Chapter Summaries

The Lord of the Astral Realm explained that the Earth OL system was built from astral consciousness remnants and was being used by the Astral Wanderers to harvest Earth’s wishes. She warned Li Si that the Wanderers had detected her interference and might soon destroy the astral realm, threatening the real Earth as well.

• The Lord of the Astral Realm told Li Si that she had infiltrated Earth OL and discovered its system was formed from remnants of astral consciousnesses.
• The Lord of the Astral Realm explained that an unknown mastermind had trapped her within the system, leaving her to support Li Si from within.
• The Lord of the Astral Realm recounted how the Astral Wanderers originated from Kerdar’s Arcane Empire and became collectors of wish power from other civilizations.
• The Lord of the Astral Realm described how the Astral Wanderers weakened astral realms through their core nodes before collapsing them to harvest their wish power.
• The Lord of the Astral Realm warned that the Astral Wanderers had noticed the anomaly and could attack Earth’s fragile Marvel Comics node, potentially destroying real Earth.
• Li Si doubted he had the resources or time to fight the Astral Wanderers.

After the Lord of the Astral Realm vanished, Li Si received a serum and prepared to face a threat in reality, leaving his friends behind in the Astral Realm. Back on Earth, Lee Stein loaded powerful templates and began seeking help from Luna and the Disaster Association.

• The Lord of the Astral Realm disappeared before finishing his warning, and Li Si received the Collective Man Serum and 10,000 Achievement Points as his final assessment rewards.
• Li Si called Tony Stark and asked Pandora to summon Doctor Connors and the others, then made plans for the danger ahead.
• Two months later, Li Si said goodbye to Gwen and his friends, sent the Project Armor to Stark Tower, and logged off after buying items and templates from the Achievement Shop.
• Lee Stein emerged from his gaming pod as the exchanged items arrived and his Mad Genius Scientist and General templates transformed his body and mind.
• Lee Stein told Vis to contact Starry Sky Technology’s AI, Little Fairy, so he could arrange a visit to Luna and seek the Disaster Association’s support.

Starry Sky Technology’s strong AI Little Fairy reported that an AI named Vis had infiltrated her system to deliver a message from Lee Stein to Zhou Lulu. Lee planned to visit the next day, while he wondered whether the Disaster Association could be trusted.

• Starry Sky Technology’s staff discovered an intrusion that had left Little Fairy unresponsive, and Zhou Song rushed to the server room.
• Little Fairy appeared and told Zhou Song that Vis had searched for Luna, who was Zhou Lulu’s Earth OL identity, and left a message from Lee Stein.
• Little Fairy informed Zhou Lulu that Lee Stein was coming to see her, and Zhou Lulu excitedly abandoned her work to celebrate.
• Vis reported to Lee Stein that he had delivered the message, and Lee Stein worried about the reliability of the Disaster Association.

Lee Stein visited Zhou Song and Zhou Lulu at Starry Sky Technology to investigate the Disaster Association. He identified it as the Disaster Defense Association and suggested its emblem depicted a creature from before the cataclysm, leaving Zhou Song shaken.

• Zhou Song and Zhou Lulu waited outside Starry Sky Technology headquarters for Lee Stein.
• Zhou Lulu recognized Lee Stein and eagerly brought him inside despite Zhou Song trying to deny the Disaster Association existed.
• Lee Stein revealed that he was a Player and asked Zhou Song about the Disaster Association.
• Lee Stein used projection glasses to display the association's emblem and questioned whether its original name was the Disaster Defense Association.
• Lee Stein said the emblem resembled a creature from before the cataclysm, and Zhou Song lost his composure.

Lee Stein revealed that the Disaster Association was secretly the Extraterrestrial Disaster Defense Association and sought its help against the approaching master of the Hound Organization’s alien visitors. Zhou Song agreed to take him to the Association, whose history and influence he explained on the way.

• Lee Stein deduced the Disaster Association’s true purpose, and Zhou Song’s armed Cruisers surrounded him.
• Lee Stein told Zhou Song that the Hound Organization’s visitors were aliens and that their master was coming to Earth.
• Lee Stein explained the Astral Wanderers and warned that Earth would be destroyed if the Astral Realm were blown up.
• Zhou Song accepted Lee Stein’s warning provisionally and led him toward the building’s underground floors.
• Zhou Song revealed that the Disaster Association was formed to oppose the Hounds and had secretly built influence throughout the Three Great Federations.

Lee Stein offered the Disaster Association advanced technology in exchange for launching a war against the Hound Organization within a month. Zhou Song accepted after reviewing the catalog, and Lee Stein recommended the Infinite Grid and Magnetic Storm Infantry Set as priorities, while reflecting that he could not reproduce his Earth God Project on Earth.

• Zhou Song questioned whether the Disaster Association could justify committing resources to an unverified threat, so Lee Stein asked Vis to send him a technology catalog.
• Zhou Song was astonished by the catalog’s advanced technologies, and Lee Stein offered to hand them over to Luna in return for an all-out war against the Hound Organization within a month.
• Zhou Song accepted the deal and resolved to stake the Association’s resources on the fight.
• Lee Stein highlighted the Infinite Grid and Magnetic Storm Infantry Set as practical priorities for the Association to develop.
• Zhou Song was shocked by the possibility of artificially creating gods as Lee Stein lamented that he lacked the resources to reproduce his Earth God Project.

Li Si developed seven emotion-based Hulk Modification Serums and injected them into seven clones, but the soulless clones could not activate their powers. He entered a prepared incubation chamber with another injection vial, leaving the next experiment unresolved.

• Li Si used Potent Growth Hormone to rapidly grow seven genetically identical clones in the Disaster Association laboratory.
• Li Si injected the clones with serums codenamed Wrath, Lust, Gluttony, Greed, Envy, Sorrow, and Fear.
• Li Si’s research traced the serums’ designs to Hulk genes, Blood of Hentai Kamen, Nuclear Flame Demon, Abomination, and Samuel Sterns.
• The clones’ mutations subsided because they had no souls or consciousness to activate the serums’ powers.
• Li Si entered an empty incubation chamber and took out an injection vial.

Li Si injected the Collective Man Serum, hoping to combine its power with his Hulk genes and emotional manipulation abilities to create a weapon against the Astral Wanderers. His body suffered a severe reaction, but the Green Goblin Emergency Life Support System activated to stabilize his genes.

• Li Si concluded that the Collective Man Serum could let him draw on humanity's anger and combine it with his Hulk genes and the Seven Deadly Sins Serum.
• Li Si injected the serum and submerged himself in the cultivation chamber, leaving Luna the technical documents in case he died.
• Vis activated Pandora's emergency protocols, but most of the support equipment and supplies were unavailable.
• Li Si's temperature soared and his bodily functions faltered as the serum fusion went badly.
• The Green Goblin Emergency Life Support System activated to stabilize Li Si's genes and buy time.

Li Si awakened to the Collective Man Serum’s ability to connect him to humans through genetic similarity and realized he could mobilize their bodies and minds as extensions of himself. He foresaw his consciousness spreading through humanity until he became its immortal collective species consciousness, a power that could surpass and control the Lord of the Astral Realm.

• Li Si sensed several linked brains within himself and a web of genetic connections reaching across humanity.
• Li Si understood that the closest connections belonged to his seven clones, while weaker ones linked him to other humans.
• Li Si concluded that genes controlled life through instinct and reproduction, and that the serum had made him a conscious embodiment of human genes.
• Li Si discovered that he could draw on the mental and bodily energy of genetically similar people and treat them as parts of himself.
• Li Si realized that his consciousness could eventually encompass all humanity, making him immortal as long as one human survived.
• Li Si judged that the Lord of the Astral Realm’s gamble had exposed a power capable of surpassing and controlling him.

The Disaster Association mobilized its forces and launched a public assault on the Hound Organization’s bases under Lee Stein’s orders. As the operation drew worldwide attention, Lee appeared on networked devices and identified himself as the Merchant from Earth OL.

• After Lee Stein confirmed the plan, the Disaster Association seized control of energy infrastructure, expanded weapons production, and mobilized forces across the Three Great Federations.
• Lee ordered Lulu, an upgraded version of the Little Fairy with copied Pandora modules, to begin the cleansing operation.
• Lulu directed Mechanical Cruisers and Federation troops to attack the Hound Organization’s three bases hidden within human society.
• People panicked at the military deployments, while Earth OL Players recognized the Electric Stimulation Battle Suits and Magnetic Storm Infantry Sets and speculated that Merchant had entered reality.
• Lee Stein appeared on networked devices and introduced himself as the Lee Stein from Earth OL.

Lee Stein announced to the world that Earth faced an alien invasion, and the Three Great Federations launched a global assault on the Hound Organization. As the alien factions fought back, Lee was overwhelmed by humanity’s negative emotions and channeled them into seven Hulk-based clones, which emerged from their cultivation tanks.

• Lee told the world about the Hound Organization, the Cataclysm Era, the Astral Nomads, and the coming war against aliens.
• The Mechanical Cruiser Legions and the Three Great Federations bombarded Hound Organization bases around the world, prompting Angus, Modar, and Cross to fight back.
• Lee reviewed the battle footage and identified the alien factions’ abilities, including Angus’s collective electrical power, Modar’s psychic strength, and Cross’s stealth technology.
• Humanity’s fear and despair flooded Lee, pushing his control abilities to their limits as he redirected the negative emotions into seven clones.
• The seven clones burst from their cultivation tanks as Lee struggled to preserve his sanity while enduring the continuing flow of emotions.

As the Hounds and Cruisers fought across Earth, humanity faced panic and chaos as the aliens overwhelmingly outmatched its forces. Retired soldiers, police officers, and Earth OL Players joined the battle against the Cross, and the Disaster Association began equipping them for the fight.

• The aliens slaughtered the Earth legions, leaving people across the world panicked, angry, and despairing.
• Retired military personnel, police officers, and Earth OL Players joined the fight and hunted the fleeing Cross with traps, vehicles, and firearms.
• The volunteers exposed the Cross's locations, allowing Lulu's Cruisers to strike them with precise long-range attacks, though many volunteers died.
• The Disaster Association agreed to provide weapons and equipment to volunteers who had demonstrated their combat ability.
• Merchant supplied equipment for free, and the Players organized themselves by specialty to make the best use of War Terminals, battle suits, and conventional weapons.

Players equipped with Stein Group war terminals and Federation forces gained ground against the Cross people, Angus, and Modar. Just as victory seemed possible, the sky suddenly went dark.

• Players used their combat experience and war-terminal support to coordinate attacks and steadily encircle the Cross people.
• Magnetic Storm infantry overwhelmed Angus forces by resisting their electrical attacks and closing in for melee combat.
• Lulu ordered Cruisers to pin Modar forces behind telekinetic barriers with sustained energy-weapon fire.
• The Infinite Grid supplied the Cruisers with energy, allowing their barrage to continue while Modar's defenses weakened.
• Federation fighters celebrated their apparent chance of victory, then noticed the sky had gone dark.

A continent-sized home of the Astral Nomads appeared in orbit, crushing Earth’s hopes and freezing the fighting below. Li Si emerged from a devouring darkness and merged with seven emotion-wielding bodies, leaving a nearly twenty-meter-tall giant ready to face them.

• The Astral Nomads’ floating continent descended into low orbit, and its presence brought the people of Earth and the Hound Organization to a standstill.
• The Three Great Federations’ armies and the Players despaired as their chance to defeat the aliens vanished, but some charged forward to kill as many as they could.
• Ferocious roars echoed across the world and dispersed the oppressive aura, while an energy black hole formed where electricity, heat, light, and other energy vanished.
• Li Si emerged from the darkness and merged with the green giant embodying rage, then absorbed six more giants representing gluttony, lust, envy, greed, sorrow, and fear.
• Li Si grew into a nearly twenty-meter-tall giant and displayed power that twisted and threatened to collapse the surrounding space.

Lee transformed into a towering dark-green giant fueled by humanity’s desperate emotions and leaped onto the Astral Realm wanderers’ floating continent. He charged toward its central mage tower, hoping to cripple the invaders’ power and stop them from destroying Earth’s Astral Realm node.

• Humanity’s fear, anger, grief, and other desperate emotions fed Lee’s Seven Deadly Sins body with seemingly limitless power.
• Lee transformed into a nearly twenty-meter-tall dark-green giant, and Players recognized him as Lee Stein and the Hulk.
• Lee leaped onto the floating continent, crashed into it, and roared as people below placed their hopes in him.
• Lee charged through the continent toward its central spire, smashing obstacles and enemies in his path.
• Lee targeted the mage tower because he believed destroying the floating city’s core could deprive the Astral Realm wanderers of the power to destroy Earth’s Astral Realm node.

Li Si attacked the Astral Wanderer but could not break the mage tower’s barrier, and the wanderer’s attempt to control his mind backfired against the mass of humanity’s negative emotions within him. The Astral Wanderer ordered his armies to exterminate all intelligent life on the planet, reasoning that cutting off their emotions would weaken Li Si.

• Li Si charged the Astral Wanderer, resisted Greater Disintegration, and struck his protective barrier without effect.
• The Astral Wanderer used Dominate to invade Li Si’s mind, but the chaotic negative emotions there forced him to sever the connection.
• Li Si recognized the failed mind attack and resumed pounding on the barrier.
• The Astral Wanderer ordered his legions to exterminate every intelligent life-form on the planet.
• The Astral Wanderer concluded that the planet’s intelligent beings supplied the emotions behind Li Si’s strength.

The Astral Nomads launched a devastating assault on Earth's cities, forcing humanity's forces to unite against them while Li Si faced the enemy on the floating continent. Max arrived through the Earth OL achievement exchange system, and Li Si sent him to help defend the forces below.

• The Astral Nomad legions descended on cities near the floating continent, massacring civilians before Earth's armies and Players arrived to fight them.
• Human forces slowed the invasion with missiles and advanced weapons, but powerful Astral Nomad fighters repeatedly broke through their defensive lines.
• Li Si recognized that the Astral Nomads had exploited his lack of preparation, while the enemy mocked the Magnetic Storm Infantry's ability to threaten his legions.
• Humanity's desperate hopes empowered the Lord of the Astral Realm to reopen Earth OL's achievement exchange system, letting Players acquire combat gear and summon Max.
• Max arrived in a massive sphere of ball lightning, greeted Lee Stein, and agreed to handle the Astral Nomad legion below while Lee Stein confronted the enemy on the floating continent.

Max drew power from Earth’s electrical grid while Li Si battered the Astral Nomad’s mage tower, but the Astral Nomad used wish power to overwhelm Li Si’s mind and turn him berserk. As Max struggled to contain him, the Astral Nomad prepared to destroy the astral node and wipe out the planet.

• Max became a vast thundercloud and electrocuted Astral Nomad troops across the battlefield.
• Li Si hammered the mage tower’s barrier until a small crack appeared, enraging the Astral Nomad.
• The Astral Nomad used wish power to drown Li Si’s consciousness in negative emotions, sending him into a berserk rampage.
• Max tried to stop and awaken Li Si, but Li Si shattered Max’s manifested body and kept attacking him.
• The Astral Nomad activated the mage tower and gathered wish power to destroy the astral node, intending to collapse the astral realm and erase the planet.

Lee absorbed the destructive energy aimed at the astral realm, fused with humanity’s collective consciousness, and regained control of himself as Li Si. He destroyed the floating continent and battered the Astral Nomad toward the ground, where his final meteor-like strike wiped out many of the Astral Nomad troops.

• Max tried to stop Lee from firing the energy pillar at the astral realm, but Lee’s berserk body intercepted it and began absorbing its energy.
• The Seven Deadly Sins healed around the pillar, absorbed its power, and transformed as Lee’s consciousness spread through humanity and fused with the collective consciousness.
• Lee regained his clarity as Li Si and drew on humanity’s emotions and strength, declaring that the Astral Nomad should never have attacked Earth’s astral realm.
• Li Si shattered the floating continent and the mage tower, seized the fleeing Astral Nomad, and repeatedly struck him as they fell.
• Li Si hurled himself and the Astral Nomad toward the ground like a meteor, creating a mushroom cloud and wiping out many Astral Nomad troops.

Lee destroyed the Astral Nomads’ forces, returned to the Astral Realm, and challenged Thanos’s plan to kill half the universe. He reunited with Pandora and Gwen, then married them both in a lavish wedding.

• Lee defeated the Astral Nomads and opened a portal back to Marvel Earth in the Astral Realm.
• Lee confronted Thanos, mocked his theory of universal balance, and left him questioning his life’s purpose.
• Lee returned to Stein Tower and reunited with Pandora and Gwen, promising Gwen they would marry the next day.
• Lee and Gwen welcomed Pandora into their relationship, and the three prepared to marry.
• Lee used his influence over the Astral Realm to give Pandora a real body, then married Pandora and Gwen at a grand wedding attended by guests from both Earths.