Chapter Summaries

Key plot points and events

• Zhu Tian confronts Bai Xuan to demand the World Tree for the Investigation Bureau’s Defense Barrier. Bai Xuan refuses, and Liu Mufei readies herself to defend him.
• Before a fight begins, Zhu Tian receives word that the World Tree has vanished from headquarters. He suspects Bai Xuan but has no proof and leaves.
• Liu Mufei asks to copy the abilities of Bai Xuan’s allies. Jialianhui agrees but cannot provide blood because of her Diamond Body. Luo Yuyin gives Liu Mufei a drop, and the copying succeeds.
• The copied memories reveal intimate episodes between Bai Xuan and Luo Yuyin, leaving Liu Mufei embarrassed and shocked. She says she will need time to master the Immortal Arts she has copied.
• At the Investigation Bureau, officials panic over the World Tree’s disappearance and suspect the Evil Organization. Zhu Tian learns the group has located one of its bases and heads there.
• The Joker is also searching for answers: the World Tree has vanished, and the Ten of Clubs—whom he had placed inside it—has been confirmed dead. He orders his people to find whoever took it.
• Zhu Tian attacks the Evil Organization’s base, but the World Tree is not there. The Joker tries to recruit him to build a “corrected” New World together, but Zhu Tian rejects him and strikes—only to discover the Joker’s figure was an illusion.
• The Joker then summons the Shadow King, a shadow resembling Zhu Tian, and orders it to destroy Ideal City and end the Tower Defense Game.

Character developments and interactions

• Bai Xuan remains composed under pressure and appears connected to the World Tree’s disappearance, though he denies involvement. His teasing rapport with Liu Mufei continues.
• Liu Mufei openly takes Bai Xuan’s side against Zhu Tian and seeks to strengthen herself by copying his group’s powers. She successfully copies Luo Yuyin’s Immortal Arts, but is unsettled by the memories that come with them.
• Zhu Tian is shown as powerful and resolute, yet careful enough not to accuse Bai Xuan without evidence. His hostility toward the Evil Organization remains firm despite the Joker’s offer of an alliance.
• Luo Yuyin grudgingly cooperates with Liu Mufei and boasts about her cultivation, then is embarrassed when Bai Xuan points out how quickly he learned Immortal Arts.
• The Joker remains calculating and ambitious. The World Tree’s disappearance and the Ten of Clubs’ death intrigue him, and he shifts toward a direct assault on Ideal City.

Significant themes

• Trust, loyalty, and self-interest: Liu Mufei chooses her own allegiance, while Zhu Tian follows his orders but does not act on suspicion alone.
• Power and its limits: Liu Mufei’s copying ability expands her potential, though mastery will take time; even Zhu Tian’s strength cannot easily reach the Joker, who escapes through illusion.
• Competing visions of survival: The Investigation Bureau seeks to protect the world through the Defense Barrier, while the Joker proposes reshaping it into a “corrected” New World.
• Escalating conflict and uncertainty: The missing World Tree, the Ten of Clubs’ death, and the Shadow King’s mission deepen the mystery and raise the stakes.

Key plot points and events

• Liu Mufei marvels at the strength of Immortal Arts and asks Bai Xuan whether his talent comes from the Dual Cultivation Method. She agrees to try it, taking Luo Yuyin’s form; Bai Xuan urges her to enlarge a certain body part.
• Su Yue improves her starlight-based Superpower while speaking with Luo Yuyin. A second, glowing Luo Yuyin appears: it is Luo Miaoyin, who has completed her trial and stepped onto the Immortal Path.
• Luo Miaoyin senses something unusual in Su Yue and begins examining her. Elsewhere, Bai Xuan’s intense cultivation leaves Liu Mufei unconscious.
• Bai Xuan recognizes Luo Miaoyin’s breakthrough. She manifests a White Lotus, and his system confirms her character quest is complete, rewarding him with the Fairy Spirit combat setup and a Fairy Bodice.
• The bodice advances Luo Miaoyin, granting her the Heavenly Dao Challenger ability: greatly increased combat power in this world and immunity to mental interference. A hidden persona is also unlocked. Bai Xuan admires her new outfit and immediately resumes their intimate encounter.
• Liu Mufei wakes beside Luo Miaoyin and is startled to find Bai Xuan gone. A call from Ye Xinxue reports that Ideal City is in danger of falling into chaos. Liu Mufei rushes there and finds Bai Xuan already in her office.
• Bai Xuan notices a giant black centipede coiling in the air several kilometers beyond the city. The chapter ends as this new threat looms.

Character developments

• Luo Miaoyin achieves immortality, gaining a serene, otherworldly presence and a powerful new combat ability.
• Su Yue demonstrates growing control of her Superpower; Luo Miaoyin detects an unexplained peculiarity in her.
• Liu Mufei remains impressed by Bai Xuan’s abilities but becomes exhausted by his relentless approach to dual cultivation.
• Luo Yuyin continues to resent Bai Xuan and remains determined to defeat him.

Significant themes

• The effort and exceptional power associated with pursuing immortality.
• Transformation and identity, emphasized by Liu Mufei taking Luo Yuyin’s form and the existence of two identical-looking women.
• Personal advancement through trials, cultivation, and supernatural rewards.
• A sudden shift from comic, intimate scenes to impending danger.

Character interactions

• Bai Xuan teases and cultivates with Liu Mufei, then welcomes Luo Miaoyin’s breakthrough and gives her the Fairy Bodice.
• Luo Yuyin encourages Su Yue’s training, while Luo Miaoyin comforts and investigates her.
• Ye Xinxue urgently summons Liu Mufei to Ideal City, where Bai Xuan and Bai Yu are already monitoring the approaching centipede.

Key plot points and events

• Bai Xuan, Ye Xinxue, and Liu Mufei spot a strange Black Centipede and a shadowy duplicate of Investigator Zhu Tian near Ideal City. Bai Xuan identifies the latter as an energy construct made by the Evil Organization.
• Li Hongyou arrives with urgent news: the Evil Organization has attacked Ideal City, and another wave of Anomalous Calamities is due in three hours. The city’s prophet predicts defeat, while America’s strongest Advanced Investigator, Clark, has defected and become the Evil Organization’s “Little Ace.”
• The Investigation Bureau prepares for battle despite the grim prophecy. Director-General Treips orders the news concealed from the public, seeks Katerina’s help, and places hope in Zhu Tian, successful Evolution Pill recipients, and warriors trained to wield laws.
• Li Hongyou decides to take her long-preserved Evolution Pill. It triggers an intense, painful reaction, and she loses consciousness.
• In the Dark Domain, Xilin believes she may now be able to defeat the Witch of the Evernight. Isia explains that Xilin also needs the power of light and must pass the Light Trial to master the Truth of Light.
• Isia says Bai Xuan can help produce Holy Light Essence, since the Church’s supply was rendered useless by World Freeze. Bai Xuan gleefully misinterprets the request and launches into his “God’s One-Handed Move” before Isia can explain further.

Character developments and interactions

• Bai Xuan remains confident and eager to help, though he is startled when Ye Xinxue calls him invincible. He encourages the others not to give up, then enthusiastically misreads Isia’s request.
• Ye Xinxue tries to reassure Bai Yu by praising Bai Xuan, and later frames their duty as becoming heroes.
• Li Hongyou shows greater maturity and resolve, thanking Bai Xuan before taking the risky Evolution Pill.
• Treips rallies the frightened Investigators, insisting they must fight regardless of the prophecy.
• Xilin is more confident in her mastery of the Evernight, but learns she still needs light to overcome the Witch.
• Isia takes on the role of guide for Xilin’s Light Trial and turns to Bai Xuan for help creating its required resource.

Significant themes

• Hope against prophecy: Although the forecast of defeat and Clark’s betrayal devastate morale, the characters insist that the future is not settled.
• Duty and sacrifice: Investigators prepare to defend the city, while Li Hongyou accepts the risks of the Evolution Pill.
• Power through balance and growth: Xilin’s progress is not enough on its own; defeating the Witch requires mastering an opposing force.
• Tension between catastrophe and comedy: The looming threat to Ideal City contrasts sharply with Bai Xuan’s comical, overenthusiastic reaction to Isia’s request.

Key plot points and events

• Isia summons the Goddess of Light’s projection so Xilin can receive the Truth of Light. The Truth of the Evernight inside Xilin reacts, and the two powers begin clashing as their divine projections fight around her.
• The Witch of the Evernight arrives, saying she has come to witness the birth of a New God. Isia explains that bearing two truths normally kills a person, but believes Xilin can achieve a miracle.
• The Witch gives Bai Xuan a Seven-Colored Flower and tells him to feed it to Xilin. After swallowing it, Xilin’s Succubus nature awakens; she kisses Bai Xuan and draws on his Holy Light, though the result of the ritual remains uncertain.
• Meanwhile, Ideal City faces a simultaneous attack from the Evil Organization and an Anomalous Calamity. Zhu Tian confronts a dark copy of himself, while Li Changshan, Katerina, and other Advanced Investigators prepare to fight the Black Centipede.
• Katerina joins the defense after reconsidering her belief that New World was invulnerable; in exchange, she expects access to Ideal City’s latest technology. Her first attack fails against the centipede’s Energy Shield, which can reportedly be harmed only by Origin Energy Bombs at close range.
• Liu Mufei summons Bai Xuan back to the battlefield. He chooses to help Ideal City, and she promises to do everything she can for him. The source of the four Wormholes—and whether a second wave of calamities is waiting—remains unknown.

Character developments and interactions

• Xilin begins a dangerous union of Light and Evernight, then displays newly awakened Succubus traits and a strong hunger for Bai Xuan’s power.
• Isia guides Xilin through the ritual and insists that the clash of light and darkness is necessary. She remains with Xilin when Bai Xuan leaves.
• Bai Xuan tries to support Xilin, reacts uneasily to the Witch’s intervention, and ultimately chooses to assist Ideal City for practical as well as strategic reasons.
• The Witch of the Evernight acts cryptically, calling Xilin her “test subject” and providing the flower that triggers Xilin’s transformation.
• Katerina abandons her earlier plan after reassessing New World’s limits and negotiates a reward for helping.
• Zhu Tian and Li Changshan prepare to fight alongside one another, while Zhu Tian’s identical shadow immediately meets him in combat. Liu Mufei supports Bai Xuan’s decision.

Significant themes

• Light and darkness as opposing yet potentially complementary forces: Xilin’s survival may depend on their merging.
• The cost and uncertainty of power: Xilin risks death by bearing two truths, while the battlefield’s threats may demand close-range, specialized attacks.
• Reassessment and cooperation: Katerina changes course, and rival groups unite because survival and shared goals require it.
• Unresolved identity and prophecy: Zhu Tian faces a copy of himself, and the Witch hints that Xilin’s transformation has a larger, still-hidden significance.

Key plot points and events

• Bai Xuan and Liu Mufei realize the four predicted A-Rank Anomalous Calamities have delayed their attack, apparently waiting for Ideal City to be weakened. Bai Xuan prepares to leave.
• As Zhu Tian battles a shadow with his exact abilities, Ideal City’s residents panic at the prospect of an enemy capable of matching its strongest investigator.
• Li Changshan and Katerina join the fight against the Black Centipede. Katerina’s spinning blades damage its armor, while Li’s Telekinesis briefly restrains it.
• Li Hongyou arrives and proves far stronger than her grandfather, pinning the Centipede in place. She and Katerina break its joints, but a swarm of parasites erupts from its wound. Jialianhui intervenes, destroying the swarm with diamond blades.
• Katerina impales the Centipede with a giant spear, and Li Hongyou delivers the finishing blow by crushing its body apart with Telekinesis.
• The four Elemental Giants—flame, ice, stone, and lightning—then descend and advance on Ideal City. Fighter jets, the Celestial Star, and Advanced Investigators attack, but the giants remain standing. Xi warns that only power beyond natural laws can truly destroy these divine creations.

Character developments and interactions

• Li Hongyou reveals that her Telekinesis has grown dramatically—likely through the Evolution Pill—and now surpasses Li Changshan’s. Her decisive strength surprises both the observers and Katerina.
• Li Changshan steps aside rather than take the Evolution Pill, explaining that he still has unfinished business and that others are better suited to fight. He trusts his granddaughter to handle the Centipede.
• Katerina is bold and combative, teasing Li Changshan and admiring Li Hongyou’s forceful temperament. The two women cooperate effectively despite their sharp banter.
• Jialianhui arrives at a critical moment to save Li Hongyou and Katerina from the parasite swarm.
• Bai Xuan and Xi observe Li Hongyou’s victory; Xi proudly credits the power of her energy, while Bai Xuan remains wary of the larger threat.

Significant themes

• Unnatural power and divine creation: The shadow and Elemental Giants defy ordinary expectations and appear designed to threaten the world.
• Cooperation under pressure: Defeating the Centipede requires the characters to combine restraint, precision attacks, and timely intervention.
• Generational change and sacrifice: Li Changshan yields the frontline to a more powerful younger fighter, while continuing to protect the city through command.
• Fragile hope amid escalating danger: The Centipede’s defeat briefly inspires awe, but the arrival of the Elemental Giants shows that the crisis is far from over.

Plot points and events

• The Celestial Star’s bombardment and the Investigators’ combined attacks barely affect the four Elemental Giants. Li Changshan prepares to sacrifice his forces to buy time for Zhu Tian, who is still fighting his shadow.
• Li Hongyou concludes that the giants are immune to conventional energy attacks. Katerina and Li Hongyou volunteer to fight, while Liu Mufei offers to arrange help in exchange for the Celestial Star. Li Changshan agrees to give it up to save Ideal City.
• Bai Xuan asks Luo Miaoyin to intervene. She confronts the giants, stops them with a command, and destroys all four with her Flying Sword, transforming the city’s despair into celebration.
• The Investigation Bureau’s leaders realize they should avoid provoking the powerful group from Huaguo. Treips reprimands Jiang Minfen for her role in earlier plans against them.
• Luo Miaoyin declines to intervene in Zhu Tian’s fight; about an hour later, Zhu Tian defeats his shadow himself. He is shaken by the scale of Luo’s strength.
• The King of Spades learns that the operation failed and blames the Investigation Bureau’s interference and Luo Miaoyin’s intervention. The Joker assigns him to pursue the mysterious group, and the King of Spades vows to advance the Great King’s plan.

Character developments and interactions

• Luo Miaoyin reveals overwhelming power after ascending to immortality. She remains calm and modest about defeating the giants, while showing deference to Bai Xuan by asking whether he wants her to handle Zhu Tian’s shadow.
• Bai Xuan directs Luo Miaoyin to act, but leaves Zhu Tian’s personal battle to him.
• Li Changshan puts Ideal City’s survival above its strongest weapon, agreeing to surrender the Celestial Star.
• Li Hongyou and Katerina offer to fight the giants, but their abilities prove unnecessary once Luo arrives.
• Treips shifts toward caution about the Huaguo organization and holds Jiang Minfen accountable.
• Zhu Tian wins his fight but recognizes that Luo Miaoyin may surpass even him.
• The King of Spades responds to defeat with anger and renewed hostility; the Joker calmly gives him authority to act.

Significant themes

• Power and hope: Luo’s victory overturns the city’s despair and makes her a symbol of salvation to its people.
• Strategic sacrifice: Li Changshan is willing to give up a major defense asset to protect the city.
• Restraint and judgment: Bai Xuan chooses not to interfere in Zhu Tian’s fight, while the Bureau learns that provoking stronger allies could be disastrous.
• Escalating conflict: The giants’ defeat resolves the immediate threat but intensifies the looming struggle with the King of Spades and his faction.

Key plot points and events

• In Ideal City, people celebrate the latest victory, but the Investigation Bureau recognizes that the mysterious outsiders—not the Bureau—saved the city. Zhu Tian warns Director-General Treips and Jiang Minfen that these powerful newcomers seem connected to higher-plane beings and have no interest in an alliance. He urges the Bureau not to antagonize them and, when useful, to help them instead.
• Li Hongyou joins Bai Xuan’s group and asks how Luo Miaoyin and the others are so powerful. Bai Xuan dodges the question, and Liu Mufei announces that their next goal is to “save the world.”
• Bai Xuan says they must take the offensive and target the Evil Organization, which he believes is connected to the Star Gods and the Anomalous Calamity. Rather than recruit the Investigation Bureau, he plans to bring allies from another world. Li Hongyou suspects Bai Xuan may be a summoner, though she doubts the possibility.
• Bai Xuan travels to the Dark Domain and discovers it transformed into a bright, white realm. Xilin has evolved after fusing the Truth of the Night and Truth of Light, becoming Godfallen Xilin, a Mythic being with both Angel and Succubus traits and the power to govern light and darkness.
• The Witch of the Evernight says Xilin is destined to challenge the False God and become the world’s true god, though her strength may be limited by Bai Xuan’s level. She suggests he can grow stronger by drawing directly on the World Tree’s source.
• Bai Xuan summons the World Tree and, after receiving her permission, enters her source realm. He meets her energy-form self and asks to absorb enough power to level up. The scene ends on a suggestive misunderstanding as the World Tree prepares to share her energy.

Character developments and interactions

• Zhu Tian shifts from avoiding conflict to recommending cautious cooperation with Bai Xuan’s group. Jiang Minfen and Treips recognize that their earlier attempt to seize the World Tree could have provoked disaster.
• Li Hongyou remains suspicious of Bai Xuan and Liu Mufei’s secrets, but begins to piece together that the newcomers are from another world—and wonders whether Bai Xuan summoned them.
• Bai Xuan commits to a proactive campaign against the Evil Organization and discovers he may be able to increase his own power through the World Tree.
• Xilin undergoes a major transformation into a Mythic Angel-Succubus hybrid. The Witch claims credit for guiding the process, while Isia emphasizes Xilin’s own effort and the Church of Light’s help.
• The Witch of the Evernight sees Xilin as a potential successor or challenger to the False God and offers Bai Xuan advice about breaking through his limits.
• The World Tree hesitantly agrees to let Bai Xuan access her source, setting up their awkward final exchange.

Significant themes

• Cooperation versus mistrust: The Investigation Bureau learns that survival may depend on not opposing forces it cannot control.
• Escalation from defense to offense: The heroes decide that protecting the world is not enough; they must confront the Evil Organization at its source.
• Transformation and duality: Xilin’s fusion of light and darkness produces a being that combines seemingly opposing identities and powers.
• Power, limits, and dependence: Xilin’s growth is linked to Bai Xuan’s level, while Bai Xuan may rely on the World Tree’s immense source energy to advance.

Chapter summary

Key plot points and events

• Bai Xuan absorbs energy from the World Tree, meets the requirement to advance to A-Rank, and enters the solo Advancement Mission, “Purging Knight.”
• The mission takes place in a golden arena, where Bai Xuan faces a knight who looks exactly like Xilin. Her speed and strength overwhelm him at first, and she can even track him while he is invisible.
• Bai Xuan uses Turn-Based Combat to stop her attack and explain that he does not serve the Witch of the Evernight. Once he swears he previously defeated the Witch, the knight accepts his claim and reveals her face.
• The Purging Knight recognizes that she is inside an illusion. She says she and the Witch were once friends but are now enemies. Though she understands Bai Xuan’s goal of stopping the Eternal Night Ritual, she insists on testing him fully.
• After hundreds of attempts, Bai Xuan defeats her. The repeated battles have also served as training, and he completes his ascension to A-Rank. His rewards include a Legendary Ball (Red) that can summon a random demigod-level being, plus a full Mythic Charge.
• Meanwhile, Liu Mufei explores the Immortal Arts she copied from Luo Miaoyin. Luo offers to guide her into cultivation, linking her progress to serving Bai Xuan.
• The King of Spades locates Liu Mufei’s offshore base and attacks. Bai Xuan arrives just in time and tests his new summoning item, calling forth the Purging Knight to confront him.

Character developments and interactions

• Bai Xuan advances through persistence and combat experience. He initially mistakes the Purging Knight’s resemblance to Xilin for a familiar opponent, but comes to understand her as a distinct figure—and as a demanding teacher.
• The Purging Knight begins as a lethal opponent, then shows judgment by listening to Bai Xuan’s oath. She reveals a complicated history with the Witch and accepts her role in the trial, helping Bai Xuan grow before disappearing.
• Liu Mufei begins to glimpse a new path beyond ordinary superpowers. She is surprised by Luo Miaoyin’s unusually intimate, playful offer of guidance, but accepts her help.
• Luo Miaoyin positions herself as Liu’s mentor and encourages her cultivation, while her resemblance to another version of herself leaves Liu wondering whether something about her is different.
• The King of Spades remains committed to the Evil Organization’s cause and assumes Liu can be forced to reveal information. His attack sets up the chapter’s cliffhanger: the newly summoned Purging Knight meets him in battle.

Significant themes

• Growth through repeated struggle: Bai Xuan’s advancement comes only after hundreds of difficult attempts, with failure serving as training rather than a dead end.
• Judgment and misunderstanding: The Purging Knight initially condemns Bai Xuan based on the Witch’s lingering aura, but changes her view when he provides convincing proof.
• Past ties and divided loyalties: The Purging Knight’s former friendship with the Witch contrasts with their present enmity and hints at deeper history.
• New powers and uncertain futures: Bai Xuan’s summoning reward and Liu’s introduction to cultivation both open new possibilities, while the King of Spades’ attack immediately puts those developments to the test.

Chapter summary

• Bai Xuan captures the King of Spades: A Purging Knight emerges from Bai Xuan’s Legend Ball and swiftly dismembers the King of Spades. Though reduced to a head, the King remains alive, puzzling Bai Xuan’s companions. He refuses to reveal the Evil Organization’s secrets, so Bai Xuan uses the Church of Light’s Great Memory Restoration Art to extract them, then burns the King’s head to ash.
• The Evil Organization’s base is attacked: The King’s death alerts the organization. Bai Xuan’s group locates its secret base, and Marée Alaira destroys it with a powerful Destruction Breath. Several members survive, including the Face Cards.
• The survivors are eliminated: The Jack of Hearts is killed instantly by a flying sword used by Liu Mufei, who is disguised as Luo Miaoyin. Jialianhui then unleashes Diamond Dust Meteor, wiping out the remaining members around the ruins.
• Bai Xuan fights Clark: Clark, a former Investigation Bureau member, appears and defends his choice to join the Evil Organization, claiming both sides seek to save the world. His extraordinary physical abilities make him seem nearly invulnerable. Bai Xuan and Jialianhui attack together: Bai Xuan’s Ghost God state lets Clark’s blows pass through him, while the Cherry Blossom Demon Blade and Jialianhui’s arrows carry the World Tree’s higher-dimensional Law Power. Clark is badly wounded and ultimately burned to a charred skeleton.
• The Joker appears: The Joker was absent from the destroyed base. He arrives afterward, praises Bai Xuan’s strength, and asks him to join in “setting this world right” and saving it. Bai Xuan cuts off the appeal and attacks.

Character developments and interactions

Bai Xuan demonstrates how much stronger he has become since reaching A-Rank, and how effectively he can use his companions’ abilities. He remains calm and practical, extracting information from the King of Spades before moving directly against the organization. His companions have also grown dramatically stronger: Marée, Jialianhui, and the others quickly defeat enemies who once would have posed a serious challenge.
Clark’s confidence in his supposedly invincible body collapses when Bai Xuan’s Law-powered attacks hurt him. For the first time, Clark experiences unmistakable pain and fear, and he shifts from standing his ground to desperately dodging. Li Hongyou and Liu Mufei are stunned by Bai Xuan’s transformation, while the dragons cheer him on. Liu Mufei’s explanation of Clark’s abilities also becomes a brief comic exchange when she admits she does not actually know how he flies.

Significant themes

• No strength is truly absolute: Clark’s superhuman durability fails against higher-dimensional Law Power.
• Power and growth: Bai Xuan’s A-Rank advancement has multiplied both his own strength and that of his allies.
• Competing ideals: Clark and the Joker frame their allegiance as a way to save the world, though their methods and intentions remain suspect.
• Loyalty and control: Bai Xuan’s companions fight in coordination, while the King of Spades’ loyalty to the organization is tested through force rather than persuasion.

The chapter consists of a brief, playful remark: the speaker says they’re taking a little day off.

• Plot and events: No broader events occur.
• Character development: The speaker appears relaxed and in a lighthearted mood.
• Themes: Rest and taking time away from responsibilities.
• Interactions: No other characters or exchanges are mentioned.

Key plot points and events

• Bai Xuan orders Jialianhui to attack the Joker, but the Joker’s two A-Rank card Guards block the Diamond Arrows and charge.
• Bai Xuan’s Legend Ball unexpectedly summons the Skeleton King instead of the Purging Knight. At his command, the King conjures tens of thousands of elite Skeleton soldiers, overwhelming the Joker’s Guards and later the Kings and Queens he summons.
• The Joker sacrifices a bomb-wielding copy of himself to destroy the Skeleton army. The Skeleton King, having exhausted his magic, departs.
• The Joker identifies himself as a Forerunner of the New World, serving the beings he calls the Extraterrestrial Gods. He threatens Bai Xuan and his companions.
• Luo Miaoyin’s Flying Sword strikes the Joker with divine power, cutting off his arm and nearly taking his head. The Joker counters with a unique Joker Card, triggering a massive explosion.
• Bai Xuan and his companions survive the blast unharmed. Someone snaps the Joker’s neck, and Bai Xuan burns his body. The completed quest rewards him with a Gold Character Setting Legend Card depicting the Twelve Apostles.

Character developments and interactions

• Bai Xuan remains composed and resourceful, quickly turning an unexpected summon into an advantage and probing the Joker about his allegiances. He mocks the Joker as “cannon fodder” and finishes him once the threat is neutralized.
• The Skeleton King is calm and obedient to Bai Xuan, commanding his army before withdrawing when its magic runs out.
• The Joker grows from smug confidence to fury and desperation as his card-based forces are overwhelmed. He reveals his role in the New World’s plans but is ultimately killed.
• Luo Miaoyin demonstrates power beyond the Demigod level through her Flying Sword, catching the Joker off guard.
• The Joker’s exchanges with Bai Xuan shift from taunting and threats to revelations about the Extraterrestrial Gods and the New World.

Significant themes

• Power and surprise: The Joker’s confident belief in his card forces is overturned by Bai Xuan’s unexpected summons and Luo Miaoyin’s superior strength.
• Loyalty and sacrifice: The Skeleton soldiers fight unwaveringly for their king, while the Joker sacrifices summoned copies to survive.
• Hidden threats and larger conflicts: The Joker’s connection to the Extraterrestrial Gods reveals that his defeat is part of a broader struggle over the coming New World.

Key plot points and events

• Bai Xuan realizes his new [Legendary Card] setting, combined with [Magical Girl], can be used to summon a Mythic-quality ally. After defeating the Joker, he suspects the Extraterrestrial Gods have noticed him.
• The four remaining Extraterrestrial Gods discuss their plan to destroy the final experimental world and reboot the universe, making themselves its rulers. They dismiss the people who defeated the Joker as insignificant and send one of their number, Ye, to deal with them.
• In Ideal City, Li Changshan tells Deputy Director Jiang Minfen that the Evil Organization has been wiped out, citing the Prophet’s latest prophecy. Jiang suspects a mysterious third force is responsible and worries it may target the Investigation Bureau. Li insists it is not hostile to its own people.
• A green-glowing man appears above Ideal City. Zhu Tian flies up to confront him, and they immediately begin fighting.
• Bai Xuan activates a Mythic summoning and submits [Magical Girl] and [Legendary Card]. He chooses [Tsundere Girlfriend], [Magic Crystal Shoes], and [The Universe’s Number One Princess]. The Legendary Book displays garbled text for the resulting character, who appears in a flash of rainbow light.

Character developments and interactions

• Bai Xuan moves from considering the idea of a Magical Girl ally to summoning one, hoping to gain a powerful and reliable teammate.
• Marée Alaira checks on Bai Xuan when he becomes distracted, showing their familiar, comfortable rapport.
• Jiang Minfen grows anxious about the mysterious force behind the Evil Organization’s destruction and whether it will threaten the Investigation Bureau.
• Li Changshan provokes Jiang with his sharp remarks and defends the unknown organization, while Zhu Tian raises the possibility that it is the only force besides the Bureau capable of the destruction.
• The newly summoned girl addresses Bai Xuan as a “heartless man,” implying a pre-existing bond or persona, though her identity is not yet revealed.

Significant themes

• Power and control: The Extraterrestrial Gods seek to remake the universe and rule it, while the heroes’ growing strength threatens their plans.
• Uncertainty and hidden forces: The cause of the Evil Organization’s fall, the green-glowing attacker, and the summoned girl’s identity remain unclear.
• Trust and suspicion: Jiang fears the mysterious organization, while Li argues that it should not be treated with the Bureau’s suspicion.
• Fate and creation: Bai Xuan’s choices shape a new Legend, but the garbled result hints that the summoning may have produced something unexpected.

Chapter summary

• Moli appears before Bai Xuan, calling him “faithless” and insisting that they must save the world. Her status panel is almost entirely hidden behind question marks, suggesting she is unusually powerful or mysterious.
• She explains that the Extraterrestrial Gods intend to restart the universe. They exist outside its emotional experience and want total control; to reshape creation, they must first annihilate all life.
• Moli reveals that Bai Xuan is also one of the outsiders, but chose to be reborn and become part of this universe. He previously clashed with the other outsiders and had entrusted his memories of the game Divine Tree World to Moli.
• Moli restores those memories. Bai Xuan learns that he and dozens of other players arrived in the world during a game test, and that the Extraterrestrial Gods are former players who have survived in the chaotic universe for thousands of years.
• Liu Mufei interrupts with news that an unknown figure has appeared in Ideal City, defeated Zhu Tian, and publicly announced the world’s impending destruction while demanding Bai Xuan reveal himself.
• Bai Xuan prepares to confront the stranger with Moli’s help. Moli warns that his current strength may be insufficient and says that, to end the threat permanently, he must find the legendary Cosmic Button, which supposedly controls the universe.

Character developments and interactions

• Bai Xuan moves from confusion about Moli and his own past to recovering the truth of his origin. He remains wry and composed, even as the threat becomes clear, and readily trusts Moli to help him face it.
• Moli is impatient, forceful, and familiar with Bai Xuan. She reveals their past relationship—she was his “pet,” or companion—and proves able to return his lost memories. Though confident in her strength, she insists Bai Xuan must ultimately solve the crisis himself.
• Liu Mufei brings urgent intelligence about the attacker and reacts with suspicion when Moli calls Bai Xuan “faithless,” prompting playful, awkward banter.

Significant themes

• Belonging and identity: Bai Xuan’s choice to join the universe contrasts with the outsiders’ refusal to relinquish their power.
• Memory and past relationships: Recovering his memories reconnects Bai Xuan to Moli and reframes his place in the conflict.
• Power and responsibility: Moli can help repel the enemy, but lasting victory depends on Bai Xuan.
• Humor amid existential danger: Teasing over Bai Xuan’s alleged faithlessness and the mysterious Cosmic Button lightens the chapter’s apocalyptic stakes.

After Ye defeated Zhu Tian and threatened Ideal City, Moli attacked him with a magic spell and drove him away. She then revealed that the Cosmic Mother was a scrambled cube and began trying to restore it so she and Bai Xuan could enter it and search for the Cosmic Button.

• Ye defeated Zhu Tian, and Treips ordered emergency defenses as Ideal City’s citizens fell into despair.
• Ye declared himself the god of the world and threatened to erase Ideal City.
• Moli appeared, attacked Ye with her Magic Light Explosive Cannon, and injured him enough to make him flee.
• Bai Xuan told Moli that Ye had escaped, and Moli said they needed to find the Cosmic Button in the Cosmic Mother.
• Moli revealed the Cosmic Mother was a starry cube and tried to restore it, then asked Bai Xuan to take over after she failed.

Bai Xuan and Moli entered the universe’s Origin Land, found the Cosmic Button, and discovered it could control and awaken the Cosmic Mother. After Bai Xuan pressed it and nothing appeared, they returned, while Bai Yu began glowing mysteriously in Ideal City.

• Bai Xuan solved the puzzle cube, opened its portal, and followed Moli into the Origin Land.
• Bai Xuan spotted the star-formed image of the Cosmic Mother and led Moli toward the Cosmic Button.
• Ye returned to his companions and warned them that Bai Xuan had come back, but they insisted their plans remained under control.
• Bai Xuan found the Cosmic Button, survived its lightning defense, and pressed it, causing the stars to rotate before everything returned to normal.
• Bai Xuan told Moli to return with him, while Liu Mufei told the others that Moli was Bai Xuan’s new companion.
• Bai Yu felt a strange sensation and saw a white glow flicker beneath her clothes.