Chapter Summaries

Moge explained that Lin Yuan was expected to lead humanity through the Finale, then relinquished his Crown and Artisan Authority so Little Black could inherit his legacy. Lin Yuan helped the East Pole Island Lord return four fragment planets to the Endless Sea Planet, completing the Endless Sea World before the mirror vanished.

• Moge told Lin Yuan about humanity’s long-running plan for the Finale and said he believed Lin Yuan would lead humanity through it.
• Moge refused to complete the later New World hull blueprints, explaining that Little Black needed to design them independently to qualify for the Artisan Authority and eventually Lord of the Crown.
• Moge’s half-finished Crown shattered, and he relinquished the Artisan Authority while expressing hope that Little Black would inherit his legacy.
• Lin Yuan returned to East Pole Island and helped the East Pole Island Lord pinpoint a location in the True Universe using his Space-Time Power.
• The East Pole Island Lord sent the four Pole Stars through the mirror, where they merged into the Endless Sea Planet and completed the Endless Sea World.
• The mirror shrank into a singularity and disappeared as gray mist tried to reclaim it.

Lin Yuan was summoned by the Heavenly Gate Token to the Heavenly Gate and traveled into the distant past, where he met the Founders of the Sanctum. The Second Lord asked whether Lin Yuan came from the future and whether the Heavenly Venerable had been resurrected.

• The Island of Beginning and End vanished after the mysterious mirror disappeared, and Lin Yuan returned to the Endless Sea.
• The Little Box opened and sent Lin Yuan, wrapped in rainbow light, toward the Sun inside the Time Maze.
• The Heavenly Gate Token brought Lin Yuan to the Heavenly Gate and carried him through spacetime toward the ancient True Universe.
• Lin Yuan heard a vast voice speak of the Heavenly Gate's finale, spacetime, fate, and paradoxes.
• Lin Yuan encountered blurry figures he recognized as the Founders of the Sanctum, and Lord Yi confirmed he could hear him.
• The Second Lord asked Lin Yuan whether he came from the future and whether the Heavenly Venerable had been resurrected.

Lin Yuan learned that Chaos and the Heavenly Venerable were Paradox Level beings who could command two rules, and that the world-saving plan could exist through paradox without anyone devising it. He realized that although ordinary Lords of the Crown could not reach that level, his own nature as both a human and a ship might make him an exception.

• Lin Yuan confirmed that the Heavenly Venerable was still a Headless Corpse, disappointing the Second Lord.
• The Crown of Truth proposed that Lin Yuan consult history in the future to discover the world-saving plan and bring it back to them.
• The Crown of Truth explained that paradox could make an illogical plan come full circle and become real.
• The Second Lord explained that Chaos and the Heavenly Venerable were Paradox Level beings who each ruled over two rules.
• Lin Yuan concluded that ordinary advancement could not lead to Paradox Level, then realized he might be both a human and a ship.

Lin Yuan discussed how to recover humanity’s Salvation Plan with the Sanctum’s three strongest, and the Third Lord warned that information connecting their world to Lin Yuan’s could let Chaos reach his side. As Lin Yuan returned to his own time, the Third Lord questioned whether he had truly come from the future.

• Lin Yuan proposed asking Lord Yi and the Second Lord to memorize the Salvation Plan, but the Third Lord advised against it because information about the Sanctum’s strongest could connect the two worlds and let Chaos open a passage.
• The Third Lord told Lin Yuan that an object he would receive on his side would analyze information from history, and asked him to bring it back after the analysis finished.
• Lord Yi asked why Chaos was reviving while the Heavenly Venerable was not, and Lin Yuan explained that Chaos had half of the Nirvana Crown before returning to his time.
• Lord Yi said his missing sister had reasons for her actions, while the Second Lord took comfort in Lin Yuan’s apparent arrival from a future where the world had been saved.
• The Third Lord suggested that Lin Yuan might not have come from the real future.

After restoring the Endless Sea, Lin Yuan realized the newly revealed Central Sea could attract Apostles and Authority Holders, then encountered a Crawler Apostle while trying to escape. The East Pole Island Lord and Second Lord contacted him with help and future instructions as the Federation dispatched Authority Holders to retrieve him.

• The Second Lord and Third Lord argued while Lord Yi brooded over a missing woman and the Nirvana Crown.
• Lin Yuan returned to the Endless Sea and told Lilia and the others about completing the game's Third Stage, keeping his journey to the Heavenly Gate secret.
• Lin Yuan explained that the Fourth Stage would likely address the Great Being's ability to invade through history, and Bai Ling warned him that the Central Sea had transformed.
• Lin Yuan realized the healed Central Sea was open to exploration by Apostles and hurried to leave, but the Phantom Lin Yuan encountered a Crawler Apostle.
• The Federation told Zero that Authority Holders could now enter the Central Sea and were coming to retrieve him, while the East Pole Island Lord and Second Lord separately contacted him.

Lin Yuan fought the Apostle head-on to test his strength against an Authority Holder, confident that the Second Lord could come to his aid if needed. As his energy began to fall behind, he decided to endure some attacks and study the limits of the Apostle’s power.

• Lin Yuan remembered that he could summon the Second Lord from the Nether River and felt assured he would not lose.
• The Apostle recognized Lin Yuan as Zero and boasted that he would show him the strength of a true powerhouse.
• Lin Yuan charged the Apostle with the Holy Hall Light Blade, and their first clash left the Apostle shocked that Lin Yuan could match him without authority.
• The Apostle grew frantic and unleashed a barrage of skills, while Lin Yuan suppressed them with his A-rank energy and Explore the Sea Dragon Soul.
• Lin Yuan’s energy began to lag behind the Apostle’s replenishment, so he decided to take some attacks head-on and study Authority Holder-level combat.

Lin Yuan tested his defenses against an Apostle, enduring the Apostle’s attacks until the enemy’s energy waned, then activated Fury of Molten Fire and counterattacked. After his Light Blade lodged in the Apostle’s body, Lin Yuan discovered that his A-rank Energy was stiffening the Authority Body, leaving the Apostle alarmed.

• The Apostle repeatedly struck Lin Yuan, but each attack removed only ten thousand Health, and Lin Yuan calculated that his regeneration and defenses could keep him alive for hours.
• Lin Yuan observed that the Apostle’s attack rate slowed as the Apostle tired, and concluded that even an Authority Holder near the bottom of the ranking would struggle to kill him.
• Lin Yuan activated Fury of Molten Fire and overwhelmed the fatigued Apostle with rapid punches.
• Lin Yuan attacked with the Holy Hall Light Blade, which lodged in the Apostle’s body as Lin Yuan’s A-rank Energy poured into him.
• The Apostle’s body stiffened under the energy, and he panicked as he asked Lin Yuan what he had done to his Authority Body.

Lin Yuan exhausted his A-rank Energy while crippling an Apostle, but neither could attack the other as they waited for reinforcements. The Lord of Storms arrived to save the Apostle, just as the East Pole Island Lord appeared to answer Lin Yuan’s call.

• Lin Yuan’s Fury of Molten Fire ran out before he could kill the Apostle, leaving him depleted while the Apostle was nearly immobilized.
• The Apostle secretly contacted another Apostle for help, while Lin Yuan waited for the East Pole Island Lord and chose not to trouble the Second Lord.
• The Lord of Storms arrived, and the crippled Apostle revealed he had been waiting for him and threatened Lin Yuan.
• Lin Yuan remained confident and called the Lord of Storms a welcome target as the East Pole Island Lord darkened the sky and began his attack.

The East Pole Island Lord rescued Lin Yuan from the Lord of Storms and explained how Authority Bodies form and usually dissipate. He discovered that Lin Yuan’s A-rank energy had preserved a slain Apostle’s Authority Body, then warned Lin Yuan to keep the ability secret, especially from the Crawlers.

• The East Pole Island Lord struck the Lord of Storms, who fled after recognizing the powerful Island Lord, and the Island Lord killed a nearby Apostle.
• The East Pole Island Lord told Lin Yuan that Moge had sent him to bring Lin Yuan over, and said Moge was recovering after his Crown shattered.
• Lin Yuan tried to claim the Lord of Storms’s severed arm, but it dissolved into the sea; the East Pole Island Lord explained that Authority Bodies usually break down when separated from their owners’ wills.
• The East Pole Island Lord found that the slain Apostle’s head was dissipating while his body remained intact, and realized some power had solidified its authority power.
• Lin Yuan recalled pouring A-rank energy into the Apostle and suspected it had preserved the Authority Body; he also wondered whether Gold Dragon had deliberately left its corpse at Panlong Mountain.
• The East Pole Island Lord told Lin Yuan not to reveal the preservation effect and warned that Crawlers could not leave Authority Bodies behind, prompting Lin Yuan to ask why.

The East Pole Island Lord explained how the Great Being’s Chaos and Destruction Crowns shaped the Crawlers’ powers and revealed that Lin Yuan’s A-rank Energy could counter Destruction. After returning to East Pole Island, Lin Yuan went to the rebuilt Artisan Academy to meet Senior Moge.

• The East Pole Island Lord explained that Chaos let the Great Being reproduce powers it had absorbed, while Destruction caused dead Apostles’ Authority Bodies to be destroyed.
• The East Pole Island Lord told Lin Yuan that his A-rank Energy could counter Destruction, and Lin Yuan realized the Great Being might see him as a threat.
• Lin Yuan stored the petrified Apostle’s body and contacted Wang Jian to tell him the Federation’s Authority Holders did not need to hurry over.
• Lin Yuan and the East Pole Island Lord returned to East Pole Island aboard the Phantom Lin Yuan, where the East Pole Island Lord toured the ship.
• The East Pole Island Lord left Lin Yuan with Steward Liu, Wuwei, and Chi Yu, and Lin Yuan soon went to the rebuilt Artisan Academy to meet Senior Moge.

Lin Yuan learned from Moge that Explore the Sea needs Dragon Qi and the Dragon’s Will to become a dragon, and that advancing it in the Dragon Ancestral Land could revive the Dragon Clan. He suspected the black-and-white orb on Panlong Star led to that place and began connecting the Second Lord’s plans, his crew’s potential Authorities, and the Little Box to the Heavenly Venerable.

• Lin Yuan found Moge undergoing repairs after shattering his Crown, and Moge asked how far Explore the Sea had advanced.
• Moge explained that Explore the Sea needed the Dragon’s Will as well as Dragon Qi, and that its transformation into a dragon was an act of creation tied to the Creation Crown.
• Moge revealed that the Dragon Ancestor had been crafted as a biological weapon by the previous Creation Crown holder, one of the Sanctum’s three strongest members.
• Moge told Lin Yuan the Dragon Ancestral Land was where the Dragon Ancestor had been created and said the Authority of War was vital to humanity’s plan for the final battle.
• Lin Yuan suspected the black-and-white orb in the Gold Dragon’s mouth could lead to the Dragon Ancestral Land and decided to return to Panlong Star.
• Lin Yuan considered how his crew might inherit the Artisan Authority, the Authority of Prophecy, and the Authority of War, then wondered whether the Little Box was connected to the Heavenly Venerable and why it bore his name.

Lin Yuan learned that the game's fourth stage required erasing historical fragments to sever the universe's connection to the True Universe, before the coming Finale. With the Federation backing his growth, he received a blueprint for mass-producing Fake Relics and then met Minister Mei.

• Lin Yuan decided to return to Panlong Island after reflecting on the Heavenly Venerable's contingency.
• The East Pole Island Lord explained that players had to destroy Fragment Cores in History Secret Realms to correct history and prepare the universe for the Finale.
• The East Pole Island Lord said the Federation would fully support Lin Yuan as he tried to reach Lord of the Crown.
• Moge gave Lin Yuan a Workshop Modification Blueprint for mass-producing Fake Relics with the Divine Artisan Forge.
• Moge stopped Lin Yuan from leaving and told him someone from the research institute wanted to see him, and Lin Yuan found Minister Mei in the reception room.

Mei Qian delivered Lin Yuan a portable production-line Blueprint and an object entrusted to him by Research Institute 3154, who had stopped responding to messages. The object, called the Historical Hourglass, could turn Historical Fragment cores into Historical Sand and eventually reveal a complete Salvation Plan.

• Mei Qian presented Lin Yuan with a Blueprint for a Transcendent Core conversion production line, designed to later convert Authority Bodies as well.
• Lin Yuan learned that Senior Moge had prepared the Blueprint and realized it would let him turn stronger energy sources into power once he gathered the required materials.
• Mei Qian revealed that Elder Ma had entrusted him with an object from Research Institute 3154, and Lin Yuan found that his messages to Research Institute 3154 had gone unanswered.
• Mei Qian told Lin Yuan to visit Elder Ma after he reached the top hundred of the Authority Ranking, and Lin Yuan considered the ranking's tiers and leading figures.
• Lin Yuan took the hourglass and heard Research Institute 3154 explain that it could convert Historical Fragment cores into Historical Sand and produce the complete Salvation Plan after collecting enough.

After discovering that Old Three was connected to the Salvation Plan, Lin Yuan prepared to enter the newly opened History Secret Realm on Panlong Island. He absorbed the Gold Dragon’s lingering will into Explore the Sea, then entered the realm and was surprised by what he saw.

• Lin Yuan realized Old Three might be Third Lord and decided to wait for Elder Ma to explain.
• Lin Yuan upgraded the Lin Yuan, left Lilia and the others behind, and traveled to Panlong Island with Little Black.
• Lin Yuan cut open the Gold Dragon’s corpse and let Explore the Sea absorb its lingering will, successfully awakening its Dragon Soul.
• Lin Yuan stored the shrunken corpse and entered the History Secret Realm, where the scenery surprised him.

Lin Yuan entered a historical Secret Realm and found Minglong City bustling with life, suspecting it was connected to the Dragon Clan. After a city guard attacked him at the gate, Lin Yuan killed the guard and wounded the soldiers linked to him, only for the crowd and soldiers to praise him.

• Lin Yuan recognized the historical Secret Realm as Minglong City and wondered whether it was the Dragon Clan's Ancestral Land.
• Lin Yuan approached the city, hoping City Lord Minglong might help him find the Ancestral Land, but a guard demanded an entry fee of gray dragon keel.
• The guard attacked Lin Yuan with a spear empowered by war authority, and Lin Yuan realized Minglong City was connected to the Dragon Clan.
• Lin Yuan punched the guard into a cloud of blood, injuring the other soldiers linked to him through their formation.
• The nearby commoners and fallen soldiers gave Lin Yuan thumbs-ups and called him strong, leaving him bewildered by their reaction.

Lin Yuan entered Minglong City and learned that its orderly society was built around ranked waist tokens and registered death matches, all tied to the Authority of slaughter. After a frail boy with a single-star token collided with him, the boy fled instead of apologizing, leaving Lin Yuan suspicious.

• Lin Yuan killed a gate guard, received a dragon-claw waist token, and entered the city after the soldiers treated the killing as ordinary.
• Lin Yuan realized Minglong City used its residents’ slaughter to cultivate Minglong’s unique slaughter Authority.
• Lin Yuan learned that waist-token stars determined residents’ status, while people of equal rank settled disputes through registered fights to the death.
• Lin Yuan wondered how the city sustained its population despite constant killing.
• A frail boy collided with Lin Yuan, saw his dragon-claw token, and ran away instead of apologizing.

Lin Yuan witnessed a boy escape a soldier by transforming into a Chaos Monster and learned that monsters were rumored to be appearing in Minglong City. He realized the Secret Realm took place shortly before the city's destruction and decided to seek its core while also strengthening himself.

• A boy collided with Lin Yuan, was knocked away, then fled at full speed as nearby residents called for guards.
• A soldier chased the boy and thrust at his heart, but the boy twisted away, turned into sludge, and escaped through a narrow gap.
• A resident told Lin Yuan that monsters were rumored to have appeared in the city and might once have been people, while a soldier denied the rumors and said the city lord had not appeared for years.
• Lin Yuan recognized the boy's transformation as that of a Chaos Monster and realized this historical fragment depicted Minglong City shortly before its destruction.
• Lin Yuan concluded that Minglong and the city's Authority Holders might already be polluted, and resolved to search for the Fragment Core while looking for ways to increase his strength.

Lin Yuan searched Minglong City for resources and learned that the valuable Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures were held by the arenas, so he headed for the Slaughter Arena. On the way, he sensed an exceptionally dense aura of pollution coming from a dilapidated house and stopped to investigate.

• Lin Yuan decided to search Minglong City for Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures while waiting for the Ancient Dragon Jade to accumulate enough Dragon Essence.
• He visited the city's shops and learned that the arenas monopolized the valuable resources.
• Lin Yuan assessed Minglong City's Authority Holders and wondered why the city had a standing comparable to large Endless Sea organizations.
• Lin Yuan headed toward the Slaughter Arena, whose treasury held the resources he wanted.
• Near the arena, Lin Yuan sensed pollution from a dilapidated house that was denser than the aura of a genuine Chaos Monster.

Lin Yuan investigated severe Chaos pollution in a slum house and discovered A Lang leading a secret ritual that transformed a woman. A Lang insisted the gathered residents were the Rebel Army, opposing Minglong City's rule, leaving Lin Yuan uncertain why they were using methods linked to Chaos.

• Lin Yuan traced the pollution to a ruined house and discovered a hidden passage beneath its floor.
• A Lang emerged from the passage and checked that the house was safe before returning underground.
• Lin Yuan followed A Lang into a concealed hall where thousands of slum residents had gathered.
• A Lang used blood from a bone cross to transform a woman, who endured the process and returned to her original form.
• Lin Yuan revealed himself and questioned A Lang about converting people into followers of Chaos.
• A Lang denied knowing about Chaos and said the group was the Rebel Army, seeking to overthrow Minglong City's rule.

Lin Yuan questioned A Lang about the transformation method and learned that Chaos had revealed it to the people of Minglong City, who used it to escape oppression. Before leaving, Lin Yuan discovered that the city’s residents grew ten times faster than ordinary humans and wondered whether an unknown authority was responsible.

• Lin Yuan asked A Lang where he had learned the transformation method, and A Lang said he had received it through divine revelation in a dream.
• A Lang explained that the transformation let ordinary residents hide in shadows and avoid being taken as arena feed, while Lin Yuan warned that the gift could leave them with nothing.
• Lin Yuan decided he could not save the transformed people in the Historical Fragment and prepared to leave without getting involved.
• Lin Yuan learned that A Lang owned the house and had only recently been weaned, despite appearing to be a teenager.
• Lin Yuan questioned the others and discovered that Minglong City’s residents grew ten times faster than ordinary humans, then wondered whether an authority tied to the Dragon Ancestral Land or war was behind it.