Chapter Summaries

Season Star, Song Ling, and Mirror unleashed their domains and destroyed the Shiva Statue, only to discover a more agile Shiva Phantom inside. The second phase began with the phantom attacking them with mental-shock-laced beams, leaving the fight uncertain.

• The Water God used his domain to disrupt the Shiva Statue, and Season Star unleashed her Mechanical Domain to overwhelm it with armed drones.
• Song Ling unleashed her Frost Domain, and Mirror used her Phantomspace Domain to redirect the statue’s attacks.
• The companions cracked and destroyed the Shiva Statue, but Qin Chuan warned them that something remained inside it.
• A black pillar of energy formed the Shiva Phantom, which attacked the group with beams from every direction.
• Season Star summoned the Small Annihilator to counter the phantom’s attacks, while Qin Chuan warned that its beams caused mental shocks.
• The Water God, Season Star, Song Ling, and Mirror struggled against the phantom as its attacks slowed their reactions and resisted their domains.

Season Star, Water God, Song Ling, and Mirror fought the Shiva Phantom’s mental attacks and discovered they came from its twelve eyes. Water God damaged its Energy Core from within, but the collapsing phantom launched a new assault that forced the team into their Seas of Consciousness.

• Season Star and the others kept fighting the Shiva Phantom while Qin Chuan identified its twelve glowing eyes as the source of its mental assaults.
• Song Ling froze the Shiva Phantom and slowed its attacks, but a powerful mental strike shattered the ice and weakened her Frost Domain.
• Season Star and Water God realized the phantom’s eyes caused the mental attacks, but their blasts could not destroy the energy-based eyes.
• Mirror used Spatial Swap to send Water God inside the Shiva Phantom, where his Water Domain and Water Dragon Break battered its Energy Core and made its body collapse.
• The collapsing phantom fired twelve black rays, striking Water God, Season Star, and Song Ling with mental attacks as Mirror redirected several others.
• Mirror warned that the Shiva Phantom was invading their Mental Worlds, so the team entered their Seas of Consciousness to fight it there.

Season Star, the Water God, Song Ling, and Mirror defeated the Shiva Phantom’s mental form in their Seas of Consciousness and grew stronger from the fight. Qin Chuan then warned them that the battle was not over because the Divinity Fragment remained.

• Qin Chuan used the Eye of Voidpiercing to inspect his allies’ Seas of Consciousness and saw the Shiva Phantom’s mental form attacking them.
• Season Star equipped her drones with Mental Shockwave Bombs and Mental Jammers, then destroyed the Shiva Phantom’s mental form after it split into twelve shadows.
• The Water God, Song Ling, and Mirror each used their powers to defeat the Shiva Phantom’s mental form in their own Mental Worlds.
• Season Star and the others discussed how the fight had strengthened them, and they resolved to keep improving so Qin Chuan could retire someday.
• Qin Chuan told them the Shiva Phantom was defeated but the Divinity Fragment remained.

After defeating the Shiva Phantom, Qin Chuan absorbed its Divinity Fragment and learned to create Shadow Protection, strengthening his companions against psychic attacks and increasing their Divinity. Season Star believed she could complete the Ladder to Godhood’s First Rank Mission within two days, while the others continued working toward their own progress.

• The Water God, Season Star, Mirror, and Song Ling examined the tiny Divinity Fragment and worried about how powerful a complete Godhead might be, but Qin Chuan reassured them that the fragment was thoroughly shattered.
• Qin Chuan picked up the Divinity Fragment, resisted Shiva’s lingering will with his Shadow Power, and absorbed and purified it.
• Qin Chuan explained that the Shiva Phantom had attacked through the Mental World and said he had learned to create a Mental Barrier against psychic attacks.
• Qin Chuan used Shadow Protection to shield Season Star, the Water God, Mirror, and Song Ling, boosting their psychic defenses and Divinity.
• Qin Chuan explained that Divinity was needed to become a god, and Season Star said she expected to complete the First Rank Mission within two days while the others continued absorbing their new knowledge.

Night Cherry Tangle ignited his Divine Fire in Magic City and revealed his new power to the Apex Guild. Qin Chuan returned from India, congratulated him, and recognized the black flames’ connection to the Shadow Sword and Shadow Power.

• Qin Chuan agreed to remain in India to search for clues about the Divinity Fragment while Water God, Season Star, Song Ling, and Mirror prepared to return to Ascending Dragon Imperial City.
• A powerful disturbance from Magic City reached the group, and Qin Chuan sensed that someone had ignited Divine Fire without hostile intent.
• Night Cherry Tangle revealed to the Apex Guild that he had ignited his Divine Fire, and the guild members celebrated his advancement.
• Mirror opened a Teleportation Gate, and Qin Chuan and his companions returned to Magic City to find Night Cherry Tangle surrounded by guild members.
• Qin Chuan praised Night Cherry Tangle and identified the connection between his black Divine Fire, the Shadow Sword, and Shadow Power.

After Night Cherry Tangle explained how he had lit his Divine Fire, a vast Undead invasion struck Magic City, apparently triggered by the change. A Demigod-grade Bone Dragon demanded the Divine Fire, and Qin Chuan sent Night Cherry Tangle to face it.

• Qin Chuan named Night Cherry Tangle's flame Black Flame God Fire, and Night Cherry Tangle advised Peak Stronghold's members to master their power and find their own direction to light Divine Fire.
• A violent spatial disturbance opened many cracks over Magic City, and Qin Chuan suspected Night Cherry Tangle's breakthrough had drawn the Undead World's attention.
• Countless Undead, including many Saint Domain-grade creatures, poured from the cracks, and Season Star, Water God, Mirror, and the others fought them off.
• A Demigod-grade Bone Dragon emerged and demanded that Qin Chuan hand over the Divine Fire.
• Qin Chuan sent Night Cherry Tangle to fight the Bone Dragon, and Night Cherry Tangle summoned his Black Flame Dragon and charged.

Night Cherry Tangle defeated the Demigod Bone Dragon in Magic City, and Qin Chuan captured its Soul Fire after the dragon fell. With the undead army destroyed and the crisis over, Qin Chuan gave the Soul Fire to Apex members to study.

• Night Cherry Tangle and the Black Flame Dragon fought the Demigod Bone Dragon, resisting its mental attack, bone storm, and Death Breath.
• The Bone Dragon burned its Divine Fire to increase its strength, but Night Cherry Tangle cut it in two with Black Flame World Burial.
• Qin Chuan intercepted the Bone Dragon's escaping Soul Fire and explained that it contained a trace of Divinity.
• At Qin Chuan's command, Apex members slaughtered the remaining undead and collected their equipment and loot.
• Qin Chuan gathered Apex members and gave them the Soul Fire to study.

Qin Chuan left Night Cherry Tangle in charge of Magic City while the Apex Guild studied the Demigod Bone Dragon’s Soul Fire and he watched over Ascending Dragon Imperial City. Two days later, he took the guild’s core members to the Undead World for combat training against Demigod-grade beings, hoping to help them ignite Divine Fire.

• Qin Chuan gave the Bone Dragon’s Soul Fire to the Apex Guild members to study and explained that it could help them find their own path to igniting Divine Fire.
• Qin Chuan assigned Night Cherry Tangle to guard Magic City and returned to Ascending Dragon Imperial City, where Crocodile Spirit reported no unusual developments.
• Qin Chuan considered the approaching arrival of Demigods, gods, and otherworldly races while confirming through the Soul Contract that Old Ma and the other Death Bringers were safe.
• After two days, Qin Chuan returned to Magic City and told the Apex Guild core members he would take them to the Undead World to fight Demigod-grade opponents.
• Night Cherry Tangle stayed behind to guard Magic City, while Qin Chuan and the other core members set out for the Undead World to train.

Qin Chuan led Apex Guild into the Undead World, where the guild fought through a massive undead army before encountering a Demigod Skeleton King. The battle against the Skeleton King began with its overwhelming strength threatening the group.

• Qin Chuan used Shadow Power and a Space Node to lead the group into the Undead World.
• Water God, Season Star, Mirror, and the other Apex Guild members fought for an hour and wiped out a huge wave of Undead Creatures while Qin Chuan watched.
• Qin Chuan sensed an approaching threat, and a hundred-meter-tall Demigod Skeleton King rose from a fissure.
• The Skeleton King attacked Water God, smashing through the Hung King Guards' Shield Wall and destroying nearly half of them.
• Season Star, Destroyer, Annihilator, and Mirror attacked the Skeleton King, but their strikes barely harmed it as it charged at them.

Season Star and her allies combined their attacks to wound the Skeleton King, but he unleashed his Death Domain and rapidly healed. As they struggled to overcome its suppression, Qin Chuan called Evergreen and the others into the fight.

• The Water God, Season Star, Mirror, and Song Ling attacked the Skeleton King, but he kept growing stronger and pushed them back.
• Mirror joined their attacks through Spatial Folding Mirrors, allowing their combined assault to crack the Skeleton King's Bone Hammer and wound him.
• The Skeleton King unleashed his Death Domain, strengthening himself, suppressing his opponents, and healing his wounds.
• Qin Chuan warned the group that the domain's Death Fire absorbed attacks and urged them to concentrate their own domain powers.
• Season Star and the others pushed their domains to the limit, but their efforts fell just short, so Qin Chuan told Evergreen and the others to join the battle.

Season Star’s group and the reinforcements overwhelmed the Demigod Skeleton King with coordinated attacks, but it burned its Source Power and survived their combined trump cards. As the others faced defeat, Season Star’s resolve to share Qin Chuan’s burden triggered a brilliant radiance around her.

• Evergreen, Dawn, Tiga Lingyu, and Sword Master in the Snow joined Season Star’s group and used buffs, domains, and attacks to pin down the Skeleton King.
• The Skeleton King burned its Source Power, shattered their control skills, and gained overwhelming speed and strength.
• Season Star, Mirror, Water God, Dawn, and the others combined their attacks into a powerful Energy Beam that broke the Skeleton King’s Bone Hammer and cracked its bones, but did not kill it.
• Season Star resolved that fighting should not be Qin Chuan’s responsibility alone, and a brilliant radiance appeared around her.

Season Star ignited her Divine Fire and led Destroyer and Annihilator to defeat the Skeleton King. As the group rested before pressing deeper into the Undead World, a voice in a bone palace ordered Demigod-grade Undead Creations to deal with them.

• Season Star ignited her Divine Fire, raising Destroyer and Annihilator to Demigod-grade power.
• Season Star commanded the two mechs to break the Skeleton King's Bone Hammer and batter it with coordinated attacks.
• Destroyer and Annihilator overwhelmed the Skeleton King until its blue flames went out and its body collapsed.
• Season Star confirmed the Skeleton King's Divinity Power was gone, while Song Ling said she was close to igniting her own Divine Fire.
• Qin Chuan told the group to recover before continuing through the Undead World.
• A deep voice in a bone palace ordered Demigod-grade Undead Creations to attack the group.

After Season Star recovered from kindling her Divine Fire, Apex Guild faced an undead army numbering over ten million. The guild halted its advance, but five Demigod-grade undead arrived, leaving Qin Chuan and the others preparing for their toughest battle yet.

• Season Star described the power of her newly kindled Divine Fire to Water God as the ground began to shake.
• Qin Chuan identified an approaching undead horde of over ten million and told Apex Guild to focus on attacking while he handled the rest.
• Season Star, Water God, Mirror, Evergreen, Dawn, Tiga Lingyu, and Sword Master in the Snow attacked together, halting the horde and fighting for nearly an hour.
• Season Star spotted five Demigod-grade undead approaching, and Apex Guild realized they also had to contend with the millions of lesser undead.
• Qin Chuan calmly assigned the five Demigod-grade enemies to himself, Season Star, and the rest of the guild as the undead taunted them and prepared to attack.

Season Star’s group fought five Demigod-grade Undead as Mirror, Song Ling, and Tiga Lingyu worked together against the Bone-Spiked Skeleton. The three women trapped the skeleton with their teamwork, but it imprisoned them in an Origin Essence Bone Prison and began closing in.

• Season Star commanded the Destroyer and Annihilator to confront the Green Flame Skeleton while Mirror, Tiga Lingyu, and Song Ling defended the group from the Bone-Spiked Skeleton’s spikes.
• Water God sent his Water Dragon against the Death Knight, freed it after the Death Knight froze it, and attacked again.
• Evergreen boosted Mirror, Song Ling, and Tiga Lingyu, allowing Tiga Lingyu to bind the Bone-Spiked Skeleton and Mirror to reflect its spikes back at it.
• Song Ling struck the wounded Bone-Spiked Skeleton with a giant ice spike, but it trapped the three women in a Bone Prison made of Origin Essence bones.
• Mirror used Spatial Severance in an attempt to save Song Ling and Tiga Lingyu as the Bone Prison contracted around them.

Mirror ignited her Divine Fire, broke free of the Bone Prison, and killed the Bone-Spiked Skeleton, helping the Apex Guild turn the battle in its favor. She rescued Water God from the Death Knight and took over the fight.

• Mirror widened the Space Cracks in the Bone Prison until her Divine Fire awakened and the prison shattered.
• Mirror used Spatial Imprisonment and a Space Crack to slice the Bone-Spiked Skeleton apart.
• Season Star told Qin Chuan that Mirror had ignited her Divine Fire, and Qin Chuan reminded her that four enemies remained.
• Mirror used her spatial abilities to disrupt the Undead Demigods as Water God trapped the Death Knight with water.
• The Death Knight activated Necromantic Frenzy and Anti-Magic Barrier, destroyed Hung King's Imperial Guard and Water Dragon, and charged Water God.
• Mirror teleported Water God away and declared that she would face the Death Knight.

Mirror defeated the Death Knight with her spatial magic and was praised by Qin Chuan as the battlefield’s MVP. The fight continued elsewhere, where Season Star battled two undead demigods at once.

• The Death Knight attacked Mirror, but she evaded his defenses and wounded him with spatial attacks.
• The Death Knight summoned undead reinforcements, which Mirror destroyed with Spatial Annihilation.
• Mirror reversed the Death Knight’s strongest strike and killed him with its redirected force.
• The Water God, Tiga Lingyu, and Dawn praised Mirror, and Qin Chuan called her the MVP.
• Season Star controlled the Destroyer and the Annihilator while fighting a green flame skeleton and a demigod-grade lich.

Season Star and Mirror defeated four of the five Undead Demigods, while Mirror restrained the last, an Undead Assassin. Song Ling, Tiga Lingyu, Water God, Dawn, Evergreen, and the others joined the fight after the Assassin proved too strong for the first two attackers alone.

• Season Star used the Destroyer and Annihilator to kill the Green Flame Skeleton and Lich.
• Mirror found and restrained the Undead Assassin with her spatial powers, then banished part of its body and removed one arm.
• At Song Ling and Tiga Lingyu’s request, Qin Chuan allowed them to fight the Assassin while Mirror kept it trapped in Spatial Lockdown.
• The Undead Assassin shattered their ice attacks and defenses, injuring Song Ling and Tiga Lingyu.
• Song Ling and Tiga Lingyu continued attacking, but the Assassin broke free of their Frost Dragon and Ice Prison.
• Water God, Dawn, Evergreen, and the others joined the battle against the Undead Assassin.

The group defeated the Undead Assassin and continued their training expedition deeper into the Undead Realm. After clearing the outskirts with growing confidence, they spotted a massive Black Castle ahead.

• Water God and the others battered the Undead Assassin until he unleashed Darkness Blast, scattering the group.
• Tiga Lingyu restrained the weakened Undead Assassin, and Mirror killed him with a Space Crack.
• Qin Chuan praised Song Ling and Tiga Lingyu for reaching the threshold of Divine Fire, then agreed to continue after a ten-minute rest.
• Qin Chuan gathered the battlefield spoils and the Soul Fire of five Undead Demigods before leading the group deeper into the Undead Realm.
• The group defeated waves of Undead Creatures as their teamwork improved, while Water God, Dawn, and Sword Master in the Snow joked about Qin Chuan.
• Tiga Lingyu noticed something ahead, and the group saw a massive Black Castle.

Qin Chuan’s group discovered a powerful dark-energy trap guarding the Black Castle and used Evergreen’s divine magic to reveal it. Before they could break the array, the castle gates opened and a voice welcomed the visitors.

• Qin Chuan warned the group that a powerful Undead might dwell in the Black Castle, while Mirror sensed a barrier, patrolling Undead, and a presence stronger than the Demigods they had faced.
• Mirror detected a trap near the main gate, but she could not disarm it from a distance, so the group tested it with attacks and Small Mecha.
• The trap swallowed Water God’s and Sword Master in the Snow’s attacks and destroyed Season Star’s Small Mecha.
• Evergreen’s sacred magic exposed the trap as a black-rune array that sealed away energy entering it.
• A voice spoke from inside the castle as the gates slowly opened onto a pitch-black passage.

Black Scythe revealed himself as the master of the Dark Castle and challenged Qin Chuan’s group to reach him through his trials. Qin Chuan led the group into the castle, where they began fighting its vast army of Undead Creatures.

• Black Scythe introduced himself and said the five Demigod-grade Undead Creatures had been a test for the group.
• Black Scythe activated his Dark Domain, restricted Mirror’s spatial abilities, and invited the group to pass his trials to face him in person.
• Qin Chuan found that the Moment of Utmost Darkness could break through the domain and that his Shadow Domain remained unaffected, then led the group into the castle.
• Qin Chuan’s group encountered a vast army of Undead Creatures, including Saint Domain-grade and Demigod-grade enemies.
• Qin Chuan directed everyone to fight together while Season Star and Mirror watched the battlefield, and he considered what Black Scythe intended.