Chapter Summaries

After defeating Kel'Thuzad, Qin Chuan arranged to auction the Lich Class-Change Certificate and returned to Beli City with his team through Mirror's Teleportation Gate. He then visited the Black Market, where Kamael gave him newly forged equipment, including an Epic-grade shirt that fit over his Death Shadow Chestplate.

• Qin Chuan posted the Lich Class-Change Certificate in the Team Channel and told the guild leaders he knew that he planned to auction it after giving them time to raise money.
• Qin Chuan examined the Ice Crown, stored it away, and agreed to let Mirror open a Teleportation Gate to Beli City.
• Dragon Soaring World and the other Apex members departed to pursue their own plans, while Tiga Lingyu rode her Bone Warhorse around Beli City.
• Qin Chuan went to the Black Market to socket the Arctic Shard before traveling to Soder Black River and opening an Epic-grade quest scroll.
• Kamael reported that he had forged six Dark Gold Tier items and one Epic-grade Dragonhide Shirt, and Qin Chuan stored the Dark Gold gear in the Guild Warehouse.
• Qin Chuan put on the Dragonhide Shirt after Kamael explained that it had been made to fit over Qin Chuan's Death Shadow Chestplate.

Qin Chuan had Kamael socket an Arctic Shard into Forbidden Calamity and arranged for his weapons to be reforged in the future. He then traveled to Skarn City and flew north toward Feather Moon Fortress to take on a Naga quest and meet its commander.

• Qin Chuan asked Kamael to socket an Arctic Shard into Forbidden Calamity, and Kamael completed the work in half an hour.
• Qin Chuan learned that Forbidden Calamity and Brutal Plunder could each be reforged once more to level seventy, and he asked Kamael to prepare the materials.
• Qin Chuan discussed the remaining Flame Dragon materials with Kamael and decided to use them according to the original plan rather than make low-level equipment.
• Qin Chuan left the Black Market, teleported to Skarn City, and saw its diverse residents and the Orc Club.
• Qin Chuan summoned the Shadow Dragon and flew north toward Feather Moon Fortress to hunt a Naga Chief and build favor with the Elven ranger general commanding the fortress.

Qin Chuan worried that his new fate-related skill might signal an early merger between Apocalypse and reality, but resolved to grow stronger. At Feather Moon Fortress, he accepted Sandis Feather Moon’s quest to kill the Naga Chief and flew to the Soder Black River, where the Shadow Dragon faced an overwhelming number of Naga.

• Qin Chuan considered the possibility that the merger of Apocalypse and reality, and the Gods’ descent, would happen ahead of schedule, then vowed to strengthen himself.
• Qin Chuan landed near Feather Moon Fortress, where Sandis Feather Moon questioned his connection to the Shadow Dragon.
• Sandis Feather Moon recognized Qin Chuan as the Otherworlder who killed Heloise and asked him to kill the Naga Chief in the Soder Black River.
• Qin Chuan accepted Sandis Feather Moon’s hidden quest and flew to the river on the Shadow Dragon.
• The Shadow Dragon attacked the Naga, but more surged across the river until the water was covered with their heads.

Qin Chuan investigated the unusually large Naga population near Feather Moon Fortress and traced the danger to a submerged Naga base and an Ancient God ruin. He discovered that the ruin’s power had mutated the Naga and continued deeper underwater to uncover what they had found.

• Qin Chuan slaughtered waves of Naga, then used Shadow Stealth to slip past them and follow the riverbank upstream.
• Qin Chuan found the riverbank nearly devoid of wild monsters and sensed a powerful aura of twisted resentment.
• Qin Chuan spotted metal pipes in the widened river and dove underwater with an Underwater Breathing Potion.
• Qin Chuan encountered a level 51 Mutated Naga and heard an eerie voice that confirmed the Naga had uncovered an Ancient God ruin.
• Qin Chuan let the Mutated Naga pass without attacking and continued swimming deeper along the pipes.

Qin Chuan descended into the Naga’s mutated territory and found an Ancient God influence spreading through the ruins. After the Mutated Naga Chief ambushed him and offered recruitment, Qin Chuan rejected it and prepared to kill the Epic-grade boss and search the ruins for the Eyes That See Through Falsehood.

• Qin Chuan followed the metal pipes past increasingly mutated Naga and reached a building complex where tentacles consumed Naga under the Ancient God’s influence.
• When a roar exposed an intruder, Qin Chuan attacked the mutated Naga and severed a tentacle as he fought through their counterattacks.
• Fate of Darkness warned Qin Chuan of an ambush, allowing him to evade a massive tentacle before the Mutated Naga Chief appeared as an Epic-grade boss.
• The Mutated Naga Chief offered Qin Chuan a place in the Ancient God Faction, triggering a Choice Quest whose options involved mutation or attracting Ancient God Attention.
• Qin Chuan chose to reject the offer and kill the chief, then resolved to search the ruins for the Eyes That See Through Falsehood.

Qin Chuan killed the Mutated Naga Chief and discovered that an enormous, memory-reading eyeball lay within the Ancient God Ruins. Fate of Darkness destroyed the eyeball, and Qin Chuan absorbed the Eyes That See Through Falsehood before returning toward the fortress to inspect his loot.

• Qin Chuan killed the Mutated Naga Chief, cleared the remaining Mutated Nagas, collected its loot and head, and gained two levels.
• The Naga settlement collapsed and revealed the Ancient God Ruins, where a colossal eyeball subjected Qin Chuan to visions of his past life.
• Fate of Darkness sent Shadow Power into the eyeball and destroyed it, leaving two eye-shaped gemstones behind.
• Qin Chuan took the gemstones, which transformed into the Eyes That See Through Falsehood—Void-Piercing Eye, though he could find no information about the ability on his panel.
• Qin Chuan left the collapsing ruins and flew toward the fortress on the Shadow Dragon, then examined the Naga Chief's loot and found its Lightning Orb Skill Book.

Qin Chuan sorted through the Naga leader’s loot, kept an Epic mask, and decided to offer a dangerous Mutated Tendon to Rakshasa One-Slash. He left Rakshasa One-Slash tempted by the item but wary of Qin Chuan’s assurances about its Mutation Level.

• Qin Chuan decided to save Lightning Orb for a trade and planned to obtain Kanai’s Cube after completing his Epic Quest.
• Qin Chuan equipped the Abyss Mask and stored the other magic-focused equipment for later.
• Qin Chuan refused to use or put the Mutated Tendon in the Guild Warehouse because it increased Mutation Level, and chose Rakshasa One-Slash as its recipient.
• Qin Chuan asked an acquaintance to tell Rakshasa One-Slash that he had an item to sell, prompting Rakshasa One-Slash to accept his friend request despite Rakshasa Madblood’s warning.
• Qin Chuan showed Rakshasa One-Slash the Mutated Tendon’s effects and claimed its Mutation Level caused only a slight change, while Rakshasa One-Slash remained suspicious.

Rakshasa One-Slash reconsidered buying the Mutated Tendon after Rakshasa Madblood argued it could offer benefits without risking an account ban, but he refused to contact Qin Chuan after being blocked. Qin Chuan chose not to sell the item to other guilds, and Rakshasa Madblood approached him as an intermediary.

• Rakshasa One-Slash questioned Qin Chuan about why he was selling the Mutated Tendon, and Qin Chuan blocked him after he suggested asking other guild presidents.
• Rakshasa Madblood first warned Rakshasa One-Slash that the item might come from a future version, then pointed out that Apocalypse did not ban accounts and urged him to bargain for it.
• Rakshasa Madblood revealed he was friends with Qin Chuan through buying healing ointment, and Rakshasa One-Slash asked him to negotiate for the Mutated Tendon with a target price of eighty million.
• Qin Chuan decided not to offer the Mutated Tendon to other guilds and considered putting it into Kanai's Cube later.
• Rakshasa Madblood messaged Qin Chuan, who changed the subject by asking whether he needed more ointment.

Qin Chuan sold the Mutated Tendon to Rakshasa Madblood, who delivered it to Rakshasa One-Slash. After completing his quest at Feather Moon Fortress, Qin Chuan left Rakshasa One-Slash convinced that using the item had strengthened him without serious drawbacks.

• Rakshasa Madblood offered to buy Qin Chuan’s Mutated Tendon, and Qin Chuan agreed to sell it for seventy million and meet him in Skarn City.
• Rakshasa One-Slash told Madblood to front the money, believing that this would protect him if Madblood tried to run off with the item.
• Qin Chuan turned in the Naga Chief’s head to Sandis Feather Moon, received two Dark Gold Tier equipment pieces and fifty Favorability, and added the equipment to the Guild Warehouse.
• In Skarn City, Madblood paid Qin Chuan seventy-one million and asked him to keep the price private before delivering the Mutated Tendon to Rakshasa One-Slash.
• Rakshasa One-Slash reimbursed Madblood an extra million, used the Mutated Tendon, gained two hundred Strength, and concluded that Night Roaming God had miscalculated.

Qin Chuan brought the amnesiac Riel from Clearwind City to a village where a Falling Star had broken an underground seal, hoping the danger would awaken Riel’s memories. After Riel fought off the village’s zombie inhabitants, he began to remember something, while Qin Chuan kept Riel’s forgotten reason for losing his memories to himself.

• Qin Chuan used an Epic-grade Quest Scroll and learned he had one day to find a mysterious visitor in Clearwind City and help him recover his memories.
• Qin Chuan questioned the city guards and bribed a waiter at the Shared Fortune Inn, who directed him to the Western Regions merchants in the rear courtyard.
• Qin Chuan identified the mysterious visitor as the cloaked NPC and drove off the merchant leader by demonstrating his power.
• Qin Chuan led the visitor out of the city and told him that fighting near a village with a broken underground seal could restore his memories; the visitor introduced himself as Riel.
• Riel fought and cleared the zombie villagers while Qin Chuan found the Falling Star’s crater, and Riel said he had begun to remember something.

Qin Chuan and Tyrael descended into the underground ruins, where Tyrael fought waves of monsters and sensed the Falling Star calling to him. They defeated the Butcher, and after collecting its loot, Qin Chuan warned Tyrael not to rush toward the Falling Star because danger might remain.

• Riel and Qin Chuan entered the buried complex and fought the monsters attacking from the shadows.
• Tyrael grew stronger as he battled the encircling monsters, while Qin Chuan cleared the field with Shadow Flying Dagger.
• Tyrael sensed that the church and the Falling Star were calling to him, then charged at the Butcher when it emerged.
• Qin Chuan defeated the Butcher with Shadow Flying Dagger and collected its drops, including Butcher's Hook and a Venomous Meat Chunk.
• Tyrael proposed uncovering the truth about the Falling Star, but Qin Chuan stayed alert and told him not to rush.

After the phantom cursed Qin Chuan and Tyrael with ten days to live, they entered the church to investigate Falling Star, and Tyrael recovered some of his memories. Tyrael gave Qin Chuan Kanai's Cube, which Qin Chuan used to exchange a Lightning Orb skill book for Shadow Veil.

• After Butcher's death, the phantom appeared, consumed his soul, and cursed Qin Chuan and Tyrael with Flesh Curse, giving them ten days to live.
• Qin Chuan recognized that the phantom had a real body in the City of Yellow Sand and resolved to find and kill it immediately.
• Qin Chuan and Tyrael entered the church and found Falling Star, an armor that triggered Tyrael's memories and revealed that he had wanted to forget his past.
• Tyrael told Qin Chuan that his true name was Tyrael and gave him Kanai's Cube as thanks and as a precaution against turning against him.
• Qin Chuan put his Lightning Orb skill book into Kanai's Cube and received a Shadow Veil skill book.

Qin Chuan learned Shadow Veil and helped Tyrael reclaim his armor and take the Demon Soul Stone from beneath the church. After learning that a Flesh Curse was afflicting a desert city, they set out to investigate, while Qin Chuan received news that Rakshasa One-Slash had left Skyreach Harbor for an unknown destination.

• Qin Chuan learned Shadow Veil, and Tyrael decided to put on his armor to recover his strength and continue fighting.
• Tyrael's armor restored divine power, revealed the damaged seal beneath the church, and freed the trapped souls.
• Tyrael broke the seal, took the Demon Soul Stone, and accepted a quest to find and destroy the source of the Flesh Curse.
• Qin Chuan told Tyrael about residents in a desert city dying from the curse, triggering Tyrael's Request and earning a Holy Light Shard as a quest reward.
• Qin Chuan and Tyrael left for the surface, where Qin Chuan learned that Rakshasa One-Slash had taken guild members from Skyreach Harbor and bought cooling items.

Qin Chuan and Tyrael headed for the City of Yellow Sand to investigate its Flesh Curse, encountering Rakshasa Hall on the way. After entering the Endless Sand Sea, Qin Chuan spotted the Destroyer and Season Star’s party ahead.

• Qin Chuan summoned Shadow Dragon and took Tyrael west toward the City of Yellow Sand to end the tragedy there.
• Qin Chuan encountered Rakshasa One-Slash and Rakshasa Hall traveling by camel, but continued ahead without learning their plans.
• Tyrael sensed a powerful evil presence, and Qin Chuan explained that a large-scale Flesh Curse had overtaken the City of Yellow Sand’s leaders.
• Shadow Dragon used Shadow Force to shield Qin Chuan and Tyrael from the desert heat as they crossed the Endless Sand Sea.
• Qin Chuan spotted the Destroyer with Season Star, Night Cherry Tangle, and their party in the distance.

Qin Chuan joined Season Star and the others on their way to the City of Yellow Sand, where they hoped to investigate a missing delegation and the Flesh Curse. After finding the city overrun by demonic corruption, Qin Chuan led the group toward an underground passage revealed by Yade.

• Qin Chuan met Season Star, Sword Master in the Snow, and their companions in the Sand Sea, then agreed to travel with them to the City of Yellow Sand.
• Qin Chuan explained that he planned to help Tyrael kill the city's king, whom he suspected of being involved in the Flesh Curse and the missing delegation.
• The group flew to the City of Yellow Sand and found its guards listless and its residents appearing near death.
• Qin Chuan saw that guards approaching them were monsters disguised as humans, while Tyrael sensed an evil force in the city.
• Qin Chuan used a hidden-passage prompt to suggest going underground, and Yade appeared to guide the group below as Qin Chuan concealed them with Shadow Veil.

Qin Chuan and his companions followed Yade into an underground refuge, where they learned that an evil entity had taken over the City of Yellow Sand and turned its king into a monster. After the Sand People recognized Qin Chuan as the Dragon Slayer, he and his party accepted a quest to eliminate the evil and rescue the survivors.

• Yade led Qin Chuan and the others through the hidden underground passages and set Crystal Ball traps to delay their pursuers.
• Yade revealed that the king was a monster, and Sword Master in the Snow learned that Clearwind City's envoy delegation had arrived half a month earlier and vanished.
• Sand People emerged from a nearby passage, and their leader explained that a strange illness had ravaged the city for half a year while the king ignored his people.
• Yade said the king ate more than a dozen living people each day and that the prime minister had disappeared after entering the palace to seek help.
• The Sand People recognized Qin Chuan as the Dragon Slayer and asked him to help, triggering the timed quest Rescue the Sand People for him and his party.

Qin Chuan and the Sand People prepared to storm the palace and confront the impostor ruling the City of Yellow Sand. Rakshasa One-Slash arrived separately with Rakshasa Hall, only to find the rebellion underway and the Night Roaming God appearing nearby.

• Qin Chuan agreed to join the Sand People's plan to attack the palace and save the city.
• Qin Chuan told Season Star and the others to prioritize survival, and they discussed their builds while waiting underground.
• Rakshasa One-Slash led Rakshasa Hall into the city after Swaying in Your River of Love presented the king's token to a guard.
• Rakshasa One-Slash discussed trapping the Night Roaming God, unaware that the guard and residents around them seemed unnatural.
• An explosion shattered part of the palace as the Sand People emerged from underground and fought the guards.
• Rakshasa Madblood pointed out the Night Roaming God to Rakshasa One-Slash.

Rakshasa One-Slash and Rakshasa Hall received conflicting missions as Night Roaming God led the Sand People Resistance against the demons in the City of Yellow Sand. After their quest changed to defeating the resistance for a Deceiver Bloodline Factor, Rakshasa One-Slash rallied his guild to protect the Lord of Lies and Deceit.

• Rakshasa One-Slash accepted the Palace Defense mission and led Rakshasa Hall against the resistance, but Qin Chuan killed him and many guild members with a Shadow Flying Dagger and Poison Blood Plague.
• Rakshasa One-Slash returned with Rakshasa Hall and planned to wait for Night Roaming God and the palace forces to weaken each other before attacking.
• Qin Chuan and the Sand People Resistance fought through the palace as guards and city residents transformed into Abyss Demons.
• Season Star summoned the Destroyer, and Rakshasa One-Slash saw its artillery devastate the demons in the City of Yellow Sand.
• Rakshasa One-Slash received an updated mission from the Lord of Lies and Deceit to defeat the Sand People Resistance for a Deceiver Bloodline Factor.
• Rakshasa One-Slash rallied Rakshasa Hall to protect the Lord of Lies and Deceit and fight Night Roaming God.

Qin Chuan and the Sand People Resistance advanced on the palace while Rakshasa Hall failed twice to get past them. The king revealed himself as Belial, a Legend-grade Demon, and the chapter ended with the resistance facing his enormous true form.

• Rakshasa One-Slash tried to fly Rakshasa Hall into the palace with the Demon guards, but Qin Chuan and Season Star wiped out the attackers and sent him back to the Respawn Point.
• Rakshasa One-Slash regrouped and decided to wait for Qin Chuan’s party to enter the palace before following them.
• Qin Chuan led the resistance through the Demons surrounding the palace, and the king emerged to confront them.
• Tyrael sensed the king’s evil aura, and Qin Chuan identified him as Belial, a level 70 Legend-grade incarnation of the Lord of Lies and Deceit.
• Tyrael attacked the disguised king with Holy Light, and Belial shed his human appearance to reveal his colossal Demon form.
• Sword Master in the Snow asked Qin Chuan whether they should run as the group looked up at Belial.

Qin Chuan’s attack devastated Belial’s avatar, shocking the Rakshasa Hall members and the other players who had expected the Legend-grade BOSS to win. Belial offered Qin Chuan a chance to pledge allegiance, triggering a choice quest that left him to decide whether to accept.

• Rakshasa One-Slash and Rakshasa Madblood celebrated the prospect of defeating Night Roaming God and claiming the Deceiver Bloodline Factor, then saw Belial’s health drop by nearly a third in one blow.
• Rakshasa One-Slash lamented that he had not arranged to film Night Roaming God at the Respawn Point, then accused him of cheating when he saw the damage.
• Season Star and the others marveled at Qin Chuan’s damage and discussed how they could grow stronger and help him.
• Belial’s health fell to a quarter, and the Demon King was stunned by how quickly Qin Chuan had injured His avatar.
• Belial offered to share the world with the mortals if they pledged loyalty, and Qin Chuan received a choice quest offering the Abyss Apostle class for accepting or no reward for refusing.