Chapter Summaries

While waiting for the Iris to bloom and take her back to the Spark Federation, Chen Xi asked Ademos about his past and learned the Vanguard was arriving. She killed the Bandage Monster, but the scene abruptly changed into an old black-and-white image.

• Chen Xi watched over the Iris and studied Legend rituals while adjusting to Lin Yue's absence.
• Ademos explained that he had been born with the position of Humility and had traveled between worlds for five thousand years.
• Ademos warned Chen Xi and Yue Xing that the Vanguard was about to arrive, and the three went to intercept it.
• Chen Xi defeated the Bandage Monster with Sovereign's Wrath and Rain Slash after it revived and attacked her.
• Yue Xing approached Ademos after Chen Xi finished the fight, and the scene suddenly turned into a black-and-white image.

Chen Xi learned that Lin Yue had died, while Lin Yue awoke nineteen days earlier and struggled with despair and jealousy over the possibility that Chen Xi would love someone else. Lin Yue’s Shadow Dweller reached Fourth Rank, and the chapter ended with Chen Xi appearing beside her.

• Chen Xi connected the Bandage Monster to Lin Yue before darkness overtook her.
• Lin Yue awoke on September 14, nineteen days earlier, and reassured herself that Chen Xi would return to her.
• Lin Yue’s jealousy and despair unleashed her Shadow Dweller, whose Legend Degree surged until she met the Fourth-Rank Ascension Ritual.
• The Mist Man sensed the Fourth-Rank magic power and warned Fang Ming about the presence.
• Lin Yue suppressed her destructive shadows and lay alone in Chen Xi’s bedroom until Chen Xi appeared beside her and greeted her.

Chen Xi reunited with Lin Yue after returning to Spark, and the two confessed their feelings and spent the night together. The next morning, Chen Xi reflected on how she had crossed back from Blue Star and wondered whether Lin Yue had truly calmed down.

• Lin Yue asked Chen Xi whether she was a transmigrator and pinned her to the bed, then explained that their dreams showed other futures.
• Chen Xi reassured Lin Yue that she had not confessed to anyone else, and Lin Yue kissed her, declaring them destined for each other.
• Lin Yue and Chen Xi argued over control before embracing and acting on the feelings they had kept suppressed.
• The next morning, Lin Yue apologized for how suddenly things had happened, while Chen Xi said she was fine and went to make noodles.
• Chen Xi remembered that she had returned to Spark by testing the Iris's teleportation ability and thought Ademos and Yue Xing could handle the Seven Deadly Sins on Blue Star.
• Chen Xi found Lin Yue peeking at her from the kitchen corner and wondered if Lin Yue had really calmed down.

After Chen Xi’s meal with Lin Yue unlocked a powerful new CG, the two discussed their plans for Tianhai City and the danger of Chen Xi disappearing again. Lin Yue insisted they stay put for ten days, and when Chen Xi teased that she might leave, Lin Yue sealed the room with her shadows and demanded Chen Xi kill her first.

• Chen Xi served Lin Yue noodles, then discovered the Epic CG Indulgence had granted the Freeze bonus, which could erase a consenting target’s current state of life and later restore them.
• Chen Xi reviewed her abilities and curses, noticed traces of her existence in her phone, and asked Lin Yue whether she had found records of her before Chen Xi crossed over; Lin Yue said she had not.
• Lin Yue suggested staying in Tianhai City, where she expected things to remain safe after Qianqi Weiming died, and Chen Xi considered the many unanswered questions about her crossing over.
• Lin Yue revealed that her new Hourglass ability let her choose a rough time range for Regression and argued they should stay in one place for ten days so Chen Xi would not disappear again.
• When Chen Xi asked what would happen if she insisted on leaving, Lin Yue spread her shadows across the living room and said Chen Xi would have to kill her first.

Chen Xi reunited with Lin Yue and Zhu Li at a coffee shop, revealed her new ability, Indulgence, and promised to live with them. After discussing their plans to deal with Wu Xin, Qianqi Weiming, and the Mist Man, Chen Xi spotted Gu Yu entering the shop.

• Chen Xi apologized for teasing Lin Yue, then explained that the memories from her dream felt vivid and revealed she had awakened a secret ability.
• Chen Xi, Lin Yue, and Zhu Li reunited at the coffee shop, where Chen Xi explained that the dream scenes were Prophetic Dreams.
• Chen Xi revealed her ability, Indulgence, and Zhu Li thanked her and Lin Yue for what they had done.
• Lin Yue proposed that the three of them live together, and they sealed the promise with a pinky swear.
• Chen Xi and Lin Yue discussed killing Wu Xin, Qianqi Weiming, and the Mist Man before taking everything from the Countermeasure Bureau.
• Chen Xi noticed Gu Yu enter the coffee shop, and Gu Yu stared back in surprise.

Gu Yu joined Chen Xi, Lin Yue, and Zhu Li after recognizing them from her prophetic dream and learning how powerful they were. As the group wandered through the city, Wu Xin approached Gu Yu and asked for directions to Tianhe Road.

• Gu Yu recognized Chen Xi and the others from her dream, then accepted Chen Xi's invitation to sit with them.
• Chen Xi introduced the Dream Exchange Association, and Lin Yue explained that their shared dreams foretold future events and that they planned to reach the Central Fifteen Cities.
• Gu Yu learned that Lin Yue and Chen Xi were Fourth Rank Transcendents and Zhu Li was Second Rank, then begged them for help.
• The group chatted through the morning and wandered around the city together.
• Wu Xin approached Gu Yu and asked how to get to Tianhe Road.

Lin Yue killed Wu Xin and recovered her Legend Husk, which Gu Yu began to wield. Chen Xi planned for the group to leave Tianhai City for Chaoyu City in nine days, and the chapter ended with Lin Yue asking Chen Xi to feed her.

• Lin Yue used her domain to overwhelm Wu Xin's consciousness and kill her, then retrieved the Heartless Marionette Legend Husk.
• Chen Xi and Lin Yue found they could not wield the Husk, while Zhu Li refused to try; Gu Yu sensed a connection to it and began learning to wield it.
• The four shared a meal at a hotpot restaurant, where Zhu Li left to take care of something.
• Chen Xi told Gu Yu to find lodging nearby and said the group would head to Chaoyu City in nine days after handling matters in Tianhai City.
• After Gu Yu left, Lin Yue asked Chen Xi to feed her despite being full.

Chen Xi used a favorability-point scheme to make Lin Yue atone for stabbing her, then took her to attack Evil Flower at the Junlan Hotel. They found the hotel empty, and Lin Yue admitted that the aura from her Tier 4 advancement had probably scared the group away.

• Chen Xi set rules tying physical contact to Lin Yue's favorability and deducted points for Lin Yue's attitude and mistakes.
• Chen Xi made Lin Yue cut and serve watermelon, then suggested they kill the people from Evil Flower.
• Chen Xi flew with Lin Yue to the Junlan Hotel and used her domain to search for Transcendents, but found no one.
• Lin Yue said Evil Flower had likely fled after sensing the aura she released when advancing to Tier 4.

Chen Xi confirmed that Tianhai City had a Fourth Rank Transcendent and learned from Lin Yue about a dangerous Legend at Qianlang Mountain. After teasing Lin Yue over her phone and favorability, Chen Xi suggested they go see a movie.

• Chen Xi told Qiu Ye that Tianhai City had a Fourth Rank Transcendent and that the Evil Flower members had likely withdrawn, and Qiu Ye said she would inform Bureau Chief Li.
• Qiu Ye worried about the increasingly complicated situation and considered taking over a Legend.
• Chen Xi asked Lin Yue about suitable Legends, and Lin Yue told her about one at Qianlang Mountain but said they would wait ten days before going there.
• Chen Xi inspected Lin Yue's phone, saw her messages to Director, and stopped before revealing that she was Director because of a silence restriction.
• Chen Xi promised Lin Yue a hundred favorability points, then invited her to see a movie, and they left the factory together.

Lin Yue stole the Seven Kill Blade and every other Legend Husk from the Countermeasure Bureau for Chen Xi, who began claiming abilities from them. She drew several abilities but not Lamentation, and continued claiming the remaining legends.

• Chen Xi persuaded Lin Yue to steal the Seven Kill Blade from the Countermeasure Bureau’s vault.
• Lin Yue used her shadows to evade security, stole all the Legend Husks, and triggered the alarm as she left.
• Lin Yue dumped the stolen Legend Husks in the alley, and Chen Xi objected that she had only asked for the Seven Kill Blade.
• Chen Xi claimed If You Don't Love Me Go Die and gained Possessiveness, then claimed The Ninth Night of Missing You and gained Echo of Hatred.
• Chen Xi claimed the Seven Kill Blade and gained Heavenly Jealousy, but did not draw Lamentation.
• Chen Xi continued claiming abilities from the remaining legends.

Chen Xi stole the one-use Words Pointing to Truth ability from the Blank Book, but it only revealed that the Third Rank Flame Monarch was at the Black Moon Church in the Black Moon Empire. After eight days of rest, Chen Xi, Lin Yue, and Gu Yu prepared to leave Tianhai City for Qianlang Mountain.

• Chen Xi stole Nutrient, the other shore, and Words Pointing to Truth from the remaining Legend Husks, while rejecting the first two abilities as useless or dangerous.
• Chen Xi used Words Pointing to Truth to ask where the Third Rank Flame Monarch was and learned it was at the Black Moon Church in the Black Moon Empire.
• The Blank Book dissolved after Chen Xi used its one-time ability, leaving her unable to raise the Rain Lord to Fourth Rank soon.
• During eight days of leisure, Gu Yu practiced the Heartless Marionette's abilities, and the Countermeasure Bureau members left Tianhai City.
• Chen Xi said she, Lin Yue, and Gu Yu would leave Tianhai City the next day and head for Qianlang Mountain.

Chen Xi, Lin Yue, and Gu Yu traveled in disguise to Xianghe City, planning to claim a Legend at Qianlang Mountain before attempting to enter the Central Fifteen Cities. After arriving, Chen Xi considered how to strengthen her defenses and exchanged teasing banter with Lin Yue.

• Chen Xi and Lin Yue settled on visiting Qianlang Mountain for a Legend, then trying to slip through Evil Flower's encirclement or flee to Meiyu City.
• The three boarded a flight using Ling Feng's identity as cover and completed the nine-day journey without trouble.
• They arrived at Xianghe City on the evening of October 3 and checked into a hotel for the night.
• Chen Xi saw that her Wish Power Charge had reached 153% and considered seeking a Black Armor Turtle Legend to improve her defenses.
• Lin Yue teased Chen Xi in the bathroom, and Chen Xi flicked her forehead before shutting the door on her.

Chen Xi visited Gu Yu and learned that Gu Yu feared being abandoned because she felt useless to the team. Chen Xi agreed that Gu Yu was weak but said they would take her to Meiyu City, where she would need to rely on herself.

• Chen Xi decided to check on Gu Yu, and Lin Yue followed her upstairs in Shadow Form.
• Chen Xi found Gu Yu practicing her ability among threads scattered throughout her room and helped clean them away.
• Chen Xi asked why Gu Yu had seemed different, and Gu Yu admitted she feared being abandoned because she could only hold the team back.
• Gu Yu remembered how her former companions had turned on her and ordered her to act as a decoy for Evil Flower's pursuers.
• Chen Xi bluntly acknowledged Gu Yu's weakness and said they would take her only as far as Meiyu City, after which Gu Yu would have to rely on herself.
• Gu Yu thanked Chen Xi but still could not bring herself to tell her the whole truth.

Chen Xi and Lin Yue shared a nightmare about a headless shadow, then discovered that Transcendents above First Rank across the Spark Federation had experienced the same phenomenon. The Spark Federation announced an investigation, and the three returned to bed without learning who was behind the attack.

• After leaving Gu Yu, Chen Xi reassured Lin Yue that she would be there for her, and the two returned to their room and fell asleep.
• Chen Xi dreamed that a headless shadow appeared in the room and vanished after she struck it with the Sovereign's Wrath; she woke beside Lin Yue, who had dreamed of the same shadow.
• Chen Xi called Gu Yu, and the three checked the forums and concluded that the Nightmare Phenomenon targeted Transcendents above First Rank.
• Chen Xi exchanged a message with An, while Lin Yue found an announcement saying the Spark Federation was investigating the attacks.
• Chen Xi told Lin Yue to stop browsing the forum, and she and Lin Yue went back to sleep.

Chen Xi and Lin Yue headed to Qianlang Mountain and met Li Muyuan, a Second Rank Transcendent whose concealment abilities had left him weak. After accepting his Evil Pills and agreeing to help him enter, they reached the mountain and Chen Xi walked straight past Zhang Keming’s magic to cut in line.

• Chen Xi and Lin Yue left Gu Yu at the hotel and rode toward Qianlang Mountain.
• Li Muyuan, their taxi driver, revealed himself as a Second Rank Transcendent with powerful concealment and escape abilities.
• Li Muyuan gave Chen Xi and Lin Yue two Evil Pills in exchange for help entering Qianlang Mountain, and Chen Xi added him on the forum.
• The three arrived at Qianlang Mountain, where Li Muyuan recognized Zhang Keming, the Fourth Rank Vice Leader of Evil Flower.
• Chen Xi walked into Zhang Keming’s magic and cut in line.

Chen Xi and Lin Yue entered Qianlang Mountain, received the Mountain God's blessings, and found the Black Armor Turtle. The chapter ended as Chen Xi prepared to tame it.

• Chen Xi confronted Zhang Keming at Qianlang Mountain's entrance, and he let her, Lin Yue, and Li Muyuan pass.
• Chen Xi and Lin Yue reached the Giant Stone Platform, where the Mountain God blessed them before sending them back to the mountain's base.
• Chen Xi and Lin Yue climbed to the mountaintop for another blessing, then returned to the twenty-thousand-meter mark with their magic suppressed.
• Chen Xi and Lin Yue followed the sound of water to a clearing and spotted the Black Armor Turtle resting in a shallow lake.

Chen Xi killed the Black Armor Turtle after it rejected her attempt to form a contract, then completed its mastery ritual by enduring Lin Yue’s attack. She gained the turtle’s abilities and prepared to hunt three more Legends before leaving.

• Chen Xi checked the forum for an alternate way to master a Legend and tried to contact the Black Armor Turtle with her magic power, but it attacked her.
• Chen Xi wounded the turtle with one sword strike and killed it, leaving behind a shell that revealed its mastery requirement.
• Chen Xi asked Lin Yue to hit her with a shadow tentacle and endured the attack to complete the Black Armor Turtle’s mastery ritual.
• Chen Xi swallowed two Evil Pills and gained the Black Armor Turtle’s abilities, including Heavy Armor, Endless Vitality, Black Tortoise, and Mountain Shaker.
• Chen Xi told Lin Yue they were done for the day, then said they would kill three more Legends before leaving.

Chen Xi tested her new Second Position ability and hunted Upper Second Rank Legends to raise the Black Armor Turtle’s Legend Degree. After it reached 100%, its Ascension Ritual required her to endure one hundred Peak First Rank attacks, so she asked Lin Yue to hit her.

• Chen Xi declined to enhance Second Position and chose to save her Wish Power.
• Chen Xi and Lin Yue explored Qianlang Mountain, where Chen Xi decided to keep hunting Legends rather than pursue the suspicious Chosen One.
• Chen Xi used Mountain Shaker to kill an Upper Second Rank Man-eating Flower with a single strike.
• Chen Xi killed two more Upper Second Rank Legends, raising the Black Armor Turtle’s Legend Degree to 100% and unlocking its Ascension Ritual.
• Chen Xi asked Lin Yue to strike her one hundred times with Peak First Rank attacks, and Lin Yue began hitting her back.

Chen Xi tested her newly acquired Black Armor Turtle domain, confirming that it blocked Lin Yue’s powerful attacks. The two searched Qianlang Mountain for an exit, and Chen Xi found the Mountain Cave that would let them leave.

• Chen Xi gained the Black Armor Turtle’s I Am Nothing domain, which made her immune to attacks for up to one minute once per day.
• Chen Xi activated the domain and withstood Lin Yue’s full-strength Myriad Agonies without being moved.
• Lin Yue worried about advancing the Butcher and hoped the Shadow Dweller could reach the Fifth Rank, while Chen Xi warned her that the leap would be difficult.
• Chen Xi and Lin Yue discussed whether to approach Zhang Keming, then agreed they were powerful enough not to need anyone’s help.
• Chen Xi sensed the Mountain Cave and found the point where they could leave Qianlang Mountain.

Chen Xi and Lin Yue returned from Mountain Cave and raced back to their hotel in a shadow sports car. They found Gu Yu playing a game with an unexpected young man in silver-white armor, and Chen Xi asked who he was.

• Chen Xi claimed the Snow Fox and replaced Words Pointing to Truth with Snow Summoning, which she found less useful than Water Control.
• Chen Xi and Lin Yue entered Mountain Cave and emerged near Hemiao Tourist Street, where they recovered from the journey before heading back.
• Lin Yue shaped shadows into a sports car and drove them at supersonic speed through the city, reaching the hotel in under four minutes.
• Chen Xi realized they had forgotten to message Gu Yu, and she and Lin Yue hurried to Gu Yu's room after receiving no reply.
• Chen Xi and Lin Yue found Gu Yu gaming with a young man in silver-white armor, and Chen Xi asked who he was.