Chapter Summaries

Stelle and Cyrene attended Kerythra’s Moth Alliance meeting, where she revealed that she held the Law Core Flame and announced a renewed campaign against Fagina. Kerythra agreed to let the two join her expedition as subjects of Okhema, gave them Moth Badges, and received Stelle’s warning about Laicus.

• Kerythra rejected a proposal to pray to Okhema’s gods, displayed the Law Core Flame, and announced plans to campaign against Fagina.
• After the meeting, Kerythra asked Stelle whether the Aeons existed and questioned how the savior would use power from Beyond the Sky.
• Stelle said they needed the power of Law to protect the Core Flame and free Amphoreus from its destined Destruction.
• Kerythra explained that Fagina had blocked her path to the Genesis Vortex Heart and said they must restart the campaign against the ocean Titan.
• Kerythra gave Stelle and Cyrene Moth Badges and permitted them to accompany her as royal subjects.
• Stelle warned Kerythra about Laicus, and Kerythra accepted the counsel before sending the two to bathe.

After Great Emperor Xue Ye's offer to abdicate shattered the Heaven Dou Imperial Clan's support, he regretted his decision and feared for his life. The Star Luo Emperor rejected the idea of courting Stelle and instead resolved to unify Douluo Continent with an iron-blooded army.

• People mocked Great Emperor Xue Ye for offering the throne to the Trailblazer, and many of the Heaven Dou Imperial Clan's allies abandoned it after his decree.
• Great Emperor Xue Ye despaired over the collapse of his power and blamed the people from Beyond the Sky for disrupting Douluo Continent.
• Great Emperor Xue Ye remembered Cipher stealing the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud and hated her, but feared Aglaea would kill him if she sensed his malice.
• The Star Luo Emperor laughed at Heaven Dou's downfall and briefly considered inviting Stelle and her party to serve him.
• The Star Luo Emperor decided to crush the continent's scattered factions and build an iron-blooded army loyal to Star Luo and Douluo's native land.

Stelle and Cyrene went to Okhema’s bath palace to rest and found Hysilens bathing with blood on her body. After news broke that Ladon’s representative had been assassinated, Hysilens admitted to killing him and explained her reasons, while Cyrene questioned whether Hysilens was truly free.

• Stelle and Cyrene entered Stelle’s former private bath palace and found Hysilens bathing with bloodstains on her body.
• Hysilens teased the two visitors and invited them to wait while she washed away the blood left from feeding.
• A scream outside announced that Ladon’s representative had been assassinated in Okhema.
• Stelle connected the news to Hysilens’s mention of feeding, and Hysilens accepted Stelle’s judgment that she was ruthless.
• Hysilens said she killed the representative because Ladon was secretly supporting border rebels and resisting Flame-Chasing’s new era.
• Cyrene told Hysilens that she could not hear any joy of freedom in her words.

Hysilens explained her belief that freedom required the protection of law, then Aglaea arrived to summon her to Caesar’s banquet. Aglaea revealed her worries about her coming divine authority and her eyes before leaving, while Hysilens urged Stelle and Cyrene to rest for the gathering.

• Hysilens told Cyrene that life needed law to enjoy dignity and said they would see whether Caesar’s law could guide them toward a free sea.
• Aglaea arrived at the Bath Palace, traded teasing complaints with Hysilens, and reminded her to prepare for Caesar’s banquet.
• Hysilens explained that Caesar held gatherings for the Chrysos Heirs before and after battles, while Aglaea voiced doubts about the feast and worry over her clothing work and future eyesight.
• Aglaea told Cyrene she planned to exchange with Romance for eyes that could see clearly, and Cyrene assured her that she would remain the world’s greatest weaver.
• Aglaea left the Bath Palace, and Hysilens told Stelle and Cyrene that she had known Aglaea since childhood before warning them to prepare for the banquet.

People on Douluo Continent praised Kerythra’s ruthless rule after watching her punish opponents, while the Star Luo Emperor resolved to test whether Dai Weisi could become his successor. Dai Weisi agreed to prove himself by killing Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing, but his father remained disappointed in his narrow ambitions.

• People across Douluo Continent celebrated Kerythra for killing Caenis and executing those who defied her orders.
• The Star Luo Emperor took the crowd’s praise of Kerythra as confirmation that ruling with an iron fist could unite Douluo Continent.
• The Star Luo Emperor condemned Dai Weisi as an unworthy heir and gave him three months to prove himself.
• Dai Weisi understood that he had to kill Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing to preserve his claim to the throne, and he accepted the order.
• The Star Luo Emperor felt disappointed that Dai Weisi had chosen the old struggle for power instead of developing broader ambitions for Douluo Continent.

Douluo Continent’s people mourned that they could not preserve the Sky Screen’s scenes, prompting Spirit Hall under Qian Renxue to make Soul Tool and image-recording research a top priority. Meanwhile, Stelle longed to meet wealthy Aglaea, and Tang San secretly hoped the Sky Screen would give him a chance to take revenge on the Stellaron Hunters.

• Douluo Continent’s people lamented their lack of recording technology, and Spirit Hall began investing heavily in research into lost Soul Tool techniques and devices from beyond the sky.
• Stelle complained that Aglaea had not come to find her, while Cyrene tried to cheer her up.
• Firefly offered to hand over Silver Wolf and the other Stellaron Hunters for their bounties to help Stelle get money, and the group treated the idea casually.
• Tang San considered the riches he could gain by capturing the Stellaron Hunters, but recognized that he was far too weak to challenge them.
• Tang San watched the Sky Screen and hoped it would grant him overwhelming power or punish Stelle and her companions so he could get revenge.

Kerythra met with Laicus, who urged her to sacrifice her humanity to Destruction and pursue a path of conquest beyond the stars. She dismissed him and headed toward the Dawn Machine, determined to light the Core Flame of Law and send Amphoreus on its journey across the stars.

• Kerythra summoned Laicus on Dawn Cliff, where he bowed to her and revealed his loyalty to her.
• Laicus asked Kerythra to choose whether the Scales of Law should favor him or the Savior from Beyond the Sky.
• Laicus claimed that following his path would let Amphoreus slay the Creator God, command Iron Tomb, and conquer worlds beyond the sky.
• Kerythra asked what price Laicus demanded, and he proposed sacrificing her fragile, incomplete humanity to Destruction.
• Kerythra ordered Laicus to withdraw and walked toward the Dawn Machine, declaring that she would light the Core Flame of Law and lead Amphoreus across the stars.

Stelle and Cyrene reported their progress to Herta, who warned that Laicus was connected to the Genius Society. The chapter left them on alert as they continued investigating Laicus and his ties to Kerythra.

• People on Douluo Continent worried that Laicus had manipulated Kerythra into challenging the powerful Xianzhou Alliance, then reassured one another that Stelle and Cyrene could guide her.
• Stelle and Cyrene discussed Hysilens’s temporary loan of the Bath Palace and activated the Chronos Anchor to contact their allies.
• Herta told Stelle and Cyrene that Kerythra had rejected their request to take over the Law and that Laicus was difficult to locate because he had a connection to Kerythra.
• Cipher laughed at Herta’s nickname for Kerythra, while Kerythra’s devoted followers angrily condemned Herta’s disrespect.
• Herta explained that Brother Mech’s firewall used an outdated fourteen-line algebraic formula and concluded that Laicus had ties to the Genius Society, warning Stelle and Cyrene to stay alert.

The people of Douluo Continent reacted with awe to the Genius Society, while Qian Renxue and Yu Xiaogang yearned to learn from its members. Bibi Dong remembered why she had come to sea and approached Stelle’s group, hoping Feng Jin could cleanse the Rakshasa God’s influence within her.

• The people of Douluo Continent concluded that the Genius Society’s members must be far beyond even their greatest geniuses and gods.
• Qian Renxue imagined the discoveries the Genius Society could achieve and compared it with the scholars she had gathered on Douluo Continent.
• Yu Xiaogang became excited by the thought of learning from the Genius Society and called out to Stelle to ask questions, but the waves drowned out his voice.
• Bibi Dong realized Feng Jin might be able to purify the Rakshasa God’s divine will and considered asking her for help.
• Bibi Dong supported Yu Xiaogang and approached Stelle and the others on Little Ika.

Yu Xiaogang boasted that his knowledge and accomplishments made him worthy of joining the Genius Society, and promised to make Stelle’s group into Aeons if they recommended him. Stelle revealed her Aeon authority and crushed him with its pressure, while Cyrene kept the Society’s membership conditions secret and Stelle declared she would be Nous’s next choice.

• Yu Xiaogang praised his Ten Core Competencies and claimed he could use the Genius Society’s knowledge to discover how to create an Aeon.
• The people present mocked Yu Xiaogang’s claims, and Tang San privately resented him for seeming to side with Stelle, his father’s killer.
• Yu Xiaogang promised Stelle’s group he would make them Aeons if they recommended him for membership.
• Stelle declared that she was already an Aeon of The Hunt and forced Yu Xiaogang to his knees with her overwhelming pressure.
• Yu Xiaogang begged Stelle’s forgiveness, while Cyrene declined to explain the conditions for joining the Genius Society.
• Stelle announced that she would be the next person Nous chose and said her awakening to the Path of Erudition was only a few major versions away.

Herta suspected Laicus was connected to the Genius Society and told Stelle and Cyrene to investigate him, while the women planned to use Aglaea’s banquet as their next lead. After Stelle failed to reconnect to the Genesis Vortex Heart through the Spirit Water Basin, the Sky Screen announced that two people from Douluo Continent would be chosen to comment on its story for rewards or punishment.

• Herta rejected Stelle’s guess that Laicus was one of Nous’s thinking units and named several possible identities, including the Lord of Silence.
• Herta instructed Stelle to stay in contact and investigate, and Stelle and Cyrene decided to use Aglaea’s banquet to approach Kerythra’s trusted aides.
• Stelle and Cyrene tried to connect to the Genesis Vortex Heart through the Spirit Water Basin, but Stelle’s attempt failed.
• The Sky Screen went dark and announced that it would select two Douluo Continent natives to analyze the story, rewarding accurate explanations and punishing unsatisfactory ones.
• The people of Douluo Continent eagerly anticipated the commentators, hoping they would explain the hidden motives behind Kerythra and Laicus’s conversation.

Yu Xiaogang and Cyrene were chosen to comment on the Sky Screen’s story, while Stelle complained about being passed over. The chapter left Tang San convinced Yu Xiaogang would be outmatched by Cyrene.

• Yu Xiaogang eagerly tried to attract the Sky Screen’s attention so he could comment and win its rewards.
• The Sky Screen selected Yu Xiaogang and Cyrene as its commentators, transporting them into the commentary space.
• Cyrene greeted the audience and introduced herself as someone who knew the story firsthand, while Stelle regretted not being chosen.
• Firefly, Castorice, and Silver Wolf teased Stelle about her ability to explain the story, and Stelle traded playful insults with Silver Wolf.
• People across Douluo Continent mocked Yu Xiaogang and welcomed Cyrene as a trustworthy commentator.
• Tang San dismissed Yu Xiaogang’s chances of competing with Cyrene, whose intelligence and firsthand knowledge he respected.

Stelle and Cyrene approached Kerythra’s banquet, where Labienus demanded they surrender all their belongings, including the Chronos Anchor. As the Sky Screen paused to let the people of Douluo Continent discuss the scene, Yu Xiaogang offered an explanation that failed to convince anyone.

• Stelle and Cyrene arrived at the Grove of Epiphany and headed toward the banquet venue hosted by Kerythra.
• Labienus stopped them at the entrance and required them to hand over every item they carried.
• Cyrene suspected that the guards wanted the Chronos Anchor and suggested handing it over as a shortcut, believing Caesar was already aware of their plans.
• The Sky Screen paused and displayed the confused reactions of the people of Douluo Continent as bullet comments.
• Yu Xiaogang claimed Caesar wanted the Chronos Anchor and that Cyrene handed it over to curry favor, but the audience remained unconvinced.

Cyrene explained why she and Stelle needed Caesar’s trust and the Law Core Flame, then she and Stelle entered the banquet to look for Kerythra. They failed to find Caesar and encountered Aglaea and Tribbie, whose conversation suggested Aglaea was worried about someone.

• Cyrene explained that Caesar’s Law Core Flame controlled the power needed to act within Amphoreus, and said she and Stelle had been honest to earn Caesar’s trust.
• Yu Xiaogang insisted that their actions still amounted to currying favor with Caesar, while Cyrene let his comment pass.
• Stelle and Cyrene handed their belongings to Labienus and entered the banquet after he said Caesar would join them shortly.
• Stelle and Cyrene searched the banquet hall, including beneath stools, but found neither Kerythra nor Caesar.
• Stelle and Cyrene saw Aglaea and Tribbie, who discussed Aglaea’s weariness and whether she was worried about Hysilens or Cipher.

Stelle and Cyrene learned that Aglaea and Tribbie had not seen Caesar, then shared a toast with them and discovered their poor alcohol tolerance. After the Sky Screen showed Aglaea and Tribbie getting drunk, Tang San began plotting to exploit their weakness, while the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and other factions prepared gifts to win Aglaea’s favor.

• Stelle and Cyrene approached Aglaea and Tribbie to ask whether they had seen Caesar, and Aglaea said Caesar kept her whereabouts secret.
• Aglaea and Tribbie invited Stelle and Cyrene to toast the next millennium, then showed signs of drunkenness after drinking sweet fruit brew.
• Dai Mubai mocked Aglaea’s low alcohol tolerance, while Tang San resolved to create an alcohol-based hidden weapon and use Aglaea to control Cipher once he grew stronger.
• Ning Fengzhi ordered a subordinate to prepare sobering herbs as gifts for Aglaea, and factions and ordinary people across the continent sought ways to help or curry favor with her.

Stelle and Cyrene avoided questioning the drunk earls because they knew Kerythra was monitoring the banquet and needed to earn Caesar’s trust. Cyrene explained their caution to the people watching the Sky Screen, while Yu Xiaogang’s advice was ridiculed and Tang San grew more contemptuous of him.

• Cipher saw tipsy Aglaea on the Sky Screen and appeared with two jars of wine, plotting a mischievous prank.
• At the banquet, Stelle and Cyrene made casual conversation with the earls and did not press the drunken Seneca for confidential information about Kerythra.
• Yu Xiaogang criticized Stelle and Cyrene for missing a chance to gather intelligence and claimed he would have questioned the earls himself.
• Cyrene explained that Kerythra monitored Okhema, so probing the earls could expose their suspicions and ruin their effort to gain Caesar’s trust.
• The people watching the Sky Screen mocked Yu Xiaogang, while Tang San blamed him for the mistaken judgment and further lost respect for his teacher.

Hysilens invited Stelle and Cyrene to a quiet spot and served them Fagina’s Divine Blood Nectar, claiming it would prepare them for the ocean’s changing nature. After both drank, Yu Xiaogang warned the Sky Screen audience that the nectar might be poisoned, leaving everyone wondering why Cyrene knowingly drank it.

• Hysilens noticed Stelle and Cyrene were uneasy about Caesar’s absence and invited them to share a private secret.
• Hysilens offered Stelle and Cyrene Divine Blood Nectar and drank first to demonstrate that it was safe.
• Stelle refused on the grounds that minors should not drink, but Hysilens quickly poured the nectar into her mouth.
• Cyrene took the cup and drank the nectar herself, while Hysilens described it as a taste of the ocean’s fickleness.
• Yu Xiaogang warned the audience that Hysilens might have protected herself with an antidote, prompting them to suspect the nectar was poisoned and question why Cyrene drank it.

Cyrene explained why she and Stelle had accepted Hysilens's Honey Dew and revealed that it had awakened them from the banquet's enchantment, allowing them to see Kerythra and Laicus. Hysilens asked them to help uncover the Divine Ritualist's intentions while preserving Kerythra's freedom to choose, then arranged for them to overhear the pair's conversation.

• Yu Xiaogang mocked Cyrene and Stelle for drinking the Honey Dew and claimed they should have tested it first.
• Cyrene reassured the crowd that she and Stelle had eaten and drunk at the banquet already, so accepting Hysilens's wine had helped Caesar trust them.
• Hysilens revealed that her Honey Dew counteracted her song's enchantment, letting Stelle and Cyrene see Kerythra speaking with Laicus.
• Hysilens said she distrusted the Divine Ritualist and hoped the Saviors would spot his dangerous influence and guide Kerythra.
• Cyrene told Hysilens that her companions would share what they knew but would not interfere with Kerythra's final decision.
• Hysilens returned the wineglass to Stelle and instructed her and Cyrene to pretend to remain enchanted while secretly listening to Kerythra and the Divine Ritualist.

The Ice Empress persuaded the Snow Empress to leave the Far North with Xiao Bai and seek Stelle’s group, hoping they could help the soul beasts break free of their limits. In Heaven Dou City, Ning Fengzhi seized on Yu Xiaogang’s insult against Hysilens to build support for the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, ordering a continent-wide hunt for him.

• The Ice Empress urged the Snow Empress to venture into the human world and meet people from Beyond the Sky, and the Snow Empress agreed to go with Xiao Bai.
• The Snow Empress created an enormous ice-sculpted trash can and statues of Stelle and her companions, then ordered the Far North’s soul beasts to worship them.
• The Snow Empress, Ice Empress, and Xiao Bai left the Far North carrying the ice sculpture and hoping Stelle’s group could help them escape their shackles.
• Ning Rongrong condemned Yu Xiaogang for suspecting Hysilens of evil intentions, and Ning Fengzhi grew furious at his remarks.
• Ning Fengzhi ordered the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect to capture Yu Xiaogang alive, offering ten million Gold Soul Coins and a superior Ten Thousand Year Soul Bone as a reward.

Yu Xiaogang’s slander against Hysilens enraged the people of Douluo Continent and damaged the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, while Stelle and Cyrene continued their undercover work at the banquet. The chapter left the banquet guests terrified after Kerythra threatened anyone who mocked her height.

• Yu Yuanzhen and the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan feared the fallout from Yu Xiaogang’s remarks, while forces across the continent turned against the clan.
• People across Douluo Continent condemned Yu Xiaogang for making them doubt Hysilens and began targeting his clan.
• Stelle and Cyrene secretly entered the banquet crowd, and Cyrene stopped Stelle from walking too close to Laicus and Kerythra.
• Stelle spotted the drunken Seneca loudly asking where Caesar was, while Kerythra watched him with a deadly glare.
• Laicus tried to smooth over Seneca’s remarks, but Kerythra declared that anyone who spoke recklessly about her height could be torn to pieces.
• People beneath the Sky Screen panicked and begged Kerythra for mercy over their past jokes about her stature.