Chapter Summaries

Bai Luo told the survivors that humanity had no hope of repairing the world or adapting to the virus, after learning Dr. Minglun had recognized spiritual energy as a parasite long ago. The old man found comfort in his teacher’s vindication and preserved research, while Chu Guang traveled toward them, reflecting on the recurring pattern of catastrophe.

• Bai Luo questioned whether spiritual energy was actually a virus, and the old man revealed that Dr. Minglun had once proposed the same idea.
• Bai Luo realized humanity had rejected Dr. Minglun’s warning and wondered whether supporting his research could have changed the apocalypse.
• Bai Luo told the crowd that humanity was not the protagonist and that it could neither repair the world nor adapt to the virus.
• The old man said he had kept Dr. Minglun’s research materials and felt relieved to learn his teacher had been right.
• Chu Guang traveled alone toward Bai Luo and recalled how past moments of apparent promise had ended in catastrophe.

Zhao Xiaoxiang explored the real apocalyptic world and used its aura of destruction to temper her spirit and swordsmanship, discovering that cultivation in reality differed slightly from cultivation in the Primordial Chaos Game. Earth's Mythology powerhouses scattered across the world to pursue their own cultivation, while Li Nishang and Lord wandered the Wasteland together.

• Zhao Xiaoxiang sensed the world’s approaching destruction and realized that cultivation in the Primordial Chaos Game differed slightly from cultivation in reality.
• Zhao Xiaoxiang drew on the real world’s destructive aura to temper her spirit and forge it into her swordsmanship.
• Zhao Xiaoxiang sensed hidden powers and a mysterious connection but chose not to pursue them, focusing instead on exploring and cultivating.
• Earth’s Mythology powerhouses followed their own instincts across the apocalyptic world, prioritizing cultivation over actively saving people.
• Li Nishang and Lord remained together, strolling through the Wasteland and chatting.

Li Nishang and Lord discussed the Virus Mother Empress and the dangers facing the rapidly developing Cosmic Federation. They concluded that the Federation’s future depended on surviving its trials and building a strong civilizational spirit, while Zhao Cheng’s gifts and the civilization expedition left its direction uncertain.

• Lord described the Virus Mother Empress as more formidable than the Void Mother Empress and warned how powerful it could become in a world with supernatural energy.
• Li Nishang compared the Mother Empress’s destructive hive mind to cancer cells and said the world’s collapse after normal life vanished reflected spacetime purging diseased parts.
• Li Nishang argued that the Cosmic Federation’s technology and rapid growth had outpaced its civilizational spirit, leaving it vulnerable to self-destruction.
• Lord agreed that the Federation’s unstable order and the civilization expedition’s possible failure could lead to division or civil war.
• Li Nishang said overcoming the crisis could strengthen their hearts and wills and help them become immortal Great Lords.

Li Nishang and Lord discussed how civilizations had historically constrained human freedom and how the Cosmic Federation faced the unprecedented challenge of building a free society amid rapidly advancing technology. They left the problem unresolved: powerful future individuals might not see any benefit in upholding a system where strength and wealth granted no special privileges.

• Li Nishang explained how rulers and reformers were also constrained by the systems of order they enforced, and how moral rules were applied differently to the powerful and ordinary people.
• Lord reflected that civilization had gradually become less oppressive, but said the Federation now had to create a civilization of freedom rather than inherit one.
• Lord warned that powerful beings could emerge faster than the Federation could instill reason and righteousness throughout society.
• Li Nishang observed that in a free civilization, the strong might see no advantage in maintaining order, and she sighed.

Zhao Cheng considered how the Cosmic Federation could establish an order that upheld freedom without collapsing into chaos, and foresaw internal strife as its greatest future danger. He saw himself as civilization’s gardener, then continued calculating a way to accelerate time in the Earth Universe.

• Li Nishang and another strong human identified the danger of powerful figures undermining a system that offered them no benefit.
• Zhao Cheng reflected on how past rulers used ritual, hierarchy, and force to preserve order, while recognizing that freedom still required the Dao to avoid chaos.
• Zhao Cheng foresaw ideological conflict and bloody internal strife within the growing Cosmic Federation, though he believed controlled conflict could strengthen civilization.
• Zhao Cheng defined his role as civilization’s gardener, allowing it to face some struggles and grow without constant intervention.
• Zhao Cheng divided his attention between observing the world and calculating a method to accelerate time in the Earth Universe.

Zhao Cheng failed to separate the Earth Universe’s time anchor from Primordial Spacetime, but his attempt deepened his understanding and he turned to the apocalyptic world to begin integrating its survivors into the Cosmic Federation. There, Demon Hunter worked alone to vaccinate survivors while tracking the expeditionary force’s rescue effort.

• Zhao Cheng spread higher-dimensional light across the universe in an attempt to separate its time anchor, but the attempt failed.
• Zhao Cheng decided that integrating the apocalyptic world’s survivors would begin opening Heaven and earth and could nearly double the Cosmic Federation’s Light of Civilization.
• Demon Hunter crawled through an abandoned county town toward a survivor gathering place to administer vaccines.
• Demon Hunter checked the rescue effort’s progress and saw that expeditionary force members were coordinating missions through the system without a commander.
• Demon Hunter found that others had already claimed the easily accessible resources for branch bases, leaving him to vaccinate survivors.

The expeditionary force continued building bases and vaccinating survivors while preparing to rescue them before the Virus Mother could react. Chu Guang met Bai Luo in an air-raid shelter and tried to convince her that his civilization could destroy her world, leaving her skeptical but hopeful.

• The Demon Hunter recalled how traitors and disruptive teammates had doomed a previous raid, and he appreciated the expeditionary force's cooperation as he crawled through an infected zone.
• The Demon Hunter caught up with an old man who was also crawling quickly, and the old man asked where he had come from.
• Zhao Dong and Zeus hopped backward through an infected zone, following its strange rules while avoiding mental contamination.
• Li Yu used his Psychic Armament to withstand the contamination, then startled survivors who mistook him for Kamen Rider.
• Bai Luo read Dr. Minglun's materials until Chu Guang arrived and claimed his world planned to rescue survivors before destroying their world.
• Bai Luo questioned why Chu Guang seemed so weak if his civilization could destroy worlds, and Chu Guang began explaining that his world had given birth to a great Demon God.

Chu Guang explained to Bai Luo how his world’s technology and the Demon God had enabled travel between worlds and the rescue of people from hers. He also described a future dispute over which intelligent beings should count as human, before the conversation returned to the Demon God’s impact.

• Bai Luo doubted Chu Guang’s claims about destroying worlds, reasoning that his technology and physical strength did not support them.
• Chu Guang said the two worlds had once had similar technological levels and that their overlap was connected to their shared similarities and the evolution of space-time.
• Chu Guang recalled a future Cosmic Federation debate over whether intelligent non-Earthlike beings could be considered human, and said the Expeditionary Army’s arguments helped shape civilization’s direction.
• Chu Guang contrasted the limits of martial artists in Bai Luo’s world with the powerful swordmasters of his own.
• Chu Guang said a Demon God’s arrival transformed his world within a few years, providing technology for gates between worlds and enabling people in Bai Luo’s world to be rescued.

Chu Guang explained how rapid upheaval could leave people adrift and cause turmoil, then revealed why he had told Bai Luo about his world and the Cosmic Federation. Bai Luo agreed to help with the rescue mission but postponed deciding whether to join his future legion.

• Chu Guang described how sudden changes had destabilized people in the Federation and led to internal unrest and casualties.
• Chu Guang told Bai Luo that Demon Gods might have helped his world survive an apocalypse like hers, and Bai Luo became more willing to believe him.
• Bai Luo reasoned that Chu Guang had another purpose beyond saving people and pressed him to reveal it.
• Chu Guang asked Bai Luo to help the rescue mission by using her ability to block the Virus Mother's perception and invited her to join his future legion.
• Bai Luo agreed to help with the rescue mission but said she would decide about joining the legion later.

Chu Guang explained the Virus Mother's survival instinct to Bai Luo as they rode toward a resource site guarded by a Mother Nest. They arrived at the monster, where Chu Guang planned to use Bai Luo as his advantage despite warnings from others.

• Chu Guang told Bai Luo that the Virus Mother's weak survival instinct had allowed humanity to endure and had made her the last human.
• Chu Guang and Bai Luo rode a high-speed motorcycle through the mountains in combat armor while Bai Luo asked what the Demon God was like.
• Chu Guang reflected that the Demon God was difficult to describe, recalling how he would one day shield humanity from distant threats.
• Chu Guang and Bai Luo reached a resource point guarded by a vast Mother Nest made of intertwined animal and plant remains.
• Chu Guang stayed calm before the monster, while Bai Luo felt afraid despite having resolved herself to die.

Chu Guang and Bai Luo entered a buried resource base and used an industrial mother machine to rebuild it into an advanced underground facility. When the expanding base stirred the Mother Empress, Chu Guang activated a weapon that neutralized the flesh nest, leaving Bai Luo eager to see the ultimate weapon, Divine Descent from the Heavens.

• Bai Luo overcame her fear and approached the flesh-and-blood nest, which parted to let her pass.
• Chu Guang used mimetic metal to dig up a hidden mechanical entrance, and he and Bai Luo descended into the resource base.
• Chu Guang activated the industrial mother machine, which spent three days rebuilding the base with silvery-white alloy and replicating engineering robots.
• Bai Luo warned that the base's expansion had become too noticeable for her to influence the Mother Empress, and Chu Guang explained that he had prioritized unlocking the weapons system.
• Chu Guang activated the Great Five Elements Heaven-Destroying, Earth-Annihilating Yin-Yang God-Slaying Blade, which numbed the Mother Empress as the robots devoured its flesh nest.
• Bai Luo's belief in the Mother Empress's invincibility was shattered, and she wondered how powerful the ultimate weapon, Divine Descent from the Heavens, would be.

The chapter explained why capturing the brood nest so early gave the Expeditionary Army a major strategic advantage and how bases protected survivors from the Virus Mother Empress. It left the stakes clear: the army had to secure key locations quickly to rescue survivors and unlock powerful weapons.

• Regional and world channels erupted in discussion after the brood nest was destroyed, an achievement most experts had expected much later.
• Strategy guides identified the brood nest as a hub whose early capture could snowball into a wider advantage for the Expeditionary Army.
• Experts estimated that capturing twenty-five key locations within fifteen days could unlock the Demon God's incarnation and save all designated survivors; otherwise, about twenty percent would remain beyond effective rescue.
• The chapter explained that the Virus Mother Empress's gaze killed survivors when their life signals attracted her attention, especially when they gathered in large groups.
• The Expeditionary Army's bases concealed survivors from the Mother Empress, making transfers safe within their range and risky if survivors remained outside it for over three hours.

After the brood nest was conquered and a base established, Wang Yuan, Ji Cheng, and Li Yu each reflected on the news while pursuing their own paths in the expedition. The chapter left Li Yu racing across the ocean, thinking about the Federation’s combat suits and the possibility of experiencing power like Zhao Cheng’s.

• Wang Yuan checked his Merit Heavenly Book and reconsidered his belief that he was the sole protagonist after hearing that someone had conquered the brood nest and established a base.
• Ji Cheng continued vaccinating survivors and concluded that another person's extraordinary encounter did not matter to his own path of serving civilization.
• Li Yu sped across the ocean on a jet ski along a satellite-mapped route, pondering how his late-game Firmament Legacy compared with other people's cheats.
• Li Yu recalled Zhao Cheng's Mind Armament and suspected that the Federation's combat suits resembled them, though he recognized that they were fundamentally different.

Li Hongyi reached White Stone Manor to prevent the massacre he had learned about after his earlier visit, then confronted its master, Jien, and declared judgment on him. When Jien seized a maid and threatened to kill her, Li Hongyi stopped a few meters away.

• Li Hongyi arrived at White Stone Manor, where more than two hundred survivors lived under its master's protective ability.
• Li Hongyi recalled learning that Jien had secretly enslaved survivors, killed them, and used White Stone Manor as a den of demons.
• Li Hongyi announced that the Civilization Expeditionary Army had exposed Jien's crimes and would strip him of authority.
• Jien pretended there had been a misunderstanding as Li Hongyi advanced through his armed subordinates.
• Jien seized a maid by the throat and threatened to kill her, so Li Hongyi halted three meters away.

Li Hongyi killed Jien after refusing to yield to his threats, then gathered the manor’s survivors and judged them for their roles in Jien’s crimes. His actions awakened a merit panel, while Zhao Cheng’s manipulation of time sent a mass of tribulation fate toward Earth, where it reached the ordinary Xu Qi as a Future Simulator.

• Jien tried to use the hostages to make Li Hongyi surrender, while secretly plotting to take Li Hongyi’s armor.
• Li Hongyi ignored Jien’s threats and killed him with a sword.
• Li Hongyi gathered the people in the manor, where the survivors accused one another; only four of Jien’s fifty subordinates had survived.
• Li Hongyi’s sense of fulfillment sparked a panel that showed a merit balance of five and the ability to alter fate, strengthen, and fuse.
• Zhao Cheng maintained the separation of time anchors, accelerating time and sending tribulation fate toward Earth.
• Xu Qi jolted awake and saw a message in his mind: Future Simulator.

Xu Qi discovered that his future Simulator let him live through a simulated life and inherit either memories or realm, then began his first simulation. The simulation showed years of inconsistent sword training before ending abruptly with his death.

• Xu Qi examined the Simulator Panel and realized he could simulate the future at least once a day, then choose to inherit memories or realm.
• Xu Qi began his first simulation and watched his simulated self spend much of the early days watching shows and wandering in Primordial Chaos.
• Xu Qi's simulated self occasionally practiced swordsmanship, gaining proficiency with help from the training room's correction system and after hearing about a Sword Immortal.
• Xu Qi grew bored as the Log showed more than a hundred repetitive days and estimated that the simulation would cover a long life.
• The Log displayed the blood-red words “You died!” and startled Xu Qi.

Xu Qi learned that he would be killed in three years by members of a restoration organization, then chose to inherit his memories from the simulation. After reliving those years and waking in the present with renewed resolve, he began training swordsmanship in Primordial Chaos.

• Xu Qi read through the simulation logs and learned that restoration organization members would kill him while framing people from other worlds to provoke conflict.
• Xu Qi chose to inherit memories and experienced his simulated life as a real passage through three years, ending with his death.
• Xu Qi woke in his room, recognized that the simulated years had matured him, and struggled to sleep after dreaming of his death.
• Xu Qi logged into Primordial Chaos the next morning and practiced swordsmanship, returning to train again at night.

Xu Qi’s second simulation ended in a fatal break-in despite his attempt to hide, while his third ended after Federation protection delayed an apparently unavoidable calamity. He suspected the Calamity-Fortune Theory was real and chose to retain memories so he would keep cultivating rather than lose motivation.

• Xu Qi’s second simulation showed him practicing swordsmanship more consistently, but a thief still broke into his home and killed him on Day 1,100.
• Xu Qi used the memories from that simulation and began a third, improving his practice by training in his limit state.
• During the third simulation, Xu Qi decided to seek Federation protection when the calamity approached.
• The Federation protected Xu Qi for a hundred days, but he died when his plane was swept into another world and he encountered a powerful native.
• Xu Qi connected his repeated deaths to the Calamity-Fortune Theory and suspected his simulator’s extraordinary fortune brought an unavoidable calamity.
• Xu Qi chose to retain his memories to strengthen his motivation to cultivate.

Xu Qi’s fourth simulation ended with him dying despite practicing swordsmanship, but it helped him raise his Basic Swordsmanship to level nine. Zhao Cheng understood that Xu Qi’s simulator was a tribulation tied to their fates, and chose to help Xu Qi grow rather than suppress him.

• Xu Qi’s fourth simulation showed him training with a sword, seeking help from the Federation, and dying to an assassin on the eleven-hundredth day.
• Xu Qi questioned how Zhao Cheng knew when the assassin would appear, then used the simulation’s gains to raise his swordsmanship to LV9.
• Xu Qi continued using simulations to improve rapidly over the following days.
• Zhao Cheng realized that Xu Qi’s Future Simulator had formed from time’s calamity-fortune and would grow stronger as Zhao Cheng interfered with time.
• Zhao Cheng decided to support Xu Qi’s growth, viewing him as both a tribulation and an opportunity for great fortune.

Sun Ping woke in the base after dreaming of his life before and during the apocalypse, then questioned whether he could still distinguish dreams from reality. He sat up and turned on the room lights by thinking about them.

• Sun Ping recalled his strict school routine and realized that his supposed dream of being a student had been his past reality.
• He remembered the apocalypse beginning when everyone around him, including his classmates and teacher, suddenly died and electronic devices stopped working.
• Sun Ping found the bodies of his parents, then gathered supplies before corpses, animals, and plants began flowing together on the third day.
• Li Feng rescued Sun Ping from the city in a modified jeep and helped him survive until Li Feng later died.
• The Expeditionary Army vaccinated Sun Ping and the two other survivors in his group, then brought them to the base half a month later.
• Sun Ping wondered if he was sick or going mad, but the medical robot said he was normal; he sat up, and the room lights switched on when he thought of them.