order beings.

Qin Leng reflected on the cultivation methods and powers of the world before Mo attacked the Ocean Empire. Li Yuan’s prepared seal trapped the Apostles and winged people, though tens of thousands of Ocean Empire priests became its sacrifices.

• Qin Leng regretted obtaining only the Cloud Sea Scripture and noted that Bai Ye had returned from death after the chaos on the Central Continent.
• Mo ordered ten Fourth Tiers to attack the Ocean Empire after the Third Tier king failed to appear.
• Li Yuan lured Mo’s forces into a tidal formation, and Mo sent the immortal Apostle Eleven to test it.
• Mo realized Li Yuan was bluffing, but the priests completed their ritual before he could stop them.
• Li Yuan revealed that he had spent two hundred years devising a weakened reverse Atlantis Seal, using the priests as its mediums to bind the Apostles and winged people.

Li Yuan sealed Mo and the Featherfolk beneath the deep sea, but Mo warned that the seal had a fatal flaw before disappearing. Meanwhile, Sequence 009’s empire on the Outer Sea Continent developed firearms and industry, setting the continent on a path of increasingly destructive wars.

• Li Yuan completed the seal that dragged Mo, the Apostles, and the Featherfolk into a deep-sea vortex, leaving him with the initiative but no immediate way to take Mo’s Crown.
• Mo warned Li Yuan that the seal had a fatal flaw, then vanished; Li Yuan’s people inspected the seal without finding anything wrong.
• On the Outer Sea Continent, Sequence 009’s followers fought an eight-year civil war over whether to worship or study divine artifacts.
• A leader who supported both approaches ended the civil war, unified the people, and founded an empire in Year 61 of the World Calendar.
• Sequence 009 used divine artifacts to advance technology and start wars, while other nations copied his firearms and gunpowder.
• By Year 140 of the Imperial Calendar, Sequence 009’s empire had developed rifling and an industrial foundation, aided by a divine artifact that generated electricity.

The Empire conquered much of the Outer Sea Continent, survived a coalition war, and spent decades reforming its military and government. In Imperial Year 230, Sequence 009 rallied the Empire for a new war and proclaimed its expansionist, fascist creed.

• The Golden King opened overseas trade, introduced the Rare People to Sequence 009, and returned with wealth and advanced technology.
• Sequence 009 conquered neighboring kingdoms, absorbed allies, and fought Sequence 030 Liar Eater before a united alliance forced the war to end in the year 180.
• During twenty years of peace, the Empire reflected on its failures and established the Staff Department, a new command structure, and compulsory military training.
• In Imperial Year 230, Sequence 009 addressed the assembled soldiers and urged them to unleash their violence in the Empire’s coming war.
• The soldiers shouted, “Long live the Empire,” rather than “Long live the king.”

After a space battleship arrived at Earth and destroyed the Chaos Splitter’s final land-based headquarters, the story shifted to the Empire, where Annas Renard and Ross joined a brutal military training camp. On their first run, Annas kept pace with the adults while Ross struggled to keep up.

• A mechanical space battleship descended toward Earth and destroyed the Chaos Splitter’s last land-based headquarters with an energy laser.
• At a northern border orphanage, Annas Renard trained to join the army, while Ross said he wanted to end the Empire’s endless war.
• Annas and Ross volunteered for military training despite being younger than sixteen, and the sergeant major accepted them.
• The two boys began the six-month training camp with a run to the Sai River in the bitter cold.
• Annas stayed close behind the leading group, while Ross gritted his teeth to keep up.

After six months of training, Annas passed his military assessments and a loyalty test, earning promotion to corporal. He left the orphanage in uniform, parted from Ross, and marked a mailbox with the seal of the Chaos Splitter.

• Annas trained with Ross and impressed the sergeant major with his skills, while concealing his ambition to gain power and live better.
• Annas passed the close-quarters combat, shooting, and political ideology assessments with A ratings.
• Enemy soldiers captured Annas and staged an interrogation as an additional loyalty test; Annas shot an apparent Imperial soldier, then aimed his empty pistol at their leader to prove his loyalty to the Empire.
• The soldiers revealed the test and promoted Annas to corporal, explaining that the other captive had been an enemy spy.
• Annas returned to the orphanage, received his uniform and training rifle, and left without seeing Ross again.
• Annas declared that only war could end war and left the seal of the Chaos Splitter on a mailbox.

Annas arrived at the military academy in Capital Boer and learned that its divine artifacts might be Containment Objects. Meanwhile, Sequence 009’s Empire went to war against the Fey Eagle United Nations, but the campaign stalled against Liar Eater and Pharaoh Eagle’s forces.

• A sergeant showed Annas around the military academy and explained its exhibits, including replicas of the divine artifacts Demon-Slaying Holy Flame, the Holy Heart, and the Gate of Life.
• Sequence 009 gathered with Lord of Flesh and Blood, Priest, Nairasojin, and the Rat King, while the group considered the Empire’s strengths and the risks of using the Rat King’s viruses.
• Sequence 009 reviewed the Empire’s rival nations and the crowded, war-torn politics of the Outer Sea Continent.
• In Imperial Year 231, Sequence 009 declared war on the Fey Eagle United Nations.
• Liar Eater and Pharaoh Eagle’s battle-hardened forces pushed back against the Empire, and Sequence 009’s campaign hit a wall.

Annas Renard’s Imperial forces turned a losing battle around when seven airships devastated the Fey Eagle United Nations’ troops. Sequence 009 then planned the Empire’s future technological advances, beginning with securing an oil field and building tanks.

• Annas Renard recalled how the Imperial Army had been ordered to hold its position while the Falcon Eagle Allied Forces’ Xi, Orks, and Mia overwhelmed them.
• Seven Imperial airships appeared over the battlefield and dropped bombs on the Fey Eagle United Nations’ forces.
• The Imperial commander ordered a charge, and Annas and the other soldiers advanced to finish off the battered enemy.
• Sequence 009 explained that his Chaos Holy Armor and Light Brain had helped him calculate the war and plan the Empire’s technological development.
• Sequence 009 planned to seize an oil field near the Fey Eagle United Nations’ border and outlined milestones for producing tanks and later advanced weapons.

Number 020 used the Ferryman and Shangri-La to attempt to transfer a soul to Sequence 009, while Sequence 009’s Empire fought a growing coalition in the God-Chosen World. Annas rose through the ranks as a gifted commander, became Adolf Reynard, and took command in the Empire’s final assault against the Falcon Eagle Allied Forces.

• Number 020 researched souls, found records of the Ferryman and Shangri-La, and began a Soul Transfer experiment using Chu Yan as the sacrifice.
• Sequence 009’s Empire defeated the Falcon Eagle Allied Forces, captured a decoy king, and declared war on smaller nations that would not cooperate.
• Alos warned eastern nations that the Empire could gain control of vast oil reserves, prompting several countries to pressure the Empire and deploy troops to its borders.
• The Empire declared war on the countries pressuring it and fought on multiple fronts, where Annas distinguished himself and rose through the ranks.
• In 240, Annas received the name Adolf, the divine artifact Elon Dol, and command of the Sixth Army Division before joining the final assault on the Falcon Eagle Allied Forces.

Adolf led the Empire’s Sixth Division in a three-month war against Pharaoh Eagle’s Mia, using a magical handgun, flamethrowers, and artillery to conquer the capital. He carried out a genocide, then returned to the Empire and rose to general while advancing military technology and defeating the Eastern Nation’s main force.

• Adolf transformed into a winged demon by shooting himself with the royal handgun, then promised his soldiers plunder and rewards to spur their assault.
• Adolf used the handgun’s explosive Magic Bullets to devastate enemy troops as Pharaoh Eagle and his three heads lamented their imminent defeat and Alos’s betrayal.
• Adolf led the Sixth Division through a three-month campaign, using flamethrowers and artillery to break the Mia’s final defenses and capture Loser Mill.
• Adolf executed the captured king and nobles, then ordered the execution of all Mia three days later.
• Adolf returned to Capital Boer, received a brigadier general’s rank and the Cross Sword, and joined the Staff Department.
• Adolf helped develop engines and ballistics, defeated 150,000 Eastern Nation soldiers, and was promoted to general.

Leader of Wolves sought Frost King's help against Sequence 009, whose invasion threatened to break the nations' encirclement of Sequence 008 True Ancestor. Frost King had reason to target Sequence 009 himself, and his ability to turn the dead into wights could make him a formidable wartime threat.

• Sequence 009's attack from the rear left Leader of Wolves caught between the Imperial army and Sequence 008 True Ancestor, while Sequence 005 Wall Breaker could not stop the Empire.
• Leader of Wolves decided to seek help from Frost King, whose army could contend with the Empire and who hated Sequence 009.
• Leader of Wolves traveled to the White Frost Empire and appealed to Frost King as his nephew, but Frost King interrupted his plea.
• Frost King recalled that Leader of Wolves had joined the Blood Clan during the conflict against Sequence 008 and said he did not want to get involved.
• Leader of Wolves counted on Frost King's existing desire to kill Sequence 009, whose immortal trait had previously kept Frost King from acting.
• Frost King's dependents were wights made from the dead, allowing his forces to grow as casualties accumulated in war.

Sequence 038 Leader of Wolves secured the Frost King’s help against Sequence 009, while Sequence 009 considered using crowns to unleash calamities and threaten his enemies. He planned to challenge the game’s hierarchy by wielding calamities as a weapon for weaker Sequences.

• The chapter explained that the Frost King had allied with several Sequences to eliminate Sequence 009, while Sequence 007 Siren was regarded as having the Outer Sea Continent’s strongest military power.
• Sequence 038 Leader of Wolves asked his Third Uncle, the Frost King, to handle Sequence 009, then returned home and reflected on the Frost King’s strength and the Chaos Splitter.
• Sequence 009 dismissed using crowns to form alliances and considered exchanging them for potions, including Forbidden Potions.
• Sequence 009 learned that crowns could also fuel calamities powerful enough to destroy nations, kill high-tier Sequences, or end the world.
• Sequence 009 saw that a three-crown calamity could sharply improve his chances of victory and planned to use the threat to deter enemies and defy the game’s expected hierarchy.

Adolf encountered his old acquaintance Ross, who warned that the Empire’s continued expansion would unite the world against it and lead to a World War. Adolf said the Empire intended to make enemies of the world and would only achieve peace through unification.

• Imperial officials discussed the Empire’s military command structure and its technological superiority over other nations.
• Lieutenant General Ante invited Adolf to meet his son and asked him to help the young man enter public service.
• Adolf recognized Ross at the Staff Department entrance and learned that Ross had repeatedly tried to warn the commanders against expanding the war.
• Ross argued that the Empire should stop fighting and withdraw before other nations formed an anti-Empire alliance.
• Adolf told Ross that the Empire would not stop its aggression and that peace could only come through unifying the world.

After the Empire lost the war and suffered territorial and economic collapse, Alos exploited famine and popular unrest in the Allied Nations to abolish the monarchy and establish a republic uniting fifteen nations. He became its leader, while the Frost King, True Ancestor, Great Serpent, and the other powers remained silent.

• The Frost King formed an alliance of ten eastern nations, but the Empire defeated their first coalition army through espionage and tactical strikes.
• The World War escalated as the Empire deployed modern weapons and divine artifacts, while the Great Serpent and True Ancestor entered the fighting.
• Sequence 009 killed the Rat King, gathered three crowns, and used the threat of a natural disaster to force negotiations with the fifteen-nation coalition.
• In Empire Year 281, the Empire surrendered, ceded 64% of its territory, accepted severe restrictions and reparations, and entered a period of unrest and food shortages.
• Alos used the Grain Law Incident, peasant revolutions, and labor movements to spread a revolution that abolished monarchy across the Allied Nations.
• In World Year 297, Alos established a republic from the fifteen nations and became its head.

After the Empire’s defeat left it divided and exploited by foreign colonists, Adolf returned to public life and built a mass following among workers. He seized power in a coup, killed the Conservative Faction's emperor, and called on the people to break free of their shackles and take control of their fate.

• The Old King told Adolf that the Empire had to reunite and turn defeat into victory, then died after sending Adolf through the Gate of Eternal Life.
• In Imperial Year 299, Adolf joined the Workers' Party and gained the support of workers by denouncing foreign exploitation and the Empire’s dire conditions.
• Adolf maneuvered between the royal family and the warlords, but Ross exposed his scheme, leading to Adolf’s arrest and trial for treason.
• Adolf persuaded the military judge and prisoners to support him, and he was released three months later.
• Adolf launched a coup, transformed into a demon, killed the Conservative Faction's emperor with Elon Dol, and captured Ross.
• Adolf addressed his followers and urged the people to reject their shackles and become masters of their own fate.

Adolf unified the Empire, took power, and led it into renewed war before the three-hundred-year threshold brought the gods’ abilities back. Sequence 009 arrived with powerful allies, while Li Yuan watched from the Outer Sea Continent and decided not to let Sequence 009 survive.

• Adolf publicly executed Colonel Ross, became the Empire’s Führer, and announced a new war under the Chaos Splitter flag.
• In Imperial Year 300, Adolf tore up the treaty and slaughtered the Empire’s colonists as gods descended on the capital.
• Sequence 009, Nairasojin, the priest, and the Lord of Flesh and Blood regained their abilities, and Sequence 009 learned that Adolf had once been an ordinary Chaos Splitter member.
• The nations discussed Sequence 009’s unexpected restraint while Alos’s alliance gathered powerful figures and Li Yuan stirred naval wars across both continents.
• Li Yuan judged Sequence 009 and the Lord of Flesh and Blood to be dangerous threats and resolved to prevent them from surviving.

Yi Jing and Sword Forger considered the weakening Republic Alliance while the Great Serpent produced split items at a uranium mine. In World Calendar Year 302, Sequence 009’s Empire tested an atomic bomb, and the chapter ended with Sequence 078 Dragon Slayer attacking an Imperial port city.

• Yi Jing told Sword Forger that the Republic Alliance was destined to collapse, but said they should not withdraw yet because the situation was delicate.
• Yi Jing learned that the Great Serpent was mass-producing book-type split items at uranium-producing Mine No. 045, where the alliance could refine uranium for fission experiments.
• In Year 302, the Empire successfully tested an atomic bomb, shocking the Sequences and prompting the fifteen allied nations to race to develop their own weapons.
• Sequence 009 expanded atomic bomb production instead of immediately starting a war, giving the allied nations time to prepare.
• Sequence 078 Dragon Slayer personally led a naval surprise attack on an Imperial port city and destroyed it with a ten-thousand-meter storm spear.

Sequence 009 fought Dragon Hunter and Gaia after they separated their countries from the continent, while Li Yuan intervened and seized Dragon Hunter’s crown. Sequence 009 identified Li Yuan as the hidden power behind the conflict and began planning against him, but Li Yuan then brought Sequence 019’s army to the Outer Sea Continent.

• Sequence 009 concluded that Number 002, Sea King, was behind Dragon Hunter and considered how the Empire could avoid fighting him at sea.
• Gaia split his and Dragon Hunter’s countries from the Outer Sea Continent, forcing the Empire to attempt an aerial invasion.
• The Empire bombarded the enemy capitals and landed troops, but sea monsters launched a rear attack as Adolf ordered the crowns seized.
• Li Yuan killed Dragon Hunter’s king and took his crown, while protecting Gaia; Sequence 009 recognized Li Yuan as the hidden opponent and began devising a plan against him.
• Sequence 019, Insect Mother, landed an insectoid army on the Outer Sea Continent at Li Yuan’s invitation, angering Sequence 009.