Chapter Summaries

After the Great Light Inscription devastated their team, Tai Yu led the survivors in escaping the battlefield by seizing an enemy vehicle. As Tan Long and Hai Ling withdrew, Tai Yu and Xin Rui stayed behind to contact Loren’s side and offer the vehicle to the Illegal Organization.

• Tan Long followed Tai Yu through the lava passage, and Lady Hai Ling supported him as the Great Light Inscription’s effects and the injured Giant Macrophages threw the battle into chaos.
• Tai Yu explained that the team was fleeing and redirected them toward a spare vehicle belonging to the team they had defeated.
• The four survivors seized the vehicle, but Tan Long collapsed from his injuries, so Tai Yu told him and Hai Ling to log out.
• Tan Long and Hai Ling withdrew from the Large-scale Team Battle while Tai Yu and Xin Rui drove the vehicle away from the battlefield.
• Tai Yu contacted the Illegal Organization’s reinforcements and offered them the vehicle, then heard that the enemy Acolyte Priest Xi Fan had died.
• The booming-voiced reinforcements asked Tai Yu whether they had met before.

Tai Yu and Xin Rui delivered the vehicle, then left Deep Blue World after discussing their school, ages, and possible hospital visit. Tai Yu cashed out inherited game assets, and the group gathered to watch their match highlights, which were already drawing attention.

• Tai Yu and Xin Rui delivered the vehicle to the coordinates and speculated about Madaruvir, Xi Fan, and their schools.
• Tai Yu and Xin Rui discussed Xin Rui's age and education, then completed the handover and exited the game.
• Tai Yu entered Star Road to inherit and cash out an account's game assets before joining the others.
• Tai Yu arrived at the Deep Blue World lounge, where Qiqi and Yong Ji sat in wheelchairs and the group watched their match highlights.
• Tan Long told Tai Yu that footage of Xi Fan's retreat was being replayed often and might make the day's top five.

After the battle replay revealed that former First Divine Palace School captain Xi Fan had used the Great Light Inscription against them, Tai Yu and Xin Rui reasoned that the fight was an experiment targeting Stone Soul. The group took the injured Qiqi and Yong Ji to the hospital, then hurried with Xin Rui to meet her mother after the Route Manager resolved the blacklist issue.

• Yong Ji and Tan Long learned that the fighter who used the Great Light Inscription was their former captain, Xi Fan, leaving the First Divine Palace School students conflicted.
• Xin Rui proposed that the battle was an experiment, and Tai Yu identified Stone Soul as its likely target based on the species and tactics shown in the replay.
• The group agreed to take Qiqi and Yong Ji to a professional hospital for treatment.
• The Route Manager told Tai Yu the problem was temporarily resolved, so Xin Rui removed her mother from the blacklist and answered her call.
• After taking Qiqi to the hospital, Xin Rui and her three prospective service staff boarded a transport flyer to meet her mother at a hot beverage shop.

Tai Yu and his team met Xin Rui’s mother, Lady Ming Fan, who approved their performance and arranged for them to wait at the Cloud Shield Hotel until Xin Rui joined them. While the others stayed behind or planned to rest, Tai Yu set out to gather information and draw attention to himself, despite the risks.

• Lady Ming Fan told Tai Yu, Shang Gelush, and Hai Ling that she had seen their work in the Deep Blue World and was satisfied with their professionalism.
• Lady Ming Fan arranged for the three to stay at the Cloud Shield Hotel and said Xin Rui would meet them the next day.
• Fu Ya informed the team that Lady Ming Fan had agreed to participate in the training camp, and the groups parted ways.
• Shang Gelush planned to shop for gifts, Hai Ling chose to rest, and Tai Yu went out to explore Star Ring City.
• Tai Yu decided to use his remaining time to stir up attention and seek useful information, despite the danger and uncertainty surrounding his role as a route client.

Tai Yu paid to watch professional analysis of his team’s battle in Deep Blue World, which praised his tactical skill and Xin Rui’s talent. At an Opportunity Body Cultivation Center, he searched for the Spine Boundary Pattern and discovered that the Secret Mine Cult’s external connection channel still existed.

• Tai Yu watched tactical analysis of the underground battle, which highlighted his fortification strategy and praised Xin Rui’s control of the Giant Macrophage.
• Tai Yu reflected on the expense of gaining professional attention, then traveled to an Opportunity Body Cultivation Center in an old residential district.
• Tai Yu rented a Quiet Room and used the service robot Xiao Di to search paid records for the Spine Boundary Pattern.
• Tai Yu found a result comparing the Spine Boundary Pattern and Secret Mine Landscape methods, confirming that the Secret Mine Cult’s external connection channel remained available.

Tai Yu used the Secret Mine Cult’s Gray Circle contact channel to reach Old Bai Jiao’s upline and learned that the trouble facing Xin Rui’s family was more than an ordinary debt dispute. He left the body cultivation center and asked his Mentor for help, ending with a request to gamble again.

• Tai Yu searched the Opportunity Chain Body Cultivation Center’s paid database using the Spine Boundary Pattern keyword and decoded the upline’s contact information.
• Tai Yu tried calling through the center’s communications service, but its format and regional restrictions blocked the calls.
• Tai Yu searched for Xin Che, Ming Fan, and creditor rights, then memorized information that showed Xin Rui’s family faced a serious problem.
• Tai Yu called the upline again while walking through the underground city, and his Mentor offered assistance.
• Tai Yu told his Mentor that he wanted to gamble one more time.

Tai Yu discussed his plan to use the pendant to approach a potential Pantheon priest, then returned to the cultivation center and joined his teammates’ chat as the Large-scale Team Battle critiques aired. The chapter left Loren lamenting that the analyst had singled him out as a negative example while praising Xin Rui’s fundamentals.

• Tai Yu told Online that he planned to capture a target in the Red Silicon Star System and make him a believer, and Online advised him to use the pendant as a medium.
• Tai Yu examined the pendant and questioned whether the ambush that had nearly turned Bai Jiao into a puppet had been allowed or engineered from the beginning.
• Tai Yu returned to the Quiet Room on the one hundred and thirtieth underground floor and found that Loren had invited the team into a group chat.
• Loren’s attempt to arrange a meal fell through because Qiqi and Yong Ji remained hospitalized and Xin Rui and her service personnel were leaving for the Frontier Training Camp.
• Loren shared the team battle analyst’s critique, which condemned his reliance on the Sky Abyss Spirit Network and used Xin Rui as a positive example.

Tai Yu studied Hui Baiqing’s analysis of team battles and recognized a connection between Xi Fan’s Ceremonial Ancient Script and the Twenty-Seven Intentions. He comprehended Great Comprehension, gained heightened perception, and began to perceive Star Ring City’s order as a vast network.

• Hui Baiqing criticized the rookies’ reliance on affinity and argued that they had neglected the Material Layer and Transition Layer.
• Tai Yu researched Hui Baiqing’s work and found that his analyses centered on ascending and descending and weaving new nets from old.
• While replaying Xi Fan’s Great Light Inscription, Tai Yu recognized familiar terms from the Twenty-Seven Intentions of the Ritual Ancient Script Fundamental Exposition.
• Tai Yu comprehended Great Comprehension and gained a sharp new awareness of living beings throughout Star Ring City’s underground level one hundred and thirtieth.
• Tai Yu used the sounds and breaths of the city’s inhabitants to perceive the Sky Abyss Spirit Network as an immense, interwoven net.

Tai Yu investigated Xin Che’s debt and used the Spirit Demon Eye’s strange inspiration to sketch Fu Ya speaking with an unfamiliar old man. The chapter ended as Fu Ya contacted Tai Yu.

• Tai Yu contacted a creditor’s staff member and received a dossier about Xin Che and Ming Fan.
• Tai Yu learned that Xin Che’s failed investment had left a massive debt, and that creditors doubted his reported death.
• Tai Yu considered the Route Manager’s offer to help Xin Rui, while wondering about Ming Fan.
• The Spirit Demon Eye focused on distant figures, prompting Tai Yu to sketch Fu Ya and an unfamiliar, formally dressed old man talking on the phone.
• Tai Yu received an incoming communication from Fu Ya.

Tai Yu used Great Comprehension to glimpse the Abyssal Spirit Net and created a Spirit-Channeling Demon Eye to monitor how much attention its authority system paid to him. After leaving his residence with the eye at his side, he called a seller and expressed interest in a debt claim.

• Tai Yu sensed the Abyssal Spirit Net, but a mysterious spider-like presence diverted its scanning pressure and kept him from being detected.
• Tai Yu sketched a demonic eye in his virtual workspace as a new way to process information about the Abyssal Spirit Net without relying on Great Comprehension.
• The eye came alive, focused briefly on Tai Yu, and showed that he received occasional attention from the Abyssal Spirit Net but was not especially conspicuous.
• Tai Yu moved the Spirit-Channeling Demon Eye into the real world and confirmed that it remained difficult for others to notice.
• Tai Yu left his residence, walked through the 130th underground level, and called the seller of a debt claim to say he was interested.

Tai Yu investigated Xin Che’s debts and learned more about the circumstances surrounding his suspected death. The Spirit Demon Eye guided him to sketch Fu Ya speaking with an unfamiliar old man, and Tai Yu received a call from Fu Ya.

• Tai Yu contacted a creditor’s staff member and obtained a file about Xin Che, Ming Fan, and their debt.
• Tai Yu read that Xin Che had returned to armed work after a failed investment and was recently reported dead, leaving creditors suspicious and unpaid.
• Tai Yu considered Ming Fan’s situation and noticed the Spirit Demon Eye focusing on someone far away.
• Tai Yu used the Spirit Demon Eye’s inspiration to sketch Fu Ya speaking by phone with an unfamiliar old man.
• Tai Yu considered investigating the old man’s identity, then received an incoming communication from Fu Ya.

Tai Yu investigated the mysterious old man while arranging an in-person meeting with Fu Ya. Xin Rui identified the man as Vagero, a retired Pantheon assistant who had served the Maierni Priest, and her mother asked to meet Tai Yu.

• Fu Ya challenged Tai Yu about his interest in Xin Rui and arranged to meet him in person, while Tai Yu recognized from the Spirit Demon Eye that Fu Ya was lying about his location.
• Tai Yu returned to the Opportunity Chain Body Cultivation Center and searched for the stiff old man using his Sketch, but found no match.
• Tai Yu contacted Xin Rui, who said her mother was busy and offered to show the Sketch to her because she remembered faces well.
• Xin Rui identified the man as Vagero, a senior retired assistant of the Pantheon who had once served the Maierni Priest exclusively.
• Xin Rui explained the Maierni Priest's authority and said her mother wanted to meet Tai Yu, but Tai Yu said she would have to wait because he was busy.

Tai Yu questioned Ming Fan about her interest in Vagero and her debts, then drew Xin Rui and Ming Fan while the Spirit Demon Eye watched him. At his subway stop, he met Zhe Rong, who offered him a side job at Rong Chuang Company.

• Ming Fan called Tai Yu to ask why he had drawn Vagero, and Tai Yu challenged her assumptions and asked about her backer.
• Ming Fan warned Tai Yu that his ties to an illegal cult made him a target, proposed possible cooperation, and demanded to know his intentions before hanging up.
• Tai Yu noticed the Spirit Demon Eye watching him and wondered whether their call had drawn attention from the Sky Abyss Spirit Network and its Proxy.
• Tai Yu sketched Xin Rui and Ming Fan during the subway ride while the Spirit Demon Eye watched his work.
• Zhe Rong approached Tai Yu, praised his drawings, and offered him a side job at Rong Chuang Company; Tai Yu said it was his stop, and Zhe Rong said it was his too.

Tai Yu followed his inspiration to sketch a bearded man with metal prosthetic arms while heading to Yue Bay Hotel, where he planned to meet Fu Ya. The chapter ended when Tai Yu recognized the man leaving the hotel and entering a police scene, where officers saluted him.

• Zhe Rong explained Vita District’s landmarks and warned Tai Yu that Yue Bay Hotel was poorly located and misleadingly advertised.
• Tai Yu drew a bearded man with metal prosthetic arms in the Virtual Work Area and considered asking Ming Fan to identify him.
• Tai Yu reached the Sky Ring near Yue Bay Hotel and noticed a police response in a nearby alley.
• Ming Fan called Tai Yu and asked whether his meeting with the Training Ground had given him a revelation.
• Tai Yu saw the bearded man leave Yue Bay Hotel and enter the police scene, where the officers saluted him.

Tai Yu avoided Captain Hei Sa while discussing a possible intelligence partnership with Ming Fan and speaking with Fu Ya. After Hei Sa identified him as a suspect and ordered everyone on the fourth floor to stop, Tai Yu fled toward the defensive wall and called off his meeting with Fu Ya.

• Tai Yu sent Ming Fan a sketch of the bearded officer, and she identified him as Hei Sa, the highest-ranking public security officer in the Vita Outer District.
• Ming Fan proposed that she and Tai Yu cooperate, but Tai Yu joked about their troubles and said his intuition had given him no new revelation.
• Tai Yu spoke with Fu Ya, lied about his location, and watched Hei Sa investigate the crime scene below.
• After a child drew attention to him, Tai Yu fled across the terrace as Hei Sa spotted his area and ordered everyone on the fourth floor to remain still.
• Hei Sa and his subordinates pursued Tai Yu while the permission management system issued a stop command, but Tai Yu kept running toward the defensive wall.
• Tai Yu told Fu Ya that the meeting was unsuitable and accused him of mishandling his chance to show sincerity.

Tai Yu escaped from Yue Bay Hotel by racing toward the defensive wall, where Hei Sa intercepted him in Exoskeleton Armor. Tai Yu used his virtual Work Area to disrupt Hei Sa’s body and crashed him into the wall, then slid toward its middle section as Fu Ya collapsed and the Spirit Demon Eye watched him.

• Tai Yu ended his call with Fu Ya and fled across the stepped buildings toward the defensive wall and Sky Ring.
• Fu Ya warned Hei Sa that Tai Yu was trying to escape his jurisdiction, and Hei Sa transformed his hovercraft into Exoskeleton Armor to intercept him.
• Tai Yu revealed his virtual Work Area to Hei Sa, whose body twisted in response to the figures and lights inside it.
• Hei Sa crashed into the defensive wall while Tai Yu abandoned his leap toward the Sky Ring and charged for the wall’s middle section.
• Fu Ya collapsed outside Yue Bay Hotel, and Tai Yu slid down the defensive wall as the Spirit Demon Eye stared at him.

Tai Yu escaped the officers by leaping into the artificial river after his stolen craft was destroyed. Later, Deputy Inspector Zhe Rong arrived to question a detained suspect and proposed using a religious ritual to draw out the suspect’s true feelings.

• Tai Yu seized a hovercraft, sent it spinning into Fu Ya, then escaped its destruction by jumping into the river as the Spirit Demon Eye watched him.
• Deputy Inspector Zhe Rong visited the high-risk detention room with the substation chief and met interrogation specialist Bellham.
• Bellham recounted the suspect’s claim that Fu Ya had extorted him and arranged for Hei Sa to arrest him before he fled.
• Zhe Rong asked whether the suspect had prayed, then ordered another interrogation under the gaze of the gods.

Bellham and his assistant repeatedly interrogated Tai Yu while Zhe Rong’s hidden measures exhausted them. Farul used an old acquaintance’s token to examine Tai Yu from afar, identified three overlapping figures within him, and learned that Nameless One might be connected to Dreamland System power.

• Bellham repeatedly questioned Tai Yu, whose testimony kept changing in its details, while Zhe Rong ordered him to continue.
• Bellham realized the darkness in the detention room was part of Zhe Rong’s method and made his assistant resume the interrogation.
• Farul used his old acquaintance’s token and the Sky Abyss Spirit Network to analyze Tai Yu from River Valley Manor.
• Farul detected three overlapping figures in Tai Yu: Tai Yu, the deceased Bai Jiao, and the unknown Nameless One.
• Farul’s subordinates reported that Nameless One’s abilities might bear traces of Dreamland System power.

Priest Farul accepted The Other Side’s judgment that the personality controlling Tai Yu was an incomplete Dreamland System entity, and connected it to the Secret Mine Cult and other suspected Illegal Organization activity. The investigators planned to preserve the Uncontrolled while continuing their surveillance.

• The Other Side analyzed the separated phantoms in the holding cell and concluded that the Nameless One was an incomplete personality with Dreamland System traits.
• Priest Farul accepted the analysis and linked the Nameless One to Bai Jiao’s failed rebirth plan and the disappearance of Chao Hui and Shi Hong.
• The Other Side described the Nameless One as an uncontrolled, purposeless entity whose actions had exposed clues during its time in Star Ring City.
• Farul recalled Feng Yan’s contamination and death, connecting the incident to the Filth No. 2403 Phantom Spirit case.
• The Other Side said the investigators would preserve the Uncontrolled, while Tai Yu laughed and claimed he meant no harm.

Priest Farul discussed the Black Inspectors’ plan to recruit the Uncontrolled as an informant or support staffer by shaping his personality and giving him a new source of fun. The Black Inspectors also revealed a smuggling clue tied to Vagero and asked Farul to help clear the way for their operation.

• The Other Side proposed making the Uncontrolled one of the Black Inspectors’ informants or support staffers so they could keep him under observation and expose the organization behind his creation.
• Farul questioned whether anyone could control the Uncontrolled’s disordered soul, and The Other Side suggested shaping him through restraints, a suitable environment, and reward-and-punishment feedback.
• The Other Side said Bai Jiao and the Yin Lord Evil God’s infiltration of You Chong Star could serve as a fallback lead if the plan to shape the Uncontrolled failed.
• The Other Side asked Farul to help clean up the charges against the Uncontrolled, who had attacked police in public, and disclosed a smuggling route hidden in the Frontier Training Ground.
• Farul recognized Vagero as an intermediary tied to the Red Silicon Diocese and questioned why the Black Inspectors were targeting him now instead of seeking Maierni Priest’s help.