Chapter Summaries

Ailin Soros explained that the God-Chosen Trial was her domain, created to contain broken worldlines and protect a ravaged world. She revealed Chen Xi and Lin Yue’s past identities and warned that the domain could fail within decades, then Chen Xi confirmed that a domain’s fundamental rules could not be changed.

• Ailin Soros conjured a stone pavilion and told Chen Xi and Lin Yue that the God-Chosen Trial was her domain, maintained to save the world.
• Ailin explained that more than five thousand years earlier, the Legends fought a century-long war that left both sides weakened and killed many origin Legends, making the world incomplete.
• Ailin said Chen Xi and Lin Yue had attained Tier 6 after the fact, with domains of Death and Time Retracing, and that they had been forced into the war before their origins were damaged.
• Ailin explained that the God-Chosen Trial contained broken futures and warned that, with its power fading, broken worldlines would affect reality within a few decades.
• Lin Yue asked whether the ancient war was the best possible worldline, and Ailin confirmed that it was the only outcome that could keep the world from being destroyed.
• Chen Xi tested her domain and found that she could turn its rain into a drizzle but could not stop it entirely.

Ailin assigned Chen Xi and Lin Yue a dangerous mission to handle troublesome worldlines, extending their required trial duration and promising increased rewards. They entered an Evil God trial with Gu Yu and two Bronze Badge trial-takers, Mili and Emma, whose mission panel instructed them to help Chen Xi and Lin Yue.

• Ailin explained the mission, raised Chen Xi and Lin Yue’s Badge-mark limit so they would need to complete at least six cycles, and promised greater rewards.
• Chen Xi, Lin Yue, Gu Yu, Mili, and Emma appeared on a crowded street as the trial began.
• Chen Xi and Lin Yue reunited with Gu Yu, who had advanced to Second Rank Transcendent.
• Mili and Emma discovered their mission was to eliminate a descended Evil God and that they were specifically told to help Chen Xi and Lin Yue.
• Chen Xi noticed Mili and Emma’s uncertainty and asked whether they had questions.

Chen Xi claimed that she and her companions were special agents assigned to the abnormal trial, then had everyone reveal their abilities. The group turned their attention to the frozen Taotie Behemoth outside the barrier, their trial target.

• Chen Xi convinced Mili and Emma that they were special agents and introduced Andres to demonstrate their strength.
• Chen Xi introduced herself as a lower-tier Fourth Rank who commanded Rain Lord, while Lin Yue claimed to command Phantom of the Opera and Gu Yu described her healing-focused Eye of the Galaxy.
• Emma revealed that her Innocence ability could turn drawings into real objects, demonstrating it by creating a sparrow.
• Mili disclosed that she commanded two lower-tier Fourth Rank Legends, the Nine-Tailed Fox and Mind Master.
• The five women examined the lower-tier Fifth Rank Taotie Behemoth outside the barrier while the preparation countdown kept the world frozen.

Chen Xi and her companions faced Tyranny, a fifth-tier Legend whose domain could kill everyone caught inside it. As the group prepared to fight, Lin Yue revealed that her Erosion ability could raise her to the mid-fifth tier and deployed her domain.

• Mili identified the monster as Tyranny and explained its lethal Beginning of the End domain, rapid regeneration, and vulnerable core.
• Gu Yu realized Tyranny's domain could turn her into a bloody mist, and Chen Xi proposed using I Am Nothing while Mili redirected the group's injuries to her.
• Chen Xi, Mili, Emma, Lin Yue, and Gu Yu made a plan to attack Tyranny's defenses and defeat it within Chen Xi's domain's one-minute limit.
• Lin Yue revealed that Erosion could raise her to the mid-fifth tier and said she could defeat Tyranny herself.
• Lin Yue deployed her domain, Land of Dim Light, swallowing the world in darkness.

Lin Yue used her transformed domain to strip Tyranny of its senses and destroy its core, securing the trial’s perfect performance. Back in their Exclusive Rooms, Chen Xi received a 76% Wish Power increase, and Lin Yue gave her a Holy Grace Gift Box.

• Lin Yue’s domain erased Chen Xi’s five senses, then restored them as she explained that she would fight Tyranny alone while Chen Xi protected the others.
• The group prepared their domains, and Chen Xi’s I Am Nothing shield neutralized the crushing force of Tyranny’s domain.
• Lin Yue marked Tyranny with Myriad Agonies, pierced its defenses with shadowy tentacles, and crushed its exposed core.
• The Trial Panel awarded the group S+ ratings, while Chen Xi received an Ex rating, and the group exchanged trial IDs before the space collapsed.
• Back in their Exclusive Rooms, Chen Xi received 76% Wish Power, and Lin Yue gave her a Holy Grace Gift Box that could create a desired item up to Third Rank.

After using Lin Yue’s guaranteed gift box to complete her Ascension Ritual, Chen Xi reached Fourth Rank and teased Lin Yue about her feelings. At the Entertainment Hall, Lin Yue opened up about her self-doubt and asked Chen Xi to trust her, while Chen Xi voiced her fear that some danger might defy time regression.

• Chen Xi exchanged her guaranteed gift box for a Flame Lord, completed her Ascension Ritual, and advanced to Fourth Rank with the new ability Vastness.
• Chen Xi teased Lin Yue and confessed that she liked her, but Lin Yue rejected her advances and tried to take back the box.
• Chen Xi told Lin Yue she was all she had left, and Lin Yue suggested they visit the Entertainment Hall and summon Gu Yu.
• While waiting for Gu Yu, Lin Yue admitted that her mockery often reflected her own sense of weakness and confessed she struggled to restrain her impulses.
• Chen Xi warned Lin Yue not to worry about her if something happened that even time regression could not fix, and Lin Yue took her hand and told her to trust her.

Chen Xi and Lin Yue cleared up the misunderstanding that had made Lin Yue fear her, then Gu Yu arrived and showed them her Trial reward, the Hand of Glory. After hearing how Ailin had chosen Chen Xi and Lin Yue as special envoys, Gu Yu asked whether they trusted her, and Chen Xi turned to Lin Yue for her opinion.

• Lin Yue explained that Chen Xi's Mask Ability had hidden her thoughts during the Erosion State, making Chen Xi seem frightening, and Chen Xi pulled Lin Yue close to ask for compensation.
• Gu Yu teleported into the room and revealed her Trial reward, the Hand of Glory, which conjured a ruby-red defensive barrier.
• Chen Xi accidentally shattered the barrier with a water droplet after explaining that her new Fourth Rank ability boosted her output.
• Gu Yu explained the equipment's one-day cooldown after the barrier shattered and the limit of three Divinity Equipment items per trial-taker.
• Chen Xi told Gu Yu how Ailin had chosen her and Lin Yue as special envoys, and Gu Yu asked whether they had decided to trust Ailin.
• Chen Xi said they had not decided but that Ailin's explanation made sense, then asked Lin Yue to share her view.

Lin Yue explained how her temporary advancement to Rank Five transformed her domain and let her defeat Tyranny. The group discussed trial rewards and badges before the ethereal voice welcomed Chen Xi and Lin Yue back.

• Lin Yue and Gu Yu discussed whether a Rank Five Holy Grace Gift Box could provide a way to learn the Ascension Ritual, while noting the Ten Thousand Year Ice Spring was already in the Black Moon Church.
• Chen Xi and Gu Yu compared their Badges, and Gu Yu discovered she had gained a third scratch and received powerful gloves.
• Chen Xi explained why trial equipment was rare among Transcendents, pointing to the scarcity and high death rate of trial takers and the Rank of those who returned.
• Lin Yue told Chen Xi and Gu Yu that her Rank Five transformation let her take away Tyranny's five senses and break its shell with one strike.
• The ethereal voice welcomed Chen Xi and Lin Yue back.

Ailin explained how the trial’s altered worldline led to the Golden Scale Empire crisis and agreed to make Mili and Emma permanent members of Chen Xi’s special trials. After the seven-person team entered a new trial, Chen Xi and Lin Yue were shocked to find Qiu Ye and Chen Shuo there.

• Ailin explained that Tyranny’s pursuit would have caused a Transcendent’s death, setting off events that led to the Black Abyss Dragon’s 2018 attack on the Golden Scale Empire.
• Ailin said she could not easily interfere in the futures of Chen Xi and Lin Yue, then agreed to add Mili and Emma as permanent special-trial members.
• Mili and Emma joined the team, and the five spent three days playing games before the trial countdown ended.
• Chen Xi, Lin Yue, Gu Yu, Mili, and Emma entered the trial and found themselves in a coffee shop with two other trial-takers.
• Chen Xi and Lin Yue recognized Qiu Ye, who greeted them while leaning against Chen Shuo.

Chen Xi and Lin Yue reunited with Qiu Ye and Chen Shuo in the Trial Space and learned how they had returned from the dead after the Lamenter destroyed the Spark Federation. Qiu Ye revealed that Chen Shuo had died and that his current form was created by her Legend, before the group turned to their next trial objective.

• Chen Xi and Lin Yue recognized Qiu Ye and Chen Shuo, who explained that eligible Transcendents could revive by meeting the first round’s requirements in the Trial Space.
• Qiu Ye revealed that she and Chen Shuo had become Rank Four Transcendents through a curse Legend that required death filled with regret and permanently destroyed their potential.
• Chen Xi admitted that she and Lin Yue were Rank Four and claimed she had driven Evil Flower away with her power.
• Chen Xi asked about Chen Shuo, and Qiu Ye revealed that he was dead and the figure beside her was a form she created with her Legend.
• Qiu Ye showed the group Chen Shuo’s monstrous true form, then concealed it and declined to discuss bringing him back to life.
• The group checked the Trial Panel, which tasked them with slaying the Flame Ghost in the city center after a thirty-minute preparation countdown.

Lin Yue and the others subdued a Flame Ghost in the recreated Tianhai City and split up to investigate the trial world. Chen Xi and Lin Yue discovered the city was recreated as it had been in 2008, leaving Chen Xi wondering whether Lin Yue's parents might still be alive.

• Lin Yue identified the Flame Ghost and planned to subdue it so the group could investigate Tianhai City; Chen Xi persuaded Qiu Ye to join the special agents.
• When the trial resumed, Chen Xi activated her domain, Mili dispelled the Flame Ghost's attack, and Lin Yue subdued it with her shadows.
• Chen Xi and Lin Yue traveled to the edge of the Trial Space while Qiu Ye visited the Countermeasure Bureau and Emma, Mili, and Gu Yu searched the surrounding area.
• Chen Xi and Lin Yue found that the Trial Space recreated Tianhai City to a radius of about seventy thousand meters, with fewer NPCs toward its boundary.
• Chen Xi and Lin Yue reached their old neighborhood and found a phone showing the year 2008; Chen Xi asked Lin Yue whether she wanted to look for her parents.

Chen Xi and Lin Yue searched Chen Xi’s old apartment during the God-Chosen Trial and found a notebook linked to Chen Xi’s first Regression, leading them to suspect the Hand of God had left it as a clue. They left to visit Zhu Li’s house, hoping to learn more about the trial’s version of the Flame Ghost.

• Lin Yue picked the lock to Chen Xi’s old apartment, where they searched the empty rooms and found nothing at first.
• Lin Yue noticed a ten-year-old notebook, and Chen Xi realized it was the one she had used during her first Regression.
• Chen Xi told Lin Yue about the notebook and connected its appearance to the Hand of God, which had previously pushed Lin Yue to seek her out.
• Lin Yue suggested that the notebook’s cover might contain a message, but neither she nor Chen Xi understood the image of a hand with four visible fingers.
• Chen Xi decided to visit Zhu Li’s house to look for the trial’s version of Zhu Li and learn about the Flame Ghost, and she and Lin Yue drove away.

Lin Yue and Chen Xi found young Zhu Li in the Trial Space and brought the future Zhu Li back into view. The reunited pair prepared to go inside and explain what was happening.

• Lin Yue and Chen Xi searched for Zhu Li’s childhood home and found her family’s villa.
• Chen Xi coaxed the frightened little Zhu Li into opening the door by claiming they were friends from the future.
• Chen Xi deactivated the “Indulgence” CG, making Zhu Li reappear in the Trial Space.
• Zhu Li saw her childhood self and asked Lin Yue and Chen Xi if they had traveled through time.
• Little Zhu Li tugged Zhu Li’s clothes and asked if she was really her future self, and Zhu Li smiled and nodded.

Chen Xi and Lin Yue learned how Zhu Li became host to the Flame Ghost and encouraged her to kill it herself. They searched for Wu Xin and visited the Tianhai City Countermeasure Bureau, where Qiu Ye appeared and offered a way back to the coffee shop.

• Zhu Li revealed that a surviving spark of the Flame Ghost possessed her, and that the Three-Legged Golden Crow's Golden Flame had once triggered a rampage that burned the mountains.
• Lin Yue told Zhu Li that killing the Flame Ghost herself might lessen the resentment fire inside her, and Zhu Li agreed.
• Chen Xi and Lin Yue traveled to Wu Xin's home, but found only an empty shell because Wu Xin had not been generated in the trial.
• Chen Xi and Lin Yue entered the Tianhai City Countermeasure Bureau, where its NPC guards barely reacted to them.
• Qiu Ye appeared at the Bureau entrance, and Chen Xi said they could head back to the coffee shop.

After the Flame Ghost trial ended, Chen Xi and Lin Yue returned to their private space and received their rewards. Chen Xi gained a large Wish Power charge and a higher-tier Badge, while Lin Yue chose a teleportation item that could carry them across the Black Moon Empire.

• Qiu Ye, Chen Xi, and Lin Yue returned to the café and waited for their companions to come back from searching the Countermeasure Bureau.
• Gu Yu and the others reported that they had found no useful clues, and Chen Xi released Zhu Li to kill the Flame Ghost with a water-shaped blade.
• Chen Xi added Qiu Ye as a friend before the group returned from the completed trial.
• Chen Xi froze Zhu Li's state again, then checked her rewards and received 112% Wish Power charge, raising her total to 691%, and a Silver Tier Three-Mark Badge.
• Lin Yue sent Chen Xi the details of her chosen special item, God Speed, which could teleport up to three living beings to a previously visited location within 100,000 kilometers.
• Lin Yue summoned the translucent blue sapphire bracelet that served as God Speed.

Chen Xi and Lin Yue skipped meeting their friends and reentered the spiritual world, where Lin Yue offered Chen Xi new choices for spending time together. While they spaced out and talked about Chen Xi’s world, Lin Yue asked Chen Xi to take her along if that world ever ended.

• Chen Xi teased Lin Yue about changing, then agreed to cancel their plans with Qiu Ye, Emma, Mili, and Gu Yu.
• Chen Xi and Lin Yue entered the spiritual world and found the Sweet World filled with more clouds, which Chen Xi tasted and recognized as cotton candy.
• Lin Yue presented Chen Xi with four new choices, and Chen Xi chose to space out with her.
• Lin Yue asked Chen Xi about her world, and Chen Xi said it had been peaceful before Legend descended and should still be all right.
• Lin Yue asked Chen Xi to remember to take her along if the world ever ended.

Chen Xi and Lin Yue explored Lin Yue’s mental world, where Lin Yue recreated Chen Xi’s home and school as they tried out a school-date scenario. They ended up alone in the cafeteria, where Chen Xi fed Lin Yue a spoonful of food.

• Chen Xi chose to explore Lin Yue’s mental world, and Lin Yue recreated Chen Xi’s home in Tianhai City.
• Lin Yue reminded Chen Xi that Qianqi Weiming had killed them near the neighborhood entrance.
• Lin Yue took Chen Xi to school, recreating the school gate while leaving the students’ faces blank because she did not remember them.
• Chen Xi suggested going to the cafeteria, and Lin Yue created an empty cafeteria with spicy rice noodles for them.
• Chen Xi offered Lin Yue her own noodles, then scooped up Lin Yue’s food and fed it to her.

Lin Yue and Chen Xi joked on a rooftop before Lin Yue revealed the story behind Wu Xin’s notebook. Wu Xin learned the truth about her biological father five years after killing him and her adoptive father, and Lin Yue left her story at the moment Wu Xin was truly born.

• Lin Yue gave Chen Xi ten affection points for feeding her, bringing Chen Xi’s total to 70.
• Lin Yue teased Chen Xi on the rooftop, and Chen Xi explained what she had written in the notebook.
• Lin Yue revealed that Wu Xin’s real name was Lu Siqi and that her biological father had abandoned her as a child.
• Wu Xin’s biological father returned years later and convinced her that her adoptive father had kidnapped her, prompting the adoptive father to strike him with a hoe and kill him.
• Wu Xin lost control of the Heartless Marionette, nearly tore her adoptive father apart, and buried both men in a field.
• Five years later, Wu Xin discovered that her biological father had abandoned her over gambling debts and had returned to sell her, leading to the birth of the real Wu Xin.

Lin Yue and Chen Xi revisited memories in their mental world, including Wu Xin’s tragic story and the night Lin Yue confessed. After Chen Xi confessed again and their affection reached 90, Lin Yue brought them to Lake Heart Park and asked if Chen Xi was ready for her final trial.

• Lin Yue explained that Lu Siqi had become an empty shell filled with negative emotions, and Chen Xi said she had forgiven Wu Xin but would still have eliminated her if she were alive.
• Chen Xi earned the Exchanged Notebooks achievement, raising her affection with Lin Yue to 80.
• Lin Yue recreated the ship where she had confessed to Chen Xi, and they teased each other about having doubted their feelings.
• At Lin Yue’s request, Chen Xi confessed, saying, “I like you,” and earned the Confessed Again achievement, raising her affection to 90.
• Lin Yue brought Chen Xi to Lake Heart Park and asked whether she was ready for the final trial.

Lin Yue gave Chen Xi her final trial, and Chen Xi completed the Love Game after receiving a kiss and reaching 100 affection. Lin Yue revealed that her permanent Erosion State had erased her ability to feel emotions, but Chen Xi insisted that their shared memories were real and reassured her that she was still Lin Yue.

• Lin Yue asked Chen Xi to close her eyes, kissed her cheek, and congratulated her on graduating; the Love Panel showed Chen Xi had completed all missions.
• Lin Yue returned them to the grassland and explained that reaching the fifth tier would make her Erosion State permanent and restore her memories.
• Lin Yue described how the Erosion State had left her unable to feel emotions, and said her usual smiles and conversation were imitations drawn from memory.
• Chen Xi told Lin Yue their shared memories were real, held her, and pointed to Lin Yue's racing heartbeat as proof she was still herself.
• Lin Yue smiled and congratulated Chen Xi on truly graduating as petals filled the spiritual world and it shattered around them.