Chapter Summaries

Yang Shan killed Han Feng after taking the Sea Heart Flame from him, then turned to face Heart Swallowing Young Master. Heart Swallowing realized too late that the Yang Shan he had fought was an avatar, leaving the main body free to attack.

• Han Feng's bracelet exploded after Yang Shan severed his arm and sent it, with the artifact, into the barrier where it injured Heart Swallowing Young Master.
• Yang Shan overpowered Han Feng, pulled the Sea Heart Flame from his dantian, and beheaded him.
• Yang Shan destroyed Han Feng's head, captured his soul in the Evil Sin Ancient Dragon's demonic spirit, and received a level-up and a global announcement for the kill.
• Heart Swallowing Young Master believed he had broken Yang Shan's defenses and offered him a chance to join the Heart Demon Race.
• Yang Shan attacked Heart Swallowing with Yama, and Heart Swallowing realized he had been fighting Yang Shan's avatar while Yang Shan's main body killed Han Feng.

Yang Shan used the Ten Thousand Souls Banner and his lightning techniques to trap Heart Swallowing Young Master in a series of attacks and restraints. The battle continued as Yang Shan taunted him and tried to keep him from fighting back.

• Heart Swallowing Young Master fused his Protective Gang Qi into his body, but Yang Shan struck him with three kinds of unusual lightning.
• Yang Shan combined World Extinguishing Wild Thunder with his blade techniques, causing Heart Swallowing Young Master to feel the force of each slash and flee his grasp.
• Yang Shan activated the Ten Thousand Ghosts Soul Devouring Array, which drained Heart Swallowing Young Master's Qi and Blood and soul while Dark Soul Mist restored the ghosts.
• Heart Swallowing Young Master transformed into a magical beast and began breaking free, so Yang Shan summoned the Heavenly Fiend Ghost God from the Ten Thousand Souls Banner.
• Yang Shan used the Imprisoning Spirit Heaven Lock Grand Formation to restrain Heart Swallowing Young Master, then drove his head into the dirt and taunted him to fight back.

Yang Shan overwhelmed Heart Swallowing Young Master with thunder, blade techniques, and a space-sealing formation, then unleashed an attack amplified by four Heaven and Earth Oddities. Heart Swallowing Young Master’s life-restoring secret art failed to stop the final blow, leaving him trapped and pleading for release.

• Heart Swallowing Young Master secretly seized control of Heavenly Fiend Ghost God and tried to turn it against Yang Shan, but Yang Shan recalled it with the Ten Thousand Souls Banner.
• Yang Shan struck Heart Swallowing Young Master with Tyrant Blade—Nine Annihilations, severing his hands and driving the blade into his head while Heavenly Fiend Ghost God blocked his mental-control technique.
• Heart Swallowing Young Master tried to flee, but Yang Shan sealed the surrounding space with the Interdimensional Void Realm and Imprisoning Spirit Heaven Lock Grand Formation.
• Heart Swallowing Young Master used Wood Heaven Evil Secret Method—Resurrection of Life to recover his health, while Yang Shan and his Thunder Phantom Body gathered 2,400 demon spirits for an overloaded attack.
• Yang Shan unleashed the combined attack of Northern Falling Seven Star Thunder, Three Thousand Burning Flame, Extraterrestrial Ghoul Lightning, and Sea Heart Flame, dealing 284,160,000 damage and leaving Heart Swallowing Young Master trapped and begging to be released.

Yang Shan survived an invasion by hundreds of Spirit Devouring Race Dou Shengs when Su Yitang and the Closed Beta Players arrived through the completed space channel, then helped lead the fight into the Primeval Land. A year later, after returning to Heaven Protecting City and spending two months with his companions, he recruited Nihility Devouring Flame and set out to battle the Extraterritorial Evil Clan again.

• Han Feng was tormented in the Ten Thousand Souls Banner, where he fought with the newly arrived Heart Swallowing Young Master.
• Spirit Devouring Ghost Quasi-Emperor led hundreds of Spirit Devouring Race Dou Shengs into Origin Heart Lake while Zhu Kun and Yellow Springs Quasi-Emperor fought to stop the invasion.
• Mo Lan ordered her forces to capture Yang Shan, but Su Yitang and the Closed Beta Players arrived through the completed space channel and joined the battle.
• Yang Shan and the players fought the Spirit Devouring Race, and a global announcement opened Version 5.0, Heavenly Evil Crisis, with the Primeval Land as its new map.
• One year later, Yang Shan returned to Heaven Protecting City after the players captured a frontline fortress, then spent two months with his companions before heading to meet Nihility Devouring Flame.
• Yang Shan demonstrated his five awakened Heaven and Earth Oddities to Nihility Devouring Flame, who agreed to follow him to the Primeval Land and pursue a path to Dou Di.

Sky thanked readers for supporting Soul Hall's Number One Player, describing how the novel overcame a poor start and became a success despite his health and family difficulties. He finished the book, announced plans for another virtual online game novel, and said he would rest and prepare before its expected release in September or October.

• Sky recalled beginning his writing career in 2016 and choosing virtual online gaming for his novel before turning thirty.
• Sky described how Soul Hall's Number One Player began with 230 first subscriptions, then gained readers through sustained updates and support from Emperor Friends.
• Sky recounted reducing his writing output as he dealt with tenosynovitis, his pets' illnesses, and his mother's spinal injury.
• Sky explained that he ended the story at its planned point, while noting that several characters had received less development than he had hoped.
• Sky announced that his next book would likely be a virtual online game inspired by Journey to the West and Chinese mythology, with a September or October release in mind.
• Sky thanked Emperor Friends, asked them to keep the finished book on their shelves, and said he would rest and prepare the next novel.