Chapter Summaries

Great Xia used tactical nuclear strikes to kill the three Demon Venerables fleeing the Wasteland, after its earlier strikes had already killed three others. Terra’s experts confirmed that all six were dead and recognized that staying allied with Great Xia was essential to their survival.

• The three Demon Venerables learned that their companions had died and fled in separate directions as Great Xia’s forces kept them within tracking range.
• Great Xia’s command ordered Terra’s experts to maintain a safe distance while follow-up missiles targeted the fleeing Demon Venerables.
• The Bone-Winged Demon Venerable saw hypersonic missiles closing in and failed to destroy them before they detonated.
• Nine tactical nuclear warheads struck the three Demon Venerables, killing them in the resulting blasts.
• Terra’s experts confirmed that the three Demon Venerables’ presences had vanished and agreed that Great Xia’s alliance was necessary for survival.

Great Xia and its allies killed the remaining Demon Venerables and closed Blue Star’s eighth space wormhole. In the Kona Star System, Demon God Aker established a cautious foothold on the third planet while avoiding the Kona home planet and satellite, and a Demon Venerable asked when they would attack.

• Han Niba ordered the joint squad to return to the wormhole after the three Seventh-Order Demon Venerables were confirmed dead.
• The Pangu, Terra’s experts, and Earth Elves fought off the demons while a Holy Human mage analyzed the wormhole.
• The Holy Human mage closed the wormhole, and Tianshu Command Center confirmed that all eight newly appeared wormholes on Blue Star had been eliminated.
• Aker directed demon hordes across the Kona system’s third planet and sent Demon Venerables to establish nests, mine, and search for Kona facilities.
• Aker avoided the Kona home planet and its occupied satellite, and one Demon Venerable asked when they would attack.

Cho'Gath learned that Brett had died on Blue Star while Aker had settled on the third planet of the Kona Star System instead of attacking the Kona Satellite. He ordered his forces to hold position and watch Aker, while Yaxes hinted that they could exploit the situation because only they knew Blue Star's coordinates.

• On the third planet, Aker told the Demon Venerable to establish a foothold and build up their forces before attacking the Kona Home Planet.
• Yaxes informed Cho'Gath that Brett had been killed shortly after landing on Blue Star, and Cho'Gath realized Brett had failed to distract Great Xia from Terra.
• Yaxes reported that Aker had opened eight wormholes on the third planet of the Kona Star System rather than landing on the Kona Satellite.
• Cho'Gath cursed Brett and Aker for their opposing strategies, then chose to wait until Aker began fighting Great Xia and Kona.
• As Yaxes prepared to leave, he told Cho'Gath that only they knew Blue Star's coordinates and suggested Aker's possible death could benefit them.

Cho'Gath devised a plan to profit by repeatedly selling the coordinates of civilizations whose attackers died, while Yaxes advised him to wait before selling Blue Star's coordinates. At Kona Satellite, Great Xia learned that eight new wormholes had appeared on the Kona Civilization's Third Planet, suggesting a fresh Demon Clan force had arrived.

• Yaxes told Cho'Gath that the deaths of Brett and Aker could let him sell Blue Star's and Kona's coordinates again, and Cho'Gath embraced the plan to profit from repeated sales.
• Yaxes advised Cho'Gath to delay selling Blue Star's coordinates so he could first try to conquer Terra and Blue Star himself, and so Aker could not warn other Demon Gods about the danger.
• At Kona Satellite, Information Officer reported that Watcher had detected eight newly formed wormholes on the Kona Civilization's Third Planet and a large withdrawal of the original Demon Clan forces.
• Commander Zheng Jinren ordered Watcher's report sent to Tianshu Underground City and directed orbital equipment to verify the new wormholes.
• Great Xia's observation satellites captured only blurry heat signatures and anomalous spectra, leaving the Demon Clan's situation on the Third Planet unconfirmed.

After confirming that Cho'Gath's Demon Clan forces were withdrawing from Kona Satellite while a new legion appeared on the Third Planet, Han Niba and Zheng Jinren seized the chance to clear the satellite. With headquarters' approval and reinforcements deployed, Great Xia began a coordinated satellite-wide operation, which Zheng Jinren directed from the Command Center.

• Han Niba ordered Kona Base to independently verify Watcher's report, and the base confirmed that most Demon Clan forces on Kona Satellite had withdrawn while eight new wormholes appeared on the Third Planet.
• Han Niba recommended that Zheng Jinren organize a satellite-wide clearing operation and take Kona Satellite while Great Xia lacked the fleet capacity to advance on the Third Planet.
• Zheng Jinren accepted the recommendation, requested wartime reinforcements, and declared that his forces would take the entire satellite.
• Tianshu Commander-in-Chief Headquarters approved the reinforcements, and mechanical troops and unmanned vehicles advanced from Kona Base to begin the clearing operation.
• Zheng Jinren coordinated missile, orbital, robot, and engineering attacks, directing his forces to eliminate nests, investigate underground cavities, and prepare to destroy the wormholes.

Great Xia completed the cleanup of the Kona Satellite and received approval to choose one technological reward from the Kona Civilization. At a meeting in Tianshu Underground City, Qian Zhenhua ruled out three options, leaving the experts debating between heat-resistant alloy technology and a planetary ecological transformation plan.

• Zheng Jinren ordered the final demon nest destroyed and the last Space Wormhole collapsed, completing Great Xia’s sweep of the Kona Satellite.
• The Watcher verified the satellite was free of demons and Space Wormholes, then approved Great Xia’s second-stage mission and offered a technological reward.
• Qian Zhenhua reviewed five reward options and ruled out high-energy particle cannon technology, Nuclear Fusion Battery technology, and the deep-space exploration and star chart database.
• A materials expert argued that Great Xia should choose the high-strength heat-resistant alloy formula, citing the needs of engines, Warships, Mecha, and other industrial projects.

Great Xia chose the Colonized Planet Ecological Transformation Plan over new materials technology, prioritizing the need to restore Blue Star’s surface and expand the population’s living space. The Kona Civilization delivered a complete ecological transformation program, and an initial simulation showed it could make a Mars-class planet habitable in about two hundred years.

• Public Welfare and environmental engineering experts argued that Great Xia needed to restore Blue Star’s surface, while materials experts urged the panel to prioritize technology that would improve planetary engines and other equipment.
• Qian Zhenhua considered both proposals as experts warned that underground cities could not support civilization’s growing population and technological needs indefinitely.
• The expert panel voted for the Colonized Planet Ecological Transformation Plan, and Elder Zhao named materials technology a priority for the next stage.
• Great Xia sent its choice to the Kona Civilization, and the Watcher confirmed the selection and transmitted the plan.
• Experts accessed the translated data and found detailed models and engineering requirements for atmospheric reconstruction, water cycles, soil, climate, microbes, radiation, habitats, and ecological monitoring.
• A simulation estimated that the plan could transform a Mars-class desert planet into a world capable of supporting long-term human survival in approximately two hundred years.

Great Xia’s experts used Kona’s planetary transformation plan and World Tree data to estimate that Blue Star could recover in about fifty years, then moved to master the technology. Meanwhile, Aker finished building its forces on the Third Planet and ordered an invasion of the Kona Satellite.

• Qian Zhenhua added Blue Star’s Cataclysm data to the simulation, which estimated that Kona’s procedures could restore the planet in about one hundred years.
• Qian Zhenhua added World Tree data, reducing the estimated recovery time to about fifty years and inspiring Great Xia’s experts and staff with hope for Blue Star’s return.
• Han Niba ordered the technical materials mastered quickly so work on Blue Star’s transformation could begin.
• Aker learned that Brett had died fighting Blue Star Civilization and concluded that the technological civilization was dangerous, making a cautious approach necessary.
• Aker’s forces completed their preparations on the Third Planet, assembled hundreds of millions of troops and Space-Jumping Beasts, and received orders to invade the Kona Satellite.

Cho'Gath learned that Aker was preparing to attack Kona Satellite and watched for a chance to profit from the fighting. At the same time, Great Xia detected seven Demon Clan spatial fluctuations buried deep underground, where conventional strikes might not reach them before their wormholes stabilized.

• Yaxes told Cho'Gath that Aker was assembling his main force to attack Kona Satellite, and Cho'Gath ordered close surveillance of the clash.
• Great Xia's monitoring network detected seven anomalous spatial fluctuations across Kona Satellite, prompting the Command Center to launch unmanned reconnaissance aircraft.
• Zheng Jinren received normal surface scans from all seven sites, then waited for the drones to locate the fluctuation sources underground.
• The drones pinpointed all seven sources at depths greater than two thousand meters, revealing the Demon Clan had placed its wormholes in hard-to-attack locations.
• Great Xia's weapons staff warned Zheng Jinren that earth-penetrating bombs would require hundreds of strikes per target and might not destroy the wormholes before they stabilized.

Zheng Jinren and his staff searched for ways to stop the Demon Clan’s underground infiltration of the Kona Satellite before the demons could spread out from seven wormholes. They added localized collapses to the strike plan and considered reinforcing the base, but the broader threat remained unresolved.

• Zheng Jinren placed all seven regions on maximum alert, ordered patrols halted, and directed the Engineering Corps and Orbital Platforms to track and attack the demons.
• The Kona Civilization’s Watcher confirmed that three anomaly regions were near old energy-pipeline ruins and that Kona had no effective underground countermeasure beyond earth-penetrating missiles.
• A staff officer proposed drilling shafts and planting mines, but Zheng Jinren rejected the plan as too slow and inefficient.
• Another staff officer proposed triggering localized collapses in suitable cavities and fault zones; Zheng Jinren added the tactic to the strike plan but said it could not solve the larger problem.
• A staff officer proposed protecting the base with Earth Element Magic Arrays and World Tree roots, an approach the Elves on Terra had used against Burrowing Earth Dragons.

Zheng Jinren and his staff sought a way to counter the Demon Clan’s deep underground infiltration, which threatened Great Xia’s defenses beyond the Kona Satellite. They proposed swarming Burrowing Robots, and Zheng Jinren asked the Academy of Sciences to develop them as the wormholes continued stabilizing.

• Zheng Jinren warned that simply holding the base would drain Great Xia’s resources and leave its defenses vulnerable to underground attacks.
• A staff officer suggested requesting Earth Elves from Terra to help counter the Burrowing Earth Dragons and destroy deep wormholes, and Zheng Jinren ordered preparations through Tianshu.
• A young staff officer proposed small, self-guided Burrowing Robots with explosives to hunt the Burrowing Earth Dragons underground.
• Staff officers suggested coordinating the robots with Seismic Detection Spikes, and Zheng Jinren contacted the Academy of Sciences.
• Qian Zhenhua said the robots were theoretically feasible but identified challenges with rock breaking, speed, spoil removal, and underground identification.
• Zheng Jinren urged Qian Zhenhua to solve the design problems, warning that the Demon Clan could use deep infiltration against Blue Star and Terra as well.

Zheng Jinren ordered defenses and preparations to slow the Demon Clan’s underground advance on Kona Satellite while the Academy of Sciences developed burrowing robots. The chapter ended as Watcher’s promised images of unidentified deep-space targets arrived, leaving their identity unknown.

• Qian Zhenhua agreed to form a research team to develop a prototype, and Zheng Jinren ordered the front line to send geological and Demon Clan data to the Academy of Sciences.
• Zheng Jinren ordered Earth Elves, the World Tree, and magic barriers to strengthen Kona Base, and directed the Engineering Corps to demolish underground routes and deploy seismic-source sensing spikes.
• Great Xia’s teams began preparing drilling rigs, Engineering Robots, drones, and orbital weapons to counter the underground threat and any surface breach.
• Long-range monitors detected a large group of moving targets approaching Kona Satellite, and staff officers judged they were likely Demon Clan units coming from the direction of the Third Planet.
• Watcher confirmed the targets were not Kona Civilization vessels and promised images after adjusting an observation satellite; the images arrived when the countdown ended.

Great Xia detected five hundred Plasma Bugs approaching the Kona Satellite and began preparing its defenses. Lin Mo sought help from Fendona, requesting one hundred fifth-order and sixth-rank Earth Elves to reinforce the base and counter the underground threat.

• Great Xia identified five hundred Plasma Bugs on course to reach the Kona Satellite in about two months, and Zheng Jinren ordered preparations for orbital defense and underground detection.
• Staff officers proposed sending a fleet, but Zheng Jinren shelved the idea and heard a layered missile and orbital-platform defense plan instead.
• A young staff officer requested additional platforms, missiles, and specialized warheads, and Zheng Jinren ordered him to send the weapons list to Tianshu Command Center.
• Lin Mo received Zheng Jinren's briefing about the seven deep wormholes, Burrowing Earth Dragons, and Plasma Bugs, then went to Fendona for help.
• Lin Mo asked Fendona to hire one hundred fifth-order and sixth-rank Earth Elves to reinforce the base, track the Burrowing Earth Dragons, and help seal them off.

Fendona brought a hundred Earth Elves to Kona Satellite to help Great Xia defend its base from the Demon Clan. After arriving, the Elves agreed to begin work immediately on the World Tree, the base’s defenses, and intercepting Burrowing Earth Dragons.

• Fendona agreed to recruit Earth Elves for paid work, and she returned to the Royal City to seek their help.
• The next day, Fendona arrived at the Great Xia Fief with a hundred Earth Elves, and Lin Mo led them through the Portal to Kona Satellite.
• The Earth Elves adjusted to Kona Satellite’s low gravity and met Zheng Jinren at the base’s Teleportation Plaza.
• Zheng Jinren outlined three tasks: extend the World Tree’s roots underground, build a defensive barrier around the base, and intercept Burrowing Earth Dragons.
• Fendona declined an offer to rest and agreed to take the Elves to the World Tree first.

Zheng Jinren brought Fendona and the Elves to activate Teldrassil, whose roots formed an underground defense for Kona Base against the Demon Clan. After the Elves rested and ate, Zheng Jinren prepared them to inscribe a magic barrier around the base’s exterior.

• Zheng Jinren showed the Elves the World Tree and explained its size and place in Kona Base.
• Fendona and several Sixth Rank Elves carved an activation array while a Wood Elf awakened Teldrassil.
• Fendona asked Teldrassil to reinforce the ground beneath the base and help repel Burrowing Earth Dragons, and Teldrassil agreed.
• Teldrassil extended its roots beneath the base without damaging its pipelines, creating an underground protective network.
• Zheng Jinren arranged food and rest for the Elves, then explained the plan to inscribe a magic barrier around the base’s outer wall.
• Fendona, Lin Mo, Zheng Jinren, and the Elves put on spacesuits and passed through three transfer chambers to begin the barrier work.

Fendona and the elves toured Kona Base’s automated defenses, while Zheng Jinren asked whether they could add a city-scale Magic Barrier around its outer ring. The elderly Earth Elf said the barrier could be built but might not withstand a Plasma Bug volley, and Zheng Jinren asked how many attacks would overwhelm it.

• Fendona and the elves saw Kona Base’s construction and towering outer wall, whose automated weapons and repair systems astonished them.
• Zheng Jinren explained that Great Xia had designed the wall to withstand large Demon Tide assaults, and Fendona marveled at how quickly Great Xia had grown.
• Zheng Jinren showed Fendona, Lin Mo, and the formation experts the base model and asked whether they could protect the outer ring with a city-scale barrier.
• An elderly Earth Elf said the formation could encircle the wall and work with the World Tree’s roots to defend above and below ground.
• After Lin Mo described Plasma Bug attacks, the elderly Earth Elf warned that the barrier could not absorb a full volley, and Zheng Jinren asked how many impacts would exceed its capacity.

Lin Mo asked Queen Ellari to send three hundred more high-rank Elves to help build Kona Base’s barrier before five hundred Plasma Bugs arrived. Ellari refused to risk leaving the Elf Kingdom’s defenses understaffed, and the negotiations ended in dispute.

• An Earth Elf estimated that building Kona Base’s barrier would take three months with the hundred Elves already there, but said three hundred more array specialists and extensive resources could reduce the time to under two months.
• Zheng Jinren ordered Great Xia to provide the requested resources, personnel support, and construction assistance around the clock.
• Lin Mo and Fendona traveled to Aivinol to ask Queen Ellari for three hundred Fifth Order and Sixth Rank Mages skilled in arrays.
• Lin Mo showed Ellari and the elders the approaching Plasma Bugs and argued that protecting Kona would help keep the Demon Clan from threatening Terra and Blue Star.
• Ellari refused to withdraw another three hundred high-rank Elves because the Elf Kingdom also needed them to defend its cities.
• An elder accused Lin Mo of trying to use the Elves’ limited high-rank forces to hold Great Xia’s front line.

Lin Mo’s request for Elven reinforcements to help defend Kona ended with Queen Ellari dismissing the meeting, but Elder Muyu soon caught up with him to say she had agreed to send two hundred and fifty Elves. Lin Mo prepared to adjust his plans while waiting for the Queen’s decision, and the chapter ended with the promised aid confirmed.

• Queen Ellari rebuked Lin Mo for treating the Elves like a force Great Xia could deploy and ended the meeting without agreeing to send reinforcements.
• Lin Mo and Fendona left the throne hall, and Lin Mo recognized that Ellari was protecting the peaceful lives of her people.
• Lin Mo told Fendona the failed negotiation was not her fault and said he would find another way to finish Kona’s barrier before the Plasma Bugs arrived.
• As Lin Mo and Fendona prepared to enter the Portal, Elder Muyu arrived and said Queen Ellari had agreed to send two hundred and fifty Elves.

Lin Mo welcomed 250 Elves sent by the Elf Kingdom to help defend Kona Base, and two months later their teams completed a magical barrier around the base. The barrier passed its initial stability checks, giving the outpost a new layer of protection against the Demon Clan.

• Lin Mo apologized to Elder Muyu for his earlier remarks, and Elder Muyu reminded Fendona to negotiate compensation, supplies, and a rotation system for the Elves.
• Elder Muyu discussed Great Xia’s rapid development with Lin Mo as 250 Elves assembled to travel to Kona Satellite.
• Lin Mo and Fendona led the Elves through the portal to Kona Base, where they joined the effort to build its barrier.
• Two months later, the Elves completed the array across Kona Base’s outer ring, and technicians confirmed that its array eyes were stable.
• The World Tree Teldrassil strengthened the barrier with its magic, and Kona Base’s soldiers watched as the pale golden shield enveloped the city.

Lin Mo and Zheng Jinren tested the base’s energy-hungry magic barrier and discussed the lack of a way to produce energy crystals. They then inspected the first batch of Burrowing Robots and learned how the robots would intercept Burrowing Earth Dragons underground.

• Zheng Jinren ordered a thirty-second barrier test, and researchers reported that it held at full integrity while consuming thirteen hundred standard crystal grains per second.
• Lin Mo asked about energy crystal research, and Zheng Jinren explained that the Academy of Sciences had made no breakthrough in reproducing crystals or powering magic arrays with technology.
• An adjutant reported that the first batch of Burrowing Robots had passed inspection, so Lin Mo and Zheng Jinren went to the testing ground to examine them.
• A tester explained how the robots drilled through rock and reported that they moved at five kilometers per hour, slower than Burrowing Earth Dragons.
• Zheng Jinren showed Lin Mo how seismic detection and route prediction would let the Burrowing Robots reach likely passage points ahead of the Burrowing Earth Dragons and destroy them with their miniature nuclear bombs.