Chapter Summaries

Lin Qiye repeatedly redrew Nyx’s ability with Merlin rewinding time until he landed on the mysterious 1% result, “Unnamed.” After he absorbed the Night Origin, a black cocoon formed around him and his presence vanished from the Psychiatric Hospital.

• Merlin used time magic to rewind ten seconds after Lin Qiye drew Extraordinary Procreation, allowing him to try again.
• Nyx rejected more than thirty draws, including Star Splitter, Dim Eye, Nightfall Descent, and Night Flicker, while Merlin repeatedly rewound time.
• On his forty-second draw, Lin Qiye landed on the roulette’s 1% Unknown section, which the system identified as the unnamed Night Origin.
• Nyx accepted the ability, and Lin Qiye absorbed it, causing black threads to wrap him in a cocoon as he vanished from the Psychiatric Hospital.
• Li Yifei asked why Qiye had turned into an egg, while Hong Yan silently licked her lips.

Nyx arrived as Zhou Ping guarded Lin Qiye’s cocoon, and she revealed that she was Lin Qiye’s mother and meant him no harm. She offered Zhou Ping a way to preserve his consciousness from dissolving into the Dao, leaving him to consider a chance at returning through reincarnation.

• Zhou Ping confronted Nyx with his sword to protect Lin Qiye, but lowered it after she said she was Lin Qiye’s mother and would not hurt him.
• Nyx explained that she was leaving and had come to say goodbye to Lin Qiye and give him a gift.
• As Zhou Ping’s body continued dissolving into the Dao, he set out to pursue the god carrying out the National Destiny Curse, but Nyx told him Great Xia’s national destiny was safe.
• Nyx asked Zhou Ping to stay and make a deal, explaining that she could preserve his consciousness in an eternal slumber and leave open the possibility of his return through reincarnation.

Nyx offered Zhou Ping a chance to join her in taking revenge on Olympus with a god-slaying sword. Lin Qiye emerged from the black cocoon having fused with Nyx’s Night Origin, which gave him the seeds of her abilities and a possible path to nurture his own Law.

• Nyx asked Zhou Ping to help her return to Olympus and avenge her blood debts with a sword capable of slaying gods, and he considered her proposal.
• Black Pupil predicted Lin Qiye would emerge soon, and Lin Qiye broke out of the cocoon with a changed, starry gaze but no obvious increase in strength.
• Merlin sensed Lin Qiye’s transformation, then discovered that his hair had fallen out and lamented his growing bald patch.
• Lin Qiye joined Nyx and Zhou Ping, and Nyx explained that he had fused with the Night Origin and gained the seeds of the abilities she had nurtured.
• Nyx told Lin Qiye the Night Origin could help him nurture a Law of his own and gave him a potential path to godhood.

Zhou Ping sacrificed himself to forge one final sword strike against Olympus, then dissolved into the Dao. Nyx preserved his heart and gave it to Lin Qiye before setting off with Zhou Ping’s sword to settle old grudges.

• Nyx gave Lin Qiye precious soil capable of nurturing Laws, and Zhou Ping agreed to lend her his sword after seeing how much she cared for Lin Qiye.
• Zhou Ping poured his Sword Intent, sword energy, and Sword Law into Praying Abyss, declaring that his final strike would demand justice from Olympus on behalf of Great Xia.
• Zhou Ping dissolved into the Dao, leaving his Sword Intent within Praying Abyss and asking Nyx to cut through Olympus for him.
• Nyx gathered Zhou Ping’s remaining Laws into his heart and sealed it with the Night Law, concealing his soul consciousness from the Sword Law’s perception.
• Nyx gave Zhou Ping’s heart to Lin Qiye and said someone in Great Xia might be able to save him.
• Nyx promised to return to Lin Qiye after settling old grudges, then took Praying Abyss and headed toward Olympus.

After Nyx vanished, Lin Qiye named the Fifth Special Squad Nightfall and discovered that Zhou Ping’s Dragon Elephant Sword had been carrying the shattered city toward Great Xia. As the team welcomed their teacher home, Amon began a curse against Great Xia’s national destiny.

• Lin Qiye named the team Nightfall, and the others agreed to the name.
• Lin Qiye realized that the shattered city was still moving toward Great Xia despite the Wind God’s departure.
• Lin Qiye and the others discovered Zhou Ping’s Dragon Elephant Sword supporting the city and understood that it had been carrying the city home all along.
• Lin Qiye bowed to the sword and welcomed Zhou Ping home.
• Amon activated the National Destiny Curse, sending its power through a dragon vein to attack Great Xia’s national destiny.

Lin Qiye and his companions sensed another god near the mountains and headed toward Great Xia, hoping its Night Watchmen and human apexes could help. Meanwhile, four human apexes fought four foreign gods at sea, while Night Watchmen protected the coast from the battle’s waves; Ye Fan faced Geb as the chapter ended.

• Lin Qiye’s group sensed an evil aura in the mountains, and Lin Qiye determined they were in the East Sea and could not fight the god alone.
• Lin Qiye said they would have to rely on Great Xia’s human apexes and Night Watchmen, and hoped Commander Ye had people ready to receive them.
• Night Watchmen at the South Sea border used their Forbidden Ruins to break apart waves threatening coastal cities as four human apexes battled four gods offshore.
• Ye Fan fought Geb, who gathered floating boulders and stone fragments into a giant hand to attack him.
• Ye Fan expanded into a towering golden Buddha and brought his palms together before Geb.

Lu Wuwei and Guan Zai faced attacks from the Egyptian Ennead gods Nut and Tefnut, while Master Chen confronted Isis inside his carriage. The chapter left Master Chen tense before Isis, who had broken through his absolute defense.

• Nut inverted the world around Lu Wuwei, sending him and his Electric Scooter falling from the sky.
• Lu Wuwei attached two propeller Little Yellow Ducks and hovered toward Nut.
• Tefnut’s rain burned holes into the sea and Guan Zai as it fell around him.
• Guan Zai modified the physics engine to reverse gravity for liquids within ten kilometers, sending the rain upward.
• Master Chen’s carriage absorbed Tefnut’s suspended rain into its Mindscape, and Guan Zai wondered why Master Chen had come to him.
• Inside the carriage, Isis told the nervous Master Chen that she had broken through his absolute defense.

Isis devastated Master Chen’s carriage and overwhelmed Ye Fan as he fought Geb, God of Earth. Just as Ye Fan was trapped between two enormous boulders, a mysterious figure arrived through the mist in a McLaren.

• Isis caused a sprout to grow through Master Chen’s teacup, then covered and shattered his carriage with rapidly growing plants, gravely injuring him.
• Ye Fan attacked Isis, but she overpowered him and left him holding back two island-sized boulders.
• A voice on Ye Fan’s walkie-talkie said, “I’m here,” and a pixelated elevated bridge formed across the sea.
• A dark gray McLaren drove out of the mist, carrying a cloaked figure with silver-white hair toward Isis.

He Lin discovered that the Spear of Judgment and Oath had returned as a silver-haired girl named Jinian arrived to confront Isis and the other gods. Jinian revealed she had planted bombs among their temples and captive humans, leaving the gods facing her threat to destroy their remaining human followers if they invaded Great Xia.

• He Lin felt heat in his palm and saw the Spear of Judgment and Oath mark emerge, realizing that the President had returned.
• Isis destroyed the elevated bridge, but a silver-haired girl drove through the mist, transformed her McLaren into pixels, and stood against her.
• Ye Fan greeted Jinian, who explained that she had been infiltrating Asgard and had made deals with a Loki agent.
• Jinian identified herself to Isis and reminded her that she had led the Shang Xie Association in bombing the Egyptian gods' twelve temples three years earlier.
• Jinian revealed that she had planted bombs in the gods' new temples and in the homes of 727,612 captive humans, then threatened to kill them all if the gods entered Great Xia.

Isis hesitated to retreat as Jinian warned that Set had died and the Wind God had fled, while Ye Fan revealed that Great Xia’s National Destiny Curse would fail. Amon began corrupting Great Xia’s national destiny, but he discovered six radiant figures within its greatest river.

• Isis weighed Jinian’s threat to destroy the Human Circle against the gods’ mission to attack Great Xia, while the other Nine Pillars of God waited for her decision.
• Jinian received a message and told the gods that Set had died to Great Xia’s Sword Saint Zhou Ping and the Wind God had fled with grave injuries.
• Ye Fan suggested the gods were waiting for the National Destiny Curse and declared that their designs on Great Xia’s national destiny would fail.
• Amon spread his curse through Great Xia’s dragon veins and began corrupting its national destiny.
• Amon sensed six radiant figures appearing within the broadest river of destiny.

Amon discovered six human souls within Great Xia’s National Destiny and learned they were Heroic Spirits who had sacrificed their bodies and realms to guard it. The six revealed their identities as legendary Night Watchmen and Evil Suppression Department leaders, then summoned the vast golden dragon of national destiny to face him.

• Amon encountered six figures from different eras walking through Great Xia’s National Destiny and questioned how humans could exist there.
• The young general explained that the six had become Heroic Spirits by refining their bodies into weapons and merging their souls with destiny.
• The six revealed their identities: Wang Qing, Tang Yusheng, Li Kengqiang, Nie Jinshan, Gongyang Wan, and Huo Qubing.
• The Heroic Spirits displayed their broken weapons and summoned a vast golden dragon formed from Great Xia’s National Destiny.

Amon fled Great Xia through a doorway of destiny, but Huo Qubing and the other Heroic Spirits followed him to Egypt, carrying Great Xia’s national destiny. Huo Qubing arrived at the City of the Sun and demanded an explanation from the Egyptian gods.

• Huo Qubing used Great Xia’s national destiny to destroy Amon’s curse and overwhelm him.
• Amon opened a doorway of destiny and escaped to Egypt, while the Heroic Spirits let him go so they could follow.
• Gongyang Wan held the doorway open, and Huo Qubing led the Heroic Spirits through it toward Egypt.
• Amon arrived at the City of the Sun and realized the doorway had not closed.
• Huo Qubing emerged in Egypt, shook the nation’s destiny, and demanded an explanation from the Egyptian gods.

Huo Qubing and five other figures of Great Xia’s national destiny confronted the Sun God in the City of the Sun. Their Xuanhuang Sword cut exactly thirty percent from Egypt’s National Destiny Pyramid, leaving the battle of national destiny underway.

• The Sun God’s divine might pressed down on Huo Qubing, but Great Xia’s national destiny let him stand firm.
• Nie Jingshan, Li Kengqiang, Palace Lady Gongyang Wan, Tang Yusheng, and Wang Qing emerged from the gateway and joined Huo Qubing, summoning Great Xia’s National Destiny Golden Dragon.
• The Sun God called forth a National Destiny Pyramid, while other gods arrived but could not interfere in the battle of national destiny.
• Huo Qubing condemned the City of the Sun’s gods for exploiting their people and vowed to cut away thirty percent of their national destiny.
• The Xuanhuang Sword pierced the pyramid and cleaved away exactly thirty percent of it.

Huo Qubing and the others damaged the National Destiny Pyramid, escaped the City of the Sun, and provoked its Sun God to vow revenge against Great Xia. Meanwhile, Isis and the other gods withdrew from the South Sea, and Jinian drove Ye Fan away in a pixel-built Bugatti, leaving Guan Zai and Lu Wuwei behind.

• Huo Qubing and the others cut away part of the National Destiny Pyramid, then escaped through the destiny gate as the Sun God prepared a destructive attack.
• The Sun God halted his attack after they fled and vowed that the City of the Sun would fight Great Xia to the death.
• Geb, Nut, Tefnut, and Isis sensed the Sun God's aura and left the South Sea, ending their confrontation with Ye Fan and the Human Apexes.
• Ye Fan asked Jinian to transport the wounded Master Chen, and she transformed Pixel Cloud into a Bugatti with a medical space in its trunk.
• Jinian drove off with Ye Fan while Guan Zai and Lu Wuwei were left behind, then the car sprouted pixel wings and flew away.

Ye Fan learned that Jinian had faked the explosives used to drive off the gods, and she refused to bring the Shang Xie Association back to Great Xia. As Lin Qiye and the others brought the shattered city toward home, they encountered a masked figure on a boat in the mist whose mask bore the character “King.”

• Jinian told Ye Fan that the detonator was fake and explained that she planned to leave again to assess envoys, explore Cthulhu Mythos ruins, and prepare an attack on Takama-ga-hara.
• Ye Fan asked Jinian to bring the Shang Xie Association back to help Great Xia, but she refused and said she was still searching for something.
• Lin Qiye and the others continued guiding the shattered city through the mist toward Great Xia while an unknown divine power entered Great Xia's territory.
• Lin Qiye spotted a person standing on a small boat and left the city with the others to investigate.
• The group found an old, coughing man whose wounds vanished as time rewound around him, and Lin Qiye recognized the familiar mask marked “King.”

Lin Qiye and the others encountered an aged King Mask, who had entered the divine realm and wielded the power to freeze time. He said he had returned to kill one of them, but Jialan refused to let him harm her companions; King Mask swept the others into a deep-sea vortex and sent Jialan flying before leaving by boat.

• An Qingyu recognized the blood mist and white threads around the old man as signs of dissolving into the Dao, while Lin Qiye and the others identified him as King Mask.
• King Mask froze the sea and drew Yiyuan, but Jialan stepped forward despite the time stop and demanded to know what he wanted.
• King Mask said he had come to kill one person because that person would become a nightmare to the world, but Jialan refused to believe him or let him kill a companion.
• After recalling his former companions, King Mask plunged Yiyuan into the sea and sent Lin Qiye and the others into a deep-sea vortex.
• Jialan charged King Mask with her golden spear, but he struck her away without wounding her and sailed off as a River of Time appeared behind him.

Chen Han and Lu Yu brought the shattered city carrying the heart back toward Great Xia, while military aircraft spotted its return through the mist. A mysterious man in an old military coat entered the city and began healing the sleeping residents of Anta County.

• King Mask searched for Mystery with Whirlwind, Rose, and Balance, then ordered them to keep investigating.
• Chen Han and Lu Yu watched the shattered city approach Great Xia's border and worried about the people still in the mist.
• Eagle 9 spotted the city emerging from the mist on a sword, with two men in dark crimson cloaks at its front.
• A man in a black imperial robe arrived, recognized the returning city, and entered it as a streak of ghostly light.
• The man in the old military coat found the sleeping Anta County residents and sent ghostly light into them, healing their injured souls.

Li Deyang appeared in the underground garage, learned what the children had witnessed, and vanished before they could question him further. He reunited with Chen Han in the ruined city, restored his strength, and explained that protecting civilians had made him an outstanding Night Watchman, while hinting that he was no longer truly himself.

• Li Deyang asked Li Ruodie, Wang Jiaqi, and Chen Nan what had happened in the garage, and they told him about Chen Han, the Sword Saint, and the seven figures who entered the mist.
• Li Deyang vanished from the garage, leaving the children convinced he was a superhero.
• Chen Han and Lu Yu watched military planes cross the sky, then Chen Han spotted Li Deyang approaching and rushed to meet him.
• Li Deyang told Chen Han that the original Li Deyang had died and that he was no longer himself, then restored Chen Han's Mental Power and eased his fever.
• Li Deyang praised Chen Han for rescuing and protecting the civilians, and promised that the older Night Watchmen would support the next generation.

Li Deyang reclaimed the Fengdu Law, restored the stolen half of the city, and left Chen Han and Lu Yu to care for its awakened residents. News of Zhou Ping’s apparent death and the Fifth Special Squad’s disappearance pushed Ye Fan toward Mount Jiuhua, while Guan Zai set out to confront him.

• Li Deyang absorbed the Fengdu Law, became Emperor Fengdu, and charged Chen Han with caring for the city’s residents.
• Emperor Fengdu used the Six Paths of Reincarnation to return the missing half of the city to its original location, and its residents began waking.
• Ye Fan learned that Zhou Ping had dissolved into the Dao and that the Fifth Special Squad had gone missing, then told Zuo Qing to meet him at Mount Jiuhua with Zhou Ping’s heart.
• Ye Fan asked Jinian to stay, accepted her refusal, and left the hospital alone.
• Guan Zai learned of Zhou Ping’s fate, demanded that Lu Wuwei find Ye Fan, and said he wanted to confront him without killing him.
• Lu Wuwei agreed to take Guan Zai to Ye Fan.

Ye Fan sealed the temple on Mount Jiuhua and prepared to use the Fate Transfer Bead to save Zhou Ping, whose soul was being consumed by the laws of the world. After learning the relic’s power came with a cost, Ye Fan declared he would exchange his life for Zhou Ping’s.

• Ye Fan arrived at Mount Jiuhua and told Zuo Qing to seal the mountain while he tried to save Zhou Ping before his soul was fully consumed.
• Ye Fan entered the Buddhist hall alone, where Zhou Ping’s heart, the Dragon Elephant Sword, and the Fate Transfer Bead rested in the Black Coffin.
• Six Heroic Spirits appeared, and Gongyang Wan and Tang Yusheng explained that the Fate Transfer Bead came from the Destined Buddha, a Forbidden Ruin that could alter or graft fate.
• Ye Fan told the Heroic Spirits that he intended to save Zhou Ping and would give his life in exchange.