Chapter Summaries

Deng Chun fled the Dark Gold Mask through the airship, but it caught him and began transforming him into a brain machine. He drew on Hundred Peaks Monarch's Blessing Power to resist, fell to the floor under the growing weight of the clashing forces, and staggered toward the banquet hall doors.

• Deng Chun ordered the Smart Butler to remove all elevators and ran through the safety passage as the Dark Gold Mask pursued him.
• Deng Chun narrowly escaped the mask through a fire door, but it caught him as he leaped toward the lower level of the banquet hall.
• The Dark Gold Mask settled over Deng Chun's face and began draining his strength while injecting dark-gold fluid.
• Deng Chun realized the mask already on his face was a mark connected to Hundred Peaks Monarch and called on the Blessing Power he had learned to wield.
• Hundred Peaks Monarch's power clashed with the dark-gold fluid, freeing Deng Chun from the mask's grasp but making him unbearably heavy.
• Deng Chun landed hard and staggered toward the banquet hall doors, accepting the burden as he struggled to keep moving.

Deng Chun struggled through the collapsing airship while sunlight and a sandstorm tore apart the Dream Game around him. He broke through a glass wall and fell outside, triggering the mission prompt as Slope City Airport and the airship vanished into the chaos.

• Deng Chun followed the Smart Butler’s route map through the distorted airship as sunlight and sand repeatedly destroyed and rebuilt its passages.
• Deng Chun decided to escape through a damaged glass curtain wall and struck it, splitting open his elbow and splattering his blood on the glass.
• Bai Xinyan appeared, refused to help either side, and collected samples of Deng Chun’s blood from the curtain wall.
• The weakened curtain wall collapsed beneath Deng Chun, sending him falling seven to ten meters to the ground.
• Deng Chun struck the ground, felt his body burst apart, and heard the system prompt as the airport and airship dissolved from view.

Deng Chun endured the sandstorm in Dreamscape Game, escaped the Dark Gold Mask, and crawled toward the terminal before the mask attacked him. A group in Exoskeleton Armor destroyed the mask, and one of them recognized him as Manager Deng.

• Deng Chun checked the system and learned he had escaped Magnetized Puppet Hundun temporarily and needed to hide and await rescue.
• Deng Chun lay still in the sandstorm, but fear and despair overwhelmed him until he drifted into a stupor.
• Deng Chun woke as the Dark Gold Mask stirred, removed it, and crawled away toward the terminal rather than keep waiting.
• Deng Chun stood to search for the terminal and saw his private airship pass overhead, then the Dark Gold Mask floated toward him and attacked.
• An armed group in Exoskeleton Armor destroyed the Dark Gold Mask, and one member recognized Deng Chun as Manager Deng.

Deng Chun was rescued in the Second Underground Cave after being transported from Slope City, and he told Mora and the others everything about his father’s situation. Mora decided to intervene in the Hundred Peaks Monarch’s affairs, while Long Qi explained the cave’s dangerous connection to the Fog Maze.

• Long Qi and three Deep Blue Walkers found Deng Chun in the Second Underground Cave, where Deng Chun realized he was no longer in Slope City.
• Mora, Constance, Yuan Wuwei, and others arrived, and Deng Chun recounted his journey with his father and the events in Slope City.
• Mora resolved to confront the people involved and wake Deng Chun’s father before his daydream endangered his life.
• Long Qi introduced Deng Chun to Fris, Zhao Xi, and Liu Fengming, and explained that the Second Underground Cave’s unstable passage could lead into the lethal Fog Maze.
• Long Qi asked Yuan Wuwei to tell Deng Chun what he had learned firsthand.

Deng Chun joined Yuan Wuwei’s team and used the damaged Dark Gold Mask to help the group navigate the Outer Experience Zone. The masks awakened and temporarily transformed him into Magnetized Puppet Hun Dun as new missions called for the team to hunt or cooperate with other powerful entities.

• Yuan Wuwei explained his theory that the Outer Experience Zone’s spacetime imprints might enable travel between major cities, and Deng Chun agreed to team up with him.
• Deng Chun saw a list of unfinished Magnetized Puppet missions, then received a new mission involving Magnetic Light Mica and the warning to beware the Boundary.
• The team failed to walk back into Slope City and instead examined the damaged, bleeding Dark Gold Mask Zhao Xi had collected.
• Deng Chun put the Dark Gold Mask over his White-Faced Civil Official Mask, and the latter began swallowing the Dark Gold Fluid as the masks struggled against each other.
• Deng Chun accepted temporary possession by Magnetized Puppet Hun Dun, which covered him in a dark Cloak and turned his mask cold metal.
• The Hundred Peaks Monarch’s mission appeared, asking the team to hunt Magnetized Puppet Hundun and switch from confrontation to cooperation mode, while Mora and Constance debated the mission’s rewards.

Deng Chun used the Magnetized Puppet Hun Dun (Sponsored Training Edition) to sense the Hundun Cult’s hidden energy network and realized its rituals drew power from an enormous source beyond the Fog Maze. He helped the group track his father’s Dark Gold Mask fragment and led them deeper into the Dust and Mist, where a hazy city appeared.

• Deng Chun sensed that Hundred Peaks Monarch’s resource blocks were funneling refined energy toward an enormous source Outside the Boundary of the Outer Experience Zone.
• Deng Chun realized the Hundun Cult’s masks and rituals had originated from that source, while the Magnetized Puppet Hun Dun (Sponsored Training Edition) siphoned and redirected some of its energy.
• The Dark Gold Mask fragment reconnected faintly with its Original Body as the blocks responded to it, and Long Qi announced that they had found the trail.
• Deng Chun reported that he had roughly locked onto the target, and Mora told him to lead the group.
• Deng Chun guided the group through the Dust and Mist until a hazy city emerged from the swirling dust.

The group discovered that the airship and their hunting target were caught inside a newly formed Logic Boundary, which was isolating part of the Fusang Divine Tree Grand Treasury from Slope City. The chapter ended as the two suns’ reaching branches failed to connect across the Boundary, and Mora recognized the separation between them.

• Yuan Wuwei and the others noticed that Constance and Mora had vanished, then saw them return and identify an airship hidden inside the sky’s hazy halo.
• Fris questioned Yuan Wuwei’s theory that the targets were projections, while Mora asked Yuan Wuwei whether the Experience Zone’s Boundary could shift like a newly loaded game map.
• Constance compared the area to Ouyang Chen’s Logic Boundary, and she and Mora concluded that it was sealing off the Fusang Divine Tree Grand Treasury’s power and trapping the True God and the Pope at a disadvantage.
• Deng Chun sensed a second halo appear in the sky, where a Pale White Sun Wheel sent branches toward the hazy halo and revealed the shape of an airship within it.
• The branches from both halos extended toward each other but veered away and failed to meet, prompting Mora to remark on the Boundary between them.

Mora and Constance chose to observe as the Amaterasu Cult tried to connect the Pale White Sun Wheel to the hazy halo and restore the Fusang Divine Tree Grand Treasury’s power. The connection succeeded, and a sudden burst of light and thunder left the group facing an escalation.

• Constance and Yuan Wuwei explained how Ouyang Chen and the unnamed global perception expert had made Logic Boundary usable beyond Xia City.
• Mora decided the team would stand back and watch the Amaterasu Cult’s attempt, leaving Deng Chun unsure whether to intervene.
• Deng Chun’s possession by Magnetized Puppet Hun Dun let him sense the Hundred Peaks Monarch’s complex network and suspect that the Deity had engineered the situation.
• The Pale White Sun Wheel’s shadowy branches gradually reached the hazy halo and formed hundreds of connections.
• The sky suddenly grew vastly brighter, and a thunderous boom and clattering roar followed.

A third, brilliant Sun Wheel revealed connections between the Mist Labyrinth, Hundred Peaks Monarch, and the Fusang Divine Tree Great Divine Treasure. As True God confronted Mora, Long Qi led the others toward the exposed airship to complete their mission.

• A blazing third Sun Wheel appeared and then faded, revealing more of the Blocks and their connections across the Logic Boundary and Mist Labyrinth.
• Yuan Wuwei concluded that the Sun Wheel had risen from the Mist Labyrinth, and Deng Chun sensed links to Hundred Peaks Monarch and the Amaterasu Order’s infiltration.
• True God appeared in the sky, and Mora identified him as Qianju and questioned whether he had become a puppet or entered the game.
• Mora urged True God to surrender or donate blood, while Deng Chun realized True God had previously given Deng Yunwei a transfusion.
• Long Qi proposed boarding the newly exposed airship, and Zhao Xi flew the group toward it as Deng Chun lifted off with the Heavy Curtain Cloak.

Deng Chun and the others returned to the resuscitation room to confront the Rotten-Flesh Jellyfish and his transformed half brothers. As Deng Chun’s Cloak covered the Jellyfish, the three floating heads fell, and he received a surge of information as the Dreamscape began analyzing the body-seizure plan across the distance between Lake City and Slope City.

• Deng Chun and the others crossed the airship, discussing the Transcendental Species, the Hundun Cult, and what might remain of its members.
• The group reached the resuscitation room and found Deng Wei, Deng Lian, and Deng Kuang transformed into floating dark-gold heads, unable to communicate.
• Fris ordered the group to leave the heads alone and enter the sterile enclosure to deal with the Rotten-Flesh Jellyfish.
• Deng Chun exposed the Jellyfish, whose tentacles failed to pierce his Cloak or the Deep Blue Walkers’ defenses.
• Deng Chun’s Cloak descended over the Jellyfish as it formed Deng Yunwei’s face, and the three floating heads dropped to the floor.
• Deng Chun received a vast stream of information and sensed Hundun (commissioned-training version) analyzing Hundun (body-seizure version) across the distance between Lake City and Slope City.

Deng Chun sensed that the Hundred Peaks Monarch's network had narrowed down the hidden bait in the Fog Maze and saw a chance to prove his worth in the Hundun Cult. The airship's descent ended with him exposed in a hospital operating room, where the mission system confirmed the capture was successful.

• Deng Chun and the team noticed the airship sinking, and alarms flashed through the operating room.
• A burst of brilliant light dissolved the room's boundaries, while Deng Chun sensed the Hundred Peaks Monarch's network further narrowing the bait's location and revealing details of its structure.
• Deng Chun realized that finding another hidden network connected to the bait might trigger a third burst of light, and his ambition to serve the new Hundun Cult revived.
• The airship stopped descending, and Deng Chun found himself in an operating room surrounded by medical staff and bodyguards.
• A bodyguard shot Deng Chun, but the Curtain Cloak absorbed the bullet before the mask and cloak vanished and the mission system announced, "Capture successful."

Deng Chun experienced the Dream Game and the Real World overlapping aboard an airship as the hunt ended and the rescue room dissolved into confusion. After Mountain Lord arrived and confirmed the airship was in the normal world, Deng Chun concluded that both realities had become indistinguishable.

• Deng Chun watched the rescue room’s staff and bodyguards respond to the dying old man and the charred intruder, then saw the Temporary Teammates announce that the hunt was complete.
• Gray mist blended the Dream Game with the rescue room around Deng Chun, while the airship came under attack and its interfaces displayed conflicting information.
• Han Lang accused Deng Chun of harming his father, restrained him, and ordered the airship’s breach secured and passengers moved to Safety Cabins.
• Mountain Lord broke through the cabin wall and knocked out Han Lang and the surrounding personnel with a burst of power.
• Li Taisheng identified the location as Second Underground Cave at Three Peaks Top and confirmed that it was August 19, 2097, in the normal world.
• Deng Chun laughed as he realized that the Real World, the Dream Game, Slope City, and Lake City had become entangled.

After the airship became trapped in the Second Underground Cave, the survivors gathered at the Long Tail River Supply Point while authorities organized an evacuation. Deng Chun feared facing Gao Wenfu over the exposed plot, but Gao’s phone call hinted that someone with influence might support him.

• The survivors left Three Peaks for the Long Tail River Supply Point while crews began arranging the evacuation and medical transport.
• Deng Chun kept apart from the others, and Bai Xinyan congratulated him, exchanged contact details, and said they might need each other later.
• Deng Chun realized that the airship incident involved the Second Underground Cave and that Gao Wenfu would likely take charge.
• Gao Wenfu arrived at the Supply Point, received Yuchuan Yingjie and Bai Xinyan, and arranged for them to travel to Lake City.
• Gao Wenfu called another Transcendental Species and said he would question Deng Chun, adding that Deng Chun was a younger member of his own family and he would not make things difficult for him.

Deng Chun reported to Gao Wenfu, who assigned him to help lead Hundun Cult ceremonies while treating him as a possible ally of the other side. At the Supply Point, Deng Chun reunited with his airship companions as they discussed the consequences of the recent boundary-crossing incident and waited for the Mountain Lord to summon them.

• Deng Chun told Gao Wenfu about his airship experiences but kept his uncertain impressions of the Hundred Peaks Monarch's Blocks to himself.
• Gao Wenfu told Deng Chun to stop working at the storage yard, take on more responsibility, and preside over ceremonies including the upcoming Hundred Faces Sacrifice.
• Yuan Wuwei, Long Qi, Fris, and the other Temporary Teammates entered the function hall, and Yuan Wuwei greeted Deng Chun, easing his fear that Gao Wenfu was testing him.
• Gao Wenfu left the Supply Point as Transcendental Species gathered on Three Peaks to study the Mountain Lord's actions and seek answers from him.
• Deng Chun's companions and members of the Justice Cult compared notes about the Airship Cave Entry incident, while Yuan Wuwei warned that the broken boundaries and the Mountain Lord's explanations could reshape how people viewed him.

Yuan Wuwei, Long Qi, and the others debated Boss Ronan’s plans for the Fog Maze and Dreamscape Game, questioning whether he was pursuing cultivation, collecting data, or seeking returns through the Energy Supply Chain. Long Qi read Ronan’s answer about humanity’s evolutionary future, which described building a shared Life Slope toward The Other Shore.

• Long Qi argued that Boss Ronan’s immediate priority was helping people understand the Fog Maze, while Yuan Wuwei cautioned that Ronan might not know its origins himself.
• Deng Chun and Li Taisheng connected the Dreamscape’s two circles of light to the Fog Maze, and Li Taisheng said they revealed part of its structure.
• Zhao Xi defended Ronan’s focus on cultivation, but Yuan Wuwei suggested the Dreamscape Game’s world quest was gathering data about transcendent life and the Energy Supply Chain.
• Yuan Wuwei questioned whether Ronan’s cultivation efforts would empower people or turn them into resources, and he criticized the Dreamscape Game’s limited rewards and unclear path to advancement.
• Long Qi read Ronan’s forum response describing a Life Slope built by many strong members so humanity could cross the void to The Other Shore.

Blood Demon challenged Ronan over the Life Slope plan, and Ronan explained its century-long pace while warning that humanity’s current conditions might not last that long. After ending the call, Ronan continued rebuilding a Relay Station inside the Mist Labyrinth and tested an exploration vehicle with Snake Tongue, who demonstrated overwhelming combat power.

• Blood Demon called Ronan and warned that the Life Slope plan could turn Extraordinary Species into sacrifices and provoke resentment.
• Ronan explained that the Life Slope needed a carefully managed gradient, with its construction expected to take one hundred to one hundred and fifty years.
• Blood Demon warned Ronan that his aggressive moves against Li Wei might not secure allies before conflict with Deep Blue World erupted, but Ronan said he still lacked strategic depth.
• Ronan told Blood Demon that the current environment might not sustain humanity for long and asked everyone to explore the Mist Labyrinth to clarify the situation.
• After ending the call, Ronan continued reconstructing the Relay Station base with Auntie Kui’s support while battles tested Battlefield Time-Space.
• Snake Tongue arrived in a vehicle that dissolved into mist and displayed a combat mode that destroyed enemies with ease; she asked whether it was the power of a True God.

Ronan used the Battlefield Spacetime to test a True God Magnetized Puppet while developing Earth’s Lawcraft through repeated experiments and records. As another figure returned to the battlefield, Ronan’s work of testing and refining Magnetized Puppets continued.

• Ronan told Snake Language that the True God Magnetized Puppet reproduced only part of the True God’s power and said he wanted to test it against him.
• Ronan directed the True God Magnetized Puppet to fight hordes of monsters and combat machines while studying its performance.
• Ronan created a flesh-and-blood Magnetized Puppet from his own body and sent it to confront the True God Magnetized Puppet.
• Ronan reviewed the battle data and explained that his Lawcraft experiments aimed to test many possible paths and preserve their results for Earth’s future choices.
• Snake Language spotted a dim light falling from the clouds and said Mister Yabolun had returned.

Ronan tested new methods for exploring the Fog Maze, while Apolon and Snake Language reported their findings and returned to their duties. The chapter ended with Ronan using Tree Hole Space to refine his monitoring network and pursue five survey targets.

• Apolon returned from a test drive, called Ronan “Boss,” and reported that his vehicle had detected structured targets near the Radiation Zone during two bursts of bright light.
• Ronan and Apolon discussed the True God Magnetic Light Puppet simulation, and Apolon estimated it captured only twenty or thirty percent of True God's character.
• Ronan tested a new Magnetized Puppet with Apolon until their forces wore down the True God Magnetized Puppet.
• Apolon returned to Ha City, Snake Language went back to Saka City, and Ronan moved to Tree Hole Space to work on his Lens monitoring system.
• Ronan explained that his bright-light shockwave surveys drew on the Great Sun Chains and Sun Wheel Absolute Prison, and that he had begun by trying to anchor five points.

Ronan used five known points to refine the Lens Nebula’s map of the Mist Labyrinth, then discussed the escaped Dream Weaver and the Human-Faced Spider with High Priest Lanier. He had not found the Dream Weaver, and Lanier could not yet answer whether the Human-Faced Spider’s body was truly complete.

• Ronan compared five points in the Mist Labyrinth, including the spaceship, the lingering Blood Prison King activity, the Gate of Truth, Luo Yuan’s Fragment, and the Fragment Raven sought.
• Ronan used two rounds of oscillation detection to identify hidden connections and divide the Lens Nebula into directional regions, while noting that the regions could shift rapidly.
• High Priest Lanier asked Ronan whether he had found the escaped Dream Weaver, and Ronan admitted he had not.
• Ronan told Lanier to prepare a backup Dream Weaver if the Justice Cult had one available.
• Ronan asked Lanier whether Li Wei had provided the Human-Faced Spider’s original body and whether its complete form might be an imitation or defective product.

Ronan studied the Justice Cult and Apocalypse Laboratory’s failed Human-Faced Spider experiment and used its clues to reconsider Li Wei and Tu Ge’s goals in the Fog Maze. He traced the spider’s compatibility with the Dark Black Chains to the Sun Wheel Absolute Prison and the Six Heavens God Calamity, ending with his attention drawn back to the ancient battle that began the Calamity Era.

• Ronan asked High Priest Lanier for the joint project files, and Lanier negotiated with Apocalypse Laboratory to send them over.
• Ronan gave the files to Auntie Kui to reconstruct the experiment in the Inner Universe Simulator and examined the records on the Human-Faced Spider.
• Ronan concluded that Li Wei and Tu Ge had not been seeking the Fog Maze’s New Plane and considered how the Star Gate might connect to the Core Radiation Zone and Sun Wheel Absolute Prison.
• The simulator stalled while trying to reproduce the Great Displacement and Human-Faced Spider, so Ronan continued his thought experiment using what he already knew about the creature.
• Ronan reasoned that the Human-Faced Spider and Dark Black Chains were compatible because both approached the Sun Wheel Absolute Prison’s core imagery.
• Ronan connected the Absolute Prison to the Lord of Zhanhe and identified the Six Heavens God Calamity as its opposing counterpart, then traced the connection back to the ancient battle at the beginning of the Calamity Era.