Chapter Summaries

Wenren Sheng dreamed of Chen Tianxing grieving his brothers’ deaths and rejected Aihandebu’s claim that he should try to save the world. After Ji Zhengyan summoned him to study the core principles of Illusion Acceleration, Wenren carried his master through the air in a custom hanging basket.

• Wenren Sheng dreamed of Chen Tianxing arguing with members of the Heaven's Mandate Society after his two brothers died during a rescue mission.
• Aihandebu told Wenren Sheng that the Three Demon Kings’ arrival was a Fixed Number, but Wenren said he only needed to save himself.
• Ji Zhengyan called Wenren Sheng and told him to return so they could study the core principles behind Illusion Acceleration.
• Wenren Sheng flew to Ji Zhengyan’s home and arranged for a custom hanging basket to be delivered.
• Wenren carried Ji Zhengyan in the hanging basket as they flew away, and Ji Zhengyan praised Wenren’s cleverness.

Wenren Sheng investigated a desert filled with children calling him their father and used his knowledge of illusion arts to create an accelerated illusion realm. After weeks of practice and managing billions of unruly children, he quieted them by showing them Ultraman.

• Wenren Sheng heard thousands of children calling him their father while exploring the desert, then asked Ji Zhengyan about the strange phenomenon and his opportunity.
• Wenren Sheng returned to the desert and began building an accelerated illusion realm with the Seed of Illusion, while Little Illusion joined him.
• After a week of training, the infants had grown into unruly children, and Wenren Sheng estimated that the illusion advanced about one day per year.
• Little Illusion admitted she could no longer manage the children, so Wenren Sheng threatened to make her raise them alone if she misbehaved again.
• Wenren Sheng had the older children look after the younger ones and showed them Ultraman, quieting the unruly crowd.

Wenren Sheng mastered the Illusion Acceleration Method after raising seven billion children in an accelerated illusion, then arranged to investigate crystals that might serve as material for his Physics Holy Armor. He found Ji Zhengyan alive in the gondola RV, fed him, and planned to use his new technique to help his family grow stronger.

• Wenren Sheng watched the seven billion children grow old and die, gaining the Illusion Acceleration Method and 100 Mystery Points.
• Wenren Sheng learned that Little Illusion had forgotten to search for armor materials, but she showed him purple-black crystals found in a cave.
• Little Illusion offered to take the Ruyi Puppet to the cave, and Wenren Sheng let her go while telling her to keep a low profile.
• Wenren Sheng found Ji Zhengyan asleep in the gondola RV after nearly three months without food or water, then bought supplies and woke him.
• Ji Zhengyan refused to learn Wenren Sheng's flying ability, and Wenren Sheng carried him back while deciding to use Illusion Acceleration to train his family.

Professor Mailey, Milia, and Ronnie searched for a base for the Disaster Anomaly Elimination Association and chose an isolated town on the border of Colossus State. With Milia’s status as a Nun and the townspeople’s need for a Doctor, they gained permission to live in the church.

• Professor Mailey, Milia, and Ronnie discussed Colossus State’s orderly but unfree life as they drove through it.
• The three decided to establish a secret base in a self-sufficient town near Colossus State’s border.
• An old woman welcomed the group to lunch, where her son Jon complained about their isolated way of life and hinted that he could help them settle.
• Jon’s sister explained that a Doctor could settle in town with the Town Chief’s approval and endorsements from two households.
• Professor Mailey said Milia was a Doctor, and the family helped the group secure permission to live in the church.

Milia, Ronnie, and Professor Mailey went to see the Colossus Priests’ public Angel-summoning event and discovered that the supposed Angel was a giant Ultraman. Professor Mailey suspected the Colossi were manipulating people through their familiar fantasies, while Wenren Sheng reacted in horror to the chosen appearance.

• Milia, Ronnie, and Professor Mailey heard that the Colossus Priests were gathering to send an Angel against a Demon, and Jon insisted on joining them.
• The group traveled to the former Wilderness Farm, now a bustling amusement park centered on the Two Colossi, where the crowd celebrated the promised Angel.
• Jon got swept up in the festivities and danced with a young woman, while Milia, Ronnie, and Professor Mailey watched from a Ferris wheel.
• The Colossus Angel descended as a crystal-bright Ultraman, and the cheering crowd treated him as a beloved protector.
• Professor Mailey said the Colossi were exploiting humanity’s fantasies, and Milia agreed that their influence made them difficult to oppose.
• Wenren Sheng saw the Ultraman image from a distant city and vomited blood, accusing Little Illusion of choosing an image he would never use.

Wenren Sheng watched Ultraman Angel reach a cave filled with Source Crystals, where a Disaster Anomaly Lord used blue mist to protect its harvest. Little Illusion drove the creature out of hiding, and the chapter ended with Ultraman pinning the giant crocodile as it tried to flee.

• Ultraman Angel flew south to the Blue Light Cave, while Milia, Professor Mailey, and Ronnie followed behind.
• Wenren Sheng recognized the purple-black crystals as Source Crystals, the Origin Realm currency produced from emotional fluctuations.
• Blue mist engulfed the cave entrance, and Wenren Sheng realized its angry inhabitant was another Disaster Anomaly Lord producing Source Crystals.
• With Turtle translating, Little Illusion argued with the creature over rent and demanded that it disperse the mist.
• Little Illusion enlarged Ultraman Angel, whose roar cleared the mist and sent the priests and believers away from the cave.
• Ultraman Angel collapsed the cave entrance, revealed a giant crocodile, and pinned it down when it tried to escape.

Ultraman Angel defeated and captured a giant crocodile that had been terrorizing the area, while Professor Mailey decided to seek priesthood with the Colossus God to gain access to Mysterious Power. The priests celebrated their victory as Ultraman Angel ordered them to excavate crystals from the mountain.

• Ultraman Angel ignored the crocodile’s plea and beat it until it offered its Source Crystals, then questioned it and learned it was an independent cultivator recruited as cheap labor.
• Professor Mailey told Ronnie and Milia that he planned to infiltrate the Colossus by becoming one of its priests, and Ronnie and Milia discussed the risks with him.
• Milia gave Professor Mailey a Rabbit Pendant as a protective charm, and he accepted it while affirming that they would keep working together.
• Ultraman Angel shrank the crocodile to a fraction of its size and held it between his fingers as the priests proclaimed victory.
• The priests organized a celebration, and Ultraman Angel ordered several of them to dig into the mountain and excavate crystals.

Wenren Sheng arranged to keep the crocodile producing Source Crystals in his territory, while Professor Mailey began training to become a Colossus Priest. Mailey learned how the priests organized life around pleasing the Colossus God and discovered that mindless Anomalies had started appearing in its expanding territory.

• Wenren Sheng told Little Illusion to return, then planned to trap the crocodile in a remote factory and make it extract Source Crystals with the catalysts he had received.
• Two days later, Professor Mailey spent six gold bars on Colossus Points and enrolled in a tutoring class for the Colossus Priest examination.
• A Red Robe Priest explained that Colossus Points and organized entertainment were used to motivate believers to please the gods, and warned students to keep the class confidential.
• An Eastern Continent man told Mailey that the priest examination was difficult and that mindless monsters had begun appearing as the Colossus God expanded its territory.
• The next lecturer said aspiring priests could improve their chances by inventing new entertainment, and that the gods could verify original ideas and expose plagiarism.

Wenren Sheng reviewed reports on Colossus State and planned to move Source Crystals discreetly, then learned that Shi Shi could advance by creating something from nothing. He left to seek guidance from Ji Zhengyan, who told him to ask the Anomalies instead, and Wenren Sheng returned home without a solution.

• Wenren Sheng reviewed the priests’ reports and decided to let the spies and foreign organizations in Colossus State remain under observation.
• Wenren Sheng told Little Illusion to ship Source Crystals to the Eastern Continent and asked whether leveling up could block all surveillance.
• Little Illusion said her own level was high enough but that her Sister’s was not, then yielded to Shi Shi, who said she leveled up by creating something from nothing.
• Wenren Sheng visited Ji Zhengyan with food, and Ji Zhengyan told him that Anomalies knew best how to practice creation and transformation.
• Wenren Sheng asked Ji Zhengyan for his phone number, heard why he refused to have one, and returned home dejectedly.

Wenren Sheng realized that Little Illusion's Sister might need the Dark World to create something from nothing, so he sought Liu Jian's help to seize it. He found Liu Jian working with the Heaven's Mandate Society and steering its members toward a rebellion in Southern India against McKen.

• Wenren Sheng had the Silver Marble in Hair Prison and the other Disaster Anomaly Lords explain vacuum fluctuations, but he still could not figure out how to help Little Illusion's Sister upgrade.
• Little Illusion reminded Wenren Sheng of the Dark World, and he decided to take it back, promising her three days to play there.
• Wenren Sheng went to find Liu Jian, whom Aihandebu said had taken a Patrol Division assignment and become involved with the Heaven's Mandate Society.
• Wenren Sheng watched Liu Jian argue with the society's members, and Liu Jian fought several young men before they sat down to hear him out.
• Liu Jian persuaded the Heaven's Mandate Society members that they should organize in Southern India, find hidden Otherworldly Users, and use their power to strike back at McKen.

Liu Jian agreed to help Wenren Sheng destroy Blood Island, and the two returned to the island to investigate. The Blood Island Earl prepared to force a final confrontation by threatening captives, while revealing that even his own elders could become sacrifices.

• Liu Jian argued that organizing ordinary people required going to poor places and relying on their own strength to obtain otherworldly species, then agreed to discuss the plan further.
• Wenren Sheng approached Liu Jian and persuaded him to help eliminate Blood Island, and the two set out for the island together.
• Wenren Sheng used the Riddle Little Ball to turn approaching passenger ships away from Blood Island, while the Black Robed Men realized he had returned.
• The Blood Island Earl ordered Losa to test himself against Wenren Sheng, but Losa returned after discovering new riddle fences outside the island.
• The Earl ordered three hundred captives seized and threatened to slaughter them unless Wenren Sheng entered the blood mist passage.
• When an elder suggested praying to the Demon God, the Earl chose that elder as a sacrifice instead.

Wenren Sheng refused to enter Blood Island despite the Black Robed Men using hostages to lure him into a trap, and he maintained the blockade while training for three months. After Liu Jian reported signs of a hidden strength-replenishment channel, Wenren Sheng returned to send the Puppet Man into the blood mist to scout.

• Wenren Sheng and Liu Jian watched Blood Island, where the Black Robed Men killed captives to threaten them into entering the island.
• Wenren Sheng sent a Puppet Man to rescue more than two hundred people, then ordered them relocated and kept the blockade in place.
• Wenren Sheng returned home, endured curses that made him cough, and used Mystery Resistance to suppress their effects.
• Wenren Sheng spent three months training, increasing his Mystery Points limit from 3,157 to 3,290.
• Liu Jian reported that Black Robed Men had tried to break out and suspected the island's leaders had another way to replenish their strength.
• Wenren Sheng returned to Blood Island and sent the Puppet Man through the open passage in the blood mist to scout.

Wenren Sheng entered the Dark World through the Black Castle and defeated its two major bosses, Diablo and Bal, gathering the seven items needed to pass through the blood mist. As he prepared to take control of the Fragment World, Aihandebu hinted that Fate would still bring about its destined ending.

• Wenren Sheng had Zhao Han predict the danger of the Black Castle, then broke its gargoyle guards and entered the Dark World.
• Wenren Sheng bypassed the empty locations of the first three stages and found Diablo in the Mystic Sanctuary.
• Wenren Sheng defeated Diablo and collected three items that had served as sacrifices to open the blood mist passage.
• Wenren Sheng used the Illusion Acceleration Method to overcome Bal's three clones and collected four more items.
• Wenren Sheng prepared to take control of the Fragment World, but Aihandebu warned that Fate might still reach its destined ending.

Wenren Sheng escaped the Blood Pool without sacrificing his companions, but found Liu Jian transformed into an eternal battle between souls. With Blood Island now under his control, he decided to hide Liu Jian in seven secret tombs.

• Wenren Sheng was trapped by blood mist and discovered that the Blood Pool demanded sacrifices.
• He realized the seven pieces of loot were his companions and refused to sacrifice them, instead using Thought Acceleration to seek another escape.
• Wenren Sheng guided the Puppet Man through the boiling blood and found the exit inside the pond.
• He reached the castle and found Liu Jian frozen in black ice after asking to be buried where no one could find him.
• Wenren Sheng examined Liu Jian and learned that several souls were locked in endless battle within him.
• The blood mist vanished, leaving Wenren Sheng in control of Blood Island, and he planned to build seven hidden tombs for Liu Jian.

After the Dark World became empty, Wenren Sheng returned to ordinary life and took a Patrol Division case involving a young man found dead in an ancient well. His ritual revealed that the university lecturer was not human, but the illusion then shifted to show another woman meeting the victim.

• Wenren Sheng learned from Aihandebu that Liu Jian had sacrificed himself to help him escape, then entered the empty Dark World with Little Illusion.
• Little Illusion brought priests into the Dark World to build an amusement park, while Shi Shi planned to discuss her cultivation with her little sister.
• More than half a month later, Wenren Sheng went to Dongshui City to investigate a young man found dead in an ancient well, with a professional woman and a university lecturer as suspects.
• Wenren Sheng used the Summoning Art to recreate the victim's final scenes, showing the lecturer fall into the well and then be submerged by rising water.
• The illusion shifted to a grove, where the professional woman met the victim after he fled from the well.

Wenren Sheng exposed two women who used a mysterious well to murder a wealthy man, then returned home and reflected on the growing danger of people abusing mysterious knowledge. He ended the chapter with no urgent task ahead and went to train his family in the Illusion Acceleration Method.

• Wenren Sheng identified the ancient well’s illusion as a tool that had confused the scene, while the authorities later revealed that the Pretty Professional Woman and the female lecturer had murdered the man with a Mysterious Object.
• At home, Wenren Sheng and Wenren De let Little Illusion believe that mopping would improve her ice hockey skills.
• Wenren Sheng learned from Little Illusion that Shi Shi needed several more months to catch up with her progress.
• A news report called for halting the spread of mysterious knowledge after crimes involving it placed pressure on public security.
• Wenren Sheng considered how fear of death and greed could lead people to misuse mysterious knowledge, then went to the backyard to train his family with the Illusion Acceleration Method.

Wenren Sheng trained his household in an accelerated illusion while Qu Weijiang began awakening heroes in the Stars Fragment World. An explosion disrupted the project, but Li Yuanfeng learned that Aihandebu had leaked the information and was observing them from beyond their reach.

• Wenren Sheng explained the illusion’s training advantage to Wenren De, Li Shuangyue, Wang Wenwen, and Ouyang Tian, then led them inside to practice.
• Qu Weijiang used the Summoning Art to awaken the Eastern Continent’s heroes in the Stars Fragment World, advancing the Soul Reincarnation project.
• An explosion interrupted the work, and Qu Weijiang told Li Yuanfeng that an unknown intruder had entered and sabotaged the world.
• Aihandebu revealed that it had shared the confidential information, while Li Yuanfeng threatened it and recognized it as the Thousand Eyes Thousand Brains Monster.
• Li Yuanfeng realized Aihandebu could observe top-secret projects and decided future work would need disguises and faster construction of the physical space.

Li Yuanfeng discovered that several factions had infiltrated the Stars Realm to pressure him over the Soul Reincarnation project, and he sought Wenren Sheng’s help. After investigating, Li Yuanfeng and Wenren Sheng concluded that the Sole Supremacy Society had become an enemy and discussed its brutal rule in the Hot Continent.

• Li Yuanfeng used the Retrospection Method to see masked intruders placing something in the Stars Realm, then left to seek Wenren Sheng’s help.
• Wenren Sheng warned Li Yuanfeng that their enemies might use Bizarreness Objects against him, and Li Yuanfeng agreed to investigate while waiting for Wenren Sheng’s solution.
• Li Yuanfeng told Wenren Sheng that he had halted his efforts to control Otherworldly Users because Soul Reincarnation made those measures unnecessary.
• Aihandebu claimed it was observing many people at once, and Wenren Sheng told it that its Fate was to be killed by its curiosity.
• Li Yuanfeng reported that the Sole Supremacy Society had colluded with Eagle Fort and Western Continent People to infiltrate the Stars Realm and demand a share of the project.
• Li Yuanfeng described the Sole Supremacy Society’s city-states in the Hot Continent, where Ordinary People were treated like livestock, and Wenren Sheng called them comprador-type forces.

Wenren Sheng agreed to join the campaign against the Sole Supremacy Society, whose leader revealed that the group was gaining power by exploiting ordinary people. Three days later, Wenren Sheng gathered with other powerful users in Zhongjiang City as officials prepared to launch the crackdown.

• Wenren Sheng agreed with Li Yuanfeng to join the operation against the Sole Supremacy Society, then warned Yan Ze to pull back from the brink.
• Yan Ze bragged that the Society had found an abundant source of power, and Wenren Sheng realized they were using ordinary people to produce Source Crystals.
• Wenren Sheng received a secret notice to gather in Zhongjiang City three days later.
• At the gathering, Wenren Sheng watched footage of the Society's walled city, where Hot Continent People were enslaved and used to produce Source Crystals and mysterious materials.
• Li Yuanfeng and two Supervisory Department officials addressed the gathered users, accusing the Society of colluding with foreign enemies and committing numerous crimes.

Gilmer discovered that Hula City’s free hulatang concealed a factory where the Sole Supremacy Society tortured people, but he and his companions were captured as the factory was prepared for destruction. Wenren Sheng’s forces reached the city after the explosions, secured evidence of the crimes, and confirmed that the Sole Supremacy Society had been driven from the Eastern Continent.

• Gilmer listened to bar patrons discuss the Sole Supremacy Society’s coming clash with the Patrol Division and decided to loot the factories during the fighting.
• Gilmer and five companions entered the lightly guarded factory district and found assembly lines where living people were tortured with implements including chili water.
• Tiger’s men captured Gilmer and his companions, then discussed evacuating and detonating explosives planted in the factory.
• Wenren Sheng and his group arrived as explosions tore through Hula City, killing people inside.
• A Drone ordered the Puppet Men to collect evidence while ignoring the victims, and Wenren Sheng concluded that the Sole Supremacy Society had been driven out of the Eastern Continent.