Chapter Summaries

Xie Antong revealed that the eighteen lights could summon an unpredictable executioner, then waited for an opening to use Awakening while Judgment focused its power on Gluttony. Judgment launched an all-out attack as Gluttony’s body began to collapse, and Xie Antong activated Awakening.

• Xie Antong criticized Chiyo Ming for staying at the edge of the battle and explained that Judgment was weak compared with true gods.
• Xie Antong warned Chiyo Ming that lighting all eighteen lights could summon an executioner who might not be on their side.
• Xie Antong prepared to use Awakening, believing it was their only chance to stop Judgment before Lu Ce fell.
• Judgment abandoned defense and gathered all Their power to attack Gluttony as his body broke down.
• Xie Antong saw her opening and activated Awakening.

Xie Antong activated Gluttony and weakened Judgment’s defenses, allowing Lu Ce to break through his armor and devour the god’s energy from within. With Perfect Life and Xu Long protecting him from interference, Judgment’s armor shattered, leaving the battle at a decisive turning point.

• Xie Antong activated Gluttony, greatly increasing Lu Ce’s power while draining her own energy and catching Judgment off guard.
• Lu Ce broke through Judgment’s armor, trapped his head inside the breach, and began devouring his energy.
• Judgment tried to pull Lu Ce free and ordered Ace of Spades to attack Sin, but Xu Long intercepted Ace of Spades.
• Perfect Life used the Taiji diagram to redirect Judgment’s blade away from Lu Ce’s neck.
• The energy Lu Ce devoured surged inside Judgment, spreading fractures through his armor until it exploded.

Lu Ce lost control as Gluttony's third stage devoured Judgment from within, leaving both badly weakened. After Judgment's body exploded again, the gray button became the focus of a frantic struggle, and Chiyo Ming stole it from Xie Antong.

• Gluttony's third stage emerged as Lu Ce's consciousness vanished, and he began devouring Judgment from inside His body.
• Xie Antong saw the golden light of the Gate of the Death God in Lu Ce's cracked heart and worried that he might lose his sanity.
• Perfect Life shouted for the gray button, and Judgment exploded His own body, blasting Lu Ce away as Lu Ce struck the button.
• Xu Long, Ace of Spades, Perfect Life, and Xie Antong fought over the button until Xie Antong caught it.
• Chiyo Ming emerged from Xie Antong's shadow and snatched the button, provoking Xie Antong's killing intent.

Xie Antong used Burning Demon Incense and an energy gun to overwhelm Chiyo Ming and send the button flying, while Judgment desperately warned everyone not to press it. Gluttony picked up and ate the button, lighting all eighteen green lamps.

• Xie Antong used the Burning Demon Incense to suppress Chiyo Ming, then feinted and struck with an energy gun to knock the button from her hand.
• Judgment struck Xie Antong with lightning, knocked the button away, and begged everyone not to press it, warning that the coming threat would kill them too.
• The button rolled into rubble beside Gluttony as he sat up, his body covered in red cracks and mask fragments.
• Gluttony picked up the button and chewed it, causing all eighteen green lights to illuminate.

After all eighteen lights turned green, Judgment withered and the players expected the game to end, but Sin’s Gluttony surged and attacked as the livestreams cut out. A true god named War arrived, and Judgment recognized Him.

• Xu Long asked the weakened Judgment what he had meant when he said He had come, and Perfect Life questioned why the game had not punished him.
• Gluttony rose from the ruins, and Xie Antong saw no trace of Lu Ce in his body.
• Sin’s third-stage Gluttony erupted with a terrifying aura and lunged at the players.
• All livestreams went black with a notice of special circumstances, while the Dragon Group’s Grand Elder realized this was Sin’s second such incident.
• War appeared as starlight gathered into a human shape, immobilizing everyone and bringing blood tears to Chiyo Ming’s eyes.
• Judgment greeted War and identified Him as the visitor.

War arrived and overwhelmed everyone, then killed Ace of Spades after learning he was an Ascender. Perfect Life defied War and demanded to know why It had come, and War pointed at him.

• War's golden form assembled and pinned everyone to the ground, then addressed Judgment over the loss of order since Pain left.
• Judgment pointed out Lu Ce, whose body twitched and whose mouth gnawed at the floor despite War's pressure.
• War asked Ace of Spades what he was, heard him claim to be an Ascender and divine envoy, and ground him to dust.
• Perfect Life fought against his religiously conditioned genes, raised his head, and challenged War about coming to judge Judgment and acting as It pleased.
• Judgment laughed as War pointed at Perfect Life.

Perfect Life learned that Judgment was one of War’s independently created gods, while War reclaimed its power and killed Judgment. Lu Ce suddenly rushed in to devour the godly mist, leaving War startled.

• War’s attack failed to kill Perfect Life, and Judgment explained that its power came from War and that it was an artificial human’s creator.
• Judgment revealed that War had split off parts of its authority to create gods who would eventually fight it for power.
• Perfect Life asked about Chosen Paradise, but neither god answered; War instead remarked on the people gathered there.
• War clenched its hand and killed Judgment, reclaiming its power as Judgment dissolved into gray mist.
• Lu Ce propelled himself forward with Gluttony’s teeth and began devouring the mist, shocking War.

Lu Ce devoured Judgment’s divine substance, and it formed a rod through his body that the game identified as a perfectly compatible weapon for Gluttony Mask. War turned its attention to the nearly dead, unresponsive Lu Ce, just as a voice from afar mocked it for questioning a mindless corpse.

• War tried to restrain Lu Ce and absorb Judgment’s energy while Lu Ce continued devouring without awareness.
• The clashing divine substance tore through Lu Ce’s body and gathered into a tungsten-gold rod piercing his chest.
• The game offered to bind the self-born weapon as Gluttony Mask’s Exclusive Weapon, but Lu Ce could not respond.
• Judgment’s aura vanished, and War focused on Lu Ce, demanding to know what he was.
• A distant voice mocked War for questioning a mindless walking corpse.

Xie Antong tried to protect Lu Ce by provoking War, but War’s power drove the room and Hell into chaos and forced every other player out of the game. War tore the Gluttony Mask from Lu Ce and restored his sanity, leaving the two facing each other in the void.

• Xie Antong mocked War to make him treat Lu Ce as already dead, but War swept her and Chiyo Ming aside with a gale.
• War lifted Lu Ce by the rod in his chest and unleashed divine power, destroying the room and Hell as he roared for everyone to stay out of his way.
• The game forced all remaining players except Lu Ce into the settlement screen.
• War tore the Gluttony Mask from Lu Ce and restored his original face and sanity, insisting that he would not kill him.
• Lu Ce woke without recognizing War, then recalled what had happened and cheekily told War that the agreement period meant he could not deal with people like him.

Lu Ce confronted War, who marked him and vowed to kill him once he became strong enough. After War sent away a remnant of Judgment’s power, Lu Ce returned from the game with a perfect clear and was prompted to bind a suitable weapon to Gluttony.

• Lu Ce questioned War about the game’s rules, and War attacked him while placing a golden marker in his body.
• War told Lu Ce he could not kill him yet but would come for him once Lu Ce surpassed a certain level of strength.
• War declared Lu Ce more valuable than Judgment’s followers and threw Judgment’s incomplete power into a rift in space.
• War sent Lu Ce away, and the game announced his perfect clear and offered to repair his weapons.
• Lu Ce agreed to repair his damaged and contaminated weapons, then heard a prompt asking whether to bind a suitable weapon as Gluttony’s exclusive weapon.

Lu Ce extracted and bound Heart-Piercing Thunder, a Divine Weapon with thunder and energy-storage abilities, then received his event rewards and collapsed into a deep sleep. Xie Antong, worried that he had not escaped War, received no answer to her repeated calls and sprang up in alarm.

• Lu Ce spent 10,000 points to pull the staff from his chest and learned it was the Divine Weapon Heart-Piercing Thunder.
• Lu Ce bound Heart-Piercing Thunder and discovered it could wield lightning against evil entities and store energy Gluttony could not absorb.
• Lu Ce heard that he had achieved an SSS-rank perfect clear and received rewards including a Two-Realm Backpack Slot, recovery potions, an exit coin, and a War Command Sword.
• Lu Ce reflected on War's warning about another god targeting him, then fell asleep from exhaustion and damage to his mind.
• Xie Antong recalled that she and Perfect Life had been forced out while Lu Ce remained in War's grasp, called him repeatedly without an answer, and sprang to her feet in alarm.

Xie Antong feared that Lu Ce had died or been trapped after the game, so she went to find him. The Dragon Group and a demolition crew broke into his room, where they found him alive and asleep.

• Xie Antong worried that Lu Ce might have been killed or exiled and decided to use the preparations she had made.
• Xie Antong flew to a school with Dragon Group personnel and claimed she was searching for Divine Punishment members who had stopped responding.
• The group reached Lu Ce's room, and Xie Antong anxiously watched as they prepared to break down the door.
• The demolition crew smashed the door, waking Lu Ce, who sat up and stared in confusion at the people outside.

After returning from the game, Lu Ce woke to find Xie Antong and Dragon Group members at his door, relieved that he was alive and well. Zhao Jiacheng offered to test Lu Ce’s strength, but Xie Antong asked why he had ignored her messages, and Lu Ce explained that he had fallen asleep before apologizing for worrying her.

• Lu Ce sat silently as Xie Antong and the others entered, and Xie Antong was relieved to find him safe.
• Zhao Jiacheng recognized Lu Ce from their earlier meeting and asked why he had joined Divine Punishment instead of the Dragon Group.
• Zhao Jiacheng raised a shield and asked Lu Ce to attack him with full strength.
• Xie Antong asked Lu Ce why he had not replied to her messages, and Zhao Jiacheng complained that Lu Ce had ignored their arrangements.
• Lu Ce said he had fallen asleep, then apologized to Xie Antong and thanked her for worrying about him.

Lu Ce considered joining a player settlement and demonstrated his strength to Zhao Jiacheng, easily passing the combat assessment. Before registering, he asked what obligations the settlement required during critical times.

• Xie Antong explained that Divine Punishment’s personnel arrangements protected its members, then left to contact others.
• Zhao Jiacheng invited Lu Ce to a free player settlement, where residents registered with authorities and faced restrictions on using their player identities to commit crimes.
• Zhao Jiacheng tested Lu Ce’s combat ability, and Lu Ce’s blow sent him skidding several meters despite Lu Ce holding back.
• Zhao Jiacheng declared that Lu Ce passed and suggested checking whether he could make the Peak Rankings, but Lu Ce declined to reveal his standing.
• As Zhao Jiacheng prepared to take Lu Ce to register, Lu Ce stopped him and asked what obligations residents had during critical times.

Lu Ce learned why the country was gathering frequent players into designated areas: veterans feared the game might soon manifest across the world, possibly evolving according to the strongest players. After completing his move-in paperwork, he met Xie Antong for dinner and asked whether her public actions had risked exposing her.

• Zhao Jiacheng told Lu Ce that veterans believed the game could soon descend on the real world and that its evolution might be shaped by the strongest players.
• Zhao Jiacheng explained that the country was gathering players in shared areas so they could support one another if the game manifested, and Lu Ce agreed to relocate despite recognizing that this also made players easier to control.
• Zhao Jiacheng helped Lu Ce finish his access, identity, and housing procedures by the end of the afternoon.
• Black Knight wondered how Lu Ce would travel, but Xie Antong messaged him and invited him to meet at a revolving restaurant.
• Xie Antong joked about Suffering and Joy dining together, thanked Lu Ce, and explained that she needed a long sleep to recover her mental state.
• Lu Ce asked Xie Antong whether her conspicuous actions that day had made it easy for others to expose her.

Lu Ce and Xie Antong discussed her fusion with Joy, his willingness to risk losing himself, and Zhao Jiacheng’s theory about the game’s difficulty. After their dinner, Lu Ce chose to enter the next game and received an unexpected Anomaly Mode prompt.

• Xie Antong admitted she had been relying on Joy’s power, and Lu Ce warned her to be careful while she adapted to the fusion.
• Xie Antong challenged Lu Ce about having no safeguards when he took risks, and Lu Ce said he accepted death or losing himself as the outcome of failure.
• Lu Ce told Xie Antong about Zhao Jiacheng’s theory that the game’s difficulty increased with the strength of top players, and she promised to investigate it.
• Lu Ce and Xie Antong parted, hoping their paths would cross in the next game.
• Lu Ce chose to become a Player, and the game announced Anomaly Mode before asking whether he was player Sin.

With the game about to begin, Lu Ce was questioned about his repeated use of special methods and openly confirmed he would keep doing it. The game activated a custom Human-Deity Arena for him, and invitations went out to Arbiters and thousands of high-level players for the coming match.

• The game questioned Lu Ce about whether he had intentionally used special methods and planned to keep doing so, and he answered yes.
• The game activated Human-Deity Arena, where Arbiters would enter Lu Ce's next game and fight him to the death.
• Lu Ce immediately agreed to the new mode, causing players around the world to react with excitement and fear.
• The game matched an Arbiter with Lu Ce and invited eligible high-level players to join, offering higher-tier rewards and a perfect clear to survivors.

Lu Ce entered the global Hell Mode game One Thought Saint Demon, where players would be caught between him and a divine envoy. He chose the Arrogance mask and came face to face with the envoy as their pillars of light vanished.

• Lu Ce put on his mask before the game began, and the Heart of the Seven Deadly Sins turned golden.
• Sun and Xie Antong accepted invitations to join Lu Ce's game, while many other invited players refused.
• Matchmaking succeeded, and Lu Ce arrived in a circular arena with fifteen other players sealed inside pillars of light.
• Lu Ce chose Arrogance rather than letting the game select his mask for him.
• The divine envoy introduced the game field, then revealed herself as the pillars around her and Lu Ce disappeared.

The Death Emissary introduced a game set across eight cities and explained that players would choose between Saints and Devils, with the ability to switch factions during the game. She taunted Arrogance, but he remained unmoved as the players were asked to make their choices.

• The Death Emissary challenged Arrogance, who calmly said he did not care who she was.
• The Death Emissary declared that she would make Arrogance her reward and introduced herself as the Death Emissary.
• Sun mocked the Death Emissary and questioned why the gods kept sending weaker opponents against Arrogance.
• The Death Emissary revealed a map of eight cities named Qian, Kan, Gen, Zhen, Xun, Li, Kun, and Dui, where monsters would attack and heroes would defend.
• The Death Emissary told the players to choose Saints or Devils and explained that they could switch factions during the game.
• Arrogance did not select either faction, and the Death Emissary asked whether he knew how to press the button.

Lu Ce taunted Death Emissary into choosing their factions and accepted the rules without hesitation. Death Emissary made Lu Ce a Saint and himself a Demon King, explained the victory conditions, and left the game’s other mechanics unknown.

• Sun impatiently urged Lu Ce and Death Emissary to choose, while Xie Antong revealed that she was present.
• Lu Ce told Death Emissary to choose both their factions however he wished, then mocked his schemes and demanded that the game begin.
• Lu Ce’s speech silenced the players and audience, leaving Death Emissary speechless.
• Death Emissary assigned Lu Ce to the Saint faction and himself to the Demon King faction, then explained the game’s victory conditions.
• Sun asked what would happen if neither Lu Ce nor Death Emissary died.