Chapter Summaries

Cesar and Li Qingping agreed to work toward obtaining the White King Scepter so Yagubalu could eventually eat the Legendary Whale after the residents escaped Whale Garden Box. In China, Black Cocoon learned that Lin Zhengquan had lost an eye, watched Su Zimai and Ke Qirui discuss the Sodalitas Salvifica, and followed Lin Yilong into an alley to approach him.

• Li Qingping confronted Yagubalu about its motives, and Yagubalu admitted it planned to eat the Legendary Whale after releasing Whale Garden Box's residents.
• Li Qingping proposed that Cesar obtain the White King Scepter to expel the residents, and he and Cesar returned to the Floating Castle to train.
• Black Cocoon followed Su Zimai to the hospital and discovered that Lin Zhengquan had lost an eye in the Sodalitas Salvifica's attack.
• Ke Qirui told Su Zimai that she should work with Lake Hunt's people for safety and revealed they planned to fight the Nian Beast.
• Black Cocoon followed Lin Yilong from the hospital into an alley, where Lin Yilong stopped and called for him to come out.

Black Cocoon negotiated a partnership with Lin Yilong and learned that Lin Zhengquan’s Exorcist team was being targeted. Xia Pingzhou woke in a London hospital after completing his Main Quest, and Ripper confronted him, demanding an explanation while he insisted Young Miss be present.

• Black Cocoon told Lin Yilong that Lin Zhengquan and the Ghost Train Troupe were under threat, then persuaded Lin Yilong to cooperate with him.
• Black Cocoon’s Social Superstar task panel recorded Lin Yilong as his ninth cooperative partner, leaving one more needed.
• Xia Pingzhou woke in a London hospital, messaged Hacker about the Movie World incident, and learned Ripper had been sent to collect him.
• Xia Pingzhou saw that Main Quest 3 was complete and checked his rewards, including three Skill Points and eight Split Points.
• Ripper appeared beside Xia Pingzhou’s bed and demanded an explanation, but he said he would answer only when Young Miss was present.

Xia Pingzhou told Enma Rin how he was injured, learned her True Name and heard about the Troupe’s next operation in Norway. After healing his wound, he searched London for Ayase Origami and finally spotted her alone on a Ferris Wheel carriage.

• Xia Pingzhou recounted his ordeal in the Underground Bar and Jurassic World, while Enma Rin questioned him and revealed that her True Name was Enma Rin.
• Enma Rin warned Xia Pingzhou not to hurt Ayase Origami and told him that the next operation would take place in Norway on 1 August.
• Xia Pingzhou healed his wound with the Bishop Statue, then discovered Enma Rin had disappeared and learned from Hacker that Ayase Origami had shut herself away without her phone.
• Xia Pingzhou searched the hotel and Millennium Bridge for Ayase Origami before heading to the amusement park and using a parent-child ticket to get inside.
• Xia Pingzhou scanned the Ferris Wheel carriages and found Ayase Origami sitting alone, gazing at a distant clock tower.

Xia Pingzhou found Ayase Origami riding the Ferris Wheel alone after she had spent the whole day there, and joined her for a ride. They talked through her confusion and fear that he hated her, then shared cotton candy before Xia asked her not to die; they left the Amusement Park together.

• Xia Pingzhou learned from the Ferris Wheel attendant that Ayase Origami had been riding alone all day without eating.
• Xia Pingzhou joined Ayase Origami in the queue, and they discussed the child she had mistaken for him and whether he hated her.
• Xia Pingzhou reassured Ayase Origami, and she leaned against his shoulder as their Ferris Wheel cabin rose.
• Ayase Origami asked for money and bought two sticks of cotton candy, which she shared with Xia Pingzhou.
• Xia Pingzhou told Ayase Origami not to die, and they agreed to return and not wander around alone or drink alone.

In London, Xia Pingzhou learned that the patient-gown children had arrived by cargo ship, but Hacker could not trace them to Sodalitas Salvifica’s base. After strengthening Unit 2 and learning King's Flash, Xia Pingzhou discovered that London’s Event Cards had unlocked and went out to investigate one before leaving for Norway.

• Xia Pingzhou questioned Hacker about the children, who had traveled to London on a cargo ship before reaching the Underground Bar called Eden, but Hacker could not track the ship beyond south London.
• Hacker arranged a first-class flight to Norway for Xia Pingzhou, Ripper, and Young Miss, departing the next afternoon from Heathrow International Airport.
• Xia Pingzhou bought Ayase Origami a Black-and-White Bear plush, and they moved into an empty room at Dragon Sparrow’s former hideout instead of returning to their hotel.
• Xia Pingzhou increased Unit 2’s Speed to A Grade and spent three Skill Points to learn King's Flash, which required sacrificing three Chess Pieces on the field.
• Xia Pingzhou considered the hidden rules tied to the Units’ Role-Playing Anchors, then received a notice that London’s Event Cards had unlocked after he had stayed in the city for three days.
• Xia Pingzhou decided to search for a Card Event and walked into the dark corridor to test his new ability.

Xia Pingzhou summoned the Queen Statue and confided in her before confronting the Clockwork Demon atop Big Ben. He unlocked the King Statue’s ultimate authority, defeated the demon, and received the Event Card “High Noon.”

• Xia Pingzhou summoned the Queen Statue and learned that she could sense his thoughts and understand his struggles.
• The Queen Statue reassured Xia Pingzhou and embraced him, promising to support him as he worked to free Kong Youling.
• Xia Pingzhou and the Queen Statue traveled to Big Ben, where the London Card Event called for the defeat of the Clockwork Demon.
• Xia Pingzhou sacrificed the Knight and two Soldier Statues to unlock the King Statue’s “King’s Flash” authority.
• The King Statue’s black-and-white beam destroyed the Clockwork Demon and tore a vast opening through the clouds above London.
• Xia Pingzhou completed the Card Event and received the Event Card “High Noon” for Unit 2.

After defeating the Clockwork Demon in London, Xia Pingzhou learned that advancing Unit 2’s Heavenly Drive could let him trap enemies inside his chessboard, giving him a way to corner the Ripper. He returned to the underground passageway and went to sleep, but Cesar soon woke Ji Minghuan to report a Card Event in the Whale Garden Box.

• Xia Pingzhou escaped the Parliament Building with the Queen Statue and learned that his Heavenly Drive had reached 33% progress toward its third tier, which could grant him the Black King's Domain.
• Xia Pingzhou collected the High Noon Event Card and found the phone charm Ayase Origami had left on his doorknob before returning to his room.
• Xia Pingzhou planned to travel to Norway and question Tong Zizhu about Unit 1's mother, then fell asleep.
• Cesar woke Ji Minghuan and showed him that a Card Event had occurred in the Whale Garden Box, where magical creatures were moving toward the town.
• Ji Minghuan synchronized with Unit 3, left the Crystal Ball, and joined Cesar in investigating the approaching creatures.

Cesar and Yagubalu went to stop the Serpent-Wolf-Horse beast tide, while discussing the Royal Court Team and the Light-Devouring Bees that had escaped into the human world decades earlier. Yagubalu devoured part of the herd, grew larger, and left Cesar stunned as the remaining danger and their next move remained unresolved.

• Yagubalu urged Cesar to wait and see whether the Royal Court Team would act before heading toward the town, warning that they might attack Cesar and blame his death on the beasts.
• Cesar told Yagubalu that the Light-Devouring Bee Queen had escaped into the human world thirty years earlier, and Yagubalu criticized Cesar's father for failing to pursue or warn anyone about it.
• Cesar summoned his Christmas Sleigh, but Yagubalu transformed into a giant shark and carried him toward the approaching Serpent-Wolf-Horses; when Cesar fell, the sleigh caught him.
• Yagubalu expanded into a forty-meter shark, flattened the forest, and swallowed more than a hundred Serpent-Wolf-Horses.
• Yagubalu shrank back to its small form and learned that devouring the creatures had increased its true size from 151 meters to 161 meters, then asked Cesar to pick it up.

Cesar and Yagubalu returned to town after Cesar stopped the beast tide, and the residents learned that the prince had protected them. As Cesar prepared to leave Whale Garden Box, he and Yagubalu reaffirmed their alliance and spoke of destroying the world together, while Li Qingping watched them from afar.

• Cesar lifted Yagubalu from the ravine, and Yagubalu revealed its Event Card reward for completing the Serpent-Wolf-Horse Clan event.
• Town guards and residents prepared for a beast tide, but their scout found a massive ravine and feared an even larger monster was in the forest.
• Cesar flew over the town in his sleigh and announced that he had dealt with the Serpent-Wolf-Horses, prompting the guards to thank him for protecting them.
• Cesar told Ivac that he would leave the Box Garden on the first day of the next month and warned him not to organize a send-off because it might be dangerous.
• Cesar and Yagubalu agreed they were accomplices and promised to stand together even if the entire world became their enemy.
• Li Qingping watched Cesar and Yagubalu pass overhead, called Yagubalu the Green Tea Shark, and fell asleep again.

The Instructor told Ji Minghuan that his parents had abandoned him to protect a dangerously powerful younger brother, whom Sodalitas Salvifica still sought. Ji Minghuan rejected the news and resolved to bring down Sodalitas Salvifica and take Kong Youling away, then planned with the personalities in his Spirit World to gather allies for a coming war.

• The Instructor told Ji Minghuan that his parents, Ji Huaiye and Lin Xi, had left him at the Welfare Home to hide their unborn son from Sodalitas Salvifica, and that the boy might hold a clue to Ji Minghuan's power.
• Ji Minghuan rejected the Instructor's attempt to involve his family and, after the Instructor left, resolved to bring down Sodalitas Salvifica and take Kong Youling away.
• In his Spirit World Library, Ji Minghuan asked Black Cocoon whether the Instructor's story was true, and Black Cocoon warned that Sodalitas Salvifica might be manipulating his understanding and urged him to act quickly.
• Black Cocoon proposed using Blue Arc or Ghost Bell to draw Rainbow Wing into a battle against Sodalitas Salvifica, while Ji Minghuan questioned how they could recruit Lake Hunt.
• Chess Player urged Ji Minghuan to strengthen his body and locate Sodalitas Salvifica's main base, but Ji Minghuan went to sleep before preparing for his trip to Norway.

Xia Pingzhou and Ayase Origami flew to Bergen for the White Crow Troupe’s operation while Gu Wenyu stayed home and listened as Su Zimai prepared to leave. The Gu family spent the evening playing a fighting game together, and the chapter ended with Xia Pingzhou’s plane landing in Bergen, where the troupe was waiting.

• Xia Pingzhou and Ayase Origami boarded a flight from Heathrow to Bergen, while Enma Rin sat in a separate cabin.
• Gu Wenyu overheard Su Zimai tell Gu Qiye she was leaving to stay with an injured friend, then messaged Ke Qirui to look after her.
• Gu Wenyu watched a news report about Blue Arc and Mutong before Gu Qiye invited him and Su Zimai to play Esper Alliance.
• Gu Wenyu, Su Zimai, and Gu Qiye played the game together, and Gu Zhuoan joined them after returning home.
• Su Zimai won the first match, and Gu Qiye and Gu Zhuoan defeated Gu Wenyu and Su Zimai in the next round before the family continued playing.
• Xia Pingzhou’s plane landed in Bergen, where the White Crow Troupe had been waiting.

Xia Pingzhou and Ayase Origami arrived in Bergen and waited at Bryggen Wharf for the White Crow Troupe. After meeting Anluns and Tong Zizhu, Xia Pingzhou left with Anluns for a nearby casino while Tong Zizhu was to escort Ayase Origami to the other troupe members.

• Xia Pingzhou and Ayase Origami landed in Bergen and learned from Hacker that the troupe would meet them at Bryggen Wharf.
• Ayase Origami borrowed Xia Pingzhou’s phone to contact Hacker, then charged her own phone with a power bank they bought at the wharf.
• Ayase Origami took a photo with Xia Pingzhou at sunset, and they ate reindeer sausage while waiting for the troupe members.
• Anluns and Tong Zizhu arrived, and Tong Zizhu clarified that she was not Xia Pingzhou’s mother.
• Ayase Origami made Anluns sign a three-point borrowing agreement promising to return Xia Pingzhou in about two hours.
• Anluns took Xia Pingzhou to a hidden underground casino, while Tong Zizhu was to take Ayase Origami to meet the other troupe members.

Anluns told Xia Pingzhou about the White Crow Troupe’s plan to help Third Prince Cesar seize the White King Scepter and shared how he joined the Troupe after losing a deadly gambling match to Urushi Haramichi. The next morning, Xia Pingzhou synchronized with Little Shark, who accompanied Cesar and Li Qingping as Cesar went to meet his mother, the Queen.

• Anluns explained that the Troupe would help Third Prince Cesar obtain the White King Scepter, which could disable the Whale Garden Box’s powerful Anecdote Envoys.
• Anluns recounted how he escaped a criminal casino, became a notorious gambler, and joined the White Crow Troupe after losing a life-or-death game to Urushi Haramichi.
• Xia Pingzhou stopped a gambler from attacking Anluns, and the two left the casino before returning to their hotel near Bryggen Wharf.
• The next morning, Xia Pingzhou synchronized with Unit 3 and saw Li Qingping and Cesar preparing to meet the Queen.
• Cesar asked Li Qingping what insult suited his mother, and Li Qingping suggested “bitch,” prompting Yagubalu to scold him as Cesar left to see the Queen.

Cesar confronted Kali Lena and learned that the King's Blessing had transferred to him, making him the only person qualified to wield the White King Scepter and the target of his mother's plot. After declaring that he would kill her family, Cesar left with Li Qingping and Yagubalu to plan a counterattack for August 1st.

• Cesar questioned Kali Lena about the assassins she had sent and refused to explain how he stopped the beast tide.
• Kali Lena revealed that the King's Blessing had chosen Cesar, that the Old King had hidden the truth to protect him, and that his brothers needed Cesar dead to gain a chance at the blessing.
• Cesar learned that Kali Lena had poisoned the Old King to test whether the blessing had transferred, and she admitted that she wanted Cesar dead because of it.
• Cesar asked about his birth mother, called Kali Lena a bitch, and declared that he had come to kill her whole family before leaving the bedchamber.
• Li Qingping and Yagubalu proposed taking Kali Lena or one of the princes on August 1st, when the Royal Court Team would be guarding the Legendary Whale's mouth.

Xia Pingzhou and the White Crow Troupe gathered in Bergen while Bernardo briefed them on the Royal Court Team, and Cesar and Li Qingping plotted how to obtain the White King Scepter. At Lorenzo’s tea party, Cesar openly defied his brothers and warned Li Qingping to escape if their plan failed, with the Legendary Whale due to land in two days.

• Xia Pingzhou, Ayase Origami, Hacker, Ripper, and Bernardo met in Bergen, where Bernardo began briefing Hacker on the Royal Court Team’s members.
• Li Qingping and Yagubalu discussed delaying their attack, then planned to distract the Royal Court Team and sneak into the Royal Palace for the White King Scepter.
• Cesar accepted Lorenzo’s invitation to a tea party and arrived at his residence with Li Qingping and Yagubalu.
• Lorenzo urged Cesar to stop resisting, but Cesar accused him of betraying him and declared he intended to overturn the country.
• Lorenzo offered to have Cesar and Li Qingping removed from the Box Garden on August 1, while Cesar warned Li Qingping to escape with Yagubalu if their situation turned hopeless.
• Cesar watched Li Qingping and Yagubalu joke together as the chapter ended with forty-eight hours remaining before the Legendary Whale landed.

The White Crow Troupe assembled at Bergen’s Bryggen Wharf to await the Legendary Whale Qikana’ou, while Xia Pingzhou learned more about Tong Zizhu’s search for Su Ying and Bernardo’s feud with Ryan. Urushi Haramichi spotted Qikana’ou approaching, and the troupe prepared to begin its operation in the Whale Garden Box.

• The White Crow Troupe gathered at Bryggen Wharf, with Robert’s portals and Urushi Haramichi’s crows ready to track Qikana’ou’s arrival.
• After the date changed to August 1, Xia Pingzhou asked Tong Zizhu about Su Ying, and she said Hacker had been unable to find information about her adoptive mother.
• Bernardo told Xia Pingzhou and Tong Zizhu that Ryan had reported him for using the Necromancer Anecdote, leading to his expulsion from the Whale Garden Box.
• Bernardo explained that he later found the Era Grade fragment Black Death and planned to return to the Box Garden for revenge, including a duel with Ryan.
• Urushi Haramichi saw Qikana’ou emerge beyond the horizon and announced that the Legendary Whale had arrived.

Yagubalu prepared to leave the Whale Garden Box with Cesar as the Legendary Whale approached Norway, and Li Qingping entrusted it with a blank Anecdote Fragment for Gu Wenyu. Li Qingping and Yagubalu promised to help each other save their friends, then Cesar woke and joined the White Crow Troupe for the coming operation.

• Yagubalu completed the second phase of its quest, raised its Strength, and learned the Darkness Fang skill.
• Yagubalu and Li Qingping discussed their plans after leaving the Box Garden, and Li Qingping said he intended to return to school.
• Li Qingping asked Yagubalu to deliver his handmade Anecdote Fragment to Gu Wenyu if he died, and Yagubalu swallowed it for safekeeping.
• Yagubalu asked Li Qingping to help rescue Ji Minghuan, and Li Qingping agreed once they escaped the Box Garden.
• As the Legendary Whale neared Bergen, Li Qingping woke Cesar, and Cesar joined the White Crow Troupe at Bryggen Wharf for the operation.

Yagubalu learned Darkness Fang as the Legendary Whale approached, while Li Qingping and Cesar prepared to leave the Box Garden and confront the Royal Court Team. Li Qingping entrusted Yagubalu with a blank Anecdote Fragment for Gu Wenyu and promised to help rescue Ji Minghuan; the group then set out for the coming operation at Bergen.

• Yagubalu completed Phase Two of the quest, strengthened its attributes, and learned the Darkness Fang skill.
• Yagubalu and Li Qingping discussed their plans after leaving the Box Garden, and Li Qingping agreed to help Yagubalu rescue Ji Minghuan.
• Li Qingping gave Yagubalu a blank Anecdote Fragment he had developed for ordinary people to use, asking it to deliver the gift to Gu Wenyu if he died.
• Two hours before the Legendary Whale's landing, Li Qingping woke Cesar and told him the operation was about to begin.
• Cesar prepared to depart, and Yagubalu urged him and Li Qingping to follow it and cause chaos.

Urushi Haramichi and the troupe attacked the Royal Court Team as the Legendary Whale Qikana'ou arrived at Bryggen Wharf. After Urushi entered the whale, White Greedy Wolf and Ripper defeated the gatekeeper’s Sword of Damocles and followed the others into the Whale’s Belly.

• Hacker warned the troupe that the Legendary Whale would reach the wharf soon, and Urushi ordered them to leave no one from the Royal Court Team alive.
• Qikana'ou surfaced, and its gatekeeper Nabis raised a Cognitive Shielding Barrier before summoning the Epoch-Grade Anecdote Sword of Damocles.
• White Greedy Wolf restrained the giant sword while Urushi cut Nabis’s throat and led the troupe into the Whale’s Belly.
• Ripper cracked the Sword of Damocles with her scythe, and White Greedy Wolf tore it apart.
• Ripper and White Greedy Wolf boarded the whale, following the rest of the troupe into the Whale’s Belly.

Li Qingping, Cesar, and Yagubalu infiltrated the Royal Palace to steal the White King Scepter and capture the Queen, but Ke Aojiena intercepted Yagubalu and trapped it in the Bermuda Triangle. Lorenzo revealed that he had sent Cesar and Li Qingping to the whale's mouth, leaving their mission and escape in jeopardy.

• Li Qingping and Cesar sent Mimic Dolls toward the Legendary Whale as a diversion, then used the Divine Stealth Umbrella to enter the Royal Palace with Yagubalu.
• The group passed Royal Court Army guards at the Anecdote Warehouse and split at a fork, with Yagubalu heading toward the Queen and the two men toward the King's bedchamber.
• Yagubalu found Kali Lena, Lorenzo, and Cosimo in a pavilion and charged at them to draw attention away from Li Qingping and Cesar.
• Ke Aojiena used Bermuda Triangle to trap Yagubalu, then revealed that she had sent Cesar and Li Qingping to the whale's mouth.
• Lorenzo said the siblings could take the White King Scepter after the King died and his protective barrier opened.