Chapter Summaries

Lin Qiye explained how King Mask’s plan aimed to unite the Nine Calamity Blades and expose Takama-ga-hara. On the black-gold blade, Yurina Takishiro reunited with his sister Yurina, now its blade spirit, and prepared to wield its power against the Corpse God.

• Lin Qiye told the Nightfall Squad that King Mask had arranged events to unite the Nine Calamity Blades and let Great Xia attack Takama-ga-hara.
• Cao Yuan asked Lin Qiye where Jialan was, and Lin Qiye fell silent.
• Yurina Takishiro reached the black-gold blade and found Yurina, who had become its blade spirit.
• Yurina Takishiro grieved that Yurina had sacrificed her body, and she comforted him as he promised to keep her by his side.
• Yurina explained that Yurina Takishiro could wield the Magatsu Blade against the Corpse God, but warned that its backlash would strain his body.

Yurina Takishiro wielded the divine Magatsu Blade to kill the Corpse God, but the backlash worsened his genetic defect. After reuniting with Amamiya Haruki and Koyuan Yoshiki, Lin Qiye told his companions that Jialan had fallen asleep on the path to becoming a god and might need the God of Time’s help to awaken sooner.

• Yurina Takishiro took up the divine Magatsu Blade and struck the Corpse God twice, reducing its health to the execution threshold.
• Yurina Takishiro endured the blade’s backlash, delivered a final strike, and killed the Corpse God, though his genetic defect began worsening again.
• Yurina brought Amamiya Haruki and Koyuan Yoshiki out of the world inside the blade, and Amamiya asked what had happened.
• Lin Qiye told Baili Pangpang, Cao Yuan, Jiang Er, and An Qingyu that Jialan had fallen asleep and might take hundreds of years to become a god.
• Lin Qiye said he needed to find King Mask to learn whether the God of Time could accelerate Jialan’s awakening.

After the Human Circle fell, Lin Qiye went to find Yurina, leaving An Qingyu to treat Yurina Takishiro. At the Magatsu Blade, Amamiya Haruki planned to travel beyond Japan, and Wu Xiangnan arrived to borrow the blade.

• Koyuan Yoshiki brought an injured Yurina Takishiro to Lin Qiye and An Qingyu, who began preparing to treat him.
• Yurina Takishiro told Lin Qiye that his sister had become the Magatsu Blade Soul and was waiting for him.
• Lin Qiye left to find Yurina and address the hidden Takama-ga-hara and the elderly King Mask's unfinished Chess Game.
• Amamiya Haruki told Yurina he planned to visit Great Xia and other Human Circles to learn how their societies worked.
• Wu Xiangnan arrived with a white-haired companion and asked to borrow the Magatsu Blade.

Wu Xiangnan and King Mask sought the black-gold Magatsu Blade to enter Takama-ga-hara and kill Susanoo, but Wu Xiangnan could not draw it. Lin Qiye arrived, drew the blade with Yurina’s help, and joined the mission with Kusanagi-no-Tsurugi as the three Special Squads prepared to fight together.

• Wu Xiangnan explained that he needed the blade to open Takama-ga-hara’s gate and slay a god, but he failed to draw it despite possessing the Solar Origin.
• Yurina revealed that only two people could wield the blade, and Lin Qiye arrived as the second person.
• Lin Qiye reunited with Yurina, learned that Wu Xiangnan and King Mask planned to kill Susanoo, and insisted on going with them because he had a life-and-death feud with Susanoo.
• Lin Qiye drew the black-gold blade with Yurina’s power and summoned Kusanagi-no-Tsurugi for Wu Xiangnan.
• King Mask welcomed Blue Rain, Mask, and Night Curtain fighting together as the three cloaks prepared to enter Takama-ga-hara.

Lin Qiye named the Magatsu Blade Divine Calamity and used it to open Takama-ga-hara’s Gate of Reception, then entered the crimson realm with King Mask and Wu Xiangnan to confront Susanoo. The chapter ended as King Mask and Wu Xiangnan charged Susanoo while Lin Qiye remained behind.

• Lin Qiye used the Magatsu Blade to summon the Gate of Reception and named the weapon Divine Calamity.
• Lin Qiye struck the gate, breaking it open, but suffered severe physical backlash from the blade’s power.
• Lin Qiye, King Mask, and Wu Xiangnan passed through the gate into Takama-ga-hara, protected from the Red Moon’s corruption by the blade’s glow.
• The trio found Susanoo atop a mountain of divine corpses, and Lin Qiye noticed that Merlin had apparently severed one of Susanoo’s arms.
• King Mask charged Susanoo head-on, and Wu Xiangnan followed with his sword.

King Mask and Wu Xiangnan attacked the wounded Susanoo, whose Ocean Law overwhelmed their advance until Lin Qiye used Absolute Darkness Erosion to restrain him. The two swordsmen wounded Susanoo, and Lin Qiye pulled Wu Xiangnan into the night to save him from Susanoo’s counterattack.

• Susanoo unleashed Ocean Law, turning the crimson sea into waves that broke King Mask’s time-stopped blade attack.
• Wu Xiangnan joined King Mask with Kusanagi-no-Tsurugi, and Susanoo failed to reclaim the sword because Wu Xiangnan carried Amaterasu’s Solar Origin.
• Susanoo leaped from the mountain of corpses and struck at King Mask and Wu Xiangnan as the sea gathered around his fist.
• Lin Qiye rose beneath the night, using the prayer mat to amplify Absolute Darkness Erosion and briefly restrain Susanoo.
• King Mask wounded Susanoo with Yiyuan, and Wu Xiangnan pierced his shoulder with Kusanagi-no-Tsurugi.
• Susanoo formed a seawater blade to slash at Wu Xiangnan, but Lin Qiye enveloped him in darkness and pulled him away.

Lin Qiye used Absolute Darkness Erosion to raise dead gods and overwhelm Susanoo, but a second Red Moon appeared inside Takama-ga-hara and drove Susanoo to unleash the Ocean Law. With Wu Xiangnan near death and the battle turning against them, Lin Qiye discovered part of the Forbidden Spell Yan Yan Fu Tian Shu beneath his feet.

• Lin Qiye raised god corpses from the corpse mountain and sent them to attack Susanoo while Wu Xiangnan and King Mask joined the fight.
• A second Red Moon appeared inside Takama-ga-hara, and Susanoo stared at both moons as he began burning his divine power.
• Susanoo unleashed the Ocean Law, blasting King Mask and Wu Xiangnan away and sending Lin Qiye flying, though Nyx's Night Law windbreaker protected him from the attack.
• King Mask realized Wu Xiangnan's resurrection would cause him to dissolve into the Dao before the Solar Law emerged, leaving them little time to defeat Susanoo.
• Lin Qiye prepared to attack Susanoo but froze when he noticed the Forbidden Spell Yan Yan Fu Tian Shu's magical patterns beneath his feet.

Lin Qiye discovered that Merlin had hidden forbidden spell formations around Takama-ga-hara and used Divine Calamity to strip away Susanoo’s law power. He lured Susanoo into Yan Yan Fu Tian Shu and began chanting another spell.

• Lin Qiye realized Merlin’s questions had pointed to hidden forbidden spells and located their formations around Takama-ga-hara.
• Lin Qiye intercepted Susanoo’s attack on King Mask and slashed off Susanoo’s forearm with Divine Calamity, weakening his Power of Law.
• Lin Qiye told King Mask to let Vice-Captain Wu seize an opportunity, then fled to draw Susanoo after him.
• Susanoo pursued Lin Qiye into the gravity-triggered Yan Yan Fu Tian Shu formation, which engulfed him in a pillar of flame.
• Lin Qiye faced the battered Susanoo and began chanting.

Lin Qiye used Merlin’s Star Rail Divine Coffin and Alfred’s Aria to weaken Susanoo, while Wu Xiangnan’s newly awakened Solar Law began dissolving his body. King Mask helped Wu Xiangnan reach Susanoo, and Wu Xiangnan drove Kusanagi-no-Tsurugi into the god’s throat.

• Lin Qiye activated the Star Rail Divine Coffin, sealing Susanoo in a deep-blue coffin of Star Marks.
• King Mask carried the half-revived Wu Xiangnan to Susanoo, and Wu Xiangnan awakened with the Solar Law as his body began to dissolve into the Dao.
• King Mask failed to reverse Wu Xiangnan’s condition, and Wu Xiangnan set off for Susanoo with Kusanagi-no-Tsurugi.
• Lin Qiye unleashed Merlin’s Alfred’s Aria, piercing Susanoo’s chest with gray lightning after Susanoo broke free of the coffin.
• Susanoo formed a giant hand of seawater to attack Wu Xiangnan, but King Mask cut it apart with Yiyuan.
• Wu Xiangnan charged through the rain and drove Kusanagi-no-Tsurugi into Susanoo’s throat.

Wu Xiangnan killed Susanoo and faded away at the place where the Blue Rain Squad had died, asking to rejoin his fallen teammates. Lin Qiye and King Mask mourned the end of Blue Rain and discussed passing on the Special Squad designation before retrieving the Yasakani no Magatama and heading for Takama-ga-hara’s gates, where the second Red Moon suddenly blazed.

• Wu Xiangnan used the Solar Law and Kusanagi-no-Tsurugi to kill Susanoo, then thanked Lin Qiye and King Mask as his body began to fade.
• Wu Xiangnan asked Lin Qiye to visit Cangnan and tell Hong Ying, Qi Mo, and the others that he was too busy to return.
• Wu Xiangnan returned to the place where the Blue Rain Squad had died and disappeared, saying, “Blue Rain Squad survivor Wu Xiangnan requests permission to rejoin the team.”
• Lin Qiye and King Mask discussed how Blue Rain and Mask would be remembered on the Night Watchmen’s stele and how their designations could pass to new squads.
• King Mask retrieved the Yasakani no Magatama from Susanoo’s chest and hurried with Lin Qiye toward the gates of Takama-ga-hara.
• The second Red Moon beneath the sky suddenly burst with blinding light.

Lin Qiye and King Mask fled toward Takama-ga-hara’s gate as the second Red Moon drove the Corpse Beasts into a frenzy and another Corpse God emerged. Lu Wuwei rescued them on his Electric Scooter, and three robed figures entered through the exploding gate, declaring that they would clear Takama-ga-hara.

• The second Red Moon enraged Takama-ga-hara’s Corpse Beasts, while a new Corpse God formed from Susanoo’s corpse and pursued Lin Qiye and King Mask.
• Lin Qiye and King Mask found the way to the gate blocked by hundreds of powerful Corpse Beasts, and King Mask admitted he was too exhausted to control time on a large scale.
• Lu Wuwei arrived on his Electric Scooter, blasted through the Corpse Beasts with pizza boxes, and told Lin Qiye and King Mask to get on.
• As the scooter carried all three toward the gate, the Gate of Reception exploded and streams of fire swept across Takama-ga-hara while avoiding them.
• Three robed figures entered through the collapsed gate, and one of them said it was time to remove Takama-ga-hara and ordered them to clear the field.

Three Golden Immortals arrived in Takama-ga-hara and devastated the Corpse Beast horde while Lin Qiye and his companions rode toward the Gate of Reception. After Yu Ding defeated the Corpse God blocking his path, Lin Qiye and King Mask escaped Takama-ga-hara and prepared to return to Great Xia.

• Guang Chengzi and Taiyi destroyed swarms of Corpse Beasts with the Sky-Flipping Seal and Map of Mountains and Rivers as Lin Qiye, King Mask, and Lu Wuwei rode through the battle.
• Yu Ding introduced himself to Lin Qiye, said his disciple had benefited from Lin Qiye's care, and told the group to leave while he handled the remaining enemies.
• Yu Ding cut down the Corpse God born from Susanoo's body and continued into Takama-ga-hara.
• Lin Qiye and King Mask discussed Yu Ding's claim about his disciple Yang Jian as Lu Wuwei drove them through the Gate of Reception.
• Lu Wuwei said goodbye and rode off, while Lin Qiye and King Mask walked away together.

Lin Qiye and King Mask learned that neither King Mask nor Kronos could accelerate Jialan’s awakening, so they parted at a foggy crossroads to meet separate visitors. King Mask met Kronos, traded the Yasakani no Magatama, and asked for a portion of the Time Law, but Kronos said he could only obtain it if Kronos died and he seized the law first.

• King Mask told Lin Qiye that Kronos’s time powers could not accelerate Jialan’s awakening and promised to investigate which God of Time could help.
• At a foggy crossroads, King Mask took the left road to meet his visitor while Lin Qiye took the right road to meet his own.
• King Mask found Kronos in the mist, and Kronos reversed time to restore the abandoned street to a vibrant shopping district.
• King Mask gave Kronos the chipped Yasakani no Magatama and asked for a portion of the Time Law so he could become a god.
• Kronos refused, explaining that King Mask could only claim his law after Kronos died and if he could seize it before the other Gods of Time.

Lin Qiye returned the Primordial Celestial Venerable’s meditation cushion and Divine Calamity, then learned that the Great Xia Gods had plans beyond fighting the Corpse Beasts. The Celestial Venerable warned him to return to Great Xia soon because the sky would change, while a second Blood Moon threatened Takama-ga-hara.

• King Mask returned the Yasakani no Magatama to the old man, and the time phantom around them vanished.
• The Primordial Celestial Venerable explained that he and the future-traveling King Mask had arranged for the meditation cushion to protect the little fat fellow from Red Moon contamination.
• Lin Qiye returned the meditation cushion and gave Divine Calamity to the Celestial Venerable to absorb some of its energy.
• The Celestial Venerable told Lin Qiye to return to Great Xia soon because the sky would change, and Lin Qiye rode the Somersault Cloud away.
• Yuding, Taiyi, and Guang Chengzi continued slaughtering Corpse Beasts in Takama-ga-hara as the second Red Moon spread contamination.
• The Primordial Celestial Venerable arrived in Takama-ga-hara and looked up at the crimson Blood Moon.

The Daoist destroyed the second Red Moon in Takama-ga-hara and summoned the Great Xia Gods’ Heavenly Court, leaving the other divine kingdoms reacting to its sudden arrival. The Heavenly Court’s descent unfolded as God War continued to divide Olympus.

• The Daoist destroyed the crimson eyeball that served as the second Red Moon and trapped its released Pollution Power in a Golden Flower Array.
• The Daoist told Guang Chengzi and the other two that Takama-ga-hara could not be saved, then sent them away before preparing to destroy the divine kingdom and its Evil Spirits.
• The Daoist summoned the Heavenly Court, which appeared above Takama-ga-hara as a vast golden divine kingdom.
• In Egypt, Shu and the other gods sensed the Heavenly Court’s arrival, and the phantom on the sun pillar identified it as the Heavenly Court.
• In Asgard, One-Eyed Old Man summoned Loki, who wondered why the Great Xia Gods had emerged; One-Eyed Old Man said they were making a show of force.
• During God War in Olympus, the man beneath the thunderclouds and Nyx noticed the Heavenly Court’s descent, and Nyx smiled.

The Daoist used the Heavenly Court Origin to sever Takama-ga-hara and fed its divine power to Divine Calamity. Lin Qiye and his companions prepared to return to Great Xia with Yurina Takishiro, who agreed to join them.

• The Daoist drew on the Heavenly Court Origin to cut Takama-ga-hara in two and erase its remains.
• The Daoist sent Divine Calamity into the ruins to absorb their power, then recalled the blade.
• An Qingyu told Yurina Takishiro that his genetic defects and illness had been cured, though he had lost some lifespan.
• Baili Pangpang and the others saw the Heavenly Court appear above the sea as Takama-ga-hara fell away.
• Lin Qiye urged the group to return to Great Xia and invited Yurina Takishiro to come with them; Yurina agreed.
• The Daoist returned Divine Calamity to Lin Qiye, who bowed before leading everyone toward Great Xia on the Somersault Cloud.

After the Heavenly Court destroyed Takama-ga-hara, Kronos reached the moon to repair a breach in the seal holding back its monsters. He used Time Reversal to begin restoring the breach while Michael guarded him from the corruption.

• True Lord Yu Ding explained that the destruction of Takama-ga-hara would warn the foreign pantheons while Great Xia prepared a surprise attack.
• Kronos arrived on the moon and gave Michael the restored Yasakani no Magatama.
• Michael withdrew the Mortal Divine Domain, revealing the corrupted lunar surface and the abyss where the seal had broken.
• Kronos learned that the breach had appeared more than fifty years earlier and that its rupturing force had come from Earth.
• Kronos used Time Reversal to gradually repair the lunar seal despite the corruption and whispers resisting him.

Michael restored the lunar seal, gave Kronos a miracle to recover his lost lifespan, and descended to Earth to investigate who had targeted the seal. Over the misty sea, King Mask met his elderly future self, who explained that he could not save the dead because his lifespan had run out.

• Kronos reversed time to restore the lunar seal, but the effort consumed a century of his lifespan.
• Michael used a miracle to halt Kronos's aging and asked him to guard the seal while he went to Earth to investigate the attack.
• Kronos agreed to remain on the moon, and Michael descended toward the mortal world.
• King Mask encountered his elderly future self on a boat in the mist and demanded an explanation for the deaths caused by the Time Loop.
• The elderly King Mask said he could not reverse time to save them because his lifespan had reached its end.

The elderly King Mask explained how he had changed Great Xia’s timeline at the cost of his remaining life, then vanished after apologizing to King Mask. Lin Qiye returned Divine Calamity to Yurina Takishiro, then entered the sword’s world to fulfill Yurina’s dream of dancing with her.

• The elderly King Mask told King Mask that he had changed Great Xia’s fate but could not save everyone, and said his Time Law would return to the River of Time when he passed on.
• King Mask forgave the elderly King Mask, who vanished into white threads after telling him that becoming the God of Time was his destiny.
• Lin Qiye returned Divine Calamity to Yurina Takishiro and reassured him that his sister had become a soul body rather than truly dying.
• After hearing about Yurina’s dream of dancing with Lin Qiye, Lin Qiye borrowed Divine Calamity again and entered the world within the blade.
• Lin Qiye arrived at Yurina’s club dressed as a host and invited her to dance.

The Egyptian gods and Norse gods debated how to respond to the Heavenly Court’s destruction of Takama-ga-hara while investigating Great Xia’s intentions. The Grand Pure Celestial Venerable announced that he would challenge the Norse Gods in ten days.

• The Sun God sent Nut to consult the other divine kingdoms and Nephthys to investigate Great Xia’s border.
• Nut and Nephthys became disoriented in the mist and saw countless stars appear across the sky.
• Frigga failed to see Great Xia’s fate because the Three Pure Ones had concealed it, while Loki suspected the Heavenly Court was pursuing a hidden scheme.
• Thor questioned why Asgard had to oppose Great Xia, but the One-Eyed Old Man proposed an attack to test its strength.
• A wooden sword struck the ground before the Norse gods, bearing a note in which the Grand Pure Celestial Venerable promised to return in ten days and challenge them.