Chapter Summaries

Stábile showed Sun Fei and the others scrolls depicting the Defilers nearly destroying the God and Demon Clans before the clans' leaders used the Creation Sacred Artifact Set to defeat them. The images ended with the leaders vanishing into fragments after warning humanity not to repeat their mistakes.

• Stábile activated a Light-Reversal Scroll that showed the Defilers overwhelming the gods and Demon Gods with endless numbers and evolving strength.
• Sun Fei and Maradona confirmed the scroll was authentic, and Sun Fei asked how the God and Demon Clans had ultimately defeated the Defilers.
• Stábile explained that the God and Demon Clan leaders set aside their grudges and awakened the Creation Sacred Artifact Set by burning their source power.
• A second scroll showed the leaders using the artifact's power to wipe out the Defilers across the continent.
• The leaders sent several streaks of light away, warned humanity not to repeat their mistakes, and then broke apart into fragments.

Stábile revealed that the God Clan and Demon Clan had destroyed the Defilers at the cost of their own lives, easing Sun Fei’s fear of a world-ending threat. Stábile then called for the Human Clan to unite under one authority and named Sun Fei as the only person capable of bringing the Church and Northern Region Empire together.

• Stábile explained that the God Clan and Demon Clan had sacrificed themselves and the blood essence of more than twenty Supreme Main God-level beings to defeat the Defilers.
• Sun Fei felt relieved that the Defilers had been wiped out a thousand years earlier and reconsidered the purpose of the Northern Region Empire’s expansion.
• Stábile said he had convened the meeting to reveal the past and encourage the Human Clan to unite against possible future invaders.
• Stábile declared that the continent needed a single center of power rather than an uneasy balance between the Church and the Northern Region Empire.
• Sun Fei asked whether Stábile had a plan for unification, and Stábile answered that Sun Fei was the only person qualified to achieve it.

Stábile proposed that Sun Fei become pope and unite the Holy Church with the Northern Region Empire, explaining that his remaining life was too short to lead the continent himself. Sun Fei accepted the plan, and after the meeting ended, Stábile and Maradona went to Sicily Island while Sun Fei returned to the Northern Region.

• Stábile told Sun Fei that his divine attributes, strength, and position as emperor made him the strongest candidate for the papal throne.
• Stábile said he had only half a year to live and offered to prepare the Church for Sun Fei’s leadership and help remove the remnants of Blatter and Platini’s factions.
• Sun Fei trusted Stábile’s intentions and agreed to prepare to become pope so the Church and empire could unite.
• The outcome of the meeting spread across the continent, worrying the pro-Platini and pro-Blatter factions and independent empires while pleasing Sun Fei’s supporters.
• Stábile and Maradona went to the Church headquarters on Sicily Island, Sun Fei returned to the Northern Region, and war temporarily disappeared across the continent.

After mastering the spatial laws, Sun Fei detected the urgent call that had haunted him and traveled through the void to Earth, his long-lost home. He sensed powerful, violent energy surrounding the Solar System and descended toward the planet to discover what had happened.

• Sun Fei spent nearly a month traveling in disguise with his two wives, then returned to Sky City and reinforced the seals on the light eggs beneath Anzhi City.
• He moved the time-differential arsenals to Sky City and joined Auntie Akara and Uncle Cain in the Madman's Magic Laboratory to study spatial magic.
• After three days of research, Sun Fei mastered the Barrier laws and finally identified the source of the call as Zhong Dajun, the former pope of the Orc Clan.
• Sun Fei tore through the spatial barrier and reached the Solar System, where he saw Earth and sensed powerful energy filled with violence and slaughter.
• Sun Fei scanned Earth with his spiritual power and plunged toward the planet.

Sun Fei arrived in a ruined Beijing and discovered that Defilers had devastated the city. After destroying a swarm of insects, he approached a group of survivors on Times Tower and appeared behind them.

• Sun Fei found Beijing covered in corpses and ruins and concluded that the disaster had begun more than ten days earlier.
• A swarm of Defilers attacked Sun Fei, who reduced every exposed insect to ash with a small release of power.
• Wang Jian and the other survivors watched from Times Tower as Sun Fei annihilated thousands of insects.
• Sun Fei noticed the survivors and appeared behind them, leaving Wang Jian and his companions stunned and asking who he was.

After returning to Earth, Sun Fei learned from Jian Jie that alien bugs had devastated human civilization. He led a group of survivors through a building, killed attacking bugs with ease, and continued searching for other survivors and Zhong Dajun.

• Sun Fei met Jian Jie, Wang Jian, and their companions, who explained how wormholes had brought bugs to Earth and triggered the collapse of civilization.
• Sun Fei decided to lead the survivors to a city base and gather others while searching for Zhong Dajun.
• Wang Jian and the others followed Sun Fei downstairs, afraid that bugs would find them.
• A giant bug charged from the stairs, but Sun Fei caught it and examined its abilities.
• When more bugs charged through a nearby area, Sun Fei used a broken bone spike to pierce a concrete wall and kill several of them.

Sun Fei led Wang Jian, Jian Jie, and the other survivors down from the damaged building, then protected them from an approaching swarm of insects while changing into a tracksuit. He decided to gather Beijing City's survivors and revealed a thousand identical clones, leaving the group stunned.

• Sun Fei led the survivors down the building's stairs, killed insects along the way, and flew them out through a broken window when their progress proved too slow.
• Sun Fei protected the group inside a ring of golden light and went into a Li-Ning store to change clothes while the barrier destroyed the attacking insects.
• Sun Fei returned in a tracksuit and led the survivors onward, saying he planned to gather all the survivors in Beijing City.
• Sun Fei produced a thousand identical clones, astonishing Wang Jian, Jian Jie, and the others.

Sun Fei revealed his overwhelming power, began rescuing Beijing’s survivors and clearing out the Defilers, then took Jian Jie and Wang Jian underground to investigate a suspected insect command center. As they explored the tunnels, Sun Fei worried that the Defilers’ presence on Earth meant he had misunderstood the ancient war’s outcome, and a rumbling sound came from ahead.

• Sun Fei dismissed his thousands of clones, surveyed ruined Beijing, and planned for them to rescue survivors and kill the Defilers.
• Sun Fei left a protective restriction around the survivors and brought Jian Jie and Wang Jian with him as guides.
• Sun Fei’s clones slaughtered Defilers across Beijing, and the insects retreated underground as survivors watched.
• Sun Fei detected strong mental fluctuations underground and led Jian Jie and Wang Jian into a tunnel he believed held the insects’ command center.
• Sun Fei considered whether Stábile had lied or misunderstood the War of Gods and Demons, and resolved to find Ernst-Zhong Dajun for answers.
• A rumbling, trembling sound came from deeper in the tunnel.

Sun Fei led Jian Jie and Wang Jian through the catacombs, defeating swarms of insects and tracking their commander by its spiritual-power signals. He found the commander, a highly intelligent flesh-covered creature with power beyond anything on Earth, and left its threat unresolved.

• Sun Fei shielded Jian Jie and Wang Jian from falling debris and vaporized tens of thousands of insects that swarmed them.
• Sun Fei caught an invisible monkey-like insect, studied its abilities, and destroyed it along with hundreds of identical creatures.
• Sun Fei detected the insect commander’s spiritual-power signals, copied 108 spectra, and drew out successive groups of increasingly powerful insects.
• Sun Fei reached a cavern more than six hundred meters underground and found the commander retreating as low-level insects attacked to protect it.
• Sun Fei judged the commander to be at least Moon Class Great Perfection with spiritual power at the Great Sun-Class Venerable Stage, beyond the ability of anyone on Earth to counter.

Sun Fei captured an insect commander and its strange mind-controlling energy, then returned to the city and organized the survivors to rebuild. He empowered trusted people to lead while taking Wang Jian, Jian Jie, and several officials away with him.

• Sun Fei removed the insect commander's mind-controlling energy from Wang Jian, sealed it for study, and copied the creature's mental attack.
• Sun Fei captured the insect commander in a sealing scroll and brought Wang Jian and Jian Jie back to the city square.
• The rescued survivors hailed Sun Fei as an immortal, while Mayor Zhang and other officials approached him.
• Sun Fei gave power to people he considered trustworthy and assigned them temporary leadership of the survivors.
• Sun Fei announced that the city was protected from further insect attacks and took Wang Jian, Jian Jie, and the officials into the sky with him.

Sun Fei assessed the growing insect threat and arrived at China's largest surviving base city as its defenses faced a massive assault. When flying insects destroyed the human air force and the young officer prepared to die, he suddenly froze in disbelief and joy.

• Sun Fei concluded that Earth's insects were evolving and might be only a fraction of the Defilers threatening many worlds.
• Sun Fei, Wang Jian, Jian Jie, and the self-proclaimed leaders arrived above a fortified city in northwestern China, where millions faced an insect siege.
• A young officer named Lao Liu directed his regiment's defense as increasingly powerful insects attacked the city's walls.
• Flying insects destroyed dozens of attack helicopters and swarmed toward the city, stripping humanity of its air advantage.
• The young officer prepared to shoot himself rather than watch his family die, but he froze in disbelief and joy as he faced the insects.

Sun Fei arrived at the Beijing base city after destroying the attacking dragonfly monsters and was cautiously received by the military. General Liu and the surviving leaders reviewed Wang Jian’s testimony and satellite footage as they assessed Sun Fei’s identity and abilities.

• Sun Fei stopped the dragonfly monsters, landed on the city wall, and persuaded the soldiers that he meant no harm.
• Sun Fei sealed the remaining giant dragonfly monsters in a scroll and was escorted to the military building as an honored guest.
• Wang Jian told General Liu that Sun Fei had entered the insect nest beneath Beijing City and killed millions of bugs, including an Insect Race commander.
• General Liu reported that examinations found no evidence that Wang Jian, Jian Jie, or the deputy mayor had been hypnotized or controlled.
• The surviving national leaders reviewed Sun Fei on a surveillance screen and prepared to examine military satellite footage.

Military leaders confirmed that Sun Fei had reclaimed Beijing and witnessed him open a rift to summon his Azeroth subordinates. After hearing that unrest had delayed the empire-Church merger, Sun Fei sent Hazard back to the continent and showed Cain and the nun captured [Defilers].

• Old General Liu and the conference-room officials verified by satellite that Beijing was free of insects and protected by an energy field.
• The officials watched Sun Fei tear open space and summon Brook, Torres, Cain, the nun, and powerful Orc priests.
• Brook reported that remnants of Blatter's forces had slowed the empire-Church merger and that the Church had asked to preach in the Northern Region.
• Sun Fei realized time was short, gave Hazard instructions, and sent him back to the Azeroth Continent.
• Sun Fei handed Cain and the nun scrolls containing sealed [Defilers] and insect commanders, shocking the assembled group.

Sun Fei met Old General Liu Yun and the Chinese officials, who witnessed his warriors’ power and realized they needed to change their approach. Sun Fei healed Liu Yun, promised to help defeat the Insect Race, and the two sides agreed to cooperate as they prepared to act quickly.

• Old General Liu and the officials watched footage of Sun Fei’s extraordinary warriors and decided to reconsider how they approached him.
• Torres threatened Liu Yun and the officials for failing to kneel, but Sun Fei stopped him and apologized before shaking Liu Yun’s hand.
• Sun Fei healed Liu Yun’s old injuries, convincing the general that Sun Fei’s allies could help save the country.
• Sun Fei promised to send his people to fight the Insect Race and asked the officials for guides and logistical support.
• Liu Yun agreed to help, and Ding Hao urged them to begin the attack immediately.

Sun Fei coordinated with China's military to launch a counteroffensive against the Insect Race, while broadcasts of the otherworldly warriors' victories restored hope in the base city. He brought Azeroth officials and Madman's Laboratory researchers to Earth to build a lasting partnership and explore combining magic with science.

• Sun Fei had Orc Clan priests use the Spirit Communication War Song to let the visitors and Earth's forces understand one another, then organized combat teams to attack insect-infested areas and major base cities.
• China's military broadcast footage of the warriors destroying insects, raising morale among the city's desperate survivors.
• Liu Yun and other Chinese officials began considering how China could shape the post-disaster world, and Sun Fei accepted their plans without objection.
• Sun Fei summoned Azeroth staff officers to meet government officials and explain the Northern Region Empire and his position there.
• Sun Fei brought Old Man Cain, the middle-aged nun, and their disciples to Earth to work with scientists on combining magic and science.

Sun Fei studied Earth’s classified records of the Insect Race’s arrival and realized the Defilers might be treating both Earth and Azeroth as pastures. He began searching for Zhong Dajun and learned that the military had once investigated him in connection with supernatural incidents.

• Sun Fei reviewed satellite footage showing enormous living, warship-like insects arriving through a portal, releasing swarms, and then departing.
• Sun Fei recalled Zhong Dajun’s warning that the Defilers were interstellar predators and decided to find him on Earth.
• Old General Liu Yun thanked Sun Fei for his warriors’ success in clearing insects from major cities, and Sun Fei asked whether anyone with supernatural abilities had appeared before them.
• Sun Fei showed Liu Yun a portrait of Zhong Dajun, and Liu Yun’s aide recognized him after Sun Fei changed the image to show Zhong in modern clothes.
• The aide said Zhong had been mentioned in a military file about supernatural incidents in China a year earlier, and Sun Fei asked what had happened to him afterward.

Sun Fei learned that Zhong Dajun had traveled to the United States shortly before the Insect Race disaster and discovered signs of a powerful American defense. He took a Chinese liaison team to the United States, where he immediately destroyed the bugs below them.

• Sun Fei read military records identifying Ernst as Zhong Dajun and learned he had gone to the United States half a month before the disaster.
• Sun Fei heard that the United States had developed an unusual but limited means of fighting the Insect Race and decided to visit with Old General Liu Yun.
• Liu Yun assembled a fifty-person team, including Wang Jian and Jian Jie, to accompany Sun Fei.
• Sun Fei used his power to transport the team to the United States in an instant.
• Sun Fei wiped out every bug within sight, astonishing Liu Yun and the rest of the team.

Sun Fei brought General Liu Yun and the Chinese special forces to Las Vegas, where he sought to investigate a strange energy surrounding the city and possibly find Zhong Dajun. After the Americans searched and detained the group’s weapons, Sun Fei remained invisible as they were escorted toward the city center.

• Sun Fei and the others identified Las Vegas as their destination after detecting unusual energy around it.
• Liu Yun contacted the US government, and Sun Fei agreed to land outside the city before transporting the group there instantly.
• Sun Fei used copied bug-commander signals to make nearby bugs avoid the group as they approached Las Vegas.
• American forces cleared the bugs, raised the group over the city wall, and demanded that they surrender their weapons.
• Sun Fei allowed Liu Yun and the others to cooperate with the Americans’ inspection while remaining invisible, and the Americans escorted them toward the city center without their equipment.

General Liu Yun met with American leaders in their underground command base after passing a gas test designed to reveal insect mental control. As Liu Yun began talks with Vice President Dulankelin, Sun Fei discovered the Americans had made surprising progress studying live high-level bugs.

• American officials questioned Liu Yun and his party, then allowed only Liu Yun and four attendants into the underground command base.
• The Americans sealed Liu Yun and his companions in a glass chamber and filled it with white gas to eliminate any insect mental control.
• Sun Fei captured a sample of the gas, confirmed it harmed insect mental power, and collected it for Chinese researchers to study.
• After the test, Liu Yun met Vice President Dulankelin and expressed interest in America's defensive shields and supernatural weapons.
• Sun Fei saw American researchers experimenting on captured bugs, including high-level bugs, and discovered something that shocked him.

Sun Fei discovered that white gas suppressed spiritual power as Liu Yun persuaded the Americans to exchange their technology by demonstrating teleportation and revealing that China had cleared out the insects. The Americans showed Liu Yun the source of their defenses: the sleeping Zhong Dajun, the former Orc Clan pope Ernst, whom Sun Fei had been searching for.

• Sun Fei discovered that his spiritual power was suppressed inside the building and suspected the white gas or technology was responsible.
• Liu Yun demonstrated teleportation to the Americans and pressed them to exchange their weapons and shields for Chinese transmission technology.
• Liu Yun revealed that China had eliminated the insects, and satellite images convinced the Americans to cooperate.
• Vice President Franklin explained that white gas came from a newly discovered ore and that a young man had provided Las Vegas's protective membrane.
• Franklin led Liu Yun and the others to a secured room, where they found Zhong Dajun, the former Orc Clan pope Ernst, asleep.