Recaps

Casper explained that the Black Mist Woodland’s mist had returned after he and his wife cleared it three hundred years earlier, and Chen Xi learned that Isha had only recently been born through a special method. As the group followed the blood aura into the woodland, its direction abruptly shifted behind them.

• Casper recalled that a Transcendent cleared the Black Mist Woodland’s mist, but it returned more densely six months later as the legendary invasion began and his wife died.
• Casper explained that Isha had been conceived through a special method and had only recently come into the world.
• Phyllis asked how Chen Xi met Marsha, and Chen Xi and Lin Yue described their journey with Candidate Gu Yu and Marsha’s warning about the Lamenter.
• Phyllis decided to approach the others more sincerely rather than pursue a calculated plan to gain Marsha’s acknowledgment.
• Chen Xi, Casper, Phyllis, and Lin Yue entered the depths of the Black Mist Woodland, where the blood aura suddenly drifted behind Chen Xi.

Chen Xi and her companions discovered that the Black Mist Woodland itself was a vast creature, while a bandaged man attacked the Cardinal Directorate to nullify the Death Duel Domain. Gu Yu summoned God and fought back, leaving the attacker unable to use his domain as her domain began freezing his soul.

• Chen Xi warned her companions after the drifting blood aura changed direction, then summoned Andres and called Ademos for help.
• The ground beneath Lin Yue opened into enormous eyes, revealing that the entire Black Mist Woodland was the creature’s body.
• At the Cardinal Directorate, Gu Yu sensed a powerful threat at the entrance and summoned God as a bandaged man confronted the Cardinal members.
• The bandaged man tried to use his Prison of Fallen Gods domain, but Gu Yu’s ability shattered his chains and prevented him from activating his domain.
• Gu Yu’s domain overwhelmed the bandaged man with stars and freezing snow, forcing him to dodge as his soul began to freeze.

Chen Xi and her companions fought the awakened forest god Mortis as it charged a blood-aura attack that threatened Fide City. Ademos arrived ahead of schedule and erased Mortis with Billion Radiance Burial.

• Chen Xi failed to deploy the Death Duel Domain and instead raised Rain Disaster while the others activated their domains.
• Mortis fully awakened as a colossal dragon-shaped monster and began gathering a scarlet blood sphere.
• Chen Xi and the others attacked Mortis to interrupt its charge, but their abilities could not stop it or damage the sphere.
• Chen Xi prepared to unleash Crimson Explosion as the group faced the prospect of abandoning Fide City.
• Ademos arrived early, subdued the battlefield with his domain, and destroyed Mortis with Billion Radiance Burial.

After Mortis was defeated, Chen Xi learned that the threat of the Lamenter still demanded cooperation from the nations of the Eastern Continent. Ademos returned to the border to continue preparations, while Chen Xi agreed to use her authority to acknowledge Phyllis as a Tier 6 powerhouse.

• Mortis disappeared, and Chen Xi left the battlefield as Ademos arrived to speak with the survivors.
• Chen Xi checked Gu Yu's messages and learned that the danger on Gu Yu's side had already been resolved.
• Chen Xi, Lin Yue, and Ademos discussed Mortis's camouflage, Iseriel's death, and the difficulty of persuading the Federation's leaders and gods to unite against the Lamenter.
• Ademos explained that the Lord's Cross needed about a month to recharge and that the Death Duel Domain's failure remained unexplained.
• Chen Xi agreed to acknowledge Phyllis as a Tier 6 powerhouse and asked Ademos about the Black Moon Empire's treasury and her chances against the Lamenter.
• Ademos teleported back to the border after Chen Xi asked him to handle the remaining matters.

After confirming that Mortis killed Iseriel and Todds, Chen Xi left the Cardinal Directorate with Gu Yu while Andres stayed behind to help Phyllis ascend. Phyllis completed the ritual in minutes and formed a Contract with Andres.

• Chen Xi told Casper that Mortis had killed Iseriel and Todds, and Casper left to return to the Duke’s Mansion.
• Chen Xi and Gu Yu departed for the teleportation array while Phyllis remained in the conference room with Andres.
• Chen Xi summoned the death-origin Incarnation, and it began Phyllis’s Ascension Ritual.
• Phyllis’s ritual ended in less than five minutes because of her strong affinity with the death origin.
• Phyllis told Chen Xi she had succeeded, and the Contract with Andres was formed.

After recruiting Phyllis to guard the Eastern Kingdom of Black Moon, Chen Xi rejoined Lin Yue and Gu Yu while they waited for the teleportation array to open. They learned that the Death Duel Domain had stopped working and confirmed that Legends no longer fought to the death, leaving them concerned that something had gone wrong with Bai Ziqing’s side.

• Chen Xi assigned Phyllis to guard the Eastern Kingdom of Black Moon and told her to contact Chen Xi if she needed help.
• Chen Xi returned to the tavern, where Lin Yue and Gu Yu were waiting for the teleportation array to open.
• Gu Yu said the Death Duel Domain no longer responded, and Chen Xi explained what Ademos had told her about God’s full descent.
• Gu Yu checked the information linked to her Eye of God but found no new members, leading Chen Xi to suspect something had gone wrong on Bai Ziqing’s side.
• Chen Xi, Lin Yue, and Gu Yu went into the nearby mountains and confirmed that wild Legends no longer fought to the death.

Chen Xi, Lin Yue, and Gu Yu discovered that Death Duel no longer worked, then traveled from Fide City to Iron Sea City in the Molten Iron Territory to prepare for finding Swimming Fish. Chen Xi began planning how to involve the local Cardinal Directorate and duke, leaving the trio ready to start their operation.

• Chen Xi and Lin Yue tested ten Legends with Domains and confirmed none could use Death Duel, then Chen Xi found reports of the malfunction on the Black Moon Western Kingdom forums.
• Chen Xi asked whether all Legends in the Black Moon Empire were like the lynx, and Gu Yu explained that her family raised griffins, including an old griffin she hoped to see again.
• Lin Yue cleared irrational Legends from the mountain range, raising her Legend Degree to 67%.
• Chen Xi, Lin Yue, and Gu Yu used the teleportation array to leave Fide City, then Lin Yue teleported them into Iron Sea City, where Swimming Fish was located.
• Chen Xi checked the world map and planned to inform the local Cardinal Directorate and duke of their arrival so they would cooperate in the search for Swimming Fish.

Chen Xi asked Duke Connors to have the Molten Iron Territory's Transcendents track the swimming fish, and Connors agreed to host her and her companions while they waited. At their lodging, Gu Yu discovered that the Saintess Selection was only fourteen days away, prompting Chen Xi to ask whether distant candidates could arrive in time.

• Chen Xi presented her plan to Lin Yue and Gu Yu, who agreed while snacking, then learned that Iron Sea City was the center of the Molten Iron Territory ruled by White Horse Duke Connors.
• Chen Xi, Lin Yue, and Gu Yu traveled using their abilities, and local law-enforcement Transcendents escorted them to Connors's mansion.
• Chen Xi asked Connors to have local Transcendents monitor the swimming fish in real time, and Connors agreed and arranged accommodations for them.
• After Derek showed them to neighboring residences, Gu Yu dropped her formal demeanor and suggested they adopt the image of arrogant noble girls.
• Gu Yu found that the Saintess Selection was scheduled for fourteen days later, and Chen Xi asked whether candidates from far away could arrive in time.

Chen Xi, Lin Yue, and Gu Yu waited for Swimming Fish to be located, then teleported to a river near Triumph City to capture it. Chen Xi sealed it inside her domain and caught it before it could escape.

• Chen Xi refused to review the selection rules until Gu Yu and Lin Yue used voice messages to get her attention.
• Gu Yu explained that candidates were expected to manage their schedules and travel to Black Moon Royal City, while Lin Yue said they would wait for the right moment to capture Swimming Fish.
• After five days of leisure, Connors received new information about Swimming Fish and had Derek notify the three women.
• Derek reported that Swimming Fish had been spotted in a river under Triumph City's jurisdiction.
• Lin Yue teleported the three women to the river, where Chen Xi sealed Swimming Fish in her domain and caught it.

Chen Xi obtained the Unfettered ability from a Legendary fish and used it to teleport herself, Lin Yue, and Gu Yu to Black Moon Royal City. They arrived safely and headed to an inn before registering for the Saintess candidate selection.

• Chen Xi killed the Unfettered Fish after it failed to respond to her magic, and it dropped a Legend Husk.
• Chen Xi seized the Unfettered ability, gaining the power to teleport up to 200,000 kilometers with a long cooldown.
• Lin Yue sent Connors a message, and Chen Xi teleported herself, Lin Yue, and Gu Yu to Black Moon Royal City.
• Chen Xi suggested they find an inn and register for the Saintess candidate selection, while planning to use Marsha's identity to loot the royal treasury.
• Chen Xi, Lin Yue, and Gu Yu followed Gu Yu and a phone app to a Transcendent inn, where an attendant greeted them.

Chen Xi, Lin Yue, and Gu Yu checked into a hotel in Black Moon Royal City and decided to rest before registering for the Saintess Selection. After Gu Yu left, Chen Xi and Lin Yue teased each other, sparred playfully, and ended the night laughing together.

• Chen Xi and her companions checked into three adjacent rooms at a modern hotel in Black Moon Royal City.
• Gu Yu suggested registering for the Saintess Selection, but Chen Xi proposed resting until the next day, and Gu Yu left to play her game.
• Lin Yue prepared to leave too, but Chen Xi caught her hand and teased her about staying and dressing seductively.
• Lin Yue admitted she was embarrassed, then punched Chen Xi after Chen Xi joked about her words and threatened to tell Gu Yu.
• Chen Xi and Lin Yue wrestled playfully until Chen Xi stopped pretending to be hurt, and the two shared a hearty laugh.

Chen Xi slept beside Lin Yue, then woke to find her bathing while she handled Phyllis’s report and joined the Black Moon Empire’s high-level chat group. The chapter ended with Lin Yue opening the bathroom door while drenched, leaving Chen Xi flustered.

• Lin Yue laughed with Chen Xi, then fell asleep, and Chen Xi tucked her in before going to sleep herself.
• Chen Xi woke to the sound of running water and read Phyllis’s message reporting her advancement to the sixth rank.
• Phyllis worried over Chen Xi’s brief reply, then invited her to the Black Moon Empire’s high-level exchange group.
• Chen Xi joined the group, reviewed reports about the empire, and found that its current situation was stable.
• Chen Xi went to ask Lin Yue about her long bath, and Lin Yue suddenly opened the bathroom door, startling her.

Lin Yue, Chen Xi, and Gu Yu teleported to the Black Moon Church in the royal capital to register for the Saintess Trial. Their arrival drew attention, and Chen Xi noticed both two cloaked figures watching Gu Yu and a cardinal keeping an eye on her.

• Lin Yue and Chen Xi bantered after showering, and Lin Yue gave Chen Xi a good-morning kiss.
• After breakfast, Lin Yue used the God Speed Necklace to teleport herself, Chen Xi, and Gu Yu to the Black Moon Church.
• Lin Yue and Chen Xi felt a calming effect at the church gates, and Gu Yu explained that it came from the power of faith.
• The trio entered the crowded church and headed for the registration desk as onlookers recognized Gu Yu and her Contract Knights.
• Gu Yao dismissed Gu Yu as a defeated opponent and left with Charles, while Chen Xi sensed their ranks and noticed a cardinal watching her.

Chen Xi, Lin Yue, and Gu Yu met Hector Aino in the Black Moon Church and registered for the Saintess selection, skipping its first stage because of their strength. Aino then led them to the church’s holy statue, where they saw a great dragon above a statue of Ademos.

• Hector Aino contacted Chen Xi, Lin Yue, and Gu Yu and teleported them into a pocket dimension.
• Aino assessed the candidates, and Chen Xi asked to skip the seven-day labyrinth assessment.
• Aino agreed that the team could advance directly to the top thirty and entered their names in the selection records.
• Lin Yue accepted Aino’s invitation to see the church’s holy statue, and he teleported them to the inner hall.
• Aino showed them a colossal dragon statue, and Chen Xi noticed the statue of Ademos beneath it.

Chen Xi, Gu Yu, and Lin Yue visited the Black Moon Church before deciding to explore the Black Moon Treasury. Disguised as Marsha, Andres led them inside, where Lucifer let the group pass despite the treasury’s entry rules.

• Chen Xi watched the Church’s believers gather faith and discussed with Lin Yue and Gu Yu why high-ranking Transcendents sought teleportation abilities.
• Aino left the Black Moon Church, and Gu Yu accidentally shouted in the prayer hall, drawing the believers’ attention before Chen Xi and Lin Yue led her away.
• Lin Yue chose to go directly to the Black Moon Treasury, where Chen Xi waited with Lucifer, wielder of the Legend Pride.
• Andres, disguised as Marsha, entered the treasury with Chen Xi, Lin Yue, and Gu Yu, and Lucifer silently allowed them past the guard.
• The group looked around the treasury’s outer corridor, and Gu Yu explained that she had never visited it despite being a noble young lady.

Chen Xi, Gu Yu, and Lin Yue entered the Black Moon Treasury, where Chen Xi told Gu Yu she could take whatever she wanted. As they examined the Legendary items, Lin Yue advised them to avoid ordinary attack and defense equipment because their abilities had made such items less useful.

• Chen Xi explained that Ademos had told her to take whatever she wanted while the Lord's Cross recharged, and Lin Yue realized she had mistaken Chen Xi's earlier permission for a joke.
• Gu Yu reminisced about once dreaming of entering the Black Moon Treasury, then discovered Lin Yue had overheard her thoughts through their telepathic communication.
• The bronze doors opened on their own, revealing the Black Moon Treasury and its rows of Legendary items displayed in glass cases.
• Chen Xi invited Gu Yu to choose anything, while Lin Yue warned them not to take ordinary attack and defense items.
• Gu Yu considered the Sea-Subduing Token and recognized that her Glorious Gauntlet had become less useful since she gained stronger abilities.

Gu Yu, Chen Xi, and Lin Yue searched the Black Moon Treasury for functional items, and Lin Yue discovered a legendary sword tied to Chen Xi’s Rain Lord royal bloodline. Chen Xi could sense nothing from the sword, so Lin Yue suggested she summon her own Sovereign's Wrath to investigate what was missing.

• Gu Yu explained the Sea-Subduing Token’s abilities, and Chen Xi tested it before deciding it was not worth taking.
• Lin Yue found a fifth-tier Legendary ferryman bird feather and stored it in her pouch.
• Lin Yue discovered the Evergreen Sword, a legendary weapon believed to respond to someone who could control a king-class Rain Lord.
• Lin Yue called Chen Xi over, and Chen Xi recognized the sword as resembling Sovereign's Wrath.
• Chen Xi examined and wielded the sword but sensed nothing, while Lin Yue noticed its sword light was dimmer than the real Sovereign's Wrath.
• Lin Yue asked Chen Xi to summon her own Sovereign's Wrath.

Chen Xi tested the Rain Lord royal relic Sovereign's Wrath inside the Black Moon Treasury, and its power unleashed a flood that she eventually learned to control. She left with the awakened weapon and a new ability, while Lin Yue and Gu Yu dried off and asked what had changed.

• Chen Xi and Lin Yue unleashed their domains to safely test Sovereign's Wrath, while Marsha reassured Lucifer that they were only testing an item.
• Gu Yu rushed in after sensing the magical fluctuation and learned from Lin Yue that Chen Xi had found Sovereign's Wrath left behind by a dead Rain Lord royal.
• Chen Xi's magically condensed Sovereign's Wrath broke apart and flowed into the physical weapon, awakening it and unleashing violent water vapor.
• Lin Yue shielded the treasury's items as Chen Xi struggled to control the flood, which grew powerful enough to wash away a mountain range.
• Chen Xi gradually gained control over the water and drew it back into Sovereign's Wrath, then dried Lin Yue and Gu Yu and put the weapon away.
• Lin Yue pressed Chen Xi to explain the change, and Chen Xi opened her panel.

Chen Xi discovered that merging two Sovereign's Wraths had enhanced her domain, letting her water-current attacks accelerate time for enemies. After discussing the new ability with Lin Yue and Gu Yu, she found and took a powerful rose seed from the Black Moon Treasury.

• Chen Xi read that Sovereign's Wrath now accelerated time for enemies struck by her water-current attacks, giving her a way to threaten Mortis.
• Chen Xi explained the new ability to Lin Yue and Gu Yu, and Gu Yu came to terms with the growing gap between her and the others.
• Lin Yue directed Gu Yu to choose one defensive and one offensive item before returning to explore the treasury with Chen Xi.
• Chen Xi searched the treasury and found Rose After Nine Blooms, a seed that drained life from nearby living beings when it bloomed.
• Chen Xi opened the display case with magic and took the rose seed, noting that it had already bloomed seven times and reached mid-tier Rank Five power.

Chen Xi and Lin Yue searched the Black Moon Treasury with Gu Yu and found several valuable items, including a spatial ring and a horn that could summon an uncontrollable ancient beast. The horn required Lucifer's approval and Ademos's consent, leaving Chen Xi uncertain whether to take it.

• Chen Xi secured the ninth Rose Seed, while Gu Yu discovered a white jade spatial ring and gave it to Lin Yue.
• Chen Xi and Lin Yue teased each other about their rings and past dealings before Chen Xi handed Lin Yue the Rose Seed to store.
• Lin Yue searched the shelves but found nothing useful until a finely crafted jade bottle caught her attention.
• Chen Xi found the Ancient Call horn, which could summon a powerful beast that would mindlessly destroy everything and required Lucifer's approval and Ademos's consent.
• Chen Xi considered the danger of taking the horn, since the summoned beast might be strong enough to threaten the Black Moon Empire.

Chen Xi, Lin Yue, and Gu Yu left the Black Moon Treasury with several treasures and returned to their inn after planning to test them. There, Lin Yue discovered that the Glazed Jade Bottle had begun producing Ten Thousand Year Ice Spring again and remembered Zhu Li through a newly revealed CG and its Eternal Remembrance Pact.

• Chen Xi took the Ancient Horn, and Lin Yue and Gu Yu returned from the treasury with their chosen treasures.
• Gu Yu swallowed the Wind-Evasion Pearl and found that it increased her speed by about fifty percent.
• Lucifer let the three leave without checking their treasures, and Andres dropped Marsha's disguise after they reached the outer district.
• Chen Xi and Lin Yue decided to test their items at the inn instead of exploring the royal capital, while Gu Yu went to order food.
• Lin Yue found nearly half a bottle of Ten Thousand Year Ice Spring inside the Glazed Jade Bottle and remembered Zhu Li.
• Lin Yue saw the Forget-me-not CG, which revealed that Zhu Li would always treat her gently through the Eternal Remembrance Pact.

Lin Yue gave Chen Xi the Glazed Jade Bottle containing Ten Thousand Year Ice Spring, allowing Chen Xi to end Zhu Li’s long suspension. Zhu Li reappeared before Chen Xi, Lin Yue, and Gu Yu, excited to see them again.

• Lin Yue worried over strange memories that had surfaced since she reached Tier Five, then checked on Chen Xi while she showered.
• After Chen Xi questioned Lin Yue’s motives, Lin Yue handed her the Glazed Jade Bottle and told her it contained Ten Thousand Year Ice Spring.
• Chen Xi summoned Gu Yu and explained that Lin Yue had found the bottle in the national treasury.
• Chen Xi removed the effect keeping Zhu Li immersed, and the red-haired girl reappeared, greeting them after a long absence.

Chen Xi and Lin Yue helped Zhu Li drink the Ten Thousand Year Ice Spring so she could purge the Resentment Fire, while Gu Yu went to deal with an arriving Curial Deacon. Outside the room, Lin Yue admitted she had considered withholding the spring, and Chen Xi reassured her that she could be more willful.

• Chen Xi gave Zhu Li the Glazed Jade Bottle, and Zhu Li drank the Ten Thousand Year Ice Spring to purge the Resentment Fire.
• Chen Xi expanded her domain to contain the flames, while Lin Yue read that the flames would spill over and burn away Zhu Li’s clothes.
• Lin Yue formed a shadow barrier around Zhu Li, and Chen Xi sent Gu Yu outside to handle an unfamiliar fourth-rank Transcendent.
• Chen Xi and Lin Yue left the room and waited in the corridor while Zhu Li purged the fire and Gu Yu negotiated with the Curial Deacon.
• Lin Yue confessed that she had considered not giving Zhu Li the spring, and Chen Xi told her she could be more willful.

Lin Yue and Chen Xi teased each other about their feelings while Zhu Li underwent purification, but Zhu Li emerged with her Resentment flames cleared and her memory gone. Chen Xi learned there was no known way to restore it, leaving Gu Yu to care for the amnesiac Zhu Li, who had mistaken her for her mother.

• Lin Yue told Chen Xi she could no longer rely on her like a child, and the two joked about Chen Xi's reasons for staying by her side.
• Lin Yue asked when Chen Xi had fallen in love with her, and Chen Xi joked that she had been captivated by Lin Yue's looks.
• Lin Yue sensed Zhu Li's Resentment flames had been completely cleared, and she and Chen Xi entered the room to find Zhu Li naked and unresponsive.
• Gu Yu returned and Zhu Li, apparently having lost her memory, called her "Mommy" and clung to her.
• Chen Xi called Ademos about Zhu Li's memory loss, but learned there was no known way to fix it.

After Zhu Li lost her memories and regressed to a childlike state, Gu Yu accepted the task of acting as her mother while Chen Xi and Lin Yue planned to care for her and investigate a cure. The group went shopping for Zhu Li in the Royal City, where a mocking voice challenged whether they could afford the clothes.

• Lin Yue explained that Zhu Li's Flame Ghost had caused severe memory loss and personality changes, and Chen Xi said Gu Yu would need to care for her until she recovered.
• Gu Yu reluctantly accepted Zhu Li calling her Mommy, and the group agreed to buy Zhu Li clothes and look for a way to resolve her symptoms before the Saintess Selection.
• Chen Xi told Gu Yu to send the Curial Deacon to report to the Royal City, and Gu Yu revealed she had claimed Chen Xi was practicing her abilities.
• At a clothing store, Lin Yue selected several outfits for Zhu Li, then asked Gu Yu to help the child change.
• As Gu Yu took Zhu Li into the fitting room, an unseen voice mocked Chen Xi and Lin Yue for taking clothes they might not be able to afford.