Chapter Summaries

Li Yi tested his four conceptual Traits against He Guangzhi, and his Spatial Divinity tore a massive rift through the God-Suppressing Prison. He then announced that he would try his newly conceived Celestial Rank ultimate move, prompting He Guangzhi to prepare his own ultimate moves.

• Li Yi used gravity to pull the Thunder King Mech into range, and the mechs clashed with enough force to shake the God-Suppressing Prison.
• Li Yi activated Spatial Divinity, opening a colossal fissure that erased part of a mountain before He Guangzhi dodged it.
• Zhao He recognized the extraordinary power of Li Yi’s Spatial Divinity and reconsidered allowing him to join the Chronos Ruins exploration.
• Li Yi warned He Guangzhi that he would attempt his newly conceived Celestial Rank ultimate move.
• He Guangzhi accepted the challenge and said he would demonstrate his own battle-hardened ultimate moves.

Li Yi and He Guangzhi unleashed their Heaven-rank ultimate moves, and the white tiger and lightning dragon fought to a draw. Lu Yunsheng arrived afterward, saw the transformed sub-top floor, and was stunned to learn that the high A-rank mech was Li Yi’s upgraded Pluto Mech.

• Li Yi built up his Heaven-rank ultimate move with the Pluto Mech, shaping his traits into a massive white tiger.
• He Guangzhi unleashed Lightning Dragon Barrage, forming a colossal lightning dragon from compressed divinity.
• The white tiger and lightning dragon clashed, covering the sub-top floor in ice and lightning before their fight ended in a stalemate.
• Li Yi and He Guangzhi each recognized that the other’s ultimate move was formidable, and He Guangzhi prepared to end the spar politely.
• Lu Yunsheng flew into the sub-top floor and questioned how Li Yi’s Pluto Mech had become a high A-rank mech; Zhao He explained that it had sparred with He Guangzhi.

After Li Yi’s Pluto Mech advanced, Lu Yunsheng arrived and misjudged the scale of its power while Zhao He and He Guangzhi chose not to correct him. The group went to God-Suppressing Prison to begin interrogating Heng Sol, and He Guangzhi started thawing him as Lu Yunsheng and Li Yi prepared to keep watch.

• Lu Yunsheng recognized Li Yi’s voice, praised his mech’s advancement, and assumed the commotion had come mostly from the Ascension Pool.
• He Guangzhi privately persuaded Zhao He to let Lu Yunsheng keep his mistaken assumptions, then redirected the group toward Heng Sol’s interrogation.
• He Guangzhi explained that Heng Sol’s divinity would soon recover and assigned Lu Yunsheng and Li Yi to monitor him and prevent his escape.
• Lu Yunsheng volunteered to handle the watch, while Li Yi agreed to cover any gaps.
• He Guangzhi began thawing Heng Sol’s iceberg prison with the Thunder King Mech’s Scorching Lightning Trait.

Heng Sol was thawed in the God-Suppressing Prison and calmly faced He Guangzhi and the others as they questioned him about the Starborn invasion and Forefather. He revealed that the captured Forefather was only an avatar, while Li Yi suspected Heng Sol could also create avatars and offered to decode his brainwaves for further intelligence.

• Heng Sol emerged from the ice and calmly acknowledged that the war had reached a turning point as He Guangzhi, Lu Yunsheng, and Li Yi guarded him.
• He Guangzhi questioned Heng Sol about leading the invasion and the Starborn Forefather, and Heng Sol confirmed his role but refused to discuss the Forefather's involvement.
• Heng Sol revealed that the Forefather captured on Earth was only an avatar and dismissed the deaths of thousands of Starborn pilots as insignificant while the Forefather remained.
• Li Yi judged that Heng Sol was telling the truth and suggested that Heng Sol's composure came from his own ability to create avatars.
• He Guangzhi speculated that Heng Sol, Heng Xiulong, and Heng Tulong might be the same person, then explained that Heng Sol could still be an important secondary body.
• Li Yi asked He Guangzhi to transmit the brainwave images he sensed from Heng Sol so Li Yi could try to decode them.

Li Yi decoded Heng Sol’s brainwaves and discovered that Heng Sol was a clone whose original body had been Wuzhibo, while the interrogation continued. Meanwhile, humanity turned the Alien Star Gate into a forward fortress, and Lin Jianlong worried that advancing into Alien territory would provoke a united counterattack.

• He Guangzhi transmitted Heng Sol’s brainwave data, and Li Yi began deciphering it while He Guangzhi asked questions.
• Li Yi concluded that Heng Sol was a clone and that Wuzhibo had been its original body, though Wuzhibo was likely already dead.
• He Guangzhi asked Li Yi to continue decoding Heng Sol’s relationship with the Starborn’s God of Genesis.
• Human engineers converted the area around the Alien Star Gate into a bridge fortress for humanity’s forces.
• Lin Jianlong voiced concern that humanity’s advance into Alien territory might draw a concentrated counterattack from every Alien race.

Lin Jianlong and Qin Longchuan discussed the risks surrounding humanity’s campaign against the Starborn and planned their next moves. They intended to use the coming months to strengthen their forces before advancing deeper into the Scorched Star Region.

• Lin Jianlong warned Qin Longchuan that the Feather Hunters’ Myriad Flora Conglomerate might be behind the leak of the Tian Shu Ruins and could be connected to the Revivers.
• Qin Longchuan asked whether Ember had replied about Zhang Shengfeng, and Lin Jianlong said she had not.
• Lin Jianlong and Qin Longchuan ended their pursuit after several hours of fighting in Starborn territory, having killed several Silver-rank enemies and one Golden-rank enemy.
• Lin Jianlong said he had marked the Starborn experts who controlled the Chronicle Ledger and planned to ambush them when they split up.
• Qin Longchuan and Lin Jianlong discussed how artificial suns enabled the Starborn to advance, then agreed to prepare their forces and gather intelligence before a major advance in three or four months.

During Heng Sol’s interrogation, Li Yi deciphered the Starborn’s history and motives, revealing the Ancestor of Myriad Transformations’ role in their rise and their conflict with the God of Genesis. The group then questioned how Li Yi had extracted so much information and whether he could locate Heng Sol’s hidden Chronicle Ledger.

• Heng Sol continued answering He Guangzhi’s questions evasively while Lu Yunsheng guarded him and advised Li Yi to work in intelligence rather than fight on the battlefield.
• Li Yi reported that the Starborn Forefather, known as the Ancestor of Myriad Transformations, had revived roughly six thousand years ago, used Heng Core Ore to create an artificial star, and helped the Starborn become a powerful Silver race.
• Li Yi explained that the God of Genesis had returned more than four thousand years ago and fought a prolonged conflict with the Ancestor of Myriad Transformations, who later disappeared for several thousand years.
• Li Yi said the Ancestor’s renewed support three or four hundred years ago had divided the Starborn’s older and younger Gold-rank factions.
• Zhao He asked how Li Yi had deciphered such deep information from brainwaves and whether he could find the Chronicle Ledger controlled by Heng Sol.

Li Yi and He Guangzhi discussed deciphering Heng Sol’s brainwaves as they searched for the Chronicle Sub-Ledger. After Li Yi tested Heng Sol with the Pluto Mech, he announced that he had figured out where the ledger was hidden.

• He Guangzhi explained that Li Yi could rapidly decipher Heng Sol’s complex brainwaves, while Lu Yunsheng considered keeping Li Yi away from the front lines.
• Li Yi said Heng Sol’s guilty brainwave reaction suggested the Chronicle Sub-Ledger was hidden near him, though He Guangzhi’s scans had found nothing.
• Li Yi controlled the Pluto Mech’s fist toward Heng Sol, stopping it just short of his forehead when Heng Sol refused to move.
• Zhao He praised Heng Sol’s composure, and Lu Yunsheng joked that Zhao might last only forty exchanges against him.
• Li Yi said he knew where the Chronicle Sub-Ledger was hidden.

Li Yi decrypted Heng Sol’s brainwaves and found the Chronicle Fragment concealed in the skin on his chest. Zhao He’s team attacked to seize it, but Heng Sol was trapped by their coordinated defenses and prepared to use his Thunder Sun Manifestation.

• He Guangzhi sent Li Yi Heng Sol’s latest brainwave data, and the others discussed the Starborn’s unusually complex brainwaves.
• Li Yi enhanced his mental capacity, decrypted Heng Sol’s brainwave chart, and identified the Chronicle Fragment hidden in his chest skin.
• Zhao He ordered the team to prepare defenses while the Fire Drake Mech struck at Heng Sol.
• Heng Sol dodged the Fire Drake Mech’s blow, but Lu Yunsheng’s Neptune Mech and Zhao He’s Pluto Mech trapped and froze him.
• Heng Sol recognized his disadvantage and activated his Thunder Sun Manifestation.

Heng Sol split his body into lightning arrows to escape the ice prison, but the mechs intercepted and resealed his flesh fragments. Li Yi located the Chronicle Fragment, which He Guangzhi extracted from a frozen piece of Heng Sol’s chest, and the group prepared to investigate it.

• Heng Sol scattered his body among lightning arrows, but Lu Yunsheng reinforced the frozen barrier while Li Yi used the Pluto Mech to intercept the arrows that escaped.
• The group searched for Heng Sol’s scattered flesh and the Chronicle Sub-Ledger, then buried the recovered fragments separately in marked ice pits.
• Li Yi traced the Chronicle Fragment to the thirty-second burial point and identified the chest fragment that contained it.
• He Guangzhi thawed the chest fragment, causing the palm-sized Chronicle Fragment to emerge, and Zhao He urged the group to see whether they could activate it.

Li Yi and the others tried activating the Chronicle Fragment with different forms of divinity, and Li Yi’s Spatial Divinity made it produce a massive rainbow bridge. When he added his Gravity Trait, the bridge expanded and violently distorted space around God-Suppressing Prison, leaving the group unsure what the fragment was capable of.

• He Guangzhi tried to activate the Chronicle Fragment with Thunder King Divinity, but it only turned the divinity into outward-flying electric arcs.
• Lu Yunsheng used Spatial Divinity to activate the fragment, forming a short spiraling rainbow bridge, but Zhao He said his power was insufficient.
• Li Yi used the Pluto Mech’s divinity, causing the fragment to emit stronger rainbow light and extend the bridge dozens of meters.
• At Zhao He’s suggestion, Li Yi applied his Gravity Trait, expanding the bridge to nearly seventy or eighty meters and triggering violent spatial tremors around God-Suppressing Prison.
• Lu Yunsheng asked Zhao He what the Chronicle Fragment was after the space-warping disturbance made the mechs lose their footing.

Zhao He explained that the Chronicle Fragment was a copy of the Chronicle Ledger, itself a record of the Chronicle of Ages, a divine artifact said to record all things across time and reverse space-time. Li Yi and the others learned that the rainbow-light spectra were too complex to decipher without a reference, leaving them with the activated fragment but no way yet to use it.

• Zhao He told Lu Yunsheng, Li Yi, and He Guangzhi how he and the other Federal Chiefs had found and deciphered an ancient document that revealed the Chronicle of Ages.
• Zhao He explained that the Chronicle of Ages was a First Era divine artifact that recorded events across time and could possibly reverse space-time.
• Li Yi connected the Chronicle of Ages to the item left by the Gourd Men, and Zhao He said the Chronicle Ledger and Chronicle Fragment were copies recording different portions of history.
• Zhao He said the rainbow-light spectra represented matter, events, causality, and living beings across time, but altering them might require peak demigod strength.
• Li Yi said he could not decipher the spectra without a reference codebook, and Zhao He insisted the Chronicle Fragment was still useful.

Li Yi received the Spiral Rainbow Bridge and learned that Zhao He intended to bring him into the Star Imperium Federation’s decision-making body. The chapter ended with Li Yi questioning why he had been chosen.

• Zhao He explained the Spiral Rainbow Bridge’s defensive and battle uses, then entrusted the Chronicle Fragment to Li Yi.
• Li Yi said he had finished deducing Heng Sol’s split bodies, and He Guangzhi took charge of investigating whether any had escaped.
• Zhao He said the Federation would soon return to the Temporal Ruins to decipher the fragment and began explaining its leadership and plans.
• Zhao He introduced the Federation’s Supreme Experts and announced that Li Yi would officially join the decision-making body.
• Li Yi pointed at himself and asked Zhao He why he had been chosen.

Zhao He offered Li Yi a place on humanity’s decision-making council and explained its benefits, including access to secrets, resources, and ruins. He also described how serving and developing civilization could strengthen a person’s soul, then left Li Yi asking what responsibilities council members must shoulder.

• Zhao He insisted that Li Yi deserved a seat on the decision-making council, and He Guangzhi agreed while Lu Yunsheng stayed silent.
• Zhao He explained that council membership granted broad access to humanity’s records, secure locations, resources, and ruin files.
• Zhao He said council members could organize teams to explore ruins, Alien territories, and underdeveloped planets.
• Zhao He told Li Yi that governing and protecting civilization could bless the soul and help its strength grow.
• Li Yi asked Zhao He what responsibilities came with joining the decision-making council.

After receiving Level Nine clearance, Li Yi learned about humanity’s long-term plans to develop elite mech pilots and build an independent biotechnology system. Zhao He distinguished these plans from the immediate task of conquering the Starborn and hinted that Chief Lin had devised an overall strategy.

• Zhao He explained Li Yi’s decision-making responsibilities, and Qin Longchuan, Lin Jianlong, and Duanmu approved his Level Nine clearance.
• He Guangzhi congratulated Li Yi, while Lu Yunsheng urged him to become strong enough to shoulder his new responsibilities.
• Zhao He outlined a century-long plan to train elite mech pilots, expand Divine Mech use, and increase the population with mech aptitude.
• Zhao He described a second long-term plan to advance biotechnology and build humanity’s own technological system.
• Li Yi asked about short-term objectives, and Zhao He said conquering the Starborn was an immediate task.
• He Guangzhi asked whether Chief Lin had already formulated the strategy for conquering the Starborn.

Zhao He outlined humanity’s next objectives and arranged an effort to find a way to free Zhang Shengfeng from the Starborn Forefather’s control. After leaving the meeting, Zhao He offered Li Yi a cultivation aid but instead began discussing marriage and a potential match.

• Li Yi said the Dreamscape Virtual Mother Machine might not safely reach Zhang Shengfeng, so He Guangzhi arranged to bring it in and gather experts to study the problem.
• Zhao He set a ten-year goal of exploring five major regions and five major ruins to seek a path to demigodhood and prepare humanity to face the Golden Race.
• Zhao He warned Li Yi that Ember’s situation was dangerous and that he needed greater combat strength to understand it.
• Zhao He took Li Yi from the meeting and then asked whether he had considered marrying and having children, offering to introduce him to someone.

Li Yi received a fragment of an SS-Class Gaia God Divinity Core from Zhao He, then returned home to explore new memory fragments in the Dreamscape Plains. The fragment transported him back into the memories of Dawn Walker Yi, where he wondered whether the memories could reveal divinity’s origins and whether his talent was connected to the Chronicle of Ages.

• Zhao He discussed the difficulty of having children with powerful Evolutionists and suggested that Li Yi consider Ning Feiyu as a match.
• Zhao He gave Li Yi a fragment of an SS-Class Gaia God Divinity Core, which stirred the divine genes within him.
• Li Yi returned to his residence after the interrogation and planned to study the Dreamscape Plains’ memory fragments before meeting Chen Qiong Zhi.
• Li Yi entered the Dreamscape Plains, noticed changes to its terrain, and absorbed a pale, goose-egg-sized memory fragment.
• The fragment brought Li Yi back into the memories of Dawn Walker Yi in a bright classroom, prompting him to wonder whether the memories could uncover divinity’s origins and connect his talent to the Chronicle of Ages.

Li Yi drew out memories of Dawn Walker Yi, witnessing his recognition alongside Katuya, their decision to marry, and the destruction of his Planet-Level mech by The Gods. As Yi fled through spacetime, Li Yi studied his use of divinity and gained new insights into spatial abilities.

• Li Yi watched Yi and Katuya receive the chance to visit the holy land, where their achievements were praised.
• Katuya proposed that she and Yi marry before leaving for the holy land, and Yi accepted as they embraced.
• Li Yi saw Yi floating before the fragments of his destroyed Planet-Level mech after The Gods attacked.
• Yi activated his divinity and escaped through space, using an effect similar to warp.
• Li Yi entered Ego Focus and studied Yi's manipulation of divinity and spacetime, gaining insight into new applications of his Spatial Divinity.

Li Yi absorbed A-Yi’s ancient memories, which revealed details about the early Second Era and the Armor-clad People’s struggle against Divinity Beings. After sleeping through an appointment, he discovered that his brainpower had greatly improved and met Chen Qiong Zhi to show her what he had comprehended.

• Li Yi studied A-Yi’s memories, learning about Second Era customs, Divinity Techniques, and the Armor-clad People’s understanding of the surviving Divinity Beings.
• Li Yi continued absorbing scattered memory fragments until he became exhausted and slept for a day and night.
• Li Yi woke to Chen Qiong Zhi’s calls and found that his brainpower had increased, improving his mental calculations and other abilities.
• Li Yi apologized to Chen Qiong Zhi and told her he had made a breakthrough unrelated to his Divinity Gene.
• Li Yi met Chen Qiong Zhi at the training ground and warned that his new comprehension might damage her clothes, prompting her to go change.

Li Yi demonstrated a Spatial Divinity-enhanced Tiger Strike Style that impressed Chen Qiong Zhi, who then began teaching him the Art of Manifestation. His first attempt to explore his subconscious lasted over half an hour but yielded no progress, and Chen Qiong Zhi asked what he had gained.

• Chen Qiong Zhi changed into her training uniform and prepared to teach Li Yi.
• Li Yi demonstrated a massive intent tiger strengthened by Spatial Divinity, which tore through space and overwhelmed Chen Qiong Zhi.
• Chen Qiong Zhi decided to teach Li Yi the Art of Manifestation instead of challenging his new technique.
• Li Yi struggled to find order in his vast subconscious and worried that staying there too long could make him lose himself.
• After more than half an hour, Li Yi returned to consciousness, and Chen Qiong Zhi asked why he seemed to have gained nothing.