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Chapter 79: Bigger Is Better—or Is Bigger Better? · Oct 13, 2026

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51 Chapter 51: A Grand Fireworks Display for Belobog! 2026-10-13
52 Chapter 52: The Train Is Seriously Rich! Gold—Gold—Gold Chests Everywhere! 2026-10-13
53 Chapter 53: Treasure Hunter, Emanator of Erudition, Nameless! 2026-10-13
54 Chapter 54: The Mask of Elation! Hahahahahaha! 2026-10-13
55 Chapter 55: Elio’s Script… Seems to Have Gone Off the Rails? 2026-10-13
56 Chapter 56: Warp—Borisin Warship, Antimatter Legion! 2026-10-13
57 Chapter 57: The Borisin Taking on the Astral Express? Now That Is Fun 2026-10-13
58 Chapter 58: Mimetic Black Hole! Witness the Fall of the Stars! 2026-10-13
59 Chapter 59: Open Up! We Picked Up a Star Skiff Wreck! 2026-10-13
60 Chapter 60: I, Evan—A Nameless from Jarilo-VI! 2026-10-13
61 Chapter 61: There Are Five People—Three Must Pay the Price. You’re Not One of Them. 2026-10-13
62 Chapter 62: Kafka and Himeko — When Two Women Take the Stage 2026-10-13
63 Chapter 63: The Moment the Astral Express Arrives—The Stellaron Erupts?! 2026-10-13
64 Chapter 64: The Power of the Arbor! Assault of the Abundance Spawn! 2026-10-13
65 Chapter 65: Artisanship Commission Treasure Chest! Hollow Domain Fabrication Method! 2026-10-13
66 Chapter 66: Yanqing — You Sneaking Around Doesn’t Look Like Something a Good Guy Would Do 2026-10-13
67 Chapter 67: Watch Closely—This Move Is Called the Taixu Sword God 2026-10-13
68 Chapter 68: Jing Yuan Reminisces — Tingyun Returns Safely? 2026-10-13
69 Chapter 69: In the Dan Shu Division, Only Bailu Is Truly Trustworthy 2026-10-13
70 Chapter 70: Dark Currents Beneath the Xianzhou, the Dragoncoil Vault-Leap Formula 2026-10-13
71 Chapter 71: For the Merciful Medicus—Let the Disciples Rise Again! 2026-10-13
72 Chapter 72: Qingque Solo-Kills Fu Xuan? Journalism Majors Go Wild 2026-10-13
73 Chapter 73: The Healer Dragon Lady — A Treasure Chest Hidden Among the Clouds 2026-10-13
74 Chapter 74: Exclusive Skill — Draconic Cloud Hymn Technique! 2026-10-13
75 Chapter 75: Yanqing — Master, Please Teach Me the Taixu Sword God! 2026-10-13
76 Chapter 76: A God Is the Ultimate of Change—Marvelous, the Principle That Governs All Things 2026-10-13
77 Chapter 77: Sword Womb, Martial Bones! Bad News—Tingyun’s Night Raid! 2026-10-13
78 Chapter 78: Grabbing Tingyun—No, Phantylia—By the Cheeks 2026-10-13
79 Chapter 79: Bigger Is Better—or Is Bigger Better? 2026-10-13
80 Chapter 80: March 7th: Waaah! We Were Here First! 2026-10-13
81 Chapter 81: Dan Shu — So Your Meaning Is… to Recruit Them? 2026-10-13
82 Chapter 82: General Jing Yuan—Evan Has Been Recruited! 2026-10-13
83 Chapter 83: Coffin Man, Big Pillow, and the Cold-Faced Little Dragon 2026-10-13
84 Chapter 84: Ruan Mei’s Scientific Creation — The Nine-Tailed Tingyun Modification 2026-10-13
85 Chapter 85: Life Sciences? Have You Ever Heard of Life Solidification Technology? 2026-10-13
86 Chapter 86: Jingliu — You Look Like a Friend of Mine 2026-10-13
87 Chapter 87: Jingliu — Xianzhou Law Has No Hold Over Me 2026-10-13
88 Chapter 88: You Messed with Bailu? Then You’ve Hit Solid Steel 2026-10-13
89 Chapter 89: Yanqing: Me… Fighting Jingliu? Are You Serious?! 2026-10-13
90 Chapter 90: Phantylia’s Wrath! The Ancient Sea Roars—The Ambrosial Arbor Trembles! 2026-10-13
91 Chapter 91: Blade—’There Are Five of Us. The Price Was Three.’ 2026-10-13
92 Chapter 92: Scalegorge Treasure — Immortal Secret Arts, the Dragon-Transformation Technique 2026-10-13
93 Chapter 93: Dan Feng: Stay in the High-Cloud Quintet With Me Forever 2026-10-13
94 Chapter 94: Tearing Open the Deep — The Thunderous Colossus of the Ancient Sea 2026-10-13
95 Chapter 95: The Undying Divine Fruit — The Destruction Lord Phantylia Appears 2026-10-13
96 Chapter 96: The Divine — The Ultimate Transformation! Tai-Xu Sword God! 2026-10-13
97 Chapter 97: Phantylia — Have You Ever Seen a Star Shatter? 2026-10-13
98 Chapter 98: Bailu — I Quit Being Dragon Lord! 2026-10-13
99 Chapter 99: I Am an Emanator of Erudition — Got a Problem With That? 2026-10-13
100 Chapter 100: Taoran — You Dragon Preceptors Look Like Stray Dogs 2026-10-13

The street outside Yichen Inn was brightly lit.

As if the chaos of the day had all been an illusion.

Which made sense.

Although news of the Stellaron crisis had briefly exploded across Luofu’s major information networks earlier today—

Under the joint handling of the Six Commissions and the Cloud Knights of the Divine Foresight Pavilion,

everything had been forcefully suppressed.

Outside the major cavern realms, aside from stationed Cloud Knight garrisons, most internal patrols had already withdrawn.

However—

The Port Prohibition Order issued by the Sky-Faring Commission still hadn’t been lifted.

No one was allowed to freely enter or leave the Xianzhou—inside or out.

Every major transit route remained tightly guarded.

That said—

Among the Six Commissions, the Artisanship Commission in Changletian was far busier than the others.

The Artisanship Commission was essentially the Xianzhou’s law-enforcement authority.

Anything big or small fell under its jurisdiction.

Major incidents—like today’s Stellaron outbreak—required them to coordinate with the Cloud Knights.

Minor matters—like retrieving lost courier birds—were also their responsibility.

This time, a star skiff delivered by the Nameless had been handed over to them for forensic investigation.

Don’t be fooled by how small the Artisanship Commission appears in the game.

As one of the Six Commissions, its actual territory was extensive.

Even in Changletian alone, it possessed a dedicated administrative complex.

Though it often looked like it was ”assisting” the other commissions—

Once you looked closely at its responsibilities,

you’d realize its authority was absurdly broad.

Public security.

Fire control.

Population records.

Calendrical systems.

On paper, it seemed subordinate.

In practice, it looked more like a supervisory authority.

Of course, some long-lived Xianzhou natives didn’t see it that way.

”Has the jade-abacus recorder on that star skiff been handled?”

”This was personally instructed by the Chief—no information about that person must be leaked.”

Every Xianzhou star skiff, large or small, carried a black-box jade abacus.

Each time a skiff passed through the Jade Gate,

it logged a complete manifest of all personnel aboard—

Including detailed records of everyone who boarded or disembarked.

The Xianzhou had survived for countless ages precisely because its rules were never broken.

Even the Sky-Faring Commission followed them.

Even if Tingyun was merely a minor guild representative,

her data would still be meticulously recorded.

”It’s already been taken care of,” another voice replied quietly.

”The skiff damage report has been submitted to Yukong.”

”If nothing unexpected happens, this incident will be classified as an accident—

an encounter with a Borisin beast-ship.”

”And Tingyun... will be listed as not present aboard that vessel.”

”Yukong won’t notice.”

”Good.”

”The Chief said—once the Merciful Medicus manifests again on the Luofu...”

”She’ll personally preside over our brothers’ funeral rites.”

”Merciful Medicus, the Arbor shall bloom.”

The moment the traitor finished destroying the last data record—

Pshk.

A blade pierced straight through his back.

No blood spilled.

Instead, it was entirely absorbed by the dagger.

”You—!”

”Rest now, brother. For the great cause of the Sanctus Medicus.”

”Don’t worry. No one will know you died.”

”Not even the Chief.”

The blade drank him dry.

From its surface, vine-like branches sprouted—

attempting to drain the wielder as well.

In the next instant,

the assassin burned them away with a strange flame.

”...The fire of the Ashen Calamity Progenitor.”

”Merciful Medicus, the Arbor shall bloom...”

The corpse—completely desiccated—collapsed.

A vial was produced.

Powder sprinkled.

Moments later, the body crumbled into dust.

A passing breeze scattered it into nothingness.

The wind lifted the assassin’s hood—

Revealing slightly pointed ears.

A Vidyadhara mole?

Interesting.

Back at the inn.

”Tingyun” extended her pale right hand, lightly lifting Evan’s chin.

Evan had always been considered handsome back in the Underworld—

Otherwise, he wouldn’t have made Seele blush.

With that single teasing gesture,

the air in the room instantly turned strange.

”You’re...” Evan said calmly.

”You’re not Tingyun, are you?”

”Should I call you Tingyun... or by your other name?”

”Annihilation Lord—Phantylia.”

Her fingers stiffened.

For a brief moment, surprise flashed across her eyes.

Then she smiled, spreading her hands.

”Tsk. How boring.”

”You Nameless really can’t take a joke.”

”For now, you may still call me Tingyun.”

”As for Phantylia—that name’s off-limits, alright~”

She pressed a finger lightly against Evan’s lips.

”What do you want?”

Evan didn’t move.

His gaze swept over her calmly.

Objectively speaking—

Tingyun’s figure was exceptional even among Foxians.

And what man didn’t like foxes?

It was just that some people weren’t allowed to bring them home.

Bare shoulders.

Elegant curves.

A plush, swaying tail.

Perfect.

And unlike ordinary foxes—

There was no trace of animal musk.

Probably because she meticulously cared for her tail.

She’d once said it herself—

Before sleep, you had to groom it properly.

Use a boxwood comb.

Massage scented balm into the base.

Wrap it in plain cloud-silk.

By morning, the tail would be soft and fluffy.

”Shh~”

”The night is long, and sleep escapes me...”

”I won’t eat you, Mr. Evan. What are you afraid of?”

”Afraid?”

Evan scanned her again—

And still found no treasure chest.

Which meant one of two things.

Either she had nothing he needed—

Or the time wasn’t right yet.

A hunter knew what to do when facing prey that wasn’t ready.

Set the trap.

Then wait.

Phantylia clearly wasn’t ready to abandon Tingyun’s identity yet.

Her scheme was still unfolding.

”Heh. What makes you think I’m afraid?”

Evan grabbed her wrist instead.

An Annihilation Lord?

He had no fondness for any of them.

The three great cosmic scourges—

The Abundance’s people,

the Spawn of Propagation,

and the Antimatter Legion.

Annihilation Lords were Nanook’s hounds.

Nanook believed civilization itself was a cancer.

That only absolute silence was mercy for the universe.

The Path of Destruction was one thing.

Its Emanators and followers?

All lunatics.

Even the Aeon wielding that Path pushed the ”civilization-as-cancer” doctrine to its extreme.

And those Annihilation Lords—

None were simple.

Phlogiston Wind—obsessed with violent aesthetics.

In Star Calendar 6804, he ignited New Bethlehem’s sun.

In 7143, he birthed planet-wide cyclones.

In 7658, he crushed an entire world from beneath its crust.

Starhowl—whose armies spanned the galaxy.

Iron Tomb—who weaponized AI, causing mass cognitive collapse.

And Zhuluo—

eliminated only through immense sacrifice by the Galaxy Rangers.

That was how monstrous they were.

”Oh?” Tingyun smiled lightly.

”Not afraid?”

”How interesting.”

”You’re the first little cutie I’ve met who doesn’t fear me.”

She didn’t pull her hand away.

Instead, her smile turned provocative.

Not Tingyun at all.

A dangerous woman.

”An Annihilation Lord isn’t that impressive,” Evan said calmly.

”Phantylia, do you really think I don’t know what you are?”

”You picked the wrong target.”

”I’m just a treasure hunter.”

”But since the prey walked up on its own...”

”I have no reason to let you leave so easily.”

His gaze sharpened.

With the aid of his appraisal ability,

he saw past the disguise.

Suiyang.

An energy lifeform wielding near-Emanator-level power.

Almost comparable to the legendary Blazing Sovereign of Xianzhou myth.

But still—

An energy being.

Even Phantylia required the Ambrosial Arbor and a Stellaron

to challenge Jing Yuan.

And she’d still lost—

Especially after Dan Heng Imbibitor Lunae returned.

One-versus-two.

Defeated.

And fled to trick the Borisin.

”But honestly...”

Evan’s smile suddenly turned wicked.

”This body of yours?”

”Where it should be big...”

”It’s really not small at all.”

”I can see why you’re so desperate for a real body.”

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