Chapter Summaries

Bai Tiancong examined evidence that Ji Xiu Laboratory had conducted espionage and illegal Outer Domain Species experiments, and speculated that Great Lord Luande was making a high-stakes bid to reshape the region’s power structure. Farul questioned Tai Yu about the lead that exposed the laboratory, and Tai Yu taunted him by asking whether the gods had created the city’s devils and monsters.

• Bai Tiancong reviewed evidence that Ji Xiu Laboratory had gathered and sold sensitive information and conducted unreported, unethical experiments.
• Bai Tiancong suspected Great Lord Luande was using Tai Yu to make a bold move against Xi Corporation and reshape the wider region’s power structure.
• Farul met Tai Yu alone to assess him and asked how he had found the lead against the United Laboratory.
• Tai Yu denied deliberately searching for evidence and argued that the laboratory’s corruption meant any investigation would uncover rotten material.
• Tai Yu asked who had created the city’s devils and monsters, then pointedly suggested it could not have been the gods.

Tai Yu confronted Priest Farul over Ji Xiu Laboratory’s research on Outer Domain Species and its possible ties to the Initial Awakening Society. Farul upheld Chief Priest Seo’s ruling that such research must aim to destroy the species, leaving Tai Yu to consider why the Myriad Gods Hall had prioritized this issue.

• Tai Yu argued that Ji Xiu Laboratory’s Outer Domain Species research and its possible connection to the Initial Awakening Society warranted further investigation.
• Farul insisted that Tai Yu lacked authority to define the matter or control the investigation, while Tai Yu suggested Xi Corporation could be implicated.
• Farul recognized that blaming Xi Corporation would be more persuasive to the priest council than blaming the still-unknown Initial Awakening Society.
• Farul cited Chief Priest Seo’s ruling that Outer Domain Species were a demonic affliction and that research must aim to destroy them.
• Tai Yu wondered why Chief Priest Seo had focused on Outer Domain Species rather than the sale of priest data.

Tai Yu persuaded Farul to investigate Outer Domain Species research along three routes: the front line, the Boundary, and the Deep Blue World. Farul agreed to proceed, and Tai Yu began preparing to find people and assess the situation.

• Tai Yu argued that Vajello, the Boundary, and the Initial Awakening Society connected the investigation to Outer Domain Species research.
• Tai Yu outlined two real-world research directions—the front line and the Boundary—and identified the Deep Blue World as the virtual route.
• Farul weighed the political and investigative stakes, then agreed to verify all three directions in parallel.
• Tai Yu rose into the air to warm up, and Farul joined him before asking what he intended to do.
• Tai Yu said they would find people, learn the situation, and then deal with it.

Tai Yu and Farul investigated the United Laboratory, where Deputy Inspector Zhe Rong reported suspected outside control among two dead employees and identified the uncooperative Military Representative Lu Yang. Tai Yu confronted Lu Yang over his failure to protect the Meridian Worm project, leaving their discussion unresolved.

• Tai Yu and Farul visited the United Laboratory, where Zhe Rong reported that two employees who tried to destroy data may have been controlled by an outside force.
• Zhe Rong showed Tai Yu a list of difficult witnesses, including Military Representative Lu Yang, who had refused to answer questions or recognize the local system's authority.
• Tai Yu reviewed statements about Lu Yang's work at the Ji Xiu Laboratory and went with Farul and Zhe Rong to question him.
• Lu Yang greeted Tai Yu warmly and joked that he had come to pressure the laboratory over the stalled Meridian Worm project.
• Tai Yu challenged Lu Yang for failing to protect the project after Sheng Wu became bedridden and the laboratory was disrupted.

Tai Yu crippled Lu Yang and the void consumed him, demonstrating his control over spacetime and forcing Farul and Zhe Rong to reconsider their assessments of him. Zhe Rong took charge of coordinating the investigation and was told to share information with Commissioner Bai.

• Tai Yu criticized Lu Yang’s useless performance at Ji Xiu Laboratory and dislocated his bones with a shake of their clasped hands.
• Tai Yu said he would take Lu Yang away, but fragmented Spacetime Lattices swallowed Lu Yang without leaving any trace.
• Farul learned through the Abyssal Spirit Net that Lu Yang had been consumed by Spacetime Lattices and realized Tai Yu exceeded his own qualifications in some fields.
• Zhe Rong understood that Tai Yu’s spacetime theories described abilities he could actually use and agreed to oversee Farul’s side while returning to his duties at the Boundary.
• Tai Yu told Zhe Rong to synchronize the information with Commissioner Bai, then left the interrogation room.

Tai Yu and Farul traveled to Deep Blue World's headquarters to investigate the Stone Soul Project and question President Shi Wo about Myriad Transformations Deep Blue. Tai Yu began probing the material's nature, while Farul continued assessing the risks and motives behind Tai Yu's actions.

• Tai Yu called Shi Wo and said Deep Blue World could not remain uninvolved in the investigation, then arranged to meet him and Deputy Director Lan Zhen at the site.
• Farul wondered what Tai Yu's earlier warm-up had prepared and considered whether Tai Yu's reckless pursuit of powerful targets stemmed from Core Heart Erosion or outside control.
• Tai Yu and Farul left the Action Command Center and arrived at Deep Blue World's headquarters in the Vita Region.
• Shi Wo met Tai Yu and Farul at the Stone Soul Project site, where Police Headquarters detectives and technicians were preserving evidence and collecting samples.
• Tai Yu asked Shi Wo whether the pool connected to the main body of Myriad Transformations Deep Blue and whether the material was alive; Shi Wo explained that it evolved naturally according to the Underlying Rules.

Tai Yu questioned Shi Wo about how Myriad Transformations Deep Blue reflected and adapted to the universe’s rules, provoking tension with Priest Farul. Shi Wo’s silence left the gathered technical personnel suspecting that Deep Blue’s rules could be changed, a politically sensitive issue tied to the authority of the Myriad Heavens Divine Kingdoms.

• Shi Wo explained that Myriad Transformations Deep Blue exchanged matter with different rule circles while preserving its Initial Value, which was based on the Central Star Zone’s Underlying Rules.
• Tai Yu remarked on the Abyssal Sea True God’s failure to become a Dominator, and Farul rebuked him for judging Deities.
• Tai Yu asked whether changes to the Divine Kingdoms’ Rule Framework would be reflected in Deep Blue, and Shi Wo said the Creation stayed aligned with that framework.
• Tai Yu asked whether the alignment updated automatically or required intervention, then questioned how Deep Blue’s Thought Star Cluster branch was arranged.
• Shi Wo refused to answer, leading the technical personnel to infer that Deep Blue’s rules could be altered and that the issue threatened the Divine Kingdoms’ political legitimacy.

Tai Yu and Farul entered the Experiment Pool to inspect its simulated Boundary environment, but Tai Yu disappeared while exploring and triggered a Space-Time disturbance. Farul returned to find the Laboratory’s Myriad Transformations Deep Blue rapidly vanishing, and realized Tai Yu was still inside as the water level dropped.

• Tai Yu asked Farul to experience the Experiment Pool, and they entered its simulated environment without virtual equipment.
• Farul recognized that the simulated Boundary closely matched the area he had explored on You Chong Star and suspected Xi Corporation had obtained detailed information about it.
• Tai Yu vanished while heading toward the Boundary area, then a Space-Time tremor shook the Experiment Pool and prompted Farul and Lan Zhen to return to the real world.
• Shi Wo and the Laboratory staff discovered that the main body of Myriad Transformations Deep Blue was rapidly disappearing despite the gates being shut.
• Farul saw Tai Yu still inside the Experiment Pool and understood that a Space-Time Ability was extracting the water.

Tai Yu moved nearly a thousand cubic meters of Myriad Transformations Deep Blue from the Deep Blue World Virtual Reality Center to the Military Hospital to support experiments for disabled retired soldiers. He left Shi Wo understanding that the material would continue to be used for the project and that Deep Blue World would be expected to support it.

• Tai Yu rose from the Experiment Pool as it hummed, alarming Shi Wo and the others onshore.
• Tai Yu answered Dean Yu Xi's call and confirmed that Myriad Transformations Deep Blue was causing the apparent flooding.
• Tai Yu explained that he had moved the material to the Military Hospital and used it to establish experiments for disabled retired soldiers.
• Tai Yu described how the material could record Rule Environments for hundreds of deformation symptoms and thanked Shi Wo for Deep Blue World's support.
• Shi Wo realized Tai Yu intended to keep using the material for the soldiers' project and leave any costs to the Retired Soldier Administration Bureau.

Shi Wo reconsidered Tai Yu’s seizure of Myriad Transformations Deep Blue and decided cooperation could protect Deep Blue World’s interests while helping resolve the United Laboratory crisis. Tai Yu secured Shi Wo’s promise of technical materials and guidance, then asked for a separate Experiment Pool for the Deformation Correction project.

• Shi Wo weighed Tai Yu’s official roles and the consequences of the United Laboratory crisis, concluding that future negotiations could make cooperation worthwhile.
• Shi Wo accepted Tai Yu’s appeal for help and promised Deep Blue World would provide targeted support for deformation patients.
• Tai Yu asked Shi Wo to recommend technical study materials and papers so he could learn to use Myriad Transformations Deep Blue.
• Shi Wo agreed to gather classic references and newer research, and Tai Yu requested a separate Experiment Pool for the Deformation Correction project.

Tai Yu returned the nearly thousand cubic meters of Myriad Transformations Deep Blue to Experiment Pools Six and Seven, where it continued to behave unnaturally. Shi Wo realized he had overlooked the crucial question of how Tai Yu had imprinted thousands of frameworks and rule schemes without professional equipment.

• Shi Wo arranged for Experiment Pools Six and Seven to be cleared after Tai Yu said one or two pools would suffice.
• The Myriad Transformations Deep Blue reappeared an hour later, and staff measured its returned volume at 997.656 cubic meters.
• Tai Yu warned Shi Wo to shield the pools and restrict operations so their unusual Rule Environments would not affect outside players.
• Lan Zhen and Shi Wo noticed the returned Myriad Transformations Deep Blue differed from its earlier form and kept churning instead of settling.
• Shi Wo realized Tai Yu had somehow imprinted the Form and Spirit Frameworks of about two thousand people and hundreds of Rule Environments without professional equipment.

Shi Wo watched Tai Yu use Myriad Transformations Deep Blue to imprint Rule Environments, but the initial test produced errors and raised questions about compatibility with the Tian Yuan Empire’s old compilation rules. As the results remained uncertain, Shi Wo suspected Tai Yu’s actions were part of larger political dealings and decided to report them immediately.

• Shi Wo ordered the technicians to connect Myriad Transformations Deep Blue to the Covenant and monitor the test, which showed a 23% decoding error rate.
• Tai Yu explained that he had used spacetime compilation rules from the Tian Yuan Empire’s Royal Direct Weaving Bureau and said their materials covered the Calamity Era.
• Farul offered to search the records for the Weaving Bureau materials, while Tai Yu continued adjusting Pool Six and suggested leaving it in its current state.
• Shi Wo wondered why Farul had allowed Tai Yu to take and use Myriad Transformations Deep Blue, and considered whether the act reflected coordination between powerful interests.
• Shi Wo concluded that he could not conceal Tai Yu’s actions and needed to report them as soon as possible.

Bifur learned that Tai Yu had bypassed Deep Blue World's development system and directly operated Myriad Transformations Deep Blue, a revelation that could threaten the corporation and draw powerful factions to Red Silicon. The contact person suggested the Initial Awakening Society had already guessed how Tai Yu did it.

• Bifur met the Initial Awakening Society's contact in the Little Bar and explained that he had not yet approached Tai Yu, though Tai Yu had caught one of his subordinates during a police operation.
• The contact criticized Bifur for moving too slowly and revealed that Tai Yu had openly taken Myriad Transformations Deep Blue in Deep Blue World.
• Bifur realized that Tai Yu had apparently operated Myriad Transformations Deep Blue without using Deep Blue World's development system.
• The contact warned that Deep Blue World, Myriad Gods Hall, and remnants of the Abyssal Sea True God's system would investigate, while the High Priest could reach Red Silicon faster than Deep Blue World's investigators.
• Bifur said he wanted to learn what happened but would not act yet, and the contact claimed they had probably already guessed what Tai Yu had done.

Bifur questioned the Platform Contact Person about the Initial Awakening Society’s hypotheses and the hidden connection between Liang Lu and the Abyssal Sea True God. His deductions linked the Dream Net, Myriad Transformations Deep Blue, the Abyssal Sky Overlord, and Tai Yu, leaving the Contact Person silent and visibly unsettled.

• Bifur asked whether the Contact Person’s similar hypotheses involved the connection between Liang Lu and the Abyssal Sea True God, and she refused to reveal more.
• Bifur connected the inherited relationship between Liang Lu and the Abyssal Sea True God to the Dream Net, and the Contact Person tacitly confirmed his suspicion.
• Bifur deduced that the Abyssal Sea True God might have drawn on the Abyssal Sky Overlord’s power when creating Myriad Transformations Deep Blue, linking it to the Lord of Zhanhe and the Tian Yuan Empire.
• Bifur realized he had let his dangerous reasoning spill aloud, then redirected his questions toward Tai Yu and the Initial Awakening Society’s possible abilities.
• Bifur asked whether the Dream Net’s power from the Dream God Abomination was connected to the Deep Blue World’s virtual reality applications, and the Contact Person stopped turning her glass without answering.

Bifur discussed Tai Yu and the Initial Awakening Society’s cautious plans with a contact on the platform, then returned to the real world through Tabler. As Tabler recovered from the strain of acting as Firewall, police arrived at the door.

• Bifur impressed the contact with his conjectures, and the contact said the platform would raise his evaluation.
• Bifur argued that Tai Yu’s chaotic nature made him unsuitable as Luande’s successor, while the contact said they would wait for Deep Blue World's investigation before deciding whether to lure him onto the platform.
• Bifur warned the contact to deal with Vajello, then returned to the real world with Firewall.
• Tabler took liquor and strong medication to explain the physical effects of Firewall’s aftereffects.
• A servant told Tabler that the police had come to the door.

Bifur assessed how Tai Yu’s investigation of Vajello and the Initial Awakening Society could threaten his own ties to the society. With Tabler detained and the situation growing more volatile, Bifur sought a call with Great Lord Luande at the front-line Command Headquarters.

• Bifur learned that Tabler had been detained because of his pursuit of Xin Rui and the traces left by his bidding war with Vajello.
• Bifur considered Tai Yu’s formidable Space-Time Architecture and concluded that Tai Yu might be tracing his origins and targeting the Initial Awakening Society.
• Bifur recognized that his own connection to the Initial Awakening Society could bring Tai Yu’s trouble to his door.
• Bifur returned inside and requested a confidential call with Great Lord Luande at the front-line Command Headquarters.

Bifur informed Great Lord Luande about Tai Yu's use of Myriad Transformations Deep Blue and worried over Luande's apparent support for Tai Yu. Meanwhile, Tai Yu directed the Pool Seven investigation to test how Outer Domain Species elements affected simulations of aberrant personnel.

• Bifur called Great Lord Luande, explained Tai Yu's operation and his subordinates' involvement, and warned that someone might try to create a conflict.
• Luande told Bifur to come to the front line and help set things right, then ended the call before Bifur could ask for Tabler and Leto's release.
• Bifur suspected Luande supported Tai Yu and, feeling restless and mentally unclear, considered seeking help at a Prayer Hall.
• Tai Yu instructed Lan Zhen to sort out Outer Domain Species elements from Pool One for possible use in Pool Seven.
• Tai Yu explained that Pool Seven would test whether simulated aberrant personnel developed as they had during prolonged warfare, despite the impossibility of precisely recreating their initial states.

Tai Yu explained how he had used Myriad Transformations Deep Blue to imprint more than two thousand patients’ Form and Spirit Frameworks and construct a hypothetical spacetime, then planned to combine several experiment pools. The chapter ended with him considering whether he could eventually model a Red Silicon Star System in a pool.

• Farul asked whether Pool Seven showed a past spacetime node, and Tai Yu clarified that it was only a vague hypothesis while Pool Six held the real version.
• Lan Zhen realized Tai Yu had rapidly imprinted and analyzed the frameworks and Rule Environments of more than two thousand mutation patients.
• Tai Yu asked about Pool Four and announced that he would add results from Pools Six and Seven, later combining the pools with evidence from Pool One.
• Tai Yu told Farul that combining the pools could recreate the universe in one pool, leaving Farul and the technicians unsettled.
• Tai Yu offered to discuss a long vacation for Director Yu so she could look after the family, and Lan Zhen thanked him before leaving.
• Tai Yu considered building a rough model of a Red Silicon Star System using support from the Deep Blue World and Police Headquarters.

Tai Yu examined how the Initial Awakening Society’s research treated Outer Domain Species and considered Stone Soul a valuable subject for reconstructing the Red Silicon Star System. He then checked the Clumsy Spider’s connections to Bifur and Tabler, finding that Tabler was deeply entangled and Bifur’s repeated reliance on him and the Society’s platform could make his own connection worse.

• Tai Yu distinguished the Abyssal Spirit Net’s territory from the Shadow Domain and questioned where Outer Domain Species fit into the research framework.
• Tai Yu assessed Stone Soul’s stable, adaptable nature and concluded that the United Laboratory and Initial Awakening Society had pursued its study seriously.
• Tai Yu entered the bizarre Jungle and observed that the Clumsy Spider had grown smarter while continuing to weave webs cautiously.
• Tai Yu considered how the Clumsy Spider’s non-compulsory silk connections helped it avoid detection by the Abyssal Spirit Net and the Shadow Domain.
• Tai Yu judged that Tabler’s damaged mental defenses and frequent use of the Initial Awakening Society platform made him difficult to free from the Spider Silk.
• Tai Yu concluded that Bifur’s connection could be cut if he stayed vigilant, but repeated reliance on Tabler and the platform would worsen it.

Tai Yu investigated the Initial Awakening Society’s elusive contact, whose existence seemed divided across material and spiritual levels, and used the investigation to develop theories about the group. He continued baiting the target through Pool Six until Shi Wo returned with the distant authorities’ response.

• Tai Yu used Clumsy Spider’s Spider Silk to trace the contact and confirmed that he was somewhere in the Red Silicon Star System, though his strange, dispersed existence obscured his exact location.
• Tai Yu considered how the contact’s nature might connect to the Initial Awakening Society’s operations, including the Phantom Body phenomena and its attempts at direct contact.
• Clumsy Spider recorded the contact’s divisions across material and spiritual levels and the fluctuations connecting them through the Transition Layer.
• Tai Yu kept gathering information and baiting the contact while Myriad Transformations Deep Blue sent abnormal waves surging over Pool Six and across his and Farul’s feet.
• After about an hour, Shi Wo returned with the opinions of Tai Yu’s superiors, who were a million Light-Years away.