Chapter Summaries

Green used his identity as the Black Smoke Venerable to acquire resources and study the Demonic-Energy Corrosion Civilization, while a Floating City and its laboratories were built at the Edge of the World. With his research gathered and the laboratory nearly complete, he headed there to begin analyzing Demonic Qi.

• Green asked Tricky for resources to treat his supposed injuries, and Tricky obeyed without question.
• Over the next thirty years, a massive Floating City and numerous laboratories were built at the Edge of the World.
• Green used his merits and status to obtain nearly all the neglected knowledge in the Demonic-Energy Corrosion Civilization's library.
• After reviewing the knowledge, Green concluded that the civilization's easy growth had left it with serious internal weaknesses and reaffirmed his decision not to subdue it by force.
• Green left his palace and flew toward the Edge of the World to analyze Demonic Qi in the nearly finished laboratory.

Five years later, Green continued researching Demonic Qi while posing as the injured Black Smoke Venerable and plotting to fracture the Demonic-Energy Corrosion Civilization. His findings suggested Demonic Qi could corrupt even mechanical lifeforms, and he planned to investigate its effects microscopically.

• An explosion damaged the Central Laboratory, and Green emerged from the smoke as Tricky sent Devils inside to repair it.
• Green ordered Tricky to repair the laboratory quickly so research into a new type of Demonic Qi could continue.
• Green returned to the Black Smoke World and used its Origin Force to repair the Black Smoke Venerable's body, concealing his true condition from the outside world.
• Green reviewed his plan to hasten resource depletion and drive the Demonic-Energy Corrosion Civilization toward internal conflict and fragmentation.
• Green concluded from experiments that Demonic Qi could distort Mechanical Lifeforms and their underlying code, then decided to investigate the phenomenon microscopically.

Green completed a plan to destabilize the Demonic-Energy Corrosion Civilization by spreading a resource-intensive cultivation method, deepening the divide between upper- and lower-class Devils, and provoking a civil war. He began the first phase, while Tricky received a message and started screening Devils in the Floating City.

• Green devised a plan to make the Demonic-Energy Corrosion Civilization’s ruling groups consume resources and widen the gap between noble and lower-class Devils.
• Green planned to spread a “Cannibalism Style” cultivation method and use a foreign war to intensify conflict between the two classes.
• Green concluded that the Devils’ greed and competing interests would make the plan difficult to stop, then sent a message to begin the first phase.
• Tricky froze while directing repairs to the Central Laboratory from the Floating City, then summoned his subordinates.
• Tricky ordered his subordinates to screen Devils throughout the Floating City.

Green began a plan to dismantle the Demonic-Energy Corrosion Civilization by helping low-level Devils grow stronger, and three hundred years later he uncovered that Demonic Qi altered the fundamental definitions of matter and rules. His research revealed why even Seventh-Level Rule Lifeforms could be corrupted if they could not use their Immortal Particles.

• Green recruited more than a thousand low-level Devils and gave them resources and a cultivation method designed to accelerate their advancement.
• Green sent the Devils away with Tricky and began his plan to undermine the Demonic-Energy Corrosion Civilization by exploiting the greed of its vested interests.
• Over three hundred years, Green refined his accelerated cultivation method, and most of the first batch of Devils advanced to Fourth-Level Lifeforms.
• The method spread through the Black Smoke Dynasty, drawing Devils to Floating City and making it a coveted place to live and train.
• Green studied Demonic Qi in the Central Laboratory and discovered that it changed the fundamental definition of matter by reaching into the Rules.

Green announced the Rapid Demonic-Qi Cultivation Plan across the Black Smoke Dynasty, while reserving advanced versions for loyal soldiers. Its rapid spread fueled an arms race among devil factions across the Demonic-Energy Corrosion Civilization and widened the divide between high- and low-ranking devils.

• Green inspected the test subjects and ordered Tricky to prepare to announce the cultivation method throughout the Black Smoke Dynasty.
• Green gave Tricky an advanced version of the method for loyal Dynasty soldiers and ordered the initial version released to everyone else.
• Small and medium-sized factions used the plan to rapidly strengthen their fighters and compete for scarce resources.
• Medium and large factions adopted the plan to keep pace, intensifying the struggle between factions and squeezing low-ranking devils.
• The plan spread to surrounding dynasties and across the Demonic-Energy Corrosion Civilization as a social rift gradually formed.

After the Night's Hand lost its headquarters, Orank prepared to use the Rapid Demonic-Qi Cultivation Program to raise one young Devil to the Third Level. Meanwhile, Green saw the program draining the Demonic-Energy Corrosion Civilization's resources and set the “Cannibalism Style” in motion.

• Orank told the surviving Devils that their only hope was to cultivate one of their own to the Third Level using the resources they had left.
• Orank announced that eligible Devils under fifty could take a trial the next day, and the first to pass would be cultivated.
• Green observed that the Rapid Demonic-Qi Cultivation Program had spread across the civilization and that increasingly wasteful variations were worsening resource monopolies.
• Green decided it was time to set the “Cannibalism Style” in motion and vanished from the laboratory in black smoke.

Green spread a cannibal-style Demonic Qi cultivation method through the Demonic-Energy Corrosion Civilization, where Morke and Dimoer joined forces to use it. After confirming the method had taken root, Green moved on to spread it in other worlds by placing it in the paths of people favored by fate.

• Green's covert influence spread methods for strengthening Demonic Qi by devouring one's own kind among low-ranking devils.
• After the Infernal Hand expelled and wounded Morke, Dimoer visited him in the slums and showed him a parchment describing the cultivation method.
• Dimoer said he had tested the method by eating a dead devil, and Morke agreed to join his plan to grow stronger by hunting devils together.
• Green watched Morke and Dimoer begin their plan, then vanished to travel to another world.
• Green explained that he used the Spacetime Rule to plant the method in multiple worlds and the Fate Law to guide poor Children of Fate and Children of Fortune to it.

Green watched the Demonic-Energy Corrosion Civilization embrace a cultivation method that strengthened its rulers by enslaving and consuming lower-ranking devils, leaving the civilization’s future in decline. He returned to the Black Smoke World, sealed his Central Laboratory against information leaks, and prepared to study Origin Demonic Qi directly.

• Lower-ranking devils used the Cannibal-Style Demonic Qi Cultivation Method to grow stronger and hunt High-Ranking Devils.
• High-Ranking Devils adopted the method on a massive scale, enslaving lower-ranking devils and consuming their Demonic Qi.
• The Demonic-Energy Corrosion Civilization regressed into a slave society, and Green concluded that its rulers’ actions had drained its potential.
• Green stopped spreading the cultivation methods and returned to the Black Smoke World to continue his research.
• Green sealed the Central Laboratory with a spacetime cage and runes to prevent information about his research from escaping.
• Green extracted Origin Demonic Qi from the Black Smoke Venerable and prepared to examine its essence.

Green used the Chip to crack the Demonic-Energy Corrosion Civilization’s microscopic encryption and investigate Demonic Qi’s fundamental particles. He discovered that Demonic Qi was extreme Positive Energy that dismantled and reassembled other particles, then considered how its inefficient conversion explained the time and outside material needed to transform lifeforms.

• Green ordered the Chip to scan Demonic Qi at the microscopic level while avoiding its defensive mechanisms.
• Green had the Chip brute-force the particles’ primitive encryption, revealing a pattern of three intertwined oscillations tied to the civilization’s three great kings.
• The Chip uncovered the particles’ brilliant white appearance, leading Green to realize that Demonic Qi was an extreme form of Positive Energy.
• Green ordered the Demonic Qi in his hand to spread, and observed its particles seize nearby fundamental particles, dismantle them, and reassemble them into new particles at roughly thirty percent efficiency.
• Green concluded that Demonic Qi needed outside particles to transform lifeforms without reducing their mass, and that only Seventh-Level Lifeforms could reliably interfere with the process.

After nearly a thousand years studying Demonic Qi, Green changed his plan and engineered Microscopic Abyssal Moss to infiltrate and replace Demonic Qi Particles, eventually transforming the devils into Bloodline Lifeforms. He secretly spread the moss throughout the civilization and discovered that it had already fallen into chaos.

• Green concluded that different Demonic Qi types differed mainly in how efficiently their particles converted other fundamental particles.
• Green devised a plan to disguise Microscopic Abyssal Moss as fundamental particles so it could replace Demonic Qi Particles and transform the devils from within.
• Green modified the moss's internal structure, then used his complete Spacetime Model to spread it while avoiding the Central District and the Abyssal Zerg border.
• Green abandoned his earlier scheme to provoke conflict and divide the civilization, deciding instead to let its foundations erode while he prepared to absorb it into the Bloodline Fusion Realm.
• Green discovered that the Demonic-Energy Corrosion Civilization had already descended into chaos.

Chosen Ones and Children of Fortune destabilized the Demonic-Energy Corrosion Civilization, and Low-Ranking Devils rose up against their rulers. A female Devil led the elite forces into battle, where she faced a colossal black-smoke giant formed from the rebels’ collective power.

• Chosen Ones and Children of Fortune established resistance forces, worsening unrest and prompting the upper-ranking Devils to oppress Low-Ranking Devils more harshly.
• A female Devil ordered elite troops to attack the gathered Low-Ranking Devils beneath her floating city.
• The Low-Ranking Devils blocked the city’s energy shells and charged the elite troops, fighting them to a standstill through their overwhelming numbers.
• The female Devil transformed into a ten-thousand-meter giant and unleashed a devastating energy wave across the battlefield.
• The Low-Ranking Devils burned their Essence and formed a colossal black-smoke giant, which clashed with the female Devil amid heavy casualties.

Green questioned the Demon Dragon King about the Devil Race’s escalating conflict and learned that the three great kings intended to use it to purge Devils with low potential. After giving the Demon Dragon King a wisp of Origin Demonic Qi, Green suspected the request concealed a larger plan.

• Green returned to the Black Smoke World and contacted the Demon Dragon King while disguised as Black Smoke Venerable.
• The Demon Dragon King said he, the Aberration King, and the Progenitor King planned to let the conflict eliminate Devils they considered unworthy, then intervene to stabilize the race.
• Green learned that the top Devils viewed the Rapid Demonic-Qi Cultivation Program as a way to purge Low-Ranking Devils and agreed that the Demon Dragon King’s plan risked heavy losses.
• The Demon Dragon King asked Green for a portion of Black Smoke Venerable’s Origin Demonic Qi, and Green gave it to him.
• Green suspected the Demon Dragon King had a hidden purpose for requesting the Origin Demonic Qi, but concluded the conflict would still weaken the civilization before his takeover.

Green investigated why the three kings were collecting Origin Demonic Qi and uncovered evidence of a secret Demonic Qi Fusion Experiment connected to the war with the Abyssal Zerg. He concluded that the Progenitor King had discovered a way to fuse Demonic Qi and began considering a bold idea.

• Green contacted Devil Venerables and learned that the three kings were collecting Origin Demonic Qi from Devils in their own territories.
• Green noticed the collection began around the time the war with the Abyssal Zerg started and suspected the kings were seeking a way to overcome the crisis.
• Green encouraged Seventh- and Eighth-Level Devils to investigate, and an Eighth-Level Devil from the Research Department revealed the secret Demonic Qi Fusion Experiment.
• Green learned that the experiment had continued in the Main World under heightened security, despite its apparent failure.
• Green reasoned that the Progenitor King had discovered a way to fuse Demonic Qi and shared it with the other kings under pressure from the Abyssal Zerg.
• Green had a flash of inspiration and formed a bold idea.

Green spent three hundred years disguising Microscopic Abyssal Moss Particles to resemble the Black Smoke Venerable’s Origin Demonic Qi, intending to infect the three Demon Kings when they exchanged particles. After finishing the disguise, he traveled to the Extreme Cold Iceflame World and discovered conflict between its transformed inhabitants and the High-Ranking Devils.

• Green realized the three Demon Kings might fuse their Origin Demonic Qi and hurried to create particles that could pass as the Black Smoke Venerable’s Origin Demonic Qi.
• Green modified Microscopic Abyssal Moss Particles for three hundred years until their functions and appearance were virtually indistinguishable from Origin Demonic Qi particles.
• Green planned to wait for the Aberration King and the Progenitor King to request his particles, then took a break to check how his particles had spread through the civilization.
• Green traveled to the Extreme Cold Iceflame World and used his Mental Power to gather information about its inhabitants.
• Green heard Lor El Kex’s people debate expanding into deeper ice veins to evade the High-Ranking Devils, while other voices called for attacks and the recovery of escaped slaves.

Green discovered that the Demonic-Energy Corrosion Civilization was being devastated by resource monopolization and planned to use an Abyssal Zerg invasion to preserve it and advance his control. Meanwhile, Walker directed the war against the Death Summoning Civilization, then received a message bearing Green’s Bloodline Source imprint.

• Green learned that powerful Devils had seized most resources, reducing Low-Ranking Devils to sacrifices and threatening the civilization’s knowledge and potential.
• Green decided to unleash the Abyssal Zerg invasion to pressure the elite Devils into protecting the lower strata and to distract the three kings from his interference with Demonic Qi.
• Green returned to the Black Smoke World and secretly contacted Walker through their soul link while appearing to recover from injuries.
• At Crisis Death World, Walker ordered his forces to maintain steady pressure on the Death Summoning Civilization without provoking it into a desperate last stand.
• Green’s Bloodline Source imprint appeared before Walker, and Walker and the other Top-Tier Bloodline Creatures knelt as its message reached him.

Green ordered Walker to send 200 Seventh-Level Bloodline Creatures against the Demonic-Energy Corrosion Civilization, applying steady pressure without causing widespread casualties. The Abyssal Zerg then launched a sudden invasion, and its forces rapidly occupied world after world.

• Green greeted the assembled Top-Tier Bloodline Creatures and asked Walker how many could be spared for the campaign.
• Walker reported that around 400 Top-Tier Bloodline Lifeforms could be reassigned without weakening the other fronts.
• Green estimated that a force of 200 would pressure the Demonic-Energy Corrosion Civilization and ordered Walker to advance slowly while limiting casualties.
• Walker accepted Green's order as the Bloodline Creatures around him clamored to join the campaign.
• The Demonic-Energy Corrosion Civilization prepared for the Abyssal Zerg invasion, but the Zerg advanced with little resistance and quickly occupied world after world.

Frozen Extremity Demon Venerable learned that the weakened lower ranks might not withstand the Abyssal Zerg and ordered major factions to commit troops to support them. Meanwhile, the three kings summoned the Devil Race's Top-Tier Lifeforms to confront the civilization's military and social crisis.

• Frozen Extremity Demon Venerable was told that lower-ranking devils remained depleted despite receiving resources, while their numbers had fallen sharply across the civilization.
• Frozen Extremity Demon Venerable ordered every major faction on the defensive line to deploy at least one-third of its fighting force, threatening to brand objectors as traitors.
• The three kings inspected the Demonic-Energy Corrosion Civilization and discovered mass deaths, rebellions, corruption, and resource monopolies.
• The three kings summoned the Devil Race's Top-Tier Lifeforms, prompting powerful factions to stop exploiting low-ranking devils as they anticipated orders to support them.

Green attended the Devil Race conference, where the Demon Dragon King revealed that the Abyssal Zerg had broken through the first two defensive lines and ordered Devil Race factions to rebuild their Low-Ranking Devil populations. The Progenitor King then rose to introduce the next topic.

• The Devil Race factions gathered resources for themselves as the civilization's resource monopolization intensified.
• Green entered the conference hall and took a seat as Black Smoke Venerable, drawing the attention of the assembled Devil Race.
• The three kings arrived, and Green noticed that the Progenitor King watched him longest because of his Rapid Demonic-Qi Cultivation Program.
• The Demon Dragon King announced that the Abyssal Zerg had breached the first two defensive lines and were approaching the third.
• The Demon Dragon King ordered each faction to restore its Low-Ranking Devil population to its level from ten thousand years earlier within three hundred years.
• The Progenitor King stood after the Demon Dragon King finished, preparing to address the next topic.

At the assembly, the Progenitor King announced that he had perfected Demonic Qi Fusion and revealed that the Abyssal Zerg came from the Half-Ninth-Level Bloodline Fusion Realm. He offered the fusion method in exchange for three strands of Origin Demonic Qi from each Devil Race, giving Green a chance to pass his Demonic Qi to all three kings.

• The Progenitor King demonstrated his aura and announced that he had perfected the Demonic Qi Fusion Experiment.
• The Progenitor King revealed that the Abyssal Zerg came from the Half-Ninth-Level Bloodline Fusion Realm.
• The Progenitor King offered to share the fusion method in return for three strands of Origin Demonic Qi from each Devil Race.
• Green provided three strands of Demonic Qi, which went separately to the Progenitor King, Demon Dragon King, and Aberration King.
• The Progenitor King sent the Demonic Qi Fusion method to the foreheads of every Devil Race present.

After the meeting, Green began testing Progenitor King's Demonic-Qi Fusion Scheme in his laboratory. Using the Chip to observe the microscopic process, he discovered that equal-strength Demonic Qi particles fought until both went inactive, and prepared to intervene in the experiment.

• Progenitor King ended the meeting after presenting the Demonic-Qi Fusion Scheme, and the Devils left, including those assigned to the front lines.
• Green examined the scheme's limitations and realized that fusing Demonic Qi of equal or higher rank was extremely slow and could fail catastrophically.
• In his laboratory, Green placed Cloudsmoke Venerable's dark-purple Demonic Qi inside a Hexahedral Crystal and surrounded it with Black Smoke Venerable's Demonic Qi.
• Green used the Chip's microscopic interface to watch the two kinds of Demonic Qi particles grapple until structural damage silenced them both.
• Green concluded that the particles' instincts made forced fusion a deadly struggle, then manipulated Black Smoke Venerable's Demonic Qi.