Chapter Summaries

Zhongli discovered that Bai Nai could darken into the far more dangerous Hei Nai, then negotiated a contract with her and continued winning her money at poker. Void Tree’s side won the world war, while more than thirty Contractors on Void Karma Fire’s side self-destructed just before the announcement; Te Ni Ban remained unaware as the survivors prepared to leave.

• Zhongli learned from Dong Bo that overwhelming pressure could transform Bai Nai into Hei Nai, whose strength was three times greater and who had killed Ninth Order powerhouses.
• Bai Nai agreed to sell herself to Zhongli for fifty thousand Void Crystals, returned twenty thousand as a fee, and signed his contract without reading it.
• Zhongli kept playing poker with Bai Nai and won back the money he had paid her, while concluding that her darkening would not trigger unless he seriously harmed her.
• The Void System announced five times that Void Tree’s side had established six core formations and won the world war.
• More than thirty Contractors on Void Karma Fire’s side self-destructed just before the victory announcement, and survivors suspected that attribute-boosting tea was responsible.
• Te Ni Ban sighed over another lost world war without knowing about the mass self-destructions as the thirty-second departure deadline approached.

Zhongli used his panel to strip Bai Nai's Void Karma Fire subsystem and make her his follower before they were forcibly returned. In his exclusive room, he spent lavishly on furnishings, then sold rare metal to Orobashi for 2 million Void Crystals and arranged another sale.

• Zhongli received 21,000 Void Crystals for winning the World War and killing an enemy Arbiter, while Bai Nai said they would never meet again.
• Zhongli invaded Bai Nai's Void Karma Fire subsystem, severed it from its main system, and made her contract take effect, turning her into his Ninth Order follower.
• Zhongli and Bai Nai returned to his empty exclusive room, where he bought an elaborate starry-sky backdrop and furnishings despite Bai Nai's protests.
• Bai Nai calculated that Zhongli had spent 1.68 million Void Crystals on the room and asked how wealthy he was.
• Zhongli sent a panel to Orobashi, who bought it for 2 million Void Crystals and promised to gather money for another purchase.

Zhongli grew richer by selling Mora and used his wealth to raise Bai Nai’s loyalty and employ her as his servant. After improving his attributes at the Void Tree headquarters, he took Bai Nai to the auction house to sell more Mora, where a contractor confronted her over their past.

• Zhongli showed Bai Nai his eight-digit Void Crystal balance, and her loyalty rose from -100 to 0.
• Zhongli compressed Geo Elemental Power into valuable Mora, then offered Bai Nai a million Void Crystals a month for cooking and household chores, raising her loyalty to 100.
• Zhongli studied the Void Tree’s Void System and high-end material market, raising all his attributes to the system’s limit of five hundred.
• Zhongli set out with Bai Nai to sell Mora at the auction house and asked whether Mora could become a high-end currency.
• A Ninth Order contractor warned Zhongli to stay away from Bai Nai, but Bai Nai declared her devotion to her master.
• Bai Nai admitted she had sold herself to the contractor and chemically castrated him, leaving Zhongli stunned.

Zhongli and Bai Nai visited the Void Auction House so Zhongli could sell Mora, and the staff treated him as a top-tier VIP after seeing a Mora Gold Coin. There, Zhongli recognized a painting by the renowned Bai'e and learned that Bai'e lived in the Liyue Empire beneath Lonely Cloud Peak, leaving him wondering how rapidly his old acquaintance had risen to power.

• Bai Nai taunted the Ninth Order Contractor who had followed them until he finally left them alone.
• Zhongli showed a Mora Gold Coin to the entrance attendant, who recognized his status and escorted him and Bai Nai into the Void Auction House.
• Bai Nai admired an expensive necklace while Zhongli said he wanted to auction some Mora.
• Zhongli noticed a lively painting by Bai'e and questioned the lobby manager about the artist.
• The lobby manager described Bai'e's world, the Liyue Empire, and the divine mountain, then offered further information without charging Zhongli.

Zhongli auctioned a chunk of Mora at the Void Auction House and learned from Hei Yu about the Liyue Realm, its powerful figures, and the legends surrounding Archons. He discovered that the Void Karma Fire had attacked the Liyue Realm two years earlier and that Narukami had killed 167 Ninth Order powerhouses.

• Zhongli showed Hei Yu a chunk of Mora, and Hei Yu examined it before arranging to auction it with a reduced fee and future services in exchange for Zhongli's exclusive business.
• Zhongli detected two questionable points in the contract, and Hei Yu explained them before telling Zhongli about the painter Bai'e and the Liyue Realm.
• Hei Yu described the Liyue Realm's divine figures, including Hua Banhao as its Geo God and Du Gu Bo as a former Grass God who had reached the pinnacle of Ninth Order.
• Zhongli questioned Hei Yu about how Archon lore had spread, and Hei Yu said the accounts originated in the Liyue Realm and that Archons were believed to inhabit a Tenth Order world.
• Hei Yu told Zhongli that Narukami had killed 167 Ninth Order powerhouses while fighting the Void Karma Fire, and that the Void Karma Fire had yet to recover from the battle two years earlier.

Zhongli learned why the Void factions fought over the wealthy Liyue Realm and how its Void Terminal protected it from invaders. Bai Nai revealed she had survived Void Karma Fire’s failed invasion and owned a Liyue Void Terminal, while Zhongli wondered how the empire had developed in his absence.

• Zhongli asked why three Void factions had targeted Liyue, and Bai Nai and Hei Yu explained that the realm controlled much of the Void’s rare metals and wealth.
• Bai Nai revealed that the Void Tree had once attacked Liyue, suffered heavy losses, and concealed the truth about its defeat.
• Bai Nai explained that Liyue required an approved pass or Void Terminal for entry and used a system built around Narukami to identify its people.
• Bai Nai produced a Liyue Void Terminal and revealed she had been Void Karma Fire’s sole survivor in the battle two years earlier.
• Bai Nai explained that Narukami’s strength had helped her survive, and Hei Yu concluded that Zhongli must also be an important figure.

Zhongli returned to the Liyue Realm with Bai Nai and learned that the Liyue Empire had become a major power, while realizing that Vortex Vanquisher could sustain its growth by drawing Geo Elemental Power from the Void. After reconnecting with his weapon and flying toward the empire, Zhongli sensed someone familiar approaching.

• Zhongli asked Bai Nai about the Liyue Empire, and she explained its growing strength and the limits facing a world-bound power.
• Zhongli concluded that Vortex Vanquisher could draw Geo Elemental Power from the Void and enable the creation of Mora, giving Liyue a lasting source of wealth.
• Zhongli and Bai Nai traversed back to the Liyue Realm, where Zhongli reconnected with Vortex Vanquisher and absorbed its power.
• Bai Nai sent Narukami a picture and video of Zhongli, but Narukami told her that he was not Barbatos and warned her to act cautiously around him.
• Zhongli and Bai Nai flew toward the Liyue Empire, and Zhongli sensed a familiar presence approaching.

Mo Yuqing attacked Zhongli as an illegal outsider, but Aserine intervened and revealed that her God's Eye had evolved into a God's Heart, making her a complete god. After Mo Yuqing withdrew, Zhongli reunited with Aserine, who asked when she could begin her final service.

• Mo Yuqing arrived in a fury, branded Zhongli an illegal invader, and attacked him with lightning and Mist Splitter Reforged.
• Zhongli blocked Mo Yuqing's strike with a Geo spear, while Bai Nai feared being caught in their fight.
• Aserine arrived behind her shield, protected Zhongli, and declared her unchanging devotion to her path as a Maid.
• Bai Nai recalled how Aserine's vast Geo shields had helped the Liyue Empire withstand more than three hundred Ninth Order Void experts two years earlier.
• Aserine revealed that her God's Eye had become a God's Heart, and Mo Yuqing left without continuing her attack.
• Zhongli welcomed Aserine back and asked about her years of training, and Aserine asked when she could perform her final service.

Zhongli reunited with Aserine, who offered Bai Nai money and a home away from him before taking him back to the Liyue Empire. Aserine then promised to take charge of their affairs and move forward with the relationship she had waited years for.

• Aserine recognized Bai Nai and offered her one hundred thousand Mora and a residence in Lonely Cloud Peak, while making clear that she would now look after Zhongli.
• Bai Nai accepted the offer and requested a home near the foot of Lonely Cloud Peak.
• Aserine warned Bai Nai not to trouble Zhongli, then took his hand and returned with him to the Liyue Empire.
• Zhongli reassured Aserine that she was irreplaceable, and she told him she wanted to give him everything during her remaining beautiful years.
• Aserine said she would resolve matters involving Mo Yuqing and step forward from the next day, then leaned against Zhongli as they looked toward the Liyue Empire.

Zhongli visited the Liyue Empire with Aserine, seeing how its Void Terminals and public services supported everyday life and hearing how the empire had grown from Spirit Hall. They returned to their home atop Lonely Cloud Peak, where Aserine said she had crucial things left to teach him.

• Aserine delegated Void Terminal production while she and Zhongli traveled through Liyue City.
• Aserine bought Potato Cakes using a Void Terminal and explained the empire’s efforts to provide opportunity and a decent life for ordinary people.
• Aserine told Zhongli that Spirit Hall had merged into the Liyue Empire, whose influence and resources surpassed those of the Heaven Dou and Star Luo Empires.
• Zhongli and Aserine returned to the summit residence on Lonely Cloud Peak, where the mountain’s accumulated Elemental Power supported the Liyue Realm’s growth.
• Aserine welcomed Zhongli home and said she needed to teach him crucial things, and the chapter ended with poetic imagery of their night together.

After being pulled through a space connected to the Void Terminal, Tang San arrived in the Star Dou Great Forest and met Huo Yuhao. He began helping Huo Yuhao by condensing a Spirit Ring and increasing its age, leaving Huo Yuhao to endure the pain.

• Tang San abandoned the Grass God's power and authority before the Void Terminal's energy pulled him into another space, leaving behind a Prayer Bead containing his memories.
• Tang San emerged in the Star Dou Great Forest, where he met Huo Yuhao and learned that he was in a world with far weaker Spirit Beasts than the Liyue Realm.
• Huo Yuhao asked Tang San to help him obtain his First Soul Ring, and Tang San offered to condense one instead of making him kill a Spirit Beast.
• Tang San placed a green Spirit Ring around Huo Yuhao and began increasing its age, while Huo Yuhao endured the growing pain and recalled his mother.

After Huo Yuhao absorbed a Spirit Ring strengthened by Tang San, Tang San discovered that the young man’s world had a Tang Sect founded by a version of himself with a very different history. He realized he was in a future that lacked the Liyue Empire and grew angry at the other Tang San’s choices, leaving his own identity and place in this unfamiliar world unresolved.

• Tang San praised Huo Yuhao’s endurance, then pulled a million-year Ice Silkworm from underground and sealed it in Huo Yuhao’s Sea of Spirit as a source of future Spirit Rings.
• Bei Bei and Tang Ya arrived, and Huo Yuhao showed them his emerald-green Spirit Ring while Tang San questioned them about the Tang Sect.
• Bei Bei described Tang San’s history, including his rise to godhood, and Tang San was stunned by how closely the story resembled his own life while differing in crucial ways.
• Tang San asked about the Liyue Empire and Zhongli, learned that neither was known in this world, and gave his name as Tang Yin.
• After hearing that the other Tang San had destroyed Spirit Hall and Slaughter City, then left mortal affairs after ascending to godhood, Tang San criticized his decisions and questioned why he had prevented the Heaven Dou Empire from unifying the continent.

Tang San joined the weakened Tang Sect after demonstrating the Azure God Vine’s immense power and offering to teach the Ring Absorption Method. As Tang Ya explained the sect’s decline and its rule that the Sect Master must have the Blue Silver Grass Martial Soul, Tang San was left shocked by the rule’s absurdity.

• Tang San asked to join the Tang Sect, but Bei Bei first asked about his background and strength.
• Tang San said he had no Spirit Rings, then summoned powerful Azure God Vines to prove his strength and explained his Ring Absorption Method.
• Tang San used his Void Terminal to investigate Shrek Academy and learned that it was a mediocre school in his own world, unlike the continent’s top academy here.
• Tang San offered to share the Ring Absorption Method if Tang Ya let him join and study the Tang Sect’s manuals, and Tang Ya accepted him.
• Tang San asked why the Tang Sect had declined, and Tang Ya said its Sect Master had to possess the Blue Silver Grass Martial Soul.
• Tang San reacted with disbelief and humiliation at the rule, questioning the judgment of the Tang San who had founded the sect.

Tang San joined the Tang Sect, gave Tang Ya and Bei Bei the Ring Absorption Method, and accepted Huo Yuhao as his student. After teaching Huo Yuhao All-Pervading Heavenly Attraction, Tang San denied Huo Yuhao’s suspicion that he came from the future Tang Sect.

• Tang San joined the Tang Sect after Tang Ya explained why Blue Silver Grass had to be its inherited Martial Soul, and Huo Yuhao also agreed to join for the chance to enter Shrek Academy.
• Tang Ya gave Tang San the Mysterious Heaven Treasure Record, but he found its techniques almost unchanged from ten thousand years earlier and passed it to Huo Yuhao.
• Tang San gave Tang Ya and Bei Bei Canned Knowledge containing the Ring Absorption Method, then stayed behind with Huo Yuhao while they left to obtain Spirit Rings.
• Huo Yuhao described how his Spirit Eyes had become the Eye of Life, with locking and plant-creation abilities, and Tang San asked him to become his student.
• Tang San gave Huo Yuhao single-use Canned Knowledge containing All-Pervading Heavenly Attraction, and Huo Yuhao noticed its resemblance to Crane Control Capturing Dragon.
• Huo Yuhao wondered whether Tang San came from the future Tang Sect, but Tang San denied it.

Tang San secretly took control of Tang Ya’s Blue Silver Grass during her battle with a thousand-year Mandala Snake and demonstrated how to strengthen it through entanglement. He explained that disciplined control could help Blue Silver Grass evolve into Azure Vine, then used a hidden vine to wound the snake and introduced a new way to use Parasitism.

• Tang Ya and Bei Bei fought the thousand-year Mandala Snake, but Tang Ya’s Blue Silver Grass could not catch it and Bei Bei’s lightning attacks were weakened by its poisonous mist.
• Tang San took control of Tang Ya’s Martial Soul and Spirit Rings, using her Entanglement skill to twist the Blue Silver Grass into stronger bundles that blocked the snake and drove it back.
• Tang San told Tang Ya that strengthening Blue Silver Grass through spiritual power and control could lead it to evolve into Azure Vine, and Tang Ya thanked him.
• Tang San continued controlling the vines, pierced the Mandala Snake’s eye with a concealed vine, and told Tang Ya that this was how Parasitism was used.

Tang Ya killed the Mandala Snake under Tang San’s remote control, learned that Blue Silver Grass could evolve into Azure Vine, and began absorbing its Spirit Ring. Tang San then guided Huo Yuhao through mastering All-Pervading Heavenly Attraction and confronting the dark power in his Spirit Eyes, which awakened as he merged with it.

• Tang San triggered the parasitic seed in the Mandala Snake’s brain, and Tang Ya’s Martial Soul destroyed the beast from within.
• Tang Ya discovered she could absorb the Mandala Snake’s Spirit Ring and told Bei Bei that Tang Yin had explained Blue Silver Grass’s potential to evolve into Azure Vine.
• Tang Ya and Bei Bei concluded that Tang Yin came from another world and vowed to grow stronger before Bei Bei guarded Tang Ya as she began absorbing the Spirit Ring.
• Huo Yuhao used All-Pervading Heavenly Attraction to pull a stone toward himself, and Tang San questioned him about the hatred reflected in his power.
• Huo Yuhao explored the darkness beneath his vitality, rejected the black figure’s temptation to act out his painful memories, and chose to master the power himself.
• Huo Yuhao merged with the black figure’s darkness, cried out in agony, and awakened the Spirit Eye’s true power.

Tang San helped Huo Yuhao awaken the power in his eyes and gave him an extract to strengthen his bloodline, while Huo Yuhao resolved to destroy the Duke's Mansion. Tang San detected the original Tang San spying from the God Realm and uncovered his plans involving a child and a divine beast cub, leaving him angry at the damage the god had done to the Douluo World.

• Tang San sensed that Huo Yuhao's dark power came from a soul fragment that had merged into his consciousness during Tang San's arrival in the world.
• Huo Yuhao opened his eyes transformed by intertwined vitality and darkness, and Tang San gave him a diluted bloodline extract made from a powerful expert's remains.
• Huo Yuhao recalled his mother's suffering and vowed to destroy the Duke's Mansion, while Tang San clarified that the extract would strengthen his eye bloodline rather than directly raise his Soul Power.
• Tang San caught the original Tang San spying from the God Realm and frightened him by directing his gaze across the worlds.
• Tang San discovered that the original Tang San had altered a child's memories and placed his divine sense inside a divine beast cub, and he blamed the god's selfishness for hindering the Douluo World's development.

Liyue Tang San traveled to the Douluo God Realm, learned how Douluo Tang San had destroyed the Angel God's inheritance and the Rakshasa God, and gave the Angel God a Seed of Light. He then confronted Douluo Tang San and the assembled gods, introducing himself as Tang Yin and revealing a Blue Silver Emperor.

• Liyue Tang San left Huo Yuhao to study and flew through the world barrier into the Douluo God Realm.
• Liyue Tang San found the Angel God and learned that Douluo Tang San had destroyed both her inheritor's divine position and the Rakshasa God.
• Liyue Tang San gave the Angel God a Seed of Light, and she asked him to take her away from the God Realm.
• Liyue Tang San confronted Douluo Tang San, Xiao Wu, and the other gods, but gave his name as Tang Yin.
• Liyue Tang San overwhelmed the God of Destruction with his aura and summoned a Blue Silver Emperor from his palm.

Tang San of the Liyue Realm overwhelmed Tang San of the Douluo World and condemned him for exploiting Spirit Beasts despite his own Spirit Beast heritage. The confrontation ended with the Douluo Tang San battered and confused as the other Tang San accused him of persecuting the Fate Divine Beast and scheming against the Child of the World.

• Tang San of the Liyue Realm criticized Tang San of the Douluo World for relying on inherited powers and failing to develop his Martial Souls, then demonstrated the Azure God Vine’s immense potential.
• Tang San of the Douluo World attacked with Unfixed Storm and a blood-red slash in his twin-god form, but the Azure God Vines blocked and absorbed both attacks.
• The Goddess of Life and the God of Destruction recognized how vastly stronger Tang San of the Liyue Realm was, and the God of Destruction urged her to flee.
• Tang San of the Liyue Realm used All-Pervading Heavenly Attraction to pull Tang San of the Douluo World close and shattered his Asura God Armor with one punch.
• Tang San of the Liyue Realm accused Tang San of the Douluo World of exploiting the Fate Divine Beast and scheming against the Child of the World despite his family’s Spirit Beast bloodline.

Tang San of the Liyue Realm rejected Tang San of the Douluo World’s excuses and unleashed the Azure God Vine against the God Realm. In the mortal realm, Huo Yuhao learned Shrek Academy’s requirements and prepared to reach the required Soul Power level before his assessment.

• Tang San of the Liyue Realm accused Tang San of the Douluo World of restricting soul beasts to preserve the gods’ power.
• Tang San of the Douluo World blamed his predecessors, disappointing Tang San of the Liyue Realm.
• Tang San of the Liyue Realm unleashed Grass Element energy and sent the Azure God Vine to attack the God Realm.
• Tang Ya explained Shrek Academy’s Control System and Soul Guidance Department to Huo Yuhao.
• Tang Ya told Huo Yuhao that he needed to be at least level fifteen for Shrek Academy’s outer court assessment in three months.
• Huo Yuhao accepted the challenge and resolved to cultivate quickly with Teacher Tang Yin’s extraction fluid.