Chapter Summaries

Tao Yu was chosen to sing onstage with Long Yin'er, where he sensed an assassination attempt and manipulated fate so a falling support grounded the lightning strike instead of hitting her. The attack was blamed on Teng Lianghong, leaving Tao Yu wondering what role he had in the warning.

• Long Yin'er selected fan number 2370, and Tao Yu went onstage to sing with her.
• Tao Yu noticed Yin-attribute lightning gathering around the theater and used the Destiny Dice and Authority: Cost to alter the likely outcome.
• Long Yin'er's hair lifted toward the roof as lightning struck a falling metal support, which grounded most of the blast; she shielded Tao Yu with her bracelet and knocked him clear.
• Long Yin'er apologized to Tao Yu, while he sensed that she was angry and unsurprised by the attack.
• A lingering mental message from the Assassin Alliance called the attack a warning, and Tao Yu suspected it referred to Teng Lianghong.

After Long Yin'er’s concert was attacked, she and the Ephise Family agreed to split the costs, and she vouched for Tao Yu when his identity could not be verified. Long Yin'er saw through Tao Yu’s fake fan act and invited him to sit with her, while he admitted he had entered without a ticket.

• Long Yin'er and Sid Ephise agreed to share the costs of refunds, fan compensation, and theater repairs.
• Long Yin'er defended Tao Yu when the Ephise Family questioned his untraceable identity.
• Long Yin'er sent her manager to handle the aftermath and dismissed her bodyguards to speak with Tao Yu.
• Long Yin'er noticed Tao Yu wore her least favorite color and called his fan enthusiasm insincere.
• Long Yin'er sat beside Tao Yu, and Tao Yu admitted he had slipped into the concert without a ticket.

Tao Yu learned that Tianlong State had a new cultivation method, Taiji Xuanqing Dao, and sought Long Yin'er’s help reaching the zone where it was taught. Long Yin'er agreed to arrange an introduction, while Tao Yu also learned that Catastrophe-level figures Uchiha Madara and Senju Hashirama were active in the region.

• Tao Yu asked Long Yin'er about conditions in Tianlong State, and she explained that dangerous routes had been cut off and that bloodline inheritance shaped the region’s elite.
• Long Yin'er told Tao Yu that the Daoist Tianchengzi was teaching Taiji Xuanqing Dao to qualified candidates willing to join his planned Qingyun Sect.
• Tao Yu asked Long Yin'er to help him reach the Pioneer Zone, and she agreed to find him a letter of introduction.
• Long Yin'er explained that students had to pass Tianchengzi’s trials and swear an oath not to share the method.
• Long Yin'er told Tao Yu that Uchiha Madara and Senju Hashirama were Catastrophe-level Chosen Ones in a powerful ninja village.

After speaking with Long Yin'er, Tao Yu was kidnapped by a subordinate of Sid Ephise, who suspected he was helping her. Tao Yu revealed his overwhelming power in Duel Space and prepared to interrogate Sid about the Ephise Family’s possible connection to the Xing Family.

• Tao Yu thanked Long Yin'er, exchanged contact information with her, and decided to keep his divinity and innate talent secret.
• As Tao Yu headed to the Thieves Guild, a watcher followed him and reported his movements to his handlers.
• A middle-aged man ambushed Tao Yu outside the Thieves Guild and took him to a safehouse, where Sid Ephise was waiting.
• Sid accused Tao Yu of acting as Long Yin'er's messenger, and Tao Yu bluffed that the Xing Family had agreed to help her.
• Sid reacted sharply to the Xing Family claim, but Tao Yu transported him to Duel Space, where Sid recognized the many powerful figures Tao Yu had captured.
• Tao Yu realized Sid's family might be connected to the Xing Family and prepared to use Dream Divination on him.

Tao Yu uncovered the Ephise Family’s secret ties to the Xing Family and their interest in Long Yin’er, then clashed with the family’s diviners as both sides tried to conceal and expose information. The Ephise patriarch concluded that Long Yin’er’s maternal grandmother was near death and considered seeking help from the Xing Family.

• Tao Yu used Dream Divination to learn that the Ephise Family had secretly cooperated with the Xing Family for nearly a century and had independently pursued Long Yin’er’s bloodline.
• Tao Yu suspected his divinity might belong to an evil god, then noticed that the Ephise Family’s anti-divination defenses had detected his inquiry and shattered the coin he had used.
• The Ephise patriarch watched a jade hairpin split as the blind diviner’s crystal ball exploded, and the diviner said he had muddled the leaked information but could not identify Tao Yu.
• The Ephise patriarch asked whether Long Yin’er’s side was responsible, and the blind diviner reported that her maternal grandmother was nearly at the end of her life.
• The Ephise patriarch weighed the danger of confronting an unknown opponent and considered asking the Xing Family for help.

Tao Yu escaped the basement after killing the guard who had captured him, then considered how to help Long Yin'er escape the Ephise Family’s pressure in exchange for a substantial reward. After spending two more days in the state capital, he contacted her to collect the recommendation letter she had prepared.

• Tao Yu thanked the guard outside Basement C19, then killed him with a touch that turned his body to dust.
• Tao Yu decided his identity as Klein did not need to be changed and considered helping Long Yin'er while seeking a recommendation letter from her.
• Tao Yu learned that the Ephise Family was pressuring Long Yin'er to marry into their family and bear children so they could claim her Magic Dragon bloodline.
• Tao Yu realized Long Yin'er's family might pay him a large amount of wish power if he helped protect her, enough to fund another talent Deification.
• Tao Yu spent two days checking on Red Rose's work and sampling food before messaging Long Yin'er about her recommendation letter.
• Long Yin'er told Tao Yu the letter was ready and challenged him to find her hotel, so he paid a passerby for its address.

Tao Yu visited Long Yin'er to thank her and receive her recommendation to travel to Tianlong State. He then revealed that he had killed Sid, leaving Long Yin'er stunned by the possibility that Tao Yu was a Catastrophe-level cultivator.

• Tao Yu found Long Yin'er's fans outside Tianmei Hotel and accepted their gifts to pass along to her.
• Shidi verified Tao Yu's arrangements and let him enter the hotel.
• Long Yin'er gave Tao Yu a Myriad Goods Merchant Association recommendation card for travel to Tianlong State.
• Tao Yu asked whether Catastrophe-level cultivators could cross over, and Long Yin'er said they were not barred from going.
• Tao Yu told Long Yin'er that the Ephise Family had kidnapped him and that he had killed Sid, then showed her one of Sid's weapons.

Tao Yu offered to help Long Yin'er and her injured grandmother deal with the Ephise Family for three hundred million Wish Power. Madam Long accepted the price and proposed paying fifty million in advance, with the rest after the danger was resolved.

• Tao Yu told Long Yin'er that Hild had tried to kidnap him and had learned that her grandmother was badly injured.
• Long Yin'er suspected the Ephise Family wanted her dragon bloodline, and Tao Yu offered to help for payment in Wish Power.
• Tao Yu met Madam Long, who asked him to demonstrate his abilities before negotiating.
• Tao Yu displayed a shard of extreme ice, convincing Madam Long and Long Yin'er of his strength.
• Tao Yu requested three hundred million Wish Power, and Madam Long agreed to pay fifty million upfront and the remainder after the matter was settled.

Tao Yu agreed to become Long Yin'er’s publicly announced Catastrophe-level backer, giving her family a way to deter the Ephise Family without defeating them. After leaving the hotel with Long Yin'er’s autographed cards, he told her fans that they were dating.

• Madam Long explained that eliminating the Ephise Family would invite other forces to take its place, and proposed presenting Tao Yu as Long Yin'er’s new Catastrophe-level protector.
• Tao Yu agreed to the arrangement, and Madam Long promised him two hundred million Wish Power after a press conference and ten million each time he appeared as their Catastrophe-level expert.
• Tao Yu left the hotel carrying greeting cards signed by Long Yin'er, while a man from the Ephise Family approached him to talk.
• Tao Yu waved off the Ephise Family man and gave the cards to Bai Yue and the other fans, who happily divided them.
• When a fan asked how Tao Yu had obtained so many autographs, he said that he and Yin'er had fallen in love at first sight and were dating.

Tao Yu announced Long Yin'er's coming romance press conference, then killed three attackers who ambushed him while he shopped for formalwear. He intimidated inspector Boken into backing down and left, while Boken wondered whether the Ephise Family would reconsider targeting Long Yin'er.

• A news billboard announced that Long Yin'er had confirmed her romance and would soon hold a press conference, alarming her fan club and prompting an Ephise Family member to make calls.
• Tao Yu left the fan club to buy formalwear for the press conference.
• Three attackers posing as fans stormed the shop, but Tao Yu froze them and shattered their bodies with his power.
• Inspector Boken arrived and initially challenged Tao Yu, then sensed the danger and admitted the attackers deserved their fate.
• Tao Yu warned Boken as he left, and Boken wondered whether the Ephise Family would back down now that Long Yin'er had his protection.

After Tao Yu left the scene of an explosion in the Second Ring District, Inspector Boken covered for him, while the Ephise Family scrambled to respond to Long Yin'er's imminent press conference. Tao Yu and Long Yin'er took the stage as the family prepared to confront them.

• Tao Yu left the ruined storefront before Stidy arrived, and Stidy pretended not to recognize him.
• Inspector Boken described the dead attackers as extremist fans and said the man had acted in self-defense, without mentioning Tao Yu.
• Bor Ephise and the Ephise Family's Disaster-class experts discussed the unknown figure behind Long Yin'er and planned to question him under the White Star Group's authority.
• Tao Yu and Long Yin'er took their seats at the press conference, while Manager Aunt tried to dissuade Long Yin'er and glared at Tao Yu.
• Long Yin'er challenged Manager Aunt's attempt to direct her, as reporters and representatives watched to see how the Ephise Family would react.

Tao Yu used the Ephise Family’s attempt to manipulate Long Yin’er’s press conference to reveal his Disaster-class strength in front of the watching factions. The chapter left Bohr Ephise unable to break Tao Yu’s suppression as four more Disaster-class experts arrived.

• Long Yin’er prepared to confront the manager, but Tao Yu held her back so he could use the press conference to expose the Ephise Family’s plans.
• The manager took control of the press conference and tried to portray Tao Yu as a man who had rejected Long Yin’er.
• Tao Yu froze two former bodyguards and released a powerful Disaster-class aura that suppressed everyone at the Tianmei Hotel.
• Bohr Ephise and another Ephise Family expert appeared, but Tao Yu’s aura trapped them; Bohr then tortured the manager to death to appease him.
• Tao Yu condemned the Ephise Family for treating the manager as a sacrificial pawn, and four more Disaster-class experts arrived.

Tao Yu used a controlled display of strength to make the Ephise Family back down from pressuring Long Yin'er, then spent his reward of Wish Power on Deifying Time Control. He completed a loop that separated his time from the world's, freezing everything around him.

• Tao Yu summoned snow and overwhelming pressure across the Second Ring District, then accused the Ephise Family of trying to seize the Long Family's bloodline inheritance.
• A white-haired White Family descendant arrived, judged the Ephise Family's actions improper, and mediated after Bor Ephise apologized.
• Tao Yu agreed that Long Yin'er and her family would stay out of the state capital's Pioneer Zone, and the nearby Disaster-class powerhouses accepted the settlement.
• Long Yin'er and her companions paid Tao Yu two or three hundred million Wish Power, and he left without responding to her flirtation.
• Tao Yu used the Wish Power to Deify Time Control, completed a loop in his time curve, and froze the world around him.

Tao Yu tested how his time-control abilities worked with his other powers, while his display at the press conference shifted the prefectural capital’s view of Long Yin’er and the Ephise Family. The Ephise ancestor revealed he had only seven days left to live and planned to settle matters before his death.

• Tao Yu tested his time stop and combined it with Esdeath’s spacetime-freezing ability to seal her attack in midair.
• Factions in the prefectural capital reconsidered their plans for Long Yin’er after Tao Yu demonstrated his strength, and criticized the Ephise Family for overreaching.
• Bohr and the Ephise Family’s senior members discussed Tao Yu’s identity and decided to wait rather than confront him.
• The Ephise ancestor summoned the Ephise Family leaders to his hidden chamber and told them he had failed to extend his life, had seven days left, and would deal with outstanding matters before he died.

After divination revealed that someone was targeting Klein, Tao Yu traveled openly to the Outer Ring, suspecting the Ephise Family was behind the interference. The Ephise Ancestor seized the chance to confront him, prepared to sacrifice his remaining life and use an Evil God Divine Statue to corrupt him.

• Tao Yu’s divination sticks snapped, and further checks indicated that the anti-divination interference targeted Klein, with the Ephise Family as the prime suspect.
• Tao Yu decided to investigate while staying alert and took a railcar to the Outer Ring in Klein’s appearance.
• The Ephise Ancestor learned that Klein was traveling to the Outer Ring and saw the trip as a chance to attack beyond the Second Ring’s close monitoring.
• The Ephise Ancestor took an Evil God Divine Statue and departed, telling the family that he would sacrifice himself to eliminate Klein and leave the family in their hands.

Tao Yu confronted the Ephise Family’s ancestor, who trapped them in a one-use starry Duel Space and fused with an Evil God’s power. Tao Yu killed and devoured him, then left the space and decided to file a complaint while baiting the Ephise Family into revealing its next move.

• Tao Yu recognized the gaunt old man as the dying ancestor of the Ephise Family, who said Tao Yu was in their way.
• The Ephise ancestor used a crystal ball from the Xing Family to seal them inside a starry Duel Space.
• The ancestor fused with a Divine Statue’s will and unleashed Evil God corruption, believing Tao Yu would be too contaminated to seek help afterward.
• Tao Yu took control of the stellar energy, froze the battlefield by severing his original timeline, and tore apart and devoured the Ephise ancestor.
• Tao Yu opened a crack in the Duel Space, returned to the street, and decided to file a complaint and test what the Ephise Family would do next.

The Ephise Family believed its old ancestor had killed Klein and went to pressure Long Yin'er and Madam Long, only for Bai Tiancheng to arrive and question them about the attack. The chapter ended with the Ephise Family realizing that Bai Tiancheng might hold them accountable.

• An inspector detected Disaster-class energy and an Evil God's aura in the Outer Ring District and prepared to report the incident.
• The Ephise Family learned of the attack and believed its old ancestor had eliminated Klein, so it decided to visit Long Yin'er and Madam Long.
• Long Yin'er contacted Klein but received no reply as the Ephise Family patriarch, Bohr, arrived at Tianmei Hall with Disaster-class companions.
• Bohr implied that Klein had died and presented more than a dozen young Ephise men for Long Yin'er to choose from.
• Bai Tiancheng arrived and coldly asked Bohr what he knew about the attack and whether he knew the Ephise old ancestor had fallen.

Tao Yu confronted the Ephise Family over its ancestor’s attack and negotiated three hundred million Vow Power in compensation, with Bai Tiancheng mediating. After the settlement, Tao Yu asked where the Ephise Family had obtained its isolation device, drawing Bai Tiancheng’s attention to a possible connection with the Star Family.

• Bai Tiancheng confronted Bor Ephise about the Ephise ancestor’s attack, and Bor knelt to apologize and explain.
• Tao Yu arrived and revealed that the Ephise ancestor had not exceeded the contamination threshold, then threatened the family while Bai Tiancheng urged him to accept compensation.
• Tao Yu demanded the Ephise Family’s Vow Power, and Bor agreed to pay three hundred million under a binding contract witnessed by Bai Tiancheng.
• Bor proposed future cooperation and promised to look after the Long Family, but Tao Yu asked whether the ancestor’s isolation device came from the Star Family.
• Bor stiffened at Tao Yu’s question, and Bai Tiancheng took notice of the device’s possible significance.

Tao Yu exposed the Ephise Family’s ties to the Star Family, prompting Bai Tiancheng to impose a severe punishment on the Ephise Family. The Star Family learned that its Starry Sky Orb had been exposed and reacted with fury.

• Tao Yu told Bai Tiancheng that the Ephise Family had used the Star Family’s Starry Sky Orb, which could conceal activity and amplify evil gods.
• Bohr Ephise admitted that his family had a business relationship with the Star Family and had borrowed its help after Hyde’s death.
• Bai Tiancheng sentenced the Ephise Family’s Disaster-level members and half its Boundary Breakers to twenty years at Sin Punishment Camp.
• Tao Yu invited Bai Tiancheng and the Ephise Family to discuss what they knew about the Starry Sky Orb.
• In Star Brilliance Floating City, a figure from the Star Family crushed a message crystal and cursed the people responsible for exposing the orb.

News of the Ephise Family’s collusion with the Star Family and the Evil God damaged Starlight Company and forced the Star Family to withdraw from the state. Tao Yu returned to the Lord of the Rings world after learning that a member of The Seven had crossed through a rift guarded by the Burning Legion.

• The Ephise Family scandal spread across the state, prompting calls to boycott Starlight Company and forcing the Star Family to close its local office.
• Tao Yu used Teng Lianghong’s identity to accuse the Star Family publicly of letting others take blame for its deeds, including killings attributed to the Assassin Alliance.
• Tao Yu helped Madam Long with her treatment using life force, then received a message from the little rich girl about trouble involving the Burning Legion.
• Tao Yu returned to the Lord of the Rings world, where Sun Shiqing told him that a superhero called Deep Sea had crossed a rift after clashing with Middle-earth’s allied forces.
• Tao Yu recognized Deep Sea’s organization, The Seven, as belonging to The Boys and considered the value of that world’s drug-induced superpowers.