Chapter Summaries

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.

Duolike welcomed Dong Tian onto the Astral Express as a rare Path of Existence Strider, and he accepted a pass and met Pom-Pom. Akivili’s attempt to send a cleaning plant down a toilet nearly wrecked the Express, and the chapter ended with Pom-Pom shouting at her after the train stopped shaking and a terrible stench spread.

• Duolike explained why Path of Existence Striders were rare and welcomed Dong Tian aboard the Astral Express.
• Dong Tian accepted a pale blue-and-white pass, joined the Nameless, and met Pom-Pom, who reviewed the Express’s rules with him.
• Akivili prepared to put a powerful cleaning plant into a toilet, but Pom-Pom found her and pulled out a chainsaw.
• The plant fell into the toilet as Akivili recoiled, causing the Express to shake.
• Dong Tian used the power of Existence to stabilize the Express and carried Pom-Pom outside while Akivili escaped.
• The Express stopped shaking, a terrible stench spread, and Pom-Pom shouted Akivili’s name.