Chapter Summaries

Lilia received a fleeting image and strange knowledge, then assured the Phoenix Ancestor that Lin Yuan would return; Lin Yuan emerged from the Abyss of Sealing vastly stronger and learned the ancestors had mistaken Lao Jiu for an Ancient Beast. The chapter ended with Lin Yuan asking what made the Holy Land World and its First Generation so special.

• Lilia briefly saw a mysterious white-robed figure in her mind, but forgot his face and voice.
• After three days, the Phoenix Ancestor told Lilia that her captain probably would not emerge, and Lilia replied that Lin Yuan was coming out and urged the ancestors to stay hopeful.
• Lin Yuan absorbed Authority Bodies in the Abyss of Sealing, raised his A-rank Energy to three billion, and reached the top hundred on the Authority Ranking.
• Lin Yuan emerged, confirmed he had driven away the Primordial Distorted Beast and the invader, and found the Phoenix Ancestor's trio shocked and embarrassed.
• Lin Yuan explained that Lao Jiu, a human, had caused the seal-breaking incident, and the Phoenix Ancestor identified him as a First Generation human from the Holy Land World.
• Lin Yuan asked the Phoenix Ancestor's trio what was special about the Holy Land and its First Generation.

Lin Yuan learned the rumors that Holy Land World was modeled on an Ultimate Universe and considered whether its first-generation humans carried a mysterious aura. Phoenix Ancestor, Tiger Ancestor, and Tortoise Ancestor broke Seal Star’s barrier to return it to the Endless Sea, and the inscriptions surrounding it led Lin Yuan to reconsider the patterns on his Mysterious Little Box.

• Phoenix Ancestor, Tiger Ancestor, and Tortoise Ancestor told Lin Yuan rumors that the Heavenly Venerable created Holy Land World as a replica of an Ultimate Universe, whose truth left an aura in its first-generation humans.
• Lin Yuan suspected the aura might explain the Holy Wine recipe’s unusual effects and planned to ask Lord Yi and the Second Lord about Holy Land World.
• Phoenix Ancestor, Tiger Ancestor, and Tortoise Ancestor returned to their true forms and combined their powers to shatter Seal Star’s protective barrier.
• The barrier’s inscriptions scattered around Beast Star and merged into space, revealing stars as the hidden space around the planet changed.
• Lin Yuan connected the inscriptions to the system and Elder Zhao’s research, then recognized that the patterns on his Mysterious Little Box might also be inscriptions.

Lin Yuan noticed a troubling inconsistency involving Lao Jiu and the Truth Crown before being teleported from Beast Star to the Endless Sea. There, he found the Lord of Storms waiting for Elder Zhao and attacked him instead.

• Lin Yuan recognized the inscriptions on his Mysterious Little Box as his own name, while Phoenix Ancestor and the others completed Beast Star’s return process.
• Phoenix Ancestor explained that the inscriptions connected Beast Star to the Endless Sea through historical records and offered to send Lin Yuan back early.
• Lin Yuan suspected Lao Jiu had left a historical record to create a return connection, then realized the timeline seemed incompatible with the Third Lord’s later actions involving the Truth Crown.
• Phoenix Ancestor and the others teleported Lin Yuan and his party to the Endless Sea before he could ask them to wait.
• Lin Yuan realized the Lord of Storms had been waiting for Elder Zhao, then attacked him, recalling his promise that their next meeting would be the Lord of Storms’ death.

Lin Yuan confronted the Lord of Storms and used his Energy Black Hole and River of Blazing Flames to defeat him. After taking the Lord of Storms' Authority Core, Lin Yuan told the East Pole Island Lord that he had returned and that the Lord of Storms was dead.

• The Lord of Storms hesitated over Elder Zhao's absence, then decided to flee from Lin Yuan.
• Lin Yuan formed an Energy Black Hole and poured power into it, while the Lord of Storms tried to overpower him by feeding it energy.
• The Lord of Storms ran out of stored energy, and Lin Yuan's faster recovery pushed the black hole toward him until it swallowed him.
• Lin Yuan took the Lord of Storms' Authority Core and assessed the limits of his strength against battle-hardened opponents.
• Lin Yuan contacted the East Pole Island Lord and revealed that he had killed the Lord of Storms.

Lin Yuan reported killing Elder Zhao and described his discoveries on Beast Star to the East Pole Island Lord, Moge, and Elder Ma. Moge revealed that Lin Yuan had met the requirements to become the leader of the Civilization Plan.

• Lin Yuan failed to reach Lord Yi and the Second Lord and worried that something had happened at the Nether River, but decided he needed to grow stronger before getting involved.
• The East Pole Island Lord came to retrieve Lin Yuan, and the next day Lin Yuan recounted his experiences on Beast Star to Moge, Elder Ma, and the East Pole Island Lord.
• Elder Ma thanked Lin Yuan for killing Elder Zhao, while the East Pole Island Lord said the group needed to discuss the importance of Beast Star.
• The East Pole Island Lord explained that Ancient Beasts were valuable allies and that their existence mattered to the concept of civilization.
• Moge said Lin Yuan had fulfilled the conditions for the Civilization Plan and named him its leader.

Moge explained that humanity’s Civilization Plan used the Civilization Crown, formed through the sacrifices of the Island Lords, to aid the surviving ancient powers in the final battle. He then suggested that Lin Yuan, as the master of a Supreme Crown, might become humanity’s Lord of Civilization and wield the full Crown’s power.

• Moge told Lin Yuan that humanity had secretly launched the Civilization Plan to support the mighty figures from the Ancient Era in a critical moment.
• Lin Yuan questioned why every Island Lord knew of the plan, and Moge prompted him to consider what Island Lords truly were.
• Lin Yuan deduced that Island Lords drew power from the Civilization Crown, and Moge confirmed they had sacrificed the chance to condense Authorities of their own to strengthen it.
• Moge explained that the Civilization Crown grew with civilization and that every member could draw on some of its power, with greater standing allowing greater access.
• Lin Yuan noted that the Civilization Crown might not be strong enough to help defeat the Great Being, and Moge revealed that anyone could become Lord of Civilization and asked what would happen if a Supreme Crown’s master wielded its full power.

Lin Yuan learned why the Federation had chosen him to lead the Civilization Plan: he might wield the power of both his own Supreme Crown and the Civilization Crown against the Great Being. He then built support across humanity through public works and military aid, and the chapter ended with the ancient beasts joining human civilization and Lin Yuan’s name resounding throughout the Federation.

• Moge explained that the Lord of Civilization could wield the Civilization Crown alongside their own Supreme Crown, and the East Pole Island Lord said Lin Yuan had been chosen because of his potential and power against Destruction.
• Lin Yuan accepted the responsibility of leading the Civilization Plan and becoming the Lord of Civilization.
• Lin Yuan boosted his standing by advancing extraordinary industry, publishing the Holy Wine recipe, and strengthening humanity across Secret Realms and battlefields.
• Phoenix Ancestor, Tiger Ancestor, and Tortoise Ancestor led the ancient beasts to the Endless Sea, where Lin Yuan met them on the Beast Star.
• Lin Yuan announced that the ancient beasts would join human civilization, and the three Ancestors publicly confirmed it.

Lin Yuan strengthened the Players and the Human Federation while gathering the materials Bai Ling and Little Black needed to advance toward their Authorities. As humanity celebrated its Golden Age and a dozen people prepared to become Authority Holders, Lin Yuan remained uneasy and asked whether Lilia had been sleeping longer.

• Lin Yuan helped the Players grow stronger through Holy Wine, Transcendent Equipment, and several History Secret Realms, while the Human Federation developed through new technology and the Ancient Beasts' abilities.
• Lin Yuan freed Bai Ling from the Nether River Tributary, and her strength rose toward the Prophet Authority; Little Black also neared the Artisan Authority.
• Lin Yuan obtained the remaining advancement materials for Bai Ling and Little Black and returned to East Pole Island.
• Steward Liu told Lin Yuan that a dozen people were preparing to become Authority Holders, an unprecedented event that the Island Lord called part of humanity's Golden Age.
• Lin Yuan declined to attend the Federation leaders' meeting and asked Steward Liu whether Lilia had been sleeping longer lately.

Lin Yuan learned that Lilia’s growing need for sleep meant the Great Being was nearing its awakening, and he worried that neither humanity’s preparations nor he himself were ready for the final battle. Lilia woke as he wondered how to save her and told him to choose a direction and keep moving.

• Steward Liu told Lin Yuan that Lilia had gradually begun sleeping longer, and he connected the change to the Great Being’s approaching awakening.
• Steward Liu listed the players preparing to become Authority Holders, including Rose, Rock Bear, Crazy Tiger, and Howling Wolf, and Lin Yuan praised their progress.
• Lin Yuan sent supplies to Bai Ling and Little Black and declined to have them join the planned safe environment for the players’ attempts.
• Lin Yuan sat beside Lilia’s coffin and recalled that retrieving the Nirvana Crown from the Great Being was the only way to prevent her eternal slumber.
• Lilia woke, asked what was wrong, and advised Lin Yuan to pick a direction and keep walking without stopping.

Lin Yuan regained his resolve to keep moving forward, then learned that Bai Ling and Little Black had advanced to become Authority Holders. With Bai Ling guiding Little Black’s work, they completed the Level 8 Ship Hull Blueprint, giving Lin Yuan the means to pursue his next breakthrough.

• Lin Yuan resolved to keep moving forward despite the problems he could not yet solve.
• Bai Ling and Little Black advanced to become Authority Holders, astonishing Steward Liu with how quickly they broke through.
• Bai Ling and Little Black showed Lin Yuan their new forms, and Little Black presented the blueprints it had been refining.
• Bai Ling used her new authority to identify crucial blueprints while Little Black continued drawing, aided by Little Gold’s dragon qi.
• Little Black completed the Level 8 Ship Hull Blueprint, allowing Lin Yuan to take another step forward.

After reaching ten billion points of A-rank Energy, Lin Yuan saw his Incubation Progress rise to 1% and realized that the level-eight hull blueprint could lead him toward becoming a Lord of the Crown. He began searching for a superior keel, and Lilia hinted she could transform freshly obtained World Tree wood into super-powerful super wood.

• Lin Yuan celebrated the level-eight hull blueprint and connected its potential one-trillion-point Energy cap to his goal of reaching the end of the Transcendent Path.
• Lin Yuan thanked Bai Ling and Little Black for completing the blueprint, then sent them to rest before studying its annotated details with Lilia.
• Lin Yuan concluded that the level-eight hull’s new ability would depend on its materials and forging, especially the quality of its keel.
• Lin Yuan decided that his Nether River Keel could not support a level-eight hull and considered seeking wood from a World Tree.
• Lilia said she also wanted World Tree wood and explained that freshly taken wood could be turned into super-powerful super wood, though she had forgotten how powerful it was.

Lin Yuan decided to enter the History Secret Realm beneath the Life Grand Cathedral, hoping to find World Tree wood, historical sand, and clues about the Crawlers. He reached the cathedral and entered the now-accessible multicolored light.

• Lilia told Lin Yuan that her crown could improve World Tree wood, prompting him to recall the black-and-white light beneath the Life Sect Main Cathedral.
• Lin Yuan decided the Secret Realm might hold World Tree wood and enough historical sand to decipher the Salvation Plan, despite its dangers.
• Lin Yuan chose to travel alone with Little Gold, leaving Bai Ling and Little Black to refine the level-nine Hull Blueprint and guard Lilia.
• Lin Yuan used Prince's parchment scroll to reach the Life Secret Realm Planet, and the spatial channel exploded as he forced his way through.
• Lin Yuan crossed the planet and the Lake of Life, reached the area beneath the Life Grand Cathedral, and touched the multicolored light to enter the History Secret Realm.

Lin Yuan entered a History Secret Realm set in the Life Sect’s past and learned that its sect master had condensed the Life Authority and called a Sect Conference. He followed a Nature Shepherd toward the conference hall, where major sects had gathered amid an approaching crisis.

• Lin Yuan emerged into an intact Underground Cave and realized the History Secret Realm had changed the time but not the location.
• Lin Yuan entered the Life Sect’s cathedral, where followers mistook Little Gold’s aura for Lin Yuan’s Authority Holder strength.
• A Nature Shepherd approached Lin Yuan and revealed that he was a Deputy Authority Holder, contradicting the history Lin Yuan knew.
• Lin Yuan claimed to be a Lone Wanderer, and the Nature Shepherd invited him to the Sect Conference.
• As they walked to the hall, the Nature Shepherd explained that the Life Sect’s master had condensed the Life Authority, become the strongest Authority Holder, and convened the conference because of an impending crisis.

Lin Yuan attended the Sect Conference and met the friendly leaders of several sects, then weighed in on a debate about the Ancient Era Three Saints. After learning that two Saints were in the Nether River, he wondered who the third of its highest-ranked Nether River Monarchs was.

• The Nature Shepherd briefly slipped into a strange, slowed state of thought before returning to the main hall unaware of what had happened.
• Lin Yuan entered the Sect Conference, kept his identity vague, and found the Authority Holders friendly as they shared information and discussed humanity's future.
• Lin Yuan joined Truth Sect Leader and Death Sect Leader in debating whether the Ancient Era Three Saints and their World-Destroying Calamity had truly existed.
• Lin Yuan confirmed that the Three Saints had existed and said he had seen two of them in the depths of the Nether River.
• Truth Sect Leader took Lin Yuan's account as evidence that his sect's legacy was real, while Lin Yuan considered the three moons and wondered who the Nether River's third supreme Monarch was.

Lin Yuan wondered who the third moon in the Nether River could be before the powerful Life Sect leader arrived at the gathering. The leader confirmed the Truth Sect’s warning of a distant World-Destroying Calamity, leaving Lin Yuan stunned as he waited to hear what came next.

• Lin Yuan considered the identity of the third moon in the Nether River but could not determine who it was.
• The Life Sect leader entered the hall, and his immense pressure made Lin Yuan suspect the Great Being had influenced his rise.
• Lin Yuan wondered whether the Life Sect leader was also the Crawlers’ legendary leader, but held off on deciding whether the History Secret Realm reflected actual history.
• The Life Sect leader announced that he had confirmed the World-Destroying Calamity existed, prompting an uproar among the gathered sect leaders.
• The Truth Sect leader and the Death Sect leader glanced at Lin Yuan, while Lin Yuan focused on the Life Sect leader’s next words.

The Life Sect Master urged the assembled authorities to resist a supreme being who would destroy the world, then presented the World Tree as evidence of his claims. Lin Yuan remained wary of the Life Sect Master's unexplained breakthrough as the sect master offered to show them the tree and its imprint of the being.

• The Life Sect Master announced that a supreme being had caused the Ancient Era disaster and would return to destroy the world, calling for humanity to unite against Him.
• Lin Yuan noticed that the Life Sect Master and the gathered people showed no signs of becoming Crawlers, unlike the history he knew.
• The Destruction Sect Master said they supported the resistance but demanded concrete evidence, and the Life Sect Master agreed to provide it.
• The Life Sect Master explained that the World Tree came from the Primordial Era, held the power of a complete world, and had helped him break through to become an Authority Holder.
• Lin Yuan doubted that the World Tree could overcome a Great Being's suppression of life authority, though he sensed no pollution from the Life Sect Master.
• The Life Sect Master said the World Tree had retained an imprint of the terrifying being and invited everyone to examine it at the Life Sect's secret grounds.

The Life Sect Master transformed the cathedral's island into the Life Star and brought it to the World Tree among the stars. As Lin Yuan examined the tree and questioned why it had been absent from the true history, a concealed force attacked his soul, and he fought back with River of Blazing Flames.

• The Destruction Sect Master and the others agreed to follow the Life Sect Master to see proof of the World Tree, and Lin Yuan joined them.
• The Life Sect Master raised the island carrying the Life Grand Cathedral and folded its underside around it, forming the Life Star.
• The Life Sect Master explained that the World Tree was among the stars and moved the Life Star there, where a gigantic tree appeared on its rocky surface.
• Lin Yuan wondered why the World Tree had not appeared on the Life Star in true history.
• A concealed force invaded Lin Yuan's mind and scattered more than half his A-rank Energy, so Lin Yuan activated River of Blazing Flames to overwhelm it.

Lin Yuan resisted a powerful force from the Great Being and realized it had tampered with the perceptions of the Life Sect Master and everyone nearby. He began to suspect the Great Being was acting with greater intelligence than humanity had assumed.

• Lin Yuan used his endless A-rank Energy to purge the Great Being's force from himself and Little Gold.
• Lin Yuan deduced that the Great Being had invaded the World Tree, but wondered why it could project such strong power in the History Secret Realm.
• The Life Sect Master reassured Lin Yuan and checked on the others instead of attacking him.
• Lin Yuan noticed that everyone saw the vibrant World Tree as withered and realized the Great Being had altered their perceptions.
• Lin Yuan feared the Great Being had become intelligent enough to sabotage humanity's plans rather than wait to be challenged.

The Life Sect Master and other leaders agreed to form an organization to study and fight the Great Being, while Lin Yuan recognized that their corrupted understanding was leading them toward becoming Crawlers. After everyone left the World Tree, Lin Yuan found that both the Historical Hourglass and the Mysterious Little Box were reacting to its core, prompting him to investigate it instead of merely taking a branch.

• The Life Sect Master, Destruction Sect Master, Truth Sect Master, and Death Sect Master agreed to cooperate against the Great Being and discuss forming a joint organization.
• The leaders proposed studying the Great Being's powers, while Lin Yuan realized their reasoning echoed the Crawlers' path and wondered whether the History Secret Realm reflected real history.
• The group returned toward the Life Grand Cathedral, and Lin Yuan stayed behind to examine the World Tree as the other Authority Holders gradually departed.
• Lin Yuan approached the still-living World Tree, intending to take a branch for a Level Nine Ship Hull.
• The Historical Hourglass and Lin Yuan's Mysterious Little Box both reacted to the World Tree's core, leading Lin Yuan to suspect it held something extraordinary.

Lin Yuan used the Little Box to claim the World Tree's core, but the Great Being's power fought the Heavenly Venerable's rainbow light to stop him. Their clash created miniature black holes, and the space around Lin Yuan began to warp and collapse.

• Lin Yuan followed the Little Box's reaction to the World Tree's core and touched it, causing the core to shrink to a size suitable for his new hull.
• The Great Being's gray light emerged from the core and attacked Lin Yuan, while the Little Box's rainbow light fought back.
• Lin Yuan endured the shock waves and put the World Tree's core into the Warehouse while the two powers remained entangled.
• The gray light exploded with the rainbow light, scattering fragments that formed miniature black holes throughout the hollow.
• Lin Yuan tried to escape, but the miniature black holes triggered a chain reaction that warped and collapsed the space around him.