Chapter Summaries

Cheng Yu stole the Creator Godhead fragments and used a powerful seal to interrupt Ding Yuyi’s attempt to summon the Supreme Mother Goddess. After the battle, Cheng Yu realized his rampage might have wiped out his own people, but someone caught him as he drifted helplessly in space.

• Ding Yuyi was about to claim the Creator Godhead Fragments when a white-clad figure appeared with three orbs, while three humanoid robots blocked his Mother Queens.
• Cheng Yu took the Big Shot's Authority Fragments from the Creator God and unleashed an Epic Strike, but Ding Yuyi’s power made it vanish.
• As Ding Yuyi began chanting a title to summon the Supreme Mother Goddess, Cheng Yu crushed five Big Shot's Auras and used the Door Seal to cover the Small Heavens.
• Cheng Yu glimpsed the Supreme Mother Goddess across dimensions, and she reached out to stroke his head before withdrawing her damaged hand.
• The Supreme Mother Goddess transformed the black forest into a vast mass of flesh that crushed its dimension and charged elsewhere.
• Cheng Yu floated weakly in space, fearing he had wiped out his own people, until someone gathered him into an embrace.

Cheng Yu returned to the Legion’s headquarters after the battle in the Small Heavens, where the Legion had routed the Insect Swarm on some fronts but faced a fierce stalemate over Vax. As the Legion prepared to deploy the Annihilator 0-9 Series, Belial awoke in the Abyss and turned his attention to Mephitican’s operation.

• Miss Puppet told Cheng Yu that Ding Yuyi had survived his ultimate move and that the Legion’s operation had succeeded despite heavy losses on both sides.
• Ding Yuyi lost control of his mind and handed the Insect Swarm’s command to the Brain Bugs while he fought himself in the Lost Kingdom.
• Matthew fled the Small Heavens, was defeated by a Legendary Flame Demon, and was swallowed after agreeing to become the demon’s slave.
• Cheng Yu learned that the Legion had driven the Insect Swarm back on the Kabonebog Church and Playa fronts, while both sides continued to fight fiercely over Vax.
• The Legion’s Wisdoms prepared to deploy the Annihilator 0-9 Series to break the Vax stalemate, and Cheng Yu expected the Mecha War to end there.
• Belial awoke in the Sloth Demon Domain and closed his eyes again to observe how Mephitican’s operation was progressing.

Belial arrived at the Small Heavens Bubble Universe Cluster to investigate the traces of his power, but Luo Xiaotian slapped him twice before Grete attacked Mephitican and warned her against following Belial. Luo Xiaotian returned to the Principal's Office, where Nyarlathotep complained that his performance had not been entertaining enough.

• Belial sensed his power on Grete and went in person to the Small Heavens Bubble Universe Cluster, leaving behind part of his finger as a fallback.
• Luo Xiaotian appeared before Belial, slapped him twice, and vanished when Belial attacked him.
• Grete lunged at Mephitican, broke her pink scythes, and warned her not to follow Belial before disappearing in a ball of flame.
• Luo Xiaotian returned to the Principal's Office, where Nyarlathotep scolded him for giving Belial two slaps without putting on a show.
• Nyarlathotep praised Luo Xiaotian's opening line and decided to use it as her introduction.

Grete warned Cheng Yu that Belial’s demon army would soon attack the Small Heavens Bubble Universe Cluster, forcing Cheng Yu and Miss Puppet to plan for a coming battle. With the Big Shot’s Aura unavailable until next month, Miss Puppet estimated they had about twenty days to capture universes and ascend to Holy Spirit before Belial broke through.

• Grete greeted Nyarlathotep and then left Yog and Nyarlathotep to talk privately about their plans and Shub.
• Nyarlathotep woke Luo Xiaotian and sent him away to play.
• Cheng Yu lifted Grete and asked about his work for Yog, and Grete explained that Belial’s true body and demon army waited outside the Small Heavens Bubble Universe Cluster.
• Grete proposed using the Big Shot’s Aura to injure Belial, but Cheng Yu revealed he had already used it and could not get another until next month.
• Miss Puppet estimated Belial would break through in roughly twenty days and said she needed to seize universes and ascend to Holy Spirit, while warning against provoking the insect swarm.
• Cheng Yu told Grete to secretly help the Legion capture territory faster because time was running short.

Legion slowed its advance against the Insect Swarm to mechanize occupied universes and help Miss Puppet reach the territory needed for her advancement. Meanwhile, Belial ordered Mephitican to bring the strange universe cluster into the Abyss, but began considering a deal with the Entropy Rule wielder who had slapped him.

• Cheng Yu ordered Legion to ease its offensive in Vax and rapidly produce Basic Units to mechanize occupied universes.
• Ding Yuyi accepted the loss of remote territories and focused the Insect Swarm's efforts on the Vax Battlefield.
• Belial examined the Entropic Power left on his cheek and ordered Mephitican to drag the strange universe plane into the Abyss.
• Mephitican recalled Grete's warning and planned to avoid committing herself fully to Belial's cause.
• Mephitican discovered that a seal would delay her attack on the universe cluster for at least thirty days and formed a plan.
• Belial recognized Mephitican's schemes and considered negotiating with the Entropy Rule wielder instead of fighting him.

The Legion reclaimed territory while preparing for the demons’ invasion, and Doggy outlined a plan to delay the assault until Big Sis advanced to Holy Spirit. The chapter ended with Grete returning to his lazy pose after revealing his plan to weaken Belial.

• The Insect Swarm overran the Vax Corporation’s territory as the Legion reclaimed territory from Playa and the Kabonebog Church.
• Cheng Yu recognized the Playa Volunteer Army’s leader as his former fangirl, ordered her army to shelter behind the Legion, and told Conductor to keep them under surveillance.
• Artist reported that the Legion was building Basic Units and industrial machine tools as quickly as possible to mechanize its new territories.
• Doggy warned Cheng Yu that Mephitican was leading the demons’ assault on the Seal and estimated that the invasion would begin in about forty days.
• Miss Puppet and Doggy proposed distributing the invasion’s pressure to buy time for Big Sis’s advancement, then using Cheng Yu’s aura and Eminence’s Mark to weaken Belial.
• Grete explained that he planned to devour part of Belial, then brushed off Cheng Yu’s praise and settled down to nap.

Cheng Yu prepared the Legion’s defenses as the Demons began forcing their way into its universes, while the Insect Swarm reacted to the same spatial disturbances as if the Legion had attacked. The chapter ended with gateways opening in both factions’ territories and a human-like creature emerging through one of them.

• Cheng Yu maintained the Legion’s strength and the Insect Swarm’s growth until the forty-day deadline passed and the Demons’ spatial disturbances appeared.
• Cheng Yu ordered the Legion to activate Regulator 0-9 units and gather the disturbances in a prepared group of Star Sectors.
• The Brain Bugs sent Space Worms to stabilize the disturbances, but the points grew more unstable as the Insect Swarm prepared its forces for war.
• A Space-Time Worm burst, and a pitch-black gateway opened as the Insect Swarm launched a barrage into it.
• The Brain Bugs learned that another gateway had opened in an Insect Swarm universe, where a human-like creature had emerged.

The Insect Swarm and the Legion fought the Abyssal invasion, but both struggled against the overwhelming numbers of high-level demons. The conflict spread into their shared frontier, where all three forces became locked in a chaotic stalemate.

• The Brain Bugs realized that a Legendary demon had broken through the Insect Swarm's defenses and feared the enemy's later waves might be even stronger.
• Mephitican's expedition sent in a stream of high-level demons, which broke through the Insect Swarm's defenses and clashed with its forces.
• Cheng Yu watched the Legion face a vastly larger demonic army across its mechanized cosmic battlefield and recognized that the Legion was losing ground.
• The Regulator Series delayed demons at dimensional passages while the Binders fought higher-dimensional demons and the Legion's combat mecha battled high-level enemies.
• Demons broke through some peripheral Insect Swarm universes and entered the Legion's frontier, where bugs, demons, and intelligent machines fought one another in a stalemate.

As Mephitican’s forces overwhelmed the Legion and Insect Swarm, Cheng Yu fought to delay their advance while waiting for two Big Shot’s Auras. Grete warned him that Mephitican had entered the battle, just as Cheng Yu needed to hold out for two more days.

• Demons pushed the Legion and Insect Swarm into retreat, while Cheng Yu reached Gold Five by killing and absorbing demons.
• After the Legion abandoned territory, Cheng Yu used Infinite Technique: Grand Collapse to kill all demons below Legendary and sever their invasion portals.
• The demons opened new passages, and the Legion relocated them while repairing its Annihilator 0-9 units to buy time.
• The Insect Swarm recovered to three Mother Queens and killed at least four Legendary demons, but Legendary demons kept arriving at a faster rate.
• Cheng Yu asked Doggy to destroy demons threatening the Lost Kingdom, then learned that two Big Shot’s Auras would be ready in about two days.
• Grete told Cheng Yu that Mephitican had entered the fray, shocking him.

Grete confronted Mephitican at the demons’ dimensional passage and fought her while restraining his power to protect the surrounding universes. After Mephitican realized he was holding back and counterattacked, Grete grew to an enormous size and challenged her to face him directly.

• Cheng Yu learned from Grete and Miss Puppet that Mephitican was a powerful Epic, though Grete was stronger than nearly any other known Epic.
• Grete intercepted Mephitican as she emerged from the dimensional passage and refused her pleas to carry out Belial's command.
• Mephitican attacked Grete with a whip, but he melted it and struck back, destroying the passage and wiping out more than half the demons in their main camp.
• Mephitican dodged Grete's attacks, then counterattacked with a wide-area strike that forced him to carefully contain its damage.
• Grete told Mephitican that there was a gap between Demon Sovereigns, grew unimaginably large, and challenged her to fight without holding him back.

Mephitican fought Grete while trying to uncover what he was protecting, but Grete revealed that he had tampered with her perception and announced that the time had come. Meanwhile, Miss Puppet began ascending toward Holy Spirit by attempting to establish technology as a rule in the Myriad Heavens, with Cheng Yu promising to protect her.

• Mephitican cut Grete's face with a conjured scythe and questioned what he was protecting.
• Grete revealed that he had tampered with Mephitican's perception and warned her that she might appear in the Script.
• Grete announced that the time had come and invited Mephitican to witness a supreme moment.
• Conductor reported to Cheng Yu that all universes under the Legion had completed their targeted mechanization.
• Miss Puppet began her ascent toward Holy Spirit as Cheng Yu promised to protect her.
• The system explained that Miss Puppet was trying to establish and become the rule of technology in the realm sea of the Myriad Heavens.

Miss Puppet began influencing the Chaos Sea and establishing Technology Rules, causing the Legion's creations to disappear as the change spread. Powerful beings across the Chaos Sea noticed the new rules, while Grete fled to find Cheng Yu and prepare for a possible confrontation with Belial.

• The system told Cheng Yu that Miss Puppet was using the Legion's territory and research as the basis for Technology Rules, and a metal page merged into her before she vanished.
• The Legion's Titan and its other creations disappeared, and mechas fighting the Insect Swarm and demons vanished across the battlefield.
• Grete's punch shattered the universe and the Small Heavens' barrier, then Grete fled to find Cheng Yu and avoid Belial.
• Figures in a great world discussed the emerging technology rules and Eternity refused their offers to join the Pantheon or Abyss.
• Luo Xiaotian investigated the disturbance, recognized someone close to His Eminence, and returned to studying the Main God Space.
• Kairon Ulyssaus Ozephal and other powerful beings across the Chaos Sea noticed the newly born Holy Spirit and the rise of technology rules.

Cheng Yu and Grete fought Belial after he attacked them, using a shattered Galaxy Glass Ball and the Door Seal to weaken and seal the Demon Emperor. After Cheng Yu rescued Grete and healed him, Grete warned that Belial was not dead.

• Belial arrived in the Small Heavens, crippled Grete with a glance, and severed Cheng Yu's arm before taking the Galaxy Glass Ball.
• Cheng Yu used Absolute Substitution to recover the Galaxy Glass Ball, and Grete's attack gave him time to shatter it and unleash the Big Shot's Aura.
• Cheng Yu restored Grete, restrained Belial's manifested body, and used the Parchment and another Galaxy Glass Ball to bind Belial with the Door Seal.
• Grete tore out and swallowed Belial's throat, but Belial weakened Grete with sloth and the two demons fought savagely until both collapsed.
• Cheng Yu struck Belial with a Legendary Strike, carried Grete away, and bought a Legendary Life Core to heal him.
• Grete regained consciousness and told Cheng Yu that Holy Spirit Beings were not easy to kill, so the fight was not over.

Grete gained a mechanical body and battled Belial, whose Door Seal was on the verge of breaking. After Grete blasted Belial with his chest cannon, Belial vanished in the light, only to stab through Grete's chest and whisper that it was his turn.

• Belial shrugged off Cheng Yu's black-hole attack, while Grete realized Big Sis had cleared the first stage and gained a mechanical body.
• Grete used his mechanical strength to overpower Belial and fire an Annihilation Beam Cannon through him, damaging his origin.
• Belial tore off Grete's arm and counterattacked with dark green mist as the Door Seal on his forehead cracked.
• Grete fired another beam at Belial, who disappeared in the light, but a dark green demonic arm pierced Grete's mechanical chest.

Cheng Yu used the Big Shot’s Blank Script to trap Belial in a timeline that struck back when he tried to destroy it. As Cheng Yu prayed for Grete to ascend to Holy Spirit, Nyarlathotep took Luo Xiaotian to the Demons' Stronghold to stir up trouble.

• Belial recovered from Cheng Yu and Doggy’s attacks, killed Doggy, and began consuming his body while Grete challenged him.
• Cheng Yu wrote in the Blank Script that Grete would survive, Supreme Intelligence would succeed, and Belial would lose, then used Absolute Substitution to put the Script in Belial’s hands.
• Belial tried to burn the Script, but the timeline lashed back and threw his consciousness into chaos as the book restored itself.
• Cheng Yu held Doggy’s head and hoped Grete would successfully ascend to Holy Spirit while Belial remained dazed.
• Nyarlathotep scolded Luo Xiaotian for only watching the fight, then took him to the Demons' Stronghold to learn how to stir up trouble.

Miss Puppet spread her fledgling technology rules through the Chaos Sea, enduring severe backlash as she forced them to grow. Her ascension succeeded, and she set out for the Small Heavens as machines across countless worlds celebrated the arrival of Myriad Machines Heaven.

• Miss Puppet created an embryonic technology rule and began spreading it from the Small Heavens into technological worlds throughout the Chaos Sea.
• Changing technological parameters disrupted devices and experiments across many worlds, while Miss Puppet absorbed knowledge from their varied technological paths.
• Miss Puppet lent Grete strength, then forced the technology rules to expand despite the growing damage to her body and consciousness.
• Miss Puppet awakened after her consciousness and body shattered, saw Grete and Cheng Yu nearing defeat against Belial, and realized her ascension had succeeded.
• As Miss Puppet headed for the Small Heavens, machines across the Chaos Sea malfunctioned in celebration, and intelligent robots cried, “Praise Myriad Machines Heaven!”

Cheng Yu and Grete survived Belial’s assault when Miss Puppet returned as a newly advanced Holy Spirit and confronted him in a battle of rules. But Cheng Yu realized the Insect Swarm might have summoned a far greater threat, and he fled with Grete toward Kashi Star after a mysterious presence incapacitated the swarm and severed Miss Puppet’s connection.

• Grete recovered enough to explain that Belial had lost most of his strength, but Belial sealed the timeline book and prepared to attack Cheng Yu and Grete.
• Miss Puppet arrived, dispelled the sloth rule’s influence on Grete, and faced Belial while Cheng Yu watched their struggle through a blinding laptop from System.
• Grete explained that the Holy Spirits’ fight could not kill either combatant, but Miss Puppet’s presence gave Cheng Yu and Grete the standing to negotiate with Belial as equals.
• Cheng Yu remembered the Insect Swarm and rushed with Grete to its territory, where they found the demons and swarm members alive but motionless.
• Grete saw a towering presence beyond the universe and lost control of his body, so Cheng Yu used the Parchment to stop his convulsions.
• Miss Puppet told Cheng Yu that Belial had fled and her connection to the Small Heavens Universe Bubble Cluster was blocked, then Cheng Yu fled toward Kashi Star with Grete as a mysterious bleat sounded in his soul.

Ding Yuyi sacrificed the Insect Swarm to summon Shub, who intervened in the Small Heavens Bubble Universe Cluster and confronted Yog. Shub restored the universes and disappeared with Yog, leaving Cheng Yu and Doggy safe.

• Ding Yuyi awakened amid the Insect Swarm’s collapse and ordered the swarm to surrender its consciousness before he summoned the Mother of All Things.
• Ding Yuyi’s ritual brought Shub’s presence into the Insect Swarm, leaving its members in a state between life and death.
• Cheng Yu resisted Shub’s life assimilation when a silver key in his soul protected him, and he watched Shub manifest in the Chaos Sea.
• Shub and Yog discussed their plans and challenged each other before Yog invited Cheng Yu to return after finishing his remaining matters.
• Shub restored the universes in Small Heavens, while the Insect Swarm, demons, and Legion remained gone; Cheng Yu checked on Doggy and contacted Big Sis.

Cheng Yu reunited with the dying Dile on Kashi Star, then watched old friends and familiar lives move on before preparing to leave the Small Heavens. He ended by visiting a fallen comrade’s grave at Balchik and saying goodbye to the Azure Dragon Study Group.

• Cheng Yu learned that seventy-three years had passed on Kashi Star and found Dile gravely ill in the hospital.
• Cheng Yu and Dile reminisced about their friendship, and Dile admitted he had once resented Cheng Yu before making peace with the past.
• Dile died that night, and Cheng Yu watched from a distance as Dile was buried beside Tang Lan and Ning Qing.
• Cheng Yu attended Shui Feifei and Xiao Ming’s wedding in New Playa, rejected Shen Qing’s attempt to approach him, and then left.
• Cheng Yu visited a gravestone at Balchik, reflected that he was the last surviving member of the old Azure Dragon Study Group, and departed.

After reuniting with Jimmy at Miskatonic University, Cheng Yu gave the students a speech about effort, hardship, and choosing their own way to live. He then met Yog and Shub, learned they were heading to Nyarlathotep’s Amusement Park, and left Kashi Star as the supernatural age faded into legend.

• Cheng Yu found Jimmy, who had become principal after the former Principal disappeared, and declined to explain what had happened to him and Bennett.
• At Jimmy’s request, Cheng Yu addressed the students and urged them to support one another, keep going through hardship, and define their lives for themselves.
• Cheng Yu said goodbye to Jimmy and met Yog, Shub, and the others in a secluded park.
• Yog told Cheng Yu to keep his authority fragment and said they were going to a different kind of world; Shub identified it as Nyarlathotep’s Amusement Park.
• Cheng Yu, Yog, Shub, and their companions disappeared, and supernatural abilities eventually vanished from Kashi Star, leaving behind a legend and a photograph of Miskatonic University’s twenty-first cohort, Class A.