Chapter Summaries

After the Twin Goddesses helped erase Cain Fakt from the Black Pearl, Chosen Space made the Ys: Origin dungeon independent and gave Cheng Tian a chance to shape it. The chapter ended with his proposal accepted in part as the Black and White Twin Towers appeared in Chosen Space’s training area.

• Cheng Tian used the Eye of Judgment to burn Cain Fakt’s soul out of the Black Pearl Shard, and the Twin Goddesses stripped Cain of his position as Heart Shrine Priest.
• The shard merged with the Black Pearl, and Chosen Space reported that the old Root of Demonic Power had been eliminated while a new one could eventually form.
• Chosen Space made the Ys: Origin dungeon independent and granted uniqueness to Red Moon Fina, Azure Moon Leya, Yug Fakt, and other closely connected NPCs.
• Cheng Tian reviewed the new rules for origin entities and submitted proposals to modify the independent dungeon.
• Chosen Space accepted part of Cheng Tian’s proposal, and the Black and White Twin Towers appeared in the player training area.

Chosen Space added the Black and White Twin Towers, allowing players to safely fight escalating BOSS battles or monster waves for rewards. Cheng Tian received special privileges that let him and his Servants challenge the towers with extra choices and support, even while he remained in a dungeon.

• Chosen Space announced the Black and White Twin Towers, their challenge rules, rewards, leaderboards, and ticket requirements.
• Players flocked to the northern combat zone to enter the new towers, which offered a safe way to fight and climb the rankings.
• Cheng Tian received permission to challenge both towers without tickets and to designate opponents, monster sources, and a drop range.
• Cheng Tian learned that his Servants could challenge the towers independently and that he could summon the Twin Goddesses for support during a Moon Trial.

Cheng Tian burned the Root of Demonic Power, stopped the Twin Goddesses’ sacrifice, and helped make Ys: Origin an independent instance. The perfect-clear settlement awarded him an SS rating and new rewards before granting him the qualification to return to the Chosen Space.

• Cheng Tian returned to normal and gave Fina and Leya back their wings and the Black Pearl, while they absorbed the news that they had become unique and primordial.
• Fina pinched Cheng Tian, ending the time stop and releasing the other players into the settlement.
• The players watched a replay dominated by Cheng Tian’s battles and cautiously gathered near him.
• The settlement recorded Cheng Tian’s completed quests, rewards, achievements, 200% task completion, 200% exploration, and SS rating.
• The Space declared Ys: Origin independent, appointed Fina and Leya as administrators, and granted Cheng Tian qualification to return to the Chosen Space.
• Cheng Tian’s Game Master talent settled, awarding him the Oni Cage Hand template armament and enchanting Phantom Sword onto Arthur’s Proof.

After clearing the Demon World Village instance with a double-S rating, Cheng Tian changed factions and became an S-rank Heart Shrine Priest. He tested the new Sacred Demonic Heart skill, which let him switch between sacred and demonic forms, and ended the chapter experimenting with its alternating magical effects.

• Cheng Tian's Ghost Gauntlet became a glove equipment item, while Phantom Sword was enchanted onto his Strawberry Underwear and enabled the Knight/Arthur template for sword-type thrown weapons.
• Cheng Tian's perfect clear and newly created scenario earned a double-S rating, but abandoning the Clan of Darkness's main quest cost him the Attribute Point and Skill Point rewards.
• Cheng Tian changed classes into the S-rank Heart Shrine Priest, gaining permanent Spirit and Charm increases, a fixed skill slot, Extra Skills, and improved Strength-to-HP and Spirit-to-MP ratios.
• Cheng Tian examined Sacred Demonic Heart, which granted Sacred Heart Form, Demonic Heart Form, and a once-per-instance overlapping form with enhanced powers and removed drawbacks.
• Cheng Tian saw sacred and demonic labels appear on his skills and equipment, then tested how activating them shifted his energy gauges and magical appearance.

Cheng Tian opened Demon King Dam’s raid chest and obtained Demon's Concerto, a skill that let him merge with summoned creatures. He fused with War Elephant Mammoth, emerging as a human-elephant hybrid with the title Origin Hero.

• Cheng Tian found that his Spirit Attribute remained capped at 50 despite equipment bonuses and wielded the spear Holy Spear Yug/Demonic Spear Thor.
• The players opened their raid chests, while Cheng Tian received drops from Cain, Dares, Kishigal, and Saba.
• Cheng Tian learned Demon's Concerto, which let him merge with a summoned creature or fuse two summoned units together.
• Cheng Tian chose War Elephant Mammoth as his fusion target, triggering the Master of Tanks effect.
• Cheng Tian emerged as a human-elephant hybrid and gained the title Origin Hero.

After defeating Demon King Dam, Cheng Tian received the Origin Hero title and considered how it might affect his interactions with Princess Mara Dun. The Twin Goddesses confirmed that Ys had joined Chosen Space’s protection, and Cheng Tian left the Dungeon World with Fina.

• Cheng Tian received 1 Legend Point and the Origin Hero title for killing Demon King Dam, bringing his total to 2 Legend Points.
• Cheng Tian reviewed his panel and wondered whether the title’s increased favor from Princesses could affect Princess Mara Dun.
• Cheng Tian unfused from the War Elephant and asked the Twin Goddesses whether Ys had been absorbed by Chosen Space.
• Leya explained that Ys and its people were under Chosen Space’s protection, with the Temple Knights and mages available as mercenaries.
• Fina took Cheng Tian’s hand to return to Chosen Space, while a young woman who had completed Elf Bloodline Purification also set out for Chosen Space.

After Eileen completed her Bloodline Purification and greatly strengthened her abilities, she returned to Cheng Tian’s private space and found two angelic women there. Eileen settled beside Cheng Tian, where she and Fina silently sized each other up while Cheng Tian remained oblivious to the tension.

• Eileen purified her bloodline, became a Half-Elf, and gained a major upgrade to her Elf Archer set after saving a World Tree Branch.
• Makina Mina watched Eileen’s growth and felt both discouraged by the gap between them and driven to catch up.
• Eileen visited Cheng Tian’s private space and was greeted by Leya, then spotted Fina playing Reversi with Cheng Tian.
• Eileen entered the room and sat beside Cheng Tian beneath the kotatsu, sandwiching him between herself and Fina.
• Eileen and Fina exchanged hostile looks as Utan chuckled, while Cheng Tian casually asked everyone if they wanted pizza.

Eileen met Fina and the Twin Goddesses, then learned that Cheng Tian had brought the goddesses and their towers into Chosen Space. As players began uncovering clues about Cheng Tian’s identity, the chapter left his deeper connections largely concealed.

• Eileen and Fina exchanged probing pleasantries while Utan and Leya enjoyed watching them compete for Cheng Tian’s attention.
• Leya accepted Cheng Tian and considered using her staff position to help him and protect Fina.
• Eileen recognized the Twin Goddesses as Deities who had become Chosen Space staff through Cheng Tian’s actions and demanded to know what he had done.
• Players who had joined The Two Towers Bounty Mission spread rumors linking Cheng Tian to the Twin Towers and his feats in Ys: Origin.
• Players uncovered clues connecting Cheng Tian to the Crimson Chaos Wand, the nickname Orange Knight, and his Ghost Rider form, but could not identify him further.
• Smart Head kept his distance from Cheng Tian, while Luo Meiling and Eve concealed their past connection to him so they could ride with him again.

Cheng Tian and Eileen tested their new abilities in a friendly PK match, with Eileen’s arrows unable to penetrate Cheng Tian’s Heart Barriers. The chapter left Eileen charging him with her transformed bow as a binding trap stopped her advance.

• Cheng Tian and Eileen agreed to fight one-on-one first and then in a group match, while Kuroko refereed.
• Eileen opened with a rapid five-arrow barrage, but Cheng Tian blocked every arrow with precisely placed Heart Barriers.
• Eileen intensified her wind-powered attack, then transformed her Elf Bow into a double-headed spear and charged Cheng Tian.
• Cheng Tian cast Demonic Heart Form: Heart Barrier: Binding Trap, halting Eileen inside a purple-black barrier.

Cheng Tian tested his new Heart Barrier against Eileen in a sparring match, trapping her while allied attacks passed through and enemy attacks were blocked. Eileen charged a stored Storm Power Strike, but Cheng Tian’s Demonic Spear Thor broke the barrier and pinned her to the ground, giving him the win.

• Cheng Tian trapped Eileen inside his Binding Barrier and explained how it blocked enemies while allowing allied ranged attacks through.
• Eileen defended herself from Cheng Tian’s Retribution Arrows and taunted him about their weak attack power.
• Cheng Tian summoned Demonic Spear Thor, and Eileen transformed her spear into a bow to release her stored Storm Power Strike.
• Eileen’s strike collided with the Binding Barrier, which shattered as Demonic Spear Thor pierced her abdomen and pinned her down.
• Kuroko declared Cheng Tian the winner, and the women present reacted with dismay at Eileen’s injury.

Eileen challenged Cheng Tian to another match after reviewing how Demonic Spear Thor had defeated her, but Cheng Tian revealed the defensive and mana-recovery strength of Sacred Heart Form. Unable to wear him down, Eileen surrendered, leaving Cheng Tian as the winner.

• Eileen revived after her defeat and demanded that she and Cheng Tian review the battle before fighting again.
• Cheng Tian explained Demonic Spear Thor's damage and showed that his Fakt's Eye could replicate the attack, discouraging Eileen's plan to block it.
• Eileen began a second match by keeping her distance and firing Spirit Arrows, but Cheng Tian activated Sacred Heart Form's Guardian Barrier, which absorbed the attacks and boosted his mana recovery.
• Eileen stopped firing when Cheng Tian showed no sign of running out of mana and asked to try his holy spear, but Cheng Tian explained that Holy Spear Yug normally only benefited allies.
• Eileen admitted she could not outlast Cheng Tian and surrendered, and Kuroko declared Cheng the winner.

Eileen challenged Cheng Tian to a multiplayer match, but Bazett’s counter and Cheng Tian’s overwhelming lineup defeated the opposing team. As the next Moon Trial approached, Cheng Tian learned its modifier was Mecha Combat.

• Eileen arranged a 2v2 match with Mina against Cheng Tian and Bazett, but Bazett countered Eileen’s Storm Power Strike and knocked her out.
• Cheng Tian and Bazett pursued Mina, and Bazett ended the match by snapping her neck after Mina refused to surrender.
• Eileen and Mina saw Cheng Tian’s full force, including his vehicles, wyvern, and mounted knights, and both lay down rather than fight.
• Cheng Tian learned that the upcoming Moon Trial’s Main Dungeon modifier was Mecha Combat.

Cheng Tian analyzed the Mecha Combat modifier, asked Chosen Space about its scope, and searched information brokers for clues about the upcoming dungeon. He found no information on the game he suspected, and Eileen messaged him that someone still refused to sell his Twin Tiger Contract.

• Cheng Tian considered several mecha franchises and wondered whether individual series from Super Robot Wars could appear as separate dungeons.
• Cheng Tian asked Chosen Space whether the modifier pointed to a particular setting, but it replied, "Nothing to disclose!"
• Cheng Tian reasoned that the reply suggested he had touched information he was not yet meant to know, and he ruled out a Super Robot Wars derivative dungeon as a likely answer.
• Cheng Tian gathered dungeon blueprint information from brokers in the central plaza and found many Gundam entries, but none for the obscure game he suspected.
• Eileen messaged Cheng Tian to complain that someone refused to sell his Twin Tiger Contract.

Cheng Tian and Eileen tried to obtain a Twin Tiger Contract so they could enter Main Quests together, then discovered they had both been assigned the Mecha Combat modifier. They were teleported into a dungeon set during a renewed war between Earth and Laia Star, with Cheng Tian suggesting that ending up on opposing sides might be advantageous.

• Eileen sought to buy the rare Twin Tiger Contract from a Player, but the seller rejected her offer and Cheng Tian's offer of eighty thousand.
• Cheng Tian explained why Eileen's archery would complement his abilities, and he asked which Dungeon Modifier she had received.
• Eileen arrived and complained that the Space had assigned her the Mecha Combat modifier just after she had prepared for both magic-side and technology-side dungeons.
• Cheng Tian revealed that he had received the same modifier, and Eileen worried they might be placed in the same dungeon on opposing factions.
• Cheng Tian said that being assigned to opposing factions might be an even better situation, and the Players were teleported into a dungeon where war had resumed between Earth and Laia Star.

Cheng Tian entered the Armor Hero dungeon in Gault as a member of the Laia rebels and learned that Earth Federation reinforcements were coming. The chapter left him checking the incomplete protagonist template loaded for him.

• The dungeon briefing established that the rebels had occupied Gault and that Cheng Tian was assigned to defend it from the Earth Federation's Blood Armor Squad.
• Cheng Tian rode through Gault's ruined streets with rebel soldiers and Gates mecha, and used a magical barrier to filter the polluted air.
• Cheng Tian wondered whether the rebels would issue him a Gates and opened his panel to check his loaded template.
• The Space Prompt announced that Cheng Tian had loaded an incomplete protagonist template, Ioliet Olet, from the Super Robot Wars X blueprint.

Cheng Tian loaded the Dogmatic Warlock template and gained the Heart of Jelgard, then arrived at the rebel base in Gaul. There, he met three other Players and was summoned by Captain Azrael for a Mecha Arts test.

• Cheng Tian loaded the Dogmatic Warlock template and obtained the Heart of Jelgard, which could extend his spells through a vehicle.
• Cheng Tian considered which rebel mecha would best suit spellcasting and suspected the troops in Gaul had been left as bait for a larger plan.
• Cheng Tian scanned the underground rebel base and found that many soldiers had undergone extensive mechanical modification.
• Cheng Tian arrived alongside three other Players: a red-haired cyborg, a husky-headed figure, and a masked Predator-like woman.
• Captain Azrael introduced himself as leader of the Rhea Reformist Army and ordered the Players to follow him for a Mecha Arts test.

Cheng Tian joined the Rhea Reformist Army and chose a Gates LB as his unit, drawn by its Laser Blade. After registering it as his lead vehicle, he headed to the training ground with the other players watching his smooth piloting.

• Azrael accepted Cheng Tian into the Rhea Reformist Army despite his distrust of Earth Humans, recognizing Cheng Tian’s hatred of the Earth Federation.
• Azrael told the players to choose from the available units and then go to the training ground.
• Cheng Tian selected a Gates LB for its Laser Blade and registered it as his exclusive unit.
• Master of Tanks activated, letting Cheng Tian control the Gates LB with the ease of his own limbs.
• Cheng Tian set the Gates LB as the lead vehicle of his Tank Matrix and walked toward the training ground, impressing the other players with his piloting.

Cheng Tian and the other three players tested their machines, received a mission from Azrael, and set out to delay the Earth Federation’s Blood Armor Squad. As they prepared an ambush, a second squad called Chosen arrived with Eileen among its members.

• Cheng Tian tested six components, completed six Grail Quest objectives, and gained a durability-restoring buff.
• Zero, Wolfman, and Hyena arrived, and Azrael observed their skills before assigning them to intercept the Blood Armor Squad.
• Azrael told the players to delay the reinforcements but retreat if necessary, and they traveled toward the target area.
• Wolfman questioned Cheng Tian about how Azrael had accepted him before a warning reported that the Scout Drone Squad had been destroyed.
• Cheng Tian’s group took cover among ruined buildings as the Blood Armor Squad landed with an additional four-person squad called Chosen, including Eileen in a modified Repatos.

Eileen and the Earth Federation squad entered combat on the way to Laia Star, where Jeff led a reckless charge into a rebel ambush. Eileen’s crossbow bolt struck an invisible barrier protecting an enemy Gates, revealing a familiar regular hexahedron.

• Eileen piloted a modified Repatos C-type Sprite equipped with a regenerating crossbow as her squad traveled toward Laia Star.
• Sarah White reported that destroying rebel Scout Balls had exposed the squad’s position, and Jeff Perkins charged ahead in his bright-red Brodia.
• Glen Reed followed Jeff in his Guldin, while Eileen moved quietly to the rear of the formation.
• Rebels ambushed the squad near a ruined building and opened fire on Jeff’s Brodia.
• Eileen shot at an enemy Gates’s Eyepiece Viewfinder, but her bolt hit an invisible barrier that appeared as a regular hexahedron.

Cheng Tian used Heart Barriers to protect the Revolutionary Army during its battle against the Earth Federation, while Eileen and Cheng Tian independently realized they might be facing each other. The chapter ended when Eileen’s charged shot struck Cheng Tian’s barrier, confirming their suspicions.

• Cheng Tian identified Eileen as the archer who had attacked him, and Eileen recognized his distinctive Heart Barrier.
• The Earth Federation’s 81st Independent Special Forces Team and the Rhea Reformist Army’s Attack Squad began fighting, with Jeff’s Brodia leading the close-quarters assault.
• Cheng Tian used his Heart Shrine Priest abilities to shield the Revolutionary Army’s units from otherwise fatal attacks across the battlefield.
• The Chosen Squad spotted Cheng Tian deploying barriers from an abandoned building and assigned Eileen to snipe him.
• Eileen fired a sandstorm-wrapped arrow at Cheng Tian, whose barrier stopped it, confirming their identities to each other.