Chapter Summaries

Gu Ding, his teammates, and other competitors hunted virtual creatures using different strategies to survive and climb the rankings. As the first day ended, everyone prepared to face a new environment and fresh trials on the second day.

• Gu Ding killed a Luo Yu Beast after a grueling battle without using Heaven Scorcher, then recovered and reviewed his weaknesses as his ranking fell to twenty-first.
• Miko and Fa Te teamed up to hunt beast packs, advanced to the Five-Star Mid-rank God Region, and entered the top thousand.
• Liliath widened her lead over Karrot by controlling an Ice Dragon and hunting with Frost Witches in the Frost Zone.
• Dokter and Elsa hunted efficiently while concealing their full strength in line with Sea Emperor's strategy.
• Competitors relied on overwhelming force, hidden strength, quiet survival, cooperation, or cautious solo hunting as the first day ended and a new environment awaited them.

As the first day of the trial ended, Gu Ding was teleported from the Five-Star Peak-rank God Region to the Boulder Zone, where he encountered Karrot. Gu Ding invited Karrot to join his team, but Karrot declined, leaving Gu Ding unaware of the pain behind his choice to work alone.

• Gu Ding killed the three Luo Yu Beasts and waited for the first day's teleportation while Fa Te and Miko also withdrew from combat.
• The teleportation sent Gu Ding to the Boulder Zone, where he recognized its crushing gravity and destroyed a falling boulder with Black Radiance.
• Gu Ding and Karrot recognized each other after both attacked the boulder, and Gu Ding greeted him about his match against Liliath.
• Gu Ding invited Karrot to join his team and spar with its members, but Karrot refused, saying he preferred working alone and had no interest in becoming an Interstellar Pirate.
• Sea Emperor discovered that Karrot's mother had been killed by pirates and his father had been sold into slavery and died; Gu Ding then wished Karrot luck and left.

Anxiya, a Violet Magic Domain member, slaughtered thousands of contestants in the Boulder Zone, prompting Sea Emperor to explain her background and strength to Gu Ding. Gu Ding decided to eliminate her, and learned she was already pursuing him for a sneak attack.

• Laux revealed himself as a powerful Ancient Stone Clan demigod who had disguised himself as a boulder, then left the Boulder Zone.
• Anxiya introduced herself and used her Witch Spider Silk divine ability to massacre thousands of people in the area.
• Sea Emperor identified Anxiya as a centuries-old core member of the Violet Magic Domain with strength likely comparable to the Demigod Prodigy Ranking’s top ten.
• Gu Ding decided to kill Anxiya because she threatened others and carried enough points to improve his ranking.
• Sea Emperor warned that Anxiya was following Gu Ding and would catch up if he stopped, and Gu Ding prepared to face her.

Gu Ding confronted Anxiya, who had been tracking Laux and tried to escape after Gu Ding exposed her ties to the Violet Magic Domain. After defeating Laux and catching Anxiya, Gu Ding killed her, gained her points, and rose to sixth place as panic spread through the virtual world.

• Anxiya pretended to be a helpless girl when Gu Ding confronted her, but he recognized her as a member of the Violet Magic Domain.
• Laux stepped in to protect Anxiya and blocked Gu Ding's attacks, giving her time to flee.
• Gu Ding broke through Laux's defenses with Destruction Flame, then healed him and explained that the Violet Magic Domain belonged to the Ten Thousand Demons Holy Temple.
• Sea Emperor tracked Anxiya's escape, and Gu Ding caught up with her in less than ten minutes.
• Gu Ding killed Anxiya with Black Radiance and gained more than 150,000 points, reaching sixth place and causing panic among the other contestants.

After Gu Ding killed Anxiya, Sea Emperor warned that another powerful Ten Thousand Demons Holy Temple combatant was still hidden in the virtual world. As the crew members faced challenges across separate zones, Miko met Miniana and agreed to team up with her.

• Sea Emperor told Gu Ding that the Ten Thousand Demons Holy Temple always sent at least one combatant alongside its research personnel, and Gu Ding vowed to eliminate the hidden enemy when they revealed themselves.
• Sea Emperor warned Liliath and the others about the remaining enemy, while Scarlet chose not to attack Liliath in the Flame Zone.
• Dokter faced an Ice Dragon and Frost Witches in the Frost Zone after Liliath's abandoned pets lost her control.
• Elsa and Fa Te entered the Purple Lightning Zone, where Fa Te declined Sea Emperor's offer to send him to Elsa and chose to train alone.
• Sea Emperor guided Miko through the Gale Zone, where Miniana approached him and invited him to team up.
• Miko agreed to join Miniana, not realizing how strong she actually was.

Anxiya hired Ta Ruibo to attack the Gu Ding Pirate Crew after Gu Ding defeated her in the virtual world. Meanwhile, Miniana took Miko into the Peak-rank God Region, where she rapidly raised his points while concealing her own strength, and Gu Ding let Miko continue with his new friend.

• Anxiya agreed to spend a day with Ta Ruibo in exchange for his help killing the Gu Ding Pirate Crew and bringing her Gu Ding's head and heart.
• Gu Ding entered the Five-Star Peak-rank God Region and used Destruction Flame to defeat Giant Rock Dragon Turtles as he climbed to the ninth step.
• Miniana led Miko through the Four-Star High-rank God area and into the Five-Star High-rank God area, swiftly killing a pack of Gale Serpents.
• Miniana asked Miko to receive most of the points from her kills so she could hide her strength, and he agreed.
• Miniana and Miko crossed the lower Peak-rank God regions and reached the Four-Star Peak-rank God area as Miko's ranking rose.
• Fa Te noticed Miko's points climbing rapidly, and Sea Emperor told Gu Ding, who said to let Miko go.

The virtual-world game grew increasingly lethal as Gu Ding and his teammates’ rankings shifted, while Miniana explained that she wanted to face powerful opponents. On the twentieth day, Bigge was ambushed on Steppe by red-robed attackers, and the fat leader summoned reinforcements after Bigge killed Babari.

• Miko asked Miniana why she was giving him points, and she said she planned to seek powerful opponents in the game’s final round.
• The game’s first four rounds eliminated nearly all the original participants, leaving 100,000 players by the twentieth day.
• The Gu Ding Pirate Crew’s spaceship docked at Steppe, where Bigge and Blue went to buy ingredients.
• Three red-robed figures stopped Bigge, and their fat leader ordered Babari to kill him.
• Bigge cut down Babari’s clone with a blade aura, then explained that his Blade Intent had struck the true body as well.
• The fat leader called Bigge a terrifying opponent and summoned two more red-robed figures.

Robert and Taige fought the Crimson Moon Magic Domain's attackers while Bigge confronted their men on the planet. After the sword-wielding man tortured and apparently killed Blue, Blue transformed into a gigantic creature and devoured the attackers, then began absorbing ores and metal materials.

• Three red-robed men from the Crimson Moon Magic Domain intercepted Robert, who blasted one apart while Taige killed another.
• Bigge attacked the red-robed men threatening him, and one of them was cut in half by his blade strike.
• The sword-wielding young man seized Blue and tortured him, eventually crushing and stomping on him in front of Bigge.
• Blue healed, grew to ten thousand meters tall, and swallowed the sword-wielding man, the fat man, and the tall, thin man with a Black Hole.
• Blue turned toward Bigge and opened another Black Hole, but it drew in ores and metal materials rather than the planet's nearby human inhabitants.

On the final day of the virtual world's competition, Gu Ding tracked his crew as the hazards and player battles intensified. Miko and Fa Te lured a pursuer into a gale with Miko’s illusion array, killing him and gaining his points.

• Gu Ding learned that Miniana was rapidly killing players in the Purple Lightning Zone and checked where his crewmates had been transported.
• Sea Emperor reported that Liliath was heading toward the Peak-rank God Region, Elsa was in the Boulder Zone, and Miko and Fa Te were hiding in the Gale Zone.
• Sea Emperor warned Miko and Fa Te that a powerful player had located them, and Miko planned to use an illusion array to lead him into a deadly gale.
• Miko set the array while Fa Te helped lure the sinister young man toward it, and the man chased them into the illusion.
• The sinister young man rushed into a gale and was torn apart, causing Miko’s and Fa Te’s points to surge.

Gu Ding secured a fire-element True God inheritance in the Flame Zone after forcing his way through a powerful restriction, then learned that the game was nearing its end and set out to plunder points. Sea Emperor identified the mysterious Hake as Gu Ding’s main potential threat.

• Gu Ding asked Sea Emperor about the virtual world and learned that he could temporarily suspend the inheritance’s restriction, so he raced toward the Peak-rank God Region.
• Gu Ding struck three marked points on the restriction, endured its crushing pressure, and barely reached the inheritance before the countdown ended.
• Gu Ding escaped the restriction’s force with a black cube-shaped stone, then absorbed its inheritance memories and confirmed that a fire-element True God had left it behind.
• Gu Ding decided to begin plundering points, and Sea Emperor reported that Hake, an unknown fighter ranked thirteenth, was a dangerous potential opponent.
• Gu Ding chose to go meet Hake.

Gu Ding fought Hake, whose uncanny Slaughter Intent and techniques nearly overwhelmed him, and broke through to the perfected Micro Realm during their battle. After Gu Ding defeated him, Hake asked Gu Ding to find and kill him in the Real World because he could not stop killing, leaving Gu Ding unable to answer.

• Gu Ding watched Hake's battle videos and recognized his precise, lethal style before meeting him atop a volcano.
• Hake attacked Gu Ding with strange movements that seemed to erase the space between them, while Sea Emperor identified his perfected Spiritual Affinity Realm Slaughter Intent.
• Gu Ding fought Hake for over an hour, evading his attacks and breaking through his Martial Dao Intent to the perfected Micro Realm.
• Gu Ding used hidden Black Radiance and pursuing Finger Force to wound Hake until he could no longer fight.
• Hake refused Gu Ding's elixir and asked him to find and kill him in the Real World because he could not stop killing; Gu Ding remained silent as Hake disintegrated.

Gu Ding rose to thirteenth place after eliminating Hake, while Liliath faced the mysterious Miniana in the Purple Lightning Zone. Miniana escaped Liliath’s illusion with a Doppelganger Technique, leaving Liliath with a white cloth doll and the knowledge that they might meet again.

• Gu Ding inherited Hake’s points, climbed to thirteenth place, and left to seek another target.
• Liliath drew powerful contestants to her location with nearly forty million points and an army of controlled beasts.
• Miniana ambushed Liliath and killed the Purple Lightning Thunder Serpent with one strike, prompting Sea Emperor to warn that she rivaled Gu Ding.
• Liliath trapped Miniana in an illusion, where Miniana fought growing waves of Purple Lightning Thunder Serpents until lightning struck her.
• Miniana’s apparent corpse became a white cloth doll as her real figure faded away, and Sea Emperor identified her escape as a Doppelganger Technique.

Elsa tracked down Karrot in the Boulder Zone and challenged him, overwhelming him until his Theia Clan bloodline awakened under near-fatal injuries. Karrot emerged from the rubble restored and ready to fight Elsa in earnest.

• Karrot ranked first in the Boulder Zone and chose another target rather than attack Elsa, whom he refused to fight because she was a woman.
• Elsa found Karrot and attacked him with her Blood-colored Giant Axe, sending him crashing into boulders.
• Elsa entered battle mode and repeatedly struck Karrot, suppressing him while spectators judged that he had underestimated her.
• Elsa stopped attacking when Karrot's aura began to strengthen as his Theia Clan bloodline rapidly healed his injuries.
• Three minutes later, Karrot rose from the rubble and told Elsa he was ready to fight.

Na Luo intervened in Elsa and Karrot’s battle and persuaded them to accept a draw so they could preserve their chances of reaching the top thousand. In the Frost Zone, Dokter met Na Luo’s junior, Shi Jia, and took him along to seek out Fu Tu.

• Elsa and Karrot fought for over an hour, with their powerful attacks drawing a crowd in the Boulder Zone.
• Na Luo stopped their clash by catching Karrot’s staff and Elsa’s axe, then urged them to settle for a draw.
• Elsa agreed to end the fight, and Karrot left after declaring he would challenge Gu Ding and Bigge someday.
• After killing an opponent, Dokter sensed Shi Jia hiding behind an iceberg and questioned him.
• Sea Emperor told Dokter that Shi Jia was an eight-year-old Buddhist cultivator and advised him to take the boy along.
• Dokter headed toward Fu Tu’s location, and Shi Jia followed so he could watch.

Dokter challenged Futu in the Frost Zone and unleashed his strongest attack, but Futu defeated him after enduring the blow. As Futu approached the exhausted Dokter, Shi Jia intervened, and Futu acknowledged his loss and offered Dokter a hand.

• Sea Emperor warned Dokter that Futu had spotted him from dozens of kilometers away.
• Dokter arrived at Futu’s iceberg with Shi Jia and challenged Futu to a fight.
• Futu easily disrupted Dokter’s flying knives and blocked more than ten thousand punches with one hand.
• Dokter transformed using his Starry Sky Giant Beast inheritance and struck Futu with Crimson Blood Demon Roar, but Futu shattered the giant claw with a punch.
• Shi Jia stepped between Futu and the exhausted Dokter, and Futu said Dokter had lost before reaching out a hand to him.

Dokter took first place after Futu voluntarily gave him his points, while the survivors’ standings shifted through the final days of the fifth round. On the game’s final day, the rules changed, and Fa Te found himself trapped by a Golden-haired Youth who demanded his points.

• Futu admitted Dokter had forced him to use his full strength, then transferred all his points to Dokter before leaving to keep playing.
• Dokter rose to first on the Ranking List, and Sea Emperor warned Gu Ding that Futu was a dangerous opponent with formidable Combat Strength and Martial Dao Intent.
• Over the next three days, Gu Ding fought several strong players and climbed to sixth place as the number of survivors fell below two thousand.
• Before the final day, the game announced six rule changes, including open travel between zones, free location checks, surrendering to lose half of one’s points, and the removal of team mode and voluntary point transfers.
• Fa Te entered the Boulder Zone, checked the rankings, and discovered that Miko had survived in 1,163rd place with 1.25 million points.
• A Golden-haired Youth confronted Fa Te and offered him the choice of being eliminated or surrendering three times and handing over his points.

Gu Ding watched Fa Te fight La Bi Ci without interfering because Fa Te had asked to face his own battles, but Fa Te was ultimately killed after refusing to let La Bi Ci insult his companions. Gu Ding then forced La Bi Ci to surrender his points before killing him, leaving the virtual world trembling at the display of his power.

• Gu Ding told Sea Emperor he would not interfere in Fa Te’s battle, explaining that Fa Te and Miko had entered the game for combat experience and that he did not want them risking their lives in the extraterritorial ruin.
• La Bi Ci repeatedly beat and humiliated Fa Te, who refused to release his ankle or beg for mercy even after La Bi Ci severed both his hands.
• La Bi Ci killed Fa Te by driving his sword through Fa Te’s eye after Fa Te spat in his face.
• Gu Ding confronted La Bi Ci and made him surrender three times, reducing his points from more than fifteen million to 1.9 million.
• Gu Ding revealed that he had witnessed Fa Te’s death, summoned a towering Demon Face, and killed La Bi Ci with a blood-red Finger Force.

After Gu Ding’s aura erupted across the virtual world, he learned that Fu Tu had watched him from another zone and heard how Miko was faring. The chapter left Miko meeting the young monk Shi Jia in the Purple Lightning Zone, while Gu Ding worried that Miko might qualify for the ruins.

• Liliath and Dokter learned from Sea Emperor that Gu Ding’s aura had erupted after he eliminated La Bi Ci, and Gu Ding’s score had risen above 118 million.
• Fu Tu watched Gu Ding from the Purple Lightning Zone, and Gu Ding sensed his gaze before Sea Emperor identified him.
• Gu Ding asked about his companions, and Sea Emperor said Fu Tu had protected Miko and taught him an ancient cultivation technique.
• Sea Emperor reported that Shi Jia was approaching Miko, and Gu Ding told him to monitor Miko because qualifying for the ruins could put him in danger.
• Shi Jia reached Miko and introduced himself, and the two boys talked about Dokter looking much older than his age.

Gu Ding reached the central region and set rules for challengers so he could earn points efficiently. He defeated Ge Beng with a single strike, and Ji Lite stepped forward as the next challenger.

• Sea Emperor reported that hundreds of players were converging on the central region, where battles had already begun.
• Gu Ding arrived and, following Sea Emperor’s advice, limited his first round of challenges to players with more than fifty million points.
• Ge Beng introduced himself as a ranked powerhouse with eighty-three million points and challenged Gu Ding.
• Gu Ding caught Ge Beng’s punch and pierced his chest with a finger strike, forcing Ge Beng to surrender.
• Ji Lite introduced himself as the next challenger, with seventy-six million points.

Gu Ding defeated more than twenty challengers in his tournament before Futu arrived with Miko and Shi Jia. Futu demonstrated his frightening skill by destroying a Four-Star Divine Object with one finger, and Gu Ding resumed his own challenges after watching Futu defeat several opponents.

• Gu Ding defeated Ji Lite and more than twenty other challengers, pushing his points past nine hundred million.
• Futu arrived with Miko and Shi Jia, and Gu Ding thanked him for returning Miko and teaching him a cultivation technique.
• Futu opened his own challenge tournament, and Commit surrendered after Futu destroyed his Giant Hammer with one finger.
• Sea Emperor explained that Futu had found and struck a flaw in the hammer’s Divine Runes rather than overpowering it with brute force.
• Gu Ding watched Futu crush three more challengers without moving, then reopened his own tournament.