Chapter Summaries

An Qingyu moved the Gate of Truth’s wreckage, and the darkness from the damaged black sun let Lin Qiye attack Vishnu while Vishnu’s divine power was drained. An Qingyu intervened to save Vishnu from a fatal strike, but Lin Qiye turned on him and trapped his King’s Scepter in a dark mire.

• An Qingyu used a spatial restriction to move the Gate of Truth’s wreckage, while Vishnu prepared to kill the weakened Nyx.
• The damaged black sun released darkness, and Lin Qiye took Kusanagi-no-Tsurugi from Nyx and attacked Vishnu from concealment.
• Lin Qiye wounded Vishnu twice and nearly struck his heart, but An Qingyu knocked the fatal blow aside, leaving Vishnu with a shoulder wound.
• An Qingyu confronted Lin Qiye, who split the darkness with his sword and forced An Qingyu to retreat to the boundary of light and shadow.
• An Qingyu swung the King’s Scepter at Lin Qiye, but Lin Qiye turned the ground beneath him into a dark mire that swallowed the scepter.

Lin Qiye defeated An Qingyu’s body and reunited with Nyx, while learning that An Qingyu planned to revive the Key of Doors and restore the true Gate of Truth. He then found the abandoned No. 22 trapped in ice.

• Lin Qiye and An Qingyu fought over the King's Scepter until a lightning blast knocked it away.
• Lin Qiye learned that An Qingyu had arranged No. 22’s encounter with Vishnu to steal the scepter and seize divine power, and that he intended to revive the Key of Doors.
• Lin Qiye pinned An Qingyu with dark rivets and split his body in two, but realized An Qingyu’s soul had escaped into another avatar.
• Lin Qiye reunited with Nyx, who was relieved he was unharmed, and Athena and Artemis joined them.
• Lin Qiye found No. 22 trapped in ice among the tentacle corpses and pointed out that An Qingyu had abandoned him.

Lin Qiye left No. 22 to Nyx, then led the others in wiping out Divine Lust Heaven’s gods and forced Kubera to guide them to the realm. Back in Mirror Strait, his true body sensed a disturbance beyond the Misty Wall as a black-clad figure approached.

• No. 22 offered to betray Divine Lust Heaven, but Lin Qiye refused and left him in Nyx’s hands before going to retrieve Lina.
• Nyx engulfed No. 22 in darkness, and Lin Qiye later found her waiting with reddened eyes and severed limbs nearby.
• Lin Qiye, Athena, and their allies slaughtered Divine Lust Heaven’s gods, sparing only Kubera and ordering him to lead them to Divine Lust Heaven.
• In Mirror Strait, Lin Qiye sensed a thunderous disturbance beyond the Misty Wall as the fog parted and a black-clad figure approached his courtyard.

Lin Qiye reflected on his narrow victory over An Qingyu, who rested in the courtyard after moving the Gate of Truth's remains. At Utopia, Gary reunited with the injured, seasick Charles, who began explaining how the Night Watchmen found Divine Lust Heaven.

• An Qingyu told Lin Qiye that he would awaken the Key of Doors later, then went to rest in the courtyard.
• Lin Qiye decided not to attack An Qingyu and replayed their recent Chess Game while placing stones beneath the maple tree.
• At Utopia, Gary learned that the Shang Xie Association had rescued Charles and his companions from their sunken Explorer Ship.
• Charles greeted Gary, explained that the survivors were injured and severely seasick, and thanked the Shang Xie Association for saving them.
• Charles told Gary that the Night Watchmen had investigated Divine Lust Heaven under Commander Lin's orders and located its nest.

Jinian emerged from seclusion after becoming a god and learned that Divine Lust Heaven had attacked Charles and his companions. She ordered Utopia to change course and head for their nest so she could help Charles get revenge.

• Charles told the knight that a god from Divine Lust Heaven had ambushed them and destroyed their Explorer Ship.
• The knight led Charles and the others through Utopia to visit Jinian, who had been secluded in a warehouse.
• A deep-blue beam erupted from the warehouse as Jinian became a god, shaking Utopia before she reassured its residents.
• Jinian emerged, mistook Charles and the others for new recruits, and heard Charles explain why they had come to thank her.
• After learning Divine Lust Heaven had pursued Charles, Jinian ordered Utopia to head for its nest so she could test her new powers and help him get revenge.

Lin Qiye reunited with Nyx and gave her Olympus Origin after revealing that he had killed Zeus and the other chief gods. As the group headed for Divine Lust Heaven, An Qingyu woke at Mirror Strait and found that Lin Qiye had not acted against him.

• Lin Qiye chose to destroy Divine Lust Heaven on the way back to Great Xia, while Nyx decided to accompany him and Lina returned to the Hidden Gods.
• Lin Qiye gave Nyx Olympus Origin and told her that Zeus, Kronos, Poseidon, and the other chief gods were dead.
• Nyx thanked Lin Qiye, and he told her what had happened to Merlin and the other former patients of the Psychiatric Hospital of the Gods.
• Lin Qiye, Nyx, Athena, Artemis, and Kubera flew toward Divine Lust Heaven as Lin Qiye offered to recount the intervening years.
• An Qingyu woke after resting at Mirror Strait, noted that his soul pain had eased, and found no sign that Lin Qiye had opened the door or acted against him.

Lin Qiye and An Qingyu played what they called their last chess game, but An Qingyu left before it was finished, saying the larger contest lay beyond the board. Lina reached the Hidden Gods’ headquarters and found the divine kingdom destroyed and its inhabitants dead.

• Lin Qiye challenged An Qingyu to a true chess game, and An Qingyu warned that victory would not be decided by the moves on the board.
• An Qingyu left through the Misty Wall, saying he would keep making moves in the contest outside.
• Lina rode Fenrir through a volcanic crater into the Hidden Gods’ hidden pocket space.
• Lina and Fenrir found the ruined headquarters littered with corpses covered in mucus bearing the scent of Cthulhu gods.
• Lina realized that the Hidden Gods were gone.

Jinian led the Shang Xie Association in an attack on Divine Lust Heaven, using her Star Annihilator Cannon to destroy its sentries and the Holy Lord’s temple. As the Lesser Gods closed in, she turned the surrounding land and palaces into a pixel world.

• The Seat Holder worried that the Holy Lord and the others had not returned, but an attendant persuaded him to use the Forbidden Fruit in secret.
• A blast shook Divine Lust Heaven, and a Lesser God told the Seat Holder that the Shang Xie Association had destroyed the sentries and reached the palace entrance.
• Jinian showed Charles and the others her Star Annihilator Cannon, explaining that she could only use a fraction of its power.
• Jinian fired the cannon at the central palace and reduced the Holy Lord’s divine temple to ashes.
• The Lesser Gods attacked Jinian and her companions, and Jinian broke the land and palaces within ten miles into pixels, drawing the attackers into a pixel world.

Jinian slaughtered Divine Lust Heaven’s Lesser Gods while Charles and the others watched, then Lin Qiye arrived as the Seat Holder faced the approaching threat. Jinian introduced Charles as her brother, and Lin Qiye thanked her for rescuing his people.

• Jinian used a pixel storm and hidden miniature bombs to kill the Lesser Gods, stunning Charles and his companions.
• Jinian searched the ruins for Divine Lust Heaven’s Chief Gods and Holy Lord, while the Seat Holder worried that he could neither fight her nor escape.
• A terrifying ink-black night spread over Divine Lust Heaven, and Jinian recognized the approaching aura.
• Lin Qiye emerged from the darkness, and Charles rejoiced to see his Commander arrive.
• Jinian called Charles her brother and said the Night Watchmen and Shang Xie Association were one family, while Charles struggled to get free of her grip.

Lin Qiye and Jinian joined forces to eliminate the last remaining main god of Divine Lust Heaven. Jinian blasted the Seat Master with the Star Annihilator Cannon, leaving his fate unresolved.

• Lin Qiye reunited with Jinian and told her that the Holy Lord was dead and only the Seat Master remained.
• The Seat Master tried to flee while dragging a maid along, but Lin Qiye and Jinian arrived at the palace entrance.
• Lin Qiye revealed the King's Scepter, making the Seat Master realize that No. 22 had been killed.
• The Seat Master attacked and attempted to escape, but Jinian caught him and Lin Qiye used End King's Law to stop his flame-form escape.
• Jinian aimed the Star Annihilator Cannon at the Seat Master and fired.

After destroying Divine Lust Heaven, Jinian and Lin Qiye discovered a corrupted Life Origin hidden in a cave beneath the island. Lin Qiye decided to take it rather than destroy it.

• Jinian destroyed Divine Lust Heaven with the Star Annihilator Cannon, and Lin Qiye sensed a strange aura nearby.
• Jinian and the others followed Lin Qiye to a cave, where they found a pale pink sphere inside a vast hollow beneath the mountain.
• The sphere affected Charles and the knights with overwhelming primal desire, but Lin Qiye shielded them from its influence.
• Lin Qiye identified the sphere as the Life Origin, whose reproductive power had been unnaturally amplified, and suspected the Holy Lord had used it to ensnare gods.
• Jinian suggested destroying the corrupted Origin, but Lin Qiye said he wanted to take it.

Lin Qiye secured the Life Origin and persuaded Jinian to bring Utopia and the Shang Xie Association to Great Xia for safety. At Night Watchmen Headquarters, Shen Qingzhu defended the Winter Plan against officials who considered it too drastic.

• Lin Qiye sealed the Life Origin with the Dark Origin so its aura could not affect those around him.
• Lin Qiye urged Jinian to move Utopia to Great Xia before the coming war, and she agreed to bring the Shang Xie Association with her.
• Lin Qiye sent Charles and the others to return with Jinian, then reunited with Nyx, Athena, and Artemis and told Nyx he was already married.
• At Night Watchmen Headquarters, Shen Qingzhu held another vote on the Winter Plan as officials questioned its cost and necessity.
• Shen Qingzhu argued that the Cthulhu Mythos posed a greater threat than past enemies and reminded the officials that Night Watchmen had borne the sacrifices that protected Great Xia.

Lin Qiye returned with powerful allies and helped secure approval for the Winter Plan after the seventh vote. He then flew to the Kunlun Mountains, where Destiny Monk sensed his arrival.

• Shen Qingzhu called a break after the sixth vote on the Winter Plan, and Wu Quan questioned why the meeting was still deadlocked.
• Lin Qiye arrived with Nyx, Jinian, Athena, and Artemis, and Shen Qingzhu hurried off to organize the new reinforcements and supplies.
• Lin Qiye addressed the meeting and called the seventh show-of-hands vote, which passed the Winter Plan with eleven votes in favor.
• Lin Qiye told Nyx he had matters to handle, then flew toward the Kunlun Mountains.
• At the temple, Destiny Monk sensed Lin Qiye's arrival and looked toward the mountain path.

Lin Qiye discussed the approaching Second Sacred Covenant with Destiny Monk, then learned that the Hidden Gods had been destroyed and accepted Lina Perin into Great Xia. He prepared to travel to the Qilian Mountains, with the final battle against the Lovecraftian Gods drawing near.

• Lin Qiye told Destiny Monk about his recent gains and discussed activating the Second Sacred Covenant within the next few days.
• Destiny Monk agreed that Lin Qiye should pursue a risky plan but did not reveal humanity’s chances of victory.
• Min Junliang told Lin Qiye that Lina Perin had arrived at the border seeking to see him.
• Lina told Lin Qiye that the Hidden Gods had been destroyed by the Lovecraftian Gods, and he agreed to let her stay in Great Xia in exchange for her help when needed.
• Lin Qiye ordered a plane to take him to the Qilian Mountains.

Nyarlathotep killed Yu San after demanding that Lin Qiye be released and Great Xia attacked for his entertainment. Lin Qiye arrived too late to save Yu San, then ordered Li Yifei to lock the door so he could try killing Nyarlathotep again.

• Nyarlathotep complained to Yu San that Lin Qiye should be released so he could watch events in Great Xia unfold.
• Yu San insisted that Lin Qiye had to remain imprisoned for the Cthulhu Mythos's ultimate victory, and Nyarlathotep slammed him into a wall.
• Nyarlathotep threatened to destroy everyone and demanded that Yu San tell his original body to release Lin Qiye and attack Great Xia.
• Nyarlathotep decapitated Yu San as Lin Qiye rushed into the room, and Yu San's body and hospital records disappeared.
• Lin Qiye questioned why Nyarlathotep could survive his repeated deaths, then told Li Yifei to lock the door so he could try killing Nyarlathotep again.

An Qingyu learned that Chaos had killed Yu San, while Lin Qiye continued trying to kill Chaos without success. Suspecting the four corrupted universes in the hospital might reveal how the Cthulhu Mythos invaded, Lin Qiye entered the most recently conquered universe to search for clues.

• An Qingyu realized Chaos had killed Yu San and exchanged a brief conversation with the computer interface in his operating room.
• Lin Qiye failed again to kill Chaos, whose wounds healed, and returned him to his ward.
• Lin Qiye considered studying the four corrupted universes for clues about resisting the Cthulhu Mythos.
• Lin Qiye opened Ward Four and entered its corrupted universe, where he struggled against the maddening auras while trying to figure out how to search it.

Lin Qiye learned that the name Azathoth was tied to the Cthulhu contamination before escaping the deranged universe. Back in Great Xia, he discovered that neither the Night Watchmen nor the Shang Xie Association knew the name.

• Lin Qiye questioned the conscious planet and the universe’s voices about what had happened, and they struggled to say the name Azathoth.
• As the universe attacked him, Lin Qiye fled through the ward door and locked it behind him.
• Lin Qiye recovered in the Psychiatric Hospital of the Gods and wondered what Azathoth meant.
• Lin Qiye returned to Great Xia and called to check whether anyone had records of Azathoth.
• The caller reported that the Night Watchmen archives contained no information about Azathoth and that the Shang Xie Association’s archivist had never heard the name.

Lin Qiye recruited Jinian to harass a Lovecraftian lair, with the Destiny Monk able to trace its location through karma. An Qingyu confronted Lin Qiye and sent Nyarlathotep a defiant reply, refusing to release Lin Qiye or follow Nyarlathotep’s plans.

• Lin Qiye asked Jinian to draw the Lovecraftians’ attention and hold them off, and she agreed in exchange for blasting him with the Star Annihilator Cannon three times afterward.
• Lin Qiye revealed that the Destiny Monk could locate the Lovecraftian lair by following Karma Threads.
• Lin Qiye’s true body left the courtyard, and An Qingyu emerged from the Misty Wall to tell him Yu San was dead.
• An Qingyu told Nyarlathotep that he would not release Lin Qiye or let events unfold according to Nyarlathotep’s will.

An Qingyu challenged Chaos’s claim to lead the Lovecraftian Gods, provoking him into a furious outburst. Lin Qiye discovered that Chaos had completed his treatment and left the hospital, promising to become part of Lin Qiye’s performance.

• An Qingyu told Chaos that his self-centered nature made him unfit to lead the Lovecraftian Gods and said the gods would share victory with him.
• Chaos erupted in anger, and Li Yifei called for Lin Qiye when he could not hold him back.
• Lin Qiye entered Ward Five and heard Chaos mention Lord Azathoth, a name Lin Qiye recognized from the Fourth Universe’s madness.
• Chaos revealed that he had suppressed his treatment progress and raised it from 95% to 100%, completing his treatment.
• Chaos was discharged through an illusory doorway, telling Lin Qiye that he would become part of his performance.
• Lin Qiye called the situation trouble and withdrew his consciousness from the hospital.

Chaos appeared in the Mirror Strait, destroyed An Qingyu’s replicated courtyard, and overwhelmed him despite his Gate of Truth. Lin Qiye escaped through the shattered Misty Wall and found a secret factory filled with machinery and preserved gods, including Odin and Brahma.

• Chaos emerged behind An Qingyu, destroyed the courtyard, and threatened him for claiming leadership of the Lovecraftian faction.
• An Qingyu broke free of Chaos’s control with the Gate of Truth, but Chaos shattered its phantom and sent him crashing into the opposite strait.
• Chaos vanished to pursue An Qingyu, and Lin Qiye fled through the shattered Misty Wall rather than wait for it to return.
• Lin Qiye searched the misty strait and entered a windowless factory filled with research equipment and over a hundred screens.
• Lin Qiye discovered the factory contained preserved human, Mystery, and god specimens, including Odin and Brahma.