Chapter Summaries

The Succubus race sealed the passage into the deeper levels of the Twilight Abyss and killed an Orc commander who challenged the restriction. Bufeng and a Dragonman discussed the growing power struggles, while Biers was already on the third level and the Elf Xilos had recently appeared.

• The Succubi sealed entry to the lower levels while allowing those below the third level to leave, provoking protests from the gathered races.
• A Succubus killed a porcupine Orc vanguard commander after he questioned the restriction, frightening the crowd into silence.
• The Succubi left for the central second level, and the Orcs mourned their slain commander as other races feared the repercussions.
• A Dragonman asked Bufeng to assess the restriction, and Bufeng reflected on the Succubus race's bold actions and the recent emergence of the Elf Xilos.
• The Dragonman blamed the Orc race's arrogance and said their powerful members would have prevented the Succubi from acting unchecked.

Bufeng warned the Dragonman against seeking revenge on the Orcs and urged him to investigate the larger danger facing the Shadow World. Shen Yi and the others entered the Twilight Abyss’s third level, where Fei Mi explained that Lilith’s Distant Thought anchored the realm’s flowing rules.

• Bufeng told the Dragonman that the current crisis made revenge against the Orcs dangerous and that the Dragonman race’s recent loss was not the main concern.
• The Dragonman realized Kolun’s warning might signal a grave threat and hurried back to his clan to confirm what was happening.
• Shen Yi and the others entered the third level, where Fei Mi felt at home and Shimada Yukimi said the realm suppressed her power by thirty percent.
• Shen Yi noticed the level held far fewer creatures than the first two and spotted a blue orb hanging above its center.
• Fei Mi identified the orb as Lilith’s Distant Thought, which served as the Twilight Abyss’s anchor and gave the realm flowing rules.

Shen Yi's group explored the third layer of the Twilight Abyss, where they learned about the Blue Moon and the dangerous Si Luo Flowers. Their encounter was interrupted by Biers, who mistook the group for newly promoted elves and charged toward them.

• Fei Mi explained that the Blue Moon marked the flow of time throughout the Twilight Abyss and identified the nearby plant as a Si Luo Flower that caused sensory rampage.
• Wen Ke'er touched a Si Luo Flower and suffered its side effect, then flew at Fei Mi, while Shimada Yukimi watched them both become overloaded.
• Shimada Yukimi asked Shen Yi for permission to collect flowers for Winnie, and Shen Yi used spatial power to remove a large patch of Si Luo Flowers.
• Biers arrived at the third layer, noticed Shen Yi's group, mistook them for elves sent by Xilos, and flew toward them to inspect them.
• Nearby creatures feared Biers and warned that her attack could turn the third layer upside down.

Biers of the Orc race confronted Shen Yi, Wen Ke'er, Shimada Yukimi, and Fei Mi in the Twilight Abyss, attacking before stopping to question them. She became fascinated by Shen Yi's appearance, while Fei Mi explained that Biers had been holding back and her approach had not counted as an attack.

• Onlookers watched as Biers arrived at the Twilight Abyss Third Layer, and Shen Yi's system identified her as the second of the Three Orc Heroes.
• Biers charged at the group, but Wen Ke'er raised roots to stop her, and their powers clashed, destroying the nearby Si Luo Flowers.
• Biers halted, asked Wen Ke'er who she was, and mocked her power and aura.
• Shen Yi calmly asked Biers what she wanted, and Biers remarked on his looks before appearing beside him to inspect him.
• Wen Ke'er nearly attacked Biers, but Shimada Yukimi held her back, and Fei Mi explained that Biers had been restraining her power.

Biers, an Orc champion, approached Shen Yi and revealed that she wanted the Pure Spirit. Fei Mi explained that it was an absolute means of purification, leaving the group wondering why Xilos wanted it.

• Biers shed her flames and closely examined Shen Yi, questioning how someone with such a young life force reached the Twilight Abyss Third Layer.
• Fei Mi identified Biers as one of the Orc race's three great champions, renowned as a powerhouse second only to a mysterious being.
• Biers touched Shen Yi and said she might have persuaded her big brother to hand over the Pure Spirit if Xilos had introduced him sooner.
• Shen Yi used an invisible force to push Biers away, while the group discussed her request through their Mental Link.
• Fei Mi explained that the Pure Spirit came into being alongside Lady Lilith and was meant for purification taken to the absolute limit.

Fei Mi explained that the Spirit of Purity could remove outside powers without side effects, possibly restoring Wen Ke'er to her original form, and that only six were known to exist. Biers offered to bring out her clan's Spirit of Purity, but Shen Yi and the others suspected they wanted something from them, while Biers flirted with Shen Yi.

• Fei Mi told Wen Ke'er that the Spirit of Purity might have prevented her transformation or could still restore her original body.
• Fei Mi explained that the rare item stripped away external powers and said only six Spirits of Purity were known to exist.
• Shen Yi questioned why Biers would offer her clan's Spirit of Purity, and Fei Mi and Wen Ke'er struggled to hide their interest.
• Biers suggested Shen Yi might be attracted to her beauty and flirted with him, making Fei Mi and Wen Ke'er uncomfortable.

Biers tried to recruit Shen Yi and his companions, then became fascinated by Shimada Yukimi and offered help for the elves in exchange for her serving as a bridge to the Orc race. She left after warning Fei Mi that others might target the two elves.

• Biers revealed her human form and openly admired Shimada Yukimi's beauty.
• Shimada Yukimi knocked Biers's hand away, but Biers responded with greater interest rather than anger.
• Biers offered pure spirit to help ease the elves' condition if Shimada Yukimi would visit the Orc race and act as a bridge between the races.
• Shen Yi told Shimada Yukimi through the Mental Link to postpone the discussion, but Fei Mi angrily interrupted Biers.
• Biers mocked Fei Mi for caring about the elves, warned her to guard them from others, and flew away.

Fei Mi led Shen Yi, Wen Ke'er, and Shimada Yukimi deeper into the Twilight Abyss, where its crushing suppression overwhelmed Shimada Yukimi until Shen Yi used a new domain ability to protect her. The group then spotted a powerful gray creature, and Fei Mi identified it as a True Demon, leaving them to confront the mystery of how such beings could die in the Abyss.

• After Biers left, Fei Mi explained that she had used the Succubus race’s influence to avoid a fight with her, and the group continued toward their destination.
• At a vast fissure, Wen Ke'er noted that the Twilight Abyss’s suppression was more intense than the pressure they had encountered before.
• Shimada Yukimi saw visions of beautiful things falling into ruin, and Winnie urged her to close her eyes as the Abyss’s pressure overwhelmed her.
• Shen Yi used a new domain ability to suppress the golden light in Shimada Yukimi’s eyes and ease the pressure on her.
• Shen Yi noticed a fast-moving gray creature watching the group, and Fei Mi identified it as a True Demon.
• Fei Mi told Wen Ke'er and Shimada Yukimi that even powerful creatures could die in the Twilight Abyss.

Fei Mi explained how the Twilight Abyss’s deeper layers contained small worlds where dying True Demons sought rebirth and powerful beings remained hidden. She revealed dozens of unexplored or occupied spaces, leaving Shen Yi and the others to grasp why the Abyss was called a final resting place.

• Fei Mi explained that many dying True Demons entered the Twilight Abyss hoping to find a new chance at life.
• Fei Mi crushed an ancient bone fragment and called the Abyss a shared graveyard of the Shadow World’s strongest beings.
• Fei Mi revealed that the Third Layer and deeper regions contained unique spaces shaped by their proximity to Lady Lilith, where private fights could destabilize them.
• Fei Mi said the rare things Shen Yi had consumed came from a dead True Demon’s remains, which a Succubus had destroyed.
• Fei Mi showed Shen Yi, Wen Ke'er, and Shimada Yukimi countless connected small worlds and said many contained powerful beings, including thirteen with auras at least as strong as Wen Ke'er’s or Fei Mi’s.

Wen Ke'er, Fei Mi, Shen Yi, and Shimada Yukimi discussed the Twilight Abyss’s dangerous cycle and why desperate creatures still entered it. A Void Cage challenge sounded from the lower levels, drawing powerful auras and leaving Fei Mi startled by the unexpected fight.

• Wen Ke'er called the Twilight Abyss a scam after realizing that its seekers sustained its endless cycle.
• Fei Mi explained that creatures with no hope elsewhere still risked the Abyss, while Shen Yi and Shimada Yukimi questioned its dangers.
• Two booming signals from the Void Cage announced that someone had issued a challenge in the Twilight Abyss.
• Fei Mi identified the signal as coming from the lower levels, and more than a dozen powerful auras rushed toward it.
• A powerful aura probed Shen Yi and Shimada Yukimi, then recoiled, while Fei Mi turned solemn.

As Shen Yi and the others prepared to approach the ancient dragon appearing in the Twilight Abyss, Shimada Yukimi relayed Winnie's request for Dragon blood to strengthen her body. The group questioned the request, and Winnie silently cursed Fei Mi for doubting her knowledge.

• Fei Mi and Wen Ke'er noticed the ancient dragon's arrival and judged that its life force was fading despite its great strength.
• Shen Yi agreed to approach the dragon and told the women to communicate through Mental Link unless necessary.
• Shimada Yukimi hesitantly told Shen Yi that Winnie wanted to trade for Dragon blood.
• Shimada Yukimi explained that Winnie wanted to use the Dragon blood to strengthen her weak body.
• Fei Mi questioned whether Dragon blood had that effect, and Winnie silently cursed her as an idiot Succubus.

Shen Yi, Wen Ke'er, Fei Mi, and Shimada Yukimi reached the bottom of the Twilight Abyss, where a massive drum made from Dragon hide and the bones of an Orc Clan Leader stunned the gathered creatures. Fei Mi realized the display came from the being holding the Void Cage, and a figure emerged from the void after the drum sounded.

• Fei Mi warned Shen Yi, Wen Ke'er, and Shimada Yukimi not to fight or reveal Shen Yi's human identity as they descended to the bottom level.
• Shen Yi's group entered the bottom level and saw the Blue Moon and a huge drum being struck by two bone mallets.
• The creatures present identified the drumhead as Dragon hide and the mallets as the leg bones of an Orc Clan Leader from two generations earlier.
• Fei Mi explained that using Dragon hide would provoke the united Dragon race and said she had underestimated the being holding the Void Cage.
• The bone hammers struck the drum, and a figure slowly emerged from the void.

Shen Yi learned how the Void Cage worked as a mysterious figure revealed a hidden arena and announced the rules for its competition. The rules made the victor the absolute owner of the loser and threatened total destruction for anyone who broke them.

• A phantom appeared above the Blue Moon, and Fei Mi and the onlookers wondered who controlled the Void Cage.
• Shen Yi asked Fei Mi whether someone could force their way out of the Void Cage, and she explained it was a mutually created miniature world.
• Shen Yi said he had no plans to join the competition, while Wen Ke'er warned that acting could expose them to the powerful residents of the bottom layer.
• The phantom revealed a hidden barrier and announced that the competition concerned only the participants' personal grudge and could not be interfered with.
• The phantom declared that the victor would possess the loser's body and soul, that both sides had to surrender one-quarter of their Psionic Energy and soul power, and that rule breakers would be utterly destroyed.

Fei Mi and the spectators realized the Void Cage duel had no power restrictions as Biers faced a calm woman in the Twilight Abyss’s bottom layer. The woman wagered the Nether Moon Wheel against the Pure Spirit, leaving the onlookers stunned as the battle was about to begin.

• Spectators questioned the Void Cage rules, and Fei Mi confirmed that the duel had no power suppression, an unprecedented situation at the bottom layer.
• Shen Yi reassured Wen Ke'er that they could escape if anything went wrong.
• Biers and her opponent appeared in the Void Cage, and the gathered races recognized Biers and reacted with shock at her opponent’s arrival.
• The woman in the red dress calmly challenged Biers, offering the Nether Moon Wheel if she lost and demanding the Pure Spirit if she won.
• The spectators were stunned that the two treasures had been set as stakes.

The Nether Moon Wheel’s rarity and exchange value were discussed as Biers prepared to face Xilos in the Void Cage. Biers unleashed a powerful attack, but Xilos emerged unharmed, revealing Elemental Immunity.

• Fei Mi explained that the Nether Moon Wheel was exceptionally rare, costly to use, and chiefly valued for healing, while Shimada Yukimi noted that Biers and Xilos might each covet the other's offering.
• As the countdown ended, Biers's aura surged, but Shen Yi judged her borrowed power unstable and noticed that Xilos remained calm.
• Biers attacked Xilos with blazing explosions inside the Void Cage, drawing cries that the Orc and Elf races might fall out.
• Xilos emerged from the flames unharmed and dismissed the attack, prompting a shocked cry of "Elemental Immunity?!"

Tessa Xilos revealed overwhelming strength in the Void Cage and forced Biers to answer for the injuries Kolun suffered. After Biers threatened Xilos and the Elf race, Xilos engulfed her in devastating flames, while the onlookers noticed signs of Black Fog on Xilos.

• Tessa Xilos shattered the bubble shielding her and confronted Biers over her remarks about Kolun.
• Shimada Yukimi recognized that Tessa's power was nearly at the level of Elemental Immunity and judged Biers unable to match her.
• Tessa demanded to know whether the Orc race had injured Kolun, then burned Biers and broke both her arms when she resisted.
• Biers warned that Xilos would die without the pure spirit and that the Elf race would fall without her, so Xilos engulfed her in a blazing sun.
• Fei Mi and the other onlookers reacted to Xilos's immense power and suspected that Black Fog was affecting her.

Xilos overwhelmed Biers with crimson flames, but Biers provoked her by mentioning Kolun and the harm done to Xilos’s people. As Xilos’s fury intensified and Biers’s aura weakened, Fei Mi and Wen Ke’er discussed their past grudge and feared Biers might not survive.

• Xilos suppressed Biers and sent a strand of crimson flame to burn her inside the Void Cage.
• Biers mocked Xilos by comparing her to Kolun, causing Xilos’s fury to erupt and her flames to grow strong enough to shake the cage.
• Fei Mi recalled Xilos’s reputation as the Elf Clan Leader and wondered what Biers’s remark about Kolun meant.
• Fei Mi told Wen Ke’er that Biers and Xilos had a longstanding grudge, and that Biers had likely gone too far by involving Xilos’s kin.
• As Xilos’s flames continued to burn, Biers’s aura became listless, and Wen Ke’er worried she could not hold on much longer.

Xilos killed Biers with a pale grayish-white flame that destroyed the Void Cage, then declared her agreement with the masked figure void. As the crowd feared her, Xilos turned toward Shen Yi with a confused, imposing gaze.

• Shen Yi and Shimada Yukimi suspected that Biers and Xilos had staged their Void Cage duel to conceal another agreement.
• Biers taunted Xilos by mentioning Kolun, and Xilos formed a pale grayish-white flame that overwhelmed the Void Cage.
• Xilos's flame passed through Biers and destroyed the Void Cage, burning Biers to ash.
• Xilos declared that the agreement between her and the masked figure was void, and the figure withdrew her outstretched arm.
• The gathered beings feared Xilos, who turned her gaze toward Shen Yi.

Xilos destroyed the Void Cage and killed Biers, then confronted the Collector who demanded compensation for the broken agreement. After Xilos broke free of the Collector’s restraint, her power surged across the Twilight Abyss, leaving the Collector facing her question about what price they wanted her to pay.

• Xilos's flames erased Biers and destroyed the Void Cage, prompting the Collector to insist that she honor their agreement.
• The Collector demanded Psionic Energy and a Primordial Feather as compensation for Biers's death and the broken cage.
• Fei Mi told Shen Yi and Wen Ke'er that the Void Cage's controllers were called Collectors and were reputed to be exceptionally powerful.
• Xilos broke the ice mirror restraining her and asked the Collector what price they wanted her to pay.
• Xilos's aura erupted, eclipsing the Blue Moon and turning the bottom of the Twilight Abyss into a scorching hell.

Xilos drove her power so fiercely that the Twilight Abyss’s bottom layer nearly collapsed, forcing the woman with the ice mirror to escape through a spatial rift. Xilos then confronted Shen Yi’s group and threatened Wen Ke’er after sensing a strange aura on her.

• Xilos’s flames scorched the bottom layer and overwhelmed its inhabitants as she advanced on the woman holding the ice mirror.
• The woman shattered a grayish-black stone and escaped through a spatial rift that severed Xilos’s locked-on aura.
• Fei Mi marveled at Shen Yi’s precise protective field, while Wen Ke’er criticized Xilos for endangering everyone in the Twilight Abyss.
• Xilos withdrew some of her power, descended before Shen Yi’s group, and questioned why three elves were traveling with a succubus.
• Wen Ke’er offered to speak, but Xilos sensed an unusual aura on her and pressed a flaming sword to her neck, demanding an explanation.