Chapter Summaries

Mo Jia explained that her reports about the trapped Architecture Priest had gone unanswered through Xi Corporation’s channels, so she asked Tai Yu to intervene. Tai Yu agreed to accompany her on a rescue attempt, and they prepared to leave on his Fast Ship.

• Tai Yu pressed Mo Jia on why she had not reported the discovery, and she said Xi Su had not responded after receiving her report.
• Mo Jia said she had also contacted her husband, Xi Shen, and organized an internal rescue attempt, but neither effort had succeeded.
• Mo Jia explained that the two people had been trapped for twelve days and that she had turned to Tai Yu because he could address the problem and draw attention to it.
• Tai Yu warned Mo Jia about the consequences of approaching him, and she said Xi Shen would report their contact through his own channels.
• Mo Jia asked Tai Yu to help save the trapped people, and he agreed to leave immediately aboard his Fast Ship.

Tai Yu piloted Mo Jia’s borrowed Fast Ship toward the Silver Screen Star System while she explained its history and her family’s risky work searching for suspected ruins. As they neared the target planet, Tai Yu warned that he could find no living people matching the two targets Mo Jia had mentioned.

• Tai Yu used the Fast Ship to travel through hyperspace while Mo Jia described the Silver Screen Star System’s resource industries and history.
• Mo Jia explained that her relatives’ Expedition Team searched for suspected ruins and leak points, often taking on risky development projects that could be seized or fail.
• Tai Yu announced that the ship would exit hyperspace in about ten minutes and pass roughly two hundred thousand kilometers from the target planet.
• Tai Yu told Mo Jia that he could detect no living people matching the two targets near the place she had identified.

Tai Yu showed Mo Jia a real-time image of an abandoned factory near the target system, where Xi Family Celestials and priests of the Great Thoroughfare System were investigating a shaft. Mo Jia realized Tai Yu's perception surpassed that of a Great Monarch, and the image shifted to reveal someone else arriving.

• Tai Yu projected an image of people investigating a shaft in an abandoned factory, and Mo Jia recognized the site she had recently visited.
• Mo Jia wondered how Tai Yu could show the scene from several light-years away and concluded that his abilities seemed more like a Deity's than a Great Monarch's.
• Tai Yu showed two figures wearing armor supplied exclusively to Xi Family Celestials, and Mo Jia identified their affiliation.
• Four priests of the Great Thoroughfare System's Boundless Crowd arrived, and Mo Jia recognized their star-map robes.
• The people at the site turned and hurried toward someone entering from outside as Tai Yu's projection followed them.

Tai Yu and Mo Jia identified the grizzled-haired man at the factory as Great Lord Xi Hui, one of Xi Corporation’s Three Great Lords, and considered why he had come to the Boundary Curtain region. Tai Yu found that Xi Hui’s Rule Domain was blocking his observation and advance as he approached the incident site.

• The remote projection pulled back from the factory and planet into deep space, and Tai Yu froze the image of the man who had stared toward the camera.
• Mo Jia displayed the man’s profile, and Tai Yu identified him as Great Lord Xi Hui, the clan uncle of the current Great Lord Xi.
• Tai Yu considered Xi Hui’s unexpected arrival and suspected the factory project might hold special value, possibly involving the remaining Demi-Plane and Heavenly Abyss elements.
• Xi Hui’s Rule Domain expanded over the destination and refused Tai Yu’s intervention and observation as the Fast Ship neared Screen Eight District-8995.
• Tai Yu relied on Great Comprehension and the Boundary Curtain to perceive locations and states throughout the region, though improving his perception’s resolution required extra effort.

Mo Jia and Tai Yu arrived at the abandoned factory district, where they found Xi Hui and a rescue team already gathered around the shaft. Tai Yu revealed that he had used a shortcut through the Boundary Curtain, leaving Mo Jia disoriented and the others stunned.

• Tai Yu reasoned that a Myriad Gods Hall representative might also arrive, and Mo Jia realized the project was no longer under her side's control.
• Tai Yu told Mo Jia they were there to rescue the missing personnel and had her put on Exoskeleton Armor and a protective suit.
• Mo Jia lost her sense of time and reality, then found herself with Tai Yu in the abandoned factory district beneath the planet.
• Tai Yu approached the shaft and asked about the rescue team's progress while the technicians stood frozen in surprise.
• Xi Hui joined Tai Yu and questioned his attempt at physical hyperspace travel and why he had brought Mo Jia along.
• Tai Yu said he had taken a shortcut through the Boundary Curtain to change scenes and enter the area.

Tai Yu used the Boundary Curtain to reach the Machine Well and urged the others to pause their dangerous work, while Xi Hui questioned how the three sides would divide anything they found. As their discussion stalled, High Priest Cen Fu appeared and asked Tai Yu to help search for an anomaly.

• Tai Yu used the Boundary Curtain to travel to the Machine Well, where his arrival nearly disrupted the fragile structure.
• Tai Yu advised Xi Hui and the others to stop their rough work and proposed moving away from the damaged Demi-Plane before crossing the Boundary Curtain again.
• Xi Hui asked how the three sides would divide their discoveries, and Tai Yu said his priority was finding the missing people or their bodies.
• Tai Yu questioned whether Xi Corporation or the Myriad Gods Hall sought anything beyond rescue, and Xi Hui explained their interest in Heavenly Abyss sites and Leak Points.
• High Priest Cen Fu appeared between Tai Yu and Xi Hui and asked Tai Yu to help search for an anomaly.

Tai Yu joined Xi Hui and High Priest Cen Fu to investigate whether an Oddity caused the collapse of a Demi-Plane near Sector Ping Eight-8995. After outlining the structure and discussing possible explanations, they turned to historical records and broader regional industrial history to continue the search.

• High Priest Cen Fu explained that he and Xi Hui were investigating an Oddity that might have crossed the Boundary Curtain through a passage near the collapsed Demi-Plane.
• Tai Yu proposed checking whether the damaged Demi-Plane could be an Oddity's nest and stressed that they should retrieve the missing people or their bodies without damaging the site unnecessarily.
• Tai Yu traced the Demi-Plane's structure in Light Threads, set the outline spinning, and suggested dating it to test his preliminary deductions.
• Cen Fu and Xi Hui shared records showing that Sector Ping Eight-8995 was a declining resource system, and Tai Yu requested industrial histories for the surrounding systems and the entire Boundary Curtain region.

Tai Yu led a group into the reinforced shaft to inspect the Demi-Plane and investigate the missing people. They found a hidden dressing room containing two armored bodies, and Tai Yu offered Mo Jia his condolences.

• Tai Yu demonstrated how a Light Threads structure could reinforce the shaft and invited Xi Hui to inspect the Demi-Plane with him.
• Xi Hui declined and sent Xi Su instead, while Tai Yu asked Mo Jia and Priest Chi Yu to accompany him.
• Tai Yu used a Spacetime Bubble to bring the four of them down the narrow shaft.
• The group found a Skylight Shuttle and searched a dressing-room-like chamber for the missing people.
• Tai Yu discovered two armored bodies hidden in adjacent closets and offered Mo Jia his condolences.

Mo Jia and Tai Yu examined two corpses, discovering that one was not the missing Priest Wa Wu and that Wa Wu’s fate remained uncertain. Tai Yu stored the bodies and took the group through the Boundary Curtain to meet High Priest Cen Fu in the Mirror Spacetime, where they arrived aboard a giant Fantasy Species.

• Mo Jia recognized her clan brother’s corpse and judged that he had likely died from an attack on the Mental Aspect, while Tai Yu confirmed that the interference had affected the Transition Layer.
• Mo Jia identified the other corpse as someone other than Priest Wa Wu, and Tai Yu proposed treating Wa Wu as dead and investigating the two bodies.
• Tai Yu stored both corpses and told the group he would meet High Priest Cen Fu beyond the Boundary Curtain.
• When Priest Chi Yu asked about the Leak Point, Tai Yu said he had put it away and transported everyone into the Mirror Spacetime.
• High Priest Cen Fu arrived aboard a colossal serpent-shaped Fantasy Species and explained that such creatures had become popular in the Mirror Spacetime.

Tai Yu showed High Priest Cen Fu a corpse that had served as a Leak Point and learned it had been tainted by Faith Power, whose source needed investigation. Cen Fu drew a boundary around Tai Yu’s authority in the Boundary Curtain district, leaving Tai Yu to consider what the Curtain might be concealing or protecting.

• Tai Yu updated High Priest Cen Fu and presented two corpses, identifying one as a former Leak Point that could no longer function.
• Cen Fu determined that the withered corpse had been tainted by Faith Power over a vast span of time, making the power’s nature and source the priority for investigation.
• Tai Yu warned Cen Fu that excluding him from the project would threaten his future and life, and insisted that mutual trust mattered.
• Cen Fu agreed to submit Tai Yu’s opinion in full and promised to provide relevant information, but reminded him that authority in the Boundary Curtain district followed established rules.
• Tai Yu reflected on the power the Lord of Illusory Nightmares might once have wielded and questioned what the Boundary Curtain was hiding or protecting.

Tai Yu left the Boundary Curtain region with Mo Jia after the crisis ended, while clues about faith power and the Illusory Nightmare Domain led him to consider the region’s hidden history. The chapter left him looking toward historical records and other places where the Tian Yuan-Hanguang System had once intersected with the Illusory Nightmare Domain.

• Tai Yu boarded the Fast Ship with Mo Jia and departed the industrial mining planet as Great Monarch Xi Hui watched.
• Mo Jia realized that inviting Tai Yu had left her facing political trouble from Great Monarch Xi Hui and Xi Su.
• Tai Yu reviewed materials from Great Monarch Xi Hui and High Priest Cen Fu about Screen District Eight-8995 and its history of Clone labor.
• Tai Yu considered whether the Clones’ faith power connected the Initial Awakening Society to the missing corpse and the events in the region.
• Tai Yu wondered how Lord of Zhanhe had dealt with the Lord of Illusory Nightmares and linked their history to the Boundary Curtain’s collection of Tian Yuan elements.
• Tai Yu recalled that the Han Guang Star System had once joined the Illusory Nightmare Domain and Tian Yuan-Hanguang System, and considered investigating its history.

Lan Qiao and Mia entered the venue despite uncertainty about whether Wei Su Yi could reach Lingbi Star in time. They waited among a tense crowd of fans and Abyssal Sky Remnants, with the concert’s fate still unclear.

• Lan Qiao and Mia worried that the Star Gate delays would prevent Wei Su Yi from arriving before the concert.
• News that the Solid-85 Star Gate had opened sent the crowd surging into the venue, and Lan Qiao and Mia were swept inside.
• Lan Qiao and Mia took their seats and observed the unadorned stage, which remained shrouded in Dark Seclusion.
• A nearby man claimed the Styx’s instability made the Sky Abyss Remnant Tribe dangerous and argued with his girlfriend about leaving.
• Lan Qiao and Mia distanced themselves from the argument and gave up expecting much from the fan meeting.

As Wei Su Yi’s delayed arrival pushed her concert toward cancellation, the divided audience unexpectedly united in a chorus of an old song. The chorus faded, and a hoarse voice began singing alone on the dark stage.

• Lan Qiao and Mia waited anxiously as Wei Su Yi crossed the Star Gate and headed for the venue.
• An attendee began singing a song from Fairy Tale Collection, and the crowd gradually joined in or booed along.
• The chorus filled the venue before weakening into laughter and scattered voices.
• A raspy voice began singing a cappella from the stage.

Wei Su Yi salvaged her troubled concert by performing “Ants and Dandelions,” drawing the audience into a chorus. The song ended to loud applause, and the tour was back on track.

• Wei Su Yi took the stage as the venue fell quiet, while Ronan identified the song as “Ants and Dandelions.”
• Wei Su Yi sang alone, using her hoarse voice and steady performance to lead the song’s chorus.
• The audience gradually joined in, and Wei Su Yi’s team realized the concert had been salvaged.
• Ronan reflected on the bleak imagery in the lyrics as the chorus built to its final refrain.
• “Ants and Dandelions” ended, and the venue erupted in applause and cheers.

After the concert, Ronan and Wei Su Yi settled on traveling to the Red Silicon Star System, while Ronan considered his interest in the forbidden Han Guang Star System. Wei Su Yi revealed that Pitfall Fire Hell was contacting her fans to influence her itinerary, and explained that it was seeking another channel after losing access to Ronan.

• Ronan visited Wei Su Yi's suite and helped dry her hair while asking where the team would go next.
• Wei Su Yi chose the Red Silicon Star System to see the dying Luande, and declined Hametz's suggestion to visit the Han Guang Star System.
• After Hametz and Po Man left, Wei Su Yi told Ronan that Pitfall Fire Hell had targeted her concert audience.
• Wei Su Yi explained that Pitfall Fire Hell was approaching special fans, including the Sky Abyss Remnant Tribe, to control her itinerary.
• Wei Su Yi told Ronan that the group had lost its previous channel through him after the events on Plane Six.

Wei Su Yi explained how Pitfall Fire Hell could track her through the influence her concert songs had on fans, while Ronan urged her to report or eliminate the cult. She chose to confront the people laying the tracking lines and invited Ronan to stroll through rainy Lingbi Star.

• Wei Su Yi told Ronan that Pitfall Fire Hell could use feedback from influenced fans to narrow down her location.
• Ronan suggested calling on the Myriad Gods Hall and Boundary Curtain district to strike Pitfall Fire Hell, but Wei Su Yi said the cult was only laying lines.
• Ronan reflected on the Abyss's scrutiny of Wei Su Yi and asked what she planned to do next.
• Wei Su Yi decided to deal with the people laying the tracking lines and asked Ronan to do his part.
• Wei Su Yi suggested that she and Ronan take a stroll through rainy Lingbi Star, and Ronan agreed.

Wei Su Yi took Ronan to Sechuan Observatory, where he learned about Luande’s history and the worsening danger facing Han Guang Main Star and the isolated Sky Abyss Remnant Tribe. The chapter left Ronan contemplating the star’s past as he heard how its renewed instability was making life in the Han Guang Star System more desperate.

• Hametz failed to stop Wei Su Yi from going shopping with Ronan, while Nemesis tagged along in the form of a thumb monkey.
• Ronan asked about places connected to Luande, and Wei Su Yi suggested visiting Sechuan Observatory on Lingbi Star.
• At Sechuan Observatory, Ronan watched the dimmed, dark-red Han Guang Main Star and wondered what Luande had thought there fourteen hundred years earlier.
• A guide recounted how the observatory had been built to monitor the star and how the Lord of Zhanhe had once extended its lifespan.
• Wei Su Yi told Ronan that Han Guang Main Star had again become dangerously unstable, worsening conditions for the isolated Sky Abyss Remnant Tribe.

Ronan and Wei Su Yi discussed the Han Guang Star System’s dangers and its history as a hub for Dream Net smuggling. Wei Su Yi revealed that the observatory stood near one of the old smuggling channels, while Ronan learned that Pitfall Fire Hell had roots in the region.

• Ronan asked Wei Su Yi about the Han Guang Star System’s Rule Difference and its lingering hazards, and she explained that its distorted spacetime made the region dangerous even for Great Monarchs and gods.
• A guide described Han Guang Main Star’s reputation as a demon star and said Luande had purged evil cults there during the Calamity Era.
• Wei Su Yi corrected the guide, explaining that many supposed cults had been smugglers using the Dream Net to trade resources between regions.
• Nemesis said some cults had used the Dream Net to learn about or borrow evil gods, and Wei Su Yi added that cults had sought resources connected to the Fire Prison Tyrant.
• Ronan asked whether Wei Su Yi had been a priestess, and she declined to answer before revealing that the observatory stood near an important old Dream Net channel.

Ronan and Wei Su Yi discussed how to locate Pitfall Fire Hell’s hidden preparations for a Blood Sacrifice on Lingbi Star. Wei Su Yi explained that their search would rely on remnants of the Dream Net and said she had consulted Po Ran before leaving the Boundary Curtain sector.

• Wei Su Yi told Ronan that Lingbi Star and the Qiankong Star System were possible Blood Sacrifice locations based on her movements and Pitfall Fire Hell’s range.
• Wei Su Yi explained that generations of legends on Lingbi Star had formed foundational information modules that could support sects following the path of Faith.
• Ronan suggested starting the search in Tana City, but Wei Su Yi explained that the modules were difficult to locate and gathered when relevant powers acted on them.
• Wei Su Yi said Pitfall Fire Hell’s old smuggling channel depended partly on the Dream Net, whose remnants had persisted despite its collapse.
• When Ronan asked whether she understood the Illusory Nightmare Domain, Wei Su Yi said she did not but had spoken with Po Ran before leaving the Boundary Curtain sector.

Wei Su Yi enlisted the Initial Awakening Society to help locate Dream Net-related remnants on Lingbi Star, while Ronan questioned whether the group could be trusted. They met the astronomer Lan Su, who agreed to screen nearby remnants, and Wei Su Yi proposed using force if necessary.

• Ronan questioned whether Po Ran and the Initial Awakening Society might be working alongside Pitfall Fire Hell, and Wei Su Yi explained Po Ran's ambitions and interest in Dream Net.
• Wei Su Yi told Ronan they needed to find someone rather than perform a ritual or use a tool.
• Wei Su Yi and Ronan met the Initial Awakening Society's astronomer, Lan Su, a member of the Sky Abyss Remnant Tribe.
• Lan Su accepted payment from Wei Su Yi and agreed to identify and screen Dream Net-related remnants on the planet.
• Wei Su Yi suggested they begin nearby and said that sincerity could be tested between Life and Death.