Chapter Summaries

Chen Xi persuaded Lin Yue to accept a Mandarin Duck Ring by claiming it was a token of love, then took her on a movie date as newly acquainted partners. The chapter ended with them settling into the theater as the film began.

• Chen Xi presented Lin Yue with a matching Mandarin Duck Ring and pressured her into accepting it.
• Lin Yue put on the ring and felt its cool aura and a sense of familiarity with it.
• Chen Xi took Lin Yue to the movies, and Lin Yue chose a family-friendly comedy.
• Chen Xi used her ability to bypass the ticket line and led Lin Yue to their seats in the last row.
• The movie began as Lin Yue and Chen Xi settled in with popcorn.

After watching a movie with Chen Xi, Lin Yue admitted she did not want to stay in her empty apartment, so Chen Xi invited her to live at her home. Lin Yue settled in but felt confused and awkward as she explored Chen Xi’s bedroom, while Chen Xi privately considered her plans for Gu Yu.

• After the movie, Chen Xi teleported Lin Yue back to her apartment and noticed that Lin Yue was unhappy there.
• Lin Yue said she did not want to live in the apartment, and Chen Xi invited her to move in with her instead.
• Chen Xi brought Lin Yue to her simply furnished home, where Lin Yue drank milk and looked around.
• While refilling Lin Yue’s milk, Chen Xi thought about how she had helped Gu Yu awaken the true Eye of Falling Galaxy and planned for her to receive her inheritance.
• Chen Xi found Lin Yue rummaging through her wardrobe, and explained that her ability also let her store the clothes she had bought.
• Lin Yue retreated to the bathroom to shower and studied her confused reflection in the mirror.

After becoming lovers, Lin Yue and Chen Xi settled into their first night together, though an unexpected visit from Zhu Li briefly disrupted them. The misunderstanding was cleared up, and Lin Yue ended up preparing to share Chen Xi’s bed.

• Lin Yue hesitated when she found Chen Xi waiting outside the bathroom in only a bath towel, then rushed toward the guest room to avoid her.
• Lin Yue discovered Zhu Li climbing in through the guest room window and asked why she had come.
• Zhu Li explained that she visited to report mission progress and had joined Prosperity Group because Chen Xi saved her life.
• Zhu Li left after teasing Chen Xi and Lin Yue to keep their relationship going.
• Chen Xi told Lin Yue they would have to share a bed because she had no spare bedding, and Lin Yue explored Chen Xi’s bedroom before sprawling across the bed.
• Chen Xi watched Lin Yue relax on the mattress and asked whether it was really that comfortable.

Chen Xi decided to bring Wu Xin into her plan and spent a month training Lin Yue before arranging a sparring match between them. The fight ended when Wu Xin surrendered as Lin Yue prepared to use her Domain Expansion.

• Chen Xi let Lin Yue sleep beside her, then resolved to push their plan toward its final stage and bring Wu Xin into it.
• Lin Yue woke from a dream, secretly tried to make Chen Xi breakfast, and received a proper bowl of noodles after her own cooking failed.
• Chen Xi postponed the next mission by three days and trained with Lin Yue; over the following month, Lin Yue advanced to Second Rank.
• Chen Xi refereed a training match between Lin Yue and Wu Xin in the upgraded Underground Base arena.
• Lin Yue began forming her Domain Expansion, and Wu Xin immediately surrendered.

Chen Xi confronted Wu Xin about her plan to take over Lin Yue’s body and revealed that she wanted Wu Xin to do it. Wu Xin believed Chen Xi was sincere and agreed to work with her.

• Lin Yue and Wu Xin sparred, and Lin Yue withdrew her magic power after Wu Xin surrendered.
• Chen Xi explained that she had reproduced the information panels and told Lin Yue their recorded data should be treated as reference material.
• After Lin Yue left, Chen Xi confronted Wu Xin about wanting to take over Lin Yue’s body, and Wu Xin briefly spread threads around the training ground before withdrawing them.
• Chen Xi said she valued Lin Yue’s body more than the person inside it and believed Wu Xin could bring out its potential.
• Wu Xin recognized Chen Xi’s sincerity and agreed to work with her.

Lin Yue, Chen Xi, and Wu Xin went to a forest to confront the Smiling Clown legend, with Chen Xi expecting the mission to help trigger Lin Yue’s Ascension Ritual. The Smiling Clown emerged as a monstrous abandoned toy train, and the three prepared to fight it.

• Lin Yue reviewed footage of her fight with Wu Xin while Chen Xi and Wu Xin arrived to take her on a mission.
• On the drive, Wu Xin told Lin Yue the mission could help her advance to the third rank, though Lin Yue was unsure about succeeding.
• Chen Xi explained that the Smiling Clown was a peak second-rank legend formed from discarded objects and resentment, and that it had killed two civilian Transcendents.
• The three entered the forest’s edge and waited for the legend to approach.
• The Smiling Clown charged through the trees as an enormous abandoned toy train with a crazed clown-shaped locomotive, and Lin Yue dodged its attack.

Smiling Clown trapped Lin Yue, Chen Xi, and Wu Xin inside its domain, but Lin Yue unleashed her own domain and destroyed it. After the battle, Wu Xin revealed that she had been plotting against Lin Yue and Chen Xi all along.

• Smiling Clown revealed that it was a Third Rank, middle-tier threat and ambushed Lin Yue, who narrowly evaded its charge.
• Wu Xin secretly decided to eliminate Chen Xi and seize Lin Yue’s body while helping obstruct Smiling Clown.
• Smiling Clown expanded its domain around the girls, and Chen Xi pretended to take a fatal hit to provoke Lin Yue.
• Lin Yue used the Star Seed to expand her domain and tore Smiling Clown’s head off, exhausting her magic power.
• Lin Yue asked Wu Xin to tend to Chen Xi, but Wu Xin revealed her true face and called Lin Yue a monster.

Lin Yue killed Wu Xin after believing Chen Xi had been beheaded, only to discover Chen Xi was still alive and could regenerate. The chapter ended with Lin Yue embracing Chen Xi as sirens approached.

• Lin Yue recognized Wu Xin and realized she had infiltrated Prosperity Group to possess her body.
• Wu Xin taunted Lin Yue by appearing to behead Chen Xi, while Chen Xi secretly used Dominion's authority to create an illusion.
• Wu Xin tried to kill Lin Yue, but Lin Yue's power surged and she crushed Wu Xin with invisible force.
• Lin Yue found Chen Xi's severed head and body and heard Chen Xi ask her to bring them together.
• Lin Yue joined Chen Xi's head and body with shadows, and Chen Xi began to regenerate as sirens sounded nearby.

Chen Xi recovered in the hospital and received Lin Yue’s visit, while Lu Shaojun and the Countermeasure Bureau apologized for the faulty intelligence and offered compensation. Chen Xi asked Lin Yue to decide whether Prosperity Group would help defend Tianhai City against Evil Flower’s invasion, leaving Lin Yue to weigh the choice.

• Lin Yue visited Chen Xi in the hospital, and the two shared a kiss as Chen Xi recovered from her injuries.
• Qiu Ye, Lu Shaojun, and the Tianhai City Countermeasure Bureau Sixth Squad visited Chen Xi, and Lu Shaojun apologized for the intelligence error and offered compensation.
• Chen Xi asked Prosperity Group to stand with the Countermeasure Bureau in defending Tianhai City and said Lin Yue’s opinion would decide whether they resisted or evacuated.
• Chen Xi promoted Lin Yue to deputy captain, explaining that her third-rank strength made her opinion important.
• Luo Li and Lu Shaoqi discussed Lin Yue’s rapid rise and her victory over a powerful legendary creature as Lin Yue considered whether to remain in Tianhai City.

Lin Yue chose to stay in Tianhai City and fight Evil Flower’s invasion, while Chen Xi encouraged her and concealed her own plans and power. The Countermeasure Bureau examined the destruction Lin Yue caused and considered her a possible hope for Tianhai City.

• Lin Yue told Chen Xi she would remain in Tianhai City to protect the people and memories she cherished.
• Chen Xi reassured Lin Yue about her emotional choice and helped her move past Wu Xin’s betrayal.
• Lin Yue revealed she had reached exactly lower Third Rank, and Chen Xi claimed her special legend would soon let her surpass Lin Yue.
• After Lin Yue left, Chen Xi dropped her sickly act and planned to deal with the Lamenter, Evil Flower, and other lingering calamities alongside Lin Yue.
• At the Tianhai City Countermeasure Bureau, Qiu Ye and Lu Shaoqi reviewed the forest’s destruction and discussed Lin Yue’s rapid growth and potential to save the city.

Qianqi Weiming investigated Tianhai City’s Transcendents and requested reinforcements after learning the city held several formidable defenders. Chen Xi, Zhu Li, and Lin Yue captured an Evil Flower priest and began questioning him, but he resisted waking until Chen Xi threatened him.

• Qianqi Weiming received intelligence on three Third Rank Transcendents in Tianhai City and decided to request reinforcements instead of attacking.
• An Evil Flower member recalled how a powerful flame-wielding Transcendent had killed scouts, then recognized the red-haired devil approaching him and was engulfed in flames.
• Lin Yue explained that she had captured the Glamorous Man after spying on him and learned some of Evil Flower’s plans through her Shadow Puppet ability.
• Chen Xi, Zhu Li, and Lin Yue surrounded the bound Glamorous Man in an abandoned factory and prepared to interrogate him.
• Chen Xi tried water and a slap to wake the Glamorous Man, then threatened him until he finally opened his eyes.

Chen Xi interrogated and killed the Glamorous Man, learning that Qianqi Weiming was preparing an attack on Tianhai City, while hiding the threat of possible Fourth Rank reinforcements from Lin Yue. After Feng Tao went missing, Qianqi Weiming decided to stay in Hualv Hotel and rendezvous with her allies, determined to revive Ah Wu.

• Chen Xi told the Glamorous Man he would not survive, and he revealed what he knew about Qianqi Weiming's plan to attack Tianhai City.
• Chen Xi confirmed the Glamorous Man had told the truth and killed him with a Water Blade.
• Lin Yue agreed to face the expected Third Rank reinforcements, unaware that Chen Xi had concealed the possibility of Fourth Rank support.
• Qianqi Weiming learned from Wu Qiu that Feng Tao was missing and considered whether to withdraw.
• Qianqi Weiming told Wu Qiu to rendezvous with her and decided to stay with Ah Wu, vowing to find a way to bring him back to life.

Chen Xi met the Sixth Squad and revealed that her Fated Ripples Legend could let chosen people borrow power from their future selves through special cards. She gave cards to the squad, but Lin Yue received none, leaving the reason for her exclusion unclear.

• The Sixth Squad gathered at a café after Chen Xi requested a meeting, while Chen Shuo worried about Evil Flower's coming attack.
• Chen Xi asked whether the squad believed in destiny and explained that her Fated Ripples Legend could turn blank cards into tools for foreseeing the future and temporarily becoming their future selves.
• Qiu Ye realized that Chen Xi had invited them because only people who met the cards' conditions could use them, and Chen Xi confirmed that the Sixth Squad qualified.
• Chen Xi handed out six cards, but Lin Yue noticed that she had not received one and asked why.

Chen Xi gave Tianhai City Countermeasure Bureau Sixth Squad Destined Card Faces that temporarily drew on their future strength, while secretly inventing the cards’ rules and costs. After the squad revealed their cards and discussed their powers, Qiu Ye asked Chen Xi whether she had felt the power they had fed back to her.

• Chen Xi gave Lin Yue the Rose Lover card, which could temporarily raise her Rank when activated silently.
• Zhu Li completed the Queen card, and Chen Xi explained the cards’ duration, cooldown, restoration, and supposed costs.
• Luo Li and Lu Shaoqi revealed their Witch and staff-wielding cards, and Chen Xi explained Lu Shaoqi’s future self had chosen not to remain a support worker.
• He Guowei revealed a card that turned his High-Speed Passage ability into a repulsive force field.
• Qiu Ye and Chen Shuo revealed complementary cards that could let them fight together at the peak of Third Rank.
• Qiu Ye asked Chen Xi whether she had felt the power the squad fed back to her.

Chen Xi explained the powers and protections granted by the Destined Cards, then shared Evil Flower’s plans and agreed with the group to gather intelligence before acting. Later, Lin Yue admitted that she wanted to do it with Chen Xi, leaving Chen Xi unimpressed by the confession.

• Chen Xi told the group that the Destined Cards had raised her power to near the peak of Third Rank and that Fate would conceal their abilities from outsiders.
• Chen Xi revealed Evil Flower’s preparations, and the group agreed to gather intelligence before deciding whether to strike.
• After the meeting, Chen Xi and Lin Yue wandered along the roadside while Zhu Li left to prepare for her new album and avoid alerting Evil Flower.
• Chen Xi teased Lin Yue about what was troubling her until Lin Yue admitted that she wanted to do it with Chen Xi.
• Chen Xi dismissed Lin Yue’s confession with a curt, “That’s it?”

After Lin Yue and Chen Xi confirmed their relationship, they prepared to confront Evil Flower after the Sixth Squad located its High Priest, Qianqi Weiming, and the arriving Mist Man. The group gathered near Junlan Hotel to choose how to attack, with Qiu Ye outlining a direct assault that could let enemies on the perimeter escape.

• Lin Yue worried that she and Chen Xi had made their relationship official too casually, but Chen Xi reassured her that they could take things slowly from then on.
• Lin Yue woke to find Chen Xi making breakfast, and Chen Xi told her the Sixth Squad had located Qianqi Weiming through the clues they had provided.
• Chen Xi explained that they planned to capture Qianqi Weiming and Mist Man to disrupt Evil Flower’s assault on Tianhai City.
• Chen Xi’s group met the disguised Sixth Squad members at a dessert shop, where the team’s new strength had begun to shift its loyalty toward Chen Xi.
• Lin Yue confirmed through Skynet that Qianqi Weiming was in Room 504 of Junlan Hotel, Mist Man was in Room 505, and Evil Flower’s forces surrounded them.
• Qiu Ye presented a direct assault as one possible plan, warning that it could allow enemies on the outer perimeter to flee.

Lin Yue, Chen Xi, and Qiu Ye settled on a plan to encircle Junlan Hotel while Lin Yue and Zhu Li confronted Evil Flower’s leaders. At the hotel, Qianqi Weiming and Mist Man met Feng Shisan, whose arrival turned their tense preparations into a direct confrontation.

• Chen Xi proposed splitting the group to seal Junlan Hotel’s exits while a small team attacked Qianqi Weiming and Mist Man, and Qiu Ye warned that the plan left them vulnerable to reinforcements.
• Lin Yue volunteered to fight, and Chen Xi approved the plan, beginning the counter-encirclement operation against Evil Flower.
• Qianqi Weiming and Mist Man discussed Tianhai City’s strength and waited for Feng Shisan, whom they hoped would help suppress Zhu Li.
• Feng Shisan arrived at Junlan Hotel and startled Qianqi Weiming by seizing her hand before she could react.
• Feng Shisan demanded that Qianqi Weiming speak her thoughts aloud, and Qianqi Weiming drew her katana as Mist Man watched the situation grow hostile.

Zhu Li and Chen Xi’s team launched their planned ambush on Evil Flower at Junlan Hotel after discovering that Feng Shisan was a Fourth Rank Transcendent. Zhu Li opened her Domain against Feng Shisan, Qianqi Weiming, and Mist Man, leaving the battle underway as all three opponents unleashed their own domains.

• Zhu Li explained that her uncontrolled, hatred-filled Domain made her the best choice to charge in and exhaust the three Evil Flower members.
• Lin Yue and Zhu Li sensed Feng Shisan’s magic power and alerted the team that she was Fourth Rank; Qiu Ye and Luo Li considered retreating, but Chen Xi ordered them to continue.
• Chen Xi argued that their gathered forces had the best chance to defeat Feng Shisan now, and Lu Shaoqi rallied the team to fight.
• Zhu Li attacked as Qianqi Weiming dismissed her katana, spreading her Resentment Fire through the hotel lobby and trapping Feng Shisan, Qianqi Weiming, and Mist Man.
• Feng Shisan tested the flames with her umbrella and recognized their danger, while she, Qianqi Weiming, and Mist Man unleashed their domains in response.

Zhu Li used her hidden Empress trump card to reach Rank Four, and she and Lin Yue turned the battle against Feng Shisan, Qianqi Weiming, and Mist Man. The three enemies fled in different directions, with Zhu Li pursuing Feng Shisan and Lin Yue chasing Qianqi Weiming as Chen Xi arrived.

• Zhu Li's flames drove Feng Shisan, Qianqi Weiming, and Mist Man back, but Feng Shisan waited for Zhu Li to exhaust her magic.
• Mist Man sensed that Zhu Li was nearly depleted, and Feng Shisan expanded Tang Umbrella's shield to blast Zhu Li into the ruins.
• Feng Shisan rushed to finish Zhu Li, but Zhu Li activated Empress and her magic surged back as Lin Yue attacked from the darkness.
• Zhu Li's Rank Four flames and Lin Yue's shadows overwhelmed the trio, while Feng Shisan's barrier began to crack.
• Feng Shisan used Realm-Breaking Escape to open several rifts, and she, Qianqi Weiming, and Mist Man fled in separate directions.
• Zhu Li pursued Feng Shisan, while Lin Yue spotted Chen Xi arriving and chased Qianqi Weiming.

Lin Yue killed Qianqi Weiming after crushing the Armored Skeleton, then faced an old samurai who broke into her domain. She recognized him as a peak Rank Four and prepared to fight him.

• Lin Yue used her Dark Shadow Domain again and overwhelmed Qianqi Weiming's Armored Skeleton with a torrent of shadows.
• The Armored Skeleton shielded Qianqi Weiming until Lin Yue crushed it and killed the girl.
• Lin Yue sensed a powerful enemy approaching and reinforced her shadow armor.
• An old white-haired samurai tore open Lin Yue's domain and cut apart her shadow tentacles with his own domain.
• Lin Yue gauged the samurai's strength as peak Rank Four and challenged him to fight.