Chapter Summaries

Ye Qiyan reunited with Zhao Lin on the Trade Star, repaired her life-saving necklace in exchange for one use of her luck, and gave her the Fortune-Reversing Stone. They learned that the Trade Star’s central city was the City of Reciprocators and that the planet was a special world within the Wasteland, poised above it during the annual auction.

• Zhao Lin showed Ye Qiyan her new magical eye, earned after killing an apostle of the Gene God at a level 8 Hunting Station.
• Ye Qiyan took 700 Train Coins from Zhao Lin and used Demon Card: Pride to restore her broken necklace as a pseudo Refusal of Death.
• Ye Qiyan gave Zhao Lin a Fortune-Reversing Stone and said he would use her luck after the auction, while acknowledging that they were friends.
• Ye Qiyan and Zhao Lin went to a hot spring inn and learned they were in the Trade Star’s central city, the City of Reciprocators.
• The inn owner explained that the Trade Star was a special world within the Wasteland and hovered above it during the annual Wasteland Auction.

Ye Qiyan considered the risks surrounding the Black Market auction after Zhuxing Tu told him Wu Xiaomei’s thirteenth Zodiac Card would be for sale. The chapter left him suspecting that Lu Jiayun might disrupt the crowded auction as tensions between the Homecomers and other cities grew.

• The Black Market auction drew Train Conductors seeking items unavailable through the Trading Platform, despite the City of a Thousand Stars refusing to recognize the market.
• Zhuxing Tu barged into Ye Qiyan’s private hot spring and told him that Wu Xiaomei’s thirteenth Zodiac Card was up for auction.
• Zhao Lin spoke with Wu Yuanshan about collecting Zodiac Cards and her own progress with Game Cards.
• Zhuxing Tu was tossed over the bamboo wall into Wu Yuanshan and Zhao Lin’s hot spring by Ye Qiyan’s Nanite Swarm.
• Ye Qiyan recalled Batos’s reports about Lu Jiayun’s anger and the cities’ growing opposition to the City of a Thousand Stars, and worried that the auction might become a target.

Ye Qiyan learned from Zhuxing Tu that Ailei was the daughter of a dead Platform Lord and the anchor sustaining the Black Market. Zhuxing Tu asked him to choose between saving the Black Market at the cost of Ailei’s freedom or letting the planet fall into the Wasteland, and he rejected the premise that only those two choices existed.

• Ye Qiyan explored the Trade Star at night and encountered Zhuxing Tu, who showed him its landmarks and explained the Black Market’s role.
• Ye Qiyan used Bewitchment and Rebellion on Zhuxing Tu, but she resisted their effects and asked him for a favor.
• Zhuxing Tu revealed that Ailei had inherited her dead mother’s Platform Lord permissions and anchored the Black Market.
• Zhuxing Tu said a plague threatened to make the planet fall into the Wasteland and asked Ye Qiyan to choose between the Black Market and Ailei’s freedom.
• Ye Qiyan dismissed the dilemma, saying he would not sacrifice the Black Market and that the Wasteland might offer a way for Ailei to have both freedom and her role.

A plague spread across Trade Star as Ailei tried to protect the auction while hiding her illness and investigating emergency alerts. The crisis erupted during Ye Qiyan’s meeting with Ailei, who collapsed as monsters attacked the planet, leaving Ye to rely on Zhao Lin’s Good Luck.

• On Trade Star, money-marked monsters infected factory employees and vowed to spread the trading plague to every world.
• Ailei discovered countless SSS emergency alerts, dispatched Black Market teams to investigate, and severed her connection to Trade Star with a sealing potion so she could keep working.
• At a barbecue restaurant, Christine, Resource Baron, and Mr. Order discussed Lu Jiayun’s ambitions and the danger facing Trade Star.
• At the Hot Spring Inn, Ailei met Ye Qiyan, Zhuxing Tu, Wu Yuanshan, and Zhao Lin, assuring them the auction would proceed despite a delay.
• A Sun-Chasing Airship crashed from the orbital ring as a warning announced endless monster attacks; Ailei collapsed, and Ye asked Zhao Lin to use her Good Luck.

As Trade Star was besieged by monsters and Ailei’s life faded, Wu Yuanshan prepared to defend the Black Market while Ye Qiyan chose to stay and fight. The chapter ended with Ye Qiyan summoning Hunt Mecha-Dragon beneath an Eternal Night sky lit by the moon.

• Wu Yuanshan discovered that Ailei was the planet’s will and that her soul was draining away beyond repair as monsters attacked Trade Star and its planetary ring.
• Many Train Conductors fled through the Station while others broadcast the crisis, bringing more people’s attention to the Black Market.
• Wu Yuanshan summoned the Zodiac creatures and invoked the Heavenly Stems and Earthly Branches formations, declaring her intent to trade in Card Sequences.
• Ye Qiyan realized Zhuxing Tu had foreseen the attack, then asked Zhao Lin whether she would stay or escape; Zhao Lin chose to remain and gave him a blessing of good luck.
• Ye Qiyan left the Hot Spring Inn with Hunt and summoned Hunt Mecha-Dragon and the Calamity Card Eternal Night, Moonlit Silence as he prepared to fight.

Zhuxing Tu confronted Vainsol at the Black Market terminal, where he revealed his plan to make the planet fall, and Ye Qiyan shot him with a Blasphemy Card. Vainsol survived, but Ye Qiyan revealed their exchange had been broadcast live and targeted the terminal with Dimensional Strangulation to disrupt his plan.

• Vainsol praised Zhuxing Tu's power before they argued about his return from the Wasteland and his intentions for the world.
• Zhuxing Tu attacked Vainsol with a Star Spear, but he blocked it and declared that he would make the planet fall.
• Wu Yuanshan arrived as his Zodiac Cards fought Wasteland monsters, and Vainsol condemned the gathering of Card Sequence holders.
• Ye Qiyan used the Blasphemy Card's Annihilation-Verdict and shot Vainsol in the skull, but Vainsol survived and rose again.
• Ye Qiyan revealed that the confrontation had been broadcast live and used Dimensional Strangulation to target the Black Market terminal beneath Vainsol.

Ye Qiyan, Wu Yuanshan, and Zhuxing Tu destroyed the Black Market terminal tower and seemingly killed Vainsol, but Ye Qiyan realized the End had not occurred and suspected Vainsol was still alive. Zhuxing Tu revealed that she had staged events to obtain her fourteenth Fate Card.

• Ye Qiyan attacked the Black Market terminal tower’s weak points while Vainsol defended, and Wu Yuanshan joined the assault as the plague corrupted Black Market employees.
• The terminal tower was destroyed, cutting off Black Market services across the worlds.
• Zhuxing Tu explained that she had altered the tower’s fate and brought Yuanshan, then used fate-reversing power to crush Vainsol into apparent death.
• Vainsol warned that the Wasteland would still overwhelm the planet, and Zhuxing Tu’s smile vanished when he mentioned her dead little sister.
• Ye Qiyan noticed that the End had not occurred and confronted Zhuxing Tu, who said she wanted to obtain her fourteenth Fate Card.

Zhuxing Tu revealed that she was searching Trade Star for the fourteenth Fate Card while trying to stop Vainsol’s plague from spreading through the Black Market. As monsters invaded the planet and Train Conductors joined the fight, Ye Qiyan suspected that Zhuxing Tu’s dead little sister was Ailei.

• Zhuxing Tu admitted that the fourteenth Fate Card was somewhere on Trade Star and said she needed to find it before the Black Market fell.
• Zhuxing Tu explained that Vainsol planned to spread his plague through the Black Market terminal and the Train Conductors’ Invitation Cards.
• Ye Qiyan doubted Zhuxing Tu’s account, though she claimed she had concealed his other identity from everyone present.
• Wu Yuanshan accused Zhuxing Tu of holding back and staging her performance, then left to fight the monsters invading Trade Star.
• Other Train Conductors joined the battle, and Ye Qiyan asked Zhuxing Tu whether her dead little sister had been Ailei.

Christine revealed that she had arranged for Viensol to spread the [Trade] Plague through Black Market terminals so she could leave Trade Star and reclaim her Train. As the Plague spread and Ailei’s condition worsened, Ye Qiyan opened the bottle of [Vaccine Mouse] while the battle continued.

• Zhuxing Tu stayed silent, then vanished as Ye Qiyan left the star domain to protect Ailei and collect his Train Coins.
• Christine admitted to Mr. Order that she had made a deal with Viensol and intended to leave Trade Star and take back her Train.
• Mr. Order chose not to stop Christine and used an Order Card and his blood to fill two empty card slots, deciding to help her in return for a favor.
• Christine leaped from the rooftop, leaving Mr. Order and the sleeping Resource Baron behind.
• The [Trade] Plague spread throughout Trade Star, worsening Ailei’s condition despite the Black Market’s attacks on the Monsters.
• Ye Qiyan pulled the stopper from the bottle of [Vaccine Mouse] atop the Dragon’s head.

Ye Qiyan used the remaining potion to fight the plague on Trade Star, then returned to the Hot Spring Inn after Zhao Lin reported that Ailei was waking. When Ailei opened her eyes, her left eye resembled a galaxy, and Ye Qiyan asked who she was.

• Ye Qiyan scattered the remaining potion across Trade Star, where white mice formed from a C-Rank God's death began devouring the True God's [Trade] plague.
• Miatila explained that consumables could be stronger than endlessly usable things of the same rank, and Ye Qiyan reflected on the growing monster tower threatening Trade Star.
• Zhao Lin messaged Ye Qiyan that Ailei seemed to be waking, so he handed control to Eve and returned to the Hot Spring Inn.
• Ye Qiyan found Zhao Lin caring for Ailei and learned that the potion had eased her pain; Ailei soon opened her eyes.
• Ye Qiyan saw that Ailei's left eye had become galaxy-like and asked who she was, but Ailei said she was still Ailei.

After awakening with Zhuxing Tu’s eye, Ailei discovered that the Black Market terminal had been destroyed and learned Ye Qiyan was responsible. Ye Qiyan used his Demon Cards to control Ailei and make her restore the planet as a Platform World, setting a quest in motion to protect the Trade Star from the Wasteland.

• Ailei recalled that Zhuxing Tu had transferred their mother’s Platform Lord permissions to her and asked Ye Qiyan why Zhuxing Tu’s eye was with her.
• Ailei tried to access the Black Market but saw that its terminal had been reduced to ruins, and Ye Qiyan admitted that he had destroyed it.
• Ye Qiyan used Redemption, Bewitchment, and Rebellion to calm and control Ailei, persuading her that no one had died and that she should trust him.
• Ye Qiyan asked Ailei to use her Platform Lord powers to turn the planet back into a Platform World, and she agreed under his influence.
• Miatila activated top-level permissions, and the Main System announced the planet’s transformation into a Platform World and issued Train Conductors a quest to protect the Trade Star from falling into the Wasteland.

Ye Qiyan used a top-tier permission to turn the Trade Star’s surroundings into a Platform World, trapping Train Conductors there as monsters invaded. As Ailei and Zhao Lin prepared to defend the planet, Ye Qiyan sent WALL-E to pursue the treasures sought by Zhuxing Tu and Mr. Christine.

• Ailei gained control over the area within the horizon, but could only slow the Trade Star’s fall and could not fully restore it.
• Ye Qiyan’s Platform World permission prevented Train Conductors from leaving by their usual methods, and the Train System required them to complete the quest or spend 30,000 Train Coins to depart.
• Ye Qiyan left the Hot Spring Inn, while Zhao Lin reassured Ailei and prepared to fight as the monsters’ tower reached the world.
• Zhao Lin summoned her Game Spaces and the Ultimate Conductive Dinosaur, declaring that she would face Qiyan with confidence and that the planet’s story would have a happy ending.
• Ye Qiyan retrieved the Anchor Point in District 9, brought out the Super-Order Anchor train, and gave WALL-E the Teleportation Prohibition Anchor Point to pursue the prizes sought by Zhuxing Tu and Mr. Christine.

Christine used the Reciprocator to restart the Train System, escaped Trade Star with Xiang, and left the Black Market behind, triggering a catastrophic planetary collapse. Ailei survived by spending all her Permissions to stabilize Trade Star, but Zhuxing Tu appeared and found that her fourteenth Fate Card Sequence had still not been born.

• Christine revealed that she had built the Black Market around her train and used the Reciprocator to meet the restart conditions for the Train System.
• Christine chose to become a Train Conductor again, said goodbye to Xiang, and fled Trade Star for the Wasteland.
• Trade Star split open with massive fissures, and the resulting earthquake devastated nearly 70% of the planet outside the protected Main City.
• Ailei used all her Permissions to stabilize Trade Star, then collapsed from the planet’s suffering.
• Zhuxing Tu appeared at the Hot Spring Inn, questioned Ailei about why her fourteenth Fate Card Sequence had not been born, and asked Zhao Xiaomei for an explanation.

Zhuxing Tu realized that her plans to obtain the fourteenth Fate Card had been manipulated by a Fate that had not yet been born. She blamed Zhao Lin’s bad luck for worsening her frenzy, while Ye Qiyan returned and confronted her as she explained what she had discovered.

• Zhuxing Tu asked Zhao Lin about Ye Qiyan and revealed that she believed the fourteenth Fate Card plan had deceived her.
• Zhao Lin tried to escape, but Zhuxing Tu trapped her in Star-Colored Bubbles as falling debris and monsters threatened them.
• Ye Qiyan returned and held Ebony to Zhuxing Tu’s head, while she told him that Christine had escaped and that Wasteland Species had noticed the area.
• Zhuxing Tu explained that Fate’s Whisper had led her to expect Ailei’s sacrifice to produce an item that could create the fourteenth Fate Card.
• Zhuxing Tu concluded that the unborn Fate had controlled her all along, and Ye Qiyan suggested there was something wrong with her head.

As monsters descended on Trade Star, Zhuxing Tu explained that Ailei was burning her soul to keep the planet intact and warned Ye Qiyan that his efforts had made it a target for divinity-seeking monsters. She asked whether he was willing to become the leading man in the unfolding struggle over Trade Star.

• Ye Qiyan asked Zhuxing Tu whether she still wanted to see the Fourteenth Fate Card, and she said he had already eased her desire to obtain it.
• Zhuxing Tu explained that Ailei's life was bound to Trade Star, and the planet would crumble when Ailei's soul was exhausted.
• Zhuxing Tu said Trade Star had become a fragile realm between the Wasteland and a world, attracting monsters seeking fragments with a portion of Wasteland authority.
• Doors opened in the sky, and groups of C-Rank divinities began climbing toward Trade Star despite the Top-Level Train Conductors defending it.
• Zhuxing Tu confronted Ye Qiyan with a fragment of Trade Star and asked whether he was sure he wanted to play the leading man in its stage play.

Ye Qiyan left the battlefield aboard the [Evil Machinery of the Transcendent Order] train to hunt the gods gathering in the Wasteland. Zhuxing Tu secretly concealed his departure from everyone except Zhao Lin and Wu Yuanshan.

• The High Gods in the Void God Court ordered their C-Rank gods, believers, and Enders to seize the planet's land and reclaim the Wasteland's authority.
• Ye Qiyan weighed ways to kill the incoming C-Rank gods and take their God Cores, while Zhuxing Tu urged him to reveal his Blasphemy Ring and accept the attention it would bring.
• Ye Qiyan freed Zhao Lin from Zhuxing Tu's bubble, recalled his companions, and announced that they would move the battle elsewhere.
• Ye Qiyan boarded the [Evil Machinery of the Transcendent Order] train, powered its Valstrax Drive, and set off through the sky toward the Wasteland to hunt gods.
• Zhuxing Tu revealed that she had lied about wanting others to see Ye Qiyan's Blasphemy Ring, then used fate to hide the train's departure from the planet, though Zhao Lin and Wu Yuanshan remained unaffected.

Ye Qiyan landed in the Wasteland and revealed a second Card Sequence ring, the Ring of Blasphemy. He unleashed it against the False Gods, killing thirty-one as the chapter ended.

• The False Gods watched Ye Qiyan’s train break through the world’s barrier and descend into the Wasteland.
• Ye Qiyan stepped out of the landed train with Red Tears, Lisette, and the others while the False Gods gathered to attack.
• C-101-Mechanical and Flesh sensed that Ye Qiyan’s presence negated the God Sequence Path and warned its god not to approach.
• Ye Qiyan appeared above the clearing with two Card Sequence rings and summoned the Blasphemy Ring.
• The False Gods wept and vanished, and Ye Qiyan’s single godslaying count reached thirty-one.

Ye Qiyan sent his companions through the shattered doors to hunt the remaining C-Rank False Gods while he defended himself against the surrounding monsters. Lisette entered the strongest God’s chamber and prepared to fight Stone Lion, the top-ranked C-Rank God.

• Ye Qiyan chose God Cores for all the rewards and let his companions take over hunting the remaining False Gods.
• Ye Qiyan ordered his Mechs and Demons to break through the doors and bring back the False Gods’ heads.
• Gluttony devoured the frenzied Believers around Ye Qiyan, while Lancelot led the remaining Mechs in defending him from Wasteland Monsters.
• Ye Qiyan summoned the New Green World and waited for his companions as the Train and its weapons crushed the enemies outside.
• Stone Lion failed to contact the Void God Court and watched Lisette enter its chamber, intent on finishing the fight quickly so she could return to Ye Qiyan.

Ye Qiyan’s companions defeated the False Gods waiting beyond the doors, while Lisette beheaded the Stone Lion God and fulfilled her master’s order. On the Trade Star, Zhuxing Tu and Wu Yuanshan witnessed Ye Qiyan’s Blasphemy Ring, and Wu Yuanshan made a thirteenth Zodiac Card depicting a cat.

• Giant Eagle and Ye Qiyan’s other companions fought and defeated the False Gods inside their respective doors.
• Lisette used her accelerated time and the Talisman of Ten Thousand Laws Destruction to kill the Stone Lion God and take its head intact.
• Zhuxing Tu saw the Blasphemy Ring and remarked that she wished Ye Qiyan belonged to her alone.
• Wu Yuanshan realized Ye Qiyan possessed three Blasphemy Cards and chose to create a thirteenth Zodiac Card.
• Wu Yuanshan’s blank card became a Cat Zodiac Card, and cat ears appeared on her head.

Ye Qiyan entered the last door and found the God of Machine Blood, the first False God he had ever faced, now a C-101. After learning it had been made from the original C-14’s body and hearing its warning about Void, Ye Qiyan killed it himself.

• Eve and Hunt killed the two C-Rank False Gods that fled from their doors.
• Ye Qiyan recognized the final False God as the God of Machine Blood, which he had first encountered at Ten Directions Rice City.
• The God of Machine Blood explained that its will had been placed in the original C-14’s body and warned Ye Qiyan about Void.
• The God of Machine Blood attacked Ye Qiyan, who fought it seriously and destroyed its lower body with Full Moon.
• Ye Qiyan released Black Sun Bullet and killed the God of Machine Blood with his own hands.