Arc 18Into the Astral Realm

Logo and Lancelot used their clones, allies, and new powers to reshape the Golden Kingdom, save Zyra, and counter threats to the Gendaya Royal Court. After completing the Nirvana Tower and preparing for a search for the Philosopher’s Stone, Logo entered the Astral Realm with his companions and learned that the Elven Plane’s protection was nearly over.

  • Logo became an intelligent lifeform, created soul and mechanical clones, and gave his allies Eye of Insight offshoots before entering the Crimson Alliance.
  • Logo separated Mona and Mo Li’s souls, while Diorus’s emergence sparked a crisis that devastated Holy Sword Academy and threw the Crimson Alliance into upheaval.
  • Logo developed a vaccine for the K11 Virus, gained the Crimson Alliance’s support, and became finance minister of the Angedora Bay Alliance as Ashes and the Blood Clan plotted against him.
  • Lancelot became a Legendary Terra Clan member, traveled to Golden Star for essence sap to save Zyra, and impersonated Nulong Jiedun to enter Second Prince Adelia’s service.
  • Lancelot survived the White Tusk Mountains battle, uncovered the Golden King’s plot, and joined forces with Logo to capture the king and place Adelia on the throne.
  • Lancelot used Golden Maple Tree sap to restore Zyra’s body, while Logo captured Charles and Aibuer and brought the Nitavie Clan under his control.
  • Logo’s mechanical clone crushed a rebellion in the Golden Kingdom, and Logo advanced the Nirvana Tower to Miracle quality before building a large force and setting out for the Astral Realm.
  • Logo and his companions registered at an Astral Realm observation post and learned that the Elven Plane’s protection would soon expire, leaving it vulnerable after its final expedition.
Chapters 426–451 Vol. 5 Read

Ch. 426Clone Project, Eye of Insight Offshoot

After advancing to Legendary, Logo transformed into an intelligent lifeform and discovered that he could create soul clones while retaining his new form’s abilities. He gave Eye of Insight offshoots to his allies, then entered the Crimson Alliance to meet Zyra and Mona.

  • Logo became an intelligent lifeform, created an offshoot, and turned it into a soul clone that restored his ability to sense laws without diminishing his information-based talents.
  • Logo planned specialized clones for research and combat, considered merging himself and the Fire of Birth with the Nirvana Tower, and calculated that his supply of the Royal Court’s Thoughts of Living Beings would eventually run short.
  • Logo created more than a dozen Eye of Insight offshoots in living eyes and concealed them with Legend-quality Rings of Oblivion.
  • Logo gave the offshoot eyes to Crassus, Caesar, Qiya Pendragon, and the others; they discovered the eyes greatly enhanced intelligence-related talents and agreed to keep them secret.
  • Logo warned his allies of major events expected in the Crimson Alliance, then entered it three days later with three Epic bodyguards.
  • Logo met Zyra and Mona in a private room at an underground black-market tavern.

Ch. 427Soul Separation, Scheming Against the Blood Ancestor, and a Mechanical Clone

Logo separated Mona and Mo Li’s souls, freeing Mona from the restriction that had blocked her path to Demigodhood and giving Mo Li a chance to turn her connection to the Second Blood Ancestor against him. Back at Origin Island, Logo organized his plans and created a mechanical clone whose dimming Mechanical Spark suggested his experiment had worked.

  • Logo reassured Zyra and Mona about Lancelot, then performed a soul separation operation that gave Mona and Mo Li independent souls.
  • After restoring their souls with energy from soul crystals, Logo suggested Mo Li join the Blood Clan and gave Mona an information crystal containing a plan to use Mo Li’s connection to the Second Blood Ancestor against him.
  • Logo explained that Mona’s separation removed her bottleneck to becoming a Demigod, and Mona and Zyra thanked him before leaving with the information crystal.
  • Back at Origin Island, Logo outlined plans involving the Eye of Wisdom, a Phoenix Potion, clones, the Nirvana Tower, political turmoil, and travel to the Astral Realm, then completed fifty Eye of Wisdom devices.
  • Logo turned the Sky Eagle Mecha into a mechanical life-form by merging it with a subsidiary intelligence and igniting a Mechanical Spark.
  • Logo used his Soul Informatization talent to transform the clone’s intelligence back into a soul, leaving its Mechanical Spark dim but still burning, and concluded that the experiment had succeeded.

Ch. 428Bloodline Clone, Knight Cultivation, Four Immortal Potions, Divine Backlash, Alliance Schism

Logo fused his body with the Nirvana Tower, created a powerful Gendaya Slaughter Knight clone, and completed four Immortal Phoenix Potions. Meanwhile, Bai Ge'er seized a divine body but was consumed by the returning Primordial God Diorus, whose wave transformed the Crimson Alliance’s worshippers and plunged the world into chaos.

  • Logo transferred his main soul into the Nirvana Tower, merged his body with it, and used 112 blood essences to create a Gendaya clone with five racial talents.
  • The bloodline clone followed the Slaughter Knight inheritance and reached the Legendary realm, while the mechanical clone had also become Legendary; Logo finished four four-star Immortal Phoenix Potions for Lancelot.
  • Bai Ge'er used a godhead fragment to take control of the divine body, defeated Flame Demon Keluodi'er's attack, and escaped the laboratory.
  • Primordial God Diorus revealed himself inside Bai Ge'er, killed him, and sent a wave across the plane that transformed Crimson Alliance worshippers into dangerous, rapidly burning Transcendents.
  • On Planet Hundred Birds, the lord activated the Pegasus Near-Surface Defense System, and missiles exploded as the K11 Virus crisis worsened.

Ch. 429The Tragedy of Holy Sword

Diorus, King of Ashes, fought Moon Breaker Maxwell and Star Vein Eusius while the Sea Dragon Alliance and Ashes launched a planned assault on Holy Sword Academy. The academy’s defenders met the invasion with the Titan Fortress and newly ascended Demigod Mona Wiggins, but the chapter ended with the campus devastated and the battle still raging.

  • Diorus, King of Ashes, tried to consume the blank-slate divine soul, then fought Moon Breaker Maxwell and Star Vein Eusius to hold them back.
  • Ancient Gold Dragon Aorlite shattered Holy Sword Academy’s defenses and battled Dean Urta while a force led by Kudolin, Menason, and the Thunder Star Pillar attacked the academy.
  • Vice Dean Louis unleashed a fifteenth-circle spell, and the Titan Fortress emerged to fight Menason and support the academy’s defenders.
  • Mona Wiggins stopped the Thunder Star Pillar’s attack and revealed that she had broken through to Demigod, while Zyra used Limit Release to join Iron Tiger and Blood Weeper against Kudolin.
  • Kudolin drew Zyra, Iron Tiger, and Blood Weeper into his Demigod domain, as the battle left Holy Sword Academy in ruins.

Ch. 430The Fires of Revenge, Internal Strife, and Foreign Enemies

After Holy Sword suffered catastrophic losses in Aorlite’s attack, Urta rallied its surviving teachers and students around revenge while the Crimson Alliance’s leaders assessed threats from within and abroad. The Alliance remained capable of fighting, but its government faced a collapsed economy, internal unrest, damaged communications, and invasions on multiple fronts.

  • Maxwell told Urta that Alliance forces had attacked other countries during the upheaval and that the Iridescent Light Empire and Soaring Dragon Empire had occupied Planet Golden Bridge.
  • Urta mourned the broken Holy Sword, learned that Zyra was barely alive and Louis had died, then urged Farui’an to gather Holy Sword’s survivors.
  • Urta rallied the surviving teachers and students on the ruins, promising that Holy Sword would be rebuilt and calling them to revenge.
  • Alliance Leader Tarlov outlined the Blood Clan’s exodus to Planet Twilight, the economic collapse, the God-Creation Project’s failure, the K11 Virus, and attacks by the Sea Dragon Alliance and other foreign forces.
  • Maxwell’s Haki suppressed the leaders’ wavering, and Tarlov reported that the military remained largely intact and could restore order if logistics and communications were repaired.

Ch. 431Measures, Deception, Turning the Tables

The Crimson Alliance leaders decided to activate the Titan Fortresses to restore order and mass-produce biochemical warriors, while secretly using a deception to lure the Blood Clan into an ambush. The chapter revealed that the Blood Clan’s supposed mole was Badr, but the Alliance planned to use that false intelligence to buy three days to prepare.

  • Tarlov told the council that communications had been heavily damaged, and the leaders debated how to restore order despite the K11 Virus and disabled transportation systems.
  • Belotti revealed that the Alliance had already neutralized the Titan Fortresses’ hidden control mechanism, and Maxwell ordered the fortresses activated to produce biochemical warriors.
  • Ulan Ross told the Blood Clan elders that a human mole had warned them of the Alliance’s plan, and the elders began arranging an ambush with help from the Sea Dragon Alliance, Ashes, and a rune master.
  • Sid used fate-reading to identify Badr as the Blood Clan’s mole, and Maxwell informed Belotti and Eusius of the discovery.
  • Belotti explained that the Alliance had fed the Blood Clan false intelligence to draw them into an ambush while the Titan Fortresses produced troops, and Maxwell said three days would be enough to secure the Alliance.

Ch. 432The Military Control Committee, the Hunter Behind the Prey, Dissecting a God, the Holy Radiant Empire

The Crimson Alliance formed a Military Control Committee and began restoring order, while Logo and Madison captured a weakened god for dissection. The Blood Clan renewed its attacks as the Alliance struggled to contain the crisis, and the Dawn Empire renamed itself the Holy Radiant Empire.

  • The Crimson Alliance established the nine-member Military Control Committee under Moon Breaker Maxwell, restored communications, and began rebuilding cities and stabilizing public order.
  • Logo and Madison found the sleeping god in a dimensional rift, captured him in the alchemy tower, and brought him to Ruibete Island for study and dissection.
  • Madison told Logo that Bloody Madam Tuya Locke had asked him to help attack the Crimson Alliance, but he planned to refuse because of Tia Empire politics.
  • Ulan Ross ordered Kudolin to return to Planet Twilight to develop Blood Clan civilization while he stayed behind to disrupt the Alliance.
  • The Blood Clan launched a large assault with help from hidden agents and foreign forces, while the Military Control Committee sought experts to counter the evolving K11 Virus.
  • The Dawn Empire changed its name to the Holy Radiant Empire, and Pope Anthony Douglas was crowned emperor on the Holy Mountain.

Ch. 433Chaos, God's Cage, the An Alliance, and Virus Serum

As war spread across Planet Oklo, Logo continued building his influence by securing a deity-sealing cage and developing a serum for the K11 Virus. He arranged for the Royal Court to back his negotiations with the Crimson Alliance and went to meet the Sunset Lord, leaving the next step of his alliance plans unresolved.

  • The Radiant Empire's rebellion drew the Winter Empire into war, while tensions across Planet Oklo prompted powers to raise their alert levels and pursue new alliances.
  • The Ashes Organization's Sun Eclipser ordered its cadres to begin a plan to exploit the chaos on Planet Oklo.
  • Logo told Madison he intended to remain involved with the Royal Court and seek an important position in the planned An Alliance.
  • Madison built God's Cage in the Royal Court's demiplane, and Logo placed the sleeping deity inside it.
  • Logo prepared virus serum that could be diluted into a vaccine for the Crimson Alliance and secured Left Chancellor Alex's support for negotiations.
  • Logo arrived in Sunset City and went to meet the Sunset Lord.

Ch. 434A Deal, Vast Resources, and a Firm Foundation

Logo secured the Sunset Lord’s support and negotiated a vaccine deal that brought the Crimson Alliance back from the brink while strengthening his bid to become the An Alliance’s finance minister. The Alliance’s mass vaccinations restored its people and grassroots forces, but the cure caught Ashes and the Blood Clan off guard.

  • Logo persuaded the Sunset Lord that the vaccine could win him the An Alliance finance minister post and raise the Sunset Jungle’s influence, so she agreed to accompany him.
  • At Ruibete Group headquarters, the Crimson Alliance tested Logo’s vaccine, and Jacqueline used mind magic to question him; the Sunset Lord checked Logo afterward and found no mental tampering.
  • Logo handed negotiations to Alex, who secured more than a hundred billion Ta Pounds, valuable resources, future economic partnerships, and the Crimson Alliance’s support for Logo.
  • Jacqueline arranged mass inoculations, and 99.9 percent of infected people recovered; Kairi left quarantine and chose to enlist against those responsible for the disaster.
  • The Crimson Alliance’s restored grassroots forces stabilized its order, while Ashes and the Blood Clan were stunned by the vaccine’s arrival.

Ch. 435The Nitavie Clan and Finance Minister Logo

Ashes and the Blood Clan agreed to hire the Nitavie Clan and the Radiant Empire to assassinate Logo Campbell and other Gendaya Royal Court figures, while the Sun Eclipser ordered a purge of Ashes. Several days later, fifteen powers formed the Angedora Bay Alliance and elected Logo finance minister.

  • Ulan Ross accused Ashes of leaking the Blood Embrace Virus strain, but Dark Moon Gelaxius denied it and agreed that Ashes would take most responsibility for the coming assassination contract.
  • Dark Moon and Ulan decided to target Logo Campbell and the Gendaya Royal Court, with Ashes contacting the Nitavie Clan and the Radiant Empire while paying eighty percent of the cost.
  • After the Blood Clan elders departed, the Sun Eclipser ordered Dark Moon to investigate Ashes thoroughly, foreshadowing a purge within the organization.
  • Dark Moon persuaded Golden Lion Jiesili to cooperate with Ashes in attacking the Gendaya Royal Court, then negotiated with Aibuer Nitavie to hire the Nitavie Clan for three percent of the planar black market's profits and rare resources.
  • Fifteen powers established the Angedora Bay Alliance, and Logo Campbell was elected chair of its Economic and Trade Committee, making him its finance minister.

Ch. 436The Nitavie Assassinations, Casualties and Counterattack, Legendary Lancelot

Logo learned that assassins from the Radiant Empire and the Nitavie Family had killed several of his supporters and injured Qiya, so he traveled to the Tia Empire to study a captured Nitavie soul and find a way to counter Soul Escape. Meanwhile, Lancelot awoke from his eight-month slumber as a Legendary life-form.

  • At the Angedora Alliance founding assembly, Logo delivered his speech while Charles Nitavie watched him from the crowd in disguise.
  • After the assembly, Logo learned that assassins had killed several of his supporters, while Qiya was gravely injured and Crassus had escaped an attack.
  • Logo identified the Nitavie Family as a likely source of the attacks and decided to investigate Soul Escape by studying a captured member in the Tia Empire.
  • Madison brought Logo to the Tia Empire's First Prison, where Logo prepared to dissect the soul of a Legendary Nitavie prisoner.
  • In the Luolunsi Secret Realm, Lancelot woke after eight months and unleashed the pressure of a Legendary life-form.

Ch. 438Miracle-quality Steel Feather Cloak, trait: "Replication"

After reaching Legendary rank and becoming an Earth Guardian, Lancelot collected Tibeici’s first inheritance and used the World Furnace to combine the Steel Feather Cloak, the Molecular Aggregation Insect, and the Pact of Guardianship. The resulting miracle-quality armor retained Steel Feather’s control and gained the Miracle Trait [Replication].

  • Lancelot reviewed his new Earth Guardian skills and talents, named his race the Terra Clan, and left the secret realm after Tibeici’s Wind of the Stars disappeared.
  • Lancelot used the Pact of Guardianship and summoned the World Furnace, but realized he needed Primeval Stones to refine the Steel Feather Cloak and the Molecular Aggregation Insect.
  • Lancelot entered the Dome of the Stars, met its central intelligence Starry Sky, and withdrew the first inheritance Tibeici had left for him: a thousand Primeval Stones.
  • Lancelot returned to the Luolunsi Secret Realm and fed Primeval Stones, the Steel Feather Cloak, the Molecular Aggregation Insect, and the Pact of Guardianship into the World Furnace.
  • After eight hours of refining, Lancelot received miracle-quality Pure Steel Battle Armor, whose Miracle Trait was [Replication].

Ch. 439Return and killing intent, the world's revelation, setting out for Golden Star, why is Ashes everywhere?

Lancelot returned from the Luolunsi Secret Realm, reunited with Mona, and learned from the World Will that a Golden Maple Tree on Golden Star could provide the essence sap needed to save Zyra. After preparing and borrowing the True Dragon Mecha, he crossed the cosmic storm to Golden Star and entered a town, where he discovered an Ashes member at the top of its wanted list.

  • Lancelot used seventy-eight raw stones to raise Spellbreaking Star to level eight, then returned to the ruined Holy Sword Academy and reunited with Mona.
  • Lancelot visited Zyra's soul and asked the World Will how to save her, learning that a massive Golden Maple Tree on Golden Star could provide the needed essence sap.
  • Lancelot agreed to return within a month after seeking Zyra's cure, and Urta gave him the True Dragon Mecha and access to Holy Sword's weapons reserve.
  • Lancelot traveled to Golden Star, crossed its deadly cosmic storm in his Steel Feather Cloak, and entered a town disguised as a local hunter.
  • Lancelot went to the hunters' tavern and found Feiyue Yilainuoke, an Ashes member, at the top of the wanted list.

Ch. 440Crimson Shadow, the Plan, the Second Prince, Nulong

Lancelot learned that Crimson Shadow had failed to steal the Hunter Treasure Tree and studied Golden Star’s hunter system before deciding to reach the Golden Mother Tree through the royal family. He defeated Nulong Jiedun, copied his identity and abilities with the Steel Feather Cloak, and set out to meet Second Prince Adelia.

  • Lancelot recognized Feiyue Yilainuoke as Crimson Shadow’s leader and learned that the group had suffered heavy losses while trying to steal the Hunter Treasure Tree.
  • Lancelot read books about Golden Star’s history and learned that hunters gained power by absorbing magical beast blood, while the Golden Maple Tree helped their system succeed.
  • Lancelot decided to impersonate a renowned hunter and enter Second Prince Adelia’s service, then chose Nulong Jiedun from the Hunters’ Union rankings as his target.
  • Lancelot tracked Nulong Jiedun to a swamp north of Green Plain City and knocked him unconscious with a single attack.
  • Lancelot used the Steel Feather Cloak to copy Nulong Jiedun’s appearance, aura, and abilities, injected him with a month-long sedative, and prepared to meet the second prince.

Ch. 441Guards, Demon Hunting, and an Opportunity

Arthur and the Hundred-Eyed Nether Crow escaped an Epic beast on Golden Star and began hunting for prey, while Crimson Shadow searched for them. In Golden City, Lancelot won the Second Prince Adelia’s trust, and after the First Prince Yadunisi arranged an ambush for Adelia’s hunt, Lancelot discovered his spy and prepared to turn the coming opportunity to his advantage.

  • Arthur and the Hundred-Eyed Nether Crow escaped the White Tusk Giant Elephant, then planned to devour Golden Star’s Magic Creatures to regain strength and advance.
  • Feiyue Yilainuoke and Hongying Weiermila decided to hunt Arthur and the Hundred-Eyed Nether Crow while Feiyue recovered and their communicator remained blocked.
  • Lancelot, disguised as Nulong Jiedun, met Second Prince Adelia, defeated Aweier in a sparring match, and quickly became accepted among the prince’s followers.
  • First Prince Yadunisi agreed to assassinate Adelia and sent assembled fighters to ambush him during his planned hunt for Azure Wings in the White Tusk Mountains.
  • Lancelot used Eye of Secrecy to identify Wind Leopard Polieka as Yadunisi’s spy and realized Adelia’s hunt could become an opportunity for him.

Ch. 442Reunion with the Hundred-Eyed Nether Crow, a Free-for-All, and the Annihilation of Crimson Shadow

Arthur and the Hundred-Eyed Nether Crow pursued Azure Wings at Cloud Summit Peak, where the second prince’s hunt became a battle among the prince’s party, the first prince’s forces, and Crimson Shadow. Lancelot killed Feiyue Yilainuoke, but the fighting awakened the White Tusk Mountains’ Demigod, forcing the survivors to flee.

  • The second prince led Lancelot, Dread Bear Anjiela, Nulong Jiedun, Shadow Tiger Lanbeika, and Eagle of Flowing Clouds Nasi to hunt Azure Wings, while Arthur and the Hundred-Eyed Nether Crow also headed for the peak to take revenge on the bird.
  • Eagle of Flowing Clouds Nasi lured Azure Wings out, and the second prince’s party wounded it, but Demonic Toad Tiaodun, Mad Rat Jiexuni, and Madam Snake Shaliya ambushed them, killing Lanbeika and Nasi.
  • Lancelot stopped Madam Snake from sowing suspicion about Anjiela, and the second prince’s party fought the first prince’s forces until Feiyue Yilainuoke and Crimson Shadow arrived and were identified as wanted criminals.
  • The second prince’s party and the first prince’s forces joined against Crimson Shadow, while Arthur and the Hundred-Eyed Nether Crow merged and attacked Feiyue; Lancelot then used a Subspace Railgun to kill Feiyue and burned his body to ashes.
  • Arthur asked why the White Tusk Mountains’ master had not intervened, and the awakened Demigod sent down a crushing attack that scattered the survivors and killed several wounded Legendary beings.
  • Lancelot grabbed the second prince and escaped more than a thousand kilometers, while Dread Bear Anjiela and the other survivors fled in different directions.

Ch. 443The Second Prince Lancelot, the Golden King Behind the Scenes, and a Rejected Courtesy

Lancelot disguised himself as the second prince and returned to the Golden Royal City, where the Golden King and eldest prince manipulated the credit for the red-haired criminal’s death and tried to claim Nulong Jiedun for the royal guards. After Lancelot rejected the king’s courtesy without open defiance, he discovered that Wind Leopard Polieka served the Golden King, who privately revealed he had hoped both princes would eliminate each other.

  • Lancelot revealed his true appearance to the second prince, knocked him unconscious, copied his form and memories with the Steel Feather Cloak, and buried him alive but sedated.
  • Demonic Toad Tiaodun reported the failed assassination to Yadunisi, and Laiangdima advised the eldest prince to exploit the Golden King’s fear of the second prince’s growing power.
  • Lancelot returned to the estate disguised as the second prince, praised Nulong Jiedun’s contribution, and promised to make him captain of the estate guards.
  • The Golden King credited Yadunisi with helping kill the red-haired criminal and offered to promote Nulong Jiedun to commander of the royal guards; Lancelot said Jiedun was recovering and accepted a three-month deadline and healing potions.
  • After telling his subordinates how the Golden King had treated him, Lancelot used the Eye of Secrecy to discover that Wind Leopard Polieka was a hidden agent of the king.
  • The Golden King received Polieka’s report and told an adviser that he had hoped Yadunisi would assassinate the second prince so he could eliminate both sons and seize the second prince’s political legacy.

Ch. 444Child of Destiny, Speculation, Great Summoning Technique

Lancelot investigated the Golden royal family's schemes, learned how the Hundred-Eyed Nether Crow reached Golden Star, and concluded the Plane Will was preparing for a looming calamity. After paying for the wormhole's coordinates, he prepared to summon outside help against the Golden King and the First Prince.

  • Lancelot uncovered the Golden King and First Prince's plot against the Second Prince and resolved to remove them while gathering political intelligence with Eyes of Secrecy.
  • Lancelot confronted the Hundred-Eyed Nether Crow and Arthur during their hunt, overwhelmed the crow with his power, and forced it to reveal that a wormhole had brought it to Golden Star.
  • Lancelot considered whether Arthur was a Child of Destiny and connected Ashes, the Primordial Evil God Diorus, and the Plane Will's actions to a future crisis.
  • Lancelot paid the Plane Will 21 Primeval Stones for the wormhole's coordinates and decided to summon reinforcements against the Golden King.

Ch. 445Faction Tiers, Reinforcements Arrive, and Golden Star Has Its Own Xuanwu Gate

Lancelot, Logo, and Gustavo began securing Golden Star and preparing a coup against the Golden King. After Jarvan was captured with Gou Site’s demigod artifacts, Lancelot confronted the Golden King in the palace and revealed that the king had come too close.

  • Lancelot summoned Logo and Gustavo to help develop Golden Star, with Gustavo arriving first and killing the Veyin crew aboard a transport ship.
  • Logo gathered trusted allies, obtained three demigod artifacts from Jin Laken, and brought Walpole, Crassus, Caesar, and Gou Site to Golden Star.
  • Logo and Lancelot met secretly in the Golden Royal City and coordinated a plan that quietly shifted officials and soldiers to Lancelot’s side.
  • Gou Site defeated and sealed Jarvan with two demigod artifacts, removing a major obstacle to the coup.
  • Lancelot lured the Golden King close by reporting that his eldest brother had plotted against him, then rose and reached toward the king with a dragon-scaled hand.

Ch. 446The Golden Treasury, Instant Riches, Damn It, the Organization Will Remember Your Achievements

Lancelot and his allies seized control of the Golden Kingdom, enthroned Prince Adelia, and claimed its treasury while concealing Golden Star from outsiders. Lancelot then faked Feiyue Yilainuoke’s death in a report to Ashes, leaving its leaders convinced the Hundred-Eyed Nether Crow was dead.

  • Lancelot captured the Golden King while Logo, Walpole, and Gou Site subdued Tailuoer and Chelsea, then Gustavo implanted Parasitic Spider Eggs in the Golden King and Prince Adelia.
  • Lancelot and Logo oversaw a bloody purge of the First Prince’s faction, and the Golden King abdicated in favor of Prince Adelia.
  • Lancelot and Logo explored the Golden Treasury, where Lancelot selected five demigod artifacts and renamed the snake-scale armor the Infinity Scale Armor.
  • Logo extracted Golden Maple Tree sap and disguised it as a purple potion bead for Lancelot to take back with him.
  • Disguised as Feiyue Yilainuoke, Lancelot told the Thunder Star Pillar that Crimson Shadow had been destroyed and the target killed, and the Thunder Star Pillar and Sylvain reported the supposed success to the Sun Eclipser.

Ch. 447Reshaping the Body, Heading to the Battlefield, Cracking the Secret, Taking Them in as Dogs

Lancelot restored Zyra’s body and accepted a mission to join the war against the Sea Dragon Alliance, while Logo uncovered a way to counter the Nitavie Clan’s talent and forced Charles to bring the family under his control. The chapter ended with Logo explaining that he valued the Gendaya Royal Court as a whole, though Madison pointed out that his concern centered on a small circle of people.

  • Lancelot used the Golden Mother Tree’s essence sap to reshape Zyra’s body, and he reassured Mona that Zyra would recover her strength after her soul adapted.
  • Urta praised Lancelot for saving Zyra, advised him to keep the source of the opportunity quiet, and discussed his assignment with the Strategic Support Force.
  • Three days later, Lancelot left aboard a Crimson Alliance spaceship for the battlefield against the Sea Dragon Alliance.
  • After studying a captured Nitavie clansman, Logo built a device that disrupted the clan’s ability to merge with dimensional space and used it to capture Charles.
  • Logo revealed that he could expose the Nitavie Clan’s weakness and persuaded Charles to submit, offering the family a place under his control in exchange for compensation for its past attacks.
  • Madison questioned Logo’s lack of concern for the Royal Court’s dead, and Logo explained that he valued the institution more than most individuals, while Madison challenged him about the people closest to him.

Ch. 448Clouding the Truth, Hunter Reform, the Mighty East Wind Arrives, and the World Is Cleansed!

Logo captured the Nitavie Clan’s Demigod assassins, secretly brought the family under his control, and used a convincing cover story to end the threat while profiting from detection-device sales. As he turned to rebuilding the Nirvana Tower, his mechanical clone provoked a rebellion in the Golden Kingdom and revealed an army equipped with Hunter Armaments, leaving the hunter families trapped beneath the royal city.

  • Logo and Madison used the pyramid to capture Aibuer, and Charles persuaded his grandfather to lead the Nitavie Clan in submitting to Logo.
  • Logo concealed his control of the Nitavie Clan by spreading a fabricated account that Madison had made a device capable of detecting its members, and the resulting rumors drove Ashes and the Radiant Empire to suspend their operations against the Gendaya Royal Court.
  • Madison sold detection devices to major powers at enormous prices, while Logo split the profits with him and planned to finish the Nirvana Tower before traveling to the Astral Realm.
  • Logo’s mechanical clone recruited Jarvan, created Hunter Armaments, and used the hunter families’ revolt against Adelia to begin centralizing power in the Golden Kingdom.
  • When the allied hunter families attacked the royal city, Adelia ordered them killed, and a crystal ball froze the rebels as armed legions appeared around them.

Ch. 449Miracle-Quality Nirvana Tower, Miracle Trait "Freedom"

Logo completed the Nirvana Tower’s transformation into a Miracle-quality alchemy tower and discovered its powerful space-based Miracle Trait, “Freedom.” After backing up the tower’s physical data to the Higher-Dimensional Information Space, he prepared to enter the Astral Realm in search of the Philosopher’s Stone.

  • The mechanical clone exterminated the rebellious hunter families and used Adelia and Jarvan as figureheads to begin sweeping reforms in the Golden Kingdom.
  • Logo used knowledge gained from the Pact of Guardianship to advance the Nirvana Tower to Miracle quality, granting it the trait “Freedom.”
  • Logo discovered that “Freedom” let the Nirvana Tower draw Void Energy, teleport freely, and bypass spatial seals, barriers, and other restraints.
  • Logo reviewed the tower’s expanded facilities, noted that his Power of Miracle had reached 1.12% progress, and considered his alchemy disciplines’ level-33 progress.
  • Logo uploaded the Nirvana Tower’s physical data to the Higher-Dimensional Information Space so he could reconstruct it if destroyed.
  • Logo decided to prepare for his journey to the Astral Realm, where he planned to seek the Philosopher’s Stone.

Ch. 450The three troop types, departure, the structure and territories of the Astral Realm

Logo completed the Nirvana Tower, mass-produced powerful alchemical troops, and prepared to leave for the Astral Realm. Before they departed, Madison explained the Astral Realm’s dimensions, territories, civilizations, and harsh power-based order, warning that the unprotected Elven Plane was in danger.

  • Logo spent three months producing 3,215 combat units, including Dark Energy Wolf Beasts, Space-Rending Knights, and Wings of the Firmament, and greatly increased the Nirvana Tower’s military strength.
  • Logo told Madison he would leave for the Astral Realm in three days, made spare bodies for administration, and set out with Crassus, Caesar, and the Dark Twin Stars siblings.
  • Madison explained that the Astral Realm consisted of elemental and energy, material, and Fantasy dimensions connected by the rule of Balance.
  • Madison described the Astral Realm’s territorial hierarchy, major organizations, civilization ranks, and the protections available to powerful civilizations and registered forces.
  • Madison warned Logo that the Elven Plane lacked a god-level protector and that the protection left by Elven was nearly exhausted, leaving the plane vulnerable to star pirates.

Ch. 451The Void, a god's legacy, winter is coming

Logo and his companions left Planet Oklo and entered the Astral Realm, where they registered with the Spellcaster Association and learned that the Elven Plane’s protection was nearing its end. The group departed with temporary identification as the green-skinned spellcaster warned that the plane would soon face outside powers without protection.

  • Madison piloted the pyramid through the Elven Plane’s crystal wall, bringing Logo and the others into the Void.
  • Logo directed the group to register at the Spellcaster Association’s observation post before heading to the Alchemist Association.
  • The group saw the statue of Elven Cavendulasis, and Logo suspected that the god-level mage’s former academy had been Guta Academy and wondered whether he had left a weapon on Planet Guta.
  • A green-skinned spellcaster verified that the group were natives of the Elven Plane, warned them about Astral Realm dangers, and issued them identification documents.
  • The spellcaster explained that Elven’s 2,500-year protection period and three pioneering expeditions were nearly exhausted, with the final expedition due to begin in about twenty years and the plane exposed afterward.
Arc 18 of 53
Arc 18 of 53