Chapter Summaries

Ye Qiyan joined Magnus for the Intermediate Group's Hunting Tournament as unrest spread through Miranda and a magical power began strengthening Magic Side abilities. They arrived at the tournament gathering, where the crowd watched the city's ruler, Agula Tenge, on a giant screen.

• Ye Qiyan agreed to meet Magnus at the tournament, while Lisette and Eve promised to protect him.
• Miranda's six City-States tightened inspections, Abucado declared war on the Imperial Sequence, and violence and strange incidents spread across the city.
• Ye Qiyan met Magnus, who arrived in high-level equipment and said he felt unusually strong; Ye recalled Monrojina's warning about an A-Rank God's power increasing magical elements.
• Magnus asked whether he could help failed Train Conductors after becoming a Hero, but stopped before finishing his thought.
• Ye Qiyan, Magnus, Lisette, and Eve reached the southwestern gathering, where a large hunting army watched Agula Tenge on a giant Light Screen.

Ye Qiyan watched City Lord Agula Tenge turn the Hunting Tournament into a hunt for the Imperial Sequence and learned that A Chuan had been captured. Zhuxing Tu revealed that A Chuan had lost a fight with Lane and suggested he could become an unwitting inside man, while Ye Qiyan decided he wanted to confront Lane.

• Agula Tenge announced the Hunting Tournament prizes, then displayed the wounded A Chuan and urged the crowd to hunt Imperial Sequence members.
• Ye Qiyan noticed Blood-source Agitation had been nullified and asked Zhuxing Tu why A Chuan had been captured.
• Zhuxing Tu said A Chuan had challenged Lane after hearing Lane had betrayed them, then lost their fight.
• Ye Qiyan accused Zhuxing Tu of using Bewitchment, and she denied lying while suggesting A Chuan's capture might serve their plan.
• Zhuxing Tu asked Ye Qiyan to contact her if he encountered Lane, and Ye Qiyan looked forward to testing himself against him.

As the Hunting Tournament began, Ye Qiyan and Eve fought Void monsters in the intermediate division while Magnus pursued his dream of joining Teng Ge’s train crew. The day ended with Ye Qiyan’s standing strengthened, but Magnus’s hatred of the Imperial Sequence Organization left Ye Qiyan hiding his connection to it.

• Spatial rifts opened across the City of Miranda, unleashing Void monsters and starting the Hunting Tournament.
• Ye Qiyan followed Magnus into battle and used [Skyhawk] to kill monsters while keeping his strength concealed.
• Ye Qiyan and Eve became the intermediate division’s standout fighters, with Eve narrowly losing their kill-count contest.
• After the battle, Ye Qiyan reassured Eve and promised to discuss her wish after they left the city.
• Magnus visited Ye Qiyan’s tent, praised his performance, and spoke admiringly of Teng Ge and angrily of the Imperial Sequence Organization.
• Ye Qiyan suggested that an Imperial Sequence member might be hiding in the camp, but Magnus dismissed the idea.

Ye Qiyan tested Gluttony’s ability to turn digested Void Lifeforms into enhancement energy, then raided the advanced division with Hunt and used the spoils to strengthen the Steam King. He wondered why Void Lifeforms could enhance Gluttony’s transformation forms.

• Ye Qiyan and Eve captured weakened Void Lifeforms and discovered that digesting ten creatures of a given level provided enough energy to enhance a transformation form of that level.
• Ye Qiyan summoned Hunt in Transcendence Mode and broke into the advanced division to hunt its level 8 Void Lifeforms.
• Hunt and Ye Qiyan defeated the Void Lifeforms, while Train Conductors argued over whether Lord Altos was a savior or a threat.
• Ye Qiyan spent the energy from sixteen Void Lifeforms to enhance the Steam King, raising its strength and combat power.
• Ye Qiyan wondered why Gluttony could use digested Void Lifeforms to enhance transformation forms.

Ye Qiyan finished feeding Gluttony the nearby level 8 Void life-forms while Monrojina manipulated the governor and a Noble to pursue her plans. Zhuxing Tu revealed that Teng Ge intended to use the Hunting Tournament as a sacrifice to awaken an ancient Emperor and become a King, with the ritual set to begin after the Void invasion ended.

• Ye Qiyan fed thirty-three level 8 Void life-forms to Gluttony and used their converted energy to strengthen the Steam King.
• At the Governor's Residence, the administrative governor argued with Monrojina over his debt, and she demanded one life—his or his daughter's.
• Monrojina restored a Noble woman's youth in exchange for her promise to find the world's anchor point and rebel against Teng Ge.
• Zhuxing Tu told Monrojina that Teng Ge planned to use the Hunting Tournament's battles, deaths, blood, and Void life-forms to awaken an ancient Emperor.
• Monrojina warned Zhuxing Tu not to target Ye Qiyan, and said the Void invasion would end in two days, when Teng Ge's ritual would begin.

Ye Qiyan traveled with Magnus to the main city, where Agula Tenge prepared a ritual to awaken the ancient emperor with the void’s aid. The void bestowed the emperor’s corpse and promised a contest whose victor would become king.

• Magnus woke in Ye Qiyan’s tent and learned that Altos had caused a stir at camp the previous night.
• Ye Qiyan and Magnus finished with the highest kill count in the intermediate division and boarded a magic airship bound for the main city.
• Ye Qiyan placed an Anchor Point before boarding and suspected the governor was being coerced.
• Ye Qiyan watched A Chuan hanging unconscious on a Light Screen and believed Teng Ge was waiting to ensnare the Imperial Sequence.
• Agula Tenge performed a ritual in the main city, and the void promised him the ancient emperor’s corpse and a battle to decide who would become king.

Ye Qiyan entered Main City’s palace, recognized Smiley, and freed A Chuan as Teng Ge arrived. Outside, Monrojina began a coordinated assault on Main City and activated a ritual across the Six Great City-States, leaving its purpose unfolding.

• Ye Qiyan saw a towering tree above the palace and recognized Smiley’s smiling mask among the people gathered inside.
• Teng Ge arrived and asked Magnus who had broken the hunting record, but Magnus could no longer recall Ye Qiyan’s face.
• Ye Qiyan used his Longblade to cut the ropes holding A Chuan, who escaped and charged at Teng Ge.
• Monrojina signaled the Rebel Army to attack Main City and activated the [Substitute] Rights Cubes across the Six Great City-States with [Ritual Card · Equivalent Exchange].

Ye Qiyan confronted Teng Ge in the palace and learned that Lane was behind it, while Teng Ge triggered a ritual that sealed Miranda off from the system and began awakening the ancient king. As the world became an altar, Monrojina and Mr. Order, Lumir each fixed their attention on Teng Ge and the carapace he held.

• Ye Qiyan used Bewitchment to make Teng Ge reveal that Lane was behind the palace, then refused Teng Ge’s offer to join his train crew.
• Teng Ge’s guards attacked Ye Qiyan, who summoned his Demons and machines to fight them.
• Teng Ge produced a carapace, and the system announced that Miranda would be sealed off as the ancient emperor prepared to awaken.
• A Void rift opened above Miranda, and hidden magic circuits formed a ritual across the world, killing people who touched them.
• Monrojina realized the new ritual was overlaid on her own and prepared to target Teng Ge with an exchange of six Divine Cores.
• Mr. Order, Lumir recognized the carapace as connected to the ancient king, Asmodeus.

Mr. Order sacrificed a woman to complete his Order Card sequence and attacked Teng Ge, while the city descended into slaughter. Ye Qiyan opened a way back to the Hyperspace platform and summoned WALL-E to join him in treasure hunting.

• Mr. Order killed the woman and used her heart to complete his thirteen-card sequence before attacking Teng Ge.
• Ye Qiyan watched as the battle devastated the city and revealed that the sealed city’s inhabitants were being driven into madness and sacrificed.
• Ye Qiyan received Monrojina’s warning but chose to return to the Hyperspace platform to hunt for treasure with WALL-E.
• Ye Qiyan used the key and his anchor points to open the way back to the Train, where WALL-E awaited him.
• Ye Qiyan told WALL-E it was time for him to take the stage.

Ye Qiyan took WALL-E and Lisette treasure hunting for the Hanging Sea Heart while Eve stayed behind to guard the train. As Zhuxing Tu, Lane, and the Abucado members were revealed at the sea’s depths, Ye Qiyan and his companions began descending toward them.

• Ye Qiyan stored the train in his Storage Matrix, left Magnus behind, and used Anchor to travel into the changed world.
• Ye Qiyan released the train in an underground parking garage and left Eve in command while he, Lisette, and WALL-E set out to find treasure.
• Ye Qiyan suspected the Hanging Sea Heart lay beneath the icy sea and might be connected to Zhuxing Tu, Lane, and the Abucado members.
• Lisette used the Talisman That Breaks All Methods to open a passage through the Seal at the edge of the Main City.
• Ye Qiyan expanded the Astral Sacred Crest to clear a path through the ice, and he, Lisette, and WALL-E headed down toward the seabed.
• Zhuxing Tu stood smiling before Lane and the Abucado members as blood streamed from her eyes.

Zhuxing Tu was trapped and badly wounded by Lane, Ba'al, and Garcia, but she had trusted that Ye Qiyan would come to save her. Ye Qiyan arrived after her mechanical letter summoned him, and the attackers tried to retreat as the Demon Girl drew her sword.

• Lane used the Rust Gate to block Zhuxing Tu’s escape and fate revelations while he and Ba'al attacked her Shield.
• Garcia realized Zhuxing Tu’s Card Sequence remained active, but Zhuxing Tu used The Fool Is Unknowable to freeze Garcia.
• Zhuxing Tu explained that she had chosen to trust that Ye Qiyan would come, though she could not escape the attackers herself.
• Ye Qiyan arrived atop Hunt after Zhuxing Tu’s mechanical letter requested his help, and Zhuxing Tu eagerly promised to repay him.
• Garcia recognized Ye Qiyan and called for a retreat, but the Demon Girl drew Red Tears and rain began to fall beneath the sea.

Ye Qiyan captured Lane after Lane and his allies escaped, then confronted him in the Undersea Cavity. Lane challenged Ye Qiyan to a Game Card duel, and Ye Qiyan entered the Weapon Era Game Space, confident that Lane could not control every outcome.

• Red Tears defeated Garcia’s defenses and severed her arm while Ba'al tried to hold her off.
• Lane recognized that the attacker was not Altos, but Ye Qiyan’s chains dragged him through a portal before he could finish naming him.
• Garcia and Ba'al escaped and resolved to report that the attacker could capture people across worlds.
• Ye Qiyan revealed his Blasphemy Card to Lane, who decided to fight rather than bargain for his life.
• Lane activated Game Card · Weapon Era, and Ye Qiyan entered the Game Space after telling Lisette to wait for WALL-E.

Ye Qiyan turned Lane’s rigged Weapon Era game around by using Ascension to transform a weak dinosaur into a powerful new game character. After winning, Ye Qiyan prepared to kill Lane, who warned him about Zhuxing Tu and the Card Sequences.

• Lane trapped Ye Qiyan in Weapon Era, where Ye Qiyan had 10g and a weak baby dinosaur while Lane had 10000g and an armored Tyrannosaurus Rex.
• Ye Qiyan used Ascension on the dinosaur, causing a blue halo to appear and changing the Game Card as Lane lost control of it.
• The Card Sequence broke the game’s rules and offered to restart fairly, but Ye Qiyan refused and accepted the transformed Ultimate Conductive Dinosaur.
• The dinosaur defeated the armored Tyrannosaurus Rex with its atomic breath, and the game ended with Ye Qiyan victorious over Lane.
• Lane warned Ye Qiyan that Zhuxing Tu might harm him and claimed Ye Qiyan could not obtain a Game Card, but Ye Qiyan said he had never trusted her and aimed Ebony at Lane.

Ye Qiyan killed Holmes Lane, collected his belongings, and woke Zhuxing Tu. She revealed that Hanging Sea Heart would explode in three hours, destroying the foundations of every city-state in Miranda World, then left Ye to decide what to do next.

• Lane used a Game Card, but Ye Qiyan defeated him and killed him with a gunshot; Lane's corpse burned away, leaving no chance of resurrection.
• Ye Qiyan anchored the disappearing [Weapon Era] card for a possible future use and took the [Dice Game] card and Lane's Golden Arrow Scepter.
• Ye Qiyan had Lisette wake Zhuxing Tu, who explained that Lane had changed after losing and that his Game Cards had begun influencing him.
• Zhuxing Tu told Ye Qiyan to use a door Abucado had left behind and warned that Hanging Sea Heart would explode in three hours, destroying the foundations of every city-state in Miranda World.
• After Zhuxing Tu left, Ye Qiyan realized she had been present whenever a city was destroyed and wondered if WALL-E could find what he needed before the explosion.

Ye Qiyan explored a sunken tower, claimed an ancient king’s ring, and buried the corpse it came from before returning to Miranda World's Main City. With the battle between Mr. Order, Agula Tenge, and Monrojina raging above, he decided to pursue the system mission to kill Agula Tenge.

• Ye Qiyan appraised and stored the sealed Door of Rust after Zhuxing Tu left.
• WALL-E led Ye Qiyan and Lisette through an underwater tower to a charred corpse, where Lisette removed the Royal Ring of Asmodeus, King of Cruelty.
• Ye Qiyan took the ring and had the Raven Demon carry the corpse and severed finger away for burial.
• Ye Qiyan escaped the underwater cavity as seawater poured back into it and buried the corpse at the foot of Flat-top Mountain.
• Ye Qiyan watched Mr. Order, Agula Tenge, and Monrojina battle above Miranda World's Main City, then chose to return and pursue the mission to kill Agula Tenge.

Ye Qiyan returned to find his train under attack by people driven into a frenzy and killed the Train Conductor who had targeted it. He unleashed Hunt and his demons against the attackers, leaving the battle to be settled by force.

• Frenzied civilians, soldiers, and Train Conductors attacked Ye Qiyan’s train while Eve, Augustine, and the others defended it.
• Ye Qiyan arrived with Lisette and killed the Train Conductor who had been casting spells at the train, then recovered his magic marking device.
• Ye Qiyan ordered Hunt to fire in Transcendence Mode and controlled the strike to destroy the attackers around the underground garage without damaging it.
• The attack broke the Blood-source Frenzy’s hold on many survivors, and Ye Qiyan revealed himself before summoning his demons.
• Ye Qiyan activated Airspace Purge with the Storm Eye Stone and ordered Eve and the others to fight as he advanced with his blade drawn.

After the Hanging Sea Heart exploded, Ye Qiyan healed his allies and went to the wounded Monrojina, whose Ritual Card gained an eleventh chain. He began a trade with her, combining Rebellion and Redemption with Cause and Effect Recompense.

• Ye Qiyan used Redemption to heal Eve, Augustine, and the others after the Raven Demon and Nanite Swarm returned with the spoils.
• Three hours after Zhuxing Tu predicted it, the Hanging Sea Heart exploded, shaking Miranda World and unleashing a megatsunami.
• Zhuxing Tu found the Ritual Card as a starry river appeared in the sky, and [Void] acknowledged her before yielding the card.
• Monrojina rushed for the Ritual Card, but Agula Tenge's greatsword struck her; Mr. Order also wounded Teng Ge, who declared he would sacrifice everything to awaken Asmodeus.
• Monrojina discovered that Blood-source Agitation had influenced her and that Survivor Seal locked her Stamina and barred recovery for 72 hours.
• Ye Qiyan arrived to rescue Monrojina, whose Cause and Effect Recompense gained an eleventh chain as he began a trade using Rebellion and Redemption.

Monrojina recovered through Ye Qiyan’s Redemption and gave him an oath-bound gemstone that could summon her soul to his side. As Ye Qiyan watched the climactic battle between Mr. Order and Teng Ge, the Faceless One awakened in the City Lord’s ruins and claimed the title of King of Cruelty.

• Monrojina recovered from her wounds as Ye Qiyan used Redemption, and she thanked him for the eleven Karmic Chains.
• Monrojina inscribed an oath into a gemstone, giving it to Ye Qiyan so he could summon her soul once per Karmic Chain.
• Monrojina left to search for the fallen Ritual Card, while Ye Qiyan returned to his Train and watched the battle through Rebellion and Pride.
• The Faceless One stirred at the Crimson Altar, summoned a King’s Crown, and learned about Miranda World.
• The Faceless One looked toward a beach where a charred corpse lay and called for someone to sit upon the Throne and become the King of Cruelty.

Teng Ge and Mr. Order fought over Asmodeus’s crown, but Asmodeus rejected them both as the one who had laid him to rest. Zhuxing Tu, Monrojina, and A Chuan then launched their prepared ritual against Mr. Order as he reached for the crown.

• Teng Ge invoked the King of Cruelty, and Asmodeus’s Throne appeared as the Slaves’ souls were torn from their bodies.
• Asmodeus told Teng Ge he was not the one who had laid him to rest, but Teng Ge attacked him and claimed the crown anyway.
• Mr. Order stopped Teng Ge, sent him flying, and tried to take the crown, but Asmodeus rejected him too.
• Zhuxing Tu struck Mr. Order with a falling star while Monrojina activated the ritual prepared with A Chuan.
• A Chuan left his body alongside seven Ghost Spirits as Zhuxing Tu’s plan to make him explode with the enemy began.

Zhuxing Tu used the [Astrology practitioner] to destroy the Level Twelve [Blood Source: Cult's Falsehood] and establish that Mr. Order would lose, as A Chuan joined the fight against him. Below, Ye Qiyan confronted the defeated Agula Tenge and used [Rebellion × Bewitchment] to ask whether he wanted to live, forcing him to answer that he did not want to die.

• Zhuxing Tu eclipsed Mr. Order's heavenly kingdom with the stars and declared that victory was a fact, not fate.
• Zhuxing Tu found and destroyed the hidden [Blood Source: Cult's Falsehood], prompting the Abucado leader to identify her ability and dismiss the setback.
• A Chuan absorbed his stored Ghost Spirits and challenged Mr. Order, who sent Order beasts to fight while the battle resumed.
• Ye Qiyan found the battered Agula Tenge in a crater and used [Rebellion × Bewitchment] to make him answer a question.
• Ye Qiyan asked Tenge whether he wanted to live, and Tenge's body split as he answered that he did not want to die.