Chapter Summaries

The Blood Shadow Sovereign strengthened his Godhead and mastered Basic Space Rend as Qin Chuan studied the powers of Blood and Space. Qin Chuan then began refining the Heart of Divine Remains, seeking to bring the Land of Divine Remains fully under his control.

• The Blood Shadow Sovereign endured Divine Blood and spatial power until he could tear open and close a Space Crack.
• System notices confirmed that the Blood Shadow Sovereign had learned Basic Space Rend, stabilized his Godhead, and reached Lower God (limit).
• Qin Chuan drew insights from the Sovereign’s transformation and decided to delay moving the Land of Divine Remains to the battlefield while he searched for its remaining treasures.
• Qin Chuan activated the nine Shadow Beacons and used the Blood Divine Throne to suppress the Heart of Divine Remains.
• The Blood Shadow Sovereign absorbed Origin Divine Blood and Law Fragments from the heart while Qin Chuan engraved his Will Imprint into it.

Qin Chuan helped the Blood Shadow Sovereign refine the Heart of Divine Remains, forming the Blood Shadow Divine Kingdom and raising the Sovereign to Mid-Rank God. He then drew the entire kingdom into his Shadow Domain, discovering that it could hold multiple Divine Kingdoms.

• Qin Chuan used the nine Shadow Beacons and the Blood Divine Throne to break down the Heart of Divine Remains and suppress its ancient will.
• The Blood Shadow Sovereign devoured the heart's Origin Divine Blood, gained an Intermediate Bloodspace Godhead (Pseudo), and advanced to Mid-Rank God.
• The Blood Shadow Sovereign restored order and vitality to the Land of Divine Remains, turning it into the Blood Shadow Divine Kingdom (Prototype).
• Qin Chuan discovered that his Shadow Domain resonated with the new Divine Kingdom and could draw it inside without damaging its laws or nature.
• With the Blood Shadow Sovereign's cooperation, Qin Chuan absorbed the entire Blood Shadow Divine Kingdom into the Shadow Domain, which grew more stable and complete.

After the Land of Divine Remains vanished, Qin Chuan confronted the Undead Gods and Abyss Lords who attacked him. He used Night of No Light and his enhanced command of space to evade their assaults and wound several gods, leaving them considering retreat.

• The Undead Gods and Abyss Lords sensed the Land of Divine Remains disappear and attacked Qin Chuan, Alesha, and Dies Martin.
• Qin Chuan told Alesha and Dies Martin to stay out of the fight, then used spatial movement to evade Mortis's Death Silence Domain.
• Qin Chuan struck Light-Devouring Maw Urganos with Shadow Strike and Chaos Tear, then wounded Soul Devouring Monarch Grego with Corrosive Rain.
• As the gods attacked together, Qin Chuan used unstable Space Nodes to evade their Divine Might and struck Plague Throat Father Nogros with King's Judgment.
• Qin Chuan continued wounding the gods as he moved through their encirclement, prompting them to consider retreat while Dies Martin and Alesha watched in shock.

Qin Chuan fought off a group of gods who had come to kill him, wounding several and forcing the rest to flee. After the battle, he turned his attention to the coming crisis in Magic City and the God of Light.

• Qin Chuan shattered Mortis's wrist with Night of No Light and blocked Gregor's escape through a Space Channel.
• Qin Chuan trapped Gregor in a Void Sphere and cracked his divine body, prompting Gregor to flee toward the Abyssal Rift.
• Qin Chuan struck Karonnix's Divine Kingdom connection and pierced Urganos's Origin Core as the gods tried to escape.
• Qin Chuan destroyed Mortis's death barrier and struck him down with King's Judgment, while Nogros, Gregor, and the other gods fled toward their Divine Kingdoms.
• Dies Martin and Alesha praised Qin Chuan, who looked toward the God of Light and prepared for the crisis in Magic City.

Qin Chuan returned to Magic City Stronghold and swiftly killed the two remaining God-Tier Archangels, ending their threat to the defenders. With the Angel Legion routed, Season Star and Night Cherry Tangle saw the battle turn in their favor.

• Qin Chuan used his improved mastery of Space Law to teleport with the two deities to Magic City Stronghold.
• Season Star reported that three of the five God-Tier Archangels had been killed and the remaining two were preparing another attack.
• Qin Chuan appeared behind an archangel gathering power for a destructive attack and killed it with Shadow Strike and Focused Sniper.
• Qin Chuan killed the last God-Tier Archangel as it directed the Angel Legion's retreat.
• The Angel Legion collapsed, and Season Star and Night Cherry Tangle realized Qin Chuan had returned to secure the stronghold.

Qin Chuan wiped out the remaining Angels after defeating their commanders and helped Magic City’s defenders survive the God of Light System’s attack. He arranged repairs and recovery, then turned to strengthening his forces and preparing for the next offensive.

• Qin Chuan killed the fleeing Angels, and Magic City's defenders eliminated the rest of the Angel Legion.
• Qin Chuan praised Night Cherry Tangle for using the God of War Divinity Spark and gave him a restorative potion.
• Season Star reported Magic City's losses and supply shortages, and Qin Chuan ordered her to plan the city's reconstruction and defense upgrades.
• Qin Chuan received Divine Essence, two Law Fragments, and the unknown divine item called the Void Egg as rewards for completing the emergency event.
• Qin Chuan tasked Dies Martin and Alesha with guarding Magic City and keeping the Lord of Torture and the Lord of Lava alert while he prepared to grow stronger.

Qin Chuan strengthened the Blood Shadow Divine Kingdom with Divine Essence and absorbed Space and Death Law Fragments, deepening his command of both laws. He tested the mysterious Void Egg but could not affect or understand it, leaving its secrets unresolved.

• Qin Chuan poured one million units of Divine Essence into the Blood Shadow Divine Kingdom, strengthening its territory and laws and stabilizing the Blood Shadow Sovereign's Godhead.
• Qin Chuan absorbed the Space Law Fragment, gaining deeper insight into spatial structures and improving his control of techniques such as Shadow Strike, Space-Time Severance, and spatial teleportation.
• Qin Chuan absorbed the Death Law Fragment, deepening the lethal effects of his twin daggers and sharpening his perception of souls.
• Qin Chuan examined the Void Egg with Divine Sense and Divine Might, but neither affected it, so he put it away for later.

Qin Chuan discovered that the Void Egg responded only when left to absorb a steady flow of varied energy in the Blood Shadow Divine Kingdom, though it would take a long time to hatch. After returning from the Shadow Domain, he was met by Dies Martin and Alesha, then felt a murderous, judgment-like pressure descend over Magic City.

• Qin Chuan tested Blood Energy, spatial power, Shadow Divine Power, and other forces on the Void Egg, but none affected it when applied directly.
• Qin Chuan formed an energy vortex around the Void Egg, and it slowly darkened and began moving as if breathing while selectively absorbing energy.
• Qin Chuan left the Void Egg in the Blood Shadow Divine Kingdom and instructed the Blood Shadow Sovereign to maintain its energy supply and watch over it.
• Qin Chuan returned to his body in the Exclusive Training Room, where Dies Martin and Alesha noticed his strengthened aura and deeper understanding of Space and Annihilation.
• A cold, murderous pressure covered Magic City, making Blue Star humans and Apocalypse residents feel as though an unseen force was judging their souls.

Saint Law Goddess Aetheria judged Qin Chuan for his crimes and bound him with Holy Law Chains, but he used the True Meaning of Death to begin unraveling them. As the chains cracked, Aetheria’s judgment faltered and Qin Chuan found a way to resist.

• Aetheria appeared over Magic City and accused Qin Chuan of three crimes involving Divinity, dangerous powers, and challenging the gods.
• Aetheria spared Qin Chuan’s Divine Soul from annihilation but sentenced him to remain bound by Holy Law Chains until he repaired the disturbance or balanced his power.
• Aetheria sent law-made chains through the stronghold’s defenses, suppressing Qin Chuan’s Shadow Divine Power and perception of space.
• Qin Chuan stopped resisting with shadow alone and guided the True Meaning of Death into the chains.
• Death Power corroded the Holy Law Chains, causing Aetheria’s scales to waver and a chain around Qin Chuan’s arm to crack.

Aetheria subjected Qin Chuan to successive judgments that attacked his soul, tried to exile him to the Void, and finally sought to bind his will to the Holy Law. Qin Chuan resisted the first two, but Aetheria’s latest attack threatened to rewrite his beliefs from within.

• Aetheria used Sin Karma Soulburn to make Qin Chuan’s past deeds fuel silver flames that targeted his soul, but the Death Law Fragment extinguished them.
• Aetheria sentenced Qin Chuan to Void Exile, but he combined Shadow Divine Power with Space Law and redirected the spatial force.
• Season Star and Night Cherry Tangle watched the clash from the command tower as Aetheria gathered greater power.
• Aetheria invoked Myriad Laws Oathbind, sending invisible threads into Qin Chuan’s will and forcing the Codex’s laws into his mind.

Qin Chuan resisted Aisera’s Holy Law by asserting his own will, breaking her hold over him and damaging the symbols of her authority. Aisera withdrew from Magic City, while Qin Chuan and his allies faced the still-present Divine Kingdoms in the Void.

• Qin Chuan used his Shadow Power, True Meaning of Death, and Space Law to resist Aisera’s Myriad-Law Oathbind and strike back at her Cage of Law.
• Qin Chuan’s will cracked Aisera’s Codex and Faceless Silver Crown, weakening her Holy Law and making the Heavenly Scales falter.
• The Holy Law Chains around Qin Chuan snapped, freeing him from Aisera’s suppression as Dies Martin and Alesha watched in surprise.
• Aisera suspended her judgment and vanished with her silver-gray web of law, leaving Magic City’s oppressive aura to disperse.
• Qin Chuan returned to the command tower, where Season Star and Night Cherry Tangle greeted him, and he turned his attention toward the Divine Kingdoms in the Void.

After defeating Aisera, Qin Chuan absorbed the Divine Essence and broken Law Fragments released by her shattered Holy Law, strengthening himself and feeding some fragments to the Void Egg. The gains brought him closer to condensing his Godhead and clarified the direction of his path.

• The Law Web left by Aisera shattered above Magic City, and its fragments of Divine Essence and law rained down toward Qin Chuan.
• Dies Martin and Alesha explained that the fragments came from the collapse of Aisera's Divine Authority after Qin Chuan damaged her Origin Essence.
• Qin Chuan absorbed the fragments, gaining Divine Essence, sharper insight into rules, a measure of judgment authority, a Faceless Silver Crown fragment, and a Codex Ember.
• The Void Egg showed interest in the broken law fragments, and Qin Chuan guided some of them into it, where the egg devoured them eagerly.
• After the rain of light ended, Qin Chuan sensed that he was closer to Condense Godhead and that his clash with Aisera had clarified his Godhead's direction.

After defeating the Goddess of Sacred Law, Qin Chuan chose Assassination as the core of his godhood, defining it as the Way of Sniping. He gained a Proto-Godhead and turned his attention to gathering Divine Essence to forge a powerful Godhead.

• Qin Chuan returned to the Exclusive Training Room and weighed shadow, space, time, and Assassination as possible paths.
• Qin Chuan chose Assassination, declaring that his Way of Sniping would pierce illusion and end conflicts with a single strike.
• The system completed the Path of Determination quest, rewarded Qin Chuan with a Proto-Godhead and increased Divine Damage and soul strength, and triggered the Godhead Forging quest.
• Dies Martin and Alesha sensed Qin Chuan's newly sharpened aura at the Magic City Stronghold.
• Qin Chuan realized he needed at least one million units of Divine Essence to forge a Godhead, leaving him half a million short, and eyed the Radiant Divine Kingdom Cluster for more resources.

Qin Chuan learned how much Divine Essence he needed to complete his Godhead and heard Alesha explain the ranks of gods. Apocalypse then opened the Path to Godhood to all eligible players, leaving Qin Chuan ready to pursue Divine Essence amid the coming struggle.

• Qin Chuan told Dies Martin and Alesha that he lacked at least five hundred thousand units of Divine Essence to complete his Godhead.
• Alesha explained the Divine Essence requirements for each godly rank, while Dies Martin described the strength of the gods Qin Chuan had defeated.
• Qin Chuan asked why the God of Light had not become a Main God, but Apocalypse interrupted with a global announcement opening the Path to Godhood.
• Apocalypse announced that level 100 players who completed prerequisite quests could gather Divine Essence, ignite Divine Fire, and form Godheads.
• Alesha warned Qin Chuan that players would fiercely compete for Divine Essence, but Qin Chuan welcomed the coming slaughter as an opportunity to forge his Divine Throne.

After Apocalypse opened the Path to Godhood to all players, Qin Chuan declared that everyone in Apex Guild would pursue a Godhead and set its core members to work on their next quests. Night Cherry Tangle and Season Star had already accumulated enough Divine Essence to approach their first major breakthroughs.

• Apocalypse announced a universal Path to Godhood and added personal Divine Essence to players’ panels, prompting Qin Chuan to call a meeting of Apex Guild.
• Qin Chuan told the guild that everyone in Apex would climb the Ladder to Godhood and eventually forge a Godhead.
• Night Cherry Tangle revealed that he had 273,000 Divine Essence and received the Domain Forging quest, which required 300,000 and rewarded 400,000.
• Qin Chuan ordered Night Cherry Tangle to complete Domain Forging as soon as possible.
• Season Star reported 156,000 Divine Essence and the Heart of the Machine God quest, which required 200,000 and rewarded 300,000.
• Qin Chuan told Season Star to complete her quest quickly, and the guild’s core members gained confidence in the clear steps toward godhood.

Qin Chuan outlined individual Paths to Godhood for Apex's members and promised to help them complete their divine tasks. The meeting ended with Tiga Lingyu and Song Ling set to join an expedition to the Land of Divine Remains, while Mirror and Dawn gained plans suited to their abilities.

• Qin Chuan praised Night Cherry Tangle and Season Star for building distinct paths with divine power and urged the guild members to forge their own Paths to Godhood.
• Tiga Lingyu reported that she had ignited her Divine Fire, but lacked the Divine Essence needed for her Frost Domain Construction task.
• Qin Chuan planned an expedition to an ice-aligned area in the Land of Divine Remains for Tiga Lingyu and Song Ling to gather Divine Essence.
• Qin Chuan recognized Mirror's Space Law as a strategic asset and promised to take her to place Spatial Waymarks and find the materials she needed.
• Qin Chuan advised Dawn to pair his assassin skills with Mirror's spatial powers, using her abilities to ensure his escape.

Qin Chuan reviewed the Apex Guild members’ quests to ascend to godhood and planned how to help them complete their paths. He decided to lead a team to cleanse Evergreen’s Evil God-polluted Land of Divine Remains, while marking other divine ruins as important future objectives.

• Qin Chuan told Evergreen that his support abilities could become vital at the divine level, and Evergreen described his quest to cleanse a polluted Land of Divine Remains and forge the Heart of Holy Healing.
• Qin Chuan claimed Evergreen’s quest as a team mission, explaining that he would eliminate the threats before Evergreen cleansed the land and completed his forging.
• Water God reported his Heart of the Abyss quest in a sunken Land of Divine Remains, and Qin Chuan told him to develop his water-control skills so he could create a stable airspace underwater.
• Sword Master in the Snow described his Storm Throne quest in a floating Land of Divine Remains, prompting Qin Chuan to recognize the growing importance of these regions.
• Qin Chuan assessed the other Apex Guild members’ divine paths and resources, then resolved to turn their plans into action.

Qin Chuan and his allies tried to understand why the God of Light System had gone unnaturally quiet after its defeats. Qin Chuan revealed that the Black Death had corrupted the God of the Sky and that he had sensed the same decaying aura from the God of Light’s Divine Sense, leaving the cause of the silence uncertain.

• Qin Chuan studied the silent Radiant Divine Kingdoms and considered whether the God of Light was preparing a trap or facing a hidden constraint.
• Qin Chuan summoned Dies Martin's and Alesha's Divine Power Incarnations to discuss the God of Light System's inaction.
• Dies Martin and Alesha agreed that the silence was abnormal, while Qin Chuan argued that the problem likely lay with the God of Light himself.
• Qin Chuan told Dies Martin and Alesha that the God of the Sky's divine body had been corrupted by the Black Death, the source of the Aberrant Beasts.
• Qin Chuan revealed that he had sensed the same decaying aura in the God of Light's Divine Sense after the God of the Sky fell.

Qin Chuan concluded that the God of Light was trapped by the Black Death and needed Divine Essence to survive, making Blue Star’s aspiring gods potential prey. He rejected a direct assault and called for a race to seize the Lands of Divine Remains before the God of Light could recover.

• Alesha explained that the Black Death corrupted a deity’s Divine Essence and had been suppressed with Shadow Power a thousand years earlier.
• Qin Chuan deduced that the God of Light could not advance or fight freely because using his full power could destroy his Godhead.
• Qin Chuan warned that the God of Light might harvest Blue Star’s future New Gods for Divine Essence, while a direct attack would provoke a devastating war against his many remaining deities.
• Alesha agreed that invading the God of Light’s Divine Kingdom could unleash catastrophic destruction, and Dies Martin accepted that starting a war would be difficult to contain.
• Qin Chuan proposed racing the God of Light to conquer the Lands of Divine Remains and claim their Divine Essence before he found a cure.

Qin Chuan planned to seize the initiative by contesting the Land of Divine Remains while strengthening the Apex Guild and its allies. As he gave new instructions, he sensed that a God War had erupted in the Void.

• Qin Chuan persuaded Dies Martin and Alesha to prepare for a fight over the Land of Divine Remains and asked them to guide the guild’s young members.
• Season Star reported that Magic City had screened its factions and established subsidiary bases that could shelter more than two million people.
• Tiga Lingyu described the bases’ Contribution Points system, new laws, and enforcement teams, which had brought crime close to zero.
• Qin Chuan praised Season Star and Tiga Lingyu, then assigned Season Star to expand her Mechanical Legion and prepare for new construction projects.
• Qin Chuan began giving Tiga Lingyu instructions, but abruptly sensed that a God War had erupted in the Void.