Chapter Summaries

After the battle, Qin Chuan entertained Erna, Hans, and Bruno with a muddled collection of stories before Bruno brought him to meet the Night Watchers’ chief director. There, Lola recognized Qin Chuan from an ancient portrait and ordered him beheaded as an impostor.

• Qin Chuan told Erna, Hans, and Bruno a mashup of stories while they waited for the cleanup to finish.
• Bruno led Qin Chuan, Erna, and Hans through Night Watcher Headquarters to meet the chief director, while Qin Chuan sensed a connection to Shadow Power.
• Qin Chuan discovered that the chief director was a petite girl named Lola, who sent Erna and Hans away before questioning him.
• Lola showed Qin Chuan a sacred portrait painted by Night Lady that depicted his true appearance and asked whether he was the man in it.
• Qin Chuan denied being the man in the portrait, and Lola ordered the guards to drag him out and behead him.

Lola questioned Qin Chuan about whether he was Shadow and whether he had killed the Aberrant Beast Lord, while Bruno tried to stop her from having him chopped. After Lola apologized and smashed a cup, more than a hundred combatants rushed in asking who they should chop.

• Bruno objected when Lola prepared to have Qin Chuan chopped, suggesting he might have changed his appearance with Camouflage.
• Lola asked Qin Chuan if he was using Camouflage, and he denied it; Bruno pinched Qin Chuan's face to investigate and was slapped away.
• Lola showed Qin Chuan a black Crystal Ball, explaining that it had turned black when the Aberrant Beast Lord was killed.
• Qin Chuan denied killing the beast and insisted he was not Shadow, and Lola apologized for mistaking him.
• Lola smashed a cup, and more than a hundred combatants burst in asking who they should chop.

Qin Chuan let Lola believe he was the ancient Shadow and asked her to explain how the Eternal Night Continent had changed. Lola recounted its collapse and the Night Watchers’ decline, then revealed that their first commander had also called himself Shadow.

• Qin Chuan stopped Lola’s combatants from attacking him and accepted the name Shadow during their formal introduction.
• Lola sent Bruno out, and Qin Chuan asked what had happened to the Eternal Night Continent since the era he claimed to remember.
• Lola explained that Night Lady Alesha’s kingdom prospered for over a thousand years before the Black Death struck and the kingdom eventually collapsed.
• Lola said Night Lady disappeared six thousand years ago, the Night Ladies fought the Aberrant Beasts until they were nearly wiped out, and the Night Watchers were founded three thousand years ago.
• Lola revealed that the Night Watchers had dwindled to less than one-tenth of their original numbers and that their first commander had been a traveler who called himself Shadow.

Lola questioned Qin Chuan, who was posing as Shadow, and agreed to prepare the Dark Night Blessing for him. As they walked, she described the Night Watchers’ first commander and showed Qin Chuan the note he had left behind.

• Lola tried to confirm whether Qin Chuan was the Shadow who founded the Night Watchers, but he avoided giving her a definite answer.
• Lola offered Qin Chuan the Dark Night Blessing, and he eagerly agreed to receive it immediately.
• Lola ordered Bruno to activate the Dark Night Blessing, and Bruno hurried away to make preparations.
• Lola walked with Qin Chuan and explained that the first commander wore a mask, hunted Aberrant Beasts, and brought back equipment from a secret chamber.
• Lola showed Qin Chuan the first commander’s final note, which said he had left a backup plan for the Night Watchers.

Qin Chuan accompanied Lola to the Blessing Pillar, where he discovered a golden bone hand hidden inside and learned that his supposed trump card had been trapped there for three thousand years. The hand begged him to break the pillar, but Qin Chuan kept its message from Lola and wondered whose hand it was and how it had become the core of Dark Night Blessing.

• Qin Chuan suspected that Dark Night Blessing had absorbed energy lost by combatants and used it to keep Shadow Reforge operating.
• Lola recalled that she had let Bruno investigate Shadow because she hoped to find a clue connected to Night Lady's resurgence.
• Lola allowed Bruno to observe as she brought Qin Chuan to the room where Dark Night Blessing was performed.
• Qin Chuan sensed Shadow Power calling to him and saw a golden bone hand concealed inside the Blessing Pillar.
• The bone hand wrote that Qin Chuan should smash the pillar to free it, but Qin Chuan hid the message from Lola and questioned the hand's origin.

Qin Chuan began the Dark Night Blessing to learn how the black stone pillar and the imprisoned bone hand worked, but the ritual stalled and revealed a translucent figure resembling the first commander. The figure addressed him as either the main body or the Node Avatar, leaving Qin Chuan's identity at the center of the encounter.

• Qin Chuan recognized the imprisoned golden bone hand as likely Divine Bone and decided to investigate the black stone pillar before trying to free it.
• Qin Chuan agreed with Lola and Bruno to undergo the Dark Night Blessing, and Lola arranged for metal materials to be brought to the pillar.
• The black stone pillar absorbed the metals, and the bone hand followed a forced program to forge a long blade through Shadow Reforge.
• The black mist halted and blocked Lola and Bruno's surveillance, while Qin Chuan waited inside the room.
• The bone hand produced a translucent cloaked, masked figure resembling the first commander, who asked Qin Chuan whether he was the main body or the Node Avatar.

Qin Chuan received instructions from a phantom version of Shadow about repairing the Moment of Utmost Darkness and restoring the Dark Night Blessing. He told Lola and Bruno that Night Lady could return if they helped him, while Bruno secretly planned to take the credit for bringing her back.

• Qin Chuan told the phantom that he was the original body, and it confirmed that only the holder of the Node Avatar skill counted as the original body.
• The phantom told Qin Chuan to use the Bone Hand to repair the Moment of Utmost Darkness and help the Night Watchers reforge the Dark Night Blessing, updating his fourth career advancement quest.
• The phantom explained that Qin Chuan needed to light the Time-Space Beacon so Alesha could bless the continent again, then vanished after warning him that Alesha held resentment.
• Qin Chuan considered how his Node Avatar might have damaged the Moment of Utmost Darkness, then let Lola and Bruno enter after the barrier disappeared.
• Qin Chuan told Lola and Bruno that Night Lady had summoned him and could answer the call again if he succeeded, and Bruno resolved to replace him and claim the glory.

Qin Chuan examined the Night Watchers’ archives and deduced that the Bone Hand could be fused with the Moment of Utmost Darkness to repair it and light the Time-Space Beacon. He concluded that doing so could guide Alesha back to the Eternal Night Continent, though he remained uncertain about the God of Light’s motives.

• Qin Chuan asked Lola to let him search the Night Watchers’ vast archives for information about Night Lady.
• Qin Chuan questioned Lola about the first commander and learned rumors that he favored revolvers rather than daggers.
• Qin Chuan deduced that the Node Avatar had preserved the Bone Hand as a spark of hope because he lacked the Moment of Utmost Darkness needed to light the Time-Space Beacon.
• Qin Chuan reasoned that restoring the Moment of Utmost Darkness could let Alesha find the Eternal Night Continent and bring the true Dark Night Blessing to the Night Watchers.
• Qin Chuan concluded that they should fuse the Bone Hand with the Moment of Utmost Darkness to reforge it and light the beacon.

Qin Chuan told Lola that he might be able to restore the Night Lady’s power by dismantling the Blessing Pillar, though he could not guarantee success. Lola agreed to risk the Night Watchers’ future, and Qin Chuan began arranging the operation.

• Qin Chuan told Lola that he could let the Night Lady send down her power, but her full return would require further work by the Night Watchers.
• Qin Chuan proposed dismantling the Blessing Pillar, and Lola hesitated because losing it would prevent new combatants from emerging.
• Qin Chuan admitted he was unsure whether his plan would succeed, while Bruno warned that failure could doom the Night Watchers and leave millions vulnerable to Aberrant Beasts.
• Lola decided to let Qin Chuan dismantle the pillar, reasoning that the continent faced eventual defeat even if they did nothing.
• Qin Chuan asked Lola to evacuate headquarters and select combatants who could receive new power and prepare for the Night Lady’s return.

Lola evacuated Night Watcher Headquarters and gathered fifty candidates as Qin Chuan prepared to dismantle the Blessing Pillar and restore Night Lady. The chapter ended with Qin Chuan confronting the trapped divine consciousness inside the pillar as it begged to be released.

• Lola ordered the headquarters evacuated, mobilized supplies for the wounded, and selected fifty candidates, including Erna and Hans.
• Lola recognized that Qin Chuan had helped Hans and said Night Lady might bless him, while she accepted responsibility for Bruno’s past abuses and planned to step down after Night Lady returned.
• Qin Chuan argued that Lola should remain Chief until the coming struggle had ended, and she entrusted the mission to him.
• Bruno rushed in to claim the chance to lead Night Lady’s return, but Lola knocked him unconscious and carried him away.
• Qin Chuan returned to the Blessing Pillar, where the trapped bone hand pleaded for release, and he refused, reasoning that its divine consciousness could not safely be freed.

Qin Chuan used his newly upgraded God Tier Shadow Reforge to absorb the Bone Hand and restore the Moment of Utmost Darkness, activating the Time-Space Beacon. The beacon drew hostile attention to the Eternal Night Continent, and an unseen voice greeted him after waiting ten thousand years.

• Qin Chuan touched the stone pillar and evolved Shadow Reforge to God Tier, unlocking the Ladder to Godhood quest.
• The Bone Hand recognized the Moment of Utmost Darkness, accused Qin Chuan of planning to use it for repairs, and tried to destroy itself.
• Qin Chuan dissolved the pillar and caught the Bone Hand when it lunged at him, then used Shadow Reforge to absorb it into the broken blade.
• The Moment of Utmost Darkness regenerated into a complete blade, sending brilliant light through headquarters and into the sky.
• Lola and the Night Watchers saw the light, while Qin Chuan realized the Time-Space Beacon had exposed him to enemies and worried about Alesha.
• An unseen voice addressed Qin Chuan as Mr. Shadow and said it had waited ten thousand years to greet him.

Qin Chuan reconnected with Alesha, who explained that she had been lost in Spacetime Turbulence while searching for the Moment of Utmost Darkness. With enemies approaching the Eternal Night Continent and the Black Death still worsening, Alesha promised to empower its defenders before returning.

• Qin Chuan revealed his true appearance to Alesha, and she warned him that their enemies had discovered the Eternal Night Continent.
• Alesha explained that she had vanished while trying to retrieve a weapon from Spacetime Turbulence so she could travel back to the time she first met Qin Chuan.
• Qin Chuan told Alesha that the Night Ladies had fallen and the Night Watchers had taken their place, and he confirmed that the Black Death still threatened the continent.
• Alesha agreed to empower five Apostles and one of God's Chosen, leaving them under Qin Chuan's command until she returned.
• Alesha's communication ended as her Divine Sense traveled toward the continent, and Qin Chuan sensed Apostles and God's Chosen awakening amid the arrival of countless gazes.

Night Lady returned and chose six people at Night Watcher Headquarters, including Hans and Erna, while Bruno was passed over. Qin Chuan stopped Lola from dealing with Bruno, leaving Bruno furious and still plotting to replace Mr. Shadow.

• Lola evacuated the Night Watchers and announced that the pillar of light signaled Night Lady's return.
• Lola confronted Bruno over his actions, but Qin Chuan arrived and stopped her from dealing with him before the coming war.
• Qin Chuan told Lola and Bruno that Night Lady had chosen six people, and Bruno concealed his disappointment at being overlooked.
• The six pillars of light solidified, revealing Hans as an Apostle and Erna as God's Chosen.
• Qin Chuan teased Bruno for being passed over, and Bruno lost his temper.

Qin Chuan secured the Night Watchers’ support and prepared them for an approaching Aberrant Beast attack, while learning that the Moment of Utmost Darkness could let him travel to a designated time-space. The chapter ended with the trapped Divine Sense from the bone hand demanding to be released.

• Erna, Hans, and four Apostles arrived and pledged to assist Qin Chuan, though four initially doubted his authority.
• Qin Chuan used his power to immobilize the four doubtful Apostles, then released them and told them to prepare for battle.
• Qin Chuan warned Lola that the enemy was coming, and Lola organized the Night Watchers while assigning Bruno a host of tasks.
• The Night Watchers reinforced their positions with renewed confidence as Qin Chuan examined the upgraded Moment of Utmost Darkness.
• Qin Chuan discovered the artifact could enable travel to a designated time-space, then heard the Divine Sense from the bone hand demand release.

Qin Chuan questioned the Bone Hand sealed inside the Moment of Utmost Darkness and learned that it had been deceived and imprisoned three thousand years ago by someone with Shadow Power. The Bone Hand then recognized Qin Chuan’s Exotic Beast Skull as belonging to the Aberrant Beast King.

• Qin Chuan decided to preserve the Bone Hand’s Divine Sense and offered to let it out for fresh air in exchange for information.
• The Bone Hand forgot its name but recalled that a shadow-wielding person had tricked it into a stone pillar.
• Qin Chuan showed his original appearance, and the Bone Hand recognized him as the person who had sealed it.
• The Bone Hand agreed to cooperate after Qin Chuan promised to let it out occasionally, and it confirmed it had been deceived three thousand years earlier.
• The Bone Hand explained that it and the pillar had shared the work of reforging weapons for Dark Night Blessing.
• The Bone Hand mentioned the Aberrant Beast King’s decapitation, then recognized Qin Chuan’s Exotic Beast Skull and asked how he had obtained it.

Qin Chuan learned that the Exotic Beast Skull was the head of the Aberrant Beast King, which the Node Avatar had reforged three thousand years earlier. With hostile forces approaching, Qin Chuan began the ritual to reforge the Dark Night Blessing, while Bone Hand agreed to lead him to the Aberrant Beast King's Nest afterward.

• Bone Hand told Qin Chuan how the Node Avatar killed the Aberrant Beast King and turned its head into the Exotic Beast Skull, then captured Bone Hand as a laborer for the Night Watcher.
• Qin Chuan realized the Aberrant Beast King's Nest might hold clues about the Node Avatar and asked Bone Hand to guide him there.
• Bone Hand sensed hostile presences approaching, returned to the Moment of Utmost Darkness, and told Qin Chuan to handle the trouble first.
• Qin Chuan summoned Erna and the other Apostles and learned that Night Lady had given them the knowledge needed to reforge the Dark Night Blessing.
• Bruno told Qin Chuan that preparations were complete, and Lola showed him the magic array and materials assembled for the ritual.
• Erna and the other five Apostles took their positions, and Qin Chuan ordered them to begin the ritual.

Qin Chuan activated the reforged Dark Night Blessing, completing his fourth class advancement and enabling Night Watchers to gain crests and weapons. As a large Aberrant Beast attack began, he assigned Lola, Erna, and Bruno their roles while warning that stronger enemies might be lurking nearby.

• Qin Chuan activated Dark Night Blessing and received his fourth class advancement rewards, including the Trailblazer title, while learning that his actions had weakened the barrier around the Eternal Night Continent.
• Qin Chuan and Lola tested Dark Night Blessing, and Night Watchers gained hand crests and weapons that could help them fight Aberrant Beasts.
• An investigator reported a large Aberrant Beast attack, and alarms sounded across the wilderness.
• Qin Chuan tasked Lola with strengthening combatants, ordered Erna and the others to help fight while watching for hidden enemies, and assigned Bruno to transport supplies and recover beast corpses.
• Bruno agreed to Qin Chuan’s orders but secretly planned to find a chance to kill Shadow.

Qin Chuan helped the Night Watchers strengthen their defenses against the Aberrant Beasts, while his shadow secretly eliminated monsters preparing to evolve into Lord-tier threats. When the Angel Legion attacked headquarters, Qin Chuan ordered Erna to scout the enemy.

• Qin Chuan organized the Night Watchers' defenses, and the replenished Dark Night Blessing upgraded combatants who helped secure the front lines.
• Lola praised Qin Chuan for transforming the Night Watchers' fortunes, and he warned her that the Aberrant Beasts' numbers and strength were increasing.
• Qin Chuan's shadow wiped out the Aberrant Beasts gathering in a southeastern valley to evolve into Lord-tier monsters.
• A violent blast struck Night Watcher Headquarters, and Qin Chuan saw ten Twin-Winged Angels in the sky.
• Qin Chuan ordered Erna to scout the Angel Legion.

Erna fought ten Twin-Winged Angels alone, adapting quickly and destroying one while Qin Chuan guided her around their self-destruct attacks. As she continued the battle, Qin Chuan sensed an enemy presence lurking in the distance.

• Qin Chuan sent Erna to fight the Angels alone, confident that the Eternal Night Continent strengthened her and that the battle would train her.
• Erna overcame her anxiety, charged the Angels, and impressed the watching Apostles with how quickly she adapted.
• Erna shattered a Twin-Winged Angel's Energy Core and sent its Divine Might fragments to Qin Chuan.
• Qin Chuan warned Erna to keep her distance from the Angels' self-destruct attacks, and she avoided one that exploded.
• Qin Chuan told Hans that he had fought the Angels before, while Bruno wondered whether he could gain the Power of Shadow.
• Qin Chuan sensed a faint enemy aura watching from the distance.

Qin Chuan prepared the Night Watcher for further enemies as Lord-tier Aberrant Beasts attacked, while suspecting the beasts were evolving and might be connected to the Exotic Beast Skull. He sent Bruno and a scouting team to investigate, leaving Lola to wonder whether Bruno might betray them.

• Qin Chuan warned Hans and the other Apostles to watch for enemies who had not yet appeared, then gave Erna the Divinity Shards to strengthen her.
• As Lord-tier Aberrant Beasts approached, Qin Chuan assigned Hans and the other Apostles to fight while Erna remained ready to support them.
• The Night Watcher warriors joined the battle against the lesser Aberrant Beasts as Qin Chuan suspected the creatures were evolving faster and might be seeking his Exotic Beast Skull.
• Qin Chuan told Lola to send strengthened veteran investigators across the battle zone to scout the Aberrant Beasts, and Bruno volunteered to join the mission.
• After Bruno left to prepare, Lola asked Qin Chuan whether he feared Bruno would turn against them, and Qin Chuan replied that it was what she had hoped for.