Vol. 13The War Ladder

Qin Chuan defeated the God of Wrath and organized Blue Star’s gods and players to resist the Seven Sin Gods. The volume ended with Roderick leading Seekers through Rust City and finding valuable cores in an abandoned factory.

  • Richard awakened the God of Wrath and rallied Western Europe against Season Star’s Mechanical Legion, but Qin Chuan defeated the god and rescued Richard’s soul.
  • Water God and Evergreen created the Land of Promise, where Amina rallied her people to work for food and water while Elder Agu’s tribe refused.
  • Yan Country players entered the deadly Trial of the Gods, where Ghost Shadow claimed the first Divinity Shard as guilds fought over it.
  • Qin Chuan revealed that Wrath and Sloth belonged to the Seven Sin Gods and expanded the trials to include production, missions, and creative skills.
  • Qin Chuan established eight trials and Lesser Ladders to Godhood, then let Dragon Soaring World change paths after completing atonement.
  • Envy corrupted North American players, but Leon defeated Jackson and Night Cherry Tangle introduced the War Ladder to oppose the Seven Sin Gods.
  • Roderick gathered North American players as Seekers and led them to purify Rust City’s three Sin Signal Towers.
  • Night Cherry Tangle named Roderick guardian of Rust City, and he led the players to an abandoned factory where they collected 27 Pure Energy Cores.
Chapters 1202–1301 Read from ch. 1202

Arc 49The Wrath and the Land of Promise

Richard awakened the God of Wrath and led Western Europe into a battle against the Mechanical Legion, but Qin Chuan defeated the invading divinity and assigned the surviving gods to claim faith across Blue Star. In Africa, Water God and Evergreen created a fertile refuge and made entry depend on the tribes’ labor, but one tribe rejected their terms.

  • Richard awakened the Spark of Resistance, sacrificed the Fallen Angel’s heart, and turned the Templar Order against the Eastern Deity by establishing the Altar of Wrath.
  • Richard destroyed the old faith in Western Europe and rallied its leaders against the invading Mechanical Legion, but Season Star’s machines neutralized his divine power and harvested souls for the Annihilator.
  • The God of Wrath consumed Richard and attacked Season Star, but Qin Chuan froze the battlefield, defeated the god, rescued Richard’s soul, and sent it to the Court of Sin Punishment.
  • Season Star rebuilt Western Europe as a city governed by Tianshu, where survivors received Faith Values and access to resources based on their contributions.
  • Qin Chuan explained that the God of Wrath had come from outside the Apocalypse System and directed his allies to gather faith across Blue Star, assigning deities to Oceania, South America, and Africa.
  • Water God and Evergreen revived a starving African tribe with water and vegetation, but its poisoned faith transformed the people into monsters, so the gods erased the oasis and resolved to make survival depend on work.
  • Water God and Evergreen created the Land of Promise, where people had to dig canals to earn entry, but Elder Agu’s tribe called Water God a demon and refused to work.
Chapters 1202–1226 Summaries Read

Arc 50Trials and the Seven Sins

As the Water God and Evergreen spread their faith and confront the Breath of Sloth in Africa, Yan Country players endure a deadly trial over Divinity Shards. Qin Chuan returns and reveals that Wrath and Sloth are among seven Sin Gods, then begins reshaping the trials to support more players and combat the sins at their roots.

  • Amina defied the Tribal Chief, inspired her people to dig, and Evergreen revived her child, but the chief attacked her before a tribesman saved her and helped drive him into the desert.
  • Amina and Kyle recruited the Black Rock Tribe by offering a chance to work for food and water, while Kyle defeated Bach and Ula led others in making spearheads.
  • Yan Country players gathered at Sky-Piercing Tower to demand direction, and Night Cherry Tangle announced the Trial of the Gods, its rules, and the Ladder to Godhood.
  • Players entered the newly dangerous trial zones and died in large numbers, while Ghost Shadow used monsters against each other to defeat a Hydra and claim the first Divinity Shard.
  • The shard triggered a war-zone manhunt, and guilds fought over the search as Dragon Soaring World learned from Night Cherry Tangle that the trial was governed by the Apocalypse Core Rules.
  • Amina and Kyle brought thousands of refugees to the Land of Promise, where the Water God and Evergreen provided land and tools, but the Breath of Sloth soon weakened Amina’s team and spread through the region.
  • Amina ate a fruit grown from the Life Origin and began cultivating an oasis, while the Water God and Evergreen transformed the desert to push back Sloth’s fog and restore clarity to those it had affected.
  • Qin Chuan explained that Wrath and Sloth arose from despair and other negative emotions, revealed that they belonged to seven Sin Gods, and ordered Night Cherry Tangle’s trial expanded with new challenges for production, mission, and creative skills.
Chapters 1227–1251 Summaries Read

Arc 51The War Ladder and Jealousy

Qin Chuan established new paths to godhood and made Dragon Soaring World undergo severance and atonement before choosing a new path. As the Seven Sin Gods began invading, Envy corrupted North American players, while Leon and the Court of Sin Punishment introduced the War Ladder as Jealousy spread through the region.

  • Qin Chuan established eight trials and Lesser Ladders to Godhood, then allowed Dragon Soaring World to change paths after he endured Dies Martin’s False Contract Prison and completed his atonement.
  • Qin Chuan announced the New God Era, and players across Blue Star chose difficult quests tied to the paths to godhood while Leon became a Holy Spirit through the Sword of Sin Punishment.
  • Jackson turned North American players against the gods, and the Shadow of Jealousy infected them with the power to steal from one another.
  • Jackson led the Envy-corrupted players against the Court of Sin Punishment, but Leon’s divine protection thwarted their theft and Leon ultimately erased Jackson.
  • Night Cherry Tangle introduced the War Ladder and Sin Origin Furnace at the Court, appointed Leon as Order Executor, and explained that the Seven Sin Gods were invading.
  • Jealousy spread among North American players, leading Mike to steal Roderick’s Guardian’s Bulwark and other players to betray their teams for equipment and loot.
  • After Mike’s betrayal left him alone, Roderick watched a video of the Court’s organized War Ladder and realized it offered order, while forum users asked how to reach it.
Chapters 1252–1276 Summaries Read

Arc 52The Rust City Campaign

Roderick gathered North American players under the War Ladder and led them to purify Rust City’s three Sin Signal Towers. After Night Cherry Tangle named him guardian of Rust City and assigned a Faith Lighthouse quest, Roderick used a Sin Detector to lead the players to a factory full of valuable cores and materials.

  • Roderick led his companions through Howling Canyon, where they prayed to the War Ladder and Holy Spirit Leon appeared, erased the Shadow Lurkers, and granted them Seeker status.
  • Roderick’s team shared the Rust City quest, and players across North America joined them until more than a thousand Seekers gathered and became Prospective Believers.
  • The War Ladder transformed their equipment into Holy Armament, and the players advanced on the Wailing Signal Tower, where Leon appeared again and destroyed the Epic-grade lord.
  • Roderick and the Seekers rejected Black and the Blood Wolf Guild, then purified the Grieving Signal Tower after Roderick became a Walking Holy Spirit and used Faith Judgment.
  • Roderick led the players against the Hatred Signal Tower, protected them with his Holy Domain, and destroyed it with a Golden Sun, completing the campaign phase and earning supplies and equipment.
  • Night Cherry Tangle appeared, named Roderick guardian of Rust City, assigned the Faith Lighthouse quest, and warned the players about the Shadow of Jealousy.
  • Roderick spent his War Ladder Points on a Sin Detector, followed its signal to an abandoned factory, and led the players to defeat four Sinful Slags and many Lava Worms, collecting 27 Pure Energy Cores.
Chapters 1277–1301 Summaries Read
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