Chapter Summaries

Ophiel recognized the monstrous Hua Yin as the woman she had lost, while Lin En revealed that Yuzhi Liu Si had used demon rearing in a futile attempt to resurrect her. As Hua Yin devoured him in the burning underground rift, Yuzhi Liu Si remembered their life together, embraced her, and died with her in the flames.

• Ophiel cried out Hua Yin’s name when the monster emerged and began devouring Yuzhi Liu Si.
• Lin En stopped Ophiel from rushing to save him as the Holy Flame consumed the underground rift.
• Lin En explained that Yuzhi Liu Si had practiced demon rearing for more than a decade, creating a monster rather than resurrecting Hua Yin.
• Yuzhi Liu Si recalled how he had grown stronger to earn Hua Yin’s respect, married her, and later gave up his origin substance to train alongside her.
• As Hua Yin dragged him through the doorway and devoured him, Yuzhi Liu Si embraced her and apologized for failing to protect her.
• The fire swallowed Hua Yin and Yuzhi Liu Si as the building collapsed around them.

Lin En revealed that Ophiel’s student had orchestrated the Great Demon Invasion to create Hana Ye as a vessel for the Red Moon, devastating Ophiel with the truth. In the Spirit Realm, the Firstborn of God defeated a gathering of Great Demons, but the Lord of Crimson urged them to keep fighting before he could become a second New God.

• Ophiel collapsed and wept as Lin En explained that her student had chosen to die and that her death had been caused by her husband.
• Lin En told Ophiel that her student was a Red Moon vessel who conspired with the Lord of Crimson and created Hana Ye to carry the Red Moon’s authority.
• In the ninth layer of the Spirit Realm, the Firstborn of God defeated the Lord of Crimson, Asheris, and the avatars of three other Great Demons.
• The Firstborn warned the remaining Great Demons to leave, saying his target was the Lord of Crimson.
• The Lord of Crimson urged the Great Demons to attack, warning that the Firstborn might become a second New God and kill them all.

The Great Demons abandoned the Lord of Crimson, leaving Firstborn to confront her alone and uncover her connection to the King of the Red Moon. As Firstborn probed her memories, the Great Corrupter intervened, allowing the Lord of Crimson to escape and turning the battle toward Firstborn’s old enemy.

• The Great Demons and Asheris withdrew from the fight, leaving the Lord of Crimson alone with Firstborn.
• Firstborn grew to giant size and explained that the Lord of Crimson’s incomplete soul was her weakness.
• Firstborn used his power to probe the Lord of Crimson’s memories and learned she had inherited power from the Red Moon’s foremost vassal and was pursuing the Outer Gods’ legacy with help from a woman of the Red Moon Family.
• The Great Corrupter attacked Firstborn while he was distracted, and the Lord of Crimson broke free and fled.
• As a corrosive storm weakened Firstborn and the Great Corrupter’s hand descended to crush him, Firstborn greeted his old enemy without surprise.

Lin En investigated Yuzhi Liu Si’s underground hideout and discovered the Red Moon Family’s history and its plan to resurrect its master using a prepared Soul Vessel. The notebook revealed that Hana Ye was Hua Yin’s daughter, while Lin En learned the resurrection plan was nearing completion.

• Lin En collected surviving Origin Substance from the burned remains and searched Yuzhi Liu Si’s hideout for records about Hana Ye and the Red Moon.
• Lin En found Yuzhi Liu Si’s underground room, which contained detailed files analyzing Clockwork City’s powerful Ability Users, including Ophiel.
• Lin En opened a sealed black box and found a notebook containing the Red Moon Family’s lineage, including Hua Yin, Liuli Yin, and Hana Ye, marked “[Hope].”
• Lin En read that the Red Moon Family sacrificed children to make them withstand the corruption of the Old King’s corpse, and that Hua Yin had been the only survivor of her generation.
• Lin En discovered Hua Yin’s records describing a soul nurtured to bear the master’s will and a plan to prepare its final Vessel so their master could return as the first Outer God.

Lin En uncovered that Hana Ye had been created as the soul-vessel for the King of the Red Moon’s resurrection, while her mother had deceived the Lord of Crimson and left Yuzhi Liu Si to raise her. Realizing the King might return tonight once Hana Ye fused with the authority, Lin En rushed to take Ophiel back to Clockwork City.

• Lin En read the notebook and learned the resurrection plan required a prepared soul as well as a body capable of binding the soul and authority.
• Lin En deduced that Hana Ye was the soul her mother had nurtured and brought out of the Red Moon’s burial ground, making her the intended vessel for the King of the Red Moon.
• Lin En learned that Hana Ye’s mother had deceived the Lord of Crimson, confessed her guilt to Liu Si, and asked him to raise little Yin far away from the Red Moon Family’s fate.
• Lin En realized that Hana Ye might fuse with the authority and bring back the King of the Red Moon that night.
• Lin En seized Ophiel’s hand and told her they had to return to Clockwork City immediately.

Lin En and Ophiel tried to flee the Gobi after learning Hana Ye might become a vessel for the King of the Red Moon, but the Lord of Crimson attacked and claimed Hana Ye. Lin En summoned Ophiel’s divine projection to save them, while keeping numerous restrictions ready in case the goddess turned against him.

• Lin En told Ophiel that Hana Ye was a vessel left by Hua Yin and that they needed to return her to Clockwork City before the King of the Red Moon awakened.
• As Lin En and Ophiel took flight, the Lord of Crimson emerged from the mist and demanded Hana Ye’s body.
• The Lord of Crimson shattered Ophiel’s sword and armor, tore through Lin En, and broke the ring, releasing the unconscious Hana Ye.
• Lin En pulled Hana Ye close and summoned Divine Descent through Ophiel as the Lord of Crimson reached for them.
• Ophiel’s divine projection struck the Lord of Crimson with a sun-bright sword, while Lin En prepared to use the restrictions he had planted inside Ophiel.

Lin En rushed to Clockwork City with Hana Ye, whose body and soul were showing signs of a dangerous transformation. He used runes and severed his projection link to take her soul to his own world, leaving her fate uncertain.

• Shinsen Saya warned Lin En that her projection could help for only ten minutes before she confronted the bloodied girl, who revealed herself as the Lord of Crimson.
• Lin En carried the barely conscious Hana Ye toward Clockwork City as her fever, scarlet brow mark, and abnormal aura worsened.
• Hana Ye told Lin En that her dream of becoming the Red Moon felt real and that she feared she might be a monster, then admitted he had felt familiar to her.
• Lin En reached Clockwork City, brought Hana Ye into an empty Lower District house, and drew protective runes on her forehead.
• Lin En connected to Hana Ye's soul and confirmed the prompt to sever his projection link and return immediately.

Lin En failed to bring Hana Ye’s soul back to his true body and realized her divine status made it impossible. As the enormous Red Moon descended over Clockwork City, the city descended into chaos, and Hana Ye approached Lin En with a power that severed everything around her.

• Lin En tried twice to pull Hana Ye’s soul through Soul Imprisonment, then concluded that her connection to the King of the Red Moon made her an Outer God like himself.
• Hana Ye shivered in Lin En’s arms as the Red Moon appeared outside the window and began calling to her.
• Clockwork City’s Exorcists locked down the streets, but the Red Moon empowered Spirit Realm entities and turned Tares into a demon who attacked his squad.
• Ophiel returned to a city filled with corpses and flames, recognized the Lord of Crimson’s sleeper agents, and followed Lin En’s presence with an Impression Crystal.
• Ophiel found Lin En being severed by Hana Ye’s approaching moonlight and stopped when he warned her not to come closer.

Lin En tried to stop Hana Ye from becoming the King of the Red Moon, but he could not reach her through the Red Moon’s protection. He advanced into the Eighth Layer of the Spirit Realm, where Hana Ye walked toward him and the Red Moon without recognizing him.

• Lin En realized Hana Ye’s mother had prepared her soul to become the King of the Red Moon, and the Red Moon repelled his attempt to approach her.
• Ophiel suggested killing Hana Ye before her transformation was complete, but Lin En refused and transformed into a Calamity to try to wake her.
• Lin En initiated the Third Phase of Calamity Advancement, causing Reality Collapse to tear open a vast hollow in Clockwork City.
• Lin En fell into the Eighth Layer of the Spirit Realm, where he found Hana Ye, now silent and empty-eyed.
• Hana Ye stepped toward Lin En and the Red Moon as he asked whether she still recognized him.

Lin En shielded Hana Ye from the Red Moon and tried to remind her that she was herself, not the King of the Red Moon. The moonlight restored her memories, and she stabbed Lin En through the heart.

• Lin En covered Hana Ye with black mist, and her Red Moon power began to fade when he cut off the moon's influence.
• The Red Moon blasted holes in Lin En's shield as he urged Hana Ye to wake up and claim control over her body and soul.
• Moonlight reached Hana Ye, bringing back visions of the ancient era and her memories of Lin En as an enemy.
• Hana Ye pierced Lin En's heart with a blade of moonlight, and the system awarded him 50 emotional fragments.

Lin En's projection failed to save Hana Ye from the Red Moon's influence, though he left her a plea and some of his power before his vessel was destroyed. Back in the Warp, he told Shinsen Saya that the King of the Red Moon might soon reappear in her world.

• Lin En drove his remaining power into Hana Ye's mind and urged her to resist the one taking over her identity.
• Hana Ye collapsed beside Lin En's body, caught between hatred and other emotions, and cried out his name.
• Lin En awoke in his true body above the rift and realized his destroyed vessel had left him unable to project into the mortal world.
• Lin En returned to the Little Black Room, where Shinsen Saya asked what had happened.
• Lin En explained that Hana Ye's divine status had made her impossible to protect from the Red Moon and warned that the King of the Red Moon might reappear in her world.

Lin En admitted he could no longer descend to the Lower Realm and refused to free Shinsen Saya, planning to grow stronger using her and the Lord of Crimson’s fragments. As he wondered whether he could still save Hana Ye, a third vessel became available beneath the rift.

• Shinsen Saya demanded that Lin En return to the Lower Realm or release her, but he revealed that his only descent vessel had been destroyed and he could no longer return.
• Shinsen Saya attacked Lin En and begged him to lift her restraints, but he refused, saying he would keep using her and the Lord of Crimson’s fragments to advance.
• Lin En warned Shinsen Saya that he would treat her as a tool while seeking the emotions needed for his next advancement.
• Lin En worried that Hana Ye and the King of the Red Moon could threaten his position in the Warp, then considered whether Shinsen Saya and the Great Sun could help Hana Ye survive.
• Lin En opened the vessel panel and discovered that an unnamed third vessel had reached 39% compatibility and was available for descent.

Lin En discovered a newly created Backup Vessel and enlisted Shinsen Saya to help him resist the King of the Red Moon. The chapter revealed that Mirror had arranged for a woman to give birth to the Vessel, and she had agreed to help for the chance to avenge herself on the Lord of Crimson.

• Lin En found a red dot near Clockwork City that suggested he had a new Backup Vessel, then hurried back to Shinsen Saya.
• Lin En restored Shinsen Saya's connection to the Great Sun and asked her to make it blaze at night while he searched for Hana Ye.
• Shinsen Saya reacted angrily to Lin En's plan, but he said they would have to cooperate to stop the Red Moon.
• Mirror visited the woman in the hall beneath Mesijie Street and offered her a chance to take revenge on the Lord of Crimson by giving birth to another Vessel for Lin En.
• The woman agreed to Mirror's request, and Mirror prepared to use force if she had refused.

Mirror completed a third Vessel using a woman’s body and carefully refined it for Lin En, despite fearing that her master would disapprove. Lin En descended into the new Vessel beneath Mesijie Street and recognized Mirror’s work, while Mirror slept from exhaustion.

• Mirror accelerated the newborn Vessel’s growth and monitored it until it reached its final form without suffering Blood Collapse.
• Mirror wondered whether Lin En would blame her for creating the Vessel, and Lilith carried the exhausted Mirror toward her room.
• The Vessel’s chamber broke open, and the boy emerged with a monstrous body and the familiar aura of Lin En.
• Lin En descended through the Vessel, found himself beneath Mesijie Street, and sensed that the body had been meticulously altered for him.
• Lilith recognized Lin En, and he asked whether Mirror had made the Vessel for him.

Lin En learned that Mirror had created a Vessel to make up for the one he gave up, and he decided to speak with her after she recovered. He promised to help his biological mother find and protect her daughter, but learned that the Life Lineage had been nearly destroyed and its descendants were preyed upon by other divine clans.

• Lin En told Lilith not to punish Mirror and ordered her to let Mirror rest and keep her away from Vessels until he returned.
• Lin En offered his biological mother one favor in return for her role in creating the Vessel.
• The woman asked Lin En to find her daughter and protect her if she was alive, offering to serve him for the rest of her life.
• The woman explained that her bloodline and authority over life were nearly exhausted, and that her family's god was dead.
• The woman revealed that the Life Lineage had dwindled to her branch and asked Lin En to kill her daughter if she had become another clan's slave.

Lin En returned to Clockwork City and found Jiu and Ophiel trapped in a Red Moon illusion that made them fight ancient monsters and suffer real wounds. As Lin En entered Ophiel’s mind to witness the illusion, Jiu concluded that they had encountered a true god and challenged Yan about what he knew.

• Lin En promised to help the tormented woman, then returned to Clockwork City in Lin Yin’s form to investigate the Red Moon’s influence on Hana Ye.
• Lin En reached the ruins of the Ancient City and found Jiu and Ophiel fighting enemies he could not see.
• Lin En entered Ophiel’s mind and saw an ancient city besieged by monsters pouring from the Great Rift.
• Jiu fought beside the wounded Ophiel and told her that their injuries were real despite the battle being an illusion.
• Jiu concluded that a true god was trapping them and accused Yan of hiding the truth about Clockwork City’s real enemy.

Lin En revealed that the true threat was the King of the Red Moon and helped summon the Valkyrie’s power to confront it. The Great Sun returned to the sky at midnight, while the Valkyrie took control of Ophiel and cut through the illusion surrounding Jiu.

• Ophiel struggled to explain the crisis to Jiu because Lin En had forbidden her to reveal Hana Ye’s connection to the Red Moon.
• Lin En contacted Ophiel and told her to tell Jiu that they were fighting to stop the King of the Red Moon from descending.
• Ophiel told Jiu that the Valkyrie had come to help, and golden Holy Flame enveloped them both.
• Lin En partially lifted the restrictions on Shinsen Saya, allowing her to reconnect with the Blazing Sun and restore the Great Sun.
• The Great Sun rose over the Human Race’s territory at midnight, bathing the cities in its light.
• The Valkyrie took control of Ophiel, shielded Jiu, and cut through the illusion and the three Great Demons with her burning blade.

Shinsen Saya returned through Ophiel and reunited with Jiu, while Lin En revealed that the Red Moon’s power threatened to bring one of the Seven Outer Gods into the mortal world. They prepared to suppress the Red Moon and stop the impending resurrection, leaving Lin En kneeling as Shinsen Saya asserted her authority.

• Jiu embraced Shinsen Saya after her Divine Descent through Ophiel, but Shinsen Saya withheld what she wanted to say because Lin En had threatened to switch sides if she revealed it.
• Lin En introduced himself to Jiu as Lin En’s younger sister, Lin Yin, and Jiu realized that Lin Yin had influenced the Firstborn’s arrival in Clockwork City.
• Lin Yin told Jiu that Lin En had been killed by an incarnation of the King of the Red Moon, though the Valkyrie had brought his soul back for eventual resurrection.
• Shinsen Saya explained that the Lord of Crimson’s failed plan to claim the Red Moon’s Authority had created a greater crisis, with one of the Seven Outer Gods possibly descending that night.
• Shinsen Saya ordered Lin En to help stop the resurrection while she suppressed the Red Moon, then demanded that he kneel; Lin En obeyed reluctantly.

Lin En forced his way into the Red Moon’s realm to reach Hana Ye while Shinsen Saya and Jiu suppressed the Red Moon with the Great Sun. He finally embraced Hana Ye, but the Red Moon’s power continued attacking them.

• Shinsen Saya used the Ancient Incantation to direct the Great Sun against the Red Moon, while Jiu formed formations to help suppress it.
• Lin En sensed his power inside Hana Ye and searched the ruined city for her.
• Lin En entered a vision of an ancient city and saw Hana Ye facing the King of the Red Moon's Corpse.
• Lin En repeatedly forced his will into that realm until he grabbed Hana Ye’s shoulder, enduring the Red Moon’s attacks.
• Lin En called to Hana Ye and finally embraced her from behind as Shinsen Saya strengthened the Great Sun’s suppression.

Lin En fought the Red Moon’s pull to bring Hana Ye back from the ancient dream consuming her. Hana Ye broke through when she begged him not to abandon her, and Lin En reassured her as she noticed his bloodied body.

• Lin En held Hana Ye and urged her to stay alive, then insulted and threatened to abandon her when his pleas failed to reach her.
• Hana Ye reacted to Lin En’s taunts, cursed him, and cried out that he was not allowed to abandon her.
• Hana Ye clung to Lin En and confessed that she liked him and would remain his widow if he became stars.
• Hana Ye seemed to wake from the dream, and Lin En embraced her and told her he had returned because he would never abandon her.
• Hana Ye noticed that the Red Moon’s fading light had left Lin En covered in blood.