Chapter Summaries

Qiao evolved into the Bee King and paralyzed everyone on the island with neurotoxin, leaving Gu Qiye helpless before him. Cesar and Black Cocoon’s Restraint Belt Avatar remained able to fight and faced Qiao as the avatar announced its prepared gift.

• Qiao revealed his Bee King form, and Uriel concluded that he had evolved after devouring Mairweit’s corpse.
• Qiao spread neurotoxin across the island, incapacitating Gu Qiye, Uriel, the Rainbow Wing members, and everyone else outside a protected cockpit.
• Garfiel returned in his mech and attacked Qiao, but Qiao disarmed and hurled the mech away, leaving Garfiel exposed to the toxin.
• As Qiao approached Gu Qiye, Cesar arrived in the Christmas Sleigh and survived the neurotoxin because the King's Blessing made him immune to poison.
• Black Cocoon's Restraint Belt Avatar landed beside Cesar, unaffected by the toxin, and told Qiao that its show and prepared gift were about to begin.

Black Cocoon and his allies defeated Bee King "Qiao" by exploiting his unstable new body, Alexandra’s stolen sun-and-moon ability, and Ke Qirui’s Train Demon, which cast him into the Space-Time Turbulence. After Qiao vanished, Black Cocoon turned his attention to Father of Puppets and the next revenge.

• Qiao charged at Black Cocoon and Cesar, so Cesar fused with Babel Tower and brought Black Cocoon inside to protect him.
• Qiao tore open the tower and fought the giant Yagubalu, while Su Wei’s Teaching Ruler struck him from above.
• Black Cocoon stole Alexandra’s Sun and Moon Travel Together ability, burned Qiao with the Red Sun, and immobilized him with moonlight.
• Ke Qirui brought the Train Demon, and Black Cocoon used its Movie Screen to send Qiao into the Space-Time Tunnel, where his sister’s Magic Wardrobe cast him into the Time-Space Turbulence.
• Qiao remembered Mairweit urging him to see a wider world before he vanished, and the neurotoxin’s effects ended across the island.
• Black Cocoon accused Father of Puppets of standing by while Qiao fought, then joined three figures atop the Teaching Ruler to begin their revenge.

Black Cocoon restrained Urushihara Ruri while the Rainbow Wing members recovered from Bee King’s neurotoxin and regrouped. Gu Qiye knocked Uriel unconscious and turned toward Father of Puppets, leaving the others stunned as the confrontation began.

• Black Cocoon questioned Urushihara Ruri about resisting Bee King’s neurotoxin, but she played dumb and he postponed questioning her.
• With Bee King gone, the Rainbow Wing members regained their mobility while Black Cocoon kept Alexandra trapped on an artificial moon.
• The Rainbow Wing members gathered, discussed the battle, and wondered whether Black Cocoon and his companions were allies or enemies.
• Gu Qiye told Uriel he could not return with her to Li Capital, embraced her, and then knocked her unconscious with an electric shock.
• Gu Qiye faced Father of Puppets as the other Rainbow Wing members demanded an explanation and Oda Hidehisa drew his sword.

Gu Qiye revealed that he had targeted Sodalitas Salvifica and helped split the battlefield so his allies could confront its members. As Alexandra and Ke Qingzheng arrived, Su Wei, Cesar, and Yagubalu prepared to hold off Rainbow Wing while the others pursued their targets.

• Gu Qiye admitted he wanted to take down Father of Puppets, Karina, and Oda Hidehisa, then told Garfiel to carry the unconscious Uriel away.
• Su Wei learned that Father of Puppets had caused Su Ying's death and launched the Teaching Ruler into Rainbow Wing, scattering its members.
• Gu Qiye bypassed Rainbow Wing as the Teaching Ruler divided the battlefield, and Mutong arrived to join Black Cocoon and Ghost Bell against Sodalitas Salvifica.
• Black Cocoon and Mutong took to the sky to face Oda Hidehisa, while the planned battle assigned Gu Qiye to Karina and Gu Zhuoan to Father of Puppets.
• Alexandra descended from the artificial moon and confronted Su Wei, then Ke Qingzheng arrived by helicopter as the final reinforcement.
• Yagubalu transformed into a three-hundred-meter behemoth and charged the Azure Wrath Boat while Su Wei and Cesar prepared to fight Rainbow Wing.

Ke Qingzheng arrived on the island as the fighters split into battles against Su Wei, Cesar, and the Sodalitas Salvifica members. The clashes began across the island, with Gu Qiye trapped in Karina’s Polar Domain and Mutong and Black Cocoon attacking Oda Hidehisa as Ghost Bell confronted Father of Puppets and Ajaya.

• Ke Qingzheng joined Fan Dongqing and learned that Liuli had been captured and that their opponents suspected someone among them belonged to Sodalitas Salvifica.
• Yagubalu grew into a giant beast and crashed into Fan Dongqing’s Azure Wrath Boat while Ke Qingzheng and Alexandra advanced on Su Wei and Tsukumo fought Cesar.
• Garfiel carried the unconscious Uriel to the helicopter as Gu Qiye charged Karina and was pulled into her volcanic Polar Domain.
• Ghost Bell rushed Father of Puppets and Ajaya while Mutong and Black Cocoon launched a joint attack on Oda Hidehisa using Mutong’s Rebel Eagle Domain.
• Oda Hidehisa opened a Black Hole that broke through Mutong’s domain, then challenged Mutong and Black Cocoon as they descended to fight him.

Black Cocoon and Mutong fought Oda Hidehisa, and Black Cocoon stole his Space Blade before using it to trap him in a spatial void. They turned toward the battle between Father of Puppets and Ghost Bell, who faced each other across the sands.

• Black Cocoon used Restraint Belt Torrent to repel Oda Hidehisa while Mutong attacked him inside his domain.
• Oda Hidehisa tore through Mutong’s domain and nearly struck Mutong from behind, but Black Cocoon’s stolen domain let Mutong see the ambush and block the attack.
• Black Cocoon snuck behind Oda Hidehisa, sealed his superpower with a Restraint Band, and stole his Space Blade.
• Oda Hidehisa stabbed Black Cocoon’s avatar, but Black Cocoon used the stolen Space Blade to open a black void that dragged Oda Hidehisa into spatial turbulence.
• Black Cocoon and Mutong looked toward Father of Puppets and Ghost Bell, who faced one another beside the Mechanical Buddha and Ghost Bell’s tower.

Gu Qiye survived Karina’s shifting Polar Domain until she admitted defeat and died, causing the domain to collapse. Meanwhile, Mutong and Black Cocoon watched Ghost Bell battle the Father of Puppets, and Black Cocoon left his clone behind to restrain Urushihara Ruri as he headed to the fight.

• Gu Qiye crossed Karina’s changing landscapes and reached her as her strength failed.
• Karina explained that her domain could end only with her death or her opponent’s, then fell into the volcano and died.
• The Polar Domain began collapsing as Mutong realized Black Cocoon’s Restraint Belt Avatar was a clone.
• Black Cocoon decided to summon his main body while Mutong urged him to help Ghost Bell fight the Father of Puppets.
• Black Cocoon trapped Urushihara Ruri against a rocky hill and vanished from the beach toward the battlefield.

Black Cocoon stole Urushihara Ruri’s Thousand Return Hand and used it to remove Tsukumo and Alexandra from the battlefield while Rainbow Wing regrouped against Su Wei. Ghost Bell nearly killed Father of Puppets but was trapped by Mechanical Buddha until Gu Qiye intervened, leaving the battle unresolved.

• Black Cocoon stole Urushihara Ruri’s Thousand Return Hand and used its marks to send Tsukumo and Alexandra into an independent space.
• Su Wei evaded Ke Qingzheng and Alexandra by measuring two seconds into the future, while Garfiel arrived with Uriel and a mech to help fight him.
• Ghost Bell confronted Father of Puppets over Su Ying’s death and used his time-based abilities to crush a replacement body, but Father of Puppets survived in a new body.
• Mechanical Buddha trapped and crushed Ghost Bell between its palms as Father of Puppets taunted him.
• Gu Qiye pierced Mechanical Buddha with black lightning and freed Ghost Bell, then told Father of Puppets he would settle their dispute after the battle.

Gu Qiye and Gu Zhuoan fought Father of Puppets and destroyed Mechanical Buddha, while Gu Qiye learned to combine his two forms of lightning and pierced Father of Puppets, Starcaller, and Ajaya. Black Cocoon rescued Gu Qiye and Gu Zhuoan from the island’s destruction, then appeared to be swallowed by Mechanical Buddha’s explosion before using Phase Shift to escape; the survivors fled as the island collapsed, unaware of his escape.

• Mechanical Buddha destroyed the shadow giant, but Gu Qiye and Gu Zhuoan broke its remaining palms with lightning, sound, and time-based abilities.
• Father of Puppets revealed Starcaller as the puppet responsible for destroying Old Jingmai District, triggering Gu Qiye’s memories of Su Ying’s death five years earlier.
• Gu Qiye combined his deep blue and black lightning to pierce the barrier and strike Father of Puppets, Starcaller, and Ajaya, while Gu Zhuoan destroyed Mechanical Buddha’s heart.
• Black Cocoon marked Mutong, teleported Gu Qiye and the injured Gu Zhuoan to safety, and remained behind as Mechanical Buddha overheated.
• Mechanical Buddha exploded and seemingly swallowed Black Cocoon, while Su Wei and the others evacuated the island amid the falling meteor beams.
• Black Cocoon activated Phase Shift at the last moment, and the survivors escaped the collapsing island without realizing he had survived.

After Black Cocoon’s apparent death, the injured survivors recovered and prepared to leave Osaka while Su Wei refused to reveal Black Cocoon’s identity. Gu Zhuoan and Gu Qiye reunited with Su Zimai at the abandoned station, where her questions about another older brother left Gu Qiye confused.

• The Undying Bird healed Gu Zhuoan, Gu Qiye, and Lin Yilong as Cesar and the others grieved Black Cocoon’s apparent death.
• Gu Zhuoan asked Su Wei who Black Cocoon was, but Su Wei avoided answering and warned Gu Zhuoan and Gu Qiye to leave before the Exorcist Association found him.
• Cesar departed alone, Lin Yilong left separately, and Gu Zhuoan and Gu Qiye headed to Osaka’s abandoned station to meet Ke Qirui and Su Zimai.
• At Platform 7, Gu Qiye texted Black Cocoon but received no reply before the Train Demon arrived with Su Zimai aboard.
• Su Zimai embraced Gu Zhuoan and Gu Qiye, then asked where her other older brother was; Gu Qiye realized she meant Wen Yu and questioned why she thought he was missing.

Gu Qiye learned that Gu Wenyu was Black Cocoon and realized he had sacrificed himself, while Gu Zhuoan learned that Wenyu was his son. Black Cocoon uncovered Sodalitas Salvifica’s base, helped Urushihara Ruri reunite with Urushi Haramichi, and set his sights on the next operation as Uriel returned to China.

• Su Zimai questioned Gu Qiye about Black Cocoon, but Gu Qiye believed Gu Wenyu was safely at home, while Gu Zhuoan returned to check on Su Wei.
• Ke Qirui revealed that Gu Wenyu was Black Cocoon and played Gu Qiye a recording of Wenyu explaining his identity; Gu Qiye realized Wenyu had not returned from the deserted island.
• Su Wei told Gu Zhuoan that Gu Wenyu was his son, and Gu Zhuoan staggered away in shock.
• Black Cocoon learned that Urushihara Ruri was a dying puppet who could reveal Sodalitas Salvifica’s secrets, and she gave him the location of its base in Iceland in exchange for seeing Urushi Haramichi.
• Urushi Haramichi arrived and shot Urushihara Ruri, while Black Cocoon completed his missions and planned preparations for the next stage.
• Uriel traveled from Osaka to the Welfare Home in Li Capital, showed the children Gu Qiye’s video, and said that Gu Qiye was a very good person.

At Gu Wenyu’s funeral in Haifan City, his family and allies gathered while Gu Qiye recalled how Gu Wenyu died saving him and Su Wei. Su Zimai learned that her brother could not return and begged Gu Qiye to tell her the truth.

• In Tokyo, Hacker told Xia Pingzhou and Ayase Origami that Rainbow Wing had lost half its people and that Ripper had killed Silver Devourer, prompting Xia Pingzhou to vow revenge.
• Xia Pingzhou, Ayase Origami, and Hacker prepared to leave for China the next day.
• Ke Qirui, Xu Sanyan, Lin Yilong, Gu Qiye, Gu Zhuoan, Su Zimai, Su Wei, Cesar, and Zhou Jiuya gathered in Haifan City for Gu Wenyu’s funeral.
• Xu Sanyan learned that the masked Black Cocoon had been Gu Wenyu, while Ke Qirui said Su Zimai had shut herself away for two days before agreeing to attend the funeral.
• Gu Qiye recalled Gu Wenyu being swallowed by mist after saving him and Su Wei, then told Su Zimai that Gu Wenyu could not come back.
• Su Zimai refused to believe Gu Wenyu was dead until she saw Gu Qiye’s empty, tearful expression and heard him say, “I’m sorry.”

Gu Qiye and his family held a quiet funeral for Gu Wenyu, whose body had been lost in the fire, and buried an empty coffin. As the mourners left offerings and remembered him, Gu Qiye urged his family to stop pursuing revenge and let the tragedy end there.

• Gu Qiye remembered Su Zimai grieving with him on the train home after Gu Wenyu's death.
• Gu Qiye, Su Zimai, Gu Zhuoan, and Su Wei gathered at Gu Wenyu's gravestone for the makeshift funeral.
• Gu Qiye stopped Su Wei from filling the grave and buried the empty coffin by hand, telling Gu Zhuoan and Su Wei not to seek further revenge.
• Su Zimai joined Gu Qiye in covering the coffin and wished Gu Wenyu would emerge alive; Gu Qiye said maybe he would.
• Lin Yilong, Cesar, and Ke Qirui left offerings at Gu Wenyu's grave, while Cesar's pocket companion Yagubalu wished him rest in peace.
• As night fell, Su Zimai touched the gravestone and told Gu Wenyu that she and Gu Qiye were going home.

Black Cocoon spent his rewards completing the remaining skills in Unit One’s Skill Tree and raising its attributes before deciding to focus on his other Units. Meanwhile, Ji Minghuan learned that Kong Youling could speak again and that the Prophet planned to visit soon, as Ke Aojiena revealed Sodalitas Salvifica suspected he was Restricted Class 1001.

• Black Cocoon unlocked the remaining Ferocity and Frenzy skills, completing Unit One’s entire Skill Tree.
• Black Cocoon raised Unit One’s Speed to SS Rank and Strength to S++ Rank, then decided to work on Unit 4 the next day.
• Ke Aojiena told Ji Minghuan that the Instructor had returned and that Kong Youling had regained her ability to speak and hear normally.
• Ke Aojiena warned Ji Minghuan that the Prophet would visit within the next few days and said Sodalitas Salvifica suspected the Prophet was Restricted Class 1001.

Ji Minghuan learned that the Sodalitas Salvifica suspected the Prophet might be Restricted Class 1001 and questioned Instructor about his plans and the dead Rainbow Wing spies. Kong Youling reunited with Ji Minghuan after regaining her voice, and the other children joined them in celebrating.

• Ke Aojiena told Ji Minghuan that the Prophet's near-perfect predictions suggested he was a Restricted Superhuman and might be Restricted Class 1001.
• Instructor returned and confirmed that Kong Youling could speak, while Ji Minghuan suspected he had used her power to tamper with Lake Hunt.
• Instructor said the four Sodalitas Salvifica agents planted in Rainbow Wing had been killed, and linked the attacks to Black Cocoon and past disasters.
• Instructor questioned Ji Minghuan about Black Cocoon and vowed to capture him, while Ji Minghuan denied knowing him.
• Kong Youling spoke to Ji Minghuan, and they embraced as she told him she had wanted to talk to and hear him.
• Mario, Shang Xiaochi, Sun Changkong, and Filio entered, heard Kong Youling say their names, and gathered around her while Ji Minghuan hugged Mario and Shang Xiaochi.

During a visit to an ability-created ocean simulation, Ji Minghuan experienced a strange moment that made him suspect he had sensed his unknown younger brother. He then created his fourth Game Character, choosing the Nian Beast Overlord’s son as the story began transporting him to Sea Sail Mountain.

• Ke Aojiena led the children to an environment simulation space, where Sun Changkong used a remote to create an ocean for them to explore.
• The children splashed and played in the simulated sea until the scenery vanished and the researchers escorted them back.
• Ji Minghuan recalled a strange moment when time seemed to stop and wondered whether he had sensed his unknown younger brother.
• Ji Minghuan spent 16 Split Points to create a fourth Game Character and rolled a six, gaining no extra Character File selection rights.
• Ji Minghuan chose the Perfect Unit Little Nian Beast and selected the Nian Beast Scion growth mainline.
• The system began generating Little Nian Beast in the real world and started a countdown to Sea Sail Mountain.

Ji Minghuan awakened as Unit 4, Little Nian Beast, at Spirit Heart Lake and left for Haifan City instead of returning to the Nian Beast Overlord. After recovering Little Nian Beast’s memories and learning it knew Lake Hunt’s captain Lin Xingshi, Ji Minghuan received a quest to earn the Overlord and Zodiac Team’s recognition and succeed the Overlord.

• Ji Minghuan awoke in human form on a Lotus Leaf Demon at Spirit Heart Lake, and the demon offered to take him back to the Nian Beast Overlord.
• Ji Minghuan refused to return to Sea Sail Mountain and crossed through a flower-lined tunnel to a cliff overlooking Haifan City.
• Ji Minghuan recognized the city near the place where Gu Wenyu and Lin Zhengquan had been buried and worried that demons might disturb his coffin if Lake Hunt lost the coming war.
• Ji Minghuan recovered Little Nian Beast’s memories of growing up under the Nian Beast Overlord, running away to explore the human world, and returning to China over concerns about the Overlord and the Seven Deadly Sins.
• Ji Minghuan discovered that Little Nian Beast knew Lin Xingshi, captain of Lake Hunt, and received a quest to gain the Overlord and Zodiac Team’s recognition, succeed the Overlord, and command the demons on Sea Sail Mountain.

Ji Minghuan examined Little Nian Beast’s fully unlocked skills and learned that his power grew with his prestige among demons. As he returned toward the Nian Beast Overlord, memories revealed how Little Nian Beast first met Lin Xingshi; he then transformed into his original form and ordered Lotus Leaf Demon to take him to the Overlord.

• Ji Minghuan reviewed Little Nian Beast’s two completed Skill Tree branches and learned about the Ruler training system, which rewarded prestige with Attribute Points.
• Ji Minghuan recalled that White Greedy Wolf fathered Filio with a human woman, making Filio the world’s only demon-human and leaving him imprisoned by Sodalitas Salvifica.
• Ji Minghuan remembered how nine-year-old Little Nian Beast ran away to the human world, met eight-year-old Lin Xingshi aboard a ship, and asked her to kidnap him.
• Ji Minghuan reached Spirit Heart Lake and summoned Lotus Leaf Demon, who advised him to return to his original form before meeting the Nian Beast Overlord.
• Ji Minghuan stored his clothes in an independent space, transformed into a gigantic Nian Beast, and ordered Lotus Leaf Demon to take him to the Overlord.

Ji Minghuan returned to Sea Sail Mountain as Little Nian Beast and reunited with the Zodiac Team, learning that Lake Hunt had killed four of its members. With the Nian Beast Overlord away, the team demanded that Little Nian Beast pass a test before it could return home, and it challenged three Zodiac demons to fight together.

• In Li Capital, Ripper told Xia Pingzhou that Silver Devourer had survived because he had an artificial heart, while Hacker said the group would wait until around August 25 to target Lake Hunt.
• Lotus Leaf Demon carried Little Nian Beast across Spirit Heart Lake, and it entered the forest on the Nian Beast Overlord’s territory.
• Little Nian Beast reached the waterfall temple and met the eight Zodiac Team members there, including a blue cat that transformed into a Blue Dragon before returning to its cat form and clinging to Little Nian Beast.
• The Zodiac demons told Little Nian Beast that Porcupine Demon, White Tiger Demon, Hellhound Demon, and Bright Rabbit Demon had been killed by Lake Hunt members.
• With the Nian Beast Overlord away, Green Snake Demon said Little Nian Beast had to pass the Zodiac Team’s test, and Little Nian Beast challenged Green Snake, Mad Cow, and Rainbow Horse to fight together.

Little Nian Beast defeated the Zodiac Team’s challenges with his demon flames and spatial abilities, then waited for the Nian Beast Overlord to return. As the Overlord arrived, Little Nian Beast considered whether beating him in front of the Zodiac Team would secure recognition as Demon King.

• Little Nian Beast challenged all eight Zodiac Demons, then sent Mad Cow Zodiac Demon flying with Demon Flame Assault.
• Little Nian Beast used Spatial Claw to remove Green Snake Zodiac Demon from the fight and Remote Strike to punch Rainbow Horse Zodiac Demon.
• White Ram Demon urged the Zodiac Team to forgive Little Nian Beast, while Green Snake Zodiac Demon admitted the Overlord did not yet know he had returned and went to find him.
• Little Nian Beast waited in a tree and remembered meeting Lin Xingshi in Li Capital, where he gave her clothes and comforted her about being treated as a girl.
• The Divine Chicken Demons announced the Nian Beast Overlord’s return, and Little Nian Beast wondered whether defeating him would earn the Zodiac Team’s recognition.