Chapter Summaries

Little Fear prepared to assassinate Peiham after Zhan Lang’s attempt to acquire weapons failed and Gideon urged an early, unarmored approach. With Young Master Kuti monitoring him, Little Fear gained near-complete freedom of action and moved through Plane Six toward the target’s residence.

• Zhan Lang reported that the assassination mission had drawn a positive response, but gangs had targeted him and blocked his weapons purchase, so he accepted that he would be sacrificed.
• Gideon advised Little Fear to shorten his training and approach Peiham early, since an armored attack could provoke a dangerous backlash.
• Young Master Kuti supported Gideon’s plan, and Little Fear began moving toward Peiham’s residence with the Exoskeleton Armor in an equipment case.
• Little Fear used his heightened senses to navigate Plane Six while Young Master Kuti watched through his perspective and gave instructions.
• Little Fear skirted Authority Walls and traveled through the city’s crowds, while the Director Group may have been tracking his movements from above.

Little Fear advanced toward Peiham’s fortified Residential District to increase pressure on its residents while Kuti and Rational Gideon backed the plan. He triggered the district’s security alert by destroying an unmanned device in the river.

• Young Master Kuti and Rational Gideon agreed that intercepting Peiham outside the Residential District remained their first choice, but that pressure on the district could force him out sooner.
• Little Fear spotted unfamiliar people near the district and proposed increasing pressure on Peiham by making the residents fear the consequences of sheltering him.
• Little Fear charged toward the river carrying his equipment case, then plunged into the water without armor.
• Young Master Kuti warned Little Fear about concealed unmanned equipment in the river.
• Little Fear smashed an approaching unmanned Creation with his equipment case and brute strength, putting the Residential District on heightened alert.

Little Fear raced across the river and climbed the opposite cliff without his equipment case while Young Master Kuti and Rational Gideon monitored him. As Little Fear entered the Jungle, Gideon warned that Peiham might have Celestial bodyguards, and Little Fear confronted Peiham about the Wadang Vitality Association’s collapse.

• Little Fear shed his equipment case, crossed the river at high speed, and climbed the sheer cliff while evading drone attacks.
• Young Master Kuti and Rational Gideon saw Hawthorne’s people firing and discussed how Little Fear’s speed and lack of armor affected their plan.
• Little Fear reached the cliff top and dashed into the Jungle, leaving Young Master Kuti nauseated by the Perception Sharing link.
• Rational Gideon warned that Peiham might have Celestial bodyguards, and Young Master Kuti corrected him about Peiham’s location.
• Little Fear shouted at Peiham that the Wadang Vitality Association had collapsed and asked whether Peiham still thought he could survive.

Young Master Kuti and Gideon used Little Fear to pressure Peiham’s neighbors, but a Celestial-level combatant revealed himself and attacked Little Fear. The perception link left Young Master Kuti overwhelmed as Little Fear struggled across the river, while heat built dangerously in Young Master Kuti’s chest.

• Young Master Kuti watched Little Fear wreak havoc near Peiham’s residence and agreed with Gideon that threatening the surrounding residents would pressure Peiham more effectively than invoking Wei Su Yi.
• Gideon warned that Peiham might have a Celestial-level combatant protecting him, and Young Master Kuti dismissed the possibility before a warning appeared on the panoramic map.
• Little Fear detected the Celestial-level combatant, but once their hostility was exposed, the enemy struck and sent Little Fear crashing through the woods.
• Young Master Kuti suffered the pain and disorientation transmitted through the link and begged Gideon to disconnect him.
• Little Fear scraped down a cliff, plunged into the river, and crossed toward the opposite bank as Gideon hurried to help Young Master Kuti, whose chest began to overheat.

Young Master Kuti struggled through the backlash of his Perception Sharing link as Little Fear faced a Celestial expert in the river. Little Fear donned Exoskeleton Armor and triggered an abnormal Origin Mother explosion that ruptured the expert’s Rule Domain, leaving the fight at a dangerous turning point.

• Young Master Kuti suffered from the chaotic information flowing through the Perception Sharing link while Gideon tried to disconnect it.
• The Celestial expert suppressed the river with his Rule Domain as Little Fear reached the equipment case and started up the Exoskeleton Armor.
• Gideon severed the link, and Young Master Kuti complained to the Director Group that a registration mission involved Celestial-level combat power.
• The Celestial expert recognized Little Fear’s armored countercharge but judged that the attacker lacked the systemization and authority to match him.
• Little Fear’s Origin Mother energy erupted, and its Rule effects created a gap in the Celestial expert’s Rule Domain.

Little Fear killed a Celestial powerhouse and pursued Peiham, but the Abyssal Spirit Net disabled his armor as Peiham escaped by Flying Shuttle. Little Fear boarded the shuttle and caused it to crash into the river, after which Mister Feiyu was notified that he had advanced in the Real Life Arena Game.

• Little Fear used his Exoskeleton Armor and combat blade to sever the Celestial powerhouse’s neck and kill him.
• Little Fear charged into the highland district as its security forces lost the will to resist and alarms sounded.
• Peiham fled in a Flying Shuttle while the Abyssal Spirit Net scanned the area and shut down Little Fear’s Exoskeleton Armor.
• Little Fear discarded the empty armor, leaped onto the accelerating Flying Shuttle, tore through its roof, and entered to confirm Peiham’s identity.
• The Flying Shuttle crashed by the riverbank, and two figures fell into the river.
• The panoramic map went dark, and a voice told Mister Feiyu that he had completed the Season 1305 registration mission and advanced to the next stage.

Young Master Feiyu learned that he had been assigned to the con side of the new factional mission, but his registration mission received only a Pass. After the Director Group warned him that Little Fear and his Combat Type Replica could be caught up in an investigation, Feiyu realized he could no longer contact Little Fear and feared he might not return.

• The Director Group announced that the factional mission centered on whether Wei Su Yi would leave the Boundary Curtain region before Week 50, and assigned Young Master Feiyu to the con side.
• The Director Group rated Feiyu's registration mission a Pass, citing his Sacrifice Flow tactic and his operative's incorrect public slogan.
• The Director Group offered to buy Feiyu's Combat Type Replica, then warned him that Little Fear's sensitivity to rule energy made him a target for the coming investigation.
• Feiyu ordered Gideon to contact Little Fear and tell him to return, but Gideon could not reach him.
• Feiyu found that Perception Sharing with Little Fear had been permanently severed, leaving him unsure whether Little Fear could return.

Fei Yu and his allies investigated Peiham’s crash while searching for the missing Little Fear, but they found no clear leads. The arrival of Priest Jiting, a powerful God’s Chosen, left Fei Yu wary of acting rashly.

• Fei Yu chose to wait for support rather than go to the incident site himself, and he later observed the investigation from an airship with Gideon and Fei Bian.
• Fei Bian reported that Kailanlisa had arrived and that Sen Lang was investigating the scene, prompting Gideon to wonder whether the case had drawn official attention.
• Investigators recovered the Flying Shuttle pilot, whose account suggested Peiham had ejected during a fight, and Peiham’s body was later found downstream.
• Gideon summarized that Peiham was dead and Little Fear was missing, while Fei Bian said multiple groups and the river had made it difficult to find evidence.
• Fei Yu suspected the Director Group had taken Little Fear and tried to confront them, but Gideon and Fei Bian persuaded him to wait at the meeting point.
• Priest Jiting arrived at the scene, and Fei Yu abandoned his agitation when he learned the Myriad Gods Hall’s powerful God’s Chosen had come.

After learning that Pitfall Fire Hell may have targeted Ronan, Fei Yu and Fei Bian chose to wait and see while Ronan left the game and tried to evade surveillance. Instead, Ronan returned to the high-altitude commercial district, where he watched the aftermath of Peiham’s death and considered the opportunity he might find there.

• Fei Bian told Fei Yu that Pitfall Fire Hell might have used the released task to attack the Wadang Vitality Association, only to encounter Little Fear, who had killed a Celestial.
• Fei Bian warned that Pitfall Fire Hell had been unusually active, and Fei Yu decided to wait and observe.
• Ronan escaped the scene, changed his appearance, and realized that a hunter linked to Pitfall Fire Hell had marked and tracked him.
• Ronan chose not to remove the marker or flee, and returned to the high-altitude commercial district five hours after killing Peiham.
• Ronan found a free vantage point overlooking the building where the canceled opening event had been planned and watched the crowds discussing Peiham’s death.

Ronan returned to the shop that had sold him Origin Mothers, hoping to trade his remaining used ones and establish a stable foothold in the Boundary Curtain district. Lady Fire recognized him through sound-wave resonance despite his disguise, and Little Fear confronted her about why she had been monitoring him.

• Ronan considered using his two partially used Origin Mothers as startup capital and decided to return to the corner shop.
• He listened to the music from the shop and found that its sound waves resonated harmoniously with his Form and Spirit Framework.
• Lady Fire appeared beside Ronan and explained that the song, Battlefield Requiem, was meant to approach and observe the hearts of survivors.
• Lady Fire asked whether the used Origin Mothers were useful and explained that their changed resonance patterns had exposed them, regardless of his altered appearance.
• Little Fear asked whether Lady Fire had been targeting him, then stared at her with open hostility.

Little Fear confronted Lady Fire, offering information about her connection to Pitfall Fire Hell in exchange for resources to satisfy his hunger. Lady Fire revealed that she was a priest who helped Pitfall Fire Hell communicate with higher beings and admired Great Lord Yi Ying.

• Little Fear told Lady Fire he had returned because he was hungry and offered to trade warnings for resources.
• Little Fear deduced that Lady Fire used “Clown Variation” to screen people who might threaten Wei Su Yi, and Lady Fire confirmed that a group of rich kids posed a threat.
• Little Fear suspected Lady Fire had been involved in the Wadang Vitality Association incident and linked her to Pitfall Fire Hell.
• Little Fear used Lady Fire’s ties to Pitfall Fire Hell as bargaining leverage, but she warned him that her response could be a threat rather than a trade.
• Lady Fire asked Little Fear to join Pitfall Fire Hell, then explained she was a priest without a fixed faith and sought to emulate Great Lord Yi Ying.

Little Fear spoke with Lady Fire about his unusual talent and her observations before she took him to get Origin Mother. During the ride, he recognized Lady Fire as Wei Su Yi.

• Little Fear let Lady Fire believe his insightful talent and antagonistic relationship with her were taking root, while concealing the source of interference within him.
• Little Fear asked for Origin Mother, and Lady Fire agreed to take him to get some without testing him.
• Lady Fire drove Little Fear through the VIP parking area and onto a high-permission route in a Flying Shuttle, where Nemesis greeted him and warned him about Lao Huo.
• Lady Fire tied up her hair, and Little Fear connected her appearance to his accumulated memories and blurted out, "Wei Su Yi?"

Little Fear discovered that Lady Fire was actually Wei Su Yi and questioned whether staying with her would keep him caught up in danger and leave him hungry. Wei Su Yi said she would remain in the Boundary Curtain district and began explaining that Little Fear needed to understand his hunger and learn how to use energy.

• Little Fear learned that Lady Fire was Wei Su Yi, an external priestess connected to Pitfall Fire Hell, and regretted that his expectations of the singer had been wrong.
• Little Fear warned Wei Su Yi that her ties to the sect and her public itinerary could attract danger, but she said she would stay in the Boundary Curtain district and use a double for public appearances.
• Little Fear questioned whether Wei Su Yi could protect him and provide enough to eat while she was in danger.
• Wei Su Yi said Little Fear's hunger depended on cognition and that he lacked both the Celestial Interference Pattern and a framework for replenishing and using energy.

Wei Su Yi explained Pitfall Fire Hell’s mission and Little Fear’s intended role as a vessel for its god. She revealed that the Blood Prison King had not truly appeared in the universe since the Calamity Era God War, leaving Little Fear to reconsider what he had heard.

• Little Fear admitted he regretted leaving his previous controller and coming to Wei Su Yi, while she promised he would have supplies if they cooperated.
• Wei Su Yi said her mission was to help Pitfall Fire Hell heed divine oracles and receive Divine Grace, deepening Little Fear’s suspicions about her motives.
• Ronan recalled that the Blood Prison King was a Great Monarch-level being whose fragments had once influenced Earth Spacetime and that the Martial Emperor had said it could have successors.
• Wei Su Yi explained that Pitfall Fire Hell had assigned her the identity of a wealthy man’s wife to help her operate and search for suitable Containers.
• When Wei Su Yi said Little Fear was meant to serve as a vessel for the evil god’s descent, Little Fear demanded that the Flying Shuttle land.
• Wei Su Yi clarified that no Divine Descent would occur and revealed that Pitfall Fire Hell had received no true response from the Blood Prison King in seven thousand years.

Wei Su Yi explained why Pitfall Fire Hell continued its God Descent ritual despite the Blood Prison King’s uncertain status, then offered Little Fear a path to Celestial advancement in exchange for cooperation. Little Fear remained wary of becoming a ritual tool as Wei Su Yi argued that his unregistered Clone status made him a suitable candidate.

• Wei Su Yi explained that Pitfall Fire Hell’s leaders concealed the Blood Prison King’s absence and maintained the ritual to preserve the sect’s power and resources.
• Wei Su Yi said she could serve as a priestess for multiple organizations because Pitfall Fire Hell did not know about her other roles.
• Little Fear questioned why Wei Su Yi trusted him with the secret, and she said she needed his cooperation.
• Little Fear refused to risk becoming a tool in an Evil Cult ritual, but Wei Su Yi offered to raise him to the Celestial stage.
• Wei Su Yi explained that the ritual required a Celestial Container and that Little Fear’s unregistered Clone status made him more expendable than Pitfall Fire Hell’s hidden personnel.

Wei Su Yi persuaded Little Fear to accompany her to her manor and revealed how she had arranged for him to become involved in her ritual. At the manor, Little Fear overheard Spati urge her to leave because she had become a focus of attention, leaving him uncertain about her secrets and motives.

• Wei Su Yi explained that she had used information from Du Tang and made guiding moves to bring Little Fear to her, while claiming he was a suitable Container for Divine Descent.
• Little Fear accepted her explanation enough to follow her to her residence in the Boundary Curtain district.
• Wei Su Yi told Little Fear that Spati and Willow maintained the borrowed wealthy identity, then sent him with Willow to wash and change.
• Little Fear overheard Spati warn Wei Su Yi that she had become entangled in a dangerous situation and suggest sending her away.
• Little Fear wondered why Wei Su Yi concealed her identity from Pitfall Fire Hell while confiding in him, and doubted the truth of her claims.

Little Fear spent his days reading Pitfall Fire Hell doctrines and thinking through their relationship to faith, negative emotions, and the Abyss. Lady Fire celebrated his first-week birthday, and he thanked her as they toasted.

• Little Fear kept his unfamiliar face and spent several days reading forbidden books and examining Pitfall Fire Hell's doctrines.
• Little Fear considered how believers could transform negative emotions and move from the Subsidiary Network toward the Main Network.
• Little Fear wondered about Wei Su Yi's longevity and condition before Lady Fire entered his room with Willow and a cart of wine and pastries.
• Lady Fire told Little Fear it was his first-week birthday and celebrated his survival with wine.
• Little Fear clinked glasses with Lady Fire and thanked her.

Little Fear discussed cultivation and his candidacy with Lady Fire during a birthday gathering on the balcony. He decided to demonstrate the eating and drinking expected of him, drawing on his knowledge of Pitfall Fire Hell’s cultivation system and experiments in Earth Spacetime.

• Willow arranged wine and pastries on the balcony, where Little Fear and Lady Fire sat and talked beneath the night sky.
• Lady Fire warned Little Fear that other candidates questioned his suitability and that his quiet reading made him seem unqualified.
• Little Fear tested whether Willow reacted when he mentioned the Container, but she remained calm as Lady Fire explained that cultivation began with building one.
• Little Fear considered Pitfall Fire Hell’s risky cultivation system, which involved switching between the Mental and Physical Aspects and adopting extreme roles.
• Little Fear resolved to eat and drink to satisfy his observers and planned to test Pitfall Fire Hell’s orthodox cultivation on the Blood Flame Cult followers in Earth Spacetime.

Little Fear observed the poisonous fires of negative emotion on Plane Six while Wei Su Yi, posing as the Fire Priest, argued with Pitfall Fire Hell leaders over his costly, unpredictable Container and plans to send him abroad. The meeting ended when Little Fear appeared and reached for Ji Huai’s illuminated scalp.

• Little Fear sensed the accumulated poisonous fires in the remote pleasure estates of Plane Six and recognized how negative emotions could fuel his cultivation.
• Ji Huai criticized the Fire Priest for letting the heavily invested Container roam freely, but Zong Ju supported continuing his progress.
• Ji Huai argued that the Container should stay in the Boundary Curtain district instead of traveling abroad with Wei Su Yi, to keep their risks separate.
• The Fire Priest challenged Ji Huai’s risk-control argument by asking whether she would apply the same professionalism to the sacrificial ritual.
• Little Fear spoke from behind the group and reached out to touch Ji Huai’s bare scalp and modified light bands.

Little Fear demonstrated his mastery of Poison Fire Escape and questioned Pitfall Fire Hell’s plans to send him away with Wei Su Yi. After receiving intelligence about her mission and Great Lord Luande, he asked Lady Fire why Wei Su Yi was helping Luande, and she denied that she was.

• Little Fear appeared in the reception room using Poison Fire Escape, leaving Lady Ji Huai struggling with its emotional backlash.
• Little Fear asked Zong Ju, Spati, and Lady Fire about the plan involving Wei Su Yi and how his cultivation resources would be provided.
• Lady Fire told Little Fear he had no right to ask questions yet, and he accepted her answer and left after apologizing to Ji Huai.
• Little Fear later received intelligence about Wei Su Yi’s activities and questioned the story that she had returned to the Boundary Curtain district to support Luande.
• Little Fear asked Lady Fire why Wei Su Yi was helping Luande, and Lady Fire replied that she had never said she was helping him.