Chapter Summaries

Ronan and Mo She underwent an inspection ritual presided over by High Priest Yuanhou, who tested their allegiance and allowed the Abyssal Spirit Net to scrutinize them. Ronan passed easily and advanced to Sky Ladder Tier 2, leaving Jirosi suspicious that the purity of Ronan’s Corrupted Blood identity had exposed flaws in Yilan Shang’s cover.

• Ronan endured the Abyssal Spirit Net’s pressure without access to Wei Su Yi’s shared authorization and used his Corrupted Blood Domain to control its power.
• The ritual’s scrutiny pushed Ronan’s true body to Sky Ladder Tier 2 under the Ruin and Fall System’s Corrupted Blood Framework.
• Ronan passed the inspection without assistance, while Mo She’s vessel struggled under High Priest Yuanhou’s pressure before also passing.
• High Priest Yuanhou and Priest Jiting praised the Fallen and left after the ritual ended.
• Jirosi congratulated Ronan, whose easy passage made him suspect that Ronan’s pure Corrupted Blood identity had undermined Yilan Shang’s character design.

Ronan passed High Priest Yuanhou’s identification ritual as a genuine Corrupted Blood Sect member, frustrating Jirosi’s attempts to question him. As Ronan left the temple, Jirosi relayed a demand from Priest Jiting concerning Yilan Shang and Ronan’s sponsor.

• Mo She recovered from High Priest Yuanhou’s blessing, then met Ronan and learned that they would both work at the Leak Plugging Point.
• Jirosi interrupted Mo She and Ronan’s conversation, then arranged for an Acolyte Priest to escort Mo She to the Hall of No Return after he received a request to meet someone.
• Mo She exchanged contact information with Ronan before leaving, while Jirosi and Ronan walked out of the side hall in silence.
• Jirosi praised Ronan’s performance and asked him to stop involving himself with Yilan Shang, telling him to urge his sponsor to show consideration as an old acquaintance.
• Ronan asked whether Jirosi was conveying Priest Jiting’s intention, and Jirosi’s expression turned cold.

Ronan learned that Priest Jiting wanted to communicate with Wei Su Yi and was focused on the Rotor Regiment’s suspected leak points. He and Wei Su Yi concluded that the conflict over Luande likely concealed larger interests tied to the Isolated Star System and possible plans for External Migration and Nation Building.

• Jirosi told Ronan to convey Priest Jiting’s intentions to Wei Su Yi and stressed that the Rotor Regiment’s three suspected leak points were a priority for the High Priest.
• Ronan analyzed Jiting’s apparent pressure on Wei Su Yi and suspected Jiting’s faction favored Luande’s quick death, while another faction favored delaying it.
• Ronan told He Zhou that Mo She, an Uploader, was involved, and He Zhou said the Mobile Task Force suggested the police or Myriad Gods Hall had already found clues.
• Ronan reported Jiting’s position to Wei Su Yi, and she agreed that Luande was being watched because he was connected to interests beyond himself.
• Wei Su Yi suggested that the Isolated Star System could be tied to plans for External Migration and Nation Building, with the Dawn System and Great Thoroughfare System potentially involved.

Wei Su Yi told Ronan that the people behind the Sandbox had revealed their stance but needed to make their choices clear, while withholding details about the true purpose of pressure relief. Ronan passed his ritual test and led fifty Rotor Regiment cadets to Pan-77 District, where He Zhou warned him about the risks of pursuing wealth and recognition in Plane Six.

• Wei Su Yi said the people behind the Sandbox had assigned her a messenger role and demanded that they clearly state their stance and choices to Luande.
• Wei Su Yi called Ronan a knife for the other side and refused to explain pressure relief until he experienced it himself.
• Ronan passed the ritual test on the eighth day of the forty-eighth week of 1305 New Era.
• Ronan led fifty Rotor Regiment cadets toward Pan-77 District, the location of the North District Pressure Relief Command, to investigate suspected leak points.
• He Zhou escorted Ronan to meet the local person in charge and warned that Plane Six offered opportunities to gain resources, but those who lacked the talent to justify them could face danger.

Ronan led the Leak Plugging Team in a raid on Chengya Company, seizing its factory, personnel, and illicit goods. A dying intermediary from District Ten tried to buy back a valuable item and invoked Mr. Yilan, leaving Ronan aware that the gang could not easily be ignored or eliminated.

• Priest Yan Gao assigned Ronan and other teams to clear seven criminal organizations and individuals within twenty hours, ordering them to kill suspects who resisted.
• Ronan and the police raided Chengya Company’s factory, where the New Recruit Camp trainees subdued its lone Celestial powerhouse and secured the production lines and stolen goods.
• A mangled corpse called Ronan Mr. Pu Ren and asked him to recover a valuable custom-product raw material in exchange for a generous reward.
• The intermediary invoked District Ten’s friendship and Mr. Yilan’s regards, then burst apart before Ronan could question him further.
• Ji Yi warned Ronan that District Ten was a powerful gang with connections elsewhere, and Ronan concluded that he could neither ally with the gang nor safely wipe it out.

Ronan investigated the warehouse’s supposed stolen goods and processed products, discovering that their sticky aggregates contained Rule Fragments. The test confirmed the remaining speck was harmless, but Ronan wondered whether the fragments came from the Great Monarch or a god.

• Ronan decided the factional complications around District Ten were not worth untangling and went with Ji Yi to inspect the warehouse.
• Ronan examined the warehouse’s irregular fragments and picked up an ore item specified by District Ten, but could not identify its unusual properties.
• A police guard warned Ronan that a sticky aggregate could fall apart, but Ronan rubbed it into dust and scattered its fragments across the floor.
• The guard collected the remaining speck from Ronan’s palm and sent it for testing; the results showed everything was normal.
• Ronan recognized the speck’s core as Rule Fragments and wondered whether they had come from the Great Monarch or a god.

Ronan investigated the Warehouse’s contraband Deflection Shields and recognized that their method of evading Abyssal Spirit Net monitoring resembled technology Aka Ge had used on Outer Earth. He left the source and purpose of the fragments—and the connection between the two devices—unresolved.

• Ronan examined the supposed stolen goods and asked whether Chengya Company had purchased them.
• A guard explained that the Warehouse processed fragments into Deflection Shields that deceived the Abyssal Spirit Net’s monitoring.
• Ronan questioned how the fragments remained active and why the Warehouse held so many, while the guard said Chengya Company had processed the goods for a buyer who took the entire output.
• Ji Yi found instructions and usage videos on the product packaging, and Ronan watched them through his Virtual Work Area.
• Ronan recognized that the Deflection Shields resembled the Black Box technology Aka Ge had used to evade Abyss Zone Monitoring on Outer Earth.

Ronan examined the stolen items in the Warehouse, where he identified a fragment likely belonging to the King of the Deep Abyss. Priest Yan Gao arrived with a mysterious Sky Blue Box and questioned Ronan about the item he had come to collect.

• Ronan inspected the stolen items and considered their rules, origins, and connection to the Suspected Leak Point.
• Ji Yi touched a poorly wrapped God Rule Fragment, and its power burned him because his aura connected with it.
• Ronan concluded the fragment most likely belonged to the King of the Deep Abyss and continued examining the items, grinding some polymer into particles.
• Priest Yan Gao entered the Warehouse as Ronan studied the drifting Rule Fragment particles, followed by a priest carrying a Sky Blue Box.
• Priest Yan Gao questioned Ronan about why he was there and asked for the number of the stolen item he had come to retrieve.

Yan Gao ordered Pu Ren’s team to conduct door-to-door inspections for signs of an artificial leak point, and Ronan accepted while asking for authority to respond to emergencies. As inspections continued, Ronan remotely directed Ji Yi to collect samples and studied substances associated with the gods in the Compendium of Myriad Heavens Ritual Objects.

• Yan Gao used the Sky Blue Box to collect the ore, rule fragment dust, stolen goods, deflection shields, and scraps from the Warehouse.
• Yan Gao told Pu Ren to report any further contact from The Other Side and ordered his team to inspect designated areas for abnormalities.
• Ronan asked whether his unit could respond at its discretion during emergencies, and Yan Gao said it could act without conflicting with reporting requirements.
• During the third day of inspections, Ronan directed Ji Yi to gather soil, rock, plant, and live specimens from the countryside.
• Ronan studied the Compendium of Myriad Heavens Ritual Objects, focusing on substances corresponding to the gods.

Ronan studied how corresponding substances and divine rules interacted as he built a model of Plane Six to search for possible leak points in the Abyssal Spirit Net. His increasingly clear deductions left him facing a growing mental burden and wishing for better computational tools.

• Ronan recalled how Luo Zhongheng’s parent-child course had taught him about corresponding substances and the relationships between deities’ rules.
• Ronan reflected on how Earth’s researchers, cultivators, and transcendental species had helped transfer Central Star Zone technology, and recognized how far his own research had advanced.
• Ronan used the Warehouse’s floating dust as a basis for modeling how divine rule fragments interacted with their material carriers and the Abyssal Spirit Net.
• Ronan planned to combine law-layer observations, population sampling in Pan-77 District, Ji Yi’s excavation data, and perceptions from his pseudo-ancient god structure to model Plane Six.
• Ronan found that running extrapolations with his simplified model was mentally taxing and wished he had a Myriad Transformations Deep Blue box.

As the Boundary Curtain pressure-relief project began, Ronan remotely tracked the suspected leak point while using the Polar Domain to observe the area from another angle. He narrowed his attention to a few locations in Pan-77 District but still lacked a precise fix.

• The North District Pressure Relief Command began releasing pressure toward the Near-Realm Star System while searching for the suspected leak point.
• Ronan stayed aboard the armed vessel and used the regional projection to follow Command’s teams as they assembled near a plaza, a residential area, and a hospital in Pan-77 District.
• Ronan closed his eyes and sensed the suspected leak-point area through his Giant Pseudo-Ancient God Structure.
• Ronan continued observing the Polar Domain near Grand Duke Zhiping, using his ancestor’s Fake Muscle for cover and studying the area through pure observation.

Ronan investigated a contaminated interval in the Polar Domain while his perception sharpened, then narrowly avoided being detected by Grand Duke Zhiping. He realized the Polar Domain’s corrosion had weakened because the domain had apparently been detoxified.

• Ronan used a whole-parts-whole approach to model the contaminated interval and search for leak points and the source of contamination, aiming to get ahead of the Myriad Gods Hall.
• Ronan noticed that his Extra Brain and perception in the Polar Domain had grown clearer and more capable.
• Ronan sensed Grand Duke Zhiping approaching and felt the Fake Muscle around him grow tougher, so he severed his connections and entered Absolute Observation.
• Grand Duke Zhiping passed Ronan without noticing him, and Ronan decided not to follow or approach him again.
• Ronan found that the Polar Domain’s corrosion had slowed and deduced that the domain had been detoxified.

Ronan reasoned that the Myriad Heavens Divine Kingdoms might be deliberately releasing fragmented rule toxins from the Polar Domain through pressure-relief pipelines, and he clarified his understanding of the hierarchy between gods and humans. After receiving Priest Yan Gao’s order, he agreed to help intercept suspicious individuals near a suspected leak point.

• Ronan deduced that pressure relief might be a controlled way to discharge the Polar Domain’s harmful fragmented rule toxins into the Material Universe Sea.
• Ronan reflected on how the divine and human realms overlapped and refined his understanding of his place within their society.
• Ronan sensed that the Polar Domain’s ordered region had multiple layers and concluded that locating its pressure-relief pipelines mattered more than finding individual leak points.
• Priest Yan Gao ordered Team Leader Pu Ren’s unit to coordinate with police and the local Guard Corps to intercept suspicious individuals in the Fourth District and funnel them toward the East Suburbs.
• Ronan dismissed the supplied data and footage as unhelpful but replied, “Understood.”

Ronan coordinated with Command and the Fourth District police and Guard Corps as they prepared to intercept a powerful Shadow Celestial fleeing through the city. He secured command of the district’s front-line checkpoints, forming the beginnings of a unified defense network.

• Ronan asked Priest Yan Gao to sync new developments, and Command told him to monitor channel information.
• Ronan gathered the fifty recruits and kept them together, then assigned some to the armed vessel and twenty trained cadets to move between forward checkpoints.
• Command reported that the Shadow Celestial had broken through the Second District defenses, fled deeper into the city, and was assessed above Celestial Tier 5.
• Ronan repositioned the Mobile Task Force to keep the interception posts moving, prompting the police and Guard Corps to question his orders.
• Ronan requested command of the front-line checkpoints and received approval from the North District Pressure Relief Command two minutes later.

Ronan used his expanded perception and the Abyssal Spirit Net to identify suspicious people and predict the Shadow Celestial’s route through the Fourth District. Priest Yan Gao confirmed that the marked people might be anchor points for the target’s power, and the authorities moved to contain him along the predicted path.

• Ronan sensed abnormal reactions around the front-line checkpoints and marked suspicious locations on the projection.
• Ronan ordered the police, Guard Corps, and Command Headquarters to receive the information, and the Abyssal Spirit Net traced people connected to the marked addresses.
• The projection revealed several people moving outside their usual ranges, and Ronan ordered extra surveillance and forces to be placed around four who appeared coordinated.
• Ronan drew a diagonal route through the city and reinforced the areas along it with checkpoints, a Mobile Task Force, and heavy weapons.
• Priest Yan Gao asked Ronan for his criteria, then confirmed that the Shadow Celestial was likely following the route and that the abnormal personnel might be anchors for his power.

Ronan used his perception of the Shadow Celestial’s connections to predict his route and disrupt his escape through the Fourth District. Command Headquarters and its powerhouses then cornered the exposed enemy, whose escape attempts caused major destruction before the battle ended.

• Priest Yan Gao appointed Ronan the Fourth District frontline commander and tasked him with coordinating the interception and pursuit.
• Ronan predicted that the Shadow Celestial would head toward the Fourth District, and the fugitive continued linking with people Ronan had identified along the route.
• Ronan cut off the locked individuals’ administrative and Abyssal Spirit Net permissions after the Shadow Celestial used them as Illusory Nightmare System jump points.
• Control personnel captured the linked individuals, collapsing the Shadow Celestial’s escape network and exposing him to Command Headquarters.
• Priest Yan Gao and other powerhouses pursued the Shadow Celestial for five minutes, destroying two buildings before the battle subsided.

Ronan met Colonel Graves, who invited him to join the Near-Capital Society, and discussed the search for the suspected leak point in the Second District. Graves outlined Command Headquarters’ expanding investigation and raised a possible connection between the executed Shadow Celestial and the Initial Awakening Society.

• Ronan ended a call with Zhi Chuan, who confirmed that Wei Su Yi’s team was preparing to travel to the Qiankong Star System.
• Colonel Graves invited Ronan to visit the Near-Capital Society, and Ronan accepted.
• Graves told Ronan that the suspected leak point in the Second District remained hidden and that higher authorities had taken over its inspection.
• Graves said Command Headquarters would increase pressure on forces tied to the leak-point industry while continuing searches in both the Second District and the contaminated zone.
• Graves said the Shadow Celestial might be connected to the Initial Awakening Society and asked whether Ronan knew about it.

Ronan discussed the Initial Awakening Society, Great Lord Luande, and Wei Su Yi with Graves, then began analyzing Pan-77 District survey data to identify suspicious individuals. Priest Yan Gao assigned Yu Sen to reproduce Ronan’s chosen suspects in a virtual system, leaving Ronan wondering what kind of system it was.

• Graves urged Ronan to use his connection to Wei Su Yi to help investigate the Initial Awakening Society and Luande, while hinting at broader interests beyond Plane Six.
• Ronan tried to contact Wei Su Yi, but she did not answer, so he began studying the Pan-77 District door-to-door survey data.
• Ronan used his intuition and a model of Plane Six to identify unusual individuals, explaining his method to Priest Yan Gao as building and comparing virtual characters.
• Priest Yan Gao assigned Yu Sen to work with Ronan and reproduce his selected suspects in a virtual system by the next day’s regular meeting.
• Ronan wondered whether the virtual system was made by Mother God Company or was similar to Myriad Transformations Deep Blue.

Ronan balanced his work screening abnormal personnel with a push for more information about Alien Demons and their connection to leak points. After Wei Su Yi stopped responding, he fell asleep while wondering if the Initial Awakening Society had put pressure on her, and saw her in a dream.

• Ronan asked Yan Gao for information about Alien Demons, and she explained that many transformed into demons through deep involvement with leak-point resources, while others spilled out of leak points.
• Ronan considered how leak points might fit into a process that turned otherwise harmless products into dangerous targets, but realized he lacked the authority to learn more.
• Ronan reported judged abnormal personnel to Yu Sen, then went to the front line to direct the Leak Plugging Team against targets along an illegal industrial chain.
• Ronan tried to contact Wei Su Yi for updated information, but she did not respond.
• Ronan rested aboard the armed vessel and wondered whether the Initial Awakening Society had passed pressure on to Wei Su Yi; as he sank into deeper sleep, he saw her.

Ronan realized the Initial Awakening Society had drawn him into a dream to discuss his recent actions, and demanded the truth about “Pressure Relief” and “Leak Point.” Po Ran began explaining that the Boundary Curtain served as a landfill for treated Rule Toxins from the Polar Domain.

• Ronan recognized that Wei Su Yi had lured him into a crude dream and guarded his true identity and thoughts.
• Wei Su Yi revealed that the Initial Awakening Society was angry about Ronan’s recent performance and wanted to communicate with him.
• Ronan challenged the Society’s dream-based approach, then asked for the background of “Pressure Relief” and “Leak Point” and the Society’s reasons for getting involved.
• Po Ran agreed to state the facts while Wei Su Yi handled the explanations.
• Po Ran explained that the Polar Domain constantly generated Waste Rules and Rule Toxins, which the Myriad Heavens Gods discharged through “Pressure Relief.”
• Po Ran said the Boundary Curtain had long served as a landfill where treated Rule Toxins entered the Material Universe, separated from the Polar Domain by only one Veil.