Chapter Summaries

The Ninth Seat revealed that he had infiltrated the Believers to undermine the Ancient God Church, but the Whisperer overpowered him and ordered Shen Qingzhu to kill him. Shen Qingzhu exploited the Whisperer’s suppressed personalities to strike him with the Black Ring, then burned his body as the nightmare space began to collapse.

• The Ninth Seat revealed that he had spent eleven years monitoring the Whisperer and secretly warning Team 008, but the Whisperer’s nightmare powers let him crush the Ninth Seat.
• The Whisperer ordered Shen Qingzhu to kill the Ninth Seat and promised him the position of the Believers’ First Seat.
• Shen Qingzhu shouted about catching jellyfish, triggering the Whisperer’s suppressed personalities to answer him.
• Shen Qingzhu hurled the Black Ring at the Whisperer, and its soul blade pierced his heart and severed his soul.
• Shen Qingzhu burned the Whisperer’s body to stop his Mental Power from reaching the altar as the nightmare space fractured.

Shen Qingzhu and the Ninth Seat survived the nightmare, and the Ninth Seat revealed that he had known Shen Qingzhu was an undercover agent and protected his cover. As the battlefield returned to view, The Whisperer’s death unraveled the Third Seat’s Soul Contract and powers, driving him to threaten everyone before his own end.

• The Ninth Seat told Shen Qingzhu that he had spotted his undercover identity and deliberately covered for him.
• The nightmare shattered, and Shen Qingzhu and the wounded Ninth Seat rose into the airborne battlefield.
• Lin Qiye and Baili Pangpang stopped the Third Seat’s metal attacks and cut apart the fragments raining from the sky.
• The Third Seat felt his Soul Contract unravel and his soul wither, realizing The Whisperer had died.
• The Third Seat accused Shen Qingzhu of killing The Whisperer and, as his powers collapsed, vowed that none of them would live.

The Third Seat’s sacrifice activated the Nether God Altar, summoning Osiris and his Netherworld Death Realm over Lintang. As Osiris challenged the Great Xia Gods, Zhou Ping appeared and confronted him.

• The Third Seat crashed into the altar, and his blood activated it despite Lin Qiye and the others trying to stop him.
• A black pillar of light rose from the altar, and the Netherworld Death Realm formed upside down over Lintang.
• The Ninth Seat explained that the Ancient God Church had used the altar to summon Osiris and revealed that the Wind Vein Earth Dragon had brought it to Lintang.
• Osiris emerged in the Netherworld Death Realm and demanded to know where the Great Xia Gods were.
• Zhou Ping appeared before Osiris and challenged whether he was worthy of the Great Xia Gods’ attention.

After Osiris appeared in Lintang City, Ye Fan warned Zuo Qing that the Great Xia gods were occupied repairing the Heavenly Court and humanity might have to face a God War alone. Zhou Ping fought Osiris in the Netherworld Death Realm, but Osiris began pulling the souls of the dying from the city before a silver sphere with six rings appeared.

• Zuo Qing brought Ye Fan news that Osiris had been summoned directly to Lintang City, and Ye Fan explained that the Great Xia gods could not intervene while repairing the Heavenly Court.
• Ye Fan said that one Great Xia God had not joined the repairs and would prevent Osiris from causing much trouble.
• Zhou Ping drew Dragon Elephant and fought Osiris, trading powerful sword strikes with the Underworld God in the Netherworld Death Realm.
• Lin Qiye, Baili Pangpang, and Cao Yuan watched Zhou Ping battle Osiris and realized how powerful their teacher was.
• Osiris used his Power of Law to tear the souls of people nearing death from their bodies, but a silver sphere surrounded by six spinning rings appeared in the sky.

Emperor Fengdu intervened when Osiris tried to seize Great Xia’s souls, joining Zhou Ping to fight him. He reclaimed control of the Fengdu Shards in Osiris’s Netherworld Death Realm and killed him with the Six Paths of Reincarnation.

• Emperor Fengdu arrived and declared that Great Xia’s laws forbade Osiris from seizing souls whose lifespans had not ended.
• Emperor Fengdu attacked Osiris with the Six Paths of Reincarnation while Zhou Ping struck with the Dragon Elephant Sword, wounding Osiris.
• Osiris used the Netherworld Death Realm to shield himself from the silver rings and claimed Emperor Fengdu’s laws could not reach him there.
• Emperor Fengdu sat on his imperial throne and used its laws to reclaim control of the Fengdu Shards within Osiris’s domain.
• The Netherworld Death Realm’s defenses failed, and the three silver rings severed Osiris’s head.

Emperor Fengdu and Zhou Ping killed Osiris, and Emperor Fengdu reclaimed the stolen Fengdu Shard and absorbed Osiris’s Netherworld Death Realm. As Zhou Ping returned to Lin Qiye’s group, conspirators at the northern border concluded that Great Xia’s other gods might be absent and continued their plans around a dark altar.

• Emperor Fengdu absorbed Osiris’s Netherworld Death Realm, reclaimed the Fengdu Shard, and sealed Osiris’s corpse in a Black Coffin.
• Zhou Ping left Emperor Fengdu and returned to the manor, where Lin Qiye’s group realized Osiris had died.
• Zhou Ping greeted the group, told Shen Qingzhu he had spared him by cutting only the altar, and urged him to take the badly injured Ninth Seat for treatment.
• At the northern border, a woman and an old man learned Osiris had been killed by Zhou Ping and Emperor Fengdu.
• The old man reasoned that Great Xia’s other gods might be absent, then looked toward a complete black altar in a shattered valley.

After the battle with Osiris, Zhou Ping explained that humanity’s strongest fighters could not slay gods because humans had never wielded the power of laws. The discussion ended when Ye Fan called with urgent news from the north and ordered the group to return to the safe house.

• Shen Qingzhu told Lin Qiye and the others that the injured man was out of immediate danger, while Cao Yuan said he expected to break through within days.
• Zhou Ping said his internal injury from Osiris’s divine power could not be treated by modern medicine.
• Zhou Ping explained that Human Apex was the highest realm humanity could reach and that no human had ever wielded laws or slain a god.
• Zhou Ping revealed that Ye Fan believed he could break through humanity’s ceiling, though he did not know why Ye Fan had such faith in him.
• After receiving a phone call, Zhou Ping told Lin Qiye and the others to return to the safe house because Ye Fan would arrive in twelve minutes and something had happened in the north.

Commander Ye told Lin Qiye and the others that the Ancient God Church had awakened Shu, the God of Wind, in Tianhe City while the Great Xia Gods were unable to intervene. Zhou Ping departed with Ye Fan, leaving the team to continue training and face the threat themselves.

• Ye Fan arrived at the safe house to take Zhou Ping away and explained that the Ancient God Church had awakened a second altar in Tianhe City, summoning Shu, the God of Wind.
• Ye Fan revealed that the Great Xia Gods were repairing the Heavenly Court Origin and could not act for at least six more months, making the altar attacks a test by other divine kingdoms.
• Ye Fan told Lin Qiye and the others that defeating Squads 007 and 006 would restore their eligibility for the Fifth Special Squad, and Zhou Ping gave Lin Qiye a Wooden Chopstick holding a thread of his Sword Intent.
• Zhou Ping departed with Ye Fan by helicopter after wishing the team good luck, and Lin Qiye and the others resolved to continue on their own.

An Qingyu invited Jiang Er to join the squad so she would not be left alone in Lintang, and Lin Qiye and the others approved her membership. With Jiang Er accepted, the squad had enough members to become official but was still short one person.

• Jiang Er asked An Qingyu what would happen to her when he left Lintang, and he proposed that she join the squad and travel with them and her coffin.
• An Qingyu reassured Jiang Er that he liked corpses and would be angry if anyone called her unlucky.
• Lin Qiye approved Jiang Er's membership, and Jialan and Cao Yuan agreed; Jialan also reacted excitedly to the pairing of Jiang Er and An Qingyu.
• An Qingyu used Jiang Er's finger to make a fingerprint on her application, and Lin Qiye welcomed her to the squad.
• Jialan asked if they had enough members to become official, and Lin Qiye said they still needed one more person.

After the believers were defeated, Shen Qingzhu visited the Ninth Seat in the hospital before deciding to rejoin Lin Qiye and the others. The chapter ended with Shen Qingzhu asking Captain Lin to let him return to the Night Watchmen team.

• Shen Qingzhu stayed by the Ninth Seat’s hospital bed, and the two discussed his freedom, the Ninth Seat’s survival, and Shen Qingzhu’s reluctance to see important people sacrifice themselves.
• Baili Pangpang, Cao Yuan, Lin Qiye, Jialan, and An Qingyu called for Shen Qingzhu outside the hospital, but security guards drove them away.
• Shen Qingzhu said goodbye to the Ninth Seat and left the hospital, while the Ninth Seat reminded him that he still owed him medical expense reimbursement.
• Lin Qiye and the others waited for Shen Qingzhu, then assumed he had chosen not to return and began walking away.
• Shen Qingzhu appeared by a convenience store after taking the side exit and told Lin Qiye he wanted to rejoin the team.

Zhou Ping learned that Shu had carried half of Anta County and its residents into the Mist, and he set out alone to intercept him before he could reach Egypt’s Heavenly God Temple. He left Ye Fan letters for Teams 007 and 006 and departed on his sword, while Ye Fan remained behind to guard Great Xia.

• Zhou Ping and Ye Fan arrived at Anta County and saw that Shu had taken half the city, including its residents and Fengdu, into the Mist.
• Ye Fan explained that the city’s residents had been knocked unconscious by Shu’s gale and that the stationed Night Watchmen had vanished with the missing half.
• Zhou Ping decided to pursue Shu alone, arguing that the other Pinnacles had to remain in Great Xia and that he was the only one able to recover the city fragment.
• Zhou Ping confronted Ye Fan for choosing him indirectly, then accepted Ye Fan’s reasons and asked him to deliver letters to Teams 007 and 006.
• Zhou Ping asked Ye Fan not to tell his Third Uncle if he failed to return, joked about Lin Qiye’s cooking, and flew into the Mist on his sword.

Lin Qiye discovered that the pug had inherited The Whisperer's Dream Divergence and Klein-realm power after The Whisperer’s death. He made the newly powerful dog a hospital orderly, and it received the number 006.

• Lin Qiye found Belial Klande inside the pug and had the bug control the dog to explain what happened.
• Belial Klande said the pug’s power and intelligence had surged, allowing it to break free and swallow him.
• The pug demonstrated The Whisperer's Dream Divergence by transforming the corridor into a restaurant, and Lin Qiye broke the illusion.
• Lin Qiye realized the pug had inherited Dream Divergence and Klein-realm strength through the otherworldly souls in The Whisperer’s avatar.
• Lin Qiye pressed the pug’s paw onto an indenture contract, binding it as an orderly and giving it the number 006.

Lin Qiye tried to uncover the Ancient Ape’s distress by telling him the story of Journey to the West, and the Ape finally opened his eyes after Lin Qiye left. Meanwhile, Lin Qiye and his companions returned to Huaihai to challenge 007 Squad, whose strength could make the fight difficult.

• Lin Qiye left Belial Krande with the pug, which promptly scooped him into its mouth and carried him toward the restroom.
• Lin Qiye shared rice wine with the silent Ancient Ape and tested different names, noticing a slight reaction when he called him “Monkey Brother.”
• Lin Qiye spent nearly two hours recounting Journey to the West to search for the Ancient Ape’s pain point, then left; afterward, the Ancient Ape opened his eyes.
• On the plane to Huaihai, Shen Qingzhu beat Baili Pangpang, Cao Yuan, and Jialan at mahjong as the group discussed returning and their missing companions.
• Lin Qiye and the others arrived in Huaihai and headed to challenge 007 Squad, whose captain was in the Klein realm and whose vice-captain was in the Infinite realm.

The Nameless Squad arrived at the 007 Squad’s base for a friendly match and learned that the Sword Saint had ordered the team to prepare for them. Lin Qiye discovered that the Sword Saint’s threatening letter had frightened the 007 Squad into arranging an elaborate welcome.

• Cao Yuan said the 007 Squad would trust him because he had once served with them, and the Nameless Squad arrived to find a red carpet and welcome banner.
• Guang Qingsheng greeted Lin Qiye and the others, recognized Cao Yuan, and explained that he knew they were coming because of a letter from the Sword Saint.
• Cao Yuan described the 007 Squad’s heavy workload and strength as the group waited in its reception room.
• Lin Qiye read the Sword Saint’s letter, which ordered the 007 Squad to send seven members to fight fairly and threatened them with terrifying Sword Intent.
• Guang Qingsheng admitted Commander Ye had delivered the letter, and Lin Qiye realized its threat had likely kept the 007 Squad on edge all night.

Lin Qiye and the 007 Squad set out for a sparring match, but a suspected 'Limitless' realm Mystery forced them to turn the contest into a race to kill it. After the 007 Squad rushed ahead, Lin Qiye summoned a Blazing Vein Earth Dragon to give his team a faster way to pursue.

• Lin Qiye and the two teams boarded a bus for a sparring area, where Baili Pangpang tried to give Rolex watches to the 007 Squad and promised gifts after the fight.
• Guang Qingsheng received word of a suspected 'Limitless' realm Mystery in Huaihai City's eastern district and postponed the confrontation.
• Lin Qiye proposed that whichever team killed the Mystery first would win, and Guang Qingsheng agreed.
• Guang Qingsheng described the humanoid Mystery's concealment, mobility, intelligence, and appearance at the grand theater.
• The 007 Squad jumped from the bus and raced ahead, while Lin Qiye summoned a Blazing Vein Earth Dragon for his team.

Lin Qiye’s team investigated the Red-eyed Black Shadow at the Century Grand Theater and watched footage of it possessing an actor before disappearing. An Qingyu concluded that the Mystery was extraordinarily intelligent and behaved like a human.

• Qi Xiaoyu told Han Qing that the Fifth Reserve Team had used an unknown means to reach the eastern district ahead of 007 Squad.
• Han Qing rejected his team’s suggestion to go easy on the Fifth Reserve Team, saying they should test them as whetstones.
• Lin Qiye and his companions entered the sealed Century Grand Theater to investigate where the Limitless-realm Mystery had been sighted.
• The team watched surveillance footage showing the Red-eyed Black Shadow swallow an actor, possess him, dress in a coat and top hat, and vanish after noticing the camera.
• An Qingyu told Lin Qiye that the Mystery was extremely intelligent and behaved like a real person.

Lin Qiye and An Qingyu began searching Huaihai for the intelligent, Limitless-level Mystery while Shen Qingzhu set out to gather information. As 007 Squad pursued the Mystery toward the Southern District, the top-hatted figure tried to evade them by changing its taxi destination from City Hall to the aquarium.

• An Qingyu sent his Rat Tide through Huaihai and planned to search nearby surveillance footage with Jiang Er while Lin Qiye scanned outward with Mental Power.
• Shen Qingzhu took Baili Pangpang with him to handle gathering intelligence about the Mystery.
• Han Qing sent Zhao Kun and Chen Linlin to look up the Mystery’s files, then learned from Qi Xiaoyu that it was moving toward the Southern District.
• Han Qing led 007 Squad in pursuit after Qi Xiaoyu identified a stadium as the only densely populated place along the Mystery’s route.
• The top-hatted figure spotted a surveillance camera, worried that a squad had caught up with it, and took a taxi toward City Hall.
• After arriving outside City Hall, the figure changed its destination to the aquarium and made the driver turn around.

Zhao Kun and Chen Linlin found the identity and history of the Mystery, but Shen Qingzhu and Baili Pangpang knocked them out and took the intelligence. After Zhao Kun reported what he remembered to Han Qing, she revealed that she had received the information from Shen Qingzhu and thanked him.

• Qi Xiaoyu reported that the Mystery had changed direction again as Han Qing's team continued pursuing it.
• Zhao Kun and Chen Linlin found a file identifying the Mystery as a Seer of Secrets with the Forbidden Ruin Eye of Secret Peering, able to foresee the past, present, and future of lifeless objects.
• Shen Qingzhu and Baili Pangpang ambushed Zhao Kun and Chen Linlin, knocked them unconscious, and took Zhao Kun's phone.
• After waking, Zhao Kun told Han Qing about the Seer of Secrets, its appearance in Cangnan twelve years earlier, and its claim to serve a Supreme Being.
• Han Qing thanked Zhao Kun for the intelligence, while her voice changed to reveal that Shen Qingzhu had already passed it to her.

At the Huaihai City Transportation Center, An Qingyu learned how far Jiang Er’s signal-based abilities could reach and began reviewing surveillance footage at maximum speed. Meanwhile, Lin Qiye searched downtown for the Seer of Secrets and headed to the northern district after hearing from An Qingyu.

• Jiang Er explained that, as a ghost, she could affect electronic devices anywhere covered by communications signals, provided she knew their signal codes.
• An Qingyu realized Jiang Er could cripple modern society, but Jiang Er said another powerful guardian watched over the country’s networks and signals.
• An Qingyu had every surveillance feed rewound and set to sixty-four times speed so he could search the footage.
• Lin Qiye learned that his Mental Power had found no trace of the Seer of Secrets in the eastern district and arranged to meet in the northern district.
• Jialan admitted she was holding Lin Qiye tightly because riding the Blazing Vein Earth Dragon made her motion-sick, while Cao Yuan offered to catch her if she fell.
• An Qingyu called Lin Qiye as he traveled through downtown with Jialan and Cao Yuan.

Lin Qiye realized the Seer of Secrets could be countered by avoiding its predictions from inanimate objects, while the Seer entered an abandoned construction site and foresaw 007 Squad’s planned assault. 007 Squad surrounded the building and sealed the site with the Boundless Void Domain.

• An Qingyu told Lin Qiye that the Seer used surveillance cameras to predict 007 Squad’s movements, and Cao Yuan identified Qi Xiaoyu’s ability to track powerful Mental Power fluctuations.
• Lin Qiye considered how the Seer predicted the future through objects and found a way to avoid its precognition.
• The Seer rode a taxi to East Hall Building, warned the driver about a future accident, and entered an unfinished construction site.
• The Seer used its crimson eye to predict 007 Squad’s approach and attacks, but wondered why it could not see the other team.
• Han Qing, Qi Xiaoyu, and the rest of 007 Squad entered the site, confirmed the Seer was inside, and activated the Boundless Void Domain to isolate it.