Chapter Summaries

Han Xiao captured the Heart Tree King in Space-Time Amber as the Three Universal Civilizations’ forces withdrew from their failing interception line. The World Tree leadership decided to wait or attempt a rescue, while the Anchor Tree King went to water the Tranquil Tree King so he could hand off his new duties.

• Han Xiao sealed the Heart Tree King in Space-Time Amber and escaped through the fighting as the Three Universal Civilizations’ Beyond Grade As covered his retreat.
• The Anchor Tree King ordered the World Tree experts to withdraw, and both sides disengaged after suffering heavy casualties.
• Simon told Han Xiao that the interception perimeter had fallen and ordered a staged evacuation; the gathered psychics began breaking Aurora’s mental seal.
• The Ancestral Tree King learned that the Heart Tree King’s Crown could not be reclaimed while he remained sealed and proposed waiting or sending a rescue party.
• The Ancestral Tree King assigned the Anchor Tree King to oversee daily affairs, so the Anchor Tree King went to water the Tranquil Tree King, hoping to pass the work to him when he revived.

Han Xiao and his allies escaped the fallen interception circle, and Aurora awakened from the dream seal that had incapacitated her. As the World Tree broke through the defenses, the Three Universal Civilizations prepared to defend their home territory, while Han Xiao focused on the final years of preparation and awaited Oathkeeper’s new Sanctuary Key.

• Han Xiao’s group evacuated the interception circle while Kasuyi and the other psychic users broke the seal on Aurora; Aurora awoke, upset at leaving her dream, but recovered her strength.
• Aurora learned of the battle’s casualties and blamed herself, but Han Xiao reassured her that he had trapped the Tree King responsible for sealing her.
• The World Tree army overwhelmed the interception circle over ten days, while the Three Universal Civilizations withdrew their recoverable forces and destroyed the remaining fortifications.
• At a strategy meeting, Simon advised stripping resources from the Shattered World’s border and establishing a home-ground defensive line rather than building another distant interception circle; Han Xiao agreed.
• Han Xiao resolved to use the roughly eleven years before the World Tree reached their territory to strengthen himself and train potential Beyond Grade As, but prioritized waiting for Oathkeeper to assemble a new Sanctuary Key.

After the interception circle fell, panic spread among civilians and the Beyond Grade A Association struggled with shaken morale. Han Xiao organized preparations for the coming invasion and promised an escape route, while Aurora sought Hila’s help to become stronger; meanwhile, Harrison’s expedition searched the Secondary Dimension as an undetected shadow approached.

• News of the World Tree’s breach sparked unrest, and refugees began seizing ships to flee the Explored Universe.
• Han Xiao told the Beyond Grade A Association that the World Tree could reach their territory in eleven years and proposed special combat training using Universal Treasures.
• Han Xiao promised to evacuate the association and its resources if the Three Universal Civilizations were defeated, then learned from Oathkeeper that the Sanctuary Key materials were not yet complete.
• Aurora blamed her lack of strength for the battle’s losses and asked Hila to train her; Hila agreed without promising to go easy on her.
• Harrison worried that his expedition had found no trace of the World Tree’s forces, unaware that a huge shadow was moving undetected outside the fleet.

Han Xiao organized intensive training for Calamity Grades and Beyond Grade As to strengthen the universe’s forces against the World Tree. When Harrison’s fleet vanished in a strange Secondary Dimension, Han Xiao found the abandoned Throne and faced a warning from the King of the Boundless.

• The Three Universal Civilizations replaced the players’ mission to defend the interception zone with hindering the World Tree’s advance, while the players welcomed the new wartime opportunities.
• Han Xiao opened a state-of-the-art training facility for promising Calamity Grades and required anyone who reached Beyond Grade A to join the war.
• Han Xiao assessed the Beyond Grade As, identified their weaknesses, and gave them training plans for the coming eleven years.
• A liaison informed Han Xiao that Harrison’s fleet had disappeared, and Han Xiao used an Observation Mark to find that it had been destroyed.
• Han Xiao teleported to the Throne and found himself alone in a black Secondary Dimension where his senses and equipment failed.
• The King of the Boundless pressured Han Xiao and ordered him to leave or become its enemy.

Han Xiao captured Babu Aenica, learned it had sent Harrison and his fleet to the King of the Boundless, and traveled to confront him. The King of the Boundless studied Harrison’s memories, withheld him as leverage, and waited for Han Xiao to arrive.

• Han Xiao challenged the black sea’s Guardian, Babu Aenica, and forced it to reveal itself by unleashing controlled bursts of energy.
• Han Xiao trapped Babu Aenica in a containment vessel and learned it had transported Harrison’s fleet to the King of the Boundless as tribute.
• Han Xiao obtained the King of the Boundless’s coordinates and traveled toward his domain to retrieve Harrison and the expedition fleet.
• The King of the Boundless examined Harrison’s memories, learned about Han Xiao and the conflict involving the World Tree, and decided not to eat Harrison while Han Xiao remained his backer.
• The King of the Boundless received Babu Aenica’s emergency message and waited for Han Xiao, considering whether to trade the expedition’s information to the World Tree.

Han Xiao confronted the King of the Boundless, who had captured Harrison and the Three Universal Civilizations’ expedition and used his knowledge of the World Tree as leverage to propose a deal. Han Xiao negotiated for intelligence and a sample of the King’s black substance, and the chapter ended with a mission to help reclaim a stolen Secondary Dimension.

• Han Xiao arrived in the King of the Boundless’s domain and found Harrison and the missing expedition in his custody.
• The King of the Boundless revealed that he had learned about Han Xiao and the Three Universal Civilizations from the captives’ memories.
• The King threatened to pass the expedition’s intelligence to the World Tree’s kin unless Han Xiao made a deal, then shared proof that he could contact them.
• The King asked Han Xiao to let him harvest souls and warship wreckage during the coming battle and to help reclaim a Secondary Dimension taken by rival dimension entities.
• Han Xiao negotiated for more World Tree intelligence and a sample of the King’s black substance, but the King refused to join a fight against the World Tree.
• Han Xiao received a mission to retake the stolen Secondary Dimension, with experience, favorability, and a character card as rewards.

Han Xiao helped the King of the Boundless reclaim a Secondary Dimension occupied by three dimensional deities, who surrendered after recognizing him. When Han Xiao examined the embryo the King claimed was his child, his interface revealed it was an extraordinary wondrous item, exposing the King’s lie.

• The King of the Boundless asked Han Xiao to retrieve an embryo from dimensional entities without destroying the Secondary Dimension, and Han Xiao sent a Dominion avatar while keeping his main body nearby.
• The King of the Boundless infused Harrison with his power through a contract, and Harrison joined Han Xiao’s expedition.
• Han Xiao and Harrison reached the occupied Secondary Dimension, where three dimensional deities fled at the sight of Han Xiao but were caught and beaten by his mechanical army.
• The three deities explained that they had migrated from near the shallow layers after witnessing Han Xiao defeat other dimensional deities, then stayed to pursue the embryo.
• Han Xiao approached the embryo and discovered through his interface that it was a wondrous item, then accused the King of the Boundless of lying about it being his child.

Han Xiao discovered that the embryo the King of the Boundless had claimed as his child was a Pivot Snake Egg, a rare creature that could counter the World Tree. After securing the egg and the King’s cooperation, Han Xiao arranged a staging area and obtained intelligence to aid the Three Universal Civilizations’ expedition, leaving the expedition poised to continue its search for the World Tree’s main body.

• Han Xiao identified the embryo as a Pivot Snake Egg and confronted the King of the Boundless about lying.
• The King of the Boundless admitted he had found the embryo and intended to wait for it to mature; Han Xiao let him keep it but stationed a mechanical army nearby to guard it.
• Han Xiao received the King of the Boundless’ World Tree intelligence and negotiated for the Three Universal Civilizations to use part of his territory as an expedition outpost.
• Han Xiao gave Harrison the intelligence and ordered him to report to the expedition commander, halt the advance, and wait for further instructions.
• Han Xiao reflected that Harrison’s expedition had uncovered a possible counter to the World Tree, though they still needed to locate its main body.

Han Xiao reported his alliance with the King of the Boundless and the Secondary Dimension relay outposts to the Three Universal Civilizations, who also proposed memorials for fallen Beyond Grade As. He continued training promising talents, then entered the Sanctuary after Oathkeeper assembled another First Sanctuary Key.

• Han Xiao told Mabrus, Louis, and the Arcane Church leader about the King of the Boundless and gave them coordinates for relay outposts; they agreed to the alliance and planned to send envoys.
• Louis and the other leaders proposed memorials for Beyond Grade As who had died in the war, and Han Xiao agreed to relay the proposal to the association.
• Han Xiao coached Fording, who had reached the threshold of Beyond Grade A, and encouraged him to keep developing his psychic school and using the Soul-Switching Device.
• Han Xiao checked on Evans, whose transformation toward Beyond Grade A was underway, and promised him a gift when he completed it.
• Oathkeeper assembled another First Sanctuary Key, and Han Xiao entered the Sanctuary again.

While Han Xiao was in the Sanctuary, several groups made plans around his absence: anti-war Revived considered fleeing, third-batch Revived suspected they were being used as cannon fodder, and Kasuyi watched the association for trouble. The Tranquil Tree King was reborn in World Tree territory and learned that the Heart Tree King had been captured.

• Dilron urged the anti-war association members to leave the main universe while Han Xiao was in the Sanctuary, and they agreed that anyone who wanted to escape could make private plans without exposing the secret.
• Stein told the third-batch Revived that Black Star might have lied about Sanctuary Revival being unlimited, and they decided to wait for his return before confronting him and seeking allies.
• Kasuyi and Manison discussed Nifogadi's attempt to reclaim influence over the Mechanic Faith and Machine Race, and Kasuyi revealed that Han Xiao had given him Oathkeeper's contact information.
• The Tranquil Tree King emerged reborn from the World Tree's cocoon, learned that the Heart Tree King had been sealed, and accepted responsibility for matters while the Anchor Tree King returned to the World Tree.

While Han Xiao was away, Dilron led several revived individuals who opposed the war into the Secondary Dimension World. Oathkeeper failed to persuade Dilron to return, but offered the others a reason to reconsider, and Han Xiao returned after more than forty days with a new Sanctuary Revival Mark and plans to strengthen the Beyond Grade As' resolve to fight.

• After Dilron and several war-opposing revived individuals disappeared, Kasuyi contacted Oathkeeper, who agreed to speak with them.
• Oathkeeper confronted Dilron in the Secondary Dimension World, but Dilron refused to return unless the association again became enemies with the Three Universal Civilizations.
• Oathkeeper told Dilron's companions that he would show them something valuable after Han Xiao returned, leaving them to decide whether to stay away or rejoin the fight.
• Kasuyi kept Dilron's departure from causing a major disturbance, though other association members felt unsettled and continued training.
• Han Xiao returned from the Sanctuary after a little over forty days, learned that Dilron had left, and resolved to use his new Sanctuary Revival Mark to solidify the Beyond Grade As' commitment to the war.

Han Xiao revealed that Sanctuary Revival had no usage limit and used the truth to rally the Beyond Grade As for the war against the World Tree. He then prepared to confront the Three Universal Civilizations, whose leaders learned that the revival could be used more than once.

• Han Xiao revived Beyond Grade As who had died a second time, startling the association members who believed Sanctuary Revival was limited to one use.
• Han Xiao explained that he had concealed Sanctuary Revival’s true scope to avoid provoking the Three Universal Civilizations before the war, and Kasuyi backed his account.
• The association members became excited and resolved to protect Han Xiao, while Han Xiao ordered Kasuyi to share the truth and make future revival slots conditional on fighting in the war.
• Han Xiao turned to address the direct-line Beyond Grade As and said it was time to speak with the Three Universal Civilizations.
• A supervisor informed Mabrus, Louis, and the Arcane pontiff that Sanctuary Revival could be used more than once, leaving the three leaders stunned.

Han Xiao told the Three Universal Civilizations that Sanctuary Revival had no limit, though he claimed repeated revivals required authorization, and explained why he had concealed the truth. The news spread through the training base and the Sanctum Organization, where the Oathkeeper said the Sanctum Revived would need to join the war to keep receiving revivals, leaving them eager to fight.

• Han Xiao met Mabrus, Louis, and the Arcane leader, who confronted him for deceiving them about Sanctuary Revival and their failed plan to weaken the Beyond Grade A Association.
• Han Xiao said individuals could be revived without limit but claimed each revival required a matching authorization level from whoever opened the Sanctuary.
• Han Xiao told the leaders he had planned to reveal the World Tree threat if they had pursued a purge, then left them to consider the consequences of his deception.
• News of unlimited revival spread through the training base, motivating Calamity Grade Supers to train harder, while Baigel secretly informed the Sanctum Organization.
• The Oathkeeper told the Sanctum Revived that future revivals required them to fight alongside the association, and they immediately declared their willingness to join the war.
• The Oathkeeper summoned Dilron in a ball of Soul Flame and wondered whether he could make him see him in a new light.

After learning Sanctuary Revival could be used repeatedly, the Revived who had left the war returned to join it, including Dilron. Han Xiao accepted them but kept Dilron behind and ordered him sent to Netherland, promising to restore him after the war before preparing to beat him.

• Oathkeeper told the Revived traveling with Dilron that Sanctuary Revival was not limited to one use, and most of them left to return to the main universe.
• Han Xiao gathered the war’s Beyond Grade As, recorded their decision to keep fighting in exchange for eligibility for Sanctuary Revival, and welcomed the anti-war Revived who had stayed on Planet Fein.
• Dilron and the other Revived who had fled arrived and asked to join the war; Han Xiao accepted them, while Sun Hunter mocked Dilron for changing his mind.
• After the meeting, Han Xiao kept Dilron behind, condemned his repeated interference, and ordered him sent to Netherland, promising to restore him after the war before threatening to beat him.

Han Xiao defeated Dilron in a public fight and killed him, declaring that he would be sent to Netherland until the war ended before receiving revival. The Beyond Grade As accepted his decision, and Dilron became Netherland’s tenth Heroic Spirit King as Han Xiao anticipated the reward from his challenge mission.

• Han Xiao ambushed Dilron after the conference, beat him in close combat, then overwhelmed him with his mechanical army until Dilron was nearly dead.
• Han Xiao announced that he would send Dilron to Netherland temporarily and have him revived after the war, and the watching Beyond Grade As stopped objecting.
• Dark Emperor killed Dilron, while Hila captured his soul and entered Netherland with Aurora to transform him.
• Han Xiao told Kasuyi to repair the conference room and teleported away as the Beyond Grade As interpreted the killing as a warning against abusing sanctuary revival.
• In Netherland, Han Xiao named Dilron the tenth Heroic Spirit King, and Dilron cursed him until Hila silenced him.
• Han Xiao checked his interface and saw Dilron’s Beyond Grade A challenge mission, wondering what ability he would obtain.

The direct-affiliated Beyond Grade As worried that Black Star’s control of Sanctuary Revival had made the association too powerful, while Hilbert saw the association as leverage for better retirement terms. Han Xiao reviewed the association’s strengthened unity and discovered that Dilron’s reward had given him a taunting ability.

• Rive and Clottey discussed Black Star’s execution of Dilron, while Oulu warned that the association’s power could deepen the divide between Supers and ordinary people.
• Hilbert considered joining the association, believing its revival terms would pressure the Three Universal Civilizations to offer better terms of their own.
• Two days later, Han Xiao reflected that Sanctuary Revival had united most Beyond Grade As, though Pangon and the other avengers remained committed to revenge.
• Han Xiao explained that he had no intention of reviving the avengers or negotiating with Dilron, who continued working in Netherland because he hoped to be released.
• Han Xiao checked his rewards and found Taunting Habit, an ability that made others more likely to misunderstand him and enemies more likely to target him.

The Super Star Cluster leaders discussed the association’s growing power and prepared for a possible evacuation if the Three Universal Civilizations lost the war. At the training base, Fording unexpectedly began advancing and received mysterious coordinates through the Soul-Switching Device.

• The Super Star Cluster leaders celebrated the association’s new influence and discussed how it might help establish a balance against the Three Universal Civilizations.
• The Star Arc Civilization's leader revealed that the alliance had secretly prepared stargates, ships, and supplies for a possible migration after the World Tree invaded.
• Hadavy endured attacks from Calamity Grade trainees, who used him to test their strength, while he bragged about his durability and Sanctuary Revival.
• Sylvia criticized Hadavy’s prospects, and the group joked about his suggestive remarks as more trainees lined up to fight him.
• Fording felt his life level begin to advance, and the Soul-Switching Device fused with his psychic energy, exposing it to countless voices from souls.
• Fording received mysterious coordinates and sensed that they pointed toward the path to his sublimation.

Fording followed the Soul-Switching Device’s guidance to a Secondary Dimension and discovered a vast Remnant Soul Terminus. He realized the device could let him absorb its soul remnants safely and provide a chance to ascend, while Han Xiao monitored his discovery from afar.

• Han Xiao examined Fording and learned that the Soul-Switching Device had mutated his psychic power and given him coordinates to a Secondary Dimension.
• Fording insisted on making the journey alone, so Han Xiao equipped him with Sovereign and a Throne and secretly placed an Observation Mark on him.
• Han Xiao recalled a newly revealed First Sanctum message about an earlier plan that had been revised across iterations, then watched Fording through the Observation Mark.
• Fording traveled to the Secondary Dimension and found a vast vortex composed of soul remnants, which he identified as a possible Remnant Soul Terminus.
• Fording realized the Soul-Switching Device could purify the soul remnants and let him absorb them without side effects, giving him a chance to advance.
• Han Xiao watched Fording discover the opportunity and marveled at his extraordinary luck.

Fording used the Soul-Switching Device in the Remnant Soul Terminus to refine his psychic energy and break through to Beyond Grade A. After returning, he demonstrated his new ability to Han Xiao and the trainees, then offered to take Hila to the Terminus.

• Fording absorbed purified soul energy from the Remnant Soul Terminus and entered secluded cultivation while Han Xiao returned to his research.
• After a month, Fording returned to the training base as a Beyond Grade A, drawing a crowd of Calamity Grade trainees who congratulated him and asked about his breakthrough.
• Fording used a psychic song to share his advancement insights and motivate the trainees, while Han Xiao recognized that the ability could boost allies’ training efficiency.
• Fording’s psychic encouragement briefly lifted Lagi’s spirits, but Lagi quickly returned to his usual dejection, and Han Xiao guessed he was resistant to the effect.
• Fording explained that Hila could benefit from the Remnant Soul Terminus, and Han Xiao went to tell her before asking Fording to take her there.

Han Xiao told Hila that Fording had become a Beyond Grade A and discovered the Remnant Soul Terminus, prompting Hila to begin training there with Fording. Meanwhile, Han Xiao continued training the others and accumulated enough experience to prepare for his next advancement.

• Han Xiao arrived in the Netherland Dimension and found Hila pushing Aurora through special training.
• Han Xiao told Hila that Fording had become a Beyond Grade A and found the Remnant Soul Terminus, and Hila immediately agreed to visit.
• Fording brought Han Xiao and Hila to the Remnant Soul Terminus, where Hila began absorbing soul remnants to strengthen her Power of the Dead.
• Hila and Fording stayed at the Remnant Soul Terminus to train, while Han Xiao returned to the training base and continued teaching the others.
• More than half a year passed as the World Tree army advanced and players gained experience from front-line missions, helping Han Xiao gather enough experience to reach level 360.
• Han Xiao traveled to an uninhabited barren planet to spend his experience and prepare for his next advancement.