Chapter Summaries

Yuan Zhengxin and Li Yun attended Liu Weiming’s mediation meeting at the Special Office, where Li rejected the offered apology and compensation and fought Liu’s people. After the clash, Li left the room and acknowledged Qian Yisheng in the corridor.

• Yuan Zhengxin asked Li Yun to accompany him to a mediation meeting arranged through the Special Office, and Li agreed while warning that Yuan’s business would be seen as bearing his label.
• Liu Weiming offered compensation for the three dead men and an apology at their memorials, but Yuan Zhengxin was angered by the proposal and looked to Li Yun.
• Li Yun threw his teacup into Liu Weiming’s face and said the real party should come speak because Liu was not qualified.
• A bald man attacked Li Yun, who broke the man’s bones with a single step and sent him crashing to the floor.
• A dark-skinned woman used Third Tier Psychokinesis against Li Yun, but his power overwhelmed hers and sent tea, dust, and porcelain fragments flying through the room.
• Li Yun left the wrecked meeting room and nodded to Qian Yisheng, who acknowledged him with a wry smile.

Li Yun’s restraint in a clash drew government attention, while officials chose to maintain stable contact and protect his relatives. Back at the factory, Fatty Yuan announced that his group would work under Li Yun, who then saw how the Jade-centered grounds and its unusual plants and creatures were developing.

• Qian Yisheng warned Li Yun that his status made his actions influential, and Li Yun left with Fatty Yuan.
• Qian Yisheng told an elderly official that Li Yun was steady but difficult to read, and the official ordered continued contact and increased security for Li Yun’s relatives.
• Fatty Yuan told the users gathered at the factory that they would work under Li Yun, and the group accepted him as their new boss.
• Li Yun toured the expanding factory compound, where Fatty Yuan was building a guarded residential area around the Jade.
• Li Yun and Fatty Yuan found Ning Yu tending thriving plants, glowing moss, and a dozen hatched striped silkworms near the Jade.

Li Yun visited Ning Yu’s garden, observed the mutations in her Colored-Pattern Silkworms, and explained how early foundations shaped future advancement. After the group inspected Fatty Yuan’s carefully guarded resource operation, Li Yun meditated and felt Spiritual Energy begin reshaping his Fifth-Tier body.

• Li Yun tested Ning Yu’s Colored-Pattern Silkworms and saw some release toxin, camouflage themselves, or propel themselves with silk.
• Ning Yu soothed a silkworm that had curled up, while Li Yun advised her that the insects had potential and noted her growing abilities.
• Fatty Yuan sampled and recorded a harvest of Spirit Plant fruits, which he distributed to the Preparatory Camp to motivate its candidates.
• Li Yun and his companions left Ning Yu’s room and went upstairs, while Fatty Yuan continued guarding the group’s resource base and its secrets.
• Li Yun meditated alone, absorbed Numinous Spark, and felt Spirituality wash through his body as his cells began to break down and reform.

Li Yun studied how Numinous Spark was transforming his body and perceived it as an inner universe, while Li Anshan sold potions on the Azure Platform and encountered a missionary trying to recruit him. The chapter ended with the Main God’s light remaining silent as robed believers gathered and worshipped beneath it.

• Li Yun used Numinous Spark to examine the microscopic changes in his body and sensed an inner universe forming within him.
• Li Anshan set up a stall to sell spare potions and Dragon's Breath Spirit to recoup the costs of his recent treatment.
• A customer asked about the Dragon's Breath Spirit, and Li Anshan explained its effects and price.
• Pierre bought second-tier positive energy sword oil from Li Anshan, calling it holy oil.
• Pierre approached Li Anshan again and tried to introduce him to his god, but Li Anshan refused.
• Li Anshan noticed groups of self-proclaimed priests worshipping the Main God’s light, which gave no response.

At a Huanjing Association meeting, Xia Guangjie learned that Wen Cunyuan was organizing a local effort to establish the Main God Faith and recruit support for a future Holy See. After discussing the plan with Wen and Father Silas Burke, Xia agreed to join their enterprise.

• The Huanjing Association’s host introduced a discussion about coordinating members’ plans to promote the Main God Faith and avoid conflicts over resources.
• Wen Cunyuan invited Xia Guangjie to a private meeting to discuss cooperation and introduced Father Silas Burke, a Second Tier priest enhanced by the Main God.
• Father Silas showed Xia a handwritten draft of an unfinished doctrine, and Xia recognized that the group was preparing its own religious framework.
• Wen Cunyuan explained that Bishop Di Wanxin might accept local leaders into the Holy See and that distant dioceses could eventually govern themselves.
• Xia Guangjie poured wine for Wen Cunyuan and accepted the invitation to join the enterprise.

Wen Cunyuan met secretly with a Fourth Tier living puppet of the Necromancer, who urged him to disrupt Di’s plans and uncover secrets surrounding the Main God. Meanwhile, Skander Beshavich’s worship beneath the crystal sphere brought him into contact with a vast divine presence, and the believers witnessed what seemed to be a miracle.

• After Xia Guangjie and the other guests left, Wen Cunyuan summoned a foreign man from a concealed room and asked for his opinion of Xia’s proposed terms.
• The foreign man warned Wen Cunyuan that Di was moving quickly and urged him to disrupt Di’s plans, regardless of the cost.
• Wen Cunyuan continued backing the foreign man because he believed their arrangement could benefit his family and its ailing elder.
• In the mountain cavern, Skander Beshavich led the faithful in worship beneath the glowing crystal sphere.
• A vast divine will descended upon Skander Beshavich, nearly overwhelming him before an unseen influence restored his consciousness.
• White light surrounded Skander Beshavich, convincing the believers that they were witnessing a living miracle, while his fanged attendants guarded the area.

Li Yun briefly wielded the Main God’s authority, judged Skander worthy, and appointed him a Pastor of the Main God. Skander announced the founding of the Lord’s Order and presented a Holy Relic to the gathered believers.

• Li Yun entered the believers’ faith connection, examined their devotion, and decided Skander had passed his initial test.
• Li Yun granted Skander the authority of a Pastor and named him a Follower of the Main God, leaving a mark on him before withdrawing.
• Skander perceived the threads of influence linking him to the believers and realized they helped explain why he had been chosen.
• Skander rose before the crowd with a wisp of white light that condensed into the shape of a towering tree.
• Skander declared that the Lord had answered the people, named himself the Lord’s Upholder Pastor, and announced that they would establish the Lord’s Order.