Chapter Summaries

Mu You, Lin Xue, Xiao Ya, and Vivian explored the Dream World and learned how its dream bodies and dream orbs worked. Mianmian and the Dream-Eating Tapir joined them, and Vivian led the group to the Illusory Dream Forest, the dangerous route to the Heart of Time.

• Mu You and Lin Xue manifested their equipment and abilities, while Vivian taught Xiao Ya how dream bodies worked and explained that their real bodies were safe with the elves.
• Vivian explained that floating dream orbs showed creatures’ dreams and that cube-shaped barriers were Inventory Spaces separated from the Dream World.
• Mianmian appeared with the Dream-Eating Tapir, which devoured a nightmare from a dream orb, and Mu You let her join the group.
• Vivian led the group in a winding route until the Illusory Dream Forest appeared, explaining that focusing on a destination brought it into reach.
• Vivian warned that the forest contained dreams from the past, present, and future, and that they would have to fulfill a dreamer’s wish to escape each nightmare.

Mu You entered Shen Ya’s childhood nightmare and found her stranded in a dark mountain forest. As he escorted her toward the village and fought off ghosts, he realized she had not been trying to get home from school but had run away from home.

• Mu You found a frightened young Shen Ya beneath a tree, lit the darkness with magic, and learned she was afraid to go home.
• Mu You gave Shen Ya food and water, then offered to escort her to the village below the mountain.
• Ghosts attacked them in the forest, and Mu You defeated them with spells while Shen Ya gained confidence and held his hand.
• As they neared the village, the ghosts grew more numerous and powerful despite Shen Ya seeming safer.
• Mu You asked to inspect Shen Ya’s schoolbag and discovered it held clothes and shoes instead of books, revealing that she had run away from home.

Lin Xue entered Mu You’s childhood dream and helped him face his feelings for Xiao Hui. Meanwhile, Mu You uncovered why Xiao Ya feared going home and resolved to leave her hope before the dream ended.

• Lin Xue found young Mu You alone in an arcade, bought a bucket of tokens, and beat him in ten games.
• Lin Xue recognized Mu You’s wish to impress Xiao Hui and urged him to face his feelings instead of hiding in the arcade.
• Pixel monsters invaded, and young Mu You pulled Lin Xue to safety as the dream shifted into a heroic quest.
• Lin Xue used the Reaper’s Scythe to clear a path through the monsters while Mu You led her toward the girl he liked.
• Mu You brought Xiao Ya to her home in the Village, where ghosts appeared, and learned that she feared being beaten there.
• Mu You realized Xiao Ya had been trapped by her circumstances for years and decided to leave her a seed of hope in the dream.

Mu You and Lin Xue guided children through their dreams in the Phantom Dream Forest, leaving Xiao Ya with hope and Lin Xue with an unexpected kiss from the boy in her dream. After waking, Xiao Ya recognized Mu You as the big brother from her childhood dream and broke down in tears.

• Mu You showed Xiao Ya an imagined city and her confident future self, urging her to remember the scene whenever she felt hopeless.
• As Xiao Ya's dream collapsed, Mu You promised they would meet again, and she woke with memories of his help.
• The little boy confessed that he wanted to marry Lin Xue, and she tried to dissuade him by revealing her God of Death's Godskin.
• The boy told Lin Xue something that moved her, so she kissed his cheek before the dream dissolved.
• Mu You, Xiao Ya, and Lin Xue woke outside the Phantom Dream Forest, and Xiao Ya recognized Mu You as the big brother from her dream.
• Mu You wondered whether Lin Xue had appeared in his childhood dream, while Lin Xue blushed as he turned away.

Mu You and his companions entered the Heart of Time, where they learned how its disordered timelines worked and headed toward the Time Prison. Lin Xue began avoiding Mu You for reasons he could not understand as they continued through the city.

• Mianmian remained asleep after leaving the Phantom Dream Forest, so Mu You left her with the Dream-Eating Tapir while the others continued onward.
• Mu You, Vivian, Xiao Ya, and Lin Xue entered the clock-filled Heart of Time and learned that their bodies became real there and that watches let them return from random time jumps.
• Vivian explained that the Clock People were lost travelers who had forgotten their identities, and revealed that she had once been one before surviving the Time Prison trial.
• The group crossed the city safely, using Mu You's Administrator status to keep the Clock People away and resetting their watches whenever time jumped.
• Mu You noticed Lin Xue repeatedly watching him and avoiding him, but she moved beside Xiao Ya before he could ask her why; Vivian warned him not to bully her.

Lin Xue’s distraction over Mu You’s lingering dream memory led her to make a mistaken time jump, lose her clock, and get pursued by the Clockwork People before Mu You rescued her. The group returned to their timeline and reached the Time Palace, where the Time Queen welcomed Vivian and asked if she had decided to return.

• Xiao Ya noticed Lin Xue was distracted by Mu You, and Lin Xue struggled to hide her conflicted feelings about their shared dream.
• Lin Xue reversed the clock hands by mistake, jumped more than six hours, and discovered that the clock was broken after it was knocked away.
• The Clockwork People pursued Lin Xue when she refused to take over their work, and Mu You found her after searching through thousands of timelines and drove them off.
• Lin Xue apologized to Mu You, then reunited with Vivian and Xiao Ya as the group returned to their previous timeline.
• The group reached the Time Palace, where the Time Queen allowed them inside and asked Vivian if she had come back to her side.

Mu You and his companions reached the Heart of Time, where the Fairy Queen revealed that it was the World Will’s damaged Time Hub and that Mu You had been chosen to help restore it. She explained that the Divinity System and the God Race had taken most of its missing fragments, leaving the Heart of Time close to collapse.

• The Fairy Queen tested Vivian by pretending she would only let Mu You enter the Time Prison if Vivian agreed to stay, then admitted she had already reserved places for both of them.
• The Fairy Queen led Mu You, Vivian, and Lin Xue through a maze inside the Palace’s enormous cube to the shattered true form of the Heart of Time.
• The Fairy Queen explained that the Divinity System had encroached on the World Will’s domain of time, and that the damaged Heart of Time could only withstand two or three more openings of the Time Prison.
• The Fairy Queen identified Mu You as the World Will’s chosen Spokesperson and tasked him with recovering the stolen time fragments to stabilize the Heart of Time.
• The Fairy Queen said the Divinity System had absorbed one third of the Heart of Time, while the God Race had seized another third, mostly dividing its future fragments between the God of Chaos and the God of Time.

Mu You learned that he needed to endure at least five thousand years in the Time Prison to assimilate the Divine Bone, and that the trial could erase him if he lost his sanity. Lin Xue chose to accompany him, determined not to yield the place to anyone else.

• The Fairy Queen explained that the God of Chaos had taken raw future fragments that would take millions of years to integrate, and that the Heart of Time had recovered most of the fragment taken by the God of Time.
• Mu You learned that surviving five hundred years in the Time Prison granted the Time Observer trait, while assimilating the Divine Bone required at least five thousand years and failure would erase his existence.
• Vivian explained that the prison stripped away powers and meaningful distractions, and that Mu You could bring one companion who existed in the setting.
• Vivian recalled that Forest Spirit had accompanied her through her own trial, while the Fairy Queen explained that only someone present in the chosen past setting could accompany Mu You.
• Xiao Ya and Lin Xue realized they were eligible companions, but Lin Xue stepped forward and insisted that she would go with Mu You because she could not yield the place to anyone else.

Mu You entered the Time Prison with Lin Xue, but after spending thirty-five days outside—billions of years inside—he emerged with his memories gone and Vivian near death. A Lin Xue from another worldline rescued him and used the Save Device to restore him; Vivian believed their Lin Xue was still alive and urged him to go home and find her.

• Vivian warned Mu You and Lin Xue about the Time Prison, then had them save their current states with the Save Device before they entered.
• Xiao Ya said she would wait for Mu You and Lin Xue to return as they touched the Heart of Time and vanished into the prison.
• Mu You awoke in the Heart of Time with the Save Device in hand and found Vivian and the Fairy Queen weak; the Fairy Queen told him thirty-five days had passed outside.
• The Fairy Queen explained that a Lin Xue from another worldline had carried Mu You out of the prison and activated the Save Device, then disappeared.
• Vivian said she believed that Lin Xue was their Xiao Xue and that she was likely at Mu You's home, so Mu You carried Vivian away to find her.

Mu You returned to the Pet Shop and reunited with Xiao Ya and Lin Xue, who had spent two thousand years with him in the Stillness Realm. Lin Xue fell asleep holding his hand, and Linglong discovered nineteen permanent cuts in her soul; the cuts spelled Mu You’s name.

• Mu You returned to the Pet Shop, where Xiao Ya tearfully welcomed him and Linglong told him Lin Xue had appeared in the study.
• Mu You found Lin Xue weak and distressed, and learned that she remembered spending two thousand years with him in the Stillness Realm.
• Lin Xue fell asleep after Mu You promised to stay beside her, and she clung to his hand even in her sleep.
• Mu You checked Lin Xue for injuries, but Linglong sensed damage to her soul and examined it with his help.
• Linglong revealed that Lin Xue’s heart bore nineteen permanent cuts, which formed the Chinese characters for Mu You’s name.

After returning from the Time Prison, Mu You learned that the God-Eater Beasts were preparing for war and revealed his return to calm public rumors. He examined his newly inherited Time Divine Authority, then ended the chapter alone with Lin Xue after she began acting unusually affectionate toward him.

• Xiao Ya urged Mu You to rest while she watched over Lin Xue, and Mu You later asked Linglong what had happened during his month away.
• Linglong told Mu You that the God-Eater Beasts had sent scouts near all four cities and that war could begin within three months.
• Mu You replied to important messages and announced his return as Dawn City's City Lord, quieting the rumors about his disappearance.
• Mu You discovered that he had inherited the complete Time Divine Authority and tested its Stillness Realm, Stillness Realm Shield, and Time Erasure abilities.
• Mu You reunited with Lin Xue, Mianmian, Lin Hai, and the Herbalist over dinner, while Lin Xue openly doted on him and the others tactfully left.
• Lin Xue followed Mu You into his bedroom after he finished cleaning up.

After returning from the Time Prison, Mu You learned that he and Lin Xue had spent over two thousand years together and that she had carved his name into her heart to keep from forgetting him. The next morning, Lin Xue became ravenously hungry, ate Divinity Crystals, and discovered her abdomen had swollen.

• Lin Xue told Mu You that they had shared a deep relationship during their long time together and promised to wait for his memories to return.
• Mu You asked about the wound in Lin Xue's heart, and she explained that she had carved his name there to remind herself of him when she forgot.
• Lin Xue and Mu You spent the night together, while Mu Lan reluctantly agreed to lend Lin Xue Mu You for the night.
• Xiao Ya arrived the next morning and realized Mu You and Lin Xue had slept in the same room; Little Girl and Linglong joked about hearing noises overnight.
• Lin Xue ate most of breakfast, then consumed Divinity Crystals because ordinary food did not satisfy her.
• Lin Xue began dry-heaving and lifted her top, revealing a distinct swell in her lower abdomen.

Lin Xue discovered she was pregnant, and the Fairy Queen explained that their child had formed inside the Heart of Time and inherited the Time Observer trait. With the baby expected to arrive within three months and needing unusually large amounts of energy, Mu You began preparing food and supplies for Lin Xue.

• Lin Xue told Mu You she thought she was pregnant, but both doubted it because the child had appeared so soon after they left the Time Prison.
• Vivian divined that something was amiss and led Mu You and Lin Xue to meet the Fairy Queen, who traced an extra 3.6 grams of missing mass from the Heart of Time to their unborn child.
• The Fairy Queen explained that the child had formed within the first five hundred years in the Time Prison, inherited the Time Observer trait, and would be born within three months after accelerated growth.
• The Fairy Queen warned Mu You that the baby would require substantial energy and could draw it from Lin Xue if she did not get enough food.
• Mu You devoted himself to gathering divinity-rich ingredients, cooking for Lin Xue, and preparing for the birth, but her appetite soon became difficult to satisfy.

Mu You hunted nine-star monsters to prepare for godhood while helping Lin Xue through her accelerated pregnancy, and he agreed to use Stillness Realm so she could give birth before the coming battle. Meanwhile, the Night Watchman and Ju Snake tracked the Mirage Tapir to a Giant city and discovered signs that Flame Ox was there too.

• Mu You killed nine-star monsters for rare materials and faith conversion, bringing him closer to ascending to godhood.
• Lin Xue told Mu You she wanted to fight beside him, and he agreed to help her give birth sooner by frequently activating Stillness Realm.
• Mu You, Lin Xue, and Vivian spent time within Stillness Realm as Lin Xue’s pregnancy advanced rapidly.
• The Night Watchman and Ju Snake followed the Mirage Tapir’s aura into a heavily guarded Giant city filled with mirage qi.
• The Night Watchman learned from the Herbalist that Lin Xue was pregnant, while Ju Snake sensed that Flame Ox was nearby and asleep under the Mirage Tapir’s suppression.

The Night Watchman infiltrated the Colosseum and used Ju Snake’s fear power to wake Flame Ox before the God of Chaos could control it. As he tried to escape, the God of Chaos confronted him in the city he personally guarded.

• Ju Snake’s scouts revealed that Mirage Tapir was suppressing Flame Ox in a city packed with God-Eater Beasts and gods.
• Ju Snake sent the Night Watchman to wake Flame Ox, giving him a snake scale and a fear-filled gallbladder while it went to investigate something elsewhere.
• The Night Watchman sneaked into the Colosseum, evaded guards, and used Ju Snake’s clone to kill two giants who discovered him.
• The Night Watchman threw the scale into Flame Ox’s vulnerable opening, and Ju Snake’s fear energy woke the Calamity Beast.
• As the Night Watchman fled the shaking Colosseum, the God of Chaos appeared and paralyzed him with chaos energy.

The Night Watchman and Ju Snake faced the God of Chaos, who used his limited ability to rewrite the future to survive Ju Snake’s attack. As Flame Ox fought Mirage Tapir and four more gods joined the confrontation, Ju Snake chose to seize the opening rather than flee.

• The God of Chaos eroded Ju Snake’s protective shell around the Night Watchman and explained that God-Eater Beasts were doomed to extinction and only wanted to survive.
• Ju Snake arrived in time to save the Night Watchman and struck the God of Chaos, but the god rewrote the future to evade the blow.
• Ju Snake explained that the God of Chaos could alter only a short span of the future and could not erase their memories of the discarded outcome.
• Flame Ox charged Mirage Tapir, and a Giant’s intervention made Mirage Tapir fight back as their collision devastated the surrounding area.
• Four more gods appeared to surround Ju Snake, but Ju Snake declared that Desolation Crow was absent and Flame Ox had Mirage Tapir occupied, making it an ideal opportunity.

Ju Snake and the Night Watchman fought the God-Eater Beasts while Flame Ox and Mirage Tapir battled elsewhere, but Heavenly Dao Power and the gods’ coordinated attacks weakened both Calamity Beasts. Ju Snake revealed that its apparent assault had been a diversion to draw defenders away so it could secretly evacuate Flame Ox, and the God of Chaos realized the pair had escaped.

• Ju Snake ambushed the God of Chaos, but his power restored the gods it had apparently killed and helped them restrain Ju Snake while the Corruption God poisoned it.
• The God of Chaos ordered Demolition to attack Flame Ox, and Demolition detonated inside its mouth, leaving Flame Ox badly injured.
• Ju Snake broke free and killed the God of Sound Waves and the Corruption God, but another god slammed it into the ground while it recovered.
• The God of Chaos and the other gods abruptly abandoned the fight and rushed to defend a remote building after Ju Snake revealed that it had discovered their hidden core.
• The God of Chaos found the Great Hall’s barrier and contents intact, then realized Ju Snake had escaped with Flame Ox after searching the city and finding both gone.

Ju Snake rescued Flame Ox and escaped the God-Eater Beasts’ city, while the God of Chaos ordered preparations for a rapid war. Back at the Pet Shop, Mu You delivered Lin Xue’s baby girl himself, and the chapter ended with their family safe and the doctor baffled by Lin Xue’s instant recovery.

• The God of Chaos ordered his forces to begin the war within a month and seize a Sky City to open an entrance to the Star Spirit World.
• Ju Snake explained to the Night Watchman that he had retreated to keep them alive, and the two recognized that the God-Eater Beasts’ remote stronghold might be a strategic weakness.
• Lin Xue went into labor in the Stillness Realm, but the doctor found that the tough fetal membranes and placenta made a natural delivery impossible.
• Mu You used his God-Slayer Divine Authority and Surgical Knife to deliver a healthy baby girl, while Lin Xue healed her incision with her own divine authority.
• Mu You ended the Stillness Realm, and the others saw Lin Xue and her newborn daughter safe; the doctor examined Lin Xue but left baffled by her recovery.

After Mu You and Lin Xue welcomed their daughter Mu Ling, the family adjusted to caring for the energy-hungry infant. When Mu Ling’s touch gave Mu You a vision of Flame Ox rampaging, he went to meet Ju Snake and the Night Watchman and stopped Flame Ox’s triggered frenzy by removing a Chaos Crystal Core, revealing the God of Chaos’s plan to attack human territory.

• Mu You and Lin Xue named their daughter Mu Ling, and guests filled the Pet Shop with congratulations and gifts over the following days.
• Mu You and Lin Xue cared for Mu Ling as she rapidly developed and consumed large amounts of energy, supplementing her feeding with sap from a Shujing Tree.
• When Mu Ling grabbed Mu You’s hair, he saw a vision of Flame Ox attacking people, then received Herbalist’s message that Ju Snake and the Night Watchman had returned with Flame Ox.
• Mu You traveled to the City of Order and ordered the gathered players to withdraw before Flame Ox woke and charged at him, calling him Chaos.
• Mu You froze the scene with the Stillness Realm, extracted a Chaos Crystal Core from Flame Ox, and removed the corruption before time resumed.
• Ju Snake realized the God of Chaos had planted the core to make Flame Ox attack near the City of Order and use Ju Snake to bring the threat into human territory.

Mu You and Ju Snake secured the Flame Ox’s cooperation against the God-Eater Beasts, then discovered that their newborn daughter wielded divine authorities and Heavenly Dao power. The chapter ended with the Lamp Genie and Lilith realizing she might be the first child born to two divine-authority wielders.

• Mu You negotiated with the Flame Ox, which agreed to cooperate in exchange for protection from the God of Chaos’s control, and the Herbalist became its contract bearer.
• The Flame Ox rested outside the city while the Night Watchman returned home and tried to meet Mu You’s daughter, who cried at first but happily touched Ju Snake’s phantom head.
• Mu You and Ju Snake sensed gentle Heavenly Dao power when the baby touched Ju Snake, prompting Mu You to study his daughter’s abilities.
• Mu You and Lin Xue took their daughter to High Heaven, where the Lamp Genie and Lilith examined her and the Lamp Genie used lamp oil to amplify her abilities.
• The baby sneezed with God-Slayer divine authority, then reassembled broken objects with Seam God divine authority, leading the Lamp Genie and Lilith to conclude she had inherited both parents’ powers and possessed the Heavenly Dao.