Chapter Summaries

Reporter Liao broadcast the gods’ assault on Chenglong Pass as Leviathan sent a towering tsunami toward the wall. Lin Qiye arrived, shattered the wave with one slash, and prepared to confront the advancing gods.

• Reporter Liao filmed the gods gathering beyond Chenglong Pass as viewers identified Leviathan, Vishnu, and several Night Watchmen on the wall.
• Leviathan raised a thousand-meter tsunami and sent it charging toward Chenglong Pass.
• Lin Qiye cleaved the tsunami apart and split the clouds with a golden slash, drawing the Night Watchmen’s salute as their commander.
• Vishnu ordered the gods to crush Chenglong Pass, and Leviathan charged toward the fortress.
• Lin Qiye summoned a vast Lightning Dragon and declared that gods were forbidden to pass.

Commander Lin summoned a Lightning Dragon that attacked Leviathan, Dragon of Chaos, while Vishnu and his forces turned toward Chenglong Pass. Shen Qingzhu, King Mask, and Hu Jia confronted ten stitched-together Takama-ga-hara Lord Gods as the battle spread across the sea.

• Viewers across Great Xia watched the livestream and cheered as Commander Lin's Lightning Dragon appeared above Leviathan.
• Vishnu and ten figures fled Leviathan's back as the Lightning Dragon attacked the polluted creature.
• A hurricane from the clash nearly swept Reporter Liao Chentao off Chenglong Pass's wall, but his companions pulled him to safety.
• Shen Qingzhu, Hu Jia, and King Mask identified the ten approaching figures as puppets assembled from Lord God corpses and warned that the Black Goat's pollution was dangerous.
• Shen Qingzhu, King Mask, and Hu Jia stepped forward to fight the ten Takama-ga-hara Lord Gods, freezing the sea and splitting its surface.

Shen Qingzhu, the grey-cloaked old man, and Hu Jia fought off the chief gods at Chenglong Pass while Lin Qiye confronted Vishnu alone. The chapter ended with Vishnu growing enormous and striking Lin Qiye beneath the sea as a giant wave surged toward the people on the wall.

• Shen Qingzhu unleashed a sea of fire that destroyed one chief god and scattered the others.
• The grey-cloaked old man froze time within five li, slowing nine chief gods while his allies attacked.
• Hu Jia entered the gods' mental world and discovered that the polluted corpses were controlled by the Forest Black Goat.
• Lin Qiye confronted Vishnu, who attacked him with an enormous hand and slammed him beneath the sea.
• Vishnu's strike sent a huge wave toward Chenglong Pass's outer wall, where Reporter Liao and the camera crew faced danger.

Wu Quan shielded Chenglong Pass from the divine battles while Lin Qiye unleashed his perfected Law Manifesting Heaven and Earth and fought Vishnu to a near standstill. Lin Qiye and Vishnu vanished into a field of absolute darkness, leaving their final clash unseen.

• Wu Quan rose above Chenglong Pass and intercepted the shockwaves threatening the fortress.
• Lin Qiye summoned Law Manifesting Heaven and Earth and struck Vishnu, then used the King's Scepter to drain divine power from the gods fighting nearby.
• Vishnu severed the energy flowing into Lin Qiye's Dharma Form, but Lin Qiye countered with a devastating blade strike that left Vishnu grievously wounded.
• Lin Qiye advanced on Vishnu and declared that the Supreme was nothing special, while Vishnu insisted a chief god could never defeat him.
• Lin Qiye and Vishnu disappeared into the absolute darkness spreading across the sea, concealing the outcome of their battle.

Lin Qiye fought Vishnu in a deadly battle that he believed he had to win to preserve the Night Watchmen’s standing and Great Xia’s people’s hope. Beyond the atmosphere, Nyx and the Great Xia Sword Immortal confronted Chaos as he watched the battle.

• Nyx found Chaos beyond the atmosphere, and the Great Xia Sword Immortal’s Sword Intent appeared at Chaos’s brow as they challenged him.
• Great Xia’s people debated whether Lin Qiye could defeat Vishnu and voiced their trust in him.
• Lin Qiye attacked Vishnu from the darkness, pierced his golden-wheel defense, and struck him with a powerful punch.
• Vishnu used a Sanskrit incantation to blast Lin Qiye out of the darkness, leaving both gods injured.
• Lin Qiye refused to back down, believing that only his victory could sustain the people’s trust, unity, and faith in the Night Watchmen.

Lin Qiye battled Vishnu inside a collapsing dark world, struggling against the Supreme God's power as his own divine energy dwindled. Outside, the other Night Watchmen defeated their opponents, but Vishnu gained the upper hand and sent Lin Qiye flying.

• Lin Qiye and Vishnu traded attacks inside the dark world, which began to fracture under their blows.
• Lin Qiye realized he could not outlast Vishnu, while Vishnu aimed to win by keeping him suppressed until his divine power ran out.
• Shen Qingzhu, Hu Jia, and King Mask regrouped after the other gods were defeated, and Hu Jia reported sensing the Black Goat and its black eggs far away.
• The Night Watchmen watched the battle between Lin Qiye and Vishnu intensify as the collapsing black hole churned the sea and clouds into a vast vortex.
• Vishnu struck Lin Qiye with the phantom conch, then combined attacks from the bow and golden wheel to blast him backward.

Lin Qiye revealed the Power of Faith Merlin had sealed within him and used it to overpower Vishnu. Their final clash unleashed a golden shockwave that vaporized the surrounding sea, leaving Reporter Liao and the people at Chenglong Pass staring at the devastation.

• Vishnu attacked the wounded Lin Qiye with the phantom vajra, but Lin Qiye blocked the blow with his straight blade.
• Lin Qiye unleashed the Power of Faith from Takama-ga-hara that Merlin had sealed within him years earlier.
• Lin Qiye trapped Vishnu with Thorns of Utmost Darkness and starlight shackles, then severed the arms wielding his four phantom treasures.
• Vishnu gathered his remaining divine power as Lin Qiye launched a blazing final strike, and their attacks collided in a devastating golden explosion.
• Three cloaks tore open a gap in the shockwave before it reached Chenglong Pass, and Reporter Liao looked out over the vanished sea.

Lin Qiye killed Vishnu but survived with catastrophic injuries, then concealed them and walked toward Chenglong Pass. While the crowds celebrated his apparent victory, Shen Qingzhu stopped Hu Jia from helping him and insisted that Lin Qiye had to finish the walk alone.

• Lin Qiye rose from the battlefield after killing Vishnu and burned Vishnu's corpse to prevent the Black Goat from corrupting it.
• Lin Qiye cauterized his chest wound with golden flame, covered his ruined body with his crimson cloak, retrieved his blade, and headed for Chenglong Pass.
• The expedition team spotted Lin Qiye approaching, and Reporter Liao announced his victory as viewers and shelter residents erupted in celebration.
• Shen Qingzhu, Wang Mian, and Hu Jia saw the injuries hidden beneath Lin Qiye's cloak.
• Hu Jia tried to go support Lin Qiye, but Shen Qingzhu stopped him and told him to let Lin Qiye walk alone.

Lin Qiye reached Chenglong Pass after defeating Vishnu, where the Night Watchmen welcomed him and cleared the devastated battlefield. He collapsed from catastrophic injuries, while Chaos departed after revealing Vishnu had been a pawn, leaving Nyx worried about Great Xia.

• Lin Qiye staggered toward Chenglong Pass, and Shen Qingzhu and the Night Watchmen welcomed him home in triumph.
• Lin Qiye ordered the Night Watchmen to clear the field, and they disposed of Leviathan's remains and restored the area around Chenglong Pass.
• Lin Qiye collapsed inside the gates, and Hu Jia, King Mask, and Shen Qingzhu discovered his vital organs were severely damaged and rushed to save him.
• Chaos dismissed Vishnu as a toy he had sent to create a spectacle, then left deep space after telling Nyx they might meet again soon.
• Nyx watched Great Xia with worry after Chaos disappeared.

After the battle at Chenglong Pass, reporters failed to meet Commander Lin, who had already left for Shangjing City. In the shelter, Zhao Zhengbin and his mother discovered that its floor plan matched the strange pattern on the Spring Couplets sent to their family for years, leaving Zhao Zhengbin puzzled by the connection.

• Wu Quan told the reporters that Commander Lin had gone to Shangjing City and could not be interviewed.
• The exploration team continued broadcasting from Chenglong Pass, but viewers lost interest when they could not see Commander Lin.
• Zhao Zhengbin returned to the dormitory and told his mother that the Night Watchmen had won the battle.
• Zhao Zhengbin's mother showed him a shelter layout and said its outline resembled the pattern on the Spring Couplets his father's comrades had sent every New Year.
• Zhao Zhengbin recognized that the shelter plan and the Spring Couplets bore the same strange design, but he could not explain why.

An Qingyu struggled against the Key of Doors as its gate neared completion, while Nyarlathotep arrived to taunt him over Vishnu’s sacrifice. The Key of Doors briefly took control of An Qingyu’s body, spoke with Nyarlathotep, and then withdrew, leaving An Qingyu awake and Nyarlathotep gone.

• An Qingyu told Jiang Er to stay away from him, then threw his walkie-talkie toward the factory as the gray petrification spread across his body.
• Nyarlathotep approached An Qingyu and celebrated how Vishnu’s sacrifice had strengthened Great Xia’s faith.
• An Qingyu accused Nyarlathotep of sacrificing Vishnu to create a stronger enemy, and Nyarlathotep struck him unconscious.
• The Key of Doors took over An Qingyu’s body and warned Nyarlathotep not to damage the vessel, adding that it would awaken fully in seven or eight days.
• The Key of Doors shared something interesting with Nyarlathotep and returned to the Gate of Truth; An Qingyu awoke as Nyarlathotep disappeared into the mist.

After surviving Vishnu’s attack with the help of a miracle, Lin Qiye concealed his injuries and called an urgent war meeting as Great Xia prepared for a larger threat. Destiny Monk failed to attend, and Lin Qiye learned that he was heading to the Primal God Temple.

• Yue Jiulin told Shen Qingzhu and King Mask that Lin Qiye’s fatal wounds could not be healed because a miracle was sustaining him.
• Lin Qiye left the hospital, ordered a war meeting, and instructed the others to keep his injuries secret.
• Night Watchmen leaders and allied fighters gathered in Shangjing City while Chen Han confirmed that civilians had been evacuated to shelters.
• Min Junliang told Lin Qiye that Destiny Monk could not attend because he was on his way to the Primal God Temple.

Destiny Monk entered the Primal God Temple and urged the Twelve Ancestor Gods to sacrifice themselves in a prepared Primal Ancestor Array to kill the Crawling Chaos before the coming battle. He revealed that he knew the future in which their rushed attempt failed, then asked whether they had made up their minds.

• Destiny Monk entered the Primal God Temple, where the Twelve Ancestor Gods challenged him before recognizing his request for an audience.
• Destiny Monk learned that the ancestor gods had recovered barely ten percent of their strength and could not regain combat capability within the four days before the decisive battle.
• Destiny Monk asked the ancestor gods to die and invoke the Primal Ancestor Array, which startled them because they had never told outsiders about it.
• Destiny Monk described a future in which the Crawling Chaos interrupted the array and survived, then argued that preparing the trap in advance could change the outcome.
• Destiny Monk told the ancestor gods that only he could urge them to make the sacrifice and asked whether they had decided.

Destiny Monk secured the ancestral gods’ agreement to support a secret plan and keep it from Lin Qiye. As Lin Qiye organized Great Xia’s defenses against the coming Lovecraftian assault, Destiny Monk arrived and vowed to kill Chaos himself.

• Destiny Monk asked the ancestral gods to cooperate with his plan and conceal it from Lin Qiye, and they agreed.
• Lin Qiye warned the Night Watchmen that the defeat at Chenglong Pass did not mean the war was won and revealed that the full assault would begin in ninety-five hours and sixteen minutes.
• Lin Qiye described the enemy forces and their southern attack route, then led the Night Watchmen in planning defenses for Jialin Pass, Shanhai Pass, and Bore Pass.
• Lin Qiye explained to Shen Qingzhu that fifty Night Watchmen would activate defenses at the passes while he bore the burden of preparing them.
• Destiny Monk arrived and told Lin Qiye to follow the plan, declaring that he would kill Chaos.

Lin Qiye left for Jialin Pass as the Demon Squad prepared for the coming war. Destiny Monk summoned the squad for an extremely dangerous mission to escort people to the Primal God Temple and asked them to share any final wishes.

• Lin Qiye ordered Min Junliang to arrange a plane to Jialin Pass and flew toward the coming battle.
• Su Zhe, Su Yuan, Lu Baoyou, Li Zhenzhen, and Fang Mo discussed the war and the possibility that they might not survive.
• Destiny Monk called the Demon Squad to the Commander-in-Chief's office and announced a dangerous escort mission to the Primal God Temple.
• Destiny Monk said the squad would be escorting people, withheld further details, and asked whether they had any unfulfilled wishes.

Fang Mo expelled Su Zhe from Demon Squad after he questioned whether he had to join their mission, and Su Yuan asked Destiny Monk to keep her brother off the battlefield. After the others left, Destiny Monk warned Fang Mo that his next words concerned the team’s lives and the future of humanity.

• Su Zhe asked Destiny Monk whether he had to go on the mission, and Destiny Monk said he could leave Demon Squad if he refused.
• Fang Mo proposed expelling Su Zhe, and Su Yuan, Lu Baoyou, and Li Zhenzhen voted in favor.
• Destiny Monk formally expelled Su Zhe, who left the office in anger after Su Yuan told him he did not belong in Demon Squad.
• Su Yuan asked Destiny Monk to reassign Su Zhe to logistics work in Team 136, and Destiny Monk agreed.
• Destiny Monk dismissed the others, kept Fang Mo behind, and said his next words concerned their lives and the future of humanity.

After leaving the headquarters, Fang Mo went to see someone about a mysterious escort mission. Lu Baoyou later asked Destiny Monk to find the girl he had met beneath a bridge five years earlier, and Destiny Monk agreed to try despite the vague details.

• Li Zhenzhen comforted Su Yuan and affirmed her resolve to stay with Fang Mo wherever he went.
• Fang Mo left the headquarters without explaining the escort mission, saying he needed to go see someone.
• Lu Baoyou took charge of the Demon Squad, then spent a day alone before returning to Destiny Monk.
• Lu Baoyou asked Destiny Monk to find a girl he had met as a beggar beneath a bridge in Shangjing City on New Year's Eve five years earlier.
• Lu Baoyou told Destiny Monk that the girl might be his only remaining attachment, and Destiny Monk agreed to do his best to find her.

Destiny Monk refused Su Zhe’s request to rejoin Demon Squad and urged him to live for himself, confirming his transfer to the Logistics Department. At Jialin Pass, Guan Zai and Chen Han discussed the hurried construction of an S-rank War Pass and Commander Lin’s exhausting work on its forbidden spells.

• Su Zhe pleaded with Destiny Monk to reverse his expulsion, but Destiny Monk said only Fang Mo could persuade Demon Squad to take him back.
• Destiny Monk told Su Zhe that Su Yuan had expelled him to protect him and encouraged him to build a life of his own.
• Destiny Monk handed Su Zhe his file, which transferred him to the Logistics Department to maintain order at Shelter 136-007.
• At Jialin Pass, Guan Zai and Chen Han discussed the pass’s rapid upgrade to S-rank and the danger posed by the Black Goat offspring.
• Guan Zai learned that Commander Lin had worked without rest engraving forbidden spells and went to check on him.

Lin Qiye tirelessly engraved forbidden spell formations into metal blocks to strengthen the three passes before the Cthulhu forces’ final assault, with 932 blocks still remaining. In a shelter, Zhao Zhengbin recognized a Night Watchman and asked whether the young man wearing a red armband was one too.

• Guan Zai urged Lin Qiye to rest, but Lin Qiye continued engraving, saying the lives of Great Xia’s people depended on completing the three passes.
• Lin Qiye briefly faltered from exhaustion, then resumed work and learned that 932 metal blocks remained.
• Zhao Zhengbin waited in the Cangnan City shelter for news and wondered what the Night Watchmen were doing outside.
• Zhao Zhengbin recognized a disguised Night Watchman speaking with a young man in a red armband and stopped the young man to ask if he was a Night Watchman.

Zhao Zhengbin met Su Zhe, a Night Watchman posing as a shelter security administrator, and asked how to join the Night Watchmen. Su Zhe tried to dissuade him by describing the dangers and sacrifices of the job, then hurried off to calm a food-distribution dispute, leaving Zhao Zhengbin to head back to the dormitories.

• Su Zhe denied being a Night Watchman, but his sword fell from his waistband and exposed his lie to Zhao Zhengbin.
• Su Zhe introduced himself, and Zhao Zhengbin agreed to keep his identity secret while asking about the Night Watchmen.
• Zhao Zhengbin asked how to become a Night Watchman, and Su Zhe warned him about the deadly work, relentless duty, and sacrifices involved.
• An argument broke out over food distribution, so Su Zhe covered his sword, straightened his armband, and ran to restore order.
• Zhao Zhengbin watched Su Zhe leave, then sighed and returned to the dormitories.