Chapter Summaries

Qiu Tu caught La Riluo trying to claim the Dock Sea Area and explained why she could not safely become its Area Master, then promised her a better region. He brought her back to the Underground Base and revealed that he intended for her to become Area Master of East City Area, leaving her shocked as he began to explain.

• Qiu Tu surprised La Riluo on a raft in the Dock Sea Area and exposed her attempt to become its Area Master.
• La Riluo tried to pass off her search for Earth Vein Nodes as a plan to help Qiu Tu, but he sealed her Calamity Power and caught her when she fell.
• Qiu Tu explained that La Riluo taking the Dock Sea Area would put him under suspicion and leave her vulnerable to neighboring Evil Gods.
• Qiu Tu persuaded La Riluo to reopen the Area Channel, then returned with her to the New World Area as Dark Soldiers prepared to secure the route.
• Qiu Tu told La Riluo he had chosen East City Area for her, shocking her because she feared Zhao Ji would return and kill him.

Qiu Tu and Zhao Ji defeated Takikawa Ei, but the cost of Qiu Tu’s Order Space nearly exhausted both of their resources. Zhao Ji transferred her Calamity Power to him to keep him alive, while the fall of three God Kings sent the Four Divine Kingdoms into turmoil.

• Qiu Tu used Order Space to make everything but Takikawa Ei’s true body unobservable, allowing Zhao Ji to kill her before the Crisis Countdown ran out.
• Qiu Tu exhausted his Boundless God Crystals paying Order Space’s price, and Zhao Ji opened her treasuries to supply him with more.
• Qiu Tu realized Crisis Intuition had accounted for Zhao Ji’s resources and help, and he continued weakening after her reserves were gone.
• Zhao Ji extinguished the lights, pressed herself against Qiu Tu, and transferred her Calamity Power to him so he could survive the price.
• Zhao Ji restrained Qiu Tu when he got distracted, then continued transferring power as his condition improved.
• The God King statues in the Northern, Western, and Eastern Kingdoms shattered, revealing that three God Kings had fallen and plunging the Four Divine Kingdoms into turmoil.

Qiu Tu agreed to Tan Huimin’s plan to build a career in the Public Security Department and accepted Huang Shangzong’s proposed reshuffle as part of a deal. By afternoon, Qiu Tu had become Director of the New Realm City Investigation Department, and the Speakers had proposed adding him to the council at its next session.

• Tan Huimin asked Qiu Tu to promote her into a Public Security Bureau leadership role, and he agreed to monitor her performance.
• Tang Feifei told Qiu Tu that Huang Shangzong had proposed him for Investigation Department Director and a council seat in exchange for reshuffling senior posts.
• Qiu Tu accepted Huang Shangzong’s proposed appointments, including Ai Li as Action Deputy Director, and suggested publicly describing Ai Li’s past actions as a drill-related misunderstanding.
• The East Industry State Speaker Meeting concluded, and Qiu Tu officially became Director of the New Realm City Investigation Department.
• The Speakers announced plans to nominate Qiu Tu for a council seat at the State Council’s meeting in half a month, stirring rumors across New Realm City.

Qiu Tu’s group set a plan to capture Tang Lang while keeping him alive, and Qing Lan confronted him alone with an array of unusual Heavenly God Skills. Zhao Ji joined the battle after Qiu Tu strengthened her, while Yao Qin reached the border and discovered she could no longer contact Tang Lang.

• Doris offered a treasure to conceal the battle’s aura, and Zhao Ji said she could kill a God King if given one week, but Qiu Tu told her to follow his plan and keep Tang Lang alive.
• Qiu Tu’s group finalized their arrangements and spread a net around Tang Lang as he patrolled the wilderness, suspecting a trap but trusting his strength.
• Qing Lan provoked Tang Lang and used Scapegoat and Good-for-nothing Fee to redirect damage and weaken him, then ate flatbread to raise her realm and traded blows with him using six Heavenly God Skills.
• Qiu Tu watched Qing Lan hold off Tang Lang and asked Zhao Ji to join the fight while he buffed her, and Zhao Ji drew her sword and entered the battlefield.
• Yao Qin reached the border of the West Kingdom and tried to contact Tang Lang with a heart-shaped stone, but it went dark without a reply.

Qiu Tu agreed with Consort Xi to pursue control of the northwest and began his campaign to conquer the Sixth Shelter, while asking Heavenly King Zhi Yan to secure the Mist Veil Society’s support. After two days, he had united the Sixth and Ninth Shelters and become the first person in the Human Faction to control two Shelters, drawing attention from across the Heavenly God Trial.

• Qiu Tu considered the requirements for reaching the Eighth Order and decided Kou Xuan’s plan to unify the northwest and gather resources was worth pursuing.
• Qiu Tu told Heavenly King Zhi Yan that Consort Xi supported his plan to become Northwest King and asked her to persuade the Mist Veil Society to back his attack on the Sixth Shelter.
• Qiu Tu asked whether Zhi Yan and the Second Shelter stood with humanity, and she affirmed their allegiance to humanity and promised to try to help him.
• Qiu Tu declared himself Northwest Grand Commander, appointed Consort Xi overall commander and Tang Feifei deputy commander, and launched an attack on the Sixth Shelter.
• Tang Feifei and Lin Xi swept through the Sixth Shelter as Kou Xuan staged a failed resistance and then surrendered with the Kou Family’s core figures.
• Qiu Tu took control of the Sixth Shelter and its resources, while Consort Xi’s revenge raised her strength and the two Shelters were united within two days.

Qiu Tu learned that La Riluo had arranged for a Fifth-Order evil god alliance to confront Yasha, then received intelligence from Dai Yukang about Eagle Fly’s whereabouts. He tracked Eagle Fly to the Eternal Night Zone and confronted him while Eagle Fly was searching for Mountain Root.

• Dai Yukang told Qiu Tu that La Riluo had united seven or eight Fifth-Order evil gods against Yasha and agreed to keep the intelligence unreported until the confrontation was over.
• Dai Yukang asked Qiu Tu to speak with Rain Butterfly about the purge of his former Security Bureau staff, then offered information on Eagle Fly’s location.
• Qiu Tu sent shadows to search the Eternal Night Zone, confirmed Eagle Fly was its only evil god, and went there himself.
• Eagle Fly searched for the Mountain Root Dusk Night had mentioned, believing it was hidden somewhere in the Eternal Night Zone.
• Qiu Tu arrived before Eagle Fly, who recognized him and praised his rapid rise before Qiu Tu asked why he had not fled.

Qiu Tu advanced to Fourth Order Peak, gaining abilities to perceive Order Lines and political camps while limiting the Calamity Path’s influence by channeling most of its power into his false rank. He returned to the Real World with Red Hair and her guards, accidentally appearing in Ai Li’s lounge and learning that the Speaker had been waiting for him to capture the last squad.

• Qiu Tu completed his advancement, absorbed the Dock Sea Area’s Calamity Power, and found that he could still control himself.
• Qiu Tu discovered his new abilities to see Order Lines and identify people’s camps, and understood that channeling most of the path’s power into his Area Master rank had reduced its influence on him.
• Qiu Tu considered seeking a way to counter the Calamity Path’s influence, possibly in the Boundless Mind Sea - Core Area or from Zhao Ji.
• Qiu Tu returned to the Real World carrying Red Hair and her Personal Guards, but accidentally entered Ai Li’s lounge while she was preparing to shower.
• Ai Li told Qiu Tu that the Speaker had been waiting for him to capture the last squad, and Qiu Tu noticed that her loyalty had risen and her Camp Cloud had begun wavering toward him.

Qiu Tu learned that Jia Shu had targeted him for his Shadow Devour ability and had murdered Liu Xiongyuan’s son as an earlier target. Jia Wei began recounting how Jia Shu chose Liu Xiongyuan’s son, leaving Liu Fuping absorbed in the story.

• Qiu Tu told Liu Fuping that Jia Shu had killed Liu Xiongyuan’s son and arranged for Jia Wei to reveal the truth.
• Jia Wei explained that Jia Shu’s Shadow Devour ability let him grow stronger by cultivating and devouring people who held secrets.
• Qiu Tu realized Jia Shu had spent months provoking and endangering him to cultivate him as a target, then panicked when Qiu Tu was about to enter the Shelter registry.
• Jia Wei said Liu Xiongyuan’s son had been a talented young investigator and that Jia Shu had been his counselor during cadet training in Cui City.
• Jia Wei’s anger rose as he continued his account, while Liu Fuping listened with clenched fists.

Qiu Tu sought Zhao Ji’s help to deter the gods threatening New Realm City, using his claims about La Riluo to probe Zhao Ji’s feelings toward her. Zhao Ji gave him a powerful god crystal but secretly altered it, while Qiu Tu left suspecting that Zhao Ji cared little about La Riluo as long as she stayed alive.

• Zhao Ji froze Qiu Tu in anger when he claimed La Riluo had called him her brother-in-law, but stopped after he swore that La Riluo had said it.
• Qiu Tu explained why La Riluo suspected him and warned Zhao Ji that gods marked by a whale’s tail and the Double Moon had invaded New Realm City.
• Zhao Ji gave Qiu Tu a crystal fragment from a Fourth Order Peak god she had just killed, and Qiu Tu planned to use her aura to deter the other gods.
• Qiu Tu tried to draw Zhao Ji into conversation by discussing La Riluo’s secrets, but Zhao Ji expelled him from her Divine Domain Space and secretly sent five-colored light into the crystal.
• After returning to his room, Qiu Tu reviewed Zhao Ji’s reactions and suspected that she cared only that La Riluo did not die, regardless of what happened to her.

Qiu Tu reviewed intelligence about Moonlight Lake and the power struggle over its expected yield, then made two calls to pursue an indirect advantage. That night, Moonlight Lake was born in Moonlight Forest, leaving the patrolling forces stunned.

• Tan Huimin hinted that she wanted Qiu Tu to fulfill his promise about Zheng Tao, but Qiu Tu privately resolved that Zheng Tao was doomed and teased her instead.
• Qiu Tu read reports describing Moonlight Lake’s origins, its estimated yield of 1.3 tons of Moonlight Tears, and how the New Realm City and East City departments had divided its output.
• After reviewing the reports, Qiu Tu called two people to seek an indirect opportunity amid the factions’ competition over Moonlight Lake.
• That night, two stars appeared above Moonlight Forest and a silver beam struck its center as a mist dragon formed and plunged into the depression.
• Silvery light spread across the depression, and a lake formed out of thin air as Moonlight Lake officially came into being.

Qiu Tu’s subordinates celebrated their promotions, restoring his influence in the Investigation Department, while Qiu Tu reviewed the interrogation records and uncovered the Suit Man’s methods and identity. The chapter ended with Qiu Tu questioning why Jia Shu and Jia Wei, despite seeming to be enemies, had attacked him together and why Jia Shu was interested in him.

• Eagle, A Kun, and Qiu Tu’s other subordinates showed off their promotions across the Investigation Department, stirring envy and strengthening Qiu Tu’s influence.
• Qiu Tu turned his attention back to the 8.19 Pharmacy Robbery Case and reviewed Wang Xi’s and the Suit Man’s interrogation records.
• Wang Xi’s account revealed that the Suit Man used his Calamity Ability to create controlled incarnations by devouring and reconstructing other people’s souls.
• Wang Xi explained how the Suit Man gradually drew him into brewing potions, committing thefts, gathering Political Department secrets, and worshipping the evil god.
• Qiu Tu realized the Suit Man was Jia Wei, Jia Shu’s younger brother, who had been sentenced to exile after murdering public servants.
• Qiu Tu wondered why Jia Shu and Jia Wei had attacked him together despite appearing to be enemies, and why Jia Shu was interested in him.

Qiu Tu disguised himself as Dusk Night to return to the Trade Market Zone, where he learned about Yasha and secured access to Dusk Night’s shrine and assets. In East Industry State, Kou Yu described Consort Xi as a threat, while the bishop’s account led Qiu Tu to suspect he had identified the Mist Veil Society’s mole.

• Qiu Tu reviewed Dusk Night’s intelligence about Yasha, then used Dusk Night’s mannerisms and aura to enter the shrine without raising suspicion.
• Qiu Tu found Dusk Night’s stored treasures and asked his confidants to explain what had happened while he was gone.
• Kou Yu told Qiu Tu that Consort Xi had colluded with evil gods and tried to return to the Sixth Shelter, while claiming the Kou Family had acted to stop her.
• After Kou Yu left, Qiu Tu concluded that Kou Yu was unlikely to be the evil god mole and wondered whether Consort Xi was involved instead.
• The bishop explained that he had asked a high-ranking member of the Sixth Shelter’s delegation to test Qiu Tu, and Qiu Tu realized the bishop’s account might reveal the mole’s identity.

Ai Li was caught in an intimate moment with Qiu Tu when Yan Yan arrived, then Yan Yan teased her by tasting Qiu Tu’s bodily fluids. After returning to East City, Qiu Tu discovered that Scarface’s strange Line of Order suggested a hidden contingency, and learned the Cataclysm Zone had targeted East Industry State for something important; Huang Shangzong then arrived to demand a report on the purge.

• Ai Li hurried to hide Qiu Tu when Yan Yan came to her office, but Yan Yan noticed the signs of their encounter and deliberately tasted residue from Ai Li’s mouth.
• Qiu Tu returned to East City and met with Liu Xiongyuan, who reported that thousands of anti-government Alliance remnants had been arrested and the remaining threat was dwindling.
• At the East City Investigation Department, Qiu Tu used the Order Path and saw that Scarface’s Line of Order fluctuated wildly, suggesting Scarface had other plans.
• Liu Xiongyuan told Qiu Tu that the Cataclysm Zone had intended to pressure East Industry State to obtain something important, though Scarface did not know what it was.
• Shen Ling Shuang announced that Huang Shangzong had arrived and wanted Qiu Tu to report on the purge operation, and Qiu Tu prepared to use the meeting to his advantage.

Qiu Tu and Zhao Ji discussed the Chaos Witch’s past connection to Zhao Ji and questioned whether the method that changed Zhao Ji’s Path concealed a deeper purpose. The next morning, a strange young woman arrived asking to see Qiu Tu, and Zhao Ji watched her with cold suspicion.

• Zhao Ji thanked Qiu Tu for protecting her interests, and he gently placed a hand on her shoulder before asking about the Chaos Witch.
• Zhao Ji recounted how she met the Chaos Witch, who had disguised her strength and stayed with Zhao Ji for two months after demanding two wishes.
• Qiu Tu realized the Chaos Witch had told Zhao Ji about the limits of the Life Path and may also have given her the method for changing Paths.
• Qiu Tu questioned whether Zhao Ji’s independent avatar could have been created for a hidden purpose, and Zhao Ji agreed to watch Mo Li more closely because Qiu Tu suspected she was the Chaos Witch.
• The next morning, Qing Lan opened the door to a young woman who said she had come to see Brother Qiu Tu, while Zhao Ji quietly fixed her gaze on the visitor.

Qiu Tu visited Tang Feifei to deepen their cooperation after worrying he might have exposed himself to Jia Shu. Tang agreed to two requests, and the chapter ended with her going to shower while Qiu Tu waited in her office.

• Qiu Tu insisted on meeting Tang Feifei, and Su Xiaowan let him into the office.
• Tang Feifei explained that Su Xiaowan served as a discreet link between her and the Security Department.
• Qiu Tu told Tang Feifei that Yan Chen had not suspected him, but Jia Shu might have noticed something.
• Tang Feifei offered to grant Qiu Tu a request if he stayed with her that night, and Qiu Tu countered by asking for two requests.
• Tang Feifei accepted and went to shower while Qiu Tu waited with two bottles of liquor.

After advancing to God King, Qiu Tu prepared to leave and fulfill his agreement with White Robe by infiltrating the Order Shrine. White Robe assigned him a mission to gather intelligence and revealed an operative named Hua Wanwan, while Qiu Tu arranged for Mo Li to accompany him.

• Qiu Tu emerged from seclusion as a God King, and Qing Lan, Zhu Wu, and Yao Qin gathered outside his room.
• Zhu Wu staged a fake warning that Zhao Ji’s safety token had shattered, then fled after Qing Lan revealed the real token was still intact.
• Qiu Tu decided to honor his agreement with White Robe and prepare to leave; he sensed Zhao Ji was moving quickly but focused on meeting White Robe first.
• Qiu Tu met White Robe, who tasked him with advancing within the Order Shrine and gathering intelligence about one of the Order Path’s High-Level God Kings.
• Qiu Tu asked White Robe to give him Mo Li, but White Robe refused and agreed only to let her accompany him on the mission.
• White Robe revealed that Hua Wanwan was an operative in the Order Shrine, and Qiu Tu set out with Mo Li.

Qiu Tu joined a state-level meeting where Liu Xiongyuan was confronting New Realm City’s officials over Lai Shun’s death and Yan Chen’s impending departure. Qiu Tu accused Yan Chen of knowing the Alliance would attack his convoy, leaving Yan Chen demanding evidence as the meeting turned hostile.

• Tan Huimin told Qiu Tu that Judge Liu Fuping had asked to meet him during her visit to New Realm City with Speaker Liu Xiongyuan.
• Qiu Tu handled Political Department cleanup and welcomed deputy ministers Zhang Jian and Cai Peiyuan, who shifted toward cooperating with him after Lai Shun and Yan Chen ran into trouble.
• Director Zhao summoned Qiu Tu to a meeting with state officials, where Liu Xiongyuan angrily berated Yan Chen over Lai Shun’s death.
• Liu Fuping greeted Qiu Tu at the conference room, where he found the remaining senior officials gathered and Yan Chen sitting apart.
• Qiu Tu told Liu Xiongyuan that he had warned Yan Chen the Alliance would attack his convoy, but Yan Chen had neither changed his route nor his itinerary.
• Yan Chen glared at Qiu Tu and told Liu Xiongyuan that the accusation required evidence.

Qiu Tu arranged with Liu Xiongyuan to ambush Jia Shu and draw out Jia Wei’s last duplicate, while Liu Fuping and Tang Feifei executed Jia Wei’s other duplicates. After Jia Shu and Jia Wei were killed, Qiu Tu left Yan Chen’s villa facing the danger of his fallout with La Riluo.

• Qiu Tu persuaded Liu Xiongyuan to help kill Jia Shu and lure out Jia Wei’s final duplicate by making the ambush conspicuous.
• Qiu Tu learned that Yan Chen had killed the duplicate disguised as Jia Shu, leaving one duplicate unaccounted for.
• Liu Fuping sentenced Jia Wei to death, and Tang Feifei killed three more of his duplicates.
• The deaths of Jia Wei’s five remaining duplicates triggered a strange sensation among those present, who seemed to hear a woman screaming and cursing.
• Yan Chen praised Qiu Tu’s work and promised not to oppose his appointment as deputy minister.
• Secretary Bai asked whether Qiu Tu had killed Jia Shu, and Qiu Tu denied it before leaving the villa to address his conflict with La Riluo.

Qiu Tu privately interrogated Bai Ru after sending the others away, and his Calamity Ability drew out her confession about the Qin Family. Bai Ru revealed that Old Master Qin had faked his death after making a deal with a god to gain a new life, leaving Qiu Tu with a major secret about the family’s past.

• Qiu Tu asked Liu Fuping to bring Bai Ru in for an unrecorded interrogation and sent Chen Feng and A Kun away.
• Bai Ru said she had come to make a deal, then accidentally revealed that she wanted to escape with her father.
• Qiu Tu used his Calamity Ability to make Bai Ru admit that her marriage to the Qin Family had been unhappy and that her husband rarely touched her.
• Bai Ru explained that her father had long supported the Qin Family because Old Master Qin once helped him.
• Bai Ru revealed that Old Master Qin had not died in an accident but had made a deal with a god to overcome the final obstacle to Eternal Life and gain a new life.

Qiu Tu learned that the Investigation Department’s cooperation with Vice President Tian involved communication monitoring equipment, and he suspected Yan Chen and Jia Shu had used the Yin Caimei Case to purge spies and expand their power. He resolved to work with Liu Fuping and other allies to uncover the case’s truth, while the chapter ended with two women entwined in a villa.

• Qin Shuman gave Qiu Tu a secure communicator, and Qiu Tu gave her the names of Wang Xiong and Hou San for military appointments.
• Qiu Tu returned to the restaurant gathering, where A Tai explained how he had beaten up Tian Xiaotian after Tian insulted Fang Ming’s squad.
• A Tai revealed that Tian Xiaotian’s father was conducting a Communication Monitoring Cooperation with the Investigation Department.
• Qiu Tu deduced that Yan Chen and Jia Shu had traded Yin Caimei’s execution for monitoring equipment and used the case to identify spies and strengthen their influence.
• Qiu Tu decided he needed to cooperate with the Security Department, Liu Fuping, and Deputy Director Tang to expose the case and curb Yan Chen and Jia Shu.
• Ten days before the Yin Caimei Case was due to close, two women were entwined inside a high-end villa near the Investigation Department.