Chapter Summaries

A catastrophic storm along the East Sea coast drew Zhou Ping, the Sword Saint, to confront Poseidon, who had come to claim the divine artifact Shiva's Grudge. Zhou Ping stood against the sea god and forbade gods from entering Great Xia, leaving their clash about to begin.

• Military personnel spotted a target amid the storm and were ordered not to act.
• Zhou Ping arrived carrying a Long Case and sliced apart two enormous waves with his sword.
• Zhou Ping declared that gods were forbidden in Great Xia, and the sea parted to reveal Poseidon.
• Poseidon identified himself as God of the Sea and challenged Zhou Ping, who named himself the Sword Saint.
• Poseidon demanded Shiva's Grudge be handed over so he could take it to Olympus, but Zhou Ping refused and prepared to fight.

Ye Fan confronted Hades as the underworld god’s deathly darkness spread across Northern Great Xia, while a Mi Tuan delivery rider caught up with Loki near Cangnan City and handed him a box of explosives. The chapter ended with Loki staring at the armed delivery.

• Hades’s darkness killed birds and raised the dead as it spread toward a city in Northern Great Xia.
• Ye Fan blocked the darkness with Buddha’s Light and introduced himself as the Supreme Commander of the Great Xia Night Watchmen.
• Hades demanded Shiva’s Grudge and threatened to turn Great Xia into part of his underworld, while Ye Fan taunted him about the gods’ weakening power.
• A Mi Tuan delivery rider kept pace with a Maybach driven by Loki, identified him as deity number 018, and handed him a pizza box.
• The pizza box opened to reveal a row of explosives, freezing Loki’s expression.

A mysterious man entered Cangnan City seeking Shiva's Grudge after one of his avatars was killed. In Cangnan, the Calamity Raven died, and Chen Muye revealed that he had spent ten years suppressing the dangerous relic; meanwhile, Team 136 discovered that all travel to and from Cangnan had been suspended.

• A man disguised as a backpacking woman transformed and entered Cangnan City, intent on claiming Shiva's Grudge.
• The Calamity Raven died, and Chen Muye told Lin Qiye that its death signaled an Outer God's attention.
• Chen Muye explained that he had kept Shiva's Grudge suppressed for ten years, but its power was growing beyond his control.
• Chen Muye and Lin Qiye agreed to wait while the authorities evacuated civilians and prepare to buy time if Cangnan was attacked.
• Si Xiaonan woke from a nightmare in Shangjing, and Hong Ying comforted her before they prepared to go out.
• Wu Xiangnan, Wen Qimo, and Leng Xuan reported that every route to and from Cangnan had been canceled and that they could not reach Chen Muye.

Lin Qiye sought Merlin’s help with an approaching death tribulation, but Merlin could not see Lin Qiye’s fate clearly and suspected their paths would soon intersect. Lin Qiye realized Merlin might be connected to breaking the tribulation and tried to find a way to advance his treatment, ending by demanding that Merlin reveal the secret of the True World.

• Li Yifei won A Zhu’s work vouchers at mahjong, while Hong Yan bit through the table and swallowed tiles.
• Lin Qiye asked Merlin to divine his future, and Merlin sensed a dim path and an approaching death tribulation.
• Merlin said his fate might soon intersect with Lin Qiye’s and could hold the key to breaking the tribulation.
• Lin Qiye realized Merlin might need to leave the hospital, but his treatment progress had stalled at 41%, nine points short of the threshold.
• After thinking alone for the morning, Lin Qiye confronted the dozing Merlin and asked whether he had found the secret of the True World.

Lin Qiye tried to treat Merlin by extracting his starfish second personality, but Merlin’s soul stopped the summoning after half the personality was pulled free. The extracted half appeared to have ended up inside The Whisperer, who began acting like the starfish as he left the church.

• The Whisperer scolded two men for nearly failing a mission, then struggled to stop himself from talking about catching jellyfish and Krabby Patties.
• At the Psychiatric Hospital of the Gods, Lin Qiye used targeted summoning magic to draw the starfish personality out of Merlin.
• Merlin’s soul disrupted the spell after half the starfish personality had been extracted, raising Merlin’s treatment progress to 62%.
• Lin Qiye wondered where the extracted half of the starfish soul had gone.
• The Whisperer’s body suddenly began running through the church, calling for Patrick and inviting SpongeBob to catch jellyfish.

After Merlin’s treatment progress reached 61%, Lin Qiye drew Transformation Magic and tested how well it could copy people and creatures. He left the hospital and found Cangnan nearly emptied by the evacuation, where a mysterious carriage stopped on Heping Bridge and an elderly voice asked if he was Lin Qiye.

• Lin Qiye drew Merlin’s Transformation Magic, which let him imitate creatures and objects he had seen, including some of their traits.
• Lin Qiye transformed into Li Yifei, A Zhu, and Hong Yan, then discovered he could imitate only abilities below his own realm when he became a Frost Giant Dragon and failed to breathe fire.
• Lin Qiye practiced transforming into his companions while Li Yifei and the others watched, then left the Psychiatric Hospital of the Gods.
• Lin Qiye found Cangnan’s streets quiet as residents evacuated and most remaining residents stayed indoors.
• A carriage sped along the canal, stepped into the air near Heping Bridge, and stopped before Lin Qiye as an elderly voice asked his name.

Master Chen brought Lin Qiye into the inner scenery of his Forbidden Ruin and confronted him about the divine aura and the Blazing Vein Earth Dragon, but said he only wanted to meet and drink tea with him. Outside Cangnan City, Loki decided to force Shiva's Grudge to reveal its location by unleashing enormous humanoid beasts.

• Master Chen invited Lin Qiye into his carriage, where his Forbidden Ruin replaced the city outside with scenery from his heart.
• Master Chen told Lin Qiye that the divine aura and the Blazing Vein Earth Dragon were connected to him, citing traces of dragon blood on his blade.
• Lin Qiye denied responsibility for the divine aura, but Master Chen said he had not come to hold him accountable and only wanted to have tea with him.
• Master Chen offered Lin Qiye twelve kinds of tea, and Lin Qiye pretended to appreciate them despite knowing little about tea.
• Loki surveyed the troops sealing off Cangnan City and decided to make Shiva's Grudge reveal itself rather than risk entering the city.
• Loki summoned enormous humanoid beasts through hollow rifts and ordered them to descend into chaos.

Chen Muye called his former wife and apologized, then turned to face the Frost Giants invading Cangnan City. As the military’s defenses faltered and Phoenix Squad remained missing, the Master arrived and killed more than a hundred giants with a single cup of tea.

• Chen Muye called his former wife, learned that Xiaoyang was waiting for him, and promised to send them money before hanging up.
• The military reported that more than two hundred Frost Giants led by Loki were approaching Cangnan City and that Phoenix Squad had gone missing.
• The Frost Giants overwhelmed the military’s conventional defenses as they advanced toward the city.
• The Master arrived in an intangible carriage, transforming the battlefield with grass and flowers.
• The Master hurled a teacup that became a vast blade of water vapor and decapitated more than a hundred Frost Giants.

Indra attacked Master Chen’s carriage after demanding Shiva’s Grudge, while Loki’s Frost Giants broke through the defenses and advanced toward Cangnan City. At the city’s final checkpoint, Chen Muye confronted the giants alone to protect the people behind him.

• Indra arrived in a pillar of lightning and demanded that Master Chen hand over Shiva’s forbidden artifact, Shiva’s Grudge.
• Master Chen had the page drive the carriage away with Lin Qiye still inside, and Indra pursued them after his lightning strike failed.
• With Master Chen gone, Loki’s Frost Giants crushed the remaining defenses and charged toward Cangnan City.
• Chen Muye stood at the highway toll station, declared that no one could pass, and activated the Boundless Void Domain.
• Chen Muye drew two blades and charged the Frost Giants with Yanluo Hall manifesting behind him.

Chen Muye and An Qingyu fought the Frost Giants at the toll station until Team 136 returned to join them. With Cangnan under threat, Chen Muye accepted that they would face the battle together.

• Chen Muye killed several Frost Giants with his twin blades before the giants overwhelmed him with attacks.
• An Qingyu appeared, helped Chen Muye, and identified the giants’ brow and sixth vertebra as fatal points.
• An Qingyu told Chen Muye that his teammates had arrived, and Hong Ying landed beside them after striking a Frost Giant with her spear.
• Wu Xiangnan, Wen Qimo, Leng Xuan, and Si Xiaonan reunited with Chen Muye after stealing a Boeing 737 and flying it back from Shangjing.
• Leng Xuan said Team 136 should become heroes together, and Chen Muye agreed to fight alongside them.

Team 136 struggled to hold back the endless Frost Giants while the Phoenix Squad arrived to destroy the portals. Loki prepared to enter the battle, but Lu Wuwei intercepted him with a delivery and declared he only needed to hold him back.

• Hong Ying and Wen Qimo revealed that they had broken through to the River realm, helping Team 136 hold off the Frost Giants as more poured through the portals.
• Xia Simeng and the Phoenix Squad arrived by transport plane, assessed the battlefield, and flew toward the portals to destroy them.
• Loki spotted Chen Muye and prepared to teleport into the battlefield, but Lu Wuwei arrived on an Electric Scooter with a pizza delivery addressed to Loki.
• Lu Wuwei introduced himself as an ordinary delivery rider and said he only needed to hold Loki back while Loki summoned an even larger spatial vortex.

Lin Qiye insisted on leaving Master Chen’s mindscape to return to the battle in Cangnan, despite Master Chen’s warning that he was too weak. After Master Chen sent him out, Lin Qiye saw Indra pursuing the carriage and two giant beasts approaching the city.

• Loki revealed Garm and Kraken, two Klein-level giant beasts, and challenged Lu Wuwei as they descended on Cangnan.
• Indra’s lightning tore into Master Chen’s mindscape while Lin Qiye questioned why he was being kept inside.
• Lin Qiye told Master Chen that his family and comrades were in the city and insisted on joining the battle.
• Master Chen agreed to send Lin Qiye out, warning him never to leave Cangnan City’s boundaries.
• Lin Qiye appeared ten li from the carriage and saw Indra hurling lightning at it as it sped away.
• Lin Qiye climbed a nearby high-rise and saw two giant beasts closing in on the city.

Lin Qiye chose to risk his soul by borrowing Merlin’s power to stop the Sea Monster and protect Cangnan. Outside the city, Xia Simeng ordered Phoenix Squad to split up and face both beasts, despite knowing they might not survive.

• Lin Qiye summoned Nyx and Merlin and asked for help against the two Klein-level beasts approaching Cangnan.
• Nyx warned that Lin Qiye’s soul could not bear another god’s power, while Merlin said he could trap the Sea Monster but could scarcely kill it.
• Lin Qiye thought of Team 136 and Zhao Kongcheng, then drove Zhao Kongcheng’s sword into the ground and asked Merlin to lend him his power.
• Xia Simeng and Phoenix Squad fought Garm as Kong Shang reported that the Sea Monster Kraken was heading for the toll station and could not be stopped.
• Xia Simeng ordered Phoenix Squad to split into two groups to face the beasts and advanced toward Garm, declaring that Night Watchmen had to die defending the city if necessary.

Chen Muye tried to face the approaching Kraken alone, but Lin Qiye arrived and sent Team 136 back to safety before confronting the Sea Monster. The chapter ended with Lin Qiye floating at the edge of Cangnan City beneath three enormous black Magic Arrays.

• Hong Ying and the others finished fighting the Frost Giants after the Phoenix Squad destroyed their portal.
• Chen Muye revealed that the Kraken was targeting him for something he carried and tried to lure it away from the city alone.
• Team 136 refused to leave Chen Muye, but he bound everyone except An Qingyu with chains and asked An Qingyu to look after them.
• Lin Qiye appeared, sealed Chen Muye and Team 136, and teleported them to the underground Heping Agency.
• Team 136 reached the roof and saw Lin Qiye facing the Kraken at the edge of Cangnan City beneath three enormous black Magic Arrays.

Lin Qiye trapped the Kraken with three layers of magic, while Loki recognized him as a miracle that might be reaching its limit. As the battle continued elsewhere, Loki’s call awakened something within Si Xiaonan.

• Lin Qiye used Triple Rashomon, Dimensional Banishment, and Eternal Freeze to seal the Kraken inside an icy pyramid.
• Xia Simeng and Kong Shang recognized the presence of a god and suspected the figure sealing the Kraken was Lin Qiye.
• Loki sensed that the Kraken had been stopped, recognized Lin Qiye, and wondered whether the miracle protecting him had reached its limit.
• Lu Wuwei vowed to keep Loki from reaching Lin Qiye, but Loki insisted he could not be stopped.
• Loki’s voice called Si Xiaonan his chosen agent and heir, and she crouched in pain as the others watched the sealed Kraken.

Si Xiaonan revealed she was Loki’s agent and took Shiva’s Grudge after incapacitating Team 136. Leng Xuan confronted her as she tried to leave, and she wounded him, but he still pursued her with a box of photographs.

• Si Xiaonan revealed that she was a Klein-level agent of Loki and that her identity and records as a Night Watchman had been fabricated.
• Si Xiaonan knocked Team 136 unconscious and took Shiva’s Grudge from Chen Muye.
• Leng Xuan confronted Si Xiaonan, arguing that she had grown attached to Team 136 and that she was still their Xiao Nan.
• Si Xiaonan wounded Leng Xuan’s arm and warned him not to stop her again, but he followed her and shattered a metal box against his chest, scattering photographs.
• Si Xiaonan froze when she saw the photographs flying through the air.

Si Xiaonan recovered her memories and told Leng Xuan she had a dangerous plan, while the battle against Garm and Kraken reached its breaking point. As Lin Qiye prepared to make a desperate sacrifice, a massive black hound raced out from the city and stunned him.

• Si Xiaonan saw photographs of Team 136 and remembered her past with the team and the city.
• Leng Xuan comforted Si Xiaonan, promised to face the future with her, and told her he believed her when she revealed she had a dangerous plan.
• Chen Muye woke and found that Si Xiaonan's Unfettered Veil had sealed the aura of the parchment, leaving him to wonder what she had taken.
• As Lin Qiye's ice seal on Kraken began to collapse, Xia Simeng and Kong Shang led the Phoenix Squad in preparing to fight Garm to the death.
• Kraken broke free, and Lin Qiye took out an emblem and prepared to follow the same path as someone before him.
• A massive black hound raced out from the city, interrupting Lin Qiye and drawing the attention of the fighters.

A black vicious dog that looked exactly like Lin Qiye’s Xiao Hei Lai killed Kraken and intimidated Garm. Meanwhile, Si Xiaonan delivered Shiva's Grudge to Loki, who escaped Lu Wuwei and turned his attention toward Lin Qiye.

• The black vicious dog attacked Kraken, tore off its head, and stood over its corpse as Garm retreated in fear.
• Lin Qiye noticed the dog resembled Xiao Hei Lai and put away the emblem he had prepared.
• Si Xiaonan gave Shiva's Grudge to Loki and introduced Leng Xuan as her follower.
• Loki evaded Lu Wuwei’s attempt to touch him by transforming into venomous snakes and reappearing at a distance.
• Loki said he had obtained what he wanted, then fixed his attention on Lin Qiye before leaving.

Lin Qiye saw through Loki’s disguise as Chen Muye, but Loki revealed that he had tricked Lin Qiye into leaving Cangnan. Lin Qiye watched in horror as the city began to disappear.

• Phoenix Squad recognized the black hound as the Howling Celestial Dog as it overwhelmed Garm.
• Chen Muye appeared and claimed Si Xiaonan had defected, but Lin Qiye realized he was an impostor and tried to escape.
• Loki revealed himself as the God of Trickery and explained that he had meant to lure Lin Qiye outside Cangnan.
• Loki told Lin Qiye that he had already left Cangnan by deceiving space, and Lin Qiye saw the city vanishing in golden light.

Cangnan City began disappearing as the ten years sustained by Lin Qiye’s Mortal Divine Domain came to an end. Master Chen explained that the city had originally been erased by Shiva’s Grudge and that Lin Qiye’s power had miraculously rebuilt it, leaving its future uncertain as the Divine Domain faded.

• People across Cangnan City vanished into golden motes, while those disappearing accepted their fate and said goodbye to loved ones.
• Master Chen and his bookboy witnessed the city dissolving, and Master Chen explained that Zeus had sent Gaia to use Shiva’s Grudge to erase Cangnan City and kill a prophesied Blasphemer.
• Master Chen revealed that Lin Qiye had been the sole survivor of the original erasure, protected by a mysterious array formed by three divine artifacts beneath an old house.
• Master Chen explained that Michael made Lin Qiye his proxy and gave him the power to reconstruct Cangnan City and revive its citizens within the Mortal Divine Domain.
• Master Chen said the divine power sustaining the domain had lasted ten years, allowing the citizens’ descendants to exist beyond it, and identified the Mortal Divine Domain as the greatest miracle.