Chapter Summaries

Elder Zhao warned Great Xia’s officials that the rear had to accelerate wartime production while the front lines fought for time. After reports showed civilian supplies were stabilizing with help from Terra, Lin Mo prepared to report on the Terra operations under his command.

• Elder Zhao rebuked the logistics official for promising to do his best and demanded that every department enter wartime engineering mode.
• Elder Zhao ordered Great Xia to advance the Kona Base, cooperation with Terra, planetary engines, spaceship construction, and preparations to leave the Solar System.
• The civilian welfare official reported that food reserves were projected to last only ten years, but Terra imports, hybrid crops, and cooperation with the Wood Elves had contained the shortfall.
• The civilian welfare official said production of daily necessities had resumed and could meet Underground City residents’ needs.
• Officials from Great Xia’s departments delivered their reports, and Elder Zhao turned to Lin Mo to summarize the Terra operations.

Lin Mo outlined how Great Xia planned to bind Terra’s races to its military, trade, and education systems until they became part of Great Xia’s civilization. As Terra opened to Great Xia’s citizens, Wang Qiang and Li Wen prepared to launch a business there, though they ruled out selling food to the Dragon Clan.

• Lin Mo reported that Great Xia’s weapons, goods, and resource trade had made Terra’s races increasingly dependent on Great Xia.
• Lin Mo proposed expanding that dependence through shared standards and by bringing Terra’s young people into Great Xia’s schools and training systems.
• The officials applauded Lin Mo’s plan to integrate Terra into Great Xia’s future.
• Terra opened its city-states to Great Xia citizens with visas, prompting Wang Qiang and Li Wen to join a convoy of aspiring business owners.
• Wang Qiang and Li Wen reviewed their permits and considered which races to serve, then crossed the Dragon Clan off their list because one dragon could eat their entire truckload of ingredients.

Wang Qiang and Li Wen chose the Holy Human Race’s Holy City as the first destination for their food-truck business. After finding the square’s temporary stalls crowded with Great Xia vendors, they drove to the local Market and prepared to open for business.

• Li Wen and Wang Qiang compared the races’ markets and chose the Holy Human Race because its customers were more likely to buy their meat, bread, and other food.
• Wang Qiang and Li Wen passed the Portal inspection and drove into the Holy City.
• They found the square’s temporary business area packed with Great Xia sellers, so Wang Qiang decided to seek customers at the local Market instead.
• Holy City residents watched and followed the moving truck as Wang Qiang drove through the city toward the Market.
• Wang Qiang parked at an intersection, showed his Temporary Business Permit to a patrolling soldier, and agreed to follow local rules.
• Li Wen relaxed as she and Wang Qiang prepared to start selling.

Wang Qiang and Li Wen opened a Great Xia food stall at the Holy City market, where their freshly cooked dishes and pastries drew a crowd. Their first customers loved the food, and the stall quickly filled with eager diners.

• Wang Qiang transformed the trailer into a mobile kitchen and displayed a translated menu while passersby gathered to watch.
• A young carpenter ordered pork with green peppers and rice for three copper coins, prompting Wang Qiang to cook the first serving.
• The carpenter loved the spicy meal, bought chilled beer, and asked for another serving.
• Li Wen baked bread and egg tarts as the aromas from her oven and Wang Qiang’s wok attracted more customers.
• The crowd ordered food and beer until all ten tables filled and later arrivals ate from paper bowls by the roadside.

Li Wen and Wang Qiang’s food truck drew a huge crowd in the Holy City, and a noble household invited Wang Qiang to cook a private dinner. Meanwhile, Great Xia entrepreneurs rapidly spread their goods across the city and into nearby towns, finding eager customers and new markets.

• Li Wen and Wang Qiang served a long line of customers, including a Patrol Soldier who ordered fried rice after assuring them they were not blocking the street.
• The couple sold through much of their food in less than three hours and realized they had earned about a month of Underground City wages.
• A butler offered Wang Qiang Gold Coins to prepare a private dinner at his master’s residence for a Holy Temple guest.
• Great Xia vendors sold food, daily necessities, and adult products across the Holy City, while customers eagerly bought their goods and patrol soldiers checked the laws.
• By afternoon, stallholders worried about running out of stock, and later arrivals sought Temporary Passes to trade in the outer city.
• On the third day, nobles in Manor Town offered free escorts to bring Great Xia vendors to trade, as entrepreneurs pushed into new markets across Terra.

Great Xia’s trade with the different races brought unexpected successes, from cosmetics and Douyin videos among the elves to practical goods for half-orcs and tools and baijiu for dwarves. The dragons ignored jewelry but became fascinated by Great Xia films and ordered hundreds of televisions and outdoor screens for Dragon Island.

• Elves in the royal capital snapped up cosmetics and clothing, while their selfie videos on Douyin drew huge audiences in Great Xia.
• Half-orcs bought affordable everyday goods, especially stainless-steel pots and electric lights that improved life at home.
• Dwarves eagerly sampled Great Xia baijiu and bought machinery and tools that improved their workshops.
• Dragons dismissed Great Xia jewelry but gathered around a salesperson’s television to watch Jurassic Park and other films.
• Dragon Island ordered five hundred hundred-inch televisions and twenty giant outdoor screens, requesting screens sturdy enough to withstand excited dragons.

Great Xia began expanding cross-world trade and dispatched construction teams to install fusion reactors beneath five races’ World Tree sites. The chapter left Thorin Ironbeard furious over the price the Elves charged for their World Tree Seed.

• Zhao Gang reviewed Great Xia’s booming trade figures and found that the Dragons Clan wanted an exclusive cinema and film crew in exchange for a Suspension Crystal mine.
• Zhao Gang dispatched five teams, each carrying four fusion reactors, to build World Tree facilities for the Holy Human Race, Dwarves, Elves, Half-Orcs, and Dragons Clan.
• Lin Mo visited the Holy Human Race’s planting site, promised future infrastructure assistance, and learned that Kael had bought its World Tree Seed from the Elves.
• Thorin Ironbeard learned how much the Dwarves had paid for their seed and vowed to raise equipment prices for the Elves.
• Thorin complained to a Great Xia engineer that the Elves had charged mineral veins for a single World Tree Seed.

The five races advanced their World Tree planting projects while Great Xia completed its third Antimatter Bomb and ended its defense agreement with Terra's Seventh-Order Experts. As the experts returned to Terra, Great Xia and allied forces continued clearing demons near Blue Star's equator.

• The Dwarf Clan, Half-Orc Alliance, elves, and Dragons Clan prepared planting sites as Great Xia's engineers installed the world tree bases.
• Great Xia's five construction teams began preliminary testing and sent their initial data to the Tianshu Command Center.
• Han Niba told Lin Mo that Great Xia's third Antimatter Bomb was complete and installed in the Space Wormhole defense fortress.
• Lin Mo ended the hiring agreement, and Terra's Seventh-Order Experts returned home after handing over the fortress defenses to Great Xia.
• Great Xia and troops from the Holy Human Race, Dwarf Clan, elves, and half-orcs continued sweeping demons from areas near Blue Star's equator and selling recovered corpses to Great Xia.
• Warwick grinned after learning how much money the half-orc warriors had earned from the cleanup operations.

Great Xia leveraged its antimatter containment material to trade with Watcher for mature holographic technology, deepening its cooperation with the Kona Civilization. As Lin Mo handled feedback on the World Tree power stations, Liu Chengen urgently called him back to Tianshu.

• Great Xia’s forces and its allies continued clearing Demon Clan forces from Blue Star, while Han Niba worried about the Demon Clan’s unusual silence on the Kona Satellite.
• Watcher asked Great Xia to sell the core material for antimatter containment vessels, and Han Niba demanded a mature technology in exchange.
• Watcher agreed to trade mature holographic technology for the material, and the two sides completed the exchange through an unmanned spaceship and a physically isolated sandbox.
• Lin Mo received an excited call from Liu Chengen, who told him to return to Tianshu at once.

Lin Mo returned to Blue Star after Liu Chengen announced that the World Tree had produced nine mature seeds, and watched the harvesting team collect them. With Great Xia’s first harvest secured, Lin Mo asked where the seeds would be planted.

• Liu Chengen told Lin Mo that the World Tree’s nine seeds had completed their transformation and were ready to harvest.
• Lin Mo met Liu Chengen and the researchers beneath the World Tree, where they discussed its online girlfriend before turning to the harvest.
• The World Tree exposed the seeds in its canopy so a helicopter and harvesting robot could reach them.
• The harvesting team collected all nine seeds without damaging them, and Liu Chengen celebrated Great Xia’s new ability to breed World Trees.
• Lin Mo asked where they would plant the nine seeds.

Liu Chengen and Lin Mo planned to plant nine World Tree Seeds in Great Xia’s Arctic region, while Cho'Gath recovered on Hiss Planet and asked his Demon Venerables how to fight the allied civilizations. Yaxes argued that the Demon Clan’s setbacks came from Terra, the Kona Civilization, and Blue Star joining forces through portals.

• Liu Chengen explained that Great Xia would plant the nine World Tree Seeds near suitable Arctic Underground Cities and later expand the ecological belt across Blue Star.
• The World Tree asked Lin Mo if it could talk and play games with the new trees, and Lin Mo agreed.
• Cho'Gath, recovering on Hiss Planet, complained that Blue Star was building on the Kona Satellite while the Kona Civilization restored its defenses.
• A Carapace Demon Venerable proposed an underground surprise attack, but Cho'Gath rejected the plan and asked Yaxes for advice.
• Yaxes told Cho'Gath that the three civilizations had joined forces through portals, arguing that the Demon Clan was not weak but outnumbered by an unfair alliance.

Yaxes persuaded Cho'Gath to trade the coordinates of Blue Star and the Kona Civilization to other Demon Gods so he could conquer Terra first. Cho'Gath approved the plan, leaving Yaxes hopeful that he could continue avenging Ao Lingsi.

• Yaxes proposed trading the coordinates of two civilizations to other Demon Gods rather than trying to conquer all three alone.
• Cho'Gath considered which civilization to keep, and a bone-winged Demon Venerable argued for the Kona Civilization.
• Yaxes urged Cho'Gath to choose Terra, arguing that Blue Star was dangerous, Kona was difficult to attack, and Terra was familiar and vulnerable.
• Cho'Gath worried that other Demon Gods might attack Terra after conquering Blue Star or Kona, but Yaxes argued they would be delayed by those civilizations' defenses.
• Cho'Gath approved the plan to sell the coordinates of Blue Star and Kona and conquer Terra first, and Yaxes looked forward to continuing his revenge for Ao Lingsi.

Cho'Gath ordered the Demon Clan to strip Hiss Planet of its resources before other Demon Gods could claim them, while Great Xia used its respite from attacks to accelerate industrial construction. The chapter ended with Great Xia revealing plans for ten thousand planetary engines to move Blue Star out of the Solar System.

• Cho'Gath ordered the Demon Clan to mine Hiss Planet and the other five planets faster, intending to take as many resources as possible before selling civilization coordinates.
• Cho'Gath kept feeding to strengthen his newborn body so other Demon Gods would not discover how badly the antimatter explosion had weakened him.
• Qian Zhenhua told the Tianshu Command Center that Celestial Pivot City's Universal Factory had passed seventy-two hours of stable testing and could switch between producing different components.
• Great Xia's engineers said they expected to install Universal Factories in all thirty-six Underground Cities within a month.
• Qian Zhenhua explained that the factories would produce components for a surface Super Universal Factory, which would support the planetary engine plan.
• Qian Zhenhua revealed that Great Xia planned to build ten thousand planetary engines, with nine thousand in Antarctica to propel Blue Star and one thousand near the equator for steering.

Lin Mo visited the lunar shipyard to watch the Kuafu test its newly installed shipboard shield, which combined Kona technology with the Holy Human Race’s magic. The layered defenses withstood multiple attacks, leaving Great Xia’s engineers cheering over the successful test.

• Elder Zhao heard that production of heavy engineering robots had begun and learned how their output would support underground cities, the Kona Satellite Outpost Base, and the lunar transformation project.
• Qian Zhenhua invited Lin Mo to the lunar shipyard, where the Kuafu’s new shield prototype had been installed.
• Qian Zhenhua activated the Kuafu’s pale blue energy shield and its inner magical barrier, explaining how each worked and how the energy shield’s limitations affected weapons fire.
• Test turrets fired a laser, a kinetic projectile, and armor-piercing shells at the Kuafu, and the shields stopped every attack.
• Qian Zhenhua confirmed that the barrier was stable and used less energy than expected, prompting Lin Mo and the engineers to applaud.

Han Niba and Lin Mo examined the Demon Clan’s unexplained retreat as Great Xia expanded its Kona Satellite foothold and greatly increased its antimatter bomb stockpile. The chapter ended with Lin Mo discovering that Great Xia had built a shipyard at Kona Base.

• Han Niba told Lin Mo he was certain the Demon Clan’s quiet retreat from Kona Satellite concealed a scheme.
• Great Xia completed factories in all thirty-six Underground Cities and expanded its Heavy Engineering Robot production lines.
• Qian Zhenhua reported that Great Xia had sealed its thirtieth Antimatter Bomb and could produce more at an increasing rate.
• Han Niba reviewed the distribution of the thirty bombs: fifteen for Kona Satellite, ten for Blue Star, and five for Terra Continent.
• Lin Mo inspected the completed Kona Base and spotted a semi-enclosed shipyard, prompting him to ask whether they had built one on Kona Satellite too.

Great Xia completed its Outpost on the Kona Satellite and won the agreed technological reward from the Kona Civilization. Han Niba and Qian Zhenhua chose Artificial Intelligence Technology, whose data began arriving under strict security protocols.

• Han Niba ordered the completion ceremony for Great Xia’s base on the Kona Satellite, where engineers and machines saluted as a red flag was raised.
• Han Niba submitted the inspection video and acceptance application, and the Watcher delayed approval of the final assessment until Great Xia filed an antimatter deterrence notice.
• The Watcher confirmed the first-stage mission was complete and offered Great Xia one set of technological data of its choosing.
• Qian Zhenhua chose Artificial Intelligence Technology, arguing it would improve Great Xia’s unmanned systems and ease pressure on its computers.
• Qian Zhenhua ordered the data received under strict security protocols, and the first batch included swarm coordination, target recognition, and industrial scheduling technologies.

Great Xia reviewed Blue Star’s recovery, expanding World Tree coverage, military strength, and automated production six months after the previous crisis. The meeting ended with confidence that Great Xia could restore the planet and repel another Demon Clan attack, while residents adapted to a rapidly changing society.

• The report showed that Great Xia had eleven mature World Trees and one hundred new seeds, while purified Arctic areas supported returning residents and wildlife.
• Elder Zhao learned that the one hundred seeds would be planted at intervals from the Arctic toward the middle latitudes to expand Blue Star’s safe zones.
• Han Niba reported that Great Xia had reequipped its Unmanned Legion, built more than five hundred Pangu Mechas, and established layered defenses around all thirty-six Underground Cities.
• Han Niba warned that the Demon Clan’s next attack would be larger, while Lin Mo noted that its forces would face extensive defenses.
• The logistics official reported that Universal Factories had relieved shortages and reduced ordinary residents’ workdays to four hours, with another four hours devoted to learning.
• Qian Zhenhua said the Academy of Sciences required ongoing study because Kona Technology, Terra Magic, and Blue Star’s industrial system were being integrated rapidly.

Lin Mo and the officials reviewed Interstellar War’s role in preparing Great Xia for interstellar conflict, the construction of a deep-space fleet, and the Super Universal Factory’s first successful production test. With Planetary Engine construction about to begin and Blue Star’s departure countdown underway, the screen revealed an underground city inside the moon.

• Lin Mo agreed that Great Xia needed its people to build the skills required for an interstellar civilization, while Elder Zhao explained that Interstellar War combined entertainment with military training.
• Players of Interstellar War gained military and technical opportunities, and the Kona Civilization map taught them that other civilizations might attack if the benefits outweighed the costs.
• Qian Zhenhua reported that all thirty-six underground city shipyards were complete and that the first thirty-eight large spaceships were expected to launch in six months.
• Qian Zhenhua announced that the Super Universal Factory had nearly finished calibration and would begin producing Planetary Engine components, starting the Planetary Engine Plan’s physical construction phase.
• An official reported that the Super Universal Factory’s first production line had passed its test ahead of schedule and begun forming alloy components for Planetary Engine bases.
• The Main Screen showed an underground city embedded in the moon, and Lin Mo studied the lunar cutaway diagram.

Lin Mo and the others reviewed the progress of Guanghan Palace Underground City, its supporting facilities, and the moon’s growing industrial and defensive infrastructure. The report ended with the reveal of a large circular installation identified as the Planet-Buster Cannon.

• The lunar project head reported that Guanghan Palace Underground City was seventy-three percent complete, with a World Tree at its center and oxygen supplied by electrolysis and, eventually, the tree.
• The energy team head explained that lunar soil was being processed into minerals, helium-3 fuel, and building materials, while the project head said long-term workers had moved in and civilian settlers were arriving in batches.
• The project head reported that dwarf gravity runes kept the city’s main floors near Blue Star’s standard gravity, and Qian Zhenhua praised the rune system.
• The project head described the Lunar Surface Observation Fortress and the Lunar Shipyard, where construction of the first large spaceship was ahead of schedule.
• Han Niba asked about the weapons systems, and the military engineering head identified a large circular installation on the lunar surface as the Planet-Buster Cannon.

Lin Mo and the conference learned that Great Xia had designed a Planet-Buster Cannon but still faced major challenges building it. Elder Zhao backed the long-term plan to turn the moon into a fortress, and the chapter ended as the meeting moved on to Terra.

• Lin Mo reacted with surprise when he heard about the Planet-Buster Cannon, but the head of military engineering clarified that only a construction site had been reserved and the blueprints completed.
• The head of military engineering explained that the cannon’s enormous barrel, power supply, and aiming requirements remained unsolved, while Elder Zhao described it as a deterrent and a weapon for a decisive surprise shot.
• The head of military engineering reported that the moon’s first defense phase was underway and laid out a four-phase plan to house residents, build a Universal Factory, install Planetary Engines, and transform the moon into a fortress.
• Elder Zhao insisted that the thousand-year project had to advance steadily to protect Blue Star during its future voyage beyond the Solar System.
• The head of engineering showed lunar construction work and confirmed that Planetary Engine locations had been chosen and their foundations were being prepared.
• After reviewing the lunar work, Elder Zhao moved the meeting on to Terra.