Chapter Summaries

A being sent by “Technology” offered an evolution method from another universe, while Spiritwood warned that it could ruin this universe. The being revealed itself as a mass of wormlike creatures, attacked Old Feis, and dragged him out of Subspace as tendrils tipped with red eyes emerged from its haze.

• Liu Guang told Lu Xiao and the others that the doorway figure meant no harm because “Technology” had identified them as its people.
• The figure offered the group an evolution method from another universe, and Spiritwood recognized it as a dangerous method that could bring catastrophe if it spread.
• The figure entered the Logistics Point as light distorted into hair-thin grayish-white worms that gathered into a twisted shape.
• The wormlike figure lunged at Old Feis, whose body turned translucent as he tried to escape into Subspace.
• The figure warned that Subspace was unsafe, forced Old Feis back into solid form, and confronted him with tendrils tipped with blood-red eyes.

Calamity recounted her rise as a gifted elemental, the destruction of her home planet, and her long friendship with Lu Xiao. When a Rule Controller and a powerful being from another universe began fighting at the Logistics Point, Calamity prepared to call upon the Master of the Dead to save Lu Xiao.

• Calamity recalled how her clan praised her as a genius, while she grew arrogant and left her home planet to explore the stars.
• After returning from her travels, Calamity watched a colossal being devour her home planet and fell into madness and despair.
• Calamity reached an azure planet, brought rain to its people, and later met Lu Xiao after alien creatures had devastated the world.
• Calamity befriended Lu Xiao and helped him, while learning that humans were unaware of the powerful beings connected to them.
• Calamity became a Chosen One of Death and reunited with Lu Xiao in the Woll Galaxy, where she grew happy in his company.
• When a Rule Controller and a powerful being from another universe began fighting at the Logistics Point, Calamity prayed to the Master of the Dead for help saving Lu Xiao.

Luolin shielded the group from the murmurs, but Gray Worms pierced the barrier with shrieks before “Death” emerged from Old Feis and removed the infestation. After “Death” and the tentacled being vanished into a black gleam, “Technology” appeared and turned its attention toward Lu Xiao.

• Luolin divided the Logistics Point’s space into layers to shield everyone from the murmurs.
• The Gray Worms scattered across the walls and shrieked through the barrier, causing Lu Xiao and the others intense pain.
• “Death” emerged from Old Feis, removed the worms infesting him, and drew another mass of worms from Subspace.
• “Death” entered the black gleam, and the tentacled being followed after an ethereal voice told Lu Xiao to find “that being.”
• The space returned to normal, and “Technology” appeared before the black gleam, then turned to face Lu Xiao.

After “Technology” summoned Lu Xiao into Subspace, the group realized the danger was not over and chose to flee. Luolin arranged for them to travel to Draco, the Silicon-Based Race’s home planet, where “Technology” resided.

• “Technology” invited Lu Xiao to see Him and entered Subspace through a black vortex.
• Spiritwood stopped Lu Xiao from following, and the vortex vanished as the surrounding space began to tremble and distort.
• Spiritwood identified the Gray-White Worms as souls, while Old Feis realized Raven could affect them because he specialized in dealing with souls.
• Calamity began recovering after summoning “Death,” and the group decided to flee while the three beings confronted the worm-creatures in Subspace.
• Luolin filled out a Logistics Form, summoned the Postman, and sent the group through the Space Transfer Channel to Draco.

Lu Xiao and his group crossed Draco under the guidance of a small answering robot and were teleported to an enclosed space, where they encountered a blue figure made of numbers and characters. Liu Guang recognized the figure as Doctor Li and greeted him, leaving the reason for their summons unknown.

• Lu Xiao and his group emerged onto Draco and saw the planet covered with white answering robots representing Technology.
• A small robot displayed Chinese characters telling the group to follow it, and Lu Xiao suspected Technology had summoned him for an important meeting.
• The robot led the group to a teleportation platform and instructed them to step inside.
• The platform transported the group to an enclosed space, where Liu Guang recognized a blue figure as Doctor Li and greeted him.

“Technology” explained to Lu Xiao why his desired method of evolution would accelerate this universe’s stabilization and eventual annihilation, and revealed that Rule Controllers deliberately held incomplete rules. The chapter left Spiritwood learning that his universe pursued individual perfection and transcendence, a path that had driven its later lifeforms insane.

• Liu Guang asked how “Technology” could be alive after he had dissected its brain and made it the system’s core, and “Technology” said it had no longer been a conventional carbon-based lifeform.
• “Technology” offered to send Lu Xiao to another universe because this universe was unsuitable for the evolution method he wanted to use.
• “Technology” explained that evolution through that method would supply data that stabilized the universe’s rules, and confirmed Liu Guang’s suspicion that this process was connected to the Recorders.
• “Technology” said the Rule Controllers commanded incomplete rules to delay the universe’s final result and prepare for what came after its annihilation.
• “Technology” told Spiritwood that his universe had chosen individual perfection, using limited resources to nurture one being toward transcendence, which had made its later lifeforms insane.

Technology revealed that Spiritwood’s universe had collapsed into its final stage and that survivors had followed Old Feis’s trail to find this universe. Technology, Calamity, and the others were fighting the Star Chasers in Subspace to buy Time enough to blur the universe’s coordinates, while Technology admitted they only needed the universe to survive until they achieved their own goal.

• Technology told Spiritwood that his universe had reached its final stage, and that its powerful survivors had wandered through Subspace after escaping its destruction.
• Technology explained that survivors had traced the universe’s origin power to this universe through Old Feis, whose body one of them had secretly parasitized.
• Technology showed the group images of the advance forces fighting in Subspace, including Chasing Stars, the founder of the Star Chasers.
• Technology said that it, Calamity, and their allies could not stop the Star Chasers and were instead buying time for Time to blur the universe’s coordinates.
• Liu Guang questioned why Technology had told them about the battle, and Technology said it needed the universe to remain intact until it achieved its objective.
• Liu Guang asked what that objective was.

“Technology” revealed that the group’s goal was to awaken the Universe’s World Will, then explained its condition through the second half of Fantasy’s Snow White story. The tale ended with a knight commander secretly seeking proof that the Witch had replaced the king so he could kill her.

• “Technology” said the group wanted to merge the Universe’s World Will into the Home Planet, frightening Lu Xiao, Liu Guang, Luolin, Calamity, and Old Feis.
• “Technology” admitted the plan to take the World Will had been a joke and clarified that they only wanted to awaken it because its dormancy had disrupted normal processes.
• Lu Xiao connected the World Will to Snow White in Fantasy’s story, and “Technology” confirmed that Fantasy had told him the tale.
• “Technology” recounted how the Witch replaced Snow White, poisoned the old king and queen, seized power, and used Witchcraft to control the kingdom’s knightly order.
• “Technology” explained that a loyal knight commander had sent a few ministers to search for evidence against the Witch, intending to kill her with his lance because his sage-blessed mithril armor made him immune to Witchcraft.

Lu Xiao and the others connect the Sage in Technology’s Snow White story to beings like the Rule Controllers, but Technology withholds confirmation. He instead asks about the Black Domain Battlefield, prompting Spiritwood to reveal that the Woll Galaxy existed before the three factions and was already a site of conflict.

• Lu Xiao and Liu Guang suspect Mad Tiger’s authority could explain armor immune to witchcraft, but Old Feis questions why a higher-level being would not simply intervene.
• Lu Xiao argues that the Sage who blessed the armor may be a Rule Controller, and Liu Guang notes that the Sage’s distance from the Kingdom resembles Rule Controllers’ absence from the war in the Woll Galaxy.
• Lu Xiao shares further evidence linking the Sage to a higher level of existence, and the others find the theory plausible, though Technology remains silent.
• Liu Guang challenges Technology for speaking in riddles, and Technology asks whether they know what caused the Black Domain Battlefield to form.
• Spiritwood says the Woll Galaxy had already formed when his people arrived, before Order, Chaos, and Neutrality emerged, and its inhabitants were already fighting there.

Technology revealed that the war that devastated the Woll Galaxy began when Outsiders found the imprisoned Prince, whose claim to the throne represented the Kingdom’s World Will. The factions’ repeated compromises were driven by the Prince’s importance to securing recognition as king.

• Spiritwood described how the Woll Galaxy’s inhabitants united against his people, and how the Order, Chaos, and Neutral factions emerged after the devastating battle.
• Technology revealed that the war began when Outsiders found the imprisoned Prince, shocking Spiritwood and the others.
• Lu Xiao and Liu Guang understood that the Outsiders had taken the Prince, prompting the Witch, the ministers, and the Knight Commander to unite against them.
• Technology explained that the Witch led the Chaos Faction, the ministers formed the Order Council, and the Outsiders used the Prince to profit from both sides and plan a new Royal House.
• Lu Xiao asked why the Sages had not intervened, and Technology explained that they first considered the conflict an internal matter before the Kingdom split into three forces.
• Liu Guang asked whether the Prince represented the World Will, and Technology clarified that kingship was the World Will and depended on the people recognizing their ruler.

Technology explained that Prince had been abandoned and the Kingdom was preparing for a new king, while Snow White had been traded from Witch and awakened. He asked Lu Xiao to evolve and revealed that Lu Xiao had been given concrete form as their King Candidate, intended to become the past for their benefit.

• Technology said the ministers and Witch had given up rescuing Prince and were making new plans for the throne, since Prince could return only if he had been assimilated.
• Technology explained that Snow White’s awakening was Fantasy’s personal goal, then revealed that the Kingdom had traded for her and she was already awake.
• Technology said the Species Ranking Tournament would end the story and asked Spiritwood to compete as one of the Newborn Human Gods.
• Technology asked Lu Xiao whether he wanted to evolve through the proposed method, and Lu Xiao asked why he had been given concrete form.
• Technology revealed that Lu Xiao was their King Candidate and said making him become the past was the choice that best served their interests.

Lu Xiao and Liu Guang discussed the prospect of Lu Xiao becoming king, while Liu Guang chose to remain and support him rather than travel to other universes. Back at the Logistics Point, Liu Guang began explaining a theory about what would happen to a planet outside the universe when the universe was annihilated.

• “Technology” explained that Lu Xiao could become the World Will of the universe or of Earth, and Lu Xiao said there was no need to pursue it.
• “Technology” offered Liu Guang a chance to visit other universes and meet deceased acquaintances, but Liu Guang refused so he could support Lu Xiao as king candidate.
• Lu Xiao joked that Liu Guang and Calamity would be his chancellors and appointed Old Feis chief steward of the inner palace.
• “Technology” sent everyone back to the Woll Galaxy, where the group resumed teasing one another at the Logistics Point.
• Liu Guang suggested that a planet that had already left the universe might not disappear when that universe was annihilated.

Doctor began expanding Earth to thirty times the size of the system’s current star, requiring the planet to be moved outside the system. As humans prepared to return home and the Mother God Elves planned a congratulatory delegation, Lan agreed to visit the Solar System.

• The Universe Construction Company told Doctor that expanding Earth as ordered would require towing it outside the star system, and Doctor ordered construction to begin.
• Augusis celebrated Lorn’s second-place ranking and asked whether Doctor’s mentor had sent word; Doctor said he had invited every human who had left Earth to return.
• A human and a succubus arrived at a Logistics Point, where the human filed a form to return home without explaining why to his companion.
• At a Deliberative Council meeting, Warden raised Earth’s expansion, and the council approved sending a delegation with congratulatory gifts.
• The Director asked Lan if she wanted to visit the Solar System, and Lan agreed.

Lu Xiao and his companions returned to Earth and attended Augusis's welcome banquet at a barbecue stall, where old acquaintances gathered and teased one another about past relationships. The evening ended with Zhang Chu threatening Lu Xiao with Thunder Magic while Antie urged Liu Guang to resolve an old misunderstanding.

• Lu Xiao and his group returned to Chang'an City, and Augusis invited them to a welcome banquet.
• Nellie drove the group to a hotel, and they later joined Augusis at Veteran Barbecue.
• Antie and Futiya arrived, followed by Zhang Chu, then the Driver and He Shang in the Orange Taxi.
• Lu Xiao asked Zhang Chu whether he planned to return to Mount Kunlun, and Zhang Chu explained that his wife had refused to leave the temple.
• Lu Xiao teased Liu Guang about having her child, prompting Zhang Chu to rise and threaten him with Thunder Magic.
• Antie advised Liu Guang to explain himself to her and clear up their long-standing misunderstanding.

Lu Xiao, Liu Guang, Zhang Chu, and Driver visited the overgrown Taoist temple on Mount Kunlun, where Zhang Chu offered incense and Liu Guang cleaned the plaza. Driver posted videos of their work, and nosy netizens quickly flooded the comments.

• Lu Xiao and his group arrived at the overgrown Taoist temple on Mount Kunlun, where Zhang Chu explained that she had told him not to return.
• At Lu Xiao’s prompting, Zhang Chu cleared weeds from a bronze cauldron and lit three incense sticks with lightning.
• Driver uploaded a video of Zhang Chu lighting incense, and familiar usernames and other netizens filled the comments with praise.
• Liu Guang cleared weeds from the plaza and swept moss from the bluestone slabs with a broom made from weeds.
• Driver filmed Liu Guang sweeping and posted the clip, while netizens commented on his efforts.

Lu Xiao entered the Taoist Temple to speak with Dan Qingrong in her original body and tried to persuade her to give Liu Guang a chance to apologize without using her favor to pressure her. Dan Qingrong called Lu Xiao slippery, then invited everyone inside.

• After Zhang Chu's attempts to reach Dan Qingrong failed, she called Lu Xiao inside to speak with her.
• Lu Xiao entered through the gate and met Dan Qingrong in her original body, then apologized to her on Zhang Chu's behalf.
• Dan Qingrong asked whether Lu Xiao would apologize on Liu Guang's behalf, but Lu Xiao said Liu Guang should answer for his own mistake.
• Lu Xiao urged reconciliation while refusing to use Dan Qingrong's favor to pressure her, leaving the decision to meet Liu Guang up to her.
• Dan Qingrong called Lu Xiao slippery, then invited everyone inside.

Lu Xiao, Liu Guang, and Zhang Chu confronted Dan Qingrong, who demanded to know whether Zhang Chu still regarded her as his master. Zhang Chu froze under her anger, leaving the conflict unresolved.

• Liu Guang, Driver, and Zhang Chu entered, and Dan Qingrong turned away when she saw them.
• Zhang Chu struggled to speak to Dan Qingrong while Lu Xiao urged him on with his eyes.
• Dan Qingrong turned around and coldly asked Zhang Chu whether he still saw her as his master.
• Zhang Chu failed to answer, and Lu Xiao claimed Zhang Chu had said he missed Dan Qingrong but was afraid to visit her alone.
• Dan Qingrong pressed Zhang Chu for an answer, while Liu Guang reconsidered whether he wanted to resolve his own conflict with her.

Liu Guang tried to apologize to Dan Qingrong, whose anger toward Zhang Chu stemmed from his broken promise and disobedience. He revealed that Xiao Feng was still alive, leaving Dan Qingrong startled and willing to believe him.

• Dan Qingrong demanded that Zhang Chu address her as Master and questioned Lu Xiao, Liu Guang, and Driver about Zhang Chu's words.
• Zhang Chu rebuked Dan Qingrong, but she calmly challenged him over failing to honor his master and keep his promise.
• Zhang Chu admitted no answer, and Lu Xiao and Liu Guang realized Dan Qingrong had reason to blame him.
• Liu Guang apologized and said he hoped his explanation would earn Dan Qingrong's forgiveness.
• Liu Guang revealed that Xiao Feng was still alive, and Dan Qingrong reacted with delighted disbelief and chose to believe him.

Liu Guang told Dan Qingrong that Dan Guofeng was probably still alive, and Lu Xiao revealed that he had encountered him in a Time Shadow. As Lu Xiao recounted the past, Liu Guang recognized his own role in the events and explained how his threats against Dan Qingrong had led to Liu Ni’s birth.

• Liu Guang told Dan Qingrong that he did not know where Dan Guofeng was, but said Li Liangren had confirmed that Dan Guofeng was not dead.
• Lu Xiao revealed that he had seen Dan Guofeng in the past, when Dan Guofeng pulled him into a Time Shadow as an Observer.
• Lu Xiao described Dan Guofeng’s imagined cockroach Insect Tide, and Liu Guang realized that he was recounting the incident Liu Guang had experienced.
• Liu Guang explained how Doctor Li’s order to retrieve Dan Guofeng and his own threats against Dan Qingrong had escalated after she refused to send Dan Guofeng away.
• Liu Guang admitted that he had threatened to expose Dan Qingrong and Zhang Chu’s affair, and that Dan Qingrong’s glare during the confrontation had led to Liu Ni’s birth.

Dan Qingrong recounted how Zhang Chu joined her Taoist lineage, became her disciple, and was later corrupted by Procreation. Her secret visit to him led to the two of them coming together, leaving the elders troubled by their master-disciple relationship.

• Dan Qingrong believed Lu Xiao's account and agreed to tell her own story.
• Dan Qingrong recalled joining the Taoist Temple as an ordinary cultivator and taking Zhang Chu as her disciple after he pleaded to be accepted.
• Zhang Chu's mind filled with primal instincts as his corruption deepened, and the elders' exorcism ritual failed to help him.
• After an old Taoist dreamed that yin-yang union was the solution, the elders planned to take Zhang Chu down the mountain to find a prostitute.
• Dan Qingrong secretly visited Zhang Chu while he was isolated and unconscious, and the two were corrupted by Procreation and came together.
• The elders were left unsure how to respond because Zhang Chu and Dan Qingrong were master and disciple.