Chapter Summaries

Tanamo explained that Lady Lilith's hidden fourth Authority, Soul Summoning, created the Twilight Abyss and governed its rules. She revealed that the Abyss collected power and souls from across the Shadow World, leaving Shen Yi and Winnie to confront the true scale of Lilith's design.

• Shen Yi and Winnie withdrew the Shadow powerhouses, revived Tanamo with a Seven-Petaled Polo Sha petal, and brought her and the unconscious old man back to the Succubus race.
• Winnie challenged Tanamo to explain her schemes, and Tanamo said the old man's power came from Lady Lilith's Authority.
• Tanamo explained that Lady Lilith had a fourth Authority called Soul Summoning, which was distinct from her Shadow, lightning, and dream Authorities.
• Shen Yi identified the Twilight Abyss, and Tanamo confirmed that it was created by Soul Summoning as a region governed by rules.
• Tanamo revealed that Soul Summoning claimed power shed by living beings in the Twilight Abyss and that Lady Lilith had planted the suggestion that the dead should return there.

Tanamo explained that Twilight Abyss and the Succubus race were created to aid Lilith’s rebirth and fight Extraterrestrial Creatures. She asked Shen Yi to recover Lilith’s scattered Authority from the wardens so Lilith could be reborn, and Shen Yi agreed with one condition.

• Winnie mocked Tanamo and the Succubus race after learning that Lilith had used them as nourishment.
• Tanamo explained that Twilight Abyss was part of Lilith’s plan, then used Mingchao to share memories and verify her account.
• Tanamo offered the entire Succubus race as Shen Yi’s vassals in exchange for his help recovering Lilith’s scattered Authority.
• Tanamo revealed that Lilith could be reborn with immense power but no memories, and admitted she did not intend to restore all of them.
• Shen Yi confirmed Tanamo was telling the truth, agreed to help, and stated that he had one condition.

Tanamo explained that Lilith had left the Succubus race to oversee a plan for her resurrection, while secretly weakening the Elves to preserve the Shadow World's balance. The revelation left Winnie realizing that the Shadow World's faith in Lilith could collapse if the truth became known.

• Shen Yi asked Tanamo whether she had arranged the crisis involving the Elf race and what she knew about the Twilight Abyss.
• Tanamo explained that the Twilight Abyss could no longer restore Lilith, leaving the Succubi to gather Authority and cultivate Seven-Petaled Polo Sha for her resurrection.
• Tanamo said Lilith had created the Succubus race as a safeguard and overseers, and had weakened the dragons to maintain balance in the Shadow World.
• Tanamo admitted that she had sent the Elves to guard the Sources of Black Mist to weaken them without harming other races or the world.
• Winnie realized that Lilith's plans had deceived the Shadow World's other races and that revealing the truth could make faith in Lilith collapse and turn the races against the Succubi.

Shen Yi, Tanamo, and Winnie used Lilith’s Authority, stored power, Psionic Energy, and the Seven-Petaled Polo Sha to restore Lilith’s existence. The chapter ended with Lilith awakening as an infant amid the thunderstorm.

• Winnie questioned Tanamo’s motives, but Shen Yi agreed to help restore Lilith.
• Tanamo brought out Lilith’s Authority and an electric bead, while Shen Yi supplied the Seven-Petaled Polo Sha petals and lent Tanamo his power.
• Tanamo touched the bead, unleashing a vast thunderstorm that gathered Psionic Energy and Lilith’s power.
• Tanamo threw Lilith’s remaining ring into the storm, where it shattered and released its stored power and aura.
• Shen Yi added more Seven-Petaled Polo Sha petals, and Lilith took shape and opened her eyes.
• The thunderstorm stopped, and Tanamo dropped to one knee in gratitude before Shen Yi and the newly awakened Lilith.

Tanamo revived Lilith but stopped restoring her memories when the immense power threatened the Succubus race and the Shadow World. Lilith approached Shen Yi and Winnie as a powerful, memoryless infant, then reached out to Winnie, leaving Winnie frozen in shock.

• Tanamo stopped pouring memories into Lilith after the power tore through the defensive barrier, explaining that Lilith could not bear any more without endangering herself and the Shadow World.
• Winnie questioned Tanamo's reluctance to restore Lilith's memories, while Tanamo said Lilith retained her basic personality but was like a newborn child.
• Shen Yi decided to leave rather than take responsibility for raising Lilith, but the infant walked through the air toward him and Winnie.
• Lilith told Winnie she felt they were familiar, then turned her attention to Shen Yi's strange aura.
• Lilith grimaced, reached out with her tiny hand, and left Winnie frozen as she called out to Shen Yi.

The reborn Lilith infant removed the Black Fog corroding Winnie and dispersed the aura in Shen Yi’s hand, revealing an unusual power that instinctively restrained it. Tanamo explained that Lilith’s Authority was severely incomplete, leaving Shen Yi to wonder how much the infant understood about herself and the world.

• The infant plucked the Black Fog threads from Winnie’s soul aura, making Winnie feel lighter and restoring the flow of her power.
• Shen Yi recognized the threads as Black Fog and confirmed that the infant could disperse its aura simply by looking at it.
• Winnie questioned Tanamo about Lilith’s rebirth, but Tanamo said she knew little beyond the power and belongings Lilith had entrusted to her.
• The infant demanded thanks from Winnie, then accused Shen Yi of pretending to be afflicted by the Black Fog.
• Shen Yi asked whether the infant’s limited understanding resulted from the memories Tanamo had instilled in her.
• Tanamo explained that Lilith’s Authority was severely incomplete, the Twilight Abyss could not be reclaimed, and the Seven-Petaled Polo Sha Lilith needed was with Shen Yi.

Shen Yi agreed to protect the newly reborn Lilith while Tanamo helped the other Succubi recover and gathered Lilith’s Authorities. Tanamo collapsed from the cost of using the Succubi’s power, and she told Dorian to keep Lilith’s resurrection secret for now.

• Tanamo explained that the Succubi were weakened and needed her protection, and asked Shen Yi to care for Lilith while she recovered.
• Shen Yi accepted Tanamo’s request as a promise, agreed to protect Lilith without using her old name, and gave Tanamo a way to contact him through his Mental Link.
• Shen Yi and Winnie left, and Tanamo collapsed, appearing to have aged dramatically from the backlash of drawing on the Succubi’s power.
• Dorian realized that Lilith had been resurrected and urged Tanamo to ask her for help.
• Tanamo told Dorian that Lilith was still recovering and ordered her not to reveal the resurrection to anyone.

Tanamo wondered whether Fei Mi’s unusual nature concealed a forgotten power and hurried off with Dorian to investigate. Meanwhile, Shen Yi led Fei Mi, Xilos, and Winnie through the sandstorm with the infant he called Natalie, who quickly bonded with Fei Mi as they approached the seal.

• Tanamo questioned Dorian about Fei Mi and Xilos, then examined her ring and wondered whether Fei Mi had powers connected to Lilith.
• Tanamo recalled that Succubi rejected Fei Mi and the descriptions of her as a failed product and the Abandoned, then brought Dorian along to check the Secret Manuals.
• Shen Yi introduced the infant as Natalie and warned Fei Mi and the others not to provoke her.
• Fei Mi suspected Natalie was Shen Yi’s child, but Winnie explained that Shen Yi was keeping her for someone else.
• Natalie embraced and kissed Fei Mi, delighting her and surprising Winnie, while Shen Yi wondered what Natalie would do when she reached the seal.

Shen Yi brought Winnie and the others to the Black Fog seal, warning them to avoid showing hostility toward Natalie while she was still learning. At the devastated Rock Prison, Natalie revealed overwhelming power and suppressed the surrounding Black Fog, leaving a small spatial hole behind.

• Shen Yi told Winnie he would take everyone to the Succubus race and leave if the situation became too dangerous.
• Shen Yi warned Xilos and the others not to direct hostility toward Natalie, whose unusual nature made Xilos's Psionic Energy tremble.
• Shen Yi and the women teleported to the bottom of the Rock Prison and found the area devastated by a battle.
• Natalie reacted angrily to the Black Fog and released an aura more powerful than Winnie's.
• Natalie drew the surrounding Black Fog together with lightning and suppressed it, leaving a fist-sized spatial hole that still leaked mist.

Natalie sealed the Black Fog, but the power awakened within her Authority was Lilith, who accused Shen Yi of stealing her powers and attacked him. Shen Yi held his ground against her attempt to reclaim the Shadow Authority, leaving their confrontation unresolved.

• Natalie sealed the Black Fog with lightning, stunning Xilos and the others.
• Fei Mi called Shen Yi “Honey,” prompting Natalie to question her and accuse Shen Yi of taking her Authority, treasure, and power.
• Winnie warned that Lilith’s consciousness had awakened within Natalie and tried to protect Shen Yi as Lilith charged at him.
• Shen Yi raised a domain of shadow to meet Lilith’s attack, while Winnie considered seeking Shimada Yukimi’s help across time.
• Lilith tried to seize the Shadow Authority from Shen Yi, but his shadows kept her at bay and protected the women behind him.

Shen Yi confronted Natalie after she tried to strip power from him, while Fei Mi and Winnie struggled under the backlash. As Shen Yi threatened to keep Natalie away from Fei Mi, Natalie stopped him and demanded to know what he had said Fei Mi was.

• Natalie tried to strip Shen Yi's power, and Winnie was injured while Shen Yi absorbed most of the attack.
• Fei Mi worried about Shen Yi and sensed an ancient connection between herself and Natalie.
• Shen Yi enclosed himself and Natalie in an ice barrier, then asked why Natalie attacked if she never truly intended to kill him.
• Natalie argued that Tanamo would have reclaimed her Authority if she had been able to, and said Shen Yi misunderstood the second ring Tanamo had shown.
• Shen Yi threatened to destroy Natalie if she approached Fei Mi again without his consent, then started to leave.
• Natalie reinforced the barrier, blocked Shen Yi, and demanded to know what he had called Fei Mi.

“Natalie” bargained with Shen Yi for help recovering, offering to explain the Black Fog and what lay Beyond the World. She revealed that the Black Fog was a manifestation of a higher-dimensional power that transformed everything it touched, and the chapter ended with her describing it as a force resembling evil gods.

• “Natalie” offered Shen Yi information about the Black Fog and Beyond the World in exchange for help recovering.
• Shen Yi asked what lay Beyond the World, and “Natalie” explained that gods wielded power through their ability to interfere with the rules of different worlds.
• “Natalie” described how a new lifeform had emerged in the ruleless boundaries between worlds, where life should not exist.
• “Natalie” identified the Black Fog as one manifestation of that lifeform, a corrupting power that transformed anything it touched into its own kind.

Natalie explained that the Black Fog sent probes into different worlds and destroyed worlds it deemed worthless, then questioned Shen Yi about the strange powers he carried. Shen Yi showed her Ability Fruits, and the chapter ended with Natalie teasing Fei Mi after Fei Mi failed to threaten her.

• Natalie explained that Black Fog probes tested different worlds and that worlds lacking value could be destroyed by the invading fog.
• Natalie sensed unusual powers within Shen Yi and asked whether he had encountered Black Fog crystals.
• Shen Yi showed Natalie an Ability Fruit, and she examined it and asked for more.
• Shen Yi gave Natalie three additional Ability Fruits, including mental-type and Body-type fruits.
• Natalie disparaged Blue Star as weak, and Fei Mi challenged her but could not come up with a threat.
• Natalie asked Fei Mi whether she wanted to stay by her side and become stronger.

Natalie explained that large numbers of Ability Fruits could rebuild the power of a rule, then suspected Shen Yi had gained his powers by sacrificing his former world's inhabitants. Shen Yi denied it, and Natalie left uncertain whether he was one of the gods known as The Unclean.

• Fei Mi rejected Natalie's advances and insisted that Shen Yi was her husband.
• Natalie explained that enough Ability Fruits of one attribute could recreate the power of its rule through sheer numbers.
• Seeing Shen Yi's powers, Natalie feared he had slaughtered his former world's inhabitants to obtain them and warned that such gods were called The Unclean.
• Natalie explained that The Unclean were scorned by other gods and could be sent to guard the Primal Source Eye.
• Shen Yi denied gaining his powers by sacrificing lives and said Ability Fruits were normally rare in his world.

Shen Yi refused to explain how he gained his power as Natalie described how rare and influential Authorities were. Natalie revealed that time and space were natural Authorities that normally could not appear, while life was uniquely consistent and fate had never appeared.

• Shen Yi refused to tell Natalie how he had obtained his rule power, and Natalie explained that a god's Authorities helped determine its strength and potential.
• Winnie warned Natalie that Shen Yi's time and space powers were extraordinarily difficult to obtain, while Natalie sensed a familiar quality in Winnie's Authority but could not explain it.
• Natalie warned Shen Yi to flee if he met an equally strong opponent with more Authorities.
• Natalie explained that natural time and space Authorities were normally impossible, and that time's effects could not be reproduced by other Authorities.
• Natalie said life was the most fundamental Authority and that fate had never appeared, though an ancient being had once described a power that could interfere with people, events, and even a world's course.

Natalie told Shen Yi and the others about the Nameless One, a human god who claimed to wield the Authority of fate and became the strongest after killing dozens of gods. The Nameless One had searched for a way home, but the power she refined yielded only the message “rejection” from the World Barrier.

• Shen Yi asked whether the ancient Authority had ever appeared, and Natalie explained that no one had witnessed the Authority of fate manifest.
• Natalie said the Nameless One had claimed that the Authority existed and silenced doubters by becoming the strongest among the gods.
• Natalie recounted that the black-haired human had killed thirteen beastfolk gods during one battle and defeated forty-seven gods who challenged her.
• Natalie told Shen Yi that the Nameless One had obsessively searched for spatial powers to return home, then refined rule power from several Authorities.
• Natalie revealed that the Nameless One’s attempt to return home ended with the World Barrier rejecting her.

Shen Yi questioned Natalie about the World Barrier and learned that her original world had rejected her return, then asked about the Insect Race as he investigated the Black Fog. Natalie judged Blue Star to be a Level 1 civilization, though Winnie challenged her standards.

• Shen Yi asked Natalie what the World Barrier meant, and she explained that her original world had refused to let her return.
• Winnie suggested that Natalie's power and Authority might have caused the rejection, but Shen Yi rejected that explanation based on his own experience using Shadow Rank on Blue Star.
• Shen Yi doubted Natalie's account, and she reacted with hurt before he promised to help her recover; Natalie then realized he was trying to address the Black Fog.
• Shen Yi asked Natalie whether she knew of the Insect Race, and she was astonished that Blue Star was still dealing with conflict on a single planet.
• Natalie classified Blue Star as a Level 1 civilization universe, and Winnie criticized her lofty assessment.

Natalie explained how Black Fog and the Extraterrestrial Creatures tested worlds, then offered Shen Yi a place in the gods’ camp and promised Blue Star resources and longer lifespans. Shen Yi questioned what joining would accomplish, while Winnie warned him not to trust Natalie.

• Natalie said the Extraterrestrial Creatures judged worlds by how they reacted to corruption and used scattered Power Seeds to assess whether a world was worth invading.
• Natalie explained that a world deemed valuable would face a full invasion, and said she had hidden the Shadow World’s Black Fog sources and planted agents among the Succubi.
• Natalie invited Shen Yi to join the other gods’ camp, offering Blue Star resources and longer lifespans for its people.
• Shen Yi questioned whether the gods’ camp would fight the Extraterrestrial Creatures together, and Winnie stepped between him and Natalie, warning him not to believe her.

Natalie, speaking under Lilith’s influence, urged Shen Yi and the others to join her camp and gave them a map of locations beyond the boundary. After Natalie collapsed, Shen Yi and Winnie questioned her motives and chose to return to Blue Star before deciding what to do.

• Natalie asked Winnie to join her camp and offered a coordinate map to prove her claims about the forces Beyond the World.
• Natalie exhausted her strength and fell, so Shen Yi caught her while Winnie stabilized her injuries.
• Shen Yi and Winnie examined the map and noted that its nearest marked Extraterrestrial Creature lay beyond several universes.
• Winnie warned that Lilith’s manifestation had been influenced by Natalie and might have had ulterior motives.
• Fei Mi admitted she felt uneasy about Lilith, and Shen Yi and Winnie reassured her that she was her own person.
• Shen Yi opened a teleportation gate and invited the women to return to Blue Star with him.

Shen Yi returned to Blue Star and was summoned to the Elf race’s territory, where Kolun was undergoing a mysterious transformation connected to the Elf Tree. Shen Yi sensed that Kolun’s power was growing far beyond the strength he had previously lent him.

• Shen Yi’s group returned to Blue Star, and Winnie left while Xilos and Fei Mi went to rest.
• After everyone else had gone, Shen Yi sensed that the Shelter and Mountain City had changed during his absence.
• Xilos urgently summoned Shen Yi to the Elf race’s territory, where Kolun lay inside an enormous ice crystal surrounded by spreading ice spirits.
• An elf reported that Kolun had entered his state after the Elf Tree’s power resonated with him.
• Shen Yi sensed a pure, powerful elven aura from the Elf Tree and concluded that Kolun might soon become as powerful as Xilos.