Chapter Summaries

Qin Chuan learned that Water God could claim Ascending Dragon Imperial City by completing the Ascending Dragon Ritual, while Season Star defeated the Lord of Rust and broke through to the Holy Domain. Dawn also reached the Holy Domain, leaving Apex Guild with four new breakthroughs and one ritual spot remaining.

• Season Star reflected on Night Cherry Tangle and Evergreen reaching the Holy Domain as Apex Guild members congratulated them and Water God for completing Hung King's Legacy.
• Qin Chuan summoned Night Cherry Tangle, Evergreen, and Mirror to Dragon Ascension Hall, where Water God explained that completing the Ascending Dragon Ritual would give him control of Ascending Dragon Imperial City.
• Season Star fought the Lord of Rust in Lost Gold City, escaped its Spatial Lockdown by hacking through a data space, and destroyed it before its explosion could catch her.
• Season Star announced that she had broken through to the Holy Domain, prompting worldwide speculation about Apex Guild's breakthroughs.
• Dawn announced his own breakthrough to the Holy Domain, and Qin Chuan congratulated him and Season Star while telling the others to keep working for the next ritual.

Season Star, Night Cherry Tangle, Water God, and two other Apex members completed the Ascending Dragon Ritual, unlocked the Ladder to Godhood, and helped Water God take control of Ascending Dragon Imperial City. Qin Chuan installed the Hatred Flame Forge in the city and began planning its defenses, while warning that other players might try to claim it.

• Season Star, Night Cherry Tangle, Water God, and two other members completed the Ascending Dragon Ritual, and all five unlocked the Ladder to Godhood.
• Water God told Qin Chuan that he had gained control of Ascending Dragon Imperial City and shared access to the city and its Imperial Guard Puppets.
• Qin Chuan placed the Hatred Flame Forge in the Back Garden, where Apex members improved their equipment and the forge produced Epic- and Legend-grade gear.
• Qin Chuan warned Apex that other players might try to take the city and said he would arrange its defenses, with Water God staying in the Southern Yue Region and the others rotating shifts.

Apex Guild defended Ascending Dragon Imperial City against a massive assault from Southern Yue players and outsiders. After confirming the city was secure, Qin Chuan slipped into the North America Region to hunt the Blood Clan ahead of Apocalypse Descent.

• The system announced that Apex Guild had seized Ascending Dragon Imperial City and gave Southern Yue players a quest to retake it while Apex received a quest to defend it.
• Night Cherry Tangle, Season Star, Xiao Ge, Water God, and Evergreen arranged their defenses as the group reached the city gates.
• Evergreen and Season Star repaired and strengthened the Puppet Guards while waves of players surrounded the city.
• Black Flame Dragon and Destroyer devastated the attackers, while Dawn used his Holy Domain abilities to kill Southern Yue players across the battlefield.
• Qin Chuan left after deciding that Ascending Dragon Imperial City was secure and traveled to the North America Region using Shadow Domain to conceal his arrival.
• Qin Chuan sensed a large Blood Clan presence in North America and decided to hunt its members before Apocalypse Descent.

Qin Chuan and Scripps attacked a vampire stronghold in the North American Region, where they fought Vampire Grand Duke Alucard. Alucard was captured after underestimating Qin Chuan, who was revealed to be Scripps’s master, the Shadow Lord.

• Qin Chuan sensed powerful vampire presence in the ruined North American city and summoned Scripps to fight the blood servants beneath it.
• Scripps wiped out thousands of blood servants and killed a Vampire Marquis before Vampire Grand Duke Alucard appeared.
• Alucard summoned more blood servants, but Scripps destroyed them and battled Alucard while Qin Chuan collected the scattered loot.
• Qin Chuan asked Alucard where the vampire prince was, and Alucard dove toward him, intending to kill him.
• Qin Chuan restrained Alucard with shadows, and Scripps revealed that Qin Chuan was its master, the Shadow Lord.

Qin Chuan forced Alucard to lead him to the Vampire Prince’s hidden fortress, then confronted and subdued the Third Prince, Kavon Dracula. He left Kavon bound and mocked after the prince’s show of power failed.

• Qin Chuan restrained Alucard and revealed that he knew about the Blood Clan’s secret channels and emergency Teleportation Arrays.
• Qin Chuan found the array hidden beneath a statue by Alucard’s blood pool and used it to reach a place with far stronger Blood Energy.
• The Vampire Prince tried to destroy Alucard’s Blood Core, but Qin Chuan’s power stabilized it, and the prince offered Qin Chuan a place among the Blood Clan.
• Qin Chuan rejected the offer by bombing the castle walls, and the Third Prince, Kavon Dracula, emerged from a blood pool beneath a blood-red moon.
• Qin Chuan struck Kavon hard enough to crack his Blood Core, bound him with the Shadow Domain, and asked what all his posturing had been for.

Qin Chuan used Shadow Domain and the Trickster's ability to break Kafeng's resistance and persuade him to betray the Blood Clan's other True Ancestors. He spared Kafeng for now, hoping to use him to locate and kill the True Ancestors and eventually the Vampire Ancestor.

• Kafeng demanded to know what Qin Chuan wanted, but refused to reveal the Blood Clan's secrets despite Qin Chuan's threats.
• Qin Chuan used Shadow Domain blades to hem in Kafeng's Blood Core and exploited his fear to weaken his resolve.
• Qin Chuan used the Trickster's ability to convince Kafeng that eliminating rival True Ancestors would help his own line and raise his status.
• Qin Chuan destroyed Alucard's body and crushed his Blood Core in front of Kafeng, driving Kafeng to accept the proposed alliance.
• Kafeng agreed to cooperate and secretly began imagining becoming a True Ancestor, while Qin Chuan chose to spare him so he could learn the True Ancestors' locations.

Qin Chuan learned that the Second True Ancestor had secretly descended to Blue Star in a special form and uncovered the Blood Clan’s plan with the Illuminati to turn North America’s population into vampires. He tracked the Second True Ancestor to a tunnel network beneath Times Square, where the Illuminati summoned armed forces as Qin Chuan fought his way in.

• Kafeng revealed that the Second True Ancestor had descended to Blue Star in a changed form and described the Illuminati’s planned ritual to transform North America’s population into Blood Clan members.
• Qin Chuan left Kafeng behind and teleported to Times Square, where he sensed thousands of vampires and Blood Servants beneath the city.
• The Blood Clan’s forces detected Qin Chuan, and he used Demon Shadow to enter the underground maze and kill those who tried to stop him.
• The Second True Ancestor empowered the vampires and Blood Servants and confronted Qin Chuan in the common tongue used in Apocalypse.
• The Second True Ancestor warned the Illuminati leaders that an intruder had arrived, and they called in their people as armed forces and fighter jets mobilized.

Qin Chuan fought his way through the vampires’ underground stronghold and confronted the Illuminati and the Second True Ancestor. The True Ancestor attacked from within a statue, but Qin Chuan’s Demon Shadow absorbed the blast, leaving the statue cracked as Qin Chuan continued to taunt him.

• Qin Chuan destroyed the vampires’ red domain patterns with Moment of Utmost Darkness and Demon Shadow, then killed a Vampire Viscount who attacked him.
• Qin Chuan followed Demon Shadow through the branching passages and found the Illuminati Members gathered beneath a statue of the Second True Ancestor.
• Qin Chuan slaughtered the Illuminati Members at the front of the crowd, forcing the survivors to stop in fear.
• The Second True Ancestor attacked Qin Chuan from the statue with a blood-colored beam, but Demon Shadow absorbed it.
• Qin Chuan mocked the Second True Ancestor until cracks spread across the statue.

Qin Chuan fought the Second True Ancestor after forcing him to reveal his bloody true form, then destroyed the form with the Moment of Utmost Darkness. The Second True Ancestor regenerated into a powerful humanoid, leaving the battle unresolved.

• The Second True Ancestor’s statue shattered, revealing a huge bloody meatball that attacked Qin Chuan with blood-vessel tentacles.
• Qin Chuan used the Blade of Darkest Hour and the Moment of Utmost Darkness to cut the Second True Ancestor’s vessels and wound his body as it repeatedly regenerated.
• The Second True Ancestor claimed he could draw on North America’s vast supply of blood, while Qin Chuan killed the Illuminati’s upper members and destroyed their blood cores.
• Qin Chuan overwhelmed the Second True Ancestor with rapid attacks, chopping the meatball into fragments and refusing to believe he was dead.
• The Second True Ancestor’s flesh and blood reassembled into a tall, red-haired Blood Clan male with an even stronger aura.

Qin Chuan fought the Second True Ancestor, whose Bloodthirsty Rampage transformation failed to overcome him. After Qin Chuan cut off his head, the Second True Ancestor re-formed from blood in his original shape, weakened but still present.

• The Second True Ancestor absorbed the kingdom’s Blood Energy and challenged Qin Chuan, who wounded him with Moment of Utmost Darkness.
• The Second True Ancestor attacked with crimson blades, but Qin Chuan blocked them with Demon Shadow and exposed the limits of his defenses.
• The Second True Ancestor used Bloodthirsty Rampage, transforming into a larger, faster monster and smashing the ground with his claws.
• Qin Chuan unleashed more of his power and severed the Second True Ancestor’s neck with Moment of Utmost Darkness.
• The Second True Ancestor dissolved into blood, then re-formed in his original shape, pale and weakened.

Qin Chuan killed the Second True Ancestor after exhausting his ability to revive, then left as the vampire’s death threw North America into chaos. Yan Country’s leaders wondered whether the Night Roaming God was responsible.

• Qin Chuan repeatedly killed the Second True Ancestor with the Moment of Utmost Darkness until the vampire could no longer revive.
• The Second True Ancestor briefly re-formed from the blood on the ground, admitted defeat, and faded away for good.
• Bone Hand praised Qin Chuan, who confirmed the Second True Ancestor’s death and sank underground.
• The Second True Ancestor’s death caused Blood Cores across North America to shatter, killing Blood Clan servants and disrupting government, transport, and military operations.
• Yan Country’s leaders held an emergency meeting and asked whether the Night Roaming God had caused the deaths.

After killing the Second True Ancestor, Qin Chuan returned to the game and claimed powerful rewards, including a title, a Blood Contract, and several Divine Artifacts. He fused the Blood-Control Cloak with the Demon Shadow Cloak to create the stronger Blood-Shadow Cloak, and began considering where to send the Fourth True Ancestor.

• Qin Chuan reflected on how Moment of Utmost Darkness and the Demon Shadow Cloak had helped him defeat the Second True Ancestor, and anticipated a future clash with the Vampire Ancestor.
• Qin Chuan logged into the game, where a global announcement celebrated his victory and players reacted with shock and renewed despair for the Blood Clan.
• Qin Chuan received the Blood Clan Nemesis title, the Bloodied Scythe, the Blood Contract, and the Blood-Control Cloak as rewards for killing the Second True Ancestor.
• Qin Chuan equipped the Blood Clan Nemesis title and decided he might capture the Fourth True Ancestor to send to the Indian Cross-Region.
• Qin Chuan fused the Blood-Control Cloak with the Demon Shadow Cloak, creating the Blood-Shadow Cloak, which could summon two Crimson Demon Shadows and transfer fatal damage to one of them.

Qin Chuan tracked down the Fourth True Ancestor in Europe and forced him to become his Blood Clan servant. He ordered the Fourth True Ancestor to withdraw his forces from the Yan Country Cross-Region and sent him to India, where he planned to let the Blood Clan cause trouble.

• Qin Chuan asked Kafeng where the Fourth True Ancestor was, and Kafeng revealed that he was in the Rome Cross-Region of Europe.
• Qin Chuan found the Fourth True Ancestor at a lavish estate, where the Fourth True Ancestor tried to flee.
• Qin Chuan suppressed the Fourth True Ancestor with his Shadow Domain and offered him death or servitude.
• The Fourth True Ancestor signed Qin Chuan's Blood Contract and became his servant.
• Qin Chuan ordered the Fourth True Ancestor to pull his Blood Clan members out of the Yan Country Cross-Region and sent him to India.

Qin Chuan completed the Global Co-op Quest after arranging a vast Space Array to connect the Eternal Night Continent with the Yan Country Region. As Apocalypse’s next stage approached, he received powerful upgrades and a quest to destroy the Divine Kingdom, while a worldwide countdown began.

• The Fourth True Ancestor led his Blood Servants in an assault on Indian cities, while Qin Chuan welcomed the turmoil as a way to punish the India Region and keep the Fourth True Ancestor from causing trouble in Europe.
• Qin Chuan went to Night Watcher Headquarters and persuaded Lola to help build a Space Array linking the Eternal Night Continent to the Yan Country Region, intending to merge the regions when Apocalypse descended.
• Completing the array raised the Global Co-op Quest to 100%, unlocked the fourth level of the Ladder to Godhood, and granted Qin Chuan major enhancements to his body, Divine Artifacts, health, stats, and resistance to mental attacks.
• Apocalypse opened the fifth level of the Ladder to Godhood and assigned Qin Chuan the quest to destroy the Divine Kingdom in return for a God Realm Seed.
• As Qin Chuan’s guildmates and Crimson Feather asked how to prepare for the coming battle, Apocalypse announced its next stage and started a 24-hour countdown for all players.

A pinned update announced that the game world would manifest in reality after a 24-hour countdown, triggering global panic and preparations. When the countdown ended, the game world merged with Blue Star and monsters appeared, leaving the Apocalypse underway.

• Players reacted with fear and confusion to the announcement that the game would merge with the real world in 24 hours.
• Qin Chuan watched the countdown in Yan Country and wondered whether he could change the fate he remembered from his previous life.
• Authorities prepared shelters and deployed military forces as disasters struck cities, coastlines, and mountains around the world.
• Qin Chuan logged out and watched from a high vantage point while soldiers guided Yan Country's civilians into shelters.
• When the countdown reached zero, a dazzling light covered the world, and mountains, rivers, forests, and monsters appeared as the game world merged with reality.

After Qin Chuan underwent Unity of Illusion and Reality, he entered the transformed world and reunited with Apex Guild’s core members in Magic City. He proposed clearing the monsters and establishing a safe base there, despite the city’s dangers.

• Qin Chuan merged with his game character, gained immense strength, and messaged Tiga Lingyu to assemble in Magic City.
• Qin Chuan sensed monsters appearing across the real world and realized the battle had begun.
• Qin Chuan rescued a survivor from a monster in Magic City and introduced himself as Night Roaming God.
• Tiga Lingyu, Season Star, Night Cherry Tangle, Dawn, Mirror, and Evergreen waited at Apex Guild’s underground base until Qin Chuan arrived.
• Qin Chuan proposed clearing Magic City’s monsters and building a safe base there, citing its resources and the Lin Family’s connections.
• Qin Chuan revealed his real name, learned his teammates’ names, and invited them to use real or game names freely.

Qin Chuan assigned defenses and exploration in Magic City and Ascending Dragon Imperial City, then went to Kyoto to assess Yan Country’s situation. He learned that the country had suffered casualties but was faring relatively well thanks to his earlier preparations.

• Qin Chuan put Lingyu in charge of Magic City and assigned Season Star, Night Cherry Tangle, Dawn, Mirror, and Evergreen their respective duties while he headed for Ascending Dragon Imperial City.
• Qin Chuan found Water God guarding Ascending Dragon Imperial City and asked Crocodile Spirit to scout the surrounding area for monster strongholds and possible main cities.
• Qin Chuan tasked Water God with gathering intelligence on other regions and told him that Mirror would establish a Teleportation Array linking the city to Magic City.
• Qin Chuan traveled to Yan Country’s Kyoto Command Center and identified himself to the military officers as Night Roaming God, giving his surname as Qin.
• A middle-aged officer told Qin Chuan that Yan Country had suffered fewer casualties than other places because of the players’ increased strength and Qin Chuan’s advance warning.

Qin Chuan met with Yan Country’s leaders to establish cooperation and arrange teleportation networks while the Apex Guild cleared monsters near its Magic City base. The chapter ended as a black vortex appeared in the sky and released a vast horde of undead toward the city.

• Qin Chuan met the elders in the Command Center and proposed sharing intelligence and resources through a partnership.
• Crimson Feather arrived, and Qin Chuan discussed The Returnless’s warning and agreed to share any new information about him.
• Qin Chuan and the elders agreed to establish Teleportation Arrays, with the authorities responsible for maintaining them using energy crystals.
• Tiga Lingyu and the Apex Guild members cleared nearby monsters, with Season Star’s Mechanical Legion leading the attack.
• The ground shook, a black vortex appeared above Magic City, and countless Undead Creatures poured out and surged toward the city.

As otherworldly invasions began across the globe, Qin Chuan helped defend General Headquarters and then returned to Magic City, where Apex was holding back the Undead. A Saint Domain-grade Undead Monarch appeared, and Qin Chuan sent Scripps to fight it.

• Tiga Lingyu ordered her guild members to defend their position while Mirror explained that worlds beyond the game were invading.
• Qin Chuan stayed in Kyoto to protect General Headquarters as soldiers fought the Undead; Crimson Feather defeated a Dark Gold-rank Bone Dragon.
• Qin Chuan teleported to Magic City and found Apex members fighting powerful Undead beneath numerous portals.
• A Saint Domain-grade Undead Monarch emerged, and Qin Chuan summoned Scripps to challenge it.
• Scripps attacked the Undead Monarch, who demanded to know why the Shadow Dragon was its enemy.

Scripps killed the Undead Monarch at the Magic City Stronghold, where Qin Chuan explained that collapsing barriers would bring invasions from other worlds. As the Undead Calamity devastated cities worldwide, survivors in New York clung to hope in superheroes, while London’s royal family decided to ask Yan Country and Night Roaming God for help.

• Scripps defeated the Undead Monarch with Dragon Breath and burned through the remaining Undead Creatures.
• Qin Chuan told Tiga Lingyu, Season Star, and the others that the Undead Calamity was the first of multiple invasions caused by collapsing World Barriers, and urged them to grow stronger.
• Undead Creatures ravaged cities around the world, leaving countless dead and survivors in terror.
• In ruined New York, a middle-aged man tried to reassure civilians that Iron Man, Spider-Man, and Superman would save them.
• In London, a young prince persuaded the queen and her ministers to contact Yan Country and ask Night Roaming God for help.