Chapter Summaries

An Qingyu met with Chaos on the island, where he sensed that the day of Chaos’s planned celebration had arrived and prepared a pebble for a final step. At Great Xia’s border, Lin Qiye finished carving the forbidden spells for the three passes and flew to Shangjing to rest before the coming battle.

• Chaos visited An Qingyu and urged him to watch the day’s celebration, hinting that he would not remain a bystander.
• An Qingyu traced something in the air, picked up a pebble, and said it was needed for the final step.
• Lin Qiye completed the last of 1,330 forbidden spells at the border and collapsed into a brief sleep from exhaustion.
• Guan Zai reported that the three passes’ defenses were linked across an eight-hundred-kilometer battle line and would soon be fully complete.
• Lin Qiye agreed to rest, and an aircraft carried him toward Shangjing.

Lin Qiye woke to news that the Lovecraftian Gods had attacked Great Xia's border passes at unexpected times and locations, contradicting King Mask's future knowledge. He suspected Yog-Sothoth had manipulated time and the future information to deceive Great Xia.

• The Black Goat and millions of offspring destroyed Xuehan Pass and poured across Great Xia's border.
• King Mask awoke in the hospital, realized something was wrong, and died before he could reach his sword.
• An earthquake woke Lin Qiye, who saw that the countdown to the final assault still had hours remaining.
• Min Junliang reported that Xuehan Pass and Beichong Pass had fallen, then said Jialin, Prajna, and Shanhai Passes were also under attack.
• Lin Qiye concluded that someone had altered the timeline and suspected Yog-Sothoth had used King Mask's return and future knowledge as a deception.

After discovering that the Key of Doors had deceived Great Xia and the northern defenses were collapsing, Lin Qiye ordered the three southern War Passes moved to North Bin City while he went to hold back the Black Goat. A time barrier then revealed a grotesque world and a twisted angel to him.

• Lin Qiye realized the time scam had left the northern War Passes exposed to the Black Goat and its millions of spawn.
• Lin Qiye ordered Chloe to teleport the three War Passes to North Bin City and arranged for Yurina Takishiro and King Mask to help her.
• Lin Qiye dismissed the idea of using King Mask to rewind time, believing the Key of Doors would kill him if he tried.
• Lin Qiye sensed someone watching him through the River of Time and smashed the frosted time barrier.
• Lin Qiye saw a world of writhing flesh, drifting ashes, and a savage angel hovering above two crosses.

Lin Qiye seized control of Uriel’s time domain and tried to kill Chaos in the past, hoping to rewrite history. An Qingyu from Lin Qiye’s timeline stopped the strike and admitted that Lin Qiye had fallen into his scheme, leaving the two facing off across the Rivers of Time.

• Lin Qiye recognized that Uriel’s time domain had connected him to a past moment and suspected the Key of Doors had delayed his journey to the northern front.
• Lin Qiye used End King's Law to keep Uriel’s domain open and take control of it, then targeted Chaos inside the Psychiatric Hospital of the Gods.
• An Qingyu’s scalpel shattered Lin Qiye’s strike before it reached the Sixth Ward, and An Qingyu appeared across the River of Time.
• Lin Qiye accused An Qingyu of manipulating time and setting a trap, and An Qingyu confirmed that Lin Qiye had ended up caught in his scheme.
• Lin Qiye threatened to attack An Qingyu across the River of Time, invoking Miracle as golden light gathered around his hands.

Lin Qiye ended his meeting across the River of Time after An Qingyu warned him that their Chess Game was unfinished, leaving An Qingyu to deal with the valley. At Shelter 007, Zhao Zhengbin learned that Su Zhe’s masked sister was a Night Watchman and helped him escape a confrontation he had provoked.

• An Qingyu told Lin Qiye their Chess Game was not over, and Lin Qiye noticed that An Qingyu had shattered the recreated chessboard.
• Lin Qiye ended the time-spanning meeting and told An Qingyu to handle the mess in the valley.
• An Qingyu killed Uriel and every Lovecraftian Creature in the valley, freeing the two youths bound to crosses to flee.
• At Shelter 007, Zhao Zhengbin watched Su Zhe argue with residents while a masked young woman nearby received a call and left for an assignment that had been moved up.
• Zhao Zhengbin learned the woman was likely Su Zhe’s sister and helped him after the residents grabbed him over his suggestion to watch children’s programs.

Su Zhe learned that the girl who resembled him had left after being called away, then watched footage of a terrifying disturbance at a shelter in Tianhe City. The shelter’s mysterious framework lit up and the shaking stopped, leaving everyone safe but confused.

• Zhao Zhengbin urged Su Zhe to return to being a Night Watchman, but Su Zhe insisted he liked mediating disputes despite repeatedly getting beaten.
• Zhao Zhengbin told Su Zhe that a girl who looked like him had left after her captain called and said she had to rush out because something had been moved up.
• Su Zhe reacted blankly to the girl’s departure, then turned pale when Zhao Zhengbin asked whether something had happened outside.
• People in the shelter shared footage of violent shaking at shelter No. 002 in Tianhe City, and Su Zhe identified it as one of the city’s northernmost shelters.
• The shelter’s ceiling framework shone with a massive pattern, an invisible ripple passed through the structure, and a rumble ended the shaking without injuring anyone.
• The shelter announcement attributed the tremors to geological changes, while people online debated whether the frightening noises and light signaled anything more.

Su Zhe told Zhao Zhengbin that Weiyang had teleported the attacked shelter underground beneath North Bin City, where it could only buy time against the Cthulhu gods. As Su Zhe worried that Great Xia might not be able to stop the invasion, Zhao challenged his belief that only the powerful could help.

• After online claims dismissed the incident as an earthquake, Zhao Zhengbin pressed Su Zhe for the truth, and Su Zhe admitted that the Cthulhu gods had most likely attacked.
• Su Zhe explained that Commander Lin had connected the shelters’ Weiyang systems to the Earth Origin, letting attacked shelters teleport to one of five preset locations; this shelter had gone to the northern point beneath North Bin City.
• Su Zhe said Weiyang only bought the Night Watchmen time, and that a god could travel from Tianhe City to North Bin City in minutes.
• Su Zhe worried that Great Xia’s forces were concentrated at the southern border and that even Chloe and King Mask might not be enough to stop the Cthulhu gods’ army.
• Su Zhe called himself mere shelter logistics personnel and said the strong would bear the burden, but Zhao Zhengbin replied that the strong could get tired and that ordinary people should also do what they could.

Su Zhe struggled with whether he belonged in the shelter, while Destiny Monk revealed that the early enemy attack had overturned their predictions and that he had prepared to sacrifice Great Xia to defeat the Three Pillars. Demon Squad and the Twelve Golden Immortals agents flew toward the Primal God Temple, leaving Lu Baoyou disappointed that Destiny Monk had not found her.

• Su Zhe argued with Zhao Zhengbin about staying in the shelter, then walked away after Zhao insisted that he did not belong there.
• Fang Mo waited for Su Yuan at the helipad, where Demon Squad gathered as the enemy attack began earlier than expected.
• Destiny Monk explained that the Key of Doors had awakened, making King Mask's predictions wrong, and said Vishnu had been bait sent by the Cthulhu gods.
• Destiny Monk revealed that he had secretly sent one thousand young couples beyond Great Xia's borders and considered the war's casualties acceptable if humanity survived and the Three Pillars were killed.
• Destiny Monk ordered Demon Squad to escort the Twelve Golden Immortals agents to the Primal God Temple, and Fang Mo led them onto the planes.
• Destiny Monk told Lu Baoyou that they had not found her; Lu Baoyou hid his disappointment and boarded the plane.

Chaos and the Black Goat’s forces attacked shelters in Tianhe City and the southern wilderness, using the chief gods of the destroyed City of the Sun to uncover them. One shelter escaped by teleporting, but Chaos shattered the defenses of another and left it breached.

• The Black Goat’s offspring tore through Tianhe City and dug up three shelters, but one shelter vanished through a fixed-point teleportation before they could breach it.
• Chaos recognized the teleportation and Earth Origin aura, then ordered Nephthys to send Shu, Geb, and Nut south to attack another shelter.
• Geb split the earth, and Nut and Shu lifted the shelter near North Bin City without alerting its civilians or triggering Weiyang.
• Chaos struck through space and shattered the shelter’s glowing defenses, opening a massive breach.

Chaos, Nephthys, and Black Goat breached the shelter, and the terrified civilians fled into the wilderness as Chaos let them escape. After the crowd ran more than a kilometer, Crimson Eyeball appeared in their path, leaving them facing the god they had hoped to outrun.

• The three gods tore open the shelter’s ceiling, and their presence froze the people on the upper floor while alarms sent the rest into panic.
• The crowd surged toward the exits, crushing people in the rush, as military personnel tried and failed to maintain order.
• Chaos shattered every shelter exit, sending the fleeing civilians into the wilderness.
• Xiao Yu was swept out of the shelter and reunited with his mother, who carried him away despite his doubts that they could escape the gods.
• People livestreamed the gods as they ran, but after the figures vanished in the distance, Crimson Eyeball suddenly appeared before the crowd.

Chaos, Nut, and Shu attacked a shelter near North Bin City and tried to crush the fleeing crowd beneath it, while panic spread through Great Xia’s shelters. Just as the shelter began to fall, a figure in a Crimson Cloak appeared and caught it with one hand.

• A livestream showed three gods surrounding a damaged shelter near North Bin City, spreading alarm among viewers and residents in nearby shelters.
• Su Zhe called Deputy Director Qian, who explained that the public relations department could not stop the many livestreams and said Secretary Min had ordered them to trust Commander Lin.
• Chaos ordered Nut and Shu to drop the floating shelter onto the crowd that had fled from it.
• The falling shelter endangered the people beneath it and nearly one million people inside as livestream viewers watched in horror.
• A figure in a Crimson Cloak arrived beneath the shelter and held it above the ground with one hand.

Lin Qiye held a shelter carrying nearly a million people aloft while fighting Shu, Nut, and Geb, the three Supreme Gods. Though badly injured, he summoned his Dharma form and unleashed a powerful strike that shattered all three gods’ bodies.

• Lin Qiye caught the falling shelter with one hand, saving its occupants and the civilians below.
• The people recognized Lin Qiye and cried out for him as he faced Shu, Nut, and Geb attacking together.
• Lin Qiye fought the three gods while keeping the shelter steady, then took their attacks head-on when he could not dodge.
• Lin Qiye cut into Geb and used End King's Law to counter the gods’ domains.
• Lin Qiye manifested a six-winged Dharma form and struck the three gods with a golden blade, shattering their bodies.

Lin Qiye defeated three chief god corpses with one slash, then struggled to recover after lowering the shelter he had been holding up. Crawling Chaos arrived with two Lovecraftian chief gods, eighteen more chief gods, and millions of Black Goat spawn, leaving Lin Qiye alone before the army and the people of Great Xia.

• Lin Qiye used Law Manifesting Heaven and Earth to destroy the three chief god corpses and their crimson insects, then lowered the shelter as his exhausted body trembled.
• The people praised Lin Qiye, but the ground shook as millions of Black Goat spawn rushed toward them from the north.
• Lin Qiye walked toward the oncoming army while Crawling Chaos taunted him about being deceived and left to fight alone.
• Two Lovecraftian chief gods emerged, and the Black Goat spewed out eighteen chief god corpses, including Set, Osiris, Isis, Kagutsuchi, and Ōyamatsumi.
• Crawling Chaos challenged Lin Qiye to protect Great Xia as the monsters charged and the eighteen chief gods' divine might immobilized the crowd.

Su Zhe overcame his despair and chose to leave the shelter to fight alongside Lin Qiye, while Min Junliang struggled to complete the mass transfer at Jialin Pass. The chapter left the transfer preparations unfinished, with at least ten minutes still needed.

• Su Zhe gave up hope after seeing Lin Qiye face the Cthulhu army alone and started back to his dormitory.
• Zhao Zhengbin stopped Su Zhe and urged him not to leave Lin Qiye to die alone, then grabbed Su Zhe’s blade and tried to leave the shelter himself.
• Su Zhe recalled Destiny Monk’s mission involving the Primal God Temple and decided to go out in Zhao Zhengbin’s place.
• Su Zhe revealed his purple cloak and identified himself as a member of the Demon Squad of the Great Xia Night Watchmen, then sped out of the shelter.
• At Jialin Pass, Min Junliang asked King Mask and Chloe about the transfer preparations, and Chloe said they needed at least ten more minutes.

As millions of monsters and gods descended on North Bin City, Lin Qiye prepared to face them alone while the three passes were still ten minutes away. He protected the civilians behind a black curtain, leaving them unable to see whether he could survive the battle ahead.

• Min Junliang told Lin Qiye that transporting the three passes to North Bin City would take another ten minutes, and Lin instructed him to contact Shen Qingzhu about ringing the Eastern Emperor Bell if he failed.
• Lin Qiye calmed a mother and rescued her son, Xiao Yu, from the approaching tide of monsters.
• Lin Qiye summoned the Black Curtain, shielding the crowd and shelter from the battlefield and cutting them off from its sights and sounds.
• People watching the livestream argued about Lin Qiye's chances as the curtain hid the battle, while the mother reassured Xiao Yu that Lin was still there.

Lin Qiye used his own flesh and blood to cast Netherworld Whisper against the advancing Cthulhu army, summoning an existence from beyond the world. The being managed to send one arm through the gate, and Lin Qiye realized its presence was drawing closer to his world.

• Chaos taunted Lin Qiye, claiming that the sealed battlefield would collapse when he died and that the Cthulhu army would soon destroy humanity.
• Lin Qiye refused to retreat and stabbed himself to use his own flesh and blood as the sacrifice for Netherworld Whisper.
• A blood-red gate opened behind Lin Qiye, and its aura slowed the Black Goat spawn and startled the scarlet eye.
• A humanoid figure tried to cross through the gate but said it could only send one arm without killing Lin Qiye.
• The figure forced its arm through the barrier between worlds, and Lin Qiye recognized that Netherworld Whisper was drawing the being closer to this world.

Lin Qiye used Netherworld Whisper to unleash powerful attacks against the Black Goat army, rapidly aging as the spell consumed his vitality. The blood-red door closed after its unseen speaker withdrew, leaving Lin Qiye to face the surviving spawn alone.

• Lin Qiye summoned the Law Eraser, which erased thousands of Black Goat spawn but could not stop the advancing army quickly enough.
• At Lin Qiye’s insistence, the voice behind the door unleashed Annihilation, whose destructive thread and black hole killed tens of thousands of spawn each second.
• As the spell consumed his vitality, Lin Qiye aged rapidly while the Black Goat attacked him with enormous hooves.
• The voice used Space to slice apart the descending hooves, which fell onto the spawn and killed nearly a thousand more.
• The voice warned Lin Qiye that the door was closing, then withdrew its patterns as the blood-red door vanished.
• Lin Qiye nearly collapsed after the door closed and saw that nearly half of the millions of Black Goat spawn had been killed.

Chaos tore apart the Black Curtain to expose the battlefield and shatter Great Xia’s faith in Lin Qiye, expecting the people to see their commander’s defeat. As the crowd glimpsed an aged Crimson Cloak surrounded by gods, Lin Qiye reached into his robes, leaving his next move unknown.

• Chaos seethed as Lin Qiye survived the battle and nearly half the Black Goat spawn army was destroyed.
• The remaining spawn and seventeen divine corpses charged Lin Qiye, while Chaos taunted him for his failing body.
• Chaos ripped open the Black Curtain so Great Xia’s people could witness what he believed was Lin Qiye’s defeat.
• The crowd saw a crimson figure amid the monsters and blood, but questioned whether the aged figure was really Lin Qiye.
• Lin Qiye sighed as the seventeen gods faced him and reached into his robes.

Lin Qiye used the King's Star Coin to recreate Nightfall from his memories, bringing his former comrades back to the battlefield at the cost of eventually forgetting them. As the revived team began fighting the divine corpses and Black Goat spawn, two Lovecraftian Deities charged toward them.

• Lin Qiye pressed the King's Star Coin against the blood-red earth and activated it to summon Nightfall from his memories.
• The Nightfall members appeared beside Lin Qiye, and their combined aura repelled the seventeen divine corpses.
• An Qingyu suppressed the Black Goat spawn and sent Mi Go against their advancing tide.
• Baili Pangpang absorbed the divine power of the seventeen corpses and destroyed five of them with Dao fire.
• Two Lovecraftian Deities surged toward Nightfall and the shattered curtain.

Lin Qiye used the King's Star Coin to recreate the Nightfall Squad, whose members fought the Lovecraftian army while he endured the cost of losing his memories of them. Jialan appeared beside him, and Lin Qiye admitted that he was tired.

• Cao Yuan freed the Black King from his chains and fought the two Lovecraftian Deities while destroying the surrounding Black Goat spawn.
• Shen Qingzhu covered the battlefield in his gray domain, annihilated advancing spawn, and raised a wall of fire to protect civilians.
• Jiang Er used her magnetic field to launch and redirect missiles, splitting the Black Goat tide into scattered sections.
• Lin Qiye watched the recreated Nightfall Squad hold the battlefield, knowing the King's Star Coin would make him forget them once it stopped spinning.
• Jialan appeared beside Lin Qiye, recognized him despite his aged appearance, and asked what had happened to him.
• Lin Qiye looked at Jialan and told her that he was just a little tired.