Chapter Summaries

Chapter Summary

Key Events and Plot Points

• This chapter is an author’s first-anniversary announcement, celebrating the publication of Who Left the Last Will Here? one year earlier.
• The author reflects on the book’s difficult start: it initially attracted only slightly more than 1,000 subscribers, but gradually grew. By one million words, it surpassed 10,000 average subscriptions, and its rankings had since increased nearly sevenfold.
• The author emphasizes that the novel’s continued progress was made possible by readers’ support and promises to continue writing Bai Zhou’s story.
• A month-long anniversary bounty campaign is announced for July:
  • Every 1,200 monthly tickets earns an additional 4,000-word chapter.
  • Alliance Leader donations also generate extra chapters, with partial donations accumulating toward updates.
  • A guaranteed 4,000-word daily update remains in place, with bounty chapters added on top.
• A large monthly-ticket giveaway is introduced, including:
  • One first prize of 600R,
  • Five second prizes of 100R,
  • Forty third prizes of 50R.
• Readers who do not win the main giveaway may still receive guaranteed participation rewards based on their voting activity and ranking.
• Eligibility runs from July 1–18, 2026, with the livestream drawing scheduled for July 19 and prize claims due by July 22.
• The author also promises random anniversary red packets in the reader group and urges readers to vote enthusiastically.

Character and Author Development

• Yu Lu, the author, expresses deep gratitude and humility, repeatedly bowing to readers and thanking them for helping the novel succeed.
• The author’s relationship with the readership is presented as affectionate and communal, using language such as “love you all” and “hugs.”
• Bai Zhou, the protagonist, is mentioned as being only at the beginning of his journey, suggesting that the main story will continue expanding.
• Yu Lu’s persistence is highlighted: despite slow early growth, the author continued writing without stopping and helped the novel achieve major success.

Character Interactions

• The primary interaction is between Yu Lu and the readers. The author directly addresses, thanks, encourages, and rewards them.
• Readers are invited to support the book through monthly-ticket votes, donations, subscriptions, and participation in the reader group.
• The author frames the anniversary as a shared achievement and invites readers to “push Yu Lu to the top.”

Significant Themes

• Perseverance and gradual success: The book’s rise demonstrates the value of sustained effort despite a weak beginning.
• Gratitude and reader-author connection: The chapter focuses on mutual support between the author and the audience.
• Community participation: Voting, donations, group activities, and giveaways turn the anniversary into a collective event.
• Ongoing ambition: The celebration is not treated as an ending; Bai Zhou’s journey and the novel’s growth are portrayed as continuing forward.
• Reciprocity: Readers support the author, while the author responds with bonus chapters, prizes, red packets, and continued updates.

Chapter Summary

Key Plot Points and Events

• Bai Zhou touches the tentacle emerging from the shattered pink Seven-Star Crystal Ball and experiences a vision of an ancient, celestial hall. A gigantic Crystal Ball is worshiped by robed figures, and a vast consciousness offers to grant wishes. Bai Zhou’s irreverent thought about asking for more wishes seemingly provokes the entity before the vision abruptly ends.
• The Crystal Ball finally hatches, giving birth to a small, colorful Sea Star with sharp teeth and five tentacle-like arms. It immediately clings to Bai Zhou’s wrist.
• Fang Xiaoxia assumes the Sea Star may have imprinted on Bai Zhou as its “father.” Ya rejects this interpretation, warning that the creature is an intelligent and potentially dangerous Mystic World being that may possess inherited knowledge and a hidden mission.
• The Sea Star mentally calls Bai Zhou “Daddy,” but its follow-up statement—“You are mine”—reveals a possessive and unsettling understanding of the relationship. Bai Zhou instantly abandons his paternal affection and decides the creature must be forcibly made to recognize him as its master.
• Ya develops a powerful master-recognition Ritual by combining her Ritual knowledge with information from the Golden Spider Gu fragmentary text. Bai Zhou knocks the Sea Star unconscious and performs the Ritual, effectively suppressing its independent consciousness and implanting absolute loyalty.
• Before the Ritual, the Sea Star devours the remains of the Crystal Ball, then consumes the deep-blue strange stone and Crimson Tentacle—two valuable E-Class Black Boxes. Its body grows dramatically, and its aura becomes far more dangerous.
• After recognizing Bai Zhou as its master, the Sea Star demonstrates its abilities: incredible speed, piercing force, high-speed spinning attacks, and an illusion-inducing multicolored ring. It destroys a distant wall and can overwhelm victims mentally before devouring them.
• Bai Zhou realizes that the Sea Star’s powers resemble the combined effects of Wonderland Blue and Red of Realm-Breaking, the two E-Class Black Boxes associated with the Black Scepter’s Seven Sins state.

Character Developments

• Bai Zhou: Initially touched by the Sea Star’s apparent attachment and briefly imagines himself as its father. Once he recognizes its intelligence and possessiveness, he quickly returns to suspicion and decisiveness. He accepts the need for a ruthless master-recognition Ritual and demonstrates his willingness to suppress a potentially dangerous creature before it can betray him.
• Ya: Acts as Bai Zhou’s pragmatic and severe mentor. She urges him to discard emotional assumptions and treat the Sea Star as a possible threat. Although she speaks harshly, her guilt and reluctance reveal genuine concern for Bai Zhou and discomfort at forcing him to become colder.
• Fang Xiaoxia: Provides comic relief and emotional warmth by enthusiastically interpreting the Sea Star’s attachment as familial imprinting. Her curiosity and romanticized view of the creature contrast with Ya’s caution and Bai Zhou’s eventual alarm.
• The Sea Star: Evolves from a seemingly helpless newborn into a powerful, intelligent, and possessive Mystic World creature. Its instinctive attachment to Bai Zhou becomes genuine loyalty only after the coercive Ritual alters its consciousness.

Significant Themes

• Nature versus projection: Humans tend to impose affectionate or sentimental interpretations on animals and unknown beings, while the Mystic World operates according to danger, intelligence, and survival.
• Tenderness versus survival: Bai Zhou’s emotional instincts conflict with the ruthless measures required to protect himself. Ya views emotional softness as a liability but also recognizes that Bai Zhou’s humanity is part of what makes him unique.
• Mastery and free will: The master-recognition Ritual raises the moral issue of whether loyalty is meaningful when independent consciousness has been suppressed and replaced by imposed obedience.
• Inherited purpose and hidden danger: The Sea Star may possess racial memories, knowledge, or a mission connected to its otherworldly origin, suggesting larger mysteries surrounding the Crystal Ball and the Beyond the Heavens.
• Fusion and transformation: The Sea Star absorbs multiple powerful objects and manifests abilities resembling two separate Black Boxes, hinting at the possibility of combining or recreating extraordinary powers.

Character Interactions

• Fang Xiaoxia’s playful suggestion that she and Bai Zhou are the Sea Star’s “Parents” clashes with Bai Zhou’s confused reaction.
• Ya challenges Bai Zhou’s assumption that the Sea Star sees him as a father and forces him to consider its intelligence and possible hostility.
• Bai Zhou privately communicates with Ya through the Heart-to-Heart Connection Ritual, asking her for an extreme master-recognition method and even suggesting that the Sea Star’s consciousness be erased.
• Ya helps him create the Ritual, while Bai Zhou carries it out himself, turning the newborn creature’s instinctive attachment into absolute obedience.
• The final interaction between Bai Zhou and the Sea Star is demonstrated through their new mental bond: Bai Zhou can sense its affection and loyalty, while the Sea Star becomes a weapon under his command.

Chapter Summary: “Disc Creature, the Maiden’s Cry for Help”

Key Plot Points and Events

• Sea Star demonstrates its newly developed abilities, combining the traits of two E-Class Black Boxes. It can scout, clear obstacles, kill, and protect Bai Zhou, slicing through steel with its high-speed spinning body.
• Ya compares Sea Star to the legendary Blood Dripper, an extraordinary weapon resembling a spinning, blade-filled cage. He explains that the Blood Dripper may have been inspired by creatures from destroyed Previous Civilizations.
• Ya connects Sea Star to two ancient parasitic or disc-shaped creatures: the Facehuggers and the enormous Disc Creatures, suggesting Sea Star may possess extraordinary and potentially limitless growth.
• Bai Zhou notices a star-shaped symbol inside Sea Star and recalls the seven-starred Crystal Ball from a previous vision, raising questions about Sea Star’s origin.
• Bai Zhou senses a battle nearby while preparing to retrieve Envy. The conflict involves Qiao Sisi and the Spark Society.
• Qiao Sisi, acting as the masked “Diamond Princess,” discovers five Blood Worship Cult guards abducting teenagers who may have consumed Thirty-Two-Dimensional Brain Gold. The guards are searching for people aged fourteen or fifteen who may be the soon-to-be-born [Envy].
• The guards identify Qiao Sisi as one of their targets and attack her. Though she repeatedly uses her toys and self-hypnosis to summon courage and strength, she is badly outmatched.
• Qiao sends an emergency signal to the Gem Witch. Before the Witch arrives, members of the Spark Society rush in to defend their leader.
• The Spark Society confronts the Five-Colored Guards, proclaiming the power of shared ideals, loyalty, and youthful “bonds.” A large battle erupts.
• Bai Zhou follows the Sloth Gospel toward the location of Envy and discovers that the Gem Witch is also there and has sent him an urgent distress signal. He immediately accelerates toward the battlefield to rescue her.

Character Developments

• Bai Zhou: Gains a greater appreciation for Sea Star’s frightening potential and begins to suspect that it may be connected to ancient extraterrestrial or Previous Civilization catastrophes. His concern for the Gem Witch becomes immediate and decisive when he receives her plea for help.
• Sea Star: Evolves from a newly born creature into a highly capable combat servant. Its abilities resemble both a powerful extraordinary weapon and ancient destructive organisms, hinting at a much larger destiny.
• Ya: Provides important historical context about the Blood Dripper, Facehuggers, Disc Creatures, and the possible origins of Sea Star. His curiosity shifts toward determining how powerful Sea Star may eventually become.
• Qiao Sisi: Demonstrates her strong sense of justice by confronting the Blood Worship Cult despite recognizing the danger. Although physically outmatched, she repeatedly rises after being defeated and remains determined to protect the children.
• The Spark Society: Reveals that it is more than a group collecting discarded equipment. Its members are skilled young extraordinary beings who deeply respect Qiao Sisi and are willing to fight powerful enemies for her.
• The Gem Witch: Though absent from the initial confrontation, she becomes involved in the larger crisis and sends Bai Zhou a rare emergency request for assistance.

Significant Themes

• Potential and evolution: Sea Star’s rapid growth suggests that living creatures may surpass conventional weapons and possess nearly limitless possibilities.
• The unknown legacy of Previous Civilizations: Ancient catastrophes, biological creatures, and forgotten technologies may be connected to the present world and Sea Star’s origins.
• Justice versus overwhelming power: Qiao Sisi acts morally despite having little chance of winning, emphasizing courage rather than strength.
• Bonds and youthful ideals: The Spark Society’s solidarity transforms their apparent immaturity into a source of courage and power. Their shared ideals allow them to challenge an established and terrifying organization.
• The cost of heroism: Qiao’s determination leaves her injured and vulnerable, showing that heroic identity is built through sacrifice rather than appearance or reputation.
• Interconnected crises: The search for Envy, the abduction of potential candidates, the Gem Witch’s distress, and Bai Zhou’s mission converge into one rapidly escalating conflict.

Character Interactions

• Bai Zhou and Ya: Discuss Sea Star’s resemblance to the Blood Dripper and ancient Disc Creatures, with Ya guiding Bai Zhou toward understanding its possible origins.
• Qiao Sisi and the Five-Colored Guards: Qiao demands that they release the children, but the guards reveal that she is also a target and overpower her.
• Qiao Sisi and the Spark Society: The Society members call her “Boss” and risk their lives to protect her, affirming their loyalty and shared ideals. Their support gives her the strength to rejoin the fight.
• Qiao Sisi and the Gem Witch: Qiao relies on the Witch’s promise to rescue her in moments of crisis, sending a distress signal when she can no longer cope alone.
• Bai Zhou and the Gem Witch: Their mutual sensing Ritual reveals that the Gem Witch is in danger. Bai Zhou responds instantly, reversing the usual dynamic in which she comes to his aid.
• Bai Zhou and Envy: Bai Zhou is approaching the battlefield because it contains the newly emerging [Envy], linking his mission to the confrontation and setting up the next major development.

Chapter Summary: “A Sister Has a Duty to Save Her Little Sister”

Key Plot Points and Events

• The Five-Colored Guards, five Level 4 combatants, defeat Spark Society’s fighters despite sustaining injuries. They prepare to kill the wounded members and seize Spark Society’s resources.
• Spark Society’s members accept that they may die, but they remain concerned about their companions—especially Qiao Sisi, who has repeatedly risen to protect them.
• Qiao Sisi emerges from the ruins and repeatedly attacks the Five-Colored Guards. She uses her Ultraman toys and soldier models as psychological anchors, convincing herself that they lend her strength.
• Though severely injured, Qiao Sisi rises and attacks again and again. Each attempt fails, and her toys gradually break apart. Her persistence delays the Guards but cannot defeat them.
• When all her toys are gone, Qiao Sisi collapses under the full force of her suppressed pain. She reflects on her mediocrity, her envy of Gem Witch, and her lifelong desire to become a hero capable of saving others.
• She notices the Thirty-Two-Dimensional Brain Gold and consumes it, hoping it will unlock her potential. It appears ineffective at first, but the grotesque fused monster toy begins radiating ominous black energy and calling to her.
• Qiao Sisi chooses to grasp the dangerous monster toy despite recognizing the risk of corruption. Her hatred of helplessness and mediocrity overwhelms her fear.
• The toy transforms Qiao Sisi and resonates with the suppressed resentment, envy, and frustration of Spark Society’s members. Their bodies and shadows merge with discarded toy parts, creating a gigantic malformed creature known as the “Trash King.”
• The Trash King instantly kills the Five-Colored Guards, crushing two and tearing the heads off the remaining three with its tentacle-like limbs.
• Gem Witch finally arrives to rescue the children and discovers that the monster is actually Qiao Sisi. Qiao Sisi proudly tells her that she has defeated the enemy and become a hero like her.
• Recognizing that Qiao Sisi has been corrupted or transformed into a dangerous monster, Gem Witch accepts her role as Qiao Sisi’s “big sister.” She prepares to transform and save—or discipline—her little sister.

Character Developments

• Qiao Sisi: Her loyalty and courage intensify into desperate self-sacrifice. Her repeated failures force her to confront her inferiority complex, envy of Gem Witch, and hatred of her own perceived uselessness. Rather than accepting helplessness, she embraces a dangerous power, transforming into a monster born from her suppressed emotions.
• Spark Society: The group’s members demonstrate deep loyalty and affection toward Qiao Sisi. Their shared dreams, frustrations, and resentment awaken through her transformation, turning them collectively into the Trash King.
• Gem Witch: She arrives too late to prevent the massacre but immediately understands that the monster is Qiao Sisi. Her reaction shifts from shock to grim determination. She accepts responsibility for saving Qiao Sisi as her older sister.
• The Five-Colored Guards: Initially arrogant and confident in their superiority, they become unsettled by Qiao Sisi’s persistence and ultimately panic when faced with the Trash King. Their deaths show the danger of underestimating desperate opponents.

Significant Themes

• Heroism versus power: Qiao Sisi wants to be a hero like Gem Witch, but her attempt to gain heroic power produces a monstrous form instead.
• Mediocrity and self-worth: The chapter explores the pain of feeling ordinary in comparison with a seemingly perfect genius. Qiao Sisi’s despair comes not only from losing, but from believing that her efforts can never overcome her lack of talent.
• Suppressed envy and resentment: Admiration can coexist with envy. Qiao Sisi’s worship of Gem Witch hides a small but powerful resentment toward the effortless talent and confidence Gem Witch possesses.
• The value of discarded things: Spark Society consists of scavengers and “unrecyclable garbage,” while Qiao Sisi uses broken toys and discarded parts. The Trash King symbolizes rejected people and objects gathering power through shared anger.
• Bonds and sacrifice: The Five-Colored Guards dismiss emotional bonds as childish weakness, but Spark Society’s bonds enable Qiao Sisi to endure and ultimately empower the group.
• Corruption through desperation: Qiao Sisi knowingly risks madness and transformation because her desire to save others becomes stronger than her concern for her own safety or identity.

Character Interactions

• Qiao Sisi and Spark Society: Her memories of Xiao Lin, Xiaomi, Liu Jie, and the others reveal a familial relationship. They care for her like a little sister despite calling her “Big Sis,” and she feels responsible for their injuries.
• Qiao Sisi and the Five-Colored Guards: The Guards repeatedly defeat her, but she refuses to stay down. Her persistence gradually strips away their arrogance before her final transformation overwhelms them.
• Qiao Sisi and Gem Witch: Qiao Sisi admires Gem Witch as a heroic older sister while secretly envying her. After transforming, she seeks Gem Witch’s approval by asking whether she has become a hero. Gem Witch responds with affection and resolve, declaring that a big sister must save her little sister.
• Gem Witch and the monster: Gem Witch recognizes Qiao Sisi’s voice and identity within the Trash King, turning the final confrontation from a simple battle into a rescue mission.
  The chapter ends with Gem Witch activating three gemstones and preparing to transform against the corrupted Qiao Sisi.

Chapter Summary: “Monster of Longing, Fourfold Ensemble!”

1. Key Plot Points and Events

• A gigantic, grotesque spider-like monster appears in Lower City at night. It is covered in severed Ultraman-like arms, fused monster heads, and Black Qi.
• The Gem Witch arrives and uses Rituals to conceal the battle from ordinary civilians.
• The monster reveals that it is Qiao Sisi, transformed through the influence of Thirty-Two-Dimensional Brain Gold, the Spark Society, and the collective resentment of more than a hundred people.
• Qiao Sisi explains that she idolized and imitated the Gem Witch, hoping to become a superhero herself. Her admiration gradually turned into envy and resentment because she could never match the Witch’s abilities.
• She identifies herself as [Envy], the “King of Lustful Evils,” claiming that the fused resentment of ordinary people has given the monster traits similar to a Demon.
• The monster attacks the Gem Witch with a Ghost Green energy beam. The Witch, relieved that Qiao Sisi attacked first, begins fighting back with her Gem Witch abilities and Spirit-Name Secret Treasure.
• Their battle quickly escalates into a destructive clash across the Lower City. The Gem Witch realizes that the monster is far beyond her strength—possibly a Two-Life or even Three-Life Lifeforger.
• Knowing she cannot win alone, the Gem Witch sends a distress signal to Bai Zhou.
• Bai Zhou arrives and senses that the monster has triggered several unusual powers within him: the Black Scepter’s desire to consume Envy, the [Thought] character’s reaction to the monster’s resentment, the Little Princess Cookies’ summons, and his Demon-slaying instinct.
• The chapter ends with Bai Zhou approaching the battlefield, preparing to confront the monster.

2. Character Developments

• Qiao Sisi: Her innocent admiration for the Gem Witch is revealed to have concealed deep insecurity and envy. She has transformed herself into a monstrous fusion of her own longing and the dissatisfaction of the Spark Society, believing that becoming stronger is the only way to escape an ordinary, painful life.
• Gem Witch: She is emotionally shaken by Qiao Sisi’s accusations and struggles to attack someone she regards as a younger sister. However, once Qiao Sisi attacks, she accepts that she must fight and takes responsibility for stopping her. She also recognizes her own limitations and calls for help.
• Bai Zhou: He responds quickly to the distress signal and encounters a mysterious resonance between his powers and the monster. His reactions suggest that he may have a special connection to Envy, Demons, or the collective resentments within the creature.

3. Significant Themes

• Admiration becoming envy: Qiao Sisi’s desire to imitate her idol gradually becomes resentment when imitation cannot bridge the gap between them.
• The pain of ordinary life: The monster represents people who feel trapped by repeated failure, limited talent, and unattainable goals. Brain Gold offers them hope, even though they knowingly accept its dangers.
• The impossibility of perfection: Qiao Sisi compares life to Sisyphus endlessly pushing a stone uphill. Every achievement only leads to another struggle, leaving ordinary people feeling as though they can never receive “full marks.”
• Identity and imitation: Qiao Sisi asks whether a shadow can ever catch up with the person it follows, highlighting the conflict between copying a hero and developing an identity of one’s own.
• Collective resentment: Individual dissatisfaction becomes a supernatural force when fused together through Envy, turning shared frustration into a powerful monster.
• Heroism and responsibility: The Gem Witch’s heroic image inspires others, but the chapter also shows that heroes may fail to recognize the emotional impact they have on those who look up to them.

4. Character Interactions

• Qiao Sisi and the Gem Witch: Their confrontation is both a physical battle and an emotional reckoning. Qiao Sisi demands recognition for her efforts and accuses the Gem Witch of failing to notice how desperately she tried to follow her example. The Witch admits that Qiao Sisi had tried hard, but Qiao Sisi rejects the reassurance as insufficient.
• The Gem Witch and Qiao Sisi’s fused identities: The monster speaks not only for Qiao Sisi but also for the Spark Society and countless frustrated ordinary people. This makes the Witch’s opponent both her “little sister” and a collective embodiment of social despair.
• The Gem Witch and Bai Zhou: Though they do not meet within the chapter, the Witch relies on Bai Zhou as the only person who might be capable of defeating the monster.
• Bai Zhou and the monster: Their impending confrontation is foreshadowed through the Black Scepter, [Thought], the Little Princess Cookies, and Bai Zhou’s Demon-execution instinct, all of which react to Envy as though recognizing or targeting it.

Chapter Summary — “Crunch!”

1. Key Plot Points and Events

• The Gem Witch battles the enormous monster [Envy] in the Lower City while the Blood Worship Cult and the Authorities fight elsewhere.
• She unleashes powerful fire magic and the Spirit-Name Secret Treasure, but the monster counters with corrosive green breath. Their attacks devastate the surrounding streets and buildings.
• The monster identifies itself as the embodiment of the Lower City’s resentment, mediocrity, and jealousy. It claims that even the Gem Witch cannot save Qiao Sisi from it.
• Refusing to give up, the Gem Witch uses her three gemstones to perform Rainbow Slash, badly injuring the monster. However, its wound rapidly regenerates.
• [Envy] attacks with countless green energy spheres fired from the Ultraman-like arms on its back. The Gem Witch relies on her Amethyst Rainbow Barrier, her Grappling Hook, and aerial maneuvers to survive, but she is steadily overwhelmed and seriously injured.
• The monster voices Qiao Sisi’s resentment, questioning why the Gem Witch possesses talent and magical power while Qiao Sisi cannot achieve similar results despite trying.
• Instead of dismissing her, the Gem Witch acknowledges that the world is unfair to ordinary and untalented people. She explains that her own success came with fear, loneliness, injuries, and repeated brushes with death.
• The Gem Witch recalls Bai Zhou, comparing him to Don Quixote: someone who ignores society’s standards and pursues ideals with absurd but inspiring determination. She argues that protecting one’s idealism allows a person to become the protagonist of their own story.
• Her words briefly reach Qiao Sisi. The monster’s black aura weakens, and Qiao Sisi begins to reappear. The Gem Witch approaches, promising to catch and save her.
• When Qiao Sisi asks why the Gem Witch would go so far for her, the Gem Witch answers that a big sister does not need a reason to save her little sister.
• This moment nearly breaks [Envy]’s control, but the monster violently reasserts itself. Dark arms drag Qiao Sisi back into its depths, extinguishing her presence and leaving only the true embodiment of envy and resentment.
• The monster smashes the Gem Witch into the ground, shattering her gemstones and leaving her unable to move. It prepares to kill her.
• Bai Zhou arrives dramatically, using the Mysterious Starfish to sever the monster’s descending claw. He checks on the badly injured Gem Witch, who jokes about fighting a monster like Ultraman and introduces Bai Zhou as her real-world Don Quixote.
• The Gem Witch calls Bai Zhou her partner, comrade-in-arms, and ally, then leaves the rest of the battle to him.
• Bai Zhou activates his Black Scepter, Thought, his saint-slaying and demon-executing aura, and his other abilities. He charges the monster with overwhelming confidence and humorously ends the chapter by shouting, “Cha!”

2. Character Developments

• The Gem Witch: Demonstrates extraordinary courage, endurance, and compassion. Although she knows she cannot defeat [Envy], she remains committed to saving Qiao Sisi. She also reveals her vulnerability, admitting that her own path has been painful, lonely, and far from effortless. Her speech shows that her heroism is based not only on talent but on consciously protecting hope and idealism.
• Qiao Sisi/[Envy]: Qiao Sisi’s jealousy and feelings of inferiority are exposed. She believes the difference between herself and the Gem Witch proves that some people are inherently gifted while others are doomed to mediocrity. For a brief moment, the Gem Witch’s empathy and familial affection restore Qiao Sisi’s consciousness, but the deeper collective resentment called [Envy] suppresses her again.
• Bai Zhou: Arrives as the decisive reinforcement, immediately displaying power far beyond the Gem Witch’s level. His strange, carefree personality contrasts with the seriousness of the battle, reinforcing the Gem Witch’s description of him as an absurd but inspiring adventurer. He also accepts her description of him as her ally and prepares to take over the fight.
• The relationship between the Gem Witch and Bai Zhou: Their bond becomes more explicit. The Gem Witch trusts him completely, publicly identifies him as her partner and comrade, and feels relieved when he arrives. Bai Zhou, in turn, reacts with concern to her injuries and immediately intervenes on her behalf.

3. Significant Themes

• Idealism versus cynicism: The chapter argues that ideals such as justice, dreams, romance, and heroism retain value even when the adult world mocks them.
• Talent, effort, and unfairness: The monster’s resentment reflects the pain of people who work hard but lack extraordinary talent. The Gem Witch does not deny this unfairness; instead, she argues that a person’s value cannot be determined solely by ability or social standards.
• The importance of self-definition: The Gem Witch urges Qiao Sisi to become the protagonist of her own story rather than allowing others to define her as mediocre or useless.
• Compassion as a form of power: The Gem Witch’s statement that she needs no reason to save her “little sister” has more emotional impact than any spell and briefly weakens [Envy].
• Heroism and persistence: The Gem Witch’s victory is not measured by defeating the monster, but by refusing to surrender and by reaching Qiao Sisi emotionally.
• The contrast between absurdity and greatness: Bai Zhou’s bizarre behavior, including his theatrical entrance and “Cha!” battle cry, is presented as ridiculous yet genuinely heroic. His willingness to act without caring how others judge him embodies the idealism the Gem Witch praises.

4. Character Interactions

• The monster taunts the Gem Witch by challenging her promise to save Qiao Sisi.
• Qiao Sisi’s resentment confronts the Gem Witch with questions about talent, privilege, and why some people can achieve what others cannot.
• The Gem Witch responds not with superiority but with personal honesty, sharing her fear, injuries, loneliness, and doubts.
• She connects with Qiao Sisi through their shared sense of alienation and their refusal to abandon childhood ideals.
• Her Don Quixote comparison introduces Bai Zhou as the person who helped her recover her confidence in idealism.
• The emotional exchange between the “big sister” and “little sister” briefly separates Qiao Sisi from [Envy], but the collective resentment ultimately overwhelms her.
• After Bai Zhou arrives, the Gem Witch humorously praises him while entrusting him with the battle. Bai Zhou accepts the role and launches his counterattack against [Envy].

Chapter Summary

Key Plot Points and Events

• Bai Zhou confronts the newly born Envy, a monstrous entity formed from accumulated resentment, envy, and the negative emotions cultivated by Thirty-Two-Dimensional Brain Gold.
• The monster’s strength reaches roughly the level of a non-Destined One’s Third Life Lifeforging, making it far more powerful than expected. Even with the Black Scepter’s authority to suppress the Seven Sins, Bai Zhou struggles to contain it.
• Bai Zhou realizes that the Doctors from the Medical Association will soon arrive, increasing the urgency to defeat Envy and protect the injured Gem Witch.
• Using the ability of the character [Thought], Bai Zhou forcibly draws away and absorbs half of the monster’s accumulated Lustful Evil. This weakens Envy while simultaneously boosting Bai Zhou’s own power to the peak of the One-Life level, close to reaching the Second Life.
• Bai Zhou deliberately provokes Envy by calling himself its “big brother” and mocking its resentment. Envy accuses Bai Zhou and the Gem Witch of being effortlessly talented “protagonists” who look down on ordinary people.
• Bai Zhou rejects Envy’s assumptions, arguing that no one’s life is truly effortless and that envy often comes from judging others without understanding their struggles. He identifies Envy’s attitude as a form of Pride.
• As Envy charges him directly, Bai Zhou activates [Aura of Saint-Slaying and Demon-Execution], causing the monster’s Demon Cells to sense overwhelming danger.
• He then consumes two special Little Princess Cookies, one sword-themed and one shield-themed. Their power creates a gigantic pink-and-gold alchemical array and transforms Bai Zhou into the five- to six-meter-tall mecha [Princess Knight].
• The Princess Knight possesses the strength and aura of a Three-Life Lifeforger and a Destined One. It immediately overwhelms Envy, knocking it back and severely injuring it with a single sword strike.
• Fang Xiaoxia and the Gem Witch watch in stunned disbelief as Bai Zhou, now resembling a pink princess-themed Gundam, battles the grotesque Envy monster.

Character Developments

• Bai Zhou: Demonstrates significant growth in both power and ability. He uses strategy rather than relying solely on brute force, turning Envy’s own resentment against it. His conversation with the monster reveals a more reflective and emotionally mature side: he acknowledges his own imperfections, accepts failure, and emphasizes the value of being alive. At the same time, his provocative humor and theatrical combat style remain intact.
• Gem Witch: Though severely injured, she remains observant and gains a deeper sense of Bai Zhou’s increasing strength. She recognizes the familiar miracle-working confidence he displayed in the Saint’s small world, but is also embarrassed by his shameless taunting and villain-like appearance.
• Fang Xiaoxia: Arrives to help heal the Gem Witch using rituals Bai Zhou prepared on her fingers. Her humorous comparisons—likening Bai Zhou to a monster controller or “Dark Emperor”—highlight how bizarre and theatrical the battle appears from an outsider’s perspective.
• Envy: Develops from a mindless, roaring monster into a being capable of articulating deep resentment and feelings of inferiority. Its accusations reveal that its power is rooted not only in envy but also in the belief that others’ success invalidates its own struggles. However, its emotional manipulation fails against Bai Zhou.

Significant Themes

• Envy and projection: Envy assumes that Bai Zhou and the Gem Witch have had easy, privileged lives, revealing how resentment often depends on judging others without knowing their experiences.
• Self-acceptance: Bai Zhou argues that people must accept their flaws, failures, weakness, and imperfect lives rather than constantly seeking perfection.
• Ordinariness versus exceptionalism: The chapter challenges the idea that “protagonists” or geniuses succeed effortlessly. Bai Zhou insists that talent is relative and that ordinary people also possess unique strengths.
• Life and perseverance: His central message is that life is worth accepting despite suffering and failure. Simply remaining alive gives a person the chance to continue shaping their future.
• Contrasting appearances and morality: Bai Zhou looks increasingly sinister as he manipulates Black Qi and controls the monster’s power, while the supposedly heroic transformation is flamboyantly pink and princess-like. The chapter humorously plays with the difference between outward appearance, narrative roles, and actual intentions.
• Childhood, imagination, and healing: The Little Princess Cookie’s power is tied to reconciling with one’s childhood and defeating the “monsters” within. Its transformation into the Princess Knight turns a childish, fantastical image into a genuine weapon of salvation.

Important Character Interactions

• Bai Zhou and Envy engage in a psychological confrontation alongside their physical battle. Envy attempts to shame him by portraying him as an effortless winner, but Bai Zhou counters by defending the unseen struggles of both himself and the Gem Witch.
• Bai Zhou repeatedly taunts Envy, treating the monster almost like an unruly younger sister while simultaneously draining its power.
• The Gem Witch reacts with embarrassment to Bai Zhou’s insults and provocative remarks, especially when he describes her as someone who sleeps wherever she wants.
• Fang Xiaoxia supports the Gem Witch physically and spiritually, while the two women jointly react with confusion and disbelief to Bai Zhou’s transformation.
• Bai Zhou’s final declaration—“Let me help you end this nightmare”—marks the transition from psychological resistance to overwhelming physical domination as the Princess Knight decisively takes control of the battle.

Chapter Summary: Per aspera ad astra

Key Plot Points and Events

• Bai Zhou, piloting the pink Princess Knight Mecha, overwhelmingly dominates the Lustful Evil monster. His abilities weaken the creature’s attacks, suppress its Black Qi, and bypass its defenses, creating a near-perfect counter.
• The Gem Witch explains that Bai Zhou resembles a Destiny Hunter, a combatant who adapts to each enemy and uses precisely targeted methods. Fang Xiaoxia privately notes that she—not Bai Zhou—is the true Hunter.
• Blood Shadow dramatically interprets the battle as a mythic scene: a heroic Mecha descending to slay a dragon and protect children.
• Bai Zhou reveals that he has not simply killed the monster because it contains the spirits of more than a hundred children, including Sisi’s fellow Spark Society members. Destroying it carelessly could leave the children as vegetative beings or lost souls.
• Using the Mecha’s sword, shield, the character [Thought], and the [Aura of Saint-Slaying and Demon-Execution], Bai Zhou begins carefully separating the children’s spirits from the monster’s Lustful Evils.
• The battle is concealed by Bai Zhou’s Personal Destiny, the Transcendent Divine Intent Domain, the Black Box [Along the River During the Qingming Festival: Forgery], and additional Rituals guided by Ya.
• As the Mecha’s energy begins to run out, Bai Zhou uses the [Daydream Wreath], temporarily gaining the pure heart and medical expertise of a Doctor. He treats the fight like a delicate surgical procedure, cutting away the monster’s corruption piece by piece.
• The Mecha appears close to collapse, causing concern in the Gem Witch and Fang Xiaoxia and giving the monster hope. However, the [Knight’s Proof], a silver sword charm from Fog City, suddenly restores and stabilizes the Mecha.
• Once the children’s spirits are separated, the remaining Black Qi and green light condense into a monstrous phantom and attempt to reunite with the children’s multicolored spiritual halo.
• Bai Zhou blocks it and activates the full power of the Princess Knight. He delivers a speech about accepting envy and personal shortcomings, continuing forward despite suffering and failure, and choosing tomorrow over a painful past.
• He invokes the spell “Per aspera ad astra”—“Through this arduous journey, to reach the stars”—and fires a colossal rainbow beam from the knight’s sword.
• The beam annihilates the King of Lustful Evils, destroys the surrounding Black Mist, and clears the sky. The children’s spirits survive, while the corruptive evil is completely erased.

Character Developments

• Bai Zhou demonstrates that his strength is matched by restraint and compassion. Rather than pursue an easy victory, he risks exhausting himself to save the children trapped within the monster.
• He also reveals a more personal philosophy: envy and feelings of inferiority can become motivation, but one must ultimately define one’s own life and continue moving forward.
• The Daydream Wreath transforms Bai Zhou’s demeanor into that of a calm, professional Doctor, highlighting his versatility and his ability to approach combat through healing and preservation rather than destruction alone.
• The Gem Witch becomes increasingly trusting and emotionally invested in Bai Zhou’s actions. Her concern for Sisi and the other children motivates her warning, while her anxiety grows as Bai Zhou’s Mecha begins to fail.
• Fang Xiaoxia observes Bai Zhou’s methods with growing understanding and continues to provide dry, literal commentary. Her status as the actual Destiny Hunter contrasts humorously with Bai Zhou’s apparent mastery of Hunter-like adaptation.
• The Lustful Evil monster, initially arrogant and confident in its superior power, becomes frightened and desperate after realizing Bai Zhou’s abilities counter it completely. Its hope of surviving through endurance collapses once the Knight’s Proof restores the Mecha.
• Blood Shadow functions as an artistic observer, turning the battle into poetic mythology before departing once her inspiration is exhausted.

Significant Themes

• Protection over destruction: True victory requires saving the innocent spirits inside the enemy, not merely killing the enemy itself.
• Adaptability and preparation: Bai Zhou’s many abilities, hidden defenses, Rituals, and contingency items allow him to overcome an apparently overwhelming opponent.
• Endurance and perseverance: The phrase “Per aspera ad astra” encapsulates the chapter’s central message that hardship and suffering can lead toward a better future.
• Self-definition: Bai Zhou rejects comparison with others, arguing that every person is the protagonist of their own life, regardless of how ordinary or unsuccessful it may seem.
• Healing as combat: The imagery of surgery reframes battle as separation and treatment. Bai Zhou cuts away corruption while preserving the lives and spirits trapped within it.
• Hope over envy: The monster embodies destructive envy, while Bai Zhou acknowledges envy without allowing it to control him. Moving forward becomes the answer to both envy and despair.

Character Interactions

• The Gem Witch explains the Hunter Path to Fang Xiaoxia, unknowingly describing Fang’s own abilities and identity. Fang responds with silent amusement and pretends to be enlightened.
• Blood Shadow’s grand poetic narration leaves the Gem Witch and Fang Xiaoxia confused and stranded in awkward silence.
• The Gem Witch warns Bai Zhou not to let the children’s fate drag him into unnecessary danger, but Bai Zhou reassures her that he has already considered their survival.
• Fang Xiaoxia and the Gem Witch comment on Bai Zhou’s “surgical” fighting style, with Fang making a macabre joke that prompts the Gem Witch to warn her not to imitate Bai Zhou too much.
• The monster repeatedly misjudges Bai Zhou, first believing it can endure until victory and later attempting to reunite with the children’s spirits. Bai Zhou calmly overturns each assumption.
• The chapter ends with Bai Zhou’s victory witnessed by the Gem Witch and Fang Xiaoxia, who look up in astonishment as the Black Mist disappears and the sky clears.

Chapter Summary

1. Key Plot Points and Events

• After the black mud monster is destroyed, Bai Zhou reflects on the nature of Envy and the Seven Sins. He realizes that ordinary people possess all seven sins—Pride, Lust, Greed, Wrath, Envy, Gluttony, and Sloth—and that these flaws may fundamentally define humanity.
• Bai Zhou becomes increasingly suspicious of the Holy Son’s true objective. Since the Holy Son sabotaged Major Luo’s attempt to become a Saint while stealing his brain, Bai Zhou concludes that the Holy Son likely has a more frightening plan involving the Seven Sins.
• The summoned Princess Knight Mecha disappears, but Bai Zhou discovers that some of its knowledge and power have been absorbed into the Knight’s Proof.
• The Knight’s Proof now contains fragments of knowledge related to the Knight, Mechanic, and Alchemist Paths. Bai Zhou estimates that after several more transformations, he may be able to use it as a permanent Mecha transformation device.
• Bai Zhou has only one Little Princess Cookie remaining, but it appears to be the strongest and most unique. Its crown-shaped pattern suggests that it may summon an even more powerful Mecha in the future.
• Fang Xiaoxia excitedly asks Bai Zhou how to learn the Mecha transformation. Their conversation humorously compares the Knight’s Proof to transformation items such as belts or magical light sticks.
• The Gem Witch, unusually quiet after the battle, thanks Bai Zhou for rescuing her and her younger sister. She views his arrival in the Mecha as a dramatic, almost dreamlike rescue.
• Bai Zhou then asks the Gem Witch whether she possesses a Forbidden Canon of the Magician Path, having learned from Teacher Ya that combining it with the Adventurer Path could create a powerful Mystic Warrior/Magic Warrior.

2. Character Developments

• Bai Zhou gains a deeper understanding of human nature and the Seven Sins, recognizing that he himself embodies them. His suspicion of the Holy Son also intensifies.
• He discovers a major new ability: the Knight’s Proof can absorb and preserve knowledge from the Princess Knight Mecha, potentially allowing him to recreate it independently.
• Bai Zhou remains battle-hungry and exhilarated by the fight, enjoying the heroic fantasy of defeating monsters in a giant Mecha.
• Fang Xiaoxia continues to display an innocent, enthusiastic side, becoming fascinated with Bai Zhou’s Mecha and eagerly wanting to learn how to transform.
• The Gem Witch shows unexpected emotional vulnerability and gratitude. Her usual sharp, arrogant personality softens as she recognizes how fortunate she was to meet Bai Zhou and Fang Xiaoxia.
• Bai Zhou and Fang Xiaoxia remain socially oblivious, failing to understand the emotional significance of the Gem Witch’s gratitude and her hesitant manner.
• Teacher Ya observes the group’s awkward interactions with exasperation, recognizing their emotional cluelessness more clearly than they do.

3. Significant Themes

• Human nature and sin: The chapter argues that the Seven Sins are not limited to villains but are inherent in ordinary humanity. Moral purity may require becoming something beyond human, such as a Saint.
• Hidden schemes and mistrust: Bai Zhou’s thoughts emphasize that the Holy Son’s apparent actions may conceal an even more dangerous purpose.
• Transformation and potential: The Knight’s Proof evolves from a simple artifact into a possible transformation device, symbolizing Bai Zhou’s growing power and his ability to unlock latent potential in seemingly ordinary objects.
• Fate and meaningful moments: Bai Zhou reflects that people and objects may exist in preparation for a single decisive moment when their hidden value is revealed.
• Heroism and fantasy: The Mecha battle fulfills the characters’ childhood dreams of descending into ruined cities and defeating monsters in spectacular fashion.
• Friendship and gratitude: The Gem Witch’s thanks reinforce the importance of alliances formed through kindness and mutual rescue.
• Comedic emotional misunderstandings: The chapter contrasts the Gem Witch’s sincere, almost romantic gratitude with Bai Zhou’s practical questions and Fang Xiaoxia’s confusion.

4. Character Interactions

• Bai Zhou and Fang Xiaoxia bond over their fascination with the Mecha, discussing transformation devices as if they were characters in a superhero or magical-girl story.
• The Gem Witch silently watches them with affection, appreciating their companionship and feeling like an outsider to their easy rapport.
• When Bai Zhou notices her unusual silence, he sincerely worries that her injuries are worsening and prepares to examine her, missing the emotional reason behind her behavior.
• The Gem Witch formally thanks Bai Zhou and Fang Xiaoxia for saving her and her sister. Bai Zhou treats the rescue as the natural duty of allies, while Fang Xiaoxia is surprised that she contributed.
• Bai Zhou’s attempt to ask a “private and embarrassing” question leads the Gem Witch to expect a romantic confession or proposal-related exchange. Instead, he bluntly asks about her chronic financial misfortune and whether she owns a Magician Path Forbidden Canon.
• The chapter ends by shifting from emotional comedy to a potentially important new power-development opportunity: combining the Magician and Adventurer Paths to create a Mystic Warrior.

Chapter Summary

Key Plot Points and Events

• The Gem Witch is shocked when Bai Zhou reveals that he knows about her Forbidden Canon. She suspects he possesses an ability that lets him see hidden information, but Bai Zhou claims he is simply an Adventurer and a Destined One.
• Bai Zhou explains that the Adventurer and Magician Paths were historically connected, using this as a cover for how he learned about her Forbidden Canon. He then reveals his own complete Forbidden Canon, the Dead Sea Scrolls.
• The Dead Sea Scrolls’ terrifying aura nearly overwhelms the already weakened Gem Witch. Bai Zhou uses his SCE Ritual to cleanse her mental contamination, impressing her with the effectiveness of his abilities.
• The Gem Witch reflects on Bai Zhou’s seemingly endless secrets and asks what his true nature is. Bai Zhou privately admits that his apparent omnipotence comes from continually gaining new abilities and rewards.
• Bai Zhou asks whether the Gem Witch’s Magician Forbidden Canon contains knowledge related to the Adventurer Path, particularly Mystic Warriors or Magic Warriors. She has never heard of them, suggesting the relevant information may be hidden or inaccessible.
• Ya proposes that Bai Zhou have the Gem Witch place her Forbidden Canon directly in his hands so he can determine whether the knowledge is concealed. Before this can happen, the group notices that Qiao Sisi and the others remain trapped inside a multicolored mental halo.
• Bai Zhou uses the Black Scepter and the power of [Thought] to command the halo to release them. The gathered consciousnesses emerge, and the halo condenses into a green, heart-like seed: the complete Demon Cells of Envy.
• Bai Zhou catches and claims the Demon Cells, immediately recognizing their immense value.
• Qiao Sisi awakens after experiencing a transformative inner journey. She confronts the source of her Envy and realizes that she has been loved by her father, the Spark Society, and the Gem Witch all along.
• Her Envy is purified and returns to its original emotion: yearning to become a hero. She awakens psychologically reborn, ready to become the protagonist of her own life.
• Fang Xiaoxia welcomes her back and congratulates her on her “rebirth.”

Character Developments

• Bai Zhou: Reveals more of his hidden abilities and resources while continuing to conceal the full truth behind them. His mastery over the Dead Sea Scrolls and Ritualist techniques demonstrates his growing power. He also acquires the complete Envy Demon Cells.
• Gem Witch: Becomes increasingly astonished and wary of Bai Zhou, recognizing that his secrets and capabilities far exceed her expectations. Despite her suspicion, she continues to regard him as a trustworthy ally and accepts his help.
• Qiao Sisi: Undergoes the most significant transformation. She recognizes that her jealousy came from comparing herself to heroic figures and overlooking the love and happiness already present in her life. She regains her original aspiration in a healthier form and begins a new stage of self-determined growth.
• Fang Xiaoxia: Her unwavering admiration and faith in Bai Zhou deepen. She also shows empathy toward Qiao Sisi, welcoming her warmly after her emotional rebirth.
• Ya: Acts as a perceptive strategist, identifying that the Gem Witch’s Forbidden Canon may contain concealed information and suggesting a direct method of investigation.

Significant Themes

• Envy versus healthy aspiration: Envy is portrayed as corrupted yearning. Qiao Sisi’s jealousy is purified into the sincere desire to become heroic without denying her own worth.
• Self-worth and personal growth: True strength comes from relying on one’s own humanity and continuing forward despite failure or comparison with others.
• The power of love and memory: Qiao Sisi’s recovery depends on remembering her father’s love, her friends’ support, and the happiness she already possessed.
• Secrets and trust: Bai Zhou and the Gem Witch exchange revelations as a way of negotiating trust, though both continue to conceal important information.
• Rebirth and becoming the protagonist: Qiao Sisi moves from chasing the images of other heroes to taking control of her own story.
• Contrasting appearances and reality: Bai Zhou appears sinister while holding the Dead Sea Scrolls, yet uses that power to heal and save others.

Character Interactions

• Bai Zhou and the Gem Witch engage in a tense but increasingly trusting exchange of secrets. She questions his identity and powers, while he reassures her and treats her injuries.
• Bai Zhou’s SCE Ritual cleanses the Gem Witch, showing both his practical competence and his willingness to aid her.
• The Gem Witch and Fang Xiaoxia observe Bai Zhou’s frightening Forbidden Canon from different perspectives: the Gem Witch is severely affected, while Fang Xiaoxia remains protected by Miss Blood Shadow and is mostly unfazed.
• Ya advises Bai Zhou on how to investigate the Gem Witch’s Forbidden Canon.
• Bai Zhou awakens Qiao Sisi and the others through the Black Scepter, while Qiao Sisi’s inner experience connects her to the Light Giants, her childhood memories, and the Spark Society.
• Fang Xiaoxia personally welcomes Qiao Sisi after her return, symbolizing her acceptance back into the group and the beginning of Qiao Sisi’s new life.

Chapter Summary: “Become [Envy], Miss Witch!”

Key Plot Points and Events

• The chapter opens with the fading nursery rhyme that helped activate the medicinal fragments used in the cultivation of [Envy]. While Fang Xiaoxia and the Gem Witch are emotionally affected by the song, Bai Zhou remains detached because of his harsh, joyless childhood.
• Bai Zhou studies the complete Demon Cells recovered from the Envy monster and reconstructs the Holy Son’s method:
  • Demon Cell fragments were hidden inside “Thirty-Two-Dimensional Brain Gold.”
  • The fragments were mixed into medicine and consumed by many people.
  • The accompanying cassette music acted as a catalyst.
  • The fragments parasitized their hosts, feeding on their minds and gradually converging into the final [Envy].
• Bai Zhou theorizes that Qiao Sisi was intended to be the strongest “Gu King,” or primary host, but that any suitable woman with unusually powerful envy could have become the core of Envy.
• He realizes that Envy’s extraordinary strength comes from its unique cultivation process, which differs from that of the other Seven Sins.

Character Developments

• Bai Zhou gains a deeper understanding of the Three-Life Lifeforger realm after fighting the Envy monster while synchronized with the Mecha. He recognizes that his victory depended on multiple advantages, including the Seven Sins, Sloth’s cookie, and his own special abilities.
• Ya proposes that the Holy Son may have created the Seven Sins as a series of experiments designed to test different cultivation methods. Envy’s massive, uncontrollable form suggests that this experiment was powerful but incomplete.
• Bai Zhou connects this theory to [Daydream] and the Holy Son’s earlier experiments involving Sloth and the erasure of Major Luo’s existence. This possibility alarms him and convinces him that the origins of the other Seven Sins must be investigated.
• Bai Zhou uses the Black Scepter to absorb the Envy Demon Cells and seize Envy’s core authority. With Sloth, Wrath, and Envy now under his control, he expects his strength to increase dramatically when he next summons the Seven Sins Hall.
• He notices that the Envy Cells may be useful for more than merely empowering the scepter. Because the Gem Witch possesses an incomplete Spirit-Name Magic Staff, Bai Zhou realizes she may be able to merge with the cells and become a substitute [Envy], much as he became [Sloth].
• The Gem Witch is bewildered and frightened by Bai Zhou’s enthusiastic proposal, while Bai Zhou presents the horrifying Demon Cells almost like a gift.

Significant Themes

• Childhood and lost happiness: The nursery rhyme evokes the comfort of childhood for some characters, suggesting that familiar songs and memories allow people to reconnect with their younger selves. Bai Zhou’s inability to share this nostalgia emphasizes his alienated upbringing.
• Power through corruption and parasitism: The cultivation of Envy resembles poison or parasitic “Gu,” turning human beings into hosts whose minds and bodies are eventually consumed.
• Experimentation and control: The Holy Son’s creation of the Seven Sins may be an ongoing series of experiments seeking powerful but controllable weapons. Envy’s strength exposes the dangers of prioritizing power over usability.
• Identity and substitution: A Spirit-Name Secret Treasure can serve as a substitute for a human host, raising questions about whether power, identity, and humanity can be transferred or manufactured.
• Strategic deception: Bai Zhou plans to return to the Blood Worship Cult with a false Envy, exploiting the Holy Son’s expectations while gaining a powerful ally.
• Ambition and opportunism: Bai Zhou intends to exploit every benefit of his victory, turning Envy’s defeat into greater authority, a possible advancement for the Gem Witch, and an opportunity to infiltrate the Blood Worship Cult.

Character Interactions

• Bai Zhou and Ya discuss the meaning of “Thirty-Two-Dimensional,” with Ya linking it to Buddhist symbolism and the mystical idea of combining all living beings into a singular whole.
• Ya warns Bai Zhou that the Seven Sins may be essential pieces of the Holy Son’s grand design, but reassures him that controlling Sloth and Envy gives them leverage against the Holy Son.
• Bai Zhou then turns to the Gem Witch and invites her to merge with the Envy Cells, become the new [Envy], and return with him to the Blood Worship Cult.
• He frames the plan as another adventure for allies and jokingly imagines them ruling the world—or once again becoming the city’s saviors—while the Gem Witch reacts with growing horror and confusion.

Chapter Summary: “The Belt Is a Forbidden Canon! Knowledge Acquired!”

Key Plot Points and Events

• Bai Zhou asks the Gem Witch to return with him to the Blood Worship Cult and help become the “Savior” by opposing the Holy Son behind the Seven Sins. She initially rejects the idea, mocking the danger and burden of saviorhood.
• Bai Zhou explains that the Blood Worship Cult has a hidden Holy Son controlling the current Seven Sins and preparing a major scheme. Once [Envy] returns and the Seven Sins are complete, the Holy Son will be forced to act.
• Because Bai Zhou separated Qiao Sisi from [Envy] to save the Gem Witch, the Gem Witch accepts responsibility for helping restore [Envy]. She agrees despite her fear, insisting that abandoning an ally would violate the justice and courage represented by her gems.
• Bai Zhou examines the Gem Witch’s ancient Magic Staff, discovering that it can potentially fuse with the [Envy Cell]. However, the staff’s immense hidden potential and importance to the Witch make such a fusion risky, as it could damage or alter its original qualities.
• The Gem Witch reveals that another intelligent, damaged object desires the [Envy Cell: her seemingly ridiculous transformation belt.
• Bai Zhou inspects the belt and discovers that it is far heavier and more spiritually complex than it appears. Hidden within its intricate markings are ancient writings.
• The Gem Witch reveals the truth: the belt is an incomplete Forbidden Canon belonging to the Magician Pathway.
• The canon resonates with Bai Zhou’s Destiny Pathway and Adventurer Path, causing him to receive fragmented ancient knowledge. The fragments include references to “Stone Magic” and “Mystic Warrior” or “Magic Warrior,” confirming that the belt contains the knowledge Bai Zhou has been seeking.

Character Developments

• Bai Zhou demonstrates growing maturity and strategic awareness. He recognizes that saving the world requires trusted companions rather than individual strength, viewing the Gem Witch and Fang Xiaoxia as essential members of his heroic group.
• The Gem Witch moves from humorous resistance to reluctant but genuine commitment. Although she complains constantly and fears becoming sacrificial “cannon fodder,” she ultimately chooses responsibility and loyalty over self-preservation.
• The Gem Witch’s relationship with her Magic Staff is emphasized. The staff is not merely a weapon but a powerful, intelligent artifact connected to her identity and history.
• Bai Zhou becomes more perceptive regarding powerful artifacts. His experience with the Thunder Sky Bow and his Spirit-Name Secret Treasure allows him to recognize that the Magic Staff may be far stronger and more significant than it appears.
• Bai Zhou and the Gem Witch’s mutual trust deepens. She accepts his plan partly because she believes he can be trusted, while he respects her concerns instead of forcing the staff into a dangerous fusion.

Significant Themes

• Heroism and responsibility: The Gem Witch rejects the glamorous image of a Savior but still acts heroically when she realizes others may suffer because of her choices.
• Companionship over individual power: Bai Zhou acknowledges that even the strongest hero cannot save the world alone; meaningful allies are necessary.
• Appearance versus reality: The belt looks like a homemade toy, yet it is actually an ancient Forbidden Canon. Likewise, the Magic Staff appears worn and fragile despite possessing extraordinary potential.
• Hidden knowledge and revelation: Bai Zhou’s ability to perceive spiritual writing uncovers the belt’s true nature and expands his understanding of the Magician Pathway.
• Trust and sacrifice: The Gem Witch’s decision reflects loyalty to Bai Zhou and Qiao Sisi, while also showing the personal costs of taking responsibility.
• Artifacts as living entities: Both the Magic Staff and the belt possess intelligence, desires, and the ability to influence their wielders.

Important Character Interactions

• Bai Zhou and the Gem Witch argue humorously over the danger of joining the Blood Worship Cult, with her comparing his proposal to casually asking someone to meet his parents.
• Fang Xiaoxia notices the Gem Witch’s injuries, briefly interrupting the discussion and highlighting her concern for the Witch.
• Bai Zhou handles the Magic Staff, which responds docilely to him, causing the Gem Witch to become visibly jealous and resentful.
• The Gem Witch entrusts Bai Zhou with her transformation belt, allowing him to discover its true identity.
• The belt resonates with Bai Zhou’s Destiny Pathway and Adventurer Path, revealing the long-sought Forbidden Canon knowledge and confirming the connection between Bai Zhou’s abilities and the Magician Pathway.

Chapter Summary: “The Road to the Heavens! Combined Destiny Contract!”

Key Plot Points and Events

• Bai Zhou examines the fragmented knowledge within the Gem Witch’s Forbidden Canon and discovers that it contains the complete method for becoming a legendary Magic Warrior, a hidden advancement combining the Adventurer and Magician Pathways.
• The key component is the forging of a [Stoneheart], an energy core that allows a Magic Warrior to resist decay and advance from Lifeforger to Decayer.
• Ya explains that the Stoneheart is connected to the extremely high Sequence level known as Life Sacrificer, also called Perfect Being, Perfected One, or Heavenwalker. This level represents the fourth tier of the Destiny Sequence and is far beyond anything found in Tinghai.
• The process of creating a Stoneheart is revealed to require extreme trials involving blood, pain, death, rebirth, and spiritual tempering. The cryptic instructions repeatedly emphasize “escaping death” and being “reborn through nirvana.”
• Ya warns Bai Zhou not to attempt the process prematurely. Although death can potentially become a means of advancement, the ritual is extraordinarily dangerous and may fail even after numerous attempts.
• Bai Zhou realizes that his Life-Stealing Spirit Cat transformation might allow him to transfer his state of death to another creature. He speculates that this could let him undergo the Stoneheart ritual while technically avoiding permanent death.
• Bai Zhou and the Gem Witch feed the [Envy Cell] to the Forbidden Canon through the Gem Belt. The Belt consumes it, causing a powerful reaction.
• The Gem Witch begins advancing toward the Lifeforging level, apparently because of her connection to the Forbidden Canon and the Envy Cell.
• At the same time, the Forbidden Canon begins nurturing a new ability connected to both Bai Zhou and the Gem Witch: a powerful Combined Destiny Contract, superior to the ordinary Combined-Strike Secret Technique Bai Zhou previously obtained.

Character Developments

• Bai Zhou gains a major potential route toward the Decayer level through the Magic Warrior path. His understanding of high-level advancement expands significantly.
• He displays both ambition and caution: he is excited by the possibility of obtaining a hidden class but recognizes that the Stoneheart ritual may require genuine death.
• Bai Zhou’s creativity becomes especially important when he considers exploiting the Life-Stealing Spirit Cat to transfer his death state and potentially circumvent the ritual’s greatest danger.
• Ya acts as Bai Zhou’s mentor and protector. She explains the relationship between Stoneheart, Decayer, and Life Sacrificer, while firmly reminding him that survival is more important than reckless advancement.
• The Gem Witch unexpectedly begins advancing toward Lifeforging after the Envy Cell is consumed. Her connection to the Forbidden Canon is shown to be unusually deep, suggesting that her fate and Bai Zhou’s may be increasingly intertwined.
• Bai Zhou’s affectionate praise of the Gem Witch as his “lucky star” reinforces their close alliance, while her embarrassed annoyance preserves their playful dynamic.

Significant Themes

• Death and rebirth: Advancement through the Magic Warrior path requires confronting death directly and transforming catastrophe into power.
• Risk versus survival: The chapter explores whether dangerous opportunities are worth pursuing, with Ya emphasizing that staying alive is the ultimate priority.
• Destiny and transformation: Stoneheart represents both physical and spiritual reconstruction, while the Combined Destiny Contract suggests that Bai Zhou and the Gem Witch’s destinies are beginning to merge.
• Hidden paths and shortcuts: The Magic Warrior is portrayed as a secret or hidden class that offers an alternative route to Decayer without being inferior to conventional advancement.
• Interdependence: The Envy Cell causes effects for both the Forbidden Canon and the Gem Witch, demonstrating that allies may share power, advancement, and consequences.

Character Interactions

• Bai Zhou consults Ya about the meaning of Stoneheart and the upper Sequence levels. Their conversation combines Bai Zhou’s confusion and eagerness with Ya’s knowledge and stern concern.
• Ya reassures Bai Zhou that the death-based advancement method could be valuable in emergencies, but she repeatedly warns him not to seek death deliberately.
• Bai Zhou reveals his idea for using the Life-Stealing Spirit Cat to survive the Stoneheart ritual, showing Ya—and the reader—his tendency to turn dangerous abilities into unconventional strategies.
• Bai Zhou thanks the Gem Witch enthusiastically after the Forbidden Canon reacts to her Envy Cell, calling her his lucky star. She responds with embarrassed irritation.
• The Gem Witch’s advancement and the emergence of the Combined Destiny Contract establish a new shared bond between the two characters, suggesting that their future powers and destinies will be linked.

Chapter Summary: “Witch Lifeforging, the Physician Strikes!”

Key Plot Points and Events

• Bai Zhou realizes that the Gem Witch’s Forbidden Canon is developing a Combined Destiny Contract between them. It is still immature and will require roughly a week to form, but it promises to be a major practical advantage.
• He reflects on how Forbidden Canons create extraordinary abilities, comparing the new contract to his own Combined-Strike Secret Technique and wondering what principles govern these transformations.
• The Gem Witch begins her advancement from Trickster to Magician, entering the Lifeforging stage. She drinks a prepared Magic Potion while her Personal Destiny takes shape.
• Her Destiny manifests as a colorful, unstable nebula of crystallized dust and gemstones. Its Magician nature bombards Bai Zhou with endless questions about the world, reflecting the pathway’s pursuit of knowledge and truth.
• The Gem Belt reacts to the advancement, consuming money, bank cards, ashes, and other valuables as compensation. It then produces gemstones that shatter and merge into the Witch’s body.
• A terrifying Shrine briefly appears behind her. Within it is a starry void and a vast statue whose face resembles the Gem Witch’s own. This is the manifested form of her Magician Destiny.
• The Gem Witch successfully forges a powerful Noble Fate, becoming a Zero-Life Lifeforging Destined One. Her Personal Destiny is unusually strong, surpassing even the Red-Blue Twins, elite Destined Ones nurtured by the Special Management Department.
• Her advancement also completes the Forbidden Canon’s digestion of the Demon Cells. A Ghost Green monster phantom appears, symbolically linking her with Bai Zhou and suggesting she can now qualify as one of the Blood Worship Cult’s Seven Sins—possibly Envy.
• The Medical Association arrives unexpectedly, carrying the Ghost Green regalia and, most importantly, the Gospel Book needed to complete the Gem Witch’s transformation into Envy.
• Bai Zhou decides the visitors cannot be allowed to discover what happened. He draws a knight’s sword and the Bone Saber, revealing a frighteningly murderous intent and preparing to attack.

Character Developments

• Bai Zhou becomes increasingly interested in the theoretical workings of Forbidden Canons, Combined Destiny Contracts, and the reactions between Destiny and external powers. However, he respects the Gem Witch’s privacy and chooses not to question her origins.
• He demonstrates careful control by withdrawing his Personal Destiny when it begins provoking the Witch’s newly forming Destiny.
• Bai Zhou recognizes the Gem Witch’s exceptional potential and confirms that her advancement has made her an extraordinarily powerful Noble Fate. He also adopts a teasingly blunt attitude, telling her she lacks the viciousness and instability needed to fully embody Envy.
• The Gem Witch completes a long-prepared advancement and transforms from a Trickster into a true Magician. Her personality and power reflect the Magician Pathway’s instinct to question, analyze, and seek truth.
• After gaining overwhelming new strength, she reveals that she deeply wants to stand beside Bai Zhou and fight with him as an equal ally. Her previous insecurity about her usefulness is finally expressed openly.
• She becomes connected to the Ghost Green power and appears close to becoming the Blood Worship Cult’s Envy, though she still lacks the Envy Cell’s final required artifact: the Gospel of Envy.

Significant Themes

• Knowledge and the pursuit of truth: The Magician Pathway is portrayed through relentless questioning and analysis. Its Personal Destiny challenges Bai Zhou with fundamental questions about existence, nature, society, and the universe.
• Destiny and transformation: The chapter emphasizes that advancement is not merely an increase in strength but the forging of a new Personal Destiny and identity.
• Power born from partnership: Bai Zhou and the Gem Witch’s Combined Destiny Contract suggests that their alliance may produce power greater than either could achieve alone.
• Privacy and trust: Bai Zhou acknowledges that even close companions possess secrets that should not be forcibly uncovered, showing restraint despite his curiosity.
• Recognition and belonging: The Gem Witch’s request to fight alongside Bai Zhou reflects her desire to be recognized as a true partner rather than a dependent ally.
• Fate’s timing and irony: The Medical Association arrives at the exact moment the Witch completes her advancement, bringing the final item she needs while simultaneously creating a dangerous confrontation.

Character Interactions

• Bai Zhou silently observes and supports the Gem Witch’s advancement, protecting her by preventing their Personal Destinies from clashing.
• The Gem Witch’s newly forged Destiny unintentionally affects Bai Zhou, filling him with questions and exposing the intellectual nature of her pathway.
• After advancing, she directly asks whether she can once again fight beside him. Bai Zhou warmly accepts, though he misunderstands the emotional importance of her question.
• Their exchange about her becoming Envy is both supportive and teasing: Bai Zhou praises her power but criticizes her lack of ruthlessness.
• The chapter ends with Bai Zhou and the Gem Witch facing the Medical Association together. Bai Zhou identifies the Gospel Book they carry as the final component of her transformation and prepares to seize it by force.

Chapter Summary

1. Key Plot Points and Events

• The chapter marks the first anniversary of the book, one year after its opening chapter was published on July 14, 2025.
• The author, Nanshan Yu Lu, reflects on the difficult timing of the book’s release, mentioning changes in publishing recommendations, declining traffic, the rise of AI, and broader industry adjustments.
• Yu Lu explains that the book’s concept had existed since around 2020–2021 but was delayed, leading him to consider whether he had started too late. He ultimately embraces the idea that the second-best time to begin is now.
• He looks back on memorable events from the story, including:
  • Miss Laia’s truth and General Ale’s departure
  • The explosive escape from the base
  • Bai Zhou’s first fierce battle with Van Gogh
  • The arrow that struck the Demon at Ruins Realm Middle School
  • Fang Xiaoxia’s birthday party and the Rainy Night overpass sequence
  • The fireworks celebration at Soaring Egret Mountain
  • Major Luo’s after-class battle and Dr. Zhang’s “eggplant goodnight”
  • Heroic spirit battles, the vulture’s death on the snowy mountain, and recent monster-related developments
• The chapter ends with Yu Lu deciding that instead of writing more about his feelings, he should write additional chapters for readers, promising to continue the story and asking for continued support.
• He also reminds readers about the book’s anniversary event, in which monthly-ticket voting grants entry into a prize draw.

2. Character Developments

• Bai Zhou is acknowledged as having grown significantly over the course of the story, suggesting continued personal and emotional development.
• Yu Lu, both as the author and as a figure associated with the book’s journey, has also matured through writing, reflection, and interaction with readers.
• The author presents himself as increasingly humble and persistent, comparing his desired role to a reef: not competing for attention, but remaining steady while the “water” of time and readership flows past.
• The relationship between the author and the readers has deepened into one of mutual companionship. Their support has helped Yu Lu improve and remain committed to the work.

3. Significant Themes

• Perseverance over competition: The central metaphor—“Running water does not compete to be first; what matters is flowing without end”—emphasizes endurance rather than immediate success.
• Starting late versus starting now: Yu Lu reflects on missed opportunities but ultimately rejects regret in favor of continuing from the present.
• Growth through creation: The author’s development parallels Bai Zhou’s, showing how writing the story has changed Yu Lu as much as the events have changed its characters.
• Youth and time: The chapter celebrates youth as a limited but powerful period and expresses a desire to use it fully before it fades.
• Gratitude and community: The book is portrayed as a shared journey between author and readers, with continued support allowing familiar companions to remain aboard the “train.”
• Dedication and lifelong commitment: Yu Lu vows to keep writing steadily for a lifetime, even without recognition or competition.

4. Character Interactions

• The most important interaction is between Yu Lu and the readers. He directly addresses them, thanks them for their companionship, asks them to continue supporting him, and promises to provide more of the content they enjoy.
• The author also reflects on the collective cast and their memorable relationships and confrontations, including Bai Zhou’s battles, Fang Xiaoxia’s celebrations, and encounters involving Miss Laia, General Ale, Van Gogh, Major Luo, and Dr. Zhang.
• The chapter’s emotional focus is less on new fictional dialogue and more on the bond between the creator, his characters, and the audience. It functions as a heartfelt anniversary letter and a renewed promise to continue Bai Zhou’s journey.

Chapter Summary

• Plot/events: This chapter is primarily an author’s personal note rather than a continuation of the story. To celebrate the book’s first anniversary, the author orders a large takeout meal and eats at home. Afterward, likely from spoiled tofu in the beef stew, the author develops severe food poisoning, including intense abdominal pain, vomiting, and diarrhea. The illness, combined with an approaching deadline and writer’s block, makes it impossible to complete the planned update.
• Character developments: No fictional character development occurs. The author briefly mentions Nanshan Yu Lu, who is imagined enjoying the anniversary meal and raising a toast to Bai Zhou and Teacher Ya, unaware of the coming illness.
• Character interactions: The only interaction is the symbolic toast from Nanshan Yu Lu to Bai Zhou and Teacher Ya. The author also directly addresses readers, apologizing for the missed update and promising to resume work and eventually make up for it.
• Themes: The chapter emphasizes the author-reader relationship, responsibility toward publication deadlines, the importance of the book’s anniversary, and the vulnerability of creative work to real-life circumstances. It also uses humor and self-deprecation to soften the inconvenience of the unexpected illness.
• Conclusion: The author asks for one night off, hopes to release the next update at noon the following day, and promises to work harder to compensate for the missed chapter.

Chapter Summary

1. Key Plot Points and Events

• The Gem Witch notices unnatural fog spreading through the ruins, realizing that intruders have entered Bai Zhou’s Personal Destiny. She also discovers that Bai Zhou has mysteriously vanished.
• Six members of the Medical Association arrive, carrying the regalia associated with Envy: a cloak, mask, crown, robe, shoes, and jade pendant. They mistake the Gem Witch for the newly born or returning Lord Envy.
• Their leader, [Haloperidol], introduces herself as the Gem Witch’s “attending physician” and announces that the Medical Association has come to treat her supposed mental illness.
• Three physicians—Haloperidol, [Clozapine], and [Risperidone]—prepare to control her through medication and electric shock. The Gem Witch recognizes their disturbing behavior as hostile and approves of Bai Zhou’s earlier violent welcome toward them.
• The physicians become confused because the Gem Witch is calm rather than rampaging, and because the scene suggests that some unknown battle has already occurred. They find Qiao Sisi unconscious, the Spark Society defeated, fragments of the Five-Colored Guards, and traces of Envy’s power.
• They also realize that the true Lord Sloth is missing. Before they can determine what happened, additional members of the Medical Association identify the Gem Witch as the famous Lower City figure.
• Bai Zhou suddenly appears on a ruined rooftop, disguised as Lord Sloth and blocking the physicians’ escape. He reveals that he has been concealing himself with the character [Peace].
• Bai Zhou condemns the Medical Association, linking them to the death of a doctor he once knew. He then activates the Ice Pact: Dormant Dragon and his Ritual, Winter’s Aria, freezing the battlefield and trapping the six physicians.
• Using the Celestial Pivot, Bai Zhou transforms his face into a disturbing half-demonic, half-refined appearance. He draws his saber and sword and prepares to attack.
• He taunts the physicians, asking whether he looks more like Lord Sloth, the King of Lustful Evils, or “Senior Student Zhou,” ending the chapter with his attack about to begin.

2. Character Developments

• The Gem Witch remains wary and observant despite being surrounded by powerful enemies. Her confusion about Bai Zhou’s disappearance mirrors the physicians’ uncertainty, while her internal reactions show growing awareness of how bizarre and dangerous Bai Zhou can be.
• Bai Zhou demonstrates exceptional stealth, tactical planning, and control over his Personal Destiny. His theatrical entrance and psychological taunts reveal his cruel, unpredictable personality, while his anger toward the Medical Association suggests a deeply personal grudge.
• The Medical Association physicians are presented as powerful but grotesquely eccentric figures. Their clinical language and insistence on treating Envy make them appear detached from reality. Their confidence collapses once Bai Zhou reveals himself and activates Winter’s Aria.
• Haloperidol, Clozapine, and Risperidone embody different methods of “treatment”: acute suppression, long-term management, and medication. Their teamwork makes them dangerous, but their rigid assumptions leave them unable to understand the situation.
• Paroxetine, Fluoxetine, and Sertraline contribute to the investigation by questioning the apparent absence of Lord Sloth and recognizing the Gem Witch’s identity. Their confusion helps expose that the physicians have misunderstood the entire battlefield.

3. Significant Themes

• Madness versus sanity: The Medical Association labels the Seven Deadly Sins as mental illnesses, but their own behavior is more insane than that of their supposed patient. The chapter reverses the roles of doctors and patients.
• Identity and disguise: The physicians mistake the Gem Witch for Envy and later mistake Bai Zhou’s disguise for the real Sloth. Bai Zhou’s final transformation blurs the distinction between human, monster, and multiple identities.
• The danger of clinical dehumanization: By treating Envy as merely a disorder to be controlled, the Medical Association reduces a powerful person to a “patient,” revealing their arrogance and lack of empathy.
• Performance and theatricality: Both sides engage in elaborate roleplay—the doctors dress as physicians, while Bai Zhou stages a ghostly, villainous entrance. Appearance becomes a weapon used to intimidate and confuse.
• Revenge and personal memory: Bai Zhou’s reference to the dead doctor reveals that his hostility is not merely strategic. The Medical Association represents people responsible for a painful past.
• Control and confinement: The physicians intend to restrain and medicate the Gem Witch, while Bai Zhou reverses the situation by sealing the battlefield and trapping them within his own Ritual.

4. Character Interactions

• The Gem Witch and the Medical Association clash verbally and psychologically, with the physicians treating her as a helpless patient while she silently judges them as dangerous lunatics.
• The physicians debate the discrepancies between their mission and the actual situation, especially the lack of an Envy rampage and Lord Sloth’s unexplained absence.
• Bai Zhou interrupts their discussion from behind, immediately seizing the psychological advantage and preventing their retreat.
• The Medical Association initially welcomes Bai Zhou as Lord Sloth and asks to borrow his Black Scepter, but his increasingly hostile words reveal that he is an impostor—or, more accurately, that he is the real Bai Zhou acting under another identity.
• Bai Zhou confronts the physicians with bitter accusations before transforming and attacking them, turning the chapter from an investigation into an imminent battle.

Chapter Summary: “Blade-Flipping, Sword-Overturning Cosmos Form!”

1. Key Plot Points and Events

• Bai Zhou relentlessly attacks the six doctors of the Medical Association within the blizzard created by his Ritual, Winter’s Aria, using his blade and sword.
• The doctors attempt to counterattack with techniques such as Forbidden-Breaking Scalpel, Zero-Degree Hemostat, and Night-White Ward, but the wind and snow absorb and neutralize their attacks.
• Bai Zhou activates the deeper power of his Ritual by channeling Ice Pact: Dormant Dragon into the frozen ground. Dozens of powerful Frost Wyrms emerge from beneath the ruins.
• The ice dragons overwhelm the doctors. Haloperidol and Paroxetine use their Destiny Contracts to fight back, but the weaker doctors—Clozapine, Risperidone, Sertraline, and Fluoxetine—are killed and devoured.
• Paroxetine realizes that Bai Zhou is secretly the mysterious “Senior Student Zhou,” and accuses him of infiltrating the Blood Worship Cult while impersonating Sloth.
• She reveals that the Medical Association possesses a hidden countermeasure implanted in the Demon Cells, designed to control the Seven Sins. Paroxetine and Haloperidol attempt to use electrically charged beads to trigger this “backdoor” and force Bai Zhou and the Gem Witch into submission.
• The electrical attack fails against Bai Zhou. His Accompanying Lightning allows him to absorb and redirect the attack, causing the two bolts to collide and cancel each other out.
• With the doctors’ trump card neutralized, Bai Zhou mounts a Frost Wyrm and unleashes his long-suppressed Blade-and-Sword Destiny Contract: Blade-Flipping, Sword-Overturning Cosmos Form.
• The chapter ends as overwhelming blade and sword intent overturns the battlefield and leaves Paroxetine and Haloperidol unable to escape.

2. Character Developments

• Bai Zhou fully demonstrates his dominance over the Winter’s Aria Ritual, controlling the blizzard, summoning the Frost Wyrms, and turning the entire battlefield into his execution ground.
• He openly reveals that he has understood the Medical Association’s true role from the beginning. Rather than being loyal servants of the Seven Sins, the doctors are agents of the Holy Son who regard the Sins as controllable patients or beasts.
• Bai Zhou’s hidden identity as the mysterious Senior Student Zhou is exposed to Paroxetine, confirming the depth of his infiltration and his larger plans against the Holy Son and the Blood Worship Cult.
• His resistance to the Demon Cell backdoor reveals that he has acquired unusual control over its related powers, especially lightning, making the doctors’ primary method of domination useless.
• Paroxetine and Haloperidol shift from confident supervisors to desperate survivors. Their authority and psychological control over Bai Zhou collapse once their electric countermeasure fails.
• The Gem Witch recognizes the danger of the doctors’ control weapon and warns Bai Zhou, showing increased trust and cooperation between the two.

3. Significant Themes

• Control versus independence: The doctors claim authority over Bai Zhou as a “patient,” but he rejects their attempt to control him and turns their own system against them.
• Hidden identities and deception: Bai Zhou’s impersonation of Sloth and infiltration of the cult demonstrate the importance of secrecy, while Paroxetine’s revelation exposes the deeper hierarchy behind the Seven Sins.
• Power over one’s domain: Winter’s Aria transforms the battlefield into Bai Zhou’s personal kingdom, emphasizing how overwhelming power can come from controlling the environment itself.
• Burial and erasure: Bai Zhou repeatedly invokes the blizzard burying the Maiden’s Envy, the monster’s resentment, the truth, and the doctors’ lives, reflecting his desire to eliminate witnesses and conceal what happened.
• Reversal of power: The doctors’ control mechanism fails, their lightning is redirected, and their intended execution of Bai Zhou becomes their own defeat.
• Battle as revelation: Bai Zhou’s final Destiny Contract represents the release of suppressed battle intent and the emergence of a greater, previously unrealized power.

4. Character Interactions

• Bai Zhou exchanges cold, controlled remarks with Paroxetine, acknowledging that he knew the doctors served the Holy Son rather than the Seven Sins.
• Paroxetine attempts to psychologically reassert dominance by calling Bai Zhou a lifelong patient and warning that accepting the Demon Cell made him permanently subordinate.
• Haloperidol and Paroxetine coordinate their electric attacks, targeting Bai Zhou and the Gem Witch simultaneously in an effort to capture both leaders.
• The Gem Witch warns Bai Zhou about the control weapon after her own belt and body react fearfully to it.
• Bai Zhou answers the doctors’ attack by redirecting their lightning into each other’s bolts, symbolically turning their authority and methods back upon them.
• The chapter concludes with Bai Zhou riding a Frost Wyrm toward the two remaining doctors, while they recognize that they cannot withstand his newly unleashed cosmic blade-and-sword technique.

Chapter Summary

1. Key Plot Points and Events

• Bai Zhou unleashes the inherited Destiny Contract Blade-Flipping, Sword-Overturning Cosmos Form, causing heaven and earth to invert and trapping the two Medical Association doctors, Paroxetine and Haloperidol, inside a chaotic, revolving battlefield.
• The doctors attempt to flee but are forced into a desperate last stand. They activate their Destiny Contracts, Personal Destinies, Lifeforging abilities, and defensive treasures, yet none can withstand Bai Zhou’s attack.
• Bai Zhou reveals the true power of the paired Spirit-Name Secret Treasures Broken Fang and Star Rainbow. Broken Fang manifests a savage Dragon Elephant, while Star Rainbow summons a beautiful but deadly Rainbow Unicorn.
• To sustain the weapons’ immense spiritual consumption, Bai Zhou activates [Moon] and [Moonlight’s Blessing], using moonlight to improve his perception, regulate his spiritual energy, and continuously recover.
• He combines the blade, sword, and Destiny Contract into a final attack that overturns the battlefield 1,113 times, grinding the two doctors completely into nothingness.
• After the attack, Bai Zhou confirms that both doctors are dead, completing the destruction of the Medical Association’s Sloth and Envy Group doctors.
• Broken Fang and Star Rainbow then release the doctors’ refined spirituality back into Bai Zhou. This enormous influx completes his accumulation and enables him to advance from Zero Fate to First Fate Destined Lifeforger.

2. Character Developments

• Bai Zhou demonstrates overwhelming combat ability, revealing that his mysterious blade and sword are not ordinary Spirit-Name Secret Treasures but a powerful inherited set designed to work with his Destiny Contract.
• He shows exceptional control and efficiency, balancing the weapons’ enormous spiritual consumption with Moonlight’s Blessing.
• Bai Zhou fully validates his understanding and mastery of the Blade-Flipping, Sword-Overturning Cosmos Form during the battle.
• His victory allows him to discover the deeper purpose of the technique: it transforms defeated enemies into spiritual nourishment through the combined action of the Destiny Contract and the paired weapons.
• By the chapter’s end, Bai Zhou breaks through to the First Fate realm.
• Paroxetine and Haloperidol, initially confident and arrogant, are reduced to panic and helplessness. Their attempts to resist or break through fail completely.
• The Gem Witch is stunned by Bai Zhou’s hidden abilities and witnesses the first public appearance of his paired treasures.
• Fang Xiaoxia reacts with childlike excitement to the Rainbow Unicorn manifested by the sword, providing a humorous contrast to the battle’s brutality.

3. Significant Themes

• Overwhelming power and hidden preparation: Bai Zhou’s opponents had prepared extensively, but his inherited treasures and unique Destiny Contract surpass all their expectations.
• Battle as cultivation: The fight is not merely a confrontation; Bai Zhou converts victory directly into advancement by refining his enemies’ spirituality.
• Balance of opposing forces: The brutal Dragon Elephant and elegant Rainbow Unicorn represent sharply contrasting powers—savagery and beauty, earth and sky, destruction and wonder—yet function together as a perfectly matched pair.
• Inheritance and legacy: The Destiny Contract and weapons are revealed as the accumulated legacy of successive Kings of Battle, explaining why they possess such extraordinary capabilities.
• Knowledge, control, and adaptation: Bai Zhou’s success depends not only on raw power but also on his ability to manage spiritual flow, understand the weapons’ needs, and apply Moonlight’s Blessing with precision.
• Transformation through conflict: The battle fulfills both Bai Zhou’s mastery of the technique and his advancement to a higher stage of existence.

4. Character Interactions

• The two doctors initially taunt and question Bai Zhou’s origins, but their confidence turns to terror when they realize they cannot escape his chaotic domain.
• Bai Zhou offers them no opportunity to recover or break through, decisively escalating the attack and killing them.
• The Gem Witch observes Bai Zhou’s transformation with shock and awe, asking what became of the doctors after the battlefield settles.
• Bai Zhou calmly answers that they are dead and that no one remains to reveal the secrets of the location.
• Fang Xiaoxia’s enthusiastic reaction to the unicorn contrasts with the Gem Witch’s alarm and the doctors’ terror.
• Both women witness Bai Zhou’s post-battle advancement, watching his spirituality surge and his life level undergo a fundamental transformation.

Summary

• Key events: The book ranked 57th on the monthly ticket leaderboard, and Yu Lu urged readers to help keep it in the top 100 through the end of the month. If successful, Yu Lu promised an additional 10,000 words, along with red-packet rewards in the reader group and book. The book’s first anniversary was also being celebrated, despite Yu Lu having suffered food poisoning on the actual anniversary and continuing to update while ill.
• Giveaway and voting campaign: Readers were reminded that the giveaway would begin on July 19, with eligibility closing at midnight on July 18. Anyone who voted during the eligible period could participate. The promotion included cash prizes—one 600R first prize, five 100R second prizes, and forty 50R third prizes—as well as guaranteed participation rewards.
• Update incentives: Yu Lu promised a guaranteed 4,000-word daily update. Additional chapters would be earned through monthly-ticket milestones and Alliance Leader donations: every 1,200 monthly tickets or accumulated 1,000R in donations generated extra updates, with half an Alliance Leader donation equaling 2,000 words. Extra updates might also be added whenever Yu Lu was in a good mood.
• Guaranteed rewards: Non-winning readers could receive participation prizes if they met the conditions. Top-ten fully subscribed voters could choose 10,000 book coins or 100R; top-twenty voters could choose 6,600 book coins or 66R; and fully subscribed readers who cast more than seven tickets could receive 600 book coins and a custom group title. Giveaway prizes and guaranteed rewards could not be combined.
• Character/author development: Yu Lu is portrayed as dedicated and hardworking, continuing to write 5,000–6,000 words daily despite gastroenteritis and food poisoning. The author also shows consideration for readers by offering both competitive prizes and guaranteed rewards.
• Themes: The post emphasizes reader–author cooperation, loyalty, perseverance, anniversary celebration, and appreciation. It encourages participation while reassuring readers that even those who do not win can still receive rewards.
• Interactions: Yu Lu directly addresses readers, asking them to vote, reminding them of deadlines and rules, and motivating them with extra chapters, cash, book coins, and group benefits. Reader support through tickets, subscriptions, and donations is presented as directly contributing to future updates.