Chapter Summaries

Ye Chenyang learned that his [Time] memory was intended to help him become a backup for [Balance], then began unlocking Yang Ze's memories. Meanwhile, Jiang Mian grew stronger and joined Zhong Chang's group in an attempt to steal a stone tablet from the flesh-and-blood warship, which appeared as their operation began.

• Jiang Ran told Ye Chenyang that the memory held Yang Ze's experiences and insights into [Time], and that the plan was for Ye Chenyang to serve as a backup for [Balance].
• Jiang Ran activated the formation, and Ye Chenyang heard Yang Ze's recorded voice begin his memory.
• Over half a month, Jiang Mian integrated [Cataclysm] and advanced to the middle stage of the Seventh-tier, then decided to pursue the flesh-and-blood warship for its Authority prototypes.
• Jiang Mian returned to Moonlight Courtyard, where Zhong Chang and Yang Xin prepared to set out with her and Zhao Niugao.
• Zhong Chang's group met Torrent and Xuanhuang in the Void Realm and arranged their roles in an attempt to steal the stone tablet.
• Zhong Chang drew a golden longsword and activated [Human], causing the flesh-and-blood warship to appear before the group.

Zhong Chang, Yang Xin, and their beasts fought the Shadow Servant controlling Yang Ze’s corpse while Jiang Mian used the distraction to enter the battleship. The chapter left her inside the ship, searching for the stone stele as [Formless] turned its attention to the main battlefield.

• Xuanhuang drew the battleship’s shadow swarms together, and Torrent destroyed them while Zhong Chang used [Humanity] to make the trapped human souls gather.
• Yang Xin blasted open the battleship’s hull, and a figure resembling Yang Ze emerged; Zhong Chang recognized him as a peak-level Shadow Servant controlled by [Formless].
• Yang Ze’s false body crushed Zhong Chang and Yang Xin’s attacks, but Xuanhuang severed its connection to [Formless], letting them pin it down.
• Jiang Mian controlled Golden Crow and approached the breach, while a crimson eye searched for her before sending a sludge-covered figure toward the battle.
• Jiang Mian avoided the battleship’s defenses and slipped through the breach as [Formless] focused on the main battlefield.

Jiang Mian followed the stone tablets’ resonance through the flesh battleship and found a trapped monster guarding the Calamity Stone Tablet. After rewinding time to evade its ambush and destroying its upper body, she took the tablet, but the chamber sealed around her as the battleship turned against her.

• Jiang Mian transferred [Cataclysm] and part of [Annihilation] to the Golden Crow, using the resulting resonance to locate the stone tablets.
• Jiang Mian evaded several powerful black shadows and reached what she identified as the tablets’ containment chamber.
• Jiang Mian opened a containment unit and was ambushed by a powerful humanoid monster, then used [Abyssal Sea Eye] and [Annihilation] to rewind time and counterattack.
• Jiang Mian struck the monster with [Heaven's Punishment], destroying its upper body and exposing the Calamity Stone Tablet.
• Jiang Mian realized the tablet had interfered with her judgment, stored it in her shadow, and prepared to break through after the flesh sealed the hatch.

Jiang Mian found only one Calamity Stone Tablet before returning to Golden Crow, who fought through the flesh-and-blood warship and encountered the revived Asura. As the two reached a stalemate, a genuine Ninth-tier apex appeared in Jiang Mian's path.

• Jiang Mian told Zhao Niugao that she had found one Calamity Stone Tablet and suspected [Formless] had separated the tablets to set a trap.
• Jiang Mian returned to Golden Crow, pierced through the warship's flesh walls with [Heaven's Punishment], and fought off tentacles and a powerful attacker.
• Jiang Mian killed the attacker with [Heaven's Punishment], but it revived and transformed into an Asura-like centaur.
• Jiang Mian recognized the monster as [Asura] and realized its [Stay My Spear and Halberd] ability prevented either of them from attacking freely, so she fled with it pursuing her.
• A blond, golden-eyed man appeared in Jiang Mian's path, and she sensed that he was a genuine Ninth-tier apex.

Jiang Mian fought her way through the sealed battleship against [Formless]'s powerful Shadow Servants, but Qilius briefly regained control and helped her escape with the Awakening Stone Tablet. After she left, Qilius was consumed by darkness, and the being who emerged from the cocoon murmured, “[Doom]...”

• Jiang Mian escaped the otherworldly [Eternal Day]'s spatial blockade, then destroyed the centaur [Asura] with [Flame Burst].
• The otherworldly Withering cursed the Golden Crow with [Fated Death], weakening it until Jiang Mian could barely fight.
• The otherworldly [Eternal Day] killed Withering with spatial slashes and revealed that his Radiance had briefly overcome [Formless]'s influence.
• Qilius gave Jiang Mian the Awakening Stone Tablet, explaining that Yang and the tablet had preserved his will for a century.
• Qilius opened a passage for Jiang Mian to escape, then darkness consumed him and a different figure emerged from the cocoon.

Jiang Mian escaped the warship with both stone tablets and returned to Moonlight Ridge as the others recovered Yang Ze’s body. With the worlds’ merger approaching, the group prepared for the threat of [Formless], while Jiang Mian remained behind to guard the stone stele.

• Jiang Mian and Zhao Niugao withdrew from the warship with both stone tablets after Jiang Mian explained her battle with a pinnacle chimera and the remnant will of [Eternal Day].
• Jiang Mian returned to her courtyard, assessed Golden Crow’s recovery and her gains from killing the Centaur [Asura], and thought about Ye Chenyang.
• Zhong Chang and the others brought Yang Ze’s body to Moonlight Ridge, where Yang Xin explained that [Formless]’s power remained rooted in him and would awaken outside [Red Moon]’s isolation.
• Jiang Mian offered to use [Annihilation] to cleanse Yang Ze, but Zhong Chang refused until she had advanced after the worlds merged.
• Zhong Chang and Zhao Niugao sealed Yang Ze in a stone coffin and left with him to prepare for the merger, while Jiang Mian stayed behind to guard the stone stele.

Jiang Mian prepared to unite the worlds by developing [Cataclysm] and coordinating the stone tablets. As the collision began, [Chaos] surged from the Void Realm toward her.

• Jiang Mian refined her use of [Cataclysm], creating an Arctic landscape in the [World] to test its power.
• Jiang Mian reassured Jiang Ling that she would grow stronger alongside her and praised her past contributions.
• Zhao Niugao told Jiang Mian that preparations for the stone monument collision were complete and the world's lifespan had fallen below two hundred days.
• Jiang Mian met Xuanhuang, who had taken human form after refining some of [Formless]'s power, and learned that Torrent had declined to do the same.
• Jiang Mian, Zhao Niugao, and Xuanhuang joined Zhong Chang and Yang Xin, and Jiang Mian brought the stone tablets together to begin the collision.
• The tablets' laws collided, and [Chaos] erupted from the depths of the Void Realm and shot toward Jiang Mian.

Jiang Mian fought to stabilize the collision between two worlds while her allies held off the flesh-and-blood warship. She reached the Eighth-tier, gained [Doom], and fused the two stone steles as the worlds began drawing together.

• Zhong Chang, Zhao Niugao, Yang Xin, and the others attacked the warship while Zhao Niugao led the defense against its swarm, leaving Jiang Mian to handle the collision.
• Jiang Mian used the Formless Power and the stone monuments to absorb the forces of the two worlds, reaching the peak of Seventh-tier as their laws resonated.
• Jiang Mian's core cracked and her soul became a hazy nebula as she advanced to Eighth-tier, evolving [Annihilation] and [Cataclysm] into semi-laws and gaining [Doom].
• Jiang Mian pressed the two stone steles together, fusing them as projections of the two worlds drew closer and the Void Realm between them shrank.

After the worlds collided, Jiang Mian encountered the final [Chaos] and was swept back into the main world, where Jiang Li revealed her identity as [Origin] and explained the Old Gods’ decline. Jiang Mian learned that perfecting [World] could let it break away from the old world, then asked what would happen to Jiang Li and the other Old Gods.

• The steles’ power of laws merged into the world as the black sun, an eye of the final [Chaos], briefly watched Jiang Mian.
• A spatial storm swept Jiang Mian and the fighters from the Void Realm into the main world, where she met Jiang Li.
• Jiang Li admitted she was [Origin], an old god who had entered reincarnation, and said that a former self had arranged events without making her the same person.
• Jiang Li brought Jiang Mian to the red moon and silver-moon space and explained that the Old Gods were declining as the world neared its end.
• Jiang Li said [Shatter] had succumbed to Sinking, while [Elements] and [Cataclysm] had no Old God because they were aspects of the world itself.
• Jiang Mian learned she could perfect [World] and break away from the old world without mastering origin laws, then asked whether Jiang Li and the other Old Gods could escape too.

Jiang Li explained that the old world's incarnations had to perish and seal their consciousness in the [Hundred Forms of Floating Life Scroll] to enter the new world without polluting it, and that Yin Mengyao's level and the [World]'s laws needed to be developed. After learning that Formless's main body remained active, Jiang Mian hurried toward the Chaos Cult headquarters, where Xu Xiaoan sensed a massive presence emerging from the Mist.

• Jiang Li told Jiang Mian that old-world incarnations could enter the new world only by giving up their power, perishing, and sealing their consciousness, and confirmed that Yin Mengyao and the [World] needed to be strengthened.
• Jiang Mian returned to the others and learned from Xuanhuang that Formless had fought with a Ninth-tier clone and then withdrawn toward the Chaos Cult's territory.
• Fearing Formless was going after Xu Xiaoan, Jiang Mian left with Torrent and Xuanhuang while Zhong Chang returned to hold the fort.
• Xu Xiaoan, now at the peak of the Seventh-tier, dismissed the cultists after absorbing their sacrifices and considered using the sleeping Yun Ling and Yun Shan as prey to advance.
• Xu Xiaoan felt a piercing resonance, went to the terrace, and saw a huge shadow emerge from the Mist with a scarlet eye.

Xu Xiaoan encountered Chu, a powerful [Formless] who claimed to be her older sister and invited her aboard the living warship. Xu Xiaoan decided to play along and infiltrate Chu’s forces while retrieving Yun Ling and Yun Shan’s lives.

• Xu Xiaoan sensed a Ninth-tier [Formless] aboard the flesh-and-blood warship, and Chu’s swarms surrounded her tower without attacking.
• Chu appeared behind Xu Xiaoan, revealed a face nearly identical to hers, and introduced herself as Chu, her older sister.
• Xu Xiaoan told Chu she did not dislike her and asked for time to retrieve something from the tower.
• Xu Xiaoan told Jiang Mian she would infiltrate Chu’s forces to gather intelligence and resources, and Jiang Mian agreed to support her if danger arose.
• Xu Xiaoan opened the secret chamber to retrieve Yun Ling and Yun Shan’s lives.

Xu Xiaoan killed Yun Ling and Yun Shan in the sealed chamber, using [Nether Sun]'s decay curse and Jiang Mian's Annihilation Wind. After storing the authorities they left behind, she stepped out to continue the plan with Jiang Mian's encouragement.

• Xu Xiaoan told Yun Ling that Zhong Chang, Yang Xin, [World-Overturning Torrent], and [Profound Yellow Overturn] had reached Ninth-tier, then infected him with [Nether Sun]'s decay curse.
• Yun Ling attacked Xu Xiaoan with a compressed bubble of [Chaos] and Water, but Jiang Mian's Annihilation Wind erased it and helped break through his defenses.
• The curse consumed Yun Ling, and Xu Xiaoan stored the [Plague] authority that rose from his remains.
• Xu Shan asked whether Xu Xiaoan's authority came from [Doom], laughed after she confirmed it, and Xu Xiaoan killed him and stored the black authority light from his remains.
• Jiang Mian praised Xu Xiaoan through their connection, and Xu Xiaoan opened the secret chamber door and stepped outside.

Xu Xiaoan met Chu, the otherworldly [Formless], and convinced her that fusing with [Chaos] would be dangerous because Xu Xiaoan had developed a true self. Chu took Xu Xiaoan and the cultists aboard her battleship, while Jiang Mian watched over Xu Xiaoan remotely and then left to handle something else.

• Xu Xiaoan told Chu that the cultists had imprisoned her as a vessel for 'Father' and explained that repeated deaths had created a true self within her.
• Chu probed Xu Xiaoan's soul, confirmed her account, and agreed to postpone fusion until Xu Xiaoan reached the eighth tier.
• Chu teleported Xu Xiaoan aboard the battleship and had the Swarm carry the cultists there as well.
• Jiang Mian observed Chu feeding Xu Xiaoan materials until Xu Xiaoan reached her limit and fell asleep, then asked Xuanhuang and the Torrent to keep watch.
• Jiang Mian departed, and Xuanhuang sent her a memory package after teasing the Torrent about a secret and promising not to tell Jiang Ling.

Jiang Mian tested her new semi-law-level wind skill at the abandoned Northern Legion Headquarters before returning to the Core Circle to seek Ye Chenyang and Oblivion River. After entering Everbright, she encountered a Mimic attacking her, while a Seventh-tier Awakened rushed to intervene.

• Jiang Mian reached the evacuated Northern Legion Headquarters, killed a Seventh-tier Rot Plague, and unleashed a growing wind disaster that erased the Calamities and structures there.
• Jiang Mian passed ruined base cities on her way south and contacted Ye Chenyang at Everbright’s boundary, learning that his power now permeated the Core Circle and could form a consciousness projection.
• Jiang Mian crossed into Everbright and headed toward Base City Number One, concealing her dragon horns and tail.
• Jiang Mian spotted a Mimic fleeing a Seventh-tier Awakened and recognized that it had recently reached the seventh tier.
• The Mimic split into floating units and attacked Jiang Mian, while the pursuing Awakened abandoned the chase and rushed to protect her.

Jiang Mian rescued Gao Hong from the Mimic and revealed her overwhelming power before capturing it and reading its memories. After learning that xenophobia and unrest were worsening in the Core Circle, she transformed into an eighth-rank Aberrant and asked Gao Hong to take her to the Northern Warband headquarters.

• Gao Hong tried to rescue Jiang Mian from the Mimic’s floating blades, but Jiang Mian erased them with a ripple of power.
• Jiang Mian told Gao Hong she was a Calamity, then used shadow chains to seize the fleeing Mimic.
• Jiang Mian read the Mimic’s memories while Gao Hong reported on the mass relocation and the Core Circle’s expanding territory.
• Jiang Mian learned that Aberrants, outsiders, and infiltrating Calamities were fueling unrest and xenophobic rhetoric.
• Jiang Mian killed the Mimic, transformed into an eighth-rank Aberrant, and ordered Gao Hong to lead her to the Northern Warband headquarters.

Jiang Mian visited the Northern Legion headquarters with Gao Hong and discovered that Commander Hu Zhihui planned to surround District 171 and provoke its Aberrant residents. She entered the officers’ tent and objected to his plan, leaving the room stunned by her appearance.

• Jiang Mian followed Gao Hong through the military camp while soldiers speculated about her Aberrant identity.
• Jiang Mian marked several soldiers and staff with Shadow Power after hearing their hostile remarks, and reflected on why the authorities kept the New World crisis secret.
• Jiang Mian heard Hu Zhihui denounce Aberrants and order the Northern Legion to surround District 171 under the pretext of protecting its residents.
• Jiang Mian entered the tent and declared that she had an objection, prompting the officers to recognize her as an Aberrant.

Jiang Mian confronted Hu Zhihui at Northern Warband headquarters, exposed the [Asura Sword] fragment influencing him, and annihilated him. After securing the fragment, she planned to investigate Base City Number Four and reunited with Shen Qiuyu.

• Jiang Mian entered the command tent, restrained Hu Zhihui, and challenged his treatment of the Aberrants in District 171.
• Gao Hong called Jiang Mian Senior and urged Hu Zhihui to apologize, but Hu refused.
• Jiang Mian described Hu Zhihui as a host being controlled by a parasite and annihilated him, leaving behind a fragment of the [Asura Sword].
• Jiang Mian sealed the fragment in an enhanced bubble and sent it to [World] for Jiang Ling to guard.
• Jiang Mian learned Hu Zhihui came from Base City Number Four and decided to investigate while heading back.
• Shen Qiuyu met Jiang Mian outside the tent, and Jiang Mian greeted her as Colonel Shen.

Jiang Mian reunited with Shen Qiuyu and learned that officials from Base City Number Four had been stirring up trouble, possibly to spread dangerous authority fragments through violence. With Gu Chengan's approval, Jiang Mian joined Shen Qiuyu in moving to deal with them, and they headed to the containment area after nearly everyone had been rounded up.

• Jiang Mian reunited with Shen Qiuyu, thanked her for her past help, and dismissed Commander Gao Hong after he led her to Shen Qiuyu.
• Shen Qiuyu told Jiang Mian that temporary commanders and staff from Base City Number Four had become increasingly troublesome, though higher officials had ordered the regiment commanders to watch them.
• Jiang Mian reasoned that the fragments might spread when their hosts were killed, and Ye Chenyang explained that only Jiang Mian could hear his voice at the resettlement area.
• Jiang Mian changed her plans and decided to remove the troublemakers, while Shen Qiuyu went to report the situation.
• Shen Qiuyu returned with Gu Chengan's instruction to do her utmost and told Jiang Mian that nearly everyone had been caught; the two headed to the containment area.

Jiang Mian and Shen Qiuyu executed the prisoners whose minds had been parasitized, and Jiang Mian collected the fragments that emerged from them. Jiang Mian then reached Base City Number Four and began the operation to draw out [Jade-Faced Rakshasa].

• Jiang Mian and Shen Qiuyu arrived at the containment zone, where the prisoners mocked them and Shen Qiuyu ordered the captives brought out.
• Jiang Mian exposed a fragment bound to one prisoner's life, watched him crumble to dust, and ordered the rest killed.
• Shen Qiuyu engulfed the prisoners in golden-red flames, and Jiang Mian captured the fragments that flew out of the fire.
• Jiang Mian said goodbye to Shen Qiuyu and traveled to Base City Number Four, where [Jade-Faced Rakshasa] was believed to be hiding.
• Jiang Mian contacted the Investigating Envoys secretly guarding the city and announced that the operation had begun.

Jiang Mian tracked Jade-Faced Rakshasa to a crowded shopping-mall square and discovered that she was wielding the power of [Shatter]. Their fight moved into Jiang Mian's [World], where Rakshasa began spreading that power through the domain and left Jiang Mian suspecting she had targeted her from the start.

• The Investigating Envoys recognized Jiang Mian as an Eighth-tier Awakened, and Xiao Song reacted with disbelief at how far she had advanced.
• Jiang Mian released a [Slaughter] fragment, followed its attraction to the target, and found Rakshasa in a shopping-mall square.
• Rakshasa revealed that [Shatter] could use other authorities as vessels, and Jiang Mian destroyed the fragment and the others but could not stop the strange sound.
• Jiang Mian pulled Rakshasa and herself into [World] and attacked with Annihilation Wind, but Rakshasa broke free using the power of [Shatter].
• Rakshasa emerged holding a beating mechanical heart as [Shatter] spread through [World], and Jiang Mian wondered whether Rakshasa had come for her all along.