Recaps

Jiang Mian and Ye Chenyang reached the deep-water zone, where Zhao Niugao warned them about Asura’s fall into Chaos and then departed beneath the Red Moon. Jiang Mian recognized the Red Moon’s aura as the one she had sensed at the Other Shore, while Zhao Niugao arrived in a strange space and saw a blood-red message.

• Jiang Mian asked Ye Chenyang about the battle, and he explained Zhao Niugao’s role in exposing Yu Zhengmo’s plan and the Chaos-corrupted blood sea.
• Ye Chenyang cut a path through the spatial turbulence with his black-and-white sword, and he and Jiang Mian met Jiang An and Zhao Niugao.
• Zhao Niugao warned Jiang Mian and the others that Asura had fallen into Chaos and that traitors remained among humanity.
• Zhao Niugao said the Blood Sea Sword Tomb’s beast had survived, then stepped into the Red Moon’s light and vanished.
• Jiang Mian recognized the Red Moon’s power as an aura from the Other Shore as she returned with Ye Chenyang and Jiang An.
• Zhao Niugao awoke in a strange space, fell through shifting realms, and saw a blood-red line of words appear before him.

Jiang Mian returned to Number One Fortress after advancing, and the group investigated whether Yu Qingyuan was involved in her uncle Yu Zhengmo’s suspected betrayal. Yin Mengyao found no obvious problem with Yu Qingyuan and brought her into a test that left her acting as though Qin Xiao were her husband.

• Jiang Mian reunited with Xu Xiaoan and Yin Mengyao at Number One Fortress, while Ye Chenyang suggested they check on Yu Qingyuan.
• Qin Xiao and Xiao Shuang guarded the bound Yu Qingyuan in a detention cell, suspecting her because Yu Zhengmo had vanished.
• Xiao Shuang revealed that he and Qin Xiao knew Jiang Mian’s secret, and Jiang Mian apologized before the group focused on Yu Qingyuan.
• Yin Mengyao probed Yu Qingyuan and found her mind seemed fine, then took her with Qin Xiao for a more thorough test.
• Yu Qingyuan awoke in a simulated home, called Qin Xiao her husband, and lunged at him while Yin Mengyao and the real Qin Xiao watched.

Yin Mengyao examined Yu Qingyuan and found no problem, while the group returned to Number One Fortress after the battle against Slaughter’s Rank Eight experts. After hearing the battle’s results, Gu Chengan prepared to return to Base City Number One to deal with the Yu Family, and Yu Xi insisted on going with him to cleanse the family herself.

• Yin Mengyao emerged from the confinement room with Qin Xiao and Yu Qingyuan and confirmed that Yu Qingyuan had no problem.
• Xiao Shuang questioned Qin Xiao about comforting Yu Qingyuan, while Jiang Mian secretly told Ye Chenyang what she had seen in Yin Mengyao’s mental world.
• Jiang Mian refused Torrent’s suggestion to pursue the wounded enemies, and Gu Chengan and the other Rank Eight experts returned from the domain.
• Old Gu announced that Slaughter had lost one Rank Eight, had another crippled, and had one escape, while the human fighters suffered only minor injuries apart from Yang Xin.
• Gu Chengan decided to return to Base City Number One to handle the Yu Family’s affairs, but Yu Xi interrupted and said she would go with him to cleanse the family herself.

Gu Chengan handed temporary command duties to the injured Yang Xin while warning that cyst-born Calamities and frequent Mist Tides still threatened the western defenses. Elsewhere, Yun Ling prepared to threaten Everbright if officials confronted his faction, and Jiang Mian reunited with the newly reborn Sea of Misfortune in human form.

• Gu Chengan assigned Yang Xin to manage affairs and explained that the western line still needed defenses against Calamities and small Mist Tides.
• Yun Ling told Yu Zhengqing that he knew of Yu Zhengmo’s death and planned to strike Everbright if the authorities moved against them.
• Yu Zhengqing learned that Yun Ling’s faction had three Eighth-tiers: himself, Yun Ling, and the old family head.
• Jiang Mian brought Ye Chenyang into [World] and introduced Sea of Misfortune, who had revived with a human form.
• Sea of Misfortune enjoyed Jiang Mian’s head pat while a dragon watched her from the sea.

Jiang Mian walked by the sea with Ye Chenyang and Sea of Misfortune, then confided her doubts about her own kindness to Ye Chenyang. He reassured her, and they kissed before she suggested they shower together.

• Jiang Mian invited Ye Chenyang to walk by the sea with her and Sea of Misfortune, who chose to stay close to her.
• Jiang Mian asked Ye Chenyang whether he had ever thought she was only pretending to be gentle, and he told her he believed she was kind.
• Jiang Mian admitted she felt no guilt about killing people, and Ye Chenyang said she had still held herself to a higher standard than most.
• Jiang Mian said she would deceive Ye Chenyang for a lifetime, then climbed onto his lap and kissed him.
• Jiang Mian started toward the Villa Area to shower, then turned back and asked Ye Chenyang if he wanted to come with her.

Ye Chenyang and Jiang Mian shared an intimate bath and night together, then woke up cuddling. As Ye Chenyang worried about the dangers threatening their world, Jiang Mian insisted they would stay together forever.

• Jiang Mian led Ye Chenyang into the bath, where her hesitation gave way to intimacy.
• Ye Chenyang carried Jiang Mian to the bedroom, and the two spent the night together.
• Jiang Mian woke in her half-released state and teased Ye Chenyang after realizing he had pretended to sleep.
• Ye Chenyang reflected on the Oblivion River Withering, Asura's infection by [Chaos], and the darkness beyond the world, then vowed to make a hopeful future.
• Jiang Mian told Ye Chenyang that they would be together forever.

Ye Chenyang confessed his past life to Jiang Mian, and the two reaffirmed their devotion to each other. Meanwhile, Xu Xiaoan heard a mysterious voice urging her to seize an origin, and Jiang Li’s arrival left her with an unsettling impression.

• Ye Chenyang told Jiang Mian about the ruined future and the deaths and losses he had witnessed in his previous life.
• Jiang Mian teased Ye Chenyang after learning she had been the mysterious [Doom], and they flirted over what he should call her.
• Xu Xiaoan, feeling overshadowed by Ye Chenyang, decided to disguise herself the next time she saw Jiang Mian.
• Xu Xiaoan heard a voice call her its child and urge her to seize the origin, but she waved it away and decided to tell Jiang Mian later.
• Jiang Li found Xu Xiaoan on the rooftop and cautioned her to examine the strange power of [Chaos] with others present.
• After Xu Xiaoan left, Jiang Li’s wine-red eyes briefly revealed a strange longing that she quickly suppressed.

Jiang Li was troubled by prophetic dreams and an awakening urge to experience death, while Gu Chengan and Yu Xi confronted the Yun and Yu Families over their ties to [Chaos]. The confrontation escalated into battle when Yun Ling and Yu Zhengqing revealed their power, and Yu Xi attacked them with lethal intent.

• Jiang Li dreamed of apocalyptic futures and felt an inexplicable urge to die once, but could not bring herself to tell Yin Mengyao about it.
• Gu Chengan found that the Yun Family and Yu Family had sent unusually many core members on the Northern Expedition and suspected they were spreading [Chaos].
• Gu Chengan, Yu Xi, and Zhong Chang went to Yun Family Manor, where Yun Ling confronted them with an eighth-rank aura and a complete prototype of authority.
• Yun Ling attacked Gu Chengan with a frost spear, but Yu Xi used [Still Water] to slow it and shatter it.
• Yu Zhengqing emerged to fight Yu Xi, who realized he had likely received power from the unknown existence and launched a fierce attack against him and Yun Ling.

Zhong Chang confronted the Yun Family’s former patriarch, Yun Shan, who had turned against humanity and attacked Everbright. As Yun Shan revealed his fused Authority of Collapse, Zhong Chang drew on the Core Circle’s Human Momentum and unveiled his own Authority, Humanity, reaching the ninth tier.

• Zhong Chang met Yun Shan before Everbright and accused him of betraying humanity, while Yun Shan called the dead necessary sacrifices.
• Zhong Chang and Yun Shan exchanged attacks, and their battle devastated the area around Everbright.
• Yun Shan’s earth-vein power was blocked by the strange purple crystals beneath Base City Number One, putting him at a disadvantage against Zhong Chang.
• Yun Shan formed a singularity and revealed that he had fused with the Authority of Collapse, expecting to reach the ninth tier.
• Zhong Chang’s broadsword transformed into a golden sword, and the Core Circle’s Human Momentum elevated him to the ninth tier as he revealed his Authority was Humanity.

Xu Xiaoan met Jiang Ling, the reborn Sea of Misfortune, and Jiang Mian investigated Xu Xiaoan’s immunity to an unknown [Chaos]. The Yun and Yu families then rebelled, crippling Base City Number One and the Northern Expedition Logistics Department, while Jiang Li instinctively recognized the authority of [Plague].

• Xu Xiaoan entered Room 404, met Jiang Ling, and learned that the Sovereign had given Sea of Misfortune a human name.
• Jiang Mian and Ye Chenyang returned, and Xu Xiaoan told them that an unknown whisper had vanished when she thought, “Don’t bother me.”
• Jiang Mian used Domination to examine Xu Xiaoan’s core and discovered her apparent complete resistance to the unknown [Chaos], though she feared testing it further.
• Jiang Li reported that the Yun and Yu families had rebelled, producing three eighth-tiers who escaped into the virtual realm using [Chaos] and leaving their detonated clansmen to trigger an epidemic.
• At the emergency meeting, Jiang Li instinctively identified the authority of [Plague] but could not explain why it felt familiar.

The group reviewed the aftermath of the fighting and planned their next moves, while Jiang Li remained unable to explain the strange voice warning her about Xu Xiaoan. Jiang Mian and Ye Chenyang then prepared for the Northern Expedition, and Jiang Mian learned more about the armed Aberrants patrolling the buffer zone before they entered the Blood Sea.

• Jiang Li tried to warn the others about the voice but could not speak of Xu Xiaoan, so she urged them to wait and see.
• Ye Chenyang recounted what had happened in Base City Number One, and the group laid out plans to restore logistics and eventually restart the Northern Expedition.
• Jiang Mian learned that the [Heavenly Realm] could help refine elements and might allow its user to wield the dragon soul within it.
• Jiang Mian encouraged Xu Xiaoan to digest her [Chaos] power and stored her inside [World].
• Ye Chenyang explained that the Independent Regiment included Aberrants and talented criminals whose armor could lock them down if they turned against their allies.
• Jiang Mian and Ye Chenyang entered the dark Blood Sea to continue their investigation.

Ye Chenyang and Jiang Mian entered the fused Blood Sea to find a concentration of Chaos for Xu Xiaoan to test her strength. Xu Xiaoan absorbed the power of the Void Realm’s King of Cysts and showed she could rapidly grow stronger, though the chapter leaves her still feeling bloated from the energy.

• Ye Chenyang used the Yin Yang Sword to open a passage through the Blood Sea and explained that sinking deeper would lead into the Void Realm, where King of Cysts kept appearing.
• Jiang Mian asked about Ye Chenyang’s future authority, and he said Balance was his fallback while he searched for a better choice because it could strengthen the shadow origin within him.
• Jiang Mian brought Xu Xiaoan out of World, and Xu Xiaoan plunged into a cluster of King of Cysts to test her Nether Sun.
• Xu Xiaoan’s light corroded and burst the Sixth-tier sacs, while Ye Chenyang kept the Seventh-tier King of Cysts at bay with the Yin Yang Sword.
• After several hours, Xu Xiaoan emerged stronger and said she felt comfortable absorbing the power but was bloated from taking in too much.

Jiang Mian confirmed that Xu Xiaoan could absorb the Blood Sea’s [Chaos] power and used [Doomsday Domination] on her. Later, Jiang Ling told Torrent that Jiang Mian’s new [Annihilation] authority could affect their own advancement, and Torrent agreed to wait before merging with it.

• Jiang Mian confirmed Xu Xiaoan could absorb the Blood Sea’s [Chaos] power and decided to have Yang Xin arrange a growth plan for her.
• Jiang Mian used [Doomsday Domination] on Xu Xiaoan, who accepted the domination without resisting.
• Jiang Ling showed Torrent the dress Jiang Mian had made for her and asked whether it had sensed anything unusual after Jiang Mian reached Sixth-tier.
• Jiang Ling explained that Jiang Mian’s path had produced an embryonic [Annihilation] authority, which strengthened Jiang Ling’s attack.
• Jiang Ling warned Torrent to wait until Jiang Mian had fully mastered [Annihilation] before merging with the authority, and Torrent agreed.

Yang Xin entrusted Xu Xiaoan to Jiang An while Jiang Mian and Ye Chenyang headed north, unaware that Yun Ling and Yun Shan planned to capture the young god. The pair reached the northern region and set their course for Base City No. 187.

• Yang Xin asked Jiang An to look after Xu Xiaoan, and Jiang Mian comforted Xiaoan before leaving with Ye Chenyang.
• Yun Ling and Yun Shan traced Xu Xiaoan's chaotic aura and discussed capturing her to make her an anchor for [Chaos]'s avatar.
• Yun Ling planned to lure [Doom] and [Eternal Day] north, then wait for Xu Xiaoan to be left alone.
• Jiang Mian and Ye Chenyang brought Jiang Ling back into [World] and began traveling north by flight and teleportation.
• Jiang Mian and Ye Chenyang crossed into the Mist-infested northern region, where Ye Chenyang said they were heading to Base City No. 187.

Jiang Mian and Ye Chenyang traveled toward Base City No. 187 while searching for a northern secret realm, where Jiang Mian could train her [Annihilation]. They entered a medium-sized realm, and Jiang Mian unleashed a meteor shower across it.

• Ye Chenyang explained that Base City No. 187 was a lawless refuge run by powerful local groups, and suggested they search for northern secret realms on the way.
• Ye Chenyang described how deaths among high-tier Awakened could create secret realms containing Soul Crystals, rare materials, and Mutant Remains.
• Ye Chenyang detected a spatial anomaly, and Jiang Mian burned the Mist Plants in their path before they entered a grayish-white vortex.
• Jiang Mian and Ye Chenyang found a forest-filled secret realm with [Wanderers], and Ye Chenyang determined that it could accommodate up to Sixth-tier beings.
• Jiang Mian transformed into her black-scaled dragon form and summoned a fiery meteor shower that swept across the secret realm.

Jiang Mian and Ye Chenyang escaped a collapsing secret realm after Jiang Mian consumed its resources and slightly increased her [Annihilation] fusion. At the Western Defense Line, Yun Shan confronted Jiang An and Xu Xiaoan as she prepared to advance, and an unknown attacker reached for Xu Xiaoan from behind.

• Jiang Mian and Ye Chenyang left the collapsing secret realm through a spatial rift and joked about their relationship as they headed to clear more secret realms.
• At the Western Defense Line, Xu Xiaoan digested several rounds of [Chaos] power over three days and told Jiang An she felt close to reaching Sixth-tier.
• Jiang An took Xu Xiaoan to the Blood Sea so she could absorb more power, but a sudden surge of gravity crushed bubbles and dragged them toward the void realm's depths.
• Jiang An shielded Xu Xiaoan and confronted Yun Shan, who emerged from a bubble world and demanded that Jiang An leave the girl behind.
• Yun Shan gathered spatial storms and the King of Cysts into a singularity, trapping Jiang An in his gravitational field as an unseen hand reached for Xu Xiaoan.

Jiang An struggled to protect Xu Xiaoan from Yun Ling and Yun Shan, who sought to capture her and drag them into the virtual realm. Xu Xiaoan proposed going undercover among the Fallen Ones, and Jiang Mian reluctantly agreed to let her try with distant support, prioritizing her safety.

• Yun Ling attacked Xu Xiaoan, but Jiang An shielded her with the azure dragon formed by [Awakening of Insects].
• Yun Ling healed his burned fingertips by absorbing vitality from the surviving King of Cysts as Yun Shan and Yun Ling pressed Jiang An toward the depths of the virtual realm.
• Xu Xiaoan contacted Jiang Mian through the Save Point and explained that Yun Ling and Yun Shan were trying to capture her.
• Xu Xiaoan proposed becoming an undercover agent to learn about [Chaos], arguing that her resistance and the Domination Link could help keep her safe.
• Jiang Mian weighed the risks and agreed to let Xu Xiaoan go, promising to send people to follow her from a distance.

Xu Xiaoan went undercover after swallowing Jiang Mian’s Save Point, and Yun Ling captured her while Jiang An was held back. Jiang Mian and Ye Chenyang prepared to continue toward the Virtual Realm, where Jiang Mian worried over the risks she had asked Xu Xiaoan to take.

• Xu Xiaoan swallowed Jiang Mian’s Save Point and told Jiang An she planned to be captured as part of her undercover mission.
• Jiang An tried to escape with Xu Xiaoan, but Yun Shan restrained him and Yun Ling seized her before the pair withdrew into the Void Realm.
• Jiang An escaped his restraints and wondered whether his bloodline had protected him from Yun Ling’s [Plague] power.
• Jiang Mian told Ye Chenyang she could not sense directions in the Virtual Realm, and they decided to continue toward the place where Yun Ling and Yun Shan might meet Yu Zhengqing.
• Jiang Mian confessed she regretted putting Xu Xiaoan at risk, and Ye Chenyang reassured her that her concern showed she had feelings.

Jiang Mian and Ye Chenyang traveled to Base City No. 187, where they discussed the northern cities threatened by Withering and the military defenses. As they prepared to enter the autonomous city, Jiang Mian changed her appearance and noticed Ye Chenyang was no longer beside her.

• Jiang Mian and Ye Chenyang reassured each other about Xu Xiaoan's choices and the dangers posed by the Fallen Ones.
• The pair reached Base City No. 187, a sprawling northern fringe city with a single entrance controlled by its two largest factions.
• Ye Chenyang showed Jiang Mian a map explaining how Withering was isolating base cities by forming a dividing belt near the northern Mist.
• Ye Chenyang explained that northern military forces were stationed in individual base cities as battle groups, then suggested they disguise themselves.
• Jiang Mian transformed into a mature version of Yu Xiaoxiao, with blue-gray eyes and white scales, and found Ye Chenyang had vanished from where he stood.

Ye Chenyang and Jiang Mian reached the city and learned that its guards were charging newcomers steep entry fees. After Ye Chenyang intimidated Qin Shou, Qin Shou tried to reclaim his pride by targeting Jiang Mian, but his colleagues pressured him to demand more from her.

• Ye Chenyang revealed that he could use [Formless] to disguise his appearance and conceal his scent, and Jiang Mian led him toward the city.
• Travelers in the queue complained about the increased tolls and rumors that newcomers also had to pay a landing fee.
• Ye Chenyang paid the toll and entered the city after his menacing appearance frightened Qin Shou into letting him through.
• Qin Shou's colleagues mocked him for backing down, and he decided to regain face by targeting the next arrival.
• Jiang Mian lowered her hood, revealing her silver hair and [Cataclysm] Aberrant features, while Qin Shou's colleagues urged him to charge her extra.
• Qin Shou told Jiang Mian that her payment was not enough.

Jiang Mian arrived at the city and refused Qin Shou’s demand for extra fees, provoking the Wild Hunters with her composure and hidden power. After she revealed her strength, Qin Shou called on Old Dong for help, leaving a confrontation looming.

• Qin Shou demanded that Jiang Mian pay forty more for settlement and offered her a coercive mining contract if she could not.
• Jiang Mian revealed four mid-grade Soul Crystals, then withdrew them after Qin Shou showed his greed.
• When Qin Shou and his colleagues threatened her, Jiang Mian unleashed a freezing domain that revealed her fifth-tier strength and led the two colleagues to back down.
• Old Dong appeared from inside the city, and Qin Shou pointed Jiang Mian out as a troublemaker who refused to pay.

Jiang Mian defeated the Sixth-tier gate enforcer Old Dong and killed him and Qin Shou, ending the toll racket as the crowd entered the city. Ye Chenyang advised her to use her display of strength to infiltrate the Wild Hunters, whose leadership might include someone working for the Oblivion River.

• Old Dong attacked Jiang Mian after she refused to pay the gate toll, but she froze and struck him with an Ice Explosion Technique that left him badly injured.
• Qin Shou tried to beg for mercy, while the other two guards fled; Jiang Mian froze Qin Shou and Old Dong until they shattered into ice fragments.
• The crowd rushed into the city after Jiang Mian removed the toll collectors.
• Jiang Mian met Ye Chenyang in a building's shadow and asked whether she should change her face to avoid trouble.
• Ye Chenyang said her strength might draw the Wild Hunters' attention and suggested infiltrating them, explaining that the organization included members connected to the Oblivion River.

Jiang Mian and Ye Chenyang entered the city under false names, where she effortlessly killed a gang that tried to ambush them. After hearing a description of Jiang Mian, Bai Jin decided to return to the city and meet her himself.

• Jiang Mian and Ye Chenyang entered the city under the names Ye Chan and Jiang Chen and learned that severely injured or uncontrollable people were sent to the Fourth District.
• A skinny man tried to recruit and threaten the pair, then summoned eight fifth-tier accomplices to attack them.
• Jiang Mian froze and shattered the gang with her domain, frightening nearby onlookers before she and Ye Chenyang continued on.
• At an outpost, two survivors told Bai Jin that a woman had instantly killed Lord Dong and described Jiang Mian's appearance.
• Bai Jin ordered the survivors to return to the city with him so he could meet Jiang Mian himself.

Jiang Mian and Ye Chenyang attacked the Black Bone Gang to claim its warehouse as their public base. After Jiang Mian and Ye Chenyang swiftly defeated the gang, Jiang Mian teased Ye Chenyang with the nickname he had asked about.

• Ye Chenyang led Jiang Mian through the Second District toward the Black Bone Gang’s hideout, explaining that the gang traded Aberrant organs.
• Ye Chenyang killed the guards at the warehouse, and Tu Wu led more than twenty gang members outside to confront them.
• Jiang Mian fought Tu Wu in his domain, blocked his chainsaw sword with Heaven's Punishment, and killed him with lightning.
• Ye Chenyang revealed his Radiance power and wiped out the remaining gang members with a beam of light.
• Jiang Mian teased Ye Chenyang by calling him “big brother” and telling him she liked him most.

Jiang Mian and Ye Chenyang destroyed a filthy warehouse and made an ice house as their new base. Meanwhile, Yun Ling’s followers performed a sacrificial ritual that advanced Xu Xiaoan to Sixth-tier and drew her into a void before a gigantic eye.

• Jiang Mian and Ye Chenyang agreed to meet once a week before inspecting the warehouse that had held Mutant Remains and destroying it with her powers.
• Jiang Mian filled the crater and formed an ice house, then sent Ye Chenyang into [World] as they began their agreed time together.
• Yun Ling brought Xu Xiaoan to an altar in the secret realm north of Base City No. 187, where his followers gathered to awaken the will of Calamity.
• Xu Xiaoan pretended to be affected by the ritual while the followers’ souls flowed into her, completing her advancement to Sixth-tier.
• Xu Xiaoan’s consciousness entered a void and found an enormous black sun that was actually a gigantic eye.