Chapter Summaries

Long Shou drew on the myriad races’ support to face the great tribulation and ascend toward the Emperor’s throne, while Li Chen confronted his isolation and unleashed Forbidden Power across several worlds. The chapter ended with Li Chen severing the support sustaining Long Shou and declaring that his final curtain had come.

• Powerhouses from across the world entered the Thunder Pool to strengthen the great tribulation, and Long Shou challenged Li Chen to face it with him.
• The tribulation struck, cracking both Long Shou’s and Li Chen’s bodies as Long Shou realized he had to kill Li Chen before he died.
• Countless races sent their life force to Long Shou, repairing him and urging him to destroy Li Chen and ascend to the Emperor’s throne.
• As Long Shou prepared to ascend with the myriad races behind him, Li Chen reflected on his loneliness and the world’s united opposition to him.
• Li Chen poured Forbidden Power across several worlds, blackened their skies, and forcibly severed the myriad races’ support for Long Shou.
• With his body seemingly dissipating, Li Chen declared that his final curtain had come and that he faced death or freedom.

Li Chen endured the world's collapse, convinced that destroying it was the only way to find freedom, while Long Shou failed to stop him. After Li Chen faded away, the Eldritch God used the Forbidden First Record to draw in the Elder Gods and waited until the book opened to its last page.

• Long Shou watched the realms collapse and despaired as he realized he could no longer save the living beings or become Emperor.
• The Elder Gods fled to the Sea of Chaos as heaven and earth broke apart, leaving Li Chen and Long Shou at the world's center.
• Li Chen spoke to a fading butterfly about his endless reincarnations, his pain, and his search for freedom as his body became insubstantial.
• The Eldritch God took the throne behind Li Chen and used the Forbidden First Record to pull the Elder Gods into the book.
• The Eldritch God waited alone through the world's destruction until the book opened to its last page, where he said he had found his freedom.

The author reflected on Li Chen’s destined, tragic ending and explained the backgrounds and fates of several characters. The author then declared the book finished and hinted that a new story and another game had begun.

• The author said the ending had been destined from the start and described Li Chen’s path from incomprehension to understanding and letting go.
• The author discussed the rushed Academy and Sin arcs and acknowledged the story’s flaws.
• The author summarized the fates and traits of Su Zhe, Su Xian, Ji Shao, Jianping, Mu Hen, Yu Qingnian, Elder Gu, Sword Elder, and Cangyue.
• The author explained that Li Chen had been a mad god whose only opponent was himself, and described another side of Li Chen as the humanity he had lost.
• The author announced that the book had ended and said a new round of the game had begun.