Recaps

Shen Yu supervised Absolute Boundary’s Otherworld Summoning, and an ancient being seized the summoning passage. Atases arrived in the new world, recognized Shen Yu’s overwhelming power, and feared becoming his enemy.

• Shen Yu and Absolute Boundary began an Otherworld Summoning, with Shen Yu standing guard against a dangerous arrival.
• An ancient being in another world shoved aside the nearby person who was about to answer the summons and took the summoning slot.
• A powerful aura emerged from the passage, and Absolute Boundary retreated while Shen Yu protected him.
• Atases arrived, excited to explore a new world after a long, carefree retirement.
• Atases saw Shen Yu’s red eyes, sensed his immense strength, and feared that Shen Yu could tear it apart.

Atases, the Lord of the Weird, met Shen Yu and Absolute Boundary, who identified himself as an SS-rank Contract Anomalist. Shen Yu introduced himself as the Chairman of the Anomaly Containment Association, and Atases sensed that Shen Yu contained the power and auras of countless Weird entities.

• Atases wondered whether an unknown enemy had survived, then asked Absolute Boundary and Shen Yu who they were.
• Absolute Boundary introduced himself as an Execution Department member of the Anomaly Containment Association and an SS-rank Contract Anomalist.
• Atases called himself the Lord of the Weird and startled Absolute Boundary, who suspected he might have been behind the Weird invasion.
• Absolute Boundary worried that Atases would be drawn to Shen Yu and prepared to summon reinforcements, but Shen Yu stopped him.
• Shen Yu introduced himself as the ruler of the world and Chairman of the Anomaly Containment Association.
• Atases sensed countless chaotic Weird auras surrounding Shen Yu and concluded that Shen Yu must have been affected by them.

Atases met Shen Yu after Absolute Boundary summoned him, and his resemblance to Weird made Absolute Boundary wary. Atases revealed that he had once wanted to devour Shen Yu but had changed his ways and now intended to leave trouble to Reason.

• Atases asked whether Shen Yu was unwell, startling Absolute Boundary, who worried that the Chairman might be sick.
• Shen Yu invited Atases to sit while Absolute Boundary stayed close behind him, wary of Atases's strange energy.
• Atases admired the robots and accepted Shen Yu's offer of one, then asked for cola instead of tea.
• Atases sniffed Shen Yu and said he had once wanted to devour him as a tonic.
• Atases explained that he had changed his ways, stopped obsessing over strength, and planned to leave problems and powerful enemies to Reason.

Shen Yu summoned Atases and discussed how he had survived despite attracting Weird entities. Atases traded a way to preserve sanity against uncanny energy for Shen Yu’s help and agreed to fight a Weird God.

• Atases asked Shen Yu how he had survived in a world filled with uncanny energy, and Shen Yu said he was lucky and had beaten the Weird entities that came after him.
• Absolute Boundary restrained himself from pressing Shen Yu for answers about his unusual abilities and the secrets behind them.
• Atases offered to help in exchange for a way to resist uncanny energy without losing sanity, and Shen Yu told him that powerful soul force could preserve one’s sanity.
• Atases accepted the method and agreed to deal with a Weird God, saying that slaying gods was what he excelled at most.

Atases arrived in the Dungeon World to help Mother of Birth confront the Weird God behind the Horror Game. Meanwhile, Mother of Birth’s followers rapidly multiplied and evolved, leaving the story with Atases facing the growing swarm.

• Absolute Boundary let Atases depart through a teleportation array to join Mother of Birth, while Shen Yu hoped to draw out the Weird God behind the Horror Game.
• In the Dungeon Worlds, Mother of Birth’s surviving followers formed teams and grew stronger by devouring Weirds.
• One follower advanced from Blood Robe Class to Fierce Fiend Class, and followers across countless Dungeon Worlds began making the same breakthrough.
• The newly advanced followers spread spores and multiplied faster than the Fierce Fiend Class Weirds could kill them.
• Atases arrived in the Dungeon World and complained that Mother of Birth’s reproductive authority let her overwhelm opponents with numbers.

Atases recognized the Mother of Birth as an ally and revealed his true form, while people inside the Dungeons tried to survive as Weirds slaughtered the scions. Across the Dungeons, ordinary people, officials, Anomaly Tamers, and enforcement teams began feeding captured Weirds to the spores, accelerating the birth of more scions.

• Atases wondered whether Li possessed the authority of birth and reflected on how a creator might be considered to have given birth to the lives he made.
• Atases sensed the Mother of Birth’s familiar aura, recognized Her as an ally, and transformed into his true form.
• Anomaly Tamers watched the Weirds slaughter the scions and feared they would be killed once the scions were gone.
• Enforcement teams captured low-level Weirds and fed them to the spores, producing scions to join the battle.
• Anomaly Tamers and people across the Dungeons joined the effort, accelerating the birth of scions.

Atases returned to his Lord of Weirdness form and traced the connection between the Dungeon worlds and their main world. He sent avatars into the Dungeons, where their lantern-like appearance caught people’s attention, leaving law enforcement teams and Anomaly Tamers trying to identify the creatures.

• Atases studied the Dungeon worlds and found the link connecting them to the main world.
• Atases projected countless tentacled avatars into the Dungeon worlds and positioned them in the sky.
• People in the Dungeons noticed the glowing figures and hurriedly looked away, fearing they were anomalies.
• Law enforcement teams and Anomaly Tamers observed the figures and saw jellyfish-like monsters with transparent, bluish-white bodies.

The Dungeon had grown safer after its powerful Weirds vanished, but floating jellyfish appeared in the sky and unsettled both ordinary people and Conquerors. The Conquerors cautiously explored the mutated Dungeon, unsure what the creatures meant or whether the danger had merely changed.

• The servants fought Fierce Fiend Class Weirds and Blood Robe Class Weirds while ordinary people watched the floating jellyfish and increasingly joined the Church of Birth.
• Conquerors entered the Dungeon expecting danger but found that its powerful Weirds had disappeared, leaving only low-level Weirds nearby.
• Experienced Conquerors warned their companions not to look at the flying jellyfish, but those who glimpsed them suffered no immediate harm.
• The Conquerors realized the Dungeon mutation had made the intelligence bought with hundreds of lives useless.

A team of Conquerors explored the changed Dungeon, seeking to understand its anomalies and record their findings for those outside. When they encountered a Vengeful Spirit, one man stayed behind as bait while the others prepared to escape.

• The team copied their intelligence and chose Xiao Luo to leave the Dungeon with it once they understood the new rules.
• The Conquerors explored the Dungeon and found jellyfish-shaped anomalies in the sky and many high-level anomalies gone, while low-level anomalies remained in their usual places.
• The team provoked a Vengeful Spirit, a D-class anomaly that attacked humans but would stop pursuing them once it began feeding.
• One Conqueror walked toward the charging Vengeful Spirit as bait, standing rooted in place despite his terror.

Atases and the Mother of Birth hunted Weirds while Conquerors watched a floating jellyfish devour a Vengeful Spirit. The survivors realized the jellyfish could reach them with its tentacles, as Atases absorbed their fear and declared the Weirds easily handled.

• A floating jellyfish fired a beam at the Vengeful Spirit, causing it to swell and explode.
• The jellyfish's tentacle devoured the Vengeful Spirit, and the Conqueror who witnessed it collapsed in fear.
• The Conqueror recovered and warned the others that the jellyfish could extend its tentacles down to hunt them.
• The Conquerors gathered at a distance, confirmed the man was not parasitized, and feared the jellyfish overhead.
• Atases absorbed the Conquerors' fear and, with the Mother of Birth, hunted Weirds of every level.

Atases captured more than a thousand Fierce Fiend Class weird entities for Shen Yu, earning hundreds of millions of Construction Points. The Horror Weird God finally appeared and asked why Atases opposed him, leaving Atases to answer with a cryptic refusal to eat beef.

• Atases crushed and contained 1,534 Fierce Fiend Class weird entities in Anomaly Cage, earning 368,000,000 Construction Points.
• The Horror Weird God’s aura shook the Dungeon worlds, and Mother of Birth stopped producing followers as the true master emerged.
• The followers transformed into treants and protected fragile Dungeon worlds and the people inside them.
• The Horror Weird God appeared as a twisted, mechanical figure covered in blue-white numbers and asked Atases why he had chosen to be his enemy.
• Atases waved a hand and replied, “Because... I don't eat beef!”

Atases rejected Horror Weird God and Mother of Birth’s plan to wipe out humanity, saying humans entertained him, and the three Weird Gods began fighting. The battle threatened the Dungeon worlds as Atases summoned a destructive pillar of light toward his opponents.

• Atases said he wanted humans to survive because they amused him, but Horror Weird God attacked him with a cage of glowing data streams.
• Mother of Birth joined Horror Weird God and sealed Atases’s retreat with spore webs.
• Atases unleashed a sea of black mist filled with phantom shadows, which Horror Weird God and Mother of Birth fought off.
• The battle’s shockwaves cracked the treants protecting the Dungeon worlds and threatened to collapse some of them.
• Atases struck at Horror Weird God from behind, then began chanting and summoned a destructive black pillar of light toward Horror Weird God and Mother of Birth.

Atases fought the Dread Weird God, whose growing fear hindered his attacks and left him at a disadvantage. The Dread Weird God realized Atases wielded the Authority of Fear.

• The Mother of Birth did not recognize the Dread Weird God and stayed silent when he accused her of breaking the Weird God Pact.
• Atases attacked the Dread Weird God, drawing on his battle experience and the strength he had gained alongside Li.
• The Dread Weird God’s fear of Atases delayed his movements and disrupted his control over energy.
• The Dread Weird God realized Atases had struck him with the Authority of Fear.

Atases defeated the Horror Weird God by trapping him in fear and piercing his divine body with a spear. He and Mother of Birth then turned their attention to the other weird gods lurking in the domain.

• Atases bound the Horror Weird God with threads of fear and blocked his skeletal claws with an ink-black barrier.
• Atases intensified the Horror Weird God's fear, flooding his mind with terrifying illusions that left him unable to move.
• Atases stabbed the Horror Weird God with a dim blue spear, which corroded his godhead and destroyed him.
• The dying Horror Weird God threatened that Mother of Birth would pay for his death.
• Mother of Birth remarked on Atases's strength, and Atases said they must eliminate the remaining weird gods to control the domain.

Atases defeated Horror Weird God by overwhelming it with fear and striking with the power of the Lord of Weirdness. As Horror Weird God died, it sent out Mother of Birth’s and Atases’s energy signatures, leaving them exposed to a contract’s consequences.

• Atases used its Authority of Fear to trap Horror Weird God in vivid visions of its destruction.
• Atases appeared behind Horror Weird God and stabbed it through the heart with a ghostly blue spear.
• The spear’s light and the Lord of Weirdness’s power corroded Horror Weird God’s body and consciousness, leaving it unable to escape.
• Horror Weird God cursed Mother of Birth and the Lord of Fear, then transmitted their energy signatures through a contract before its body collapsed into specks of light.

Mother of Birth and Atases killed the Horror Weird God and secured the crystal fragment, then searched for the other weird gods hiding in the domain. A seven-faced enemy trapped them in a blood-red formation, and they prepared to fight.

• Mother of Birth stored the crystal fragment left behind after the Horror Weird God was killed.
• Atases and Mother of Birth discussed tracking the other weird gods still hiding in the domain.
• Atases used his power to reveal energy fluctuations, and black tentacles erupted from the ground to attack them.
• A giant human face formed in the sky and demanded that they hand over the item.
• The face split into seven expressions, and a blood-red formation trapped Mother of Birth and Atases.
• Mother of Birth and Atases prepared to battle the seven-faced enemy inside the formation.

Mother of Birth and Atases hid after destroying a Weird God while Her followers contained Weird entities in low-level Dungeons. Survivors escaped to other worlds, where enforcement teams took them in and began helping them recover.

• Mother of Birth celebrated receiving praise, and Atases suggested they leave and hide from the Weird Gods.
• Mother of Birth ordered Her followers to contain the Weird entities in low-level Dungeons and open passages for survivors to escape.
• Survivors emerged from the Dungeons and wept with relief as they encountered other living people.
• The enforcement team learned that the survivors came from worlds devastated by Weird entities and took them back to be settled and comforted.

Humanity reclaimed most of the forbidden zones in the Dungeon world and declared its first victory against the anomalies. In the void, the Weird Gods learned that Terror had died and began discussing how to strike at their enemies through their worlds and followers.

• The enforcement team watched survivors mourn their lost families and friends, then reflected on the danger faced by Anomaly Tamers.
• Anomaly Tamers sacrificed themselves and fought back as forbidden zones disappeared and anomalies were contained, devoured, or suppressed.
• Humanity reclaimed most forbidden zones in the Dungeon world and built new strongholds, declaring its first victory against the anomalies.
• Several Weird Gods gathered in the void and learned that Terror had been killed by two Weird Gods, including Mother of Birth.
• The Weird Gods agreed that they could not win in a direct fight and considered ambushing their enemies through their worlds, subordinates, and followers.

The Weird Gods tracked down Mother of Birth and Atases, then decided to attack Atases first, believing their numbers would overcome its Authority of Fear. Atases sensed that someone was locating it, but its past weakness had given way to greater power.

• The Weird Gods agreed to pursue revenge by searching for their enemies’ weaknesses and slowly wearing them down.
• A Weird God used its tracking ability to find Mother of Birth in a spore-filled void and locate Atases’s avatar in the Dungeon world.
• The Weird Gods identified Atases as a wielder of the Authority of Fear and decided to join forces against it first.
• Atases sensed that someone was watching and locating it, though it could not find the observer.
• Atases drew on the skills it had developed to survive among gods and was no longer the weak god it had once been.

Atases moved the people from a nearly destroyed Dungeon world to a surviving one, then prepared to welcome the Weird Gods gathering beyond a mirror in the sky. The chapter ended as Atases saw how many Weird Gods had arrived.

• Atases considered why the Chairman had not come in person, given his ties to the Anomaly Containment Association and its vulnerable employees.
• Atases transferred everyone in the Dungeon world with the fewest humans to another world, where they rejoiced at finding intact cities.
• Atases looked toward the sky as cracks opened and dark purple lights formed an enormous mirror.
• Atases saw figures of Weird Gods appear behind the mirror and marveled at their numbers.

Atases confronted the Weird Gods who had tracked him down and unleashed fear through the giant crimson eyeball in the sky. The Weird Gods were overwhelmed, and one of them suffered a devastating attack within its consciousness.

• The Weird Gods emerged from a mirror and accused Atases of wielding the Authority of Fear.
• Atases insulted them and warned that he would reveal the fear rooted in their hearts.
• A gigantic eyeball resembling a crimson moon forced the Weird Gods to experience fear.
• One Weird God relived its terror of a powerful enemy in its consciousness and was crushed by imagined attacks.
• The Weird God exploded into blood mist, and its aura weakened.

Atases struggled against a group of Weird Gods whose authorities suppressed it, until the Mother of Birth answered its call and joined the battle. Her spores rapidly formed a flesh-pile jungle that began draining a Weird God that brushed against it.

• The Weird Gods used their varied authorities against Atases, forcing it to struggle under their combined pressure.
• Atases complained to the Mother of Birth that the others were ganging up on it, and she contacted it after receiving Shen Yu's prompt.
• The Mother of Birth obtained Atases's coordinates, tore open space, and arrived on the battlefield.
• Her spores took root and grew into a vast jungle of tangled flesh and roots, producing swelling fruits as they absorbed energy.
• A Weird God brushed against the jungle, and tiny holes appeared across its body as the growth siphoned away its blood and energy.

The Mother of Birth used her flesh forest and newly born servants to overwhelm the Weird Gods. As they targeted her core, she dispersed into spores, and the rapidly growing forests engulfed them.

• The Weird God's blood caused the flesh forests to spread and produce blood-robed servants infused with his power.
• The Weird Gods recognized the danger of the Mother of Birth's servants and tried to avoid being touched by the flesh forest.
• The Mother of Birth emerged from the forest and sent her servants charging at the nearby Weird Gods.
• The Weird Gods attacked the servants with their secret arts, but each death spread more flesh and spawned new forests.
• The leading Weird God ordered the others to focus their strongest attacks on the Mother of Birth's core.
• The Mother of Birth exploded into spores, and the flesh forests grew frenziedly and engulfed all the Weird Gods.

Atases and Mother of Birth fought off invading Weird Gods in the Dungeon world and her nest. Atases began to collapse as he held the attackers back, hoping Mother of Birth would defeat her enemies and turn the battle.

• Atases twisted the Dungeon world's rules and fought the invading Weird Gods, while they attacked him with chains, poison, bones, and spatial collapse.
• Atases called on Mother of Birth for help as she prepared her nest for the invaders.
• Dozens of Weird Gods entered Mother of Birth's nest and were caught by spiked roots and spores that drained and devoured them.
• The Weird Gods in the nest unleashed their strongest attacks and tried to defeat Mother of Birth before returning to Atases.
• Atases sacrificed his defense, transformed the black mist into a nine-headed snake, and swallowed several Weird Gods with beams of fear.
• Atases's body began to collapse, but he continued corroding the attackers with black mist while waiting for Mother of Birth to finish her fight.

Atases overwhelmed the Weird Gods as the weakened Mother of Birth confined the battle within her forest of flesh. Most of the Weird Gods escaped, but Atases and the Mother of Birth captured three and imprisoned them in the Anomaly Cage.

• The Weird Gods confronted Atases and sensed a terrifying power beyond the Authority of Fear that they could not identify.
• The Mother of Birth weakened and took a human-sized avatar, while observing Atases and worrying that Shen Yu would see her true form.
• The Mother of Birth's forest of flesh and dependents trapped the Weird Gods in a confined area, allowing Atases to attack them freely.
• A space-controlling Weird God escaped, and the others fled using their own abilities; Atases and the Mother of Birth stopped only three.
• Atases and the Mother of Birth beat the three remaining Weird Gods nearly to death, and Atases contained them in the Anomaly Cage.