Chapter Summaries

The cruisers ambushed Klimdam and the Slumber cultists, with Jiang Menghan’s Moon God’s Arrow severely wounding the archbishop. Su Wen faced Klimdam’s flesh aberration as the conditions for the final stage fell into place.

• Klimdam ordered Si En and Niusibang to search for Terry Vicon and investigate the distant tower, but a disguised infiltrator reported that the Factory District offerings had been wiped out and then detonated explosives in the chapel.
• The disguised cultist’s explosion filled the hall with smoke, and Su Wen revealed that the ambush relied on explosives and Visual Deception.
• Jiang Menghan fired a precisely aimed Moon God’s Arrow that melted Klimdam’s right arm and tore open his chest.
• Su Wen charged through the smoke and cut down two wounded Tier Three cultists, while Klimdam devoured a nearby believer and transformed himself and surrounding cultists into a torrent of flesh.
• Su Wen escaped the torrent with Storm Tear and appraised Klimdam as a severely injured Tier Four Flesh Aberration vulnerable to domain suppression.

Su Wen used Dawn Knight powers to protect the near-death cultists and defeat Slumber Bishop Klimdam with a Fifth-Tier Gold judgment strike. He rewrote the Eternal Night Kingdom’s fate, then left the final choice to Shelly as the chapel collapsed.

• Lundell prepared to use Klimdam’s third-tier cultist as the final requirement for her advancement.
• Su Wen activated Will Not Fall Before Dawn to shield the near-death cultists, burning the Flesh Tide that tried to consume them.
• Su Wen channeled the shields’ damage into spiritual energy and raised his Watcher’s Sword against Klimdam’s aberration.
• Su Wen judged Klimdam guilty of greed, destruction, and death, then annihilated the Flesh Tide and chapel floor with Conviction.
• The system confirmed that Su Wen had rewritten the Eternal Night Kingdom’s final chapter, and he told Shelly to make the final choice.

Shelly and Su Wen entered the Eternal Night Kingdom’s ruined palace, where Su Wen revealed that the king had helped the Dormant Sect spread the plague and control the Border Gates. Shelly chose to confront the corrupted king herself, and Su Wen agreed to let her fight.

• Klosan warned Shelly that the Eternal Night Kingdom was a valuable shore beyond and that inheriting it carried great responsibility.
• Shelly joined Su Wen at the palace, and he encouraged her to believe civilization could recover from catastrophe.
• Inside the ruined Audience Hall, Su Wen revealed that the Dormant Sect had corrupted the kingdom’s upper ranks, including its king, to gain control of the Border Gates.
• Shelly recognized the king as a monster and asked Su Wen to leave it to her.
• Su Wen agreed to let Shelly confront the king.

Su Wen activated the Eden in Dream Travel Card and used it to halt the Destruction Trigger threatening the royal capital. With the Black Tide contamination rapidly falling, the survivors witnessed the kingdom’s rebirth, and Klosan fell asleep as Su Wen called the others home.

• The Eternal King declared that the rebels must die, and the Destruction Trigger split the royal capital open as tentacles surged from the ground.
• Su Wen activated the Eden in Dream Travel Card and swore that the royal capital would never fall.
• A vast Garden of Eden divine art covered the city, transforming the sky into a sea of stars and revealing the pioneers’ story to Shelly.
• Su Wen witnessed the Eye of God within the NGC 7293 Spiral Nebula, and the system announced that he had rewritten the final timeline as Black Tide contamination rapidly declined.
• Klosan watched the royal palace’s rebirth and fell asleep, while Jiang Menghan wished her goodnight and Su Wen told her it was time to go home.

Su Wen and Shelly defeated the Eternal Night Kingdom’s corrupted ruler, ending the Black Tide’s threat and rewriting the kingdom’s ending. Shelly inherited the survival station’s authority as Su Wen prepared to leave.

• A sniper girl vanished after watching Su Wen’s miracle, while the cultists and commoners reacted to the spread of Eden in Dream.
• Su Wen urged Shelly to end the old era and begin her own story, while preserving the king’s last trace of life at her request.
• Shelly approached the corrupted Infaleo Lelingstar Saint-Étienne Meredith and executed him with her Steam Greatsword.
• The survival system declared Saint-Étienne Meredith dead and transferred authority over the research station to Shelly.
• Shelly asked Su Wen whether she had done well, and he praised her before telling her that he was leaving.

Shelly raised the Eternal Night Kingdom’s flag and reassured its citizens that civilization had survived, while Su Wen honored the dead and sent their lingering souls back to the Silver Sea. Afterward, Su Wen told Shelly she would not have to face the kingdom’s future alone, revealing that he had found powerful allies for her.

• Shelly asked Su Wen to stay two more days so she could thank him and the others, and he agreed.
• Lundell told Jiang Menghan that the disturbance had been resolved, then found a Great Library file depicting her former teacher, Famir’s mother, Sinorn, and suspected the war had begun long ago.
• Su Wen asked Shelly to reassure the people, and she took the flag to the palace’s proclamation platform instead of the broken crown.
• Shelly told the citizens that their world had escaped destruction, condemned the former king’s role in the disaster, and declared that hope and civilization would endure.
• Su Wen awakened the dead with Branlit’s hymn, and their final souls returned as lights across the sky while legendary traits echoed across the Silver Sea.
• Shelly asked whether the dead had waited for this moment, and Su Wen told her the Great Library and other powerful partners could support her.

Su Wen and Shelly coordinated the Eternal Night Kingdom’s rescue and reconstruction efforts while Klosan rested, and the surviving civilians began restoring their city. A little girl’s courage helped Su Wen understand the people’s resolve before he returned to his own world and reflected on war.

• Su Wen contacted Misha and learned that the serum and inhibitors had saved infected civilians, while Klosan’s efforts could support her advancement as a savior.
• Shelly agreed to gather the remaining Royal Knights and recovered civilians to assist the rescue teams, while Nosis promised to help rebuild the royal city.
• Lundell offered to take Su Wen to the Great Library, but he declined and promised to bring a gift and important information when they met again.
• Lundell, Misha, and the patrollers organized further work and searched for infected sentinels who could still be saved, while Shelly assembled the Royal Knights.
• Su Wen and Jiang Menghan saw abandoned robots and civilians helping rebuild, and Su Wen hung a lantern for a little girl who said their enemies should be afraid.
• Back at his computer, Su Wen spoke to Jiang Menghan about wars and the resolve of the people who faced them, then closed the window against the winter wind.

After helping restore the Eternal Night Kingdom, Su Wen discussed its food, energy, and future connections with the Secret Seas before saying goodbye to its people. He left on the Frost Flying Dragon with a new Journey Card, while Shelly hoped to one day see the stars he had seen.

• Detective told Misha that the king’s cold storage held enough preserved high-energy food for five months, and Misha said future supplies would depend on trade through the Secret Seas.
• Su Wen explained to Shelly that the Eternal Night curtain protected the kingdom and that Fourth Epoch energy collectors could sustain the Eden system.
• Lundell planned to return to the Great Library, while Klosan planned to study the mutations and bring Nelson to the Eternal Night Kingdom after Christmas.
• Su Wen asked Klosan to look for more “sparks” and hoped she would connect the kingdom to the Secret Seas through its Border Gates.
• Shelly told Su Wen she wanted to show him how she and the kingdom had grown, and he offered to send her a star chart if the route opened.
• Su Wen departed on the Frost Flying Dragon after revealing the Dragon Bone Research Notes Journey Card.

Su Wen and Jiang Menghan left the Eternal Night Kingdom after helping it survive the disaster, while Shelly and its people began rebuilding. Su Wen returned to Virtual Reality, where he and Jiang Menghan said good night as the game ended and he received the Galaxy Traveler achievement.

• Su Wen and Jiang Menghan departed the Eternal Night Kingdom on the Frost Flying Dragon, leaving the kingdom to begin its recovery.
• The Frost Flying Dragon spread Su Wen’s parting gift of purified contamination across the kingdom, while an orphanage priest served the children hot soup sent by Rhine.
• Shelly honored her parents and later established Civilization New Life Day to celebrate the kingdom’s rebirth and remember its saviors.
• Su Wen used the lantern to purify the Frost Flying Dragon’s remains, and its legendary traits echoed across the Silver Sea as the world’s flowers and lights appeared.
• Su Wen entered Virtual Reality, shared a good-night farewell with Jiang Menghan, and received the Galaxy Traveler achievement as the game officially ended.

Su Wen’s victory saved the Eternal Night Kingdom and earned him the Hermit Tarot card, but the ending showed him alone saying goodbye to the world. A preview three years later showed Hanna welcoming Aunt Hudson and Uncle Leon aboard a ship arriving through a newly opened route.

• The game awarded Su Wen the Hermit Tarot card and credited him with saving the Eternal Night Kingdom, correcting the future timeline, and advancing several hidden quests.
• Frozen memories showed Su Wen’s efforts against the Black Tide and his conversations with Klosan about knowledge, civilization, and refusing to surrender to death.
• Su Wen faced the Flesh Tide as Night Watch - Rhine, then silently bid farewell to the world with the words “Good night.”
• A future preview showed Hanna waiting at a repaired Steam Port as a passenger ship arrived through an Einstein-Rosen bridge.
• Aunt Hudson greeted Hanna, who welcomed her and Uncle Leon and asked whether Grandpa Merk was still well.

Hanna discussed her work on the Eternal Night Science Society’s intelligent-machinery project and its potential to reclaim Cleveland as Nelson arrived in the Lost Sea with Major Loweisen to meet Researcher Klosan. The chapter ended with Loweisen explaining that the Forester School was interested in his investment proposal to explore deeper into Congo’s tree realm.

• Hanna told Aunt Hudson and Uncle Leon that taking over the Secret Sea trade and reopening the Faro Mineral Vein had taught her much while working with Miss Duke Christopher’s team.
• Hanna explained that the Eternal Night Science Society was trying to unlock the potential of Fourth Epoch intelligent machinery, which might help them take Cleveland back.
• Hanna recalled the Detroit intelligent machinery incident and praised Shelly’s leadership as Eternal Night Empress.
• Nelson arrived with Major Loweisen and complained that his sister had sent him to meet Researcher Klosan after she went to the Mars Base to study traces of Fifth Epoch life.
• Loweisen said the Forester School was interested in his investment proposal to explore deeper into the tree realm of Congo, though Schlote Heavy Industries’ machinery was costly.

Nelson and Loweisen witnessed the Eternal Night Kingdom’s New Year celebrations as Shelly carried on the work of rebuilding the kingdom. After Su Wen saw the game’s future-timeline update and went to sleep, events elsewhere revealed a growing conspiracy around Slumber and the Origin.

• Nelson photographed the Eternal Night Kingdom’s New Year celebration and reflected on its recovery as Loweisen agreed to cover their expenses.
• Shelly reviewed official documents and looked at a painting of those who had saved the kingdom before the game announced that its first route had ended and added a future-timeline storyline.
• Su Wen chose to postpone the new storyline for four days, arranged a library visit with Jiang Menghan, and went to sleep in Jiangnan.
• Rediergas confronted Lohos at Black Steel Fortress about the Detroit mayor and the Slumber eruption, while Lohos warned that the conspirators might have mastered another door.
• As Su Wen slept, the system announced his advancement along the Knight—Watch Dawn Sublimation Lineage.

After advancing to Silver Rank, Su Wen woke refreshed and considered the strategic importance of developing space infrastructure. He met Jiang Menghan in the old town and told her that his secret would now belong to them both before they went to visit the museum curator.

• Su Wen remembered a summer night with his grandfather, then earned the Echo achievement and completed his Silver Rank advancement.
• Su Wen read news about spiritual-energy disruptions in near-Earth orbit and considered discussing future space plans with Angelia.
• Su Wen and Jiang Menghan exchanged messages and confirmed their meeting before visiting a scholar at Coastal City's Old Town Museum.
• Su Wen met Jiang Menghan in the old town, told her she would learn about Rhine, and called the secret theirs.
• Su Wen and Jiang Menghan set off for the museum with a gift for its old curator.

Su Wen and Jiang Menghan reunited in Coastal City and visited the Old Town museum, where curator Yu Kaiji and Lin Yunwen discussed a curse case and their granddaughters. After Yu Yanyun verified their identities, she led Su Wen and Jiang Menghan to meet the curator.

• Su Wen and Jiang Menghan shared an umbrella in the winter snow and reminisced about their earlier misadventures.
• Lin Yunwen visited Yu Kaiji, asked for first-rank items to ward off curses, and offered to arrange a suitable match for Yu Kaiji’s granddaughter.
• Lin Yunwen and Yu Kaiji agreed to exchange Night Watch connections for harmless Sealed Items while discussing a troublesome online curse case.
• Su Wen and Jiang Menghan arrived at the Old Town museum and asked to see the curator.
• Yu Yanyun verified Su Wen and Jiang Menghan’s identities and escorted them inside; Su Wen recognized her as a first-rank Ancient Scholar and Night Watch teacher at Lorenz Riel.

Su Wen and Jiang Menghan asked Curator Yu Kaiji for access to hidden history about Lorenz Riel, offering extraordinary knowledge in exchange. Yu proposed a CERN research invitation, and Lin Yunwen revealed he had a separate request related to their research.

• Su Wen and Jiang Menghan met Yu Kaiji and Lin Yunwen, who praised their academic work and discussed Jiang Menghan’s father, Jiang Xiuyuan.
• Su Wen explained that he needed obscure history about Lorenz Riel before his upcoming research into the Lost Sea and the circum-Pacific Spiritual Energy Field.
• Yu Kaiji said the information touched on matters best kept within the Great Library, but Su Wen declined to join and offered intelligence about the Drifting phenomenon for a knowledge exchange.
• Yu proposed giving Su Wen and Jiang Menghan a research invitation from CERN, and Su Wen accepted the proposal in principle.
• Lin Yunwen said he had a separate request for Su Wen and Jiang Menghan, offering compensation connected to their Lorenz Riel research.

Su Wen and Jiang Menghan accepted Yu Kaiji’s CERN research opportunity after learning about the Star Prism Experiment and its possible connection to future events. Old Man Lin then offered them access to a Lorenz Riel vault if they helped Yu Yanyun and the Coastal City Night Watch investigate an Abyss Curse case, which Su Wen decided to take on.

• Yu Kaiji told Su Wen about CERN’s Star Prism Experiment, and Su Wen consulted Jiang Menghan before they accepted the research opportunity.
• The Dawn System warned Su Wen of four future epic events: Rekindled War, Machine Core Revolution, Mars—Salvation, and Earth Exclusion Zone: Erosion.
• Yu Kaiji assigned Yan Yun to prepare Lorenz Riel history for Su Wen and Jiang Menghan, while Yu Yanyun rebuffed her grandfather’s matchmaking efforts.
• Old Man Lin offered forty-eight hours of access to the Lorenz Riel Seventh Brass Vault if Su Wen and Jiang Menghan helped investigate a Coastal City Abyss Curse that had injured thirty-nine people and killed three.
• Su Wen agreed to assist the Night Watch and planned to contact Yu Yanyun, obtain Lorenz Riel’s history, and prepare for his future meeting with Duke Christopher’s daughter.

After leaving the Great Library, Su Wen and Jiang Menghan examined a Night Watch case involving an online curse that had caused deaths and severe illnesses in Coastal City’s New District. Su Wen identified suspicious gaps in the curse’s spread and received a hidden mission, whose Omega System reward suggested deeper secrets behind the incident.

• Yu Kaiji and Lin Yunwen praised Su Wen and Jiang Menghan, while Yu Yanyun invited Jiang Menghan to discuss research on superconductivity and Extraordinary Characteristics.
• Su Wen invited Jiang Menghan to his home, where they cooked and ate lunch together before investigating the case.
• Su Wen searched the Night Watch database and found that the Mixed Wave Curse had spread through online invitation letters, causing thirty-two injuries, seven comas, and three deaths.
• Jiang Menghan suggested locating the next gathering, and Su Wen explained that the curse’s preset breakpoints and letters without a time or location made the case suspicious.
• Su Wen received the hidden mission Remove Crystal Contamination and became concerned by its reward involving the Third Epoch Civilization Heritage: Omega System.

Su Wen and Jiang Menghan visited the Coastal City New City Night Watch base to investigate the incident and learn about its organization. After entering with credentials from Lin Yunwen, they saw warning predictions spreading across the base’s monitoring screens.

• Su Wen proposed visiting Captain Liu at the Night Watch base and said he hoped to rest after the current matter and their earlier journey to the Eternal Night Kingdom.
• Jiang Menghan said she might study Spiritual Energy Field Theory at the Deep Sea Research Institute until the New Year.
• Su Wen and Jiang Menghan set out on a battered bicycle, which fell apart before Su Wen rebuilt it with Modular Assembly: Reshape.
• Su Wen presented Lin Yunwen’s administrator credentials at the Night Watch base entrance, and the guards allowed him and Jiang Menghan inside.
• Su Wen and Jiang Menghan entered the control center, where a red danger prediction was spreading across the monitoring screens.

Su Wen and Jiang Menghan joined Liu Yun and Lin Xiqing at the Night Watch base to investigate a curse linked to an invitation-letter gathering. After reviewing the outbreak reports, Su Wen identified where the next crisis ritual would appear and prepared to stop it.

• Wang Ming directed Su Wen and Jiang Menghan to meet Liu Yun in the firearms room, where they reunited with Lin Xiqing.
• Liu Yun sensed that Su Wen and Jiang Menghan were both Second Rank and offered Su Wen her captaincy, but Lin Xiqing said he would not join.
• Su Wen explained that the invitation letter had spread mixed-frequency contamination and that the victims’ gathering likely served as a ritual.
• Jiang Menghan described how people and a Consciousness Cluster could conceal abyssal fluctuations and form a ritual field.
• Su Wen requested every known outbreak location from Liu Yun, reviewed the information, and identified the next crisis ritual’s location.

Su Wen identified the Schlote Technology Exhibition as the likely site of an Abyssal Ritual and coordinated with the Night Watch to prepare for the threat. He arrived at the exhibition ahead of the crisis and began adding an unscheduled surprise to his plan.

• Su Wen analyzed the case files and narrowed the possible ritual sites to the Schlote Technology Exhibition near Qixing Bridge.
• Su Wen asked Liu Yun to handle the operation while he toured the Night Watch base, and Jiang Menghan practiced with a standard-issue pistol.
• Liu Yun arranged the Night Watch deployment and quietly notified the relevant departments as teams headed toward the exhibition.
• Su Wen reached Exhibition Area B24, dressed as a VIP attendee, and took the Secret Preparation from his briefcase with two hours and thirty-seven minutes remaining before the crisis.