Chapter Summaries

Jing Jiu investigated the Dark Matter Sea and confirmed that intelligent beings lived beyond it, though neither side could communicate. After returning, he explained that humanity had to solve its own crisis, then departed from his companions, leaving Zhao Layue certain he had ascended elsewhere.

• Origin Turtle told Jing Jiu that an ancient civilization had erased his consciousness and tasked him with watching Snow Ji, but he had chosen to remain alive after she left.
• After years of seclusion, Jing Jiu left Green Mountain and entered the Dark Matter Sea, where he found a dormant mother nest and sensed intelligent beings in another world.
• Jing Jiu tried to contact the beings across the Dark Matter Sea but failed, then returned to his own universe.
• On the island, Jing Jiu told Zhao Layue and the others that the other side was the main world and that humanity must repair its broken sword and solve the crisis itself.
• Jing Jiu advised the group to bring out Origin Turtle if necessary, thanked the Maiden Priest, and said farewell to his companions before closing his eyes and ceasing to breathe.
• Zhao Layue insisted Jing Jiu had gone somewhere else, while Shen Yunmai and Zhuo Rusui recited the final passage of an essay about the universe's ceaseless desire.

After Jing Jiu vanished from the known universe, Zhong Lizi and the others faced unrest from the previous generation of immortals while new arrivals from Chaotian Continent appeared at her apartment. Jing Jiu explored a world formed from his consciousness, spoke with an unknown being about existence and mortality, and walked onward into white light.

• Zhong Lizi spent her holiday in her underground apartment while the Galaxy Alliance’s leaders and researchers continued their work in Jing Jiu’s absence.
• Snow Ji left the Local Group, while Cao Yuan and Tong Yan began researching how to repair One Sword for All Things.
• Nan Wang, Bai Zao, and Ping Yongjia arrived at Zhong Lizi’s apartment, where Nan Wang offered to deal with the previous generation’s immortals and Ping Yongjia introduced himself as Green Mountain Sect Master.
• Jing Jiu left his universe by shrinking his perception and entered a world shaped by his consciousness, where he met familiar figures from Chaotian Continent.
• Jing Jiu discussed life, death, and the meaning of existence with an unknown being, then walked into a mass of white light.