Recaps

Shen Qingzhu struggled to keep a city-destroying fireball stable while Bug Calamity attacked, and the Black Killer Group arrived to fight at his side. Their gunfire briefly slowed the poisonous insects, but Bug Calamity slaughtered the group as the battle continued.

• Shen Qingzhu held the compressed fireball at the edge of his strength while Jiang Er helped stabilize its heat.
• Bug Calamity sent a wave of poisonous insects toward Shen Qingzhu and charged to kill him before he could unleash the fireball.
• Imori Hiroshi led more than a hundred Black Killer Group vehicles into Tokyo and declared that they had come to fight alongside the Grand Leader.
• The Black Killer Group opened fire on the insect tide, briefly halting its advance as insects broke through and attacked the members.
• Bug Calamity ignored the gunfire and rushed through the Black Killer Group, cutting down its members amid the spreading corpses and blood.

Shen Qingzhu defeated Bug Calamity by having Calamity of Fire carry her into the sky before he struck them with a colossal fireball. Meanwhile, Jialan continued fighting Calamity of Sickness, and Uncle Kyosuke arrived to help save his son.

• Calamity of Fire grabbed Bug Calamity and propelled them three kilometers into the sky while Shen Qingzhu prepared a compressed fireball.
• Shen Qingzhu hurled the fireball at them, and the resulting explosion swallowed both figures as the Black Killer Group cheered him.
• Calamity of Sickness became distracted by the explosion, allowing Jialan to kick him into a shop and attack him with Sky Palace.
• Jialan charged Calamity of Sickness again while An Qingyu contained the plague mist from outside their battlefield.
• Uncle Kyosuke arrived carrying a golden long blade and told An Qingyu that his son's life depended on Calamity of Sickness.

An Qingyu assessed Uncle Kyosuke’s failing health, then Uncle Kyosuke joined Jialan in fighting the Calamity of Sickness to secure medicine for Yurina Takishiro. When the Calamity provoked him in an attempt to break Bewildering Pupil’s illusion, Uncle Kyosuke wounded himself to suppress his killing intent.

• An Qingyu told Uncle Kyosuke that his illnesses and viruses were beyond modern treatment, though experiments might give him a slim chance of survival.
• Uncle Kyosuke entered the plague mist and used Bewildering Pupil to trap the Calamity of Sickness in an illusion while Jialan beat him down.
• The Calamity of Sickness taunted Uncle Kyosuke about Yurina Takishiro’s failing condition and refused to make a Gamma Potion.
• Uncle Kyosuke fought to contain his killing intent and stabbed his own shoulder with Bewildering Pupil to endure the Calamity’s provocations.

Jialan incapacitated the Calamity of Sickness so Uncle Kyosuke could use an illusion to make him produce the serum needed to save his son. Meanwhile, Lin Qiye defeated the Calamity of Prison’s forces, but learned that the Thunder Beast would destroy Tokyo if all seven Oracle Envoys died or lost contact.

• Jialan battered the Calamity of Sickness unconscious, and Uncle Kyosuke prepared to guide him through an illusion that would make him produce the serum.
• Uncle Kyosuke insisted that he could endure the effort, despite An Qingyu’s concern about his condition.
• Lin Qiye confronted the badly wounded Calamity of Prison after his strike destroyed the Pure Land and defeated the Calamity of Soldiers and the Bug Calamity.
• The Calamity of Prison warned Lin Qiye that the Thunder Beast would enter Cleaner Mode if all seven Oracle Envoys died or lost contact, targeting Tokyo and its population.
• Lin Qiye realized the Thunder Beast, the Spirit of the Artifact of the Yata no Kagami, was the Human Circle’s true representative of Divine Authority.

An Qingyu obtained Gamma Potion from the Calamity of Sickness, while Uncle Kyosuke killed the Oracle Envoy after using Bewildering Pupil to make him produce it. Uncle Kyosuke accepted the potion for his son and invited An Qingyu to meet him.

• An Qingyu sent the virus-filled plague mist high into the sky while Uncle Kyosuke used Bewildering Pupil to hypnotize the unconscious Calamity of Sickness and his mechanical monitoring system.
• Under the illusion, the Calamity of Sickness produced a deep-blue liquid, which An Qingyu collected and identified as Gamma Potion.
• After An Qingyu confirmed he had enough potion, Uncle Kyosuke trapped the Calamity of Sickness in a painful illusion and stabbed him through the heart.
• Jialan hurled the Calamity of Sickness's body into the sky, where it exploded, while Uncle Kyosuke collapsed coughing blood.
• An Qingyu gave Uncle Kyosuke the Gamma Potion for his son and promised to study the boy's genetic defect, asking only to take two tubes of blood.
• Uncle Kyosuke thanked An Qingyu and invited him to meet his son.

Lin Qiye tried to keep Calamity of Prison alive to prevent the Thunder Beast from being activated, but Calamity of Prison crushed his own heart and trapped his consciousness to witness the divine power. The Thunder Beast began descending, while Baili Pangpang recognized it and feared it would settle an old score.

• Lin Qiye told Calamity of Prison he would imprison him so the Thunder Beast could not be activated, but Calamity of Prison refused to resist or explain himself.
• Calamity of Prison said he was tired of humanity and wanted to see the Thunder Beast's divine might before he died.
• Calamity of Prison crushed his heart, using his ability to imprison his consciousness and disable the self-destruct system in his eye.
• The Thunder Beast rose from the clouds and roared as Lin Qiye looked up at it.
• Baili Pangpang recognized the descending Thunder Beast and told Cao Yuan he feared it would retaliate for his past antics.

Baili Pangpang’s repeated taunting finally drew the Thunder Beast down into Tokyo, where An Qingyu and Jialan prepared to join Lin Qiye despite the danger. Before leaving, An Qingyu confirmed Yurina Takishiro had taken the medicine and said he would respect Uncle Kyosuke’s choice to die quietly as his son’s father.

• The Thunder Beast plunged from the clouds and crashed into Tokyo after Baili Pangpang had repeatedly provoked it.
• An Qingyu confirmed Yurina Takishiro was suffering a genetic defect outbreak, and Uncle Kyosuke gave him the medicine.
• An Qingyu judged the Thunder Beast too powerful for them to face, but agreed with Jialan to go help Lin Qiye and considered a risky plan involving Cao Yuan.
• An Qingyu told Uncle Kyosuke that Yurina should wake soon and promised to send a cure later.
• An Qingyu offered Uncle Kyosuke a chance to survive as a test subject, but Uncle Kyosuke refused and asked to die quietly in front of his son.
• An Qingyu and Jialan left the house, which vanished behind them.

Yurina Kurotetsu left an explanation for his unconscious son, Yurina Takishiro, and tried to die alone rather than let him see his true, gravely ill appearance. Yurina Takishiro found him before he died, embraced him, and called him Father.

• Yurina Kurotetsu revealed his true, frail appearance after his disguise failed and wrote a letter explaining his past, Yurina's existence, and his wish for his children to get along.
• Yurina Kurotetsu left the letter and Bewildering Pupil beside Yurina Takishiro, then left the room to die alone.
• Yurina Kurotetsu collapsed on a street corner, reflecting that he had finally met his son but had never heard him call him father.
• Yurina Takishiro appeared, embraced Yurina Kurotetsu, and apologized for arriving too late.
• Yurina Takishiro explained that he had followed Kurotetsu's red marker on a map and told him that his son was more capable than he had imagined.

Yurina Takishiro revealed that he had always known Yurina Kurotetsu was his father, then desperately searched his game worlds for a way to save him. Unable to heal him, Takishiro watched as Kurotetsu accepted his approaching death and closed his eyes.

• Yurina Takishiro explained that he recognized Yurina Kurotetsu as his father from the name above his head but had been afraid to say so.
• Yurina Kurotetsu told Takishiro to deliver a letter to his sister, seek An Qingyu’s help with his genetic defect, and assist Nightfall if he could.
• Yurina Takishiro transformed the area into his game world and tried healing items and medicines on Kurotetsu, but each attempt failed.
• Yurina Takishiro searched all 3,291 of his game worlds and found no way to save Kurotetsu.
• Yurina Kurotetsu said he was satisfied that his children were safe and well, then closed his eyes as he leaned against a broken wall.

Yurina Takishiro preserved his dead father, Yurina Kurotetsu, as an NPC across all 3,291 of his game worlds, then turned his attention to the devastation in Tokyo. The Thunder Beast pursued Baili Pangpang through the city and unleashed a blast that engulfed Shinjuku in flames, while Lin Qiye watched and dismissed Calamity of Prison’s awe of the gods.

• Yurina Takishiro mourned Yurina Kurotetsu and permanently recreated him as an NPC in all 3,291 game worlds.
• Yurina Takishiro looked toward the city’s destruction and vowed that the gods, the Pure Land, and the Oracle Envoys would die.
• The Thunder Beast charged across Tokyo toward Baili Pangpang, who escaped with Mad Demon Cao Yuan using a Taiji Bagua Diagram.
• The Thunder Beast fired a crimson lightning beam that destroyed much of Shinjuku and set the district ablaze.
• Calamity of Prison praised the Thunder Beast’s divine power, and Lin Qiye called those who worshipped it hicks.
• The Thunder Beast found Baili Pangpang again and gathered lightning for another attack.

Yurina Takishiro arrived in Tokyo and used his Virtual Game World ability to summon a Gundam to fight the Thunder Beast. He blocked the beast’s lightning barrage with a shield and layered defenses, leaving the battle ongoing.

• Yurina Takishiro arrived and found the other Calamities dead or missing, while the Thunder Beast appeared as a level 99+ world boss.
• The Thunder Beast fired a pillar of divine lightning at Yurina Takishiro, who covered the sky with his Virtual Game World and summoned a red-and-white Gundam.
• Yurina Takishiro charged the Thunder Beast, and the Gundam struck its head, forcing it to stagger back.
• The Thunder Beast unleashed a domain of thunder and launched spheres of lightning at Yurina Takishiro.
• Yurina Takishiro activated several defensive buffs, equipped the Gundam with the Rakshasa King Shield, and darted through the lightning barrage.

Yurina Takishiro’s mech survived the Thunder Beast’s instant-death lightning strike, but was badly damaged. Lin Qiye revealed that Yurina was not the human pinnacle he meant and rushed toward the Thunder Beast with a wooden chopstick, arriving beside Yurina as their royal blood seemed to react.

• Yurina Takishiro drove his mech through the Thunder Beast’s lightning domain and pinned the beast beneath its shield.
• The Thunder Beast unleashed a crimson lightning spear, forcing Baili Pangpang and Mad Demon Cao Yuan to retreat while Jiang Er’s movement was disrupted.
• Lin Qiye told Calamity of Prison that a human stronger than Yurina existed, then charged at the Thunder Beast with a wooden chopstick.
• Yurina Takishiro used Earth’s Lament to survive the spear, dismissed his damaged mech, and faced the Thunder Beast on foot.
• Lin Qiye arrived beside Yurina, and their royal blood seemed to boil in response to each other.

Lin Qiye realized Yurina Takishiro’s bloodline stirred the Night Origin within him, then teamed up with him to face the Thunder Beast. Yurina Takishiro trapped the beast with nine black spears, leaving Lin Qiye poised to strike with his Sword Law-infused chopstick.

• Lin Qiye sensed an unusual reaction in the Night Origin when he stood beside Yurina Takishiro and wondered whether Takishiro’s royal blood was purer.
• Yurina Takishiro stepped in front of Lin Qiye and urged him to flee, but Lin Qiye insisted the Thunder Beast would die instead.
• After seeing Lin Qiye’s SS-class wooden chopstick, Yurina Takishiro asked how he could help, and Lin Qiye told him to hold the beast down.
• Yurina Takishiro activated several abilities and items, then sent nine afterimages charging at the Thunder Beast.
• The nine Yurina Takishiros hurled black spears around the Thunder Beast to pin it in place, but lightning swallowed them.

Lin Qiye used the Wooden Chopstick left by Zhou Ping to unleash the Sword Law and behead the Thunder Beast. With the god’s death broadcast across the Human Circle, he began preparing to use its corpse for Dimensional Summoning Magic.

• Yurina Takishiro restrained the Thunder Beast with Will's Demon Execution Rack and warned Lin Qiye that the item would only hold for about a minute.
• Lin Qiye shattered the Wooden Chopstick and unleashed Zhou Ping’s sword, frightening the trapped Thunder Beast with its Sword Law.
• Lin Qiye severed the Thunder Beast’s head and pinned it to the ground with Black Rope.
• People throughout the Human Circle watched the Thunder Beast’s death and began questioning whether gods could be trusted.
• Lin Qiye destroyed the recording drone, then started drawing a summoning Magic Array around the Thunder Beast’s corpse.

Lin Qiye used the Thunder Beast’s corpse to summon across dimensions and fought to form a contract with the Frost Giant Dragon. He succeeded, though he lacked the Mental Power to summon it, then went to see the figure imprisoned beneath Tokyo Tower.

• Lin Qiye drew a vast Dimensional Summoning Array using the Thunder Beast’s blood and sent his consciousness across the stars.
• Lin Qiye traveled to an icy plane and approached the Frost Giant Dragon, using the Thunder Beast’s residual power to confront it.
• Lin Qiye endured the Frost Giant Dragon’s resistance and used the Night Origin, royal blood, and Seraphim Divine Might to imprint its soul and form a contract.
• Lin Qiye returned to Tokyo badly injured, and Yurina Takishiro asked if he was alright.
• Lin Qiye went beneath Tokyo Tower, where a figure in a pitch-black cage watched him with a complicated expression.

Lin Qiye killed Calamity of Prison after revealing that the Wooden Chopstick had belonged to Zhou Ping, the Mortal World Sword Immortal. Half a day later, Baili Pangpang and the others discovered that Lin Qiye had become a host at the Black Wutong Club.

• Lin Qiye told Calamity of Prison that Zhou Ping had wielded the laws and slain gods, then revealed Zhou Ping's name.
• Calamity of Prison asked Lin Qiye to destroy the cage in his body, and Lin Qiye pulled it free, causing Calamity of Prison to die.
• Lin Qiye left the devastated Tokyo and went to pay respects to an old friend with his colleagues.
• At a leisure club in Hokkaido, Baili Pangpang asked Shen Qingzhu about Japanese beauties, and Jialan hinted that one of their companions had become a popular host.
• Shen Qingzhu showed the group a Black Wutong Club flyer featuring Lin Qiye and another host, prompting everyone to react with surprise and admiration.
• An Qingyu identified the older man on the flyer as Kyosuke, Japan's Number One Host.

Yurina and Yurina Takishiro mourned their father, Yurina Kurotetsu, at his grave, where Lin Qiye, Amamiya Haruki, and Xiao Jin joined them to pay their respects. Afterward, Lin Qiye and Amamiya Haruki left the cemetery, and Lin Qiye said it was time for him to go.

• Yurina grieved at Yurina Kurotetsu’s grave, and Yurina Takishiro apologized for being unable to save their father.
• Yurina comforted Yurina Takishiro and promised to take care of him in their father’s place.
• Lin Qiye, Amamiya Haruki, and Xiao Jin arrived and paid their respects to Yurina Kurotetsu.
• Lin Qiye left the graveyard carrying Bewildering Pupil, which Yurina Kurotetsu had left for him.
• Lin Qiye and Amamiya Haruki reached the clubhouse, where Lin Qiye said he should leave.

Lin Qiye handed several Magatsu Blades to Amamiya Haruki, then led the Nightfall Squad through the torii gate to return to Great Xia. As they departed, Yurina wondered when Lin Qiye would come back to Japan and ordered the Asaba Club’s construction to continue.

• Lin Qiye returned Rain Collapse and Kamikakushi to Amamiya Haruki and lent him Black Rope, Duo E, and Bewildering Pupil until the Nine Calamity Blades were united and the Human Circle could be saved.
• The Nightfall Squad surprised Lin Qiye with a welcome party at the club.
• At the ruins in Hokkaido, Wu Xiangnan gave Lin Qiye his silver nameplate and warned the squad to report to Night Watchmen Headquarters because Great Xia had changed.
• Lin Qiye and the other six entered the torii gate together to return home.
• Yurina learned that Lin Qiye and the others had left, then decided the Kazari Family should continue building the Asaba Club.

Lin Qiye and his companions found their ship missing and flew toward Great Xia, while their vessel arrived at Chenglong Pass without them. Zuo Qing ordered Guan Zai to investigate the unexplained return and the unidentified fingerprints aboard.

• Lin Qiye searched the sea for the ship, found nothing, and flew with his companions toward Great Xia using a Somersault Cloud.
• A Night Watchman at Chenglong Pass admitted a returning vessel after confirming it belonged to Great Xia, but Lu Qiu found no one aboard.
• A figure in a silver robe slipped unseen from the ship into Chenglong Pass.
• Chenglong Pass reported four fingerprints aboard the empty ship, including two unidentified ones, to Zuo Qing.
• Zuo Qing told Moyu to have Guan Zai investigate what had happened at Chenglong Pass.

Zuo Qing ordered Mr. Guan to investigate a returning unmanned ship and reassigned the Mask Squad to help train Night Watchmen recruits. Meanwhile, Mirror Calamity infiltrated Chenglong Pass and began planning to disable its defenses and slaughter its occupants.

• Zuo Qing explained to Chen Moyu that Great Xia faced growing threats from the divine kingdoms and ordered him to summon Mr. Guan to investigate the possible disaster-grade Beast Tide.
• Chen Moyu showed Zuo Qing the expanded Night Watchmen recruit list, and Zuo Qing ordered the Mask Squad to serve as temporary instructors while he personally oversaw Jialin Pass.
• At Chenglong Pass, Lu Qiu instructed his companion to check the equipment and keep watch while they waited for Mr. Guan to arrive.
• Mirror Calamity explored Chenglong Pass through the Mirror World and judged its defenses and stationed Night Watchmen weak.
• Mirror Calamity planned to cut off communications, seize control of the pass’s automated systems, and kill its occupants, then vanished toward a building.

Lin Qiye tried to recruit the captured Thunder Beast as a hospital orderly but needed to raise its fear of him. He devised a way to use Wangcai to frighten the tiny, cat-sized divine beast and left them together in its cell.

• Lin Qiye found the Thunder Beast imprisoned in the Psychiatric Hospital of the Gods and saw that he could recruit it if its fear level reached 60, though it was only 23.
• Lin Qiye struggled to think of how to make the Thunder Beast fear him and left the underground prison for the courtyard.
• Lin Qiye saw Wangcai returning from toilet-cleaning duty and came up with a plan.
• Lin Qiye brought Wangcai to the Thunder Beast's cell, suspended its department-head position, and ordered it to train the Thunder Beast.
• Lin Qiye tossed Wangcai into the cell, where it faced the bristling Thunder Beast and invited it to have fun together.

Wangcai used Dream Divergence to terrify the Thunder Beast, raising its fear of Lin Qiye’s group. As Lin Qiye and the Nightfall Squad approached Great Xia, they discovered a massive gathering of Mysteries near the border, while Chenglong Pass’s communication towers were destroyed in a suspected human attack.

• Wangcai dragged the Thunder Beast into Dream Divergence, frightening it until its fear value reached 30.
• Lin Qiye and the Nightfall Squad traveled through the mist and detected hundreds of Mysteries gathered near Great Xia’s border.
• An Qingyu suspected a god had deliberately drawn the Mysteries together, and Lin Qiye ordered the group to hurry toward Great Xia.
• An explosion destroyed Chenglong Pass’s communication towers, and Lu Qiu concluded that humans with communications expertise were responsible.
• Lu Qiu considered the possibility of a traitor but doubted anyone stationed at Chenglong Pass could have left their post unnoticed.

Lu Qiu and the Night Watchmen discovered that a silver-robed Oracle Envoy had infiltrated Chenglong Pass and destroyed its main control room. Guan Zai arrived to confront the Klein-realm attacker, froze his mirror weapons, and stopped an invisible javelin inches from himself.

• Lu Qiu realized an unmanned ship had likely enabled the infiltration and led the Night Watchmen toward the main control room.
• The Oracle Envoy destroyed the main control room, emerged through a mirror, and attacked the Night Watchmen with giant mirror blades.
• Guan Zai arrived and froze the mirror shards in midair, prompting Lu Qiu to recognize him with relief.
• The Oracle Envoy launched a concealed mirror javelin at Guan Zai, who used code to stop it and lock its position.

Guan Zai defeated the silver-robed Oracle Envoy at Chenglong Pass, but discovered that Mirror Calamity had escaped through a mirror into the Mirror World. As Guan Zai left to seek help tracking him, Lu Qiu warned that a communications failure could leave Great Xia helpless during another Beast Tide, and the chapter ended with an expert asking whether the gods would protect the country.

• Guan Zai reversed the mirrored javelin's course and doubled its kinetic energy, pinning the silver-robed Oracle Envoy in the crater.
• Guan Zai checked the area's history logs and realized Mirror Calamity had escaped through a mirror into another world.
• Guan Zai told Lu Qiu and the others that he would seek someone who could track Mirror Calamity in the Mirror World, then left Chenglong Pass.
• Lu Qiu ordered the communications tower and central control room repaired within three hours, warning that a communications blackout could be disastrous if a Beast Tide struck.
• Lu Qiu explained that a previous Beast Tide could have destroyed seven coastal cities and killed millions without King Mask's warning, and a military expert asked whether Great Xia's gods would protect it.

As the group returned toward Great Xia, Baili Pangpang revealed that he had arrived in Takama-ga-hara’s Human Circle more than fifty years before the others and had been preserved by the meditation cushion. He recounted his travels across Japan and how a mysterious whisper eventually led him to the ruins where he woke in the club.

• Lu Qiu ordered the experts at Chenglong Pass to repair the communications system within three hours and refused to rely on the Great Xia Gods.
• Lin Qiye and his companions neared Great Xia as Baili Pangpang anticipated recognition for their mission in the Human Circle.
• Lin Qiye asked Baili Pangpang about his arrival in Japan, and the group realized he had landed in the Human Circle more than fifty years before them.
• An Qingyu and Lin Qiye suspected that the River of Aurora in the meditation cushion had slowed Baili Pangpang’s passage through time.
• Baili Pangpang described traveling across Japan, evading Oracle Envoys, and taking a Calamity Blade he could not draw.
• Baili Pangpang followed a persistent whisper to a palace in the ruins and later woke in the club beside Lin Qiye’s note.