Chapter Summaries

After Nangong Wu’s death, Yan Wusheng rampaged through the ocean until Mingsha and Kai Sha risked their lives to distract him while awaiting reinforcements. Hela arrived to save Mingsha, and Yan Wusheng challenged her identity as a human fighting alongside monsters.

• Yan Wusheng unleashed indiscriminate attacks across the ocean, driven by memories of Nangong Wu and his death.
• Mingsha stopped Kai Sha from confronting Yan Wusheng directly and proposed using their speed to hold him off until reinforcements arrived.
• Mingsha and Kai Sha transformed into Sea Shark Dragons and dodged Yan Wusheng’s sonic attacks while distracting him with seawater blades.
• Yan Wusheng’s piercing buzz immobilized the two sharks, but Hela intercepted his blade and took no injury.
• Yan Wusheng called Hela a monster and questioned whether she still considered herself human for helping monsters fight humans.

Hela struggled with guilt over helping monsters fight humans and discovered that her strength could badly injure Yan Wusheng. As Yan Wusheng and Lei Yong attacked her and the sharks, an unknown rescuer blasted Qian Lan away and pulled Hela into an embrace.

• Hela froze when Yan Wusheng's sound-wave attack struck, then he beat her until she struck back and sent him crashing into the seabed.
• Yan Wusheng attacked again, and Hela instinctively blocked and dislocated his arm before he repaired it with sound waves.
• Hela feared she would kill Yan Wusheng with her next slap, but Lei Yong cut her arm with sword qi and rescued Yan Wusheng.
• Lei Yong and Yan Wusheng attacked Hela while lightning from Qian Lan immobilized her, and Mingsha and Kai Sha rushed to help.
• Hela warned Mingsha and Kai Sha away, but the attackers sent sound waves and sword qi toward the sharks as she closed her eyes, expecting death.
• A shock wave blasted Qian Lan away from Hela, and someone grabbed Hela and pulled her into an embrace.

Spirit Shark and White Foam Shark rescued Hela and Mingsha and Kai Sha as hundreds of Sea Shark Dragons arrived and declared war on humanity. Outnumbered and gravely wounded, Lei Yong used his lifespan to recover his strength, but White Foam Shark and the other dragons pressed their attack.

• Spirit Shark rescued Hela while White Foam Shark protected Mingsha and Kai Sha from Lei Yong's group's attacks.
• White Foam Shark summoned hundreds of Sea Shark Dragons and declared war on humanity, leaving the injured Lei Yong, Qian Lan, and Yan Wusheng facing overwhelming odds.
• Qian Lan kissed Lei Yong and accepted their apparent defeat, but Lei Yong pushed her away and traded his lifespan for power.
• At the [Godslaying] Squad's base, Lei Yong sensed the Special Extermination Squad was in danger and vanished after learning a member had died and they had encountered the [Five Calamities].
• Lei Yong reached humanity's limit in power and saved Yan Wusheng from an attack, while White Foam Shark struck Qian Lan and vowed to tear them apart.

Lei Yong fought off the Sea Shark Dragons while protecting Yan Wusheng, who was badly injured in the battle. Lei Yong unleashed Xiunuosi's dangerous power to cover Qian Lan's escape, but White Foam Shark ordered the weaker Sea Shark Dragons to stop her.

• Lei Yong fought the Sea Shark Dragons while carrying Yan Wusheng, and killed one after slashing it with sword qi.
• Yan Wusheng emerged from a pack of Sea Shark Dragons badly mangled, and Lei Yong used a powerful current to pull him to safety.
• Lei Yong's anger awakened Xiunuosi's power, coating him in shadow and forcing White Foam Shark to retreat from his dark sword qi.
• Lei Yong told Qian Lan to take Yan Wusheng and escape, and she carried him away as a bolt of lightning.
• White Foam Shark chased Qian Lan, but Lei Yong struck him from behind and broke his bones.
• White Foam Shark ordered the weaker Sea Shark Dragons to circle around and stop Qian Lan.

Qian Lan tried to escape the shark waterspout with Yan Wusheng while Lei Yong stayed behind to fight the Sea Shark Dragons. After White Foam Shark died and Spirit Shark mourned him, Lei Yong continued his rampage until Minghai's sister intervened to protect her fallen brother.

• Qian Lan failed to break through the waterspout and dragged Yan Wusheng onward as Lei Yong attacked the pursuing Sea Shark Dragons.
• Lei Yong broke free of White Foam Shark's bite and killed him with a sword slash.
• Spirit Shark grieved beside White Foam Shark as he gave her his final words and died.
• Hela collapsed in anguish over the battle, while a hidden man blamed humanity for the slaughter and an octopus kept him protected inside a bubble.
• Lei Yong continued attacking the Sea Shark Dragons, and Mingsha's sister stood between him and her fallen brother.

Lei Yong evacuated Qian Lan, Yan Wusheng, Wang Canxin, and An Neng from the Sea Shark Dragons’ attack, but Nangong Wu’s body was left behind. At the Special Extermination Squad’s base, Xiaoxiao defeated a humanoid training robot.

• Lei Yong abandoned his fight to protect Qian Lan and Yan Wusheng and began using spatial displacement to withdraw.
• A seawater strike pierced Lei Yong’s chest, but he managed to teleport the group away from the Sea Shark Dragons.
• Lei Yong reunited with Wang Canxin and An Neng and tried to evacuate everyone, while Yan Wusheng demanded that they take Nangong Wu’s body.
• A second seawater strike forced Lei Yong to teleport the group away, leaving Nangong Wu’s corpse buried beneath the seabed’s sand.
• At the Special Extermination Squad’s base, Xiaoxiao defeated a humanoid training robot with her wooden sword.

Xiao Liu and Han Xiaoxiao treated the injured Special Extermination Squad after they were sent back from the undersea world, where Nangong Wu had died. Yan Wusheng blamed Lei Yong for refusing to return for Nangong Wu, resigned from Night Star, and left the training ground.

• Xiao Liu teased Han Xiaoxiao about a recruit who had adapted a saber technique for her, but Han Xiaoxiao suffered a seizure before she could finish saying his name.
• Lei Yong and the others arrived in the training ground with seawater and severe injuries, and Xiao Liu used her healing ability to save Lei Yong and Yan Wusheng.
• Yan Wusheng demanded that Lei Yong return to the undersea world for Nangong Wu, but Lei Yong said the ocean overlord and Sea Shark Dragons made it too dangerous and confirmed Nangong Wu was dead.
• Yan Wusheng called Lei Yong a coward, threw down his Night Star credentials, and left despite Qian Lan and Xiao Liu calling after him.
• Wang Canxin thanked the squad, said he would notify the other higher-ups about the undersea world, and gave Yan Wusheng a week to change his mind before removing his Night Star status.

After Ocean revealed that Lei Yong and his companions had escaped, the Sea Shark Dragons mourned their dead and questioned why the humans had been allowed to attack. Ye Yiqing and his companions appeared among them, and he collected the dead fish’s souls before offering them back to Spirit Shark.

• Ocean told the Sea Shark Dragons that Lei Yong and his companions had escaped after he gravely wounded Lei Yong.
• Feng Sha blamed Ocean for not attacking sooner and collapsed while grieving his parents and the other dead.
• Spirit Shark mourned White Foam Shark and the slaughtered Sea Herring, asking why the humans had done this to them.
• Ye Yiqing, Liu'er, two other humans, and an azure octopus appeared among the Sea Shark Dragons and said they meant no harm.
• Ye Yiqing used Myriad Souls-Return to gather the souls of White Foam Shark and the other fallen fish into a glass ball.
• Ye Yiqing approached Spirit Shark and offered to return the souls to her.

Ye Yiqing persuaded the Sea Shark Dragons and Hela to join the Light God Society by promising to revive their dead loved ones and help them take revenge on humanity. Hela appeared to accept his offer, then impaled him with a tooth-covered tentacle and revealed that she recognized him.

• Ye Yiqing offered to revive the dead fish if the Sea Shark Dragons cooperated with the Light God Society’s world-saving plan and encouraged them to retaliate against humanity.
• Ocean reluctantly agreed to the alliance after the Sea Shark Dragons demanded revenge.
• Ye Yiqing told Spirit Shark that the souls in the glass sphere could communicate, and the Sea Shark Dragons gathered to search for their loved ones.
• Ye Yiqing approached Hela and promised that the Light God Society could revive her family, including her father, if she joined them.
• Hela embraced Ye Yiqing, then pierced his abdomen with a tooth-covered tentacle and said she remembered him.

Hela brutally wounded Ye Yiqing and Lin Wushuang, then listened as Ye Yiqing explained that he had brought her the souls of her former teammates. She spoke with Xing Lan through the glass sphere and admitted that she had missed her.

• Hela tore open Ye Yiqing's abdomen and ripped flesh from Lin Wushuang's shoulder when he tried to rescue him.
• Liu'er attacked Hela, but her blade snapped, and Hela subdued the group as the Sea Shark Dragons watched in shock.
• Ye Yiqing's skull earrings healed his wound, and he told Hela he had brought the souls of Sun Hai, Xing Lan, Liu Xiaogang, and Feng Xuan in a glass sphere.
• Hela used the sphere to enter a grassy realm and saw Xing Lan, Sun Hai, Liu Xiaogang, and Feng Xuan.
• Xing Lan tearfully asked Hela what had happened to her, and Hela told her she had missed her too.

Hela spoke with Xing Lan and the others, then agreed to join the Light God Society in exchange for answers and a chance to revive her former companions. She attacked Ye Yiqing and his allies, then spared Lin Wushuang so he could use his ability to take her with him.

• Xing Lan, Sun Hai, Liu Xiaogang, and Feng Xuan learned that Hela now killed or ate humans who threatened her or when she was hungry.
• Hela thanked them for caring for her in the past and said she might be able to bring them back to life.
• Hela agreed to join the Light God Society after Ye Yiqing promised its benefits and answers about the meaning of her existence.
• Hela took the glass sphere, then struck Ye Yiqing and used her power to make Liu'er, the laser man, and the little octopus explode.
• Hela kicked the badly injured Ye Yiqing toward Lin Wushuang and told Lin Wushuang to take her with him when he used his ability to leave.

Hela forced Ye Yiqing to agree to a partnership with the Light God Society, then said goodbye to the Sea Shark Dragons and reunited with Nanming. She explained to [Ocean] that she had used a human soul because she lacked a purpose in life, and the chapter ended with [Ocean] admitting that its own approach might have been wrong.

• Hela tore off Ye Yiqing's arms as they regenerated and secured his agreement to partner with the Light God Society.
• Hela hugged Spirit Shark, Mingsha, and Kai Sha goodbye before leaving them.
• Hela reunited with Nanming, who had joined the Light God Society to bring Si Xiaobei back to life, and thanked him for caring for her.
• Hela told [Ocean] that she had let a human soul control her body because she did not know the meaning of her life, and she planned to find that meaning herself.
• [Ocean] explained that it wanted to protect the marine ecosystem and keep the Sea Shark Dragons from becoming complacent, then admitted it might have been wrong.

Hela absorbed [Ocean]'s Power of the Source and left the Ocean World with Nanming, Lin Wushuang, and Ye Yiqing. They arrived at the sea where Ye Yiqing's master was waiting, and Hela remarked that he looked like Nanming.

• Hela swallowed [Ocean] and absorbed its Power of the Source.
• Hela and Nanming joined Lin Wushuang and Ye Yiqing, then teleported away from the Ocean World after saying goodbye to Spirit Shark and the others.
• Ye Yiqing noticed Liu'er's photograph as it drifted past, then tossed it aside after the group arrived above the ocean.
• Ye Yiqing told Hela that his master was waiting nearby and pointed out a man fishing on the waves.
• The fisherman appeared before them, Ye Yiqing knelt respectfully, and Hela said that he looked a lot like Nanming.

Hela met Nan Tian, a bishop of the Light God Society whose ability, [Thought], could make his wishes come true. He began explaining the history of Variants, transforming the sea around them into an ancient city and saying it all began several hundred years ago.

• Nan Tian introduced himself to Hela and revealed that he and Nanming were twin brothers, with Nan Tian as the younger one.
• Nan Tian dismissed Ye Yiqing, Lin Wushuang, and Nanming, while Lin Wushuang asked about Ye Linwan and learned that others could not decide matters of the heart for her.
• Hela watched Nan Tian fish on the sea, and he caught a real grass carp before explaining his [Thought] ability and its limits.
• Hela asked Nan Tian about the meaning of her birth, and he invited her to follow him across the sea.
• Nan Tian said Variants had been born over a hundred years ago, then transformed the sea into an ancient city and began his account of events from several hundred years earlier.

Nan Tian showed Hela how Britain discovered the Tree of Terra and used its power to industrialize, then began conquering other countries. The chapter left them watching a British ship approach an East Asian shore.

• Nan Tian brought Hela through a vision of old Britain and showed her the Tree of Terra, which converted objects into energy.
• Nan Tian showed Hela the first train and explained that Britain discovered the Tree of Terra's power after inventing the steam engine.
• Britain used the Tree of Terra's energy to build a highly advanced steam-powered society.
• Nan Tian showed Hela British soldiers crushing a less advanced country, taking its resources, and enslaving its people.
• Nan Tian and Hela watched an approaching British ship frighten East Asian farmers fishing by the shore.

Nan Tian showed Hela how empires rose and fell as countries fought over the Tree of Terra, explaining how war and hatred perpetuated conflict. The chapter ended with a devastating new weapon exploding before them and awakening Hela’s deep-seated fear.

• Nan Tian showed Hela how Britain conquered the world, then grew corrupt as powerful families fought over the Tree of Terra.
• A country exploited Britain’s internal strife to rebel, but its victory only began another cycle of supremacy and revolt.
• Nan Tian explained that competition among dozens of countries over the single Tree of Terra fueled a war lasting more than two hundred years.
• Hela saw a child lose his puppy and realize his parents were dead, as Nan Tian described how war bred hatred and future wars.
• Nan Tian revealed that a massive missile was humanity’s most powerful weapon, and its explosion sent a destructive blast toward him and Hela.
• The explosion awakened the fear Hela had carried in her genes for a hundred years.

Nan Tian showed Hela how nuclear war and Earth's purge of humanity created Variants and [Ultimate Level], the embodiment of Earth's will and the wishes of living creatures. After humanity's nuclear attack broke [Ultimate Level] into pieces, the chapter ended with the birth of the [Five Calamities].

• Hela and Nan Tian witnessed nuclear war devastate Earth and trigger a three-month series of natural disasters.
• After the disasters stopped, dead animals revived as Variants and began hunting humans.
• Nan Tian explained that Earth's wish and the wishes of creatures harmed by humanity had created Variants to wipe out humanity, making Hela question her own purpose.
• A colossal smoky beast appeared, and Nan Tian identified it as [Ultimate Level], Hela's father and mother and the world's strongest being.
• Humanity's missiles blew [Ultimate Level] apart by the sea, but Nan Tian explained that it could not die while Earth remained.
• Colored mists emerged from [Ultimate Level]'s remains, and a blood-red mist entered a chunk of flesh, beginning the birth of the [Five Calamities].

Nan Tian explained that the Light God Society planned to turn [Ultimate] into mental power and use it to wish humanity away, while granting its members wishes afterward. Hela accepted a partnership to regain her memories and revive the souls in her belly, but insisted she would not be the Society’s subordinate.

• Nan Tian told Hela that the [Five Calamities] could be reborn after death, though they would lose their memories of their previous lives.
• Nan Tian revealed that he intended to use the Tree of Terra to convert [Ultimate] into mental power and make a wish to wipe out humanity, sparing Light God Society members but taking away their ability to reproduce.
• Nan Tian offered Hela a chance to make a wish after the mission, and Hela asked to recover her memories after death and bring the souls in her belly back to life.
• Nan Tian welcomed Hela Yeager into the Light God Society, and its members knelt before her in a church-like hall as Ye Linwan offered her a cloak and a USB drive.
• Hela released a powerful aura and told Nan Tian and the Society that she would cooperate as an equal, not serve as their subordinate.

Hela left the Light God Society with Ye Linwan, Ye Yiqing, and Ye Ciqing and traveled with them to their home in Nihon Nation. As the family shopped, Hela learned about her new access to [X] and quietly observed the Ye family.

• Nan Tian guaranteed that the Light God Society would only involve Hela in actions with her consent, and Hela accepted the partnership.
• Ye Linwan, Ye Yiqing, and Ye Ciqing escorted Hela out of the church, where she stepped into the sunlight for the first time in years.
• Ye Ciqing explained that the USB drive gave Hela access to [X], an artificial intelligence who could search information, hack devices, and disguise identities.
• Ye Yiqing told Hela that the family lived in Nihon Nation, and Ye Linwan led them shopping instead of heading straight home.
• Hela assessed the Ye family's strength and tried takoyaki that Ye Linwan brought her.

At the Shimizu Residence, Hela asked Ye Linwan about [Thought]'s wish-granting ability and learned its mental-power limits and how the Lord had used it to advance his realm. Hela then left for Russia to find an underling.

• Ye Linwan brought Hela and the others to the Shimizu Residence, where Ye Ciqing's daughter-in-law Ichika welcomed them.
• Over a meal, Hela asked Ye Linwan about [Thought], and Ye Linwan explained that wishes cost more mental power when they alter reality more drastically or seek newer, more complicated information.
• Ye Linwan told Hela that the Lord had raised his realm by repeatedly wishing for advancement as his mental power recovered, reaching the Human Limit in less than a year.
• Hela declined Ye Ciqing's invitation to stay and play, and Ye Yiqing arranged someone to help her travel to Russia.
• Hela said she was going to Russia to find an underling.