Recaps

At Linxi Port, Chen Xi and Lin Yue turned the Evil Flower organization's ambush against its members, killing the three who posed as injured survivors. Chen Xi then confronted the remaining four, and as they prepared to fight, the black-robed man discovered a hair-thin line of blood across his chest.

• The seven Evil Flower members planned to ambush Chen Xi and her companions, sending the Horse-Face man and two others ahead to pretend they needed help.
• The Horse-Face man approached the black-haired girl, but shadows trapped the three attackers before they could strike.
• Chen Xi used a torrent of water to maim the three men, and Lin Yue snapped their necks, raising Shadow Dweller's Legend Degree to 65%.
• Chen Xi rejected the black-robed man's claim that his group meant no harm and formed shadow armor as he ordered the others to attack.
• The black-robed man summoned a giant skeleton with blue-violet ghostfire and believed his group could win, then noticed a hair-thin line of blood across his chest.

Chen Xi and Lin Yue killed four attackers, raising Chen Xi’s Legend Degree and letting the three women slip aboard the passenger ship. There, Chen Xi discovered and confronted a young Transcendent named Gu Yu.

• Chen Xi used a water blade to kill four men, absorbed their Legend Degrees, and gained the Heavy Water ability, bringing her Rain Lord rank progress to 68%.
• Chen Xi and Lin Yue discussed why they had received no Legends, while Zhu Li admitted that controlling Flame Ghost caused her constant pain and had taken her sleep and voice.
• Lin Yue secretly told Zhu Li that she could resurrect, and Zhu Li believed her; Lin Yue said she had to keep the ability from Chen Xi.
• The three women ate dinner and sneaked aboard the passenger ship under Lin Yue’s concealment before Chen Xi scanned the passengers for Transcendents.
• Chen Xi found a blue-haired girl hiding aboard, forced her to give her real name as Gu Yu, and made her remove her eyepatch.

Gu Yu joined Chen Xi, Lin Yue, and Zhu Li aboard the passenger ship after learning it would be attacked by Evil Flower’s High Priest. As the ship set sail, it changed course, and Chen Xi found Lin Yue approaching her on deck.

• Gu Yu asked to join Chen Xi, Lin Yue, and Zhu Li, then agreed to stay aboard after Chen Xi warned that Evil Flower’s High Priest would attack the ship.
• Gu Yu explained her Eye of Falling Galaxy abilities, and Chen Xi outlined the group’s strengths and their expectation that Qianqi Weiming would catch up.
• The four commandeered cabins for a base, and the passenger ship departed for Huaijiang Port at ten that night.
• Chen Xi noticed the ship change course, while Zhu Li watched the sailors in the wheelhouse and forced them to maintain the original route.
• Lin Yue approached Chen Xi on deck, and Chen Xi told her she had been thinking about her.

On the boat, Lin Yue confessed her love to Chen Xi, and Chen Xi answered by kissing her. Their new happiness ended when an unseen attacker struck, cutting Chen Xi in two with a blade of energy.

• Chen Xi and Lin Yue talked on deck about their plan for reaching Huaijiang Port and hiding in Xizhong Mountain.
• Lin Yue confessed that she loved Chen Xi and listed the things she cherished about her.
• Chen Xi realized she returned Lin Yue’s feelings, and they kissed beneath the moonlight.
• Lin Yue asked to hug Chen Xi, and the two teased each other as Chen Xi offered her lollipops.
• A sudden sound alerted Lin Yue, and Chen Xi shoved her away with water before an energy blade cut Chen Xi in two.

Chen Xi, Lin Yue, Zhu Li, and Gu Yu attacked Qianqi Weiming, but her Rose Dress absorbed their blows and left them unable to hurt her. After recounting her tragic past and the loss of Ah Wu, Qianqi Weiming unleashed her domain as the others fled across the sea.

• Qianqi Weiming caught up with Chen Xi and sliced her in two, but Chen Xi used water magic to reconnect her body and spread her Rain Disaster Domain.
• Chen Xi launched a powerful Water Blade that destroyed the Armored Skeleton, causing Qianqi Weiming's aura to rise.
• Zhu Li attacked Qianqi Weiming with flames and Implosion, but a Rose Dress appeared and absorbed the fire.
• Chen Xi, Lin Yue, and Zhu Li attacked together, but Qianqi Weiming's roses absorbed their attacks, so Chen Xi dispelled the domain and told everyone to run.
• Qianqi Weiming recalled how her mother abandoned her, how Ah Wu died, and how she revived him by sacrificing her village, then declared she would never forgive the women.
• Qianqi Weiming activated Domain Expansion: Ghost-Human Love Song, and roses bloomed across the sea as her katana transformed into a blade of petals.

Zhu Li fought Qianqi Weiming with her soul-burning domain, but began to lose as her strength and will faltered. Just as Qianqi Weiming enveloped her in roses, Chen Xi and Lin Yue reached her, and Zhu Li realized she had never been alone.

• Zhu Li activated her domain, Resentful Fire That Ends All, and its flames struck Qianqi Weiming's soul despite her petal defenses.
• Qianqi Weiming endured the pain with help from the Petal Skeleton, then attacked Zhu Li with blades of petals.
• Zhu Li remembered Lin Yue's warning about the price of resurrection and reflected on how alone she had felt.
• Zhu Li's flames became soul fire, and she began to cry as Qianqi Weiming stopped attacking and declared that she still had to die.
• Qianqi Weiming enveloped Zhu Li in roses as Chen Xi and Lin Yue arrived and reached out to her.
• Zhu Li opened her eyes and understood that she had never been alone.

Chen Xi and Lin Yue returned to help Zhu Li fight Qianqi Weiming, but Zhu Li and Chen Xi were apparently killed by Qianqi Weiming’s invisible petal blade. Chen Xi revived through her newly formed Jasmine ability, then used her charm to force Lin Yue to escape while she stayed behind to face Qianqi Weiming.

• Gu Yu left Chen Xi and Lin Yue after Chen Xi told her to board the boat, and she urged them to win and meet again in Chaoyu City.
• Lin Yue discovered that Qianqi Weiming’s tracking mark had temporarily disappeared, but Chen Xi agreed to return with her to help Zhu Li.
• Chen Xi and Lin Yue shared Zhu Li’s pain through their shadow armor, and Chen Xi took all of it onto herself while using Berserk to endure it.
• Qianqi Weiming sealed their escape routes with roses and killed Zhu Li and Chen Xi with her Invisible Petal Blade.
• Chen Xi revived in a white jasmine dress after activating Jasmine Blooming for You, which temporarily raised her Rank to the upper Second Rank.
• Chen Xi charmed Lin Yue into escaping through an opening in the domain, kissed her goodbye, and remained behind as a white jasmine bloomed in the sea of roses.

Chen Xi lost to Qianqi Weiming’s ultimate ability, Flower Burial, and died as Lin Yue reached shore. Lin Yue resolved to change herself and weighed whether to end her life so she could regress time.

• Qianqi Weiming used Flower Burial to collapse her domain and turn Chen Xi’s tsunami into roses, transforming Chen Xi’s lower body into petals.
• Chen Xi failed to resist the petal erosion and died, allowing Lin Yue to regain control of her body.
• Lin Yue reached shore near Huaijiang Port and decided she would not let Chen Xi die so easily again.
• Lin Yue intimidated a hotel receptionist into keeping quiet and checked her room for hidden cameras.
• Lin Yue learned that the Evil Flower had taken control of the Spark Federation’s mundane forces and muted people who knew the truth.
• Lin Yue sat up in her hotel room and wondered whether to end her life so she could regress time.

Lin Yue tested her Regression ability, bought and killed two Snow Rabbits to raise her Legend Degree, then asked Lao Peng for information on nearby Evil Flower members. After time regressed five days, Chen Xi gained a Myth-grade CG with a Wish-enhanced ability, while a blonde girl awoke with Erosion at 100%.

• Lin Yue learned her Regression could reach back one to ten days and discovered her new Phantom of the Past ability.
• Lin Yue posted a bounty for two captive-bred Legends, and Lao Peng accepted it with two Upper First Rank Snow Rabbits.
• Lin Yue killed the Snow Rabbits, saw her Shadow Dweller Legend Degree reach 98%, and asked Lao Peng where to find Evil Flower members.
• Chen Xi woke on September 17, five days earlier, and received the Myth-grade CG Last Jasmine with the Flower Cluster ability.
• Chen Xi used Wish Power to enhance Flower Cluster, increasing its ability slots from one to three.
• A blonde girl awoke in another bedroom with Erosion at 100%.

Chen Xi discovered that Lin Yue’s time regression had brought curses that weakened magic and Legend advancement across the world, including a cap on reaching Third Rank. Lin Yue teased and kissed Chen Xi before they discussed the curses over breakfast, leaving Chen Xi listening as Lin Yue claimed she had seen how they would die.

• Chen Xi found new curses on her status and saw forum posts showing that people around the world had been affected.
• Chen Xi realized the curses had blocked advancement for everyone and might also limit Lin Yue’s strength.
• Lin Yue entered Chen Xi’s room, embraced her, and kissed her while claiming she needed comfort after a nightmare.
• Chen Xi pushed Lin Yue out, then returned her kiss in the living room and insisted they discuss the curses.
• Lin Yue said the curses would not affect combat, then claimed she had already seen how they would die.

Chen Xi and Lin Yue told Zhu Li about their plans to join the Countermeasure Bureau and wait for Qianqi Weiming in Tianhai City, then encountered Wu Xin at the coffee shop. Wu Xin became frightened by Lin Yue, while Chen Xi warned her that they would settle things that night.

• Chen Xi explained the battle with Qianqi Weiming and her awakened Succubus ability to Zhu Li, withholding information about Wu Xin.
• Chen Xi asked Zhu Li to recommend her and Lin Yue for the Countermeasure Bureau's Eighth Squad so they could confront Qianqi Weiming and access the Storage Vault.
• Zhu Li said the deputy bureau chief would likely accept them and confirmed that bureau chief Li Changkong would appear if they warned him about Qianqi Weiming.
• Wu Xin arrived at the coffee shop and introduced herself to Zhu Li, who sensed that Wu Xin was acting and found her unusually cold.
• After Zhu Li left, Wu Xin noticed Lin Yue and wondered why she found her more interesting than Zhu Li.
• Chen Xi and Lin Yue left, with Chen Xi warning Wu Xin not to run from their confrontation that night; Wu Xin stayed behind, sweating and experiencing fear for the first time.

Lin Yue revealed that she still had the Chainsaw Cleaver, and Chen Xi decided they would pretend to claim the Butcher before dealing with Wu Xin. When they reached the school rooftop, Wu Xin had vanished and the threads binding them were gone, leaving Chen Xi suspicious about Lin Yue’s true Legend Degree; their argument ended with Chen Xi jumping off the rooftop to accept Lin Yue’s challenge.

• Lin Yue summoned the Chainsaw Cleaver, and Chen Xi realized she had not claimed the Butcher yet; they agreed to pretend to claim it and make a plan after dealing with Wu Xin.
• Lin Yue and Chen Xi found Wu Xin missing from the rooftop, and discovered that the threads connecting them to her had disappeared.
• Chen Xi suspected Wu Xin had surrendered because she feared defeat, while Lin Yue claimed her Shadow Dweller Legend Degree was thirty-four percent.
• Lin Yue teased Chen Xi by leaping down the stairwell, so Chen Xi challenged her to a jumping contest with a request as the prize.
• Lin Yue accepted the contest, and Chen Xi leaped off the rooftop first.

Chen Xi and Lin Yue ran into Qiu Ye and Chen Shuo at a hot pot restaurant, where they discussed the Countermeasure Bureau and the Spark Federation's Evil Flower. The restaurant was struck by a sound-suppressing domain that vanished briefly before an immense blast of noise erupted.

• Chen Xi beat Lin Yue in a rain-powered race, and Lin Yue wrote down her promise to honor the wager.
• Chen Xi and Lin Yue joined Qiu Ye and Chen Shuo at a hot pot restaurant after posing for a couples' discount promotion.
• Chen Xi told Qiu Ye about the planned Eighth Squad and asked about the Tianhai City Countermeasure Bureau's conflict with Evil Flower.
• Qiu Ye warned them that joining the Countermeasure Bureau was dangerous, while Chen Shuo said the bureau could withdraw to the Fifteen Cities after the fighting.
• The restaurant's environmental sounds disappeared, and Chen Shuo summoned his Tang Blade when he recognized a domain.
• The sounds returned after twenty seconds, then a deafening blast erupted inside the restaurant.

Chen Xi and her allies defeated a group of Evil Flower members who had attacked the hot pot restaurant and recovered the Legend Evolution Theory. Qiu Ye invited them to join the Countermeasure Bureau interrogation of the captured Lina, leaving them a chance to question her themselves.

• Lina sent mechanical monkey dolls to search the restaurant ruins while Monkey and the masked brute watched from a rooftop.
• Chen Xi emerged from the shadows and killed Monkey with a Water Blade, then fought the adaptive brute as Qiu Ye captured Lina and Chen Shuo attacked.
• Chen Xi used a powerful Water Blade to destroy the brute and collected his Legend Husk, which displayed Evolution Theory as an available Legend.
• Qiu Ye let Chen Xi and Chen Shuo take credit for defeating the Priest and suggested they could skip the assessment to form the Eighth Squad.
• Chen Xi asked to attend Lina's interrogation, and Qiu Ye agreed despite the usual rules.

Chen Xi interrogated Lina about the other High Priest and the organization’s temporary base, then left the abandoned factory with Lin Yue. Qiu Ye’s team discussed Chen Xi’s methods and went to get a meal, while Chen Xi drove Lin Yue home in a Bureau car.

• Chen Xi tortured Lina until she revealed that the other High Priest was a Third Rank, middle tier, who could control air currents, and Luo Li exposed Lina’s lie.
• Lina revealed that the organization’s temporary base was Junlan Hotel, and Chen Xi gave her a quick death, but no Legend dropped.
• Qiu Ye’s team discussed Chen Xi’s strength, combat judgment, and interrogation methods before Qiu Ye suggested taking them out for a meal.
• Qiu Ye gave Chen Xi and Lin Yue a special-issue car, and Chen Xi drove Lin Yue home despite not having a driver’s license.

After realizing that ordinary people might be absorbed into a world-spanning domain, Chen Xi and Lin Yue decided to take the initiative against the Evil Flower organization. They prepared to ambush Wu Qiu at Junlan Hotel, hoping to kill him and seize his Evil Pills.

• Chen Xi wondered whether the world's domain was refreshing people's existence and memories, then set aside the question as beyond her current rank.
• Lin Yue lamented that the Countermeasure Bureau staff who died would be forgotten by their families, and Chen Xi promised she would not die.
• Chen Xi and Lin Yue planned to attack the Evil Flower organization that night, with Wu Qiu as their target.
• From a rooftop near Junlan Hotel, Lin Yue questioned whether their ambush plan could work while Chen Xi watched the target room through night-vision binoculars.
• Chen Xi explained that Wu Qiu's Evil Pills could help her grow stronger, but his sensitivity to moisture made a Water Blade attack risky.

Chen Xi and Lin Yue killed Wu Qiu, found his Evil Pills, and raided the hotel rooms of the Evil Flower’s High Priests. They discovered the rooms had been abandoned, realizing the Countermeasure Bureau’s plans had already alerted the group.

• Chen Xi killed Wu Qiu and searched his phone while Lin Yue found a safe containing four Evil Pills.
• Chen Xi swallowed three Evil Pills, gaining Heavy Water and Tiger Eyes but reaching only 98% Legend Degree.
• Chen Xi and Lin Yue decided to target the remaining High Priests after learning about the Evil Flower members’ arrangements from Wu Qiu’s messages.
• Chen Xi and Lin Yue searched the Evil Flower’s rooms but found them empty, and Chen Xi realized the group had been warned.
• Chen Xi recalled that Qiu Ye and the others had told other squads about the hideout and that the Countermeasure Bureau was preparing a surprise attack.

Chen Xi and Lin Yue were trapped by Evil Flower members who activated their Domains, but Chen Xi killed one priest with a surprise Water Blade and drove the rest to flee. They escaped the fight with Chen Xi low on magic power and wary of Qianqi Weiming.

• Lin Yue and Chen Xi were halted midair when the enemy’s gravity Domain snapped Lin Yue’s shadow ropes.
• The Evil Flower priests and their allies surrounded the area, and Chen Xi expanded her Rain Disaster Domain.
• Chen Xi’s Water Blade cut down the buzz-cut man and struck the others, prompting the surviving priests and Evil Flower members to flee.
• Chen Xi dispelled her Domain rather than pursue the retreating enemies, while Lin Yue emerged from hiding.
• Lin Yue asked Chen Xi to carry her like a princess as they prepared to leave.

Chen Xi and Lin Yue reported their attack on Junlan Hotel to the Countermeasure Bureau and secured places in its Eighth Squad. Back home, Lin Yue asked to share Chen Xi’s bed and promised they would be together after dealing with Qianqi Weiming.

• Chen Xi told Qiu Ye and Lu Shaojun how she and Lin Yue killed Wu Qiu and a priest during the siege at Junlan Hotel.
• Lu Shaojun said their Countermeasure Bureau positions would be settled by the next day and that the Federation would reward them with Spark points.
• Chen Xi and Lin Yue took a cab home, where Chen Xi planned her remaining preparations before Qianqi Weiming arrived in three days.
• Lin Yue joined Chen Xi in bed, asked if they could be intimate, and accepted Chen Xi’s promise to wait until after they dealt with Qianqi Weiming.
• Chen Xi fell asleep after wishing Lin Yue good night, while Lin Yue watched her.

Chen Xi and Lin Yue waited out a rain ritual when a young Rain Lord entered the domain, forcing them to fight it. Chen Xi claimed the slain Legend and evolved her Pure Water Body, then the ritual granted her Sovereign's Wrath.

• Chen Xi intensified the rain and shielded Lin Yue while they waited for the ritual to finish.
• A young Rain Lord entered the domain, and Chen Xi recognized its aura as a fellow Legend.
• Chen Xi wounded and cut Rain Lord in half, and Lin Yue crushed its heart with shadows.
• Chen Xi claimed Rain Lord and evolved her existing Pure Water Body ability.
• Seven minutes later, the ritual ended and Chen Xi received the unique ability Sovereign's Wrath.

Chen Xi and Lin Yue briefed Lu Shaojun on Qianqi Weiming’s planned attack and discussed preparations to ambush her. On the way home, Lin Yue revealed that she was close to reaching Second Rank and claimed her Future Foresight let her inherit Legend Degree from the future.

• Lu Shaojun introduced Chen Xi and Lin Yue to the Countermeasure Bureau, then presented intelligence on the Evil Flower High Priests, including Mist Man and Qianqi Weiming.
• Chen Xi privately told Lu Shaojun that Qianqi Weiming would attack during the Exchange Meeting on the twentieth and urged him to bring in a Transcendent who could seal space.
• Chen Xi and Lin Yue reviewed their new Bureau access and learned that the storage vault required authorization from the Bureau Chief or Deputy Bureau Chief.
• Chen Xi discovered that Qiu Ye would be on duty at the vault the next day and thought she would support their plan to steal from it.
• Lin Yue told Chen Xi she was about to reach Second Rank and said her Future Foresight let her inherit Legend Degree from the future.

Chen Xi and Lin Yue bought information about their Ascension Rituals, then Lin Yue completed her ritual by having her Shadow Dweller imitate a cat for an hour. She awakened a new domain ability, Land of Dim Light.

• Chen Xi and Lin Yue decided to spend Spark points on information about their Ascension Rituals.
• Lin Yue learned that an ordinary Shadow Dweller needed to imitate an animal for one minute to advance, while her ritual required an hour; Chen Xi learned Rain Lord's ritual required maintaining light rain for half an hour within a hundred-meter range.
• Chen Xi suggested a tortoise, but Lin Yue chose to imitate a stray cat.
• At Chen Xi's home, Lin Yue's Shadow Dweller imitated a lazy orange cat while the two ate and teased each other until the hour passed.
• Lin Yue's magic roiled as she advanced, and she revealed her new domain, Land of Dim Light.

Lin Yue showed Chen Xi her new domain, Land of Dim Light, before the two teased and kissed each other while discussing their plans. Lin Yue suggested celebrating their birthdays together tomorrow, revealing she feared she might not live until November.

• Lin Yue used Land of Dim Light to plunge the room into darkness, then explained that she could see through it and summon tentacles, but the domain drained her magic quickly.
• Chen Xi realized that the only task left was their infiltration plan after the Countermeasure Bureau meeting the following night.
• Chen Xi kissed Lin Yue, and the two playfully tussled until Lin Yue ran out of energy and vowed to raise the Butcher's Legend Degree.
• Chen Xi suggested they shower and sleep before their planned theft, but Lin Yue asked about their birthdays and proposed celebrating them together tomorrow.
• Lin Yue said she wanted to celebrate tomorrow because she feared she would not live until her birthday in November.

Chen Xi and Lin Yue celebrated Lin Yue’s birthday before attending a Countermeasure Bureau meeting about confronting Qianqi Weiming. Chen Xi then asked Qiu Ye to let her take every Legend from the Bureau’s Legend Repository, and Qiu Ye agreed.

• Chen Xi ordered a strawberry birthday cake for Lin Yue, and the two celebrated together before midnight, triggering a CG that failed and leaving Chen Xi’s Wish Power charge at 52%.
• Chen Xi and Lin Yue attended a meeting where Lu Shaojun relayed Bureau Chief Li’s plan to confront their enemies, without telling the captains that Qianqi Weiming would appear at the Exchange Meeting.
• After the meeting, Chen Xi told Qiu Ye she wanted to take every Legend from the Countermeasure Bureau’s Legend Repository and explained her plan.
• Qiu Ye agreed to help Chen Xi and Lin Yue, and Chen Xi promised to look out for the Seventh Squad during their retreat.

With Qiu Ye’s help, Chen Xi bypassed the vault’s identity checks and plundered its Legend Husks, replacing dangerous or useless abilities until she gained Butterfly Metamorphosis. She continued opening the remaining safes and ended the chapter with the newly acquired Lamentation ability from the Seven Kill Blade.

• Qiu Ye helped Chen Xi enter the vault, where Chen Xi plundered So-Called Love from a strand of hair and quickly replaced it with Power of Longing.
• Chen Xi plundered several more Legend Husks, rejecting abilities with negative effects or little practical use.
• Chen Xi plundered Butterfly Metamorphosis from the Insect Body and kept the ability despite its dormant-state drawback.
• Chen Xi plundered the remaining Legends and dismissed their abilities as useless, including Muscle Supremacy.
• Qiu Ye opened a safe containing the Seven Kill Blade, and Chen Xi plundered its Lamentation ability.