Chapter Summaries

Yang Yi met Ma Dabao outside the expanding Sea of Dreams and learned that its pink mist caused unconsciousness and drew sailors into dangerous, realistic scenes. Ma Dabao’s account of a missing player ended with news that Little Ding’s account had been deleted, leaving the fate of the missing One-Eye Cult member unclear.

• Yang Yi met Ma Dabao and the One-Eye Cult outside the pink mist, where he saw the enormous Zoo and inspected its specially bred Large Long-Legged Sardine.
• Ma Dabao explained that the mist knocked animals unconscious, and Su Na took the rats for examination while Ma Dabao prepared food and described the Sea of Dreams.
• Ma Dabao said a player and ship had vanished after being engulfed by the expanding sea, and his own group had spent more than a month inside dangerous scenes despite only two hours passing outside.
• Ma Dabao recounted a naval battle scene in which pirates and merchants suddenly attacked his group, leaving real damage and wounds even after they escaped.
• A One-Eye Cult member reported that Little Ding’s account had been deleted and no longer showed that he was in a special scene.

Yang Yi and the others analyzed the Sea of Dreams, tested how animals behaved inside it, and located Dream Island using Peering. They prepared to sail there, with Ma Dabao tasked with testing Sleeping Potions before the Nightmare Star set out.

• Cui Xiya asked whether Ma Dabao's group was putting on an animal show, then gave in to the smell of their barbecue and joined them.
• Su Na asked Ma Dabao whether Sleeping Potions could help people escape dreams, and Ma Dabao reported that his sleepless peregrine falcon had remained in the Sea of Dreams without losing contact.
• Yang Yi used Peering to find Abu Singh and discovered that the merged ship was called Eden Newspaper, revealing Dream Island's location over four thousand nautical miles away.
• Yang Yi decided the Nightmare Star should sail for Dream Island soon and had Ma Dabao test Sleeping Potions inside the Sea of Dreams first.
• Yang Yi told Ma Dabao's group to send him private messages every ten minutes and asked them to provide support rather than accompany the expedition.

Yang Yi's group tested the Sleeping Potion in the Sea of Dreams, confirming that it could quickly collapse a dream and that nearby sleepers and objects could be pulled into the same scene. Yang Yi planned to enter the sea the next morning and prepared potions and Security Robots for an attack on Dream Island and the Eden Fleet.

• Ma Dabao and Xiaoji entered the Sea of Dreams with ropes, collecting pale purple seawater and pink mist while Yang Yi and Su Na monitored them.
• After their fifth check-in, the ropes suddenly went slack, and Ma Dabao and Xiaoji became unreachable as they were pulled into a dream scene with the small ship.
• Ma Dabao reported that the Sleeping Potion collapsed the dream in under five minutes, and he and Xiaoji returned safely with their samples.
• Yang Yi warned Ma Dabao not to enter the sea again, then set a plan to enter the next morning and return to Steam Island for more Sleeping Potions.
• Yang Yi ordered Zhang Zhi to prepare Sleeping Potions and hundreds of Security Robots for an attack on Dream Island and the Eden Fleet.
• Yang Yi visited the One-Eye Smithy and saw Banks promoting the Super Transformation Belt with an embellished video of Yang Yi transforming into the Bald Ratman Captain.

As pink mist spread across the Sea of Miracles, Oracle Saintess Istil hacked the system to invite enslaved players to seek refuge in the Holy Capital. After extracting the system from Ito Sho, she asked him to identify powerful players and fleets who needed help.

• Yang Yi saw reports that pink mist was spreading through regions across the Sea of Miracles, while the Radiant Holy Church contained outbreaks near the Holy Capital.
• A message from Oracle Saintess Istil overran the World Chat Channel, urging players enslaved by the system to fly white flags and come to the Holy Capital for help.
• Yang Yi contacted Su Na, who suspected a recent event had given the Radiant Holy Church a chance to breach the system.
• In the Holy Capital, Istil removed the system from Ito Sho and assured him he was safe from its influence while he remained there.
• Ito Sho pledged to join the Radiant Holy Church and help rescue other players, and Istil asked him to name the strongest players and fleets.

After learning what Ito Sho knew about the players, Istil focused on the strongest player, One-Eye, and his Light Fairy. Yang Yi prepared the Nightmare Star and a large supply of Sleeping Potion, then sailed into the pink mist toward the Eden Newspaper, where he and Su Na tested how the potion could break their dreams.

• Ito Sho told Istil about top players, major fleets, and Steam Island, then described One-Eye's unusually hungry Light Fairy.
• Yang Yi packed five hundred Security Robots aboard the Nightmare Star and gathered more than 237,000 bottles of Sleeping Potion.
• Su Na reported that the pink mist and purple seawater contained dream energy, and Yang Yi chose to sail on the surface so the land-model robots would not fall asleep.
• Yang Yi and Su Na found that one person drinking Sleeping Potion could collapse a shared dream and release everyone inside it.
• Yang Yi piloted the Nightmare Star into the pink mist toward the Eden Newspaper's coordinates while monitoring messages from the One-Eye Cult.

Yang Yi endured nearly thirty hours of Abu Singh’s dream invasions by drinking Sleeping Potions, then prepared his crew for a decisive battle on Dream Island. As the Nightmare Star reached the coordinates, a giant crystalline cage trapped the ship while a fleet and a brilliant slash approached.

• Yang Yi repeatedly drank Sleeping Potions to end Abu Singh’s dreams, and Su Na began mass-producing large barrels of the potion.
• Yang Yi used Peering to locate the Eden Newspaper, and Abu Singh finally announced that he would wait for him on Dream Island.
• Yang Yi assigned Xiaoji to command the Robot Army, equipped the Security Robots with Sleeping Potion syringes, and prepared to fight alongside Su Na and Cui Xiya.
• The Nightmare Star neared the coordinates without finding Dream Island, and Yang Yi spotted a fleet of ships through the fog.
• Pale purple crystalline stems trapped the Nightmare Star in a huge cage as more than a thousand ships sailed toward it and a brilliant slash arrived.

Yang Yi used the Storm Horn to sweep away the fog and lead the Nightmare Star toward the Eden Fleet, then jumped into the sea to confront Abu Singh. Abu Singh stopped time and captured Yang Yi in his enormous golden hand, while a scheduled message from Ma Dabao confirmed that dreams and reality had merged.

• Yang Yi recognized King Sinda's golden slash as a provocation, ordered the Nightmare Star to prepare for battle, and learned from Xiaoji about a giant object beneath the sea.
• Yang Yi sounded the Storm Horn, which created a storm that cleared the fog and drew the Eden Fleet's cannon fire away from the Nightmare Star.
• Yang Yi spotted the Eden Newspaper and a fat man in golden armor but could not find Abu Singh, so he warned Su Na and Cui Xiya before jumping into the sea.
• The Nightmare Star's Security Robots opened fire as Yang Yi headed underwater, but Abu Singh stopped time across the battlefield and spoke to Yang Yi.
• Abu Singh seized Yang Yi in his giant golden hand, and Yang Yi swallowed Sleeping Potion without escaping as Ma Dabao's scheduled message showed that dreams had merged with reality.

Yang Yi learned that Abu Singh had brought Dream Island into reality within the Purple Crystal Prison and was using his dream powers to alter the naval battle. Though Abu Singh trapped him and changed the battlefield to demonstrate his control, Yang Yi remained defiant and fired Supreme Holy Slash at him.

• Yang Yi escaped Abu Singh’s golden hand by using the Pendant of Pure White, and Three Eyes identified Abu Singh’s mutated organ as the Phantasmagoric Eyes.
• Yang Yi asked whether Abu Singh was on Dream Island, then charged toward him, reasoning that the dream-reality fusion likely depended on the Purple Crystal Prison.
• Abu Singh resumed the frozen battle and gave the Eden Fleet Hero-level armor and weapons, turning its fighters into powerful combatants.
• Abu Singh changed the scene to show the Nightmare Star’s forces disappearing and Su Na, Cui Xiya, and Xiaoji facing the Eden Fleet’s attack, but Yang Yi still insisted his side would win.
• Yang Yi realized an almost invisible thread attached to his waist was holding him in place, then aimed his Antique Flintlock at Abu Singh and fired Supreme Holy Slash.

Yang Yi discovered that Abu Singh had merged with Dream Island and used the Player Island Portal to open a connection that poured red sludge onto the giant's head. He fled, then returned as a super Flame Giant to attack the Abu Singhs trying to stop the Portal.

• Yang Yi saw that Dream Island was a colossal mutated head and realized Abu Singh had used his body to bring it into reality.
• Abu Singh boasted of his godlike power and claimed that nothing could destroy his conceptual crystal body, while Yang Yi tested it with his Greatsword.
• Yang Yi revealed the Player Island Portal and entered a long string of zeros before connecting it to another island.
• The Portal poured warm red sludge and debris onto Abu Singh's head, alarming Abu Singh and his duplicate bodies.
• Yang Yi transformed into a super Flame Giant and charged back to strike the Abu Singhs with his Oathbreaker Slash.

Yang Yi fought Abu Singh until the Player Island Portal dissolved, causing Abu Singh to injure himself as a mysterious liquid spread through him. Meanwhile, Su Na Na took control of Su Na’s body to defend the fleet, and Yang Yi arrived as she returned control to Su Na.

• Yang Yi attacked Abu Singh with the Flame Giant, his weapons, and the Maw of Gluttony while Abu Singh created more duplicates and grew stronger.
• Abu Singh tried to destroy the Player Island Portal, but it dissolved before his fist struck, causing him to punch through his own head.
• Yang Yi saw a mysterious liquid dissolve the Portal and Abu Singh’s skull, then left while Abu Singh struggled against the spreading pool.
• As the dream resumed at sea, Su Na Na took control of Su Na’s body and diverted the incoming golden wave slashes with spatial distortions.
• Su Na Na flew toward the enemy Fleet with the Wave-Edged Scimitar, and Yang Yi arrived before she turned her head back to let Su Na regain control.

Su Na told Yang Yi that Su Na Na could take control of her body for an hour each day, possibly because of Su Na’s low Sanity. As the dream-induced body swaps failed worldwide and the freed players turned on the Eden Fleet, Yang Yi explained what had happened and charged toward the surrounded fleet.

• Su Na explained that Su Na Na could control her body for an hour each day, and Yang Yi worried that the takeover would grow worse.
• Cui Xiya pointed out that the battle had erupted into chaos as players woke from the dream and attacked the Eden Fleet, while some players’ bodies dissolved.
• Yang Yi used the Regional Channel to explain that One-Eye had defeated Abu Singh and disrupted the Eden Fleet’s plan, helping the freed players regroup.
• The freed players surrounded the remaining Eden Fleet members as the fat man in King Sinda's Legacy Set fought them off.
• Gleaming Wave Blade returned to Su Na, who explained how an item could learn intelligence through imitation, and Yang Yi leaped toward the surrounded Eden Newspaper.

Yang Yi broke the Eden Fleet’s resistance, killed the fat man wearing King Sinda’s legacy equipment, and escaped the collapsing Sea of Dreams with the treasure set. After discovering the Nightmare Star was too damaged to upgrade, he received a message from Song Yingwen and found him transformed into a blood-soaked monster.

• Yang Yi shattered the Eden Fleet’s defensive line, and the freed players overwhelmed the remaining fleet members.
• Yang Yi fought the fat man in King Sinda’s equipment, then killed him with Shattering Supreme Holy Slash and set the Eden Newspaper ablaze.
• Yang Yi returned from underwater as the Amethyst Cage and the dream’s fog dissolved, and he confirmed that the Sea of Dreams had returned to the Sea of Miracles.
• Yang Yi collected King Sinda’s Treasure and decided to use it to upgrade the ship, but postponed the upgrade because the Nightmare Star was badly damaged and he lacked supplies.
• Song Yingwen thanked Yang Yi in a private message, and Yang Yi spotted him among the distant ships as a blood-soaked, mutated vampire nearing transformation into a Bloodthirst Beast.

Song Yingwen escaped captivity and agreed to rebuild the Great Newspaper Fleet at Steam Island aboard the Eden Newspaper. After Yang Yi learned about the Eden’s dream abilities and Wisdom Tree, he ate one of its Wisdom Fruits.

• Song Yingwen told Yang Yi that torture had raised his Mental Attribute, most of the Great Newspaper had betrayed them, and Abu Singh was dead.
• Yang Yi invited Song Yingwen to move the Eden Newspaper and his surviving allies to Steam Island, and Song Yingwen agreed.
• The amethyst cage collapsed, and Yang Yi redirected falling fragments with King Sinda’s Straight Sword while the players dodged the debris.
• Yang Yi boarded the Eden Newspaper, examined it, and learned that its Wisdom Tree produced fruit that granted Spirit experience and Inspiration.
• Yang Yi picked a Wisdom Fruit and ate it despite Song Yingwen warning that its effects could lead to dangerous ideas.

Yang Yi accepted the surviving players into Steam Island, gathered the battlefield spoils, and burned the abandoned ships as the amethyst prison continued to collapse. Just as he prepared to leave, Reinhardt arrived aboard his ship with Cui Bisi, who recognized Cui Xiya.

• Yang Yi ate the last Forbidden Fruit of Knowledge but gained no inspiration because of his Fool title.
• Yang Yi agreed to take in the surviving players if they joined the One-Eye Cult, then opened the Portal to Steam Island and sent them through.
• Song Yingwen left for Steam Island, and Yang Yi had Cui Xiya and Xiaoji collect supplies and equipment from the battlefield.
• Su Na reported that the amethyst crystal could be refined into Dream Crystals, but Yang Yi showed little interest and later burned the stripped player ships.
• As the amethyst prison cracked again, Yang Yi prepared to flee, but Reinhardt tore open the prison and arrived aboard Yang Yi's ship with Cui Bisi, who noticed Cui Xiya.

Yang Yi tried to escape after Reinhardt, a Paladin, recognized him as a player, but Reinhardt and Cui Bisi exposed the grave sin marks on Yang Yi and Cui Xiya. Reinhardt struck at Yang Yi underwater, leaving their escape unresolved.

• Cui Xiya and Cui Bisi recognized each other, traded insults, and fought until Cui Xiya pinned Cui Bisi.
• Yang Yi admitted he had set the ships ablaze and challenged Reinhardt to join the Fire Worship Cult, but Reinhardt suspected he was a player.
• Yang Yi attacked Reinhardt with Broken Iron and the Giant Knight’s Supreme Holy Slash, then fled underwater with Su Na, Cui Xiya, Xiaoji, and the Light Fairy.
• Reinhardt caught up above Yang Yi and ordered Cui Bisi to unleash her light, which revealed grave sin marks on Yang Yi and Cui Xiya.
• Reinhardt identified them as fleeing sinners and swung the Lion-Swallowing Longsword at Yang Yi underwater.

Yang Yi confronted Reinhardt underwater, but the Saintess intervened through Cui Xiya and revealed that she had foreseen Reinhardt’s death if the fight continued. Reinhardt stopped attacking and swam away, while Yang Yi’s hidden identities were exposed.

• Reinhardt ambushed Yang Yi, severed his left arm, and seized the Salt Spike [Fake] after Yang Yi failed to use it.
• Yang Yi prepared to fight Reinhardt again, while Cui Xiya threatened him by holding Cui Bisi in her mouth.
• The Saintess took control of Cui Xiya and declared Yang Yi a Hero who had resolved the Dream crisis, causing his Grave Sin Mark to disappear.
• The Saintess addressed Yang Yi as the Nightmare Knight and Big-Mouth Knight, startling him with her apparent knowledge of his identities.
• The Saintess warned Reinhardt that he would certainly die if he continued fighting, and Reinhardt restrained himself and swam upward.

Saintess Istil used Cui Xiya's body to warn Yang Yi that the system sought to destroy the world and urged him to travel to the Holy Capital. Yang Yi agreed to go with Reinhardt, while the Forsworn Soul later claimed the Radiant Goddess was a fraud.

• Saintess Istil froze Yang Yi's exposure at 99%, promised to remove the system's restrictions in the Holy Capital, and offered him the title of Nightmare Knight.
• Cui Xiya regained control of her body, spat out Cui Bisi, and resumed arguing with her companion.
• Yang Yi told Su Na that Istil seemed to have a limited ability to predict or gather information, and he decided to go to the Holy Capital with Reinhardt.
• Su Na removed her Beak Mask and explained that she had dyed her eyes black to disguise them.
• Cui Xiya told Yang Yi that Istil had arranged her rejection and sale through the Golden Commerce Guild, then the Forsworn Soul declared that the Radiant Goddess did not exist.

Yang Yi traveled toward the Holy Capital with Reinhardt, Su Na, Cui Xiya, and Xiaoji after hearing the Forsworn Soul claim that the Radiant Goddess did not exist. During the voyage, the system announced an emergency update that gave players a way to infiltrate the Holy Capital and revealed the conditions for occupying Miracle Island.

• The Forsworn Soul claimed the Radiant Goddess was fictitious, but admitted its memories had been tampered with and offered no evidence.
• Reinhardt arrived by boat, gave Yang Yi the Salt Spike [replica], and refused to reveal details about his abilities.
• Yang Yi and the others set off for the Holy Capital, with Reinhardt eventually taking over steering.
• Yang Yi checked the system at eleven and saw an emergency update announcing a backup sub-system for infiltrating the Holy Capital.
• The system revealed that players had to eliminate all indigenous inhabitants of Miracle Island, including the Oracle Saintess and all Paladins, to occupy it.

Yang Yi considered the system’s demand to kill every native on Miracle Island and prepared for his journey to the Holy Capital. He learned that a nearby Grand Church had a teleportation array that could get him there in less than two days, then took over steering Reinhardt’s boat.

• Yang Yi read players’ reactions to the system’s occupation condition and the Radiant Holy Church’s recruitment, while Song Yingwen posted an account of the Eden Fleet’s crimes and Yang Yi’s role in stopping them.
• Song Yingwen announced that the Great Newspaper Fleet needed to recover and reorganize, that the Player Forum would be suspended for a month, and that its headquarters would be established on Steam Island.
• Yang Yi messaged Song Yingwen, Yu Dawei, Ma Dabao, and Banks with updates and instructions, but could not reach Zhou Dai because she was in a special area.
• Yang Yi asked Reinhardt how long it would take to reach the Holy Capital, and Cui Bisi used a holographic sea chart to identify a nearby Grand Church with an intact teleportation array.
• Yang Yi offered to take over steering Reinhardt’s boat, and Reinhardt handed him the helm.

Yang Yi delayed the boat’s arrival at the Holy Capital until the system added a Sub-System, then raced onward while planning to avoid exposing his identity. A message from Mars and a system announcement revealed the newly recorded Player Islands, including Corpse Island and the fully explored Burning Island.

• Yang Yi slowed the boat for two days until the Sub-System was added, then switched to it and sped toward the Holy Capital.
• Yang Yi and Su Na discussed the danger of entering the Holy Capital with his player talent temporarily disabled and agreed to avoid conflict with the Radiant Holy Church.
• Mars sent Yang Yi a photograph of a grotesque island in the Sea of No Light and asked what to do next.
• The system announced that all ten Player Islands had been discovered and distributed player points, prompting Yang Yi to inspect the island records.
• Yang Yi realized Mars’s discovery of Corpse Island had been credited to him because Mars was treated as his subordinate.
• Yang Yi saw that Burning Island had reached 100% exploration and now contained a towering tree, likely after Fire Worship Cult followers built their holy land.