Chapter Summaries

Chen Xi, Lin Yue, and Phyllis watched the Scarlet Blood Aura and confirmed it had not moved or transformed again. Chen Xi alerted Black Moon’s leadership and the Cardinal Directorate to watch for further infections, then the group was interrupted by Gu Yu arriving with Zhu Li.

• Chen Xi confirmed that the Scarlet Blood Aura had stayed still, and Lin Yue suggested they keep watching it.
• Chen Xi told Ademos the inspection was complete and learned that a Tier 6 upper-level Legend had appeared near Joint Headquarters.
• Chen Xi, Lin Yue, and Phyllis stayed on guard while discussing the infection’s remaining threat and its lack of a host body.
• Chen Xi instructed Black Moon’s upper echelon and the Cardinal Directorate to watch for Scarlet Blood Aura and similar infection symptoms.
• Chen Xi joked to Phyllis that she and Lin Yue were over fifteen hundred years old, and Lin Yue silently went along with it.
• Gu Yu arrived with Zhu Li still hooked through her arm and asked whether everything was done.

Chen Xi explained her Marsha identity to Phyllis, then set out with Lin Yue, Gu Yu, and Zhu Li to catch whales in the Slumber Sea. She teleported them near their target, but the group still had to locate the whales.

• Chen Xi told Phyllis that she had assumed Marsha's identity to gain purer faith and had stayed out of public view while investigating the Crow Brigade.
• Phyllis said she needed to research the undead in the Withered Bone Wasteland, summoned a bone dragon, and flew away.
• Chen Xi confirmed the Scarlet Blood Aura had stopped moving, then invited Gu Yu to go whale-catching; Gu Yu agreed.
• Chen Xi teleported the group to the Slumber Sea using footage to estimate the location, but admitted they might be several kilometers from the destination.

Chen Xi, Lin Yue, and Gu Yu set out to dive in the sea so Gu Yu could fulfill a childhood dream, while Zhu Li refused to enter the water. The group left off underwater with Chen Xi staying behind to watch Zhu Li and Lin Yue arriving to find them still hesitating.

• Chen Xi called the group the undersea squad and persuaded Gu Yu to try diving after learning she had once nearly drowned in a lake.
• Lin Yue and Chen Xi plunged into the water, while Gu Yu stayed above the sea with Zhu Li, who refused to go down.
• Chen Xi agreed to watch Zhu Li so Gu Yu could join the dive, and Gu Yu promised to bring Chen Xi's eyes with her.
• Lin Yue turned shadows into a slide and sped over to them, then gave Chen Xi and Gu Yu a look of disbelief as they explained Zhu Li's refusal.

Chen Xi, Lin Yue, and Gu Yu disguised themselves as sea creatures and searched the Sea of Slumber for the Abyss-Devouring Whale. After reviewing Chen Xi’s teleportation footage, they realized they had reached its location, and a colossal vermilion eye opened in front of them.

• Lin Yue left a shadow teddy bear with Zhu Li to keep her company while the others dove into the sea.
• Chen Xi concealed their auras with Phantom Shadow and transformed the group into fish and a jellyfish.
• After Lin Yue and Gu Yu complained about their appearances, Chen Xi changed them into Moonlight Fish and a fluorescent jellyfish.
• The three searched for nearly half a day without finding the Abyss-Devouring Whale, so Chen Xi replayed the video of their teleportation site.
• Lin Yue recognized the seafloor in the footage, and Chen Xi realized they had already arrived at the whale’s location.
• A huge vermilion eye opened before the three of them.

Chen Xi and her companions confronted the Abyss-Devouring Whale after it unexpectedly reached Mid-Rank 5, and Chen Xi tested its strength before killing it. The whale’s death left behind an azure pearl on the seabed.

• The Abyss-Devouring Whale revealed its enormous body, and Gu Yu warned that it had become Mid-Rank 5.
• Lin Yue concluded the whale could not form a Contract, so Chen Xi decided to kill it and learn what she could from its remains.
• Chen Xi let the whale unleash its gravity-warping attacks and sonic shockwave before cutting through them with Sovereign's Wrath.
• Chen Xi crippled the whale with Water and Sky as One, then used Andres and the Death Origin to kill it.
• An azure pearl appeared where the whale had died, delighting Chen Xi.

Chen Xi seized the Abyss-Devouring Whale’s optimized Devour the Abyss ability and prepared to test it underwater. Before she could finish, Gu Yu encountered a crying miniature whale and trapped it in ice.

• Chen Xi offered the Abyss-Devouring Whale Legend Husk to Gu Yu and Lin Yue, but neither could harness it, so Chen Xi seized Devour the Abyss.
• Chen Xi learned the ability could absorb attacks and store them for later, then tested it by storing Sovereign's Wrath’s water-current slashes.
• The group remained underwater while Chen Xi filled the ability’s storage limit, but a lower Third Rank magical presence appeared nearby.
• Gu Yu rushed to confront the newcomer, only to find a tiny pale-blue whale that cried and tried to flee.
• Gu Yu froze the water around the little whale, trapped it, and considered whether she could harness it.

Chen Xi and Lin Yue recognized the trapped Abyss-Devouring Whale as their old friend, Lost Whale, and stopped Gu Yu from killing it. Lost Whale explained that it had survived the destruction of the Spark Federation by teleporting between bodies of water.

• Gu Yu prepared to kill the small whale in the ice prison until Chen Xi and Lin Yue arrived and recognized it as Lost Whale from Tianhai City's Aquarium.
• Lost Whale pretended to pass out when it noticed Gu Yu, but Chen Xi assured it that they would not kill it.
• Chen Xi persuaded Gu Yu to stop hunting Lost Whale and asked how it had survived the destruction of the Spark Federation.
• Lost Whale explained that it had left the Western Kingdom Federation to explore and could teleport to the nearest qualifying body of water.
• Lin Yue asked whether Lost Whale had escaped before Lamenter targeted it, and Lost Whale said that was more or less what had happened.

Chen Xi reconnected with the Lost Whale, then tested the limit of her stored power by unleashing a slash that split the Slumber Sea and tore through the sky. The attack drew a nearby Curial Deacon, who arrived as Lin Yue and Gu Yu watched.

• The Lost Whale refused Chen Xi's offer of an equal Contract, explained that it required her to cross one thousand and eight seas, and offered to help locate fish before leaving.
• Gu Yu mourned losing the chance to tame an Abyss-Devouring Whale, while Lin Yue revealed that she had reached the peak of Fifth Rank by hunting wild legends with her shadow.
• Chen Xi measured Abyss Swallow's stored power at five times her maximum magic storage and prepared to test it in the Eastern Sea of Slumber.
• Chen Xi unleashed her Rain Slash, splitting the sea surface for ten thousand miles and scattering the clouds above the Slumber Sea.
• Lin Yue sensed a Fourth Rank figure approaching, and a Curial Deacon emerged from the seawater before Chen Xi, Lin Yue, and Gu Yu.

After Chen Xi’s powerful attack drew Ilyas to the Slumber Sea, the group returned to Black Moon Royal City and discussed the Saintess Selection’s next rounds. Lin Yue told Chen Xi about a networking banquet planned for the following day.

• Ilyas arrived to investigate the disturbance, and Lin Yue explained that Marsha had been testing a new move.
• Chen Xi said her fully charged attack could barely match a lower sixth-tier strike as Lin Yue took the group back to the surface.
• Chen Xi snatched Zhu Li’s shadow bear, making Zhu Li cry, and Lin Yue later made her a replacement.
• Lin Yue shared the successful candidates list, and Chen Xi decided to let Gu Yu compete while she and Lin Yue stayed out of the arena.
• Lin Yue told Chen Xi about the banquet celebrating the first stage of the Saintess Selection and explained that it was a chance for candidates to meet future officials.

Chen Xi prepared a new look for the second banquet and arrived at the Black Moon Palace, where her strength and beauty drew attention. Sophia, pressured by her family to settle for becoming Gu Yu’s assistant, declared that she would win before fleeing in embarrassment.

• Chen Xi agreed to face Lin Yue again, and the two avoided contacting each other so they could not steal each other’s techniques.
• Chen Xi dressed Gu Yu up to admire her black evening gown and makeup, then warned Gu Yu not to reveal anything about her look.
• Chen Xi teleported to the Black Moon Palace and drew admiring looks from guests and anxious reactions from the Saintess Selection candidates.
• Sophia confronted Chen Xi and insisted that she would win, then regretted speaking so boldly and hurried away.
• Chen Xi watched Sophia leave from a dark corner while eating watermelon and wondered what had happened.

At the banquet, Chen Xi waited for Lin Yue and upgraded her Undying CG before sharing a private dance with her in Lin Yue’s domain. The dance ended in a blood-soaked hall, where Lin Yue and Gu Yu confronted Chen Xi as crimson infected-like scars spread across her face.

• Chen Xi withdrew the Crow Brigade’s Wish Power and evolved Undying, gaining stronger resistance and a ten-minute third-person perspective.
• Gu Yu arrived at the banquet, and Chen Xi declined her invitation to join the crowd while waiting for Lin Yue.
• Lin Yue used her domain to isolate the banquet hall and entered in a white gown, then invited Chen Xi to dance.
• Chen Xi and Lin Yue danced, with Chen Xi taking the lead as Lin Yue urged her to be more proactive.
• Chen Xi came to her senses in a hall filled with corpses and blood, while Lin Yue and Gu Yu stood armed before her.
• Chen Xi saw crimson centipede-like scars spreading across her face and began to ask what had happened.

Chen Xi learned that Anastasia Vala had been parasitizing her since the God-Chosen Trial and had been manipulating Scarlet Blood Aura as the Source of Desire. Vala offered to make Chen Xi her symbiote, while blood spread toward Chen Xi across the banquet hall.

• Chen Xi questioned Lin Yue and Gu Yu about the attack she had committed at the banquet, and Lin Yue described how Chen Xi had used a variation of Water Blade against the candidates.
• Vala emerged from Chen Xi's centipede scar and fought her for control of Andres, revealing that they each held half the authority.
• Vala introduced herself as Anastasia Vala and explained that she had awakened inside Chen Xi, while Lin Yue and Gu Yu recognized that she did not know about Lin Yue's time Regression.
• Vala revealed that she had hidden inside the worldline of Ailin's main god during the God-Chosen Trial and had entered Chen Xi's body then.
• Chen Xi identified Vala as the Source of Desire, and Vala explained how Scarlet Blood Aura and the origin she had stored weakened Chen Xi.
• Vala invited Chen Xi to become her symbiote, and bloodstains spread toward Chen Xi's skirt.

Chen Xi, Lin Yue, and Gu Yu tried to defeat Wala, who had taken control of half of Chen Xi’s body and infected the Black Moon Empire. Chen Xi broke free of Wala’s control with Heart Flower and struck her down, leaving Lin Yue to handle what came next as she promised they would meet again tomorrow.

• Wala revealed that her infection had spread across the Black Moon Empire and that Chen Xi’s life was bound to half of her essence.
• Chen Xi and Lin Yue confirmed that Wala could not observe their memories or lie to them, while Wala concealed the banquet hall from the outside world.
• Chen Xi, Lin Yue, and Gu Yu launched their domains and strongest attacks, but Wala blocked them and interfered with Chen Xi’s magic power.
• Chen Xi used Heart Flower to break free of Wala’s control and reverse their hold over each other.
• Chen Xi entrusted the rest to Lin Yue, promised they would meet again tomorrow, and shattered Wala with Sovereign’s Wrath.

Chen Xi destroyed Wala’s body, but Wala retaliated by detonating the Sources of Desire across the Black Moon Empire. Lin Yue transformed into a shadow monster and unleashed Myriad Agonies, leaving the fleeing Wala facing annihilation.

• Chen Xi used Rain Slash and Rose Bomb to destroy Wala, and Chen Xi’s body turned to crimson dust as well.
• Lin Yue sent Gu Yu and Zhu Li away, but Wala detonated the Sources of Desire in the Transcendents and citizens of the Black Moon Empire.
• Wala formed a new origin body and charged at Lin Yue, who entered the Erosion Engraving State and activated Monster in My Heart.
• Lin Yue became a shadow monster, spread her domain across the royal city, and unleashed Myriad Agonies against Wala.
• Wala fled tens of thousands of miles, but the invisible shadow pursued her and ground away the crimson trail behind her.

Wala tried to escape Lin Yue’s shadow torrent, then faced it with her Myriad Plagues Devour Life domain and was killed. The torrent vanished, but Lin Yue began to crumble and returned to the palace, where Chen Xi disappeared before she could embrace her.

• Wala tried to evade the shadow torrent by creating duplicates and splitting her origin, but Lin Yue’s shadows pursued every body and grew stronger by consuming magic power.
• Wala absorbed blood mist and infected creatures from the Black Moon Empire, then turned to confront Lin Yue with her Myriad Plagues Devour Life domain.
• The shadow torrent swallowed Wala, killing her, then vanished and left the Black Moon Empire devastated, with its infected creatures turned to ash.
• Lin Yue’s body began to crumble, and her Regression ability transformed as she recalled memories from past timelines.
• Lin Yue returned to the palace and found Chen Xi, but Chen Xi vanished when Lin Yue reached for her, leaving Lin Yue to say, “See you tomorrow.”

Chen Xi returned to Blue Star on September 1, 2025, carrying her plundered talents, Lord's Cross, and peak fifth-rank strength. She considered how to prepare for Wala's next appearance, decipher her sixth-rank ritual clue, and decide whether to contact the Blue Star Federation.

• Chen Xi woke in her Blue Star bedroom and discovered the regression had taken her back less than half a year, likely because time had gone wrong.
• Chen Xi checked her panel and found her curses were still absent, her plundered talents remained, and Ademos's Lord's Cross had returned with her.
• Chen Xi worried about Wala's survival and wondered whether Lin Yue had defeated her after Chen Xi killed Wala's body.
• Chen Xi recalled that the Yin-Yang Twin Fish Pendant had revealed the clue, "First, to the end of the world, with her," and struggled to interpret it.
• Chen Xi ordered the beef noodles she had missed during the previous Regression and considered whether to reveal herself to the Blue Star Federation in exchange for help finding Legend abilities.

Chen Xi met with Bureau Chief Wang Zhengqi as “Dawn” and warned him that the Seven Deadly Sins’ avatars would destroy the Blue Star Federation. She left him to consider preparations while planning to contact Yue Xing and wait for Ademos’s descent.

• Chen Xi decided to eliminate the Seven Deadly Sins’ approaching avatars before leaving the Blue Star Federation, and planned to contact Wang Zhengqi and Yue Xing and await Ademos.
• Chen Xi met Wang Zhengqi at the Jiangchuan Province Legend Investigation Bureau and introduced herself as Dawn, a savior who had witnessed the future.
• Chen Xi claimed her future-seeing ability came from a one-use legend, convincing Wang Zhengqi that her prophecy was genuine.
• Chen Xi told Wang Zhengqi that the Seven Deadly Sins’ avatars would defeat the Federation and bring about its destruction.
• Wang Zhengqi asked how the Federation should prepare, and Chen Xi began to answer.

Chen Xi persuaded Wang Zhengqi to give her a low-profile identity and keep her existence secret until the final battle, then sought out Yue Xing. She introduced herself as a Savior from the future, but Yue Xing dismissed her claim, leaving Chen Xi to tease him.

• Chen Xi told Wang Zhengqi that her absence had helped Blue Star nearly win the future battle and asked him to arrange a suitable identity while keeping her existence secret.
• Wang Zhengqi agreed to Chen Xi's request and submitted her identity for approval.
• Chen Xi used Phantom Shadow to reach Yue Xing's favorite buffet restaurant, where she found him eating under the watch of his personal secretary.
• Chen Xi sat across from Yue Xing and claimed she was a Savior who had traveled from the future.
• Yue Xing dismissed Chen Xi's claim, and she teased him about his twin ponytails and fondness for dragons.

Chen Xi revealed her identity and overwhelming power to Yue Xing, then explained the future and reassured him that dragons would appear soon. A week later, she waited by the ocean for Ademos’s arrival, having collected several new abilities.

• Yue Xing unleashed his Heavy Mountains and Rivers domain, but Chen Xi’s Rain Disaster destroyed it and forced him to listen.
• Chen Xi explained her origins and the future to Yue Xing, who accepted that she was the Savior and asked whether dragons existed.
• Chen Xi told Yue Xing that he would see a dragon within a week, then planned to contact Ademos when his avatar arrived.
• Over the following week, Chen Xi worked with local Transcendents and gained Chimera, Spirit Cat’s Pacing, and Luo Goddess.
• Chen Xi confirmed Ademos’s expected arrival point with her operator and watched a polar dolphin leap from the sea.

Chen Xi encountered an intelligent Polar Ice Dolphin and formed a Contract with it to obtain its Same Source ability. After the dolphin transformed and reached the peak of the sixth tier, Chen Xi left it to live in the ocean while she departed.

• Chen Xi approached the Polar Ice Dolphin and gently explained her intention to form a Contract.
• The Polar Ice Dolphin understood the offer, agreed, and formed a Contract with Chen Xi.
• Chen Xi obtained Same Source, which let her transfer her abilities to a target and greatly increase its maximum mana output.
• The Contract transformed the Polar Ice Dolphin, making it more than twice as large and raising its magical power to the peak of the sixth tier.
• Chen Xi learned that the Polar Ice Dolphin had come from another world and told it to remain in the sea before leaving with Spirit Cat's Pacing.