Ch. 1557One Who Defies Fate

Lu Mingfei crossed another Nibelungen and found Naga performing a sacrifice to an Immortal God. When he refused to turn back, Naga condemned him, and the snakes gathered around them as a fight seemed imminent.

  • Lu Mingfei drove past a giant dragon in the river and found the Dead Servants on the Elevated Bridge had been killed with precise wounds.
  • Lu Mingfei used Blacksheepwall to map the Nibelungen, then crossed a forest and descended into a snake-filled canyon.
  • Lu Mingfei found Naga at an altar where a bonfire burned giant snake carcasses, and she explained that she was sacrificing to an Immortal God to break the cycle of cause and effect.
  • Naga urged Lu Mingfei to stop, but he said he had to continue.
  • Naga declared that those who defied fate could not be forgiven as the bonfire flared and the snakes raised their heads around Lu Mingfei.

Ch. 1558A Powerful Enemy Blocks the Way

Lu Mingfei confronted Naga at the altar, but she defeated him with a single blow. After waking at Aunt's house and realizing the events had reset, he returned to the altar and told Naga that the Dragon Emperor had awakened.

  • Naga used a ritual dance to turn the elements against Lu Mingfei, but he restrained them with the Spirit Word Noglues.
  • Lu Mingfei charged Naga, who struck him down with her bone staff.
  • Lu Mingfei woke at Aunt's house and discussed Naga's sudden increase in strength and her possible consumption of God's Blood with He Xiaomeng.
  • Lu Mingfei drove back through the forest and found the altar scene repeating as Naga waited by the bonfire.
  • Lu Mingfei told Naga that the Dragon Emperor had awakened, and she said she already knew.

Ch. 1559The Boat of Friendship Capsized

Lu Mingfei repeatedly failed to defeat Naga, who refused to let him pass and called him a tyrant. After He Xiaomeng explained how Naga’s Spirit Words and God’s Blood might give her overwhelming strength in human form, he told Lu Mingfei to summon Xia Mi and Fenrir for help.

  • Naga refused to let Lu Mingfei pass and challenged him to defeat her or become a sacrifice for the Immortal God.
  • Lu Mingfei repeatedly died fighting Naga, then reset and asked He Xiaomeng for help understanding her strength.
  • He Xiaomeng suggested Naga used the Spirit Word Bronze Throne and could wield dragon-body power while retaining her human form.
  • Lu Mingfei worried he would have to use his last chance to go all out before facing the final enemy.
  • He Xiaomeng revealed that Fenrir was his younger brother and suggested Lu Mingfei summon Fenrir and Xia Mi to help fight Naga.

Ch. 1560She's Cheating, Right?

Lu Mingfei met Xia Mi and Chu Zihang after they fought Dead Servants, then used He Xiaomeng's recorded presence to tell Xia Mi about the escalating dragon crisis. Xia Mi agreed to help Lu Mingfei deal with Naga, but grew uneasy when she learned how powerful Naga had become.

  • Lu Mingfei found Xia Mi and Chu Zihang fighting Dead Servants and invited them to talk at a café.
  • Lu Mingfei played He Xiaomeng's program through his phone, and Xia Mi learned that her brother had left part of his soul behind.
  • Lu Mingfei and He Xiaomeng told Xia Mi that the Nibelungens had merged, the White King had been killed, and the Black Dragon Emperor might have returned.
  • He Xiaomeng asked Xia Mi and Fenrir to clear obstacles for Lu Mingfei, including Naga, and Xia Mi agreed to help.
  • Lu Mingfei warned Xia Mi that Naga had absorbed two drops of God's Blood and could wield a dragon body's power in human form, prompting Xia Mi to ask if she was cheating.

Ch. 1561The Exposed Loop

Lu Mingfei, Xia Mi, and Fenrir confronted Naga in the valley, where Naga’s words revealed that she remembered Lu Mingfei’s repeated reloads. Lu Mingfei realized his supposed fresh starts had never hidden his habits or secrets from her.

  • Fenrir joyfully reunited with He Xiaomeng over video, and Xia Mi recruited him to help fight Naga.
  • Lu Mingfei, Xia Mi, Chu Zihang, and Rigerif rode Fenrir toward the valley, while Chu Zihang and Rigerif stayed outside the battlefield.
  • A powerful Third Generation Dragon let the group pass, and Naga greeted them at the altar.
  • Xia Mi demanded that Naga kneel before her king, but Naga addressed Lu Mingfei and asked whether he had changed tactics.
  • Lu Mingze warned Lu Mingfei that Naga seemed to know about his reloads, and Lu Mingfei realized she remembered every previous encounter.

Ch. 1562Naga's Long-Held Wish

Naga saw through Lu Mingze’s save-loading illusion and revealed her hatred for the cycle of repeated worlds. She challenged Xia Mi, Fenrir, and Lu Mingfei to fight her together.

  • Naga recognized that Lu Mingze’s save-loading created an illusory world, shocking Lu Mingfei and Lu Mingze.
  • Lu Mingze prepared to fight Naga and offered to pay the cost of Lu Mingfei’s final outburst.
  • Naga shattered Lu Mingze’s illusory world and called Lu Mingfei one of those who usurped Heaven and defied fate.
  • Lu Mingfei realized Naga wanted to break the endless cycle of worlds and resented his save-loading for sustaining it.
  • Naga dismissed Xia Mi’s authority, declared that the times had changed, and challenged Xia Mi, Fenrir, and Lu Mingfei to attack together.

Ch. 1563Battle

Naga fought Xia Mi and Lu Mingfei at the altar, wielding a massive sword formed from the blood of the canyon snakes. Xia Mi took control of Fenrir’s body and forced Naga back, but Naga countered Lu Mingfei’s close-range attack with blood-red wings.

  • Naga swung her bone staff and Fenrir chose to stand beside Xia Mi.
  • Xia Mi merged with Fenrir’s body and took control of it while Lu Mingfei used Noglues to limit Naga’s Spirit Words.
  • Naga formed a massive sword from the snakes’ blood, which He Xiaomeng identified as a degraded version of God’s Blood.
  • Xia Mi used Eye of the Wind King to trap Naga in a tornado, then struck her with Fenrir’s claw and sent her toward Lu Mingfei.
  • Naga swung her greatsword at Lu Mingfei, then formed blood-red wings and struck him as he rushed in close.

Ch. 1564Miss Xia Mi's Suppressive Power

Lu Mingfei and Xia Mi teamed up against Naga, with Xia Mi using King's Authority and Fenrir's strength to restrain her while Lu Mingfei landed a wound. Naga healed and transformed, but Xia Mi pinned her down and realized she could imprison her even if she could not kill her.

  • Xia Mi intervened with Fenrir's dragon tail to stop Naga from attacking Lu Mingfei and then used King's Authority to suppress her.
  • Lu Mingfei rushed in and pierced Naga's chest, but God's Blood let her regenerate the wound almost immediately.
  • Lu Mingfei ran toward the rear of the altar while Xia Mi pinned Naga beneath Fenrir's claw and countered her attempt to escape with earth control.
  • Naga transformed into her complete dragon body and coiled around Fenrir, but Xia Mi sat on her and pressed her into the ground.
  • Naga stopped struggling after realizing Xia Mi could imprison her, and Xia Mi proudly declared her victory.

Ch. 1565At Last, Before the Gate

Lu Mingfei followed an ancient summons through a grotesque red forest and along a living imperial road to a colossal gate covered in reliefs of Earth’s creatures. There he met Wa Master and He Xiaomeng, who had passed Naga by offering her a PSP game console.

  • Lu Mingfei felt an ancient summons drawing him toward the source of the anomalies and continued through a crimson forest filled with watching vines and unsettling whispers.
  • Lu Mingfei followed a vast, living road and recalled the imperial roads built during the height of Dragon Raja civilization.
  • Lu Mingfei reached a colossal gate bearing an eye and reliefs of creatures from Earth’s history, including dragons.
  • Lu Mingfei spotted a snake tail and met Wa Master, who recognized him as the renowned Dragon Slayer.
  • He Xiaomeng emerged from behind the gate, and Amon explained that they had offered Naga a PSP game console to get past her.

Ch. 1566Land of Seals

Lu Mingfei entered the Land of Seals and saw visions of the world’s repeating cycles and the coming apocalypse. Lu Mingze warned him that he had only one chance to face the final boss, leaving Lu Mingfei to accept that the fight would be a real kill.

  • Lu Mingfei opened the gate with his blood and entered the black mist, while Amon followed and Wa Master was rejected.
  • Lu Mingfei crossed a canyon and saw an enormous moon and spiral stars that showed him visions of the world’s history repeating in cycles.
  • Lu Mingfei saw Naga, Xia Mi, and Fenrir in visions from earlier eras and learned that the Black Dragon Emperor’s awakening would return the world to Zero.
  • Lu Mingze told Lu Mingfei that the next world might not be ruled by humans and that the final boss might no longer be the Dragon Emperor.
  • Lu Mingze warned Lu Mingfei that the Land of Seals lay beyond save-loading and that failure would mean death, and Lu Mingfei accepted the risk.

Ch. 1567Final Boss

Lu Mingfei spent his remaining life to merge with Lu Mingze and confront the corrupted Pingyangzi, who revealed that Lu Mingfei was the final ingredient in his attempt to become an immortal. Elsewhere, Amon spoke with his Main Body in the Void about their separation and eventual reunion.

  • Lu Mingfei used his remaining quarter of life to unleash his power with Lu Mingze and crossed the ice basin to the lake at its center.
  • Pingyangzi emerged from the water, revealed his corrupted state, and declared that he had devoured the Dragon Emperor and needed Lu Mingfei as his final medicinal catalyst.
  • Lu Mingze warned Lu Mingfei that Pingyangzi carried the Dragon Emperor's aura and that he was afraid of the threat.
  • Amon contacted his Main Body in the Void and mocked it for splitting itself into personalities to endure solitude.
  • Amon's Main Body said it had watched through God Almighty's perspective and would experience the avatar's memories when they became one.

Ch. 1568Dragon Emperor · Pingyangzi

Pingyangzi transformed into a monstrous Dragon Emperor and took up an ancient Bronze Sword as Amon explained how Fate had driven the events that led to the sealed land. The monster now faced Lu Mingfei, whose challenge had only grown more dangerous.

  • Pingyangzi's lower body mutated into a massive, four-winged monster, and he claimed the power of the ancient Bronze Sword.
  • Amon used his Monocle to observe Pingyangzi and explained that the World Will had used Fate to provoke resistance against Naga's power.
  • Amon's Main Body warned Pingyangzi and Naga that Odin was heading to the Arctic hatchery, and Pingyangzi used the sword's power to reach it.
  • At the hatchery, Pingyangzi merged with the dying giant fish and became the new Dragon Emperor, while Odin retreated.
  • The Dragon Emperor's will suppressed Pingyangzi, gathered the world's Nibelungen into one Kingdom of God, and sealed the place until Lu Mingfei opened it.

Ch. 1569The Blood of a Mortal King Must End by the Sword

Lu Mingfei fought Pingyangzi across the bloody lake, matching the transformed elder’s strength and disrupting his elemental attacks. He left Pingyangzi badly wounded, but the battle continued after Pingyangzi recognized Lu Mingfei’s claim that a mortal king’s blood must end by the sword.

  • Lu Mingfei summoned Futsu-no-Mitama and Ame-no-Habakiri and clashed with Pingyangzi, whose strength he could now match.
  • Pingyangzi explained that he sought Ascension and immortality by refining Lu Mingfei, while Lu Mingfei and Lu Mingze connected his scheme to an extraterrestrial evil.
  • Pingyangzi attacked with a water curtain and a lightning storm, but Lu Mingfei cut through the water and used Noglues to seal the elemental flow.
  • Lu Mingfei exploited Pingyangzi’s moment of surprise to wound his dragon body and nearly sever one of his feet.
  • Lu Mingfei pressed his attack, carving dozens of wounds into Pingyangzi before the elder’s tail forced him to retreat.
  • Pingyangzi examined his battered body and repeated Lu Mingfei’s words about a mortal king ending by the sword.

Ch. 1570Spirit Word: Emperor

Lu Mingfei fought Pingyangzi across a collapsing iceberg, first fleeing the ancient sword’s attacks before discovering that his Spirit Words could injure Pingyangzi. When Pingyangzi transformed into a colossal fish-like dragon and charged, Lu Mingfei awakened the Dragon Emperor’s true Spirit Word, Emperor, and enveloped him in its domain.

  • Pingyangzi summoned a gigantic sword phantom and struck at Lu Mingfei, while Lu Mingze’s Concept Armaments deflected the blow and helped Lu Mingfei escape.
  • Pingyangzi pursued Lu Mingfei with red sword beams that wounded him and resisted his attempt to heal.
  • Lu Mingfei realized Pingyangzi could not nullify Spirit Words and attacked him with lightning, fire, wind, and water.
  • Pingyangzi transformed into a colossal fish-like dragon, and Lu Mingfei saw visions of ancient dragons and Dragon Script that began pouring from his lips.
  • Lu Mingfei completed his chant and unleashed the true Spirit Word, Emperor, enveloping Pingyangzi’s enormous body.

Ch. 1572Immortal Gate

Lu Mingfei defeated Pingyangzi with Spirit Word: Emperor, and the Immortal Gate appeared from the monster’s remains. As Lu Mingfei considered whether it could bring Erii back, Lu Mingze warned him that opening it could let an Outer God enter their world.

  • Lu Mingfei unleashed Spirit Word: Emperor, and the elemental torrent destroyed Pingyangzi’s body.
  • Lu Mingfei refused to touch the ancient copper sword, then asked Lu Mingze how he could bring Erii back.
  • Firefly-like motes rose from Pingyangzi’s remains and formed the Immortal Gate.
  • Lu Mingfei recognized the twelve-ring symbol on the gate from the Naga altar and felt a being watching him from behind it.
  • Lu Mingze warned Lu Mingfei not to open the gate because an Outer God might swallow him or descend into their world.
  • Lu Mingfei stopped with his hand near the gate as a voice from within called to him.

Ch. 1573Beyond the Gate

Amon stabbed Lu Mingfei and let the Starlight Portal drag him inside, where Lu Mingfei glimpsed a vast cosmic gate and an immense being. He awoke in a boundless white world and found Amon there, who told him he was not dead.

  • Amon emerged from Lu Mingfei's phone while Lu Mingfei and Lu Mingze were entranced by the Starlight Portal.
  • Amon pulled the ancient bronze sword from the water and stabbed Lu Mingfei, who was dragged through the Star Gate by translucent tentacles.
  • Lu Mingfei's spirit rose above the Nibelungen and Earth, where he saw an ancient gate depicting countless worlds and felt the gaze of a being far beyond the Dragon Emperor.
  • Lu Mingfei saw a figure resembling Senior Brother He seated behind the gate before a burst of light swept him away.
  • Lu Mingfei woke in a world of white light and saw Amon, who told him he was not dead yet.

Ch. 1574The Dead World

Amon showed Lu Mingfei the planet’s history, from its formation and evolution to the rise of Dragon Kind and the repeated wars of the Four Great Kings. Lu Mingfei recognized the cycles as a sign that the world was dead, and Amon said Lu Mingfei could still end them.

  • Lu Mingfei questioned Amon about the Stone Gate and the figure behind it, and Amon showed him the planet’s history.
  • Lu Mingfei watched Nidhogg establish Dragon Kind’s rule, the White King’s rebellion, and the birth of the Four Great Kings.
  • After Nidhogg died, the Four Great Kings repeatedly fought for power, and Lu Mingfei recognized familiar dragons in the cycles.
  • Lu Mingfei asked whether the cycles had ended, and Amon said the outcome depended on his choice after he killed the resurrected Dragon Emperor.
  • Lu Mingfei called Nidhogg a bug whose arrival had trapped history in repetition, and Amon told him the world was already dead but could still be saved from the cycle.

Ch. 1575Sea of Origin

At the Sea of Origin, Amon explained Lu Mingfei’s three choices for the world’s future and Erii’s fate. Lu Mingfei chose to give up the Dragon Emperor’s power so he and Erii could return to an ordinary life with their memories intact.

  • Amon revealed that the spiral was the Black Dragon Emperor’s genetic sequence and the collection of all life on the planet, and that Lu Mingfei could become the new Dragon Emperor by accepting it.
  • Amon explained that Lu Mingfei could either end the cycle and create a new world without Erii, or restart the cycle and lose his memories and power.
  • Lu Mingfei rejected both choices because he wanted a world where Erii could live with him.
  • Amon offered a third choice: return to Lu Mingfei’s senior year of high school with Erii, preserve both their memories, and strip the world of supernatural elements in exchange for Lu Mingfei’s Dragon Emperor power.
  • Lu Mingfei immediately chose the third option.

Ch. 1576Starlight Fell from the Sky

Lu Mingfei rejected the chance to claim the Dragon Emperor’s power and asked Amon to take away the Genetic Spiral. As the Sea of Origin shattered and Amon unleashed the Clock’s power, time reached 2012 and the world changed beneath a sky of falling starlight.

  • Amon tried to persuade Lu Mingfei to choose endless cycles with Erii, but Lu Mingfei chose an ordinary life instead.
  • Amon summoned Lu Mingze, and Lu Mingfei confirmed his decision and asked Amon to proceed.
  • Amon revealed the Gate of Order and used a tentacle to pull the Genetic Spiral from the Sea of Origin while Lu Mingfei resisted an unnatural urge to stop him.
  • The Sea of Origin shattered, and Amon released the Clock’s power, sending its effects beyond the Sea.
  • Time reached 2012, and Xia Mi, Naga, Wa Master, Angers, Caesar, the Dragon Kind, and the Hybrids felt something leave the world as night fell and starlight descended.

Ch. 1577Departure

Amon absorbed his avatar’s memories from the Dragon Raja World and withdrew the Void Gate after reaffirming his promise to restart the world for Lu Mingfei. At Shilan High School, Xia Mi sensed that someone important had left, then her burly brother confronted Chu Zihang over his relationship with her.

  • The Main Body Amon welcomed his returning avatar and explained that he had not fully digested the Firmament Ranking, though his life level was roughly equivalent to a True God.
  • Amon promised to keep his word to Lu Mingfei and offered his avatar the chance to experience the Dragon Raja World memories directly.
  • The avatar merged into Amon, who absorbed its memories, looked at the Dragon Raja World, and withdrew the Void Gate.
  • At Shilan High School, Xia Mi felt that someone important had left the world, but Chu Zihang dismissed her claim that she was looking at stars.
  • Xia Mi’s burly brother grabbed Chu Zihang by the collar for making a move on her, but Xia Mi scolded her brother until he let go.
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