Chapter Summaries

Huangfu Long and Ivan reunited at the Federation conference, where they mocked the Sakura Special Zone’s Abe Jiro and clashed with Moriyama Yeren. After the Secretary-General restored order, the Wood Clone learned that Huangfu Long and Ivan had been classmates and teammates.

• Huangfu Long arrived late and warmly greeted Ivan, the head of the War Bear Special District, with whom he traded drinking jabs.
• Abe Jiro told Huangfu Long and Ivan to stop chatting, and Ivan intimidated and insulted him.
• Moriyama Yeren intervened, while Huangfu Long mocked the Sakura Special Zone and the Secretary-General urged everyone to take their seats.
• Qin Wangyan pulled Huangfu Long toward the Dragon Glory Special District seats, relieved that the exchange had ended.
• The Wood Clone asked about Ivan, and Huangfu Long explained that they had been classmates and teammates at Martial University.

Qin Wangyan’s group attended a Federation meeting where the secretary-general announced that the Eternal Night Church had been destroyed and confirmed Qin Wangyan’s role in the rumors. Qin Wangyan then denied that he had destroyed the Church, leaving the assembled district leaders stunned.

• Qin Wangyan pulled the wood clone into the seat beside him, and the wood clone mistook the gesture for an offer to become secretary-general.
• Huangfu Long joked that he and the wood clone could unite the Federation before Qin Wangyan and Old Chen told him to behave.
• The secretary-general began the meeting and announced that the Eternal Night Church had been annihilated.
• Carl Jones asked whether the Church’s destruction was true, and the secretary-general confirmed it and said he had released the rumors.
• Ivan and a Black elder congratulated Qin Wangyan, but Qin Wangyan said he had not destroyed the Eternal Night Church.

The Secretary-General clarified that one person from Dragon Glory had discovered the Eternal Night Church’s headquarters and destroyed the organization largely alone. Carl Jones refused to believe the claim and suspected Dragon Glory was exaggerating, as the Secretary-General prepared to explain further.

• The Secretary-General explained that Qin Wangyan had been credited with organizing the operation, but another person had found the headquarters and led the assault into the Eternal Night Secret Realm.
• The Secretary-General said that the mysterious powerhouse had killed the Eternal Night Church’s upper ranks alone, while the other heroes only assisted.
• Carl Jones challenged the claim, arguing that no individual could destroy the powerful Eternal Night Church single-handedly.
• Huangfu Long rebuked Carl Jones and hinted that Dragon Glory had more powerful figures than she knew.
• Carl Jones suspected Dragon Glory had fabricated the story to boost its influence, while the Secretary-General warned that the truth exceeded her imagination.

At the council meeting, the Secretary-General revealed that the online reports about the meteor in the Sakura Special Zone were real, and Abe Jiro confirmed them. The Wood Clone said the magical beast Xiao Meng had been level 99, leaving the gathered officials stunned.

• The Secretary-General told Carl Jones that the meteor had not fallen naturally and that the online video and reports were genuine.
• The officials turned their attention to the Wood Clone, and Abe Jiro confirmed that the meteor incident was real.
• Carl Jones asked how strong the magical beast had been, and the Wood Clone replied that Xiao Meng had been level 99.
• Qin Wangyan cited Dragon Glory’s leaders and the Sakura Special Zone as witnesses, and Abe Jiro nodded in confirmation.
• The council hall fell silent as the officials absorbed the revelation.

The secretary-general revealed that Lin Yu had alone destroyed the Eternal Night Church, stunning the regional leaders and provoking Carl Jones’s disbelief. Huangfu Long defended Lin Yu and challenged Carl’s people, then displayed a newly advanced level of power that shocked Derry Jones.

• The secretary-general named Lin Yu as the person who had killed the Eternal Night Church’s leaders and its Level 99 guardian, leaving the regional leaders stunned.
• Qin Wangyan teased Carl Jones for refusing to accept the news, while the Wood Clone remained unconcerned.
• Huangfu Long challenged Carl Jones’s people to spar and rebuked Carl for demanding that Lin Yu prove his strength.
• Carl Jones stood up in anger, and his Domain-level companions turned their pressure toward Huangfu Long.
• Huangfu Long released a tyrannical aura that overwhelmed the room, and Derry Jones realized that Huangfu Long had broken through.

Carl Jones accepted a pause in the dispute but remained determined to learn what Qin Wangyan knew. She offered to trade any conditions for an answer, leaving the conference hall stunned.

• Derry Jones urged Carl Jones to stand down, and the Secretary-General mediated before Huangfu Long and the Wood Clone could continue the confrontation.
• Huangfu Long withdrew his aura, while Elder Chen and Qin Wangyan discouraged him from escalating the dispute.
• Ivan mocked Carl Jones over the Beautiful Special District’s failure against the Eternal Night Church, but Derry Jones stopped Carl from retaliating.
• Carl Jones interrupted the meeting and offered Qin Wangyan any conditions in exchange for the answer she sought.

After Carl Jones promised to grant his request, Lin Yu’s Wood Clone unleashed its Conqueror’s Haki in the conference room, overwhelming the attendees and damaging the Federation Headquarters. The display left Huangfu Long stunned by how much Lin Yu’s strength had grown.

• Carl Jones promised the Wood Clone anything within his power in exchange for an answer, despite Derry Jones’s concern.
• The Wood Clone decided to show its power, and Qin Wangyan realized too late that it was eager to stir up trouble.
• The Wood Clone released a wave of Conqueror’s Haki that knocked everyone below the ninth rank unconscious and left the other big shots terrified.
• The Haki cracked the conference room, and Huangfu Long felt his spiritual power slow under the pressure as he recognized the scale of Lin Yu’s breakthrough.

Lin Yu's Wood Clone unleashed his Conqueror's Haki at Federation Headquarters, forcing the Speaker to intervene and establish that no one could question Lin Yu's strength. After the meeting resumed, Carl Jones apologized and promised to honor her agreement with Lin Yu.

• Huangfu Long realized Lin Yu's Wood Clone had unleashed only a weakened version of Lin Yu's strength.
• The Speaker asked Lin Yu's Wood Clone to withdraw his Haki, and the clone complied as Federation Headquarters recovered from the pressure.
• The Speaker ordered everyone not to question Lin Yu's strength again and invited the clone to speak with him after the meeting.
• Lin Yu's Wood Clone confronted Carl Jones, who apologized and promised to fulfill her agreement with him.
• The clone told Carl Jones he would decide what to ask of her later.

Qin Wangyan explained that Carl Jones’s promise carried the backing of the powerful Jones Family, giving Lin Yu a chance to pursue his plans in the Beautiful Special District. After the Wood Clone’s overwhelming presence left many people unconscious, he used his power to put them back in their chairs so the meeting could continue.

• Qin Wangyan told the Wood Clone that the Jones Family had deep influence across the Beautiful Special District’s government, military, and other sectors.
• The Wood Clone realized Carl Jones’s promise could help Lin Yu carry out his plans in the Beautiful Special District.
• The Secretary-General resolved to contribute his remaining influence to support the young hero.
• The Secretary-General asked everyone to help the unconscious colleagues, since only those still standing could move.
• The Wood Clone lifted the unconscious people with an invisible force and placed them in chairs so the meeting could continue.

At the Federation meeting, the leaders were further convinced by Lin Yu’s power, and the Secretary-General proposed making him a Federation Envoy. All eight districts approved, and Lin Yu learned that the post gave him sweeping authority across the Federation.

• Lin Yu’s Wood Clone used the Float-Float Fruit, prompting the district leaders to believe the reports about his extraordinary abilities.
• The Secretary-General proposed appointing Lin Yu as a Federation Envoy, and Qin Wangyan, Ivan, and the Rainbow Special District’s representative supported the motion.
• The remaining leaders weighed the envoy’s vast authority and their concerns about Lin Yu, then Carl Jones declared that the Beautiful Special District had no objections.
• The representatives of the other four districts agreed, and the Secretary-General announced that Lin Yu had become Federation Envoy.
• The Secretary-General explained the position’s authority to Lin Yu, who reacted with interest.

The Secretary-General appointed Lin Yu Federation Envoy, then revealed that Abe Jiro’s ancestor, Abe Ikyo, had been a vice leader of the Eternal Night Church. Carl Jones turned on Abe Jiro, who was pressed to explain his family’s connection to the church.

• The Secretary-General appointed Lin Yu Federation Envoy, and Lin Yu accepted the status.
• Huangfu Long teased Lin Yu about the envy of the other attendees, while Lin Yu said the title would help him act within the Federation.
• The Secretary-General said the next matter concerned the Eternal Night Church and the Sakura Special Zone, unsettling Abe Jiro.
• The Secretary-General asked why Abe Jiro’s ancestor had appeared in the Eternal Night Secret Realm, and Carl Jones confronted Abe Jiro.
• The Secretary-General identified Abe Ikyo as one of the Eternal Night Church’s three vice leaders and demanded that Abe Jiro explain.

At a Federation meeting, evidence linking Abe Ikyo to the Eternal Night Church led the secretary-general to demand Abe Jiro step down and face an investigation. Moriyama Yeren stopped Carl Jones from attacking Abe Jiro, promised an inquiry into the Abe Family, and handed the bound Abe Jiro over to the secretary-general.

• Carl Jones and the others reacted furiously when Qin Wangyan presented evidence that Abe Ikyo was the Eternal Night Church's deputy leader.
• The secretary-general told Abe Jiro to prove his innocence or temporarily step down and submit to a Federation investigation.
• Abe Jiro denied the accusations and called them a plot against the Sakura Special Zone, then begged Moriyama Yeren to save him from Carl Jones.
• Moriyama Yeren knocked Abe Jiro unconscious before Carl Jones could attack him.
• Moriyama Yeren promised to investigate Abe Ikyo and the Abe Family, bound Abe Jiro in stone chains, and handed him over to the secretary-general.

After Moriyama Yeren kicked Abe Jiro away, Carl Jones demanded an investigation into the Abe Family’s collusion with the Eternal Night Church. Moriyama Yeren agreed to the Secretary-General’s arrangements, leaving the Abe Family to bear the Beautiful Special District’s anger.

• Murong Qing and Huangfu Long explained that Elder Chen’s spatial abilities made him far stronger than his past battles had shown, and Lin Yu considered giving him Ya'en’s ability and the Crescent Moon Pendant.
• Carl Jones questioned Moriyama Yeren about whether the Sakura Special Zone had known of the Abe Family’s actions.
• Moriyama Yeren denied the Sakura Special Zone’s involvement and asked to investigate before giving the Federation an explanation.
• Carl Jones asked the Secretary-General to let the Beautiful Special District investigate the Abe Family, arguing Moriyama Yeren should avoid suspicion.
• Moriyama Yeren accepted the Secretary-General’s arrangements, and Elder Chen and Qin Wangyan remarked that he was sacrificing the Abe Family to calm the Beautiful Special District.

The Secretary-General announced that he would step down at the end of the month and that the Federation would use the direct appointment procedure to choose his successor. After district chiefs challenged the move, he cleared the council hall and sealed the room to explain the reason to them and a few others.

• The Secretary-General assigned Qin Wangyan, Carl Jones, and Grand Elder Moriyama to investigate a matter together.
• The Secretary-General announced that he would leave office after the month ended and that the Federation would use the direct appointment procedure.
• Carl Jones and other attendees questioned the procedure and opposed it, demanding a justification.
• The Secretary-General asked everyone except the eight district chiefs, the Wood Clone, and Ya'en to leave the hall.
• The Secretary-General raised a barrier around the meeting room and began to reveal information he said was real, though difficult to comprehend.

Derry Jones tried to learn why the Secretary-General had summoned the young man from Dragon Glory, but Huangfu Long refused to tell him. Elder Chen left for the council chamber after hinting that someone was seeking him, while Huangfu Long and Murong Qing waited for the conference to end.

• Derry Jones questioned Huangfu Long about the meeting, but Huangfu Long teased him and refused to reveal anything.
• Elder Chen told Derry Jones that the matter concerned the Federation and that he would be informed when the time came.
• Huangfu Long and Murong Qing joked about Murong Qing's youthful gossiping, until Elder Chen cut off Murong Qing's embarrassing stories.
• Elder Chen left for the council chamber, and Murong Qing joked that Elder Chen's old flame was looking for him before hastily apologizing under Elder Chen's warning glare.
• Huangfu Long teased Murong Qing about Elder Zhang and the old master overhearing them, then waited with him as the conference-room barrier began to recede.

After the district leaders emerged from their meeting shaken by the revelations about gods and magical beasts, the Wood Clone explained how they had ultimately accepted Lin Yu’s plan. The chapter left the leaders heading to the council hall to announce the final appointments, with the districts agreeing to cooperate against the extraterrestrial gods.

• Huangfu Long and Murong Qing waited eagerly to see how the meeting attendees would react as they came out.
• The Secretary-General led the grave-faced leaders and the waiting crowd toward the council hall for the final appointments.
• Huangfu Long asked the Wood Clone whether he had presented Lin Yu’s plan, and the Wood Clone said the leaders had questioned their beliefs before accepting it.
• Carl Jones unexpectedly supported Qin Wangyan’s proposal and pledged full cooperation, prompting the other district leaders to reconsider.
• After Ya'en demonstrated resurrection, the leaders chose to compromise with the local deity rather than face enslavement by the extraterrestrial gods.

Lin Yu and Huangfu Long discussed Carl Jones’s unusual behavior and Qin Wangyan’s expected appointment as Secretary-General. Murong Qing explained how the Federation’s Twelve Councillors were chosen, then revealed that Elder Chen’s old flame was Speaker Zhang Ruochan.

• Lin Yu agreed that he would recruit followers through persuasion rather than coercion.
• Lin Yu and Huangfu Long speculated that Carl Jones knew something and would explain himself after the meeting.
• Huangfu Long teased Lin Yu about helping Qin Wangyan secure the Secretary-General position, and Murong Qing agreed that Lin Yu’s influence had improved Qin Wangyan’s chances.
• Lin Yu asked about Elder Chen’s absence, and Murong Qing said Elder Chen had gone to see his old flame.
• Murong Qing explained that the Federation Parliament had twelve councillors, including Qin Que and Speaker Zhang Ruochan, Elder Chen’s old flame.
• Lin Yu asked whether Zhang Ruochan was a woman.

Murong Qing told the Wood Clone and Huangfu Long about Zhang Ruochan and Chen Changsheng’s history, including their disastrous expedition and their unfulfilled relationship. He revealed that Ruochan had once forced herself on Chen, then warned the others not to repeat the story.

• Murong Qing explained that Zhang Ruochan’s voice had been permanently damaged during a joint expedition with Chen Changsheng into a seventh-tier secret realm.
• Murong Qing said that he and countless other men had admired Ruochan, while she and Chen had ultimately remained alone despite their mutual history.
• The Wood Clone noted that Ruochan now seemed a level stronger than Chen, surprising Murong Qing, who remembered them as equals.
• Murong Qing joked that Ruochan might force herself on Chen again, then tried to make the Wood Clone and Huangfu Long promise to keep quiet.
• Murong Qing threatened to blame the two younger men if Chen and Ruochan came after him.

The Wood Clone, Huangfu Long, and Murong Qing arrived at the Federal Parliament, where the Wood Clone recognized Zhang Ruochan among the powerful elders. Zhang Ruochan appeared to hear his thoughts, prompting him to shield his mind with Observation Haki and Chaos Domain, though she said she could no longer hear him.

• Murong Qing warned the Wood Clone and Huangfu Long to keep quiet as they approached the Parliament with the Secretary-General.
• The group entered the Parliament after two Emperor-rank guards welcomed them, and the Wood Clone realized his earlier Conqueror's Haki had knocked out most of Federation Headquarters.
• The Wood Clone saw Elder Chen and the other elders, then recognized Zhang Ruochan as the woman Murong Qing had described.
• Zhang Ruochan responded to the Wood Clone's unspoken thoughts about her and Elder Chen, making him suspect she could read minds.
• The Wood Clone activated Observation Haki and covered himself with Chaos Domain, after which Zhang Ruochan said she could no longer hear his thoughts.

The Wood Clone learned that Zhang Ruochan could barely hear his thoughts unless she deliberately focused, then watched her and Elder Chen argue over her uncontrolled ability and their conflicting values. He followed Qin Wangyan to the front row of the meeting after Qin said the Speaker wanted to see him.

• The Wood Clone kept Observation Haki and the Chaos Domain active and told Zhang Ruochan not to pry into others' thoughts.
• Zhang Ruochan apologized and explained that she had to deliberately intensify her ability to hear the Wood Clone's thoughts.
• Elder Chen and Zhang Ruochan argued about her curiosity, her ability, and their different values, revealing their familiar relationship.
• The Wood Clone interrupted the argument by reminding Zhang Ruochan and Elder Chen that everyone was waiting for the meeting.
• Qin Wangyan waved the Wood Clone to the front row and said the Speaker wanted to see him, so the Wood Clone sat beside him.