Chapter Summaries

Kang Xingquan and those connected to the Black Sun Blood Sacrifice suffered a violent curse that caused pain, loss of control, and death. After Kang Xingquan’s body exploded, Ke Wei investigated the scene and learned that the curse had triggered Cybernetics rejection in its victims.

• Guo Yuanying and people around Kang Xingquan were engulfed in pain as the Black Sun curse took hold.
• Kang Xingquan escaped the seventh-floor Sunlight Corridor with his bodyguards, but the curse overwhelmed his memories and strength during the fall.
• Kang Xingquan’s body disintegrated after a bodyguard landed with him, scattering flesh and bones across the ground.
• Ke Wei arrived, inspected the remains, and went to the Sunlight Corridor to question Zhan Tuo about the incident.
• Zhan Tuo reported that the victims and anyone who touched them suffered Cybernetics rejection, and that the victims had all repeatedly participated in the Black Sun Blood Sacrifice.

Ke Wei and Zhan Tuo investigated the Sunlight Corridor incident, considering whether the Dream Game or cybernetic rejection had spread among those present. Tang Li identified Pawa as a likely threat with a dream-related ability, and his remark about the Great District Center’s remaining seats stirred alarm at the scene.

• Zhan Tuo described the failed rescue attempts and planned a mixed third rescue effort to test whether the Cybernetic Rejection Reaction depended on physical contact or authorization.
• Ke Wei asked about Guo Yuanying’s final line, and Zhan Tuo said they had considered whether a force in the Dream Game had spread through dreams to people at the scene.
• Ke Wei asked Tang Li for his view, and Tang Li said Pawa had entered the inpatient building before the incident and had attacked him three times before.
• Tang Li urged Ke Wei to raise Pawa’s threat level to A-class, or even Super Class A, because his ability appeared connected to the Dream Game.
• Tang Li remarked that the Great District Center had only one and a half seats left, prompting the onlookers to realize what he implied and erupt into murmurs.

Tao Ju received Tang Li’s order to question Zuo Tai about the Black Sun Sect while fearing the consequences of his connection to Pawa. At the hospital, Tang Li revealed to Tang Zi that a relative in the Seventh District had died, prompting her to demand more information about their family there.

• Tao Ju answered Tang Li’s call and agreed to ask Zuo Tai to clarify the Black Sun Sect’s stance.
• Tang Li told Tao Ju to relay that those in positions of authority could not hide from the crisis.
• Tang Li and Tang Zi watched the traffic fleeing East 824 District and discussed fear, survival, and Tang Li’s changing outlook.
• Tang Li told Tang Zi that a friend from the Seventh District had given him information about their family.
• Tang Li revealed that Ma Mingjing, a distant cousin from the Ma Family, had died after apparently being scared to death.
• Tang Zi asked Tang Li who his friend was and who else was in the Seventh District.

Tang Li reassured Tang Zi about Tang Yi while Ronan pieced together the dangerous experiments involving Temporary Carriers and wondered whether Liang Lu’s true self remained. The chapter then shifted to the Lan Town Welfare Institute, where Wan Ta guided visitors as children and two Zhi Xing Institute students raced through the halls.

• Tang Zi confronted Tang Li about the Ma Family and slapped him, then identified the person she was thinking of as Xiao Yi; Tang Li promised to look out for Tang Yi.
• Ronan connected clues about Tang Yi, the Tang and Ma Families, the Martial Emperor, and the failures of Temporary Carriers, concluding that forcibly instilling laws without first hollowing out a carrier’s true self could destroy it.
• Ronan inferred that Liang Lu had used the Dream Divine Abomination to hollow out a carrier’s true self and wondered whether Liang Lu’s own true self still remained.
• At the Lan Town Welfare Institute, Wan Ta showed visitors around and explained that two Zhi Xing Institute students regularly came to teach and play with the children.
• Children chased the students through a doorway, followed by a neighborhood boy and the old man Bo Luo, whom someone called back before his calibration was complete.

Ronan met with Dean Wan Ta to discuss the Creation Order, their technical projects, and the difficulty of uncovering the truth behind their reality. He proposed a cross-border experiment with Snake Tongue’s Veil of Silence and asked Wan Ta to assess its design.

• Ronan and Dean Wan Ta chatted about Bo Luo, who had stayed overnight and was working on his prosthetic arm after Wei Wu made him cry.
• Dean Wan Ta updated Ronan on the Materialization Imprint Plate, Six Ears molds, the Deep Blue Walker Machine Core, and his Seismograph research.
• Ronan raised questions about fate, the Creation Order, and how they might learn the truth, while Wan Ta encouraged direct and effective investigation.
• Ronan asked Wan Ta about his Layered Interference Technology research and learned that he lacked the means to produce suitable Soul Core products.
• Ronan proposed using Snake Tongue’s Veil of Silence in a cross-border experiment and asked Wan Ta to assess how its design handled consciousness and the Mental Layer.

Ronan and Dean Wan Ta tested the Veil of Silence, a device made by Liang Lu, at the Gate of Rebirth (Experiment). The tests showed that Snake Tongue could cross to Outer Earth with it easily, leaving Ronan to wonder why Liang Lu had not used it to leave.

• Ronan brought Dean Wan Ta to a Temporary Space near the Gate of Rebirth (Experiment) and explained the relevant space-time background and earlier failed experiments.
• Snake Tongue arrived with Magneto-Optical Mica and prepared to test the Veil of Silence.
• The Veil of Silence wrapped around Snake Tongue's Out-of-Body Spirit and carried it through the gate to Outer Earth without resistance.
• Snake Tongue tested the Veil near the Abandoned Mining Area, confirming that it could change her appearance, conceal her aura, and let her host her soul in another body.
• Ronan and Dean Wan Ta recorded and analyzed the successful results, while Ronan wondered how the Veil had aided Liang Lu and why Liang Lu had not left Inner Earth.

Ronan investigated how the Veil of Silence affected Snake Tongue after she crossed between the Inner and Outer Earth, and concluded it had caused a form of Nightmare Transformation. He began planning broader screening tests as Wan Ta proposed studying the Outer Earth, while Ronan reconsidered the Reclamation Corps’ distant behavior.

• Ronan asked Wan Ta whether spacecraft could be built by hand, using his answer to consider whether Liang Lu could leave the Inner Earth without relying on a vehicle.
• Ronan had Snake Tongue take the Veil of Silence through the Space-Time Scar, and observed that wearing it again altered her Form and Spirit Framework.
• Ronan judged Snake Tongue’s changes to be Nightmare Transformation caused by the Veil of Silence and the Gate of Rebirth’s unusual space-time structure.
• Ronan planned to use Snake Tongue and other cross-boundary travelers to establish screening criteria and revise his Global Life System Model to measure Nightmare Transformation.
• Wan Ta offered to cross physically into the Outer Earth and study its space-time, but Ronan said the gate would open again in a few days.
• Ronan considered how the Reclamation Corps kept its distance from the Inner and Outer Earth and wondered whether its behavior amounted to keeping a respectful distance.

Ronan considered whether Nightmare Transformation could be reversed and how he could use it to extend his influence to the orbital station. Meanwhile, Yise Hui prepared to handle the valuable intelligence about Earth while fearing the Expedition Team’s greed.

• Ronan reasoned that the Pure Great Monarch had considered him usable against the Dream God Abomination, suggesting Nightmare Transformation might still be reversible.
• Ronan concluded that acting as a World-Resident God would deepen his Nightmare Transformation, but could help him control the Dream God Abomination’s power.
• Ronan considered using Nightmare Transformation to reach Reclamation Corps personnel aboard the Mid-to-Low Orbit Space Station.
• Yise Hui recalled his work as an Information Broker and how two rounds of Extreme Domain Light had nearly driven him to despair.
• Yise Hui received a positive signal from his clansman through their shared Bloodline Landscape and resolved to manage the intelligence while surviving the Expedition Team.

Iseki went to a newly launched Low Orbit Space Station to calibrate its monitoring equipment while preparing to use his clan’s forbidden Bloodline Vision to contact relatives in the Exploration Corps and at the Star Gate. He left his subordinates expecting an extended stay, giving him cover to carry out the risky transmission amid the chaos on Earth.

• Iseki reviewed how his team and bloodline kin were positioned across the Isolated Star System, the Star Gate, and the Exploration Corps.
• Iseki headed for the launch platform, relying on disturbances from Illegal Organizations, damaged monitoring equipment, and the Extraordinary Solar Cycle to conceal his Bloodline Vision.
• Iseki docked at the Low Orbit Space Station with Sang Gui and Ya Ma, who were assigned to inspect the equipment before connecting it to the monitoring system.
• Sang Gui asked how long they would stay, and he and Ya Ma discussed the complicated situation on Earth and the competition between White Copper Technology and the Giantwood Consortium.
• Iseki ordered them to work and said the team might need to stay at the station and deal with the natives after the platform was activated.

Iseki managed the Reclamation Corps’ inspection and assigned Sang Gui to coordinate with the Twelve Great Districts Intelligence Management Center, warning him to keep his Earthside activities under control. He then ordered Ya Ma to profile the global Transition Layer and investigate abnormal growth as the Extraordinary Solar Cycle began.

• Iseki reprimanded the Twelve Great Districts Intelligence Management Center for its flaws and left Sang Gui behind to coordinate with it.
• Iseki warned Sang Gui that Lady Wan Kui might be watching and told him to prioritize the mission over unauthorized activities.
• Ya Ma told Iseki that the project in the Eleventh District had shown no visible change despite repeated experiments.
• Iseki ordered Ya Ma to profile the global Transition Layer, focusing on the Mental Layer, and identify abnormal targets for early elimination.

Yise Hui examined Earth’s Faith Landscape, identified signs of a possible Native God called Nightmare, and received the Sanctuary distress broadcast. After reporting to Lady Wan Kui, he pursued cooperation with the Black Sun Sect, but his attempt to build a Bloodline Landscape failed when Ise refused to help at the Star Gate.

• Ya Ma compiled the Mental Portrait, and Yise Hui examined its blurry Faith Landscape and rising rule-based pressure.
• Yise Hui provisionally classified the nighttime pressure fluctuations as a Native God threat codenamed Nightmare.
• Sang Gui reported that the Sanctuary broadcast had reappeared around the Twelfth Great District, and Yise Hui had the signal patched through.
• Yise Hui reported the developments to Lady Wan Kui, relayed her instructions, and then arranged to meet with natives working with the Black Sun Sect.
• Yise Hui tried to construct the Bloodline Landscape across space, but Ise refused to cooperate at the Star Gate.

Yi ShiJia worried that Shan Long High Priest’s investigation of the star system would expose his hidden Forbidden Bloodline. After learning that Shan Long had left the fleet to test hyperspace architecture, Yi ShiJia decided he had to seize the chance to build a Bloodline Imprint with his clansmen.

• Yi ShiJia feared that the Pantheon’s star-map survey and census would reveal his concealed Forbidden Bloodline.
• Yi ShiJia visited Sheng Wu to learn how he might respond to pressure from Shan Long High Priest.
• Sheng Wu told Yi ShiJia that Priest Yan Chen had reported abnormal rule-based forces affecting the star region and its priests.
• Sheng Wu said Shan Long had left the fleet with a few people to conduct a hyperspace architecture experiment.
• Yi ShiJia left determined not to miss the Window Period for jointly constructing the Bloodline Imprint while Shan Long was away.

Ise Xin traveled with the Exploration Team through the unstable hyperspace of an Isolated Star System while secretly shaping a concealed Heavenly Human Bloodline Imprint. He used the team’s coordinate calibrations and the resulting background noise as cover as he studied his Form and Spirit Framework.

• Ise Xin watched the Energetic Information Turbulence outside the spacecraft’s porthole and reflected on hyperspace’s dangers and opportunities.
• Ise Xin considered how the Exploration Team’s Collective Interference Pattern guided their long journey toward the target starfield.
• Ise Xin used the noisy hyperspace calibrations to conceal his Bloodline Imprint from detection.
• Ise Xin formed the imprint into a multicolored demonic shadow with a Shattered Eyeball and merged his consciousness with it to examine his Form and Spirit Framework.

Ise Xin used his clan’s Bloodline Imprint to gather intelligence from Iseki and Yi ShiJia, then assessed the risks facing their Exploration Team. After ending the exchange, he was summoned to a meeting because the rear had updated the intelligence.

• Ise Xin analyzed the Bloodline Imprint and learned that Iseki felt anxious about the Reclamation Corps and hoped the Exploration Team would arrive.
• Ise Xin learned that Yi ShiJia feared Shan Long High Priest at the You-1337 Star Gate and concluded that the planet seemed safe but the Star Gate remained uncertain.
• Ise Xin judged that the legitimate Exploration Team had an advantage over the Reclamation Corps and trusted its investors to handle any threat from Shan Long High Priest.
• Ise Xin ended the information exchange, left the porthole, and received a summons from Ms. Yuan to a meeting about updated intelligence from the rear.

Ise Xin learned that the Exploration Team’s meeting had mainly served as a courtesy between the Xi Clan Consortium and the Great Horn Fleet. Afterward, Xi Fu assigned him to lead the Simulation Unit in sparring with Gu Qiao, leaving Ise Xin to face the battle-hungry officer.

• Ise Xin observed how the Xi Clan Consortium and Great Horn Fleet shared control of the Exploration Team and its risks.
• Yuan Meng told Ise Xin that Xi Fu wanted to see him, and Ise Xin returned to the meeting room.
• Xi Fu ordered Ise Xin to lead the weakened Simulation Unit in further sparring against Gu Qiao and his men.
• Ise Xin and Gu Qiao exchanged remarks about their past encounters and the Han Guang Autonomous Territory’s Standard Array.
• Xi Fu left after warning Gu Qiao not to use up all his energy before the team’s long journey, and Gu Qiao rose to face Ise Xin.

Ise Xin trained with Gu Qiao in a virtual battlefield to prepare for confronting the Reclamation Corps on their target planet. Impressed by Ise Xin’s performance, Gu Qiao asked him to report feedback so the team could begin tactical drills.

• Ise Xin joined Gu Qiao in the training area and entered a patched Sky Abyss Furnace template in the Nations virtual system.
• Ise Xin activated the Innate Furnace and fought Gu Qiao in armored mechs until the Liquid Sphere ejected him from the Lucid Dream.
• Gu Qiao praised Ise Xin’s close-quarters fighting and discussed how independent mercenaries might behave in combat.
• Ise Xin confirmed the intelligence about mercenaries and the Reclamation Corps, then agreed to give the technical officers feedback before the team drilled its tactics.

Priest Yan Chen and Shan Long High Priest investigated how abnormal rule power in the star region might be affecting the priests, including Yuan Ju. Shan Long chose to observe the power longer and warned Yan Chen against rushing to establish themselves in the Isolated Star System, leaving Yan Chen chastened.

• Yan Chen told Yuan Ju that the priests were checking for effects from abnormal rule power, and Shan Long explained that outside influences could cause either harm or benefits.
• Yuan Ju learned that the Priest Council would conduct lessons and cultivation together, then use the Eyes of All Gods for a deeper examination after returning to the Heart Pot.
• Yan Chen reported that the Xi Family's Expedition Team had found things basically normal and that Xi Corporation had prepaid half its taxes.
• Yan Chen urged Shan Long to spend less time investigating and move sooner to the Isolated Star System before Domain Redivision began.
• Shan Long rejected Yan Chen's plan, warned that rulers might intervene after they established themselves, and criticized Yan Chen for relying on Yuan Ju as his bargaining chip.

Ronan reviewed how the Dream Divine Abomination had linked three Yi Clan members through the Bloodline Imprint and used their perceptions to assemble a connected scenario. He then examined changes to the Cloak APP and saw its estimated cost to transfer himself and the entire Inner Earth to Outer Earth continuing to fall.

• Ronan explained that Ise Xin, Iseki, and Yi ShiJia had been contaminated and linked through the Bloodline Imprint, allowing their scenes to form a coherent projection.
• Ronan observed that the Demon Rune seemed excited by the Bloodline Imprint and inspected the newly edited What is Prepared interface.
• Ronan found that the Cloak APP's Unlock Password framework had changed, which he connected to its permissions shifting toward him and his Nightmare Transformation progressing.
• Ronan checked the What is Sought interface and saw the estimated cost of transferring himself and the entire Inner Earth to Outer Earth fall from 16,273 Credit Points to 16,209.

Ronan analyzed how the Cloak app’s appraisals had changed as he became more capable of operating the Dream Divine Abomination, and considered how spacetime conditions might soon enable transfers to Outer Earth. Meanwhile, the Black Sun Sect’s Blood Sacrifice began its core process under the attention of a Reclamation Corps lord, leaving Ronan focused on surviving the coming first wave.

• Ronan saw that the Cloak app’s appraisals had mostly fallen, while his Credit Points remained far short of what he needed.
• Ronan concluded that Magneto-Optical Mica was easier for him to control than himself and considered whether it and the Evil Poison came from the Cloud Top World.
• Ronan noted that the experimental Gate of Rebirth was approaching a possible transfer window, while the Justice Cult’s Gate and the Balance of Truth required closer scrutiny.
• The Black Sun Sect’s Blood Sacrifice entered its core process, and a Reclamation Corps lord’s arrival calmed the unsettled human hearts.
• Ronan judged that he could not wait for Outer Earth’s people to awaken gradually and resolved to withstand the first wave from the Exploration Team and Priest Council.

Tao Ju asked Tang Li to help his friend Zou Fang obtain an invitation to the Black Sun Blood Sacrifice, hoping to aid Zou Fang and gauge Tang Li’s connections. Tang Li heard him out, but the chapter ended before he answered the request.

• Tao Ju worried that Zuo Tai had ended Rong Wu Xiang’s stay at her residence and that his attempt to build ties with Tang Li’s forces had stalled.
• Tang Li told Tao Ju not to dwell on matters beyond his understanding and asked why he had invited him out.
• Tao Ju explained that he wanted an invitation to the Black Sun Blood Sacrifice for Zou Fang, a colonel suffering from radiation injuries after the coastal nuclear explosion.
• Tao Ju said Zuo Tai had suggested he seek help through Tang Li, and Tang Li acknowledged the request while Tao Ju considered how difficult the qualification would be to obtain.