Chapter Summaries

Fu Qian helped Catherine recover her memories and form a body, though she emerged with her head attached to his shoulder. Catherine questioned why he had saved her, and Fu Qian bluntly said it was because she was delicious.

• Fu Qian coaxed Catherine into remembering her name and her work at the restaurant.
• Catherine's face and body formed on Fu Qian's shoulder as she recalled how annoying the customers had been.
• Catherine recognized that she had never seen Fu Qian before and asked whether he had saved her.
• Fu Qian said he had saved her because she was delicious, making Catherine wary.
• Fu Qian told Catherine to stop parasitizing him and warned her not to tear his clothes further.
• Catherine slowly pulled herself out through the tear in Fu Qian's clothes.

Fu Qian questioned Catherine after she recovered from her incomplete transformation and learned that she had died in the hall a few months earlier, though she could not remember who killed her. After he let her go change clothes, Catherine suddenly screamed and froze in place.

• Fu Qian examined Catherine as she struggled to complete her transformation, then told her to focus on recovering.
• Catherine restored a stable human form, and Fu Qian asked how long she had been dead and what she remembered about her death.
• Catherine said she had been dead for two or three months and recalled being destroyed in the hall during a conflict, but could not identify her attacker.
• Fu Qian concluded that Ballard had killed Catherine before Fu Qian arrived, then gave her permission to change clothes.
• Catherine screamed, black fluid seeped from her mouth, and her entire body froze.

Fu Qian used Catherine, Akasha’s Blood Slave, to summon the Spider Silk Queen, but the figure who appeared was the demigod Crystal. Fu Qian welcomed her and sat back down despite her blocking his escape.

• Catherine became trapped and immobilized as a spiderweb spread across the room.
• Fu Qian recognized Catherine as Akasha’s Blood Slave and used her as an invitation to summon Akasha.
• A figure moved through the shadows, and a sheen spread across Fu Qian as the web’s effect grew stronger.
• Fu Qian tried to leave, but spikes blocked his path and the figure warned that neither he nor Catherine would go anywhere.
• A blue-haired figure appeared beside Catherine, and Fu Qian recognized her as the demigod Crystal and welcomed her.

Fu Qian met Crystal, who had come looking for Akasha, and revealed that he was Andir, an outsider seeking an old friend. Crystal remained wary and questioned his identity, while Catherine returned with clothes and a tray.

• Fu Qian guessed that Crystal had come because she was worried about Akasha and asked whether she was looking for Akasha or him.
• Crystal let Catherine leave to dress, then asked Fu Qian why he wanted Akasha.
• Fu Qian removed his mask and revealed himself as Andir, whom Crystal recognized from their previous meeting.
• Crystal questioned whether Fu Qian was truly an outsider, and he confirmed that he was.
• Catherine returned dressed and carrying a tray.

Fu Qian learned that Crystal had developed a spider egg like the one that once appeared on Akasha, foreshadowing the Spider Silk Queen’s rebirth. Crystal explained that she had tracked Catherine because Catherine was showing strange changes, and Fu Qian concluded that Akasha might not be dead after all.

• Catherine brought Fu Qian and Crystal uncooked sausages, and Fu Qian ate them while inviting Catherine to join him.
• Crystal said Akasha had disappeared about a month earlier and revealed a spider egg embedded in her body.
• Crystal explained that a similar egg had once appeared on Akasha before the Spider Silk Queen was reborn from her.
• Crystal said she had found Catherine because Catherine was showing strange changes resembling Akasha’s victims.
• Fu Qian reasoned that Akasha’s feeding mark should not persist after death and suggested that Akasha might still be alive.

Fu Qian questioned Crystal about Akasha and the Prophet, learning that the Prophet had declared his mission and life over. Crystal described a mysterious door in his former room that promised freedom to anyone who walked through it, leaving Fu Qian curious about what it did.

• Crystal admitted she had suspected Fu Qian's face was a disguise Akasha created, but changed her mind after seeing he showed no appetite for Catherine.
• Fu Qian told Crystal he was looking for Akasha to learn whether the Prophet was alive or dead.
• Crystal said the Prophet's room was still there, but its lake-facing window had become a door showing only fog.
• Crystal revealed that the Prophet had told everyone his mission and life had reached their end.
• Crystal explained that a notice beside the door promised freedom to anyone who walked through it, and that a crowd had gathered around it.

Fu Qian pieced together the mystery of Yuan Fang’s final message and the vanished people who entered the strange door in Room 802. After recognizing that Crystal wanted him to investigate it, he decided to go see the door himself.

• Fu Qian reasoned that Yuan Fang’s vague final message had left Unseen Hill’s residents torn between hope of escape and fear that the door was a trap.
• Crystal said Catherine had not yet been reborn when Yuan Fang gave his final words, and explained that Akasha’s disappearance had happened around the same time.
• Fu Qian deduced that people had already entered the door and vanished, which Crystal confirmed had happened to several people thrown inside.
• Crystal asked whether Fu Qian had noticed anything unusual on his journey into Unseen Hill, and he replied that he had taken the express lane.
• Fu Qian put on his mask and announced that he would go see the door, telling Crystal that he knew she had shared the information to get him to investigate it.

Fu Qian learned that Crystal wanted him to investigate the pilgrimage site for signs of Akasha and Yuan Fang, then questioned her about the Lord and newcomers to Unseen Hill. Crystal reported no new high-level Transcendents in the city and warned that they were being watched.

• Fu Qian explained that Crystal had sought his help because she wanted to know whether Akasha and Yuan Fang were alive, and Crystal admitted he was right.
• Fu Qian set off with Crystal for the pilgrimage site and left Catherine behind after thanking her for her work.
• Fu Qian told Crystal that the Lord had followed Catherine to stop her from harming innocents, but they agreed the Lord's motives remained suspicious.
• Fu Qian asked Crystal whether any newcomers had blended into the city, and she said she had seen no new high-level Transcendents.
• Fu Qian realized A'wei should have arrived in Unseen Hill as a high-level Transcendent, while Crystal warned that they were being watched.

Fu Qian and the Great Fortune Ming King reached the Prophet’s Tower, where a doorway had replaced Yuan Fang’s sealed balcony. As Fu Qian carried off a flaming humanoid who attacked them, he said he planned to set him free.

• Fu Qian and the Great Fortune Ming King crossed Unseen Hill’s restless crowds toward the Prophet’s Tower, watched by hidden experts and passersby.
• Fu Qian explained why he was the best person to enter the dangerous space beyond the doorway, and they found Room 802’s balcony sealed with an open doorway in its place.
• A flaming, sheep-headed humanoid leapt from a burning carriage and grazed the Great Fortune Ming King’s mask.
• Fu Qian grabbed the attacker by the neck and carried him toward the building, saying he planned to set him free.

Fu Qian entered the mysterious door in the Prophet’s former residence with the Ram-headed Demon to test what happened to those who crossed it. Before he went through, Crystal gave him an amber-like object that could help them make contact, leaving the others watching from outside.

• Fu Qian decided to use the Ram-headed Demon to test the door, since earlier tests suggested anyone who passed through vanished immediately.
• Fu Qian and Crystal climbed to the eighth floor, where they found the Prophet’s former residence erased except for the door, its message, and strange remains scattered nearby.
• Fu Qian asked Crystal how they could contact each other afterward, and she agreed he might have reason to use her again.
• Crystal transformed into a Werewolf and gave Fu Qian a pale blue-green amber-like object that could let her sense him in the city or possibly contact him if crushed elsewhere.
• Fu Qian warned the Ram-headed Demon that he would enlighten him, then stepped through the door with him.

After entering the Gate of Freedom, Fu Qian found himself blind in what appeared to be the missing Prophet’s apartment and triggered the mission condition to end the darkness. He illuminated the room and saw a ruined version of Unseen Hill surrounded by pitch-blackness, then wondered where the others who had entered the door had gone.

• Fu Qian crossed the Gate of Freedom, lost his vision, and realized the enchanted Ram-headed Demon had vanished while the amber Crystal remained.
• Fu Qian explored the darkness and recognized the Prophet’s residence, though the Prophet and the door were gone.
• The Warehouse announced the containment condition, “[Containment condition met: End The Darkest Night],” and Fu Qian considered why it had appeared after one minute.
• Fu Qian used Law Remnants to illuminate the apartment and saw that it was embedded in a ruined, dark version of Unseen Hill.
• Fu Qian looked through the window at the lightless world and wondered where the Ram-headed Demon and the other people who had entered the door had gone.

Fu Qian crossed the Gate of Freedom and found Unseen Hill’s dried-up Sage’s Lake filled with ash-covered human remains. He discovered the former Prophet Yuan Fang alive nearby, and Yuan Fang silently gestured for him to go to the side.

• Fu Qian opened a window and saw that the Sage’s Lake had dried into a vast sunken hemisphere.
• Fu Qian dropped from the eighth floor and went to the lake, where he found countless ash-covered human-shaped remains piled in its basin.
• Fu Qian dismissed the Great Fortune Ming King’s radiance and lit a dusty lantern he had taken from room 802.
• Fu Qian found the former Prophet Yuan Fang sitting beside a stone platform, his empty eye sockets spilling black Abyssal substance.
• Yuan Fang turned toward Fu Qian and slowly gestured to the side.

Fu Qian visited Yuan Fang beneath Unseen Hill and examined the bodies gathered in the pot, then used the Ram-headed Demon and the Crystal’s Golden Core to test how people responded to seeing the truth. The Golden Core vanished, and someone beside Fu Qian began to sob in the darkness.

• Fu Qian sat beside Yuan Fang, who remained silent, and discussed the pot, the passage, and a namesake who might be Yuan Fang’s descendant.
• After Fu Qian extinguished his lantern, an orange glow appeared in the pot, revealing the Ram-headed Demon he had brought through the door.
• Fu Qian found the Demon buried among the incomplete bodies, still struggling by instinct and unable to wake.
• Fu Qian crushed the Crystal’s Golden Core, and the tiny humanoid inside vanished before he could touch it.
• Fu Qian relit his lantern and spoke to someone nearby until the lantern went out and he heard a faint sob.

Fu Qian discovered that Crystal had entered Unseen Hill through the object she gave him, bringing her real self with her and transforming into a human woman she called Amber. As Amber accepted that there might be no way out, Fu Qian asked her to search for others who had awakened.

• After the lantern went out, Fu Qian recognized Crystal's voice in the darkness and realized she had followed him into Unseen Hill through the object she had given him.
• Fu Qian relit the lantern and found Crystal transformed into a human woman who revealed that she had brought a piece of her real self into the place.
• Crystal accepted Fu Qian's suggestion to be called Amber and wondered whether there had ever been a way out to freedom.
• Amber noticed Yuan Fang on the shore, explained that she had awakened from the pile of people, and Fu Qian asked her to look for others who had awakened.

Fu Qian had Amber search the lake of pots for Akasha and the Spider Silk Queen, then used her search to investigate the missing demigods. She found the Black Doctor, who said no other demigods had entered and left Akasha’s whereabouts uncertain.

• Fu Qian asked Amber to search for Akasha and the Spider Silk Queen, and she found neither in the lake of pots.
• Amber reasoned that Akasha might have gone through the door and told Fu Qian the Black Doctor was the only demigod to enter.
• Fu Qian gave Amber his lantern and sent her to look for the Black Doctor.
• Amber located the Black Doctor buried beneath the bodies, and he emerged as they spoke.
• The Black Doctor told Fu Qian that no other demigods had come there.

Fu Qian questioned the Black Doctor about Akasha and the Prophet, learning that Akasha almost certainly had not entered through the Gate of Freedom before him. The Black Doctor explained how he had found the door, then challenged Fu Qian to identify who had written the message that led him there.

• Great Fortune Ming King confirmed that Fu Qian was an outsider, and the Black Doctor deduced that this explained why Fu Qian had avoided the cauldron.
• Fu Qian asked whether Akasha might have entered the Gate of Freedom earlier, and the Black Doctor said the odds were practically zero because he had watched the door.
• Fu Qian asked about the Prophet, and the Black Doctor said he had never seen him come through the door and that the Prophet had already been there when he arrived.
• Fu Qian suggested that the Prophet might also be an outsider, prompting the Black Doctor to reveal that he had overheard their earlier conversation about namesakes.
• Amber questioned how the Black Doctor could be sure no one had found the door before him, and he said he had been in the building for a long time and had gone there after hearing the Prophet's message.
• The Black Doctor asked Amber who she thought had written the words that led him to the door.

Fu Qian questioned Black Doctor about the door to the unknown world and suspected his story was a cover for a hidden plan. He seized Black Doctor with a blood-red thread, leaving his suspicions unresolved.

• Black Doctor admitted he had written the words about the Prophet’s disappearance and entered the door, then mocked the demigods who had been too afraid to follow.
• Amber accused Black Doctor of misleading people, but he argued that the words had given them hope and that he had no reason to fear the unknown beyond the door.
• Fu Qian asked whether Black Doctor wanted to return through the door, and Black Doctor admitted he had tried but found no way back.
• Fu Qian challenged Black Doctor’s story, reasoning that the first person to enter the door was unlikely to have lost his nerve and hidden unless he had known what awaited him.
• Fu Qian used a blood-red thread to pull Black Doctor toward him and declared that he would suspect the first pioneer of having a scheme, whether or not Akasha was there.

Fu Qian confronted the Black Doctor, exposing inconsistencies in his story before using the Law Remnants against him. The Black Doctor unleashed strange bodily attacks, but Fu Qian resisted them until the doctor’s body exploded.

• Fu Qian explained why the Black Doctor’s behavior made him seem suspicious and challenged his inconsistent performance.
• Fu Qian released the golden power of the Law Remnants, causing the Black Doctor’s eyes to burst outward and release colored gas.
• The gas affected Amber, but Fu Qian inhaled it without feeling any effect.
• The Black Doctor’s body produced a grotesque, painful racket, and Fu Qian’s Great Fortune Ming King was finally affected.
• The Black Doctor’s distorted body exploded into fragments.

Fu Qian exposed the Black Doctor’s apparent death as a deception and forced him to explain the door’s origins. The Black Doctor admitted he had made it, while Amber’s hopes of finding Akasha grew dimmer, and Fu Qian asked whether he knew a man named A’wei.

• Amber wondered what the Black Doctor had hoped to accomplish, and Fu Qian asked whether she might be unable to return through the door.
• Amber speculated that Crystal might still exist on the other side, and Fu Qian suggested they could resolve the situation if she came through.
• Fu Qian used the Thread of Concern to summon the dormant Black Doctor’s body, and the Black Doctor woke and asked how Fu Qian had identified him.
• Amber realized the Black Doctor had faked his death and asked whether he had made the door.
• The Black Doctor admitted he had created the door after receiving the Prophet’s last words, and Fu Qian asked whether he had met a man named A’wei.

Fu Qian questioned Black Doctor about A'wei, whom Black Doctor knew as Death Angel, and considered whether his absence was connected to Unseen Hill's unexplained containment. The conversation ended with Black Doctor insisting there was no way out.

• Fu Qian asked Black Doctor whether he knew A'wei, then identified him as Death Angel.
• Black Doctor said he had never heard the title Death Angel, while Crystal admitted she knew nothing about him.
• Black Doctor taunted Crystal for relying too much on the prophet, and Fu Qian suggested the prophet might be an outsider.
• Black Doctor insisted Death Angel was not an outsider and said Fu Qian would see him if he escaped.
• Fu Qian asked Black Doctor how to leave, and Black Doctor said there was no way out.