Chapter Summaries

Chen Nian returned to Changnian City and found Gu Qingyue out hunting with Shangze Sakura. He reunited with Gu Qingyue, who arranged to have Sakura sent away and invited him to her bedchamber that night.

• Chen Nian carried the drunken Tang Rou home, and Tang Rou admitted to her mother that she had pretended to be drunk around him.
• Chen Nian returned home, then traveled to Changnian City and learned from Xiao He that Gu Qingyue and Shangze Sakura had gone hunting.
• Chen Nian rode out with Xiao He to find them, and Gu Qingyue recognized him approaching on horseback.
• Gu Qingyue sent Shangze Sakura after Xiao He when her horse galloped away, leaving herself alone with Chen Nian.
• Gu Qingyue teased Chen Nian about his arousal and invited him to her bedchamber that night.

Chen Nian spent several days with Gu Qingyue and Shangze Sakura in Changnian City, while guards at the Extreme Cold Ice Abyss revealed its origins as the sealed Frost Domain. Ice Demon emerged after three hundred years, broke the barrier, and unleashed an army of corrupted monsters into the Heavenly Vault Realm.

• Chen Nian stayed with Gu Qingyue in Changnian City, and Gu Qingyue gave Shangze Sakura a night with him.
• Guards at the Extreme Cold Ice Abyss discussed how the Frost Domain had been sealed three hundred years earlier to contain the first outbreak of corruption.
• Ice Demon emerged from his ice seal as a Tier Five being and awakened the corrupted humans trapped in the glaciers.
• Ice Demon used the Calamity Artifact Ice Execution to slash open the barrier, allowing the monsters to swarm out and kill the guards.
• Ice Demon declared that he would bring the world to an end while Blue Star Transcendents remained unaware of the danger.

After Qin Yu told Chen Nian about her recurring dream of Aila and the origins of the Seven Great Sky Domains, they agreed to investigate once the spatial passage opened. The chapter also revealed that mutants had destroyed a remote garrison at the Extreme Cold Abyss and were infiltrating the world.

• A blue-green-skinned mutant led an army into the Extreme Cold Abyss garrison, killed the sentry, and wiped out the stationed troops.
• Chen Nian returned to Linhai City with Shangze Sakura and offered to take her to see her brother in the Heavenly Vault Realm.
• Qin Yu met Chen Nian at their usual café, where they shared drinks and kissed before discussing her recurring dream.
• Qin Yu described possessing Aila during the Ice Abyss Battle, when Aila and six companions failed to defeat the mutated forces of the Eighth Domain.
• Qin Yu explained that Aila and her six companions sacrificed themselves as energy cores to complete the Sky Domain Plan, and she suspected Aila remained sealed inside a core.
• Chen Nian promised to investigate the dream with Qin Yu when the spatial passage opened and offered to take her to Tamamo-no-Mae for help.

A breach in the Extreme Cold Ice Abyss unleashed powerful monsters that overwhelmed the starter village and accelerated the world’s contamination. After Ice Demon annihilated the squad sent to reseal the breach, he ordered his followers to lead him to the Seven Great Sky Domains.

• Transcendents discovered that mutated humans with eerie blue pupils were attacking people and reviving as monsters, and the starter village came under siege.
• Uesawa Ueki held off the horde with lightning while most survivors escaped by airship, but the monsters grew ice wings and took to the sky.
• The Seven Great Sky Domains learned that the seal at the Extreme Cold Ice Abyss had broken and that contamination could make the world uninhabitable within two months.
• The Seven Great Sky Domains sealed their realm behind a defensive barrier and sent seven S Ranks to reseal the breach, seeking help from otherworldly Transcendents because Chen Nian had killed the Crimson Flame Domain’s S Ranks.
• Ice Demon defeated all seven S Ranks, turned them into followers, and ordered them to guide him to the Seven Great Sky Domains and their divine-child energy sources.

The Ice Demon invaded the Crystal Domain, shattered its energy core, and forced the Divine Son sealed inside to submit. With the Divine Sons from the other Sky Domains already under his control, Lan Jing'er and Bi Shuang sacrificed themselves to keep their domains running as the King Domain remained the last target.

• The Ice Demon broke through the Crystal Domain's barrier and led his assimilated followers toward the Hall of Heroic Spirits.
• The Ice Demon shattered the Hall's crystal, freed the Divine Son inside, and used Mental Interference to make him submit.
• Lan Jing'er entered the shattered crystal and became the Crystal Domain's new energy core.
• Bi Shuang sacrificed herself to become the Dragon Wing Domain's energy core, while the Ice Demon's followers took the Divine Sons from the other six Sky Domains.
• The Ice Demon left the Crystal Domain and set his sights on the King Domain.

Ice Demon freed Aila and the other Divine Children, then set out to make them witness the world's end. In the Forest Spirit Domain, Yang Wei tried to cross back through a spatial rift to bring Chen Nian, but Ice Demon stopped him and Uesawa Ueki whisked him away.

• Ice Demon freed Aila from the Hall of Heroic Spirits, and she reunited with the other six Divine Children.
• Aila prepared to resist Ice Demon, but her former companions explained that his binding forced them to submit, and she gave up fighting.
• Yang Wei left the Forest Spirit Domain's barrier to find a spatial instability and bring Chen Nian back, drawing a swarm of mutated monsters behind him.
• Yang Wei reached the beginner village site and opened a spatial rift with a crystal energy gun and his divine power.
• Ice Demon blocked Yang Wei's path and closed the rift, but Uesawa Ueki whisked Yang Wei away as his attempt to reach Chen Nian failed.

Chen Nian and Qin Yu learned that the divine child might have awakened, but the passage to the Heavenly Vault Realm remained closed and Lan Jing'er's crystal scale had shattered. Rika opened a forbidden scroll and helped them create a brief rift, through which they rushed into the neighboring world.

• Tamamo-no-Mae guessed that Queen Tiankong had connected Qin Yu's dreams to the divine child's, and said the child might have woken up.
• Chen Nian found that Lan Jing'er's crystal scale had shattered, then learned that the spatial passage had not reopened as expected.
• Chen Nian and Qin Yu went to the Tsuchimikado House Clan, where Rika studied Abe no Seimei's forbidden scroll on time and space.
• Rika distorted space on the Island of Hawaii, and Chen Nian blasted a small rift open with his Heavenly Eye.
• Chen Nian and Qin Yu entered the rift before it closed, while Rika slowed the crowd with her Yin-Yang Infinite Domain and left.

Chen Nian returned to the Crystal Domain, rescued its defenders, and learned that Lan Jing'er had become the domain’s energy core after the Divine Children were captured. He joined Qin Yu at the Extreme Cold Abyss to stop the seal from being dismantled, where Aila agreed to talk only if they first proved their strength.

• Chen Nian and Qin Yu split up after finding the Heavenly Vault Realm overrun by monsters, with Qin Yu heading to the King Domain and Chen Nian returning to the Crystal Domain.
• Chen Nian killed an elite mutant attacking the Crystal Domain’s defenders and wiped out the surrounding monsters with Word Spirit, Death God.
• Tianye told Chen Nian that Lan Jing'er had replaced the captured Divine Child as the Crystal Domain’s energy core, and Chen Nian vowed to save her.
• Chen Nian met Qin Yu, and they traveled to the Extreme Cold Abyss to prevent the seal from being dismantled and more monsters from escaping.
• Aila recognized Qin Yu’s connection to Queen Tiankong and agreed to talk after Chen Nian proved his strength, so Chen Nian stepped forward.

Chen Nian fought Yi'er and then faced six divine children, while Qin Yu battled Aila and used the Tiankong Hymn to free the group from their mental restraints. The divine children regained their wills but refused to return to the Seven Great Sky Domains, leaving the conflict unresolved.

• Chen Nian blocked Yi'er's Fury Fist and cut through his seemingly unbreakable arm with the Dragon Slayer Saber.
• Yi'er admitted Chen Nian was too strong, and a Forest Spirit Domain divine child healed his arm.
• The six divine children joined forces against Chen Nian as Qin Yu fought Aila and began singing the Tiankong Hymn.
• The hymn purified the divine children's mental restraints, but they declared they would not return to the Seven Great Sky Domains.
• Aila and Qin Yu returned to the others as the divine children remained unwilling to give up their freedom.

Aila chose to help Qin Yu and Chen Nian fight after the Frost Domain’s seal broke, while Chen Nian entered the abyss to confront the Ice Demon. He revealed that he had already slaughtered the Black Sun, Beast God, and Evil God of Corruption, leaving the Ice Demon shocked.

• Aila told Qin Yu she had waited for him and agreed to help him protect the world despite the danger.
• The Frost Domain’s ice barrier collapsed, releasing a torrent of mutated humans and beasts, and Chen Nian entered the horde to reach the source of the Calamity.
• Chen Nian used Word Spirit, Judgment to cut through the monsters, while Qin Yu, Aila, and the six Divine Children fought the horde outside.
• Chen Nian entered the Extreme Cold Abyss, used his contamination immunity to search the Domain, and found the Ice Demon seated on a frozen throne.
• The Ice Demon challenged Chen Nian, who asked about the Heavenly Cascades and claimed he had slaughtered the Black Sun, Beast God, and Evil God of Corruption.

Chen Nian fought Ice Demon in his icy domain, surviving his attacks and overpowering his subordinate with the God Descent Technique. He struck Ice Demon with the Death God divine art, but the Calamity Artifact began restoring Ice Demon as he prepared another attack.

• Chen Nian told Ice Demon he had slaughtered the other Heavenly Cascades, prompting Ice Demon to attack with contaminated ice spikes.
• Ice Demon trapped Chen Nian in his Cold Heaven Frost Demon Domain, but Chen Nian broke free and matched it with Word Spirit-Judgment.
• Ice Demon summoned the Ice Jiao Demon God, then sealed it and Chen Nian inside a Mystic Ice Death Coffin.
• Chen Nian used the God Descent Technique to burst out of the Ice Jiao Demon God, kill it, and shatter the coffin.
• Ice Demon attacked with the Calamity Artifact Ice Execution, but Chen Nian used the Death God divine art to split him nearly in two.
• The Calamity Artifact absorbed nearby energy and restored Ice Demon, who swung it at Chen Nian again.

Chen Nian destroyed the Ice Demon’s Calamity Artifact, uncovered and eliminated the source of the Frost Domain’s contamination, and escaped as Qin Yu destroyed the domain. The group survived, though Yang Wei complained that Chen Nian had betrayed him twice.

• Chen Nian and Uesawa Ueki destroyed the Calamity Artifact and killed the Ice Demon, allowing Chen Nian to absorb its Soul Energy.
• After noticing that the contamination persisted, Chen Nian found a hidden underground world and used the Ominous Omen Demonic Necklace to open the entrance to the contamination’s source.
• Chen Nian destroyed the black energy sphere with the Tiankong Divine Cannon, causing the contamination to fade.
• Yang Wei picked up Chen Nian and Uesawa Ueki in the airship, and they escaped the collapsing Sky Domain.
• Qin Yu destroyed the Frost Domain after Chen Nian’s airship emerged, while the divine children realized the contamination had vanished.
• Yang Wei boasted about helping Chen Nian, then accused him of stabbing him twice after learning Chen Nian had told Arina he was at foot massage parlors.

After the pollution was eliminated, Qin Yu and the Divine Children credited Chen Nian and Qin Yu as the battle’s true heroes. Aila chose to return to the King Domain as an energy core so she could awaken in the future, and the other Divine Children decided to go with her.

• The reinforcements arrived beneath the restored dawn, and Qin Yu announced that the pollution and enemies had been eliminated.
• Aila and the other Divine Children praised Chen Nian and Qin Yu for restoring their awareness and defeating the strongest enemy.
• The group discussed how the Seven Great Sky Domains still depended on temporary energy-core substitutes who could not sustain them indefinitely.
• Aila told the other Divine Children she would return to the King Domain and sleep until she could see the world’s future.
• The other Divine Children complained that Aila was selfish, then agreed to return with her rather than be left behind.

Chen Nian saw Aila off as she returned to sleep inside the Hall of Heroic Spirits, then went to the Crystal Domain to save the unconscious Lan Jing'er. He restored her crystal scale and used the Divine Stone’s power, and Lan Jing'er finally woke.

• Chen Nian and Qin Yu escorted the divine children back to their domains, and Nasha tearfully said goodbye to Aila before leaving for the Dragon Wing Domain.
• At the Hall of Heroic Spirits, Aila told Qin Yu she was returning to sleep, asked Chen Nian for a hug, and promised to find him if he was still alive in the future.
• After Aila entered the Hall of Heroic Spirits’ energy core and the palace was sealed, Chen Nian comforted a jealous Qin Yu and left for the Crystal Domain.
• A white-haired elder told Chen Nian that Lan Jing'er needed her own crystal scale and the Divine Stone to recover, or her life energy would keep draining away.
• Chen Nian restored Lan Jing'er's shattered crystal scale with Word Spirit, Primordial World, placed it on her chest, and used the Divine Stone’s power to save her.
• Lan Jing'er woke after an unknown amount of time.

The author invited readers to suggest a setting for the next world, then shared a personal story about confessing his feelings to a longtime online friend during her visit to Chongqing. She saw him as an older brother, and after seeing her off, he returned to writing.

• The author invited readers to suggest a zombie, vampire, magic, or original world for the next instance.
• The author hosted his longtime online friend and her companion for three days in Chongqing and paid for their expenses.
• The author took his friend's friendly gestures and plans to post photos together as signs that she might return his feelings.
• The author confessed his feelings, but his friend said she had never noticed them and had always seen him as an older brother.
• The author saw his friend off and felt hollow, then said he had pulled himself together and returned to writing.

Chen Nian rescued Lan Jing'er, who woke and grew close to him before he left the Crystal Domain. He prepared to return to his own world as Yang Wei faced Arina’s anger, while the author’s personal note described the end of a ten-year relationship and plans for future writing.

• Lan Jing'er woke beside Chen Nian, learned he had saved her, and confronted him about what had happened between them.
• Chen Nian told the waiting elders that Lan Jing'er had awakened but was weak and had gone back to sleep.
• Chen Nian stayed in the Crystal Domain for several days, learned that the other divine children were safe, and promised to visit Lan Jing'er before leaving.
• Scientists across the Seven Great Sky Domains worked on new energy cores and plans to lower the domains, with the divine children expected to regain their freedom within thirty years.
• Yang Wei returned to Tsuchimikado Village with gifts, accidentally revealed the foot massage parlor to Arina, and was made to explain himself on a washboard.
• The author wrote that a ten-year relationship had ended, said he would focus on work, and discussed a possible second novel.

As May 20 approached, Chen Nian tried to manage several girls’ invitations and asked Tang Rou to help keep Zhao Yixue and Ye Hongling in check. Tang Rou pretended to have other plans, but Chen Nian took her to dinner instead, and he carried her home after she feigned drunkenness.

• Su Jinyu asked Chen Nian to spend May 20 with her, and he agreed to book a hotel while teasing her about the room arrangements.
• Zhao Yixue arrived at Chen Nian’s home with a suitcase, while Ye Hongling sent him a hotel address and a suggestive picture.
• Chen Nian visited Tang Rou and asked her to help manage Zhao Yixue and Ye Hongling, but Tang Rou claimed she had a date and pushed him out.
• Chen Nian returned and offered to take Tang Rou to Haidilao that evening, and she got ready after insisting he wait outside.
• Chen Nian and Tang Rou lingered over dinner until May 20 began, and Tang Rou pretended to pass out so he would carry her home.

Chen Nian and Su Jinyu spent the day on a date, taking photos, eating, and enjoying games and other activities. After learning Zhao Yixue was heading to their hotel, Chen Nian took Su Jinyu to an esports hotel instead, where he planned to pursue a different kind of fun.

• Chen Nian waited for Su Jinyu in an internet cafe and kept playing CS:GO until she came to find him.
• Chen Nian and Su Jinyu posed for photos after he told the photographer they were a couple, then went for barbecue and enjoyed the afternoon together.
• Chen Nian used the Nine Revolutions Mysterious Art to win Su Jinyu a plushie from a claw machine.
• Chen Nian received a warning from Tang Rou that Zhao Yixue was heading to their hotel, so he persuaded Su Jinyu to go to an esports hotel instead.
• Chen Nian and Su Jinyu booked a five-person room at the esports hotel, where Chen Nian planned to try the might of the Mysterious Lady of the Nine Heavens again.

Chen Nian's attempt to spend a romantic night with Su Jinyu was interrupted by Zhao Yixue and Ye Hongling, who joined them for an all-night gaming session. The next day, he agreed to help Su Jinyu seek a Divinity fragment in the Ancient Desolate Forbidden Zone and went to find Tsuchimikado Rika, where he encountered Yang Wei doing farm work.

• Chen Nian and Su Jinyu began kissing in their esports hotel room, but Tang Rou arrived with Zhao Yixue and Ye Hongling, who tracked them down through the public security system.
• Chen Nian claimed the group had gathered to play games, and Su Jinyu was forced to join the five-stack with the other women all night.
• A woman in a black jacket appeared in the corridor and recorded an initial assessment of Chen Nian, noting his night with four willing women and the lack of combat to judge.
• The next day, Su Jinyu told Chen Nian she needed a Divinity fragment of the Mysterious Lady of the Nine Heavens to advance, and he offered to accompany her to the dangerous Ancient Desolate Forbidden Zone.
• Chen Nian went to find Tsuchimikado Rika for help entering the forbidden zone without breaking its seal, but first encountered Yang Wei working in the village.

Chen Nian and Su Jinyu entered the Ancient Valley Forbidden Zone so Su Jinyu could absorb the Mysterious Lady of the Nine Heavens' Divinity fragments, while a flaxen-haired evaluator secretly followed them. Chen Nian fought off a monster siege, and after his Death God divine art killed a Tier Seven Heavenly Dog, his potential assessment rose to A as another Tier Seven beast attacked.

• Chen Nian persuaded Rika to open a rift in the barrier, then entered the Ancient Valley Forbidden Zone with Su Jinyu while Rika waited outside.
• The flaxen-haired woman teleported into the forbidden zone and secretly followed Chen Nian and Su Jinyu, recording her evaluation of him.
• Su Jinyu followed a mysterious force to ruined grounds and began absorbing the Mysterious Lady of the Nine Heavens' Divinity fragments, attracting a horde of powerful monsters.
• Chen Nian used his Judgment Domain to cut down the monsters, but a Tier Seven Heavenly Dog broke through and charged at him with other beasts.
• Chen Nian unleashed his Death God divine art, killing the Heavenly Dog and causing his potential assessment to rise from B to A.
• Another Tier Seven exotic beast attacked as the evaluator wondered whether Chen Nian had reached his limit.