Chapter Summaries

Zhao Zhengbin watched a viral livestream showing strange events at sea and wondered whether extraordinary people secretly protected Great Xia. After a brief visit to Heping Agency, he went home and saw a military officer addressing the livestream’s claims on the news.

• Zhao Zhengbin watched comments about a Crimson Cloak figure who appeared to calm the sea and clear the sky, then left the basketball court.
• A boy ran into Heping Agency and told Hong Ying and Jia Shasha that Chenglong Pass had been exposed in the livestream.
• Zhao Zhengbin entered the agency to ask about Chenglong Pass and the God Hunting Celebration, but Jia Shasha said she had only seen people speculate about them online.
• Hong Ying stared at Zhao Zhengbin and remarked that he looked very much like someone she knew.
• Zhao Zhengbin returned home, paid respects at a photograph of his father, and watched a news interview with Officer Lu about whether the livestream had used special effects.

Zhao Zhengbin watched Officer Lu confirm that Great Xia had a highly secret organization responsible for unusual incidents, deepening his suspicions about the Mist and the Pioneer Exploration Team’s footage. At home, Zhao Zhengbin learned that his late father Zhao Kongcheng had served in an unknown unit, but his mother dismissed the idea that he had fought in the Mist.

• Officer Lu told the host that Great Xia had a secret organization tasked with handling unusual incidents, but said he could not answer questions about it.
• Zhao Zhengbin concluded that the military’s comments made the Pioneer Exploration Team’s footage seem likely to be real and wondered what the Mist’s disappearance had revealed.
• Zhao Zhengbin asked his mother why she had moved to Cangnan City, and she said she wanted to be closer to Zhao Kongcheng’s old unit and memorial tablet.
• Zhao Zhengbin asked whether his father had belonged to a special department that fought gods in the Mist, but his mother rejected the idea and recalled that he had once been afraid to kill a chicken.
• Zhao Zhengbin replaced the offerings at Zhao Kongcheng’s memorial tablet with fresh fruit and left.

Chaos watched the Pioneer Exploration Team’s livestream and began plotting with Vishnu, while An Qingyu learned that the Night Watchmen had been revealed to the public. An Qingyu remained trapped on the island, expecting Chaos to act soon.

• Chaos celebrated the livestream and posted comments featuring photos of Lin Qiye as the Lovecraftian nest’s offspring were buried nearby.
• Vishnu doubted Chaos could lead the Lovecraftian side, but Chaos confronted him and claimed to have a plan.
• An Qingyu received a radio transmission from Jiang Er, who said she had recovered enough to reach some long-distance signals.
• Jiang Er told An Qingyu that the public already knew about the Night Watchmen, and An Qingyu concluded that Chaos would make a move soon.

Chaos visited An Qingyu and borrowed his specimens as he prepared to make Great Xia’s situation more exciting. At the Night Watchmen Headquarters, King Mask returned from five days in the future, gravely injured and with little lifespan left, and Lin Qiye asked what he had come back to warn them about.

• Chaos told An Qingyu he could not wait to begin tormenting Great Xia and asked to borrow the specimens from his factory.
• An Qingyu agreed, and Chaos gave him a phone so he could connect to Great Xia’s signal.
• At the Night Watchmen Headquarters, Fang Mo and Lu Baoyou sensed a time vortex and prepared for an attack.
• King Mask staggered out of the vortex and asked where Commander Lin was.
• Lin Qiye arrived at the medical department and learned King Mask had little lifespan left after rewinding five days.
• Lin Qiye asked King Mask whether he had returned to warn them about something.

Future King Mask returned five days through time to warn Lin Qiye and the Night Watchmen about the Cthulhu Mythos's imminent attack. After hearing the warning, Lin Qiye ordered Great Xia to prepare for battle, and the Winter Plan reached Night Watchmen teams nationwide.

• Future King Mask told Lin Qiye that the Cthulhu Mythos was involved and that he had a message for Destiny Monk.
• Destiny Monk explained that he had anticipated using King Mask's time travel to learn the Mythos's plans, though the Key of Doors could have interfered.
• Future King Mask described the coming attack, which was due to begin in eight hours and twenty-four minutes, then spoke privately with Destiny Monk.
• Lin Qiye concluded that the war had already begun in the River of Time and ordered, "Prepare for battle."
• Great Xia convened emergency meetings and mobilized its military, while Night Watchmen teams nationwide received the Winter Plan implementation document.
• Hong Ying read the emergency document in Cangnan City and recognized that the crisis had arrived.

Pioneer Exploration Team Squad 3 discovered unfamiliar creature remains in the ruins of London, then encountered a towering four-headed Mystery that shrugged off their gunfire. More Mysteries emerged around them as a figure in a Crimson Cloak watched from a nearby street.

• Squad 3 livestreamed its arrival in ruined London, where the team found no survivors and Professor Zeng identified strange remains as unlike any known Earth species.
• A roar startled the team, and its members armed themselves as a huge four-headed, eight-legged Mystery emerged from the ruins.
• The veterans fired at the Mystery, but their bullets bounced harmlessly off its body.
• Other Mysteries converged on the team, including a three-winged lizard and a towering skeleton, turning the silent city into a monster-filled scene.
• A figure in a Crimson Cloak leisurely lit a cigarette on a distant street.

An expedition team was nearly overwhelmed by monsters in a ruined city before Shen Qingzhu arrived and destroyed them. He told the team their adventure was over and that they needed to return as military helicopters descended.

• Four-legged monsters, winged lizards, and a Giant Skeleton surrounded the expedition team as viewers feared the team would be wiped out.
• A mysterious force turned the world gray and froze the monsters while leaving the expedition team untouched.
• Shen Qingzhu appeared in a crimson cloak and burned the monsters to ash with a blazing torch.
• The expedition team recognized Shen Qingzhu’s red cloak, and he stopped the cameraman from filming his face.
• Shen Qingzhu told the expedition team to return for their safety as two armed military helicopters descended.

After the military recalled the exploration teams, signs of a crisis spread across Great Xia as planes filled the skies and ordinary life was disrupted. Zhao Zhengbin followed his mother to stock up on supplies, and the livestream suddenly changed as they drove away.

• The military evacuated the three exploration teams by helicopter, while viewers speculated about the red-cloaked organization and the approaching danger.
• Zhao Zhengbin's mother returned home early after her office sent everyone on leave, and she told him that nearby markets had closed.
• Zhao Zhengbin received a notice that the university term had been postponed and saw military planes streaking across the sky.
• Zhao Zhengbin's mother decided to drive around and buy vegetables and daily necessities, and he followed her despite worrying about going outside.
• As Zhao Zhengbin and his mother joined traffic, the livestream footage of the exploration teams suddenly changed.

Exploration Team Two’s helicopter was caught in a tornado created by Leviathan, the Dragon of Chaos, but Shen Qingzhu rescued the team and stopped the storm. Leviathan flew toward Great Xia carrying Vishnu and ten other figures, leaving the team shaken by the divine beings’ overwhelming power.

• Leviathan’s black wind tornadoes swept Exploration Team Two’s helicopter into a boulder, wrecking the aircraft.
• Shen Qingzhu tore open the helicopter, saved the team with his six gray wings, and stopped the tornadoes with a snap.
• Shen Qingzhu identified the enormous corrupted creature as Divine Code 001, Leviathan, the Dragon of Chaos.
• The team spotted ten figures on Leviathan’s back and Vishnu seated atop its head.
• Vishnu’s glance overwhelmed the team, but Shen Qingzhu shielded them until Leviathan and its passengers flew toward Great Xia.

Vishnu left Shen Qingzhu and the livestream team to carry out Chaos’s order to slaughter half of Great Xia’s population. While Shen Qingzhu reassured viewers that the invaders could not cause much trouble, rumors about the gods triggered panic among people who had not watched the broadcast.

• Chaos ordered Vishnu to kill half of Great Xia’s population after he refused to attack Zhou Ping or Great Xia’s forces.
• Vishnu departed on Leviathan with the Black Goat’s forces, intent on massacring civilians.
• Shen Qingzhu reassured the expedition team and livestream viewers that the gods would not be able to cause much trouble.
• Zhao Zhengbin found that rumors of a divine invasion had spread online, frightening people who had missed the livestream.
• Drivers abandoned their cars and fled as panic spread along the blocked street.

Vishnu cast a nightmare over 365 million people in Great Xia, but Hu Jia entered their dreams and shattered the god’s attack. Before disappearing, Hu Jia told Zhao Zhengbin to trust the cloaked people and revealed that they were called the Night Watchmen.

• Zhao Zhengbin and his mother left their car after finding the road blocked, then saw Vishnu’s enormous face appear across the sky.
• Vishnu’s Great Dream Pupil Realm trapped 365 million people in a nightmare and overwhelmed them with terror.
• Hu Jia appeared beside Zhao Zhengbin, restored his composure, and explained that he was present in all 365 million dreams.
• Hu Jia promised that everyone would return safely, told Zhao Zhengbin to follow the military’s instructions, and urged him to trust the cloaked people.
• Hu Jia shattered Vishnu’s face and disappeared after telling Zhao Zhengbin that the cloaked group was called the Night Watchmen.

After Wu Tongxuan calmed more than three hundred million people through the Great Dream Pupil Realm, Great Xia issued an emergency alert and began a coordinated evacuation into shelters. As civilians followed the Night Watchmen’s directions, Chaos transformed into a gigantic black lion and prepared to make the crisis more dangerous.

• Zhao Zhengbin and his mother returned from the Great Dream Pupil Realm and realized that others had also seen the black-cloaked figure.
• People across Great Xia recalled Wu Tongxuan’s warning and found their panic eased after his intervention.
• The Great Xia Night Watchmen issued a highest-alert message as air-raid sirens sounded and instructed citizens to evacuate to shelters.
• Military forces and cloaked figures directed civilians using giant arrows in the sky and on phones, rapidly organizing the evacuation across Great Xia.
• Chaos watched the evacuation and transformed into a gigantic black lion, spreading an aura of agitation through deep space.

Lin Qiye began Great Xia’s nationwide evacuation under the Winter Plan and unleashed a roar across the country, but monsters soon attacked a city along an evacuation route. Zhao Zhengbin and his mother followed the shifting arrows to safety, only to face a Giant Ox-Snake Monster.

• Min Junliang reported that the nationwide evacuation had begun and briefed Lin Qiye on the other Night Watchmen’s positions.
• Lin Qiye looked beyond the clouds and sent a thunderous beastly roar across Great Xia.
• Zhao Zhengbin reassured his mother that the Night Watchmen had protected them and learned that his grandparents were also evacuating.
• An earthquake and multiple monster roars disrupted the evacuation, while fighter jets and artillery struck nearby.
• The evacuation arrows redirected Zhao Zhengbin’s group away from danger, but a Giant Ox-Snake Monster landed at the intersection ahead of them.

Hong Ying and Team 136 defended Cangnan from a sudden outbreak of Mysteries, and she destroyed a bull-headed River-realm Mystery that had threatened a crowd. After the team regrouped, they suspected the outbreak was connected to the Lion's Roar and continued searching the city.

• A bull-headed Mystery hurled a truck at Zhao Zhengbin and the crowd, but Hong Ying cut it apart with her rose-colored flames.
• Hong Ying declared Cangnan Team 136’s territory and killed the Mystery with her Rose Fire Spear and Rose Fire Feather Robe.
• Team 136 members arrived and reported that other Mysteries near the southeast corner and Shanta Street had been dealt with without casualties.
• Hong Ying and her team discussed the unusual outbreak and the possible connection to the Lion's Roar, then scattered to keep searching.

Zhao Zhengbin and the other evacuees reached an underground shelter built by the Night Watchmen and learned how extensively Cangnan City had prepared. At headquarters, Jinian was praised for building over a thousand shelters, but a request to expand an overcrowded shelter sent her back to work.

• Hong Ying spotted Zhao Zhengbin in the crowd, said goodbye, and vanished, leaving him to wonder if Heping Agency was a Night Watchmen stronghold.
• Military personnel led the evacuees down a deep entrance into a well-equipped underground shelter made from unusually strong pixel-like blocks.
• A staff member explained that Cangnan City had thirteen shelters, and Zhao Zhengbin marveled at how many the Night Watchmen had built in ten days.
• At Night Watchmen Headquarters, Jinian complained about her exhaustion and threatened to beat Lin Qiye, while Chloe said she could not defeat him.
• A shelter in Shenzhen reported that civilian numbers had exceeded capacity, and Chloe told Jinian to expand it.

Vishnu abandoned his failed attempt to secretly kill Great Xia’s population and chose a vulnerable border to attack, while Lin Qiye prepared the Night Watchmen’s first public battle against the Cthulhu faction. In a Cangnan shelter, Zhao Zhengbin heard that monsters and Night Watchmen had been appearing across the country and reached for his phone.

• Vishnu realized his Great Dream Pupil Realm ambush had failed and decided to force his way into Great Xia through a weakly defended location.
• Min Junliang reported that the Winter Plan’s evacuation was over ninety percent complete and that squads were suppressing Mysteries across the country.
• Lin Qiye ordered Shen Qingzhu, Wang Mian, and Hu Jia to Chenglong Pass while the other combatants protected civilians, insisting their first battle must be a decisive public victory.
• Zhao Zhengbin explored the crowded underground shelter with his mother and learned that screens were being connected to the internet.
• Zhao Zhengbin overheard residents discussing monster sightings and Night Watchmen across the country, then pulled out his phone.

Zhao Zhengbin watched a viral video of the Night Watchmen Commander ordering the Mysteries in Shangjing City to kneel, then wiping them out with one slash. As public interest in the Night Watchmen spread, a livestream from the Pioneer Exploration Team began showing a silver-white War Pass emerging over the sea.

• Zhao Zhengbin watched footage of Mysteries overwhelming Shangjing City before a dark crimson figure ordered them to kneel and destroyed them with a single sword strike.
• Online commenters identified the figure as the Commander of the Night Watchmen of Great Xia and shared information about the organization and its members.
• Zhao Zhengbin searched online for more information about the Night Watchmen and opened a pinned livestream from the Pioneer Exploration Team.
• The livestream showed the exploration team aboard a plane as a silver-white War Pass emerged above the stormy sea.

Zhao Zhengbin and citizens in shelters watched a livestream as an exploration team entered Chenglong Pass. Night Watchman Yu Le welcomed the team and revealed that Great Xia had destroyed the other divine kingdoms, leaving the story on the mystery of how it had done so.

• Zhao Zhengbin recognized Chenglong Base in the livestream, and shelter staff connected a large screen so residents could watch the broadcast.
• The exploration team landed inside Chenglong Pass, where Shen Qingzhu instructed the Night Watchmen to shelter and protect them as the Winter Plan began.
• Yu Le introduced himself to reporter Liao Chentao and led the exploration team into Chenglong Pass.
• Yu Le confirmed that mythological gods were real and listed several mythologies whose gods had existed.
• When Liao Chentao asked where the other divine kingdoms had gone, Yu Le said they had been destroyed and pointed to the ground, saying Great Xia had destroyed them.

Yu Le revealed the Night Watchmen’s hidden history and Commander Lin’s role to the expedition team and the livestream audience, who began to suspect Lin was the Six-Winged White Angel. At Chenglong Pass, Old Dog Wu, Shen Qingzhu, and King Mask waited for the Commander as an enemy appeared over the sea and sent a tsunami toward Great Xia.

• Yu Le told the reporter that the Great Xia Night Watchmen and Gods had destroyed the world’s divine kingdoms, and that Commander Lin had led the God Slaying Plan and influenced major events behind the scenes.
• Viewers speculated that Commander Lin was the Six-Winged White Angel after comparing the figure in a viral video to Lin Qiye’s angel form.
• Yu Le recounted the Night Watchmen’s history, including the Great Xia Gods becoming Nation-Protecting Divine Steles and the destruction of several foreign divine kingdoms.
• Old Dog Wu arrived at Chenglong Pass, where Shen Qingzhu and King Mask told him the Commander was still on his way from Shangjing.
• An alarm announced an enemy attack as a colossal shadow emerged from the clouds over the sea and raised a tsunami toward Great Xia.

After Yu Le recounted the destruction of the divine kingdoms, an enemy-attack alarm sounded at Chenglong Pass. Reporter Liao Chentao turned off the donation channel and rushed into the storm to film the Night Watchmen’s battle, determined to bring their sacrifices into the sunlight.

• Yu Le finished explaining that Commander Lin had destroyed the divine kingdoms within the mist, though he did not know how Lin later dispersed the mist.
• An alarm rang through Chenglong Pass, and Yu Le told the expedition team to stay inside before rushing out into the rain.
• As viewers urged the team to film the coming God War, Liao Chentao ordered the donation channel shut and insisted that reporters should reveal the truth about those protecting them.
• Liao Chentao took the camera and ran toward the outskirts of Chenglong Pass, while members of the expedition team rose to follow him.
• The livestream showed Liao Chentao climbing through the rain as the alarm sounded and waves thundered against the pass’s outer walls.