Chapter Summaries

Shen Qingzhu’s Explorer Ship was swept through a spatial rift into a frozen gorge of blood-red water, where something struck the vessel. In Heaven, Lin Qiye, An Qingyu, and Jiang Er watched darkness and ashes spread, and Lin Qiye decided they had to risk leaving.

• Shen Qingzhu saw Michael and another figure streak across the sky before the Explorer Ship was carried into a strange, freezing sea.
• Shen Qingzhu discovered a spatial rift behind the ship and realized he had to wait until the vessel reached open water to turn back.
• Grayish-white ashes fell around the Explorer Ship, and something beneath the blood-red water struck it and hurled it into the air.
• Jiang Er joined Lin Qiye and An Qingyu at the shattered palace, where they noticed darkness overtaking Heaven despite the Seraph’s claim that there was no night.
• An Qingyu identified the falling ashes as belonging to a Lovecraftian Deity, and Lin Qiye suspected Odin might be involved.
• Lin Qiye decided they could not remain in Heaven and fixed his gaze on the rift leading to Hell.

Lin Qiye, An Qingyu, and Jiang Er left Heaven and entered Hell, where they searched for a way out through the ash-filled skies. After a mysterious attack, they discovered that monstrous creatures were pursuing them through the clouds.

• Lin Qiye led An Qingyu and Jiang Er through the breach beneath the Broken Sword, leaving Michael a message before entering Hell.
• White ash touched a ruined angel corpse, and bizarre red Worm Eyes began appearing across the darkness.
• The three arrived in Hell and followed the direction Lin Qiye chose by tossing a pebble.
• As they flew through Hell's dense ash, a gigantic black hand nearly crushed them and their cloud.
• Lin Qiye steered Somersault Cloud through the clouds as black lightning and winged monsters closed in on the group.

Lin Qiye, An Qingyu, and Jiang Er escaped an attack by winged demons and discovered that the creatures were corpses controlled by worm-made eyes. They reached a mountain valley where wronged souls wandered, with demons still searching behind them.

• Winged demons attacked Lin Qiye, An Qingyu, and Jiang Er, but An Qingyu's purple mist and Lin Qiye's summoned Blazing Vein Earth Dragon let them escape through a spatial crack.
• Jiang Er asked how Lin Qiye and An Qingyu had coordinated so quickly, and they explained that their tacit understanding had helped them survive.
• Lin Qiye and An Qingyu realized the demons showed no signs of life and suspected the worm-made eyes on their foreheads controlled their corpses.
• The three ran to a valley between towering peaks, where Lin Qiye sensed no demons but detected wronged souls wandering through the fissures.

Lin Qiye, An Qingyu, and Jiang Er descended through a mountain fissure in hell while demons searched for them. Jiang Er sensed her body nearby and found the Explorer Ship wrecked in hell, but her message cut off after she reported that Cool Bro was missing and injured.

• Lin Qiye led An Qingyu and Jiang Er downhill through a narrow fissure as demons searched above them.
• Jiang Er sensed her physical body in the direction they were traveling, and An Qingyu urged her to follow the pull and report what she found.
• Jiang Er vanished as her magnetic field pulled her toward her body, while ash interfered with her signal to Lin Qiye and An Qingyu.
• Lin Qiye used Miracle to clear the signal, and Jiang Er reported that the Explorer Ship had been wrecked and was sinking through bloody seawater with her coffin.
• Jiang Er said Cool Bro was missing and that she had found his cloak fragments and bloodstains, then an explosion cut off her transmission.
• Lin Qiye sensed something approaching in the fissure and told An Qingyu to stay silent.

Lin Qiye and An Qingyu encountered a wraith trapped in an endless cycle of greed while searching deeper into Hell for Shen Qingzhu and Jiang Er. Meanwhile, the wounded Shen Qingzhu hid from swarming demons in a cave and faced the threat of bleeding to death.

• Lin Qiye and An Qingyu hid in the void as a wraith crawled through the mountain fissure.
• The wraith mistook a stone for gold, forced it into his mouth, and died before resurrecting and continuing his search.
• Lin Qiye explained that the wraith was being punished for greed, then hurried with An Qingyu toward Hell’s depths to find Shen Qingzhu and Jiang Er.
• Shen Qingzhu reached a hidden cave while pursued by demons and suspected the ash was poisonous.
• Shen Qingzhu uncovered a severe wound across his waist and abdomen and realized he might bleed to death.

Shen Qingzhu discovered that the ash was infecting him with a horrifying growth and mutilated his hand to destroy it, then gave up trying to escape as his wound worsened. Meanwhile, Lin Qiye and An Qingyu crossed an ash-filled valley through the void, where a vengeful soul began to change after being covered in ash.

• Shen Qingzhu found a writhing lump growing in his palm where ash had touched him and recognized the murmurs as Cthulhu's corruption.
• Shen Qingzhu severed his infected hand and burned it after it crawled toward him as a fleshy spider.
• Shen Qingzhu decided to stay by the mountain wall and wait for death rather than risk the demons and ashstorm.
• Lin Qiye sensed vengeful souls in a valley and took An Qingyu through the void to cross it.
• An Qingyu saw the greedy vengeful soul crawling through the ashes, and it stiffened before staring upward with fanatical excitement.

Lin Qiye and An Qingyu discovered that the ash carried Cthulhu’s contamination, which transformed An Qingyu’s severed arm into a monster and exposed them to the wraiths. As the wraiths mutated after willingly accepting the ash, one approached them convinced he was an angel.

• An Qingyu noticed a tumor growing in his palm from ash contamination and severed his right arm before it could spread.
• The severed arm mutated into a grotesque creature and smashed Lin Qiye and An Qingyu out of the void, exposing them to the wraiths.
• Lin Qiye summoned a gale to clear the ash while An Qingyu used invisible threads and frost to retrieve and freeze his arm.
• An Qingyu realized the wraiths had knowingly accepted the contaminating ash, seeking release from their suffering through mutation.
• A wraith mutated into a winged monster, declared himself an angel, and demanded to know whether he looked like one.

Lin Qiye and An Qingyu fought through a swarm of grotesque resentful souls in Hell after discovering that one of the creatures could not be killed. They escaped the encirclement with Lin Qiye's Heavenly Mandate Dharma Form and climbed a mountain, while their pursuers gathered below.

• Lin Qiye cut a tumor-covered resentful soul apart, but it survived and continued laughing, so he decided that he and An Qingyu had to escape.
• Lin Qiye and An Qingyu fought their way through the advancing resentful souls, with An Qingyu using Frostvines and his sword while Lin Qiye wielded Zhanbai.
• Lin Qiye summoned Black Pupil and used the Heavenly Mandate Dharma Form to transform into a giant Demon Ape, forcing open a path through the encirclement.
• Lin Qiye and An Qingyu escaped the swarm, then headed up a broken mountain after An Qingyu spotted that the path ahead was blocked.
• The resentful souls gathered at the mountain's base and failed to fly after them with their decorative wings.

Lin Qiye and An Qingyu encountered a bloodied, six-winged figure in a crater whose space-time distorted around them. Their attempt to escape failed, and the figure began to turn toward them.

• Lin Qiye and An Qingyu reached the mountaintop and saw a huge figure with six white wings and a greatsword sitting at the center of a cracked crater.
• Lin Qiye and An Qingyu circled the crater, realizing that the mountain seemed unnaturally large and the figure always kept its back toward them.
• Lin Qiye summoned the Somersault Cloud and flew away with An Qingyu, who carried a frozen severed arm for research.
• Lin Qiye realized his Mental Power still showed them inside the crater and that no demons had appeared during their flight.
• Space-time twisted and dragged Lin Qiye and An Qingyu back to within fifty meters of the figure, which shook off the ashes and began to turn.

Lin Qiye and An Qingyu discovered that the towering figure in the crater was Uriel’s corpse, revived and controlled by worms. Uriel trapped them on black crosses above the valley, leaving Lin Qiye unable to escape.

• Lin Qiye recognized the wounded Seraph as Uriel, and An Qingyu concluded that he had died in the war between Heaven and Hell.
• Uriel’s corpse opened a ruined eye filled with worms, which formed a Crimson Eyeball and fixed its gaze on Lin Qiye and An Qingyu.
• Lin Qiye and An Qingyu ran in opposite directions, but Uriel split his gaze between them and stopped them with his power.
• Uriel summoned black Execution Crosses and bound both men with chains that sealed their bodies and abilities.
• An Qingyu urged Lin Qiye to escape, but Lin Qiye remained trapped and realized the Execution Cross was nearly impossible to flee.

Uriel judged Lin Qiye and An Qingyu by probing their pasts and then began tracing their futures through Rivers of Time. A mysterious figure in Lin Qiye’s future noticed Uriel watching and struck through the barrier between past and future.

• Uriel rose above the crater and used its domain to expose An Qingyu’s past, condemning him to the Eight Layers of Hell for murder and desecrating corpses.
• Uriel examined Lin Qiye’s past and condemned him to the Nine Layers of Hell, naming soul imprisonment among his sins and alarming Lin Qiye that the Psychiatric Hospital of the Gods might have been discovered.
• Uriel began tracing Lin Qiye and An Qingyu’s futures through two Rivers of Time.
• A mysterious voice from Lin Qiye’s River of Time asked who was peering at it, freezing Uriel, Lin Qiye, An Qingyu, and the watching tumor wraiths.
• The blurry figure in Lin Qiye’s future struck the River of Time and shattered part of the barrier, beginning to take shape.

Lin Qiye’s future self seized control of Uriel’s Divine Realm across the River of Time, then tried to kill him before future An Qingyu stopped the attack. The two future selves confronted each other, leaving Lin Qiye and his present-day companion stunned by their reunion.

• Lin Qiye saw his future self hold Uriel’s fading Divine Realm open across the River of Time.
• Lin Qiye’s future self drew Zhanbai and slashed at him, but a black scalpel shattered the blade light.
• Lin Qiye saw future An Qingyu emerge from the River of Time above An Qingyu’s cross.
• Future An Qingyu asked Lin Qiye’s future self if he was trying to kill himself and said he should thank Nicolas for their reunion.
• Lin Qiye’s future self questioned An Qingyu about his plans as Uriel’s red eyeball reacted with terror.

Future An Qingyu destroyed Uriel and freed Lin Qiye and An Qingyu, allowing them to survive the worm-filled ash and the valley’s destruction. After confronting their doubts about the future, they prepared to rescue the others.

• Future An Qingyu warned Lin Qiye that their Chess Game was not over, then Lin Qiye’s future self withdrew and ended his connection to the present.
• Future An Qingyu used “Annihilate” to destroy the worms in Uriel’s eye, causing Uriel to collapse and the crosses holding Lin Qiye and An Qingyu to shatter.
• Lin Qiye caught An Qingyu with the Somersault Cloud, and the worms that had entered their bodies burst out and died.
• Lin Qiye wondered why his future self wanted to kill him, but An Qingyu said he would remain himself and did not care about the future.
• After checking their injuries, Lin Qiye and An Qingyu decided to save the others first.

Lin Qiye and An Qingyu traveled toward the depths of hell, where Lin Qiye reassured An Qingyu by lying about what his future self looked like. They found Cool Bro in a cave near the lava, but Shen Qingzhu was already dead.

• Lin Qiye noticed An Qingyu's anxiety about his future and told him that Future An Qingyu looked much like he did now.
• An Qingyu described Lin Qiye's future self standing beneath a maple tree in a courtyard, stronger and energetic.
• An Qingyu deduced that Cool Bro was hiding near lava in a safe spot, and Lin Qiye sensed him in a cave.
• Lin Qiye and An Qingyu reached the cave and found Shen Qingzhu dead in a pool of blood.

Shen Qingzhu revived after a black jade pendant restored his body, then told Lin Qiye and An Qingyu how he had ended up in Hell. The three set out to rescue Jiang Er and escape through the gap, but discovered Hell’s Origin at the heart of the Blood Pool.

• A black jade pendant revived Shen Qingzhu, and he explained that Fatty had given it to him before he left Heaven Court.
• Shen Qingzhu told Lin Qiye and An Qingyu that a giant python had destroyed the Explorer Ship and carried him into the mountains, where he hid after killing it.
• Lin Qiye assigned Shen Qingzhu to walk in the middle while he led the group and An Qingyu watched their rear, then the three headed toward Jiang Er and the gap.
• The group spotted a vast Blood Pool where falling ash vanished, with a Black Crystal fragment at its center surrounded by demons.
• Shen Qingzhu and An Qingyu were drawn toward the Black Crystal until Lin Qiye snapped them out of it and identified it as Hell’s Origin.

Lin Qiye, An Qingyu, and Shen Qingzhu discovered that Hell Origin was being used to transform resentful souls into demons, while An Qingyu reunited with Jiang Er. Lin Qiye concluded that Odin was building a new force in Hell for himself and the Cthulhu Gods.

• Lin Qiye resisted Hell Origin’s temptation, and the group watched flesh-ball resentful souls sink into the Blood Pool.
• Lin Qiye led An Qingyu and Shen Qingzhu to retrieve Jiang Er’s Black Coffin after the ash stopped falling and the rift began to close.
• Jiang Er emerged unharmed, and An Qingyu said he would modify her coffin so it would no longer trap her without a carrier.
• The resentful souls rose from the Blood Pool as black-winged, Infinite-level demons and joined the ranks circling above Hell.
• Lin Qiye reasoned that Odin was using Hell Origin, the ashes, and the Blood Pool to build a powerful force for himself and the Cthulhu Gods.

Lin Qiye and the others realized the ash had transformed Heaven and Hell into living divine kingdoms that could heal their breaches and hide themselves. Trapped inside Hell with no exit, they took shelter in a cave and began searching for another way out.

• An Qingyu questioned why the Cthulhu Gods had left Hell exposed, prompting Lin Qiye to realize the breach might be in danger.
• Lin Qiye led the group toward the breach as Hell watched them through crimson Worm Eyes and tumors growing across the land.
• Lin Qiye concluded that the ash had made Heaven and Hell into living things controlled by the Cthulhu Gods.
• At the waterfall, Lin Qiye found that Hell's breach had healed, leaving the group unable to escape.
• Lin Qiye led everyone to a cave behind the waterfall, where An Qingyu proposed opening another way out.

Trapped in a living divine kingdom, Lin Qiye sought Yelander’s help but found him unable to communicate. Monkey King suggested that destroying the Hell Origin might collapse the kingdom, leaving Lin Qiye to consider whether the Night Origin could do it.

• Lin Qiye asked Yelander how to escape the contaminated divine kingdoms, but Yelander only repeated, “You did very well, child.”
• Monkey King and Gilgamesh arrived after hearing Lin Qiye strike the rooftop railing, and Lin Qiye explained his predicament.
• Monkey King said a divine kingdom would collapse if its Divine System Origin were destroyed, though only another Divine System Origin was known to be capable of doing so.
• Lin Qiye realized he knew where the Hell Origin was and considered using Nyx’s Night Origin to destroy it.
• Lin Qiye thanked Monkey King and left, accepting that risking the Night Origin might be their only way out.

Lin Qiye and his companions risked a desperate assault on the Hell Origin, using summoned attendants to draw away the demons guarding the Blood Pool. As Lin Qiye charged toward the Black Crystal, An Qingyu and Shen Qingzhu unleashed a strange song to hold off the remaining demons.

• Lin Qiye, An Qingyu, Shen Qingzhu, and Jiang Er agreed to gamble on using Lin Qiye’s Night Origin to destroy the Hell Origin.
• The group approached the Blood Pool and prepared for a final battle near the Black Crystal, which was guarded by thousands of demons.
• Lin Qiye summoned Hong Yan, the Frost Giant Dragon, and other attendants to lure most of the demons away from the Blood Pool.
• Lin Qiye and his companions charged through the wraiths toward the Black Crystal, while Shen Qingzhu, An Qingyu, and Jiang Er confronted the remaining demons.
• An Qingyu activated a skull that sang, and Shen Qingzhu amplified its song toward the diving demons.

Lin Qiye repeatedly tried to destroy the Hell Origin with his Night Origin, but the two could not touch, leaving the group surrounded by demons. With escape seemingly impossible, Shen Qingzhu urged Lin Qiye to give the order to fight, and Lin Qiye accepted their likely deaths on the battlefield.

• An Qingyu used Dirge to turn the front ranks of demons to sand, allowing Lin Qiye to reach the Black Crystal.
• Lin Qiye struck the Hell Origin three times with his Night Origin, but each collision repelled the Origins and badly injured him.
• An Qingyu pulled Lin Qiye from the Blood Pool and explained that the Origins could not truly touch, so his method would not work.
• The demon army returned and surrounded the group, leaving them facing likely annihilation.
• Shen Qingzhu drew his blade and asked Lin Qiye to give the order to fight; Lin Qiye stood and accepted their fate on the battlefield.