Arc 19The Expedition to Dumanlin

Artoria became an angel, Jiang Weiyang united the Holy Golden Lion Empire and reached Legendary, and Jiang Yuu prepared the Expedition to the Stars. The expedition entered Dumanlin World, where Fulina returned and Jiang Yuu began his confrontation with Dumanlin Starhost.

  • Gael helped Artoria become a Holy War Angel, presented her with the Sword of Victory, and brought her to meet Sariel, Livier, and Anwyn.
  • Jiang Yuu destroyed the Duo'os fleet threatening Blue Star, while the Federation revealed him as humanity's guardian at the Solar System's frontier.
  • Jiang Weiyang led the northern campaign to victory, founded the Holy Golden Lion Empire, and was crowned its emperor.
  • Jiang Yuu established the Supreme Underworld and appointed Aeryta its ruler, while later helping Jiang Weiyang comprehend the Aurora Law and reach Legendary.
  • Jiang Yuu and the gods assembled billions of players, Angels, and armies, then entered Dumanlin World through the Gate of Spacetime.
  • Minglande inherited the Black Family's legacy, and the Dark Star Pendant opened a portal that brought Jiang Yuu into Dumanlin World.
  • Jiang Yuu summoned his forces, Fulina returned to Dumanlin, and he ordered the conquest of the stars as Michael led the allied armies across the world.
  • Jiang Yuu confronted Dumanlin Starhost at the Imperial Throne of Stars and struck at him with Judgment.
Chapters 451–475 Vol. 5 Read

Ch. 451Jia'ailu

Gael revealed her identity to Artoria Pendragon and escorted her up Paradise Mountain to begin the process of becoming an angel. She explained the angel orders, and Artoria chose to become a Holy War Angel.

  • Gael transformed from her Six-Winged Angel appearance into the Winged People woman Artoria had met in the lower realm.
  • Gael offered to take Artoria to the Fourth Paradise Mountain to be reincarnated as an angel.
  • Artoria followed Gael up Paradise Mountain, delighted by the prospect of an official angel position and its benefits.
  • Gael explained the differences between Holy War Angels and faith angels, and Artoria chose to become a Holy War Angel.

Ch. 452The Lord's third daughter in heaven

Artoria followed Gael to the Angel Reincarnation Pool, where she was transformed into an angel. After learning that Gael was the Lord's third daughter, Artoria was invited to meet the Lord.

  • Artoria traveled with Gael across the Fourth Paradise Mountain and witnessed the angels' reverence for her.
  • Gael brought Artoria to the Angel Reincarnation Pool, where Wei Nai'er welcomed them and addressed Gael as the Lord's daughter.
  • Artoria learned that Gael was the Lord's third daughter, with the heavenly office of victory and music.
  • Artoria entered the pool and was reborn with white angel wings and angelic power.
  • Wei Nai'er congratulated Artoria and invited her to dress and follow her to an audience with the Lord.

Ch. 453Holy Sword of Victory

Artoria met the Lord of Heaven, who praised her mortal reign and gave her a sword forged by Gael. He agreed that she would serve under Gael for now, and Gael took her to meet some familiar faces.

  • Wei Nai'er led Artoria up the celestial stairway to the hall atop First Paradise Mountain.
  • Artoria knelt before the Lord of Heaven, who praised her courage, faith, achievements, and care for her kingdom.
  • Gael presented Artoria with the Sword of Victory, which she had forged herself.
  • Gael offered to take Artoria under her service, and Jiang Yuu agreed after Annatania supported the arrangement.
  • Gael took Artoria to meet some familiar faces.

Ch. 454The first step in exploring beyond the Solar System

Gael introduced Artoria to the Twin Goddesses of Fate and Anwyn, who explained Jiang Jiang's divine origins. Meanwhile, as Jiang Weiyang ruled the Feland Continent, humanity began its first major exploration beyond the Solar System with the Watch mission to Pluto.

  • Gael brought Artoria to her courtyard, where Sariel, Livier, and Anwyn welcomed her among the angels.
  • Sariel and the others revealed their mortal identities to Artoria and explained that Jiang Jiang was their divine father's younger sister, gaining experience in the mortal world before ascending to Paradise Mountain.
  • Jiang Jiang, who had ruled as Knight King for five years, complained that her peaceful kingdom left her yearning for battle.
  • In 2099, the Federation broadcast the Watch spacecraft's landing on Pluto and its deployment of an observatory and detection stations.
  • The Federation announced Watcher's first attempt to use dark energy visualization to detect what lay beyond the Kuiper Belt, and the stations lit up.

Ch. 455Surrender!

A dark-energy probe revealed a vast Duo'os fleet beyond the Solar System, and the Federation learned that Elder Ji had assured its leaders the fleet could not enter. The Daosians then hijacked Blue Star’s media to demand humanity’s surrender, leaving the planet in panic.

  • The probe’s detection wave reached beyond the Kuiper Belt, where its footage revealed an enormous interstellar fleet.
  • The Federation Speaker asked Elder Ji for guidance, and the secretary-general reported that someone guarded the Solar System’s edge and the fleet could not get in.
  • The Speaker ordered the livestream to continue and instructed officials to tell viewers the Federation had been prepared.
  • A Duo'os prince ordered his crew to decipher Blue Star’s language and seize its media so he could demand that humanity become their slaves.
  • A Daosian hijacked media across Blue Star and threatened to kill everyone unless they surrendered the planet.
  • The fleet returned to the livestream, and Blue Star’s people were left panicking.

Ch. 456The frozen throne

As the Duo'os Civilization threatened Blue Star, the Federation revealed its Transcendent Beings and declared war. Jiang Weiyang recognized her brother among them as he emerged from the Kuiper Belt and annihilated the invading fleet.

  • Jiang Weiyang watched the alien ultimatum with her parents and urged them to trust the Federation.
  • The Federation revealed its Transcendent Beings to the public and declared war on the Duo'os Civilization.
  • The Duo'os prince dismissed Blue Star's threat and ordered his fleet to attack.
  • A human emerged from an icy asteroid in the Kuiper Belt, and Jiang Weiyang recognized him as her brother.
  • Jiang Weiyang's brother appeared before the fleet and destroyed it with a sweeping sword strike.

Ch. 457Praise God

Jiang Yuu destroyed the third alien fleet and was revealed to Blue Star as humanity’s powerful guardian, “God.” After the Federation celebrated his victory, he gathered the Daosians’ star-domain coordinates and planned to settle accounts with the alien civilizations.

  • Jiang Yuu surveyed the fleet wreckage and ignored humanity’s dark-energy surveillance, which the Human King had explained was meant to encourage people to pursue the Transcendent.
  • People across Blue Star watched the broadcast in shock, while Jiang Weiyang and Jiang Yuu’s parents recognized him and struggled to believe what they saw.
  • The Federation hosts identified Jiang Yuu as its most powerful Transcendent Being, codenamed “God,” and praised him for guarding humanity at the Solar System’s frontier.
  • Viewers condemned a commenter who objected to killing alien life, and the Federation Government announced that the man had been sentenced to death for betraying Human Civilization.
  • The hosts showed ten starship graveyards beyond the Solar System, including three Jiang Yuu had destroyed, and led viewers in praising him.
  • At the Daosians’ fleet graveyard, Jiang Yuu extracted the Daoans’ star-domain coordinates, sent them to the Human King, and kept a copy for himself.

Ch. 458The undead wreak havoc

Jiang Yuu left the wreckage of the Daosian fleet while Blue Star prepared to study it, and Jiang Weiyang entered Feland World hoping to learn what had changed with her brother. Her thoughts were interrupted by news that an undead outbreak and the Lionfolk advance had brought the Northlands to the brink of disaster.

  • Jiang Yuu left the Daosian fleet wreckage as Federation scientists prepared to send ships to investigate it.
  • Jiang Weiyang closed the livestream and entered Feland World to find out what had happened to Jiang Yuu.
  • Jia'ailu disguised Artoria as a Sun Elf and made her Jia'ailu's younger sister so she could join the expedition to the Astral Realm.
  • Jiang Weiyang received only a brief “Busy” reply from Jiang Yuu, who was resting beside the pregnant Divine Queen Annatania.
  • A Templar Knight told Jiang Weiyang that the Lionfolk Royal Court had captured three northern duchies and reached Melansen City amid an undead scourge.
  • The Templar Knight reported that the Werewolf Grand Duke had blocked the Holy City's reinforcements at Ironstone Fortress.

Ch. 459Yuliel's quest

Jiang Weiyang decided to lead Golden Lion forces north to aid the Holy Radiance Alliance against an undead cult, while Jiang Yuu created a large-scale quest to recruit players for the northern expedition. The quest called for rescuing the Pope, defeating the Lionfolk army, eliminating the cult, and securing victory across the Northlands.

  • Jiang Weiyang learned that a cult worshipping the supposedly dead God of Death had attacked the northern nations and decided to send elite knights and Divine Priests north.
  • Jiang Weiyang informed the Holy Thorn Guild, whose players returned to Prolaine to join the expedition.
  • Jiang Yuu recognized the war as an opportunity to issue his first large-scale quest as Master of Paradise Mountain.
  • Jiang Yuu published the Radiance's Crusade quest, tasking players with rescuing the Pope, defeating the Lionfolk army, reclaiming the Northlands, destroying the undead cult, and restoring the conquered nations.

Ch. 460Strife of the Gods

Jiang Yuu posted quests to spark conflict between the Holy Radiance Alliance and the Golden Lion Alliance, while Fulina launched an expansion quest for the Habsburg Empire. Gods across Feland World mobilized players for the newly classified [Conflict of the Gods], as an enormous Astral Realm portal began taking shape in another world.

  • Jiang Yuu posted Radiance's Crusade and a hidden quest for Jiang Weiyang and the guild leaders to unite the Holy Radiance Alliance and the Golden Lion Alliance.
  • Jiang Yuu asked Sophia to tell the gods worshipped by the Lionfolk Royal Court's faction to post an opposing quest so Jiang Weiyang would face a tougher war.
  • Blue Star players celebrated the quests, and some formed new guilds to obtain the hidden quest.
  • Fulina posted a quest for the Habsburg Empire to expand its territory ahead of the Expedition to the Stars, inspiring gods across Feland World to issue more quests and clashes.
  • The Game System grouped the side quests under [Conflict of the Gods], and a streamer predicted they would train players for the Expedition to the Stars.
  • An enormous Astral Realm portal began taking shape in a medium-sized world.

Ch. 461An angel on earth

Jiang Weiyang led the Golden Lion Alliance army north, joined forces with the defeated pope, and refused to wait for the rest of the Holy Radiance Alliance before confronting the Lionfolk Royal Court. She met the Lionfolk King’s army on a wasteland and led her troops into battle.

  • Jiang Weiyang brought the Golden Lion Alliance army north, and Holy Radiance Alliance players joined her along the way.
  • Jiang Weiyang met the pope and survivors after Melansen fell, and she rejected his suggestion to wait for more armies before attacking.
  • Gael asked Artoria whether she had taught Jiang Weiyang to speak and act so shrewdly, and Artoria praised Jiang Weiyang instead.
  • Jiang Weiyang’s army encountered the Lionfolk Royal Court’s steppe army on a wasteland several days later.
  • Jiang Weiyang rallied her soldiers and ordered all troops to charge.

Ch. 462The Divine Queen descended

Jiang Weiyang united the North Continent, became emperor of the Holy Golden Lion Empire, and received a public blessing from Annatania, Divine Queen of Paradise Mountain. Elsewhere, Jiang Yuu met Ji Xuanyuan, the Human King, and gave him a scroll requested by Little Eight before departing.

  • Jiang Weiyang led the Golden Lion Alliance to victory over the Lionfolk Royal Court, drove its army into the great desert, and helped eliminate the undead sects.
  • The old pope yielded the papacy to Jiang Weiyang, who announced the founding of the Holy Golden Lion Empire and invited the nobles to its coronation.
  • In 1676, Jiang Weiyang was crowned emperor in Prolaine, and Annatania descended from Paradise Mountain to place a sacred wreath on her head and promise her a place there.
  • Players shared the miracle online, while Federation Government warnings deepened public speculation about Jiang Weiyang's background.
  • Jiang Yuu met Ji Xuanyuan in a forest, learned that he was the Human King and Lord of Judgment, and gave him a shimmering scroll requested by Little Eight before leaving.

Ch. 463Supreme Underworld (Underworld Beneath the Tree)

Jiang Yuu planned a Supreme Underworld beneath the World Tree to govern the dead across Paradise Mountain’s worlds and strengthen its cycle. He appointed Aeryta to learn the Underworld’s operations and began discussing the new realm with Silivans.

  • After the game system distributed the quest rewards, Jiang Yuu surveyed the Underworld with Aeryta while Andaras stood by.
  • Jiang Yuu explained the need for a realm to shelter souls and contain the darkness of Paradise Mountain’s worlds, then decided to establish a Supreme Underworld.
  • Jiang Yuu ordered Andaras to hand authority over the Feland Underworld to Aeryta for ten years, and Andaras agreed.
  • Jiang Yuu told Aeryta to govern the Feland Underworld and record what she would need for the future Supreme Underworld.
  • Jiang Yuu traveled to the World Tree’s roots, summoned Silivans, and proposed establishing the Underworld Beneath the Tree there.
  • Silivans welcomed the plan, and Jiang Yuu began explaining what he needed him to do.

Ch. 464Ten years later

Jiang Yuu built the Supreme Underworld beneath the World Tree by joining Paradise Mountain’s worlds and their nether realms. Once it was ready, he summoned Aeryta to take charge of it.

  • Jiang Yuu gathered ninety-nine dark or sunless worlds beneath the World Tree’s roots and anchored them with pillars made from its roots.
  • Jiang Yuu ordered Sophia to bring more worlds into Paradise Mountain and linked their nether realms to the Supreme Underworld.
  • Over ten years, several thousand worlds merged into the Supreme Underworld, which filled with underworld beings and transformed stars beneath a Silver Moon projection.
  • Jiang Yuu declared the Supreme Underworld ready and summoned Aeryta, who left Feland World and descended to him.

Ch. 465Queen Beneath the Tree

Jiang Yuu appointed Aeryta as Supreme Lord of the Underworld and authorized her to form a Death Angel Legion. Fifteen years later, he brought Jiang Weiyang into Feland World's laws to help her pursue the Path to Legendary, while a Spacetime Teleportation Gate took shape in another world.

  • Jiang Yuu asked Aeryta to govern the Supreme Underworld, and she accepted the role of Supreme Lord on his behalf.
  • Jiang Yuu proclaimed Aeryta’s appointment across Paradise Mountain and allowed her to establish a Death Angel Legion with a Holy Pool of Angel Baptism for its members.
  • Aeryta established her palace atop an Underworld pillar and chose the title Queen Beneath the Tree.
  • Fifteen years later, players on the Feland Continent reached level 99 but struggled to grasp laws and advance to Legendary, including Jiang Weiyang.
  • Jiang Yuu sent Jiang Weiyang into the world of laws within the World Source so she could encounter Feland World's laws directly.
  • A Spacetime Teleportation Gate took shape in a medium-sized world.

Ch. 466The Expedition to the Stars Teleportation Gate Is Built

The Super Spacetime Teleportation Gate to Dumanlin World was completed, and the Game System announced that the Expedition to the Stars would begin soon. Jiang Yuu and other players discovered the new Expedition Points leaderboard and a shop offering opportunities to gain insight into the laws.

  • The Goddess of Dark Night left subordinate gods and a Dark Night Divine Scion Legion to guard the completed gate, then hurried to Paradise Mountain to tell Jiang Yuu and discuss the expedition.
  • The Game System notified all Blue Star players that the gate to Dumanlin World was built and the Expedition to the Stars would begin soon.
  • The Game System introduced an Expedition Points leaderboard that awarded points for military achievements, including killing enemies and the Sovereign of Dumanlin, Dumanlin Starhost.
  • Jiang Yuu opened the Points Shop and found that players could spend ten thousand points for a brief opportunity to contact the Source of Laws.
  • Other sharp-eyed players also noticed the law-insight reward in the shop.

Ch. 467The Birth of the Second Legendary Player

Blue Star players debated whether the Points Shop’s Insight into the Source of Laws could help them reach Legendary, while Jiang Weiyang comprehended the Aurora Law. She returned to her palace after seven days and became a level 100 Legendary, unlocking the Empress of Radiance class.

  • Little Violent Beauty found Insight into the Source of Laws in the Expedition Points Shop and told her viewers it could help players reach Legendary.
  • Players and streamers debated whether one insight would be enough, and whether talent determined success.
  • Jiang Weiyang comprehended the Aurora Law in Feland World’s Source of Laws space while Jiang Yuu watched from Paradise Mountain.
  • Jiang Yuu returned Jiang Weiyang to her throne, where she learned that seven days had passed and that she could level up again.
  • Jiang Weiyang reached level 100, became Legendary, and unlocked the Empress of Radiance class on the Saint of Judgment path.

Ch. 468Awaiting His Arrival!

Jiang Weiyang advanced to Legendary as the Empress of Radiance, while Jiang Yuu organized the Expedition to the Stars and summoned the forces of Paradise Mountain. With the expedition about to begin, gods, angels, Transcendent legions, and billions of players gathered in Transport World to await Jiang Yuu's arrival.

  • Jiang Weiyang accepted the Empress of Radiance class, unlocked the Domain of Radiance, and publicly became the second player to reach Legendary.
  • Jiang Weiyang told Sacred Thorns members that a platinum light had brought her to a space containing a source of laws suited to her, inspiring other players to attempt the Legendary path.
  • After the Goddess of Dark Night told Jiang Yuu that the Super Gate of Spacetime was complete, Jiang Yuu scheduled the Expedition to the Stars for three months later and sent word to the gods.
  • Jiang Weiyang ordered the Holy Golden Lion Empire's Transcendent knight orders and player guilds to prepare, as nations and gods assembled expeditionary forces.
  • The Game System announced that the Expedition to the Stars would begin in three days and directed players to join the Lord of Judgment's legions in Transport World.
  • Billions of players gathered in Transport World alongside gods, ten million angels, and Transcendent legions, waiting for the Supreme Sovereign Jiang Yuu to arrive.

Ch. 469He had arrived

Li Jingchen and the assembled armies witnessed Yuliel arrive as the King of the Gods and lead Paradise Mountain’s forces into a new world. The expedition began as Angels, gods, and Transcendent legions entered the portal, and players received notice that the Expedition Points shop had opened.

  • Li Jingchen marveled at the vast Angel Legion and felt determined to reach Legendary after comparing himself with Jiang Weiyang.
  • Players discussed the assembled forces and learned that they were waiting for Yuliel, the King of the Gods.
  • Yuliel arrived in radiant majesty, and gods, Angels, armies, mortals, and players knelt and praised him.
  • Yuliel ordered the gods and armies into position, then told Teripes and Fulina to open the Gate of Spacetime.
  • Yuliel entered the portal first, followed by the Angels, gods, and Transcendent armies, as players received notice that the expedition and Expedition Points shop had begun.

Ch. 470A'aike Village in the Empire of Stars

The chapter introduced the Empire of Stars and its history under Dumanlin Starhost, then followed elderly baron of the Black Family as he prepared to pass its legacy to his grandson, Minglande. After revealing a mysterious pendant and making a private magic circle, he asked Minglande about its origins.

  • Dumanlin Starhost overthrew the fourteen Empresses of the Stars, unified Dumanlin World, and led the Empire of Stars in conquering distant worlds.
  • The chapter described how the empire ruled its worlds through governors and Star Warlocks, while nobles in Dumanlin World had special rights to raise Fate Stars.
  • At A'aike village, the elderly Black Family baron told Minglande that his father had abandoned the family and its ancestral lands.
  • Minglande knelt and agreed to inherit the Black Family's legacy.
  • The old baron activated an isolation magic circle and asked Minglande where the family's darkness pendant had come from.

Ch. 471Baron, You've Been Exposed!

Baron Laimode Blake told his grandson Minglande the Black Family’s hidden history and its duty to await the return of Night Star Empress Fulina. Their conversation ended when Star Warlock enforcers arrived at Blake Castle and accused the baron of being exposed.

  • Minglande said the Dark Star Pendant held the Black Family’s transcendent Star Art, but Baron Laimode Blake explained that the family guarded a signpost for Fulina’s return.
  • Baron Laimode Blake revealed that the Black Family’s ancestors had served as Fulina’s imperial family, founded by her son Blake Night Star, before changing their name during the Rebellion of the Stars.
  • Baron Laimode Blake told Minglande to inherit the family’s history and responsibilities, and said the Dark Star Pendant would shine when Fulina returned.
  • Star Warlock enforcers appeared outside Blake Castle, and one ordered Baron Laimode Blake to come with them because he had been exposed.

Ch. 472At last, you have come, great ancestral empress!

Moxilin led the Heart of the North's Star Warlock enforcement squad to arrest Baron Blake and seize the Black Family's Dark Star Pendant. After Hanisen took the pendant, it unleashed a vast teleportation gate, and the old baron recognized the arrival of his ancestral empress.

  • Moxilin told his father he had turned against the Black Family to keep little Minglande from being trapped by its legacy, but the enforcement captain revealed that Moxilin would receive neither the barony nor its lands.
  • The enforcement captain demanded the Dark Star Pendant, and Baron Blake revealed his strength by shattering the captain's Fate Star before using the pendant to open a portal for Minglande.
  • Hanisen descended from the sky and interrupted the escape, demanding the pendant; Baron Blake used the Light of the Dark Stars to defend it, but Hanisen's power overwhelmed the barrier.
  • Hanisen seized the Dark Star Pendant and declared it an immortal-grade divine artifact, but it erupted with space-time light and formed an enormous teleportation gate.
  • Baron Blake knelt in excitement and cried out that the great ancestral empress had finally come.

Ch. 473I came! I saw!

Wyatt Dumanlin and the Fate Star Raisers of Dumanlin prepared to repel the Night Star Empress, but Jiang Yuu emerged from the portal and killed their assault in a flash. Jiang Yuu entered Dumanlin World and looked over the vast world as a future domain for Paradise Mountain.

  • Wyatt Dumanlin identified the portal as a likely return by one of the exiled empresses and decided to lead his Star Warlocks through it.
  • The old baron called on the Night Star Empress, Fulina, prompting Wyatt to recognize him as the one who had preserved the portal’s spacetime coordinates.
  • Wyatt Dumanlin and his Fate Star Raisers charged into the completed portal, but platinum radiance hurled them back dead and shattered their Fate Stars.
  • Jiang Yuu stepped through the portal with his sword and ten white wings, surveying Dumanlin World as a potential Prime Material Plane for Paradise Mountain.
  • Jiang Yuu looked down at Dumanlin’s inhabitants and declared, “I came! I saw!”

Ch. 474I conquer!

Jiang Yuu declared his conquest of Dumanlin and sent the forces of Paradise Mountain to seize its heavens and lands. As he rose to confront the awakened Emperor of Stars, the two met each other’s gaze across the heavens.

  • Jiang Yuu summoned the Angel Legion and the gods of Paradise Mountain, and Fulina returned to Dumanlin as its night ended and dawn broke.
  • Fulina greeted the old baron of the Black Family, praised his family, and restored his youth with divine light.
  • Jiang Yuu ordered Sophia and Fulina to conquer the stars, and Michael to lead the Two-Winged Angels and allied armies across Dumanlin World.
  • Jiang Yuu climbed toward the Imperial Throne of Stars, where Dumanlin Starhost had cultivated for countless years.
  • Dumanlin Starhost awakened, spread his slaughtering aura across Dumanlin, and met Jiang Yuu’s gaze.

Ch. 475Paradise Mountain's dark night would ultimately rule Dumanlin!

Jiang Yuu confronted Dumanlin Starhost at the Imperial Throne of Stars, and their wills shattered Dumanlin’s world barrier. After learning that Jiang Yuu had killed his son and subjects, Dumanlin launched his strongest slaughter attack, while Jiang Yuu declared he would make Fulina the True King and countered with Judgment.

  • Jiang Yuu and Dumanlin Starhost clashed wills across space and time, damaging Dumanlin’s world barrier as Jiang Yuu reached the Imperial Throne of Stars.
  • Dumanlin recognized his son’s and Fulina’s auras on Jiang Yuu and accused him of killing his son and slaughtering his subjects.
  • Dumanlin rose from his throne and unleashed the star domain’s accumulated power of slaughter against Jiang Yuu.
  • Jiang Yuu declared that he had come to uphold justice for Fulina and make her the True King of the stars.
  • Jiang Yuu struck with Judgment, sending a white sword beam through the crimson slaughtering light toward Dumanlin and his throne.
Arc 19 of 75
Arc 19 of 75