Chapter Summaries

Yao Yuan agreed to enter the Otherworld with the Maka Race despite their demand for most of the Source of the World, while Leo’s group planned to steal the keys afterward. Qin Ze stole a martial artist’s registration documents and disguised himself to join the expedition as it prepared to enter the Otherworld.

• Yao Yuan learned that the Maka Race would take eight shares of the Source of the World because the Abyss Tide was approaching, and he agreed to the expedition’s schedule after confirming the threat.
• Leo ordered Ram and Fishes to steal the keys from Yao Yuan and the Maka Race captain after the Source of the World was divided.
• Qin Ze discovered that the hiring mission required a martial artist certificate, so he knocked out a Level One Martial Artist and stole his registration documents.
• Qin Ze knocked out a yellow-haired witness, used Thousand Faces to disguise himself as the Level One Martial Artist, and joined the crowd preparing to enter the Otherworld.

Qin Ze slipped into the administrator’s office and learned that Yao Yuan’s team was heading toward the east district gate, where they could uncover the shelter’s hidden entrance. After exchanging messages with Sky Island’s Operations General Command Center, Qin Ze sent a clone to meet its aircraft and was startled by the person who emerged.

• Qin Ze’s team encountered an advanced aberrant, and he used the chaos to leave them and reach the poison-gas-sealed gate.
• Qin Ze opened the gate with the administrator terminal, entered the office, and learned that only nine percent of his authority over the east district remained.
• The shelter AI told Qin Ze that Yao Yuan’s group was heading toward the east district gate, where aberrants had established a nest.
• Qin Ze found three emails from Sky Island’s Operations General Command Center and arranged to meet them at the shelter gate.
• Qin Ze sent an ordinary clone to board the arriving aircraft, then exclaimed in surprise when he saw who stepped out.

Qin Ze followed the key’s direction into ruined Jiang City, where he and his companions encountered a community of intelligent aberrants. Their chief revealed that they were human too and led Qin Ze, Brother Devour, and Dharma King into an underground subway station.

• Qin Ze brought Brother Devour and Dharma King to the crashed bomber, where the glowing tree in his shirt guided him toward Jiang City.
• The three entered the deserted city and caught a timid aberrant who warned them they should not have come outside.
• The aberrant led Qin Ze, Brother Devour, and Dharma King to a concealed settlement where hundreds of intelligent aberrants lived.
• Qin Ze met the settlement’s elderly chief, who told him that the aberrants were human too.
• The chief led the group through a dark passage to a subway station.

Qin Ze, Dharma King, and Brother Devour entered a hidden base beneath North Street Station and were welcomed by the Resistance Army Headquarters. Meanwhile, Qin Ze's clone arrived at the headquarters with BT and recognized the person who came to greet him in a wheelchair.

• Qin Ze, Dharma King, and Brother Devour explored the ruined subway station and opened a sealed gate after its system identified them as humans.
• A heavily armed squad confronted Qin Ze and his companions before a square-faced military officer welcomed them to the Resistance Army Headquarters.
• BT picked up Qin Ze's clone at Shelter No. 10, but she did not recognize him and said her database showed they had never met.
• BT flew the clone to the Resistance Army Headquarters in a ring-shaped space station.
• A person in a wheelchair welcomed the clone, who reacted with shock at their identity.

Qin Ze discovered that the elderly commander of Sky Island was his childhood friend, and the fatty explained how the Mutated Ones originated from humans who used the Reverse Alpha Reagent. The chapter ended with Qin Ze learning that the reagent’s users eventually transformed into violent, mindless exotic beasts.

• Qin Ze recognized Sky Island's commander as his old friend, the fatty, and revealed his face to him.
• The fatty introduced Galaxy, the station's main control AI, and explained that the station's other residents were in hibernation.
• The fatty told Qin Ze that the Alpha Reagent was developed to fight exotic beasts but only worked on low-ranked ones.
• Professor Lin Siyao proposed the Reverse Alpha Reagent, which strengthened ordinary people and enabled martial artists to fight back against the Abyss.
• The martial arts factions and families monopolized the reagent and ended the public inheritance of martial arts.
• The fatty revealed that Reverse Alpha Reagent users eventually became violent exotic beasts known as the Mutated Ones.

The fatty explained how the aberrant disaster followed humanity’s defeat of the exotic beasts and how the Shelter and Sky Island projects failed to unite. At a Resistance Army station, Qin Ze learned that the factions accused each other of betrayal, and Nangong Xingye claimed Lin Zhiyuan served the aberrant queen.

• The fatty recounted how the first aberrant queen escaped, the aberrants overran humanity, and the Shelter Project collapsed while Sky Island endured.
• The fatty explained that the first humanoid combat weapons were modified female martial artists, that Professor Chen copied his teleportation ability into them, and that Professor Lin Siyao opposed the project.
• Qin Ze asked about the Maka Race and the Resistance Army’s ground forces, then said two soldiers had tried to take him to their headquarters.
• The fatty insisted those soldiers were traitors and denied that Sky Island was the Resistance Army’s headquarters.
• At a crowded Resistance Army station, Qin Ze met commander-in-chief Nangong Xingye, who accused Lin Zhiyuan of conspiring with the aberrant queen.

Nangong Xingye explained how Lin Zhiyuan betrayed Sky Island and drove the survivors into hiding in Subway Line Number Three. Qin Ze offered enough clones to help seize a nuclear missile silo, then asked about the alienators outside the station.

• Nangong Xingye recounted how conflict over martial arts and humanoid weapons ended when Lin Zhiyuan brought alienators to Sky Island and slaughtered its civilians and command center.
• Nangong Xingye revealed his plan to train martial artists to capture a guarded nuclear missile silo and launch a strike at the alienators’ nest.
• Qin Ze told Nangong Xingye that Shelter No. 10’s residents had died, then asked how many martial artists remained; Nangong Xingye said his force was still far too small.
• Qin Ze summoned nearly a hundred masked clones, and Nangong Xingye agreed they provided enough people for the plan.
• Qin Ze asked about the alienators outside the subway station, and Nangong Xingye called them a group of unfortunate souls.

Qin Ze learned how the Alienation crisis split the survivors between Sky Island and the surface, then uncovered Nangong Xingye’s plan to use him and his companions to retake Sky Island. He agreed to go along while planning to turn the tables, but a shadow appeared beside his bed as he slept.

• The fat man told Qin Ze that the Alienation Queen had infected survivors with Reverse Alpha Reagent, and explained the fight over Sky Island, the shelters, and the humanoid combat weapons.
• Qin Ze searched the space station’s records, then heard Nangong Xingye explain that he sheltered partly alienated survivors and planned to retake Sky Island after preparing for a day.
• Nangong Xingye ordered a young man in glasses to gather two hundred young people for the expedition, while Qin Ze and his companions were shown to their quarters.
• Dharma King captured the man in glasses, and Brother Devour swallowed him, gaining access to his memories of Nangong Xingye’s plan to retake Sky Island.
• Qin Ze decided to join the expedition and show Nangong Xingye their own chess skills; late that night, a dark figure entered his room and lifted his hand as he slept.

Qin Ze confronted the fat man, who revealed his plan to eliminate martial artists and build a new human society, while demanding Qin Ze’s access to Shelter No. 10. The next morning, Nangong Xingye found Qin Ze’s dozens of clones making a racket instead of preparing for battle.

• Qin Ze accused the fat man of betraying the safe house and causing the danger at Shelter No. 10, but the fat man denied responsibility and blamed the Mutated Queen for exposing the safe house.
• The fat man revealed that martial artists had destroyed his family and crippled him, and he planned to eradicate them and create a world protected by humanoid combat weapons.
• The fat man demanded Qin Ze’s administrative privileges for Shelter No. 10 so he could use its reactor and fusion core, and threatened him with BT when Qin Ze refused.
• Qin Ze told the fat man that Nangong Xingye’s group planned to seize a launch silo south of Jiang City at nine that morning, then exploded; BT shielded the fat man from the blast.
• The next morning, Nangong Xingye opened the door and found dozens of Qin Ze’s clones playing, sleeping, and arguing instead of preparing to set out.

Qin Ze and Nangong Xingye led a force of martial artists and clones toward a military base housing a nuclear launch silo, while Yao Yuan, the Maka Race leader, Ram, and Fishes converged on the area. The chapter ended as a group of half-Mutated Ones charged into the base ahead of the main attack.

• Nangong Xingye gathered Qin Ze and the clones for the expedition, then rallied the martial artists before they boarded the train.
• Qin Ze and Nangong Xingye led the group from the subway toward the launch silo, where Nangong planned to fight two high-level Mutated Ones and launch a nuclear missile.
• Yao Yuan and the Maka Race leader followed the guidance of their keys toward Shelter No. 10, while Ram and Fishes secretly pursued them using the Source of the World.
• Qin Ze sensed two other keys near the military base and learned that the clan leader had sent half-Mutated Ones to support the attack.
• The half-Mutated Ones charged into the base as Qin Ze and Nangong Xingye watched from a hillside.

Nangong Xingye's Half-Mutated Ones and the subway martial artists attacked the military base while Qin Ze and Brother Devour slipped away to the launch silo. Qin Ze opened its control room with administrator authorization, then confronted Nangong Xingye's attempt to hide the plan.

• Nangong Xingye sent more than two hundred Half-Mutated Ones against the Mutated Ones, but they were quickly slaughtered.
• Qin Ze's clones charged into battle, and the subway martial artists followed them into the base.
• The clones blew open a section of the wall, allowing the attackers to spread through the base, where two high-level Mutated Ones swooped down on them.
• Nangong Xingye fought the two high-level Mutated Ones while Dharma King joined the battle on the ground.
• Qin Ze and Brother Devour reached the launch silo's control room, and Qin Ze used administrator authorization to open its gear-shaped door.
• Qin Ze met Nangong Xingye's gaze and asked whether he had really thought Qin Ze was in the dark.

Qin Ze activated a nuclear missile as part of a World Hunt mission and entered the Black Mountain Research Institute as the contamination target. While Yao Yuan and the Maka Race leader fought their way up Black Mountain, a missile streaked toward them.

• Qin Ze used the control console to acquire World Hunt capability and received a twenty-four-hour mission countdown.
• The key guided Qin Ze to target the Black Mountain Research Institute, and he entered its coordinates into the missile console.
• Fatty arrived and recognized Qin Ze by his scent, then identified Brother Devour as carrying the scent of the Abyss.
• Yao Yuan and the Maka Race leader attacked the Mutated Ones at Black Mountain and fought toward the summit.
• Fishes and Ram watched the battle until they spotted a missile descending toward Black Mountain.

Qin Ze launched a nuclear missile at the Black Mountain Research Institute to prove he was on Nangong Xingye’s side, forcing Nangong to fight the Alienation Queen while the fatty revealed BT. The missile struck the institute and destroyed countless Mutated Ones, ending the battle in nuclear devastation.

• Ma Yan revealed her traumatic past and declared that humanity should be wiped out, while Qin Ze and the fatty realized her plan was even more extreme than theirs.
• Nangong Xingye arrived and accused Qin Ze of working with Lin Zhiyuan, but Qin Ze launched the missile at the Black Mountain Research Institute to prove his allegiance.
• The Alienation Queen attacked Qin Ze, and Nangong fought her while burning his lifespan; the fatty then revealed BT, whom Nangong recognized as Qianrou.
• Yao Yuan and the Maka Race captain fought through a seemingly endless horde of Mutated Ones until they saw the missile descend toward the mountain.
• The missile struck the institute, raising a mushroom cloud and destroying countless Mutated Ones.

After Qin Ze’s nuclear strike ended the main hunt, the key marked the queen as a secondary target, and Yao Yuan and the Maka Race leader arrived at the military base. The battle turned against Yao Yuan until Dharma King’s lightning disrupted BT-21 and briefly brought her humanity to the surface.

• Yao Yuan and the Maka Race leader emerged after the nuclear blast and headed for the military base, while Ram, Twins, and Fishes decided to pursue them.
• The key announced that the main hunting mission had ended and marked the queen as a secondary target, leaving Qin Ze alarmed by her strength.
• Nangong Xingye tried to reach BT-21, whom he believed was his daughter Nangong Qianrou, but she rejected his claim and attacked according to her programming.
• Yao Yuan and the Maka Race leader confronted the queen and the fatty, while Qin Ze slipped away and Nangong Xingye joined the fight against them.
• BT-21 struck Brother Devour and moved to attack Qin Ze, but Dharma King arrived and his lightning disrupted her, making her lower her hands in confusion.

BT's fragmented memories revealed her life as Nangong Qianrou and her transformation into the humanoid combat weapon BT-21. After Qin Ze and the others worried over her, she raised her head and declared that she was Nangong Qianrou.

• BT recalled Nangong Qianrou's childhood training, martial arts achievements, and defense of Chuanyang City.
• Nangong Qianrou remembered boarding a spaceship to Sky Island while ordinary people were left behind, then being pressured into the Weapon Project and renamed BT-21.
• BT recalled fighting Mutated Ones, meeting a boy, and dying after protecting him; she later remembered being repaired and ordered to obey the commander-in-chief.
• Nangong Xingye shouted that BT was his daughter, Nangong Qianrou, leaving her confused about her identity.
• Dharma King and Brother Devour argued after Brother Devour survived having his head blown off, while Qin Ze checked on BT.
• BT raised her head and firmly said that she was Nangong Qianrou.

Yao Yuan defeated the queen, who self-destructed after Qin Ze delivered the final blow, and Brother Devour survived the blast in a badly damaged state. Nangong Qianrou recovered her memories, and Nangong Xingye apologized to her as they prepared to leave the instance the next day.

• Nangong Qianrou regained her memories and turned against the fatty, while the Maka Race commander attacked him as he tried to flee.
• Yao Yuan overwhelmed the queen with Parting Clouds, cutting through her blood-red shield and leaving her mortally wounded.
• Yao Yuan told Qin Ze to deliver the final blow, but the queen self-destructed before he could strike.
• Yao Yuan blocked the blast with sword qi, while Brother Devour shielded Dharma King and was reduced to a pulsing ball of flesh.
• Nangong Xingye rose after protecting Nangong Qianrou and apologized for something he had kept bottled up for decades.

After the World Hunt ended, Qin Ze received the Source of the World and learned that a world correction was coming. He prepared to leave as Nangong Qianrou chose to rebuild her world, while Ram and Fishes appeared too late to seize the key.

• Yao Yuan defended Qin Ze from the Maka Race leader, arguing that the humans had no claim to the Source of the World because they had not completed the mission.
• Nangong Qianrou accepted her father Nangong Xingye’s final apology and told Qin Ze she wanted to rebuild the world.
• Nangong Qianrou revealed that the Sky Island’s Soul Orbs had been purified and were now useless, disappointing Qin Ze.
• Nangong Qianrou asked Qin Ze to tell her counterpart to put her skirt back on and avoid regrets about her girlhood.
• Ram and Fishes demanded Yao Yuan’s key, but Yao Yuan vanished and warned them they had less than an hour to reach the gate.

Qin Ze and the clones escaped the closing Otherworld, leaving Nangong Qianrou to lead humanity’s rebuilding as the Mutated Ones vanished. Back in Jiang City, Qin Ze watched the connection between the worlds close, then went home and called Yao Yuan.

• Qin Ze teleported out of the Otherworld with the clones and their corpses, while Fishes and Ram rushed toward Shelter No. 10 before the gate closed.
• Nangong Qianrou announced that humanity had won and urged the survivors to rebuild order and welcome a brighter future.
• At Circus headquarters, the clones voted Brother Devour MVP and began dealing with the dead and wounded; Brother Curious volunteered to be cremated last so he could experience it.
• Qin Ze questioned Brother Devour about the Source of the World and learned that Brother Devour needed time and fresh, qi-filled food to recover.
• Qin Ze watched a live broadcast as the Otherworld entrance vanished and silently wished BT success in rebuilding the new world.
• After finding dozens of missed calls from Qin Yu, Qin Ze headed home and called the number Yao Yuan had given him.

Lion punished Ram for wasting the source of the world during a failed World Hunt, then assigned him to steal a drug sample while sending Fishes to Sea Capital. Yao Yuan explained Otherworlds and the source of the world to Qin Ze, then began discussing Qin Ze’s world correction mission.

• Lion reprimanded Ram for using the source of the world on a brief trip to an Otherworld and deducted the loss from Ram’s resources.
• Lion ordered Ram to steal a sample of Lin Siyao’s martial-artist-strengthening drug from the Black Mountain Research Institute and sent Fishes to assist Virgo in Sea Capital.
• Yao Yuan told Qin Ze that Fishes and Ram were members of the Fairness Society’s Twelve Zodiac Signs and explained that they had escaped after the Otherworld mission.
• Yao Yuan explained the differences between Ordinary Otherworlds and Hunt Otherworlds and said that successful hunts required correcting the real world’s future before the source of the world was awarded.
• Yao Yuan began explaining Qin Ze’s world correction mission.

Qin Ze learned his correction objectives and arranged to infiltrate the Black Mountain Research Institute, while making plans with his sister Qin Yu before setting out. He entered the institute using Yao Yuan’s access card and noticed a familiar young man, Ram, boarding another carriage with plans to render great service.

• Qin Ze focused on the countdown and learned that he had to destroy all Reverse Alpha Reagent samples and data and stop Ma Yan from becoming the queen.
• Yao Yuan gave Qin Ze instructions for retrieving identity documents and entering the Black Mountain Research Institute, then explained that the key opened the Star Gate.
• Qin Ze returned home to find Qin Yu worried and hungry, gave her a bank card, and learned she was going to Sea Capital the next day.
• Qin Ze planned to complete the correction mission and cultivate, then retrieved a black access card from locker nine at East City Station.
• Qin Ze used Thousand Faces to disguise himself and entered the Black Mountain Research Institute through the VIP lane without inspection.
• Ram joined the line for another carriage and privately resolved to render great service.