Chapter Summaries

Li Tianming held off Guo Jiuxiao’s many clones while a rescue team kept the wounded alive and returned them to battle. The fight continued as Shan En guarded the healers and Zhao Longfei prepared to attack an enemy with mental abilities.

• Li Tianming neutralized the attacks from Guo Jiuxiao’s clones, drawing onlookers’ attention to their duel.
• Lin Yaman’s phantoms carried wounded fighters to Zhao Fengjun and Chen Fenghe, who healed and treated them before they returned to battle.
• The phantoms rescued Feng Renjie after an explosion severed his limbs, and Zhao Fengjun and Chen Fenghe restored him before he charged back into the fight.
• Feng Renjie urged his allies to fight boldly because the support team could save them, while Zhao Longfei cursed him for attracting enemy fire.
• A Zone 1 fighter tried to attack the healers, but Shan En and two Guardians of the World-Destroying Church killed him; Shan En then guarded the rescue team.
• Feng Renjie explained that drawing Zone 1 fighters out of formation let the defenders pick them off, and Zhao Longfei told him to hold the right flank while he targeted an enemy with mental attacks.

As Zone 1 and Zhao Longfei’s group fought across a vast battlefield, Qin Siyang struggled to decide whether to intervene, knowing he might not be able to turn the tide. Qi Tian arrived to protect him and urged him to stay out of the conflict, but Qin Siyang refused to abandon the friends and family fighting there.

• Many people left the battlefield or weighed which side to support as Zone 1’s intervention threatened the World-Destroying Church’s plans to reveal the [Apocalypse Fragment].
• Qin Siyang assessed the battles and concluded that intervening could expose him to powerful enemies, people seeking his Tier Six Item, and the Sandworms.
• Qi Tian suddenly appeared inside Qin Siyang’s Drill Pod and explained that Gu Weiyang had asked him to keep watch over Qin Siyang.
• Qi Tian urged Qin Siyang not to join the fighting and offered to protect him, saying Qin Siyang was not strong enough to change the battle’s outcome.
• Qin Siyang refused to stay out of the conflict because his friends and family were fighting, and he told Qi Tian that without them, the Safe Zone’s future would mean nothing to him.

Qin Siyang gave Qi Tian the remains and final letter of his grandson, Qi Jiangnan, and Qi Tian agreed to act against Zone 1 for his own reasons. Qi Tian then confronted Gu Weiyang, identified Qi Boda, Qi Yong, and Zhou Bi as conspirators in Qi Jiangnan’s death, and invoked Han Huizhi and Zhong Dingming.

• Qin Siyang rebuked Qi Tian for questioning his ties to those close to him and asked him to leave the Drill Pod.
• Qin Siyang gave Qi Tian a Storage Box containing Qi Jiangnan’s bones, belongings, and final letter, which revealed that Qi Jiangnan had starved after his navigation failed.
• Qi Tian told Qin Siyang that Qi Jiangnan’s remains were the only thing that could make him act against Zone 1, then went to confront Gu Weiyang.
• Qi Tian told Gu Weiyang that Zhou Bi had supplied Qi Jiangnan’s Navigation Device and that Qi Yong and Qi Boda had vouched for it as part of a conspiracy.
• Gu Weiyang questioned whether Qi Boda, Qi Jiangnan’s father, could be involved, and Qi Tian asked whether he knew Han Huizhi or Zhong Dingming.

Qi Tian identified Zhou Bi as one of the people behind Qi Jiangnan’s death and went onto the battlefield to kill him. After eliminating Zhou Bi with a spatial attack, Qi Tian ordered Qin Yingguang and Chu Xiaoang to kill Xie Chunqiu while he went after the other people from Zone 1.

• Qi Tian told Gu Weiyang he planned to kill Zhou Bi and the people from Zone 1, then return to the Legion to clean house.
• Olof and Gu Weiyang discussed Liu Yingfeng, the bodies of Liu Yingrong and Wang Zhongming, and the possibility that Royt might appear without Ander to stop him.
• Qi Tian entered the battlefield unnoticed and watched Zhou Bi, Xie Chunqiu, Qin Yingguang, and Chu Xiaoang fight.
• Qi Tian warped the space around Zhou Bi, destroyed his Armor, and reduced him to particles, explaining that Qi Jiangnan had starved Outside the Safe Zone after his navigation failed.
• Qi Tian told Qin Yingguang and Chu Xiaoang to kill Xie Chunqiu while he killed the other people from Zone 1, and Chu Xiaoang stopped Qin Yingguang from questioning him.

Zhou Bi’s Life-Substitution Lamp appeared, and Qin Yingguang, Chu Xiaoang, and Qi Tian killed Xie Chunqiu to break its contract and prevent Zhou Bi’s substitution. After the lamp vanished, another appeared, and Gu Weiyang revealed it belonged to Xie Chunqiu.

• Zhou Bi’s crow-shaped Life-Substitution Lamp descended, exposing his connection to the World-Destroying Church and leaving the Zone 1 fighters in disarray.
• Qin Yingguang, Chu Xiaoang, and Qi Tian attacked Xie Chunqiu, while Qi Tian explained that killing him would make Zhou Bi’s lamp useless if Xie Chunqiu was its contracted substitute.
• Gu Weiyang said he had refused two Life-Substitution Lamps from Royt and was not worried that Zhou Bi had contracted with him.
• Qin Yingguang and Chu Xiaoang killed Xie Chunqiu, causing Zhou Bi’s crow-shaped lamp and its phantom to disappear.
• A second Life-Substitution Lamp appeared, and Gu Weiyang identified it as Xie Chunqiu’s.

Xie Chunqiu's Life-Substitution Lamp failed after Qin Yingguang revealed that it was bound to Zhou Bi, shifting the battle against Zone 1. Gu Weiyang asked Olof to watch Qin Siyang and keep him from joining dangerous fights.

• Xie Chunqiu's Life-Substitution Lamp flickered out, and Qin Yingguang revealed that Zhou Bi and Xie Chunqiu had targeted each other with their lamps.
• Qin Yingguang, Chu Xiaoang, and Qi Tian joined the fight against Zone 1, prompting more bystanders to side against Zone 1.
• Olof and Gu Weiyang discussed the [Eye of the Divine Crow] and whether Qin Siyang might be its chosen candidate.
• Gu Weiyang asked Olof to watch Qin Siyang in his Drill Pod because he feared Qin Siyang would risk his life helping Li Tianming, Zhang Kuang, or Lu Daoxing.

Qin Siyang watched the high-level battles and realized he could not intervene while they were at their fiercest. Olof then restrained him and revealed that he knew Qin Siyang’s greatest secret, claiming he had come to protect him.

• Qin Siyang assessed the battles involving Zhang Kuang, Hu Yunsheng, Li Tianming, Guo Jiuxiao, Lu Daoxing, and Jiang Hao, and concluded he could only help after the fighters were badly wounded.
• Olof appeared beside Qin Siyang, sealed his body and abilities, and said he had come to protect him, just as Qi Tian had.
• Qin Siyang questioned why Olof had gone to the 14121 Region, and Olof said he had been looking for someone like Qin Siyang.
• Olof asked whether Qin Siyang had seen a gigantic bird's eye when he awakened his sequence, then revealed that he knew Qin Siyang advanced by devouring the remains of gods.
• Olof warned Qin Siyang that someone else might have captured and dissected him for study.

Olof told Qin Siyang that people who saw the [Eye of the Divine Crow] could raise their sequence levels through gods, and explained why he had kept Qin's ability to devour God Remains secret. He revealed that his belief in the Eye's destiny was why he had chosen to help Qin, leaving Qin to consider how much his survival depended on Olof's intervention.

• Olof explained that people who saw the [Eye of the Divine Crow] could raise their sequence levels through gods, and that Qin Siyang did so by eating God Remains.
• Qin asked why Olof had kept his suspicions private, and Olof said he had not wanted to draw Qin into danger or complicate his life.
• Olof said Qin had grown powerful enough that the interests surrounding him now outweighed the question of whether he had seen the Eye.
• Olof explained that Gu Weiyang had helped Qin because he believed Qin could lead people out of the apocalypse, while Olof's own help came from his belief that the Eye's chosen carried that destiny.
• Olof told Qin that if he had met Gu Weiyang instead of Olof in the 14121 Region, Qin might not have survived.

Qin Siyang questioned Olof about the Eye of the Divine Crow, destiny, and his own identity while the battle raged outside. Olof revealed that he had been searching for another person chosen by the Eye, then called himself an utter failure without explaining who he really was.

• Qin Siyang realized that his rebirth and his ability to see the Eye of the Divine Crow might be unrelated, and asked Olof how he had found him.
• Olof explained that he had been searching for the earlier person who awakened a sequence ability in the 14121 Region, but found Qin Siyang instead; he then released Qin Siyang from his restraints.
• Qin Siyang worried that people he knew would die in the battle, but Olof said destiny had arranged the conflict and challenged Qin Siyang for taking on burdens like Gu Weiyang.
• Olof said he had wanted to spend time with Qin Siyang to study the Eye's chosen people and test his theories about destiny, noting that Qin Siyang had achieved the most and was the last person to awaken before the Eye stopped opening.
• Qin Siyang pointed out that Olof could not be the real Olof because his knowledge of events in the Safe Zone did not match his records, and asked who he was.
• Olof watched Yang Guanglie and Bao Fengjiang fighting and called himself an utter failure whose name was not worth remembering.

Qin Siyang asked Olof whether Qian Wendao had been working with him in the 14121 Region. Meanwhile, Qian Wendao confronted Ander and Yang Xian in Zone 1, pressing Yang Xian about why he had stayed behind as the World-Destroying Church and Zone 1 clashed.

• Qin Siyang asked Olof whether Qian Wendao had been involved in their search for the [Eye of the Divine Crow], and Olof reacted with surprise.
• Qian Wendao met Ander and Yang Xian in Zone 1 after killing the guards and horses at the entrance.
• Ander and Qian Wendao traded barbed remarks about their decade apart and Qian Wendao's killing of the guards.
• Qian Wendao insisted Yang Xian remain as a witness, arguing that his decision not to go to Sigma District was suspicious.
• Yang Xian asked whether Gu Weiyang had sent Qian Wendao, and Qian Wendao warned him not to make things difficult.

Qian Wendao confronted Black Cat in Zone 1, where Yang Xian admitted he had been acting as a double agent but never won Gu Weiyang’s trust. Qian revealed he had come to keep watch over Black Cat for the New Year, and Black Cat remained under his guard as their conversation ended.

• Yang Xian confessed to Qian Wendao that he had infiltrated Order Maintenance but had never been trusted by Gu Weiyang.
• Black Cat asked why Qian had come to watch him instead of monitoring Royt and the World-Destroying Church.
• Qian and Black Cat argued about Zhang Yang, Gu Weiyang, and whether Black Cat had earned control of Zone 1.
• Black Cat asked whether Qian was acting alone or for the others, but Qian did not answer directly.
• Qian told Black Cat he had come to keep watch over him because Gu Weiyang could not do so this New Year's Eve.

Lu Daoxing confronted Jiang Hao in a sealed battlefield to avenge his wife, but Jiang Hao anticipated his clone-based attacks and withstood repeated volleys. Lu Daoxing gathered the scattered artifacts and ignited them in a massive explosion, leaving the duel’s outcome unresolved.

• Jiang Hao taunted Lu Daoxing and admitted he did not regret conspiring with Jiang Yuanrui to harm Lu Daoxing’s wife.
• Lu Daoxing summoned over a hundred clones, which attacked Jiang Hao with high-tier artifacts, but Jiang Hao stood unharmed in the blasts.
• Jiang Hao explained that he had prepared for Lu Daoxing’s clone technique, and the clones vanished after their artifacts were used.
• Lu Daoxing pulled the abandoned artifacts into the explosions and set them off with golden-red sparks, creating a huge blue-green cloud.

Lu Daoxing used a trap and a series of prepared tools to overcome Jiang Hao’s superior skill and damage his armor. He left Jiang Hao battered and exposed the limits of his defenses.

• Lu Daoxing’s explosive tools failed to damage Jiang Hao, whose armor remained intact.
• Jiang Hao attacked Lu Daoxing, but Lu escaped his strikes and trapped him in a metal cage purchased from a friend of a friend.
• Lu Daoxing’s pendant activated a psychic attack, while the cage sealed off Jiang Hao’s tools.
• Lu Daoxing’s many Crimson Crystal-enhanced searchlights scorched Jiang Hao and melted his armor.
• Lu Daoxing concluded that Jiang Hao’s skill, rather than his armor, had protected him from the earlier attacks.

Jiang Hao used his Yellowed Book and combined powers to overwhelm Lu Daoxing, whose attacks could barely damage him. Lu Daoxing revealed resilient armor and an ability to multiply into equally capable copies, leaving Jiang Hao astonished as the battle continued.

• Jiang Hao shed his damaged armor to reveal another suit, then summoned the Yellowed Book to assault Lu Daoxing's mind.
• Jiang Hao combined his skills and attacked with glowing tentacles, badly injuring Lu Daoxing and breaking his shield.
• Lu Daoxing's laser failed to destroy the book, which he recognized as being made from [Starshine Vessel] skin.
• Lu Daoxing covered himself in yellow-silver star ore armor and crimson slime, which withstood Jiang Hao's attacks better than his previous armor.
• Lu Daoxing split into two, then four equally agile figures, prompting Jiang Hao to identify him as Ill-Fated Lu Daoxing.

Jiang Hao vaporized Lu Daoxing’s clones with the Crimson Crystal Searchlights, but Lu Daoxing used his last strength to reach him and reveal the life-supporting Tier Five Artifact hidden in his chest. The chapter ended as Lu Daoxing triggered the artifact’s self-destruction.

• Jiang Hao’s attacks multiplied Lu Daoxing’s clones, and Lu Daoxing deliberately let harmless blows strike him to create more.
• Jiang Hao retracted his tentacles, but the clones picked up the Crimson Crystal Searchlights and blasted him until his armor melted and his life force seemed to vanish.
• Jiang Hao reappeared at the crater’s edge as the clones collapsed, leaving Lu Daoxing barely able to stand.
• Lu Daoxing drank a purple potion and charged Jiang Hao, but Jiang Hao severed both his legs and arms.
• Lu Daoxing revealed that the clone artifact had drained his life force and exposed a Tier Five Artifact in his chest before triggering its self-destruction.

Lu Daoxing died in a massive explosion that killed both him and Jiang Hao, after taking comfort in Jiang Hao’s terror and looking forward to reuniting with Yang Dan. Qin Siyang heard Lu Daoxing’s final message as the blast wave struck the Drill Pod, leaving his fate uncertain.

• Lu Daoxing watched Jiang Hao’s terrified expression and felt satisfied that his enemy feared death.
• Lu Daoxing reflected on his plans to reunite with Yang Dan through reincarnation and worried briefly about Li Tianming and Qin Siyang.
• Lu Daoxing’s Tier Five Artifact exploded, engulfing the battlefield and causing both his and Jiang Hao’s life signatures to disappear.
• Qin Siyang tried to drive toward the explosion to save Lu Daoxing, but Olof immobilized him and warned him the blast was too powerful.
• Lu Daoxing’s recorded final message told Qin Siyang and Li Tianming to finish Jiang Hao’s work if needed, collect his belongings, and not grieve for him.
• The blast wave hit the Drill Pod and sent it tumbling through the air as Qin Siyang’s tears flew away.

A devastating blast interrupted the battlefield as Zhang Kuang and Hu Yunsheng lay dying after their fight. Hu Yunsheng learned that Xu He had helped Zhang Kuang trap his memories, then died during their conversation, leaving Zhang Kuang alone beneath the stars.

• A shock wave swept across the battlefield, briefly halting the fighting before the melee resumed in darkness and blowing sand.
• Zhang Kuang and Hu Yunsheng lay gravely wounded beside each other and discussed the memory trap that had decided their fight.
• Zhang Kuang told Hu Yunsheng that Xu He had helped set the trap because he wanted access to Guo Jiuxiao's research.
• Hu Yunsheng asked Zhang Kuang about Zhao Fengjun and love, and Zhang Kuang said he and Zhao Fengjun had not kept in touch after breaking up.
• Hu Yunsheng died before finishing a memory from Central Glory, and Zhang Kuang closed his eyes and reflected on their conversation.

Li Tianming faced Guo Jiuxiao’s remaining clones while his strongest skills were on cooldown, leaving him at risk of being worn down. Qin Siyang’s passing seemed to refresh Li Tianming’s skills, giving him a hidden advantage, and then Qin Siyang picked up the gravely injured Zhang Kuang.

• Guo Jiuxiao argued that Li Tianming would lose because his skills were on cooldown, and Li Tianming concealed how much the battle was turning against him.
• Qin Siyang drove the Drill Pod past Li Tianming and Guo Jiuxiao with Olof in the passenger seat, and Li Tianming realized his skill cooldowns had ended.
• Li Tianming hid his renewed advantage and prepared to exploit Guo Jiuxiao’s reluctance to fight at full strength.
• Qin Siyang stopped beside Zhang Kuang and carefully carried him into the Drill Pod to get medical treatment.
• Zhang Kuang recognized Olof and chuckled that Olof had nothing better to do.

Qin Siyang brought the gravely wounded Zhang Kuang to Chen Fenghe and Zhao Fengjun, who suppressed his injuries but said Hu Yunsheng’s curse would kill him within three days unless someone stronger than Hu Yunsheng broke it. Olof pointed Qin Siyang toward Gu Weiyang as a possible source of help.

• Qin Siyang drove the Drill Pod toward Chen Fenghe and Zhao Fengjun while Zhang Kuang told Olof that he had recognized him.
• Olof admitted he was keeping Qin Siyang under watch and confirmed that Lu Daoxing had given him the Drill Pod.
• Qin Siyang delivered Zhang Kuang to Chen Fenghe and Zhao Fengjun, who treated his injuries and explained that Hu Yunsheng’s curse was rapidly consuming his life.
• Chen Fenghe and Zhao Fengjun said Zhang Kuang needed help from a holy light user stronger than Hu Yunsheng, and that his body might not last three days.
• Olof told Qin Siyang to look toward Gu Weiyang, who stood alone on a low hill.

Qin Siyang asked Gu Weiyang to lift Zhang Kuang’s curse, and Gu agreed on the condition that Qin seize control of the resources and power left behind after the conflict. Gu warned that failure would leave Qin and his allies facing Zone 1’s reckoning, then told him Qian Wendao could be trusted.

• Qin Siyang rushed to Gu Weiyang and pleaded for him to lift Zhang Kuang’s curse, offering to meet any terms.
• Gu Weiyang challenged Qin for revealing his desperation and bargaining position, then advised him to keep his cards hidden.
• Gu Weiyang agreed to save Zhang Kuang if Qin used everything he had to keep Zone 1 from claiming resources after the fighting.
• Gu Weiyang warned that Qin and his allies could be branded heretics if they failed to restrain Zone 1, and explained that he could no longer mediate the conflict.
• Gu Weiyang told Qin that Qian Wendao was someone he could trust, but Qin lowered his head without replying.