Chapter Summaries

Tang Qi explored the War Planet’s ruins, collected Curios, and discovered that its defense system had activated a deadly Source Force Cut. As supernatural beings fled deeper into the ruins, Tang Qi raced ahead of the destruction, still stopping to gather loot.

• Tang Qi found a Source Force Crystal and a Body Enhancement Agent, then swallowed them with Gluttony.
• The War Planet activated Source Force Cut, a defense that began erasing everything in its path and would kill supernatural beings up to Legendary Rank.
• Lord Barton Bird warned the Holy Eagle's Nest Society that members could leave with their emblems before the defense entered its second phase.
• Tang Qi continued deeper into the ruins, collecting Curios while passing destroyed weapons and aircraft.
• Supernatural beings crossed a rift on floating metal disks to escape Source Force Cut and gathered beyond it.
• Tang Qi raced ahead of the advancing Light Screen, stopping repeatedly to loot Curios as the other factions watched.

Tang Qi, disguised as a yellow squirrel, grabbed more Curios and reached the rift, where a clown from the Mystic Freak Show attacked him with a Supernatural Gatling Cannon. Tang Qi defeated the clown, took the cannon, and left the Holy Eagle's Nest Society members convinced their newcomer was a monster.

• Tang Qi collected two crystals and a syringe, then reached the rift ahead of the Source Force Cut.
• A clown from the Mystic Freak Show fired a Supernatural Gatling Cannon at Tang Qi as he crossed the rift.
• Tang Qi used Yellow Lightning to pass through the bullet storm unharmed and drove the clown into the ground.
• Tang Qi took the cannon, identified it as the Curio Rage Liberator, and used its Ethereal Blue Flame to erase the clown.
• The Holy Eagle's Nest Society members watched in shock and judged Tang Qi to be extremely terrifying.

Tang Qi defeated the Clown and chose to stay back from the Legendary Rank superhumans gathering near Ludwig. When the warship’s records revealed a deadly gas weapon, Tang Qi recognized it as Breath of Death and unexpectedly tried the Pula Race’s immunity supplies as others died attempting to stop it.

• Tang Qi stomped the Clown into the ground with the Rage Liberator and decided not to join the Legendary Rank superhumans pursuing Ludwig.
• The superhumans resumed searching the war ruin for Curios after the Source Force Cut disappeared.
• A Light Screen showed the Pula Race’s final battle against the Twelve Saints and revealed their use of Source Force Crystals and Body Enhancement Agents to survive their own weapons.
• Black pipes began spraying Breath of Death, and Tang Qi identified the gas as a deadly weapon made from the remains of a fallen God of Life.
• Superhumans who tried to block the pipes were killed, while Tang Qi transformed into Yellow Lightning and used a crystal and Body Enhancement Agent, drawing the others’ attention.

Tang Qi survived the Death Space by using Source Force Crystals and Body Enhancement Agents, then sped through the Breath of Death mist toward Black Mountain Peak. Along the way, he stole curios from a trap set by three Doomsday Cult believers and escaped before they could catch him.

• The Breath of Death filled the ruins, killing those who failed to escape and forcing the surviving extraordinary beings to scavenge for crystals and enhancement agents.
• Tang Qi reached a graveyard of pipes, replenished his life force, and realized the Death Space blocked teleportation while his own magic could barely resist the mist.
• Tang Qi transformed into Yellow Lightning and headed toward Black Mountain Peak, planning to catch up with the first group while collecting more curios.
• Three Doomsday Cult believers used black helmets to protect themselves and laid out curios as bait for a trap.
• Tang Qi dashed past, doubled back to steal the curios, and taunted the believers before escaping at a speed they could not match.

A group of explorers opened a sealed chamber, and the Chainsaw Woman transformed into a monster that spawned a swarm of deadly creatures. As the monsters spread through the ruins, Tang Qi was attacked by three of them.

• The Curly-Haired Young Man led four companions to a sealed wall, where the Chainsaw Woman opened a chamber filled with Curios.
• The Chainsaw Woman swallowed a strange egg and mutated into a Mantis Monster, then attacked her companions and transformed them into more monsters.
• The monsters reproduced rapidly and poured into the ruins, beginning a new calamity.
• Tang Qi raced through the ruins collecting Curios, but three Mantis Monsters ambushed him and their greenish-blue eyes threatened to contaminate him.

Tang Qi used the Karuna Fiends’ attack on a battlefield to seize the Red Fungi from an angel-like corpse, then escaped in his Yellow Squirrel form. The Karuna Queen was left gravely wounded as the corpse and Corpse Mountain collapsed.

• Tang Qi killed three Karuna Fiends, discovered their eggs were breeding a new generation, and burned the eggs.
• Tang Qi rescued two Federation agents from a Karuna Fiend swarm and warned them not to open the altar, saying office romance was forbidden.
• Tang Qi watched rival supernatural groups battle over an angel-like corpse while a hidden Karuna Fiend army gathered nearby.
• Tang Qi disguised himself as a Karuna Fiend and kicked a female fiend, exposing the army and triggering a battle with the supernatural groups.
• A Karuna Fiend reached the corpse and tore away the Red Fungi, but Tang Qi transformed back into a Yellow Squirrel, took the Red Jelly, and escaped as the Karuna Queen was badly wounded.

Tang Qi fled through the poisonous mist with the Blood Angel Symbiote he had stolen, while the Karuna Queen and other monsters pursued him. He warned Order Faction explorers to evacuate as the chase gathered more monsters and threatened to sweep across the ruins.

• Tang Qi considered giving the Blood Angel Symbiote to McAuley, since its powerful abilities came with the cost of preventing its host from cultivating other supernatural powers.
• Tang Qi noticed the regenerated Karuna Queen leading an army of Karuna Fiends, Blade Storms, and other monsters, and realized they were hunting him for the Blood Angel.
• The monsters charged Tang Qi, who accelerated away after rapidly using his supplies and protective equipment.
• Tang Qi warned seven Ancient Mystery Vault agents to abandon the alien corpses and leave, allowing them to escape the pursuing army.
• Tang Qi warned Order Faction explorers he encountered, while the monster army grew and the ruins faced an approaching storm.

Tang Qi escaped the Breath of Death and reached the Black Mountain Peak, where he positioned himself among the Order Faction as the pursuing monsters emerged. He restored his strength and began using the Rage Liberator to hold back the Karuna Fiend army.

• Legendary Rank combatants and wounded members of numerous organizations emerged from the Breath of Death and gathered around the black mountain.
• The Holy Eagle's Nest Society's Senior Deacons realized Tang Qi had not appeared, then heard his taunting cry from the mist.
• Tang Qi burst from the mist, claimed a high position beside the Church of Light and official teams, and used his supplies to recover fully.
• The Karuna Fiends and exhausted members of several Chaos organizations emerged in pursuit, and they revealed that Tang Qi had obtained the Red Angel Symbiote.
• The Chaos organizations hesitated to attack Tang Qi because he was surrounded by the Order Faction.
• Tang Qi wielded the Rage Liberator and used Ethereal Blue Flame to slaughter the Karuna Fiends charging up the passage.

Tang Qi used the Crimson Crown to repel a Mystic Freak Show spider woman while continuing to fight the Karuna Fiends. He exposed and killed the disguised Karuna Queen, then petrified the spider woman and shattered her into dust.

• Tang Qi noticed the Mystic Freak Show watching him and resisted its beautiful leader’s attempt to influence his desires.
• Tang Qi summoned the Crimson Crown, freezing Professional Level superhumans and beginning to petrify the spider woman.
• The spider woman transformed and attacked Tang Qi with webs and a swarm of tiny spiders as he continued killing fiends.
• The disguised Karuna Queen ambushed Tang Qi, but he caught her metal mouth, snapped it off, and stomped her head apart.
• Tang Qi unleashed the Crimson Crown’s power, froze the spider woman and her spiders, and shattered the petrified woman into powder.

Tang Qi resisted Hoser’s contamination after killing the Karuna Queen and her forces, then joined the Holy Eagle’s Nest Society to watch the Legendary Rank battles on Black Mountain Peak. Above them, Ludwig struggled uphill while the Second Head of Decay taunted him and the pursuing powerhouses.

• The Deformed Spider Woman’s soul was swallowed by Hoser’s projection, whose gaze contaminated the extraordinary individuals and Karuna Fiends nearby.
• Tang Qi endured Hoser’s soul contamination as crimson weapons repeatedly cut away the mutations, causing the projection to fade and the remaining Freak Show members to flee.
• Tang Qi confirmed the Karuna Queen was dead, put away the Crimson Crown, and joined the Holy Eagle’s Nest Society as other organizations regarded him with new respect.
• Tang Qi directed everyone’s attention to the battles among the Legendary Rank powerhouses on Black Mountain Peak.
• Ludwig crawled uphill, too weak to kill the regenerating Second Head of Decay, while the Second Head mocked Ludwig and the pursuing Legends.

Ludwig continued climbing Thorn Holy Mountain as Legendary Rank powers battled around him, while the Dark Priest tried and failed to abduct him before being killed. Tang Qi watched Barton Bird fight the Ageless One, a member of the Council of Immortality.

• The Second Head of Decay mocked the combatants while Ludwig climbed the mountain beneath the Pula Force Field.
• The Dark Priest attacked Ludwig, but the Legendary Rank fighters struck the darkness and Ludwig resisted being dragged into the Dark Dimension.
• The Dark Priest was torn apart by attacks from the Church, the Head of Decay, the Terror Gnawers, and other organizations.
• Ludwig kept climbing as the Legendary Rank fighters fought behind him, each wary of letting another seize him.
• Tang Qi watched Barton Bird duel a handsome gentleman and identified him as the Ageless One of the Council of Immortality.

Tang Qi watched the Legendary Rank battles on Black Reef and learned more about the Council of Immortality, while the other spectators suffered contamination from observing the fights. As the remaining contenders rushed for the Thorns Set, an Old Era phantom appeared and destroyed them both.

• Tang Qi recognized the Council of Immortality as a likely enemy of the Holy Eagle's Nest Society and recalled David Finch's claim that it had seized power within the Federation.
• The battle's secret medicines and curses contaminated the Eagle's Nest Society members watching, while Tang Qi remained unaffected because Dreamland placed him outside the usual ranking system.
• Joseph Lynch attacked a Terror Gnawers Modified Beast by drawing an axe from his body and unleashing a devastating torrent of blood.
• Tang Qi identified the fighters near the summit as a Crystal Agent from the Ancient Mystery Vault and a Faceless Woman from Mam Sanatorium.
• The Crystal Agent and Faceless Woman abandoned their fight with Ludwig and raced for the Thorns Set, but an Old Era phantom wielding an axe appeared and shattered them both.

Ludwig continued climbing toward the Thorns Set as legendary factions watched for another chance to seize it. A Dream Weaver tried to abduct him, but the Elf Princess Frita intervened, and Ludwig resumed his ascent.

• Justice Lincoln's projection appeared and killed two Legendary beings before fading, revealing that Saint Penitent Martin Sims had prepared help for Ludwig.
• The Second Head of Decay taunted the Legendaries as they paused and watched Ludwig climb toward the Thorns Set.
• Ludwig fell from the steps, and a feather-crowned Dream Weaver used dream magic to lull the spectators and carry him toward a dreamlike palace.
• Frita emerged from the black stone and stopped the Dream Weaver, who vanished in the breeze as Ludwig woke and recovered.
• The Second Head of Decay identified the woman as Frita, the Elf Princess and one of the Twelve Saints, while Ludwig continued climbing.

As Ludwig neared the summit to claim Martin Sims’s Thorns Set, the Legends used divination to confirm there were no more Saint projections and launched an attack. The Second Head of Decay revealed its true hostility and unleashed a deadly flood of rotting corpses, leaving the Legends and spectators in peril.

• The Second Head of Decay recounted gossip about Martin Sims and the Twelve Saints while the Legends hesitated to attack Ludwig.
• An Ancient Mystery Vault agent used a skull-like Curio to divine whether more Saint projections were present, and it answered, “No!”
• The Legends rushed toward Ludwig and the Thorns Set as the Second Head of Decay attacked him and contaminated the distant spectators with its gaze.
• Two Legends from Head of Decay self-destructed to hinder the other attackers, and the Second Head of Decay froze the Legends with a shrill laugh.
• The Second Head of Decay vomited a flood of rotting corpses and vengeful souls toward the trapped Legends.

Ludwig ascended the throne in the Thorns Set, but the Second Head of Decay devoured him and revealed the Lord of Thorns’ betrayal before commandeering the War Spaceship toward Second Holy City. As the ship’s cannons threatened the city, Tang Qi raced to the throne and forcibly analyzed the Second Head of Decay.

• Ludwig endured the mountain’s trials, reached the throne, and donned the Thorns Crown and Thorns Robe as spectators suspected he was Martin Sims reborn.
• The Second Head of Decay devoured Ludwig’s head, took over the King’s Body, and revealed that the Lord of Thorns had joined a rebellion against the gods during the Great Cataclysm.
• The Second Head of Decay inserted the Sword of Repentance into the ship’s mechanism, activated the War Spaceship, and opened a gateway to Origin Star above Second Holy City.
• The Church of Light and other order organizations attacked the spaceship, but its Pula Force Field Shield blocked their strikes as its cannons aimed at Second Holy City.
• The Second Head of Decay claimed the attack fulfilled Martin Sims’ final wish, while Tang Qi noticed that a War Cannon was close to breaking down.
• Tang Qi transformed into a Yellow Squirrel, raced up Black Mountain Peak, and used Forced Analysis on the Second Head of Decay.

Tang Qi discovered that the War Spaceship’s Pula Core had activated its self-destruct sequence and fled as its cannons exploded around the Second Holy City. As the Spark Mushroom Cloud engulfed the ship, Ludwig revealed that Martin Sims had arranged for him and Lord Simon to share a body, leaving the Second Head of Decay trapped as the blast erupted.

• Tang Qi learned that Ludwig was Martin Sims’s disciple and that the Pula Core had begun the War Spaceship’s self-destruct countdown.
• The Second Head of Decay ordered the War Cannons to fire, triggering the destruction of the cannons and a chain of explosions across the ship.
• Barton Bird and the Undying Veterans evacuated the Holy Eagle’s Nest Society members on a Sacred Giant Eagle after the Pula Force Field shattered, carrying Tang Qi with them.
• Tang Qi saw the Thorns Set bind the Second Head of Decay as he struggled against the explosions and the face emerging from his abdomen.
• Ludwig’s face bit the Second Head of Decay and revealed Martin Sims’s arrangement, then the Spark Mushroom Cloud engulfed the ship as the Second Head of Decay raged.

Tang Qi pieced together the saints’ plan to expose the Land of Fallen Gods and divert the Mystic Side’s attention while the Lord of Thorns’ reincarnation returned. As winter arrived at Melada Special Education School, he realized the Lord of Light might awaken on December 25 and began preparing for what was coming.

• Tang Qi reasoned that the Second Head of Decay’s escape would unleash a hunt for him and the Land of Fallen Gods across the Transcendental World.
• Tang Qi concluded that Martin Sims and the Holy Prophet had used Ludwig and the Second Head of Decay to reveal the Great Cataclysm Secret and draw attention away from the Lord of Thorns’ reincarnation.
• Snow fell over Mihuang City as Nicholas, Noah, Shirley, and the other students returned from their expedition with monster corpses.
• Tang Qi checked the Magic Calendar, saw that it was November 9, and recalled that the Lord of Light might awaken on December 25.
• Tang Qi headed to the Fifth Floor of the Library Tower and prepared to make arrangements as his followers’ strange world seemed ready to awaken.

Tang Qi read Madam Rowling’s answers about founding a Witch School and the alleged betrayal of the Lord of Light, then discovered her informant wanted to meet the disguised Yellow Squirrel. He met Jensen at the Old Tavern and learned that Jensen’s mother had ordered him home under threat of death.

• Tang Qi reflected on the Church of Light’s response to Second Head of Decay’s revelation that the Lord of Thorns had betrayed the Lord of Light.
• Tang Qi studied Madam Rowling’s advice on meditation and the Great Cataclysm, then learned her informant wanted to find the mysterious Yellow Squirrel.
• Tang Qi replied that he had no Yellow Squirrel in his social circle and suggested the informant respect the stranger’s wish to remain hidden.
• Jensen told Tang Qi and their friends that his mother had ordered him to return to the Tyros Secret Realm and remain there for several months.
• Kriyas explained that Jensen’s mother had warned he might die if he did not return.

Jensen returned to the Tyros Secret Realm after Kriyas explained Grandpa Chatley’s prophecy, while Tang Qi’s meditation yielded more divinity and revealed new Dreamland familiars. The chapter ended with Tang Qi reading Madam Rowling’s detailed answers to his questions.

• Kriyas told Jensen that Grandpa Chatley had prophesied misfortune for him, and Raphael, Old Colson, Jennifer, and the others urged him to return to the Tyros Secret Realm.
• Tang Qi completed a more dangerous meditation in the Giant Bubble World and gained more pure divinity from the Book of Nothingness.
• Tang Qi watched three Pink Piglets hatch in Deborah Town, then discovered a new Merlin incubating and used divinity to protect and accelerate his birth as White Merlin.
• Amanda recognized that the new Merlin was different from the Corpse Lich Merlin and agreed to follow Tang Qi’s will as the piglets hatched.
• Tang Qi left the Meditation Room, sat down for breakfast and paperwork, and read Madam Rowling’s extensive reply in the Knowledge Seeker replica.

Tang Qi exchanged letters with Madam Rowling about ways to weaken gods, then asked her about powerful deities and how to find a reincarnated god. After reviewing reports on the hunt for the Second Head of Decay, Tang Qi ordered McAuley to return to Green Dragon Ridge Lake before December first.

• Tang Qi read Madam Rowling’s theories on defeating gods and was startled when she proposed spreading scandals about the Church of Light.
• Madam Rowling shared gossip that her informant still believed she had a special bond with a Yellow Squirrel and was seeking Mystical Items for divination.
• Tang Qi wrote back asking about the Lord of Thorns, the Lord of Light, the Master of the Furnace, and how to find a reincarnated god; he explained that Diana had entered rebirth.
• Tang Qi read reports that organizations across the Federation were hunting the Second Head of Decay, whose claims of innocence they distrusted because he was known to lie.
• Tang Qi reviewed McAuley’s report on rebuilding cooperation channels for the Witch School and summoned him to return to Green Dragon Ridge Lake before December first.