Recaps

Lin Qiye entered the ruined Gate of Truth and discovered that its remnants were draining Nyx’s power. As he tried to free her, a light fragment manifested a younger, emotionless Nyx who attacked him.

• Lin Qiye used the Seraph’s Mortal Divine Domain to pry open the Gate of Truth, warned Lina to seek Zhou Ping if he did not return within a month, and entered with Athena and Artemis.
• Inside the gate, Lin Qiye realized it was only a remnant and suspected that Nyx had been lured into it under false pretenses.
• Artemis spotted a mass of dead tentacles that had trapped Nyx’s black sphere and were drawing on her Night Law as nourishment.
• Lin Qiye charged at the tentacles with Kusanagi-no-Tsurugi, but a falling light fragment stopped him and revealed a young version of Nyx.
• The young Nyx showed no recognition of Lin Qiye, identified him as an enemy of Olympus, and spread night across the land.

Artemis, Athena, and Lin Qiye faced a young Nyx controlled by the Gate of Truth, whose overwhelming power trapped Athena in a lethal patch of night. Lin Qiye freed Athena and confronted Nyx alone, while Athena and Artemis went to rescue the real Nyx from the starlight tentacles.

• Artemis called out to Nyx, but Athena explained that the Gate of Truth controlled Nyx and that she saw them as enemies.
• Athena attacked Nyx, but Nyx's night and black petals overwhelmed her and kept her from escaping as starlight swords struck.
• Lin Qiye intervened to block a starlight sword and used End King's Law to tear open the night, freeing Athena.
• Lin Qiye sent Athena and Artemis to fight the starlight tentacles and rescue the real Nyx, then prepared to face young Nyx alone.
• Lin Qiye entered the overlapping darkness and attacked, but Nyx dismissed his Divine Realm as she summoned a barrage of starlight greatswords.

Lin Qiye fought Nyx and discovered that absorbing her Night Law accelerated the birth of a law within his Dark Origin. He realized that young Nyx, manifested by the Gate of Truth, could provide far more of that law and looked at her and Shadow Maw as potential sources.

• Lin Qiye clashed with Nyx’s Star Splitter and attacked her with Kusanagi-no-Tsurugi, but her silver bracelet expanded into a defensive ring and repelled him.
• Nyx summoned three Dark Night Meteorfall spheres while Athena tried to help Lin Qiye, but starlight tentacles kept her and Artemis occupied.
• Lin Qiye used the End King's Law and sword strikes to destroy the first meteor, absorbing its Night Law and accelerating the growth of a new law in his Dark Origin.
• Lin Qiye destroyed the second meteor and saw the Dark Origin devour its Night Law, then realized young Nyx could provide a greater amount of it.
• Lin Qiye turned his attention to young Nyx and Shadow Maw, viewing them as nourishment for the law developing within his Dark Origin.

Lin Qiye defeated Nyx by using Transformation Magic and karma to disable her bracelet, then absorbed her laws through the Dark Origin. A fruit of darkness appeared before him, and he reached toward it as Athena and Artemis wondered whether he could wield Dark Law alongside Miracle Law.

• Lin Qiye used the Seraph clone's Transformation Magic to create a causal link to Nyx's silver bracelet, causing it to lose its starry form and fall.
• Lin Qiye struck down Nyx, whose shattered body dissolved into grains of sand that he captured with the Dark Origin.
• Athena was shocked that Lin Qiye had killed the young Nyx, while Artemis sensed that he was nearing Dark Law and questioned how he could possess two laws.
• A crack opened in the Dark Origin and produced a small black fruit that swallowed the surrounding light.
• Lin Qiye stared at the fruit and slowly reached toward it, wondering whether it was Dark Law.

Lin Qiye seized the Dark Law, and the conflicting powers of darkness and light overwhelmed him as he hurled Kusanagi-no-Tsurugi toward Athena and Artemis. The sword broke through the Gate of Truth’s tentacles and damaged Nyx’s sphere, while Lin Qiye vanished into an unstable black sun and the gate opened onto the Time Shard.

• Lin Qiye grasped the Dark Law, and its power clashed painfully with the Seraphim Divine Power inside him.
• Seeing Athena and Artemis trapped by the Gate of Truth’s tentacles, Lin Qiye infused Kusanagi-no-Tsurugi with both divine powers and threw it toward them before losing consciousness.
• Kusanagi-no-Tsurugi cut apart the tentacles and pierced Nyx’s black sphere, leaving cracks in its surface.
• Athena rescued the drained Artemis and realized Lin Qiye had vanished, replaced by an enormous, unstable black sun.
• The Gate of Truth opened onto the Time Shard instead of the Safe Passage, and Vishnu sensed something among the boulders.

Vishnu and No. 22 entered the Gate of Truth and found Lin Qiye attempting to fuse the Dark and Miracle Laws. As Vishnu attacked him and Athena, a woman wielding Kusanagi-no-Tsurugi emerged from the darkness and challenged Vishnu’s claim to be the Sole Supreme.

• The Gate of Truth opened, and Vishnu, No. 22, and another Lord God entered, seeking its rumored power to fulfill a request.
• Vishnu found Athena and Artemis among the ruins and recognized Lin Qiye’s Dark and Miracle Laws as he tried to fuse them.
• Vishnu moved to kill Lin Qiye, but Athena and Artemis attacked to stop him.
• Vishnu overwhelmed Athena and No. 22 urged her to submit to his adoptive father, whom they called the Sole Supreme.
• Darkness covered the world, and a woman wielding Kusanagi-no-Tsurugi emerged from a cracked sphere and challenged Vishnu.

Nyx fought Vishnu while No. 22 seized the chance to bargain with the starlit tentacle he believed was the Gate of Truth. The chief god was consumed as No. 22 offered him as a gift in exchange for power greater than Lin Qiye’s.

• Vishnu attacked Nyx, but she emerged unharmed and summoned twelve enormous Dark Night Meteorfall spheres.
• No. 22 and the chief god fled the battle’s aftermath as Vishnu engaged Nyx.
• No. 22 led the chief god to a surviving starlit tentacle and said it could trade power for a price.
• No. 22 shoved the chief god into the tentacles, which drained his divine power, laws, and life force.
• No. 22 offered the chief god to the Gate of Truth and demanded power beyond Lin Qiye’s.

Lin Qiye deliberately returned to the dark world to question the mysterious boy about his identity and the laws within him, but the boy warned that Lin Qiye and Nyx’s group were in danger. On the battlefield, No. 22 faced a choice when a starlight tentacle demanded King’s Scepter in exchange for power.

• Lin Qiye woke in the dark world and told the boy he had deliberately let the Miracle Law and Dark Law clash so he could meet him.
• Lin Qiye questioned the boy about his identity and the Uncaused Cause and Fruit of Predestination, and the boy directed him to seek answers from his Second Sacred Covenant.
• The boy warned Lin Qiye that he and Nyx’s companions were in danger, so Lin Qiye used his divine power in the Mortal Divine Domain to leave.
• On the battlefield, a starlight tentacle pointed to King’s Scepter and offered No. 22 power in exchange for it.
• No. 22 considered surrendering the scepter but worried that the tentacle might take it without honoring the bargain.

No. 22 tried to offer the King's Scepter to the Gate of Truth, but Yu Yi stole it and transferred control to An Qingyu. An Qingyu defeated No. 22, copied the heart fragment that let him use the scepter, and declared that No. 22 was no longer its only user.

• No. 22 pulled the King's Scepter from his body and reached toward the starlit tentacle, but Yu Yi snatched it away.
• Yu Yi transformed as An Qingyu's soul transferred into him, and An Qingyu struck No. 22 with a blow that tore a huge hole in his chest.
• No. 22 accused An Qingyu of luring Divine Lust Heaven to the maze with false information about the Gate of Truth, then attacked him with phantom snakes.
• An Qingyu resisted the snakes, froze No. 22, and examined his stitched body, prompting No. 22 to beg for his life and offer to help use the scepter.
• An Qingyu cut a fragment from No. 22's heart, copied its aura, and activated the King's Scepter before telling No. 22, "Now, you are not."

An Qingyu used the King's Scepter to drain Nyx and Vishnu of their divine power, revealing that Vishnu had allied with the Lovecraftians. He then spread the stolen power through the world behind the Gate, transporting everyone back to the Time Shard as the Gate of Truth ruins disappeared.

• Nyx attacked Vishnu until a Golden Scepter began absorbing divine power from across the battlefield.
• An Qingyu revealed himself as the wielder of the King's Scepter, and Vishnu held Nyx back while the artifact drained them both.
• Vishnu explained that he had allied with An Qingyu after learning the true balance of power and deciding he could not side with Great Xia.
• Nyx ran out of divine power and landed, while An Qingyu judged the scepter's charge sufficient.
• An Qingyu drove the King's Scepter into the ground, spreading divine-power patterns through the world behind the Gate and shifting everyone onto the Time Shard.

An Qingyu moved the Gate of Truth’s wreckage, and the darkness from the damaged black sun let Lin Qiye attack Vishnu while Vishnu’s divine power was drained. An Qingyu intervened to save Vishnu from a fatal strike, but Lin Qiye turned on him and trapped his King’s Scepter in a dark mire.

• An Qingyu used a spatial restriction to move the Gate of Truth’s wreckage, while Vishnu prepared to kill the weakened Nyx.
• The damaged black sun released darkness, and Lin Qiye took Kusanagi-no-Tsurugi from Nyx and attacked Vishnu from concealment.
• Lin Qiye wounded Vishnu twice and nearly struck his heart, but An Qingyu knocked the fatal blow aside, leaving Vishnu with a shoulder wound.
• An Qingyu confronted Lin Qiye, who split the darkness with his sword and forced An Qingyu to retreat to the boundary of light and shadow.
• An Qingyu swung the King’s Scepter at Lin Qiye, but Lin Qiye turned the ground beneath him into a dark mire that swallowed the scepter.

Lin Qiye defeated An Qingyu’s body and reunited with Nyx, while learning that An Qingyu planned to revive the Key of Doors and restore the true Gate of Truth. He then found the abandoned No. 22 trapped in ice.

• Lin Qiye and An Qingyu fought over the King's Scepter until a lightning blast knocked it away.
• Lin Qiye learned that An Qingyu had arranged No. 22’s encounter with Vishnu to steal the scepter and seize divine power, and that he intended to revive the Key of Doors.
• Lin Qiye pinned An Qingyu with dark rivets and split his body in two, but realized An Qingyu’s soul had escaped into another avatar.
• Lin Qiye reunited with Nyx, who was relieved he was unharmed, and Athena and Artemis joined them.
• Lin Qiye found No. 22 trapped in ice among the tentacle corpses and pointed out that An Qingyu had abandoned him.

Lin Qiye left No. 22 to Nyx, then led the others in wiping out Divine Lust Heaven’s gods and forced Kubera to guide them to the realm. Back in Mirror Strait, his true body sensed a disturbance beyond the Misty Wall as a black-clad figure approached.

• No. 22 offered to betray Divine Lust Heaven, but Lin Qiye refused and left him in Nyx’s hands before going to retrieve Lina.
• Nyx engulfed No. 22 in darkness, and Lin Qiye later found her waiting with reddened eyes and severed limbs nearby.
• Lin Qiye, Athena, and their allies slaughtered Divine Lust Heaven’s gods, sparing only Kubera and ordering him to lead them to Divine Lust Heaven.
• In Mirror Strait, Lin Qiye sensed a thunderous disturbance beyond the Misty Wall as the fog parted and a black-clad figure approached his courtyard.

Lin Qiye reflected on his narrow victory over An Qingyu, who rested in the courtyard after moving the Gate of Truth's remains. At Utopia, Gary reunited with the injured, seasick Charles, who began explaining how the Night Watchmen found Divine Lust Heaven.

• An Qingyu told Lin Qiye that he would awaken the Key of Doors later, then went to rest in the courtyard.
• Lin Qiye decided not to attack An Qingyu and replayed their recent Chess Game while placing stones beneath the maple tree.
• At Utopia, Gary learned that the Shang Xie Association had rescued Charles and his companions from their sunken Explorer Ship.
• Charles greeted Gary, explained that the survivors were injured and severely seasick, and thanked the Shang Xie Association for saving them.
• Charles told Gary that the Night Watchmen had investigated Divine Lust Heaven under Commander Lin's orders and located its nest.

Jinian emerged from seclusion after becoming a god and learned that Divine Lust Heaven had attacked Charles and his companions. She ordered Utopia to change course and head for their nest so she could help Charles get revenge.

• Charles told the knight that a god from Divine Lust Heaven had ambushed them and destroyed their Explorer Ship.
• The knight led Charles and the others through Utopia to visit Jinian, who had been secluded in a warehouse.
• A deep-blue beam erupted from the warehouse as Jinian became a god, shaking Utopia before she reassured its residents.
• Jinian emerged, mistook Charles and the others for new recruits, and heard Charles explain why they had come to thank her.
• After learning Divine Lust Heaven had pursued Charles, Jinian ordered Utopia to head for its nest so she could test her new powers and help him get revenge.

Lin Qiye reunited with Nyx and gave her Olympus Origin after revealing that he had killed Zeus and the other chief gods. As the group headed for Divine Lust Heaven, An Qingyu woke at Mirror Strait and found that Lin Qiye had not acted against him.

• Lin Qiye chose to destroy Divine Lust Heaven on the way back to Great Xia, while Nyx decided to accompany him and Lina returned to the Hidden Gods.
• Lin Qiye gave Nyx Olympus Origin and told her that Zeus, Kronos, Poseidon, and the other chief gods were dead.
• Nyx thanked Lin Qiye, and he told her what had happened to Merlin and the other former patients of the Psychiatric Hospital of the Gods.
• Lin Qiye, Nyx, Athena, Artemis, and Kubera flew toward Divine Lust Heaven as Lin Qiye offered to recount the intervening years.
• An Qingyu woke after resting at Mirror Strait, noted that his soul pain had eased, and found no sign that Lin Qiye had opened the door or acted against him.

Lin Qiye and An Qingyu played what they called their last chess game, but An Qingyu left before it was finished, saying the larger contest lay beyond the board. Lina reached the Hidden Gods’ headquarters and found the divine kingdom destroyed and its inhabitants dead.

• Lin Qiye challenged An Qingyu to a true chess game, and An Qingyu warned that victory would not be decided by the moves on the board.
• An Qingyu left through the Misty Wall, saying he would keep making moves in the contest outside.
• Lina rode Fenrir through a volcanic crater into the Hidden Gods’ hidden pocket space.
• Lina and Fenrir found the ruined headquarters littered with corpses covered in mucus bearing the scent of Cthulhu gods.
• Lina realized that the Hidden Gods were gone.

Jinian led the Shang Xie Association in an attack on Divine Lust Heaven, using her Star Annihilator Cannon to destroy its sentries and the Holy Lord’s temple. As the Lesser Gods closed in, she turned the surrounding land and palaces into a pixel world.

• The Seat Holder worried that the Holy Lord and the others had not returned, but an attendant persuaded him to use the Forbidden Fruit in secret.
• A blast shook Divine Lust Heaven, and a Lesser God told the Seat Holder that the Shang Xie Association had destroyed the sentries and reached the palace entrance.
• Jinian showed Charles and the others her Star Annihilator Cannon, explaining that she could only use a fraction of its power.
• Jinian fired the cannon at the central palace and reduced the Holy Lord’s divine temple to ashes.
• The Lesser Gods attacked Jinian and her companions, and Jinian broke the land and palaces within ten miles into pixels, drawing the attackers into a pixel world.

Jinian slaughtered Divine Lust Heaven’s Lesser Gods while Charles and the others watched, then Lin Qiye arrived as the Seat Holder faced the approaching threat. Jinian introduced Charles as her brother, and Lin Qiye thanked her for rescuing his people.

• Jinian used a pixel storm and hidden miniature bombs to kill the Lesser Gods, stunning Charles and his companions.
• Jinian searched the ruins for Divine Lust Heaven’s Chief Gods and Holy Lord, while the Seat Holder worried that he could neither fight her nor escape.
• A terrifying ink-black night spread over Divine Lust Heaven, and Jinian recognized the approaching aura.
• Lin Qiye emerged from the darkness, and Charles rejoiced to see his Commander arrive.
• Jinian called Charles her brother and said the Night Watchmen and Shang Xie Association were one family, while Charles struggled to get free of her grip.

Lin Qiye and Jinian joined forces to eliminate the last remaining main god of Divine Lust Heaven. Jinian blasted the Seat Master with the Star Annihilator Cannon, leaving his fate unresolved.

• Lin Qiye reunited with Jinian and told her that the Holy Lord was dead and only the Seat Master remained.
• The Seat Master tried to flee while dragging a maid along, but Lin Qiye and Jinian arrived at the palace entrance.
• Lin Qiye revealed the King's Scepter, making the Seat Master realize that No. 22 had been killed.
• The Seat Master attacked and attempted to escape, but Jinian caught him and Lin Qiye used End King's Law to stop his flame-form escape.
• Jinian aimed the Star Annihilator Cannon at the Seat Master and fired.

After destroying Divine Lust Heaven, Jinian and Lin Qiye discovered a corrupted Life Origin hidden in a cave beneath the island. Lin Qiye decided to take it rather than destroy it.

• Jinian destroyed Divine Lust Heaven with the Star Annihilator Cannon, and Lin Qiye sensed a strange aura nearby.
• Jinian and the others followed Lin Qiye to a cave, where they found a pale pink sphere inside a vast hollow beneath the mountain.
• The sphere affected Charles and the knights with overwhelming primal desire, but Lin Qiye shielded them from its influence.
• Lin Qiye identified the sphere as the Life Origin, whose reproductive power had been unnaturally amplified, and suspected the Holy Lord had used it to ensnare gods.
• Jinian suggested destroying the corrupted Origin, but Lin Qiye said he wanted to take it.

Lin Qiye secured the Life Origin and persuaded Jinian to bring Utopia and the Shang Xie Association to Great Xia for safety. At Night Watchmen Headquarters, Shen Qingzhu defended the Winter Plan against officials who considered it too drastic.

• Lin Qiye sealed the Life Origin with the Dark Origin so its aura could not affect those around him.
• Lin Qiye urged Jinian to move Utopia to Great Xia before the coming war, and she agreed to bring the Shang Xie Association with her.
• Lin Qiye sent Charles and the others to return with Jinian, then reunited with Nyx, Athena, and Artemis and told Nyx he was already married.
• At Night Watchmen Headquarters, Shen Qingzhu held another vote on the Winter Plan as officials questioned its cost and necessity.
• Shen Qingzhu argued that the Cthulhu Mythos posed a greater threat than past enemies and reminded the officials that Night Watchmen had borne the sacrifices that protected Great Xia.

Lin Qiye returned with powerful allies and helped secure approval for the Winter Plan after the seventh vote. He then flew to the Kunlun Mountains, where Destiny Monk sensed his arrival.

• Shen Qingzhu called a break after the sixth vote on the Winter Plan, and Wu Quan questioned why the meeting was still deadlocked.
• Lin Qiye arrived with Nyx, Jinian, Athena, and Artemis, and Shen Qingzhu hurried off to organize the new reinforcements and supplies.
• Lin Qiye addressed the meeting and called the seventh show-of-hands vote, which passed the Winter Plan with eleven votes in favor.
• Lin Qiye told Nyx he had matters to handle, then flew toward the Kunlun Mountains.
• At the temple, Destiny Monk sensed Lin Qiye's arrival and looked toward the mountain path.

Lin Qiye discussed the approaching Second Sacred Covenant with Destiny Monk, then learned that the Hidden Gods had been destroyed and accepted Lina Perin into Great Xia. He prepared to travel to the Qilian Mountains, with the final battle against the Lovecraftian Gods drawing near.

• Lin Qiye told Destiny Monk about his recent gains and discussed activating the Second Sacred Covenant within the next few days.
• Destiny Monk agreed that Lin Qiye should pursue a risky plan but did not reveal humanity’s chances of victory.
• Min Junliang told Lin Qiye that Lina Perin had arrived at the border seeking to see him.
• Lina told Lin Qiye that the Hidden Gods had been destroyed by the Lovecraftian Gods, and he agreed to let her stay in Great Xia in exchange for her help when needed.
• Lin Qiye ordered a plane to take him to the Qilian Mountains.

Nyarlathotep killed Yu San after demanding that Lin Qiye be released and Great Xia attacked for his entertainment. Lin Qiye arrived too late to save Yu San, then ordered Li Yifei to lock the door so he could try killing Nyarlathotep again.

• Nyarlathotep complained to Yu San that Lin Qiye should be released so he could watch events in Great Xia unfold.
• Yu San insisted that Lin Qiye had to remain imprisoned for the Cthulhu Mythos's ultimate victory, and Nyarlathotep slammed him into a wall.
• Nyarlathotep threatened to destroy everyone and demanded that Yu San tell his original body to release Lin Qiye and attack Great Xia.
• Nyarlathotep decapitated Yu San as Lin Qiye rushed into the room, and Yu San's body and hospital records disappeared.
• Lin Qiye questioned why Nyarlathotep could survive his repeated deaths, then told Li Yifei to lock the door so he could try killing Nyarlathotep again.