Recaps

The black-robed Daoist fought Dark Matter Sea monsters and worked to seal the expanding Spatial Fissure despite severe injuries. After killing four Mother Nests and replacing his left arm, he resumed fusion erosion, but sensed something approaching beyond the fissure.

• The black-robed Daoist returned from the Dark Matter Sea and launched his Immortal Sword through the Spatial Fissure to hold back the Beast Tide.
• The black-robed Daoist used a Fusion Erosion Device to try sealing the fissure, but a tentacle interrupted the forming light net and ruined the attempt.
• Four Mother Nests emerged, and the black-robed Daoist killed them with his Immortal Sword and Iron Dandelions, though one tentacle infected his injured left shoulder.
• The black-robed Daoist cut off his left arm, fitted a Mechanical Arm, and received another Fusion Erosion Device from the warships.
• The black-robed Daoist resumed fusion erosion as the fissure remained quiet, then sensed something on the far side and looked toward it.

Seventeen warships attacked a spatial fissure, but their weapons revealed that a Darkness Warden was blocking it and beginning to emerge. Sword Immortal En Sheng chose to fight the monster despite his grave wounds, until the Monk of Joy arrived and sent him to safety to face the Warden himself.

• The black-robed Daoist fled the spatial fissure as Zeng Ju triggered an attack with seventeen warships and thousands of nuclear devices.
• The attacks failed to penetrate the fissure, revealing that a Darkness Warden was filling it and squeezing into the human world.
• Zeng Ju ordered En Sheng to retreat, but En Sheng identified himself as the first Sect Master of the No-Grace Gate and declared he would die fighting.
• En Sheng attacked the Darkness Warden, but its deathly aura froze his sword and began encasing him in silver frost.
• The Monk of Joy arrived, shattered the frost, hurled En Sheng toward a warship, and turned to confront the Darkness Warden.

The Monk of Joy stopped the Darkness Warden by drawing on the planet’s molten core, but its self-detonation shattered his golden body and worsened the Spatial Fissure. After the battle, he reunited with his teacher Zeng Ju aboard the Blazing Sun Warship, where Zeng Ju asked whether he had come to kill him.

• The Monk of Joy used the planet’s molten metal and Buddhist power to strike the Mother Nest and hold back the Darkness Warden.
• The Darkness Warden detonated itself, blasting the Monk of Joy into space and tearing open more of the planet around the Spatial Fissure.
• The Blazing Sun Warship and reinforcements helped contain the monster tide, while Zeng Ju refused to send crewed warships after escaped monsters.
• Zeng Ju visited the recovering En Sheng, who urged him to bring Shen Yunmai back despite Shen Yunmai having been dead.
• The Monk of Joy reunited with Zeng Ju in the medical area and admitted that he had wanted to come kill him.

The Monk of Joy explained that he planned to find Snow Ji in the Dark Matter Sea and enlist her help against its spread, even if that meant surrendering humanity to her. After warning Zeng Ju that he might have to kill him to secure the plan, he set out alone through the Spatial Fissure, leaving the fleet to continue repairing it.

• The Monk of Joy told Zeng Ju that the Dark Matter Sea was overwhelming their universe and that he intended to find Snow Ji, whom he believed could perceive and control its dark energy.
• Zeng Ju and Sword Immortal Ensheng realized the Monk of Joy planned to make Snow Ji sovereign over the Dark Matter Sea and acknowledged that neither could defeat him.
• The Monk of Joy asked Zeng Ju to consider completing the second half of his plan while he went to the Dark Matter Sea to find Snow Ji and draw away its monsters.
• The Monk of Joy rode a metal disk through the Spatial Fissure as the fleet watched, and Zeng Ju confirmed that he knew he was entering hell.
• A researcher from Base 857 understood the Monk of Joy’s choice and left with his jasmine tea.

As the fleet prepared to reduce the threat from the Dark Matter Sea, the Monk of Joy traveled deep into it to draw away monsters and Mother Nests. On Earth, Jing Jiu’s household prepared for a possible evacuation and received frozen pears from a neighbor, while the Monk of Joy lured dozens of Mother Nests after recording what he saw.

• The Blazing Sun Warship sailed toward the burning planet as Zeng Ju prepared to use Fusion Erosion Devices, while a gray-shirted researcher retrieved a black Go stone from the warehouse.
• Flower Creek tried to prepare for evacuation, and Jing Jiu and Snow Ji remained largely indifferent to the warnings and preparations.
• A neighbor from Building 714 left the household a basket of frozen pears, which Flower Creek tried to eat before setting the rest in the sunlight to thaw.
• The Monk of Joy traveled far into the Dark Matter Sea, where he found dozens of Mother Nests and recorded the dark scene and his observations.
• The Monk of Joy placed his drawing inside the Great Nirvana, then beckoned the Mother Nests and flew away to lure them after him.

Monk of Joy endured the Dark Matter Sea and a Darkness Warden’s hallucinations, which made him relive his past defeat and encounter with Snow Ji. He escaped the illusion believing His Majesty had warned him, but wondered whether the warning came from Snow Ji herself or from his own heart.

• Monk of Joy used golden flames to repel the Mother Nests and told Zeng Ju that their behavior suggested a commander was nearby.
• As dark energy and a Darkness Warden’s will clouded his mind, Monk of Joy relived memories of his life and his crushing defeat beneath Snow Ji.
• In the illusion, Monk of Joy drifted beneath the frozen Snow Sea until Snow Ji appeared above a fissure and told him to wake before he died.
• Monk of Joy realized the Darkness Warden had trapped him in successive illusions and felt relieved that His Majesty had warned him.
• Monk of Joy wondered whether Snow Ji had awakened him or whether the warning had come from His Majesty in his own heart.

The Monk of Joy encountered two Darkness Wardens in the Dark Matter Sea and escaped through a Spatial Fissure to Moonwatch Star. After sealing off the fissure’s opening and warning the planet’s residents to evacuate, he began building a formation and sensed someone watching him from a nearby city.

• The Monk of Joy studied an approaching Darkness Warden, then fled when a second one appeared.
• He followed a newly forming Spatial Fissure and used the Great Nirvana to separate its opening from Moonwatch Star, but the force hurled him across the wilderness.
• The Monk of Joy identified his location, sent a warning to the Blazing Sun Warship, and broadcast evacuation orders to more than a dozen cities.
• He rode to the factory ruins and constructed a thirteen-story formation tower to stabilize the Spatial Fissure.
• The Monk of Joy sensed a watcher on the planet and looked toward a run-down city with dormitory buildings and a deserted basketball court.

After a Spatial Fissure appeared near Moonwatch, Zeng Ju sent the Blazing Sun Warship toward the planet while its residents began evacuating underground. Eve reached Building 720 to check on Jing Jiu and his siblings, where Flower Creek greeted her with a bowl of porridge.

• Zeng Ju learned that the Monk of Joy had emerged from the Dark Matter Sea near an inhabited planet, then ordered a rescue mission after a Spatial Fissure was reported on Moonwatch.
• Zeng Ju persuaded the other Ascension Ones that they should go to Moonwatch, and most of the Blazing Sun Warship's crew volunteered to join him.
• The Monk of Joy announced a first-sequence event, and Mayor Ai Lun recovered from his shock and began coordinating Moonwatch's evacuation.
• Eve helped evacuate residents from the old factory dormitories, then left to check Building 720 for Jing Jiu and his siblings.
• Eve found Flower Creek at home with a bowl of porridge, and Flower Creek asked whether she had eaten.

Jing Jiu and Flower Creek evacuated with the residents of Wushi City as Monk of Joy suppressed the Dark Matter Sea's Spatial Fissure. When the Alloy Door to their Underground Bunker jammed shut, Jing Jiu approached it and offered help.

• Eve took Jing Jiu and Flower Creek to the evacuation point, then left to collect another family.
• An earthquake struck as Jing Jiu and Flower Creek passed through the Inspection Gate, while Snow Ji watched the Spatial Fissure and Monk of Joy held back the Dark Matter Sea.
• Jing Jiu, Flower Creek, and Snow Ji boarded the Subway and reached the Underground Bunker with the last evacuees.
• The Alloy Door failed to open for four thousand residents of the Old Industrial Dormitory District, and Mayor Ailun learned that it was physically jammed.
• As fear spread among the trapped residents, Jing Jiu walked up to the Alloy Door with Flower Creek and asked, "Need a hand?"

Jing Jiu opened the Alloy Door so Wushi City’s residents could evacuate, then left with Flower Creek rather than remain among the people. Back at 720, he and Snow Ji watched the deserted city and considered whether helping others gave their existence meaning.

• Jing Jiu touched the Alloy Door and sent metal flowing through its lock and mechanisms, opening it for the evacuating residents.
• Mayor Allen announced that Wushi City’s people had reached the underground bases and that the Alliance fleet was coming to help.
• After the final evacuees arrived, Jing Jiu told Eve he would leave, then used two fingers to close the Alloy Door behind himself and Flower Creek.
• Jing Jiu returned to 720 and played the piano while Snow Ji watched a distant, crumbling tower.
• Flower Creek complained that their trip had made her miss her cartoons, and Cold Cicada wondered whether helping people was what their existence meant to them.
• Jing Jiu said that a field of rye did not seem to need a catcher, and Cold Cicada agreed that children did not need one either.

The Monk of Joy fought to contain the Spatial Fissure on Moonwatch Star Planet, destroying waves of monsters until nine Darkness Wardens emerged. Outmatched, he watched them rise into the sky and blot out the sun.

• The Monk of Joy suppressed the Spatial Fissure with Buddha light as monsters escaped into the surrounding fields and attacked him.
• He abandoned the pagoda formation and used a Great Hand Seal to cover the fissure, holding back the monsters through the night.
• When tentacles and Mother Nests broke through, the Monk of Joy tore apart the tentacles and destroyed Mother Nests with his blade arts.
• A Darkness Warden emerged, followed by another, and the Monk of Joy retreated to a mountain northwest of the Factory Ruins.
• Seven more Darkness Wardens emerged as monsters poured across Moonwatch Star Planet, leaving the Monk of Joy too weakened to resist.
• The nine Darkness Wardens rose into the sky, where their presence blotted out the morning sun.

As nine Darkness Wardens appeared over Moonwatch Star, the Monk of Joy realized that His Majesty was waiting in the nearby city. When monsters from the Dark Matter Sea invaded, Snow Ji kept them away from the building where Jing Jiu and Flower Creek sheltered, but a cat suddenly appeared in the birch tree.

• The Monk of Joy saw the nine Darkness Wardens and realized that His Majesty was on Moonwatch Star.
• Jing Jiu, Snow Ji, and Flower Creek returned home, where the nine Darkness Wardens darkened the sky and the monster tide approached.
• The monsters contaminated plants, animals, and buildings as they swept into Wushi City, terrifying the humans sheltering underground.
• Jing Jiu played the piano at Snow Ji's request while she warned the monsters away, and the beast tide left their building untouched.
• A frightened cat appeared on a branch in the birch tree.

Jing Jiu defended Building 720 from waves of Dark Matter Sea monsters using an invisible net of sword threads, even as his body shrank and his sword abilities returned. After Snow Ji told him to keep playing the piano, the summoned mosquitoes destroyed the nearly invisible Blood Thumbs, and Cold Cicada returned to the windowsill.

• A frightened pregnant Little Flower called for help, and Jing Jiu sliced apart the black bird attacking her before she escaped into the apartment.
• Snow Ji placed her hand on Jing Jiu’s shoulder, and his left middle fingernail extended into fine metal threads that cut apart the monsters swarming Building 720.
• Jing Jiu’s unease ignited the monsters’ scattered remains, burning most of them in a vast fireball.
• The flames revealed that Jing Jiu’s threads had formed an invisible cage around Building 720, while he realized his body had become smaller and childlike.
• When Blood Thumbs approached, Snow Ji told Jing Jiu to keep playing, and the music summoned mosquitoes that preyed on them.
• Cold Cicada returned to the windowsill and watched the nine black suns without fear.

As nine Darkness Wardens overwhelmed Moonwatch, Jing Jiu finished playing the piano and prepared to leave residential building 720 with Flower Creek and Snow Ji. The Monk of Joy continued fighting the Wardens while the people in the underground bases faced an uncertain fate.

• Reports showed that the Monk of Joy had temporarily suppressed the Spatial Fissure, so Chen Ya sent warships toward Moonwatch, but a second expansion and the appearance of nine Darkness Wardens forced her to recall them.
• Jiang Zhixing and Zeng Ju watched monsters avoid building 720, then saw Jing Jiu’s flames destroy wave after wave while he played piano; the monsters later surged toward the building again.
• The monsters overran Wushi City and battered the underground base’s Alloy Door, so Ms. Eve and thousands of residents were sealed inside behind the Gravitational Force Field Generator.
• The Monk of Joy rose from the rubble after fighting three Darkness Wardens and looked toward Wushi City, wondering when His Majesty would act.
• Jing Jiu finished playing, gathered his belongings, and prepared to leave with Flower Creek and Snow Ji; he left a Sword Flame to warm the pregnant tabby before they stepped outside building 720.

Jing Jiu and Flower Creek left the residential complex as the Dark Matter Sea monsters converged on them, and he froze the creatures along their path. At the basketball court, they met the wounded Monk of Joy and faced nine Darkness Wardens while Jing Jiu began killing distant monsters with fine metal threads.

• When Jing Jiu stepped outside, the monsters across Moonwatch Star stopped, then rushed toward his residential building, drawing the attention of Yukata and observers aboard the Blazing Sun Warship.
• Jing Jiu led Flower Creek away from the building and froze the attacking monsters, birds, and Blood Thumbs as they crossed the freezing landscape.
• At the basketball court, nine Darkness Wardens appeared, and the wounded Monk of Joy arrived on a metal disc while Flower Creek held Snow Ji.
• As more monsters approached from across the planet, Jing Jiu used fine metal threads to kill them from the basketball court, beginning with those at a distant station.

Jing Jiu fought the monster invasion across Moonwatch Star while Snow Ji’s words helped him recall his true identity and resist the Heaven-Bearing Sword. He became a little boy and unleashed ten thousand Heavy Particle Cannons, killing every monster on the planet as observers across the universe watched.

• Jing Jiu spun on the basketball court and used metal threads to kill monsters throughout a wide area around Wushi City, while Hua Xi and the Monk of Joy watched.
• The Monk of Joy realized Jing Jiu had suppressed his consciousness to avoid the Heaven-Bearing Sword and noted that nine Darkness Wardens still hovered above the planet.
• Snow Ji’s voice recited the Dao’s principles across Moonwatch Star, prompting Jing Jiu to remember his identity and then deliberately forget what he had recalled.
• The green cord tightened around Jing Jiu’s wrist, shrinking him into a little boy as his oversized tracksuit fell around him.
• Jing Jiu formed ten thousand Sword Strings and used them as Heavy Particle Cannons, killing every monster on Moonwatch Star.
• People across the universe watched Jing Jiu’s attack, and Zhuo Rusui asked the Founding Patriarch whether he could do the same.

Jing Jiu destroyed the monsters on Moonwatch Star Planet but was gravely wounded by a Darkness Warden, leaving humanity to hope Snow Ji would intervene. Snow Ji emerged from Flower Creek’s red cloth and faced the nine Darkness Wardens, declaring herself the ruler of the world.

• Jing Jiu concentrated the Heavy Ions Cannon’s threads into a swordlike line that pierced a Darkness Warden, but its deadly aura struck back and left him unconscious in a crater.
• Jiang Zhixing, the Ascension Ones, and viewers across the universe feared that Moonwatch Star Planet and humanity would fall, and many hoped Snow Ji would save them.
• Snow Ji emerged from the red cloth Flower Creek was holding, stunning the Ascension Ones who recognized the tiny figure as the Queen of the Snow Nation.
• Snow Ji looked toward the nine Darkness Wardens as the Cold Cicada traced a red line across her face, and her aura spread across the planet and into space.

Snow Ji severed Moonwatch Star Planet from the universe’s surveillance network and rose to fight the nine Darkness Wardens, striking at the space their Dark Domain warped. As the battle began, the Green Mountain Patriarch sent Chen Ya and the other Ascension Ones to the planet, where they planned to kill Snow Ji after the Wardens weakened her.

• Snow Ji covered Jing Jiu with her red cloak, flew toward the nine descending Darkness Wardens, and caused every Light Screen showing Moonwatch Star Planet to turn to static.
• The Green Mountain Patriarch ordered Chen Ya and the other Ascension Ones to go to Moonwatch Star Planet, while En Sheng stayed at Heavenly Fire to recover and manage the Spatial Fissure.
• Chen Ya told two black-clad demonic immortals that they had to kill Snow Ji because she and Jing Jiu together posed a greater threat to humanity than the Dark Matter Sea.
• Snow Ji’s extreme cold disabled Moonwatch Star Planet’s surveillance equipment and satellites, cutting the planet off from the wider network.
• Snow Ji punched the Darkness Wardens’ Dark Domain, striking and cracking the warped space around them.

Snow Ji shattered the Dark Domain and froze the nine Darkness Wardens, then invited Jing Jiu to become her sword. He took her hand, and she wielded the Heaven-Bearing Sword Technique to cut through all nine Mother Nests, though the chapter left their fate unresolved.

• Snow Ji shattered the Dark Domain and drove it out of the atmosphere, waking Jing Jiu and restoring sunlight to Wushi City.
• Snow Ji froze all nine Darkness Wardens near the atmosphere, while the Monk of Joy warned that they were not truly dead.
• Snow Ji returned to the basketball court and invited Jing Jiu to become her sword; he agreed and took her hand.
• Snow Ji used the Heaven-Bearing Sword Technique and One Sword for All Things to send a brilliant sword light through all nine Mother Nests.

Snow Ji and Jing Jiu destroyed the nine Darkness Wardens, and Snow Ji sealed the Spatial Fissure before leaving the Factory Ruins with Jing Jiu and Flower Creek. Monk of Joy tried to follow her, but she knocked him underground and departed without him.

• Snow Ji and Jing Jiu's sword strike killed the nine Darkness Wardens and destroyed their Mother Nests, while Snow Ji sent the resulting particles toward the sun.
• Snow Ji used her cold to clear the remaining dark energy and moved Jing Jiu and Flower Creek to the Factory Ruins, leaving Monk of Joy behind.
• Snow Ji froze the Spatial Fissure shut, blocking the dark energy until the Galaxy Alliance Fleet and Human Ascension Ones could arrive.
• Monk of Joy asked to accompany Snow Ji, but she ignored him and began to leave with Jing Jiu and Flower Creek.
• Monk of Joy reached for Snow Ji, so she struck him repeatedly with small punches until he sank deep underground.
• Snow Ji, Jing Jiu, and Flower Creek left the Factory Ruins as snow fell, then disappeared into the wilderness.

Moonwatch Star Planet’s crisis ended after Snow Ji destroyed the Dark Matter Sea monsters and sealed the Spatial Fissure, while the Alliance rushed to investigate. At the Factory Ruins, Zeng Ju rescued the Monk of Joy and began repairing the fissure; the chapter ended with military mecha arriving under orders to arrest Eve.

• The Alliance confirmed that the monsters and dark energy had vanished from Moonwatch Star Planet, and its underground inhabitants celebrated their survival.
• Cao Yuan arrived at the Heavenly Fire Industrial Base and took over eroding the Spatial Fissure while Sword Immortal Ensheng returned to Moonwatch Star Planet.
• Zeng Ju and the Blazing Sun Warship’s forces landed on Moonwatch Star Planet and found the Spatial Fissure sealed by Snow Ji’s power.
• Zeng Ju identified a hole near the fissure as a Level Five Site Clearance and pulled the unconscious Monk of Joy out from deep below it.
• The Monk of Joy awoke and was sent to recover as Zeng Ju prepared Fusion Erosion Devices to repair the Spatial Fissure.
• Military Combat Mecha arrived with orders to arrest Eve, leaving Mayor Ailun shocked and confused.

Monk of Joy learned from Eve’s memories that Snow Ji had hidden herself because she feared the computer, then decided to enter the Dark Matter Sea to seek a way for humanity to survive there. He left Zeng Ju questioning whether humanity could endure as souls even if the dark energy could not be stopped.

• Monk of Joy and Zeng Ju discussed Snow Ji’s defeat of the Darkness Wardens and why she had not gone to the Dark Matter Sea.
• Zeng Ju explained that Eve knew little about Jing Jiu and Snow Ji, but Monk of Joy went to question her using Two Hearts Communication.
• Monk of Joy saw Eve’s memories of Snow Ji and realized that Snow Ji had been hiding because she feared the computer.
• An unseen presence restored Eve’s awareness and wrote a message promising to protect her, while Monk of Joy smiled at the snowy view.
• Monk of Joy resolved to enter the Dark Matter Sea and investigate its monsters, despite Zeng Ju’s warning that dark energy would keep spreading.
• Monk of Joy asked whether humanity could survive by existing as souls within the Dark Matter Sea.

Monk of Joy revealed his plan to turn humanity into spiritual beings and attacked Zeng Ju when he tried to stop him. After Liu S sui intervened to protect Eve, he fought Monk of Joy and identified himself.

• Monk of Joy explained that he planned to transform humanity into spiritual beings and place them in the Great Nirvana, while Zeng Ju warned that the process could destroy their souls.
• Monk of Joy used Celestial Person Connection to try to extract Eve's soul, but Zeng Ju attacked him and the two battled across Wushi City.
• Zeng Ju and Monk of Joy wrote scriptures against each other; Monk of Joy's character shattered Zeng Ju's, and Zeng Ju fell onto a cliff.
• Monk of Joy threatened to seize Eve's soul, but a middle-aged man arrived in its place and fought him with a light mirror and the Great Hand Seal.
• The man used the Guan Cheng Brush and Dragon-Tail Inkstone to defeat Monk of Joy's written character, then introduced himself as Liu S sui.

Liu S sui fought the Monk of Joy in Wushi City, using his law treasures and the Nondual Sword to pierce the Great Nirvana. He followed with the First Child Sword, striking the opening and badly injuring the Monk of Joy.

• The Monk of Joy attacked Wushi City with a prayer bead, but Liu S sui countered with the Ten Thousand Souls Banner and drove him back.
• Liu S sui used the Nether Emperor's Seal to dent the Great Nirvana and injure the Monk of Joy, then revealed the Nondual Sword.
• The Nondual Sword pierced the Great Nirvana's defenses, opening a tiny wound and drawing blood from the Monk of Joy.
• Liu S sui struck the opening with the First Child Sword, forcing the Great Nirvana to fold back and severely injuring the Monk of Joy's spine.

Liu S sui defeated Monk of Joy, contained the dark matter spores he released, and rescued the survivors. He revealed to Zeng Ju that Zhao Layue’s group had prepared to watch and, if necessary, fight earlier Ascension Ones, then explained how he learned his second sword technique; the two headed toward Jing Jiu’s former home.

• Monk of Joy used the Great Nirvana to flee into space and released dark matter spores, while Liu S sui pursued him and Zeng Ju contained the spreading smoke.
• Monk of Joy destroyed a nearby warship and threatened to return, as Zeng Ju broadcast that an Outsider Heavenly Demon had corrupted his Chan heart.
• Liu S sui collected the spores, rescued the surviving crew, and returned to support the injured Zeng Ju.
• Zeng Ju questioned Liu S sui about his loyalties and learned that Zhao Layue’s group had prepared to monitor powerful earlier Ascension Ones, with Liu S sui assigned to watch Monk of Joy.
• Liu S sui told Zeng Ju that his second sword technique came from sword scriptures linked to Nan Qu and that he and Zhao Layue had gained insight after visiting the snowfield.
• Zeng Ju and Liu S sui discussed Jing Jiu’s novel and walked toward the residential building that might have been Jing Jiu’s real hometown.