Chapter Summaries

Zhan Fei abandoned his old strategy and decided to find Xiao Jun and follow him, while Lu Qingwu planned to attach herself to Zhan Fei. Unaware that others were also preparing to follow him, Xiao Jun continued weighing the game’s bizarre race and class options.

• Zhan Fei panicked after discovering that the game’s character settings had changed and decided to rely on Xiao Jun’s abilities instead of his old guide.
• Zhan Fei created a character under his old ID and prepared to find Xiao Jun.
• Lu Qingwu named her character Qingwu and planned to get close to Zhan Fei for benefits.
• Other transmigrators and Reincarnators also chose to follow the protagonist, while Xiao Jun remained unaware of their plans.
• Xiao Jun examined unusual race options, including the Slaanesh Demon Army and Soul Abyss Death Worm, and rejected them because of their drawbacks.
• Xiao Jun continued cautiously reviewing options such as the Innate Vajra Gourd Baby, Green Grass Sheep Clan, and Ginseng Spirit, since deleting an account would prevent him from making another.

Xiao Jun entered the game and experienced its immersive creation-of-the-world cutscene, learning that the Mechanical Supreme had arrived from the future through the Informationized Electronic Heavenly Dao. After the cutscene, he passed through a beam of white light and began to take physical form in the Primordial World.

• Xiao Jun finished creating his character and entered the game as a streak of golden light.
• Xiao Jun experienced Pangu creating the world and used the moment to improve his innate foundation.
• The cutscene showed the Mechanical Supreme arriving from the future through a purplish-red vortex linked to the Informationized Electronic Heavenly Dao.
• Xiao Jun recalled that the present Heavenly Dao feared the future Heavenly Dao and had repeatedly tried to destroy the God of Refined Gold and the Mechanical Supreme.
• Xiao Jun moved into a beam of white light, where his body reformed and he felt as if he had been reborn.

Xiao Jun assessed the dangerous, empty Novice Village and recognized that players had no tutorials, supplies, or NPCs to guide them. He understood that their only immediate task was to survive and gradually develop the weak foundations granted by their chosen races and professions.

• Xiao Jun surveyed the Primordial World around Novice Village No. 15476 and recognized that even its enormous plants could be predators.
• Xiao Jun observed that the novice area had no buildings, NPCs, quests, or supplies, leaving players to figure everything out themselves.
• Players complained in the chat that the game felt like wilderness survival, but most treated the situation as a novelty.
• Xiao Jun recalled how hunger, cold, pain, and dangerous wildlife had caused countless players to quit in his previous life.
• Xiao Jun concluded that novice players had to survive and strengthen the feeble seeds tied to their chosen races and professions.

Xiao Jun watched new players complain about Metaphysics Hong Huang’s lethal environments and monsters, but knew the game’s promise of supernatural powers and greatly extended lifespans would keep drawing people in. He resumed scavenging for food, reflecting on the dangers of seeking masters and the difficulty of finding trustworthy allies.

• Players flooded the World Channel with complaints about deadly monsters, harsh environments, and the lack of guides, while others protested the game on forums.
• Xiao Jun recalled that the game’s Novice Village had always been dangerous and believed that protests would not stop players from returning for its benefits.
• Xiao Jun searched for food by gathering weeds, rotten meat, and mushrooms so he could survive and leave the Novice Village.
• Xiao Jun considered how seeking a master or joining a faction could lead to players being exploited as spiritual medicines or raw material.
• Xiao Jun wondered whether he should find trustworthy players as allies, then doubted he could rely on anyone in a world where players commonly betrayed one another.

Two weeks into Metaphysics Hong Huang, Xiao Jun unexpectedly became the leader of a small team despite having little to offer. His teammates each secretly planned to exploit the others’ opportunities, while believing that following a protagonist would bring them future benefits.

• Xiao Jun gained several companions who offered him benefits, and he resolved to lead the team toward success.
• Zhan Fei envied Xiao Jun’s growing team and privately planned to steal opportunities from him after joining early and showing loyalty.
• Lu Qingwu, disguised with a beauty filter, felt jealous of Xiao Jun’s apparent protagonist aura but was pleased to be an established teammate who might gain benefits.
• A transmigrator posing as Lu Qingwu’s devoted admirer guessed she had gained important benefits and hoped to profit as her number-one simp.
• Another transmigrator silently saw through the admirer’s act and planned to watch him as he schemed to steal Lu Qingwu’s opportunities.

Cadil, a scout officer of the Kara Civilization, entered Metaphysics Hong Huang to investigate the technology behind the game and consider whether its creators could become trading partners. His effortless control of his tentacled body drew players’ attention, and one called him a legendary High-end Player.

• Cadil appeared on an altar in another Novice Village and observed the strange-looking players around him.
• He tried to use a cheat device to alter the game’s settings, but it failed to work.
• Cadil decided to act like an ordinary player while investigating the game and its creators.
• He descended the altar with his tentacles, moving far more smoothly than the other players.
• A Minotaur player noticed his control and asked whether he was a legendary High-end Player.

Cadil posed as an experienced player to learn about the game from a Minotaur, then discovered that even this relatively safe Novice Village faced lethal monsters. As Cadil wondered whether the game was designed to torment its players, the chapter revealed that Orsaga deliberately made that torment part of the fun.

• Cadil lied to the Minotaur, claiming he had spent extra time in other Novice Villages learning to control his body.
• Cadil asked the Minotaur about the local area, and the Minotaur described Rat Demons that could move faster than eight hundred meters per second.
• The Minotaur said this village was relatively safe, with about twenty player deaths per day, while some other Novice Villages had near-total death rates outside their gates.
• Cadil questioned whether the game was meant for players to enjoy, and the Minotaur complained that its company treated players cruelly.
• Cadil wondered what the force behind the game wanted, while the narration revealed that Orsaga enjoyed tormenting players and cared little about the wager with the other entities.

A disguised native watched the players in Novice Village and considered sabotaging their growth, but decided against it. On the Sun Star, Di Jun reflected on the players’ future potential and recalled his previous-life battle against a Mechanical Guard, which had ended in mutual destruction and his own death.

• A yellow-robed native observed the struggling players in Novice Village and weighed slowing their advancement, but feared the move would backfire and draw unwanted attention.
• Di Jun watched events across the Primordial World and considered whether the players could help him seize the Sage Position.
• Di Jun recalled that the second-ranked Mechanical Guard had led an army against his Demon Court in his previous life.
• Di Jun remembered that the Great Formation of the Stars of the Heavens had broken, he had died of his injuries, and Tai Yi had destroyed the Mechanical Guard’s core after its army was wiped out.

Di Jun reflected on the God of Refined Gold’s unexplained attack on the Demon Court in his previous life and suspected it was connected to the fusion of worlds and a hidden conflict between the Heavenly Dao and the Informationized Electronic Heavenly Dao. Determined to preserve the Demon Court and pursue his ambition of establishing the Heavenly Court, he concluded that he should keep his faction’s profile low and let more powerful forces face the coming danger first.

• Di Jun recalled that the God of Refined Gold had suddenly attacked all Flesh and Blood Life, leaving him unsure why the Demon Court had been targeted.
• Di Jun connected the Mechanical Tide’s attack to the Two-World Fusion and the conflict between the Heavenly Dao and the Informationized Electronic Heavenly Dao.
• Di Jun realized the Demon Court could not escape a catastrophe affecting the entire world, but expected older, more powerful beings to bear most of its pressure.
• Di Jun decided to weaken the Demon Court’s visible strength and keep himself and his subordinates out of the spotlight.
• Di Jun concluded that the Demon Court’s high profile had likely made it a target, and that it had taken the place of another top-tier faction in the God of Refined Gold’s attack.

The Jade Emperor asked Orsaga who would win their game, and Orsaga admitted he had started it for amusement rather than victory. He scattered fate into the two worlds, leaving their inhabitants’ fortunes more uncertain while the other bettors allowed it under the game’s rules.

• The Jade Emperor asked Orsaga who he thought would win, and the Jade Emperor said he had little faith in the pieces he had chosen.
• The Jade Emperor observed that Orsaga seemed uninterested in winning and accused him of being lazy and seeking amusement.
• Orsaga agreed that he acted to relieve the boredom of his long, threat-free existence, and explained that the people caught in Metaphysics Hong Huang were affected by his whims.
• Orsaga scattered fate-like material into a pool representing two worlds, stirring their destinies and potentially helping or harming their inhabitants.
• The other bettors let Orsaga continue because his actions stayed within the rules and merely added randomness to the game.

The chapter explained why Orsaga valued chaos and remained interested in joining the Unity Council, while comparing his independence with the Jade Emperor’s role as an extension of Haotian Shangdi. It described how powerful beings could influence those tied to their concepts, but Abyss Lords could escape such control by changing their racial registration.

• Orsaga continued to run his own evil enterprise while waiting for an opportunity to join the Unity Council.
• The Jade Emperor reflected that his purpose as Haotian Shangdi’s extension kept him from acting as freely as Orsaga.
• The chapter explained that Orsaga’s Ozhaki could only think and act with his approval, while the Master of Humanity could influence beings connected to humanity.
• Orsaga had used the Abyssal Will to change Golanel and the others’ registration from elves and humans to Abyss Creatures, granting them protections and permissions over Crimson Heaven.
• The chapter established that Abyss Lords could escape the authority of their former race by cancelling their registration, making their relationship with Abyss Princes more like a partnership than a hierarchy.

Orsaga planned a universal, long-running server opening event for Metaphysics Hong Huang and chose a Broken Cup War as its theme. He brought a stolen, damaged Holy Grail into the gathering and announced that the event would last five trillion years.

• Orsaga considered how to expand Metaphysics Hong Huang with rewards and an event open to every player.
• He decided the server opening event would continue until the game shut down.
• Orsaga reached through spacetime and took a broken golden cup that others called the Holy Grail.
• Orsaga announced a Broken Cup War lasting five trillion years, leaving the bettors confused.

Xiao Jun and the other players woke to a dazzling golden cup appearing in the sky, drawing powerful beings across the Primordial World into action. When a powerhouse emerged near the Novice Village, the players realized they had overlooked a chance to seek an Immortal master and deeply regretted it.

• Xiao Jun woke to a burst of golden light and saw an enormous cup outshine the sun.
• A many-winged dragon burst from a distant mountain range and flew toward the cup, while its passage crushed peaks and killed countless beings.
• Great Divine Ability Users began to emerge and act as the treasure appeared.
• A nearby mountain released a five-colored glow, revealing a powerful Immortal close to the Novice Village.
• The players lamented that they had missed their chance to seek the Immortal, and Xiao Jun regretted overlooking a powerhouse far beyond his former expectations.

As Great Divine Ability Users approached the enormous golden cup, Candle Dragon grew wary and slowed down, but Di Jiang charged ahead and was violently repelled, followed by Kunpeng. The cup revealed tooth marks left by Orsaga, leaving the gathered experts wondering who had damaged it and how powerful they were.

• Xiao Jun and his teammates grieved over the missed chance to receive Immortal Fate from the departing expert.
• Candle Dragon suspected the treasure might be a trap and slowed down, prompting other cautious experts to reconsider their rush.
• Di Jiang raced ahead of the others and was blasted away when he tried to seize the golden cup.
• Kunpeng was struck away in the same manner and sent flying toward Beyond the Heavens.
• The golden cup fully revealed its form, including the tooth marks Orsaga had left on it, and the experts wondered who had bitten it.

The Crimson King addressed the beings of the Primordial World through the golden cup and announced a five-trillion-year Holy Grail War server-opening event. The players reacted with confusion and jokes, while a few knowledgeable beings listened warily for more information.

• The golden cup projected eerie patterns across the Primordial World, alarming its inhabitants and prompting the injured Kunpeng and Di Jiang to take guarded stances.
• A strange knocking sound echoed through the world, and a calm male voice identified himself as Orsaga, the Crimson King and Game Project Initiator and Main Game Producer.
• Orsaga announced that the creators were holding a Holy Grail War server-opening event lasting five trillion years.
• Hong Huang Creatures struggled to understand Orsaga's announcement, while players debated the event, mocked his title, and complained about the game.

Orsaga explained the rules of the Holy Grail War of Sufficiently Long Duration, in which players and counterparts from other Worldlines fought for the right to replace one another and make wishes. While most players celebrated or speculated about the event, Xiao Jun and his teammates realized the threat was real and feared being replaced.

• Orsaga explained that the Holy Grail would randomly choose players and summon six counterparts from other Worldlines to fight them under class bonuses.
• Orsaga said the victor would replace their counterpart in the current Worldline and gain wishing authority, while losing participants would be erased if no victor emerged before the deadline.
• Orsaga described how the number of participants and the intervals and durations of future wars would increase over time.
• Many players cheered the event, while others speculated that the game had created artificial counterparts by monitoring their behavior.
• Xiao Jun and his teammates recognized that the counterparts could be real people from other Worldlines and feared that future winners might take their identities, lives, and relationships.

Xiao Jun and others realized that the Holy Grail War’s parallel-world replacement mechanics made it a terrifying battle for survival, even as its wish-granting prize tempted desperate participants. Di Jun remained wary but recognized that the cruel contest could become a last source of hope for those with unfixable regrets.

• Xiao Jun feared that players from other Worldlines would replace local players and that more capable versions of people could emerge in their place.
• Reincarnators and transmigrators grew confused and frightened by the possibility that their counterparts from Parallel Time and Space might be other versions of themselves.
• Primordial World natives rejected the Holy Grail War after learning that it forced seven versions of a person to scheme and fight to the death.
• Di Jun considered abandoning his plans to become a player because he could not accept battling alternate versions of himself.
• Di Jun acknowledged that the contest’s limited wishes might tempt him and others because they offered a path to mend past regrets.

Orsaga’s Holy Grail War offered a genuine wish to its victor, and its opening brought a world-shaking phenomenon that Hongjun recognized as the Sound of Heaven. Hongjun and another ancient being realized that their world might have been made by the Crimson King and others, leaving Pangu’s role uncertain.

• The narrator explained that Orsaga’s rewards and punishments were practical and genuine, making his offers reliable despite his cruel nature.
• As Orsaga finished explaining the Holy Grail War, a tremendous sound spread across the world and stirred every being who heard it.
• Atop Buzhou Mountain, Hongjun saw the Holy Grail and recognized the sound as the Dao Law, Sound of Heaven, which he had last heard during the world’s creation.
• Hongjun told the other ancient being that he had once gathered allies against the powerful outsiders but now believed they did not care about their world’s inhabitants.
• The other being questioned what role Pangu had played after the Crimson King and the hidden beings claimed to have created their world.

After Orsaga's words sparked wild conspiracy theories across the Primordial World, he explained to a fellow being that the Holy Grail was an ordinary energy converter whose value to him came from memories of his human past. He left the Holy Grail's former time-space restored and considered turning it into a farm or amusement park.

• Countless beings in the Primordial World speculated about the motives of Orsaga and the other beings behind the scenes, unaware that they had altered everything merely to play a game.
• A curious being asked Orsaga why he had modified the Holy Grail and what made it special.
• Orsaga explained that the Holy Grail was only an energy converter and that he kept it for sentimental memories of his previous life as an ordinary human and anime fan.
• Orsaga said he had reanchored time to retrieve the Holy Grail and repaired its time-space, which he might later turn into a farm or amusement park.
• The other being remarked that Orsaga's experiences in this life must have been colorful to lead to his present accomplishments.

Orsaga reflected on how reincarnators were commonplace in the Bottomless Abyss and how growing stronger had changed his view of what was possible. He explained that demon lords embodied overwhelming power and luck, making them extraordinarily difficult to kill even for Demon Princes, and the chapter left that danger unresolved.

• Orsaga considered the many reasons beings reincarnated as abyss demons and noted that the Abyssal Will welcomed outsiders, even those who came to cause trouble.
• Orsaga observed that his demonic nature had made him a purebred abyss demon in the Abyssal Will's judgment, regardless of his human origins.
• Orsaga reflected that as his power grew, transmigrators, reincarnators, and other once-rare phenomena had seemed increasingly ordinary.
• Orsaga reasoned that becoming a demon lord required overcoming immense hardship, and that every demon lord combined exceptional talent, strength, and luck.
• Orsaga explained that even a vastly stronger attacker with an overwhelming trap could not rule out a demon lord's escape, which was why Demon Princes found them difficult to kill.