Chapter Summaries

Liu Guang explained how he manipulated Lu Xiao, Li Changqing, Dante, and Old Bai to push them toward their deification rituals and prepare for the civilization’s future. He left Lu Xiao with the burden of stopping Dante if necessary, while Old Bai’s ritual remained unresolved.

• Liu Guang revealed that he had used a letter and Li Changqing’s anger over his student to secure Li Changqing’s cooperation and set Lu Xiao on the path to eating him.
• Liu Guang described how he protected Dante through his early missions, then used the public uproar and a staged shooting to make Dante complete his deification ritual and ascend the Stairway to Godhood.
• Liu Guang left Dante notes asking him to forgive the innocent and civilization, and told Lu Xiao to act as his executioner if Dante became a threat.
• Liu Guang explained that Old Bai refused to unleash the beast tide required for his ritual, so he planned to use Sin to let Old Bai bypass it.
• Liu Guang had Lucilla mutate to give Old Bai a pretext to collect Sin, but Bai Suoyi fell for mutated Lucilla, frustrating Liu Guang’s plan.

Liu Guang visited Keilai Star to promote the Superdream System and arrange clinical trials for humanity’s Gene Chain Repair technology. He also planned to use a hidden backdoor in the dreamscape product to collect users’ memories and extract intelligence for Earth.

• Liu Guang praised his dreamscape experience and asked Elder Alvin to launch the product, offering his team’s help with promotion.
• Liu Guang proposed that the Dream Clan cooperate with Doctor Shuns’s team on clinical trials of Gene Chain Repair, and Alvin agreed.
• Liu Guang’s delegation prepared to promote the Superdream System and test the gene-repair technology on Keilai Star.
• Liu Guang intended to strengthen the Dream Clan’s dependence on humanity by helping restore their appearance.
• Liu Guang’s dreamscape system included a backdoor that recorded users’ dreamscapes and sent the data to Earth for intelligence gathering.

Liu Guang left Xiao Zhe in charge of gathering intelligence through the Dream Clan and warned him to protect their alliance. On Earth, Nico pleaded with her furious father, Lu Xiao, to accept her relationship with Daimon, but Lu Xiao refused.

• Liu Guang introduced Xiao Zhe as a cunning former Spark who had devised dream-based intelligence gathering and appointed him to lead the Shadow Organization’s work with the Dream Clan.
• Liu Guang warned Xiao Zhe not to treat the Dream Clan as enemies and explained that cooperation with them could build allies ahead of the Species Ranking Tournament.
• Xiao Zhe understood Liu Guang’s strategy and agreed to handle the partnership, while Liu Guang promised to help him reach power in a great clan if he performed well.
• On Earth, Nico asked Lu Xiao about his eyepatch, and he said his eye was blind.
• Nico defended Daimon and begged Lu Xiao to accept their relationship, but Lu Xiao objected to their species’ reproductive barrier and threatened to confront Daimon.
• Nico reminded Lu Xiao that he could not beat Daimon, leaving him to lament his situation.

The chapter explained the Species Ranking Tournament’s preliminary and main competition rules, along with how species used tournament rewards and protection deals after the rankings were set. It then showed the Holy Maiden Spiders meeting with Qin He to seek an alliance with humanity for the tournament.

• Species sent troops to the Woll Galaxy and began fighting rivals before the official tournament started.
• The chapter outlined the preliminaries’ troop limit and kill-count scoring, then described the main tournament’s stronghold warfare and points system.
• Species used their tournament rewards to buy protection or sell mineral planets, making the rankings temporary once the truce ended.
• The Holy Maiden Spiders, unable to enter the tournament on their own, visited humanity’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs to seek cooperation.
• Qin He received the spiders as humanity’s reputation for reliability made it a favored partner among species outside the great clans.

Humanity secured the Holy Maiden Spider Clan as a subordinate race through a generous agreement, then Lorn Augusis offered them a way to reverse the genetic contamination that had changed their bodies. Xingya trembled at the prospect of regaining her people’s original appearance.

• The Holy Maiden Spider Clan agreed to serve humanity in exchange for resources and support, with no tribute required and wartime military aid as their obligation.
• Qin He introduced Lorn Augusis to the Holy Maiden Spiders as Galaxy Academy’s most outstanding graduate and a senior mentor.
• Lorn explained to Xingya that his mentor, Doctor Shuns, had developed a technique called gene chain repair to undo genetic contamination and restore the spiders’ original appearance.
• Xingya’s enormous spider body trembled when she heard about the possibility of repairing her people’s genes.

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.