Chapter Summaries

Lancelot began a major advancement at his estate, using nearly ten thousand primeval stones to raise the Steel Feather Cloak from five-star common quality to Five-Star Miracle. The cloak’s strengthened Replication trait could copy any demigod artifact except Miracle-quality ones, but still could not reproduce divine artifacts.

• The City of Freedom’s black mages took refuge in seventeen five-star mage towers, and the city sent out forces to hunt Lancelot and the Angpeier Family’s attackers after the killings stopped.
• Lancelot prepared to advance at his estate, where his life force had caused nearby plants and animals to evolve, and he sent the creatures away to protect them from the coming disturbance.
• Lancelot threw 9,486 primeval stones into the World Furnace and used nearly 8,000 of them to raise the Steel Feather Cloak to Five-Star Miracle quality.
• During the cloak’s advancement, Lancelot nearly entered a state of fusion with the world before a shock brought him back to himself.
• Lancelot checked the upgraded cloak and learned that its Replication trait could copy any demigod artifact except Miracle-quality ones, though it still could not replicate divine artifacts.

Lancelot completed the Steel Feather Cloak’s ascension to a five-star miracle, then sent seventeen concealed clones carrying layered bombs toward the City of Freedom’s mage towers. While he began strengthening his defenses against soul attacks, one clone destroyed the Netherfire Mage Tower and everyone inside it.

• The Steel Feather Cloak’s upgrades made Lancelot powerful enough to contend with demigods, and he prepared seventeen bomb-carrying clones for the City of Freedom’s five-star mage towers.
• Lancelot sent the invisible clones toward the towers and entered the World Furnace to improve Tenacious Will, Willpower Burst, and Flow Method against Soul Star Pillar’s soul abilities.
• Lancelot discovered that Gustavo’s soul had reached the peak of low-rank demigod strength and was nearing mid-rank demigod, then began improving Tenacious Will.
• A concealed clone entered Netherfire Dilqi’s mage tower and activated Spatial Stasis before Dilqi could stop it.
• The clone’s curse bomb weakened the black mages, its antimatter bomb annihilated them, and Star-Roaming Insects consumed what remained, leaving no living beings in the tower.

After devastating attacks killed more than half the dark mages in the City of Freedom, the Lord of the Free City sealed the city and ordered an exhaustive search for the Angpeier Family. Demigods from other factions watched from outside and agreed to intervene only if a battle threatened Planet Pandora.

• Hetila and the other Sanctuary dark mages realized the explosions had killed more than a hundred thousand of their people, bringing their total losses to roughly two hundred thousand.
• The Lord of the Free City put the city on level-one combat alert and activated his Dead Soul Domain, sealing the City of Freedom and blocking spatial abilities.
• The Lord of the Free City used a demigod artifact to detect the attackers and concluded that the Angpeier Family remained hidden somewhere in the city.
• The Lord of the Free City ordered dark mages to search every household, driving them from their mage towers to join the search parties.
• Demigods from the Slaughter Divine Church, the Arcane Ring, and the Dark Council watched the operation and agreed to force any Demigod battle into dimensional space to protect Planet Pandora.

Lancelot used the Steel Feather Cloak to hide his real estate from the black mages searching for him, then strengthened his mind, will, and combat abilities with a Phoenix bloodline potion and a huge stockpile of Primeval Stones. He stabilized his new Immortal Heart and continued rapidly advancing his powers.

• Black mages and their warrior-class transcendents ransacked a fake estate, while Lancelot watched from another layer of the world and dismissed the illusion once they left.
• Lancelot reviewed his newly advanced Unyielding Will, Willpower Liberation, and Flow Method, which greatly increased his mental strength and willpower.
• Lancelot drank a Phoenix bloodline potion and awakened Flame Will, which fused with Undying Mind to form Immortal Heart.
• Lancelot spent Primeval Stones earned from wiping out black mages in seventeen five-star mage towers to max out Flame Will and stabilize Immortal Heart.
• Lancelot used his remaining Primeval Stones to max or exceed the limits of numerous other abilities, rapidly increasing his strength.

Lancelot enhanced his attributes and [Immortal Body], then created the [Thunder Dragon King] Innovation Skill by channeling World Origin Force into his body. The new dragon’s lightning domain spread across the City of Freedom, where it appeared above the clouds before the watching black mages.

• Lancelot raised his four main attributes to 150 points and stopped short of advancing to the Demigod level, intending to refine his skills and combat experience first.
• Lancelot fused [Immortal Body] with [Immortal Heart], gaining enough strength to fight a Mid-Rank Demigod and bringing his immense power under control.
• Lancelot began creating [Thunder Dragon King], using [Electromagnetic Domain] and several other talents while [Power of Adaptation] coordinated his energy.
• Lancelot’s body revealed an intricate electromagnetic network as he focused on mastering its power and building a strong foundation.
• A giant dragon appeared above Lancelot’s manor, and its lightning domain spread across the City of Freedom.
• The dragon emerged from the clouds above the city and breathed golden lightning as the black mages watched in shock.

Lancelot shattered the City of Freedom’s elemental crystal wall and forced the Lord of the Free City and the hidden Demigod Weilin into the open. With the outside Demigods demanding that the battle move away from Planet Pandora, the fighters entered the spatial interlayer, where the spectators prepared to watch.

• Lancelot arrived atop a thunder dragon and destroyed the City of Freedom’s defenses with his spear and lightning.
• Lancelot’s Haki revealed Demon Body Weilin, the Lord of the Free City’s hidden Demigod, and Lancelot destroyed a pocket dimension containing their teleportation array.
• The Lord of the Free City questioned whether Lancelot belonged to the Serpent Ring Family or the Angpeier Family, while Balhak suspected Lancelot wore the Serpent Ring Family’s Ten Thousand Serpents Armor.
• Yadelien and the other Demigods ordered the City of Freedom’s fighters to move the battle into the spatial interlayer to protect Planet Pandora.
• Lancelot, the Lord of the Free City, Weilin, and the Epic-level black mages entered the spatial interlayer, and Yadelien opened a water-mirror vortex for the Demigods to watch.

Lancelot charged through the City of Freedom’s dark mages and defeated them with a single lightning strike before facing the Lord of the Free City. The Lord’s soul-cutting attack severed Lancelot’s soul, but Lancelot restored his head with his Immortal Body and kept fighting.

• Lancelot attacked the Lord of the Free City, while Demon Body Weilin transformed his bone mage tower into a giant and the other dark mages joined the assault.
• Lancelot broke through the combined attacks and killed the Epic-level dark mages with a single lightning strike, leaving Demon Body Weilin gravely wounded.
• The Lord of the Free City used Dead Soul: Sanction to cut through Lancelot’s neck and split his soul.
• Lancelot used Immortal Body and his powerful mental will to restore his head, then prepared to continue fighting.

Lancelot launched a fierce assault on the Lord of the Free City, breaking through the mage tower’s defenses before his enemy transformed into a giant king of evil spirits. Their clash revealed that both were formidable, dangerous opponents, and the battle remained unresolved.

• Lancelot endured the mage tower’s soul impacts and shattered its bone spears with the Infinity Scale Armor.
• Lancelot countered the Eye of Annihilation’s beam with his golden lightning spear, forcing the mage tower to expend much of its energy.
• The Lord of the Free City transformed into a thousand-meter-tall king of evil spirits and turned the mage tower into a spiral rapier.
• Lancelot merged the lightning dragon into his spear and struck the Lord of the Free City, overpowering him in their clash while losing a portion of his soul essence.
• Lancelot and the Lord of the Free City withdrew to a distance and each recognized the other as a dangerous opponent.

Lancelot fought the Lord of the Free City through soul attacks and relentless bombardment, surviving injuries that would have stopped an ordinary demigod. Lancelot pierced the Lord’s weapon and revealed that he was a Guta Star Person, prompting speculation among the watching demigods about Ashes and the Guta Federation.

• The Lord of the Free City attacked Lancelot with a torrent of dark elements, but Lancelot split it with his spear and trapped the Lord in his Mind World.
• Lancelot struck at the Lord, killed Demon Body Weilin, and was then caught in a gigantic soul hand that shattered his soul body.
• Lancelot stitched his soul back together and dodged the Lord’s soul bombs while waiting for the bombardment to weaken.
• Lancelot seized an opening, pierced the Lord’s spiral rapier, and tore away part of his cloak.
• The watching demigods saw that the Lord of the Free City was a Guta Star Person, while Balhak wondered whether Ashes had a secret connection to the Guta Federation.

Lancelot and the Lord of the Free City fought a brutal battle, with the Lord exhausting his artifacts and trump cards to nearly kill Lancelot. Lancelot survived through Immortal Body and defeated him with a devastating spear strike, ending the Lord's existence on Planet Pandora.

• Lancelot's lightning attacks battered the Lord of the Free City's shields as he endured repeated soul-shattering attacks and pressed forward.
• The Lord of the Free City abandoned his body and used the Legend-quality [Ice God Pierces the Stars] scroll to freeze Lancelot before unleashing Dead Soul Storm.
• Lancelot's health fell to one percent, but Immortal Body locked it there and granted him ten seconds of maximum attack power.
• Lancelot unleashed Dragon King: Black Hole, absorbed lost soul energy and life force, and struck the Lord of the Free City with his golden lightning spear.
• The spear split the Lord of the Free City's greatsword and soul, and the defeated Lord accepted his loss as he dispersed.

The Serpent Ring Family investigated the mysterious fighter wearing the Ten Thousand Serpents Armor and concluded that the Gendaya Royal Court might have discovered a passage to Golden Star. Patriarch Webster and First Elder Baudelaire decided to gamble on the rising Gendaya Royal Court, leaving Balhak to accept their reasoning without fully understanding it.

• Lancelot vanished after the Demigods witnessed his control over the spatial turbulence, and Balhak returned to the Serpent Ring Family's headquarters to report the attack on the City of Freedom.
• Webster and Baudelaire reasoned that the mysterious fighter's armor might be the Ten Thousand Serpents Armor and that the Gendaya Royal Court's occupation of nearby star systems suggested it had found a passage to Golden Star.
• Webster explained that the Serpent Ring Family could not tell Ashes about the secret and needed to choose a power hostile to Ashes that could withstand the Guta Federation.
• Webster and Baudelaire chose to ally with the rising Gendaya Royal Court, while Balhak struggled to follow their deductions.

After the City of Freedom’s destruction was wrongly credited to the Angpeier Family, its leaders tried to turn the publicity into political gain and sent the patriarch’s energy clone to negotiate with Ashes. The Sun Eclipser beat the clone, fell under the Primordial Evil God Diorus’s influence, and summoned Sylvain back while blaming him for Bennierte’s death.

• The Angpeier Family’s leaders concluded that an unknown enemy had framed them and used them to provoke Ashes, then decided to exploit their newfound reputation by crediting the deed to the Third Prince.
• The Angpeier patriarch sent an energy clone to meet the Sun Eclipser, who attacked and battered it before the patriarch could speak.
• Diorus intensified Baliewei’s grief and rage over Bennierte’s death, and Baliewei’s calming artifact Elven shattered as the evil god took control of him.
• Baliewei blamed the Angpeier Family, the Serpent Ring Family, Index, and Sylvain for Bennierte’s death, then recalled Sylvain from Planet Veyin under the pretext of an important discussion.

Diorus killed Sylvain and took control of the Sun Eclipser’s body, turning Star Moon and its Ashes members into an extension of himself. Sylvain’s clone helped Index and their children flee, and after Dark Moon Gelaxius attacked them, Lancelot intervened while Index escaped.

• At Star Moon, the Sun Eclipser and Diorus overwhelmed Sylvain, and Diorus absorbed both of them to gain a physical form.
• Diorus transformed Star Moon and the Ashes members aboard it, then planned to wait for the expedition before attempting to devour the Elven Plane.
• Moon Devourer attacked Sylvain’s trusted followers, while Dark Moon Gelaxius moved against Index on Planet Pandora.
• Sylvain’s clone sensed the evil god’s power and warned Index to run, giving her time to take Mora and Bradley aboard the Fallen Star Nest and flee.
• Dark Moon Gelaxius intercepted the Fallen Star Nest and attacked Index, but Lancelot struck him and gave Index time to escape.
• Lancelot faced Dark Moon Gelaxius and prepared to fight.

Lancelot fought Dark Moon Gelaxius outside Planet Pandora, forcing the injured High-Rank Demigod to use True Name Release. Their battle left both wounded, but Lancelot’s Thunder Dragon King-enhanced spear nearly severed Gelaxius’s head.

• Dark Moon Gelaxius questioned whether Lancelot meant to make an enemy of the Ashes Organization, but Lancelot attacked instead of answering.
• Lancelot’s golden lightning spear broke through Gelaxius’s defenses, and Gelaxius unleashed a punch that shattered space around them.
• Gelaxius activated True Name Release and attacked with a shadow sphere that drained Lancelot’s vitality as the two fought at close range.
• Lancelot and Gelaxius wounded each other in their furious clash while the Demigods watching from Planet Pandora stabilized the planet against the battle’s aftershocks.
• Lancelot’s Thunder Dragon King-enhanced spear struck Gelaxius in the forehead and nearly severed half his head.

Lancelot and Webster defeated Dark Moon Gelaxius outside Planet Pandora, and Webster revealed that the Serpent Ring Family wanted to join His Majesty’s cause. Lancelot realized Webster had mistaken him for one of Logo’s people and wondered whether the family meant to join the Gendaya Royal Court.

• Gelaxius sacrificed his horns to launch a devastating attack, and his shadow daggers wounded Lancelot despite his escape through space.
• Webster appeared as a giant serpent encircling Planet Pandora and struck Gelaxius, crippling him as he tried to flee.
• Lancelot pierced through space and struck Gelaxius, who was later left dead outside Planet Pandora.
• After the Demigods departed, Lancelot asked Webster why he had helped him.
• Webster said the Serpent Ring Family pledged allegiance to His Majesty and wanted the Golden Bloodlines to flourish again on the Elven Plane.
• Lancelot recognized the reference to the Golden Bloodlines and suspected Webster had mistaken him for one of Logo’s people.

Lancelot secured the Serpent Ring Family’s pledge of allegiance to Logo and accepted Webster’s invitation to visit their territory. He left the family elders preparing to welcome him as a powerful relative while erasing all records of the Ten Thousand Serpents Armor.

• Lancelot asked Webster how he had discovered the Golden Star, and Webster explained the clues that had led him to the truth.
• Webster promised to keep the Golden Star secret and give up the Serpent Ring Family’s claims to the Ten Thousand Serpents Armor; Lancelot agreed to report the family’s allegiance to Logo.
• Webster invited Lancelot to visit the family, and Lancelot accepted so he could strengthen their relationship and seek help locating dark mages on Planet Pandora.
• Webster brought Lancelot to the family’s territory, then told Baudelaire and Balhak to treat their guest with humility and guessed that he was Jin Laken.
• Balhak questioned Lancelot’s bloodline, but Webster insisted the family could declare him a descendant of the Infinite Serpent regardless of the truth and ordered the elders to erase all records of the Ten Thousand Serpents Armor.

Lancelot secured the Serpent Ring Family’s intelligence support in hunting dark mages and left for Holy Knight Star. In the Astral Realm, Index fled the Elven Plane with her children and Sylvain’s Egg of Resurrection, struggling to shield it from the evil god’s power while seeking a way to revive him.

• Webster and Baudelaire gave Lancelot a generous gift, and he arranged for the Serpent Ring Family to help locate dark mages on Planet Pandora.
• Lancelot said he had spoken with His Majesty and told the family to pay their respects on Holy Knight Star in three days before departing.
• Index traveled through the Astral Realm aboard the Fallen Star Nest with Mora, Bradley, and a spider egg that held Sylvain’s last hope of revival.
• Index explained that she had secretly gathered Sylvain’s karma, Fortune, blood, and traces of his soul to create the Egg of Resurrection.
• Index revealed that she was diverting the evil god’s power onto herself to protect the egg, and said she needed to get farther from the Elven Plane’s influence.

Spider Mom received valuable supplies from Logo’s rune clone and escaped toward the Treacherous Destruction Continent, while the clone destroyed a hidden threat before leaving. At a banquet on Holy Knight Star, Webster and Baudelaire mistakenly concluded that Grand Elder Jin Laken had been the lightning-element expert, and Logo asked about Fujia Huanshe.

• Spider Mom worried about the cost and difficulty of returning to the Treacherous Destruction Continent, then found powerful auras outside the Fallen Star Nest.
• Logo’s rune clone sent Spider Mom elemental crystals and other supplies, and she gathered them before piloting the Fallen Star Nest away.
• Logo’s rune clone revealed the Godslayer and destroyed a hidden enemy with its cannon before departing with his subordinates.
• At a secret banquet on Holy Knight Star, Webster and Baudelaire believed Grand Elder Jin Laken had disguised himself as the lightning-element expert, and Jin Laken unknowingly reinforced their assumption.
• Logo asked Webster about the Serpent Ring Family’s Legendary, Fujia Huanshe, and Webster praised Logo in response.

Logo brought Webster and the other grand elders to Golden Star, where they saw their ancestral home and the power he had used to reclaim it. After Logo offered the Serpent Ring Family land to settle, the elders pledged their full allegiance.

• Logo invited Fujia Huanshe to join his personal guard, and Webster agreed while asking whether the move would expose the Serpent Ring Family's submission.
• Logo opened a Gate of Space and took Webster and the other grand elders to Golden Star nearly a year later.
• Webster and the other grand elders were overcome by their return to Golden Star and recognized how their home planet could aid the Serpent Ring bloodline.
• Webster saw the cosmic storm shielding Golden Star and recognized the spatial wormhole as a defensible choke point.
• Logo showed Webster the corpses of three High-Rank Demigod magical beasts he had killed, and Webster was awed by his strength.
• Logo offered Fujia Huanshe and the Serpent Ring Family land on Golden Star, and Webster and the other grand elders knelt and pledged their loyalty.

Logo settled the Serpent Ring Family’s role in serving the Royal Court on Planet Pandora and offered it substantial resources. The family agreed to remain and fight in secret while sending its younger elites to Golden Star, where the story left their arrangement finalized.

• Webster offered Logo a secret about the Ashes Organization and the Guta Federation, but Logo revealed that he already knew.
• Baudelaire asked to keep the Serpent Ring Family on Planet Pandora as the Royal Court’s agents against rival forces and the remaining black mages.
• Logo approved up to twenty thousand Star Wheels in supplies for the family.
• Logo ordered Fujia Huanshe to bring Serpent Ring Family members to Golden Star so the Royal Court could develop their territory and safeguard their legacy.
• Logo and the Serpent Ring Family agreed to keep their connection secret and communicate in secret.