Chapter Summaries

After the Domain Pressure vanished, Zheng Jinren ordered the Command Center restored and treated Aker as still alive until confirmed otherwise. The northwest defense zone had been destroyed by the blast, and Great Xia rushed to hold the breach as its warplanes attacked the Demon Clan Army and a new Pangu Mecha reached the crater.

• Zheng Jinren ordered medical teams to treat the wounded and staff to restore power, communications, and battlefield assessments.
• Staff officers reported that the Domain Pressure had vanished, but Zheng Jinren ordered everyone to assume Aker was still alive until an investigation confirmed otherwise.
• Reports confirmed that the northwest city wall, armory, machinery depot, forward factory, and all one hundred deployed Unmanned Pangu units had been lost in the blast.
• Zheng Jinren sent unmanned forces, engineering robots, repair robots, and reserve troops to the northwest to defend the breach and establish temporary positions.
• Satellite imagery revealed a vast crater, while Great Xia warplanes and drones bombed the Demon Clan forces near its perimeter.
• A new unmanned Pangu Mecha flew from the base and reached the edge of the crater.

Great Xia confirmed that Demon God Aker had died after cross-checking surface, underground, and satellite scans, and the Demon Clan forces retreated from Kona Base. Zheng Jinren ordered the defenders to hold their positions and secure the damaged Northwest City Wall.

• Seismic sensors and Burrowing Robots searched the blast zone and found no escape route or signs that Aker had survived.
• Zheng Jinren announced that Demon God Aker was confirmed dead, and the Command Center celebrated before saluting Wang Ce and Shen Minghe.
• The Demon Clan vanguard, including its ground and airborne forces, withdrew from Kona Base as Aker's death left it without unified command.
• Zheng Jinren ordered the air force to maintain pressure, forbade unauthorized pursuit, and directed troops to establish a defensive line and assess damage.
• Great Xia began securing the ruins and repairing the breach while keeping its defenses alert against a possible return.

Great Xia celebrated Kona Base’s survival and mourned the two Pangu pilots who died defeating Aker. Cho'Gath confidently guessed that Aker had won the battle, unaware that the outcome was otherwise.

• Lin Mo and Fendona learned that Kona Base had held and mourned Wang Ce and Shen Minghe’s sacrifice with Han Niba.
• Great Xia sent messages urging its people to remember Wang Ce and Shen Minghe’s contributions.
• Yaxes arrived at Cho'Gath’s lair and announced that the battle on Kona Satellite was over.
• Cho'Gath analyzed Aker’s forces and tactics, admiring its escape tunnel plan and regretting that he had not thought of it himself.
• Cho'Gath concluded that Aker had defeated the base and predicted that Great Xia would weaken its support for Terra.

Cho'Gath learned that the Blue Star Civilization had killed Aker and all eight of his Demon Venerables, then considered how to profit from Aker's death. Yaxes explained that Aker's distant territories would normally be inherited by his followers, leaving Cho'Gath to consider what the deaths meant for him.

• Yaxes told Cho'Gath that the technological civilization had defeated Aker, and Cho'Gath questioned why Yaxes had seemed pleased.
• Yaxes explained that Aker's underground escape plan failed when the Blue Star Civilization detonated six superweapons around his tunnel, killing him.
• Cho'Gath decided to avoid provoking the Blue Star Civilization and planned to sell its coordinates again, but Yaxes said Aker's eight Demon Venerables were dead as well.
• Yaxes explained that Aker's territories on the Home Planet would go to the Demon Emperor, while his distant territories and resources would normally be divided among his core followers.

Cho'Gath realized Aker's death gave him a chance to seize its external territories, legions, and transit network before rival Demon Gods learned the news, and he ordered an immediate return to the Home Planet. Six hours after the battle, Zheng Jinren received an initial report of Great Xia's heavy losses at the Kona Satellite base.

• Yaxes explained that Aker's dead Demon Venerables had left its external territories' coordinates unclaimed, and Cho'Gath saw an opportunity to take them before other factions learned of Aker's fall.
• Cho'Gath planned to copy the star-system coordinates from Aker's wormhole hub, destroy the public passages, and take control of Aker's legions, hives, and transit stations.
• Cho'Gath ordered his forces to return to the Home Planet immediately and postpone selling the technological civilization's coordinates until after they stripped its inheritance.
• Six hours after the battle, Zheng Jinren listened as his adjutant reported the destruction of Antimatter Bombs, defenses, factories, Pangu units, and vast numbers of robots and other equipment.

Zheng Jinren reviewed Great Xia’s losses and the enormous resources gained from the defeated Demon Clan, learning that the spoils could fuel decades of development. He ordered the remains processed quickly before decay, leaking energy, and corrosion caused environmental damage.

• Zheng Jinren heard that the battle had consumed weapons and equipment worth an astronomical amount, and that Wang Ce and Shen Minghe were the only personnel killed.
• The adjutant reported 230 Plasma Bugs killed in space and described the difficulties salvaging their drifting carcasses with Great Xia’s lone spaceship.
• The adjutant estimated that the ground forces had killed over 150 million Demon Clan units, with at least ten million more presumed dead in collapsed underground areas.
• The adjutant calculated that the Demon Clan remains held rare materials and energy worth over fifty years of Great Xia’s development after costs were deducted.
• Zheng Jinren ordered the remains processed as soon as possible and commanded an immediate expansion of the refining factories to prevent contamination and decay.

After Aker's death, Lin Mo, Fendona, and Zheng Jinren oversaw plans to rebuild Kona Base's defenses while the Demon Clan remained a threat. They prepared for the Interstellar Fleet's founding ceremony, which would announce both the fleet's readiness and Kona Base's successful defense.

• Lin Mo watched as workers cleared Demon Clan remains from the crater left by the six Antimatter Devices that killed Aker.
• Zheng Jinren explained that the crater made rebuilding the original city wall impractical and outlined a new sixteen-point-eight-kilometer wall scheduled for completion in twenty days.
• Fendona marveled at Great Xia's construction speed, while Zheng Jinren warned that the Demon Clan on Kona Satellite had not been completely cleared out.
• Lin Mo asked Fendona to rebuild the Magic Array to protect Kona Base until the new wall was finished, and she agreed.
• Lin Mo asked whether Zheng Jinren would attend the next day's Interstellar Fleet founding ceremony, where Great Xia would announce the fleet's establishment and Kona Base's successful defense.

Lin Mo left Kona Base with Fendona after watching a spaceship return with a Plasma Bug carcass, while Zheng Jinren stayed behind to guard the base. The next morning, Lin Mo and the Terra representatives shared breakfast in Tianshu Underground City before preparing to attend the Interstellar Fleet's founding ceremony.

• Zheng Jinren declined Lin Mo's invitation to leave Kona Base, citing the need to guard it against a possible Demon Clan attack.
• A kilometer-long spaceship returned to Kona Base towing the remains of a Plasma Bug for the Refining Zone.
• Lin Mo invited Fendona and the other races to the launch ceremony, then returned with Fendona to Blue Star through the Portal.
• The next morning, Lin Mo found Kael, Thorin, Grom, and Fendona eating breakfast at the Government Cafeteria in Tianshu Underground City.
• Kael, Thorin, and Grom confirmed they planned to attend the ceremony, while Thorin explained that Yadis had chosen to stay on Terra.
• Lin Mo and the others finished breakfast and set out for the ceremony venue before it opened.

Lin Mo attended Great Xia’s ceremony announcing victory at the Kona Satellite base and the founding of the Interstellar Fleet. He learned Liu Yishou was set to command the fleet, while Long Zhan appeared displeased about the army losing its leading position.

• Lin Mo and the Terra representatives arrived at the Ceremony Plaza, where the crowd cheered and Lin Mo signed several terminals.
• Lin Mo told Long Zhan and Zhao Gang that General Zheng had stayed at Kona Base and that its expanded walls and restored barrier were expected to be completed in twenty days.
• Liu Yishou arrived to congratulations, and Long Zhan explained that he was expected to become the First Commander of the Interstellar Fleet.
• Lin Mo recognized that Long Zhan was unhappy about the navy’s rising prominence, then avoided commenting when Long Zhan asked what he was thinking.

At the founding ceremony of the Great Xia Interstellar Fleet, Liu Yishou joked with Lin Mo and his old rival Long Zhan before Elder Zhao arrived to address the crowd. Elder Zhao began recounting the hardships Great Xia endured during the Cataclysm and the collective effort that allowed it to survive.

• Liu Yishou greeted Lin Mo and hinted that his appointment to command the Interstellar Fleet was imminent, asking for Zhengjin Metal and Dwarf runes as a practical congratulatory gift.
• Liu Yishou traded teasing remarks with Long Zhan, then stopped when Han Niba threatened to give other departments priority in distributing Terra's resources.
• Elder Zhao arrived at the ceremony and was saluted by Lin Mo, Long Zhan, Liu Yishou, Han Niba, Zhao Gang, and the assembled audience.
• Elder Zhao announced that the gathering marked the founding of the Great Xia Interstellar Fleet and the spacecraft's acceptance inspection and entry into service.
• Elder Zhao described the Cataclysm's devastation and credited the citizens, researchers, workers, soldiers, and Terra Continent allies with helping Great Xia survive.

Elder Zhao addressed the square, honoring the fallen from the battle at Kona Satellite and announcing Great Xia’s victory and the resources it had secured. He then declared the official establishment of Great Xia’s Interstellar Fleet and began its roll call.

• Elder Zhao recalled Great Xia’s losses and hardship, then described its progress in surviving and developing over the past three years.
• Elder Zhao announced that the Demon Clan had attacked Kona Base with Demon God Aker, eight Demon Venerables, and a force of more than three hundred million.
• Elder Zhao explained that the defenders killed Aker and forced the Demon Clan Army to retreat, but Shen Minghe and Wang Ce died piloting the Pangu mecha and deploying an antimatter bomb.
• Elder Zhao led the crowd in a solemn salute to Shen Minghe, Wang Ce, and the other fallen, then reported more than 160 million Demon Clan units eliminated and resources for Great Xia’s future development.
• Elder Zhao announced the establishment of Great Xia’s Interstellar Fleet, comprising thirty-eight spacecraft, and began the fleet roll call.

Great Xia established its Interstellar Fleet, appointing Liu Yishou as its first commander and launching its ships from Underground Cities and extraterrestrial bases. As the fleet rose into the sky, Kael felt grateful that the Holy Human Race had Great Xia and Lin Mo as allies.

• Thirty-eight ships, including the thirty-six Underground City vessels, the Moon, and the Kona, reported in and requested or confirmed their fleet assignments.
• Elder Zhao appointed Liu Yishou as the first commander of the Great Xia Interstellar Fleet, and Liu accepted.
• Elder Zhao announced that the Interstellar Fleet was established and would oversee orbital, satellite, deep-space, and related combat missions.
• All the ships fired their engines and lifted off as the crowd celebrated their launch.
• Kael watched the fleet rise and felt fortunate that the Holy Human Race had Great Xia and Lin Mo as powerful allies.

Great Xia celebrated the launch of its first interstellar fleet, and Lin Mo agreed to take Zhao Gang and the others to see the planetary engines. The group prepared to visit the massive construction project after Long Zhan returned to Terra to guard against the Demon Clan.

• Fendona, Thorin, and Grom watched Great Xia’s fleet rise into the sky as cheers spread through the Underground Cities and bases.
• Lin Mo and Zhao Gang reflected on Great Xia’s achievement of launching a true interstellar fleet.
• Long Zhan told Lin Mo he was returning to Terra to keep watch over the remaining Demon Clan forces, then departed by military transport.
• Zhao Gang asked to visit the planetary engines, and Lin Mo agreed to go with him.
• Fendona, Thorin, and Grom also expressed interest in seeing the planetary engines, and Lin Mo invited them along.

Lin Mo and his companions visited Tianyong City and learned how it had rebuilt and expanded after the Demon Clan invasion. They then set out for a nearby Planetary Engine construction site, with the story leaving them preparing to travel across the surface.

• Lin Mo arrived in Tianyong City, where City Lord Chen Jianguo welcomed him and recalled how Lin Mo had saved the city from the Demon Clan.
• Chen Jianguo showed Lin Mo how reconstruction had expanded the underground city and explained that the growing workforce needed more skilled people and support for families raising children.
• Lin Mo passed on the leadership's expectations for child and family services, and Chen Jianguo pledged to implement them.
• Lin Mo asked to see the Planetary Engine construction site, and Chen Jianguo arranged surface commuter vehicles and notified the project department.
• Kael warned that the vehicles' purification magic circles were only supplementary protection, and Chen Jianguo described their inspections, monitoring systems, and emergency safeguards.

Lin Mo, Fendona, and their companions traveled from Tianyong City to the surface, where Chen Jianguo showed them how Great Xia's industrial network supported the construction of ten thousand planetary engines. The chapter left them staring in awe at an engine already two thousand meters tall, with Chen Jianguo explaining that it would eventually reach ten thousand meters.

• Lin Mo asked whether the transport convoy was carrying parts to the planetary engine construction sites, and Chen Jianguo explained how factories, logistics networks, and Engineering Robots supported construction.
• The vehicle emerged from underground near the world tree, where Fendona saw the restored tree and a growing surface city; Chen Jianguo described who lived there and how residents could visit.
• Grom lamented that many Centaur children had forgotten the grasslands after the Demon Clan drove them from the surface.
• After traveling through the Icefield Industrial Belt, Fendona pointed out a colossal construction site, and the group saw its two-thousand-meter planetary engine framework.
• Chen Jianguo said the engine's base was thirty kilometers wide and its completed height would reach ten thousand meters, astonishing Grom and Thorin.

Lin Mo and the others toured the construction site of a colossal Planetary Engine and watched workers install its fourth-level load-bearing ring. Fendona noticed Blue Star’s days were lengthening, and Chen Jianguo explained that the planet’s rotation was slowing as its atmosphere continued to escape.

• Lin Mo and the others entered the engineering zone and saw robots and human engineers building the Planetary Engine’s enormous foundation and framework.
• The engineering supervisor showed them the fourth-level load-bearing ring being raised into place, and the crew cheered when it locked into the main structure.
• Fendona compared the engine to a leafless World Tree, while Thorin and Grom reacted with amazement at its scale.
• Fendona asked Lin Mo why the Blue Star time limit on her phone kept increasing, and Lin Mo saw it had reached 26 hours and 54 minutes.
• Chen Jianguo explained that Blue Star’s rotation was slowing, lengthening its days, while atmospheric loss would complicate temperature changes as the planet moved closer to the sun.

Chen Jianguo explained Blue Star’s future climate danger and Lin Mo reassured everyone that they had decades to prepare, while World Tree Life Fruits could eventually provide longevity potions for all. In Tianshu Underground City, Lin Linhou waited nervously for his first blind date, and a woman in a light gray coat entered the restaurant.

• Lin Mo and Chen Jianguo discussed how Blue Star’s atmosphere loss and approach toward the sun would eventually cause global temperatures to soar, though they expected decades of safety.
• Zhao Gang asked whether they had time to move Blue Star and the moon out of the Solar System, and Chen Jianguo said he hoped to live long enough to see the new longevity potion.
• Lin Mo said World Tree Life Fruits could become plentiful within years and that their yields, combined with purchases from Terra Continent, could supply longevity potions to everyone.
• Fendona was amazed by the prospect of widely available Life Fruits, while Thorin revealed that Great Xia’s machine tools had helped the Dwarves greatly increase production and reluctantly promised to lower prices.
• Lin Linhou waited nervously for his first blind date at a Tianshu Underground City restaurant, and a woman wearing a light gray coat arrived.

Lin Linhou and Jian Dan enjoyed a blind date over Terra-inspired food, talking about life in the Underground City, new trade and medical advances, and their shared interest in Interstellar War. Jian Dan agreed to keep seeing him and planned to play the game with him that night, while Lin Linhou left for his class at Tianshu University.

• Lin Linhou and Jian Dan met at a restaurant, joked about his name, and ordered Terra-style dishes and Elven fruit.
• Jian Dan and Lin Linhou discussed how trade with Terra and magical healthcare had improved daily life in the Underground City.
• Jian Dan showed Lin Linhou her Dwarf-made hand warmer and told him how treatment had helped her aunt recover from an old leg injury.
• Lin Linhou and Jian Dan discovered they both played Interstellar War, and agreed to play together that night, with her handling logistics.
• Jian Dan decided she wanted to keep seeing Lin Linhou, and he left for his Chinese class at Tianshu University after they agreed to talk again.

Lin Linhou taught alien students the confusing rules of Chinese measure words, while Lin Mo agreed to visit Tianxiong City after its city lord appealed to him. On the journey there, a missile launch raised questions about the foreigners still living in Blue Star’s underground cities.

• Lin Linhou taught students from Terra’s many races Chinese measure words, and they struggled to understand why different objects used different classifiers.
• Lin Shigong urged Lin Mo to visit Tianxiong City, and Lin Mo agreed after asking that the city avoid ceremonies and briefings.
• Lin Shigong led Lin Mo and the others away from the planetary engine construction site toward Tianxiong City.
• A missile launched near the world tree, and Lin Mo asked whether High-Ranking Demon Clan remnants remained on Blue Star.
• Lin Shigong said the launch likely involved foreigners living in underground cities, and Lin Mo asked how many of those cities remained active.

Lin Shigong described the dire conditions in the surviving Underground Cities around the world before Lin Mo’s group toured the rebuilt Tianxiong City. The residents thanked Lin Mo and his Terra allies for defending the city, and their cheerful welcome showed how life had recovered after the attack.

• Lin Shigong reported that about seventy Underground Cities still held living people, many suffering from poor conditions and dwindling supplies.
• Lin Mo and the others toured Tianxiong City’s reconstructed damage and memorial to the soldiers killed defending it.
• Tianxiong residents recognized Lin Mo and thanked him and his companions for saving the city from the Burrowing Earth Dragon and the Demon Clan.
• Lin Mo credited the troops and Terra allies, and encouraged a young boy to study and help make the country stronger.
• Residents took photos with Lin Mo, Fendona, Thorin, Grom, and Kael until traffic police dispersed the crowd.