Chapter Summaries

Amy tried to win Jila’s love with help from a seductive voice, but the resulting enchantment exposed a Demon hiding aboard the Space Fortress. After the Succubus was captured, Jila agreed to create a magical clone so he could love Amy and his wife, leaving Wenren Sheng wary that Jila might start enjoying the arrangement.

• Amy turned into a goldfish and heard a voice promising to make the person she loved fall for her.
• Amy tested the voice’s power on a cat and a dog, and they suddenly became affectionate and popular across the fortress.
• At a command meeting, Wenren Sheng and the staff discussed the danger posed by Amy’s changed feelings and devised a plan to persuade Jila to make a clone.
• The Space Fortress carried out a purge and captured a lurking Demon identified as a Succubus.
• Jila struggled with the proposal but agreed to study magic, create a clone, and love both Amy and his wife.
• Wenren Sheng noticed that Jila seemed to be moving from reluctance toward enjoying his new arrangement.

Wenren Sheng sent Big Cat into the Demon World to scout a fertile plain enclosed by a river of lava and discovered that its prosperous people were unknowingly part of a demonic soul-harvesting system. Big Cat met Elvin, an awakened long-eared man with the Key of Destruction, who set out to find the Hero Stone.

• Wenren Sheng sent Big Cat through a secret passage into the Demon World and had it scout a vast, fertile plain surrounded by lava.
• Big Cat counted 3,234,232 inhabitants and Wenren Sheng realized the demons used the plain's crops to feed livestock rather than the people.
• Big Cat encountered Elvin, who recognized the plain as a cage and described the world's ancient factions and the demons' rise after an Anomaly arrived.
• Wenren Sheng examined Elvin and learned that he had an ancient bloodline, bloodline memories, and the world's Key of Destruction.
• Elvin set out south to search for the Hero Stone, guided by his bloodline memories, while Big Cat questioned whether he feared the danger.

Wenren Sheng and Elvin found the Hero Stone in the Lava River, where Elvin’s blood awakened it and the deaths of fifty Greater Demons transformed him into a Hero. Guided by the Demon World’s will and his bloodline memories, Elvin set out with Big Cat to find obelisks and restore a city.

• Elvin’s blood revealed the Hero Stone, but fifty Greater Demons emerged from the Lava River to attack him and Wenren Sheng.
• Big Cat killed all fifty Greater Demons, and the Hero Stone absorbed their remains as Elvin awakened his bloodline powers and gained Hero skills.
• Elvin became the first Hero of the Nature faction since the World-Destroying War, while the Demon World’s will instructed him to seize a city.
• Elvin recalled that he needed to find obelisks, follow a Treasure Map, and recover an ultimate treasure to build a Miracle Building and revive a city.
• Elvin and Big Cat crossed the Lava River to search for obelisks, beginning a resistance against the Demons with the World Will’s help.

Demons targeted humans through whispers and succubi, prompting officials to address mage defections and seduction risks. On a distant planet, Wenren Sheng found Little Illusion and Little Octopus playing with a succubus, which escaped after he ordered it captured.

• Shajialue listened to demon whispers urging him to recruit people with nothing, while his mage companions showed little interest in defecting.
• A staff officer reported that at least seven mages had accepted demon Bewitchment and sabotaged Logistics Factories.
• Director An decided that Mechanized Mind would become an introductory course for new mages and ordered the development of Constant Buff Spells to resist seduction.
• A swimsuit-clad succubus tried to lure Little Illusion and Little Octopus into a dangerous game, but Little Illusion refused to betray her father's instructions.
• Wenren Sheng appeared on the planet and told Little Illusion to capture the succubus, but it escaped before she could catch it.

In Blood Island Fragment World, elderly people were recruited into the Final Game, while Wenren Sheng strengthened defenses against Demons entering through transport routes. A Demon then tried to enlist Lieutenant General Lola in a plan to copy a Space Fortress.

• In a Dongshui City geriatric ward, Old Man Yi and an old woman accepted the Final Game, while Old Man Jia refused in favor of a mechanized transplant.
• Five thousand elderly contestants gathered for Stage One, which required them to complete one side of a Rubik’s Cube within ten minutes and allowed them to seize completed cubes from others.
• Shi Shi reported that a Succubus had entered Blood Island and been captured, and Wenren Sheng reassured her that he had a solution.
• Two Succubi disguised themselves as loaves of bread and entered a supply train, but Wenren Sheng sealed the material gate with Absolute Physical Space, filtering them out.
• Suit Man tried to convince Lieutenant General Lola that the Eastern Continent People would abandon him and offered to help him copy a Space Fortress.

Wenren Sheng urged the Patrol Division to reject the Miken People’s attempt to duplicate the Space Fortress and warned them with a recording of his power. After Lieutenant General Lola resisted the Suit Man’s offer of demonic power, he accepted a drop of Essence of Chaos and collapsed.

• Lao An told Wenren Sheng that the Miken People wanted to duplicate the Space Fortress, and Wenren Sheng called the plan a demon conspiracy and urged the Patrol Division to refuse it.
• Wenren Sheng told Lao An to show the Miken People his recording of destroying land with one punch, and they abandoned their plan.
• Lieutenant General Lola rejected the Suit Man’s offer to gain power through demons and argued that humans and Supernatural Beings could be kept separate.
• The Suit Man offered Lieutenant General Lola a drop of Essence of Chaos, and Lola swallowed it after insisting that Eagle Fort would not submit to the demons.
• Flames erupted across Lieutenant General Lola’s body, and he fainted as the Suit Man disappeared.

Wenren Sheng cleared alien threats across Earth, prompting the Patrol Division to propose tying access to Source Power to morality. At Zhongjiang Base, Lu Kuan resisted a Demon’s temptation and resolved to behave like a good person, though he still believed others were scheming to take his Game Emulator.

• Wenren Sheng used the Source Power Circle and the Seed of Flame to destroy alien creatures and then hunted down the remaining threats.
• Inspector Liu and his staff praised Wenren Sheng’s efforts and proposed a Moral Evaluation Mechanism for the Source Power Network.
• A voice questioned Wenren Sheng’s unusual diligence, and Wenren Sheng said his actions depended on his heart before ending the search and going back to sleep.
• Lu Kuan’s roommates praised Wenren Sheng and discussed the Source Power Network’s new Mindset Assessment, leaving Lu Kuan feeling judged.
• A Demon urged Lu Kuan to embrace Chaos, but he resisted the temptation and told himself he wanted to become a thoroughly good person.

Elvin explored the Demon World with Big Cat, gathering obelisk fragments and leveling up while leading Farmer Soldiers. After a Greater Demon convinced him that he was an ancient Hero reborn, Elvin recruited it and his party became a lavish harem procession, prompting Wenren Sheng to give up on him for the moment.

• Big Cat defeated 75 vampires blocking an obelisk, and Elvin gained experience while his Farmer Soldiers collected their daily gold coins.
• Elvin reached the obelisk, where a Greater Demon appeared, saluted him, and claimed he was an ancient Hero revived in a Half-Elf's body.
• The Greater Demon persuaded Elvin to accept it as a scout by promising to help locate obelisks, and Elvin reluctantly agreed.
• The Greater Demon brought women to Elvin, who hired them as Archers; over the following days, his party grew into a harem procession and the farmers became Odd-job Soldiers.
• Wenren Sheng took control through Big Cat and scolded Elvin, who defended his actions as a way to spread God's Bloodlines; Big Cat then walked away as Elvin was pulled back into his tent.

Wenren Sheng established the Mystery Seekers Department under Tianxing Club to investigate supernatural mysteries and recruit capable members. The department began its first assignment with Zhao Han leading four new hires.

• Wenren Sheng visited Old Zhao, warned him about the growing demon invasions, and gave Zhao Ling a notebook about the mage system.
• Wenren Sheng established the Mystery Seekers Department, offering its recruits supernatural abilities and imposing stringent Illusory Realm assessments.
• Little Illusion interviewed applicants, rejected Wang Wenwen, and later allowed her to join after Wenren Sheng agreed she should stay out of fieldwork.
• Four applicants passed the assessment and began work as interns in the new department.
• Wang Wenwen introduced Minister Zhao Han to the four interns and told them to report directly to her.

Zhao Han trained four new members of the Mystery Seekers Department and sent them to investigate a wave of unexplained deaths in the East Island instance. Meanwhile, Oshima Yuki resisted a Demon’s attempts to make him use his supernatural notebook against Wenren Sheng, while remaining trapped between his dangerous power and his distrust of those who might help him.

• Zhao Han taught Li Chun, Liu Xia, Chen Qiu, and Xie Dong about the department’s secrets and trained them to build Magic Spaces using Seeds of Illusion, granting them exceptional power.
• After a month of accelerated training, Zhao Han assigned the four a mission to investigate healthy people dying from cardiac paralysis in the East Island instance, and they set off for the island.
• Oshima Yuki studied Chinese while a Demon urged him to write Wenren Sheng’s name in his notebook, but he refused because he did not believe Wenren Sheng deserved to die.
• Oshima recalled using the notebook to kill three Otherworldly Users, only to have their Strange Seeds collected before he could take them, and said he had avoided investigators by staying careful.
• Oshima considered trading the notebook for an activatable Strange Seed but feared the Eastern Continent People would arrest him, while distrusting other groups that might seize the notebook and experiment on him.

The Mystery Seekers investigated the killings and devised a plan to locate the culprit, while Oshima Yuki resisted the Demon’s attempt to corrupt him and discovered he had lost its protection. The chapter left him fleeing angry male students after the Demon vanished.

• Li Chun reported that the victims were mostly criminals, and Xie Dong deduced that the killer was likely a young East Islander using victims’ exposed names and faces to curse them.
• Xie Dong proposed broadcasting numbered criminals across different regions to identify where the curse caster was located.
• The Demon tried to persuade Oshima Yuki to kill more Otherworldly Users and then attempted to tempt him with three girls, but Oshima refused to betray his ideal of pure love.
• The Demon wondered whether Oshima’s resistance came from the world developing a will, then disappeared from his head.
• The three girls regained their senses, and Oshima fled from the male students attacking him, realizing the Demon had also been protecting him.

Oshima Yuki’s prophetic notebook revealed that Chen Qiu and the others were closing in, so he tried to flee but was captured. At the hotel, his sister Oshima Yumiko revealed that she had found the notebook first and sold the group information about him.

• Chen Qiu, Xie Dong, Li Chun, and Liu Xia discussed how the Behind-the-Scenes Manipulator had anticipated their bait, and Oshima Yuki read their plans in his notebook.
• After Minister Zhao’s prophecy identified Oshima Yuki and his location, Oshima Yuki fled Shinno High School and escaped by boat while the group searched for him.
• Oshima Yuki’s notebook showed that Li Chun had recruited Oshima Yumiko, who revealed his habits and helped the group track him down.
• A blimp advertised a large reward for finding Oshima Yuki, and after trying to evade the searchers, he was captured and taken to a hotel.
• Chen Qiu and Li Chun questioned Oshima Yuki, who concluded that their stronger prophet had defeated him.
• Oshima Yumiko visited Oshima Yuki and admitted she had found the notebook first and sold the group information about him for twenty million Eastern Yuan.

Wenren Sheng acquired Oshima Yuki’s Mysterious Notebook and warned Zhao Han to use its pages only in life-threatening situations. Zhao Han’s team celebrated their first mission before receiving a new assignment to investigate the great rift near the Demon Suppression Fortress, though she let the newcomers rest first.

• Oshima Yuki gave Wenren Sheng the notebook, and Wenren Sheng examined its death and prophecy powers before tearing out ten pages as Zhao Han’s reward.
• Wenren Sheng told Oshima Yuki that an Ordinary Person could avoid trouble by not competing, then sent Zhao Han back to work safely.
• At dinner, Wang Wenwen praised Zhao Han and announced that the team’s next mission was to search near the Demon Suppression Fortress for secrets about the great rift.
• Zhao Han arranged a few days of rest for the four newcomers before their next assessment.
• On their way home, Xie Dong, Chen Qiu, Li Chun, and Liu Xia discussed what they would do if they possessed a powerful Golden Finger.

Researchers discovered that the Demon's Blood-colored Flame had removed Lieutenant General Lola's Strange Seed, but Clown abducted him before the surgery could begin. Lola's son declared himself Caesar and ordered the development of a Matrix-like system to support a vastly larger population and empower a hero.

• Researchers concluded that the Blood-colored Flame had made Lieutenant General Lola's Strange Seed disappear, and Lola's son ordered them to prepare surgery.
• Dr. Stein appeared, knocked Lola unconscious with magic, and was exposed as Clown when the young assistant turned into sludge.
• Clown grabbed Lola and escaped through ripples as the soldiers opened fire.
• Lola's son declared himself Caesar and ordered the researchers to develop a Matrix-like system to increase the population and concentrate the power of faith.
• The elderly researcher listed the resources he needed, and Caesar produced a USB drive with his father's account passwords and permissions.

Wenren Sheng, Lao An, and Inspector Liu discussed the growing dangers of the Mysterious Realm and the risks posed by Lu Kuan’s Game Emulator. The next day, Lu Kuan received a valuable submission from a player and saw the White Bone Contemplation Method as a way to curb his desires.

• Lao An, Inspector Liu, and Wenren Sheng discussed the Miken People’s population plans, the dangers of faith, and the limits of their knowledge about the universe.
• A demon invasion alarm sounded, and residents fled to shelters as Drones mobilized.
• Inspector Liu and Lao An raised concerns about Lu Kuan’s powerful Game Emulator, and Lao An proposed turning its owner into an intelligent machine.
• Wenren Sheng advised them to focus on managing their own people rather than trying to control every danger in the Mysterious Realm.
• The next day, Lu Kuan felt empty while playing as Zeus, then checked a notification that Player 257 had submitted the White Bone Contemplation Method.
• Lu Kuan decided the method could help him become pure-hearted and free of desire.

Lu Kuan cultivated the White Bone Contemplation Method for a thousand years until his consciousness disappeared, prompting the Game Emulator to update and offer players a way to extend their souls’ lifespans. Wenren Sheng recognized that Lu Kuan’s transformation had made the new feature possible, then discussed the players’ so-called immortality with Little Illusion.

• Lu Kuan cultivated the White Bone Contemplation Method for centuries in the Weiqi World, believing its loss of interest in worldly pleasures proved he was progressing correctly.
• After a thousand years, Lu Kuan emerged from seclusion, dismissed worldly desires, and lost his consciousness as he became one with the Dao.
• The Game Emulator detected that its host consciousness was gone, updated automatically, and opened a new map with Soul Nourishing Pills for sale.
• Wenren Sheng realized Lu Kuan’s vanished consciousness had enabled the immortality feature and gained 500 Mystery Points for witnessing the first host’s rise and fall.
• Little Illusion asked Wenren Sheng to help her obtain the pills, and he argued that database-based immortality meant little to him before she teased him and ran off.

Lao An chose to restrict player registration and conceal the Game Emulator after Wenren Sheng warned him about its unknown risks. As players were gathered and relocated, Wenren Sheng lectured them about staying grounded in reality while exploring the Mysterious Realm.

• Wenren Sheng warned Lao An that the Game Emulator might not be a natural product and that opening registration could bring hidden costs.
• Lao An decided to limit registration to players' families, restrict the scope, and block information about the game.
• Players complained about closed strategy forums and registration, while Dong Zhenzhang and other players were taken by Black Shirts to safer accommodations.
• Three days later, Lao An invited Wenren Sheng to address several hundred thousand players at a stadium.
• Wenren Sheng used Lu Kuan as an example and urged players to remember their roots, responsibilities, and ties to reality.

Wenren Sheng gave a speech urging players to take responsibility for their roots, society, and future, then told Wu Shanshan that her mother could be resurrected. That night, the Demon called Truth approached Wu Liansong and invited him to learn the truth about resurrection.

• Wenren Sheng used Ji Zhengyan and another devoted friend as examples while explaining belonging, responsibility, and mission to the players.
• Hundreds of thousands of listeners were moved by Wenren Sheng's speech, and Lao An asked him to give more talks.
• Little Illusion played the speech at home, embarrassing Wenren Sheng, while his family praised him and Wu Shanshan silently thought of her mother.
• Wenren Sheng told Wu Shanshan that she could now begin resurrecting her mother, and she agreed to prepare.
• Wu Liansong eagerly anticipated reuniting with his wife, but Truth claimed resurrection created a new consciousness and urged him to come learn more.

Wu Liansong questioned whether resurrected people were truly their original selves, but Wenren Sheng reassured him that his wife would return as the person he wished to see. While preparing the resurrection ritual, Wenren Sheng discovered a Lesser Demon secretly following him with a powerful stealth pendant.

• Old Xu and Song Sheng discussed how unified rule favored Confucian School over Mohist School and hindered Eastern Continent's independent development of science.
• The Demon made Wu Liansong doubt whether resurrected people were their historical selves or merely versions shaped by others' memories.
• Wu Liansong asked Wenren Sheng how he could ensure his wife would return as her original self, and Wenren Sheng promised the resurrection would be the person he wished to see.
• Wenren Sheng spotted and captured a Lesser Demon that had been following him invisibly.
• Wenren Sheng searched the Lesser Demon and found its one-time-use Stealth Pendant, which had Grandmaster Level stealth.

Wenren Sheng used a demon’s True Name to send it back to the Demon World, then helped the Patrol Division resurrect Wu Liansong’s wife and reunite the family. Meanwhile, the Sole Supremacy Society debated accepting the Demons’ offer and heard the Tenth Elder’s claim that the other worlds were illusions, leaving the elders divided and unsettled.

• Wenren Sheng accepted the Lesser Demon’s True Name, sent it to find Big Cat in the Demon World, and continued preparing for the resurrection.
• Wenren Sheng entrusted Wu Liansong’s mother’s soul to Patrol Division experts, who completed the resurrection without setbacks.
• Wu Liansong reunited with his wife, Xiao Bai, while Wenren Sheng’s family welcomed her and celebrated the reunion.
• The Sole Supremacy Society elders debated the Demons’ offer of void-crossing technology and whether to explore space or Another World.
• The Tenth Elder claimed his Strange Seed’s True Vision revealed that the other worlds were built on illusion and that the Space Fortress was a data converter.