Chapter Summaries

Nightless Sky Yong Lian revealed that the Chosen of Wisdom were sacrifices sustaining the Authority of Wisdom, and explained her role in creating the God of Rules alongside Lin Yu’s older sister. As her own consciousness neared its end, she asked Lin Yu to find the Creator’s research and use it to kill her, hoping to spare her children and future Chosen of God from the same fate.

• Nightless Sky Yong Lian explained that every Chosen of Wisdom was consumed to sustain the Authority of Wisdom, and said she had pursued authority research to escape that fate.
• Nightless Sky Yong Lian denied collaborating with Secretary and revealed that Lin Yu’s older sister had been her true partner in researching authority and creating the God of Rules.
• Nightless Sky Yong Lian told Lin Yu that his older sister had asked her to keep their connection secret until shortly before Yong Lian’s death.
• Nightless Sky Yong Lian said she was likely to die within days and asked Lin Yu to find the Creator’s research, explaining that receiving it would cause her consciousness to perish.
• Nightless Sky Yong Lian said she wanted her children and future Chosen of God to live freely without facing inevitable destruction.

Lin Yu negotiated with Nightless Sky Yong Lian for compensation before retrieving Supreme Evolution’s research on authorities. Yong Lian revealed the sealed site was dangerous and could grow more chaotic during the alchemy turbulence, leaving Lin Yu to prepare for the mission.

• Nightless Sky Yong Lian sensed alchemy turbulence and warned Lin Yu it could complicate his retrieval mission.
• Lin Yu demanded payment, and Yong Lian offered him permission to use the authority of fear, which he rejected because it could attract a powerful deity.
• Yong Lian offered to transfer her alchemy talent to Lin Yu, and he accepted.
• Yong Lian explained that the research was inside a heavily defended, sealed facility whose dangers she could not remember, and that alchemy turbulence might worsen any failures within it.
• Yong Lian apologized for the risks, and Lin Yu accepted, saying they were even because he had also undermined her.

Lin Yu revealed that Nightless Sky Fire Apricot had been pretending to sleep and urged Nightless Sky Yong Lian to spend time speaking with her daughters. Yong Lian agreed that Lin Yu had outmaneuvered her, and the conversation turned toward family before their time together ended.

• Nightless Sky Yong Lian explained that she had told Lin Yu about her actions because he was already a participant and she wanted someone to know what she had done.
• Yong Lian discussed her distance from blood ties and worried that Huo Le would struggle to think like a Family Head.
• Lin Yu revealed his trap and woke Nightless Sky Fire Apricot with a Mental Power attack, startling Yong Lian.
• Lin Yu explained that Fire Apricot had never been asleep and had evaded Yong Lian's perception.
• Lin Yu urged Yong Lian to speak with Fire Apricot, Nightless Sky Huo Le, and Nightless Sky Huo Ming as her daughters, not only as leaders.

Lin Yu left Nightless Sky Yong Lian and Fire Apricot to talk and prepared to retrieve Supreme Evolution’s Authority technology with Old Zheng and Conception. He summoned Conception in the Banquet Hall, where the roast lamb suddenly stood up and played a rapid string solo.

• Lin Yu left the archive room so Nightless Sky Yong Lian could speak privately with Fire Apricot.
• Lin Yu and Old Zheng discussed the alchemy turbulence and decided to leave the sleeping members of Order undisturbed because Lin Yu’s sister might have left a private message in the technology.
• Lin Yu changed back into the Director’s face and told Old Zheng that Conception would accompany him to retrieve Supreme Evolution’s Authority technology.
• Lin Yu called for Conception in the Banquet Hall, and the enormous roast lamb on the table stood up as a rapid string solo sounded from inside.

Conception emerged dramatically from a giant roast beast and joined Lin Yu and Old Zheng after learning they needed a reliable helper. He agreed to accompany them to retrieve Creator’s stored Core Technology, treating the mission as the start of an adventure arc.

• Conception split open the roast beast with his Bass Guitar and made a grand entrance to prerecorded cheers.
• Lin Yu recognized Conception’s fake crowd noises and explained that he had found him because Conception would not miss the gathering or stray far from Lin Yu.
• Conception learned that Creator had attacked the Banquet Hall, cooperated with Lin Yu and Schreiber, and revealed locations containing his stored Core Technology.
• Old Zheng explained that the locations remained dangerous and that they needed a reliable helper.
• Conception agreed to join the retrieval mission and began staging an opening theme for their adventure.

After Lin Yu left the archive room, Nightless Sky Fire Apricot and Nightless Sky Yong Lian discussed their hidden identities and the Nightless Sky Family’s future. Nightless Sky Fire Apricot asked to inherit the Creator identity and revealed that she wanted to preserve a trace of her mother.

• Nightless Sky Fire Apricot and Nightless Sky Yong Lian awkwardly discussed each other’s identities as the Fairy Queen and the Creator.
• Nightless Sky Yong Lian advised Nightless Sky Fire Apricot to stay out of public view and help protect Huo Le’s position as family head.
• Nightless Sky Fire Apricot asked Nightless Sky Yong Lian not to kill Ailan Rainbowlight and Oumia Bosen, and proposed taking over the Creator identity.
• Nightless Sky Yong Lian warned that Supreme Evolution’s ideals could bring destruction and that everyone tied to the organization had to die.
• Nightless Sky Fire Apricot admitted she liked Ailan Rainbowlight and wanted to continue playing the Creator, then said she wanted to preserve a trace of Nightless Sky Yong Lian and understand her Creator past.

Nightless Sky Fire Apricot asked Nightless Sky Yong Lian to let her inherit the dangerous Creator identity, and the two discussed their shared disguises, family pressures, and long-hidden understanding. Nightless Sky Yong Lian accepted her daughter’s wish but warned her to handle the identity carefully, then revealed she had long known Fire Apricot was hiding her talents.

• Nightless Sky Yong Lian warned Nightless Sky Fire Apricot that the Creator identity remained dangerous despite her efforts to suppress the Supreme Evolution Remnants.
• Nightless Sky Fire Apricot assured her mother she would not use the Creator identity recklessly, and Nightless Sky Yong Lian agreed to let her stay with it.
• Nightless Sky Yong Lian admitted she had struggled to change the oppressive atmosphere of the Nightless Sky Family and regretted giving her children too little support and companionship.
• Nightless Sky Fire Apricot and Nightless Sky Yong Lian recognized similarities between the Creator and Fairy Queen identities and praised each other’s talents and methods.
• Nightless Sky Yong Lian revealed she had known Fire Apricot was concealing her abilities and had arranged to disrupt her birthday ceremony; Fire Apricot thanked her for sending Arthur to slaughter people there.

Nightless Sky Fire Apricot and Nightless Sky Yong Lian talked about the succession, the family, and Yong Lian’s feelings for Fire Apricot’s father. Yong Lian then left to settle matters before handing the Nightless Sky Family and Truth Company to Fire Apricot and Huo Le.

• Nightless Sky Yong Lian teased Nightless Sky Fire Apricot about becoming Family Head, then asked her to keep Nightless Sky Huo Shu from causing trouble after Huo Le took over.
• Nightless Sky Yong Lian said she had chosen Fire Apricot’s father herself and admitted that his red hair was what she liked most about him.
• Nightless Sky Fire Apricot joked that her father sounded like a red-haired, talented version of Nightless Sky Huo Shu, and she and Yong Lian apologized to Huo Shu together.
• Nightless Sky Yong Lian said she had to leave to deal with people and matters before handing the Nightless Sky Family and Truth Company to Fire Apricot and Huo Le.

Nightless Sky Yong Lian advised Nightless Sky Fire Apricot about traveling to other worlds and left her a notebook from her own visits. After the Creator rescued Ailan Rainbowlight and Oumia Bosen from the Truth Company without causing casualties, Nightless Sky Huo Ming resolved to hunt him down.

• Nightless Sky Yong Lian told Nightless Sky Fire Apricot that she could explore other worlds with Arthur, warned her to stay alert, and urged her to enjoy the journey.
• Nightless Sky Yong Lian revealed that she had left Nightless Sky Fire Apricot a notebook in the library and departed.
• Nightless Sky Huo Ming learned that the Creator had caused no deaths or property losses but had freed Ailan Rainbowlight and Oumia Bosen.
• Nightless Sky Fire Apricot warned Nightless Sky Huo Ming that the Creator was difficult to catch, but Nightless Sky Huo Ming insisted she would pursue him.

Nightless Sky Fire Apricot convinced Nightless Sky Huo Ming to seize nearby corporate bases attacked by the Creator rather than pursue him. Nightless Sky Huo Ming mobilized her forces, while Nightless Sky Fire Apricot prepared to address unrest in the City That Never Sleeps and clear President Paris's name.

• Nightless Sky Fire Apricot argued that pursuing the Creator would cost more than it was worth, and Nightless Sky Huo Ming insisted on settling the score.
• Nightless Sky Fire Apricot proposed taking over nearby Divine Power Group and Universal Trade Association bases while communications were disrupted by the Alchemy Turbulence.
• Nightless Sky Fire Apricot revealed that the Creator had attacked the bases, giving them grounds to seize them while answering the Solence Family's call against Supreme Evolution.
• Nightless Sky Huo Ming ordered Dongming Shuliu to assemble their forces and prepare to take territory.
• Nightless Sky Fire Apricot declined to join the raid, saying she needed to manage unrest in the Outer City and tell Huo Le that the Creator had killed Tennyson to clear President Paris's name.

Nightless Sky Fire Apricot reassured Nightless Sky Huo Ming that Arthur could handle the Creator and went to explain the situation to Order. She told them their Director was with Arthur pursuing the Creator’s core technology, then offered a video as proof.

• Nightless Sky Huo Ming questioned whether Arthur could safely pursue the Creator, but Nightless Sky Fire Apricot argued that the Creator’s attack did not work on him and persuaded Huo Ming to trust him.
• Nightless Sky Huo Ming and Dongming Shuliu began deploying their team while Nightless Sky Fire Apricot went to the records room to meet Order.
• Xiao Nian and Ren Gu demanded to know what had happened to Schreiber and the Director, accusing Schreiber of using Mental Power to knock them unconscious.
• Nightless Sky Fire Apricot told Order that the Director was safe with Arthur and was close to obtaining the Creator’s core technology.
• When Xiao Nian said they could not verify her account, Nightless Sky Fire Apricot offered to show them a video from the Director.

Order members interpreted Lin Yu’s message as a possible request to find him and organized a search of the Great Wilderness. They left the records room to look for Lin Yu, who had gone with Schreiber to retrieve the Creator’s research on Authority.

• Nightless Sky Fire Apricot projected Lin Yu’s message, which explained his deal with the Creator and said the research on Authority was hidden in an abandoned place in the Great Wilderness.
• Ren Gu and the others questioned why Lin Yu had been vague about his leads and the Creator’s hints.
• Loquat Candy suggested Lin Yu might be indirectly asking them to find him and might not want to share all the technological information with Schreiber.
• Xiao Nian proposed searching likely abandoned locations, and the group agreed to split up and look for Lin Yu.
• Good Night questioned whether Paper Kite could search alone, and Paper Kite promised to prioritize finding Lin Yu.

Order's members split up to search suspicious facilities across the Great Wilderness while Nightless Sky Yong Lian broke into Jin Solence's office. She told him she had come to see her old friend and rival one last time, and he feared she intended to kill him.

• Xiao Nian assigned Order's members separate search areas, and they left the outpost to investigate the Great Wilderness.
• Nightless Sky Huo Ming led a team to take over the empty outposts while Nightless Sky Fire Apricot traveled through an underground passage toward the city.
• Nightless Sky Yong Lian entered Jin Solence's office without permission and criticized his coffee.
• Jin Solence confronted Nightless Sky Yong Lian about hiding Nightless Sky Fire Apricot and reminded her that she had been responsible for his eldest son's death.
• Nightless Sky Yong Lian said she had come to see Jin Solence one last time, and he asked whether she meant to kill him.

Nightless Sky Yong Lian visited Jin Solence, first frightening him before explaining that she had come to say goodbye because she planned to die rather than prolong her life. Jin Solence admitted he would miss her as a rival and friend, and Yong Lian asked him for one last favor.

• Jin Solence feared Nightless Sky Yong Lian might have come to kill him, but she laughed and showed she was unarmed.
• Jin Solence recognized that Yong Lian had killed people recently by smelling blood and detecting lingering alchemy energy.
• Yong Lian told Jin Solence she had not come for Supreme Evolution but to see him one last time.
• Jin Solence learned that Yong Lian intended to die, despite being able to extend her life, because she was tired of remaining in the City That Never Sleeps.
• Jin Solence told Yong Lian he felt sorrow and regret and would miss her as a rival and friend.
• Yong Lian asked Jin Solence to grant one request from his dying old friend.

Nightless Sky Yong Lian asked Jin Solence to take Nightless Sky Huo Shu into the Universal Trade Association after his death, explaining that the appointment would help protect Truth Company during the coming business struggle. Jin understood that the arrangement could also give his company a future pretext to interfere in Truth Company’s affairs.

• Nightless Sky Yong Lian asked Jin Solence to hear his final request, and Jin agreed out of respect for him.
• Nightless Sky Yong Lian asked Jin Solence to take Nightless Sky Huo Shu to the Universal Trade Association and give him a sinecure like Nightless Sky Huo Xian.
• Nightless Sky Yong Lian explained that the Divine Power Group and other families would likely pressure Truth Company after he stepped down.
• Jin Solence realized that Nightless Sky Yong Lian wanted the appointment to discourage Jin from joining the business struggle and to signal a possible alliance to the Divine Power Group.
• Nightless Sky Yong Lian acknowledged that having Nightless Sky Huo Shu and Nightless Sky Huo Xian at the Universal Trade Association could later give Jin a pretext to interfere in Truth Company’s affairs.

Nightless Sky Yong Lian persuaded Jin Solence to accept her proposal to send her son to the Solence Family, then opened Lin Yu’s file containing her forgotten research into the World Origin and Deity Domain. The knowledge made her contact the God of Wisdom and begin an act that Jin realized would end in her death and send shockwaves through the City That Never Sleeps and the world.

• Nightless Sky Yong Lian explained that sending Nightless Sky Huo Shu to the Solence Family carried risks but might ultimately benefit her family, and Jin Solence accepted her proposal.
• Jin Solence agreed to bring Yong Lian’s son to the Universal Trade Association and test whether her daughters could protect the Nightless Sky Family without her guidance.
• Yong Lian received and opened a file from John H. Arthur containing the alchemy research she had created and later sealed away.
• Yong Lian rapidly regained the research, activated her Divine Power, and formed a Wall of Truth as the God of Wisdom projected Divine Power and part of the Divine Kingdom into the office.
• Jin Solence realized Yong Lian was influencing the God of Wisdom and preparing to die in his office, creating a disturbance only a handful of people could conceal.

Jin Solence realized that Nightless Sky Yong Lian’s Divine Descent was consuming her soul, and he used a costly Alchemy God descent to conceal the event and its aura. As Yong Lian’s life faded, Jin Solence thanked her as an old friend.

• Jin Solence sensed that the God of Wisdom’s Divine Kingdom was unstable and that Yong Lian’s soul was being consumed, leading him to suspect this explained why the Nightless Sky Family’s Chosen of Wisdom died young.
• Jin Solence decided to hide Yong Lian’s death and the God of Wisdom’s descent to prevent political upheaval from engulfing the Solence Family and the city.
• Jin Solence summoned the Alchemy God and spread his Divine Kingdom across nearly the entire Inner City, masking the aura in his office and blocking the Alchemy Turbulence outside the city.
• Jin Solence worried that the costly descent would damage his vitality, while planning a sales festival as a public explanation for the spectacle.
• Yong Lian thanked Jin Solence for helping her conceal the commotion and said she had chosen him because he was the best person available.
• Jin Solence saw Yong Lian’s symbols and life aura fade, then called her his old friend and accepted her thanks.

Nightless Sky Yong Lian left Jin Solence’s office to return to her family, while Ren Gu followed clues from an old Order report to a hidden passage in the snowy mountains. Ren Gu entered the site of the Truth Company’s old Fear Project, hoping it would reveal what Director had meant and provide insight into Authority.

• Nightless Sky Yong Lian told Jin Solence she was going home, then vanished using a method he could not sense and that seemed connected to the Gate of Boundary.
• Jin Solence realized Nightless Sky Yong Lian might be approaching the essence of the world and felt relieved that she was about to die.
• Ren Gu crossed the snowy mountains, believing they were where Director and Schreiber had gone.
• Ren Gu used Sherlock’s old Order report about Lin Yu and Fu Luo’s first Instance to locate the former Fear Project site.
• Ren Gu touched the rock face, revealing a dark passage, and decided to enter it to investigate the monster and seek clues about Authority.

Ren Gu explored the abandoned Fear Project base and found signs that someone had cleaned up the ruins after Chate’s destruction. He met Loquat Candy there, who revealed that they were trapped in the cavern.

• Ren Gu descended to the Fear Project’s deepest chamber and found no trace of Chate, only scorched equipment and unusually neat piles of wreckage.
• Ren Gu suspected someone had deliberately cleaned the base and considered whether Schreiber and Authority Technology were involved.
• Ren Gu began examining the wreckage, then heard someone enter and found Loquat Candy.
• Ren Gu and Loquat Candy realized they had both come to investigate the site based on Director’s hints.
• Loquat Candy told Ren Gu that he had arrived an hour earlier but could not escape because every route led him back into a loop.

Ren Gu and Loquat Candy found that the passage repeatedly reset, trapping them in a cycle, and suspected Schreiber’s mental abilities were behind it. Loquat Candy proposed that the Director and Schreiber had planned the trap together to capture one specific Order member who could decipher the Director’s clues.

• Ren Gu followed Loquat Candy through the passage and found the rubble he had cleared had returned, along with the passage’s earlier state.
• Ren Gu suspected Schreiber had created the trap, possibly by making him believe he had used his abilities to remove the rubble when he had not.
• Loquat Candy agreed that Schreiber was more likely than the Creator to be responsible, but rejected Ren Gu’s theory that Schreiber had discovered the location by tampering with the Director’s messages.
• Loquat Candy argued that the Director and Schreiber had worked together from the start, with the Director revealing the hidden location and Schreiber setting the trap.
• Loquat Candy said the trap was intended to catch one particular Order member who could decipher the Director’s clues, rather than everyone in Order.