Chapter Summaries

Cheng Yu defeated Evil Shadow in Ping City, but the Weird’s destruction caused the city’s civilians to lose their loved ones and left him burdened by the deaths he had caused. Realizing Luo Xia might be affected by what happened, Cheng Yu used Spatial Transfer to head toward Gang City.

• Cheng Yu fought Evil Shadow desperately as his Titan spell neared its end, while Wan Zhuo watched in disbelief at his strength.
• Cheng Yu dispelled the Titan spell, pierced Evil Shadow’s head with a Sure-Hit spear, and detonated it with the Specter-Devouring Explosion Spell.
• When Evil Shadow recovered, Cheng Yu unleashed the Pure White Emissary’s legendary power and erased him, earning the Slaying Gold from Below achievement.
• The Weird in Ping City vanished, leaving civilians grieving for family and lovers who had become Weird, while Cheng Yu realized he had killed many people.
• Cheng Yu thought of Luo Xia, activated Spatial Transfer, and hoped Xia would not hate him.

After Cheng Yu killed Evil Shadow, Greenie began to disappear with the Weird energy sustaining her, but Cheng Yu used the Infinite Technique to give her a human body for one hour. Greenie and Luo Xia shared a final date and goodbye before she vanished, and Cheng Yu promised Luo Xia they would meet again; Yog then closed the book containing their story.

• Greenie sang for Luo Xia as she began to disappear, and Cheng Yu arrived and used the Infinite Technique to turn her into a human for about an hour.
• Luo Xia and Greenie spent their remaining time together at an amusement park, sharing their pasts and confessing their love on a Ferris wheel.
• Greenie kissed Luo Xia, vanished, and left a tear-shaped crystal in his hand after asking him to share a lifelong love with her if they met again.
• Cheng Yu promised Luo Xia that he would reunite him with Greenie when he gained the ability, and Luo Xia admitted that he hated himself more than Cheng Yu.
• Yog closed the book containing the story, while Grete noticed its pale pink cover and the title, "Saint Lorenzo Fairy Tales."

After the Great Expedition ended, Cheng Yu returned to the Wings of Hope and used the Weird energy he had taken from Evil Shadow to advance his soul. After more than fourteen hundred failed attempts, he finally reached Silver one-star and celebrated by demanding that the system call him Grandpa.

• Melanie ordered the surviving Ghost-Tamers to return to Capital City and report the expedition’s victory.
• Cheng Yu reunited with his companions aboard the Wings of Hope while they avoided discussing Greenie’s death and took Luo Xia to the victory banquet.
• Cheng Yu absorbed the Weird energy stored in the Pure White Emissary and advanced his soul to the limit of Bronze.
• Cheng Yu repeatedly failed to break through to Silver, then bet with the system that he would go streaking if his next attempt failed.
• Cheng Yu’s next breakthrough succeeded, raising his soul to Silver one-star, but the system refused to call him Grandpa.

Xiao Ge Ruan, the Sea of Death and one of the Weird Kings, tracked Cheng Yu after sensing Evil Shadow’s defeat and confronted him at sea. Cheng Yu recognized the danger and prepared to fight the gold-level Weird King.

• Xiao Ge Ruan followed the trace of Evil Shadow’s presence to find whoever had defeated him.
• Wan Zhuo told Brittany that Luo Xia had killed General Evil Shadow and warned her not to spread the information; he secretly vowed to kill Luo Xia.
• Cheng Yu discovered that his silver-level soul could alter matter, changing a champagne bottle into a turd and its contents into water.
• Cheng Yu sensed a Weird King beneath the sea and teleported to the bow of the Wings of Hope as Xiao Ge Ruan surfaced.
• The system identified Xiao Ge Ruan and described his servitor creatures, while Cheng Yu put on the Pure White Emissary and declared that he would fight.

Cheng Yu confronted Xiao Ge Ruan, who tried to trap him and the Ghost-Tamers in a dream while summoning ghost pirates. Cheng Yu unleashed an enormous Weird-Devouring Array over the sea, and its light began to engulf Xiao Ge Ruan’s waters.

• Xiao Ge Ruan attacked Cheng Yu after learning he had killed Evil Shadow, but Cheng Yu blocked the blow with a defensive spell.
• Xiao Ge Ruan’s mental contamination put the Ghost-Tamers to sleep, while Cheng Yu resisted it and learned Xiao Ge Ruan could draw victims into a dream world.
• Cheng Yu’s Specter-Devouring Pattern spell passed through Xiao Ge Ruan, who avoided a direct fight and spread green mist across the sea.
• Luo Xia woke and found the other Ghost-Tamers asleep as a ghost ship and its pirates appeared in the mist.
• Cheng Yu spread his Six Light Orbs across the waters and created a vast, enhanced Weird-Devouring Array that lit the sky.

Cheng Yu entered Xiao Ge Ruan’s Dreamland Mirror and exposed the Weird King to a memory that brought him face-to-face with Yog, leaving Xiao Ge Ruan frenzied and Cheng Yu facing an uncertain fight. Elsewhere, Yog hinted that Grete might soon meet someone interesting.

• Cheng Yu’s formation hurt Xiao Ge Ruan, but the Weird King’s wave corroded the Wings of Hope and aged most people aboard while Cheng Yu remained immune.
• Cheng Yu used the Soul-Flesh Unity Technique to enter Xiao Ge Ruan’s Dreamland Mirror, where the Ghost-Tamers lived out their fondest dreams and Wan Zhuo searched for an exit.
• Cheng Yu removed his title’s protection and let Xiao Ge Ruan examine his memories, causing the dream’s vision of Cheng Yu’s first love to mutate into a horror that terrified the dreamers.
• Yog appeared before Cheng Yu and explained that exposing Xiao Ge Ruan to him could grant the Weird King power at the cost of his sanity.
• Yog told Cheng Yu his chances of winning remained good, then left Cheng Yu to face Xiao Ge Ruan’s frenzied aura.
• At A Certain Bookshop, Yog told Miss Puppet that he would not interfere with Cheng Yu’s future and hinted to Grete that he might soon meet someone interesting.

Cheng Yu unleashed the Pure White Emissary’s legendary power, destroyed Xiao Ge Ruan’s body, and discovered that the Weird King existed in the Sea of Dreamlands through everyone’s subconscious. As Cheng Yu’s power ran out, an unknown force completed his lock on the Sea of Dreamlands, and a mysterious voice thanked him.

• Xiao Ge Ruan transformed, absorbed the Sea of Dreamlands’ world power, and broke through to Gold Three-Star as Cheng Yu unleashed his legendary power.
• A Pure White Sun appeared over San Lorenzo World, and Cheng Yu saw the universe’s rules as threads he could manipulate.
• Cheng Yu severed the threads holding Xiao Ge Ruan together, causing his body to disintegrate.
• Cheng Yu discovered Xiao Ge Ruan’s phantom in the newly formed Sea of Dreamlands and tried to imprison it with white chains.
• An unknown force connected the final links of Cheng Yu’s Pure White Lock, severing the threads between living creatures and the Sea of Dreamlands.
• A voice in the Void thanked Cheng Yu, calling him an Otherworldly Visitor.

Cheng Yu learned from Alaya-vijnana that the world will had split into thirteen avatars and that Luo Xia was the Savior chosen through soul traversal. After Alaya-vijnana escaped the Sea of Dreamlands and urged Cheng Yu to destroy the avatars, Yun Tian and a cloaked figure reacted to the recent upheaval.

• Alaya-vijnana revealed that it had once inhabited Kong Qixiao, been imprisoned by Xiao Ge Ruan in the Sea of Dreamlands, and projected its power to seek a Savior.
• Alaya-vijnana identified Luo Xia as the soul from another world chosen to save humanity and asked Cheng Yu to destroy the world will's avatars.
• Cheng Yu accepted Alaya-vijnana's request and received its gift, which the system used to raise his Mystery of the Transmigrator achievement to Gold Five-Star.
• Alaya-vijnana said it had strengthened humans with abilities effective against Weirds, then disappeared into hiding.
• Cheng Yu suspected Greenie had been strengthened to counter Weirds and reflected that her bond with Luo Xia might have begun with Alaya-vijnana's influence.
• Yun Tian wondered whether the Kamen Rider in Sea City was another Kong Qixiao, while a cloaked figure questioned who had made Evil Shadow and Xiao Ge Ruan vanish.

After defeating Xiao Ge Ruan, Cheng Yu introduced himself as Constantine and transported the damaged Wings of Hope directly to Capital City. His thoughts on strength and humility left him reflecting on the boss’s beliefs.

• Cheng Yu introduced himself as Yuri Constantine, and Brittany learned that Luo Xia considered him his big brother and credited him with killing the General.
• Cheng Yu claimed he was an invincible powerhouse, then offered to get the disabled Wings of Hope moving himself.
• Cheng Yu used Spatial Transfer to move the entire Wings of Hope to Capital City’s harbor, soaking civilians with the wave from its arrival.
• Cheng Yu apologized to the drenched civilians, surprising Brittany with his politeness despite his status as a Ghost-Tamer.
• Cheng Yu reflected that true strength meant following one’s convictions and not looking down on the weak.

Cheng Yu adopted the identity Yuri Constantine and agreed to join the Human Nation, which appointed him chairman of its new Supreme Military Commission after his victories over two Weird Kings. His rousing inaugural speech inspired humanity and made political leaders wary of him, while he ended the chapter teaching Luo Xia to address him as “Your Excellency.”

• Cheng Yu met with Kong Yanji and the Human Nation’s leaders, confirmed that he had killed the General and the Sea of Death, and accepted a position in the Human Nation as Yuri Constantine.
• The Human Nation publicized Yuri’s victories, raising hope among humans who had feared the Weird Kings for seventy years.
• Kong Yanji announced the creation of the Human Nation Supreme Military Commission, with Yuri as chairman and Yun Tian and Bian Yao as vice chairmen.
• Yuri delivered a speech at the commission’s inauguration that energized Ghost-Tamers and prompted Zhou Qianyan, Elias, and Beatrice to regard him as a political threat.
• Luo Xia reported for duty, and Yuri ordered him to address him as “Your Excellency.”

Cheng Yu learned that the Lord of the Mist had appeared and severed contact between most of the Human Nation's states, signaling the Weird Kings' imminent rise. At the Council Hall, he ordered the government to locate the Lord of the Mist and assessed the factions within the Supreme Military Commission.

• Cheng Yu told Luo Xia that he had accepted a position in the Supreme Military Commission to gain access to government resources and intelligence.
• A Ghost-Tamer informed Cheng Yu that the Lord of the Mist had appeared and cut off contact with most of the Human Nation's states.
• Luo Xia explained that the Lord of the Mist's appearance had preceded the Weird Kings' rapid expansion in the original novel, which ended with humanity facing extinction.
• Cheng Yu teleported with Luo Xia to the Council Hall, where he challenged Tang Dingyi's criticism of his attire and asked for a report.
• Yun Tian showed Cheng Yu a recording of the Lord of the Mist and warned that the Weird King had been inactive for nearly fifteen years.
• Cheng Yu ordered Yun Tian to monitor the country and find the Lord of the Mist, then recognized Yun Tian's faction as supportive, Tang Dingyi's as opposed, and the Shadow Operations Office as neutral.

Cheng Yu learned more about the Lord of the Mist before the seven Weird Kings’ emergence triggered a worldwide Specter Tide. As the Human Nation braced for possible collapse, Cheng Yu recognized that an age of great chaos was beginning.

• Cheng Yu asked the system about the Lord of the Mist, and the system identified it as The Crawling Mist, an avatar of Nyarlathotep.
• The system explained that Nyarlathotep embodied chaos and could not be fully destroyed, leaving Cheng Yu wary of crossing it.
• Yog discovered a red-and-yellow aura, destroyed it, and sealed a damaged universe bubble with a purplish-black Door Seal.
• A massive sandstorm on Sandbar Continent revealed a palace and a faceless winged lion statue as strange phenomena appeared across the Weird Kings’ territories.
• The seven great Weird Kings emerged one after another, unleashing a worldwide Specter Tide and prompting the Human Nation to prepare for the possible fall of the nation.
• Cheng Yu joined the Head of State Council in Capital City and concluded that an age of great chaos was about to begin.

Cheng Yu announced that he would travel alone to the Sandbar Continent to confront the Weird King Sand. After learning Sand might be an avatar of Nyarlathotep, Cheng Yu summoned Luo Xia to deal with Wan Zhuo while he prepared to depart.

• At the Head of State Council meeting, Cheng Yu chose to confront Sand on the Sandbar Continent by himself, and the council wished him a swift victory.
• Cheng Yu reviewed the Human Nation's secret files about Dune Graveyard, where Sand's endless questions had killed an A-Rank Ghost-Tamer.
• Cheng Yu asked the system about Sand, and it identified him as likely being Nyarlathotep's Faceless Sphinx avatar.
• The system explained that different worlds could mistake aspects of the same god for separate deities, and Cheng Yu reflected on the limits of human understanding.
• Cheng Yu summoned Luo Xia and left Wan Zhuo for him to handle as Cheng Yu prepared to leave.

Cheng Yu sent Luo Xia to arrest Wan Zhuo while he traveled to Dune Graveyard to confront the Faceless Sphinx. The Sphinx began testing him with riddles, and Cheng Yu answered while secretly preparing for a fight.

• Cheng Yu gave Luo Xia his official seal and told him to arrest Wan Zhuo under a righteous pretext.
• Cheng Yu traveled to the Sandbar Continent after the Human Nation announced his mission to eliminate the Weird King.
• Cheng Yu reached Dune Graveyard and met the Faceless Sphinx, who admitted he was connected to the Specter Tide.
• The Faceless Sphinx proposed that Cheng Yu answer his questions and promised to disappear if Cheng Yu answered them all.
• Cheng Yu answered the Sphinx's riddles and logic questions while secretly setting something up, since he did not trust the Sphinx's promise.

After Cheng Yu ordered Wan Zhuo’s arrest, Wan Zhuo fled to Mountain City and sought a way to gain power and escape his enemies. At A Certain Bookshop, he found a ritual that could let him possess his own child, while Yog dismissed him as a pawn of the world.

• Luo Xia issued a nationwide warrant for Wan Zhuo after learning he had left Capital City for Sea City.
• Wan Zhuo hid in Mountain City, learned of the warrant on television, and cursed Cheng Yu and Luo Xia.
• Wan Zhuo found A Certain Bookshop and discovered a book describing a ritual to possess his own child and alter the child’s talent.
• Wan Zhuo decided to return to Sea City and seek a woman willing to bear his child.
• Grete asked Yog whether they should intervene, but Yog said Wan Zhuo was only a puppet and lamented that he would have made a decent agent.

Cheng Yu answered the Sphinx’s final question by identifying its origins and exposing it as an imitation of a cosmic being. The Sphinx attacked, but Cheng Yu’s array destroyed its sand body and the Dune Graveyard; the system warned that no authority fragment had been captured, leaving Cheng Yu suspecting the Sphinx had tricked him with a phantom.

• Cheng Yu used the system’s answers to respond to the Sphinx’s increasingly difficult questions over three days.
• The Sphinx asked Cheng Yu to reveal its origins, and Cheng Yu recited its mythological history before identifying it as an imitation of the Crawling Chaos.
• The Sphinx roared and attacked Cheng Yu, who taunted it and used the Grand Spell Array to disperse its sand body and collapse the Dune Graveyard.
• The system warned Cheng Yu that he had captured no authority fragment, and he realized the Sphinx’s apparent body might have been a phantom.
• Cheng Yu concluded that the Sphinx had likely seen through his preparations and taken the initiative.

Cheng Yu was trapped in a sand-filled palace by the Faceless Sphinx, whose temporal power let it overwhelm his spatial defenses and force him onto a Golden Throne. The throne transported him to another palace, where he came face to face with the Sphinx and saw that his own body had changed.

• Cheng Yu was transported into a palace of yellow sand, where Sand Monsters endlessly emerged and turned into more sand.
• Cheng Yu discovered that the Faceless Sphinx was an avatar of Nyarlathotep capable of using time powers, explaining why his Spatial Transfer Technique failed.
• As the sand threatened to bury him, Cheng Yu reached the Golden Throne and sat on it, triggering another spatial effect.
• Cheng Yu asked the system to remove and immediately re-equip his title, then endured sudden pain as he was transported away.
• Cheng Yu found himself in an identical palace before a wolfdog-sized, physical Faceless Sphinx, then looked at his changed body.

Cheng Yu faced Sphinx, who revealed that he knew Cheng Yu came from another world and tried to recruit him before attacking. After Cheng Yu removed all the sand from the Sandbar Continent, Sphinx trapped him with spatial power, leaving them in a standoff.

• Sphinx questioned Cheng Yu about his origins, and Cheng Yu claimed that this world was a novel in his own world.
• Cheng Yu told Sphinx the story he had heard from Luo Xia and included information about Wan Zhuo, prompting Sphinx to reveal that Wan Zhuo was only a pawn.
• Sphinx offered Cheng Yu power and control over humanity if he joined the World Will, but attacked when Cheng Yu asked for time to consider.
• Cheng Yu used his System Space to absorb the sand for thirty days until the Sandbar Continent was bare.
• Sphinx attacked Cheng Yu with spatial power and explained how he created it by manipulating time, while Cheng Yu remained trapped in a standoff.

Cheng Yu used Yog’s authority fragment to overcome Sphinx’s spatial defenses and strip away his spatial definition, leaving Sphinx defeated while Cheng Yu’s vitality was exhausted. Elsewhere, Yog extracted a wisp of Azathoth’s power and declared that he was free of needing it.

• Cheng Yu took out Yog’s authority fragment, awakening immense spatial power throughout Saint Lorenzo and drawing Sphinx’s attention.
• Sphinx offered to make Cheng Yu the eternal king of the world in exchange for the fragment, then attacked him with a world-powered Sand Lion.
• Cheng Yu used a Light Dust Technique Buff to make the Sand Lion fall apart, while Sphinx summoned the other Weird Kings for backup.
• Cheng Yu activated the fragment to seal off the world, then waited for his vitality to recover as the Weird Kings gathered outside the palace.
• Cheng Yu used Yog’s spatial authority to strip Sphinx of his spatial definition, collapsing Sphinx’s time dimension and making him solid.
• Yog retrieved a wisp of chaos-colored mist from a book and said he no longer needed Azathoth’s power because he was free.

Cheng Yu fought Sphinx in the desert, survived a devastating world-power attack, and prepared to continue more cautiously. Meanwhile, Yog sensed that the timeline had changed and that a troublesome figure was approaching, then removed the Door Seal around a universe bubble.

• Cheng Yu recovered his health and challenged Sphinx to a fight, then blasted waves of mummies with Ghost-Eater Blast.
• Sphinx gathered world power while Cheng Yu was held back by mummies and Yellow Sand Monsters, then struck him with a powerful attack that shattered his body.
• Cheng Yu survived through the Pure White Emissary and his title, and Sphinx froze briefly, allowing Cheng Yu to escape and restore his body.
• Yog sensed a changed timeline and an approaching figure, and told Grete that an unseen opponent had feinted in one direction and struck in another.
• Yog removed the black-purple Door Seal around a universe bubble, and an unremarkable individual on a planet inside it smiled and vanished.