Chapter Summaries

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.

The Empress ordered an investigation into allegations against Lu Xiao, and Councilor Mabel led the team to question him in Sailai County. Lu Xiao explained that the God Statue on his desk had been bestowed by Mother, and Mabel invoked Mother as a witness before continuing her questions.

• After reviewing a complaint and its evidence, the Empress sent an investigation team to Sailai County.
• Mabel's team interviewed residents discreetly before meeting Lu Xiao at City Hall.
• The investigators presented accusations that Lu Xiao had neglected his duties, led a disorderly private life, and profaned divine and imperial authority.
• Mabel skipped the allegation of inaction and asked Lu Xiao to explain why he kept Mother's God Statue on his desk despite not believing in her.
• Lu Xiao said Mother had given him the statue to oversee his work, and Mabel accepted his claim and prepared to continue the questioning.

Mabel questioned Lu Xiao about accusations of exploiting the common people and uncovered his plan to link the cities into an economic community, though he refused to explain Pulixidian’s exclusion. After he also declined to explain the photograph of the Dark Star Clan’s Hidden One, Weidiya took back the God Statue and photograph, and Lu Xiao dismissed her anger over City Hall’s betrayal.

• Weidiya vouched for Lu Xiao’s finances, and Mabel said the accusations of exploitation and other charges had no basis.
• Mabel asked whether Lu Xiao meant to unite the cities into an economic community, and he confirmed that was part of his purpose.
• Lu Xiao refused to explain why he had excluded Pulixidian from his plans.
• Mabel asked why Lu Xiao kept a photograph of the Dark Star Clan’s Hidden One, and he declined to answer, leaving Mabel to watch him depart with a smile.
• Weidiya took Life’s God Statue and Night’s photograph from the Mother God Elf and followed Lu Xiao out of the meeting hall.
• Weidiya accused City Hall of betraying Lu Xiao, but he said the Andreiro Family’s influence over them did not matter.

Lu Xiao met privately with Mabel after she signaled that she wanted to cooperate with him. Mabel revealed that her interest group intended to remove him and take over his plans, and Lu Xiao considered whether to help her form a new faction.

• Weidiya offered to strengthen security around Lu Xiao, and he told her to protect herself as well.
• After completing her investigation, Mabel sent the team back to Pulixidian and stayed in Sailai County to meet Lu Xiao.
• Mabel noticed the God Statue and photograph on Lu Xiao’s desk, and he let her believe he had won the favor of the gods.
• Mabel told Lu Xiao that her companions wanted him removed so they could take over his plans and gain political credit.
• Mabel said she wanted to leave her interest group and form a faction of her own, while Lu Xiao weighed her motives and what position to offer her.

Lu Xiao considered whether to help Mabel gain an independent voice in the Deliberative Council and decided to intervene despite the risk of arousing the Empress’s suspicions. He entered the photograph imprisoning Night to apologize and end their conflict, then told her about her people, Antie’s wager, and Technology’s reasons for keeping her captive.

• Lu Xiao asked Weidiya for her view on supporting Mabel, and she warned that the Empress might oppose giving Mabel an independent voice because of her family.
• Lu Xiao considered how Liu Ni’s alliance with Lan could concentrate power, then decided to intervene so the Mother God Elves would continue to face internal competition.
• Lu Xiao told Life’s statue that he did not want the clan to decline, then entered the photograph imprisoning Night.
• Night asked whether Lu Xiao feared she would kill him, and he replied that she would have done so already if she wanted to.
• Lu Xiao apologized to Night and said he wanted to end their conflict, then told her Antie had lost their wager and her people on Earth were doing well.
• Lu Xiao offered to arrange for Night’s people to return to the Dark Star Clan and said he would speak to Technology about ending her captivity, explaining that Technology had delayed her ascension.

Lu Xiao let “Night” leave after appealing to Ruiqi, then ordered Weidiya to close the net against the Andreiro Family. Morningstar and the Elf Cloud Company began a public campaign crediting Lu Xiao with Sailai County’s recovery, and local opinion started to turn in his favor.

• Lu Xiao revealed that Futiya was pregnant with Mr. Antie's child, apologized to Ruiqi, and let “Night” leave without making her his Chosen One.
• Lu Xiao explained that he had persuaded Ruiqi to reach “Night” and had revealed Futiya’s pregnancy to divert her attention from the Mother God Elves and the Andreiro Family.
• Lu Xiao ordered Weidiya to close the net, and she went to Morningstar with her bodyguard to convey his wishes.
• Morningstar mobilized the Elf Cloud Company and Sailai County’s business community to force the Andreiro Family out and clear Lu Xiao’s name.
• City Hall published a letter of commendation from the Elf Cloud Company, followed by a jointly signed letter detailing Lu Xiao’s plans and praising his leadership.
• Mother God Elves began to recognize the Elf Cloud Company’s role in Sailai County’s economic recovery, and public opinion about Lu Xiao gradually shifted.

Lu Xiao used interest-free loans and employment assistance to win over Sailai County’s residents, while the Warden recognized the strategy’s threat to the Andreiro Family. Meanwhile, Night and Iswama concluded that an outside universe might be tracking theirs, and Night ended the chapter isolated with a voice in her mind praising Lu Xiao.

• Lu Xiao introduced policies for Sailai County’s ordinary people, including interest-free loans and employment assistance, prompting Mother God Elves to apply and improving his reputation.
• The Warden explained to Moli'an that Lu Xiao’s loans let human banks secure mortgages on Sailai County assets, while his growing public support made it harder for the Andreiro Family to act against him.
• The Andreiro Family’s World God tried to contact the Dark Star Clan about defecting, but received no response.
• Night met Iswama, and they concluded that life from another universe might have detected their universe through rule resonance when Technology stopped their advancement.
• Night returned to the Dark Star Clan, gave up on advancing for the time being, and heard an incessant voice in her mind praising Lu Xiao.

Night descended on Earth to investigate the possibility of humans producing offspring with succubi, but Lightline warned her not to cause trouble, so she decided to lie low. Meanwhile, Lu Xiao continued expanding economic cooperation across Mother Goddess Star, and Pulixidian again considered making him its City Administrator.

• Night observed Lu Xiao's schemes on Mother Goddess Star and grew interested in his abilities, while withholding help from Andrelo and the Andrelo Family.
• Night learned that a human and a succubus were expecting a child and descended on Earth to investigate Antie Icarus.
• Lightline appeared and warned Night that he would not spare her or her clan if she caused trouble on Earth.
• Night realized Earth had both a Super Hive and Lightline guarding it, abandoned her plan to capture Antie and the succubus, and chose to lie low.
• Lu Xiao's cooperative projects improved the economies of several Mother Goddess Star cities, prompting them to seek further partnerships with Sailai County.
• Pulixidian's City Hall grew envious of the pan-Mother Goddess Star super economic zone's exclusion of its city, and Lu Xiao's appointment as its City Administrator was raised again at a Deliberative Council meeting.

After the Deliberative Council approved Lu Xiao as Pulixidian’s next City Administrator, he returned to the capital and met Andrelo, head of the Andrelo Family, who sought peace because he feared him. Lu Xiao planned to work with the Warden in Pulixidian, but first needed to placate the angry Empress, and spent the following year waiting for the right moment.

• The Deliberative Council voted to approve Lu Xiao as City Administrator of Pulixidian, prompting Sailai County’s people to object to his departure after his successful tenure there.
• Lu Xiao recalled how the Andreiro Family had considered targeting Imperial Princess Weidiya but had never attempted to assassinate him, and how his victories had made him revered in Sailai County.
• After returning to Pulixidian, Lu Xiao delayed taking office to study the city’s power structure and met Andrelo at a restaurant, accompanied by Moli'an and the Warden.
• Andrelo thanked Lu Xiao for ceding interests in the Woll Galaxy, while Lu Xiao recognized that Andrelo had come to make peace because he was afraid.
• Lu Xiao decided he would need the Warden’s help in Pulixidian and would have to calm the Empress, who had reassigned Weidiya after Lu Xiao reconciled with the Andrelo Family.
• Lu Xiao spent the next year relaxing at home, attending occasional Deliberative Council meetings, and visiting the Dream Clan Group’s braindance flagship store.

Lu Xiao learned more about the universe while delaying his advancement to the Old One level until after the Species Ranking Tournament. Liu Guang visited him and explained why he had sold intelligence that led to a Starry Sky Sea Demons World God’s capture, leaving Lu Xiao to consider the fate of the Abyssal Rats.

• Lu Xiao chose to postpone becoming an Old One until after the preliminary round and focused on accumulating Faith Power instead of Divinity.
• Liu Guang arrived with an Old One-level member of the Hidden Light Race, who concealed him from those seeking his life.
• Lu Xiao asked Liu Guang why the Shadow Organization had sold intelligence that led to a Starry Sky Sea Demons World God being captured.
• Liu Guang explained that he suspected the Starry Sky Sea Demons were working with the Neutral Faction and recalled his promise to help Marnal rebuild the Abyssal Rats’ civilization.
• Liu Guang revealed that the Starry Sky Sea Demons had caused Particle Life to exterminate the Abyssal Rats after they witnessed the Demons’ dealings with the Neutral Faction.
• Lu Xiao said that if he had stomped on a swarm of ants, he would count how many he had killed.

Liu Guang explained how he had used information about the Starry Sky Sea Demons to worsen tensions among the major factions, creating an opportunity to become a Chess Player. He introduced Xiao Zhe to Lu Xiao, who observed the ambitious new bank manager after he arrived on Mother Goddess Star.

• Liu Guang told Lu Xiao that the Starry Sky Sea Demons had manipulated the Particle Life species into wiping out the Abyssal Rats, and that he had passed the truth to 'Technology' and the Chaos Faction.
• Liu Guang explained that the leaked information would deepen distrust among the Neutral Faction, the Order Faction, and the Chaos Faction, giving him a chance to become a Chess Player.
• Liu Guang arranged for Xiao Zhe to arrive on Mother Goddess Star as a bank manager and told Lu Xiao to decide how to use him.
• After the first batch of Human Bank employees finished their assignments, Lu Xiao returned to Sailai County and met Xiao Zhe, but chose to observe him before putting him to work.
• Xiao Zhe entered Sailai County's merchant circles through his bank position, declined offers to start businesses, and focused on enjoying the small amount of power he held while awaiting a greater challenge.