Chapter Summaries

Shi Wo delivered his company’s request that Tai Yu remain in Star Ring City for two weeks, while Tai Yu continued reviewing research on Myriad Transformations Deep Blue. Shi Wo’s account of Li Wei’s history left Tai Yu intrigued and Shi Wo alarmed by what Tai Yu might infer.

• Shi Wo presented Tai Yu with organized technical materials on Myriad Transformations Deep Blue and asked him to review them.
• Shi Wo told Tai Yu that his company wanted him to stay in Star Ring City for two weeks to discuss the recent impact of his actions.
• Tai Yu said he might travel to You Chong Star to gather evidence about the United Laboratory’s illegal experiments and asked whether the company would interfere.
• Tai Yu read Li Wei’s paper about the underlying mechanisms of Myriad Transformations Deep Blue and asked whether its author had written other works.
• Shi Wo explained that Li Wei had joined Li Yue Group, led taboo experiments, and contributed to the company’s decline before becoming a wanted criminal.
• Tai Yu called Li Wei’s history thought-provoking, leaving Shi Wo worried that his casual explanation would be misinterpreted.

Bai Tiancong reconsidered how the Myriad Transformations Deep Blue incident might make Tai Yu’s dangerous actions profitable to powerful interests. After learning Tai Yu had gone to the Island Branch Bureau, Bai received his call and heard that he had a new discovery to report.

• Bai Tiancong reflected that the Deep Blue World incident had increased the potential benefits of dealing with Tai Yu, despite the risks.
• Kaiya told Bai Tiancong that Tai Yu had gone to the Island Branch Bureau to meet Tabler and join discussions about assistance with the investigation.
• Bai Tiancong wondered whether Tai Yu had reached an agreement with Shi Wo or the Deep Blue World, or had broken off negotiations.
• Tai Yu called Bai Tiancong from the Island Branch Bureau and said he had a new discovery to report.

Tai Yu told Bai Tiancong that Tabler’s confession implicated Azar in harming Xin Rui’s family and raised questions about Vajello’s wealth. He proposed using the Stone Soul investigation’s momentum to pursue the sensitive lead, leaving Bai Tiancong alarmed about what he intended.

• Tai Yu told Bai Tiancong that Tabler’s confession linked Azar to Sincher’s ruin and the pressure on Lady Ming Fan and Xin Rui.
• Bai Tiancong worried that exposing Tabler’s claims could draw political fallout toward the Great Horn Fleet and other powerful groups.
• Tai Yu said Tabler’s account suggested Vajello had access to more wealth than his known illegal businesses could explain.
• Tai Yu revealed that he and Priest Farul thought the lead was too sensitive to investigate directly and needed a skillful approach.
• Tai Yu proposed using the momentum from the Stone Soul investigation into illegal experiments involving Outer Domain Species.

Bai Tiancong briefed Star Ring City officials and representatives of Xi Corporation and the Great Horn Fleet on Tai Yu’s plan to form a joint task force and resolve the Stone Soul problem on You Chong Star. The meeting leaned toward approving the operation, and Tai Yu’s proposed way to involve Deep Blue World was to borrow more Myriad Transformations Deep Blue.

• Bai Tiancong explained that Tai Yu wanted the parties involved in the United Laboratory incident to form a Celestial task force and investigate Stone Soul on You Chong Star.
• Xi Chang questioned whether the plan was feasible, while Ma Yong suspected Tai Yu wanted the participants to prove their innocence and accused him of using the operation to defy Deep Blue World’s travel ban.
• Bifur raised concerns about the hastily assembled team’s combat effectiveness, command, and personnel contributions, signaling that the Great Horn Fleet was open to joining.
• Bai Tiancong said the Myriad Gods Hall, Xi Corporation, Great Horn Fleet, Star Ring City Police, and frontline military would each be asked to send at least one person.
• Xi Chang asked why Deep Blue World was excluded, and Bai Tiancong revealed that Tai Yu planned to involve them by borrowing more Myriad Transformations Deep Blue.

Tai Yu discussed the veteran recruitment proposal and the region’s dwindling pool of talent with Sheng Wu, then learned that Architecture Priest Yan Chen had returned through the Star Gate and wanted to visit. Tai Yu planned to prepare for a trip to You Chong Star from the Isolation Zone and invited Yan Chen’s group to join him.

• Tai Yu asked Sheng Wu about the medical laboratory and candidates for the proposal, and Sheng Wu said Gong Zhou had prepared a list of veterans while warning that their willingness to return to danger mattered.
• Tai Yu and Sheng Wu discussed Gong Zhou’s wish to join the expedition, Tai Yu’s Core Heart Erosion, and Lu Yang, whom Tai Yu had trapped in his Space-Time Architecture.
• Sheng Wu told Tai Yu that Architecture Priest Yan Chen had passed through the Star Gate and would soon visit, prompting Tai Yu to plan to handle preparations from the Isolation Zone.
• Tai Yu asked Sheng Wu to receive Yan Chen and invite his group to accompany him to You Chong Star to study other uses for Myriad Transformations Deep Blue.

Acolyte Priest Yuan Ju joined the newly established Celestial Special Class aboard a ship, reflecting on the Myriad Gods Hall’s strained position and its uncertain alliance with Great Lord Luande. Officer Tai Yu gathered the team for its first meeting, leaving Yuan Ju wondering when he should follow Priest Yan Chen’s instruction to cooperate.

• Yuan Ju and Priest Yan Chen were sent to join the Celestial Special Class after meeting personnel across Star Ring City and other locations.
• Yuan Ju considered how the Liang Lu Inner Universe Ruins and Xi Corporation’s interference had deepened the cooperation between Shan Long High Priest and Great Lord Luande.
• Yuan Ju speculated that the Myriad Gods Hall’s weakened position made its priests open to changes in Myriad Transformations Deep Blue.
• Tai Yu boarded the ship with retired veterans and a special police unit, prompting Yuan Ju to worry about the operation’s leadership.
• Tai Yu called the gathered Celestial Special Class personnel to their first meeting in the ship’s recreation area, while Yuan Ju stood among the Acolyte Priests.

Tai Yu introduced the Stone Soul Action Task Force, asserted his authority as its supreme commander, and announced that its early work would focus on building tacit understanding. As the team circled You Chong Star’s Boundary, Yuan Ju and the others noticed that its storms seemed unusually violent.

• Tai Yu introduced the task force’s military, corporate, fleet, and Myriad Gods Hall members, while Yuan Ju recognized that only eight Celestial powerhouses had been assembled so far.
• Tai Yu bluntly pointed out the recent fight between Gong Zhicheng and Si Nuowan, exposing the tension behind Xi Corporation’s contribution.
• Tai Yu named himself supreme commander, demanded that every member obey his orders, and warned that he would replace or deal with anyone who refused.
• Tai Yu said the task force would first build tacit understanding and suggested that, if things went well, they might avoid taking risks.
• The task force’s vessel circled above You Chong Star’s Boundary, where Yuan Ju and others observed storms that appeared more violent than usual.
• Someone reported that a Boundary storm’s destructive energy level had spiked to nine thousand, far above its usual average of four to five thousand.

Yuan Ju overheard a discussion about energy levels and followed Yan Chen and Priest Farul into a gathering where Tai Yu questioned Priest Kui Rong about the Boundary’s history. Kui Rong explained that the area’s warped rules partly came from a deliberate alteration of the Heavenly Abyss Spirit Net, leaving its original state perhaps impossible to restore.

• Yuan Ju overheard officers debate the accuracy of energy-level estimates and considered examining the Boundary’s unexpectedly powerful energy jets.
• Yan Chen and Priest Farul moved to a discussion circle, and Yuan Ju followed them inside.
• Tai Yu asked Priest Kui Rong why the Outer Domain Species had fought repeatedly in the Red Silicon Star System’s Boundary region.
• Kui Rong said the Outer Domain Species had adapted to local spacetime and that Great Lord Luande had recommended altering the Heavenly Abyss Spirit Net during the defense war.
• Kui Rong explained that the alteration distorted material spacetime at the Boundary and concluded that the star map might no longer be restorable.

Tai Yu and Priest Kui Rong discussed Ritual Ancient Script, history, and the Fate Trackers’ change of allegiance, while their words caused dangerous distortions aboard the vessel. Priest Kannan stopped the conversation before the disturbances worsened, leaving Tai Yu and Kui Rong smiling as the onlookers remained unsettled.

• Tai Yu speculated that the Star Map Trajectory’s resistance to change explained the Red Silicon Star System’s open access and might aid historical research.
• Kui Rong praised Tai Yu’s historical knowledge and invited him to join their side for easier academic discussions.
• Tai Yu asked whether the Fate Trackers had switched from the Lord of Ruin and Fall’s camp to the Lord of Dawn’s after seeing a change in the star map.
• Kui Rong said the Lord of Ruin and Fall had been pessimistic about the future, while the Lord of Dawn had been more proactive, prompting the Fate Trackers to follow the latter.
• As Ritual Ancient Script distorted the cabin and Scenery Viewing Screen, Kannan stopped Tai Yu and Kui Rong, and the disturbances gradually subsided.

As mist appeared over the Boundary after Tai Yu and Kui Rong’s exchange in Ritual Ancient Script, Tai Yu gathered the Celestial commanders to explain the tactical system and lay down its strict military principles. The vessel continued circling above its destination as Tai Yu began building the command group’s tacit understanding.

• Tai Yu and Kui Rong ended their dangerous discussion, and most police personnel moved away from them in the lounge.
• Yuan Ju noticed strange mist covering the Boundary terrain and wondered whether it had been caused by the exchange or a higher force.
• Priest Farul confronted Tai Yu, who redirected the exchange into a briefing for the Celestial commanders.
• Tai Yu explained that the tactical system depended on the framework and system taking precedence over individual nodes.
• Tai Yu warned that anyone who hesitated or acted independently on the battlefield would be dealt with under military law.

Tai Yu outlined a week of drills to build coordination among the Celestial task force before they confronted Stone Soul. He then revealed an unexpected candidate for the front line, who emerged from a translucent sphere and collapsed onto the deck.

• Tai Yu argued that the task force could develop coordination by organizing its Celestials as nodes within a larger war system.
• Tai Yu announced that the team would spend at least a week drilling in the Boundary region and answering cultivation questions from students.
• Tai Yu stressed that only Celestials could serve as Active Nodes and carry the strength of a system and its frameworks.
• Tai Yu said he had already chosen someone to stand at the front, then produced a translucent sphere.
• A human figure emerged from the sphere, fell onto the cabin deck, and gasped for breath.

Tai Yu introduced Lu Yang as the task force’s forward Active Node and laid down strict expectations for the Celestial team. The task force began low-risk training around Boundary, where Yuan Ju remained unsure of Tai Yu’s strategy and agreed to help Ran Ran with a Deep Water Zone exercise.

• Tai Yu released Lu Yang from a translucent sphere and assigned him to serve as the task force’s forward Active Node.
• Tai Yu warned the Celestial powerhouses that his requirements would take precedence and that conflicts would be handled under military law.
• The Stone Soul Action Task Force landed at Boundary and spent its first five days surveying distorted Rule Environments before beginning adaptation training.
• Yuan Ju wondered why Tai Yu’s plans involved such easy, repetitive work and noted that even Gong Zhicheng and Si Nuowan seemed confused.
• Ran Ran asked Yuan Ju to help with a pressurization exercise in the Deep Water Zone, and Yuan Ju agreed.

Yuan Ju supervised Ran Ran, Xin Rui, and Ling Ji through intense Deep Water Zone training while they discussed the persistent fog and rumors about Tai Yu. He ended the conversation and returned to the water, but Ling Ji stopped him with a question.

• Yuan Ju helped Ran Ran, Xin Rui, and Ling Ji complete a short, intense Deep Water Zone training session.
• Ran Ran asked Yuan Ju whether Tai Yu had caused the fog that had covered the Boundary region for days, and Yuan Ju said he did not know.
• Ran Ran pressed Yuan Ju about rumors that Tai Yu was a reincarnated Witch Priest, and Yuan Ju explained the role of Witch Priests and their connection to Ancient Gods.
• Yuan Ju ended the conversation and headed back into the water, but Ling Ji raised his hand and said he wanted to ask something.

Yuan Ju heard Ling Ji fear that the police would take him back after the Da Xin Laboratory scandal, but he could not reassure him. Troubled by Ling Ji’s uncertain future and his own branch’s decline, Yuan Ju studied the Boundary’s distorted rules until exhaustion carried him into a hazy sleep.

• Ling Ji asked Yuan Ju whether the police would take him back, and Yuan Ju denied knowing despite having heard the proposal to suspend Ling Ji’s training.
• Ling Ji returned to shore in despair, saying that the situation felt like a dream.
• Yuan Ju reflected on the Architecture Priests’ precarious position and the danger posed by their unresolved political and religious troubles.
• Yuan Ju used the Abyssal Spirit Net to sense the water and study the Boundary region’s distorted rules.
• Yuan Ju exhausted himself pondering the Rule Environment and drifted into a hazy stupor, recalling Ling Ji’s face and words.

Yuan Ju realized that Ling Ji had lured him into layered dreamscapes with Illusory Nightmare System Power. His attempt to break free failed, and he ended trapped and unable to move.

• Yuan Ju woke from a dream, suspected Ling Ji had drawn him into it, and reported the problem to Priest Yan Chen.
• Yuan Ju searched the training grounds and spotted a disheveled figure he recognized as Ling Ji fleeing through the mist.
• Yuan Ju used the Abyssal Spirit Net to pull Ling Ji down and caught up with him.
• Ling Ji questioned Yuan Ju’s understanding of the Eyes of All Gods, and Yuan Ju realized he was still inside an illusionary dream.
• Yuan Ju invoked the Exorcism Spell, but the mist formed silken nets that bound him and froze his thoughts.

Yuan Ju was trapped in a dreamscape by a being impersonating Ling Ji, who examined his nature and uncovered traces of something hidden within him. The impostor erased Yuan Ju’s memory and sent him back to wake in the water, where he answered Priest Yan Chen’s summons and drove toward the shared location.

• The false Ling Ji revealed that Yuan Ju’s Abyssal Spirit Net was an illusion that had bound him inside the dreamscape.
• The false Ling Ji examined Yuan Ju’s bloodline and regressed his body to a fertilized egg, but deep-blue light concealed part of what he sought.
• The false Ling Ji discovered strange shadows in Yuan Ju’s cognition and said he was interested in Yuan Ju’s teacher and the situation beyond the Star Gate.
• The false Ling Ji returned Yuan Ju’s soul to his body, altered his memories, and promised they would meet again after he truly awakened.
• Yuan Ju woke in deep water, received Priest Yan Chen’s summons, and drove toward the shared location.

Yuan Ju witnessed Ling Ji being taken into custody for investigation, but Tai Yu intervened and kept him in the Boundary under his supervision. Ling Ji ended up confined inside a mist-filled sphere that Tai Yu said would serve as his holding cell while he remained there.

• Yuan Ju arrived at Field Four and saw police officers restraining Ling Ji as they prepared to take him back to Star Ring City for investigation.
• Priest Yan Chen told Yuan Ju that Ling Ji was considered an unstable factor, while Ran Ran and Xin Rui waited for Tai Yu.
• Tai Yu arrived with Kui Rong, Farul, Kan Nan, and Lu Yang as Ling Ji pleaded for help and reminded Tai Yu that he had paid for premium service.
• Tai Yu accused Ling Ji of informing for Da Xin Laboratory but agreed to keep him in the Boundary because he had purchased training and could live in enclosed water.
• Tai Yu told the officers to release Ling Ji, then trapped him inside a mist-filled sphere as his holding cell.

Tai Yu contained Ling Ji in a Spacetime Bubble and gradually transformed the mist inside it into Myriad Transformations Deep Blue. As the Boundary’s fog cleared, Yuan Ju realized Tai Yu had likely been manipulating the same substance both inside the bubble and across the surrounding landscape.

• Tai Yu used a Spacetime Bubble to contain Ling Ji and explained that the technique could store both living and dead things.
• Tai Yu asked Yan Chen whether Myriad Transformations Deep Blue was living or dead, then ordered Lu Yang to summon several Celestial powerhouses for a meeting.
• Tai Yu transformed the mist inside the Spacetime Bubble into deep blue liquid while Yuan Ju worried Ling Ji might drown.
• Yan Chen pointed out that the fog around the Boundary had vanished, and Yuan Ju noticed the grounds looked clearer in the sunlight.
• Si Nuowan identified the liquid as Myriad Transformations Deep Blue, and Tai Yu confirmed that he had borrowed it from the Deep Blue World with Shi Wo’s support.
• Yuan Ju connected the liquid forming inside the bubble to the fog clearing outside and suspected Tai Yu had manipulated Myriad Transformations Deep Blue across the Boundary.

Tai Yu explained how he used Myriad Transformations Deep Blue to imprint the Boundary of You Chong Star and investigate why the Abyssal Spirit Net had failed to detect the Stone Soul underground. He outlined the next steps and warned the task force to prepare for a possible battle.

• Priest Yan Chen explained that Tai Yu had used water-affinity architectural principles to turn Myriad Transformations Deep Blue into mist, and Yuan Ju asked him to teach him the technique.
• Tai Yu said the mist had imprinted the Boundary’s Rule Environment over five days and that the process was intended to investigate the system’s failure to detect the Stone Soul.
• Tai Yu explained that the Stone Soul’s deep underground location and the mismatch between system and framework control ranges made it difficult to find, and that the imprinting would help identify the flaw.
• Tai Yu thanked Priest Kui Rong for using Ritual Ancient Script to inform those above, and said the priests would analyze the gathered information and seek definite progress within twenty hours.
• Tai Yu told Gong Zhicheng, Si Nuowan, and Huai An to maintain their weapons and prepare for a possible pre-battle mobilization.

Yuan Ju attended an important meeting as Celestials gathered around the Spacetime Bubble filled with Myriad Transformations Deep Blue. Priest Yan Chen told him the operation had already begun and urged him to study Officer Tai Yu’s methods and think about the whole picture.

• Yuan Ju practiced the Water Condensing Ring technique, which Officer Tai Yu had taught him and other Acolyte Priests.
• Priest Yan Chen praised the technique’s architecture and said he would discuss it with Shan Long High Priest after returning beyond the Star Gate.
• Yuan Ju saw Myriad Transformations Deep Blue filling the Spacetime Bubble and worried about Ling Ji and the approaching Deep Blue World investigation team.
• Celestials gathered for the meeting, leaving the seat of honor empty for Officer Tai Yu while they watched the Spacetime Bubble.
• Yuan Ju asked Priest Yan Chen whether they were officially taking action, and Yan Chen said the operation had already begun and advised him to study Tai Yu’s methods.