Chapter Summaries

Jiang Mian used Domination to reshape Purgatory’s remains into the Golden Crow, a powerful companion and weapon called [Sun Wheel]. After showing it to her allies, she asked Shen Qiuyu whether she wanted power.

• Jiang Mian gained the [Formless] trait and reshaped Purgatory’s remains into a crow with matching strength and inherited shadow abilities.
• Jiang Mian transformed the crow into [Sun Wheel], a weapon that could use her acquired traits and grow stronger with her.
• Jiang Mian considered feeding Chaos Cores to the Golden Crow to complete its [Formless] Exotic Fire, then flew back to her allies.
• Ye Chenyang asked about the crow, and Jiang Mian introduced it as a new friend; its meow surprised her and amused him.
• Yin Mengyao and Shen Qiuyu examined the Golden Crow, and Jiang Mian asked Shen Qiuyu if she wanted power.

Jiang Mian offered to strengthen Shen Qiuyu’s fire ability by fusing it with the Golden Crow, binding Shen Qiuyu to her while giving her a chance to grow stronger. Meanwhile, Xu Xiaoan finished recovering her skills from the remains of [Formless] and wondered whether the Eighth-tier being had awakened.

• Jiang Mian offered to upgrade Shen Qiuyu’s ability, and Shen Qiuyu agreed to keep Jiang Mian’s secret in exchange.
• Jiang Mian sent the Golden Crow into Shen Qiuyu’s shadow to alter her fire ability, leaving Shen Qiuyu in pain as the fusion began.
• Yin Mengyao sensed a dazzling orange-gold sun and the outline of a three-legged bird within Shen Qiuyu’s shadow.
• Xu Xiaoan devoured the remnants of [Formless] in three main cities and recovered nearly all her active skills, including [Unification].
• Xu Xiaoan sensed a strange stirring, then wondered whether the Eighth-tier being had awakened.

Xu Xiaoan learned about Wuming’s origins and his draining of the small realm, then worried about how to rejoin her allies. Shen Qiuyu woke to find her Heavenly Fire ability strengthened, while Jiang Mian told her the group was waiting for a signal to return to the main world.

• Xu Xiaoan learned that Wuming had once been a [Primordial Shadow] and had been harvesting humans and Calamities to grow stronger while the small realm’s resources ran out.
• Xu Xiaoan decided she needed to return to the main world but worried that her allies might treat her as a threat.
• Shen Qiuyu woke in a tent and accidentally ignited her clothes when Jiang Mian touched her shoulder.
• Jiang Mian gave Shen Qiuyu spare clothes and explained that her [Heavenly Fire] ability had grown stronger after its potential was unleashed.
• Jiang Mian told Shen Qiuyu that she had led the group away after an Eighth-tier destroyed the volcanic island, and that Brother Ye had received a signal from the main world.

Jiang Mian and her companions learned that Yang Xin was on the way and prepared to search for Xu Xiaoan while avoiding the Eighth-tier Weird Buddha. In a dark city, Shen Qiuyu advanced to Fourth-tier after burning Calamities, and a group of monks approached.

• Ye Chenyang told Jiang Mian that they had received the main world's anchor point and that Senior Yang was on the way.
• Jiang Mian said her World-Overturning Torrent avatar could unleash seven Eighth-tier strikes, reassuring the group that they could hold off the Weird Buddha until Yang Xin arrived.
• Ye Chenyang led the group to a dark main city to search for Xu Xiaoan.
• Jiang Mian drew half-dead Third-tier Patrollers from a building and told Shen Qiuyu to burn them.
• Shen Qiuyu absorbed their power and advanced to Fourth-tier.
• A group of Fourth-tier and Fifth-tier monks approached, and Jiang Mian told Shen Qiuyu to handle them.

Xu Xiaoan watched Shen Qiuyu kill a group of monks and mistakenly concluded that she was [Doom], protected by a binding contract with the others. Jiang Mian learned of Xu Xiaoan’s suspicions through the Golden Crow and arranged for the group to play along as they went to investigate a commotion.

• Xu Xiaoan observed Shen Qiuyu annihilate the monks and decided her power and composure proved she was [Doom].
• Xu Xiaoan misread the group’s friendly behavior as the result of a contract and planned to stage a chance encounter with them.
• The Golden Crow returned to Jiang Mian with what it had seen, revealing that Xu Xiaoan was watching Shen Qiuyu suspiciously.
• Jiang Mian told Shen Qiuyu to act aloof toward Xu Xiaoan, and the group agreed to keep Xu Xiaoan believing her mistaken theory while investigating her.
• A commotion sounded in the darkness, and the group hurried toward it.

The group staged a rescue to draw Xu Xiaoan out, while Jiang Mian sensed that Xu Xiaoan had tried to probe her power. As they tried to leave the city, the Three-headed Ghost Buddha appeared, alarming Xu Xiaoan because she feared Wuming might expose his identity.

• Shen Qiuyu agreed to make a disturbance, and Yin Mengyao led the group in defeating the monks searching the neighborhood.
• Xu Xiaoan approached the group pretending to be a frightened, ordinary girl, and Jiang Mian helped her up while sensing her mental probe recoil from [Eternal Day].
• Xu Xiaoan concluded that Jiang Mian possessed the Inheritance Mark of [Eternal Day] and that the group was more formidable than she had assumed.
• The group left the neighborhood and found that a barrier sealed the entire city, so Ye Chenyang prepared to break through it.
• The Three-headed Ghost Buddha formed above the city, causing the residents to kneel and Xu Xiaoan to fear that Wuming might reveal his identity.
• Icy-blue lightning pierced the darkness and illuminated the city.

Jiang Mian and the others escaped the Ghost Buddha’s attack after two Black Dragon clones struck it with devastating lightning, while Xu Xiaoan tried to hide her identity as Formless. In the woods, Jiang Mian pulled Xu Xiaoan aside and threatened to expose her secret.

• Xu Xiaoan worried that the World-Overturning Torrent’s clone could threaten her, then pretended to fear that the group would never return as Jiang Mian comforted her.
• The Ghost Buddha regenerated by draining the city’s inhabitants, killing them all, and brought a massive palm down on the group.
• Ye Chenyang broke through the barrier as Jiang Mian summoned another Black Dragon clone, which used Cataclysmic Heavenly Might to strike the Ghost Buddha.
• The group fled into the woods, where Jiang Mian separated Xu Xiaoan from Ye Chenyang, Yin Mengyao, and Shen Qiuyu.
• Jiang Mian leaned close to Xu Xiaoan and warned that she would not want the others to discover she was Formless.

Jiang Mian captured Xu Xiaoan and used her knowledge of [Formless] to force Xu Xiaoan to consume the remains of her true body. Xu Xiaoan regained much of her strength, but Jiang Mian prepared to kill her.

• Xu Xiaoan realized Jiang Mian had seen through her identity and fled into the woods.
• Jiang Mian used the combined powers of several pinnacles to seal the shadows and catch Xu Xiaoan.
• Jiang Mian examined the true body inside Xu Xiaoan and then brought out [Formless]'s remains from her spatial storage.
• Jiang Mian ordered Xu Xiaoan to eat the remains, and Xu Xiaoan reluctantly swallowed the Chaos Core they formed.
• Xu Xiaoan's power rose to the Fourth-tier peak, but Jiang Mian pierced into her soul and told her it was time to die.

Jiang Mian returned to camp with Xu Xiaoan and revealed that she had absorbed the power of [Formless] while leaving Xu Xiaoan alive but altered. She decided to keep Xu Xiaoan with the group, then shared a tender moment with Ye Chenyang, unaware of the strange look in his eyes.

• Ye Chenyang repaired Jiang Mian's bracelet with processed Radiance crystals while he waited with Yin Mengyao and Shen Qiuyu.
• Jiang Mian returned with Xu Xiaoan and revealed that she had gained the complete power of [Formless].
• Jiang Mian explained that Xu Xiaoan remained alive and could recover, though [Formless] was dead and Death Qi still threatened her soul.
• Jiang Mian unlocked Xu Xiaoan, who called Yin Mengyao “Mommy,” then decided to keep Xu Xiaoan with the group.
• Jiang Mian thanked Ye Chenyang and leaned into his arms, while he kissed her forehead and watched her with a strange smile.

Oblivion River learned that Formless had likely survived after destroying its soul’s fallback bead, then agreed with Withering to recover before acting with the West Side. In the camp, Jiang Mian reshaped Xu Xiaoan’s memories and made her trust Jiang Mian, leaving Ye Chenyang uneasy about her changed behavior.

• Oblivion River found Formless’s split-soul bead empty, and Withering said Formless’s Fated Death curse remained, suggesting it had escaped alive.
• Withering confirmed it had reached the sixth tier, and Oblivion River said the West Side had agreed to cooperate while they recovered.
• Xu Xiaoan woke confused, and Jiang Mian gently reminded her of her name before leaving her to regain her memories.
• Jiang Mian explained that she had altered Xu Xiaoan’s memories so Xu Xiaoan believed she was a human-born Calamity Aberrant and trusted Jiang Mian as a sister.
• Xu Xiaoan emerged from the tent and hid as a wisp of Shadow behind Jiang Mian, leaving Ye Chenyang puzzled by her behavior.

Ye Chenyang and the others sensed a powerful force approaching through the Dark Sky Curtain and took cover as Yang Xin tore open the barrier to enter. Yang Xin identified the strange Buddha as an eighth-tier [Primordial Shadow].

• Ye Chenyang considered how the group's arrival had disrupted their plans and thought about arranging privileges for Jiang Mian.
• Yin Mengyao asked Ye Chenyang how long it would take Senior Yang to arrive, but Jiang Mian sensed the strange Buddha's shadow stirring and warned that he might be close.
• Jiang Mian packed away the camp and removed the shadows concealing it, while Ye Chenyang recognized that a powerful enemy was trying to break through the barrier.
• Ye Chenyang led everyone into the woods as a golden Sword Qi tore open the Dark Sky Curtain and the strange Buddha struggled to close the breach.
• Yang Xin stepped through the rift and identified the strange Buddha as an eighth-tier [Primordial Shadow].

After returning to Base City Number One, Jiang Mian told Ye Chenyang she was close to fifth-tier and began advancing in their sealed room. Her Calamity Transformation emerged as the power surged, while Sea of Misfortune sensed that the space itself was changing.

• You Hui brought Ye Chenyang, Yin Mengyao, Jiang Mian, and the others to a villa in Base City Number One, then left to report in.
• Jiang Mian told Ye Chenyang she had felt herself nearing fifth-tier since leaving the minor realm and wanted to advance.
• Ye Chenyang sealed the room with his domain and reassured Jiang Mian as she warned him that strange changes might appear on her body.
• Jiang Mian released her core and began advancing, entering a semi-Calamity form as she endured intense pain and clung to Ye Chenyang.
• Sea of Misfortune saw the space transform and wondered whether its master was advancing.

After Jiang Mian’s Calamity Transformation injured Ye Chenyang, he reassured her and the two shared a kiss. Jiang Mian then explained her Fifth-tier advancement requirements before bringing Ye Chenyang into her domain, the [World].

• Jiang Mian checked Ye Chenyang’s bruises and wounds, which healed quickly, and he told her he accepted her in any form.
• Jiang Mian and Ye Chenyang kissed, leaving her flustered before she retreated to the bathroom and withdrew her Calamity features.
• Jiang Mian recalled that reaching the next stage required upgraded basic skills, a peak material, and four self-created pseudo-cores.
• Jiang Mian took Ye Chenyang into her domain, where she appeared in her half-Calamity form before eight black dragons and welcomed him to her [World].

Jiang Mian tested the powers of her [World] domain, then told Torrent and Sea of Misfortune that Ye Chenyang, [Guixu], and [Formless] were allies. After returning to the bedroom, she and Ye Chenyang went to sleep together.

• Jiang Mian used her domain to freeze time for four seconds and prank Ye Chenyang by drawing a tortoise on his face.
• Jiang Mian explained that [World] enhanced her abilities and gave her a controlled, enclosed space, though only her true body could bring people inside.
• Jiang Mian told Torrent and Sea of Misfortune to treat Ye Chenyang as they would treat her and to behave well toward [Guixu] and [Formless].
• Jiang Mian returned to the bedroom and let Ye Chenyang hold her before telling him she was tired.
• Jiang Mian invited Ye Chenyang to share her bed, and they cuddled and fell asleep.

Ye Chenyang planned to claim the essence of [Eternal Day] and settle into a house near the Villa Area’s back mountain while Jiang Mian prepared Xu Xiaoan for Oblivion River’s likely approach. The chapter ended with Jiang Mian revealing that the Golden Crow could conceal other top powers’ auras and appear to be a Fifth-tier [Formless].

• Ye Chenyang reviewed the train incident and decided to focus on leveling up, buying a house, and claiming the essence of [Eternal Day] from 'Everbright'.
• Ye Chenyang greeted Shen Qiuyu, who had stayed awake all night exploring her new abilities after her evolution.
• Jiang Mian told Xu Xiaoan to act innocent around strange people while the Golden Crow hidden in her shadow handled any threats from Oblivion River.
• Ye Chenyang returned, and he and Jiang Mian left to look for a home near the back mountain.
• Jiang Mian explained that the Fifth-tier Golden Crow could hide other top powers’ auras and impersonate a Fifth-tier [Formless].

Jiang Mian chose a secluded villa as a future home with Ye Chenyang, while Shen Qiuyu and Xu Xiaoan arrived at the training camp and noticed that Instructor Yuan seemed strange. The chapter left them settling in with Jiang Mian’s warning to stay watchful and let their shadows handle anyone who crossed a line.

• Ye Chenyang praised Jiang Mian’s plan to use the Golden Crow’s shapeshifting to infiltrate the enemy ranks.
• Ye Chenyang showed Jiang Mian a secluded villa near the back mountain, and she chose it as their home.
• Jiang Mian asked Ye Chenyang to begin renovating the villa as soon as possible.
• Shen Qiuyu and Xu Xiaoan reached the training camp, showed their electronic credentials, and followed Instructor Yuan inside.
• Shen Qiuyu sensed that Instructor Yuan was acting strangely, while Xu Xiaoan recalled Jiang Mian’s advice to observe and avoid getting involved unless someone crossed a line.

Yuan Qi reported that Jiang Mian had taken a year of leave, while Zhong Yue suspected Yuan Qi had been corrupted by the Boundless Gate and decided to watch him. That evening, Ye Chenyang told Jiang Mian he would spend three days in Everbright, and she hinted she had a surprise planned for him.

• Yuan Qi told Zhong Yue that only two of the three expected survivors had reported to the training camp, and Zhong Yue explained that Jiang Mian had requested a year's leave.
• Yuan Qi privately concluded that Jiang Mian's connections reflected [Eternal Day]'s attachment to her, then turned his attention to Xu Xiaoan, whom he knew was [Formless].
• Zhong Yue suspected Yuan Qi had become a Fusion User and resolved to keep watching him after recalling the authorities' investigation into the Boundless Gate.
• After Zhong Yue left, a flash of gold appeared beneath a distant tree and quickly vanished.
• Ye Chenyang told Jiang Mian he would enter Everbright for three days to retrace the first [Eternal Day]'s life and achieve its perfect ending.
• Jiang Mian said she had seen something interesting at the training camp and promised Ye Chenyang a surprise.

Jiang Mian and Ye Chenyang spent the night together before preparing to enter the tower, while Jiang Mian reflected on her changing feelings and asked about Calamity Transformation. At the training camp, Xu Xiaoan separated from Shen Qiuyu and headed down a secluded path, apparently drawing out someone who was following her.

• Jiang Mian and Ye Chenyang returned to their residence, where Yin Mengyao remained secluded and cultivated for safety.
• Jiang Mian asked Ye Chenyang whether Calamity Transformation affected internal organs, and he explained how organs changed as ordinary Aberrants entered the Third Stage.
• Jiang Mian embraced Ye Chenyang and teased him before telling him to sleep and save his energy for the next day.
• Shen Qiuyu led Xu Xiaoan through the training camp's hunting grounds, where students could earn points by killing Calamities and claiming their Cores.
• At Jiang Mian's instruction, Xu Xiaoan set up a chance to hunt mental-system materials and then walked alone down a secluded path as someone followed her.

Xu Xiaoan swallowed Calamity Cores while Xu Le and Yuan Qi confronted her, believing she was the powerful [Formless]. After Yuan Qi attacked her, Jiang Mian emerged through the shadows as a Golden Crow and faced the two Boundless Gate members.

• Xu Xiaoan ate five Second-tier cores in a grove while Jiang Mian reassured her that she was safe.
• Xu Le confronted Xu Xiaoan and identified her as a possible Aberrant or Calamity after sensing that she had swallowed a Calamity Core.
• Xu Le summoned Yuan Qi, who sealed the grove with his domain and accused Xu Xiaoan of being [Formless].
• Yuan Qi grabbed Xu Xiaoan by the neck, but a blast of Shadow Power erupted from her shadow and forced him and Xu Le to dodge.
• Jiang Mian's Golden Crow caught Xu Xiaoan as she pretended to lose consciousness, then taunted Yuan Qi and Xu Le to guess who it was.

Jiang Mian used Xu Xiaoan’s Formless power to intimidate Yuan Qi and Xu Le, but Oblivion River took control of Xu Le to investigate who she really was. Jiang Mian revealed a second Xu Xiaoan form and challenged Oblivion River, which offered to help conceal her identity while reconsidering their alliance.

• Jiang Mian, appearing as a Golden Crow radiating Fifth-tier power, forced Yuan Qi and Xu Le to the ground and warned Yuan Qi not to test her again.
• Oblivion River projected its will through Xu Le and confronted Jiang Mian, saying she was Formless but not the Formless it knew.
• Jiang Mian transformed into a human figure resembling Xu Xiaoan and claimed that the unconscious Xu Xiaoan was the true one.
• Oblivion River considered testing Jiang Mian with Withering’s Death Mark to determine whether she or the Xu Xiaoan on the ground was its intended target.
• Oblivion River told Jiang Mian it did not want to become her enemy and offered to help her keep pretending.