Chapter Summaries

After losing his throne, Great Emperor Xue Ye plotted to rally commoners against the people from Beyond the Sky and regain power. On the Sky Screen, Stelle confronted Laicus in Stycosia, where he revealed that she would have to awaken Hysilens and open the Genesis Vortex Heart’s cage, then invited her into the warden’s memories.

• Great Emperor Xue Ye’s plan to hand the Heaven Dou throne to Stelle caused court officials to resign and rebels to hunt him down.
• Xue Ye ordered his deathsworn to spread fear of the people from Beyond the Sky and recruit frightened commoners into his faction.
• Qian Renxue resolved to become stronger and seek guidance from someone from Beyond the Sky after the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King was dealt with.
• Stelle arrived in Stycosia and searched for the entrance to the vortex heart guarded by Hysilens.
• Laicus appeared as a projection and told Stelle that she would need to awaken Hysilens and open the Genesis Vortex Heart’s cage to defeat him.
• Laicus offered to take Stelle into Hysilens’s memories so she could witness Amphoreus’s fate and understand his view of Destruction.

Stelle rejected Laicus’s attempt to distort the Chrysos Heirs’ sacrifices and continued across the Rainbow Bridge, where she witnessed the Sirens facing the Black Tide. Cyrene revealed that Phainon, known as Khaslana, had suppressed it, while Phainon hinted that the truth behind his deed was painful and would be revealed later.

• Stelle rebuked Laicus, renewed her resolve on the Rainbow Bridge, and continued toward two figures from her memories.
• Stelle heard two Sirens discuss the Black Tide and their queen’s attempt to quell it at the border.
• Laicus explained that Khaslana had halted the Black Tide’s spread but could not destroy Iron Tomb’s seedbed, leaving the Sirens’ kingdom to face Destruction.
• Cyrene identified Khaslana as Phainon, and the people on Douluo Continent praised him for suppressing the Black Tide.
• Zhu Zhuqing and an elder of the Clear Sky Sect asked Phainon how he had done it, but he said they would learn later and hoped they would not have to know.

Tang San and the people of Douluo Continent learned that Phainon could suppress the Black Tide, while Stelle followed two Sirens along a rainbow bridge and found Hysilens being called Hylactra. The chapter left Stelle puzzled by Hysilens’s name and the pattern of Amphoreus heroes having multiple names.

• Tang San recognized Phainon’s power to suppress the Black Tide and resolved to study the people from Beyond the Sky before acting against them.
• People on Douluo Continent discussed seeking Phainon’s protection, hoping the powerful visitors would keep their world safe.
• Two Sirens heard Hylactra’s song and led Stelle along a rainbow bridge toward the sea.
• The Sirens explained that Hylactra had been born from the queen’s cup and possessed supreme divine power.
• Stelle reached Hysilens, who called for her sisters to help Mother, and realized the Sirens were calling Hysilens Hylactra.

Stelle witnessed the memory of Hysilens and learned how Fagina swallowed the Black Tide to protect the sea, while promising the Sirens a feast. After the Sirens were consumed one by one, Hysilens remained alone, still searching for the Brimming Cup’s fragments and holding on to the promise.

• Laicus revealed that Hysilens had once been named Hylactra as Stelle watched her memories.
• Hysilens and the Sirens answered Fagina’s summons and vowed to help bear the Black Tide’s burden.
• Fagina admitted she could no longer contain the Black Tide and promised the Sirens an endless banquet on land if they withdrew when the spear of Strife descended.
• The palace collapsed, and Laicus recounted how Fagina sank into the abyss and the Sirens pursued Titan fragments until the Black Tide consumed them.
• Hysilens remained alone, laid her sisters to rest, and continued searching the sea for the Brimming Cup’s fragments, believing the promised feast awaited her.

After completing her thousand-year mission, Hysilens found Stycosia dead and desolate, leaving her without purpose until Kerythra promised her a place and a feast in exchange for her loyalty. Hysilens joined Kerythra, and the chapter ends with her finally receiving the banquet she had longed for and finding hope in her king.

• Hysilens reached Stycosia after restoring the holy grail and the Spear of Divine Retribution, but found the land swallowed by death instead of the celebration she had expected.
• As Hysilens wandered in despair, Kerythra appeared and offered her a place at her side if she pledged sincere, unwavering loyalty.
• Hysilens accepted Kerythra as her king and vowed to follow the Law she proclaimed.
• After Hysilens helped Kerythra take the throne, Kerythra offered her a reward, and Hysilens asked again for a feast.
• Kerythra presented Hysilens with a banquet of food and Honey Brew, and Hysilens smiled as she recognized the promise as true.

As Kerythra promised Hysilens a place to belong and a sea of stars to conquer, Stelle witnessed the banquet in Hysilens’s illusion and followed the memories toward its final act. The chapter left Stelle approaching Hysilens in a vast banquet hall.

• People on Douluo Continent realized Hysilens longed for a grand banquet and began planning to win her over when she arrived.
• At the banquet, Kerythra announced that the Golden Blood would conquer the stars and promised Hysilens an ocean world as her domain.
• Kerythra raised a toast to conquering the sea of stars, and her subjects joined in the chant.
• Laicus urged Stelle to witness the final act of the illusion, and Stelle followed a welcoming voice to another banquet.
• Stelle read Hysilens’s thoughts about surrendering to Kerythra’s ambition and walked into a great hall, where Hysilens stood surrounded by the crowd.

Stelle witnessed Hysilens’s idealized fantasy of Kerythra’s reign collapse into the truth of her death. Hysilens revealed that Kerythra had been assassinated by her most loyal sword-banner.

• Hysilens described a joyful fantasy in which Kerythra led the empire to peace, but Stelle rejected it as the wrong ending.
• Hysilens admitted the fantasy was a lie and showed Stelle the ruined banquet hall, where the Tribbies announced that Caesar was dead.
• Stelle witnessed Hysilens’s grief over Kerythra’s death and saw the wounded queen lament the campaign she never completed.
• Hysilens revealed that Kerythra’s killer was her most loyal sword-banner.

The Sky Screen revealed that Hysilens had killed Kerythra, leaving the onlookers shocked and speculating about her hidden reason. Tang San planned to exploit the apparent rift, while Gu Yuena used Di Tian’s public loyalty to make the other soul beasts submit.

• The people watching the Sky Screen reacted with shock to the revelation that Hysilens had killed Kerythra, and many feared Hysilens would punish those who had mocked Kerythra.
• Tang San decided to use Hysilens’s act to divide the Chrysos Heirs when their army reached Douluo Continent.
• Di Tian condemned Hysilens for killing her master, then knelt before Gu Yuena and swore he would never betray her.
• Gu Yuena welcomed Di Tian’s display of loyalty and considered how his devotion could help advance her ambitions.
• The other soul beasts saw Gu Yuena’s gaze and immediately prostrated themselves, pledging their submission.

Stelle witnessed Hysilens’s memories and watched her vanish, convinced that Hysilens had killed Kerythra for a tragic, undisclosed reason rather than out of betrayal. Laicus directed Stelle toward the seabed warden and the truth behind Amphoreus’s salvation, and Stelle opened the sealed passage toward the Genesis Vortex Heart.

• Yu Xiaogang imagined exposing Hysilens as a traitor to Kerythra and earning fame and glory.
• Hysilens told Stelle that she had killed Kerythra, mourned their lost dream, and dissolved into colored lights.
• Stelle grieved Hysilens’s disappearance and believed that an unbearable reason had forced her to kill Kerythra.
• Laicus explained the cave allegory and questioned whether Stelle’s Path and the galaxy’s beliefs were also shadows.
• Laicus sent Stelle to find the warden at the seabed and revealed that Caesar had sacrificed five hundred people to forge a path to godhood.
• Stelle used the power of time to open the sealed gate and reveal the passage toward the Genesis Vortex Heart.

Stelle used the Aeon’s power to witness Kerythra sacrifice five hundred Chrysos Heirs as part of her trial to become the god of Law, and saw Hysilens confront her over the betrayal. Laicus ended the historical projection before Stelle could learn Hysilens’s choice, then said he hoped she would witness Kerythra’s later inhuman decision.

• Stelle traced the past and saw five hundred Chrysos Heirs ambushed and killed by Sirens in a trap arranged under Kerythra’s command.
• Hysilens questioned Kerythra about the vanguard’s deaths, and Kerythra revealed that their golden blood fulfilled the trial of Law.
• Hysilens accused Kerythra of betraying the warriors and asked whether her own loyalty had meant anything to her.
• Kerythra offered Hysilens the choice to kill her or continue helping her forge a new Law for Amphoreus, and declared she would sacrifice everything for her ambition.
• Laicus ended the projection before Stelle could see Hysilens’s decision, refused to explain what happened next, and urged her to witness Kerythra’s later choice.

Stelle resisted Laicus’s attempt to weaken her resolve and continued into the deep sea, where she witnessed Hysilens’s painful memories of Kerythra. The memories revealed that Hysilens chose to enter an endless dream to resist Nihility, guard the seal, and guide Stelle to the heart of the world.

• Stelle rejected Laicus’s claim that she and Caesar were no different, and Laicus vanished as she pressed deeper into the sea.
• Stelle found Hysilens and overheard her coldly tell Kerythra that nothing would remain between them after the trial.
• Laicus showed Stelle Hysilens at a gravestone wall, where he recalled her role in weakening his power and killing Kerythra.
• Hysilens remained silent about why she killed Kerythra, but Laicus revealed that she had kept watch over her grave and waited for Stelle’s return.
• Hysilens hypnotized herself into an endless dream, offering Ocean her freedom in exchange for strength to resist Nihility and protect the seal.
• Hysilens left a message for Stelle, saying her song would guide her to the heart of the world and beginning to explain how to wake someone from the Siren’s song.

Stelle watched Hysilens's memory vanish after asking her to honor Amphoreus's dead and find her again, then heard Laicus dismiss their sacrifices as mere shadows. Stelle rejected his contempt and vowed to use the Core Flame to bring dawn to Amphoreus.

• Hysilens asked Stelle to pour Honey Brew over the tombstone and, after mourning, follow the lingering echoes to find her so they could execute the sinner of Erudition.
• Hysilens's memory shattered and disappeared, and Laicus announced that Amphoreus's final curtain was near after millions of cycles and thousands of years.
• People watching the Sky Screen grew furious at Laicus's scorn, while many on Douluo Continent recognized themselves in his description of cave shadows.
• Stelle told Laicus that Amphoreus's people were not shadows and that their actions had broken through the cave to find the Core Flame of Trailblaze.
• Stelle walked to the tombstone and vowed to use the Core Flame to ignite Amphoreus's dawn, earning the approval of Phainon, Cipher, the Chrysos Heirs, and others watching.

Qian Renxue vowed to lead Douluo Continent toward independence, while Stelle and Laicus honored the fallen Chrysos Heirs of Amphoreus with Honey Brew. Their memorial ended with Laicus raising a final toast to his lost Warden.

• Qian Renxue declared that Douluo Continent would grow strong enough to stand on its own, and Tang San privately approved while holding onto his ambition to become an Aeon.
• Laicus questioned Stelle about her answer, then apologized for his careless words and agreed to join her in mourning the fallen heroes.
• Stelle and Laicus poured Honey Brew and recited tributes at the gravestone listing Labienus, Seneca, Virginia, Apollonius, and Kerythra.
• Stelle and Laicus honored the later Chrysos Heirs at a second tombstone, whose inscription left Hylactra's death year blank.
• Laicus concluded the memorial and raised his cup to his lost Warden, the prisoner trapped by loyalty.

Stelle paid tribute to Amphoreus’s fallen heroes before discovering that Hysilens had awakened from her thousand-year illusion. Laicus urged Stelle to destroy the gravestone anchoring the illusion, bringing the final confrontation over Amphoreus’s fate closer.

• The people of Douluo Continent honored Amphoreus’s heroes and were moved by the revelation that their struggle had repeated for more than thirty million cycles.
• The reborn Chrysos Heirs accepted the people’s tributes, while Stelle correctly recited Teacher Xia’s name at the memorial.
• Stelle recognized Hylactra’s name on the gravestone and worried that she might have to fill in its final blank herself.
• Stelle heard Hysilens humming and realized she had awakened from her self-made illusion.
• Laicus explained that the gravestone anchored Hysilens’s illusion and told Stelle to destroy it, then declared that their next meeting would decide Amphoreus’s fate.

Stelle reached Hysilens in the ruined final battlefield, guided by the memories of the fallen Chrysos Heirs and Kerythra. Hysilens swallowed Stelle with a colossal whale and carried her through the deep sea to the Genesis Vortex Heart, where the unlit Core Flame of the Negative World Titan awaited.

• Stelle destroyed Hysilens's tombstone and entered the passage to the final battlefield.
• Stelle saw Hysilens singing on a ruined stage and followed the road paved with Dragon Bone, collecting a book along the way.
• The phantoms of Virginia, Apollonius, Seneca, Labienus, and Kerythra urged Stelle onward, and she reached Hysilens on the stage.
• Hysilens stopped Stelle from touching her, then summoned a colossal whale that swallowed her whole.
• Hysilens held Stelle as they sank through the sea and emerged together in the air above the Genesis Vortex Heart, where the Negative World Titan's Core Flame remained unlit.

Viewers on Douluo Continent argued over whether Hysilens or Stelle was more enviable after Hysilens tenderly embraced Stelle beneath the sea. Bibi Dong misread Firefly’s calm reaction as proof that she lacked devotion, then comforted herself by believing Yu Xiaogang had given her a purer love.

• Douluo Continent viewers admired Hysilens and debated whether they envied her for holding Stelle or envied Stelle for being held.
• Viewers wondered whether Cyrene would feel jealous, but Cyrene watched Stelle and Hysilens with a happy smile.
• Bibi Dong studied Castorice and Firefly, recalling Stelle and Firefly’s bond and believing they were a perfect match.
• Bibi Dong saw Firefly calmly watch Stelle embrace Hysilens and felt disappointed that Firefly showed no jealousy.
• Bibi Dong compared Firefly’s reaction to how she would respond to Yu Xiaogang and Liu Erlong, then reassured herself that Yu Xiaogang had truly loved and cherished her.

Tang San and Yu Xiaogang judged the relationships shown on the Sky Screen while congratulating themselves on their own supposed devotion and romantic success. Cipher learned of their thoughts and grew furious at their hypocrisy and their slander of Aglaea.

• Tang San watched Stelle and Hysilens on the Sky Screen, secretly plotting against Stelle and condemning the relationships of people from Beyond the Sky.
• Tang San praised his devotion to Xiao Wu and considered himself morally superior to his companions and the people on the Sky Screen.
• Yu Xiaogang recalled winning Bibi Dong and Liu Erlong’s affection, then imagined traveling to the Galaxy Beyond the Sky to win powerful women’s support and achieve his ambitions.
• Cipher noticed Tang San’s and Yu Xiaogang’s thoughts, became disgusted by their self-importance, and grew angry that they had criticized Aglaea and her companions.

The mermaid race decided to welcome Hysilens as their kin and protector, hoping to comfort her loneliness and secure their own future. They landed in Vast Sea City, where they invited the continent’s major forces to a grand banquet for her arrival.

• After seeing Hysilens's history on the Sky Screen, the merfolk decided to offer her a home and become her kin.
• Sea Maiden Douluo anticipated that the mermaids could comfort Hysilens by standing in for her lost clanspeople at a welcoming feast.
• The mermaid race gathered tens of thousands of members and traveled in formation to the coast of Vast Sea City, dressed to resemble Hysilens.
• The mermaids landed peacefully, and the humans of Vast Sea City welcomed them and cleared a path.
• The mermaid race sent invitations to the continent’s major forces and announced a grand banquet to welcome Lady Hysilens.

As the continent prepared to welcome Hysilens, Stelle and Hysilens reached the Genesis Vortex Heart and confronted Laicus. Laicus claimed that the heroes’ resistance was futile and taunted them about the missing geniuses.

• The Merfolk summoned the continent’s powers to a banquet for Hysilens, and crowds flocked to Vast Sea City while the city prepared for her arrival.
• Cat Cipher and Aglaea avoided the crowds, while merchants sold out of Beyond the Sky merchandise and fans made Earth Beast gifts for Aglaea.
• The Sky Screen showed Stelle and Hysilens reaching the Genesis Vortex Heart, where Hysilens thanked Stelle for returning after her long wait.
• Stelle praised Hysilens’s singing, and the two resolved to face the end of the world together.
• Hysilens called out Laicus, who appeared and claimed that those inside the play could never defeat the audience.
• Stelle challenged Laicus, but he dismissed her and asked where the two geniuses they trusted had gone.

Laicus revealed that Amphoreus was the first Scepter and part of Nous’s original divine body, and that he had divided his logic core among nine mechanical bodies. He argued that Aeons and their Paths trapped all life beneath fixed limits, and sought to destroy the existing universe so a new one could begin without their rules.

• Laicus disclosed that Amphoreus was the first Scepter and part of Nous’s divine body, giving it the latent power to destroy Nous.
• Laicus revealed that he had split his logic core among nine mechanical bodies, and that the figure facing Stelle and Hysilens was only one of them.
• Laicus claimed that Aeons blocked their Pathstriders from surpassing them by fixing the limits of their power and progress.
• People on Douluo Continent connected Laicus’s argument to Tang San’s hidden weapons, which had broken established rules and threatened even gods.
• Laicus declared that he would destroy the existing world and universe so new life could grow without the Aeons’ restrictions.