Chapter Summaries

Xilos, Fei Mi, Winnie, and Shen Yi discussed the failing seals and discovered that the Blue Moon had left the Twilight Abyss, prompting concern about an ancient prophecy connected to Mother Goddess Lilith. Xilos explained the legends surrounding Lilith and the Twilight Abyss, while Winnie questioned whether its inhabitants had been searching for Lilith’s God's Remnants.

• Fei Mi suggested letting the seals on the Sources of Black Mist shatter before powerful people tried to seal them again, and Xilos warned that replacement seals would be weaker and unreliable.
• Xilos noticed the Blue Moon hanging above the Shadow World, and Fei Mi and Winnie recognized that it had left the Twilight Abyss, where it had stabilized the surrounding space.
• Fei Mi recalled a prophecy about the star and moon falling, Lilith’s dark soul being reforged, and ten thousand demons facing the heavens.
• Xilos explained that Lilith had created the Shadow World and its Spirit Vein, and that her remaining power and God's Remnant had been gathered in the Twilight Abyss.
• Winnie asked whether the inhabitants had stayed in the Twilight Abyss to search for Lilith’s God's Remnants.

Winnie and Shen Yi connected the Twilight Abyss, the Spirit Vein, and the souls of the dead to a possible plan by Lilith, then learned that the previous Elf Tree had been poisoned over a thousand years earlier. Winnie suspected the long-laid scheme was nearing its conclusion, perhaps accelerated by Shen Yi disrupting it.

• Winnie questioned why Lilith had made Xilos search the Twilight Abyss for God's Remnant and suggested the abyss gathered the souls and power of the dead.
• Shen Yi and Winnie connected the Spirit Vein, the Twilight Abyss, and the Seven-Petaled Polo Sha to a possible arrangement by Lilith.
• Winnie asked how the previous Elf Tree had died, and Xilos said it had withered more than a thousand years earlier.
• Xilos revealed that the Elf Tree had been poisoned and that the Clan Leaders had concealed its unnatural death while searching for the culprit.
• Shen Yi comforted Xilos, and Winnie suspected a scheme laid long ago was about to ensnare them or had been forced into action by Shen Yi.

Shen Yi challenged Xilos’s faith in Mother Goddess Lilith and suggested that the Shadow World’s decline and Twilight Abyss’s upheaval might have been deliberately engineered. Winnie’s accusation that the Elf race had not fallen into its current state by coincidence left Xilos facing deeper doubts.

• Winnie accused Xilos and Fei Mi of lacking sincere faith in Lilith and warned that the changes in Twilight Abyss and the Shadow World might have been designed.
• Shen Yi said he had suspected this possibility even before meeting Xilos, citing the widespread decline of the races and the rare materials needed to resurrect a creature below godhood.
• Shen Yi questioned why Lilith had never offered substantial help to the races or cared for the Elf race’s younger generations.
• Xilos said that merely having a suitable place to live was enough to make the Shadow World’s inhabitants grateful, while Fei Mi awakened and listened.
• Winnie rejected Xilos’s comparison between the Shadow World’s inhabitants and Shen Yi’s Shelter residents, then asked whether the Elf race’s current condition was truly a coincidence.

Fei Mi revealed that her memories of Mother Goddess Lilith and the Shadow World might have been tampered with, then showed Shen Yi and the others visions of a possible ancient conspiracy. The memories ended with a mysterious white-haired woman overseeing a long-term plan for her recovery and asking Isaac about the Elf race.

• Xilos rejected Winnie's suspicions about the Shadow World, though Shen Yi and Winnie's words made her doubt what she had believed about its past.
• Fei Mi said her memories concerning Mother Goddess Lilith showed signs of tampering and warned that the visions she shared might be false.
• Fei Mi showed memories of an ancient Shadow World rich in resources, where hidden figures discussed weakening the Elves and using other races to aid Lilith's recovery.
• A white-haired, red-eyed woman appeared in the memories, and Fei Mi said the Succubus race had no record of her.
• The woman heard that her plan was underway, the Source of Reversal had been buried, and a cradle had been prepared, then asked Isaac how matters with the Elf race were progressing.

Fei Mi explained that the Succubus race’s deepest memory had been sealed by a Restriction that could be opened only in a crisis. The memory showed a white-haired woman reshaping a planet, planting a root in its Spirit Vein, and sending away two rings before warning of an unknown threat beyond the world’s boundary.

• Shen Yi used his domain to shield Xilos, Fei Mi, and Winnie from the white-haired woman’s overwhelming pressure in the memory.
• Fei Mi revealed that breaking the Restriction had exhausted her Psionic Energy and that Succubus Clan Leaders had been warned not to open the memory unless their race faced extinction.
• The memory showed the white-haired woman splitting the planet’s landmasses and drawing energy from its Spirit Vein through a root from a gray vortex.
• The white-haired woman, gravely weakened, sent two remaining rings toward a distant point and said she had left a spark before an unknown force beyond the world’s boundary noticed her.
• Winnie asked what the rings and the unknown beings meant, while Fei Mi admitted she had never seen the memory before.

Fei Mi and the others realized that undoing the Restriction on the memory may have alerted every Succubus, but Xilos explained that Fei Mi’s unusual aura kept the clan from tracing her. Winnie then described the Great World and the deadly laws beyond its small worlds, leaving them to consider what the woman in the memory had meant by Beyond the World.

• Fei Mi reacted to the memory’s revelations about two rings that might prevent the Succubus race’s extinction.
• Shen Yi realized that undoing the Restriction might have alerted every Succubus, and Winnie and Shen Yi strengthened their concealment barrier.
• Xilos explained that Fei Mi’s aura was different and that the clan could not sense her unless she contacted them.
• Fei Mi confirmed that she could sense the clan but felt bitter about being called The Abandoned.
• Winnie explained how worlds and their barriers fit within the Great World, then suggested that Beyond the World might contain beings outside those barriers.
• Winnie said that beyond the world barriers, only the Great World’s brutal fundamental laws remained, and almost no living creature—not even gods—could survive there.

Winnie explained that the Black Fog might come from a dangerous realm beyond the world barrier, while Shen Yi's group decided to avoid the locked-down Twilight Abyss and investigate the Succubus race instead. Fei Mi revealed that she could exploit the current chaos to take control of her race, but would need Shen Yi's help to deal with its Clan Leader.

• Winnie said the Great World and the Black Fog's origins were unknown, and the threat might be more complicated than they had assumed.
• Xilos asked whether they would return to the Twilight Abyss, but Fei Mi warned that its lockdown made entering it too dangerous.
• Shen Yi decided they should visit the Succubus race to gather information about the Shadow World.
• Fei Mi explained that the Succubus Clan Leader could command other Succubi through their bloodline, and that her special status could bypass many of the race's defenses.
• Fei Mi said the current chaos offered a chance to take control of the Succubus race, but she needed Shen Yi's help to confront its Clan Leader.

Fei Mi led Shen Yi and the others to the hidden territory of the Succubus race, where they discovered a vast collection of rare treasures. When three Succubi confronted them, Fei Mi stopped them with her power and demanded to know where Tanamo was.

• Fei Mi gave Shen Yi the coordinates to the Succubus race's hidden territory, and Shen Yi teleported the group there after shielding them with mental defenses.
• Xilos and Winnie saw the territory's strange plants and rare treasures, including Hidden Star Grass, Heaven-Returning Sand, Sky-Mending Jade, and Phoenix Blood Essence.
• Fei Mi explained that Succubus Clan Leaders had collected the treasures over many generations and kept other Succubi from using them.
• Shen Yi sensed approaching figures, and Fei Mi told the others to let her confront the newcomers alone.
• Fei Mi stopped three approaching Succubi with her aura and asked where Tanamo was, but their leader challenged her for addressing the Clan Leader by name.

Fei Mi forced the Succubi to summon someone who could explain the clan’s secrets, and Dorian arrived claiming to know why Fei Mi had come. Dorian offered to show Fei Mi memories of the Succubus race, and Fei Mi began watching them after Shen Yi found no danger in the memory stone.

• Fei Mi crushed and injured three Succubi until they revealed nothing about Tanamo or her purpose.
• Dorian emerged through a spatial rift, and Xilos identified her as the strongest Succubus beneath Tanamo.
• Dorian said Tanamo was occupied and offered to take Fei Mi to learn the Succubus race’s origins and recent memories.
• Fei Mi questioned whether she could trust Dorian, who offered a stone containing memories from before Fei Mi lifted her memory restriction.
• Shen Yi sensed no unusual aura from the stone, so Fei Mi accepted it and began watching the memory with him and the others.

Fei Mi and Shen Yi confronted Tanamo in Succubus territory, with Fei Mi demanding control of the Succubus race. Tanamo hinted that the two strange rings were the real reason she had summoned them, leaving their purpose unresolved.

• Dorian invited Shen Yi's group and the three restrained Succubi to meet Tanamo, explaining that the clan leader had questions about recent events.
• Shen Yi teleported the group directly to the coordinates Dorian had provided, astonishing her with his power.
• Tanamo appeared on her throne and called Shen Yi's group heretics, prompting Xilos to challenge the label.
• Fei Mi introduced herself and demanded control of the Succubus race, offering to preserve Tanamo's former rights.
• Tanamo calmly asked whether Fei Mi was curious about the effects of the two strange rings she had brought out.

Shen Yi’s group confronted Tanamo to learn about the ring and the looming upheaval in the Shadow World, but she withheld information and made a provocative offer to Shen Yi. The chapter ended as Xilos objected to Tanamo’s proposal that he become king of the Succubus race.

• Tanamo challenged Winnie and accused Fei Mi of presumption, while Dorian stepped between the opposing groups.
• Xilos defended Tanamo’s character and urged her to take the coming Shadow World upheaval seriously.
• Tanamo criticized the Elf race for abandoning its old lands and revealed that the original seal had been left behind.
• Shen Yi asked whether Tanamo had encountered someone using the Lightning Authority, but she denied knowing anything and demanded a kiss.
• Fei Mi attacked Tanamo with Psionic Energy, but Tanamo broke free and offered to reveal everything if Shen Yi became her man and the king of the Succubus race.
• Xilos began objecting that the proposal was too significant given the Elf race’s reputation.

Tanamo confronted Fei Mi and revealed that she had known about Fei Mi’s plans and could access the memories held by the Succubus race’s restriction. She demanded that Fei Mi explain her intentions and prove her sincerity, while warning Winnie not to interfere.

• Tanamo questioned Xilos about the trouble caused by the events in the Twilight Abyss and showed an image of clans demanding that the Succubus race punish the Elf race.
• Xilos defended the Elf race’s decision to leave the Shadow World, while Tanamo clarified that she had helped Xilos return rather than intending to trap her.
• Tanamo revealed that she had long known about Fei Mi and condemned her plan to resist the Succubus race with other clans.
• Tanamo told Fei Mi that Succubus Clan Leaders could view the restriction’s memories without removing it, then demanded Fei Mi explain what she wanted and what the Succubus race meant to her.
• Tanamo warned Winnie that Lady Lilith’s legacy could keep her there, causing Winnie’s pressure to drop.

After Tanamo exposed Xilos’s concealed history, Xilos revealed that she had repeatedly traded with the Overseers to protect the Elf race from the Black Fog, though those trades drained the race’s resources. She challenged Tanamo to explain the Succubus race’s role in weakening the elves.

• Tanamo revealed that she had held back against Xilos and questioned whether Xilos was hiding something from Shen Yi and the others.
• Xilos reacted nervously, prompting Fei Mi, Shen Yi, Winnie, Dorian, and Tanamo to suspect that she had concealed important information.
• Xilos showed a black jade communication tool that proved she had traded with the Overseers many times.
• Xilos explained that she had traded valuable items to counter the Black Fog’s corruption and protect the elves, but the transactions had depleted the Elf race’s foundation.
• Tanamo admitted that she knew the Succubus race had been asked to weaken the Elf race, but she had not expected the Overseers to pursue the same goal.
• Xilos asked Tanamo to reveal the Succubus race’s sincerity in return.

Tanamo revealed that the Twilight Abyss consumed the dead of the Shadow World and that its treasures and God's Remnants nourished someone’s revival. She left Shen Yi and the others considering whether races that delved deeper into the Abyss vanished faster.

• Xilos suspected Tanamo was concealing her real purpose, while Tanamo claimed her God's Remnant ring let her absorb an Authority Holder’s power and escape Shen Yi.
• Tanamo teased Shen Yi by leaning close, prompting Fei Mi to blast her away and protect him.
• Shen Yi threatened Dorian with a shadow sword, but Winnie cautioned him that the ring could absorb his power too.
• Tanamo explained that the Succubus race was feared and obstructed despite its high status as Lord Lilith’s companion race.
• Tanamo said the Twilight Abyss consumed all who died in the Shadow World, and its treasures and God's Remnants were nourishment for someone’s revival.
• Xilos asked whether races became extinct faster the more deeply they became involved with the Twilight Abyss.

Tanamo explained the Blue Moon’s spatial Restrictions and offered to support Shen Yi if he could help the Succubus race become like the Elf race, while refusing to act against Lilith. After Shen Yi admitted he had Seven-Petaled Polo Sha, Tanamo offered the Succubus race’s support in exchange for three layers of its petals to restore Lilith’s divine soul, leaving Dorian alarmed about the powerful people who had approached them before.

• Tanamo warned Shen Yi that the Blue Moon could suppress spatial power across the area beneath its moonlight.
• Tanamo offered to help Shen Yi and the Succubus race, provided he helped them become like the Elf race and she did nothing disrespectful to Lilith.
• Tanamo explained that the Twilight Abyss was sealed and that other groups had approached the Succubus race to ask about the Elf race and gather information.
• Tanamo revealed that a powerful visitor had asked whether she had seen Xilos or sensed Seven-Petaled Polo Sha on him.
• Shen Yi admitted he had the Seven-Petaled Polo Sha, and Tanamo asked for three layers of petals in exchange for placing the Succubus race at his disposal.
• Dorian protested Tanamo’s decision and warned that the Succubus race would have to face the powerful people who had approached them earlier.

Shen Yi’s group agreed to exchange two layers of Polo Sha for the Succubus race’s help, and Tanamo explained how she had deduced their purpose and identified the Seven-Petaled Polo Sha. She revealed a memory of a white-haired woman using the legendary substance to keep herself from falling apart, leaving Winnie’s connection to that woman exposed.

• Shen Yi negotiated with Tanamo, agreeing to provide two layers of Polo Sha in exchange for the Succubus race’s cooperation.
• Fei Mi and Tanamo signed a contract that barred either side from deliberately hiding information or deceiving the other.
• Tanamo said she had inferred Shen Yi’s group wanted the Succubus race’s help because of its connection to the person in black robes and Fei Mi’s knowledge of the Shadow World.
• Tanamo showed a memory of a white-haired woman whose Seven-Petaled Polo Sha disintegrated as it held her shattered body together.
• Tanamo explained that she recognized the Seven-Petaled Polo Sha from the woman’s aura and recent events, then pointed out the different aura surrounding Winnie.

After Fei Mi completed the contract that placed the Succubus race under Shen Yi, Tanamo explained the powers of Lady Lilith’s ring and how it had secretly gathered strength across the Shadow World. The chapter ended with Tanamo asking whether revealing this secret proved her sincerity.

• Fei Mi completed the contract with Tanamo, binding the Succubus race to Shen Yi without a fight.
• Tanamo asked Fei Mi to trust her and began explaining the two rings’ effects.
• Tanamo revealed that Erchen’s first property, “The Void of Calamity Devours All,” let it store power collected by the Succubus race over countless years.
• Tanamo explained that the ring’s second property created countless partial copies that spread out to gather power.
• Xilos realized that the rings seen in the Twilight Abyss had been distributed by the Succubus race.
• Tanamo said only a Succubus Clan Leader had previously been allowed to know the ring’s properties and asked if her disclosure proved her sincerity.

Shen Yi questioned Tanamo about the Succubus rings and the Shadow World's Black Fog, learning that the seal had failed and the Elf homeland had been corrupted. Tanamo revealed that the Shadow World had built a weaker replacement seal and invited them to watch it be reinforced the next day.

• Tanamo explained that one ring could help absorb power or defeat an injured visitor, but she would not use Lady Lilith's trump card outside an immediate crisis.
• Shen Yi asked how the Black Fog problem had been resolved after the Elf race left.
• Tanamo and Xilos explained that the old seal lasted only about two and a half days, allowing Black Fog to corrupt the Elf homeland and turn its inhabitants into Fallen Ones.
• Tanamo warned that exposure to Fallen Ones could taint others with Black Fog and cause their power to fluctuate.
• Tanamo said the Shadow World had formed a weaker new seal and asked whether Shen Yi's group wanted to see it reinforced the next day, prompting Xilos to accuse her of asking what she already knew.

Tanamo mocked Shen Yi and his companions but agreed to let them gather the Succubus race’s collected treasures. After seeing the Seven-Petaled Polo Sha, she realized it might help Lilith recover and asked Shen Yi for more, leaving the revival effort at a crucial point.

• Tanamo taunted Shen Yi and the others about their identities and invited them to join the sealing, while Shen Yi secretly gave her a Mental Link so she could relay information.
• Shen Yi asked about the rare treasures gathered by the Succubus race, and Tanamo agreed that he could take most of them.
• Shen Yi showed Tanamo two layers of Seven-Petaled Polo Sha petals, and she froze at their power.
• Tanamo asked whether Shen Yi could provide more Seven-Petaled Polo Sha and offered more generous terms, believing it could help Lilith recover.

Shen Yi considered Tanamo’s offer of the final layer of Seven-Petaled Polo Sha and challenged her willingness to trade away the Succubus race’s defenses. Tanamo revealed that a second ring, Star, held Lilith’s power and memories and recorded events from the Shadow World, but Shen Yi questioned why he should risk helping her.

• Tanamo offered Shen Yi the ring she possessed in exchange for the final layer of Seven-Petaled Polo Sha, and Dorian objected that giving it away would leave the Succubus race vulnerable.
• Tanamo dismissed Dorian and said she believed Shen Yi was unlikely to harm the Succubus race, based on her judgment before and after meeting him.
• Tanamo explained that her oath with Fei Mi allowed her to reveal the effects of a second ring, called Star.
• Tanamo said Star held more than half of Lilith’s power and all her memories, and that its holder had to record major events in the Shadow World every fifty years.
• Shen Yi asked what Star’s effects had to do with him and showed rising killing intent.