Chapter Summaries

Key plot points and events

• Changes to Snow-Soaked Mountain, caused by Ye Chuqi’s Formation, are attracting outside attention—especially amid growing concern about the Beast Abyss Frontline.
• The Bai Family asks Ye Chuqi what it should do next. She proposes opening a school to teach its knowledge to people beyond the family.
• Bai Xun confirms that the family supports the idea, which Bai Fenghua and the elders had already considered. The Ye Family’s successful school provides a model, though the Bai Family’s bloodline-based techniques may be harder to share.
• Because Snow-Soaked Mountain is too sensitive and the Northern Snowfield too harsh for a school, Ye Chuqi proposes building a new city. She, Bai Xun, and Jun Ruofeng begin discussing the broader plan, with Ye taking responsibility for designing the city around the Formation.
• Ye checks her thriving plants, gives them Spirit Spring water, then visits the Giant Clam in its transformed, carefully tended home beneath the mountain. She sees that it is thriving as the Formation Eye and wonders whether it might eventually take human form.

Character developments and interactions

• Ye Chuqi emerges as a visionary, advocating that the Bai Family share its teachings and help prepare for Spiritual Energy’s eventual spread across Raila. Her boldness shows in her confident proposal to build a city, while her attention to the plants and Giant Clam reveals her continued care for them.
• Bai Xun trusts Ye Chuqi’s judgment and supports her plans, balancing her vision with practical concerns. He and Jun Ruofeng will handle the complex family and city matters.
• The Bai Family shifts toward a more outward-looking future, though it must protect its mountain and adapt its bloodline-specific knowledge for outsiders.
• The Giant Clam is comfortable and entertained in its new home. Its role as Formation Eye appears to have transformed its cultivation, leaving Ye Chuqi unable to assess its level.

Significant themes

• Sharing knowledge and building institutions: The proposed school echoes the Ye Family’s method of cultivating capable, loyal people beyond its bloodline.
• Collective preparation for change: The families recognize that the Spiritual Energy spreading from Snow-Soaked Mountain may reshape the continent.
• Stewardship and protection: Progress must be balanced against safeguarding the mountain’s herbs, the Giant Clam, and the Formation.
• Care across species and generations: Ye Chuqi’s concern for the Giant Clam and the mountain’s life reflects a broader sense of responsibility.

Chapter 462 Summary

• Planning for the Giant Clam: Ye Chuqi warns Bai Xun that if the Giant Clam undergoes its dangerous Shapeshifting Tribulation, the entire Snow-Soaked Mountain could be at risk. She recommends arranging with the Thirteen Misty Islands to teleport it to the Misty Sea if signs of the tribulation appear. Bai Xun agrees to contact them.
• Ye Chuqi’s next destination: Though Bai Xun asks her to stay, Ye Chuqi leaves the Northern Snowfield, explaining that she must investigate the Lost Domain deep within the Lost Forest. She believes it may contain the final piece of the truth she has been pursuing. Bai Xun worries about her going alone, but she reassures him that she will stay in touch with both the Ye and Bai families using her upgraded Crystal Balls.
• Possible companions: San San reports that Yan Jiu and Joshua are recovering in the Spirit Spring and have made unexpected gains, though both are at a critical stage of advancement. They may wake in time to accompany Ye Chuqi, but she does not know for certain.
• Return to Monte City: On reaching the busy city, Ye Chuqi reflects on how much time has passed since her early days in the world. At the Imperial Capital Academy, she is now a celebrated figure: she entered the Advanced Class midway through a term, graduated early, and later made a major impact in the Beast Abyss. Her reputation has even surpassed her brother Ye Qinglan’s, though her black hair, black eyes, and lack of familiar Beast Companions keep passersby from recognizing her.
• Recognition at the city gates: A guard at the City Lord’s Residence immediately recognizes Ye Chuqi and calls out to her, astonishing his fellow guard.

Character and thematic notes

Ye Chuqi remains purposeful and independent, but her exchange with Bai Xun shows the close family bonds she maintains across both the Ye and Bai families. Bai Xun’s concern reflects the elders’ difficulty in protecting someone who insists on choosing her own path. The chapter emphasizes the risks of cultivation, the importance of foresight and cooperation, and Ye Chuqi’s growing fame—even as she moves through public life largely unnoticed.

Plot and events

• Ye Chuqi visits Monte City’s City Lord’s Residence, expecting to speak with City Lord Yuges, but learns he left the day before. His deputy, Dinan, is away inspecting the city and is expected back by noon.
• Rather than wait, Ye Chuqi gives a trusted guard a Spatial Ring containing herbs and restorative potions for Yuges and Dinan, especially to support Dinan’s health. The guard is nervous about safeguarding something so valuable and promises to deliver it.
• The narration shifts to Ye Qinglan’s Lion Owls. Xiao Bu, once a reliable sign that Ye Qinglan was nearby, has become difficult to spot. He is actually still with Ye Chuqi, who has returned, though the public has not connected the clues.
• Xiao Bu enjoys staying in Ye Chuqi’s spatial realm and often pushes Xiao Nuo or Gungun out in his place. Xiao Nuo prefers being outside with Ye Chuqi, while Gungun mainly wants to remain beside Yan Jiu in the Spirit Spring.
• As Xiao Nuo carries Ye Chuqi past the Adventurers’ Camp near the Lost Forest, the campers mistake him for a hostile Demon Beast and attack. Xiao Nuo dodges their magic and retaliates with a fireball, leaving huge molten craters—but deliberately avoids hitting anyone or the Camp.

Character developments and interactions

• Ye Chuqi is considerate and generous, sharing medicine with the city’s leaders. She understands Dinan’s importance as the person who keeps Monte City functioning, despite Yuges’s public prominence.
• The guard’s deference reflects Ye Chuqi’s standing and the value placed on her gift. He treats the ring as a serious responsibility.
• Xiao Nuo’s transformation and inherited fire abilities are revealed through his powerful retaliation. Though hot-tempered, he shows restraint by aiming away from people and buildings.
• The Lion Owls’ differing personalities are emphasized: Xiao Bu likes the safety and comfort of Ye Chuqi’s space, Xiao Nuo wants freedom and companionship, and Gungun is devoted to Yan Jiu.

Significant themes

• Quiet responsibility: Dinan’s behind-the-scenes work is presented as essential to Monte City’s stability.
• Generosity and trust: Ye Chuqi offers practical help and entrusts it to someone she believes reliable.
• Hidden identities and mistaken assumptions: Xiao Bu’s absence obscures Ye Qinglan’s movements, while the campers’ fear causes them to misread Xiao Nuo’s approach.
• Power tempered by restraint: Xiao Nuo’s attack demonstrates overwhelming strength, but also that he can avoid harming bystanders.

Plot points and events

• Ye Chuqi arrives at the Adventurers’ Camp riding Xiao Nuo, whose unusual appearance draws a crowd. A young Grand Mage attacks Xiao Nuo before checking whether it is a Beast Companion, then rudely challenges Ye Chuqi.
• Ye Chuqi chooses not to escalate the misunderstanding. Xiao Nuo tries to hurry her away, but she notices the arrival of Bai Fenghua and greets him.
• Bai Fenghua is visiting the Lost Forest with Imperial Capital Academy students. Bone Wolf, who has joined the expedition, offers to accompany Ye Chuqi into the forest when he learns she is heading there.
• Ye Chuqi accepts Bone Wolf’s offer and tells Bai Fenghua she must leave immediately because her business is urgent, promising to return and talk properly later.

Character developments and interactions

• Ye Chuqi remains composed and witty under provocation, though she privately judges the attacker a fool. She is warmly affectionate with Bai Fenghua and Bone Wolf, and accepts Bone Wolf’s help without losing her sense of urgency.
• Xiao Nuo is protective and impatient to leave after being attacked, tugging at Ye Chuqi to get her moving.
• Bai Fenghua has grown stronger and commands respect; he remains modest, seeing his past help to Bone Wolf as minor and crediting Bone Wolf’s success to his own effort. He shows affection toward Ye Chuqi by ruffling her hair and acknowledging how hard she has worked.
• Bone Wolf remains deeply grateful and devoted to Bai Fenghua, hoping to repay him by protecting Ye Chuqi. His eagerness also reflects his curiosity about the unexplored wonders of the Lost Forest.
• The young attacker’s arrogance contrasts with Ye Chuqi’s restraint and with Bai Fenghua’s humility.

Significant themes

• Gratitude and repayment: Bone Wolf wants to repay Bai Fenghua, while Bai Fenghua rejects credit and insists Bone Wolf earned his own achievements.
• Misjudgment and restraint: Xiao Nuo’s appearance prompts a rash attack, but Ye Chuqi avoids turning a misunderstanding into a conflict.
• Affection and loyalty: The easy warmth between Ye Chuqi, Bai Fenghua, and Bone Wolf shows lasting bonds of care and trust.
• Exploration and discovery: Bone Wolf’s interest in joining Ye Chuqi points to the Lost Forest’s dangers and the promise of further discoveries.

Key plot points and events

• Ye Chuqi prepares to return to the Lost Forest. Bone Wolf offers help from the Wild Wolf Mercenary Group, but she prefers traveling with a small party and suggests using the Teleportation Array instead.
• Yan Jiu wakes and insists on accompanying Ye Chuqi. Bone Wolf welcomes him, noting his increased strength.
• At the Teleportation Array, Yan Jiu sees the light-and-shadow paths of its Formation. Ye Chuqi recognizes this as unusual talent and gives him introductory Formation scrolls to study.
• The group uses the array to reach the depths of the Lost Forest. They find the area strangely empty: no beasts, tracks, or signs that another High-Rank Magic Beast has taken over the former occupant’s territory.
• San San suggests the absence may be explained by a huge hole Ye Chuqi made there previously, though the chapter ends before the explanation is developed.

Character developments and interactions

• Ye Chuqi remains practical and self-reliant, choosing the array over a larger escort. She also notices and encourages Yan Jiu’s potential.
• Yan Jiu is more powerful after his time in the Beast Abyss and appears to be developing as a Body Cultivator. His ability to perceive Formation patterns reveals an additional talent, which he agrees to explore.
• Bone Wolf is protective and eager to help. His familiarity with the Lost Forest makes him wary when he and Yan Jiu find no signs of wildlife.
• San San analyzes the unusual conditions and offers a possible explanation.

Significant themes

• Growth and hidden potential: Yan Jiu’s physical and perceptual abilities have developed, and Ye Chuqi helps him pursue them.
• Trust and loyalty: Yan Jiu follows Ye Chuqi without hesitation, while Bone Wolf offers support and remains protective.
• Mystery and foreboding: The empty territory defies expectations, suggesting that Ye Chuqi’s past actions may have altered the Lost Forest in an unsettling way.

Key events

• Ye Chuqi and her companions discover that the absence of Magic Beasts is connected to an ancient aura beneath the area. When San San probes underground, it senses the buried Lost Domain’s heartbeat—the city is alive, and the probe has disturbed it, causing the ground to tremble.
• Ye Chuqi suspects the city cannot simply rise, despite the tremors. She recalls that the Lu Family’s elaborate Formation was meant to summon it, and realizes they must have entered it before.
• San San recognizes patterns from a pit Ye Chuqi dug as an incomplete Teleportation Array. With memories restored by the Light God, it understands the patterns as Ancient Divine Language and believes it can modify the array to send them into the city.
• San San’s recovered knowledge brings Ye Chuqi fresh grief: it contains Eldest Senior Brother’s memories and learning. San San believes he was certain it would eventually meet Ye Chuqi and stay by her side in his place.
• Ye Chuqi steadies herself and decides to go. San San begins reworking the array, explaining the process to Yan Jiu, who shows an aptitude for Formations.

Character developments and interactions

• Ye Chuqi shifts from investigating the city to committing to enter it, while confronting the painful realization that San San carries much of Eldest Senior Brother’s legacy.
• San San shows both its unusual connection to the living city and its devotion to Ye Chuqi, interpreting its role as fulfilling Eldest Senior Brother’s wish.
• Yan Jiu begins learning Formation work under San San’s guidance.
• Ye Chuqi and San San share an intimate exchange shaped by grief and affection; San San tries to comfort her, and she regains composure before acting.

Significant themes

• Obsession and devotion: Eldest Senior Brother’s enduring care is embodied in what he prepared for Ye Chuqi and in his hope that San San would accompany her.
• Inheritance and memory: San San’s restored memories preserve not only knowledge but also another person’s intentions and emotional legacy.
• The boundary between life and place: The Lost Domain is not merely an ancient ruin; its heartbeat suggests it is a living entity whose awakening may have consequences.

Key plot points and events

• Bone Wolf feels useless while Ye Chuqi and Yan Jiu handle the camp chores and cooking. Ye Chuqi laughs at his claim that he is old, then sends him to the Bai Family on Snow-Soaked Mountain in the Northern Snowfield, saying they will understand why she sent him once he arrives.
• Ye Chuqi enters the Teleportation Array alone, leaving Yan Jiu and Bone Wolf outside. Yan Jiu stays behind to study the Ancient Divine Language; San San accompanies her.
• The array sends Ye Chuqi directly to the River of Time, despite her expectation that she would first have to pass trials in the City of Time.
• Ye Chuqi realizes the city is a living manifestation of the Time Laws. Rather than wait for it to explain her presence, she uses her powerful Divine Sense to investigate.
• She reflects that the past can be revisited but not changed: anyone who enters the River of Time was already part of it. She recalls Coroa’s words to Little White, which Big Black Fish had memorized and relayed through San San.

Character developments and interactions

• Bone Wolf feels sidelined and jokes that the world belongs to the young, but Ye Chuqi treats him warmly and gives him a meaningful task.
• Ye Chuqi shows care for her companions while acting decisively and independently. Faced with an inexplicable destination, she trusts her own perception and investigates it.
• Yan Jiu demonstrates an unexpected aptitude for Ancient Divine Language and willingly remains behind to study.
• San San recognizes the River of Time, helping Ye Chuqi interpret what she has encountered.

Significant themes

• Changing roles and new opportunities: Bone Wolf’s errand hints at a new possibility opening for him, while Ye Chuqi faces an unknown future of her own.
• Agency and discovery: Ye Chuqi seeks answers through her own abilities rather than relying on the City of Time to explain itself.
• Time and fate: The River of Time allows the past to be entered or retraced, but not altered; actions within it were always part of history.

Chapter summary

Key plot points and events

• Inside the City of Time, Ye Chuqi realizes that the “loop” San San once mentioned is the Time Loop trapping Little White. Because Little White is already part of the loop, trying to escape it could destroy him. She suspects Coroa’s warnings were meant to stop that from happening.
• Ye Chuqi turns her thoughts to her deepest concern: finding her Eldest Senior Brother, Ye Changsheng. She reasons that Coroa, the gods, and even the Heavenly Dao are constrained by the World Laws, so their silence suggests Ye Changsheng’s fate is tied to those laws.
• Since Ye Changsheng first discovered the City of Time, Ye Chuqi wonders whether he entered it, mastered the Time Laws, and perhaps drew the Dark God’s hostility. She also suspects he may have prepared something for her there.
• As she becomes absorbed in the possibility of uncovering the truth, the points of light around her move erratically. San San cannot reach her, and their usually unbreakable bond begins to weaken.
• The disturbance is felt far away on the Beast Abyss Frontline. Ye Qinglan and Jelous both sense Ye Chuqi’s danger during a meeting with General Ambrose. Ye Qinglan’s blood bond with her and Jelous’s Sacred Contract both seem to be under threat.

Character developments and interactions

• Ye Chuqi connects earlier clues about Little White and Coroa, then follows a chain of deductions about Ye Changsheng and the City of Time. Her longing for answers draws her so deeply inward that she becomes unreachable to San San.
• San San is alarmed as its connection to Ye Chuqi fades, something it had believed no passage through time or space could sever.
• Ye Qinglan feels his blood bond with Ye Chuqi being stripped away, intensifying his fear for her. He is also unsettled that Jelous senses the danger at the same time.
• Jelous experiences the crisis through the Sacred Contract, which uses his Divine Soul to help stabilize Ye Chuqi’s. The contract’s effect is now unmistakable to him.

Significant themes

• Fate and self-destruction: Little White’s attempt to escape the Time Loop may be inseparable from destroying himself.
• Limits of knowledge: Even powerful gods cannot freely reveal truths when bound by the World Laws.
• Connection across distance: Ye Chuqi’s bonds with San San, Ye Qinglan, and Jelous are threatened, emphasizing how deeply her safety affects others.
• Searching for truth: Ye Chuqi’s pursuit of Ye Changsheng’s whereabouts may itself be bringing her close to a dangerous, world-shaping revelation.

Key plot points and events

• Jelous realizes the Sacred Contract he shares with Ye Chuqi has become deeply bound to his soul since he fell in love with her. Although the feelings are one-sided, the contract makes breaking it potentially agonizing for him.
• Ye Chuqi is in danger somewhere in the Lost Forest, and the connection Jelous and Ye Qinglan feel to her is weakening. Unable to reach her by ordinary means, Jelous decides to use the contract’s summoning power.
• Ye Qinglan recognizes what Jelous is doing and warns that they will need to talk when he returns. Jelous accepts the warning and summons himself toward Ye Chuqi.
• The story then shifts to Ye Changsheng’s first meeting with the infant Ye Chuqi. He finds her abandoned by the roadside, struck by her unusually long silver hair and by a sense of familiarity.
• Ye Changsheng brings her to Lush Mountain. His master takes her in and entrusts her to him as his new junior sister. Her origins remain mysterious, though her fine swaddling and jade pendant suggest she came from a wealthy family.

Character developments

• Jelous has moved from wanting to end the engagement to actively strengthening the Sacred Contract because of his love for Ye Chuqi. He is willing to risk the pain and consequences of using its power to reach her.
• Ye Qinglan is worried for Ye Chuqi and disapproves of the emotional imbalance in Jelous’s one-sided summoning, but recognizes the urgency and does not stop him.
• Ye Changsheng feels an immediate, unexplained bond with Ye Chuqi and accepts a protective role in her life.
• Ye Chuqi, though too young to act in these events, is established as mysterious: her unusual hair, name pendant, and unknown family background set her apart.

Significant themes

• Love and sacrifice: Jelous’s feelings drive him to risk himself to save Ye Chuqi.
• Fate and connection: Both the Sacred Contract and Ye Changsheng’s instinctive sense of familiarity suggest powerful bonds that operate beyond ordinary choice or understanding.
• Mystery of origins: Ye Chuqi’s arrival on Lush Mountain and unusual belongings hint at an undiscovered past.
• Unequal attachment: The contract binds Jelous profoundly even though Ye Chuqi does not share his feelings.

Character interactions

• Jelous’s decision prompts Ye Qinglan’s tense response: he allows the summoning but expects Jelous to explain himself afterward.
• Ye Changsheng brings Ye Chuqi to his master, who accepts her and places her in Changsheng’s care.
• The other disciples tease Ye Changsheng about his resemblance to Ye Chuqi, joking that she may be his sister or daughter.

Key plot points and events

• While Ye Changsheng is away for several months, Ye Chuqi avoids the unpleasant disciples’ dining hall by settling on Lush Mountain’s forbidden rear slopes. She befriends the Spirit Beasts—and even sealed ferocious beasts—who protect her.
• Her presence gradually draws the Spirit Beasts onto the front slopes, where they coexist peacefully with the disciples, making Lush Mountain seem like a beast-taming sect.
• Ye Changsheng reflects on how he ended up raising Ye Chuqi after their master took her in. Though he once considered leaving her behind, he grew attached and watched her train through pain and hardship for over ten years.
• When Ye Chuqi reaches the peak of Qi Refining, Ye Changsheng takes her to a Secret Realm so she can gain experience and seek a chance to advance. There she encounters a Demonic Cultivator and is swallowed by a Space-Time Rift. Ye Changsheng rushes after her but cannot reach her.
• Ye Changsheng survives, though badly injured, and awakens on an unfamiliar island. A stranded young man named Coroa has found and tended to him. They cannot speak each other’s language, but begin communicating through gestures.

Character developments and interactions

• Ye Chuqi grows from a dependent child into a determined cultivator, enduring grueling training without giving up. Her warmth and affinity for Spirit Beasts make her beloved even by dangerous creatures.
• Ye Changsheng shifts from reluctant guardian to devoted caretaker. He is deeply attached to Chuqi and, when she disappears, impulsively follows her into the rift despite the danger.
• Coroa is introduced as a resourceful, compassionate wanderer stranded by a shipwreck. He risks helping the badly wounded stranger despite having few supplies.
• Chuqi’s bond with the beasts contrasts with Ye Changsheng’s stern care for her; their separation becomes a painful turning point.

Significant themes

• Found family and attachment: Ye Changsheng’s responsibility for Chuqi becomes genuine love and devotion.
• Perseverance: Chuqi’s continued training despite pain reflects the harsh demands of cultivation.
• Compassion and connection: Chuqi befriends feared beasts, while Coroa helps a stranger; both acts create bonds across apparent divides.
• Separation and uncertainty: The rift abruptly breaks Ye Changsheng and Chuqi apart, leaving their fate unresolved.

Key plot points and events

• After recovering from severe injuries, Ye Changsheng realizes he and Coroa are stranded on a barren island with little food or water. Worried about the missing Ye Chuqi, he builds a crude raft and sets out across the dangerous Misty Sea.
• Coroa reluctantly joins him. Ye Changsheng safely reaches a regular shipping route, then abruptly disappears, leaving Coroa behind.
• Years later, Coroa encounters Ye Changsheng again in the Lost Forest. Believing him badly wounded, Coroa gives him a Healing Potion—though it does little for Ye Changsheng’s injuries.
• Coroa stays with Ye Changsheng, drawn by his competence, his excellent cooking, and the new ideas and perspectives their travels inspire.
• Learning that Ye Changsheng is searching the continent for Ye Chuqi, Coroa suggests he become famous so she might hear of him and find him.
• Their travels lead them to a ruin near the Lost Forest, where Ye Changsheng recognizes its mysterious markings as the legendary Ancient Divine Language.

Character developments

• Ye Changsheng remains composed and determined despite danger and uncertainty. His faith that Ye Chuqi is alive sustains him, and his search gives purpose to his travels. He also proves unusually quick at learning languages and interpreting unfamiliar writing.
• Coroa shifts from a wary, practical stranger into Ye Changsheng’s companion. His curiosity and inventiveness flourish through their partnership, and he shows a generous, if sometimes presumptuous, instinct to help.

Significant themes

• Hope and devotion: Ye Changsheng continues searching for Ye Chuqi without evidence that she is alive or nearby.
• Chance encounters and companionship: A brief rescue and later reunion develop into years of shared travel.
• Discovery and inspiration: Exposure to Ye Changsheng’s knowledge and outlook expands Coroa’s imagination.
• Adaptability: Both men navigate an unfamiliar and dangerous world through resourcefulness and cooperation.

Character interactions

Coroa repeatedly tries to protect and advise Ye Changsheng, while Ye Changsheng’s calm competence often overrides Coroa’s concerns. Their dynamic grows warmer through shared meals, travel, and conversation; Coroa offers practical ideas, and Ye Changsheng provides fresh perspectives that help Coroa think beyond familiar limits.

Plot

• Using a Formation, Ye Changsheng discovers the City of Time, a hidden inheritance site governed by the Time Law. After passing its trials and reaching the River of Time, he awakens an inheritance, lost power, and memories.
• Ye’s transformation unnerves Coroa, who waits and guards him while he meditates to process the experience.
• Later, Ye sends the boys he had trained—including the self-appointed Jun—out to pursue their own paths and build their own forces.
• Ye asks Coroa whether he wants to found a nation. Coroa eagerly agrees, and Ye helps him establish a Hidden Paradise in the Misty Sea by shaping territory across thirteen islands to overcome the region’s harsh conditions.

Character developments and interactions

• Ye Changsheng gains a profound connection to the Time Law, but the recovered memories weigh heavily on him. Though outwardly calm, his changed presence makes Coroa wonder whether he is still the same person.
• Coroa shows loyalty by staying beside Ye and protecting him. His earlier cultivation under Ye’s guidance has led him to combine magic and martial arts; he now takes a decisive step toward realizing his dream of creating a place shaped by his ideals.
• Ye’s choice to send his students away reflects his belief that they are ready to stand independently. His offer to Coroa gives their relationship a new direction: Ye becomes the practical force behind Coroa’s ambitious plan.

Themes

• Inheritance and identity: Ye’s recovered power and memories reshape his understanding of himself.
• Mentorship and independence: Ye trains others, then releases them to forge their own paths.
• Dreams made practical: Coroa’s ideal of a different kind of society becomes possible through Ye’s support and ingenuity.

Key plot points

• Ye Changsheng raises thirteen islands in the Misty Sea and uses them to test a Formation based on the stars and Qimen Bagua. Though this world lacks Spiritual Energy, the Formation works as it did in his own world.
• He gives Coroa extensive scrolls explaining the Formations and their upkeep, along with money and other resources in a Spatial Ring.
• Ye Changsheng assigns Coroa the long-term task of establishing a settlement in the Misty Sea. The plan is to attract ships and adventurers by offering them a safe, dependable place to stop, gradually building a community into a larger refuge.
• Ye Changsheng’s time in the City of Time has convinced him that Ye Chuqi is not in this world. However, he has gained the Power of Rules and intends to pursue a more important goal.
• Later, Coroa finds Ye Changsheng collapsed and severely bloodied. An unseen, dangerous power surrounding him nearly tears Coroa apart when he tries to help, showing that Ye Changsheng’s injuries are tied to something beyond ordinary physical damage.

Character developments and interactions

• Coroa is startled by Ye Changsheng’s abilities and realizes he has been enlisted as a test subject. Though daunted by the workload and his lack of money, he eagerly accepts the settlement project once Ye Changsheng equips him for it.
• Ye Changsheng reveals how far ahead he plans: he has prepared the Formation research, supplies, and funding, and is willing to find someone else if Coroa declines. He remains cool and unsentimental, though his support makes his commitment clear.
• Their relationship is marked by blunt teasing and practical trust: Coroa complains and jokes about his finances, while Ye Changsheng responds by tossing him the resources he needs.
• When Ye Changsheng returns gravely injured, Coroa’s instinct is to help, but the danger around Ye Changsheng makes even approaching him hazardous.

Significant themes

• Long-term planning and responsibility: Building a refuge requires years of work, resources, and people—not merely a powerful Formation.
• Knowledge crossing worlds: Ye Changsheng adapts techniques from his own world and tests whether they function under different rules.
• Power and its cost: The Power of Rules grants Ye Changsheng a new ability, but his condition suggests that wielding it may come at a severe price.
• Found family and trust: Ye Changsheng delegates a major undertaking to Coroa, while Coroa’s concern for him persists despite the risks.

Key plot points

• Ye Changsheng lies gravely injured after apparently falling from the sky. Coroa cannot approach him because a violent power surrounding his body destroys anything that comes near.
• Coroa repeatedly tries to help with Healing Potions, while observing that the power is weakening. Ye Changsheng eventually wakes.
• Ye Changsheng offers to explain what happened. Coroa cautiously accepts, and learns that Ye has mastered the Powers of Rules governing both time and space.
• Ye reveals that he is trying to find his junior sister, Ye Chuqi, by crossing space-time rifts. He cannot break through the barrier between worlds, however, and has not found her in any of the places he has searched.
• Ye senses a future contract linking him and Ye Chuqi, though they have not yet made it. Their separation is not only across space but also across time, and he cannot reach the future in which their bond is formed.
• His repeated use of the Powers of Rules has drawn the gods’ attention. The Light God is aware of him, and the Dark God is especially interested in his power.

Character developments and interactions

• Ye Changsheng remains secretive, but chooses to share the truth with Coroa. His injuries reveal the danger of his search, while his determination to find Ye Chuqi persists despite the barriers.
• Coroa is concerned and resourceful, trying to treat Ye Changsheng even when his efforts seem futile. His curiosity wins out over his fear of learning something dangerous, though he knows Ye’s offer may carry a warning.
• Their familiar, long-standing relationship shows through Coroa’s teasing caution and Ye’s quiet, direct manner.

Significant themes

• Curiosity and dangerous knowledge: Coroa knows that some truths are safer left unknown, but cannot resist asking.
• Separation across time and space: Ye’s search emphasizes the limits of even extraordinary power.
• Fate and connection: The unexplained future contract suggests a bond between Ye Changsheng and Ye Chuqi that predates its formal creation.
• The cost of power: Using the Powers of Rules exposes Ye to peril and attracts the attention of powerful gods.

Plot and events

• The Light God and Dark God remain locked in a stalemate because their powers counterbalance each other. The Dark God’s chance to break it comes through Ye Changsheng, an outsider.
• Rather than challenge the Dark God directly, Ye uses a sword strike to split the continent, creating the Abyssal Rift. The rift’s World Laws form a barrier that prevents the Dark God from reaching that half of the continent.
• Coroa realizes that the boys Ye once took in have developed self-serving ambitions. In particular, the boy from the Lu Family has coveted Ye’s power and fallen under the Dark God’s influence.
• Years later, Coroa encounters a badly wounded, many-tailed fox. He recognizes Ye’s familiar Power of Rules in its energy and waits nearby as it recovers. The fox is Ye’s true form: a rare and powerful Spirit Beast.

Character developments and interactions

• Ye Changsheng remains determined to act rather than wait, despite knowing that his choices could change the uncertain future and endanger his chance to reunite with his junior sister. He uses his knowledge and command of the Power of Rules strategically, avoiding a direct fight with the Dark God.
• Coroa is repeatedly shocked by Ye’s recklessness, but continues to look after him. Over the years, soul damage leaves Coroa’s memory unreliable; he has become partly a puppet and uses a diary to track time and events. He also patiently tends to Ye in fox form, though the creature’s power destroys the Healing Potions he tries.
• Their relationship is marked by Coroa’s exasperated concern and Ye’s stubborn independence: Coroa calls him a fool, yet stays to help him.

Significant themes

• Fate versus choice: Ye knows fragments of the future but refuses to wait passively, aware that inaction could change it too.
• Power and consequence: Ye’s immense power reshapes the continent and its political and divine balance, while also carrying serious risks.
• Loyalty and corruption: The boys’ ambitions contrast with Coroa’s continued care for Ye; the Lu Family boy’s greed leaves him vulnerable to the Dark God.
• Endurance and sacrifice: Coroa accepts lasting damage and diminished memory in order to remain by Ye’s side.

Plot points and events

• Ye Changsheng is reduced to his original form, a white fox with eight visible tails. Each failed attempt to cross the barrier costs him a tail and further blurs his memories; he also cannot work out how to return to human form.
• He eventually meets Ye Chuqi, though he cannot remember her. She names him Little White. Despite his lost memories, his instincts make him stay with her, protect her, and form a Contract with her. He also helps her in danger by giving her some of his source power.
• When Ye Chuqi disappears, Little White instinctively heads for the barrier in the Beast Abyss Depths. Before entering a weak point, he exchanges a meaningful look with Coroa, whose smile seems familiar. Little White never returns to Ye Chuqi or Coroa. He later wakes on Lush Mountain as an adolescent and remembers his own name—Ye Changsheng—but feels he has forgotten something vital.
• Elsewhere, Jelous uses the summoning function of his Sacred Contract, hoping to reach Ye Chuqi. Instead, he finds her in the River of Time, where she is close to being swept away. He understands that the Power of Rules has noticed his presence and grabs her before its backlash can strike.
• Jelous and Ye Chuqi are expelled together into the Lost Forest, interrupting whatever had been happening in the City of Time. Ye Chuqi realizes that surrendering to the River would have erased her space and her connections to San San, Little White, and Jelous.

Character developments and interactions

• Ye Changsheng/Little White: Though his memories deteriorate, his devotion to Ye Chuqi persists as instinct. His choices show that his bond with her is not dependent on remembering their past.
• Coroa: He tries to touch Little White’s tails, gets scratched, and later appears to understand more about Ye Changsheng’s history than the fox can remember. Their final look suggests a deep connection.
• Ye Chuqi and Jelous: Jelous risks the River of Time’s attention to save her, insisting that if he must leave, she will leave with him. Ye Chuqi is startled and grateful, but her feelings remain complicated; the excerpt ends with her narrowing her eyes at him, hinting at a response to his interruption.
• Ye Chuqi and San San: San San’s anguished cries remain with her after the rescue, underscoring the emotional cost of the choice she nearly made.

Significant themes

• Memory and identity: Ye Changsheng loses memories but retains the instincts and loyalties that define him; remembering his name does not restore what he has lost.
• Love and devotion: Little White’s actions for Ye Chuqi endure without conscious recollection, while Jelous’s rescue demonstrates his willingness to risk himself for her.
• The cost of pursuing answers: The River of Time offers Ye Chuqi the answer she seeks, but following it could erase her relationships and parts of her identity.
• Choice and connection: Ye Chuqi’s hesitation matters: remaining connected to others means resisting the River’s pull, even when it promises answers.

Plot points and events

• Jelous rescues Ye Chuqi from her descent into the river of time, interrupting what she understands may have been a sacrificial journey toward the truth. She is relieved to be awake, though still annoyed by his interruption—and by his refusal to put her down.
• Ye Chuqi explains that the surface Teleportation Array has been destroyed and the City of Time’s inheritance of the Power of Rules is already gone.
• The City of Time itself still exists beyond ordinary time and space. The Lu Family’s Array was intended to pull it into reach; an Array within the city remains, but entering it is now even harder.
• San San clarifies that the Lu Family and Kabu Continent likely wanted treasure without understanding the city’s true nature. The Dark God, however, may have known more.
• Bone Wolf suspects Kabu Continent might destroy the city if it cannot claim it. He proposes that they summon it themselves, and Ye Chuqi assigns the task to Yan Jiu.

Character developments and interactions

• Ye Chuqi recognizes that reaching the truth would have cost her everything, including her present memories. Her mixed regret and relief show how significant Jelous’s rescue was, even as she playfully scolds him.
• Jelous is cheerful and openly affectionate, accepting that Ye Chuqi may hit him for intervening. His rescue reflects his willingness to act without hesitation to keep her safe.
• Bone Wolf shifts from disappointment at the apparent loss of the city to practical concern about Kabu Continent’s intentions. He readily offers resources and Jelous’s connections to help.
• Yan Jiu is caught off guard when Ye Chuqi gives him responsibility for summoning the city; he feels unprepared because his training in formations is still new.
• San San provides crucial clarification about the Arrays and the Lu Family’s plan.

Significant themes

• Truth versus personal cost: Ye Chuqi’s pursuit of the truth would have erased her current life and memories.
• Fate and choice: The city may have been waiting for Ye Chuqi, but Jelous’s intervention changed the course of events.
• Power and greed: The Lu Family and Kabu Continent seek the city as a source of treasure, while the Dark God’s involvement raises the stakes.
• Trust and responsibility: Ye Chuqi places a major task in Yan Jiu’s hands, despite his inexperience.

Key plot points and events

• Ye Chuqi sends Yan Jiu away with the tearful San San to handle a task; Bone Wolf follows. Jelous stays behind with Ye Chuqi by the bonfire.
• Ye Chuqi realizes the Light God’s power, through the Sacred Contract, helped Jelous reach her despite the World Laws. She also recognizes that Eldest Senior Brother helped shape the plan.
• Jelous wants to discuss what happened in the river of time, but Ye Chuqi avoids the subject at first and starts preparing food.
• Ye Chuqi admits she believes she will probably never see Eldest Senior Brother again. Her time in the river revealed that their separation is tied to an inescapable loop of fate.
• She explains that breaking the loop might erase the past that brought them together—and could cost her everything she has gained, including her bonds with San San, the Ye Family, and Jelous.
• Jelous asks to comfort her and pulls her into an embrace. Their exchange remains playful despite Ye Chuqi’s grief.

Character developments

• Ye Chuqi understands more clearly how the Sacred Contract and the Light God enabled Jelous to find her. Though deeply heartbroken, she presents her loss calmly and accepts that the loop may be inseparable from her meeting Eldest Senior Brother.
• Jelous recognizes that Ye Chuqi’s apparent normalcy hides profound sorrow. He feels guilty that his arrival may have cost her a chance, but focuses on offering comfort rather than pressing her to explain.
• Yan Jiu is entrusted with Ye Chuqi’s task and leaves with San San; Bone Wolf follows them.

Significant themes

• Fate and choice: Escaping the time loop might erase the very encounter that made Ye Chuqi and Eldest Senior Brother’s relationship possible.
• Love and loss: Their bond endures across repeated journeys, but may not lead to reunion.
• The cost of changing the past: Altering history could erase present relationships, memories, and identity.
• Grief hidden beneath composure: Ye Chuqi’s calm words contrast with the anguish Jelous senses through their Contract.
• Comfort through intimacy and humor: Jelous’s embrace and their banter offer a small reprieve from the tragedy.

Character interactions

• Ye Chuqi and Jelous discuss the Light God’s role and the Sacred Contract, though she postpones a deeper conversation.
• Jelous senses her pain and offers sympathy; Ye Chuqi insists her loss is not his fault.
• Jelous asks permission to hug her, then embraces her while she holds roasting meat. Their teasing about wasting food and hitting him softens the emotional moment.

• Ye Chuqi waits for Joshua’s tribulation: While Yan Jiu and San San work on a grand formation in the Lost Forest to summon the City of Time, Ye Chuqi stays nearby and secretly prepares a protective formation. Dark Tribulation Clouds gather because Joshua, recovering inside Ye Chuqi’s space from the Beast Abyss Aura and Demonic Qi, has awakened and reached the point of breakthrough. The clouds cannot locate him inside the space, so they form above Ye Chuqi instead.
• A breakthrough in the world’s laws: Ye Chuqi recognizes that the Heavenly Dao and Tribulation Lightning can operate on this continent too. Since the Kabu and Raila Continents share the same origin and Source Power, she sees the returning lightning as evidence that Spiritual Energy and cultivation are taking root. She plans to use Joshua’s tribulation as a powerful energy source—and its commotion to conceal the City of Time’s arrival.
• Joshua is thrust into the tribulation: After several days, Ye Chuqi pulls a still-groggy Joshua from her space, places him in the prepared formation, and equips him with protective alchemical items and a World-Boundary-Crossing Talisman. She encourages him, then retreats with Jelous. Joshua is an Archmage with a Metal Spiritual Root; years of physical training and time in the Spirit Spring have made him unusually resilient, though he is understandably unprepared for the ordeal.
• The City of Time appears: Tribulation Thunder crashes into the protective formation. Its energy activates the interconnected formations laid by Ye Chuqi, Yan Jiu, and San San, sending power through the Lost Forest. The formation patterns spread across the ground, and the City of Time finally manifests.
  Character developments and interactions: Ye Chuqi is resourceful and confident, turning Joshua’s dangerous breakthrough into part of a larger plan. She and Jelous exchange teasing, affectionate banter; he jokes that Joshua will cry, but is content simply to remain with Ye Chuqi. Joshua’s recovery and training have prepared him physically, even as Ye Chuqi’s decision to expose him to tribulation leaves him comically wishing he could cry. Jelous also senses the Heavenly Dao’s power in the clouds, reflecting his growing understanding of the Rules.
  Themes: The chapter emphasizes the spread of cultivation and the reawakening of the world’s natural laws, the strategic use of danger as a source of power, and the blend of affection and humor within high-stakes events.