Chapter Summaries

Jiang Mian learned that Oblivion River had turned Zhong Zhen and A Xiang into Fusion Users and was investigating whether a powerful Black Hand Gang newcomer was Asura. After she and Ye Chenyang returned from looting Zhong Zhen’s office, they found a Seventh-tier hunter and a group of Sixth-tier hunters waiting in the corridor.

• Jiang Mian failed to reach Zhong Zhen’s core memories but extracted fragments from A Xiang, learning that Oblivion River had fused their souls with calamity bodies after their original bodies were worn away.
• Jiang Mian told Ye Chenyang that Oblivion River had sent someone to investigate a powerful newcomer in the Black Hand Gang, possibly to determine whether they were Asura, and that the memories revealed no headquarters location.
• Jiang Mian and Ye Chenyang left Jiang Ling to watch the captives and decided to deal with the Wild Hunters’ other two Seventh-tiers before pursuing the Black Hand Gang newcomer.
• Jiang Mian emptied five spatial bracelets from Zhong Zhen’s desk into her storage, and she and Ye Chenyang left the office.
• Han Su identified Ye Chenyang and Jiang Mian to Brother Kai, but the hunters discovered that Zhong Zhen, Bai Jin, and Feng Xun had vanished from the sealed office, while Jiang Mian eyed the gathered group as new prey.

Jiang Mian and Ye Chenyang wiped out Brother Kai’s group, while Xu Xiaoan relayed a conversation revealing how the Calamity Stone Tablets could restore the divided world. Xu Xiaoan learned that the Chaos Cult was expanding its influence and feared that accepting the [Chaos] authority might endanger everyone she knew.

• Jiang Mian and Ye Chenyang trapped Brother Kai and the others in overlapping Domains and defeated them, with Jiang Mian relying on Torrent’s clone to finish the group.
• Xu Xiaoan shared her senses with Jiang Mian and Ye Chenyang as Yun Ling explained that the four Calamity Stone Tablets could suppress [Shatter] and allow the two worlds to reunite.
• Yun Ling agreed to continue the Chaos Cult’s plan and leave someone watching the other world, while Yun Shan accepted the decision.
• Xu Xiaoan asked Yun Ling about recruiting Seventh-tier believers, and he reported progress in Base City No. 187 and Zheng Qing’s mission to Base City No. 185.
• Yun Ling revealed that Zhong Zhen had become a Gold-ranked Hunter and planned to use him to contact Oblivion River’s side and approach Oblivion River and Withering.
• After Yun Ling left, Xu Xiaoan worried that fusing with [Chaos] would make her and the people she cared about vulnerable when the world reached the end of its lifespan.

Jiang Mian and Ye Chenyang tracked a seventh-tier Hunter with the [Rot Plague] ability to a nightclub, then used Golden Crow to draw him out and attract the attention of the Black Hand Gang. Golden Crow revealed itself as a blazing [Radiance] Calamity over Base City No. 187 and blasted the nightclub, leaving its target roaring in the crater.

• Jiang Mian and Ye Chenyang decided to clear out the remaining seventh-tiers and investigate the neighboring Black Hand Gang while leaving Yu Zhengqing alone to avoid exposing Xu Xiaoan.
• They found the nightclub of a seventh-tier Hunter with Sequence 41, [Rot Plague], but retreated because the place reeked of decay.
• Jiang Mian ordered Golden Crow to attack the nightclub and draw the Hunter out, hoping the spectacle would also lure the Black Hand Gang's leader.
• Golden Crow spread its fiery light across Base City No. 187, dispersed the mist, and was mistaken for an unprecedented [Radiance] Calamity.
• Golden Crow's Fire Element avatar struck the nightclub and left a massive crater, from which the bloated Hunter emerged and demanded to know who had ambushed him.

Jiang Mian used Golden Crow to lure Li Liang and the Black Hand Gang into a confrontation, while the gang's leaders debated the Calamity's origins and Luo Zheng concealed his own plans. As Li Liang fought Golden Crow and the gang watched, a black-and-white Sword Qi suddenly struck at him.

• Golden Crow drew Li Liang into battle, and Jiang Mian told Ye Chenyang to wait for the Black Hand Gang before acting.
• Jiang Mian brought out Jiang Ling to prepare a battlefield outside the south gate and planned to end the fight quickly with Torrent.
• Huo Tianxiong ordered the Black Hand Gang leaders to pursue Golden Crow after Luo Zheng claimed it had appeared in the west and that its controller was likely in the city.
• Luo Zheng followed the gang while secretly working to reshape [Slaughter] and considering Golden Crow a possible trap worth letting others investigate.
• The Black Hand Gang arrived as Li Liang struggled against Golden Crow, and Huo Tianxiong offered to watch and intervene if needed.
• Li Liang charged Golden Crow through a cloud of toxic mist, but black-and-white Sword Qi suddenly slashed toward his face.

Ye Chenyang killed Li Liang and confronted Huo Tianxiong's Black Hand Gang, then escaped with the Golden Crow using Spatial Power. Huo Tianxiong ordered the gang to pursue them while Jiang Mian recovered from the foul taste of the Seventh-tier she had devoured.

• Ye Chenyang's Sword Qi split Li Liang apart, and an ice-blue bolt of lightning engulfed him, leaving no trace.
• Huo Tianxiong questioned Ye Chenyang, who claimed he was passing through before greeting Luo Zheng; Luo Zheng denied knowing him and said someone else controlled the Golden Crow.
• Huo Tianxiong attacked Ye Chenyang and the Golden Crow with a golden spear, destroying a district after they teleported away.
• Huo Tianxiong ordered the Black Hand Gang to chase Ye Chenyang and the Golden Crow south.
• Jiang Mian rinsed her mouth after tasting Li Liang and decided to get back to work.

Ye Chenyang lured the Black Hand Gang into Jiang Ling’s storm domain, where the gang was ambushed by a massive Calamity. As Huo Tianxiong realized the pinnacle of [Cataclysm] was joining the battle, the gang faced overwhelming odds.

• Jiang Ling spotted Ye Chenyang and Golden Crow approaching with the Black Hand Gang in pursuit, and waited in the mist for the Master to arrive.
• Huo Tianxiong caught up to Ye Chenyang, but Ye Chenyang used teleportation and Golden Crow’s explosive clones to keep the gang chasing them into the mist.
• Ye Chenyang stopped and revealed Jiang Ling, who unleashed [Infinite Storm] and badly wounded Wang Hu while the gang struggled against the wind blades.
• Luo Zheng sensed the ambush and escaped into the mist, while Jiang Mian prepared to trap the remaining five Seventh-tier gang members.
• A massive black dragon appeared above the storm, and Huo Tianxiong recognized it as the pinnacle of [Cataclysm].

Jiang Mian and Ye Chenyang finished dealing with the Fallen Ones and decided to return to Base City No. 187, expecting another attack. Meanwhile, Lin Qianwen’s escort squad searched the mist for anomalies before continuing toward the city with Radiance Monuments.

• Jiang Ling returned to the [World] after reporting to Jiang Mian, while Huo Tianxiong and the others were trapped in a Thunder Prison.
• Jiang Mian rested with Ye Chenyang, and they agreed to head back to Base City No. 187 to prepare for the acquaintance Jiang Ling had mentioned.
• Ye Chenyang and Jiang Mian discussed the Fallen Ones’ likely plan to attack the city after recovering their strength.
• Lin Qianwen used [Heart Lamp], boosted by Nangong Ling, to search for anomalies near the rift but detected none.
• Shen Qiuyu joined Lin Qianwen and Nangong Ling, dismissed a strange impression in the mist, and ordered the escort squad to continue.

Yun Ling learned that [Doom] and [Eternal Day] had destroyed most of Base City No. 187’s Seventh-tiers, then flew into the city to pursue his plans. As Jiang Mian and Ye Chenyang prepared to enter the First District in disguise, Yun Ling destroyed the central Radiance Monument, unleashing [Chaos] across the city.

• Asura told Yun Ling that [World-Overturning Torrent] had wiped out the Black Hand Gang’s Seventh-tiers, including Huo Tianxiong and Zhou Li, and might also have killed Zhong Zhen and Lin Kai.
• Yun Ling questioned Asura about [Doom]’s domain and suspected she possessed a permanently active pocket-world domain; Luo Zheng then said he would head to Base City No. 185 to rebuild his strength.
• Xuanhuang informed Jiang Mian that Yun Ling was heading into the city, so Jiang Mian changed her appearance and prepared to enter the First District with Ye Chenyang in disguise.
• Yun Ling broke into the Black Hand Gang headquarters and used [Chaos] on the guards, turning an incompatible target into a writhing lump of flesh.
• Yun Ling destroyed the central Radiance Monument, causing [Chaos] to spread through Base City No. 187 and devour every trace of [Radiance].

Jiang Mian and Ye Chenyang watched as Yun Ling overwhelmed four Seventh-tiers at the Black Hand Gang headquarters, converting one and killing the other three. Outside Base City, Shen Qiuyu’s team withdrew from the Mist-filled city, but two figures rushed toward them.

• Mist engulfed Base City after the Radiance Monument was destroyed, and Jiang Mian and Ye Chenyang sensed four Seventh-tiers heading for the Black Hand Gang headquarters.
• Yun Ling defeated the four Seventh-tiers, suppressing the bald brute in a Shadow Cocoon while the other three emerged as lumps of flesh.
• Yun Ling sensed someone watching from the city district and looked toward them.
• Shen Qiuyu led her team toward Base City, but decided to withdraw when she saw the unusually dense Mist and the fleeing residents.
• Two figures approached Shen Qiuyu’s team at high speed through the Mist.

Shen Qiuyu’s squad met two disguised acquaintances outside Base City No. 187, but a Seventh-tier Mist Fiend attacked before she could identify them. Ye Chenyang and Jiang Mian watched from the air, intending to use the fight to help Shen Qiuyu stabilize her mind as she approached Seventh-tier.

• Shen Qiuyu’s squad confronted Jiang Mian and Ye Chenyang, who claimed they had escaped the city and accepted three high-grade soul crystals from Shen Qiuyu.
• Jiang Mian told the squad that the Radiance Monument had been destroyed, Chaos was gathering the Mist, and eight of the city’s twelve Seventh-tier experts had died.
• Jiang Mian shoved Shen Qiuyu out of the way as a rotting bird host attacked with pus, and the disguised pair vanished.
• Shen Qiuyu identified the attacker as a Seventh-tier Sequence 26 Mist Fiend and expanded her Heavenly Flame Without Limit domain to defend the squad.
• Ye Chenyang and Jiang Mian watched from above, and Jiang Mian explained that the fight could stimulate Shen Qiuyu’s unstable mind as she neared Seventh-tier.

Jiang Mian and Ye Chenyang discovered that Withering had gathered a vast corpse tide to ambush Shen Qiuyu, but they held back while she fought a Seventh-tier Mist Chimera. Shen Qiuyu unleashed a Seventh-tier skill and seemed close to victory before the corpse tide charged toward her squad, led by three terrifying Calamities.

• Jiang Mian sensed the hidden corpse tide and shared the ambush with Ye Chenyang, who suspected Withering had targeted Shen Qiuyu because of her power to grow stronger through burning.
• Jiang Mian and Ye Chenyang rushed toward the battle but chose not to intervene while Shen Qiuyu's life was not in immediate danger.
• Nangong Ling boosted Shen Qiuyu's mental power as Chu Xi and Lin Qianwen supported her against the Mist Chimera, and Shen Qiuyu pressed the attack with her flaming spear.
• Shen Qiuyu unleashed the Seventh-tier [Sun-Piercing Spear], apparently gaining the upper hand over the Mist Chimera.
• Lin Qianwen, Chu Xi, and Nangong Ling saw hundreds of ghostly eyes in the Mist as a corpse tide charged toward them beneath three powerful Auras.

Shen Qiuyu stayed behind to hold off several Seventh-tier Calamities while her teammates fled, but the battle turned desperate as the Mist Fiends stacked their curses and a Curse Puppet attacked her. Just as a fully stacked monster struck, an enormous ice-blue lightning bolt descended from the Mist and engulfed it and the Curse Puppet.

• Shen Qiuyu identified three Mist Fiends among the Calamities and ordered her teammates to run south while she held them back.
• A skeletal direwolf stacked curses by devouring a red-boned giant, advancing to the middle stage of the Seventh-tier.
• Shen Qiuyu attacked the direwolf with [Burn the Heavens] as the Curse Puppet stabbed a cursed doll and inflicted pain on her.
• Lin Qianwen and the others returned to help Shen Qiuyu, and the direwolf emerged from the flames fully stacked at peak Seventh-tier.
• The skeletal monster struck Shen Qiuyu with black lightning as the Curse Puppet unleashed its third attack, but a massive ice-blue lightning bolt descended and engulfed both enemies.

Jiang Mian rescued Shen Qiuyu and her teammates, then used overwhelming elemental power to destroy the Calamities besieging them. She led the group away before Yun Ling arrived, leaving him to find the wasteland scorched and believe he had missed his chance to test [Doom].

• Jiang Mian and Ye killed the [Curse Puppet] and [Mist Fiend] with eighth-tier lightning, then brought Shen Qiuyu into [World].
• Chu Xi, Lin Qianwen, and Nangong Ling struggled to defend themselves as the corpse tide overwhelmed their position.
• Jiang Mian unleashed wind, rain, and golden lightning that devastated the Calamities and protected the three teammates.
• Jiang Mian appeared in her dragon-horned form, told the three to follow her, and transported them away before heading south.
• Yun Ling arrived at the scorched wasteland, regretted missing the chance to test [Doom], and planned to spread his believers across the remaining base cities.

Jiang Mian reunited with Shen Qiuyu and her teammates in [World], where they recovered and learned about Jiang Ling, the reborn Sea of Misfortune. Jiang Mian prepared to share important information with Shen Qiuyu, who had reached the Seventh-tier, and the chapter ended as they walked along the shore to talk.

• Jiang Mian brought Shen Qiuyu and her injured teammates to [World] and reassured them that they were safe.
• Lin Qianwen, Nangong Ling, and Chu Xi thanked Jiang Mian for saving them and discussed her relationship with Ye Chenyang and Chu Xi's strange reaction to her.
• A giant fish surfaced near the shore, startling Lin Qianwen, and Jiang Ling appeared beside Jiang Mian.
• Shen Qiuyu met Jiang Ling, and Jiang Mian explained that she was the reborn Sea of Misfortune.
• Shen Qiuyu recounted her experiences and revealed she had reached the Seventh-tier; Jiang Mian credited her own effort and invited her to discuss important matters as they walked.

Shen Qiuyu learned about the world’s healing, the monument’s origin, the Old Gods’ revival, and Xiao An’s infiltration, while Ye Chenyang and Jiang Mian considered how rebirth might be tied to the Old Gods. The chapter ended with Xu Xiaoan overseeing the spread of [Chaos] in Base City No. 187 and learning that forty thousand people had converted.

• Jiang Mian told Shen Qiuyu to keep Xiao An’s infiltration confidential and offered her team a villa to recover in before returning.
• Ye Chenyang speculated that the world had restarted and that a remnant of [Time] authority in Senior Yang’s inheritance had preserved his memories.
• Ye Chenyang told Jiang Mian he was considering advancing through [Time] and possibly [Balance], and they discussed the Old Gods’ powers and their next steps.
• Xu Xiaoan arrived in Base City No. 187, where Yun Ling introduced Wu Lie, a Seventh-tier [Purgatory], after the city had come under their control.
• Xu Xiaoan asked Yun Ling how many people had converted to [Chaos], and he answered that forty thousand had.

Xu Xiaoan resolved to gain real power within the Chaos Cult while Jiang Mian and Ye Chenyang assessed the growing conflict around the Dead Line. As they headed toward Base City No. 185, a Phantom Shadow Rain Ruins appeared in their path, and Jiang Mian demonstrated how Annihilation could conceal them.

• Yun Ling reported that the Chaos Cult had over forty thousand followers, including more than a hundred Sixth-tier members, and Xu Xiaoan decided she wanted to become a true Young Mistress.
• Xu Xiaoan activated Separation and created a dark-red ball of flesh as she began her plan to secretly extend her tendrils.
• Shen Qiuyu returned to battle corps headquarters with Jiang Mian’s report, prompting the authorities to surround the Dead Line and establish a Northern Defense Line.
• Ye Chenyang showed Jiang Mian a map of Withering’s territory and explained that the Chaos Cult had taken control of Base Cities No. 187 and No. 185, giving them reason to wait for the two factions to clash.
• Jiang Mian and Ye Chenyang set out toward Base City No. 185, but a Phantom Shadow Rain Ruins blocked their route, and Jiang Mian used Annihilation to conceal herself from even Eighth-tier opponents.

Yu Zhengqing confronted Withering above Base City No. 185, but Withering’s ally drew him into an illusion while Jiang Mian and Ye Chenyang headed for the city. There, they found Luo Zheng facing Withering, who rejected his offer to submit to [Chaos] and opened his [Netherworld Abyss] domain.

• Withering refused Yu Zhengqing’s offer to cooperate with [Chaos], and their battle began as he turned the rain into needles that Yu Zhengqing froze with [Extreme Cold].
• Withering’s ally [Sinking Fragrance] pulled Yu Zhengqing into an illusion, prompting Jiang Mian to persuade Ye Chenyang to raid Base City No. 185.
• Jiang Mian and Ye Chenyang flew around the battle and found Luo Zheng confronting Withering above the city.
• Luo Zheng tried to persuade Withering to join [Chaos], but Withering refused and expanded his [Netherworld Abyss] domain.

Luo Zheng and Withering entered a battle inside [Netherworld Abyss] while Jiang Mian and Ye Chenyang moved to take Base City No. 185. Yu Zhengqing awakened from Hua Ya’s dream and found himself trapped by curses as Jiang Mian’s attack engulfed the city.

• Luo Zheng unleashed [Blood-Bathed Heavenly Demon], and Withering pulled them both into [Netherworld Abyss].
• Jiang Mian and Ye Chenyang guarded the rift and prepared to capture the Chaos-assimilated city below.
• Jiang Mian unleashed a powerful elemental attack over Base City No. 185 as Ye Chenyang sensed the storm building.
• Yu Zhengqing awoke from Hua Ya’s [Sweet Dream] and realized [Shadow Rain Ruins]’ curse had seeped into his body.
• Hua Ya put Yu Zhengqing back to sleep with [Sweet Dream] and [Sinking], while [Shadow Rain Ruins] went to find its Lord.

Jiang Mian unleashed a vast Cataclysm on Base City No. 185, then tried to escape with Ye Chenyang when a bandaged woman pursued them through the rain. Ye Chenyang recognized that their surroundings had been distorted and revealed the pursuer might be a fiend god wearing a red wedding dress.

• Jiang Mian’s Cataclysms devastated Base City No. 185, and she realized the disasters continued on their own after she started them.
• Ye Chenyang warned Jiang Mian that Yu Zhengqing’s battle had gone quiet and they needed to leave before an Eighth-tier threat arrived.
• A bandaged woman near the Netherworld Abyss pursued Jiang Mian and Ye Chenyang, who escaped her first attack by combining time-slowing and spatial powers.
• Jiang Mian sent a Torrent clone to break through the rain woman’s curse-laden domain, but the rain followed them.
• Ye Chenyang used [Eternal Day] to expose that the pair had been trapped in a distorted space and identified the woman’s red wedding dress as a sign she might be a fiend god.

Jiang Mian and Ye Chenyang escaped You’s looping domain, only to be caught in Hua Ya’s sleep-inducing attack. With Jiang Mian unconscious and the Rank Eight Calamities closing in, Ye Chenyang refined the bronze token as the Torrent clones attacked.

• Jiang Mian and Ye Chenyang realized that You was a Calamity fused with Fierce God’s soul fragments, and that her Shadow Path Loop had made them circle back.
• Ye Chenyang used the Yin Yang Sword and bronze token to resist You’s sealing curse while Jiang Mian summoned Torrent clones to tear open a path through the domain.
• Jiang Mian and Ye Chenyang escaped through the gap, but Hua Ya’s Sinking Fragrance overwhelmed Jiang Mian and left her unconscious.
• Hua Ya arrived carrying Yu Zhengqing, and You reappeared beside her as black rain spread around them.
• Hua Ya tried to capture Ye Chenyang, who tossed the Yin Yang Sword into the air, refined the bronze token, and fought back alongside the Torrent clones.