Chapter Summaries

Garos trained inside the sun, refined his Crown Rank path skills, and considered how his adaptive evolution was changing him. On the Moro Continent, Gabriel and the metal dragons opened a giant teleportation array, through which Sacred Aura’s warships and legions arrived to begin changing the continent’s balance of power.

• Garos continued tempering himself in the sun and concluded that alternating between the sun and a neutron star suited his evolution better than frequently changing environments.
• Garos reached Crown Rank in the Star-Self path and gained Star-Self Binding, a skill that could trap enemies who failed a resilience contest.
• Garos tested Avatar of Fear and Unpredictable Brain, finding the former redundant with dragon might and the latter unpredictable even to himself.
• Gabriel and allied metal dragons assembled on the Moro Continent and activated a massive cross-world teleportation array to welcome Sacred Aura.
• Elvie led the Aura centaur cavalry and Kalu led the Great Spirit legion as Sacred Aura’s warships and armies poured through the array.
• Sacred Aura’s core legions, including the Red Iron Cavalry and Skull-Crushing Hammer, arrived on the Moro Continent as the native dragons recognized that the political balance was about to change.

The emperor of Taweina and the dwarves of Breniyue decided to watch the newly arrived empire before intervening, while Sammaster recognized its forces and convinced himself that Garos was the Death Dragon he had sought. Necroxus mobilized his Immortal-tier undead against the invaders, and Garos arrived in the Holy Niel Mountains to investigate the empire’s Negative Energy Dead Sun.

• The emperor of Taweina ordered his officials to avoid provoking the newcomers, gather information, and coordinate with Breniyue, which also chose to wait and watch.
• Sammaster identified the invading legions as forces connected to the Dragon Breath Kingdom and became certain that their leader was the Death Dragon he sought.
• Sammaster urged Necroxus to join forces, but Necroxus blamed him for bringing trouble and smashed him apart before preparing his undead servants for battle.
• Necroxus summoned the Undead Empire’s forces and sent its Immortal-tier undead to attack while he stayed hidden and considered fleeing if they failed.
• Garos arrived in the Holy Niel Mountains, examined the Negative Energy Dead Sun, and wondered whether Necroxus had created a Divine Kingdom-like domain within the Material Plane.

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• The author went to get checked after nearly being incapacitated by carrying water.
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Sacred Aura established a fortified foothold on Moro’s Right Continent as the Necroxus Undead Empire launched its first attack, which Ignas shattered with his Divine Power. As both sides gathered their forces for war, Garos considered Sacred Aura’s resemblance to an invading villain and the limited number of Immortals available for the expedition.

• Sacred Aura’s Alchemists rapidly deployed troops and used Base Spheres to build a fortified base around the interworld teleportation point.
• Galkro and Gabriel discussed why Taweina and Breniyue would let Sacred Aura confront Necroxus first, then sensed the undead stirring.
• A Winter Ghost unleashed a vast spell of cold flames, but Ignas appeared and destroyed it with his Shatter Divine Power, tearing open Necroxus’s storm clouds.
• The Necroxus Undead Empire gathered Immortals, legendary undead, and vast legions opposite Sacred Aura’s assembled forces.
• Garos compared Sacred Aura’s invasion tactics to the Abyss’s, considered the difference between their conquests, and noted that only Ignas and he were available Immortals for this campaign.

Sacred Aura's army held off the Undead Legion until the Undead Monarch unleashed a sea of Negative Energy and four Immortals pinned down Ignas. Garos then attacked the Necroxus Empire with a sunlike Dragon Aura Bomb, overwhelming the darkness and striking the Tomb Pyramid as the battlefield’s tide turned.

• Sacred Aura's warriors, led by Elvie and Kalu, fought back the Undead Legion while Ignas held off the Immortal Undead.
• The Undead Monarch caused the fallen undead to release Negative Energy, weakening Sacred Aura's army and empowering the dead.
• Four Immortal Undead attacked Ignas together as Garos left the battlefield and crossed the void to locate the Undead Monarch atop the Tomb Pyramid.
• Garos condensed his Dragon Qi into a blazing, sunlike Dragon Aura Bomb and drove it toward the Tomb Pyramid.
• The blazing sun dispersed the clouds of Undead energy, restored Sacred Aura's warriors, weakened the Undead, and engulfed the Tomb Pyramid in light.

Garos destroyed the Tomb Pyramid with a sunlike attack, then faced Necroxus and six Immortal Undead who emerged from a dimensional escape. He killed one Lich almost instantly and challenged the remaining Undead to run as he began hunting them.

• Taweina and Breniyue watched Sacred Aura's battle with Necroxus and feared the empire would lose until Garos's blazing attack illuminated the Right Continent.
• Garos found the Tomb Pyramid erased and attacked again, but Necroxus and six other Immortal Undead escaped the blast through a Dimensional Interstice.
• Necroxus revealed seven Immortal Undead surrounding Garos, while Taweina and Breniyue realized the Undead Empire had hidden far more Immortals than they expected.
• Garos disrupted the Undead's attacks with his light, force field, and dragon powers, then pulverized one Lich before it could use its Divine Power.
• Garos burned away the Lich's remains to prevent its revival and told the six surviving Immortal Undead that he had surrounded them.

Garos defeated the six Immortal Undead by adapting to their Negative Energy and transforming into a Holywing Heaven Dragon. Necroxus destroyed himself and the other Undead with him, leaving the Undead Empire in ruins as Garos departed and the Aura Legion faced no meaningful resistance.

• The Undead Monarch ordered the six Immortal Undead to attack Garos, who endured their mind-affecting powers, Blood Plague, curses, and physical strikes with little damage.
• Garos recovered from the Death Knight’s Damnation and crushed the vampire, then judged that the Undead’s attacks could not seriously threaten him.
• Garos adapted to the Negative Energy, transformed into a Holywing Heaven Dragon, and overwhelmed the Undead with Positive Energy and six powerful arms.
• Garos captured the Death Knight, Lich, Skeleton King, and Undead Lord, while the vampire and Wraith died under his attacks.
• Necroxus refused to answer Garos and burned himself away, extinguishing the other Immortal Undead and causing the Undead Empire to collapse into chaos.
• Garos found no Divine Power Destiny Cores, left the remaining fighting to the soldiers, and flew away as human and Dwarf observers went to report the battle.

Necroxus hid underground for nearly ten years after Garos destroyed his Undead Empire, then tried to escape as Sacred Aura conquered the Moro Continent. Garos caught him, and Necroxus immediately begged for his life.

• Necroxus stayed hidden while Sacred Aura conquered and restored the Right Continent, then announced its intention to take the Left Continent as well.
• In 1011, the nations of the Left Continent submitted, and Sacred Aura's dominion spread across the Moro Continent.
• After nearly ten years underground, Necroxus tried to flee through a space rift and vowed revenge on Sammaster.
• Garos tore open Necroxus's hiding place after watching the land for years and confronted the Undead Black Dragon.
• Necroxus threw himself down and begged Garos not to kill him, leaving Garos stunned by his surrender.

Garos calmed Necroxus’s unstable outburst, persuaded him that undead dragons were still kin, and accepted his apparent allegiance to the Sacred Aura. After learning Necroxus could use the remains of Immortal beings to create Immortal Undead, Garos took him through a spatial rift to the Sacred Aura’s birthplace.

• Necroxus tried to beg Garos for his life, then erupted in fear and aggression when Garos stepped away.
• Garos reassured Necroxus that he did not intend to kill him and recognized him as a fellow dragon despite his undead state.
• Necroxus agreed to swear allegiance to Garos, while privately planning to escape, and Garos accepted him as a member of the Sacred Aura.
• Necroxus explained that his Divine Power could create Immortal Undead from Immortal remains, with a current limit of ten subordinate divine powers.
• Garos opened a spatial rift to the Sacred Aura’s Living Planet, and Necroxus followed him through.

Garos brought Necroxus to meet Ignas, where the two dragons bonded over Ignas’s bizarre mountain-pressing practice and Garos left them together. The chapter then traced Sacred Aura’s expansion over five centuries, ending with the alliance established as a Material Plane superpower while Garos continued growing stronger.

• Necroxus met Ignas in Sacred Aura, and Garos explained that the black dragon had once ruled the Undead Empire and fought against the empire.
• Ignas threatened Necroxus, but Garos stopped the confrontation and explained that Ignas was his distant ancestor and descendant under the dragons’ strength-based family customs.
• Ignas explained his unusual practice of pressing his hips against a mountain peak, and Necroxus eagerly copied him while Garos left them together.
• Sacred Aura introduced the Star Network on Moro Continent, won public support, and gained the Human Empire of Taweina and the Dwarven Empire of Breniyue as members of its alliance.
• Over the centuries, Ignas, Necroxus, Seroel, Talamond, and Claude gained Immortal status, while more dragonkin and other realms joined Sacred Aura’s growing Great Expedition.
• By Imperial Year 1503, the Sacred Aura Unified Imperial Alliance controlled more than twenty Material Worlds, and Garos had continued strengthening himself through relentless training.

Tiamat visited Karikz in the Burning Crucible and tried to turn his interest in Ignas and Sacred Aura toward attacking the Red Iron Dragon, but Karikz chose to wait until his target grew stronger. Tiamat then revealed her real scheme: she had arranged a Blood Wolf Cult attack on a secluded fae settlement, setting the stage for conflict between the Gods of Rage and the Joyful Court.

• Tiamat entered Karikz’s Divine Kingdom in an avatar and told him that Ignas had joined Sacred Aura and served the Red Iron Dragon.
• Karikz praised the Red Iron Dragon’s defiance and said he wanted to destroy him only after he reached his peak.
• Tiamat warned Karikz that the Red Iron Dragon might one day defeat him, and Karikz said he would gladly accept destruction if it came.
• Karikz expelled Tiamat from the Burning Crucible, and she revealed that her primary target was the Joyful Court and that she had prepared a surprise for Titania.
• A secluded fae settlement prepared for its once-in-a-millennium Full Moon Holy Descent Day while Blood Wolf Cult werewolves waited outside to attack.
• The chapter revealed that the Blood Wolf Cult served Mara, one of the Gods of Rage, whose pantheon opposed the Joyful Court.

Garos finished a Neutron Star workout and agreed to accompany Lionel to the Sun Dragon Territory, but news of the Swan Goddess’s death interrupted their plans. Titania asked Garos to fight alongside the Joyful Court against the Gods of Rage, and he eagerly accepted.

• Garos pushed a Neutron Star through space as Lionel watched, then told Lionel he had reached Life Level fifty-two.
• Lionel invited Garos to the Sun Dragon Territory to learn how Sun Dragons forged Destiny Cores imbued with Divine Power into weapons, and Garos agreed.
• Garos briefly left to aid the Great Expedition’s front lines, then returned and drank Lionel’s Starfall Chillbrew.
• Garos learned that the Lord of Black Blood had slain the Swan Goddess, prompting him to postpone the trip to the Sun Dragons.
• Titania asked Garos to fight for the Joyful Court against the Gods of Rage, and Garos accepted without hesitation.

Garos told Sorog that the Swan Goddess’s death could spark a war between the Joyful Court and the Gods of Rage, and chose to support the Joyful Court despite the danger. Sacred Aura suspended its Great Expedition and put its forces on standby as Garos arrived at the Joyful Court to join Titania and the gathered Midsummer Gods.

• Garos warned Sorog about the Swan Goddess’s death, the Lord of Black Blood’s killing, and the rising tensions between the pantheons.
• Sorog agreed to suspend the Great Expedition and prepare Sacred Aura’s legions for possible war, while advising Garos that he could refuse to get involved.
• Garos told Sorog he would regret abandoning the Joyful Court, and Sorog pledged the empire’s support if Garos needed it.
• Garos left Helios Star, and orders went out across Sacred Aura’s worlds to halt the expedition and raise military readiness.
• Garos arrived at the Joyful Court, where Titania welcomed him as he joined the gathered Midsummer Gods.

The Joyful Court gathered after the Lord of Black Blood killed the Swan Goddess, Amelia, and Titania called for vengeance. Garos Ignas volunteered to provoke the Lord of Black Blood by attacking his cults across the Material Worlds, then defeat him when he responded.

• Naitar assured Garos that every deity of the Inner and Outer Courts would attend, and the Treant Sage arrived after seeking help from a deity of nature.
• Titania revealed Amelia's divine spark, and Amelia's lingering image recounted how the Lord of Black Blood killed her after she defended a fae settlement from his followers.
• Titania vowed to avenge Amelia and asked who would wage war against the Lord of Black Blood; Oberon and the Centaur God each offered to fight.
• Garos claimed the battle and laid out a plan to destroy the Lord of Black Blood's temples and cults across the Material Worlds until he descended to confront him.
• Naitar backed Garos, and Titania entrusted him with bringing victory to the Joyful Court as the gathered gods agreed to witness his fight.

Garos attacked the Lord of Black Blood’s shepherd planet, Vocasia, in retaliation for the killing of the Swan Goddess and destroyed it by driving its satellite into the planet. The chapter ended with the gods of the Joyful Court stunned by Garos’s devastating opening strike in the divine war.

• The Blood Wolf Saints celebrated the Lord of Black Blood’s killing of the Swan Goddess and discussed hunting more fae until the Midsummer Gods declared war, demanding the Lord of Black Blood’s life.
• Garos reached Vocasia and pushed its satellite out of orbit, accelerating it toward the planet while blocking the faithful’s prayers from reaching their god.
• Four Blood Wolf Saints flew into space to stop the satellite, but Garos captured them and hurled them onto its burning surface.
• Garos sent the satellite crashing into Vocasia, destroying the planet and its inhabitants in a vast explosion.
• The gods of the Joyful Court watched the destruction and realized that Garos had annihilated the Lord of Black Blood’s shepherd planet.

Garos destroyed the Lord of Black Blood’s Shepherd Planet and challenged the deity to meet him in the Material World. Mara nearly accepted, but his instincts warned him it might be a trap, so he held back and left Garos waiting; Garos vowed that Mara would eventually face him there.

• The Lord of Black Blood saw that Garos had destroyed Vocasia Shepherd Planet and recognized him as the enemy responsible for his followers’ deaths.
• Mara and Garos exchanged challenges, with Mara urging Garos to fight in the Sea of Chaos and Garos insisting that Mara come to the Material World.
• Garos taunted Mara as a coward who feared facing a new god, provoking the Lord of Black Blood’s rage.
• Mara’s Beastly Alertness warned him that entering the Material World could be a trap, so he withdrew his claw and decided to consult the other Gods of Rage.
• Garos realized Mara had refused to come and warned that Mara would eventually stand before him in the Material World.

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• The narrator described how his back pain had begun to improve after rest and stretching.
• The narrator and his wife went out for Lanzhou noodles, then stopped at a bakery on the way home.
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Garos destroyed successive Shepherd Planets to pressure the Lord of Black Blood into confronting him, while Mara sought Talos’s backing and prepared a hunt of his own. After years of restraint, Garos received the location of a fourth planet and set out expecting Mara to finally appear.

• Garos agreed with Titania to pace his attacks and returned to the Joyful Court for a welcome feast after the Lord of Black Blood retreated.
• Mara appealed to Talos, who struck him for retreating but promised to defend him if the Midsummer Gods ambushed him and urged him to resolve Garos’s challenge himself.
• Mara planned to turn the deaths caused by Garos’s attacks into power through his Bloodshed authority, then strike when he was strongest.
• Garos destroyed a second Shepherd Planet, and Mara again failed to appear; Garos continued growing in prestige as he destroyed a third planet and gained the fae’s recognition as their War God.
• Titania told Garos to use the title Dragon of Victory and Glory to cultivate the authority of dragon, then warned that Mara might descend to defend the fourth Shepherd Planet.
• Garos accepted Titania’s warning and departed for the fourth Shepherd Planet, eager for a decisive battle with Mara.

Garos destroyed the Lord of Black Blood’s fourth shepherd planet, prompting Mara to finally confront him in the Material World. Their brutal battle left Garos fighting inside Mara’s blood-red hunting ground, where Mara believed he had gained the advantage.

• Garos pushed a satellite toward the fourth shepherd planet, rejected its saints’ request for mercy, and defeated them after Mara briefly took control of them.
• The satellite struck the shepherd planet and destroyed it, after which the Lord of Black Blood appeared as a giant wolf and challenged Garos.
• Mara marked Garos with his Hunting Authority and fought him using his Beast: Myriad Forms and Beast: Lord of Wolves powers, while Garos battled with his physical strength and Dragon Qi.
• Garos used Wild Dragon, Unpredictable Brain to break the Hunting Mark’s advantage, then seized Mara and blasted his body apart with fusion energy.
• Mara regenerated within a blood-red domain formed from the blood of his slain followers and welcomed Garos to his hunting ground.

Garos overcame Mara by adapting to the Blood Moon Divine Kingdom and turning its powers against the Lord of Black Blood. After killing Mara, Garos declared that anyone who harmed his people would face defeat and death, and his divine authority began to change.

• Mara trapped Garos in the Blood Moon Divine Kingdom, where his lightning stripped away Garos's defenses and inflicted severe wounds.
• Mara offered to spare Garos if he surrendered his divine spark, but Garos revealed that his fear had been an act and provoked him.
• Garos activated Adaptive Evolution, adapted to the Blood Moon Divine Kingdom, and gained its powers, reversing the hunt and badly injuring Mara.
• Mara dispelled the Blood Moon Divine Kingdom and tried to flee to his true Divine Kingdom, but Garos destroyed the portal and repeatedly shattered his divine body.
• Mara begged Garos to spare him and offered to become his subordinate, but Garos killed him; Talos's final words revealed that Mara had been abandoned.
• Garos declared that his people were under his protection and vowed vengeance on anyone who harmed them, while his godhood began forming new divine authority.