Chapter Summaries

After sixty years of conquest, the Insect Race was halted at the Morata Galaxy by the Southern Coalition, whose forces had become unusually coordinated under Kexoya. Nexis moved to attack the Centaur homeworld to draw Kexoya away, leaving the coalition divided over how to defend both Centaur Star and Morata.

• Zhang Fan ordered the Insect Race to conquer the Southern Realm, and its forces occupied more than half the region over sixty years.
• Kexoya directed the coalition’s defense of Soya Star as Charm Spider struggled to capture Suodi Fortress and investigated the Modo Race’s role in the coalition’s coordination.
• Nexis told Charm Spider that Kexoya was responsible for the coalition’s coordination and revealed she would attack Centaur Star with Snow White and Meng Jia.
• Nexis led Insect Race forces toward Centaur Star, prompting Kexoya and the coalition leaders to debate whether they could spare troops from Morata.
• The Modo Race’s commander left the conference room after saying his people would follow Kexoya’s orders, while the other leaders complained about his behavior.

Charm Spider saw an opportunity to turn Godo against the Southern Realm by withdrawing the Insect Race’s main force from Susu Star. Godo persuaded Mude to join him in an attack, and their combined fleets headed for the Susu Star System.

• After overhearing Godo complain about the war, Charm Spider recognized Susu Star’s strategic value and considered recruiting him to the Insect Race.
• Charm Spider ordered the Insect Race’s main force to withdraw from Susu Star, leaving only a small garrison.
• Godo confirmed the withdrawal and urged Kexoya to seize Susu Star, but Kexoya dismissed his proposal as either misguided or a trap.
• Godo decided to attack Susu Star despite Kexoya’s refusal to support him and contacted Mude for assistance.
• After discussing the plan with his elders, Mude agreed to join Godo, and their fleets set course for the Susu Star System.

Godo and Mude seized Susu Star without authorization, only to discover that Charm Spider had lured them into an Insect Race trap. With Kexoya refusing to send help and their forces surrounded, the two commanders faced a choice between surrender and a costly breakout.

• Godo and Mude captured Susu Star and began building defenses while requesting reinforcements from Kexoya.
• Kexoya condemned Godo’s unauthorized attack and ordered him to return as the Insect Race launched another assault elsewhere.
• Godo and Mude decided to attack the Insect Race’s base, with retreat as a fallback, but Charm Spider contacted them and revealed they were surrounded.
• Charm Spider offered Godo and Mude control of the Southern Realm after surrender, along with shared technology and protection for their people.
• As Godo and Mude weighed surrender against a breakout that could cost most of their troops, the adjutant reported Insect Race soldiers watching their defenses from all three surrounding planets.

Godo and Mude surrendered to Charm Spider, who brought their fleets to the Morata Galaxy as the Insect Race advanced on the Southern Coalition. After Kexoya ordered a retreat toward Intermoon Star, Godo warned that the coalition’s plan would leave its forces vulnerable to the region’s gravitational vortices.

• Mude and Godo agreed to surrender after Charm Spider promised to protect their people and accepted Godo’s condition that they would not attack the Southern Realm coalition.
• Charm Spider took the Modo and Yasa fleets to the Morata Galaxy, where their conspicuous placement revealed their surrender to the coalition.
• Kexoya and the coalition commanders debated how to divide their forces between the Morata Galaxy and Centaur Planet as the Insect Race advanced.
• Kexoya ordered the coalition to abandon its forward fortresses and retreat to Intermoon Star.
• Godo explained to Charm Spider that the retreat risked trapping the coalition among gravitational vortices and suggested using a nearby asteroid to lure the Insect Race into a trap.

Charm Spider used Godo’s knowledge to trap the Southern Realm coalition on Intermoon Star, where the commanders argued over their next move. Kexoya rallied them to resist and identified the Insect Race’s commanders as a possible weakness.

• Godo warned Charm Spider against openly driving the coalition toward Intermoon Star and advised her to feign pursuit before sending the main force to an asteroid.
• The Insect Race warped to the asteroid and encircled the coalition on Intermoon Star, while its breakout attempts and supply routes were blocked by gravitational vortices.
• Kexoya and the coalition commanders argued over Godo’s betrayal, whether to seek reinforcements, and whether to surrender.
• Kexoya urged the commanders to unite and fight, then said the Insect Race’s commanders might be its weakness.

Kexoya’s coalition prepared a peace delegation as cover for an assassination attempt against Charm Spider, while the Insect Race intercepted their signals and anticipated the plot. Zhang Fan arrived at the Black Widow as the delegation approached, and the chapter left the planned assassination about to unfold.

• Kexoya’s plan sent small fighters through the Gravitational Vortex, assigned Duoxia and Kekeqiya to assassinate the Insect Race’s leader, and called for reinforcements.
• The Insect Race intercepted distress signals, and Godo deduced that Kexoya intended to use peace talks to target Charm Spider.
• Charm Spider chose the Black Widow for the talks, and Kexoya arrived with five commanders aboard a small warship.
• Zhang Fan appeared beside Charm Spider, and Godo explained that the delegation’s real aim was assassination.
• Zhang Fan welcomed Godo and Mude’s service, then urged Charm Spider’s side to let the delegation board and proceed with the talks.

Kexoya's party arrived under the pretense of peace talks, but Charm Spider revealed that the Insect Race had conquered the Southern Realm and the visitors were the last holdouts. The talks turned into an assassination attempt, and as Charm Spider fought the attackers alone, Godo rushed to help after she was injured.

• Charm Spider welcomed Kexoya's party, while Mude and Godo exchanged insults with the commanders accompanying them.
• Charm Spider declared that the visitors were the only ones left in the Southern Realm and rejected their demand that the Insect Race withdraw.
• Kexoya ordered an attack, and he, Duoxia, Kekeqiya, Mo Ya, and Suge fought Charm Spider and the Insect Race guards.
• Zhang Fan revealed himself and let Godo and Mude withdraw, then told Godo that Charm Spider could handle the fight as a training opportunity.
• Charm Spider was injured, and Godo rushed back into the meeting room to help her.

Godo risked his life to save Charm Spider, who rose again after being impaled in battle. As she began molting into a new form, Zhang Fan recognized that she was evolving, though her final form remained unknown.

• Godo rescued the fallen Charm Spider from Duoxia and stood against Kexoya and the other attackers.
• Mude explained that Godo had long been overlooked by the Allied Forces and had grown deeply attached to Charm Spider because she had understood him.
• After Godo was defeated, Charm Spider got back up and attacked the five warriors, while Zhang Fan wagered with Mude that she could defeat them.
• Charm Spider killed Duoxia but was pierced through the chest by Kexoya's spear, and Kexoya discovered that communications with his fleet had been cut off.
• Charm Spider rose once more, pulled out the spear, and molted into a new body as Zhang Fan identified the change as her evolution.

Charm Spider completed her evolution and revealed that she could devour energy, weapons, and people, overwhelming Kexoya and the others. After she consumed Kekeqiya’s grenade and arm, she turned her attention to Suge, who surrendered too late.

• Kexoya and the others tried to break Charm Spider’s barrier while Godo was rescued and taken to the Medical Room.
• Kexoya, Kekeqiya, and Mo Ya shattered Charm Spider’s barrier, but she caught and ate Kexoya’s Energy Beam Spear.
• Charm Spider trapped the group in webs, ate Mo Ya’s Power Sword, and pursued Suge.
• Kexoya drew Charm Spider away from Suge, but she attacked and bit into his neck.
• Kekeqiya detonated a Compressed Grenade at close range, but Charm Spider swallowed it along with his arm and survived.
• Suge surrendered to Charm Spider, who told him it was too late.

Zhang Fan spared Kexoya and put him in charge of training the Insect Race army, then prepared to leave for the Northern Realm after Boss Jin brought him a key to a hidden Vitter Divine Artifact. Boss Jin demanded all of the Overlord's armies in exchange for the key.

• Zhang Fan saved Kexoya, who surrendered to protect his people, and assigned him to train the Insect Race army.
• Zhang Fan ordered Kexoya to persuade the Southern Realm Allied Forces to surrender and appointed Godo and Charm Spider to manage the Southern Realm.
• Boss Jin arrived aboard the Golden Frog Trade Ship and showed Zhang Fan a Crystal Key said to unlock a Vitter Divine Artifact hidden in the Northern Realm.
• Boss Jin warned Zhang Fan that the Northern Realm was guarded by powerful members of the Element Race and that the key could only be used during a limited window.
• Zhang Fan agreed to head to the Northern Realm, and Boss Jin demanded all of the Overlord's armies in exchange for the key.

Zhang Fan agreed to help Boss Jin find the Witt Divine Artifact before accompanying him against the Interstellar Trade Alliance. On the way to the Northern Realm, Zhang Fan discovered the Dragon Race might have removed his control over the Emperors and ordered Duolaner to investigate.

• Boss Jin asked Zhang Fan for troops to attack the Interstellar Trade Alliance, but Zhang Fan agreed only to help him find the Divine Artifact and later accompany him against the alliance.
• Zhang Fan took Boss Jin to the Spirit Dragon Brood Bug and told Shusha he was heading to the Northern Realm, then departed with a fleet.
• Boss Jin revealed that the Dragon Race had bought many Emperors and asked him to acquire Night Hawks, leading Zhang Fan to suspect the Dragon Race was searching for ways to counter the Emperors.
• Zhang Fan failed to locate the Emperors the Dragon Race had purchased and concluded they might have removed his Overlord consciousness from them.
• Zhang Fan told Duolaner to strengthen the Overlord consciousness and ordered Snow White to obtain an Emperor controlled by the Dragon Race.

Zhang Fan’s forces fought the elemental defenders of Dark Soul Star while his Red Shadows tried to reach the treasury. He opened the treasury doors with Boss Jin’s key, but a mysterious dark figure attacked him and blocked his way inside.

• Zhang Fan learned the treasury entrance was inside the lightning elementals’ castle and sent Red Shadows to investigate it.
• The Red Shadows triggered alarms at the entrance, so Zhang Fan attacked the castle to draw off its guards, but the elemental forces joined the battle.
• Zhang Fan withdrew weaker troops and committed larger units, while the lightning elemental guards continued to hold the treasury entrance.
• The Red Shadows attacked the guards but were exposed by their electrical counterattack, prompting Zhang Fan to teleport to the entrance himself.
• Zhang Fan killed several guards with qi energy and opened the treasury with Boss Jin’s key, but a powerful dark figure struck him twice and stood in his way.

Zhang Fan defeated a treasury guard identical to himself and met the Five-Clawed Golden Dragon coiled around a golden pillar. The dragon revealed that the treasury’s divine artifact could unlock humanity’s sealed memories, then enveloped Zhang Fan in dragon breath as the Insect Race and its distant members suddenly grew weak and distressed.

• Zhang Fan discovered a tiny red spot on his identical treasury guard and destroyed it by striking the spot repeatedly.
• Zhang Fan entered the treasury and confronted the Five-Clawed Golden Dragon, whose Light of Annihilation failed to harm him.
• Zhang Fan told the dragon about humanity’s destruction and his effort to rebuild it, and learned that the divine artifact unlocked humanity’s sealed memories and required the essences of five Judgment Dragons.
• Zhang Fan proposed bringing back the Judgment Dragons’ essences in exchange for strength, and the Five-Clawed Golden Dragon enveloped him in soothing dragon breath that increased his power.
• The fighting outside stopped and the Insect Race grew listless, while Shusha, Snow White, and the other {Beast God Generals} wondered whether something had happened to the Overlord.

The Insect Race fell into a false death across the universe, then revived after a race-wide evolution triggered by Zhang Fan’s experience in the treasury. As Shusha prepared to punish those who attacked the helpless insects, Zhang Fan returned and set out with Boss Jin for the Interstellar Trade Alliance.

• Hu Baili and Shusha discovered that the Overlord’s connection to the Insect Race had vanished, while insects across the universe collapsed and hostile races began attacking them.
• After seven days, the Insect Race entered false death, then revived on the eighth day by molting into stronger forms.
• Shusha called for the extermination of races that had attacked the Insect Race, but Hu Baili persuaded her to target only the rebels, and the Insect Race began suppressing the uprising in the Western Realm.
• Zhang Fan awoke in the treasury, learned that his evolution had triggered the evolution of the entire Insect Race, and was expelled after being told he needed the essence of five Judgment Dragons to return.
• Zhang Fan reunited with Boss Jin, heard about the Western Realm’s rebellion, and chose to travel to the Interstellar Trade Alliance to fulfill his promise to him.

Zhang Fan offered the Interstellar Trade Alliance’s councilors a chance to join the Insect Race’s new trading company, backing the ultimatum with a show of force. The councilors failed to agree before his fifteen-minute deadline expired, and Zhang Fan demanded their decision.

• The Interstellar Trade Alliance refused to let Zhang Fan and the Insect Race fleet enter its territory, so Zhang Fan waited outside while its councilors argued over whether to admit them.
• Geyamidos opposed trade with the Insect Race, while Andre argued that rejecting a powerful trading partner was foolish.
• Millions of Insect Race warships gathered near Zhang Fan, and the councilors learned that fifteen million Beast Race warships were massing while nearby trade routes had been cut off.
• Zhang Fan announced a new Interstellar Trading Company in the Western Realm and gave the councilors fifteen minutes to join or face destruction.
• Geyamidos urged the councilors to resist, but Andre warned that Zhang Fan intended to rebuild the alliance; the councilors debated without reaching a decision.
• When the deadline passed, Zhang Fan appeared on the main screen and demanded to know what they had decided.

Zhang Fan forced the Interstellar Trade Alliance to choose between joining his new trade alliance and facing the Insect Race, then demanded Geyamidos surrender the Council chairmanship. Hegli returned with an armed Teglia fleet, and his tactical adjustments turned the battle into a contest of strength.

• Geyamidos revealed that thirty million Teglia Warships had surrounded the Trade Space Station, but Zhang Fan ordered the Insect Race to attack before Hegli’s fleet had installed its weapons.
• The Insect Race destroyed more than three million Teglia Warships in ten minutes, prompting trading companies to join Zhang Fan’s new trade alliance and evacuate the station.
• Zhang Fan rejected Andre’s proposal for a Council seat and demanded that Geyamidos hand over the Council chairmanship.
• Hegli’s fully armed fleet returned and attacked, but the Insect Race’s shields and coordinated warships initially held off the Teglia forces.
• Hegli changed his fleet’s tactics, overturning the Insect Race’s advantage, while Zhang Fan noted that the Eastern Realm was in turmoil.

Zhang Fan’s evolved Insect Race fleet gained the upper hand against Hegli’s forces, while Boss Jin prepared to take control of the Interstellar Trade Alliance. With defeat looming, Andre contacted Zhang Fan to negotiate again, and Zhang Fan demanded that Boss Jin become Council chairman and manage the Trade Alliance.

• Zhang Fan explained that the Great Emperors were dealing with a Dimensional Gate in the Eastern Realm and observed the Insect Race fleet battle the Tigelia Fleet.
• Zhang Fan’s forces attacked the Tigelia fleet’s Strategic Battleships while defending the {Primordial Spirit Emperor Bug}, and the Insect Race suffered few lasting losses.
• Zhang Fan told Boss Jin that he would give him control of the Interstellar Trade Alliance, which Boss Jin understood as a strategic resource for the Insect Race.
• After three days of fighting, Hegli had lost almost a third of his fleet and urged Geyamidos and Andre to retreat or seek peace.
• Andre contacted Zhang Fan to negotiate again, and Zhang Fan said Boss Jin must become Council chairman and manage the Trade Alliance.

Zhang Fan took control of the Interstellar Trade Alliance Council and installed Boss Jin as chairman, then visited Ona to ask about Judgment Dragon essence. Ona revealed that a means of defeating Great Emperor-level figures was sealed in a galaxy near the Western Universe's border and asked Zhang Fan to investigate, offering compensation.

• Zhang Fan pressured Geyamidos to give up the Council chairmanship, while Hegli agreed to let the Insect Race's compensation claim go and departed with the Tigelia Fleet.
• Zhang Fan brought Boss Jin to the Council Hall and made him chairman of the Interstellar Trade Alliance.
• Boss Jin recalled the absent Council members, organized cleanup, and revised trade routes and regulations.
• Zhang Fan traveled to the Dragon Race's star domain and asked Ona about obtaining Judgment Dragon essence to open a treasury.
• Ona said the treasury would require killing five Judgment Dragons, then told Zhang Fan that a means of defeating Great Emperor-level figures was sealed near the Western Universe's border.
• Zhang Fan refused to send troops without compensation, and Ona began to offer a reward.

Zhang Fan discovered that the Vimans on Prada Star lived primitively and learned from Shilva that Lord Sadran had been sealed in the Dark Forbidden Land. Shilva explained that finding the Dark Prince on Pudala Star could break the seal, and Zhang Fan agreed to help in exchange for learning telekinesis.

• Zhang Fan descended alone to Prada Star, where he found a primitive village whose inhabitants spoke Earth Language.
• The villagers denied knowing Sadran, but Zhang Fan noticed a young girl watching him and briefly pulled her from the crowd.
• The girl, Shilva, revealed that she was a member of Sadran's Shadow Guard and that Sadran had been sealed in the Dark Forbidden Land.
• Shilva said the Dark Prince would be born on Pudala Star in three days and that the Rebel Army was searching for him.
• Shilva demonstrated telekinesis by levitating a stone and explained that it could control anything in the universe.
• Zhang Fan suspected Sadran had been sealed because of his telekinesis, then agreed to help Shilva if she taught him how to use it.

Zhang Fan learned psychokinesis from Shilva while his Insect Race searched for the Dark Prince. After they rescued the newborn from an attack on Qinlin Village, Zhang Fan discovered the seal preventing the child from leaving was held in an underground palace, but his Burrowing Bugs could not damage its crystal.

• Zhang Fan agreed to learn psychokinesis from Shilva in exchange for helping her find and rescue the Dark Prince.
• Zhang Fan trained for three days, improving his ability to move stones with psychokinesis as his Ghost Shadow Bugs monitored Prada Star.
• Shilva told Zhang Fan that the Dark Prince had been born and asked the Insect Race to protect him from an approaching army.
• Zhang Fan sent his bugs to defeat the Kuimans army attacking Qinlin Village and shielded the village from cannon fire.
• Shilva found the Dark Prince in the ancestral hall and explained that a seal buried in the village prevented them from taking him away.
• Zhang Fan found a crystal in an underground palace, but his Burrowing Bugs could not break it.