Chapter Summaries

The divine battle altered Blue Star and brought strange environments and supernatural dangers to Haicheng. Newly Awakened Lin Qingwei hid in a hotel as Vicious Ghosts descended, but the cries outside eventually stopped, leaving him unsure whether anyone was still alive.

• The gods' battle moved beyond Jiang Qiao's sight, while its effects reshaped parts of Blue Star and introduced bizarre landscapes.
• Haicheng remained under the New Humans' control, and corpse-soaking, chemical-smelling water appeared across its streets.
• Lin Qingwei recalled gaining an ability that left cyan handprints on living things and caused them to die after he encountered red-covered Puppet People at an amusement park.
• After seeing the sky turn red and the Inverted City appear, Lin Qingwei returned to his hotel and watched human figures fall from the sky.
• Lin Qingwei shut himself in his room as Vicious Ghosts attacked the city, then heard the surrounding cries and commotion suddenly cease.

Lin Qingwei encountered signs of a Vicious Ghost on the hotel floor and fled his room when foul sewage began spilling from the bathroom. After taking refuge in another room, he saw that the city outside remained but the sky had vanished, while a watery shadow emerged in the sewage and several residents stepped into the corridor.

• Lin Qingwei heard an elevator arrive and watched a corpse wrapped in plastic being dragged toward it through the corridor.
• A foul smell came from Lin Qingwei’s bathroom, where dirty water filled with hair and scraps of skin overflowed from the sink.
• Lin Qingwei escaped into the corridor, broke into an empty room with his special ability, and braced its damaged door.
• Lin Qingwei looked outside and discovered that the sky had disappeared, leaving only a void above the city.
• Sewage seeped from Lin Qingwei’s old room with the shadow of a bloated, pale figure in it, and several residents cautiously came into the corridor.

Lin Qingwei waited in a hotel room as abnormal footsteps approached and a ghost knocked at his door. A hidden living person warned him not to respond, and after another voice tried to lure him outside, the corridor footsteps moved away.

• Lin Qingwei anxiously kept watch in his room, hungry and thirsty but afraid to trust the bottled water or look outside.
• Heavy footsteps stopped outside Lin Qingwei’s door, and a ghost knocked and pleaded to be let in.
• A hidden person covered Lin Qingwei’s mouth and warned him that responding or moving recklessly would remove the supernatural barrier keeping the ghost out.
• The ghost claimed someone had attacked it and urged Lin Qingwei to leave, but Lin Qingwei recognized the voice as another attempt to lure him out.
• The voice at the door eventually stopped calling, and the footsteps moved away down the corridor.

Yi Jiu rescued Lin Qingwei from the hotel and explained that Supernatural Revival had begun worldwide, leaving authorities unable to save Haicheng. They headed for the exit as Lin Qingwei worried about his family and tried to survive.

• Yi Jiu appeared in Lin Qingwei’s room and led him into the corridor, warning that a Vicious Ghost clone had invaded the hotel.
• A Vicious Ghost lured a young man and woman out of their room and killed them, while Yi Jiu explained that the ghosts could take victims’ identities and memories.
• Yi Jiu and Lin Qingwei rode the elevator toward the first floor, avoiding the Underground Garage.
• Yi Jiu told Lin Qingwei that Supernatural Revival had struck the entire world and that his family might already be dead if their home was outside a Safe Zone.
• Yi Jiu gave Lin Qingwei his code name and said he was temporarily cooperating with the authorities before leading him toward the hotel exit.

In Bin City, Jiang Qiao encountered a mysterious half-god who demanded that he kill himself to remove the Chou God’s aura and possibly send the deity back to Dragon Transformation Mountain. Jiang Qiao refused, and the half-god prepared to kill him himself.

• Jiang Qiao reflected on the deaths caused by the Chou God’s emergence and the damage the deities’ battle had done to the barrier between Blue Star and the Supernatural World.
• A shadow made entirely of incense offerings appeared behind Jiang Qiao and asked whether he had summoned the deity from Dragon Transformation Mountain.
• Jiang Qiao identified the figure as a half-god and denied being able to control the Chou God, saying he was only a tool.
• The half-god proposed that Jiang Qiao take his own life so the Chou God might lose his vessel and return to Dragon Transformation Mountain.
• Jiang Qiao refused, challenged the half-god’s claims about the supernatural revival, and asked who he was.
• The half-god accused Jiang Qiao of stalling and said he would send him on his way himself.

Jiang Qiao fought a Half-God’s Shadow Tree, whose multiplying phantoms pulled his consciousness from his body. The Half-God nearly captured him, but a blood-red light flared just as Jiang Qiao’s spiritual body began to separate.

• A tombstone and multiplying phantoms appeared, and Jiang Qiao’s attacks and Fate Weaver’s scissors failed to stop them from drawing out his consciousness.
• Jiang Qiao used Time Reversal to heal himself and suppress the pull, while the Half-God recognized his unusual abilities and decided to capture him for his secrets.
• The tombstone grew flesh and the dancing phantoms merged into a Shadow Tree, which began stopping Jiang Qiao’s time reversal.
• The Half-God’s roar overwhelmed Jiang Qiao’s resistance, and his spiritual body drifted out of his physical body toward the Shadow Tree.
• A blood-red light flared as the Half-God watched Jiang Qiao’s consciousness approach.

Jiang Qiao used the Red Moon power in his Dual Pupils and the Divine Firmament Thunder Seal to resist the Shadow Tree’s Demigod-Class attacks. The mysterious demigod recognized the secrets Jiang Qiao carried and declared that he would now take the fight seriously.

• Jiang Qiao’s Red Moon power revealed the Shadow Tree’s true form and let him break free of its tentacles.
• Jiang Qiao summoned the Divine Firmament Thunder Seal, fused it with the Thunder Spirit, and formed a connection to the Thunder Pool.
• The Shadow Tree wrapped its branches around a tombstone, summoning weeping faces, tumors, and curses that took the form of layered Humanoid Sculptures.
• Jiang Qiao used the Red Moon power to shed the curses and the thunder mountain to crush the tumor behind them.
• The mysterious demigod praised the Red Moon power and told Jiang Qiao that he would now get serious.

Jiang Qiao faced the Half-God in the bone palace as decay threatened to erase time and space. Their first exchange ended in a stalemate, and Jiang Qiao challenged the Half-God to continue fighting.

• The tombstone transformed into a bone palace where the Shadow Tree stood, and the Half-God’s decay spread across the surrounding space and Timeline.
• Jiang Qiao summoned a lake of lightning and used the Red Moon’s power to halt the decay and illuminate the Shadow Tree.
• The Half-God’s nine silkworm cocoons shattered, unleashing overlapping rules of destruction and decay, but Jiang Qiao stopped their advance.
• Jiang Qiao’s Red Moon light pierced the bone palace, but the Half-God vanished the Shadow Tree and warned that Jiang Qiao could not sustain his power indefinitely.
• Jiang Qiao recognized the Half-God’s threat but dismissed the talk and called for a fight.

The Northern Territory’s Awakened families discussed the demigod battle and the dangers of Blue Star’s mysterious relics, while the Three Great Southern Border Families debated whether to aid the injured Mysterious Person. The chapter ended with Luo Wenjin and Mo Xue rejecting Meng Kun’s proposal as too dangerous.

• The Northern Territory’s elders gathered after the demigod battle and discussed Blue Star’s strange relics, including the Inca pyramid, the underground tunnel, the Fishbone Temple, and the Hanba tomb.
• The old man warned that the weakening World Barrier could release dangerous beings and urged the families to treat their recent casualties as a warning.
• Luo Wenjin, Meng Kun, and Mo Xue met in the Southern Border and speculated that the demigod battle involved the person who had been guided out of the Bin City relic.
• Mo Xue questioned whether the Luo Family’s mission had caused the battle, but Luo Wenjin denied it and dismissed her suspicion.
• Meng Kun proposed that the three families help the injured Mysterious Person confront the unfamiliar demigod.
• Luo Wenjin and Mo Xue opposed the plan, warning that aiding the Mysterious Person could fail and provoke a terrifying enemy.

Meng Kun activated the Meng Family's taboo weapon after Mo Xue and Luo Wenjin refused to join his plan against the Mysterious Person. Fang Xun decided to intervene, saying the Mysterious Person was not a true Half-God.

• Meng Kun argued that the three great families should exploit the Mysterious Person's vulnerability, but Mo Xue and Luo Wenjin rejected his proposal and left the Divine Temple.
• Meng Kun unleashed the Meng Family's taboo weapon alone, filling the Southern Border with a terrifying pressure.
• Luo Wenjin and Mo Xue sensed something was wrong with Meng Kun and the Meng Family, and Mo Xue connected the change to Liu Ping.
• Fang Xun and Yi Four discussed the taboo weapon, and Fang Xun concluded that only the Meng Family had acted.
• Fang Xun resolved to help the Mysterious Person and summoned the Ancient Small Bell to repay a karmic debt.

Jiang Qiao fought the Half-God’s Shadow Tree with Red Moon power and a Thunder Spirit, briefly cleansing its decay before the Half-God stained its rules with rust and murderous force. As the Half-God unleashed a world-consuming attack, Jiang Qiao vanished.

• The Shadow Tree disrupted time and space with decay, but Jiang Qiao used Red Moon power to preserve himself amid the chaos.
• A thunderous star struck the Shadow Tree, purging its decay and breaking its attack, though the tree escaped unharmed.
• The Half-God recognized Jiang Qiao’s Thunder Spirit and discussed its connection to the Daoist Sect and the Ancient Thunder God.
• The Half-God infused the Shadow Tree with rust and murderous force, causing its decay rules to infect and overpower Jiang Qiao’s Red Moon power.
• The Half-God sent its corroding attack across the world, then realized Jiang Qiao had disappeared.

Jiang Qiao used Fate Weaver and Rollback to evade the Half-God’s attack and strike back with the Red Moon, overpowering the Shadow Tree. As the Half-God’s appearance was revealed, Jiang Qiao recognized him as the face from the depths of Human Head Mountain.

• The Half-God used Manifest and spread the Shadow Tree’s vines across space, searching for Jiang Qiao.
• Jiang Qiao appeared behind the Half-God and unleashed the Red Moon in a surprise attack.
• Jiang Qiao used Fate Weaver to exchange fates with a Thunder Spirit clone, then used Rollback to switch places and bypass the Half-God’s rules.
• The Red Moon destroyed the Shadow Tree’s branches and began burning its trunk, leaving the Half-God beneath Jiang Qiao’s attack.
• The Half-God revealed his face, and Jiang Qiao recognized it as the face he had seen in the depths of Human Head Mountain.

Jiang Qiao trapped the Green Lotus Sect’s Half-God beneath the Red Moon, but the Half-God used a Taboo Weapon and the Shadow Tree to bore an escape route through it. As the breach deepened, Jiang Qiao remained calm and hinted that the Half-God’s fear of death was not universal among the Green Lotus Sect’s demigods.

• Jiang Qiao identified the Green Lotus Sect’s Half-God and recognized its worm-covered cloak as a Taboo Weapon.
• The Half-God used the cloak to bore a pinhole into the Red Moon while the Shadow Tree strained against it.
• The Taboo Weapon and Shadow Tree suffered heavy damage as the Half-God forced the breach deeper to escape.
• The Half-God vowed to kill Jiang Qiao once it escaped and blamed its predicament on underestimating him.
• Jiang Qiao smiled and asked whether all the Green Lotus Sect’s demigods feared death, hinting that some did not.

Jiang Qiao taunted the Green Lotus Sect Half-God while keeping him trapped until the Red Moon was pierced and the Half-God’s cloak broke, revealing his damaged worm form. The Half-God escaped through the opening, only to find himself at the Nether Sea as a massive iron door closed behind him.

• Jiang Qiao questioned whether the Green Lotus Sect demigods feared death and taunted the Half-God as he struggled to break free.
• The Half-God’s cloak and the Shadow Tree were badly damaged as insects pierced the Red Moon.
• The cloak shattered, revealing the Half-God’s cracked, two-meter-long black worm body.
• The Half-God transformed into a stream of information and escaped through the hole in the Red Moon.
• The Half-God realized he had arrived at the Nether Sea, lost contact with the Shadow Tree, and saw a massive iron door closing behind him.

Jiang Qiao used the Red Moon and a gate to the Nether Sea to banish the weakened Half-God, trapping him on the Nether Sea Shore. As the gate closed, a man with an axe spotted the furious Half-God and called him excellent material.

• The Half-God tried to escape through the closing iron gate, while Jiang Qiao used the Red Moon to suppress the Shadow Tree and slow the Half-God down.
• Jiang Qiao revealed that he had sent the Half-God through the gate while the Red Moon disrupted his perception and weakened his control over the Shadow Tree.
• The Half-God failed to reach the gate before it shut and roared threats at Jiang Qiao from the Nether Sea Shore.
• A man holding an axe emerged from the wreckage of sunken ships and called the Half-God excellent material.

After banishing a Half-God, Jiang Qiao was ambushed by a Southern Border family wielding a Taboo Weapon while his powers were depleted. Just as he prepared to use the Thunder Spirit and Divine Firmament Thunder Seal to escape, a bell rang and a mysterious Abyss shattered the taboo tunnel, returning him to Bin City.

• Jiang Qiao assessed the danger of fighting Half-Gods and realized the battle had left him too drained to use his Dual Pupils or Red Moon power.
• A Taboo Weapon from the Southern Border locked onto Jiang Qiao, and he tried to flee Bin City using Stalker state, Assassination Technique, and clones.
• The Taboo Weapon enclosed the region in a multicolored tunnel that dragged Jiang Qiao through a vacuum and threatened to tear his body and Spiritual Body apart.
• Jiang Qiao manifested the Thunder Spirit and prepared to activate the Divine Firmament Thunder Seal to break through the taboo cage.
• A faint bell rang, freezing the tunnel as a mysterious Abyss appeared and shattered it, sending Jiang Qiao back to Bin City.

Jiang Qiao survived the Prayer Association’s intervention and left to recover, while Meng Kun panicked after his attempt to kill the mysterious Half-God failed. The Prayer Association investigated Southern Frontier’s motives and warned its members not to approach Jiang Qiao rashly.

• Jiang Qiao recognized that the Prayer Association had rescued him, then left to recover his consciousness and Mental Power.
• After the battle, Bin City became quiet, and refugees who fled later encountered Vicious Ghosts beyond the city and returned.
• Meng Kun learned that the Prayer Association had pulled the mysterious powerhouse from the wormhole, then sent moths to summon help from Brother Liu.
• Luo Wenjin and Mo Xue received Meng Kun’s message and headed to the temple, demanding that he explain his actions and his agreement with Liu Ping.
• Fang Xun told Yi Four that only the Meng Family had acted, then ordered Jia Nine to investigate Southern Frontier and instructed the Prayer Association to monitor the mysterious Half-God without contacting him.

Jiang Qiao recovered from the battle and pieced together theories about the supernatural revival and the Green Lotus Sect. With one day left in the River of History, he examined the harmless half-god insect corpse and planned to turn it into an ordinary half-god item after returning.

• Jiang Qiao observed that the supernatural revival had changed: fewer ghosts appeared, but their terror level had risen and their distribution was uneven.
• Jiang Qiao connected the inverted city, Survivor System, artificial anomalies, and artificial half-gods to the Green Lotus Sect, and suspected its Holy Mother was a deity.
• Jiang Qiao cursed the Three Great Southern Border Families and vowed to destroy them after returning to the real world.
• Jiang Qiao examined the insect corpse left by the destroyed Taboo Cloak and found that it was safe, warm, and usable as a weapon.
• Jiang Qiao decided to try turning the insect corpse into an ordinary half-god item when he returned.

Jiang Qiao returned to the chain bridge at World's End after ten days in the past, reflecting on his growth and the limits of his strength against Half-Gods. The Simulator revealed updates to Chou God's Mark, Evil Spirit Body, and Thunder Spirit, leaving Jiang Qiao to consider the mark's consequences and his talent's connection to the Divine Firmament Thunder Seal.

• Jiang Qiao returned to the chain bridge at midnight on the tenth day and found his injuries had healed, though most items from the past were gone.
• Jiang Qiao recognized that he could contend briefly with a Half-God but still lacked the strength and methods to defeat one reliably.
• Jiang Qiao checked the Simulator and saw that Chou God's Mark remained as a possible route for Chou God to return to the world.
• Jiang Qiao learned that his Evil Spirit Body was linked to the Insect Corpse and the mysterious Return Journey Research Institute.
• Jiang Qiao found that Thunder Spirit had become an X-Class Talent after fusing conceptually with the Divine Firmament Thunder Seal, and wondered whether the change would last.

After discovering clues linking the Evil Spirit Body to the Nether Sea and the Return Journey Research Institute, Jiang Qiao returned from the River of History to investigate the Great Qi Great Ancestor. He found the grasslands deserted and the Nine Provinces filled with bones, and raced toward the Capital City to learn what had happened.

• Jiang Qiao decided to gather information at Nether Sea ports before attempting to explore the dangerous Nether Sea.
• Jiang Qiao left the River of History and resolved to investigate the Great Qi Great Ancestor in the Great Qi kingdom.
• Jiang Qiao found that most grassland tribes had vanished, though a nearby small tribe knew nothing about their disappearance.
• Jiang Qiao entered a frontier city and found its people dead, with human bones scattered throughout and no sign of living people or Vicious Ghosts.
• Jiang Qiao traveled inland through several cities and regions, finding human, animal, and insect remains and no living creatures.
• Jiang Qiao decided to go to the Capital City.