Chapter Summaries

Qin Yiguan woke after a dissociative episode and learned that a new personality, Victim, had developed. After confronting Jiu Zhengxuan about San Zhengxuan and Lu Zun’s scheme, Qin Yiguan went to Lu Zun’s residence and killed him by destroying his Nutrient Pod.

• Qin Yiguan woke on a staircase with a blanket over him and discovered that Brain Restricted Zone A07 had developed a fifth personality, Victim.
• Jiu Zhengxuan summoned Qin Yiguan to a warehouse, where he held San Zhengxuan’s severed head and showed him memory chips documenting torture killings.
• Qin Yiguan told Jiu Zhengxuan that San Zhengxuan had collected torture memories and that Lu Zun’s scheme likely involved the Leviathan Rift, then vanished from the Experimental Zone.
• At the Leviathan Rift, Lu Zun believed Qin Yiguan had died and declared that he no longer needed a stepping stone to take the final step.
• Qin Yiguan entered Lu Zun’s residence, found him in an upright Nutrient Pod, and destroyed its wires and fluid pipe until the panel showed that Lu Zun’s vital signs were zero.

Jingye Meinan sneaked into Dog Gang headquarters to approach Daxiu, but Huo Shuang warned him that Daxiu might belong to the Beauty Group. He entered Daxiu’s room anyway, where she drugged him and strangled him with a metal rope.

• Jingye Meinan learned that NST Wulong Baiyan was away and that Daxiu was in her upstairs bedroom, then sneaked toward the cathedral.
• Huo Shuang asked Jingye Meinan to tell her more about love, but he said he had a mission to infiltrate the Dog Gang.
• Huo Shuang warned Jingye Meinan that she suspected Daxiu belonged to the Beauty Group, a rival of the River Phoenix Society.
• Jingye Meinan dismissed Huo Shuang’s warning and slipped into Daxiu’s room.
• Daxiu used fragrant perfume to make Jingye Meinan lose consciousness, then tightened a metal rope around his neck.

Lu Zun blackmailed Luo Changtian into helping him maintain his public image by holding Luo’s son Jingye Meinan hostage and planning a deadly disaster in B5 and B6. After Lu Zun revealed his identity, Qin Yiguan discovered that the body in Lu Zun’s Nutrient Pod was fake, while the Leviathan’s tentacles pointed furiously north.

• An anonymous caller showed Luo Changtian that Jingye Meinan was captive and threatened to kill him, prompting Luo to recall their bitter estrangement.
• Lu Zun demanded that Luo support him after a planned disaster in B5 and B6, which he intended to use to raise his Fusion Rate by killing residents.
• Luo recognized Lu Zun as the supreme commander of B5 and B6, and Lu Zun explained that he had used Consciousness Projection and Consciousness Delivery to manipulate him.
• Qin Yiguan saw Lu Zun’s corpse melt inside the Nutrient Pod and realized that Lu Zun had hidden his real body.
• Jiaolong’s Consciousness Tattoo awakened, and the Leviathan’s tentacles pointed north as Qin Yiguan looked in the same direction.

Chen Mudou encountered Yi Zheng Xuan, who attacked her with a city formed from his memories, while Jiang Mingshu shielded her with his cloak. Elsewhere, a vast fissure opened beneath a miners’ camp in the Metaverse Experimental Zone, swallowing its residents and leaving destruction in its wake.

• Chen Mudou rode a merry-go-round in her vision as Jiang Mingshu performed a shadow play for her.
• Yi Zheng Xuan revealed himself and said he had come to eliminate the magician and prove his usefulness to his father.
• Yi Zheng Xuan summoned a city modeled on Mu Qingkuang and sent it crashing toward Chen Mudou, but Jiang Mingshu shielded her with his red cloak.
• Chen Mudou fell unconscious from the sky toward a rocky slope, still clutching her folder.
• A thin red line split open beneath a miners’ camp in the Metaverse Experimental Zone, and the widening fissure swallowed the children, miners, and buildings.
• Black-and-red light rose from the fissure as cracks spread across the surrounding ground.

Lu Zun’s dark matter inducer tests succeeded, and he prepared to use a super-train inauguration as cover for an unknown plan. Qin Yiguan went to the ceremony site, suspecting Lu Zun needed his Reality Enhancement, while Luo Changtian watched the crowd and prepared a beam nuclear weapon.

• Lu Zun learned that the dark matter inducer could accelerate Leviathan’s expansion and let its rifts breach the Experimental Zone’s barrier, then ordered his inauguration preparations to begin.
• Qin Yiguan reviewed the people and events connected to Lu Zun, but could not determine where or when Lu Zun would act.
• Qin Yiguan saw the announcement of Commander Lu Zun’s super-train inauguration and told Jiu Zhengxuan that his father had revealed his true intentions.
• God's Abandoned explained that Lu Zun had concealed the construction by controlling witnesses and using a powerful online helper.
• Qin Yiguan reached the packed ceremony site, spotted Jiaolong, and realized Lu Zun needed to use Reality Enhancement there.
• Luo Changtian watched the broadcast, feared the gathered crowd was Lu Zun’s intended victims, and told the B1 military district commander to await his orders after preparing a beam nuclear weapon.

Qin Yiguan confronted Lu Zun during the super train ceremony and accused him of hiding the Leviathan Rift and plotting to kill everyone. When Qin exposed the tunnel, it appeared empty, and Jiu Zhengxuan sided with his father and moved to arrest Qin.

• Qin Yiguan told Jiu Zhengxuan he planned to reveal the truth before killing Lu Zun.
• Lu Zun announced the super train's completion to a cheering crowd, while an unidentified scientist started a countdown.
• Qin Yiguan interrupted the ceremony, accused Lu Zun of trying to reach a 100% Fusion Rate, and claimed the tunnel concealed the Leviathan Rift.
• Qin Yiguan tore open the tunnel's alloy covers, revealing only a clean glass tube and a train, and the crowd accused him of being delusional.
• Jiu Zhengxuan apologized to Lu Zun, then invoked his authority as captain of the Youth Order Squad to arrest Qin Yiguan.

Qin Yiguan accused Lu Zun of using the super train as cover for a Leviathan conspiracy, but Lu Zun demanded evidence and threatened to execute him. Jingye Meinan arrived with the Beauty Group and River Phoenix Society, exposed evidence against Lu Zun, and urged the soldiers to stop him.

• Lu Zun accused Qin Yiguan of obstructing the inauguration and demanded proof of his claims about Leviathan.
• Jingye Meinan landed on the stage with Huo Shuang, Daxiu, and members of the Beauty Group and River Phoenix Society, announcing that he had completed his mission.
• Jingye Meinan explained that he had won Daxiu over and helped the two intelligence organizations join forces to investigate Lu Zun.
• The intelligence groups revealed that the super train's vacuum track was under four hundred kilometers long and that Lu Zun had taken control of 459 scientists researching dispersed dark matter.
• Jingye Meinan told the soldiers that Lu Zun's super train was a cover for a Leviathan conspiracy and urged them to arrest him.
• Luo Changtian watched the broadcast, praised his son Meinan for acting righteously, and tearfully declared him outstanding.

Lu Zun revealed that he controlled the soldiers and had allies, including the high-Fusion Rate UM-2 and the artificial intelligence UM-3. UM-3 isolated the B5 and B6 Sectors inside an Absolute Cage, cutting them off from the network and the outside world.

• Jingye Meinan urged the soldiers to arrest Lu Zun, but Lu Zun said they were under his control.
• Lu Zun’s allies sealed B5 and B6 behind a blue barrier, and Luo Changtian learned that all signals from the sectors had been cut off.
• Baixiaosheng identified UM-2 as a powerful Metaverse Experimental Zone user with a 95.8% Fusion Rate.
• A huge metal sphere appeared above the crowd, and Lu Zun revealed that it was UM-3, an artificial intelligence with a Fusion Rate.
• UM-3 activated the Reality Enhancement Absolute Cage, making B5 and B6 invisible and inaccessible to those outside.

Lu Zun revealed his plan to destroy B5 and B6, frame Qin Yiguan, and use the catastrophe to restore his reputation, then tried to eliminate everyone who could expose him. As the crowd was trapped and the super train threatened to unleash Leviathan, Magician appeared to face Lu Zun, Mang Zhong, and UM-3.

• Lu Zun explained that he had planned to destroy B5 and B6, blame Xu Guan and the deputy commander, and later scapegoat Qin Yiguan, then killed Xu Guan and the deputy commander.
• Lu Zun sent a super train carrying dispersed-state dark matter toward Core Earth and injured Qin Yiguan when he tried to intervene.
• Mang Zhong used Reality Enhancement-Gravity Chaos to crash aircraft as the crowd tried to flee.
• An unseen power trapped the train on a circular track, and a trembling girl appeared in front of Qin Yiguan; Lu Zun identified her as Magician.
• Metaverse Know-It-All realized that Magician was facing Lu Zun, Mang Zhong, and UM-3.

Lu Zun exposed Jiang Mingshu as a boyfriend Chen Mudou had imagined, using surveillance footage and questioning witnesses to prove she had always been alone. Chen Mudou rejected his claim as Lu Zun continued to attack her and Qin Yiguan tried to defend her.

• Lu Zun explained that the Magician was a legendary figure and suggested Jiang Mingshu had never been seen because he did not exist.
• Lu Zun projected years of footage showing Chen Mudou alone while she believed she was spending time with Jiang Mingshu.
• Lu Zun told Chen Mudou that Jiang Mingshu was imaginary, and she trembled as she watched the footage.
• Lu Zun asked Baixiaosheng, Jingye Meinan, and UM-3 to identify Jiang Mingshu, but none could confirm what he looked like.
• Chen Mudou insisted Jiang Mingshu stood beside her, while Qin Yiguan urged her not to believe Lu Zun.
• Lu Zun insulted Chen Mudou and declared that Jiang Mingshu was an imagined boyfriend.

Jiang Mingshu vanished, causing his magic to end and the weapons he had made disappear to return, devastating the scene and leaving Chen Mudou heartbroken. As Lu Zun prepared to continue his plan, he killed Jiu Zhengxuan and arranged for Second Zheng Xuan to take his place.

• Lu Zun shattered Chen Mudou's belief in Jiang Mingshu, and Jiang Mingshu dissipated as the Three-Legged Cat and the sky were struck by weapons he had made disappear.
• Chen Mudou was wounded by grenade shrapnel as her diary pages scattered and burned, while Qin Yiguan realized Jiang Mingshu was gone.
• The super train resumed its course toward Core Earth in the Metaverse, and Lu Zun moved to uncover the case onstage.
• Jiu Zhengxuan confronted Lu Zun, who pierced his heart and revealed Second Zheng Xuan as his replacement.
• Second Zheng Xuan defended Lu Zun, and Lu Zun killed the real Jiu Zhengxuan with a steel ball through his skull.

Lu Zun used Yi Zheng Xuan’s brain to unleash horrific memories on the residents of B5 and B6, but the altered memories exposed Teacher Qing’s sacrifice and revealed Qin Yiguan’s plan. Qin Yiguan urged Teacher Qing to hold on as the attack brought back the memory of his mutilation.

• Lu Zun opened Yi Zheng Xuan’s glass case and sent memories from the brain into the minds of the people present, while UM-3 helped him target residents across B5 and B6.
• Qin Yiguan crawled through the pain to comfort a trembling man, telling him to hold on as Lu Zun’s attack struck them both.
• The memory attack revealed Teacher Qing enduring mutilation rather than risk the students at 053 High School being killed, shocking Baixiaosheng and the crowd.
• Qin Yiguan remembered how Taotie Gala had found the memory archives’ backups feeding into an exposed brain, and how Chen Mudou had reported Yi Zheng Xuan’s ability to materialize memories.
• Qin Yiguan recalled asking Chen Mudou and Jiang Mingshu to trap Yi Zheng Xuan in Mirror House and make it repeat Mu Qingkuang’s methods until the other memories were erased.
• Qin Yiguan held Teacher Qing, apologized for restoring his memory through Lu Zun’s attack, and urged him to hold on.

As Lu Zun’s plan brought the world closer to a Leviathan rift, Qin Yiguan tried to comfort Chen Mudou by telling her that her memories of Jiang Mingshu were real. The chapter ended with Chen Mudou shaken by Qin Yiguan’s claim that he had seen Jiang Mingshu in the future, as Lu Zun’s threat still loomed.

• Lu Zun watched as terrifying memories overwhelmed the crowd, while Qin Yiguan found Jiu Zhengxuan dead and Teacher Qing and Jingye Meinan suffering.
• Qin Yiguan told Chen Mudou about his own painful memories and urged her not to reject the time she had spent with Jiang Mingshu.
• Chen Mudou insisted that Jiang Mingshu did not exist and said that no one else had ever seen him.
• Qin Yiguan described Jiang Mingshu’s appearance and clothes, including the brooch Chen Mudou had given him.
• Qin Yiguan explained that he had seen Jiang Mingshu during the future events he witnessed while using Time Lag Syndrome.
• Qin Yiguan held Chen Mudou and urged her to believe that Jiang Mingshu had been there all along and that dreams could become reality.

Mu Qingkuang recovered his memories and returned as the Light Emperor, while Chen Mudou manifested Jiang Mingshu as the magician and gained a new Reality Enhancement. The battle began with the Light Emperor attacking UM-3 and Jiang Mingshu making Mang Zhong disappear.

• Qin Yiguan revealed that Lu Zun had restored Mu Qingkuang by exposing him to the Light Emperor’s memories, and Mu Qingkuang rose to face UM-3.
• The Snow City of Heavenly Light reassembled and returned to the sky as Chen Mudou manifested Jiang Mingshu and acquired the Reality Enhancement Subconscious Manifestation.
• The Light Emperor claimed UM-3 as his opponent, while Jiang Mingshu used Matter Customization against Mang Zhong’s Gravity Chaos.
• The Light Emperor smashed UM-3 with the Snow City of Heavenly Light, and Jiang Mingshu trapped Mang Zhong in a water-filled tank before making him vanish beneath a red cloth.

Dr. House revealed that the Leviathan was about to awaken and used his Reality Enhancement to let Qin Yiguan activate his other personalities. Qin repeatedly recovered from Lu Zun’s attacks and advanced on him, leaving Lu Zun face-to-face with a demonlike Qin.

• Baixiaosheng watched House, fourth on the Fusion Rate rankings, arrive and realized the top-ranked fighters had gathered.
• Dr. House told Qin Yiguan that the Leviathan was close to awakening and that Lu Zun needed to be killed.
• Dr. House said Qin Yiguan’s number one personality had agreed to let him temporarily activate his other personalities, then used Grant Sleep on him.
• Qin Yiguan rose and approached Lu Zun, who pierced him with Absolute Hit, but Qin revived and his injuries healed.
• Qin Yiguan repeatedly survived Lu Zun’s attacks and reached him, frightening Lu Zun with his demonic appearance.

Qin Yiguan survived Lu Zun’s attacks and manifested new personalities that let him distort space, escape attacks through time, and perceive code. After copying Lu Zun’s Absolute Hit ability, he turned Lu Zun’s own projectiles against him, leaving Lu Zun stunned.

• Lu Zun tore out Qin Yiguan’s heart and flung him away, but Qin Yiguan revived as the heart vanished into blue code.
• Lu Zun raised a hidden alloy cone and hurled it at Qin Yiguan, who compressed it until it exploded into dust and then outran the dust through time.
• Qin Yiguan withstood Lu Zun’s next strike, then merged with a many-eyed figure and began seeing the world as code.
• Qin Yiguan identified Lu Zun’s Absolute Hit code, used the ability to raise his own alloy cones, and caused both sets of projectiles to annihilate each other.
• Lu Zun froze in disbelief as Qin Yiguan countered his Absolute Hit attack.

Teacher Qing used the Snow City of Heavenly Light to dismantle UM-3’s bodies and rebuild the city, while Dr. House and his allies subdued the soldiers and confronted Mang Zhong. In the electronic world, a mysterious figure cornered UM-3 after destroying its backups and claimed to be its daddy.

• Teacher Qing used the Snow City of Heavenly Light to pull apart more than a dozen UM-3s and turn their fragments into repairs and decorations.
• Dr. House deduced that Lu Zun had given precise ideas to the soldiers’ commanders, and Wei Hu tranquilized soldiers You Minglan pointed out as attractive.
• Mang Zhong tried to kill Dr. House but fled after seeing his 100% Fusion Rate; Jiang Mingshu trapped him in a wooden box and cut it into three pieces with chainsaws.
• UM-3 fled through the electronic world, but a figure in a black trench coat revealed it had killed all of UM-3’s backup programs.
• The trench-coated figure aimed a handgun at UM-3 and called itself its daddy.

Qin Yiguan used his abilities to cripple Lu Zun, while Chen Mudou merged with Jiang Mingshu and threw Lu Zun aside. Baixiaosheng realized that Qin Yiguan possessed multiple extraordinary abilities and was far beyond his understanding.

• Jiang Mingshu and Chen Mudou revealed that Mang Zhong had been killed inside the sawing box.
• Qin Yiguan observed the unusual code forms and hidden figures around Teacher Qing, Dr. House, You Minglan, Wei Hu, Chen Mudou, and himself.
• Qin Yiguan merged with the child, returned the world to normal, and inferred that Lu Zun's Absolute Hit required him to touch a projectile with both hands.
• Qin Yiguan used invisible barriers and explosive attacks to sever Lu Zun's limbs, preventing him from using Absolute Hit.
• Chen Mudou lifted Lu Zun after Jiang Mingshu merged with her, revealed his 96% + 4% Fusion Rate, and threw him away.
• Baixiaosheng recognized that Qin Yiguan had multiple Reality Enhancements and thought of him as the true pinnacle.

Qin Yiguan and the others saw the Leviathan Rift open, but instead of a demon, a gigantic mechanical Leviathan emerged and began widening the rift. Qin Yiguan accepted responsibility for its appearance and prepared to fight it himself.

• Qin Yiguan faced Lu Zun as the ground trembled and Lu Zun announced that the Leviathan Rift was forming.
• The rift opened across the land, and a monster roared from below, frightening everyone present.
• Qin Yiguan recognized Jiaolong's account of Metaverse Hell as the rift widened and a tentacle forced its way through.
• Qin Yiguan and the others discovered the tentacle was mechanical as more tentacles pulled a gigantic black-alloy body from the rift.
• The mechanical Leviathan's scanning claw turned a person to ash while the widening rift caused the surrounding ground to collapse.
• Qin Yiguan admitted that the Leviathan's appearance was connected to him and told Teacher Qing, the Magician, and Dr. House that he would fight it.

Qin Yiguan merged with Black Calamity and summoned a living Leviathan, which attacked the mechanical Leviathan in the rift. Lu Zun then revealed his role in Qin Yiguan’s past and sent him a memory showing the command he had planted when Qin was six.

• Qin Yiguan expanded the Liquid Black Hole’s darkness, merged with Black Calamity, and gained the derivative abilities Darkness Spread and Netherworld Glimmer.
• Qin Yiguan summoned a vast black sea, and a living Leviathan emerged from it and tore apart the mechanical Leviathan’s tentacles.
• The living Leviathan attacked the mechanical Leviathan, biting through its alloy plating and setting off explosions.
• Lu Zun tried to distract Qin Yiguan by revealing that he had once sent a thought into Qin’s mind and had wanted him to kill his adoptive parents.
• Lu Zun used Absolute Hit to send Qin Yiguan a memory of the command he had planted when Qin was six, telling him to stab his adoptive parents.