Chapter Summaries

[Those Without a Home] slaughtered the Calamities who had betrayed their own kind, then warned the Three Calamities about the faction [Judgment] before leaving. As the Three Calamities considered their losses and the world beyond the gate, Little Whale prepared to take [Seedling Eater] there, and Ye Buyu happily sent them off.

• [Those Without a Home] killed its way through the Calamity Tide and into the Three Calamities' territory, leaving the land covered in remains and blood mist.
• [Those Without a Home] confronted the returning Three Calamities, refused to explain what lay beyond the gate, and said [Judgment] was more forceful than the [Salvation Hall of Fame].
• The Three Calamities reflected on their defeat, and [Rotten-Clothes Lady] suspected they had been left alive for the Present World to use as EXP packs.
• [Overgrowth] and [Iron Prison] returned to prepare for the Present World's response, while [Rotten-Clothes Lady] considered seeking a way beyond the gate.
• Little Whale prepared to take [Seedling Eater] beyond the gate, and Ye Buyu hurled Little Whale away after telling it to leave.

After the battle, the survivors regrouped and prepared to clean up the remaining threats. Kou Ying and Su Wuwei were pulled into the group’s plans, while Ye Buyu set off to test whether her abilities could reverse their Calamity states.

• Ku Rong took Seedling Eater away to the Salvation Hall of Fame, while Wind and Thunder King and Stillwater King departed.
• Those Without a Home arrived and reported destroying the territories of Overgrowth, Iron Prison, and Rotten-Clothes Lady, then left with Little White and Blue Sea.
• Black-Robed Man disappeared with Streetlamp and Trickery, leaving Kou Ying a message to clean up the Religious Order and meet him beyond the door.
• Kou Ying invited Su Wuwei to help purge threats, but Wan Lan, Mu Bingge, and Lou Guanshan stopped them and proposed a victory banquet.
• Mu Bingge explained that Kou Ying and Su Wuwei could return to the Present World if they sealed their Calamity powers, and Ye Buyu went to the War-Torn Zone to test her Life Breath with Thousand Tides Tracing the Moon.
• Wan Lan carried Kou Ying after Ye Buyu, while Lou Guanshan carried Su Wuwei; Mu Bingge followed through a Water Mirror, leaving the others to clean up the battlefield.

Great Xia’s leaders discussed how Hold Up the Heavens had outgrown their plans for the team, while Ye Buyu tried to reverse Kou Ying and Su Wuwei’s transformation into Calamities. After many painful experiments, she claimed to have found a successful method, but Kou Ying and Su Wuwei still feared being her next test subjects.

• Kaitis and Great Xia’s leaders discussed how Hold Up the Heavens had surpassed their expectations and disrupted their plans for future successors.
• Ye Buyu explained that she needed to experiment on Calamities transformed from humans before trying to restore Kou Ying and Su Wuwei.
• Ye Buyu and the team hunted Calamities, and she repeatedly drained them while testing her restoration method.
• After several hours and seventeen or eighteen attempts, Ye Buyu said she had worked out how to restore human bodies.
• Kou Ying and Su Wuwei backed away from Ye Buyu and pleaded for her not to test the method on them yet.

Ye Buyu restored Su Wuwei and Kou Ying from their Calamity forms, though none of them understood how her power worked. She revealed that she expected the team to travel back to the past together, and her teammates made her promise not to go alone again.

• Ye Buyu touched Su Wuwei's forehead and restored him to his human form, but overdid the healing and left him flushed.
• Kou Ying also recovered from his Calamity form, and he and Su Wuwei recalled seeing a mysterious Mark that looked like a written character.
• Ye Buyu told her teammates she had confirmed she returned to a past timeline and believed they would all travel back unless something unexpected happened.
• Kou Ying asked how the timeline travel and restoration worked, and Ye Buyu admitted she did not know the principle and had simply trusted that it would work.
• Su Wuwei and Kou Ying threatened to settle scores with Ye Buyu for acting alone, while Mu Bingge made her promise not to do it again.
• Lou Guanshan asked Ye Buyu to take at least one teammate with her next time, revealing how frightened he had been for her.

Kou Ying explained that he was Kou Cheqie'er's soul creation, the Dark Web's maintenance man, and the new Young Order Leader of the [Void Order]. He and Hold Up the Heavens set out to help the order's idealists reclaim its original purpose and confront those who had corrupted it.

• Wan Lan embraced Ye Buyu, but Su Wuwei and Kou Ying chased her until she promised to help Kou Ying clean house.
• Kou Ying revealed that he was born from the soul of [Void Order] leader Kou Cheqie'er and had secretly worked against the organization through the Dark Web, which Kou Cheqie'er had created.
• Kou Ying explained that he became Young Order Leader after discovering that idealists within the [Void Order] had resisted its corruption and invited him to inherit the organization.
• Kou Ying said he accepted the role after learning that Man-Made Calamities could support him, and vowed to restore the [Void Order]'s original purpose.
• As figures appeared in the distance, Wan Lan raised her longbow and called for a reckoning with those who had stolen and twisted the order's ideals.

Hold Up the Heavens attacked the Void Cultists’ Hidden Gathering Place, where Kou Ying’s team overwhelmed their supposedly stronger enemies. Kou Ying restrained the Eighth Tier leader, Seerti, and explained that his Calamity Power was out of control as the fight ended.

• Ye Buyu charged the gathering place on an electric scooter, and Wan Lan blew it up to begin the attack.
• The lead Void Cultist recognized Hold Up the Heavens and taunted the six Sixth Tiers, but Kou Ying flipped the earth and exposed the cultists.
• Lou Guanshan, Mu Bingge, Wan Lan, Su Wuwei, and Ye Buyu killed the Seventh Tier cultists with coordinated attacks.
• Kou Ying bound Seerti with shadow chains and pierced him with shadow spikes as Seerti’s Calamity Power failed.
• Kou Ying asked Seerti whether he was wondering why his power was out of control.

Kou Ying and his companions purged the Void Cultists’ settlement, where Se Erti defended his betrayal as the only way to save the Present World. After Se Erti died, the group decided to lure the remaining cultists by claiming they would reveal Kou Cheqie’er’s knowledge of the world beyond the gate.

• Se Erti argued that the Present World had no hope unless it became a Man-Made Calamity, while Kou Ying called that idea a last resort.
• Wan Lan wounded Se Erti, and Kou Ying crushed his heart with the Shadow Spikes.
• Kou Ying used a Shadow Lotus’s blazing white light to kill the Void Cultists remaining in the settlement, and Su Wuwei set the area ablaze.
• Kou Ying searched the Dark Web for the remaining cultists, and Ye Buyu suggested luring them into a trap.
• The group planned to attract the cultists by announcing that Kou Cheqie’er’s legacy included information about the world beyond the gate.

Ye Buyu proposed that the group disguise themselves as Calamities and act as bait to lure out the Void Cultists. The others demonstrated their disguises, while Kou Ying’s ideas for using Wan Lan as bait left him in danger of her retaliation.

• Kou Ying suggested spreading rumors through Calamity alt accounts, but Su Wuwei pointed out that the frightened Calamities might not be checking the Dark Web.
• Ye Buyu proposed that the group pose as Calamities and tempt the Void Cultists with a small team led by a Lord-Tier Calamity.
• Ye Buyu revealed she was already Lord-Tier and used Calamity Power to disguise herself, while Kou Ying, Su Wuwei, Mu Bingge, and Lou Guanshan displayed ways to conceal or imitate Calamity power.
• Kou Ying suggested several schemes that used Wan Lan as bait, including pretending to capture or escort her as a prisoner.
• Wan Lan confronted Kou Ying after he enthusiastically continued proposing ways to torment her, while the others stepped aside and left him to face her.

Ye Buyu’s cucumber disguise potion accidentally transformed Kou Ying and her teammates into cucumbers, and the group then explained their plan to the [Wind and Thunder King]. They left ready to use their supposed attack by Hold Up the Heavens as cover for luring out the Void Cultists.

• Ye Buyu proposed disguising the group as victims of Hold Up the Heavens, but her teammates refused to drink the cucumber potion.
• A gust of wind swept the potion into Kou Ying, transforming him into a cucumber, and the other potions turned the rest of the team as well.
• Mu Bingge explained that the cucumbers were only an outer disguise, while Wan Lan chased Ye Buyu and Kou Ying laughed at the transformed group.
• Wan Lan attacked the [Wind and Thunder King], and the team told it they planned to lure out the Void Cultists without alerting the people in the Present World.
• Ye Buyu claimed Hold Up the Heavens attacked them for materials and announced that many Calamities were about to become cucumbers.

The [Wind and Thunder King] helped Ye Buyu’s group turn wounded Calamities into cucumbers and blame Hold Up the Heavens, while Wan Lan rallied them against the sect. Ye Buyu’s attempt to spread rumors accidentally recruited a following, and Mu Bingge named their new faction [Evergreen].

• The [Wind and Thunder King] disguised herself as a member of Hold Up the Heavens and spread poison among the wounded Calamities, turning them into cucumbers and making it look as if Hold Up the Heavens had attacked them for their treasures.
• Wan Lan joined the cucumber Calamities in cursing Hold Up the Heavens and persuaded them to unite against their common enemy.
• Ye Buyu posed as a Lord-Tier Calamity and urged the Priests to seize the chance to restore the Calamities’ glory.
• The Priests mistook Ye Buyu’s speech for a call to recruit followers and pledged their allegiance to her.
• Mu Bingge named their new faction [Evergreen], while one Priest privately planned to use them as a scapegoat and abandon them if trouble arose.

Ye Buyu used knowledge of Kou Cheqie'er and the world beyond the door to recruit Calamities into [Evergreen], while the Void Cultists and the Present World learned of the new faction. The chapter left [Evergreen] spreading through the Third Zone as the Present World monitored events with its forces depleted.

• Ye Buyu claimed that Hold Up the Heavens was hunting them because they had learned about the world beyond the door and Kou Cheqie'er's inheritance, stirring the Calamities' interest.
• Kou Ying revealed that the information concerned an inheritance connected to the door, and Ye Buyu promised to share more after confirming the Calamities' loyalty.
• Ye Buyu and her companions formed [Evergreen], which spread through the Third Zone, while rumors about its knowledge reached the [Wind and Thunder King] and the Void Cultists.
• The Void Cultists debated whether [Evergreen] was a trap and voted, with eighty percent choosing to contact the new faction.
• Gong Jieyong, Qin Yue, and Sun Xi discussed Hold Up the Heavens turning Calamities into cucumbers and [Evergreen]'s knowledge of Kou Cheqie'er's inheritance.
• Sun Xi agreed to have observers monitor [Evergreen], while Gong Jieyong reported that many of the Present World's forces, including Kaitis and the others, were still unavailable.

Gou Xiangwang and Zhang Yuanjing discussed the secrets beyond the level eleven door before setting out to investigate Evergreen, the faction formed by Hold Up the Heavens. Evergreen’s growing influence attracted the Three Calamities and alarmed the Present World’s officials, while the six members of Hold Up the Heavens unknowingly drew several powerful groups toward an ambush.

• Gou Xiangwang and Zhang Yuanjing prepared to investigate Evergreen, and Gou hinted that he had passed through the great door blocking the level eleven area.
• [Rotten-Clothes Lady] decided to investigate Evergreen, [Overgrowth] considered recruiting it, and [Iron Prison] set out to target Hold Up the Heavens.
• An Observer reported [Rotten-Clothes Lady]’s movement to Sun Xi, while Sun Xi and Qin Yue regretted letting Hold Up the Heavens run loose in the Third Zone.
• Kou Ying sensed people lying in ambush above a canyon, and Ye Buyu led the group toward it as the Void Cultists waited.
• The Three Calamities approached Evergreen, and the Observers realized that all three had gathered in the same place.

Hold Up the Heavens revealed that they were Evergreen and had been fishing when the Three Calamities surrounded them. Their allies rushed to the Frontline, while the six greenhorns prepared to face the enemy in the canyon.

• Mu Bingge told Chen Ze that Evergreen was Hold Up the Heavens and that they had been fishing, prompting Chen Ze and Gou Xiangwang to summon help.
• Sun Xi and Gong Jieyong alerted Mo Yi and the others, who set out for the Frontline with members of the Knights' Order and other combatants.
• Song Yi invited the Horizon Team to watch Hold Up the Heavens in action while they waited for news.
• The six members of Hold Up the Heavens realized the Three Calamities had surrounded them but decided to continue fishing and consider trapping their enemies.
• Ye Buyu called to the figures above the canyon, and they emerged and demanded that Hold Up the Heavens hand over their secrets.

Kou Ying confronted Void Cultists who had enslaved a Voidwalker with the hymn Fallen Ideals, and revealed his own Shadow Giant to fight them. As his allies disrupted the hymn and attacked, the Cultists tried to force the Voidwalker to defeat him.

• Wan Lan ordered the Calamities to attack, and the Void Cultists summoned a bound Voidwalker with Fallen Ideals.
• Kou Ying recognized the giant as one of Kou Cheqie'er's former guardians and raised his Shadow Giant to hold back its fist.
• The Void Cultists praised Kou Ying as the heir to Kou Cheqie'er's legacy, but he attacked them with his giant hand and Shadow Spikes.
• Su Wuwei, Wan Lan, Mu Bingge, Lou Guanshan, and Ye Buyu helped by burning and dismantling the verses while hiding their human auras.
• The Cultists climbed onto the Voidwalker's shoulders and tried to unleash its full power against Kou Ying as the fight continued.

Ye Buyu and the other Hold Up the Heavens members disguised themselves as Evergreen and fought Void Cultists over a Giant tied to Kou Cheqie'er's legacy. Their cover drew the [Rotten-Clothes Lady], [Overgrowth], and [Iron Prison] to the canyon, leaving them caught between powerful Calamities searching for Hold Up the Heavens.

• Lou Guanshan and Mu Bingge broke the verses restraining the Giant while Ye Buyu attacked Void Cultists from Kou Ying's shadow giant.
• Ye Buyu's group refused a Void Cultist's offer to join forces, and Mu Bingge killed him before he could expose Ye Buyu's ability.
• The [Rotten-Clothes Lady] arrived, questioned Ye Buyu about Kou Cheqie'er's legacy, and accepted her claim that Hold Up the Heavens had supplied their information.
• [Overgrowth] arrived and offered Evergreen's master a place as its foremost Calamity under a Level Ten Calamity.
• [Iron Prison] arrived and asked where the people from Hold Up the Heavens had gone.

Ye Buyu and the others pretended to serve Overgrowth while looking for a way to escape the Three Great Calamities. When experts from the Present World arrived, the six cucumbers feigned loyalty to Overgrowth as they rushed toward their chance to get home.

• Ye Buyu claimed that Evergreen would serve Overgrowth and share its information, while the six planned to play along and wait for a chance to flee.
• Overgrowth destroyed the Void Cultists, broke their restraints, and forced the giant to bow before Evergreen.
• An urgent voice from the approaching Present World demanded that the cucumbers be released, and the Three Great Calamities turned toward the incoming meteors.
• Wan Lan, Mu Bingge, Lou Guanshan, and the others pretended to defend Overgrowth against the Present World's experts, while secretly planning to run home.
• Su Wuwei and Kou Ying charged toward the experts, and the six cucumbers lunged toward Gou Xiangwang and the others, smiling as they neared safety.

The Present World's old guard joined Hold Up the Heavens in a battle against [Overgrowth], [Rotten-Clothes Lady], and [Iron Prison]. As the fighting escalated, Slyder and Wang Jianshe arrived to confront [Iron Prison], while Ye Buyu realized their plan had changed again.

• [Overgrowth] blocked the two sides with a giant vine and ordered Hold Up the Heavens to stand down, while [Rotten-Clothes Lady] joined the fight against the Present World.
• [Iron Prison] challenged Si Erweiqi, and Principal Lan Huaiyu, General Qin Yue, Borg, Nora, Gong Jieyong, Sun Xi, and Wei Hua arrived to support the Present World.
• The Present World's fighters attacked: Gong Jieyong and Sun Xi struck [Overgrowth], while Wei Hua, Gou Xiangwang, and Mu Ruying fought [Rotten-Clothes Lady].
• Mo Yi and Wusu transformed and attacked [Overgrowth], while Borg and Nora turned to fight [Iron Prison] alongside Si Erweiqi.
• Slyder and Wang Jianshe arrived and attacked [Iron Prison], and Ye Buyu told Hold Up the Heavens that the plan had changed again.

Ye Buyu and the others entered the Voidwalker and had Kou Ying activate it to join the battle. The giant landed between the Calamities and the Present World, but the Calamities mistook the team’s claim that they had come to help as a promise to fight for them.

• Ye Buyu proposed backstabbing the fish-headed monster, and the six set out to use the Voidwalker.
• Kou Ying explained that the group had been made Highest-Authority Administrators and activated the Voidwalker from inside.
• The Voidwalker rose, broke free of its vines, unfolded transparent wings, and crashed into the battlefield.
• Ye Buyu’s team announced that they had come to help, prompting the Calamities to celebrate and the Present World fighters to react with confusion.
• [Overgrowth] suspected something was wrong as the Calamities prepared to attack, believing the giant was on their side.

The Present World fighters ambushed [Iron Prison] while Sun Xi and the others attacked [Overgrowth] and [Rotten-Clothes Lady]. As the battle continued, [Rotten-Clothes Lady] revealed her Origin and confronted the humans with her question about whether ability or clothing mattered more, while she faced what seemed to be her final moments.

• Giant sent Voidwalker hurtling into [Iron Prison], knocking them through a mountain and shocking both sides.
• Sun Xi fired a point-blank nuclear blast at [Overgrowth] as Gou Xiangwang and the others attacked [Rotten-Clothes Lady].
• [Overgrowth] survived with a shattered shoulder and accused Evergreen of betraying them, while [Rotten-Clothes Lady] mocked their belief that Evergreen had ever meant to submit.
• [Rotten-Clothes Lady] revealed her true eyes and Origin, transformed her garments, and attacked the humans with jeweled projectiles.
• Gou Xiangwang and Mu Ruying rejected [Rotten-Clothes Lady]'s question and kept fighting, while she sensed death approaching and lamented that the End of the World offered her no escape.

Wei Hua killed [Rotten-Clothes Lady], whose final words wished the Present World freedom from corruption. [Overgrowth] accused the Present World of deception and raised a colossal forest monster, while Sun Xi and the others launched their counterattack.

• Wei Hua struck down [Rotten-Clothes Lady], and Gou Xiangwang covered its eyes as it faded away with a final wish for the people of the Present World.
• [Overgrowth] and [Iron Prison] paused as [Overgrowth] questioned whether the humans had to wipe them out.
• Gong Jieyong told [Overgrowth] that Evergreen were Hold Up the Heavens, prompting [Overgrowth] to accuse the Present World of infiltrating and deceiving it.
• [Overgrowth] claimed that they were all pieces on a larger chessboard, then summoned a gigantic forest monster from underground.
• Wusu summoned the Vermilion Bird to rain down fire while Mo Yi transformed into the Azure Dragon and attacked the monster.
• Sun Xi swiped his hand through the air, erasing the monster's surging vitality and carving a furrow through the growth.