Chapter Summaries

Li Qingping and Cesar were caught in the Royal Court Team’s trap at the Whale’s Mouth, and Li Qingping sent Cesar away while staying behind to fight. Yagubalu escaped Ke Aojiena’s Bermuda Triangle and spotted Li Qingping battling on a distant island.

• Li Qingping and Cesar entered the Old King’s bedchamber, where Ke Aojiena’s Bermuda Triangle transported them to the Whale’s Mouth.
• Ruth and four Royal Court Team members confronted Li Qingping and Cesar, while the Whale’s Mouth remained temporarily impassable.
• Li Qingping threw Cesar toward the Christmas Sleigh and used Red Dragon Wales as the Royal Court Team prepared to attack.
• Yagubalu escaped the Bermuda Triangle by tearing through its boundary with Darkness Fang.
• Yagubalu saw Li Qingping fighting on a distant island and flew toward him.

Li Qingping and the Royal Court Team fought with Era-Grade Anecdotes, leaving Li Qingping mortally wounded after Ryan’s attacks. Yagubalu tried to rescue him, but Li Qingping died; Cesar returned with another Era-Grade Fragment as the White Crow Troupe arrived and the young man on the sleigh summoned the Undying Bird.

• Li Qingping and the Royal Court Team crushed their Era-Grade Anecdotes, and the Red Dragon fought against Babel Tower, the Titanic, Yamata no Orochi, the Sword in the Stone, and a falling meteor.
• Ryan cut off the Red Dragon’s wings and stabbed its eye while the other Anecdotes battered it, leaving Li Qingping gravely injured.
• Cesar rode the Christmas Sleigh away to find Yagubalu, but turned back when he saw Li Qingping collapse after the Red Dragon’s Flame Curtain faded.
• Ryan prepared to kill Li Qingping, but Yagubalu struck him, grabbed Li Qingping, and fled; Li Qingping gave Yagubalu the Red Dragon Wales Fragment before dying.
• Cesar caught Li Qingping’s falling body and returned to the island as the White Crow Troupe emerged from Whale Mouth Tunnel.
• The young man on the sleigh crushed another Anecdote Fragment and summoned the Undying Bird.

Cesar mourned Li Qingping after his death and received the evolved Epoch-Grade Anecdote, the Undying Bird. He flew toward Ruth with Li Qingping’s body as the resurrected bird followed, while Yagubalu grew into a massive metallic shark and charged after them.

• Cesar remembered his childhood friendship with Li Qingping and the stories Li Qingping had shared about his lonely past and friend outside the Box Garden.
• Li Qingping died before the Royal Court Team, and Cesar fell from the Christmas Sleigh into the forest.
• Cesar found Li Qingping’s Undying Bird’s Feather, which evolved into an Epoch-Grade Anecdote and healed his wounds.
• Cesar read the message, “A bird in a cage shall one day be free,” then summoned the Christmas Sleigh and caught Li Qingping’s body as it fell from Yagubalu.
• Cesar activated the Undying Bird and flew toward Ruth as Yagubalu expanded into a twenty-meter metallic shark and pursued them.

The White Crow Troupe split up to fight the Royal Court Team and enter the Royal Palace, while Xia Pingzhou and Ayase Origami confronted Di Rejie. Xia Pingzhou unlocked the King Statue’s ultimate attack to destroy Di Rejie’s meteors, and the chapter ended with Di Rejie dead and the other battles apparently decided.

• Urushi Haramichi assigned the White Crow Troupe’s members their targets, sending himself, Tong Zizhu, and Hacker toward the Royal Palace while the others engaged the Royal Court Army and its allies.
• Ruth ordered her team to intercept the White Crow Troupe and faced the Third Prince and the shark, while Ripper, Anluns, and Bernardo challenged their assigned opponents.
• Xia Pingzhou and Ayase Origami rode a Paper Dragon to fight Di Rejie, who attacked them with meteors from his Tunguska Explosion Anecdote.
• Xia Pingzhou used the Copy Demon and sacrificed chess pieces to unlock King's Flash for both the King Statue and its replica, destroying the massive meteor trapping them.
• The Queen Statue beheaded Di Rejie, and the Paper Dragon crushed his head as Xia Pingzhou's mission progress increased to 35/40 superhuman species kills.
• Ayase Origami remarked that Xia Pingzhou had secretly grown stronger, and he said he had done so to protect her; Xia Pingzhou then saw that the other battles had also been decided.

Xia Pingzhou surveyed the battles on Whale Mouth Island as the White Crow Troupe and the Royal Court Team fought across land and sea. Bernardo headed for the Royal Palace to seize its Anecdote Fragments, while the chapter ended with Yagubalu revealing its colossal form above Ruth and the Titanic.

• Xia Pingzhou learned from Ayase Origami that Bernardo had left for the Royal Palace, then recalled that Bernardo had departed after summoning a tide of Black Death Skulls to hold Ryan back.
• Anluns used his Slot Machine to destroy Louis's Tower of Babel, leaving Louis as a skeleton in the crater.
• Jack the Ripper cut down Kuki Soya and severed all eight heads of the Yamata no Orochi phantom.
• Xia Pingzhou used Black White King Flash to pierce Di Rejie's meteor while Ryan fought the replenishing Skull tide.
• Yagubalu expanded into a two-hundred-meter armored shark above the Titanic as Ruth looked up at its full form.

The White Crow Troupe attacked the Royal Palace while Bernardo invaded the Royal Court Hall, prompting the Old King to destroy the hall and unleash its powerful Era Grade Anecdote. Tong Zizhu stole the White King Scepter, and the Old King died after entrusting it to her disguised as Cesar.

• Lorenzo learned that the White Crow Troupe had reached Whale's Mouth, but Ke Aojiena abandoned the princes and Queen Kali Lena and escaped.
• Urushi Haramichi ordered Tong Zizhu to enter the Royal Palace for the White King Scepter while he confronted Lorenzo and Cosimo.
• Bernardo entered the weakened Royal Court Hall to steal its Era Grade Anecdotes, but the Old King triggered its destruction and the fragments formed a powerful floating weapon.
• The Royal Court Hall collapsed, killing Bernardo, and its fragments became the world's strongest Era Grade Anecdote before the Old King activated it and sent it toward Whale's Mouth.
• Tong Zizhu disguised herself as Cesar and persuaded the Old King to hand over the White King Scepter; after he died, she took the scepter and left.

Yagubalu and Cesar defeated Ruth and the Royal Court Hall’s Crystal Cube, while the White Crow Troupe survived the island’s destruction. Cesar then entered the Royal Palace, where the Queen and the princes awaited judgment.

• Black Death’s undead tide devoured Ryan, and Anluns, Ripper, Xia Pingzhou, and Ayase Origami left to help the others fight the Royal Court Army.
• Cesar defeated the Loch Ness Monster with the Christmas Sleigh and Undying Bird, while Yagubalu and Cesar destroyed Ruth’s Titanic; Ruth died, and the Royal Court Team was eliminated.
• The Crystal Cube appeared and attacked the island, but Tong Zizhu brought Cesar the White King Scepter, and Andrew’s Gun of Embers weakened the cube’s barrier.
• Yagubalu used Death Dorsal Fin and Darkness Fang to destroy and consume the Crystal Cube, gaining 100 meters of size and the one-time ability Death Reconstruction.
• The White Crow Troupe regrouped, and Yagubalu carried Cesar to the Royal Palace, where Urushi Haramichi left the chained Queen, Lorenzo, and the Second Prince to face him.

Cesar killed Cosimo, Lorenzo, and Kali Lena, then used the White King Scepter to send the Whale Garden islands and their residents into the human world. He left with Yagubalu after the shark swallowed the Legendary Whale Qikana'ou, and they set off for China to find Gu Wenyu.

• Cesar had Lorenzo kill Kali Lena, then killed Lorenzo in a challenge and burned the three royal family members’ bodies with the Undying Bird.
• Cesar used the White King Scepter to transfer the Whale Garden islands and their residents to the real world near Bergen, then burned the Old King’s bedchamber as he said farewell to his father.
• Yagubalu swallowed the Legendary Whale Qikana'ou, triggering a prompt that said digestion would take one month.
• Cesar agreed to help Yagubalu rescue its imprisoned friend when the time was right, and they decided to find Gu Wenyu in China first.
• Yagubalu set off across the sea with Cesar, saying it could use its sense of smell to locate Gu Wenyu.

Gu Wenyu received a homemade Anecdote Fragment from Li Qingping’s friends and learned that Li Qingping had gone traveling around the world. Alone at the harbor, he remembered their New Year together, and the fragment’s destruction revealed a fireworks display beneath the sea before he walked away.

• Gu Wenyu woke in Li Jing and saw news that islands had appeared near Bergen, while his quest to cooperate with Red Dragon had failed because of the target individual’s death.
• Gu Wenyu went to the harbor, where Yagubalu and Cesar arrived and gave him a blank homemade Anecdote Fragment from Li Qingping.
• Cesar told Gu Wenyu that Li Qingping would be away for a long time, traveling around the world, while Yagubalu translated his words with insults.
• Gu Wenyu remembered how Li Qingping had once watched New Year fireworks with him at the harbor and understood that their friendship had eased Li Qingping’s loneliness.
• The blank fragment cracked and crumbled in Gu Wenyu’s hand, so he scattered its pieces into the sea.
• Fireworks erupted from beneath the sea, and Gu Wenyu finished his beer and left the harbor.

At the White Crow Troupe’s celebration, Hacker showed White Greedy Wolf a photo of a wolf-eared boy who might be his son, while Bloodline recognized the boy as 1001. White Greedy Wolf and Bloodline confronted Xia Pingzhou, who refused to answer and nearly fought them before Ayase Origami led him away.

• Xia Pingzhou celebrated with the White Crow Troupe and heard that White Greedy Wolf planned to return to China to fight alongside the Nian Beast Overlord against Lake Hunt.
• Hacker showed White Greedy Wolf a photo of a black-haired boy with white wolf ears and a tail, and White Greedy Wolf declared that the boy was his son.
• Bloodline recognized the boy in the photo as 1001 and asked Xia Pingzhou where the children and the white-haired girl had gone.
• White Greedy Wolf and Bloodline demanded answers from Xia Pingzhou, who released Heavenly Drive and challenged them to fight.
• Tong Zizhu and Robert tried to calm the group, and Enma Rin drew her Katana to prevent a fight.
• Ayase Origami led Xia Pingzhou out of the tavern and blocked the entrance with a curtain of paper.

After the Whale Garden incident, Xia Pingzhou and Ayase Origami rested in Bergen while Cesar and Yagubalu planned their travels and searched for work in Li Capital. In the Spirit World Library, Ji Minghuan discovered a Red Dragon reading a book, and it asked whether he was Qingping’s little friend.

• Xia Pingzhou reassured Ayase Origami that he would not disappear, then returned with her to their Bergen hotel to sleep.
• Cesar and Yagubalu discussed earning money and decided to travel to Japan while searching for Era Grade Fragments.
• Cesar told Yagubalu they would also search for the Light-Devouring Bees and prepare to rescue Yagubalu’s friend from a laboratory.
• Ji Minghuan remembered the new Anecdote Consciousness loaded after Unit 3 devoured the Red Dragon Wales Fragment and found a huge Red Dragon reading in the Library.
• The Red Dragon asked Ji Minghuan whether he was Qingping’s little friend.

Ji Minghuan learned that Sodalitas Salvifica had discovered a third Myth Grade child whose fragment was the World Tree, and the Instructor asked him to help stabilize her. The chapter ended as Ji Minghuan left his Imprisonment Room for the first time and met Shang Xiaochi at the base’s Amusement Park.

• Ji Minghuan met the conscious remnant of Red Dragon Wales in the Mental Library, who told him Li Qingping had regretted not speaking to him before he died.
• The Instructor told Ji Minghuan that the Whale Garden Box had been destroyed by an Eternal Abyss Shark and that the White Crow Troupe had been involved.
• The Instructor explained that Sodalitas Salvifica planned to alert the United Nations to the threat of the Light-Devouring Bees so Rainbow Wing could destroy them.
• The Instructor revealed that the other Myth Grade child carried the World Tree fragment and asked Ji Minghuan to speak with her to help stabilize her mental state.
• The Instructor led Ji Minghuan out of his Imprisonment Room and into the Amusement Park, where he introduced him to Shang Xiaochi.

Ji Minghuan met the withdrawn Shang Xiaochi at Sodalitas Salvifica’s new playground and learned she wanted to die because she hated being confined there. He promised to help her escape, and when the other children arrived, Shang Xiaochi joined their group as a newly declared “Blackened Elementary Schooler.”

• Instructor left Ji Minghuan with Shang Xiaochi and told him to keep her company.
• Ji Minghuan mocked Instructor to prove he also hated him, and Shang Xiaochi eventually told him she wanted him to kill her.
• Ji Minghuan said he would help Shang Xiaochi escape someday, but her frustration at his hesitation prompted him to agree to leave with her immediately.
• Sun Changkong, Filio, Mario, and Kong Youling arrived and saw Ji Minghuan holding Shang Xiaochi’s hand.
• Ji Minghuan introduced Shang Xiaochi as a member of the Blackened Elementary Schooler Alliance, and Filio cheered her up by showing off his wolf ears.
• Kong Youling wrote Shang Xiaochi’s name in her notebook and labeled her “blackened.”

At the Salvation Squad’s playground, Ji Minghuan discovered that Kong Youling could hear sounds when she was close to him, then worried about her safety amid a possible internal conflict. Later, Gu Wenyu resumed his Black Cocoon identity and went to the hospital to intervene in Mutong’s plans involving Blue Arc and the Ghost Train Troupe.

• Sun Changkong tried to comfort Shang Xiaochi, but ended up crying while Shang Xiaochi patted her back.
• Kong Youling told Ji Minghuan that the Instructor had helped her hear sounds nearby, and she said that touching Ji Minghuan felt more real than hearing.
• The Instructor sent the children back to their rooms, and Ji Minghuan decided he should take Kong Youling away before rival factions tried to use her abilities.
• Su Zimai told Gu Wenyu she was leaving, and Gu Wenyu accidentally hinted that he knew about the diapers before blaming the information on his older brother.
• Gu Wenyu changed into Black Cocoon and headed to Li Capital Central Hospital, planning to tell Lin Zhengquan that Lin Yilong was Mutong and reveal Blue Arc’s identity to the Ghost Train Troupe.
• Black Cocoon watched the hospital and spotted Su Zimai arriving by taxi.

Black Cocoon urged Lin Yilong to confront Blue Arc at the mayor’s commendation ceremony, then visited Lin Zhengquan and revealed that Mutong was Lin’s younger brother and wanted to kill Su Zimai’s older brother, Blue Arc. The Ghost Train Troupe was left stunned by the family ties behind the coming conflict.

• Black Cocoon told Lin Yilong that Blue Arc would receive a medal at the next day’s ceremony and encouraged him to use the occasion to expose Blue Arc and take revenge.
• Black Cocoon invoked Lin Yilong’s painful memory of being unable to denounce Blue Arc at an earlier ceremony, and Lin left the alley in the rain without agreeing to the plan.
• At the hospital, Ke Qirui, Su Zimai, and Xu Sanyan discussed the White Crow Troupe’s destruction of the Box Garden Kingdom and the death of the Legendary Whale.
• Black Cocoon arrived at Lin Zhengquan’s room and told the Ghost Train Troupe that Blue Arc was Su Zimai’s older brother and Mutong was Lin Zhengquan’s younger brother.
• Black Cocoon revealed that Mutong wanted to kill Blue Arc, leaving Lin Zhengquan and the others stunned.

Black Cocoon revealed that Blue Arc was Su Zimai’s older brother and that Mutong was Lin Zhengquan’s younger brother, then warned that the two would fight to the death at the Esper Commendation Ceremony. After Lin Zhengquan explained why his younger brother wanted revenge on Blue Arc, the group hurried to intervene when they learned the ceremony had been moved up and would begin in twenty minutes.

• Black Cocoon revealed Blue Arc’s identity as Su Zimai’s older brother and Mutong’s identity as Lin Zhengquan’s younger brother, shocking the hospital room.
• Su Zimai admitted she had hidden Blue Arc’s identity, while Ke Qirui connected it to Blue Arc’s recent visits and behavior.
• Lin Zhengquan explained that his younger brother, Lin Yilong, believed Blue Arc had killed their father during an earthquake, and Ke Qirui said Blue Arc was the only person in Li Capital capable of producing the deep-blue lightning described.
• Su Zimai threatened anyone who tried to harm her brother, while Lin Zhengquan proposed speaking with Lin Yilong and Blue Arc before deciding what to do.
• Black Cocoon left for a cable car date, and Ke Qirui discovered the ceremony had been moved up; with only twenty minutes remaining, the group prepared to rush there.
• Lin Zhengquan and Su Zimai agreed to keep both brothers safe, and Movie Screens swallowed the four people in the hospital room.

Xia Pingzhou and Ayase Origami sneaked out to ride the Bergen sightseeing cable car before their flight, while Xia improved Unit 2 and learned a new skill. They agreed to return to Tokyo, then fell asleep together in the cable car as it reached its destination.

• Xia Pingzhou woke in the Bergen hotel and learned Hacker would arrange help for their nighttime cable-car ride, with Jack the Ripper accompanying them.
• Xia claimed his Main Quest 1 reward, raised Unit 2’s Mental and Speed attributes, and learned the Human-Demon Bridge skill.
• Ayase Origami wore her mother’s blue kimono, and Xia told her it suited her before they set out on the Paper Dragon.
• Xia Pingzhou and Ayase Origami rode the cable car, decided to return to Tokyo, and traded playful haiku about each other.
• Ayase Origami shared her mother’s Haiku Collection with Xia, rested her head on his shoulder, and fell asleep beside him as the cable car reached its destination.

Black Cocoon watched Blue Arc receive the Annual Esper award, but Mutong interrupted the ceremony with footage accusing Blue Arc of killing a father during an earthquake several years earlier. The chapter ended with Blue Arc stunned as Mutong publicly confronted him.

• Black Cocoon arrived at the ceremony ahead of the Ghost Train Troupe and watched the mayor announce Blue Arc as the Annual Esper.
• Blue Arc made a dramatic lightning-powered entrance and stepped onto the stage to accept the award.
• Mutong appeared above the venue, leaped onto the stage, and prompted Blue Arc to send the mayor away.
• Mutong played surveillance footage showing Blue Arc's lightning killing a father who had called for help during an earthquake.
• Mutong accused Blue Arc of committing the crime several years earlier, leaving Blue Arc stunned.

Mutong revealed that Blue Arc had killed his father during the Li Capital Earthquake and challenged him, while the Esper Association had covered up the truth. As Mutong nearly killed him, Gu Qiye awakened black lightning, crippled Mutong, and collapsed the surrounding buildings before losing consciousness as Su Zimai ran to him.

• Mutong showed footage of Blue Arc killing his father and told the crowd that the Esper Association had dismissed his testimony as a hallucination.
• Blue Arc admitted he had no memory of the people inside the ruined apartment, then knelt and apologized as Mutong vowed to ruin and kill him.
• Mutong trapped Blue Arc in his Dark Curtain and repeatedly wounded him, but Blue Arc refused to fight back and let his lightning attack fizzle before it hit Mutong.
• As Mutong prepared to deliver a fatal blow, Gu Qiye awakened black lightning that shattered the Dark Curtain, damaged the surrounding buildings, and severely wounded Mutong.
• Gu Qiye saw Mutong crippled among the Ruins, then collapsed as Su Zimai rushed toward him.

After waking in the Esper Association’s emergency ward, Gu Qiye learned that Blue Arc had been declared Calamity Grade and was offered a place in Rainbow Wing in exchange for faking his death. He asked for time to decide, while Mutong’s fate remained uncertain after Black Cocoon took him to meet Ghost Bell and a masked figure who claimed they could save him.

• Gu Qiye woke in the Esper Association’s emergency ward, where Uriel and Fan Dongqing told him his ability had mutated and his danger rating had risen to Calamity Grade.
• Uriel offered Gu Qiye a Rainbow Wing position and said the Authorities would announce Blue Arc’s death if he accepted; Gu Qiye asked for two or three days to consider it.
• Uriel told Gu Qiye that Black Cocoon had taken Mutong after the Li Jing Central Square disaster, and that Ke Qirui had brought Gu Qiye to the Association for treatment.
• At the square, Lin Zhengquan prepared to attack the wounded Blue Arc, but Black Cocoon intervened, stole Mutong’s ability, and escaped with him and the others under a dark domain.
• Black Cocoon brought Mutong to Ghost Bell, who introduced a masked figure and said that person could save him.