Chapter Summaries

Lin Qiye explored his guest room in Jade Pool and learned from Yang Jian that the Queen Mother of the West and her maidservants were real, powerful beings who maintained the Peach Banquet’s Time Silhouette. After receiving a real three-thousand-year peach as a reward, Lin Qiye ate it.

• Lin Qiye inspected his guest room and found that its furnishings were real, then wondered whether Jade Pool itself remained intact.
• Yang Jian explained that the mountains seemed intact but cautioned that they had not explored all of Jade Pool.
• A Red-robed Maidservant delivered a real peach from the Queen Mother of the West, prompting Lin Qiye to ask whether she was real.
• Yang Jian said the Queen Mother and the Jade Emperor were nearly Supreme Gods and that the Queen Mother maintained the Peach Banquet’s Time Silhouette.
• Yang Jian explained that Lin Qiye’s intervention against Andre had given him a chance to impress the Queen Mother, and Lin Qiye realized the peach was his reward.
• Yang Jian advised Lin Qiye to eat the freshly unsealed peach, and Lin Qiye bit into it.

Lin Qiye began absorbing the peach of immortality while Yang Jian guarded him, and Si Xiaonan, An Qingyu, and Leng Xuan searched Kunlun Void for a way out. Si Xiaonan realized that the Leng Xuan beside her had become a stranger.

• Lin Qiye ate the peach of immortality, and Yang Jian explained that it would take a day to digest while he stood guard.
• Si Xiaonan told An Qingyu that Loki's Soul Contract bound her life to his and that Leng Xuan remained under Loki's surveillance.
• Leng Xuan returned empty-handed, and the three left Yaochi to search for an exit from Kunlun Void.
• A violet-clad maid appeared near the mountain range, prompting Si Xiaonan and the others to hide behind a rock wall.
• An Qingyu suggested they wait in hiding, and Si Xiaonan agreed while noting that the delay would affect their return to Asgard.
• Si Xiaonan noticed the figure beside her had an unfamiliar, shadowed face and froze in fear.

An Qingyu and Si Xiaonan realized Loki had possessed Leng Xuan, but Loki tested Si Xiaonan and exposed that he knew about their signals. He revealed his control over her and killed An Qingyu, leaving Si Xiaonan facing him alone.

• An Qingyu and Si Xiaonan recognized that Leng Xuan had not responded to their coded signals and suspected Loki was possessing him.
• Loki tested Si Xiaonan by writing a question in the dirt, but she pretended not to understand and asked what he had done to Leng Xuan.
• Loki revealed that he had noticed their nose-touching signal and warned Si Xiaonan that she could not defeat him.
• Loki sent a streak of black light at An Qingyu and severed his head.

Si Xiaonan agreed to help Loki obtain a secret treasure from Kunlun Void in exchange for Leng Xuan’s life, while An Qingyu revived and warned the Night Watchmen about Loki’s infiltration. At Jade Pool, Lin Qiye broke through to the Klein realm, and Yang Jian offered to teach him Law Manifesting Heaven and Earth.

• Loki killed An Qingyu’s apparent body and pressured Si Xiaonan to retrieve the Kunlun Void treasure by threatening Leng Xuan’s life.
• An Qingyu revived in his underground cavern and urgently contacted the Commander-in-Chief’s Office to report Loki’s infiltration of Kunlun Void.
• Zuo Qing told Jiang Ziya about Loki’s presence, then left for the Pamir Plateau to investigate in person.
• Lin Qiye absorbed the immortal peaches and broke through to the Klein realm as Yang Jian and Nezha watched.
• Yang Jian offered to teach Lin Qiye Law Manifesting Heaven and Earth.

Lin Qiye demonstrated his Demonic Dharma Form to Yang Jian, who taught him the complementary Pure Source Dharma Form. Meanwhile, the Queen Mother of the West prepared to awaken the Kunlun Sword Ruins, while Loki and Si Xiaonan infiltrated Jade Pool.

• Lin Qiye transformed into a Demon Ape, and Yang Jian praised his inherited Demonic Dharma Form while warning about its violent influence and limited attacks.
• Yang Jian revealed his self-created Pure Source Dharma Form, which could counter the Demonic Dharma Form's drawbacks and complement its power.
• The Queen Mother of the West learned that one intruder was dead and the other two had evaded the Kunlun Mirror, then left a split soul in the mirror and assigned a maid to manage Jade Pool.
• Loki and Si Xiaonan reached Jade Pool's inner ring, and Loki deceived its Spiritual Energy formation so they could pass through unnoticed.

Loki and Si Xiaonan discovered that Kunlun Void was a Time Silhouette used by Great Xia to deceive the other divine kingdoms, and Loki suspected the Great Xia Gods had gone elsewhere. They found a real Green-robed Maidservant, whom Loki seized and began interrogating about Kunlun Void’s secret treasure.

• Si Xiaonan calculated that Loki needed 3.46 seconds to trick a god-level formation and memorized the figure.
• Loki and Si Xiaonan tried to capture Heavenly Soldiers for directions, but their hands passed through the soldiers.
• Loki realized Kunlun Void was a Time Silhouette and explained that Great Xia had set a trap to mislead the four great divine kingdoms.
• Loki spotted a real Green-robed Maidservant, seized her, and pinned her against an Immortal Palace wall.
• Si Xiaonan concealed their presence with Unfettered Veil while Loki demanded to know where the secret treasure was.
• When the Green-robed Maidservant refused to answer, Loki sent a tiny black snake into her ear to interrogate her.

Loki and Si Xiaonan entered Yaochi’s Pill Hall to seek the Eternal Immortal Pill after Loki tortured the Green-robed Maidservant for its location. The maidservant survived Si Xiaonan’s deception long enough to warn the other maidservants, who arrived at the Pill Hall and attacked Loki.

• Loki learned the location of Yaochi’s secret treasure from the Green-robed Maidservant, and Si Xiaonan appeared to kill her before they escaped under Unfettered Veils.
• The Green-robed Maidservant revived and warned the Yellow-robed Maidservant and four others that the intruders were targeting the Pill Hall.
• Lin Qiye returned his soul to his body after practicing with Yang Jian, then noticed the maidservants rushing away with killing intent and went to investigate.
• Loki and Si Xiaonan opened the Pill Hall and passed its floating Pill Flasks as Loki focused on the hall’s far end.
• The five maidservants charged into the Pill Hall and attacked Loki.

Loki defeated the maidservants guarding the Pill Hall, but Queen Mother of the West confronted him and pursued him into the skies above Jade Pool. Si Xiaonan pressed on toward the Pill Flasks, where a Crimson Cloak figure arrived and found her among the fallen guards.

• Loki used the maidservants’ sword array against them, leaving all five severely wounded.
• The maidservant in yellow summoned Queen Mother of the West through a Bronze Mirror, and she attacked Loki.
• Loki threatened that the Four Divine Kingdoms would invade Great Xia, then fled as Queen Mother of the West pursued him.
• Si Xiaonan knocked the wounded maidservants unconscious and continued into the depths of the Pill Hall.
• As Si Xiaonan reached for the black and white Pill Flasks, a sword-carrying figure in a Crimson Cloak entered the hall and fixed his gaze on her.

Loki battled Queen Mother of the West and discovered a hidden Sword Mountain beneath Kunlun Void’s illusions. In the Pill Hall, Lin Qiye confronted Si Xiaonan, whose arrival amid the slain Jade Pool Maidservants left him uncertain about what had happened.

• Loki used tricks to heal himself and attack Queen Mother of the West, but she exposed his real body with the Kunlun Mirror and blasted him into the mountains.
• Loki found ancient swords embedded throughout a Sword Mountain concealed beneath Kunlun Void’s Time Silhouette and wondered why the Great Xia Gods had hidden them.
• Loki decided Si Xiaonan had to obtain the Kunlun Secret Treasure while he kept Queen Mother of the West occupied, then recognized Lin Qiye entering the Pill Hall.
• Lin Qiye found Si Xiaonan in the Pill Hall beside five slain Jade Pool Maidservants and asked her what had happened.

Si Xiaonan tried to take the Kunlun Secret Treasure while hiding her real intentions from Loki, and Lin Qiye intervened to stop her. She ended up with both Pill Flasks, discovering that the white flask was empty and the black flask held the Eternal Pill.

• Loki ordered Si Xiaonan to take the Kunlun Secret Treasure and kill Lin Qiye if she got the chance, so she rushed toward the Pill Flasks without explaining herself.
• The maid in yellow warned Lin Qiye not to let Si Xiaonan take the Eternal Immortal Pill, and Lin Qiye used Night Flicker to intercept her.
• Si Xiaonan used a crow illusion to trick Lin Qiye, but he knocked the white Pill Flask into the air and caught it after the Void White Bear seized her.
• Si Xiaonan altered reality with a trick, escaped the bear, and took both Pill Flasks from Lin Qiye.
• Si Xiaonan found that the white flask was empty and the black flask contained a pill labeled Eternal Pill.

Lin Qiye fought Si Xiaonan in the Pill Hall after she tried to flee with the Eternal Pill, but she secretly obtained a Soul Devouring Poison Pill. Her words about the green Higanbana left Lin Qiye stunned by a memory of Team 136.

• Si Xiaonan realized the Eternal Immortal Pill might consist of two pills and raced through the Pill Hall with the flasks while Lin Qiye pursued her.
• Lin Qiye summoned the Pure Source Dharma Form to block the exit, and Si Xiaonan used her Celestial Phenomenon, Deceit, to damage its halberd and try to escape.
• Lin Qiye restrained and struck Si Xiaonan, preventing her from altering reality before she could recover from her injuries.
• Si Xiaonan secretly transferred a Soul Devouring Poison Pill from a dark green flask into the empty white flask.
• Si Xiaonan told Lin Qiye that the green Higanbana would bloom, prompting him to remember Team 136 discussing its flower language as everlasting hope.

Si Xiaonan escaped with the two Pill Flasks, and Loki took her back to Asgard while the Queen Mother of the West let him leave Kunlun Void. Lin Qiye learned that the Queen Mother had remained there as an avatar and had personally forged the Night Watchmen’s Star Sabers.

• Si Xiaonan struck Lin Qiye and fled with three phantom clones, but he lowered Kusanagi-no-Tsurugi and chose to trust her signal about the green Higanbana.
• The Queen Mother of the West attacked Si Xiaonan, but Loki rescued her, took the two Pill Flasks, and sent her to Asgard.
• Loki told the Queen Mother that she could not stop him as an avatar, then vanished from Kunlun Void.
• The Queen Mother of the West returned to Lin Qiye and gathered the six Soul Pearls of the Jade Pool maidservants into a bracelet.
• The Queen Mother explained that her true body had entered reincarnation while her avatar had stayed in Kunlun Void for a hundred years, and revealed that she had forged the Night Watchmen’s Star Sabers.

Lin Qiye learned that Queen Mother of the West had forged the Night Watchmen’s Star Sabers for Nie Jinshan, then asked her how to awaken Jialan. She left without answering, while Loki escaped to the Pamir Plateau and ran into Zuo Qing and Lu Wuwei.

• Queen Mother of the West told Lin Qiye that she had forged batches of Star Sabers for Nie Jinshan, the first Commander-in-Chief of the Night Watchmen.
• Queen Mother of the West restored the Pill Hall and discovered that the Soul Devouring Poison Pill was missing; she revealed that the Immortal Pill had left the Jade Pool two thousand years earlier.
• Lin Qiye asked Queen Mother of the West how to awaken Jialan, but she said the Kunlun Mirror could not accelerate the process and left without explaining further.
• Loki emerged wounded on the Pamir Plateau and headed for the Great Xia border, believing the Great Xia Gods had left few people able to stop him.
• Zuo Qing and Lu Wuwei arrived on an electric scooter, identified Loki from a receipt, and confronted him.

At Kongur Tagh, An Qingyu told Baili Pangpang and the others that Loki had appeared in the Kunlun Void while Lin Qiye remained missing. At the Kayush Border Defense Company, Su Zhe and Su Yuan learned from Ke Changlin why he guarded the fog-covered border, as the recruits’ assessment neared its end.

• An Qingyu told Baili Pangpang, Cao Yuan, and the others that Commander Zuo and Mr. Lu were hunting Loki, while Lin Qiye had not yet returned from the Kunlun Void.
• Baili Pangpang said the eliminated recruits were still volunteering at the border defense company as the assessment’s final day approached.
• Su Zhe finished his cold-weather watch shift and ate with Su Yuan at the Kayush Border Defense Company.
• Su Zhe and Su Yuan wondered what Instructor Lin intended to teach them through their volunteer work after elimination.
• Ke Changlin shared homemade sheep-milk cakes and explained that he guarded the border to protect his mother and younger brothers from whatever might emerge from the fog.

Lin Qiye learned the history of the Eternal Immortal Pill and the Queen Mother of the West’s massacre at the Jade Pool, but the mysteries remained unresolved. As he left Kunlun Void to return to the True World, the realm began to shake.

• Ke Changlin apologized for his outburst, described his nightmares about something emerging from the mist, and left to change shifts while Su Zhe and Su Yuan ate flatbread.
• Lin Qiye told Yang Jian and Nezha that the Eternal Immortal Pill had been stolen, and they explained its origins and Lingbao Tianzun’s disappearance.
• Lin Qiye realized the pill’s theft was a secret and asked what had happened at the Jade Pool more than two thousand years earlier.
• Yang Jian said the Queen Mother of the West had massacred everyone at the Jade Pool, prompting two Celestial Venerables to seal it for three days.
• Lin Qiye said goodbye to Yang Jian and Nezha and flew toward Kunlun Void’s exit, but the realm began to shake violently as he stepped forward.

Lin Qiye, Yang Jian, and Nezha discovered that the Queen Mother of the West had recreated the Kunlun Void on Survival Day, when the fog first invaded Great Xia. As the Queen Mother’s avatar joined Star Lord Ziwei to face the crisis, the Time Silhouette spread beyond Kunlun to the western border.

• Lin Qiye and the others saw the Kunlun Void’s true landscape revealed beneath the Time Silhouette: mountains covered in tens of millions of ancient swords.
• Star Lord Ziwei reported that deadly fog had appeared beyond Great Xia’s borders and that the gods sent to stop it had been overwhelmed.
• Lin Qiye realized the scene was set on March 9, 1921, the day known as Survival Day.
• The Queen Mother of the West’s avatar heard Ziwei’s plea and vowed to accompany the immortals, while her true body began stirring the swords through the Kunlun Mirror.
• The Queen Mother’s avatar and Star Lord Ziwei left the Kunlun Void, and Lin Qiye, Yang Jian, and Nezha followed them to the century-old Pamir Plateau as the Time Silhouette spread across the world.

Lin Qiye explained that the Queen Mother of the West had projected a Time Silhouette of the past over the Pamir Plateau, but Yang Jian refused to avoid the coming disaster and flew toward the mist. Lin Qiye went to Kongur Tagh to protect the recruits, where the group witnessed the projection’s events and spotted a golden figure riding a Somersault Cloud toward the mist.

• Lin Qiye told Yang Jian and Nezha that the plateau was overlapped by a Time Silhouette and that history could not be changed.
• Yang Jian learned that the coming events were connected to his reincarnation, then chose to fight at Great Xia’s western border despite the danger.
• Nezha followed Yang Jian, while Lin Qiye headed for Kongur Tagh to stabilize the situation and protect the recruits.
• At Kongur Tagh, An Qingyu, Jiang Er, Baili Pangpang, and Cao Yuan saw divine figures and the approaching mist before Lin Qiye explained the Time Silhouette.
• Lin Qiye stopped speaking when he saw a golden figure in a Kasaya riding a Somersault Cloud toward the mist.

Lin Qiye pursued a cloud-riding figure while An Qingyu split the Nightfall Squad to guard the recruits. At Kongur Tagh, Fang Mo and Lu Baoyou resumed their rivalry, then encountered True Lord Yu Ding and the One-Eyed White Tiger before Baili Pangpang sent the Daoist toward the Mist.

• Lin Qiye left to pursue the figure, and An Qingyu assigned the squad to guard recruits at Kongur Tagh and the Kayush Border Defense Company.
• Fang Mo collapsed in the snow, and Lu Baoyou caught up with him and challenged him to race for the summit again.
• True Lord Yu Ding arrived on the One-Eyed White Tiger and questioned why Fang Mo carried a white tiger's aura.
• Lu Baoyou drew his blade against True Lord Yu Ding, but Baili Pangpang explained that Lu Baoyou was only a hot-tempered junior.
• Baili Pangpang pointed out the thunder at the western Mist border, and True Lord Yu Ding departed toward the Mist.
• Baili Pangpang told Fang Mo and Lu Baoyou to continue their race while he waited at the summit of Kongur Tagh.

Su Zhe told Ke Changlin why he feared his sister would follow their mother into danger, and Ke Changlin helped him accept that protecting his sister could be his reason for joining the Night Watchmen. Just as Su Zhe resolved to take responsibility for that path, the mist surged back toward the border and a monk pondered how to resist its power.

• Su Zhe told Ke Changlin that his mother, a police officer, had died in a shootout and that he feared his sister would sacrifice herself while protecting others.
• Su Zhe admitted that he wanted to join the Night Watchmen only to protect his sister and questioned whether he belonged on the front lines.
• Ke Changlin explained that protecting one's home was part of defending the country and urged Su Zhe to stand by his sister and accept the responsibilities of his chosen path.
• Su Zhe thanked Ke Changlin and decided that joining for his sister's sake and becoming a good Night Watchman were compatible.
• The boundary of Time Silhouette covered the border defense company, and the mist retreated beyond Great Xia's border before rolling back toward the company.
• A plump, big-eared monk rode along the misty border and wondered whether abandoning divine power could keep him from being torn apart by the mist, then looked east for Monkey Brother.

Lin Qiye followed the Victorious Fighting Buddha toward the black World-Ending Mist and learned that Queen Mother of the West had recreated the ancient catastrophe to complete her sword-forging work. The Great Xia Gods’ attempt to investigate the mist ended in failure, leaving them facing a threat that drained divine power and concealed swarms of demonic creatures.

• Lin Qiye met the Victorious Fighting Buddha, who mistook him for a disciple of Patriarch Bodhi, and followed him toward the World-Ending Mist.
• Lin Qiye realized the black mist from a century ago was far more deadly than the grayish-white mist he had encountered before.
• Queen Mother of the West called Lin Qiye over and explained that she had recreated the scene to complete the final step of forging the Kunlun Sword Ruins.
• Thunder God and Lightning Mother failed to stop the mist, while Queen Mother of the West sent them away to rest.
• True Person Yellow Dragon, Chi Jingzi, and Ju Liusun emerged from the mist weakened, and True Person Yellow Dragon warned that demonic creatures had nearly overwhelmed them.