Recaps

Logo resisted the Eye of Insight’s attempt to erase his emotions by gathering the Royal Court’s convictions into a temporary barrier, surviving the Miracle Creation’s backlash. After emerging, he admitted to Qiya that his feelings were not entirely sincere, and she accepted that some of them were genuine.

• As the Eye of Insight’s backlash broke Logo’s emotional anchors, Qiya, Crassus, and the old count each felt a sudden emptiness and sorrow.
• Logo’s two clones briefly held back the erasing force, and he realized he could use the convictions of people who knew of him as protection.
• Using a method from the Aslant Civilization’s knowledge, Logo gathered the Royal Court’s varied emotions and formed a sand wall that made the flood recede.
• Logo survived the ordeal and discovered that his spirit and energy attributes had reached 61, awakening Aura of Wisdom and Spirituality Amplification.
• When Qiya greeted him after he left the chamber, Logo admitted that his feelings for her were not entirely sincere, and Qiya replied that the sincere part was enough.

Logo reunited with Crassus as the old count and Caesar each broke through to the Legendary realm, then kept Caesar’s advancement secret. The grand elder offered Logo a chance to apprentice under Madison, a six-star master alchemist, and Logo asked when he could begin.

• Qiya left Logo’s room delighted, and Crassus realized Logo had told her embarrassing stories about their childhood together.
• The old count returned after successfully reaching the Legendary realm, and Logo explained that Caesar was cultivating nearby.
• Caesar emerged as a Legendary Gold Dragon and challenged the old count to a spar, which Caesar won before healing his opponent with Holy Light Healing.
• Logo told Crassus to conceal Caesar’s breakthrough while explaining that the old count’s advancement was already recorded and could not be hidden.
• The grand elder offered to make Logo the apprentice of Madison, a six-star master alchemist from the Tia Empire, and Logo eagerly asked when he could start.

Logo faced Madison’s tests to become his disciple, demonstrating extraordinary computational power in Morning Star Chess and impressing the alchemy master. Madison then began a test of ingenuity, asking Logo to craft at least a one-star rare piece of equipment from ordinary materials within a day.

• Mokelan summoned Madison through a gateway, and Madison arrived as an avatar before examining Logo’s mutated Eye of Gendaya.
• Madison questioned Logo about alchemy, then tested his computational power with Morning Star Chess; Logo made 903 moves.
• Madison praised Logo’s acceptable performance and began teaching him about ingenuity and adaptability.
• Madison brought Logo to a workshop and challenged him to make one-star rare equipment from ordinary materials within a day.

Logo passed Madison’s final trial and became his student, receiving several valuable gifts and permission to remain in the Sunset Jungle with Madison’s avatar as his teacher. The grand elder then offered him a dangerous chance to earn the Royal Court’s support for becoming King of Gendaya, and Logo accepted.

• Logo showed Madison the Dark Night Throwing Knives he had crafted, including one Legend-quality piece, and Madison explained that his final trial would test resilience.
• Madison used the Sea God’s Attachment to place Logo in an illusion, but Logo saw through it and pretended to experience the test until he passed.
• Madison accepted Logo as his student and gave him a paulownia storage leaf, Morning Star Chess, and the Sea God’s Attachment.
• After learning about Logo’s businesses, including the Ruibeite Company, Madison agreed to teach him through his avatar instead of taking him to the Tia Empire.
• The grand elder offered Logo a dangerous mission that could secure the Royal Court’s support for his bid to become King of Gendaya, and Logo agreed to lure the snake from its hole.

Logo and his companions anticipated an attack as they traveled toward the Sunset Jungle, while a dwarf general and a shadowy organization prepared an ambush. When the attackers surrounded them, Logo revealed that he had called for help, but the enemy had also concealed a Demigod.

• Logo dismissed the White Wolf Kingdom’s accusations of cheating, and Sherlock predicted that the Royal Court would retaliate against its smear campaign.
• Logo told the old count that an attack was likely soon, while Gelu confirmed he had arranged an ambush in exchange for resources.
• A shadowy organization learned that Logo was traveling toward the Sunset Jungle and sent its forces to intercept him.
• As Logo’s ship entered public airspace, attackers destroyed it, but Caesar teleported the group into a spatial interlayer.
• Logo counted an Epic, seven Legendaries, and 150 Tier Five-or-higher enemies, then had Caesar bring the group out as the attackers launched their assault.
• Logo called for help, and an Epic Peak powerhouse darkened the sky, but a Demigod’s aura swept over the battlefield.

Madison, disguised as the great elder, rescued Logo and his companions from an ambush by four Demigods and their forces by trapping the attackers in the Heaven-Imprisoning Prison. As the battle spread, Logo equipped his battle mecha to face a Transcendent, while a pillar of golden light struck toward the Buratino Royal Palace on Origin Island.

• Four Demigods and their forces surrounded Logo's group, and the great elder appeared to shield them.
• Madison revealed himself beneath the great elder's disguise, trapped the attackers in the Heaven-Imprisoning Prison, and summoned an army of war puppets.
• Madison fought the four Demigods while Logo's companions battled the surrounding enemies with help from the puppets.
• Logo transformed his cards into a battle mecha and challenged a Tier Nine Transcendent.
• A pillar of golden light descended toward the Buratino Royal Palace on Origin Island.

The Dawn Empire launched a surprise assault on the Royal Court’s capital after a Space Detection Tower was disabled, while the first elder revealed his hidden strength and fought Leiersen. The chapter ended with the battle raging above the capital and a wounded giant serpent confronting Logo inside the Heaven-Imprisoning Prison.

• The Dawn Empire’s forces entered through a breach in the capital’s spatial defenses, and Grand Duke Lieyuan and Grand Duke Tielin accused each other of treachery as their supporters argued.
• Dawn Empire Demigods began breaking the spatial confinement while Gendaya warriors charged them, and the left minister Alex appeared with the Eye of Gendaya.
• Leiersen discovered that the first elder was still defending the capital and ordered the other Demigods to build a teleportation array while he confronted the Night King.
• The first elder used Slaughter: Worldfall to overwhelm Leiersen, revealing power near the threshold of a High-Rank Demigod and recalling his master’s warning about the day the blade first struck.
• Inside the Heaven-Imprisoning Prison, a bloodied giant serpent faced Logo with grave concern.

Logo defeated a Tier Nine serpent and learned that the Dawn Empire and White Wolf Kingdom were attacking the Royal Court on several fronts. After Madison drove off the enemy Demigods, Logo reached the devastated capital and learned the Royal Court had won there, but its wider war was nearing disaster.

• Logo subdued the wounded Tier Nine serpent and unnerved his companions when his eyes turned blue during a curious, detached state.
• Logo explained that Madison was protecting him rather than trying to kill the enemy Demigods, and the Demigods withdrew after Madison fought them.
• Madison revealed that turmoil within the Dawn Empire might be affecting the attack, then warned Logo that he would take him back to the Tia Empire if he faced danger again.
• Logo and his companions reached the ruined royal capital, where Qiya told them the grand elder and Grand Duke Lieyuan had gone to the border.
• Qiya reported that the grand elder had killed three enemy Demigods and stopped the coup in the capital, while the Dawn Empire and White Wolf Kingdom attacked the Royal Court across three routes and struck its colonial fleets.
• Logo realized the Royal Court's overall position was becoming desperate and wondered what the Dawn Pope intended.

Logo watched the Royal Court negotiate with the dwarves over Gelu, then discovered signs linking several traitors to the same extraterrestrial evil and suspected the Guta Federation was involved. Left Chancellor Alex asked Logo to decide the fate of the Tielin Clan, possibly preparing him for a future role as Gendaya’s king.

• Logo went to the palace after learning Prince Aomu had arrived to negotiate over Gelu, and Qiya sent the White Wolf Clan’s chief steward to accompany him.
• Logo and his companions heard Left Chancellor Alex berate Prince Aomu before the two sides reached a settlement, and Alex then summoned Logo to the side hall.
• Alex began the trial of the captured Tielin Clan members, and Logo noticed the same dark aura he had seen around other suspicious figures.
• Logo connected the aura to blood sacrifices, extraterrestrial evil gods, and Ashes, then privately suspected the Guta Federation was involved.
• Alex asked Logo whether the Tielin Clan members should die or atone with their lives, and Logo suspected Alex was paving the way for his possible succession as king.

Logo secured the Tielin Clan’s support by persuading Left Chancellor Alex to let its leaders atone through meritorious service. He then outlined a plan to centralize the Royal Court’s power by strengthening the New Blood Faction, and Alex agreed to begin the dangerous reforms.

• Logo realized Alex intended to bind the Tielin Clan to him by letting its leaders live and owe him gratitude.
• Logo publicly pleaded for the Tielin Clan, and after a staged argument Alex allowed its leaders to atone through meritorious service.
• The Tielin Clan’s leaders knelt to thank Logo, while Logo and Alex agreed that Luolike could lead the clan’s Young and Middle-Aged Faction.
• Alex asked Logo how to address the Royal Court’s political weaknesses, and Logo argued for centralizing power by developing the New Blood Faction and closing its gap in high-level strength.
• Logo showed Alex an information crystal outlining a confidential reform plan, and Alex accepted that the Royal Court had no way back and ordered them to begin with industrial development.

The Gendaya Royal Court expanded Blood Eye’s power and began a sweeping alchemical industry program amid escalating wars with the White Wolf Kingdom and Dawn Empire. After Logo led Blood Eye in wiping out the Linyin Family, he suspected the Dawn Empire’s purge of generals was connected to their opposition to the Sebawen Faith.

• The Royal Court established Blood Eye, arrested thousands of officials and prominent figures, and suppressed opposition to its three-year alchemical industry plan.
• Logo and his allies fought on the borders as the Royal Court suffered military losses, while Logo gained prestige for leading covert operations and defeating enemy forces.
• Logo led an attack that destroyed the Linyin Family, and Blood Eye cleaners arrived afterward to erase evidence and collect supplies.
• Crassus, Tiffany, Caesar, and Logo discussed the Royal Court’s precarious position and the White Wolf Kingdom’s reinforcements and Dawn Empire’s execution of generals.
• Logo reasoned that the Dawn Empire had targeted old-guard believers who opposed the Sebawen Faith, suggesting an unknown conflict involving the faith.

Logo cultivated Devouring Insects and discussed using the Ruibete Group to join the Angedora Bay Rare Metals Community. After considering how to conceal alchemy factories from the Dawn Empire, he proposed building them in a demiplane and sought Maidisenna’s help deciphering a spatial rune array.

• Logo fed holy water and other light-based materials to his Devouring Insects, causing the swarm to evolve and grow.
• Alex invited Logo to represent the Royal Court at a meeting establishing the Angedora Bay Rare Metals Community, and Logo proposed attending as chairman of the Ruibete Group.
• Alex reported that the first alchemy factory was producing individual mechas at high speed, while most of its output had to be sold to fund the three-year plan.
• Logo and Alex considered how to hide reserve alchemy factories, then discussed building them in a demiplane.
• Logo returned to his laboratory and asked Maidisenna to decipher a spatial rune array.

Logo persuaded Maidisenna to calculate the coordinates of a demiplane near Planet Pandora, reducing the estimated time to about a month. Meanwhile, Lancelot disguised himself as a Kaila and followed the fleeing group to another underground base on Planet Golden Bridge.

• Logo asked Maidisenna to derive the demiplane’s coordinates from a runic array, and Maidisenna initially estimated the work would take two years.
• Logo gave Maidisenna crystals containing advanced space-time knowledge, and Maidisenna shortened his estimate to seven months, then two months.
• Logo persuaded Maidisenna to focus exclusively on the calculation, bringing the expected completion time down to about a month.
• Logo informed the Left Minister that the matter was settled and assigned him further work before returning to his laboratory.
• On Planet Golden Bridge, Lancelot used the Molecular Aggregation Insect’s camouflage to replace a fleeing Kaila named Nigu and followed the group.
• The Kaila reached another base hundreds of meters underground, and Lancelot entered the primitive subterranean town with them.

Lancelot infiltrated a Kaila underground base and silently killed dozens of its residents, including a Tier Seven spellcaster, before Grand Commander Dige'er detected him. As Lancelot fled, he realized Dige'er’s power was at the peak of Tier Nine.

• Lancelot refused to call Alliance reinforcements and planned to raid the Kaila base for supplies and military merit.
• Lancelot used molecular aggregation insects to survey the base, then began silently killing Kaila residents with Darkness's Fallen Slaughter.
• By three thirty in the morning, Lancelot had killed fifty-two targets and chosen a wealthy Tier Seven spellcaster as his final victim.
• Dige'er sensed the danger growing, ordered Keli to sound the war horn, and summoned the base’s fighters.
• The spellcaster blinked directly in front of Lancelot, who killed him with a single punch and looted his body.
• Lancelot fled as Dige'er locked onto him, and he recognized the Grand Commander as a peak Tier Nine Transcendent.

Lancelot fled a Kaila People base while Dige'er pursued him, and the two fought across the wilderness until Lancelot detonated a nuclear bomb. A young Sanctuary expert rescued him and restrained Dige'er, and Lancelot deduced the rescuer was Zyra's younger brother, White Light Fituosi.

• Lancelot escaped the underground base as Dige'er pursued him, then sent an emergency distress signal after reaching the surface.
• Dige'er used a burst of speed to catch up and struck Lancelot with a sun-like attack, but Lancelot's apparent body turned out to be a fake.
• Dige'er detected Lancelot hiding nearby and unleashed a wide-area attack, leaving Lancelot with no apparent escape.
• Lancelot detonated a nuclear bomb, badly burning Dige'er, but a young Sanctuary expert emerged and bound him with lines of law.
• Lancelot told the young man about another Kaila People base, and the man said he had already sent people there.
• Lancelot recognized the rescuer as White Light Fituosi, Zyra's younger brother, and Fituosi asked how he had guessed.

After completing the Scavenger Operation, Lancelot learned about the Swordbearer Unit and reunited with the other students to settle their prize pool mission. The chapter ended with Vermila accidentally entering Lancelot’s shower and accusing him of wrongdoing.

• Fituosi explained the Swordbearer Unit and invited Lancelot to join, but Lancelot decided to consult Director Steel Tiger first.
• Vermila visited Lancelot at the space station and reminded him that the students were meeting to rank their military merit and distribute the prize pool.
• Vermila told Lancelot that Fax had reported her to the military tribunal after she rescued him, adding to Lancelot’s suspicions about the growing conflict between the military and the Fax People.
• At the gathering, Keaton announced that Lancelot had earned 62,314 military merit as a lone operator, more than any team, and Lancelot received 12,200 credits from the prize pool.
• After the celebration, Vermila woke up in Lancelot’s room and wandered into his shower; Lancelot woke her with a small electric shock, and she accused him of taking advantage of her.

After returning from the Planet Golden Bridge operation, Lancelot spent his credits on bloodline resources, equipment, and supplies before visiting Zyra with Vermila. There he reunited with Mona, and the group settled in to try a rare drink from Black Hole Urta.

• Lancelot teased Vermila over accidentally getting into the wrong bed, then the Holy Sword Academy students left the space station for home.
• Lancelot spent his credits on bloodline potions, supplementary resources, Wind Thunder Shadow boots, Insect King Blood, cloak-upgrade materials, and explosives.
• The students returned to the academy, and Zyra invited Lancelot to visit; he brought Vermila along to meet her.
• At Zyra's home, Lancelot was surprised to find Mona out of seclusion, while Vermila excitedly greeted her idol, Zyra.
• Zyra poured the four of them different amounts of a starlit drink from Black Hole Urta, explaining that the servings matched their strength.

After drinking an energy liquid, Lancelot learned that Mona was the Ross Family’s adopted daughter and had been used by the Second Blood Ancestor to bear his slaughter intent. He agreed to stand with Mona and Zyra against the Peak Demigod, though the story left their confrontation ahead.

• Lancelot drank the energy liquid, causing a violent surge of power that eventually stabilized, while Vermila fainted from the energy shock.
• Zyra introduced Mona Wiggins and revealed that she had SSS psychic potential, which the Ross Family had suppressed.
• Zyra explained that the Second Blood Ancestor adopted Mona to build a karmic bond, then transferred his killing intent to her and created the obedient second personality, Mo Li.
• A human expert rescued Mona during the Second Blood Ancestor’s slumber and severed his control over Mo Li, but Mona refused to let the human Demigod erase her other personality.
• Lancelot learned that the Second Blood Ancestor was their enemy and promised to fight alongside Mona and Zyra.

Lancelot gave Zyra martial-artist cultivation records that might help her reach Demigod and promised Mona that a friend could someday separate her from Mo Li. After leaving Mona and Zyra, he returned home to begin examining the bloodline potions he had ordered.

• Mona explained that the Second Blood Ancestor was asleep, but she could not reach Demigod while she and Mo Li remained connected; Lancelot proposed that his friend might separate them once he became strong enough.
• Lancelot brought Zyra information crystals containing advanced martial-artist cultivation experience, and she became fascinated by their contents.
• Zyra leaped onto Lancelot to demand where he had obtained the crystals, then learned they could help her pursue a Demigod breakthrough.
• Lancelot asked Mona to introduce him to Teacher Saila and left Vermila in her care before departing; Mo Li teased Mona about her feelings for him.
• Back at his villa, Lancelot cooled off under an icy shower and received his ordered supplies, including three bloodline potions; he picked up the Immortal-quality Wellspring of Nature.

Lancelot entered the Totem World and risked awakening two abilities in succession with the help of a Gene Stabilizer, breaking through to Tier Seven and becoming a High-Rank Transcendent. His new attribute panel showed his strengthened abilities and talents after the breakthrough.

• Lancelot decided to attempt a double awakening despite the risks, spurred by his desire to keep pace with Gustavo and Logo.
• Lancelot used his level 11 clearance to enter the Totem World's third region and put on the Intermediate Gene Stabilizer.
• Lancelot drank Breath of Vitality and awakened a new ability, then drank the Immortal-quality Wellspring of Nature potion.
• Lancelot used Absolute Focus to steady his mind and guide his body through the potion's effects as his Life Essence expanded.
• Lancelot broke through to Tier Seven and became a High-Rank Transcendent Lifeform.
• Lancelot checked his attribute panel and saw his new abilities, attribute talents, and combat power rating.

After awakening powerful new talents and reaching upper Tier Nine combat potential, Lancelot kept his advancement quiet and visited Saila to improve his Molecular Aggregation Insects. He agreed to join Beaufort’s team for a mission starting in half a month.

• Lancelot awakened [Electromagnetic Field], [Breath of Vitality], and Legendary-potential [Wellspring of Nature], raising his combat power to upper Tier Nine.
• Lancelot decided not to test himself on the Holy Sword Stairway, then left the Totem World and returned home to rest.
• After Mona arranged a meeting, Lancelot visited Saila, who offered to raise his Molecular Aggregation Insects to Immortal quality and asked him to return in three days.
• Uerniwa led Lancelot to a vast beehive, where Lancelot enjoyed honey and left with a jar of it.
• Beaufort invited Lancelot to replace a dead team member as a scout and sniper, and Lancelot accepted the mission scheduled for half a month later.

Lancelot arranged to have his damaged Steel Feather Cloak reforged and accompanied Sugela to the Divine Research Institute symposium, where he learned why the Alliance’s leaders were pushing ahead with dangerous divine research. He left furious that their desire to extend their lives endangered the entire Crimson Alliance.

• Lancelot received 7,000 credits from Gopher Raquel, visited Sugela, and agreed to accompany him to the symposium at Steel Refining Academy.
• Lancelot showed White his damaged Steel Feather Cloak, and White arranged for a master alchemist to upgrade it using Lancelot’s credits and materials.
• Ms. Saila returned Lancelot’s Molecular Aggregation Insect after it advanced to the Immortal level, improving its combat and concealment abilities.
• Sugela and the Holy Sword Academy researchers traveled to Steel Refining Academy, where Lancelot saw Professor Bai Ge'er present the Divine Research Institute’s work.
• Lancelot warned Sugela that the Alliance’s divine research would invite disaster, and Sugela explained that the human leaders were pursuing it to gain divine power and prolong their lives.
• Lancelot realized the leaders’ selfish motives put the whole Alliance at risk and clenched his fists in anger.

Logo attended the Rare Metals Community Conference in Angedora Bay, where he learned that the southern lords were preparing for war against the Dawn Empire and introduced Qiya as his fiancée. He warned the assembled powers to build strategic reserves and replace the Ta Pound with an independent currency, but they rejected his proposals, leaving him intent on preparing for the Guta Federation’s suspected plans.

• Lancelot felt helpless about his lack of influence over national strategy as the Rare Metals Community Conference approached.
• Logo met Shake Baha at the conference and learned that the Dusk Lord had made him deputy head of the delegation and that the southern lords were stockpiling resources for a possible attack on the Dawn Empire.
• Qiya joined Logo, and he introduced her to Shake as his fiancée, delighting her.
• Logo urged the community to increase strategic reserves fivefold and issue an independent currency, drawing objections from Tia Empire representatives while the fifteen major powers showed little interest.
• Logo left the stage believing the Guta Federation could use its control of the Ta Pound to exploit the plane during a future war, and he planned to use his warning to gain influence over later currency reform.

Logo presented the Devouring Insects to the faction leaders, demonstrating their ability to destroy light-based defenses and winning approval for a resource-funded cultivation plan. The leaders signed a Blazing Sun Contract to protect the insects’ secrecy, while Lancelot returned to Holy Sword Academy with his Steel Feather Cloak upgraded to three-star Legend.

• Balielunduo introduced Logo to the representatives of the fifteen factions, who discussed preparations for their war against the Dawn Empire.
• Logo demonstrated that the Devouring Insects could eat through a Legendary shield’s light inscriptions, impressing the representatives with their value against the Empire’s defenses.
• Balielunduo proposed delaying the war so the factions could fund the Ruibete Group’s cultivation of Devouring Insects, and the representatives approved the plan.
• Balielunduo revealed the Sunset Lord’s Blazing Sun Contract, and the representatives, including Logo, signed it to keep the Devouring Insects secret.
• Lancelot and Teacher Sugela returned to Holy Sword Academy after half a month, and Lancelot retrieved his successfully upgraded three-star Legend Steel Feather Cloak from White.

Lancelot joined Beaufort’s elite team for an operation near the Crimson Alliance’s southern border, where the Alliance covertly managed proxy forces and settlements in the Cantia Mountains. Beaufort briefed him on the team’s two missions: destroy the White Shark Bandit Group and deliver gifts to the chief justice of the Duchy of Lexais.

• Lancelot tested his newly enhanced Steel Feather Cloak and saw that it had raised his combat power above 940.
• Beaufort invited Lancelot aboard the team’s shuttle, where Caroline questioned whether the young student could serve as an effective sniper.
• Beaufort introduced Lancelot to the team’s specialists, who regarded him as a promising but inexperienced genius.
• Lancelot let the team underestimate his abilities and traveled with them toward the Alliance’s southern border.
• Beaufort explained the Alliance’s covert use of proxy forces to manage the Cantia border settlements and gave Lancelot the missions to exterminate the White Shark Bandit Group and deliver gifts to the chief justice of the Duchy of Lexais.