Chapter Summaries

Bai Pu completed his Main Quest through Bonnie’s attack on the Thorn Church and rejected the Shasha Divine Envoy’s attempt to dictate his pace, choosing to explore the Lost City and grow stronger. In a third-layer room, he found a Scarface Thorn Recruit fighting a powerful Two-Headed Ogre and calling for help.

• The Shasha Divine Envoy explained that Profound Truths had beginner, advanced, and mastery levels, and Bai Pu learned that Mountain Shattering Mystery was at the beginner level.
• Bai Pu showed the Shasha Divine Envoy notifications that Bonnie’s attack had made the Thorn Church hostile toward him and completed Main Quest, Step 1, earning 10,000 Spirit Energy Points.
• Bai Pu told the Shasha Divine Envoy he would explore the Lost City at his own pace, and she dissipated after he reminded her of their agreement.
• Bai Pu traveled through rooms, fighting monsters and improving his strength until the second-layer rooms offered less benefit.
• Bai Pu entered a third-layer Energy Level 3 room and found a Scarface Thorn Recruit fighting a Level 7 Warrior Two-Headed Ogre.
• The Scarface Thorn Recruit called on Bai Pu to help defeat the ogre, warning that neither of them could leave until it was dead.

Bai Pu turned the Scarface Recruit’s attempt to pit him against the Two-Headed Ogre into an opportunity to kill the recruit, then defeated the ogre and gained a major improvement in his combat skills. After choosing new effects for Combat Expertise, he faced a difficult choice between two rare upgrades for Lasso Strike.

• Bai Pu blocked the Two-Headed Ogre’s club after the Scarface Recruit lured the ogre toward him and left him unable to dodge.
• Bai Pu used the Mountain Shattering Mystery to unsettle the ogre, then attacked the Scarface Recruit while he was dodging the ogre’s club.
• The Two-Headed Ogre shattered the Scarface Recruit’s shoulder, and Bai Pu killed him with a powerful strike that triggered an instant-kill effect.
• Bai Pu defeated the Two-Headed Ogre and obtained the Number 19 Rune Word, advancing Combat Expertise and Lasso Strike.
• Bai Pu chose the Combo effect for Combat Expertise, then hesitated between the rare Drain and Suppression effects for Lasso Strike.

Bai Pu chose Suppression, gathered Rune Words, and devised a way to let his companion complete a Rune Utterance while he continued searching for Holy Artifacts. As the recruits converged inside the Lost City, news arrived that Bonnie had rebelled in Mulan City and unexplained killings had struck Faliu City.

• Bai Pu chose Option E: Suppression, opened the scar-faced recruit’s Golden Treasure Chest, and found enough Rune Words to prepare four Rune Utterances once he obtained their high-sequence words.
• Bai Pu asked Shasha Divine Envoy to help him meet Blood Spider so she could complete a Rune Utterance first, allowing him to remain in the Lost City and keep collecting Rune Words.
• The Gilded One and the bishops observed recruits from Mulan City and Faliu City gathering inside the Lost City, including Charlotte and Dio moving toward each other.
• A Thorn Warrior reported that Bonnie had led the Thorn Cutters in an attack on Mulan City’s church, killing believers and three Priests, while several people in Faliu City had died when a priest’s head suddenly fell off.
• The Gilded One said the Holy Mother’s oracle had come true and insisted that securing enough Holy Artifacts mattered more than the lives of believers in either city.

Bai Pu rushed to help Blood Spider after two Reserve Chosen from Stellan Star trapped her in a sealed room. Blood Spider awakened the Space Cutting Supreme Profound Truth, and the chapter ended as Bai Pu arrived to face her attackers.

• The Shasha Divine Envoy told Bai Pu that Blood Spider was under attack by two Reserve Chosen, and Bai Pu hurried through a light gate after killing a Stele Monster.
• Mo Shate and Bojar trapped Blood Spider in a room with two Stone Elements and attacked her while keeping her teleportation gates sealed.
• Blood Spider asked the Shasha Divine Envoy to warn Steel Heart not to come, but then used Hendrick's Pocket Watch and held out for his arrival.
• Under pressure, Blood Spider comprehended a spatial Profound Truth and struck Mo Shate with Space Cutting, breaking his Tidal Shield before Mo Shate and Bojar counterattacked.
• Bai Pu's shield struck Bojar and disrupted the attackers' assault, and Bai Pu arrived, declaring that two against one was unfair.

Bai Pu and his allies fought Mo Shate and Bojar in the level-4 room, with Qin joining the battle through a portal. The fight left Mo Shate's Tidal Shield shattered and his Ice Armor cracked, while Blood Spider kept Bojar occupied.

• Bai Pu dodged a Stone Element's attack and shattered part of its arm with a powerful sword slash, prompting the Stone Elements to retreat.
• Bai Pu summoned Qin and unleashed the Blood River Territory, slowing Mo Shate and Bojar and weakening their attacks.
• Qin gave Bai Pu and Blood Spider an energy-recovery mist and struck at Bojar with blood magic.
• Blood Spider intercepted Bojar, stole 18 points of his Strength with Plunder, and attacked him with her daggers.
• Bai Pu rushed Mo Shate, shattered his Tidal Shield, and wounded him with a follow-up slash.
• Mo Shate formed Ice Armor to defend against Bai Pu's next attack, which left the armor covered in cracks.

Bai Pu defeated Mo Shate and helped Qin and Blood Spider defeat the Stone Elements and drive off Bojar, collecting Rune Words along the way. He proposed that Qin and Blood Spider each use a Rune Utterance to unseal a Holy Artifact while he continued exploring, and offered Blood Spider thirty percent of the proceeds for using her slot.

• Bai Pu shattered Mo Shate's Ice Armor and Tidal Shield, but Mo Shate escaped after attacking with a Void Ice Spike.
• Bai Pu, Qin, and Blood Spider defeated the Stone Elements, while Blood Spider severed Bojar's arm and Bojar fled by divine teleportation.
• Bai Pu identified the Rune Words dropped by the enemies and found that the group could form the Rune Utterances "Steel" and "Glory."
• Bai Pu proposed that Qin and Blood Spider each take a Rune Utterance to the Holy Artifact Platform while he explored the fourth floor.
• Bai Pu offered Blood Spider thirty percent of the proceeds from the Holy Artifact in exchange for using her slot, and Blood Spider looked disappointed.

Bai Pu ignored Qin’s warning about the Holy Artifact being a trap and continued exploring the Lost City, where he comprehended the Gale Mystery and transformed Wind Riding Slash into Gale Wind Falling Blade. He left determined to reach Qin rather than abandon her.

• Blood Spider and Bai Pu signed a contract and assembled the Rune Utterance: Steel, then Blood Spider and Qin teleported away.
• Bai Pu sensed Qin’s warning that the Holy Artifact was a trap, but Shasha Divine Envoy said communication with Blood Spider had been severed and doubted the warning.
• Bai Pu defeated a group of elf archers in a high-energy room, and Wind Riding Slash advanced to Level 6.
• Bai Pu comprehended the Gale Mystery, upgraded Wind Riding Slash into the Profound Truth Skill Gale Wind Falling Blade, and chose its Storm Eye effect.
• Bai Pu decided he would not abandon Qin and stepped into another room.

Bai Pu unsealed the final Holy Artifact and was transported with the other claimants to the Thorn Passion Sanctuary, where the Gilded One demanded they surrender their artifacts or die. The Thorn Holy Mother agreed to lift the sanctuary’s space imprisonment for only ten minutes, giving the Gilded One time to attack.

• Bai Pu formed the Doomsday Rune Utterance, unsealed the twin-section spear-shaft Holy Artifact, and triggered the Thorn Holy Mark on his forehead.
• The Thorn Holy Mark teleported Bai Pu to a ruined sanctuary, where he found Yemang, Metallica, Qin, and Blood Spider suspended in the air.
• The Gilded One revealed that the sanctuary belonged to the Thorn Holy Mother and demanded that everyone surrender their Holy Artifacts and join the Thorn Church or die.
• Blood Spider explained that Qin had been dragged along when she grabbed her during the teleportation, and Bai Pu understood that Qin’s return teleportation could not overcome the sanctuary’s spatial control.
• After the group stayed silent, the Gilded One asked the Thorn Holy Mother to lift the Space Imprisonment, and she gave him ten minutes before the sanctuary’s space became unstable.

Shasha Divine Envoy sent Bai Pu and the Reserve Chosen the Gilded One’s full combat information before the Gilded One attacked them. Bai Pu protected Qin from Gilded Brand, but the Gilded One then targeted him with Branding Iron Punishment.

• Shasha Divine Envoy told Bai Pu that the Divine Envoys were working to find a route back and sent him information about the Gilded One.
• The Gilded One used Seething Resentment to make Metallica attack Yemang, then placed Gilded Brand on Bai Pu when he blocked the attack aimed at Qin.
• Bai Pu used Magma Body and his resistances to reduce Gilded Brand’s damage, though its interruptions remained a threat to the group.
• The Gilded One condemned Bai Pu and summoned a molten Golden Pillar to strike him with Branding Iron Punishment.

Bai Pu fought the Gilded One through his caster form and forced him to reveal his melee-oriented Twisted True Form. As the Gilded One unleashed a damaging domain, Bai Pu retreated to regroup with Qin and Blood Spider, leaving Yemang to question his conduct as an MT.

• The Gilded One bound Bai Pu and bombarded Qin and Blood Spider with molten-gold energy spheres, but Bai Pu broke free and rushed to attack.
• Bai Pu used Lasso Strike and a charging skill to reach the Gilded One and wound him with a sword strike, but the Gilded One knocked Bai Pu away.
• The Gilded One revealed his Twisted True Form, drew the Holy Thorn Spear, and activated the Melting Gold Domain, which drained stamina and energy while burning nearby enemies.
• Bai Pu fused with Gustav's Gene Fragment, converted pure blood into Agility, and activated the Bloodwing Cloak before retreating to Qin and Blood Spider.
• Bai Pu spread a small-scale Blood River Territory to counter the Melting Gold Domain, and Yemang asked why he was not standing in front of the boss as an MT.

Bai Pu confronted Yemang and Metallica for standing by during the Gilded One’s attack, and Metallica challenged the boss only to be badly injured by its Molten Gold Profound Truth. Yemang and Metallica shielded and healed Bai Pu’s group before fleeing with them as the fight continued.

• Bai Pu accused Yemang and Metallica of slacking off, while Yemang explained that they had been trying to survive and Metallica insisted that he was an MT too.
• Metallica shifted weapons and used Heavy Metal Frenzy to block the Gilded One’s Holy Thorn Spear, but the Molten Gold Profound Truth shattered his shield and sent him flying.
• Yemang disrupted the Gilded One’s footing with precise laser beams, allowing the injured Metallica to scramble away.
• Yemang cast Refraction Shield on Bai Pu’s group, and Metallica gave them Heavy Metal Frenzy Shields while Yemang restored Bai Pu’s Health Points and Blood River Douqi.
• Yemang and Metallica activated their escape skills and begged Bai Pu for help as they ran.

Bai Pu forced Yemang to give him a holy artifact in exchange for helping protect the group, then used his Blood River Territory to weaken the Gilded One’s domain. The five fighters broke through the Gilded One’s Molten Gold Armor, but he hurled his Holy Thorn Spear at Bai Pu.

• Bai Pu demanded one of Yemang and Metallica’s holy artifacts, and Yemang agreed to the exchange in a Spirit Realm Will-certified contract.
• Sero Divine Envoy praised Bai Pu’s prototype Domain Skill, urged Yemang to build a good relationship with him, and said the group needed to hold out for about five more minutes.
• Bai Pu blocked the Gilded One’s spear as Qin’s attacks failed to penetrate the Molten Gold Armor.
• Blood Spider cut a cross-shaped wound into the Gilded One’s armor, and Metallica, Qin, Yemang, and Bai Pu attacked the opening.
• Bai Pu’s Mountain Shattering strike tore away armor and flesh from the Gilded One’s side ribs, exposing a weakness.
• The Gilded One hurled his Holy Thorn Spear at Bai Pu.

Bai Pu survived the Gilded One’s unavoidable Holy Thorn Spear attack and escaped the spear’s pinning effect, while Qin and Blood Spider kept the now-unarmed enemy occupied. After Bai Pu pulled out the spear and joined the assault, the team struck the Gilded One’s exposed ribs and prepared to stop him from recovering his weapon.

• The Gilded One locked onto Bai Pu with the Holy Thorn Spear, impaling him and inflicting severe damage and continuous bleeding.
• Bai Pu shattered the thorn mass behind him to free himself, and Qin gave him a recovery potion and used Blood Ripple to reduce his bleeding.
• Qin and Blood Spider attacked the unarmed Gilded One, while he pressed toward Bai Pu and Blood Spider repeatedly targeted his wounded left ribs.
• Bai Pu switched to Magma Body, pulled out the Holy Thorn Spear, and threw it away before blocking the Gilded One’s punch with his Dark Gold Tower Shield.
• Blood Spider, Qin, Yemang, and Bai Pu coordinated attacks on the Gilded One’s exposed ribs, and Bai Pu’s Chainsaw Greatsword blasted him backward with massive damage.
• Bai Pu warned the team not to let the Gilded One retrieve his spear, and Metallica stepped in to hold him off while Bai Pu treated his wound.

Bai Pu took over tanking the Gilded One while the group kept him from reaching the Holy Thorn Spear. After the Thorn Holy Mother returned the spear and the Gilded One overwhelmed Bai Pu, Metallica sacrificed himself to intercept a deadly throw, leaving the group to fight on as Demon Power Liberation slowed the Gilded One.

• Bai Pu took the Gilded One's attacks from Metallica and used his shield skills and the group's spells to hold the front line and block the Gilded One from reaching the Holy Thorn Spear.
• The Thorn Holy Mother summoned a phantom, warned that three Divine Envoys would escape within a minute, and sent the Holy Thorn Spear back to the Gilded One.
• The Gilded One reclaimed the spear, struck Bai Pu aside, and hurled it at the group.
• Metallica stepped into the spear's path and was impaled against the wall, losing much of his health as the Gilded One moved in to finish him.
• Bai Pu threw his Dark Gold Tower Shield at the Gilded One and activated Demon Power Liberation, slowing him even after the Molten Gold secret art burned away its bindings.

Bai Pu and the others survived the Gilded One’s Doomsday Volcano by sheltering and dodging until the spatial turbulence ended. In the return channel, Sero Divine Envoy demanded Yemang’s holy artifact and offered Metallica a Seed of Light, but Bai Pu insisted they settle Yemang’s contract first.

• Bai Pu used Empress's Edict to summon two reinforced spider demons, then knocked the Gilded One off balance with Gale Wind Falling Blade.
• Bai Pu refused to press the attack, wary that the Gilded One’s accumulated pain could trigger Doomsday Volcano.
• The Gilded One tore at his own wound and unleashed Doomsday Volcano, raining molten gold across the battlefield.
• Bai Pu protected Metallica with his tower shield while Qin and Blood Spider dodged together, and Yemang survived using a Divine Protection Amulet.
• The spatial turbulence ended, and all five returned through the Space Channel.
• Sero Divine Envoy demanded Yemang’s holy artifact and offered Metallica a Seed of Light, but Bai Pu asked to settle Yemang’s contract first.

Bai Pu demanded the sacred artifact promised by Yemang, while the Divine Envoys intervened in the dispute and Sero ordered Yemang to pay. Bai Pu then refused Shasha’s request for his remaining artifacts and planned an auction, which Metallica asked to join despite Sero’s offer of a Light Blessing Seed.

• Bai Pu revealed that Yemang had signed a Spirit Realm-notarized contract promising him a sacred artifact, and Metallica accused Yemang of sabotaging his senses to get him killed.
• Navi Divine Envoy warned Bai Pu not to discuss Spirit Realm notarization or enforcement in front of Divine Envoys, but Bai Pu insisted on receiving what he was owed.
• Sero ordered Yemang to hand over a sacred artifact, and Yemang reluctantly gave Bai Pu a mask-shaped item.
• Sero praised Metallica and offered him a Light Blessing Seed in exchange for his sacred artifact, but Bai Pu handed over his own chain hammer to settle his account with Sero.
• Bai Pu refused Shasha Divine Envoy’s request for his remaining sacred artifacts and announced an auction, while Metallica offered to list his Endless Power artifact and pay a thirty-percent commission.
• Sero angrily asked Metallica whether he no longer wanted the Light Blessing Seed.

Bai Pu secured Metallica’s sacred artifact Endless Power for a future auction and used the threat of a Scavenger Mission to drive off the Divine Envoys. After returning to the settlement space, he reissued the mission and received permission from the Spirit Realm Will to ask questions.

• Bai Pu explained that Metallica wanted to switch sides because Yemang and his family could no longer trust him, and Shasha and Navi offered Blessing Seeds for Endless Power.
• Metallica entrusted Endless Power to Bai Pu and signed a notarized contract, while Bai Pu refused the Divine Envoys’ demands and granted them priority bidding rights at the auction.
• Bai Pu displayed the Deception mask and the Scavenger Mission to seize the Source Material Fragment, prompting the Divine Envoys to vanish from the Space Channel.
• Bai Pu and Blood Spider returned to their shared settlement space, and Bai Pu explained his theory that the Divine Envoys feared the Spirit Realm Will’s active intervention.
• Bai Pu asked the Spirit Realm Will to reissue the Scavenger Mission, then declined to accept it immediately and asked to ask questions; the prompt replied, “Ask away.”

Bai Pu learned that sacred artifacts held Source Material Fragments while substrate was the foundation that produced source material, and he realized Original Sin World was likely a Matrix Plane coveted by deities. After completing the Scavenger Mission, he rose to Second Lieutenant and reviewed his clearance rewards and newly available war supplies.

• Bai Pu learned from the Spirit Realm Will that the Spirit Realm War was fought over substrate, the source of source material, and concluded that Original Sin World was likely a Matrix Plane.
• Bai Pu submitted the Scavenger Mission, kept the Glory necklace and Doomsday spear for his own purposes, and planned to give Blood Spider thirty percent of the proceeds from the Endless Power battle axe auction.
• Bai Pu used a Black Iron Medal to advance to Second Lieutenant and gained Military Rank Suppression, which could block lower-ranked opponents from using Spirit Realm Teleportation or return abilities.
• Blood Spider shared the clearance summary: she and Bai Pu had earned 10,694 Spirit Energy Points, Grade B reputation, and the Betrayer title.
• Bai Pu examined the higher-ranking war supplies and noticed Honor Potions among the available items, while remaining 60 Honor Points short of First Lieutenant.

Bai Pu recovered, upgraded his Dark Gold Tower Shield, and returned with Blood Spider to West Capital University. After explaining the dangers and rivalries of the summoning, he learned that the elimination-round draw had been held, but Teacher Cai Cai had not yet revealed their opponent.

• Bai Pu used Lieutenant-rank Honor Potions and spent Spirit Energy Points and two Golden Enhancement Crystals to raise his Dark Gold Tower Shield to +4, unlocking Reinforced Edict.
• Blood Spider bought two Private-rank Honor Potions and returned alongside Bai Pu.
• At West Capital University, Xuanpin and two Plain-Faced Men worried about Bai Pu and Blood Spider’s delayed return before Teacher Cai Cai announced that they had arrived.
• Bai Pu described the summoning and warned his teammates about his conflict with Borderland Swordsman, Chen Ge, and their allies.
• Teacher Cai Cai told the team that the elimination-round draw had taken place and asked them to guess their first-round opponent.

Bai Pu arranged an auction of the quest items recovered from the Original Sin World and learned how badly the other Reserve Chosen had fared on their missions. After hearing how dangerous High-Level Lords were, he spent the week training on Penglai Island to master his Mysteries.

• Bai Pu asked Teacher Cai Cai to notify recruited experts from every school team that he would auction quest items on the first of next month.
• Blood Spider warned Bai Pu that Borderland Swordsman might not tell his Divine Envoy about the auction, but Bai Pu believed he would report it.
• Beacon Fire, Hao Tian, Chen Ge, Wan Ren, Skywalker, and Borderland Swordsman confirmed they wanted to attend, and Bai Pu learned about the Reserve Chosen's different missions across the Original Sin Continent.
• Beacon Fire and Skywalker escaped after the Two-Faced Man's mental attacks killed two teammates, while Hao Tian stole a sacred artifact from the Thorn Church headquarters and severed his bound limbs to escape the Bound One.
• Bai Pu recognized that High-Level Lords could overpower forced escape abilities, then trained relentlessly on Penglai Island in the Gale Mystery and Mountain Shattering Mystery.