Chapter Summaries

Qiu Tu reviewed the Earth Vein Flower and his strengthened abilities while keeping watch over the area. At Consort Xi’s residence, Consort Xi secretly asked Ai Li to deliver a card to Qiu Tu, warning that the Kou Family had imprisoned her and that Old Pang might have been involved in Ai Li’s parents’ deaths.

• Qiu Tu summoned Scarface, the Captain, and over a hundred Dark Soldiers, then ordered them to keep watching Enlightenment City and the Earth Vein Flower.
• Qiu Tu reviewed how advancing to Fifth Order had strengthened Order Space and the Dark Legion, then headed toward East City.
• Consort Xi sent Ai Li back to her room after her friends left and asked her to help in private.
• Consort Xi told Ai Li that Kou Yu had arranged attacks on the envoy group, killed her attendants, and kept her under surveillance, and warned that Old Pang could not be trusted.
• Consort Xi gave Ai Li a pink card for Qiu Tu and a jade pendant she said belonged to Ai Li’s parents, then sent Ai Li away before the attendants returned.

After Huang Shangzong became East Industry State Speaker, his Supervision Bureau took Eagle into custody over Wu Zhi’s murder, while Qiu Tu stayed focused on his work and the Boundless Mind Sea Expansion Plan. The chapter ended with Guan Xiao making a provocative entrance into Qiu Tu’s recorded office interview.

• The Supervision Bureau took Eagle away, and Qiu Tu told Tang Feifei he was unconcerned while discussing his plans to focus on the Boundless Mind Sea Expansion Plan and evil gods.
• Qiu Tu asked Tang Feifei for a Cataclysmic Treasure that could alter his soul’s aura, and she promised to obtain one by the following night.
• Tan Huimin warned Qiu Tu that Eagle had been arrested, but Qiu Tu said he trusted Eagle and returned to the Political Department to summon department heads for questioning.
• During Eagle’s interrogation, inspectors accused him of conspiring with Qiu Tu to kill Adviser Wu Zhi, claiming Eagle used a clone and his invisibility ability to carry out the assassination.
• Guan Xiao entered Qiu Tu’s office for questioning, made a suggestive show of greeting him, and Qiu Tu pointed out that their conversation was being recorded.

Qiu Tu recognized that Tan Huimin was Zheng Tao’s wife and suspected her presence as his secretary was part of a scheme. After taking up his new office, he arranged to meet Qin Shuman to discuss cooperation, while Tan Huimin asked how he had identified her.

• Qiu Tu guessed Tan Huimin was Zheng Tao’s secretary, and she explained that Zheng Tao had sent her to assist him after losing a bet.
• Qiu Tu told Tan Huimin that Zheng Tao had effectively given her to him, then took her along to his new office as investigators showed him deference.
• In the elevator, Qiu Tu explained the Political Department’s power and called Tan Huimin “Madam Zheng,” startling her into dropping his documents.
• Qiu Tu suspected Zheng Tao had sent his wife as a honey trap and decided to investigate the couple while considering other threats and opportunities.
• Qiu Tu messaged Qin Shuman to arrange a meeting about cooperation, and she agreed.
• Tan Huimin brought the documents into Qiu Tu’s office and asked how he had known her identity.

Qiu Tu drank the Cataclysm Potion and endured a terrifying transformation through the Boundless Mind Sea. He awakened as a Calamity Descendant and gained Spirit Vision, learning more about the world’s hidden nature.

• Qiu Tu decided to drink the unusually potent potion and made arrangements for Shen Ling Shuang, Qin Shuman, A Tai, and Eagle in case something went wrong.
• Qiu Tu rendered Shen Ling Shuang unconscious, entrusted her to Sister Xin, and told Eagle to protect them and carry out his instructions.
• Qiu Tu drank the Cataclysm Potion and became immersed in the ocean before struggling free from a foul, suffocating abyss.
• Qiu Tu lost consciousness, then awakened with mysterious knowledge etched into his mind and his pupils turned azure blue.
• Qiu Tu used Spirit Vision to see through the wall, perceive nearby flames, and spot a towering black shadow several kilometers away.

Qiu Tu learned that the newly descended Chaos God King had followed coordinates left by a strange note in the World Passage, then went to meet her in Mandala City. He left a Crystal Dice token with the seemingly airheaded God King, and she noticed him after he passed by.

• Zhu Wu told Qing Lan that another God King had descended, and Qing Lan reported the news to Qiu Tu.
• Qiu Tu ordered the Ministry of Internal Affairs to investigate the newcomer and discussed with Yao Qin whether Star Founder God King had sent her.
• Yao Qin identified the notes found in the World Passage as Coordinate Paper, a Chaos Path treasure that revealed the Boundless Mind Sea's location.
• Qiu Tu and Yao Qin traveled to Mandala City, where they found a young Chaos God King who had taken local coins and a travel bag.
• After assessing the girl as an ordinary Level One God King, Qiu Tu approached her while carrying the Crystal Dice; she noticed him as he passed.

After Zhao Ji treated Qiu Tu, La Riluo mistook their awkward behavior for evidence of a romance, while Zhao Ji privately began to suspect Qiu Tu had taken liberties. The next day, Qiu Tu arranged a civilian transfer and political reforms before the East Divine King announced a personal visit to meet him and Zhao Ji; that night, Qiu Tu summoned Heavenly King Zhi Yan.

• La Riluo found Tang Feifei's intelligence file in Zhao Ji's hands and teased her about being romantically involved with Qiu Tu, so Zhao Ji explained the file and gave Qiu Tu two Calamity Abilities for Tang Feifei.
• Zhao Ji said she would enter seclusion to cultivate and left, while La Riluo called Qiu Tu her brother-in-law and accused him of having an intimate encounter with Zhao Ji.
• Outside the villa, Zhao Ji overheard Qiu Tu defending her, then wondered whether their treatment had been improper and silently decided she still needed to kill him.
• The next day, Qiu Tu discussed the Second Transfer and the Human United Front - Highest Council with Li Feng, while the East Divine King ordered Meteor City's city lord to protect the battlefield before personally meeting Qiu Tu and Zhao Ji.
• That night, Qiu Tu summoned Heavenly King Zhi Yan, who asked whether he had called her over to discuss his victory against Kabaneri and the Hall of Gods' seven Eighth Order experts.

After Tang Feifei became an Area Master and began advancing to Fourth Order, Qiu Tu convened the Investigation Department’s senior officials and declared that he was in charge as acting director. He issued orders, but Lin Ting challenged whether Tang Feifei had the authority to appoint him, leaving Qiu Tu to face his first challenge.

• Yu Zhengyi, Shi Youxin, Lin Ting, and Guan Weihua learned of Tang Feifei’s advancement and reluctantly answered Qiu Tu’s late-night meeting summons.
• Jiang Zhenpeng and Tao Yaoyao suspected Qiu Tu had obtained the intelligence or item that enabled Tang Feifei’s advancement, while Jiang predicted Qiu Tu would soon move against Lin Chuan.
• Qiu Tu sat in Tang Feifei’s chair, showed the officials her authorization document, and announced that he called the shots in the Investigation Department.
• Qiu Tu ordered Yu Zhengyi to report Tang Feifei’s advancement to the state and told Shi Youxin to arrange promotions for the Daredevil Team and others on Tang Feifei’s list.
• Qiu Tu asked Lin Ting to deploy around a thousand Special Operations Department personnel to guard Tang Feifei’s villa, but Lin Ting refused and challenged the validity of Qiu Tu’s appointment.

Qiu Tu used Shen Ling Shuang’s explanation of Spiritual Body conception to sow doubt in Tan Huimin about her husband, then arranged a private meeting with Secretary Bai. The chapter ended with Qiu Tu confronting Secretary Bai over his allegiance to the Evil God.

• Shen Ling Shuang explained how Spiritual Body conception could produce a soul-born Cataclysm Creature, and Qiu Tu speculated that Zheng Tao had traded away one spouse’s ability to have children.
• Qiu Tu told Tan Huimin that her husband might have made such a deal, leaving her shaken and questioning the reason they had no children.
• Qiu Tu asked Song Qing to collect reports from three department heads while Tan Huimin remained dazed, then watched her return to work in silence.
• Qiu Tu called Secretary Bai and arranged to meet him alone that evening.
• Qiu Tu arrived at Secretary Bai’s villa, heard him play the piano, and asked whether he still had any image left after pledging himself to the Evil God.

Qiu Tu interrogated Dusk Night with Order Space and learned about the Mist Veil Society, its members, and the Earth Vein Flower. Dusk Night revealed that the flower could strengthen a region and that Sixth-Order advancement involved the World Origin granting authority over nine connected regions.

• Qiu Tu used Order Space on Dusk Night and confirmed that the Mountain Root rumor was completely false.
• Dusk Night explained that the Mist Veil Society tailored benefits to members and identified its regional leaders as Beauty Wind and Yasha, with members codenamed Mask and Emperor in the Sixth and Eighth Shelters.
• Dusk Night described the Mist Veil Society's Core Area origins, its recruitment and messenger systems, and its efforts to gather resources and talent in the Edge Area.
• Qiu Tu pressed Dusk Night about his apparent campaign against East Industry State, and Dusk Night revealed that he was searching for the Earth Vein Flower.
• Dusk Night explained that the Earth Vein Flower could expand a region to 365 Earth Vein Nodes and raise its energy level.
• Dusk Night told Qiu Tu that Sixth-Order Calamity Descendants received World Bestowal, granting them recognized, lasting authority over nine connected regions.

Consort Xi, Kou Xuan, and Rao Shou considered Qiu Tu’s actions and committed to supporting him as the Isolation Mountain Range approached collapse. In Three Capitals City, Qiu Tu reviewed Rain Butterfly’s intelligence network and learned that Qing Lan had arrived.

• Consort Xi welcomed the news of Qiu Tu’s attack on Shen Yuzhou, while Kou Xuan accepted the risk of staking the Kou Family on him.
• Rao Shou persuaded Tang Wanli that they had judged Qiu Tu correctly, and they began preparing for the regions’ merger and coordinating with Four States.
• Qiu Tu reprimanded Jackal Dog and Dusk Night for letting Zhu Wu’s brothel visits damage his reputation, then asked Rain Butterfly for her intelligence report.
• Rain Butterfly described her network’s findings on Qing Lan and Zhao Ji and explained how she had recruited lower-order Evil Gods as informants and allies.
• Qiu Tu ordered Rain Butterfly to gather intelligence on eighth-order Cataclysm Creatures, especially the Blazing Flame Heavenly King, before Jackal Dog announced that Qing Lan had arrived in Three Capitals City.

Qiu Tu manipulated Fourth Master Qin into moving his family and assets, then forced him to set the Qin Family’s main residence ablaze and take Qin Shuman. As the fire consumed the residence, Qin Heng and Yan Chen reached an agreement, unaware of the upheaval.

• Qiu Tu told Fourth Master Qin to prepare his wife and children and move the family’s valuables, warning that they could be used against him.
• Qiu Tu had Fourth Master Qin arrange a safehouse for his family, then A Tai and the Temporary Detectives intercepted them and captured their escorts.
• Qiu Tu directed Fourth Master Qin to bring Qin Shuman to the main residence’s garden and gather fuel and other accelerants.
• Qiu Tu ordered Fourth Master Qin to burn the main residence, kill the detective guarding Qin Shuman and Maid, and flee with Qin Shuman; he used Fourth Master Qin’s family as leverage when he tried to refuse.
• Fourth Master Qin’s men set the main residence ablaze, while Qin Heng and Yan Chen reached an agreement at the City Center Villa, unaware of the fire.

At the Speaker Meeting, Huang Shangzong tried to transfer Qiu Tu and other officials out of New Realm City, but a vote revealed that several Deputy Speakers opposed him. Qiu Tu’s transfer was rejected, and Huang Shangzong called an ally for advice, learning that senior faction leaders believed he had been outmaneuvered by a junior.

• Huang Shangzong proposed transferring Qiu Tu and other officials, while Liu Xiongyuan quietly stopped Tang Feifei from challenging him outright.
• Huang Shangzong called for a vote, but Liu Xiongyuan, Tang Feifei, and Dai Yukang opposed his proposal, while Li Tingdong initially remained silent.
• Ye Mingfeng persuaded Huang Shangzong to vote on each official separately, and Qiu Tu’s transfer was rejected by a three-to-two vote, with Li Tingdong abstaining.
• Dai Yukang told Liu Xiongyuan that he had supported Qiu Tu to repay a favor, then left as Ye Mingfeng worried that Huang Shangzong might retaliate.
• Huang Shangzong smashed objects in his office and called Old Guo, who said Old Pang and Old Tang had discussed the matter and that Huang Shangzong had been played by a junior.

Qiu Tu learned that advancing to Fifth Order required becoming an Area Master and reaching Fourth Order Peak, giving him a clear path that depended on rising to Speaker and defeating Dusk Night. As Zhao Ji led him through the Area Mist to hunt Dusk Night, she planned to draw him out by forcibly refining his areas.

• Dusk Night worried that Zhao Ji’s arrival had jeopardized his fabricated Mountain Root scheme and considered how to avoid a direct fight.
• While flying with Zhao Ji, Qiu Tu learned that humans had Fifth and Sixth Order experts in the Boundless Mind Sea’s Core Area.
• Rao Shou told Huang Shangzong that other Shelters had cultivated powerful experts by replenishing Area Masters’ Mental Power and life force, and revealed that Fifth Order advancement required Area Master status and Fourth Order Peak strength.
• Qiu Tu realized that becoming Speaker after defeating Dusk Night could help him reach Fourth Order Peak and advance to Fifth Order.
• Zhao Ji guided Qiu Tu through the Area Mist and said she would forcibly refine Dusk Night’s areas until he appeared.

Qiu Tu met with Jia Shu, answered questions about his evening and his calls with Fourth Master Qin, then received an interrogation assignment. Jia Shu reviewed Qiu Tu’s call records as news arrived that Fourth Master Qin had fled and Qin Shuman was missing.

• Qiu Tu inferred that Jia Shu had detained him to keep him away from the Qin Family while the Security Department cleaned up evidence, then went to Jia Shu’s office.
• Jia Shu questioned Qiu Tu about his plans and calls; Qiu Tu described his conversations with A Tai and Fourth Master Qin and received an assignment to interrogate an Alliance Female Captain.
• Qiu Tu left for the Interrogation Section, where he heard staff gossiping before entering and being greeted by the employees.
• Jia Shu examined Qiu Tu’s call records and found that they matched his account, then regarded him with growing interest.
• Yan Chen told Jia Shu that Fourth Master Qin had fled, his wife and children had been moved, and Qin Shuman was missing; Jia Shu then asked whether Qiu Tu had returned to the Investigation Department.

Zhao Ji revealed her former identity as Xi Yue, accepted Tian Qi and the Mist Veil Society into her faction, and planned with Qiu Tu to pursue the Heavenly God Level and confront the Four Divine Kings. The God Kings debated whether to send their true bodies against her, while Doris discovered that Tian Qi was jealous of Qiu Tu.

• Doris agreed to bring Tian Qi to meet Zhao Ji, who recognized him as a former loyal follower of her past life as Xi Yue.
• Zhao Ji accepted Tian Qi into her faction and told him to follow her and Qiu Tu, promising to help him advance to Heavenly God if conditions allowed.
• Zhao Ji announced plans to help Qiu Tu reach the Heavenly God Level and seek justice from the Four Divine Kings.
• The God Kings discussed sending their true bodies to kill Zhao Ji but hesitated because of the danger she posed.
• Doris implied that Qiu Tu was Zhao Ji's boudoir attendant, and Tian Qi grew angry and shattered part of the castle steps.

Qiu Tu raided Qin Cheng’s villa and used birthday gifts to test his suspicion that Qin Cheng was actually Old Master Qin. As Qiu Tu pressed for more gold, an unidentified intruder infiltrated the villa and an Alliance squad traveled toward it to kill Qiu Tu.

• Qiu Tu ordered Cao Dabiao’s investigators to surround Qin Cheng’s villa, where they detained Qin Cheng and three women.
• Qiu Tu questioned Qin Cheng about his birthday, then demanded a gift, using his reactions to assess whether he was Old Master Qin.
• An unidentified black shadow watched the villa from a tree, realized Qiu Tu’s squad was inside, and began sneaking in with an old-fashioned rifle.
• An Alliance leader rallied more than a dozen armed members in a transport truck, saying they had been ordered to kill Qiu Tu in exchange for rewards and passage to the Holy District.
• Qin Cheng gave Qiu Tu two small golden horses, but Qiu Tu declared that they were not enough, and Qin Cheng’s expression changed.

Qiu Tu recognized that Tan Huimin had been pretending to sleep, then learned she was trying to help Zheng Tao escape Secretary Bai and played along with her plan. As Qiu Tu expanded his influence through the Investigation Department and returned to Shen Ling Shuang, Liu Xiongyuan received a plan to accelerate Moonlight Lake’s formation, setting the stage for the next day’s upheaval.

• Qiu Tu realized the Loyalty Game required Tan Huimin to be awake and aware, and understood that she had faked illness and sleep.
• Tan Huimin mistook Qiu Tu for A Tao and urged him to escape Secretary Bai; Qiu Tu agreed to play along, and she later returned to work as if nothing had happened.
• Qiu Tu placed trusted subordinates across the Political Department and other departments, while Tang Feifei expanded her own influence and pulled teams from the Special Operations Department into the Training Department.
• Qiu Tu returned to his villa, made peace with Shen Ling Shuang, and prepared to go to the Investigation Department on the day Moonlight Lake was due to descend.
• Liu Xiongyuan received a detailed plan from the white-coated researchers and left their secret base to accelerate Moonlight Lake’s formation.

After Qiu Tu’s show of strength reshaped the balance of power in the two states, Rao Shou and Tang Wanfeng arrived to recognize his achievements and discuss his next appointment. Tang Wanfeng revealed that Qiu Tu was being offered the Two States Garrison Commander position and another major promise, leaving Qiu Tu to grasp the scale of their plans.

• Pang Hai Chen learned that Tian Baoliang had been arrested by Tang Shouye, while Pei Jing privately worried that the Academic Faction’s growing power concealed a deeper change.
• Qiu Tu’s allies refused to leave the meeting with Pang Hai Chen, and Qiu Tu concluded that his six-vote bloc gave him control of the two states.
• On the way to New State, Rao Shou and Tang Wanfeng agreed to announce a major assignment for Qiu Tu, writing the same character, “Si,” on their palms.
• Qiu Tu and Pei Jing welcomed Rao Shou and Tang Wanfeng, then Qiu Tu showed them the Boundless God Crystals of the two Sixth Order evil gods he had killed, crushing Pang Hai Chen’s last hope that his superiors had survived.
• In private, Tang Wanfeng told Qiu Tu that he would receive a Councilor’s seat and wrote “Er” to indicate his next post overseeing the two unconquered states.
• Qiu Tu wrote “Si” in response, and Tang Wanfeng wrote the traditional “Si” over it, revealing a second major promise beyond the Two States Garrison Commander position.

Qiu Tu faced three new crises after helping La Riluo and arresting Jia Shu, while Yan Chen killed Jia Wei in his study. The next morning, Qiu Tu learned that the Supervisory Committee was investigating Jia Shu and wanted to question him.

• Qiu Tu received crisis warnings about La Riluo's appreciation, a threat in the dark, and the United Front's revenge.
• Yan Chen told Ji Chen to monitor the supervisors and factions, then discussed Jia Shu's arrest with Jia Wei.
• Jia Wei celebrated his brother's arrest and praised La Riluo before invisible cuts dismembered him as he left Yan Chen's study.
• Tang Feifei returned late, let the exhausted Qiu Tu sleep, and showered alone.
• Cao Dabiao told Qiu Tu that the Supervisory Committee had sealed Jia Shu's office and planned to question Qiu Tu that afternoon.

Yan Chen granted Qiu Tu sweeping authority to investigate the Yin Caimei Case for five days, while Jia Shu quietly watched him with dangerous interest. Qiu Tu gained two rewards, found clues implicating Vice President Tian, and learned that Tang Feifei wanted to meet him at Liu Fuping’s home that night.

• Yan Chen authorized Qiu Tu to arrest and interrogate officials below section chief for five days, including using torture, and warned him to solve the case within the deadline.
• After Yan Chen and Ji Chen left, Jia Shu returned to his office and spoke excitedly about Qiu Tu as a fruit he wanted to watch ripen.
• Qiu Tu examined his crisis rewards, receiving Giant Beast Bone Ash and the Lucky Joker Card, which offered daily Lucky Guidance but could compel him to kill someone or commit suicide.
• Qiu Tu and the Investigation Team organized Vice President Tian and Yin Caimei’s records, uncovering frequent visits to Supreme Truth Restaurant, a private residence on New Field Road, and meetings with the Qin Family and transport merchants.
• After the records made Vice President Tian seem increasingly suspicious, Liu Fuping told Qiu Tu that Tang Feifei wanted to meet him at her home that night.