Recaps

Jiang Mian, disguised as Xu Miao, defeated Yuan Feng and convinced the Underground Street that she might have eaten him, then accepted an apology from its manager, Jiang Ning. After leaving, she caught A Xiang following her and demanded to know who had sent him.

• One Ear and the crowd suspected Jiang Mian had eaten Yuan Feng, while Jiang Mian let them believe she was dangerous.
• Jiang Ning apologized for her people, gave Jiang Mian a Spatial Equipment ring filled with Calamity Cores and a Suppressor, and led her thugs away.
• Jiang Ning warned her thugs to treat Xu Miao cautiously after seeing how quickly she defeated a Fifth-tier Aberrant.
• Jiang Mian sensed that her Fire Seed branding range had expanded and continued searching for her target.
• Jiang Mian called A Xiang out of a shadow and asked who had sent him, then reassured him that she would not eat him.

Jiang Mian subdued A Xiang and compelled him to reveal the power structure of the underground city. Learning that his boss Zhong Zhen was a Seventh-tier Aberrant backed by the authorities, she decided against confronting him directly and began planning her next move.

• A Xiang resisted Jiang Mian's demand for information, then attacked her with a shadow blade, but she caught it bare-handed and seized him in the darkness.
• Jiang Mian used her spirit-controlling method to make A Xiang obey and disclose that the underground city housed nine Sixth-tier Aberrants and was led by Zhong Zhen, the only living Seventh-tier Aberrant.
• A Xiang revealed that Zhong Zhen followed the [Slaughter] Path as the [Tyrant] and had powerful ties to the authorities, including a relative who was the Huang Yan War God.
• Jiang Mian released A Xiang from her control, chose not to challenge Zhong Zhen at his doorstep, and started devising a plan while deciding to deal with the person who had framed her.

Yu Xiaoxiao escaped into a hotel after using Jiang Mian as a decoy, then drank a stolen suppressor and discovered her scales were still spreading. Jiang Mian found her, overpowered her with the fire of [Doom], and left Yu Xiaoxiao terrified by saying she would pay for her mistake with her body.

• Yu Xiaoxiao escaped pursuers, discarded her disguise, and entered a hotel room with a stolen suppressor.
• Yu Xiaoxiao drank the suppressor but noticed that her scales seemed to have multiplied.
• Jiang Mian appeared in Yu Xiaoxiao's room and resisted her [Frozen Snowfield] domain.
• Jiang Mian used the fire of [Doom] to suppress Yu Xiaoxiao's ability and make her kneel in pain.
• Jiang Mian told Yu Xiaoxiao to pay for her mistake with her body, and Yu Xiaoxiao begged her not to eat her.
• Jiang Mian clarified that she had not said she would eat Yu Xiaoxiao.

Jiang Mian accelerated Yu Xiaoxiao’s Calamity Core formation, gained a clearer understanding of how cores were made, and ordered her new subordinate to help confront the Alliance’s three sixth-tiers. Meanwhile, Ye Chenyang continued his conversation with primordial Origin Jiang Ran, who realized he was not Yang Ze.

• Jiang Mian used the Fire Seed to accelerate Yu Xiaoxiao’s Calamity Core formation and observed how it condensed.
• Yu Xiaoxiao woke, called Jiang Mian “Sovereign,” and pledged to follow her orders.
• Jiang Mian ordered Yu Xiaoxiao to wipe out the Alliance’s three sixth-tiers, then stopped her when she involuntarily headed for the door and told her to bathe first.
• Ye Chenyang, using the identity Yang Ze, told Jiang Ran he would face Doom alone to pursue an answer.
• Jiang Ran asked Ye Chenyang whether he was really Yang Ze.

Ye Chenyang worried that the mysterious call tied to [Doom] could endanger Jiang Mian, and he prepared to confront the advancing Calamity. As Yun Zheng gathered the rain’s elements for an attack, Jiang Ran sent Ye Chenyang to hold off [Doom] while the others fought its minions.

• Jiang Ran recognized that Ye Chenyang was not acting as Yang Ze, but agreed to help him face [Doom] and told him to retreat if he could not win.
• Ye Chenyang recalled how the first-generation Apex beings had fought and feared that the call from beyond Ninth-tier might affect Jiang Mian after she absorbed [Formless].
• Four first-generation beasts appeared in the Mist, and the dragon’s movement sent violent winds and rain surging into the Ink River.
• Yun Zheng used [Return Origin Gather Annihilation] to gather the rain’s elements into a sphere aimed at breaking the beasts’ domains.
• Jiang Ran told Ye Chenyang to hold off [Doom] while the others dealt with its minions, and he sped toward the Ink River’s source.

Ye Chenyang confronted Doom during its evolution and discovered that its power came from the world’s laws, reinforcing his theory about the Cataclysm lineage. He let Doom continue downstream, where Yun Zheng was waiting, while two uninvited guests arrived at the Underground City Alliance headquarters.

• Ye Chenyang reached the source of Ink River and found Doom surging through the flood beneath unnatural black clouds.
• Doom swallowed Ye Chenyang, but he restrained it with Spatial Power and trapped it in his domain.
• Ye Chenyang asked where Doom’s momentum came from, and Doom pointed to the sky before he withdrew his domain and let it pass.
• Ye Chenyang concluded that Cataclysms descended from native life-forms infected by the Mist and that Doom’s evolution was difficult because of a clash with the world’s laws.
• Ye Chenyang expected Yun Zheng to intercept Doom downstream and believed Jiang Mian would avoid the same transitional difficulty when she evolved.
• At the Underground City Alliance headquarters, Chen Li watched a black-dressed girl read while a white-haired girl stood behind her, and sensed trouble was coming.

Jiang Mian approached Chen Li about joining his alliance and made clear she might take over as Alliance Master. Their conversation was interrupted by Qian Xiong, whose rude behavior drew Jiang Mian’s amused attention.

• Yu Xiaoxiao tried to project confidence while Chen Li wondered about Jiang Mian’s strength and background.
• Jiang Mian asked Chen Li whether his alliance was recruiting, and he offered her a place in name or even the Alliance Master position if she was stronger.
• Jiang Mian rejected joining in name and said she might take a turn in the Alliance Master’s chair.
• Qian Xiong barged into the office, insulted Yu Xiaoxiao, and asked Jiang Mian to introduce herself.
• Jiang Mian stopped Yu Xiaoxiao from retaliating and looked at Qian Xiong with amusement, reminded of an old acquaintance surnamed Li.

Jiang Mian revealed herself to Qian Xiong and Chen Li as Xu Miao, a fifth-rank being with the pinnacle Sequence 4, Chaos's Formless. After Qian Xiong attacked her inside his domain, Chen Li turned against him and offered to help Jiang Mian become Alliance Master.

• Jiang Mian agreed to introduce herself and revealed that she was Xu Miao, Sequence 4, Chaos's Formless.
• Qian Xiong doubted that Xu Miao could be the calamity pinnacle, but she asked whether she had ever claimed to be human.
• Qian Xiong opened his Blood Moon Hunting Ground, swapped places with Yu Xiaoxiao, and attacked Jiang Mian.
• Jiang Mian overwhelmed Qian Xiong's senses with darkness, and Chen Li used Inner Demon Tribulation on him.
• Chen Li told Jiang Mian that he would help her secure the Alliance Master position because he had had enough of the Alliance's idiots.

Jiang Mian took control of the Alliance after devouring Qian Xiong and learning about its operations. She appeared in the Alliance Master's seat before the gathered leaders, leaving the room silent.

• Jiang Mian asked Chen Li about the Alliance and learned that its Armory reclaimed and utilized Mutant Remains under Lu Yan's leadership.
• Jiang Mian told Chen Li to call a meeting and said she would handle what came next, while revealing she had planted a Fire Seed in him.
• Jiang Mian left for the meeting with Yu Xiaoxiao and said she was going to take over as Alliance Master.
• Chen Li faced Qian Daqiang's complaints and waited for Lu Yan to arrive before stepping aside from the Alliance Master's seat.
• Jiang Mian appeared in the Alliance Master's seat, and the conference room fell silent.

Jiang Mian took over the Alliance Master position from Chen Li by offering Lu Yan a share of abundant Calamity remains for his armory. The meeting ended with Lu Yan accepting her leadership, while Qian Daqiang's objections went unsupported.

• Chen Li yielded the Alliance Master's seat to Jiang Mian, and Qian Daqiang challenged the move.
• A meeting attendee reported that a woman in a black dress had eaten Yuan Feng, making everyone suspect Jiang Mian.
• Lu Yan silenced Qian Daqiang and asked Chen Li why he was stepping down.
• Jiang Mian offered Lu Yan access to Calamity remains in exchange for sixty percent of the profits and hinted at more help involving the [King of Cysts].
• Lu Yan accepted Jiang Mian as Alliance Master after inspecting the Spatial Equipment bracelet filled with Calamity remains.

Jiang Mian secured Xu Miao’s position as Alliance Master, used a mysterious power to punish Aberrants considering defection, and reassured them that Chen Li would handle daily affairs while she controlled resources. After the meeting, she called Lu Yan aside and asked if he wanted to go further.

• Chen Li announced Xu Miao as the Alliance’s new Alliance Master after Lu Yan accepted her terms.
• Jiang Mian’s power caused the Aberrants who considered defecting to suffer intense pain, and she warned them against betraying the Alliance.
• Jiang Mian said Chen Li would continue managing daily affairs and implied that Qian Xiong had been eaten.
• Jiang Mian left the meeting with Lu Yan, and Yu Xiaoxiao greeted her outside.
• Jiang Mian asked Lu Yan whether he wanted to go further.

Jiang Mian filled all seven Alliance armory warehouses with Calamity remains, then explained to Lu Yan that his progress had stalled because of the shackles on the [Cataclysm] Path and his incomplete ability. She left him believing she could help him overcome the limitation.

• Lu Yan wondered whether Jiang Mian knew how he could advance beyond the Sixth tier, and she led him and Yu Xiaoxiao to the armory.
• Lu Yan stacked his Calamity remains in the first warehouse, and Jiang Mian used shadows to fill it with more materials.
• Jiang Mian repeated the process until all seven warehouses were full, leaving Lu Yan and Yu Xiaoxiao stunned by the supplies.
• Jiang Mian told Lu Yan not to raise production too quickly and asked about his stalled progress after reaching the Sixth tier.
• Jiang Mian explained that shackles limited the [Cataclysm] Path and that Lu Yan's ability was incomplete, then confirmed she had a way to help.

Jiang Mian offered Lu Yan a place as her subordinate and had Yu Xiaoxiao spar with him to demonstrate her strength. After Yu Xiaoxiao defeated him, Lu Yan agreed to serve Jiang Mian, who moved to Dominate him.

• Jiang Mian told Lu Yan she wanted a subordinate who would answer when needed, then revealed she was Sequence 4, [Formless] of [Chaos].
• Jiang Mian opened her [Myriad Forms Scorched Embers] domain and told Yu Xiaoxiao to spar with Lu Yan.
• Yu Xiaoxiao used [Frozen Snowfield] and withstood Lu Yan's attacks, leaving him badly chilled despite his sixth-tier strength.
• Lu Yan knelt and offered to serve Jiang Mian, but she stopped him and told him to open his mind so she could begin Domination.

Jiang Mian modified Lu Yan’s Mental Body and set him to work learning how to make Spatial Equipment. Meanwhile, Xuanhuang harvested Calamity cores in the Void Realm, and Oblivion River investigated Jiang Mian’s soul imprints, suspecting her power might be linked to [Doom] rather than [Formless].

• Jiang Mian gently enveloped Lu Yan’s Mental Body with the Golden Crow’s power, then gave him King of Cysts cores to practice making Spatial Equipment.
• Jiang Mian planned to use Lu Yan’s equipment production to supply the Alliance and earn money from Calamity Cores.
• Xuanhuang destroyed a cluster of ordinary [Chaos] Calamities and collected their cores and Chaos Cores.
• Xuanhuang asked the Sea of Misfortune about the Dominator, and it said the Dominator had entered the fifth tier after mastering all four attributes.
• Oblivion River heard a report from a fifth-tier Aberrant whose soul imprint had nearly activated, then sent him away without giving orders.
• Oblivion River used [Abyssal Echo] and [Withering] to trace the imprint’s fatal outcome to a pitch-black flame, leading her to suspect Jiang Mian’s ability resembled [Doom].

Oblivion River suspected that Xu Miao was [Doom] in disguise and inferred that [Doom] was preparing to target every Apex. She planned to make contact and lure [Doom] out, while Jiang Mian later met Yin Mengyao and saw her new domain.

• Oblivion River concluded that Xu Miao was likely [Doom], who had stolen Xu Xiaoan's power and gained [Formless]'s abilities.
• Withering told Oblivion River that [Asura] had drawn three human Eighth-tiers into a fight on the West Side, then learned her suspicions about [Doom].
• Oblivion River told Withering that [Doom]'s target was every Apex and decided to test her suspicion through the two people in the training camp.
• Jiang Mian arranged a place for her clone in the Alliance office, withdrew her consciousness, and went downstairs to clear her head.
• Jiang Mian met Yin Mengyao, congratulated her on reaching the Fifth-tier, and asked to see her domain, the [Hundred Forms of Floating Life Scroll].

Jiang Mian condensed a Wind Element core, then received a broken plea for help from Xu Xiaoan at the training camp. Suspecting the Oblivion River had set a trap, she disguised herself as Xu Xiaoan, brought Yin Mengyao into the [World], and headed to the camp as [Doom].

• Jiang Mian tried Yin Mengyao's Hundred Forms of Floating Life Scroll and fled after experiencing a terrifying simulated childbirth.
• Jiang Mian condensed a Third-tier Wind Element core and bound it to her body.
• Xu Xiaoan sent Jiang Mian a broken plea for help through the Save Point in her shadow.
• Jiang Mian suspected the Oblivion River was targeting her people and might be trying to reach Shen Qiuyu's memories.
• Jiang Mian transformed into Xu Xiaoan, tossed Yin Mengyao into the [World], and raced toward the training camp.

Jiang Mian entered the death-shrouded training camp to find Xu Xiaoan while You Hui arrived and destroyed the giant treant. She realized Oblivion River had lured her there to test her identity, and now had to face You Hui.

• Jiang Mian examined the domain around the training camp and entered after protecting herself with wind and Shadow shields.
• You Hui arrived after receiving a distress signal and suspected Oblivion River's informants had deliberately drawn him there.
• Jiang Mian sensed Shen Qiuyu was safe but could not locate Xu Xiaoan's Save Point, and found a giant treant at the camp's center.
• You Hui struck the treant with a violet flying sword and destroyed it in one blow, then locked onto Jiang Mian with his mental force.
• Jiang Mian worked out that Oblivion River had used Xu Xiaoan as bait to confirm her identity and set her against You Hui, and she prepared to find a way past him.

Jiang Mian fought You Hui’s attempt to capture her, destroying his spatial flying sword and fleeing into the Void Realm before he dragged her back to the training camp. Just as she prepared to break free, an Eighth Order woman with Sequence 7, [Sinking Fragrance], appeared between them.

• Jiang Mian recognized that You Hui’s red sword carried a spatial property and feared that killing him would leave her vulnerable to Oblivion River’s leverage.
• Jiang Mian escaped into the Void Realm, slowed You Hui’s red flying sword with [Abyssal Sea Eye], and destroyed it with a Black Dragon clone.
• You Hui used his golden sword’s spatial confinement to catch Jiang Mian in the Void Realm and return her to the training camp.
• Jiang Mian counted down while waiting for the hidden observer to intervene, and You Hui approached without appearing ready to kill her.
• A black-robed woman appeared between Jiang Mian and You Hui, and You Hui identified her as Sequence 7, [Sinking Fragrance], an Eighth Order being.

You Hui attacked the eighth-tier woman in black with his fused swords, while Jiang Mian confronted Oblivion River and a red-clad Nightmare faction powerhouse after being thrown into the woods. Oblivion River recognized Jiang Mian as [Doom] and offered to help her absorb [Eternal Day] and [Guixu]; Jiang Mian appeared to accept, then demanded that Oblivion River return [Formless].

• You Hui fused his seven swords into a pure white attack and charged the woman in black, who tossed Jiang Mian aside and cloaked herself and You Hui in pink mist.
• Jiang Mian landed in a crater in the back mountain and faced Oblivion River and a red-clad eighth-tier Nightmare faction woman.
• Jiang Mian used one of Torrent's avatars to withstand the red-clad woman's pressure until Oblivion River intervened.
• Oblivion River identified Jiang Mian as [Doom] and promised not to expose her disguise, offering to create opportunities for her to absorb [Eternal Day] and [Guixu].
• Jiang Mian seemed to agree to Oblivion River's proposal, then asked her to give [Formless] back.

Jiang Mian received the badly damaged Xu Xiaoan from Wangchuan and left after blaming Wangchuan for what had happened. She reached her domain in the mountains and asked Sea of Misfortune whether it could affect Calamities.

• Wangchuan gave Jiang Mian a black bead containing Xu Xiaoan, whose power and condition had deteriorated severely.
• Jiang Mian learned that Xu Xiaoan had tried to resist the Death Mark and blow herself up after her message about Shen Qiuyu was blocked.
• Jiang Mian told Wangchuan she would remember her responsibility, then left for the mountains as a new Eighth-tier aura erupted near Base City Number One.
• Jiang Mian entered her World, showed Yin Mengyao the bead containing Xu Xiaoan, and asked Sea of Misfortune whether its domain could affect Calamities.

Yin Mengyao used the Hundred Forms of Floating Life Scroll to preserve Xu Xiaoan’s soul while Jiang Mian explained that her identity had been exposed and outlined defenses against anyone who might target her. The chapter ended with Yin Mengyao questioning whether Ye Chenyang would accept Jiang Mian’s plan, while Jiang Mian insisted he would understand.

• Jiang Mian handed Xu Xiaoan’s black bead to Yin Mengyao, who opened a silver-lit door and began preserving the soul in her Hundred Forms of Floating Life Scroll.
• Jiang Mian entered the scroll’s dark corridor with Yin Mengyao and told her about Oblivion River, You Hui, the two Eighth-tier [Nightmares], Xu Xiaoan’s ordeal, and her exposed identity.
• Jiang Mian explained that she hoped to reveal her identity peacefully with Ye Chenyang’s support, but was preparing defenses in case people attacked her.
• Jiang Mian had Torrent patrol the skies above the Core Circle and sent Xuanhuang beneath Base City Number One to stand guard and crystallize the surrounding rock.
• Yin Mengyao warned that Ye Chenyang might object to Jiang Mian’s plan, but Jiang Mian said he would understand.

Ye Chenyang returned from receiving the inheritance and waited anxiously for Jiang Mian after You Hui began an unexpected breakthrough attempt. When Jiang Mian came back, she explained how Oblivion River had uncovered her secret, then admitted she wanted to be with Ye Chenyang.

• Ye Chenyang completed the inheritance, gained Spatial Power and a locked memory, then left the tower with Xiao Song.
• Ye Chenyang and Xiao Song saw You Hui attempt to break through to the Eighth-tier, and Xiao Song headed toward the training camp to help.
• Ye Chenyang found Jiang Mian and the others absent from home, so he waited for Jiang Mian to return.
• Jiang Mian came back at dawn, and Ye Chenyang embraced her after their long separation.
• Jiang Mian explained that Oblivion River had likely discovered her Fire Seed and learned the power of [Doom].
• Ye Chenyang told Jiang Mian he would support her choice, and she said she wanted to be with him.

Jiang Mian reunited with Ye Chenyang, and their teasing triggered her Fire Element before he helped her rest. Meanwhile, You Hui drove [Sinking Fragrance] away from the training camp, where the aftermath left Shen Qiuyu facing the news of Xu Xiaoan’s death.

• Jiang Mian admitted she wanted an honest talk with Ye Chenyang, then blushed when he teased her about already being together.
• Ye Chenyang licked Jiang Mian’s earlobe, causing her scales and Fire Element to flare until she regained control.
• Ye Chenyang reassured Jiang Mian about her identity, purified her, and put her to bed.
• You Hui fought [Sinking Fragrance] until Oblivion River ordered her back to the Other Shore, then surveyed the destroyed training camp.
• You Hui ordered the injured students taken to the hospital, while Shen Qiuyu realized Xu Xiaoan was dead and worried about explaining it to Jiang Mian.

Jiang Mian and Ye Chenyang planned to seek help from senior figures as the rain began, with Ye Chenyang reassuring her that he would support her. They revealed Jiang Mian’s identity as [Doom] to Xiao Song, who was stunned to learn Ye Chenyang had known since he first defeated [Formless].

• Yin Mengyao scolded Jiang Mian, then returned to her room after Ye Chenyang arrived.
• As rain fell over Base City Number One, Ye Chenyang told Jiang Mian they would alert Xiao Song and visit Zhong Chang, the [Huang Yan War God].
• Ye Chenyang advised Jiang Mian to present herself as a living human so Zhong Chang would protect her.
• Ye Chenyang met Xiao Song with Jiang Mian and said he had something important to tell him.
• Jiang Mian confessed to Xiao Song that she was [Doom], and Ye Chenyang revealed he had known since he first wiped out [Formless].
• Xiao Song realized Ye Chenyang had given Jiang Mian the Inheritance Mark despite knowing her identity and reacted with astonished laughter.

Jiang Mian and Ye Chenyang met with Zhong Chang, who agreed to protect Jiang Mian’s identity in exchange for her helping lure out a major target. Ye Chenyang accepted a Supervision Department role to support the plan, and the two left to go home.

• Jiang Mian told Zhong Chang she had no interest in taking sides and would simply fight anyone who attacked her.
• Zhong Chang promised to suppress anyone who exposed Jiang Mian’s identity and recruit two other authorities to protect her, asking her to act as bait to catch a major fish.
• Zhong Chang offered Ye Chenyang an open-ended mission, and Ye Chenyang accepted a position in the Supervision Department to screen suspected traitors and draw attention.
• Ye Chenyang told Jiang Mian that Yin Mengyao would be brought to Base City Number One that night to keep hiding in the shadows.
• Ye Chenyang suggested they go home, and Jiang Mian happily agreed.