Chapter Summaries

Cheng Yu faced Sphinx as the Weird King lifted the Sandbar Continent into the sky and threatened to destroy humanity. After rejecting Sphinx’s offer to rule the world together, Cheng Yu challenged him to aim the falling continent at him.

• In the Imperial Capital Ancient City, Kong Yanji and the other leaders watched the broadcast anxiously as Cheng Yu disappeared after confronting Sand.
• Cheng Yu used the big shot's authority fragment, and Sphinx raised the entire Sandbar Continent out of the sea, creating a vast vortex as seawater rushed into the resulting pit.
• The system explained that Gold-level creatures could unleash devastating power, and Cheng Yu realized he had underestimated Sphinx.
• Zhou Qianyan received reports of sharply falling harbor water levels as the floating Sandbar Continent transformed into a colossal Sphinx that blamed Cheng Yu for humanity’s impending apocalypse.
• Sphinx tried to turn Cheng Yu against humanity and offered to rule the world with him, but Cheng Yu refused and challenged Sphinx to crash the continent down at full speed.

Cheng Yu used Yog's authority fragment and a life-force replenishment item to devour Sphinx, ending the apocalyptic threat. He returned to Capital City as humanity celebrated Chairman Yuri, but he ignored the praise and focused on pursuing greater strength.

• Cheng Yu bought an item that rapidly replenished life force and prepared to use Infinite Technique, Final Devour against Sphinx.
• As Sphinx charged toward the world, riots erupted across human society, and Grete pulled people who attacked the bookshop into a terrifying demon realm.
• Cheng Yu exhausted his life force and the Pure White Emissary's stored energy, then opened a vast black maw in space and swallowed Sphinx.
• Cheng Yu learned the replenishment item had cost five million and felt the energy of a Gold Two-Star being within the Pure White Emissary.
• Kong Yanji and Zhou Qianyan celebrated Cheng Yu's victory while people hailed Chairman Yuri on the big screen.
• Cheng Yu returned to Capital City using the Spatial Transfer Technique and ignored humanity's praise.

Cheng Yu appointed Luo Xia to lead the new Hunter agency and sent him to Sea City to recruit members and find Wan Zhuo. Before departing, Luo Xia agreed to retrieve Lü Youying for her father, General Lü, and set out with a ten-person team to confront Wan Zhuo.

• Cheng Yu gave Luo Xia an appointment as head of a special agency, an SS-Rank Ghost-Tamer rating, and the rank of Admiral.
• Cheng Yu told Luo Xia that Wan Zhuo had been located in Sea City, and Luo Xia founded Hunter and recruited about thirty-five capable Ghost-Tamers.
• General Lü asked Luo Xia to bring his daughter Lü Youying back from Sea City, and Luo Xia agreed after recognizing her as Cheng Yu's wife in name.
• Luo Xia warned General Lü to keep Lü Youying's past quiet, then assembled a ten-person team and vowed to make Wan Zhuo pay.

Luo Xia arrived in Sea City to establish the Supreme Military Commission’s new Hunter department and pursue the fugitive Wan Zhuo. After recruiting Jiang Weiwei, he prepared to go with her to find Wan Zhuo.

• Old Chen welcomed Luo Xia to Sea City and brought him to the Special Affairs Bureau to discuss his mission.
• Luo Xia announced that Chairman Yuri had created the Hunter department and authorized him to recruit talented people in Sea City.
• Luo Xia declared that he had come to kill Wan Zhuo and asked who had reported the fugitive’s whereabouts to headquarters.
• Jiang Weiwei identified herself as the informant, and Luo Xia offered her a place in Hunter.
• Luo Xia told Jiang Weiwei to lead him to Wan Zhuo, and she agreed.

Luo Xia tracked Wan Zhuo to Yan Rou’s family home and surrounded the villa, while Wan Zhuo planned to fake his death and escape. The chapter ended as Yan Rou’s father arrived and confronted the Ghost-Tamers.

• Luo Xia learned that Wan Zhuo had recently been visiting Jiang Weiwei and ordered his team to find Lü Youying without alerting Wan Zhuo.
• Yan Rou showed Wan Zhuo a medical report and told him she was pregnant, while he pretended to celebrate and considered using the arrest attempt to fake his death.
• Luo Xia’s Mecha detected Wan Zhuo at the Yan Family Villa Estate, and Luo Xia’s forces surrounded the property.
• Yan’s Mother challenged Luo Xia’s search, then learned he was a general and mistakenly encouraged him to reconcile with Yan Rou.
• As the Ghost-Tamers prepared to enter the villa, Yan Father arrived and ordered them to stop.

Luo Xia used his Supreme Military Commission authority to search Yan Ping’s home and found the wanted fugitive Wan Zhuo hiding there. After his troops overwhelmed Wan Zhuo, Luo Xia prepared to deliver the final blow himself.

• Yan Ping confronted Luo Xia and demanded to know who had authorized the search.
• Luo Xia showed Yan Ping his military credentials, appointment, and Wan Zhuo’s arrest warrant, then ordered the Ghost-Tamers into the villa.
• Yan’s Mother learned that Wan Zhuo had been hiding with Yan Rou and begged Luo Xia to kill him.
• Wan Zhuo emerged from the villa and challenged Luo Xia to fight him head-on.
• Luo Xia ordered his troops to attack Wan Zhuo, and they battered him until Luo Xia stepped forward to finish the fight.

Luo Xia killed Wan Zhuo’s physical body and took Yan Rou to the hospital to abort the suspected Weird growing inside her. When Wan Zhuo’s soul emerged during the procedure, Luo Xia destroyed it, leaving Yan Rou to realize Wan Zhuo had lied to her and planned to survive by possessing their child.

• Luo Xia shrugged off Wan Zhuo’s blood attack, dodged his last charge, and crushed his head with his metal claw.
• Yan Rou blamed Luo Xia for Wan Zhuo’s death, but Yan Ping and Yan’s Mother stopped her and accepted Luo Xia’s explanation.
• Luo Xia ordered Lu Fan to take Yan Rou and Jiang Weiwei for pregnancy checks, then decided to escort Yan Rou to the hospital himself.
• During Yan Rou’s abortion, Wan Zhuo’s soul appeared, and Luo Xia seized and obliterated it with the Enabler 0-4 component.
• Yan Rou watched Wan Zhuo’s soul die and realized he had intended to possess their child to save himself.

After learning she was pregnant, Lü Youying was taken from Sea City to Capital City by Luo Xia, who told her about Wan Zhuo’s crimes and Cheng Yu’s power. Once there, she reunited with General Lü, while Luo Xia returned to Cheng Yu to report that he had carried out his orders.

• Lü Youying worried about Wan Zhuo’s arrest warrant and discovered that a transparent wisp had entered her belly.
• Luo Xia arrived at Lü Youying’s office, explained that he was hunting Wan Zhuo, and told her about Wan Zhuo’s involvement with many women and the pregnancy he had terminated.
• Lü Youying packed sentimental belongings and Cheng Yu’s signed Divorce Agreement, then traveled with Luo Xia to Capital City.
• Luo Xia told Lü Youying that Cheng Yu had always been powerful and had killed Sand and the General in the Sea of Death.
• General Lü met Lü Youying in Capital City, and Luo Xia urged her to consider getting rid of the thing inside her.
• Luo Xia returned to Cheng Yu’s office and reported that he had completed his orders.

Luo Xia learned that Lü Youying was five weeks pregnant and weighed the risks of acting against her amid the Human Nation’s factional struggles. After he went to seek Cheng Yu’s advice, Elias ordered Lu Fan to stop investigating and hinted that Cheng Yu’s power might be tied to the Weird King.

• Lu Fan reported to Luo Xia that Lü Youying was five weeks pregnant and that only a few doctors knew.
• Luo Xia considered the political fallout from the Supreme Military Commission’s actions and decided to ask Cheng Yu what to do about Lü Youying.
• Lu Fan met Elias and repeated his report about Lü Youying.
• Elias told Lu Fan not to pursue the matter and suggested that Cheng Yu might be connected to the Weird King.
• Lu Fan showed sorrow at Elias’s suspicion that Ghost-Tamers were untrustworthy because they borrowed power from the Weird.

After reassuring Luo Xia about Lü Youying and Wan Zhuo, Cheng Yu absorbed Sphinx's power and broke through to gold. The system explained the limits and deeper rules of gold rank, leaving Cheng Yu newly empowered and aware that his unusual freedom from universal restraints set him apart.

• Cheng Yu told Luo Xia that Lü Youying's baby would not survive and promised Luo Xia could deal with Wan Zhuo himself.
• Cheng Yu began absorbing Sphinx's fully digested power through the Pure White Emissary and broke through to gold one-star.
• Cheng Yu discovered that gold rank let him control strings and alter matter, making his desk vanish.
• The system explained that gold beings could control the rules of a universe, while legendary advancement required grasping deeper rules beyond it.
• The system said Cheng Yu's title protected him from universal erosion, leaving him a blank-slate gold rank whose power would remain unaffected across universes.
• Cheng Yu considered how his Infinite Technique and new gold rank would help him fight Weird Kings, and the system announced his achievement.

Cheng Yu broke through to Gold by relying on the Infinite Technique and the Big Shot's title, though the five-million currency cost left him farther from buying Mad Song. Meanwhile, Jinlis, Cui, and Ferry stole Wan Zhuo's body and blue blood from a laboratory in Capital City, prompting a citywide lockdown as Luo Xia went to investigate.

• Cheng Yu checked his system status after reaching Gold and regretted spending five million currency on the breakthrough.
• Jinlis and Cui broke into the laboratory, took Wan Zhuo's body and the extracted blue blood, and escaped underground while Jinlis concealed their trail.
• Ghost-Tamers discovered the theft and alerted General Luo, who ordered every route out of Capital City sealed.
• Ferry reported that the authorities were locking down the city, and Cui explained that Wan Zhuo's connection to Yuri Constantine made the stolen corpse especially important.
• Luo Xia heard that Wan Zhuo's body had been stolen and decided to inspect the laboratory himself.

Cheng Yu discovered that the Weird Tales Enthusiasts' Club was connected to the world will and ordered a nationwide crackdown on it. That night, a mysterious black figure met with Beatrice and revealed that they had come prepared to oppose Yuri Constantine.

• Luo Xia reported that Wan Zhuo's body had been stolen, and Cheng Yu investigated the Laboratory using Reach-Behind Grab.
• Cheng Yu found traces linking the theft to Jinlis, Cui, and the Weird Tales Enthusiasts' Club, then ordered Ghost-Tamers to gather information on the group.
• Luo Xia recalled that the club had played a minor role in the original story, while Cheng Yu suspected one of the world will's incarnations was behind it.
• After reviewing the authorities' files, Cheng Yu declared the Weird Tales Enthusiasts' Club a cult and ordered every region to root it out.
• Beatrice received a black-clad visitor who said Yuri Constantine was formidable but claimed to be well prepared for their shared ideals.

After the commission’s operation was leaked, Cheng Yu used the Divination Coin to identify Beatrice as the likely mole and showed Zhou Qianyan the coin’s results. Zhou Qianyan left uncertain but chose to trust Cheng Yu and began forming a plan.

• Cheng Yu used the Divination Coin to trace the leak to the governing administration and identify Beatrice as the likely mole.
• Cheng Yu gave Zhou Qianyan the coin, and Zhou confirmed that it could not answer whether Beatrice had leaked the commission’s operation.
• Cheng Yu told Zhou Qianyan that he could take control of the Human Nation but had helped fight the Weird Kings simply because he wanted to.
• After Zhou Qianyan left, Cheng Yu revealed that the Heart-Bewitching Spell had faded and wondered whether he had planted a human mole in the Justice and Law Department.
• Zhou Qianyan consulted his SS-Rank Ghost-Tamer bodyguard, then decided to trust Cheng Yu and began shaping a plan.

Luo Xia led Hunter to Sea City after Reader transformed the city’s Special Affairs Bureau into a mass of flesh and monsters. After Luo Xia seemingly defeated Reader, a far more dangerous black figure appeared, and Cheng Yu set out to confront him.

• Cheng Yu appointed Luo Xia commander of the purge, and Luo Xia relied on Old Chen to handle the overwhelming reports.
• Old Chen reported that Reader had destroyed the Sea City Special Affairs Bureau, so Luo Xia assembled Hunter’s Ghost-Tamers and led an expedition to the city.
• Luo Xia’s team found Sea City overrun by human-monster hybrids and a building covered in flesh and pages containing weird tales.
• Reader attacked Luo Xia’s group, but Luo Xia used his Mecha’s Destroyer component to destroy Reader’s body and then make him disappear.
• The scattered pages gathered into a pitch-black man, whose arrival triggered an extreme-danger warning in Luo Xia’s Mecha.
• Cheng Yu identified the black man as the Weird Tales Enthusiasts’ Club’s leader and went to confront him.

Cheng Yu confronted the Black Man, a Weird King and one of Nyarlathotep’s avatars, after sending Luo Xia and the Ghost-Tamers away. Cheng Yu unleashed a massive global thunderstorm that destroyed the Black Man’s darkness and left him mangled, while observers wondered whether Yuri Constantine had grown stronger.

• Cheng Yu stopped Luo Xia from attacking the Black Man and sent the Ghost-Tamers back toward the harbor.
• The Black Man deduced that Cheng Yu possessed the Infinite Technique, and Cheng Yu learned from the system that the Black Man was an avatar of Nyarlathotep.
• The Black Man cast Black Magic, Dark Canopy, covering nearly half of Sea City in darkness and attacking Cheng Yu from all sides.
• Cheng Yu combined multiple techniques and summoned an immense storm, concentrating its lightning on Sea City.
• The lightning shattered the dark canopy and left the Black Man mangled, prompting the observers to wonder whether Yuri Constantine had become stronger.

Cheng Yu recognized the Veiled Lady as the Bloated Daughter, an avatar of Nyarlathotep, and felt a strange dread that made him hesitate to attack her. Meanwhile, Yog converged the timelines and worldlines of a troublesome opponent, then erased names from Miss Puppet’s database as he prepared to let that foe suffer a setback.

• The Veiled Lady appeared on the battlefield, and Cheng Yu realized she had come to aid the unknown Weird King.
• Cheng Yu identified the Veiled Lady as the Bloated Daughter, an avatar of Nyarlathotep, but growing dread stopped him from approaching her.
• At A Certain Bookshop, Yog made countless books containing world power vanish as he converged a troublesome opponent’s timelines and worldlines.
• Yog removed certain names from Miss Puppet’s database, and Grete lay flat to avoid hearing anything further.
• Yog said he would let the troublesome opponent suffer a setback this time.

The Bloated Daughter rebuilt the Dark Man while using world power to mutate Cheng Yu’s brain, forcing him to counter with the Infinite Technique. As the Dark Man revived, Cheng Yu challenged both Weird Kings to fight him together.

• The Bloated Daughter used tentacles and corpses across Sea City to rebuild the Dark Man, while Cheng Yu considered retreating from the danger he sensed.
• Cheng Yu learned from the system that the Bloated Daughter was manipulating his brain’s strings with world power, and he recalled the system’s explanation of Perfect Humans and long-lived species.
• Cheng Yu struggled to restore his brain and sensed the Dark Man reviving, so he used the Infinite Technique to remove the Bloated Daughter’s tentacle seed from his brain.
• The Bloated Daughter repaired the Dark Man with black pus and tossed something into his nearly complete body.
• The Dark Man stood up, and Cheng Yu challenged both Weird Kings to attack him together.

Cheng Yu fought the Dark Man and the Bloated Daughter, but their coordination and knowledge of his abilities put him under pressure. His attempt to destroy them with the Black Box Spatial Slaughter Technique failed, and he discovered they had fused into a gigantic Black Octopus.

• The Dark Man and the Bloated Daughter combined their attacks, exploiting Cheng Yu’s vulnerability in close combat and using world power to wound him.
• The Dark Man trapped Cheng Yu with Corrosive Poison Aura while the Bloated Daughter released ghosts from her Folding Fan, which Cheng Yu swallowed with his Ghost-Devouring Lightning Pattern.
• The Bloated Daughter struck Cheng Yu with world-power-infused tentacles, sending him flying.
• Cheng Yu used the Space-Fixing Spell and tried to cast the Black Box Spatial Slaughter Technique, but heart palpitations disrupted the attack as some of his opponents escaped.
• A gigantic Black Octopus emerged from the ground in Sea City, and Cheng Yu realized the Dark Man and the Bloated Daughter had fused.

Cheng Yu defeated the combined kings in Sea City and stopped their power from assimilating the region, but he could not save the people trapped within the black octopus. After mourning the acquaintances he lost, he reflected on how their lives had scattered like flowers in the wind.

• Cheng Yu used the Piercing Spear and Super-Domain Technique to pin the black octopus down and halt its spread of assimilated Strings.
• Cheng Yu withstood the black octopus's String blades, bound it with a white chain, and destroyed the black-skinned Bloated Daughters it produced.
• Cheng Yu saw familiar faces across the black octopus and used Rain of Serenity, Heavenly Flowers to release them as white flowers, erasing the faces one by one.
• Cheng Yu learned that over thirty million people had probably died in Sea City and realized that all the acquaintances he had made there were gone.
• Cheng Yu pulled the Pure White Emissary spear from the ruins of the buffet restaurant and lamented that he knew where the people he had known began, but not where they would end.

After returning to Capital City, Cheng Yu received thanks for his efforts and mourned Sea City's dead with Luo Xia. As political factions struggled over power and Beatrice’s replacement, Cheng Yu refused to back Kong Yanji and said he would stay out of the fight.

• Kong Yanji and the senior officials thanked Cheng Yu, who dismissed their praise as him doing his duty.
• Luo Xia asked whether anyone had survived in Sea City; Cheng Yu said no, and Luo Xia resolved to guard against another tragedy.
• Beatrice suspended her duties, and Kong Yanji’s attempt to reclaim some of her powers reached a stalemate amid divided support.
• Kong Yanji asked Cheng Yu to support her political struggle, but he refused, saying he had no interest in her ambitions.
• After Kong Yanji left, Zhou Qianyan condemned the officials’ power struggle and explained that Beatrice had sought to accommodate and assimilate humanity with the Weird.
• Cheng Yu declined Zhou Qianyan’s offer of support and decided to stay out of the coming political struggle.