Chapter Summaries

Lincon’s convoy reached Lin Province after a grueling journey, and Longwind City sent vehicles and supplies to meet them. Sun Xiuying and her daughter Zhou Xiaoman joined the first group to be transported, giving Sun Xiuying her first cautious glimpse of hope in Longwind City.

• Lincon told Fang Qingyang that the human camps following the convoy could receive food only if they disbanded their organizations and joined his convoy, and he arranged for Golden Dragon to return to Longwind City for help.
• The human camps agreed to join, and Golden Dragon drove ahead while Lincon evolved an Azure Sky Purification Lotus and other Spirit Plants during the journey.
• More than ten days later, the convoy reached Lin Province with its food nearly gone, and hungry Zhou Xiaoman asked Sun Xiuying how long remained until Longwind City.
• Longwind City’s vehicles arrived, and convoy captains directed the elderly, children, and disabled to board first while suppressing a brief rush.
• Sun Xiuying and five-year-old Zhou Xiaoman boarded a vehicle, where a Longwind City staff member gave the child rice porridge and described how the city had helped people survive.

Sun Xiuying and Zhou Xiaoman traveled with other relocated families into Jiangzhou, where they saw its recovering ecosystem and learned about Longwind City’s districts and rules. The convoy finally arrived within sight of the astonishing city, leaving the newcomers to begin their new lives there.

• Sun Xiuying comforted Zhou Xiaoman as their transport truck departed with other mothers and children from the front lines.
• The driver described Jiangzhou’s recovering ecosystem, its mutant-animal protections, and Longwind City’s districts and temporary housing for newcomers.
• The convoy stopped so staff could explain Longwind City’s rules to the relocated families.
• Zhou Xiaoman and the other passengers saw green plants, mutant animals, and the lush Green Carpet Zone as they approached the city.
• The convoy reached a view of Longwind City’s vine-covered walls and enormous crystal tree, astonishing the newcomers.

After returning to Longwind City, Lincon rested and reflected on the city’s growth, his approaching advancement, and the threat beyond the Dark Veil. The next morning, he reunited with Longwind City’s leadership in Origin Hall.

• Lincon returned to Longwind City, bathed, and surveyed the thriving city from his terrace.
• Lincon considered the Seed of Life’s growth, the Dark Veil, and his approaching Level 60 class advancement.
• Lincon fell asleep in the Sacred Court as the Crystal Ring Mother Tree and the Spirit Plants comforted him.
• The next morning, Longwind City’s core leadership gathered in Origin Hall to welcome Lincon back.
• Lincon entered Origin Hall, greeted the assembled leaders, and said, “Everyone, long time no see.”

Lincon returned to Longwind City, reviewed its development, and reassured its leaders about preparations for Harsh Winter while worrying about the surviving Epic Lords of the Abyss Sea. He assigned Wei Xing to connect with other ability-user cities and gave the former Great Wall Defense Line fighters new roles in Longwind City.

• Lincon met with Zhang Rui and Longwind City's leaders, set fair rules for resettling about seventy thousand people from the Great Wall Defense Line, and heard reports on the city's growth and Crystal Communicators.
• Zhang Rui warned that Harsh Winter would arrive in a month and a half, but Lincon and Zhang Rui said the city's food stores, spirit plants, and preparations would help it endure.
• Lincon summoned Wei Xing, Li Xingzhou, Zhao Jingyi, and Chen Qi and assigned them roles suited to their abilities and experience.
• Lincon tasked Wei Xing with informing other ability-user cities that the Great Wall Defense Line had fallen and building connections that could help them prepare for the Abyss Sea.
• Li Xingzhou challenged Chen Qi's suggestion to use other cities as a buffer, and Lincon appointed Li Xingzhou and Zhao Jingyi as Garrison Guard instructors and Chen Qi to work with the Sacred Court's Right Guard.
• Lincon told the former Great Wall Defense Line fighters to act for Longwind City and welcomed them to the city.

Lincon approved the Ant Queen’s plan to reconnect Hive Canyon to the Abyss and sent a vanguard to scout the other side. Back in Longwind City, his Reputation reached the threshold for the Seed of Life to evolve, and its transformation began with golden Light Rain that caused plants and animals to react.

• Lincon watched the final group from the Great Wall Defense Line settle into Longwind City and allowed merchants to trade with the newcomers.
• The Ant Queen proposed using both Abyssal Cores to reopen a passage between Hive Canyon and the Abyss, and Lincon gave her the second core.
• Lincon ordered the Ant Queen to send elite soldier ants through the passage to scout and left the World-Devouring Demon Sprout in Hive Canyon.
• Lincon returned to Longwind City and found that his Reputation had reached 500139, meeting the Seed of Life’s evolution requirement.
• Lincon activated the Seed of Life’s evolution, which brought golden Light Rain to Longwind Territory and triggered the Fire Kingfisher’s evolution.

After the Seed of Life advanced to S Rank, Lincon discovered it could reshape Longwind Territory through powerful new abilities. He spent 350,000 Sunlight to establish a Jianmu Civilization network, simulate a Spirit Wood ecosystem, and solidify the Myriad Wood Rule, triggering another wave of transformation across the territory.

• Golden Light Rain transformed Spirit Plants, mutated animals, and some people throughout Longwind Territory, while the wilderness beyond remained untouched.
• Lincon inspected the mature Seed of Life’s abilities and learned that it had reached S Rank and could weave rules, simulate ecosystems, form a Divine Tree Grotto-Heaven, and create a Jianmu Civilization network.
• Lincon realized Rule Weaving could produce rule fragments that might help ability users reach S Rank, while the other abilities could bring resources and potential Elves to the territory.
• Lincon chose to spend 350,000 Sunlight to create the Jianmu Civilization network, simulate a Spirit Wood ecosystem in the Misty Forest, and establish the Myriad Wood Rule at the Red Wall Defense Line.
• Golden light and spiritual energy spread across Longwind Territory, beginning another major transformation of its living beings and land.

After the Seed of Life transformed Longwind Territory, Lincon accepted that Longwind City’s growth could no longer stay hidden and established rules for its new Jianmu Civilization. The chapter ends with Zhao Xuan agreeing to Longwind City’s resource deal only if Lincon helps destroy an A-Rank Abyss Rift before Harsh Winter.

• The Misty Forest and Longwind Territory changed dramatically, awakening new ability users and giving Spirit Plants signs of consciousness.
• Lincon told Zhang Rui he would not conceal Longwind City’s transformation and explained that humanity needed to strengthen its whole civilization to resist the Abyss.
• Lincon issued Jianmu Civilization regulations for human–Spirit Plant symbiosis and ordered the preservation of history from both Longwind City and the Great Wall Defense Line.
• Over the following half month, Wei Xing negotiated a resource exchange with Zhao Xuan, who protested Lincon’s terms and complained that Qingwei had stayed in Longwind City.
• Zhao Xuan accepted the proposed deal on the condition that Longwind City help deal with an A-Rank Abyss Rift in Northern Province before Harsh Winter.

Wei Xing negotiated with Zhao Xuan for Longwind City to help Peerless City confront an A-Rank Abyss Rift, learning that Peerless City could offer a Geothermal Fire Mother in exchange. He agreed to travel back with Xie Haitang’s auction-house convoy, while Xu Lili watched the desolate wilderness outside Peerless City for the first time.

• Wei Xing refused Zhao Xuan’s initial demands, then agreed to report Peerless City’s request for five A-Rank ability users after hearing about the roaming Black Tides, ruined crops, and the Geothermal Fire Mother.
• Zhao Xuan explained that Peerless City would offer one Geothermal Fire Mother, which could produce Geothermal Firestone, if Longwind City helped clear the Abyss Rift.
• Wei Xing knocked aside two men who tried to detain him, then heard Xie Haitang’s proposal to accompany him to Longwind City with a convoy and discounted auction goods.
• Wei Xing accepted Xie Haitang’s offer, and her convoy of eight modified vehicles set out for Longwind City.
• Xu Lili rode with the convoy and reflected on the ruined wilderness and the dangers she had fled as a child.

Peerless Auction House’s delegation traveled from Peerless City toward Longwind City to pursue trade, but Xu Ran’s interference with a natural hunt nearly caused a conflict. The delegation reached Longwind City’s imposing outer wall, where Wei Xing left Xie Haitang instructions for arranging an official reception.

• Hong Yun advised Xu Lili to consider trading Longwind City’s Purifying Candles as their convoy traveled toward Jiangzhou.
• After entering Jiangzhou, the delegation stopped for a tire change near You Qing, who was observing Greenbud Deer and Ironfire Wolves.
• Xu Ran and two companions tried to rescue a Greenbud Deer from the wolves, but You Qing stopped them and the deer was killed.
• Xie Haitang slapped Xu Ran, dismissed her from Peerless Auction House, and apologized to You Qing, who warned the delegation not to disrupt Longwind City’s order.
• Wei Xing explained that he would brief Xie Haitang on Longwind City’s rules, and the convoy continued to the outer wall, where he gave her his envoy token and directed her to contact Zhou Qing.

Wei Xing delivered Peerless City’s request for help against an A-Rank Abyss Rift, and Lincon decided Longwind City would clear it using the Hive Legion in exchange for the mining rights. Meanwhile, Xie Haitang secured a long-term trade agreement and began exploring Longwind City, amazed by its prosperity and food.

• Wei Xing reported Peerless City’s request to Lincon and the gathered officials, who discussed the risks and benefits of helping before Lincon agreed to intervene.
• Lincon told Wei Xing to offer to clear the Northern Province Abyss Rift without Peerless City sending troops, in return for Longwind City’s mining rights; he planned to use the Hive Legion while Longwind City’s forces followed up.
• Lincon asked Fang Qingyang to consider becoming city defense commander, and Zhang Rui agreed to arrange logistical support for the operation.
• Zhou Qing negotiated a long-term trade agreement with Xie Haitang, including financial and property support, and she signed it on behalf of Peerless City’s auction house.
• Xie Haitang explored Longwind City with her convoy, tasted Beautiful Abalone Mushrooms, and was astonished by the city’s food, goods, and nighttime streets.

Xie Haitang secured permission to buy Rune Weapons in Longwind City, while Lincon prepared the Hive Legion to capture an Abyss Rift in Northern Province before Harsh Winter. After Longwind City announced its military expedition, Xie Haitang decided to return to Peerless City with supplies and leave people behind to establish a foothold in Longwind City.

• Xie Haitang used Zhou Qing's trade agreement to gain approval to buy Rune Weapons in bulk from Outer City shops, though she could not approach Longwind City's core departments.
• Lincon ordered the Hive Legion to capture an A-Rank Abyss Rift in Northern Province, directing Alashu and Withered Hoof to lead the vanguard and Isaiah to command the forces.
• Wei Xing returned from Peerless City with Zhao Xuan's agreement and the Geothermal Fire Mother, which Lincon arranged to have planted underground.
• Longwind City announced its planned expedition to Northern Province, prompting subjects to debate whether the city should risk war before Harsh Winter.
• Xie Haitang decided to return to Peerless City with supplies and asked Hong Yun to remain in Longwind City, buy land, and prepare for a second auction house.

Hong Yun accepted Xie Haitang’s offer to stay in Longwind City as the Garrison Guard prepared to march against Northern Province’s Abyss Rift. As Lincon remained behind to plan for the Harsh Winter, the army’s strength and brutal training impressed its new commander and instructors.

• Hong Yun accepted Xie Haitang’s job offer, and Xie Haitang arranged her departure from Longwind City.
• Guan Teng assembled more than twenty thousand Garrison Guard troops, including war Spirit Plants, for the campaign against the Abyss Rift.
• Lincon watched the assembled army through Void-Nesting Birds and chose to stay in his territory to prepare for the Harsh Winter.
• Guan Teng, Luo Qian, Jian Xiujie, and the Garrison Guard raised their blades together before setting out.
• Fang Qingyang, Li Xingzhou, and Zhao Jingyi praised the Garrison Guard’s combat strength and discussed its dangerous Spirit Plant training methods.

The Hive Legion invaded Northern Province’s A-Rank Abyss Rift and quickly killed the Green-Scale Lord. Lincon watched the victory bring him closer to level sixty while mysterious energy flowed through Longwind City toward an ancient tree.

• Guan Teng ordered Longwind City’s Garrison Guard to depart as the Hive Legion advanced toward the Northern Province rift.
• The Green-Scale Lord detected the approaching Hive Legion, hastily assembled defenses, and sent for other High-Rank Lords.
• Isaiah attacked the Green-Scale Lord while Hei Shi blocked their escape, and the Hive Legion overwhelmed the Green-Scale Lord’s tribes.
• The Green-Scale Lord tried to flee but was killed, and the World-Devouring Demon Sprout swallowed their corpse.
• Lincon saw the notification of the High-Rank Lord’s death and estimated that defeating the rift’s forces would raise him to level sixty.
• Faint energy flowed through Longwind City toward an ancient tree, where an illusory face opened its eyes.

Lincon entered Ying’s memories to understand why her breakthrough had trapped her in the obsession to survive, then used his Sunlight to help restore her. As the Nightglow Forest’s plants filled with light, Ying reached the birth of an Epic.

• Ying’s breakthrough unleashed a spiritual storm in the Nightglow Forest, and Lincon rushed there after sensing the danger.
• Lincon learned from the elder Dark Elf that Ying was losing her way, then used the Seed Mark to send Sunlight into her storm.
• Ying’s power recognized Lincon and drew his consciousness into memories of her life as a small tree during the Abyssal World’s collision with Blue Star.
• Lincon realized Ying’s deepest obsession was to live and that she had repeated her name to keep from losing herself.
• Lincon poured Sunlight into Ying’s memories, causing the fragments to rejoin and the plants throughout the Nightglow Forest to shine as Ying reached Epic rank.

Ying completed her evolution into an Epic Devil Fruit Tree, and Lincon learned that her fruits bound consumers to a powerful Demon Contract. As Lincon prepared to return to Longwind City, Ying chose to accompany him in a spiritual body, giving the city its first S-Plus Rank combat force.

• Ying regained control of her evolution and became an Epic being with the Devil Fruit Tree’s laws and abilities.
• Ying showed Lincon the Burn-Burn Fruit and Freeze-Freeze Fruit and explained that the tree had nurtured ninety-nine fruits so far.
• Ying revealed that Devil Fruit consumers had to obey her, risk losing their abilities to her curse, and share damage with her through the contract.
• Lincon decided not to distribute Devil Fruits in Longwind City and instead considered spreading them more widely.
• Lincon told Ying about the world beyond the Nightglow Forest and said he needed to return to Longwind City.
• Ying decided to accompany Lincon in a spiritual body, changed into a black dress, and set off with him toward the city.

Lincon welcomed Ying to the Sacred Court while the Longwind City Garrison Guard traveled to Northern Province to contain the Abyss Rift and support the Hive Legion. After the Hive Legion seized the Green-Scale Lord’s territory, the five remaining high-rank Lords debated whether to fight or negotiate.

• Lincon introduced Ying to Luo Chiyou, who realized Ying was likely the Epic-level being behind the previous night’s disturbance and agreed to show her around Longwind City.
• Fang Qingyang trained the Garrison Guard on Abyssal races and their weaknesses as Guan Teng led the force toward Northern Province.
• Guan Teng and the others discussed their mission to seal the Rift’s exits and support the Hive Legion, whose past victories impressed the soldiers.
• The Hive Legion occupied the Green-Scale Lord’s territory, leaving the five remaining high-rank Lords unable to reinforce it in time.
• Soleil, Corris, Manshe, Iron Throat, and Zerak gathered to debate the invasion, with Manshe, Iron Throat, and Soleil urging battle while Corris and Zerak favored negotiation.

The Hive Legion battled Blackscale Lord’s forces in the Northern Province Abyss Rift as Harsh Winter approached. When defeated Abyssal Creatures fled the battlefield, they attacked Shaowei Camp, leaving Chen Qing helpless before a B-Rank Light-Eater Beast.

• Isaiah ordered the Hive Legion to attack Blackscale Lord’s forces, and the battle began with a barrage from the Blastwings and a charge by the Centaur Tribe and Bone Race.
• Zhao Xuan asked Old Liao whether Lincon could solve the Abyss Rift crisis and learned that most human settlements had ignored evacuation notices.
• Guan Teng sent Luo Qian and a group of guards to investigate a human camp under attack by Abyssal Creatures fleeing the battlefield.
• A Light-Eater Beast and its followers invaded Shaowei Camp, killing more than one hundred people in five minutes as Chen Qing and the camp’s strongest fighters tried to resist.
• Chen Qing injured the Light-Eater Beast but lost his right arm, and the creature raised its tentacle to kill him as he closed his eyes.

Luo Qian and the Garrison Guard rescued Shaowei Camp from an Abyssal Creature attack and killed a B-Rank Light-Eater Beast. Chen Qing sent the survivors toward Peerless City, while the Garrison Guard brought the beast’s valuable corpse back toward Longwind City.

• Luo Qian found the wounded Chen Qing and assured him that the Garrison Guard had come to help.
• The Garrison Guard defeated the remaining Abyssal Creatures and cleared the camp.
• Luo Qian bandaged Chen Qing’s injured arm and warned him that Northern Province would soon become dangerous.
• Luo Qian and several Garrison Guard members took the Light-Eater Beast’s corpse as spoils of war.
• Chen Qing ordered the survivors to carry the injured to Peerless City and said he hoped to visit Longwind City someday.
• The Garrison Guard members reacted with an uproar when Luo Qian returned with the Light-Eater Beast’s corpse.

After reaching level 60, Lincon chose the Epic Ten-Thousand-Sun Dark Grand Duke path, whose mission required him to occupy three A-Rank Abyss Rifts and hold an A-Rank territory in the Abyssal World. He then reviewed his Nature Saint advancement options and decided that Eternal Gardener was the path he wanted to pursue.

• The Hive Legion’s kills raised Lincon to level 60 and unlocked three main-profession advancement paths.
• Lincon rejected the unavailable Eternal Night Sovereign path and chose Ten-Thousand-Sun Dark Grand Duke, starting its advancement mission.
• Lincon planned to occupy A-Rank Abyss Rifts and take over the Blood Demon Lord’s former territory in the Abyssal World.
• Lincon reviewed the Nature Saint paths, comparing Radiant Light Priest’s Elf Edict with Eternal Gardener’s plant-evolution and time-manipulation abilities.
• Lincon chose Eternal Gardener as his secondary-profession advancement direction.

After reaching level sixty, Lincon chose the Ten-Thousand-Sun Dark Grand Duke and Eternal Gardener advancement paths, then evolved the Life Spring Core into a Primordial Spring Core. The new core revealed a disturbing vision of Lincon amid a ruined future, while Wei Xing traveled alone to deliver Lincon’s letter to Isaiah, who was interrogating Iron Lord Iron Throat.

• Lincon selected his two advancement paths and began the Eternal Gardener quest, while Wei Xing accepted a mission to deliver Lincon’s letter to Isaiah in the Northern Province.
• Lincon failed to unleash the Light-Dark Cherry of the Far Shore’s potential, then spent eight thousand Sunlight to evolve the Life Spring Core into a Primordial Spring Core.
• The Primordial Spring Core told Lincon it had seen Dark Elf descendants call Ying “Empress Ying” and had glimpsed Lincon among corpses in a shattered void.
• Lincon kept the vision from Ying and Luo Chiyou, then continued advancing Spirit Plants in the garden as Wei Xing drove toward the Hive Legion’s concealed valley.
• Isaiah told Wei Xing that the Hive Legion had conquered the Northern Province Abyss Rift and withdrew to a valley thirty kilometers west of it.
• Isaiah put away the communicator while Alashu beat Iron Lord Iron Throat and demanded that he join the Hive Legion.