Chapter Summaries

Qiu Tu received a covert letter from Secretary Bai describing Yan Chen’s meeting, where Yan Chen dismissed suspicions about Qiu Tu and turned his attention to Jia Shu. Liu Fuping approached Qiu Tu to learn how he had orchestrated the previous day’s events, and the chapter ended with him ordering her to kneel.

• Eagle secretly passed Qiu Tu a letter that Secretary Bai had written and asked him to copy.
• Qiu Tu read Secretary Bai’s account of Yan Chen defending him against Ji Chen’s suspicions about the stolen evidence.
• Yan Chen rejected the theory that Qiu Tu had helped steal the evidence and asked whether Jia Shu was suspicious.
• Qiu Tu burned the letter after concluding that Yan Chen trusted him and did not suspect his involvement.
• Liu Fuping teased Qiu Tu with a stocking and asked him to explain his actions, saying Director Tang and Director Liu wanted to know what he had done.
• Qiu Tu ordered Liu Fuping to kneel, leaving her staring at him in disbelief.

Qiu Tu weighed a mysterious invitation while Cao Dabiao and his subordinates prepared to spy on a meeting at the Supreme Truth Restaurant. Qiu Tu went alone to the Milan Hotel, leaving the story poised for the meeting.

• Qiu Tu received an anonymous message inviting him to the Milan Hotel at 8 p.m. and considered whether to meet the mysterious contact or Fourth Master Qin.
• Cao Dabiao and two subordinates entered the Supreme Truth Restaurant and arranged to eavesdrop on and photograph the people meeting in the next room.
• Cao Dabiao assigned Lao Liu to plant a listening device and Lao Qi to photograph the targets, while he planned to order food at Qiu Tu's expense.
• Cao Dabiao recalled how Qiu Tu had made him recommend one of Qiu Tu's people for the Political Department and worried that he was being drawn into dependence on Qiu Tu.
• Cao Dabiao told Xiao Qi they would follow Qiu Tu for now, and Qiu Tu arrived alone at the Milan Hotel.

Qiu Tu tested his Fourth-Order ability against Tang Feifei, then prepared with his team to capture the evil gods. As the evil gods discussed the possibility that they had been exposed, Guan Xiao reported that the Investigation Department had identified likely targets on Dragon Mountain Road.

• Qiu Tu used Order Space to test his ability against Tang Feifei, and they spent the night together before he confirmed that stronger effects demanded a greater price.
• The next morning, Tang Feifei urged Qiu Tu to verify the intelligence for that night's operation, and he began preparations with Guan Xiao and Shen Ling Shuang.
• Whale Shark, Evil Moon, and the aged evil god discussed the delayed trial and Evil Moon's suspicion that Qiu Tu's Political Department was watching them.
• Guan Xiao, Shen Ling Shuang, and Miao Xiaoxiao reported that Dragon Mountain Road sheltered spies and cultists, and Guan Xiao said they had narrowed down the hidden evil gods.

Zhao Ji revealed overwhelming strength as she fought Yasha and Beauty Wind, killing Beauty Wind and forcing Yasha to sacrifice her body to escape. After Zhao Ji rated Yasha twelve points, La Riluo arrived and found Zhao Ji and Qiu Tu holding hands.

• Beauty Wind revealed that he was both the Mist Veil Society's messenger and one of its Sixth-Order Great Evil Gods, while Little Yaksa challenged Zhao Ji alongside him.
• Zhao Ji blocked the two Sixth-Order Evil Gods' attacks with one hand, then used a blade of grass to fatally slice Beauty Wind and drive Yasha into transforming into Great Yasha.
• Great Yasha shattered Zhao Ji's blade of grass, but Zhao Ji's Mystical Power made her destroy her own body; her soul escaped through a spatial rift, leaving a chance for resurrection.
• Zhao Ji explained Yasha's escape and gave her a score of twelve, while Qiu Tu worried about tracking down her surviving soul.
• La Riluo arrived and was startled to see Zhao Ji and Qiu Tu hugging and holding hands.

Qiu Tu reviewed a Silver Key Bee’s recording and discovered La Riluo and Jia Wei’s plan to use Jia Shu against him, while learning Jia Shu intended to devour him to advance. As Qiu Tu considered contacting La Riluo through an ancient coin, Tang Feifei summoned him to meet the Supervisory Committee and warned that Jia Shu’s interrogation was difficult.

• Qiu Tu crushed the returned Silver Key Bee and watched its recording of Jia Wei communicating with La Riluo through an ancient coin.
• La Riluo instructed Jia Wei to lure Jia Shu into cooperating against Qiu Tu, then trap him, and revealed that Jia Shu wanted to devour Qiu Tu to reach the Third Order.
• Qiu Tu concluded that he was Jia Shu’s chosen prey, that La Riluo had another informant within the Investigation Department, and that the coin could enable long-distance communication.
• Qiu Tu examined the matching coin he had found on Lone Wolf and considered using it to contact La Riluo about his Crisis Countdown.
• Tang Feifei called Qiu Tu to meet Supervisory Committee officials in her ninth-floor office and warned that Jia Shu’s interrogation was proving difficult because of his political training and experience.

Qiu Tu planned to hunt Whale Shark after sunset, but Tao Yaoyao warned him that Jiang Zhenpeng intended to withhold civilian relief supplies to retaliate against him. Qiu Tu arranged a food contingency while suspecting the warning was part of a larger scheme, then prepared to attack Whale Shark with La Riluo watching.

• Qiu Tu asked La Riluo to help kill Whale Shark, but she refused and promised only to watch his attack.
• Qiu Tu ordered the Captain to keep Whale Shark under surveillance and planned to strike after sunset.
• Tao Yaoyao warned Qiu Tu that Jiang Zhenpeng planned to use the arrests to withhold relief supplies and asked to leave his service for the Investigation Department.
• Qiu Tu asked Elder Fang about the Five Elders' grain stores, confirmed they could feed New Realm City temporarily, and told him not to mobilize supplies yet.
• Jiang Zhenpeng learned that Tao Yaoyao had warned Qiu Tu and told his accomplices to stop their act, saying she had finally gone over to Qiu Tu's side.
• Qiu Tu arrived in the New World Area with a Cataclysmic Treasure, where La Riluo mocked him for heading to his death and he proposed a bet.

Qiu Tu heard how Tang Feifei had taken temporary control of the Investigation Department while Tan Huimin pleaded for him to save Zheng Tao. The chapter left Tang Feifei in charge, with Qiu Tu and his allies positioned to use the department’s power.

• Song Qing teased Qiu Tu about Tan Huimin before bringing the secretary to him.
• Tan Huimin begged Qiu Tu to spare Zheng Tao, then explained that the Investigation Department had been thrown into turmoil.
• Tang Feifei won Yu Zhengyi’s neutrality and closed Wu Zhi’s case after confirming he had been murdered by the fugitive Lone Wolf.
• Tang Feifei suspended Ji Chen and detained him for framing senior officials, then summoned a meeting of the remaining department leaders.
• Tang Feifei used Bai Yu’s arrest authorization and Wu Zhi’s case report to pressure the leaders into accepting her temporary control of the Investigation Department.

Qiu Tu received official confirmation of his promotion to Deputy Speaker after his achievements as an Area Master and his killing of a Fourth Order Evil God stunned East Industry State’s 16 Cities. As he entered the state council’s highest circle, he sent an unexplained message: “Make your move.”

• Old Wang told Huang Shangzong to give Qiu Tu and Tang Feifei more responsibility, then warned that a Sixth Shelter delegation led by Queen Xi and Cabinet Minister Kou Yu would visit in two months.
• Huang Shangzong explained that he had deliberately stirred unrest to expose Anti-Government Armed Forces informants and planned to purge the state before the delegation arrived.
• Old Wang left Qiu Tu a box of Boundless God Crystals in exchange for Whale Shark’s corpse, and Huang Shangzong and Liu Xiongyuan departed with him.
• The Shelter officially promoted Qiu Tu to Deputy Speaker and disclosed that he had become an Area Master and killed a Fourth Order Evil God, shocking officials across the 16 Cities.
• Ai Li, Xue Er, and Yan Yan reacted to Qiu Tu’s promotion, with Xue Er fearing she could no longer avenge Brother Jia and Ai Li worrying she could not escape her wager with him.
• Qiu Tu entered the East Industry State Council meeting room and sent someone the message “Make your move” just before the doors closed.

After La Riluo warned Qiu Tu that Jia Shu planned to kill him, Qiu Tu questioned whether she was manipulating him until Crisis Intuition confirmed that Jia Shu would attack within two days. Qiu Tu concluded he needed to prepare and contacted Qin Shuman, who offered Security Department protection, but he declined and considered seeking help from Tang Feifei.

• Qiu Tu told Lin Zuo that La Riluo had pulled him into a dream and gave him intelligence, then reflected on how her knowledge and tactics had caught him off guard.
• Qiu Tu suspected a middle- or high-ranking Investigation Department official had informed La Riluo about the recent upheaval, but he doubted Jia Shu was her follower or intended to kill him.
• Crisis Intuition warned Qiu Tu that Jia Shu was preparing to eliminate him by the night after tomorrow and started a forty-eight-hour countdown.
• Qiu Tu decided to prepare for Jia Shu's attack and called Qin Shuman to ask whether the Security Department could investigate a suspected evil god's follower.
• Qin Shuman explained that she could not investigate Jia Shu without evidence and offered to send specialists to guard Qiu Tu, but he declined and thought of asking Tang Feifei for protection.

Qiu Tu sought Tang Feifei’s help against Jia Shu and learned that a promotion could protect him from official retaliation. Tang Feifei lent him a defensive Cataclysmic Treasure, but after he used his second request to forbid her from resisting, he attacked her from behind.

• Tang Feifei teased Qiu Tu while bathing, then joined him in the lounge to discuss their cooperation.
• Qiu Tu asked whether Jia Shu could be eliminated, and Tang Feifei warned that killing a registered Shelter official would bring deadly consequences.
• Tang Feifei explained that Jia Shu would have less power over Qiu Tu if he rose one rank, and said the Shelter might investigate Jia Shu after Monday.
• Tang Feifei lent Qiu Tu a Trigger Paper Doll to protect him from attacks and said he could repay her if it activated.
• Qiu Tu invoked his first request to make Tang Feifei leave him alone for the day, then knocked her down and invoked his second request: she was not allowed to resist.

After Qiu Tu became Director, he nominated Guan Xiao to lead the Political Department and accepted Jiang Zhenpeng’s dinner invitation. As Qiu Tu planned to draw La Riluo back to his side, she returned to the Fourth Order and decided to visit him again.

• Political Department agents discussed Qiu Tu’s promotion, while Zhang Jian regretted how his own standing had fallen as Guan Xiao rose.
• Qiu Tu told Guan Xiao he had nominated her for Minister and planned to transfer Zhang Jian; Guan Xiao flirted with him, but he sent her away after tapping her head three times.
• Jiang Zhenpeng invited Qiu Tu to dinner through Tao Yaoyao, and Qiu Tu agreed to visit his estate the following evening.
• Working late, Qiu Tu reflected on how he had raised La Riluo’s loyalty to 42 and hoped to use their connection to bring her back under his control.
• Guan Xiao arrived at Qiu Tu’s office carrying the unconscious Tan Huimin and said she had understood his three taps as an invitation to meet at the third watch.
• La Riluo absorbed the Boundless God Crystal, restored her body to the Fourth Order, and decided to return to see Qiu Tu.

Qiu Tu rejected Tang Feifei’s invitation while planning to draw her into cooperation on his terms. He went to the Special Operations Department to test the Rosemary Love Potion on Tian Xiaotian, and began an angry act about A Tai to get Tian Xiaotian’s attention.

• Tang Feifei explained that her invitation had been a test and planned to contact Qiu Tu again after giving him time to consider her offer.
• Qiu Tu decided to use feigned indifference to keep Tang Feifei interested without letting her control their cooperation.
• Qiu Tu chose Tian Xiaotian as the first test subject for the Rosemary Love Potion, wary of using it on Tang Feifei before learning whether she was a Calamity Descendant.
• Qiu Tu applied a drop of the potion to his neck and intercepted Tian Xiaotian near the training grounds.
• Qiu Tu loudly insulted A Tai, and Tian Xiaotian stopped him to ask whether he also had a grudge against him.

Qiu Tu and Consort Xi purged the Zhao and Han Families, consolidated power in the 7th Shelter, and secured Qiu Tu’s appointment as a senior leader in both the 7th and Sixth Shelters. As resistance from other Shelters mounted, Zhao Ji told Qiu Tu she still had to leave for an important opportunity.

• Qiu Tu reassured Consort Xi that he regarded her as an ally and partner, and her loyalty increased by seven points.
• Consort Xi ordered the Zhao Family executed, while Tang Feifei, Rain Butterfly, Guan Xiao, and Wei Zhengze oversaw the execution of the Han Family.
• Consort Xi proposed restoring the 7th Shelter’s Head of State position, and the Council of Elders accepted her proposal and Qiu Tu’s appointment as Second Elder.
• The Sixth Shelter’s cabinet approved Kou Xuan’s proposal to appoint Qiu Tu as Deputy Prime Minister, making him second in command in both Shelters.
• The Third, Fourth, and Fifth Shelters and the Second Shelter’s Boundless Mind Sea - Core Area gave no response to the leadership announcements.
• Qiu Tu met Zhao Ji in the Boundless Mind Sea - East City Area, but she refused to stay because an important opportunity awaited her.

Qiu Tu and La Riluo survived Zhao Ji’s attack, but Zhao Ji took the Earth Vein Flower and La Riluo left after giving it back to Qiu Tu. Qiu Tu found La Riluo in the Boundless Mind Sea and tried to win her back, ending with her demanding that he seduce several women as punishment.

• La Riluo shielded Qiu Tu from Zhao Ji, who withdrew her attack, severed the Earth Vein Flower’s connections to Enlightenment City, and gave the flower to La Riluo before leaving.
• La Riluo returned the Earth Vein Flower to Qiu Tu, declared that she no longer owed him anything, and left the Real World; Qiu Tu decided to pursue her and win her back.
• Fourth-Order Calamity Descendants investigated the aftermath and reported the clash between Zhao Ji and Qiu Tu to their superiors.
• Qiu Tu searched the Enlightenment Area, found La Riluo crying in a tree hollow, tied her up, and tried to apologize and persuade her to forgive him.
• La Riluo accepted Qiu Tu’s apology but demanded that he seduce Consort Xi, Ai Li’s three friends, Rain Butterfly, Tang Feifei, and Liu Fuping as punishment.

Zhao Ji’s old friend, the Chaos Witch, revealed herself as Mo Li and asked Zhao Ji to let her test Qiu Tu without exposing her identity. Qiu Tu secured seven Heavenly God Levels from Hua Wanwan, and his allies began deciding who would travel to the Temple with him.

• The Chaos Witch teased Zhao Ji about falling for Qiu Tu, asked her not to reveal her identity, and warned that she might kill him if he proved unworthy.
• Qiu Tu recognized Hua Wanwan as a fellow Chaos Path spy and asked her to exchange five Heavenly God Vassal slots for five Heavenly God Levels.
• Hua Wanwan gave Qiu Tu seven Heavenly God Levels after he filed a document claiming Ilena had approved the request, and set a two-day deadline for him to make the claim legitimate.
• Qiu Tu left the Training Department and told Zhao Ji and Mo Li that everything was settled and they should prepare to receive his people.
• A day later, Tang Feifei proposed that Rain Butterfly, Consort Xi, and she stay in the Boundless Mind Sea while Heavenly King Zhi Yan, Li Feng, and Guan Xiao went to the Ancient Continent.

Qiu Tu tested the Rosemary Love Potion on Liu Fuping, learned how it affected her, and gathered information about Tang Feifei. After obtaining a Calamity Item and waiting for Qin Shuman, he was shocked when a woman entered in Qin Shuman’s new body.

• The Rosemary Love Potion made Liu Fuping’s desire and closeness toward Qiu Tu intensify until its effects abruptly ended, and Qiu Tu questioned her about the experience.
• Qiu Tu analyzed the potion’s effects and concluded that it worked more strongly on the opposite sex and amplified existing feelings or desires.
• Liu Fuping described Tang Feifei’s confidence, capability, and background, and her loyalty toward Qiu Tu rose by 12.
• Qiu Tu collected a black box containing the Calamity Item from Jia Shu, whose satisfaction inexplicably increased by 2.
• Qiu Tu stayed late to investigate Yin Caimei’s death with Qin Shuman, but a woman entered in Qin Shuman’s new body and left him stunned.

Qiu Tu learned that news of a special Calamity Material had spread through East Industry State and helped the Speakers contain the political fallout by endorsing a fabricated version of the enemy’s demands. After the State Council rallied its forces for war, Qiu Tu headed to Ai Li’s home to watch Yan Yan perform.

• Guan Xiao reported that the New Democratic Army’s offer involving a special Calamity Material had leaked to senior officials, and Qiu Tu assessed the divided reactions among Speakers and council members.
• Guan Xiao and Tao Yaoyao brought Qiu Tu intelligence as the special Calamity Material rumors spread, while Qiu Tu asked Shen Ling Shuang whether she was an only child.
• At the Speaker Meeting, Dai Yukang questioned Qiu Tu about the Calamity Material, but Liu Xiongyuan’s interruptions helped Qiu Tu avoid revealing what he knew.
• Huang Shangzong declared the Calamity Material story an enemy effort to sow discord, and Dai Yukang proposed spreading a fabricated account of the Cataclysm Zone’s demands to unite the state’s forces.
• Huang Shangzong approved Dai Yukang’s plan, and the State Council spread the false demands, raising military morale and hostility toward the Anti-Government Armed Forces.
• After the meeting, Qiu Tu went to Ai Li’s home to watch Yan Yan perform.

Qiu Tu killed five Eighth Order great evil gods while Zhao Ji defeated Kabaneri with a Heavenly God Skill, but the move left her severely weakened. Their sudden rise in the Heavenly God Trial rankings drew attention from forces across the region, putting them at risk as Zhao Ji recovered.

• Qiu Tu opened his Order Space, trapping five Eighth Order great evil gods as they tried to escape and then regrouped to attack him.
• Zhao Ji fought Kabaneri, who grew into a giant and dragged the moon down toward the battlefield with his bronze chains.
• Zhao Ji unleashed a Heavenly God Skill that shattered the moon and battered Kabaneri until her sword array overwhelmed his defenses.
• Qiu Tu killed the five great evil gods who charged in to help Kabaneri, and Kabaneri then collapsed into ashes beneath Zhao Ji's sword lights.
• Zhao Ji praised Qiu Tu before collapsing and spitting divine blood; Qiu Tu suspected her Heavenly God Skill had caused severe backlash.
• Kabaneri's death and the other killings changed the trial rankings, moving Zhao Ji to fifth place and Qiu Tu to eighth and drawing attention from forces across the trial.

Qiu Tu and Li Feng coordinated a mass relocation to unite the Human Faction’s shelters as rival factions hesitated over the coming crisis. After the first Displacement Moon transfer succeeded, Zhi Yan called Qiu Tu humanity’s de facto leader, and he began to suspect she was hiding the truth about Li Feng’s father as the day to bring down the Isolation Mountain Range arrived.

• Li Feng agreed to coordinate the migration of the Third and 4th Shelters, while Qiu Tu arranged for Guan Xiao to assist her.
• Li Feng explained that the shelters planned two transfers, expected to relocate most civilians, and had ordered civil servants to carry out the operation.
• Qiu Tu ordered the Human Faction to consolidate its shelters, while Tang Feifei and Guan Xiao pacified the northwest region in five days and the other factions debated whether to intervene.
• Qiu Tu and Zhi Yan watched the first Displacement Moon transfer move civilians into the Sixth, Seventh, and Eighth Districts, where troops secured them as they slept.
• Zhi Yan told Qiu Tu that humanity’s future depended on him, then claimed Li Feng’s father had died when Qiu Tu asked about him and vanished from the rooftop.
• The next day arrived, the day Tian Qi, Kabaneri, and Doris had agreed to bring down the Isolation Mountain Range.

Qiu Tu sought Zhao Ji’s account of the Heavenly God Cataclysm to prepare for the dangers of becoming a Heavenly God. Zhao Ji revealed that the cataclysm came from the Heavenly God Battlefield, where gods fought over domains and rules, and Qiu Tu began deducing how God Kings rose to power.

• Qiu Tu worried that the Four Divine Kings’ silence concealed a greater plot and returned to stand with Zhao Ji and investigate the old cataclysm.
• Qiu Tu reunited with Guan Xiao and Shen Ling Shuang in the Crimson Territory while Doris watched them from the castle.
• The East Divine King challenged Bei Ze for refusing to attack Zhao Ji, and the Divine Kings argued over whether they had betrayed Xi Yue during the cataclysm.
• Qiu Tu asked Zhao Ji whether the Heavenly God realm was dangerous, and she said the weakness of its cultivators had caused their deaths.
• Zhao Ji explained that the cataclysm came from outside the Boundless Mind Sea and that the World Passage led to the Heavenly God Battlefield.
• Qiu Tu realized Heavenly Gods fought over related domains and rules, then deduced that God Kings monopolized those domains.