Chapter Summaries

Jing Yue rejected the Man in the Mirror’s offer of partnership while gathering information she planned to trade to Su Ze. As Jing Yue returned to a planet facing destruction, Su Ze rescued a spacecraft on the moon and noticed that she had returned from the dream trial.

• The Man in the Mirror denied cursing Jing Yue, claimed he had abandoned the Ancient God Hall, and warned that its followers could turn against one another.
• Jing Yue demanded to see the Man in the Mirror’s face, then concealed her intent to trade the information she had gained to Su Ze and asked for time to consider his offer.
• The Man in the Mirror offered to help kill the woman Jing Yue was hunting, but Jing Yue told him to act if he had the ability, and he vanished.
• At the survival zone, Jing Yue heard that her planet was about to explode and saw a laser destroy what appeared to be a spacecraft trying to escape.
• On the moon, Su Ze used his Guardian God talent to land a spacecraft damaged by a precision-guided attack, then noticed a laser strike the planet where Jing Yue was and confirmed she had returned from the dream trial.
• After Su Ze left, High Transcendents emerged from the spacecraft and prepared to attack the dogs who had ambushed them.

As the planet neared destruction, Su Ze met Jing Yue to discuss her information about the Ancient God Hall and her wish to remain independent. After accepting her bracelet, he captured her in the Museum so he could verify what she had told him.

• Jing Yue showed Su Ze a portrait of the Man in the Mirror and offered information about the Ancient God Hall in exchange for peaceful coexistence.
• Jing Yue said that Ancient God Hall targets were demigods, including Tao Yaoyao, and claimed she could help protect Tao Yaoyao and Bai Fu.
• Jing Yue made clear that she wanted to act alone rather than join Su Ze or obey the Ancient God Hall.
• Su Ze accepted Jing Yue's Abyss Bracelet, saying he planned to give it to Nan Xi for her dream trial.
• Su Ze used the Museum to capture Jing Yue and imprisoned her while he checked whether her information was true.

Tao Yaoyao struggled with doubts about her value as she worked to advance her planet’s technology, while Qing Shuang told her that Su Ze had captured Jing Yue and seemed interested in keeping her. On B-39 Parallel Blue Star, Nan Xi received a week off to prepare for the decisive dream trial, and Elina warned her that some people in the Star Alliance could not be trusted.

• Tao Yaoyao told Qing Shuang she did not need rest, though she privately doubted she could help her planet catch up with other Parallel Blue Stars.
• Qing Shuang told Tao Yaoyao that Su Ze had taken Jing Yue to the Old Days Museum and said he spared her because she was beautiful.
• Tao Yaoyao fell silent and showed an unusually aggrieved expression as Qing Shuang condemned Su Ze.
• Elina gave Nan Xi at least a week without missions to prepare for the dream trial after their team earned rewards and recognition.
• Elina told Nan Xi that the Star Alliance was divided by power and warned that its members might have known a High Transcendent would appear on Nan Xi’s mission.

Nan Xi received a warning not to trust Elina, while Su Ze used his newly upgraded Mythical Grade Hyper-dimensional Link to speak with Bai Fu and question her about Tao Yaoyao. The link ended with Su Ze sending Bai Fu an Abyss Bracelet, and Nan Xi realized he had already contacted her.

• Elina warned Nan Xi about enemies within the Star Alliance and offered to help her, but Nan Xi left unconvinced.
• An unknown sender messaged Nan Xi, warning her not to trust Elina.
• Su Ze used his Mythical Grade Hyper-dimensional Link to create a consciousness space and communicate with Bai Fu.
• Su Ze asked Bai Fu whether Tao Yaoyao was a demigod, and Bai Fu said she might learn more in a few days.
• Su Ze ended the link after offering to find another Divine Relic fragment for Bai Fu, leaving her with an Abyss Bracelet.
• Nan Xi returned and realized Su Ze had used the Word Spirit Technique to contact her, then asked where he was.

Nan Xi examined the Abyss Bracelet with Bai Fu, who warned her not to trust a message from a stranger. Meanwhile, Jing Yue remained imprisoned in the Old Days Museum, and Tao Yaoyao joined Su Ze and Qing Shuang for a stargazing discussion about whether gods needed worshippers.

• Nan Xi tried on the Abyss Bracelet, and Bai Fu explained that it granted power through sacrificing emotions and had belonged to Jing Yue only hours earlier.
• Bai Fu asked Nan Xi whether her guardian communicator had received a message from a stranger, and Nan Xi questioned whether Bai Fu distrusted Elina.
• Tao Yaoyao visited the imprisoned Jing Yue, who concluded that Su Ze had captured her to protect Tao Yaoyao from other Hounds.
• Tao Yaoyao returned to Su Ze and Qing Shuang as they debated whether deities needed worshippers, and Su Ze told her that mortals might matter to gods who had desires.
• Su Ze invited Qing Shuang to describe Tao Yaoyao's legendary life, and Qing Shuang began her account reluctantly.

Su Ze prompted Tao Yaoyao to share the story of her past and encouraged her to rest, while Qing Shuang listened and awkwardly complained about their closeness. The chapter then shifted to North City, where Qi Xiaoye received intelligence about a suspected Contained Object sighting.

• Qing Shuang recounted her childhood rivalry with Tao Yaoyao and passed the microphone to her.
• Tao Yaoyao described Professor Yan’s forbidden research and how she displayed extraordinary abilities to survive.
• Su Ze urged Tao Yaoyao to rest, and she eventually lay with her head on his thigh while Qing Shuang fetched tea leaves.
• Qing Shuang returned, saw Su Ze and Tao Yaoyao together, and silently complained that she would sue him to Chen Keqing.
• In North City, Qin Yushi showed Qi Xiaoye intelligence about a suspected Contained Object sighting, and Qi Xiaoye said it resembled the recent Cthulhu followers’ activity.

Qin Yushi, Qi Xiaoye, and the others investigated disappearances and suspected cult activity near the sea, while Su Ze explained that his Link skill could connect people across parallel worlds. Su Ze and Qi Xiaoye arrived at a coastal Safe Zone, where they found hungry survivors with vacant stares, and Qi Xiaoye insisted he must not leave her behind when facing dangerous Contained Objects.

• Qin Yushi described the missing people and reports of suspected cultists throwing bags with unknown living creatures into the ocean, while Qi Xiaoye noted that no cultists had been found despite the scale of the disappearances.
• Su Ze explained that his upgraded Link skill could create a shared consciousness space and let him cross between Parallel Blue Stars using the others' field of vision.
• Qi Xiaoye urged Su Ze to investigate the suspected Contained Object activity, and he agreed to take her along despite warning they might find nothing.
• Su Ze brought Qi Xiaoye to a coastal Safe Zone, where they saw starving survivors and Qi Xiaoye noticed that many of the people watching her had vacant expressions.
• Su Ze asked Qi Xiaoye whether she remembered people infected by a Demigod Grade Contained Object, and she insisted he must include her in dangerous missions rather than leave her behind.

Su Ze explained that the incident involved humans transforming into Deep Ones under the influence of Dagon, and told Qi Xiaoye and the others how the threat related to Cthulhu. The group concluded that they could only eliminate the Deep Ones for now, and Su Ze said their numbers were still small.

• Qi Xiaoye insisted she would accompany Su Ze on future investigations, even if it meant risking her life, and Su Ze agreed to bring her along.
• Su Ze told Qi Xiaoye the incident was caused by a force at least Demigod Grade, which was turning humans into monsters, and compared it to the earlier Cthulhu Statue incident.
• Su Ze returned to Avalon with Qi Xiaoye and later described the story of Innsmouth, explaining how some Deep Ones disguised themselves as humans and sacrificed people to Dagon.
• Qin Yushi asked about Cthulhu and Dagon, and Su Ze explained that Dagon influenced the Deep Ones and worshipped the stronger Cthulhu.
• Su Ze concluded that the group could only eliminate the Deep Ones for now, and said there were not many of them yet.

Su Ze and Qi Xiaoye rescued a woman from the Deep Ones, destroyed their gatherings, and discovered a strange blank book tied to the Deep Ones’ Father God. Back at the Foundation, Su Ze reviewed plans for new branch sites while Qing Shuang pulled Qi Xiaoye aside and claimed that two people were having an affair.

• Su Ze teleported Qi Xiaoye to a boat, where they found two Deep Ones preparing to drown a bound woman, and he killed the monsters while Qi Xiaoye rescued her.
• Su Ze found a strange book whose cover writing vanished and pages were blank, then threw it into the sea after reflecting on the powerful being connected to the Deep Ones.
• Su Ze returned the unconscious woman to the coastal city and took Qi Xiaoye to kill Deep Ones gathered elsewhere.
• Su Ze brought Qi Xiaoye back to the Foundation, where Tao Yaoyao showed him plans for new branch sites and Qing Shuang argued with Qi Xiaoye about their contributions.
• Qing Shuang drew Qi Xiaoye aside and told her that two people were having an affair.

Qing Shuang told Qi Xiaoye about Su Ze and Tao Yaoyao’s intimate behavior, prompting the women to discuss how to make Su Ze explain himself. Meanwhile, Su Ze recognized the suddenly appearing Great Fog as an early new stage of the cataclysm, and Bai Fu entered a dream trial to advance to High Transcendent.

• Qing Shuang recounted Su Ze and Tao Yaoyao’s intimate behavior to Qi Xiaoye and asked her to tell Chen Keqing.
• Qi Xiaoye told Chen Keqing, who defended Su Ze, and then shared the story with Qin Yushi.
• Qin Yushi suggested pretending to sulk and making Su Ze guess why, while she planned to interrogate him herself.
• Su Ze told Tao Yaoyao that the Great Fog marked a new stage of the cataclysm and had arrived ten days earlier than expected, then advised her to stay inside.
• The new dream trial began on Parallel Blue Star B-39, and Bai Fu entered a trial to advance to High Transcendent.

Bai Fu and Nan Xi entered different transcendent dream trials, with Bai Fu discovering she was playing a historical Saintess and Nan Xi awakening as a student-movement-era transmigrator. At the Old Days Museum, Chen Keqing and Qi Xiaoye watched their prisoner Jing Yue, and Chen Keqing decided to bring her food.

• Bai Fu learned that her dream trial challenged her advancement to High Transcendent and found herself playing a Saintess tasked with leading an army against invaders.
• Nan Xi woke in a dream within her trial, recalled hiding a precious treasure, and realized she was a transmigrator with only Tier 1 Awakened power.
• A classmate called Nan Xi to join a protest march in the era of student movements.
• At the Old Days Museum, Qi Xiaoye teased Chen Keqing about Jing Yue and joked about taming the prisoner, so Chen Keqing smacked her.
• Chen Keqing spoke calmly with Jing Yue through the room's window and went to get her something to eat.

Su Ze continued investigating the Deep Ones while struggling with recurring episodes of sanity loss. In Suzhou City, Yan Jiaojiao questioned Tao Yaoyao about her relationship with Su Ze and offered her cynical relationship advice.

• Su Ze reflected on Jing Yue's frustration at being held in the Old Days Museum while he delayed verifying her intelligence.
• Su Ze felt a brief sensation of being watched by a monster and recalled that his sanity had been deteriorating since he examined a strange book.
• Yan Jiaojiao asked Tao Yaoyao whether she would be suitable to direct the Foundation's planned Suzhou City branch and probed her about Word Spirit Techniques.
• Yan Jiaojiao noticed Tao Yaoyao hesitate when asked whether she was dating Su Ze and concluded that the rumors were true.
• Yan Jiaojiao advised Tao Yaoyao to take control of the relationship and rely on money rather than a man's promises, but Tao Yaoyao ignored her advice.

Tao Yaoyao told Yan Jiaojiao that she had not slept with Su Ze, startling both Yan Jiaojiao and the eavesdropping Professor Yan. After their dream trials ended, Bai Fu reclaimed her demigod power while Nan Xi saw a memory suggesting she had once hidden a Demigod Authority and planned to ask Bai Fu about it.

• Yan Jiaojiao encouraged Tao Yaoyao to accept Su Ze's other female admirers and asked whether Tao Yaoyao had slept with him.
• Tao Yaoyao calmly said she had not, making Yan Jiaojiao choke and Professor Yan stumble while carrying soup.
• Bai Fu's dream trial ended, and she closed her eyes to reclaim her demigod power.
• Nan Xi completed her rebel mission in the dream trial and reflected on the people she had known there before preparing for advancement.
• Nan Xi saw a memory of her high-school self searching her home for a hidden Demigod Authority and decided to ask Bai Fu what it was.

After returning from the dream, Nan Xi learned from Bai Fu what a Demigod Authority could do and discovered that Su Ze wanted to help her search for the one she had hidden. Su Ze’s simulator then showed him tracking down and executing a powerful Mythical Grade Little Peanut statue.

• Nan Xi returned from the dream, noticed a battle nearby, and continued back to the base without getting involved.
• Nan Xi asked Bai Fu about the Demigod Authority, and Bai Fu explained that it could grant demigod status but that Nan Xi’s was probably incomplete.
• Elina contacted Nan Xi and Bai Fu, confirmed their safe advances to the Mid Transcendent level, and reported heavy Guardian losses in the dream trial.
• After Elina warned them to watch out for the Red Moon Cult, Nan Xi told Bai Fu that Su Ze wanted to help search for the hidden Demigod Authority.
• Su Ze’s simulator showed him finding and eventually executing a Mythical Grade Little Peanut statue after wearing down its energy.

Su Ze planned to focus on simulating Mythical Grade and higher Contained Objects, then took Qi Xiaoye to a Parallel Blue Star to handle a Contained Object and collect an Avalon fragment. After silencing a battlefield and claiming the fragment, he introduced their next target, the Mythical Grade Curse Fox.

• Su Ze considered whether Contained Objects could appear at stronger grades and decided to prioritize simulating Mythical Grade and higher ones.
• Qi Xiaoye promised Chen Keqing she would supervise Su Ze, and Su Ze told her to get ready to leave with him.
• Yun Meng asked Chen Keqing about the Foundation's plans to distribute the Third-Tier Awakened advancement formula and mentioned trouble near Su University.
• Su Ze arrived at a battlefield on a Parallel Blue Star and frightened the Sixth-Tier Awakened fighters into surrendering.
• Su Ze took an Avalon fragment amid the fighting and told Qi Xiaoye their next target was the Mythical Grade Curse Fox.

Su Ze and Qi Xiaoye went to find a dangerous Mythical Grade Contained Object, but its illusion tricked Qi Xiaoye into believing Su Ze was involved with a fox. After Su Ze destroyed the Contained Object, they traveled to B-39, where Qi Xiaoye’s hostile scrutiny made Nan Xi uneasy.

• Qi Xiaoye asked Su Ze how Avalon fragments increased their strength, then tried using one herself.
• Su Ze and Qi Xiaoye traveled to an ancient forest to search separately for the Curse Fox, and Qi Xiaoye lost contact with Su Ze.
• Qi Xiaoye contacted Chen Keqing, who questioned why Su Ze had sent her away, before an illusion made Qi Xiaoye believe Su Ze was with a fox.
• Su Ze struck Qi Xiaoye to break the illusion and explained that the Mythical Grade Contained Object caused mental collapse; he had already destroyed it.
• Su Ze and Qi Xiaoye arrived at B-39, where Nan Xi noticed Qi Xiaoye’s hostile scrutiny and stiffly offered her a seat while they waited for Bai Fu.

Su Ze, Qi Xiaoye, and Nan Xi searched Nan Xi’s ruined former home for a Demigod Authority while Nan Xi recalled her family’s fate. They had not found the Authority when Nan Xi worried it might have been lost with the rest of the household’s belongings.

• Qi Xiaoye reported to Chen Keqing that she had intimidated Nan Xi, while Chen Keqing told her not to cause trouble or delay Su Ze.
• Su Ze and Qi Xiaoye left with Nan Xi for the ruined city where she had once lived.
• Nan Xi found a family photograph and told Qi Xiaoye that her parents had died during the cataclysm while returning to the hospital to find her.
• Su Ze recalled accompanying Chen Keqing to visit her parents, and Qi Xiaoye revealed that Chen Keqing was his wife and that her own status in the household was equal to Chen Keqing’s.
• Nan Xi continued searching her damaged home for the Demigod Authority but feared it might have been among the belongings that were gone.

Nan Xi, Su Ze, and Qi Xiaoye sought help finding Nan Xi’s hidden Demigod Authority, but discovered that Liu Yufeng’s settlement enforced a matriarchal order that treated men as slaves. Su Ze demonstrated overwhelming power, earning the right to defy the settlement’s rules.

• Nan Xi and Qi Xiaoye pretended to cooperate as Su Ze suggested tracing the missing household belongings to locate the Demigod Authority.
• Liu Yufeng arrived, recognized Nan Xi as her former student, and invited the group to a nearby survivor settlement to consult its disaster records.
• Nan Xi, Su Ze, and Qi Xiaoye followed Liu Yufeng to the settlement, where Nan Xi noticed that women greatly outnumbered men.
• Liu Yufeng revealed that the Holy Maiden had established a society where men were treated as slaves, pets, and tools unless they could overpower the rules.
• Su Ze summoned the Guardian God’s phantom to unleash a devastating slash outside the settlement, and Liu Yufeng acknowledged that he had the power to break the rules.

Su Ze, Nan Xi, and Qi Xiaoye questioned Liu Yufeng about the matriarchal society and the theft from Nan Xi’s home. On Blue Star B-39, Bai Fu attended an Alliance meeting where Elina warned that the Red Moon Cult might attack their department.

• Liu Yufeng explained that men who opposed her society’s rules had either died or fled, while Su Ze described how widely societies differed across Blue Stars.
• Nan Xi told Liu Yufeng that she and Qi Xiaoye were both Su Ze’s girlfriends, then asked who had taken the things from her home.
• Bai Fu attended Elina’s closed-door meeting on Blue Star B-39 and reviewed the Guardian rankings, which placed her third.
• Claude arrived late, and Elina began the meeting by assigning new positions and sharing intelligence about the Red Moon Cult.
• Elina warned that the Red Moon Cult might be preparing to attack their department, which was likely guarded by a High Transcendent.

Elina warned the Star Alliance that the Red Moon Cult was gathering experts in Rhine Town, and Bai Fu was suddenly trapped in a desert space by the Man in the Mirror. After their fight, he appeared before two others and admitted that Bai Fu was stronger than he expected.

• Elina told the meeting that the Red Moon Cult could launch small-scale attacks and warned everyone to guard against assassination.
• Bai Fu contacted Nan Xi to ask about the search, then was transported into a desert space by the Hounds.
• The Man in the Mirror attacked Bai Fu, who used Position Reversal and replicated weapons to counter him.
• The Man in the Mirror trapped Bai Fu with sand, but she appeared elsewhere, leaving him uncertain about her abilities.
• The Man in the Mirror appeared in a hidden stone chamber and told two figures that Bai Fu was stronger than he had expected.