Chapter Summaries

Shen Hui’s rage over Qingxue’s danger pushed him and Death World into an uncontrolled descent, overwhelming Huang Lingheng’s Creation World. As Huang Lingheng lost his Creator Form, prayers from the Deep Ones awakened an ancient, terrifying presence within Death World.

• Huang Lingheng taunted Shen Hui about Qingxue and claimed she was in danger from another Tarot Club member.
• Shen Hui’s anger intensified his Creator Form and raised the degree of Death World’s descent until his mind began transforming into the Unspeakable.
• Death World replaced the surrounding space as its domains became real and its oppressive force weakened Huang Lingheng’s connection to his Creation World.
• Huang Lingheng saw the sky crack expanding and believed he could escape once the space shattered.
• The calamity damaged the Sea of Death, while Dagon and the Deep Ones prayed beneath the sea and awakened an ancient consciousness that Huang Lingheng sensed.

The World, Leng Zimeng, struggled to contain the spreading contamination as Qingxue rushed into it, but Zhiyue arrived in time to pull her out. As Zhiyue confronted Leng Zimeng, the sphere containing Shen Hui and the others began to crack and burst open, releasing a torrent of black water and an unknown figure.

• The World moved Qingxue away from the spreading contamination and warned her to stay put, but Qingxue attacked and demanded that Shen Hui be released.
• Qingxue rushed into the contaminated area, where the black substance overwhelmed her and the World could not isolate it.
• Zhiyue tracked the spatial aura to Qingxue and the World, then used a beam of light to drive back the contamination and rescue Qingxue.
• Zhiyue confronted Leng Zimeng and demanded that she release Shen Hui and Huang Lingheng, while Leng Zimeng refused to back down.
• The sphere cracked apart, and black water poured out until a figure was swept out with the torrent.

Huang Lingheng emerged from the shattered world, warning that something had begun as a monstrous version of Shen Hui appeared and the Death World invaded the city. Recalling the creature he had encountered in Shen Hui’s world, Huang Lingheng realized this was not a ritual but something far more terrifying than death.

• Zhiyue and Leng Zimeng recognized the battered Huang Lingheng, who insisted that something had started.
• The sphere shattered, revealing a twisting mass of black water and mist that filled Zhiyue and Leng Zimeng with fear.
• A monstrous figure resembling Shen Hui emerged, and its power caused space to shatter as the Death World began invading reality.
• Zhiyue tried to protect herself and Leng Zimeng with her creation world, but it too began to be corrupted.
• Leng Zimeng said Huang Lingheng had succeeded, lost control, and started the Death God's ritual.
• Huang Lingheng remembered seeing Cthulhu's Transcendent avatar, the Father of Sharks, and warned that this was not a ritual but something worse than death.

Shen Hui’s uncontrolled power warped reality and threatened to fully unfold his Creation World, while Zhiyue struggled to contain him. When his power poisoned Zhiyue’s authority, Huang Lingheng reminded her of Qingxue, whose presence might explain Shen Hui’s loss of control.

• Shen Hui ignored Zhiyue’s pleas as his barrier eroded and his power darkened the sky and twisted what Zhiyue, Leng Zimeng, and Huang Lingheng could see.
• Zhiyue used her authority of justice to absorb Shen Hui’s power and steady the scales, but an enormous tentacle formed around them and began poisoning her.
• Unable to contain Shen Hui safely, Zhiyue told Leng Zimeng to open the sealed area so the World Association could intervene.
• Huang Lingheng warned that involving the World Association could have consequences and reminded Zhiyue and Leng Zimeng about Qingxue.
• Zhiyue and Leng Zimeng looked toward Qingxue, and Zhiyue realized Huang Lingheng’s actions had caused Shen Hui to lose control.

Shen Hui’s rampage ended when Qingxue held him, bringing him back to normal before he collapsed. As Zhiyue, Leng Zimeng, and Qingxue were left incapacitated, the Fool arrived with the Hermit to handle the aftermath.

• Zhiyue dispelled the contamination from Qingxue and urged Shen Hui to look at what he had done, while Huang Lingheng admitted that he had lied about Qingxue’s condition.
• Shen Hui trapped Huang Lingheng in a terrifying illusion of the Father of Sharks, while Zhiyue and Leng Zimeng also experienced a less severe illusion.
• Zhiyue and Leng Zimeng emerged to find Qingxue holding Shen Hui in his Creator Form as his corruption faded and his Death World began to contract.
• Shen Hui stroked Qingxue’s head, said he was glad she was all right, and collapsed with her; Zhiyue and Leng Zimeng were left exhausted and unable to evacuate everyone.
• Leng Zimeng’s barrier shattered, alerting nearby World Association members, but the Fool arrived with the Hermit and left the aftermath to him.

Shen Hui woke in a hospital after his Death World ran amok and learned that Qingxue and Zhiyue had survived, though both remained affected. Leng Zimeng explained what happened and revealed Huang Lingheng was alive but likely suffering a fate worse than death.

• Chi Yan searched the site of the spatial disturbance but found no traces and ordered the World Association members to leave.
• Shen Hui woke and recalled that Cthulhu's Transcendent avatar, the Father of Sharks, had rampaged through his Death World.
• Leng Zimeng entered Shen Hui's room, and he prepared to unleash the Death World until she and Zhiyue assured him they meant no harm.
• Leng Zimeng and Zhiyue explained how Zhiyue was corrupted and Qingxue embraced Shen Hui to bring him out of his madness; Shen Hui then visited Qingxue, who remained unconscious but stable.
• Leng Zimeng said The Fool and The Hermit had brought them back safely, that The Fool had left, and that Huang Lingheng was alive but likely suffering a fate worse than death.

Shen Hui learned that the Night Organization’s Tarot Club sought to strengthen its members by completing rituals, then discovered that his Death God ritual required killing at least ten million people in the real world. He rejected the ritual as the group reached Huang Lingheng’s unusually cold hospital room.

• As Shen Hui walked with Leng Zimeng toward Huang Lingheng’s room, she explained that they were adopted siblings and belonged to the underground Night Organization.
• Leng Zimeng said Starry Night was one branch of the Night Organization, while she and Huang Lingheng belonged to Hong Ye, and that Huang Lingheng’s grandfather led the organization.
• Leng Zimeng explained that Huang Lingheng had sought Shen Hui because each new Tarot Club member strengthened the others, and Zhiyue and Leng Zimeng described their own rituals.
• Zhiyue revealed that Shen Hui’s Death God ritual required plunging a city into death and taking at least ten million lives from their real world.
• Shen Hui recoiled from the ritual and dismissed the Death God position as the group arrived outside Huang Lingheng’s room, where the corridor was unusually cold.

Shen Hui visited Huang Lingheng, whose body and mind had been corrupted, but could do nothing to help him. As he left, Shen Hui discovered that the Death World had advanced to level six and gained new traits.

• Leng Zimeng asked Shen Hui to free Huang Lingheng from the corruption, but Shen Hui said it had nothing to do with him.
• Shen Hui saw Huang Lingheng's corrupted body and learned that he had become terrified of Leng Zimeng and Zhiyue, though he briefly regained his lucidity and apologized for deceiving them.
• Huang Lingheng refused Leng Zimeng's request for help, accepting responsibility for the consequences of his failure.
• Shen Hui left Qingxue in Zhiyue's care and told Leng Zimeng that Huang Lingheng's survival depended on his willpower.
• Shen Hui checked the Death World and discovered it had risen from level five to level six, gained the Miracle trait, and granted the Deep Ones the racial trait Call of the Father of Sharks.

After the disasters damaged the Death World, Shen Hui spent World Origin Power repairing it and checked that the Backrooms was unharmed. He then went to the underground black market to obtain contact information for World Association members so he could arrange to lure Ji Xinfeng to the Giant God Cult’s ritual tomorrow.

• Shen Hui learned that the Death World had reached level six and gained the Miracle and Call of the Father of Sharks traits.
• Shen Hui surveyed the damage from the disasters, including the escaped 173 and 049, and spent 2,500 World Origin Power to repair the Death World.
• Shen Hui confirmed that the Backrooms was unaffected and decided the Death World would eventually need a larger population.
• Shen Hui arrived at Qingbai Market and reflected on the upcoming Death God ritual and whether other preselected candidates might exist.
• Shen Hui disguised himself and entered the underground black market to find Ji Xinfeng’s location for the Giant God Cult’s ritual.
• Shen Hui asked the Know-It-All intelligence dealer for phone numbers belonging to members of the World Association.

Shen Hui arranged to lure Ji Xinfeng to a meeting about his son, then visited Chi Yan at the World Association. He learned that people had shared strange dreams after his loss of control, while the Association prepared for the next day’s events and warned him about the Giant God Cult.

• Shen Hui bought World Association members’ phone numbers and called Ji Xinfeng, telling him to come alone to Yellow Lake Park the next morning to learn about his son and Shen Hui.
• Shen Hui destroyed the phone in Creator Form, left the black market, and went to the World Association after Chi Yan called him.
• Chi Yan noticed Shen Hui had reached a Level Six Creation World and questioned him about the previous day; Shen Hui denied anything unusual had happened.
• Chi Yan told Shen Hui that citizens and creators had reported similar dreams involving the sea, fog, and darkness, and Shen Hui suspected they were connected to his loss of control.
• Chi Yan said the Association would tighten security that night, partly to search for the Giant God Cult’s hideout, and urged Shen Hui to stay at the World Association.
• Shen Hui declined to stay, left for Ye Long’s residential complex, and waited for nightfall.

Shen Hui attended the Giant God Cult’s final meeting before its operation, then spent the night in the black market watching an arena challenge. There, he recognized something familiar about the masked challenger, leaving the person’s identity unresolved.

• The Enforcer told the Giant God Cult members that the World Association had tightened security because of the Laughing Moon Cult and ordered them to proceed with their diversion operation.
• The Enforcer assigned two cult members to accompany Death God and help him eliminate Shen Hui during the operation, which was scheduled to begin at six the next morning.
• Shen Hui arranged to meet the two members at the market entrance and decided to wait in the black market overnight.
• The arena manager told Shen Hui that a level-four Creator from another major district was taking on challengers and advised him to bet on the masked fighter.
• Shen Hui entered the packed arena and saw the star-masked challenger standing over a badly injured opponent, recognizing something familiar about the challenger.

Shen Hui joined two Giant God Cult followers as their coordinated attacks began across the cities. He led them to the park where he had arranged to meet Ji Xinfeng, claiming Shen Hui would be there for morning exercise.

• Shen Hui restrained Raven when it tried to emerge as a group including the starry-masked fighter and a blank-masked figure passed him.
• Ji Xinfeng decided to leave his patrol to pursue a mysterious caller’s lead, and his captain allowed him to go.
• At 5:47, Shen Hui spotted two Giant God Cult followers near the market and prepared to begin their operation with them.
• As alarms sounded and creatures appeared across the cities, Shen Hui led the two followers toward the park to meet Ji Xinfeng.
• Shen Hui told the followers that Shen Hui might be at the park for morning exercise and guided them toward the western pavilion.

Shen Hui lured Ji Xinfeng into a confrontation with two Giant God Cult members, disguising his own world and faking his death as Ji Xinfeng attacked. The battle escalated when the cultists merged their Colossal Creature World into the battlefield, suppressing Ji Xinfeng’s cultivators, while Shen Hui secretly escaped underground.

• Shen Hui led two Giant God Cult members to the West Pavilion and falsely announced that their target had been surrounded, prompting Ji Xinfeng to believe he had walked into a cult trap.
• Ji Xinfeng and the two cultists unfolded their Creation Worlds, and Shen Hui disguised his level and world by manifesting the Later Generations World.
• Ji Xinfeng’s flying swords broke through a cultist’s barrier and struck Shen Hui, who fell and pretended to be dead.
• Ji Xinfeng appeared with cultivators from the Sharp Sword Organization, and the two Giant God Cult members prepared to fight him.
• The cultists merged their Colossal Creature World with the battlefield, suppressing Ji Xinfeng’s cultivators as Shen Hui’s supposed corpse slipped underground and vanished.

Shen Hui watched the battle between Ji Xinfeng and the Giant God Cult from the safety of the Backrooms World, using a Raven as his eyes. As the fighting exhausted both sides, the giant creatures of the Colossal Creature Worlds could no longer be replenished, and few remained.

• Ji Xinfeng and two Giant God Cultists merged with their Creation Worlds and led their forces into a fierce battle across the park.
• Shen Hui revealed that he had faked his death by turning the part struck by a flying sword into his Creator Form, then hiding in the Backrooms World.
• Shen Hui sent a Raven to observe the battle and assessed the strengths and weaknesses of the cultivators, mages, martial artists, and giant creatures.
• The battle continued through successive waves of reinforcements, with casualties possibly reaching hundreds of thousands or more.
• Both sides began running out of fighters, and the Colossal Creature Worlds could no longer replace their fallen giant creatures.

Ji Xinfeng’s strongest trump card destroyed the Giant God Cultists and their Creation Worlds, but the ancestor died after his single strike, leaving Ji Xinfeng weakened. As Ji Xinfeng prepared to withdraw his Creation World, he spotted an ordinary crow and sensed someone hiding nearby.

• Ji Xinfeng summoned his sect’s ancestor, who crushed the Giant God Cultists’ forces and enabled Ji Xinfeng’s Creation World to devour theirs.
• The ancestor died after using his one strike, and Shen Hui realized Ji Xinfeng had lost his trump card.
• Ji Xinfeng blamed the Giant God Cult for the battle and suspected the mysterious person who had lured him there was involved.
• As Ji Xinfeng prepared to withdraw his Creation World, he noticed a crow that could not belong there and sensed something amiss in space.
• Ji Xinfeng stared toward the hidden presence and demanded to know who else was there.

Shen Hui revealed himself to Ji Xinfeng and overwhelmed him by spreading Death World across much of the Water District. With Ji Xinfeng defeated, Shen Hui began to hint at the truth about Ji Xinfeng’s sons.

• Shen Hui emerged from a pile of remains disguised as a Giant God Cultist and confronted Ji Xinfeng.
• Shen Hui revealed his identity, leaving Ji Xinfeng furious after he realized the man he blamed for his sons’ deaths was a Giant God Cult member.
• Ji Xinfeng summoned his Creation World, but Shen Hui descended with Death World across the park and much of the Water District.
• Shen Hui’s Eldritch Heroes attacked, corrupting Ji Xinfeng’s cultivators and causing his world to collapse.
• Sadako appeared behind Ji Xinfeng, who fell to his knees as Shen Hui asked whether he wanted to know the truth about his sons.

Shen Hui tortured Ji Xinfeng to death in revenge, refusing to explain what had happened to Ji Xinfeng’s sons. As Shen Hui’s Death World spread across the Water District, Chi Yan and others rushed toward its center, while Ji Xinfeng died believing Shen Hui was a member of the Giant God Cult.

• The Death World spread across the Water District, alarming Sun Jingjing, Zhiyue, and Leng Zimeng, who suspected Shen Hui was involved.
• Chi Yan recognized Shen Hui’s Creation World and led a World Association team toward the center of the phenomenon.
• Ji Xinfeng asked Shen Hui what had happened to his sons, but Shen Hui mocked him and refused to tell him.
• Shen Hui declared that Ji Xinfeng and his sons had brought their fate upon themselves and ordered the Pig-headed Butcher to cut Ji Xinfeng apart while keeping him alive.
• Sadako trapped Ji Xinfeng in an endless cycle of agony, and Ji Xinfeng accused Shen Hui of being a member of the Giant God Cult before Shen Hui left him to die in despair.

Shen Hui devoured Ji Xinfeng’s Level 9 cultivation world and gained valuable rewards, but worried that selling them would reveal his involvement. When Chi Yan arrived, Shen Hui withdrew the Death World and falsely claimed Ji Xinfeng had saved him before dying in battle.

• Shen Hui’s Abomination absorbed Ji Xinfeng, then the Death World devoured Ji Xinfeng’s cultivation world and contaminated its Heavenly Dao.
• Shen Hui received a cultivation-system template, World Origin Power, and other rewards, but decided they were too risky to sell openly.
• Shen Hui spotted Chi Yan approaching with a team and removed his Giant God Cult outfit before they reached him.
• Chi Yan asked Shen Hui what had happened and requested that he withdraw the expanded world, so Shen Hui recalled the Death World.
• Shen Hui told Chi Yan that Giant God Cult members had attacked him, Ji Xinfeng had saved him and killed two attackers, and Ji Xinfeng had died in battle.

Shen Hui reached the shelter after telling Chi Yan and the others that Ji Xinfeng had died fighting the Giant God Cult. As the unrest neared noon, a projection of the Colossal Creature World appeared in the sky, and a gigantic eye stared through it at their world.

• Shen Hui told Chi Yan that Ji Xinfeng had died while fighting three Giant God Cult members, and Chi Yan sent him to the shelter before returning to the unrest.
• Shen Hui traveled through the ruined city to the shelter, where Ye Yitian and the city lord learned of Ji Xinfeng’s death and confirmed Ye Long was safe.
• Shen Hui waited at the shelter as more wounded people arrived and the Giant God Cult’s unrest continued without revealing its purpose.
• Near noon, Shen Hui saw a projection of the Colossal Creature World appear in the sky, become obscured by a gigantic palm, and then return showing an enormous eye staring through the projection.

The Giant God Cult channeled power from another world, but Fan Hao disrupted the passage and reduced the power they received. The cult decided to choose a Divine Chosen to receive what remained.

• The Giant God Eye appeared in the sky, and the Giant God Cultists retreated after completing their mission.
• Fan Hao realized the cult was channeling power from another world and waited for the passage to appear.
• The Giant God Cult priest told the Holy Son that the channeling had succeeded, but the stone's light stopped as Fan Hao attacked the passage with his World Power.
• Fan Hao's true dragon clashed with the Giant God's illusory arm, damaging the passage before he vanished.
• The remaining power in the ritual stone faded, and the priest announced that the Giant God Cult would begin the Divine Chosen selection.