Chapter Summaries

Chen Ning defeated Jiang Shu by baiting him into lowering his guard, but Jiang Shu’s desperate attempt to seize the last survivor ended when Yao Li killed him with vines. Chen Ning secured the survivor and advanced to the next round, while Yao Li claimed Jiang Shu’s destiny.

• Jiang Shu overwhelmed Chen Ning with explosive punches, while Chen Ning dodged and repeatedly drew Jiang Shu’s attention away from the last survivor.
• Jiang Shu feigned a move toward the last survivor, then landed a devastating punch that destroyed Chen Ning’s eight demonic hands; Chen Ning countered with a hidden blast of dragon breath that pierced Jiang Shu.
• Jiang Shu survived by exploding his feet to rush toward the last survivor, then blew up his left arm to blast Zhao Xiuxiu aside as Chen Ning raced after him.
• Yao Li bound Jiang Shu with vines from the Dark Forest and tore him apart, then gathered the red light of his destiny.
• Chen Ning touched the last survivor and assimilated him into a fierce ghost, securing his advancement; he thanked Yao Li, who said she would have attacked him if he had been defeated.

After surviving the second round, Chen Ning and the nineteen remaining contestants entered a city for the final game, where one person was the murderer and the others were civilians. They formed teams to search for four lethal blades, and Yao Li joined Chen Ning, Zhao Xiuxiu, and Qi Yu before everyone set out.

• The God of Games announced that the third round would have no limit on winners and that civilians had to find and kill the murderer, while the murderer had to kill everyone else.
• The contestants arrived in an empty city with their powers sealed and agreed to pair up to search for four sharp blades before regrouping.
• Chen Ning chose to travel with Zhao Xiuxiu and Qi Yu, and offered to take the unpaired contestant into their group so no one would be left alone.
• Yao Li was left without a partner after Wen Aotian chose someone else, so Chen Ning invited her to join his group.
• The contestants split up to search the city for the blades.

In the empty city, the survivors searched for blades and tried to identify the killer, but the God of Games forced them to split up again to activate devices around the city. Chen Ning’s group headed east, where Zhao Xiuxiu mistakenly injured Qi Yu during a joke.

• Chen Ning and his companions returned to the starting point and found that one Southern Territory cultivator was missing.
• The Southern Territory cultivator accused the killer of taking his companion, but Wen Aotian declared him the killer, and a Northern Territory Rogue Cultivator killed him; the attacker then died too, proving the victim was innocent.
• Wen Aotian proposed that everyone search together, but the God of Games announced that they had to operate devices at the city’s four corners within a quarter of an hour to obtain the first blade.
• Bai Ruyu organized the seventeen survivors into four groups, and Chen Ning’s group headed for the eastern district.
• Qi Yu joked that he was the killer and approached Zhao Xiuxiu, who threw him down and broke his bones; Chen Ning told Zhao Xiuxiu to release him, and Zhao Xiuxiu carried the injured Qi Yu on his back.

Chen Ning and his companions encountered the missing Situ Kong, who claimed he had chased a suspicious loner and escaped an illusion. After Situ Kong was found dead, Bai Ruyu accused Chen Ning of knowing who killed him, leaving Chen Ning to face suspicion.

• Chen Ning and his companions activated the eastern district device and met Situ Kong, who explained why he had gone missing.
• Chen Ning advised Situ Kong to hide and keep moving alone rather than return to the group.
• The seventeen participants gathered at the starting point, where Bai Ruyu brought back Situ Kong’s corpse.
• Wen Aotian said his group had found the body, and the participants reasoned that Situ Kong had been killed by the real killer.
• Bai Ruyu claimed he had seen Situ Kong meet a group before his death and directly asked Chen Ning if he was right.

Bai Ruyu turned the group against Chen Ning by accusing him of killing Situ Kong, but Chen Ning exposed that Bai Ruyu had also left his team and might be the culprit. When the God of Games revealed where the next three blades would appear, Chen Ning warned that Wen Aotian could use them to eliminate both suspects and become unstoppable.

• Chen Ning explained that Situ Kong had claimed he chased a suspicious figure and became trapped in an illusion, while Bai Ruyu argued that whoever let Situ Kong go must have known he was innocent.
• Chen Ning admitted he had wanted Situ Kong to leave, and Bai Ruyu urged the group to kill him with the blade.
• Chen Ning pointed out that Bai Ruyu could only have seen him meet Situ Kong by leaving his own team, making Bai Ruyu a suspect too.
• The God of Games announced that three blades would appear in separate locations, and Wen Aotian proposed splitting into three teams while keeping Chen Ning and Bai Ruyu behind.
• Bai Ruyu and Chen Ning both questioned Wen Aotian’s plan, warning that he could eliminate them after gathering the blades and leave no one able to stop him.

Wen Aotian convinced the group to make Chen Ning and Bai Ruyu fight to determine which of them was the killer. Chen Ning accepted and gained the upper hand, but Bai Ruyu revealed that his sacred jade body had stored elemental power, leaving the duel unresolved.

• Wen Aotian proposed a duel between Chen Ning and Bai Ruyu, and the group agreed that the winner would establish the truth.
• Chen Ning accepted the duel, suspecting Bai Ruyu was the killer and wanting to settle their earlier conflict.
• Chen Ning's powerful punch drove Bai Ruyu back, and the onlookers judged Chen Ning physically superior.
• Bai Ruyu unleashed stored freezing power that froze Chen Ning's demonic hands, forcing Chen Ning to counter with dragon breath and retreat.
• Bai Ruyu explained that his sacred jade body could store elemental power for a long time.

Bai Ruyu used the Sacred Jade Body’s stored elemental powers to paralyze Chen Ning’s demonic hands and nearly defeat him. Chen Ning revealed a True God Dharma Body, overwhelmed Bai Ruyu, and killed him, but the game continued, leaving everyone to suspect Chen Ning was the culprit.

• Bai Ruyu used freezing power, lightning, and fire to damage Chen Ning and paralyze his eight demonic hands.
• As Bai Ruyu prepared to finish Chen Ning, Zhao Xiuxiu tried to intervene, but Bai Ruyu’s Western Territory companions held him back.
• Chen Ning unleashed a ten-thousand-zhang Savage Bull Dharma Body, shocking everyone and forcing Bai Ruyu to attack with all three stored elements.
• Chen Ning stopped his Dharma Body’s stomp, returned to normal, picked up a sharp blade, and killed Bai Ruyu despite his pleas for mercy.
• When the game did not end after Bai Ruyu died, everyone feared that Chen Ning was the true culprit.

Chen Ning persuaded the group that the culprit might not be one of them and proposed they stay together without blades to draw the real culprit out. Less than half a day later, another figure appeared in the Ancient God World.

• Wen Aotian urged the cultivators to attack Chen Ning, but Zhao Xiuxiu refused, and Yao Li stayed out of the fight.
• Chen Ning argued that Bai Ruyu and the others might all have told the truth, since the God of Games had never said the culprit was among them.
• Chen Ning proposed that everyone give up their blades and remain together to draw out the real culprit.
• The group agreed to stay together, and less than half a day later an unfamiliar figure approached them.

Duan Tianya revealed himself as the killer and attacked the group with Essence Power, but Chen Ning countered him with a Divine Ability. Chen Ning exposed the Ancient God’s deception and showed the survivors that they could all use their powers, then asked Duan Tianya to help find a way out.

• Duan Tianya admitted he was the killer and revealed that the God of Games had granted him the ability to use Essence Power.
• Duan Tianya attacked the group, killed one cultivator, and unleashed a powerful punch at Chen Ning.
• Chen Ning met Duan Tianya’s punch with Six-Colored Divine Lightning, shocking everyone by using a Divine Ability.
• Chen Ning explained that the Ancient God had manipulated the group into fighting and had never actually sealed their Essence Power.
• The survivors tested their powers and discovered they could use Essence Power and Divine Abilities, while Chen Ning asked Duan Tianya to share any clues about escaping.

Duan Tianya revealed that the God of Games had made him the killer and promised him an inheritance for eliminating the others. Chen Ning realized the ancient god was actually the God of Deception, who offered him his inheritance, but Chen Ning rejected it.

• Duan Tianya explained that the God of Games had assigned him to kill everyone in exchange for the god’s inheritance.
• The God of Games urged Duan Tianya to kill the others and offered his Divine Spark to whoever emerged as the strongest.
• Wen Aotian warned the group that the God of Games was manipulating them because he could not kill them himself.
• The God of Games privately praised Chen Ning for uncovering his scheme and revealed that he was the God of Deception, not the God of Games.
• The God of Deception offered Chen Ning his inheritance in exchange for promises, but Chen Ning dismissed the offer and insulted the value of his deception technique.

Chen Ning tricked the God of Deception into passing on his Technique of Deception without conditions, but the god retaliated by telling everyone in the Ancient God Small World to kill him. Chen Ning claimed he could briefly break the world’s restrictions and persuaded the others to channel their Essence Power to him, leaving them poised to act on his deception.

• The God of Deception forcibly passed his Technique of Deception to Chen Ning, who had pretended to refuse so he could avoid accepting any conditions.
• The God of Deception realized Chen Ning had fooled him, then told everyone in the Ancient God Small World they could leave if they killed Chen Ning.
• Duan Tianya urged everyone to attack Chen Ning and promised to ask Yutian True God to reward those who helped him escape.
• Zhao Xiuxiu and Qi Yu tried to stop the others from attacking Chen Ning, but Duan Tianya prepared to strike.
• Chen Ning claimed he could briefly nullify the world’s restrictions if everyone channeled their Essence Power to him, and the others agreed.

Chen Ning led the survivors out of the Ancient God World, then faced accusations from the Western and Southern Territories over the deaths of their experts. Qilin True God defended him, and the other Middle Gods eased the confrontation.

• Chen Ning secretly drew on the cultivators’ power to open a shrinking spatial rift, and the survivors escaped through it.
• Zhao Xiuxiu stayed behind for Chen Ning, and Chen Ning opened another rift so they could leave together.
• The four territories’ Middle Gods learned that only a dozen or so of the ninety-nine entrants had returned, while the Eastern Territory had the most survivors.
• After hearing how Chen Ning had killed Jiang Shu, Bai Ruyu, and Zhan Kuang, Great God White Brows and Crimson Refinement True God challenged him for not warning the other territories.
• Qilin True God took Chen Ning’s side and told the two Middle Gods to direct their grievances at him, prompting the Northern Territory’s Middle God to calm the dispute.

After the Ancient God World, Chen Ning returned to Great Peace Prefecture and entered seclusion to refine his power and seek a breakthrough. While he was away, Northern Territory cultivators and Red-Haired God's disciples surrounded Mao Chunqiu and Zhao Xiuxiu, intending to capture Zhao and use him to threaten Chen Ning.

• Chen Ning left the Ancient God World with the Divine Spark and returned to Great Peace Prefecture after bidding farewell to Qilin True God.
• Chen Ning entered seclusion to absorb his gains and try to advance from the Late Stage of Saint Venerable toward the Half-God Realm.
• Mao Chunqiu and Zhao Xiuxiu repaired Great Peace Prefecture and prepared to return to their lodgings for the night.
• Masked Northern Territory cultivators and Red-Haired God's disciples arrived, planning to capture Zhao Xiuxiu and force Chen Ning to surrender what he had taken from the Nine Yang Palace.
• The masked group sealed the surrounding space and attacked Mao Chunqiu and Zhao Xiuxiu.

Masked Half-God Realm attackers used High Antiquity Profound Ice to freeze Zhao Xiuxiu and tried to take him while Mao Chunqiu hesitated to fight. After Chen Ning’s illusion made Mao believe Great Peace Prefecture had been destroyed, Mao overcame his fear and killed the attackers; Chen Ning then thawed Zhao Xiuxiu and revealed the prefecture was safe.

• The masked attackers unleashed High Antiquity Profound Ice, freezing Zhao Xiuxiu, while Mao Chunqiu tried to interfere and was attacked.
• As the attackers moved to seize Zhao Xiuxiu, Mao Chunqiu hesitated, haunted by his friend’s death, until he sensed what seemed to be Great Peace Prefecture’s destruction.
• Mao Chunqiu broke the attackers’ barrier and, enraged by the apparent devastation, killed every masked person.
• Chen Ning arrived, thawed Zhao Xiuxiu, and told Mao Chunqiu to look again; Mao realized Great Peace Prefecture had never been destroyed.
• Mao Chunqiu thanked Chen Ning for helping him overcome his fear, while Chen Ning regretted that the attackers’ deaths had erased potential evidence and leads.

Chen Ning and Zhao Xiuxiu headed for Unknowing Island to seek the divine herb that might restore Chen Ning’s depleted vitality, but guards enforcing a lockdown blocked their only route. After the guards let Duan Tianya pass while refusing Chen Ning, Chen Ning told Zhao Xiuxiu he wanted to see them in the water.

• Chen Ning suspected that a God Realm expert from the Eastern Territory had secretly backed the masked men, and he chose not to let Mao Chunqiu accompany him in case their enemies retaliated against Great Peace Prefecture.
• Chen Ning and Zhao Xiuxiu set out on the Ruyi Turtle for Unknowing Island, hoping to find Qi Yu and the divine herb that might address Chen Ning’s depleted vitality before his one-year deadline.
• They reached the waters leading to Unknowing Island and found them sealed off by guards serving the Crimson Refinement True God.
• The guards refused Chen Ning passage, but warmly let Duan Tianya through and explained that the lockdown was meant to keep people from Unknowing Island from escaping.
• Chen Ning challenged the guards’ double standard and told Zhao Xiuxiu he wanted to see them in the water; she agreed.

Chen Ning and Zhao Xiuxiu defeated the guards blocking the route to Unknowing Island, then gained passage after Lu Sanhuo recognized Chen Ning and intervened. Chen Ning learned that the island was under blockade because its master had created something dangerous, and continued toward Qi Yu.

• Zhao Xiuxiu overwhelmed the Late Stage Saint Venerable guards and knocked them into the water, leaving only the wide-robed man standing.
• Lu Sanhuo arrived, recognized Chen Ning from the Ancient God World, and slapped the wide-robed man for disrespecting him.
• Chen Ning demanded to know why the guards had let Duan Tianya through while blocking others, and Lu Sanhuo allowed Chen Ning and Zhao Xiuxiu to pass.
• Lu Sanhuo told Chen Ning that Unknowing Island was under blockade because its master had created something evil, and that God Realm experts were investigating.
• After Chen Ning left, Lu Sanhuo warned the wide-robed man that Chen Ning had Qilin True God’s protection and was dangerous to provoke.

Chen Ning reached Unknowing Island seeking Qi Yu and was struck by its advanced, highly efficient industries. Yuan Xifeng agreed to lead Chen Ning to a divine herb on Qi Yu’s instructions, but Chen Ning remained wary of Qi Yu’s motives as the group set off.

• Chen Ning arrived on Unknowing Island and admired its advanced systems and assembly-line medicine production.
• Yuan Xifeng, accompanied by Xiao Dengzi and Duan Tianya, confronted Chen Ning about his connection to Qi Yu and the island master’s evil object.
• Chen Ning denied knowing about the evil object and agreed to let Yuan Xifeng take him to the divine herb Qi Yu had arranged for him.
• Duan Tianya warned Chen Ning to stay uninvolved, and Chen Ning followed Yuan Xifeng while questioning Qi Yu’s hidden plan.

Chen Ning accompanied Yuan Xifeng to meet Hua Xiaodie, who held a wooden box Qi Yu had left for him. Yuan Xifeng and Duan Tianya followed Hua Xiaodie to retrieve it, while Chen Ning and Zhao Xiuxiu waited behind with Xiao Dengzi.

• Yuan Xifeng led Chen Ning and the others through the brothel’s unusual floors to meet Hua Xiaodie on the top floor.
• Hua Xiaodie recognized Chen Ning and confirmed that Qi Yu had left a wooden box for him, though she did not know whether it contained divine medicine.
• Yuan Xifeng asked Hua Xiaodie to hand over the box, and she said it was stored elsewhere.
• Duan Tianya and Yuan Xifeng insisted on accompanying Hua Xiaodie to fetch the box, while Yuan Xifeng told Xiao Dengzi to stay with Chen Ning and Zhao Xiuxiu.

Chen Ning tried to escape Xiao Dengzi, but the young disciple used a Supreme-Grade Divine Artifact, the Gold-Binding Rope, to block his attempts. Chen Ning finally trapped Xiao Dengzi with a Sin Stele and left to investigate the mystery on Unknowing Island.

• Yuan Xifeng and Hua Xiaodie left to retrieve the wooden box, leaving Xiao Dengzi to watch Chen Ning and Zhao Xiuxiu.
• Chen Ning attempted to leave, but Xiao Dengzi used his Gold-Binding Ropes to restrain Zhao Xiuxiu and catch Chen Ning’s decoy.
• Chen Ning used Shadows of Chaos to confuse Xiao Dengzi, then entered a dungeon room on the third floor.
• Xiao Dengzi chased Chen Ning into the room, where a Sin Stele appeared and trapped him in golden light.
• Chen Ning waved to Xiao Dengzi and left.

Chen Ning learned from Qi Yu that Crimson Refinement True God had seized the two Divine Spark Fruits and was pursuing the recipe that could make anyone a god. Qi Yu asked Chen Ning to present the recipe to Yutian True God and become Unknowing Island’s powerful backer.

• Chen Ning returned to Zhao Xiuxiu, freed her from the Gold-Binding Rope, and accepted a communication Spirit Stone from the maid Lian'er.
• Chen Ning activated the Spirit Stone and confronted Qi Yu, who admitted he had lied about possessing a divine herb but knew the Azure Lotus of Life was with Yutian True God.
• Qi Yu explained that he had inherited his master’s resource-improvement skills and revealed that the Divine Spark Fruit could let anyone become a god.
• Qi Yu told Chen Ning that Crimson Refinement True God had seized both fruits and that Yuan Xifeng, Duan Tianya, and others sought the recipe to gain Yutian True God’s favor.
• Qi Yu asked Chen Ning to offer the recipe to Yutian True God, rise to power, and protect Unknowing Island.