Chapter Summaries

The High Priestess, Ms. Gu, was tortured by Great Xia officials as they tried to learn how the monsters appeared, but she insisted she knew nothing. When she mentioned the infant that had started everything, the baby suddenly appeared in her arms, and the man questioning her realized she was crucial to Great Xia.

• A military officer said the monsters were evolving resistance to weapons and ordered the investigators to make Ms. Gu reveal what happened when she returned.
• The interrogator tortured the weakened High Priestess with salt, then freed her and asked for her real information on behalf of Great Xia.
• Ms. Gu asked whether the officials had seen the infant she had brought back, and the man said they had found no baby when they arrested her.
• Ms. Gu realized her memory of the infant had been altered and declared that the baby was still there beside her.
• The infant appeared in Ms. Gu's arms, and the terrified interrogator drew his gun before deciding to contact Great Xia and protect her.

The High Priestess returned to Great Xia with the infant after the Third Special Zone was destroyed, but researchers imprisoned and experimented on them. She accepted a pact with the Lord of Rules, becoming the first sequence of the Eerie Race as new rules were established across the world.

• The man sent the High Priestess and the infant toward Great Xia as the Third Special Zone erupted, killing him and leaving monsters and animals dead in a circle around the destruction.
• The High Priestess concluded that the monsters had come for the infant and wondered what he was.
• Researchers in Great Xia confined the High Priestess, tested the infant, and discovered that he could not be killed and that his blood matched both human and monster blood.
• Section Chief Bai told the High Priestess that she had fused with the infant's blood, while she resolved to escape the researchers.
• The Lord of Rules offered the High Priestess eternal life, and she accepted in exchange for the demons' deaths.
• The Lord of Rules transformed the High Priestess into the first sequence of the Eerie Race and declared rules of reincarnation and life for the Human Race.

The diary revealed that the High Priestess had lived through countless cycles, guiding Li Chen toward godhood in hopes of ending the world’s reincarnation. After learning her mission was over, she died, and Li Chen mourned her as his mother.

• A God gave the infant Li Chen to the High Priestess, explaining that he had chosen her and that he would one day save her.
• The High Priestess raised Li Chen while humanity awakened superpowers, and she later watched him die as the world was destroyed by the Eerie Tide.
• She discovered that the world endlessly reincarnated and spent countless cycles trying to help Li Chen ascend to godhood and break the cycle.
• After Li Chen became an Eerie Monster, the High Priestess helped make him Eerie Emperor and created an Eerie human able to resist the cycle.
• When a voice told her that her mission was over, the High Priestess accepted her fate and left her account in the diary “Trajectory,” ending with a message signed “Ms. Gu.”
• Li Chen read the diary, mourned the dead High Priestess as his mother, and told her that no one would force her anymore.

Li Chen rejected the Eldritch God’s forced choice between destroying the world and saving it, confronting how fear and love had shaped his decisions. As his state of mind shattered, he recognized that he still cared for Su Zhe and Su Xian, leaving him caught between his humanity and the Human Race’s hope for a god.

• Li Chen broke down over the people and feelings he had sacrificed in pursuit of freedom and questioned the cost of becoming forbidden.
• The lingering consciousness of Li Chen offered him black and white masks and demanded he choose between destroying the world and saving it.
• Li Chen knocked the masks away and declared that he would make choices for his own life instead of answering another forced choice.
• Li Chen challenged him to face his fear of losing others and asked whether he had sought freedom to create a Realm of Freedom for them.
• Li Chen realized he had not killed Su Zhe or Su Xian because he still considered them family and had not abandoned his humanity.
• Li Chen understood that his emotions could prevent him from becoming a god, even though he was the Human Race’s only hope.

Li Chen overcame his doubts and broke through from the Calamity Realm into the Wasteland Realm, freeing the Eerie Race and launching a massive assault on humanity. As the Human Race’s leaders prepared to face him, Li Chen ordered the Eerie forces toward the cities and noticed a powerful Eerie Monster that might be secretly feeding on its own kind.

• Li Chen resolved that he had no choice but to pursue Godhood, and a beam of light carried him upward as Eerie people escaped Sin City.
• The upheaval around Sinful Pass alerted the Human Race, and Light Fiend, Yan Qing, Yu Qingnian, Bai Qinglian, and Su Zhe each reacted to Li Chen’s emergence.
• Recognized as the first enemy of the era to enter the Wasteland Realm, Li Chen ordered the Eerie Race to cross the wasteland and reclaim the cities.
• Li Chen revealed the Eerie Monsters hidden in the Black Mist and commanded them to devastate the Four Passes or become Forbidden and merge into him.
• Li Chen spotted a powerful Eerie Monster watching him and suspected it was a pig-raising creature that had grown strong by devouring other Eerie beings, but he postponed confronting it.

Eternal Night began as Li Chen advanced through the Black Mist toward Huizhou City, overcoming the defenders’ attacks. Light Fiend confronted him about home and the Human Race, but Li Chen rejected his appeal, and Light Fiend charged into battle to buy the border time.

• The Black Mist swept away the light as the Four Passes prepared for the decisive battle against the Eerie Monsters.
• Li Chen walked toward Huizhou City, and his Forbidden power turned the defenders’ attacks to ashes.
• Dunhuang warned Light Fiend that the Eerie Lord’s advance threatened the Human Race, while Light Fiend said humanity had already made its choice to fight Li Chen.
• Light Fiend became a giant of light and asked Li Chen whether he had found a home, but Li Chen accused humanity of tormenting and condemning him.
• Light Fiend said goodbye to Dunhuang and charged at Li Chen, while Yan Qing said he was sacrificing himself to buy time for the border.

Jian Wuqing drew the Sword Ancestors’ sword and set out to fight the Eerie Lord, while Jianping and Jian En headed for Dawn Pass. As Eerie Monsters assaulted Shenzhou City, Su Xian and Mu Hen joined the defense, leaving Su Xian with renewed hope.

• Jian Wuqing declared he would stand with the sword cultivators against the Eerie Lord, drew a sword formed from the broken blades on Sword Mountain, and vanished.
• Jian En told Jianping that their master had drawn his sword and urged him to go to Dawn Pass; Jianping left, hoping he would one day meet and kill Li Chen.
• Su Xian struggled to defend Shenzhou City from the endless Eerie Tide and prepared to use a forbidden spell as Calamity and Lust approached.
• Su Xian donned demonic armor and charged to stop Calamity, while Mu Hen arrived carrying the Soul Coffin and unleashed his Wasteland Realm power against the Eerie Monsters.
• Mu Hen struck down a Calamity Realm Eerie Monster with the Boundary Stele, and Su Xian recognized him and called him Henzi.

Mu Hen and Su Xian fought to stop Calamity from spreading the plague, while Mu Hen summoned the souls of fallen human warriors to strengthen his Tomb People. Su Xian prepared to kill Calamity as Mu Hen faced the Eerie Tide, and he rejected Calamity’s invitation to join Li Chen.

• Su Xian used a Purification Formation to contain the plague while Calamity unleashed a Plague Tide against the Sequence Users and nearby cities.
• Mu Hen summoned Tomb People, struck Calamity apart with the Boundary Stele, and agreed with Su Xian that Calamity had to be killed.
• Mu Hen crushed a bead and called on fallen human warriors, whose souls willingly joined him to raise a vast army of Tomb People.
• Su Xian continued preparing a purification formation around Calamity as Calamity tried to recruit him to Li Chen’s side.
• Su Xian rejected Calamity’s offer, saying Li Chen was wrong to want to destroy the world.

Su Xian questioned Calamity’s defense of Li Chen’s plan to destroy the world, then ordered Mu Hen to withdraw as the Eerie Tide pressed the front. At Ruined Pass, Yu Qingnian revealed that he was gambling on Li Chen becoming a god, even though failure would doom the Human Race.

• Su Xian asked Calamity whether Li Chen’s destruction of the world was justified, and Calamity defended his lord before dissolving while claiming to be immortal.
• Su Xian warned Mu Hen to retreat, and Mu Hen pulled back the Tomb People army as the Eerie Monsters renewed their attack.
• Su Xian worried about the Eerie Tide’s source and hoped Su Zhe was holding out in Magic City.
• At Ruined Pass, Yu Qingnian and Gu Cheng questioned why the Eerie Tide had not attacked and considered Li Chen’s possible intentions.
• Yu Qingnian showed Gu Cheng a repaired headless golden statue and said he was betting on Li Chen becoming a god; Gu Cheng asked what would happen if he lost.

Su Zhe recalled his lonely childhood and met Li Chen at Chuanhai Academy, where he eagerly declared him his first friend and took him out for noodles. As Li Chen asked why Su Zhe had chosen him, Su Zhe paused, leaving his reason unexplained.

• As a child, Su Zhe watched his father drink heavily and feared his father would abandon him.
• Su Zhe reflected that people saw him as a rich kid, though he wanted a family's love and believed his father hated him.
• At Chuanhai Academy, Su Zhe approached the solitary Li Chen, introduced himself, and called him his first friend.
• Su Zhe invited Li Chen to a meal, then met him after class and took him by bicycle to the noodle shop One-Noodle Encounter.
• While they ate, Li Chen asked Su Zhe why he had chosen him, and Su Zhe paused before answering.

Su Zhe revealed that he was the Su Group heir, and Li Chen accepted him without treating him differently. After Su Zhe was kidnapped and tortured by a man who claimed Su Ming had ordered his death, Li Chen rescued him, leaving Su Zhe wondering who Li Chen really was.

• Su Zhe told Li Chen he was the heir to the Su Group, and Li Chen responded without fear or deference.
• Su Zhe and Li Chen shared noodles, then rode a bicycle together beneath the setting sun.
• A burly man tortured Su Zhe and claimed Su Ming had ordered his death, but Su Zhe refused to believe his father would kill him.
• Li Chen arrived, killed the burly man, and helped Su Zhe up, reminding him that he still owed him another bowl of noodles.
• Su Zhe later woke in a dim dungeon and wondered which of Li Chen’s faces was real.

Li Chen fought Light Fiend above Huizhou City while Human Race experts watched and prepared to take turns against him. As Light Fiend weakened, Li Chen claimed the Human Race’s powers were borrowed from the world’s rules and declared that the Path to Godhood was a dead end.

• Light Fiend unleashed a tide of light figures against Li Chen, but Li Chen blocked them with Black Mist before one pierced his body.
• Li Chen and Light Fiend clashed across the sky as Sequence Users in Huizhou City watched and realized Li Chen had reached the Wasteland Realm.
• Dunhuang and Yan Qing discussed Light Fiend’s chances, while Yan Qing attacked nearby Eerie Monsters after suspecting Li Chen was transferring his injuries to them.
• Light Fiend began to tire as Li Chen remained unharmed and told him that every ability had limits while his own did not.
• Light Fiend asked whether Li Chen had found the Path to Godhood, and Li Chen replied that it was a dead end and humans could not become Gods.

Li Chen battled Light Fiend and Yan Qing while an enormous Ink blade threatened Huizhou City, until Yu Qingnian appeared. At Ruined Pass, Sword Elder unleashed his sword qi and sent Yu Qingnian onward while he held the pass.

• Li Chen formed a towering Ink blade and drove it toward Huizhou City, forcing Light Fiend to intercept it and Dunhuang to strike it with his silver hook.
• Light Fiend’s attacks failed to stop the blade as Forbidden Substance injured him and devoured his swords of light.
• Yan Qing charged Li Chen with a flaming sword, but he shattered her weapon, slapped her, and kicked her away while challenging her claim to justice.
• Yu Qingnian appeared amid golden lightning above Huizhou City, and Dunhuang welcomed him.
• At Ruined Pass, Sword Elder unleashed his stored sword qi, told Yu Qingnian to pursue his purpose, and vowed to guard the pass as he raised his sword.

Li Chen rejected Bai Qinglian’s offer to cooperate, and the battlefield grew even more dangerous as three Wasteland Realm Eerie Monsters appeared. Wangyang struck the monsters down with his Fist Dao, prompting Li Chen to wonder whether martial paths could lead to godhood.

• Yu Qingnian and Wangyang arrived to join the Human Race experts confronting Li Chen, while Bai Qinglian appeared and offered the God-Binding Cult’s help in exchange for opening the Forbidden Door.
• Li Chen refused Bai Qinglian’s offer and summoned a vast web of black threads and a throne of darkness.
• Yu Qingnian attacked Bai Qinglian, accusing her of breaking their agreement, and Dunhuang questioned what Yu Qingnian had promised her.
• Three Wasteland Realm Eerie Monsters emerged behind Li Chen, further shifting the battlefield against the Human Race.
• Wangyang used two punches to smash the chests of the Eerie Monsters and demonstrated his Fist Dao.
• Li Chen reflected that martial paths might lead to godhood and questioned whether his understanding was wrong.

Li Chen fought the Human Race’s Wasteland Realm experts while resolving to destroy the world’s restrictions and seek a future beyond the universe. Dunhuang secured the Second Sequence’s help in exchange for a hundred top-quality Soul Fish, though he would restrain Li Chen for only one quarter of an hour.

• Li Chen reflected on the Human Race’s rapid rise and concluded that he would end the age of restrictions and explore what lay beyond the universe.
• Wang Yang charged Li Chen but was trapped by Eerie Monsters, while Yan Qing attacked Li Chen and Light Fiend struck him from behind.
• Li Chen transformed his arm into a blade to send Yan Qing flying, then used black light to blast Light Fiend before the old man rescued him with a golden hook.
• Light Fiend and Dunhuang agreed that their abilities were insufficient to defeat Li Chen in close combat, and Dunhuang appealed to the Second Sequence for help.
• The Second Sequence agreed to come in exchange for a hundred top-quality Soul Fish but would restrain Li Chen for only one quarter of an hour.

Li Chen faced attacks from Yan Qing, Light Fiend, Dunhuang, and Wangyang, then entered the sixth door and confronted another Li Chen over the meaning of his struggle and the path to godhood. The chapter ended with the other Li Chen asking whether he wanted to ascend.

• A Supreme Being summoned a Great Bell that trapped Li Chen, while Light Fiend argued with the unseen man who had summoned it.
• Yan Qing ordered Light Fiend, Wangyang, and Dunhuang to attack Li Chen, and the four struck him together as he accepted the blows.
• Li Chen entered the sixth door, where six keys appeared and a chessboard revealed pieces representing people he had encountered.
• Li Chen questioned whether he was fighting for his life or the Dao, whether the Forbidden had accepted him, and how he could ascend to godhood.
• The other Li Chen crushed a chess piece and asked Li Chen whether he wanted to ascend to godhood.

Li Chen crushed the pieces representing people he knew as Li Chen challenged him to sever every tie and pursue Godhood. After Li Chen destroyed the piece bearing Su Zhe’s aura, a black staircase appeared, but the Eldritch God warned that the Forbidden was devouring him.

• Li Chen crushed the pieces one by one, leaving only those representing Su Zhe, Mu Hen, Su Xian, Ji Shao, and Yu Qingnian.
• Li Chen hesitated to destroy the five remaining pieces and questioned Li Chen about why he wanted him to lose everything.
• Li Chen accused Li Chen of hiding his desire to free others and called him tenderhearted, prompting Li Chen to admit his fear of losing his humanity.
• Li Chen crushed the piece bearing Su Zhe’s aura and demanded to know where his path ended and why Li Chen was helping him.
• Li Chen revealed a pitch-black staircase and urged Li Chen toward the Path to Godhood, but the Eldritch God appeared and shouted that the Forbidden was devouring him.

Li Chen confronted the Eldritch God and Li Chen over the road to godhood, suspecting their plans had made him a tool for breaking the planet’s limits. Li Chen admitted he had lied but insisted that ascension was his wish, while Li Chen questioned whether freedom was still worth pursuing and ended in despair.

• Li Chen urged Li Chen to take the road to godhood, while the Eldritch God pleaded with him to avoid it.
• Li Chen suspected that other Gods were watching and that his ascension would free Gods trapped inside the planet.
• The Eldritch God mocked Li Chen, who silenced him and dragged him back with Dark Flame.
• Li Chen admitted that he had lied and revealed that the sixth door had become the Path to Godhood through reincarnation.
• Li Chen accused Li Chen of treating him as a piece on a board and questioned the point of fighting for freedom.
• Li Chen told Li Chen that he had come into being because Li Chen could no longer escape, then shouted his name.

Li Chen revealed that he had spent countless cycles trying to restore his destroyed home and had created Li Chen as a chance to escape the universe’s confinement. As the original Li Chen vanished, he passed the Forbidden Authority to Li Chen and left the fight for freedom in his hands.

• Li Chen questioned Li Chen about his aims, and Li Chen said he wanted to return to the moment the universe collapsed and restore its origin.
• Li Chen explained that the Elder Gods had destroyed his original universe and that he had failed to escape the Godforsaken Land.
• Li Chen recounted using Reincarnation Authority to bring humanity back and creating Li Chen as a life-form capable of merging with Forbidden.
• Li Chen and Li Chen agreed that they would fight their way out and continue searching for freedom.
• Li Chen began to dissolve into starlight as the six shattered Authority keys lit up and the pitch-black key appeared before Li Chen.
• Li Chen passed King's Power, which he identified as Forbidden Authority, to Li Chen.

Li Chen ascended to godhood, becoming the Lord of Taboo as the world and its people transformed around him. Light Fiend pleaded for the Human Race, but Li Chen dismissed its fate and erased him.

• Li Chen stepped onto the heavenly staircase, and the Eerie Monsters broke through the Rules Cage into the human world.
• As Li Chen climbed, Forbidden Substance transformed his body and soul while black rain turned some Sequence Users into members of the Eerie Race.
• Li Chen reached the final stair and took the dark throne, completing his ascension as the Lord of Taboo.
• Li Chen erased the Eerie Monsters with a snap of his fingers, and Light Fiend asked him to spare the Human Race.
• Li Chen said the Human Race was doomed regardless, then clenched his hand and turned Light Fiend into black mist.