Chapter Summaries

Plot points and events

• Phantom Immortal Technology completes its move from Rongcheng to Gold Island. Wang Sheng reassures Secretary Li that the company will keep cooperating with Rongcheng, including through future industrial projects, university partnerships, and improved transport links.
• Gold Island has rapidly expanded to accommodate the company’s new headquarters. More than ten thousand employees arrive, impressed by the island’s elegant classical architecture and pleasant environment.
• At the new headquarters, Shen Bing tells senior staff that the company’s mission has grown beyond Earth: it must help humanity establish a foothold in the universe and avoid the fate of civilizations destroyed by stronger powers.
• Wang Sheng outlines two immediate priorities: establish branches and production bases on the other continents, and create at least twenty fast transport links between major cities. Phantom Immortal Logistics is renamed Phantom Immortal Transport.
• Shen Bing rejects conventional air and flying-car routes, revealing that the company has secretly developed Quantum Transmission. The technology, already used to move objects through the game Firmament, can now transport living beings and has passed human trials. He orders teleportation facilities planned and built at once.

Character developments and interactions

• Wang Sheng handles the move diplomatically, preserving a warm relationship with Secretary Li while making clear that Gold Island is the company’s future headquarters. He also enjoys watching the other executives react to revelations he already knows.
• Secretary Li shifts from regret over the company’s departure to optimism about continued cooperation and Rongcheng’s future connection to Gold Island.
• Shen Bing asserts a larger, more ambitious vision for the company, emphasizing humanity’s vulnerability and its responsibility to prepare for threats beyond Earth.
• Liu Boyan, expecting to oversee ordinary transport routes, is stunned by the revelation of Quantum Transmission and the scale of the task now assigned to him. The other executives are similarly shocked.

Significant themes

• Ambition and expansion: The company’s growth moves from a national business to a force with global and cosmic ambitions.
• Humanity’s vulnerability: Shen Bing warns that even powerful civilizations can be destroyed, making preparation for the wider universe essential.
• Technology as transformation: Quantum Transmission could reshape global travel and logistics, far exceeding conventional transport.
• Continuity amid change: Although the headquarters moves, the company intends to maintain its ties to Rongcheng and its operations elsewhere.

Key events

• Chen Bing confirms that deep inside Jupiter lies an immense deposit of metallic hydrogen, discovered while deploying signal relays. The missing A2 fighter aircraft remain unfound, but are temporarily deprioritized.
• Hope begins mining at once using 200 Special-Purpose Robots and newly built, pressure-resistant transport spacecraft made with adamantium alloy. The first shipment is expected to reach the approaching Auspicious Cloud, then be returned to Earth.
• The metallic hydrogen is urgently needed to make Energy-Absorbing Modules cheaper and easier to mass-produce ahead of humanity’s coming conflict with the Azure Empire.
• Far away, Master Qiao’s team completes an underground facility on Satellite Three and identifies a large asteroid belt. To avoid drawing the Azure Empire’s attention, Qiao rejects the largest asteroids in favor of a more discreet body roughly 500–600 kilometers across.
• With the outpost and short-range Quantum Transmission equipment ready, Qiao orders the team to depart immediately and establish a base in the belt.

Character developments and interactions

• Chen Bing moves decisively from discovery to action, setting aside the missing aircraft to prioritize a resource with immediate strategic value.
• Master Qiao demonstrates careful, security-minded planning. He explains the risks of choosing a conspicuous asteroid, while Thorne initially favors the largest option and then accepts Qiao’s reasoning and timetable.
• Thorne and Bernie rely on Qiao’s expertise; both recognize the data but cannot interpret its significance themselves.

Significant themes

• Resource acquisition as strategy: Metallic hydrogen could make essential technology viable at mass-production scale.
• Pragmatism under pressure: Both teams prioritize urgent, useful objectives over secondary concerns.
• Secrecy and preparation: Qiao’s choice of a less conspicuous asteroid reflects the need to build safely before the Azure Empire discovers the outpost.
• Technological ambition: Mining, advanced transport, and Quantum Transmission enable humanity to operate across immense distances.

Key plot points and events

• The A3 Fighter Aircraft leaves Satellite Three and crosses the dangerous Asteroid Belt in search of a secure base site.
• Master Qiao selects and lands on a roughly 500-kilometer asteroid. Though split by a deep fissure, it rotates steadily. He excavates a vast interior chamber and prepares to turn it into a human-habitable base equipped for manufacturing, repairs, weapons, and a long-range Quantum Transmission Device.
• The chapter explains that the device’s most advanced components are beyond Phantom Immortal Technology’s ordinary capabilities, but Master Qiao’s extraordinary craftsmanship makes their production possible.
• In Hua City, former U.S. President Mr. Kra welcomes Liu Boyan, a senior executive from Phantom Immortal Transport Company. Liu proposes using quantum teleportation to establish a new transportation network that could reshape global travel.
• Liu says the company plans twenty transmission ports worldwide, each handling over ten million passengers daily. Kra enthusiastically supports the project but is astonished by its proposed scale.

Character developments

• Master Qiao shows confidence and immense technical ability: he calmly addresses the asteroid’s dangers, identifies a suitable site, and excavates a huge space with ease.
• Bernie voices practical concern about the risk of asteroid impacts but accepts Master Qiao’s explanation.
• Liu Boyan is brisk and business-focused, prioritizing negotiations over ceremony because of his packed schedule.
• Mr. Kra is eager to secure Phantom Immortal Technology’s investment and becomes increasingly excited as he learns what the project could bring.

Character interactions

• Bernie questions Master Qiao’s choice of a base in the hazardous belt; Qiao explains the need to find a low-risk asteroid and equip it with defenses.
• Kra gives Liu an enthusiastic welcome and offers the city’s support. Liu politely declines a tour and quickly moves the meeting to business.
• Liu outlines the project’s economic rationale: faster travel would help people make better use of their limited time outside the game Firmament.

Significant themes

• Risk and adaptation: The asteroid belt is chaotic and hostile, yet careful selection and engineering can make it usable.
• Technology and extraordinary capability: Advanced tools depend not only on established industry but also on Master Qiao’s near-impossible precision.
• Global transformation through innovation: Quantum teleportation promises to overcome the limits of conventional transport and reorganize travel and commerce.
• Power and dependence: Local governments eagerly cooperate because access to Phantom Immortal Technology could bring enormous benefits.

Summary

Key plot points and events

• Hua City’s Grand Elder Kra learns that Phantom Immortal Technology’s Quantum Transmission Devices can handle far more than ten million passengers a day. He sees the prospect as a major economic opportunity, though he recognizes that the city will need a way to move travelers onward.
• Liu Boyan introduces the Wind God Type 2 Heavy Transport Plane: an airport-independent passenger aircraft that carries 1,000 people and can exceed Mach 3. Kra urgently orders 300, but Liu directs him to the aircraft manufacturer. He assures Kra that production is expanding and some planes are already in stock.
• Liu’s team spends five days selecting twenty cities across six continents for Quantum Transmission Ports. With China receiving three ports and most other countries no more than two, the planned network—combined with the new aircraft—is intended to put every destination on Earth within an hour’s travel.
• News of quantum teleportation spreads worldwide, provoking excitement and disbelief. While governments and the public welcome the technology, researchers struggle to understand how it could transport people, including their memories. Many conclude that Phantom Immortal Technology has moved so far ahead that other institutions can only follow.
• The Earth Federation’s military cordons off a site outside Rongcheng, where Phantom Immortal Technology begins constructing the first publicly announced Quantum Transmission Node. The city says the cordon is for construction safety, not secrecy. The node is expected to be finished in ten days. A separate site near Shashi is progressing even faster.

Character developments and interactions

• Grand Elder Kra shifts quickly from amazement to practical planning. He calculates how quantum travel could boost Hua City’s economy, then anxiously orders aircraft to prevent a flood of visitors from overwhelming local transport.
• Liu Boyan presents the new plane and explains its capabilities, but makes clear that he cannot authorize aircraft orders himself. His calm, modest manner contrasts with Kra’s urgency.
• Phantom Immortal Technology emerges as the apparent leader of humanity’s technological future. The scale of its advances changes how other institutions and the public view its role, including support for its permanent seat on the Earth Federation’s Elders’ Council.

Significant themes

• Technology reshapes society: Instant global travel promises to transform tourism, commerce, transportation, and urban economies.
• Progress and uncertainty: Quantum transmission is welcomed for its benefits, yet its workings challenge established scientific understanding.
• Dependence on technological leaders: Other research institutions feel increasingly unable to keep pace, while governments and cities depend on Phantom Immortal Technology’s innovations.
• Opportunity requires preparation: Hua City’s potential boom also brings a risk of congestion, showing that infrastructure must grow alongside new technology.

Plot and events

• Phantom Immortal Technology secretly builds an underground Quantum Teleportation Device near Shashi. Its vast chamber contains ninety-nine glowing monoliths and concealed precision machinery; secrecy matters because the device connects to the distant Azure Empire.
• In Rongcheng, enormous anti-gravity-lifted metal sections assemble into a platform covering roughly a square kilometer. Construction is astonishingly fast, and the first monolith goes up within a day. The public is fascinated by the device but nervous about being disassembled and reassembled during teleportation.
• The device’s spectacle overshadows the release of the Phantom Spirit II, a ¥20,000 wearable that uses holographic imaging and consciousness-link technology. It can connect to the company’s computing and communications systems and let users control characters in the game Firmament.
• At the company’s Gold Island headquarters, Wang Sheng reports that production facilities can now make up to three million Phantom Spirit II units daily. He also proposes using newly capable outside firms for components and services.

Character developments and interactions

• Shen Bing remains relaxed and unconcerned with appearances, even using an old, inexpensive phone despite the company’s advanced products.
• Pregnant Yun Xue has been told to rest by Shen Bing’s mother and spends her time relaxing with him.
• Wang Sheng briefs Shen Bing on production and business strategy. Shen Bing agrees that other companies should supply components and run some services, with Phantom Immortal Technology providing technical support. He delegates the decisions to Wang Sheng.

Significant themes

• Secrecy and strategic risk: The teleportation link to the Azure Empire must remain hidden.
• Technological scale and spectacle: The company’s automation and engineering make seemingly impossible construction routine.
• Fear of the unknown: The public’s excitement about teleportation is tempered by anxiety over what the process means for personal identity and survival.
• Sharing economic opportunity: Shen Bing favors letting other companies handle lower-level manufacturing and services rather than monopolizing every part of the supply chain.

Plot and events

• Shen Bing trusts Wang Sheng to manage Firmament, confident that Wang Sheng’s loyalty, judgment, and wealth make personal corruption unlikely. Wang Sheng also values the opportunity to advance his evolution, especially after Shen Bing gives him a powerful Dragon-Tiger Pill.
• Shen Bing continues searching the vast Land of Primordial Chaos in Firmament for a Primordial Fiendgod, spending long stretches guiding his character himself because the area is too dangerous to leave to Little Nine. Yun Xue keeps him company.
• Shen’s father visits to request technicians for the Charity Company’s plan to turn the Taklamakan Desert into forest within six months. Shen directs him to Difu, who provided the project’s technical plan and equipment.
• Shen’s father warmly accepts Yun Xue calling him “Dad.” That prompts Shen Bing to insist that he and Yun Xue marry within a month, though she sees no need to hurry.
• Meanwhile, advanced technology spreads rapidly around the world, led by Phantom Immortal Technology. Smart homes and other new products become increasingly common, while people’s excitement about them distracts many from the lingering alien threat.
• At a military base near Shashi, a thousand elite soldiers prepare to use a Quantum Teleportation Array to reach Earth’s base in the Azure Empire. Commander Gao presents the mission as humanity’s new journey into another world.

Character developments and interactions

• Shen Bing shows trust in Wang Sheng, but his own search in the game is wearing on him. His eagerness to marry Yun Xue also becomes clear.
• Wang Sheng is portrayed as dependable and ambitious about evolution rather than money.
• Yun Xue supports Shen Bing during his long search and grows closer to his family by addressing Shen’s father as “Dad.”
• Shen’s father is proud of his son’s work ethic, teases him for seeming idle, and warmly welcomes Yun Xue as family.
• Commander Gao and the soldiers embody the military’s determination to confront the wider threat, approaching teleportation with excitement and a sense of historic responsibility.

Significant themes

• Trust and loyalty: Shen Bing delegates authority because Wang Sheng has earned his confidence.
• Technology and social change: New innovations rapidly reshape daily life, though they bring costs and may distract people from danger.
• Progress through risk: The soldiers’ mission marks humanity’s expansion beyond Earth.
• Personal life amid major change: Shen Bing’s search and work continue alongside his growing commitment to Yun Xue.

Key plot points and events

• Commander Gao tests the Quantum Teleportation Array using death-row prisoners. The first prisoner vanishes and reappears unharmed, reporting that he was briefly transported to a room at the other end. After further tests confirm the device is stable, the thousand-strong expeditionary force teleports from Earth to a hidden base in the Corgi System.
• The soldiers arrive at an enormous facility built inside an asteroid. They meet Thorne, Bernie, and Master Qiao’s team, whose earlier journey established the base behind Azure Empire lines.
• Thorne explains that the base can produce robots, and that production lines for A3 fighter aircraft and protective suits are being set up. The suits can sustain their wearers for a month even in hostile environments or outer space.
• Commander Gao asks how the three initially survived without suits. Thorne replies, “We’re different,” leaving Gao to infer that they possess abilities beyond ordinary humans.
• The plan is to begin with acclimatization battles, then operate independently once the soldiers understand Azurean tactics. With only two A3 aircraft available, combat teams will initially be limited; more aircraft are expected within three days. Gao orders soldiers to form trusted five-person teams.

Character developments and interactions

• Commander Gao moves from anxious observer to confident leader after the teleportation test succeeds. He admires the advance team but accepts Thorne’s limited explanations about Phantom Immortal Technology.
• Thorne is modest about the trio’s achievements, crediting Master Qiao, and presents the military plan in practical terms.
• Bernie jokes about being bored while the soldiers assemble, but quiets when Thorne rebukes him.
• The soldiers regard the advance team as heroes and are awed by the hidden base and its technology.
• Gao’s order emphasizes the need for mutual trust: the coming missions will be deadly combat, not training exercises.

Significant themes

• Technological transformation: Teleportation, automated production, advanced aircraft, and flexible protective suits make an unprecedented expedition possible.
• Courage and sacrifice: The advance team’s dangerous mission earns the soldiers’ respect and establishes a foothold behind enemy lines.
• Teamwork and trust: Survival depends not only on superior equipment but on reliable partners and disciplined cooperation.
• Humanity’s limits and “difference”: Thorne’s evasive answer hints that the advance team has become more than ordinary human, underscoring the mystery surrounding Phantom Immortal Technology.

Plot points and events

• Once a celebrated technology entrepreneur, Mr. Mars has lost ground to Phantom Immortal Technology. Its flying “Skyflying” cars outclassed Tesla, and their capabilities made SpaceX’s lunar ambitions seem obsolete. He has shifted SpaceX away from space technology, though he still dreams of reaching Mars himself.
• Mr. Mars learns through Phantom Immortal Technology’s website that its first lunar migration program is open for applications. The first round offers 10,000 places; each migrating unit receives a 189-square-meter mezzanine suite and must pay 50 million yuan. The fee will fund the Moon’s development.
• An Earth–Moon passenger route will also open, with one-way tickets costing 20,000 yuan. Mr. Mars immediately applies for migration, but worries that wealth alone may not secure him a place.
• The route is announced to carry 100,000 passengers per day, with capacity expected to grow. The response does little to ease public concern about limited tickets. Quantum transmission between Earth and the Moon is also planned, though the passage notes that many travelers may still prefer the experience of a conventional journey.

Character development and interactions

• Mr. Mars moves from public confidence to professional defeat, then redirects his ambition: instead of helping humanity migrate to Mars, he now hopes to migrate there himself. His certainty about Phantom Immortal Technology’s abilities comes from having bought and flown one of its spacecraft in lunar orbit.
• Although he is accustomed to using money and influence to get what he wants, he recognizes that neither may help him secure a migration place. He asks his secretary to submit his application, then waits anxiously.
• The chapter contrasts wealthy applicants, who see the migration community as a source of business opportunities, with ordinary people, who focus on whether they can get affordable Earth–Moon tickets. Phantom Immortal Technology addresses the public’s capacity concerns through its website.

Significant themes

• Disruption and adaptation: Phantom Immortal Technology overturns established industries, forcing competitors such as Mr. Mars to retreat or change course.
• Access and inequality: The 50-million-yuan fee makes lunar settlement accessible mainly to the wealthy, while ordinary people depend on limited passenger capacity.
• Ambition and status: Mr. Mars’s grand technological dream contracts into a personal one, while the Moon becomes both a destination and a potential center of wealth and influence.
• Technology and experience: Even when a faster, more convenient option such as quantum transmission exists, people may still value the experience of traveling by route or vessel.

Chapter Summary

• The moon becomes part of the Earth Federation. Less than half an hour after Phantom Immortal Technology announces lunar migration, the Federation incorporates the moon into its territory and establishes the Lunar Administrative District. Secretary Jiang is appointed its first chief, a post that brings him a seat on the Federation’s Elders’ Council. Though his wife worries about his age and the moon’s harsh conditions, Jiang reassures her that he will live in an area already transformed by Phantom Immortal Technology and that quantum teleportation will make travel back to Earth easy. He keeps the Azure Empire’s existence—and the Federation’s expedition there—secret.
• A mission to Coral Star tests Earth’s technology and the Azureans’ abilities. Shen Bing and the Federation’s Chief Grand Elders watch a live feed of Thorne and five soldiers conducting a probing operation. Their first question is whether the Azureans can detect the invisible A3 fighter. The craft uses a new Quantum Resonance Search Device to locate unfamiliar life, and its crew follows a signal indicating three moving targets.
• The team spots three Azureans. A telescope reveals three green-and-white beings carrying weapons: a shield, a saber-like blade, and a wooden stick. The soldiers jokingly compare them to a fantasy-game party—a warrior, berserker, and mage—and speculate that the one with the stick is the mage. Thorne nevertheless decides to approach first himself, despite the soldiers’ offer to go down and test the opponents.
• Thorne makes contact. He jumps from the aircraft and lands near the Azureans. They had not noticed the invisible craft, but react immediately to his landing. As they shout in an unfamiliar language, Thorne closes in. The Azurean with the wooden stick swings it in a strange arc, sending it flying directly at Thorne’s head. The soldiers’ “mage” joke ends in surprise when the supposed spellcaster attacks with what looks like a staff.

Character Developments and Interactions

• Secretary Jiang accepts his appointment confidently, viewing it as a sign of trust and an important responsibility for Huaxia, while his wife voices the personal cost of his move. Their exchange shows his willingness to reassure her without revealing classified information.
• Shen Bing is shown observing the operation rather than directing it, weighing the limits of Earth’s technology and emphasizing the need for real-world testing.
• Thorne remains composed and decisive, patiently explaining technical concepts to the soldiers before taking the risk of first contact himself.
• Yao Jun and the other soldiers are nervous but curious and joke among themselves to ease the tension. Their banter contrasts with Thorne’s seriousness, though they respect his authority.

Significant Themes

• Adaptation and rapid change: Humanity has quickly come to accept lunar travel because Phantom Immortal Technology repeatedly turns once-impossible plans into reality.
• Secrecy and responsibility: Jiang withholds information about the Azure Empire to avoid public panic, while Federation leaders closely monitor the dangerous expedition.
• Technology versus uncertainty: Invisibility and advanced sensors offer advantages, but only field tests can reveal what the Azureans can detect or do.
• Tension eased by humor: The soldiers’ jokes provide levity amid a potentially lethal encounter, while the final attack punctures their fantasy-game assumptions.

Key plot points and events

• Thorne fights three Azureans and quickly defeats them through superior speed and skill. He kills the staff-wielder, knocks out the shield-bearer and the swordsman, and preserves two captives for interrogation.
• His team retrieves the captives, the dead Azurean, and their weapons using an A3 aircraft, which the enemy cannot detect.
• In a virtual conference, Shen Bing and world leaders assess the encounter. They conclude the Azureans are dangerous but not invincible: the staff-wielder appears roughly equivalent to a peak second-tier soldier, while the other two are weaker.
• The leaders identify the aircraft’s successful biological invisibility as a major strategic advantage, but Shen warns against underestimating the Azureans, whose legions can combine their energy and may be far more formidable than isolated fighters.
• Shen reveals that his company can read consciousness, potentially extracting intelligence and language knowledge from the captives. He also explains that brain implants could transfer language skills, though using them to bypass children’s learning would harm development.
• A second probe, led by Bernie, tests the Azureans against Earth soldiers. The squad grows more capable with experience, eventually allowing individual soldiers to fight Green-and-White-Skinned Azureans one-on-one.

Character developments and interactions

• Thorne demonstrates calm judgment and tactical adaptability, avoiding dangerous direct clashes and exploiting the Azureans’ slower movement. His exchange with Yao Jun also establishes that Thorne takes the threat seriously.
• Shen Bing balances confidence with caution. He clarifies the limits of Thorne’s strength and redirects the leaders’ hopes for mass empowerment, while outlining the value of the captured Azureans and consciousness-reading technology.
• The Grand Elders and other leaders move from anxiety toward cautious optimism after seeing the battle and learning that invisibility works. Their excitement about using brain chips for education is quickly tempered by Shen’s warning.
• Bernie and his soldiers gain confidence and combat skill through repeated engagements, showing that Earth’s troops can adapt rather than merely survive.

Significant themes

• Caution versus overconfidence: A quick victory over a small group does not reveal the full strength of the Azure Empire.
• Technology as strategic leverage: Invisibility and consciousness-reading may provide advantages beyond raw combat power.
• Learning through experience: Bernie’s squad improves through combat, while Shen argues that genuine learning cannot simply be replaced by implanted knowledge.
• Preparation through intelligence: Capturing enemies alive is intended chiefly to understand their society, language, and military capabilities.

Key plot points and events

• On Coral Star, Earth’s technologically enhanced fighters outperform the Azureans through superior speed and raw physical potential, despite lacking combat technique. In one day, Bernie’s team kills more than seventy enemies, while Thorne’s kills nearly fifty. Thorne also delivers two captured Azureans to the Main Base.
• Shen Bing studies the prisoners’ language and memories. He learns that the Azure Empire is ruled by the Azure Emperor and has a seven-tier cultivation system, from Novice Cultivator to Golden Emperor. Thorne may rival a Bronze General, and Li Xiao may approach a Silver Commander, though these comparisons are uncertain.
• The Azure Empire’s greatest strength is not its individual warriors but its military formations, which combine soldiers’ power. The Azure Emperor can reportedly use such a formation to tear through space and travel between stars. Only one Silver Commander remains on Coral Star, but the empire’s wider capabilities make it dangerous.
• Shen Bing orders Thorne to capture a lone Bronze General if possible, but to avoid one leading a large force. Since the prisoners know of no counter to Biological Invisibility Technology, Earth can deploy A3 fighter aircraft widely.
• A week brings major changes on Earth: the Auspicious Cloud returns from Jupiter with dozens of tons of metallic hydrogen, demonstrating humanity’s ability to harvest extraterrestrial resources. Phantom Immortal Technology also announces the first official lunar migration, marking a milestone in interstellar colonization.
• In the Immortal Realm Gate, Shen Bing’s character is killed by a Primordial Fiendgod. The death reveals that he has reached the Land of Primordial Chaos’s core region—and, more importantly, found a creature he can capture to complete his quest for Celestial Venerable Taiyi.

Character developments and interactions

• Shen Bing becomes more cautious about the Azure Empire after learning that its military formations can magnify collective power. He weighs a strike against the Azure Emperor but recognizes that he lacks the intelligence to attempt one. His orders to Thorne reflect a measured approach: pursue valuable intelligence, but avoid overwhelming forces.
• Thorne and Bernie prove highly effective in the field, while Thorne also carries out the practical task of transporting prisoners for interrogation.
• The captured Azureans indirectly shape Earth’s strategy by providing basic intelligence, though their low rank leaves major gaps in what Shen Bing knows.
• Shen Bing’s Immortal Realm Gate character treats death as a fortunate discovery rather than a setback, because it reveals the location of a Primordial Fiendgod and a path toward completing his quest.

Significant themes

• Technology versus cultivation: Earth’s technology rapidly boosts human strength and gives it advantages the Azureans lack, even as humanity remains inexperienced in using that power.
• Individual strength versus collective force: Earth excels in fast, powerful fighters, while the Azure Empire’s formations turn organized armies into a much greater threat.
• Expansion and changing value: Lunar migration and the return of space-mined resources signal a new era in which Earth’s limits—and the economic value of familiar resources—are changing.
• Risk, intelligence, and opportunity: Shen Bing balances ambitious plans against incomplete knowledge, while even an apparent defeat in the Immortal Realm becomes a valuable opportunity.

Key plot points and events

• Shen Bing repeatedly teleports into the Land of Primordial Chaos to capture a Primordial Godfiend, but the creature instantly kills him with an arrow each time—even when he appears above it.
• Unable to cast the Soul-Shocking Spell before being struck, Shen Bing considers using Erlang Shen’s Luotian Jade Pendant. He hesitates because it may be destroyed, and he hopes to preserve it for later analysis into advanced defensive technology.
• Shen Bing visits Celestial Venerable Taiyi for help. Taiyi explains that Primordial Godfiends’ chaos-infused attacks defeat ordinary defenses; only a handful of supreme treasures offer complete protection.
• Shen Bing clarifies that he needs only to survive one attack. Taiyi has a suitable treasure but worries that lending it will cost him both the item and some of the credit for restoring the Six Paths of Reincarnation.
• Shen Bing threatens to delay the mission, forcing Taiyi to negotiate. Taiyi offers compensation and reveals that anyone who plays a decisive role in restoring the Six Paths may request one treasure from any god in the Immortal Realm.
• Shen Bing immediately asks whether the Three Pure Dao Ancestors are included.

Character developments and interactions

• Shen Bing remains determined but becomes more strategic: unable to win through speed, he seeks a defense and uses Taiyi’s urgency as leverage. His focus on rewards and treasures also shows his growing pragmatism—and opportunism.
• Celestial Venerable Taiyi is anxious to restore the Six Paths but reluctant to sacrifice a valuable treasure or share the merit. He ultimately gives ground because Shen Bing is uniquely capable of entering the chaos region.
• Their conversation shifts from a request for help into a tense, somewhat comic bargaining session, with Shen Bing bluntly countering Taiyi’s attempts to appeal to duty.

Significant themes

• Power and preparation: Shen Bing’s repeated deaths emphasize the gap between his abilities and the Primordial Godfiend’s speed and strength.
• Merit, responsibility, and self-interest: Both men weigh the cosmic importance of the mission against personal credit and material cost.
• Negotiation and leverage: Shen Bing’s willingness to postpone the task gives him bargaining power, while Taiyi’s dependence on him limits his options.
• Technology and treasure: Shen Bing sees immortal artifacts not only as tools but also as potential sources of technology for his larger ambitions.

Plot points and events

• Shen Bing learns that the Three Pure Dao Ancestors’ possessions are excluded from the possible quest rewards because they stand beyond reincarnation and karmic retribution.
• He negotiates with Celestial Venerable Taiyi: Taiyi will provide a protective treasure and later let Shen Bing choose a reward from his own treasury. Shen Bing also trades promised merit compensation for a set of Intermediate Grade cultivation manuals.
• Taiyi gives Shen Bing a Golden Jade Talisman, a Quest Item capable of withstanding a peak Great Golden Immortal’s strongest strike.
• Shen Bing teleports directly above the nearby Primordial Fiendgod, uses the Soul-Shocking Spell, and discovers the unconscious being can be picked up as a Quest Item. He promptly takes it, completing the capture.
• Shen Bing returns to Taiyi’s residence in under a minute and announces that the Fiendgod is secured. Taiyi is stunned and suspects Shen Bing had captured one beforehand; Shen Bing denies it, claiming he simply travels unusually quickly.

Character developments

• Shen Bing is practical, opportunistic, and quick to exploit the system. He negotiates firmly, takes a calculated risk during the capture, and prioritizes useful rewards—especially items he might analyze for advanced technology.
• Celestial Venerable Taiyi shifts from confident benefactor to embarrassed and suspicious host. He realizes he has made a poor bargain but restrains his anger, reminding himself that the mission’s larger purpose is to restore the six paths of reincarnation.

Significant themes

• Bargaining and self-interest: Both characters assess the value of rewards and compensation, and Shen Bing carefully turns Taiyi’s offer to his advantage.
• The system’s absurd classifications: The game-like interface labels a living Primordial Fiendgod a “Quest Item,” echoing earlier cases where people were classified as pets.
• Power and perception: Shen Bing’s astonishing speed makes Taiyi question whether he has been deceived, while Shen Bing’s casual explanation only deepens the humor.

Character interactions

• Shen Bing and Taiyi negotiate the terms of cooperation, with Shen Bing insisting on a protective treasure, a later choice from Taiyi’s treasury, and cultivation manuals instead of merit.
• During the capture, Shen Bing relies on Taiyi’s talisman to survive the Fiendgod’s attack long enough to use his skill and seize it.
• On returning, Shen Bing and Taiyi trade accusations and denials: Taiyi doubts the capture was achieved so quickly, while Shen Bing rebukes him for assuming bad faith. Taiyi privately recognizes that his own assumptions—and deal—have left him looking foolish.

Plot points and events

• Shen Bing fulfills his part of an agreement by bringing a captured Primordial Fiendgod to Celestial Venerable Taiyi’s palace. Taiyi’s palace array immobilizes the enormous creature.
• Taiyi says Shen Bing will receive his reward only after the six paths of reincarnation have been restarted. The process will take an uncertain amount of time, leaving Shen Bing frustrated but with little recourse.
• Back on Gold Island, Shen Bing surveys its expanding operations: advanced transport, a large influx of research applicants, and thousands of daily visitors seeking business.
• A staff member reports that renowned quantum physicist Brown has joined the company. Shen Bing considers how to make the best use of exceptional researchers, including by giving them an Aperture-Opening Pill.
• The spacecraft Auspicious Cloud returns from Jupiter carrying metallic hydrogen. Its arrival enables humanity’s expeditionary force to begin large-scale operations.
• Shen Bing anticipates that the Azure Empire may discover Earth’s covert attacks. He resolves to fortify the Moon’s wormhole in case the empire retaliates.

Character developments and interactions

• Shen Bing remains confident and pragmatic: he accepts Taiyi’s delayed payment despite his annoyance, then turns his attention to research, expansion, and Earth’s security.
• Celestial Venerable Taiyi calmly enforces the agreement and takes responsibility for the Fiendgod, relying on the defenses of his own palace.
• The island staff member enthusiastically briefs Shen Bing and praises his scientific stature, highlighting the company’s growing prestige.
• Brown’s recruitment signals Shen Bing’s increasing interest in pairing exceptional human talent with the company’s advanced resources.

Significant themes

• Agreements and delayed rewards: Shen Bing’s completed capture does not guarantee immediate payment; the larger mission remains unfinished.
• Scientific progress and human talent: Technology alone is not enough—Phantom Immortal Technology needs researchers with ability, inspiration, and interest.
• Expansion and responsibility: Earth’s growing technological reach brings both opportunity and the danger of conflict with a more powerful civilization.
• Preparedness amid uncertainty: Shen Bing plans defenses without knowing whether the Azure Empire will identify Earth as the attacker.

Key plot points and events

• The first group of lunar immigrants—more than 20,000 people from 10,000 wealthy families—boards a large spaceship on Gold Island as media broadcast the historic journey.
• In under an hour, the ship reaches the Moon’s Lunar No. 1 Settlement. Passengers see a developed city with transplanted greenery, housing, and extensive farmland and livestock zones.
• The settlement is illuminated by a vast array of mirrors, part of the Sky Sun Project. Visitors are also astonished to discover that gravity feels the same as on Earth.
• After landing, the immigrants are given two hours to explore. Their homes will then be assigned by lottery, surprising the wealthy buyers and property developers, who are unused to being on the other side of such a system.

Character developments and interactions

• The immigrants move from eager anticipation to wonder as they encounter the settlement’s cityscape, artificial lighting, and Earth-like gravity.
• A few technically minded passengers test the Moon’s conditions by running and jumping, while others speculate about the glowing disc in the sky.
• A passenger asks how homes will be chosen; a company staff member calmly explains the lottery. The buyers’ surprise and mixed feelings are noted, but they accept that they cannot dictate the process.

Significant themes

• Technological progress: Lunar travel, ecological development, mirror-based lighting, and artificial gravity mark a dramatic leap in human capability.
• A new stage in human history: The immigrants’ arrival establishes the Moon as a place for permanent human settlement.
• Fairness and power: Even wealthy, influential people must accept a lottery as an impartial way to distribute scarce homes, especially when dealing with a company too powerful to pressure.

Key plot points and events

• A shipment of metallic hydrogen reaches humanity’s Nail base via quantum transmission. Nail’s factories forge custom cold weapons based on Firmament combat designs, while new A3 fighters enter service. The weapons and tactics are intended both to train experienced troops and to disguise humanity’s technological identity; stun guns remain a reserve advantage.
• Thorne tells Shen Bing that a captured Azure Empire Brass Veteran revealed how the empire conquered the Corgi Empire: the Azure Emperor can open spatial rifts only at unstable spatial nodes, and did so near the Corgi capital. The ability has limits, and the rifts last only briefly, though the veteran did not know the recovery time.
• The Azure–Corgi wormhole is located on the seabed of a planet in the Corgi system, nearly a light-year from Coral Star. Shen worries similar unstable nodes might let the Azure Empire attack Earth, and orders continued harassment and the capture of higher-ranking prisoners for intelligence.
• Over three days, human A3 fighters conduct more than ten thousand sorties and kill over fifty thousand Azure soldiers on Coral Star. Because all the Azureans there are military personnel, their sudden losses cannot go unnoticed.
• The chapter shifts to General Dead Spirit, the highest-ranking Azure officer on Coral Star. He recounts the empire’s failed attempts to probe through the wormhole: the first force was destroyed, and a later one vanished entirely. He assumes Earth’s defenses rely on a powerful weapon and plans a better-prepared infiltration to obtain Earth’s coordinates, which could let the Azure Emperor locate another route in. The Azure Empire also continues exploring Coral Star for territory and resources.

Character developments and interactions

• Shen Bing responds to Thorne’s intelligence with concern about the danger of spatial incursions, then adopts Thorne’s strategy: stay concealed, harass the enemy, and gather better intelligence by capturing important officers.
• Thorne demonstrates his value as an intelligence source and strategist. He reassures Shen that the Azure Empire can be worn down if humanity remains hidden.
• Dead Spirit emerges as a cautious but determined adversary. Although he underestimates Earth’s true strength, he recognizes the failed probes as a serious obstacle and focuses on getting someone through alive.

Significant themes

• Secrecy and misdirection: Humanity deliberately favors cold weapons to avoid revealing its technological identity.
• Intelligence and uncertainty: Both sides make plans based on incomplete information, and captured prisoners can shift the balance.
• Asymmetric warfare: Human forces rely on concealment, repeated strikes, and attrition against a stronger empire.
• Escalating conflict: Humanity’s attacks and the Azure Empire’s preparations point toward a broader confrontation.

Key plot points and events

• After occupying Coral Star, the Azure Empire sends out large resource-search and anti-resistance teams. When more than 10,000 Azure Warriors go missing, commander Dead Spirit concludes that a hidden enemy is operating on the planet.
• Suspecting surviving Corgians, Dead Spirit orders Azure Warriors to travel in groups of at least fifty, making them harder to ambush and better able to call for help.
• Earth’s much smaller expeditionary squads respond under Commander Gao by using swarm tactics. A3 fighter aircraft rendezvous to surround Azure squads, strike, then scatter and regroup against new targets. Stealth lets them destroy nearly thirty Azure squads in half a day.
• Meanwhile, Earth undergoes rapid social change. Firmament game pods and in-game rewards help people strengthen their real bodies, while Intelligent Robots take over more routine work.
• Phantom Immortal Technology continues expanding robot production for use beyond Earth, particularly on Avalon Planet, where robots are needed for development. Avalon is also prioritizing climate-control equipment.
• Master Qiao returns from the Corgi Star System to supervise construction of a Quantum Teleportation Device on Avalon, which would connect the planet freely with Earth. The chapter ends by hinting that another development is about to draw public attention.

Character developments and interactions

• Dead Spirit shifts from excitement over discovering resources to concern about unexplained losses, then tries to adapt by tightening Azure unit formations.
• Commander Gao demonstrates strategic flexibility, coordinating Earth’s scattered squads into a fast-moving, concealed force that repeatedly concentrates its strength against isolated targets.
• Earth’s soldiers avoid direct attacks once the Azureans assemble in larger groups, relying instead on coordination, aircraft speed, and stealth.
• Phantom Immortal Technology continues shaping events behind the scenes: it supports the Earth Federation’s security forces, distributes technologies that change daily life, and advances expansion to Avalon. Master Qiao takes personal responsibility for the teleportation project there.

Significant themes

• Adaptation and countermeasures: Both sides change tactics in response to new threats, but Earth gains an advantage through mobility, concealment, and coordination.
• Technology and cultivation: The Azure Empire’s cultivation-based society still depends heavily on material resources, while Earth combines technology, training, and game-derived enhancements.
• Rapid social transformation: Game pods, physical enhancement, and robots reshape work, wealth, and the balance of power.
• Expansion and interplanetary connection: Earth’s growing reach makes off-world infrastructure—especially Avalon’s climate control and teleportation link—increasingly important.

Plot points and events

• Liu Lin, a Huaxia doctoral student at Oxford, reaches Gold Island for an interview with Phantom Immortal Technology. He sees the island’s wonders but stays focused on the chance to make it his future workplace.
• A mysterious announcement promises a historic spectacle. Gold Island begins to move, alarming visitors who fear it may be sinking. As the surrounding sea appears to fall, they realize the island is rising—and then confirm that the enormous, city-sized island has taken flight.
• The event is broadcast worldwide. Phantom Immortal Technology explains that the airborne island will improve connections between Earth and the Moon, support future links to Mars, and provide more room for development and experiments.
• Meanwhile, Shen Bing plays chess with his father in the island’s central garden. His father has stopped working at the Immortal Fate Charity Fund because Shen Bing’s mother, staying home to care for pregnant Yun Xue, has grown jealous of the fund’s attractive female employees. Shen Bing understands the reason and lets his father save face.
• Their conversation turns to longevity and humanity’s future. Shen Bing says a thousand-year lifespan may be possible for some, though scarce resources would limit access. He outlines plans to develop the Moon, settle and transform Mars, and make Avalon Planet habitable.

Character developments and interactions

• Liu Lin is ambitious but disciplined: he treats his interview as more important than sightseeing, seeing it as the dividing line between being a visitor and building a future on Gold Island.
• Shen Bing is patient and perceptive with his father. He tolerates his father’s chess cheating and quietly discovers why he has stayed home, choosing not to embarrass him.
• Shen Bing’s father appears eager to avoid work and reluctant to explain himself, but his absence is motivated by a desire to reassure his jealous wife.
• Shen Bing and his father share an informal, teasing relationship that shifts into a serious discussion about longevity, space settlement, and humanity’s prospects.

Significant themes

• Technological awe and confidence: Gold Island’s flight demonstrates Phantom Immortal Technology’s extraordinary capabilities and reassures people about humanity’s future.
• Ambition and opportunity: Liu Lin’s interview represents the chance to join a future shaped by technological change.
• Family, trust, and tact: Shen Bing’s father stops working to ease his wife’s insecurity, while Shen Bing responds with quiet understanding.
• Expansion and resource limits: Plans for off-world settlement promise relief for Earth, but the discussion of longevity highlights that advanced benefits may not be available to everyone.

Plot points and events

• Shen Bing’s father questions whether rapid colonization will leave humanity unable to defend multiple planets and weaken human unity. Shen Bing argues that Earth’s defenses would not be significantly stretched and that Firmament’s influence would keep humanity united.
• Their game is interrupted when Doudou reports a breakthrough by Clarence’s research team. Studying a monster from Avalon Planet, the researchers found that injecting its high-tier dark matter into animals dramatically increased their size and strength: mice grew to three times their size, sparrows to five times.
• The team has not tested the substance on humans, as Shen Bing had required his approval for live-subject experiments. He orders Difu to find death-row prisoners for testing and asks to be informed of the results.
• On Coral Star, Azurean commander Dead Spirit is alarmed by the loss of more than 60,000 soldiers in about ten days. The attacks are becoming increasingly destructive, and no victims have managed to call for help.
• Dead Spirit and his officers infer that the attackers may be invisible. They review Corgi Empire records for clues and reorganize the million-strong Azurean force into widely separated camps, keeping patrols close to support and equipping the camps with countermeasures.
• The new deployment makes it much harder for Thorne, Sol, and their companions to attack without revealing themselves: nearby Azurean units can quickly respond, forcing the attackers to be far more cautious.

Character developments and interactions

• Shen Bing remains confident in humanity’s expansion, then shows keen scientific interest in the Avalon dark matter breakthrough. His order to use death-row prisoners reveals his willingness to authorize risky human testing, while still following the rule that he must approve it.
• Shen Bing’s father raises practical concerns about defense and unity but accepts Shen Bing’s reassurances and returns to their game.
• Dead Spirit shifts from dismissing the losses as minor skirmishes to treating the hidden attackers as a serious strategic threat. He works with senior officers to investigate and adapt.
• Thorne, Sol, and the others face a growing tactical challenge as the Azureans’ tighter formations reduce their ability to attack undetected.

Significant themes

• Expansion versus security: Humanity’s spread across planets raises questions about military protection and cohesion.
• Scientific progress and ethical risk: A powerful biological discovery quickly leads toward human experimentation.
• Adaptation in conflict: The Azureans respond to mounting losses with a coordinated strategy, threatening the attackers’ advantage.
• Secrecy and uncertainty: The hidden enemy’s apparent invisibility shapes both the Azureans’ decisions and the attackers’ need to conceal their capabilities.

Plot points and events

• Commander Gao launches an operation to exploit the Azureans’ scattered deployment, planning to use invisible A3 Fighter Aircraft and stun guns to eliminate their units.
• The first strike succeeds in wiping out an Azurean unit, but a powerful beam from a fortified city destroys one of the attacking aircraft. The remaining aircraft retreat.
• Gao’s forces realize the Azureans can detect and attack their supposedly invisible aircraft. Thorne suspects the Azureans’ new deployment is designed to support defenses around fortified cities equipped with anti-invisibility systems.
• Unmanned probes confirm that every city has one to three High Towers. The towers attack aircraft within ten kilometers, can lock onto targets, and are powerful enough to destroy A3s even when they maneuver evasively.
• Gao concludes the towers must be destroyed. The base can build a Charged Particle Cannon, but has no aircraft capable of carrying it; Master Qiao, who could modify the base, has returned to Earth. Thorne sends Shen Bing a report and waits for instructions.

Character developments and interactions

• Commander Gao remains confident in humanity’s technological advantage, but the aircraft’s destruction forces him to reassess the battlefield and seek a way to counter the towers.
• Thorne is more cautious than Gao. He interprets the Azureans’ deployment as a deliberate strategy and identifies the towers’ possible defensive role and range.
• Bernie dismisses the attack as luck, but Gao disregards his opinion and looks to Thorne for analysis.
• Gao and Thorne cooperate on probing the towers and considering how to destroy them. Thorne ultimately contacts Shen Bing rather than taking action independently.

Significant themes

• Technological advantage can be overturned: Invisibility and advanced aircraft initially seem decisive, but the Azureans reveal a countermeasure.
• The cost of overconfidence: Gao’s belief that the Azureans are easily defeated is shaken when they demonstrate a powerful, coordinated defense.
• Adaptation and uncertainty: Both sides respond to changing tactics, while the humans must gather evidence before revising their strategy.
• The limits of preparation: The humans identify the weapon they need but lack the aircraft and expertise to deploy it immediately.