Chapter Summaries

Xu Le and Chi Xiao cultivated in the Land of Darkness, where Chi Xiao began forming a flame rule and Xu Le found a more promising way to work with her flames. Meanwhile, Ai Li prepared for the expected Black Tide in Tianrui Lifeng, but the night stayed unusually calm and the white moon left her questioning whether it would come at all.

• Chi Xiao chose to begin her flame rules with a small fire that could keep burning, while Xu Le studied how to combine the faded flame with other powers.
• Chi Xiao formed a stubborn, rootless flame and developed the beginnings of a rule centered on eternal, undying fire.
• Xu Le used the faded flame to strip away the black from Chi Xiao's fire, then tried to keep the restored crimson flame burning independently.
• Ai Li refused the Zion official's request to return, checked the mark linking her to Xu Le, and prepared Tianrui Lifeng's forces for the Black Tide with Bai Jing.
• As the night wore on, Ai Li and Bai Jing noticed the sky had not reddened and the moon was white, prompting Ai Li to wonder whether the Black Tide would arrive.

The expected Black Tide failed to appear in Tianrui Lifeng, Zion, and Lighthouse, prompting their leaders to consider what its disappearance might mean. The Red Moon Holy Temple, however, faced a horde of Oddities emerging from distorted space, and a powerful hand appeared from a rift behind a Warlock Leader.

• As midnight passed without a Black Tide, Chang Fengle and his Tree Herders waited, while Ai Li and Bai Jing wondered whether the phenomenon had ended.
• Li Wen confirmed that Zion’s outskirts were free of Oddities, worried about the Furnace’s energy supply, and ordered four elite squads to scout the area.
• Jin Mingzhu and Zhou Bi discussed the Red Moon Holy Temple’s potential power if the Black Tide ended, then watched Duo En hurry back to the Holy Temple.
• At the Red Moon Holy Temple, Water-Type Calamity Sorcerers flooded and froze the first wave of Oddities attacking the city.
• A Space Rift opened behind the Warlock Leader, and a thick, powerful hand emerged from it.

During the Black Tide, Oddities used Space Rifts and strange attacks to breach the Red Moon Holy Temple’s defenses, killing Warlocks and contaminating Nana. Da Zhou faced a giant Oddity inside the walls as Xu Le experimented with combining the Undying Ashes Flame and the Fading Fire in the Land of Darkness.

• A Rage Demon broke through the old Warlock’s Ice Protection and mortally wounded him, but the Red Moon Holy Temple Warlocks destroyed it with Spell Formulas.
• A Night Demon attacked Da Zhou and Nana; Da Zhou slowed it with Frost, and the Warlocks killed it, but its final claw strike severed Nana’s hand through her Ice Crystal Shield.
• Da Zhou noticed Nana’s severed wrist turning dark gray, and Nana revealed that she had been contaminated before twisting under the influence of an unknown power.
• Nana described [That Which Cannot Change - Trajectory], snapped her own neck, and died as a giant Oddity began materializing inside the Red Moon Holy Temple’s walls.
• The giant slammed its enormous palm toward Da Zhou, while Xu Le brought the Undying Ashes Flame close to the Fading Fire to test whether it was truly undying.

Xu Le tried to merge the Undying Flame with the Fading Fire by burning the Soul Devouring Tree and forcing the clashing powers into balance. As Xu Le’s body and the Land of Darkness transformed around him, Chi Xiao left him her Legendary Might, Flame Emperor, and returned to Real Space, where she found Da Zhou under attack by a giant.

• Xu Le fueled the Undying Flame with the Soul Devouring Tree and used his other powers to weaken the Fading Fire’s suppression of it.
• Xu Le merged his powers around the Undying Flame, while Chi Xiao sensed that the Land of Darkness was flowing toward him and could no longer contain her.
• Chi Xiao left her Flame Emperor ability for Xu Le, then escaped through the Gundo Mother Tree Realm to Real Space.
• Chi Xiao found the restaurant sealed and sensed violent Spirit Energy fluctuations as she returned to the city.
• Chi Xiao saw a giant bring its palm down toward the wounded warlock Da Zhou.

Chi Xiao defended the Red Moon Holy Temple from spatial attacks, discovered Puppet disguised as the moon, and lured him down by mentioning Night Fiend. In the Land of Darkness, Xu Le struggled to fuse the Power of Darkness with the Faded Flame as the realm compressed around him, leaving the flame to consider submitting to him.

• Chi Xiao cut through a Spatial Passage and used Heavenly Fire to repel the oddities attacking the Red Moon Holy Temple.
• Chi Xiao identified Puppet hiding as the moon and drew him down by telling him that Night Fiend had visited the Red Moon Holy Temple.
• Xu Le endured repeated deaths and rebirths while trying to fuse the Power of Darkness with the Faded Flame, using the Flame Emperor and Soul Devouring Trees as fuel.
• Xu Le sensed that the Land of Darkness was shrinking and realized his absorption of the Power of Darkness might be causing its collapse.
• As Night Demons crowded against Xu Le's Black Sphere, the Fading Fire weighed whether to resist the darkness or submit to Xu Le.

Xu Le fused the fading fire with his undying flame and advanced to LV6-Faded One, then turned toward a reckoning with Duo En. At the Red Moon Holy Temple, Chi Xiao fought Puppet, whose spatial power redirected her Flame Emperor back at her.

• The fading fire accepted fusion with Xu Le to escape Night Fiend’s darkness, and Chi Xiao’s Flame Emperor opened a path for the flames to reach the Legendary level.
• Xu Le fused the flames into the Soul Devouring Tree, unified his spirit, will, and energy, and advanced to LV6-Faded One as his body was reborn.
• Xu Le dispersed the compressed darkness and resolved to visit Duo En’s territory, seeking revenge and a chance to understand his opponent.
• Chi Xiao attacked Puppet with her Flame Emperor, but Puppet used spatial power to make the attack vanish while two Red Moon Holy Temple veterans hesitated to intervene.
• Puppet redirected Chi Xiao’s Flame Emperor behind her while she was encased in molten iron, and Chi Xiao declared that she would let the flames purify everything.

Chi Xiao fought Puppet’s projection, using her flames, metal, and rune techniques to counter its spatial transfer before Puppet’s heart-striking ability pushed her to the brink. The battle remained unresolved as Chi Xiao dodged a heart strike with Shun Yu.

• Puppet redirected Chi Xiao’s Heavenly Fire attacks toward the Red Moon Holy Temple, forcing her to try physical attacks and Imperishable Fire.
• Chi Xiao used rune steel and Imperishable Fire to transfer herself alongside Puppet, then landed several punches before Puppet sacrificed an arm to escape.
• Puppet attacked Chi Xiao’s heart through its Trajectory-Heavenly Eye, and its strikes left her badly injured despite her metal armor.
• Chi Xiao continued attacking with Flame Prison, Great Serpent, and Flame Explosion Rain while Puppet suppressed her attacks and the Legendary warlocks stayed back.
• Chi Xiao formed the Great Flame Realm and used Shun Yu to dodge Puppet’s heart strike, surprising them both.

Chi Xiao and Xu Le destroyed Puppet’s projection after Fading Fire disabled its rules, but the projection’s defeat unleashed hidden Space Rifts and Oddities throughout the Red Moon Holy Temple. An ancient gaze locked onto them as Chi Xiao collapsed in Xu Le’s arms.

• Chi Xiao baited Puppet into a spatial transfer by concealing Linking Runes within Flame Emperor, then used the link to keep it trapped in her Flame Prison.
• Puppet’s True Form intervened with its threads, but a fused Fading Fire and Flame Emperor attack disabled the thread and immobilized the projection.
• Xu Le used Fading Fire to break Puppet’s rule defenses, and Chi Xiao severed the projection’s head with Flowing Blade Like Fire.
• The collapse of Puppet’s rules destabilized the hidden Space Rifts, crushing some Oddities and releasing many others into the Red Moon Holy Temple, where the Warlocks fought back.
• An ancient gaze locked onto Xu Le and Chi Xiao, and Chi Xiao collapsed into Xu Le’s arms before she could speak.

After Chi Xiao defeated Puppet’s projection, Xu Le rescued her from two hostile Red Moon Holy Temple experts and brought her to Zion for urgent treatment. He reunited with Li Wen in Sky City, who summoned Zion’s best Medical Team as Xu Le carried Chi Xiao from the office.

• Xu Le refused to hand unconscious Chi Xiao over to two Red Moon Holy Temple legendary experts and escaped their spatial seal with Demon Eye-Trajectory Shift.
• Xu Le brought Chi Xiao to the Icefield and realized her injuries were critical, so he decided Zion was the safest place to get her treated.
• Xu Le carried Chi Xiao to Zion and emerged from a tree hollow in Li Wen’s Sky City office.
• Li Wen recognized Xu Le, called Zion’s best Medical Team, and led him out to get Chi Xiao help.

Xu Le brought the gravely injured Chi Xiao to Sky City, where Xia Libo guided him through emergency surgery. After Xu Le used the Soul Devouring Tree to repair her shattered heart and remove metal from her broken spine, they sutured her wounds and gave her a blood transfusion, leaving her survival in her own hands.

• Li Wen led Xu Le and the wounded Chi Xiao to Xia Libo in Sky City's research facility.
• Xia Libo found that Chi Xiao's heart had shattered and had Xu Le operate because she rejected Xia Libo's attempts to treat her.
• Xu Le used a Soul Devouring Tree Seed to bind Chi Xiao's heart until it beat once.
• Xia Libo told Xu Le to open Chi Xiao's back and clear the metal holding her shattered spine together.
• Xu Le used Soul Devouring Hand to devour the metal, then sutured Chi Xiao and arranged a blood transfusion.

After leaving Zion with the badly injured Chi Xiao, Xu Le sheltered her at the Soul Devouring Tree while the Red Moon Holy Temple faced the aftermath of a devastating Black Tide attack. When Chi Xiao recovered enough to talk, Xu Le told her about the Children of Guyinduo and proposed that they head to the Red Moon Holy Temple, despite its difficult barrier.

• Xu Le carried Chi Xiao away from Zion through the Darkness Gate after warning Li Wen that a new era was coming.
• The other three great city-states learned that the Red Moon Holy Temple had suffered heavy casualties during an unprecedented Black Tide, and rumors spread about a projection of one of the Children of Guyinduo.
• Li Wen connected the attack to Xu Le's rescue of Chi Xiao and concluded that the Red Moon Holy Temple's lack of a public victory report suggested something was amiss.
• Several days later, Chi Xiao awoke at the Soul Devouring Tree, and Xu Le explained that only the Red Moon Holy Temple had experienced the Black Tide and that a Child of Guyinduo had appeared.
• Xu Le told Chi Xiao that Night Fiend was overwhelmingly powerful, and Chi Xiao accepted her as a long-term goal.
• Xu Le proposed that they go to the Red Moon Holy Temple, and Chi Xiao warned him that its barrier was too special for even her to fool; Xu Le said he had a way.

Xu Le immigrated to the Red Moon Holy Temple under a false identity, intending to disrupt the Children of Guyinduo’s plans and balance the war between them and the Red Moon. As he arrived at Chi Xiao’s home, Night Fiend appeared and invited him to a meal.

• Xu Le explained to Ai Li and Li Wen that the Red Moon Holy Temple had relaxed immigration to recruit more people, then asked Li Wen to arrange his immigration as a Zion resident.
• Li Wen arranged Xu Le’s travel, and Xu Le boarded an airship the next morning using a disguise and a false identity.
• Xu Le passed the Red Moon Holy Temple’s Warlock security check and met Chi Xiao, who offered him a place to stay.
• Xu Le told Chi Xiao he wanted to disrupt the Children of Guyinduo’s plans and asked her about the Temple’s recruitment drive.
• As Xu Le and Chi Xiao headed to her home, Night Fiend appeared with her Black Sheep and invited Xu Le to a meal.

Xu Le and Chi Xiao joined Night Fiend for a meal, where Night Fiend praised Chi Xiao’s battle and explained the strengths and weaknesses of various enemies. After Xu Le told Night Fiend the story of Farewell My Concubine, she suggested visiting the Red Moon Holy Temple’s libraries, and Xu Le settled in at Chi Xiao’s home with Ding Ke.

• Night Fiend invited Chi Xiao to join Xu Le for a meal and praised her performance against Puppet’s projection, explaining that Chi Xiao and Xu Le could have a chance against a Child of Guyinduo if she reached level eight.
• Night Fiend said the Ancient Gods and Red Moon Gods had weaknesses, while level-eight humans had great potential that depended on the individual.
• At Night Fiend’s request, Xu Le told her the story of Farewell My Concubine, and she praised Cheng Dieyi’s strength of character before advising Xu Le and Chi Xiao to visit the libraries.
• Night Fiend paid for the meal and left, while Chi Xiao took Xu Le and Ding Ke to her courtyard home.
• Xu Le chose a room at Chi Xiao’s home and entered his consciousness to control the Soul Devouring Tree, where Ding Ke teased him about the room smelling like Chi Xiao.

Xu Le and Chi Xiao searched a Red Moon Holy Temple library for Night Fiend’s lead and discovered that its books siphoned Spirit Energy through images of the injured angel Sora of the Invisible. When they learned the books could not absorb Guyinduo Spirit Energy, Xu Le traced the stolen energy by planting dark particles in it and finally sensed a destination far away.

• Xu Le left Ding Ke at Chi Xiao’s house and went with Chi Xiao to investigate a nearby library, while Ding Ke secretly changed into human form and slipped out.
• Xu Le found that most books showed Sora of the Invisible and drained a little of his Spirit Energy, and Chi Xiao explained that this was the library’s customary fee.
• Chi Xiao noticed that Sora’s chains were asymmetrical, indicating that the angel was injured.
• Xu Le and Chi Xiao realized that Sora could not absorb Guyinduo Spirit Energy, so the energy drawn from Xu Le’s books must be going to Guyinduo.
• Xu Le repeatedly fed dark particles into the siphoned Spirit Energy and, after more than 3,000 attempts, sensed a faint signal from far away.

Xu Le and Chi Xiao traveled west from Lighthouse to find the badly injured Sora of the Invisible, one of the Full Moon Angels. When Chi Xiao attacked Sora, the wounded angel unleashed a strange purple power and targeted Xu Le, leaving him to face a sudden beam of light.

• Xu Le sensed Sora's distant location, and he and Chi Xiao decided to seek her by airship after Xu Le trusted Night Fiend's guidance.
• Xu Le found Ding Ke missing, left notes around the room, and departed with Chi Xiao for Lighthouse the next morning.
• Flying farther west from Lighthouse, Xu Le and Chi Xiao passed a flying dragon besieged by spiderlike oddities without intervening.
• Xu Le and Chi Xiao found Sora gravely injured beside a lake and chose to observe before approaching her.
• Sora attacked Chi Xiao with her chains and Formless Shackles, but Chi Xiao broke free and launched Flame Emperor.
• Sora's red and blue Spirit Energy turned purple, transformed her posture, and sent a beam toward Xu Le, who raised the Black Sword to meet it.

Xu Le and Chi Xiao subdued the mutated Sora, stripped away her powers until she regained her reason, and questioned her about the Children of Guyinduo. After Sora revealed the locations of Puppet's and Rose's traps, Chi Xiao killed her, and Xu Le and Chi Xiao left with the coordinates.

• Chi Xiao and Xu Le wore down Sora's frenzied attacks, broke her limbs, and severed her chains to stop her fighting.
• Xu Le used the Soul Devouring Tree to drain Sora's Red Moon, Guyinduo, and Heart energies, restoring her consciousness and forcing her out of her mutated form.
• Sora told Xu Le and Chi Xiao that Puppet had lured her into a teleportation trap and Rose had trapped her in Heavenly Net, leaving her stranded without Red Moon energy.
• Sora explained that Puppet acted through a projection, Rose's true body remained hidden, and she gave Xu Le the coordinates of both traps.
• Chi Xiao killed Sora when she asked to be returned to the Red Moon Holy Temple, and Xu Le and Chi Xiao left with the trap coordinates.

Xu Le and Chi Xiao returned to the Red Moon Holy Temple after deciding to spread information about the Children of Guyinduo, and Xu Le went looking for Duo En to pursue his revenge. Duo En received his letter, recognized the warning that the Children would arrive in three months, and prepared to meet him.

• Xu Le had Chi Xiao burn Sora of the Invisible's body, then planned to pass the Children of Guyinduo's coordinates to people who could benefit from them.
• Xu Le teleported Chi Xiao back to her home at the Red Moon Holy Temple, and they agreed to split up and share the information widely.
• Xu Le visited Duo En's residence, left her a letter and contact address, and continued with his plans for revenge.
• Duo En returned home exhausted by the stalled investigation and the Red Moon Holy Temple's preparations for another attack in three months.
• Duo En read Xu Le's letter, understood its warning about the Children of Guyinduo, contacted Meilis, and prepared Sealed Objects before setting out to meet him.

Duo En received Xu Le’s warning that Spider Queen Rose had trapped Sora of the Invisible, then persuaded Meilis to lead an expedition to investigate. Left behind, Labi prepared to follow Xu Le’s instructions and summon the power of darkness at midnight.

• Duo En sent Labi and another assistant to investigate Xu Le’s meeting place, where a dark creature emerged from Labi’s divination card and delivered Xu Le’s letter.
• Duo En read Xu Le’s warning that Rose had imprisoned Sora at the coordinates in the letter, then ordered her assistants to keep the information secret.
• Duo En reported the warning to Meilis, who decided to lead an expedition despite Sora’s Moonlight having gone out.
• Meilis and Duo En assembled an elite force, while Duo En told Labi to stay behind.
• Labi recalled Xu Le’s instructions and took out the Black Card-Black Sheep Girl, waiting for midnight.

Labi embraced darkness and gained new powers, then unknowingly served as a vessel for Xu Le to contact Duo En. Xu Le offered the Red Moon Holy Temple information and urged cooperation, arguing that its survival was vital to humanity; after he vanished, Labi found that Xu Le had left another letter.

• Labi used the Black Card-Black Sheep Girl at midnight, embraced darkness, and gained Dark Particles and the ability to incorporate them into Spell Formulas.
• Labi planted several dark gray seeds in the courtyard before reporting to Duo En, who praised his divination and asked him to contact Xu Le.
• Labi summoned Xu Le through the Guyinduo Cards, and Xu Le told Duo En that he had survived through the Substitute Life Technique.
• Xu Le offered to provide the Red Moon Holy Temple with information without asking for anything in return, saying humanity needed the Temple as a bridgehead.
• Xu Le argued that the Temple's defeat would destroy humanity and that their interests aligned, then vanished as Labi returned to himself.
• Labi told Duo En that Xu Le had left another letter.

Xu Le learned that Chi Xiao wanted his Fading Fire to help with Cangming’s plan to lure down a Child of Guyinduo before the next Black Tide, and he decided to investigate the former temple master first. Meanwhile, Duo En brought Labi to Meilis, who ordered him to summon Xu Le so she could verify the information about Puppet herself.

• Chi Xiao told Xu Le that Cangming, the imprisoned former master of the Red Moon Holy Temple, planned to lure down a Child of Guyinduo and wanted Xu Le to use Fading Fire at a critical moment.
• Xu Le avoided approaching Cangming and decided to investigate him, while noting that Owl and Xiao served the Red Moon Holy Temple.
• Duo En found Labi through a black sapling and brought him into the Meilis Sub-temple to discuss Xu Le with Meilis.
• Duo En reported Xu Le’s information about Puppet, and Meilis reprimanded her for interrupting her with the report.
• Meilis questioned Labi about his connection to Xu Le and ordered him to summon Xu Le so she could verify the information about Puppet.