Chapter Summaries

Key plot points and events

• Su Yi swallows the Nightmare hunters’ dropped spike and dagger to analyze their contents. After absorbing their power and essence, he reaches level 60 and gains a major increase in his analytical ability.
• He discovers that the hunters’ equipment is made from Nightmare-tainted minds and memories, bound using a technique associated with Sacred Will. He suspects a Dreamwalker has enabled Dream Academy to use the Sanctuary of the Heart’s methods.
• Su Yi returns to District 22 with Dante. Sixth Sister accepts Dante’s continued use of his spatial blade, thanks Su Yi for protecting Cultured Company, and acknowledges that she could not have defended it alone.
• Su Yi passes Aisha’s request through Great Sage Bell’s network, and arranges for Fire Crow to help Dante and Cultured Company expand under Storm Gang protection.
• He travels to the Destruction Ocean to master its power. By repeatedly exposing himself to its destructive force, he learns to withstand, analyze, and gradually absorb it.
• After two months of training, Su Yi begins forming a new left eye from the power of destruction, laying the groundwork for his “Infinite Treasury” and for remaking his powerful artifacts into forms suited to him.

Character developments

• Su Yi reaches level 60, broadening his ability to analyze and control powers. He becomes more confident in his command of his body and Divine Authority, and approaches dangerous training with deliberate persistence.
• Dante remains loyal and good-humored, but reveals his long perspective on time through memories of his last seclusion four centuries earlier.
• Sixth Sister shows gratitude and practical trust toward Su Yi, while still treating Dante with blunt impatience.
• Fire Crow is assigned a supporting role in Cultured Company’s expansion.

Significant themes

• Knowledge through risk: Su Yi gains mastery by studying powers directly, even when doing so repeatedly injures him.
• Creation through destruction: He intends to harness destructive force not merely to destroy, but to reshape existing powers into new treasures.
• Adaptation and integration: Su Yi’s talent lets him tame and incorporate forces that initially seem incompatible with his body.
• Opposing beliefs: The conflict between Nightmare’s dream-based power and Sacred Will’s emphasis on reason and memory shapes Su Yi’s interpretation of the hunters’ equipment.

Character interactions

• Dante warns Su Yi about the hunters’ gear, then waits through his six-hour analysis and asks whether he advanced. Their easy banter continues on the return journey.
• Sixth Sister reassures Su Yi about Dante, thanks him for saving Cultured Company, and permits Dante to keep using his blade.
• Su Yi coordinates with Great Sage Bell and his contacts to relay Aisha’s situation, and assigns Fire Crow to assist Dante and the company.

Key events

• While Su Yi forged his Divine Authority, Leg Kicker and the Players spent two months reaching Camilla’s home system. They established a secure base in a hidden dockyard stocked with weapons and supplies, then escorted Camilla and her researchers to the Toynbee family’s territory.
• The Players advised Camilla not to accuse Matt Sainz immediately: her family might value his political support more than her testimony. Instead, they planned a triumphant return and intended to use her research data as leverage, first restoring contact with her aunt.
• At the family’s orbital port, Camilla revealed herself and entered the estate. Her return drew a large crowd, including her sister Windsor, family patriarch Boris, and Matt. The family’s reactions were mixed because Camilla’s disappearance had created an opening for rival branches.
• Camilla reunited emotionally with Windsor and gave the family a prepared account of her disappearance: pirates attacked her, a Void Abyss Rift destroyed them, and the Players rescued her. She began introducing Leg Kicker as a scholar.

Character developments and interactions

• Camilla shifts from wanting to expose Matt outright to accepting the Players’ more strategic approach. She presents a cover story rather than revealing the truth, while still relying on the Players for protection and support.
• Leg Kicker and the Players act as Camilla’s escorts, strategists, and potential political allies. They recognize their strength advantage over the family’s Gifted and see marriage and influence as routes to integration.
• Windsor welcomes Camilla with sincere affection and relief, despite being engaged to Matt, the man Camilla believes is responsible for the danger she faced.
• Boris greets Camilla warmly but appears keen to assess her rescuers. Matt also acts pleased to see her, though the narration hints at ulterior motives.
• Leg Kicker is immediately attracted to Windsor and jokes with the other Players about winning her over and challenging Matt. The others tease him but accept that a union between their leader and a local noble could strengthen their position.

Significant themes

• Power and family politics: Camilla’s value to the family is tied to her technical talent and political usefulness; her return threatens branches that benefited from her absence.
• Trust and strategy: The Players urge caution, recognizing that truth alone may not persuade a family whose interests favor Matt.
• Outsiders seeking a place: The Players’ strength gives them leverage, but they must still navigate local alliances and customs to gain lasting influence.

Key plot points

• Leg Kicker reunites with Camilla and meets Windsor and Matt. He flirts with Windsor, provoking Matt, and needles him about his status as Windsor’s fiancé.
• Leg Kicker checks Matt’s and Boris’s attributes and suspects they are cooperating. He believes Boris may have helped arrange Camilla’s attack, with immortality as the motive. Leg Kicker plans to exploit that desire to activate a communicator and summon Su Yi.
• Camilla insists that Leg Kicker and his team stay at her estate as her hired protectors and research partners. Boris agrees because Camilla’s success at the technology conference could benefit his position.
• Matt privately regards the newcomers as a threat. He plans to accelerate the wedding and intensify pirate attacks so Windsor will depend on him—and considers killing those who interfere.
• Camilla warns Windsor that Matt may be behind the family’s recent disasters and pirate setbacks. She plays a recording of her attackers, confirming that Matt was involved in the assault on her.
• Windsor recognizes how much power Matt has gained inside the family and urges secrecy rather than confronting him prematurely. Camilla explains that she brought Leg Kicker in to help.
• Leg Kicker arrives and formally introduces himself as an envoy of the Moon-Drinking Azure Wolf and a partner of the Human Emperor’s Holy Son.

Character developments and interactions

• Leg Kicker presents himself as charming and courteous, but his praise of Windsor also serves to provoke Matt. He privately assesses the family’s power dynamics and begins planning how to turn Boris’s ambition to his advantage.
• Camilla is assertive and strategically minded. She secures Leg Kicker’s team as her allies, then reveals Matt’s treachery to Windsor and urges her to think beyond the family’s established assumptions.
• Windsor shifts from trusting Matt to seriously considering Camilla’s evidence. Though alarmed, she stays composed and focuses on protecting the family through careful planning.
• Matt masks his hostility in public, but inwardly reveals himself as ambitious and ruthless, willing to manipulate pirate attacks and eliminate threats to his plans.
• Boris welcomes Leg Kicker while prioritizing his own interests. His desire for immortality appears to be a key source of his cooperation with Matt.
• Camilla and Windsor’s sisterly reunion contrasts with the deception and mistrust surrounding the family. Matt’s efforts to follow them are blocked, leaving the sisters to speak privately.

Significant themes

• Betrayal within family and institutions: The apparent danger comes not only from pirates but from people with access to the family’s power.
• Power and self-interest: Matt and Boris exploit family crises for personal advancement and survival.
• Trust, evidence, and secrecy: Windsor needs to reassess someone she relied on, while Camilla uses a recording to support her suspicions.
• Old rules versus changing circumstances: Camilla challenges Windsor’s belief that Sacred Mechanism Families cannot absorb one another, arguing that the world has changed.

Summary

Key plot points and events

• Windsor is unsurprised when Leg Kicker arrives: Camilla’s newfound composure and safe return have convinced her that someone capable is helping her sister.
• Leg Kicker confirms that he is a partner, rather than a subordinate envoy, of the Human Emperor’s Holy Son. A hologram of the Holy Son and Camilla’s account of the Human Emperor’s Blade convince Windsor of his credentials and the scale of his allies.
• Leg Kicker explains that he intends to help the Moon-Drinking Azure Wolf establish a foothold in the Edian Star Sector. In return for his help against pirates troubling Windsor’s family, Windsor offers a prosperous planet as a forward base and the prospect of deeper cooperation.
• Windsor warns that the Sainz Family dominates communications and network security. Leg Kicker says his group can suppress that advantage if Windsor helps them activate an old family communicator.
• Camilla reveals that the device was once used by their father to contact their aunt Aisha, who is now in the Great Vortex and works for the Moon-Drinking Azure Wolf’s leader. Leg Kicker says the Guild Leader found and rescued Aisha, then identifies him as the Holy Son’s mentor.
• To prove Aisha’s message is genuine, Leg Kicker shares private childhood memories only she could know. The sisters accept his story, and he produces detailed schematics for the communicator. Windsor then vows revenge on Matt Sainz for attacking her family, deceiving her, and plotting against Camilla.
• Meanwhile, the players prepare to investigate and fight Matt’s pirate forces. Their hackers struggle against the Edian sector’s unfamiliar programming and formidable defenses: hundreds of their accounts are banned, and they cannot penetrate the firewall. They lament that, without Godfather, exploring this new territory is far more difficult.

Character developments and interactions

• Windsor shows herself to be perceptive and politically astute: she questions Leg Kicker’s status and motives, but agrees to cooperate once reassured. Learning of Matt’s betrayal turns her resolve into open anger.
• Camilla enthusiastically backs Leg Kicker, sharing what she saw and revealing the connection to Aunt Aisha. Her love of machinery also informs her excitement about the legendary warship.
• Leg Kicker builds trust through candor, proof of his connections, and the childhood anecdotes. He also privately realizes he is attracted to Windsor.
• The sisters move from cautious skepticism to belief, with Windsor’s embarrassment over a childhood secret adding a lighter, more personal moment to their growing trust.
• The players and hackers work together under pressure, but their usual confidence is shaken by the enemy’s superior cybersecurity. Their banter and longing for Godfather underscore how much they relied on his expertise.

Significant themes

• Trust, proof, and political partnership: Windsor weighs Leg Kicker’s claims carefully; concrete evidence and honest intentions make cooperation possible.
• Family loyalty and betrayal: Windsor’s desire to protect Camilla and avenge their family is sharpened by Matt’s deception.
• Power and influence: The Holy Son, his mentor, and the Moon-Drinking Azure Wolf’s reach reshape the sisters’ understanding of the political landscape.
• The cost of entering unfamiliar territory: The players’ hacking failures contrast with their earlier competence and highlight the challenges of adapting to a new sector.

Key events

• After two months in the destructive tide, Su Yi masters its power and forms a black eye infused with the God-Destroying Eye’s authority. Through it, he sees red fault lines that reveal weaknesses in matter, which he can trigger to break objects apart and reshape them.
• Su Yi dismantles the Mist Horn and reforms it into the Moonlit Parasol. It retains its soul-absorption, Iron Mist, insect, and defensive abilities, but is easier to use and consumes far less energy.
• He remakes the Ether Sword Hilt as the Azure Wolf Banner, which can establish a wide communications and resonance network and, with enough energy, project a Doppelganger across star sectors.
• Su Yi breaks down the Golden Saint King’s Umbilical Cord Blood and the Black Abyss Overlord’s Soul Abyss Dominator, then merges them into the Soul-Extinguishing Lock, a chain combining soul, space, and Void Abyss powers.

Character developments and interactions

• Su Yi’s control over destruction advances sharply: he can now identify and exploit material weaknesses, while his understanding of the artifacts’ underlying laws lets him reshape them with increasing ease.
• He briefly connects with a distant presence he recognizes as Unity, but an outside force cuts the connection. He suspects the Soulless are restricting the God-Destroying Eye fragment and decides to wait for the treasure hunt.
• By examining the artifacts, Su Yi infers that the Supreme Venerable of the Grand Unity uses magnetic fields as a universe-spanning system for data and programming. This insight deepens his command of the Mist Horn and Ether Sword Hilt.
• The Umbilical Cord Blood reveals the rage of the imperial citizens and soldiers sacrificed by the Ancient Entropy Human Emperor. Su Yi recognizes the Golden Saint King as a revengeful force driven by their resentment.
• Through the Soul Abyss Dominator, Su Yi understands the Black Abyss Overlord as a Deity that gathers souls and reclaims psychic energy across the universe.

Significant themes

• Destruction as creation: Su Yi uses the power to break artifacts down so he can remake them in forms that suit him.
• Understanding through transformation: Learning the laws beneath an artifact’s power gives Su Yi greater mastery than simply wielding it.
• The cost of tyranny: The Golden Saint King’s power embodies the anger of those sacrificed by the Ancient Entropy Human Emperor.
• Cosmic balance: The Soul Abyss is presented as part of the universe’s system for reclaiming energy from departed souls.

Plot points and events

• Su Yi completes two major upgrades using the Golden Saint King’s Umbilical Cord Blood. The Soul Abyss Dominator becomes an Ancient Artifact called the Soul-Extinguishing Lock, able to attack from hidden angles, bind souls directly, strike within a kilometer, open passages for teleportation, and tear into the Void Abyss.
• He remakes the Myriad-Sword Machine God into the crimson-gold Unity Sword, absorbing the Mechanical Father’s divine power and mastering all eight of its protocols.
• Su Yi flies toward shore, where treasure hunters spot his weapon and attack in hopes of stealing it. The Bloodmark Brotherhood tries to claim him, while the Reclaimers and Dragon Church also press forward.
• After escaping an electrified net, Su Yi faces the crowd. A Reclaimer’s Soulless weapon cannot harm his transforming sword, intensifying everyone’s greed.
• When attackers rush him, Su Yi kills the first assailants with chains from the Soul-Extinguishing Lock and blocks a barrage of weapons with his umbrella—another form of his artifact.
• He then uses Myriad Tribulations Sword Star, combining the umbrella’s power with the Unity Sword and several sword protocols. The attackers’ flesh turns into Steel Virus; their bodies mechanize, disintegrate, and transform into swords.

Character development

• Su Yi demonstrates how dramatically his power has grown: he calmly withstands an ambush and unleashes two newly upgraded artifacts with precision.
• He is confident but not needlessly aggressive at first, asking why the crowd attacked and warning them that surviving the Destruction Ocean was no accident. Once they persist, he responds decisively.
• The treasure hunters’ greed overwhelms caution. Even after seeing Su Yi escape the net and block a powerful weapon, they continue attacking.

Significant themes

• Power and transformation: Su Yi’s Divine Authorities evolve into artifacts, while the Unity Sword represents the fusion of power and knowledge.
• Greed and misjudgment: The hunters mistake Su Yi’s return with treasure for weakness and become reckless in their desire to possess his weapons.
• Cruel fanaticism: The Bloodmark Brotherhood’s belief in blood sacrifice shows how worship can become violent and extreme.
• Escalation and consequence: The crowd’s indiscriminate assault—including attacks that endanger their own allies—ends in devastating retaliation.

Character interactions

• The Bloodmark Brotherhood’s leader threatens the crowd and kills two men with blood-drawn beasts; the Reclaimers answer with Soulless technology, bringing the factions close to open conflict.
• A Reclaimer who previously encountered Su Yi mocks him as a coward, provoking Su Yi to remind the crowd of the Storm Gang’s fate.
• The hunters’ hostility and disbelief push Su Yi from warning them to demonstrating the lethal power of his new artifacts.

Chapter summary

Key plot points

• Su Yi annihilates more than a thousand attackers in the Great Vortex, transforming their remains into flying swords. He spares the two surviving leaders: the bald Reclaimer and the Bloodmark Brotherhood chief.
• Su Yi explains that he owes the Stigmata Totem for a Boon it once granted him. Since the two men carry Boons from the same source, he lets the bald man live and considers the debt settled.
• The Bloodmark chief, who calls himself Bloodhand, vows to surpass Su Yi. Su Yi ignores him, gathers the attackers’ supplies, and leaves.
• At the Cry Till Death Agency, Dante is confronted by Belis Furnace, a representative of Cosmic Lighthouse Communications Company searching for Gheros. Their tense conversation nearly turns violent before Su Yi arrives.
• Belis reveals that he is one of Great Sage Bell’s Doppelgangers and has come to fulfill their agreement: Bell will help Su Yi establish a front in the Edian Star Sector against the Wall Watchers, in exchange for Su Yi helping Bell study the Great Vortex. The plan depends on creating an ultra-long-distance communications link.
• Su Yi visits the Cultured Company with Fire Crow. The organization has expanded and grown more confident, but communication with the distant side remains down—until Aisha receives a broken message from Camilla, confirming contact may be returning.

Character developments and interactions

• Su Yi demonstrates overwhelming power but also shows restraint: he spares the bald man out of gratitude and avoids absorbing the attackers’ memories because doing so could damage his mind. He is increasingly focused on severing supernatural obligations that might become dangerous as his power grows.
• The bald Reclaimer accepts defeat according to his own belief in the strong ruling the weak. Though spared, he learns that Su Yi’s mercy is based on an old debt, not fear or reconciliation.
• Bloodhand survives the encounter and turns his humiliation into a promise of revenge.
• Dante remains defiant while Belis pressures him, then welcomes Su Yi and recognizes the immense power he has gained.
• Belis is impressed and envious of Su Yi’s rapid development, seeing him as a possible key to a mystery he has pursued for over a thousand years.
• Aisha remains loyal but uncertain about Su Yi’s assurances. Hearing Camilla’s voice brings a sudden emotional shift and hope.

Significant themes

• Power and its consequences: Great strength magnifies even minor connections and past obligations, which can grow into serious dangers.
• Cause, effect, and supernatural debt: Boons create lasting bonds; Su Yi believes powerful individuals must manage or sever connections they cannot control.
• Mercy and repayment: Su Yi’s decision to spare the bald man is an act of repayment, while Bloodhand’s promise reflects the cycle of violence and ambition.
• Limits of personal growth: Su Yi’s power has advanced faster than his mind can comfortably handle, making him wary of taking in others’ memories.
• Connection across distance: The communications project offers a means to build a distant military front and reconnect separated characters.

Key plot points and events

• Aisha reconnects with her niece Camilla after ten years. Camilla reports that Aisha’s brother has died, Boris now leads the family, and Matt and the Sainz Family threaten its future. Camilla has allied with Leg Kicker and his forces to restore the family.
• Su Yi and Leg Kicker exchange updates. Su Yi has refined the gods’ Divine Authorities and is preparing a long-range projection device; Leg Kicker’s group, meanwhile, struggles against the Edian Star Sector’s superior technology.
• Belis identifies Leg Kicker’s communicator as a useful Soulless quantum device and gives him a detailed list of components needed for research. Leg Kicker agrees to work with Belis, while Camilla and Windsor handle procurement.
• Belis assembles a temporary quantum entangler that can transmit mental power. He believes Su Yi can use it to project part of his soul and Divine Authority over long distances.
• Su Yi demonstrates a new kind of Doppelganger: using the Unity Sword and multithreading, he creates a copy that shares his consciousness and can act independently without developing a separate, disloyal self. Belis is thrilled, since his own research copies have repeatedly betrayed him.
• Aisha is tasked with guarding the entangler in her secret laboratory.
• In the Edian Star Sector, Pillar and Two-Way Passage escort valuable Toynbee Family cargo with 5,000 Players. Taiso Toynbee, a rival of Camilla’s branch, dismisses the Players’ abilities.
• The fleet is ambushed by more than fifty pirate ships. The attackers know its route and systems, disable key ship functions, hack its drones, and begin boarding.

Character developments and interactions

• Aisha is overjoyed to reconnect with Camilla, then becomes fiercely critical of Boris and the family’s past decisions. Her admiration for Su Yi deepens when she recognizes his power as that of the Supreme Venerable of the Grand Unity.
• Camilla shows initiative in rebuilding her family’s fortunes, coordinating with Leg Kicker and eagerly helping obtain materials for Belis.
• Su Yi acts as a confident leader and demonstrates both his immense power and a practical solution to the problem of remote communication.
• Belis reveals his intense fascination with Doppelganger technology and his frustration with the betrayals of his research copies. Su Yi’s invention offers a solution that could transform his work.
• Leg Kicker works closely with Belis and takes responsibility for assisting with the new device, while continuing to direct the military response in the Edian sector.
• Pillar and Two-Way Passage remain confident in Su Yi’s support, despite being underestimated by Taiso. The ambush turns their escort mission into an immediate battle.

Significant themes

• Trust and loyalty: Belis’s history of betrayal contrasts with Su Yi’s shared-consciousness Doppelganger, which avoids the problem of independent, disloyal copies.
• Technology and power: Advanced communications and projection technology may bridge the gap between distant groups, while the pirates’ knowledge and hacking expose the convoy’s dependence on its systems.
• Underestimation and competence: The Players are dismissed as a liability, but their combat experience and specialized equipment may prove crucial against technologically advanced opponents.
• Family conflict and renewal: Camilla’s alliance offers a chance to restore her family, while old rivalries and poor leadership continue to complicate that effort.

Plot points and events

• The pirate fleet cripples the defenders’ ships by disabling their jump drives and hacking their command systems. Without drones and Automated Combat Mechs, the Toynbee fleet loses most of its combat power and quickly falls into disarray.
• Sothai panics, while two veteran captains recall Lady Windsor’s advice and call for help from Pillar and Liangfang. Pillar’s forces are already moving.
• Blood Tiger, the pirate leader, orders his raiders to kill everyone aboard. The pirates initially overwhelm the poorly prepared defenders, despite being outnumbered.
• Gifted mercenaries in red Powered Armor turn the tide. A fifteen-person squad destroys a hundred-strong raiding unit in minutes; another thirty warriors wipe out roughly 160 raiders, rescuing a female Company Commander from assault.
• Pillar tells the ship commanders to restore their systems, secure retaken checkpoints, and begin repairs. Meanwhile, his forces strike the pirate fleet’s command ships, throwing its formation into chaos and sending vessels fleeing or colliding.
• The commanders realize that only about 3,000 Gifted attackers have disrupted a force of roughly 200,000 pirates, suggesting the mercenaries’ leaders are exceptionally powerful.

Character developments and interactions

• Sothai shifts from arrogant confidence to shock and self-reproach after recognizing how badly he misjudged the mercenaries.
• The two captains, especially One-Eye, demonstrate steadiness and experience; they follow Lady Windsor’s advice and recognize the importance of Gifted fighters.
• Pillar remains composed and decisive, directing the defense and repairs while his troops attack the pirates at their source.
• The mercenaries are revealed as disciplined, frighteningly effective fighters who combine Powered Armor, conventional weapons, and supernatural abilities.
• The female Company Commander survives a near-assault thanks to the mercenaries. Her fear and relief give way to renewed confidence in their protection.
• The pirates’ contempt for the defenders—and their confidence in numerical superiority—collapses when faced with the mercenaries’ abilities.

Significant themes

• Overreliance on technology: The defenders’ dependence on drones and robots leaves them helpless when those systems fail.
• Experience and adaptability: The pirates initially exploit the defenders’ lack of battlefield experience, but the Gifted mercenaries overcome them through skill and flexibility.
• Power beyond numbers: A small, highly capable force can disrupt and defeat a vastly larger enemy.
• Arrogance and misjudgment: Sothai’s earlier dismissal of the mercenary leaders becomes a source of humiliation as their strength is revealed.

Summary

The narrator gets a full checkup after experiencing lower-back pain. The results show a bulging disc that has not herniated, severe fatty liver disease, vitamin D deficiency, and low bone density. The doctor advises them to avoid sitting too long, move and exercise more, lose weight, and spend time outdoors in the sun. Other test results are still pending, so the narrator takes the day off and promises to release two chapters the next day.

Character and themes

The narrator is candid and lightly rueful about their health concerns, while taking the doctor’s advice seriously. The chapter focuses on preventive healthcare, lifestyle changes, and the value of rest. The doctor’s interaction with the narrator is practical and advisory; no other relationships or character developments are described.

Key plot points and events

• Blood Tiger’s forces are overwhelmed by 3,000 elite mercenaries who fight with seemingly no fear of death. Two mercenaries self-detonate, killing 300 elite troops and damaging the ship.
• Blood Tiger calls his brother Matt for help. A player named Obsessive claims to represent the Human Alliance’s Pioneers and offers assistance, saying their father has allied with the Pioneers’ leader. Matt accepts.
• Pillar leads a squad toward the bridge. His newly transformed level-50 Talent, Mental Domain, lets him manipulate nearby physical forces and slow attacks. He reflects two flaming blades back at their attackers.
• The attackers reveal themselves as Wall Watchers players. They use Ember Tree tendrils, mental influence, and Nightmare-like powers to ambush Pillar’s team. Pillar is incapacitated, and several players are killed or wounded.
• The Wall Watchers’ Jackson taunts the veteran players and threatens to camp their respawns. Just as he is about to shoot, a flying sword blocks the bullet.
• Gheros appears, wielding a mechanical sword and a swarm of spine-like flying blades. His allies are overjoyed to see him, while the Wall Watchers are shocked: they believed he was dead.

Character developments and interactions

• Blood Tiger and Matt are forced to confront how badly they have underestimated their opponents. Matt is initially suspicious of Obsessive, but agrees to accept help.
• Pillar demonstrates the extraordinary reach of his transformed Talent, yet his domain cannot protect him from the Wall Watchers’ mind-affecting attack.
• Obsessive presents himself as an ally to Matt and later participates in the ambush against Pillar, casting doubt on his loyalties and identity.
• Veteran Soul Scholar, Veteran Palu, and Lordaeron Guard endure the assault and stand up to Jackson. Gheros’s arrival gives them hope.
• Jackson openly mocks the veterans and threatens to hunt them after respawn; Gheros immediately turns the threat back on the Wall Watchers.
• Gheros’s return shifts the balance of the confrontation and raises the question of how he survived.

Significant themes

• Fearlessness versus self-preservation: The mercenaries’ reckless tactics shock even hardened fighters, making them frighteningly effective.
• The expendability of comrades: The mercenaries weaponize wounded allies and corpses, treating them as tools rather than people.
• Conflicting loyalties among players: Both sides use game-like powers and identities, but their rival factions turn former fellow players into enemies.
• Power has limits: Pillar’s impressive domain cannot counter every threat, especially attacks that target the mind.
• Reversal and unexpected rescue: Just as the veterans appear defeated, Gheros’s sudden return transforms the scene into a new confrontation.

Key plot points and events

• Su Yi—also known as Horus—appears alive after the attackers had relied on reports that he was dead. He swiftly kills the players attacking Pillar’s group, while Pillar uses his domain and Mental Suppression to stop Obsessive from killing him and then decapitates him.
• Su Yi heals the wounded Lordaeron soldiers and races to help the other groups. He rescues Two-Way Passage’s survivors from an ambush, killing their attackers, then arrives at Giant Jet’s battlefield and wipes out the force surrounding them with a rain of flying swords.
• The ambush has cost the boarding party 1,800 of its 3,000 players, but they recover their own equipment and seize a substantial haul from the enemy. The survivors interrogate Blood Tiger, who admits that outside reinforcements had misled them and ruined their chance to escape.
• Pillar and Two-Way Passage conclude that the enemy has only recently arrived and likely began with a small force, though the Wall Watchers may provide them with better intelligence. They resolve to prepare for another attack.
• Su Yi explains that, with Great Sage Bell’s help, he established a remote connection and created a projection with seventy percent of his Doppelganger’s combat strength. Its unstable power supply took repeated adjustments to stabilize. He withholds the deeper mechanics of the projection from the players.

Character developments and interactions

• Su Yi/Horus returns as an overwhelming protector, restoring the group’s confidence and proving that their faith in him was justified. His projection lets him intervene across the battlefield without placing his true body at risk.
• Pillar demonstrates both tactical and combat prowess: he restrains and kills Obsessive, then analyzes the enemy’s likely position and capabilities.
• Two-Way Passage and Giant Jet shift from desperate defense to renewed confidence once Su Yi saves their forces. Their groups celebrate the victory and reclaim enemy equipment.
• Obsessive, Free Man, and No One Can Stop Me taunt their targets and assume victory is assured, only to be killed by Su Yi and his allies. Blood Tiger, terrified by the reversal, gives the survivors the information they need.

Significant themes

• Loyalty and faith: The players’ trust in “Godfather” is repaid when he returns to save them; their longing and faith also help him locate them for remote support.
• Reversal of power: The attackers mock their enemies as weak and obsolete, but Su Yi’s arrival turns their apparent victories into defeats.
• Preparedness and intelligence: The survivors recognize that the enemy’s surprise and outside support were decisive, and begin planning to counter future incursions.
• Sacrifice and recovery: The victory comes at a heavy cost, but recovered gear and enemy spoils help compensate the survivors for their losses.

Chapter summary

Key plot points and events

• On the players’ Forum, Jackson posts an furious account of a failed ambush. He and thousands of players had attacked the Ten Pioneers, believing Horus was dead, only for Su Yi—known as Godfather—to return and wipe them out.
• The Forum erupts. Players who had grown tired of the Eternal Wall’s repetitive rewards are thrilled by Godfather’s return, while those defeated in the ambush blame game planner Watchful for announcing that Horus was dead.
• Leg Kicker confirms the attackers had secretly ambushed Pillar, Two-Way Passage, and Giant Jet while the Ten Pioneers were fighting pirates. He and his allies use the incident to fuel suspicion that Watchful deceived players and is somehow connected to Horus.
• Leg Kicker, Winter, and the others see the controversy as a chance to undermine Watchful and weaken the Eternal Wall’s influence among players.
• Meanwhile, the Black Sun Group tightens its control over the Mountain River Star Sector. Its presence on Red Sun Star has become imposing and authoritarian, and the Moon-Drinking Azure Wolf has lost its former influence.
• Aurecia and Maria are preparing supplies for a journey when they each receive news that Godfather is alive. Both are overcome with relief and emotion.

Character developments

• Leg Kicker and the Ten Pioneers act strategically, turning Godfather’s return into a public-relations weapon against Watchful.
• Aurecia has become more composed and reserved. Su Yi’s supposed death revealed that she had grown deeply attached to him, despite once having been a captive.
• Maria has grown colder and more distant, becoming second-in-command of the Sword of Judgment. She now protects Su Yi’s women and gang in the role he once played for her.
• Jackson loses his temper under the Forum’s ridicule and logs off.
• Su Yi/Godfather remains absent from the closing scene, but his dramatic return reshapes player opinion and gives hope to those who mourned him.

Character interactions

• Leg Kicker confirms the ambush details to the Forum and exchanges banter with players who remember him.
• Jackson argues that the Ten Pioneers were legitimate bounty targets, but other players mock his account and challenge his claims.
• Winter, Mountain Dog, Leg Kicker, and Evil God discuss how Godfather’s return could divide players and draw support away from the Eternal Wall.
• Maria and Aurecia share a quiet moment of shock and joy when they learn Su Yi is alive.

Significant themes

• Trust and manipulation: Players question Watchful’s announcement of Horus’s death, while the Ten Pioneers deliberately exploit that doubt.
• Loyalty and attachment: Aurecia and Maria’s reactions reveal the lasting emotional bonds Su Yi formed.
• Power and control: The Black Sun Group’s growing authority has made life across the sector feel increasingly oppressive.
• The influence of reputation: Godfather’s history, promises, and personal ties make his return politically significant—not merely a battlefield event.

Key plot points and events

• After returning from a decisive battle, Su Yi learns from Leg Kicker that Maria, Aolong, Sefni, and the others are safe. The attacks against them appear tied mainly to factions opposing Leg Kicker’s expansion, though the company may have lost control of some of its lower ranks.
• Camilla and Windsor witness Su Yi’s extraordinary power: he travels instantly to the distant front line, helps defeat the attackers, and returns almost at once. The Pioneers hail him as “Godfather.”
• Su Yi encourages Leg Kicker to pursue Windsor and tells her that her family’s future will benefit from trusting him. Windsor accepts his support, in part because Matt has betrayed her and Leg Kicker offers both genuine affection and powerful protection.
• Leg Kicker shows the sisters a recording proving that Matt conspired with the pirate Blood Tiger and insulted them. He offers to help them confront Matt, confident that Su Yi’s presence makes the family’s defenses no threat.
• Matt and Boris learn the sisters have exposed the recording and decide to move against them. At the family estate, Windsor accuses Matt of betraying the Toynbee family, but relatives are divided and some defend him.
• Matt arrives with thousands of guards, hundreds of thousands of armed drones, and over ten thousand combat mechs. He challenges Leg Kicker, then activates the weapons, aiming them at Leg Kicker and the sisters. The chapter ends in a tense standoff.

Character developments

• Su Yi is revealed as overwhelmingly powerful and strategically confident. He protects his allies, then uses his influence to help Leg Kicker and the Toynbee family.
• Leg Kicker acts as a capable leader and protector, openly expressing his feelings for Windsor. Su Yi’s endorsement gives him confidence and strengthens his position.
• Windsor moves from shock and gratitude to resolve. Though she has long prioritized her family’s interests, Matt’s betrayal changes her view, and she accepts Leg Kicker’s support.
• Camilla is furious at Matt and eager to act, while Windsor restrains her and focuses on avoiding a reckless confrontation.
• Matt is exposed as manipulative and hostile. He responds to the sisters’ accusations with force rather than explanation.
• Boris remains self-interested, pressing Matt for help while encouraging him to use the public crisis as a pretext for action.

Significant themes

• Power and protection: Su Yi’s immense strength reshapes the balance of power and gives his allies security.
• Loyalty and betrayal: The recording exposes Matt’s treachery, while the sisters’ trust in Leg Kicker contrasts with the family members who side with whoever seems strongest.
• Family duty versus personal choice: Windsor has subordinated her happiness to her family, but Matt’s actions force her to reconsider both her obligations and her future.
• Truth versus manipulation: Matt’s public image conflicts with the evidence of his private dealings, and the family’s divided response shows how easily truth can be dismissed when power is involved.

Character interactions

• Su Yi and Leg Kicker share a trusting, almost brotherly relationship; Su Yi backs Leg Kicker’s romance and gives him the evidence to act.
• Leg Kicker treats Windsor with affection and promises to protect her family, while Windsor responds with growing trust.
• Windsor and Camilla work together against Matt, though Windsor tempers Camilla’s impulsiveness.
• Matt attempts to portray himself as the family’s benefactor and Leg Kicker as a threat, while the assembled relatives’ reactions reveal the Toynbee family’s fractured loyalties.

Key events

• Boris sides with Matt, insisting Matt has acted for the family’s benefit. Camilla rejects her uncle and challenges his right to lead the Toynbee family. Leg Kicker declares the family’s opponents exposed and begins the attack.
• Matt fires on Leg Kicker, but Leg Kicker’s personal field stops the plasma rounds. Using his SSS-Class Molecular Mastery and SS-Class Multiplicative Refraction, he turns the bullets into a powerful beam and reflects it at the defenders.
• Leg Kicker summons five thousand armed Players. Their varied abilities—hacking drones, summoning creatures, slipping through defenses, and creating shields—turn the estate into a chaotic battlefield and push back the family’s automated forces.
• Matt and Boris call in reinforcements: millions of drones, more Mechs, and the planetary defense fleet. The Players’ advance slows, and the Toynbees retreat toward their bunker.
• Leg Kicker calls for his “Godfather.” Su Yi appears and cuts through the mechanical force with a sweep of his sword, then warps machines into more than ten thousand flying blades. He uses them to hold back the seemingly endless drone-and-Mech assault, demonstrating overwhelming power.
• Inspired by Su Yi, the Players shout his name and charge. The nobles, previously relying on their defenses and numbers, discover they are surrounded.

Character developments and interactions

• Camilla openly breaks with Boris and Matt, asserting her independence and backing Leg Kicker’s side.
• Boris reveals his loyalty to Matt despite Camilla’s condemnation, then panics as the family’s defenses falter.
• Leg Kicker shifts from mediator to battlefield leader, displaying his formidable abilities and rallying the Players. His casual, undignified plea for help contrasts with his earlier confidence.
• Windsor watches Leg Kicker with intense admiration and attraction; both sisters are awed by his strength.
• Su Yi makes a dramatic entrance and deliberately showcases his power to intimidate the Toynbees and secure cooperation for a larger fight against the Wall Watchers.
• Matt grows desperate as his forces are overwhelmed, while the Players respond to Leg Kicker’s leadership and Su Yi’s arrival with renewed aggression.

Significant themes

• Power and intimidation: Both Leg Kicker and Su Yi use spectacular displays of ability to shift the balance of a conflict.
• Loyalty and betrayal: Camilla’s break with her family contrasts with Boris’s allegiance to Matt.
• Technology versus extraordinary abilities: The Toynbees’ vast mechanical arsenal is challenged by the Players’ unusual powers and Su Yi’s command of transformed machines.
• Leadership and unity: Su Yi’s show of strength is intended not merely to win this battle, but to unite forces for the coming struggle against the Wall Watchers.

Key plot points

• Matt and Boris attempt to stall the Players, then reveal that a planetary defense fleet has them surrounded and threatens to destroy them if they attack.
• Su Yi takes control of the remaining drones and confronts the fleet’s Catastrophe-Class flagship. Using a colossal sword formed from ten thousand flying swords, he pierces the ship in multiple places, then makes it split apart and crash.
• Su Yi seizes control of the fleet’s other nine ships and orders their crews to stand down. He tells them the Toynbee Family’s leadership is corrupt and shows evidence that Matt arranged attacks on Camilla and used pirates to raid the family’s caravans.
• The deputy commander accepts Su Yi’s account and withdraws the fleet. With the ships gone and Su Yi’s giant sword poised overhead, Matt and his allies are left defeated and terrified.

Character developments and interactions

• Su Yi reveals extraordinary power and technological control, while remaining composed. He distinguishes the ordinary soldiers from the family’s traitorous leaders and offers the crews a chance to survive—and potentially advance after the purge.
• Matt shifts from negotiation to bribery and then to smug threats, but his confidence collapses when Su Yi destroys the flagship. His family’s alliance with the Wall Watchers and his use of pirates leave him exposed.
• Boris initially helps Matt bluff, but shares his despair once the fleet abandons them.
• Leg Kicker rejects Matt’s offers and makes clear that the old alliance is beyond repair. His loyalty to Su Yi is affirmed by the latter’s display of power.
• Windsor and Camilla witness Su Yi’s strength firsthand. They understand why Leg Kicker serves him and why he is worthy of the reverence associated with the Holy Son’s teacher.
• The deputy commander and fleet officers move from fear and confusion to recognizing the evidence against Matt. The officers’ prospects improve if the family is rebuilt after its leadership is purged.

Significant themes

• Power and authority: Su Yi’s ability to take control of machines—and destroy a warship—overturns the fleet’s apparent advantage.
• Loyalty versus self-interest: Matt tries to buy Su Yi’s allegiance, but Su Yi prioritizes justice and his bond with Windsor and Camilla over wealth or influence.
• Corruption and accountability: The chapter exposes Matt’s manipulation of the Toynbee Family and frames the coming purge as a chance for renewal.
• Reputation earned through action: Su Yi’s deeds explain why others respect and follow him more convincingly than any title could.

Plot points and events

• Su Yi destroys the enemy vessel with a precisely targeted series of sword strikes, saving Leg Kicker, the Players, and the Toynbee family’s surviving members. The Players celebrate his strength; the nobles panic and beg for mercy.
• Windsor, encouraged by Leg Kicker, takes control of the family’s response. She orders Boris to publicly confess his conspiracy with Matt Sainz and forces the other compromised relatives to surrender their assets and accept permanent exile.
• Boris’s televised confession reveals that Matt belongs to the Eternal Mysteries Cult, which offered him biological enhancements and extended life. Su Yi recognizes the Cult as an extremist faction from the Primordial Empire and considers how it may connect to Yellow Book’s plan—and to his need for the Mother of Immortality’s support.
• Over the next several days, Windsor and Camilla rebuild the family’s leadership with officials and military officers previously held down by the nobles. Su Yi investigates the wider sector: the Sacred Mechanism Alliance and Stardust Clocktower are at war, the Shadow Legion has arrived in force, and factions from other sectors are entering the conflict as the Dark Universe Storm eases.
• Su Yi interrogates Matt, who has been tortured by Windsor and Camilla but kept alive as leverage against the Sainz family. Su Yi restores Matt’s eyes, then discovers a Phantom Attendant—a remote fragment of a Wall Watcher agent—inside his mind.
• Su Yi identifies himself as Horus and declares his intent to destroy the Wall Watchers. With help from two Players, he crafts a taunting message, uses Binary Magic to plant it in the Phantom Attendant’s memory, and sends it back to its master.

Character developments and interactions

• Windsor moves from family victim to decisive leader. She rejects her relatives’ pleas, punishes their betrayal, and begins reshaping the family’s government.
• Camilla stands with Windsor, sharing her contempt for the relatives who betrayed them and helping exact revenge on Matt.
• Boris abandons his former power and begs to survive. Windsor makes him useful by compelling him to confess publicly.
• Matt remains defiant despite his defeat, but Su Yi’s discovery of the hidden agent inside him shifts the interrogation toward the Wall Watchers.
• Leg Kicker recognizes Windsor’s need to take control and deliberately gives her room to act.
• The Players admire Su Yi’s power and bring their irreverent humor into the confrontation, helping him ridicule and provoke the Wall Watchers.

Significant themes

• Power and accountability: Windsor uses her new authority to punish betrayal and reorganize the family rather than simply restore its old hierarchy.
• Loyalty versus self-interest: Boris and the other relatives sacrifice family ties for personal gain, while Windsor and Camilla stand together.
• Escalating conflict: The Shadow Legion’s arrival and the spread of inter-sector forces signal that the wider war is intensifying.
• Defiance and mockery: Su Yi’s crude message challenges the supposedly omnipotent Wall Watchers, turning fear into open provocation.

Key plot points and events

• No. 12, the Wall Watchers’ observer in the Mountain River Star Sector, realizes Su Yi—officially declared dead five months earlier—is alive. As he tries to report this, memories in his mind escape as data, releasing a virus that hijacks communications across more than five hundred planets.
• Su Yi’s image appears throughout the sector, where he loudly announces his return. The broadcast sparks joy among civilians, soldiers, company personnel, and Players who admired him or fought beside him.
• Su Yi sends private messages to loyal allies: he thanks Aolong for defending Rhode Star, teases and reassures Maria, and promises Aurecia a reward. Their responses show both affection and renewed hope.
• At the Black Sun Group, Ilis privately recognizes that Su Yi has returned with enough power to face the Wall Watchers. She tells Black Oak to keep protecting Su Yi’s allies and says it is nearly time to retaliate.
• The Redstone Empire and Wall Watchers believe their oversight measures will give them control of the company. However, their new ambassador, Leostor, secretly belongs to the Time Rift under the codename Nightmare and is protected by a mysterious Divine Authority.
• The chapter ends as Leostor storms into Ilis’s office, demanding an explanation for Su Yi’s broadcast.

Character developments and interactions

• Su Yi reasserts his presence as a beloved leader, combining a dramatic public return with personal messages of gratitude, affection, and reassurance.
• Aolong is moved by Su Yi’s recognition of his loyalty and vows to keep protecting Rhode Star.
• Maria is delighted by Su Yi’s return and touched by his trust, though she responds to his teasing with playful irritation.
• Aurecia is exuberant at receiving Su Yi’s message and promise of a reward.
• Ilis remains composed in public but feels intense relief and confidence, believing Su Yi is ready to confront their enemies.
• Black Oak continues supporting Ilis and protecting Su Yi’s allies, preparing for a coming counterattack.
• Leostor appears as an aggressive representative of the Redstone Empire, but his hidden allegiance makes him a potentially important wildcard.

Significant themes

• Loyalty and gratitude: Su Yi recognizes those who stood by his allies after his supposed death.
• The power of reputation: His return transforms grief and admiration into hope across the star sector.
• Hidden identities and political deception: The apparent struggle for corporate control is complicated by Leostor’s secret ties and concealed powers.
• Hope before retaliation: Su Yi’s survival shifts the balance of confidence, setting the stage for a counteroffensive.

Key plot points and events

• Ilis and Leosto maintain their cover while secretly pursuing the same aim: freeing themselves from corrupt powers. Leosto wants to save the Redstone Empire from the Wall Watchers’ influence; Ilis seeks to protect the Mountain River Star Sector and help Su Yi.
• Ilis denies involvement in the recent events during a staged public confrontation with Leosto. Later, meeting privately under his codename, Nightmare, they discuss Gheros’s rescue and the political turmoil in the Primordial Empire. They hope Gheros can still become an ally.
• The Deceiver of Yore warns Ilis that the Shadow King must not be killed by the Wall Watchers. Ilis says she has already prepared a way for him to “slay a god” and may need the Deceiver’s help.
• The Watcher Elder, alarmed by Gheros’s renewed influence, convenes the Wall Watchers’ leaders. Withered Branch proposes reclaiming the Shadow King’s Divine Authority, using a godslaying campaign to win the Players’ loyalty, and discrediting Gheros as an enemy. The final vessel is ready, and the Elder launches the revival plan.
• On Earth, Su Yi’s humorous video earns him goodwill among Players. The official account then announces Version 1.4, “The Fall of the Shadow King,” featuring a limited-time campaign to kill the Dark King. Rewards include SSS-Class equipment, Saint positions, a flagship, and the chance for one Player to become a Demigod.
• The Ten Pioneers suspect the announcement is meant to overshadow Su Yi’s influence. Their discussion deepens into doubts that the world is truly a game: some in-game theories appear to work in reality, authorities are investigating the technology, and the game’s realism seems beyond Earth’s capabilities.

Character developments and interactions

• Ilis is revealed to be an uncontaminated fragment of the Goddess of Black Cinders, secretly posing as a corrupted one with the Deceiver of Yore’s power. She is quietly preparing to help the Shadow King.
• Leosto shows that his apparent hostility toward Ilis is a cover for their cooperation. Their public argument conceals a frank exchange of intelligence.
• The Watcher Elder and Withered Branch shift from damage control to an aggressive plan: turn the Players against Gheros by staging a greater achievement and shaping the story of the Shadow King’s death.
• Su Yi’s comic performance makes him seem more approachable to the Players, strengthening their attachment to him just as the official campaign attempts to redirect their attention.
• The Ten Pioneers, especially Winter and Iron Pot, begin questioning the game’s nature and the source of its technology.

Significant themes

• Deception and divided loyalties: Several factions hide their true identities and aims behind public performances.
• Control through narrative: The Wall Watchers intend to manipulate the Players by controlling both missions and the explanation of events.
• Power and liberation: Ilis, Leosto, and the Players all seek greater agency—whether political independence, protection, or Demigodhood.
• Reality versus fiction: Evidence that the game’s knowledge and technology may operate in the real world makes the Players question what their experience truly is.

Plot points

• Winter and the other Players reach the Sealong Star Sector and wonder whether their world is truly a game or part of a real universe. Though the possibility of real Evil Gods frightens them, they are excited by the prospect of exploring a larger, more miraculous cosmos.
• The Wall Watchers are preparing to attack the Shadow King. The Players agree that his Divine Authority must not fall into their hands; they want the Shadow King defeated by their own side.
• Su Yi learns that Maria is preparing an expedition to the Edian Star Sector and worries the Wall Watchers could destroy or divert her fleet. He seeks a way to extend his projection’s reach beyond the western part of the sector.
• Great Sage Bell explains that Su Yi needs a relay device and a powerful, compatible individual to amplify a second projection. Su Yi plans to use the Azure Wolf Banner as the relay and hints that a Deity may serve as the amplifier.
• In return for Bell’s help, Su Yi gives him two powerful root programs that can alter technological beings’ thoughts and memories. Bell is impressed, apologizes for having underestimated Su Yi, and renews their partnership.
• After returning to Aisha’s chamber, Su Yi merges the Azure Wolf Banner into his Doppelganger and hopes the intended target will respond to his signal.
• In the Edian Star Sector, Su Yi hears from Leg Kicker that the Wall Watchers have moved against the Shadow King much earlier than they did in the previous timeline. Su Yi sees this as proof that he has changed the world’s course.
• Su Yi plans to revive his old strategy: appear to aid the enemy and oppose the Human Alliance Pioneers, using the Shadow Legion to tie down and weaken the Wall Watchers before choosing his moment.
• Su Yi uses the Azure Wolf Banner to extend his resonance and contacts the Shadow King. The King acknowledges Su Yi’s growth and offers help with revenge against the Wall Watchers and the Goddess of Black Cinders.

Character developments and interactions

• The Players shift from anxious speculation to enthusiasm about the wider universe. Leg Kicker and 108 especially trust that Su Yi would protect them if the danger proves real.
• Su Yi grows more confident that his actions have altered the timeline. He combines strategy, diplomacy, and manipulation to protect the Shadow King’s Divine Authority and prepare for a larger conflict.
• Great Sage Bell moves from envy and condescension to sincere respect for Su Yi after receiving the root programs. Their exchange establishes a stronger, mutually beneficial alliance.
• Leg Kicker remains loyal and reassures Su Yi that the Ten Pioneers and their followers will stand with him. He also realizes the Azure Wolf Banner is an Ancient Artifact made from refined Divine Authorities.
• Su Yi and the Shadow King make contact for the first time in this account. The King presents himself as a potential ally, while Su Yi listens without yet committing.

Significant themes

• Reality and uncertainty: The Players question whether their experiences are a game or part of a real universe, and whether the distinction matters.
• Changing fate: The Wall Watchers’ early attack shows that Su Yi’s interventions are disrupting the established timeline.
• Power and alliance: Extending Su Yi’s influence requires both rare artifacts and powerful allies, while knowledge itself becomes a tool for building cooperation.
• Deception and shifting loyalties: Su Yi intends to appear aligned with the enemy to weaken the Wall Watchers, making the coming conflict as much a matter of strategy and perception as open combat.