Chapter Summaries

Qin Chuan obtained the Damaged Frost Core, a key item in the lengthy quest to rescue the Frost Lord, and returned to Beli City to have Kamael forge a Legend-grade Flame Demon's Hammer. When Qin Chuan tried to begin his third class advancement, Idith could not provide a quest and hinted at wishing on the Holy Grail.

• Qin Chuan identified the Damaged Frost Core as the key to unsealing one portion of the Frost Lord's Origin Essence and considered the dangers and rewards of the quest.
• Qin Chuan flew to the Black Market and asked Kamael to forge the Flame Demon's Hammer using the Eye of Sulfuras and materials from the Fire Elements.
• Kamael agreed that the Legend-grade Eye of Sulfuras could help forge a Legend-grade finished weapon and took the materials to the backyard with his brothers.
• Idith told Qin Chuan she could not provide an advancement quest because his class was special.
• Idith offered Qin Chuan a hint, and he guessed that it involved wishing on the Holy Grail.

Qin Chuan needed to activate the Holy Grail to help Idith advance, so he sought Swand’s help contacting the Hand of the Dead. Swand agreed under pressure and took the Grail to make arrangements, while Qin Chuan trusted Idith could find him if he tried to flee.

• Qin Chuan and Idith realized the Holy Grail might provide the souls needed for Idith’s third class advancement, but Idith could not receive the advancement quest.
• Qin Chuan went to Swand’s Antique Shop after Idith confirmed Swand was still in the Black Market.
• Swand opened the shop after Qin Chuan threatened to expose his deception of the Hand of the Dead.
• Qin Chuan asked Swand to contact the Hand of the Dead so he could activate the Holy Grail.
• Swand agreed after Qin Chuan threatened to reveal that he had deceived the Hand of the Dead twice, and Qin Chuan handed him the Grail.
• Swand asked whether Qin Chuan feared he would flee with the Grail, and Qin Chuan replied that Idith could find him.

Qin Chuan traded an Epic-grade caster item to Swand for Dark Gold Tier Camouflage and Confusion skills, then paid him to contact the Hand of the Dead. After leaving the Black Market, Qin Chuan returned to his shop to reforge his weapons and evolve his skills.

• Swand changed the subject and agreed to teach Qin Chuan Trickster skills in exchange for equipment.
• Qin Chuan used False Words and his class quest to persuade Swand to trade Dark Gold Tier Camouflage and Confusion skill books for an Epic-grade item.
• Qin Chuan learned Camouflage and Confusion, gaining tools to change his appearance and disrupt an opponent's perception.
• Qin Chuan paid Swand a Dark Gold Tier item to contact the Hand of the Dead and demanded news by the next day.
• Qin Chuan left the Black Market for his shop and decided to raise his weapons' equipment level before trying to make them Legend-grade.

Qin Chuan used Shadow Reforge to strengthen Forbidden Calamity and Brutal Plunder into level 70 Legendary Tier weapons, dramatically increasing his attack power. He then began upgrading the Death Shadow Suit, raising its helmet to Legendary Tier while retaining its mental resistance affix.

• Qin Chuan dismantled Gold Grade equipment to raise Forbidden Calamity to level 70 and replace all three affixes with offensive bonuses.
• Qin Chuan used a Legendary Tier drop from Ragnaros to reforge Forbidden Calamity into a Legendary Tier weapon.
• Qin Chuan reforged Brutal Plunder into a level 70 Legendary Tier weapon, improving its set effect with Forbidden Calamity and bringing his panel Attack Power to 50,000.
• Qin Chuan decided to upgrade four Death Shadow pieces first and raised the Death Shadow Helmet to Legendary Tier, keeping its mental resistance effect and replacing two other affixes.

Qin Chuan upgraded four pieces of Death Shadow equipment and several skills to Legendary Tier, greatly increasing his damage, defenses, stealth, and mobility. Shadow Leap gained a risky trait that could send him to an unknown area, leaving Qin Chuan wondering who might be trying to meet him there.

• Qin Chuan reforged his helmet, shoulder guards, chest armor, and belt to Legendary Tier, improving their effects and strengthening his set bonuses.
• Qin Chuan evolved Shadow Stealth to Legendary Tier, gaining Voidwalking and becoming undetectable by conventional skills while stealthed.
• Qin Chuan evolved Shadow Flying Dagger, Corrosive Rain, and Shadow Prism, gaining permanent enemy marks, undispellable shadows, and stronger damage protection.
• Qin Chuan evolved Shadow Leap to Legendary Tier, gaining a chance to leap into an unknown area and the ability to return to his starting point by casting again.
• Qin Chuan suspected that some existence intended to use the new Shadow Leap trait to meet him, though he did not know whether it would bring fortune or disaster.

Qin Chuan evolved Shadow Veil and Shadow Reforge to Legendary Tier, then reforged the Flame Demon's Hammer into Death Shadow War Boots and strengthened his equipment set. With his resources converted into combat power, he waited for Swand to arrange the Holy Grail so he could obtain his third class advancement quest.

• Qin Chuan evolved Shadow Veil to Legendary Tier, making its concealment impossible to dispel.
• Qin Chuan evolved Shadow Reforge and used its Legendary trait to upgrade his Death Shadow Leggings to Legendary Tier.
• Qin Chuan visited Kamael and his brothers, inspected the completed Flame Demon's Hammer, and took it back to Beli City.
• Qin Chuan reforged the Flame Demon's Hammer into Legendary Tier Death Shadow War Boots, which improved his damage and updated his six-piece set effect.
• Qin Chuan prepared to seek his third class advancement quest once Swand had the Hand of the Dead activate the Holy Grail.

Qin Chuan discovered that his physical abilities had grown stronger after logging out of Apocalypse, raising the possibility that the game was already affecting reality. Back in the game, he appointed Season Star and Night Cherry Tangle as vice presidents before learning that Hand of the Dead and the Sea Race had begun their surprise attack on Skyreach Harbor.

• Qin Chuan tested his newfound strength and wondered whether Apocalypse had begun descending into reality ahead of schedule.
• After logging back in, Qin Chuan saw that Season Star and Night Cherry Tangle had advanced their classes and reached level 36.
• Qin Chuan appointed Season Star and Night Cherry Tangle as vice presidents, and the guild members supported his decision.
• Qin Chuan headed to the Black Market to wait for Swand, who reported that Hand of the Dead and the Sea Race had begun their attack on Skyreach Harbor.

Qin Chuan reached Skyreach Harbor as a Sea Race horde and Hand of the Dead members advanced on the city, and he let his guildmates fight while he waited for a chance to act. The guild held back the attackers, leaving Hand of the Dead arguing over whether to use the Holy Grail before their plan failed.

• Qin Chuan confronted Swand, then headed toward Beli City and alerted the guild that an event was about to begin at Skyreach Harbor.
• Season Star, Night Cherry Tangle, Mirror, Tiga Lingyu, and the other guild members formed a raid party and teleported to Skyreach Harbor, while Yada Yada stayed behind in the Newbie Village.
• Qin Chuan scouted the coast, found the Sea Race horde and cloaked Hand of the Dead members, and shared their coordinates with the guild.
• Season Star used the Destroyer and remotely controlled drones to attack, while Night Cherry Tangle, Mirror, and Tiga Lingyu stopped the monsters' counterattacks and helped the newcomers level up.
• Hand of the Dead members, frustrated that the Sea Race could not advance, debated activating the Holy Grail and destroying Skyreach Harbor; one member questioned an unfamiliar cloaked figure.

Hand of the Dead activated the Evil Chalice to summon the Death Bringer, but Qin Chuan killed the ritual leader and claimed the chalice. He received an un-abandonable advancement quest to kill ten thousand level-sixty-or-higher Demons in the Abyss and resolved to go despite Belial’s threat.

• Qin Chuan told the Destroyers to retreat beyond the ritual array while Hand of the Dead began charging the Evil Chalice with Sea Race corpses.
• Hand of the Dead’s executive prepared to make a wish as the Death Bringer’s arrival drew near.
• Qin Chuan used a throwing knife to kill the executive, then cleared the remaining Hand of the Dead members and Sea Race with Poison Blood Plague.
• Qin Chuan caught the Evil Chalice and asked the Death Bringer for the highest-difficulty third job advancement quest.
• The Death Bringer gave Qin Chuan a quest to kill ten thousand Demons of at least level sixty in the Abyss, which he could not abandon.
• Qin Chuan accepted that he would have to enter the Abyss and planned to make repeated trips if Belial pursued him.

After the Sea Race was annihilated, Qin Chuan’s group prepared to pursue his advancement quest, but a sudden Demon invasion forced them to defend Skyreach Harbor. Qin Chuan organized the newcomers to locate the Demon Teleportation Gates and asked Yada Yada for their Newbie Village number.

• Qin Chuan reflected that Hand of the Dead’s rushed attack had failed and suspected Swand had pushed the group to act too quickly.
• Tiga Lingyu, Odis, Song Ling, and the others questioned Qin Chuan about obtaining his advancement quest, and he joked that unwilling NPCs should be beaten into submission.
• Qin Chuan added the battlefield’s 1,150 attribute points to Agility before a citywide alert announced that Demons had invaded Skyreach Harbor.
• Qin Chuan entered the city through Mirror’s Teleportation Gate, killed the nearby Demons, and found portals inside and outside the city.
• Qin Chuan summoned the Shadow Dragon, assigned Season Star to protect the newcomers, and ordered the group to find the Demon Teleportation Gates.
• Qin Chuan added Yada Yada to the party and asked which Newbie Village they were in; Yada Yada answered Number 1145.

Qin Chuan brought Yada Yada to Skyreach Harbor, where demon attacks rapidly leveled him and Qin Chuan slaughtered the invading demons. Meanwhile, Rakshasa Madblood earned a demon-related quest reward, but Rakshasa One-Slash lost his Demon Bloodline Factor and unlocked a new quest tied to the Ancient God bloodline.

• Qin Chuan took Yada Yada from 1145 Newbie Village to Skyreach Harbor, where Ji Xing’s Destroyer helped him reach level ten.
• Qin Chuan rushed into battle and killed demons, while Rainforest Love and Double Seventh switched to healing and tank equipment as he instructed.
• Rakshasa Madblood completed a hidden quest, absorbed a Greater Demon Bloodline Factor, and received a follow-up quest offering the Half-Demonization skill.
• Rakshasa One-Slash tried to use his Greater Demon Bloodline Factor, but a tentacle destroyed it after a power-conflict notification appeared.
• Rakshasa One-Slash triggered the hidden quest Shadow of the Ancient God and received a scroll to travel to the Eternal Palace.

Qin Chuan secured a Demon Teleportation Gate and let Season Star and the other Apex members farm its demons while he planned to find the second gate. When Rakshasa One-Slash challenged Apex’s control of the farming spot and tried to leave, Qin Chuan ordered Season Star to send him to the Respawn Point.

• Qin Chuan deduced that players had built the Demon Teleportation Gate, then cleared its demons and asked Season Star and the others to guard it.
• Season Star, Night Cherry Tangle, Mirror, and Tiga Lingyu slaughtered waves of demons and defeated a squad of bosses, including a Dark Gold Tier boss.
• Qin Chuan left the gate in their hands and told them to call him if an Epic-grade demon appeared.
• Rakshasa One-Slash and other guilds objected to Apex monopolizing the gate, but Dragon Soaring World defended Qin Chuan and the other guild leaders backed down.
• Rakshasa One-Slash tried to leave, but Qin Chuan stopped him and ordered Season Star to send him to the Respawn Point.

Rakshasa One-Slash backed down after his guild was defeated, while Rakshasa Madblood rallied Rakshasa Hall and rejected the suggestion that he wanted to lead it. Qin Chuan and Apex finished farming demons until the Teleportation Gate collapsed, leaving Qin Chuan to suspect Rakshasa Madblood was connected to the demon gates.

• Rakshasa One-Slash decided against fighting Night Roaming God and Apex again, then sent red packets to Rakshasa Hall and asked Rakshasa Madblood to organize the members.
• Rakshasa One-Slash suggested that Rakshasa Madblood eventually take over as guild leader, but Rakshasa Madblood insisted he had no desire for the position and encouraged the guild to keep fighting Apex.
• Rakshasa Madblood and the guild members rallied around Rakshasa One-Slash, who urged them to level up for a future guild war.
• Players who followed the demons outside Skyreach Harbor found Qin Chuan and Apex occupying another Teleportation Gate, so they turned away to hunt wild boars instead.
• Qin Chuan and Apex continued farming demons until the Teleportation Gate collapsed and the emergency event ended.
• Qin Chuan wondered whether Rakshasa Madblood had created the outer-city Teleportation Gate and whether Ancient God Attention had kept Rakshasa One-Slash from joining the demon faction.

After the demon invasion, Qin Chuan planned to enter the Abyss to complete his advancement quest and sought life-saving items from Swand. Swand agreed to help while secretly hoping Qin Chuan would die there.

• Apex celebrated its rewards from the demon invasion, and Qin Chuan's Agility surpassed thirty thousand after he invested his attribute points.
• Qin Chuan considered how to enter the Abyss without running into Belial and decided to wait for the Teleporter's Chain to cool down.
• Qin Chuan found Swand sneaking through Beli City with a bundle and questioned him about the items he was carrying.
• Swand tried to leave, but Qin Chuan stopped him and asked to borrow life-saving items for a trip to the Abyss.
• Swand learned Qin Chuan's advancement quest required him to slay demons in the Abyss and offered him two ancestral Substitute Straw Men, hoping he would not return.

Qin Chuan prepared to enter the Abyss despite Swand’s warnings that Belial could prevent teleportation and trap him there. Swand lent Qin Chuan another item, leaving him determined to complete his advancement mission and return alive.

• Qin Chuan pressured Swand into giving him two Substitute Straw Men and two Teleportation Scrolls, then refused to hand over the Apostle's Seal of the Lord of Lies and Deceit.
• Swand warned Qin Chuan that Belial could seal off space and disable teleportation, though the Substitute Straw Men should still work.
• Qin Chuan considered the risk of being trapped in the Abyss and saw Shadow Leap’s legendary trait as a possible way to escape.
• Qin Chuan decided he would enter the Abyss despite the danger and focus on completing his advancement mission.
• Swand stopped trying to dissuade Qin Chuan and lent him another item, asking him to return it after the trip.

Swand gave Qin Chuan a Boundary Breaking Scroll and asked him to rescue his former companion from the Abyss, where a demon had taken her. Qin Chuan entered the Abyss and drew a horde of demons after him, preparing to attack them with his skills.

• Swand lent Qin Chuan a Boundary Breaking Scroll and admitted he wanted him to save his companion in the Abyss.
• Swand explained that his companion had made a deal with a demon to escape the ruins, and Qin Chuan agreed to let her rest in peace if she could not be saved.
• Qin Chuan activated the Apostle's Seal and entered the Abyss through a gate of black mist.
• Belial welcomed Qin Chuan to the Abyss as a mass of demons rushed to attack him.
• Qin Chuan killed nearly a hundred demons with Shadow Flying Dagger, then lured more demons into following him.

Belial mobilized the Abyss demons to hunt Qin Chuan, while Qin Chuan slaughtered them to advance his mission and Trickster level. Belial eventually arrived in person, but hesitated to attack and ordered its million demons to test Qin Chuan instead.

• Belial sensed Qin Chuan in the Abyss and ordered its demons to capture him, while the other Abyss Demon Kings issued similar commands.
• Qin Chuan killed an Epic-grade Demon Lord sent by Belial, collected its loot, and used Corrosive Rain to kill more demons.
• Qin Chuan's Trickster class reached level 60, and he resolved to seek an advancement mission from Swand after returning.
• Belial's true body appeared as Qin Chuan neared his mission goal, and Qin Chuan challenged it to kill him.
• Belial suspected a trap and sent its million demons to attack Qin Chuan, who welcomed the chance to finish his mission.

Qin Chuan fought through Belial’s demons until Andariel arrived, and the two Demon Kings started a war over who would claim him. Qin Chuan joined the battle, and the conflict escalated into a three-way melee when Shalik arrived.

• Qin Chuan evaded Belial’s attacks and killed demons while remaining wary of the Abyss Demon King.
• Andariel arrived with his Demon Legion and challenged Belial for Qin Chuan, prompting Belial to order his forces to attack.
• Belial and Andariel’s demons clashed, and Qin Chuan attacked both sides while teleportation remained sealed.
• Andariel opened Demon Teleportation Gates and summoned War Fortresses, while Belial summoned reinforcements and war machines.
• Shalik arrived and sent his Demon Legion into the fight, turning the battle into a three-way melee among more than a million demons.

Qin Chuan completed his third class advancement quest as four Abyss Demon Kings and Ba'er's Incarnation gathered to claim him. As the Demon Kings argued over how to divide him, Qin Chuan realized they might be targeting his Sniper God Talent and wondered why Death Bringer had sent him to the Abyss.

• Qin Chuan continued killing Demons, advancing his quest and reaching the level 60 cap for his Trickster class.
• Duriel appeared, and Belial realized Andariel, Shalik, and Duriel had joined the hunt for Qin Chuan.
• Ba'er's Incarnation arrived, causing Qin Chuan to recognize the danger posed by a Demon God.
• While the Demons hesitated, Qin Chuan completed his third class advancement quest and was told to return to Apocalypse to unlock his level cap.
• Ba'er proposed dividing Qin Chuan among the five Demon Kings, but Belial refused and insisted on taking him whole.
• Qin Chuan objected and suspected the Demon Kings wanted his Sniper God Talent, then questioned why Death Bringer had sent him to the Abyss.

Qin Chuan escaped the Abyss Demon Kings by using Corrosive Rain to create a shadow for Shadow Leap. He arrived in an unknown area and found a figure who looked exactly like himself.

• Qin Chuan suspected Death Bringer had guided him into the Abyss for a purpose, then tried to leave using a teleportation scroll, but Ba'er's avatar revealed the area was sealed.
• Qin Chuan pretended the Boundary Breaking Scroll could break the seal while Belial and the other Demon Kings blocked Ba'er's attacks and surrounded him with barriers.
• Qin Chuan cast Corrosive Rain, creating a shadow beneath the barriers, then used Shadow Leap to escape as the barriers faded.
• Ba'er's avatar blamed Andariel and the other Demon Kings for letting Qin Chuan escape, while Belial declined Ba'er's offer of allegiance and left.
• Qin Chuan appeared in an unknown area and saw a figure who looked exactly like him.