Chapter Summaries

Lin Yue fought Ishii Masamitsu, relying on her Shadow Barrier while searching for a chance to unleash Myriad Agonies. She finally revealed the ability, but Ishii’s iaijutsu counter ground her invisible tentacles to powder, leaving their clash unresolved.

• Lin Yue and Ishii Masamitsu assessed each other after her tentacles endured his Draw Slash, while both considered how to overcome the other.
• Ishii Masamitsu used sweeping blade-energy attacks to destroy Lin Yue’s shadow tentacles and tried to wear down her mana.
• Lin Yue conserved her strength as Ishii taunted her and waited for her to weaken, sensing that her Heart Fire was close to igniting.
• Lin Yue unleashed Myriad Agonies, greatly strengthening her invisible shadow tentacles and forcing Ishii to change tactics.
• Ishii Masamitsu took an iaijutsu stance, and the tentacles rushing toward him were ground into powder when they came within half a meter.

Lin Yue defeated Ishii Masamitsu with her newly refined shadow technique, then recovered memories that made her confront Chen Xi for lying to her. Chen Xi tested whether Lin Yue would attack her and welcomed her back.

• Lin Yue used Threads that Cut the World to kill Ishii Masamitsu after he cut her in half, then dispelled her domain.
• Lin Yue's memories began returning, and she locked onto Chen Xi's location.
• Chen Xi killed Mist Man with a Spatial Water Blade after Feng Shisan had been defeated by Zhu Li.
• Chen Xi pretended to arrive from battle, but Lin Yue accused her of lying and attacked her with a lash of shadow.
• Chen Xi struck Lin Yue with a peak fifth-rank Spatial Water Blade, which left Lin Yue unharmed, then asked, "Welcome back, Lin Yue?"

Lin Yue and Chen Xi reunited after restoring their memories and defeating Evil Flower, then discussed Lin Yue’s transformed time-wielding powers and their coming fight against the Lamenter. Lin Yue explained that the Lamenter’s Death Duel Domain would force the two of them to face him alone, before stopping Chen Xi from leaving to avoid a conversation.

• Lin Yue and Chen Xi embraced after confirming they had succeeded in turning back time and recovering their strength.
• Evil Flower suffered a complete defeat, and its scattered members could no longer cause trouble in Tianhai City.
• Lin Yue told Chen Xi that she had reached the sixth tier and gained Supreme God-level power, while the Sand of Time had transformed her Shadow Dweller to wield most time authorities.
• Chen Xi and Lin Yue agreed that Lin Yue would face the Lamenter’s first phase while Chen Xi handled his stronger second phase.
• Lin Yue explained that the Lamenter’s Death Duel Domain would drag her and Chen Xi into a battle no one else could enter.
• Chen Xi tried to leave, but Lin Yue entangled the stairwell in shadow and made her return.

Chen Xi used Dominion’s authority as a Supreme God to hunt down Evil Flower and judge its members according to her own values. She killed Ji Wushuang after uncovering that he had founded the organization to fulfill a ritual for advancing his Legend Wushuang, leaving Evil Flower destroyed.

• Lin Yue urged Chen Xi to stop playing around with Qiu Ye and the others and finish dealing with Evil Flower.
• Chen Xi expanded her domain and sent phantom chains across the world to hunt Evil Flower members.
• Long Jue and Tang Xue saw the chains in the sky, and Tang Xue realized their target was Evil Flower rather than the Spark Federation.
• Ji Wushuang watched Evil Flower’s members die and wondered why a Supreme God had attacked his organization.
• Chen Xi read Ji Wushuang’s hidden motive, learned that he had started a war to fulfill his advancement ritual, and killed him with a phantom chain.

After destroying Evil Flower, Chen Xi and Lin Yue prepared to face the Lamenter, confident that their strengthened abilities would let them win. They waited together on the academy rooftop, and at four in the morning the void descended.

• Chen Xi told Lin Yue that Evil Flower had been dealt with and that only the Lamenter remained, then Lin Yue teleported them home.
• The Spark Federation stabilized after Evil Flower's destruction, and historians named the event Crime and Punishment.
• Twenty-seven days later, nightmares signaled the Lamenter's coming, and Chen Xi and Lin Yue spent the final hour before his descent strolling together.
• Chen Xi teleported Lin Yue and herself to the academy rooftop, where they recalled their first battle together and shared a lollipop.
• At four in the morning, the void descended as Chen Xi and Lin Yue waited side by side.

Lin Yue defeated the Lamenter's first form inside the Death Duel Domain, and Chen Xi took over to face its reborn second form. Chen Xi's Dominion and Time Molding abilities thwarted the Lamenter's attacks, leaving its defeat imminent.

• The Lamenter created a second Death Duel Domain to lure Chen Xi into using Dominion, but Chen Xi stayed calm while Lin Yue confronted it inside the inner domain.
• Lin Yue unleashed her shadow origin and fought the Lamenter for seventeen days and twenty-one hours until its magic ran out and its first form was destroyed.
• Chen Xi caught Lin Yue as the domain shattered, then took her place against the transformed Lamenter.
• Chen Xi used Sovereign's Wrath to tear apart the Lamenter's fleshy shell and expose its human-sized second form.
• The Lamenter slashed Chen Xi into dust, but Dominion restored her, and she made weapons ineffective against her as the Lamenter weakened within her Time Molding domain.

Chen Xi destroyed the Lamenter and returned to the real world, where Lin Yue caught and kissed her. After peace returned to the Spark Federation, Chen Xi learned how Qiu Ye had protected the Sixth Squad’s Destined Cards and asked to see Qiu Ye’s card.

• Chen Xi outlasted the Lamenter’s transformations until Death Reversal erased it, collapsing its domain.
• Chen Xi let herself fall from the sky until Lin Yue caught and kissed her, and the two left the alley joking together.
• Long Jue began lifting the barrier that had kept ordinary people unaware of legends, and Chen Xi and Lin Yue invited the Sixth Squad to meet.
• Luo Li explained that Lu Shaoqi’s transformation had exposed the squad’s Destined Cards, while Qiu Ye claimed the Lord of Chains had arranged their abilities to protect them from scrutiny.
• Chen Xi reasoned that Long Jue had accepted Qiu Ye’s story partly because the cards bore Dominion authority, then asked Qiu Ye to show her card.

Chen Xi revealed to the Countermeasure Bureau that she was the Dominion and offered to restore their memories of other timelines before they left the Spark Federation. As she began meeting them one by one, Luo Li asked where her mother was.

• Chen Xi used her Dominion power to answer Long Jue’s message and arranged to meet her at the Dragon Palace at noon the next day.
• Chen Xi revealed that she was the Dominion and explained her connection with Lin Yue to the shocked Countermeasure Bureau members.
• Chen Xi moved the group to an abandoned rooftop and offered to restore their missing memories from other timelines.
• He Guowei chose not to recover his memories, while Lu Shaoqi asked to see his brother’s most tragic future and received memories of their deaths in another timeline.
• Luo Li approached Chen Xi and asked where her mother was.

Chen Xi shared memories of other timelines with Luo Li and Qiu Ye while Zhu Li declined hers and gave Chen Xi a song. After Chen Xi finished saying farewell to everyone in Tianhai City, an unfamiliar blonde girl arrived at a barbecue shop in Dongfeng City and met Crimson.

• Chen Xi told Luo Li that Tang Xue was her mother and shared Tang Xue’s memories with her, prompting Luo Li to ask to see her.
• Chen Xi teleported Luo Li to Tang Xue in Fulong City, then sent Chen Shuo away after he asked whether Qiu Ye had accepted his confession.
• Chen Xi shared memories of Qiu Ye’s past timelines, and Qiu Ye thanked her before leaving.
• Zhu Li asked whether she had fallen in love with Chen Xi in other timelines, declined to receive memories, and played music for her.
• A blonde stranger arrived at a barbecue shop in Dongfeng City, where Crimson asked who she was.

Lin Yue reunited with Chen Xi, and the two visited Long Jue and Tang Xue before leaving to pursue their next goals. The chapter ended with Chen Xi and Lin Yue arriving at Qianlang Mountain in Xianghe City.

• Lin Yue visited Crimson at the Barbecue Station, strengthened her with Dominion authority, and then teleported to Chen Xi.
• Chen Xi and Lin Yue joked together before agreeing to meet Long Jue and Tang Xue the next day.
• Long Jue welcomed Chen Xi and Lin Yue to the Dragon Palace, where Chen Xi used Dominion chains to share information with Long Jue and Tang Xue.
• Chen Xi said they planned to travel to the Black Moon Empire, enter the God-Chosen Trial, and help Ailin repair the world.
• Tang Xue asked how she should treat Luo Li, and Chen Xi teased that Luo Li had already called her Mom.
• After spending the night visiting amusement facilities, Chen Xi and Lin Yue arrived at Qianlang Mountain in Xianghe City.

Chen Xi and Lin Yue destroyed Qianlang Mountain, then found Gu Yu in Casper's Duke's Mansion and restored her memories. Gu Yu reunited with them and explained why she had grown her blue hair, but left the reason she was at the mansion unexplained.

• Chen Xi used Dominion's chains to annihilate the consciousness of the Qianlang Mountain God, which sent the Transcendents inside back to reality.
• Chen Xi and Lin Yue vanished from the Spark Federation and appeared in Gu Yu's guest room in Casper's Duke's Mansion.
• Chen Xi sent memories into Gu Yu with Dominion's chains, and Gu Yu recognized the two visitors and embraced them.
• Gu Yu said she had grown her hair while influenced by Chen Xi's memories, then cut it off and let Chen Xi make the fallen hair disappear.
• Lin Yue asked why Gu Yu had appeared at Casper's Duke's Mansion, and Gu Yu began to explain.

Gu Yu explained how she had sought out Casper after the Regression, then learned that Chen Xi and Lin Yue had already defeated the Lamenter. Chen Xi and Lin Yue eliminated Mortis and prepared to continue their journey, while Lin Yue revealed that Seventh Rank no longer existed.

• Gu Yu recounted how she had moved into Casper's Duke's Mansion but found no familiar feeling until Chen Xi restored her memories.
• Chen Xi told Gu Yu how she had retained her memories and helped defeat the Lamenter, and Gu Yu wondered why she had not joined the fight.
• Chen Xi invited Gu Yu to travel with her and Lin Yue after they dealt with Mortis, but Gu Yu stayed behind to serve the Black Moon Empire.
• Chen Xi and Lin Yue crossed to the Black Mist Woodland, where Chen Xi used Dominion's authority to erase the sleeping Mortis.
• Lin Yue told Chen Xi that there was no longer a Seventh Rank when Chen Xi asked about advancing to it.

Chen Xi and Lin Yue visited Ademos, healed the lingering dangers in his body, and Chen Xi accepted the Lord's Cross. They then traveled to the Hengsha Federation to confront the Sand Lord and other calamities.

• Ademos spoke with Chen Xi, who struck him with illusory chains of Dominion and explained how she and Lin Yue had overcome the Lamenter.
• Chen Xi removed the hidden dangers in Ademos's body, and Ademos placed the Lord's Cross around her neck.
• Chen Xi told Ademos to have Gu Yu draw up the list of Saintesses before she and Lin Yue departed.
• Chen Xi and Lin Yue chose the Hengsha Federation as their next destination, and Lin Yue teased Chen Xi about her supposed debt.
• Chen Xi sensed the Sand Lord and teleported herself and Lin Yue near its core, where Lin Yue prepared to deal with it.

Chen Xi and Lin Yue used Dominion to kill the Sand Lord and the Tree Spirit, then bickered over souvenirs from the Tree Spirit’s remains. They prepared to hunt the Forest King next, leaving their playful rivalry unresolved.

• Lin Yue used Dominion to erase the Sand Lord’s consciousness and collapse its massive body.
• Chen Xi flicked a pebble at Lin Yue in revenge, and the two exchanged teasing accusations before deciding to deal with the Tree Spirit and the Forest King.
• Chen Xi sensed that the Tree Spirit and the Forest King were on the Western Continent and chose to kill the Tree Spirit first.
• Chen Xi and Lin Yue teleported to the Tree Spirit’s true body and killed him instantly with Dominion.
• Chen Xi and Lin Yue each took a branch from the Tree Spirit’s remains and argued over whose was better.
• Lin Yue revealed she had been eavesdropping on Chen Xi’s thoughts, and Chen Xi threatened to take back Dominion as their taunting continued.

Chen Xi and Lin Yue waited for the Forest King after the Withered Tree Spirit’s death, and Chen Xi trapped him in her Dominion chains. As the Forest King tried to bargain for his life, Chen Xi asked whether death from a senseless vendetta or from retaliation caused greater despair.

• The Forest King sensed that the Withered Tree Spirit had died and rushed from the Azure Banquet to its last known location.
• The Forest King arrived and questioned Chen Xi and Lin Yue, who greeted him as if they knew him.
• Chen Xi formed a chain birdcage that cut the Forest King off from the outside world, and he recognized her as the Dominion god.
• Chen Xi tightened the chains as the Forest King tried to resist with the origin of abundance, but his power could not overcome hers.
• The Forest King claimed Chen Xi still had something to say, and Chen Xi asked which kind of death caused greater despair: a senseless vendetta or retaliation.

Chen Xi killed the Forest King, then traveled with Lin Yue to the Oracle Empire to enter the God-Chosen Trial through a spatial rift and meet Ailin without damaging it. After arranging to repair the trial the following day, they relaxed at a teahouse until Jormungandr approached them.

• Chen Xi revealed her full Rain Lord and Dominion auras, then killed the Forest King with Sovereign's Wrath, and his remains nourished the barren land.
• Chen Xi and Lin Yue walked through the Oracle Empire, where Chen Xi had moved the date for a safe entrance into the God-Chosen Trial to noon the next day.
• Chen Xi explained that she had resolved the world's remaining disasters and that repairing the God-Chosen Trial would prevent negative energy from forming new threats.
• At a teahouse, Chen Xi asked Lin Yue what she planned to do after they resolved the trial, and Lin Yue said she wanted to go home and sleep beside Chen Xi.
• Jormungandr arrived at the teahouse and asked Chen Xi and Lin Yue whether she could join their conversation.

Chen Xi demonstrated her overwhelming power to Jormungandr, then restored her memories with a Phantom chain. As they drank tea together, Lin Yue discovered that Pain's Embrace had no flavor for her anymore.

• Jormungandr confronted Chen Xi about killing the Forest King and asked to test her strength.
• Chen Xi released her origin magic power, terrifying Jormungandr with the vast gap between them.
• Chen Xi pierced Jormungandr with a Phantom chain, restoring Hai Liang's memories and revealing the truth to her.
• Jormungandr apologized for interrupting the tea party and wondered whether Chen Xi would restore the others' memories.
• Lin Yue drank more than half a bottle of Pain's Embrace, but Jormungandr explained that she could no longer taste it because she did not meet the conditions.

Chen Xi and Lin Yue entered the God-Chosen Trial and restored Ailin’s memories, learning how the Lamenter had preserved the original course of the God War. Ailin gathered the Trial’s stored Wish Power so Chen Xi could use it with her Dominion to repair history.

• Jormungandr left Chen Xi and Lin Yue, who waited at a hotel until noon.
• Chen Xi opened the spatial passage to the God-Chosen Trial, and she and Lin Yue entered Ailin’s garden pavilion.
• Chen Xi used her Dominion to restore Ailin’s memories, and Ailin woke after half a day.
• Ailin explained that the Lamenter’s invisible hands had intervened in the God War to preserve time and causality.
• Ailin sent the God-Chosen Trial’s stored Wish Power to Chen Xi, who prepared to combine it with her Dominion to restore history.

Chen Xi and Lin Yue traveled back a thousand years to the God War at the Kasgo Great Plains. Chen Xi seized the Evil Gods’ magic and killed them all, leaving the battle’s survivors to witness her overwhelming power.

• Chen Xi and Lin Yue used the Sand of Time to travel to the God War’s core battlefield at the Kasgo Great Plains.
• The gods halted their fighting and watched as Chen Xi and Lin Yue appeared, while Ailin and Ju Xiu recognized the newcomers.
• Wrath demanded to know who Chen Xi was, but she ignored him as Lin Yue covered her in shadow armor and supplied her with source magic.
• Chen Xi used Dominion to seize the Evil Gods’ magic, then expanded her domain and suppressed their divinity with tiny chains.
• Wrath collapsed after the other Evil Gods fell, and Chen Xi confirmed that none had escaped.

Chen Xi and Lin Yue returned from the past after Chen Xi defeated the evil gods, and Ailin confirmed that the God-Chosen Trial had stabilized. With the crisis over, the two left to enjoy a peaceful life together, and Chen Xi presented Lin Yue with a jasmine flower.

• Chen Xi defeated the evil gods and left the battlefield with Lin Yue by using the Sand of Time.
• Chen Xi and Lin Yue returned to Ailin's pavilion, where Ailin said the new timeline had appeared in her memories and their identities had been recorded.
• Ailin said she would maintain the God-Chosen Trial for the next ten-odd years, then sent Chen Xi and Lin Yue back to reality.
• Chen Xi and Lin Yue walked along a country road and discussed what to eat now that the crisis was over.
• Chen Xi surprised Lin Yue with a white jasmine flower tucked behind her ear.