Chapter Summaries

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.

Su Yunqing coached Ash Ketchum on how to give a dramatic pre-finals interview that would rally the Kanto region behind him. The group then discussed League of Legends and its popularity, while Su Yunqing wondered whether familiar professional players were still competing.

• Su Yunqing laughed at Ash Ketchum’s decision not to research his opponent and suggested a more impressive line for his finals interview.
• Su Yunqing adapted a famous competition speech for Ash, urging him to declare that restoring the Kanto League’s glory was their duty.
• Tony Stark and Ying Zinian praised the speech, while Ash Ketchum could not argue that he and its original speaker were on different levels.
• Ying Zinian recognized the reference to ShowMaker, and Su Yunqing explained that she had followed League of Legends matches despite barely playing the game.
• Su Yunqing wondered which World Championship was current and whether the players she knew still competed, then said the game had once reached around one hundred million people online at once.

Gabriel said she had lost interest in games with purchasable items after spending Chat Group Points on virtual game items, shocking the other members. Su Yunqing asked whether Utaha Kasumigaoka, Saeko Busujima, and Sherry had joined Loki's Familia, and Utaha explained that the Chat Group had blocked them from accepting Loki's Divine Contract.

• Gabriel said she no longer played her old games because games with items bought for money bored her.
• The Chat Group members reacted with disbelief that Gabriel had spent precious Points on items usable only in games.
• Ai Haibara reasoned that Gabriel enjoyed the urge and reluctance involved in spending on game items, rather than seeking power.
• Su Yunqing asked Utaha Kasumigaoka, Saeko Busujima, and Sherry whether they had become members of Loki's Familia.
• Utaha Kasumigaoka said the Chat Group classified the Divine Contract as mutual harm between members, preventing them from joining Loki's Familia.

Su Yunqing and the group discussed why the Chat Group blocked Kasumigaoka Utaha and Saeko Busujima from joining Loki's Familia, concluding that its ban on members harming one another applied even when both sides consented. Su Yunqing then argued that the Angels' Oath of the Guardian Angel could also count as a harmful commitment, leaving Angel Yan stunned by her interpretation.

• Loki explained that the Chat Group likely judged the unequal relationship between deities and Familia Members, and the contract's effects, as mutual harm.
• Su Yunqing accepted that the Chat Group's rule against members harming one another was absolute, even when both parties agreed.
• Angel Yan said it was a pity that the contract was blocked, and Su Yunqing guessed she wanted to become a Familia Member.
• Su Yunqing connected Angel Yan's comment to the Oath of the Guardian Angel and quoted its vow of lifelong devotion.
• Su Yunqing argued that the oath could become a harmful negative buff if the beloved person changed, and Angel Yan was shocked by her conclusion.

Su Yunqing and the group clarified that the Guardian Angel Oath had no supernatural force and was honored because Angels loved wholeheartedly. Angel Yan then revealed that Zhixin had advanced to Bai Xuan’s Mystic-Side Divine Body and warned the group not to fight her in Bai Xuan’s World.

• Angel Yan reacted with shock when Su Yunqing suggested the Guardian Angel Oath might affect the Chat Group’s judgment of harm between members.
• Ying Zinian explained that the oath was only words in the technological Super God World, unlike Loki’s binding Divine Contract, and that Angels upheld it out of love.
• Su Yunqing realized her earlier assumption was wrong and asked Angel Yan what she had meant by saying “what a pity.”
• Angel Yan revealed that Zhixin had advanced to the Mystic-Side Divine Body Bai Xuan created using his authorities and the World Tree as its vessel.
• Angel Yan warned the group not to fight Zhixin in Bai Xuan’s World, calling her a monster enhanced by concepts.

Angel Yan explained how Zhixin’s Mystic-Side Divine Body let her impose concepts that could overpower even other angels, and warned the group against fighting Mystic-Side Divine Bodies in Bai Xuan’s world. The group discussed why Angel Yan could not obtain the same power, while she and Morgana traded barbs about their reasons for fighting.

• Angel Yan described how Zhixin’s concepts let her become a sun and suppress Angel Yan through the concept of Seraphim.
• Su Yunqing asked whether Angel Yan had fought Zhixin and been beaten, and Angel Yan admitted that the question had struck a sore spot.
• Tony Stark reasoned that Angel Yan could not advance to a Mystic-Side Divine Body because its connection to Bai Xuan would likely violate the Chat Group’s Rules.
• Angel Yan said she had fought Zhixin to help her sister get familiar with her new power, and Su Yunqing and Morgana teased her about it.
• Angel Yan compared Morgana’s long conflict with Angel Civilization to her own fight, prompting Morgana to deny that she had fought to motivate the angels.