Chapter Summaries

Yark’s brief dream of the future suggested Ye Buyu should have been in Lou Guanshan’s place, but Donald suddenly attacked Lou Guanshan and awakened the World Core inside him. When a white light began pulling Lou Guanshan away, Ye Buyu and the others entered it with him, disappearing from the base.

• Kou Ying examined Hadd’s power and said it was connected to a Crowned One of [Iron Prison], while Mu Bingge and Wan Lan found nothing unusual about Flora.
• Yark told Lou Guanshan that he had dreamed of a future in which Lou stood before Donald and Ye Buyu stood before him, but said the positions had changed.
• Donald erupted and attacked Lou Guanshan, who defended himself with Earth Armor and his Mo Dao.
• Donald’s power resonated with the World Core, causing Lou Guanshan’s heart to beat irregularly and his Mark to flare as a stone wrapped in pulsing flesh fell from Donald.
• A white light began to swallow Lou Guanshan, and Ye Buyu, Wan Lan, Kou Ying, Su Wuwei, and Lou Guanshan entered it; Lan Huaiyu and Nora followed as everyone vanished from the base.

After [Earthshaker] sent the group to a desolate level-seven War-Torn Zone, Lou Guanshan realized the Calamity had targeted him because he carried a revived World Core. [Earthshaker] revealed that he planned to use Lou Guanshan as a vessel to complete his ascension, while the land’s lingering obsession barred him from entering.

• Ye Buyu found Donald transformed by Calamity Power and shot him, but he crumbled into dust.
• Lou Guanshan declared [Earthshaker] the mastermind, and Little Whale explained that the World Core inside him belonged to a dead world that a Calamity had revived.
• [Earthshaker] confronted [Wind and Thunder King], who guessed that [Those Without a Home] had forced [Earthshaker] to hurry his ascension plan.
• [Earthshaker] told [Wind and Thunder King] to wait and watch, explaining that he would use a compatible vessel to revive the core and replace that vessel himself.

Lou Guanshan’s World Core revived a phantom of Panshi Star’s past, revealing the childhood dreams of Xiaofeng and Xiaoling and the war that divided them. The chapter ended as Xiaofeng confronted Xiaoling over a secret transaction with the enemy.

• Ye Buyu and the others discovered that Lou Guanshan’s steps spread phantom grass across the barren land.
• The group watched young Xiaofeng and Xiaoling race through their town and dream of the futures they would pursue together.
• Xiaofeng and Xiaoling shared their hopes beneath the stars, with Xiaofeng planning to join the Panshi Army and Xiaoling promising to support him.
• The phantom showed Xiaofeng accepting the Panshi Army’s Ceremonial Sword and swearing to defend Panshi Star from calamity.
• Xiaoling argued that Panshi Star was collapsing and that they needed outside help, while Xiaofeng accused him of making a transaction with the enemy.

Lou Guanshan and the others learned that [Earthshaker] was born when Xiaoling unleashed a Calamity on Panshi Star after Xiaofeng died fighting those who had brought the disaster there. The World Core continued showing them the giant’s destruction across the starry sky.

• Xiaoling and Xiaofeng argued over whether the invaders from beyond the stars had come to help Panshi Star or destroy it.
• Xiaofeng accused the invaders of using Panshi Star to cultivate a Calamity, then fought them and fell in battle.
• Xiaoling received Xiaofeng’s bloodstained letter telling him to take the World Core and escape with the evacuated people.
• Xiaoling unleashed a Calamity, and [Earthshaker] swallowed him as Panshi Star perished.
• Ye Buyu healed Lou Guanshan as the group reacted to the truth behind [Earthshaker]’s birth.
• The World Core showed a stone giant chasing starships through a nebula-filled sky and smashing fleets apart.

Panshi Star’s soldiers and awakened souls carried out a plan with Xiaoling and Xiaofeng to wrest the planet’s core from [Earthshaker] and stop it from becoming a Calamity. After the giant was forced from the core, it began eroding the souls resisting it, insisting it would return.

• Xiaoling’s sacrifice had fueled [Earthshaker]’s birth, but his bargain had also made Panshi Star’s swallowed core the recipient of his sacrifice.
• Panshi Star’s soldiers refused to retreat, declaring that their planet’s core held the souls of its people and charging [Earthshaker] to protect the evacuation and retrieve it.
• The core’s awakened wills shook [Earthshaker] as fleets attacked, and a spear from beyond the Sea of Stars pierced the giant, forcing it to separate from the core.
• Xiaofeng, Xiaoling, and Panshi Star’s soldiers revealed how they had coordinated their sacrifices, the core’s resistance, and outside support to weaken [Earthshaker] and reclaim the core.
• [Earthshaker] vowed to wait until Panshi Star’s souls faded, then unleashed its power to erode the core and the souls opposing it.

The visions revealed how Panshi Star’s souls sacrificed themselves to weaken [Earthshaker] and guard their home, then ended as [Earthshaker] sent the [Wind and Thunder King] to attack the Hold Up the Heavens Team. The King’s assault was immediately met by the team and powerful allies from the Present World.

• Panshi Star’s souls weakened [Earthshaker], with Xiaoling merging into its consciousness and others becoming chains and a sweeping wind to seal its power and protect the land.
• The vision ended, and Lou Guanshan said the planetary core remained intact and had become easier for him to control.
• Mu Bingge warned the group to stay cautious, while [Earthshaker] ordered the [Wind and Thunder King] to stimulate the core inside Lou Guanshan and accelerate their fusion.
• The [Wind and Thunder King] confronted the Hold Up the Heavens Team and attacked them with fierce winds.
• Lan Huaiyu, Borg, Nora, and Slyder counterattacked, prompting the [Wind and Thunder King] to complain about fighting the team.

[Wind and Thunder King] fought Lan Huaiyu, Slyder, Borg, and Nora while using his attacks to accelerate Lou Guanshan’s fusion with the Planetary Core. Ye Buyu learned the fusion was causing Lou Guanshan’s consciousness to grow hazy, leaving her uneasy about [Wind and Thunder King]’s motives.

• [Wind and Thunder King] faced Lan Huaiyu, Slyder, Borg, and Nora, who attacked him despite his newly gained Crowned One power.
• [Wind and Thunder King] lunged toward Lou Guanshan, but Slyder used chains to fling the group out of reach.
• Lou Guanshan’s heart surged with power, and a voice urged him to fight and drive out the Calamities.
• [Wind and Thunder King] unleashed storms and lightning to awaken the Planetary Core and speed its fusion with Lou Guanshan.
• Ye Buyu healed Lou Guanshan and asked Little Whale what was happening; Little Whale explained that the fusion was overloading his consciousness with the Planetary Core’s many wills.

The Hold Up the Heavens team guarded Lou Guanshan while he fused with Panshi Star’s core, and Yark used his immediate-future dreams to help them watch for danger. The core accepted Lou Guanshan as its successor, letting [Earthshaker] enter the scarlet land as the ancient wills declared their struggle was ending.

• Ye Buyu and the others prepared defenses and assured Lou Guanshan they would guard him while he fused with the core.
• Yark revealed that he could dream of events a few minutes ahead, and the team told him to sleep repeatedly and report what he saw.
• Lou Guanshan entered his Mindscape, touched the core, and vowed to take down [Earthshaker].
• The planetary core chose Lou Guanshan as its successor and poured its power into him, reshaping his body and pushing him toward the Fifth Order.
• The [Wind and Thunder King] withdrew after the long wind stopped, and [Earthshaker] entered the scarlet land.
• A lingering voice said that the conflict had reached its end.

Yark warned the Hold Up the Heavens Team that [Earthshaker] was approaching, and the group escaped as [Earthshaker] overwhelmed their attacks and advanced toward Lou Guanshan. Slyder, Lan Huaiyu, Borg, and Nora faced the calamities while the students kept moving, but Yark’s latest vision warned that danger was closing in again.

• Yark foresaw the magnetized plasma cannon being destroyed and the group being knocked away, so Ye Buyu ordered Mu Bingge to transfer them with Water Mirror while Kou Ying distracted [Earthshaker] with cannon fire.
• [Earthshaker] redirected the cannon fire, crushed the weapon from afar, and walked toward Lou Guanshan while recalling Panshi Star and an old acquaintance named Xiaofeng.
• Lan Huaiyu, Borg, and Nora stayed behind to fight the [Wind and Thunder King] as Slyder went to confront [Earthshaker] and protect the students by drawing its attention.
• Slyder summoned a colossal blade from the metal in the earth and slashed through [Earthshaker]’s earthen dragons, shaking the battlefield with the impact.
• Wan Lan shielded the group from the shock waves, Mu Bingge warned them not to lower their guard, and Yark woke bleeding and urged them to go because [Earthshaker] was coming.

Ye Buyu and her teammates fought to delay [Earthshaker] while Lou Guanshan faced its pursuit over the Planetary Core. When [Earthshaker] abandoned its body and possessed Lou Guanshan, the group searched for a way to help him regain control.

• Mu Bingge used [Abyssal Erosion] to block [Earthshaker], while Kou Ying and Su Wuwei helped hold it back.
• Ye Buyu used Compulsory Cost and soul bullets to force [Earthshaker] to answer that it pursued Lou Guanshan because of the Planetary Core, then flee under an assault from Panshi Star's remnant souls.
• The [Wind and Thunder King] warned [Earthshaker] that he would leave after three more minutes as Lan Huaiyu and her companions fought him.
• [Earthshaker] abandoned its body and entered Lou Guanshan, prompting Ye Buyu to use [Life Breath] while Kou Ying asked Yark to enter dreams.
• Yark used a soul hypnosis bullet to fall asleep, and Little Whale told Ye Buyu that a powerful shock to Lou Guanshan's primary consciousness might help him regain control.

Lou Guanshan fought [Earthshaker] for control of his mind and body while his teammates tried to strengthen his resolve. When [Earthshaker] took control and attacked them, they restrained its body and gave Lou Guanshan a chance to fight back.

• Ye Buyu, Wan Lan, Kou Ying, and Mu Bingge praised Lou Guanshan, helping his consciousness grow stronger against [Earthshaker].
• [Earthshaker] took control of Lou Guanshan’s body and punched Kou Ying, then threatened to make Lou Guanshan kill his teammates.
• Ye Buyu and the others retreated, then used the Spear, Compulsory Cost, and their abilities to bind and attack [Earthshaker].
• Wan Lan and Ye Buyu reminded Lou Guanshan that his teammates would not die, while Kou Ying urged him to keep fighting.
• Lou Guanshan bit and battered [Earthshaker] inside his mind as his teammates restrained his body and Wan Lan targeted the parts under the Calamity’s control.

Ye Buyu realized that Thousand Tides Tracing the Moon could restore the remnant wills inside Panshi Star's planetary core, giving the team a chance to resist [Earthshaker]. She attempted the skill by combining [Life Breath] with Soul Power while her teammates held off the Calamities.

• Ye Buyu kept Lou Guanshan alive while Wan Lan beat him, and the team attacked [Earthshaker] as it possessed his body.
• Ye Buyu explained that [Earthshaker] was trapped in Lou Guanshan and that awakening Panshi Star's will could let him devour its consciousness; she asked Duke Slyder to remain their fallback.
• Little Whale warned Ye Buyu that pouring in unfamiliar Soul Power would suppress the remnant souls and told her to recall the skill it had first given her.
• Ye Buyu recognized Thousand Tides Tracing the Moon as the key and asked Mu Bingge, Su Wuwei, and Kou Ying to protect her while she tried it.
• Ye Buyu combined [Life Breath] and Soul Power to activate Thousand Tides Tracing the Moon, causing the moon's phases and the tides of energy to reverse.

Ye Buyu used Thousand Tides Tracing the Moon to awaken Panshi Star’s buried souls inside Lou Guanshan’s Mindscape, where they resumed their unfinished battle against [Earthshaker]. As the battle raged within, Ye Buyu lay drained and helpless beside Lou Guanshan’s motionless, bloodied body, unsure whether her skill had worked.

• Ye Buyu’s lunar skill entered Lou Guanshan’s Mindscape and awakened Xiaofeng and Xiaoling from the planetary core.
• Xiaofeng and Xiaoling rallied the resurrected soldiers of Panshi Star to attack [Earthshaker], and Lou Guanshan joined them with his Soul Mo Dao.
• [Earthshaker] remembered its planet’s destruction, its arrival at Panshi Star, and the humans who had resisted it across the ages.
• [Earthshaker] cast aside its plans to ascend, acknowledged its defeat by humans, and charged into battle to finish the unfinished fight.
• Ye Buyu collapsed from the skill’s mana cost, while Lou Guanshan remained motionless and bled profusely.

The struggle inside Lou Guanshan manifested as two giants fighting across Panshi Star’s remains, while Ye Buyu and Little Whale watched from his Mindscape. [Earthshaker] and the heroes of Panshi Star made their final charge, ending the centuries-spanning war and leaving humanity’s will manifest.

• The earth shook and rose as [Wind and Thunder King] fought Lan Huaiyu and the others, while Slyder struck him with a steel fist.
• Lan Huaiyu’s group found the Hold Up the Heavens Team surrounding Lou Guanshan, who had been possessed by [Earthshaker], and learned that Ye Buyu’s attempt to help had an unknown result.
• Two giants formed from the wills battling inside Lou Guanshan, and Little Whale brought Ye Buyu into his Mindscape to witness their fight.
• [Earthshaker] and the battered heroes of Panshi Star exchanged a final blow, scattering into golden rain as the war ended.
• Little Whale declared that [Earthshaker] had faded and humanity’s will now stood manifest, while Ye Buyu watched the dissipating will in silence.

After [Earthshaker] lost to Panshi Star, he entrusted [Wind and Thunder King] with the secrets of the Three Calamities and passed away. Ye Buyu questioned Little Whale about the Calamities’ history, then woke from the battle completely drained by Thousand Tides Tracing the Moon.

• [Earthshaker] told [Wind and Thunder King] that the Three Calamities had never defeated humanity, explained their differing choices, and shared [Tempest Fiend]’s final words before dissipating.
• [Wind and Thunder King] rejected the idea that [Tempest Fiend] had willingly sacrificed himself for the Present World and fled while cursing the humans.
• Ye Buyu woke, learned from Little Whale that [Earthshaker] had sought to finish the ancient battle, and called Wan Lan down.
• Ye Buyu pressed Little Whale about the Three Calamities, and Little Whale suggested investigating [Tempest Fiend]’s death and visiting [Abyssal Erosion]’s old territory.
• Ye Buyu decided not to pursue both leads immediately, then found herself too exhausted to stand after using Thousand Tides Tracing the Moon.

Ye Buyu and Hold Up the Heavens recovered after defeating [Earthshaker], and Lou Guanshan learned that his teammates had injured him while stopping him from being possessed. Just as they celebrated, Yark warned that powerful Calamities were gathering around them in the Level Seven Region, leaving the team facing a new threat.

• Lou Guanshan woke up and asked whether a Calamity had attacked him, but Slyder revealed that his teammates had caused his injuries while preventing [Earthshaker] from possessing him.
• Lou Guanshan thanked his teammates for protecting him from becoming a weapon against their own people, and Mu Bingge reassured him that they understood what he would never want to do.
• Lou Guanshan described meeting the Panshi Star people and fighting [Earthshaker] in his Mindscape, while Su Wuwei questioned Ye Buyu about her skill, Thousand Tides Tracing the Moon.
• Ye Buyu admitted that using the skill had nearly exhausted her, and Su Wuwei gave her potions as an apology before she refused to use the move again unless necessary.
• Yark reminded Hold Up the Heavens that they were in the Level Seven Region and that the team’s reputation could attract trouble, while Lan Huaiyu assured them the Vermilion Bird Division’s Vanguard Personnel were on their way.
• Yark warned that many high-level Calamities were gathering nearby, and the team realized they might be targeted because of their place on the Calamity Blacklist.

Hold Up the Heavens faced an overwhelming Calamity army, and the Withered Glory Theatre revealed it had staged their confrontation as a production. Ye Buyu accepted a Black Bookmark that awakened an ancient power, leaving a crescent moon rising over the darkened sky.

• Ye Buyu and Hold Up the Heavens realized they were surrounded by hundreds of Calamities, including several Kings.
• Kou Ying suspected the Withered Glory Theatre had exposed their location, and a Narrator appeared to announce the production 'The Finale Across Time.'
• The Narrator showed Lou Guanshan a script depicting humanity slaying Panshi and explained the Theatre had made them Leading Actors.
• The Narrator offered Ye Buyu a Black Bookmark and said his King wished to honor [Earthshaker] and the will of Panshi Star.
• Ye Buyu used the bookmark, and an ancient power filled her depleted body as the sky darkened and a crescent moon appeared.

Hold Up the Heavens helped [Earthshaker] and Panshi Star Will bring a giant formed from the land toward the Present World. The group celebrated their return while the stunned onlookers and [Wind and Thunder King] reacted to the impossible spectacle.

• [Earthshaker] rose from the Level Seven Region in a giant body formed from the land, and the Kings recognized its Calamity Lord-level strength.
• Narrator scattered script pages announcing the end of the war and identifying Hold Up the Heavens as a guest appearance; Bai Zhao and Xue Qing read the production details.
• [Wind and Thunder King] read the script, raged at the Withered Glory Theatre and Hold Up the Heavens, and stamped on the page.
• Ye Buyu and five others kicked Narrator out of the giant's hand, silencing him.
• Ye Buyu explained that [King of Withering and Flourishing]'s power had restored her strength and let her heal Lou Guanshan.
• Lou Guanshan said the giant was heading for the Present World to become its neighbor, leaving Borg and Slyder despairing over the situation.

Ye Buyu’s group reached the Present World’s front line with Panshi Star, carried in the form of a giant, and tried to explain their unbelievable return. Wusu read their script and began confirming that the giant was an ally who planned to settle beside the Present World.

• Su Wuwei entertained himself by watching Slyder lose his composure until Wan Lan knocked him down, while Ye Buyu chided him.
• Kou Ying took shelter from falling rocks beneath the giant’s hand, and Mu Bingge protected him with a water barrier.
• Lan Huaiyu said they should wait for someone to intercept them, while Slyder worried nobody would believe they had brought back a world after [Earthshaker] died.
• Ye Buyu offered the Withered Glory Theatre’s script as an explanation, and Wan Lan shot a page to Wusu when he arrived at the front line.
• Wusu read the script, recognized Ye Buyu as the team captain, and asked whether its claims were true.
• Lou Guanshan and Ye Buyu confirmed that the giant was Panshi Star and [Earthshaker]’s former shell, and Ye Buyu explained that Panshi Star intended to support the Present World.

The Hold Up the Heavens Team brought Panshi Star into the Present World, triggering alarms and panic as its land joined the world. After the shaking stopped, Wan Lan welcomed Panshi Star, and Lou Guanshan declared it a new land within the Present World.

• Wusu asked whether the Present World’s higher-ups knew about the situation, and Mu Bingge explained they might have records from the Bai Ze Division’s warning.
• Lou Guanshan said Panshi Star had sensed the frontline soldiers’ fighting spirit and would take root beside them, then lay down with his teammates as the land began to rise.
• The Doomsday Observatory detected an approaching Unknown Continent, and its staff learned that Hold Up the Heavens was bringing a world home.
• The Doomsday Tower issued a warning showing the Doomsday progress as question marks, and the Present World shook as Panshi Star connected to it.
• Wan Lan welcomed Panshi Star to the Present World, and Lou Guanshan named it a land where the will to fight endured forever.