Chapter Summaries

Tang Zheng, Zesshi Zetsumei, and the God-kin Captain fought through the Level 80 Monster Mercenaries to reach Silver Olive, who transformed into a Level 80 Enhanced Armor and attacked them. Silver Olive killed the God-kin Captain with her Legendary Tier Magic Gun, leaving Tang Zheng and Zesshi Zetsumei to face her.

• Monster Mercenaries injured Zesshi Zetsumei and the God-kin Captain, while Tang Zheng healed them and ordered the group to push toward Silver Olive.
• Silver Olive used a golden key to transform into a Level 80 Enhanced Armor as Tang Zheng, Zesshi Zetsumei, and the God-kin Captain approached.
• Silver Olive used Banshee's Wail, and Zesshi Zetsumei blocked its instant-death effect with Unclean Impact Shield.
• Tang Zheng attacked Silver Olive with Tenth-Tier Magic Trumpeter, but she teleported close to the group and faced the God-kin Captain's spear attack.
• Silver Olive blocked the God-kin Captain with her End of a Thousand Touches Magic Gun and used Strangulation to tear him apart.

Tang Zheng and Zesshi Zetsumei defeated Silver Olive and her Powered Suit in the Mercenary Hall, then escaped the Outer City’s monster pursuit. As they reentered the labyrinth, Tang Zheng declared the first-stage objective complete, but the labyrinth began to shake violently.

• Silver Olive used the End of a Thousand Touches to tear apart the God-kin Captain, while Tang Zheng identified its apparent life-steal or shield effect and urged ranged attacks.
• Zesshi Zetsumei and Tang Zheng attacked Silver Olive with Purifying Throwing Spear and successive spells, breaking her shields and blasting the Powered Suit into the Mercenary Hall wall.
• Silver Olive tried to escape with Complete Invisibility, but Zesshi Zetsumei’s Purifying Throwing Spear struck her when she reappeared, killing her.
• In the Starlight Observatory, "Butler" Imlaris ordered the Outer City labyrinth dismissed and directed Failed Creation to pursue the invaders.
• Tang Zheng and Zesshi Zetsumei shook off the Monster Mercenaries, returned to the labyrinth, and discussed their next objective as it began to shake.

Aiqin awakened the God-Kings’ Failed Creation as Tang Zheng and Zesshi Zetsumei withdrew from the Outer City Maze. At the Aurora City Gate, the Hundred-Bone Dragon Lord Eerskaul appeared and blocked their escape, and Tang Zheng recognized its gray scales from the place where Black had died.

• Aiqin dismissed Silver Olive’s defeat as underhanded and awakened the enormous cursed creature in the Rotting Howl Abyssal Nest, which crushed her.
• The Outer City Maze dissolved, and Tang Zheng explained to Zesshi Zetsumei that the Floating City had ended the trap after learning they were real invaders.
• Tang Zheng and Zesshi Zetsumei withdrew toward the Aurora City Gate as Butler Imlaris confirmed the invasion and ordered the Failed Creation deployed.
• The Hundred-Bone Dragon Lord Eerskaul emerged at the gate and unleashed a shriek that injured Zesshi Zetsumei with repeated Mental Shock.
• Tang Zheng recognized Eerskaul’s gray scales as matching the scale he had found where Black had died.

Tang Zheng fought the Hundred-Bone Dragon Lord while Zesshi Zetsumei activated The Goal of All Life is Death. The skill destroyed the Dragon Lord, but Tang Zheng learned that [Floating City] could restore its altered True Dragon Lords through the technique Witch's Fishnet Stockings.

• Tang Zheng told Zesshi Zetsumei to use The Goal of All Life is Death while he held off the Hundred-Bone Dragon Lord.
• Butler Imlaris realized the intruders had stolen a Powered Suit and warned that Zesshi Zetsumei could use its Instant Death magic.
• Tang Zheng summoned Cerberus and attacked the Hundred-Bone Dragon Lord with time magic and repeated Warming spells, but the Dragon Lord resisted and adapted to the damage.
• Tang Zheng discovered that the Hundred-Bone Dragon Lord could not be collected with the World Item [Two-Realm Mandala], despite appearing lifeless.
• The Goal of All Life is Death completed its countdown and made the Hundred-Bone Dragon Lord crumble and vanish.
• Tang Zheng learned that [Floating City] could treat its modified True Dragon Lords using Witch's Fishnet Stockings, a technique created with the World Item [Nameless Spellbook].

Leoric Zhen rushed after Tang Zheng and Zesshi Zetsumei, ambushing them before they could escape. Tang Zheng was badly struck, and Zesshi Zetsumei was gravely injured but managed to repel Leoric Zhen for the moment.

• Leoric Zhen learned the Failed Creation had been defeated and used Dragon Zen Step to race toward the intruders.
• Tang Zheng summoned Cerberus, sent it toward the Aurora City Gate with a scroll and the Cross-Spear War Scythe, and attacked Leoric Zhen with Warming.
• Leoric Zhen resisted Tang Zheng's teleportation and struck him with Intimidation Fist, sending him crashing onto the marble street.
• Zesshi Zetsumei hit Leoric Zhen with a Purifying Throwing Spear, piercing his chest and enraging him.
• Leoric Zhen rushed Zesshi Zetsumei, maiming her face and crushing her shoulder, but she blasted him away with Unclean Impact Shield.

Zesshi Zetsumei fought Leoric Zhen while Tang Zheng prepared a counterattack, but Leoric Zhen overwhelmed her and seized her before she could escape or die. Tang Zheng summoned Angels and launched three Benevolent Armageddon spells, and Leoric Zhen spotted him and charged through the Angels.

• Zesshi Zetsumei used her remaining Martial Arts skills and kicked her magic longsword at Leoric Zhen, but the blade failed to pierce his throat.
• Tang Zheng appeared and struck Leoric Zhen with Mist of Super Acid, briefly injuring him before Leoric Zhen dispelled the attack.
• Zesshi Zetsumei tried to kill herself, but Leoric Zhen broke her limbs and jaw to keep her alive.
• Tang Zheng cast three Benevolent Armageddon spells and used Shining Burst as summoned Angels obscured his position.
• Leoric Zhen seized Zesshi Zetsumei, crossed the battlefield beneath the Aurora City Gate, found Tang Zheng among the Angels, and charged toward him.

Tang Zheng used Time Stop to kill Zesshi Zetsumei while fighting Leoric Zhen, then revealed that his apparent death had been an illusion. Leoric Zhen discovered that Zesshi Zetsumei and Cerberus had vanished, while Cerberus’s scroll and Cross-Spear War Scythe disappeared after it fell from the Floating City.

• Leoric Zhen overwhelmed Tang Zheng’s Angels and attacked him, while Tang Zheng used Time Stop on Zesshi Zetsumei to make her vulnerable.
• Tang Zheng and Leoric Zhen exchanged attacks, and Tang Zheng judged the end of Time Stop before Leoric Zhen did and killed Zesshi Zetsumei with Instant Death magic.
• Leoric Zhen pierced Tang Zheng’s chest and believed he had captured him alive, but Tang Zheng’s body and apparent heart dissolved as an illusion.
• Imlaris reported that the giant dragon and Cerberus had disappeared, and Leoric Zhen ordered Zesshi Zetsumei’s corpse resurrected before it too dissolved into light.
• Cerberus carried a strange scroll and the Cross-Spear War Scythe onto the Rainbow Bridge, fell from the Floating City, and vanished along with both items.

Tang Zheng resurrected Zesshi Zetsumei and Kahn, then planned to return to [Floating City] in three days and walk in rather than invade. Meanwhile, on the Katze Plains, the Blue Sky Dragon Lord and a powerful Demi-Human defeated the Principality and its Angel, leaving the human armies stunned.

• Tang Zheng resurrected Zesshi Zetsumei in the Diamond Realm Mandala, and she warned that [Floating City] would retaliate.
• Zesshi Zetsumei tested Tang Zheng by attacking him, but Gros Horned Rage caught her fist and stopped when Tang Zheng ordered him to stand down.
• Tang Zheng resurrected Kahn, then learned that Zesshi Zetsumei needed three days before she could use her Innate Talent again.
• Tang Zheng announced that they would return to [Floating City] in three days, not to invade but to walk in.
• On the Katze Plains, the Blue Sky Dragon Lord pinned the Principality while a Demi-Human severed its wing and sent it crashing to the battlefield.
• Lainas and Gazef watched the Demi-Human in disbelief, while "Oath-Limited Magic" wondered whether the reports of a Dragon Knight were true.

After the Kingdom’s battle ended, Tang Zheng began the real invasion of the [Floating City], using Nfirea and a Guild Weapon to reveal and infiltrate it. They disabled the city’s defenses, but magical shells struck as they reached Rainbow Bridge.

• The Blue Sky Dragon Lord defeated the two Principalities, then left the battlefield with the Demi-Human Dragon Knight after receiving an order from Lord Platinum Dragon Lord; Four Elements and Infinite Magic were recalled, and the war ended.
• Three days later, Butler Imlaris detected the returning Shadow Clone and Nfirea in the Dolor Desert, where Nfirea carried the Guild Weapon Twelve Trials: Proverbs.
• Tang Zheng and Zesshi Zetsumei joined them, and Tang Zheng explained that Nfirea was central to the invasion because his Innate Talent let him use the Guild Weapon.
• The Shadow Clone teleported the group above the [Floating City], and Nfirea used the weapon to reveal it before they teleported into Cloud Crystal Plaza.
• Nfirea used the Guild Weapon to make the Cloud Giant guards ignore the group and deactivate Rainbow Bridge’s trap.
• As the group approached Rainbow Bridge, magical shells rained down, and Tang Zheng and the Shadow Clone cast spells to deflect and shield against them.

Tang Zheng and his companions used the Guild Weapon to disable Floating City's defenses and crossed into the Outer City, prompting the Guardians to gather their remaining forces. They reached the Inner City, where Leoric Zhen confronted them and prepared to fight.

• Nfirea used the Guild Weapon to shut down the Floating Dock's attacks, and Tang Zheng's group crossed the Rainbow Bridge and opened the Aurora City Gate.
• Star Oracle ordered the Outer City Guardians to evacuate after revealing that an invader could use the lost Guild Weapon, and the news filled them with fear of another disaster.
• Tang Zheng realized the Guardians were gathering their forces, then led his group through the empty Outer City toward the Inner City.
• Zesshi Zetsumei asked whether they could use the Guild Weapon to control Floating City's monsters, and Tang Zheng explained that the Guardians could control them too.
• Leoric Zhen confronted Tang Zheng's group at the Inner City steps while Butler Imlaris concluded that the invasion heralded a disaster like Riku's past arrival.

Leoric Zhen confronted Tang Zheng’s invading group and transformed to unleash his full strength, but Tang Zheng trapped him with the [Two-Realm Mandala]. Tang Zheng continued toward the Inner City with Nfirea and Zesshi Zetsumei, while Imlaris reported the disappearance to Saphis Xoth and learned Leoric Zhen had not died.

• Leoric Zhen dismissed Imlaris’s concerns about a trap and went to face Tang Zheng’s group, ordering Imlaris to send intelligence to Saphis Xoth.
• Tang Zheng provoked Leoric Zhen, who transformed into a Dragonkin and attacked Nfirea with his Thunder Dragon Heavenly Star Style.
• Tang Zheng activated the [Two-Realm Mandala] and transferred Leoric Zhen away, then led Nfirea onward with Zesshi Zetsumei.
• Tang Zheng worried that Gelos Hornfury and the others might not be able to defeat the fully equipped Leoric Zhen, while he stayed behind to protect Nfirea.
• Imlaris saw Tang Zheng’s group enter the Inner City and told Saphis Xoth that Leoric Zhen had been transferred by a Radiant World Item, though the Guild panel showed he was still alive.

Tang Zheng’s group reached the Core Area of the Floating City and prepared to face its final Guardian, Saphis Xoth, alongside eleven True Dragon Lord corpses and the gathered Guardian supervisors. As Saphis began casting Super-Tier Magic and the enemy forces charged, Zesshi Zetsumei activated The Goal of All Life Is Death and unleashed Banshee’s Scream.

• Nfirea used the Guild Weapon to open a passage from the Inner City toward the Core Area, and Tang Zheng warned Zesshi Zetsumei to focus on protecting him.
• Tang Zheng’s group emerged into the Core Area, where Tang Zheng recognized the glowing plaza as a vast magic circle and identified the Witch’s Fishnet Stockings.
• Tang Zheng and Zesshi Zetsumei summoned Angels with six Benevolent Armageddon scrolls while Tang Zheng used Greater Healing to build a protective shield.
• Eleven True Dragon Lord corpses and twenty-five Guardian supervisors assembled before Tang Zheng’s group, then Saphis Xoth appeared and Tang Zheng identified him as the Mind Whisperer.
• Saphis began casting Super-Tier Magic as the Guardian supervisors and controlled True Dragon Lords attacked, so Zesshi activated The Goal of All Life Is Death and released Banshee’s Scream.

Zesshi Zetsumei activated The Goal of All Life is Death while Tang Zheng held off eleven True Dragon Lord corpses and Saphis Xoth prepared Super-Tier Magic. As the instant-death effect neared completion, Zesshi’s Purifying Throwing Spear interrupted Saphis’s spell, leaving the battle unresolved.

• Zesshi Zetsumei used her Powered Suit to enhance Banshee's Wail with The Goal of All Life is Death and retreated with Nfirea behind the Angels.
• Tang Zheng restrained the True Dragon Lord corpses with Mass All-Race Binding, then survived their breaths and physical attacks using summoned Cerberus monsters, shields, and Greater Teleportation.
• Saphis Xoth began casting Super-Tier Magic while analyzing Tang Zheng and the intruders’ abilities.
• Tang Zheng used a Tempest to disrupt the corpses’ advance, realized the Guardians controlling them relied on vision, and halted them with Shining Burst.
• Zesshi Zetsumei threw a Purifying Throwing Spear at Saphis Xoth, breaking his magic circle and canceling the Super-Tier Magic.

Tang Zheng survived Saphis Xoth's assault and the True Dragon Lord Corpses' attacks while Zesshi Zetsumei's trump card, The Goal of All Life is Death, failed to eliminate any enemies. As the twelve seconds ended, Tang Zheng revealed that he had expected the failure and prepared to take his turn.

• Saphis Xoth tested Tang Zheng and used Meteor Fall, but Tang Zheng canceled it with Polar Claw before the True Dragon Lord Corpses surrounded him.
• Tang Zheng blocked the eleven dragons' combined breath attack with Unclean Impact Shield, then suffered injuries when their tails shattered his shields.
• Zesshi Zetsumei realized that The Goal of All Life is Death had failed to destroy the enemies and feared they had used their trump card at the wrong moment.
• Saphis Xoth relished Zesshi Zetsumei's despair as the dragon claws struck at Tang Zheng, who could not escape because of Flight Prohibition.
• Tang Zheng said the twelve seconds were over and that it was his turn, revealing that he had expected The Goal of All Life is Death to fail.

Tang Zheng used Goddess Kali’s Sigh to destroy the eleven True Dragon Lord Corpses, then faced Saphis Xoth as the Guardians pursued Zesshi Zetsumei and Nfirea. He raised his level to 100 and began fighting Saphis Xoth, whose opening spell failed before he vanished with Perfect Unknowable.

• Tang Zheng released thirty-four Permanent Wetland Elemental Spirits, teleported them onto the True Dragon Lord Corpses, and used Goddess Kali’s Sigh to erase the heads of all eleven.
• Tang Zheng sent Zesshi Zetsumei and Nfirea into the Inner City palace to activate the trap, then confronted Saphis Xoth as the Guardians pursued them.
• Tang Zheng and Saphis Xoth revealed how they had tried to outmaneuver each other, and Tang Zheng explained that The Goal of All Life is Death had baited Saphis Xoth into using his resurrection measures.
• Tang Zheng advanced from level 86 to level 100 as Saphis Xoth cast Ten Thousand Thunder Annihilation, but the spell failed.
• Tang Zheng summoned Cerberus and used Tremor Sense to locate Saphis Xoth after he cast Perfect Unknowable, then summoned a Doom Lord to support Cerberus.

Tang Zheng and Saphis Xoth tested their magic against each other while their summons fought, and Saphis Xoth used Mental System magic to interfere with Tang Zheng’s spells. The battle continued with both mages seeking a way around the other’s defenses.

• Tang Zheng and Saphis Xoth exchanged attacks while the Doom Lord and Cerberus fought, and Tang Zheng repeatedly used Warming after Saphis Xoth’s binding magic failed.
• Saphis Xoth dominated Tang Zheng’s Cerberus and summoned another one, so Tang Zheng summoned a Judgment Throne Angel and froze both Cerberuses with Mass Hold Species.
• Saphis Xoth copied Warming from the Nameless Spellbook, but the spell burned him because he had not accounted for its effect on the caster.
• Saphis Xoth used Self-Denial to make Tang Zheng’s first Gravity Vortex fail, then destroyed the Judgment Throne Angel with his own Gravity Vortex.
• Tang Zheng cast Greater Magic Shield successfully against Saphis Xoth’s Thousand Bone Spears, leading Saphis Xoth to suspect Tang Zheng had a magic item that resisted Self-Denial.

Tang Zheng and Saphis Xoth fought a brutal magic duel, each trying to drain the other's resources while landing devastating Reality Slash attacks. Saphis Xoth believed Tang Zheng had run out of magic, but Tang Zheng revealed he could cast Reality Slash using experience points.

• Saphis Xoth used Essence of Magic to assess Tang Zheng and decided to drain his magic while testing whether he was a Player.
• Tang Zheng and Saphis Xoth exchanged Internal Explosion spells, then Saphis Xoth used Projection and the Seven Sins Cross to unleash Reality Slash.
• Tang Zheng copied Reality Slash and counterattacked, while both fighters continued trading the costly spell and taking severe injuries.
• Saphis Xoth guessed that Tang Zheng's dual Magic System construction made him spend more magic, then used Red Potions to recover HP while baiting Tang Zheng into further attacks.
• Saphis Xoth thought Tang Zheng's magic was depleted, but Tang Zheng cast Reality Slash with Experience Value Spellcasting.

Tang Zheng appeared to defeat Saphis Xoth through a battle of attrition, using Reality Slash and Experience Value Spellcasting to keep attacking while Saphis ran out of magic. Saphis’s Illusory World Deceiver power then turned the fight around, but Tang Zheng survived his apparent death and began to infer how the ability worked.

• Tang Zheng repeatedly struck Saphis Xoth with Reality Slash, forcing him to defend while his injuries slowed his casting.
• Tang Zheng exhausted his stored Experience Points and used Job Advancement to keep casting, while Saphis grew confused about how Tang Zheng sustained his attacks.
• With his stamina depleted, Saphis invoked his Special Class power and declared that Tang Zheng was already dead, leaving Tang Zheng with only single-digit stamina after he revived.
• Saphis hit Tang Zheng with an enhanced Internal Explosion, but Faith's Protection restored some of Tang Zheng's stamina and he used a Greater Healing scroll.
• Tang Zheng surmised that Saphis had used his world-deceiving power to swap their deaths or stamina, while Saphis remained determined to kill him.

Tang Zheng continued fighting Saphis Xoth after healing through his trump card, and Saphis transformed into a fully equipped level-one-hundred Warrior to keep the battle going. Tang Zheng revealed his own Warrior abilities and overwhelmed Saphis, leaving him battered and struggling to survive.

• Tang Zheng healed himself with another Healing Magic Scroll, while Saphis Xoth admitted his mana was nearly depleted and declared that the battle was not over.
• Saphis Xoth cast Perfect Warrior, shed his caster equipment, and armed himself with gear from the Supreme God-Kings.
• Saphis Xoth sealed Tang Zheng's Reality Slash and attacked with a Disintegration Bullet and a thrown sword, but Tang Zheng blocked the attacks and revealed his Radiant Sacred Gold Sword and Warrior methods.
• Tang Zheng used Body Armament, Shadow Ambush, Dark Wave, and successive sword attacks to knock Saphis Xoth around and overwhelm his slow reactions.
• Saphis Xoth used the Harpie God-King's Afterimage Assault to evade a strike and appear behind Tang Zheng, but Tang Zheng sensed him with Mind's Eye and struck him again.
• Tang Zheng criticized Saphis Xoth for failing to use his equipment's power effectively and prepared to end the battle.

Tang Zheng defeated Saphis Xoth and led Nfirea into the Starry Sky Observation Tower while his allies engaged the remaining Guardians. The chapter left Tang Zheng arriving at the tower’s upper hall to confront Butler Imlaris and the other defenders.

• Saphis Xoth exhausted his MP, lost his Warrior equipment, and fell after Tang Zheng stabbed him, though Tang Zheng deliberately left him alive.
• Zesshi Zetsumei, Nfirea, and the Shadow Clone emerged from the palace maze, and Tang Zheng confirmed that Nfirea was safe.
• The Guardians charged after Zesshi Zetsumei mocked them, so Tang Zheng sent five allies to stop them and took Nfirea toward the Core Area.
• Tang Zheng dragged Saphis Xoth into the Starry Sky Observation Tower while Nfirea used the Guild Weapon to clear its traps.
• Tang Zheng and Nfirea entered the top-floor hall, where Butler Imlaris and two Guardians awaited them.