Chapter Summaries

Qin Xiaoxia granted the Demon Eye’s request for a Dawn Seal, then opened a passage from the Fallen World to the Otherworld for its surviving creatures. He left nearly ten thousand beings poised to escape Kasluopa and begin new lives.

• The Demon Eye asked Qin Xiaoxia to brand it with a Dawn Seal inside its pupil, and he agreed after warning it about the seal’s cost.
• Qin Xiaoxia drew on the world’s power while Jilian held the Demon Eye still as he inscribed the seal, causing the eye to scream and the surrounding peaks to collapse.
• About a week later, Qin Xiaoxia’s thoughtform appeared on Kasluopa’s Highland before nearly ten thousand waiting creatures.
• Qin Xiaoxia opened a passage to the Otherworld and told the creatures to follow their agreed precautions as they prepared to leave Kasluopa.

Qin Xiaoxia and the Dawn Association welcomed nearly ten thousand survivors from Kasluopa to Earth, where the newcomers saw sunlight and open skies for the first time in years. The chapter ended with the survivors joining a vast welcoming feast while Qin Xiaoxia noted those who needed special attention or kept apart.

• The Kasluopa survivors passed through a rift onto Dawn Silent Moon Island, where Jilian, the Demon Eye Dororiankewa, and the Monkey King greeted them.
• The Cyclops leader, the Armored Unicorn, and Akrodos emerged from the rift and took in Earth's sunlight, sea, and greenery.
• Qin Xiaoxia welcomed the survivors, and Baru, the Monkey King, Jilian, the Demon Eye, and the Dawn Members joined in welcoming them to Earth and Dawn.
• The Kasluopa creatures wept, roared, and laughed as they released years of suppressed emotion, while Zhang Bolun recorded the scene.
• The Dawn Association brought the newcomers to a vast feast, where Akrodos and even creatures from the Rotting Domain enjoyed the food.
• Qin Xiaoxia made a mental note of creatures with unusual needs and those who kept their distance from the feast.

Nearly four thousand infected survivors of Kasluopa chose to enter a sealed sleep on Earth, trusting Qin Xiaoxia’s promise that Dawn would seek a cure. After they were frozen and carried into the Deep-Sea Mystic Realm, Akrodos realized Red Banshee’s song had revealed a startling power connected to the law of Truth.

• Qin Xiaoxia promised the infected survivors that Dawn would remember them and work to let them see the light of day again.
• Forest ranger Kebienike accepted Qin Xiaoxia’s invitation to join Dawn if he awakened, and the infected beings dispersed their magic power to prepare for sealing.
• Jilian formed a ring from her hair while Red Banshee sang the nearly four thousand infected beings to sleep.
• Qin Xiaoxia froze the ring and its sleeping occupants into a deep-blue iceberg, which Jilian carried into the Deep-Sea Mystic Realm.
• Akrodos recognized that Red Banshee’s magic had transformed into the law of Truth and began connecting Dawn’s power to the world watching the Void.

Pipi’s caravan hid a valuable mirror in a remote cave, then crossed Margeson’s grasslands and waited out a storm with a meal of instant noodles. Pipi had arranged for another Akeniksen caravan to find them, beginning a plan to reshape Akeniksen society by setting a trap.

• Pipi and two Akeniksen merchants hid a large mirror in a concealed cave, and the caravan continued on its route.
• Pipi led the caravan across the grassland toward a fairy settlement and ordered the merchants to pitch tents when a storm broke.
• The merchants cooked instant noodles with dried meat, eggs, and Vermilion Fruit powder while Pipi waited for the encounter he had planned.
• Another Akeniksen caravan smelled the food and changed course toward Pipi’s camp.
• Pipi recalled his Mentor’s advice to shape history through cunning and prepared to set a trap for the Akeniksen old ruling classes.

Pipi welcomed Gumiduo’s Akeniksen caravan into his tent and shared instant noodles with them, building a friendly rapport over the meal. When Gumiduo asked why the Dawn Merchant Group had come to Margeson, Pipi declared its determination to find the Water Magic Pearl and give the Akeniksen hope, while Qin Xiaoxia reflected on Earth that her plan should work.

• Gumiduo led her caravan to Pipi’s tents after the smell of his cooking drew them through the rain.
• Pipi invited the wary merchants inside and served them noodles, and Gumiduo and her companions eagerly ate.
• Pipi and Gumiduo relaxed together as their two merchant groups chatted over the meal.
• Gumiduo asked why the Dawn Merchant Group had come to Margeson, and Pipi said they would never stop searching for the Water Magic Pearl.
• Qin Xiaoxia lay in bed on Earth and concluded that her plan suited the Akeniksen’s habits and mindset.

During a rainy meal with Pipi, Gumiduo grew fond of him, agreed to help his merchant group reach Margeson, and accepted a crystal chain he had received from his Mentor. As her caravan departed, she defended Pipi from a merchant who mocked his ambition to change the Akeniksen.

• Gumiduo and Pipi shared instant noodles, and she became impressed by his ideas and personal charm.
• Pipi asked Gumiduo for help finding a route to Margeson, and she agreed without considering the profit.
• Pipi gave Gumiduo a crystal chain from his Mentor and told the merchants about the Mentor’s world facing a devastating crisis.
• After the rain stopped, Gumiduo left with her caravan and reread Wei Kewei’s praise of Pipi in the Business Opportunity Information Guide.
• When a merchant mocked Pipi’s ambition, Gumiduo struck him with her beast whip and rejected the claim that Pipi was overestimating himself.

As the Dawn Merchant Group departed, survivors of Kasluopa arrived in Margeson and other worlds through Demon Mirrors that shattered behind them. Qin Xiaoxia watched others leave Earth, kept his promise not to silence them, and returned to Headquarters to find two reports awaiting him.

• Pipi and the Dawn Merchant Group packed their tent after Gumiduo's caravan departed, while the group’s women speculated that Gumiduo had fallen for Pipi.
• Nearly two hundred beings from Kasluopa emerged from a Demon Mirror in northern Margeson, which shattered after transporting them.
• The survivors discussed their memories of Earth and its seemingly boundless stars, then left the valley; similar groups arrived in two other worlds, bringing the number of survivors to around two thousand.
• Qin Xiaoxia watched Demon Eye withdraw its power from the Demon Mirror on Dawn Silent Moon Island as the departing beings disappeared, and thanked Dororiankewa before Demon Eye returned to its Wasteland World.
• Akrodos and Balendi asked Qin Xiaoxia why he had allowed the departing beings to speak, and Qin Xiaoxia replied that he would keep his word and that they had promised not to reveal too many details about Earth.
• Qin Xiaoxia returned to Headquarters, where reports awaited him on a global counteroffensive and proposed changes to the Ancient Invocation Spell Formation.

Qin Xiaoxia and Red Banshee studied an ancient invocation spell formation and devised a plan to use it to spread Earth’s influence into other worlds. They began rebuilding the formation from its foundations, leaving its feasibility unproven.

• Qin Xiaoxia examined Akrodos’s incomplete ancient invocation spell formation and judged it too primitive for his intended purpose.
• Red Banshee joined Qin Xiaoxia, and they discussed modifying the formation to create a larger feedback window and let Earth’s influence permeate another world.
• Qin Xiaoxia proposed sending a thoughtform medium into a suitable world and having its native beings use the formation to connect back to Earth.
• Qin Xiaoxia suggested replacing offerings with emotionally contradictory items to harness willpower, prompting Red Banshee to ask if he was a devil.
• Qin Xiaoxia and Red Banshee began rebuilding their understanding of the invocation spell formation, knowing its feasibility would require extensive research.

Huaguo and its allies began a global cleanup campaign, with the Iron Fist Division joining the assault on the Yangcheng Fallen Zone. The army drove Demons from the city and fought them outside its ruins, but the chapter leaves the city itself still needing a careful clearance.

• Major General Yu Xiong ordered the Iron Fist Division to move toward Yangcheng as military forces assembled for the global cleanup campaign.
• Ten divisions encircled Yangcheng while bombers dropped Specialized Concussion Bombs and buzzing devices to force the Demons out of the city.
• The Demons fled toward the waiting lines, where armored vehicles, artillery, and flamethrowers attacked them as soldiers treated the wounded and reinforced gaps.
• After more than half an hour, the outskirts were scorched, and a major worried that some Demons might still be inside Yangcheng.
• The major recognized that the army would have to clear the urban area slowly, while Huaguo sought to preserve cities from destruction and continue long-term Demon patrols.

Sun Xiaoran terrified a rumor-spreading suspect during an interrogation, while Gumiduo returned to the Merchant Capital and discovered that the Merchant Association was obstructing the Dawn Merchant Group. The chapter left Gumiduo focused on the report about the growing conflict around Pipi’s group.

• During wartime control, authorities arrested people spreading malicious rumors and sent them to the Special Security Team’s Review Hall for investigation.
• Sun Xiaoran entered a suspect’s dark interrogation room and frightened him so badly that he believed he had seen a ghost.
• On September 12, Gumiduo returned to the Merchant Capital after traveling through a private transit channel and admired the crystal necklace she had received.
• Gumiduo visited a periodical stall to collect the issues she had missed while away, using her subscription privileges to skip the queue.
• Gumiduo read a report stating that the Merchant Association had been obstructing the Dawn Merchant Group after Pipi’s departure.

Gumiduo read about the Dawn Merchant Group being shut out of the Merchant Association, while five Akeniksen murdered Duoluo Like for betraying the group. Wei Kewei prepared to expose the killing, and in a dream Qin Xiaoxia urged Pipi to trust the influence he had already built and act without further delay.

• Gumiduo read that wealthy merchants had blocked the Dawn Merchant Group from association resources after an anonymous client praised the group and entrusted it with valuable commissions.
• Five cloaked Akeniksen cornered Duoluo Like, accused him of selling information about the Dawn Merchant Group, and killed him with his own dagger.
• A slave trader found Duoluo Like's body and sold the news to the Business Opportunity Information Guide for twenty Crystal Shields.
• Wei Kewei ordered his staff to put the murder on the magazine's front page and vowed not to let the Dawn Merchant Group be destroyed while Pipi was away.
• In Pipi's dream, Qin Xiaoxia told him that he had prepared enough, that the timing was right, and that the old Akeniksen powers underestimated public opinion.

After Duoluo Like was murdered, Wei Kewei rushed out an issue of the Business Opportunity Information Guide featuring an impassioned defense of Pipi and the Dawn Merchant Group. The article spread rapidly among Akeniksen readers, leaving them shaken by the possibility that their people might never see another Pipi or Dawn.

• Suosuo told Gumiduo that Dawn manager Duoluo Like had been found dead, and Gumiduo suspected the murder was meant to destabilize the group while Pipi was away.
• Dawn members grieved Duoluo Like’s death and restrained calls to confront the Merchant Association, while Xixilzuo questioned who had killed him.
• Wei Kewei approved an early issue of the Business Opportunity Information Guide after an editor revised his article to address the murder.
• The issue spread quickly, and academy students gathered to hear its article about Wei Kewei’s friendship with Pipi and the origins of the Dawn Merchant Group.
• Wei Kewei accused traditional merchants of suppressing Dawn and warned that if Pipi and the group fell, the Akeniksen might never see another Pipi or Dawn.

Wei Kewei's article revealed that Duoluo Like had been murdered and warned that Dawn Merchant Group and Pipi were in danger. Outraged Akeniksen readers rallied to protect Wei Kewei and converged on the Merchant Capital.

• Wei Kewei described Dawn Merchant Group's growing influence and explained why Duoluo Like was indispensable to Pipi's business.
• Wei Kewei reported that Duoluo Like had been murdered and declared that he would wait at the magazine workshop to support Pipi.
• Akeniksen students resolved to join Dawn Merchant Group and travel to the Merchant Capital to protect Wei Kewei.
• Groups of young Akeniksen and merchants joined together on the road, and crowds began converging on the Merchant Capital.

Gumiduo and the Akeniksen rallied to protect the Dawn Merchant Group after Wei Kewei’s article spread throughout their race. By nightfall, a vast crowd surrounded the magic script workshop and the Merchant Association Center, leaving the Merchant Capital’s ruling merchants and patrols shut inside.

• Gumiduo told Suosuo that protecting the Dawn Merchant Group meant helping the Akeniksen, and she prepared to send forces to guard Wei Kewei and the group’s base.
• Wei Kewei stayed in the magic script workshop as the article’s accusations made him and the editorial team fear retaliation.
• Akeniksen from nearby settlements and the Merchant Capital gathered at the workshop and across the city, while Pipi’s Shadow Guards helped organize the crowds.
• Wei Kewei opened the workshop doors and saw a huge gathering of Akeniksen holding copies of the Business Opportunity Information Guide and raising their fists in support.
• The Akeniksen surrounded the workshop and the Merchant Association Center, while Gumiduo watched the city’s unprecedented uprising and the patrols hid inside their buildings.
• Dawn Merchant Group members joined the crowd and shared Dawn’s ideals as the Akeniksen exchanged ideas.

Qin Xiaoxia appeared before the dying fairy Nixi beside a lake in Margeson, intending to help Pipi secure a Water Magic Pearl. He told Nixi that she would die the following night, and her fear of death deepened as she asked why he had come.

• Qin Xiaoxia's thoughtform arrived in Margeson's northern region and felt the world's oppressive rejection.
• He watched Nixi use a Water Magic Pearl to bathe in the lake.
• When Nixi heard Qin Xiaoxia speak, she searched for him and demanded that he reveal himself.
• Qin Xiaoxia let his thoughtform become visible and tried to calm Nixi while she kept the pearl and remained in the lake.
• He told Nixi she would die naturally the following night, making her increasingly afraid and prompting her to ask why he had appeared.

Qin Xiaoxia approached Fairy Angsisen Lidoweilite Nixi, explained that he wanted to experience genuine emotions, and offered to extend her life in exchange for taking over her body. He left her with until the next night to decide, granting her one extra month to live as payment for the experiment.

• Qin Xiaoxia told the Fairy that he had watched countless deaths and wanted to experience the emotions of living beings.
• Qin Xiaoxia explained that seeing the Fairy use a Lake Elf's Magic Pearl had inspired him to try borrowing another being's power to feel emotions.
• Qin Xiaoxia offered to prolong the Fairy's life if she sealed off her soul and relinquished control of her body so he could occupy it.
• The Fairy asked how long he could extend her life, and Qin Xiaoxia warned her not to expect a long lifespan.
• Qin Xiaoxia promised to return before the meteor fell the next night for her answer and granted her another month to live; Fairy Angsisen Lidoweilite Nixi trembled as he vanished.

Qin Xiaoxia pressured the dying Fairy Nixi into lending him her body in exchange for an extended lifespan. As night approached, Nixi accepted the deal, received roughly a month of life, and prepared to learn the Psychic Spell Formation.

• After the Fairy left, Qin Xiaoxia returned to his body on Earth and relied on her fear of dying to make her more likely to accept his offer.
• Nixi spent the day in her mystic realm worrying about the mysterious being and the approaching night, until fear of imminent death overtook her doubts.
• When Qin Xiaoxia appeared, Nixi agreed to lend him her body in return for another month of life.
• Nixi chose to receive the extra life before Qin Xiaoxia borrowed her body, accepting that his time using it would count toward her month.
• Qin Xiaoxia extended Nixi's lifespan despite her body's resistance, and she accepted that the month might be a few days short.

Qin Xiaoxia sealed the Fairy’s soul and took control of her body, then practiced moving while waiting for his student. Meanwhile, Pipi’s Dawn Merchant Group caravan rushed toward the Fairy’s forest after more than ten days of travel.

• Qin Xiaoxia guided the Fairy through sealing her soul with a Psychic Spell Formation until she fell unconscious.
• Qin Xiaoxia merged with the Fairy’s body and tested his control, finding that her magic remained dormant and beyond his command.
• Qin Xiaoxia retrieved the Water Magic Pearl, practiced moving in the Fairy’s body, and waited for his student.
• Pipi led the Dawn Merchant Group caravan toward the forest where the Fairy lived and urged the Camel Beasts to speed up.

Pipi and the Akeniksen caravan confronted Lady Angsisenli Duoweilite Nixi, who recognized the story of the Water Magic Pearl in their guide and agreed to trade it. She insisted on traveling with them to Lobelica to verify their account, and the caravan set off with her.

• Pipi led the Akeniksen caravan to the forest and called on Lady Angsisenli Duoweilite Nixi, who appeared and accepted their floral nectar.
• When the fairy tried to dismiss them, Pipi defended the caravan’s dignity, and the Akeniksen and their Camel Beasts stood with him until she relented.
• Pipi gave Lady Angsisenli Duoweilite Nixi the Business Opportunity Information Guide, and she became furious after reading the story about the pearl and Keke Yilu.
• Pipi offered Magic Crystals for the Water Magic Pearl and asked to take it back to Lobelica, while the other Akeniksen pledged to protect him.
• Lady Angsisenli Duoweilite Nixi agreed to trade the pearl on the condition that she accompany them to Lobelica, and the caravan set out with her.

Pipi returned to Lobelica with the Water Magic Pearl and a high-ranking Fairy as the Merchant Capital’s standoff between the Dawn Merchant Group and the Merchant Association intensified. The gathered Akeniksen rushed to welcome him, while the news left the city’s rulers and wealthy merchants uneasy.

• Pipi’s caravan crossed back into Lobelica and learned that the Merchant Capital was in turmoil.
• The Merchant Association hardened its stance as Akeniksen demonstrators began to leave, while Gumiduo secretly informed Wei Kewei of its stalling tactics.
• Gumiduo and the young representatives at the Dawn Merchant Group’s base waited anxiously for Pipi to return.
• A messenger announced that Pipi had arrived with a high-ranking Fairy and the Water Magic Pearl, prompting Wei Kewei to lead the crowd out to greet him.
• Gumiduo hurried toward the gathering as the Merchant Association’s leaders and wealthy merchants reacted with excitement and fear.