Chapter Summaries

Lin Qiye defeated Yuki-onna and reunited with Jialan, Wu Xiangnan, and the Knight. After noticing an Origin in the temple, he realized that Yurina Kurotetsu’s Royal Blood might have come from a trace of that Origin absorbed in the ruins.

• Lin Qiye killed Yuki-onna, absorbed power that brought him to the peak of the Sea realm, and was embraced by Jialan.
• Wu Xiangnan recognized Lin Qiye and praised him for honoring Team 136’s legacy.
• Lin Qiye introduced himself to the Knight, learned he was the Sentinel, and explained that Wei Dong was waiting at the entrance.
• Lin Qiye spotted a silver orb in the statue’s hand and recognized it as an Origin.
• Lin Qiye concluded that Yurina Kurotetsu had gained Royal Blood after absorbing a trace of the Origin in the ruins.

Lin Qiye and his companions discovered that Japan’s Human Circle existed inside the Yata no Kagami and found a passage connecting it to the True World. After learning that more than two years had passed since their disappearance, they reunited with Amamiya Haruki and Wei Dong.

• Lin Qiye examined the silver Origin in the shrine, and Wu Xiangnan explained that the statue’s empty hand once held the Yata no Kagami.
• The Knight explained that the Yata no Kagami replicated Japan to create its Human Circle and that a gap in the mirror connected it to the True World.
• Lin Qiye learned from Jialan that more than two years had passed and resolved to find the rest of his squad before returning to Great Xia.
• Lin Qiye, Jialan, Wu Xiangnan, and the Knight left the ruins and met Amamiya Haruki and Wei Dong at the cave.
• Wei Dong greeted the Knight, while Lin Qiye introduced Wu Xiangnan and Jialan to Amamiya Haruki.
• Amamiya Haruki introduced Lin Qiye with an extravagant title as the Sleeping Dragon of the Host World and a friend of mature women.

Lin Qiye reunited with the Shang Xie Association and the Night Watchmen, while Wu Xiangnan exposed his past at Black Wutong to Jialan. As the group emerged from the ruins, they discussed how to destroy the vast Human Circle and prepare to rescue five hundred thousand people, and Lin Qiye said help was on the way.

• Amamiya Haruki teased Lin Qiye about his Black Wutong titles, and Wu Xiangnan told Jialan about them, leaving her angry with Lin Qiye.
• Lin Qiye checked on the unconscious Baili Pangpang and decided he needed to contact Shen Qingzhu for help getting them back.
• Lin Qiye used Yaoguang to carry the group through the sea and out of the Human Circle because they lacked diving gear.
• Wei Dong and the Knight discussed the Human Circle's size, the difficulty of destroying it, and the plan to survey it and bring five hundred thousand people to Utopia.
• The group reached shore and found their car, but Lin Qiye said someone would soon come to pick them up.

Mirror Calamity escaped the Human Circle through the ruins’ torii gate and reached the real Japan, where he planned to return to the True World. In the Pure Land, An Qingyu finished studying the Oracle Envoys and warned Jiang Er that something had gone wrong with Takama-ga-hara.

• Mirror Calamity inspected the ruins, detected the powerful but impurity-laden energy in the Amaterasu Statue’s sphere, and chose not to touch it.
• Mirror Calamity passed through the torii gate and emerged in the deep sea outside the Human Circle.
• Mirror Calamity reached Jialan’s ship, saw Japan’s ruined coastline, and realized he had escaped to the True World.
• Mirror Calamity used the ship’s positioning device to learn its route and identified a nation he intended to reach.
• An Qingyu told Jiang Er that Pure Land’s seven executives had used advanced technology and divine support to become immortal Oracle Envoys who ruled the Human Circle.
• An Qingyu suspected something had gone wrong with Takama-ga-hara, the divine kingdom whose gods had created the Human Circle.

An Qingyu explained that the Oracle Envoys had begun planning to escape the Human Circle, create an army, and conquer Great Xia after losing contact with Takama-ga-hara. Meanwhile, Lin Qiye’s companions were stunned when Shen Qingzhu arrived with a helicopter and more than two hundred Black Killer Group members to pick them up.

• An Qingyu told Jiang Er that the Oracle Envoys’ experiments and God-Creation project may have been attempts to test whether Takama-ga-hara had vanished and to make themselves into gods.
• An Qingyu explained that the Oracle Envoys could use cloning technology and soul fuel to build an army and potentially invade Great Xia.
• Lin Qiye waited with Wei Dong and the others for someone to meet them, while Wei Dong assumed his team had struggled to survive in the Human Circle.
• A convoy of more than thirty vehicles and a helicopter arrived on the coast, and around two hundred Black Killer Group members greeted Lin Qiye as their boss.
• Shen Qingzhu descended from the helicopter and asked Lin Qiye where the injured fatty was, leaving Wei Dong and the others shocked by the scale of his entourage.

Shen Qingzhu told Lin Qiye that the Black Killer Group had found Cao Yuan, who was being held in a Tokyo detention center. After the team confirmed the whereabouts of all its members, Lin Qiye prepared to gather them and return home.

• Shen Qingzhu revealed that he was the Black Killer Group’s Grand Leader and told Lin Qiye that his people had found Cao Yuan.
• Cao Yuan was detained in Tokyo after police questioned passengers on a Shinkansen, then released when Yurina of the Kazari Family bailed him out at Lin Qiye’s request.
• Cao Yuan confirmed Lin Qiye’s identity over the phone and said he knew where An Qingyu and Jiang Er were.
• Lin Qiye said all the members’ locations were accounted for and announced that they would gather and return home.

Lin Qiye and his companions discussed the Shang Xie Association’s plans for relocating people before destroying the Human Circle. In Paradise, An Qingyu and Jiang Er reunited with the others in contact and examined old footage that revealed Cao Yuan’s face amid a mysterious black-fire attack.

• Jialan asked whether An Qingyu and Jiang Er had been found, and Lin Qiye said Cao Yuan expected them to make contact soon.
• Shen Qingzhu questioned who the Shang Xie Association would evacuate before destroying the Human Circle, and Wei Dong said it would prioritize people deemed valuable while excluding gangsters.
• Jiang Er told An Qingyu that Cao Yuan had contacted Lin Qiye and the others in Hokkaido, bringing their team back into contact.
• An Qingyu asked Jiang Er to replay surveillance footage of a battle in Hachimantai City and told her not to show it to Cao Yuan.
• An Qingyu spotted a pupil-less face with a sinister grin in the distorted footage and recognized it as Cao Yuan’s.

An Qingyu concluded that Cao Yuan was the prison containing the Black King and warned Jiang Er to keep the theory from him. In Hokkaido, Shen Qingzhu’s group discussed the Pure Land and the Oracle Envoys before a television suddenly turned on.

• An Qingyu told Jiang Er that Black King Annihilation had controlled Cao Yuan after the divine punishment and might have destroyed Hachimantai City while escaping its damaged prison.
• An Qingyu reasoned that Cao Yuan was a prison of fate that kept the Black King from escaping completely, and he warned Jiang Er not to tell Cao Yuan because he might leave the Nightfall Squad.
• Jiang Er said she had tracked Lin Qiye’s location and could establish contact, and An Qingyu asked her to connect to a video device near him.
• Shen Qingzhu’s convoy arrived at the Black Killer Group’s clubhouse in Hokkaido, where his group gathered to exchange intelligence.
• Wei Dong explained that the Pure Land was the source of Divine Authority in the Human Circle, and the Knight said the seven Oracle Envoys were weaker than administrators in Norse and Greek territories.
• The group discussed the difficulty of breaking through the Pure Land, then the television in the private room switched on by itself.

An Qingyu contacted Lin Qiye from the Pure Land, revealing that he and Jiang Er had driven away the Oracle Envoys and that he could not leave without risking their return. In Tokyo, Yurina Takishiro spotted a high-level man and a little girl in passing before Uncle Kyosuke suffered another bout of illness.

• An Qingyu appeared on the television and told Lin Qiye that he had been searching for him with Jiang Er’s help.
• An Qingyu revealed he was in the Pure Land and had driven away the Oracle Envoys, shocking Lin Qiye, Wei Dong, and Knight.
• An Qingyu explained that the Oracle Envoys were likely near Tokyo and that he had to stay behind to keep them from reclaiming the Pure Land.
• Yurina Takishiro noticed a level 72 man and a level 58 girl in a Kazari Family car passing through Akihabara.
• Uncle Kyosuke began coughing blood, took medicine, and Yurina Takishiro warned him that his serious illness debuff was active again.

Uncle Kyosuke spent the evening caring for Yurina Takishiro, cooking for him, and playing games together. Over dinner, Yurina spoke about the father he had never met, while Uncle Kyosuke kept his identity to himself.

• Uncle Kyosuke took Yurina Takishiro to buy a newly released game and groceries, then cooked curry pork cutlet rice at their apartment.
• While Yurina played, Uncle Kyosuke reflected on how games had helped him grow close to his son.
• At dinner, Yurina asked whether Uncle Kyosuke was a father and explained that someone had told him his father was waiting for him.
• Yurina said he had never met his father and would ask him to play a game if he ever came, and Uncle Kyosuke invited him to stay up gaming after dinner.

After learning the Oracle Envoys had abandoned Takama-ga-hara and were preparing an army, Lin Qiye agreed that his squad needed to return to Great Xia and take up its role as the Walkers of the Mist. An Qingyu planned to preserve and study the Pure Land’s technology, while Yurina told Cao Yuan that he would leave for Hokkaido tomorrow night and might never return.

• An Qingyu shared intelligence about Takama-ga-hara and the Oracle Envoys’ plans, and Lin Qiye agreed that the Knight should report it to Great Xia.
• The Knight thanked Lin Qiye and promised the Shang Xie Association would help his squad in the mist.
• Wu Xiangnan explained that Special Squad 005 would become Great Xia’s Walkers of the Mist and urged Lin Qiye to return home quickly.
• The Knight said the Shang Xie Association would handle the Human Circle’s evacuation and destruction plans, so Lin Qiye agreed to leave.
• An Qingyu told Jiang Er to copy the Pure Land’s data and preserve its devices so he could study the Oracle Envoys’ technology.
• Yurina told Cao Yuan that Lin Qiye had found the way home and that Cao Yuan should leave for Hokkaido tomorrow night.

Lin Qiye discovered that Baili Pangpang might have landed in the Human Circle far earlier than anyone believed, after Amamiya Haruki revealed that Magatsu Blades had been unusable in the ruins for twelve years. The chapter ended with Lin Qiye fearing that Pangpang had been sitting on the meditation cushion for at least twelve years and might never wake up.

• Lin Qiye and Jialan worried that Baili Pangpang showed no signs of waking, and Lin Qiye said they would carry him back if necessary.
• Lin Qiye found Amamiya Haruki on the rooftop, where Haruki explained that he wanted to save the Human Circle's fifty million residents despite the city's sins.
• Amamiya Haruki proposed merging the nine Magatsu Blades into a divine artifact world that could shelter the people from Divine Authority.
• Lin Qiye offered to leave Duo E and Black Rope with Amamiya Haruki so he could pursue his plan.
• Lin Qiye realized that Amamiya Haruki's master had known Magatsu Blades could not be used in the ruins twelve years earlier, suggesting Baili Pangpang might have landed there at least twelve years ago.
• Lin Qiye wondered whether Baili Pangpang could ever wake after sitting on the meditation cushion for so long.

Shen Qingzhu addressed the Black Killer Group in Chinese, admitting he was an outsider and offering to trust them as brothers if they continued to accept him. After their members bowed back without understanding his words, he visited the Knight and asked to make a deal.

• Imori Hiroshi asked Shen Qingzhu to speak to the Hokkaido Black Killer Group members, and Shen agreed.
• Shen Qingzhu told more than three hundred members that he was an outsider named Shen Qingzhu of the Nightfall Squad and apologized for deceiving them.
• Shen Qingzhu said he would trust the members as brothers if they still chose to follow him after learning who he was.
• The Black Killer Group members bowed to Shen Qingzhu, who returned to the club with his question finally answered.
• Shen Qingzhu went to the Knight's room and asked to make a deal.

Lin Qiye learned that Shen Qingzhu had gone to Tokyo alone to kill an Oracle Envoy in exchange for a thousand Utopia spots for the Black Killer Group. After Shen Qingzhu refused help, Lin Qiye told An Qingyu what had happened and began proposing a new plan.

• The Knight told Lin Qiye that Shen Qingzhu had offered an Oracle Envoy's head in exchange for a thousand spots in Utopia.
• Lin Qiye realized Shen Qingzhu had driven toward Tokyo overnight to hunt an Oracle Envoy and called him.
• Shen Qingzhu refused to wait for Lin Qiye's help, insisted he would return for the team meeting, and threw his phone out the window.
• Lin Qiye told Jialan that Shen Qingzhu was heading into danger, then called An Qingyu and explained the situation.
• An Qingyu asked what Lin Qiye wanted to do, and Lin Qiye said he had a crazy plan.

Lin Qiye set Nightfall’s retaliation in motion and arranged for Jialan and the Black Killer Group to help Shen Qingzhu in Tokyo. As Lin Qiye headed to Hokkaido to retrieve something, Baili Pangpang began to show signs of stirring in his sleep.

• Lin Qiye told An Qingyu to launch a major retaliation against the Oracle Envoys, and An Qingyu prepared to begin the Pure Land’s curtain call.
• Lin Qiye borrowed Rain Collapse from Amamiya Haruki and asked about Koyuan Yoshiki’s temperament.
• Lin Qiye told Imori Hiroshi that Shen Qingzhu had gone to Tokyo to kill the Oracle Envoys and might die without help, prompting Imori Hiroshi to prepare a plane and mobilize the Black Killer Group.
• Lin Qiye asked Jialan to fly ahead to Tokyo while he went to a remote region of Hokkaido to retrieve something.
• White radiance flowed through Baili Pangpang as a Jade Ruyi rotated in his dantian and his eyelashes trembled.

Cao Yuan learned from Lin Qiye that their plans had changed and turned back, while Calamity of Prison predicted that Yurina Kurotetsu would soon come to them. In Tokyo, Yurina Takishiro suddenly collapsed after gaming all night, leaving Uncle Kyosuke worried that the Oracle Envoys’ experiments in the Pure Land had caused his condition.

• Cao Yuan told Yurina that they should return after receiving a call from Lin Qiye.
• Calamity of Soldiers reported that the gods had found no trace of Yurina Takishiro or Yurina Kurotetsu, and Calamity of Prison said Yurina Kurotetsu would come looking for them soon.
• Yurina Takishiro and Uncle Kyosuke celebrated clearing a game after an all-nighter.
• Yurina Takishiro collapsed with a bluish-gray face, a stiff body, and a slowing heartbeat.
• Uncle Kyosuke examined Yurina Takishiro and suspected his condition might be connected to the Pure Land experiments.

An Qingyu explained that Yurina Takishiro’s body was collapsing because it depended on two drugs, and he told Uncle Kyosuke to wait until nightfall for a chance to obtain the missing drug. Meanwhile, Lin Qiye reached Koyuan Yoshiki’s hidden residence to collect his repaired blades.

• An Qingyu told Uncle Kyosuke that years of experiments had made Yurina Takishiro dependent on two interacting drugs and that genetic treatment would take at least two days.
• An Qingyu explained that the Calamity of Sickness made the missing drug fresh for each injection, then told Uncle Kyosuke to wait until nightfall for a chance to get it without submitting to the Oracle Envoys.
• Lin Qiye used Koyuan Yoshiki’s token to find the hidden residence in Hokkaido and arrived carrying Rain Collapse, which Amamiya Haruki had lent him.
• Koyuan Yoshiki showed Lin Qiye the Black Box containing the repaired blades and their forged blade spirits.

Lin Qiye tested Zhanbai after Koyuan Yoshiki reforged it, discovering that it let him travel freely through the void. Da Bai became Zhanbai’s blade soul and Lin Qiye’s comrade-in-arms, and Lin Qiye ended by asking Koyuan Yoshiki to lend him Kamikakushi.

• Lin Qiye opened the Black Box and found that Koyuan Yoshiki had reforged Zhanbai’s scabbard to nourish both the blade and its blade soul.
• Lin Qiye drew Zhanbai and discovered that it could send him into the void, where he could pass through obstacles and travel to distant places.
• Lin Qiye summoned Da Bai, learned that the Void White Bear had become Zhanbai’s blade soul, and accepted him as a comrade-in-arms.
• Zhanbai acknowledged Lin Qiye as its true master, independent of King's Blood.
• Lin Qiye returned to Koyuan Yoshiki’s courtyard through the void and asked to borrow Kamikakushi.

Lin Qiye stole Kamikakushi from Koyuan Yoshiki and flew toward Tokyo, intending to overturn the country while using the blade to conceal his power. In Hokkaido, Baili Pangpang woke and set out to join his friends, confronting the mysterious gaze of a Spirit of the Artifact.

• Lin Qiye refused to leave without Kamikakushi, cut it from Koyuan Yoshiki, and knocked him unconscious.
• Lin Qiye suppressed Koyue Yuki with his other Magatsu Blades, took Kamikakushi, and declared that he would overturn the country.
• Lin Qiye used Kamikakushi to hide his aura and Forbidden Ruins fluctuations, then flew toward Tokyo on a cloud while wearing Monkey King's mask.
• Baili Pangpang woke in the club, read Lin Qiye's note, and decided to join his friends in Tokyo.
• Baili Pangpang confronted the mysterious gaze of a Spirit of the Artifact and used his power to try to disarm everything.

Bug Calamity searched Tokyo for Yurina Kurotetsu and Yurina Takishiro, but Shen Qingzhu attacked her with a sniper rifle and an explosives-filled car. As Bug Calamity survived the blast, the third Oracle Envoy, Calamity of Soldiers, arrived.

• Bug Calamity sent poisonous insects through Tokyo as she searched for Yurina Kurotetsu and Yurina Takishiro.
• Shen Qingzhu shot Bug Calamity in the head, but worms repaired her injury, and she dodged his next sniper round.
• Bug Calamity sent poisonous insects after Shen Qingzhu, who escaped through a window and drove away in a sports sedan.
• Shen Qingzhu leaped from the sedan after setting it to keep moving, and its twenty kilograms of explosives detonated beside Bug Calamity.
• Bug Calamity emerged from the flames with charred flesh and exposed metallic bones, revealing that she had survived the explosion.
• The third Oracle Envoy, Calamity of Soldiers, crashed into the street as Shen Qingzhu prepared to attack again.