Chapter Summaries

As the Great Wall waited for Ren Nesser’s livestream, the Hundred Ghosts Parade at Night erupted in Tokyo, plunging the city into darkness as fictional monsters, robots, and heroes appeared and began slaughtering people. A figure wielding a flaming katana arrived before two trapped travelers and spoke the words that brought light.

• Nan Xi and the others discussed why Ren Nesser had not started streaming and predicted that the Hundred Ghosts might appear in a city filled with Violent Energy.
• Ren Nesser’s livestream began, but its screen remained black as frantic voices poured from the broadcast.
• In Tokyo, Curly Hair and his companion lost all light as crimson ripples opened overhead and fictional beings descended into the city.
• The crimson figures attacked Tokyo, and Curly Hair told his companion that someone would save them.
• A girl with a flaming katana appeared before the two travelers and said, “The Immortal Lord said, let there be light,” after which light returned.

Ren Suo summoned Ilina to battle the scattered enemies across Tokyo, where she restored the city’s light and began striking the ghosts with Heavenly Punishment. While Ren Suo controlled Calamity Girl and hunted for an achievement, a mysterious young man and a cloaked pangolin appeared through a spatial rift, and the young man mistook Calamity Girl’s praise for his own.

• Ren Suo summoned Ilina with a Cold Dew Festival Sale, and she used her spells to restore light across Tokyo and attack the enemies with purple lightning.
• Ren Suo controlled Calamity Girl as she sought an isolated enemy so he could earn the Strongest King achievement by killing it with Flash.
• An agile armored man charged Calamity Girl, but a ray of white light from a spatial rift wounded him and gave her an opening to kill him with Flash.
• A young man in a tracksuit appeared beside a cloaked pangolin and assumed Calamity Girl’s voice line praised him.
• Ren Suo asked the young man who he was, and the young man answered by reciting a poem about his sword-like body and countless battles.

Nan Xi arranged for Dong Chengling to open a Space Gate so You Jian and Mister Chuan could help Calamity Girl fight Tyrannical Abominations in Tokyo. As You Jian pursued Calamity Girl, Ren Suo discovered that killing monsters increased his cultivation and kept hunting them before Ilina arrived.

• Nan Xi had Dong Chengling open a Space Gate with Boundless Monk's support, and You Jian and Mister Chuan crossed into Tokyo.
• You Jian and Calamity Girl worked together to kill a Tyrannical Abomination, and Calamity Girl smiled at You Jian's awkward introduction.
• Calamity Girl, You Jian, and Mister Chuan defeated a red-caped Tyrannical Abomination, after which You Jian pursued Calamity Girl and Mister Chuan went to capture other monsters.
• Ren Suo discovered that killing Tyrannical Abominations increased his cultivation and rushed Calamity Girl toward more targets before Ilina could reach them.
• You Jian helped Ren Suo interrupt and kill another Tyrannical Abomination, then offered to wound monsters for Calamity Girl so she could deliver the final blows.
• Ren Suo enabled Facial Expression Synchronization again as You Jian continued trying to deepen his relationship with Calamity Girl.

Mister Chuan fought a powerful Tyrannical Abomination in Tokyo and realized his mission might fail because the creatures could not be captured. As the disaster seemed to end, the Calamity Girl told You Jian that it was not over yet, and Cloud Palace Hall began speaking by the Immortal Lord’s command.

• Mister Chuan used earth spells to rescue Fan Sakura Transcendents and draw Tyrannical Abominations away from civilians.
• Mister Chuan battled an elderly dual-blade wielder, severed his arms, and watched him die after one last charge.
• Mister Chuan discovered that killing Tyrannical Abominations helped his energy vortex cultivate, then saw the Purple Lightning approaching.
• You Jian spoke with the Calamity Girl while they fought, and learned that Cloud Palace Hall was one of the Supreme Sovereign’s ten true disciples.
• After the Purple Lightning cleared the final area, the Calamity Girl told You Jian that it was not over, and Cloud Palace Hall spoke to everyone by the Immortal Lord’s command.

After Ilina defeated the monsters, she used Broken Mirror Reunited to restore Tokyo and heal the injured before leaving through a bronze gate. Ren Suo ended the livestream and chose another Path of Destiny, while You Jian returned convinced that Calamity Girl had fallen for him.

• Curly Hair and his companion waited for the disaster to end, and their injuries and the destroyed city were restored by Ilina’s healing spell.
• Ren Suo learned that Broken Mirror Reunited was the limit of Ilina’s restorative power, then watched her depart through an ancient bronze gate.
• You Jian promised to help Calamity Girl again, but Ren Suo rejected him and gave her the name Nameless.
• The Cloaked Blue-Haired Girl showed the Apostle Era, Fantasy Era, and Blank Era cards, declared that the girl had gained the Ring of Violence and Seed of Fate, and let Ren Suo choose her next Path of Destiny.
• You Jian returned through the Space Gate and told Nan Xi and the others that he had won over Nameless and that she had fallen for him.

Ren Suo reviewed his excellent game score and cultivation progress, then spent dinner fending off Qin Lian’s matchmaking scheme with Xiao Jiu and the others. That night, Dong Chengling called from a mission in the suburbs and told Ren Suo that the moon there was beautiful.

• Ren Suo earned an Extraordinary score of 80, unlocked information about three hidden side quests, and realized his progress had also earned him the Strongest King achievement.
• Ren Suo used Data Stream on himself and discovered that his cultivation had reached 95.2%.
• At dinner, Qin Lian encouraged Xiao Jiu to suggest that Ren Suo and Dong Chengling live together, while Ren Xingmei, Gu Yueyan, and Lin Xianyu reacted with dismay.
• Ren Suo told Xiao Jiu he would supervise her studies if they lived together, and Xiao Jiu decided she would sleep by herself that night.
• Ren Suo answered Yu Kuangtu’s call, then spoke briefly with Dong Chengling, who said she was on a mission in the suburbs and that the moon there was beautiful.

Ren Suo was invited to join Dong Chengling and the others at their operation site after she opened a long-lasting portal to Tokyo, but he wanted to stay home and play the next chapter of Hand of Fate. After agreeing to be teleported there the next morning, he searched for a way to avoid going, then decided to order barbecue and began preparing to call an errand runner.

• Dong Chengling and the others told Ren Suo about their outdoor barbecue and her successful 255-second portal to Tokyo, where she saw the Calamity Envoy and the Blue-Haired Girl.
• Dong Chengling invited Ren Suo to witness the Calamity Girl in person, while Bai Ji urged him to come as a healer because a battle might happen the next day.
• Yu Kuangtu pointed out that Dong Chengling had revealed their location, so Ren Suo had to join the operation or remain at the Countermeasures Bureau; Ren Suo agreed to be teleported there the next morning.
• Ren Suo decided he could not go because he needed to play Hand of Fate, then read an internal-network analysis predicting apocalyptic futures tied to fantasy shikigami.
• Ren Suo tried to invent an excuse to stay home, considered illness, injury, and food poisoning, but could not find a convincing solution.
• Ren Suo chose to order barbecue for a midnight snack and prepared to call his personal errand runner.

Ren Suo discovered that his clone could operate the Little World Game Console, then traveled to a remote staging area to support the team awaiting Ren Nesser’s livestream. There, You Jian mistook Ren Suo’s joking boast about his dating history for expert advice and eagerly asked him to help pursue the Calamity Envoy, while the livestream began on time.

• Ren Suo tested his clone’s access to the Little World Game Console and learned it could play games and manage equipment but could not spend Merit Points.
• Ren Suo sent his clone to play Hand of Fate and handle chores before traveling to the suburbs staging area with his spirit energy necklace.
• Dong Chengling welcomed Ren Suo, and Nan Xi introduced him to the Great Wall team, including You Jian and Boundless Monk.
• You Jian initially bristled at Ren Suo’s popularity, but Nan Xi revealed Ren Suo’s researcher identity, prompting You Jian to praise him as Researcher Suo.
• You Jian told Ren Suo that he believed the Calamity Envoy had fallen for him, and Ren Suo claimed to be the Lian Jiang Love Saint, convincing You Jian to call him Master and seek his guidance.
• Ren Nesser’s livestream room went live at six o’clock, and Ren Suo nervously watched the laptop, hoping his clone would not make a mistake.

The Calamity Girl fought her way through the Path of Destiny, using a powerful Instant Slash technique to defeat a regenerating troll without being injured. Ren Suo and the others wondered why she was suddenly stronger and speculated that she was trying to win Supreme Sovereign’s favor after Cloud Palace Hall appeared in the previous livestream; Ren Suo suspected her strength was temporary.

• The Calamity Girl defeated a rampaging troll by exploiting openings with Instant Slash, eventually severing its limbs and killing it.
• Boundless Monk explained that the Calamity Girl’s apparent blinks were explosive bursts of movement rather than Space Spells.
• Ren Suo pointed out that the Calamity Girl had become unusually violent and strong, and that Supreme Sovereign had been silent throughout the livestream.
• Qiao Muyi and Nan Xi connected the change to Cloud Palace Hall’s appearance in the previous day’s livestream and suggested the Calamity Girl was fighting for Supreme Sovereign’s favor.
• Bai Ji proposed that the Calamity Girl was displaying her strength to attract Supreme Sovereign’s attention, while Ren Suo suggested her heightened power might be temporary.

Ren Suo’s colleagues speculated about why the Calamity Envoy had grown stronger, while he knew her erratic behavior came from a clone playing the game without guidance. He planned to explain the apparent change to the authorities so they would not question it when he took over the next day.

• Yu Kuangtu and the others proposed that the Calamity Envoy’s stronger combat and imperfect use of calamity authority came from multitasking or self-inflicted calamity, and Ren Suo agreed with their conclusions.
• Yu Kuangtu asked Ren Suo to post their explanation on the Countermeasures Bureau’s internal network in exchange for Research Points.
• Ren Suo recalled that his clone chose the first option in every event, flashed whenever possible, and repeatedly drew the Great Despair card, leaving the Calamity Girl unlucky and without blessings.
• Ren Suo decided that playing with a clone had no soul and planned to control the game himself the next day, after publishing an explanation that the Calamity Girl’s strength was temporary.
• When the others praised the Calamity Girl’s unusual fighting style, Ren Suo first said the difference was small, then quickly claimed it was huge after they stared at him.

The Calamity Girl descended into the deep sea, where two enormous monsters killed each other and she gained a Seed of Fate. The final card sent her to the Bottomless Abyss, over ten thousand meters below sea level, leaving You Jian and the others reconsidering their plan to reach her.

• The Calamity Girl found a giant squid, and Ren Suo and the others discussed how the Aura Resurgence had transformed deep-sea creatures into enormous, resource-hungry monsters.
• A sperm whale attacked the squid, and an earthquake helped drive both creatures to fatal blows while the Calamity Girl was battered by the currents.
• The Calamity Girl obtained a Seed of Fate from witnessing the behemoths’ deaths, and Ren Suo claimed she had relied on calamity authority because she could no longer maintain her earlier combat power.
• The Calamity Girl fought a group of deep-sea fishmen, while Ren Suo persuaded the others that she was struggling to control her calamity authority.
• The Supreme Sovereign revealed the final card, Abode of Fear, and the Calamity Girl descended to a depth of 11,082 meters in the Bottomless Abyss.
• You Jian, Mister Chuan, and Boundless Monk realized the planned visit would be far more dangerous than expected, and Mister Chuan and Boundless Monk stepped back as You Jian faced the prospect of going down.

The Calamity Girl reached a mysterious dry abyss more than 11,000 meters beneath the sea, where she faced a darkness that consumed light and inspired overwhelming fear. After she burned away the darkness and exposed a magma-filled rift, You Jian entered the abyss and offered her his tracksuit.

• The Calamity Girl reached a dry passage beneath the deep-sea water and continued into pitch-black darkness.
• The darkness terrified the livestream viewers, but the Calamity Girl set herself aflame and used the fire to push it back.
• Countless white lights gathered around the Calamity Girl, strengthening her flames and restoring the viewers' courage and cultivation.
• The Calamity Girl slashed through the darkness, exposing a fissure that released magma, while two dark whirlpools continued to devour it.
• You Jian entered the abyss through Dong Chengling's Space Gate, stood on a stone pillar, and shouted that he had brought the Calamity Girl clothes.

You Jian joined the Abyssal Sea livestream, where his attacks against the dark vortex had no effect and Calamity Girl punched him back through the Space Gate. The gate then closed, leaving the group unable to watch the battle, while You Jian mistook Calamity Girl's attack for proof of her affection.

• You Jian arrived at the Abyssal Sea and claimed Calamity Girl was his wife, then put on his tracksuit and addressed the livestream audience.
• You Jian summoned six giant flame swords and four seawater swords, but the dark vortex swallowed them without reacting.
• Boundless Monk explained that You Jian excelled at Emulating Nature and was especially powerful in the volcanic environment.
• You Jian leaped toward Calamity Girl, who punched him through the Space Gate and sent him back to the others.
• Dong Chengling's Space Gate closed after her aura connection to the destination was severed, and Yu Kuangtu speculated that Ren Nesser had cut it off.
• You Jian woke, insisted Calamity Girl had saved him because she cared for him, and dismissed the livestream comments mocking him.

After the Capture Operation ended, Ren Suo gained access to Profound Monarch Secret Records Two and celebrated a flawless score in Hand of Fate, only to discover that the game had converted its rewards into upgrades for his clone. He ended the chapter plotting how to use the clone’s new abilities for chores and takeout.

• The higher-ups ended the Capture Operation because the livestream battlefield was too dangerous and You Jian risked angering the Immortal Palace, while You Jian exchanged contact information with Ren Suo.
• Yu Kuangtu and Li Dan made Ren Suo write a report at the Countermeasures Bureau, where Li Dan told him that Qiao Muyi’s authority let him obtain Profound Monarch Secret Records Two before reaching the Third Cycle.
• Ren Suo exchanged his Spirit Stones for Profound Monarch Secret Records Two, then opened Hand of Fate and discovered that his clone had earned a flawless 100-point evaluation and unlocked a hidden mission and blessing.
• The game converted the hidden blessing and Merit Points into upgrades for the clone, including 50 seconds of survival after a fatal injury and a 333-meter link that let Ren Suo control it directly.
• Zhao Huo called to ask whether he and Xiao Meng and Sun Shu could attend dinner, then answered Ren Suo’s question about girls by saying he valued character art.
• Ren Suo decided to use the clone’s new link to manage chores and arrange takeout from within range of the School Hospital.

Ren Suo tricked Little Jiu into studying, avoided Zhao Huo’s challenge to spar, and used Ren Xingmei’s bond ability to improve his comprehension and cultivate Profound Monarch Secret Records Two. After the difficult practice advanced his cultivation and changed the name of his technique, he wondered what the Hand of Fate’s “Transcending Fate” side mission meant.

• Ren Suo made Little Jiu believe that studying would make her games more enjoyable, then secretly sabotaged her account to give her a six-hour ban and ten Black Room victories to win.
• Zhao Huo invited Ren Suo to spar, but Ren Suo used the Listening Earphones to discover that Zhao Huo intended to beat him and refused.
• Ren Suo offered Ren Xingmei money but rejected her request to stay over, then used Demon King Descent Edict to strengthen her enhanced-comprehension bond ability.
• Ren Suo used his boosted comprehension to operate Profound Monarch Secret Records Two for the first time, spending negative emotions and enduring two hours of exhausting cultivation.
• Ren Suo gained 0.1% cultivation, saw Profound Monarch Secret Records One change into Profound Monarch Secret Records Shedding, and pondered the Transcending Fate side mission.

Ren Suo controlled Calamity Girl through a battle against two gigantic monsters in the abyssal sea, using her new cultivation technique and enhanced perception to survive and defeat them. As the livestream’s cultivation benefits ended, the Cloaked Blue-Haired Girl spoke about fear, and Ren Suo braced himself while touching the ring mark on his finger.

• Ren Suo opened the paused livestream and saw that viewers worldwide had gathered to watch for possible awakening benefits.
• The Cloaked Blue-Haired Girl introduced fear as Calamity Girl faced two enormous monsters with vertical pupils in the abyssal sea.
• Ren Suo used Calamity Girl’s enhanced physical abilities and teleportation to attack the monsters, but their unseen tentacles killed her several times.
• Ren Suo revived Calamity Girl with Great Hope, then kept her moving and struck the monsters’ wounds as magma weakened and shrank them.
• Calamity Girl skewered the two weakened monsters and emptied the remaining magma from their bodies.
• The Cloaked Blue-Haired Girl declared that living beings truly feared fear itself, and Ren Suo touched the ring mark on his left ring finger.

Little Baldy found courage while watching Calamity Girl defeat Fearful Twin Eyes, then tried to prove his bravery by smacking Yun Wangshu and was punished. Ren Suo learned Calamity Girl had gained the Body of Fear and the Seed of Fate, and prepared to choose her next Path of Destiny while considering how to complete the side quest “Transcending Fate.”

• Little Baldy watched the battle against Fearful Twin Eyes and gained strength as Calamity Girl overcame the monster.
• Little Baldy tried to hit Yun Wangshu to show his courage, but Yun Wangshu caught and whipped him while Ba and Longevity watched.
• The Cloaked Blue-Haired Girl revealed that Calamity Girl had received the Courage Blessing, gained the Body of Fear, and obtained the Seed of Fate.
• Ren Suo considered the two remaining Paths of Destiny and concluded that completing “Transcending Fate” required outside help from a game character capable of glimpsing fate.
• Ren Suo recalled recent updates to Devouring World Spirit, Battlefield Pastor, and Late Night Street Vendor, and suspected their characters could help him transcend fate.

Ren Suo summoned the Devouring World Spirit to uncover how to bypass the final Paths of Destiny, then brought in a second game character to teach the Calamity Girl the spirit’s divine art. The two summoned pieces entered the final fate cards, leaving Ren Suo poised to attempt the hidden quest and declaring that the Immortal Palace had seen through fate.

• Ren Suo chose to pursue the hidden quest "Transcending Fate" and summoned the Devouring World Spirit with the Double Ninth Festival promotion.
• The Devouring World Spirit explained that its divine art could open a singularity’s spiritual aperture and make the Source of Calamity appear without waiting for the Path of Destiny to unfold.
• Ren Suo rejected the plan to let the Devouring World Spirit destroy only one Source of Calamity and decided to clear both Paths of Destiny in one go.
• Ren Suo used the Cold Dew seasonal promotion to summon another game character and asked the Devouring World Spirit to teach the Calamity Girl its divine art.
• The golden monkey and golden girl chess pieces leaped onto the final two fate cards and vanished as Ren Suo announced that the Immortal Palace had seen through fate.

At the Yellow River Station in the Arctic, researchers witnessed the Handsome Monkey King emerge after a sudden surge in aura and fly toward a golden heavenly gate. Ren Suo watched the Monkey King enter a palace filled with gods from world mythologies, where it prepared to fight the arrogant beings gathered there.

• Two researchers at the Yellow River Station detected an aura surge, then heard ice crack and saw the Handsome Monkey King appear in the distance.
• The Handsome Monkey King flew into the sky and struck open a golden heavenly gate as the station chief and researchers watched.
• Ren Suo saw the new "Above All Living Beings" card and learned that the Devouring World Spirit had chosen an arrogant heavenly realm as its Path of Destiny challenge.
• The Handsome Monkey King entered the heavenly palace and faced gods from mythologies around the world, whose presence silenced the livestream audience.
• A black-robed god demanded that the Handsome Monkey King kneel, but the Monkey King mocked the gods and vowed to make them vanish into smoke.

Ren Suo watched the Handsome Monkey King destroy the gods’ heavenly realms and learned that the Calamity Girl could weaken Sources of Calamity by following the Path of Destiny. As the Tyrant of Arrogance fell, the livestream revealed a new card featuring a blonde girl climbing a snowy mountain.

• Zach and Viktor discussed the angels on the livestream, and Viktor credited Zach with making the heavenly battle easier before Zach slammed his head into a table.
• The Handsome Monkey King fought through the Heavenly Court, Takama-ga-hara, Asgard, Mount Olympus, and other realms, defeating their gods and even the Victorious Fighting Buddha.
• The Devouring World Spirit explained that the Calamity Girl could weaken Sources of Calamity by killing their human-world factors along the Path of Destiny.
• Little Jiu asked whether the Handsome Monkey King was her friend, and Ren Suo reassured her that she had family and friends, including Dong Chengling.
• The Handsome Monkey King destroyed the final palace and left, while the Cloaked Blue-Haired Girl declared the Tyrant of Arrogance defeated and displayed the new “Carefree and Unrestrained” card.