Chapter Summaries

Archbishop Posen attacked, and Hong Zhou answered by revealing a bloodied umbilical cord that brought a god-linked mass down from the sky and stopped the Prisoner. As a mysterious woman shielded Jiang Qiao and spoke with him, she sensed the Red Moon’s aura on him and asked whether he was the fated person of legend.

• Archbishop Posen finally struck, unleashing countless emotionless faces and apocalyptic weather over the square.
• Hong Zhou mocked Posen and raised a bloodied umbilical cord toward the sky.
• A rotting mass seeped from the chaos, and the Prisoner stopped dragging the white light out of Mary.
• Jiang Qiao recalled that god-linked relics could bring blessings or calamity, while a mysterious woman dispelled the effects of the mass.
• The woman explained that fate had allowed Jiang Qiao to summon her and sensed the Red Moon’s aura on him.
• The woman asked Jiang Qiao whether he was the fated person of legend.

Jiang Qiao learned that a Fated Person was said to gather the fragments of the collapsed Red Moon and restore it, and the woman suggested he fit the legend. She warned that every Fated Person before him had failed and become nourishment for the next.

• The Prisoner attacked the rotting substance in the sky, and their clash erased the surrounding scene in darkness.
• The woman explained that the entities were incomplete Half-Gods and said Jiang Qiao's Red Moon power and rules of destiny could let his Main Body fight a Half-God briefly.
• Jiang Qiao asked what a Fated Person was, and the woman described the legend of Red Moon's collapse as a means of cleansing pollution before returning.
• Jiang Qiao connected his abilities and the Simulator to Red Moon's hidden measures, while the woman said his youth and strength suited the Fated Person identity.
• The woman revealed that every Fated Person who failed became an unwilling soul and eventually served as nourishment for the next Fated Person.

Jiang Qiao questioned whether the [Simulator] had hidden ties to the Fated People, but the woman advised him not to dwell on what he could not yet know. After learning why he had summoned her, she agreed to help him expose the forces behind the conflict.

• Jiang Qiao considered whether the [Simulator] contained the legacies of previous Fated People, then resolved to investigate rather than draw conclusions from the woman’s legend.
• The woman explained that Fated People were legends even in her era and urged Jiang Qiao to follow the course of fate, noting that he was already close to becoming a Half-God.
• The woman thanked Jiang Qiao for summoning her, saying the karma between him and the Red Moon might give her a slim chance of resurrection.
• Jiang Qiao explained that he had summoned the woman to muddy the waters, protect his clone, and expose hidden forces behind the conflict between the Celestial Association and the Longevity God Church.
• The woman agreed to help, and densely packed, distorted Fate Lines appeared around them.

A mysterious Half-God summoned by Jiang Qiao revealed her mastery of the Fate Rule, disrupting the struggle between the Prisoner and the rotting brain-like entity. With the Supernatural Space collapsing around them, Gao Ye and Hong Zhou prepared to use their Taboo Weapon to survive.

• The woman's Fate Lines filled the Supernatural Space, and the ruins were swept away as the two evil entities turned their attention toward the ground.
• The Vengeful Infant recognized the woman as a powerful Half-God from the Depths of the Nether Sea, while Gao Ye and Hong Zhou identified her as a master of the Fate Rule.
• Jiang Qiao taunted the Vengeful Infant, who raged but held back from attacking him amid the danger from the sky.
• Gao Ye urged the Vengeful Infant to stay focused, then asked Hong Zhou whether they should use the red umbrella.
• Hong Zhou agreed that they had to use the Taboo Weapon and urged the group to survive the coming storm.

A woman wielding fate lines attacked the Prisoner and the Gray-White Evil Creature, forcing the Prisoner to bear countless fates of death. The Prisoner corrupted most of the incoming fate lines, leaving the clash unresolved.

• The Prisoner’s torment and the Gray-White Evil Creature’s consciousness influence spread through the Supernatural Space and into the Nether Sea, while Gao Ye and Hong Zhou discussed their mission and Mary Shaw’s death.
• The woman used animated fate lines to burst the Prisoner’s reflected bubbles and graft the deaths recorded in the square’s fate lines onto him.
• The Prisoner resisted by forming a blood pool of negative emotions, whose symbols contaminated and distorted most of the fate lines before they could reach him.
• The fate lines advancing toward the Gray-White Evil Creature also became bewildered and stopped.

Jiang Qiao watched the woman control the Fate Lines and contain the Prisoner, while realizing how their rules shaped the battlefield. The Prisoner’s power then interfered with his thoughts, leaving him feeling trapped and forcing him to surrender.

• The woman wove Fate Lines across Supernatural Space, trapping the Prisoner while keeping the pus-filled evil creature confined to its own boundary.
• Jiang Qiao realized that the woman had taken control of the plaza’s Fate Lines and judged that even his Red Moon power might not let him approach or seal her.
• The Prisoner manifested a cage and spread barbed wire around itself, suppressing the Fate Lines and disrupting the woman’s control.
• Jiang Qiao grasped the Prisoner’s rule that fate itself could be imprisoned, then felt its mental interference make him feel confined.
• Jiang Qiao tried to stop his thoughts from spiraling and surrendered to the Prisoner’s influence.

The woman used her ancient book and Fountain Pen to write the Prisoner’s fate, drawing the Deity Contamination into the Fate Lines. She left with the Prisoner contained in a Mobius Ring, while Jiang Qiao and the others remained unsure how to survive.

• The woman recognized the Prisoner as a Deity Contamination and began writing its destiny in her ancient book.
• The Prisoner panicked and tried to flee from the woman, and Hong Zhou sensed its fear through their connection.
• Hong Zhou, Vengeful Infant, and Gao Ye realized they could not safely look at the battle and focused on surviving.
• The woman’s Fate Lines transformed into figures and mirrors that entered the Prisoner’s cell and made it fade away.
• The woman gathered the Fate Lines containing the Prisoner and formed them into a Mobius Ring, which Jiang Qiao recognized.

Jiang Qiao learned that the Divine Temple housed a half-god favored and polluted by the Longevity God, whose presence had spawned the lump of evil flesh. As the woman prepared to contain the flesh, it suddenly exploded.

• The woman trapped the Prisoner in a Mobius Ring and explained that deity contamination had transformed it from an ordinary evil spirit into a monster.
• The woman warned Jiang Qiao that something extremely dangerous was hidden inside the Divine Temple and that he should not investigate it.
• The woman revealed that a mad half-god favored by the Longevity God had voluntarily entered the Divine Temple, where its effects helped keep the half-god quiet.
• Jiang Qiao learned that the rotting lump of flesh had mutated from the pollution surrounding the half-god.
• The woman raised her pen to deal with the lump of flesh, but it suddenly exploded.

Jiang Qiao, a woman, and Hong Zhou confronted the Divine Temple’s awakening madman as Hong Zhou revealed how the Longevity God Church’s Sage might be used to manage the Deity’s contamination. Hong Zhou explained the plan, but the madman had already sensed them and was expected to emerge soon.

• The shattered flesh was pulled into the Divine Temple, and the woman said its madman had awakened after sensing the contaminated remains.
• Hong Zhou appeared through a Divine Descent, and he and the woman recognized each other as survivors with ties to the Return Journey Research Institute.
• Hong Zhou identified Jiang Qiao’s traces of the Red Moon, a Deity’s aura, and Imprints of the Nether Ancient World, while Jiang Qiao challenged him as a remnant of the institute.
• The woman warned that the madman’s contamination remained potent and that Hong Zhou might not be able to face him alone.
• Hong Zhou revealed that the Longevity God Church had secretly sent a Sage with the ability to divide into clones, intending to dilute and control the madman’s contamination.

Hong Zhou explained why he wanted the woman and Jiang Qiao’s help against the lunatic in the Divine Temple, while Jiang Qiao pieced together the Longevity God Church’s plan to use divine contamination to reach a higher realm. The chapter left the Sage’s failed ritual and the loss of his remains to the Celestial Church as unresolved parts of the affair.

• Hong Zhou warned that the woman would eventually have to return to the Nether Sea and might need Jiang Qiao’s help again.
• Hong Zhou said the Celestial Association wanted an explanation for the woman taking the prisoner, and proposed dealing with the lunatic in the Divine Temple together.
• Hong Zhou revealed that the Longevity God Church’s Sage had a remnant soul that could be restored, and that the church intended to use his remains in a ritual involving the Divine Temple.
• Jiang Qiao inferred that the Longevity God Church’s half-god had deliberately accepted divine contamination, gone mad, and sealed himself inside the Divine Temple.
• Jiang Qiao speculated that the Sage had also exposed himself to contamination and split off a remnant soul before traveling toward Demon Port.
• Jiang Qiao concluded that the Celestial Association had intercepted the Sage’s ship and obtained his remains despite the church’s preparations.

Jiang Qiao realized the Longevity God Church and Celestial Association were pursuing the recovery of a contaminated Half-God for their own purposes. When Hong Zhou tried to threaten the woman, she demonstrated her power over fate and space and ordered him to die.

• Jiang Qiao concluded that the Saint's Remnant Soul could recover and that the Longevity God Church planned to make the Sage bear some of the contamination's source.
• Hong Zhou threatened the woman and questioned her confidence, but she extracted a section of space's fate line and made that space disappear.
• Hong Zhou reappeared and warned the woman that attacking him would make enemies and jeopardize her return from the Depths of the Nether Sea.
• Hong Zhou suspected that Jiang Qiao was connected to the woman's return and might be the Red Moon Restaurant's administrator.
• The woman stopped laughing, rejected Hong Zhou's threat, and shouted for him to die.

Jiang Qiao and the woman refused Hong Zhou’s threats and fought back when he attacked with a power of confusion. The woman unraveled his maze of paths and doors with Fate Lines, then draped a massive Fate-woven garment over him.

• Hong Zhou threatened the woman and Jiang Qiao, claiming he could locate Jiang Qiao’s true body.
• Jiang Qiao insulted Hong Zhou and considered how the woman’s abilities might relate to the Return Journey Research Institute and the Fate Weaver.
• Hong Zhou summoned a black mark and trapped Jiang Qiao in a maze of confusing paths and doors.
• The woman used Fate Lines to reveal the paths and doors, causing them to collapse and lose their meaning.
• The woman wove the remaining Fate Lines into a massive garment and dropped it onto Hong Zhou.

The woman used the plaza’s accumulated death fates to weaken Hong Zhou, who responded by sealing himself away and trying to box in the Supernatural Space. As her consciousness faded, she erased Jiang Qiao’s traces and made him vanish, leaving Hong Zhou furious.

• The woman grafted the plaza’s countless death fates onto Hong Zhou, weakening his aura and rules.
• Hong Zhou summoned layers of black doors to distance himself from the world and seal the Supernatural Space.
• The woman warned Jiang Qiao that his Heaven’s Mandate identity concealed his fate but could draw a Half-God’s interest.
• As her consciousness failed, the woman began erasing Jiang Qiao’s traces so Hong Zhou could not locate his Main Body.
• Jiang Qiao’s vision turned white, and Hong Zhou cried out in fury as Jiang Qiao disappeared.

After his clone died, Jiang Qiao returned to his Main Body in Demon Port and reflected on the chaos surrounding the Divine Temple and Nether Sea. He decided to be wary of the ancient woman who had given him the honorific name Ruyi Yuanjun.

• As his consciousness left the dying clone, Jiang Qiao saw Hong Zhou bathed in blood-colored light, Gao Ye reduced to minced flesh, the Vengeful Infant dead, Archbishop Posen's corpse, and a figure emerge from the Divine Temple.
• Jiang Qiao passed through darkness, mist, and a mysterious white door before returning to his Main Body in Demon Port.
• Jiang Qiao confirmed he had suffered no serious harm and wondered whether the passage between his clone and Main Body resembled a near-death experience.
• Jiang Qiao reasoned that the woman had activated the Divine Temple and that the conflict had left Hong Zhou and the Supernatural Space in danger, while a Saint's Remnant Soul fought a Demigod-Class evil creature on the Nether Sea.
• Jiang Qiao warned himself not to underestimate contaminated objects or the ancient woman, suspecting she intended to use his power to return.
• Jiang Qiao recalled the woman's honorific name, “Mentor of the Past and Future, Witness of the Present, Guardian of All Fate, Embodiment of Fortune and Gloom—Ruyi Yuanjun,” and questioned her origins.

Jiang Qiao explored Demon Port’s East Main Street and discovered that the Guangming Society had placed a 10-billion-Nether-Coin bounty on him. A sailor mistook his interest in the poster for a plan to hunt Jiang Qiao, and Jiang Qiao challenged him to explain what he knew.

• Jiang Qiao bought fish-skin gloves and went to explore East Main Street after confirming his clone had returned without trouble.
• Jiang Qiao examined the wanted board and saw bounties posted for humans and evil spirits, including several Ninth Tier beings.
• Jiang Qiao found a new poster naming him as a Ninth Tier Peak fugitive and offering 10 billion Nether Coins for his capture.
• Jiang Qiao recognized the Guangming Society as the bounty’s sponsor and suspected they were using him as bait in a scheme.
• A sailor warned Jiang Qiao against targeting Jiang Qiao, and Jiang Qiao asked whether he had met him or seen anyone try to deal with him.

Jiang Qiao questioned Liu Ming about the rumors that the Guangming Society had spread about him and learned how Demon Port was run. Liu Ming described Jiang Qiao as a dangerous wanted criminal, leaving Jiang Qiao suspecting that someone was impersonating him or framing him.

• Liu Ming claimed he had fought Jiang Qiao during the duke’s failed attempt to capture him, while Jiang Qiao realized the Guangming Society had fabricated accusations against him.
• Jiang Qiao asked Liu Ming about the duke, and Liu Ming introduced himself as an employment broker who warned newcomers about scams in Demon Port.
• Liu Ming explained that the duke was a Ninth Rank authority who commanded the Disciplinary Department and had led the pursuit of Jiang Qiao near the port the previous month.
• Liu Ming said Jiang Qiao controlled the remnant souls of his victims as puppets, prompting Jiang Qiao to suspect that the duke had blamed someone else’s actions on him.
• Liu Ming listed the factions behind Demon Port, including Medicine King City, the Gate of Ghosts, the Coffin Shop, and Tianyu Ancient Village, then confirmed that the Longevity God Church was also powerful there.

Jiang Qiao, using the alias Gao Yi, learned from Liu Ming about Demon Port’s trade, the Longevity God Church, and the risks of work at sea. Liu Ming offered to find him high-paying jobs, but Gao Yi took the intermediary contract to review before deciding whether to sign.

• Liu Ming told Jiang Qiao that the Longevity God Church had once controlled Cold Crow Ferry, which was abandoned after rumors of a god’s appearance.
• Liu Ming explained that sea trade with distant islands continued, while chaotic spaces made land travel slower and the ports near Demon Port had lost their living populations.
• Liu Ming recommended mercenary work, shipyard jobs, or training as a sailor, and warned that Exploration Ship crews faced high risks.
• Jiang Qiao gave Liu Ming the fake name Gao Yi and asked him to compile high-paying jobs posted by major figures.
• Liu Ming described his fees and the standard intermediary agreement, and Gao Yi took the contract to study before deciding whether to sign.

Jiang Qiao explored East Main Street in Demon Port and noticed a mysterious thread linking a sailor and a duke’s daughter during their intimate meeting. After learning that the couple were A Lian and Jiang Dazhi, he remained intrigued by their relationship while planning to join the Tianyu fleet.

• Jiang Qiao wandered East Main Street, noting its clean shops, armed sentries, and local goods.
• Jiang Qiao entered a bar to listen to the locals and overheard A Lian and Jiang Dazhi promise to reunite after his voyage.
• Jiang Qiao spotted a faint conceptual Silk Thread connecting the Sixth Tier Jiang Dazhi and Fifth Tier A Lian, and questioned whether their romance was genuine.
• Jiang Qiao decided to stay in Demon Port until the Tianyu fleet returned, intending to board it either openly or in secret.
• After A Lian and Jiang Dazhi left, Jiang Qiao asked the bartender about them and learned that A Lian was the duke’s daughter and Jiang Dazhi was a boatswain.

Jiang Qiao questioned a bartender about Miss A Lian’s romance with sailor Jiang Dazhi and grew suspicious that the Duke had allowed their relationship as part of a supernatural plan. He connected Demon Port’s Cold Clothes Festival to traditions from his former world, then left the bar without accepting the bartender’s offer to find him a fleet.

• Jiang Qiao learned that the Duke had publicly allowed Miss A Lian to choose her own partner, and that Jiang Dazhi had saved her from a Seventh Tier criminal before they fell in love.
• The bartender explained that Jiang Dazhi had taken a lucrative Cold Clothes Festival fishing mission that might earn him a place in the Official Organization.
• Jiang Qiao recalled that Cold Crow Ferry’s festival involved Great Emperor Water Official and noted its similarities to traditions from his former world.
• Jiang Qiao suspected that Miss A Lian’s romance might be a ritual or a way to use Jiang Dazhi as a substitute for a coming supernatural danger.
• The bartender offered to connect Jiang Qiao with a reliable fishing fleet, but Jiang Qiao declined and left the bar.

Liu Ming presented Jiang Qiao with several lucrative missions and explained how Demon Port rewarded residents with safety and privileges. Jiang Qiao declined an ocean-going Black Pearl mission and listened as Liu Ming described a wealthy merchant’s unsolved murder case.

• Liu Ming offered Jiang Qiao a mission from Mr. Roddy to find a Beauty Clam’s Black Pearl, explaining the million-banknote reward and the dangers of going to sea.
• Liu Ming described Demon Port’s advantages for property-owning locals, including legal protection, employment opportunities, discounts, and the security enforced by the Port Management Committee.
• Jiang Qiao said he was not interested in going to sea and asked Liu Ming to show him land-based missions.
• Liu Ming introduced Mr. Ander’s commission to investigate his youngest son’s death, offering rewards for useful information, identifying the murderer, or capturing them.