Recaps

Bai Xuan argued that Aizen’s reaction to Momo Hinamori’s appearance revealed a genuine conflict beneath his plans: her trust may have made him consider remaining the Captain of the 5th Division. Aizen ultimately chose to move forward, and killing Momo Hinamori ended the version of himself that might have turned back.

• Aizen asked Bai Xuan why he thought Aizen’s feelings toward Momo Hinamori went beyond treating her as a tool.
• Bai Xuan pointed to Aizen’s altered gaze and fluctuating Reiatsu when Momo Hinamori appeared in the Memory Copy.
• Bai Xuan suggested that Aizen’s gentle persona might have become a genuine part of him and that he could have longed for a peaceful life with Momo Hinamori.
• Bai Xuan reasoned that Momo Hinamori’s trust may have made Aizen waver between remaining Captain of the 5th Division and pursuing his plan to reach the summit.
• Aizen killed Momo Hinamori without hesitation, ending the part of himself that might have chosen to turn back.

Aizen acknowledged that he had once considered a peaceful life as an ordinary Soul Reaper, prompting the group to reconsider how much his emotions shaped his choices. Ying Zinian proposed that Aizen might have genuinely trusted Gin Ichimaru for a time, leaving the group debating what lay behind Aizen’s decision to reveal how to counter Illusion.

• Aizen confirmed that the possibility of an ordinary life had existed, though he had ultimately rejected it.
• Ying Zinian interpreted Momo Hinamori as representing a peaceful alternative that Aizen had briefly struggled to consider.
• Ying Zinian questioned whether Aizen had revealed Illusion’s weakness to Gin Ichimaru because he once trusted him, rather than merely to make Gin’s attempt to kill him more challenging.
• Su Yunqing cited Aizen’s claim that he had always expected Gin Ichimaru to betray him.
• Ying Zinian acknowledged the contradiction and argued that trust could only be understood through prolonged interaction.

Ying Zinian and Aizen described how the Hogyoku exposed Aizen’s hidden fear and dependence on power, but Su Yunqing rejected the confession as a calculated attempt to deceive the group. The chapter left the truth of Aizen’s inner thoughts uncertain.

• Ying Zinian explained that Aizen might once have felt conflicted and acted on impulse when he told Ichimaru Gin how to break his illusion.
• Aizen said the Hogyoku was poorly suited to him because it reflected true thoughts, while he specialized in concealing his own.
• Aizen described how the Hogyoku revealed his fear of evolution and his reliance on power, with defeat exposing anger and madness beneath his schemes.
• Su Yunqing abruptly asked Aizen to give her the Hogyoku so she could challenge her weakness, and Aizen refused.
• Su Yunqing argued that Aizen’s apparent acknowledgment was likely another scheme to make the group underestimate him and mistake him for a lonely man who depended only on power.

The group discussed whether Aizen’s account of his past loneliness was genuine, then turned to Dongfang Bubai’s suspicion that a Mimic had appeared in her world. She identified an unknown martial artist whose skills pointed to an outsider, but had not confirmed the person’s identity.

• Daigo and Tony Stark reconsidered Aizen’s motives after reading Su Yunqing’s analysis, while Marquis Voban said he would not underestimate Aizen.
• Aizen accepted that Su Yunqing’s theory sounded plausible as a tactic, and Bai Xuan and Ying Zinian noted that Aizen could now recognize his past flaws.
• Dongfang Bubai asked about Linghu Chong, prompting Erina Nakiri and Fubuki to wonder whether he had become a Transmigrator.
• Su Yunqing explained that Mimics could replace people in parallel worlds, change their life paths for rewards, and resurrect in the real world if they died.
• Dongfang Bubai said someone had appeared with the Divine Art of Northern Darkness, Eighteen Dragon Subduing Palms, and Six Meridian Divine Sword, making her suspect a Mimic had come to her world.

Dongfang Bubai reported that a mysterious fighter wielding the Divine Art of Northern Darkness, Eighteen Dragon Subduing Palms, and Six Meridian Divine Sword had killed hundreds of Sun Moon Holy Cult experts. Su Yunqing suspected he was a Mimic and considered who might be able to defeat him, but the chapter left his identity uncertain.

• Su Yunqing wondered whether the fighter descended from Xuzhu, Duan Yu, or Xiao Bang and A'zi, but found that none of those possibilities explained all three Martial Arts.
• Su Yunqing asked whether Dongfang Bubai had captured the fighter, and Dongfang Bubai replied that she had failed.
• Dongfang Bubai revealed that the fighter was powerful enough to kill hundreds of first-rate Sun Moon Holy Cult experts.
• Su Yunqing explained that the Divine Art of Northern Darkness, combined with the Eighteen Dragon Subduing Palms and Six Meridian Divine Sword, made him exceptionally dangerous in a group battle.
• Su Yunqing concluded that Dongfang Bubai or her master Dugu Qiubai might defeat the fighter, unless he had gained extraordinary experience simulating powerful worlds or was his world's Child of Destiny.

The group discussed the Mimic who had tried to kill Dongfang Bubai and why he had underestimated her, especially after she used the Glint-Glint Fruit despite losing her internal energy. They concluded that he posed no threat to Dongfang Bubai and that the Rule-Level Item he sought was beyond their reach.

• Su Yunqing briefly considered whether the Mimic could be a Child of Destiny, then dismissed the idea because another Mimic had already appeared in his world.
• Loki watched Dongfang Bubai's Memory Copy and mocked the Mimic for being weak and careless.
• Su Yunqing explained that the Mimic had planned cautiously, using the righteous sects and poison, but had not known Dongfang Bubai possessed the Glint-Glint Fruit.
• Aizen considered how he might also have been stunned by a power from outside his world's systems.
• Kasumigaoka Utaha pointed out that the Mimic's Rule-Level Item was in another world and that his martial arts manuals were of little use to the group.

Su Yunqing and the Chat Group discussed the Mimic outside Xiangyang, concluding that Dongfang Bubai could defeat him and that Su Yunqing would struggle to identify Mimics in her own world. Meanwhile, Lin Chen searched for Bosi Qu Snakes and wondered why this world’s Dongfang Bubai possessed the Power-Sucking Great Art.

• Kasumigaoka Utaha said Dongfang Bubai’s Glint-Glint Fruit and cultivation made her more than capable of defeating the Mimic alone.
• Su Yunqing and Tony Stark discussed how Memory Copies helped other members identify Mimics, while Su Yunqing’s world had no plot to use as a reference.
• Tony Stark noted that Ying Zinian had historical and fictional Memory Copies, while Bai Xuan could detect disturbances on Earth through his abilities and the Book of Ages.
• Outside Xiangyang, Lin Chen found that the Bosi Qu Snakes he had sought were gone.
• Lin Chen recalled his previous defeat by Dongfang Bubai and wondered why she possessed the Power-Sucking Great Art unlike other versions of her.

Lin Chen rejected the idea that the Simulator had a bug and recalled how it had appeared when the Abyss threatened humanity, giving people the power to resist it. The chapter ended with humanity’s reliance on Blood-Qi Martial Arts in crisis after it stopped holding back the Abyss, leaving Guardians as a crucial part of civilization’s defense.

• Lin Chen ruled out the possibility that Dongfang Bubai had inherited another Mimic’s legacy and concluded he would sooner suspect himself than the Simulator of having a bug.
• Lin Chen recalled how the Abyss had invaded his ordinary technological world, devouring everything in its path while humanity’s weapons failed to affect it.
• The Simulator appeared, gave everyone one chance to alter a person’s or world’s Fate, and granted successful Mimics powers and items to oppose the Abyss.
• Mimics used forces such as Thunder, Golden Crow flames, and other powers beyond ordinary science as energy to halt the Abyss’s expansion.
• Humanity researched Blood-Qi Martial Arts and mass-produced practitioners, but their Qi and Blood eventually ceased to hold back the Abyss.
• Mimics relied on Guardians to protect their territories while they simulated, making ordinary people who cultivated systems such as Blood-Qi Martial Arts vital to civilization.

After Blood-Qi Martial Arts failed and caused widespread deaths, humanity concluded that the Abyss consumed systems once science understood them. A Third-Tier Mimic found a forum account about Song Qingshu wielding power from a Secret Treasure, and the account ended with him defeating a Mimic simulating Zhang Wuji at Bright Summit.

• Blood-Qi Martial Arts failed, killing most of the world's people, and humanity learned that the Abyss targeted systems explained by existing science.
• The narrator searched the Mimic Forum after simulations and eventually found information about a Secret Treasure called Gift of the Unknown.
• A Mimic simulating Zhang Wuji discovered that Song Qingshu had unusual strength and rose to the Peak Realm before turning eighteen.
• The Zhang Wuji Mimic pursued the Nine Yang Divine Skill and Eighteen Dragon Subduing Palms, then fought at Bright Summit against the Six Major Sects.
• Song Qingshu stepped forward to fight the Zhang Wuji Mimic and defeated him despite his martial arts and combat experience.

Song Qingshu revealed that he came from another world before leaving the Wu Dynasty behind and dying, while the Mimic ended its Zhang Wuji simulation. Lin Chen saw the simulation’s S-rank settlement and learned that its reward included the World Secret Treasure called the Bodhi Heart.

• After decades of witnessing Song Qingshu’s rise, the Mimic saw him meet Zhang Sanfeng in Wudang’s rear mountain and confess that he came from another world.
• Song Qingshu gave Zhang Sanfeng a round, crystal-clear bead, left Wudang, and died three days later; rumors said he had been holding painted scrolls.
• The Mimic ended the simulation after concluding that Song Qingshu had lost his will to live following the deaths of Zhao Min, Zhou Zhiruo, Xiao Zhao, and Zhu'er.
• The simulation settlement awarded the Mimic an S-rank evaluation, 300,000 Simulation Points, and the Bodhi Heart, a World Secret Treasure with weak spacetime properties and an ability to enhance comprehension.
• Lin Chen wondered whether changing a dynasty’s fate had earned the S-rank evaluation and considered how highly Zhang Wuji might have ranked if he had led the changes.

After reading another Mimic’s account of a World Secret Treasure, Lin Chen concluded that Dongfang Bubai was an Otherworld soul who likely possessed one too. He prepared to face her again, compensating for the vanished Bosi Qu Snakes with powerful talents and martial arts.

• Lin Chen learned that a Bodhi Heart had enhanced another Mimic’s comprehension and envied the treasure and the Mimic who received it.
• Lin Chen concluded that Dongfang Bubai was possessed by an Otherworld soul and might possess a World Secret Treasure.
• Lin Chen prepared the Divine Art of Northern Darkness to counter Dongfang Bubai’s Power-Sucking Great Art, along with the Eighteen Dragon Subduing Palms and Six Meridian Divine Sword for combat.
• Lin Chen discovered that the Bosi Qu Snakes had disappeared and suspected Dongfang Bubai had taken them.
• Lin Chen used his highest-grade talent selections to obtain Indestructible Diamond Body and Godly Palm Mastery, preparing to withstand more Internal Force and fight Dongfang Bubai’s speed and palm techniques.

Lin Chen prepared to face Dongfang Bubai, believing she might wield Buddha Palm, and left to hunt for more internal energy after discovering the Bosi Qu Snakes were gone. Dongfang Bubai dismissed his growing strength as a future source of power for herself, but said she would find it more interesting if he could defeat her.

• Lin Chen suspected Dongfang Bubai had mastered Buddha Palm and hoped his Godly Palm Mastery talent could counter it.
• Lin Chen left the area where the Bosi Qu Snakes had vanished and headed toward Xiangyang City to hunt for more internal energy.
• Lin Chen accepted that the snakes would not add enough strength to decide his battle and resolved to face either victory or defeat calmly.
• Su Yunqing asked Dongfang Bubai why she was letting Lin Chen roam after he killed hundreds of her first-rate experts.
• Dongfang Bubai said only six corpses showed signs of having their internal energy absorbed and argued that Lin Chen's body limited how much he could accumulate.
• Dongfang Bubai declared that Lin Chen's absorbed internal energy would become her bridal garment, though she would welcome it if he could defeat her.

Tony Stark speculated that the Mimic confronting Dongfang Bubai was the same one who had simulated Linghu Chong before, and that he might have prepared specifically for her. Su Yunqing doubted he could anticipate Dongfang Bubai's rapid growth and envied the powerful enhancements other group members had obtained.

• Dongfang Bubai said the Mimic's revealed abilities gave her no reason to think he could defeat her.
• Tony Stark argued that the Mimic might be the one who had previously simulated Linghu Chong, explaining that he would know Dongfang Bubai was unusually powerful and would approach her cautiously.
• Tony Stark speculated that the Mimic might have prepared the Divine Art of Northern Darkness and other countermeasures against Dongfang Bubai.
• Su Yunqing questioned whether the Mimic could have predicted Dongfang Bubai's growth and noted that her enhanced Power-Sucking Great Art surpassed the version from The World's Number One.
• Su Yunqing admitted she envied the benefits of successful enhancements and had repeatedly failed to enhance any of her own abilities.

Su Yunqing reconsidered the Divine Art of Northern Darkness after comparing it with the Power-Sucking Great Art and recognizing how quickly it assimilated stolen inner energy. She concluded that Xiaoyaozi’s art might be closer to cultivation than she had assumed, leaving the group to consider its formidable qualities.

• Utaha Kasumigaoka called the Divine Art of Northern Darkness and the Power-Sucking Great Art absurd because stolen inner energy could replenish and grow like cultivated energy.
• Ordinary Group Owner explained that drained people lost their inner energy and had to cultivate it again, while noting the Divine Art of Northern Darkness converted absorbed energy quickly.
• Su Yunqing recalled that Duan Yu retained absorbed inner energy after a brief circulation and praised Xiaoyaozi’s genius.
• Richest Man in the Lighthouse asked why the group was discussing the Mimic again, and Utaha Kasumigaoka defended joining the conversation.
• Boil Daigo Into Soup asked whether the group had overlooked anything about the Mimic, but Su Yunqing clarified that she had instead underestimated the Divine Art of Northern Darkness.
• Su Yunqing explained that Xiaoyaozi may have derived a cultivation method from the Divine Book in Everlasting Spring Valley and noted that the Divine Art of Northern Darkness possessed both yin and yang and was compatible with all martial arts.

Su Yunqing and Tony Stark discussed whether the Divine Art of Northern Darkness could let the Mimic challenge Dongfang Bubai, but Dongfang was confident her strength far surpassed ordinary martial arts. She hoped the Mimic would reveal hidden abilities and push himself to his limits.

• Su Yunqing reconsidered the Divine Art of Northern Darkness and wondered whether its powerful yin and yang traits made it stronger than the Power-Sucking Great Art.
• Tony Stark recalled the Divine Book of the Everlasting Spring Valley and said the Mimic was unlikely to defeat Dongfang Bubai with martial arts alone.
• Dongfang Bubai objected to the group doubting her and described how her cultivated abilities and martial arts had made her vastly stronger than her world.
• Su Yunqing admitted she habitually imagined unlikely ways for weaker opponents to turn a fight around.
• Dongfang Bubai said only an unfamiliar power beyond her world could plausibly defeat her, and hoped the Mimic had learned more than the Divine Art of Northern Darkness, the Eighteen Dragon Subduing Palms, and the Six Meridian Divine Sword.

Dongfang Bubai reflected on Mimics’ value and chose to plunder their knowledge without destroying their souls, wary of the dangers their deaths could bring. As her power continued to grow through harvesting cultivation, she recognized that she needed to strengthen her heart to keep her greed from controlling her.

• Dongfang Bubai considered whether the Mimic was the one who had previously simulated Linghu Chong and weighed the risks of killing him against preserving the chance to encounter more Mimics.
• Dongfang Bubai decided to use the Power-Sucking Great Art to take the Mimic’s cultivation methods and power systems while leaving his soul intact, then send him back to his world.
• Dongfang Bubai described how she spread Martial Arts through Sun Moon Holy Cult territory and overseas, collecting cultivation from people who willingly contributed or were periodically harvested.
• Dongfang Bubai acknowledged that her immense strength had come too easily and resolved to cultivate her heart so power and greed would not make her its prisoner.

Zhixin endured the final, painful stage of her Mystic-Side Divine Body advancement, resisting the concepts that threatened to overwrite her identity. Her transformation succeeded, leaving her fused with the Seraphim concept and carrying a portion of Bai Xuan’s divinity.

• Zhixin’s Divine Body conversion entered its final stage as the World Tree infused her with Rules associated with the Sun, divinity, and radiance.
• Zhixin resisted the physical pain and mystical erosion, determined to remain herself rather than become a Seraphim from human fantasy.
• Zhixin’s will grew stronger and purer as she withstood the concepts of justice, truth, radiance, and divinity.
• A vast eye appeared in the Small World, watched Zhixin’s transformation, and then dispersed.
• Bai Xuan’s divinity merged into Zhixin, transforming her soul and completing her Mystic-Side Divine Body advancement.

Zhixin advanced into a Mystic-Side Divine Body and gained a glimpse of the world through God's perspective, though she remained far weaker than Bai Xuan. Meanwhile, the Taotie Civilization launched a brutal invasion of Earth, and Angel Yan showed Leng the Angel and Ge Xiaolun how the war had brought out both heroism and internal violence.

• Zhixin used the World Tree Celestial Body to perceive the world's Rules and successfully advanced into a Mystic-Side Divine Body.
• Zhixin recognized that her new divine concepts derived from Bai Xuan's Nature Authority and that she was still far weaker than him, then told him she had succeeded.
• The Taotie Civilization returned with nearly a hundred warships and attacked Earth in a full-scale war, prompting Earth's hidden Mystic-Side forces to join the defense.
• As the war spread, people died in large numbers, while some survivors turned to suicide, looting, murder, and other violence against their own compatriots.
• Leng the Angel condemned the internal violence, and Ge Xiaolun reacted with clenched fists as Angel Yan asked what they planned to do about the perpetrators.
• Angel Yan explained that she had shown them the chaos because she found it interesting, while noting that joining Queen Keisha's Justice Order could force the Taotie Civilization to retreat.

Angel Yan considered Death Carl’s motives and the possibility of the Ultimate Fear, while Leng the Angel teased her about romance. Ge Xiaolun then said war would wash away the sins of those who had turned their weapons on their own people, though he could only guarantee Huaxia.

• Angel Yan reflected on Death Carl’s actions, his Crest of Knowledge, and the threat the Ultimate Fear might pose.
• Leng the Angel told Ge Xiaolun he was still far from being a qualified Main God, and he asked her to leave him some dignity.
• Angel Yan complained about Leng the Angel and Ge Xiaolun exchanging affectionate glances, and Leng teased her about her feelings for Zhixin.
• Leng the Angel privately considered the possibility of Angel Yan competing with Zhixin for Bai Xuan, then turned her attention back to the main matter.
• Ge Xiaolun said he would protect Huaxia but had neither the ability nor the right to interfere elsewhere, and he declared that war would cleanse those who had turned their weapons on their own people.

Ge Xiaolun considered Earth’s desperate war against the Taotie and recalled Leng’s account of the Angel-demon wars, which had shaped Angel Civilization’s power and the spread of the Justice Order. With Morgana captured and the demons weakened, the Angels appeared to have no remaining enemies in the Known Universe.

• Ge Xiaolun recognized that Earth and Huaxia faced devastating losses because the Super Seminary could not protect every city from the Taotie.
• Ge Xiaolun noted that the Taotie had spread their remaining twenty-three warships across Huaxia, while the Angels could travel between cities and destroy them far more quickly.
• Ge Xiaolun remembered asking Leng how the Angels had become powerful and hearing about their history, the Justice Order, and their wars against the demons.
• Leng recounted that the Angels lost the Second Angel-Demon War but won the Third and Fourth, after the First War had erupted fourteen thousand years earlier.
• Ge Xiaolun reflected that Morgana had been captured and that, with the demons diminished, the Angels seemed to have no enemies left in the Known Universe.

Ge Xiaolun explained why Huaxia refused the Angels’ offer to destroy the Taotie warships, choosing instead to endure the war and build its own strength. As Huaxia resisted and the Taotie advance slowed, the Angels watched humanity reveal both its courage and its cruelty.

• Ge Xiaolun understood Leng the Angel’s disappointment at having no enemies, but recognized that Huaxia needed to face the Taotie threat itself.
• Huaxia refused the Angels’ voluntary help because it wanted to develop the strength to protect itself rather than rely on Angelic power.
• Huaxia’s soldiers and civilians resisted the invasion and supported one another, slowing the Taotie offensive and giving the Super Seminary more time to grow.
• Some humans surrendered, betrayed others, or turned on their own people as fear and despair brought out their worst impulses.
• The Angels watched Huaxia’s war, rescuing people in danger and judging events from the perspective of civilization rather than fixed definitions of Justice and Evil.

Angel Yan explained to Ge Xiaolun how Huaxia and Western Civilization responded differently to the Taotie invasion, then urged him to unify Earth’s civilizational ideology if he hoped to lead it into the future. Ge Xiaolun remained focused on saving lives and winning the war, while Leng the Angel reacted with shock to Angel Yan’s advice.

• An Angel Warrior remarked on the unusual complexity of Earth’s civilizations, and Angel Yan contrasted Huaxia’s collective resistance with Western Civilization’s choice to protect a select few.
• Angel Yan compared Western Civilization’s concealment with how Female Angels had willingly sacrificed themselves to protect their three Kings under the Heavenly Palace Order.
• Angel Yan noted that Earth’s defenders lacked the resources and power to defeat the Taotie easily, while Huaxia’s desperate citizens still resisted rather than give in to despair.
• Angel Yan told Ge Xiaolun to view civilization from a god’s perspective and said Earth needed a unified ideology to become a powerful spacefaring civilization.
• Leng the Angel challenged Angel Yan’s advice, while Ge Xiaolun admitted he did not understand it and only wanted to protect people and win the war.

Angel Yan explained why Ge Xiaolun needed to take responsibility for shaping Earth’s civilization rather than simply defeating the Taotie, and Leng agreed to teach him. Angel Yan then said she had come to Earth mostly because she was bored, while anticipating the Taotie’s possible Void Engine.

• Angel Yan told Leng that Huaxia’s ideology could guide Earth’s Order and that a civilization’s Main God might need to sacrifice outdated beliefs for its future.
• Leng objected that guiding Ge Xiaolun to abandon Western Civilization violated the Justice Order, but Angel Yan said a Main God had to make difficult choices and Ge Xiaolun needed to grow beyond being a warrior.
• Leng agreed to teach Ge Xiaolun, who mistakenly feared she meant more advanced technology lessons.
• Angel Yan told Leng that she had come to Earth on a whim because the Known Universe was quiet and she was bored.
• Angel Yan wondered whether Death Carl had equipped the Taotie with a Void Engine and what frequency it would use.

Angel Yan and Leng discussed why Death Carl remained dangerous despite the Angels’ technological advantage, while acknowledging his exceptional scholarship. Angel Yan then realized Zhixin had successfully advanced her Mystic-Side Divine Body and no longer needed the Travel Talisman.

• Ge Xiaolun asked whether the Angels took Death Carl seriously, and Leng explained that he remained a threat but the Angels already possessed much of his knowledge and technology.
• Angel Yan repeated Hexi and Queen Keisha’s high regard for Death Carl’s intelligence and explained that the Angels’ advantage came from their gains through the Chat Group, not from underestimating him.
• Angel Yan felt her Travel Talisman connection to Zhixin sever and recognized it as a sign that Zhixin had advanced successfully.
• Leng the Angel smiled with relief and happiness at Zhixin’s successful advancement.

Angel Yan left to visit Zhixin after her successful ascension, while Ash announced that he had earned the Boulder Badge and was preparing to win the Indigo Plateau Conference. The group teased him about his future tournament record, and Ash claimed he had already begun studying the opponents despite still needing his eighth Badge.

• Angel Yan left Leng the Angel to see Zhixin, while Ge Xiaolun wondered what the Angels meant by Zhixin’s ascension.
• Ash announced that he had earned the Boulder Badge and vowed to win the Indigo Plateau Conference.
• Hellish Blizzard and Su Yunqing reminded Ash of his Top 16 finish and later tournament results in the Memory Copy.
• Su Yunqing and Tony Stark joked that Ash repeatedly reset his skills and experience whenever he entered a new region.
• Ash insisted he would win every championship and said he had started studying the Indigo Plateau Conference opponents before earning his eighth Badge.
• Su Yunqing asked whether Ash had decided not to attend after studying the opponents, leaving Ash confused.