Chapter Summaries

Shen Qingzhu escaped Calamity of Soldiers with Jiang Er’s guidance and Uncle Kyosuke’s help. He waited in a park as Nightfall Squad began its final mission, and Nightfall Descent plunged Tokyo into darkness.

• Shen Qingzhu threw smoke grenades and fled as Calamity of Soldiers and another Oracle Envoy pursued him.
• Jiang Er located Shen Qingzhu through nearby electronic devices and guided him toward a contact.
• Uncle Kyosuke used Bewildering Pupil to hide Shen Qingzhu from Calamity of Soldiers and led him to a park.
• Jiang Er told Shen Qingzhu that Nightfall Squad was carrying out its final mission in the Human Circle.
• Nightfall Descent darkened Tokyo, and Jiang Er declared that Divine Authority should perish.

Lin Qiye gathered with An Qingyu and Jiang Er above Tokyo’s Pure Land, then marked the sky and prepared to broadcast in order to draw out the hidden Oracle Envoys. Across the city, Cao Yuan and Shen Qingzhu saw the signal and began making their way to him.

• Lin Qiye spread Nightfall Descent over Tokyo, and Calamity of Prison ordered the Oracle Envoys to return rather than pursue the intruders.
• Lin Qiye reunited with An Qingyu and Jiang Er on the silver disc above the Pure Land, where they revealed they had stolen the Oracle Envoys’ research and technology.
• Lin Qiye carved the Nightfall Squad’s mark into the clouds with Zhanbai and Black Rope, then told Jiang Er to begin a broadcast to lure out the Oracle Envoys.
• Cao Yuan left the stalled Kazari Family convoy, and Yurina used paper cranes to carry him toward the Pure Land after he saw Lin Qiye’s signal.
• Shen Qingzhu spotted the mark from a park, and the fat man appeared beside him and offered him a ride.

Lin Qiye and his companions publicly declared themselves the Blasphemers in a livestream broadcast across the Human Circle, challenging Divine Authority from above the Pure Land. The Oracle Envoys rushed to confront them as Amamiya Haruki realized they intended to overthrow the nation's Divine Authority.

• Uncle Kyosuke watched the fat man leave with Shen Qingzhu and sensed that the Bewildering Pupil and Little Gold feared him.
• Jiang Er's livestream turned electronic screens throughout the Human Circle to static, then showed Lin Qiye, Shen Qingzhu, and Jiang Er standing above the Pure Land.
• Lin Qiye addressed the supporters of Divine Authority and announced that they were the Blasphemers.
• Calamity of Prison recognized the broadcast as a declaration of war, and the Oracle Envoys launched from the International Financial Tower toward the Pure Land.
• Amamiya Haruki connected Lin Qiye's challenge to his promise to clear the final obstacle, while Lin Qiye called the approaching Oracle Envoys maggots.

Jialan arrived at the Pure Land in Tokyo and rejoined Lin Qiye's team, then Cao Yuan descended on Yurina's Thousand Cranes as the Oracle Envoys prepared to attack. The Envoys recognized Cao Yuan and realized that his return would make the confrontation more difficult.

• The Oracle Envoys confronted Lin Qiye and the others on the Pure Land, and Calamity of Prison threatened them.
• Jialan dropped from a helicopter, caught Calamity of Soldiers' blade radiance barehanded, and kicked him away.
• Jialan asked to rejoin Nightfall Squad, and Lin Qiye welcomed her back.
• Calamity of Prison failed to analyze Jialan's strength or identify whether she was human.
• Cao Yuan arrived atop Yurina's Thousand Cranes, and the Oracle Envoys reacted with alarm when they recognized him.

Cao Yuan, Baili Pangpang, and Shen Qingzhu returned to the Nightfall Squad beneath the Tokyo night sky, reuniting the seven members. Lin Qiye named their squad and declared war on the Pure Land as Duo E began to crack its surface.

• Cao Yuan reached the Limitless realm, approached Lin Qiye, and requested permission to return to the team.
• Baili Pangpang appeared in the Limitless realm and summoned weapons and Forbidden Relics across Tokyo before requesting to rejoin.
• Shen Qingzhu appeared and requested permission to return, completing the gathering of the seven Nightfall Squad members.
• Lin Qiye welcomed Cao Yuan, Baili Pangpang, and Shen Qingzhu back, then told Calamity of Prison that they were Nightfall.
• Lin Qiye drew Black Rope and Duo E, declared war on the Pure Land, and began cracking its surface with Duo E.

Lin Qiye used the Magatsu Blades to split the Pure Land, then Jiang Er plunged Japan into darkness and broadcast wanted posters of the seven members of their group. The posters vanished and the word “Nightfall” appeared across the screens.

• Lin Qiye used Duo E’s calamity power and Black Rope to pierce and cleave the Pure Land in two.
• Calamity of Prison and Calamity of Soldiers denounced Lin Qiye, who declared that he and his companions would embrace being called evil.
• Lin Qiye ordered Jiang Er to show the Oracle Envoys what true extreme evil was.
• Jiang Er used a magnetic field to shut down lighting across Japan and take control of electronic devices.
• Screens throughout Tokyo displayed blood-red wanted posters of the seven members, labeled “Extremely Evil.”
• The screens went dark, then displayed the word “Nightfall.”

Lin Qiye and the Nightfall Squad confronted the Oracle Envoys in Tokyo after cutting unnecessary electricity use to save the souls powering the country. The battle began with Cao Yuan and Baili Pangpang attacking while An Qingyu countered Calamity of Sickness’s plague mist.

• Wei Dong and the Knight watched the seven wanted figures on a livestream, and the Knight predicted that Great Xia would gain another top-tier squad.
• Wu Xiangnan remembered his former teammates, gripped Blue Rain’s nameplate, and vowed to find Takama-ga-hara and kill Susanoo.
• Jiang Er explained that the squad had cut Tokyo’s unnecessary power use, and Lin Qiye told Calamity of Prison that the measure would save countless souls.
• Lin Qiye ordered the Nightfall Squad to engage, and Cao Yuan clashed with Calamity of Soldiers, whose blade failed to break the Night Watchmen’s Star Saber.
• Baili Pangpang opened fire on the Oracle Envoys, but Calamity of Prison shielded the Pure Land with a wall of imprisonment.
• An Qingyu countered Calamity of Sickness’s spreading plague mist by releasing poisonous purple mist from his blood and containing the green fog.

Jialan and Shen Qingzhu fought Calamity of Sickness and Bug Calamity as the Nightfall Squad battled the Oracle Envoys. Jiang Er controlled the mindless Calamity of Fire to join the fight, while Lin Qiye confronted Calamity of Prison and attacked after defending Cao Yuan.

• Jialan charged Calamity of Sickness with Sky Palace and challenged him to kill her with his virus.
• Shen Qingzhu burned Bug Calamity's poisonous insects, then revealed Jiang Er-controlled Calamity of Fire, who threatened to burn the Pure Land.
• The Nightfall Squad and three Oracle Envoys fought to a deadlock as Calamity of Prison sought an overwhelming victory for Divine Authority.
• Lin Qiye appeared behind Calamity of Prison and clashed with his black sword using White Slash.
• Calamity of Prison called Cao Yuan a monster, and Lin Qiye defended his brother before slashing at the Oracle Envoy.

Lin Qiye used five Magatsu Blades at once to defeat Calamity of Prison and destroy the Pure Land. The combatants crashed into Tokyo, where the Nightfall Squad and the Oracle Envoys continued fighting amid the chaos.

• Calamity of Prison used Myriad Demon Prison to attack Lin Qiye, who dodged the erasing cages with Night Flicker.
• Calamity of Prison sealed the Pure Land with Spatial Demon Prison and interrupted Lin Qiye's escape.
• Lin Qiye used Duo E and Rain Collapse to break through the cages, then revealed his Three Heads Six Arms transformation.
• Lin Qiye drew five Magatsu Blades and crashed into Calamity of Prison, destroying the Pure Land and sending its occupants down toward Tokyo.
• Baili Pangpang and Cao Yuan faced Calamity of Soldiers near Tokyo Tower, where the fight remained evenly matched.

Baili Pangpang summoned the Spirit of the Artifact Thunder Beast and redirected its crimson lightning at Calamity of Soldiers. Elsewhere, Jiang Er and Shen Qingzhu confronted Calamity of Bugs, while Shen Qingzhu compressed Calamity of Fire’s flames into a city-destroying fireball.

• Mad Demon Cao Yuan and Baili Pangpang attacked Calamity of Soldiers, who shattered Baili Pangpang’s Ram Horn forbidden item.
• Baili Pangpang used his power to drag Thunder Beast out of the clouds by its tail.
• Thunder Beast fired crimson lightning, and Baili Pangpang redirected its blast into Calamity of Soldiers.
• Jiang Er controlled Calamity of Fire’s body while Shen Qingzhu fought Calamity of Bugs.
• Shen Qingzhu compressed the surrounding flames into a massive fireball powerful enough to destroy Tokyo.

Shen Qingzhu struggled to keep a city-destroying fireball stable while Bug Calamity attacked, and the Black Killer Group arrived to fight at his side. Their gunfire briefly slowed the poisonous insects, but Bug Calamity slaughtered the group as the battle continued.

• Shen Qingzhu held the compressed fireball at the edge of his strength while Jiang Er helped stabilize its heat.
• Bug Calamity sent a wave of poisonous insects toward Shen Qingzhu and charged to kill him before he could unleash the fireball.
• Imori Hiroshi led more than a hundred Black Killer Group vehicles into Tokyo and declared that they had come to fight alongside the Grand Leader.
• The Black Killer Group opened fire on the insect tide, briefly halting its advance as insects broke through and attacked the members.
• Bug Calamity ignored the gunfire and rushed through the Black Killer Group, cutting down its members amid the spreading corpses and blood.

Shen Qingzhu defeated Bug Calamity by having Calamity of Fire carry her into the sky before he struck them with a colossal fireball. Meanwhile, Jialan continued fighting Calamity of Sickness, and Uncle Kyosuke arrived to help save his son.

• Calamity of Fire grabbed Bug Calamity and propelled them three kilometers into the sky while Shen Qingzhu prepared a compressed fireball.
• Shen Qingzhu hurled the fireball at them, and the resulting explosion swallowed both figures as the Black Killer Group cheered him.
• Calamity of Sickness became distracted by the explosion, allowing Jialan to kick him into a shop and attack him with Sky Palace.
• Jialan charged Calamity of Sickness again while An Qingyu contained the plague mist from outside their battlefield.
• Uncle Kyosuke arrived carrying a golden long blade and told An Qingyu that his son's life depended on Calamity of Sickness.

An Qingyu assessed Uncle Kyosuke’s failing health, then Uncle Kyosuke joined Jialan in fighting the Calamity of Sickness to secure medicine for Yurina Takishiro. When the Calamity provoked him in an attempt to break Bewildering Pupil’s illusion, Uncle Kyosuke wounded himself to suppress his killing intent.

• An Qingyu told Uncle Kyosuke that his illnesses and viruses were beyond modern treatment, though experiments might give him a slim chance of survival.
• Uncle Kyosuke entered the plague mist and used Bewildering Pupil to trap the Calamity of Sickness in an illusion while Jialan beat him down.
• The Calamity of Sickness taunted Uncle Kyosuke about Yurina Takishiro’s failing condition and refused to make a Gamma Potion.
• Uncle Kyosuke fought to contain his killing intent and stabbed his own shoulder with Bewildering Pupil to endure the Calamity’s provocations.

Jialan incapacitated the Calamity of Sickness so Uncle Kyosuke could use an illusion to make him produce the serum needed to save his son. Meanwhile, Lin Qiye defeated the Calamity of Prison’s forces, but learned that the Thunder Beast would destroy Tokyo if all seven Oracle Envoys died or lost contact.

• Jialan battered the Calamity of Sickness unconscious, and Uncle Kyosuke prepared to guide him through an illusion that would make him produce the serum.
• Uncle Kyosuke insisted that he could endure the effort, despite An Qingyu’s concern about his condition.
• Lin Qiye confronted the badly wounded Calamity of Prison after his strike destroyed the Pure Land and defeated the Calamity of Soldiers and the Bug Calamity.
• The Calamity of Prison warned Lin Qiye that the Thunder Beast would enter Cleaner Mode if all seven Oracle Envoys died or lost contact, targeting Tokyo and its population.
• Lin Qiye realized the Thunder Beast, the Spirit of the Artifact of the Yata no Kagami, was the Human Circle’s true representative of Divine Authority.

An Qingyu obtained Gamma Potion from the Calamity of Sickness, while Uncle Kyosuke killed the Oracle Envoy after using Bewildering Pupil to make him produce it. Uncle Kyosuke accepted the potion for his son and invited An Qingyu to meet him.

• An Qingyu sent the virus-filled plague mist high into the sky while Uncle Kyosuke used Bewildering Pupil to hypnotize the unconscious Calamity of Sickness and his mechanical monitoring system.
• Under the illusion, the Calamity of Sickness produced a deep-blue liquid, which An Qingyu collected and identified as Gamma Potion.
• After An Qingyu confirmed he had enough potion, Uncle Kyosuke trapped the Calamity of Sickness in a painful illusion and stabbed him through the heart.
• Jialan hurled the Calamity of Sickness's body into the sky, where it exploded, while Uncle Kyosuke collapsed coughing blood.
• An Qingyu gave Uncle Kyosuke the Gamma Potion for his son and promised to study the boy's genetic defect, asking only to take two tubes of blood.
• Uncle Kyosuke thanked An Qingyu and invited him to meet his son.

Lin Qiye tried to keep Calamity of Prison alive to prevent the Thunder Beast from being activated, but Calamity of Prison crushed his own heart and trapped his consciousness to witness the divine power. The Thunder Beast began descending, while Baili Pangpang recognized it and feared it would settle an old score.

• Lin Qiye told Calamity of Prison he would imprison him so the Thunder Beast could not be activated, but Calamity of Prison refused to resist or explain himself.
• Calamity of Prison said he was tired of humanity and wanted to see the Thunder Beast's divine might before he died.
• Calamity of Prison crushed his heart, using his ability to imprison his consciousness and disable the self-destruct system in his eye.
• The Thunder Beast rose from the clouds and roared as Lin Qiye looked up at it.
• Baili Pangpang recognized the descending Thunder Beast and told Cao Yuan he feared it would retaliate for his past antics.

Baili Pangpang’s repeated taunting finally drew the Thunder Beast down into Tokyo, where An Qingyu and Jialan prepared to join Lin Qiye despite the danger. Before leaving, An Qingyu confirmed Yurina Takishiro had taken the medicine and said he would respect Uncle Kyosuke’s choice to die quietly as his son’s father.

• The Thunder Beast plunged from the clouds and crashed into Tokyo after Baili Pangpang had repeatedly provoked it.
• An Qingyu confirmed Yurina Takishiro was suffering a genetic defect outbreak, and Uncle Kyosuke gave him the medicine.
• An Qingyu judged the Thunder Beast too powerful for them to face, but agreed with Jialan to go help Lin Qiye and considered a risky plan involving Cao Yuan.
• An Qingyu told Uncle Kyosuke that Yurina should wake soon and promised to send a cure later.
• An Qingyu offered Uncle Kyosuke a chance to survive as a test subject, but Uncle Kyosuke refused and asked to die quietly in front of his son.
• An Qingyu and Jialan left the house, which vanished behind them.

Yurina Kurotetsu left an explanation for his unconscious son, Yurina Takishiro, and tried to die alone rather than let him see his true, gravely ill appearance. Yurina Takishiro found him before he died, embraced him, and called him Father.

• Yurina Kurotetsu revealed his true, frail appearance after his disguise failed and wrote a letter explaining his past, Yurina's existence, and his wish for his children to get along.
• Yurina Kurotetsu left the letter and Bewildering Pupil beside Yurina Takishiro, then left the room to die alone.
• Yurina Kurotetsu collapsed on a street corner, reflecting that he had finally met his son but had never heard him call him father.
• Yurina Takishiro appeared, embraced Yurina Kurotetsu, and apologized for arriving too late.
• Yurina Takishiro explained that he had followed Kurotetsu's red marker on a map and told him that his son was more capable than he had imagined.

Yurina Takishiro revealed that he had always known Yurina Kurotetsu was his father, then desperately searched his game worlds for a way to save him. Unable to heal him, Takishiro watched as Kurotetsu accepted his approaching death and closed his eyes.

• Yurina Takishiro explained that he recognized Yurina Kurotetsu as his father from the name above his head but had been afraid to say so.
• Yurina Kurotetsu told Takishiro to deliver a letter to his sister, seek An Qingyu’s help with his genetic defect, and assist Nightfall if he could.
• Yurina Takishiro transformed the area into his game world and tried healing items and medicines on Kurotetsu, but each attempt failed.
• Yurina Takishiro searched all 3,291 of his game worlds and found no way to save Kurotetsu.
• Yurina Kurotetsu said he was satisfied that his children were safe and well, then closed his eyes as he leaned against a broken wall.

Yurina Takishiro preserved his dead father, Yurina Kurotetsu, as an NPC across all 3,291 of his game worlds, then turned his attention to the devastation in Tokyo. The Thunder Beast pursued Baili Pangpang through the city and unleashed a blast that engulfed Shinjuku in flames, while Lin Qiye watched and dismissed Calamity of Prison’s awe of the gods.

• Yurina Takishiro mourned Yurina Kurotetsu and permanently recreated him as an NPC in all 3,291 game worlds.
• Yurina Takishiro looked toward the city’s destruction and vowed that the gods, the Pure Land, and the Oracle Envoys would die.
• The Thunder Beast charged across Tokyo toward Baili Pangpang, who escaped with Mad Demon Cao Yuan using a Taiji Bagua Diagram.
• The Thunder Beast fired a crimson lightning beam that destroyed much of Shinjuku and set the district ablaze.
• Calamity of Prison praised the Thunder Beast’s divine power, and Lin Qiye called those who worshipped it hicks.
• The Thunder Beast found Baili Pangpang again and gathered lightning for another attack.