Chapter Summaries

Hold Up the Heavens summoned the Voidwalker to pull the hidden blade from the Dead Star’s core, causing the planet to break apart and defend itself. As the factions rushed to seize the Divine Miracle, the chapter left them converging on the giant and its prize.

• Ku Rong told Hold Up the Heavens to go all out, and Ye Buyu ordered Lou Guanshan to act despite the missing hilt.
• Kou Ying, Lou Guanshan, Wan Lan, Su Wuwei, Mu Bingge, and the others formed a magic array and summoned the Voidwalker inside the Dead Star.
• The Dead Star broke apart and drove back intruders as its landmasses rose to shield the core.
• Ku Rong revealed that the Sixth Seat’s prophecy said the world’s sharpest blade would be unsheathed there.
• Qian Tu ordered the Dark Abyss Calamity Dynasty to stop the other factions, while Ji Wangsheng and Zhan Tu broke through the planet’s defenses.
• The Voidwalker roared as it pulled at the rock in the core, and Li Yong and the other factions charged toward it.

The Salvation Hall of Fame joined the battle to protect the Voidwalker as Qian Tu and Zhan Tu pressed the attack. With Li Yong nearing the Voidwalker, the chapter ended as the Wind and Thunder King arrived first and hurled a bundle toward Kou Ying.

• Little Whale transformed into the Whale of Wailing and confronted Ji Wangsheng while Ku Rong blocked her attack.
• Little Wan pinned Zhan Tu to the ground with immense gravity and stopped him from reaching the Voidwalker.
• Qian Tu attacked Little Whale, who fought back with Soul Power warships and artillery.
• Qian Tu recognized several Salvation Hall of Fame members and warned that Li Yong was approaching the Voidwalker.
• The Wind and Thunder King reached the Voidwalker before Li Yong and threw a bundle to Kou Ying, stunning the onlookers.

Judgment’s Lu and Mie arrived to confront Li Yong while Hold Up the Heavens and their allies struggled to pull a strange saber from Voidwalker. The Void Order joined the effort, but the group still had not discovered what condition would release the saber.

• Blue Sea, Little White, and Wind-Thunder opened a passage, and Lu emerged to strike Li Yong with his saber.
• Lu drove back Li Yong, and Mie arrived to join the fight as the Calamities recoiled from Lu’s presence.
• One of Those Without a Home took over maintaining the passage, while Blue Sea and Little White tried unsuccessfully to help Ye Buyu and the Six pull the saber free.
• Elder Li and the Void Order arrived and offered to help pull the saber from Voidwalker.
• Lou Guanshan and Wan Lan worried that time was running out, while Su Wuwei joked that Lou should pull out his heart to prove his resolve.

Lou Guanshan used the Planetary Core to awaken the Dead Star and help Hold Up the Heavens pull a hidden blade from it, while Judgment launched a slaughter against the Calamities. As Li Yong fought Slaughter and others converged on the treasure, a black streak raced toward the Voidwalker and darkness swallowed the battlefield.

• Su Wuwei proposed that Lou Guanshan activate the Planetary Core, and Kou Ying gave him control of the Voidwalker.
• Lou Guanshan used the Planetary Core to pull the mountain from the Dead Star, making the planet erupt with energy as a blade flashed free.
• Judgment's executors emerged through the passage and attacked the Calamities, while a fighter from Those Without a Home explained that the Slaughter Seat and Annihilation Seat had joined the operation.
• Slaughter relentlessly attacked Li Yong, who tried to escape and reach Hold Up the Heavens.
• Little Whale drove Qian Tu back, then a streak of black light rushed toward the Voidwalker as darkness consumed the battlefield.

Darkness, the Second Princess of the Dark Abyss Calamity Dynasty, appeared and tried to claim the saber, but the Dead Star’s magma burned her when she touched it. As Seat Mie and the Primordial Beginning Tower’s Elder Wu moved to stop her, the battle for the divine blade remained unresolved.

• Darkness confronted Seat Mie and drove the Voidwalker and nearby fighters away from her target.
• Mu Bingge explained that the saber had been forged from a planet’s will and could rival a Calamity, prompting Those Without a Home to fear it falling into Calamity hands.
• Darkness tried to take the saber, but magma surged from the Dead Star and burned her hand.
• Seat Mie attacked Darkness, who blocked her and claimed the saber’s resistance would not last.
• Elder Wu asked Suiyang to protect the gathered people, then stepped into the battlefield to confront Darkness.

Darkness fought Wu Dan and the Annihilation Seat while arguing that Civilizations were doomed to extinction. As the Six Hold Up the Heavens Members tried to draw the blade, allies rallied to help, and the Primordial Beginning Tower’s people joined them despite fears over who would claim it.

• Wu Dan intercepted Darkness’s attack and joined the Annihilation Seat in trapping her.
• Darkness argued that Civilization always destroyed itself, but Wu Dan said rebellion had preserved her Civilization’s core, and the Annihilation Seat insisted they had to resist.
• The Six Hold Up the Heavens Members gripped the partly drawn blade, while Wind-Thunder urged them to retreat and Ye Buyu told him to go get help.
• Wind-Thunder brought humans toward the battlefield, and Suiyang led members of the Primordial Beginning Tower to join the effort.
• Zhao Zhe, the White Tiger Division, Gou Xiangwang, Chen Ze, and others poured their power into the blade, while Hang Jiuwang rebuked the hesitant Primordial Beginning Tower members.
• Yan Yan decided to gamble and help draw the blade despite uncertainty over who would claim it.

Hold Up the Heavens drew a dangerous saber from the magma while allies from Judgment, the Salvation Hall of Fame, and Those Without a Home fought to keep the Calamities away. As the blade emerged, Wind-Thunder urged the group to hurry before he resorted to self-detonation.

• The Six discovered that Lou Guanshan was not the only anchor and used their powers to draw the saber faster.
• Qian Tu abandoned her fight with Little Whale and tried to seize the saber, while Lu wounded Li Yong and blocked his path to Hold Up the Heavens.
• Those Without a Home, Wind-Thunder, Blue Sea, and Little White formed a defensive line to protect the people drawing the saber.
• Ji Wangsheng questioned Ku Rong about the alliance between the Salvation Hall of Fame and Judgment, and Ku Rong defended their long-standing goal.
• Darkness created two dark duplicates to distract Wu Dan and Mie and tried to break away to stop the saber from leaving its sheath.
• Wind-Thunder warned that he would self-detonate if the group did not hurry, and Those Without a Home volunteered to go first.

Those Without a Home and Wind-Thunder sacrificed themselves to buy time for Hold Up the Heavens to draw the blade hidden in the Dead Star. The Primordial Beginning Tower used the revealed Blade Edge to attack Li Yong while the Judgment Seats engaged their opponents, and Qian Tu fought the Annihilation Seat.

• Those Without a Home self-detonated, and Wind-Thunder followed by channeling a storm into their body and exploding near Darkness to wound her.
• Ye Buyu warned Blue Sea and Little White not to imitate the sacrifices, then the Dead Star shattered and Little Whale shielded the souls of Wind-Thunder and Those Without a Home.
• The explosion revealed Blade Edge, and the Six in Voidwalker chose to attack Li Yong instead of retreating.
• Li Yong blocked the descending Blade Edge with his origin ability as Ye Buyu restored the strength of the Primordial Beginning Tower members, who pushed the blade down together.
• The Judgment's Slaughter Seat intercepted Darkness while the Annihilation Seat engaged Qian Tu, who explained that she knew Hold Up the Heavens would not stop once they had drawn a blade.
• The Annihilation Seat urged Qian Tu to join Judgment, and Qian Tu continued fighting despite suffering deep wounds.

Qian Tu abandoned her fight and withdrew with the Dark Abyss Calamity Dynasty as Judgment clashed with the retreating Calamities. Dead Star’s blade struck Li Yong, but he survived and seized Ye Buyu as the exhausted fighters gathered below.

• Qian Tu told her Second Sister she was done fighting, and the two withdrew after the darkness saw a sun in Hold Up the Heavens.
• Judgment attacked the retreating Calamities, condemning them for abandoning their civilization as they cursed humanity and fled.
• Dead Star’s blade struck Li Yong, who wondered about the meaning of staying alive as his body shattered.
• Voidwalker ran out of energy, and Wu Dan safely lowered the fallen fighters while Blue Sea, Little White, Those Without a Home, Wind-Thunder, Little Whale, and Suiyang regrouped.
• Little Wan warned that the Calamity was still alive, and it swept Ye Buyu into the air.

Ye Buyu and her allies fought Li Yong, a Calamity that regenerated by drawing energy from everyone nearby. As the monster continued to grow, Ye Buyu searched through чужие memories for clues about its origin.

• Li Yong transformed into a mass of green threads and bound Ye Buyu's soul, but Suiyang cut her free and Little Whale pulled her away.
• Wu Dan explained that Li Yong had only been the Rift's public face and that the true body was connected to vitality.
• Lou Guanshan wielded the black-and-red Mo Dao, severed the monster, and split it into four pieces, but its threads reconnected and began rebuilding it.
• Yan Yan discovered that the monster was drawing energy from everyone present and warned Kou Ying that they could not stop it without identifying its origin.
• Kou Ying told the others what Yan Yan had found, while Little Whale urged Ye Buyu to search her unfamiliar memories for the monster's name.

Ye Buyu uncovered Li Yong’s memories and learned that his obsession with living fueled [Life Sustenance], allowing him to resurrect. As the battle continued, Wan Lan asked everyone to answer what living meant, and the fighters attacked while sharing their answers.

• Ye Buyu saw a memory of [Gestation] rescuing the lone child from a ruined world and naming him Li Yong, the chanter of history.
• Ye Buyu realized Li Yong’s desire to live had become [Life Sustenance] and that resolving his obsession was necessary to stop him from resurrecting.
• Ye Buyu told Little Whale to share her discovery and urged Wan Lan to talk Li Yong down.
• Wan Lan said everyone should offer their own answer to what living meant, and Lou Guanshan, Mu Bingge, Kou Ying, and the others answered as they attacked.
• Wu Dan urged the people behind her to join in, while the people from the Primordial Beginning Tower recognized their own hesitation.

Yan Yan explained that he stayed alive to remember the 358 Blueprint Drafters who had represented Dustgrass, and his answer helped Li Yong recall the hands that had saved him. Li Yong stopped drawing in energy, allowing Lou Guanshan and the others to destroy the Calamity’s core; the survivors celebrated, and a puppy-shaped charm remained as a civilization’s last legacy.

• Yan Yan told Wu Dan that he lived to remember the 358 people who had represented Dustgrass before him.
• The lives’ answers reached Li Yong, and Ye Buyu reminded him of the shattered civilization he had forgotten.
• Li Yong recalled being passed to safety through the blood rain and voluntarily stopped drawing in energy.
• Su Wuwei, Kou Ying, Mu Bingge, and Wan Lan helped Lou Guanshan expose the core, and Lou Guanshan struck it with his Mo Dao.
• The Calamity faded, and the wounded survivors celebrated their victory as Little Whale caught the exhausted Lou Guanshan.
• Ye Buyu found a puppy-shaped charm on Lou Guanshan’s blade, which he called a civilization’s last legacy.

After [Life Sustenance] fell, the surviving factions withdrew from the battlefield, leaving the Divine Miracle item and the shattered core behind. The exhausted survivors scattered to safety as two unknown figures arrived at the empty site.

• The Calamities fled after seeing that someone else had claimed the Divine Miracle item, while Zhan Tu feared the humans who had killed [Life Sustenance].
• Ji Wangsheng tried to take [Life Sustenance]'s shattered core, but the Slaughter Seat and the Annihilation Seat forced her back as Ku Rong warned that others were ready to fight.
• Ji Wangsheng questioned how the Salvation Hall of Fame, Judgment, and the Primordial Beginning Tower had joined forces, then decided to investigate the End of the World.
• Ye Buyu challenged Ji Wangsheng to target stronger opponents, and Ji Wangsheng withdrew as Zhan Tu slipped away unnoticed.
• Wu Dan ordered the exhausted factions to leave before reinforcements arrived; Little Whale carried the End of the World away, the Primordial Beginning Tower departed by starship, and Judgment opened a passage.
• A storm swept over the empty battlefield, and two figures arrived minutes later before vanishing into the Void.

After the factional crisis, Ku Rong publicized Hold Up the Heavens in two plays and argued that the eighth-tiers could become a banner for the universe’s scattered remnants of Civilization. Hold Up the Heavens confronted the bleakness of a world where many had surrendered, and Su Wuwei insisted that some would still rise and fight.

• The Withered Glory Theatre distributed playbills celebrating Hold Up the Heavens and recounting the deaths of [Life Sustenance] and an unnamed dead star.
• Ye Buyu accused Ku Rong of putting their names on dangerous scripts, and Ku Rong said the universe needed a bright flame to burn away Calamity Power.
• Little Whale, Su Wuwei, and the others doubted that eighth-tiers could inspire a world accustomed to surrender and waiting for a savior.
• The group reflected on how embracing Calamity would bring power more easily, but Su Wuwei and Kou Ying had refused to abandon their human identities.
• Su Wuwei told Ku Rong that some people would lift their heads at a leader’s call and attack, wave after wave.

After facing the grim realities of their world, Ye Buyu and her teammates focused on rebuilding her body and avoiding their pursuers. They decided to go undercover in enemy territory and planned to ask Sister Note to conceal Ye Buyu’s identity.

• Ku Rong encouraged the group to keep resisting and warned them to watch both their comrades and their enemies.
• Wan Lan ordered Gou Xiangwang to alert the Horizon Team and asked about locating [Trickery] and [Streetlamp].
• Mu Bingge and Lou Guanshan argued that the team should avoid the Primordial Beginning Tower because their blade could draw attacks and the Tower was divided.
• Wind-Thunder proposed that Hold Up the Heavens hide their identities and enter enemy territory, and Wan Lan and the others agreed to consider it.
• Little Wan suggested asking Sister Note to disguise Ye Buyu, since she had fooled people in the Present World before.

Ye Buyu and her allies prepared to infiltrate Calamity territory while Little Whale arranged training for their companions. A call from Wei Changming brought news from home and revealed his concern over Ye Buyu’s damaged body.

• Little Whale warned Ye Buyu that Note’s disguises might not conceal her habits, then said it would return to the Salvation Hall of Fame to grow stronger.
• Ye Buyu asked Little Whale to find safe training grounds for Zhao Zhe and the others, and Ku Rong offered trial grounds that promised improvement but not survival.
• Gou Xiangwang asked to bring more people to train, while Chen Ze explained that old friends had gone looking for Lan Huaiyu and asked the group to locate them while undercover.
• Mu Bingge answered the urgent call, and Wei Changming confronted Ye Buyu before asking what had happened to her body.
• Ye Buyu explained that she had used Self-Detonation against an enemy she could not defeat, and Yu Qin asked whether she could reconstruct her body safely.
• Wei Changming said they had heard about Ye Buyu’s situation and reflected that her troubles made the dangers back home seem minor.

Wei Changming updated Hold Up the Heavens on the Present World's progress and asked them to become war correspondents to keep the people vigilant. After Ye Buyu admitted she would run when frightened, Wei Changming decided Kou Ying was the best choice to report from the front.

• Wei Changming told Hold Up the Heavens that the Coalition Army had advanced, the Third Zone's Calamities were mostly cleared, and senior leaders were heading into the Forbidden Zone.
• Guan Xiaomei and the others explained that the older generation had insisted on joining the Navigators, while Wan Lan said they planned to send [Trickery] and [Streetlamp] back to deal with corruption.
• Meng He agreed that [Trickery] and [Streetlamp] could help expose people exploiting the transfer of power, and Xiao Shuo proposed using live links to keep the Present World's people vigilant.
• Wei Changming asked Hold Up the Heavens to show the Present World what the war was like, and Ye Buyu objected that she would flee if she got scared.
• Wei Changming considered the group members and settled on Kou Ying as the ideal war correspondent.

Kou Ying accepted an assignment to send footage during the team's undercover mission, while Ku Rong faced questions about his refusal to help Ye Buyu. After Ye Buyu asserted her authority as Hall Master, Ku Rong revealed a cryptic message and said she had ordered him not to interfere in her life and death.

• Wei Changming persuaded Kou Ying to send footage from the team's undercover mission whenever possible.
• Lou Guanshan admitted that the team's victory over a fourteenth-tier Calamity depended on power they could not reproduce each time.
• Ku Rong proposed bringing Note to them instead of taking the team to the dangerous Salvation Hall of Fame.
• Su Wuwei challenged Ku Rong about preventing others from helping Ye Buyu when she was in trouble.
• Ye Buyu demanded answers in her capacity as Hall Master, and Ku Rong acknowledged her acceptance of that identity.
• Ku Rong recited the partially concealed message about life, death, and time before the Finale, then revealed that Ye Buyu had expressly forbidden interference in matters of her life and death.

Ye Buyu divided the Fourteenth Tier Calamity Core among Hold Up the Heavens and the Withered Glory Theatre before her group began absorbing its energy. Ku Rong then invited Zhao Zhe and the others into the Theatre’s Plays, where they could face historical catastrophes to grow stronger and uncover clues about resistance.

• Ye Buyu told Lou Guanshan to break the seized core into pieces and distributed most of it to Hold Up the Heavens, with some fragments going to Ku Rong and his people.
• Ye Buyu joked with Little Whale about using it as a weapon once it reached Fourteenth Tier, while Su Wuwei asked Ku Rong to reconsider making them protagonists.
• Ku Rong said the Hall of Fame Leading Actors could not be changed, then learned that Note would arrive shortly.
• Ye Buyu and the others went off to absorb energy, while Ku Rong led Zhao Zhe and the others through a covered walkway.
• Ku Rong offered to let Zhao Zhe and the others enter the Theatre’s Plays, warning that they could become trapped but might gain strength and discover traces of resistance.

Chen Ze and the others questioned Ku Rong about the Salvation Hall of Fame and learned why he trusted Hold Up the Heavens. Note prepared disguises and escape talismans for their plan, but was left exasperated by the group’s choices.

• Chen Ze and the others probed Ku Rong about Ye Buyu, Hold Up the Heavens, and the Salvation Hall of Fame.
• Ku Rong said he and his companions would obey Hold Up the Heavens, then recalled how they had once been saved and urged the group to protect the universe’s last civilization.
• Note arrived, confirmed she knew the plan, and asked Ku Rong whether the group might charge into a Calamity’s lair.
• Note gave Mu Bingge Teleportation and added Protective Talismans before going to help the group choose disguises.
• Note left exasperated, and Ku Rong was stunned when he saw the six old, weak, sick, and disabled figures.