Chapter Summaries

Green learned that the Alchemy Empire was attacking the Northern Void River, and that Sario and his companions had entered his world seeking its World Core to defend the North. He decided the Northern civilization had to survive for at least twenty-seven Eras while he completed his own goal, and began forming a plan.

• Sario told Klenenfi that the powerful Curse had filled his Outer Damage Seal, leaving him unable to use it again.
• Sario, Klenenfi, and their companion recovered and headed toward Green's villa, unaware that Green was monitoring them.
• Green learned that the three intruders sought the World Core to turn his world into a fortress against the Alchemy Empire.
• Green assessed the military situation across the Void Rivers and concluded that the North might fall within ten Eras if it received no help.
• Green decided to keep the Northern civilization alive for at least twenty-seven Eras, then shut off the projection and went upstairs to act on his developing plan.

Sario, Klenenfi, and Kraler discovered that the magic array beside Lakeside Villa was at least Level Ten and debated abandoning their mission to capture the Blood-Red Tyrant. As Sario sent a scorpion toward the Formation for one last investigation, Green activated a Puppet to intercept it.

• Klenenfi identified the Emotional Power Amplification Formation as a powerful array involving space, time, will, and Fate, and estimated its wisdom had reached Level Ten.
• Klenenfi and Kraler urged Sario to abandon the mission, warning their Level Six and Level Seven team could not control a Level Ten being.
• Sario decided to inspect the villa once more and released a black scorpion from a cavity in his hand to approach the Formation.
• Green watched from the villa's Balcony, unnoticed by the three operatives, and activated a shoddily made robot Puppet to stop the scorpion.

Green’s Puppet Robot fought Gularl, Klenfien, Klenenfi, Kraler, and Sario, resisting their attacks with powerful self-repair and abilities that countered their powers. The battle continued as the group struggled to find a way to defeat it.

• The puppet destroyed Sario’s black scorpion through their soul link, setting Sario ablaze and leaving him badly burned.
• Gularl struck the puppet with his golden longsword, but its damaged eyes immediately repaired themselves.
• The puppet’s crimson ray erased part of the ground, while Klenenfi’s Annihilation Lightning failed to harm it.
• Kraler’s azure sword could not cut the puppet, which seized the weapon and sealed Kraler’s multidimensional escape.
• Gularl sacrificed his vitality to evade a crimson ray, then warned Klenfien that physical attacks also failed against the puppet’s Composition Metal.
• Sario survived the golden flames with his body badly damaged and shouted to Klenenfi and Gularl.

Sario entered the villa and became trapped in an endless space created by Green, who was planning how to profit from the war between the Northern and Southern Void Rivers. As the puppet overwhelmed Klenenfi and Gularl outside, Klenenfi pulled Gularl through the villa’s door, leaving their fate unknown.

• Sario told Klenenfi and Gularl to hold off the Puppet Robot while he entered the villa to check on the Blood-Red Tyrant.
• Gularl wielded a golden battle-axe as he and Klenenfi fought the puppet, while Sario opened the villa door and stepped inside.
• Sario found himself trapped in an endless sea of clouds, and the Eagle of Fate failed to show him a way out.
• Green watched Sario wandering inside the Crystal Orb and thought about how to join and profit from the war between the Northern and Southern Void Rivers.
• The puppet gained the upper hand, knocking Gularl half-conscious, so Klenenfi used a black iron ball to release corrosive White Fog and carried Gularl into the villa.
• Klenenfi and Gularl vanished through the door as the puppet returned to the Formation and disappeared.

Sario, Klenenfi, and Gularl escaped the cloud-sea space by combining their strength in a Magic Array. They landed in Green’s living room, where Green invited them to sit and answer his questions, threatening to read their souls if they refused.

• Sario failed to break the cloud-sea space with speed, but Klenenfi arrived carrying the gravely wounded Gularl.
• Klenenfi revived Gularl, and Sario explained that they were trapped in the cloud-sea space.
• Sario, Klenenfi, and Gularl built a purple triangular Magic Array and used their combined power to open a black Whirlpool.
• The three emerged from the Whirlpool in Green’s living room, exhausted and battered.
• Green invited them to sit and explain their purpose, threatening to extract and read their souls if they did not cooperate.

Green learned that the Southern Alchemy Empire had seized one-fifth of the Northern Void River and agreed to help the Northern Civilization Alliance in exchange for all its civilizations' knowledge over three years. The alliance leaders began debating whether to accept his terms.

• Sario told Green that the Southern Alchemy Empire had destroyed the Northern Alliance's fortress with a Ninth-Level Ultimate Creation and was advancing through the Northern Void River.
• Green agreed to lead the Blood-Red World north and fight the Alchemy Empire, demanding that every Northern Void River civilization provide him with its knowledge for three years.
• Sario and the other two accepted Green's terms and were transported outside the Blood-Red World.
• Sario sent an encrypted message to Alliance headquarters, and the three headed toward a branch to rest.
• More than twenty Lord of Civilization argued at Alliance headquarters, with some refusing to surrender their civilizations' achievements to Green.

The Northern Civilization Alliance accepted Green’s terms and agreed to provide their civilizations’ knowledge. Three years later, Sario and two envoys delivered the knowledge to Green, who swore to stop the Alchemy Empire Civilization’s invasion of the Northern Void River.

• The Pollora Civilization and Klaisitan Civilization agreed to provide their knowledge after the alliance warned that Green would hold any violators responsible.
• Two years later, Sario and two other envoys arrived at the Blood-Red World before the agreed deadline.
• Green emerged through the world’s Crystal Wall and accidentally overwhelmed the envoys with his power before easing the pressure.
• Sario gave Green an Encrypted Cube containing the Northern Void River civilizations’ knowledge.
• Green swore before the Northern Void River Will that he would head upstream and stop the Alchemy Empire Civilization’s invasion.

Sario completed the Northern Void River–witnessed transaction, transferring the civilization’s knowledge to Green in exchange for Green’s promise. Green examined the Rubik’s Cubes, unlocked their data, and began studying the Endless Seekers Civilization from its foundations.

• Sario swore an oath before the Northern Void River Will and handed Green the silver Rubik’s Cube and its White Decoder.
• Green confirmed the deal and sent the Blood-Red World toward the upper reaches of the Northern Void River.
• Green examined the silver Rubik’s Cube and found that its unusual material was stabilized by a Macrocosmic force field.
• Green fused the White Rubik’s Cube with the silver one, pressed the red square, and used the Chip to read and organize the stored knowledge.
• Green opened the Atleotous Anachititis, or Endless Seekers Civilization, files and began studying their most basic knowledge.

After three months studying the Infinite Seekers Civilization, Green learned that its true goal was to reach Hyperspace, not simply to gain greater power or become a Guardian. Its theories helped him reconsider the nature of Hyperspace and Ninth-Level Lives, though he still could not determine what lay behind Hyperspace.

• Green studied the Infinite Seekers Civilization’s notes and concluded that ever-increasing power was ultimately limited by definition.
• The Infinite Seekers Civilization had abandoned the pursuit of greater orders of magnitude and made the limits of Hyperspace its goal.
• The Infinite Seekers Civilization had shifted its research toward the macroscopic realm after questioning Ninth-Level Lives about Hyperspace.
• Green recognized that the civilization’s ideas about Hyperspace were incomplete but had helped his own research.
• Green reconsidered his belief that killing a Ninth-Level Life required the power of the Subjective World and concluded that subjective beings could not shake one another.

Green began designing the Infinite Divine Machine to help solve the Northern Void River’s greatest problem, while the Alchemy Empire prepared for the approaching Blood-Red Calamity World and its Tenth-Level Blood-Red Tyrant.

• Green realized Ninth-Level Life was the end of the road for life, then found renewed motivation in the endless possibilities of the Void and Creation Force.
• Green used his knowledge of the Alchemy Civilization and Northern modification techniques to begin designing the expandable Infinite Divine Machine.
• The Alchemy Empire’s spies reported that the Blood-Red Calamity World was advancing upstream and would reach the collision front within a hundred years.
• Alchemists at the Former Alliance Fortress discussed whether their Ultimate Creation could stop the Blood-Red Tyrant, but one warned that the tyrant might be at the Tenth Level.

Nuan'erluo proposed stopping the Blood-Red Calamity World by disrupting the Northern Void River, and the Alchemy Empire’s leaders approved the plan despite the damage it would cause. Five Eighth-Level Alchemists activated the Balance Interference Array, plunging the river into chaos as they began their attempt to keep the Blood-Red Tyrant out of the war.

• Nuan'erluo argued that the Blood-Red Tyrant could not leave his world and proposed blocking the Blood-Red Calamity World by disrupting the Northern Void River.
• A gray-robed Alchemist warned that the intervention would provoke the Northern Void River Will, but the Alchemists agreed that the risk was preferable to facing the Blood-Red Tyrant.
• The dark-green-robed Alchemist ordered the frontline commanders to advance quickly and called for supplies to be sent at any cost.
• Several days later, five Eighth-Level Alchemists gathered at the Former Alliance Fortress to activate the Balance Interference Array.
• The array sent black and white forces into the Northern Void River, unleashing lightning, whirlpools, and destructive currents that weakened worlds and endangered ships.
• The dark-green-robed Alchemist declared the intervention successful and urged the others to continue.

Green tested ways to manufacture the Infinite Divine Machine, whose power could lock down the Timeline, but repeated attempts failed. A sudden disturbance in the Northern Void River shook the Blood-Red World, and Green merged with it to investigate the turbulent waters.

• Green’s latest attempt to make the Infinite Divine Machine failed when a black crack appeared on the silver sphere.
• Green concluded that Timeline Splitting was being obstructed and considered manufacturing the machine without involving other timelines.
• A tremor made Green’s blue beam pierce the laboratory and strike the island’s protective shield, so Green reversed time across the island to undo the damage.
• Green merged with the Blood-Red World and felt the impact of the Northern Void River’s turbulent waters.
• Green turned the Blood-Red World upstream, sending a blood-red glow along the river.

Green learned that the Alchemy Empire was disrupting the Northern Void River to delay the Blood-Red World, but continued pushing upstream. The Northern Civilization committed its forces to a desperate defensive war, while the Alchemy Empire intensified its assault and broke through a Fortress World.

• Green realized the Alchemy Empire was disrupting the river to delay his arrival, then continued advancing despite the slowdown.
• An Alchemy Empire warship reported that the Blood-Red World would arrive in 1,000 years and requested greater disruption of the river.
• The Northern Civilization Alliance deployed part of every civilization’s foundation and ordered a broad retreat to defensive positions.
• The Alchemy Empire’s interference removed the Balance Law’s restrictions, and the Northern Void River began rapidly nurturing Chosen Ones.
• Baro ordered Bakasos to fire the flagship’s main cannon at 500 percent power, destroying a Fortress World and killing its inhabitants.
• The Alchemy Empire’s forces cleared the battlefield and continued downstream.

Thirty years later, Green completed the Infinite Divine Machine and tested its ability to assimilate materials, expand, and develop new powers. After it rapidly gained advanced intelligence, Green prepared to see how far it could grow.

• Green finished manufacturing the Infinite Divine Machine after abandoning Timeline Splitting and repeated attempts refined his technique.
• Green activated the machine and verified that it could assimilate Crimson-Gold Metal and increase its size.
• Green fed the machine rare plants, metals, powerful lifeform flesh, and artificial objects, and it gained the ability to float by manipulating Gravitational Force.
• Green ordered the machine to develop independently and eliminate the Alchemy Empire's forces in the Northern Void River.
• Green discovered that the machine had rapidly developed advanced intelligence by extracting information from the Blood-Red World's gravitational field, then grabbed it and vanished.

Green merged with the Blood-Red World to monitor the war and sent the Infinite Divine Machine into a shattered world for its next stage of growth. He continued watching the front as the machine began to evolve within the ruined world.

• Green attached the Infinite Divine Machine to the Blood-Red World's Crystal Wall and merged his consciousness with the world.
• Green observed that the Alchemy Empire had taken nearly a quarter of the Northern Civilization's territory, though the front had not yet collapsed.
• Green found a shattered world whose Level 6 guardian was burning his life to protect its evacuating inhabitants.
• Green sent a streak of red light carrying the Infinite Divine Machine into the broken world to feed on its remnants.
• Green kept watch over both the machine's rapid changes and the ongoing war.

The Infinite Divine Machine assimilated the broken world, healing its wound and transforming into a sphere that launched spike-like warships toward the Alchemy Empire. One of the spikes struck Sandstorm World, destroying its defenders and Rial as he tried to return.

• The Sixth-Level Creature continued maintaining the Magic Array while the Infinite Divine Machine assimilated the broken world and erased its wound.
• The Sixth-Level Creature merged into the Infinite Divine Machine, which finished assimilating the world and became a small silver sphere.
• The Infinite Divine Machine grew spike-shaped warships and sent them toward worlds controlled by the Alchemy Empire.
• Rial completed a patrol near Sandstorm World and hoped to earn enough merit to obtain the Purple Blood Set.
• A gigantic Silver Spike struck Sandstorm World's Crystal Wall, and the shockwaves destroyed the world’s nearby life, weapons, and Rial.

The Infinite Divine Machine’s Silver Spike pierced the Sandstorm World’s Crystal Wall, gravely wounding its World Will and unleashing a Silver Metal Ocean that assimilated the world and adapted to its defenses. The Alchemy Empire’s surviving forces resisted, but their creations were defeated, copied, and improved by the Silver Metal, leaving the Senior Alchemists facing an enemy that rapidly turned their own technology against them.

• The Infinite Divine Machine’s Silver Spike pierced the Sandstorm World’s Crystal Wall, devastating the area and forcing the wounded World Will into a deep slumber.
• The Silver Metal liquefied and spread through the breach, absorbing the world’s matter and resisting its rules and attacks.
• The Silver Metal Ocean released Creations that captured living beings and produced Silver Metal versions of them.
• The surviving Alchemists launched a counterattack, but their Alchemical Constructs could not permanently destroy the Silver Metal Creations.
• The Silver Metal Ocean assimilated defeated Alchemical Constructs and produced stronger copies, alarming the Senior Alchemists at High Command.

Facing an unstoppable Silver Metal Ocean in the Sandstorm World, the Alchemy Empire’s Alchemists evacuated after capturing samples, but the metal assimilated the world. Thirty years later, the Infinite Divine Machine’s expansion had transformed the front line into a disastrous war against the Empire.

• An elderly Alchemist reported that the Silver Metal could not be destroyed or permanently altered, though it enhanced Alchemy when used as an ingredient.
• The elderly Alchemist urged the Alchemists to abandon the Sandstorm World and take captured Silver Metal to the Empire’s Research Institute, and the Senior Alchemists agreed to evacuate.
• Fifteen days later, the Alchemy Empire forces left the Sandstorm World, and the Silver Metal Ocean assimilated the entire world.
• Thirty years later, Silver Metal Creations of the Infinite Divine Machine attacked worlds across the Alchemy Empire’s front line, leaving its forces in retreat.
• The Alchemy Empire’s delay in containing the Infinite Divine Machine had allowed it to spread across tens of billions of worlds, making it impossible to stop.

Kalendor fought the Silver Metal Civilization on the front lines, where its assimilation overwhelmed the Alchemy Empire’s forces and forced them to retreat from world to world. At the Northern Void River Civilization Alliance headquarters, the Lords of Civilization feared the Silver Metal Civilization could turn on them after defeating the Alchemy Empire, so the Infinite Lord ordered an inquiry to the Blood-Red King.

• Kalendor battled a Silver Metal Winged Serpent, escaped briefly when his armor began to be assimilated, and repaired his armor and sword with Purple Metal before being swept back into the fight.
• The Alchemy Empire’s Alchemists suffered heavy losses, abandoned damaged weapons, and repeatedly retreated to establish new defensive lines.
• The Lords of Civilization reviewed reports on the Silver Metal Civilization and worried that its immense power and rapid evolution made it a threat to the Northern Void River.
• The Lord of the Pollora Civilization argued that the Silver Metal Civilization was connected to the Northern Void Will because it had appeared after the Alchemy Empire disrupted the balance.
• The Infinite Lord ordered the front lines to prepare for an attack and assigned the Lord of Klaisitan Civilization to send three people to ask the Blood-Red King about the Silver Metal Civilization.

At the Alchemy Empire’s high-level meeting, officials discussed how the Silver Metal Civilization had turned the northern front against them by infecting and taking control of their Alchemical Items. Professor Banke reported that his experiments found the Silver Metal nearly immune to every tested attack, leaving advanced spatial Sealing as the only known way to contain it.

• The highest-ranking dark green-robed Alchemist warned that the Silver Metal Civilization was infecting Alchemical Items, forcing Alchemists onto the front lines and bringing the Empire close to defeat.
• Professor Banke said the first encounter with the Silver Metal had occurred in Sandstorm World, where an early warning had been disregarded.
• Banke explained that physical and energy attacks could only damage the Silver Metal’s form temporarily, while Artificial Alchemical Particles could suppress it only at great cost.
• Banke reported that Law, Timeline, and dimensional attacks had also failed to destroy the Silver Metal.
• Banke concluded that only a sufficiently advanced spatial Seal could contain the Silver Metal, since it could assimilate and destroy weaker Seals.