Chapter Summaries

Han Xiao used decoy forces and Primal Psionic Energy to disrupt the World Tree pursuit, then ambushed its forces and killed two experts before escaping a larger force led by the Tranquil Tree King. He remained inside World Tree territory and continued striking from another decoy position, concluding that guerrilla warfare suited the enemy’s home ground.

• Tedrian and the World Tree experts split their pursuit to follow Han Xiao’s seven trails, while interception forces tried to narrow down his location.
• A mechanical decoy squad attacked a World Tree fleet, then detonated Primal Psionic Energy that destroyed the squad and nearby ships before World Tree roots absorbed the energy.
• Han Xiao attacked an interception fleet, killed its Sacred Tree Envoy with a punch, and fought off arriving reinforcements before Tedrian, Roxilian, Offerman, and the Tranquil Tree King joined the battle.
• Han Xiao killed another World Tree expert while battling more than thirty pursuers, then teleported away despite the spatial lockdown.
• After a pursuing force found Han Xiao at another decoy and was wiped out, Han Xiao killed its dying Sacred Tree Envoy and took the Throne equipment, resolving to continue guerrilla warfare.

Han Xiao used the Sovereign to wage a guerrilla campaign against the World Tree forces, killing six Beyond Grade A experts and gathering valuable intelligence before deciding to withdraw. The World Tree eventually surrounded him with overwhelming numbers, and he challenged the Tranquil Tree King as the battle was about to begin.

• Han Xiao teleported between decoy forces and killed another Sacred Tree Envoy, prompting Tedrian to summon more pursuers and the Tranquil Tree King to order the star field cleared.
• For more than ten days, Han Xiao used decoys, Throne setups, Primal Psionic Energy bombs, and Sovereign teleports to evade the World Tree forces and kill six experts.
• Han Xiao found that the World Tree had removed nearby planets and that its forces were closing in too quickly for him to keep fighting, so he decided to withdraw after confronting the Tranquil Tree King.
• Tedrian's forces cleared the decoys and surrounded Han Xiao with nearly a hundred Beyond Grade As, then summoned the Tranquil Tree King.
• Han Xiao challenged the Tranquil Tree King, who ordered the World Tree forces to deal with him.

After escaping a battle against more than a hundred World Tree experts, Han Xiao healed in a hidden Secondary Dimension and collected the rewards for completing the World Tree's Wrath mission. The Tranquil Tree King ordered the World Tree to intensify its search for Han Xiao, while privately anticipating their next clash and the World Tree's demand to capture him.

• Han Xiao escaped the encirclement by teleporting with the Sovereign Mecha to a Secondary Dimension, healed with Aurora life essence, and erased his tracks.
• Han Xiao received the highest World Tree's Wrath mission rating, earning experience, World Tree's Bane, Divine Transformation points, a Universe Legend Point, and fragments from every Sanctuary.
• World Tree experts assessed Han Xiao's strength and worried that his civilization might have other combatants of similar power.
• Tedrian urged the World Tree to relocate, but the Tranquil Tree King ordered it to remain and accelerate its sensing, predictions, exploration, and internal surveillance.
• The Tranquil Tree King remembered Han Xiao as a worthy opponent and intended to fulfill the World Tree's demand to capture him.

Han Xiao shared intelligence from his World Tree expedition with the Child of Destiny and the Three Universal Civilizations, helping them understand the enemy’s detection methods and halt conventional exploration. Meanwhile, a World Tree exploration team discovered an escape pod containing upright, crayfish-like life-forms.

• Han Xiao visited the Child of Destiny, learned that the World Tree Civilization was searching for clues about him, and confirmed that its precognitive activity let the Child monitor it more closely.
• Han Xiao gave the Three Universal Civilizations classified intelligence about the World Tree’s information-state technology and records of more than a hundred enemy experts.
• Han Xiao told the leaders that he had interrogated World Tree personnel and erased the traces of his actions, then shared the expert records with them.
• The Three Universal Civilizations accepted Han Xiao’s advice to stop conventional exploration and began discussing their strategy using his intelligence.
• A World Tree exploration team detected a drifting escape pod and found life-signs inside belonging to upright, crayfish-like beings.

Han Xiao kept a low profile while the Three Universal Civilizations expanded their Secondary Dimension expedition, and the chapter followed the Kunde Race’s gradual integration and ordinary family life on Planet Aquamarine. It ended with Han Xiao warning Bennett that Planet Aquamarine might be relocated, while Hila regretted not leaving with Han Xiao for space sooner.

• Han Xiao avoided World Tree Civilization territory after completing his marking mission, while the Three Universal Civilizations reduced detection deployments and focused on the Secondary Dimension expedition.
• Barton delivered supplies to Kunde Race settlement planet No. 77 and learned that most of his people now favored peace over revenge.
• Nero and Mia visited Bennett for his birthday, and Nero told him that Han Xiao might relocate everyone on Planet Aquamarine.
• Hila and Aurora revisited the Germinal ruins, where Hila admitted she wished she had gone into space with Han Xiao when he first left.
• Han Xiao visited Floating Dragon Island and left to finish his machinery, while Iso endured the shaking caused by Han Xiao and Ames.

Han Xiao told Iso that a devastating external enemy threatened the universe, while World Tree explorers used information from captured Kunde survivors to head toward the Shattered World. The World Tree team prepared to investigate the region, unaware of what awaited them there.

• Han Xiao spent time with Ames, then went to meet Iso after receiving his message.
• Iso shared a prophecy of an approaching war and urged Han Xiao to flee with Ames if the conflict went badly.
• Han Xiao revealed to Iso that the Three Universal Civilizations had united against a powerful external enemy.
• Kasuyi and Manison speculated that the Three Universal Civilizations had made concessions because of an external invasion, while many Beyond Grade As quietly prepared for battle.
• A World Tree exploration team captured Kunde survivors, learned the coordinates of the Shattered World, and set course to investigate it.

Han Xiao learned that a World Tree exploration team had obtained the Three Universal Civilizations’ coordinates, forcing him and the leaders to prepare for war earlier than planned. The leaders put Han Xiao in charge of intercepting the team and ordered an immediate wartime mobilization.

• Han Xiao sparred with Hyperion, collected another mutated module, and explained the Three Universal Civilizations’ intelligence advantage over the World Tree.
• Oathkeeper summoned Han Xiao after the Child of Destiny detected that a World Tree exploration team had found the coordinates of an unknown civilization.
• Han Xiao realized the coordinates pointed to the former Kunde Race Civilization site and that the World Tree could reach the Three Universal Civilizations much sooner than expected.
• Han Xiao decided to intercept the exploration team and briefed the leaders of the Three Universal Civilizations on the discovery.
• Mabrus assigned Han Xiao to deal with the exploration team, and the leaders declared that the Three Universal Civilizations would enter a state of war.

Han Xiao intercepted and destroyed the World Tree exploration team, then began preparing a staging point beyond the Explored Universe. The World Tree leadership suspected the attackers were connected to the outsider who had stolen its secrets, while the Three Universal Civilizations prepared to send their fleets through the newly activated stargates.

• Han Xiao followed the exploration team's route, deployed mechanical troops, and destroyed both ships and everyone aboard after forcing them out of jump mode.
• Han Xiao gathered spatial coordinates and sent engineering troops to set up a staging point near the ambush site.
• Tedrian reported the exploration team's deaths to the Tree Kings, and Minajol suspected the unknown civilization knew about the Psychic Network and might be the outsider's home.
• The World Tree leaders ordered an advance force to follow the exploration team's last coordinates and continue its mission.
• The Three Universal Civilizations' joint fleet received orders from Commander Simon to move out as the stargates activated.

Han Xiao informed the Beyond Grade A Association that the Three Universal Civilizations had made a truce to fight the World Tree, an invading civilization, and asked its members to join the war. The Three Universal Civilizations and the association publicly announced the threat, and the Explored Universe began evacuating its border regions and preparing for war.

• Simon led the Three Universal Civilizations’ fleets in deploying defenses along the exploration team’s route, and spatial stabilization anchors disrupted a World Tree wormhole attempt.
• Han Xiao revealed the World Tree threat to the Beyond Grade A Association and explained that the association’s independent status depended on joining the war; Dilron refused, while Kant, Kasuyi, and others supported fighting to defend their home.
• After the meeting, Manison suggested using the war to replace the Three Universal Civilizations if they were weakened, but Han Xiao told him to focus on the external enemy.
• The Three Universal Civilizations announced the coming invasion and began relocating border populations, while the association confirmed the threat and recruited Supers to join the war.

The Super Star Cluster leaders considered how to protect their civilizations and exploit the coming war, while players and civilians reacted to the mobilization. At the interception zone, Han Xiao learned that a new World Tree exploration force had arrived and prepared to engage it.

• The Super Star Cluster leaders discussed the Three Universal Civilizations’ secrecy and considered weakening them or evacuating to escape their rule.
• Players welcomed the coming war, and Han Xiao summoned the legion’s combat-ready forces to the Shattered World.
• Interstellar citizens evacuated the Shattered World as fleets of Beyond Grade A forces arrived and headed toward the war zone.
• Han Xiao and the commanders reviewed the defenses against the World Tree and discussed its repeated attempts to open wormholes.
• Han Xiao received Oathkeeper’s message that a new World Tree exploration force had arrived four days from the farthest space stabilization node, and he prepared the group to engage it.

Owell led a World Tree exploration fleet toward the unknown civilization, whose forces were trying to intercept its scattered ships. After Kasuyi defeated the fleet and felt the World Tree’s psychic pressure, the Tree Kings concluded the enemy was likely Han Xiao’s civilization and planned an attack to disrupt its unfinished defenses.

• Owell ordered the 274th Vanguard Exploration Corps to split up and take multiple routes toward its destination.
• An Arcane Church fleet encountered Owell’s contingent and opened fire, then called for Beyond Grade A support when the Sacred Tree Envoy unleashed psychic power.
• Kasuyi arrived through the High-Dimensional Apocalypse Teleporter, overwhelmed the Sacred Tree Envoy, and sensed the World Tree’s oppressive force when he tried to probe its memories.
• Kasuyi crushed the Sacred Tree Envoy and destroyed Owell’s flagship, while Owell and his crew returned to the World Tree as seeds.
• The Heart Tree King judged that the unknown civilization was likely Han Xiao’s home and proposed assembling a large force to disrupt its unfinished interception perimeter.

Han Xiao and the Three Universal Civilizations expanded their interception defenses as reinforcements arrived, while Hila and Aurora joined the war effort. The World Tree prepared a massive first assault, with the Heart Tree King demanding a fleet of at least fifty billion ships and warning that Han Xiao might intervene.

• Kasuyi returned from an interception and reported that a World Tree Beyond Grade A had formidable mental power, enhanced by the World Tree Connection.
• Han Xiao explained that the World Tree protected its members' minds, while Simon warned that the expanding interception perimeter could not stop every exploration team indefinitely.
• Beyond Grade A reinforcements arrived over the next few days, helping build layered defenses as the 274th Exploration Corps continued probing the frontier.
• Hila and Aurora arrived at the main base to join the fighting, and Han Xiao predicted that the World Tree would soon launch a major offensive.
• The Heart Tree King assembled an eight-billion-ship expeditionary force but ordered it expanded to at least fifty billion ships before attacking, while acknowledging Han Xiao could join the battle.

While the Beyond Grade As waited at the interception base, Han Xiao received warning that the World Tree was preparing an assault by tens of billions of warships. The Three Universal Civilizations began preparing for the attack, while Secret Master transferred his bad luck to Han Xiao.

• Kasuyi, Sun Hunter, Oulu, Clottey, and Secret Master discussed the association members’ willingness to risk their lives alongside the Three Universal Civilizations’ direct Beyond Grade As, and Han Xiao agreed to revive any direct members who died.
• Han Xiao reflected that players had less strategic value than in his previous life because the World Tree War had arrived before they reached higher levels, though Netherland might help fill the gap left by immortal player forces.
• Oathkeeper sent Han Xiao intelligence that the World Tree was mustering tens of billions of warships for a major assault, and Han Xiao reported it to Simon and the Three Universal Civilizations’ leaders.
• Mabrus thanked Han Xiao for the timely warning, and the commanders prepared to reinforce the interception perimeter while rejecting a proposal to harass the World Tree inside its territory.
• Secret Master divined that his death omen was flickering and transferred his bad luck to Han Xiao, who found the change on his interface.

The World Tree prepared an expeditionary force to probe the Three Universal Civilizations, while the Three Universal Civilizations rapidly assembled their fleets and Beyond Grade As for the coming battle. Han Xiao received word that the World Tree forces had arrived, leaving the gathered combatants braced for war.

• The Heart Tree King assembled 107 high-level World Tree combatants and ordered the Tranquil Tree King to lead them, warning him to undergo a baptism in case he faced Han Xiao.
• The Three Universal Civilizations mobilized fleets, troops, and Universal Treasures throughout the interception zone in response to intelligence of a World Tree assault.
• Beyond Grade As gathered at the temporary base, where Kasuyi warned that their role was to eliminate enemy high-level combatants and Aurora offered to heal them.
• Manison asked whether Han Xiao could defeat the Ancestral Tree King, and Han Xiao admitted that he was not confident.
• Han Xiao received a message on his communicator and announced that the World Tree forces had arrived.

The Three Universal Civilizations prepared to intercept the World Tree expeditionary force, then summoned their Beyond Grade As when the two armies clashed. Han Xiao led the response against the World Tree’s high-level combatants and charged toward the Tranquil Tree King as the battle began.

• Simon briefed the commanders on the World Tree’s scouts and assigned the Beyond Grade As to standby while mechanics provided virtual support.
• The Three Universal Civilizations intercepted the scouts, but the World Tree expeditionary force reached the interception perimeter after enduring bombardment and traps.
• More than a hundred billion warships fought in a massive battle, and Simon sent the Beyond Grade As to confront the World Tree’s powerhouses.
• The World Tree’s high-level combatants broke through a Three Universal Civilizations fleet, and Han Xiao recognized the Tranquil Tree King among them.
• Han Xiao told the other Beyond Grade As to handle the remaining enemies and charged toward the Tranquil Tree King, beginning their clash.

Han Xiao and the allied Beyond Grade As fought the World Tree forces across a chaotic battlefield, with several powerful World Tree Executors engaging the coalition’s leaders. Hila endured a brutal assault alone, then healed her injuries and returned to full strength, declaring that she needed no help.

• Han Xiao fought the Tranquil Tree King, blocked his attempt to drill through the Mechanical Deity, and judged that neither could quickly defeat the other.
• Manison battled Lynn Karen, the World Tree's Third Leaf Executor, and recognized him as a top-tier opponent.
• Clottey fought Anrein Saro, the World Tree's Fourth Leaf Executor, whose strange comments left Clottey baffled.
• Hila was attacked by four World Tree powerhouses while Kasuyi and the other allies avoided helping her.
• Hila used her power to heal her injuries, restored her energy, and challenged her attackers to try again.

Kasuyi and the other Beyond Grade As fought the World Tree forces as Milizaus claimed the battle’s first kill and Aurora’s healing kept their side alive. The Tranquil Tree King transformed into his World Tree war form, raising the threat to Han Xiao and the entire battlefield.

• Kasuyi recognized the Second Ancestral Spirit as a powerful World Tree mage, ignored his attempts to talk, and warned the other Beyond Grade As not to answer their opponents.
• Milizaus endured concentrated attacks from the Dark Light Army Commander and other World Tree fighters, then killed a wounded Sacred Tree Envoy with his dragon breath.
• Aurora healed Milizaus, prompting World Tree fighters to target her, but Rega led four other Heroic Spirit Kings in to block their advance.
• Han Xiao and the Tranquil Tree King remained evenly matched as the Tranquil Tree King saw his allies dying and decided to draw on the World Tree’s power.
• The Tranquil Tree King transformed into his war form, summoning World Tree roots that blocked Han Xiao’s attacks and amplified the World Tree forces.

The Tranquil Tree King empowered the World Tree forces and avoided fighting Han Xiao, while Aurora’s healing helped the Three Universal Civilizations withstand the assault. Han Xiao used Aurora as bait to lure the Tree King into a trap, then teleported them both into a death zone filled with improved Keys of Destruction.

• The Tranquil Tree King unleashed the World Tree’s power, strengthening his army and worsening the Three Universal Civilizations’ losses.
• Han Xiao abandoned his attempt to attack the protected Tree King and struck World Tree fighters elsewhere, while the Tree King chose to target Aurora.
• World Tree troops boarded an Arcane Church flagship, where Legion players repeatedly revived and fought them off.
• Aurora moved closer to the battlefield to improve her healing, and the Tranquil Tree King ambushed her through the fleet’s defenses.
• Sorokin protected Aurora from the Tree King’s first strike, and Han Xiao appeared in her place and seized the attacker.
• Han Xiao teleported himself and the Tree King into a prepared trap, where hundreds of improved Keys of Destruction fired and engulfed them both.

Han Xiao gravely wounded the Tranquil Tree King with a trap of Keys of Destruction and pursued him through the Three Universal Civilizations’ forces, but the Tree King self-detonated to avoid capture. The Heart Tree King learned of his death and went to water the seed he had become.

• Han Xiao’s trap of hundreds of Keys of Destruction wounded the Tranquil Tree King, who escaped the blast and fled while Han Xiao pursued him.
• Han Xiao and the Three Universal Civilizations’ fleets trapped the injured Tranquil Tree King under relentless attack, while other World Tree forces failed to reach him.
• Han Xiao tried to restrain the Tranquil Tree King with force fields so he could seal him, but the Tree King self-detonated before he could be captured.
• The Tranquil Tree King’s death ended the World Tree army-wide aura, easing pressure on the Three Universal Civilizations’ forces.
• The Heart Tree King told the executives that the Tranquil Tree King had become a seed, then left to water it.

After the Tranquil Tree King died, the Three Universal Civilizations gained the upper hand in the battle, though the World Tree’s high-level fighters used self-destruction to inflict losses. The fleets eventually repelled the offensive, but the threat of the World Tree’s rebirth left the victors uneasy.

• Simon ordered the Three Universal Civilizations’ fleets to advance after Black Star killed the Tranquil Tree King and ended his army-wide aura.
• Han Xiao sealed four World Tree powerhouses in Space-Time Amber, while World Tree fighters repeatedly self-destructed and killed six of the allied Beyond Grade As.
• Aurora received the group’s thanks for keeping casualties low, and Han Xiao told the wounded Beyond Grade As to recuperate while leaving the Amber captives under guard.
• The Three Universal Civilizations’ leaders accepted that Hila’s Netherland was collecting fallen soldiers’ souls, deciding that fighting the World Tree took priority.
• Over six or seven days, reinforcements and renewed Beyond Grade A attacks shifted the battle in the Three Universal Civilizations’ favor, and the World Tree’s army scattered to evade the interception network.
• The Three Universal Civilizations declared victory and sent the frontline reports to interstellar society, while their officers remained troubled by the World Tree’s impending rebirth.