Chapter Summaries

Plot points and events

• Su Yue is surprised when Liu Mufei imitates her appearance and uses her psychic ability. Their teasing leaves Bai Xuan confused.
• Lu Tai decides to attack the World Tree without consulting Liu Mufei, arguing that destroying its sapling will defeat the Da Qi Serpent. He says his flames have been assessed as strong enough to do the job and expects the mission to make his team heroes.
• Li Manxiu objects, suspecting the plan is too risky, but agrees not to stop Lu Tai and says he will submit a separate plan to higher-ups.
• Su Yue locates a strange, rainbow-shimmering World Tree with six-pointed-star leaves. Liu Mufei confirms it is the source of the World Leaf’s energy, but notices that its power is being drained by an unknown force.
• The tree is on an unidentified island in the Pacific. Liu Mufei plans to investigate and notes that the Investigation Bureau may have records or personnel who can help.
• A man wearing a Joker mask appears beside the tree. He declares that he will eliminate humanity’s suffering and create a “perfect world,” then seems to address Bai Xuan directly as an “invader from another world.”

Character developments and interactions

• Liu Mufei demonstrates how closely she can copy Su Yue’s appearance and ability, while bantering with Su Yue and teasing Bai Xuan.
• Li Manxiu’s caution puts him at odds with Lu Tai’s confidence and ambition. Though he ultimately steps aside, he remains unconvinced and seeks a separate course of action.
• Lu Tai presents himself as decisive and mission-focused, but his eagerness for recognition suggests personal ambition alongside his stated duty.
• Bai Xuan, Su Yue, and Liu Mufei work together to identify the World Tree; Liu Mufei takes responsibility for gathering more information.

Significant themes

• Ambition versus caution: Lu Tai pushes ahead despite Li Manxiu’s warnings and the World Tree’s unknown dangers.
• The danger of imposed perfection: The masked man’s promise to end all suffering raises the possibility that his vision of a “perfect world” may come at a cost.
• Uncertainty and hidden forces: The World Tree’s strange appearance, drained energy, and apparent control suggest a larger threat behind the conflict.

Key plot points and events

• The group’s view of the Joker freezes after he speaks, suggesting Su Yue’s and Liu Mufei’s viewing powers have been disrupted. They learn that the Evil Organization has taken control of the World Tree, while the Investigation Bureau has little reliable information about the Joker or the organization’s other members.
• Liu Mufei gives Bai Xuan a pocket watch that can be exchanged for a random Character Setting. After she leaves, Su Yue questions how close they are; Bai Xuan dodges the suspicion with a joking remark, then suggests hot pot.
• Liu Mufei asks Ye Xinxue to investigate the Joker using the recording of the World Tree. Ye warns that the Ghost God of Sakura Country is awakening and urges Liu to deal with the Da Qi Serpent soon.
• Bai Xuan checks his World Book and uses the pocket watch, obtaining the gold-quality setting Flash Speed. With it, he combines Centaur, Flash Speed, and Diamond Body to improve his chances of summoning a strong Legendary.
• After refreshing the available settings, Bai Xuan chooses Exclusive Mount, Pilgrim, and Wings of Light. The World Book begins summoning a Legendary based on the combined concept: his fast, durable centaur pilgrim with wings of light.

Character developments and interactions

• Bai Xuan remains playful and self-assured, but is also strategic: he weighs the quality of his settings before summoning and recognizes the potential in unusual combinations.
• Su Yue is suspicious of Bai Xuan’s growing closeness with Liu Mufei, while Bai Xuan responds with teasing innuendo and quickly changes the subject.
• Liu Mufei acts decisively despite being overloaded, delegating the Joker investigation to Ye Xinxue and reminding her of larger threats.
• Ye Xinxue accepts the task but cautions Liu Mufei about the approaching danger of the awakening Ghost God.
• Marée Alaira eagerly joins Bai Xuan’s hot-pot plan, while Seliphina and the others react with confusion to the frozen image and the Joker’s apparent message.

Significant themes

• Escalating threats and limited knowledge: The Joker’s control of the World Tree and the approaching supernatural dangers leave the heroes uncertain and under pressure.
• Power through combination and adaptation: Bai Xuan uses the World Book’s system creatively, turning a mix of settings into a potentially powerful Legendary.
• Trust, delegation, and responsibility: Liu Mufei relies on others even as she bears the burden of protecting the world.
• Humor amid danger: Banter and domestic moments contrast with the chapter’s serious warnings.

Key events

• Bai Xuan summons Jialianhui, a towering, diamond-bodied Centaur with wings of light. She pledges herself to him and asks what she can do.
• Marée Alaira and Seliphina mistake Jialianhui for an enormous figurine, then are surprised when she speaks.
• Elsewhere, Lu Tai sets off to enter the Da Qi Serpent’s body. Li Manxiu’s team prepares to secure the area and orders a level-one alert.
• Li Manxiu proposes using an Origin Energy Bomb if the operation fails, but learns that leadership has rejected the request. Liu Mufei suggests the operation may be intended to fail, possibly as part of a larger plan involving the World Tree—and predicts that a spectacular event will begin a war.
• Liu Mufei messages Bai Xuan to tell him the Investigation Bureau is about to act against the Da Qi Serpent.

Character developments and interactions

• Jialianhui is introduced as a confident, dutiful Legendary ally, with exceptional physical attributes, flight, and extreme speed. Bai Xuan is awed by her size and appearance.
• Marée and Seliphina respond to Jialianhui with innocent curiosity, treating her as a statue until she identifies herself.
• Lu Tai is resolute about the dangerous mission despite his colleagues’ concern. Li Manxiu supports him but remains troubled by the operation’s risks and leadership’s intentions.
• Liu Mufei appears unexpectedly and demonstrates insight into the Bureau’s possible motives, while keeping her conclusions tentative.

Significant themes

• Power and scale: Jialianhui’s extraordinary size and abilities contrast with Bai Xuan and the smaller characters.
• Uncertainty and hidden agendas: The rejected bomb request and Liu Mufei’s suspicions suggest the mission may serve a political purpose beyond defeating the serpent.
• Duty and risk: Lu Tai proceeds despite the danger, while his colleagues balance loyalty with concern for his survival.

Chapter Summary

Key plot points and events

• Bai Xuan joins Liu Mufei at the front line, where the Investigation Bureau is preparing for Lu Tai to enter the Da Qi Serpent. Their plan is to clear away the serpent’s foul miasma first.
• Bai Xuan discovers that the World Book identifies the World Tree as controlling the Da Qi Serpent, contradicting the assumption that the serpent had swallowed the tree. He and Liu Mufei suspect the Evil Organization persuaded the serpent to cooperate by promising it access to another World Tree.
• The Bureau’s attack barely affects the sleeping serpent. Lu Tai then enters through its mouth and finds the glowing World Tree growing inside it.
• Lu Tai prepares to use a device called the Heart of Destruction against the tree. Nine of Spades warns that the World Tree cannot be destroyed by such a weapon, casting doubt on the orders and information Lu Tai received. Lu Tai nevertheless decides to fight Nine of Spades, believing it may be the only way to stop the serpent.
• Ten of Clubs traps Lu Tai’s flames with her Dark Matter, which can absorb even his powerful Hellfire. As she tries to overpower him, a sudden explosion shakes the serpent from outside. Nine of Spades sends Ten of Clubs to handle the new threat and remains to confront Lu Tai.
• Meanwhile, Bai Xuan realizes they may be able to use the same kind of bargain that the Evil Organization used with the serpent. He summons Jialianhui and rides her toward the Da Qi Serpent, intending to act on that idea.

Character developments and interactions

• Bai Xuan shows quick strategic thinking: instead of relying on force, he considers exploiting the serpent’s motives and seeks a way to approach it. He also reveals that he has a powerful, unusual companion in Jialianhui.
• Liu Mufei supports Bai Xuan’s reasoning but is surprised by his ability to produce such strange allies. His secrecy and growing collection of companions deepen her curiosity about him.
• Lu Tai remains determined and ambitious, hoping to save Huaguo and earn recognition. Despite doubts about his mission, he chooses to press on. His fire-based power proves ineffective against Ten of Clubs’s darkness.
• Nine of Spades calmly intercepts Lu Tai and appears confident that the World Tree is beyond human destruction. He coordinates the response when the explosion disrupts events.
• Ten of Clubs taunts Lu Tai and delights in absorbing his Hellfire, treating the fight as both entertainment and a chance to obtain the energy she wants.
• Jialianhui obeys Bai Xuan respectfully and carries him rapidly toward the serpent.

Significant themes

• Misunderstood forces and hidden motives: The World Tree’s relationship to the serpent overturns the characters’ assumptions, while the serpent’s cooperation with the Evil Organization may reflect its desire to escape control.
• Power versus strategy: Lu Tai relies on overwhelming force, but it fails against the World Tree and Ten of Clubs’s Dark Matter. Bai Xuan instead looks for leverage and negotiation.
• Conflicting loyalties and uncertain truth: Lu Tai begins questioning whether his superiors’ instructions conceal another objective, yet continues because he believes the mission may be their only chance.
• Mystery and discovery: The origin of the World Tree, the serpent’s true intentions, and Bai Xuan’s unexplained resources remain unresolved.

Plot points and events

• Bai Xuan and Jialianhui approach the Da Qi Serpent invisibly and discover that the World Tree controlling it is sentient.
• The World Tree reveals its goal: reach the World Source on Huaguo’s tallest mountain, defeat the world’s corrupted deity, and become the New God. It is using the serpent because the Snow Queen guards the site and the tree needs enough power to overcome her.
• Bai Xuan offers to help, but the World Tree doubts his strength and demands that he remove its obstacles. Bai Xuan counters that the tree needs his help more than he needs its cooperation, pointing out that the serpent is only a B-Rank calamity and may not remain under the tree’s control.
• A foreign Advanced Investigator, Danella of Bear Country, attacks Bai Xuan’s position. Jialianhui blocks his first strike and counters, but Bai Xuan withdraws with her rather than waste time fighting.
• The Evil Organization’s Ten of Clubs appears, and she and Danella begin a spectacular battle. Bai Xuan watches, hoping the danger will pressure the World Tree into cooperating, while suspecting an unseen observer is monitoring events.
• Bai Yu calls to say she is returning from White Sea City, where a Level One Alert has forced an evacuation. Bai Xuan hurries to move on with Xilin and Jialianhui.
• Meanwhile, inside the serpent, Nine of Spades is overpowering Lu Tai: black serpents absorb Lu Tai’s flames.

Character developments and interactions

• Bai Xuan learns the World Tree’s motives and tries to negotiate from a position of leverage, showing strategic restraint when he chooses to retreat from Danella.
• The World Tree is revealed as ambitious, impatient, and distrustful, but its uncertainty about whether it can succeed makes it potentially open to bargaining.
• Jialianhui remains unwaveringly loyal to Bai Xuan, even as the World Tree marvels that a being with Demigod potential serves a human.
• Danella and Ten of Clubs recognize one another as opponents and clash over who has the right to interfere. Their fight disrupts the already tense standoff around the serpent.
• Liu Mufei stays on standby while Li Manxiu mobilizes the front line, both reacting to the unexpected arrival of Danella.
• Bai Yu’s call briefly shifts Bai Xuan’s attention from the crisis to his family, while Su Yue’s voice on the phone prompts Bai Yu to question who is with him.

Significant themes

• Power and leverage: Bai Xuan argues that cooperation is mutual, not something the World Tree can demand.
• Ambition and world order: The World Tree seeks to replace a corrupted deity, raising questions about whether its “correction” of the world is salvation or another threat.
• Loyalty and hierarchy: Jialianhui’s devotion contrasts with the World Tree’s disbelief that someone so powerful would serve a human.
• Escalating conflict and hidden agendas: Investigators, the Evil Organization, and unseen observers converge around the serpent, suggesting the crisis is part of a larger struggle.

Summary

The narrator says they are moving and will therefore take a day off.

Character development and interactions

No characters or interactions are described beyond the narrator’s brief announcement.

Themes

The only implied theme is the practical disruption of moving and the need to take time away from work.

Key plot points and events

• Lu Tai battles Nine of Spades inside the Da Qi Serpent. An endless swarm of black snakes blocks him, while the serpent’s seawater and toxic bodily fluids extinguish his flames and temporarily suppress his power.
• Refusing to surrender, Lu Tai burns his own life force to keep attacking. Nine of Spades tries to escape through a Spatial Rift, but Jialianhui’s arrow shatters it and leaves him exposed. Lu Tai breaks free of the snakes, and he and Jialianhui kill Nine of Spades.
• The young World Tree, Xi, watches the conflict and realizes her plan to take the serpent ashore and replace the corrupted original World Tree is failing. Bai Xuan arrives and persuades her to accept his help instead.
• Xi explains that she believes her mission is necessary to save the world, even if millions die along the way. Bai Xuan questions who gave her this mission; Xi cannot remember, suggesting her purpose may not be entirely her own. She agrees to trust him.
• Exhausted and near death, Lu Tai gives Bai Xuan the Heart of Destruction, a crystal with energy comparable to an Origin Energy Bomb, and entrusts him with stopping the disaster.

Character developments and interactions

• Lu Tai proves unwaveringly self-sacrificing, choosing to spend his remaining life to protect others. After Nine of Spades’s defeat, he reluctantly places his trust in Bai Xuan and Liu Mufei.
• Xi shifts from wary resistance to cooperation, though her starkly utilitarian view of human casualties remains unchanged. Her forgotten mission raises doubts about who—or what—set her on this path.
• Bai Xuan remains calm and diplomatic, offering Xi a peaceful alternative and accepting responsibility for resolving the crisis.
• Jialianhui protects Bai Xuan and decisively prevents Nine of Spades’s escape, creating the opening for Lu Tai to finish him.
• Nine of Spades moves from confident taunting to fear as Lu Tai’s life-burning attack and Jialianhui’s intervention leave him trapped.

Significant themes

• Sacrifice and duty: Lu Tai accepts his death as the price of protecting millions.
• Conflicting moral scales: Xi weighs individual lives against the survival of the world; Bai Xuan insists that human casualties cannot be dismissed as insignificant.
• Trust and cooperation: Xi and Lu Tai both ultimately entrust Bai Xuan with the crisis.
• Uncertain purpose: Xi’s inability to recall who assigned her mission hints that her conviction may have been planted or shaped by an unknown force.

Key plot points and events

• Bai Xuan sends the wounded Lu Tai back to camp. Lu reveals that he burned through his life force to kill the Nine of Spades, and worries whether Danella can defeat the Ten of Clubs.
• Danella breaks the Ten of Clubs’s shadow chains with his Spirit Ascension technique and appears to kill her. But she survives, ambushes him with a black spear, and destroys his right arm.
• Danella considers using a sealed power, but Bear Country’s command refuses to risk losing him for an operation they consider Huaguo’s responsibility.
• Liu Mufei steps in, claiming her role as White Sea City’s Deputy Director obliges her to defend the city. She sends the injured Danella away and prepares to fight the Ten of Clubs with her platinum revolver.
• Elsewhere, Xi tells Bai Xuan that she found the Da Qi Serpent years ago and helped it grow, but has decided to act early because she has become increasingly uneasy.
• Bai Xuan offers the serpent freedom if it abandons the Evil Organization and cooperates. It refuses, insults him, and appeals to Xi instead. Bai Xuan then asks Xi to dispose of it; she agrees and severs their connection.
• Xi has Bai Xuan store the World Tree in his World Book. As they prepare to leave, the now-abandoned serpent cries out in despair.

Character developments and interactions

• Lu Tai takes pride in killing the Nine of Spades, despite the life-threatening cost. Li Manxiu is shocked and angry at his recklessness.
• Danella proves powerful and resolute, but his severe injury and his command’s refusal to let him use a sealed power force him to withdraw.
• Liu Mufei takes responsibility for the confrontation and shows confidence, exchanging taunts with the Ten of Clubs before their fight begins. Her intervention also reflects her growing influence within the investigation authorities.
• Bai Xuan tries negotiation before choosing a decisive course to protect Huaguo. His calm approach contrasts with the serpent’s hostility.
• Xi reveals her former bond with the Da Qi Serpent but ultimately prioritizes her own plans and agrees to abandon it. The serpent’s pleas expose its dependence on her.

Significant themes

• Sacrifice and duty: Lu Tai risks his life, while Danella’s command weighs personal safety against the mission.
• Betrayal and shifting loyalties: The Ten of Clubs’s apparent death is a deception, and Xi abandons the serpent despite its past service.
• Power and dependence: The serpent’s strength and ambitions are tied to the World Tree, leaving it vulnerable when Xi withdraws support.
• Trust and choice: Bai Xuan offers the serpent a chance to choose cooperation, but its refusal leaves it isolated.

Key plot points and events

• The Da Qi Serpent threatens to destroy the coast unless Bai Xuan leaves the World Tree behind. Bai refuses and tosses Lu Tai’s Heart of Destruction into the serpent before teleporting away with Xilin and the others. The blast tears open the serpent’s body, but does not kill it.
• While Liu Mufei fights the Ten of Clubs, she uses special bullets that bypass the enemy’s powers. The Ten of Clubs adapts by reflecting a bullet with a blood-made mirror, but Liu tricks her with a second Liu Mufei and kills her with an energy-gun blast.
• The wounded serpent reaches the coast, where missiles—now effective against its weakened body—cripple it. It then releases tens of thousands of giant pythons toward White Sea City.
• Jialianhui descends and wipes out the serpent swarm with a vast rain of Diamond Arrows, saving the coastal defenders and city. Bai notices an unseen observer above the clouds but cannot identify them.
• Liu Mufei takes charge of the remaining situation while Bai leaves with Jialianhui and the others. When Central Investigation Bureau agent Zhao Huaihai tries to summon Liu, Li Hongyou challenges him over the World Tree’s disappearance and its apparent connection to the Evil Organization. A call then orders Zhao to stop: the missing World Tree has been found.

Character developments and interactions

• Bai Xuan remains resolute under the serpent’s threats, using the Heart of Destruction to weaken it and entrusting the aftermath to Liu and Jialianhui.
• Liu Mufei demonstrates her exceptional skill and composure, outmaneuvering and killing the Ten of Clubs. She is wary of the Investigation Bureau and clarifies that she is only cooperating with Bai’s group.
• Jialianhui proves devastatingly powerful, saving the coast in a single attack; she reports to Bai as her master rather than responding to the crowd’s praise.
• The Ten of Clubs shifts from confidence to fear as Liu’s attacks overcome her abilities.
• Liu Mufei, Li Manxiu, and Lu Tai react to Jialianhui’s power, which is beyond their understanding. Li Hongyou confronts Zhao Huaihai, forcing attention onto the Bureau’s handling of the World Tree.

Significant themes

• Power and responsibility: Great strength is used to protect the city, while the defenders risk their lives against the serpent’s offspring.
• Resolve under threat: Bai refuses to be coerced, and the coastal forces continue fighting despite overwhelming danger.
• Hidden agendas and mistrust: An unseen watcher remains unexplained, and the Investigation Bureau’s role in the World Tree’s disappearance becomes suspect.

Key events

• After Liu Mufei and Li Hongyou locate the Evil Organization’s base, Liu explains that reporting it to the Central Investigation Bureau is meant to buy time, not trigger a battle. The Organization can escape using its Spatial Esper, and the Bureau would avoid a costly assault.
• A secret council discusses the World Tree Xi, found on a Pacific island. They order an operative to retrieve her, calling her unusually important to connecting the Legendary Universe, and warn that time is running out.
• Bai Xuan brings Xi to his villa, then leaves her with the two Young Dragons while he returns home. He completes the Da Qi Serpent quest and receives the mysterious gold “Proof of the King,” whose purpose he cannot determine.
• Bai Yu returns from White Sea City with news that the Investigation Bureau may lower the city’s defense rating and transfer personnel to Ideal City. Worried by rumors about Liu Mufei and the arrival of Central Bureau investigators, she is considering moving to Ninghang City.
• Bai Xuan checks with Liu Mufei and learns she is not being removed but promoted. He reassures Bai Yu that he can protect her, though he conceals the full extent of his abilities.
• Bai Yu gives Bai Xuan an Ideal City “Superman Potion,” hoping it will strengthen or awaken his powers. After he drinks it, a strange effect appears: when he turns invisible, his body and clothes vanish, but one part remains visible, glowing with intense holy light.

Character developments and interactions

• Liu Mufei shows strategic skill, using the Bureau’s discovery of the Organization’s base to create room for her own side to maneuver. Li Hongyou, despite her irritation at being drawn into Liu’s plans, is increasingly aligned with her.
• Bai Xuan remains protective of Bai Yu and confident in his ability to keep her safe. He continues to hide what he knows, including his connection to Liu Mufei and the full nature of his powers.
• Bai Yu is anxious about the safety of ordinary cities and is willing to relocate for protection. She nevertheless trusts Bai Xuan enough to share the potion with him.
• Their sibling conversation mixes teasing with genuine concern, and Bai Yu’s gift triggers the chapter’s comic cliffhanger.

Significant themes

• Strategic survival and shifting alliances: Liu Mufei tries to preserve independence by playing competing powers against each other.
• Security versus uncertainty: White Sea City’s reduced defenses and the proposed reliance on prediction and rapid response raise doubts about whether Ideal City is truly safer.
• Trust and concealed identities: Bai Xuan and Liu Mufei keep information from others, while Bai Yu senses her brother has changed but chooses to trust him.
• Power with unpredictable consequences: The potion may unlock potential, but its bizarre result suggests that gaining power can come with unexpected—and embarrassing—effects.

Key plot points and events

• Bai Xuan’s Invisibility fails to conceal him from Holy Light. Bai Yu assumes he is hiding a romantic relationship and gives him advice about choosing a gentle partner.
• Luo Miaoyin appears and asks Bai Xuan to help Luo Yuyin. At Biyang Cave Abode, he learns a vast crack called the Scar of Heaven has opened in the sky, signaling a world-threatening calamity.
• Luo Yuyin suspects the scar was caused by teaching Bai Xuan immortal techniques, which may have disturbed the Heavenly Dao. A mission appears, identifying the crisis as a Red Dust Tribulation tied to the Heavenly Mother’s jealousy.
• The two Luos believe Bai Xuan’s life-giving lightning technique can mend the scar, but he needs more strength. Luo Miaoyin proposes a mysterious Dual Cultivation Method and produces a Flying Immortal Elixir said to reshape his meridians. She has dozens of bottles.
• Bai Xuan leaves to prepare. Back in his quarters, Liu Mufei arrives, takes the elixir, and drinks it after realizing Bai Xuan is eager for her to try it.

Character developments and interactions

• Bai Xuan remains curious and opportunistic: he reacts obediently to Bai Yu’s teasing, eagerly accepts the cultivation plan, secretly pockets several elixirs, and lets Liu Mufei test one.
• Bai Yu shows affectionate, protective concern for her brother, though she misreads his secrecy as evidence of a romance. She briefly glimpses a mysterious white figure.
• Luo Miaoyin is calm and persuasive, steering Bai Xuan toward the Dual Cultivation Method and appearing confident it is necessary.
• Luo Yuyin is serious and knowledgeable but unsettled by Miaoyin’s unfamiliar technique and by the possibility that their actions caused the heavenly crisis.
• Liu Mufei displays curiosity and confidence, drinking the unknown elixir without hesitation.
• Separately, Danella tells a military woman that Liu Mufei is formidable and likely to surpass her, and warns that unseen outsiders in Huaguo may be even more dangerous.

Significant themes

• Power and responsibility: Bai Xuan’s unusual abilities may be key to saving a world.
• Hidden mysteries: The Heavenly Dao, the scar, and the Dual Cultivation Method exceed what even experienced cultivators understand.
• Jealousy and romance: The mission links the crisis to the Heavenly Mother’s jealousy, while Bai Yu’s teasing and the proposed cultivation method add romantic-comedy tension.
• Trust and risk: Liu Mufei willingly tests an unfamiliar elixir, while Bai Xuan treats the experiment with playful self-interest.

The speaker has just finished moving and is facing trouble with a difficult landlord. Feeling exhausted, they decide to take a day off.

• Key events: The move is complete; conflict with the landlord is ongoing; the speaker takes time to rest.
• Character development: The speaker recognizes their exhaustion and chooses to pause rather than push on.
• Themes: Stress, adjustment, self-care, and setting boundaries.
• Interactions: The speaker’s relationship with the landlord is difficult, though no specific exchange is described.

Key plot points and events

• Liu Mufei drinks a mysterious elixir from Bai Xuan. It makes her skin slick and sensitive, stirs her soul, and reveals her insect-like features, including antennae and gemlike scales.
• Bai Xuan identifies her jokingly as a “Candy Star Person” because she loves sweets. Their teasing turns flirtatious, though the night’s events remain unclear afterward.
• Bai Yu wakes, hears suggestive snippets from Bai Xuan’s room, and suspects he and Liu Mufei are together. She ultimately decides not to intrude and returns to her room.
• Meanwhile, Huaguo’s strongest investigator retrieves the World Tree from an apparently deserted island, then destroys the island and surrounding sea with a hidden explosive.
• The next morning, Liu Mufei wakes beside Bai Xuan with only hazy memories of the night. She confirms she is an alien from a race she calls the Carlosians.
• Liu Mufei explains that a deal with the Investigation Bureau has made her a principal official overseeing anomalous calamities in White Sea City, while she remains deputy director. Bai Xuan asks whether his sister should leave the bureau; Liu Mufei suggests she may be better off staying in the city and close to her.

Character developments and interactions

• Bai Xuan learns more about Liu Mufei’s true form and uses playful teasing to ease their intimate, awkward situation. He also seeks Liu Mufei’s advice about his sister’s career.
• Liu Mufei reveals her nonhuman identity and gains a powerful new role in the bureau. Her playful banter with Bai Xuan contrasts with her embarrassment and uncertainty about what happened while under the elixir’s influence.
• Bai Yu grows concerned about her brother’s apparent relationship with Liu Mufei, but respects his privacy and chooses not to investigate.
• The strongest investigator demonstrates his immense power and ruthless efficiency by claiming the World Tree and erasing the island where it stood.
• Bai Xuan and Liu Mufei’s relationship is marked by teasing and flirtation, while Bai Yu’s accidental eavesdropping creates comic misunderstanding.

Significant themes

• Hidden identities and transformation: The elixir exposes Liu Mufei’s true nature, while the chapter gradually reveals her alien origins.
• Power and institutional change: Liu Mufei’s promotion and White Sea City’s uncertain status show the shifting balance of authority around anomalous threats.
• Privacy, trust, and uncertainty: Bai Yu chooses not to intrude, while Liu Mufei must reckon with an intimate night she can barely remember.
• Humor amid danger: Romantic misunderstandings and candy jokes sit alongside the serious recovery of the World Tree and the destruction of an island.

Key plot points

• Liu Mufei leaves after warning Bai Xuan to protect the World Tree Sapling, since both the Investigation Bureau and the Evil Organization may target it once their current conflict is resolved.
• Bai Yu confronts Bai Xuan about spending the night with Liu Mufei. Though upset, she accepts his explanation and worries more that Liu Mufei may be too much for him to handle. She plans to rest at home, and Bai Xuan suggests they play games together.
• At Lakeside Villa, Xi notices Su Yue’s unstable Superpower and calms it with a small amount of her energy. In return, she asks Su Yue to use Astral Spirit Sight to locate the World Source.
• Su Yue finds the World Source, which Xi needs to replace the original World Tree. The Snow Queen guards it, and Xi admits she needs Bai Xuan’s help to defeat her.
• Xi teleports to Bai Xuan’s home, with Su Yue accidentally pulled along. Her arrival—and her talk of the World Source and Snow Queen—reveals that Bai Xuan has been hiding something important from Bai Yu.
• Pressed to explain, Bai Xuan admits he joined a secret organization. Bai Yu correctly guesses it is the group led by the man in the Slime Mask. She fears for his safety but is reassured when Bai Xuan says its members are good people.
• Bai Yu recognizes Su Yue, and Su Yue is delighted: the recognition confirms that the effects of her Existence Erasure have finally ended.

Character developments and interactions

• Bai Xuan tries to conceal his involvement in the secret organization and the World Tree’s mission, but Xi’s bluntness forces him to face his sister’s questions. He remains committed to helping Xi.
• Bai Yu moves from suspicion and frustration to concern for Bai Xuan’s safety. Her perceptiveness lets her identify his organization despite his evasiveness.
• Su Yue gains control of her Superpower after Xi’s help and demonstrates growing mastery of Astral Spirit Sight. Her return to being recognized marks a major personal relief.
• Xi shows both nurturing power and a determined, practical side: she helps Su Yue, then immediately seeks Bai Xuan’s aid in reaching the World Source.
• Liu Mufei acts as a protective ally to Bai Xuan, warning him of the sapling’s danger and offering to look after Bai Yu.

Significant themes

• Trust and secrecy: Bai Xuan’s attempt to protect Bai Yu by withholding information instead deepens her worry.
• Responsibility and protection: Several characters look out for one another, even as larger threats loom.
• Recognition and identity: Su Yue’s joy at being remembered underscores the emotional cost of Existence Erasure.
• Escalating stakes: The search for the World Source and the formidable Snow Queen expands the conflict surrounding the World Tree.

Key plot points and events

• Su Yue reveals her excitement because her erased presence has returned.
• Bai Yu questions Bai Xuan about his mysterious organization. He explains that he handles information, analysis, and tactics, then invites her to join. She declines, saying she is mainly concerned for his safety.
• Bai Xuan takes Bai Yu to the Lakeside Villa, where she meets the organization’s members: Xilin, the Half-Dragon Marée Alaira and Seliphina, Jialianhui, and others. Bai Yu recognizes Luo Miaoyin as the Fairy who defeated the Dark Matter Dragon.
• Bai Yu is reassured by the group’s warmth and tells Bai Xuan she feels better, then asks him to take her home.
• At Ideal City, officials discuss Zhu Tian’s discovery of the World Tree and an American plan to capture Little Ace. Huaguo agrees to assist. Mo Lan hints that a secret project will debut during the operation.
• Back at the villa, Xi urges Bai Xuan to pursue the World Source. He says they need more preparation before confronting the Snow Queen.
• Su Yue uses Astral Spirit Sight to reveal the World Source’s location: a glowing, snow-white fruit resembling an apple, with a white figure—the Snow Queen—standing beside it.

Character developments and interactions

• Bai Yu moves from suspicion and concern to cautious reassurance after meeting Bai Xuan’s companions. She chooses not to join the organization.
• Bai Xuan protects his sister from worrying while offering her a glimpse of his secret life. He balances his responsibilities to her with the looming mission.
• Su Yue is increasingly useful to the group; her ability helps locate both the World Source and the Snow Queen.
• Xi is eager to find the World Source but accepts that preparation is necessary.
• The organization’s members tease and joke with one another, especially the Dragons’ exaggerated claims about being Bai Xuan’s “helper” and “dog,” reinforcing their friendly, informal bond.
• Mo Lan’s fascination with experiments clashes with the military leader’s insistence that she not pursue a dangerous fight merely for data.

Significant themes

• Family concern and trust: Bai Yu’s questions stem from worry for her brother, and meeting his companions helps her trust that he is supported.
• Found family and belonging: The organization feels more like a close gathering of friends than a rigid secret society.
• Power and responsibility: Bai Xuan’s strength and authority come with obligations, including protecting his companions and preparing for the Snow Queen.
• Conflicting motives: The officials’ stated aim of protecting the world contrasts with Mo Lan’s personal scientific ambition.

Key plot points and events

• Bai Xuan and Xi identify the Snow Queen as the powerful being holding the world source. Jialianhui warns that she is far beyond their current strength; they must grow stronger before confronting her.
• Xi says the world will begin showing more severe anomalies in about a week. Other worlds are collapsing, driving their inhabitants toward this still-stable world. She believes those doomed worlds cannot be saved.
• Bai Xuan disagrees with accepting that fate. He promises to help Xi recover the world source, then use Xi’s World Tree power to try to save the endangered worlds.
• The Snow Queen stole the world source, but this kept it pure while other worlds’ sources became corrupted. Xi still insists that it must be reclaimed to save their world.
• Jialianhui reveals that her own world has already been destroyed and that she is its last survivor. The Mother of Holy Spirits gave her a body so she could answer Bai Xuan’s summons and bring hope to others. Bai Xuan vows to honor her conviction.
• Luo Miaoyin takes Bai Xuan to the Cloudglow Illusion Realm, where she and Luo Yuyin prepare food and wine before his cultivation. Yuyin, normally cold toward him, reluctantly serves him under Miaoyin’s direction. The chapter ends with Bai Xuan ordering Yuyin onto his lap, and her complying despite her evident resentment.
• After the group’s memories return, Su Yue receives a call from her family’s attendant and is relieved to reconnect.

Character developments and interactions

• Bai Xuan shows caution about fighting the Snow Queen, but determination to help others even when Xi considers their worlds beyond rescue. He reassures Xilin and honors Jialianhui’s purpose. In the later scene, he behaves teasingly and assertively toward Yuyin.
• Xi explains the crisis and the Snow Queen’s role, balancing urgency with concern for the world she protects. She agrees to lend Bai Xuan her power, though she warns him not to misuse it.
• Jialianhui shares the grief behind her mission and her identity as the final survivor of a destroyed world; Bai Xuan responds with respect and solidarity.
• Xilin silently appeals to Bai Xuan to save her world and is encouraged by his promise.
• Marée Alaira and Seliphina unexpectedly insist that their own world should be destroyed, providing comic contrast to Bai Xuan’s rescue plans.
• Luo Miaoyin warmly guides the cultivation encounter and directs Yuyin to host Bai Xuan. Luo Yuyin remains openly reluctant, while Miaoyin’s authority ensures she complies; their exchange sets up a playful, tense dynamic.

Significant themes

• Hope and responsibility: Bai Xuan rejects the idea that suffering elsewhere should simply be accepted.
• Limits and sacrifice: The Snow Queen is too powerful for the group now, while Jialianhui’s survival embodies the cost of a world’s destruction.
• Trust and commitment: Xi accepts Bai Xuan’s promise, Xilin places her hope in him, and Jialianhui entrusts him with her conviction.
• Contrast in tone: The looming multiversal catastrophe gives way to domestic comedy and flirtatious tension in the Cloudglow Illusion Realm.

Key plot points and events

• Luo Miaoyin persuades her twin, Luo Yuyin, to try a “Dual Cultivation Method” with Bai Xuan, presenting it as a way to pursue immortality by accepting human feelings and desires.
• Miaoyin secretly adds a substance from a jade bottle to Bai Xuan’s food and wine. He becomes tipsy and disoriented while the sisters attend to him.
• Yuyin, uncomfortable and unsure what the method entails, follows Miaoyin’s instructions to try to win Bai Xuan over. Miaoyin then takes over, begins an intimate encounter, and declares they should start with a hundred “rounds.” Yuyin watches closely.
• In a separate scene, Li Hongyou complains about being assigned to review reports on the White Sea City calamity. Liu Mufei tells her that the American Investigation Bureau has found Little Ace and is preparing an operation against her; she links the Bureau’s recent successes to an Esper with Precognition.
• Mufei asks Hongyou again whether she will join their group. Hongyou does not answer, leaving her decision unresolved.

Character developments

• Luo Miaoyin is confident and persuasive, framing desire as part of the path to immortality. She also manipulates the situation by secretly drugging Bai Xuan’s meal.
• Luo Yuyin struggles between her strict ideals and trust in Miaoyin. Despite her reluctance, she begins to participate and becomes an intensely attentive observer.
• Bai Xuan is caught off guard and loses his composure after consuming the doctored food and drink.
• Li Hongyou resents bureaucratic work and dismisses Precognition as a threat, but her silence suggests she is seriously considering Mufei’s invitation.
• Liu Mufei remains composed and teasing, but becomes more serious when discussing Little Ace and Hongyou’s recruitment.

Significant themes

• The sisters debate whether spiritual advancement requires rejecting desire or accepting their human nature.
• Trust and persuasion blur into manipulation: Miaoyin invokes friendship and immortality while concealing her actions from Bai Xuan.
• The chapter contrasts intimate, personal ambitions with institutional conflict and recruitment tied to the investigation of the Evil Organization.

Character interactions

• Miaoyin directs and reassures Yuyin, while Yuyin alternates between protest, hesitation, and trust.
• Miaoyin and Yuyin both attend to Bai Xuan, but Miaoyin controls the situation and takes the lead.
• Hongyou and Mufei trade teasing remarks before Mufei presses her to choose whether to join their group.

Key plot points and events

• Luo Miaoyin continues guiding Bai Xuan through the “Dual Cultivation Method,” with Luo Yuyin observing and gradually realizing what it involves. Miaoyin eventually draws Yuyin into participating.
• At home, Bai Yu works out that Bai Xuan was the person behind the Slime Mask. She realizes she never suspected him because she trusted him too completely to question what he had not told her.
• Liu Mufei visits Bai Yu and confirms she knew Bai Xuan’s identity already. She invites Bai Yu to join her faction, which aims to create a peaceful world for beings who do not belong to this one. She says the faction cooperates with Bai Xuan’s organization and agrees to protect Bai Yu under an arrangement with him. Bai Yu agrees to consider joining and to remain with the Investigation Bureau for now.
• Back at the villa, Bai Xuan completes a hundred trials with Luo Miaoyin and Luo Yuyin. The experience transforms his Immortal Energy and strengthens his body and soul enough to meet the requirements for B-Rank advancement, though he must still complete advancement missions.
• Miaoyin explains that Bai Xuan’s Life Essence can take illusory forms and help repair the Scar of Heaven. The work will require ten times the amount produced that day, which she and Yuyin plan to gather within three days.
• Bai Xuan sets aside his concerns and starts his C-Rank advancement mission: “Ice Curse Dragon!”

Character developments and interactions

• Bai Xuan gains major physical and spiritual reinforcement, but is uneasy about the strain required to produce enough Life Essence. His trust in Miaoyin leads him to accept her reassurance and begin his advancement mission.
• Bai Yu moves from confusion toward a clearer understanding of her brother’s secret life. Though uncertain about joining a faction, she is receptive to Liu Mufei’s offer and accepts the need for protection.
• Liu Mufei reveals her independent faction’s purpose and her existing connection to Bai Xuan, presenting herself as an ally who wants Bai Yu’s cooperation and safety.
• Luo Miaoyin remains playful and confident, guiding both Bai Xuan and Yuyin while explaining the practical purpose of the process.
• Luo Yuyin shifts from skeptical observer to reluctant participant, overwhelmed by the situation.

Significant themes

• Trust and secrecy: Bai Yu’s trust explains why Bai Xuan’s disguise worked—and why learning the truth leaves her unsettled.
• Belonging and survival: Liu Mufei argues that outsiders may face persecution even after the Anomalous Calamities end, making unity essential.
• Power and sacrifice: Bai Xuan’s advancement and the repair of the Scar of Heaven depend on demanding personal exertion.
• Choice and uncertainty: Bai Yu is invited to choose an allegiance, while Bai Xuan faces a dangerous new mission without knowing what awaits him.

Key plot points and events

• Bai Xuan begins his third Advancement Mission, a C+ challenge set in the World Illusion. Its target is Seliphina, and the mission takes him to the Land of Extreme Cold.
• He finds Seliphina as a sick, shivering Young Dragon rather than the powerful adult he expected. Unable to attack her, he uses his life-infused Immortal Energy to ease her pain and shelters her in a cave.
• When Seliphina wakes, she explains that she serves Marée Alaira, whom she calls her “boss.” She believes they plan to destroy the world because other dragons persecuted them for belonging to no Clan, drove them into the Wasteland, and coveted Marée’s treasure.
• Bai Xuan persuades Seliphina that mastering the Ice Supreme Principle could help her boss. She eagerly begins trying to comprehend it.
• Throughout the scene, Bai Xuan senses an unseen presence following him. A snow-white Half-Dragon finally appears and introduces herself as Nadalia—the Creation Dragon—leaving Bai Xuan astonished.

Character developments and interactions

• Bai Xuan initially assumes the mission will be easy, but compassion overcomes his competitive instincts. He cares for Seliphina and listens to her history instead of treating her as an opponent. He also becomes increasingly wary of the mysterious presence.
• Young Seliphina is innocent, blunt, and fiercely loyal to Marée Alaira. Though suspicious of Bai Xuan at first, she quickly warms to his advice and eagerly tries to strengthen herself for her boss’s sake.
• Nadalia appears gentle and curious, but her sudden arrival and extraordinary title suggest she is a powerful, significant figure.
• Their exchange reveals Seliphina’s uncomplicated reasoning: she wants to destroy the world because her boss does, and she believes revenge is justified for the mistreatment they suffered.

Significant themes

• Compassion over conflict: Bai Xuan’s empathy leads him to protect the very person he is meant to defeat.
• Loyalty and belonging: Seliphina’s devotion to Marée is shaped by their shared exclusion and persecution.
• The roots of vengeance: The dragons’ plan to destroy the world is presented as a response to bullying, displacement, and greed.
• Hidden power and mystery: The Land of Extreme Cold conceals an unseen watcher whose identity may change the mission’s meaning.

Chapter Summary

Key plot points and events

• In the World Illusion, Bai Xuan meets Nadalia, the Creation Dragon, who is watching over the exiled young Ice Dragon, Seliphina.
• Nadalia suspects Bai Xuan knows the future. He admits that he does, and she asks whether Kandra—Marée Alaira’s imperiled world—is still worth saving. Bai Xuan says it may have some worth, but he does not personally care.
• Nadalia explains that she is only a wisp of her dragon soul; her true body is lifeless. She intended to nurture Seliphina by giving her strength, wisdom, courage, and kindness.
• Seliphina’s glowing “Heart of Ice” reveals her rare potential to inherit Nadalia’s power. Nadalia also confirms that Marée Alaira received her heart, which made the other Dragons resent and target her.
• Bai Xuan asks to inherit Nadalia’s power. After an eccentric examination—she picks him up and licks him—Nadalia concludes that his body could contain energy from multiple worlds. She offers him some of her power on the condition that he save Kandra, but he says he will consider it.
• As Nadalia fades, she reveals that Seliphina received her eyes and hints that Bai Xuan can find her in reality through Seliphina and Marée. Bai Xuan is startled by her apparent awareness of the illusion, but she vanishes before he can ask more.
• Seliphina awakens with an initial grasp of the Ice Supreme Principle, thanks Bai Xuan, and proudly declares that she and her boss will destroy the world. Bai Xuan’s Advancement Mission completes, and he promises the reluctant Seliphina he will return before leaving the illusion.
• Back in reality, Luo Yuyin confronts Bai Xuan over their Dual Cultivation Method. Though embarrassed and angry about what happened, she admits the method increased her Immortal Energy by roughly twenty percent.

Character developments and interactions

• Bai Xuan earns Nadalia’s respect as an extraordinary human and potential vessel for immense power, but remains uncertain about accepting the obligation to save Kandra. He also forms a surprisingly warm connection with Seliphina.
• Nadalia is revealed as Seliphina’s protector and a desperate guardian of a world nearing destruction. Her gifts to Seliphina and Marée connect the two Dragons to her legacy.
• Seliphina advances in her understanding of ice, gains confidence in her talent, and shows genuine affection and gratitude toward Bai Xuan.
• Luo Yuyin starts the scene furious and mortified, but her measurable cultivation gains complicate her complaints. Her banter with Bai Xuan mixes irritation, embarrassment, and reluctant acknowledgment of the method’s benefits.

Significant themes

• Saving a doomed world: Bai Xuan’s indifference contrasts with Nadalia’s determination and raises the question of whether Kandra deserves salvation.
• Power and sacrifice: Nadalia’s gifts empower Marée and Seliphina, but also bring danger and responsibility.
• Unusual potential and destiny: Bai Xuan’s unexplained capacity challenges ordinary limits, while Seliphina’s rare gift points toward a larger role.
• Connection across reality and illusion: Nadalia’s awareness of Bai Xuan’s situation suggests the boundaries between the World Illusion and reality may be less secure than he assumed.