Chapter Summaries

Li Qi was kidnapped by Jones of the Sage Society after destroying its Mechanical Beast operation on the mining planet. At the Sage Society base, the Weeping Sage, Osrin, revealed that he was Undead Race and demanded that Li Qi call him Big Brother.

• Li Qi deduced that the woman who captured him was connected to the Sage Society and recognized her Life Space magic.
• Jones brought Li Qi to the Sage Society base, where she handed him over to Osrin, a Seventh-Tier mage and one of the Twelve Sages.
• Jones explained that the Sage Society had planned to publicly execute Li Qi for ruining its operation, but Osrin had changed that plan because he had developed special feelings for him.
• Osrin released Li Qi from the Life Space bag, and Li Qi realized he had overheard their conversation and feared Osrin's intentions.
• Osrin removed his mask, called Li Qi his little brother, and struck him on the forehead when Li Qi identified him as Undead Race instead of calling him Big Brother.

Li Qi reunited with Osrin Heng, who explained how few reincarnated outsiders survived in the Great World and invited him to join the Sage Society. As the Garrison Legion attacked the Society’s underground base, Osrin shielded Li Qi and asked whether he knew how to act, prompting Li Qi to pose as a hostage.

• Li Qi confirmed Osrin Heng was his eldest brother and learned Osrin had survived more than a century in the Great World.
• Osrin explained that soul examinations at birth had destroyed or assimilated many members of the Undead Race, and offered to connect Li Qi with a surviving federal legislator.
• Osrin sensed Li Qi’s charm-related talent, and Li Qi declined to join the Sage Society because his identity was complicated.
• Osrin began escorting Li Qi back, but the underground base shook under an attack.
• Osrin shielded Li Qi with a Magic Shield and asked whether he could act, and Li Qi realized he needed to pretend to be the Sage Society’s hostage.

Zhao Dongxue and the Anti-Terrorism Mobile Squad attacked the Sage Society’s base to find Kili, but a hidden Middle-Stage Seventh-Tier Mage overwhelmed her. She survived being smashed through the base and appeared to have reached Kili’s location.

• Zhao Dongxue demolished the Sage Society base’s entrance, forcing the Anti-Terrorism Mobile Squad to abandon its plan to infiltrate quietly and follow her inside.
• Zhao Dongxue explained that she tracked Kili to the base after finding his location signal taking an inexplicable route beyond the Academy’s boundaries.
• A hidden Seventh-Tier Metal Mage ambushed Zhao Dongxue with metal spikes, a Metal Giant Dragon, Dragon’s Might, and Spiritual Pressure.
• Zhao Dongxue’s Inheritance Mecha could not protect her from the mage’s consciousness attack, and a giant Metal Cylinder struck her through the base’s floors.
• Zhao Dongxue survived the impact and realized she seemed to have found Kili.

Zhao Dongxue rescued Kili from the Sage Society's underground prison, but Li Qi took charge and led them out of the base. After reaching the surface, they found themselves far from the city, and Zhao Dongxue offered to wait for her teammates to bring them back.

• Zhao Dongxue used Blue Spirit's mecha arms to break Kili's chains, and Blue Spirit warned her to let Kili protect her before fading away.
• Li Qi woke in Zhao Dongxue's arms, assessed her injuries, and healed her after she tried to insist she could lead him out.
• Li Qi disguised himself and Zhao Dongxue in stolen mage robes, then guided her through the base using his knowledge of its escape route.
• Li Qi and Zhao Dongxue escaped through the Sage Society's backup elevator and reached the surface.
• Zhao Dongxue used her Auxiliary Tablet to locate them and plan a route back, then offered to wait for her teammates because she could not summon her mecha.

Li Qi returned from the Sage Society’s abandoned base with Zhao Dongxue and met Yan Li, who revealed that the search for him had thrown the outside world into turmoil. Meanwhile, the academy and powerful groups launched a massive search, and Glaire confronted Effiecia before Li Qi was found.

• The Mobile Squad found the Sage Society’s base abandoned, and Li Qi returned with Zhao Dongxue to meet Yan Li, who treated Zhao Dongxue’s injuries and teased her about Li Qi.
• Yan Li learned that Academy Planet had been thrown into turmoil searching for Li Qi and told him the outside world was looking for him.
• Li Qi’s bodyguards alerted Councilor Jetus, prompting the academy, Academy Planet, and groups connected to Li Qi to mobilize a large-scale search.
• Glaire accused Effiecia of kidnapping Li Qi, while Zoe tried to stop Glaire from provoking the imperial royal.
• Glaire stopped pressing Effiecia when Li Qi, who had been missing for three hours, was found.

After escaping the Mobile Squad, Osrin learned that Academy Planet had imposed martial law and wondered whether Li Qi was responsible. Li Qi returned to the academy, where Shalina warned him to avoid going out before the Mystic Realm Assessment because his disappearance had stirred up the school and his many admirers.

• Osrin treated his soul injuries, then argued with the Wrathful Sage about the Sage Society's destroyed base and agreed to leave Academy Planet before the Secret Realm Trial.
• Osrin and the Wrathful Sage discovered that Academy Planet had already imposed martial law, and Osrin wondered if Li Qi had caused it.
• Li Qi learned that the academy and numerous girls had mobilized to find him after he disappeared, prompting rumors that he had Succubus blood.
• Shalina asked Li Qi whether he had Succubus ancestry, and Li Qi reminded her that his entrance examination confirmed he was pure-blooded Human.
• Shalina told Li Qi to avoid wandering before the Mystic Realm Assessment, but Li Qi mentioned that he could use a disguise technique.

Li Qi traveled to Qianyou Group to investigate Endless World and meet its former Chief Planner, Mike Tang, while Effiecia, Glaire, and their bodyguards accompanied him. After Li Qi asked to speak privately, Mike began recounting how Endless World had been developed.

• Li Qi prepared to leave for Qianyou Group to investigate the crisis in Apocalypse World, and Shalina accepted his decision after confirming his Disguise Technique.
• Effiecia and Glaire joined Li Qi's trip, and Li Qi made them stop arguing and agree to follow his instructions.
• Li Qi and his companions arrived at Qianyou Group and met Mike Tang, the former Chief Planner of Endless World.
• Li Qi asked Mike to speak privately, then activated a Soundproof Mechanism and set up a Soundproof Barrier.
• Mike asked whether Endless World was important to Li Qi and began explaining the game's development history.

Mike explained that Endless World had been created from a real world using the World Editor and shut down after AI rebellions forced the Federation to abandon edited games. Li Qi learned that the server AI might still be reachable and asked Mike to let him try logging in.

• Mike described how the World Editor transformed a world of monkeys into Endless World and let the game company build a game around countless Power Systems.
• Mike revealed that Endless World had closed because AI rebellions occurred in games created with the World Editor, not because players tired of repetitive updates.
• Li Qi realized Mike showed no concern for the civilization that might have been destroyed and struggled with his thoughts about Sofiyuna.
• Mike admitted he had kept some Endless World Login Devices and that Administrator Authority might allow a connection despite the missing server AI.
• Li Qi solemnly asked Mike to let him try logging into Endless World.

Li Qi used Mike’s Login Pod to return to the Apocalypse World, where the World Spirit welcomed him back. After learning that thirty-three years, seven months, and seven days had passed, Li Qi wondered whether the people he knew were still alive.

• Li Qi told Art and the others he would log in alone, and Mike warned that the attempt might fail and barred anyone else from joining.
• Li Qi entered the Login Pod and traveled through a colored passage to the damaged Data Core, which granted him Administrator Authority.
• Li Qi appeared in the snow-covered Apocalypse World and met the World Spirit, who welcomed him back.
• The World Spirit told Li Qi that he had been gone for thirty-three years, seven months, and seven days.
• Li Qi realized the two worlds’ time had passed at roughly a two-to-one ratio and asked whether the people he knew were still alive.

Li Qi returned to Dream Town after learning how the world and its factions had changed over the past thirty years. He discovered that Yi Cheng and Xu Leying now led the First Underground City, and worried that Yi Cheng’s chūnibyō made her unfit for the role.

• The World Spirit told Li Qi that many people he knew had died or left Dream Town, and described the rise of rival factions after the Human Apocalypse Federation dissolved.
• Li Qi learned that the Blackwater Group and Silver Tech had resurfaced as powerful, abusive factions despite their former ties to the Ruins Association.
• Li Qi saw that Dream Town had grown into a modern, organized settlement and chose to go directly to the mansion to meet old acquaintances.
• The World Spirit said that Yi Cheng and Xu Leying were decision-makers of the First Underground City, and Li Qi questioned whether Yi Cheng’s chūnibyō made that safe.

Li Qi reunited with Liu Cheng in Dream Town and discovered that his new, hidden talent made people feel protective or affectionate toward him. After the talent appeared as a blurry mark on his game panel, Sun Xiaoqing returned and recognized him.

• World Spirit told Li Qi that Yi Cheng had become a decision-maker because she was among the strongest people in Hua Nation.
• Li Qi changed his appearance back to Meng An, and World Spirit felt Zhang Fengyun's will urging her to protect him.
• Li Qi appeared before Liu Cheng, who was shocked because he had believed Meng An was dead.
• Liu Cheng brought Li Qi snacks, and Li Qi realized his talent made people feel different kinds of affection toward him.
• Li Qi saw a blurry mark appear beside Player Qualification on his talent panel.
• Sun Xiaoqing returned, screamed when she saw Li Qi, and was silenced by his Hell Burial Hand Blade.

Li Qi learned that Yi Cheng and Xu Leying had become leaders of the First Underground City, while Xie Yan led the Radiant Free Army. On the surface, Yi Cheng and Xu Leying collected samples to assess future settlement sites, but an unknown attacker sealed the area and sent a Red Meteorite toward them.

• Sun Xiaoqing explained that she served as Yi Cheng’s translator and described the Night Watchmen and Yi Cheng’s role in the First Underground City.
• Li Qi learned that Xie Yan had left the city and become leader of the Radiant Free Army, a rival of Blackwater and Silver Tech.
• Xu Leying and Yi Cheng discussed the city’s plans for eventually settling the surface and gathered snow and plant samples for testing.
• Yi Cheng detected an invisible barrier sealing off the area around her and Xu Leying.
• The sky turned red, and a Red Meteorite fell toward them inside the barrier.

Xu Leying and Yi Cheng were ambushed by the Extermination Society, whose leader demanded their help establishing a New World. As the sides prepared to fight, Meng An appeared and freed them from a force that had immobilized everyone.

• Yi Cheng destroyed the attacking mage with magic, and he revealed that the Extermination Society had sent him.
• The Society's black-robed members arrived, and their leader explained that a Magic Array had isolated the area from Earth and blocked distress signals.
• Xu Leying transformed into a Magical Girl and challenged the Society as its members formed a magical barrier around them.
• An overwhelming force immobilized everyone, then a boy in white walked through the crowd and released Xu Leying and Yi Cheng from the suppression.
• Yi Cheng embraced the boy as her other half, and Xu Leying recognized him as Meng An, the captain she had believed was dead.

More than thirty years after Meng An vanished with the pollution, Li Qi returned and reunited with Xu Leying and Yi Cheng in Dream Town. Xu Leying explained the Extermination Society and revealed that Hua Country had developed three Cultivation Systems.

• After Meng An vanished and the pollution disappeared, Xu Leying rose to become a leader in the fractured World Government while believing Meng An was dead.
• Xu Leying recognized Li Qi and welcomed him back; he teleported away the Black-Robed Figures and brought her and Yi Cheng to Dream Town.
• Li Qi learned that Yi Cheng had recovered Mu Xi's memories, while Xu Leying explained that Yi Cheng's Strange Item price still forced her to speak in Chūnibyō style.
• In the Guild Hall, Xu Leying explained that the Extermination Society sought to destroy Strange Items, which it called Demonic Artifacts, believing they kept the sun from rising.
• Xu Leying told Li Qi that Hua Country had mastered daoist arts, magic, and martial arts as three Cultivation Systems that did not rely on Strange Items.

Li Qi decided not to interfere in the conflict between New Huaguo and the Extermination Society, while considering how to keep Yi Cheng away from a dangerous Interstellar World. After the Extermination Society’s squad vanished, Bernard Lawkins ordered preparations for a catastrophic ultimate weapon, revealing that he was a Demonic Cultivator from another world.

• Li Qi learned why the Extermination Society targeted Xu Leying and Yi Cheng and chose not to intervene.
• Li Qi struck Yi Cheng on the forehead when she asked him to call her “onee-chan,” then decided to call her Yi Cheng.
• A subordinate reported that Ms. Gates and her Extermination Squad had vanished, and the Crystal Ball could find no trace of them.
• Bernard Lawkins argued that New Huaguo’s strength left the Extermination Society no chance and ordered the old man to prepare their ultimate weapon.
• Bernard revealed to himself that his soul came from another world and belonged to a Demonic Cultivator.

Jiang Xuanjun activated a communication device to summon the Heaven Devouring Demon Sect to the world, alerting Li Qi and the World Spirit to an incoming invasion. Wen Yi arrived in response, but a silver-haired woman from the Empire intercepted him and destroyed his Split Soul.

• Jiang Xuanjun revealed that he had been stranded in the world after its domain was sealed and had spent years preparing a communication device for his sect.
• Jiang Xuanjun ordered the Extermination Society to activate the Nine-Story Exquisite Pagoda, sending a signal through the Light Domain.
• Li Qi and the World Spirit saw the signal and realized that someone was summoning outsiders to their world.
• A mass of Black Mist rushed toward the world, but a white sphere of light intercepted it and began fighting it.
• Wen Yi confronted the silver-haired woman, who destroyed his Split Soul after he refused to leave.

Li Qi and the World Spirit pursued the signal to a secret room, where they confronted Jiang Xuanjun after he tried to flee beyond the world. They captured him, and Li Qi learned that Jiang Xuanjun came from the Cangxuan World and belonged to the Heaven Devouring Demon Sect.

• Li Qi told the World Spirit that the signal's sender was still nearby and took her to the secret room.
• Jiang Xuanjun found the Extermination Society members dead after they powered the transmission, then fled when Li Qi appeared and destroyed his body.
• Jiang Xuanjun tried to escape through the damaged Light Domain, but Li Qi and the World Will sealed his route.
• Jiang Xuanjun revealed his ties to the Cangxuan World and the Heaven Devouring Demon Sect, but Li Qi captured him in a sphere of light and rendered him unconscious.

Li Qi learned that the Interstellar World belonged to the Myriad Stars Realm, one of the Seven Great Realms, and that Jiang Xuanjun feared the Sarnak Family. After logging out of Endless World, Li Qi accepted Mike’s World Editor and asked Art to arrange a meeting with his family.

• Li Qi explained to Xu Leying and the others that he would soon leave the world permanently and offered to settle any remaining matters before he went.
• Jiang Xuanjun described Cangxuan World and the Seven Great Realms, then recognized Li Qi as a person from the Myriad Stars Realm after Li Qi said he was a mechanic.
• Li Qi claimed to be from the Empire and mentioned the Sarnak Family, and Jiang Xuanjun reacted with apparent fear.
• Li Qi logged out of Endless World, ending the tense exchange between Glaire and Effiecia as they waited beside the Login Pod.
• Mike gave Li Qi an old World Editor core, and Li Qi asked Art to contact Jetus so he could meet his family.

Li Qi asked Yolin to help find and claim a Small World, and learned why he must reach the seventh tier before venturing into the World Sea. Meanwhile, Hongye searched for a Resistance Organization contact on Academy Planet and discovered the contact was the bartender she had been waiting for.

• Li Qi met Yolin in the Consciousness Space and asked him to obtain a Small World.
• Li Qi explained how he had entered another Small World through the Endless World game, and Yolin agreed to search for it and bring it under the Empire's control.
• Yolin warned Li Qi not to leave their world before reaching the seventh tier, explaining that only then could he use the universe's fundamental laws to find his way back from the World Sea.
• Yolin told Li Qi that Sofiyuna was heading to the Federation to watch the Mystic Realm Assessment and warned him not to let her find him.
• Hongye went to the Clear Dew Bar to meet a Resistance Organization contact, used their agreed signal, and waited without seeing anyone respond.
• The bartender pointed Hongye toward the symbols in the liquor bottles behind him, revealing that he was the contact she had come to meet.

Hongye met Osrin of the Sage Society, who assigned her to help retrieve part of a legendary Inheritance Mecha during the Fourth-Tier Secret Realm Trial. Months later, Milia’s training battle with Kili ended when his flaming short sword pierced her mecha and impaled her.

• The Bartender brought Hongye through a hidden entrance and explained that the Sage Society would handle her mission while the Martial Alliance was occupied.
• Osrin introduced himself as the Weeping Sage and told Hongye to enter the Fourth-Tier secret realm and retrieve something for the Sage Society.
• Osrin revealed that the target was part of one of the legendary Twelve Inheritance Mechas and gave Hongye the contact information of his academy friend Kili Weber.
• Months later, Milia fought Kili in the Consciousness Space while Shen Cong warned her of a short sword approaching from behind.
• Milia’s Protective Field stopped the short sword, but Kili’s magical flames erupted from it, burned through her mecha, and impaled her.