Chapter Summaries

Su Yang realized that reality had been altered and feared the Dead Man’s Book might have vanished, but found comfort in speaking with Grandma. Elsewhere, a red-robed man announced that the God of Fate and Reason had descended and ordered his followers to kill a beautiful woman, while a hidden message warned that cause and effect had fallen into disorder.

• Su Yang realized that his memories differed from the rewritten world and worried that the Dead Man’s Book had disappeared along with other altered facts.
• Ren Yexue checked on Su Yang, brought him food, and reassured him after he emerged from the bathroom.
• Su Yang reflected on the changed world and called Grandma, relieved when she answered.
• In an ancient mountain palace, a blindfolded red-robed man relayed a prophecy and ordered the Sword-Bearers to slay a beautiful woman.
• In a dark basement, a gaunt old man held a marked piece of black jade bearing a message signed by the Death-Chant Monastic Order.

Zhao Shengshen discovered a powerful, mysterious Sequence Ability fragment in Teacher Zhao’s corpse and summoned the Soul-Reaping Bureau, but Old Wang sensed two Anchors and realized there were two directors. Meanwhile, Su Yang and Ren Yexue shared a meal and promised they would still care for each other even if their memories of the past changed.

• Zhao Shengshen found a Sequence Ability fragment as powerful as a Demigod in Teacher Zhao’s body and called Old Wang to gather the Soul-Reaping Bureau.
• Old Wang stopped the bureau members’ party and prepared to teleport them to Zhao Shengshen, but detected two Anchors and announced there were two directors.
• A second Zhao Shengshen entered the Soul-Reaping Bureau and told everyone to resume the party.
• Su Yang ate Ren Yexue’s cooking, then asked whether she would still care for him if she lost their shared memories.
• Ren Yexue said she would still cook for Su Yang, and Su Yang promised he would still be patient and fight against Fate, adding that she was pretty.

Gai Fengyan led Sword-Bearers into the God of Fate and Reason’s divine kingdom to retrieve a notebook that could hold the dead. In a dreamlike farewell, Ren Yexue told Su Yang about their shared past and pushed him from a terrace; he woke in his own bed to find a red-clad man standing beside him.

• Gai Fengyan explained that the Sword-Bearers would not be fighting the awakened Ancient God and ordered them to enter the divine kingdom to find a pitch-black notebook capable of holding the dead.
• Ren Yexue recalled giving Su Yang a Two-Branch Blue Enchantress and explained that its flower language was predestined fate.
• Ren Yexue said a Demigod of the Omniscience Sequence was waiting for Su Yang at home and asked him not to forget her.
• Ren Yexue pushed Su Yang from the terrace, and he woke in his own bed, realizing the encounter had seemed like a dream.
• Su Yang turned and found a red-clad, blindfolded man standing at the head of his bed.

Heng Hong, a blind Demigod of the Omniscience Sequence from the Soul-Reaping Bureau, confronted Su Yang and showed him a record claiming he had died during a Divine Gift in 2099. Su Yang denied the record and insisted the world’s memories had been tampered with, so Heng Hong began to reveal what he called the real truth.

• Su Yang found himself back in his bedroom, unable to summon his Black Longsword, as a dangerous man in red appeared before him.
• The man identified himself as Heng Hong of the Soul-Reaping Bureau and explained that he had severed his divinity to delay corruption.
• Heng Hong read a manuscript claiming Su Yang had joined the bureau in 2099, advanced rapidly, and died during a Divine Gift after muttering about a God.
• Su Yang panicked at the record, denied that he had died, and told Heng Hong that the world had been tampered with and that his former homeroom teacher had been killed by a Tentacle Monster.
• Heng Hong laughed at Su Yang’s claims, said the God of Fate and Reason had kept him in the dark, and changed the scene to show him the real truth.

Su Yang discovered his own corpse in grave number 23 and learned from Heng Hong that the God of Fate and Reason had created a parallel world to revive him. The two worlds had become intertwined after the deity merged his divine kingdom with reality, leaving Su Yang to confront the cost of his second chance at life.

• Heng Hong brought Su Yang to the Northern Suburb Cemetery and told him to open grave number 23.
• Su Yang dug up the grave and found his own body holding a Twin-Branch Blue Enchantress.
• Su Yang realized the Dead Man's Book had directed him to open the grave, not merely meet Gai Fengyan.
• Heng Hong explained that the God of Fate and Reason had revived Su Yang by splitting time and creating a parallel world inside his divine kingdom.
• Heng Hong revealed that the parallel world and reality had become intertwined when the deity merged his divine kingdom with reality.

Su Yang learned that the God of Fate and Reason had merged His divine kingdom with reality to resurrect him, and suspected that Ren Yexue was the deity who had made the sacrifice. Heng Hong awakened Su Yang’s sealed memories, revealing that the Soul-Reaping Bureau’s deities had been corrupted, while an explosion engulfed the distant city.

• Heng Hong told Su Yang that the God of Fate and Reason had resurrected him by merging His divine kingdom with reality, a sacrifice that would leave the deity in an endless slumber.
• Su Yang realized that Ren Yexue might be the God of Fate and Reason and tried to find her, but Heng Hong immobilized him and awakened his sealed memories.
• Su Yang recovered memories of his two years with Ren Yexue and of seeing a mass of rotting flesh during the Human Race Seven Gods’ divine bestowal.
• Su Yang said the Soul-Reaping Bureau’s deities had been corrupted, and Heng Hong celebrated, concluding that corruption afflicted every sequence.
• An explosion sounded from the distant city, and Su Yang saw it swallowed by flames and wails.

After learning that the God War had ended and the city was in chaos, Su Yang tried to reach Ren Yexue despite his weakened state. Heng Hong lent him his authority for half an hour, and Su Yang rushed toward the city to find her.

• Heng Hong explained that Ancient Gods were fighting over fragments of the weakened God of Fate and Reason's authority, leaving the city in turmoil.
• Heng Hong told Su Yang that his grandmother was safe but stopped him from entering the city, warning that his divine body and shared authority would make him a target.
• Su Yang insisted he had to reach Ren Yexue and bit Heng Hong's hand when he refused to let him go.
• Heng Hong released Su Yang and lent him his authority for half an hour, bringing order to Su Yang's memories and letting him hear mysterious whispers of knowledge.
• Su Yang picked up the Two-Branch Blue Enchantress from gravestone number 23 and raced toward the city, calling for Ren Yexue to wait for him.

As Muyang City descended into chaos, Ren Yexue watched her divine kingdom collapse while Gai Fengyan led the Sword-Bearers to protect civilians. At the Soul-Reaping Bureau, two versions of several people appeared as staff prepared to fight the Fierce Ghosts and Blood Village.

• Ren Yexue watched war and authority-devouring creatures ravage Muyang City, unable to use her power to save its people.
• Gai Fengyan explained that the God of Fate and Reason had destroyed their own divine kingdom and might fall.
• Gai Fengyan changed the Sword-Bearers’ mission from finding a soul-containment book to stopping the attackers, then charged into the city.
• Lina and Old Wang arrived at the Soul-Reaping Bureau and warned that the Fierce Ghosts and Blood Village were slaughtering civilians.
• Zhao Shengshen calmed the bureau members and ordered them to take containment items and prepare to fight.

An aged man used a blood-filled formation and a Black Jade token to restore his body while praising Divine Blood and the Death-Chant Monastic Order. Su Yang raced through the city to find Ren Yexue, but after seeing Gai Fengyan fight a Spirit, he realized Gai Fengyan’s past claims about him were suspicious.

• An old man replaced his blood through grotesque tentacles in a basement and read messages on a scratched Soul-Reaping Bureau Black Jade.
• Su Yang ran through the devastated city, manifested the Black Longsword, and realized Ren Yexue’s battle had ended.
• Guided by whispers, Su Yang avoided a powerful Sequence Ability wielder and headed toward a peak fifth-tier Sword Envoy.
• Gai Fengyan cut down a Spirit with his Ancient Emerald Longsword, slicing through the monster and two office buildings.
• Gai Fengyan questioned why Su Yang was not at the Northern Suburb Cemetery, prompting Su Yang to suspect that Gai Fengyan had lied about his past and his parents.

Su Yang reached Ren Yexue and told her he remembered everything, but she revealed that her Divine Kingdom had shattered and she had no way to save herself. As Ren Yexue prepared to leave him, Su Yang clung to the hope that something could still be done.

• Gai Fengyan hinted that he and Su Yang had been close before, then left to hunt the beasts after Su Yang warned him about a killer from the first Sequence.
• Gai Fengyan took half of Heng Hong's Omniscience ability, and Heng Hong realized what had happened as he prepared to leave the Northern Suburb Cemetery.
• Su Yang reached Ren Yexue's villa and found her wounded on the bedroom terrace, holding a Two-Branch Blue Enchantress.
• Su Yang embraced Ren Yexue, said he remembered everything, and gave her the flower he had brought from the cemetery.
• Ren Yexue told Su Yang that her Divine Kingdom had shattered and said she would have to leave, asking him to listen to Grandma and stop being reckless.