Chapter Summaries

Shen Hui encountered a fused magic-and-martial-arts world under attack by followers of the Seventy-Two Demon Gods and sent the Death World’s troops to intervene. Amon’s followers merged into an incarnation of their god, who recognized Shen Hui’s world and prepared to face it.

• Shen Hui learned that others had noticed resources disappearing from Unclaimed Worlds, but none knew why.
• While challenging an Unclaimed World, Shen Hui was matched with two worlds that fused into one, bringing together a magic civilization and a martial arts civilization.
• Shen Hui discovered that the fused world was at war and suspected the resource thief was invading it.
• Shen Hui recognized the invading creatures as followers of the Seventy-Two Demon Gods, including Amon’s wolf-headed, raven-bodied followers.
• Shen Hui sent Death World troops into the fused world, drawing the followers’ attention to his powerful world.
• Amon’s followers gathered and merged into his incarnation, which recognized Shen Hui’s world and welcomed another chance to meet it.

Shen Hui awakened Cthulhu to confront Amon after rejecting Qingxue’s attempt to merge their worlds. The unclaimed world collapsed into spreading darkness that appeared across the Sea of Stars, and Qingxue suspected Shen Hui was involved.

• Amon manifested his avatar at full strength, seized the passage to the Death World, and dragged the Death World into contact with the unclaimed world.
• Shen Hui rejected Qingxue’s attempt to merge her creation world with his and awakened Cthulhu within the Death World.
• Cthulhu’s awakening spread darkness across the joined worlds and enveloped Amon’s avatar.
• The unclaimed world shattered, and its darkness spread into the Sea of Stars as a growing black spot.
• Qingxue saw the darkness in the Sea of Stars and wondered whether Shen Hui had encountered danger.

Cthulhu's awakening spread darkness and madness across the Real World, while Amon tried to burn it away. Amon's avatar was trapped and overwhelmed by a grotesque reflection of himself, and the chapter ended as incomprehensible knowledge flooded his mind and colored light appeared.

• Cthulhu awakened in the Real World, spreading darkness that transformed living beings and drew them into his following.
• Amon resisted the darkness with dark red flames and scattered burning feathers, causing it to recede and his power to grow.
• Amon saw Cthulhu's avatar take on his own appearance and attacked it, but the avatar reformed from glass-like fragments.
• The fragments formed a mirror that showed Amon's avatar as a rotting, tentacled abomination, which was engulfed by black tentacles.
• Amon lost all perception as the universe fell silent, then an incomprehensible flood of knowledge struck him and colored light appeared in the darkness.

Amon’s avatar repeatedly returned from death by rewinding time and space, preventing Cthulhu from destroying him. Shen Hui realized Raven could counter Amon because Raven also existed in every time and space, and summoned him.

• Amon’s avatar shriveled as the Unspeakable’s madness consumed him, and Shen Hui prepared for Cthulhu to absorb his divinity.
• A clock bearing wolf-claw hands and a raven’s head appeared, rewound time and space, and restored Amon’s avatar and divinity.
• Amon’s avatar declared himself undying, and Cthulhu struck him down, but the clock rewound events and restored him again.
• Shen Hui recognized that Amon’s power let him return from other times and spaces beyond Cthulhu’s current reach.
• Raven emerged from Shen Hui’s arm, and Shen Hui declared that he also had a being who existed in every time and space.

Amon’s avatar hurled a spacetime-infused spear at the Raven and Cthulhu, causing reality around the Sea of Stars to fracture and rewind repeatedly. As observers tried to understand the disturbance, a multicolored gate appeared in the darkness.

• The Raven representing Yog-Sothoth emerged from Shen Hui, and Amon’s avatar mocked it before forming and throwing a flaming spear infused with time and space toward Cthulhu.
• The spear’s power shattered space, and Creators at outposts across the Sea of Stars saw distant planets explode and then return to normal.
• The planets repeatedly shifted between being whole and shattered, confusing witnesses who wondered whether they were seeing things.
• Powerful and well-informed Creators recognized that spacetime had fallen into disarray, and others speculated that a deity wielding spacetime power was fighting in the darkness.
• A multicolored beam pierced the dark region and expanded into a radiant gate.

Shen Hui’s Yog-Sothoth emerged and overcame Amon’s avatar by trapping him across spacetime. The chapter ended with Yog-Sothoth revealing a world it had created, surprising Shen Hui.

• Amon’s avatar attacked Raven with a spacetime spear, but Raven split into countless colored bubbles that absorbed its power.
• Amon realized each bubble appeared to contain a universe, while Shen Hui explained that the bubbles were doors to different points in his universe’s spacetime.
• The bubbles converged into a vast door, and Yog-Sothoth emerged in its full form as Cthulhu attacked Amon’s avatar.
• Yog-Sothoth repeatedly tracked Amon’s avatar through spacetime, trapping him until he fled through a door back to Shen Hui and the others.
• Yog-Sothoth split open and released a sphere that Shen Hui recognized as a world Yog-Sothoth had created.

Shen Hui watched Yog-Sothoth kill Amon’s incarnation with a world of chaotic spacetime, then saw Cthulhu and Yog-Sothoth struggle over the remaining divinity. After the battlefield collapsed and Shen Hui returned to the Land of the Unfettered, he considered reporting the strange events to President Chi Yan.

• Yog-Sothoth drew Amon’s incarnation into his world, where chaotic spacetime tore him apart, and began absorbing his divinity.
• Cthulhu reached into Yog-Sothoth’s world for Amon’s divinity, and the two gods fought over it as Yog-Sothoth shifted spacetime to evade him.
• Yog-Sothoth surrendered half the divinity, and Cthulhu gave a small portion to Shen Hui before absorbing the rest.
• Yog-Sothoth returned to Raven, Cthulhu vanished, and the darkness and battlefield collapsed as Shen Hui’s consciousness returned to his body.
• Shen Hui heard people in the Land of the Unfettered discussing the vanished phenomena and wondered whether the fused Unclaimed Worlds were connected to the Seventy-Two Demon Gods.
• Shen Hui considered notifying President Chi Yan about the events in the Sea of Stars.

After defeating Amon’s avatar in an Unclaimed World, Shen Hui told Qingxue about the encounter and worried that the Sea of Stars’ cosmic tunnels might be affected. He then learned that Bai Fan and Tu Xingchen had also encountered followers of the Seventy-Two Demon Gods, though they concealed whether a god’s avatar had appeared.

• Qingxue confronted Shen Hui about the Sea of Stars anomaly and asked why he had refused her world fusion.
• Shen Hui told Qingxue about Amon and said Amon’s avatar had become nourishment for his divinity; he promised to accept her help next time.
• Shen Hui said he planned to report the anomaly and check whether the cosmic tunnels connecting other worlds were affected.
• Bai Fan and Tu Xingchen told Shen Hui that followers of the Seventy-Two Demon Gods had attacked an Unclaimed World to seize its resources.
• Shen Hui concluded that the pair were hiding whether they had also faced a manifested divine avatar.

Shen Hui discussed the Seventy-Two Demon Gods and the mysterious darkness with Bai Fan and Tu Xingchen, while concealing that the darkness was connected to him. After they left, Qingxue suspected Bai Fan was investigating Shen Hui for reasons beyond the darkness, and Shen Hui decided to report the events and strengthen his Creation World.

• Shen Hui concluded that Bai Fan and Tu Xingchen were unusually powerful and agreed with Bai Fan that the Seventy-Two Demon Gods’ attacks should be reported to the higher-ups.
• Bai Fan asked Shen Hui about the darkness that had appeared in the Sea of Stars, and Shen Hui claimed he did not know its origin while suggesting it might be connected to earlier incidents.
• Shen Hui told Bai Fan that the darkness had helped destroy the Laughing Moon World, prompting Tu Xingchen to frown before Bai Fan explained their concern about its power.
• After Bai Fan and Tu Xingchen left, Qingxue pointed out that the darkness was connected to Shen Hui and suspected Bai Fan’s group had motives beyond investigating it.
• Shen Hui said they would handle any risk if his strength was exposed, then decided to return and report the events to the World Association.

Shen Hui and Qingxue told Chi Yan that followers of the Seventy-Two Demon Gods were invading the Unclaimed Worlds, and Chi Yan warned Shen Hui about the dangers of the Chaos Forbidden Domain. The next morning, Shen Hui planned to take Qingxue to meet the Tarot Club members at the Red Night Organization.

• Shen Hui told Chi Yan that Bai Fan, Tu Xingchen, and others had found followers of the Seventy-Two Demon Gods plundering resources in the Unclaimed Worlds.
• Chi Yan said she would report the discovery and announced that entry to the Chaos Forbidden Domain would be decided through an elimination process, though Shen Hui already had a guaranteed place.
• Chi Yan warned Shen Hui that the Chaos Forbidden Domain was dangerous, but Shen Hui said he intended to go to strengthen himself.
• Shen Hui and Qingxue left Chi Yan's office, stayed overnight in a couples' suite, and woke up the next morning.
• Shen Hui told Qingxue he would return to the Red Night Organization and introduce her to the Tarot Club members, including the two who had attacked him before.

Shen Hui learned that creators would compete for places in the Chaos Forbidden Domain and visited the Red Night Organization with Qingxue. He found Huang Lingheng refusing to join the selection and persuaded him to reconsider, though Huang Lingheng still planned to travel with the Tarot Club.

• Shen Hui read the announcement that level-five-and-above creators would compete for a thousand places in the Chaos Forbidden Domain, with selection beginning the day after tomorrow.
• Shen Hui brought Qingxue to the Red Night Organization's base, where its members welcomed them and teased them about being a couple.
• Shen Hui learned that Huang Lingheng had refused the Lord of Night's orders to enter the selection because he intended to go with the Tarot Club.
• Shen Hui entered the Lord of Night's room with Qingxue and offered to speak with Huang Lingheng after hearing their argument.
• Huang Lingheng told Shen Hui he planned to join the Tarot Club, and Shen Hui pointed out that he could agree to the selection without giving up that plan; Huang Lingheng admitted Shen Hui had a point.

Shen Hui learned that the Negative World might be connected to the Chaos Forbidden Domain and discussed helping Huang Lingheng and Leng Zimeng advance their Creation Worlds. After leaving the Lord of Night, he reunited with them and Qingxue, who proposed that they start over by introducing themselves.

• The Lord of Night told Shen Hui that a group of elders suspected the Negative World was connected to the Chaos Forbidden Domain, based on an aura sensed in both places.
• The Lord of Night explained that powerful Creation Worlds faced disasters in the Chaos Forbidden Domain and that the elders would stay behind while younger investigators went in their place.
• Shen Hui argued that Huang Lingheng and Leng Zimeng should learn about Saint Ascension, and the Lord of Night agreed that Shen Hui could guide them.
• The Lord of Night asked Shen Hui to tell Leng Zimeng as well, and Shen Hui said he would also choose other promising people to inform.
• Shen Hui left the Lord of Night and found Huang Lingheng and Leng Zimeng apologizing to Qingxue for their earlier fight.
• Qingxue set aside the dispute and introduced herself as The Lovers, a member of the Tarot Club.

Shen Hui apologized to Qingxue on behalf of the Tarot Club members and explained how Saint Ascension could help improve their Creation Worlds and create deities. He warned that entering this higher realm also exposed their worlds to threats from other deities.

• Huang Lingheng and Leng Zimeng apologized to Qingxue for their past actions, and Shen Hui encouraged the group to support one another during the Chaos Forbidden Domain expedition.
• Shen Hui said he would not join the expedition because The Fool had not notified him, and Huang Lingheng stopped himself from mentioning Shen Hui's ritual.
• Shen Hui explained that Saint Ascension quality could help creators understand how to create deities, and said it required a unique being that broke the existing worldview.
• Qingxue complained that Shen Hui had waited to share the knowledge, and he warned that reaching the Saint Ascension realm could attract threats from other deities.

Shen Hui examined Leng Zimeng’s stagnant creation world and Huang Lingheng’s undead world, where the Unspeakable’s influence had become a recurring disaster that empowered survivors. Huang Lingheng planned to embody natural disasters as a deity, combining his Tarot Club identity with his world’s powers.

• Shen Hui warned Leng Zimeng, Qingxue, and Huang Lingheng about the dangers posed by the Fallen Gods and withheld further details.
• Leng Zimeng let Shen Hui inspect her ordinary level-three creation world, which seemed unable to advance.
• Huang Lingheng invited Shen Hui into his undead creation world and explained how the Unspeakable’s power erupted in disasters that killed many units but strengthened survivors.
• Shen Hui sensed that he could control the beings empowered by the Unspeakable in Huang Lingheng’s world.
• Huang Lingheng revealed his plan to create a deity embodying natural disasters, drawing on his Tarot Club identity and the power affecting his world.

Huang Lingheng asked Shen Hui to help him create a deity embodying every natural disaster in his Creation World, including the indescribable erosion. Shen Hui agreed and watched as Huang Lingheng began the creation, leaving disasters erupting across the world.

• Huang Lingheng explained that he planned to turn the natural disasters in his Creation World into a deity, including the indescribable power he could not control.
• Huang Lingheng asked Shen Hui to guide that power at the crucial moment, trusting him with a creation that could destroy his world if it went wrong.
• Shen Hui agreed to help Huang Lingheng create the deity.
• Huang Lingheng spread his consciousness throughout his world and gathered World Origin Power and other unique powers to shape the deity.
• Fierce winds, storms, earthquakes, tsunamis, and volcanic eruptions began across Huang Lingheng's Creation World.

Huang Lingheng combined disaster powers, faith, and World Origin Power to create a god and advance his Creation World, while Shen Hui added the Unspeakable corruption. Raven unexpectedly sent a feather of multicolored power into the creation, and the newly born god began emitting multicolored light.

• Huang Lingheng gathered the fear-born Power of Faith and merged it with World Origin Power and the powers of the disasters to awaken a god.
• Shen Hui gathered the Unspeakable power corrupting Huang Lingheng's world and prepared to add it to the creation.
• Raven emerged from Shen Hui's arm, shed a feather that became multicolored light, and sent it into the Unspeakable power and then Huang Lingheng's creation.
• Huang Lingheng completed the god's birth, causing the disasters to stop and his Creation World to advance to Saint Ascension quality.
• Huang Lingheng celebrated his success, then saw the newly born god emitting multicolored light.

Huang Lingheng created the Lord of Calamity and Destruction, unknowingly turning the deity into a spacetime passage that Yog-Sothoth could use to reach his Creation World. Shen Hui explained how Fallen Gods could provide divinity, and Huang Lingheng realized Shen Hui had encountered one.

• Huang Lingheng created the Lord of Calamity and Destruction, whose multicolored glow came from Yog-Sothoth's spacetime power.
• Shen Hui realized the deity had become a mark for a passage into Huang Lingheng's Creation World and could connect it to the Death World.
• Huang Lingheng celebrated his new ability to create deities, then worried about the Power of Faith needed to strengthen them.
• Shen Hui told Huang Lingheng that Fallen Gods from destroyed Creation Worlds could provide divinity, but warned that they were dangerous and difficult to reach.
• Huang Lingheng asked Shen Hui if he had encountered a Fallen God before.

Shen Hui advised Huang Lingheng on creating a god and surviving Fallen Gods, then left the Hong Ye base with Qingxue. Later, he tried to contact the Transcendents through a mark in the Death World but received no response, as though the Star-Devouring Behemoth had disappeared.

• Shen Hui explained that Creators could defeat Fallen Gods by leveraging their Creation Worlds, but warned Huang Lingheng to strengthen his world before attempting a fight.
• Huang Lingheng returned to the Real World and told Leng Zimeng and Qingxue that he had successfully created his own god with Shen Hui's help.
• Shen Hui told Qingxue to improve and better understand her Creation World before trying to create a god, then asked Huang Lingheng to protect the others in the Chaos Forbidden Domain.
• Huang Lingheng said the Night Organization had not found the cause of the changes in the Borderlands of the Sea of Stars, though there were plans to investigate the Sea of Stars directly.
• Shen Hui left the Hong Ye base with Qingxue, then later prepared to improve his Creation World with resources and cards he had collected.
• Shen Hui tried to contact the Transcendents through their mark in the Death World, but received no response.

Shen Hui learned that the Sea of Stars’ changes had let the Seventy-Two Demon Gods enter Unclaimed Worlds, making challenges more dangerous, but he continued investigating while Qingxue bought safer coordinates. After a day of easy challenges, Ye Long called to announce that he had created a deity, and Shen Hui suggested naming her Nüwa.

• Sister Xiu told Shen Hui and Qingxue that the Seventy-Two Demon Gods’ appearance in Unclaimed Worlds was caused by changes in the Sea of Stars, not by the worlds’ other alterations.
• Sister Xiu warned them that Unclaimed World challenges had become more dangerous and pointed out sellers offering recently tested coordinates.
• Shen Hui told Qingxue to use safe coordinates while he continued challenging Unclaimed Worlds to investigate the danger.
• Shen Hui challenged nearly ten worlds without encountering Demon Gods or fused worlds, gaining resources and expanding his Creation World.
• Ye Long called Shen Hui to celebrate creating a deity who was the mother of all living beings in his Creation World, and Shen Hui suggested the name Nüwa.

Ye Long told Shen Hui about the deity he had created in his Creation World and decided to name her Nüwa. After learning about the Fallen Gods, Ye Long planned to keep his achievement secret until the Chaos Forbidden Domain competition, where he hoped to impress everyone.

• Ye Long explained that his Mother of All Things connected all creations in his world and could create powerful parasitic cultivators.
• Ye Long accepted Shen Hui's suggestion and named the deity Nüwa, giving her the meaning of the mother of every living thing in his Creation World.
• Shen Hui told Ye Long about Fallen Gods, divinity, and the plundering of divinity.
• Ye Long said he would cautiously test a Fallen God's capabilities if he encountered one.
• Ye Long revealed he had told no one else about creating Nüwa and planned to use her to win a place in the Chaos Forbidden Domain competition.