Chapter Summaries

As the fog threatened to spread across the Molian River, Pei Xianjue took command of an expedition to clear the Fog Maze, bringing Huangfu Miaomiao and the Crystal Coffin. The team prepared to depart heavily armed, while Huang Yi stayed behind at the Quarantine Zone.

• Huang Yi urged the Quarantine Zone leaders to prioritize clearing the Fog Maze before its fog and Soul Eaters crossed the Molian River.
• Huang Yi argued that Huangfu Miaomiao should join the mission, but Pei Xianjue decided to lead the team herself and leave Huang Yi to hold the Quarantine Zone.
• Pei Xianjue told Huangfu Miaomiao she would bring her into the Maze, and Miaomiao eagerly anticipated earning Feng Ling's praise.
• Pei Xianjue added bodyguards, heavy weapons, food, and water to the expedition and chose to bring the Crystal Coffin despite its size.
• After preparations were complete, Pei Xianjue's team assembled two heavy trucks on Molian River Bridge and set off for the Maze.

Pei Xianjue led the subjugation team through the fog toward the Maze while Huangfu Miaomiao used a Rare Item to bring the Crystal Coffin along. They found a hidden statue that revealed the Maze’s Boss was Chaos, then lit its brazier and received a protective light.

• Pei Xianjue gathered the team at an evacuation point and let Huangfu Miaomiao test whether her Golden Egg could carry the Crystal Coffin.
• The team advanced through terrain altered by Mountain Lice while Light Element members used Holy Light Technique to keep Soul Eaters away.
• Huangfu Miaomiao caught up with Pei Xianjue and used her All-Seeing Eye to spot a hidden statue beneath a Mountain Louse Tower.
• Huangfu Miaomiao read a clue identifying Chaos as the Maze’s first will, and Pei Xianjue lit the statue’s brazier.
• The brazier’s jade-like bones burned with radiant light, making the team feel safe.

Pei Xianjue’s team searched the Maze for another statue and struggled to understand how to carry the brazier’s protective flame. After Dove realized their distance from the starting point was not changing, Soul Eaters ambushed the team, and Huangfu Miaomiao identified the mist-spraying creature’s ability to inflict Weakness.

• Pei Xianjue’s team discovered that the brazier’s flames could only burn while its special bone remained inside, so they continued searching for another statue and more braziers.
• As the team rested, Dove told Pei Xianjue that her compass’s Mark point had not changed distance despite their long walk.
• A large Soul Eater sprayed dense fog over the team, allowing smaller Soul Eaters to attack; one bit Dove’s shoulder before Pei Xianjue and the Dawn Swordsman drove the creatures off.
• The priest treated Dove’s weakened shoulder and arm, while Lin Pengpeng noted that the Soul Eaters could be harmed by fire and blades.
• Huangfu Miaomiao observed Weakness stacks on several teammates and concluded that the mist-spraying Soul Eater could inflict them.

Pei Xianjue led her weakened team back to a statue to rest and reasoned that they should follow its gaze. The route led them to a second statue and a Gothic Bell Tower Safe Zone, leaving the team able to continue toward the Labyrinth Boss.

• Pei Xianjue checked her team's condition after the Soul Eater attack and ordered Dove to lead them back to a marked place to rest.
• Pei Xianjue drove off pursuing Soul Eaters with flames from her curved blades as the team's holy light weakened.
• The team reached the first statue, rested by its brazier, and Pei Xianjue suggested following the direction it faced.
• Pei Xianjue led the team into the fog in that direction, and they found a second statue and a Gothic Bell Tower Safe Zone.
• Huangfu Miaomiao confirmed the team had found the right route, while Lin Pengpeng added Pei Xianjue's observation quote to her collection.

Huangfu Miaomiao and Pei Xianjue uncovered clues that linked Kaos, the Soul Eaters, and the Maze’s stone statues, while Huangfu Miaomiao found bone fragments that strengthened Light Element skills. After finding the third statue, they concluded that locating all twelve would lead them to the Radiant Altar and a way to defeat Kaos, then Pei Xianjue led the team toward the fourth statue.

• Huangfu Miaomiao read the second statue’s clue and reasoned that Kaos was the Labyrinth Boss, whose powers involved mist.
• Pei Xianjue rested the team, while Huangfu Miaomiao found five bone fragments in a chest beneath the Bell Tower’s old bell and distributed them as Light Element buffs.
• Huangfu Miaomiao considered drawing away one of Meteor’s Cards and agreed to let Feng Ling decide when they met.
• Pei Xianjue led the team toward the third statue, where Huangfu Miaomiao found a clue explaining that the Twelve Prophets built the Radiant Altar to disperse Kaos’s mist.
• Huangfu Miaomiao concluded that the Twelve Prophets were the stone statues and that the Radiant Altar could help them defeat Kaos, so Pei Xianjue led the team toward the fourth statue.

Pei Xianjue’s team followed the final clue into the densest fog, found a chain leading up a stone pillar, and spotted the dormant Labyrinth Boss, Primordial Chaos - Chaos. On the pillar’s platform, Huangfu Miaomiao identified a skeleton as one of the Twelve Prophets, and Pei Xianjue prepared to burn it to ignite the altar.

• Huangfu Miaomiao read the twelfth statue’s clue, and Pei Xianjue rallied the team to find and light the Radiant Altar.
• Pei Xianjue found a buried iron chain in a pit and followed it with Huangfu Miaomiao, Wang Xunmei, and the Dawn Swordsman to a tall stone pillar.
• Pei Xianjue and the others climbed the pillar and found a dried skeleton on its platform.
• Pei Xianjue spotted the enormous dormant Labyrinth Boss, and Huangfu Miaomiao identified it as Primordial Chaos - Chaos.
• Huangfu Miaomiao recognized the skeleton as one of the Twelve Prophets and suggested burning it to light the altar.
• Pei Xianjue agreed and summoned flames in her palm.

Pei Xianjue’s team lit all twelve Prophet’s Remains, clearing the altar of mist and forcing the Labyrinth Boss to shrink and reveal its true form. The Boss attacked Pei Xianjue as the team prepared to fight it.

• Pei Xianjue led the team around the twelve stone pillars to light the Prophet’s Remains and discussed how to fight the floating Labyrinth Boss.
• Pei Xianjue divided the team into four groups led by Light Element teammates and assigned each group a stone pillar.
• Pei Xianjue lit the final Prophet’s Remains, and their holy radiance drove away the altar’s mist.
• The Labyrinth Boss shrank to ten meters, took on a solid form, and was revealed as the Primordial Chaos God, Chaos.
• Huangfu Miaomiao ran behind the remains and told everyone to hide as the Boss pounced, but Pei Xianjue drew her twin blades and ordered the team to kill it.

Pei Xianjue’s team fought the Labyrinth Boss, which attacked by releasing dense fog that extinguished the Prophet’s Remains and weakened anyone outside their radiance. After the Boss attacked Team Three, it charged Pei Xianjue’s team again, leaving several members badly weakened and unable to fight.

• The Labyrinth Boss ambushed Pei Xianjue’s team in dense fog, and Pei Xianjue stopped Wang Xunmei from chasing it off the platform.
• Huangfu Miaomiao identified weakening effects on Wang Xunmei, Lin Pengpeng, and Zhang Lu after the Prophet’s Remains went dark, and Pei Xianjue warned the other teams about the Boss and its fog.
• Lin Pengpeng and the others found that their wounds kept bleeding until the radiance reduced their weakening, while the injured Boss returned to the altar’s center.
• The Boss attacked Team Three, extinguished their Prophet’s Remains, and retreated after leaving two people lightly injured.
• The Boss charged Pei Xianjue’s team again, and the team struck it hard enough to make it retreat, but Lin Pengpeng and Wang Xunmei collapsed as Pei Xianjue struggled to stay standing.
• Huangfu Miaomiao dragged Lin Pengpeng behind the remains and reported that her and Wang Xunmei’s weakening values had risen above 60.

Pei Xianjue deduced how the Prophet’s Remains could protect the teams from Chaos and coordinated a rotation of attacks and healing. After Group Four wounded Chaos, a massive figure rose from the Red Mist beyond the altar, leaving the teams facing a new threat.

• Huangfu Miaomiao pulled weakened teammates behind the Prophet’s Remains and used runes to reduce their weakness while Pei Xianjue warned Group Three to take cover.
• Pei Xianjue realized the remains created a safe zone behind them and ordered the teams not to relight them while Chaos was attacking.
• Pei Xianjue inferred that Chaos weakened when the altar’s radiance was active and organized the groups to alternate attacks, lighting, and healing.
• The Exorcist Knight struck Chaos with holy light, and Huangfu Miaomiao confirmed that it was bleeding again.
• As Chaos turned toward Pei Xianjue’s group, the earth shook, and a massive figure rose from the Red Mist beyond the altar.

The Corrupted Giant Mountain Demon appeared at the altar, forcing Pei Xianjue’s team to flee as Chaos escaped. Pei Xianjue was overwhelmed by Mountain Lice, and the team lost contact with her while regrouping at the Bell Tower Safe Zone.

• A giant Mountain Demon entered the altar, destroying stone pillars and driving Soul Eaters into the fog-filled area.
• Pei Xianjue ordered the team to retreat along the iron chains, but Chaos fled and the Mountain Demon pursued them.
• Pei Xianjue found Lin Pengpeng holding Huangfu Miaomiao and Dove above a fissure, then rescued Dove as the ground collapsed.
• Mountain Lice erupted from underground and engulfed Pei Xianjue and the others; before losing consciousness, she told them to go to the Safe Zone.
• The divine healer took over the team at the Bell Tower, but attempts to contact Pei Xianjue failed, and Lin Pengpeng broke down crying.

Ling Feiran learned that Pashan had escaped the Second Inpatient Department and set out to seek approval to find him before nightfall. Meanwhile, Huang Yi learned that the fog was rapidly approaching the Molian River and ordered a rescue squad formed to search for General Pei, with evacuation planned if rescue failed.

• Yalana told Ling Feiran that Pashan was missing and showed her the electronic shackle he had broken.
• Ling Feiran deduced that Pashan had likely headed toward Mogu and promised Yalana she would apply for a pass to search for him.
• Ling Feiran's calls to the Logistics Department failed to secure approval, so she decided not to wait as darkness approached.
• Huang Yi and the department heads learned that the fog had expanded and could reach the Molian River within forty-eight hours.
• Huang Yi ordered a squad assembled to search for General Pei and said the Quarantine Zone would be sealed and evacuated if rescue proved impossible.
• A sudden chill swept through the command center, and Huang Yi felt creeped out without seeing anything.

Ling Feiran left before Huang Yi’s search team was ready and crossed the Molian River with Pearl to look for Pashan. After night fell and they found no sign of him, they heard several people arguing nearby.

• Ling Feiran asked Huang Yi for permission to cross the Molian River, but vanished before he could include her in the upcoming search team.
• Ling Feiran made arrangements at the inpatient department and crossed the river with Pearl, who used her Juggler Card to walk across a steel wire.
• Ling Feiran and Pearl followed Yalana’s map toward Pashan’s home while traveling through the fog.
• As night fell, Ling Feiran repeatedly purified black qi around Pearl, but the pair found no trace of Pashan and the road disappeared into barren mud.
• Ling Feiran and Pearl heard several people arguing in the distance and went to investigate.

Lin Pengpeng and the Bell Tower team debated whether to rescue General Pei or return to the Quarantine Zone, until Ling Feiran arrived with Pearl and brought news that the fog had expanded. Ling Feiran interpreted the weakening radio signal as a sign that General Pei might still be alive and moving, then offered to search for her.

• Lin Pengpeng urged the team to rescue General Pei, and most of the team members silently joined her side despite the Divine Priest's concerns.
• Someone knocked on the Bell Tower door, and Lin Pengpeng opened it to find Ling Feiran and Pearl looking for a missing boy.
• Ling Feiran told the team that the fog had expanded and Huang Yi could not assemble another extermination squad soon.
• Lin Pengpeng proposed rescuing General Pei and, if that failed, luring the Mountain Demon into a fog-free area and attacking it with a grenade launcher.
• Ling Feiran reasoned that the weakening radio signal might mean General Pei was moving nearby, then offered to search for her.

Ling Feiran and Lin Pengpeng searched the ruined altar for Pei Xianjue, then followed a Human-faced Crow into the overlapping Maze of the Mountain lice. They found evidence that the creatures were carrying away the dead and spotted the enormous Mountain Demon, the Maze’s Boss.

• Ling Feiran and Lin Pengpeng searched the crack beneath the altar, but Ling Feiran found no sign of Pei Xianjue and suspected the Mountain lice had taken her.
• A Human-faced Crow appeared and led them through the fog, shedding half its body to keep going.
• They crossed an invisible boundary into the Mountain lice’s Maze, where the creatures carried away a dead companion to mix with soil and rotting grass.
• Ling Feiran followed the Mountain lice carrying the corpse, while Lin Pengpeng pointed out the distant Mountain Demon, which appeared as a vast mountain of stone.

Ling Feiran entered the Mountain Demon to search for Pei Xianjue and found her unconscious with Huangfu Miaomiao and Pashan. After healing them, Ling Feiran withdrew into Wraith form, and Huangfu Miaomiao offered her a raincoat.

• Ling Feiran calmed Lin Pengpeng and reasoned that the motionless Mountain Demon had gone dormant.
• When Lin Pengpeng could not reach Pei Xianjue by radio, Ling Feiran entered the hollow Mountain Demon to search for her.
• The Mountain Demon began to rise, and Lin Pengpeng climbed onto its body while Ling Feiran searched its tunnels.
• Ling Feiran found Pashan near death and healed him, then discovered Pei Xianjue and Huangfu Miaomiao and healed them too.
• Huangfu Miaomiao woke and handed Ling Feiran a raincoat identical to Feng Ling's.

Ling Feiran rescued Pei Xianjue, Huangfu Miaomiao, and Pashan from inside the Mountain demon and explained how its nest decomposed prey. She set off to lead them upward, restraining Pashan after he angrily resisted her.

• Pei Xianjue woke from a near-death state, and Ling Feiran explained that mountain lice had carried her and Huangfu Miaomiao into the Mountain demon.
• Ling Feiran described the nest as a series of stomach-like chambers where matter decomposed before nourishing the Mountain demon, and Pei Xianjue agreed they should head upward.
• Ling Feiran helped Pashan up, but he cursed and resisted her, so she used Scorpion Tail to poison him and repeatedly treated him while adjusting the dosage.
• Pashan stopped resisting, and Ling Feiran explained that he was a runaway patient she needed to take back to the Second Inpatient Department.
• Huangfu Miaomiao offered Ling Feiran Gleipnir's Binding, but Ling Feiran declined, saying she would be forgiving as long as Pashan cooperated.

Pei Xianjue and the others tried to dig their way out of the Mountain Demon, but attacking the mountain lice triggered a violent shaking that injured them and scattered the group. Ling Feiran found Lin Pengpeng clinging to the Mountain Demon's leg, and Lin Pengpeng described the creature shaking itself like a wet dog.

• Pei Xianjue found the passage blocked by a soft inner layer and began digging through it with her blade.
• Three mountain lice tried to repair the wall, and Pei Xianjue stabbed one despite Ling Feiran's warning that something was approaching.
• The mountain lice rattled, and the Mountain Demon shook violently, throwing Pei Xianjue, Huangfu Miaomiao, and Pashan into the compost chamber.
• Ling Feiran treated the injured group and went outside, where she spotted Lin Pengpeng clinging to the Mountain Demon's leg.
• Ling Feiran told Lin Pengpeng that Pei Xianjue was safe, and Lin Pengpeng said the Mountain Demon had shaken itself like a wet dog.

Lin Pengpeng climbed the Mountain’s body and found a possible weak point while working to help free Pei Xianjue and the others trapped inside. Ling Feiran returned to tell them about Lin Pengpeng, and she and Pei Xianjue discovered they both knew Feng Ling; Ling Feiran also reunited with Huangfu Miaomiao.

• Ling Feiran suspected the Mountain had reacted to attacks on the mountain lice inside it and guided Lin Pengpeng upward to look for an exit.
• Lin Pengpeng spotted a glowing substance in the Mountain’s leg joint, and Ling Feiran guessed it might be the Mountain’s weak point.
• Worried that stopping the Mountain could kill those trapped inside, Lin Pengpeng climbed onto its back and began digging into one of its clogged holes.
• Ling Feiran returned inside and told Pei Xianjue that Lin Pengpeng was digging an exit from outside the Mountain.
• Ling Feiran explained how she knew Lin Pengpeng and Feng Ling, and Pei Xianjue revealed that she also knew Feng Ling.
• Huangfu Miaomiao greeted Ling Feiran and explained that she had recently changed bodies.

Inside the cave, Pei Xianjue, Huangfu Miaomiao, and Ling Feiran discussed Feng Ling, the Quarantine Zone, and Pei Xianjue’s tactics for dealing with disobedient subordinates. Ling Feiran checked on Lin Pengpeng’s digging and found her struggling with growing sadness as she worked.

• Pei Xianjue explained that she had secretly copied the Lorias Maze map to help Feng Ling, and Huangfu Miaomiao thanked her for helping Feng Ling find the Labyrinth Divine Statue.
• Ling Feiran and Huangfu Miaomiao praised Pei Xianjue’s work on the Quarantine Zone, and Pei Xianjue described how she promoted troublesome subordinates beyond their abilities so they would eventually leave.
• Ling Feiran returned to her Wraith form and went outside to check Lin Pengpeng’s progress digging through the rock-hard earth.
• Lin Pengpeng continued digging after Ling Feiran left, but felt an unexpected sadness and tried to convince herself that General Pei’s approach was right.

Lin Pengpeng and the others escaped the Mountain Demon and chose to follow its tracks back toward their separated group. As the fog thickened, Chaos appeared and struck at the Corrupted Giant Mountain Demon, leaving the group weakened but apparently not its target.

• Lin Pengpeng broke through the rock barrier, allowing everyone to escape the Mountain Demon as Mountain lice tried to seal the opening.
• Ling Feiran explained that the fog weakened people on the ground, and Pei Xianjue decided they should retrace the Mountain Demon's footprints to reunite with their group.
• Huangfu Miaomiao and Pashan descended by rope, followed by Lin Pengpeng, while Ling Feiran watched for danger.
• Ling Feiran sensed the fog thickening and warned everyone that something was approaching, and Huangfu Miaomiao identified it as Chaos.
• Ling Feiran ordered everyone to get down as Chaos swept past and the fog briefly thickened, draining Pashan's strength before thinning again.
• Chaos targeted the Corrupted Giant Mountain Demon rather than the group.