Chapter Summaries

Lin Qiye completed the Karma Law, reclaimed his fallen Seraph self’s powers, and became the world’s first god to wield three laws. He rose to the peak of the Supreme God Realm as Night Celestial Venerable and vanished into an attack on the Key of Doors.

• Lin Qiye mastered karma, becoming impossible for the Key of Doors to foresee or track.
• Lin Qiye used Karma Threads to retrieve his fallen Seraph self and reunite its powers with his true body, absorbing the Miracle Law and Dark Law.
• The three laws awakened the Primordial Spirit Embryo, and Lin Qiye broke through to the peak of the Supreme God Realm.
• Shao Pingge, Guan Zai, Chen Han, and Master Chen witnessed Lin Qiye’s transformation, and Master Chen named him Night Celestial Venerable.
• The Key of Doors claimed Lin Qiye still could not defeat it, and Lin Qiye vanished beneath his Crimson Cloak to attack.

Lin Qiye fought the Key of Doors across space and time, using karma and his connection to the universe to resist its powers. He returned to Earth with the Key of Doors and began binding its soul as he demanded An Qingyu’s soul back.

• The Key of Doors folded space and opened the Gate of Truth, but Lin Qiye bypassed the barriers through karma.
• Lin Qiye confronted the giant eye behind the Gate of Truth, and their gazes shattered stars and damaged the eye, weakening the Key of Doors.
• Lin Qiye dragged the Key of Doors into deep space and attacked it, but it froze him with time and reversed the River of Time around him.
• Lin Qiye resisted the reversal, stopped time with End King's Law, and struck from behind the Key of Doors.
• Lin Qiye demanded An Qingyu’s soul back and wrapped the Key of Doors’ soul in Karma Threads before they crashed back onto Earth.

Lin Qiye learned that the Key of Doors planned to travel into the past and destroy Great Xia, but An Qingyu revealed that it could not return through time. King Mask and the supposedly dead Kronos appeared upstream in the River of Time to confront the Key of Doors.

• The Key of Doors threatened to change the past by concentrating the mist in Great Xia and destroying the other divine kingdoms, while Lin Qiye realized he could not stop it.
• The Key of Doors entered the River of Time and began traveling upstream, but An Qingyu told Lin Qiye that it could not go back.
• King Mask appeared on a boat in the River of Time, concealed from the Key of Doors by An Qingyu's aura.
• King Mask said he had help, and Kronos emerged from behind the boat with the pressure of a peak Supreme God.
• Lin Qiye questioned how Kronos could be alive, and An Qingyu asked whether anyone had seen Kronos's corpse.

An Qingyu revealed that he had prepared a trap to kill the Key of Doors, and Cao Yuan struck the god down from within the Gate of Truth. An Qingyu then entered the gate to devour the Key of Doors, leaving Lin Qiye without an answer about defeating Azathoth or achieving Dimensional Ascension.

• Lin Qiye realized that Great Xia had never found Kronos's corpse, and An Qingyu revealed that he had helped King Mask save Kronos to prepare for killing the Key of Doors.
• King Mask, Kronos, and Merlin joined An Qingyu in trapping the Key of Doors and forcing it off the River of Time, while Lin Qiye and An Qingyu attacked it.
• The Key of Doors fled into the Gate of Truth, where Cao Yuan emerged and struck it with a blade of Malevolent Qi Flames, shattering its soul.
• An Qingyu's soul was drawn toward the Gate of Truth, and he told Lin Qiye he would devour the sleeping Key of Doors and inherit its power.
• Lin Qiye asked An Qingyu how to defeat Azathoth and achieve Dimensional Ascension, but An Qingyu vanished after telling him not to forget himself and promising that they would find him.

After Chaos survived as a ball of flesh, Lin Qiye forced him to explain how to reach Azathoth. Chaos addressed Lin Qiye as the Great Lord Azathoth, awakening a vast connection to the universe that transported Lin Qiye to the Psychiatric Hospital of the Gods.

• Lin Qiye despaired over An Qingyu's disappearance and the seven days remaining before Azathoth threatened Earth.
• Chaos emerged from An Qingyu's abandoned body, and Lin Qiye captured him with Karma Threads.
• Lin Qiye threatened Chaos until he agreed to reveal how to see Azathoth.
• Chaos knelt and called Lin Qiye the Great Lord Azathoth, causing Lin Qiye's connection to the universe to awaken and his surroundings to shatter.
• Lin Qiye regained consciousness in darkness, found a light switch, and discovered he was in a hospital room at the Psychiatric Hospital of the Gods.

Lin Qiye woke in the Psychiatric Hospital of the Gods and learned from Chaos that he was Azathoth, a being who had devoured several universes. As the mad universes recognized him and their darkness joined with him, Lin Qiye’s identity and memories overwhelmed him, leaving him convinced he was Azathoth.

• Lin Qiye found himself trapped in the empty Psychiatric Hospital of the Gods, unable to return to the outside world.
• Chaos appeared and told Lin Qiye that his dream had ended and that he was Azathoth, who had occupied and devoured five universes.
• Lin Qiye struggled with memories that seemed to belong to Azathoth and opened the first ward, where a mad Cosmic Will called out to him by name.
• Lin Qiye opened the remaining ward doors, and darkness from all four mad universes connected to his body.
• Lin Qiye knelt with hollow eyes and eventually declared that he was Azathoth.

Azathoth recalled how he had conquered the higher-dimensional world and created Crawling Chaos, Yog-Sothoth, and Shub-Niggurath to help him devour universes. After consuming four universes, he attacked a far stronger fifth universe, where his servants met powerful resistance and another near-transcendent being stalled them.

• Azathoth remembered killing every native being in the world beyond the barrier and creating Crawling Chaos, Nyarlathotep, to keep him company.
• Azathoth discovered that five Low-Dimensional Energy Aggregates might provide enough energy to escape, and created Yog-Sothoth and Shub-Niggurath to help devour them.
• Azathoth sent Crawling Chaos and the others into four universes to kill their inhabitants while he consumed their energy and Cosmic Wills.
• Azathoth found a fifth universe larger and more powerful than the previous four combined, but Crawling Chaos and the others were defeated by Twelve Powerful Low-Dimensional Entities.
• Azathoth weakened the fifth universe's consciousness until it fell asleep, then sent his recovered servants to attack again, but another being near transcendence delayed them.

Azathoth recalled the battle that had led to his arrival at the Psychiatric Hospital of the Gods, but his memories broke apart as he questioned Chaos. After opening the fifth ward and finding countless universes bearing his aura, he began to doubt his identity and uncovered old knife marks hidden beneath the wallpaper in his room.

• Azathoth remembered that the hospital had pulled him and the remnants of four universes into separate wards during his battle with the Fifth Universe's consciousness.
• Azathoth asked Chaos what had happened before he woke and whether he had devoured the Fifth Universe; Chaos claimed he had, but Azathoth accused it of lying when he could not sense its aura or touch it.
• Azathoth opened the fifth ward and found it packed with countless empty universe shells that carried his aura.
• Azathoth struggled with conflicting memories and doubts about whether he was truly Azathoth, while a treatment progress bar above him fell from 73% to 47%.
• Azathoth tried to carve a message into his ward's wall, but his blow tore away the wallpaper and exposed countless old knife marks.

Lin Qiye recovered his identity and memories after reading the messages he had carved into the ward during countless cycles. He recalled how he used the Psychiatric Hospital of the Gods to trap his will and Azathoth's, and began retracing the struggle that followed.

• Azathoth read the messages covering the ward walls, and his memories returned until he recognized himself as Lin Qiye.
• Lin Qiye's Treatment Progress changed from Azathoth to Lin Qiye at 85%.
• Chaos revealed his hatred of Lin Qiye, who explained that the Fifth Universe's power let his memories resurface and ordered Chaos out of the ward.
• Lin Qiye recalled that the Cosmic Will had separated him from itself to resist Azathoth's assimilation, making his memories and emotions the Fifth Universe's anchor.
• Lin Qiye remembered that he had used the Psychiatric Hospital of the Gods to imprison both his will and Azathoth's in the Sixth Ward.

Lin Qiye completed another dream cycle and exchanged letters with Yelander, learning that their contact had helped him resist Azathoth. He prepared to enter the next cycle, determined to keep assimilating Azathoth’s will until he could restore the Fifth Universe.

• Lin Qiye ignored Chaos’s curses and found Yelander’s letter in the hospital mailbox.
• Lin Qiye read Yelander’s message and wrote back that he remembered who he was and was safe.
• Lin Qiye explained that he was using The Instigator to assimilate Azathoth’s will through repeated dream cycles.
• Lin Qiye recalled how Yelander’s sacred covenant had awakened him and revealed the Gray Layer.
• Lin Qiye sent his reply through the mailbox and looked out at Azathoth’s colossal true body floating before the hospital.

Lin Qiye prepared to enter another dream cycle, creating a manifestation of his own consciousness to keep Chaos in check. Meanwhile, Lingbao Tianzun and Jialan met Yelander in the Gray Layer, where they learned Lin Qiye had replied and chose not to tell him they had survived.

• Lin Qiye saw a burst of spatial turbulence, then returned to the ward and decided to create a manifestation of his consciousness before beginning another dream cycle.
• Lin Qiye pulled a little boy from his brow and insisted that the boy remember he was Lin Qiye, then lay down to enter the dream.
• Lin Qiye's consciousness fell asleep, Chaos collapsed unconscious, and the hospital went silent as the ward darkened.
• Lingbao Tianzun and Jialan arrived in the Gray Layer aboard the Eternal Heavenly Court after the dream cycle ended and discussed how many cycles had passed.
• Yelander gave Lingbao Tianzun and Jialan Lin Qiye's reply, and they chose not to reveal their survival to him until they could reunite face-to-face.

As a new dream cycle began, Lingbao Tianzun and Jialan received a mysterious message warning them to be careful, while Little Qiye knocked Orderly Chaos unconscious to keep the cycle on course. Lin Qiye arrived at the Training Camp and met his new roommate, Baili Tumming, who asked him to call him Pangpang.

• Yelander, Lingbao Tianzun, and Jialan entered the forming dream universe after Lin Qiye fell asleep, and Lingbao Tianzun received a message saying to be careful during the next cycle because help was almost there.
• In the Psychiatric Hospital of the Gods, Lin Qiye sleep-talked while Little Qiye slapped Orderly Chaos unconscious, restoring Chaos of the Three Pillars to its original course in the dream cycle.
• Lin Qiye arrived at the Training Camp, met Instructor Hong, and went to his assigned dormitory.
• Baili Tumming drove away his bodyguards when they tried to replace the dormitory furniture, then introduced himself to Lin Qiye and asked to be called Pangpang.

Lin Qiye relived memories in a dream before awakening, while Chaos’s body was taken over by Azathoth. The crimson force shattered the dreamscape and left Lin Qiye in agonizing pain.

• In Fengdu, a dark crimson figure opened the coffin and was attacked by Bronze Armor until the blue-clad girl stopped them and wrote “Jialan” in his palm.
• Lin Qiye murmured through memories of his past before waking in the hospital room.
• A little boy questioned Lin Qiye’s identity, then pressed his forehead and made him fall unconscious again.
• Chaos opened Its eyes in the corridor, and the little boy rushed out to confront It.
• Chaos caught the boy’s punch and engulfed him in crimson light as the dreamscape cracked apart.
• Lin Qiye awoke in agony and cried out, “Azathoth!!”

After the Key of Doors vanished, Azathoth began awakening and the dream universe started collapsing. Lin Qiye lost consciousness as his allies carried him back to Great Xia, while the Eternal Heavenly Court’s defenders learned that the real battle was taking place in a higher-dimensional universe.

• Guan Zai and the others celebrated the Key of Doors’s death, but red lightning spread across the sky as Azathoth began to awaken.
• Lin Qiye suffered agonizing pain as memories returned and the dream universe collapsed; Jinian carried him onto a pixel vehicle bound for Great Xia.
• A gigantic hand descended toward Lin Qiye, and Nyx, Merlin, Bragi, the Monkey King, and Gilgamesh failed to stop it for more than a moment.
• Lingbao Tianzun, Jialan, and Yelander combined their powers to shatter the World-Ending Hand and protect Earth.
• Yelander explained that Lin Qiye was only a projection and that they could not help him without ascending to the higher-dimensional universe.

Yelander sent Lingbao Tianzun and Jialan through the Ark of the Covenant into the higher-dimensional world to help Lin Qiye. They found Azathoth’s rampaging body and realized Lin Qiye was trapped in a dream, leaving them to suppress Azathoth so he could awaken.

• Yelander revealed that the Ark of the Covenant could send Lingbao Tianzun and Jialan to the higher-dimensional world, but warned that activating it was dangerous and he could not go with them.
• Lingbao Tianzun and Jialan accepted the risk, and Yelander used his Power of Faith to send them through a dimensional storm.
• In the Psychiatric Hospital of the Gods, Azathoth’s consciousness, empowered by red light, overwhelmed Lin Qiye’s consciousness and attacked the little boy.
• Lingbao Tianzun and Jialan arrived at the hospital and identified Azathoth’s true body as the source of the crimson Pollution Power.
• Lingbao Tianzun concluded that Lin Qiye was close to assimilating Azathoth’s power but remained trapped in a dream, so he opened the Primordial Chaos Limitless Cave and charged at Azathoth to suppress Him.

Lin Qiye struggled to escape the collapsing dream world as Azathoth’s backlash weakened his consciousness. Nightfall Squad arrived from the high-dimensional world through the Gate of Truth, and An Qingyu explained how they had followed the dimensional storm to find him.

• Lin Qiye refused Jinian’s offer to take him to the medical department, saying no one there could treat his condition, and tried to force his way out of the dream world.
• Jinian’s pixel brooch produced a ringing toy phone that displayed the message, “We’re here.”
• Knocks from beyond the dream world made the stars reappear and form Nightfall’s insignia as a great stone gateway opened.
• An Qingyu, Cao Yuan, Jiang Er, and Shen Qingzhu emerged from the gate and reunited with Lin Qiye.
• An Qingyu told Lin Qiye that he had mastered the Gate of Truth, traveled through the high-dimensional world, and followed the dimensional storm to find him.

Lin Qiye gathered humanity’s karma into a blade while An Qingyu and the others restrained Azathoth in the high-dimensional universe. After discovering Zhao Zhengbin was Zhao Kongcheng’s son, Lin Qiye faced the apocalyptic presence in the red sky and drew his blade to strike.

• An Qingyu, Cao Yuan, Shen Qingzhu, and Jiang Er joined Jialan and Lingbao Tianzun to restrain Azathoth, but they could not defeat Him without Lin Qiye.
• Lin Qiye ordered Jinian to open the shelters, and people across Great Xia returned to the cities as their karma gathered into a blade in his hand.
• Zhao Zhengbin went to the Cangnan City Night Watchmen agency, recognized his father Zhao Kongcheng in a group photograph, and rushed home with it.
• Lin Qiye caught Zhao Zhengbin as he stumbled, learned Zhao Kongcheng was his father, and recognized their connection as the final karma needed for his blade.
• When the red heavens formed a threatening face, Lin Qiye stepped in front of Zhao Zhengbin, drew his blade, and unleashed a universe-piercing slash.

Lin Qiye destroyed Azathoth, reunited with Jialan and his companions, and created a new Fifth Universe for them to enter. After joining them, he awoke in Cangnan to find Aunt and A Jin restored and his friends waiting, then hurried to Heping Agency to meet the person who had begun his journey.

• Lin Qiye emerged from the hospital after his treatment reached 100%, and he reunited with Jialan and Lingbao Tianzun, whom he welcomed back to the team as Pangpang.
• Lin Qiye used the remnants of countless dream universes and the people preserved in Uncaused Cause to create a true Fifth Universe.
• Cao Yuan, Jiang Er, Shen Qingzhu, Baili Pangpang, Jialan, and An Qingyu entered the new universe before Lin Qiye followed once it stabilized.
• Lin Qiye awoke at home in Cangnan and found Aunt and A Jin alive; A Jin explained that Lin Qiye’s friends had been waiting for him.
• An Qingyu and the others told Lin Qiye that the people lost in the Cangnan incident had been revived, and Lin Qiye rushed to Heping Agency.
• Lin Qiye entered Heping Agency, where his journey had begun.

Zhou Ping struggled through his night shift at a convenience store while Wang Shang used the Eye of Time Sequence to seek a future human champion who might help Great Xia face an impending war with the Olympus Gods. Wang Shang’s vision reached Zhou Ping, who could see and hear him, setting their meeting in motion.

• Zhou Ping agonized over asking Meng Xiang for a loan, then went to his late-night convenience-store shift and hid the scars covering his body while changing into his uniform.
• After Meng Xiang left, Zhou Ping read The Youngest Nephew's Sword during his shift and wondered whether great heroes could exist.
• Ye Fan returned from the mist after killing an Olympus agent and told Wang Shang that the Olympus Gods were preparing to attack Great Xia.
• Wang Shang revealed that he had seen two brilliant stars in the future and agreed to search for the one whose fate would turn in four years, despite the risk of changing history.
• Wang Shang sent his spiritual presence through time and arrived at Zhou Ping’s convenience store, where Zhou Ping saw and heard him.
• Wang Shang introduced himself, and Zhou Ping answered that his name was Zhou Ping.

Uncle Shang sent Ye Fan to find and observe the younger Zhou Ping, whose life in 2012 was marked by severe abuse. After a Seer of Secrets warned Ye Fan that history could not be changed by the Eye of Time Sequence, the Seer delivered the message to a sleeping boy in Cangnan City, Jinian.

• Zhou Ping agreed to let Uncle Shang interfere with his life, saying it had already become ruins, and Uncle Shang contacted Ye Fan for help.
• Ye Fan reached Zhou Ping’s home in Peach Blossom Dock Residential Complex and witnessed Zhou Ping’s drunken parents beating and abusing him.
• A Sea realm Mystery appeared above Zhou Ping’s home, and Ye Fan chased it into Xijin City’s night market.
• The Seer of Secrets warned Ye Fan that the Eye of Time Sequence could not change history and that Zhou Ping’s fate was already decided, then left him a longsword.
• The Seer returned to a luxurious corridor, reported that he had delivered the message, and received a letter addressed to Cangnan City, Jinian.