Chapter Summaries

Zhang Yang arranged ideological training for the Milky Way and sought Jun Yu’s help with its economy, promising to relocate the Iceflame Race from the Blazing Sun Galaxy. He investigated the Myriad Realms Commerce Guild and met its founder, Gu Xing Lei, who seemed to recognize him as a fellow northeasterner.

• Zhang Yang assigned Confucian Disciples to cultivate fighting spirit among the Milky Way’s young geniuses.
• Zhang Yang asked Jun Yu to help with the Milky Way’s economy, and Jun Yu explained the Iceflame Race’s troubles in the Blazing Sun Galaxy.
• Zhang Yang promised to arrange the Iceflame Race’s migration and secured the Blazing Sun Star Lord’s agreement to let its 569 fourth-level members relocate.
• Zhang Yang asked the Blazing Sun Star Lord about the Myriad Realms Commerce Guild and received its founder’s location.
• Zhang Yang found that the guild’s founder was Gu Xing Lei, who had created an Eastern Dragon Race, and appeared in his room.
• Gu Xing Lei greeted Zhang Yang warmly, and Zhang Yang wondered if he was a fellow northeasterner.

Zhang Yang met Gu Xing Lei, a fellow transmigrator from northeastern China, and learned how Gu Xing Lei had built the Myriad Realms Commerce Guild after failing to create the Human Race. They shared a meal and a bond that eased Zhang Yang’s loneliness as he looked ahead to the road before him.

• Gu Xing Lei conjured a snowy northeastern-style meal and shared food and liquor with Zhang Yang.
• Gu Xing Lei explained that he had tried to create the Human Race but was blocked because Zhang Yang had already created it, so he created the Dragon Race instead.
• Gu Xing Lei described how he developed the Dragon Race, rose to become a Third-Level Star Lord, and founded the Myriad Realms Commerce Guild.
• Gu Xing Lei recounted discovering Zhang Yang and the Human Race in the Milky Way, then visiting Zhang Yang’s Lineage to learn about his rise.
• Zhang Yang inferred that Pangu’s will fragments and a system bug had left Gu Xing Lei unable to create the Human Race while preserving his memories of Earth.
• Zhang Yang and Gu Xing Lei celebrated their shared Earth origins, and Zhang Yang felt less alone on his path ahead.

Zhang Yang told Gu Xing Lei that Earth had been destroyed and promised he could recreate it, then invited him to bring his commerce guild’s financial expertise to the Milky Way. When Zhang Yang struggled to secure Gu Xing Lei’s transfer, he thought of a possible solution involving Soul-Entrancing Wine and returned to the Milky Way.

• Zhang Yang explained Earth’s origins and destruction to Gu Xing Lei, who mourned the loss of his former home and family.
• Zhang Yang reassured Gu Xing Lei that Earth could be recreated and described the cultivation realms above Golden Immortal.
• Zhang Yang invited Gu Xing Lei to help the Milky Way’s economy, and Gu Xing Lei agreed but asked whether the Blazing Sun Galaxy’s lord would allow him to leave.
• Zhang Yang considered how to obtain permission for Gu Xing Lei and his Lineage to move, then recalled the effects of Soul-Entrancing Wine and its creators.
• Zhang Yang returned to the Milky Way to pursue his idea.

Zhang Yang persuaded the three great Demon Gods to develop tobacco and wine for Star Lords and secured experimental products and formulas for the Human Race. After packaging and sampling the goods, he headed to the Blazing Sun Galaxy to promote them.

• Zhang Yang visited the three great Demon Gods and asked about the Soul-Entrancing Wine in the Level-One Mall, then proposed using tobacco and wine to encourage cooperation among Star Lords.
• The Artifact Demon God agreed that the Demon Gods would develop tobacco and wine for Star Lords of every level and gave Zhang Yang experimental products and formulas for human cultivators.
• Zhang Yang asked the Artifact Demon God to reserve the products for the Human Race, and the Demon God kicked him away again before honoring the request.
• Zhang Yang packaged the tobacco and wine with branding that credited the three great elders and sampled both products, finding the wine potent and appealing.
• Zhang Yang took the tobacco and wine and arrived in the Blazing Sun Galaxy.

Zhang Yang used liquor, cigarettes, and a recording to persuade the Blazing Sun Star Lord to transfer Gu Xing Lei’s wealthy Lineage to the Milky Way. He settled the Lineage near Blue Star, put Gu Xing Lei in charge of expanding the Milky Way’s commerce, and left Jun Yu to work with him.

• Zhang Yang befriended the Blazing Sun Star Lord over cigarettes and liquor, then recorded him promising to transfer Gu Xing Lei’s Lineage to the Milky Way.
• The Blazing Sun Star Lord honored his recorded promise and transferred Gu Xing Lei’s Lineage, which had more than ten thousand planets, to Zhang Yang.
• Zhang Yang invited the Blazing Sun Star Lord to send Saint-Level beings to the Milky Way for special training, and the Star Lord agreed.
• Zhang Yang settled Gu Xing Lei’s Lineage near Blue Star, granted Gu Xing Lei ten Private Territories, and authorized him to develop the Milky Way’s commerce.
• Zhang Yang discussed developing cigarettes with special effects against Alien Races, then assigned Jun Yu to follow Gu Xing Lei and help develop the Milky Way.

After three thousand years of coordinated growth in the Milky Way, Zhang Yang learned that more Demon Gods wanted to arrive and expand their followings. He began an exaggerated plea for help, leaving his response to their arrival unfinished.

• Gu Xing Lei welcomed Jun Yu as his deputy and began researching goods for trade on the Starry Sky Virtual Platform.
• Zhang Yang asked three elders to develop plant-based products targeting Alien Races, and they agreed to research and test them while keeping distribution plans under wraps.
• Over three thousand years, the Laniakea Universe prospered as Demon Gods founded guilds that trained disciples and strengthened their Great Daos.
• The Artifact Demon God warned Zhang Yang that more Demon Gods were waking and wanted to follow the first four into the Milky Way.
• Zhang Yang realized he could not yet rely on Void Dao Realm experts to confront the newcomers, then tearfully appealed to an ancestor for help.

Zhang Yang received assurances from the Demon Gods that they would respect his authority over the Milky Way as they came to teach their Daos and recruit disciples. Over the next fifty thousand years, their disciples built powerful institutions in the Heavenly Court, while the Demon Gods quietly prepared for the possibility that Blue Star would one day govern the universe.

• The Nethersea Demon God, the Medicine Demon God, and Ancestor Yang Mei assured Zhang Yang that the Demon Gods would not interfere with his decisions in the Milky Way.
• Ancestor Yang Mei explained that he, Chu, and Yu supported Zhang Yang and described how their power drew on space, shadows, and living beings.
• Zhang Yang agreed to the Poison Demon God's plans to teach the Poison Dao and establish the Poison Guild, and the Poison Demon God went to find Shi Shuang.
• The Plague Demon God recruited disciples, who later formed the Heavenly Court's Plague Department under Lu Yue and joined the Sect of the Heavens.
• The Plague Demon God told Lu Yue that Blue Star might govern the universe on Heaven's behalf, prompting Lu Yue to value his Heavenly Court rank.
• Over fifty thousand years, Zhang Yang watched Demon Gods take disciples and saw their followers become powerful cultivators.

Zhang Yang watched Demon Gods compete for positions in the Heavenly Court and arranged open recruitment and sect recommendations. He then encountered Sun Wukong undercover in the Laniakea Universe and used the Pangu Token to seize Flea’s will, which greeted him as an old acquaintance.

• Demon Gods sought Heavenly Court posts for their disciples, while Zhang Yang ordered branch recruitment by examination and required headquarters applicants to join the Sect of the Heavens or the Chan Sect and gain a Heavenly Venerable’s recommendation.
• The Karma Demon God took Shen Gongbao as a disciple, and the Misfortune Demon God’s disciple Broom Star also became known among the many recruits across the Milky Way.
• Sun Wukong returned to the Laniakea Universe with Flea after tens of thousands of years undercover, having risen to Quasi-Sage and Third Rank Great Sage of the Demon Court.
• Sun Wukong and Flea hid on a planet and distrusted one another because they served rival factions within the Demon Race.
• Zhang Yang arrived, deduced something from the Pangu Token’s tremor, and used it to seize Flea’s will, which sent him a greeting.

Zhang Yang told Sun Wukong that his life had been deliberately shaped and asked him to infiltrate the Demon Race by helping it profit from tobacco and liquor shipments. After showing Sun Wukong the story of the Great Sage Equal to Heaven, Zhang Yang gained his willing acceptance of the dangerous mission, though he insisted Sun Wukong had to return.

• Pangu's Will helped Zhang Yang attach his will to Sun Wukong and reconnect with him in the Demon Race's universe.
• Zhang Yang ordered Sun Wukong to rob a Milky Way Commerce Guild transport ship and sell its tobacco and liquor cargo to the Demon Race and other universes.
• Zhang Yang explained that Sun Wukong's origins and life had been arranged to make him a hero among the Human Race, and offered him the choice to refuse the mission.
• Sun Wukong asked whether the Great Sage Equal to Heaven was truly a hero, and Zhang Yang showed him scenes from Journey to the West and its adaptations.
• Inspired by the story, Sun Wukong accepted the mission, and Zhang Yang told him he had to come back.

Zhang Yang briefed Sun Wukong on a covert mission involving specially prepared tobacco and candy, then left him and Flea to gather information in the Laniakea Universe. After learning about the popularity and effects of tobacco and liquor, Sun Wukong and Flea set out to obtain samples, unaware that mixing the special supplies with public products would trigger an addictive effect.

• Zhang Yang told Sun Wukong to avoid ordinary cigarettes, use candy to counteract poison if necessary, and proceed cautiously with the mission against the Demon Race and then the Angel Race.
• Pangu agreed to save Sun Wukong if he faced a life-or-death crisis, then his Will dissipated as Zhang Yang left Sun Wukong's consciousness.
• Sun Wukong and Flea watched news about tobacco and liquor, and Sun Wukong secretly researched their value and effects.
• Sun Wukong tried to leave alone at midnight, but Flea caught him and persuaded him to report their idea and obtain samples first.
• A shopkeeper sent Sun Wukong and Flea to a tier-four planet for low-grade tobacco and liquor, while Sun Wukong carried top-grade special supplies that would become dangerously addictive when mixed with public products.

Sun Wukong and Flea tested cigarettes and liquor, while Zhang Yang expanded their distribution and prepared his next plan. Flea presented the products to the Demon Court, where Dijun ordered every minister to try them.

• Sun Wukong and Flea sampled cigarettes and liquor, and Flea became entranced by the special-supply cigarette’s effects.
• Zhang Yang watched the test and continued promoting the products, which the Three Great Elders supported as sales and fame spread across the universe.
• After Flea ran out of supplies and suffered withdrawal, Sun Wukong took him back to the Demon Race’s home universe.
• Zhang Yang announced an alliance with the Blazing Sun Galaxy and plans to establish a Milky Way Commerce Guild warehousing center there.
• Flea presented cigarettes and liquor to the Demon Court and praised their benefits, while Sun Wukong angrily tried to attack him for taking all the credit.
• Dijun tried the products, then ordered Sun Wukong and Flea to distribute their supplies so every minister could test them.

Sun Wukong won Dijun’s trust with cigarettes and liquor, then devised a plan with Flea to raid a storage center while the Demon Race secretly monitored him. The chapter revealed the rivalries among the Demon Race’s leaders and the history of the war that had left the Demon Gods sealed in the Laniakea Universe.

• Sun Wukong presented Huazi cigarettes to Dijun, who promoted him to Second-Rank Great Sage, gave him command of a million demon soldiers, and ordered him to acquire and trade cigarettes and liquor.
• Dijun ordered the Demon-Revealing Mirror to monitor Sun Wukong, while Sun Wukong later returned to the Native Universe and proposed targeting a storage center in the Blazing Sun Galaxy.
• Flea favored attacking the unfinished storage center and dismissed the cost to demon soldiers, while Sun Wukong questioned the risks; Dijun and the other Demon Emperors watched their discussion through the mirror.
• Demon Emperor Nine Infants criticized Kunpeng’s subordinate, and the chapter explained Kunpeng’s resentment toward Dijun over the Demon God position, as well as White Marsh’s retreat and warning about the Laniakea Universe.
• The chapter recounted how Pangu reached the Great Dao Realm too late to turn the great war around, how the Alien Races sealed the Demon Gods, and how their forces were ordered to attack every epoch; five epochs had passed since the war.

Sun Wukong proposed a plan to raid two storage centers with help from other races, then ambush the survivors and take all the supplies. The Demon Emperors began discussing the plan while Flea hurried back to the Demon Race's universe, expecting a promotion.

• Kunpeng recalled how repeated attacks had weakened the Demon Race and turned the allied offensive into a political show.
• Sun Wukong defended the Demon Race and suggested attacking two storage centers with one feint and one real strike, asking the Angel Race or Demonfolk to coordinate.
• Sun Wukong proposed demanding that allies draw enemy fire if they chose the newer storage center, then ambushing whichever race succeeded to seize both warehouses' supplies.
• Flea enthusiastically agreed, but Sun Wukong said they would report the plan to the Demon Court instead of deciding it themselves.
• Dijun began discussing the plan with the Demon Emperors as Flea secretly flew toward the Demon Race's universe, gleefully anticipating a promotion.

Dijun assigned Flea and Sun Wukong to travel to the Angel Light Universe and carry out a mission against the Angel Race. At the Temple of Light, Zhang Yang and Pangu searched for the imprisoned portion of Pangu’s will while Flea explained the angels’ hierarchy and internal rivalries.

• Dijun ordered Guiche, Chitie, and Feilian to prepare a surprise mission and put Kunpeng in overall command, with orders to support them if anything went wrong.
• Flea returned to the Demon Court, claimed credit for the plan, and was ordered by Dijun to carry it out alongside Sun Wukong.
• Sun Wukong followed Flea to the Angel Light Universe, where Zhang Yang observed the angels’ prayers and learned about their lives and hierarchy.
• Pangu could not locate the portion of his will imprisoned in the Angel Race, so Sun Wukong headed toward the Temple of Light in silence.
• Flea described the Temple of Light’s archangels and the rivalry among Michael, Gabriel, and Lucifer, prompting Zhang Yang to recognize the information and exclaim in surprise.

Zhang Yang realized that Pangu’s ignorance of the angels’ betrayal and the other Demon Gods’ supposed lack of knowledge pointed to a flaw in his own understanding. At the Temple of Light, Sun Wukong and Flea used cigarettes to stall for time and impress the angels, and the God of Light agreed to receive the Demon Race’s envoys.

• Zhang Yang questioned Pangu about the angel will and concluded that the contradictions most likely came from something wrong with himself.
• Pangu sensed that his will was split and suppressed on the two islands where Lucifer and Gabriel resided.
• As Sun Wukong and Flea approached the Temple of Light, Zhang Yang urged them to stall while he relied on Pangu’s will for protection.
• Sun Wukong and Flea handed out cigarettes to the angel guards, whose dreams eased their troubles and helped several break through their bottlenecks.
• Raziel smoked with Sun Wukong, while the God of Light watched the cigarettes’ effects and decided to cooperate.
• Michael called for the Demon Race’s special envoys to be summoned, as Lucifer and Gabriel watched coldly.

Zhang Yang heard Pangu explain how the God of Light and Michael had killed God and seized power, then learned the full history behind the war between the Angel Race and the demons. When he activated the Pangu Token to contact the Laniakea Universe’s will, its inscription changed and sealed memories flooded into him.

• Zhang Yang followed Pangu to a place where one of Pangu’s wills was suppressed while Sun Wukong and Flea accompanied Raziel into the Temple of Light.
• Pangu explained that Lucifer and Gabriel had joined the demons after learning that the God of Light and Michael had killed God and stolen his position.
• Pangu recounted how he had tricked God into taking the brunt of his self-detonation, then described how God, the Insect Emperor, and the Demon God had later ambushed Satan.
• Zhang Yang questioned how he seemed to know the outcome of events, and Pangu told him to use the Pangu Token.
• Zhang Yang activated the Pangu Token to contact the Laniakea Universe’s will, and the character on it changed from “Gu” to “Yang” as sealed memories surged into him.

Zhang Yang learned that he was the Will of the Universe and recalled creating three thousand Demon Gods to protect and develop the Laniakea Universe. After they abandoned cultivation and fled, he decided to reclaim their origin power and create new beings.

• Zhang Yang used the Pangu Token to discover that he was the Will of the Universe and remembered awakening when the universe was born.
• Zhang Yang spent his remaining Universal Origin energy to create three thousand innate Demon Gods, including Luohu, Hongjun, Pangu, Ancestor Yang Mei, and Shi Chen.
• Luohu and Hongjun secretly explored other universes, then began creating little worlds for amusement, inspiring most of the Demon Gods to neglect cultivation.
• After waking several epochs later, Zhang Yang found that most of the Demon Gods had left the Laniakea Universe, so he dragged them back and warned them that its Cosmic Coordinates might be exposed.
• The Demon Gods stayed and made little progress for a time, but Luohu and Hongjun later left for the Demon Race Great Universe, and others followed despite Zhang Yang's warnings.
• With the Demon Gods refusing to return and his energy exhausted, Zhang Yang decided to sever their Laws, reclaim their origin power, and create new beings.

Zhang Yang revealed how the Demon Gods’ betrayal led to a costly invasion of the Laniakea Universe and how he and Pangu prepared a long-term plan to turn the tide. With the enemy’s leaders wounded and internal rebellion imminent, Pangu could now use the Token to awaken Zhang Yang’s sealed memories.

• Zhang Yang negotiated contracts with the Demon Gods through Pangu, but some still left the Laniakea Universe.
• The departing Demon Gods led hunters from four neighboring universes back to their home, prompting a coalition invasion.
• Zhang Yang severed the traitors’ Great Daos, and both sides suffered heavy losses before the war ended without a victor.
• Pangu’s will established the Cosmic Elders Council and proposed creating civilizations on planets, beginning with Earth.
• Zhang Yang revealed that he had transmigrated as a First-Level Star Lord with sealed memories while secretly cooperating with Pangu.
• With the enemy preparing to attack the Storage Center and its Great Dao-Level leaders incapacitated, Zhang Yang’s plan reached the point when Pangu could awaken his memories.

Zhang Yang coordinated the final stage of his plan with Pangu and visited the Hextech Realm to review the weapons being developed to destroy the Insect Race. He promised the researchers access to cosmic phenomena and resources, leaving them ready to advance their projects.

• Zhang Yang told Pangu to keep his identity secret and take up the chairmanship of the Cosmic Elders Council while they prepared for the final stage of the plan.
• Zhang Yang and Pangu agreed to wait for the Angel Race’s intelligence gathering and to destroy the Insect Race once the three races fell into chaos, so they could recover Pangu’s Will.
• Zhang Yang went to the Hextech Realm and told the researchers that their weapons were key to the plan against the Alien Races.
• Elder Qian described the Two-Dimensional Foil and its difficulty in mapping the fundamental points of cosmic space, so Zhang Yang offered to take his team to observe universes being born and destroyed.
• Newton Dun described the Droplet weapon and its missing materials, and Zhang Yang promised to arrange their collection from the Demon Race and Angel Race.
• Penrose and Ains requested firsthand study of black holes, dark matter, and red matter, and Zhang Yang agreed to provide access to the phenomena they needed.

Zhang Yang inspected the preparations for the coming war, reviewing the Local Group’s combat training and Ying Zheng’s mobilization plans. He approved expanded Mecha production and the use of Explosive Pills and Zombie Pills, then left to continue preparations.

• Zhang Yang sent avatars to direct scientists and oversee final deployments as the great war approached.
• The Lord of the Blazing Sun Galaxy spread news of the Saint-Level training, prompting other forces in the Local Group to join Zhang Yang’s system of training through combat.
• Zhang Yang summoned Ying Zheng, who reported strong results from unrestricted battles and detailed the realm-wide breakthroughs and military drills.
• Zhang Yang ordered Buddhism to form battle supervision teams, established three levels of combat readiness, and required shelters to protect civilians.
• When Ying Zheng explained that Starfolk wanted to fight, Zhang Yang ordered enough Mecha, ammunition, medicine, and elixirs for everyone under level-two readiness.
• Ying Zheng revealed that researchers had developed Explosive Pills and Zombie Pills, and Zhang Yang approved their production before vanishing.