Chapter Summaries

Evergreen tried to absorb the gray bead of Sloth into the Sacred Codex of Reincarnation, and the artifact’s power of stillness nearly overwhelmed his Divine Soul. He realized silence was a necessary stage of reincarnation and embraced it, awakening a balance of life, death, and silence.

• The gray bead touched the Sacred Codex of Reincarnation, turning it into a stone of Absolute Stillness and severing Evergreen’s connection to it.
• The Water God warned Evergreen and tried to intervene, but the stillness field neutralized his frost while Evergreen’s Holy Light and Death Power also failed.
• Evergreen resisted Sloth’s influence until Qin Chuan’s words led him to understand silence as a stage between death and renewed life.
• Evergreen stopped resisting and opened his Divine Soul to the gray power, frightening the Water God.
• The Codex’s black-and-white reincarnation emblem gained a gray outline, balancing life, death, and silence as a vast aura erupted from it.

Evergreen absorbed the dangerous law bead and, after understanding the balance of life, death, and silence, received Blue Star's World Will blessing and ascended to Mid-Rank God. He showed the Water God how the law of change could counter Sloth's law of stillness, leaving the Water God newly energized.

• Evergreen's Sacred Codex of Reincarnation transformed as he grasped the balance of life, death, and silence, stunning the Water God.
• Blue Star's World Will blessed Evergreen, completing his laws and transforming his Divine Kingdom.
• Evergreen broke through to Mid-Rank God and demonstrated the cycle of life, death, silence, and rebirth.
• Evergreen showed the Water God a puddle changing in countless ways and explained that the Water God's law was change, which could counter Sloth's law of stillness.

The Water God understood that water’s true nature was change and left to merge with the ocean, determined to become the Water Emperor. Evergreen then used the Sacred Codex of Reincarnation to restore the survivors and bring life back to the ruined battlefield, where the people hailed his power as a Divine Miracle.

• The Water God realized he had mistaken water’s destructive power for its essential nature of change and thanked Evergreen for helping him understand.
• The Water God transformed into a Water Dragon and flew toward the continent’s richest source of water to merge with the ocean.
• Evergreen surveyed the grieving survivors and opened the Sacred Codex of Reincarnation, sending a gentle three-colored halo across the battlefield.
• The halo restored a warrior’s lost arm and revived the survivors’ strength, while the dead dissolved into motes of Origin Essence.
• The motes sank into the scorched earth, causing grass and greenery to spread across the battlefield and transform it into a thriving grassland.
• Kyle and the other survivors knelt, cheered, and prayed to Evergreen, calling his act a Divine Miracle.

Evergreen prepared the people of the Land of Promise for an expedition to purify Sloth-corrupted Law Aberrations across Africa. Meanwhile, Adams built a Holy Spirit Legion in North America and Season Star oversaw Mechanical Divine Soldiers in Western Europe, whose transformations shocked players in the Yan Country forums.

• Evergreen declared that the Will Trial would become a rite of purification and promised deeper cleansing for those consumed by Sloth.
• Evergreen sensed Sloth-corrupted Law Aberrations across Africa and vowed to lead an expedition to find and purify them.
• Evergreen told Kyle and Amina to gather the warriors and prepare to wake the continent from its slumber.
• Adams watched another player ascend into a Sin Punishment Holy Spirit and sent a scouting team toward the Shadow of Jealousy-corrupted West Coast.
• Season Star watched Leo lead the first squad of Mechanical Divine Soldiers into battle outside Tianshu City.
• Players shared footage of the Holy Spirit Legion and Mechanical Divine Soldiers, causing the Yan Country forums to erupt.

Yan Country players grew envious of North American and Western European players’ powerful new paths and demanded the chance to fight beyond their borders. Qin Chuan, who had deliberately stoked their frustration, answered their petition with a message asking whether they desired war.

• Players in Yan Country watched videos of Holy Spirits and Mechanical Divine Soldiers fighting and envied their power and battlefield opportunities.
• Da Shan Zhu Jiu and Number One Blacksmith Under Heaven lamented their difficult quests and Yan Country’s lack of worthy enemies.
• Born for War posted a petition demanding that Yan Country players be allowed to fight the Seven Sins, and players across the war zone rallied behind it.
• Qin Chuan observed the players’ fervor and revealed that he had allowed other war zones to advance in order to provoke Yan Country.
• Qin Chuan blacked out every Yan Country player’s interface and displayed the message, “You desire war?”

The Main God asked Yan Country’s players whether they desired war, then opened the Outer Realm Expedition and revealed three battlefields as a ten-minute selection countdown began. Yan Country’s players were left eager to charge into battle, with their first expedition target still undecided.

• Da Shan Zhu Jiu saw the Main God’s question and burned to leave his post and fight.
• Number One Blacksmith Under Heaven heard the question while climbing a cliff and silently declared his desire for war.
• Players across Yan Country reacted to the Main God’s question with cheers and demands to open the gates.
• The Main God opened the Outer Realm Expedition and activated the War Points exchange system.
• The interface revealed expedition targets in the African, North American, and Western European War Zones, then began a ten-minute countdown for players to choose their battlefield.

As the countdown to choosing a war zone dwindled, players debated the dangers and rewards of Africa, North America, and Western Europe. Dragon Soaring World rejected the safer, more popular choices and led his guild toward North America, drawn by its chaos and its connection to the War Ladder.

• Players argued over whether to join Evergreen in Africa, fight in North America, or pursue machinery and giant mechs in Western Europe.
• Da Shan Zhu Jiu chose Western Europe, where he imagined holding the monster tide behind his Tower Shield.
• Number One Blacksmith Under Heaven chose Western Europe to forge giant mechs rather than hunt mythical materials or reforge divine weapons.
• Dragon Soaring Dynasty members debated the three war zones, with most favoring Western Europe and others urging North America or Africa.
• Dragon Soaring World ruled out Africa and Western Europe, then focused on North America because its chaotic slaughter felt closest to the War Ladder.

Dragon Soaring World rejected the safer Western Europe expedition and led Dragon Soaring Dynasty to North America, where they arrived amid a massive battle against Fallen Players. Spotting the War Ladder’s lighthouse, he rallied his guild to fight their way toward it.

• Dragon Soaring World chose North America over Western Europe and promised members who preferred Gundams resources to form their own branch.
• Blood War Eight Wastelands and the other guild members backed Dragon Soaring World, and he selected the North American War Zone.
• Dragon Soaring Dynasty arrived in Rust City and came under immediate fire as Fallen Players swarmed the battlefield.
• Dragon Soaring World recognized the War Ladder’s lighthouse in the distance and urged his guild to charge into battle.

Dragon Soaring Dynasty fought off a Fallen Ones horde as Dragon Soaring World killed a Giant Fallen One and identified the Fallen Mage directing the army. He charged alone into the monster swarm to reach the mage, leaving his guild to hold the line for three minutes.

• Blood War Eight Wastelands and Dragon Soaring Dynasty rallied to Dragon Soaring World's order and formed a defensive line against the Fallen Ones.
• Dragon Soaring World killed a Giant Fallen One with one slash after it nearly broke the Shield Warriors' wall.
• Dragon Soaring World spotted the Fallen Mage at the rear of the horde and ordered Blood War Eight Wastelands to hold the front for three minutes.
• Dragon Soaring World leapt over the defensive line and charged into the monster army, telling the others to attack without conserving mana.
• Dragon Soaring World unleashed a powerful slash that cleared a wide space among the Fallen Ones and roared amid the horde.

Dragon Soaring Dynasty’s reinforcements appeared behind the Fallen Ones and stunned the defenders of Rust City as Dragon Soaring World charged through the enemy army. He reached for the Fallen Mage commanding the siege, but the mage struck him with the Jealousy Curse.

• Blood War Eight Wastelands rallied Dragon Soaring Dynasty’s members to hold their line for three minutes while their guild leader fought ahead.
• Roughly a thousand reinforcements appeared behind the Fallen Ones and attacked, while Dragon Soaring World charged alone into the monster army.
• Scott and the other defenders watched Dragon Soaring World carve through the Fallen Ones, and Roderick recognized him as another War Ladder candidate.
• Dragon Soaring World targeted the Fallen Mage, cutting down every monster in his path as he raced toward the commander.
• The Fallen Mage cast the Jealousy Curse on Dragon Soaring World, reducing his attributes and increasing the damage he took.

Dragon Soaring World resisted Envy’s corruption, earned the War Ladder’s recognition, and rekindled his Divine Fire as a War Apostle. He wiped out the Fallen Knights and killed the Fallen Mage, leaving the nearby Fallen Ones without a commander.

• Dragon Soaring World rejected the curse’s attempt to make him jealous and embraced the battlefield as a warrior.
• The War Ladder recognized Dragon Soaring World’s resolve, cleansed the curse, and granted him power that rekindled his Divine Fire.
• Dragon Soaring World advanced to War Apostle and received the Unyielding War Soul blessing.
• Dragon Soaring World slew the dozen Fallen Knights with a single blade strike.
• Dragon Soaring World killed the Fallen Mage with a streak of concentrated killing intent, and the nearby Fallen Ones stopped fighting.

Dragon Soaring World killed the Fallen Mage with a single strike, turning the tide of the battle outside Rust City. Kevin revealed that Dragon Soaring Dynasty had come from Yan Country to seek war and that countless more Yan Country players might follow.

• Dragon Soaring World killed the Fallen Mage from hundreds of meters away, leaving the Fallen Ones confused and aimless.
• Blood War Eight Wastelands rallied Dragon Soaring Dynasty, and its members charged into the weakened Fallen Ones.
• Scott and the other North American defenders watched Dragon Soaring Dynasty’s assault and learned from Kevin that its leader was Dragon Soaring World.
• Kevin explained that Yan Country players had petitioned for access to the Outer Realm Battlefield because they craved war and wanted to grow stronger.
• Kevin warned that Dragon Soaring Dynasty was only the first advance force and that more Yan Country players might be heading to North America.

Dragon Soaring World ignited his Divine Fire and charged deeper into the North American War Zone, prompting players and leaders across the war zones to react to the Yan Country expedition. He reached the ruins at the heart of the monster army, where a mass of Envy awaited him.

• Kevin told Scott and the other core members that Yan Country players treated the battle as a resource for gaining power, and Roderick ordered them to watch Dragon Soaring World.
• Dragon Soaring World sensed Envy deeper in the monster-filled region and charged toward its source with his newly ignited Divine Fire.
• Yan Country players flooded the forum with reactions to Dragon Soaring World's advancement, and many changed their plans to enter the North American War Zone.
• Adams learned that more than fifty thousand Yan Country players were arriving on the West Coast and ordered a Holy Spirit squad to observe them without provoking them.
• Season Star told Leo to prepare for possible new allies as Yan Country players began appearing in the Western European War Zone.
• Dragon Soaring World reached the ruins and faced an enormous tumor-like monster covered in screaming human faces, a mass of Envy.

Dragon Soaring World resisted the Flesh Mountain's Jealousy Wail and killed the monster with one slash, stunning Rust City's defenders. The Jealousy Source Core emerged from its corpse, offering the key to purifying the area and a trove of Law Fragments.

• The Flesh Mountain attacked Dragon Soaring World with Jealousy Wail, but his Unyielding War Soul burned away the mental assault.
• Dragon Soaring World crossed the distance to the monster and split it in half with a single strike.
• Scott and the North American players watched in shock as the monster collapsed, while Kevin explained Dragon Soaring World's War God Fire and path of conquest.
• Roderick recognized that Dragon Soaring World had surpassed him in understanding war and felt a fierce desire to compete.
• The Jealousy Source Core emerged from the monster's corpse.

Dragon Soaring World sacrificed the Jealousy Source Core to the War Ladder, which purified it and awarded him a huge score and a Divinity Crystal. He took first place on the War Ladder leaderboard, far ahead of the North American players watching from Rust City.

• Dragon Soaring World seized the Jealousy Source Core and suppressed its psychic assault with his Crimson Divine Fire.
• Instead of storing the core, Dragon Soaring World called for a sacrifice, and the War Ladder's rune chain dragged it into the Sin Origin Furnace.
• The Sin Origin Furnace purified the Envy Law and awarded Dragon Soaring World 500,000 War Ladder Points and a Divinity Crystal (Envy).
• Dragon Soaring World rose to first place on the leaderboard with 508,120 points, far ahead of Leon and Roderick.

Dragon Soaring World absorbed the Divinity Crystal and spent most of his War Ladder points on four Demigod Artifacts, greatly increasing his combat strength. The War Ladder then declared him an ally to Rust City and ordered its members to cooperate with him against their enemies.

• Dragon Soaring World absorbed the Divinity Crystal, gaining resistance and bonus damage against the Envy Law.
• Dragon Soaring World redeemed the Slaughterlust Gauntlets, Unyielding Chestplate, Scarlet Storm Boots, and Bloodthirsty Berserker Belt with his points.
• Dragon Soaring World's new artifacts greatly increased his stats and combat strength, alarming Scott, Kevin, and Roderick at Rust City.
• The War Ladder issued a Divine Oracle declaring Dragon Soaring World a friend and ordering Rust City's members to cooperate with him and earn War Points by slaying enemies.

After the Divine Oracle placed the North American players and Dragon Soaring Dynasty in the same War Ladder system, Roderick and Dragon Soaring World agreed to compete for points while clearing Rust City. The contest began with both sides charging into the ruins, where Dragon Soaring World instantly killed a group of Fallen Ones with the force of his strides.

• Kevin explained that the Divine Oracle had integrated both groups into one War Ladder system, with their kills contributing points to the same system.
• Roderick approached Dragon Soaring World and said the area still needed to be cleansed.
• Dragon Soaring World proposed that each side clear one half of the ruins and compete for kills over an hour.
• Roderick changed the contest rules so the final result would depend on how many points he and Dragon Soaring World personally gained.
• Dragon Soaring World and his guild rushed west as Roderick and the North American players headed east.
• Dragon Soaring World charged ahead and instantly tore apart a group of newly emerged Fallen Ones with the blasts from his boots.

Dragon Soaring World tore through the ruins with his Scarlet Storm Boots and killed an Epic-grade boss in one strike, leaving Dragon Soaring Dynasty’s members struggling to keep up. Meanwhile, Roderick’s team advanced with disciplined teamwork until a crash from the western battlefield revealed another giant monster had fallen.

• Dragon Soaring World charged through the Fallen Ones, while Blood War Eight Wastelands and the other Dragon Soaring Dynasty players cleared the path’s edges behind him.
• Dragon Soaring World reached the bell tower and cut down the level 100 Epic-grade Jealousy and Hatred Guardian in one strike.
• Dragon Soaring Dynasty’s members watched the boss fall and compared Dragon Soaring World’s power to the Main God’s.
• Roderick, Scott, and Kevin led their team through the ruins with coordinated attacks, and Kevin claimed their efficiency could match Dragon Soaring World’s.
• A thunderous crash stopped Roderick’s team, and they saw a ten-meter-tall monster fall on the western battlefield.

Roderick awakened a second Holy Spirit form despite its supposed seven-day cooldown and unleashed a vast holy attack, giving the North American team a way to compete with Dragon Soaring World. He cleared a hundred-meter area of monsters as the crimson player raced toward the battlefield’s center.

• The North American players watched Dragon Soaring World kill the Epic-grade boss and pull far ahead on the War Ladder leaderboard.
• Roderick ordered his team to retreat three hundred meters, then awakened a radiant Holy Spirit form despite the reported cooldown.
• Roderick swept away a corridor of monsters with a golden shockwave, prompting Scott and the team to celebrate their boss’s power.
• Roderick activated Holy Domain and used Faith Judgment · Hail to purify every Fallen One within a hundred-meter circle.

Dragon Soaring World and Roderick fought their way up the War Ladder leaderboard, each rapidly earning points by slaughtering the Fallen Ones. Night Cherry Tangle discovered that their purified Envy Law was flowing into his Divine Kingdom, turning the War Ladder into a powerful Law converter.

• Roderick’s Faith Judgment · Hail earned him more than thirty thousand points, raising his score to second place and reigniting the North American players’ hopes.
• Dragon Soaring World sensed Roderick’s divine energy, welcomed the challenge, and used Divine Might: Forced Lock-On to awaken an Epic Stitched Behemoth at a chemical plant.
• Dragon Soaring World charged toward the Behemoth in a zigzag, cutting through weaker monsters with his Battle Blade as Severe Injury effects made his attacks lethal.
• Dragon Soaring World and Roderick’s scores climbed rapidly as they slaughtered Fallen Ones, while the War Ladder purified the Envy energy in the monsters into Law Fragments.
• Night Cherry Tangle sensed the purified Envy Law pouring into the Sin Origin Furnace and realized the War Ladder was converting and amplifying Law energy for him.