Recaps

Ayinai (humanity) fought with Nous after it photographed her and stored the image. Meanwhile, Xiahou Chan led the Alliance Army to confront Dong Tian at the Garden of Existence headquarters, where Dong Tian demanded Elder Ge’s surrender.

• Ayinai (humanity) accused Nous of misjudging her feelings for a young man, and Nous photographed her flushed face and uploaded the image to its database.
• Ayinai (humanity) smashed Nous with her scepter until the mechanical sphere was destroyed, while Nous complained that her attack was unsporting.
• Xiahou Chan ordered the Alliance Army to advance on the Garden of Existence headquarters, and Wanmeng divined that their quiet journey held no danger.
• Xiahou Chan halted the fleet when it reached the golden-lit Garden Army, and Dong Tian appeared by projection in the Alliance Army’s council chamber.
• Elder Ge denounced Dong Tian for toppling the goddess’s statue, purging dissenters, and conducting illegal experiments, and Dong Tian demanded that Elder Ge and his Guard Corps submit or be destroyed.

Dong Tian and Xiahou Chan prepared for battle as the Alliance Army attacked the Garden of Existence. Wanmeng led a force toward the Garden’s planet, where she ordered the ships to approach a different landing area under stealth.

• Dong Tian told Xiahou Chan he would kill him to prove he deserved to be the Emanator of Existence.
• Dong Tian’s aide reported that the Garden’s legions and supplies were ready, and Dong Tian chose to let the Alliance land for a head-on battle.
• The Alliance and Garden fleets began exchanging fire, and Xiahou Chan ordered Wanmeng, Amo, and Qi Tianque to take troops to the planet and cut off the Garden’s ground support.
• Wanmeng and Amo diverted a million soldiers, while Amo urged Elder Ge to rebuild the Garden if it could not be changed.
• Four Alliance frigates escorted the transports past the Garden’s interceptors, and Wanmeng ordered the ships to use stealth and circle away from the open landing area.

Amo and the Guard Corps attacked the Garden Army’s Heavy Armor Corps to open a path for the Alliance Army. With Qi Tianque’s music restoring Amo, he continued fighting through the armored soldiers as the larger battle surged forward.

• The frigates’ bombardment threw the Garden Army’s flank into disarray, and Elder Ge explained the Heavy Armor Corps’ strength and weaknesses to Amo and Xiaohe.
• Amo led the three hundred Guard Corps soldiers into battle, and Xiaohe joined with him by becoming his black cloak and Nihility sword.
• Amo’s Nihility strike split a Heavy Armor Corps soldier and his shield, allowing Elder Ge and the Guard Corps to break through the formation.
• Wanmeng’s Daiyu Manifest Existence Army and the Alliance Army poured onto the battlefield as the fighting threw the Garden Army’s ranks into chaos.
• Qi Tianque played his divine-artifact piano to steady and restore Amo, who dodged a shield attack and killed two armored soldiers.

Wanmeng and Amo helped the Alliance Army turn the ground battle against the Garden Army, but Dong Tian recognized the Heart of Nihility around Amo’s neck and deployed the Garden’s most powerful starship, the Aynais. The chapter ended as the Aynais arrived over the battlefield and unleashed a devastating attack on the Alliance Army.

• Wanmeng used her star chart to strike the Garden Army with a meteor and shield the Alliance Army from its artillery.
• Amo held Elder Ge back until the modified warriors drew close, then led the Guard Corps into battle alongside the Manifest Existence Army.
• Dong Tian spotted the black stone around Amo’s neck, believed it was the Heart of Nihility, and ordered the Aynais deployed.
• The Aynais jumped to the battlefield, where its energy beam killed tens of thousands of Alliance Army soldiers.
• Elder Ge recognized the Aynais from the unification war as Dong Tian taunted him from the starship.

The Aynais appeared on the battlefield, forcing Xiahou Chan to confront Dong Tian, while the Alliance Army and Garden forces clashed below. The battle continued with Xiahou Chan and Dong Tian trading lethal blows and Daiyu’s soldiers charging for merit.

• The Aynais descended onto the battlefield, and Elder Ge warned that its main cannon could destroy a planet.
• Dong Tian waited aboard the Aynais until Xiahou Chan arrived, then challenged the Emanator to fight.
• Dong Tian attacked Xiahou Chan with a tri-edged spike, but Xiahou Chan blocked him and launched a rapid counterattack.
• The Alliance Army and the Garden forces fought fiercely below as Manifest Existence Army soldiers pursued enemies for merit.
• A Manifest Existence Army soldier killed a Garden recruit who had asked whether they feared death.

Dong Tian transformed into a monstrous creature with power that rivaled an Emanator, forcing both armies to retreat from the battlefield. After Dong Tian wounded Xiahou Chan, Xiahou Chan launched a furious counterattack while Amo and Xiaohe prepared to face the monster.

• The Garden Army fell back as Xiahou Chan and Amo confronted Dong Tian, who mocked them and then unleashed a hidden power.
• Dong Tian was swallowed by a black vortex and emerged as a grotesque eight-limbed creature whose dripping liquid dissolved a soldier, prompting Wanmeng to order a general retreat.
• Dong Tian's aura suppressed Xiahou Chan, while Xiaohe warned Amo that the power within Dong Tian was terrifying.
• Dong Tian blocked Xiahou Chan's halberd and struck him away, but retreated from Amo's blade after sensing its power of Nihility.
• Xiahou Chan recovered and wounded Dong Tian with a sudden attack, then challenged him as Dong Tian formed foul weapons in all eight hands.

Amo and Xiahou Chan fought Dong Tian until Qi Tianque’s music disrupted the battle and Wanmeng helped protect him. Xiahou Chan’s final strike split Dong Tian in two and sent a golden blade of Existence across four star systems, destroying ships and planets as Qingxin ordered a search for survivors.

• Amo and Xiahou Chan battled Dong Tian, and Amo wounded him while Xiaohe shielded Amo from a heavy blow.
• Dong Tian charged a black energy ball as Amo drew on the Nihility, but Qi Tianque’s piano music disrupted both of them and caused Dong Tian’s attack to backfire.
• Dong Tian attacked Qi Tianque, but Xiahou Chan and Wanmeng weakened the blow; Amo then severed four of Dong Tian’s arms, and Xiahou Chan cut him in half.
• Xiahou Chan’s strike continued through space as a golden blade, destroying countless ships and planets across four star systems.
• Qingxin ordered her ships to search the planetary debris for survivors and blamed Xiahou Chan for nearly costing her life.

After Xiahou Chan killed the apparent Dong Tian, Elder Ge betrayed the Alliance Army by killing Qi Tianque and revealed that he had secretly controlled Garden for years. He exposed the real Dong Tian, whom he had imprisoned and experimented on, and attacked him before the gathered soldiers.

• Xiahou Chan killed Dong Tian, and the Garden soldiers surrendered as the battle ended.
• Elder Ge tore out Qi Tianque's Halovian core and crushed it, killing him despite Xiahou Chan and Amo's protests.
• Elder Ge said Qi Tianque had been an obstacle to his plan and revealed that his display of loyalty to Ayinai and Garden had been an act.
• Elder Ge explained that he had kidnapped the real Dong Tian, created an impostor, and secretly controlled events while seeking power.
• Elder Ge summoned the imprisoned real Dong Tian, who urged Amo to kill the traitor, then slashed Dong Tian with his sword.

Elder Ge tried to recruit Amo to help him rule the Ayinai System, but Amo refused, so Elder Ge entered a cultivation chamber with Dong Tian’s corpse to claim its power. When Amo’s Nihility-enhanced strike opened the chamber, Elder Ge emerged transformed, and Dong Tian revealed that Elder Ge had stolen power from the seal containing Voracity.

• Elder Ge invited Amo to join him in ruling the Ayinai System, but Amo refused because he would not associate with a traitor.
• Elder Ge threatened to destroy Amo, then entered the cultivation chamber with Dong Tian’s corpse to obtain its power.
• At Xiahou Chan’s urging, Amo and Xiaohe struck the chamber with a Nihility-enhanced blade, and the chamber opened.
• Elder Ge emerged from the chamber transformed into a monster, while Dong Tian recognized the evil aura surrounding his Broodmother device.
• Dong Tian accused Elder Ge of tampering with the seal beneath the Garden and releasing Voracity’s power, and Elder Ge admitted he had taken some power from it.

Elder Ge revealed that he wielded Oroboros’s power and threatened to devour the Alliance Army and Garden Army. Wanmeng tried to protect the retreating forces as Elder Ge killed Dong Tian, and the Aynais’s main cannon blasted Elder Ge through several mountains, though he survived.

• Wanmeng identified the being sealed beneath the Garden as Oroboros, the Aeon of Voracity, while Elder Ge seized Dong Tian and Amo with divine power.
• Elder Ge opened the giant mouth in his abdomen and began pulling the Alliance Army and Garden Army toward him, so Wanmeng ordered a retreat and used her star charts and robe to defend the survivors.
• Elder Ge pierced Dong Tian’s heart and threw aside his corpse, prompting the Aynais to fire its fully charged main cannon at him.
• The cannon blast shattered Elder Ge’s shield and hurled him through three mountains, but he survived with Emanator-level power, and the Aynais began recharging its main cannon.

The Aynais sacrificed itself in a collision with Elder Ge, but the blast failed to kill him. Xiaohe empowered Amo with Nihility, and Qingzhu arrived with her golden cavalry to weaken Elder Ge as she and Amo attacked together.

• Xiahou Chan prepared to face Elder Ge, while the Aynais's commander teleported other passengers to safety and ordered the ship to ram Elder Ge.
• The Aynais struck Elder Ge and exploded, killing the family members who had remained aboard.
• Xiaohe unleashed the Heart of Nihility's power, raising Amo to Emanator level and awakening his Nihility abilities.
• Qingzhu summoned her Ideal Divine Kingdom Existing in the World and commanded its golden cavalry to attack Elder Ge.
• Amo and Qingzhu attacked Elder Ge together, and Qingzhu revealed that her cavalry stripped away parts of his existence and power.

Qingzhu and Amo battled Elder Ge while Wanmeng and Xiahou Chan uncovered how the broodmother had transferred Voracity’s power into him. In the Corridor of Existence, Ayinai restored Dong Tian’s memories and offered to make him her Emanator, but Nous and Qlipoth also sought him, leaving Dong Tian named the universe’s first Three-Path Emanator.

• Elder Ge transformed into a vortex using Voracity’s divine power, and Qingzhu and Amo struggled to damage him.
• Wanmeng and Xiahou Chan deduced that the broodmother had been modified to extract and inject divine power, and Wanmeng set out with five hundred Path of Existence Striders to recover the Garden.
• Ayinai helped Dong Tian recover his memories in her forest and led him through the Corridor of Existence, where he received his own Divine Stele of Existence.
• Ayinai invited Dong Tian to become her Emanator, but Nous and Qlipoth appeared and said they wanted him as their Emanator too.
• Dong Tian chose Ayinai, and the three gods agreed to make him the first Three-Path Emanator in the universe.

Ayinai made Dong Tian a Three-Path Emanator by granting him the power of Existence, then Nous and Qlipoth added Erudition and Preservation. His strength reached the level called Throne, but Dong Tian reassured Ayinai that he wanted only to remain her follower.

• Ayinai granted Dong Tian the power of Existence, raising him beyond an ordinary Emanator and sending golden power to compensate Qingzhu.
• Nous and Qlipoth infused Dong Tian with Erudition and Preservation, and the three powers settled into a balance dominated by Existence.
• Dong Tian completed his advancement as a Three-Path Emanator, while Nous gave him a place in the Genius Society and Qlipoth granted him the company's P48 rank and an unlimited company card.
• Ayinai pulled Dong Tian behind her and sent Nous and Qlipoth away after they delivered their gifts and instructions.
• Ayinai told Dong Tian that outsiders would call his strength Throne, and he insisted he wanted to remain her follower rather than become an Aeon.
• Dong Tian asked why Ayinai differed from the Garden's ancient descriptions, and she explained that she acted more freely around him because she did not need to maintain an Aeon's dignity.

Ayinai transformed Froni’s diary into the Book of Fronny and gave it to Dong Tian, who learned Froni’s teachings before returning to confront the threat of Voracity. Akivili then crashed the Astral Express into the Corridor of Existence, where Ayinai punished him and the Trailblazers established a new rule.

• Ayinai turned Froni’s diary into a weapon and gave it to Dong Tian, who named it the Book of Fronny.
• The Book of Fronny revealed Froni’s knowledge and philosophy to Dong Tian, who added a vow to hunt anyone who used Existence to erase others.
• Dong Tian warned Ayinai that the seal was cracking and Voracity might return, then vanished to go back and stop the old bastard’s scheme.
• Akivili crashed the Astral Express through a wall in the Corridor of Existence, and Ayinai confronted him.
• Ayinai beat Akivili while the Trailblazers watched, and the Astral Express gained a rule against disrespecting Lady Ayinai.

Qingzhu and Amo fought Elder Ge until Ayinai sent Qingzhu a surge of power and Dong Tian appeared as an Emanator of three Paths. They broke Elder Ge’s divine-power barrier and subdued him, while Ayinai continued beating Akivili in the Corridor of Existence.

• Ayinai ordered Akivili to repair the wall the Astral Express had smashed in the Corridor of Existence.
• Qingzhu and Amo struggled to break through the divine power shielding Elder Ge, and Qingzhu’s strength began to run low.
• Ayinai sent a streak of golden light into Qingzhu, restoring her energy and raising her to the level of a top-tier Emanator.
• Dong Tian appeared alive and revealed that he had become an Emanator of Existence, Preservation, and Erudition before attacking Elder Ge.
• Dong Tian’s vines restrained Elder Ge while Qingzhu and Amo broke his divine-power barrier and struck him down.
• Qingzhu told Elder Ge that he was not the only one with divine power, while Ayinai returned to beat Akivili again.

Elder Ge sacrificed himself to summon a whirlpool empowered by Voracity, but the Garden’s Antenna blasted it apart. Dong Tian, Qingzhu, and Amo headed for the Garden’s headquarters to check its damaged seal, while Ayinai and Akivili also moved toward the Garden.

• Elder Ge turned himself into a vortex and summoned a vast whirlpool by offering himself to Voracity.
• Dong Tian activated the chip in his body, and the Garden’s Antenna fired a beam that shattered half the whirlpool.
• Dong Tian explained that the Antenna’s beam carried the power of existence and could damage anything that existed, even a target without physical form.
• Amo warned that the seal beneath the Garden had cracked, so Dong Tian, Qingzhu, and Amo set off for the Garden’s headquarters.
• Wanmeng ordered the Xianzhou Daiyu to head for the Garden while its recovery team gathered the dead from the battlefield.
• Ayinai appeared near the battlefield, and Akivili joined her as they headed toward the Garden.

Qingzhu, Amo, and Dong Tian used Xiaohe’s Heart of Nihility and the Broodmother to reinforce the seal on Voracity. After Ayinai arrived with Akivili, Dong Tian asked to join the Astral Express and travel the universe, and Ayinai agreed.

• Xiaohe explained that the Heart of Nihility could help seal the crack, and Dong Tian placed it inside the Broodmother to regulate its power.
• The power of Nihility flowed into the seal and was converted into energy, weakening the aura leaking from beneath it.
• Ayinai and Akivili arrived at the Garden of Existence, where Qingzhu mistook Akivili for Aha and attacked him.
• Ayinai warned Akivili not to get ideas about Dong Tian, then rejected Dong Tian’s request to travel with him at first.
• Dong Tian explained that he wanted to see the places described in Senior Froni’s book and spread the path of existence, so Ayinai agreed to let him board the Astral Express.

Dong Tian chose to leave the Garden after the victory banquet so Amo could become Garden Master, while Ayinai warned Akivili that his existence was becoming unstable. Ayinai then saved Qi Tianque on the Xianzhou Daiyu and arranged victory celebrations there and at the Garden.

• Dong Tian told Ayinai he would leave the Garden to give Amo a fair chance to become Garden Master, and agreed to depart with Akivili after the victory banquet.
• Ayinai warned Akivili that his existence was flickering between substantial and insubstantial, and Akivili realized her warning meant she could no longer hold back his fated fall.
• Ayinai arrived at the Halovians' sacred grounds and dissolved Huanyin's barrier around Qi Tianque.
• Ayinai gave Qi Tianque concentrated juice from the Higgs Health-Nourishing Herb, restoring his vital signs.
• Ayinai arranged a victory banquet on the Xianzhou Daiyu, leaving one avatar there while another went to the Garden's headquarters.

Ayinai split into divinity and personality incarnations, then her personality incarnation helped settle a dispute over how to organize Daiyu’s victory banquet. The preparations were divided among Xiahou Chan, Qingxin, and Wanmeng while Ayinai went back to relax.

• Ayinai’s divinity incarnation went to the Garden while her personality incarnation stayed on Daiyu.
• Ayinai found Xiahou Chan and Qingxin arguing over whether the victory banquet should be unrestricted or tightly organized, with Wanmeng caught between them.
• Ayinai took Xiahou Chan and Qingxin into a soundproof lounge, and after fifteen minutes they emerged ready to compromise.
• Xiahou Chan took charge of security, Qingxin handled the performances, venue, and menu, and Wanmeng organized flyers and formations for the banquet.
• Ayinai returned to the lounge to rest while Wanmeng and the others continued the preparations.

At the Garden of Existence’s victory banquet, Ayinai ate desserts while Akivili asked about Aha’s rumored dealings with Oroboros, which she dismissed as none of her concern. Akivili chatted with her anyway, drawing the jealous fury of Qingzhu, Amo, Xiaohe, and Dong Tian, and he realized they were plotting against him.

• Dong Tian offered Ayinai desserts, and she ate the trayful while Qingzhu watched with curiosity.
• Ayinai explained that she ate to meet the expectations of her followers, and Qingzhu resolved to have desserts prepared for her later.
• Akivili asked Ayinai whether she had seen Aha and told her about rumors that Aha had gotten involved with Oroboros.
• Ayinai dismissed the rumors, saying Aha’s choices had nothing to do with her, then continued eating as Akivili talked about Qlipoth and his travels.
• Qingzhu, Amo, Xiaohe, and Dong Tian watched Akivili from behind a pillar, growing jealous and preparing to attack him.
• Akivili sensed their hostility, saw the four glaring at him, and admitted that he was afraid.

Ayinai visited Xianzhou Daiyu and tried a popular mechanical goose that let her see through its eyes. As the locals prepared a midnight plan with the Garden, Qi Tianque awoke and asked to help repay Ayinai, who accepted and inspired him to perform a piece of music.

• Akivili sensed hostile gazes, but the unseen watchers vanished when Ayinai looked back.
• Dong Tian asked Amo to coordinate the Garden's plan with Diviner Wanmeng before carrying it out.
• Xiahou Chan showed Ayinai a mechanical goose and sunglasses that synced her vision with the flying device.
• Wanmeng told Shi Mo and Yao Gao that Daiyu and the Garden would act together at midnight, with preparations already complete.
• Qi Tianque appeared despite his recent injuries and asked to join the plan so he could repay Ayinai for saving him.
• Ayinai agreed to Qi Tianque's offer, and he decided to perform his composition, "They Come from the Light."

At midnight, Ayinai appeared between Daiyu and the Garden, blessed their planets with Higgs Purifying Trees, and joined Qi Tianque’s piano performance. She announced she would leave the next day, appointing Amo as the Garden’s new head while Dong Tian followed Akivili to practice Existence.

• Ayinai appeared as a giant divine figure between Daiyu and the Garden while fireworks displayed the people’s respect and hopes for the future.
• Ayinai scattered blessings across Xianzhou Daiyu, the Garden, and the Garden’s planets, where Higgs Purifying Trees sprouted.
• Qi Tianque performed on the piano as Ayinai conducted a ribbon of light through space and praised his music.
• Ayinai told Qingzhu that she would leave the next day to help other living beings across the universe.
• Ayinai appointed Amo as the Garden’s new head and said Dong Tian would follow Akivili to practice Existence.

Amo took up leadership of the Garden of Existence and began its postwar recovery as the Xianzhou Daiyu departed. On the Xianzhou Yaoqing, Ayinai traveled under the alias Anna and met the young Cloud Knight Lan, then visited the Cloud Knights’ base to see him again.

• Qingzhu and her guards returned to the Xianzhou Daiyu, while Dong Tian boarded the Astral Express with Akivili.
• Amo accepted the Garden head’s armband, and Xiaohe encouraged him as he returned to the council hall to oversee the Garden’s rebuilding.
• Two hundred years after the war, Amo announced that the Garden would rejoin the forces of Existence, and the Xianzhou Daiyu pledged to carry out the Arbiter of True Existence’s decree.
• Ayinai watched an Interastral Peace Corporation report on the Yaoqing, met Lan, and introduced herself as Anna before he left with a companion.
• Ayinai went to the Cloud Knights’ base the next day, and a guard loudly summoned Lan, startling him and setting the mess hall abuzz.

Ayinai asked Lan to guide her around Yaoqing so she could settle there, and the Earth-Balance Commission approved her proof of long-term residence. She became Lan’s neighbor and accepted his offer of friendship.

• Lan ran from the mess hall after soldiers announced that Ayinai was waiting for him at the camp’s main gate.
• Ayinai gave Lan a handkerchief and asked him to be her guide while she settled on Yaoqing.
• Lan took Ayinai to the Earth-Balance Commission, where she received proof of long-term residence in under twenty minutes.
• Ayinai learned that her assigned house was next door to Lan’s and briefly shook his hand when he called them friends and neighbors.

Lan and Ayinai grew closer as he offered to buy her daily necessities, while Akivili brought Dong Tian to the Astral Express. Duolike learned that Dong Tian was a gardener from the Garden and eagerly considered keeping him aboard.

• Lan corrected Ayinai about how she addressed him, then happily agreed that she could call him Anna and volunteered to buy her daily necessities.
• Akivili and Dong Tian arrived at the Astral Express, where a plush creature chased Akivili for taking the train apart and sneaking away.
• Duolike introduced herself to Dong Tian and was surprised to learn he was a gardener.
• Duolike asked whether Dong Tian belonged to the Garden or Daiyu, and he reluctantly said he came from the Garden.