Ch. 261Caught and Refined into Medicine

The Sacred Armor Centipede King emerged from a fissure and terrified the migration convoy with its immense size and power. While the humans debated fleeing or fighting, the centipede stayed still because it feared that powerful humans might capture it and refine it into medicine.

  • The Sacred Armor Centipede King rose from the fissure, and Commander Li and the convoy recognized that none of them could defeat it.
  • Commander Li asked the Sky Eye Master whether the eldest young lady of the Tokisaki Family or the Fallen Angel could stop the centipede.
  • The Sky Eye Master warned Commander Li to order everyone to flee and scatter because the centipede’s power surpassed the earlier torrent of magic.
  • Tyrannosaurus Rex wondered whether the motionless centipede was bluffing, but the Vajra Gorilla pointed out that its size and sharp barbs alone made it impossible to fight.
  • Li Jiayu led several people away as the centipede watched the humans warily, remembering how human experts in the Fantasy World had captured it to refine medicine.

Ch. 262Saintess of a Great Sect

The Sacred Armor Centipede King mistook Kurumi for a Saintess from the Fantasy World and reconsidered attacking her, while Kurumi could not understand its attempts to negotiate. Jelly learned what the monster was saying and revealed its offer to Li Jiayu, leaving the gathered humans stunned.

  • The Sacred Armor Centipede King recognized Kurumi as a powerful Fantasy World disciple and feared that killing her would bring powerful humans after it.
  • The Sacred Armor Centipede King hesitated to attack, then tried to make peace with Kurumi by speaking in insect language.
  • Kurumi misunderstood the monster's sounds, while Li Jiayu, Kikyo, and the other inheritors braced for a possible battle.
  • Jelly communicated with her pets and learned what the Sacred Armor Centipede King was saying.
  • Jelly told Li Jiayu that the Sacred Armor Centipede King had addressed Kurumi as a Saintess and proposed discussing their mutual interests.

Ch. 263Luring Pursuit

Kurumi’s attempted negotiations with the Sacred Armor Centipede King failed when it became obsessed with Kikyo’s Soul of Four Jade and charged toward her. Li Jiayu used the Fallen Angel to draw the monster toward the mountains, while Kurumi transformed and pursued it.

  • Jelly told Li Jiayu that the Sacred Armor Centipede King was growing impatient, while Kurumi could not understand its speech.
  • The Sacred Armor Centipede King sensed the Soul of Four Jade in Kikyo’s hand and became consumed by a desire to take it.
  • The Sacred Armor Centipede King charged toward Kikyo, crushing rocks and killing survivors in its path.
  • Li Jiayu took the Soul of Four Jade from Kikyo and flew off with the Fallen Angel to lure the monster away.
  • Kurumi summoned her Divine Dress and chased after the Sacred Armor Centipede King as Li Jiayu’s spiritual power rapidly drained.

Ch. 264Lightning Cutter

Kurumi fired Twilight Morning Star at the Sacred Armor Centipede King to stop it from catching Li Jiayu, but the attack only wounded the monster. With her spiritual power depleted and the furious king turning toward her, Kurumi remembered the weapon inside the strange box.

  • Kurumi activated Twilight Morning Star and formed four overlapping Magic Array Diagrams as she aimed at the Sacred Armor Centipede King.
  • The Sacred Armor Centipede King slowed its chase after Li Jiayu and turned to defend itself from Kurumi's attack.
  • Kurumi fired a magic-enhanced Armor Piercing bullet, which pierced the black mist and struck the centipede king's head.
  • The bullet shattered part of the king's head armor and damaged its eye before flying on and exploding against a mountain.
  • Kurumi was left pale and weakened, while the enraged Sacred Armor Centipede King fixed its gaze on her.
  • Kurumi remembered the weapon inside the strange box.

Ch. 265Astonishing Defense

Kurumi survived the Sacred Armor Centipede King's bite by holding it off with defensive magic arrays, then narrowly dodged its next attacks. She remained badly outmatched and was still searching for a way to hurt the creature when its foul stench assaulted her again.

  • Kurumi formed nine defensive magic arrays and used the strange box to shield herself from the Sacred Armor Centipede King's jaws long enough to retrieve a lightning-wreathed blade and a purple crystal.
  • Kurumi escaped as the sphere of light collapsed, while the Sacred Armor Centipede King recovered and prepared another attack.
  • Kurumi judged the blade too weak to damage the creature and considered using a powerful bomb instead.
  • Kurumi threw the strange box toward the Sacred Armor Centipede King and dodged as it fired a black pillar of light, but the box endured the blast.
  • Kurumi continued evading the creature's attacks, and its foul stench reached her again.

Ch. 266Thunder-Sundering Bird

Kurumi and the Fallen Angel fought to hold off the Sacred Armor Centipede King as Kurumi’s spiritual power dwindled. The centipede blasted them into the mountainside, leaving both injured while the survivors prepared to flee.

  • Kurumi dodged the Sacred Armor Centipede King’s attacks and absorbed energy while Li Jiayu watched for a chance to help her.
  • The Fallen Angel charged the centipede’s damaged head, but it struck him with black light and drove him back.
  • Kurumi began forming a wind eye to gather energy, but the centipede shattered it and blasted her into the mountainside.
  • The Sacred Armor Centipede King pursued the dust-covered mountainside as Commander Li ordered the survivors to prepare to flee.
  • The Fallen Angel reached Kurumi in the cave and found her badly battered, with only her faint breathing showing she was alive.

Ch. 267Fall and Hope

Kurumi appeared to die after the Sacred Armor Centipede King struck her, leaving Li Jiayu devastated until Kikyo told him she might be revived. The Fallen Angel lured the centipede away with the Soul of Four Jade, while a faint crimson mark flickered on Kurumi’s back.

  • Kurumi lost consciousness amid the ruins, and her heart stopped as the Fallen Angel fought the Sacred Armor Centipede King.
  • Li Jiayu learned Kurumi had fallen and collapsed in grief while Xiao Wanqing ordered the survivors to flee toward Yong City.
  • Kikyo told Li Jiayu there was a way to revive Kurumi, and he regained enough resolve to absorb a Bug Crystal.
  • The Fallen Angel took the Soul of Four Jade and led the Sacred Armor Centipede King deep into the mountains by throwing the jewel to the ground.
  • The Fallen Angel flew away after locating Kurumi, whose cold body lay in a cave as a faint crimson patch flickered on her back.

Ch. 268The Bell Rings

The Fallen Angel brought Kurumi’s body back to Li Jiayu as the evacuation convoy fled the Sacred Armor Centipede King. A blood-red force revived Kurumi, and the chapter ended as a man heard a bell and the centipede sensed danger near the convoy.

  • The Fallen Angel found Kurumi dead beneath the rubble, took her blue blade, and carried her toward the Great Rift.
  • The Fallen Angel returned Kurumi to Li Jiayu and vanished, leaving Li Jiayu and the others to continue evacuating with her body.
  • As the convoy fled, the Crimson glow on Kurumi’s back deepened and sank into her, restoring warmth, blood flow, and a faint heartbeat.
  • A man pushing a cart heard what sounded like an old bell and realized Kurumi was alive.
  • The Sacred Armor Centipede King swallowed the beast that had eaten the Soul of Four Jade and sensed danger coming from the convoy’s direction.

Ch. 269Zadkiel (End of Volume)

Kurumi returned from death and overwhelmed the Sacred Armor Centipede King after it reached quasi-Legendary rank. She fired Zadkiel to reverse time within the creature, weakening it as the battle continued.

  • The Sacred Armor Centipede King pursued the fleeing Xijiang City survivors, and Li Jiayu, Kikyo, and Ran Hongxia stood their ground to buy them time.
  • The Sacred Armor Centipede King entered quasi-Legendary rank, crushed the Fallen Angel, and left Li Jiayu believing they would die.
  • Kurumi awakened, returned to the battlefield, and used her power to shatter the centipede king’s eerie blue defense and force it to the ground.
  • Kurumi increased the pressure on the centipede king while it used the Soul of Four Jade to heal and strengthen itself, but it stopped just short of Legendary rank.
  • Kurumi summoned Zadkiel and fired its Hour Hand at four, causing the centipede king’s body to repeatedly regress and its aura to weaken.

Ch. 270Cherry Blossom Petals

Kurumi killed the Sacred Armor Centipede King, recovered the Soul of Four Jade, and gave it to Kikyo, who gave Kurumi the jewel. Just as Kurumi prepared to say goodbye to Li Jiayu and Ran Hongxia, a crushing pressure made her and the Golden Clock vanish.

  • The Sacred Armor Centipede King fled toward the great fissure, but Kurumi slowed its passage through time with Zadkiel and a spiritual bullet.
  • Kurumi trapped the centipede in a magic formation and killed it by destroying its brain, then retrieved the Soul of Four Jade from its corpse.
  • The centipede's corpse vanished and cooked lobsters rained down, prompting the survivors to gather and eat them.
  • Kurumi gave the Soul of Four Jade to Kikyo, who fused it with her necklace and gave it to Kurumi; Kurumi then enchanted Kikyo's bow.
  • As Kurumi turned to speak to Li Jiayu and Ran Hongxia, a crushing pressure made her and the Golden Clock disappear, leaving two cherry blossom petals drifting down.

Ch. 271Central Intelligence Unit

Kurumi returned from the Mo Hei Universe after her Spirit Body shattered and received her mission settlement from the Main God. She prepared for her next reincarnation by considering how to strengthen her body and obtain more time-related abilities.

  • Kurumi woke on a bed, confirmed that she could no longer sense Black Cat or Li Jiayu, and called for the Main God.
  • The Main God issued Kurumi 1,200 Reincarnation Points, settled her other rewards, and awarded her a Central Intelligence Unit from a [Beta]-class exploration spacecraft.
  • Kurumi received an overall A evaluation and learned that her next reincarnation mission would begin in ten days.
  • After sleeping and recovering, Kurumi checked her 2,320 Reincarnation Points and considered how to improve her Spirit Body and prepare for her next world.
  • Kurumi searched the Main God Mall for time-related resources and found them prohibitively expensive.

Ch. 272Earth-199999

Kurumi prepared for her third mission and was sent to Earth-199999, the Marvel Cinematic Universe. She arrived unconscious in a truck carrying abducted people, while two men discussed inspecting the human cargo.

  • Kurumi discovered that the Main God had healed her injuries and examined Lightning Cutter, then fused it with a purple crystal to strengthen it with Honkai Energy.
  • Kurumi experimented with the Magic Imprints in her godhead but failed to etch patterns onto her bones, and she prepared for her next mission.
  • The Main God announced Kurumi's destination as Earth-199999 and inserted her as a woman from a fallen family who had been abducted while traveling to the United States.
  • Kurumi arrived unconscious inside a truck, protected by a temporary invulnerability barrier that would vanish three minutes after she awoke.
  • Thomson assured White that the abducted people were foreign and in good condition, and White ordered the truck driven into a warehouse for inspection.

Ch. 273Cargo

Thomson negotiated with White over a shipment and revealed that a beautiful young woman was being sold separately. White agreed to inspect her, and the chapter ended with him staring at her as she lay unconscious.

  • Thomson and White argued over where to inspect the goods, then agreed to examine some at the meeting place and the rest at the warehouse.
  • Thomson showed White a photograph of a beautiful young woman and said she would cost extra.
  • White agreed to see the woman after Thomson explained that she was the last member of a ruined prominent family.
  • Thomson carried the unconscious girl in a black gown out of the truck, while noting that an unseen barrier kept him from touching her skin.
  • White crouched beside the girl and examined her face and fragrance.

Ch. 274Drama and Acting

Thomson negotiated with White over the sale of Kurumi and the truckload of goods, securing a deal for 2.5 million dollars. As White and his men prepared the handover, Kurumi began to regain consciousness.

  • White tried to touch Kurumi, but Thomson slapped his hand away and insisted that she was part of the goods he was selling.
  • White and Thomson haggled over Kurumi and the truckload until they agreed on a price of 2.5 million dollars.
  • White sent men to inspect the truck and prepared to transfer the money, while Thomson planned to leave the trafficking business with his profits.
  • Kurumi slowly regained control of her body and began circulating her spiritual power, drawing every guard's attention when she moaned.

Ch. 275Playacting and Acting II

Kurumi woke among the men who had kidnapped her, while Thomson and White argued over anesthetic and Thomson suspected her protective ability made her a mutant. She acted frightened as White approached, but the faint smile at her lips suggested she had a plan.

  • Thomson realized an invisible membrane protected Kurumi from him and suspected she was a mutant.
  • White berated Thomson for using too little anesthetic, and Thomson handed him a syringe and medicine.
  • White injected Kurumi with anesthetic as she began to awaken, leaving her weak and dizzy.
  • Kurumi studied White and pretended to be a terrified, well-mannered young lady as he approached.
  • White told Kurumi she needed treatment, and she asked whether she could refuse.

Ch. 276Drama and Acting III

White terrorized Tokisaki Kurumi and prepared to inject her with an anesthetic while Thomson questioned whether he had made a mistake by kidnapping her. The injection was interrupted when someone grabbed White’s shoulder and told him to stop.

  • White ordered Tokisaki Kurumi to approach him and questioned her as he pretended to train her.
  • Thomson recalled taking drugs at a bar in Mexico and realized that Tokisaki Kurumi appeared to be an ordinary human.
  • White learned that the girl’s name was Tokisaki Kurumi and mocked her pleas for mercy.
  • Thomson warned White that their cooperation would end if he did not attend to urgent business.
  • White cornered Tokisaki Kurumi and prepared to inject her, but an unseen person grabbed his shoulder and said, “Enough.”

Ch. 277Hand-to-Hand Struggle

White tried to take Kurumi as his personal maid, while Thomson changed his mind about selling her and challenged White. The gang held Thomson’s companions hostage, and the chapter ended with White and Thomson fighting hand-to-hand as Kurumi stood up without fear.

  • White and Thomson argued over whether Kurumi still belonged to Thomson, who claimed White had not paid him.
  • Kurumi asked to leave, and White offered to make her his personal maid instead.
  • Thomson withdrew the sale, but White attacked him and threatened his companions until Thomson lowered his pistol.
  • Thomson suddenly charged White, and the two began fighting barehanded as Kurumi rose without fear.

Ch. 278City of Eating Time

Kurumi intervened in the standoff between Thomson and White, then used her power over time to kill White and the gang members. She thanked them for the meal, leaving Thomson's fate unclear.

  • White and Thomson fought while their gang members held them at gunpoint, and Kurumi appeared behind Thomson.
  • White mistook Kurumi's behavior for an act and shot at her, but the bullet missed as she tilted her head.
  • White agreed to buy the goods from Thomson and asked to purchase Kurumi at the original price.
  • Kurumi shot White and Thomson, then drained time from White and the gang members until they died.
  • Kurumi performed a curtsy and thanked them for the meal.

Ch. 279Red Queen

Kurumi dealt with the gang members, checked whether she could contact Black Cat and Li Jiayu, and activated the AI from her exploration craft. Red Queen began assessing Earth-199999 and reported that its civilization was mutated.

  • Kurumi used the City of Eating Time to drain the gang members, then sent a hypnotized woman driving their truck to another town for the police to find.
  • Kurumi checked into a hotel and searched for the spiritual imprints of Black Cat and Li Jiayu, finding Black Cat’s weak imprint but no sign of Li Jiayu’s.
  • Kurumi activated the spacecraft’s Central Intelligence Unit, named it Red Queen, and gave it the appearance of a little girl.
  • Kurumi asked Red Queen to assess Earth-199999’s civilization, and Red Queen reported that it was a mutated civilization.

Ch. 280Capital God

Kurumi tasked Red Queen with creating a plan to establish influence in the United States, and they chose a pharmaceutical company called Umbrella. While exploring the internet, Red Queen encountered another artificial intelligence, then erased her traces; by morning, a woman had left a seaside villa, and its owner woke to a voice promising something interesting.

  • Red Queen classified Earth's civilization as intermediate Alpha and its mutated civilization as advanced Alpha, then noted that the universe's birth time seemed incorrect.
  • Kurumi asked Red Queen for a plan to gain social status and influence, and Red Queen recommended controlling the national economy through a pharmaceutical company.
  • Kurumi named the company Umbrella and gave Red Queen unrestricted internet access to begin the planning.
  • Red Queen encountered a data-based artificial intelligence resembling a Western man, then vanished and erased her traces.
  • A woman emerged from a seaside villa, and its owner later woke to a voice saying something would interest him.
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