Chapter Summaries

Lin Qiye recovered enough to return to the Heavenly Court, where Michael visited him and revealed that he had come to investigate who broke the moon’s seal fifty years ago. Michael asked Lin Qiye to help him once his body had recovered, as part of his deal with the Great Xia Celestial Venerables.

• Yang Jin brought Lin Qiye back to the Heavenly Court, where Lin Qiye explained that Seraph's miracle had revived him.
• Taibai Jinxing arranged lodging for Lin Qiye and his companions while Cao Yuan remained unconscious and needed time to recover.
• Lin Qiye began rehabilitation with help from Xiao Hei Lai, who transformed into parallel bars and a body-fat scale.
• Michael appeared in Lin Qiye's courtyard after knocking, then shrank to human size and spoke with him indoors.
• Michael told Lin Qiye that he had come to track down the culprit who broke the moon's seal fifty years earlier and asked Lin Qiye to help after he recovered.
• Michael explained that he sought the Great Xia Gods because Great Xia alone had not been contaminated by the Cthulhu Mythos and was therefore trustworthy.

Lin Qiye agreed to help Michael retrieve an item from a place the Great Xia Gods could not enter, while An Qingyu announced that he was close to discovering Spiritual Energy’s unique frequency. Shen Qingzhu grew quiet as he compared himself to his extraordinary companions, and Baili Pangpang tried to cheer him up.

• Michael told Lin Qiye that he wanted the Great Xia Gods to help find the culprit behind an event from fifty years ago, and asked Lin Qiye to retrieve an item with him after his injuries healed.
• Michael allowed Lin Qiye to bring trusted companions, provided they were purely devout, while Baili Pangpang sensed Michael from outside and left without knocking.
• Baili Pangpang joined An Qingyu, Jiang Er, and Shen Qingzhu, and An Qingyu revealed that he was close to calculating Spiritual Energy’s unique frequency.
• An Qingyu explained that he hoped to create Spiritual Energy and develop a divine-power frequency suited to himself.
• Shen Qingzhu compared himself unfavorably to his companions, so Baili Pangpang patted his shoulder and invited him to find a toilet together.

Lin Qiye recovered in the hospital while planning to leave for the mortal realm once his body healed. Inside the Psychiatric Hospital of the Gods, he discovered the staff holding a funeral for him, and his appearance sent the hospital into chaos.

• Baili Pangpang asked Shen Qingzhu whether he would become a God's Agent, and Shen Qingzhu said he wanted to be himself rather than anyone's shadow.
• Lin Qiye planned to follow Michael to retrieve an item after his recovery and entered the Psychiatric Hospital of the Gods in his mind.
• Lin Qiye found Li Yifei, Bragi, the nurses, and the department heads holding a funeral for him.
• Gilgamesh questioned whether Lin Qiye was truly the hospital's master, and the Monkey King said he did not believe Lin Qiye had died.
• Lin Qiye appeared at the Director's Office and told the nurses to rise, prompting one nurse to cry out that his spirit had appeared.

Lin Qiye returned to the hospital, corrected the panic caused by Bragi’s mistaken belief that he had died, and recruited the Daruma Doll Mystery as an orderly. After the Monkey King learned that the Great Xia Gods had returned, Lin Qiye opened the Sixth Ward and found holy white light pouring from within.

• Li Yifei explained that Bragi had told the hospital staff Lin Qiye died, and Lin Qiye sent him to reassure the orderlies and restore order.
• Lin Qiye saw that Bragi’s treatment progress had fallen to 86%, asked after his wife, and told him he might soon return to Asgard.
• Lin Qiye hired the Daruma Doll Mystery as an orderly and assigned it to the cleaning department.
• The Monkey King and Gilgamesh verified that Lin Qiye was himself, and Lin Qiye explained that Michael had nearly killed him.
• The Monkey King learned that the Great Xia Gods had returned and walked away alone, visibly shaken.
• Lin Qiye opened the Sixth Ward, and warm white light poured through the doorway.

Lin Qiye opened the hospital’s final ward and met Yelander, who repeated the same affectionate phrase in response to every question. After Monkey King asked to leave the hospital, Lin Qiye let him go in soul form, and Monkey King disguised himself to visit someone.

• A pillar of holy light appeared as Gilgamesh, Monkey King, and Bragi each noticed it.
• Lin Qiye found Yelander in the final ward and saw that his treatment progress was zero.
• Yelander repeatedly told Lin Qiye, “You did well, child,” no matter what Lin Qiye asked.
• Lin Qiye asked Li Yifei to look after Yelander, then Monkey King asked Lin Qiye to help him go outside.
• Lin Qiye let Monkey King leave the hospital in soul form, and Monkey King used his Seventy-Two Transformations to disguise himself before saying he wanted to see some people.

Lin Qiye accompanied Monkey King through the Heavenly Court as Monkey King visited Qiongshan Palace and then went to a divine mountain. There, Monkey King made grave markers for Zhu Wuneng and Sha Wujing, and a figure in white recognized him as the Great Sage.

• Lin Qiye agreed to go with Monkey King, and Xiao Hei Lai revealed himself as Yang Jian's dog.
• Monkey King and Lin Qiye traveled discreetly through the Heavenly Court, avoiding drawing attention to Monkey King's presence.
• Monkey King entered Qiongshan Palace and came out carrying a black sack.
• Monkey King took Lin Qiye to a divine mountain, where he carved markers for the graves of Zhu Wuneng and Sha Wujing.
• Monkey King prepared wine and immortal fruit to honor his junior brothers, and a figure in white arrived and called him the Great Sage.

Taibai Jinxing took Monkey King and Lin Qiye to the Jade Stele Forest, where Monkey King honored Zhu Wuneng and Sha Wujing. After returning to Lin Qiye’s hospital, Monkey King challenged Gilgamesh to a fight as his treatment progress reached 88%.

• Monkey King warned Taibai Jinxing to keep his return secret, then followed him with Lin Qiye to the Jade Stele Forest.
• Taibai Jinxing showed Monkey King the merit steles honoring Zhu Wuneng and Sha Wujing as Guardians General of Great Xia.
• Monkey King placed immortal brew and fruits before the steles, drank, and mourned his fallen companions.
• Primordial Celestial Venerable and Baili Pangpang watched from afar before Primordial Celestial Venerable led Baili Pangpang to retrieve something he requested.
• Monkey King returned to Lin Qiye’s hospital and provoked Gilgamesh into a clash of fighting spirits.
• Lin Qiye saw that Monkey King’s treatment progress had reached 88%.

Lin Qiye and his companions prepared to descend to the lower realm, though Cao Yuan’s incomplete recovery and Baili Pangpang’s decision to stay behind changed the group’s plans. As the four travelers departed with Michael, Baili Pangpang gave Shen Qingzhu the Source Dao Jade because he felt uneasy about their journey.

• Lin Qiye learned that Cao Yuan had only regained control of half his body and could not travel, so Baili Pangpang stayed behind to care for him.
• Baili Pangpang gave Shen Qingzhu a forbidden jade pendant that could bring him back from the dead, and Shen Qingzhu accepted it.
• Lin Qiye, An Qingyu, Jiang Er, and Shen Qingzhu met Michael at the South Heaven Gate and departed with him for the lower realm.
• Baili Pangpang watched the group leave and told Primordial Celestial Venerable that he had given Shen Qingzhu the Source Dao Jade because he felt an unexplained sense of unease.

Lin Qiye and Nightfall Squad returned from the Heavenly Court and received a mission from Zuo Qing to retrieve the Ark of the Covenant from the Western Holy Church. Zuo Qing also asked them to search the mist for Zhou Ping, who had gone missing while looking for them.

• An Qingyu received a call from Headquarters, and Lin Qiye agreed to take the group there to meet Commander Zuo.
• Michael tore the taxi door off while trying to get into the car, then restored it with golden light.
• Zuo Qing welcomed Michael and told Lin Qiye that his recovery was satisfactory and that he would receive a Sea of Stars Medal.
• Zuo Qing assigned Nightfall Squad to accompany Michael into the mist and retrieve the Ark of the Covenant, which held a secret treasure left by Yelander.
• Zuo Qing revealed that Zhou Ping had not returned from searching the mist and asked Nightfall Squad to find him and bring him back.

Lin Qiye's team prepared to search the mist for Zhou Ping while pursuing the Ark of the Covenant. In Shangjing, recruits Li Zhenzhen and Fang Mo took over 006 Squad's duties as its veterans departed for the front lines, and Chen Han introduced himself as the new captain.

• Zuo Qing told Lin Qiye and the others that Zhou Ping had been missing in the mist for half a year, and Lin Qiye vowed to find him.
• Zuo Qing showed the team Zhou Ping's planned route and ordered them to prioritize retrieving the Ark of the Covenant while keeping a low profile.
• An Qingyu realized the new recruits were reporting to their squads as veterans left for the front lines.
• Li Zhenzhen and Fang Mo reported for duty at 006 Squad's headquarters and saluted the departing veterans.
• Zhang Zhengting and the other 006 Squad members entrusted Shangjing to the recruits and left, while Li Zhenzhen called after them to come back.
• Chen Han introduced himself to Li Zhenzhen and Fang Mo as the new captain of 006 Squad.

Su Zhe and Su Yuan arrived at Team 136 and learned that Hong Ying and Wen Qimo were leaving for the front lines, then recognized Lin Qiye in an old team photograph. Lin Qiye and his companions arrived at the expanded Chenglong Pass, where Master Chen met them and led them toward their ship.

• Su Zhe and Su Yuan reported to Team 136, where Captain Hong Ying introduced Vice-Captain Wen Qimo and told the recruits to care for the agency while they left for the front lines.
• Hong Ying told the recruits that a senior would remain to guide them and asked them to pass along that the team was at Jialin Pass if anyone in the wall photograph returned.
• Su Zhe and Su Yuan studied the photograph and recognized Instructor Lin among the people gathered around the table.
• Lin Qiye and his companions flew to Chenglong Pass and saw that it had grown into a fortified, heavily populated war fortress.
• Master Chen met Lin Qiye and the others at Chenglong Pass, explained that he was one of its guardians, and led them toward their prepared ship.

Lin Qiye and his companions left Chenglong Pass aboard an Explorer Ship to travel through the mist on their mission. Michael extended the protection of their nameplates and warned that Great Xia’s War Passes would draw the other divine kingdoms’ hostility.

• Master Chen explained that Chenglong Pass had become a wartime fortress where Great Xia’s military, Night Watchmen, Special Squads, Human Apex, and gods gathered.
• Lin Qiye recognized the Night Watchmen squad from Huaihai City and wondered which War Pass Hong Ying and Wen Qimo had joined.
• Master Chen showed the group their stocked Explorer Ship and reminded them that electronic communications would fail in the mist.
• Lin Qiye and his companions sailed beyond Chenglong Pass and entered the mist, where Michael used a miracle to extend their nameplates’ protection.
• Michael praised Great Xia’s cooperation between humans and gods, then warned Lin Qiye that the other divine kingdoms would fear and target it.

Lin Qiye and the others sailed through the mist while Michael explained how faith and Divine System Origins empowered gods and why Zhou Ping’s self-created origin made him an exceptionally powerful chief god. Lin Qiye then spotted the island they had been seeking, marked by a colossal sword scar.

• Lin Qiye killed a gigantic bull-fish Mystery attacking the Explorer Ship.
• An Qingyu said the ship had entered the stretch overlapping with Sword Saint Zhou Ping’s route and was less than half a day from the marked mission location.
• Michael said he had witnessed Zhou Ping become a god on the moon and explained that gods drew strength from faith gathered through their Divine System Origins.
• Michael explained that mortals who became gods had to create their own Divine System Origin, making Zhou Ping a chief god among the strongest.
• Lin Qiye sensed something, rushed to the bow, and spotted an island with a vast sword scar cut across its eastern side.

Lin Qiye and his companions followed the Sword Saint’s trail across the sea but found only a month-old sword scar. Near their destination, Michael revealed that the Ark of the Covenant was in Heaven, a divine realm they could enter only by finding the purest light within their own hearts.

• Lin Qiye and his companions found a gigantic sword scar on an island, and An Qingyu determined it had been left about a month earlier.
• Michael sensed traces of three Lord Gods from the same pantheon, and An Qingyu concluded they had likely pursued Zhou Ping through the sky as he struck the island.
• Lin Qiye’s group continued sailing without finding Zhou Ping or the Ark of the Covenant, while Lin Qiye noticed that the Mysteries had stopped appearing.
• Michael told the group they had reached the waters where a divinely blessed domain once stood, and revealed that their destination was Heaven.
• Michael explained that Heaven had no physical location and that they could enter it only by sincerely invoking the Holy Lord and finding the purest land of light within their hearts.

Lin Qiye, Jiang Er, and An Qingyu entered Heaven after clearing their minds, while Shen Qingzhu remained behind, unable to overcome thoughts of the battle on the Pamir Plateau. The chapter left Shen Qingzhu struggling with anger, guilt, and helplessness as the others waited for him in Heaven.

• Michael explained that reciting the Lord's name could help people sense Heaven, then transformed into his Seraph form and told the group to follow him.
• Lin Qiye, An Qingyu, and Shen Qingzhu meditated aboard the ship while Jiang Er lay in her coffin.
• Jiang Er's magnetic field entered Heaven first, followed by Lin Qiye and An Qingyu; Michael explained that the dead could enter only through their consciousness.
• Lin Qiye and An Qingyu noticed that Shen Qingzhu had not arrived and decided to wait for him.
• Shen Qingzhu failed to clear his mind because memories of the Pamir Plateau battle filled him with anger, self-reproach, and helplessness.

Lin Qiye and the others traveled with Michael to Heaven to seek the Ark of the Covenant, while Shen Qingzhu failed to enter Heaven and remained aboard the ship. Michael revealed that Yelander had become the moon to seal the Cthulhu Gods, leaving the group stunned.

• Michael said Shen Qingzhu could not enter Heaven because his mind was burdened by too many distractions, then sent him a message to wait aboard the ship.
• Shen Qingzhu abandoned his attempt to enter Heaven, lit a cigarette, and sat silently in the dark cabin.
• Michael brought Lin Qiye, An Qingyu, and Jiang Er to Yelander's vast residence in Heaven and explained that the true Heaven lay beyond its encircling clouds.
• Lin Qiye asked where Yelander had gone, and Michael pointed to the moon.
• Michael explained that Yelander had shattered the moon and transformed himself and Heaven Origin into a new moon to seal the Cthulhu Gods, leaving Lin Qiye and the others shocked.

Michael revealed that Heaven had been destroyed in a war with Hell after the Holy Lord took Heaven's Origin and became the moon to seal the Lovecraftian Gods. Lin Qiye and the others followed Michael through the ruins, where they discovered that the Ark of the Covenant had vanished.

• Michael scattered the clouds and showed Lin Qiye and the others the ruined remains of Heaven.
• Michael explained that Lucifer had founded Hell beneath Heaven and that a God War had left both realms empty of angels and demons.
• Michael told Lin Qiye that the Holy Lord remained alive as the moon and its seal, while Lin Qiye considered how this related to Yelander's condition.
• Michael led the group through the ruins to a broken palace and found the wooden box on its golden platform empty.
• Michael revealed that the missing object was the Ark of the Covenant.

Lin Qiye and his companions found the Ark of the Covenant missing from the Holy Lord’s ruined palace, and Black Pupil’s investigation revealed that an evil Supreme God had visited a week earlier. Michael detected the intruder hiding in Hell and vanished to pursue him, while Heaven began to shake.

• Michael confirmed that the Ark of the Covenant had been kept in the Holy Lord’s palace, and An Qingyu determined the palace had been damaged within the past week.
• Lin Qiye summoned Black Pupil to investigate the palace’s past, but Black Pupil was struck by backlash after a Supreme God noticed him.
• Black Pupil identified the intruder as an evil Supreme God, and Michael recognized the aura and concluded the god had entered Heaven through Hell.
• Michael searched Hell with his Mortal Divine Domain, found the Supreme God’s presence, and left Heaven to hunt him.
• After Michael vanished, Lin Qiye wondered which Supreme God had stolen the Ark, and the ground of Heaven began shaking violently.

Michael confronted Odin in Hell over his ties to the Lovecraftian Gods, the stolen Ark of the Covenant, and the damaged lunar seal, then pursued him as he escaped. In Heaven, Lin Qiye, An Qingyu, and Jiang Er found the Ark’s box empty and realized they did not know how to return to the ship.

• Michael found Odin hiding beneath a lava peak in Hell and accused him of cooperating with the Lovecraftian Gods.
• Michael questioned Odin about stealing the Ark of the Covenant and damaging the lunar seal, but Odin stayed silent.
• Michael attacked Odin, who escaped after revealing that the lunar seal would be hard to break while Michael remained alive.
• Odin tore open the sky and scattered gray-white ashes over Hell before fleeing through a gap in its borders, and Michael chased him.
• After the Supreme Gods left, shadowy figures emerged in Hell and stood beneath the falling ashes.
• In Heaven, Lin Qiye, An Qingyu, and Jiang Er examined the empty box, then realized Michael had not told them how to leave.

Lin Qiye, An Qingyu, and Jiang Er found themselves unable to leave Heaven and considered whether to wait for the Seraph or risk entering Hell. While they waited, Jiang Er explained that Shen Qingzhu felt left behind by his teammates’ rapid growth, and Lin Qiye resolved to talk with him once they returned to the ship.

• Lin Qiye, An Qingyu, and Jiang Er tried to leave Heaven through meditation but found the exit sealed.
• Lin Qiye suggested using Hell as another way out, but he and An Qingyu judged the risks too great.
• Jiang Er told Lin Qiye and An Qingyu that Shen Qingzhu had grown despondent because he felt like dead weight beside his powerful teammates.
• Lin Qiye blamed himself for not noticing Shen Qingzhu’s distress sooner and promised to talk with him when they returned to the ship.