Recaps

Xu Shi strengthened Night Sin City, expanded the alliance, and prepared to challenge the Heavenly Principle while developing new technology and assigning Pan Ling a growing role. The arc ended with Su Lin’s urgent call for help from the Qingyun Immortal Realm, prompting Xu Shi to lead a fleet there with Xu Ying.

• Pan Ling explained the Heavenly Principle’s influence to Qin Yiyan, who chose to judge Xu Shi for herself, while Xu Shi recruited Pan Ling into his plan to overthrow it.
• Xu Shi and his allies confirmed that Lu Baiyan could reverse Rust Fog’s Divine Breath and began research into spreading and strengthening abilities through Rust Fog.
• Xu Shi left the Hualan Empire for Night Sin City, where he organized overseas exploration, assigned Yu Xingchuan to lead new bureaus, and put Qin Yiyan in charge of cultural and educational affairs.
• Tang Shuang pushed Xu Shi and Shen Qin to confront their feelings, and she and Xu Shi later agreed to work together against the Heavenly Principle.
• Three years later, Pan Ling had become Xu Shi’s special assistant as the federation expanded, while Xu Shi investigated sabotage of the United City-States’ communications network.
• Gu Yi and Xia Wuyou fought to a draw in their mechs, and Xu Shi named Gu Yi’s thought-controlled machine Bright Sight before offering further equipment research and training.
• After Mirror Lake County and Flowing Cloud Country joined the alliance, Gu Yi received Su Lin’s urgent warning that the Qingyun Immortal Realm was in danger.
• Xu Shi dispatched combat teams and a fleet to support the Qingyun Immortal Realm, assigned Gu Yi, Little Ling, and Jiang Chengcheng to oversee Night Sin City, and took Xu Ying with him when the fleet departed.

Su Lin, Tang Shuang, and Lin Yue survived a Heavenly Principle assault in the Qingyun Immortal Realm as Xu Shi uncovered the nature of the hidden hackers and prepared to confront Origin. The stretch ended with humanity’s victory and reconstruction in the New Era, followed by the author’s note about the novel’s completion.

• Su Lin chose the Western Regions as the group’s first destination, where Mosuo He guided her, Tang Shuang, and Lin Yue into the desert before a giant Sand Chirping Insect attacked.
• Tang Shuang and the others fought the insect swarm until β, a Heavenly Principle Purger, appeared and revealed that the Purge Plan involved hundreds of Purgers positioned around the world.
• Xu Shi mobilized Federation defenses and nearby allies, while Cheng Gujian arrived to battle β and the Giant Sand Chirping Insect King as attacks spread across the regions.
• Xu Shi met Gu Yi in the spiritual world and learned that the supposed global hackers were AIs, while Soul Kill had renewed its targeting of him.
• Xu Shi encountered Yuan and attempted to counter Origin, while Xia Ke’an’s exceptional mental power made her an overlooked variable in Origin’s sealing plan.
• The account recorded humanity’s victory over the Heavenly Principle as the start of the New Era, with reconstruction completed in its first year and all known regions joining the Star River Federation by its third year.
• The author announced the novel’s completion, apologized for its delays and unresolved plot points, and said plans for a future book remained unsettled.