Chapter Summaries

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.”

Jiang Mian recreated Xu Xiaoan’s life and fused her with new Apex power, then emerged from the spirit world with Xu Xiaoan in a transformed human form. The others saw Xu Xiaoan’s new appearance, while Jiang Mian kept the details of what had happened inside undisclosed.

• Jiang Mian explained that Xu Xiaoan had been given a fresh life in a world shaped from her subconscious, and she planned to stabilize Xu Xiaoan’s soul while watching for any influence from the 'voice'.
• Jiang Mian infused Xu Xiaoan with Shadow Power until her hardened shell cracked and the new Apex power finished fusing with her soul.
• As Jiang Mian remained inside the spirit world, Yin Mengyao’s spiritual power was repeatedly depleted, so Jiang Li used [Life Goes On] and [Primordial Sea] to keep replenishing her.
• Jiang Mian stepped out through a silver door and apologized to the exhausted Yin Mengyao.
• Jiang Mian called Xu Xiaoan out, revealing a woman in a black dress with golden-yellow eyes and a mature appearance, and Yin Mengyao recognized her in disbelief.

Jiang Mian explained Xu Xiaoan’s rebirth and planned for her recovery while she and Ye Chenyang discussed a hidden puppet-controller in Base City Number One. They decided to leave the next day to grow stronger, as Xu Xiaoan mistook Ye Chenyang’s affection for bullying and complained to the others.

• Jiang Mian explained that Xu Xiaoan had been reborn with restored memories and a new appearance, and that she needed Calamity Cores to recover her strength.
• Jiang Mian told Ye Chenyang that Xu Xiaoan’s memories of him were distorted, then arranged for Jiang Li to take Xu Xiaoan and Yin Mengyao.
• Ye Chenyang told Jiang Mian that Old Man Zhong had identified the troublemaking object as a puppet controlled by someone hiding in Base City Number One.
• Jiang Mian and Ye Chenyang decided to leave the next day and focus on reaching the sixth tier while Old Man Zhong protected the base.
• Xu Xiaoan emerged from hiding and accused Ye Chenyang of bullying Jiang Mian, while Yin Mengyao advised her not to watch grown-ups’ business.

Jiang Li asked Xu Xiaoan about her new ability, which she named [Nether Sun]. At Yun Family Manor, Yun Ling revealed his allegiance to the source of [Chaos] and transformed into a Calamity, attacking Yu Zhengqing.

• Xu Xiaoan restrained herself from confronting Yin Mengyao and showed Jiang Li the gray-black sphere of gas she called [Nether Sun].
• Yun Ling reflected on pledging allegiance to the source of [Chaos] and learning that his [Chenfu] ranked twenty-third on the sequence list.
• Yu Zhengqing visited Yun Ling, who hinted that he had found a way to advance to the Eighth Tier.
• Yun Ling unleashed Shadow Power, warped into a Calamity, and seized Yu Zhengqing with Black Tentacles.

Yun Ling manipulated Yu Zhengqing into spreading a secret method through the Yu Family while plotting to turn [Doom] against the world. Meanwhile, Jiang Mian and Ye Chenyang departed for Number Five Base City, where Jiang Mian planned to pursue an enhancement slot discreetly.

• Yun Ling controlled Yu Zhengqing and instructed him to use the method on the Yu Family members one by one without spreading the information.
• Yun Ling reflected on [Formless]'s origin as an infant god and planned to exploit [Doom]'s weakness until she became the enemy of the world.
• Jiang Mian said goodbye to Xu Xiaoan at the station, and Xu Xiaoan promised to work toward Fifth-tier while resenting Ye Chenyang.
• Jiang Mian and Ye Chenyang boarded a train toward the western defensive line because official procedures made flying or spatial travel inconvenient.
• Jiang Mian discussed obtaining an enhancement slot and decided that Number Five Base City would make a suitable starting point for her next assignment.

Jiang Mian and Ye Chenyang arrived at Number Five Base City and began an investigation while Yun Han received them. At the Western Theater, Commander Gu Chengan ordered reinforcements against a looming tier-two tide in [Blood Prison] and approved Jiang Mian’s investigation despite her rank.

• Jiang Mian and Ye Chenyang arrived at Number Five Base City, where Yun Han met them and agreed to take them to the local branch.
• Ye Chenyang told Yun Han they had come to investigate, not sightsee.
• Gu Chengan learned that [Blood Prison] would likely produce a tier-two Calamity tide within forty-eight hours, alongside a possible Mist Tide.
• Gu Chengan ordered the Forty-Second Group Army and the Thirty-Sixth Group Army to reinforce the Seventh Defense Zone and prioritize its firepower needs.
• A staff officer reported that the Investigating Envoy at Number Five Base City was a special appointee below Seventh-tier, and Gu Chengan ordered that she be allowed to investigate.