Chapter Summaries

Lu Ce and the others fought Princess after the Chosen of Lust God gathered its power, and Shui Zhongmeng’s Soul Striking Hand separated the god from Princess’s body. Lu Ce then cleaved Princess in two, declaring that it really was over.

• Lu Ce battered the pink pillar with the Extreme Path Battle Axe until his strike shattered its protection, but the Chosen of Lust God caught his axe and blasted him backward.
• Princess slapped Sun out of the sky, nearly exhausting his life sand, and cracked Xie Antong’s All-Knowing Eye when she tried to attack.
• Shui Zhongmeng appeared and struck Princess with the Soul Striking Hand, separating the Chosen of Lust God from her body.
• Lu Ce rushed in and split Princess’s body in two with the Extreme Path Battle Axe.

Lu Ce repeatedly struck the Chosen of Lust God as it tried to possess the Princess, eventually draining its divine power and triggering the castle guards to attack. The Princess briefly regained control and stopped the guards, leaving the fight at a sudden standstill.

• The Chosen of Lust God repeatedly tried to enter the Princess's body, but Lu Ce struck it back out with his axe.
• The Princess briefly regained consciousness and told Lu Ce to cut off her head, and he obeyed.
• The Chosen of Lust God taunted Lu Ce and rushed into the Princess after he beckoned, but Lu Ce chopped her head off again and delivered seven consecutive slashes.
• The Chosen of Lust God's divine power weakened and surged into the castle, awakening more than twenty guards who charged at Lu Ce and Xie Antong.
• The Princess's head regained a little vitality and screamed for the guards to stop, freezing them in place.

The Princess turned the Chosen of Lust God’s puppet guards against it, revealing they were duplicates of her dead infant and sacrificing herself to destroy them. As the defeated god’s soul exploded, Sun seized its concentrated divine power and absorbed it into his body.

• The Princess repeatedly ordered Lu Ce and the guards to attack, and one guard smashed his own head apart in obedience to her.
• The Princess revealed that the guards were copies of her infant child, forcibly grown and made into puppets, and she urged them to kill themselves.
• The guards destroyed themselves one by one as the Princess apologized and explained that her child had died long ago.
• Lu Ce smashed the Princess’s head, leaving the weakened Chosen of Lust God to laugh and curse the people who had defeated it.
• The Chosen of Lust God’s pink soul exploded, and Sun rushed forward to grab and absorb the concentrated divine power.

The Sun absorbed the Chosen of Lust God's unstable power, but his hatred and desire resisted possession and kept him conscious. Lu Ce attacked him, while Xie Antong and Shui Zhongmeng began fighting nearby, leaving the arena in chaos.

• The Sun absorbed the Chosen of Lust God's power, causing pink light and cracks to spread across his unstable body.
• Lu Ce struck the Sun with his axe, briefly steadying the Sun's fading self-awareness.
• The Sun charged at Lu Ce, and the two clashed in a fierce fight.
• Xie Antong dodged Shui Zhongmeng's surprise attack and taunted him by comparing him to Chiyo Eon.
• The Chosen of Lust God realized the Sun's extreme hatred and desire were preventing possession, even as the Sun continued fighting Lu Ce.

Lu Ce defeated the Sun after their brutal battle helped the Sun overcome the Chosen of Lust God within him. The Sun then began a strange wedding ritual with Shui Zhongmeng, leaving Lu Ce bewildered as a pink pillar of light enveloped them.

• The Sun’s struggle against Lu Ce helped his will grow stronger, and he drove out the Chosen of Lust God’s remaining will while divine power leaked across the battlefield.
• Lu Ce struck the Sun down with his axe, but the bloodied Sun insisted the game was not over because the wedding ritual had not been completed.
• The Sun invited Xie Antong to join the ritual, but she recoiled, so he turned to Shui Zhongmeng instead.
• The Sun grabbed Shui Zhongmeng’s hand, triggering a bell and a pink pillar of light that enveloped them both.
• As Lu Ce watched in confusion, someone reached from behind and took his free hand.

Xie Antong led Lu Ce through the wedding ritual in the ruined castle, joining Sun and Shui Zhongmeng as they absorbed the power of Lust. The ritual ended with Xie Antong kissing Lu Ce’s cheek and privately deciding to pretend she had gotten married.

• Xie Antong recognized Lu Ce beneath the Golden Mask, took his hand, and persuaded him to claim the ritual’s power.
• Xie Antong led Lu Ce to the castle’s center, where Sun and Shui Zhongmeng were also participating in the wedding ritual.
• Pink energy formed vortices over both pairs, and Sun tried to make Shui Zhongmeng act more affectionate as their power flowed less effectively.
• Xie Antong enjoyed the gentle moment with Lu Ce, then kissed his cheek and blushed as she imagined herself married to him.

Xie Antong and Lu Ce completed the wedding ritual and gained the final surge of power, while Sun and Shui Zhongmeng completed theirs as well. After the game ended and the influence of lust faded, Xie Antong asked Lu Ce to address the people as a representative of God.

• Xie Antong teased Lu Ce and held his hand, strengthening their energy vortex despite his protests.
• Sun and Shui Zhongmeng argued over how to match the other pair, then followed Sun's suggestion to lower their heads and hypnotize themselves.
• Pink light descended across the world, calming the people below and stirring the high priests to prayer.
• Xie Antong and Lu Ce embraced to finish the ceremony, while Sun pulled Shui Zhongmeng into an embrace; Lu Ce and Xie Antong gained more power than Sun.
• The game announced that the Wedding in the Dream was complete, and the influence of lust faded as Xie Antong asked Lu Ce to speak to the people.

After the ritual ended, Lu Ce and Sun clashed verbally before Sun left the game, and Lu Ce announced the ritual’s success to the crowd. Xie Antong mourned the dead and questioned whether the people in the game were truly just NPCs, leaving Lu Ce with her question about marrying a god he did not love.

• After the ritual ended, Shui Zhongmeng left the game, while Sun dismissed the crowd below as weak and exchanged hostile words with Lu Ce.
• Sun declined to fight Lu Ce because he was badly injured and needed the game’s healing, then left after saying he looked forward to their next game.
• Lu Ce climbed onto a boulder and announced that the ritual had succeeded, prompting the crowd to cheer.
• Xie Antong gathered Princess’s remains and burned them near where the Prince had died.
• Xie Antong questioned whether the people in the game were really NPCs, and asked Lu Ce if he would marry a god he did not love.

Xie Antong told Lu Ce that fear was spreading as people wondered whether Chosen Paradise hid the fate of worlds that had lost before, and she explained how the powerful were pursuing alliances through political marriages. Lu Ce dismissed their influence, then questioned whether he had paid a price for his power and declared that he would refuse to accept any terms imposed on him.

• Xie Antong told Lu Ce that people feared the game worlds might once have been like their own, and that the powerful were consolidating their influence through alliances and political marriages.
• Lu Ce dismissed Xie Antong's concerns and asked whether anyone could affect or block his path.
• Xie Antong argued that power and alliances came at a price, pointing to the sun's divine power and Lu Ce's own strength.
• Lu Ce recalled the Chosen of Suffering's description of Pain and felt his thoughts become obstructed by the possibility that a price had yet to arrive.
• Lu Ce's Arrogance erupted, and he declared that he would refuse to pay a price or accept Their terms.

Xie Antong withdrew from the game after Lu Ce offered her protection under Sin’s name and returned the Gate of the Death God. Lu Ce achieved a perfect clear, and the game identified the session as a unique God-Chosen Mode game with rewards based on individual performance.

• Lu Ce told Xie Antong she could rely on Sin’s name to resist any political marriage and offered her the Gate of the Death God as interest for borrowing her belongings.
• Xie Antong declined the Gate of the Death God, thanked Lu Ce, reflected on their first game, and withdrew to settlement without revealing that she knew his identity.
• Lu Ce kept the Gate of the Death God and withdrew after the final player left the shattered world.
• Lu Ce received confirmation of a perfect clear and began recovering from his injuries.
• The game announced that God-Chosen Mode games counted as Hell difficulty, were unique within each session, and awarded rewards according to each player’s performance.

The Elder Council discussed the God-Chosen Mode that Lu Ce and his companions had cleared, warning that absorbing the ceremony’s energy might trigger Over-limit. Lu Ce received rewards that fully unlocked Pride and bound it to an exclusive weapon, while Sloth remained the only locked mask mode.

• The Grand Elder explained that God-Chosen Mode was a hidden game designed to help a god fulfill a specific purpose, and that Lu Ce’s group had completed its wedding mission despite ignoring it and causing chaos.
• The Grand Elder warned the Elder Council that the group might have destroyed and absorbed an avatar’s prepared ceremony, possibly triggering Over-limit and endangering the unprepared world.
• The Elder Council concluded that they could only wait and see whether Over-limit occurred.
• Lu Ce’s rewards included a Two-Realm Backpack Slot, five Advanced Recovery Potions, an Exit Coin, a Lust Command, a Ruined Divine Weapon, and the divine power blessing of the Chosen of Lust God.
• The game bound the Extreme Path Battle Axe as Pride’s exclusive weapon and fully unlocked the Pride Module, while the Sin Mask showed that only Sloth remained locked.

After Lu Ce discovered that his Arrogance mask could be upgraded and bound to a Ruined Divine Weapon, the game announced a suspension and a major update because someone had broken its difficulty limit. The Elder Council feared the consequences, ordered a public warning campaign, and identified Blank as Old Xie's great-granddaughter.

• Lu Ce examined the Arrogance mask's upgrade requirements and bound the Extreme Path Battle Axe before preparing his equipment for sleep.
• The game announced to Chosen Ones and ordinary people that it would suspend play for an update after someone broke the difficulty limit.
• The Elder Council realized the over-limit event could lead to widespread deaths, and the Grand Elder ordered the Dragon Group to warn the country about the danger.
• The elders discussed whether they should have identified and guided Sin, while the Grand Elder acknowledged that Lu Ce had reason to protect his identity.
• The Grand Elder asked about Blank's identity and learned she was Old Xie's great-granddaughter.

After Lu Ce’s Over-limit achievement threw the world into turmoil, hidden organizations and online manipulators made him the target of global hostility and conspiracy theories. Lu Ce woke from a refreshing sleep and reached for his phone, unaware of the backlash gathering around him.

• The Grand Elder learned that Xie Antong’s family had withdrawn from game affairs after Old Xie’s sacrifice, though she had recently joined the game herself.
• Hidden organizations and powerful families worldwide reacted to Lu Ce’s Over-limit achievement, while the Chiyo Family’s Ancestor called for Chiyo Eon.
• Chiyo Eon fixated on a wedding photo of Xie Antong and Lu Ce, then attacked Chiyo Hayate after he revealed he had found her ID card in a deck of playing cards.
• Foreign organizations voiced hostility toward Sin and Dragon Country, and online media portrayed Sin as responsible for the Over-limit event and possibly a traitor to humanity.
• Lu Ce woke up feeling refreshed after sleeping through the uproar and picked up his phone to check the news.

After the Over-limit crisis made Sin a target of global suspicion, Xie Antong secretly warned Lu Ce to avoid communications while Dragon Group defended him and players arranged an East Sea Debate. Lu Ce publicly accepted the challenge, but privately planned to skip it.

• Lu Ce learned that the world blamed him for the game going Over-limit, and Black Knight explained how the accusations could fuel infighting and make him a scapegoat.
• Xie Antong warned Lu Ce not to answer messages or contact anyone through the game platform, then destroyed her phone after her family interrogated her about Sin.
• Dragon Group announced that Sin was from Dragon Country and was not a traitor to humanity.
• Chiyo Eon challenged Sin to reveal himself, and players organized an offline gathering called the East Sea Debate three days later despite Dragon Group's objections.
• Lu Ce posted that he would meet the challengers at the East Sea, then privately decided he would not go.

Lu Ce pretended to accept an invitation to meet the world’s top players at Penglai Island, prompting Dragon Group to prepare for the gathering. The next day, Blank warned him to be careful and invited him to her engagement banquet on a nearby island, leaving Black Knight suspicious of her motives.

• Lu Ce laughed at the top players’ invitations and privately admitted he had no intention of traveling to Penglai Island.
• The Grand Elder and the Elder Council debated the East Sea Debate, while one member suggested welcoming the players and then considering nuclear weapons.
• Dragon Group prepared border defenses as players settled on the gathering’s time and format.
• Blank messaged Lu Ce, warned him to be careful at Penglai Island, and invited him to her engagement banquet on a nearby island.
• Black Knight told Lu Ce that Blank’s invitation made her seem suspicious.

Lu Ce received a strange invitation from a woman and debated whether it was a trap, while the Black Knight spun increasingly wild theories. He decided to ignore the message as she had first instructed, but the Black Knight ended by suggesting he kill her.

• Lu Ce received an invitation and questioned why the woman had sent it through the game.
• The Black Knight suggested the invitation was meant to provoke Lu Ce into attending and pursuing her.
• The Black Knight theorized that the invitation might be a trap to lure Lu Ce to his death, and Lu Ce said he would welcome a formidable opponent.
• Lu Ce reread her earlier warning and wondered whether he had already disobeyed it by reading her messages.
• The Black Knight proposed that the woman had been kidnapped and was trying to warn Lu Ce, then speculated that she might be manipulating his predictions.
• Lu Ce chose to act as though he had never seen the message, but the Black Knight suggested killing her.

Lu Ce rejected the Black Knight’s urging to kill a potential teammate for power and dismissed the idea as overthinking. Meanwhile, players and spectators gathered near Penglai Island for the East Sea Debate, where a gigantic Humpback Whale suddenly surfaced and released three figures.

• The Black Knight urged Lu Ce to kill the woman who had sent him a team-up request and embrace his reputation as a ruthless villain.
• Lu Ce said he had overthought the information, closed the game screen, and went to bed.
• Players from major factions and media vessels assembled around Penglai Island as the East Sea Debate approached.
• A massive Humpback Whale surfaced near the ships and spat out three figures.

Sun and other powerful players arrived at Penglai Island for the East Sea Debate, but Lu Ce stayed behind, unaware of the gathering. Black Knight told Lu Ce that he needed to leave for the engagement banquet, and offered to fly him there.

• Sun, Wu Changkong, and Shui Zhongmeng reached Penglai Island on a skateboard after Sun forced a Humpback Whale to spit them out.
• Chiyo Eon recognized Sun and chose to wait for more ships before landing with Chiyo Hayate.
• Sun attacked a fishing boat, but a white-robed stranger effortlessly extinguished the fireball; Sun said the stranger's spiritual power surpassed Chiyo Eon's.
• Players from around the world arrived on Penglai Island, including Creator, while Sun called out for the masked figure and wondered why he had not appeared.
• Black Knight found Lu Ce sleeping and told him he might miss the engagement banquet if he did not leave soon.
• Lu Ce asked how to get there, and Black Knight said he could fly fast enough to outrun fate.

Lu Ce put on the Greed mask and set off with the Black Knight for Penglai Island, declaring that they intended to kill the woman behind the gathering. As they arrived, the East Sea Debate had stalled without Lu Ce, and Sun confronted a white-robed foreign player who was preparing to leave.

• Lu Ce put on the Greed mask, embraced its amplified game-like mindset, and told the Black Knight they were going to kill her.
• Lu Ce hurled the Black Knight through the air, then rode the Black Knight’s summoned war chariot along a War Path toward Penglai Island.
• The Black Knight and Lu Ce raced toward Penglai Island at extreme speed as the East Sea Debate remained quiet after Lu Ce failed to appear.
• A white-robed man declared that Lu Ce was not a real person and prepared to leave the gathering.
• Sun challenged the white-robed man, questioned why he kept speaking Chinese, and provoked him into anger.

Sun confronted Perfect Life after the newcomer admitted he looked down on everyone and was disappointed that the supposedly superior figure was only a game phantom. Before their fight could begin, a war chariot carrying someone approached Penglai Island without slowing down, and Perfect Life excitedly welcomed the arrival.

• Perfect Life admitted he had come seeking someone stronger than himself, but believed his hopes were dashed when he learned the figure was a game phantom.
• Sun challenged Perfect Life to give his name, then declared that he had come to die and activated his Flame Heavy Armor.
• A whistle drew everyone's attention to an incoming black-red object that the Dragon Group first mistook for a missile.
• The crowd recognized the object as a war chariot carrying someone, and Chiyo Eon reacted with fierce jealousy while Sun grinned.
• The chariot kept moving without slowing to land, and Perfect Life celebrated that its rider had no eyes for them.