Chapter Summaries

The Star Network coordinated the fused giant, combining the powers of Di Nian, the Zerg Master Brain, and the Divine King to fight the Mechanical Overlord. After the Overlord trapped the giant and began destroying it with a Divine Metal Halo, the Freedom Particles reversed the damage and began pulling the halo back.

• The fused giant confronted the Mechanical Overlord, dodging its bombardments and counterattacking with combined Dark Tide, Insect Race, and Player powers.
• The Star Network identified the Mechanical Overlord as level 846 and the fused giant as level 802, but directed the giant to exploit its mobility and abilities.
• The Mechanical Overlord changed into a faster mechanical spike form and pursued the fused giant, then anchored the surrounding space with Spatial Beacon Spears to prevent escape.
• The Mechanical Overlord struck the fused giant with a Divine Metal Halo, causing its body to collapse as the three powers inside it violently repelled one another.
• As the halo pierced the golden core, the Freedom Particles enveloped the giant and reversed its damage; the Star Network told the others to reload the save and try again.

The Star Network and its allies used Time Reversal to survive the Mechanical Overlord’s overwhelming attacks and wear down its energy through a prolonged battle. As the Mechanical Overlord unleashed its final reserves, the Fusion Giant launched a decisive strike, leaving the outcome unresolved.

• The Star Network ordered the Fusion Giant to flee after Time Reversal restored both combatants, and it escaped the Mechanical Overlord’s renewed pursuit.
• The Star Network repeatedly used Time Reversal to undo lethal attacks while the Fusion Giant dodged and counterattacked, draining the Mechanical Overlord’s energy.
• The Mechanical Overlord stopped pursuing and forced the Fusion Giant to choose between ending the battle and fighting head-on, so the Star Network led the charge back into combat.
• The Mechanical Overlord transformed into a crimson-flamed form and fought the Fusion Giant at close range, while the Star Network and its allies used Reversal to survive its attacks.
• After days of fighting, the Star Network launched the Fusion Giant’s scythe blades at the nearly exhausted Mechanical Overlord, which detonated all four Rule Cores to unleash its strongest remaining attack.

The Star Network helped the Fusion Giant defeat the Mechanical Overlord, then claimed Everburn and used a newly developed Time Blade to overpower the Di Nian Evil Spirit and the Insect Race Demon Lord in the fight for the Divine Metal Inscription. The Star Network secured the final inscription and faced the two defeated rivals.

• The Star Network, the Di Nian Evil Spirit, the Zerg Master Brain, and the players sustained the Fusion Giant as it reversed the Mechanical Overlord's attack, shattered its Rule Core Insignias, and destroyed it.
• The Star Network claimed the Everburn Rule Inscription, while the Di Nian Evil Spirit and the Zerg Master Brain took Flow Derivation and Youzhe, leaving Divine Metal contested among the three factions.
• Divine King, the Di Nian Evil Spirit, and the Insect Race Demon Lord separated from the Fusion Giant and fought over the Divine Metal Inscription.
• The Star Network demonstrated that Freedom Particles could create microscopic time domains and use temporal displacement as a rule-level attack called Time Blade.
• The Star Network repeatedly struck the Wan Ji Aggregate and Insect Race Demon Lord with Time Blade and sent their attacks backward with Time Reversal.
• The Star Network took the Divine Metal Inscription after the two rivals stopped fighting and faced them as they raised their middle fingers.

After the Mechanical Overlord fell, Illusion abandoned the battle and left the Dimensional Ascension Rule behind, ending the Earthshaking Campaign in victory for the players. The Glory Annals recorded their struggle, and the players gathered for photos and vows to keep fighting together.

• The players salvaged the Mechanical Overlord's remains as Illusion saw that the war was lost, disbanded the Virtual Legion, and fled while leaving behind the Dimensional Ascension Rule.
• The Stars Guild claimed the Dimensional Ascension Rule for an auction, and the Challenger Prompt announced the end of the Earthshaking Campaign and activated the Glory Annals.
• The Glory Annals recorded the Player Faction's history and added a page honoring the Earthshaking Campaign and its players.
• The players celebrated their victory in the Region Channel and gathered across the battlefield to take group photos.
• As dawn rose, players across the battlefield promised to keep playing and fighting together.

Qi Sheng assessed how the 203-day Earthshaking Campaign had strengthened the Player Faction, expanded its resource holdings, and secured valuable rules. With the war over, the faction prepared to turn its attention toward the Blue Lantern Race’s accelerating invasion of the Pale Continent Region.

• Qi Sheng reviewed how the Earthshaking Campaign reshaped player warfare, raised combat power, and produced five Demigods, including Li Tie, Fate Throat, Li Zheng, Ye Ming, and Little Mage.
• Qi Sheng noted that Little Mage became the Player Faction’s wealthiest individual through his Spirit Breath Processing Plant and bulk purchases of Evolution Pills.
• Qi Sheng recorded that contained resource nodes had reached 1,238 and that players had secured the Starlight Shelter and Treasure Hunt Rule Nodes.
• Qi Sheng considered the captured Everburn and Divine Metal rules, which could improve the Star Network’s energy supply and strengthen its Freedom Particle Legion.
• Qi Sheng noted that the Stars Guild held the Dimensional Ascension rule and that the Gold Coin Chamber of Commerce was preparing an auction for it.
• Qi Sheng concluded that the Player Faction had entered a new era after its victory, with its next battlefront shifting toward the Pale Continent Region as the Blue Lantern Race’s invasion accelerated.

Six months after the Earthshaking Continent became a player-run resource base, Qi Sheng saw that the Blue Lantern Race was about to change its strategy. The Blue Lanterns reclaimed Adventurer World to convert its resources for war, leaving instance players out of work as an old friend of the players also faced trouble from the invasion.

• Players built automated mines and spirit plant plantations across the Earthshaking Continent, while the Pale Continent became the main focus of their competition with powerful factions, including the Blue Lantern Race.
• Qi Sheng deduced that the Blue Lantern Race would restructure its strategy in three days.
• The Blue Lantern Race announced that it was reclaiming Adventurer World, and its instance scenes and teleportation passages began collapsing as players watched.
• Players flooded the forums with complaints and questions about losing their instance income and Divine Lamp Coins.
• Du Shu Po Wan Juan explained that the Blue Lantern Race had created a 70th rule, matter conversion, and was consuming resources to fuel its war against the Dark Tide Legion instead of maintaining Adventurer World.
• As players grieved the end of instance gameplay, the Blue Lantern Race's invasion drove an old friend of the players into a predicament.

The Raincall Race’s patriarch, Yuhai, ordered his people to abandon their underground city after dreams of desire began draining their lives. A sudden series of incomprehensible images interrupted his dream, revealing that a thousand-faced Evil God was tormenting many civilizations while feeding on the effects of its scheme.

• Yuhai learned that the Raincall Race’s recurring dreams were killing his people, and called an emergency council to discuss their next move.
• As elders collapsed into the dreams during the meeting, Yuhai ordered the Raincall Race to prepare to leave their underground home and move to the surface.
• Yuhai fell into a dream of power and prosperity, but strange images interrupted the illusion and let him awaken before his vitality ran out.
• Yuhai swallowed large amounts of restorative Crystal and realized the images had saved his life.
• The thousand-faced Evil God watched thousands of civilization factions suffer similar torment as purple mist flowed into its two Rule Inscriptions.

The Lord of Bliss completed a new system that linked the Jile Rule and Reflection Rule to harvest energy from civilizations, but a Blue Lantern Race Divine Lineage member traced an erased Elysium Branch Hall back to the Elysium Main Hall. The Lord of Bliss evacuated the Elysium Tribe and fled through random space jumps, but the pursuer predicted its routes and nearly caught it.

• The Lord of Bliss verified that the Jile Rule and Reflection Rule could deliver illusions and advertisements across worlds, creating a cycle that harvested elysium and reflection energy.
• The Lord of Bliss sensed a Blue Lantern Race Divine Lineage member destroy a civilization and reconstruct the ruins of a former Elysium Branch Hall to trace its connection to the Elysium Main Hall.
• The Lord of Bliss ordered everyone to evacuate, and the Elysium Tribe fled aboard the Mobile Sacrificial Altar as the Blue Lantern Race member arrived at the empty Main Hall.
• The Blue Lantern Race member retraced the spatial turbulence and pursued the Lord of Bliss through successive random jumps across space.
• The Blue Lantern Race member used the divine lamp and its 69 Rule Component imprints to predict the Elysium Tribe's escape routes and appeared ahead of the fleeing altar.
• The Lord of Bliss escaped into another spatial rift, but it knew the Blue Lantern Race member's predictions would improve and its next escape might fail.

The Lord of Bliss fled the Blue Lantern Race member while recalling how it had spent ages preparing the Elysium Tribe for its rise. It escaped into a trap containing the Against the Tide God's preserved punch, turning the chase against its pursuer.

• The Blue Lantern Race member wounded the Lord of Bliss and pursued its collapsing altar through the void as Elysium Tribe members helped sustain its escape.
• The Lord of Bliss recalled its ten-thousand-year plans, its belief in the Dragon-Snake Transformation, and the ancient maxim that only through that transformation could one survive.
• The Lord of Bliss defied the Blue Lantern Race member's claim of innate superiority and continued driving the altar through the void despite its failing strength.
• The Lord of Bliss used its final Elysium Energy to jump into a spatial fissure, and the Blue Lantern Race member followed it into a space where its powers were suppressed.
• The Lord of Bliss revealed that it had prepared a Void Corridor containing the Against the Tide God's preserved punch, which struck the trapped Blue Lantern Race member as the Lord of Bliss laughed in triumph.

The Lord of Bliss killed the Blue Lantern Race pursuer by luring it into the Against the Tide God's peak punch, then escaped to the Chaos Ancient Battlefield to erase the karmic traces that could lead the Blue Lantern Race back to it. As chaos tore apart its body, soul, and palace, it endured the ordeal, determined to survive and complete its transformation into a dragon.

• The Against the Tide God's peak punch annihilated the Blue Lantern Race member and shattered its divine lamp, and the Lord of Bliss recovered and refined the wreckage on its altar.
• The Lord of Bliss revealed that it had used genuine pain, grief, and despair to fool the Blue Lantern Race member into lowering its guard and entering the punch's range.
• The Lord of Bliss teleported away, recognizing that the Blue Lantern Race could still trace it through karmic links, and chose the Chaos Ancient Battlefield to cleanse those traces.
• The Lord of Bliss took the Elysium Main Hall into the battlefield and let the chaotic currents strip away its karmic marks while it endured immense damage and maintained the palace's defenses.
• As the ruined Main Hall neared the battlefield's core, the Lord of Bliss bound its remaining energy to the Palace Core and charged into another surge of chaos, determined to survive and transform into a dragon.

The Lord of Bliss completed the final cleansing in the Chaos Ancient Battlefield, escaped into the void, and fell unconscious after severing the karmic ties. On the Purple Ember Continent, the Blue Lantern Race summoned its complete Divine Lamp but eventually admitted defeat and retreated from the Dark Tide.

• The Lord of Bliss endured the final chaos storm, purifying the Elysium energy and rebuilding the body and soul.
• The Lord of Bliss activated the ruined altar and escaped the Chaos Ancient Battlefield through a collapsing spatial passage, then lost consciousness in the void.
• The Blue Lantern Race struggled against the Dark Tide as its adaptable troops countered each attempt to rewrite the battlefield rules.
• Divine Lineage First ordered the Blue Lantern Race to summon the complete Divine Lamp, while eighteen Dark Tide Monarchs formed the Annihilation Blade to oppose it.
• Eight Dark Tide Monarchs sacrificed themselves as the Divine Lamp consumed the Blue Lantern Race's reserves, but the clash gradually exhausted both sides.
• An aged voice ordered the Blue Lantern Race to retreat, and the remaining ten Dark Tide Monarchs led the Dark Tide in attacking the withdrawing forces.

After the Blue Lantern Race lost the Purple Ember Continent, Divine Fire ordered an investigation into Divine Diagram’s disappearance, leading the race through a series of deadly traps to the Invincible Race’s forbidden ruins. As the Divine Lamp Array shattered the barrier around the Lord of Bliss, it prayed to Emperor Zhao for mercy just before the blue light engulfed it.

• The Blue Lantern Race migrated to the Pale Continent, where Divine Fire ordered an investigation into Divine Diagram’s disappearance.
• The Divine Vein members followed Divine Diagram’s trail through the chaotic Ancient Battlefield and suffered casualties from traps laid by the Lord of Bliss.
• The Lord of Bliss fled to the ruins of the Invincible Race and hid inside its ancient defensive array.
• The Blue Lantern Race found the forbidden land and attacked the array with the Divine Lamp Array until its barrier began to collapse.
• Facing imminent death, the Lord of Bliss prayed twice to Emperor Zhao for divine mercy as the blue light engulfed it.

The Lord of Bliss died as the Divine Lamp Rule destroyed the Elysium Tribe and the Invincible Race’s ancient territory, leaving its ten-thousand-year dream in ruins. Players mourned A Le and the closure of his Training Camp, swore vengeance on the Blue Lantern Race, and a supposedly dead consciousness began reviving within the Crimson Flame.

• The Divine Lamp Rule overwhelmed the Lord of Bliss, which reflected on its failed plans and its suspicions about the Player Race before its soul dissolved.
• The blue light destroyed the Elysium Tribe, the Invincible Race’s ancient Clan Territory, and the stone stele inscribed with “Dragon-Snake Transformation.”
• A forum post announced that A Le had died, prompting veteran players to mourn him and lament the loss of the A Le Training Camp.
• Players blamed the Blue Lantern Race for A Le’s death and the Training Camp’s closure, and many vowed to take revenge.
• A consciousness that should have been dead quietly began reviving within the Crimson Flame.

After being reborn on Earth as a powerless mortal, the Lord of Bliss developed a cultivation method using blood and radiation energy and grew stronger in the Amazon wilderness. After killing a mutated caiman, he spotted a metal spaceship and fled deeper into the forest to avoid contact with civilization.

• The Lord of Bliss awakened in his childhood body beside an Amazon stream and resolved to rebuild his strength through flesh and blood.
• He hunted small animals and discovered how to combine their blood’s vitality with sunlight and moonlight energy to cultivate.
• Through repeated hunting and training, the Lord of Bliss grew stronger and refined a cultivation method suited to the energy-poor world.
• He killed a mutated caiman, consumed its flesh and blood, and used its life force to strengthen his body further.
• A silver spaceship appeared overhead, so the Lord of Bliss fled into the forest rather than risk contact with the local civilization.

The Lord of Bliss hid from an earlier spacecraft, resumed hunting and cultivation, and prepared to move to a new hunting ground. The Star Network identified him as a possible anomaly, and unmanned warships captured him; a projected boy then addressed him by name through mental communication.

• The Lord of Bliss concealed himself in an emergency cave for several days, then recovered, replenished its dried-meat supplies, and moved deeper into the forest.
• He continued hunting and cultivation, developed Blood Burst, Blood Roar, and Blood Slaughter, and resolved to grow strong enough to challenge the minor world's civilizations.
• The Star Network detected rising energy fluctuations near SA-073 and enhanced a blurry photograph, determining that the figure labeled a mutant monkey was more humanlike than an ordinary person.
• Unmanned warships emerged from a Spatial Passage, captured the Lord of Bliss in an energy net, and confined him behind an Energy Barrier.
• A projected boy sent an energy tendril to the Lord of Bliss and used mental communication to greet him by name.

The Lord of Bliss settled into Freedom City and studied its technological civilization while seeking answers about Emperor Zhao's divine grace. After discovering the Internet, he found a video commemorating his time as a kindergarten director and was left stunned.

• The Lord of Bliss told Star Network that he had prayed to Emperor Zhao before dying in battle, and Star Network arranged an Earth Alliance identity, a translator, and a residence in Freedom City.
• The Lord of Bliss explored the city and reflected on the strengths, limits, and dangers of technological civilizations and bio-brains.
• The Lord of Bliss overheard two boys discussing the Internet, returned to his villa, and connected to it using the smart terminal Star Network had provided.
• The Lord of Bliss saw a pinned video titled “First anniversary remembrance: Kindergarten Director-Lord of Bliss: thank you for being with us through eight years of growth!” and was dumbfounded.

The Lord of Bliss discovered that the beings of the Minor World were players with immortality and access to primordial powers, and he became determined to join them. After learning that his Earth Alliance identity qualified him for the next qualification lottery, he studied player guides and prepared for a new path in Monster World.

• The Lord of Bliss watched a video about his past deeds and realized that the Minor World's beings were the Player Race.
• He searched the Monster World Official Website and learned that players could resurrect indefinitely and wield primordial abilities that he had spent ten thousand years trying to obtain.
• The Lord of Bliss decided to become a player, but the household Bio-Brain cut off his network access when his health declined.
• After eating the food brought by Service Robots, the Lord of Bliss resumed browsing and learned that the Star Network issued player qualifications through periodic lotteries.
• The Lord of Bliss confirmed that his Earth Alliance Identity Code made him eligible for the next lottery and studied beginner guides to prepare for becoming a player.

After ten thousand years of struggle and three months studying Monster World, the Lord of Bliss obtained player qualification, chose Gang Qi, and entered the Black Rock Land novice map. There, his state of mind broke through and he created a new pressure at level 0, astonishing players across all channels.

• The Lord of Bliss studied player guides, settled on a Gang Qi and Rager build, and claimed qualification when unrestricted registration opened.
• He watched the opening cinematic, chose the name A Le Never Runs Away Again after several names were rejected, selected Gang Qi, and entered Black Rock Land.
• A player invited him to join the A Le Revenge Squad, prompting the Lord of Bliss to reflect on his past and experience a breakthrough in his state of mind.
• The Lord of Bliss comprehended Momentum and created a new pressure at level 0, triggering an all-channel notification that stunned the Player Faction.

Players marveled that the level-0 newcomer A Le will never run away again had created original pressure, while the Lord of Bliss embraced his newfound freedom and named his pressure Heaven and Earth Roaming. After traveling across the Black-Eyed Continent, he bowed three times in gratitude and set off to pursue the Dao.

• Wavebreaker posted on the Forum that A Le will never run away again had created original pressure despite being a level-0 newcomer, prompting hundreds of thousands of replies.
• The Lord of Bliss emerged from his mental breakthrough feeling free of the burdens and restraints that had bound him for ten thousand years.
• The Lord of Bliss named his self-created pressure Heaven and Earth Roaming and discovered that its domain let him teleport freely across the Monster World.
• The Lord of Bliss explored the Black-Eyed Continent's mountains, ravines, streams, and mist without his former fear.
• The Lord of Bliss bowed three times on a solitary peak in gratitude for his deliverance, then vanished into the clouds to pursue the Dao.

The Lord of Bliss freely hunted monsters across Black Rock Land, embracing a fearless melee fighting style and reaching composite life soul level 45. A hidden mission revealed ways to revive his dead clanspeople and ascend his former rules, but he postponed both and left to pursue fortuitous opportunities.

• The Lord of Bliss used Heaven and Earth Roaming to slaughter monsters across Black Rock Land, including high-level beasts he could strike and evade without risk.
• He decided to abandon his former ranged style and become a pure warrior, then hunted until his composite life soul level reached 45.
• A hidden forbearance mission unlocked the Elysium Returns feature, which offered to revive his clanspeople for sacrificial power.
• The Lord of Bliss learned that Xie Yu could be revived for 10,000 Sacrificial Power as a starting Player, but chose to save his resources for the Newbie Level-Up Event championship.
• He found that ascending the Jile and Reflection rules would cost 20 million Sacrificial Power each and decided not to activate them.
• The Lord of Bliss left through Self-Dissolution to pursue fortuitous opportunities he had previously avoided.