Chapter Summaries

Angel and Qili traveled through the Sea of Purification, where dangerous creatures from the Flying Fish World made their journey more perilous. Far away, Jiebo obtained a golden Merui's Sword and encountered Xiliu, who attacked him and left him unable to fight back.

• Angel chose to continue traveling with Qili, and they trapped a group of poisonous jellyfish in a Mist Illusion.
• Qili explained that the extraordinary undersea creatures were Flying Fish from another world, and Angel and Qili fled from a gigantic humpback whale and a green-furred turtle.
• After escaping, Angel and Qili found that Merui's Sword still pointed southeast, showing that their destination remained far away.
• Fishe gave Jiebo a golden Merui's Sword after they killed the third princess of the Ru Clan and raided her undersea castle.
• Jiebo encountered Xiliu, who charged at him and attacked until he was retreating, unable to fight back.

Angel and Qili encountered Shan while fighting off the Merui's Sword pursuing her, and Angel rescued her from Qili’s flames. When Shan revealed that Nausicaa was in danger and Xiliu was trapped at Tulip Palace, Angel began seeking details, but Qili reacted sharply upon hearing the name Jiebo.

• Luna warned Angel and Qili that a Merui's Sword was approaching behind Shan, apparently trying to divert its pursuers toward them.
• Qili attacked Shan, but Angel pulled Shan out of the flames and recognized her as a fellow Savage Cave apprentice.
• Qili objected to helping Shan further, but Shan said Nausicaa and Xiliu were in danger and asked Angel for help.
• Shan explained that Xiliu was trapped in Tulip Palace after injuring Jiebo, who had hired people to intercept them.
• Qili seized Shan by the collar when she heard Jiebo’s name.

Qili agreed to help Shan rescue Nausicaa and pursue Jiebo, while Angel confronted Saladin over Ganke. Angel trapped Saladin in illusions and drove him to flee with a teleportation scroll, leaving the group free to continue their rescue.

• Qili learned that Jiebo had hired two witches to capture Xiliu and agreed to help Shan save Nausicaa so she could pursue Jiebo.
• Saladin arrived and demanded that Shan hand over Ganke, while Shan explained that she and Nausicaa had been separated after escaping Tulip Palace.
• Angel challenged Saladin and trapped him in a Mist Illusion, then used a Nightmare Fear Spell when Saladin began breaking through it.
• Saladin saw a terrifying vision, repeatedly questioned what he was witnessing, and tore a teleportation scroll to escape.

Angel's group searched Tulip Palace for Xiliu and discovered a teleportation array linking the eight underwater palaces. Luna tracked blood and pheromones to Sini Cui Ze and Kafolian, and the chapter ended as Qili attacked them.

• Angel searched Tulip Palace with his soul and found a teleportation array connected to eight palaces.
• Qili had Luna track the traces of a recent battle, and Luna found blood and pheromones from four people.
• Qili followed Luna's trail with Angel and Shan, driving off looters along the way.
• The group encountered Sini Cui Ze and Kafolian, whom Shan identified as the witches who had trapped her and Xiliu.
• Sini Cui Ze denied knowing where Xiliu was, and Qili attacked the two women with flames.

Sini Cui Ze summoned a scythe-wielding skeleton to fight Qili and Shan, while Kafolian revealed the Death God's Garment. Angel intervened to rescue Qili and secretly destroyed the skeleton, leaving Kafolian stunned by his speed and strength.

• Sini Cui Ze summoned a scythe-wielding skeleton by feeding it Rhinoceros Bone Smoke, and it fought Qili to a standstill.
• Shan joined the battle and used Deepwater Vortex, while Qili transformed into her Red-Clawed Chara half-beast form and attacked Sini Cui Ze with netherfire.
• Kafolian revealed the Death God's Garment and dispersed the netherfire, while the skeleton trapped Qili inside Death God's Barrier.
• Angel used Melodic Illusion Realm to rescue Qili, then escaped with her hundreds of meters away as Kafolian shattered the illusion.
• The scythe-wielding skeleton fractured and collapsed, and Angel claimed he had destroyed it with a light pat.

Angel defeated Kafolian and Sini Cui Ze, then traded their safe departure for information about Xiliu and Jiebo. As Angel and Qili pursued Jiebo to rescue Xiliu, Shan revealed that no one knew why Xiliu had attacked him or why she changed whenever she saw him.

• Angel shattered Sini Cui Ze's Scythe-Wielding Skeleton, and Kafolian admitted defeat while Sini offered information and teleportation scrolls as a way to leave.
• Angel let Kafolian and Sini Cui Ze go after Sini recognized his Ink-Colored Butterfly Heart, and she told him that they had captured Xiliu and delivered her to Jiebo.
• Sini gave Angel a scale from Jiebo's One-Horned Abyss Whale to help track him and said she had not seen Nausicaa since the women left Tulip Palace; then she and Kafolian departed.
• Qili warned Angel that the Shepherd God Family was tied to the Abyss Demon Gods, but Angel continued toward Jiebo, arguing that rescuing Xiliu would offend him regardless.
• Qili told Angel to leave with Xiliu while she dealt with Jiebo, and Shan explained that Xiliu had beaten Jiebo badly but neither she nor Xiliu knew why; Xiliu also became unlike herself whenever she saw Jiebo.

Rosen and Melantha watched Kayeso enter an undersea cavern, where a frozen figure began to awaken. Meanwhile, Angel’s group found Xiliu fighting Jiebo, and Angel used an illusion to break up the chaotic battle before releasing Qili to face Jiebo.

• Rosen identified Kayeso as a descendant of the wandering wizard Feiwenda, and Melantha watched him enter an Earth Core World containing a colossal iceberg.
• Kayeso saw a black shadow frozen inside the iceberg, and the ice began to crack as the figure opened his eyes.
• Angel learned from Shan that Xiliu had attacked Jiebo and that she and the others had fled after Xiliu fell asleep.
• Angel, Shan, and Qili found Xiliu fighting Jiebo and his companions, while Jiebo was badly injured and Xiliu showed no sign of weakness.
• Qili joined the fight against Jiebo, but Xiliu turned on Qili and the battle became a three-sided melee.
• Angel trapped the fighters in a Nightmare Illusion, then released Qili to confront Jiebo, who revealed that he had been waiting for this day.

Qili attacked Jiebo while Angel and the others learned that the Ru Clan progenitor had awakened and a three-hour countdown to reach the Apocalypse Altar had begun. Angel traded three Merui's Swords for Jiebo's release, then set out with Qili and Shan to find Xili and Nausicaa at Tulip Palace.

• Qili attacked Jiebo with flames, but he protected himself with a seven-colored Scale Shield while trapped in the Nightmare Illusion.
• A magical image showed Kayesso awakening the Ru Clan progenitor, triggering an announcement that survivors had three hours to reach the Apocalypse Altar.
• Angel persuaded Qili to abandon her attempt to kill Jiebo and traded three Merui's Swords for dispelling the illusion, allowing Jiebo and Fishe to flee.
• Angel gave Shan a Merui's Sword and told her to wake Xili and find Nausicaa, while Qili agreed to leave with him.
• Shan learned from Xili that Nausicaa was at Tulip Palace, and Angel led the group there.

Angel led the group toward the Apocalypse Altar under a three-hour countdown, rescued Nausicaa at the Tulip Palace, and used a hidden teleportation array to reach the Summer Palace. With the Summer Palace confirmed as the nearest palace to the altar, they set off aboard the Gondola with time still remaining.

• Angel estimated their distance to the Apocalypse Altar and narrowed their teleportation choices to the Summer Palace and Crystal Palace while Qili destroyed a school of flying fish attacking the Gondola.
• Angel found Nausicaa fighting a Ru Clan member and two Ruge Tribe members outside the Tulip Palace, and Qili and Xiliu helped defeat her attackers.
• Angel had Ganke dig into the hidden chamber beneath the Tulip Palace and discussed which palace to choose for teleportation.
• Qili interrogated the surviving Ru Clan member and learned that the Summer Palace was only one thousand li from the Apocalypse Altar, while the Crystal Palace was nearly three thousand li away.
• Angel teleported the group to the Summer Palace, where Merui's Sword pointed due south, and then led everyone aboard the Gondola toward the Apocalypse Altar.

Angel’s group faced repeated robber attacks at sea, where Xiliu revealed that she could transform water into deadly substances such as magma and poison. After they crossed more than half the distance with Xiliu handling most attacks, Nausicaa detected over a hundred approaching auras but only one directly ahead.

• Angel used an illusion to make tens of thousands of tiny flying fish explode, then led the Gondola away from them.
• Angel ordered the group to keep moving, and Qili quickly defeated the first five robbers they encountered.
• Thorne and Menlo attacked, but Xiliu turned the seawater on them into magma and then poisoned them as they retreated, killing both.
• Shan gave Xiliu a pill to wake her after her ability made her fall asleep, while Xiliu wondered about her missing memories of Jiebo.
• Xiliu dealt with several more waves of robbers as the group crossed more than half the distance, until Nausicaa sensed over a hundred approaching auras and just one directly ahead.

Angel and his companions were ensnared by a powerful illusion near the Apocalypse Altar, which drove them to leap into the sea and vanish into a vortex. Angel resisted long enough to escape, then followed Luna underwater to rescue Qili and discovered a moving Heart Scale signal approaching the Merui’s Swords.

• Nausicaa detected a lone aura fluctuation circling ahead, so Angel chose to detour around it while continuing toward the Apocalypse Altar.
• A strange, foul-smelling rain turned into mist that made the others fall asleep; Angel recognized it as an illusion but could not move.
• Xiliu, Qili, Shan, and Nausicaa each jumped into the sea, and Angel’s body followed until he used the Soul-Severing Murmur to separate his soul.
• Angel stored the Gondola and escaped the underwater vortex, then saw Luna surface and understood that it wanted him to save Qili.
• Angel used the gray Heart Scale to sense four Merui’s Swords and two Heart Scales underwater, including one moving toward the swords, then followed Luna into the depths.

Angel entered the black vortex and found Qili and the others in a strange space, where he drove off a woman who had been dragging Nausicaa away. After waking the group and learning Nausicaa’s Merui’s Sword was missing, Angel tried to lead everyone out, but an illusion kept them trapped.

• Luna led Angel through the black vortex, where he explored the dark sea and fought extraordinary creatures that vanished when defeated.
• Angel sensed that the Heart Scale had reached Qili and the others, hurried deeper, and found them unconscious in a strange space.
• A black-haired woman dragged Nausicaa away, but Angel struck her with the Gravity Veins and forced her to flee before rescuing Nausicaa.
• Luna woke Qili, and Qili helped rouse the others; Angel explained what had happened and learned that Nausicaa’s Merui’s Sword was gone and her face had been wounded.
• Nausicaa and Shan suspected the attacker was the veiled woman who had previously ambushed Nausicaa, but Angel urged everyone to leave before the countdown ended.
• Angel tried to fly upward, but the group could not reach the water membrane and kept falling back, leading him to identify the space as an illusion that could deceive souls.

Angel discovered that active illusion nodes were amplifying the group’s negative emotions and preventing them from escaping. After conventional defenses failed, he used Nightmare Illusion to make Nausicaa calm and waited to see whether the emotional infection could shield her from the nodes.

• Angel realized that active illusion nodes were turning the group against one another, so he destroyed them and showed everyone an illusion of their altered behavior.
• Angel warned the group that the nodes could activate again, then stopped Shan’s emotions from spiraling by destroying the active nodes around her.
• Angel tried using defensive spells and stable illusion nodes to protect the group, but neither method worked.
• Angel remembered his ability to influence emotions and used Nightmare Illusion to make Nausicaa calm and clear-minded.
• Angel warned that the illusion nodes around the group were activating again as everyone waited to see whether Nausicaa would resist their effects.

Angel used a magically imposed calm to help the group resist the illusion nodes, and Nausicaa led them through a labyrinth toward the woman carrying Merui's Sword. They found the woman and fought her undead; Qili rescued a wounded member of the Ru Clan, while Nausicaa sensed that their enemy had escaped.

• Angel set the group's emotions to calm, and Nausicaa warned that the state could make them act only in their own interests.
• Nausicaa led the group through twisting caves toward the fluctuations of Merui's Sword and noticed a throbbing sensation in the wall that Angel traced to illusion nodes.
• The group reached a plaza, where a shadowy woman recognized Angel, threatened them with a blood sacrifice, and summoned undead.
• Angel used Prelude of Reincarnation to destroy half the undead, while Shan spotted the woman moving toward a wounded member of the Ru Clan.
• Qili stopped the woman from killing the Ru Clan member and carried it to safety, but Nausicaa sensed that their enemy had escaped with Merui's Sword.

Angel and the others learned they were trapped between the shell and flesh of Erdus, a giant sea clam, and that escaping required either waiting a month or killing it. Meanwhile, Rosen and Muse arrived at Purification Garden, where gathered wizards saw the Purification Law manifested above the Apocalypse Altar.

• Angel and Nausicaa suspected that the undead commander was Hukedik, who had injected Succubus bloodline and may have become the veiled woman who attacked them.
• Qili interrogated the wounded Ru Clan member, who ended its own life after explaining that the group was inside Erdus, the awakened Ru Clan ancestor’s enormous sea-clam pet.
• A surge of seawater swept through Erdus as its shell closed, and Angel used Gravity Veins to keep the party from being scattered.
• Shan told Angel that they could leave only by waiting for Erdus to open its shell again in a month or by finding and killing its core.
• Rosen and Muse arrived at Purification Garden, where the gathered wizards saw the Purification Law hovering above the Apocalypse Altar.

Angel and his companions followed the current into Erdus, with Nausicaa locating its heart through her mechanical arm. They destroyed the heart and believed they had killed Erdus, but the illusion nodes remained, leaving their escape uncertain.

• Angel asked Luna to find Erdus's core, but Luna could not distinguish its scent amid the strong smell.
• Angel led the group into Erdus through the current, and Nausicaa used her mechanical arm to sense the heartbeat and guide them through hidden passages.
• Nausicaa found the heart behind a blood-red membrane, and Luna warned that Erdus was waking, so Angel blasted the membrane open.
• Qili, Nausicaa, Ganke, and Xiliu attacked the heart, while Angel used the last of his Gravity Veins to shatter the remaining half.
• The pressure vanished, and the group celebrated Erdus's apparent death as Angel returned to his body, but he realized the illusion nodes had not disappeared.

Angel used a Sealing Potion to overcome his injuries and traced the growing illusion nodes to their source. He found a glowing bead that showed him Erdus’s memories, revealing the Ru Clan’s capture by Sky Mechanical City and their imprisonment in the Purification Garden.

• After Erdus’s death, the illusion nodes multiplied, and Qili gave the badly injured Angel a Sealing Potion so he could search for their source.
• Angel entered his Supercomputing state, followed a strange rhythm through the illusions, and led the group to a blood-red membrane.
• Angel used his Ultimate Luxury Nightmare Domain to shield the group from the illusion torrent, then went alone to find its source.
• Angel reached a small room and touched a glowing transparent bead, which poured light and Erdus’s memories into his mind.
• Through Erdus’s memories, Angel saw the sea clam’s long life, its bond with the Ru Clan progenitor, and how Sky Mechanical City captured the Ru Clan and placed them in the Purification Garden.

Angel received Erdus’s Talent Mirage Pearl inheritance but learned that only five minutes remained to reach the Apocalypse Altar, five hundred li away. As Angel and his companions set out despite the odds, Rosen and Muse noticed a sudden rise in the Purification Garden’s blood-sacrifice gauge and suspected Erdus had been killed.

• Angel learned that Erdus’s Talent Mirage Pearl contained thousands of years of insight into nature, but the pearl forced its inheritance into his mind before shattering.
• Angel emerged from his Nightmare Domain and found Nausicaa, Qili, and Shan resigned to their apparent fate; Nausicaa told him five minutes remained and the Land of Finality was five hundred li away.
• Angel led his companions out, insisting there might still be a chance to reach the altar in time.
• At the Purification Garden, Sabo and Midora discussed Angel’s absence from the Apocalypse Altar while Muse waited to record his purification.
• Rosen’s blood-sacrifice gauge jumped from 55% to 62%, and Rosen and Muse suspected that Erdus or the Ru Clan ancestor had been killed.

Rosen’s inspection revealed that Angel had killed the wizard-class Demonic Beast Erdus, but the wizards believed Angel and his companions were trapped in Erdus’s lingering illusion. Rosen refused to enter Purification Garden to save them, and the story left with him switching the image to the Apocalypse Altar.

• Rosen showed the Ru Clan Progenitor and Kayesso recording his story, while the wizards blamed Kayesso for the Apocalypse Altar opening early.
• Rosen’s image revealed Erdus dead beneath the sea, with apprentice corpses inside its shell and Angel standing in its heart chamber after destroying its heart.
• The wizards recognized Angel Pat as Sanders’s apprentice and concluded that Erdus’s lingering wizard-class illusion would likely kill him and his companions.
• Kant asked Midora whether Angel and Qili could be saved, but Rosen refused to enter Purification Garden because it was in its final stage and outside intervention could cause unforeseen changes.
• Rosen sensed that Sanders was in poor condition, then switched the image to the Apocalypse Altar at Black Spade’s request.

Falga fought his way to the Apocalypse Altar with Merui's Sword, expecting to stand out among the survivors, but found thousands of apprentices gathered there and discovered that only the strongest could claim places in the air. He learned that sword color also determined a person's position, though he had not yet understood how.

• Falga killed two apprentices who tried to seize Merui's Sword, then transformed into a bat to slip past dozens of attackers and enter the altar's magic energy array.
• Falga saw that tens of thousands of apprentices had survived and was knocked out of the sky by Jiebo's One-Horned Abyss Whale.
• Loki mocked Falga and defeated his Blood-Eyed Bats with a sand shield before kicking him aside, while Falga recognized Loki's senior brother Hermes in the air.
• Falga saw a woman knock the Undying Night King out of the air and heard an old man explain that strength and the color of a Merui's Sword determined positions.
• Loki told Falga to use his mental power to sense Merui's Sword, leaving Falga confused about how its color affected placement.