Chapter Summaries

Yuanfang and Pridhan defeated two Stick Figure Nightmares, and Pridhan recovered memories of training under Long Night after choosing to stay at its temple. They continued down the nightmare route, with Yuanfang learning the Stick Figure Nightmares came from one of Pridhan’s past journeys.

• Yuanfang reversed the nightmare transition after Pridhan could not fall asleep, then placed the taboo on the downhill path guarded by two Stick Figure Nightmares.
• Pridhan transformed into his nightmare form and helped Yuanfang defeat the two Stick Figure Nightmares, which dropped a hood and Nightmare Fluid.
• The gray fog dispersed, revealing temples, altars, and enormous books that vanished when Yuanfang tried to touch them.
• Pridhan recalled that he had chosen to stay at a Long Night temple and cultivate after receiving guidance about a promise he had made with Long Night.
• Pridhan explained that the Stick Figure Nightmares came from a dangerous journey where he encountered races that created creatures from paintings, and Yuanfang urged him onward.

Yuanfang and Pridhan fought through increasingly powerful nightmares as Pridhan recovered memories of the Long Night and learned the promise behind his existence. After reaching the Eternal Powerful Blaze, Pridhan revealed that he was an incarnation born from a drop of blood, and he named Blazing Furnace as the realm beyond Spirit Combustion.

• Yuanfang and Pridhan defeated nightmare monsters while Pridhan shared memories that showed how the Long Night shaped lives and powers.
• After they defeated the Colossus Nightmare, Pridhan recalled the promise and told Yuanfang he understood it.
• Pridhan remembered reaching the Long Night Temple and being congratulated on attaining the Eternal Powerful Blaze.
• The Long Night revealed that Pridhan was a drop of blood left behind as an incarnation to fulfill a promise.
• Yuanfang considered the promise and the Long Night Kindling's mysterious Brother, then asked Pridhan about the realm beyond Spirit Combustion.
• Pridhan answered that the next realm was Blazing Furnace.

Yuanfang learned more about Pridhan’s memories and chose to pause their Nightmare route so Pridhan could rest. Meanwhile, players discussed the Ugly Elder encounter, and Spirit Candle Big Loser revealed that the boss had persuaded him to hesitate long enough to kill him.

• Pridhan explained the Constant Flame ignition point and said he had accepted his fate for a reason he could no longer remember.
• Yuanfang learned that Pridhan still sensed dormant memories about Long Night, but could not reveal more about its deeper entanglements.
• Seeing Pridhan’s exhaustion and the approaching morning, Yuanfang stopped exploring and temporarily bid him farewell.
• Players discussed the Ugly Elder, and several explained that he had maintained the forest and that Avadolan had once been beautiful.
• Spirit Candle Big Loser said the Ugly Elder had convinced him to question his judgment during their fight, giving her a chance to kill him.

Players debated the trial and Barren Shadow, while many fixated on her appearance. I'm So Tough killed Kainara, triggering her grotesque second phase, and the chapter ended with players reacting to the revelation that her beautiful form concealed an ugly monster.

• Players joked about exploring a desert mass grave and argued over Barren Shadow and the trial’s possible choices.
• Many players praised Kainara’s beauty, while others discussed whether to trust her or Ugly Elder.
• Some players attacked Ugly Elder, while others fought Barren Shadow and discovered she was a powerful boss with a second phase.
• I'm So Tough beheaded Kainara, who transformed into the grotesque Ugly Past · Kainara and gained greater strength and fear skills.
• I'm So Tough killed Kainara, whose last words lamented that she still did not deserve everyone’s affection.
• Players mocked the difference between Kainara’s beautiful and monstrous forms.

Players struggled against Chaos Without Form and debated whether the trial was about judging good and evil. Li Miao and Landfall posted their discovery of the hidden fissure route, leaving players to argue over the trial’s purpose and Long Night Kindling’s choices.

• Players found that sacrificing a heart summoned Chaos Without Form, whose attacks changed according to whether they had killed the Ugly Elder or Barren Shadow.
• Players noticed the fissure closed when Chaos Without Form appeared and wondered whether it concealed another route.
• Li Miao and Landfall posted their account of the hidden route, revealing that players had to jump off a cliff to reach it.
• Players realized the trial’s deeper challenge was to think clearly rather than simply judge good and evil.
• Players argued over whether Long Night Kindling had acted kindly toward the Ugly Elder and Kainara.

The Prison Players compared their findings from the Long Night Domain while Rogue learned the approximate location of the Voracious Virgin and considered a future attack. Chaman summoned Rogue to the Suspended Sun Frost Tower, explaining that Xilugaron wanted to see him.

• The Prison Players discussed their exploration rewards, Spirit Candle's ignition ranks, and the mysteries surrounding Pridhan.
• Rogue received a message that revealed the Voracious Virgin's approximate location in the Dark Boundary and decided to seek its exact coordinates after the players finished exploring the Long Night Domain.
• Rogue reviewed the players' progress and returned to managing Candlewood Island and its many players.
• Chaman summoned Rogue to the Suspended Sun Frost Tower and told him that Xilugaron wished to see him.

Rogue helped Xilugaron suppress a sudden flare of corruption, then warned her not to face future episodes alone. In the Long Night Domain, Li Miao and Landfall reached the third trial and encountered the unstable Meteorite Fall, Xigbawa.

• Rogue entered the Suspended Sun Frost Tower and found Xilugaron struggling to suppress the corruption in her left arm.
• Rogue lent Xilugaron his power, but his inspection revealed no way to safely remove the corruption, which had become intertwined with the force sustaining her.
• Xilugaron said the corruption had begun stirring in an unfamiliar way, and Rogue urged her to inform Chaman if it flared again.
• After preparing beside the Spirit Candle, Li Miao and Landfall set out through the void and reached the third trial ground.
• Li Miao and Landfall discovered that the trial target was Meteorite Fall · Xigbawa, whose rank and level appeared as question marks in an unstable state.
• Li Miao reasoned that Xigbawa was probably beatable, though its unusual nature made it different from ordinary bosses.

Li Miao and Landfall tested the Meteorite Fall with summons, then launched an attack after Nigar Remnant Soul appeared evenly matched with it. The Meteorite Fall turned toward them and triggered a strange mental effect, leaving both men with thoughts about the abilities they feared it might have.

• Li Miao told Landfall to set up scrolls and traps while the Meteorite Fall remained dormant.
• Li Miao summoned Nigar Remnant Soul and Landfall sent a Thief Phantom to scout; the Meteorite Fall attacked them when they approached.
• Nigar Remnant Soul dodged the Meteorite Fall's lash and fought it evenly, while the Thief Phantom was destroyed.
• Li Miao and Landfall charged toward the Meteorite Fall, preparing themselves and launching a powerful assault.
• The Meteorite Fall turned its mirror-like side toward them and made them hear a strange sound that drew out their fears about its abilities.

Meteorite Fall turned the fighters’ fears into abilities, splitting in two and using teleportation and percentage-based damage to overwhelm Landfall and Li Miao. Landfall sacrificed himself to unleash Saint’s Fire Aspect and Long Night, urging Li Miao to kill the other Meteorite Fall before he died.

• Landfall and Li Miao’s attacks failed to harm Meteorite Fall, which then asked what attacks they feared most.
• Meteorite Fall split into two entities and attacked Landfall and Li Miao with powerful strikes, including teleportation and percentage-based damage.
• Li Miao suspected Meteorite Fall’s abilities were shaped by their thoughts, but both fighters continued to lose health under pressure.
• Landfall unleashed Saint’s Fire Aspect and Long Night, then shouted for Li Miao to kill the Meteorite Fall attacking him.
• Meteorite Fall impaled Landfall with spikes from spatial rifts, and his health reached zero.

Landfall’s Dragon Starfall unexpectedly killed the Meteorite Fall after it repeatedly flipped its mirror surface, leaving Landfall and Li Miao baffled. Li Miao asked Landfall to explain what he had been thinking and concluded he knew why the boss had died.

• Landfall’s Dragon Starfall continued after his death, but the two Meteorite Falls merged back into one.
• The Meteorite Fall turned its mirror toward Landfall’s Wax Ash and remained still as the meteors struck around it.
• As Landfall hurried back toward Li Miao, the Meteorite Fall flipped over and back, and a Dragon Starfall hit and killed it.
• Landfall and Li Miao inspected the shattered body and wondered why the Meteorite Fall had not used its formless ability.
• Li Miao questioned Landfall about his thoughts during the fight and said he knew how the Meteorite Fall had died.

Li Miao explained how the Meteorite Fall had used questions planted in their thoughts to alter its abilities and target Landfall. He suspected the creature had reverted to its original form because its power required it to reflect an enemy capable of thought, though its exact motives remained unclear.

• Landfall returned after the Spirit Candle pulled his wandering soul back and questioned Li Miao about the boss's death and missing candle wax.
• Li Miao explained that the Meteorite Fall had changed its abilities based on answers it drew from their thoughts.
• Landfall realized the creature's mirrored sides had used his fears to shape its attacks and target him.
• Li Miao reasoned that the Meteorite Fall's ability had limits and that the creature likely acted on instinct.
• Li Miao concluded that the Meteorite Fall had to reflect an enemy capable of thought before it could use its ability.

Li Miao explained that the Meteorite Fall had frozen because its ability targeted Landfall’s thoughtless Wax Ash and received no feedback, allowing Dragon Starfall to kill it. After inspecting the monster’s drops, Li Miao and Landfall headed toward the next trial, where they noticed something strange just before lighting the Spirit Candle.

• Li Miao explained that the Meteorite Fall had revealed Landfall’s Wax Ash but got no response because Landfall was dead and the Wax Ash had no thoughts.
• Landfall realized the Meteorite Fall’s ability had stalled from an underlying code conflict, leaving the monster vulnerable to Dragon Starfall.
• Landfall collected the drops, and Li Miao took the Defense Mind Shattered Mirror Fragment while Landfall tried and discarded the Extraterrestrial Flagellum.
• Li Miao read the Sigbawa Story Slip, which described a wise man who went insane after gaining the ability to sense others’ thoughts.
• Li Miao and Landfall set off toward the next trial, but noticed something strange just before lighting the Spirit Candle.

Li Miao and Landfall discovered a one-eyed cat called Otis, which showed Landfall a vision of the starry sky and delivered a message from Long Night Kindling about the dangers of Meteorite Chaos. Li Miao also heard the message and began considering what it revealed about the trial’s Meteorite Fall boss.

• Li Miao and Landfall found a black one-eyed cat beside an obsidian pool, and Landfall petted it.
• The cat’s power drew Landfall into a dark space, where he saw a vast universe and a suffering creature being consumed by bizarre things.
• The one-eyed cat spoke in a young woman’s voice, warning that the beings from the starry sky would bring hunger and destruction, and saying meteorites were only an omen.
• The cat identified itself as Otis and said Long Night Kindling had left it to let successors glimpse the starry sky.
• Landfall returned to Li Miao and described what he had seen; Li Miao petted Otis and heard the same message.
• Li Miao concluded that the words came from Long Night Kindling and connected the warning about the starry sky to the Meteorite Fall trial boss.

Li Miao interpreted Long Night Kindling’s message as evidence of its regrets, worries, and care for the world, concluding that it had humanity. After discovering that the starry sky had shattered too, he and Landfall discussed preparing for the next trial.

• Li Miao analyzed Long Night Kindling’s message while Landfall focused on its pleasant voice and speculated about its gender.
• Li Miao considered Long Night Kindling’s apologies and concern for the world and concluded that it had humanity.
• Li Miao used One-Eyed Cat Otis to inspect the pool again and saw that the starry sky had shattered at its boundary.
• One-Eyed Cat Otis fell asleep and vanished when Li Miao tried to pet it, suggesting its peering ability had limits.
• Li Miao and Landfall discussed facing the Long Slumbering Soul trial, and Li Miao suggested restoring Body of Shattered Kindling before proceeding.

Yuanfang and Pridhan battled Deep Nightmare, which repeatedly revived from the dense nightmare fog. Yuanfang tricked the creature into focusing on a decoy and entered the fog, while Pridhan continued fighting to suppress it.

• Yuanfang found that Deep Nightmare kept reviving, apparently drawing power from the dense nightmare fog it guarded.
• Yuanfang decided to reach the fog while Pridhan distracted the monster, and Pridhan intensified his attacks to create an opening.
• Yuanfang sent a Light and Shadow Division decoy charging toward the fog, making Deep Nightmare attack it while Pridhan tried to intervene.
• Yuanfang used Miteros Displacement to appear beside the fog, then stepped inside as Deep Nightmare realized it had been tricked.
• Pridhan noticed Yuanfang at the fog, resumed using the furnace to fight, and focused on suppressing Deep Nightmare.

Yuanfang reached Pridhan inside the nightmare mist, where Pridhan had nearly fused with the nightmare’s source and recovered memories of his past. Those memories revealed how Pridhan met Fexilo, whose dream-body’s power later ran wild and awakened something hidden in Pridhan’s bloodline.

• Yuanfang reached for the cross-legged figure as the Deep Nightmare broke through, but the figure awakened and shattered the nightmare mist, drawing Pridhan into itself.
• Pridhan explained that his outer body had been a manifestation of his spirit and that he had nearly become one with the nightmare’s source.
• Pridhan remembered the Long Night Kindling releasing him from Dusk’s promise and telling him to seek the meaning of existence and self-burning.
• Pridhan stayed in the Long Night temple and befriended Fexilo, a mysterious, beautiful person who browsed its records and challenged Pridhan to guess his gender.
• Fexilo’s dream-body suddenly lost control of its gray power, and the disturbance stirred the power hidden in Pridhan’s bloodline.

Fexilo explained that his uncontrollable Night Terror threatened the world if he became a God of Kindling, and asked Pridhan to suppress it so he could pursue his dream of creating a peaceful era. Pridhan agreed on the condition that Fexilo tell him what the Dusk Giant did to wrong Long Night Kindling, leaving Fexilo hesitant to answer.

• After regaining control, Fexilo apologized to Pridhan and asked him to help for the sake of future living beings.
• Fexilo recounted his origins in the Black Night Epoch, his power over Nightmare, and the Night Terror trait that made him rampage.
• Fexilo explained that Pridhan’s Dusk Giant’s True Blood could suppress Night Terror, though Long Night Kindling had opposed involving Pridhan.
• Fexilo pleaded with Pridhan to help him become Kindling and create an era of happiness and peace.
• Pridhan agreed to help if Fexilo truthfully explained what happened at the end of the Dusk Era and how the Dusk Giant wronged Long Night Kindling.
• Fexilo hesitated when Pridhan asked about the Dusk Giant’s actions.

Fexilo promised to free Pridhan from the nightmare but kept the Dusk Giant’s secret until after the Long Night Era. Pridhan explained that Fexilo sealed the matter near the Nightmare Bridge, and asked Yuanfang to help uncover why Fexilo never returned to free him.

• Fexilo refused to reveal what the Dusk Giant had done, but promised to tell Pridhan after the Long Night Era ended.
• Pridhan agreed to Fexilo’s request after seeing that he would keep his promise, and Fexilo vowed to free him from the nightmare.
• Fexilo told Pridhan that his gender changed whenever he awoke from the dream state.
• Pridhan told Yuanfang that Fexilo had extracted someone’s evil for Long Night, but had refused to explain more.
• Pridhan said Fexilo had sealed the Dusk Giant matter near the Nightmare Bridge and that Long Night Kindling might be able to break the seal.
• Pridhan told Yuanfang that he could sense Fexilo had been prevented from fulfilling his promise, and asked for Yuanfang’s help.

Yuanfang learned from Pridhan that Long Night had arranged for his awakening and received a pendant and a new Spell Art before Pridhan fell asleep. He reunited with Li Miao and Landfall, and the three prepared to face the Long Slumbering Soul.

• Pridhan explained that Long Night had arranged his awakening and that leaving the Shattered World would kill him.
• Pridhan gave Yuanfang the Nightmare Giant Pendant and taught him Pridhan's Forge before falling asleep.
• Li Miao received Yuanfang's reply and sent him the group's location.
• Yuanfang learned that Landfall's Body of Shattered Kindling had weakened and proposed trying the battle before restarting it.
• Yuanfang, Li Miao, and Landfall began preparing their battle plan and items.

Li Miao, Yuanfang, and Landfall reached the final star and encountered the Soul of Long Slumber, a monstrous being that had fused the bloodlines of countless trial takers. Their attacks barely lowered its enormous health, and it began preparing to retaliate.

• Li Miao, Yuanfang, and Landfall entered the final star and felt the Soul of Long Slumber’s oppressive presence.
• The Soul of Long Slumber revealed that it had devoured passing trial takers to acquire their bloodlines and threatened to kill the group.
• Yuanfang told Li Miao and Landfall to test the creature, and Landfall struck it with Miteros Torrent while Li Miao and Yuanfang fired arrows.
• The attacks damaged the Soul of Long Slumber only slightly, revealing its immense endurance as it continued trampling the ground.
• The Soul of Long Slumber turned its attention to Landfall, praised the strength of its supreme bloodlines, and extended a skull-like object that split open.