Chapter Summaries

Joseph, Devent, and Evan analyzed an anonymous message about Diona and decided not to confront or harm her while Shanhai might be protecting her. When Joseph could not reach Shanhai, he asked whether they had tried contacting Diona.

• Devent told Joseph about the anonymous message and the possible suspects.
• Joseph failed to trace the message and warned Evan not to threaten Shanhai or go after Diona.
• Joseph and Devent suspected the Seventh Faction but agreed that killing Diona could turn Shanhai against them.
• Joseph tried calling Lin Feng, but learned Shanhai was outside the universe and had blocked messages for 43 hours and 10 minutes.
• Joseph asked Devent whether they had tried contacting Diona, and Devent realized they could reach out to her.

Joseph could not contact or locate Diona, so he ordered Devent and Evan to stay cautious while he investigated the Seventh Faction and the anonymous sender. In the Marvel Universe, Lin Feng asked Shanhai to search his memories for a past conflict with the Seventh Faction, then gave Dark a Space Stone to test.

• Devent and Joseph failed to contact Diona, and Joseph's terminal could not locate her despite his faction-leader privileges.
• Joseph decided to investigate the Seventh Faction secretly, told Devent to keep everyone in line, and ordered Evan to stay home and avoid Shanhai's faction.
• Lin Feng met Shanhai in the Death Realm with Dark and explained that the Heart of the Universe prevented the Mechanical Lifeform Race from betraying him.
• Lin Feng asked Shanhai to search his memories for any conflict with the Seventh Faction while using the Shanhai identity.
• Lin Feng told Dark to call him Leader and gave her a Space Stone to test whether she could use Infinity Stone energy.

Lin Feng had Dark analyze an Infinity Stone and learned it could power the Mechanical Lifeform Race far beyond an Infinite Energy Furnace. Dark concluded that the stone could theoretically sustain the race indefinitely, leaving Lin Feng with a valuable bargaining chip for Light.

• Dark analyzed Lin Feng's Infinity Stone and uploaded data showing it could serve as a reserve energy source and boost combat power.
• Dark told Lin Feng that Light was pleased by the findings and wanted him to bring an Infinity Stone when he returned, offering valuable creations in exchange.
• Lin Feng asked Dark to compare the stone with an Infinite Energy Furnace, and she said it was vastly stronger, with roughly sixty percent conversion efficiency and ample stable energy.
• Dark explained that the stone could sustain a full complement of cannons for over three hours of continuous fire, or at least a thousand hours if cooldown was ignored.
• Dark concluded that the stone could let a fully armed Mechanical Lifeform destroy a universe and could theoretically sustain the race indefinitely.

Lin Feng had Dark fire her Infinity Stone-powered main cannon at him so he could measure its destructive power. After surviving the blast, he asked Shanhai about his memory search, but Shanhai had found no useful information about the Seventh Faction.

• Dark explained that the Infinity Stone continuously replenished its energy from the universe.
• Lin Feng ordered Dark to equip the stone and fire her main cannon at full power, while he prepared his Bio-Force Field to contain the blast.
• Dark charged the cannon and fired a beam that struck Lin Feng's forearms but could not break through his Bio-Force Field.
• Lin Feng concluded that the cannon could destroy a universe by disrupting its order, then used its measured strength to plan future assignments for the Mechanical Lifeform Race.
• Shanhai said his memories revealed nothing useful about where his faction had clashed with the Seventh Faction.

Lin Feng took Martina and Lin Jili from school to test whether Martina’s AllSpark energy could transform a mechanical lifeform. As they flew into space, Martina understood the plan and said she could now control the AllSpark’s power.

• Lin Feng told Shanhai to wait for word about returning to the Black Robes Organization, then left Dark behind as he returned to Blue Star.
• Lin Feng contacted Martina at school, and the administrators let her leave; Lin Jili joined her outside.
• Lin Feng brought both girls into space and told them about the Mechanical Lifeform Race, without mentioning the Black Robes Organization.
• Martina realized Lin Feng wanted her to use the AllSpark’s energy to turn a mechanical lifeform into a Transformer and explained that she could control its power without the Suppressor.

Lin Feng brought Martina and Lin Jili to meet Dark so Martina could test whether the AllSpark could strengthen the Mechanical Lifeform. Martina discovered that Dark could use the energy as a power source, but her attempt to activate or transform Dark instead made her glow red and spread her wings.

• Lin Feng returned to find Shanhai gone, then introduced Martina and Lin Jili to Dark in the Death Realm.
• Lin Jili examined Dark and shook her cold hand while Dark analyzed the two unfamiliar energy lifeforms.
• Martina asked to inspect Dark, and Lin Feng told Dark to let her test whether she could strengthen her abilities.
• Martina fed Dark AllSpark energy, and Dark identified it as a compatible backup power source, but her body showed no change at first.
• Martina removed her energy-suppressing bracelet and increased her power, causing Dark to glow brightly and spread her metal wings.

Martina stopped Dark from uploading information about her energy source to the Mechanical Lifeform Race, then summoned Giant Cannon and Flying Boat when Dark threatened to attack. Dark lowered her cannons and asked what it would take for Martina to remove the block.

• Lin Jili realized Martina's AllSpark energy was being absorbed by Dark instead of activating her, and Martina stopped supplying it.
• Dark tried to upload data about the energy source, but Martina blocked her connection to the database.
• Dark explained that she had to report new energy sources to her race and demanded that Martina remove the block, but Martina refused.
• Dark threatened Martina and transformed her hands into cannons, prompting Martina to summon the Transformers Giant Cannon and Flying Boat from her bracelets.
• Lin Jili stepped forward to support Martina, and Dark lowered her cannons after assessing that she could not win without access to her race's armory.
• Dark asked Martina what conditions she had to meet for Martina to remove the block.

Lin Feng learned that Tony Stark and the Mechanical Overlord had built Martina two nanotechnology Transformers, then tried to find a way to free Dark from her Sealing. Martina could not activate Dark, so Lin Jili proposed adding a rule to Martina’s activation energy.

• Martina refused to lift Dark’s Sealing unless Dark agreed not to upload Martina’s energy data or personal information to her network.
• Lin Feng asked about Martina’s two Transformers, and Martina explained that Tony Stark and the Mechanical Overlord had built them with nanotechnology and Stark Particle Generators.
• Lin Feng stopped Martina from fighting and ordered her to put the Transformers away, after which she returned them to wrist guards.
• Dark asked Lin Feng to order Martina to lift the Sealing, and Lin Feng took Martina and Lin Jili aside to discuss whether Martina could activate Dark.
• Martina said she could not activate Dark because Dark had already been activated by Light, so Lin Jili suggested adding a rule to Martina’s activation energy.

Lin Feng and Lin Jili proposed adding an operational rule to Martina’s AllSpark energy so it could activate targets with certainty and potentially grant her stronger abilities. After warning Martina about the unpredictable risks, they persuaded her with promises of immense power, leaving her tempted but still suspicious of their plan.

• Lin Jili explained that a new authority could make Martina’s AllSpark activation energy reliably activate any target, though the results might be unpredictable.
• Lin Feng concluded that the Heart of the Universe and Lin Jili’s help could make adding the rule feasible, but he raised the question of whether they should try it.
• Martina objected when she realized they planned to modify her, and Lin Jili alarmed her by joking that Lin Feng could make her a new body if hers were destroyed.
• Lin Feng reassured Martina that the main risk was the harm she might cause if she misused her new power, then described the possibility of transforming metal and weapons into allies.
• Lin Feng and Lin Jili promised Martina stronger offensive abilities, and their persuasion overcame her hesitation even as she remained suspicious of them.

Lin Feng, Lin Jili, and Martina began adding rules to Martina’s energy so she could become stronger. Lin Feng used the Heart of the Universe while Lin Jili found Martina’s Attribute Lines, and Martina’s abilities began to change.

• Lin Jili told Martina that accepting new rules would make her stronger and said she wanted to help protect Lin Feng and their family from a coming enemy.
• Martina agreed to the procedure after Lin Feng assured her it would not hurt and emphasized that the choice was hers.
• Lin Feng gave Martina the Heart of the Universe and joined hands with Lin Jili as they began the process.
• Lin Jili used her power to reveal and mark Martina’s Attribute Lines within the energy form Lin Feng saw in the darkness.
• Lin Feng connected his energy and the Heart of the Universe’s energy to Martina’s Attribute Lines, which began shifting as Martina’s abilities changed.

Lin Feng and Lin Jili successfully added a rule to Martina’s Attribute Line, strengthening and optimizing her AllSpark activation energy. Martina discovered she could shape raw metal into mechanical creations and prepared to use her improved ability on Dark, whose attempt to upload data remained blocked.

• Lin Feng used the Heart of the Universe to gain the Will of the Universe’s approval and add a rule to Martina’s Attribute Line.
• Martina tested her improved energy on a metal block, shaping it into a pistol and then a small Transformer.
• Martina named the new Transformer Newborn and realized she could control the form of mechanical creations made from raw materials.
• Lin Feng brought Martina to Dark and ordered her to try activating Dark again while keeping Dark’s restriction in place.
• Martina placed her hand on Dark’s head and poured in energy as Dark tried to convert it for storage in her core.

Martina rewrote Dark’s operating rules, giving Lin Feng the highest authority and awakening Dark’s emotions and loyalty. After Dark prepared data on an Infinite Energy Furnace, Lin Feng decided to leave the Death Realm and take Martina and Lin Jili somewhere fun.

• Martina overhauled Dark’s systems and assigned Lin Feng the highest authority over her.
• Dark awakened with vivid emotions, thanked Martina, and told Lin Feng that her restrictions had disappeared.
• Dark confirmed she could still access her race’s network and arsenal, then created a storage device to export Infinite Energy Furnace data while blocking Light’s probes.
• Martina said Dark could now use more powerful weapons, and Lin Feng decided they had achieved their goal in the Death Realm.
• Martina objected to returning to school, so Lin Feng promised to take her and Lin Jili somewhere fun, exciting Martina.

Lin Feng enjoyed two days with Martina, Lin Jili, and Dark while members of the Black Robes investigated the Seventh Faction. Devent proposed that Shanhai’s conflict with Shorty might have begun when Shanhai killed Nacia, who may have been Shorty’s daughter.

• Lin Feng took Martina, Lin Jili, and Dark to amusement parks, shops, water parks, and an aquarium on Blue Star.
• Ophelia asked Aglae to help investigate the Seventh Faction, but Aglae found little because the faction had sealed off its information.
• Joseph questioned Devent about the Seventh Faction’s plans and whether it had sent an anonymous message to them.
• Devent said Shanhai and Shorty might have clashed over a woman named Nacia, whom Shanhai had killed during an A-Rank mission to obtain Kara Zor-El’s time ability.
• Devent revealed that Nacia may have been one of Shorty’s daughters.

Devent suspected Shorty had sent an anonymous message to provoke the Third and Fifth Factions into conflict and eliminate Shanhai, while Joseph investigated Diona’s disappearance. After Lin Feng returned to the Main Planet, Joseph invited him to a private gathering, and Lin Feng agreed to attend.

• Devent theorized that Nacia was Shorty’s daughter and a spy in the Fifth Faction, and that Shorty sent the anonymous message to turn Joseph against Shanhai.
• Joseph considered Devent’s theory and said the Seventh Faction would need a new leader if Shorty was behind the scheme.
• Joseph learned that Diona was still missing and that Shanhai had probably hidden her on the Main Planet, where the Third Faction could not reach her without permission.
• Shanhai came online, and Joseph sent him an invitation to a private gathering with his brothers to discuss their theory about the Seventh Faction.
• Lin Feng returned to the Main Planet with Dark, received Joseph’s invitation, and agreed to attend.

Lin Feng took Diona to Joseph’s dinner gathering, intending to unsettle Joseph and his brothers by bringing her along. After a cordial meal at Joseph’s club on Nameless Star, Joseph began steering the conversation toward the gathering’s real purpose while Diona struggled to hide her fear and hatred.

• Lin Feng collected Diona from the Mechanical Lifeform Race’s mining district and asked Light about the M'Kraan crystal research.
• Light said the crystal could already serve as a backup energy source for her race, while privately suspecting something was different about Dark.
• Lin Feng told Diona to act as though she knew nothing and attend Joseph’s gathering as one of his subordinates.
• Lin Feng and Diona arrived at Joseph’s club on Nameless Star, where Joseph, Devent, and Evan waited to greet them.
• Joseph hosted Lin Feng and Diona for dinner, and Lin Feng kept the talk casual until Joseph turned toward the real subject and glanced at Diona.

Joseph revealed that Nacia may have been Shorty's daughter and gave Lin Feng altered information about Diona’s past to push him to hand her over. Lin Feng kept Diona by his side, leaving Joseph to wait and see how he would respond to the conflict between their factions.

• Joseph recognized Diona and tried to send her away with Devent and Evan so he could speak privately with Lin Feng, but Lin Feng refused to let her leave his side.
• Joseph sent Lin Feng files suggesting that Nacia had been Shorty’s daughter and spy in the Fifth Faction, making Shorty’s hostility toward Lin Feng seem like revenge.
• Lin Feng read Joseph’s file on Diona, which framed her parents’ deaths as their own fault and described the grudge and an anonymous message.
• Lin Feng dismissed Shorty as a threat and said he deserved what he got, while Joseph offered to help deal with Shorty and hinted that Diona was the person Lin Feng should give up.

Lin Feng rejected Joseph’s demand to hand Diona over as the price of the Third Faction’s help against the Seventh Faction. Joseph threatened to make Lin Feng face both factions, leaving their cooperation unresolved.

• Joseph proposed sealing an alliance against the Seventh Faction with Diona’s blood, and Evan and Devent backed his demand to kill her.
• Diona accused Evan and Devent of killing her parents, but Joseph choked her with an invisible force until Lin Feng protected her with his Bio-Force Field.
• Joseph insisted Diona was a threat and offered Lin Feng a prettier demi-human in exchange for handing her over.
• Lin Feng pretended to consider the offer, then firmly refused, saying he wanted Diona to get her revenge.
• Joseph accused Lin Feng of toying with him and threatened that the Third Faction would join the Seventh Faction against him unless he surrendered Diona.

Lin Feng refused Joseph’s demand to hand over Diona, deliberately provoked him, and left after their confrontation stopped short of a fight. As Lin Feng took Diona away, she agreed to kill Joseph and his brothers herself.

• Joseph unleashed his aura to pressure Lin Feng into handing over Diona, but Lin Feng refused and threatened the Third Faction as well as the Seventh Faction.
• Lin Feng provoked Joseph into anger, but Joseph forced himself to stand down because fighting was forbidden that week and would gain him nothing.
• Joseph ordered Lin Feng and Diona to leave, and Lin Feng took Diona by the hand and departed.
• Evan questioned Joseph’s decision to let them go, so Joseph kicked him aside and left while Devent judged Shanhai to be doomed against two factions.
• Lin Feng flew off the planet with Diona and told her he might let her kill the three brothers herself; Diona agreed, determined to take revenge.

After returning to the Main Planet, Lin Feng secured Diona and told his five subordinates that he planned to confront both the Seventh and Third Factions. The group’s fears eased when Sea revealed that Luo Yingtian and Egart were hosting Lin Feng for a private dinner, suggesting he had support from the Second and Fourth Factions.

• Lin Feng placed Diona in the Central Hall for protection, then summoned Li Xieqian and the others and ordered them to prepare for clashes with the Seventh and Third Factions.
• Hana complained about the danger, while Li Xieqian urged everyone to stop arguing and warn their subordinates to stay alert.
• Sea explained that Big Octopus had asked him to catch Deep-Sea Imperial Wing-Shell Fish for a private dinner Luo Yingtian and Egart would hold the next day.
• Sea said he was certain Lin Feng was the dinner’s guest, and Li Xieqian and the others relaxed at the prospect of support from the Second and Fourth Factions.

Lin Feng accepted Egart’s invitation to a dinner with Egart and Luo Yingtian, while the two leaders speculated about Shanhai’s goals and feared that upheaval was coming. After Ophelia returned without finding useful information, Lin Feng decided to bring her to the dinner so she could investigate them.

• Lin Feng confirmed to Egart that he would attend the next day’s dinner.
• Luo Yingtian told Egart that Shanhai’s actions might be aimed at destroying the Seventh Faction and the Third Faction, though he could not understand Shanhai’s purpose or whether anyone backed him.
• Egart suggested testing Shanhai at the dinner, and Luo Yingtian warned Egart to prepare because he sensed destruction approaching.
• Ophelia returned to Central Hall without completing Lin Feng’s assignment and explained that she might only see useful information while standing before Shorty.
• Lin Feng told Ophelia she would accompany him to the dinner and try to uncover secrets about Egart and Luo Yingtian, leaving her regretting that she had boasted about her ability.