Chapter Summaries

An Qingyu arranged a surprise guitar performance for Jiang Er at the end of the orientation gala, while Lin Qiye revealed that he might have found Mi Go’s target. The chapter ended with An Qingyu preparing to sing to Jiang Er, who had finally found him in the crowd.

• An Qingyu asked Cao Yuan and Lu Menglei to help him with a plan, and they agreed to join him backstage.
• Lin Qiye told Chen Han that he might have found Mi Go’s target, but he was not yet certain.
• Jiang Er possessed a student to buy An Qingyu a Jianbing Guozi, then hurried back to the gala when she could not find him.
• Lin Qiye directed Jiang Er to look at the stage as the gala ended and its lights suddenly went dark.
• An Qingyu appeared onstage in his wheelchair with a guitar, then told Jiang Er that he had learned to play and sing for her.

An Qingyu performed a song for Jiang Er at the school evening party, overcoming his shyness and making her happy. After the celebration, he was struck by sudden agony as Lin Qiye sensed an unexpected threat arriving far sooner than expected.

• An Qingyu sang onstage, and Lin Qiye told Jiang Er that he had performed for her and that she had changed him.
• Lu Menglei operated the stage controls while Cao Yuan kept the tied-up staff members quiet and warned them to conceal what happened.
• An Qingyu finished the song, and Jiang Er embraced him and praised his performance.
• Lin Qiye and Chen Han congratulated An Qingyu, but he suddenly clutched his head in pain as a boom echoed across the sky.
• Lin Qiye sensed that someone had arrived after only two days and reacted in disbelief.

An Qingyu realized the Mi Go were targeting him as sixteen of them converged on Shangjing University. With no time to evacuate the campus, Lin Qiye used the university’s speakers to broadcast his strange song, leaving the students and staff with vacant eyes.

• An Qingyu suffered a severe headache and told Lin Qiye that he was probably the one the Mi Go were seeking.
• Lin Qiye sensed sixteen Mi Go approaching Shangjing University and concluded they had locked onto An Qingyu.
• Chen Han ordered the Night Watchmen to deploy the Boundless Void Domain and prepare Dream Whisper across the surrounding area.
• Lin Qiye decided to gather the Mi Go on campus and stop them himself rather than evacuate the teachers and students.
• Jiang Er connected the campus speakers, and Lin Qiye began broadcasting his song, causing listeners across the university to stare vacantly.

Lin Qiye organized Shangjing University's evacuation and sent his forces to protect An Qingyu as sixteen Mi Gos hunted him. Fang Mo’s team tried to rescue a student left behind, but a Mi Go attacked the dormitory before they could reach him.

• Lin Qiye evacuated the university, deployed his summoned orderlies around campus, and assigned Thunder Beast Laifu to protect An Qingyu.
• Cao Yuan left Lu Menglei with An Qingyu and Jiang Er, then ran to help Lin Qiye eliminate Mi Gos before they gathered.
• Fang Mo ordered his team to retreat to an air-raid shelter and resume their Remnant Soul mission later.
• Fang Mo’s team spotted a student who had missed the evacuation while showering and turned back to bring him to safety.
• A Mi Go burst through the dormitory roof, but a Rock Demon caught it as a white catlike figure carried the student out through a fifth-floor window.

Lin Qiye killed a Mi Go after Lu Baoyou was badly wounded, then left to deal with fourteen more. Meanwhile, Lu Menglei stood between An Qingyu and three approaching Mi Go, while An Qingyu struggled to use his ability.

• Lu Baoyou charged Mi Go to keep it from reaching the air-raid shelters, but it wounded him before Lin Qiye arrived and cut it apart.
• Lin Qiye checked Lu Baoyou’s injuries, ordered Fang Mo to take him to headquarters, and said fourteen more Mi Go remained.
• Fang Mo led the reserve team toward Shangjing University’s gates as the students worried about the monsters and Lin Qiye’s strength.
• Lu Menglei faced an approaching Mi Go with the Bamboo Sword, determined to protect An Qingyu, while Thunder Beast Laifu sensed two more closing in.
• An Qingyu tried to use The Only Correct Answer against the three Mi Go but quickly began coughing.

Cao Yuan rescued Lu Menglei and unleashed his Malevolent Qi blade to destroy the Mi Go alongside Laifu. After explaining that he, An Qingyu, and Qiye might have to leave, An Qingyu warned that more enemies were approaching.

• Lu Menglei's Bamboo Sword broke against a Mi Go, and Cao Yuan rescued her from its attack.
• Cao Yuan formed a blade from Malevolent Qi Flames and killed the first Mi Go.
• Laifu transformed into a giant Thunder Beast and joined Cao Yuan in destroying the other two Mi Go.
• An Qingyu told Lu Menglei that he, Cao Yuan, and Qiye might have to leave after tonight, and Lu Menglei praised Cao Yuan's strength.
• Lin Qiye emerged from the darkness and warned them that more enemies were coming.

Li Yifei and A Zhu took the White Shadow Remnant Souls to an underground shelter while Mi Go attacked Shangjing University. Grand Tutor Jiang revealed himself as Song Jun and destroyed the nine Mi Go, then approached An Qingyu.

• A Zhu found Li Yifei and carried him and the Remnant Souls to an underground air-raid shelter.
• Li Yifei asked A Zhu whether everything had been all right at the asylum, and A Zhu tearfully said it had not.
• Lin Qiye, Cao Yuan, and the summoned creatures prepared to hold off the nine Mi Go closing in on the gala venue.
• Song Jun appeared, transformed into Great Xia's Grand Tutor Jiang, and killed all nine Mi Go with the God-Beating Whip.
• Jiang Ziya showed no sign of relief and walked toward An Qingyu.

Jiang Ziya took An Qingyu and Jiang Er to Heavenly Court for the Celestial Venerable to decide how to handle An Qingyu. Worried by an ominous vision, Lin Qiye set out with Cao Yuan to reach Heavenly Court themselves.

• Lin Qiye confronted Jiang Ziya, who revealed that An Qingyu had to return to Heavenly Court and refused to let the Nightfall Squad accompany them.
• An Qingyu insisted that Jiang Er come with him because she would die if separated from him for too long, and Jiang Ziya agreed.
• Jiang Ziya opened a portal and took An Qingyu and Jiang Er through it; Lin Qiye failed to reach the portal before it vanished.
• Lin Qiye told Cao Yuan that An Qingyu might be connected to the Cthulhu Mythos and decided to find a way to Heavenly Court.
• Cao Yuan left Lu Menglei behind and joined Lin Qiye, promising that Nightfall would stand by him even if he opposed the entire world.

Lin Qiye and Cao Yuan sought Commander Zuo after learning that the Great Xia Gods had taken An Qingyu to the Heavenly Court, which had entered the Fog. At the Heavenly Court, An Qingyu noticed his abilities recovering and asked Lingbao Tianzun about his connection to the Key of Doors, while Zuo Qing revealed that An Qingyu could no longer remain in the world.

• Lin Qiye recalled a message Black Pupil had once delivered and, suspecting Commander Zuo knew more than he had let on, decided to question him about the Heavenly Court.
• Jiang Ziya brought An Qingyu and Jiang Er to a palace in the Heavenly Court, where An Qingyu noticed that his computational ability had recovered further and wondered about its connection to the Mi Go.
• Lingbao Tianzun appeared before An Qingyu and offered to answer his questions, so An Qingyu asked how he was connected to the Key of Doors.
• Lin Qiye and Cao Yuan met Zuo Qing, who explained that the Heavenly Court had entered the Fog to protect An Qingyu from the Mi Go and draw their attention away from human society.
• Zuo Qing told Lin Qiye that Grand Tutor Jiang had taken An Qingyu away for another reason: An Qingyu could no longer continue existing in this world.

Zuo Qing revealed that An Qingyu was fused with a fragment of the Gate of Truth and risked becoming the Key of Doors, prompting the Great Xia Gods to take him to the Heavenly Court. Lin Qiye and Cao Yuan feared the Gods would kill An Qingyu, but Lin Qiye held out hope that they had another solution.

• Zuo Qing explained that An Qingyu had become part of the Gate of Truth and could awaken the Key of Doors as he grew stronger.
• Zuo Qing revealed that the Celestial Venerable had restricted An Qingyu's soul, causing his recent symptoms, but the Gate of Truth was breaking through the restriction.
• Zuo Qing said the Mi Go had come to worship and strengthen the awakening Gate of Truth, forcing the Celestial Venerable to take An Qingyu to the Heavenly Court.
• Cao Yuan demanded to know what the Gods planned to do to An Qingyu, and Zuo Qing warned them to prepare themselves.
• Cao Yuan feared the Gods would kill An Qingyu, while Lin Qiye urged him to stay calm and suggested they might have another way.

After refusing to recruit new members for Nightfall Squad, Lin Qiye and Cao Yuan left Zuo Qing’s office. In the Heavenly Court, Lingbao Tianzun explained that An Qingyu could be sealed to stop the Gate of Truth from recovering, and An Qingyu asked what would happen to Jiang Er.

• Zuo Qing ordered Lin Qiye and Cao Yuan not to seek out the Heavenly Court or interfere with An Qingyu’s handling, then offered them a roster of active Night Watchmen.
• Lin Qiye refused to recruit new members for Nightfall Squad, and Cao Yuan followed him out of Zuo Qing’s office.
• Lingbao Tianzun explained that An Qingyu’s existence was repairing the Gate of Truth and would eventually awaken the Key of Doors.
• Lingbao Tianzun said killing An Qingyu would stop the Gate of Truth, but proposed sealing him and sinking him into the Heavenly Court’s Spirit Abyss instead.
• An Qingyu accepted Lingbao Tianzun’s plan and asked what would happen to Jiang Er if he was sealed.

An Qingyu agreed to be sealed to contain the Gate of Truth, while Jiang Er chose to remain beside the Spirit Abyss in the Celestial Court. Lin Qiye and Cao Yuan set out to find the Celestial Court, but a strange chessboard and Yelander’s disappearance left Lin Qiye with a new mystery.

• Lingbao Tianzun explained that Jiang Er could survive in the Celestial Court’s spiritual spring, and she insisted on staying there until An Qingyu returned.
• An Qingyu accepted the plan to seal him and was warned not to touch the Gate of Truth if it called to him.
• Lin Qiye decided to go to the Celestial Court with Cao Yuan despite Commander Zuo’s concerns, and they entered the mist on a Somersault Cloud.
• Lin Qiye found Li Yifei back at the Psychiatric Hospital of the Gods, where Li Yifei showed him a chessboard covered in black pieces with one white piece.
• Li Yifei went to look for Yelander and returned to tell Lin Qiye that Yelander was missing.

Lin Qiye searched for the vanished Yelander and learned that the old man had recently been gazing at the sky. While traveling toward the Americas with Cao Yuan, Lin Qiye encountered Number 27, the Ancestral Hunter, who demanded to know why Lin Qiye had not fulfilled their agreement.

• Lin Qiye searched the hospital for Yelander, found no trace of him, and sent Li Yifei and the orderlies to keep looking.
• Lin Qiye questioned Gilgamesh, who recalled Yelander playing chess with Li Yifei before going to the rooftop and said he had recently started looking at the sky.
• Lin Qiye left the hospital with Cao Yuan on the Somersault Cloud and realized they had not found the Heavenly Court despite traveling toward the Americas.
• Number 27 appeared in the air ahead of the Somersault Cloud, and Lin Qiye recognized him as the Ancestral Hunter.
• Number 27 explained that he had waited outside Great Xia after killing Loki and accused Lin Qiye of avoiding their agreement; Lin Qiye said he had expected Number 27 to come find him inside Great Xia.

Number 27 confronted Lin Qiye over the contract, then agreed to accompany him while he and Cao Yuan continued their urgent journey. In Heaven, An Qingyu and Jiang Er discussed the increasing Mi Go arrivals as the sealing approached.

• Number 27 threatened Lin Qiye and Cao Yuan when Lin Qiye asked to delay finding someone, but Lin Qiye stopped Cao Yuan from attacking.
• Number 27 sensed the complete Dark Origin within Lin Qiye, checked that Dark Ancestor had not harmed him, and agreed to wait for Lin Qiye’s urgent business to end.
• Number 27 concealed himself inside Lin Qiye, and Lin Qiye and Cao Yuan continued their journey on the Somersault Cloud.
• Jiang Er found An Qingyu awake in Heaven, where he told her that the Gate of Truth was calling to him across space-time.
• An Qingyu and Jiang Er witnessed another wave of Mi Go descend and expected the Great Xia God’s sealing to take place within a day or two.

An Qingyu and Jiang Er shared a quiet night before the planned sealing, while the Heavenly Court prepared to finish the seal. A mysterious black mist abducted them through a Space-Time Rift, prompting the Jade Emperor to suspect the Gate of Truth had gone out of control.

• An Qingyu and Jiang Er discussed his coming sealing, and Jiang Er asked to visit Erhai Lake with him when he woke.
• Guang Chengzi and Monkey King killed a wave of Mi Go as True Lord Taiyi reported that the seal would be ready by the following afternoon.
• A black mist entered the courtyard and watched An Qingyu, then used a Space-Time Rift to swallow him and Jiang Er along with the pavilion.
• A bell alerted the Heavenly Court, and Guang Chengzi rushed to the ruined courtyard while Monkey King guarded the South Heaven Gate.
• The Jade Emperor arrived above the ruins and wondered whether the Gate of Truth had gone out of control.

After An Qingyu and Jiang Er vanished through a space-time disturbance, the Heavenly Court and Great Xia mobilized their forces to search for them. An Qingyu woke in ancient ruins somewhere in the mist and tried to contact Great Xia before the Mi Go could find them.

• The Great Xia Gods concluded that An Qingyu and Jiang Er had been displaced by a space-time disturbance and began searching for them on the Jade Emperor’s orders.
• Zuo Qing ordered Lu Wuwei, Zhou Ping, and the other Human Apexes to search, while arranging for King Mask to reverse time if An Qingyu was lost.
• An Qingyu woke beside the Black Coffin in the ruins of an abandoned city, and Jiang Er emerged to ask where they were.
• An Qingyu suspected his unconscious space-time disturbance had intensified and told Jiang Er to try connecting to Great Xia’s signal.

An Qingyu and Jiang Er tried to signal the Great Xia Gods from the ruins while Lin Qiye searched for the Heavenly Court. As Mi Go surrounded An Qingyu and Jiang Er, their fate remained uncertain.

• Jiang Er failed to send a signal through the fog, so An Qingyu made signal flares from materials she gathered in the ruins.
• Lin Qiye struggled to locate the Heavenly Court until a gust of wind shifted a branch and pointed him in a new direction, which he followed with Cao Yuan on the Somersault Cloud.
• An Qingyu fired signal flares every hour, but none drew help, and he worried that another Mi Go descent was approaching.
• Mi Go appeared through Space-Time Rifts, forcing An Qingyu to flee in his wheelchair while Jiang Er followed in the Black Coffin.
• Over a thousand Mi Go surrounded An Qingyu and Jiang Er, then bowed as though worshipping their king.

An Qingyu agreed to go with the Mi Go to keep Jiang Er safe, then set off the signal flares inside his body to stop them from restoring the Key of Doors. His rapid regeneration saved him, and as the Mi Go pursued him and Jiang Er, Lucifer descended.

• An Qingyu learned that the Mi Go intended to sacrifice him to help restore the Gate of Truth and bring back the Key of Doors.
• An Qingyu agreed to go with the Mi Go if they let Jiang Er leave, and she escaped aboard the Black Coffin.
• Near the Space-Time Rift, An Qingyu cut open his chest and ignited four signal flares inside himself.
• Jiang Er caught An Qingyu’s largest piece of flesh with the Black Coffin, and he began regenerating as the Mi Go pursued them.
• The Mi Go sped up as An Qingyu recovered, and Lucifer descended beneath the clouds.

Lucifer attacked An Qingyu and Jiang Er while trying to capture An Qingyu for the Black Goat. After Lucifer destroyed the Black Coffin, he trapped them and threatened to crush part of Jiang Er’s body unless An Qingyu surrendered.

• Lucifer recognized An Qingyu as someone who carried the aura of the Gate of Truth and reached for him, but a swarm of Mi Go attacked Lucifer to protect him.
• Jiang Er carried An Qingyu away in the Black Coffin, then fought off three pursuing Mi Go by using her ghostly body and the coffin as a weapon.
• Lucifer fired a dark-red beam that vaporized half of An Qingyu and shattered the Black Coffin, but Jiang Er caught An Qingyu with a remaining piece of its lid.
• Lucifer trapped An Qingyu and Jiang Er with air demons, then threatened to crush a piece of the Black Coffin unless An Qingyu came to him.

Lucifer betrayed An Qingyu by destroying the Black Coffin and swallowing Jiang Er, then tortured An Qingyu while taking him away. Enraged, An Qingyu drew on the Gate of Truth’s power and deconstructed Lucifer’s body, leaving Lucifer grotesquely rearranged.

• An Qingyu surrendered to Lucifer in exchange for Jiang Er’s freedom, but Lucifer’s demon devoured the Black Coffin and Jiang Er before she could escape.
• Lucifer pinned An Qingyu in an air demon’s jaws and threatened him, while Jiang Er charged at Lucifer in fury.
• The air demon holding An Qingyu burst into blood mist as the Gate of Truth’s aura emerged through him.
• An Qingyu revealed a changed left eye and used the Gate of Truth’s power to twist Lucifer’s body into a grotesque ball of rearranged flesh.