Chapter Summaries

An helped Li survive the will of the world's attack and revealed that she could cross between human and Chaos forms. As the defenders were overwhelmed, Xia Fan reported that all migrants had completed transmission, and An prepared to guide him across the boundary.

• An struck and destroyed the first "Luo Qingqing," freeing Li from the will of the world's control.
• Thought Control explained that An could move between human and Chaos forms, drawing on research into immortal artifacts and theories of overlapping universes.
• The will of the world summoned more "Luo Qingqings," and its Listeners overwhelmed the defenders and pushed An into retreat.
• Xia Fan reported that the migrants had completed transmission and the passage was closing.
• An used her black wings to reach toward Xia Fan, explaining that she could guide others across the boundary and hinting that he was stronger than she was.

Xia Fan crossed the boundary and became a vast, controlled Chaos-like being, overwhelming the Evil Spirits and Lightwing Angels in Shangyuan City. He offered the World Will a chance to escape the doomed moon, but it refused and chose to face extinction with humanity.

• Xia Fan transformed into a gigantic black curtain that spread across the Sanctuary and revealed his new perception and immense power.
• Xia Fan drained the Lightwing Angels, absorbed the Evil Spirits, and spared the people of Shangyuan City.
• An explained that Xia Fan’s transformation drew on the accumulated knowledge of the stranded ones and the Escape Committee.
• Xia Fan offered the World Will a spaceship and a way to preserve Luo Qingqing’s consciousness and escape the moon.
• The World Will rejected Xia Fan’s offer and declared that humanity would welcome extinction with it.

Xia Fan confronted a true Chaos entity summoned through the enormous stone gate while arranging for the others to be uploaded to the Heavenly Court. The World Will warned Li that the Heavenly Court would reject fusion beings and claimed Xia Fan had never planned to survive.

• A colossal black horn pierced the stone gate, and Xia Fan restrained it with his tentacles before the Chaos entity forced its way into the world.
• Xia Fan pressed the entity toward the ground as it anchored itself to the Moon, and the resulting struggle shook Shangyuan City apart.
• Xia Fan told Li, Yan Qing, Li Mengyun, and the others that he would face the enemy alone and send them safely to humanity’s home.
• Li and the others began turning into blue light, while the damaged World Will descended and told Li that Xia Fan was still incomplete Chaos.
• The World Will claimed the Heavenly Court would not accept fusion beings and warned that Xia Fan would eventually lose his humanity or end his own life.

Xia Fan activated Moonshadow Temple to send the Chaos entities into the past and let the Homecoming Plan proceed, while the World Will released the Listeners’ souls to the Heavenly Court. As Earth rose into view, Thought Control departed and Xia Fan shielded Shangyuan City’s vital resources as the moon collided with Earth.

• Li was uploaded to the Heavenly Court, and Thought Control confirmed that no living beings remained within ten miles.
• Xia Fan used Moonshadow Temple to expose and send the Chaos entities in the Solar System into the past, while the World Will freed the Listeners’ souls.
• The World Will perished as Shangyuan City collapsed, and An welcomed the silver light to guide humanity’s rebuilding.
• Thought Control watched Earth rise over the horizon, then left in the Heavenly Eye as Xia Fan prepared to shield Shangyuan City and its stored resources.
• The moon plunged into Earth’s ocean, raising monstrous waves across the land.

Four million years after humanity landed on Earth, Li awoke in a reconstructed body and stepped out into the immense, lush world. An and Shanhui welcomed her to a new settlement, but Li remained unsettled by a missing memory and the revelation that her mental state had been unstable.

• Li awoke in a cultivated body after four million years and learned that humanity had safely returned to Earth and begun the Great Revival.
• Li left the underground chambers and saw the enormous grasslands, forests, and mountains of the newborn world.
• An explained that she had modified the reconstructed bodies with biological nanomachines and external ports, and that she supported Mechanical Ascension.
• Shanhui greeted Li, while An said Li's mental state had been unstable and redirected her to the camp.
• Li reached the settlement, where familiar people built a new Jinxia City using artifacts, sheep Yao wool, and other resources.

Li awakened in the strange new world and reunited with her companions, but recovering her memories of Xia Fan brought grief. An revealed that an abandoned space station had sent intermittent quantum signals that might be connected to him, and Li chose to wait for the next signal and its answer.

• Shanhui told Li that the first group of people had awakened and that the new world held dangers unlike the Sanctuary.
• Taxisis and Olina drove a giant flying fish toward the village, where Yan Qing restrained it and Luo Qingqing killed it.
• Luo Qingqing and the others welcomed Li, whose memories returned and caused her to collapse.
• After waking, Li remembered Xia Fan and learned from An that he had not entered the Heavenly Court but might still be alive.
• An explained that quantum signals from an abandoned space station might be connected to Xia Fan, with the next signal expected in 175 years.
• Li refused to return to sleep and decided to remain awake and wait for Xia Fan.