Chapter Summaries

Chen Yi fought through the Space Tower’s Antuen-powered monsters while his damaged body and exhausted mind worsened. After surviving repeated battles, he began to hear a voice urging him to abandon the mission as his Flame Demon Phantasm was overwhelmed.

• Chen Yi blinded the Devouring Demon, suspended it upside down with sealing chains, and burned it to death with Flame Sparrows.
• Chen Yi pushed onward through the Black Mist despite coughing blood, while Fire Dragon remained unconscious in its Poké Ball.
• Chen Yi defeated successive tower bosses and monsters, conserving his strength and relying on his flames as the battles stretched on.
• After more than an hour of fighting, Chen Yi grew numb and his Flame Demon Phantasm: Warrior was petrified and battered by enemies.
• Chen Yi heard a voice urging him to quit the mission and stared blankly at what appeared to be another version of himself.

Chen Yi confronted a dark reflection of himself that challenged his assumptions about power and urged him to give up, but San Hua’s messages reminded him of his purpose. He defeated Merta, gained insight into his Flame Will, and continued upward, where an enemy resembling He Liping awaited.

• Dark Chen Yi questioned Chen Yi’s belief that reaching the Path would let him burn space and tempted him to stop pursuing power.
• Merta broke into the Flame Demon Phantasm and seized Chen Yi, but Dark Chen Yi killed it by sending Heart Fire into its body.
• San Hua’s messages about their plan and her lost War Merit and Copper Coins brought Chen Yi back to his senses and reminded him why he sought strength.
• Dark Chen Yi vanished, and Chen Yi gained 20 Flame Will and 5 Soul Strength before deciding he was not ready to use the Path to the Extreme Realm crystal.
• Chen Yi climbed to the next floor, found another lava lake, and saw an enemy bearing He Liping’s appearance.

Chen Yi finished the dungeon, claimed Antuen’s Last Wish, and used the Extreme Realm Crystal to seek a transformation for Heart Fire. Meanwhile, San Hua continued fighting in the Heavenly Realm as its people faced defeat, and He Leping began a livestream claiming responsibility for Adventurer’s Rebellion.

• Chen Yi reached level 57, chose Antuen’s Last Wish from the reward cards, and saw a 73-hour dungeon reset timer appear.
• Chen Yi crushed the Extreme Realm Crystal and used the opportunity to explore his memories and seek insight into Heart Fire.
• San Hua kept fighting at the Lyca coffee shop while system players struggled to defeat him and the Heavenly Realm’s defenses weakened.
• Zuo Hua sought to break the Heavenly Realm’s resolve and change the course of fate through Adventurer’s Rebellion.
• He Leping addressed the sheltering Heavenly Realm citizens in his first livestream and said that Adventurer’s Rebellion had been caused by him.

San Hua fought He Liping outside the Imperial Palace while Zuo Hua watched and Alice remained alone inside. He Liping mistook San Hua for a berserker with a Space System pet, and San Hua insisted she was a summoner before striking a delicate pose.

• San Hua killed a female mage and focused on He Liping’s valuable fishing rod as he livestreamed from outside the Imperial Palace.
• Alice sat alone in the Imperial Palace, holding the dimming Flame Guard Sealing Sword card, while Zuo Hua threw a pebble at He Liping.
• He Liping used hidden fishing lines and spatial attacks against San Hua, who dodged them and countered with clones.
• He Liping trapped one of San Hua’s figures in a net, but his fishhook missed when San Hua appeared elsewhere with a Space System pet.
• San Hua objected to being called a berserker, claimed she was a genuine summoner, and posed as delicate and vulnerable.

San Hua used Tuan Tuan’s spatial perception and her combat awareness to gain the upper hand against He Leping, though his Flash kept him from being defeated. Zuo Hua sent Nana into the fight to intensify the Adventurer’s Rebellion, while San Hua turned to rescue Tuan Tuan from a group of monsters.

• San Hua used Tuan Tuan’s space-imbued feathers to map spatial fluctuations, then attacked He Leping after luring him into revealing his movements.
• San Hua struck He Leping repeatedly, but he escaped with Flash before she could finish him.
• Zuo Hua told Nana to disguise herself as an adventurer, join the fight, and have Old He bring in the players to make the rebellion more memorable.
• Tuan Tuan roared for help after monsters surrounded it, so San Hua broke off her pursuit of He Leping to rescue her pet.
• Nana found He Leping, criticized his loss, and told him to support a player-led attack and destroy Tuan Tuan’s feathers.

San Hua fled the System players with Tuantuan and Alice while Zuo Hua used the faith in his statue to confirm that Alice was connected to the Heart of the World. He ordered Nana and He Liping to capture the princess at any cost.

• He Liping used newly logged-in players to surround San Hua, who struggled to defend himself as the Heavenly Realm army collapsed under the players' attacks.
• After hours of fighting, San Hua mounted Tuantuan and fled from the players, then seized Alice from the Imperial Palace and escaped through a wall.
• Zuo Hua deduced that the outsiders valued Alice because she was connected to the Heart of the World.
• Zuo Hua used the faith gathered in his own statue to find the connection, then ordered Nana and He Liping to capture Alice at any cost.

San Hua, Alice, and Tuantuan fled toward the imperial capital while Nana and He Liping’s quest drew system players into a series of traps and ambushes. After a day and night of pursuit, their enemies surrounded them, and Nana, He Liping, and Zuo Hua confronted an exhausted San Hua.

• He Liping posted a quest for system players to capture Imperial Princess Alice, drawing players from across the world toward the imperial capital.
• Nibel realized the system players were rushing toward Alice and tried to stop them, but his forces could not block them all.
• San Hua redirected Tuantuan past a cathedral, where buried Demon Break Stone bombs detonated and left the pursuing monsters and system players vulnerable to ambushes.
• Gunslinger Guild players, followed by the Quantum Guild and the Shinigami Mutual Aid Association, attacked the survivors while Tuantuan carried San Hua and Alice away.
• After flying for a day and night, Tuantuan could go no farther, and the enemies surrounded them before Nana, He Liping, and Zuo Hua emerged to confront San Hua.

Alice confronted Nana about the system trio’s goal, then summoned Gaiapoga to fight them and refused to reveal the World Heart’s location. After the trio ordered her death, Tuantuan teleported San Hua to their hiding place, and Chuka revealed itself as Chen Yi’s hidden trump card by unleashing a Black Hole.

• Nana told Alice that the Heavenly Realm had been chosen because it was unlucky, then mocked her for facing the trio alone.
• Alice summoned Gaiapoga’s mechanical arm, but Nana, He Leping, and Zuo Hua survived by using what appeared to be decoys.
• Nana threatened to kill captured Heavenly Realm citizens until Alice disclosed the World Heart’s location, while Zuo Hua used a set of scales to determine that Alice was telling the truth.
• Zuo Hua ordered Nana to kill Alice, but San Hua defended Alice and Tuantuan used spatial fluctuations and its shed feathers to teleport them near the trio.
• Tuantuan and San Hua attacked the trio’s hiding place with Gaiapoga, and Chuka emerged from Alice and used a Black Hole card, prompting He Leping to shout for the trio to run.

Chuka’s black hole swallowed Nana, He Liping, and Zuo Hua, but the two System Hosts escaped by teleporting away. They arrived at a remote magic array where Chen Yi was waiting, and after He Liping summoned reinforcements and Nana, she and the others faced his threatening presence as Nana released her stored monsters.

• Chuka’s black hole swallowed Nana, He Liping, and Zuo Hua, while San Hua and Alice remained unharmed.
• He Liping escaped with Zuo Hua when the black hole vanished, but San Hua and Alice lost track of them at a teleportation array.
• He Liping and Zuo Hua teleported to a distant, abandoned array, where they found Chen Yi waiting and sensed his overwhelming danger.
• He Liping called for reinforcements and used a Stand Dummy to summon Nana, who appeared injured and urged that she would rather return to the black hole.
• Chen Yi remained silent as Nana and the summoned players sensed his malice, and Nana released the monsters from her pocket dimension.

Chen Yi used Candle Flame Extinguishes Fate to burn the souls of the summoned System players and trace the flames through karmic threads to their true bodies, causing silver fires to erupt across their world. In the Material World, the System Hosts attacked his candle projection while Chen Yi remained at the center of the technique, whose mechanics and origins were revealed.

• Chen Yi extinguished the light around the System players and manifested a candle flame that burned their soul projections and followed karmic threads to their true bodies.
• Silver flames erupted among the players' world, killing people who approached, saw, or sensed them as attempts to contain the fires failed.
• Nana charged Chen Yi while He Liping attacked the candle with a hook, but the candle dispersed and reappeared unharmed.
• The scene revealed that Chen Yi was using a mirror projection in the Material World while the System Hosts and nearby monsters stood motionless with their souls dead.
• Chen Yi's use of the Soul Chasing Iron Spike, Mirror Domain knowledge, and dream-borne burning contamination had completed Candle Flame Extinguishes Fate.

After reaching the Extreme Realm, Chen Yi used dream power to complete Candle Flame Extinguishes Fate and attack souls through karmic threads. He killed Zuo Hua and He Liping, then revealed Void Heart Fire, which burned space, as the battle continued against the System Hosts.

• Chen Yi realized dream power strengthened his Genjutsu and let Candle Flame Extinguishes Fate burn souls without consuming his Origin Heart Fire.
• Chen Yi killed Zuo Hua, collected his drops, and burned his corpse, but Zuo Hua revived and Chen Yi cut him in half again.
• Chen Yi trapped He Liping with an electric net and burned his soul through their karmic connection despite He Liping's spatial defenses.
• Chen Yi collected He Liping's drops and used Void Heart Fire, made from the body, soul, and Space Affinity Talent of a space specialist, to burn space.

Chen Yi defeated Nana after the dream power trapping her faded, then examined the valuable items dropped by He Liping and Zuo Hua. He decided to keep the Space Transfer Array scroll for Chuka and sell the Stone of Destiny Record because of its severe Luck penalty.

• Chen Yi tested Void Heart Fire’s ability to burn through space, then recalled it into his soul.
• At 12:30 a.m., the power of dreams fell silent, and Nana realized she had been trapped in a Genjutsu while He Liping and Zuo Hua had died.
• Chen Yi bound Nana with sealing Iron Chains and warned her to stop transferring damage as a Flame Snake began burning the cocoon around her.
• Chen Yi read the Space Transfer Array Skill Scroll and decided to save it for Chuka rather than use it himself.
• Chen Yi examined the Stone of Destiny Record, judged its Luck-reducing effects too dangerous, and planned to sell it.

After killing Nana, Chen Yi escaped the Space Tower with Nibel and Jura’s help, then stayed in the Heavenly Realm to recover from his injuries. San Hua left the world after reserving the Chained Freedom equipment, hoping to acquire a powerful pet.

• Chen Yi killed Nana, received EXP and War Merit, and obtained a Turbid Spirit Crystal, Copper Coins, and the Chained Freedom Iron Chain.
• Chen Yi bought Primal Crystals from Gongye Zaolong and fed them to the Bodhi Tree.
• Nibel and Jura joined Chen Yi after helping him break open the Space Tower, and Chen Yi admitted he was not all right because his soul was wounded.
• A month passed while Chen Yi remained in the world for treatment, and Empress Alice rewarded him with two Sun Cores for saving the Heavenly Realm.
• San Hua saw the Iron Chain’s ability to form a master-servant contract with a non-humanoid creature, reserved it, and left the world.

Chen Yi returned to the Game World, used War Merit to heal his soul, and received rewards for completing two missions. His Personal Guild reached S rank, and he chose Last Stand as its new enhancement.

• Chen Yi abandoned the Abyss challenge because his soul injuries had not fully recovered, then returned to the Game World with Fire Dragon and Chuka.
• Chen Yi paid 590,000 War Merit to heal his soul injuries.
• The Game World awarded Chen Yi increased Permission Level, Guild EXP, and War Merit for completing the Otherkind mission and protecting Princess Alice.
• Chen Yi learned how guild enhancements worked and chose Last Stand after his Personal Guild broke through to S rank.

Chen Yi chose rewards that strengthened his attributes, Card Master inheritance, and Fire Dragon’s Battle Qi, while passing up Demon Eye materials and the Tale of Creation. After allocating all 18 Attribute Points to Constitution, he examined his improved status and learned that Chuka’s Soul Strength far exceeded his own.

• Chen Yi weighed the seven reward options and decided that Card Master inheritance and Warrior’s Soul were too valuable to pass up, while the Demon Eye materials and Tale of Creation were lower priorities.
• Chen Yi selected 18 Attribute Points, Card Master inheritance, a Sun Core, and Warrior’s Soul as his six rewards.
• Chen Yi endured the reward machine’s painful energy infusion, then assigned all 18 Attribute Points to Constitution.
• Chen Yi checked his updated status, noting his increased Armor and newly displayed Soul Strength of 59.
• Chen Yi asked Chuka about her Soul Strength, and she discovered that hers was 121; Chen Yi concluded he should seek potions to help strengthen his soul.

Chen Yi spent War Merit on a powerful Mana purification and a Legendary shield, then returned home to tend the Bodhi Tree and seek notarization for Little Hunger. He lacked enough Copper Coins for the fee, so he asked Fire Dragon for a loan.

• Chen Yi bought an Epic Mana Purification and two Skill Evolution Scrolls, and the purification raised his Mana quality and spell base attack power.
• Chen Yi exchanged War Merit for Ancient Ous's Great Shield and saved the rest for Legendary fire-element Magic Books.
• Chen Yi returned to his room and found the Bodhi Tree thriving, then watered it with Moon Essence Spring Water and retrieved two unabsorbed Primal Crystals.
• Chen Yi released Little Hunger and asked the Game World to notarize it, but the 1.2 million Copper Coin fee exceeded his remaining funds.
• Chen Yi asked Fire Dragon to lend him 600,000 Copper Coins, and Fire Dragon went to fetch the money.

Chen Yi notarized Xiao E, then fed it a special battery and warned it to stay away from the Bodhi Tree. After arranging plans to sell equipment and Demon Break Stones, he sat beneath the tree to digest his newly unlocked level 7 Card Master inheritance.

• Chen Yi gave Fire Dragon equipment and Epic-quality roulettes to sell, then tried to contact Wang Zhanbo about Ancient Ous's Great Shield.
• Chen Yi notarized Xiao E, enduring its pain as he restrained it with his Mental Power.
• Chen Yi considered expanding the farm, building a nuclear Power Station, and asking Ningguang to sell Demon Break Stones.
• Chen Yi fed Xiao E a special battery, and the creature devoured its electricity before settling down.
• Chen Yi warned Xiao E away from the Bodhi Tree and placed a Magic Array beside it.
• Chen Yi sat beneath the Bodhi Tree and began digesting the level 7 Card Master inheritance.

Fire Dragon recruited Tuan Tuan and sold Chen Yi’s equipment, while Chen Yi used the proceeds to expand his ranch and traveled to the First Main City. There, he asked an Everything House guide to find a guild that could build a high-power nuclear Power Station.

• Chuka greeted Tuan Tuan at its feather stall, and Fire Dragon gained the griffin as a little brother through its MAX affinity.
• Fire Dragon priced and sold Chen Yi’s equipment, including the High-level Goblin's Ash and the Stone of Destiny Record, while refusing unsuitable offers for the latter.
• Over the next half month, the low-quality equipment earned 62 million Copper Coins, and Chen Yi gave Chuka and Fire Dragon spending money before repaying his debt to Fire Dragon.
• Chen Yi spent 10 million Copper Coins to expand his ranch from 3,000 to 30,000 square meters, then used a Teleportation Scroll to travel to the First Main City.
• At an Everything House, Chen Yi asked a guide which guilds could build a high-power nuclear Power Station and gave his surname as Yi.

Chen Yi finished setting up Xiao E’s feeding device and spent heavily on supplies before investigating the unique skills Heart Fire gained in the extreme realm. His experiments revealed how Dream Power strengthened Candle Flame Extinguishes Fate and how Void Flame could eventually counter powerful time and space abilities.

• Chen Yi hired the Energy Gathering Guild to install Xiao E’s feeding device, bought 200 tons of nuclear raw materials, and taught Xiao E to use the equipment to consume electricity.
• Chen Yi turned special Chakra into Clear Sight Reagent, received Copper Coin settlements from Qian Duoduo and Pokemon Shop, and returned to his research.
• Chen Yi tested Candle Flame Extinguishes Fate and concluded that only Origin Heart Fire could burn along karmic threads, while unique skills reflected each practitioner’s personal extreme realm.
• Chen Yi bought Shore Flower’s Love potions and used monitored dolls to compare Candle Flame Extinguishes Fate, Chumen, Sealing Jutsu, and Dream Power.
• Chen Yi concluded that Dream Power amplified Chumen by enabling both mental and soul checks, while Candle Flame Extinguishes Fate could injure a soul before he used Seal.
• Chen Yi estimated that growing Void Flame could prevent nearby spatial rifts and stopped time, and eventually let him walk within a black hole.

San Hua bought the imprisoned freedom for 60 million Copper Coins, while Fire Dragon brought Chen Yi an Epic Yin-Yang Magic Robe from Heavenly Fortune Guild. Chen Yi set his pets to training and spent the next three months studying beneath the Bodhi Tree, improving Chibaku Tensei and learning fire spells.

• San Hua bought the imprisoned freedom from Chen Yi for 60 million Copper Coins, raising his balance to 98.3 million.
• Fire Dragon brought Chen Yi an Epic Yin-Yang Magic Robe traded by Heavenly Fortune Guild, and Chen Yi accepted it while wondering about the guild's interest in the Stone of Destiny Record.
• Chen Yi gave Fire Dragon a Battle Qi seed and told it to grow stronger so it could protect him.
• Chuka's Talent Fruit gave it Heart of Wanting to Slack Off, and Chen Yi ordered it to study its inheritance and the Space Transfer Array.
• Chen Yi planned to study the Blue Energy Ball, a Legendary fire-element Magic Book, and upgrades for Finale of Fire.
• Three months later, Chen Yi had perfected Chibaku Tensei and learned several hundred fire-element spells while studying beneath the Bodhi Tree.