Chapter Summaries

Qin Yushi revealed that Representative Sun’s leaked document showed the face of the Contained Object “Shy Person,” whose viewers would be hunted, and the monster charged toward the Safe Zones. A gigantic phantom struck it and silenced the attack, while Yuan Gang’s group moved to remove Representative Sun from office for leaking classified information.

• Qin Yushi showed Li Miaor the document about Shy Person and warned that the monster would reach the Safe Zone in about five minutes.
• The document spread across the internal network, and people in Firefly Tavern and the dormitory panicked after seeing the monster’s face.
• Xu Pingfeng realized Representative Sun had likely planned to use Shy Person against Su Ze and organized a team to fight the approaching monster.
• Shy Person charged toward the Safe Zones, smashing buildings, until a gigantic phantom appeared and struck it, abruptly ending its roars.
• Qing Shuang told Tao Yaoyao that their people had probably dealt with the Contained Object, and Yuan Gang proposed removing Representative Sun for leaking classified documents.

Qing Shuang delivered the Foundation’s classified orders as Yuan Gang agreed to cooperate with its operation in Suzhou City. After Su Ze’s confrontation with Sun Xiangkong, the Foundation detained Sun Xiangkong and Sun Heyu, and the crisis in the Safe Zone subsided.

• Qing Shuang explained that the Foundation’s documents included orders concerning Suzhou City, while Yuan Gang asked to join as Site Director.
• Tao Yaoyao told Yuan Gang that the Site Director position could not be given to just anyone, and Yuan Gang agreed to detain Representative Sun and assist the Foundation.
• Li Miaor and Qin Yushi discussed how Su Ze and North City had arranged the events around the Foundation’s establishment.
• Rumors about a bomb explosion eased residents’ fears in the Safe Zone, though many suspected the authorities were hiding the true cause.
• Sun Xiangkong acknowledged Su Ze’s strength, accepted the consequences of his earlier intent to kill, and was taken away by Yuan Gang’s people.
• Su Ze vanished before the outsiders entered, and Sun Heyu was also taken away after reading the Contained Object intelligence.

Su Ze considered why cosmic Deities cultivated familiars and believers while the Foundation continued to take shape. After Representative Sun's downfall, Su Ze revealed that he would take Qin Yushi to Cloud City.

• At the Old Days Museum, Su Ze told Qi Xiaoye he planned to give Qing Shuang Level 3 clearance and explained that the Foundation might eventually have an O5 Council.
• Su Ze wondered why Deities cultivated familiars and decided to ask the Purple-haired Lady when they met.
• People in the Safe Zone speculated that Yuan Gang had orchestrated Representative Sun's downfall, but Yuan Gang told Li Miaor he had merely avoided confronting Su Ze.
• At breakfast in Avalon, Qin Yushi asked Su Ze about Sun Xiangkong's fate and worried that Xiang Xinyun had been the only casualty on her side.
• Su Ze told Qin Yushi that things were not necessarily as they seemed and said he would take her to Cloud City.

Su Ze revealed that Xiang Xinyun had survived and explained why he had kept the truth from Qin Yushi, who then made a heartfelt confession. After their reunion, Su Ze reviewed the Classic Simulator results and upgraded Arrival to Transcendent Grade, gaining the ability to travel instantly to any place his consciousness could observe.

• Su Ze told Qin Yushi that he had revived Xiang Xinyun after Xiang Xinyun was killed and had made him work in Cloud City to atone.
• Qin Yushi asked why Su Ze had concealed Xiang Xinyun's survival, then confessed that she had loved the idea of devotion to one person since childhood.
• Su Ze teased Qin Yushi for making a heartfelt confession, and the two spent time together privately.
• Qin Yushi heard Xiang Xinyun repent for letting love cloud his judgment and told him to keep working in Cloud City for a few more days.
• Su Ze reviewed the Classic Simulator results, which confirmed he could travel physically to Parallel Blue Star, and upgraded Arrival to Transcendent Grade.

Su Ze upgraded his Advent Talent and the Foundation began recruiting personnel in Suzhou City. Li Miaor joined as a Level 3 member and prepared to recruit alongside Tang Xinnuo.

• Su Ze used his saved Talent Shards to upgrade his Advent Talent to Transcendent Grade, removing its fixed-return limitation and allowing him to activate it without leading the team.
• Qi Xiaoye and Chen Keqing discussed Su Ze and Qin Yushi, then considered visiting the Safe Zone to watch the Foundation's recruitment.
• Li Miaor reviewed and signed an agreement making her a Level 3 member responsible for personnel and publicity in Suzhou City.
• Tang Xinnuo told Li Miaor that Minister Qin had already given her a list of recruits, and Li Miaor asked whether they could begin working.

The Foundation began recruiting Awakened members as Suzhou City’s Official Safe Zone stabilized and prepared to expand its influence. Xiang Xinyu learned that her brother was alive, while Tao Yaoyao saw another Death Memory as she communicated with Su Ze.

• The Foundation sent recruitment agreements to suitable candidates, and Yun Meng and Luo Jiaxin said they had both signed at Level 2 clearance.
• Lu Jing told Yun Meng and Luo Jiaxin that the dispute involving Su Ze and the Official Safe Zone had been resolved.
• Xiang Xinyu retold how the support team had safely withdrawn from the Official Safe Zone, while Zhang Ran saw the coming reconstruction era as his chance to rise.
• Xiang Xinyu heard her biological brother Xiang Xinyun speak to her in her mind and learned he was still alive.
• Professor Yan shared a meal with Tao Yaoyao and Yan Jiaojiao, and Tao Yaoyao quietly communicated with Su Ze after seeing a new Death Memory.

Tao Yaoyao shared new information with Su Ze about Transcendent trials, stages, talents, and the risks facing planets. Afterward, she joined Professor Yan and Yan Jiaojiao for a meal and quietly decided what request she would make of Su Ze.

• Tao Yaoyao told Su Ze that Transcendent trials appeared through doors tied to a planet’s history, and that Transcendents had three stages and three basic talents.
• Tao Yaoyao explained that exploring Transcendent power too much or too little could raise the risk of a planet being torn apart, while some people were already seeking power to gain an advantage.
• Su Ze praised Tao Yaoyao for sharing the intelligence in words and invited her to make a request, then told her to eat before he picked her up.
• Tao Yaoyao joined Professor Yan and Yan Jiaojiao for a meal, while Professor Yan suggested she visit home regularly and Tao Yaoyao insisted she had her own home.
• Tao Yaoyao thought that her request would be to watch the stars with Su Ze one more time.

Su Ze and Qi Xiaoye contained the Immortal Sin Lizard, while Su Ze considered seeking demigod-equivalent power so he could eventually destroy it. On another Parallel Blue Star, a purple-haired woman approached a captive and promised to help her.

• Su Ze and Qi Xiaoye found the Immortal Sin Lizard among the ruins of a North American Safe Zone.
• Qi Xiaoye read the containment instructions, and Su Ze used the Guardian God and the Museum to imprison the lizard in an acid-resistant cell.
• Su Ze explained that he wanted to prevent the lizard from killing people and hastening the Great Fog, then considered gaining power equivalent to a demigod to execute it.
• On another Parallel Blue Star, a ragged woman trapped in an iron-barred vehicle feared her captors would torment her again.
• A purple-haired lady lifted the cloth covering the vehicle and told the captive she had come to help.

Bai Fu rescued a woman whose husband had died protecting her and promised to help find her missing daughter. At an underground city, Nan Xi reported that the Divine Relic fragment was held by its owner, and the pair prepared to retrieve it while avoiding Jing Yue.

• Bai Fu freed the woman from the transport vehicle and explained that she had come to help fulfill the woman’s husband’s dying wish.
• Bai Fu gave her name as Bai Fu, helped the woman change clothes, and warned that her daughter might not be alive.
• Bai Fu and the woman crossed the sand to the underground city, where the woman feared she would be exploited.
• Nan Xi came out of the city and told Bai Fu she had found the item in the hands of the city’s owner.
• Nan Xi agreed to retrieve the Divine Relic fragment without causing a scene and warned that Jing Yue had been following them.

Nan Xi and Bai Fu entered Mr. Norton’s underground survival zone, where nonlocals were treated as second-class citizens or slaves, to seize a Divine Relic fragment. Bai Fu changed their approach and drew attention to herself, while Nan Xi hid nearby and watched for Norton to appear.

• Nan Xi told Bai Fu that Norton ruled the survival zone through a hierarchy that relegated outsiders to second-class citizens or slaves, and she suspected the woman traveling with them was a slave offered as a prize.
• Nan Xi worried that they should delay their original plan to rescue the woman’s daughter, but Bai Fu said she already had the daughter’s photo and announced a revised plan.
• Bai Fu said she would draw the enemy’s attention while Nan Xi stayed hidden and used her Word Spirit Technique to steal the Divine Relic fragment.
• Nan Xi activated her Stealth Talent and followed Bai Fu and the woman into the open area, where onlookers fixated on Bai Fu and ignored the woman.
• Nan Xi used Thousand Mile Eye to spot someone reporting Bai Fu’s arrival to Norton, realizing he might come to see her in person.

Bai Fu and Nan Xi entered Norton’s survival zone to find a missing girl, only to learn that she had been tortured and killed. After the girl’s mother shot the shop manager and herself, Bai Fu attacked Norton, and she used his stolen scepter to unleash a black hole as she told Nan Xi to leave.

• Bai Fu showed the shop manager a photograph of the missing girl, and he said she had been killed after an ogre claimed her.
• The middle-aged woman grabbed a shotgun, killed the shop manager, and then shot herself.
• Nan Xi saw Norton arrive, and Bai Fu threw grenades before Nan Xi stole his scepter.
• Bai Fu took the scepter from Nan Xi and activated its power, creating a black hole that dragged everyone toward it.
• Bai Fu told Nan Xi to leave the area.

Bai Fu destroyed Norton’s survival zone, killed him, and announced her intention to conquer the planet with Nan Xi, who then spotted Jing Yue. Meanwhile, on Avalon’s Seventh Floor, Su Ze explained that he had designed the swimming-pool floor hoping to keep twenty girlfriends there.

• Bai Fu’s attack collapsed the underground survival zone, and she told Nan Xi it had been one possible way to retreat.
• Norton emerged from the rubble and demanded that Bai Fu return the scepter, then warned her that the Red Moon Cult would pursue them.
• Bai Fu shot Norton dead and said she planned to declare war on the planet, then invited Nan Xi to conquer it with her.
• Nan Xi spotted Jing Yue passing through the yellow sand and told Bai Fu what she had seen.
• On Avalon’s Seventh Floor, Qin Yushi and Chen Keqing practiced swimming while Qi Xiaoye relaxed beside the pool with Su Ze.
• Su Ze said he had designed the pool floor with the idea of keeping twenty girlfriends there, and Qi Xiaoye joked that he needed 365.

Su Ze heard about a seemingly harmless Contained Object that made people feel happy and took Qi Xiaoye to investigate it in Eastern Europe. They found the creature, which looked like a slime, but had not yet approached it.

• Su Ze and Qi Xiaoye discussed how he had obtained Avalon’s Divine Relic fragment and the Foundation’s work.
• After Chen Keqing and Qin Yushi joined them, Qi Xiaoye asked Su Ze to reward her for her work, and he joked with her.
• Father God's Listening let Su Ze hear people abroad describing a gooey creature that made humans feel happy.
• Su Ze told Qi Xiaoye about the Contained Object and brought her along, then gave her his jacket when they arrived and she realized she had forgotten to change clothes.
• Su Ze and Qi Xiaoye left the building and spotted a slime-like creature in the desolate surroundings.

Su Ze and Qi Xiaoye encountered a harmless Tickle Monster in a ruined Safe Zone, where two young girls named Sophia and an unnamed girl had been playing with it. After Su Ze took the creature, Qi Xiaoye gave the girls chocolate and promised to bring them more food before leaving with him.

• Qi Xiaoye identified the Tickle Monster and described its healing effects and harmless nature.
• Su Ze explained that the Safe Zone had been deliberately destroyed during violent fighting after the Apocalyptic Cataclysm.
• Qi Xiaoye and Su Ze met two hungry young girls, and Sophia introduced herself in halting Chinese.
• Su Ze took the Tickle Monster, leaving the girls frightened, while Qi Xiaoye gave Sophia a bar of chocolate.
• Qi Xiaoye secretly promised the girls she would return with more food, and Su Ze told her they were leaving.

Qi Xiaoye returned to the Safe Zone to bring candy to two girls, but she was caught in an ambush and learned that her earlier kindness had worsened their troubles. Chen Keqing explained the consequences of intervening in others’ karma, and Qi Xiaoye learned that Su Ze had healed the girls’ mother and dealt with the Safe Zone’s villains.

• Qi Xiaoye borrowed Chen Keqing’s passageway to return to the Safe Zone with candy for the two girls.
• A crowd of children swarmed Qi Xiaoye for candy, then some of them attacked her with medicine-filled needles while adults waited in ambush.
• Qi Xiaoye killed the attackers, and Su Ze’s connection power revealed that the survivors still plotted against her; Su Ze then teleported her back.
• Chen Keqing told Qi Xiaoye that the girls had been bullied after their mother was badly injured, and that their stolen candy had triggered further trouble.
• Chen Keqing explained that Su Ze had healed the girls’ mother and cleaned up the Safe Zone, while Qi Xiaoye reflected on the risks of intervening in others’ karma.

Bai Fu and Nan Xi joined the Star Alliance after Bai Fu destroyed a tyrannical regime, though Nan Xi remained uneasy about their involvement in the planet’s conflict. Aboard the Alliance’s Apocalypse War Vehicle, they learned that Bai Fu ranked fourth among the planet’s Extraordinary Apostles, and Elina began briefing them on the situation.

• Nan Xi mourned the orange cat killed during Bai Fu’s assault, while Bai Fu defended her decision to intervene in the planet’s conflict.
• Bai Fu and Nan Xi boarded the Star Alliance’s Apocalypse War Vehicle after the Alliance accepted them into its ranks.
• Elina welcomed Bai Fu and Nan Xi aboard and showed them the Star Alliance’s Extraordinary Rankings.
• Nan Xi saw Bai Fu ranked fourth and downplayed her own abilities when Elina praised her Word Spirit Technique.
• Elina began giving Bai Fu and Nan Xi a detailed introduction to the planet’s current situation.

Nan Xi questioned Bai Fu’s reasons for entering the Star Alliance’s conflict and recalled suspicious details about the woman’s suicide. After joining the Star Alliance as Guardians, Nan Xi revealed her curse to Elina, who offered to help find a way to lift it.

• Elina explained that the Red Moon Cult remained the Star Alliance’s main opponent, while Nan Xi wondered what Bai Fu hoped to gain by joining the conflict.
• Nan Xi recalled that Bai Fu could have stopped the woman’s suicide and had shown only the front of a photograph, but she resisted concluding that Bai Fu had caused the woman’s death.
• After dinner, Nan Xi received her Guardian Badge from Elina and learned that Bai Fu had a higher position and was selecting subordinates.
• Elina noticed Nan Xi’s unease and asked about her past, so Nan Xi explained that she had been treated for a curse before the Apocalyptic Cataclysm.
• Nan Xi coughed blood to demonstrate the curse, and Elina promised to seek help from an extraordinary individual with a Word Spirit Technique for countering curses.

Nan Xi and Bai Fu discussed keeping their origins secret and treating the Star Alliance as a temporary ally while pursuing their goal of conquering the planet. In North City, Qing Shuang learned that Su Ze had secretly healed her grandfather Qi Xueyi, despite appearing inactive at the Foundation.

• Nan Xi told Bai Fu that Elina's questions had made it difficult to hide her lack of knowledge about the planet's history.
• Bai Fu advised Nan Xi not to reveal that they came from another Parallel Blue Star and warned her not to trust the Star Alliance or Elina too easily.
• Bai Fu said they would need power over life and death to accomplish their goal, while Nan Xi kept the full extent of her Word Spirit Technique secret.
• Qing Shuang returned home and complained to Qi Xueyi that Su Ze seemed to be doing nothing at the Foundation.
• Qi Xueyi pretended his lung condition had become fatal, then revealed that Su Ze had healed him with a Word Spirit Technique two days earlier.

Qing Shuang heard about the Foundation’s Kindling Project from Elder Qi, then joined Tao Yaoyao and the others at the BC-10 Safe Zone headquarters. After everyone shared sweets and milk tea, Su Ze asked Tao Yaoyao what she wanted as the reward they had discussed.

• Elder Qi explained that the Kindling Project prepared humanity for worsening calamities and might help unify the world with the Foundation’s support.
• At the Foundation headquarters, Tao Yaoyao gave Su Ze the latest site selection plan, and Qing Shuang reported that the Tickle Monster might help treat illnesses such as depression.
• Qi Xiaoye arrived with sweets and teased Su Ze into guessing which one she had made, while Qin Yushi watched her with interest.
• Chen Keqing offered Qing Shuang pearl milk tea, and Qing Shuang sipped it while observing Qi Xiaoye.
• Su Ze asked Tao Yaoyao whether she had decided what she wanted as her reward.

Su Ze granted power to Awakened men who had stolen his magic book, then devoured them as the price. Two days later, Nan Xi returned from a scouting mission and received a casual call from Bai Fu amid heavy fighting.

• Qi Xiaoye proposed another camping trip, but Su Ze said the next few days were unsuitable because he expected Bai Fu to summon him for help.
• Qing Shuang criticized the group’s interest in camping but accepted Chen Keqing’s invitation.
• Su Ze witnessed Awakened men use his stolen magic book and sacrifice survivors to summon him, then gave them power before having the Guardian God devour them ten seconds later.
• Two days later, Nan Xi returned to the Apocalypse War Vehicle after completing a scouting mission for the Star Alliance and exchanged intelligence with Elina.
• Bai Fu called Nan Xi through her Guardian Badge while gunfire and cannon blasts sounded in the background, claiming she had timed the call to check on her.