Chapter Summaries

The Red Moon Cult prepared a ritual to gain power against the Star Alliance, choosing Joseph to serve as its vessel. After following a voice’s advice to focus on the incantation’s meaning, Joseph gained black mist and reached the Lower Mythic level, while the voice mocked his reaction.

• The Red Moon Cult’s archbishops studied the Man in the Mirror’s tome and chose Joseph to lead a ritual that could grant power from a Deity.
• Joseph eagerly accepted the role, then learned that one incantation carried greater rewards but risked provoking the Deity into killing him.
• The cult began burning slaves in batches as Joseph presided over the ritual and recited the safer incantation.
• When the incantation had no effect, a mysterious voice in Joseph’s mind told him to focus on its meaning rather than its pronunciation.
• Joseph recited the incantation again while imagining immense power, felt a terrifying gaze, and gained a mantle of black mist.
• The mysterious voice appeared behind Joseph and remarked that he had made a big show of reaching only the Lower Mythic level.

Su Ze confronted the Red Moon Cult during Joseph’s ritual and easily defeated him, exposing the danger of the cult’s incantations. After checking the Simulator, Su Ze prepared to carry out the next step against the cult.

• The Red Moon Cult’s leaders recognized Su Ze as the God Killer, while Joseph initially mistook him for a fellow hired enforcer.
• Su Ze revealed that the ritual was intended to fight him and the Star Alliance, and Joseph attacked him.
• Su Ze’s Guardian God Phantom trapped Joseph and crushed him, but Joseph regenerated and began reciting a second incantation.
• Su Ze explained that the second incantation had a fifty percent chance of petrifying Joseph, who turned to stone as he prayed.
• Su Ze checked the Simulator’s predictions and took out the execution list Bai Fu had prepared.

Nan Xi questioned Qi Xiaoye about her first time with Su Ze while she and Chen Keqing discussed the danger of the Red Moon Cult’s rituals and incantations. Chen Keqing explained how they could attract cosmic Deities and warned that an incantation Qi Xiaoye and Su Ze encountered at sea might still draw a dangerous response.

• Nan Xi learned that Qi Xiaoye and Su Ze had only just shared their first intimate encounter, and Qi Xiaoye said it had happened naturally the previous night.
• Nan Xi worried that she and the others were staying home while Bai Fu and Su Ze dealt with the Red Moon Cult, but Chen Keqing said keeping safe was best.
• Chen Keqing explained that rituals attracted a cosmic Deity’s attention while incantations communicated a request, and that mistakes or a Deity’s anger could be deadly.
• Chen Keqing reminded Qi Xiaoye that she and Su Ze had encountered a special incantation at sea that had knocked on a powerful figure’s door and could still provoke a dangerous response.

Chen Keqing explained the danger of Su Ze’s incantation and persuaded Nan Xi to give him the Demigod Authority. Meanwhile, Shen Liu and the Faceless Man were summoned to review the Red Moon Cult’s slaughter and discuss their plans against Su Ze.

• Chen Keqing warned Nan Xi and Qi Xiaoye that Su Ze’s incantation could expose him to deadly contamination and a powerful entity.
• Chen Keqing suggested that gaining control of a Demigod Authority would protect Su Ze, and Nan Xi admitted she had found one and planned to give it to him that night.
• Nan Xi asked Chen Keqing for another bowl of tea pastries after agreeing to lend Su Ze the authority.
• Shen Liu and the Faceless Man paused their negotiations with the United Family representative when they received a summons.
• The Man in the Mirror and Mystic Tortoise showed Shen Liu and the Faceless Man the Red Moon Cult’s defeat and urged them to keep a low profile.
• Shen Liu insisted that they had to kill Su Ze, while Mystic Tortoise reminded him that they needed to leave themselves a way out.

Shen Liu offered the United Family a ritual to contact an Old God, and Roy accepted cooperation after a terrifying hallucination showed the Sky Mother Ship being dragged into the sea. In the consciousness space, Bai Fu reported the Red Moon Cult's collapse and Su Ze arrived after completing a long execution list.

• Shen Liu gave Roy the incantation and ritual, which required hundreds of thousands of sacrifices, and explained that the Veiled Society wanted to kill someone aligned with the Violet Family.
• Roy saw a vision of enormous tentacles crushing and sinking the Sky Mother Ship, then recovered and told Shen Liu what he had experienced.
• Shen Liu said Roy's high inspiration made him more likely to encounter supreme existences, and Roy agreed to cooperate after asking for detailed information about the Old Days.
• Bai Fu told Chi Zhiyuan and Lillian that the Red Moon Cult had collapsed and B-39 would soon come under the Star Alliance's control.
• Su Ze appeared in the consciousness space and said the execution list had delayed him.

Su Ze gathered his allies to discuss building a shared company and Lillian explained the Violet Family’s internal conflict. Later, Nan Xi lent Su Ze her Demigod Authority so he could test whether he could use it.

• Su Ze gathered the group in a consciousness space to discuss forming a company, and Lillian proposed naming it the Violet.
• Nan Xi, Qi Xiaoye, and Qing Shuang suggested other names before Su Ze left the decision to Bai Fu and Chi Zhiyuan.
• Lillian outlined the threats within the Violet Family, including Sir Hood and the surrender faction, while Jing Yue wondered how accepted she was among the group.
• Su Ze said he would let the Violet Family’s enemies act for now and intervene when the time came.
• Nan Xi showed Su Ze her Demigod Authority and agreed to lend him the heart-shaped necklace so he could test whether he could use it.

Su Ze fused with the Demigod Authority and learned about demigods before meeting a mysterious fox-tailed woman who asked him to bring Nan Xi back. He returned to Avalon with Demigod-Grade power and began showing Nan Xi what he had seen.

• Su Ze used the Guardian God Phantom to withstand the information flooding from the Demigod Authority and learned how demigods gained and increased their divinity.
• A fox-tailed woman appeared to Su Ze, said she could not answer his questions, and asked him to bring Nan Xi back.
• Su Ze returned to Avalon and saw the Simulator announce his Demigod-Grade talent, God Summoning, and a divinity level of 30 out of 1000.
• Nan Xi asked whether Su Ze had finished merging with the Authority, and he confirmed that he had.
• Su Ze told Nan Xi he had encountered a woman who seemed to be a True God and used his power to bring Nan Xi into the space of consciousness.

After becoming a Demigod, Su Ze learned that the Dao Ancestor's Wife had promised to wait for him and Nan Xi to return. He later received intelligence about a Contained Object and used the Old Days Simulator, which revealed a plan to fight and devour Leviathan, a Demigod Grade deep-sea behemoth.

• Su Ze confirmed that the Dao Ancestor's Wife was likely a True God and told Nan Xi she had said she would wait for them to return.
• Su Ze confirmed he had become a Demigod, and Nan Xi reminded him that she had only lent him the Demigod Authority.
• Lillian reported that Roy was contacting the Veiled Society, which was preparing a secret ritual.
• Qing Shuang and Tao Yaoyao reviewed an email about a Contained Object, and Tao Yaoyao volunteered to bring the information to Su Ze.
• Su Ze ran the Old Days Simulator, which showed him and Qi Xiaoye attacking and killing Leviathan before Su Ze devoured its divinity.

After mastering his new Demigod Grade power, Su Ze investigated a Mythical Grade Contained Object called Clown Sako, whose TV programs drove viewers to commit murders. Qi Xiaoye identified the culprit, and Su Ze prepared to search for him with Tao Yaoyao while Qi Xiaoye and Nan Xi stayed behind.

• Su Ze reviewed his new Demigod Grade power, realized it let him travel through space and destroy planets, and checked that his Divinity Level was 30/1000.
• Tao Yaoyao brought Su Ze a report about underage murderers in Little Sakura, the Americas, and Korea who carried out elaborate plans under an unknown influence.
• Su Ze used Father God's Listening but learned nothing about the Contained Object, so he decided to investigate it later.
• Qi Xiaoye identified the culprit as Clown Sako, who appeared on obscure TV programs and compelled viewers to imitate his murder plans.
• Su Ze stopped Qi Xiaoye from joining the search and said he and Tao Yaoyao would go while Qi Xiaoye and Nan Xi continued playing.

Su Ze and Tao Yaoyao searched Sakura for clues to Clown Sako, while discussing the cataclysm and Su Ze’s goals. He then brought Tao Yaoyao to Professor Yan’s dormitory, where she planned to share her birthday meal with him.

• Su Ze and Tao Yaoyao investigated several crime scenes in Sakura but found no clues to Clown Sako.
• Su Ze released a Sakura girl he had pulled into the Contamination Zone and concluded that the murderers were disposable tools who could not lead them to the source.
• Su Ze and Tao Yaoyao discussed opening Containment Station branches, the cataclysm’s divine origins, and Su Ze’s immediate and distant goals.
• Su Ze transported Tao Yaoyao to Professor Yan’s dormitory after guessing she wanted to invite him for a birthday meal.
• Yan Jiaojiao spotted Su Ze and Tao Yaoyao at the door and announced their arrival to her mother.

Su Ze attended Tao Yaoyao’s birthday dinner with her family, where Yan Jiaojiao tried to use their relationship to secure status and titles. Afterward, Su Ze took Tao Yaoyao for a walk and suddenly transported them back to foreign soil.

• Professor Yan kept the dinner conversation focused on Tao Yaoyao’s work while avoiding mention of her birthday.
• Yan Jiaojiao called Su Ze her brother-in-law and asked him to give her and Professor Yan prestigious positions.
• Su Ze took Tao Yaoyao’s hand and promised to take care of her, then told Yan Jiaojiao that women should not sit at the table, prompting Professor Yan to send her to the sofa.
• After dinner, Su Ze invited Tao Yaoyao for a walk and teased her about completing her task of bringing a man home.
• Su Ze spoke about how he used to win women over, and then he and Tao Yaoyao suddenly appeared on foreign soil.

Su Ze and Tao Yaoyao found Clown Sako’s broadcast in an underground theater, where he proposed a game to bargain for his life. After Su Ze chose one of three curtains and Joker revealed another was empty, Tao Yaoyao advised switching; Su Ze chose the second curtain, leaving its contents unrevealed.

• Su Ze led Tao Yaoyao into an abandoned building after learning that Joker’s livestream seemed to be waiting for them.
• Su Ze and Tao Yaoyao found Joker speaking through a television in an underground theater, and he asked them to let him continue his broadcasts in exchange for staying out of their way.
• Su Ze rejected Joker’s offer and said he would kill him, so Joker opened a stage curtain and proposed a three-curtain game to reveal his hiding place.
• Su Ze chose the first curtain, and Joker revealed that the far-right curtain hid only empty space.
• Tao Yaoyao advised changing their choice to the second curtain, and Su Ze agreed.

Jing Yue rescued Jiang He from the Faceless Man and returned with her to the Violet Family, while Su Ze prepared to fight the Demigod Grade Leviathan. The beast awakened and began shaking the planet as Su Ze proposed taking the battle into space.

• The Faceless Man recognized Jing Yue, warned her that the Ancient God Hall would punish traitors, and fled through a spatial rift.
• Su Ze reassured Jing Yue, explained that he had spared the Faceless Man to avoid changing the future, and Jing Yue returned to the Violet Family with Jiang He.
• Su Ze showed Qi Xiaoye the sleeping Leviathan and discussed how Contained Objects seemed to be used against him before sending her away for safety.
• Su Ze expanded the Guardian God Phantom, awakening Leviathan and triggering a global earthquake that shattered continental plates.
• Su Ze asked Leviathan if it would fight him in space.

Bai Fu explained the lunar factions before Nan Xi redirected the group to a game of Werewolf while Su Ze was away. At the Veiled Society, the members discussed the Moon Beasts and the Faceless Man’s failed hunt, then Shen Liu announced preparations for a final ritual to kill Su Ze.

• Bai Fu told Qin Yushi and Chen Keqing that Kukes University was the only faction clearly hostile to the company’s lunar expansion.
• Nan Xi ended the business discussion, and the group decided to play Werewolf while Chen Keqing went to call three others.
• Qi Xiaoye returned and agreed to play, keeping quiet about Su Ze’s dangerous fight so the others would not worry.
• At the Veiled Society, Shen Liu, the Man in the Mirror, the Faceless Man, and Mystic Tortoise discussed disagreements over Moon Beasts and the Faceless Man’s failed attempt to kill an Awakened.
• Shen Liu said he would prepare for the final ritual to kill Su Ze, while the Man in the Mirror kept Mystic Tortoise’s treasure until the matter was over.

Shen Liu and the United Family prepared an attack on a Violet Family town, where Sir Hood launched a rebellion that Lillian quickly countered. Meanwhile, Su Ze killed the colossal beast in space and prepared to devour it for its divinity.

• Mystic Tortoise guessed that the Man in the Mirror would outlive the others involved in the plan against Su Ze.
• Shen Liu inspected the United Family’s teleportation pattern and learned that Roy was deteriorating from contact with an Old God.
• Sir Hood’s fighters attacked the Violet Family town, killing residents and marking locations as they tried to seize control.
• Lillian exposed Sir Hood’s rebellion and sent her prepared forces into battle against his men.
• Sir Hood ordered the United Family’s troops to teleport in early as his backup plan.
• Su Ze stood beside the colossal beast’s corpse in space and said devouring it would yield divinity.

After defeating Leviathan and advancing into a Mythical Creature, Su Ze received divinity and Talent Shards, then set out to collect another Demigod Grade gift package. Meanwhile, the battle in town remained deadlocked as Shen Liu discussed killing Chi Zhiyuan with the Faceless Man.

• Su Ze consumed Leviathan, gained seventy points of divinity, and considered the battle an easy victory against a demigod.
• Su Ze chose the first branching path, then discovered he could survive and move through space without relying on his Demigod Grade talent.
• The Simulator announced that Su Ze had advanced into a Mythical Creature and rewarded him with 1000 Talent Shards.
• Su Ze wondered why Leviathan had not yielded a Demigod Authority, then headed into the Starry Sky to collect another Demigod Grade gift package.
• In town, the fighting remained deadlocked while Shen Liu spoke with the Faceless Man about killing Chi Zhiyuan amid the chaos.

Shen Liu agreed to move the Veiled Society’s ritual forward while the United Family prepared a mass teleportation and fighting continued in Violet Family territory. The town began to quake as the ritual’s effects appeared to take hold.

• Shen Liu accepted the Faceless Man’s plan to target Chi Zhiyuan and agreed that the ritual could proceed earlier.
• A United Family general reported Roy’s suicide and said Hood could no longer hold out, so Shen Liu ordered the operation to begin.
• United Family Extraordinary Apostles began preparing a large-scale teleportation under a High Transcendent’s direction.
• Chi Zhiyuan killed a rebel squad that had attacked Lillian’s headquarters, while Lillian waited for the ritual as Su Ze had planned.
• A sudden tremor shook the town, cracking the ground, collapsing buildings, and lifting heavy objects into the air.

The teleportation brought the United Family into town as Chi Zhiyuan fought the Faceless Man, while Shen Liu began a ritual that spread terror through the city. Jing Yue watched over the rescued Jiang He as the ritual’s effects struck them, and Chi Zhiyuan defeated the Faceless Man.

• The United Family began teleporting into town, and Chi Zhiyuan ambushed the Faceless Man when she appeared beside her.
• Jing Yue watched over the unconscious Jiang He while Shen Liu began the ritual and strange patterns spread across the town.
• Jiang He woke, introduced herself to Jing Yue, and tried to get up despite her injuries.
• The ritual’s second stage flooded the town with terror, making Jiang He lie back down before she asked Jing Yue what had happened.
• Chi Zhiyuan defeated the Faceless Man, whose disguise dissolved as her body and life faded away.

Chi Zhiyuan killed the Faceless Man as Shen Liu completed his ritual and summoned the Star Kin, whose arrival nearly devastated the town. Su Ze appeared and contained the creature’s impact with the Guardian God, leaving the Star Kin face-to-face with him.

• Chi Zhiyuan used her domain-like power to destroy the Faceless Man and judged that Shen Liu’s true body would descend only after the ritual was complete.
• Jiang He and Jing Yue, along with the town’s surviving inhabitants, were swept into suffocating pressure and chaotic gravity as the ritual neared completion.
• Shen Liu produced a bloodstained scrap of cloth, but an abyssal creature struck him apart before he could act further.
• The Star Kin emerged from the void, and its presence sent destructive ripples through the town, forcing everyone to look toward it.
• Su Ze appeared and used the Guardian God to contain the Star Kin’s impact, while Chi Zhiyuan and Lillian prepared to leave town.
• Su Ze faced the temporarily suppressed Star Kin and recognized it as a legendary servant of the Old Days Ruler.

Su Ze confronted the Star Kin, a Demigod Grade being guarding a door, after its emergence nearly destroyed a town and killed Shen Liu. As their battle continued far from the town, observers on the moon mistook the clash for a black hole, while Mystic Tortoise and the Man in the Mirror learned that Shen Liu had summoned a Demigod.

• Su Ze read the Star Kin’s thoughts and learned it had been guarding a door for countless years without realizing its emergence had endangered a town and killed Shen Liu.
• Su Ze began fighting the Star Kin again, intending to make it his meal.
• On the moon, Kukes University representatives visited Chi Zhiyuan’s Qingyun Sect base and questioned a disciple about the sect master’s whereabouts.
• The disciple pointed toward Parallel Blue Star A-15, where people saw a strange black-hole-like phenomenon caused by the Demigod Grade battle.
• Mystic Tortoise and the Man in the Mirror appeared in the Veiled Society’s stone chamber and exclaimed that Shen Liu had successfully summoned a Demigod.