Recaps

Ye Chenyang and Jiang Mian explored their new home, and Jiang Mian kept a promise by dressing up for him. After Ye Chenyang massaged her legs and feet, he carried her away to spend more time together.

• Ye Chenyang brought Jiang Mian into the house, and she toured its rooms with him.
• Jiang Mian went to shower while Ye Chenyang thought about using his Spatial Power to craft a weapon from her dragon horn.
• Jiang Mian came downstairs wearing a white nightdress and stockings, reminding Ye Chenyang that she had promised to show him the outfit.
• Ye Chenyang touched and massaged Jiang Mian's legs and feet while she stayed beside him.
• Jiang Mian asked to play longer, so Ye Chenyang picked her up and vanished with her from the living room.

Jiang Mian completed new Elemental Cores while Shen Qiuyu left Base City Number One for the Northern Defense Line, and Ye Chenyang finished a spear for her. Later, Jiang Mian met a visitor from her past and recognized her as Oblivion River.

• Jiang Mian refined four new Elemental Cores, and weather and seasons began appearing inside the [World].
• Shen Qiuyu told Jiang Mian she would leave Base City Number One and head to the Northern Defense Line to level up.
• Ye Chenyang gave Jiang Mian the spear [Heaven's Punishment], and she took him to her room to rest after he asked for an exclusive pet name.
• Yu Xiaoxiao told Jiang Mian that a visitor named Xu Miao had been requested, and Jiang Mian went to meet her.
• Jiang Mian recognized the visitor, Jiang Ning, as Oblivion River.

Ye Chenyang and Jiang Mian confronted Yan Yan at the Information Department, where Yan Yan revealed his treachery by unleashing his domain and taking the staff hostage. Jiang Mian neutralized his attack and exposed that she had adapted to [Formless] and could combine her domain with Ye Chenyang’s, leaving Yan Yan stunned by her claim that Ye Chenyang belonged to her.

• Ye Chenyang identified himself as a Supervision Department investigator and ordered Yan Yan to come with them.
• Yan Yan realized the investigation concerned his connection to Calamity and considered attacking or surrendering.
• Yan Yan expanded [Soul Archive] across the office building, trapping the staff in a dangerous mental domain.
• Ye Chenyang countered with his own domain as the staff struggled to evacuate, and both men eased their power to avoid harming them.
• Jiang Mian unleashed [Myriad Forms Scorched Embers], severed Yan Yan’s mental power, and merged her domain with Ye Chenyang’s.
• Jiang Mian told Yan Yan she had stopped pretending and declared that Ye Chenyang was hers.

Jiang Mian and Ye Chenyang confronted Yan Yan after she revealed her alliance with Ye Chenyang, and Yan Yan chose to fight rather than surrender. Jiang Mian hurled a black-lightning-charged [Heaven's Punishment] through Yan Yan's defenses, leaving him with the attack closing in on him.

• Jiang Mian admitted that she and Ye Chenyang had been allies, and Yan Yan realized their cooperation had deceived him.
• Yan Yan resisted Jiang Mian's domain and summoned a sixth-tier [Soul Eater] from his back.
• Ye Chenyang repelled Yan Yan's throwing knives with [Radiance] while Jiang Mian charged [Heaven's Punishment].
• Yan Yan combined the [Soul Eater] with Infinite Blade Spiral and enlarged the spinning blade formation with more knives.
• Jiang Mian infused [Heaven's Punishment] with [Formless] power and threw it as black lightning.
• The black attack corroded through Infinite Blade Spiral and homed in on Yan Yan as he tried to escape.

Jiang Mian and Ye Chenyang killed Yan Yan and discovered that [Formless] power had altered [Heaven's Punishment], potentially improving its quality. As they continued their purge of traitors, Oblivion River learned of the operation and decided to use the approaching [Death Knell] to lure her enemies into a trap.

• Jiang Mian and Ye Chenyang returned from their domain after Yan Yan crumbled into ash, and Ye Chenyang reflected on the devastation caused by the Boundless Gate siege.
• Jiang Mian showed Ye Chenyang how [Formless] power gave [Heaven's Punishment] a second, faster and more accurate state, and he explained that weapons beyond five stars were classified as Special Grade.
• Jiang Mian and Ye Chenyang left to pursue the next target in their operation to eliminate traitors across their jurisdiction.
• A low-ranking Supervision Department logistics worker warned Oblivion River that the department was purging traitors.
• Oblivion River considered Withering's warning and decided to lure her enemies into a trap as the [Death Knell] approached.

Jiang Mian and Ye Chenyang finished eliminating the sixth-tier moles and discussed Oblivion River’s growing influence in the Underground City, agreeing to send the Golden Crow to scout before acting. At headquarters, Tian Wei sought news of her missing father, and Jiang Mian told her that Ye Chenyang was her boyfriend.

• Jiang Mian and Ye Chenyang eliminated nearly ten sixth-tier moles, and Jiang Mian absorbed their remains to strengthen her cores.
• Jiang Mian told Ye Chenyang that Oblivion River might have taken control of Number One Pharmacy and could be infecting Aberrants in the Underground City.
• Jiang Mian and Ye Chenyang agreed to send the Golden Crow to scout the Underground City before setting out, then headed to Supervision Department headquarters.
• Tian Wei asked Yun Han for news about her missing father, Tian Guang, and Yun Han promised to keep looking for him.
• Tian Wei approached Jiang Mian to ask about Ye Chenyang, and Jiang Mian said he was her boyfriend.

Jiang Mian prepared to infiltrate the Underground City after Ye Chenyang explained the Number One Pharmacy’s control over Suppressors. Meanwhile, Zhong Zhen’s intercepted call was interrupted by a mysterious woman’s arrival.

• Tian Wei praised Jiang Mian as kind, unaware that Jiang Mian was responsible for her father’s disappearance.
• Jiang Mian waited in Ye Chenyang’s office and thought about her growing curiosity toward him.
• Ye Chenyang told Jiang Mian that the Number One Pharmacy had expanded to about eight hundred members and was monopolizing the Underground City’s Suppressors.
• Jiang Mian accepted a prepared ID card and planned to enter the Underground City, while Ye Chenyang carried her to a folding bed as she took manual control of her traveling clone.
• Zhong Zhen’s communication was intercepted, and a tall woman in a black dress appeared at his doorway.

Jiang Mian investigated Number One Pharmacy’s threat and learned that Sequence 16, [Mortal Embryo], had appeared there. Suspecting the situation could turn into a devastating battle, she ordered precautions and relocated the Alliance’s underground production line.

• Jiang Mian arrived at Zhong Zhen’s office, showed him her inspector authorization, and learned that [Mortal Embryo] was at Number One Pharmacy.
• Jiang Mian warned Zhong Zhen to preserve his people and avoid a direct clash, and he ordered A Xiang to prepare for evacuation.
• Jiang Mian considered [Mortal Embryo]’s ability to restart its growth and worried that Oblivion River had brought in an outside variable for a larger purpose.
• Jiang Mian ordered Xuanhuang to guard beneath the Underground City and sent further instructions to Yu Xiaoxiao and the others.
• Lu Yan assembled the underground production-line workers, and Jiang Mian moved them and their equipment elsewhere, leaving only herself and Lu Yan behind.

Jiang Mian moved the warehouse workers into [World] and assigned Lu Yan to build a new settlement ahead of an impending conflict. She then investigated the threat posed by Oblivion River and hurried back toward the back mountains, worried its plans would leave Ye Chenyang exposed.

• Jiang Mian transferred the warehouse workers into [World] as an experimental group and explained her plan to Lu Yan.
• Jiang Mian revealed that she was a specially appointed inspector, then sent Lu Yan into [World] to organize the workers and build a city while Chen Li maintained the alliance's public stability.
• Jiang Mian found Yu Xiaoxiao wandering the headquarters and sent her into [World] to help Lu Yan.
• Jiang Mian sensed a deathly aura and strange heartbeat near Number One Pharmacy's headquarters, then considered how Oblivion River might use a clash in the Underground City to target Ye Chenyang.
• Jiang Mian worried that the [Mortal Embryo] might reach Eighth-tier and raced into the back mountains to report the danger.

Jiang Mian learned that the Mortal Embryo could serve as a spare body for Calamities on the Silent Death path, and she urged Ye Chenyang to stay close while the authorities escalated the investigation. Meanwhile, Oblivion fed the Mortal Embryo a crowd of Aberrants, and Withering’s consciousness finally appeared to descend into its newly born body.

• Jiang Mian told Ye Chenyang that the Mortal Embryo had been smuggled into the Underground City, and he explained its hidden ability to serve as a spare body for a Calamity on the Silent Death path.
• Jiang Mian asked Ye Chenyang to stay where she could see him, and they kissed before reporting the situation to You Hui.
• You Hui arranged for higher-ranked Investigating Envoys to take over the investigation, and Jiang Mian and Ye Chenyang left the Supervision Department headquarters.
• Jiang Mian wondered whether Withering had used its death-prediction skill on Oblivion and decided to get involved after seeing something unexpected.
• Oblivion sacrificed the Aberrants gathered in Number One Pharmacy’s auditorium to advance the Mortal Embryo into its second phase.
• A purple-skinned baby emerged from the Mortal Embryo, and Withering’s consciousness took hold of it and apologized for being late.

Oblivion River planned to eliminate Doom and [Eternal Day] together and asked Withering to help, offering him anything in return. Meanwhile, Jiang Mian returned to the Underground City as Base City Number One prepared to clear the area, and Xiao Song sent her inside to check whether Zhong Zhen’s group had escaped.

• Withering told Oblivion River that a [Heavenly Fire] had stolen power from his realm, and she learned it might have been Shen Qiuyu.
• Oblivion River explained that Doom had absorbed power from [Guixu] and reasoned that she should strike Doom and [Eternal Day] together before they could threaten her.
• Withering warned that Doom could counter her, and Oblivion River agreed to grant his request if he helped her act.
• Jiang Mian returned to the Underground City, believing Oblivion River might know she was a mole and could turn against her.
• Xiao Song told Jiang Mian that defenses were ready to clear the area but that Zhong Zhen and his group had not come out, so she entered the passage to check on them.

Jiang Mian discovered that Oblivion River had attacked her headquarters and declared war, then prepared to save survivors and help clear the Underground City. She sealed Chen Li with the invading Nightmare so he could fight it within the seal, and ordered Xuanhuang to act as a massive earthquake began.

• Gu Chengan told Xiao Song that Jiang Mian deserved to be a player because she was a near-complete [Doom].
• Jiang Mian found Yuyi Hall's headquarters empty, then sensed that Chen Li was under attack and raced to her own headquarters.
• Jiang Mian found Chen Li being possessed by a Nightmare and used Guixu Silver Fire to seal them together in a crystal, leaving Chen Li to defeat the Nightmare within it.
• Jiang Mian surveyed the devastated Underground City, gathered the survivors, and concluded that Oblivion River had ended their cooperation and declared war.
• Jiang Mian told Xiao Song she would have [Profound Yellow Overturn] act first, then ordered Xuanhuang to act, triggering a violent earthquake across the Underground City and mountain range.

Jiang Mian left the Underground City as it crystallized and regrouped with Base City Number One’s forces before returning home to prepare for Oblivion River’s likely attack. Withering trapped her and Ye Chenyang in the [Reflecting Life and Death Domain] and attacked Jiang Mian, but Ye Chenyang purified the curse before Withering launched another assault.

• Jiang Mian watched the Underground City turn into purple crystal, then left as the tremors threatened to destroy it.
• Jiang Mian met Gu Chengan, You Hui, and the other high-tier Awakened, who learned she was a [Formless] ally.
• Jiang Mian returned home and left with Ye Chenyang after they realized Withering had covered the Villa Area with the [Reflecting Life and Death Domain].
• Withering’s Death Qi curse targeted Jiang Mian, but Ye Chenyang used [Eternal Day] to purify it.
• Withering revealed himself and attacked Jiang Mian and Ye Chenyang again.

Jiang Mian and Ye Chenyang faced Withering’s attack until World-Overturning Torrent and Zhong Chang arrived to protect them. Yellow Springs Ferry opened its domain, but Torrent and Zhong Chang countered it, leaving Withering to order a retreat.

• Withering transformed into a skull and charged Jiang Mian and Ye Chenyang, but Torrent tore open the sky and struck it with icy-blue lightning.
• Jiang Mian and Ye Chenyang escaped the attack, and Yellow Springs Ferry emerged to shield Withering from the strike.
• Zhong Chang joined the fight and dispelled Withering’s attempt to curse Jiang Mian with Human Momentum.
• Yellow Springs Ferry spread its domain across the city, but Torrent halted its expansion and Zhong Chang dissolved its skeletal attacks.
• Torrent turned the Yellow Springs domain into a Thunder Prison, and Withering ordered Yellow Springs to retreat.

Jiang Mian entered the Other Shore after the Eighth-Rank beings departed and confronted a Split Soul of Oblivion River across the River of Oblivion. Oblivion River allowed her to take the remaining Ghost Flowers, and Jiang Mian burned them with Silver Fire.

• The Torrent and Zhong Chang broke through the Yellow Springs Domain and pursued Withering and Yellow Springs, leaving Jiang Mian and Ye Chenyang behind.
• Jiang Mian checked her core, then told Ye Chenyang she wanted to explore the Other Shore; he let her go after warning her to be careful.
• Jiang Mian crossed the River of Oblivion on a bridge of silver fire and found Oblivion River's Split Soul among the remnants of the Flower Sea.
• Oblivion River explained that captured souls became Ghost Flowers and hinted that Jiang Mian was no longer human, but Jiang Mian dismissed her remarks.
• Oblivion River allowed Jiang Mian to take the remaining flowers, and Jiang Mian set the Flower Sea ablaze with Silver Fire.

Jiang Mian burned Oblivion River’s collected souls in Other Shore, then returned to Ye Chenyang as the Core Circle’s immediate danger eased. She teased him about touching her during the crisis and left him flustered when she offered to help him.

• Jiang Mian burned the souls held by Oblivion River, sensed a small new crimson flame within her Mental Body, and concluded Withering had warned Oblivion River to flee.
• Jiang Mian returned to the living room, where she rested in Ye Chenyang’s arms as rain began falling from Torrent’s Inverted Sea.
• Jiang Mian told Ye Chenyang that Oblivion River had escaped, and they considered how the balance of power had shifted in their favor.
• Jiang Mian asked Ye Chenyang whether her chest had felt soft when he touched her core while saving her, then teased him by saying he was allowed to touch her.
• Ye Chenyang tried to escape to the shower, but Jiang Mian pinned him to the sofa and offered to help him, leaving him stunned by her golden-eyed gaze.

After helping defeat the northern Calamities, Jiang Mian attended a Supervision Department meeting where officials granted her a new title and planned an expedition to reclaim lost territory. The chapter ended with Zhong Chang announcing a campaign against Withering.

• Ye Chenyang and Jiang Mian reunited after their intimate encounter, and Jiang Mian told him the battle had ended with one [Fierce God] dead and Xuanhuang badly depleted.
• Ye Chenyang and Jiang Mian attended a Supervision Department meeting, where Jiang Mian openly took a seat beside the head chair despite the other officials' hostility.
• You Hui reported that You Hui had killed one [Fierce God], two others had escaped gravely wounded, the [Mortal Embryo] had been forced back to the sixth tier, and [Yellow Springs Ferry] had entered a false death state.
• You Hui awarded Jiang Mian the title of Special Envoy Patrol, prompting unease among the other officials.
• Zhong Chang announced a Northern Expedition against Withering to reclaim the territory humanity had lost.

Jiang Mian received the title of Permanent Special Envoy, prompting concern among the Yun and Yu families about her growing power. As she and Ye Chenyang turned to postwar arrangements, Yun Ling and Yu Zhengqing met privately to discuss the changing situation.

• Jiang Mian and Ye Chenyang left the meeting after the officials discussed plans to finish off their weakened enemy.
• You Hui questioned Zhong Chang about Jiang Mian's appointment, and Zhong Chang silently looked toward Everbright as it entered night mode.
• Ye Chenyang explained that the Yun and Yu families were wary of Jiang Mian because her power could make her impossible to control.
• Jiang Mian dismissed the political concerns and discussed settling her Calamity beasts and people, while deciding to keep Tian Guang building houses in [World].
• Yun Ling and Yu Zhengqing visited Yun Han, sealed his office, and told him about Jiang Mian's appointment as they considered the coming changes.

Jiang Mian and Ye Chenyang surveyed the crystal-covered remains of the Underground City, checked on Torrent and the resting Xuanhuang, and helped establish a new settlement for the Aberrants. After arranging support for Yu Xiaoxiao and Lu Yan, they returned home, where Ye Chenyang noticed something missing from Jiang Mian’s nightdress.

• Yun Ling warned Yu Zhengqing against revisiting the Yu Family’s past troubles, then suggested that the Yun Family did not need to provoke [Doom].
• Jiang Mian and Ye Chenyang visited the former Underground City and found the mountains transformed by purple crystals into a vast platform.
• Torrent reported that Xuanhuang had taken heavy damage and needed to sleep while the battle’s aftereffects passed.
• Jiang Mian visited the Aberrants’ temporary settlement, released the Survivors, and gave Yu Xiaoxiao and Lu Yan Save Points.
• Jiang Mian gave Lu Yan the sealed fragment containing Chen Li and explained that he might survive only as a spirit.
• Jiang Mian and Ye Chenyang returned home, and Ye Chenyang’s smile froze when he noticed something missing from her nightdress.

Ye Chenyang discovered that Jiang Mian had developed a dangerous Reverse Scale and planned to seek help from Qin Xiao to strengthen her before she reached the Sixth Tier. After an intimate morning apart, he and Jiang Mian prepared to travel west, where they encountered someone waiting outside the Supervision Department.

• Jiang Mian revealed her Reverse Scale, and Ye Chenyang realized that touching it could unleash a powerful destructive urge.
• Ye Chenyang comforted Jiang Mian and secretly planned to obtain a place in Myriad Manifestations' Element Decree for her.
• Jiang Mian woke alone and, after Ye Chenyang knocked, hurriedly dressed and joined him for lunch.
• Ye Chenyang told Jiang Mian they would travel to the West Side to meet Qin Xiao, who was with [Stop War] on the Western Front.
• Ye Chenyang and Jiang Mian arrived at the Supervision Department and saw a familiar figure waiting outside the office.

Jiang Mian revealed that Tian Guang had been confined for obstructing official duties and released him when Tian Wei asked. Meanwhile, Yun Ling heard a mysterious voice calling him into the Void Realm, where he found himself powerless before a black sun.

• Tian Wei recognized Jiang Mian as an Investigating Envoy and asked about her missing father.
• Jiang Mian told Tian Wei that Tian Guang had been confined for obstructing official duties, then brought him into the office and released him.
• Ye Chenyang recognized Jiang Li's name on a document and explained that she was Sequence 1, the Origin of Myriad Spirits.
• Yun Han saw Tian Wei leave with Tian Guang, reported the matter, and decided to seek a transfer away from the situation.
• Yun Ling received word that Tian Guang was alive, then heard a strange voice and followed its mental thread into a dark abyss.
• Yun Ling found himself unable to use his abilities in the abyss and saw a black sun.

Jiang Mian and Ye Chenyang met Jiang Li at the Jiang Family warehouse to discuss supplies and a warning about voices in the Mist. Jiang Li welcomed Jiang Mian to their side and revealed that her mother had been an Aberrant.

• Jiang Mian and Ye Chenyang walked to the Jiang Family warehouse, where Jiang Li and Jiang An were waiting for them.
• Jiang Li showed them the signed supply document and had Jiang An raise a vitality barrier around the room.
• Jiang Li reported hearing multiple voices deep in the Mist, including one that tried to seduce her consciousness and another that countered it.
• Ye Chenyang worried that the altered course of fate might draw terrifying beings toward Jiang Mian, then thanked Jiang Li for the warning.
• Jiang Li welcomed Jiang Mian and gave her a piece of green jade.
• Jiang Li explained that she was friendly toward Aberrants because her mother had been one.

Jiang Li revealed her aberrant appearance and gave Jiang Mian the life-restoring Source Marrow before Jiang Mian and Ye Chenyang returned home. That night, a powerful attacker struck Research Institute No. 1 and targeted the Calamity Stone Tablet, but an unseen Blade Aura stopped the expanding black hole.

• Jiang Li revealed that her white hair and wine-red eyes were her true appearance and explained how her mother’s Sequence 36 ability, [Blood Taisui], had cursed her.
• Jiang Li gave Jiang Mian Source Marrow, an Ability Creation infused with life force that could restore her condition and save her from death.
• Jiang Mian stored the supplies in [World] and transported them to the Immigration Point with the Save Point before returning home with Ye Chenyang.
• A black orb attacked Research Institute No. 1, and Gu Yuanzhou recognized its [Chaos] power as it headed toward the Calamity Stone Tablet.
• Gu Yuanzhou’s [Four Directions Seal] was absorbed by the black hole, which destroyed the institute building as it expanded.
• A bright yellow flame drifted toward the black hole, and an invisible Blade Aura halted its expansion.

A strange Calamity of Chaos attacked Research Institute No. 1, and Xu Xiaoan’s Fusion went wrong when the attack stirred her [Formless] power. Jiang Mian entered Xu Xiaoan’s mental world to rescue her while Yin Mengyao stabilized it.

• Zhong Chang slowed the remote-controlled Calamity of Chaos and ordered Gu Yuanzhou to protect Meng Yao and move the stone tablet.
• Jiang Mian and Ye Chenyang received Yin Mengyao’s message and hurried to the ruined Research Institute No. 1.
• Jiang Mian denied having any connection to the attack, while Ye Chenyang considered whether the Void Realm’s fragmentation had been deliberate.
• Yin Mengyao explained that the Calamity’s attack had triggered Xu Xiaoan’s [Formless] power and buried her under a flood of memories.
• Jiang Mian joined Yin Mengyao, Gu Yuanzhou, and Jiang Li at Zhong Chang’s courtyard, then entered Xu Xiaoan’s mental world through Yin Mengyao’s domain.

Jiang Mian began a deep transformation to resolve the obsessions overwhelming Xu Xiaoan’s weakened soul. Xu Xiaoan awoke on the seafloor with nearly all her memories erased, then recognized the woman who lifted her from the water and called her “Mom.”

• Xu Xiaoan was surrounded by figures embodying human obsessions until Jiang Mian pulled her free.
• Jiang Mian used Shadow Power to erase the figures, but more kept appearing, so she plunged the world into darkness to address the problem at its root.
• Xu Xiaoan awoke on the seafloor as a limbless lump of flesh with a gray-black sun inside her, and her memories rapidly disappeared.
• With only the name Xu Xiaoan and a blurry silhouette of a woman left in her mind, Xu Xiaoan searched the barren seabed for food as her hunger grew.
• An unfamiliar but soothing force lifted Xu Xiaoan out of the sea, and she recognized the white-haired, golden-eyed figure with dragon horns and called her “Mom.”