Chapter Summaries

Chen Xi and Lin Yue reached the heavily fortified border of the Oracle Empire as humanity’s survivors gathered in its strongest nations to resist the Lamenter. Chen Xi revealed Tashuer’s domain as a signal to draw out the empire’s gods, and the two waited to see who would respond.

• Chen Xi and Lin Yue drove through abandoned cities and the Verdant Federation, nearing the Oracle Empire without using their remaining teleportation quota.
• Chen Xi reflected that the Lamenter’s Headless Shadows had devastated nations across the continents, forcing survivors to seek refuge in the strongest nearby powers.
• Lin Yue slowed the shadow war chariot and stopped several kilometers from the Oracle Empire’s walls after its defenses detected its immense magical power.
• Chen Xi stepped out and expanded Tashuer’s domain, sending a powerful heartbeat across the desert to signal the gods inside the empire.
• Chen Xi and Lin Yue waited openly for one of the Oracle Empire’s powerful Transcendents to approach.

Jormungandr appeared before Chen Xi and Lin Yue, introduced herself as the wielder of the World-Coiling Serpent Legend, and transported them to a meeting of powerful beings. The chapter ended with Chen Xi and Lin Yue arriving in the solemn meeting room.

• Jormungandr used Domain Expansion, Mortal World Ring Serpent, to surround Chen Xi and Lin Yue with a colossal serpent.
• Jormungandr introduced herself as the World-Coiling Serpent and asked whether she and Lin Yue had truly never met before.
• Jormungandr offered to take Chen Xi and Lin Yue to the waiting group inside her pet serpent, Blue-Green.
• Lin Yue entered Blue-Green's mouth, then took Chen Xi's hand and pulled her inside after her.
• Jormungandr transported the three from Blue-Green's belly to a solemn meeting room filled with powerful beings.

Chen Xi and Lin Yue joined the gods’ meeting as they prepared to face the Lamenter, whose power had surged to that of a Supreme God. The gods argued over who was responsible for failing to stop the threat, and Rong Fei pointed to Lin Yue’s role in the Lamenter’s growth.

• Chen Xi and Lin Yue entered the conference room and assessed the twelve gods gathered there, including Ademos, Grycis, and Morenna.
• Rong Fei accused the others of ignoring the Lamenter before its arrival, and Silver challenged him over what he had done at the time.
• Morenna stopped Rong Fei’s blame-shifting and said everyone except Silver shared responsibility, though none could have predicted the Lamenter’s sudden rise in power.
• Rong Fei raised Lin Yue’s connection to the Lamenter’s transformation, but Lin Yue calmly asked whether he blamed her.
• Rong Fei denied accusing Lin Yue, and the gods acknowledged her past sacrifice and the power of the origin of time she controlled.

Chen Xi demonstrated her domain and proposed that she could erase the Lamenter’s second stage while the others fought its first form. After the group shared their abilities and outlined a battle plan, Chen Xi and Lin Yue were joined on the city wall by Ademos, whom they needed to question.

• Chen Xi released her domain at full strength, explained its effects, and convinced the others that she could handle the Lamenter’s second stage.
• Lin Yue suggested that everyone exchange information about their abilities, and the group spent about an hour describing their powers.
• Chen Xi and the others learned that Grishis wielded the sun’s concept, Morna wielded the moon’s, Rong Fei excelled in strength, Silver used magic, and Jormungandr wielded dissolving toxin.
• The group discussed the Lamenter’s plans to attack the present world and the worlds governed by the three Supreme Gods, then formed a rough battle plan by midnight.
• Chen Xi stopped Lin Yue from smoking, and they joked together on the city wall until Ademos arrived.

Chen Xi learned where the Black Moon Empire’s citizens were sheltered and where her friends had gone. After Jormungandr requested a private meeting, Chen Xi left Lin Yue and teleported to meet her.

• Ademos told Chen Xi that Gu Yu was safe and that the Black Moon Empire’s citizens were living in the Oracle Empire’s fourth-layer pocket world.
• Lin Yue explained that the Oracle Empire had revealed its hidden worlds to shelter other nations from the coming crisis.
• Chen Xi declined Ademos’s offer to inspect the defenses, saying she would see Gu Yu after the Lamenter situation was handled.
• Ademos said Phyllis was commanding the Black Moon Empire in the pocket worlds and Bai Ziqing was trapped on the Western Continent.
• Jormungandr asked to meet Chen Xi alone, and Lin Yue reassured her before Chen Xi teleported away.

Lin Yue told Jormungandr that she had regressed alone eight times and every attempt to hunt the Lamenter had failed, leaving their chances of victory at zero. Before the Lamenter destroyed the Oracle Empire, Lin Yue kissed Chen Xi and told her they would meet again soon.

• Jormungandr asked how many times the plan to hunt the Lamenter had failed, and Lin Yue said she had regressed alone eight times without succeeding.
• Lin Yue explained that the Information Lock prevented her from revealing why, then told Jormungandr their chance of winning was zero.
• Jormungandr met with Chen Xi, but concealed her reaction to a strange message from her clone.
• Chen Xi confronted Lin Yue about what she had been hiding, and Lin Yue said the answer was coming.
• Lin Yue checked the time, kissed Chen Xi, and told her, “See you in a little while.”
• The Lamenter appeared and erased the Oracle Empire’s barrier and land, while Lin Yue’s illusory figure vanished and Chen Xi faced the transformed world.

The Lamenter split the battlefield into isolated duels, forcing Chen Xi and Jormungandr to face its domains alone while its strength proved greater than expected. As Headless Shadows invaded the Black Moon Empire, Gu Yu and Falken defended the border, but Gu Yu knew the real fight was elsewhere.

• The Lamenter separated Chen Xi from the others and attacked her with a domain of giant hands, so she summoned Andres to resist.
• Jormungandr countered the Lamenter's giant hands with her serpent domain, but her poisonous mist barely slowed them and she realized its strength was unexpected.
• Phyllis learned that the gods' mana signatures had vanished and Headless Shadows were invading the Black Moon Empire, then ordered her forces to meet the enemy.
• Gu Yu volunteered to reinforce the left flank with Falken, and the two teleported to the invaded border.
• Gu Yu summoned God's Descent and unleashed her dual domains, easily defeating the Headless Shadows while remaining worried about the Lamenter's true battlefield.

Chen Xi lost to the Lamenter in her deathmatch and rewound to the moment after her argument with Lin Yue. Lin Yue revealed that the Lamenter was already Rank 7 and told Chen Xi that this was their final moment, while Chen Xi still insisted that her CGs might let them fight back.

• Chen Xi fought the Lamenter, but its withering domain overwhelmed her, prevented her from aiding Andres, and left her unable to heal her wounds.
• Chen Xi realized she could not defeat the Lamenter without rewinding and estimated she needed to create at least five more legendary-grade CGs.
• The Lamenter snapped Chen Xi's neck, and her death triggered another rewind.
• Chen Xi returned to the city wall just after arguing with Lin Yue and discovered the rewind had gone back less than an hour.
• Lin Yue told Chen Xi that the Lamenter was Rank 7 and that the deathmatch had erased their chance to fight it together.
• Chen Xi argued that her CGs could still raise her limit, but Lin Yue said she had no future and this was the final moment.

Chen Xi learned from Lin Yue that the rewind quota was gone and the Lamenter’s seventh-tier domain prevented anything in the universe from advancing, leaving them only a final half hour of repeated short rewinds. After failing to gain a new CG and surviving only moments longer, Chen Xi warned the gods about the Lamenter’s Death Duel ability and prepared them for its imminent arrival.

• Lin Yue told Chen Xi that they had only a final half hour left, though they could still rewind repeatedly within that period, and offered her the chance to stop fighting and stay together.
• Chen Xi fought the Lamenter, used Sovereign's Wrath to endure five seconds longer than before, and rewound after losing; she then asked Lin Yue why Person in the Play could no longer obtain new CGs.
• Lin Yue explained that the Lamenter’s seventh-tier ability, Wither All Things, had become a conceptual domain covering the universe and preventing anything from advancing further.
• Chen Xi refused Lin Yue’s offer, vanished to warn the other gods, and told them about the Regression and the Lamenter’s Death Duel Space.
• Chen Xi concealed Lin Yue’s whereabouts and told the gods that the Lamenter would descend in three minutes, urging them to see whether they could counter its Death Duel ability.

Chen Xi failed to break Lamenter’s Death Duel Space and learned that direct battle was her only remaining option. After Lin Yue confirmed that she had appeared at the end of their fight and admitted her defeat, Chen Xi developed a more efficient technique, but Lamenter grew stronger in the next timeline.

• Chen Xi and the others tried to counter Lamenter’s Death Duel Space, but it erased them before they could act.
• Chen Xi fought Lamenter with Andres and three domains, but Wither All Things defeated her and Lin Yue’s face appeared at the end.
• After regressing, Chen Xi confronted Lin Yue, who confirmed she had regressed many times and said Chen Xi was the universe’s final variable.
• Chen Xi gathered the gods and fought Lamenter again, devising a technique that let her survive until the three-and-a-half-minute mark.
• In the next timeline, Chen Xi found Lamenter’s aura had grown stronger, but she charged forward with her sword and Sovereign's Wrath.

Chen Xi learned that advancing to Rank Six would mean forfeiting, refused to give up, and continued trying to grow strong enough to defeat the Lamenter. After twenty-one rewinds, she still lost, while Lin Yue comforted her despite seeming emotionally resigned.

• Chen Xi asked Lin Yue about her Rank Six Ascension Ritual and learned that advancing would be equivalent to forfeiting.
• Chen Xi refused to advance and summoned the gods to discuss improving their strength, but they found no solution before the Lamenter appeared again.
• Ademos followed Chen Xi and asked why Lin Yue had not joined the others, but Chen Xi could not explain.
• Chen Xi fought the Lamenter again and lost as it matched her growing strength.
• After twenty-one rewinds, Chen Xi chose to continue, and Lin Yue embraced her and said she believed in her.

After 56,423 attempts to defeat the Lamenter, Chen Xi reached her limit and chose to give up. Lin Yue then revealed that time had never been rewound and that Chen Xi herself possessed the true power to rewind.

• Chen Xi said she had fought the Lamenter thirty-nine times, and Rong Fei praised her rapid mastery of martial arts.
• Chen Xi visited the Black Moon Empire, learned Gu Yu had fulfilled her Ascension Ritual, and contracted Phyllis so she could begin ascending.
• Chen Xi continued fighting the Lamenter through tens of thousands of attempts, but her best survival time remained two minutes and fourteen seconds.
• Exhausted, Chen Xi told Lin Yue to end the attempts and accepted that she could not defeat the Lamenter.
• Lin Yue told Chen Xi there had never been a time rewind and revealed that Chen Xi was the one who truly possessed the power to rewind.

Chen Xi learned that Lin Yue was the Supreme God of Dominion and that the supposed Regression had been Lin Yue’s control over the world. Lin Yue explained their past struggle against the Lamenter, then said she had created the domain because sharing the world with others would drive her mad.

• Chen Xi received Lin Yue’s memories and rapidly rose in power before meeting Lin Yue in her mental world.
• Lin Yue revealed that she governed Dominion and had frozen the Lamenter and its death-duel domain.
• Lin Yue recounted how she and Chen Xi reached the Demigod Realm and used their powers to fight the Lamenter, with Lin Yue dominating the final hour before the world’s destruction.
• Lin Yue explained that Regression, Chen Xi’s Succubus bloodline, and her transformation had all resulted from Dominion, though people’s thoughts, choices, and feelings had been real.
• Chen Xi asked why Lin Yue had done this instead of ruling the world together, and Lin Yue replied that she would have gone mad.

Chen Xi rejected Lin Yue’s plan to seal their memories and restart, learning that her power over time was needed for Lin Yue to achieve complete Dominion. Lin Yue and Chen Xi then activated their opposing domains, suppressing their Ranks as they prepared to fight.

• Lin Yue showed Chen Xi memories of their past lives and warned that retaining them would drive her mad.
• Chen Xi embraced Lin Yue, recognized that Lin Yue was nearing her limit, and proposed starting over once more.
• Lin Yue refused, offering instead to seal their memories and choose a different script.
• Chen Xi explained that Lin Yue needed her time power to gain complete Dominion, but Lin Yue erased Chen Xi’s information panel and revealed that it had been false.
• Lin Yue formed a birdcage with her Dominion Domain as Chen Xi activated her time domain, and their powers suppressed both of them to the lower first Rank.
• Lin Yue attacked Chen Xi and promised to let her turn back time if she won.

Chen Xi fought Lin Yue while trying to learn why Lin Yue wanted her to undergo Regression and Dominion the world together again. Lin Yue admitted she feared Chen Xi might not love her after everything started over.

• Lin Yue offered to let Chen Xi undergo Regression if she won, then attacked her with shadow tentacles.
• Chen Xi and Lin Yue exchanged water and shadow attacks, each anticipating the other's moves and avoiding serious injury.
• Lin Yue explained that their odds of winning were even, but Chen Xi could not bring herself to be ruthless with her.
• Chen Xi said she would help Lin Yue Dominion the world, then asked what was stopping Lin Yue from reversing the flow with her.
• Lin Yue tearfully confessed she could not be sure Chen Xi would still fall in love with her after everything started over.

Chen Xi and Lin Yue fought over whether Chen Xi should reverse time, until Chen Xi invoked their old promise and Lin Yue agreed to trust her. Chen Xi began turning back time, wearing the Mandarin Duck ring Lin Yue had given her.

• Chen Xi and Lin Yue clashed with their shadow and water powers, then expanded their domains and fought until both were badly wounded.
• As Lin Yue charged with her last strength, Chen Xi showed her the cloth strip bearing their promise from a past Regression and asked Lin Yue to trust her once more.
• Lin Yue agreed, explaining that she expected Chen Xi to return to the Blue Star Federation before crossing into her world again, and that she and the Lamenter could influence the time reversal.
• After their restored strength healed them, Chen Xi and Lin Yue spent their final moments together beneath the stars, speaking openly about their past, future, and love.
• Chen Xi activated the power of time and began reversing everything, with Lin Yue's Mandarin Duck ring on her middle finger.

As Chen Xi prepared to use Countercurrent, Lin Yue revealed the truth about Bai Ziqing and confessed how deeply she loved Chen Xi. Countercurrent swallowed their world, and the chapter ended with Chen Xi beginning to awaken.

• Lin Yue told Chen Xi that Bai Ziqing had been a nonexistent person she invented to bring them together, and explained that worlds under her Dominion could not stray far from their original course.
• Chen Xi asked whether Lin Yue regretted letting her use Countercurrent, and Lin Yue said she did not regret it.
• Chen Xi began activating Countercurrent, but Lin Yue stopped her to reminisce about their first meeting and confess that she loved her.
• Lin Yue said goodbye as Countercurrent swallowed them and the world, while the Hourglass turned and the Lamenter's hands settled on its surface.
• A voice began to awaken and said, "Chen Xi."

Chen Xi became trapped in the Lamenter’s maze after it destroyed her Hourglass and erased her Regression ability. Lin Yue appeared to help her see the maze, leaving Chen Xi facing the Lamenter with a blazing flame in her hand and Zhu Li before her.

• Chen Xi discovered that the Lamenter had shattered her Hourglass and trapped her in a maze that was eroding her body.
• As Chen Xi began to despair, she felt the Eternity ring Lin Yue had made on her finger.
• Chen Xi remembered a lakeside conversation in which she told Lin Yue she wanted to see the sea, while Lin Yue said she wanted to be with her.
• Lin Yue embraced Chen Xi, revealed the maze by removing its black walls, and dissolved into smoke.
• Chen Xi saw that the maze had no exit and faced the Lamenter with a blazing flame, while Zhu Li stood before her.

Chen Xi burned Zhu Li’s flames to destroy the Lamenter’s labyrinth barrier, then fought the lingering souls of enemies she had killed on her way forward. After Sovereign’s Wrath was reduced to one remaining strike, she faced Wu Xin, who attacked her before disappearing, leaving Chen Xi still advancing toward the Lamenter.

• Zhu Li thanked Chen Xi for comforting her in a past regression, then became flames that Chen Xi gathered in her palm.
• Chen Xi hurled Zhu Li’s flames at the Lamenter, burning away its remaining labyrinth barrier and moving closer to it.
• Remnant souls of enemies, including the gothic lolita and Wala, clung to Chen Xi and slowed her down, so she cut them away with Sovereign’s Wrath.
• Chen Xi realized each strike drained Sovereign’s Wrath and that only one powerful attack remained.
• Wu Xin explained that the Lamenter could reach Chen Xi through intermediaries, then sent threads to attack her.
• Chen Xi severed Wu Xin’s threads and lingering soul with Sovereign’s Wrath, then continued toward the Lamenter.

After Wu Xin's death, Chen Xi lost Sovereign's Wrath and remained trapped in the Lamenter's void, but Gu Yu and Tang Xue each gave her a way to locate and mark the Lamenter. Their disappearances left Chen Xi to face it alone as she advanced toward it.

• Sovereign's Wrath shattered after Wu Xin died, leaving Chen Xi unable to see through the Lamenter's darkness.
• Gu Yu comforted Chen Xi, then used her Starry Sky I Can Reach domain to illuminate the void and reveal the Lamenter's location before disappearing.
• The Lamenter created thousands of identical copies, but Tang Xue arrived with Luo Li and used a roll of six to mark the original.
• Tang Xue warned Chen Xi not to let Lin Yue evolve into her current state again, then she and Luo Li disappeared.
• Chen Xi clutched the die and stepped toward the Lamenter without hesitation.