Chapter Summaries

Chapter Summary

Key Plot Points and Events

• Aiou assigns Yucali to handle the newly appearing monsters while Zhong Shushu guards the group and watches for additional Malignant Spirits.
• Aiou confronts the Fecal Sea Frenzied Maggots, recognizing that it must be defeated before the group can safely escape through the vortex.
• Using Yucali’s energy, Aiou creates a scorching attack called “Hot Wind.” The heat dries out the fecal sea and destroys the maggots that attack him.
• The Fecal Sea Frenzied Maggots counterattack by forming a massive fecal fist, but Aiou destroys it effortlessly with an energy bullet. Their transformation from liquid to solid makes them weaker.
• Di Shikun insists that the creature is his enemy and demands that Aiou stop interfering, claiming that killing it will make him stronger. Aiou is disgusted but largely ignores him.
• The vortex begins expanding, revealing a gigantic, revolting creature covered in countless eyes.
• With the help of Huang Yu’s cloth doll, Little Scholar, the group identifies it as the Thousand-Eyed Thousand-Hearted Heavenly Demon, one of the three supreme demons of the Heavenly Demon Realm.
• Little Scholar explains that the demon can perceive the inner demons of living beings, use them against its targets, and turn them into puppets.
• The demon’s only known weakness is Buddha, while physical violence cannot harm it and instead strengthens it. The group has no Buddhist cultivator capable of exploiting this weakness.
• Despite Zhong Shushu’s warnings, Aiou flies directly toward the demon to test whether it can affect him.
• As Aiou approaches, he notices spiral patterns and countless faces covering its flesh. A strange fragrance and mist surround him, ending the chapter on an ominous cliffhanger.

Character Developments

• Aiou demonstrates increasing mastery over Yucali’s power and confidently handles the Fecal Sea Frenzied Maggots without direct physical contact.
• His courage and self-assurance become more pronounced; he refuses to be intimidated by the newly revealed demon and acts decisively despite the danger.
• Zhong Shushu shows practical leadership by organizing the defense, but his concern for Aiou reveals how dependent the group has become on Aiou’s strength.
• Huang Yu remains useful as an information gatherer, relying on Little Scholar despite her own fear of the demon.
• Little Scholar, normally sleepy and reluctant, becomes terrified upon seeing the demon but still provides essential information.
• Di Shikun remains reckless and obsessive, prioritizing his personal battle and desire for growth over cooperation.
• Yucali continues supporting Aiou through their mental connection, though even she has no knowledge of the Thousand-Eyed Thousand-Hearted Heavenly Demon.

Significant Themes

• Courage versus recklessness: Aiou’s confidence allows him to confront overwhelming threats, but his refusal to consider possible consequences worries the others.
• The limits of violence: The demon’s ability to absorb violent attacks challenges the group’s usual methods and suggests that strength alone may be useless.
• Hidden inner fears: The Heavenly Demon’s power to exploit inner demons introduces the threat of psychological and spiritual corruption rather than simple physical defeat.
• Dependence and responsibility: The group relies heavily on Aiou, making his potential corruption or defeat especially dangerous.
• Disgust and the grotesque: The Fecal Sea Frenzied Maggots and the eye-covered Heavenly Demon create contrasting forms of horror—one revolting and physical, the other mysterious and psychologically terrifying.

Character Interactions

• Aiou coordinates with Zhong Shushu, asking him to guard the island and report new threats.
• He works alongside Yucali through their shared mental connection, dividing their energy between combat roles.
• Di Shikun confronts Aiou and angrily demands that he leave the Fecal Sea Frenzied Maggots to him.
• Aiou consults Yucali about the unknown demon, but she admits she has never encountered anything like it.
• Huang Yu asks Little Scholar to identify the creature. Though terrified, the doll reveals its name, powers, and weakness.
• Zhong Qing and Zhong Shushu discuss the demon’s threat and realize they lack a Buddhist countermeasure.
• Zhong Shushu attempts to stop Aiou from approaching the demon, but Aiou ignores him, leaving the group anxiously watching as he enters the creature’s mist.

Aiou resisted the Thousand-Eyed Thousand-Hearted Heavenly Demon's mental influence and destroyed it, but its death strengthened the dark floating fragrance and brought a more powerful monster through the vortex. Wuwupa volunteered to fight the enormous black mamba, hoping to harvest its abundant snake blood.

• Aiou broke free of the Thousand-Eyed Thousand-Hearted Heavenly Demon's mental realm and shattered the demon with his full power.
• Aiou explained to Zhong Shushu and the others that the demon could only turn violence into its own power after influencing its target.
• A colossal black mamba emerged from the vortex, and Little Scholar explained that it had grown powerful by consuming magic stones and cultivating for ages.
• After Aiou, Huang Yu, and Zhong Shushu declined to fight, Wuwupa volunteered and flew toward the black mamba on the Miaomiao Flying Broom.
• Wuwupa examined the black mamba and realized its abundant magic power had accumulated in its blood.

Chapter Summary: “Trash King”

Key Plot Points and Events

• The nameless Black Mamba, a gigantic and highly intelligent serpent that despises humans, attacks Wuwupa with venom capable of covering more than half a planet.
• Wuwupa effortlessly evades the serpent’s attacks using Miaomiao Flying Broom, revealing incredible speed and mobility.
• She summons the Netherworld Gate, from which countless skeletons emerge and drag the Black Mamba inside. The serpent is defeated and apparently removed from the battlefield.
• The group realizes that defeating the Black Mamba through the Netherworld Gate does not strengthen the Red Mist, providing a possible way to combat Dark Floating Fragrance.
• The quality of subsequent monsters decreases, allowing Yucali to eliminate them easily, but a new threat appears less than half a day later.
• An invisible Malignant Spirit announces that Evil Spirit Mirror is dead and declares its intention to destroy humanity.
• Aiou uses Yucali’s energy to scatter dust through the area, revealing and immobilizing the invisible creature.
• Little Scholar identifies it as Trash King, a Malignant Spirit composed of garbage that grows stronger by absorbing discarded objects—and potentially other Malignant Spirits.
• Yucali restrains Trash King so completely that it nearly compresses the creature into a tiny ball of garbage.
• The group suspects Trash King may have the ability to absorb Malignant Spirits, which could greatly increase its threat ranking.

Character Developments

• Wuwupa demonstrates overwhelming strength, speed, and confidence. She clarifies that she is a witch, not the God of the Undead, and that the Netherworld Gate is an ability of Miaomiao Flying Broom.
• Miaomiao Flying Broom is revealed to possess abilities far beyond what would normally be expected from a Wonder Spirit, though its true powers remain mysterious.
• Little Book, despite being a Divine Spirit, feels embarrassed after being outperformed by Miaomiao Flying Broom. Wuwupa reassures it that it is simply young and may eventually surpass Miaomiao.
• Aiou proves his usefulness through quick reasoning and his ability to exploit Yucali’s energy to expose invisible enemies.
• Little Scholar’s limitations become clear: it can identify targets only after directly seeing them. It cannot analyze concealed or invisible beings.
• Yucali displays immense control over its own energy, effortlessly restraining Trash King.
• Trash King is established as ambitious and deeply hateful toward humanity. Unlike Evil Spirit Mirror, it does not want to unite Malignant Spirits; it wants to absorb them all and become the strongest.

Significant Themes

• Power and hidden abilities: Wuwupa’s victory reveals that appearances and classifications—witch, Wonder Spirit, or Divine Spirit—do not necessarily reflect true strength.
• Cooperation and complementary talents: The group succeeds by combining Aiou’s perception, Little Scholar’s knowledge, and Yucali’s energy control.
• Humanity’s destructive influence: Trash King is literally formed from human waste, and its strength and hatred increase as it absorbs what humans discard.
• Competing visions of power: Evil Spirit Mirror sought to unite Malignant Spirits and corrupt Wonder Spirits, while Trash King favors absorbing all rivals and ruling through absolute strength.
• The danger of uncertain enemies: Invisible or concealed threats are difficult to identify, emphasizing the importance of information and preparation.

Character Interactions

• Zhong Shushu and Zhong Qing react with shock to Wuwupa’s speed and the power of the Netherworld Gate.
• Aiou questions whether Wuwupa is the God of the Undead and later teases Little Book about being surpassed by Miaomiao Flying Broom.
• Wuwupa defends Little Book and encourages Miaomiao to support her claim that Little Book may eventually become stronger.
• Aiou, Zhong Shushu, Huang Yu, and Little Scholar collaborate to identify and expose Trash King.
• Huang Yu correctly interprets Little Scholar’s inability to see Trash King as evidence that another Malignant Spirit may be present.
• Trash King’s internal thoughts reveal its distrust of humanity and its conflict with Evil Spirit Mirror, explaining why it took the risk of appearing in the area.

Chapter Summary

• Trash King’s desperate struggle: Yucali overwhelms Trash King by compressing its garbage body, leaving it close to death. Trash King transforms repeatedly but cannot find a weakness or resist Yucali’s overwhelming spiritual power.
• Origins of the Malignant Spirits: The chapter reveals that Trash King’s three allies—Hidden, Wind, and Fire Malignant Spirits—were all once ordinary things connected to humanity:
  • Hidden Malignant Spirit was a forgotten bead that became resentful after being ignored.
  • Wind Malignant Spirit was a human breath left behind.
  • Fire Malignant Spirit was a spark abandoned in the wilderness.
    Each darkened into a Malignant Spirit after being neglected and later became part of Trash King’s body while retaining its consciousness and abilities.
• Attempted counterattack: As Trash King’s body begins collapsing, Fire Malignant Spirit ignites it while Wind Malignant Spirit creates hydrogen-filled winds to intensify the flames. The resulting firestorm reveals Trash King’s location, but Yucali remains completely unharmed and continues compressing it into a burning sphere.
• Aiou intervenes: Before Yucali can finish Trash King, Aiou asks to speak with it. Zhong Qing warns him that Malignant Spirits cannot be reformed, citing their father’s death after being deceived by one. Aiou explains that he intends to prevent Trash King from collapsing and possibly use its false hope to defeat it, though he also appears genuinely interested in saving it.
• Aiou’s philosophical argument: Aiou questions Trash King’s hatred of humanity and argues that humanity did not truly “discard” it. In nature, things are constantly released and eventually find their proper place; only humans interpret this process as abandonment. He urges Trash King to reject human hatred and pursue an identity and life of its own.
• Trash King changes its mind: Aiou’s reasoning weakens Trash King’s hatred. It admits that defining itself through human concepts and resentment may have been foolish and agrees to stop being humanity’s enemy. However, it refuses Aiou’s offer of friendship.
• Release: Aiou removes the force restraining Trash King, allowing it to expand again and take the form of a lava-like giant. Whether Trash King has truly abandoned its hatred or is merely deceiving Aiou remains uncertain.

Character Developments and Interactions

• Aiou demonstrates both strategic cunning and sincere compassion. He claims he may be manipulating Trash King, but his words suggest a genuine belief in redemption and in separating beings from the hatred imposed by their origins.
• Trash King shifts from desperate hostility and revenge toward self-reflection, though its refusal to befriend Aiou preserves some emotional distance and suspicion.
• Yucali remains calm and overwhelmingly powerful, easily suppressing Trash King and its combined elemental attack.
• Zhong Qing reacts emotionally and distrustfully because of her father’s death, while Zhong Shushu offers a more measured warning and ultimately supports Aiou’s plan.
• The three Malignant Spirits act as both allies and extensions of Trash King, sharing its fear of death and desire for revenge.

Major Themes

• Abandonment and resentment: The Malignant Spirits become corrupted because they interpret neglect as rejection, reflecting how abandonment can create hatred.
• Nature versus human concepts: Aiou argues that the world does not truly discard anything; objects and forces simply move into new places and forms. “Trash” is a human judgment rather than a universal truth.
• Identity and liberation: Trash King is encouraged to stop defining itself through its human origins and hatred of humanity.
• Redemption versus manipulation: The chapter leaves open whether Aiou is genuinely reforming Trash King or using compassion as a tactical deception.
• Transformation and circulation: Fire, wind, garbage, and discarded objects are presented as parts of a continuous cycle rather than worthless or permanently abandoned things.

Chapter Summary: “Heroic Achievement”

Key Plot Points and Events

• Trash King and the other Malignant Spirits decide to pretend they have abandoned their hatred while secretly continuing to deceive Aiou.
• Aiou tests Trash King by exposing himself without protection and inviting it to kill him. Despite suspecting a trap, Trash King attacks.
• The punch seemingly destroys Aiou, leaving only ashes. Believing they have won, the Malignant Spirits celebrate and prepare to kill everyone on the island.
• When Aiou’s ashes fall onto Trash King, it realizes that its identity as “trash” was part of a natural cycle rather than an injustice caused by its creator. This revelation purifies the other three Malignant Spirits.
• Trash King undergoes a transformation, breaking down and recombining its materials into a vast ringed structure with Aiou’s body at its center. It has become a Wonder Spirit.
• Aiou is revealed to be alive, having been reconstructed by Yucali from his surviving heart. The transformed Trash King—now called Garbage God—thanks Aiou.
• A cosmic entity announces that Aiou has earned a miraculous item, the Evolution Badge, for persuading and sacrificing himself to help a Malignant Spirit attain enlightenment. This accomplishment is recognized across the Myriad Universe as a Heroic Achievement.
• Aiou learns that only three people in history had previously achieved this distinction, making him the fourth.

Character Developments

• Trash King: Moves from hatred and resentment toward self-understanding and acceptance. It recognizes that abandonment was part of the natural cycle of trash and achieves enlightenment, purifying its companions and transforming into Garbage God.
• Aiou: Demonstrates extraordinary courage, insight, and willingness to sacrifice himself. Although confused and embarrassed by the praise he receives, his actions prove that genuine reform of a Malignant Spirit is possible.
• Garbage God: Emerges as a new, grateful being who retains Aiou’s appearance but possesses a distinct body made of varied materials. Its transformation confirms that Aiou’s sacrifice, rather than mere persuasion, was decisive.
• The other Malignant Spirits: Wind, Fire, and Hidden Malignant Spirits remain committed to hatred until Trash King’s enlightenment purifies them.
• Zhong Qing: Her belief that Malignant Spirits are irredeemable is challenged, especially because her father died attempting to reform them.
• Yucali and the island’s observers: Their calmness and reactions help suggest that Aiou has not truly died and reinforce the significance of the transformation.

Significant Themes

• Redemption and transformation: Even a being formed from hatred and resentment can change through self-realization.
• Sacrifice as a catalyst for change: Aiou’s apparent death and the impact of his ashes affect Trash King more deeply than words could.
• Cycles and acceptance: Trash King learns that abandonment and disposal were not necessarily wrongs but part of the natural cycle of its existence.
• Appearance versus identity: Garbage God looks like Aiou but is fundamentally a different being, emphasizing that identity is shaped by consciousness and experience rather than appearance.
• Heroism beyond strength: Aiou’s achievement comes not from defeating an enemy but from accomplishing something thought impossible—reforming a Malignant Spirit.
• Humor amid profound events: The chapter balances cosmic enlightenment and sacrifice with comic misunderstandings, particularly Aiou’s discomfort at Garbage God copying his appearance and the joke about his ashes “moving” Garbage God.

Character Interactions

• Aiou directly challenges Trash King to prove its lack of hatred, forcing it to confront its own hesitation.
• The Malignant Spirits debate whether to attack, with Hidden Spirit recognizing the trap and Wind Spirit urging Trash King to seize the opportunity.
• Trash King’s ashes-triggered revelation changes its relationship to its creator, itself, and the other Malignant Spirits.
• Garbage God embraces and thanks Aiou, while Aiou reacts with annoyance and suspicion over its copied appearance.
• Zhong Qing and the others question whether the transformed being is still a Malignant Spirit, ultimately learning that it has become a Wonder Spirit.
• After the announcement of Aiou’s Heroic Achievement, the group celebrates by embracing and piling onto him. Garbage God explains that Aiou’s ashes, rather than his words alone, were what inspired its transformation, prompting everyone to laugh at Aiou’s embarrassed confusion.

Aiou used the Evolution Badge to evolve a wristwatch into the Time Controller Three-Piece Set and tested its time-manipulating abilities. As he continued exploring the badge, a powerful cyclops attacked the island, and Garbage God blocked its first strike.

• Aiou activated the Evolution Badge and discovered that its evolution force could transform objects as well as living things.
• Aiou evolved a wristwatch into the Time Controller Three-Piece Set, which let him accelerate and reverse time around himself while preserving his own time.
• Yucali explained that the timepieces created layers of time and suggested that each contained a black hole.
• Aiou used the badge to evolve his pants into self-repairing divine-artifact-grade pants and his clothes into shapeshifting garments.
• A giant cyclops emerged from a vortex and attacked the island, but Garbage God blocked its fist with rings above the island.

Chapter Summary: “First Head”

Key Plot Points and Events

• The group encounters the Savage Giant, known as the First Head of the Nine-Head World. Although it has only one head, it possesses the combined strength of all one-headed creatures in its world, granting it immense physical power.
• Little Scholar explains the Nine-Head World’s hierarchy: creatures become stronger according to their number of heads, while the “Heads” are exceptional rulers who embody the power of all creatures at their level.
• The Savage Giant is nearly defeated when the Garbage God’s ring traps its fist and begins pulling it into a vortex. Afraid that losing an arm would cost it its position as First Head, the giant hesitates—allowing Aiou to use the vortex’s force to drag its entire body inside.
• Aiou jokingly describes the act as “delivering” a child and encourages everyone to attack the disoriented giant.
• Zhong Shushu charges recklessly and is swatted away, crashing into the ground. Although badly shaken, he survives.
• Zhong Qing, revealed to be a healer with a powerful combat ability, transforms her clothing into a doctor’s outfit and attacks with a living syringe. The syringe drains the Savage Giant’s blood and energy.
• The giant retaliates by striking its own shoulder, creating a shockwave that buries Zhong Qing in the ground. As it prepares to stomp her, Zhong Shushu intervenes and knocks the giant off balance.
• Enraged and seeking revenge, Zhong Shushu attacks the giant’s head. The Savage Giant’s eye opens with murderous intent, and it catches Zhong Shushu in its hand, setting up a dangerous confrontation.

Character Developments

• Aiou continues to conceal his full abilities while observing the others. He ultimately intervenes decisively, using the Garbage God to capture the Savage Giant.
• Zhong Qing demonstrates that she is far more capable than her healer role suggests. She fights intelligently, avoiding direct clashes and using her syringe’s draining ability effectively.
• Zhong Shushu is shown to be impulsive and overconfident. His reckless first attack nearly gets him killed, but he later redeems himself by rescuing Zhong Qing and confronting the giant again.
• Little Scholar becomes frustrated when the others fail to understand his explanation of the Nine-Head World.
• Wuwupa provides a clearer interpretation of the world’s power system, helping the group understand why the Savage Giant is much stronger than its appearance suggests.
• Zhong Qing and Zhong Shushu maintain their bickering sibling-like dynamic, with Zhong Qing striking him when insulted and Zhong Shushu criticizing her battle role.
• Huang Yu acts as a practical observer, mocking Zhong Shushu’s poor tactics while helping assess the situation.

Significant Themes

• Strength through collective power: The Savage Giant’s abilities come from concentrating the strength of countless one-headed beings into one body, paralleling Aiou’s thoughts about Hawkins and the power of Infinite City’s inhabitants.
• Titles and power are unstable: Being the First Head is not permanent; the Savage Giant must continually maintain its overwhelming strength or risk being replaced by another one-headed creature.
• Adaptability over brute force: The chapter contrasts the giant’s raw strength with the group’s teamwork, strategy, and special abilities.
• Hidden capabilities: Several characters conceal their true powers, creating uncertainty about the rescue team’s actual strength.
• Humor amid danger: Aiou’s “delivery” jokes, Zhong Shushu’s reckless behavior, and the characters’ arguments lighten what is otherwise a deadly battle.

Character Interactions

• Aiou deliberately lets Zhong Qing and Zhong Shushu reveal their abilities while pretending to think.
• Zhong Qing and Zhong Shushu argue over who should fight, exposing their combative but familiar relationship.
• Little Scholar and Wuwupa explain the Savage Giant’s origin and power, while Zhong Shushu repeatedly admits that he does not understand.
• Aiou jokes with Zhong Qing about the syringe’s appearance, while Wuwupa corrects him.
• Zhong Shushu first fails to protect himself, then protects Zhong Qing from the giant’s stomp. The chapter ends with him attacking the giant and being caught, leaving his fate uncertain.

Aiou used his Evolution Badge to turn the Savage Giant into a frail Savage Dwarfkin, then offered to explore Zhong Shushu’s human evolutionary possibilities. Zhong Shushu agreed to evolve for strength, and Aiou began listing options while Zhong Shushu searched for a particularly powerful close-combat form.

• Aiou evolved the Savage Giant into a much smaller, weaker Savage Dwarfkin and tossed it to Wuwupa, who considered eating it.
• Zhong Shushu agreed to undergo evolution after seeing how helpless he had been against the Savage Giant and learning Zhong Qing’s injuries were not serious.
• Aiou described several human evolutionary branches, including the Future Hermaphrodite, Psionic Human, Terrifying Bipedal Ape, Muscle Barbarian, and Nova Human.
• Zhong Shushu asked for a close-combat evolution, and Aiou recommended the Martial Human for its inherited martial arts and exceptional combat talent.
• Zhong Shushu remained unconvinced and asked Aiou whether there were any more powerful evolutionary options.

Chapter Summary: “Everyone Wants to Evolve”

Key Plot Points and Events

• Zhong Shushu asks Aiou to evolve him, prioritizing the power to protect others over becoming a conventional martial artist.
• Aiou explains that humans possess numerous evolutionary branches. After searching, he offers Zhong Shushu the Light-Escape Human evolution.
• Zhong Shushu accepts despite learning that the transformation will alter his body density and appearance. He gains a crystal between his brows, enhanced physical abilities, and the power to travel through light—but shrinks to roughly 1.5 meters tall.
• Zhong Qing mocks his new height, prompting Zhong Shushu to retaliate by using his new light-travel ability to hit her and disappear.
• Zhong Qing, Huang Yu, and Wuwupa all express interest in evolving because the team’s enemies are becoming increasingly dangerous.
• Aiou confirms that his Evolution Badge appears to have no practical usage limit, allowing him to evolve multiple people.
• Wuwupa chooses the Witch-Power Human evolution, a human branch descended from shrine maidens who artificially cultivated powerful witch abilities. Her appearance remains unchanged, but she must absorb energy over time before becoming significantly stronger.
• Zhong Qing requests an evolution stronger than Zhong Shushu’s, ideally one capable of countering him. While Aiou searches, another monster emerges from the vortex.
• Zhong Shushu volunteers to fight the monster to test his new abilities. He uses light as a medium of travel, battling the creature intensely while Yucali watches over him.
• Aiou continues searching for Zhong Qing’s evolutionary path and notes that male and female evolutionary branches differ, as do the branches of humans from different worlds.

Character Developments

• Zhong Shushu demonstrates his commitment to protecting the group by accepting a major physical transformation. Though embarrassed by becoming shorter, he recognizes the enormous increase in his speed, strength, defense, and reflexes. His playful rivalry with Zhong Qing continues.
• Zhong Qing remains competitive and openly affectionate in her antagonism toward her brother. Her desire to evolve is partly motivated by wanting power greater than Zhong Shushu’s, especially something that can counter him.
• Wuwupa takes the first opportunity to evolve and chooses a path connected to witch power. She initially overestimates her immediate strength but learns that her abilities must develop gradually.
• Aiou becomes the group’s evolutionary guide. He is careful to explain the risks and limitations of each choice, though he retains his usual confidence and vanity.
• Huang Yu shows practical concern for survival and confirms that the Evolution Badge’s durability should not decline through ordinary use.
• Yucali takes on a supportive role by monitoring Zhong Shushu during his first real battle after evolving.

Significant Themes

• Evolution as adaptation and survival: The group seeks transformation not for curiosity alone, but because increasingly powerful enemies demand greater abilities.
• Sacrifice and acceptance: Zhong Shushu accepts an unwanted change in height because the gain in power and protective ability matters more.
• The gradual nature of power: Wuwupa’s evolution gives her potential rather than instant strength, emphasizing that development requires time and energy.
• Identity and species: The chapter explores how evolutionary changes can create branches that are technically distinct from ordinary humans while still remaining biologically connected.
• Family rivalry and affection: Zhong Qing and Zhong Shushu’s constant teasing masks genuine concern and familial attachment.
• Power versus appearance: Both Zhong Shushu and Wuwupa retain recognizable identities despite their transformations, suggesting that evolution changes capability more than personality.

Character Interactions

• Zhong Shushu and Zhong Qing argue over his evolution, with Zhong Qing favoring the martial-artist path and later laughing at his reduced height.
• Zhong Shushu retaliates by repeatedly vanishing into light and striking Zhong Qing, turning their sibling rivalry into a demonstration of his new powers.
• Wuwupa teases Aiou after he dismisses her belief that she has instantly become much stronger; Aiou responds with humorous self-confidence.
• Aiou reassures the group that multiple evolutions are possible and organizes their transformations one at a time.
• Zhong Shushu asks to fight the emerging monster, while Aiou entrusts Yucali with ensuring his safety.
• Zhong Qing’s request for a power capable of defeating Zhong Shushu reveals that her competitive attitude is closely tied to her concern for—and attachment to—her brother.

Chapter Summary: “Golden Generation”

Key Plot Points and Events

• Aiou compares Zhong Qing’s and Wuwupa’s genetic potential while searching through possible human evolutionary paths.
• He discovers the Golden Generation, a powerful evolutionary branch whose members possess:
  • Physical abilities far surpassing ordinary humans
  • Golden Eyes capable of perceiving through time
  • Twelve-Dimensional Organs that can interfere with fate and reverse space-time
• The Golden Generation’s major weakness is its extremely low fertility rate. However, Zhong Qing’s naturally fertile physique makes her unusually well suited to this evolution.
• Aiou embarrasses Zhong Qing by explaining that her genes also match the highly fertile Prolific Humans. His teasing provokes Zhong Qing and the other women, who beat him up.
• Zhong Qing evolves into a Golden Generation member and immediately experiences the awakening of her new powers. She struggles to control them, nearly being thrown into the air before Aiou rescues her.
• Huang Yu and several others also choose evolutionary paths. Some become Golden Generation members, while others choose the Light-Escape Human path.
• The newly evolved Golden Generation members behave like “adult babies,” possessing powerful instinctive abilities that they cannot yet control. Their accidents lead to several comedic and embarrassing incidents.
• Meanwhile, the battle against the monsters continues. Zhong Shushu uses his Light-Escape abilities to move at light speed, evade attacks, and restrain large numbers of monsters.
• Molly joins him after also evolving into a Light-Escape Human. Zhong Shushu warns her that attacking at light speed requires careful training because the force of such attacks can injure the user as well as the target.
• The Light-Escape Humans practice coordinated attacks, while the Golden Generation members separately train their abilities.
• Wuwupa warns Aiou that she can rescue only one person if the situation becomes hopeless. Aiou remains confident, believing the True-Self Perfect One will not allow Central Court’s crisis to reach total disaster.

Character Developments

• Zhong Qing: Evolves into the Golden Generation, gaining extraordinary powers but initially lacking control over them. She becomes embarrassed and resentful because of Aiou’s teasing, though she still recognizes and appreciates his help.
• Aiou: Demonstrates his knowledge of evolutionary genetics and guides everyone’s transformations. His playful teasing causes conflict, but he remains dependable and confident about the larger situation.
• Huang Yu: Defends Zhong Qing from Aiou’s jokes, later chooses the Golden Generation herself, and begins learning to control its abilities.
• Zhong Shushu: Becomes increasingly skilled and confident as a Light-Escape Human, using speed and tactical movement rather than brute force.
• Molly: Evolves into a Light-Escape Human and begins training under Zhong Shushu’s guidance.
• Wuwupa: Remains outside the major evolutionary changes but shows concern for Aiou and prepares for the possibility of fleeing with him.

Significant Themes

• The costs of evolution: Extraordinary strength comes with weaknesses, such as infertility or difficulty controlling newly awakened abilities.
• Nature versus cultivation: The chapter contrasts innate genetic potential with abilities developed after birth.
• Power and adaptation: New powers are not immediately useful; mastery requires practice, discipline, and learning from experience.
• Comedic intimacy and embarrassment: Aiou’s teasing about fertility creates humorous tension among the characters, particularly Zhong Qing.
• Hope amid danger: Despite the growing monster threat, the characters continue evolving and training rather than surrendering to fear.
• Dependence and trust: Wuwupa’s willingness to save Aiou and Aiou’s faith in the True-Self Perfect One highlight the relationships and alliances supporting the group.

Character Interactions

• Aiou repeatedly teases Zhong Qing about her fertility, causing her embarrassment and leading the women to physically punish him.
• Huang Yu acts as Zhong Qing’s defender, criticizing Aiou for making inappropriate jokes.
• Aiou advises Zhong Qing after her transformation, explaining that her new abilities must be trained like a newborn learning to use its limbs.
• Zhong Shushu mentors Molly in the dangers and techniques of light-speed combat.
• The newly evolved characters train in groups according to their chosen evolutionary paths.
• Wuwupa and Aiou share a serious conversation about escape, revealing her concern for him and his confidence that outside intervention will prevent catastrophe.

Chapter Summary: “Sword in Chopsticks”

Key Plot Points and Events

• Aiou considers ways to escape the island’s confinement, including evolving the island’s Wonder Spirits into Divine Spirits whose abilities might allow everyone to leave.
• He offers to evolve Wuwupa’s companion, Miaomiao Flying Broom.
• Miaomiao enthusiastically agrees, hoping to surpass Mach Flying Boots, the legendary fastest Divine Spirit.
• Aiou examines several possible evolutionary paths:
  • Ultimate Ruthless Sweeping Machine, granting purification and restoration abilities.
  • Witch’s Adult Item, an unsuitable and comedic option.
  • Blaze-Speed Broom, which gains speed through fire and the rider’s anger.
  • Broom Star, which controls others’ luck.
  • Light-Chasing Broom, capable of traveling with light, opening light passages, and inheriting Miaomiao’s existing abilities.
• Wuwupa and Miaomiao reject the non-speed-focused options. They ultimately choose Divine Spirit Light-Chasing Broom, prioritizing Miaomiao’s existing survival-related abilities as well as speed.
• Miaomiao evolves, becoming golden and gaining the ability to move like light. She and Wuwupa immediately leave to test her speed.
• Aiou concludes that Wonder Spirits can evolve into Divine Spirits and that their evolution paths are not fixed.
• He then turns to Chopstick A Little, whose useless ability and intense competitiveness have made Aiou worry that he might fall to darkness.
• Chopstick A Little eagerly agrees to evolve. His first revealed evolutionary path is the combat-oriented Divine Spirit Sword in Chopsticks, suggesting his strong fighting spirit has shaped his evolution.

Character Developments

• Aiou becomes more systematic and hopeful about escaping the island, using evolution experiments to investigate the nature and possibilities of Divine Spirits.
• Wuwupa demonstrates deep concern for Miaomiao’s happiness and psychological well-being. She carefully avoids choosing an evolution that might cause Miaomiao dissatisfaction or eventual corruption.
• Miaomiao Flying Broom remains ambitious and competitive, especially regarding speed. Though indecisive, she ultimately trusts Wuwupa’s judgment and is delighted with her new form.
• Chopstick A Little is shown to possess a powerful desire to fight and contribute despite having an impractical ability. His eagerness to evolve reveals both his devotion to Aiou and his frustration with his limitations.
• Mach Flying Boots is developed through a humorous backstory: his fall into darkness resulted from resentment over his creator’s smelly feet, illustrating how emotional neglect can corrupt a Wonder Spirit.

Significant Themes

• Emotional care prevents corruption: A Wonder Spirit’s fall to darkness depends not only on how its creator believes it is treated, but on whether the spirit genuinely feels valued and understood.
• Identity and personal wishes: Evolution should reflect the individual spirit’s dreams rather than simply provide the most powerful ability.
• Trust and compromise: Wuwupa and Miaomiao must balance the dream of surpassing Mach Flying Boots with the need to preserve Miaomiao’s essential existing abilities.
• Potential beyond limitations: Even apparently useless or trivial abilities may evolve into something powerful when combined with the spirit’s personality and desires.
• Humor alongside danger: The absurd stories and evolutionary options contrast with serious concerns about survival, emotional instability, and falling into darkness.

Character Interactions

• Aiou collaborates with Wuwupa and Miaomiao, presenting choices while allowing them to decide Miaomiao’s future.
• Wuwupa repeatedly puts Miaomiao’s wishes ahead of her own interest in abilities such as luck control, strengthening their bond.
• Their affectionate exchanges and hugs emphasize their close, almost familial relationship, while Wuwupa secretly signals Aiou to support her efforts.
• Aiou’s conversation with Chopstick A Little is more personal and encouraging, acknowledging his insecurity and giving him hope that he can become useful.

Chapter Summary: Sea-Calming Divine Chopsticks

Key Plot Points and Events

• Aiou examines Chopstick A Little’s possible evolution paths. The first option, Divine Spirit Sword in Chopsticks, would grant supersonic flight and abilities such as piercing, cutting, and unceasing bleeding.
• The second option, Sea-Calming Divine Chopsticks, possesses extraordinary attributes: a weight of 13.5 billion jin, adjustable size, the ability to stabilize the five elements, immunity from karmic burden, and complete indestructibility.
• Aiou worries that Chopstick A Little is choosing evolution only to help him defeat enemies, without understanding its own deeper desires. He warns it that killing may eventually lead to regret.
• Chopstick A Little remains determined, saying it wants to become stronger than Little Book and defeat all of Aiou’s enemies. After considering the available choices, it firmly selects Sea-Calming Divine Chopsticks.
• The evolution transforms it from an ordinary wooden chopstick into a massive-looking golden-and-black metallic divine weapon covered in mysterious patterns.
• Aiou discovers that the evolved chopstick can synchronize its mind with its wielder. Although its immense weight normally makes it impossible to lift, Aiou and the chopstick cooperate perfectly in battle.
• With Yucali providing support, Aiou and Sea-Calming Divine Chopsticks slaughter the monsters in the area. The weapon’s overwhelming weight and hardness allow it to destroy every monster with a single strike.
• The accumulated Dark Floating Fragrance eventually forms a massive Red Mist vortex. A terrifying black-clothed, nonhuman figure emerges, claiming it has been summoned to kill everyone present.
• The figure unleashes Dark Light, producing countless black cutting rays that slice through the space. Most people are killed instantly, while Zhong Shushu and the other Light-Escape Humans escape through light, and Zhong Qing’s group protects themselves with golden shields.
• Aiou attempts to stop the attacker by extending Sea-Calming Divine Chopsticks and smashing its face. Though the blow severely caves in the enemy’s cheek, it has little effect.
• The enemy immediately counters with a single punch, sending Aiou flying through an island and destroying his exceptionally powerful Blood Shield.

Character Developments

• Aiou becomes more thoughtful and protective toward Chopstick A Little. He recognizes that power and evolution may not automatically represent the Wonder Spirit’s true wishes, and he tries to prevent it from making a choice it might later regret.
• Chopstick A Little shows loyalty and a strong desire to support Aiou. Though it initially favors Sword in Chopsticks, it chooses the stronger Sea-Calming Divine Chopsticks after carefully considering its purpose. Its deepest wish is not simply to fight alone, but to battle alongside Aiou.
• Zhong Shushu and Molly demonstrate the physical cost of their recent efforts, becoming exhausted after their activities. Zhong Shushu’s evolution into a Light-Escape Human gives him a crucial survival ability.
• Yucali takes over combat support when others are tired, helping Aiou wield the immensely heavy divine chopstick.
• The black-clothed figure is introduced as a powerful, sadistic nonhuman entity that treats the deaths of the humans as payment and appears to feed on Red Mist.

Significant Themes

• Power versus personal identity: Evolution grants tremendous strength, but Aiou questions whether choosing the most powerful form is truly in Chopstick A Little’s best interest.
• Free will and future regret: Aiou urges Chopstick A Little to consider desires beyond its immediate wish to help him, while Chopstick A Little insists on pursuing the present rather than worrying about the future.
• Partnership and mutual trust: Sea-Calming Divine Chopsticks’ greatest practical strength comes from its synchronization with Aiou. Their effectiveness depends on cooperation rather than power alone.
• The cost of power and survival: The characters’ evolution gives them advantages, but exhaustion, vulnerability, and sudden overwhelming threats remain unavoidable.
• Escalating danger: The slaughter of the monsters intensifies the Dark Floating Fragrance, showing that victory can itself trigger an even more dangerous catastrophe.

Character Interactions

• Aiou repeatedly questions and advises Chopstick A Little, treating it with both affection and parental concern.
• Chopstick A Little calls Aiou “Dad” and openly expresses its desire to protect him, revealing their close emotional bond.
• After evolving, the chopstick communicates directly with Aiou and shares a mind-to-mind connection, allowing their attacks to work as one.
• Aiou praises the weapon’s coordination and understands that it wants to fight beside him rather than act independently.
• The final confrontation sharply contrasts this cooperative bond with the black-clothed enemy’s indiscriminate violence, ending with Aiou badly injured by a single counterattack.

Aiou survived Snocks’s attacks and used the black hole god’s greed to trap it inside his eye. With most of the Central Court’s inhabitants dead and the formation no longer viable, Aiou led the survivors to search for a spatial rift to escape.

• Snocks attacked Aiou twice, but Yucali’s Blood Shield and the Sea-Calming Divine Chopsticks helped him survive.
• Little Scholar revealed that Snocks was a world-devouring black hole from the Jade Universe, far stronger than Yucali.
• Aiou tore out his left eyeball and let Snocks swallow it, then used it to transform Snocks into an eye and seal it within himself.
• Aiou returned to the island and told the survivors that Snocks had become his eye, while refusing to explain his scheme.
• Aiou proposed that the survivors search for a spatial rift and widen it so they could escape the space.

Chapter Summary

Key Plot Points and Events

• Aiou explains that Wuwupa can escape the sealed space, but the Miaomiao Flying Broom can carry only one person. To preserve unity, the rescue team agrees not to rely on her escape.
• Wuwupa asks whether Aiou could defeat another Black Hole God. He admits that another monster sealed inside him would be difficult to suppress, but says his increased strength and cooperation with Yucali might allow him to fight an opponent on Snocks’s level.
• Aiou demonstrates his enhanced power by releasing part of Snocks’s black-hole energy through his left eye. A black beam slices apart the monsters emerging from the vortices and absorbs their remains.
• Wuwupa finally leaves on the Miaomiao Flying Broom to seek reinforcements, despite worrying about Aiou. Aiou reassures her confidently and playfully pinches her cheek before she departs.
• The remaining group divides into pairs to search for a spatial rift. Aiou works alone and continues defending the group from the monsters.
• Snocks repeatedly threatens to break free of Aiou’s Sealing, while Aiou responds dismissively.
• Yucali asks whether Aiou’s Evolution Force could help her evolve. When Snocks attempts to turn her against Aiou, Yucali firmly declares that she willingly stays with him.
• Snocks is ultimately defeated in their ideological argument. Isolated and humiliated, it withdraws into silence in impotent anger.

Character Developments

• Aiou becomes more aware of the limits and dangers of his Monster Shaman abilities. He recognizes that sealing incompatible monsters could overwhelm him, but also gains confidence in controlling Snocks’s power.
• Wuwupa struggles between fleeing for safety and remaining with Aiou. She ultimately accepts that leaving to find reinforcements is the best way to help, revealing her strong concern and affection for him.
• Yucali demonstrates complete trust and emotional loyalty toward Aiou. She rejects the idea that she is his captive or subordinate, insisting that their relationship is equal and voluntary.
• Snocks experiences an unusual psychological defeat. Although still powerful, it is unable to undermine Aiou and Yucali’s bond and becomes frustrated by its isolation and loss of dominance.
• Zhong Qing and the rescue team reaffirm their commitment to unity, refusing to let Wuwupa’s ability to escape create division among them.

Significant Themes

• Unity and sacrifice: The group prioritizes solidarity over individual survival, recognizing that broken trust cannot always be restored.
• Freedom versus companionship: Yucali argues that unlimited freedom can become emptiness, while willingly remaining with Aiou gives her happiness and purpose.
• Power and control: Aiou’s strength depends not only on the monsters he seals but also on his ability to suppress and cooperate with them.
• Emotional bonds as strength: Aiou and Yucali’s mutual loyalty allows them to resist Snocks more effectively than power alone.
• Defeat beyond physical strength: Snocks remains dangerous, but its inability to win the argument or find an ally represents a deeper emotional and ideological defeat.

Character Interactions

• Aiou and Wuwupa share a tender, teasing exchange before her departure, highlighting their growing affection.
• Aiou and Yucali work together as an equal partnership, combining their powers while maintaining mutual trust.
• Snocks attempts to sow distrust by portraying Aiou as Yucali’s captor, but Yucali immediately rejects the accusation.
• Aiou and Yucali then turn Snocks’s isolation against it, mocking its lack of allies and reinforcing the strength of their bond.
• Zhong Qing helps maintain order among the rescue team by emphasizing that everyone must continue working together despite Wuwupa’s special means of escape.

Trapped in the space left by the Evil Spirit Mirror, Aiou and Yucali searched through Yucali’s evolution branches for a way to survive while their companions and outside rescuers pursued their own plans. After narrowing the options to fifteen powerful candidates, Aiou left the final choice to Yucali, who had already decided.

• Zhong Qing and the others returned without finding a way to break the space, and Yucali asked Aiou to help it evolve as their best chance of survival.
• Aiou and Yucali rejected many branches that only strengthened one ability, then shortlisted World Dominator, Wandering Yucali, and Colossal Yucali.
• Zhong Shushu and Molly resumed intercepting monsters, while Zhong Qing and the others devised a container to collect dark floating fragrance and reduce its pull on the creatures.
• Wuwupa joined three rescue teams and a senior Wonder Spirit protection specialist outside, where they planned to locate the trapped space through the number of evil creatures inside it.
• After reading evolution branches through the night, Aiou narrowed the choices to fifteen and left the final decision to Yucali, which had already made up its mind.

Chapter Summary: “Eliminating Hidden Dangers”

Key Plot Points and Events

• Aiou chooses Yucali’s evolution into Lightwheel Dragon Yucali, the strongest of Yucali’s mutant evolutionary paths.
• This form transforms Yucali into a gigantic golden dragon made of energy, with a wheel of light capable of endlessly replenishing its power. Its strength vastly surpasses that of ordinary Yucali and even Black Hole God Snocks.
• Aiou had considered two alternatives:
  • Colossal Yucali, which could eventually become even stronger by devouring worlds, though only over an extremely long period.
  • Void-Return Yucali, which would exist between reality and illusion and possess infinite spiritual power.
• Aiou ultimately respects Yucali’s choice because Yucali wants to remain with him and protect him in the present rather than gamble on uncertain future power or abandon reality entirely.
• The chapter reveals that Yucali’s evolution is tied to ancient history. It is connected to the former Lightwheel Dragon, who once fought the Extreme Dragon Great Path and survived through Heavenly Mandate Daoist’s intervention. Yucali and Aiou were drawn together because their energies share a deep connection.
• Elsewhere, the True-Self Perfect One discusses Aiou and Aiona’s situation with Yellow Emperor, who agrees to cooperate with him after hearing his plan.
• In the collapsing Evil Spirit Mirror, Yucali’s new aura frightens the surrounding monsters into retreat.
• Aiou confronts Snocks, who is terrified of Yucali’s newfound strength. Although Snocks pretends to be defiant, it repeatedly refuses freedom because it expects Aiou and Yucali to kill it.
• Aiou removes Snocks’s old sealing, but Yucali threatens to destroy it if it escapes. Snocks attempts to self-destruct, but Yucali effortlessly suppresses it.
• Rather than kill Snocks, Aiou places it under a far stronger Lightwheel Dragon sealing. Snocks unknowingly loses its final opportunity to escape.
• With this danger contained, Aiou orders Zhong Qing and the others to retreat while Yucali prepares to use its full power to break apart the collapsing space.

Character Developments

• Aiou demonstrates maturity and consideration by allowing Yucali to choose its own evolution, even though he personally preferred other possibilities.
• He balances compassion with practicality: he wants to preserve Snocks as a potential future resource, but is prepared to eliminate or weaponize it if necessary.
• Yucali becomes vastly more powerful and adopts a more authoritative, protective attitude. It prioritizes eliminating threats and views Snocks as an unstable danger.
• Snocks shifts from arrogance to fear and submission after realizing the enormous gap between its strength and Yucali’s. Its cowardice becomes a source of humor, but it also reveals its survival instinct.
• Yellow Emperor is introduced as a powerful figure willing to cooperate with the True-Self Perfect One, suggesting larger plans are developing beyond Aiou’s immediate struggle.
• The chapter also deepens the significance of Aiou and Yucali’s bond by revealing that their connection is rooted in ancient energy and reincarnation rather than coincidence.

Significant Themes

• Respecting another’s choice: Aiou recognizes that what he considers best may not suit Yucali’s desires. True care requires respecting the other person’s decision.
• Present strength versus future potential: The evolutionary choices represent different philosophies—immediate power, long-term growth, or transcendence into illusion.
• Inevitability and destiny: Aiou and Yucali’s meeting is presented as the result of historical and energetic causality rather than random chance.
• Power and control: Yucali’s evolution completely reverses the power dynamic with Snocks, showing how overwhelming strength can determine whether someone lives or dies.
• Practical mercy: Aiou chooses sealing over destruction, preserving a dangerous enemy as a possible future asset while still removing its ability to cause harm.
• Hidden dangers: The chapter emphasizes the importance of eliminating vulnerabilities before attempting a major action, especially since even one second of weakness could be fatal.

Character Interactions

• Aiou and Yucali: Their conversation reflects mutual concern and trust. Aiou respects Yucali’s chosen path, while Yucali evolves partly to protect and remain with Aiou.
• Aiou and Snocks: Their exchange is humorous and antagonistic. Aiou teases Snocks about its cowardice, while Snocks tries to appear fearless but desperately avoids being released.
• Yucali and Snocks: Yucali treats Snocks as a threat to be eliminated, repeatedly asserting complete dominance over it. Snocks’s fear highlights Yucali’s overwhelming superiority.
• Aiou and Zhong Qing’s group: Aiou instructs them to retreat before unleashing Yucali’s full power, showing his awareness of the danger to his allies.
• True-Self Perfect One and Yellow Emperor: Their private discussion establishes a strategic alliance and hints that they are preparing to intervene in the broader conflict surrounding Aiou and Aiona.

Yucali controlled Aiou as he shattered the Central Court’s prison, but the Evil Spirit Mirror and Blood-Tear Sword copied Aiou and created a stronger opponent. After a prolonged battle left the surrounding worlds destroyed, Yucali feared that Copy Aiou would win, and Aiou realized Snocks’s power might decide the outcome.

• Yucali used Aiou’s power to blast open the collapsing space, allowing Zhong Shushu and the others to escape before the Central Court vanished.
• The shattered mirror produced Copy Aiou, who attacked the original and fatally wounded Zhong Shushu when he tried to ambush him.
• Wuwupa stopped Zhong Qing from rushing to Zhong Shushu, while the rescue teams carried him away for treatment.
• Yucali fought Copy Aiou for three hours as their weapons grew stronger and their clashes destroyed the Central Court and surrounding matter.
• Yucali concluded that Copy Aiou had the advantage because his greatsword kept strengthening while Yucali neared the limit of his controllable energy.
• Aiou recognized that Snocks’s power could decide the battle and regretted keeping him around.

Chapter Summary: “Self-Destruction”

Key Plot Points and Events

• Aiou, Yucali, and Snocks remain trapped within the altered Sealing. Their main disadvantage is that Copy Aiou’s power is perfectly unified, while theirs is divided among three unwilling participants.
• Aiou urges Snocks to cooperate, warning that Copy Aiou will kill them all if they continue fighting separately. Snocks reluctantly recognizes the danger but still resists working with Aiou and Yucali.
• Yucali initially uses a shield to block Copy Aiou’s overwhelming sword strikes. Their clashes unleash enough energy to pierce and destroy hundreds of worlds, and the shield gradually deteriorates.
• Copy Aiou’s second major strike shatters the shield and nearly kills Aiou. At the critical moment, the Sea-Calming Divine Chopsticks—called “Chopstick A Little” by Aiou—intervene and block the sword.
• Yucali switches from defense to offense, using the indestructible Chopsticks as a staff. A Blood Shield absorbs Copy Aiou’s counterattack, allowing Yucali to smash Copy Aiou’s face and severely injure him.
• The battle’s hidden weakness is revealed: Copy Aiou possesses three cores corresponding to Aiou, Yucali, and Snocks. Although the core associated with Aiou is destroyed, Copy Aiou will not die until the cores in his left eye and heart are also destroyed.
• Yucali presses the advantage with unpredictable attacks, changing the Chopsticks’ length and thickness. They destroy Copy Aiou’s head, eyes, and legs, forcing him into a defensive retreat.
• Just as Yucali is about to finish him, Copy Aiou recognizes that defeat is imminent and detonates his crimson greatsword, initiating a desperate self-destruction.

Character Developments

• Aiou: Demonstrates leadership by trying to force Snocks into cooperation and remains focused on survival despite his vulnerable body. He also becomes increasingly hopeful once the Chopsticks arrive and Yucali gains the upper hand.
• Yucali: Shows exceptional control and adaptability. They shift from shield-based defense to aggressive staff combat and quickly exploit Copy Aiou’s injuries. However, they realize that their limited experience wielding Lightwheel Dragon Yucali’s power caused them to choose the wrong weapon initially.
• Snocks: Begins the chapter distrustful and unwilling to cooperate, but gradually acknowledges that isolation will lead to death. Their fear of Copy Aiou’s power grows after witnessing the destructive collisions.
• Copy Aiou: Initially dominates through superior unity and raw strength. Once injured, however, he becomes vulnerable and is forced into defense. His final decision to detonate the greatsword shows his refusal to accept defeat and his willingness to destroy everything rather than die passively.
• Sea-Calming Divine Chopsticks: Act as a crucial ally. Their indestructible attribute allows them to survive Copy Aiou’s sword strike and gives Aiou and Yucali the weapon needed to reverse the battle.

Significant Themes

• Unity versus division: The chapter emphasizes that perfectly coordinated power can overwhelm even greater but fragmented strength.
• Cooperation born from necessity: Aiou, Yucali, and Snocks must overcome distrust and incompatible personalities to survive.
• Adaptation and learning: Yucali’s change from shield to staff demonstrates the importance of recognizing and exploiting one’s abilities.
• Power and control: Raw strength is devastating, but mastery and coordination determine how effectively that strength can be used.
• Desperation and self-destruction: Copy Aiou’s final act reflects the destructive consequences of refusing defeat and the danger of overwhelming power without a path to retreat.

Important Character Interactions

• Aiou argues with Snocks spiritually, attempting to convince them that cooperation is the only way to survive.
• Yucali repeatedly protects Aiou with the shield, then works with Aiou and the Chopsticks to attack Copy Aiou.
• Aiou reassures the Chopsticks after they block the sword and instructs them to coordinate with Yucali.
• Yucali and the Chopsticks develop an effective combat rhythm, using changing weapon size and sudden attacks to overwhelm Copy Aiou.
• Copy Aiou’s escalating battle with Yucali shifts from domination to desperation, ending with his explosive countermeasure.

Chapter Summary: “Self-Destruction and Self-Rescue”

Key Plot Points and Events

• Copy Aiou, driven entirely by the wishes of the Evil Spirit Mirror and Blood-Tear Sword, chooses self-destruction once he realizes victory is impossible. His scarlet greatsword detonates, unleashing an enormous wave of destructive energy.
• Yucali protects himself and Aiou by enlarging the Sea-Calming Divine Chopsticks into a massive barrier, leaving them a shrinking crack in which to hide.
• The explosion devastates the surrounding region. The rescue team is destroyed, spaceships and entire worlds are swallowed, and countless civilians die before they can react.
• Wuwupa escapes with Zhong Qing on the Miaomiao Flying Broom, but they witness the destruction of a spaceship and nearby worlds. Zhong Qing breaks down in grief over the scale of the disaster.
• Aiou, Yucali, and the Sea-Calming Divine Chopsticks become trapped within the expanding energy field. Their shelter is gradually consumed, and direct contact with the energy would cause them to absorb it and disintegrate.
• Aiou contacts Snocks and forces him to cooperate by revealing that he and Yucali can resurrect, while Snocks would die permanently. Snocks reluctantly agrees to absorb the surrounding energy, though he continues threatening to kill Aiou.
• Yucali blasts open a temporary passage through the red energy. Aiou, Yucali, and the shrinking chopsticks rush through it while Snocks absorbs the energy around them.
• Yucali repeatedly extends the passage with additional attacks, but the destructive energy closes in from every direction. Snocks discovers that the energy is poisonous and corrosive even inside his black hole, causing his body to slowly disappear.

Character Developments

• Aiou remains ruthless, calculating, and emotionally detached. He immediately seeks a survival strategy and manipulates Snocks with the threat of permanent death, showing his willingness to use any leverage necessary.
• Yucali demonstrates precise judgment and tactical skill. He protects the group, calculates how long their escape route will last, and continuously creates openings through the energy field.
• Snocks is forced into cooperation despite his hatred and defiance. His confidence weakens when he discovers that even his black-hole abilities cannot safely consume the energy.
• Wuwupa shows compassion and emotional vulnerability. Her concern for Aiou and horror at the civilian deaths contrast with the brutality of the disaster.
• Zhong Qing reacts with sorrow to the mass casualties, emphasizing her empathy and awareness of the wider consequences.
• The Sea-Calming Divine Chopsticks acts as both protector and comic relief, clarifying that its ability to restrain the Five Elements cannot stop energy itself and complaining that the destructive force is overheating its body.

Significant Themes

• Self-destruction and sacrifice: Copy Aiou’s final attack reflects his complete lack of humanity and willingness to destroy himself along with his enemy.
• Survival through cooperation: Former enemies must work together, even when mutual trust is absent, because individual strength is insufficient.
• The limits of power: Abilities that normally seem absolute—such as the chopsticks’ elemental control or Snocks’s black-hole devouring—prove ineffective against the explosion’s energy.
• Collateral destruction: The deaths of civilians and entire worlds show how battles between powerful beings endanger uninvolved lives.
• Manipulation and conditional trust: Aiou secures Snocks’s help not through friendship, but through threats and calculated psychological pressure.
• The destructive nature of energy: The chapter ends by revealing that Copy Aiou’s power is not merely overwhelming but poisonous, capable of corroding even Snocks from within.

Character Interactions

• Aiou and Yucali cooperate tactically, with Yucali providing defensive and offensive support while Aiou directs the escape plan.
• Aiou and the Sea-Calming Divine Chopsticks share a father-and-child-like exchange, mixing strategic discussion with humorous misunderstandings about fire, heat, and energy.
• Aiou and Snocks engage in a hostile negotiation. Aiou threatens Snocks with permanent death, while Snocks agrees to help only while repeatedly promising to kill Aiou if given the chance.
• Yucali and Snocks both contribute to pressuring Snocks: Yucali reminds him that he has no friends who could resurrect him, striking at his deepest vulnerability.
• Wuwupa and Zhong Qing flee together, with Wuwupa focused on survival and Aiou while Zhong Qing mourns the innocent victims around them.
  The chapter concludes with the group still trying to escape, while Snocks suffers from the poisonous energy he is absorbing.

Chapter Summary: “Snocks’s Evolution”

Key Plot Points and Events

• Snocks suffers pain while absorbing the destructive energy surrounding Aiou and Yucali. Although its injuries are not life-threatening, it reacts with extreme, continuous cries of agony because it has almost no tolerance for pain.
• Yucali uses the Endless Wheel of Everlasting Life to blast open a path through the surrounding energy. The wheel also blocks the energy behind them, converting it into momentum that helps propel them forward.
• After several blasts, Snocks refuses to continue absorbing energy. This endangers Aiou, as the energy it had already drawn in begins threatening him directly. Faced with the possibility of death, Snocks reluctantly resumes absorbing it.
• Yucali explains that the region resembles a monster’s stomach, filled with energy capable of digesting everything. Frightened, Snocks continues despite its suffering, eventually reaching its limit after traveling tens of thousands of light-years.
• Aiou takes control of Snocks’s power and discovers that the pain, while real, is relatively minor. He questions Snocks’s exaggerated reaction, exposing how poorly it handles hardship.
• Aiou and Yucali criticize Snocks’s mental weakness and its history of destroying worlds and killing living beings without ever understanding the pain it caused.
• Their words, combined with Snocks’s recent experiences, cause a major psychological breakthrough. Snocks admits that its mind is weak and asks Aiou how to become stronger.
• Aiou continues absorbing energy through Snocks’s power, unknowingly damaging Snocks’s black hole core. When he realizes this, he uses the Evolution Force to help it evolve, despite the risk that a stronger Snocks might one day break free and attack him.
• Aiou begins examining Snocks’s possible evolutionary paths, including All-Heavens Star Lord and World Hole, while searching for an option that can immediately save or strengthen Snocks.

Character Developments

• Snocks: Begins as an arrogant but extremely fragile being, unable to endure even moderate pain despite its immense destructive power. Its fear and suffering gradually strip away its pride, forcing it to acknowledge its mental weakness. By asking Aiou for help, it takes its first genuine step toward emotional and psychological growth.
• Aiou: Demonstrates greater pain tolerance, composure, and insight than Snocks. He is blunt and mocking, but also protects Snocks, takes responsibility for its power, and risks strengthening it through the Evolution Force.
• Yucali: Acts as a harsh but rational guide. It explains the danger of their surroundings and emphasizes that strength of character matters as much as physical power. Yucali also reveals a more restrained moral outlook, claiming that killing is not inherently joyful or desirable.

Significant Themes

• Physical strength versus mental strength: Snocks possesses overwhelming power but lacks the emotional resilience to use it effectively. The chapter argues that true strength depends on the mind and heart, not merely destructive ability.
• Pain and empathy: Snocks has killed countless beings without experiencing their suffering. Its own pain forces it to confront, for the first time, what suffering means.
• Growth through hardship: The dangerous journey becomes a test that exposes Snocks’s flaws and creates the possibility of genuine transformation.
• Kindness, trust, and moral choice: Aiou helps Snocks even though it may later become a threat. He believes Snocks’s future actions will reveal whether it is truly malicious or merely immature and weak.
• Identity and evolution: The potential evolutionary branches represent different forms of power, status, and purpose. Aiou must choose an evolution that suits Snocks’s immediate needs rather than simply one that offers greater prestige.

Character Interactions

• Aiou repeatedly comforts and challenges Snocks, shifting from reassurance to criticism when Snocks’s refusal endangers him.
• Yucali sternly warns Snocks that it must endure the pain or be destroyed, while also explaining the moral implications of its past actions.
• Snocks defensively rejects accusations of weakness but gradually falls silent as Aiou and Yucali’s arguments prove accurate.
• After admitting its mental weakness, Snocks becomes more cooperative, allowing Aiou to control its power and eventually accepting his help with evolution.