Chapter Summaries

The Man in the Mirror and two Veiled Society members decided to join forces against Bai Fu, but she shattered their space and returned to the real world, where she met Chi Zhiyuan. Meanwhile, Su Ze and Nan Xi’s search for her Demigod Authority yielded little, and Su Ze wondered whether Nan Xi had been carrying it all along.

• The Man in the Mirror persuaded two Veiled Society members to join him in attacking Bai Fu.
• Chi Zhiyuan watched Bai Fu fight the three attackers and prepared to help if necessary.
• Bai Fu shattered the unstable space, noticed Chi Zhiyuan observing her, and learned her name.
• Nan Xi reflected on the scant results of the search and wondered whether gaining the Demigod Authority could make her a demigod.
• Qi Xiaoye reported to Chen Keqing through her Connection Talent, and Su Ze revealed that he was listening too.
• Su Ze asked Nan Xi whether she might have been carrying the Demigod Authority all along.

Nan Xi and Su Ze searched Nan Xi’s ruined hometown for the Demigod Authority, while Su Ze investigated a distant cemetery and found a diary describing the terrifying Hounds of Tindalos. The diary’s writer believed the Hounds had caught up with him and that his death was imminent.

• Nan Xi suggested searching her old home again, and Su Ze agreed to follow a route she planned.
• Su Ze teleported Nan Xi and Qi Xiaoye to the ruined city, where the group searched without finding the Demigod Authority.
• Nan Xi told Qi Xiaoye about her difficult survival after the catastrophe and the strange curse that caused physical changes.
• While Nan Xi and Qi Xiaoye talked, Su Ze traveled alone to a foreign cemetery once used as a hideout by grave robbers.
• Su Ze found and translated a diary in a coffin, revealing that Hounds had killed Frank and were pursuing the diary’s writer.

Su Ze discovered that Hounds of Tindalos had appeared early in the Apocalypse, then returned with Nan Xi to Bai Fu’s residence after their search for Demigod Authority failed. There, Elina visited and asked whether Su Ze was a High Transcendent.

• Su Ze read a tomb raiders’ diary describing Hounds of Tindalos that had appeared in the early days of the Apocalyptic Cataclysm, and realized he needed Demigod Grade strength.
• Qi Xiaoye reported that the group had failed to find Demigod Authority, while she and Chen Keqing discussed lunch and Nan Xi’s failed attempt to get close to Su Ze.
• Su Ze returned Nan Xi and the others to Bai Fu’s residence, where Bai Fu told them the Man in the Mirror and two others had attacked her.
• Nan Xi asked who Bai Fu had discussed the attack with, but Elina arrived before Bai Fu could answer.
• Elina joked that the Star Alliance did not restrict personal freedom, then asked Su Ze whether he was a High Transcendent.

Elina invited Su Ze to join her team rather than the Star Alliance and revealed plans for a counteroffensive against the Red Moon Cult in Rhine Town. After Elina left, Su Ze met Chi Zhiyuan in a consciousness space, where she asked whether his Connection ability could locate a pawn of the Ancient God Hall.

• Elina invited Su Ze to join her team and criticized Star Alliance members for concealing contact with High Transcendents from other Blue Stars.
• Elina explained that the Red Moon Cult had gathered its elite forces in Rhine Town and proposed a counteroffensive before they could fully assemble.
• Su Ze asked for time to consider Elina's offer, and she gave him a token before leaving.
• Su Ze used the Connection Talent to meet Chi Zhiyuan in a consciousness space, and they discussed their earlier encounter involving a moon-bound spacecraft.
• Chi Zhiyuan asked Su Ze whether his Connection ability could find a specific target who was a pawn of the Ancient God Hall.

Su Ze met Chi Zhiyuan and tried to use his Connection Talent to locate one of the Ancient God Hall’s Hounds, but the Veiled Society’s concealment prevented him from finding the target. Chi Zhiyuan and Su Ze agreed to cooperate against the Hounds, and Su Ze returned from the consciousness space with Crawford’s cover identity in mind.

• Chi Zhiyuan asked Su Ze to locate a Hound named Crawford and explained that the Hounds were Ancient God Hall-guided demigods who belonged to the Veiled Society.
• Su Ze tried to find Crawford with his Connection Talent but failed, and Chi Zhiyuan suspected the Veiled Society was shielding its members.
• Chi Zhiyuan revealed that the Ancient God Hall’s lackeys were former demigods and said both sides ultimately sought to become True Gods.
• Bai Fu secretly communicated her doubts to Su Ze, noting that not every demigod would risk seeking a True God’s divine throne.
• Su Ze and Chi Zhiyuan agreed to cooperate against the Hounds, and Chi Zhiyuan said her forces planned to establish a company on the moon.
• After leaving the consciousness space, Su Ze remarked that Crawford was posing as an old landlord on an A-class planet.

Su Ze brought Bai Fu, Nan Xi, and Qi Xiaoye to Crawford’s palace and controlled the demigod while interrogating him. Bai Fu revealed that the True God behind the cataclysm had erased the demigods’ memories and power, while some demigods preserved fragments of their past; whether the Deity had also become an ordinary person remained unknown.

• Su Ze admitted he had concealed his knowledge of Crawford’s location and took Bai Fu, Nan Xi, and Qi Xiaoye to Crawford’s stronghold on Parallel Blue Star Number A.
• Su Ze controlled Crawford and the people in his palace, then questioned Crawford about the ambush on Bai Fu and his connection to the Veiled Society.
• Crawford told Su Ze that he had provided the space used in the ambush but knew little about the other two attackers beyond meeting them in the Veiled Society’s extraterritorial space.
• Bai Fu explained that some demigods submitted to the Ancient God Hall to pursue their own goals, while she and Nan Xi opposed the True God behind the cataclysm.
• Bai Fu revealed that the True God had stripped the demigods of their power and memories, though they retained fragments through different methods.
• Su Ze asked whether the Deity might be living as an ordinary person, and Bai Fu said she did not know.

Su Ze interrogated Crawford, who denied having Demigod Authority, then pressed Bai Fu about her fear that only she or Tao Yaoyao might survive a future crisis. The group returned to Rhine Town, where Su Ze planned to take a Divine Relic fragment from a High Transcendent at a Red Moon Cult banquet.

• Crawford answered Su Ze's questions and promised not to hunt Chi Zhiyuan if Su Ze spared him, but he refused to sacrifice himself.
• Su Ze told Bai Fu he planned to kill Crawford quietly, then asked why she believed that only she or Tao Yaoyao might survive.
• Bai Fu said Tao Yaoyao had taken part of her divinity, and Su Ze accepted her explanation before leading the group onward.
• Su Ze brought everyone back to Rhine Town, where Nan Xi recognized the Red Moon Cult's territory.
• Su Ze explained that a High Transcendent at a Red Moon Cult banquet had once sought Bai Fu's Divine Relic fragment, then decided to go take it himself.

A powerful fragment-holder planned to kill Bai Fu, but Su Ze invaded his mind, while the Man in the Mirror learned of Crawford’s death and discussed a Mythical Grade pair of 3D Glasses. In Suzhou City, Chen Keqing questioned Su Ze about Nan Xi’s Demigod Authority, and Su Ze acknowledged that Nan Xi was unlikely to hand over such a treasure.

• A brawny High Transcendent in Rhine Town revealed that he possessed two Supreme Scepter fragments and intended to kill Bai Fu and take hers.
• Su Ze invaded the brawny man’s mind and recognized that his Divine Relic was fused from two fragments.
• The Man in the Mirror met a blurry figure, who offered a strange item identified as a Mythical Grade pair of 3D Glasses to help kill Bai Fu.
• The Man in the Mirror and the blurry figure learned that Crawford had been killed and watched footage suggesting he had died trying to seize someone else’s property.
• Su Ze and Chen Keqing walked through their residential complex, where the residents greeted them warmly.
• Chen Keqing challenged Su Ze about his plan to obtain Nan Xi’s Demigod Authority, and Su Ze admitted she would not give it up simply because of their relationship.

Su Ze and his friends gathered at Su University while a nearby Contamination Zone overflow threatened the campus, and Qin Yushi spread rumors that she would suppress the monsters. Su Ze explained that the disaster could not be stopped without deaths, then spent the evening with his friends, who asked when they would advance to third-tier Awakened.

• Su Ze told Chen Keqing that he had a way to obtain Nan Xi's Demigod Authority and believed she might give it to him if he treated her well.
• Qi Xiaoye contacted Su Ze and Chen Keqing, then urged them to get ready for their planned visit to Su University.
• People at Su University worried as monsters gathered in the overflowing Contamination Zone, while Qin Yushi had Tang Xinnuo spread news that she would suppress them.
• Su Ze told Qi Xiaoye that Qin Yushi was showing off and explained that the disaster required deaths, so he had chosen to protect only his own people.
• Su Ze, Chen Keqing, Qi Xiaoye, Qin Yushi, and their friends gathered at Su University, where they joked and drank together.
• A girl asked Su Ze when they would advance to third-tier Awakened.

Su Ze discussed advancement materials and the limits of gathering them, then spoke with Bai Fu about the Demigod Authority and the Divine Relic fragments. The chapter ended with Nan Xi waking and realizing that spring had arrived.

• Su Ze told the group that Tier 3 advancement formulas would likely be ready within days, depending on material collection, and said he had prepared materials for Chen Keqing and the others.
• Qi Xiaoye asked Su Ze about collecting all the materials needed for sixth-tier advancement, but he said he could not yet explore Parallel Blue Stars in the Awakening Stage.
• Bai Fu told Su Ze that Nan Xi had searched herself for the Demigod Authority without finding it, and they discussed exchanging it for Divine Relic fragments.
• Bai Fu said she would give the Demigod Authority to whoever needed it more, but Su Ze said he would handle Nan Xi himself and teased Bai Fu about an embrace.
• Bai Fu woke Nan Xi for an important mission, and Nan Xi blushed after feeling beneath the covers and muttering that spring had arrived.

Bai Fu and Nan Xi attended a Star Alliance strategy meeting, where Elina announced a plan to ambush the Great Cult Master of the Red Moon in Rhine Town. Bernard, secretly working with the Red Moon Cult because of his grudge against Elina, prepared to steal important intelligence as the meeting began.

• Bai Fu checked the calendar after Nan Xi wet the bed, but Nan Xi blamed the incident on her curse.
• Claude and Bernard discussed the Guardian rankings and the arrival of High Transcendents from other Parallel Blue Stars, while Bernard watched Elina with concealed anger.
• Elina opened the strategy meeting by announcing that the Star Alliance would launch a surprise attack on the Great Cult Master of the Red Moon in Rhine Town.
• Elina revealed that reliable intelligence showed someone had killed every Red Moon Cult Transcendent gathered in Rhine Town three days earlier.

Elina used footage of Su Ze annihilating the Red Moon Cult forces in Rhine Town to rally the Star Alliance and announce a public attack plan. She secretly sent a twelve-person team on a mission that night, but Bernard and Claude received the message, leaving the traitor threat unresolved.

• Elina showed the gathering footage of Su Ze slaughtering the Red Moon Cult forces, including a High Transcendent, and presented him as a powerful Star Alliance ally.
• Elina announced a surprise attack on Rhine Town in a day and a half, while Bai Fu promised her fan Tiantian a transfer to her command.
• Bai Fu told Nan Xi that her divination predicted significant events but revealed nothing about Nan Xi recovering her Demigod Authority.
• Elina sent an encrypted message ordering a twelve-person assault team to enter Rhine Town that night and keep the mission secret from the suspected traitor.
• Bernard and Claude both received Elina's confidential mission message, and Claude appeared eager to join the operation.
• Su Ze watched Qin Yushi use power from the Guardian God to suppress the Contamination Zone monsters near Su University.

Su Ze’s simulation revealed that the Dagon Cult’s summoning ritual had made him a medium and that only Demigod Grade power could sever the source of the strange influence. Meanwhile, Qi Xiaoye showed off her strength while clearing a nearby Contamination Zone.

• Su Ze completed a simulation in which he identified and executed the distributed Mythical Grade Contained Object Twisted Cat on a Parallel Blue Star.
• A new simulation showed that someone had deliberately planted a strange pair of glasses at the site of the Star Alliance raid.
• Nan Xi admitted to Bai Fu that she had found the Demigod Authority, then lent it to Su Ze, who used the Guardian God's power to devour it and gain initial Demigod Grade power.
• Su Ze learned that the Dagon Cult’s remnants regarded him as a summoning medium and that he needed Demigod Grade power to sever the source of the sea’s strange influence.
• Su Ze contacted Qi Xiaoye as she blasted the head off a giant cockroach in a nearby Contamination Zone.

Qi Xiaoye showed off her new Word Spirit Technique before Su Ze asked her to identify a Mythical Grade pair of 3D Glasses that trapped victims in fabricated horror incidents. He then told her that the Book of Eibon had drawn the attention of a powerful entity, leaving her to search him for signs of a curse.

• Qi Xiaoye and the others returned from the Contamination Zone after a monster appeared, and Qi Xiaoye claimed her new ability was a Word Spirit Technique she had gained after advancing.
• Qi Xiaoye tested her X-ray Vision on the group, but she could not see through Chen Keqing's holy light.
• Su Ze summoned Chen Keqing and Qi Xiaoye, and Qi Xiaoye explained that the 3D Glasses could split into many pairs and lure wearers into deadly fabricated horror incidents.
• Su Ze told Qi Xiaoye that reading an incantation in the Book of Eibon had attracted the attention of a powerful, mysterious existence.
• Qi Xiaoye examined Su Ze with her Word Spirit Technique to look for the strange curse he said was affecting him.

Su Ze confirmed that he had killed Crawford and discussed forming an alliance with Chi Zhiyuan against the Ancient God Hall. Meanwhile, a newly arrived Hound claimed to have killed three demigods and threatened Bai Fu.

• Qi Xiaoye realized Su Ze had been teasing her and began questioning him about the book they had used against the Deep Ones.
• Chi Zhiyuan concluded that Crawford was dead, summoned Su Ze and Bai Fu, and asked whether Su Ze had killed him; Su Ze admitted that he had.
• Su Ze proposed using Chi Zhiyuan as bait to see whether another Hound would target her, and suggested that she consider working with Lillian's family.
• Su Ze and Bai Fu hinted at Bai Fu's possible plans to become Star Alliance leader, while Bai Fu warned that unexpected developments might arise.
• A new Hound appeared in a hidden dimensional space and claimed to have killed three demigods; the Man in the Mirror and another figure discussed a weapon and threatened Bai Fu.

Nan Xi and Bai Fu joined the Star Alliance raid team as Claude shared new information about the Red Moon Cult's grand hierarch. Elina revealed the team's hidden High Transcendents, and the group teleported underground near their target.

• Nan Xi asked Bai Fu how many people had joined the raid, and Bai Fu estimated that the team had twelve members.
• Claude told Nan Xi and Bai Fu that the grand hierarch had come to Rhine Town under pressure from his bodyguards to investigate the Red Moon Cult's previous losses.
• Alliance Leader William arrived with Elina and announced that he had secretly joined the mission.
• Elina revealed that William and his two companions were High Transcendents, and that she had also advanced to High Transcendent to fight the grand hierarch's four guards.
• Elina activated the teleportation, and the team arrived in an underground survival zone.

Elina’s team found the High Priest of the Red Moon Cult and his followers dead, then fell under the influence of a Mythical Grade Contained Object. The twelve were trapped in a dim room with unbreakable ankle chains, where Su Ze appeared on a television and welcomed them to his Death Game.

• Elina led the group through the blasted-open gate, where they discovered the High Priest and his guards brutally killed.
• A mysterious voice told everyone to wear 3D Glasses, which showed fabricated footage blaming Su Ze for the massacre.
• Bai Fu recognized the glasses as part of a Contained Object and warned Nan Xi that the vision was false.
• The glasses vanished, revealing that the twelve-person team was trapped in a dim room, each restrained by an ankle chain they could not break.
• A television flickered on and showed Su Ze, who welcomed the group to his Death Game.

Bai Fu and the others faced a deadly escape game that demanded they answer a question about the Star Alliance and the Red Moon Cult. They escaped the room, but Claude and two other superhumans died after trying to defy the rules or giving an incorrect answer.

• The half-masked figure on the television announced a sixty-second game in which the captives had to answer a question on their keys to escape.
• Claude accused Elina and Alliance Leader William of bringing them into the trap, then repeatedly severed his legs to try to bypass the chains.
• Claude reached the passage but was crushed when it closed around him, and another superhuman died after answering incorrectly.
• Bai Fu led Nan Xi, Alliance Leader William, Elina, and the others through the passage as Elina urged them not to overthink the question.
• A female superhuman who failed to answer before time ran out was crushed, while the survivors learned that simple answers about the names' differences had worked.

The survivors began the second Death Game, which required them to write shameful secrets on the walls to rise to safety. Seven people reached the Safe Zone before the space below collapsed, leaving two others missing.

• The masked Su Ze announced that contestants had to write a shameful deed or thought on a wall, with qualifying answers lifting them toward the Safe Zone and unqualified ones sending them into the abyss.
• Bai Fu told the group the Death Game was shaped by their collective consciousness and their fear of Su Ze, and Bernard wrote that he had tortured and killed seventeen innocent people while undercover.
• Bernard rose to the Safe Zone, then Bai Fu wrote that she still planned to kill Tao Yaoyao while Nan Xi confessed to savoring a dream about Su Ze.
• Bai Fu and Nan Xi also rose to safety, where Nan Xi avoided discussing her dream with Su Ze.
• After the seventh person reached the Safe Zone, the cylindrical space below collapsed and the remaining two people vanished.

After two High Transcendents died in the Death Game, Bai Fu and Nan Xi learned the next challenge was to identify a mole and place them on a platform. Meanwhile, Qi Xiaoye prepared to travel to Parallel Blue Star with Su Ze, still suspicious that he was hiding something.

• Alliance Leader William and the others watched two High Transcendents fall behind and die as the cylindrical space closed.
• Bernard, Elina, and Bai Fu deduced that the words “as quickly as possible” in the rules had caused those who lagged behind to be killed.
• Nan Xi privately asked Bai Fu whether they should call Su Ze for help, but Bai Fu reassured her that they could leave safely.
• The masked “Su Ze” announced the third game: the survivors had to find the mole and place them on a platform to reach the next safe location.
• Qi Xiaoye changed into summer clothes for her trip with Su Ze while questioning Chen Keqing about whether Su Ze had said anything unusual.