Chapter Summaries

Lin Yu arrived in Heka World No. 18 and met his assigned guide, Trelle, while marveling at the higher-level world's technology and spiritual Qi. When Trelle saw him pull an apparent butterfly from his clothes, Lin Yu realized the universe had altered how she perceived the ninth-level “octopus tentacle” to repair a loophole in its laws.

• Lin Yu left his spaceship's empty shell on the landing pad and stored its important contents in his wristwatch before stepping onto Heka World.
• Trelle introduced herself as Lin Yu's personal guide and offered to help him during his stay.
• An “octopus tentacle” wriggled beneath Lin Yu's clothes, so he grabbed it and smacked it when it kept moving.
• Lin Yu realized Trelle saw the tentacle as a butterfly because the universe had repaired her perception of the powerful creature.

Lin Yu learned that Treichel’s travel services in Heka World cost money, so he asked the Hongmeng System for a valuable resource to pay with. Treichel confirmed that his small piece of metallic ore was worth enough to buy a small spaceship and asked how much Heka World currency he wanted in exchange.

• Treichel offered Lin Yu a basic package with a navigation yacht or a supreme package with her travel services.
• Lin Yu realized he needed Heka World currency and asked the Hongmeng System how to obtain it.
• The Hongmeng System retrieved a rare resource from the Origin Artifact World, and Lin Yu used his wristwatch to produce a piece of metallic ore.
• Treichel mistook Lin Yu’s wristwatch for advanced stable storage technology and reassessed him as a wealthy visitor.
• Treichel measured the ore, said it was worth enough to buy a small spaceship, and asked how much currency Lin Yu wanted to exchange for it.

Lin Yu exchanged a piece of metallic mineral from a higher-level world for Heka World currency and received a storage card containing one billion points. After Treichel explained the card and auction privileges, she appeared to be preparing to ask him something.

• Treichel appraised Lin Yu's metallic mineral and learned it came from a higher-level world.
• Lin Yu told Treichel to exchange all of the mineral, and she left to seek authorization for the large transaction.
• Treichel returned with a storage card containing one billion currency points and said the remaining value would be added after the company appraised the mineral.
• Treichel explained Heka World's auction privileges and card payment rules, while Lin Yu listened with little interest.
• Treichel bit her lip and began to speak after Lin Yu asked whether she had something to say.

Lin Yu declined Treichel’s premium travel service and chose an expensive flying shuttle to cross the vast landing pad. After the shuttle lurched dangerously, he had the Hongmeng System take control and asked what had gone wrong.

• Lin Yu refused Treichel’s offer of premium service, accepted her personal contact number, and left the landing pad.
• Lin Yu rejected the crowded, low-cost bus and paid two hundred points to use a shared flying shuttle.
• Lin Yu chose a flight altitude and boarded the shuttle, which began rocking as it flew.
• Lin Yu summoned the Hongmeng System to take over the shuttle’s intelligent system and asked what had happened.

Lin Yu took the shuttle on a tour of the Heka World and discovered a biological spaceship that had come from a higher-level civilization. The Hongmeng System explained the vessel’s capabilities and limitations, leaving Lin Yu to consider how much power and technology shaped the Xuanhuan Universe.

• Lin Yu approved expanding the shuttle’s flight area to cover the entire Heka World and chose a high route over a vast tourist landing pad.
• Lin Yu spotted an enormous, armored creature and asked the Hongmeng System to zoom in, learning that it was a biological spaceship from a civilization above the Heka World.
• The Hongmeng System explained that biological spaceships could travel through small wormholes and make long-distance spatial jumps, but sustained wormhole travel required Main God-level technology.
• Lin Yu concluded that the biological spaceship gave the Heka World a strategic advantage and reflected on how strength took many forms in the Xuanhuan Universe.
• The Hongmeng System set off fireworks in Lin Yu’s Sea of Consciousness, and Lin Yu decided not to risk upsetting it while they were in unfamiliar territory.

Lin Yu explored Heka World's entertainment facilities and found its high-tech amusements fun but expensive. After merchants mistook him for a wealthy outsider and crowded around him, he slipped away and headed to an upscale restaurant to eat.

• Lin Yu toured Heka World and tried immersive games and other entertainment facilities.
• The Hongmeng System explained how Lin Yu could use shared cars, including by connecting to the network with his spiritual power.
• Heka World merchants crowded around Lin Yu to sell him more entertainment after seeing how much he had spent.
• Lin Yu refused the merchants and left when he said it was time to eat.
• Lin Yu reflected on spending nearly ten thousand points and entered an upscale restaurant.

Lin Yu rested in a retro luxury hotel in the Heka World and learned that intelligent life had emerged on the Star of Vastness. After speeding up the world's time to watch its development, he returned it to normal speed.

• Lin Yu checked into a luxury hotel, refused an offer to become a supreme customer, and explored its retro furnishings and housekeeping robot.
• Lin Yu connected the Hongmeng System to the room and discovered that the missing "octopus tentacle" could still appear whenever he called it.
• The Hongmeng System told Lin Yu that intelligent life had formed communities on the Star of Vastness and developed rudimentary languages.
• Lin Yu entered the Star of Vastness through his wristwatch and accelerated time to observe the intelligent beings' development.
• After more than an hour of watching, Lin Yu stopped accelerating time and restored the Star of Vastness to normal speed.

After a large tribe destroyed his home and slaughtered his people, the sole survivor prayed for strength to the Embodiment of Nature and Great Power. A towering figure appeared before him, but its displeasure at his hesitant response left his fate uncertain.

• A surviving tribesman watched a large tribe destroy his home and kill his people, then grieved over being too afraid to fight.
• The man wondered where he could go and prayed to the Embodiment of Nature and Great Power for strength as his tribe's last remaining believer.
• The ground trembled, the sunset disappeared beneath white light, and a towering figure carrying a golden shield and silvery-white sword appeared.
• The figure asked whether the man had summoned it, and the man realized that the Embodiment of Nature and Great Power truly existed.
• The figure warned the man that there was a price for making sport of it.

After his tribe was slaughtered, Hu Lun'er begged the embodiment of nature and might for the strength to avenge them. The embodiment granted him a powerful, nearly indestructible body in exchange for a promise to be watched over throughout his life.

• Hu Lun'er introduced himself and explained that raiders from large tribes had killed his family, friends, and fellow tribespeople.
• Hu Lun'er begged the embodiment of nature and might to help him take revenge, offering his life in return.
• The embodiment told Hu Lun'er to carry out the revenge himself and offered him power in exchange for a condition: he would be watched over, and his power would be taken back if he broke his promise.
• Hu Lun'er asked for the strongest physique and greatest strength in the world.
• The embodiment touched Hu Lun'er's forehead with his silver sword and transformed his body, causing him immense pain as his bones broke and reformed.
• Hu Lun'er awoke with bulging muscles, resilient skin, and great speed and strength, then thanked the embodiment.

Hu Lun'er became the apostle of the Embodiment of Nature and Great Power, who was actually Lin Yu, and vowed to spread his faith. Lin Yu planned to use Hu Lun'er to establish his influence, while the Beacon Smoke Tribe's great shaman had lost prestige after the tribe won battles without his blessings.

• The Embodiment of Nature and Great Power named Hu Lun'er his apostle and demanded that he spread his name among mortals.
• Hu Lun'er pledged to spread the god's glory and wondered why he had been chosen.
• Lin Yu revealed that he had selected Hu Lun'er to demonstrate his power and help spread his influence across the land.
• The Beacon Smoke Tribe's chief was more revered than its elderly great shaman, whose authority had declined.
• The tribe's people began doubting the great shaman after they won battles without receiving his blessing.

The tribal grand shaman witnessed the Embodiment of Nature and Great Power appear in smoke and asked him to protect the Beacon Smoke Tribe. The deity offered to grant one ability in exchange for eternal allegiance, and the tribal grand shaman requested the power to communicate with animals.

• The tribal grand shaman prayed for the Embodiment of Nature and Great Power to protect the Beacon Smoke Tribe.
• Smoke rose from the brazier and formed the figure of a mighty warrior, who spoke to the tribal grand shaman.
• The tribal grand shaman rejoiced at the deity’s appearance and pleaded for the Beacon Smoke Tribe’s protection.
• The deity said devout prayers would bring protection and offered to grant one wish in exchange for eternal allegiance.
• The tribal grand shaman accepted and asked for the power to communicate with animals.

The Embodiment of Nature and Great Power granted the tribe's great shaman the ability to communicate with intelligent animals and ordered him to spread the faith. Lin Yu then turned his attention to a famed wise man whose birth was marked by lightning striking a tree and setting it ablaze.

• The tribe's great shaman asked for the ability to communicate with animals, and the Embodiment of Nature and Great Power granted it while explaining that he could communicate only with creatures capable of thought.
• The great shaman experienced animal voices, including cows, deer, a bird, a wildcat-like creature, and a mouse, and realized he could understand them.
• The Embodiment of Nature and Great Power ordered the great shaman to become his loyal believer and spread his faith, and the shaman eagerly agreed.
• After the Embodiment of Nature and Great Power vanished, the great shaman resumed praying and anticipated that the Beacon Smoke Tribe would soon change.
• Lin Yu shifted his attention to his third chosen lucky one, a renowned wise man who had reportedly spoken from birth and whose arrival coincided with lightning setting a towering tree ablaze.

The sage became renowned among several tribes for bringing them fire, teaching them to grow plants from seeds, and recording which plants were edible or poisonous. As he wondered aloud about the truth of the world, Lin Yu intervened, and a crowned goddess descended from the sky before him.

• The sage taught his tribe and others to preserve fire, grow plants from seeds, and classify plants by whether they were edible or poisonous.
• Several tribes respected the sage, and even powerful neighboring leaders honored his tribe and sent him gifts.
• The sage spoke to the stars about his loneliness and his desire to understand the truth hidden beneath the world.
• Lin Yu observed that the sage's ideas surpassed his era and prepared to intervene in his life.
• A thunderbolt struck without bringing rain, and a crowned goddess descended from the sky and approached the sage.

The wise man encountered the breathtaking goddess, the Embodiment of Nature and Great Power, and asked her to explain the world and its rules. She told him that deeper truths required an exchange and offered to teach him if he praised her power and spread her name throughout the world.

• The wise man recognized the goddess as an existence above himself and knelt before her, eager to speak with her.
• The goddess described herself as the Embodiment of Nature and Great Power, and the wise man asked what the world and its rules were.
• The goddess explained that the world extended beyond what he could see and that its rules governed how all things operated.
• The wise man guessed that the stars might be distant worlds, and the goddess said his guess was close to the truth but beyond his full understanding.
• The wise man begged to learn the world's complete truth, but the goddess demanded something of equal value in exchange.
• The goddess told the wise man to praise her power and spread her name throughout the world in return for what he desired.

The sage refused to ask for power and instead demanded answers about the world, the stars, and his race, offering his loyalty in return. Lin Yu was caught off guard, but the goddess promised to answer once the sage made the whole world remember her name.

• The sage pledged lifelong loyalty to the goddess and asked her to answer three questions instead of granting him power.
• The sage asked how the world was made, what beings lived among the stars, and why his race existed.
• Lin Yu worried that the sage's questions would not help spread his teachings and marveled at how unusual his creation had become.
• The goddess warned that the sage needed supernatural power to spread her name and refused his request for two wishes.
• The sage admitted he desperately wanted the answers and was willing to die to learn them.
• The goddess said each person could receive only one wish for an ability, but promised to answer the sage's questions after he made the whole world remember her name.

Lin Yu granted the wise man a form of knowledge after he struggled to explain what ability he wanted. The knowledge entered his mind all at once, leaving him convulsing on the ground.

• The wise man hesitated to name an ability and privately wished he could become a god to uncover the world's ultimate answers.
• Lin Yu read the wise man's thoughts and grew angry at his audacious wish.
• Under the goddess's pressure, the wise man asked for the ability to use objects, giving the example of making a torch to drive away beasts and provide light.
• Lin Yu had the Hongmeng System create an introductory book containing knowledge suited to the wise man's limited understanding.
• The goddess sent the parchment into the wise man's mind, and he fell to the ground, convulsing as the knowledge overwhelmed him.

Lin Yu gave the wise man extensive knowledge and gained three faint wisps of Power of Faith from the people he had chosen. He reflected on how little faith his primitive world provided and considered replacing Hu Lun'er if he remained an unreliable believer.

• The goddess placed knowledge in the wise man's Sea of Consciousness and warned him to absorb it gradually.
• The wise man asked Lin Yu to answer his three questions when he died, and Lin Yu promised to watch his words and deeds.
• Lin Yu sensed three wisps of Power of Faith and a faint connection to the land.
• Lin Yu determined that the tribal grand shaman gained the most faith because his apparent divine power had strengthened his standing among the Beacon Smoke Tribe.
• Lin Yu saw that Hu Lun'er felt awe more than faith and considered finding a better candidate if Hu Lun'er did not improve.

Lin Yu accelerated time on Desolate Star after preaching, then learned that his power had mutated part of the Fantasy Weapon and locked it into the Divine Power Conversion Device. He asked the Hongmeng System to calculate how much of the weapon was affected.

• Lin Yu set the Universe Sandbox to run at one year on Desolate Star per day in the normal world.
• The Hongmeng System told Lin Yu that a mutation had cost it operational permissions over part of the Fantasy Weapon.
• Lin Yu tested the Fantasy Weapon and found that he could still create objects, but could no longer draw on the energy fixed in the Divine Power Conversion Device.
• The Hongmeng System explained that Lin Yu's immense power had altered part of the Fantasy Weapon, preventing that energy from changing form.
• Lin Yu asked the Hongmeng System to calculate the extent of the damage and what proportion of the Fantasy Weapon it affected.

Lin Yu learned that most of the Fantasy Attributes were locked into the Divine Power Conversion Device and the Universe Sandbox, leaving only limited power available to protect him in the Xuanhuan Universe. After arranging for the Hongmeng System to monitor threats, he slept and then returned to the Star of Vastness, where a year had passed and major changes had taken place.

• Lin Yu asked the Hongmeng System how much of the Fantasy Attributes remained usable and learned that forcing the remaining power could damage the Origin Artifact Universe.
• The Hongmeng System explained that it could draw on peripheral power to protect Lin Yu from danger, though doing so would affect the Origin Artifact World.
• Lin Yu ordered the Hongmeng System to stay active, monitor nearby dangers, and intervene if threats became severe.
• Lin Yu slept to recover his mental strength, then woke and asked the Hongmeng System about the Universe Sandbox.
• Lin Yu entered the Star of Vastness and found that a year had passed there, bringing earth-shaking changes.

Hu Lun'er used the physique Lin Yu gave him to avenge his tribe and unite dozens of tribes, but the Beacon Smoke Tribe's vicious beasts routed his forces. Lin Yu watched the wise man abandon his promise to the goddess of wisdom and rename himself Smart, deciding that he was even more good-for-nothing than Hu Lun'er.

• Hu Lun'er killed the beast that had threatened his tribe, then slaughtered the tribe that had killed his people and recovered from his wounds overnight.
• Hu Lun'er conquered dozens of tribes and spread word of a god, bringing Lin Yu more believers as he expanded his territory.
• The Beacon Smoke Tribe opened its gates and unleashed vicious beasts that defeated Hu Lun'er and injured his warriors.
• The wise man joined Hu Lun'er's united tribe without mentioning the goddess of wisdom, accepted the God of War, and renamed himself Smart.
• Lin Yu observed the events and concluded that the wise man was more good-for-nothing than Hu Lun'er.