Chapter Summaries

Bobby showed Kano the Star God, a planet-sized weapon created by the Forge Plane using stellar energy and technology from other planes. It could suppress Level 3 Lifeforms but could not defeat Level 4 opponents, and Bobby said it was cheap to build despite its limited durability.

• Bobby summoned Kano from the front line to show him his new massage chair, but Kano threatened to make him work without rest.
• Bobby led Kano to a dead experimental plane and revealed the enormous Star God, part of the Five Hundred Worlds Creation Project.
• Bobby explained that the Star God had been developed over nearly thirty years using stars, elemental fusion research, and technology gathered from other planes.
• Kano asked about the Star God's strength, and Bobby said it had threshold-level Level 4 combat power and could suppress Level 3 Lifeforms but could not defeat Level 4 opponents.
• Bobby said the Star God had limited resistance to magic and was inexpensive to build, with stellar energy making up for its fragile materials.

Kano praised the newly awakened Star God and discussed turning dimensions into energy sources for advanced weapons with Bobby. He was summoned back to the front lines after the Golden Void Lord reported that Abyssal Under-Demons had joined the battle.

• Kano admired the Star God and suggested converting more stars into Star Gods for the 500 Worlds.
• Kano asked Bobby whether compressed dimensional cores could power superweapons or more advanced Star Gods.
• Bobby outlined possible weapons, then promised Kano that more than twenty Star Gods would be sent to the front lines once the first batch reached thirty.
• A staff officer summoned Kano to command the battle after demons joined the fighting.
• Kano learned that the newcomers were Abyssal Under-Demons, demons thought to have vanished for tens of thousands of years.

A monstrous demon army emerged from the Lower Abyss as the Wizard Civilization and Heaven fought, prompting the wizards to confront the five Demon Monarchs. Brutality threatened to turn the confrontation into a war that would engulf the Infinite Planes, while the other monarchs tried to stop him.

• A vast army of grotesque demons appeared near the battlefield and declared its hostility toward Heaven.
• The Demon Monarchs’ message restrained Heaven’s ancient powers from intervening as the demons taunted them.
• Led by Kurekel and Sphinxti, the wizards attacked the Lower Abyss and surrounded the five Demon Monarchs.
• Sinful Desire protested that the demons had come to help the wizards, while Brutality drew the Tyranny Sword and called for a war across the Infinite Planes.
• The other Demon Monarchs tried to stop Brutality from escalating the confrontation.

The Wizard Civilization and Abyssal Under-Demons pushed Heaven toward collapse as the Infinite Planar War expanded. Taylor, nearing the threshold of a Level 5 Lifeform, prepared to send a battle group and one of his projection avatars to investigate a newly discovered plane while studying his spatial ability.

• The Abyssal Under-Demons inflicted growing losses on the Angels, and the Multi-Species Alliance declared war on them under Heaven’s pressure.
• Taylor used his enormous Ghidorah form to destroy Crystal Warships and a Crystal Fortress, then traveled between battlefields through spatial folding passages.
• Heaven’s powerful beings began seeking negotiations with the Wizard Civilization as its offensive slowed and the Angels prepared to face the demons.
• The troops of the 500 Worlds rested after decades of fighting, while their commanders and elite forces emerged more seasoned and decisive.
• Taylor concealed himself in folded space and planned to send a battle group and a projection avatar to a newly discovered plane, where he would continue studying his spatial ability.

The Crimson Flame Warrior Battle Group received an order from the Lord of the 500 Worlds to explore and take control of a strange new plane. Its flagship, the Crimson Fire Heroic Wind, lost control upon entering the plane and crashed through a mountain range.

• Chi Leinuo gathered more than ten thousand Crimson Flame Warriors and announced the Lord of the 500 Worlds' order to pioneer a new plane.
• Chi Leinuo directed the staff officers and priests to prepare economic plans and ordered the warriors to arm themselves and board the flagship.
• The Crimson Flame Warrior Battle Group set out for the new plane as its warriors cheered for the Lord of the 500 Worlds.
• The new plane was already disrupted by visitors from many worlds, while its ruling descendants struggled to understand the changes.
• The Crimson Fire Heroic Wind lost control because of the plane's different physical and supernatural parameters and crashed through a mountain range.

Three leaders of the Alliance debated how to respond to a world growing more chaotic with otherworlders, while an unknown warship remained under surveillance. Their discussion was interrupted by an alert announcing unknown fluctuations across the entire world.

• Tonis questioned the agents about the warship that had fallen from the sky and ordered them to monitor it and kill anything living that emerged.
• Vanks learned that the Alliance could not use captured otherworlders’ powers and ordered continued research into Spider-Man’s abilities, killing two agents in anger.
• Lix warned Vanks and Tonis that otherworlders were surpassing the Alliance’s technology and said Optimus Prime had proposed joining forces against Megatron.
• Tonis defended the Alliance’s improved Steam Scout Mech and challenged Vanks to pursue mechanical modification instead of biological enhancement.
• The meeting room sounded an alarm as an unknown fluctuation was detected across the entire world.

Crimson Flame Warrior Battle Group Commander Chi Leinuo assessed the damaged flagship and ordered its world scanner activated to gather intelligence. The scan alerted powerful beings across the world, including a spider-suited young man, an Autobot, and three men in a tavern.

• Chi Leinuo berated the Crimson Fire Heroic Wind’s captain for the flagship’s disastrous crash and the attention it had attracted.
• Chi Leinuo learned from the ship mind that the flagship could scan the world but had damaged weapons and engines, and that the Lord of the 500 Worlds’ power protected its barrier emitter.
• Chi Leinuo overruled his advisers and priests and ordered the ship mind to scan the entire world.
• The scan stirred the instincts of a red-and-blue spider-suited young man, a red robot beside Metroplex, and a strange octopus-headed man at sea.
• In a tavern, a golden-eyed young man dismissed the scan as a few little fellows acting strangely and invited Mr. Clark and Mr. Dracula to resume their discussion.

Taylor examined how Clark and Dracula were adapting to the strange world, then suggested they explore it and meet other displaced people. The three agreed to travel to Autobot Steel City, with Dracula asking to wait until night to avoid the sunlight.

• Taylor saw that Clark's cells were adapting to the world's sunlight and considered how powerful he might become.
• Clark enjoyed being temporarily weaker because he could use his strength without fearing he would cause destruction.
• Taylor recognized Dracula and reassured him when he worried about being separated from his daughter, Mavis.
• Dracula asked Taylor whether he knew how they could leave the world, and Taylor admitted he did not.
• Taylor proposed exploring the world and meeting other displaced people, and the group agreed to visit Autobot Steel City.
• Dracula asked to go out at night because the sunlight frightened him.

After scanning the world, Chi Leinuo and his advisers judged its powers and technologies far weaker than those of the 500 Worlds and planned to contact the Alliance once the flagship was sufficiently repaired. Meanwhile, a golden-robed young man watched the flagship, as beings outside the Infinite Planes Box discussed adding a purple figure to their creation.

• The captain brought Chi Leinuo the World Scanner’s report, revealing that the strongest energy signature belonged to a Level 2 Lifeform.
• Chi Leinuo read about the world’s unusual visitors and assessed its human technologies as crude and far behind those of the 500 Worlds.
• Chi Leinuo and his advisers agreed to contact the Alliance and begin wider exploration after the flagship’s repairs and weapons systems reached the required readiness.
• A golden-robed young man watched the warband flagship from a dusty road and smiled in satisfaction.
• Outside the Infinite Planes Box, Ustier and OAA discussed putting a purple sweet potato into the box.

Thanos and the Black Order arrived in a new world, where Thanos ordered his forces to secure territory and harvest biomass. Their mass slaughter provoked the Alliance and drew the Autobots and Decepticons toward war.

• Thanos awoke aboard a damaged Sanctuary II in a new world and ordered Corvus Glaive to investigate, Ebony Maw to repair the ship, and Proxima Midnight to broadcast the Black Order’s arrival.
• Thanos assigned Cull Obsidian to remain at his side while he returned to his throne, appearing lonely and troubled.
• Ebony Maw planned to seize territory and gather biomass to produce more Black Order soldiers and war beasts.
• The Black Order announced its supposed salvation while slaughtering half the world’s life to free up resources, enraging the Alliance’s three rulers.
• The Alliance called for its armies and steam mechs, the Autobots declared war on the Black Order, and the Decepticons prepared to join the conflict.

As Thanos’s Black Order invaded the world and began conquering Alliance territory, Clark decided to join the Alliance and defend its people. On the Warband flagship, Chi Leinuo also responded to the threat by ordering contact with the Alliance.

• Taylor, Clark, and Dracula watched the Black Order’s declaration at a village tavern after Thanos’s warship crashed into the world.
• The Alliance’s leader appealed to visitors from other worlds for help as Black Order forces swept across its territory and rapidly built defenses.
• Clark decided to leave Taylor and join the Alliance, despite Dracula’s fear that the mission would get him killed.
• Chi Leinuo ordered the Warband to contact the Alliance and pursue a cautious approach against the Black Order.

Alliance leaders planned their assault on the Black Order as its frenzied soldiers multiplied, while the Autobots agreed to share some technology and the Crimson Flame Warrior Battle Group refused to help the Alliance. The meeting ended with the Alliance assigning forces to three battlefield entrances, including one for Walders's group.

• The Alliance military described the growing Black Order threat and offered its Steam Robots, cyborgs, and regular troops for the coming battle.
• Wheeljack pledged the Autobots' full forces and agreed to share some of their remaining technology with the Alliance.
• Tonis welcomed the offer, while Walders rejected Lix's request for assistance and condemned the Alliance.
• Lix privately considered Spider-Man and Superman naïve and potentially useful to detain after the battle.
• Vanks assigned the Alliance, the Autobots with Spider-Man and Superman, and the Crimson Flame Warrior Battle Group to defend three separate entrances, and Walders agreed to take the remaining position.

The Autobots, the Alliance, and the Crimson Flame Warrior Battle Group charged into battle against the Black Order. Meanwhile, Taylor began transforming toward Level 5, prompting powerful beings across the Infinite Planes to take notice, while Kano planned to grow stronger by consuming the Abyss.

• Optimus Prime rallied the Autobots and Dinobots to fight for freedom, then led their charge against the Black Order.
• The Alliance's mechs advanced into battle, while Chi Leinuo rallied the Crimson Flame Warrior Legion to fight for the 500 Worlds.
• After 150 years of war, the 500 Worlds' army continued fighting on the front lines under Kuretil's command.
• Taylor returned to the Wizard Plane and began transforming into a Level 5 Lifeform capable of controlling the Spatial Law.
• Powerful beings across the Infinite Planes sensed Taylor's breakthrough, but powerful wizards blocked their attempts to trace him.
• Kano decided to seek strength by consuming the Abyss, but first resolved to finish his part in the planar war.

Taylor unexpectedly transcended the Infinite Planes and met Great Wizard Ustier beyond them. Ustier revealed that he and his fellow countrymen had created Taylor’s supernatural ability, then left the Infinite Planes in Taylor’s care as he set out to explore.

• Taylor’s supernatural ability erupted as he prepared to advance, freezing nearly all life across the Infinite Planes with his immense will.
• Taylor’s will crossed beyond the Infinite Planes into nothingness, where he saw other vast worlds contained in enormous spheres.
• Great Wizard Ustier appeared and revealed that he, like Taylor, had transmigrated from their shared homeland and transcended his own Infinite Planes.
• Ustier explained that he and his old friends had created Taylor’s supernatural ability to cultivate a fellow countryman as a successor and guardian.
• Ustier left the Infinite Planes in Taylor’s hands and departed to explore, while Taylor remained beyond the planes.