Recaps

Lin Qiye destroyed Olympus and faced the consequences of the battle, while An Qingyu remained in his custody and pursued a way to revive Jiang Er. The arc ended with An Qingyu opening the Gate of Truth and offering it anything in exchange for Jiang Er’s return.

• Xia Simeng died in Lin Qiye’s arms, and he rallied the Night Watchmen and Human Apexes to hunt the gods who had tortured her.
• Lin Qiye, Hu Jia, Shen Qingzhu, and Yurina Takishiro defeated Poseidon, Dionysus, Hades, and Apollo, then Lin Qiye declared Olympus doomed and protected Nyx’s Origin.
• Nine Lovecraftian Gods ambushed the returning fleet, but Zhou Ping’s sword strike killed three pursuers, and Lin Qiye captured An Qingyu in the Psychiatric Hospital of the Gods.
• Lin Qiye punished Destiny Monk for treating ordinary lives as expendable, then learned Zhou Ping could draw his sword only three more times because his body was failing.
• An Qingyu stayed at the hospital and explained the Time Maze to Lin Qiye, while eleven agents emerged from a Shennongjia hidden realm and King Mask returned with Lu Wuwei and a scrap of Nyx’s skirt.
• An Qingyu escaped the hospital by exchanging bodies with Yu San through the Gate of Truth, as Lovecraftian Gods attacked Great Xia’s six War Passes.
• Lin Qiye followed An Qingyu to Erhai Lake, where An Qingyu opened the Gate of Truth and offered it anything in exchange for sensing where Jiang Er had dissolved and bringing her back.

Lin Qiye entered Cthulhu’s nest as An Qingyu’s hostage, then traveled to Antarctica to find the Time Maze and seek Nyx. He reached the remnants of the Gate of Truth and learned that Nyx had entered it to resurrect her children, then tried to open it.

• The Gate of Truth took An Qingyu’s emotions and restored only a fragment of Jiang Er, while Lin Qiye warned that its price might cost An Qingyu his life.
• An Qingyu took Lin Qiye hostage and carried him into Cthulhu’s nest, where Lin Qiye woke in a recreated Capital City Courtyard.
• Lin Qiye infiltrated Divine Lust Heaven’s search for the Time Maze, then watched the Hidden Gods ambush the group and confronted No. 22 at the maze entrance.
• Lin Qiye mapped the maze’s shifting times and joined Lina Perin, who explained that the maze led toward the remains of the Gate of Truth.
• No. 22 persuaded Vishnu to hunt Lin Qiye, and Vishnu pursued Lin Qiye and Lina through the Time Shards until they escaped by following Lin Qiye’s sword marks.
• Lin Qiye and Lina found the maze’s Safe Passage in the Light Cone above the shattered gate, where they encountered Athena and Artemis.
• Artemis and Athena told Lin Qiye that Nyx had entered the Gate of Truth to resurrect her children and that they had failed to open it for nearly four years.
• Lin Qiye presented Nyx’s Night Origin and poured his strength into the Gate of Truth with his Mortal Divine Domain.

Lin Qiye gained the Dark Law inside the Gate of Truth, survived An Qingyu’s betrayal, and destroyed Divine Lust Heaven with his allies. Back in Great Xia, he secured approval for the Winter Plan and learned the Hidden Gods had fallen, while the struggle with Nyarlathotep continued.

• Lin Qiye entered the Gate of Truth with Athena and Artemis, found young Nyx controlled by the remnant, and killed her to obtain the Dark Law.
• As Lin Qiye struggled to fuse the Dark and Miracle Laws, Nyx emerged from her cracked sphere and fought Vishnu, while An Qingyu used the King's Scepter to shift the battlefield to the Time Shard.
• An Qingyu turned on Lin Qiye to seize the King's Scepter and revive the Key of Doors, but Lin Qiye drove him off and reunited with Nyx, Athena, and Artemis.
• Lin Qiye and his allies killed Divine Lust Heaven’s gods, then traveled to destroy the remaining realm as Jinian joined the attack and became a god.
• Jinian and Lin Qiye destroyed Divine Lust Heaven, defeated its Seat Master, and found the corrupted Life Origin, which Lin Qiye sealed inside the Dark Origin.
• Lin Qiye brought Nyx and Jinian’s reinforcements to Great Xia, where the Winter Plan passed its seventh vote, then agreed to let Lina stay after she reported the Hidden Gods’ destruction.
• At the Qilian Mountains, Nyarlathotep killed Yu San while demanding Lin Qiye’s release, and Lin Qiye arrived and told Li Yifei to lock the door so he could try killing Nyarlathotep again.

Lin Qiye confronted the Lovecraftian Gods, dispersed the Mist, and learned that his identity was tied to the universe’s will. After returning to Team 136 and setting out into space to seek answers, he watched a civilian expedition discover Chenglong Pass and its crucified gods.

• Lin Qiye entered the corrupted universe in Ward Four, learned the name Azathoth from its voices, and later heard Chaos speak of Lord Azathoth before Chaos completed his treatment and left the hospital.
• An Qingyu challenged Chaos for leadership of the Lovecraftian Gods, while Lin Qiye explored the hidden factory and found preserved specimens and Jiang Er’s messages about the lair.
• Lin Qiye and Jinian destroyed the Black Goat’s hatchery with the Star Annihilator Cannon, and Zhou Ping’s sword strike helped them escape as Jinian explained Azathoth’s place among the Outer Gods.
• Chloe activated the Second Sacred Covenant, and Lin Qiye used it to disperse the Mist before restoring life across Earth and summoning the Primal God Temple to drive off the Black Goat.
• Dark Ancestor told Lin Qiye that he was the universe’s will, or part of it, and advised him to journey into the depths of the universe for answers.
• Lin Qiye returned to Great Xia, met Chloe, and chose not to pursue public faith in the gods before spending a final night with Team 136.
• Lin Qiye left Earth for deep space, used his remaining treatment draw to gain The Instigator, and then watched civilian expedition teams discover a silver island and the fortress Chenglong Pass.
• Lin Qiye called Wu Quan after a livestream revealed thirteen crucified divine corpses at Chenglong Pass, and Wu Quan appeared on the wall to disperse the storm before vanishing.