Chapter Summaries

Cheng Yu watched Snow Spirit work at a convenience store and sell trinkets in a poor neighborhood, troubled by how hard she made life for herself despite her strength. He finally revealed himself at her stall and offered to buy everything, asking if the goods were genuine.

• Cheng Yu secretly followed Snow Spirit through her workday, from her convenience store job to her cramped home and evening market stall.
• Snow Spirit told Uncle Huzi she was saving money and explained she avoided the crowded square because children stole her wares.
• Uncle Huzi warned Snow Spirit not to be overly kind, while she struggled to reconcile his advice with what Yuyu and Teacher had taught her.
• Cheng Yu blamed Mu for Snow Spirit's rigid beliefs and felt angry and hurt that she was living in hardship despite her Silver rank.
• Cheng Yu appeared at Snow Spirit's stall and said he would buy everything, then asked whether the items were genuine.

Cheng Yu reunited with Snow Spirit and learned from her memories that she had repeatedly faced dangerous people while living and working alone. After carrying her home, he realized he had fallen for her and suspected that something had caused his feelings to change, so he decided to test his hypothesis.

• Snow Spirit tearfully embraced Cheng Yu, and Uncle Huzi mistook him for her older brother before offering to help if she needed anything.
• Cheng Yu questioned Snow Spirit about earning money, then read her memories and discovered she had often been lured into dangerous situations by people with bad intentions.
• Cheng Yu scolded Snow Spirit for being careless, but she teased him for acting like a tsundere and asked him to carry her home.
• Cheng Yu carried the sleeping Snow Spirit inside and realized that he had fallen for her despite finding his emotional reaction abnormal.
• Cheng Yu considered a possible explanation for his feelings and said he would test his hypothesis.

Cheng Yu woke beside Snow Spirit and learned that she was committed to working because she believed it was right for her, despite his offer to provide for her. He found a delivery-truck job and returned home to help Snow Spirit prepare a celebratory dinner.

• Cheng Yu greeted Snow Spirit gently, but she dismissed his sinister act as a joke and went to wash up.
• Snow Spirit offered Cheng Yu her savings and planned to keep working, explaining that experience had convinced her the choice suited her.
• Cheng Yu accepted Snow Spirit’s decision, then said he would get a job rather than live off her.
• Snow Spirit left for work, while Cheng Yu reflected on his growing feelings and went job hunting.
• Cheng Yu became a delivery-truck driver and impressed his boss with his skills on his first day.
• Cheng Yu returned home to find Snow Spirit cooking to celebrate his new job, and he joined her in the kitchen.

Snow Spirit confessed her feelings to Cheng Yu, who asked for time before answering because he did not want to rush into their changed relationship. The next morning, Snow Spirit cheerfully set out to make him breakfast despite still being annoyed with him.

• Snow Spirit and Cheng Yu shared dinner, and she told him that she liked him and felt happy just seeing him.
• Snow Spirit explained that she was unsure whether she loved Cheng Yu, and he said he was happy but needed more time to respond.
• Snow Spirit sulked while washing dishes, then leaned against Cheng Yu and told him about her day.
• Cheng Yu finished the chores and soothed Snow Spirit until she forgot her anger.
• The next morning, Snow Spirit got up early to make Cheng Yu breakfast and threatened to make it taste awful.

Snow Spirit and Cheng Yu grew closer as they shared a snowy evening and spent the next day playing in the snow. After Cheng Yu let Snow Spirit hit him with a snowball, she revealed that she had known he was going easy on her.

• Snow Spirit welcomed Cheng Yu home during a heavy snowfall and said she was happy to spend the snowy night with him.
• Snow Spirit and Cheng Yu watched the snow together, and she thanked the parents who had abandoned her because she had found him and a life she enjoyed.
• Their bosses gave them the day off after the heavy snowfall, and Snow Spirit dragged Cheng Yu outside to play.
• Cheng Yu dodged and landed snowballs against Snow Spirit and the children until only Snow Spirit remained to challenge him.
• Cheng Yu deliberately let Snow Spirit hit him, and she admitted she had known he was giving her an opening.

Human Emperor Qin Shuo’s plan to replace the Heavenly Dao with humanity’s Way had taken hold, though the Heavenly Dao had escaped the True Knowledge Secret Realm and rallied the Sages. The Sages chose their sides, while Yuan Chen and Dong Hao waited to see what would happen next.

• Qin Shuo’s plan let humanity’s Way take over the Eternal True World, while Shen Bai prepared to merge with the Heavenly Dao consciousness trapped in the True Knowledge Secret Realm.
• A fragment of the Heavenly Dao’s consciousness escaped, freed the Sages from their shackles, and told them of Qin Shuo’s plans.
• Dong Hao gathered the Sages above the Human Emperor’s Palace to ask where they stood.
• Di Yi Yun supported Qin Shuo’s undertaking, Netherworld declined to interfere and abandoned his Sage Seat, and Ling Xuan vanished without declaring a side.
• Shen Yuan threatened to kill anyone who obstructed the severance of heaven and earth, then vanished with Di Yi Yun and Ling Xuan.
• Yuan Chen and Dong Hao decided to wait and see, with Dong Hao sensing a lethal threat at the Human Emperor’s Palace before disappearing.

Qin Shuo traced the possibility of using the wills of all living beings to resist the Heavenly Dao and deduced that Shen Qian might be part of the Great Sage’s plans for the Heaven-United One. He concealed evidence about Shen Qian and Cheng Yu, then allowed Shen Qian to leave after ordering her to swear an oath to the Heavenly Dao.

• Qin Shuo discovered that a world’s collective will could influence its Heavenly Dao and concluded that Humankind alone could not form a strong enough Humanity’s Way.
• After learning that Shen Qian had fled the Sacred Land, Qin Shuo deduced that the Old Peacock had been preparing for the Heaven-United One and wondered whether it involved Demon Race blood.
• Qin Shuo decided to help the plan along, covered up information about Shen Qian and Cheng Yu, and investigated Cheng Yu’s mysterious survival.
• When Wen Chenghe asked what to do as Shen Qian prepared to leave Beiyou Prefecture, Qin Shuo ordered that she be allowed to go after swearing an oath to the Heavenly Dao.

After Shen Qian returned to Demon territory, Shen Tian learned of Qin Shuo’s audacious plan to challenge the Heavenly Dao and agreed to join the gamble with Shen Yue. The chapter revealed that Shen Bai had knowingly become the plan’s crucial link, while Qin Shuo prepared Humanity’s Way to strike when the Heavenly Dao descended.

• Shen Yue delivered Qin Shuo’s secret message to Shen Tian, who was shocked by its ambition and chose to join the plan against the Heavenly Dao.
• Shen Yue warned Shen Tian that the gamble was too risky, then pledged to stand beside his brother after hearing his concerns about the Demon Race’s fate.
• Shen Tian and Shen Yue secretly prepared for Qin Shuo’s scheme while keeping open the possibility that his proposal was a trap they could turn against Humankind.
• Shen Bai learned that his supposed destiny was to unite with the Heavenly Dao and chose to join the scheme to resist it.
• Qin Shuo guided Shen Bai to the True Knowledge Secret Realm, where Shen Bai gained power from beyond the Eternal True World that helped him retain control as the Heavenly Dao pressed him toward Dao Integration.
• As Shen Bai entered the True Knowledge Secret Realm for the second time, Qin Shuo hid in the Human Emperor’s Palace, condensing Humanity’s Way to strike the Heavenly Dao when its will descended.

Shen Yuan learned that Shen Tian and Shen Yue had helped guide Shen Bai into defying destiny for the Demon Race, and he painfully accepted Shen Tian’s decision while choosing to support him. Meanwhile, Netherworld refused to join the struggle over the Heavenly Dao and said he would abandon his Sage Seat if necessary.

• Shen Yuan questioned Shen Tian about the plan to gather Humanity’s Way and slay the Heavenly Dao, and Cheng Ming confirmed that the old Qilin had supported the scheme.
• Shen Yuan realized Shen Tian and Shen Yue had joined forces with Humankind and the Qilin to guide Shen Bai toward defying destiny.
• Shen Tian told Shen Yuan that Shen Bai had chosen his own path and that he would make the same choice for the Demon Race, leaving Shen Yuan anguished but willing to back his nephews.
• Shen Yuan asked the absent Second Brother what he would do, then let Shen Tian, Shen Yue, and Cheng Ming leave him alone by Mirror Lake.
• Netherworld told You Lian that he would stay out of the conflict and could abandon his Heavenly Dao Sage Seat and take the Netherworld Territory beyond the heavens.

Snow Spirit proposed buying a larger house for Cheng Yu, but he refused to let her spend her money on him and told her that love should not be one-sided. She pressed him for an answer about their relationship, and Cheng Yu once again postponed it, leaving them washing dishes together.

• Snow Spirit asked Cheng Yu whether they should save up to buy a house, explaining that she wanted him to be more comfortable.
• Cheng Yu told Snow Spirit he did not need a house and refused to let her make sacrifices for him, saying that nothing was a given and love should not be one-sided.
• Snow Spirit insisted she wanted to give Cheng Yu the best things and admitted she feared Lian'er might win him over.
• Cheng Yu offered to wash the dishes, but Snow Spirit joined him and challenged him for dodging her question about when he would give her an answer.
• Cheng Yu promised an answer someday in the future, and Snow Spirit elbowed him before they finished washing dishes together.

Cheng Yu studied the pan-universe consciousness while Snow Spirit slept, then answered her confession by saying his feelings were growing and he needed time before returning her love. Snow Spirit fell asleep in his arms, leaving Cheng Yu troubled by how deeply he adored the girl he had raised.

• Cheng Yu analyzed the pan-universe consciousness and reasoned about its rules, fate, parallel universes, and emotions.
• Snow Spirit woke and asked Cheng Yu why he had not answered her feelings yet.
• Cheng Yu told Snow Spirit that he liked her but wanted to wait until his feelings could match her passionate love.
• Snow Spirit hugged Cheng Yu and asked how much he liked her, and he replied, “A little more than yesterday, a little less than tomorrow.”
• Snow Spirit stayed in Cheng Yu’s arms until her consciousness settled, while Cheng Yu reflected on his growing affection and unease.

Cheng Yu weighed his growing feelings for Snow Spirit against his suspicions that their relationship was abnormal, then spent the day embracing their affectionate routine. The chapter ended with them shopping for dinner together, while an employee who had hoped to pursue Snow Spirit realized he had no chance.

• Cheng Yu decided to keep following his heart rather than pull away from Snow Spirit, and they shared a sweet morning before leaving for work.
• Cheng Yu told Snow Spirit he would pick her up after work, and she kissed his cheek before they parted.
• Cheng Yu finished his delivery route early and waited outside Snow Spirit's supermarket until her shift ended.
• Snow Spirit hurried to Cheng Yu, hugged him, and led him into the supermarket to shop for dinner.
• A young supermarket employee saw Snow Spirit clinging to Cheng Yu and mourned the end of his unstarted romance.

Snow Spirit and Cheng Yu went grocery shopping together, and Cheng Yu reflected on why he had fallen for her. He admitted that he liked her more than he had a moment earlier, leaving their relationship closer to becoming mutual love.

• Snow Spirit introduced Cheng Yu to A Xin as the person she loved most, and A Xin wished them happiness.
• Snow Spirit told Cheng Yu she was happy he had picked her up from work and asked if she was closer to winning him over.
• Cheng Yu offered to pick Snow Spirit up every day, but she said he did not need to set aside his own plans for her.
• When Cheng Yu asked why she had chosen him, Snow Spirit asked why it could not be him.
• Cheng Yu reflected on his conflicted ideas about love and realized that Snow Spirit's imperfect, real love drew him to her.
• Cheng Yu told Snow Spirit that he liked her a little more than he had moments earlier.

Cheng Yu and Snow Spirit shared domestic routines and went together to set up her stall, where he described himself to Uncle Huzi as someone special to her. They settled in beside each other, and Cheng Yu said he would probably have an official title soon.

• Snow Spirit blushed when Cheng Yu teased her, and the two cooked and ate dinner together.
• Snow Spirit asked Cheng Yu to join her in setting up the stall so she could buy something, but she refused to reveal what it was for.
• Cheng Yu carried Snow Spirit's backpack as they went to her old selling spot.
• Uncle Huzi welcomed Snow Spirit back and asked whether Cheng Yu was her boyfriend.
• Cheng Yu introduced himself as Snow Spirit's someone special, and Uncle Huzi teased him about when he would have a title of his own.
• Snow Spirit leaned against Cheng Yu at the stall, and Cheng Yu said the title would probably come soon.

Cheng Yu and Snow Spirit discussed their future together, and Cheng Yu bought a ring for her. After they both secretly took the day off to prepare gifts, they reunited at home, each carrying a surprise for the other.

• Uncle Huzi praised Snow Spirit as a rare gem, and Cheng Yu agreed before carrying her home.
• Snow Spirit asked to take the next night off, then told Cheng Yu she wanted to keep living with him and would return to the Eternal True World by his side.
• Cheng Yu privately affirmed his love for Snow Spirit and went to a jewelry store to buy a ring.
• Cheng Yu learned Snow Spirit had skipped work, then met her returning home with a gift of her own.

Cheng Yu and Snow Spirit confessed their love and proposed to each other, then agreed they had everything they needed as a married couple. Outside the Eternal True World, Yog told Miss Puppet to leave the Supreme Dimension and find Grete, while Shub continued watching the world with him.

• Cheng Yu told Snow Spirit he loved her and asked her to be his wife, presenting her with a ring.
• Snow Spirit revealed her own ring and asked Cheng Yu to be her husband, and they accepted each other’s proposals in unison.
• Snow Spirit and Cheng Yu talked about their rings and wedding, then went off together as Snow Spirit urged him to stop hesitating.
• Shub watched the Eternal True World with Yog and said she was staying to keep an eye on him.
• Yog told Miss Puppet to leave the Supreme Dimension and find Grete, and Miss Puppet bowed goodbye to Yog and Shub.

Cheng Yu returned to the Eternal True World with the unconscious Snow Spirit after the universe's gateway began to fail. He found the world under a strange, threatening upheaval, with the Southern Continent devastated and signs of catastrophe across other regions.

• Cheng Yu opened a space-time passage and, despite Snow Spirit's pleas to stay, made her unconscious and carried her back to the Eternal True World.
• Cheng Yu emerged at Skycloud Academy and found the place desolate beneath black clouds and a furious, inexplicable will.
• In the Southern Continent, spatial rifts opened amid heavenly lightning as cities lay scorched and the Demon Race, Humankind, and Myriad Races had vanished.
• A figure in white sat above a ruined Taoist temple within a spatial rift, holding a struggling humanoid phantom while diverting a lightning strike.
• The Great Sage statue in the Northern Abyss Islands cracked as black-red rain fell, and Beijing City stood deserted despite its orderly state.
• The Endless Wild Sea churned as a world-ending tsunami appeared to be forming beneath its waves.

Wu Yuan learned that something was destabilizing the Eternal True World and decided to give the Demon Emperors power to intensify their invasion. When the Pantheon blocked his withdrawal from the Heavenly Dao Space, he chose to stay and prepare for a larger confrontation, while the Eternal Heavenly Dao struggled to contain the threat inside the True Knowledge Secret Realm.

• Wu Yuan and the Pantheon's supreme beings sensed a fluctuation in the Eternal Heavenly Dao and glimpsed its concern over a creature in the True Knowledge Secret Realm.
• Wu Yuan ordered the three Demon Emperors to resume their invasion and strike hard after learning that the Eternal Heavenly Dao's control was weakening.
• Wu Yuan tried to withdraw from the Heavenly Dao Space, but the Red-Light One blocked him and argued that the Pantheon had to keep the Abyss occupied.
• Wu Yuan chose to stay and gave the Demon Emperors some of his power to help them break the Holy Spirit's seal.
• The Eternal Heavenly Dao remained silent as it failed to eradicate the chaotic information in the True Knowledge Secret Realm and felt anger and helplessness.

Wu Yuan discovered that the Pantheon had lured him into attacking the Eternal Heavenly Dao, but Tsathoggua’s arrival disrupted the planned confrontation. With the balance in the Heavenly Dao Space unsettled, the Eternal Heavenly Dao offered Wu Yuan one-third of its origin in exchange for holding off the Pantheon, and he accepted.

• The Eternal Heavenly Dao secretly contacted Wu Yuan and concluded that forcing Dao Integration was its only chance to survive.
• Wu Yuan realized the Pantheon had used the Eternal Heavenly Dao as bait to trap him while the Abyss began corrupting the Mythic Great World.
• Tsathoggua arrived to support Wu Yuan at the command of a great being, halting the Pantheon and restoring the Eternal Heavenly Dao to neutrality.
• The Eternal Heavenly Dao offered Wu Yuan one-third of its origin if he held off the Pantheon for an instant.
• Wu Yuan agreed, and the Heavenly Dao Space shattered as a streak of light flew from the Eternal Heavenly Dao into him.

Cheng Yu confronted Snow Spirit after suspecting she was the God of Amusement, and she confirmed that the deity was her while insisting her love was real. He tried to end their relationship and leave, but Snow Spirit begged him to stay before a violent shattering sound rang out in the sky.

• Cheng Yu asked Snow Spirit whether his True Self roleplay had ended, and she broke down, insisting she did not understand what he meant.
• Cheng Yu asked Snow Spirit to trust him with her life, and she agreed before he could act.
• Snow Spirit revealed that she was the deity Cheng Yu suspected, but said she was not that deity and that her love for him had not changed.
• Snow Spirit told Cheng Yu that she existed only to love him, and he said they should part ways.
• Snow Spirit clung to Cheng Yu and begged him not to abandon her, then a violent shattering sound rang out in the sky.