Arc 6Chapters 126–150

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Ch. 126Chada's Past

Du Yu discovered that Chada had lured him to 1993 with a letter concealing a request to save Casey, while the Queen Mother of the West negotiated with Chada through the screen. After Qu Xi translated the letter, Du Yu set out to find Casey and found her beside a telephone booth where a blonde woman was making a call.

  • Chada demanded valuables worth ten million pounds from the Queen Mother of the West in exchange for returning Du Yu to China.
  • Du Yu revealed that he had suspected Chada’s letter was deceptive but had gone anyway because he could be recalled with the time-travel device.
  • Qu Xi recognized the letter as Middle English and translated Chada’s message, which said Casey would be in danger and instructed the recipient to use Du Yu without killing him.
  • Du Yu decided to save Casey, and Dong Qianqiu explained the Heavenly Court’s rule against viewing one’s own legend and its past punishment for a True Immortal.
  • Du Yu searched the street, found Casey crouching by an injured butterfly near a telephone booth, and spotted a blonde woman inside making a phone call.

Ch. 127Shrouded in conspiracy

Du Yu and Yingning intervened when Chada’s employers used a staged drunk-driving incident to keep him from leaving the Time Company, saving Chada’s daughter and the driver. After Du Yu tried to help the girl in the ensuing crowd, Chada mistook him for a threat and attacked him.

  • Du Yu recognized Chada at a phone booth and asked Yingning to prepare to save Chada’s daughter if the predicted accident occurred.
  • Du Yu overheard a company executive pressure Chada to stay, while a pale young man knocked out a bystander and forced brandy down his throat.
  • The pale men made the unconscious bystander drive toward Chada’s daughter, but Yingning lifted the car over the girl and landed it safely.
  • The company executive confronted Du Yu about the flying car, but Du Yu feigned ignorance and slipped into the crowd.
  • Du Yu and Chada simultaneously caught Chada’s daughter when she was jostled, and Chada summoned a rapier and attacked Du Yu before Yingning deflected the blade.

Ch. 128Knowing Your Mistakes and Mending Your Ways

Du Yu convinced Chada that his daughter Casey had been targeted by his employer and that his future self had sent him to prevent her death. Chada sent Du Yu back through a Portal, but after history changed, Chada still felt the pain of losing Casey and could not remember a life with her.

  • Chada recognized the daily code words in Du Yu's letter and took him to a deserted bar to talk.
  • Du Yu explained that Casey had nearly been killed by a car and that Chada's future self had needed money to change the past and save her.
  • Du Yu accused Chada's boss of arranging Casey's death to keep Chada working for the company, prompting both Chadas to recall that Chada's husband had been murdered by someone he trusted.
  • Chada opened a Portal and sent Du Yu back, declining to send Casey through or write him another letter.
  • Back at the dining table, Chada thanked Du Yu for saving Casey but said he still had no memories of raising her and remained in pain.
  • Du Yu tried to quote a Chinese saying about correcting one's mistakes, and Dong Qianqiu corrected him.

Ch. 129The Real Jack

Du Yu and Chada abandoned their plan to have Lizzie commit the murders and instead exposed the Jack the Ripper story to the press, inspiring multiple real killers to imitate Jack. After Mary Jane Kelly's murder on November 8, 1888, the killings stopped and Jack the Ripper disappeared.

  • Du Yu performed for the immortals and encouraged Chada to seek happiness with Casey instead of continuing to kill.
  • Chada sent anonymous accounts and a taunting letter to the media, prompting widespread reports about Jack the Ripper and awakening copycat killers.
  • The copycat Jacks murdered Elizabeth Stride and Catherine Eddowes, while police concealed an antisemitic message found near the crime scenes.
  • Du Yu and the others followed Chada through time as killings continued, including the arrival of a taunting letter signed "From hell" and containing half a woman's kidney.
  • On November 8, Mary Jane Kelly was brutally murdered, shocking the other Jacks and ending the killings.

Ch. 130Grandfather Paradox

Du Yu and his companions prepared to return to China, but Cavendish arrived and revealed that Chada’s daughter Casey had been killed again to preserve a paradox that would bring Du Yu and Chada together. Cavendish and his team attacked them, leaving the Queen Mother of the West furious but unable to reach them.

  • Du Yu returned to the inn with Shiranui Asuka, Chada, and Ramla after the Jack the Ripper legend ended, and Chada joked that Du Yu owed him four pounds.
  • As Dong Qianqiu prepared to recall the group to China, Cavendish arrived with Howard, Campbell, and two masked men, and Chada said he would give up his assassination bounty and live with Casey.
  • Cavendish explained that Du Yu and Chada’s meeting created a grandfather paradox, then opened a box containing Casey’s severed head.
  • Du Yu attacked Cavendish with the Green Pen, but Cavendish caught and cracked it, while Chada charged him and had his hand broken.
  • A young driver kicked Du Yu through a table, and the Queen Mother of the West demanded to be sent to Britain, but Dong Qianqiu said they could not reach the scene.

Ch. 131Outmatched

Du Yu and his allies faced Cavendish as he brutalized Chada and ordered them killed. With the group trapped and Yingning badly hurt, a black-clad figure entered the screen to confront Cavendish.

  • Cavendish crushed Chada’s limbs and revealed that he had killed Regina, while Du Yu tried to bargain for Chada’s life.
  • Cavendish threw Chada to Du Yu, and Shiranui Asuka treated him as the Supreme Elder Lord worked to heal his injuries back at the Legend Management Bureau.
  • Cavendish ordered his people to kill everyone, prompting Yingning to reveal herself and fight alongside Du Yu.
  • Chada opened a small Portal that could carry only two people, while Cavendish broke through Yingning’s defenses and left her badly hurt.
  • A black-clad figure walked into the screen and appeared before Cavendish.

Ch. 132Someone Died

Zhan Qisheng and the Voice Transmitters fought Cavendish long enough for Du Yu and the others to escape, but Cavendish killed Chada before they were transported away. Chada died after seeing Casey, and Du Yu realized that the arrival of White and Black Impermanence meant her death might not be final.

  • Zhan Qisheng attacked Cavendish with wind and time-based techniques while Du Yu and the Voice Transmitters helped hold him off.
  • As the Soul-Summoning Device activated, Zhan Qisheng departed, and Cavendish recovered and stabbed Chada through the chest before Du Yu, Shiranui Asuka, Chada, and Ramla were transported away.
  • The Supreme Elder Lord failed to save Chada, and she died after Du Yu showed her Casey in the exquisite box.
  • Du Yu grieved over Chada's death until White Impermanence and Black Impermanence arrived, prompting him to realize she might still be saved.

Ch. 133Guarding the West

Du Yu helped Chada become part of the Eight Directions Ghost Record so he could see his daughter Casey again. After Du Yu opened a Portal to London, Zhan Qisheng returned with a wound contaminated by a Western Demon’s blood, while Chada reunited with Casey through Du Yu’s body.

  • Black Impermanence failed to draw Chada’s soul out, but White Impermanence summoned him and learned he was a good person.
  • Chada agreed to become an evil ghost within Du Yu so he could see Casey, then signed his name in the West section of the Eight Directions Ghost Record.
  • Du Yu opened a Portal to London and left to reunite Chada with Casey, telling the immortals to prepare the next legend about War Goddess Athena.
  • Zhan Qisheng returned with a blackened wound, and the Supreme Elder Lord identified it as contamination from a Western Demon’s blood and ordered physicians summoned.
  • Black Impermanence left after White Impermanence warned that he might attack Zhan Qisheng over their personal grudge.
  • Du Yu reached young Chada’s home in London, handed control of his body to Chada, and let him embrace Casey.

Ch. 134Devil's blood

Du Yu returned to the Legend Management Bureau and learned that Zhan Qisheng was critically ill after Cavendish infected him with devil’s blood. With the Queen Mother of the West agreeing to discreetly send King Arthur evidence of Cavendish’s attack, Du Yu went to Mount Unreturning to borrow Chi Ghost, whose blood arts might save Zhan Qisheng.

  • Du Yu returned to the Legend Management Bureau, where Dong Qianqiu explained that Cavendish’s devil’s blood had contaminated Zhan Qisheng and caused a severe reaction.
  • Du Yu let Chada speak through him to thank Shiranui Asuka, then advised the Queen Mother of the West to send King Arthur Dong Qianqiu’s recording anonymously rather than confront him directly.
  • The Supreme Elder Lord said blood arts could remove the devil’s blood from Zhan Qisheng’s dantian, but none of the gathered immortals practiced them.
  • Du Yu recalled that Chi Ghost used blood energy in combat and left the Bureau alone to find him at Mount Unreturning.
  • Du Yu asked Lady Houtu to lend him Chi Ghost, and she agreed while warning that Chi Ghost might refuse to help.

Ch. 135Your true intentions

Chi Ghost removed the demon blood from Zhan Qisheng and helped save him. Du Yu then confronted Shiranui Asuka and Ramla about their reasons for attending the exchange, learning that Asuka had sneaked away for fun and that Ramla wanted him to complete her Athena legend so she could marry him.

  • Du Yu persuaded Chi Ghost to help save Zhan Qisheng after Yingning admitted she no longer wanted him dead because he had been injured saving her.
  • Chi Ghost extracted the demon blood from Zhan Qisheng, and the Supreme Elder Lord confirmed that his condition had cleared.
  • After the legend upheaval ended, Du Yu questioned Shiranui Asuka and Ramla about their real intentions at the exchange gathering.
  • Shiranui Asuka confessed that she had disobeyed her elders and stolen a Legend-Sealing Pearl and invitation to visit China and attend the Peach Banquet.
  • Ramla revealed that she had come looking for a lion and offered to become Du Yu's wife if he completed her War Goddess Athena legend alone.

Ch. 136A worldview shattered

Du Yu entered the legend of Athena with Ramla and Shiranui Asuka, still reeling from Ramla’s marriage plans and the tangled family relationships of Greek gods. At the Temple of Athena, he met the priestess Gorgon and learned that the legend required them to help Athena kill her.

  • Ramla explained that she wanted Du Yu to prove his strength and planned to marry him, while Du Yu was stunned by her plans to overthrow Zeus and by the gods’ incestuous family histories.
  • Ramla revealed that Zeus wanted to marry his daughter Athena, who was also the goddess of wisdom and virginity, and joined Du Yu and Shiranui Asuka on the Teleportation Device.
  • The three arrived in Greece in 406 BC at the Temple of Athena, where they met Gorgon, a priestess who welcomed Ramla as the God of Legends.
  • Ramla told Du Yu that their goals were to prevent Athena from marrying Zeus and to help Athena kill Gorgon.

Ch. 137The banquet of the gods

Du Yu, Shiranui Asuka, and Ramla traveled to Mount Olympus for a banquet while discussing the conflicting accounts of Gorgon’s tragedy. The chapter ended with Ramla inviting a drunken god to take her in front of Du Yu, who grabbed Asuka and decided they were leaving.

  • Ramla told Du Yu that their mission was to help Athena kill Gorgon, while Dong Qianqiu relayed Qu Xi’s account that Athena had caused Gorgon’s tragic fate.
  • Hermes arrived and flew Ramla, Du Yu, and Shiranui Asuka to Mount Olympus, where he left them to enter the banquet.
  • Ramla transformed leaves into white cloth and told Du Yu and Shiranui Asuka to wear it; they entered the hall dressed in the scant Greek style.
  • Du Yu and Shiranui Asuka found the gods indulging in a drunken, frenzied banquet, and Ramla asked Du Yu whether it seemed more like paradise than China’s Heavenly Court.
  • When a drunken god approached Ramla, she offered herself and said that intimacy in front of the man she loved might make him cherish her; Du Yu grabbed Shiranui Asuka and said they were leaving.

Ch. 138Zeus's male favorite

Du Yu agreed to stay at Ramla’s banquet long enough to complete the legend, then learned from Qu Xi about Zeus’s abduction of Ganymede and the Greek gods’ cruelty. The chapter ended when a drunken god grabbed Shiranui Asuka, and Du Yu drew his sword to make him let go.

  • Du Yu confronted Ramla about her banquet, but agreed to return to the hall and complete the legend after she pleaded with him.
  • Du Yu observed Zeus with his male cupbearer, Ganymede, and asked Qu Xi to explain what he had seen.
  • Qu Xi told Du Yu that Zeus had abducted Ganymede, made him his favorite, and displaced Hebe as cupbearer.
  • Du Yu learned that Ganymede’s father, Tros, had accepted Zeus’s explanation and divine horses after Zeus said his son had joined the celestial roster.
  • A drunken god grabbed Shiranui Asuka’s leg and asked her to become his woman, so Du Yu drew a sword and ordered him to let go.

Ch. 139A Cry for Help

Du Yu protected Shiranui Asuka from Phobos at the divine banquet, then learned that Ganymede wanted to escape Zeus’s rule. Zeus held a contest between Poseidon and Athena to name the newly built city, and Athena won, naming it Athens.

  • Du Yu threatened Phobos with his sword when Phobos tried to trade his sister for the unconscious goddess, and Ramla drove Phobos away.
  • Du Yu checked on Shiranui Asuka, who refused to leave the banquet despite being shaken by the encounter.
  • Ganymede thanked Du Yu for treating him kindly and secretly asked him to take him somewhere beyond Zeus’s rule.
  • Zeus announced that the gods would name a newly built city by offering mortals what they needed most.
  • Poseidon gave the city a warhorse, while Athena gave it an olive tree that the citizens welcomed with gratitude.
  • Zeus declared Athena the winner and named the city Athens.

Ch. 140My Way of Doing Things

After Zeus declared he would marry Athena to prevent Poseidon from killing her, Du Yu blamed Ramla for disrupting the legend and went to free Ganymede. Hera transformed Ganymede into a wine flask, and Du Yu prepared to fight her, redirecting her Magic Orb through a Portal toward her back.

  • Poseidon threatened Athena, so Zeus declared he would marry her and hold a wedding banquet.
  • Du Yu confronted Ramla, then went to the back courtyard to help Ganymede escape through a Portal.
  • Ramla and Hera appeared and stopped Ganymede from leaving; Hera struck him with a Magic Orb and transformed him into a wine flask.
  • Du Yu summoned Yingning and challenged Hera, then redirected her Magic Orb through a Portal so it flew toward her from behind.

Ch. 141Atrocity

Du Yu stopped fighting Hera and went with Shiranui Asuka to the Temple of Athena, where they spent the evening with Gorgon. When Poseidon attacked Gorgon, Ramla restrained Du Yu and forced him to watch; after Poseidon left at dawn, Du Yu rushed to Gorgon, who lay gravely injured.

  • Du Yu ended his fight with Hera after Dong Qianqiu warned that killing her could bring war, then teleported with Shiranui Asuka to the Temple of Athena.
  • Du Yu and Shiranui Asuka rested at the temple while Gorgon prayed to Athena, and Du Yu watched the stars.
  • Poseidon arrived at the temple and attacked Gorgon, while Ramla bound Du Yu and prevented him from intervening.
  • Poseidon left at sunrise, the restraints on Du Yu vanished, and Du Yu ran to the badly injured Gorgon.

Ch. 142The Famous Monster

Du Yu confronted Athena over her cruel punishment of Gorgon, but Athena transformed the injured woman into a serpent-like monster. Athena revealed that jealousy and her lost chance to marry Zeus drove her revenge, and Du Yu recognized Gorgon as Medusa.

  • Shiranui Asuka examined Gorgon's severe injuries while Gorgon insisted on worshipping Athena and asking forgiveness.
  • Athena arrived and prepared to punish Gorgon, but Du Yu challenged her and urged her to deal with the man who had violated Gorgon.
  • Gorgon accepted Athena's judgment, and Athena cursed her legs to fuse, her tongue to fork, her voice to hiss, and her skin to become covered in green scales.
  • Athena transformed Gorgon's golden hair into venomous snakes and made her eyes turn yellow, with a gaze that could turn men to stone.
  • Athena admitted that she blamed Gorgon for ruining her chance to marry Zeus, then named her Medusa, and Du Yu recognized the famous monster.

Ch. 143Interruption

Du Yu failed to save Medusa from Athena but warned her of her fate and let her flee, then decided his work correcting Athena’s legend was finished. Back on Mount Olympus, he found the injured Ganymede asking to be thrown into the river of stars, and learned that he would become Aquarius.

  • Athena turned Gorgon into Medusa, and Du Yu narrowly escaped being petrified when he met her gaze.
  • Medusa set off to hide, while Du Yu warned her that Athena would pursue her and told her how she would die in the future.
  • Dong Qianqiu explained that the world corrected contradictions in history and could be destroyed if a flaw proved irreparable.
  • Du Yu concluded that Athena’s legend no longer needed correction, said goodbye to Ramla, and took Shiranui Asuka through a Portal to Mount Olympus.
  • Du Yu found the injured Wine Flask, who revealed that Zeus had smashed him after tasting his bitter wine and asked to become a star.
  • Dong Qianqiu told Du Yu that Ganymede would be cast into the river of stars and become Aquarius.

Ch. 144The Legend Squad

Du Yu and Shiranui Asuka returned to the Legend Management Bureau, where the immortals welcomed them with applause instead of punishment. After learning that Japan could not handle the dangerous 'Izanagi' legend alone, Du Yu assembled a team and weighed whether they should enter it; the chapter ended with Qu Xi asking whether having her memories washed away would make her forget the past.

  • Du Yu apologized to the gods for his actions during the legends, but Xiao Qi showed him the many gifts the immortals had sent, and the gods applauded him and Shiranui Asuka.
  • Du Yu asked Shiranui Asuka whether she truly wanted him to enter 'Izanagi,' and she explained that Japan's Time Masters could not correct the legend and needed to learn China's methods.
  • Du Yu gathered Zhan Qisheng, Qu Xi, and Yingning to form a 'Legend-Clearing Squad' for the team's first group mission.
  • Shiranui Asuka explained that Izanagi and Izanami possessed the 'Thought-Manifestation Art,' which could make their words and thoughts become reality.
  • Du Yu feared the danger of the creator gods' power, but Zhan Qisheng agreed to consider the mission, Yingning said she would go with him, and Qu Xi asked whether her memories would be erased if she asked the gods to wash them away.

Ch. 145The Art of Creation

Du Yu, Qu Xi, and Shiranui Asuka entered the Japanese creation legend to act as the God who guided Izanagi and Izanami. Asuka’s seasickness left Du Yu to improvise, and the pair created their first island, Onogoroshima.

  • Du Yu realized the legend’s contradiction: God was said to guide Izanagi and Izanami even though no other gods existed, so the group decided to take on that role.
  • Du Yu, Qu Xi, and Shiranui Asuka traveled to the High Plain of Heaven, where Asuka repeatedly vomited from seasickness.
  • Izanagi and Izanami mistook the newcomers for gods, and Du Yu gave them a sharpened piece of wood to stir the sea.
  • Izanagi and Izanami’s belief transformed the wooden stick into a spear, and they drew a drop of mud from the seabed.
  • Izanami called the mud an island as God had instructed, and it expanded into a vast, flourishing island that Izanagi named Onogoroshima.

Ch. 146Izanagi

Shiranui Asuka guided Izanagi and Izanami through the creation of Onogoroshima, the Heavenly Pillar, and the High Plain of Heaven, then watched them through the Yata Mirror. Du Yu suddenly suffered repeated attacks with no visible attacker, and he entered his inner world after hearing two women fighting there.

  • Du Yu carried the seasick Shiranui Asuka onto Onogoroshima, where she confirmed the island's name and urged Izanagi to plant his spear.
  • Izanagi and Izanami transformed the spear into the Heavenly Pillar, and Shiranui Asuka persuaded them to raise the High Plain of Heaven into the sky.
  • Shiranui Asuka instructed Izanagi and Izanami to live together, then the group struggled to reach the floating High Plain of Heaven and found food waiting there.
  • Shiranui Asuka used the Yata Mirror to project Izanagi and Izanami, but Du Yu was suddenly struck by unseen forces and began clutching his chest in pain.
  • Yingning and Zhan Qisheng searched for an attacker as Du Yu realized the blows seemed to come from within him, closed his eyes, and heard two women fighting in his inner world.

Ch. 147Awakening

Du Yu reunited Zhongli Chun and Chada in his inner world after they fought because they could not understand each other, then warned Zhongli Chun not to use the demonic strength that had awakened during her battle. Back in Takamagahara, the group waited for Izanagi and Izanami to discover the line needed to advance, and Shiranui Asuka celebrated when they said it.

  • Chada and Zhongli Chun fought in Du Yu’s inner world until Du Yu stopped them and discovered that Chada had left his Translation Talisman aside.
  • After Chada retrieved the talisman, Zhongli Chun learned he was Du Yu’s friend and apologized for attacking him.
  • Du Yu told Zhongli Chun she had slept for ten days and warned her that using the strength born from anger could turn her into a Demon and make her forget him.
  • Du Yu introduced Zhongli Chun and Chada to each other, then awoke to find Zhan Qisheng, Yingning, Qu Xi, and Shiranui Asuka watching over him.
  • After waiting in Takamagahara, Du Yu and the others watched Izanagi and Izanami speak the required line, and Shiranui Asuka announced that they could proceed.

Ch. 148The First Child

Du Yu and the others supervised Izanagi and Izanami as they began creating Japan, but their attempt to produce a child went wrong when their comments transformed the newborn into a giant leech. Du Yu was left confronting the monstrous result and scolding the two gods.

  • Izanagi and Izanami circled the Heavenly Pillar, praised each other's appearance, and embraced before Shiranui Asuka turned off the image to shield the children watching.
  • After they resumed the image, Izanami asked how to give birth, so Shiranui Asuka sent Zhan Qisheng to explain.
  • Zhan Qisheng told Izanagi and Izanami that a child would come out of the woman's body after mating, and Izanami gave birth to a baby with her Thought-Manifestation Art.
  • Du Yu checked the newborn's nose and mouth and patted his bottom until he cried, following advice from the immortals watching.
  • Izanagi and Izanami called the baby ugly and compared him to a filthy leech, transforming him into a giant leech that Du Yu dropped in fright.

Ch. 149The Eight Great Islands

Du Yu and Zhan Qisheng watched Izanagi and Izanami turn their first child into a leech, but Shiranui Asuka explained that the woman speaking first had made the birth inauspicious. After Izanagi spoke first on their next attempt, the pair gave birth to Japan’s eight great islands and six more, until Asuka rushed to stop them from creating further islands.

  • Du Yu and Zhan Qisheng left Izanagi and Izanami after their first child became a leech, then brought the pair to Shiranui Asuka for an explanation.
  • Shiranui Asuka said Izanami speaking first after circling the Heavenly Pillar had caused the inauspicious birth, and Izanagi and Izanami returned to try again with him speaking first.
  • Izanagi and Izanami gave birth to Awaji Island, then produced the other seven great islands of Japan and six additional islands.
  • When Izanami prepared to give birth again, Shiranui Asuka rode with Zhan Qisheng to Onogoroshima, while Du Yu, Qu Xi, and Yingning followed.
  • As Izanami was about to speak after another birth, Shiranui Asuka shouted that the child was different and might be a god.

Ch. 150The emperor

Du Yu’s team discovered that the Izanagi legend required little more than guiding Izanagi and Izanami through their story. Meanwhile, Gorgon stormed the Heavenly Court, fought the Queen Mother of the West, and revealed herself as the sovereign of Greece’s gods, Emperor Gorgon Medusa.

  • Shiranui Asuka called Izanagi’s child a god, and Izanagi and Izanami accepted the claim as Du Yu and the Legend Management Bureau realized the legend was easy to manage.
  • Star Lord Metal Virtue reported that a powerful woman had wounded the Heavenly Court’s defenders and broken through the Southern Heavenly Gate.
  • The Queen Mother of the West dispatched immortals to defend the Heavenly Court, but the woman reached the Legend Management Bureau and fought Nezha and Yang Jian.
  • Weaver Girl gave the woman a Translation Talisman, and the Queen Mother of the West fought her as she attacked with lightning and seawater.
  • The woman transformed into a serpent monster, and Weaver Girl recognized her as Medusa and warned that she had come for Du Yu.
  • Medusa confirmed that she wanted Du Yu and declared herself the sovereign of Greece’s gods, Emperor Gorgon Medusa.
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