Chapter Summaries

Jiang Mian manifested as a golden dragon and fought the black dragon within her consciousness while Gu Chengan watched, and Asura’s attempt to stop her was disrupted when Yu Zhengmo arrived with a strange stone. The stone fused with the [Asura Sword], growing an eye in its guard, as Asura killed Yu Zhengmo and the battle’s balance shifted further against him.

• Jiang Mian transformed into a colossal black-and-gold dragon, then faced an identical pitch-black dragon in her consciousness.
• Gu Chengan saw Jiang Mian bathed in lightning and felt relieved when a Golden Light arrived beside her.
• Asura lost more of his accumulated momentum, and three seventh-tier auras he sent toward Jiang Mian vanished into [mirror flowers, water moon].
• Asura prepared to split off a projection and confront Jiang Mian, but Yu Zhengmo tumbled through a spatial gate and offered him a piece of flint.
• Asura struck the flint with the [Asura Sword], and it fused into the blade as a dark golden eye grew from the sword guard.
• Asura tore Yu Zhengmo apart, while Yu Zhengmo died believing his mission was complete.

Jiang Mian battled a black duplicate of herself in Nameless Space and discovered that she could devour it to gain power. Asura interrupted her attack, and Jiang Mian realized Ye Chenyang was restoring her [Eternal Day] power as their fight continued.

• Jiang Mian fought the black dragon duplicate and found that [Eternal Day] weakened its Calamity instincts.
• Jiang Mian used a light blade to cut off and devour part of the black dragon, gaining an enigmatic force that sharpened her consciousness.
• Asura appeared and attacked Jiang Mian with dark-red slashes while the black dragon tried to strike her from behind.
• Jiang Mian withdrew from [True Form of the Calamity Beast] and escaped Asura's attacks using Shadow Power.
• Jiang Mian saw [Holy Radiance] cover her body and realized Ye Chenyang was rapidly restoring her [Eternal Day] power.

Jiang Mian battled Asura and the black dragon while Ye Chenyang’s power strengthened her, and Zhao Niugao broke through the Blood Sea to confront Asura. Asura accepted an offer from the abyss, unleashing Shadow Power that transformed the Blood Sea.

• Jiang Mian used [Sun Wheel] to fight Asura and the black dragon as her [Eternal Day] power continued to grow.
• Jiang Mian realized Asura was weakening as the Blood Sea’s Killing Intent supply faltered, then switched to her [True Form of the Calamity Beast] and sent the Golden Crow against the black dragon.
• Asura tried to retreat, but Jiang Mian pursued him while the Golden Crow restrained the black dragon.
• Zhao Niugao and Jiang An shattered the Blood Sea’s surface, and Zhao Niugao pushed into its core after defeating the Seventh-tier Calamities in his path.
• Asura told Zhao Niugao he had killed the strange fellow, then accepted the abyss’s offer and unleashed Shadow Power across the Blood Sea.

Gu Chengan faced a Chaos-powered assault on the western defenses while Zhao Niugao failed to kill Yu Zhengmo. After Jiang Mian finished devouring Asura, she received two evolution options and had to choose a route.

• Gu Chengan questioned [World-Overturning Torrent] about the force from beyond the world, but it refused to reveal what it knew.
• When the torrent declined to leave Jiang Mian’s side and fight the cysts, it called Profound Yellow, which raised stone pillars to seal the Blood Sea and destroy approaching [Chaos Black Hole] cysts.
• Zhao Niugao blasted through the cysts but failed to stop Yu Zhengmo from escaping, then left to report the situation and hunt more Calamities.
• Jiang Mian devoured the last piece of Asura’s flesh and regained finer control over [Formless].
• Jiang Mian received two evolution choices: Elemental Sovereign or Unification of All Laws.

Jiang Mian chose the Annihilation authority prototype, completed her transformation, and used its power to clear the Chaos from the sky above the Western Front. She reunited with Ye Chenyang and asked him to notice what had changed about her.

• Jiang Mian chose the second skill option and selected the Annihilation authority prototype from a field of stars, gaining the Destruction trait as fusion began.
• Xu Xiaoan denied having anything to do with the Tumor King while Jiang Li and Yin Mengyao waited at Number One Fortress for Jiang Mian to finish her transformation.
• A golden sun appeared between the dragon's horns, then collapsed inward and erased the Chaos across several kilometers, opening a clear patch of sky.
• Jiang Mian returned to human form, declared the transformation complete, and said she could reach Seventh-tier after refining Annihilation.
• Jiang Mian retrieved Ye Chenyang from [World], and they embraced before she asked him what changes he noticed; he said she had grown taller and grown up.

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.