The Lightning League discovers the Liberty Stone on Paxtar and once again they go in search of it, hoping that its power will lead them to Audric. Gillian alters their body structure so they can withstand the gravity pressure on Paxtar.

While stopping on a dead planet looking for Audric, the Lightning League crosses path with one of the Vizani, a gardener named Faro who with a few seeds and his own power brings life to the planet.

After launching setting up a Monster Mind infested galaxy to collapse into a black hole, the League discovers human lifesigns on an asteroid. Jayce is determined to save him, but has less than 3 hours before it's too late.

To save time the Pride goes through, instead of around, the Phantom Nebula to warn the legendary Swap Witch of Saw Boss' imminent arrival. Flora feels her presence and Swamp Witch reveals herself to Flora.

Saw Boss enlists the aid of the Life Eater to be rid of Jayce, but the job must be done by the Life Eater's conditions: he causes his subjects to face their worst fears and if they weaken even for a moment, give in to their fears, and betray their friends, their life force is trapped forever by the Life Eater.

The planet Pax refuses to take the Lightning League's warning of an invasion of Monster Minds preferring to listen to the oracle -- a hologram of Audric. Turns out the oracle is actually a handicapped princess who has been ruling the planet since her father's death.

Jayce is led to an abandoned ship by a signal from his father. Jayce finds his father has left a message for him but he needs more power from the Pride to receive the coordinates of his father's destination. A self-destruct mechanism is activated.

Gar lies to his son and daughter, Octo and Seena, saying Audric stole the root that he developed and that Jayce has taken credit for everything. Gar is taken by Saw Boss and instructs Octo to get help from the Lightning League.

Saw Boss tricks Iridel, the Mistress of Soul Tree, telling her Jayce is evil and the root belongs to him. Iridel gets the root and uses the plant life to imprison Jayce. Saw Boss' evil is revealed to her but not before he gains control of Soul Tree.

The Monster Minds set a trap for Jayce, offering him Audric in exchange for the root. Audric proves to be just an illusion generated by King Phineas after Saw Boss threatened to destroy his planet. The Lightning League and King Phineas must work together to fight the Monster Minds and save his people.

Jayce pleads with Herc's former intergalactic commando leader, General Zhest, to help them fight Monster Minds. The general is too afraid of Saw Boss and Jayce persuades Zhest's son to join the fight. Saw Boss poisons the water of the planet.

The Lightning League install a shield around the planet Eldor to protect its inhabitants from the Monster Minds. As they leave the planet Saw Boss lures them into a trap, a portal to a negative universe.

The people of Adelbaron are forced to slave in mines that produce rich nourishment for the Monster Mind vines. Saw Boss captures the young brother and sister of Kumari to force her to brig Jayce to him. Kumari is picked up in space by the Pride.

Saw Boss invents a thermal ray which dangerously overheats the Pride's engines forcing the Lightning League to land on Sandeen in search of amethysts, a cooling gem which can protect the engines.

Years ago Ghash was turned into a winged monster by a wizard when his greed led him to attempt to take the wizard's book of magic spells. Ghash makes a deal with Saw Boss to lure Jayce into a trap.

The Lightning League lands on a desert planet with no plant life, assuming that is where Audric would be. They are mistakenly led by a mirage of Audric to try and rescue him but they are attacked by the native nomads who have been tricked.

Jayce travels to Xiang in search of a secret message left by his father in a vase. Saw Boss realises what Jayce is looking for and orders all vases destroyed and Jayce must locate the vase before the message is lost forever.

Having lost Audric's trail, Gillian takes Jayce to the place where all time meets in order to show him the future and track down Audric. Jayce sees a future where the Monster Minds stand unopposed and only by confronting Saw Boss can he change the future and save his father and the galaxy.

The planet Baz sprays all their plants with pesticide to keep the Monster Minds from invading their planet, but the Monster Minds send vines to cut them off from outside shipments of food. Zena, the princess of the planet, contacts Jayce for help, but when the Lightning League arrives on Baz the pesticides begin to kill Flora, and the Monster Minds prevent them from taking her to safety.

Gillian and all the wizards of the universe gather together to combine their powers in the orb which then receives strength from the night moon. Saw Boss has captured the night moon and hopes to capture power for evil doing.

The Lightning League stumbles upon a parasitic colony of creatures living on Monster Minds vines; Gillian discovers that the vines are concealing the Liberty Stone.

Jayce follows a clue to Audric and meets up with the gambler Vendetta who has a tape regarding his father, but Jayce has to win it in a game. It is a trap laid by Saw Boss. Vendetta plays a game with Herc to settle an old debt of Herc's.

A tussle with a comet hurls the Pride and crew twenty-five years back in time to Jayce's home planet. They search and find Audric when he was a student. Jayce tells him he is his son and after much hesitation, Audric almost believes him.

Saw Boss and Monster Minds are blocking sunlight to a planet making it too cold for that planet's defensive humruns (large bugs) to be capable of fighting and eating the Monster Mind vines.

Jal Rorda, Audric's loyal friend, is tricked and captured by Saw Boss where the evil scientist, Dr. Zorg, is zapping him with the mindsifter to discover Audric's whereabouts. Jayce defies Saw Boss and goes to the planet Nar to rescue Jal Gorda.