Arc 27The Other Shore

Shen Ye survived the Entropy-Extinction Era, gained the Supreme Saint and Future Walker traits, and fought to protect D District from the ship’s monsters and the Mountain and Sea Society. He repaired The Other Shore with the Corpse of History and gold, gaining ruling authority over D District.

  • Shen Ye fused Prisoner with Hot-Blooded Comrades and Yin-Yang Fate Warden to create the Gatekeeper Cage, then defeated powerful enemies with Valhalla’s help.
  • Shen Ye followed Cannibal Ghost’s letter to the Ghost and God Battlefield, while Ya Ya survived a mission trap and helped Shen Ye investigate why the Royal City’s defenders had vanished.
  • Shen Ye entered the Entropy-Extinction Era, rescued Hera, and joined her search for the Future-Type Trait as they fought the Twisted Sanctuary.
  • Hera claimed Most Victorious, but the trait split between her and Shen Ye, who fused Most with Hymn Songstress to gain Supreme Saint and opposed Mi’s attempt to summon the Lord of Twisting.
  • Hera betrayed Shen Ye and summoned the Historical Hunters, so Shen Ye killed them and beheaded her after rejecting her apology.
  • Shen Ye awoke aboard The Other Shore, became D District’s Spokesperson, recruited Shamaness Cai, and discovered that the Mountain and Sea Society and monsters threatened the district.
  • Shen Ye forged an alliance with a History Fragment, killed the Mountain and Sea Society’s fighters, and gained the Future Walker trait as Supreme Saint fused with Victory.
  • Mi contracted with Shen Ye, Xiao Mengyu arrived, and Shen Ye revived a dying History Fragment as the Corpse of History, gaining the power to summon the dead from history.
  • Shen Ye convinced the ship’s monsters that the Slaughter Squad had several S-Ranks, then merged the Corpse of History and gold into the ship’s hole and received the ruling-authority Card for D District.
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Ch. 652Beyond the Limit!

Shen Ye fused his abilities into the unprecedented Gatekeeper Cage · Acting Bone Temple and fought a coalition of powerful Weird Life beings, using Valhalla as his prisoner and eating calmly through their attacks. After the enemies suppressed his cage’s protection and fled from his borrowed strength, Shen Ye learned that his fame had soared and Mandala Ouroboros was about to level up.

  • The angels received a divine revelation that an unknown power had been born, and Shen Ye read God’s message warning that Prisoner was already at the limit.
  • Shen Ye fused Hot-Blooded Comrades, Yin-Yang Fate Warden, and Prisoner into Gatekeeper Cage · Acting Bone Temple, whose prisoners fought for him and whose occupants could borrow one another’s abilities.
  • Shen Ye summoned the cage, let Valhalla battle the powerful beings, and defeated an eerie monster while remaining protected from attacks until Valhalla fell.
  • As Valhalla fought, Shen Ye relaxed at Seventh Uncle’s Breakfast Shop, then resurrected Valhalla after the enemies used a taboo art to kill him.
  • The black man and the other enemies merged their powers to suppress Shen Ye’s cage, but Shen Ye borrowed Valhalla’s strength and forced them to flee.
  • After Shen Ye finished eating, a message announced that Baxter had defeated the combined forces of seven Weird Life beings and Mandala Ouroboros was about to level up.

Ch. 653A letter

Shen Ye learned why Valhalla had sabotaged their battle and transformed him into an omnipotent siege cannon he could control. After claiming the Ghost and God Society History Fragment, Shen Ye received a letter directing him to the Ghost and God Battlefield and decided to investigate.

  • Shen Ye asked Valhalla to explain the Weird's strength rankings, then confronted him for deliberately holding back in their battle.
  • Shen Ye turned Valhalla into an omnipotent heavy siege cannon, and the White Emperor eagerly took it for a test.
  • Shen Ye defeated the sequences guarding Star-Moon City and became the lord of the History Fragment, which then vanished into a void.
  • A black man demanded that Shen Ye develop the Ghost and God Society with his faction, but Cannibal Ghost killed him and announced he would eliminate witnesses.
  • Cannibal Ghost gave Shen Ye a letter about the Ghost and God Battlefield, and Shen Ye decided to follow its message and investigate.

Ch. 654The real history!

Ya Ya joined Mountain King and a band of beast demons trying to reach the Royal City, only to discover that their route was a trap and face an encirclement by giants and an unseen Art Master. He survived the enemy’s sealing spell by challenging it in the field of human cuisine, then fought back with White Emperor and the Myriad Beasts Staff.

  • Mountain King led the beast demons into a fallen border city, where Ya Ya extinguished a living demonic fire and the group received an order to relieve the Royal City.
  • A tentacled monster attacked the relay station, and Ya Ya secretly used White Emperor’s cannon to destroy most of it.
  • Mountain King revealed that the mission was a trap, but Ya Ya stopped the group’s attempted escape as four gray-skinned giants surrounded the relay station.
  • Ya Ya obtained a historical mission and fused the beast demons into the Myriad Beasts Staff, then challenged the hidden enemy after it erased the city and sealed his skills.
  • Ya Ya defeated the sealing spell by declaring that duck tasted better than the enemy, restoring his skills as White Emperor fired and the staff’s Random Calamity made the four giants bleed from their noses.

Ch. 655Side by side!

Shen Ye used the intelligence gained from Good Duckie’s failed attempt to defend the Royal City and joined Xiao Mengyu to investigate why its defenders had not returned. At Cloud-Climbing Stronghold, Xiao Mengyu invoked the Royal City Central Scepter and forced the leaders to order their forces back to the city.

  • Good Duckie defeated four giants, escaped to the Royal City, and learned from the central scepter that its guardians had fled, leaving the city undefended.
  • Ya Ya lured the enemy’s attack away from the Royal City with its scepter, then returned to Shen Ye and became the identity card “You Who Came Before.”
  • Shen Ye entered the timeline himself, met Xiao Mengyu, and took her through a Gate to Cloud-Climbing Stronghold to find out why the defenders had not returned.
  • Xiao Mengyu used the Royal City Central Scepter to order the stronghold’s forces to reinforce the city, but its leaders questioned her authority.
  • Shen Ye identified the leaders’ factions, and Xiao Mengyu killed the bearded leader who resisted; the old man then recognized her Iron Sword Blocks the River technique and ordered the army to return.

Ch. 656Dharma Form versus Dharma Form!

Shen Ye sensed impending danger, saved the Professionals from the Royal City's destruction, and battled the delicate-featured man who had destroyed it. He returned to the ruins with Xiao Mengyu and used his Bone Temple and the Professionals he had bound to ambush their enemy, ending with a mysterious trait rising from the bones.

  • Shen Ye delayed the teleportation, bound the assembled Professionals with Chilly Spring, and stayed behind as the others were sent toward the Royal City.
  • Shen Ye discovered the Royal City had been flattened and confronted the delicate-featured man, whose Eerie Shadow could reflect attacks at double power.
  • Shen Ye reached the ruins with Xiao Mengyu, raised his Bone Temple as a stand-in for the Royal City, and transformed himself into her to lure the enemy into an ambush.
  • Shen Ye summoned the bound Professionals from the Bone Shadow Coffin, and they attacked the delicate-featured man together.
  • The enemy struck into the Bone Temple but found no corpse, while the trait “It's Ya Ya Ya!” rose from the bones.

Ch. 657From a History Fragment to the Real World

Shen Ye used a newly enhanced gate ability to escape the History Fragments and reach the real present era, while Lü Man and a giant Eerie Shadow threatened the Place of Exile. A girl welcomed Shen Ye and offered to take him to the remaining humans, revealing that the world had entered the Entropy-Extinction Era.

  • Lü Man introduced himself as the Crimson Loom of the Twisted Sanctuary, and his Dharma Form attacked Shen Ye while Xiao Mengyu completed her mission and vanished into the past.
  • Shen Ye escaped into the Place of Exile as Lü Man transformed into a giant and severed his connection to Valhalla.
  • The giant tried to locate and command the Place of Exile, so Shen Ye used Hymn Songstress to create the temporary gate ability Elysium of the Other Shore.
  • Shen Ye realized Elysium was separating the group from history, and they fell out of the Dharma Realm into the real present.
  • Shen Ye opened a door onto a grassland and met a pink-haired girl, who welcomed him and explained that the remaining humans lived in the Entropy-Extinction Era.

Ch. 658The awakened Eerie Shadow

In the Entropy-Extinction Era, a girl showed Shen Ye her self-aware Eerie Shadow and promised to teach him how to awaken his own. After surviving a History Fragment and defeating an attacker with a newly fused Dharma Form, Shen Ye learned the girl had not returned and set out to rescue her.

  • The girl explained that Terminus had ended all life and introduced her Eerie Shadow, the Fallen Rabbit God, whose ability had detected Shen Ye’s arrival.
  • Bai Xue warned that a History Fragment was approaching, and the girl promised to explain how to awaken an Eerie Shadow if Shen Ye survived until the fire went out.
  • Shen Ye escaped the History Fragment’s history with Elysium of the Other Shore, then discovered that his Truth Constructs and other companions had fallen into a deep sleep.
  • A man attacked Shen Ye with a self-aware lightning Dharma Form, while Big Skeleton briefly held it off and warned Shen Ye not to deploy his own Dharma Form.
  • The girl’s message revealed that an Eerie Shadow gained consciousness by fusing with a Truth Construct, and Shen Ye fused Seventh Uncle into his Dharma Form to repel the attacker.
  • The attacker fled, and the girl’s message asked Shen Ye to rescue her; after learning their bond carried a causal reward, Shen Ye set out to find her.

Ch. 659Past, present, future!

Shen Ye entered the Tomb of Seals disguised as a deer-headed guardian, learned that Doomsday and the Higher-Dimensional battle had loosened the seal, and found the girl he had come to rescue. When a Professional attacked her, Shen Ye summoned Seventh Uncle’s new Dharma Form to block the strike.

  • Shen Ye received the Firebearer trait and gained Doomsday’s destructive blazing flames, then fused with a Natural Clan statue’s deer head to disguise himself.
  • Shen Ye discovered that the deer-headed guardians mistook him for Sabi, the Natural Clan’s strongest warrior, and learned from the revived statue that the final battle had loosened the seal in the Tomb of Seals.
  • Shen Ye led a squad of Deer People to a confrontation between Professionals, where the disguised girl hinted that a Future-Type trait could let its owner travel to the future.
  • The girl told Shen Ye she could not fight and asked him to save her when a tall, thin Professional attacked her.
  • Shen Ye summoned his Dharma Form, and Seventh Uncle blocked the attack while the new Eerie Shadow’s sacrifice rules appeared.

Ch. 660Making connections

Shen Ye defeated Su Heng with Hera’s karmic intervention, recruited her as an ally, and gained a mission to form a team on The Other Shore. As the History Fragment began moving and the Twisted Sanctuary tried to stop them, Shen Ye and Hera escaped through his gate and set out to find the Future-Type Trait, leaving their team unnamed.

  • Shen Ye took Hera away from Su Heng, then killed him in their duel after Hera caused his hand to cramp through karmic retribution.
  • Shen Ye fused Su Heng’s Flower-Slasher with the Netherglow Blade, then gave Hera the stolen Storage Ring as payment for her help.
  • Shen Ye received the Recruitment mission, and he and the Guardians sheltered in an underground chamber as the History Fragment began moving through the Entropy-Extinction Era.
  • Hera asked Shen Ye to help her obtain the Future-Type Trait, and he agreed to let her claim it; they were then confronted by a doll representing the Twisted Sanctuary.
  • Shen Ye destroyed the doll, and he and Hera used his gate to escape to the grassland before signing an Alliance Contract.
  • Shen Ye and Hera agreed to form a team, but they could not settle on a name and postponed completing the mission while they searched for the Future-Type Trait.

Ch. 661Future Trait!

Shen Ye and Hera fought their way through the Saint Tower as Hera sought the Future Trait, while Shen Ye killed Lü Man with the help of his allies. Back on The Other Shore, a message from Xu Xingke revealed a plan to travel back forty-five minutes and seize the trait before the Lord of Twisting could claim it.

  • Hera explained that Shen Ye had inherited the Guardians’ karmic burden, and the Guardians recognized him as Sabi after he killed their attacker and avenged them.
  • Shen Ye killed a Twisted Nun and five more who were performing a sacrifice ritual, then Hera slipped away to pursue the Future Trait while he drew attention.
  • Lü Man confronted Shen Ye, who summoned Big Skeleton and Seventh Uncle to help defeat him with his upgraded swordsmanship.
  • Hera returned with a phone and took Shen Ye back to The Other Shore, where a video from Xu Xingke warned that the Future Trait could annihilate entropy and must be kept from the Lord of Twisting.
  • Xu Xingke instructed them to return to the Saint Tower and use a Time Gate in its third basement compartment to travel back forty-five minutes and seize the trait.

Ch. 662Plotting with God

Shen Ye and Hera traveled back forty-five minutes to rescue Xu Xingke, then learned from God that the Saint Tower would be destroyed and produce the first future Trait. Shen Ye triggered the destruction while Hera used the Secret Card to preserve the tower’s inhabitants, and they reached the top floor as the entropy-extinction power formed a sphere of light.

  • Hera used Karma to locate a way back in time through Shen Ye’s phone, and Shen Ye set its clock backward forty-five minutes.
  • Shen Ye found Xu Xingke shackled in the tower, received a Secret Card from him, and left Hera behind to use it if needed.
  • God told Shen Ye that the Saint Tower and its History Fragment would be destroyed in half an hour, producing a future Trait, and warned that Twisted Sanctuary’s monsters would arrive in fifteen minutes.
  • Shen Ye learned that Xu Xingke killed several hundred devils every hour and had been doing so for centuries, then used his sword technique to make the History Fragment and its inhabitants believe in different outcomes.
  • As the real Saint Tower began to collapse, Hera activated the Secret Card to create an imitation tower and protect its living beings.
  • Shen Ye opened a gate for Hera, and they arrived on the top floor as a sphere of entropy-extinction power appeared.

Ch. 663Most Victorious!

Hera claimed the future Trait and left Shen Ye’s team, then betrayed him after he chose not to kill her. Shen Ye received the split Trait “Most” and prepared to let it join with “Hymn Songstress,” while he also revived Sabi and promised to save the Natural Guardian Clan.

  • Hera swallowed the white orb, gained the future Trait “Most Victorious,” and left the Slaughter Squad.
  • Shen Ye refused God’s advice to kill Hera, and Xu Xingke explained that his choice had made a stronger future Trait possible.
  • Shen Ye revived Sabi and promised to help save the Natural Guardian Clan, earning the honorary Trait “Great Sabi.”
  • Shen Ye received messages saying Hera had betrayed him for personal gain, so he left Sabi and headed to the top floor.
  • A future Trait appeared above Shen Ye and split “Most Victorious” between him and Hera, awarding Shen Ye “Most” and telling him to unite it with “Hymn Songstress.”

Ch. 664Twisted Sanctuary

Shen Ye refused Mi’s offer to join the Twisted Sanctuary and fought her as the cultists prepared to summon the Lord of Twisting. As Shen Ye and Mi summoned their Dharma Forms, his trait fusion completed and granted him the Future Trait “Supreme Saint.”

  • Mi, chief adjudicator of the Twisted Sanctuary, invited Shen Ye to join and offered to help him kill Hera, but Shen Ye refused and defended Hera.
  • Mi attacked Shen Ye with specters, and he held them back while avoiding the use of his full power.
  • Mi and the Twisted Sanctuary cultists began a summoning, but Shen Ye used Demon Subduing to sever their fingers and disrupt their Spell Seals, stopping the Lord of Twisting from descending.
  • Mi began forming another Spell Seal, and Shen Ye and Mi summoned their Dharma Forms against each other.
  • Shen Ye’s trait fusion completed, granting him the Future Trait “Supreme Saint.”

Ch. 665Super S-Rank!

Shen Ye used a Super S-Rank Dharma Form to stall Mi and the Lord of Twisting while rescuing Sabi’s clan, then escaped to The Other Shore. There, Hera demanded the Future Trait he had promised her.

  • Shen Ye enhanced his Dharma Form to Super S-Rank and trapped Mi and the Lord of Twisting within an endlessly restored 30-second span, buying time while they destroyed the White Bone Palace.
  • Shen Ye returned to the Saint Tower, resurrected the Natural Guardian Clan, and sent Sabi and his people to a weak History Fragment for safety.
  • Seventh Uncle gave Shen Ye a blood-red ring that absorbed damage using the life force the Lord of Twisting spent attacking the palace.
  • Mi gave Shen Ye a white rose and warned him to be careful, explaining that her injured hand would prevent her from summoning her master for a while.
  • Shen Ye went through a Gate to The Other Shore, where Hera asked him to hand over the Future Trait he had promised her.

Ch. 666Not accepted

Shen Ye refused Hera’s attempt to settle their dispute with a dream and a bargain, then discovered she had lured Historical Hunters to ambush him. He slaughtered the hunters and killed Hera after she apologized, leaving their conflict ended in blood.

  • Hera asked Shen Ye to return the future trait, then tried to appease him by trapping him in a karma dream; Shen Ye killed her there and rejected her offer of pleasure.
  • After they returned to the grassland, a warning said an S-Rank watcher was approaching, and Shen Ye tried to leave rather than fight Hera.
  • Hera summoned the Historical Hunters, who revealed they intended to capture Shen Ye and take the future trait.
  • Shen Ye used Frost-Snow Little Plum to restore a skill and trapped the group inside the White Bone Palace, where his life force and destructive flames let him kill the hunters.
  • Hera apologized to Shen Ye, but after he told her he did not accept the apology, he beheaded her.

Ch. 667Walking on the Other Shore

After wiping out the Historical Hunters, Shen Ye chose increased strength and returned to a bleak holding cell, where he discovered a new ability and waited for his Traits to recover. When Hera’s lover attacked him, Shen Ye easily struck him down, and a quest appeared calling on Shen Ye to defeat D District’s experts and become its Spokesperson.

  • Shen Ye chose D-grade treatment for three days and a boost in strength, then woke in a holding cell with his strength raised to A-Rank Lower Tier.
  • Shen Ye fed a biscuit to a rat and temporarily acquired Su Su’s heart-eroding seed, which revealed information and weaknesses through goodwill.
  • Shen Ye claimed to be investigating something, and the middle-aged man and his men left him alone after learning he belonged to the Slaughter Squad.
  • Shen Ye waited for Victory to fuse with Supreme Saint while Big Skeleton and Seventh Uncle described the deadly ocean outside the cell.
  • Hera’s lover confronted Shen Ye, admitted he wanted to kill him, and was knocked back by Shen Ye’s blade.
  • A quest appeared, directing Shen Ye to defeat D District’s experts and become its Spokesperson, with a reward meant to awaken Su Su.

Ch. 668Weather Forecast

Shen Ye learned from God's gift that The Other Shore was carrying its passengers into the future and that the Deep Cavern Lord had arrived in D District to kill everyone. When the Deep Cavern Lord attacked, Shen Ye used a gate and the Netherglow Blade to steal his possessions, but the enemy remained outside the gate.

  • Shamaness Cai revealed that cursing her target would cause her to die while he survived, and she warned the gathered Professionals to get along with him.
  • Shen Ye used the Netherglow Blade to retrieve a phone hidden inside the holding room's indestructible wall and learned from God that the ship was called The Other Shore.
  • God's gift warned Shen Ye that the Deep Cavern Lord would kill every being in D District before The Other Shore left the History Fragment.
  • The Deep Cavern Lord killed the approaching Professionals and told Shen Ye he wanted to remain aboard The Other Shore without other people around.
  • Shen Ye opened a gate to escape the Deep Cavern Lord's attack, then slashed through it with his blade and stole the man's belongings.
  • The Deep Cavern Lord tried to enter the gate, but Shen Ye's rule barred anyone he had not permitted from passing through.

Ch. 669Trading blows

Shen Ye teamed up with Zhao Ge and Shamaness Cai to destroy the Lord of Illusions, then persuaded the two powerful Weird Ones to recognize him as D District’s Spokesperson. After defeating Zhao Ge in a sparring match, Shen Ye completed his assignment and gained the ability to awaken Su Su and wield her Heart-Eroding Seed.

  • The Lord of Illusions tried to command D District’s Professionals, but Shen Ye’s door followed him and mocked him until Zhao Ge and Shamaness Cai arrived and killed him with a combination spell.
  • Shen Ye revealed his identity as the Hanged Man and told Zhao Ge and Shamaness Cai that he needed to become D District’s Spokesperson as an assignment from the Slaughter Squad.
  • Shen Ye used Behind-the-Scenes Figure to grant Shamaness Cai the Soon-to-advance trait, then agreed to spar with Zhao Ge.
  • Shen Ye struck Zhao Ge three times during their match, stealing his clothes and gear, and Zhao Ge conceded that Shen Ye had won.
  • Shamaness Cai and Zhao Ge acknowledged Shen Ye, completing his assignment and increasing his All Attributes; he could now awaken Su Su and use her Heart-Eroding Seed.

Ch. 670There Was a Hole

Shen Ye improved conditions in D District, recruited Shamaness Cai and Zhao Ge into the Slaughter Squad, and discovered a sealed room containing rings of living species that he placed in the Place of Exile. After learning that a hole in the hull concealed a terrifying creature, he faced an armored investigator from C District who demanded answers about it.

  • Shen Ye learned that D District lacked food and faced frequent calamities, then sent Zhao Ge to deal with two B-rank calamities after offering him fresh orange juice.
  • Shen Ye gave Shamaness Cai wine and four gold ingots to repair D District's failing facilities, then used Su Su's dharma form to uncover information about the district.
  • Shen Ye opened a sealed room with his Gate Ability, found rings containing species and natural resources, and placed them in the Place of Exile for Big Skeleton to manage.
  • Shen Ye recruited Shamaness Cai into the Slaughter Squad and described its purpose as ensuring the continuation of species and civilization, while advising her to leave the hole in the hull alone.
  • Zhao Ge returned bruised after a man from C District attacked him, and a gold-armored investigator demanded that Shen Ye and the others answer questions about the hole; Shen Ye denied knowing anything.

Ch. 671C and D

Shen Ye killed a golden-armored Mountain and Sea Society agent who tried to seize control of D District, then discovered Zhao Ge was a longtime spy for the same organization. As the Mountain and Sea Society withdrew from Shen Ye’s offer of goodwill, a judgment began that would expose a weakness on their side.

  • Shen Ye confronted the golden-armored man, who activated his Soul-Seizing Blood Axe Dharma Form and attacked; Shen Ye survived the blow and killed him with a Fate Blade Art.
  • Shen Ye interrogated the dead man with Dark Whisper and learned he belonged to the Mountain and Sea Society, which planned to investigate the hole and take control of D District.
  • Shen Ye contacted the Mountain and Sea Society through the dead man’s earring and offered not to interfere with its exploration, but an unknown Eerie Shadow severed the connection after extracting information.
  • Zhao Ge boasted to the Mountain and Sea Society that the Slaughter Squad had two S-rank fighters, so Shen Ye suspected him of being a spy and cut him apart.
  • Shen Ye used Dark Whisper on Zhao Ge and the golden-armored man’s heads, confirming they had known each other for a long time; Shamaness Cai accepted that Zhao Ge had betrayed them.
  • A judgment triggered after the Mountain and Sea Society accepted Shen Ye’s goodwill and then severed the relationship, and the glowing text warned that it would expose a weakness.

Ch. 672Future Walker

After discovering that the Soul-Possessing Ball devoured souls and created impostors, Shen Ye neutralized its tracking trait and was ordered to kill everyone in D District. He stalled for time with Shamaness Cai, learned of a conscious History Fragment that might help them, and gained the Future Walker trait just as he agreed to visit it.

  • Shen Ye learned that the Soul-Possessing Ball devoured souls to make impostors, then fused its tracking trait with Great Sabi to create Pull-Bi and prevent the assassin from locating him.
  • The Soul-Possessing Ball’s representative demanded that Shen Ye kill everyone in D District in exchange for intelligence and help with a cave, giving him two hours to decide.
  • Shen Ye refused to kill humans for a monster and shared hot pot with Shamaness Cai while buying time.
  • Shamaness Cai explained that a conscious History Fragment had made the cave and could help them if they offered something it needed.
  • Shen Ye agreed to visit the History Fragment, and the Supreme Saint and Victory finished fusing into his new Future Walker trait, which could temporarily raise one ability or item to Super S-Rank for 30 seconds.

Ch. 673Welcome to the monster squad!

Shen Ye negotiated with the History Fragment in D District, then discovered that the Mountain and Sea Society had used him and confronted the Soul-Possessing Ball. After the Soul Devourer invited him into its alliance to sacrifice History Fragments and strengthen the ship, Mi appeared and secretly warned him to stay by her side.

  • Shen Ye persuaded the History Fragment to join forces against the Mountain and Sea Society, and it erased everyone in D District.
  • Shen Ye contacted the Mountain and Sea Society, but its members arrived and revealed they had used him to provoke the History Fragment.
  • Shen Ye killed the five Professionals with his beyond-S-rank Entropy-Extinction Blade Art, then confronted the Soul Devourer.
  • The Soul Devourer explained that its alliance sacrificed History Fragments to strengthen the ship and offered Shen Ye a place as a vanguard and scout.
  • Mi appeared, proposed serving alongside Shen Ye against the History Fragment, and privately warned him to stay near her as a new Contract appeared on his Gate Ability.

Ch. 674So This Was Purgatory!

Shen Ye and Mi entered a world to investigate a History Fragment, but the Netherglow Blade’s powers and Cassandra’s intervention turned their alliance into a disastrous romantic entanglement. The Fragment’s purgatory brought Xiao Mengyu face-to-face with Mi, who now claimed to be Shen Ye’s maid.

  • Shen Ye signed a contract with Mi and followed her into the ship’s inner cabin while the monsters mocked him.
  • Young Shen Ye used the Super S-rank Gatekeeper cage to trap the monsters in painful parallel fates, then Cassandra warned that Mi’s love for Shen Ye could provoke Annie.
  • Cassandra snapped the Fate Line between Shen Ye and Mi, but Mi revised their contract into a master-servant and romantic relationship, while the Netherglow Blade’s backlash made her love him even more.
  • Shen Ye summoned the History Fragment, which declared it would make him experience purgatory, and Xiao Mengyu arrived on a Flying Sword.
  • Mi knelt against Shen Ye and called herself his maid, prompting Xiao Mengyu to gather killing intent as Shen Ye realized what kind of purgatory awaited him.

Ch. 675Corpse of History

After Xiao Mengyu left him the Lord of Time's Hourglass, Shen Ye returned to the moment the History Fragment was about to be destroyed and devised a way to preserve it. He fused its scattered remains into the Corpse of History, gaining the power to summon the deceased beings and things of history.

  • Xiao Mengyu explained that the future's appearance let people from past History Fragments reach The Other Shore Great Ship, then left Shen Ye with the Lord of Time's Hourglass as the monsters moved to attack the fragment.
  • Shen Ye crushed the hourglass and returned to the start of the History Fragment, where he met its Will and learned it had only minutes left before the monsters destroyed it.
  • Shen Ye asked the Will to end its own life, then used Mandala Ouroboros to fuse its scattered remains before the fragment's inhabitants were teleported away.
  • The repaired fragment became the Corpse of History, granting Shen Ye the power to summon deceased beings and things from history.

Ch. 676Monsters and Shen Ye

Shen Ye survived the monsters’ probing by bluffing about the Slaughter Squad’s strength, then repaired the Other Shore Great Ship’s hole with the History Fragment Corpse and gained authority over D District. The Soul-Possessing Ball appeared behind him, impressed by the resources he had spent.

  • Mi appeared and told Shen Ye that his girlfriend had severed their connection, but she ignored his request to terminate their Contract.
  • The returning monsters tested Shen Ye for information about the Slaughter Squad; he used careful half-truths and Ya Ya’s display of power to convince them the squad had at least four S-Ranks.
  • The monsters agreed to leave D District to the Slaughter Squad if it repaired the ship’s hole, and Good Duckie signed the crew protocol restricting human subordinates.
  • Shen Ye killed a concealed monster that attacked him, then recovered with food from Seventh Uncle and used Return to Silence to eliminate hidden intruders in his cabin.
  • Shen Ye repaired the hole by merging the History Fragment Corpse and a vast amount of gold into the ship, receiving the Inner Cabin (D District) ruling-authority Card.
  • The Soul-Possessing Ball applauded Shen Ye’s repair and remarked that the Slaughter Squad must be very rich.
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