Chapter Summaries

After the Element Decree brought Jiang Mian into contact with a mysterious Taiji Diagram, she woke after three days and discovered that the encounter had triggered an uncontrolled transformation in her powers. She and Ye Chenyang realized she needed to reach Sixth-tier to control it, and she asked for many high-tier supplements.

• Jiang Mian encountered a Taiji Diagram after the Element Decree entered her body, and its dark power caused her [Formless] and [Doom] abilities to resonate before she lost consciousness.
• Jiang Mian woke in the hospital after three days and learned Ye Chenyang, Qin Xiao, and Xiao Shuang had kept watch over her.
• Jiang Mian told Ye Chenyang what she had seen and summoned Golden Crow to show him that [Formless] had moved into the core of [Sun Wheel] and begun consuming other powers.
• Jiang Mian warned that the uncontrolled transformation might create a new ability, and Ye Chenyang promised to help her reach Sixth-tier.
• Jiang Mian said she needed many supplements, including high-tier ones, because she could now consume them.

Jiang Mian and Ye Chenyang investigated the strange changes in [World], where Ye Chenyang discovered that Formless power accelerated his advancement and that the domain could contain a Seventh-tier Torrent avatar. While Ye Chenyang stayed behind to study the effect, Jiang Mian told Xiao Shuang and Qin Xiao they would remain at the hospital for a while.

• Jiang Mian told Ye Chenyang that she had advanced to late Fifth-tier and wondered why It was accelerating her growth.
• Ye Chenyang and Jiang Mian entered [World], where he sensed violent [Formless] power stimulating his origin and speeding his advancement.
• Jiang Mian ordered Torrent into burst state, and its avatar reached Seventh-tier without being expelled from [World].
• Ye Chenyang used Eternal Day's power to slow Formless's devouring and remained in [World] to investigate its effects on his advancement.
• Xiao Shuang and Qin Xiao visited Jiang Mian, who explained that Ye Chenyang had left to focus on breaking through and that they would stay longer.

Gu Chengan and Yu Xi discussed Jiang Mian’s impending advancement and decided to keep her on the Western Front for safety. At the guesthouse, Jiang Mian learned that a newly Awakened [Pingtian] had taken the first slot, while Yu Xi’s descendant watched her with resentment.

• Gu Chengan told Yu Xi that Ye Chenyang’s actions had opened the possibility of Jiang Mian undergoing the 'Dragon Transformation Tribulation.'
• Gu Chengan decided to keep Jiang Mian on the Western Front through her Sixth-tier advancement and asked Yu Xi to warn Yang Xin as a precaution.
• Yu Xi declined to meet the arriving descendant of the Yu Family.
• Qin Xiao told Jiang Mian that a newly Awakened [Pingtian] had filled the first slot and had decent talent.
• Jiang Mian walked through the guesthouse with Qin Xiao and Xiao Shuang as onlookers recognized the two Apex Sequences.
• Yu Zhengmo stood beside a resentful girl who stared at Jiang Mian and muttered, "Why...?"

Yu Qingyuan became fixated on Qin Xiao and visited Jiang Mian, suspecting her of being a rival despite Jiang Mian’s gentle manner and claim to have a boyfriend. Outside the guesthouse, Xiao Shuang asked Qin Xiao what kind of person he liked.

• Yu Zhengmo swept Yu Qingyuan back to her room after she refused to leave Qin Xiao, while Jiang Mian noticed the pair were from the Yu Family.
• Jiang Mian entered the luxury suite arranged for her, then opened the door to Yu Qingyuan, who introduced herself and asked to become friends.
• Jiang Mian guessed Yu Qingyuan might like Qin Xiao, while Yu Qingyuan doubted Jiang Mian’s innocent demeanor and became alarmed when she learned Jiang Mian had a boyfriend.
• Yu Qingyuan left Jiang Mian’s room in a colder mood, still unconvinced that Jiang Mian was not a rival.
• Qin Xiao and Xiao Shuang discussed Yu Qingyuan outside the guesthouse, and Xiao Shuang asked Qin Xiao what kind of person he liked.

Jiang Mian and Ye Chenyang discussed how to draw high-tier Calamities from the Blood Sea without provoking an all-out war, and Jiang Mian planned to capture some secretly. Meanwhile, Yu Zhengmo visited Zhao Niugao and tried to turn him against Jiang Mian by invoking his family’s deaths.

• Xiao Shuang teased Qin Xiao about his romantic preferences, and Qin Xiao fled when Xiao Shuang hinted that he might be interested in him.
• Jiang Mian entered the World and watched Ye Chenyang condense Radiance runes as he advanced toward his Sixth-tier skill, Eternal Light.
• Ye Chenyang explained that Asura was likely Sixth-tier and was using a prolonged war to gather strength for an eventual assault on humanity.
• Jiang Mian decided to try secretly catching one or two high-tier Calamities in the Blood Sea.
• Yu Zhengmo visited Zhao Niugao and asked what he thought of Investigating Envoy Jiang.
• Yu Zhengmo used a strange, bewitching voice to question whether Zhao Niugao truly felt no resentment over his family’s deaths.

Yu Zhengmo manipulated Zhao Niugao with memories of the Zhao Family’s losses and offered him power from a bloodstained gear, but Zhao Niugao refused to betray his compatriots. Yu Zhengmo then pierced Zhao Niugao’s heart and embedded the gear in him, while Zhao Mangshan felt a sudden, ominous pain at the Sixth Group Army’s headquarters.

• Yu Zhengmo used a vision of Zhao Niugao’s loved ones dying to stir his resentment toward the Calamity investigating the Zhao Family.
• Yu Zhengmo revealed blackened wind power and a bloodstained gear, offering Zhao Niugao the [Shatter] authority and a chance to reach the eighth tier.
• Zhao Niugao rejected Yu Zhengmo’s offer and struck him with a battle roar, but the illusion and corrosive influence remained.
• Yu Zhengmo attacked with [Chaos] Path spatial power, pierced Zhao Niugao’s heart, and embedded the rotating gear inside him.
• At the Sixth Group Army’s artillery command headquarters, Zhao Mangshan suffered a sudden heart pain and sensed that something was wrong.

Jiang Mian surveyed the Western Front and learned that the Seventh Defense Zone faced the greatest pressure before heading there to investigate the blood sea. She watched Qin Xiao and Xiao Shuang fight while sensing powerful observers nearby, then turned toward a section of the sea of blood, preparing to act under their watch.

• Jiang Mian visited Fortress Number Six and learned how teleportation gates linked the major fortresses across the Defense Zones.
• Jiang Mian asked Zhao Mangshan which part of the Western Front faced the most attacks, and he identified the Seventh Defense Zone.
• Jiang Mian recalled Qin Xiao and Xiao Shuang's abilities and left Zhao Mangshan to head for the Seventh Defense Zone.
• Xiao Shuang pulled Qin Xiao out of an explosive cloud, and the two discussed fighting Calamities and surviving until they could grow stronger.
• Jiang Mian watched Qin Xiao and Xiao Shuang battle, sensed powerful figures monitoring them, and focused on a section of the blood sea.

Jiang Mian infiltrated the Blood Sea by merging her Shadow Power with its Killing Intent and captured a seventh-tier [Trapped Beast] with Spatial Power. She sent it into [World], where it attacked Ye Chenyang and was swiftly subdued by the forces protecting him.

• Jiang Mian mapped the high-rank Calamities and concealed herself in the Blood Sea by fusing her Shadow Power with its Killing Intent.
• Qin Xiao and Xiao Shuang prepared to clear another wave of low-rank Calamities, unaware a [Trapped Beast] was watching them.
• Yang Xin's distant aura forced the [Trapped Beast] to retreat, but Jiang Mian's black ball struck it and pulled it into [World].
• The [Trapped Beast] spotted Ye Chenyang and charged at him, drawn by the Radiance runes and enticing fragrance around him.
• A dragon's roar signaled the world's forces to restrain the [Trapped Beast], and a black dragon claw seized it and snapped its neck.

Ye Chenyang discovered that Jiang Mian’s altered [Formless] power combined with Eternal Day to form the embryonic law of [Balance]. As Jiang Mian returned from the Blood Sea, Asura heard that a mysterious human wielding [Chaos] had sought cooperation, and Blood Sea warned that such humans might eventually turn against [Doom].

• Ye Chenyang preserved the slain [Trapped Beast] for Jiang Mian, and Sea of Misfortune asked why his Origin aura carried the scent of [Formless].
• Ye Chenyang demonstrated that he could wield a trace of [Formless] and explained that it fused with Eternal Day into an embryonic law he called [Balance].
• Jiang Mian escaped the Blood Sea’s multiplying flying swords by luring them into the path of a main cannon, then headed toward the First Defense Zone.
• A Nightmare reported to Asura that a human who wielded [Chaos] and neared the Eighth-tier had sought cooperation with Oblivion River.
• Blood Sea warned Asura that more such humans might be secretly breeding in the shadows and could eventually kill [Doom].

Asura learned that an infiltrator had abducted two Seventh-tier [Trapped Beasts] from the Blood Sea and ordered his forces to watch for the thief while he continued forging the [Asura Sword]. Jiang Mian reunited with Wang Chen and Yun Han at the guesthouse, heard how Wang Chen discovered his Sequence, and told him she and Ye Chenyang had been together for some time.

• Blood Sea reported that an unknown infiltrator had disguised their aura and taken two Seventh-tier [Trapped Beasts] from the outer perimeter.
• Asura declined to pursue the thief immediately and ordered the high-level forces on the perimeter to kill them if they found a trace.
• Jiang Mian ran into Yun Han and her former deskmate Wang Chen at the guesthouse and invited them into her suite.
• Wang Chen told Jiang Mian that Xiao Song had brought him to Base City Number One, where Old Man Zhong unlocked his Sequence 15, [Silent Domain], and directed him to find Xiao Shuang and join the military.
• Wang Chen asked about Jiang Mian and Ye Chenyang, and Jiang Mian said they had been together for some time.

Jiang Mian reunited with Wang Chen and reassured herself that Lin Yun was doing well, while Wang Chen accepted that she and Ye Chenyang were together. Yu Zhengmo secretly tried to merge Yun Han with [Chaos] but failed, and Ye Chenyang discussed how Wang Chen’s arrival could help Xiao Shuang reach the Sixth-tier.

• Jiang Mian told Wang Chen and Yun Han that Ye Chenyang was in secluded cultivation, and Wang Chen congratulated her on her relationship with Ye Chenyang.
• Jiang Mian asked about Lin Yun and left reassured after hearing that Lin Yun had been promoted and given a raise.
• Yu Zhengmo told Yun Han that Light Kite had awakened [Pingtian] and secretly tried to merge him with [Chaos], but the power failed to penetrate Yun Han’s defenses.
• Ye Chenyang explained to Jiang Mian how [Sharing Robes With You] could help Xiao Shuang advance, and estimated that Wang Chen’s arrival gave Xiao Shuang a ninety-nine percent chance of reaching the Sixth-tier.
• Ye Chenyang asked Jiang Mian not to call Xiao Shuang Brother Xiao, and she teased him by calling him Chenyang gege.

Jiang Mian and Ye Chenyang shared an intimate moment before Jiang Mian absorbed the remains and core of a Seventh-tier [Trapped Beast] to advance. Meanwhile, Zhao Mangshan visited Zhao Niugao, unaware that the old master had been replaced or altered, and the chapter ended with Zhao Niugao vowing vengeance on Yu Zhengmo.

• Jiang Mian teased Ye Chenyang, and they shared a kiss and lingering intimacy while keeping their agreement to wait until Sixth-tier before going further.
• Jiang Mian burned and absorbed the [Trapped Beast]'s flesh and Calamity Core, finding its power overwhelmingly sweet, then resolved to work with Ye Chenyang to advance quickly.
• Zhao Mangshan visited Zhao Niugao and shared his unease, but Zhao Niugao gave a convincing explanation and sent him away.
• After Zhao Mangshan left, Zhao Niugao's left eye glowed red and mechanical sounds came from his heart as he muttered that Yu Zhengmo deserved to die.

Zhao Niugao made a seven-day pact with [Red Moon] to resist [Shatter] and planned to take revenge on Yu Zhengmo’s allies while protecting Jiang Mian. Meanwhile, Xiao Shuang bonded with Wang Chen, and their handshake activated Xiao Shuang’s ability, letting him begin gathering Momentum to challenge Asura and advance.

• Zhao Niugao accepted [Red Moon]’s help in exchange for surrendering himself after seven days, then resolved to strike Yu Zhengmo and his suspected allies while clearing obstacles for Jiang Mian.
• Xiao Shuang met Wang Chen in the Seventh Defense Zone’s Logistics Department and asked about his preferences and ambitions.
• Wang Chen said he wanted to become stronger and prove himself after a childhood of feeling useless, and Xiao Shuang revealed that he was Sequence 5, [War]’s [Stop War].
• Xiao Shuang and Wang Chen shook hands, activating an invisible force that restored Wang Chen’s surging blood and qi; Xiao Shuang gave him a red potion and left him to consolidate his strength.
• Yun Han carried Wang Chen to a training ground as Xiao Shuang sensed the gathered Momentum and prepared to contend with Asura for it.

At the Blood Sea, Xiao Shuang’s [Stop War] disrupted the Calamities and siphoned away a quarter of the momentum Asura had gathered to complete the [Asura Sword]. As the soldiers evacuated and Xingtian confronted an unseen opponent, Asura attacked Xiao Shuang, who used [Stay My Spear and Halberd] to halt his Killing Intent.

• Xiao Shuang’s [Stop War] roared across the battlefield, injuring soldiers’ ears and driving the Calamities back into the Blood Sea.
• The Seventh Defense Zone Command ordered the forward units to evacuate, and the soldiers saw Sequence 20, [Xingtian], face a tiny figure in the air.
• Asura realized Xiao Shuang had stolen a quarter of the momentum prepared for the [Asura Sword] and ordered the Blood Sea to hold back while Jade Face and Xingtian watched the humans.
• Xiao Shuang absorbed the stolen momentum as Asura’s Killing Intent projection attacked him, but the Heavenly Momentum dissolved Asura’s first slash.
• Asura transformed into a three-headed, six-armed giant and struck at Xiao Shuang, who activated [Stay My Spear and Halberd] and froze Asura’s Killing Intent.

Xiao Shuang escaped Asura’s suppression after stealing half of his momentum, then broke through to the Sixth-tier. His success delayed Asura’s attempt to form a Slaughter authority, while a new eighth-rank human appeared and Asura ordered Blood Sea to slow the gathering of Killing Intent.

• Xiao Shuang used [Stop War] to take half of Asura’s momentum, taunted him, and withdrew before Asura could retaliate.
• Xiao Shuang returned to his main body, broke through to the Sixth-tier, and received the skill [Roam the World].
• Xiao Shuang gave Qin Xiao the Element Decree and explained how he had disrupted Asura’s plans; Ye Chenyang agreed that the delay would keep Asura occupied.
• Ye Chenyang said Jiang Mian was showing signs of a breakthrough, while Gu Chengan dispersed the soldiers guarding the area.
• Asura learned that a new eighth-rank human, likely on the [Myriad Spirits] path, had appeared and recognized that the balance of his momentum had been badly disrupted.
• Asura ordered Blood Sea to reduce the rate at which Killing Intent gathered and to stall for as long as possible.

After advancing, Ye Chenyang learned that Jiang Mian would complete her advancement within seven days, though Gu Chengan warned that it might fail. Ye Chenyang then received the Yin Yang Sword and went to [World] to check on Jiang Mian, whose Calamity Transformation was progressing.

• Xiao Shuang took Qin Xiao to the Training Ground while Ye Chenyang followed Old Gu to a meeting with Yu Xi and Yang Xin.
• Ye Chenyang told them Jiang Mian would advance within seven days, and he insisted he had a way to handle it even if she failed.
• Jiang An brought Ye Chenyang the special-grade Mutant Remains, the Yin Yang Sword, which Ye Chenyang activated successfully on his first attempt.
• Ye Chenyang returned to the guesthouse and entered [World] with Golden Crow.
• Ye Chenyang found Jiang Mian asleep on a stone bed in a half-Calamity Transformation state, with white spreading through the tips of her hair.

Jiang Mian and Ye Chenyang prepared for her Dragon Transformation as the human apexes gathered at the First Defense Zone. On the fifth day, Ye Chenyang revealed Jiang Mian’s identity as [Doom], and Xu Xiaoan startled everyone by claiming he had stolen her Mother.

• Jiang Mian suggested undergoing Dragon Transformation in the Blood Sea, and Ye Chenyang agreed to help prepare for her breakthrough.
• The western defensive line remained eerily quiet as its defenders prepared, and Jiang Li and the others arrived at the First Defense Zone.
• On the fifth day, Qin Xiao and Xiao Shuang pressed Ye Chenyang to explain Jiang Mian’s disappearance and the crow at his side.
• Ye Chenyang admitted that Jiang Mian was [Doom], and Qin Xiao and Xiao Shuang playfully beat him for keeping it secret.
• When Xiao Shuang asked Xu Xiaoan about her relationship with Ye Chenyang, she blurted out that he had stolen her Mother.

Xu Xiaoan revealed that she had [Formless], while the Golden Crow rose above Number One Fortress and became a blazing sun that signaled [Doom]'s return. Asura ordered his forces to stop Jiang Mian, whose unstable transformation was worsening, just as the sky split open over the battlefield.

• Xu Xiaoan told Xiao Shuang that she had [Formless] and credited Jiang Mian with saving her life.
• Yin Mengyao said Jiang Mian had saved her too, and Qin Xiao reassured Xiao Shuang that Ye Chenyang knew what he was doing.
• The Golden Crow flew into the sky and became a radiant sun above Number One Fortress, alarming Qin Xiao and drawing Asura's attention.
• Asura recognized [Doom]'s return and ordered Blood Sea and two others to attack and stop Jiang Mian.
• Jiang Mian struggled to contain her Calamity Transformation and [Formless] power as a headless giant, a woman, and Blood Sea emerged to face her.
• A vast surge of spiritual power covered the battlefield, and the sky split open.

As Jiang Mian began her breakthrough, the battle at the western defensive line erupted, and Zhao Niugao turned on Yu Zhengmo. Zhao Niugao chased Yu Zhengmo into the Blood Sea while Ye Chenyang ordered Qin Xiao and Xiao Shuang to control Yu Qingyuan.

• Old Gu told Jiang Mian that the others would hold off the Calamities while she made her breakthrough, and she entered the road of golden lightning.
• Jiang An's life force stirred the Blood Sea, and Zhao Niugao confronted Yu Zhengmo atop a fortress.
• Zhao Niugao shattered Yu Zhengmo's shadow shield and struck off his head, but Yu Zhengmo escaped as black light.
• Zhao Niugao broke through to the eighth tier and pursued Yu Zhengmo into the Blood Sea after Yu Zhengmo used a spatial jump.
• Ye Chenyang ordered Qin Xiao and Xiao Shuang to control Yu Qingyuan while he turned toward Jiang Mian's distant dragon silhouette.

Jiang An fought the [Blood Sea Sword Tomb] while Zhao Niugao warned him that Yu Zhengmo was a traitor carrying a prototype authority meant for Asura. Yu Zhengmo fled toward the depths of the Blood Sea, while Jiang Mian advanced to the Sixth-tier in the Heavenly Path and gained a new skill.

• Jiang An used [Thunder Stirring in All Directions] and his spear to hold off the [Blood Sea Sword Tomb] in a battle of attrition.
• Jiang An struck down Yu Zhengmo when he mistook him for a threat, and Zhao Niugao arrived to reveal Yu Zhengmo's betrayal and prototype authority.
• Jiang An restored Zhao Niugao's strength, then joined the fight as the [Blood Sea Sword Tomb] and a tentacled [King of Cysts] attacked amid the confusion.
• Yu Zhengmo escaped toward the depths of the Blood Sea, intending to deliver his prototype authority to Asura.
• Jiang Mian emerged from the golden thunderclouds in the Heavenly Path, reached the Sixth-tier, and acquired [True Form of the Calamity Beast].