Vol. 4The Shadow Artifact

Qin Chuan pursued the Moment of Utmost Darkness through trials, guild battles, and conflicts with the Church, Naga, and Beastfolk. The volume ended with the Death Bringer binding him beneath a pillar of light as the Rakshasa brothers watched him reach level 81.

  • Qin Chuan entered the Lord of Frost’s sealed domain, defeated its guardians, and used Shadow Veil to evade its attempt to possess him and Song Ling.
  • Qin Chuan carried the Restless Flame away through Mirror’s Teleportation Gate, and its detonation destroyed the forces gathered on the icefield.
  • Qin Chuan passed Night Lady’s trial and learned how Alesha became the Night Lady before leading her followers from Beli City.
  • Qin Chuan emerged from the trial in space, faced Apocalypse World, and recognized the Eternal Night Continent as his next destination.
  • Qin Chuan led Apex through the Shadow Maze, found the damaged Moment of Utmost Darkness, and defeated Revival Battle Group.
  • Qin Chuan gathered materials and worked with Kamael to repair the artifact, then set out to investigate the darkness overtaking Skyreach Harbor.
  • Qin Chuan fought the Church and Naga over the Moment of Utmost Darkness, then helped Kamael restore it into a Demigod Artifact.
  • The Beast God exposed Qin Chuan and the Death Bringer bound him in black-mist chains as the Church and Beastfolk clashed around him.
Chapters 301–400 Read from ch. 301

Arc 13The Far North Icefield

Qin Chuan and rival factions converged on the Far North Icefield, where he fought through the Beastfolk, the Church, and the Lord of Frost’s guardians. He reached the sealed Lord of Frost with Song Ling and used Shadow Veil to evade its attempt to possess them.

  • The Beast God Cult gathered Beastfolk tribes for an expedition to the Far North Icefield, while players and Song Ling’s companions traveled north to pursue their own quests.
  • Rakshasa Madblood joined the Ice Hell faction and gained an Icy One bloodline as Qin Chuan flew north with the Shadow Dragon, pursued by Beastfolk forces.
  • Qin Chuan crossed the Iceblade Zone, charged the Frost Core, and entered the Lord of Frost’s Sealed Domain as the Beastfolk and Hand of the Dead followed.
  • Qin Chuan killed Clemens and devastated the Beastfolk, then fought the Church statues, Toynbee, and the Beast God Cult shaman while Song Ling’s group reached the throne.
  • Qin Chuan used the Frost Core to break the throne and open a pit, defeated Toynbee and the shaman below, and rejected and killed Rakshasa Madblood.
  • Qin Chuan led Song Ling, Season Star, Night Cherry Tangle, Tiga Lingyu, Evergreen, and Mirror through the caverns, defeating Ice Elementals and the Frost Giant King as Song Ling followed the route toward her quest’s destination.
  • Qin Chuan carried the Restless Flame away through Mirror’s Teleportation Gate before it detonated, destroying players and the returning Church and Beastfolk forces on the icefield.
  • Qin Chuan led the group past Lord of Frost’s Ice Giants and into a chamber where Shadow Power bound its remnant body, then entered with Song Ling and used Shadow Veil to evade its attempt to possess them.
Chapters 301–325 Summaries Read

Arc 14The Night Lady’s Trial

While Apex defeated Radiant Glory Guild, Qin Chuan endured a trial that revealed Alesha’s past and her rise as the Night Lady. The trial ended with Qin Chuan facing Apocalypse World and identifying the Eternal Night Continent as his next destination.

  • Qin Chuan trapped the Lord of Frost, divided its three Origin Essence crystals among himself, Song Ling, and the mysterious man, then was pulled through a Black Gate as the Far North Icefield collapsed.
  • Radiant Glory Guild challenged Apex to a guild war, but Apex’s smaller teams overcame them, and Night Cherry Tangle arrived on Igneel to help win the battle and disband Radiant Glory Guild.
  • Trapped in Night Lady’s Temple, Qin Chuan passed its trial and entered a vision of ancient Beli City, where he met Alesha and helped her protect children infected with the Black Death.
  • Qin Chuan fought Black Monsters alongside Alesha, helped Shadow Power suppress her infection, and uncovered the Church’s own infection before defeating the bishop and destroying the divine statue.
  • Alesha led survivors back to Beli City, founded a sect, and became known as the Night Lady while defending her people through war and the spread of the Black Death.
  • When Churches surrounded Beli City, Alesha led more than eight thousand followers away under endless night, leaving Qin Chuan a message that she awaited him on the Eternal Night Continent.
  • After the trial ended, Qin Chuan found himself in space facing Apocalypse World and recognized its permanently dark half as the Eternal Night Continent.
Chapters 326–350 Summaries Read

Arc 15The Shadow Artifact

Qin Chuan led Apex Guild through a Shadow Maze, defeated Revival Battle Group, and began repairing the Divine Artifact Moment of Utmost Darkness. After gathering the first repair materials, he learned that Skyreach Harbor had fallen into darkness and become the site of a new quest.

  • Qin Chuan discovered that Shadow Dragon had become the Level 70 Legend-grade Shadow Demon Dragon Scripps, then gathered Apex members to explore the Shadow Maze.
  • Qin Chuan’s group defeated the maze’s bosses and cultists before he slipped underground, where a Twin-Winged Angel’s self-destruction collapsed the passage.
  • Qin Chuan and his companions cleared the rubble, found the damaged Divine Artifact Moment of Utmost Darkness, and returned to Beli City with a new Fate Branch.
  • Qin Chuan declared war on Revival Battle Group and defeated its players with Scripps while Apex members attacked them at the Respawn Point.
  • Qin Chuan learned that active-duty troops had entered Apocalypse and that the Church was seeking to interfere with his shops, then began repairing Moment of Utmost Darkness with the Kamael brothers.
  • Qin Chuan fought corrupted Sea Race creatures near Skyreach Harbor and killed a Legend-grade Shark to provide materials for the artifact’s repair.
  • Qin Chuan and Kamael identified the dagger’s blade as Divine Bone and agreed to repair it with an alloy, so Qin Chuan gathered Void Essence and helped Kamael craft Void Mithril.
  • Qin Chuan heard that Skyreach Harbor had suddenly turned dark and that some players had received a quest to fight evil, leaving him to investigate the city’s new trouble.
Chapters 351–375 Summaries Read

Arc 16The Moment of Utmost Darkness

Qin Chuan fought the Church, the Naga, and the Beastfolk over the Moment of Utmost Darkness while looting the Eternal Palace and having the Divine Artifact repaired. The Beastfolk invasion ended with Qin Chuan bound by the Death Bringer beneath a protective pillar of light, as the Rakshasa brothers watched his level rise.

  • Qin Chuan was marked as evil by the Church of Light’s quest and fought off players before bargaining with the bishop, who demanded the Moment of Utmost Darkness.
  • The Naga Mogri and a Six-Winged Angel both claimed the Divine Artifact, but Qin Chuan broke free, defeated them, and absorbed their Divinity Power with help from Dies Martin.
  • Qin Chuan infiltrated the Eternal Palace, stole Eternal Adamant and Naga jewelry, then helped Dies Martin unleash Demons against the Naga and Ancient God while gaining levels and Arcane Evil Steel.
  • The Templar Order confronted Qin Chuan in Beli City, but Leihuao and Apex stood by him until the Beastfolk invasion forced the Church knights to withdraw.
  • Qin Chuan gave the Moment of Utmost Darkness to Kamael, who restored it into a Demigod Artifact, and Qin Chuan decided to seek the Divine Bone needed to unlock its full power.
  • Apex fought the Beastfolk while Qin Chuan and Scripps attacked elsewhere, and the Beastfolk leaders identified Qin Chuan as the holder of their Divine Artifact.
  • The Beast God exposed Qin Chuan with a red pillar of light, and the Hand of the Dead summoned the Death Bringer, who bound him in black-mist chains.
  • The Church and Beastfolk clashed around Qin Chuan, whose pillar and chains protected him from attacks, while Rakshasa One-Slash and Rakshasa Madblood watched his level rise from 80 to 81.
Chapters 376–400 Summaries Read
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