Chapter Summaries

Gu Ding and his companions fought awakened skeletons while making their way through the dangerous region. Gu Ding rescued Elsa and crushed two Silver Skeletons, while Dokter and Liliath used their soul abilities to defeat or control skeletons.

• Gu Ding grew stronger after leaving the virtual world and destroyed two Silver Skeletons, collecting their remains before continuing toward Miko.
• Miko stayed hidden in a camouflaged cave as mindless Bronze Skeletons wandered nearby, and Sea Emperor reassured him that no conscious or Silver Skeletons were near.
• Elsa struggled against two Silver Skeletons after defeating more than twenty Bronze Skeletons, and Gu Ding hurried to her aid.
• Gu Ding crushed Elsa's two attackers with a flaming hand, checked her injuries, and set off with her after she rested.
• Dokter defeated Silver Skeletons by annihilating their consciousnesses with Soul Impact, while Liliath marked Silver Skeletons with her soul and gathered an army of twelve.

Scarlet rescued Miko, and Liliath and Dokter joined Gu Ding’s group as they traveled through the ruin aboard a growing army of Silver Skeletons. Sea Emperor revealed that the Dark Race had a powerhouse named Ye Mei who could destroy a Golden Skeleton, leaving Gu Ding uncertain whether he could defeat him.

• Liliath used her Silver Skeleton army to travel with Dokter, while Scarlet used the Soul Sword Blade to clear a Silver Skeleton and continued toward Miko.
• Scarlet found Miko hidden in a cave and learned that the boy had waited alone for more than three days without eating or drinking to avoid attracting skeletons.
• Liliath and Dokter caught up with Gu Ding and Elsa atop a Silver Skeleton, and the group traveled to Scarlet and Miko’s location to reunite.
• Sea Emperor reported the casualties in the ruin and showed the group a video of Ye Mei destroying a Golden Skeleton with a palm strike.
• Gu Ding estimated that his chance of defeating Ye Mei was below thirty percent, while Liliath suggested that Boyi might be the only human able to challenge him.
• Gu Ding noted that absorbing energy from the Silver Skeletons had increased the amplification of his Myriad Manifestations Emperor Body and Devil Elephant Realm.

Sea Emperor explained the ruin’s Martial Imprints, Miniature World remnants, and natural secret realms, and Gu Ding’s group agreed to explore them despite the dangers. As they headed toward their first Martial Imprint site, Boyi commandeered a Silver Skeleton for transportation, while Oldas and Zebiya also made progress through the ruin.

• Two Human Race Camp powerhouses spotted Liliath’s twenty-eight Silver Skeletons and fled in terror.
• Sea Emperor explained the opportunities in the ruin and warned that its special lifeforms guarded them.
• Gu Ding, Scarlet, Miko, Liliath, Dokter, and Elsa agreed to explore, and Sea Emperor selected a nearby Martial Imprint site as their first destination.
• On his fifth day in the ruin, Boyi used a glance to defeat eleven Bronze Skeletons, then had a Silver Skeleton carry him and his wheelchair.
• Boyi continued onward on the Silver Skeleton, while Oldas killed a Silver Level Skeleton and Zebiya faced no major obstacles.
• A day later, Gu Ding and the others arrived at their first destination.

Gu Ding and his companions explored a sealed remnant world and discovered that the Martial Imprint on a colossal Golden Skeleton came from a Hunting Martial Beast. After Sea Emperor warned that tens of thousands of the creatures slept underground, the group left Gu Ding behind to cultivate while they traveled quietly to the next destination.

• Liliath’s skeletal army grew to thirty-two Silver Skeletons, and the group reached a remnant site where Gu Ding climbed a split Golden Skeleton to study its Martial Imprint.
• Touching the cut on the skeleton’s head sent Gu Ding into a vision of the warrior’s death at the hands of a black Hunting Martial Beast whose tail became a bladed chain.
• Sea Emperor identified the beast as a Soldier Beast and reported that more than thirty thousand Hunting Martial Beasts, including three silver-gray ones, slept underground.
• Sea Emperor warned the group to end any fights quickly and avoid striking the ground so they would not awaken the buried beasts.
• Gu Ding and the others studied the Martial Imprint for a day, while Liliath gained no insight and continued studying her eye inheritance.
• Sea Emperor told Liliath and the others to continue to the next destination, and she left one Silver Skeleton with Gu Ding before flying away with the rest.

Liliath and Gu Ding each comprehended a powerful Martial Dao Intent at the second exploration point, then headed toward the third exploration point. Elsa and the others arrived later and found the secret realm entrance surrounded by a large host of awakened skeletons.

• Liliath touched the pierced mountain and witnessed a Hunting Martial Beast kill a hidden Dark Race member with a blast that passed straight through the mountain.
• Liliath stayed behind to comprehend Martial Dao Intent while Sea Emperor sent Elsa and the others on to the third exploration point.
• Gu Ding condensed more than two hundred Martial Dao scenes into a punch and finger strike, advancing both attacks into the Spiritual Affinity Realm.
• Gu Ding found Liliath still cultivating and waited nearby as she merged her accumulated scenes into a Gun Armament technique.
• Liliath fired her new Cloud Piercing Cannon with perfect accuracy, destroying a Bronze Skeleton, and Gu Ding told her the attack had reached Subtle Mastery.
• Gu Ding and Liliath left for the third exploration point, while Elsa and the others later found its secret realm entrance blocked by nearly a thousand Bronze Skeletons, dozens of Silver Skeletons, and several Golden Skeletons.

Gu Ding and his companions cleared the skeleton horde guarding the secret realm, but learned Ye Mei was approaching with an energy-sensing device. Miko and Scarlet lured Ye Mei away with Spirit Gathering Arrays while Gu Ding and the others entered the secret realm.

• Liliath used her Pupil Technique to immobilize and kill more than a thousand skeletons, then rested after expending soul power.
• Sea Emperor warned the group that Ye Mei was heading toward the secret realm, and Miko proposed using Spirit Gathering Arrays to misdirect his energy detector.
• Scarlet and Miko flew away on a Golden Skeleton and set up ten Spirit Gathering Arrays along a route leading away from the secret realm.
• Ye Mei found and destroyed the first Spirit Gathering Array, mistaking it for a recovery aid, and followed his detector toward another energy point.
• Ye Mei reached the second Spirit Gathering Array and continued chasing the false energy signals, unaware that Miko had led him far from the secret realm.

Gu Ding and his companions entered a secret realm inside a Melting Beast’s corpse and excavated its petrified Honey Milk while fighting vengeful spirits. They discovered a Spirit Soul Crystal for Liliath, greatly accelerated their excavation with robots, and Scarlet and Miko returned after apparently leading Ye Mei astray.

• Gu Ding and the others followed the beast’s esophagus into its vast stomach, where Sea Emperor explained that the milky-white ground was petrified Honey Milk and warned them of vengeful spirits.
• Vengeful spirits attacked Elsa, but Gu Ding used Purple Lightning Divine Fire while Liliath and Dokter used soul-based attacks to defeat most of them.
• Liliath chased the fleeing spirits and absorbed them with Purgatory Fire, finding the Melting Beast’s Spirit Soul Crystal atop a statue and storing it for later.
• Sea Emperor reminded Gu Ding about Robert’s multifunctional robots, which excavated the Honey Milk far faster than the group could by hand.
• After several hours of excavation, Scarlet and Miko returned to the stomach, and Gu Ding asked whether Ye Mei had taken the bait.

Gu Ding and his companions finished collecting Honey Milk and Brain Crystals from the Melting Beast, then chose to head for the Miniature World remains occupied by a Dark Race squad. Ye Mei escaped a series of Spirit Gathering Arrays and unknowingly headed for the same remains, where Gu Ding’s group had just arrived.

• Gu Ding’s group used Robert’s robots to excavate the Honey Milk, then collected more than eighty thousand fragile Brain Crystals by hand.
• After leaving the secret realm, Gu Ding chose to target the eleven-member Dark Race squad at the Miniature World remains.
• Ye Mei destroyed his detector after it led him into more than thirty Spirit Gathering Arrays, then picked a direction by tossing his sheathed saber.
• Ye Mei unknowingly headed toward the Miniature World remains as Gu Ding’s group entered them, while Sea Emperor could not sense the outside.

Gu Ding and his team collected the Spirit Vein Hot Spring and other treasures while avoiding a direct fight with the Dark Race and the Platinum Skeletons. Elsewhere, Fa Te multiplied the team’s funds through risky investments, then learned from Stephen Gates that Ever had failed his True God Tribulation.

• Sea Emperor explained the Miniature World’s suppressive laws, its sleeping skeleton guards, and the treasures scattered throughout it.
• Gu Ding chose to collect the smaller treasures first and led the team to the Spirit Vein Hot Spring, leaving the Dark Race members alone for the time being.
• Liliath subdued five Golden Skeletons as Gu Ding claimed the hot spring, which shrank into a Pseudo Spiritual Object and entered his body.
• Gu Ding and his team gathered more Pseudo Spiritual Objects and followed the Dark Race members from a distance while Sea Emperor monitored them.
• Fa Te invested the team’s funds, growing twelve trillion source stones to twenty-seven trillion over several days.
• Stephen Gates called Fa Te and told him that Ever had failed his True God Tribulation.

Fa Te learned that Everett had failed his True God Tribulation and received the relics and message Everett left for him. He discovered Everett’s remnant soul inside Black Armor and welcomed it into his Soul Space, where Everett agreed to guide his cultivation.

• Stephen told Fa Te that Everett had failed his True God Tribulation, and Fa Te grieved before asking about Everett’s final preparations.
• Robert docked the ship at a planet, and Stephen arranged for two boxes containing Everett’s relics to be teleported to Fa Te.
• Fa Te opened the boxes, watched Everett’s Memory Crystal message, and learned about the spiritual items, resources, and inheritance Everett had left him.
• Fa Te bonded with Sky-Piercer and Black Armor, then heard Everett’s voice and learned that a remnant soul had survived inside the armor.
• Fa Te let Everett enter his Soul Space, and Everett ordered him to recognize the Smart Watch and begin cultivating in Robert’s domain.

Gu Ding and his companions watched the Dark Race group plan to steal treasure from a cabin guarded by a Platinum Skeleton. The group approved the risky plan, and Angel began testing the cabin while Esrick hid nearby.

• Gu Ding's group watched Abram and the Dark Race discuss targeting the cabin guarded by a single Platinum Skeleton.
• Abram proposed a plan to lure the skeleton away while two people collected the treasure, and Agas raised concerns about the risks and fairness.
• The Dark Race group voted unanimously to proceed, and Abram chose Angel to test the cabin because he was the fastest.
• Angel handed his Smart Watch and temporary Storage Rings to Agas, who promised to keep them safe, then accepted an empty ring for the mission.
• Esrick hid on the far side of the cabin, told Angel he was ready, and Angel reached for the red door.

Gu Ding and his companions seized the Time Acceleration Cabin while the Platinum Skeleton Python attacked the Dark Race intruders. After Ye Mei killed the python and learned humans had taken the cabin, he set out to hunt them.

• Angel and Abram failed to open the Time Acceleration Cabin, and Abram's axe strike awakened the Platinum Skeleton Python.
• The python grievously wounded Abram and killed several Dark Race members, while Gu Ding's group used the distraction to reach the cabin.
• Gu Ding claimed the cabin with his blood, and Scarlet incapacitated Esrick as another Dark Race member escaped.
• Ye Mei killed the python by striking its consciousness, but Gu Ding and his companions fled with the shrunken cabin after Sea Emperor warned them Ye Mei was coming.
• Angel told Ye Mei that humans had stolen the cabin, and Ye Mei resolved to find them and taste human flesh.

Gu Ding and his companions decided to try stealing a body-tempering spiritual item while Ye Mei fought its guardian, despite recognizing how powerful he was. After gathering the surviving Darkness Clan members, Ye Mei learned about the humans and the Time Acceleration Chamber, then hurried off after Bendel revealed another treasure site guarded by a Platinum Skeleton.

• Gu Ding and his companions watched Sea Emperor’s recording of Ye Mei killing the Platinum Skeleton Python and assessed his overwhelming strength.
• Gu Ding proposed stealing the waterfall’s body-tempering spiritual item while Ye Mei fought the Platinum Skeleton Giant Ape, and Sea Emperor agreed on the condition that the group leave the secret realm afterward.
• Ye Mei gathered Angel, Agas, Bendel, and the critically injured Abram, then questioned the survivors about their encounters with the humans.
• Ye Mei berated the survivors for failing to recognize the Time Acceleration Chamber and allowing the humans to take it.
• Bendel told Ye Mei about a waterfall guarded by a Platinum Skeleton, and Ye Mei ordered him to take him there.

Gu Ding’s group secured the Heavy Water Waterfall while Ye Mei fought the Platinum Skeleton Giant Ape, then Gu Ding stayed behind to confront Ye Mei. Ye Mei challenged Gu Ding to survive ten moves with his cultivation suppressed to the demigod level, and Gu Ding asked what would happen if Ye Mei lost.

• Ye Mei sent Bendel to claim the Heavy Water Waterfall, awakening the Platinum Skeleton Giant Ape, and drew the creature away in battle.
• Gu Ding’s group reached the waterfall, hypnotized Bendel, and had Elsa complete the recognition process while Liliath questioned Bendel and killed him.
• The Heavy Water Waterfall entered Elsa, and the distracted giant ape gave Ye Mei an opening to kill it.
• Sea Emperor warned that Ye Mei was approaching, so Liliath and the others escaped while Gu Ding stayed behind to meet him.
• Ye Mei questioned Gu Ding about his rank, then offered to suppress his cultivation and spare him if he survived ten moves; Gu Ding asked what would happen if Ye Mei lost.

Gu Ding fought Ye Mei after the two made a wager, and he blocked all ten of Ye Mei’s attacks while gaining the upper hand. Ye Mei then summoned a White-Robed Woman, and Sea Emperor explained the standing of the Ancient Moon God Race in the Ancient Myriad Races Ranking.

• Gu Ding and Ye Mei signed a Gambling Contract wagering Ye Mei’s Storage Space contents against Gu Ding’s defeat.
• Gu Ding and Ye Mei fought after Ye Mei sealed his cultivation at the Demigod Realm, and Gu Ding countered his first two sword strikes.
• Ye Mei summoned an Emperor Projection and unleashed seven more attacks, but Gu Ding’s giant serpents and fire dragon stopped them all.
• Ye Mei summoned a White-Robed Woman phantom after his ten attacks failed, and Gu Ding asked Sea Emperor about its identity.
• Sea Emperor identified the phantom as an Ancient Moon God Race member and explained that the race had ranked among the top hundred of the Ancient Myriad Races Ranking at its peak.

Gu Ding faced Ye Mei’s Moon God and watched it defeat and crystallize his Flame True Dragon with the Blood Moon Seal. He summoned the Demon Face, which shattered and consumed the blood moon before destroying the Moon God, leaving the battle’s outcome unresolved.

• Gu Ding ordered the Flame True Dragon to attack Ye Mei, but the Moon God extinguished its Five-Colored Flames and shielded Ye Mei from its strikes.
• The Moon God bound the Flame True Dragon with energy-draining chains and crystallized it with the Blood Moon Seal, killing it.
• Ye Mei revealed his plan to seal Gu Ding as a collectible, and Gu Ding summoned the Demon Face from his Soul Space.
• The Demon Face shattered the blood-red moon, consumed its fragments, and weakened the Moon God.
• The Demon Face struck the Moon God with Black Radiance, causing it to collapse into particles and disappear.

After defeating Ye Mei in their contracted duel, Gu Ding collected the promised resources and reunited with his crew. The group left the Miniature World to advance to the God realm in safety, and Gu Ding entered the Time Acceleration Cabin as they prepared to take turns.

• Gu Ding showed Ye Mei their contract, accepted his ring of cultivation resources, and escaped on the Golden Skeleton leopard.
• Ye Mei released the seal on his cultivation and returned to the One-Star Low-rank God realm without pursuing Gu Ding.
• Gu Ding reunited with his crew, recounted the duel, and distributed Ye Mei’s resources among them.
• Sea Emperor suggested that the group leave the Miniature World before breaking through, and they abandoned the warehouse guarded by two Platinum Skeletons.
• The group reached Liliath’s valley, where Miko reinforced the concealment array and Gu Ding brought out the Time Acceleration Cabin and Spirit Vein Hot Spring.
• Liliath divided the hot spring between the girls and boys, Miko protested that he was a boy too, and Gu Ding stepped into the Time Acceleration Chamber.

Gu Ding drank Jade Bamboo Dew and endured an ordeal in which he shattered the chains binding a Black Iron Gate, breaking through to godhood and gaining an incomplete inheritance. He returned to the Time Acceleration Cabin as a One-Star Low-rank God and began refining the Silver Skeletons.

• Gu Ding drank the Jade Bamboo Dew and was drawn into a void, where a thought offered him the choice to break the chains on the Black Iron Gate or give up godhood.
• Gu Ding repeatedly attacked the chains with his Heaven Burning Seal, ignored the thought urging him to quit, and eventually shattered every chain.
• Gu Ding opened the Black Iron Gate, absorbed a white sphere containing an incomplete inheritance, and stepped through the gate to return to the Time Acceleration Cabin.
• Gu Ding examined his transformed body and discovered he had become a One-Star Low-rank God with a towering godhead in his Soul Space.
• Sea Emperor scanned Gu Ding and reported that his strength likely rivaled or surpassed Ye Mei's; Gu Ding then began refining the Silver Skeletons.

Gu Ding and his companions broke through to godhood in the Time Acceleration Cabin, drawing attention on the Black Iron Prodigy Ranking. As the group headed for another treasure, Miko entered the cabin to study Fu Tu’s technique and triggered its master-recognition process.

• Gu Ding refined Silver Skeletons and raised his physical strength to the peak of seven-star Low-rank God before the team took turns cultivating in the Time Acceleration Cabin.
• Liliath, Elsa, Dokter, and Scarlet all reached Low-rank God, and their names disappeared from the Demigod Prodigy Ranking as Gu Ding took first place on the Black Iron Prodigy Ranking.
• Miko asked Gu Ding to let him cultivate in the cabin, and Gu Ding agreed before the group rode a Golden Skeleton toward the next treasure-hunting location.
• Miko studied the Sky Connecting Boundary Path, formed its tower model after 128 attempts, and watched the white tower enter the technique as it began recognizing its master.

Miko discovered the Heavenly Giant Tower inheritance inside his Soul Space while Gu Ding and the others traveled to a lake of vengeful spirits to collect Soul Pearls and Soul Crystals. After Gu Ding attacked a Gold Level vengeful spirit guarding a Soul Crystal, its scream spread through the lake, leaving him worried about what would follow.

• Miko learned that the Heavenly Giant Towers contained powerful Realm Diagram inheritances and began condensing one inside the first tower.
• Sea Emperor explained the lake secret realm, where vengeful spirits guarded Soul Pearls and Soul Crystals, and Gu Ding assigned the group into teams before they entered the water.
• Gu Ding and the others descended through the lake, collecting more than a hundred Soul Pearls and three Soul Crystals while avoiding powerful Platinum Level vengeful spirits.
• Sea Emperor guided Gu Ding to a Soul Crystal guarded by a Gold Level vengeful spirit, which screamed when Gu Ding struck it with Purple Lightning Divine Fire.