Chapter Summaries

Xia Pingzhou upgraded Unit 2, learned Final Recruitment, and discovered that Kong Youling had implanted mental imprints in Zhou Jiuya and Zhong Wujiu for Sodalitas Salvifica. As he prepared to act against Ripper before the team dispersed, Lin Xingshi woke at Spirit Heart Lake, where Little Nian sent her to Iceland to find Black Cocoon and announced a final battle with Lake Hunt at Hofsjökull Glacier.

• Xia Pingzhou raised Unit 2’s Speed and Mental attributes to S+-rank and learned Final Recruitment, adding a Knight Piece and three Soldier Statues to his Chess Repository.
• Ryukawa Chiba told Xia Pingzhou that Kong Youling had secretly implanted Mental Imprints in Zhou Jiuya and Zhong Wujiu, and linked her to Sodalitas Salvifica.
• Xia Pingzhou questioned Ryukawa Chiba about Su Zimai’s memories and realized he needed to act against Ripper before the team members left.
• The Lotus Leaf Demon used Spirit Heart Lake dew to heal Lin Xingshi, and Little Nian gave her forget-me-nots and told her to seek Black Cocoon at Iceland’s Hovsfell Ice Dome.
• Little Nian told Lin Xingshi that Zhuge Hui had taken Zhou Jiuya and Zhong Wujiu back, then left to assume leadership of the Zodiac Team after the Nian Beast Overlord’s death.
• Little Nian announced that he and Lake Hunt’s captain would settle their final battle at Hofsjökull Glacier with a newly chosen Zodiac Team.

Xia Pingzhou revealed that he had survived Enma Rin’s attack six months earlier and killed her in the Black King’s Domain. He left the White Crow Troupe with Bloodline and White Greedy Wolf, while Ayase Origami watched him go and Urushi Haramichi remained behind.

• Xia Pingzhou confronted Enma Rin about the family she had killed and revealed that he was the boy who escaped her attack.
• Xia Pingzhou and Enma Rin fought in the Black King’s Domain, where the Queen Statue killed Enma Rin and Xia Pingzhou completed Unit 2’s quests.
• Xia Pingzhou returned to the Underground Bar with Enma Rin’s severed head and killed Andrew when he attacked.
• Xia Pingzhou offered Bloodline a chance to find Number 1001 and told White Greedy Wolf that he knew where Filio was, prompting both to leave with him.
• Xia Pingzhou returned Ayase Origami’s bloodstained gloves and left the bar, while Ayase Origami tearfully whispered for him not to go.
• Urushi Haramichi stayed behind as the typhoon reached Haifan City.

Urushi Haramichi learned that Xia Pingzhou would reach Hofsjökull Glacier on September 1 and prepared to pursue him, while Lin Xingshi and Zhuge Hui also planned to travel to Iceland to uncover Sodalitas Salvifica. Xia Pingzhou headed for Reykjavik with Theresia and White Greedy Wolf, revealing that he intended to reach a Sodalitas Salvifica base and remove the troupe’s tracking tattoos.

• Black Cocoon told Urushi Haramichi that Xia Pingzhou would arrive at Hofsjökull Glacier on September 1 and said the answers about Sodalitas Salvifica and Urushihara Ruri awaited him in Iceland.
• Urushi Haramichi agreed to go to Iceland with Hacker, while Anluns and Robert mourned the troupe’s losses and Ryukawa Chiba noticed Ayase Origami holding a cat charm.
• Zhuge Hui and Lin Xingshi buried Zhou Jiuya, then decided to meet the Gu Family in Li Capital and seek Black Cocoon before traveling to Iceland.
• Xia Pingzhou flew toward Iceland with Theresia and White Greedy Wolf, planning to hide in Reykjavik until the other factions gathered.
• Theresia questioned Xia Pingzhou about his betrayal and Restricted Class 1001, and Xia Pingzhou claimed that 1001 could be rescued from a Sodalitas Salvifica base north of Hofsjökull Glacier.
• The Queen Statue burned away the tracking tattoos on Theresia and White Greedy Wolf, and Xia Pingzhou removed his own crow tattoo as they continued toward Iceland.

Xia Pingzhou completed Unit 2’s skill tree while the Nian Beast Scion and Yagubalu finished their missions and graduated, leaving Black Cocoon as the last unit still preparing. The chapter ended with Black Cocoon returning to Li Capital and heading into the city to face the Diaper Demon and Terrifying Clock Tower Man.

• Xia Pingzhou spent six Skill Points to unlock Giant Soldier, Repulsive Force Hand, and Final Evolution, which would take 24 hours to complete.
• The Nian Beast Scion completed Unit 4’s quests, raised all three attributes to SS Rank, and continued leading the demons toward Iceland with the Demon Crown.
• Yagubalu completed its mission after digesting Qikana'ou, improved its attributes and growth limit, and learned Tsunami.
• Black Cocoon emerged from his Giant Cocoon in Li Capital and used Restraint Bands to travel toward the Diaper Demon and Terrifying Clock Tower Man.

Black Cocoon contacted Uriel and told her that Blue Arc would appear at Hofsjökull Glacier on September 1, then learned from Cesar that Gu Qiye and his companions were hiding in the Train Demon at the Old Jingmai Train Station. The chapter ended with Black Cocoon secretly watching the train and its occupants.

• Black Cocoon visited Uriel in Li Capital and revealed that Blue Arc would appear at Hofsjökull Glacier on September 1.
• Uriel agreed to pass the meeting details to the other Rainbow Wing members, then left to meet Esther and Tsukumo.
• In Ushuaia, Yagubalu urged Cesar to call Gu Qiye, and Cesar learned that Gu Qiye and his companions were hiding inside Ke Qirui's Train Demon at the Old Jingmai Train Station.
• Black Cocoon learned their location through Cesar and traveled to the abandoned station.
• Black Cocoon concealed himself above Platform 7 and watched familiar silhouettes appear behind the Train Demon's carriage curtains.

Black Cocoon revealed himself to Gu Qiye, Gu Zhuoan, and Su Zimai, exposing his fractured identities and grief over never being truly known as Ji Minghuan. He abducted Su Zimai and took her to Lijing Tower, where she embraced him and insisted that whoever he was, he was still her brother.

• Black Cocoon lured Su Zimai out of the Train Demon and revealed himself as Gu Wenyu on Platform 7.
• Gu Qiye and Gu Zhuoan confronted Black Cocoon, who bound Su Zimai and filled a drawing board with questions about his identity and his longing to be remembered as Ji Minghuan.
• Black Cocoon threatened the family, told them to meet him at Hofsjökull Glacier in Iceland, and warned them not to go before September 1st if they wanted Su Zimai safe.
• Black Cocoon carried Su Zimai to the observation deck of Lijing Tower and freed her, expecting her to scold him.
• Su Zimai hugged Gu Wenyu, confessed how much she had missed him, and told him that no matter who he was, he was still her brother.
• Gu Wenyu admitted he had lied because he could barely breathe, then thanked Su Zimai.

Black Cocoon confronted Su Zimai, Gu Qiye, and Gu Zhuoan, revealing his fractured identities and anguish over pretending to be Gu Wenyu. After taking Su Zimai hostage and fleeing, he released her in Reykjavik, where she embraced him and insisted that he was still her brother.

• Black Cocoon summoned Su Zimai from the Train Demon and revealed himself to her as Gu Wenyu, but she initially believed he was an impostor.
• Gu Qiye and Gu Zhuoan arrived, and Black Cocoon bound Su Zimai while filling a drawing board with questions about whether he was Ji Minghuan, Gu Wenyu, or one of his other identities.
• Black Cocoon told the family to meet him at Hofsjökull Glacier in Iceland and threatened Su Zimai if they went before September 1, then carried her away.
• At Lijing Tower, Black Cocoon released Su Zimai and explained that he had kidnapped her to keep her out of the Iceland War.
• Su Zimai hugged Gu Wenyu, told him she had missed him, and said he was still her brother regardless of who he was; he thanked her.

Ji Minghuan learned that the Instructor had created Restricted Class 1003 and planned to use him to kill Ji Minghuan and eliminate every Superhuman Species. After the Instructor revealed his motives and had the Salvation Society’s nine rulers executed, Ji Minghuan met Kong Youling in the environmental simulation space and questioned her about leaving the base with the Instructor.

• The Instructor told Ji Minghuan that Restricted Class 1003, made from Ji Minghuan’s and his younger brother’s genes, had been born with power beyond inhibitors and might replace him.
• Ji Minghuan learned that the Instructor had taken control of the Salvation Society’s higher-ups and planned a fight between Ji Minghuan and Restricted Class 1003 after the artificial human’s mind stabilized.
• The Instructor revealed that his lover had been killed by Father of Puppets and said he intended to eliminate every Superhuman Species in the world.
• The Instructor showed Ji Minghuan the brainwashed rulers, then had researchers execute all nine while Ji Minghuan watched.
• Ji Minghuan entered the environmental simulation space and met Kong Youling, then asked whether she had left the base with the Instructor ten days earlier.

Ji Minghuan confronted Kong Youling about helping Instructor, then arranged an early birthday celebration for Sun Changkong with the other children. The children shared a warm evening together, while the September 1st fighting and Ji Minghuan’s plans to rescue his main body still loomed.

• Ji Minghuan questioned Kong Youling about her memories and learned she had helped Instructor because she wanted to hear Ji Minghuan’s voice and celebrate his birthday.
• Ji Minghuan warned Kong Youling not to help bad people again, and they reconciled after he admitted he had been worried about her.
• Ji Minghuan asked Instructor to provide a cake and persuaded Sun Changkong to celebrate her birthday early, despite her wish to celebrate on September 5th next year.
• Researchers brought in a cake, and Mario, Filio, Shang Xiaochi, Kong Youling, and Ji Minghuan wished Sun Changkong a happy birthday.
• Ji Minghuan explained that he wanted them to grow old and die happily together, and Sun Changkong forgave him before the children hugged and played in the simulated field.

On Sun Changkong’s birthday, Ji Minghuan shared his wish for a sunny grave by the sea before the children were taken back to the facility. In Iceland, Xia Pingzhou reunited White Greedy Wolf with the truth about Filio, evolved his Chess Pieces into humanoid forms, and prepared to meet the Sodalitas Salvifica as more allies arrived.

• Sun Changkong celebrated her birthday with the children, and Ji Minghuan asked where they would want to be buried before the researchers took them away.
• Xia Pingzhou brought Bloodline and White Greedy Wolf to a villa near Reykjavik and told White Greedy Wolf that Filio was held beneath Hofsjökull Glacier after the Sodalitas Salvifica manipulated him into eating his mother.
• Xia Pingzhou completed Final Evolution, turning his Chess Pieces into humanoid forms, and named the Queen Colossus Skeggjöld.
• Xia Pingzhou and Bloodline discussed the approaching captain and their plan to remain hidden until September 1, when everyone would meet at Hofsjökull Glacier.
• Black Cocoon traveled with Su Zimai toward an international flight to Iceland as Urushi Haramichi’s crows searched Reykjavik.

Gu Wenyu, disguised as Black Cocoon, took Su Zimai aboard an Esper Association plane bound for Iceland, where he planned to reunite with their allies and confront Sodalitas Salvifica. In Li Capital, Su Wei agreed to join the expedition, and Mutong arrived to travel with Gu Qiye and Gu Zhuoan.

• At the harbor, Gu Wenyu and Su Zimai talked about their past, and he promised to travel with her during the New Year.
• Gu Wenyu carried Su Zimai to a private plane, where they hid inside a Restraint Band sphere and discussed her hurt over his disappearance.
• As the plane departed for Iceland, Uriel walked past their cabin, while Gu Wenyu and Su Zimai fell asleep beside each other.
• Ke Qirui told Su Wei that Gu Wenyu might be alive and had summoned them to Iceland, so Su Wei decided to go with Gu Qiye and Gu Zhuoan.
• Ke Qirui brought Mutong to the abandoned Platform 7, where he warned Gu Qiye that he would settle their score after they dealt with Sodalitas Salvifica.

Cesar and Yagubalu arrived in Reykjavik, where they met Urushi Haramichi and the White Crow Troupe as they searched for Xia Pingzhou and Black Cocoon. The chapter then shifted to Haifan City, where Lin Yilong, Gu Zhuoan, Su Wei, and Gu Qiye waited aboard a train for Lin Xingshi and two masked companions to arrive.

• Cesar and Yagubalu checked into a Reykjavik hotel, spotted the White Crow Troupe leader’s crows, and met Urushi Haramichi at the harbor.
• Cesar claimed that Black Cocoon had sent him to Iceland and told Urushi that Black Cocoon had used Ke Aojiena to pass messages in Box Garden.
• Urushi said Xia Pingzhou had betrayed the Troupe and killed two members, then invited Cesar to join them in going to Hofsjökull Glacier to find him.
• Cesar met Anluns, Hacker, and Ayase Origami at a harbor restaurant, where Yagubalu tried to comfort the withdrawn Ayase by offering her a meal.
• On August 28th, Lin Yilong, Gu Zhuoan, Su Wei, and Gu Qiye waited in a train car at an abandoned Haifan City station until Lin Xingshi arrived with two companions.

With the Battle of Iceland two days away, Xia Pingzhou and Bloodline discussed Enma Rin, Black Cocoon, and Number 1001 while Gu Wenyu spent his last days in Reykjavik with Su Zimai. Rainbow Wing received a lead pointing to Hofsjökull Glacier and prepared to travel to Iceland, where the chapter left the coming confrontation poised to begin.

• Xia Pingzhou woke from a nightmare about Enma Rin and wondered whether she had wanted to trap his soul in her Heavenly Drive before her death.
• Bloodline told Xia Pingzhou that the young miss cared about his nightmares, then questioned him about Black Cocoon and Number 1001; he confirmed Black Cocoon was in Reykjavik.
• Gu Wenyu told Su Zimai he would leave in two days to meet Old Man and the others at Hofsjökull Glacier, but insisted she stay behind.
• Su Zimai took Gu Wenyu into the rain, hugged him, and asked him to come back safely without making her sad a second time.
• Chen Qian informed Rainbow Wing that their lead pointed to Hofsjökull Glacier in Iceland, and ordered the team to depart that day and arrive before August 30.
• Fan Dongqing left the conference room first, saying he could not wait to meet the traitor again.

Ji Minghuan met the suffering Wu Qingjie and later learned Ke Aojiena had been fired and was free to leave Sodalitas Salvifica. As Ke Aojiena departed, the Instructor shot and killed her, leaving Ji Minghuan with 68 hours until the Battle of Iceland began.

• Ji Minghuan left his room after a garbled broadcast and found Wu Qingjie alone, distressed by the voice and thunder associated with the Zeus fragment.
• Ji Minghuan comforted Wu Qingjie, promised that his suffering would soon end, and returned to his room after learning the two rooms were close together.
• Ke Aojiena told Ji Minghuan that the Instructor had fired her and revealed she had once been a child prisoner at Sodalitas Salvifica, forced to work there because the organization held her grandmother captive.
• Ke Aojiena said her grandmother had died and that she planned to leave, while Ji Minghuan warned her not to return and said he feared he might kill her when the time came.
• As Ke Aojiena left, the Instructor shot her in the corridor; Ji Minghuan watched her collapse and noted that 68 hours remained before the Battle of Iceland.

Gu Wenyu and Su Zimai shared a tender conversation before his planned trip to Hofsjökull Glacier, while Lin Xingshi recalled how Little Nian had once saved her from despair. Little Nian and the Zodiac Team arrived in Iceland and prepared to hide in the mountains, but Little Nian then headed toward Reykjavik after spotting someone at the harbor.

• Gu Wenyu told Su Zimai he would go to Hofsjökull Glacier, admitted he might like someone who would come to Iceland, and promised to speak with her after everything was over.
• Su Zimai urged Gu Wenyu not to get hurt and reminded him that they were fated to be family; Gu Wenyu thanked her and went with her to find dinner.
• Lin Xingshi and Zhuge Hui discussed the Zodiac Team's arrival and recalled how Lin Xingshi had met Little Nian on a smuggling ship and stopped wanting to die after they settled together in Li Capital.
• Little Nian arrived in Iceland with the Rat Zodiac Demon and the shrunken Zodiac Team, then told them to avoid a nearby mansion where his friends were staying.
• Little Nian spotted someone at Reykjavik Harbor and walked down from the snowy mountain toward the city.

Lin Xingshi and Little Nian agreed to join forces against the Sodalitas Salvifica at Hofsjökull Glacier, while Gu Wenyu arranged for Ke Qirui to take Su Zimai away from Iceland. Ji Minghuan learned about Restricted Class 1003 and the Instructor’s plans, then prepared to confront him as every faction approached the glacier.

• Lin Xingshi and Little Nian made plans to investigate Hofsjökull Glacier together and promised to protect each other on the dangerous journey.
• Gu Wenyu called Ke Qirui and asked her to take Su Zimai safely away from Iceland while the others headed to Hofsjökull Glacier.
• The Instructor brought Ji Minghuan to see Restricted Class 1003, who had absorbed Ji Minghuan’s younger brother and could devour other people’s powers.
• The Instructor admitted that he framed another Mental Superhuman by creating Red Light and revealed that he had arranged the deaths of Ji Huaiye and Lin Xi.
• As the factions approached Hofsjökull Glacier, Ji Minghuan silently resolved that the Instructor would not live to see tomorrow.

Ji Minghuan visited Sun Changkong, Filio, and Shang Xiaochi to say goodbye and urge them to survive before the factions met at Hofsjökull Glacier. Unable to find Kong Youling, Mario, or Wu Qingjie, he returned to his room as Ayase Origami and the others traveled through Iceland toward Xia Pingzhou.

• Ji Minghuan visited Sun Changkong, promised to stay by her side, and shared a tender goodbye before borrowing her Somersault Cloud.
• Ji Minghuan encouraged Filio to survive so he could see his father again and warned him to remember who he was.
• Ji Minghuan praised Shang Xiaochi’s drawings and reassured her that her prickly nature did not mean she wanted to hurt others.
• Ji Minghuan searched for Kong Youling, Mario, and Wu Qingjie but found none of their Imprisonment Rooms open, then returned to his dorm and asked the Instructor where they had gone.
• Hacker, Anluns, Ayase Origami, and Ryukawa Chiba traveled toward Hofsjökull Glacier while Urushi Haramichi scouted overhead; Ayase Origami quietly asked whether Xia Pingzhou was okay.

The White Crow Troupe and Xia Pingzhou’s group encountered Shang Xiaochi, Filio, and the World Tree on Iceland’s Hofsjökull Glacier, where Mario suddenly transported everyone into the Jurassic World game. Xia Pingzhou entered the Primeval Jungle to confront Mario while the others split up to hold back the World Tree and Filio.

• Filio and Shang Xiaochi attacked the White Crow Troupe, and Yagubalu was pierced by the World Tree’s thorns while Robert was killed and Urushi Haramichi used Zhou Jiuya’s Tonggu Compass to summon the Nine Dragons Cauldron.
• Queen Colossus struck Filio, then Xia Pingzhou, White Greedy Wolf, and Bloodline arrived as the World Tree emerged across the glacier.
• Mario loaded the Jurassic World game, and its data swallowed everyone on the glacier before depositing them in a primeval wilderness.
• Xia Pingzhou told the others to hold back the World Tree and Filio while he confronted Mario, and Urushi Haramichi assigned the Troupe members to support them.
• Xia Pingzhou silently asked Ayase Origami to wait for him, then entered the Primeval Jungle alone.

Xia Pingzhou defeated Mario and learned that Shang Xiaochi was hidden in the World Tree, but he was fatally wounded while rescuing Ayase Origami. The others opened a path for Skeggjöld to kill Shang Xiaochi, bringing down the World Tree and ending the game as the players returned to the real world.

• Xia Pingzhou enlarged his Pawn and Knight Pieces to battle Mario’s dinosaurs, then used his Queen Statue to knock Mario unconscious after the Instructor took control of him.
• Xia Pingzhou learned from Mario that Shang Xiaochi was inside the World Tree, while Mario’s final instruction trapped the players in the game until they defeated it.
• White Greedy Wolf died protecting Filio, and Yagubalu survived the World Tree’s attacks through Death Reconstruction as the group fought to hold it back.
• Xia Pingzhou fused the Queen Colossus with the Black Sun Demon to create the Black Sun Queen, buying time for Yagubalu to reveal the World Tree’s weakness in a hollow one thousand meters up its trunk.
• Xia Pingzhou was pierced through the heart while rescuing Ayase Origami, and the others attacked the World Tree together to open a path to its core.
• Skeggjöld reached Shang Xiaochi and killed her, causing the World Tree to collapse and the game to end with the players victorious.

Little Nian Beast, Lin Xingshi, and the Zodiac Team fought Zeus on the eastern Hofsjökull Glacier, suffering devastating losses before they weakened the god enough for Black Cocoon to kill him. With Cesar healing the survivors, Black Cocoon headed north toward the final battlefield to fulfill Yagubalu’s wish.

• Little Nian Beast met Lin Xingshi, Zhuge Hui, and Zhong Wujiu on the glacier, but Wu Qingjie summoned Zeus, who shattered the ice and slaughtered several Zodiac Team demons.
• Little Nian Beast, the Blue Dragon, Lin Xingshi, Zhuge Hui, and Zhong Wujiu attacked Zeus, but Zeus killed the Blue Dragon, Zhuge Hui, and Zhong Wujiu and gravely wounded Lin Xingshi.
• Little Nian Beast joined with Lin Xingshi through their Heavenly Drive and fought Zeus until Lin Xingshi fell, then Yagubalu arrived to protect her.
• Yagubalu wounded Zeus at the cost of his own life, and Black Cocoon arrived and severed Zeus’s head before destroying his body.
• Cesar used Undying Bird to heal Lin Xingshi, Zhuge Hui, and the Dragon Cat Demon, while Black Cocoon agreed to rescue Yagubalu’s friend and left for the northern battlefield.