Chapter Summaries

Tai Yu revealed that the deteriorated Boundary Curtain and a Leak Point were tangled inside the boiler, and he connected the situation to Shi Fan's likely effort to create an Illusory Nightmare vessel. He urged the shutdown to establish safety controls before Shi Fan could take a path he believed was irreversible.

• Yu Qu reported that the shutdown-overhaul application had been approved, and Tai Yu said they could shut down while keeping the Demi-Plane and Boundary Curtain stable.
• Great Monarch Suo Che asked how the Boundary Curtain had entered the boiler, and Tai Yu explained that a Leak Point was tangled with its deteriorated structure.
• Tai Yu warned that the Boundary Curtain's mutation could aid users of Illusory Nightmare System Power and pointed to the Initial Awakening Society as a concern.
• Tai Yu found Layered Silk on the deteriorated Boundary Curtain and concluded that Shi Fan might be preparing an Illusory Nightmare vessel.
• Tai Yu resolved to protect Shi Fan from taking an irreversible path and asked her to shut down if she had no objections.

Tai Yu shut down the Gray Blue Eye Demi-Plane’s boiler and investigated the degraded Boundary Curtain, discovering that Shi Fan had concealed a transformed gray-blue eyeball within Layered Silk. After the discovery triggered an unexpected reaction in his mind, Tai Yu declared that some connections remained unchanged.

• Tai Yu examined the boiler’s fuel, recognized the sintered mass as fragments of the Xuanjing Array, and was reminded that the degraded Boundary Curtain could not be disturbed recklessly.
• Tai Yu used Layered Silk to trace the concealed object and concluded that Shi Fan had influenced the Demi-Plane’s chaos, though her exact role remained uncertain.
• Tai Yu seized control of Shi Fan’s Layered Silk, exposed the hidden object to Great Monarch Suo Che, and revealed an irregular gray-blue eyeball.
• Tai Yu inferred that the eyeball had been installed when the Demi-Plane was built and might have been based on a real object.
• Tai Yu experienced a sudden mental jolt, recovered, and remarked that some things and connections remained unchanged.

Tai Yu took control of the Layered Silk and concealed the gray-blue eyeball while Great Monarch Suo Che and Shi Fan repaired the damaged Boundary Curtain and Gray Blue Eye Demi-Plane. As the reconstruction continued, Tai Yu sent Yu Qu to patrol the area and check for remaining Leak Points.

• Tai Yu overpowered Shi Fan's attempt to reclaim the Layered Silk, hid the gray-blue eyeball, and drew it deeper into the Boundary Curtain.
• Great Monarch Suo Che crushed the incoming Rule Fragments and forced them back through the Leak Point while Tai Yu prepared to seal the damage.
• Tai Yu tied a knot in the Boundary Curtain, and Shi Fan took over the remaining repairs with Priest Corbin and the construction team.
• Tai Yu suggested inspecting the collection area with Great Monarch Suo Che, who stayed behind to check for missed blind spots.
• Yu Qu suspected Tai Yu and Shi Fan had struggled over the eyeball, but he kept quiet and followed Tai Yu's order to patrol with the Rock Flow for Leak Points.

Yu Qu ferried Sintered Bodies to Tai Yu, who used the Illusory Nightmare Domain to reconstruct the region and spread Light Threads across the Spacetime Faults and Boundary Curtain. Yu Qu returned to find that the threads had affected the Gray Blue Eye Demi-Plane and left its workers disoriented.

• Yu Qu learned that Tai Yu was reconstructing the Tian Yuan System’s Rule Environment and War Domain with the Illusory Nightmare Domain.
• Priest Corbin gave Yu Qu the Sintered Bodies made from Jade Crystal Array fragments to deliver to Tai Yu.
• Yu Qu hurled the Sintered Bodies into Tai Yu’s temporary structure, where they were swallowed by light and fueled a brighter flame.
• Light Threads spread across the aggregation zone, connected to the four Spacetime Faults, and began outlining and penetrating the Boundary Curtain.
• Yu Qu crashed through the Light Thread-covered Boundary Curtain and felt it clamp and probe his body as he returned to the Gray Blue Eye Demi-Plane.
• Yu Qu found the workers in the core work zone standing around blankly after the Boundary Curtain’s framework had been affected.

Tai Yu questioned Shi Fan about the Gray Blue Eye Spirit Core and learned why Yun Bo had made it and why Shi Fan planned to remove it. The conversation ended with Tai Yu asking who had guided her toward becoming an Illusory Nightmare System vessel, and Shi Fan remaining silent.

• Tai Yu built a temporary structure around a copied boiler and asked Shi Fan about the Gray Blue Eye’s function.
• Shi Fan explained that Yun Bo had made the Spirit Core from his own eye to improve boiler efficiency and conserve Celestial Crystal Array fragments.
• Shi Fan said she planned to remove the Spirit Core so she could create a life vessel in preparation for downloading.
• Tai Yu inferred that Shi Fan had used a threadlike creation to entangle the boiler and Boundary Curtain, and recognized that she was pursuing a dangerous Phantom Nightmare-oriented path.
• Tai Yu asked whether the Initial Awakening Society had paved Shi Fan’s path, and she fell silent.

Tai Yu offered to control and protect Shi Fan as she pursued the Illusory Nightmare path, and she accepted his proposal to discuss the next steps. Their conversation revealed Shi Fan feared the Great Thoroughfare System because an opponent there knew Tai Yu, so Tai Yu arranged for Yi Ya and Tu Qian to stay in contact with her.

• Tai Yu told Shi Fan he would act as her guardian and keep her Illusory Nightmare path under his control, and she agreed to proceed.
• Tai Yu proposed openly reporting her situation under the Sky Abyss Remnant Tribe Disposal Law and asked why she had suddenly pursued an Illusory Nightmare Vessel.
• Shi Fan said she had feared becoming too deeply trapped on Gouchen Star and named the Great Thoroughfare System as the one she distrusted most.
• Shi Fan explained that an opponent there knew Tai Yu but refused to identify the person, prompting Tai Yu to suspect a connection to the damaged Jade Crystal Array fragments and the Spirit Roaming project.
• Tai Yu said Yi Ya and Tu Qian would visit Shi Fan on Gouchen Star and serve as contacts, while offering to communicate with her directly if necessary.

Grand Duke Tai Yu prepared to visit Supreme Council member Qiao Mian with historian Qing Wu, and the two discussed the Boundary Curtain district’s practice of collecting and reconstructing Tian Yuan Empire artifacts. The chapter ended with Qing Wu explaining the historical meaning behind the name Right Commandant Fifty Gardens, their destination.

• Tai Yu slowed his visits to the Old People of Tianyuan after receiving complaints about his attempt to bring Master Fan Shi Fan under his protection.
• Qing Wu asked Tai Yu to bring him along to visit Qiao Mian, and Tai Yu agreed.
• Tai Yu proposed that he and Qing Wu bet on which historical period would shape their discussion with Qiao Mian.
• Qing Wu explained how collectors in the Boundary Curtain district used Heavenly Abyss Element fragments to reconstruct Tian Yuan Empire objects.
• Qing Wu told Tai Yu that Right Commandant Fifty Gardens stood on the ruins of a Tian Yuan Empire manor and explained the history behind its name.

Tai Yu attended a gathering at The Manor with Qiao Mian, Qing Wu, and executives from Deep Blue World and Mother God Company to discuss the Boundary Curtain’s history. The conversation turned to the Abyssal Sky Overlord and the Lord of Zhanhe, and Tai Yu ended by reflecting on how difficult it was to know whether ancient powers had truly fallen.

• Qing Wu explained that the Manor was named after the fiftieth Right Supervisor, Great Lord Yi Jiao, and Tai Yu considered the manor’s protective Rule Domain.
• Tai Yu met Wan Linda of Deep Blue World and Chao Yongdao of Mother God Company, along with Nuo Qi, and assessed the companies’ influence and interests in his Myriad Transformations Deep Blue.
• The group gathered on a scenic hill to discuss historical connections between the Boundary Curtain and Mirror Spacetime, reaching back to before the Calamity Era.
• Chao Yongdao described the Boundary Curtain as an important experimental site for the Abyssal Sky Overlord and named the Lord of Zhanhe as the Overlord’s most successful and fatal Covenant Era subject.
• Tai Yu said he knew little about Tian Yuan Empire history and questioned whether beings such as Mei and the Abyssal Sky Overlord had truly ceased to exist.

Tai Yu discussed two applications with Qiao Mian: help for Shi Fan’s attempt to create an Illusory Nightmare-oriented vessel and permission to practice Great Comprehension cultivation. He then explained the origins and principles of his Ritual Ancient Script cultivation, whose recitation stirred the surrounding weather.

• Tai Yu told Qiao Mian he wanted to follow proper procedure before visiting Officer Shi Fan and applying to practice Great Comprehension cultivation.
• Tai Yu explained that Shi Fan was developing an Illusory Nightmare-oriented vessel and warned that remaining in the cloud put her at risk of falling into the Abyss.
• Qiao Mian said Tai Yu’s cultivation was a Great Monarch’s ordinary practice, though excessive interference would require a report, and asked whether he planned to select a team.
• Chao Yongdao asked whether Tai Yu practiced the Ritual Ancient Script Elucidation of Fundamental Dharma, Twenty-Seven Intentions.
• Tai Yu described how Gatekeeper Lord had created the cultivation method to make inheritance through communion possible for Genetic Species, then recited principles of True Transmission and Bloodline in Ritual Ancient Script.
• Tai Yu’s words made the sky darken and the wind surge across the hillside before the weather eased after he fell silent.

Tai Yu discussed the ancient history behind Covenant with Chao Yongdao, who wanted to improve the game’s delayed centennial update. Tai Yu’s account of the earliest encounters between Ancient Gods and genetic species left the gathering under pressure and suggested how dangerous a truly accurate reconstruction could be.

• Tai Yu asked Chao Yongdao whether he wanted historical research for a new project, and Chao clarified that he was patching Covenant as part of the Cosmic Grand History Virtual Reality Restoration Project.
• Chao Yongdao explained that Covenant’s portrayal of the Abyssal Sky Overlord and the Zhanhe State Lord had drawn criticism and that their history was a key part of the delayed centennial update.
• Chao Yongdao said he had invited Tai Yu, Qiao Mian, and Qing Wu to help clarify obscure parts of the Covenant Era.
• Tai Yu considered how little control the Myriad Heavens Gods may have had over the Tian Yuan Star Territory and warned himself that cosmic history was uncertain and taboo-ridden.
• Tai Yu proposed beginning with the Ancient Gods and genetic species becoming aware of each other, then tracing the limits they discovered, while his Ritual Ancient Script stirred dark clouds over the hilltop.
• The gathering recognized Tai Yu’s remarks as pointing to Ancient God Mei’s experiments, the Six Heavens God Calamity, and the long disaster that followed.

Tai Yu discussed signing an advisory contract with Chao Yongdao, who explained that Covenant's historical research and game update could help uncover mysteries and treasures in Mirror Spacetime beyond the Boundary Curtain. The group considered Myriad Transformations Deep Blue's unusual performance there and rumors about Great Monarch Banna's discovery, leaving Tai Yu suspicious that everyone knew more than he did.

• Tai Yu questioned whether Covenant's commercial project could justify hiring Great Monarchs as historical consultants, and Chao Yongdao defended the Great Thoroughfare System before explaining the research's purpose.
• Chao Yongdao said Covenant hoped to reconstruct historical links about the Abyssal Sky Overlord and Zhanhe State Lord to investigate hidden treasures and dangers beyond the Boundary Curtain.
• Chao Yongdao noted that Myriad Transformations Deep Blue seemed to encounter fewer problems in Mirror Spacetime when Tai Yu used it, though Tai Yu had not noticed the difference.
• Wan Linda and Qiao Mian discussed the Initial Awakening Society and shared rumors that Great Monarch Banna had been injured after nearly becoming trapped in a hidden area of Mirror Spacetime.
• Qiao Mian revealed that Fan Lunnuo was also interested in the matter, and Tai Yu wondered whether everyone around him was concealing information.

Tai Yu accepted a historical consultant role and agreed to travel with Qiao Mian to cultivate while waiting for the Supreme Council’s work season. After receiving Fan Lunnuo’s detection disc, he set out with Qiao Mian’s team for the Silver Screen Star System.

• Tai Yu messaged Great Lord Fan Lunnuo and learned that the detection disc reserved for him would be delivered while Fan Lunnuo was away.
• Tai Yu, Qiao Mian, and Mister Qing Wu agreed to serve as historical consultants for Covenant’s centennial major-version update.
• Tai Yu and Qing Wu discussed their wager, and Tai Yu gave Qing Wu a mechanical component as part of his share.
• Qiao Mian said the Sky Patrol System had cleared Tai Yu’s Great Comprehension cultivation issue and proposed that he cultivate in deep space near Silver Screen until the work season began.
• Tai Yu received Fan Lunnuo’s detection disc, informed Yi Ya, Tu Qian, and Officer Ke Haike, and left with Qiao Mian’s team for the Silver Screen Star System.

Tai Yu tested the Detection Disc on a Stone Soul and discovered it used a form of segmentation resembling Magnetic Light Mica. Its readout classified the Stone Soul as a Fallen-born, a term Qiao Mian said appeared in discussions related to Godspawn, though its meaning might extend beyond the Abyss.

• Yi Ya asked Tai Yu to visit Kaosede on the Silver Screen Star System’s capital planet if he had time, and Tai Yu agreed.
• Tai Yu asked Qiao Mian how to use the Detection Disc, then summoned a Stone Soul to test it.
• The Detection Disc transformed into Cloud Qi and restrained the Stone Soul with filaments that gathered information through segmentation.
• Tai Yu read the Stone Soul’s classification as an Outer Domain species, a Fallen-born, and unqualified, though its prototype information was garbled.
• Qiao Mian said her own Detection Disc could reveal only a target’s domain, species, and qualification, and suggested deeper analysis might require Cloudwing Folk or Fantasy School abilities.
• Qiao Mian connected the term Fallen-born to discussions of Godspawn, then warned its meaning might be broader than the Abyss.

Tai Yu practiced Great Monarch techniques for enhancing a Fast Ship and then tested Great Comprehension in deep space, sending a powerful call through the Abyssal Spirit Net. His signal disturbed distant targets, making three nearby avatars collapse and reconstruct while another target one Star Gate away awakened.

• Qiao Mian taught Tai Yu how to use a Great Monarch's power to enhance a ship while traveling through hyperspace.
• Qiao Mian's party departed for the Silver Screen Star System, and Tai Yu began practicing after moving away from his Fast Ship.
• Tai Yu used Meaning of Seeing the Self to activate Great Comprehension and send a clear call through the surrounding void.
• Tai Yu's call rippled through the Abyssal Spirit Net and caused the Ancient God Old Road to tremble.
• Three avatars in the Boundary Curtain region collapsed and reconstructed, while a target one Star Gate away woke with an itching, tingling discomfort.

Ronan adjusted his Form and Spirit Framework using insights transmitted from Tai Yu, but exhausted his reserves and went to seek more from Wei Su Yi. He watched her drum with a small crowd while considering the nature of split bodies and whether a Detection Disc could help analyze deformities.

• Ronan used Great Comprehension to absorb Tai Yu's Great Monarch-level insights, but the transformation of his Form and Spirit Framework consumed all his stored Origin Mother.
• Still hungry and unable to exchange energy while inside hyperspace, Ronan went to find Wei Su Yi and see whether she had any supplies left.
• Ronan found Wei Su Yi leading a lively drum duel aboard the ship, and her opponent lost after becoming entranced by her performance.
• While watching Wei Su Yi, Ronan wondered whether she and Lady Fire were separate personalities or bodies with differing traits.
• Ronan considered using Magnetic Light Mica to make a Detection Disc that could analyze Deformed Infected and identify the symptoms linked to roughly three hundred and twenty grids.

Ronan reflected on the roles of the self and avatars before attending a ship officers’ meeting about a delay near the Gu-85 Star Gate. The disruption stemmed from anomalous activity in the Styx within the Han Guang Star System.

• Ronan wondered how the Myriad Heavens Gods viewed Tai Yu and whether they considered Tai Yu’s Original Body or an avatar to be the true self.
• Deputy Captain Guan Duo summoned Ronan, or Pu Ren, to a meeting aboard the Fang Piercer while Wei Su Yi continued crushing challengers in the simulator.
• At the officers’ meeting, Captain Mashben arranged for energy bars to help Ronan through his rapid growth adaptation period.
• Guan Duo reported that a spacetime disturbance around the Gu-85 Star Gate would delay the ship by five to ten hours.
• Guan Duo explained that anomalous activity in the Styx had spread interference across the Han Guang Star System and destabilized the Star Gate’s traction rings.

Ronan and the Fang Piercer’s officers debated whether to risk crossing the fluctuating Styx, and Ronan decided they would wait for conditions to improve rather than endanger Wei Su Yi. Seeing the Solid-85 Star Gate stirred Ronan’s thoughts about history and time, strengthening Tai Yu across millions of light-years.

• Captain Mashben warned Ronan that forcing a passage through the Styx could cost them years, while the officers sought a clear decision about Wei Su Yi.
• Ronan chose to wait for the Styx’s fluctuations to end, trusting that the Star Gate Administration would then grant them priority passage.
• Priest Hayden explained that the Styx, Han Guang Main Star, and Crimson Wheel Rift were connected to growing instability in the region.
• Ronan asked Zhi Jiarui to pass along any new information and learned more about the situation to relay to Wei Su Yi.
• Ronan saw the unusually bright Solid-85 Star Gate and reflected on the passage of history and time.
• Ronan’s insight fed back into the Boundary Curtain sector and strengthened Tai Yu as the will of a Great Existence.

Tai Yu visited the ailing Field Officer Kaosede in the Silver Screen Star System and found him arguing with Xi Corporation personnel about a failed operation. Kaosede recognized Tai Yu and admitted that Luande had warned him not to come to the Boundary Curtain region.

• Tai Yu traveled to the Silver Screen Star System to visit Field Officer Kaosede and learn more about the Sky Abyss Remnant Tribe.
• Tai Yu overheard Kaosede berating Xi Corporation personnel over a failed operation and their proposed rescue plan.
• After the Xi Corporation personnel left, Tai Yu entered Kaosede’s hospital room and greeted him.
• Tai Yu asked whether Luande had told Kaosede which circle to rely on for relief in the Boundary Curtain region.
• Kaosede replied that Luande had told him not to come.

Tai Yu met with Secretary-General Mo Jia to discuss Officer Kaosede’s situation after learning that Officer Ke Haike had heard rumors about it in Star Ring City. Mo Jia arrived in the Silver Screen Star System to explain, and Tai Yu waited to hear what information she could provide.

• Tai Yu left Officer Kaosede’s suite ward and called Officer Ke Haike, who admitted he had heard rumors in Star Ring City but had not been certain until arriving.
• Secretary-General Mo Jia called Tai Yu and asked to meet him in person about Officer Kaosede’s matter; he agreed.
• Tai Yu traveled by luxury hovercar to a secluded teahouse, where he sensed a blessing that soothed the mind and interfered somewhat with the Abyssal Spirit Net.
• Tai Yu reflected on how his Spirit-Channeling Demon Eye helped him locate observers through the Abyssal Spirit Net and the Boundary Curtain.
• Mo Jia arrived, apologized, and explained that she was in the Silver Screen Star System with a delegation preparing reports and negotiations for the Star Alliance.
• Mo Jia said Governor Ping Yu was expected to follow her, amid ongoing upheaval in the Red Silicon Star System that had drawn the attention of Boundary Curtain officials.

Mo Jia asked Tai Yu to help rescue people trapped inside a collapsing Demi-Plane at an abandoned mining planet, where an excavation team had uncovered a hidden base. After Mo Jia explained that a high-ranking Celestial from her clan and an Architecture Priest from Plane Three were trapped inside, Tai Yu asked why she had not reported the incident.

• Tai Yu listened as Mo Jia explained that Xi Corporation’s Boundary Curtain projects included risky explorations of historical ruins.
• Mo Jia admitted that people were trapped at a secret project site and asked Tai Yu for help because the site and personnel could not be exposed.
• Tai Yu agreed to hear the details, and Mo Jia showed him documents, images, and videos of the discovery.
• Mo Jia explained that the hidden base lay within a collapsing Demi-Plane and required specialists in configurations to stabilize and explore it.
• Tai Yu learned that a high-ranking Celestial from Mo Jia’s clan and an Architecture Priest from Plane Three had become trapped inside.
• Tai Yu asked Mo Jia why she had not reported the incident.