Recaps

The Holy Maiden Spider Clan fully submitted to humanity after receiving free Gene Chain Repair technology, and Lorn reported the development to the Doctor. Lu Xiao traveled to Mother Goddess Star and met its Empress, whose smile immediately captivated him.

• Xingya and the Holy Maiden Spiders prostrated themselves before humanity after learning about the Gene Chain Repair technology.
• Lorn told the Doctor that the Holy Maiden Spider Clan had submitted, and the Doctor acknowledged his report.
• Lu Xiao told the Doctor he was leaving for Mother Goddess Star, and the Doctor wished him good luck.
• Lu Xiao arrived on Mother Goddess Star with the Warden and the Director, and Weidiya escorted him to meet the Empress.
• Lu Xiao greeted the Empress and was captivated by her smile.

Lu Xiao discussed the unclaimed authority and Night with the Empress, who challenged his plans to build support among other species. After Lu Xiao offered to return the authority to her, the Empress told him to give it to someone else because her clan no longer needed it.

• The Empress asked Lu Xiao which side should receive the unclaimed authority and questioned him about the anchor point planted by Night.
• Lu Xiao said he had not decided and explained that Morningstar seemed the best choice because she commanded the Woll Galaxy's military and was loyal to the clan.
• The Empress warned that combining military command with formidable power could change Morningstar's thinking, then accused Lu Xiao of stalling to gather allies and shift his civilization's development away from her clan.
• The Empress said she could refuse to abdicate and keep the Goddess from becoming Empress, while Lu Xiao argued that she did not seem like someone who clung to power.
• Lu Xiao offered to return the authority to the Empress, saying his side wanted a strong, united clan, and the Empress told him to give the authority to someone else because her clan no longer needed it.

The Empress gave Lu Xiao the unclaimed authority, explaining that the Mother Goddess Elves’ infighting had made it a burden. She revealed that Andrelo was a Desire Elf seeking control of the entire race, leaving Lu Xiao to learn how deeply the Andrelo Family had shaped the political crisis.

• The Empress told Lu Xiao he could do what he wanted with the authority as long as he did not give it to a Mother Goddess Elf faction.
• The Empress said 'Night' had planted an anchor point in Lu Xiao and that he carried the scent of a Desire Elf.
• Lu Xiao named Andrelo, and the Empress confirmed that he was the only Desire Elf among the Mother Goddess Elves.
• The Empress explained that Andrelo headed the Andrelo Family, which controlled the elves’ economy and had instigated the infighting over the authority.
• The Empress recounted how Andrelo had backed Li Changqing and blocked Bai Ning’s appointment to the Deliberative Council.
• The Empress said Andrelo wanted the entire Mother Goddess Elf race and that previous Empresses had failed to weaken his family.

The Empress explained that Night had used the Andrelo Family and the Succubus Clan to pursue a way past the limits of her own life structure. She revealed that she had ordered the Mother God Elves to die rather than be captured, but the warning had come too late.

• The Empress told Lu Xiao that the Andrelo Family received Dark Star Clan funding and that the Succubus Clan had descended from the Dark Star Clan and demons.
• The Empress recounted that Iswama had told her Night mated with him and gave birth to the succubi, leading her to suspect the clan's leader was meant to be a vessel for Night.
• The Empress explained that she believed Night wanted to overcome the limits of desire elves by experimenting with offspring born from different life structures.
• Lu Xiao asked whether Night had reached the level of controlling rules, and the Empress clarified that Night and Iswama had only touched upon rules.
• The Empress said she traced the Andrelo Family's changes to the time Hell appeared and ordered her people to end their lives if capture seemed unavoidable, but the order came too late.

Lu Xiao considered the danger of Night’s possible ascension and pieced together clues about the Mother God Elves, Andrelo, and the succubi. He exchanged answers with the Empress, who challenged his claim that humanity viewed the Mother God Elves as a steadfast partner.

• Lu Xiao realized Night might be preparing for her Ascension Ceremony, but took comfort in believing Technology would protect him if she threatened him.
• Lu Xiao connected Kaitlin’s warnings to the Mother God Elves’ possible replacement by Andrelo and to the danger of demons coming into contact with succubi.
• Lu Xiao thanked the Empress for answering his questions, then agreed to answer one of hers in return.
• Lu Xiao told the Empress that humanity regarded the Mother God Elves as a steadfast partner because they had supported humanity’s early development.
• The Empress suggested that Lu Xiao actually regarded the Mother God Elves as a subordinate race.

Lu Xiao rejected the Empress’s demand to reclaim the Dream Clan, insisting that humanity would not interfere in other peoples’ affairs. The Empress recognized humanity’s growing power and sought to use Lu Xiao as a bridge to strengthen relations with humanity.

• Lu Xiao told the Empress that the Dream Clan had left the Mother God Elves by choice and that humanity would not interfere if the elves tried to take them back.
• The Empress resented humanity’s role in the Dream Clan’s departure but knew that humanity’s support and compensation had strengthened her people’s position.
• The Empress reflected that the Mother God Elves could not match humanity’s rapid technological growth or its close relationship with Silicon-based Life.
• The Empress recalled that the Warden and the Director had revealed little during their private meetings, while Lu Xiao had provided her with some useful information.
• The Empress decided not to pursue the Dream Clan dispute and instead planned to use Lu Xiao to repair relations with humanity, now a powerful backer for the Mother God Elves.

Lu Xiao learned that Night could use her faith anchor in his consciousness to locate him if she advanced, and the Empress explained several ways he could counter the threat. Lu Xiao settled on using faith power to locate Night and bring Technology along, leaving him confident that he could handle her.

• Lu Xiao told the Empress that his personal stance would not change, though he could not interfere with matters of overall direction.
• Lu Xiao asked whether Night could use the point of light she left in his consciousness as an anchor to locate him if she advanced, and the Empress said she could.
• The Empress outlined ways Lu Xiao might prevent Night from overwhelming his consciousness, including advancing himself or using faith power to push her out.
• The Empress explained that Lu Xiao could use Night's anchor to pinpoint her location, strengthen his mental power with faith, and descend beside her to eliminate her.
• Lu Xiao decided he could bring Technology with him to confront Night, reasoning that Technology knew a little martial arts.

Lu Xiao arranged with the Empress for Weidiya to have a future role in the Mother Goddess Elves while Liu Ni prepared to take the throne, then traveled with Weidiya to Draco to seek help from Technology. The chapter left Weidiya stunned as she set foot on Draco, where Technology was the terrifying “big bad wolf” of her childhood warnings.

• Lu Xiao recalled that the Succubus Clan’s statue of him had stored Faith Power that could help locate Night, and planned to seek Technology’s help on Draco.
• Lu Xiao discussed Liu Ni’s succession with the Empress, who agreed to consider abdicating if Weidiya received a powerful position within the clan.
• The Empress told Lu Xiao that Weidiya would represent the Mother Goddess Elves in the Species Ranking Tournament, and Lu Xiao suggested she promote policies to build her standing.
• The Empress assigned Weidiya to stay beside Lu Xiao, and he reluctantly accepted her as his personal assistant.
• Lu Xiao told Weidiya he was visiting a friend about a private matter and brought her through the Space Transfer Channel to Draco.
• Weidiya arrived on Draco and went numb at the thought of encountering Technology, the “big bad wolf” she had feared since childhood.

Lu Xiao brought Weidiya to meet Technology and asked whether Night's possible ascension would interfere with Technology's plans. Technology summoned Fate to clarify whether He had handled the matter, and Fate's Projection arrived, teasing Lu Xiao about Weidiya before their exchange turned prickly.

• An Answering Robot led Lu Xiao and the nervous Weidiya into Draco's Underground Space to meet Technology.
• Lu Xiao told Technology that Night might ascend and worried that her ascension could disrupt Technology's plans.
• Technology recalled that Fate was supposed to handle Night and decided to summon Him for an answer.
• Fate's Projection appeared, complimented Weidiya, and called her Lu Xiao's girlfriend.
• Lu Xiao snapped at Fate, who complained that Lu Xiao's attitude made it difficult to help.

Lu Xiao and "Fate" set out to find Night and check whether her grafted fate had taken effect, traveling with Weidiya and "Technology" to Hell Star. There, Great Lord Kaitlin and a One-Horned Demon bowed in fear before the robot.

• Lu Xiao told "Fate" that it was unreliable, and "Fate" agreed to investigate whether Night's fate graft had failed.
• "Fate" said they needed the God Statue on Hell Star to locate Night, and "Technology" offered to take Lu Xiao there.
• Lu Xiao teased Weidiya, then handed her the Answering Robot before they entered a spatial wormhole.
• Lu Xiao, Weidiya, and "Technology" arrived in Great Lord Kaitlin's bedchamber on Hell Star.
• Kaitlin fell to his knees before the robot, and a prostrate One-Horned Demon greeted it cautiously.

Lu Xiao learned that the distorted statue had accumulated dangerous Faith Power from the Succubus Clan, and Technology prepared him to collect it. He began receiving the power, and his mind was overwhelmed by the believers’ voices.

• Technology ordered Iswama to delay his advancement until Technology gave permission.
• Iswama produced a distorted statue of Lu Xiao that had gathered Faith Power.
• Weidiya explained that the neglected Faith Power could turn the statue into an uncontrolled Projection and that the believers’ unanswered prayers had made the power surge toward Lu Xiao.
• Technology said the Succubus Clan’s Faith Power mainly contained desire and that the spatial barrier would filter out most of its negative emotions.
• Lu Xiao agreed to collect the Faith Power, and a beam of white light entered his forehead, filling his mind with a crowd of voices.

Lu Xiao learned to answer the Succubus Clan’s prayers, processing their faith power and strengthening his consciousness world as star-like lights gathered within it. When the accumulated negative emotions suddenly overwhelmed him, he briefly lost control before regaining himself, then discovered the faith power had temporarily increased his strength.

• Lu Xiao picked out keywords from the Succubus Clan’s prayers and gave simple responses, causing the voices to quiet and processed faith power to remain as lights in his consciousness world.
• Lu Xiao watched the lights gather into a starry sky as he continued answering prayers, while negative emotions accumulated unseen.
• The prayers abruptly stopped, and the accumulated desire overwhelmed Lu Xiao, leaving him visibly out of control as Weidiya watched in fear.
• Weidiya asked whether Lu Xiao would be all right, and "Technology" told her that nothing could happen to him with her there.
• Lu Xiao regained control as the desire faded, then told Weidiya he felt great and realized the faith power had temporarily increased his strength by nearly five percent.

After recovering the Faith Power and taking the Statue, Lu Xiao followed Weidiya and Technology through a spatial wormhole to confront Night. Night tried to sway Lu Xiao with her appearance, but he quickly urged Technology to kill her before she could cause more trouble.

• Lu Xiao collected the Statue and used the recovered Faith Power, receiving an image of a mysterious humanoid figure that nearly overwhelmed him.
• Technology pinpointed Night's location, and Lu Xiao followed Weidiya and Technology through a spatial wormhole.
• They arrived in a room where Night appeared to be walking backward through a scene that seemed to play in reverse.
• Night revealed a face and figure nearly identical to Ruiqi's, and Lu Xiao studied her closely.
• Night gave Lu Xiao a pitiful look that stirred his desire to protect her, but he immediately changed his mind and told Technology to kill her.

Technology used a Phase-Matrix Collapse Array Silicon Wafer to trap Night in a photograph after flattening the room around her. It warned Lu Xiao that Night could escape and urged him to persuade her to become his Chosen One.

• Technology revealed that the silver foil it held was a Phase-Matrix Collapse Array Silicon Wafer, while Night warned that using it would erase Lu Xiao's kin.
• Technology activated the wafer, pulling Night and the room into a black dot while leaving Lu Xiao and the others unharmed.
• Technology gave Lu Xiao a photograph that also served as the space imprisoning Night.
• Technology explained that Night could escape the photograph and that destroying her would cost a great deal.
• Technology asked Lu Xiao to persuade Night to become his Chosen One, leaving him to wonder if he was supposed to use love.

Lu Xiao brought the photograph containing Night to the Empress of the Mother God Elves, hoping she would take responsibility for the dangerous prisoner. The Empress refused, but revealed Night’s history and ambitions, leaving Lu Xiao with information that could help him persuade Night to become his Chosen One.

• Technology refused to help Lu Xiao deal with Night and returned to Draco, while Weidiya stayed with Lu Xiao under her orders.
• Lu Xiao and Weidiya traveled through the Logistics Point to Mother Goddess Star, carrying the photograph that sealed Night.
• Two days later, Lu Xiao gave the photograph to the Empress and explained how Technology had helped him capture Night.
• The Empress refused to take Night off Lu Xiao’s hands, but explained that Night belonged to the Desire Elves, who later became the Dark Star Clan.
• The Empress described Night’s ambition to master the rule of desire and become a taboo being, along with the forces that had hindered her.
• Lu Xiao learned secrets about Night’s past that could help him persuade her to become his Chosen One.

Lu Xiao worked to win over the Mother God Elves, then moved to Sailai County to wrest control from the Andreiro Family and prepare for the transition between Empresses. With Morningstar and Mad Tiger helping him, he began his campaign to take the city.

• After becoming a Councilor, Lu Xiao devised policies with Liu Ni to win over the Mother God Elves, while the Warden helped him manage the pressure of reforming their society.
• Lu Xiao kept the photograph imprisoning "Night" on his desk, and the two grew accustomed to each other's presence as he planned to persuade her to become his Chosen One.
• Twenty years later, Lu Xiao's policies had gained him recognition among the Mother God Elves, but he voted against becoming municipal administrator of Pulixidian during Lan's proposal.
• Lu Xiao became municipal administrator of Sailai County, where the Andreiro Family held control, and set out to take the city from them before the Empresses' transition.
• Lu Xiao brought Morningstar to Sailai County and promised the Ji Family would rule the city if she helped him take it; Morningstar agreed, and Mad Tiger became his covert bodyguard.

Morningstar and Lu Xiao faced the Andreiro Family’s efforts to undermine Lu Xiao by withdrawing businesses and stalling Sailai County’s economy, while Lu Xiao focused on building support for Liu Ni’s rise as Empress. The chapter ended with Liu Ni unexpectedly calling Rheinblue’s administrator Lan “Sister Lan,” as she sought to recruit her as an ally.

• The Andreiro Family withdrew resources and closed businesses in Sailai County, then encouraged connected groups to suspend operations and deepen the economic crisis.
• Lu Xiao approved the closures and watched Sailai County’s economy falter, ignoring calls in the Deliberative Council for him to step down.
• Lu Xiao accompanied Liu Ni on visits to other cities while she used beneficial policies and personal outreach to build grassroots support among the Mother God Elves.
• Lu Xiao distributed Ji Family funds to other cities, helping Liu Ni court municipal administrators as she prepared to ascend as Empress.
• In Rheinblue, Liu Ni left her carriage to help Lan up and called her “Sister Lan,” surprising Lan and amusing the Director.

Lu Xiao presented Lan with more than a hundred partnership proposals aimed at reopening Sailai County’s shuttered industries, while warning that conflict with the Andrelo Family could escalate. Lan realized that the Empress had placed Morningstar’s military power within Lu Xiao’s reach, leaving the future of the Mother Goddess Elves at stake.

• After Liu Ni left Rheinblue’s city hall, Lu Xiao gave Lan more than a hundred joint project proposals tied to industries recently shut down in Sailai County.
• Lan questioned why Lu Xiao’s proposals targeted industries linked to the Andrelo Family, and Lu Xiao explained that he wanted to revive Sailai County’s economy and protect his political position.
• Lu Xiao denied threatening Lan with her people, saying he had other ways to pressure her, and suggested that Morningstar might obey him if he recalled troops from the Woll Galaxy.
• Lan considered Morningstar’s mistreatment after returning from the Woll Galaxy and understood that the Empress had deliberately put a powerful, indiscriminate weapon in Lu Xiao’s hands.

Lu Xiao persuaded Lan to cooperate with him by explaining how the projects would benefit Rheinblue and prepare for Sailai County’s economic turmoil. He claimed to have a trump card against the Andreiro Family, and Weidiya recognized what was on his desk and asked if he could already deal with Him.

• Weidiya stayed silent while Lan studied her, and Weidiya reflected that Lu Xiao had promised to resolve the Andreiro Family problem within thirty years.
• Weidiya explained that Lu Xiao’s cooperative projects would benefit people in both Rheinblue and Sailai County, making Lan reconsider the proposal.
• Lan asked why Lu Xiao had chosen her and warned that Rheinblue could not withstand the Andreiro Family’s retaliation.
• Lu Xiao said he had chosen Rheinblue for its geography, economy, and his familiarity with the city, and explained that he was preparing for Sailai County’s economic collapse if the Andreiro Family withdrew.
• Lan agreed to cooperate but asked how Lu Xiao planned to deal with the Andreiro Family; he said he had a trump card on his desk, prompting Weidiya to ask whether he could already deal with Him.

Lu Xiao explained that he planned to let the Mother Goddess statue keep Night company while he pursued his political aims without answering to ordinary citizens. He told Weidiya he would bring his contest with the Andreiro Family to a conclusion without overturning the rules, and left open the possibility of bringing them into his fold.

• Lu Xiao placed a statue of Life beside Night’s photograph, and Weidiya remarked that he had brought someone else in to wear Night down.
• Weidiya warned Lu Xiao that city hall had received complaints about him, but Lu Xiao refused to read them and said he only needed to answer to the Empress.
• Lu Xiao explained that he was waiting for the Rheinblue supply chain to produce visible benefits before people judged his plans.
• Weidiya told Lu Xiao that the Andreiro Family was pressuring Li Changqing to oppose him, but Lu Xiao said Li Changqing would handle it himself.
• Lu Xiao explained that he would keep the contest with the Andreiro Family within its rules and bring it to a definitive end without overturning the game.
• Weidiya asked if Lu Xiao intended to bring the Andreiro Family into his fold, and Lu Xiao said there was no reason not to.

Weidiya told Lu Xiao that Shadow had sold intelligence to the Chaos Faction, leading to the capture of a Sea Demon Race World God, and that Rheinblue had approved his cooperative projects. Two days later, Morningstar asked Lu Xiao how her family could deal with the Andrelo Family’s takeover of its territory in the Woll Galaxy, and he suggested returning to Mother Goddess Star would likely require surrendering its interests there.

• Weidiya told Lu Xiao that Shadow had appeared in the Woll Galaxy and sold intelligence that helped the Chaos Faction capture a Sea Demon Race World God.
• Weidiya explained the Sea Demon Race’s history, including an unresolved accusation that they were undercover agents in the Order Faction, and Lu Xiao asked whether particle organisms had reacted to the capture.
• Weidiya reported that Rheinblue had approved Lu Xiao’s cooperative projects, and he told her to prepare Morningstar to enter the market and strengthen city hall’s defenses.
• Two days later, Morningstar told Lu Xiao she had prepared to enter the market but that the Andrelo Family had taken nearly all her family’s territory in the Woll Galaxy.
• Lu Xiao advised Morningstar that returning her family to Mother Goddess Star would most likely mean giving up its interests in the Woll Galaxy.

Lu Xiao forced Morningstar to choose between returning to the Woll Galaxy with military authority and staying on Mother Goddess Star, where she would help him absorb the Andreiro Family’s businesses. After she chose to stay, Warden met Lu Xiao to learn his plans amid pressure from Moli'an’s family.

• Lu Xiao told Morningstar she had to choose between returning to the Woll Galaxy and keeping its military command or staying on Mother Goddess Star, explaining that he feared she might betray him.
• Morningstar chose to stay on Mother Goddess Star, and Lu Xiao directed her to take over the Andrelo Family’s businesses in Sailai County and eventually across the planet.
• Morningstar said the Ji Family would remain the Ji Family, and Lu Xiao told her he had made his choice to avoid ending up on opposite sides.
• Weidiya questioned Lu Xiao’s blunt approach to Morningstar, and he challenged her to learn how to wield power before it came into her hands.
• Warden arrived at city hall and told Lu Xiao that Moli'an’s family wanted him to ease pressure on their interests on Mother Goddess Star, then asked what Lu Xiao planned to do next.

Lu Xiao prepared to confront the Andreiro Family while strengthening his control of Sailai County and building an industrial network across Mother Goddess Star. As the family turned its attention to Sailai County, Ji Morningstar founded Elf Cloud and began buying up idle businesses.

• The Warden heard Lu Xiao's limited plans for dealing with the Andreiro Family and learned that Lu Xiao had imprisoned Night in a photograph.
• The Warden told Lu Xiao that Liu Guang would visit Mother Goddess Star after Lu Xiao settled matters with the Andrelo Family.
• Lu Xiao relied on the Ji Family's deep infiltration of Sailai County's City Defense Force, the Empress's reinforcements, and Mad Tiger to secure his position.
• The Andrelo Family took the Ji Family's interests and the Mother God Elves' armies in the Woll Galaxy, while Lu Xiao concentrated on turning Sailai County into a future base for Liu Ni's rise to the throne.
• The Andreiro Family shifted its attention to Sailai County as Lu Xiao's investments across Mother Goddess Star helped industrial parks form a supply chain based on Mother God Elf technology.
• Ji Morningstar registered Elf Cloud, which received a large injection of funds and began buying idle businesses in Sailai County; the Andreiro Family tried to stop her and discovered something terrifying.

Lu Xiao and Morningstar confronted the Mother God Elf business partners responsible for Sailai County’s economic problems, using threats and evidence to force their cooperation. Lu Xiao offered to keep the evidence from the Empress if they helped secure a stable county, then made clear that dissent would not be tolerated.

• Morningstar kept Sailai County’s Mother God Elf business partners under pressure for two days until Lu Xiao arrived with Weidiya.
• Lu Xiao revealed that Mad Tiger’s projected consciousness had been intimidating the Mother God Elves and told them he had given them time to consider their choices.
• Weidiya distributed documents exposing the partners’ wrongdoing and warned them that the family had been investigating them.
• Lu Xiao said he would withhold the evidence from the Empress if they behaved, explaining that Weidiya wanted Sailai County to remain stable.
• When one Mother God Elf refused to surrender her life’s accumulated wealth, Lu Xiao said he wanted no dissent or threats to the clan’s stability.

Lu Xiao explained to Weidiya why he had spared the Mother God Elves and told her to report the matter to the Empress. A week later, the Andreiro Family launched a public opinion campaign against Lu Xiao, leaving him facing a flood of complaints.

• Lu Xiao told Weidiya that the Mother God Elves were valuable partners and that their actions looked different from different perspectives.
• Lu Xiao instructed Weidiya to report the matter to the Empress and remain in city hall until Sailai County stabilized.
• After Weidiya left, Lu Xiao sensed a change in Night and decided to wait before trying to communicate with her.
• Elf Cloud acquired most idle properties in Sailai County, took over abandoned projects, and began hiring, helping the county's economy improve.
• The Andreiro Family found that its former partners in Sailai County now answered only to Lu Xiao and started a public opinion campaign attacking his competence, character, and motives.
• Complaints against Lu Xiao poured into city hall and reached the capital, Pulixidian, and the Empress.