Chapter Summaries

Hela rescued Qin Fengfeng from an explosion and sent her away, then watched public anger and violence against the Night Stars spread worldwide. After a week, Hela received a message from the Light God Society summoning her to a marked location.

• Armed attackers burst into the room, and an exploding hand sent Hela and Qin Fengfeng falling from the building.
• Hela slowed their fall by gripping a nearby building, then met Aidan and told him to take Qin Fengfeng abroad.
• Hela handed Qin Fengfeng to Aidan and left as he stood dismayed, wearing a red scarf he kept as a memento.
• A week later, Hela saw protests against the Night Stars and read reports of deadly unrest abroad.
• Back at the rented room, Hela received a message from the Light God Society directing her to a location marked on a map.

X told Hela to make a wish and prepare to meet the other Five Calamities for the mission involving the Light God Society. Hela insisted that Tuote and Aidan should get wishes too, then took them and Weier by plane to meet Chi Jiu.

• X warned Hela that the Light God Society was preparing to set out and told her to make a wish before joining the other Five Calamities.
• Hela asked to kill Summer for killing one of her underlings, but X told her to wait until the plan was complete.
• Hela insisted that Tuote and Aidan should get wishes, and X explained that she could use her extra wishes to make wishes on their behalf.
• X told Hela that Chi Jiu would meet them at their destination and that she spoke only Japanese, then Hela led her underlings out.
• Hela drove off with Tuote, Aidan, and Weier, collected their first-class tickets, and boarded the plane.
• Aidan admitted that he had never flown because he had used his ability to cross borders, while Hela watched the plane rise above the clouds.

Hela and her companions traveled to a snowy wilderness to meet the Light God Society’s dragon, Chi Jiu. After finding Chi Jiu nearly frozen to death, Hela warmed her back to life, and Chi Jiu immediately challenged her to a fight.

• Hela followed X’s directions and drove south from the airport with Aidan, Tuote, and Weier.
• Hela found Chi Jiu buried in the snow and pulled her out, recognizing her as the Light God Society’s dragon.
• Hela used her tentacles and body heat to revive Chi Jiu while Aidan and Tuote watched.
• Chi Jiu woke up, clung to Hela for warmth, and explained that she had fallen asleep in the snow while waiting.
• Chi Jiu challenged Hela to fight, but Hela refused and told her to take the group to the Light God Society.

Chi Jiu carried Hela, Aidan, Tuote, and Weier to Antarctica, where Hela revealed her longing for the people of the Special Investigation Squad. After landing, Chi Jiu uncovered a crude underground entrance and led everyone inside.

• Chi Jiu transformed into a fire dragon, tossed Hela and Aidan onto her back, and carried Tuote and Weier in the car as she took off.
• Chi Jiu flew through the cold and descended over Antarctica, keeping everyone warm with the heat from her scales.
• Hela told Aidan that she had been a member of the Special Investigation Squad and wanted to live with its people again.
• Chi Jiu landed in Antarctica, changed back into her human form, and dug up a wooden trapdoor hidden beneath the snow.
• Hela jumped into the underground passage, and Aidan, Tuote, and Chi Jiu followed her inside.

Hela arrived at the Light God Society with Aidan, Tuote, Weier, and Chi Jiu, then asked Nan Tian to grant her wishes. After writing wishes for her companions and herself, she submitted the form and tried to peek at everyone else’s.

• Hela slid through an ice tunnel and landed among the Light God Society members while holding a powerful bomb, which she swallowed into her abdomen.
• Aidan, Tuote, Weier, and Chi Jiu came crashing down after her, and Ye Yiqing helped Tuote, Weier, and Aidan up.
• Nan Tian welcomed Hela, who asked to make a wish and received a form and instructions.
• Tuote asked that he and Weier both survive, and Hela wrote down his wish.
• Aidan asked Hela to always remember him, and she added his wish to the form.
• Hela wrote her own wishes, handed the completed form to Nan Tian, and tried to peek at the other members’ wishes.

Hela visited the Light God Society’s wish-writing gathering and read the wishes of Yuliu and the Ye Family. When she saw Ye Yiqing wanted his biological father brought back to life, she learned how deeply he hated the man and how he planned to torture him.

• Hela read a core member’s wish to spend her life playing games and watching anime, then looked over Yuliu’s wish for a lakeside cabin and a Samoyed.
• Hela joined Ye Linwan, Ye Ciqing, and Ye Yiqing, and read Ye Linwan’s wish for her family to live long, safe lives.
• Hela saw that Ye Ciqing wished to rule a city with Shimizu Ichika and that Ye Yiqing wished to revive his biological father.
• Hela asked why Ye Yiqing wanted his father back, and he revealed that he intended to torture him for his death.
• Ye Linwan calmed Ye Yiqing, who regained his composure and apologized to her.

Hela left Ye Yiqing and his father to their private history, while Nan Tian rallied the Light God Society for its final mission, the Extermination Plan. In Great Xia, Wang Canxin arrived to replace Zhou Fan as Night Star supreme commander and revealed that he had killed his own father.

• Hela left after seeing Ye Yiqing with his father and failed to find Nanming.
• Nan Tian burned the members' wish lists after Ye Linwan and Nan Tian checked them.
• Nan Tian announced the dangerous Extermination Plan and promised to resurrect the dead if the Light God Society seized the Tree of Terra, while warning that failure could destroy them all.
• Ye Yiqing, Ye Linwan, Ye Ciqing, and the other members swore their lives to the Light God Society, while Hela and a few others stayed standing.
• [Satellite] told Zhou Fan that the five countries' supreme commanders would meet over the Night Stars' loss of public trust, then revealed Wang Canxin would attend in his place.
• Wang Canxin told Zhou Fan he would take over as Great Xia's Night Star supreme commander and admitted he had killed his father.

Wang Canxin used Jian Luo and Noah to force Zhou Fan to surrender the Great Xia Night Stars’ command, then took the commander-in-chief’s seat. After burning Zhou Fan’s papers, he ordered Satellite to take him to the International Night Star Headquarters for a meeting.

• Zhou Fan threatened Wang Canxin with molten-metal blades, but Wang remained calm and revealed that Jian Luo and Noah had joined him.
• Jian Luo and Noah restrained Zhou Fan, and Noah explained that Wang had helped him after the Night Star higher-ups abandoned him.
• Wang presented his certificate as commander-in-chief, stamped the contract, and told Zhou Fan to retire from the top position.
• Wang said he intended to purge the Night Star organization’s corrupt leadership, while Zhou Fan warned him of the dangers.
• After Zhou Fan left, Wang burned the papers in the commander-in-chief’s chair and instructed Satellite to take him to the International Night Star Headquarters.

Han Keru, who went by Keke, struggled with life in the Gravekeepers’ signal-free base until Lü Weitian accidentally knocked her down and broke the enclosure for her tarantula, Peter. After Lü Weitian used an unseen force to catch the escaped spider, he offered to take Keke to the logistics area to have the enclosure repaired.

• Keke left her room with Peter, planning to visit the logistics area for mealworms.
• Lü Weitian ran into Keke, knocking her down and breaking Peter’s enclosure.
• Lü Weitian used a mysterious force to catch Peter before the tarantula could crawl away.
• Keke introduced herself as Han Keru, and Lü Weitian introduced himself as Tiantian.
• Lü Weitian offered to take Keke to the logistics area, and they headed there together.

Nan Tian outlined the Light God Society’s plan to seize the Tree of Terra and escort Hela to reunite with the other [Five Calamities] and fuse into [Ultimate]. The group agreed to set out at noon the next day, with Ye Yiqing assigned to protect Hela and the [Four Seasons].

• Nan Tian assigned Aidan, Lin Wushuang, and the girl with bangs over her eyes to scout the Tree of Terra’s location before the main force attacked.
• Lin Wushuang agreed to the assignment after Ye Linwan persuaded him to follow Nan Tian’s arrangements.
• Hela agreed to let Aidan join the scouting party, while Nan Tian assigned [X] to guide Hela’s group and Yuliu and Ye Yiqing to assist it.
• Nan Tian explained that Ye Yiqing could communicate with Ye Ciqing through their [Demonic Eye Twins] even while they were separated.
• Nan Tian ordered Ye Yiqing to protect Hela and the [Four Seasons], warning that a death among the [Five Calamities] would prevent their fusion into [Ultimate].
• Ye Yiqing accepted the duty, and Nan Tian announced that the mission would begin at noon the next day.

Hela noticed Aidan’s growing affection for her, then witnessed Lin Wushuang confess to Ye Linwan and win her promise to marry him. The chapter ended with Hela wondering whether Aidan liked her too.

• Hela told Aidan and Tuote they did not need to push themselves for the Light God Society because they were her underlings.
• Aidan gave Tuote his ordinary scarf and asked him to give it to Hela as a gift.
• Hela and Ye Ciqing overheard Lin Wushuang confess his love to Ye Linwan, who hugged him after hearing his sincere feelings.
• Ye Ciqing attacked Lin Wushuang, but Ye Linwan restrained him with spider silk and promised to marry Lin Wushuang after the mission.
• Hela reflected on Aidan’s behavior and wondered whether he liked her.

Wang Canxin attended an international meeting of the Night Stars’ commanders to discuss the organization’s damaged public image. The commanders proposed deceiving the public and secretly killing those who knew too much, while Chi Jiu carried the Light God Society toward the United States to meet [Four Seasons].

• Chi Jiu burst from the Antarctic snow and flew toward the United States with Ye Ciqing, Hela, Ye Yiqing, and the Light God Society aboard.
• Ye Yiqing told Hela that [Four Seasons] were in the United States and that [Autumn] had been resurrected with a different personality.
• Wang Canxin entered the international meeting and introduced himself as the commander-in-chief of the Great Xia Night Stars.
• The United States commander-in-chief pressured Wang Canxin with his aura, but Wang criticized the Night Stars’ leadership for relying on violence.
• [Satellite] opened the meeting, and Commander Te proposed blaming the [Godslaying] Squad for disobeying orders, staging a disaster to restore public confidence, and secretly killing witnesses.
• The Atan commander and Japan’s commander-in-chief agreed with Te Chuan’s proposal.

Wang Canxin and the Russian commander-in-chief seized control of the Night Stars during a meeting, killing the American and Atan Country commanders and taking the Nihon Nation commander into custody. Wang Canxin ordered [Satellite] to make all Night Stars follow him, while refusing to alert the Gravekeepers to the coming danger.

• Wang Canxin proposed abolishing the Night Stars' senior management system and establishing a new one, provoking the American and Atan Country commanders.
• The Russian commander-in-chief crushed the American commander's attack, backed Wang Canxin's proposal, and killed the American commander when he tried to flee.
• Wang Canxin shot Commander Qiao of Atan Country and ordered the Russian commander-in-chief to take the surrendering Nihon Nation commander away.
• The Russian commander-in-chief reminded Wang Canxin that he had acted in exchange for the safety of his wife and children, and Wang Canxin threatened them if he resisted.
• Wang Canxin thanked [Satellite] for helping his plan and ordered it to place all Night Stars under his command.
• Wang Canxin refused to notify the Gravekeepers or strengthen defenses despite the coming threat from the Light God Society.

Hela and her companions traveled to City A in the United States to find Winter and Autumn, the only members of the Four Seasons there. Hela recognized Winter and was stunned by Autumn as the group approached them in Central Park.

• Hela set out with Yuliu, Ye Yiqing, Tuote, and Weier after Nan Tian explained their mission to find the Four Seasons and head for Ocean.
• Hela and her companions entered City A and walked to the city's largest park after Ye Yiqing confirmed the meeting location.
• Hela spotted Winter and Autumn sitting on a bench in Central Park and hurried toward them.
• Winter and Autumn stood to meet Hela, who faltered when she saw Winter and was especially stunned by Autumn.

Hela reunited with [Winter] and met the reborn [Autumn] while they waited for [Summer] and [Spring] to arrive. Ye Yiqing spotted a white-haired man at a hotel, followed him to his room, and confronted him as he met a woman.

• [Winter] greeted Hela and introduced [Autumn], whom Hela teased for being short.
• Ye Yiqing thanked [Winter] and [Autumn] for waiting, then abruptly left after spotting someone in the crowd.
• Hela went to a buffet restaurant, while Yuliu stayed with [Winter] and [Autumn].
• Ye Yiqing tracked a white-haired middle-aged man to a hotel room, where the man was meeting a woman.
• Ye Yiqing burst into the room and told the white-haired man, “You really haven't changed your ways.”

Ye Yiqing tracked down the white-haired man who had abused him as a child and tortured him for information about the people who brought him to the city. After leaving the man unable to call for help, Ye Yiqing realized he had likely been lured away and rushed toward the building’s exterior.

• Ye Yiqing entered the room and killed the woman beside the white-haired man, then cut the man’s legs and demanded to know who he was.
• The white-haired man recognized Ye Yiqing as the son of the woman he had abused, and Ye Yiqing beat him while asking who had sent him and why.
• The man said that unknown people had paid him to stay in the city, but he did not know their purpose.
• Ye Yiqing critically wounded the man, left a phone nearby, called emergency services, and turned off the phone’s location function before leaving.
• As the man failed to speak to emergency services, Ye Yiqing heard someone claim that Night Star could not handle two of the Five Calamities and rushed outside.

Hela questioned whether a person without emotions had any reason to live after hearing a teacher discuss the meaning of life. Delala invited Hela home to talk, and the chapter ended when Hela recognized Delala’s husband as someone she knew.

• Hela overheard a teacher explain that emotions gave life meaning and wondered whether she deserved to live without them.
• Hela approached the teacher, Delala, and asked whether someone without emotions had any meaning in living.
• Delala invited Hela to her home for dinner, where Hela described her inability to cry, grieve, or understand what she liked.
• Delala’s husband arrived carrying bags, and Hela recognized him as someone she knew.

Hela shared a meal with Noah, Delala, and their son Nuonuo, and felt the family’s happiness stir something strange in her. After Delala took Nuonuo away, Noah told Hela that protecting his loved ones gave his life meaning, but he could not answer what remained for someone without feelings.

• Noah returned home with food and greeted Hela, whom he had known in Atan Country before moving to the United States.
• Noah, Delala, Nuonuo, and Hela ate together, and Hela watched the family’s happiness with a strange feeling.
• Noah told Delala that Hela was the person he had spoken about, and Delala took Nuonuo away while quietly sobbing.
• Hela threatened Noah with blade-tipped tentacles, then withdrew them after he explained that he had told Delala they might die there.
• Noah discussed the meaning of life with Hela and said protecting his family gave his life meaning, but he did not know what someone without feelings could live for.

Noah told Hela that living and striving to live better could be enough, prompting her to miss her old life with the Special Investigation Squad. Meanwhile, Ye Yiqing realized the Night Star was delaying him, suspected it was targeting one of the [Four Seasons], and discovered enormous steel pillars rising around the city.

• Noah explained to Hela that life could be its own meaning and that living better was worth pursuing, and Hela reflected on her past with the Special Investigation Squad.
• Ye Yiqing noticed the streets emptying and called [X] to warn Hela and Yuliu, but [Satellite] took over the phone and claimed his companions had been killed.
• Ye Yiqing destroyed the phone, rejected [Satellite]'s claim as an attempt to delay him, and hurried toward City A Park.
• Ye Yiqing suspected the Night Star was concentrating its forces to eliminate one of the [Four Seasons] after separating [Winter] and [Autumn].
• The city shook, and Ye Yiqing saw enormous steel pillars rise from the ground around its edges.

Ye Yiqing and Yuliu’s group discovered that the Night Star had sealed the city behind a barrier, cutting off their communications. Yuliu, [Winter], and [Autumn] were then attacked by two powerful combat robots, and the fight continued as Yuliu countered their coordinated assault.

• Ye Yiqing saw the barrier rise around the city, concluded it was meant to prevent [Summer] and [Spring] from arriving, and headed toward Yuliu.
• [Winter] recognized the barrier, while Yuliu found that the Night Star had cut off their network access; he then sensed an attack beneath the ground.
• Yuliu warned [Winter] and [Autumn] before an energy blast erupted, and [Winter] shielded [Autumn] from the explosion with ice.
• Yuliu fired at the two robots, but they protected each other and charged [Winter] and [Autumn]; [Winter] evaded their blades as [Autumn] struck the white robot with his scythe.
• Yuliu redirected a shot to intercept the black robot’s energy blast, then drew a dagger and fired three more shots at it.