Chapter Summaries

Jia Shasha and Zhen Xiaoyi boarded a ship bound for Chenglong Pass, carrying dumplings for Commander Lin while worrying about meeting him. Meanwhile, Kira and Turk infiltrated the ship disguised as Night Watchmen, leaving them poised to disrupt the celebration.

• A classmate frightened Jia Shasha and Zhen Xiaoyi with stories about Commander Lin, but Jia Shasha decided they should still complete their mission and deliver Hong Ying’s dumplings.
• At the pier, a calm logistics worker checked their identification and told them to give the dumplings to anyone wearing a Crimson Cloak; the two boarded without learning his name.
• The ship departed for Chenglong Pass, and Jia Shasha and Zhen Xiaoyi reflected that Commander Lin might not be as frightening as they had imagined.
• Kira and Turk emerged from beneath the sea and hid in an empty storage room aboard the ship.
• Turk used a secret treasure from Lord Poseidon to disguise them as Great Xia natives wearing dark-red cloaks, and Kira and Turk joined the Night Watchmen unnoticed.

Turk and Kira doubted the Night Watchmen newcomers could threaten them as the God Hunting Celebration began at Chenglong Pass. While Jia Shasha and Zhen Xiaoyi searched for the person in a Crimson Cloak to deliver their Dumplings, Phoenix Squad opened the festivities with a strange play.

• Turk and Kira discussed the young Night Watchmen aboard the ship and suspected other hostile groups, including Divine Lust Heaven and the Hidden Gods, had sent agents to the celebration.
• The ship reached Chenglong Pass, where fireworks and music welcomed the Night Watchmen to the God Hunting Celebration.
• The newcomers entered the city and saw nine enormous god corpses displayed on the walls, prompting Turk and Kira to worry about the humans who had killed them.
• Jia Shasha and Zhen Xiaoyi set off together to find the person wearing a Crimson Cloak and deliver their Dumplings.
• The hosts announced a Phoenix Squad performance called I Love Work, Work Loves Me, and a chain-bound, exhausted woman emerged from backstage proclaiming her love of work.

Commander Lin arrived at Chenglong Pass for the God Hunting Celebration as Kira and Turk watched and sent a concealed message beyond the Mist. Jia Shasha and Zhen Xiaoyi spotted Lin and tried to reach him, and Lin stopped when Jia Shasha called out to him.

• The Phoenix Squad performed a heroic tale, while Kira and Turk watched the Night Watchmen and decided to wait until Great Xia's leaders had gathered before sending their message.
• Jia Shasha and Zhen Xiaoyi searched Chenglong Pass for Commander Lin, then climbed a watchtower to watch for his arrival.
• Lin Qiye arrived by helicopter, and Kira identified him as Turk sent a concealed gray message beyond the Mist.
• Kira noted that most of Great Xia's top combat power had gathered, with Sword Immortal Zhou Ping and one mysterious Apex absent.
• Jia Shasha and Zhen Xiaoyi approached Commander Lin, but a staff member stopped them; Jia Shasha shouted Lin's name, and Lin stopped.

Jia Shasha and Zhen Xiaoyi delivered Hong Ying’s New Year dumplings to Commander Lin, and Lin Qiye officially opened the God Hunting Celebration at Chenglong Pass. As hostile gods moved toward Great Xia’s borders to attack while the celebration drew away its strongest defenders, a six-winged gray angel confronted two Greek gods in the mist.

• Jia Shasha and Zhen Xiaoyi gave Commander Lin the dumplings Hong Ying had saved for him, and he thanked them and asked them to thank her.
• Seven Night Watchmen ministers gathered before the nine divine corpses as Lin Qiye appeared and announced the start of the God Hunting Celebration.
• At Great Xia’s northern border, Ares landed in the snow-covered mountains and charged toward a human city.
• At the southern border, two Greek gods learned that Great Xia’s top combat forces were at Chenglong Pass and set out to attack human cities.
• A six-winged gray angel appeared above the mist and asked the two Greek gods whom they planned to catch off guard.

Long Bai, Guan Zai, Chen Han, and Master Chen revealed that the God Hunting Celebration was a trap to lure gods into Great Xia, then surrounded Ares at the northern border. As Ares fought back, a golden pillar struck him, while a six-winged angel appeared above Great Xia.

• Long Bai trapped Ares with the Eight Arts of God Binding and revealed himself as a Human Apex.
• Guan Zai, Master Chen, and Chen Han joined Long Bai, surrounding Ares and revealing that the celebration was bait for a larger god hunt.
• Ares broke through one of the metal pillars, but Guan Zai formed a red-brick arena to seal the battlefield.
• Chen Han charged Ares on horseback, and Long Bai's Divine Calamity blade cut Ares and dispelled some of his laws.
• A golden pillar struck Ares, while a six-winged angel holding a Golden Holy Sword appeared above Great Xia.

During Chenglong Pass’s celebration, foreign God's Agents believed they were slaughtering the Night Watchmen, but Hu Jia revealed the massacre was an illusion designed to deceive them and lure Olympus into a failed attack. The celebration had truly taken place, while Lin Qiye was aboard a ship with more than a hundred unconscious Night Watchmen.

• Commander Lin canceled his address after receiving an alarm, and the Night Watchmen leaders and powerful guests rushed toward the borders.
• Turk, Kira, and five other foreign God's Agents attacked the young Night Watchmen, believing the higher-ups had left Chenglong Pass undefended.
• The apparent massacre vanished, revealing that the seven agents had been trapped in an illusion after hearing Hu Jia play his Stone Xun.
• Hu Jia revealed that he had used the illusion to make Kira pass false intelligence and draw Olympus into attacking Great Xia.
• Hundreds of miles away, Lin Qiye held the Uncaused Cause aboard a ship as Karma Threads drifted from more than a hundred unconscious Night Watchmen.

Lin Qiye used Uncaused Cause to stage a nonexistent God Hunting Celebration for the sleeping Night Watchmen, then gathered his allies as they fought enemies at the borders. With the celebration’s karma ending, Lin Qiye and Destiny Monk prepared for their most crucial next step.

• Destiny Monk delivered Lin Qiye’s scripted speech at the celebration, telling the Night Watchmen he hoped they would become the last generation needed to protect the world.
• The Night Watchmen sailed away from Chenglong Pass as the celebration’s phantoms, including Destiny Monk and the Human Apexes, faded from the nonexistent stretch of karma.
• Lin Qiye opened his eyes on the East Sea as more than a hundred Karma Threads returned to the sleeping Night Watchmen, and Xia Simeng fled with the Phoenix Squad when he asked about her unfinished reflection.
• Destiny Monk asked about the border battles, and Wu Quan went to help at the southern border after Lin Qiye reported that enemies were surrounded in the north and one had escaped into the mist.
• Lin Qiye and Destiny Monk discussed their crucial next step while Zhen Xiaoyi and Jia Shasha slept nearby.

Lin Qiye revealed that the God Hunting Celebration had taken place in a safe strand of karma while the real Night Watchmen were protected. As the young Night Watchmen returned to Chenglong Pass, Lin Qiye and Destiny Monk used Ares’s corpse to begin linking its heart to Olympus’s divine kingdom.

• Lin Qiye explained that he had drawn the Night Watchmen into an unreal but safe strand of karma and that Hu Jia had trapped the Outer God agents in a Mental World.
• The young Night Watchmen woke on the ship and discussed the celebration before Jia Shasha and Zhen Xiaoyi realized the logistics worker was Lin Qiye.
• Lin Qiye asked Jia Shasha about Team 136 and promised Zhen Xiaoyi that he would return for dinner when he was finished.
• Helicopters carried Ares’s corpse toward Chenglong Pass, and Lin Qiye recognized it as the God of War.
• Destiny Monk took Ares’s heart from the corpse, and Lin Qiye caught the Karma Threads connecting it to the origin of Olympus’s divine kingdom.

Lin Qiye approached Ares’s corpse as a golden light erupted from the sea, while Poseidon and Hades discovered that the Olympus Origin had projected an indestructible golden cross over their divine realm. The gods could not explain the mutation and decided to watch it.

• Destiny Monk selected several Karma Threads as Lin Qiye told Jia Shasha and Zhen Xiaoyi to sail on to Cangnan and flew toward Ares’s corpse.
• A brilliant golden radiance erupted from the sea behind the ship and nearly capsized it, turning the distant sea golden.
• Poseidon and Hades discussed their plan to use Great Xia against Olympus’s rivals and their hope that one of them would soon reach the Supreme Realm.
• Karma Threads locked onto the Olympus Origin in Poseidon’s hand, and golden light burst from it.
• A golden cross appeared over Olympus, and Poseidon and Hades discovered that their attacks passed through it and that they could not remove it without destroying the origin.
• Poseidon and Hades could not determine whether the origin had mutated on its own or had been changed by someone, so they decided to observe the mark.

Lin Qiye and Shen Qingzhu discussed the recent battle against the Outer Gods and approved Xia Simeng’s unusual maternity-leave request. They then visited their teacher in seclusion, whose sword aura was nearing the Supreme Realm, and received his answer that he would emerge in nine days.

• Lin Qiye learned that Shen Qingzhu had killed one Outer God while another escaped.
• Lin Qiye read Xia Simeng’s claim that she was pregnant, approved her leave request, and warned that he would hold her to it.
• Lin Qiye and Shen Qingzhu traveled to a barren wasteland to visit their teacher, who had been in seclusion for nearly three years.
• Lin Qiye asked how much longer their teacher would remain in seclusion, and miniature sword phantoms formed the character “Nine.”

An Qingyu learned that a move against Olympus was underway and prepared to follow it, while Lin Qiye went to visit Yurina Takishiro after hearing he had asked to play games. The chapter left Lin Qiye at Yurina’s door, where the ailing youth greeted him with delight.

• A gray-furred rat with wings reached An Qingyu and told him about the activity involving Olympus, prompting him to vow to follow Zeus’s move.
• Xia Simeng’s leave was approved after she claimed she was pregnant, and Phoenix Squad left for the Golden Coast with its team funds.
• Lin Qiye learned from Min Junliang that Yurina Takishiro had asked to play games, then decided to visit him.
• Yurina Takishiro finished a game and vomited blood before answering the door to Lin Qiye.

Lin Qiye visited Yurina Takishiro and spent the day gaming with him, but Takishiro collapsed and was rushed to the Night Watchmen headquarters. Yue Jiulin told Lin Qiye that Takishiro was dying of old age because of the lasting effects of the experiments that made him an Artificial God test subject.

• Yurina Takishiro showed Lin Qiye his game and figurine collections and asked him to stay.
• Lin Qiye stayed to play games with Yurina Takishiro through the afternoon and into the night.
• Yurina Takishiro collapsed while heading to the kitchen, and Lin Qiye discovered that his life force was fading.
• Lin Qiye flew Yurina Takishiro to the Night Watchmen headquarters Medical Department for emergency treatment.
• Yue Jiulin told Lin Qiye that Yurina Takishiro had been revived but was going to die of old age from the effects of overtaxing his body.

Lin Qiye learned that Yurina Takishiro’s body had aged beyond saving and heard the dying boy make peace with his life. Guan Zai proposed that Takishiro become a god by turning into data and living in the game world.

• Yue Jiulin told Lin Qiye that Yurina Takishiro’s organs had deteriorated to the state of someone over a hundred and that nothing could reverse the damage.
• Yurina Takishiro told Lin Qiye he had known his condition and was grateful for the years and friendship he had gained.
• Yurina Takishiro gave Lin Qiye Divine Calamity and asked him to look after his sister, but Lin Qiye refused to accept that he was beyond saving.
• Lin Qiye and Shen Qingzhu discussed possible ways to save Takishiro, including a new body or a miracle.
• Guan Zai proposed that Takishiro become a god by turning into data and entering the game world as the God of Games.

Guan Zai proposed using a custom game to help Yurina Takishiro comprehend Game Law and become a god. Lin Qiye and Shen Qingzhu joined him in the game, which opened with the three of them appearing at a packed concert.

• Guan Zai explained that Takishiro might create Game Law if he faced a game challenging enough, and revealed that he had built a prototype.
• Guan Zai warned that Takishiro’s weakened body might not survive the game and proposed converting it into a three-person team challenge.
• Lin Qiye and Shen Qingzhu agreed to enter the game with Takishiro, and Lin arranged for Destiny Monk to handle urgent duties.
• Guan Zai finished loading the game, and the three were transported into a stadium filled with concertgoers.
• The game identified itself as G’s nightmare-difficulty game, titled "The Kiss of the Beautiful Idol."

Dionysus returned to Olympus badly wounded and told Poseidon that the marks appearing above their divine kingdom were a Chinese countdown, apparently placed there by Great Xia. Poseidon set out to retaliate, while Lin Qiye and the others began a strange game mission at a concert stadium.

• Dionysus arrived at Olympus alone and told Poseidon that Silent Angel had defeated him and Artemis at Great Xia's southern border.
• Dionysus recognized the marks above Olympus as the Chinese numbers eight, nine, and ten, revealing that they counted down to a threat against Olympus.
• Poseidon concluded Great Xia intended to destroy Olympus within ten days, then left to target its people, telling Dionysus to find Hades if anything happened.
• Lin Qiye, Shen Qingzhu, and Yurina Takishiro read the rules for a game mission to defeat idol Amy Mei without harming spectators.
• The stadium countdown reached zero, and missiles launched as the crowd cheered wildly.

Lin Qiye, Shen Qingzhu, and Yurina Takishiro encountered Amy Mei, a concert idol whose skills made her a Mechanism Kill Boss. After avoiding her opening wink, they planned to probe her unknown abilities, with Shen Qingzhu volunteering to test them.

• Lin Qiye and his companions arrived at Amy Mei's concert, where missiles and an enormous crowd welcomed the idol to the stage.
• Lin Qiye inspected Amy Mei's status and learned that her known skills included a lethal wink, a mandatory group-photo challenge, and a pursuing security team.
• Yurina Takishiro explained the differences between Stat Kill, Execution Kill, and Mechanism Kill bosses, while the group compared their health and attack values.
• Amy Mei winked at the crowd, but Lin Qiye, Shen Qingzhu, and Yurina Takishiro shut their eyes and passed the skill judgment.
• Yurina Takishiro urged them to uncover Amy Mei's unknown skills, and Shen Qingzhu offered to test them while the others protected themselves.

Shen Qingzhu tried to attack Amy Mei but died when a fan jumped in front of his fireball, while Lin Qiye and Yurina Takishiro fled the summoned security team into an indoor corridor. The chapter left Lin Qiye preparing to fight the guards there, with Shen Qingzhu set to revive after a countdown.

• Shen Qingzhu flew onto the stage and tried to attack Amy Mei, but an audience member leaped into his fireball and triggered his death under the mission rules.
• Lin Qiye and Yurina Takishiro realized Amy Mei's fans would protect her and noted Shen Qingzhu's ten-minute revival countdown.
• Amy Mei summoned a security team, and Lin Qiye and Yurina Takishiro tried to reach the indoor venue without harming the audience.
• A security guard struck Lin Qiye and Yurina Takishiro, but Lin Qiye shielded Yurina and carried him through a safety door into the corridor.
• Yurina Takishiro identified the guards as powerful elite monsters, and Lin Qiye readied his sword to fight them.

Lin Qiye fought three powerful security guards while trying to reach Amy Mei’s group photo, but Yurina Takishiro was trapped in The Dark Room by the photo’s judgment. Lin Qiye made it into the shot and remained alone to face Amy Mei’s next skill as Shen Qingzhu’s revival countdown continued.

• Lin Qiye clashed with the bald security guard while the gun-wielding guard attacked him with explosive bullets and the hidden guard ambushed Yurina Takishiro.
• Lin Qiye killed the gun-wielding guard, but the bald guard activated Invincible Golden Body and forced him back.
• When Amy Mei began her group photo, Lin Qiye broke through the wall and ran into the crowd, successfully passing the photo judgment.
• Yurina Takishiro failed the judgment and vanished into The Dark Room, leaving Lin Qiye to fight alone while Shen Qingzhu’s revival countdown continued.
• Amy Mei began her next song, and Lin Qiye’s True Love Support judgment started.

Lin Qiye passed the first True Love Support judgment, but Yurina Takishiro failed it and died in the dungeon. At Golden Coast, a giant seawater monster swallowed Phoenix Squad members and tourists before Xia Simeng pursued it into the sea.

• Lin Qiye memorized Amy Mei’s support actions and slogans, then passed the True Love Support judgment.
• Yurina Takishiro found he could not break out of his cell and waited for his teammates to rescue him.
• Yurina Takishiro failed the True Love Support judgment and exploded, leaving a countdown panel behind.
• A colossal seawater head attacked Golden Coast and swallowed Phoenix Squad members and nearly a thousand tourists.
• Xia Simeng punched a hole through the monster, then plunged into the sea to pursue it.

Lin Qiye raced to rescue Yurina Takishiro from the dungeon while Shen Qingzhu fought the remaining guards and discovered the ruined world outside the stadium. Lin Qiye found Yurina, but the cell lock required him to complete a game, and its reels landed on a black handgun.

• Lin Qiye followed a Karma Thread to locate Yurina Takishiro and waited for Shen Qingzhu to revive before leaving him to handle the guards.
• Shen Qingzhu drove the bald guard and Hidden Kill into the air, then saw the apocalyptic ruins and corpses beyond the stadium.
• Lin Qiye hurried through a security door and descended into an underground space that looked like an abandoned laboratory.
• Lin Qiye found Yurina Takishiro imprisoned behind iron bars, but brute force could not open the cell door.
• Lin Qiye touched the strange lock, which demanded a designated game, and watched its three reels stop on a black handgun.