Chapter Summaries

Chi Xiao, Cangming, and Flying Feather defeated the remaining enemies and destroyed the Clock of Time, while Xu Le learned how Puppet controlled beings through Fate’s threads. Puppet destroyed the Black Sword and confronted Xu Le alone, who revealed his Complete Form and challenged her to show the true power of the Children of Guyinduo.

• Cangming and Flying Feather used Thousand Soul Wings to trap Zhong Dun, giving Chi Xiao the chance to destroy the Clock of Time with a Flame Demon strike.
• Xu Le and Puppet discussed teamwork, puppets, and their competing use of Fate’s power.
• Puppet revealed that the Black Sword and her other puppets had once been real beings, then used Guyinduo Spirit to corrode and shatter the Black Sword.
• Puppet reshaped the broken rules into a blue saber and isolated Xu Le from Chi Xiao, Cangming, and the others for a one-on-one fight.
• Xu Le met Puppet’s Fated Death with Night Fiend’s Approval and unleashed his concealed Power of Chaos.
• Xu Le revealed his Complete Form and challenged Puppet to show the true power of the Children of Guyinduo.

Xu Le fought Puppet in the Mother Tree Realm and unleashed the Soul Devouring Tree, which overwhelmed and began consuming her. As Puppet weakened, Xu Le suspected something was wrong with her apparent lack of absolute rules, while she hinted that unforeseen changes were part of a larger plan.

• Puppet and Xu Le clashed with their Guyinduo and Chaos energies as she pressed him with Fated Death and knocked the Black Sword from his hand.
• Puppet pierced Xu Le's defenses and sent Fate Power into his body, but Xu Le unleashed Soul Devouring to absorb her Guyinduo Spirit Energy.
• Puppet defended the Gundo Mother Tree against Xu Le's growing Soul Devouring Trees, but their endless regeneration overwhelmed and entangled her.
• Xu Le's Thorns pierced Puppet and revealed that she bled, and the Soul Devouring Trees began consuming her body and immense Spirit Energy.
• Xu Le realized Puppet's Rules were absent and questioned why she had not counterattacked, while Puppet spoke cryptically about unforeseen changes and plans.

After killing the Blue Maid, Xu Le gained control of a body freed from Puppet’s rules and persuaded Cangming to search the Gundo Mother Tree for Puppet’s hidden core items. Chi Xiao remained convinced that the seemingly flawless Xu Le was disguised, leaving his true identity uncertain.

• Xu Le killed the Blue Maid, completed his interaction with Puppet’s rules, and gained control of his body and the Soul Devouring Trees.
• Xu Le told the arriving Cangming that Puppet was dead and claimed her hidden core items were inside the Gundo Mother Tree.
• Cangming agreed to explore the Gundo Mother Tree, while Chi Xiao noticed something wrong with Xu Le and demanded an account of the battle.
• Xu Le recounted the fight with Puppet, describing how his Soul Devouring Trees defeated the weakened Blue Maid.
• Chi Xiao found no flaws in Xu Le’s account but suspected Puppet’s rules had disguised or controlled him.

Xu Le led Cangming, Flying Feather, and Chi Xiao into the Gundo Mother Tree’s hidden world, where Chi Xiao increasingly suspected that he was Puppet rather than the real Xu Le. They passed through Fate’s Gate and found three true Guyinduo Fruits, which Xu Le said granted the supreme God's Rule.

• Cangming, Flying Feather, Chi Xiao, and Xu Le entered the Mother Tree and discovered its inner world, filled with Guyinduo Fruit.
• Xu Le promised to help Chi Xiao obtain complete crystallization rules, but Chi Xiao grew suspicious when he failed to sense or use fading fire.
• Xu Le revealed Fate’s Gate, and Cangming and Flying Feather followed him through; Chi Xiao lingered before entering as well.
• Cangming emerged on an island inside a powerful Spirit Energy storm and found Xu Le beside a small tree bearing three Guyinduo Fruits.
• Xu Le explained that the three fruits granted the supreme God's Rule.

Xu Le revealed the powers of three divine fruits and proposed how to divide them among the group. Flying Feather challenged his claim to a fruit, and their argument escalated toward a fight before Cangming urged them to avoid needless losses.

• Cangming considered using a divine fruit instead of fighting Xu Le and Chi Xiao for Puppet, weighing the fruits’ potential benefits.
• Xu Le used Guyinduo Vision to identify Puppet’s fruit as Control, explaining that it could manipulate others, and another fruit as Yellow Springs, which controlled the Soul River.
• Xu Le identified the last fruit as Unknown, whose effects could not be predicted, and divided the three fruits among himself, Cangming, and Chi Xiao, leaving Flying Feather without one.
• Flying Feather objected to Xu Le’s claim and challenged his strength, while Xu Le defended his share by citing his role in killing the Blue-Clothed Maid.
• Xu Le and Flying Feather prepared to fight, but Cangming urged them to avoid losses and preserve the possibility of future cooperation.

Xu Le, who was possessed by Puppet, negotiated the Divine Principle Fruits with Cangming while Chi Xiao suspected Puppet wanted the Unknown Fruit. After Cangming left with the Control Fruit, Chi Xiao faced Puppet alone and asked which fruit he wanted.

• Cangming argued that he and Flying Feather deserved a better share, then asked to join a future hunt and receive first pick of the spoils in exchange for giving up his claim to a fruit.
• Puppet realized his possession of Xu Le was incomplete and decided the Unknown Fruit could help him fuse with Xu Le and seize the Gundo Mother Tree’s power.
• Chi Xiao reasoned that Puppet’s unusual willingness to give up the Control Fruit meant he wanted the Unknown Fruit, and urged Cangming to choose first so he would leave.
• Cangming took the Control Fruit and escaped through the spirit energy storm with Flying Feather.
• After confirming Cangming had gone, Chi Xiao turned to Xu Le and asked which of the remaining fruits he wanted.

Puppet used Xu Le’s body and tried to claim the Unknown Fruit, but Chi Xiao ate it and attacked him to force him out. After she tore off Xu Le’s right hand and leg, Chi Xiao tried to weaken Puppet by appealing to his obsession with Night Fiend.

• Puppet remembered his resentment toward the sheep Night Fiend had chosen and resolved to take Xu Le’s body and the Unknown Fruit.
• Puppet persuaded Chi Xiao that the Yellow Springs Fruit would restore her limbs, but Chi Xiao took both fruits and ate the Unknown Fruit instead.
• Chi Xiao attacked Puppet with Flame Emperor and Great Flame Realm, while Puppet struggled to use Xu Le’s abilities and tried to make her stop by invoking Xu Le’s body.
• Chi Xiao used Flame Demon to tear off Xu Le’s right hand and right leg, but Puppet refused to leave his body.
• Chi Xiao noticed the chaos spilling from Xu Le and asked whether Puppet had done everything for Night Fiend, then warned that his incomplete soul would keep him from fulfilling his wish.

Chi Xiao and Xu Le defeated Puppet after Xu Le awakened the Reincarnation-Tribulation Mirror and dragged her back from across space. Wounded and changed by his new power, Xu Le approached the Gundo Mother Tree with Chi Xiao to ask whether his current state was what it had wanted.

• Chi Xiao burned Xu Le's severed leg and expelled Puppet from his body, then attacked Puppet’s summoned doll form until Puppet threatened that Xu Le would die if Chi Xiao pursued her.
• Xu Le awakened and used the Reincarnation-Tribulation Mirror to reverse the Spirit Energy storm and drag the fleeing Puppet back before him.
• Xu Le destroyed Puppet with Reincarnation, absorbing her broken body, remaining Spirit Energy, and spatial rules.
• Chi Xiao asked whether Xu Le was all right; he admitted he was not, and they eased the tension before deciding to examine the tree.
• Chi Xiao supported Xu Le as they approached the untouched Gundo Mother Tree, where Xu Le asked whether his current state was what the Mother Tree had wanted.

Xu Le absorbed the small tree and Yellow Springs Fruit, transforming his Soul Devouring Tree World and breaking past the Mother Tree Realm’s defenses. He reached the threshold of Level 8, leaving the Gundo Mother Tree Projection exposed as his promotion began.

• Xu Le wondered what the Gundo Mother Tree wanted, then absorbed the small tree with his Soul Devouring Tree after sensing that it had chosen to merge with him.
• Xu Le explained to Chi Xiao that greater power brought greater responsibility, and he accepted the Yellow Springs Fruit from her.
• Chi Xiao’s new fruit seemed to improve her control of Flame Demon, but she worried about Xu Le’s growing complexity and left him alone at his request.
• The Soul Devouring Tree devoured the island’s projected world, shattered the surrounding realm, and carried Xu Le and Chi Xiao into the Mother Tree Realm projection.
• Xu Le’s Soul Devouring Tree absorbed the fusion spirit energy sustaining the Mother Tree Realm’s shield, exposing the Gundo Mother Tree Projection.
• Xu Le pressed his hand to the Mother Tree Projection and began promoting from Forbidden Warlock LV7 toward Level 8.

Xu Le reached LV8 and learned the Gundo Mother Tree’s history and plan to save the world, then vanished to pursue the remaining rules and enemies. Chi Xiao commanded the Soul Devouring Tree to take her after him, while Night Fiend learned that Puppet had died.

• Xu Le reached LV8, balanced the rules within his power, and formed and shattered a miniature universe.
• Xu Le understood how the Gundo Mother Tree had used the Children of Guyinduo, Red Moon, and Night Fiend in its efforts to prevent the world’s destruction, and learned that it had brought him into the world as its first plan.
• Xu Le told Chi Xiao to stay alive and take charge if he failed, then shattered space and disappeared.
• Chi Xiao used the Gundo Mother Tree’s will to force the Soul Devouring Tree to find Xu Le and take her to him.
• Night Fiend sensed Xu Le’s advancement, and Black Sheep doubted he could overcome the world’s powerful enemies.
• Night Fiend told Black Sheep that Puppet had just died, and Black Sheep welcomed the news.

Xu Le found the gravely wounded Dragon gnawing on Lighthouse’s Soul Torch and used Yellow Springs Souls to restore its clarity. Dragon recognized him and began explaining how the Mother Tree had guided his growth, leaving Xu Le to hear what else Dragon had been waiting to tell him.

• Night Fiend defended the dead Puppet and told Black Sheep that Xu Le would pierce the darkness with clarity and decisiveness.
• Xu Le arrived at Lighthouse and found Dragon badly injured, confused, and eating the Soul Torch to try to recover its mind.
• Xu Le restrained Dragon with Fate Entanglement and the Soul Devouring Tree, then poured souls from the Soul River into its body.
• Dragon regained enough clarity to speak, told Xu Le it had been waiting for him, and said his advancement had been slow for a Child of Guyinduo.
• Dragon explained that it had suppressed its urge to force Xu Le’s growth out of reverence for the Mother Tree and revealed that the Mother Tree’s plan had enabled Xu Le to obtain Lightforging.

Xu Le mourned Dragon, learned that the Red Moon Lord had defeated it, and set out to find Gangshi. He tracked Gangshi to a deep underground cavern, where Gangshi sensed the ground tremble as Xu Le approached.

• Dragon told Xu Le that the Red Moon Lord had overwhelmed its power, then died before it could explain more about their battle.
• Xu Le placed a Chaos Flower on Dragon’s body, encased the corpse in Soul Torch, and left to pursue Gangshi.
• Xu Le entered the Red Moon Holy Temple, shattered Gangshi’s abandoned arm, and used its spirit energy traces to locate Gangshi underground.
• Red Hall Meilis arrived at the temple, heard a description of Xu Le, and suspected he had been the intruder.
• Gangshi reinforced its underground cavern against what it thought was an earthquake, unaware that Xu Le was closing in.

Xu Le defeated Gangshi with the Fading Fire and Reincarnation Tribulation Realm, absorbing its body and Rule of Firmness. He then headed toward the Red Moon Holy Temple to seek Rose, while the Temple’s leaders argued with Zion after Rose escaped their battle.

• Gangshi mistook the shaking cavern for an earthquake, but Xu Le broke in and immediately attacked it with the Soul Devouring Tree and Chaos Fog.
• Xu Le weakened Gangshi’s Rule of Firmness with the Fading Fire, then used Reincarnation Tribulation Realm to consume Gangshi’s body, soul, and Rules.
• Xu Le gained Gangshi’s Firmness and decided to search for Rose through the Red Moon Holy Temple, where he hoped to meet Li Wen and the others.
• At the Red Moon Holy Temple, Rose’s escape after killing three Full Moon Angels and driving back the Full Moon God left witnesses worried about future Black Tides.
• The higher-ups of the Red Moon Holy Temple argued with Zion.

Li Wen rejected the Red Moon Holy Temple’s demand to take control of Heavenly Punishment and asked its leaders to state their positions. Black Crow and Meilis opposed Bai Ya’s proposal, and the meeting turned tense when an elder tried to intervene before Xu Le’s voice rang out.

• A Red Moon Holy Temple elder and another warlock argued that Zion should hand over Heavenly Punishment, and Bai Ya supported their demand in the name of humanity’s future.
• Li Wen asked whether the temple leaders shared the proposal, and Bai Ya explained that Heavenly Punishment could let legendary warlocks threaten the Children of Guyinduo.
• Black Crow opposed coercing Zion, citing Xu Le’s life-saving help, and Meilis also rejected Bai Ya’s approach while warning that the Red Moon Holy Temple could not match Zion’s use of paranormal technology.
• The elder accused Black Crow and Meilis of failing to put the Red Moon first and stepped toward Li Wen as Zion’s guards closed around him.
• The elder was suddenly lifted off the ground, and Xu Le’s voice said he would send the old man on his way.

Xu Le confronted the Red Moon Holy Temple over its coercion of Zion, killing two Warlocks and revealing that he and Chi Xiao had reached Level 8. He spared Bai Ya after Li Wen advised seeking compensation instead, and the chapter ended as Xu Le began discussing what the Temple owed Zion.

• Xu Le killed an elder with the Chaos Fog, then disintegrated Fang Da when he challenged him.
• Xu Le told Bai Ya that he had reached Level 8 and revealed that Chi Xiao had advanced first.
• Xu Le demanded that Bai Ya answer for the Red Moon Holy Temple's coercion of Zion, and she accepted responsibility as the undertaking's leader.
• Xu Le consulted Li Wen, who advised against killing Bai Ya and recommended demanding technology, materials, and documents instead.
• Xu Le told Bai Ya that Zion would seek compensation for the Red Moon Holy Temple's long history of oppression.

Xu Le forced the Red Moon Holy Temple to accept Zion’s harsh treaty, then demanded intelligence about Spider Queen Rose. He confirmed to Li Wen that he had reached Level 8 and was leaving to confront the Children of Guyinduo.

• Xu Le demanded the Red Moon Holy Temple surrender its original archives to Zion, open its schools and territory to Zionites, and share intelligence; when a warlock rejected the terms, Xu Le killed him.
• Bai Ya accepted the treaty and urged the Red Moon Holy Temple’s warlocks to cooperate, while Li Wen agreed to organize Zion’s handover.
• Xu Le asked Bai Ya to gather any evidence or intelligence about Spider Queen Rose, and Meilis reminded Bai Ya of the mysterious figure seen near the Gangshi arm.
• Xu Le left the conference room with Li Wen, asked him to look after Ai Li and Ding Ke, and confirmed he had reached Level 8.
• Xu Le told Li Wen he was going to take on the Children of Guyinduo.

Xu Le sought Li Wen’s guidance about facing former allies, then chose to bring light and departed to confront Spider Queen Rose. He reached Rose’s tower and cut down its defenders, beginning his assault.

• Xu Le asked Li Wen how to make a difficult choice, and Li Wen urged him to choose light rather than favoring those close to him.
• Bai Ya gave Xu Le intelligence about Spider Queen Rose, and Xu Le left through a Space Rift despite Bai Ya offering the Red Moon Holy Temple’s military support.
• Bai Ya reflected that Cangming, Chi Xiao, and Xu Le could usher in a new era, though none supported the Red Moon Holy Temple.
• Xu Le arrived before Rose’s tower in an unknown Otherworldly Space and corroded its entrance barrier with the Power of Chaos.
• Rose invited Xu Le to climb the tower, and he killed the Drowsy Ones and the other creatures on the first floor with his Black Sword.

Xu Le reached Rose in the High Tower and learned that she was willing to surrender her rule rather than fight him. Rose revealed her wounded true body and warned that the Red Moon Lord was consuming the Children of Guyinduo’s powers to become a perfect being.

• Xu Le slaughtered the High Tower’s inhabitants and confronted Rose, who offered to hand over her rule in exchange for her life.
• Rose explained that she wanted to see a living blue sea and trusted Xu Le because Night Fiend had chosen him.
• Xu Le refused Rose’s offer to mingle their souls and bodies, and she showed him a hidden chamber containing her true body.
• Xu Le realized that the Red Moon Lord, not Full Moon, had inflicted Rose’s wounds, and Rose confirmed that he had used Dragon’s power of the sky.
• Rose told Xu Le that the Red Moon Lord was devouring Guyinduo powers to become a more perfect being.

Xu Le absorbed Rose’s body and rules, then restored her with Spirit Energy and left to confront the Red Moon Lord. He found High Heaven’s Heroic Spirit cemetery desecrated and destroyed its remains before attacking the Level 9 Red Moon, whose reason appeared to have collapsed.

• Xu Le used the Soul Devouring Tree and Reincarnation to absorb Rose’s true body and transform her rules into Desire.
• Xu Le gave Rose powerful Spirit Energy and agreed to leave the dead from the Black Tide War unavenged; Rose thanked him and departed.
• Xu Le reached Red Moon High Heaven, found the Heroic Spirit cemetery dug up and destroyed, and reduced the cemetery and Red Moon Sanctuary to ashes.
• Xu Le confronted the Red Moon, sensed the Level 9 presence struggling within its tumors, and attacked with Reincarnation-Fated Death and the Soul Devouring Tree.
• The Red Moon’s tumorous hand emerged and cast Flesh and blood, turn to ash as Xu Le’s Soul Devouring Hand neared it.

Xu Le fought Red Moon, whose flesh and rule-based powers weakened his body and mind, and discovered that Red Moon was a living creature beneath the moon in the sky. Xu Le used the Power of Reincarnation to rot Red Moon’s flesh, but as he pursued him, Red Moon hinted that Xu Le had overlooked something.

• Red Moon emerged from the tumor with a monstrous body, and Xu Le summoned Gangshi before striking him with the Black Sword, which barely pierced his flesh.
• Red Moon’s flesh regenerated while Miwang’s power and Full Moon’s influence made Xu Le lose focus, grow dizzy, and struggle to use Chaos Shuttle.
• Red Moon broke Xu Le’s spine, but the Substitute Life Technique saved him, and Xu Le countered by unleashing the Soul Devouring Tree.
• Xu Le used Fading Fire to suppress Red Moon’s regeneration and cut through his flesh, then realized the Red Moon in the sky was alive and served as Red Moon’s true body.
• Xu Le used Reincarnation-Black Snake to rot Red Moon’s flesh and pursued him, but Red Moon smiled and asked whether Xu Le had noticed anything wrong.