Chapter Summaries

Su Ze watched over Chen Keqing as she faced a Dream Trial and became an Awakened, while he continued studying the energy behind Avalon. Chen Keqing remained asleep as Su Ze prepared to seek the dangerous Red-clothed Doll with her once she had awakened.

• Chen Keqing asked Su Ze about her gift, then went with him to touch the Pollution Source and felt uneasy afterward.
• Su Ze located the Red-clothed Doll and warned Chen Keqing that its territory was dangerous, but agreed to take her along if she became an Awakened the next day.
• Su Ze spent the day advancing the Zero-Gravity Contamination Zone strategy in YC-14 and settling disputes in SC-35.
• While reading Theory of Relativity, Su Ze considered how Avalon could have an apparently endless supply of energy.
• Chen Keqing entered a Dream Trial, and Su Ze watched over her until she became an Awakened without apparent danger.
• Chen Keqing continued sleeping to recover, while Su Ze turned up the bedside lamp and resumed studying.

Su Ze and Chen Keqing traveled to Gang City, where Su Ze effortlessly destroyed the Red-clothed Doll with his upgraded God Summoning talent. Later, he urged Principal Gao to prepare to become Awakened, while the Simulator’s cooldown neared its end.

• Su Ze and Chen Keqing arrived in Gang City to investigate the Red-clothed Doll.
• The Red-clothed Doll targeted Chen Keqing, and Su Ze used her vision to summon the Guardian God, which destroyed it with a single arrow.
• Su Ze realized his Extraordinary-level God Summoning could overwhelm Awakened-level beings through a gap in life levels.
• Su Ze and Chen Keqing headed home and joked about celebrating the victory, but Chen Keqing said she was on her period.
• At YC-14, Su Ze checked the Simulator’s remaining cooldown and advised Principal Gao to gather information and prepare to become Awakened.

Su Ze prepared to leave the Safe Zone after warning Principal Gao that he would help remove some immediate threats, then used the Classic Simulator to gather Talent Shards and upgrade Global Link to Transcendent grade. The upgrade gave him control over Sky Net and its linked targets, while he learned that God Summoning could be upgraded further but required more shards to increase its grade.

• Su Ze told Principal Gao he planned to leave the Safe Zone and promised to eliminate some ambitious Awakened before he went.
• Su Ze visited the Zero-Gravity Contamination Zone and saw that its Pollution Source had vanished, signaling that the zone was about to refresh.
• After the Simulator's cooldown ended, Su Ze selected the Classic Simulator and received 11 Talent Shards from its results.
• Su Ze discovered that upgrading God Summoning with 120 shards would strengthen it but could not raise its grade, so he canceled the exchange.
• Su Ze spent 120 Talent Shards to upgrade Global Link to Transcendent grade, gaining control of Sky Net and its linked targets.

Su Ze tested the upgraded Global Link talent and learned that he could link with people across the planet, though controlling them and managing their communication strained him. After studying with Chen Keqing, he prepared to enter the refreshed Inconceivable Contamination Zone to bring back Qi Xiaoye, leaving Chen Keqing behind.

• Su Ze linked with more than two thousand Safe Zone survivors and found that linking many people was easy, but controlling them all weakened his command.
• Su Ze discovered that he had to manage communication between linked targets himself unless he assigned permissions, and he worried his talent might not work against Extraordinary Apostles.
• Survivors discussed the strange sensation of Su Ze linking with them, but he chose not to erase their memories.
• Su Ze studied college entrance exam mathematics with Chen Keqing and then told her he planned to enter the Inconceivable Contamination Zone to bring back a pretty girl.
• Chen Keqing wanted to accompany Su Ze, but he refused because only one person could enter that space.

Su Ze entered an isolated space in the Yun City No. 18 Middle School playground and found Qi Xiaoye, who had lost her memories and was trapped with a difficult math problem. After they discussed the danger outside, Qi Xiaoye tried to solve the problem and realized she could not understand it.

• Su Ze followed the Simulator’s instructions at Exit Three and entered a separate space.
• Su Ze met Qi Xiaoye, who remembered her name but had forgotten everything from before entering the space.
• Su Ze told Qi Xiaoye they had met in the future and questioned her about the apocalyptic disaster and the Seven School Mysteries.
• Su Ze and Qi Xiaoye discussed the real world and confirmed that solving the blackboard problem was their only way out.
• Qi Xiaoye tried to solve the problem but realized she could not understand it.

Su Ze solved the strange space’s math problem and brought Qi Xiaoye back to safety, then used the hardships of the Safe Zone to make her appreciate his comfortable home. There, Qi Xiaoye met Chen Keqing, whose surprise at her beauty quickly turned into alarm.

• Qi Xiaoye failed to solve the math problem, and Su Ze finished it, causing the strange space to dissolve and return them to No. 18 Middle School.
• Qi Xiaoye became painfully cold after leaving the space, so Su Ze lent her his coat and offered to find her warmer clothes.
• Su Ze took Qi Xiaoye through the shabby parts of YC-14 Safe Zone, describing the harsh conditions faced by displaced survivors.
• Su Ze used his Advent Talent to bring Qi Xiaoye to his home in SC-35, where she happily assumed she would live from then on.
• Chen Keqing met Qi Xiaoye, became wary of Su Ze’s beautiful new companion, and exchanged compliments with her while Su Ze complained.

Su Ze learned more about Qi Xiaoye’s ability to identify Contained Objects and used the Simulator to investigate the Sacrifice Crown. The simulation showed that he would destroy the crowns after facing a Fallen Angel, but the chapter left him yet to act on that future scenario.

• Qi Xiaoye used the Coffee Machine and recognized its properties, while Su Ze concluded that time in the bizarre space had only synchronized with reality after he entered it.
• Su Ze asked Qi Xiaoye to appraise future Contained Objects, and she agreed despite worrying that her ability might fail.
• Su Ze waited for the Simulator’s cooldown to end and started a new simulation.
• The simulation revealed that the Sacrifice Crown consisted of two crowns that required sacrificing a loved woman to gain power or destroy them.
• Su Ze chose to retrieve the crowns and make plans later; the simulation then showed him destroying them after a close battle with the Fallen Angel.

Su Ze chose to obtain the Sacrifice Crown’s location, intending to destroy it after confronting the Fallen Angel. Meanwhile, Chen Keqing took Qi Xiaoye outside to see the Safe Zone, where they encountered Yun Meng, who hoped Chen Keqing could help her family get an apartment.

• Su Ze concluded that the Sacrifice Crown was not worth keeping and selected its location as his simulation reward, learning it would appear on the twentieth day of the apocalypse.
• Su Ze returned to bed with Chen Keqing, and the next morning Chen Keqing persuaded Qi Xiaoye to walk around the Safe Zone with her.
• Qi Xiaoye saw survivors sleeping on the streets and told Chen Keqing she still could not remember her past.
• Yun Meng recognized Chen Keqing and asked about Su Ze, then hinted that she hoped Chen Keqing could help her family obtain a room.

Su Ze continued organizing the Safe Zone while insisting he would not manage its affairs, and Principal Gao warned Wang Qiang that Su Ze was leaving YC-14. After returning with two mysterious crowns, Su Ze learned from Qi Xiaoye that one was called the Sacrifice Crown and required a specific condition to reveal its power.

• Chen Keqing agreed to ask Su Ze to help Yun Meng find a room, imagining herself as his favored concubine whispering in his ear.
• Wang Yan reported on housing plans to Su Ze, who told her to handle such matters without consulting him because he was responsible only for maintaining order through force.
• Principal Gao told Wang Qiang that Su Ze would no longer come to YC-14 and asked him to watch for Awakened residents with ulterior motives.
• Su Ze returned from a brief trip abroad carrying two golden crowns and examined them in his study.
• Qi Xiaoye sensed the crowns' hidden danger and identified one as the Sacrifice Crown, which required a specific condition to awaken its wonder.

Qi Xiaoye explained the Sacrifice Crown’s ritual requirements and how Su Ze could weaken the summoned Fallen Angel, and Su Ze devised a plan to destroy the crown. Meanwhile, Qin Yushi waited at Su University and resented Su Ze for not returning in ten days.

• Qi Xiaoye told Su Ze and Chen Keqing that the sacrifice required a king, a queen, a concubine, and sixteen ministers, with specific relationships among the three central figures.
• Qi Xiaoye explained that the resulting Fallen Angel was almost mythical in rank, but the king could wish for it to have only ten percent of its strength.
• Su Ze decided he could handle the weakened angel and planned to play the king, with Qin Yushi as the queen and Chen Keqing as the concubine.
• Su Ze told the others to prepare for an attempt the next day and suggested they celebrate Qi Xiaoye’s birthday with a bigger cake.
• At Su University, Qin Yushi heard students discuss missing group members and the dangers of Pollution Sources, then complained that Su Ze had not returned in ten days.

Qin Yushi discussed her Security Team’s strength and her reliance on Su Ze as a powerful backer. When they met privately, Su Ze asked whether she liked him, then began telling her about the Sacrifice Crown.

• Qin Yushi told her two confidants that she had no plans to expand her team yet, while they worried that rival teams might surpass them.
• Qin Yushi’s confidants asked who backed her, and Su Ze appeared in front of them before she answered that they would find out eventually.
• Qin Yushi met Su Ze in the abandoned faculty cafeteria, where they chatted over coffee and cakes before turning to business.
• Su Ze realized that Qin Yushi might have been the popular female Awakened who had caught his eye in his earlier simulations.
• Su Ze asked Qin Yushi whether she liked him, admitted that he liked her, and listened as she confirmed her feelings.
• Su Ze began describing the Sacrifice Crown to Qin Yushi.

Su Ze finalized plans with Qin Yushi to destroy the Sacrifice Crown, then traveled with Qi Xiaoye and Chen Keqing to Su University. Meanwhile, Xiang Dongliu learned that Su Ze had left Cloud City and began eyeing greater power, while the chapter ended with a student describing the university’s efforts to restore order and prepare for survival.

• Qin Yushi agreed to help Su Ze carry out the destruction plan the next afternoon, though she hoped she might later replace Chen Keqing in the ritual.
• Huo Ji told Xiang Dongliu that Su Ze had left Cloud City, and Xiang Dongliu began considering how to use his absence.
• Huo Ji saw that Xiang Dongliu’s team was abusing bound women and hurried away from the Contamination Zone.
• Su Ze, Qi Xiaoye, and Chen Keqing reached Su University on foot and entered through the rear gate with help from Qin Yushi’s Security Team.
• A student showed Su Ze and the others around and described the university’s security patrols, food supplies, generator plans, signal tower project, and plans to grow potatoes.

Su Ze brought Tang Xinnuo to meet Qin Yushi while arranging for his classmates to join them at the faculty cafeteria. Qi Xiaoye’s blunt remark exposed the tension between Qin Yushi and Chen Keqing, leaving their attempt at a polite exchange awkward.

• Tang Xinnuo introduced Su Ze, Qi Xiaoye, and Chen Keqing to the school’s situation, and Su Ze asked when she had become an Awakened.
• Su Ze’s group arrived at the faculty cafeteria, where Qin Yushi greeted them and quietly assessed Qi Xiaoye’s beauty.
• Su Ze left to gather Wang Zixin, Sun Bin, Yang Xiaohui, the female class monitor, and her roommate.
• While waiting in the cafeteria, Qi Xiaoye chatted with Tang Xinnuo and then bluntly declared that Qin Yushi and Chen Keqing were set up to be hostile toward each other.
• Qin Yushi calmly denied being hostile to Chen Keqing, who struggled to return the reassurance.

Su Ze used the Sacrifice Crowns to enter a separate space and battle the Fallen Angel, while Qin Yushi and Chen Keqing waited outside. After killing it, he sensed an immensely powerful being whose gaze nearly reached him.

• Su Ze used his Connection ability to control everyone outside his group and handed Qin Yushi one of the Sacrifice Crowns.
• Su Ze and Qin Yushi put on their crowns, and Su Ze was drawn into a separate space before the Fallen Angel.
• Su Ze wished for the Fallen Angel to reduce its power to ten percent, then fought it with the Guardian God behind him.
• Qin Yushi and Chen Keqing waited tensely as Su Ze fought, and he returned after three minutes with the crowns dissolving into the air.
• Su Ze recalled that after he killed the Fallen Angel, an even more powerful being cast a gaze toward him but did not notice him.

After Qin Yushi destroyed the crown, Su Ze revealed Qi Xiaoye’s birthday party as the next step in their plan. In YC-14, Wang Qiang and Huang Yue fled Xiang Dongliu’s crew, but their attackers caught them at the Safe Zone, where Huo Ji watched their cruelty and could not bring himself to intervene.

• Qin Yushi confirmed that the crown was destroyed, then clung to Su Ze while Qi Xiaoye urged everyone to continue the plan.
• Su Ze snapped his fingers and revealed a birthday party for Qi Xiaoye to the cafeteria crowd.
• In the Shark Contamination Zone, Wang Qiang fought off a crew-cut Awakened man, who was killed by great white sharks as Wang Qiang escaped with Huang Yue.
• Xiang Dongliu caught Wang Qiang and Huang Yue at the Safe Zone, kicked Wang Qiang down, and ordered his men to mutilate him and assault Huang Yue.
• One of Xiang Dongliu’s men abducted a young girl from the watching crowd, and Huo Ji followed them, but he stayed silent after seeing Wang Qiang with all four limbs severed.

Huo Ji’s sister was returned after Xiang Dongliu tried to recruit him, but the dying Wang Qiang whispered for Boss Su Ze to save him. At Su University, Su Ze promised to help Wang Zixin and his classmates become Awakened if they made no progress, while Qin Yushi continued flirting with him unnoticed by Chen Keqing.

• Xiang Dongliu offered Huo Ji a place in his group, and Huo Ji asked him to release his younger sister.
• Huo Ji shielded his sister and approached the dying Wang Qiang, who whispered, “Save me, Boss Su Ze.”
• At Su University, Su Ze discussed becoming Awakened with Wang Zixin and promised to help if they had made no progress after half a month.
• Su Ze praised Qin Yushi’s team members, and Qin Yushi secretly rubbed her foot against his calf beneath the table.
• Qi Xiaoye noticed Qin Yushi’s teasing but could not get Chen Keqing to notice it.

Su Ze heard Wang Qiang calling for help from Cloud City and rushed there with Qin Yushi, Chen Keqing, and Qi Xiaoye. He saved Wang Qiang, killed Xiang Dongliu and his team, and left Huo Ji alive before disappearing back to the others.

• Su Ze explained his Global Link talent to Qin Yushi, then heard Wang Qiang calling for help through Father God's Listening.
• Su Ze invited Qi Xiaoye, Qin Yushi, and Chen Keqing to come with him to Cloud City.
• Huo Ji mourned Wang Qiang and tried to close his eyes, but Wang Qiang insisted he was still alive and his severed limbs returned.
• Su Ze appeared before Wang Qiang and Huo Ji, having killed Xiang Dongliu and his team and healed Wang Qiang.
• Su Ze told Huo Ji he was not completely rotten, then vanished as Wang Qiang and Huo Ji searched for him.
• Qin Yushi praised Su Ze's dramatic rescue while Chen Keqing held his other arm and Qi Xiaoye marveled at his power.

Su Ze explained his Invisible Blade attack and reflected on how his Listening Talent had led him to save Wang Qiang. Later, he watched Huo Ji’s account of the rescue spread through YC-14, where people embellished Su Ze’s words and grew even more awed of him.

• Qi Xiaoye identified Su Ze’s attack as an Invisible Blade, and Su Ze confirmed it while noting its long range.
• Su Ze wondered why his Listening Talent had picked up Wang Qiang’s cry for help and decided they should head back.
• Su Ze tested whether a short Classic Simulator run could earn a Talent Shard, but it did not.
• Su Ze observed Huo Ji recounting the rescue to people in YC-14 and misquoting what he had said to Wang Qiang.
• The listeners praised Su Ze as a benevolent savior, while one girl disputed Huo Ji’s version and offered her own embellished recollection.

Su Ze reviewed the plan to destroy Coward's Blade when it appeared on the twenty-fourth day, then unexpectedly evolved into an Awakened with physical strength comparable to a Sixth-Tier Awakened. He suspected that destroying powerful Contained Objects accelerated his growth and considered seeking Transcendent Grade objects in future simulations.

• A simulation showed Su Ze and Qin Yushi using Tang Xinnuo as bait to lure out Coward's Blade, which killed her before Su Ze destroyed it and restored her while erasing her memories.
• Su Ze received Coward's Blade's location information and noted that it would appear on the twenty-fourth day of the apocalypse.
• Su Ze shared breakfast with Chen Keqing and Qi Xiaoye while waiting for the Contained Object to appear.
• Su Ze experienced a brief trance in a dark place with a glowing shore, then returned to the study and found himself vastly stronger.
• Su Ze realized he had become an Awakened whose physical strength rivaled a Sixth-Tier Awakened and considered seeking Transcendent Grade Contained Objects in future simulations.

Qin Yushi flirted with Su Ze through their mental connection while discussing his plan to use a criminal as bait instead of risking his allies. She teased Tang Xinnuo and revealed her relationship with Su Ze before an approaching figure interrupted their conversation.

• Qin Yushi asked Su Ze whether he needed her help with Coward's Blade, and he said he would not put his people in danger.
• Qin Yushi invited Tang Xinnuo to sit beside her and teased her while letting Su Ze see through her eyes.
• Tang Xinnuo asked whether Qin Yushi and Su Ze were romantically involved, and Qin Yushi admitted that Su Ze was her man.
• Qin Yushi confirmed that Chen Keqing was also Su Ze's girlfriend and described the birthday girl as an extremely close friend.
• Qin Yushi began guessing what Tang Xinnuo was thinking, but someone approached them across the ice.