Chapter Summaries

Rainbow Wing’s Gu Qiye and Uriel fought the White Crow Troupe members while Xia Pingzhou tried to escape with the unconscious Ayase Origami. Just as the battles escalated, Yagubalu arrived in the form of a giant shark and loomed over the fighters.

• Xia Pingzhou ordered the Queen Statue to carry him and the unconscious Ayase Origami toward the prison wall while Bloodline attacked Uriel and Ripper engaged Gu Qiye.
• Uriel used ice dust to freeze Bloodline’s pores and blood, but Bloodline broke free by activating her Dragonification form.
• Gu Qiye overwhelmed Ripper with his speed and tore off her left arm, prompting her to unleash the Demonic Blade’s Shades at the cost of her lifespan.
• Xia Pingzhou reached the wall with Ayase Origami and watched the clashes between the Calamity-Grade fighters.
• Yagubalu transformed into a three-hundred-meter shark above the battlefield and cast a shadow over the four fighters.

Yagubalu and Cesar arrived at Xinyexiang Prison, drove off Gu Qiye and Uriel, and rescued the group by healing Enma Rin and taking Julius. The White Crow Troupe prepared to leave with Ryukawa Chiba while Cesar and Yagubalu vanished beneath a stealth umbrella, leaving Urushi Haramichi pondering Rainbow Wing’s connection to another organization.

• Yagubalu appeared above Xinyexiang Prison, and Urushihara Ruri’s wrist marks teleported Gu Qiye and Uriel away while Julius was left behind.
• Cesar arrived with Yagubalu and used the Undying Bird to regenerate Enma Rin’s severed arm.
• Yagubalu captured the unconscious Julius as Xia Pingzhou confirmed that Ayase Origami was safe.
• Urushi Haramichi noticed the diamond-shaped marks linked Gu Qiye and Uriel’s disappearance to the Patient Gowns’ earlier vanishing.
• Robert and Hacker prepared the White Crow Troupe’s escape after they had rescued Ryukawa Chiba, while Cesar agreed to take Julius with him.
• Cesar and Yagubalu flew toward the Hokkaido mountains with Julius and disappeared under the Divine Stealth Umbrella.

Gu Qiye, Urushihara Ruri, and Uriel argued over Ruri’s decision to evacuate them from Xinyexiang Prison, then prepared to report the mission’s outcome. Meanwhile, Black Cocoon captured Julius and began interrogating him about the Sodalitas Salvifica base.

• Gu Qiye woke in Urushihara Ruri’s independent space and learned her teleportation required her to touch and mark someone.
• Uriel challenged Urushihara Ruri’s decision to evacuate, while Ruri defended it as necessary to protect Rainbow Wing members from the Troupe and the enormous shark.
• Gu Qiye explained that the White Crow Troupe could escape through an ability user’s portals, and Urushihara Ruri said they would return and report what they had learned.
• In a basement in Sapporo, Cesar and Yagubalu delivered the unconscious Julius to Black Cocoon in exchange for information about the Light-Devouring Bee.
• Black Cocoon restrained Julius, activated Restraint Band Truth, and asked him where the Sodalitas Salvifica base was.

Black Cocoon interrogated Julius and learned the names of three Sodalitas Salvifica agents in Rainbow Wing before Julius suffered spiritual death. The Queen Statue killed Julius, and Xia Pingzhou’s train continued toward Tokyo, where he spotted Gu Qiye with a white-haired Rainbow Wing girl.

• Black Cocoon used Restraint Band Truth to question Julius, but Julius initially could not answer questions about the Sodalitas Salvifica and began to suffer spiritual death.
• Black Cocoon asked about Julius’s contacts in Rainbow Wing, and Julius named Urushihara Ruri, Karina, and Oda Hidehisa before mentioning an unnamed person who had taken Ajaya.
• Julius fell into a deep, lifeless sleep, and Black Cocoon stole his ability before ordering the Queen Statue to kill him and burn away his body.
• Xia Pingzhou received a Skill Point for Julius’s death, bringing Wild Hunt Winter progress to 63/70 kills.
• On the train out of Hokkaido, Ayase Origami messaged Xia Pingzhou while practicing typing, and he later spotted Gu Qiye talking with a white-haired Rainbow Wing girl at Iwahama Kari Coast.

Gu Qiye learned that Uriel had killed Ghost Bell to avenge him, and his reaction left their conversation by the coast in darkness and uncertainty. In Tokyo, Xia Pingzhou claimed his quest rewards, improved his Chess Player’s Speed, and considered learning Chess Piece Evolution again.

• Uriel told Gu Qiye that the prison’s tracking devices on Ryukawa Chiba had been removed or disabled, and that the Warden’s whereabouts were unknown.
• Gu Qiye spoke with Uriel about his guilt over killing Esper Mutong and his grief over his mother’s death; Uriel insisted he could not die because the welfare-home children cared about him.
• Uriel agreed to treat Gu Qiye to dinner, then admitted she had killed Ghost Bell to avenge him, leaving him pale and shaken.
• Xia Pingzhou returned to Oda Takikage’s cafe with Ayase Origami and sent her to sleep before claiming the reward for Main Quest 1 (Phase Four).
• Xia Pingzhou raised his Chess Player unit’s Speed from A+ to A++ and considered using his skill points to learn Chess Piece Evolution again.

Xia Pingzhou evolved all his Chess Pieces into Diamond Forms and learned Soul Devour while waiting for the Instructor to visit. The Instructor told Ji Minghuan that the White Crow Troupe had killed Julius and that four Bee Marquises might soon threaten Japan, leaving the Salvation Squad—and possibly Ji Minghuan—as the last line of defense.

• Xia Pingzhou learned Chess Piece Second Evolution, transforming his Chess Pieces into Diamond Forms, then spent his remaining Skill Point on Soul Devour.
• The Queen Statue advised Xia Pingzhou to keep the High Noon Event Card as a counter to fast close-combat enemies such as Jack the Ripper.
• The Instructor told Ji Minghuan that the White Crow Troupe had killed Julius and taken a huge, possibly mutated Eternal Abyss Shark from Box Garden.
• The Instructor revealed that the Bee Queen had produced four Bee Marquises, whose swarms were capturing Japanese superhumans and might soon reach Calamity Grade.
• The Instructor said Rainbow Wing would target the Bee Queen and that the Salvation Squad would intervene if the operation failed, adding that they would borrow Ji Minghuan’s power if necessary.

Ji Minghuan learned that Kong Youling had accidentally killed several test subjects and comforted her when she feared she was a bad person. Meanwhile, Xia Pingzhou checked his mission deadline and welcomed Ryukawa Chiba and Ripper, who immediately attacked her.

• The Instructor told Ji Minghuan that Kong Youling’s evolving ability had caused several test subjects to enter brain death, and Ji demanded that the truth be kept from her.
• The Instructor mourned Julius and explained how the veteran had joined Sodalitas Salvifica, while Ji dismissed his regrets.
• Ji found Kong Youling hiding in her room, comforted her, and promised to destroy those who made her suffer.
• Xia Pingzhou checked that 21 days remained to kill Jack the Ripper, woke Ayase Origami, and prepared for visitors.
• Ryukawa Chiba and Ripper arrived, and Ripper summoned Heavenly Drive and stabbed Ryukawa Chiba in the chest.

Enma Rin tested Ryukawa Chiba before welcoming him back into the Troupe, and he revealed that he could read the painful memories behind her emotions. She told Xia Pingzhou that the Troupe planned to attack Lake Hunt in China in half a month, while Gu Zhuoan demanded that Lin Yilong tell him where his son had gone.

• Enma Rin took Ryukawa Chiba’s heart as a test of his loyalty, then let him join the Troupe after he explained his suspicions about undercover agents.
• Ryukawa Chiba described Enma Rin’s traumatic past and said her Heavenly Drive reflected her own desire to kill, prompting her to hold her blade to his throat.
• Enma Rin told Xia Pingzhou that the Troupe would join White Greedy Wolf and the Nian Beast Overlord to attack Lake Hunt’s four members in China in half a month.
• Xia Pingzhou worried that the coming war would disrupt his plan to draw Lake Hunt’s members to the Sodalitas Salvifica base.
• In a basement in Li Jing, Gu Zhuoan confronted Lin Yilong and demanded to know where his son had gone.

Gu Zhuoan learned that his son Gu Qiye had joined Rainbow Wing and confronted Black Cocoon over the decision. After agreeing to keep his survival secret and wait for a plan to strike Sodalitas Salvifica, Gu Zhuoan learned that their powerful ally was his father-in-law, Su Wei.

• Gu Zhuoan woke and demanded to know where Gu Qiye was, and Lin Yilong told him that Qiye had joined Rainbow Wing while Gu Zhuoan was unconscious.
• Gu Zhuoan learned that Black Cocoon and Lin Yilong had kept his survival from Qiye and arranged for him to join Rainbow Wing, and Black Cocoon blamed Gu Zhuoan's reckless actions for pushing Qiye toward that choice.
• Black Cocoon explained that Qiye had initially planned to give up joining Rainbow Wing, but changed his mind after hearing that Gu Zhuoan was dead.
• Gu Zhuoan agreed to hide that he was alive and asked Black Cocoon to watch over Qiye while they prepared to confront Sodalitas Salvifica near Japan.
• Black Cocoon revealed that their powerful ally was Gu Zhuoan's father-in-law, Su Wei.

Black Cocoon revealed that Su Wei, Gu Zhuoan’s estranged father-in-law, had been protecting their family and was waiting at Broly Bookstore. Gu Zhuoan went to confront him, and Su Wei invited him inside.

• Black Cocoon told Gu Zhuoan and Lin Yilong that Su Wei was their final ally and explained that he had met him at Broly Bookstore.
• Black Cocoon said Su Wei had given him Su Ying’s diary to pass to Blue Arc, had protected Su Zimai, and knew Blue Arc’s identity.
• Gu Zhuoan learned Su Wei’s location and decided to visit him alone, despite Lin Yilong’s offer to come along.
• At Broly Bookstore, Su Wei exchanged messages with Black Cocoon, who asked him to keep his identity secret from Gu Zhuoan until the operation against Rainbow Wing was over.
• Su Wei recognized Gu Zhuoan lingering outside the bookstore and told him to come in.

Gu Zhuoan met Su Wei at Broly Bookstore, where they confronted their grief over Su Ying and agreed to seek justice against Rainbow Wing. In New York, Gu Qiye considered killing Uriel but stopped when a message appeared on his phone.

• Gu Zhuoan entered Broly Bookstore and admitted to Su Wei that he had become Ghost Bell to attract Rainbow Wing's attention.
• Su Wei told Gu Zhuoan about Tong Zizhu and revealed that Su Ying had entrusted her to him so her family could live apart from the Exorcists.
• Su Wei confessed his regret over Su Ying's death and offered to help Gu Zhuoan get rid of Rainbow Wing, asking him to let go afterward.
• Uriel reviewed plans for an emergency Rainbow Wing meeting about the White Crow Troupe and the Light-Devouring Bees while Gu Qiye sat silently in the back of her car.
• Gu Qiye prepared to kill Uriel with his lightning but paused when his phone chimed, then told her the message was spam.

Gu Qiye struggled with his desire to kill Uriel while riding with her, then checked Black Cocoon’s messages and learned that his father, Ghost Bell, had faked his death and was alive. Black Cocoon said Gu Qiye would meet his father and grandfather in Japan in a few days to avenge Su Ying.

• Uriel asked Gu Qiye about his unstable power and urged him to report his condition and accept medical help.
• Gu Qiye discussed his family with Uriel and questioned whether she considered the families of people she killed.
• Gu Qiye decided he still needed to kill Uriel before growing more attached to her, then opened Black Cocoon’s messages.
• Black Cocoon revealed that Ghost Bell had faked his death with help from Doctor Cesar and sent Gu Qiye a photo of his father with his grandfather.
• Black Cocoon said the family would unite to avenge Su Ying and meet in Japan in a few days.

Gu Qiye learned that Gu Zhuoan was alive and that Sodalitas Salvifica had targeted Su Zimai’s team, while Black Cocoon warned him of an undercover agent within Rainbow Wing. Uriel helped him access old punishment records, and Gu Qiye began searching files from five years ago.

• Gu Qiye saw a photo of Gu Zhuoan and learned from Black Cocoon that his grandfather had survived, then thanked Black Cocoon for saving him.
• Black Cocoon told Gu Qiye that Sodalitas Salvifica had attacked the Ghost Train Troupe, killed Lin Zhengquan, and driven Su Zimai and Ke Qirui to seek refuge at Lake Hunt.
• Black Cocoon revealed that Sodalitas Salvifica had infiltrated Rainbow Wing and that four undercover agents were there, though their identities still needed confirmation.
• Gu Qiye asked Uriel whether Rainbow Wing recorded mission punishments, then learned she had joined five years earlier and could recall the old records with her Hyperthymesia.
• Uriel passed Gu Qiye a tablet and showed him how to find the punishment records in Rainbow Wing’s encrypted meeting software.

Gu Qiye opened the 2015 disciplinary record that might reveal who caused his mother’s death, while Black Cocoon removed his mask in front of Ke Qirui. The record identified its subject as Rainbow Wing member Father of Puppets, but Gu Qiye had not yet read further.

• Gu Qiye read Uriel’s report on the Ghost Bell operation and confirmed that Black Cocoon had helped Gu Zhuoan escape.
• Gu Qiye found the May 15, 2015 disciplinary record about the Old Jingmai District incident and opened it.
• The record identified the subject as Rainbow Wing No. 12 member Father of Puppets.
• Black Cocoon met Ke Qirui at an abandoned station in Hokkaido and boarded the Train Demon with her.
• Black Cocoon told Ke Qirui he wanted to explain a personal matter and removed his mask, revealing his youthful face.

Gu Wenyu revealed to Ke Qirui that he was Black Cocoon and explained how he had hidden his identity. As the Train Demon continued through the Space-Time Tunnel, he asked her to keep his secret from Su Zimai until he returned, and Ke Qirui promised while hoping he would survive.

• Gu Wenyu removed his mask and revealed his identity as Black Cocoon, leaving Ke Qirui stunned.
• Gu Wenyu explained that he had tested Ke Qirui with his Restraint Band and used a clone at the ramen shop.
• Ke Qirui asked why Gu Wenyu had revealed himself, and he said telling her would not affect what he was about to do.
• Gu Wenyu asked Ke Qirui to keep his identity from Su Zimai unless he died, in which case he wanted her to tell his sister.
• Gu Wenyu explained that he was pursuing a lead connecting Rainbow Wing to Sodalitas Salvifica, and Ke Qirui promised not to tell Su Zimai for now.
• Ke Qirui told Gu Wenyu that she hoped he would survive.

Black Cocoon met Gu Qiye in New York, who transmitted memories identifying Rainbow Wing’s members and their abilities. Comparing them with Julius’s testimony, Black Cocoon concluded that Father of Puppets was Sodalitas Salvifica’s final undercover agent within Rainbow Wing.

• Black Cocoon and Ke Qirui discussed Xia Pingzhou’s strength, his revenge, and the danger posed by the Ripper as they traveled to New York.
• After arriving in New York, Black Cocoon went to meet Gu Qiye, who had contacted him about discovering who killed his mother.
• Gu Qiye transmitted memories of Rainbow Wing’s members and their abilities to Black Cocoon through an electric current.
• Black Cocoon compared the memories with Julius’s testimony and identified Urushihara Ruri, Karina, Oda Hidehisa, and Father of Puppets as Sodalitas Salvifica’s undercover agents in Rainbow Wing.
• Black Cocoon looked up and discovered that Gu Qiye had already left.

Black Cocoon reviewed Gu Qiye’s memories, uncovered Sodalitas Salvifica’s agents and the truth behind his mother’s death, then told Gu Qiye about their shared enemies and allies. Meanwhile, Cesar entered Yagubalu’s stomach to search for the Royal Court Team’s lost Epoch-Grade Anecdote Fragments, leaving Yagubalu anxiously tracking him.

• Black Cocoon examined Gu Qiye’s memories and identified Urushihara Ruri, Oda Hidehisa, Karina, and Father of Puppets as Sodalitas Salvifica’s undercover agents.
• Black Cocoon discovered that Father of Puppets had been punished for the Old Jingmai District incident and was connected to the death of Unit One’s mother.
• Black Cocoon told Gu Qiye that his grandfather, Mutong, and others would join their fight against Sodalitas Salvifica, and explained that Mutong sought revenge for his brother Lin Zhengquan.
• Gu Wenyu rested in Manhattan, then synchronized his consciousness with Unit 3 to handle its mission.
• Cesar rode Undying Bird into Yagubalu’s open mouth to search the Whale Garden Box for the Royal Court Team’s lost Epoch-Grade Anecdote Fragments, while Yagubalu carefully monitored him.

Cesar escaped Yagubalu with three Era Grade Anecdote Fragments taken from the Legendary Whale and planned to use them against the Light-Devouring Bee Tribe before confronting Sodalitas Salvifica. Meanwhile, Gu Wenyu told Ghost Bell that the man who murdered his wife was Father of Puppets, a Sodalitas Salvifica member, and received a new quest to help kill four Rainbow Wing members.

• Yagubalu waited anxiously for Cesar to escape its stomach, and Cesar emerged five minutes later on the Undying Bird before Yagubalu shrank back to normal size.
• Cesar recalled the collapsing Box Garden and revealed that he had recovered the Royal Court Team's Babel Tower, Loch Ness Monster, and Titanic fragments from the Legendary Whale.
• Cesar refused to let Yagubalu eat the fragments, saying he would save them for battle and train toward becoming an S-rank Anecdote Envoy.
• Yagubalu warned Cesar that Sodalitas Salvifica possessed Mythic-Grade Anecdotes, but Cesar said he still wanted to face them and asked whether Yagubalu would die with him.
• Gu Wenyu told Ghost Bell that Qiye was doing well and identified Father of Puppets as the murderer of Ghost Bell's wife and a member of Sodalitas Salvifica.
• Gu Wenyu completed the current quest stage and received a new objective to help Ghost Bell kill four Rainbow Wing members affiliated with Sodalitas Salvifica.

Gu Wenyu advanced Black Cocoon’s Speed to S Grade and chose to delay creating Unit 4 in order to maximize its chance of being a Perfect unit. In another perspective, Sun Changkong visited Ji Minghuan, questioned him about his relationships and the Prophet, and asked why Sun Wukong remembered meeting him.

• Gu Wenyu messaged Gu Zhuoan, falsely claiming he was staying with Li Qingping while his father returned from a business trip.
• Gu Wenyu raised Black Cocoon’s Speed to S Grade and used his sixteen Split Points to begin generating Unit 4, choosing a delay that gave it a 90% chance of being Perfect.
• The system disclosed possible backgrounds for Unit 4: Child of a Demon, Family Elder, Generation Ender, or Immortal.
• Gu Wenyu synchronized with his other units and observed Yagubalu, Cesar, Xia Pingzhou, Young Miss, Ripper, and Ryukawa Chiba settling in for the night.
• Sun Changkong woke Ji Minghuan and asked whether the Prophet had harmed him; Ji Minghuan said he had not met the Prophet and called Little Penguin family.
• Sun Changkong asked why Sun Wukong thought he had met Ji Minghuan, and Ji Minghuan asked which Sun Wukong she meant.

Ji Minghuan and Sun Changkong discussed Sun Wukong’s possible past connection to Ji Minghuan, then met Zeus, the Sodalitas Salvifica’s seventh child. Zeus begged Ji Minghuan for a piece of his body to silence the voices tormenting him, and the chapter left Sun Changkong and Ji Minghuan recoiling from the distressed boy.

• Sun Changkong told Ji Minghuan that Sun Wukong might have seen him through memories shared by other remnant consciousnesses, and Ji Minghuan questioned how they could have met.
• Sun Changkong became upset that Ji Minghuan had not known her as a child, so Ji Minghuan reassured her and promised to remember her September 5 birthday.
• Ji Minghuan reflected that he needed to rescue his main body before his mind reached its limit, while Unit 4 and the final battle drew nearer.
• A boy named Zeus entered the Imprisonment Room and said the voices in his head disappeared when he saw Ji Minghuan.
• Zeus begged Ji Minghuan to give him an organ or other body part to quiet the voices, then crawled after him as Sun Changkong retreated with him on the Somersault Cloud.