Chapter Summaries

Lu Xiao discovered that a Consumable had accidentally called upon Life, drawing the being’s attention toward Liu Ni because her Trait related to Life. After Liu Ni agreed to try becoming Life’s underling, Lu Xiao arranged a test with Consumables to check whether Life meant them harm.

• Lu Xiao found the Special Operations Soldiers corrupted in the Consumable Warehouse and reported the incident to Shuns.
• Lu Xiao and Shuns reviewed surveillance footage and learned that a Consumable had called upon Life by chance, prompting Life to seek Liu Ni.
• Lu Xiao explained Life and its interest in Liu Ni to her, and Liu Ni decided to try becoming Life’s underling.
• Lu Xiao gathered Consumables and several gods to test calling upon Life before letting Liu Ni attempt it.
• The trembling Consumables recited Life’s Honorific Name while soldiers held guns to their foreheads.

Lu Xiao’s call reached Life, who chose Liu Ni as the sole Chosen One and allowed her to ascend through an effortless Deification Ritual. The chapter ended with ten thousand Mother God Elves arriving and pledging themselves to Liu Ni as their Goddess’s Personal Guard.

• A Consumable spoke for Life, who recognized the presence of Fate and Fantasy and said Lu Xiao had called.
• Life offered Liu Ni the role of its only Chosen One, and Liu Ni accepted.
• Liu Ni climbed an invisible stairway and completed her Deification Ritual without the usual hardships.
• A spatial vortex opened, and ten thousand Mother God Elves emerged, led by Weidiya.
• Weidiya crowned Liu Ni and knelt with the Mother God Elves, who hailed Liu Ni as their liege.

Liu Ni learned that the Mother Goddess had named her the sole goddess of the Mother Goddess Elves, whose ten-thousand-member Personal Guard had arrived to protect her. Lu Xiao reflected on the force’s power in Hell, while Gambler and Driver paid for copying his teasing approach to Liu Ni.

• Weidiya told Liu Ni that the Mother Goddess had declared her the sole goddess of the Mother Goddess Elves, and the gathered elves praised the Mother Goddess.
• Lu Xiao visited Liu Ni and teased her about forgetting her childhood sweetheart, prompting Liu Ni to order the elves to beat him.
• Lu Xiao recounted the encounter to Gambler and Driver, who both hurried off to visit Liu Ni themselves.
• Lu Xiao considered the Mother Goddess Elves’ immense strength and the deterrent their ten thousand Deities posed in Hell.
• Gambler and Driver were thrown out of Liu Ni’s room, and Gambler questioned how Driver had dared to risk being beaten to death.

Driver recovered after Prison Doctor treated him and exchanged insights with Gambler, while Lu Xiao learned that Doctor had completed his Deification Ritual and that the First Prototype had grown stronger. Shuns told Lu Xiao that new Biological Armor designs were ready, leaving Lu Xiao to find living high-level creatures for materials and consider whether the Transforming Vehicle could become armor.

• Driver recovered after Prison Doctor treated him, then he and Gambler eagerly shared their experiences while Prison Doctor urged them to see a psychiatrist.
• Shuns told Lu Xiao that Doctor had completed his Deification Ritual and was expected to return the next day.
• Shuns showed Lu Xiao the stronger, denser First Prototype, and Lu Xiao planned to pilot it over to Driver.
• Shuns revealed that he had finished designing Biological Armor for Old Feis, Calamity, and Ruiqi, but production required flesh and blood from living high-level creatures.
• Lu Xiao learned that King-level creatures could serve as materials, and Shuns confirmed that the Transforming Vehicle could become Biological Armor because its traits resembled those of 'Zhou.'

Lu Xiao gathered Driver, Gambler, Dart, Liu Ni, and Weidiya for a mission and set off for the address Amilia had provided. On the way, Liu Ni became Lu Xiao’s mouthpiece as he asked Weidiya about the Mother God Elves, learning that their clan had no males and reproduced through Mother Goddess Spring Water.

• Lu Xiao recruited Driver and Gambler for the mission, then persuaded Liu Ni to come and bring Weidiya along; Dart joined willingly.
• Driver stopped Lu Xiao from taking the steering wheel, then drove the group while Gambler rode beside him.
• Liu Ni switched seats with Weidiya and warned Lu Xiao that he would need her to relay his questions if he wanted to finish speaking.
• Lu Xiao gave Driver the mission address from Amilia and asked Weidiya about the Mother God Elves’ society.
• Weidiya explained that the Mother God Elves had no male members and reproduced using sap from the World Tree on the Mother Goddess Star, called Mother Goddess Spring Water.

Weidiya explained the vast scale and government of the Mother Goddess Elves, then offered Lu Xiao a planet where humanity could escape its crisis. Lu Xiao refused the offer and decided to ask her for resources to borrow instead.

• Weidiya told Lu Xiao that the Mother Goddess Elves ruled tens of millions of life planets and that she was the Empress's eldest daughter and likely successor.
• Lu Xiao was stunned by the Mother Goddess Elves' scale, but Driver reminded him that every race had its own way of living.
• Lu Xiao described humanity's predicament, and Weidiya said her people could not intervene without an oracle from the Mother Goddess.
• Weidiya offered Lu Xiao a life planet under the Mother Goddess Star's protection so humanity could migrate there.
• Lu Xiao rejected the offer, suspecting humanity's leaders had reasons not to relocate them, and decided to ask Weidiya to lend humanity resources instead.

Lu Xiao persuaded Weidiya to provide resources for humanity, though they would have to pay Universe Logistics to deliver them past the seal on their Star System. Believing Fate had arranged his earlier connection with the Postman, Lu Xiao took everyone to the Post Office, where smoke poured from the entrance.

• Lu Xiao explained his plan to borrow resources from Weidiya, and she agreed after considering Liu Ni’s status as the holy maiden.
• Weidiya offered to arrange a shipment of resources but told Lu Xiao that he would have to pay Universe Logistics because a Great Old One had sealed off his Star System.
• Weidiya directed Lu Xiao to ask the Postman at Hell’s Logistics Point for a delivery quote, and Lu Xiao realized the shipment size would depend on what he could afford.
• Lu Xiao asked Driver to take everyone to the Post Office, and Driver teleported them there using its recorded coordinates.
• Lu Xiao and the others arrived to find thick smoke drifting from the Post Office entrance.

Lu Xiao used his apparent closeness with the Postman to negotiate shipping supplies from Mother Goddess Star to Earth, while Weidiya watched and wondered why he did not ask for help with the Solar System blockade. The Postman quoted a steep fee, and Lu Xiao began using Weidiya’s status to advance the conversation.

• The Postman left the Post Office, smoked a pack of cigarettes at once, and invited Lu Xiao, Weidiya, and the others inside.
• Lu Xiao greeted the Postman as an old friend and acted as though they were close, making Weidiya reconsider her view of him.
• Lu Xiao privately asked the Postman for a shipping quote to transport supplies from Mother Goddess Star to his home on the third planet of the Solar System.
• The Postman quoted about seventy million star source per spatial unit and identified Weidiya as the princess of the Mother God Elves.
• Lu Xiao realized the Postman recognized Weidiya and prepared to use her status in the negotiation.

Lu Xiao tried to turn his friendship with the Postman into a wager for resources from Weidiya, a Mother God Elf imperial princess. After learning how valuable Star Source and Space Base Units were, he struggled to settle on a reasonable amount as the Postman urged him to demand far more.

• Lu Xiao told the Postman that Weidiya had bet on the value of their relationship and would provide resources worth that amount.
• The Postman proposed ten thousand Space Base Units, and Lu Xiao asked the Omniscient Mirror to explain the units and Star Source after offering it a pack of cigarettes.
• Lu Xiao realized the Postman's proposal represented an enormous quantity of resources and suggested asking for eight hundred or a thousand Space Base Units instead.
• The Postman insisted the Mother God Elves were wealthy and recommended at least a hundred thousand Space Base Units, leaving Lu Xiao stunned by the escalating demand.

Lu Xiao and the Postman devised a way to reduce shipping costs while arranging resources from Weidiya. Weidiya agreed to prepare ten thousand Space Base Units' worth of supplies, and the Postman went to prepare a contract as she readied a token.

• Lu Xiao proposed that the Postman sell some of Weidiya's goods before shipping to lower the fees and split the proceeds, and the Postman agreed.
• The group entered the smoke-filled Post Office, then came back outside to talk while Lu Xiao suggested installing an exhaust fan.
• The Postman quoted eighty million Star Source per Space Base Unit, explaining that he would charge Lu Xiao seventy million and split the extra ten million with him.
• Weidiya questioned why Lu Xiao needed to borrow resources if he could afford shipping for a hundred thousand units, and the Postman defended their arrangement.
• Weidiya offered to prepare ten thousand Space Base Units' worth of resources, and Lu Xiao accepted the amount.
• The Postman went to prepare the contract while Weidiya produced a palm-sized token resembling a chip.

Lu Xiao learned from Weidiya that sending people into Hell had become extraordinarily expensive since it was sealed, and that Universe Logistics alone could transport them there. He realized humanity might profit by sending people in too and began planning a Hell tourism and performance business, intending to seek the Mother Goddess Elves’ backing.

• Weidiya told Lu Xiao that the Mother Goddess Elves had paid an enormous price to send Liu Ni’s guards into Hell, though the guards could not enter the stage as actors.
• Weidiya explained that people had been sent into Hell more cheaply before it was sealed, but now only Universe Logistics could send living beings there.
• Lu Xiao concluded that Universe Logistics was profiting from its monopoly and realized the high cost explained why almost no Great Old Ones were in Hell.
• Lu Xiao conceived a business plan called the Hell Tourism and Sightseeing Performance Troupe and decided to discuss it with Weidiya, whose clan could provide a powerful backer.

Lu Xiao secured a free Logistics Point for Earth and planned to use resources borrowed from Weidiya to strengthen humanity. He told Warden the first of two pieces of good news and asked him to prepare people to use the resources, hoping to raise dozens of gods.

• Weidiya checked Postman's contract and confirmed it was safe to carry out.
• Postman announced that the company would build and operate a free Logistics Point on Lu Xiao's planet, while warning that it would not protect them from the coming Black Domain Battlefield.
• Lu Xiao returned to the Group Army Base and summoned Warden for a meeting, while Liu Ni went back with Weidiya and the others dispersed.
• Lu Xiao told Warden that Weidiya would lend them resources and asked him to organize people to use them, ideally producing dozens of gods.

Lu Xiao and the Warden discussed building a Logistics Point and a plan to send people to Hell, acquire technology, and reclaim the surface from the Dark Prison. The Warden returned to the Present World and summoned financial professionals to Kyoto, including Zhang Ming, who prepared to go despite his wife’s fears.

• Lu Xiao told the Warden to arrange a Logistics Point, which could protect the Present World and serve as a base for sending Seeds to Hell.
• Lu Xiao proposed using the Mother Goddess Elves’ reputation to send people to Hell for Star Source and acquire weapons and technology through a Postman, while the Warden promised to gather financial experts to refine the plan.
• Lu Xiao sent the Warden out of the Divine Hall and returned to Hell.
• The Warden issued a global announcement summoning finance professionals to Kyoto, and Huaxia began arranging flights and collecting people.
• Zhang Ming told his worried wife that he would answer the country’s call, then left with a soldier escorting him to Kyoto.

Zhang Ming and other former financial officials learned they were being summoned to build an entirely new financial system, raising hopes that the war was ending. In Kyoto, the Warden learned a spatial wormhole had appeared and prepared to meet a visitor while postponing plans to relocate residents.

• Zhang Ming reunited with former colleagues at Magic City Airport, where soldiers handed out cigarettes and lighters before their flight.
• The flight captain told the group they would help build an entirely new financial system after arriving in Kyoto, leaving them stunned and excited.
• The Warden's Assistant reported that a spatial wormhole had appeared above Kyoto, and the Warden hurried to meet the arriving guest.
• The Warden learned that residents were expected to be relocated from a reserved plot of land, but ordered the Assistant to postpone the move.

The Warden welcomed the Postman, who had arrived to establish a Logistics Point, and negotiated a province-sized site for the company’s shipment. At a banquet, the Postman promised the Logistics Point would deter threats but hinted that company rules still applied, leaving the Warden to respond.

• The Postman appeared above Kyoto, met the Warden, and explained that he had learned the planet’s languages and customs.
• The Warden agreed to host the Logistics Point on a tract of land the size of a province, and the Postman accepted.
• The Warden arranged a welcome banquet and treated the Postman to fine food and drink.
• The Postman said the Logistics Point would make hostile forces behave, but added that he still had to follow company regulations.
• The Warden assured the Postman he would not put him in a difficult position, and the Postman placed a piece of fish tail on the Warden’s plate.

The Warden agreed to let Augusis’s son join the Human Race’s scientific research projects in exchange for Augusis’s support and resources. In Hell, Lu Xiao and the Postman settled their accounts over the supplies sent to the Present World, and both left satisfied.

• Augusis asked the Warden to take his non-deity son into the Human Race so he could study technology, and promised access to materials and discounts in return.
• The Warden agreed to personally guide Augusis’s son and give him access to every scientific research project in the clan.
• After the banquet, the Warden reflected that befriending the Postman could help safeguard the Present World, though he remained unsure of the Postman’s true nature.
• Lu Xiao met the Postman in Hell with the Chef and learned that more supplies had reached the Present World than he had expected.
• The Postman explained that he had taken a cut from shipping fees and would bear the risks of the resources used to offset them.
• Lu Xiao and the Postman ended their banquet laughing, both pleased with what they had gained.

Lu Xiao returned to the Human Settlement and went to discuss cooperation with Weidiya, but found her getting a manicure with Liu Ni and female soldiers. After Zhang Weidong warned him against trusting other races too readily, Lu Xiao reconsidered how he handled alliances.

• Lu Xiao told Driver that he had no choice but to borrow from Weidiya and that even selling the Present World would not repay the Mother God Elves; Driver teleported them to the Human Settlement.
• Lu Xiao went to Liu Ni's room to speak with Weidiya, found her and Liu Ni getting manicures from female soldiers, and left without interrupting them.
• Lu Xiao confronted Zhang Weidong about the soldiers socializing with the Mother God Elves, and Zhang denied intending to enlist them.
• Zhang Weidong explained that he had ordered his soldiers to get close to the elves and seek useful intelligence, while warning Lu Xiao not to trust other races blindly.
• Lu Xiao reflected on Zhang Weidong's advice that relying too much on others' power could cost him the initiative.

Lu Xiao took Zhang Weidong’s advice on approaching the Mother Goddess Elves and prepared to ascend to godhood in the Holy City with Nico and Driver. Meanwhile, Zhang Weidong rallied the political commissars for a meeting on building a strategic partnership with the elves.

• Lu Xiao explained his plan to Zhang Weidong, who warned that asking Weidiya to cooperate right after borrowing money could seem suspicious and offered to handle the approach.
• Lu Xiao chose Nico to watch over him during his ascension, then agreed to take her to the Holy City so she could get a formal dress designed by Yi-something.
• Lu Xiao brought Driver along, and the three set off for the Holy City.
• Zhang Weidong gathered the division-level political commissars and above, telling them that rare supplies from Weidiya would soon arrive and that the crisis facing the present world would soon be resolved.
• Zhang Weidong turned the meeting to the main issue: establishing a deep strategic partnership with the Mother Goddess Elves.

Lu Xiao arrived in the Holy City and prepared to ascend to godhood in Ding Dan’s bedchamber. As Lu Xiao’s Consciousness World began to crack, the Deep Red Orb reacted violently and Night called his Honorific Name.

• Lu Xiao and his group arrived at the Central Divine Hall, where Kirk met them and led them to Ding Dan.
• Lu Xiao told Ding Dan he was about to ascend, and Ding Dan arranged a quiet place for him in his bedchamber.
• Lu Xiao entered his Consciousness World and saw that its cracked barrier was close to shattering.
• Lu Xiao rammed his Consciousness Entity into the barrier as the Deep Red Orb expanded and collapsed, and Night called his Honorific Name.

Lu Xiao completed his ascension to Godhood, though he could not yet tell how much his abilities had changed. Meanwhile, C01 Containment Facility’s Gate to the New World opened, and Warden was reunited with the worn-down Bai Ning.

• Lu Xiao’s consciousness space collapsed, and he ascended to become a God, sensing time and a higher dimensional level within his expanded consciousness.
• Nico confirmed Lu Xiao’s ascension by sensing a God’s aura, while explaining that newly ascended Gods might not yet surpass Deities by much.
• Lu Xiao decided he would ask Postman or Weidiya about Gods and set aside his questions about Old Feis’s mysterious fighting style.
• C01 Containment Facility completed the Gate to the New World, and Warden waited for the returning Sparks.
• Bai Ning emerged, mistook Warden for a hallucination, then recognized him and broke down in tears as Warden noticed how much hardship had marked him.