Chapter Summaries

Qiu Tu and Yao Qin found the hidden undersea World Passage and began repairing it, but Yao Qin’s help made the repairs too fast for Qiu Tu’s plan with Zhao Ji. While maintaining the array, Qiu Tu interrogated Tang Lang about Yao Qin and the Star Founder faction, learning of a possible rift he could exploit.

• Qiu Tu deduced that the second World Passage lay beneath the sea near White Bird Beach, and Yao Qin used the Realm Control Lamp to reveal it.
• Yao Qin set up the Repair Array, and Qiu Tu secretly groped her while imitating Tang Lang to keep her from noticing the deception.
• Yao Qin joined Qiu Tu inside the array, more than doubling the repair speed and threatening to finish the passage before Zhao Ji was ready.
• Qiu Tu interrogated Tang Lang and learned that the Star Founder God King led a faction forced to unite with Destruction-path God Kings against the Chaos alliance.
• Tang Lang revealed that Yao Qin was ambitious, worked outside the Star Founder God King’s inner circle, and was monitored by Tang Lang, whom the God King had planted as a spy.

Qiu Tu accepted Li Feng’s proposal for the Third and 4th Shelters to join the Northwest Shelter after hearing her doubts about the Second Shelter’s alliance with the Mist Veil Society. He offered to settle their citizens in the Cataclysm Zone, leaving their relocation as the next step.

• Li Feng used Yan Yan’s advice to explain why she had tried to win Qiu Tu’s trust through physical intimacy, but Qiu Tu covered her with his shirt and told her loyalty was not the only way to become family.
• Li Feng told Qiu Tu that the Third and 4th Shelters had agreed to join him because she feared the Heavenly God Trial would endanger humanity and distrusted Tian Qi and the Mist Veil Society.
• Li Feng suspected that Weaving Flame Heavenly King’s cooperation with the Mist Veil Society was part of a larger plan directed by the West Divine King to prevent Tian Qi from reaching the Heavenly God Level.
• Li Feng explained how the West Divine King had supported the Second Shelter after meeting Weaving Flame Heavenly King, and Qiu Tu considered her theory that the alliance was a calculated move.
• Li Feng told Qiu Tu about the Displacement Moon, which could relocate the two Shelters’ citizens across major barriers, and Qiu Tu accepted their joining the Northwest Shelter.
• Qiu Tu said Speaker Tang had been clearing the Cataclysm Zone and that it could house the citizens of the Third and 4th Shelters.

Third Shelter’s Order Faction agreed to negotiate Qiu Tu’s exchange of resources and sought written promises to secure its reelection. After refining six areas and reaching the late Sixth Order, Qiu Tu returned to 7th Shelter, where he prepared to pursue Shelter No. 1 and advance his Calamity Path.

• Balun, Wanyan Zuyu, and Xing Su agreed that the Order Faction should negotiate the deal with Qiu Tu while securing written commitments from the other factions and prioritizing its own Seventh Order Calamity Descendant.
• Qiu Tu activated Dragon Vein Seeds in the Red Mountain Area, then used the spreading Dragon Veins to refine six areas over several days.
• La Riluo explained that Qiu Tu’s strengthened Calamity Path could lead him toward the Seventh Order, and he agreed to pursue her Sister, Zhao Ji.
• Xue Er told Huang Shangzong that she, Ai Li, and Yan Yan had been promoted into Consort Xi’s new Privy Council, prompting Huang Shangzong to suspect Qiu Tu was drawing him into a larger plan.
• Qiu Tu told Yan Yan that he was preparing for a future departure from the Northwest Region and had promoted Xue Er to ensure Huang Shangzong would help protect her and the Four Provinces.
• After refining six areas and reaching the late Sixth Order, Qiu Tu returned to 7th Shelter to pursue the Shelter No. 1 position; Shen Yuzhou invited him to dinner and said Third Shelter would support him and accept his deal.

Qiu Tu explained the Area Master methods to Tang Feifei and prepared to help her refine the Lang Yue Area Center, but an unnerving yellow mist appeared and drained much of his Mental Power. Meanwhile, Huang Shangzong ordered an investigation into Qiu Tu and arranged for Ai Li to bring Xue Er to New Realm City, where Ai Li also asked to bring Yan Yan.

• Qiu Tu visited the injured Tang Feifei, accepted her oath of secrecy, and explained both methods for becoming an Area Master.
• Tang Feifei realized Qiu Tu had secretly refined an Area Center while fighting alone in the Boundless Mind Sea, then prepared to travel to the Lang Yue Area.
• Qiu Tu saw the yellow mist flash through Tang Feifei's villa again, felt much of his Mental Power drain away, and found that Tang Feifei had sensed nothing.
• Ai Li told Huang Shangzong that Yan Yan's letter linked Qiu Tu's past visit to East City with possible contact with Zhao Ji.
• Huang Shangzong ordered Ai Li to investigate whether Qiu Tu had reached the Fourth Order and told her to take Xue Er to New Realm City.
• Ai Li asked to bring Yan Yan along, and Huang Shangzong recalled a Recording Tape Yu Zhengyi had given him about Yan Chen.

Qiu Tu confronted Liu Fuping about her identity, then let her leave and gained her cooperation in investigating the female spy’s murder. At home, he discovered the Loyalty Game could pit subordinates against each other, chose A Tai to fight Wang Xi, and woke the next morning to a scream.

• Qiu Tu restrained Liu Fuping, revealed he had seen through her undercover identity, and released her after she explained she was investigating the murder.
• Liu Fuping left Old Alley Street, and Qiu Tu gained eight loyalty points from her while deciding she could help investigate or serve as a fallback scapegoat.
• Qiu Tu returned home, found Shen Ling Shuang asleep on the sofa, carried her to bed, and considered the remaining suspects, including Wang Xi.
• Qiu Tu activated the Loyalty Game and selected A Tai to attack Wang Xi in a dream, hoping to learn more about the pharmacist.
• A Tai’s pixel character repeatedly struck Wang Xi, eventually dropping an envelope-shaped item and triggering a Loyalty +3 notice.
• Qiu Tu slept through the night beside Shen Ling Shuang and woke early the next morning to a scream.

Qiu Tu persuaded Yao Qin to consider breaking with the Star Founder God King, then destroyed the World Passage while she was away to protect the Boundless Mind Sea. As he prepared to flee, Zhao Ji arrived ahead of schedule and expressed concern for him.

• Yao Qin warned Qiu Tu that the World Passage would soon be repaired and revealed that she had been holding back, while Qiu Tu urged her to establish her own God System.
• Qiu Tu proposed that Yao Qin use the Boundless Mind Sea as a base, recruit its Heavenly Gods, and cultivate new subordinates, while Yao Qin questioned the danger of the Star Founder God King.
• Yao Qin agreed to leave the World Passage and investigate Qiu Tu’s reputation, and Qiu Tu secretly destroyed the mostly repaired passage after she departed.
• Qiu Tu prepared to flee the seabed ruins, but Zhao Ji arrived with the Three-Foot Green Edge and told him he had suffered over the past two days.

Qiu Tu received the Sixth Shelter delegation, uncovered signs of political tension surrounding Consort Xi, and learned that her visit might be tied to the Shelter’s power struggle. He left East City to scout the Earth Vein Flower in Enlightenment City and discovered its colossal form, while Consort Xi began considering how to recruit him.

• Qiu Tu inferred that Kou Yu’s maids had prevented Consort Xi from speaking with him, but he avoided intervening and completed the delegation’s formal reception with Kou Yu.
• Qiu Tu recalled that the Mist Veil Society might have an informant in the delegation, then traveled with it to East City, where Consort Xi spoke of Ai Li’s parents’ ties to His Majesty.
• At the welcome banquet, Qiu Tu discovered that Consort Xi’s veil was a Cataclysmic Treasure that let food pass through it.
• Qiu Tu disguised an Unscrupulous Dummy as himself and secretly left for Enlightenment City to scout the Earth Vein Flower before it matured.
• Consort Xi learned from Yan Yan that Qiu Tu had advanced to Fifth Order and considered recruiting him to help her husband and son.
• Qiu Tu reached Enlightenment City, used Shen Ling Shuang’s Spirit Communication Potion, and saw the enormous Earth Vein Flower rooted throughout the city.

Qiu Tu used a new warning ability to survive Yan Chen’s suspicious call by accusing Qin Shuman of being a Municipal Committee spy. Yan Chen postponed his assignment and told Qiu Tu to keep accompanying Shuman, but the changing Countdown Hourglass left Qiu Tu unsure whether the danger had passed.

• Qiu Tu answered Yan Chen’s call and agreed to retrieve an alchemist, then claimed Qin Shuman might be a spy sent by the Municipal Committee.
• Qiu Tu described Shuman’s behavior and said she was at his home playing video games while he secretly observed her.
• Yan Chen reassigned the alchemist errand and ordered Qiu Tu to continue accompanying Shuman.
• After the call, Qiu Tu reasoned that invoking the Municipal Committee would make Yan Chen cautious and buy them time.
• Qiu Tu questioned whether Yan Chen’s suspicions had truly been redirected, and the Countdown Hourglass began changing.

Qiu Tu explained how he deduced that Ilena was pretending to be in seclusion and secured her support for his plan against the Chaos Faction. The next morning, he suspected the Chaos Witch was using La Riluo as a source of talent, then went to question Mo Li, who was already provoking Zhao Ji and La Riluo with a story about Guan Xiao.

• Guan Xiao questioned Qiu Tu about how he realized Ilena was not in seclusion, and he explained that her supposed weakness seemed fabricated and that Qing E and Hua Wanwan had indirectly confirmed his suspicion.
• Qiu Tu recounted how he persuaded Ilena that the Chaos Faction would be the likely weapon used against him, and she eventually authorized him to mobilize the Execution Department.
• After spending the night with Guan Xiao, Qiu Tu considered whether the Chaos Witch had arranged for La Riluo to be separated from Zhao Ji as part of an experiment involving reincarnation and the Five Great Paths.
• Qiu Tu decided to test Mo Li again and prepare an explanation for capturing Chaos forces, while Mo Li told Zhao Ji and La Riluo that Guan Xiao had left Qiu Tu’s room looking exhausted.

Qiu Tu tested whether his Order Space could affect the North God King's avatar and concluded he could use it to kill a Heavenly God. Meanwhile, Zhao Ji advanced to Late Eighth Order and ranked first in the Heavenly God Trial, then resumed cultivating.

• Qiu Tu learned that the North God King had come to take him into custody and prepared to maintain his captive act.
• Doris demanded compensation from the North God King for handing over Qiu Tu, then led him to inspect Qiu Tu bound in her room.
• Qiu Tu used his Order Space to make the North God King's head itch and confirmed that it could affect a God King avatar.
• Zhao Ji absorbed Calamity Power from Kabaneri's Boundless God Crystal, advanced to Late Eighth Order, and reached first place in the Heavenly God Trial.
• Zhao Ji estimated that her next advancement would take at least three days and thought of Qiu Tu.

Yasha sent Rage Beast to fight Qiu Tu, who used his Order Space to recover from a crippling wound and kill the Fifth Order Evil God. Yasha then attacked Qiu Tu herself as Zhao Ji watched, torn between trusting him and carrying out her plan to kill him.

• Yasha learned that Zhao Ji had not been found, then heard Qiu Tu challenge her outside the temple.
• Yasha sent Rage Beast to fight Qiu Tu, and Rage Beast severed Qiu Tu’s right hand before pursuing him with a greatsword and warhammer.
• Qiu Tu used Order Space to restore his hand and seal the strength of enemies above Fifth Order, then killed Rage Beast by destroying his brain.
• Qiu Tu challenged the other Evil Gods, but Yasha struck him with a force that flattened a mountain and cut his cheek with its wind pressure.
• Zhao Ji watched unseen, conflicted because Qiu Tu had both shown his threat and kept his promise to give her Mountain Root.

Qiu Tu tried repeatedly to contact La Riluo, then boasted that he had gained thousands of supposed believers and useful information about Moonlight Lake. La Riluo realized he had seen through her act and was manipulating her, leaving their conversation on the brink of open conflict.

• Fang Tangtang burned the meal while dwelling on Qiu Tu’s accusation, then started cooking again from the recipes prepared to suit his tastes.
• Qiu Tu used a Shielding Device and repeatedly tried to contact La Riluo, worrying that Yan Chen might have harmed her as the luminous tree grew.
• While waiting, Qiu Tu read a philosophical book and speculated that philosophical systems could help build a person’s spiritual world.
• La Riluo finally appeared, and Qiu Tu claimed he had placed trusted subordinates throughout the Investigation Department and learned Moonlight Lake would fully form the following night.
• La Riluo concealed her frustration as Qiu Tu asked why she and Zhao Ji did not kill Yan Chen and escape, then recognized that he had seen through her performance.

Qiu Tu organized his trusted investigators to arrest Secretary Bai while Wu Zhi arrived at the Investigation Department to examine Qiu Tu’s cases. The chapter ended with Qiu Tu leading the arrest squad into Secretary Bai’s villa.

• Tang Feifei warned Qiu Tu not to underestimate Huang Shangzong’s confidant, but Qiu Tu said he wanted the man to lack an official position.
• Cao Dabiao told Qiu Tu that his team was ready, and Qiu Tu sent a message using Tao Yaoyao’s Special Communication Device.
• Committee Member Wang brought Wu Zhi to the Investigation Department, where Wu requested access to Qiu Tu’s case files and interviews with people connected to two cases.
• Qiu Tu addressed his assembled subordinates, declared that a high-ranking official had betrayed the Shelter, and ordered them to arrest Secretary Bai.
• Qiu Tu divided his investigators into three squads, which disarmed Secretary Bai’s guards, secured the villa’s perimeter, and followed Qiu Tu inside.

Qiu Tu advanced to the Seventh Order while political maneuvering and conflict reshaped the Northwest Region. After Guan Xiao arrived, she told him that Lin Xi and Kou Xuan’s apparent betrayals were part of a scheme implicating the Second Shelter and 4th Shelter, leaving the Third Shelter confronting the 4th Shelter.

• Qiu Tu began his Seventh Order breakthrough as Consort Xi had Yan Yan taken away and Kou Xuan told the Kou Family that he, Lin Xi, and Yan Chen had staged their actions while ultimately choosing Qiu Tu.
• After five days, Qiu Tu completed his advancement and gained the ability to sense and move beings within the eighteen areas under his control.
• Qiu Tu instantly brought Guan Xiao to Zhao Ji's Underground Palace, and she explained that Consort Xi had seized three states, imprisoned Yan Yan, and attacked the Third Shelter's envoy delegation, badly injuring Shen Yuzhou.
• Guan Xiao told Qiu Tu that Consort Xi publicly claimed the Second Shelter and 4th Shelter had ordered her actions, and that the Sixth Shelter had joined them in a staged political scheme.
• The 4th Shelter denied Consort Xi's claims, but the Third Shelter suspected it and confronted the 4th Shelter.

Qiu Tu deduced that Old Master Qin had only two bodies and prepared to arrest him, while a hidden listener learned that Qin’s identity remained concealed. Before Qiu Tu could act, gunfire erupted outside the villa.

• Cao Dabiao told Ding Xiaoliu that Superior was using his birthday to extort Qin Five and explained the power struggles in newly established cities.
• A shadow overheard them and concluded that Old Master Qin’s identity had not been exposed, then crept toward the other side of the living room.
• Old Master Qin offered Qiu Tu and the others a chance to experience the “divine light,” which Qiu Tu suspected would make them serve the God.
• Qiu Tu baited Old Master Qin into claiming that a devotee could use three bodies, then inferred from his hesitation that Qin had only two bodies and could be trapped.
• As Qiu Tu prepared to order Old Master Qin’s arrest, a gunshot sounded outside, followed by a rapid barrage of shots.

Qiu Tu forced Eagle Fly to reveal that Dusk Night had hidden Mountain Root in the Eternal Night Zone, then uncovered Dusk Night’s underground sun vault and seized its treasures. After planning to use his new resources to strengthen his side and gain leverage over the Sixth Shelter, Qiu Tu used Consort Xi’s Dream Invitation and entered the Dream Palace.

• Qiu Tu used his power to force Eagle Fly to confess that he had been searching for Mountain Root and learned that Dusk Night had hidden it in the Eternal Night Zone.
• Qiu Tu questioned Dusk Night, who revealed that Mountain Root and his Area Center were stored inside the Eternal Night Zone’s sun, which he had buried underground.
• Qiu Tu found the hidden vault and took Mountain Root, chests of Calamity Material, Cataclysmic Treasures, and several Boundless God Crystals.
• Qiu Tu returned to Tang Feifei’s villa and planned how to use his new resources to strengthen his forces and secure a dominant position in the Sixth Shelter.
• Qiu Tu placed Consort Xi’s Dream Invitation beneath his pillow, fell asleep, and arrived in the Dream Palace’s bedchamber.

Qiu Tu discovered how Zhao Ji had helped La Riluo escape, then used his Area Master powers to strip away her remaining resources and prevent her from summoning Yi Yi. He also gave Yu Zhengyi a recording implicating Yan Chen in Jia Shu’s death, while La Riluo ended the day realizing her home and treasures were gone.

• Qiu Tu deduced that Zhao Ji had used the Boundless God Crystal to send power to La Riluo and help her break free, but concluded that she was still weak and trapped in the New World Area.
• Qiu Tu used his Area Master ability to locate La Riluo searching the stream for the Area Center, removed the stored Calamity Materials and Boundless God Crystals, and left her with no way to recover her strength.
• Qiu Tu impersonated La Riluo and ordered Yi Yi not to answer summons unless Qiu Tu and La Riluo appeared in person, then confirmed that Yi Yi would not respond.
• Qiu Tu gave Yu Zhengyi a recording in which Yan Chen had learned of a plot against Jia Shu and failed to intervene, hoping to turn Huang Shangzong against Yan Chen.
• Qiu Tu secretly recorded his conversation with Yu Zhengyi and stored the copy in his safe.
• La Riluo searched the stream, her secret stashes, and repeatedly tried to summon Yi Yi before realizing that her Area Center, possessions, and dragon were all missing.

Qiu Tu let La Riluo observe him and Tan Huimin so she could absorb Procreation energy, then used a Memory Fragment to glimpse La Riluo’s time as an Area Controller. After realizing the memory might reveal the Boundless Mind Sea Area Center, he returned to his office, where a female subordinate called with urgent intelligence.

• La Riluo asked to observe Qiu Tu with Tan Huimin, and Qiu Tu agreed, allowing La Riluo to absorb Procreation energy the next morning.
• Qiu Tu reviewed a Memory Fragment from La Riluo’s past and sensed that an Area Controller could connect to the Boundless Mind Sea Area Center.
• Qiu Tu put La Riluo in his pocket and went to the Political Department, while La Riluo noticed Zhao Ji’s Contact Coin and grew angry at her sister.
• Qiu Tu claimed he had rejected Zhao Ji’s offer because his heart belonged to La Riluo, and La Riluo began considering whether she had to rely on him.
• Qiu Tu prepared to call Section Chief Wang, but his female subordinate called first and asked to brief him on important intelligence.

After being released, Jia Shu planned to expose Qiu Tu’s secret and devour him, but gunmen ambushed his jeep and killed him. A man in a Clown Mask celebrated the death before an aged voice announced it had found him.

• Jia Shu spoke with Huang Shangzong, who arranged for him to go to Jingnan City and advised him to reflect on his conduct.
• Jia Shu resolved to become a Third Order Calamity Descendant by devouring Qiu Tu and planned to enlist Yan Chen’s help in exposing Qiu Tu’s secret.
• Old Ji drove Jia Shu into a roadblock, where armed attackers suddenly ambushed their jeep and shot them both.
• Jia Shu realized Liu Xiongyuan might have uncovered the old case’s secret and connected the attack to Qiu Tu before he died in the burning jeep.
• The attackers confirmed there were no survivors and withdrew, while a man wearing a Clown Mask laughed over Jia Shu’s death until an aged voice said, “Found you.”

Qiu Tu met with Yan Chen after his shooting skills drew attention, and claimed the Alliance had deliberately allowed his shots to hit them. Yan Chen dismissed Fang Ming and demanded the full story, prompting Qiu Tu to begin recounting Shu Man’s offer of wealth and glory.

• Jia Shu escorted Qiu Tu into Yan Chen’s dark study, where Fang Ming was also waiting.
• Jia Shu questioned Qiu Tu about reports that he had driven back the Alliance with six shots, and Qiu Tu downplayed his shooting ability.
• Qiu Tu explained that the Alliance had avoided the Special Operations Department’s attacks and deliberately let his shots hit them.
• Yan Chen ordered Fang Ming to leave, then demanded that Qiu Tu explain exactly what had happened.
• Qiu Tu recounted telling Shu Man about his conversation with Yan Chen and described how she offered him wealth and glory if he followed her loyally.