Chapter Summaries

Chen Xi and Lin Yue planned to kill Qianqi Weiming aboard the ocean liner without revealing their strength or harming passengers. They struck her with Water Blade and returned to the deck, where a scream broke the quiet after the passengers emerged from the darkness.

• Gu Yu recognized Qianqi Weiming as the High Priest of Evil Flower, and Chen Xi and Lin Yue decided to kill her that night.
• Chen Xi and Lin Yue planned a stealthy attack using Water Blade while Lin Yue disabled the ship’s surveillance and shielded the passengers from their Domains.
• Lin Yue opened her Domain and Chen Xi used Rain Disaster to form a Water Blade, locate Qianqi Weiming, and cut her in half through her Armored Skeleton.
• Chen Xi and Lin Yue dispelled their Domains, and Chen Xi pretended to comfort Lin Yue as the passengers reacted to the sudden darkness.
• A horrified scream rang out across the ship.

After Chen Xi and Lin Yue killed Qianqi Weiming, Shen Ci announced an investigation while passengers feared the ship might turn back. Chen Xi and Lin Yue remained in the buffet restaurant, where they discussed Mist Man’s likely assumptions as security called Transcendent passengers to a meeting.

• A fish-man security guard found the cleaner alive and the black-haired girl’s body severed, then reported the incident to Captain Shen Ci.
• Shen Ci announced an investigation, and passengers crowded into public areas while debating whether the ship should turn back.
• Gu Yu worried that the attack would cause the ship to turn back, but Chen Xi said she could pose as a fourth-tier Legend if needed.
• Lin Yue sensed that Mist Man remained in the restaurant and reasoned that he believed leaving the ship would be dangerous.
• The announcement system summoned all Transcendent passengers of Upper First Rank or higher to the main dining hall to plan their next steps.

Shen Ci and the ship’s crew investigated a murdered Third Rank Transcendent and identified suspicious passengers aboard the ship. Their search was interrupted when Ghost Shadow, a peak Fourth Rank member of the Crow Brigade, appeared in the conference room to eliminate threats to the world.

• Shen Ci ordered the ship’s doctor to remove the deceased woman’s face, but the doctor found no face beneath it.
• Mo Yu and Shen Ci considered whether the victim was Witch Qi Ranran, Lu Zhiwei, or Qianqi Weiming, while a team leader identified Chen Guozhong as a suspicious passenger who had met her.
• Shen Ci ordered the crew to find Chen Guozhong, then dismissed concerns about Chen Xi and his companions after seeing their red flame mark.
• A shadow creature appeared in the conference room and introduced itself as Ghost Shadow, the Crow Brigade’s fifth member, who had come to eliminate threats to the world.

Chen Xi disguised herself as Ghost Shadow to kill Mist Man and announce the Crow Brigade, then discovered the panel had established the organization as a new CG. She made Gu Yu a probationary member as the ship confirmed Mist Man’s death, while Lin Yue watched the Black Sea.

• Ghost Shadow told Shen Ci and Mo Yu that Qianqi Weiming and her accomplice Mist Man had committed the Original Sin of disrupting the world, then killed Mist Man as he fled through the ship.
• Chen Xi revealed to Lin Yue that she had used Shadow Armor and Phantom Shadow’s Myriad Faces to impersonate Ghost Shadow, while Lin Yue explained that her domain had shattered Mist Man’s consciousness.
• Chen Xi received a new CG that established the Crow Brigade, listing Ghost Shadow as its only member.
• Chen Xi explained the panel to Lin Yue and Gu Yu, then appointed Gu Yu a probationary member of the Crow Brigade.
• The ship announced that Mist Man had been eliminated, and Lin Yue gazed at the Black Sea.

After the murder case on the Voyager ended, Chen Xi, Gu Yu, and Lin Yue continued their journey toward the Black Moon Empire aboard the cruise ship. Shen Ci unleashed his ship-speeding ability, and Gu Yu revealed that people in the empire could slowly gain Legend Degree through cultivation.

• Chen Xi reflected on the ten days since Lin Yue had triggered a Mythic-tier CG and realized that only six days remained until the Lamenter's first nightmare.
• The passengers returned inside as Shen Ci expanded his domain, surrounding the Voyager with a whale-shaped spirit and driving it at more than ten times its usual speed.
• Gu Yu told Chen Xi and Lin Yue that she had crossed the sea on a cheap, slow ship, taking six months to reach them.
• Gu Yu explained that Black Moon Empire cultivation could gradually grant Legend Degree, though hunting Legends was much faster.
• The loudspeaker announced that favorable conditions meant the voyage would take about twelve days in total.

Chen Xi, Lin Yue, and Gu Yu discussed the Black Moon Empire’s cultivation method and the Hengsha Federation’s technique for controlling wild Legends while sailing toward the empire. On October 8, they saw the Lamenter blocking part of the moon, and Lin Yue deduced that its ability did not affect her because she was not its target.

• Chen Xi wondered whether each nation had a distinctive power that helped it stand firm, and Gu Yu said the Hengsha Federation had a method for forcibly controlling wild Legends.
• Gu Yu offered to teach Chen Xi the Black Moon Empire’s cultivation method, but Chen Xi refused and Lin Yue declined to commit before seeing the situation there.
• On October 8, Chen Xi, Lin Yue, and Gu Yu waited on the deck for the Lamenter to appear as the ship neared the Black Moon Empire.
• Gu Yu noticed that one side of the moon had gone dark, and Chen Xi recognized the Lamenter blocking nearly half of it.
• Chen Xi warned Gu Yu not to look for long, while Lin Yue calmly watched and concluded that the Lamenter’s ability did not affect her because she was not its target.

As the Voyager liner continued toward Black Moon Port after the Spark Federation’s destruction, Chen Xi planned to fake her and Lin Yue’s deaths and enter the Black Moon Empire under new identities. Just as the ship neared port, the Centipede Octopus appeared and attacked it with towering waves.

• Lin Yue and Chen Xi told Gu Yu that the Lamenter had killed her in the Prophetic Dream, and Gu Yu wondered whether the Black Moon Empire’s Pope could defeat it.
• The passengers aboard the Voyager liner split into factions over whether to continue to the Black Moon Empire or stop after learning the Spark Federation had fallen.
• Chen Xi decided to let Shen Ci lead the Spark remnants and planned to fake her and Lin Yue’s deaths to sneak into the Black Moon Empire.
• The passengers agreed to dock first, and the Voyager liner continued toward Black Moon Port.
• As the ship drew within a few hundred kilometers of port, the Centipede Octopus appeared in the sea and sent towering waves crashing against the liner.

Shen Ci drove off the apparent Centipede Octopus while Chen Xi, Lin Yue, and Gu Yu hid aboard the passenger ship under false identities. After reaching Black Moon Port, they slipped into the Black Moon Empire and discovered it looked far more feudal than expected.

• Shen Ci used Whale Domain to steer the passenger ship into the Centipede Octopus, and Chen Xi made the illusion flee after their staged fight.
• Mo Yu reported that fifteen passengers were missing, and Shen Ci recognized Tang Xi and Tang Yue among them.
• Chen Xi, Lin Yue, and Gu Yu restored their appearances in the cargo hold after confirming their false identities had cleared them of suspicion.
• Chen Xi erased their auras while the Black Moon Port barrier inspected the ship, allowing them to enter the port safely.
• Lin Yue learned that the Spark Federation had been destroyed and that Gu Yu's family was nearly half a federation away from the port.
• Chen Xi, Lin Yue, and Gu Yu left the ship at night and found Black Moon Port filled with snow, stone houses, wool coats, and horse-drawn carriages.

Chen Xi and Lin Yue arrived with Gu Yu in the Black Moon Empire’s medieval eastern region, where Gu Yu explained the empire’s division between a faith-powered east and a technologically advanced west. The chapter ended with Chen Xi catching a spy, a tearful blonde girl hiding under a black cloak.

• Chen Xi, Lin Yue, and Gu Yu reached Mod Town and rented rooms at its tavern, where the locals mistook the newcomers for noble ladies or Divine Envoys.
• Gu Yu explained that the Black Moon Empire had divided into an eastern kingdom that gathered faith and a modern western kingdom that handled international information.
• Gu Yu said the division had been established after an Abyss Legend nearly destroyed the empire, with the east defending against foreign enemies and clearing out legends.
• Chen Xi sensed a spy in Gu Yu’s room and pinned her to the wall with shadowy tentacles.
• Chen Xi pulled down the spy’s hood and revealed a tearful blonde girl.

Chen Xi, Lin Yue, and Gu Yu discovered that the unfamiliar girl they had captured was Cecilia, a poisoned Saintess candidate. After Gu Yu treated her and the group hid her in Chen Xi’s room, Chen Xi asked Gu Yu to explain what she had been keeping secret.

• Chen Xi released the shadow restraints, and the girl explained that she had been hiding out of curiosity; the group could suddenly understand her language.
• Gu Yu recognized the girl as Cecilia and concealed her own identity while asking why Cecilia was far from the Dragonblood Duke Mansion.
• Cecilia vomited black blood and collapsed, so Lin Yue carried her to the bed.
• Gu Yu revealed that she had awakened a healing ability and used starlight to stabilize Cecilia, who remained unconscious.
• Lin Yue suspected Cecilia had been poisoned and might be pursued, so the group hid her in Chen Xi’s room and protected the doors and windows.
• Back in Gu Yu’s room, Chen Xi asked Gu Yu what she wanted to tell them.

Gu Yu hesitated to reveal her secret but accepted Chen Xi’s reassurance, then explained the Black Moon Empire’s candidate Saintesses, language barrier, and territorial hierarchy. She ended by saying the Spark Federation was unusual because ordinary people elsewhere knew about Legends, which often killed them.

• Chen Xi told Gu Yu that she and Lin Yue had already understood her earlier wariness, and Gu Yu thanked Chen Xi through tears.
• Gu Yu revealed that the Black Moon Empire had just over a hundred candidate Saintesses, shocking Chen Xi.
• Gu Yu explained that a barrier created by the Pope helped visitors understand the Empire’s language, and that crossing the border required permission from a ruler of at least ducal rank.
• Gu Yu described North Wind Territory and its rulers, including Duke Red Dragon, the Crimson Earl, and a baron.
• Gu Yu said the Spark Federation was the real oddity because ordinary people in other countries knew about Legends, which often killed them.

Gu Yu explained how the Spark Federation protected ordinary people from conflicts involving Legends, while Lin Yue revealed her unsettling thoughts about dealing with powerful opponents. After Chen Xi sensed three First Ranks downstairs, she and Lin Yue turned invisible and went to investigate, though Chen Xi noted their concealment had flaws.

• Gu Yu explained that the Dragon Girl's barrier-like ability kept Legends separate from ordinary people in the Spark Federation and described the Black Moon Empire's rules against unauthorized domain battles.
• Lin Yue asked about the strength of Adjudicators and implied she might eliminate powerful opponents before they could retaliate, alarming Gu Yu.
• Chen Xi sensed three First Ranks on the tavern's first floor and set out with Lin Yue, who insisted on coming along.
• Chen Xi and Lin Yue bickered over how to hide themselves, then Chen Xi made them both invisible and concealed their magic power.
• Gu Yu confirmed she could neither see nor sense the invisible pair as they left the room and headed downstairs, where Chen Xi warned Lin Yue that their invisibility could still be detected.

Lin Yue posed as a high-ranking Second Rank Transcendent when Jiang Yu and his fellow Everburning Academy students searched the tavern for Cecilia, the Pale Witch. After they left, Lin Yue and Chen Xi realized John’s claim that Cecilia was there had been true, and shadows had invaded his body.

• Jiang Yu questioned Anna about Cecilia and announced the Black Moon Church’s wanted notice to the tavern.
• Chen Xi and Lin Yue decided to wait and approach Cecilia after the academy students left, but John revealed that she was staying there.
• Anna denied John’s claim, and Lin Yue appeared on the stairs, presenting herself as a high-ranking Second Rank Transcendent.
• Lin Yue’s intimidating manner prompted Ears to hurry Jiang Yu and Vera out of the tavern.
• Chen Xi praised Lin Yue’s performance, while Lin Yue warned that the academy might discover her identity and noted that John had told the truth.
• Shadows invaded John’s body in a dim corner.

Lin Yue erased John’s memories while Chen Xi and Lin Yue learned that Anna had brought Cecilia to them, and that the Black Moon Church wanted Cecilia for allegedly slaughtering a village. Chen Xi planned their next steps, but the group still needed Gu Yu’s help to reach her family in Winter Territory; Lin Yue then announced that Cecilia had awakened.

• Lin Yue used Shadow Puppet to erase John’s memories of the past month, and Chen Xi realized Anna had deliberately brought Cecilia to them.
• Gu Yu learned that the Black Moon Church had put Cecilia on its wanted list for slaughtering a village, and insisted Cecilia could not have done it.
• Chen Xi listed their plans to join the Black Moon Church, find the Ten Thousand Year Ice Spring and the Flame Lord, and take part in the God-Chosen Trial.
• Gu Yu said she would need her family’s help to get them into the church and explained that her home was four territories away in Winter Territory.
• Gu Yu told Chen Xi that teleportation arrays crossed territories but required difficult-to-obtain permits.
• Lin Yue announced that Cecilia had awakened.

Cecilia told Chen Xi, Gu Yu, and Lin Yue that Duke Red Dragon had framed her for a village massacre after she refused to sign his Contract, and asked them for help. They gave her no answer that night, while Chen Xi and Lin Yue returned to their room and prepared to sleep.

• Cecilia confirmed that Gu Yu had purged the poison from her body and said Duke Red Dragon had used the Thousand-Face Man to frame her for slaughtering a village.
• Cecilia explained that Duke Red Dragon had pressured five Saintess candidates to sign an unequal mutual-assistance Contract, but she had escaped because of her special ability.
• Cecilia said Duke Red Dragon had sealed off North Wind Territory and marked her so he could track her, then asked Chen Xi, Gu Yu, and Lin Yue to help her.
• Chen Xi, Gu Yu, and Lin Yue gave Cecilia no definite answer, and Gu Yu left the room.
• After returning to their room, Chen Xi used Water Control to bathe Lin Yue, and the two of them lay down together for the night.

Chen Xi questioned Cecilia’s suspicious escape and behavior, but Lin Yue insisted Cecilia had told the truth. Lin Yue then brought Chen Xi into her candy-filled Inner World and offered her a chance to win her over.

• Chen Xi listed reasons she distrusted Cecilia, including her escape from Duke Red Dragon and the suspicious mark.
• Lin Yue said Cecilia had been truthful and explained that her wariness was understandable because she was a wanted Second Rank Transcendent.
• Cecilia secretly listened outside the rented room until Chen Xi and Lin Yue stopped discussing her.
• Lin Yue covered Chen Xi with shadows and transported her from the tavern into her Inner World.
• Chen Xi discovered the candy landscape, and Lin Yue told her to seize the chance to win her over.

Lin Yue turned her mental world into a dating game, and Chen Xi played through its choices while trying to trigger a new CG. After Chen Xi was kicked out, she woke refreshed in the morning, and Lin Yue told her they would leave Mord Town.

• Lin Yue created a dating-game interface in her mental world and explained that she could control everything there.
• Chen Xi chose to provoke Lin Yue, insulted her involuntarily, and suffered a sour-teeth penalty when her affection score dropped to -10.
• Chen Xi noticed that a new CG was generating, and Lin Yue persuaded her to keep playing instead of ending the mental link.
• Chen Xi chose to chat twice, received forehead-flick penalties for her questions, and was kicked out of the game.
• Chen Xi returned to reality with her mental energy restored, and Lin Yue said they would leave Mord Town.

Gu Yu, Lin Yue, and Chen Xi left the tavern with Cecilia and traveled from Mod Town toward the Resting Forest. They met Cecilia at the forest entrance, where she said the woods led to the central city of Grey Rock Fief.

• Chen Xi told Cecilia that she and the others would accompany her, and Gu Yu persuaded Cecilia to help clear an innocent person’s name.
• The women left the tavern separately, then reunited after buying warm clothes and hiring a carriage to the Resting Forest.
• On the way, Chen Xi and Lin Yue discussed traveling together and decided they had time to take things slowly before the God-Chosen Trial.
• The carriage driver fled after dropping them at the forest entrance, and Gu Yu suspected the woods had been attacked by a Legend.
• Cecilia greeted the group beneath the trees and said they would reach Grey Rock Fief’s central city by passing through the forest.

Lin Yue reassured Cecilia that the group would help her and led them through the Resting Forest by Shadow Carriage. A black lightning attack destroyed the carriage, leaving Chen Xi and Lin Yue unconscious as Todds trapped Cecilia and Gu Yu in his domain.

• Chen Xi questioned Cecilia's silence, but Lin Yue smoothed things over and led the group into the Resting Forest.
• Cecilia confessed to Lin Yue that she had originally wanted to use them and urged them to leave her behind, but Lin Yue and Gu Yu promised to help her.
• After walking through the forest for half a day, Lin Yue created a Shadow Carriage, and the group traveled deeper into the woods.
• As Gu Yu asked Cecilia about Duke Red Dragon, black lightning struck and destroyed the carriage, knocking Chen Xi and Lin Yue unconscious.
• Todds appeared and expanded his Night-Severing Gap domain, trapping Cecilia and Gu Yu in a cage of black lightning.

Gu Yu and Chen Xi watched as Todds fought Cecilia, while Lin Yue revealed that neither fighter was a villain. As the Thunder Leopard closed in on the wounded Cecilia, Chen Xi rushed to intervene, and a flock of crows cried out across the forest.

• Gu Yu recalled that Todds was Duke Red Dragon's compassionate but ruthless third-in-command, then agreed to confront him after Lin Yue promised to protect her.
• Todds struck Gu Yu unconscious, and Cecilia carried her away before invoking her Domain Expansion, End of Life, which transformed the forest into a scarlet world.
• Chen Xi asked Lin Yue which side was good, and Lin Yue said Cecilia was good but Todds was not a bad person either.
• Todds's black lightning suppressed Cecilia's healing as his Thunder Leopard formed overhead and charged at her.
• Lin Yue formed shadow armor over Chen Xi, who used Phantom Shadow to conceal her movements and dashed toward Cecilia.
• As the Thunder Leopard reached Cecilia, the forest filled with the hoarse cries of a flock of crows.