Chapter Summaries

Klein invited Meng Chuan to cross into the Lord of Mysteries world and help him deal with Ince Zangwill, while the Chat Group warned that Meng Chuan’s True Body would be a source of corruption there. After Klein finished his shift and sent the agreed code phrase, Meng Chuan prepared to respond with his Divine Sense.

• Meng Chuan bantered with Klein and welcomed Zixia, then agreed to help Klein face Ince Zangwill.
• The Chat Group warned Meng Chuan that his True Body’s presence would become the Lord of Mysteries world’s greatest source of corruption, so he chose to send only his Divine Sense.
• Klein arranged for Meng Chuan to visit after his shift at Chanis Gate and waited until work ended.
• Klein returned home, spoke with Benson and Melissa, and hurried them out before his friend arrived.
• Klein sent Meng Chuan the agreed code phrase inviting him to cross worlds and help deal with someone.

Meng Chuan visited Klein and joked with him about a tentacle he had adapted to the world’s rules. After Klein’s siblings overheard their conversation, Meng Chuan introduced himself and gave Benson and Melissa gifts blessed to protect them.

• Meng Chuan arrived to meet Klein and revealed that a tentacle had been wrapped around his waist, startling Klein.
• Klein discovered that Benson and Melissa had been eavesdropping outside his room after Meng Chuan explained why Klein’s Inspiration had gone dormant.
• Klein brought Meng Chuan out to meet Benson and Melissa, who offered conflicting explanations for returning home.
• Meng Chuan introduced himself as Klein’s friend from a distant island and gave Benson a belt and Melissa a gemstone necklace.
• Meng Chuan blessed the gifts, wishing Benson and Melissa health, clarity, strength, protection from corruption, and good fortune.

Meng Chuan gave Benson and Melissa precious gifts, then joined Klein at Source Castle after Klein contacted his followers. When Meng Chuan transformed the gray castle into a sea of universes, Klein realized his treasure had changed shape around the Great Emperor.

• Benson and Melissa repeatedly refused Meng Chuan's gifts, but Klein put the necklace on Melissa and fastened the Belt around Benson's waist, and they eventually accepted them.
• Klein invented an explanation for Meng Chuan's unusual arrival, claiming his home had no doors and that he entered through a window passage; Benson and Melissa agreed to respect the custom.
• Meng Chuan chatted with Benson and Melissa until they left, then Klein asked what the gifts did and jokingly asked whether Meng Chuan could supply one for a friend.
• Benson and Melissa reflected on how much their family's circumstances had improved and vowed to work hard together.
• Meng Chuan pointed out the four black dots on Klein's hand, then magically satisfied Klein's hunger; Klein completed his ritual and entered Source Castle.
• Meng Chuan appeared at Source Castle and transformed its gray surroundings into a vast sea where universes rose and sank, leaving Klein stunned.

Meng Chuan explored Source Castle and urged Klein to hold the Tarot Club meeting despite surveillance of Audrey and Alger. Klein agreed, reassured the members that they would not be noticed, and the meeting was set to proceed as usual.

• Meng Chuan examined Source Castle, encountered the presence behind the gate of light, and judged that the Primordial One could threaten him if he had arrived earlier.
• Klein considered canceling the Tarot Club meeting because Audrey and Alger were being watched, but Meng Chuan persuaded him to hold it.
• Klein sent Audrey, Alger, and Derrick messages confirming that the meeting would proceed and that their surveillance would not matter.
• Audrey eagerly agreed to Mr. Fool's instructions, while Alger wondered whether Mr. Fool could now disregard even the power of Deities.
• Derrick accepted the reminder and praised The Fool.

Klein summoned Audrey, Alger, and Derrick to meet Meng Chuan, the Heavenly Emperor, who used a dreamlike inner world to help them digest their Potions. Meng Chuan then departed after telling Audrey to cherish Klein Moretti, leaving the three stunned by his power and claims about the past.

• Crimson Light surrounded Audrey and Alger, freezing their surroundings before transporting them to the gathering, while Derrick noticed nothing unusual during his summoning.
• Klein introduced Meng Chuan as the Heavenly Emperor, and the three attendees felt his overwhelming majesty when they saw him.
• Meng Chuan drew Audrey, Alger, and Derrick into a dreamlike space where they experienced years of inner activity in a single instant and completely digested their Potions.
• Klein privately complained that Meng Chuan was showing off, and Meng Chuan promised to give Klein a chance to impress the others too.
• Meng Chuan said he hoped Klein would return to how he had been a hundred thousand years earlier, then advised Audrey to cherish Klein Moretti before departing.

Klein ended the Tarot Club gathering after explaining that Meng Chuan’s blessing had cleansed Audrey, Alger, and Derrick and protected them from losing control until Sequence 4. Meng Chuan then visited the Evernight Goddess’s Divine Kingdom and met Amanises.

• Klein told Audrey, Alger, and Derrick that Meng Chuan’s blessing had removed manageable contaminants and would prevent them from losing control until they became Sequence 4 Demigods.
• Klein ended the gathering and sent the three members away before Audrey could ask about him.
• Audrey wondered who Klein Moretti was after recalling Meng Chuan’s words, while Klein complained to Meng Chuan in the group chat that he had made her curious about his true identity.
• Meng Chuan shared a photograph of the Nation of Evernight and told Klein he had decided to visit the goddess who had been watching him.
• Meng Chuan politely knocked, entered the Nation of Evernight, and met the Evernight Goddess, Amanises.

Meng Chuan met the Evernight Goddess in her Divine Kingdom and explained that he had told Klein about the coming apocalypse and other dangers. After reflecting on the friends and family he cherished, Klein resolved to protect his life in both worlds at any cost.

• Meng Chuan introduced himself to the Evernight Goddess and said he was Klein's friend.
• Meng Chuan told the Evernight Goddess that he had informed Klein about the Outer Deities, the Old Ones, the apocalypse, and other threats to motivate his advancement.
• Meng Chuan and the Evernight Goddess discussed their lives before the world's upheaval and shared memories of the past.
• Klein watched their conversation in the Livestream Room and felt grateful for the people who cared about him.
• Klein vowed to protect his loved ones and the life he cherished, even if it cost him his life.

Meng Chuan discussed the Dao with the Evernight Goddess and instructed her, while Klein left to pursue Ince Zangwill. The chapter ended with Meng Chuan continuing his teachings and Klein racing toward his target.

• Meng Chuan praised the Evernight Goddess and agreed he could not let Klein die, even if Klein’s death would not be real.
• Meng Chuan proposed discussing the Dao with the Evernight Goddess, and she accepted after teasing him about cultivators and novels.
• Meng Chuan began instructing the Evernight Goddess, whose understanding of her authority deepened as she listened.
• Klein wrote Azik a letter, closed the livestream, and set out to confront Ince Zangwill.
• Meng Chuan continued teaching the Evernight Goddess while Klein ran toward his target.

Klein faced Megose as she arrived at the Blackthorn Security Company carrying the Evil God's Brood, while Meng Chuan watched from afar and chose to let Klein endure the coming trial. Before the battle began, Klein prepared to leave Tingen and asked Dunn to conceal the truth from his siblings and send them his money.

• Megose arrived at the Blackthorn Security Company, and Klein and Leonard sensed the deadly danger of the child in her womb.
• Klein asked Leonard to speak with Megose, then went to inform Dunn about her arrival.
• Meng Chuan told the Evernight Goddess that Klein needed to face trials, while assuring her Klein would not die under his protection.
• Klein decided to unleash his full strength in the coming battle and told Dunn to evacuate the civilian staff.
• Klein asked Dunn to tell Benson and Melissa that he had been transferred, send them his money in installments, and never reveal the truth.
• Dunn refused to deliver Klein's message and told him he would have to tell his siblings himself.

Klein took Saint Selena’s ashes and went alone to confront the danger threatening Tingen, intending to protect the city and his Nighthawks teammates. Dunn and Leonard watched him leave, while Meng Chuan decided to place greater faith in Klein.

• Klein prepared to fake his death to the Nighthawks and told himself that he would leave Benson and Melissa on a long journey.
• After Leonard delivered the Blood Vessel Thief and explained the danger, Klein persuaded Dunn to give him Saint Selena’s ashes.
• Klein revealed that he was a Sequence 7 Magician and told Dunn and Leonard to protect Tingen, the Nighthawks, and his siblings.
• Klein crossed the partition alone with the ashes, leaving Dunn and Leonard in tears.
• Leonard’s grandfather said he could not intervene against the Evil God’s Brood, and Meng Chuan chose to stake more on Klein.

Klein fought Megose as the Evil God's Brood began to descend, using Saint Selena's ashes while risking his own body and sanity. The chapter ended with Klein sacrificing his heart's blood to empower the ashes and facing Megose for a fourth round.

• Klein exposed Saint Selena's ashes and used a Sun Flame Charm to attack Megose, but she survived and reappeared after the light faded.
• Leonard stole Megose's Words of Blasphemy while Dunn used his Nightmare ability to restrain her, as Klein tried to bind her with the ashes.
• The Evil God's Brood cried out and drove back the ashes' black threads, while its influence corrupted Klein, Dunn, and Leonard.
• Meng Chuan sent protective points of light into Klein, Dunn, and Leonard as Klein transformed his True Qi and endured increasingly severe bodily changes.
• Klein plunged his hand into his heart and splashed his blood onto Saint Selena's ashes, then faced Megose and announced the fourth round.

Klein destroyed Megose with Saint Selena’s ashes and the Sun Flame Charm, but the battle drove him to the brink of losing control and appearing to die. Dunn discovered that Ince Zangwill had arrived as the mastermind, and Klein unexpectedly returned to face him.

• Klein used his Heart Blood to bind Megose with black threads, then combined the Sun Flame Charm with sunlight to destroy her and the unborn vessel of Evil God's Brood.
• Klein warned Dunn and Leonard to stay back as he lost control, and asked Dunn to keep the truth from Benson and Melissa.
• Klein said goodbye to his comrades, Tingen, and his family before Saint Selena’s urn restored his appearance and he fell lifeless to the floor.
• Dunn stumbled while trying to reach Klein, narrowly avoiding an attack from Ince Zangwill, who revealed himself as the mastermind.
• Klein reappeared behind Dunn, faced Ince Zangwill, and announced the final round.

Meng Chuan and the Evernight Goddess watched Klein fight Ince Zangwill, with the Goddess betting on Klein despite his lower Sequence. When Ince tried to use 0-08, the artifact resisted him, and Klein seized the opening as his Lifetime Method broke through.

• Meng Chuan asked the Evernight Goddess who she favored, and she said she favored Klein despite Ince Zangwill's greater strength and Sealed Artifacts.
• Klein fought Ince Zangwill fiercely, having fully digested his Magician Potion and gained stronger abilities.
• Ince Zangwill drew 0-08 to regain control of the battle, while the injured Dunn watched helplessly.
• Klein called to Meng Chuan for help as 0-08 resisted Ince Zangwill and refused to let him write with it.
• Klein exploited the opening caused by 0-08's resistance, and his Lifetime Method broke through during the fight.

After Klein died saving Tingen, Meng Chuan helped him stage his departure so Benson and Melissa believed he had taken a secret post. Klein advanced to Faceless, and when the Lord of Storms attacked Alger, Meng Chuan retaliated by enveloping the god’s Divine Kingdom in his Thunder Universe.

• Klein said goodbye to Dunn and died in his arms, leaving Dunn and Leonard grieving as they learned he had saved Tingen.
• Klein and Meng Chuan convinced Benson and Melissa that Klein had been secretly transferred to a distant post, and the Nighthawks Squad maintained the story that he had left alive.
• Meng Chuan gave Klein the ingredients for the Faceless Potion, and Klein advanced to Sequence 6 and tried out his new appearance-changing ability.
• Meng Chuan noticed the Lord of Storms targeting Alger over the removal of corruption from his body and went to confront the god.
• The Lord of Storms struck Meng Chuan with a storm, but Meng Chuan summoned the Thunder Universe and attacked the god’s Divine Kingdom, then reassured Alger that he could remain in the Church of the Storm.

Meng Chuan observed Earth Star, where tribes fought for the Co-Lord position and a share of the fortune left by buried Emperors. Seeing that the planet’s rising sects and powerful lineages could lead to wars resembling legendary conflicts, he wondered what role the Heavenly Emperor would play.

• Meng Chuan finished adjusting the Dao Realm after returning from the Mysterious World, where four thousand years had passed in the Shrouding the Heavens World.
• Meng Chuan watched Earth Star and noted that five thousand years remained until Ye Fan’s birth.
• Meng Chuan observed that Half-Saints and their tribes fought for the Co-Lord position to gain the Emperors’ fortune and advance toward Sainthood.
• Meng Chuan traced Earth Star’s karmic ties and found that Fuxi, Nuwa, Shennong, Xuanyuan, Jiuli, Laozi, and the Amitabha Great Emperor had connections to it through incarnations.
• Meng Chuan considered how Alternative Dao Attainers’ lineages might fight over Earth Star’s fortune and wondered whether he was its Hongjun.

The Mars Sacred Body awakened after a Tyrant Body descendant destroyed the sun where he had slept, and his presence descended on the Tyrant Body Ancestral Star. A sealed Great Accomplished Tyrant Body confronted him, while Meng Chuan and powerful figures across the Universe watched the old feud threaten to flare up.

• Meng Chuan sensed a vast divine might and recognized it as the Mars Sacred Body awakening unexpectedly.
• The Mars Sacred Body appeared on the Tyrant Body Ancestral Star, where his pressure stirred the blood of its inhabitants.
• A Great Accomplished Tyrant Body emerged from the Ancestral Cave inside an Immortal Source block and challenged the Mars Sacred Body.
• The Mars Sacred Body asked why the Tyrant Bodies had disturbed his sleep, and observers learned that a Tyrant Body descendant had destroyed the sun where he had slept for three thousand years.

The Mars Sacred Body confronted the Tyrant Body Lineage after a Great Sage destroyed his resting place, while Kungu weighed whether to defend his clansman at the cost of his own life. The Great Sage sacrificed himself to appease the Mars Sacred Body, who withdrew, leaving the three Great Accomplished Tyrant Bodies to wonder whether their people could prosper without losing what made them Tyrant Bodies.

• The Mars Sacred Body rejected Kungu's claim that the destruction of his resting place was a misunderstanding and demanded an answer from the Tyrant Body Lineage.
• Cang Lan and Xuan Ming emerged from the Ancestral Cave and urged Kungu not to fight, warning that his death would undo generations of efforts to ease hostility toward the Sacred Body Lineage.
• Kungu acknowledged the wrong he had committed, and the Great Sage responsible for disturbing the Mars Sacred Body's slumber took his own life in apology.
• The Mars Sacred Body decided to let the matter end and vanished rather than risk a decisive battle that could draw in the Great Accomplishment Sacred Body.
• After the Mars Sacred Body left, the three Great Accomplished Tyrant Bodies wondered whether their lineage could continue peacefully while remaining true to its nature.

Ruthless lived out her Eighth Lifetime, became Undying, and separated Xiao Nannan from herself. Meng Chuan sensed the moment he had been waiting for and watched Xiao Nannan begin her new life in the Eastern Wasteland of Beidou.

• Kungu’s spirit was drained by the confrontation, and he went to Earth Star to die while hoping to nurture his Ling there.
• Meng Chuan considered how Kungu’s death on Earth Star might affect Ye Fan and decided the added hardship could strengthen the Sacred Body he had chosen as his representative.
• Meng Qi explored the Jade Lake ruins with Lu Da, Su Wuming, Chonghe, and other righteous Dharmakayas, then blamed the Great Emperor for his anger.
• Five hundred years later, Ruthless quietly lived out her Eighth Lifetime and reached the Undying realm.
• Ruthless separated Xiao Nannan from herself and sent the girl to a small city in the Southern Region of the Eastern Wasteland of Beidou.
• Meng Chuan sensed Xiao Nannan’s arrival and recognized that the moment he had awaited had come.

Meng Chuan sent his Taiqing Body, Tai, to Beidou, where he established A Certain Tea House and lived among ordinary people. Tai met the starving Xiao Nannan and carried her inside to feed her.

• Meng Chuan sent his Taiqing Body to the Big Dipper Ancient Star, where Tai declared his name to the Quasi-Emperors and higher beings of the Nine Heavens and Ten Lands.
• Tai settled in a mortal city and opened A Certain Tea House, serving ordinary tea for one copper coin and feeding beggar children in exchange for anything they offered.
• Tai shared stories with customers and said that Immortals envied the wonders of the Mortal World.
• Xiao Nannan asked a richly dressed woman for an unwanted bun, but the woman insulted her and knocked her down.
• Tai comforted the starving Xiao Nannan, promised to feed her, and carried her into A Certain Tea House.

Ruthless confronted Meng Chuan after realizing he had arranged for her Dao Fruit, Xiao Nannan, to meet Tai. Meng Chuan urged her to help the girl, and Ruthless left without answering, then watched Xiao Nannan and wondered whether she should have to suffer as Ruthless once had.

• Ruthless appeared outside Meng Chuan's door, and Meng Chuan ushered her inside to avoid the other Emperors' attention.
• Ruthless showed Meng Chuan an image of Tai caring for Xiao Nannan and identified Meng Chuan as the person behind the meeting.
• Meng Chuan denied involvement, then admitted the karmic connection had brought Tai and Xiao Nannan together and pleaded with Ruthless not to let the girl live alone and hungry.
• Ruthless left without giving Meng Chuan an answer and watched Xiao Nannan and Tai in her Small World.
• Ruthless wondered whether Xiao Nannan should have to live that way, recalling that she herself once had.