Chapter Summaries

Wenren Sheng resolved the crow incident and learned from Aihandebu that transformations in the Origin Realm could depend on a person’s mood. He left the crows and the Four Sided Mirror in the Patrol Division’s care, while realizing Earth’s merger with the Origin Realm had already changed humanity at its most fundamental level.

• Wenren Sheng watched the crows return to the clock tower after inspecting the Ice Mirror and received confirmation that he had resolved a high-difficulty mysterious incident.
• Wenren Sheng stopped himself from destroying the Four Sided Mirror and agreed to keep it for research after Little Illusion asked to take it.
• Wenren Sheng coordinated with the local Patrol Division, which captured the crows and transferred them to its research institution while Wenren Sheng kept the mirror.
• Wenren Sheng asked Aihandebu how people could turn into crows, and Aihandebu explained that forms in the Origin Realm depended on an individual's mood.
• Wenren Sheng realized that Earth had merged deeply with the Origin Realm and that people’s bodies could transform into monsters when the right trigger appeared.

Wenren Sheng asked Big Lake how to gain the spatial abilities of the crow mirrors, and Little Illusion and Shi Shi ate mirror stewed ribs to acquire their powers. The chapter left Wenren Sheng able to use Little Illusion’s mirrors and realizing Wang Mingtang had taken control of the Giant World and may have fallen for Aihandebu’s bait.

• Wenren Sheng analyzed the four crow mirrors and learned from Aihandebu that they shared a symbiotic bond with the crows.
• Wenren Sheng summoned Big Lake, who told him to smash and eat a mirror to gain its ability.
• Wenren Sheng had Little Illusion and Shi Shi eat mirror stewed ribs, and Little Illusion gained the ability to make mirrors.
• Little Illusion made a mirror that swallowed Wenren Sheng’s hand, while Shi Shi said she could create a large mirror people could enter without noticing.
• Little Illusion showed Wenren Sheng the Giant World, where Wang Mingtang had taken control and dark-skinned people were feasting and celebrating.
• Wenren Sheng concluded that Wang Mingtang had taken the bait by pursuing the world’s origin.

Wenren Sheng investigated the mystery behind the Werewolf Kill game and sent Big Cat to the Colossus, where he heard stories of death and loss. He gained a new Seed of Mystery prompt about an infatuated couple and continued toward the place where Dafflin had jumped.

• Wenren Sheng asked Li Yuanfeng about Werewolf Kill and learned that the Sole Supremacy Society had created the Horror Game Extraction Method, which Li Yuanfeng's group was investigating.
• Wenren Sheng sent Big Cat through a mirror to the Colossus, hoping to find the game's core and trigger a Seed of Mystery prompt.
• Big Cat overheard Miken People discussing Emmanuel's son, who had died after leaving the Colossus's protected zone to explore the western grasslands.
• Big Cat heard that rugby star Dafflin had jumped from a fortieth-floor building after his girlfriend died and he lost a chance to receive the Colossus's favor.
• Wenren Sheng received a Seed of Mystery prompt for "Infatuated and Resentful Couple" and later asked Little Illusion why she had not stopped Dafflin and the others from being taken away.

Wenren Sheng investigated Danpier’s strange ability and used Zhao Han’s hints to guide him through a maze game. The final game exposed the Sole Supremacy Society’s search for people with unusual constitutions, and Wenren Sheng discovered that the server was an angry, mysterious entity.

• Wenren Sheng saw Danpier repeatedly survive jumping from a high-rise, then learned his constitution prevented him from dying from misconduct.
• After Black Guy intervened and fell alongside Danpier, the two disappeared, revealing that Danpier’s ability failed when another person got involved.
• Wenren Sheng had Zhao Han use her Otherworldly Connection to guide Danpier through the maze while he watched through Big Cat.
• Danpier reached the final hall, where the Crystal Ball trapped contestants in seats and announced an endurance contest to find people with exceptional constitutions.
• Wenren Sheng took control of Big Cat, touched the Crystal Ball, and received a prompt identifying the server as an angry entity with 1,145 Mystery Points.

Wenren Sheng used Danpier’s unusual luck to get Big Cat into the game’s server facility, where Tiger-skin Parrot revealed that the Angry Servers were people trapped in Nutrient Cabins. The parrot asked Danpier whether he wanted to be a chess piece or a chessboard, and Danpier said he wanted to be a chess player.

• Dafflin reunited with Anty in the hall, and Wenren Sheng realized that Dafflin had entered the game to follow her rather than to die.
• Wenren Sheng searched the hall for the mutated network connection but found nothing as the twelve players grew weak from thirst.
• Danpier claimed he could hear hints, and a blue glow verified his special constitution before he and Big Cat were transported away.
• Tiger-skin Parrot questioned Danpier, recognized his constitution as inexplicable luck, and led him to an electronic control room.
• Tiger-skin Parrot showed Danpier the Angry Servers lying in Nutrient Cabins and asked whether he wanted to become a chess piece or a chessboard.
• Danpier said he wanted to be a chess player, and Tiger-skin Parrot praised his ambition.

Wenren Sheng infiltrated the Sole Supremacy Society’s new base through Big Cat and learned about its leadership, its powerful Fire Eye Sand, and its reluctance to rescue the captured Third Elder. The Society settled on Tie Nan’s plan to lure the Colossus into conflict with the Eastern Continent, giving Wenren Sheng an opportunity to play along.

• Wenren Sheng touched a humanoid server and learned the game’s secret, earning 3,305 Mystery Points and identifying Fire Eye Sand as the force that had shattered Big Cat.
• The Tiger-skin Parrot killed Danpier after he asked for a talking parrot, and Wenren Sheng let him die while considering how Big Cat could possess the Parrot.
• Wenren Sheng followed the Tiger-skin Parrot around the Sole Supremacy Society’s base and learned that its Twelve Elders had loose, shifting responsibilities.
• At a Council Hall meeting, the Grand Elder urged the Society to rescue the captured Third Elder, but most members wanted to abandon him.
• Tie Nan proposed luring the Colossus into conflict with the Eastern Continent so the Society could rescue the Third Elder while both sides were weakened, and Wenren Sheng considered going along with the plan.

Tie Nan proposed exploiting conflict between Eastern Continent and the Miken Colossus by staging nuclear explosions, and the elders approved a plan to detonate them on Miken land. Tiger-skin Parrot began to challenge the plan by warning that Tie Nan had overlooked Miken Eagle Fort.

• Tie Nan argued that the Colossus’s suppression of Miken technological progress created a fundamental conflict with Eastern Continent, sparking a heated argument in the Council Hall.
• The Grand Elder silenced the crowd, endorsed Tie Nan’s point, and invited selected people into a small Conference Room to discuss how to intensify the conflict.
• Tie Nan proposed firing Miken nuclear weapons at Eastern Continent, then offered detonating them on Miken land as an alternative when the Grand Elder rejected the first plan.
• The Second Elder praised Tie Nan and offered him the acting deputy director position in the Intelligence Department.
• When asked for his opinion, Tiger-skin Parrot agreed with the plan but said Tie Nan had overlooked Miken Eagle Fort.

Wenren Sheng learned that the Sole Supremacy Society planned to use Mushrooms and conspired with Li Yuanfeng and others to pit the Society, Eagle Fort, and the Colossus against one another. The next day, Little Illusion promised the family huge birthday fireworks, and Wenren Sheng suspected she was preparing a volcanic eruption.

• The Second Elder caught an ant puppet spying on the Sole Supremacy Society as its elders discussed a plan to use Mushrooms and turn the Colossus and Eagle Fort against each other.
• Wenren Sheng relayed the Society's plot to Li Yuanfeng, who gathered Wang Yanhú and Director An for a meeting.
• Wenren Sheng proposed exposing the plot to the Colossus, and the group agreed to let the rival factions clash while they watched Eagle Fort's progress.
• Little Illusion announced that she would show the family enormous fireworks for her birthday the next day and said she had granted someone eternal youth through illusion.
• Wenren De suggested that Little Illusion's fireworks might be a volcanic eruption, and the family agreed it was plausible.

Wenren Sheng stopped Little Illusion’s priests from triggering a volcano eruption, foiling Tie Nan’s plan to provoke a conflict between the Colossus and the Eastern Continent. Eagle Fort’s leaders learned the ritual had been halted and continued to endure while pursuing advanced technology.

• Wenren Sheng realized the Colossus Priests planned to trigger a volcanic eruption and persuaded Little Illusion to order them to stop.
• Tie Nan watched the ritual with the Sole Supremacy Society’s elders and the Tiger-skin Parrot, expecting the eruption to provoke the Eastern Continent into confronting the Colossus.
• The Colossus Priests dismantled the ritual and sealed off the volcanic lake, frustrating Tie Nan and Second Elder.
• The Tiger-skin Parrot suggested the Colossus had intervened to protect people, while Tie Nan rejected the idea and the Grand Elder urged them to learn from the failed plan.
• Lieutenant General Lola and Eagle Fort’s staff discussed how the Colossus had stopped the eruption, blamed the Sole Supremacy Society, and resolved to keep pursuing technological progress.

Wenren Sheng investigated the Sole Supremacy Society after Little Illusion revealed that someone had urged her to trigger a volcano, then questioned the Third Elder and Aihandebu about the society’s patron, the Fire-Eyed Evil God. Aihandebu described Fire Eye’s stance toward their world cryptically before ending the call, leaving Wenren Sheng to suspect it had shifted its attention to Wang Mingtang.

• Wenren Sheng learned that a brown-skinned man had persuaded Little Illusion to blow up a volcano, and he told her to consult him before acting on such suggestions.
• Wenren Sheng met the Third Elder in an underground prison, where he was building a living Train Tycoon game, and ordered him to document everything he knew about the Sole Supremacy Society.
• Wenren Sheng read the Third Elder’s intelligence about the Fire-Eyed Evil God, which had supported the society’s Southern Continent settlement while limiting its power.
• Wenren Sheng asked Aihandebu about Fire Eye and learned that it was a powerful Anomaly lifeform that had conquered worlds.
• Aihandebu described Fire Eye’s attitude toward their world as “Idly tapping chess pieces as lamplight flowers fall,” then cut off communication, leading Wenren Sheng to suspect it was supporting Wang Mingtang.

Wenren Sheng killed Tie Nan and tested the Sole Supremacy Society’s defenses, while Gawain gathered intelligence in United City and continued his search for a Savior. Gawain avoided an apartment building when he sensed danger, but screams soon sounded from within.

• Wenren Sheng asked Wenren De about the poem and decided it meant someone was waiting for a chess opponent.
• Wenren Sheng used Little Illusion’s Mirror Gate to reach United City and killed Tie Nan, who was found drowned in a toilet.
• The Sole Supremacy Society’s elders blamed Eastern Continent factions, while Wenren Sheng tested Fire Eye’s countermeasures by sending Big Cat into the city.
• Three Sole Supremacy Society members discussed Tie Nan’s death, their divine patrons, and the society’s leaks while Gawain listened as a waiter.
• Gawain left his apartment building after sensing danger, and screams soon came from inside as Otherworldly Users hunted people.

Inspired by a song, Gawain decided that the Red Ants could become humanity’s savior and began developing their power. After his ants saved a family traveling north, he encountered Jerry being chased by Army Ants and realized Jerry would survive.

• Gawain heard a song about humanity relying on itself, then foresaw the Red Ants building an empire and decided to help them grow.
• Gawain left two gold coins for a family of four, prompting them to buy tickets on an armed truck heading north.
• A swarm of Gawain’s mutated ants killed an American Leopard blocking the truck’s route, then disappeared without harming the passengers.
• Gawain followed the truck to protect the family, while observing that the ants he gathered had grown stronger and mutated rapidly.
• Gawain came upon Jerry and his cameraman being chased by Army Ants as Jerry filmed a report and declared himself the protagonist.

Gawain subdued the Army Ants and partnered with livestreamers Jerry and Tom to reveal his Ant Empire and inspire people to fight monsters. After a viewer named Louis reported a monster trapping his town, Gawain sent the ants to investigate while Jerry agreed to film their mission.

• Gawain used his Red Ants to calm the frenzied Army Ants, and Jerry returned with Tom to thank him.
• Gawain asked Jerry to livestream the Ant Empire, and the two teamed up with Tom to film its underground tunnels and organized rooms.
• Gawain explained that his ants could grow stronger by consuming mutated creatures and mysterious items, and he invited viewers to report nearby monsters.
• Louis told Gawain that a monster appeared at noon each day to eat someone and that anyone attempting to leave town was forced back.
• Gawain arranged to send his ants to Louis's town, and Jerry agreed to livestream their mission after learning the ants would go in his place.

Wenren Sheng learned that Fat Doll had grown into a powerful commander of an enormous Ant Army and watched it defeat a gelatinous monster. Afterward, he saw Gawain and Jerry celebrate the ants’ strength, while Wenren Sheng arranged to attend a massive weapons test in five days.

• Wenren Sheng received a Mystery Points increase for solving an incident and realized Fat Doll might be responsible.
• Wenren Sheng persuaded Little Illusion to contact Fat Doll by promising to find her a chance to watch a big spectacle.
• Inspector Liu told Wenren Sheng that a five-hundred-million-yield Big Mushroom would be tested in the Northwest Desert in five days, and Wenren Sheng arranged to attend.
• Little Illusion showed Wenren Sheng Fat Doll commanding a vast Ant Army as it surrounded a gelatinous monster.
• Fat Doll told Wenren Sheng that Gawain had helped it develop its abilities and build its army in just a few weeks.
• The Ant Army devoured the monster, grew stronger, and Gawain and Jerry praised the Red Ants as a Demon Bane.

After hearing about Fat Doll’s success leading the Ant Army, Wenren Sheng brought it home to visit the family. The family gathered bee and hornet colonies for Fat Doll to command, leaving Little Illusion wondering about the insects’ future deaths for entirely selfish reasons.

• Wang Wenwen asked Wenren Sheng to bring Fat Doll home, and he arranged for it to visit through Little Illusion’s Mirror Gate.
• Little Illusion argued with Fat Doll over who was the elder sibling, then the family welcomed and caught up with it.
• Wang Wenwen proposed creating an insect army in the Eastern Continent, and the family decided to build one using bees and wasps.
• Little Illusion found a hornet nest and then a bee nest, while Wenren Sheng explained that Fat Doll could control social insects through its inherited charm and source power.
• Fat Doll transformed into a queen bee and united the bee and hornet colonies under its command.
• Little Illusion said she regretted that many insects would die, then clarified that she wanted them alive so she could play with them.

After Wang Tianci joined the Patrol Division, his first assignment to identify a murderer and settle ownership of a Mysterious Object stumped him and his companions until Wenren Sheng devised a way to force a confession. Little Illusion then tried to recruit Wang Tianci and his bees for a chaotic animal stampede.

• Wang Wenwen registered the Fat Doll with the Patrol Division as Wang Tianci, and he received an assignment involving five survivors who disputed ownership of a Mysterious Object.
• Wang Tianci, Wang Wenwen, and Zhao Han failed to investigate the survivors because their abilities and blood pact prevented effective questioning.
• Wenren Sheng advised using Little Illusion's illusory space, but the five survivors continued to refuse to confess.
• Wenren Sheng told Zhao Han to threaten to break Number Five's ability with the Physics Holy Sword, and Number Four then confessed to murdering Number Six and manipulating the others.
• The five had fought over Number Six's object, which the Patrol Division confiscated before sentencing them.
• Little Illusion told Wang Tianci he owed her a favor and urged him to bring his bee army to create a great animal stampede.

Wenren Sheng rescued Fat Doll’s bee swarm from a mysterious fire, then rushed to Roto Fort when the flames engulfed the Western Continent port city. As he saved trapped residents, the Special Affairs Joint Bureau arrived with a familiar redwood box that appeared to contain the Physics Holy Sword.

• Little Illusion alerted Wenren Sheng that a strange fire had trapped Fat Doll and the bee swarm, and Wenren Sheng lent Fat Doll his power to help the bees escape.
• Wenren Sheng examined the flames but found no clues before they vanished, and he suspected they would return.
• Two days later, Wenren Sheng arrived at Roto Fort and rescued residents as the city burned and a giant eye appeared in the flames.
• The fire resisted the Western Continent forces’ attempts to contain it, and the pilots and warships fled.
• Wenren Sheng continued rescuing people while the West Continent Special Affairs Joint Bureau arrived and brought a redwood box resembling the Physics Holy Sword’s case.

Wenren Sheng tested a Holy Sword against the intelligent inferno surrounding Rotoburg Port and concluded that the flames were studying human reactions rather than trying to destroy the city outright. The evacuation continued amid chaos while Little Illusion sent rescued people through a Mirror Gate to Colossus State.

• Wenren Sheng watched rescuers fail to use a transparent sword and truck to evacuate people, as crowds and gunfire blocked their efforts.
• Wenren Sheng obtained a Holy Sword and flew back to Rotoburg Port, where the flames split into more than a thousand separate fires to avoid being wiped out.
• The West Continent Special Affairs Joint Bureau used helicopters to rescue people and control traffic, while Wenren Sheng called Old Li to investigate the inferno.
• Wenren Sheng reasoned that the intelligent flames were studying humanity's fear and reactions, and compared their tactics to Werewolf Kill and Dr. Stein's preparations.
• Little Illusion rescued people and pressured them to enter her Mirror Gate to Colossus State, while Wenren Sheng allowed her to continue.

Wenren Sheng discovered that Li Yuanfeng had given away his mystic seed and was near death, then learned from Aihandebu that there might be a way to save him. Little Illusion claimed Li Yuanfeng was preparing to switch bodies, leaving Wenren Sheng uncertain about what was really happening.

• As the great fire died down, Wenren Sheng worried that its flames might reach Eastern Continent, but Li Yuanfeng dismissed his concerns and revealed that he was close to death.
• Wenren Sheng visited Li Yuanfeng and discovered that he had transferred his mystic seed to a junior, leaving him with only fifteen Mystery Points and a frail, dying body.
• Li Yuanfeng explained that he had accepted his approaching death and the possibility of Soul Reincarnation, while Wenren Sheng questioned why he had not sought help sooner.
• Aihandebu told Wenren Sheng that the method previously discussed could save Li Yuanfeng, and Wenren Sheng promised to find a way to help him hold on for another month.
• Wenren Sheng used the Mysterious Healing Art to ease Li Yuanfeng's suffering, then left with Little Illusion, who said Li Yuanfeng was preparing to switch bodies.

Li Yuanfeng discussed who might replace him as he approached death, then Wang Yanhú introduced him and Director An to Big Bear, a powerful being from another world. Big Bear described how the Origin Realm’s invasions corrupted powerful people and advised the humans to grow strong enough to govern themselves.

• Li Yuanfeng told Director An to consider Little Wen and then Xue Wuqin as his replacement, while Wang Yanhú announced that he had established Netherworld Communion with a friendly being.
• Wang Yanhú performed a Netherworld Communion ritual, summoned Big Bear, and introduced him to Li Yuanfeng and Director An.
• Big Bear explained that the Origin Realm invaded his world, driving its people to flee, submit, or become livestock, and said powerful beings were tempted to cooperate with the invaders.
• Director An asked whether a world could resist the Origin Realm while protecting the weak, and Li Yuanfeng said humanity should help people live better together.
• Big Bear advised the humans to become as powerful as the monsters so they could govern themselves, though he doubted they could retain their original values after gaining that strength.