Chapter Summaries

Black Tiger followed the Evil God's plan to prepare a hidden Blood Sacrifice Array while Xuan Tianji investigated the disappearances and traced them to Black Tiger's in-game technique. Xuan Tianji identified Black Tiger as the hidden hunter and confronted him before the sect, leaving Black Tiger exposed and ready to flee.

• Black Tiger began collecting blood and secretly drawing a Blood Sacrifice Array around Black Prison Village under the Evil God's instructions.
• Xuan Tianji investigated the disappearances, found evidence of blood-devouring, and noticed that the victims had vanished after the sect began using Virtual Helmets.
• Xuan Tianji connected the disappearances to the Foundation Stealing Grand Technique and found forum posts identifying Player Black Tiger as its recipient.
• Xuan Tianji gathered the sect and asked who was named Black Tiger, then declared that he was the hidden hunter.
• The menial servants beside Black Tiger scattered and exposed him, while Black Tiger lost hope of remaining undiscovered.

Black Tiger handed Xuan Tianji the Foundation Stealing Grand Technique, but the Evil God possessed him and killed Xuan Tianji. The Evil God then vowed to destroy Bei Li’s hidden army before challenging her in a fourth Heaven and Earth Game, but a mysterious hand dragged him into a ring of black holes.

• Xuan Tianji forced Black Tiger to demonstrate the Foundation Stealing Grand Technique, but he could not cultivate it while Black Tiger was alive.
• The Evil God revealed that he had destroyed the forbidden mark in Black Tiger’s soul and began taking over his consciousness.
• The Evil God possessed Black Tiger, corroded Xuan Tianji’s spiritual energy sword, and refined Xuan Tianji into a blood pellet.
• The Evil God planned to complete the Blood Sacrifice Array, consume the Black Prison Sect, and sabotage Bei Li’s hidden army before fighting her again.
• A ring of black holes appeared beside the Evil God, and a small hand grabbed his hair and dragged him inside.

Lu Wu and Bei Li confronted the Evil God after trapping him in the Divine Artifact Space, where Bei Li revealed how the god of Bei Qi had spared him through three Heaven and Earth Games. She invited him to join her in defying heaven, but he refused, so Bei Li prepared to use force.

• A forbidden mark pulled the Evil God through a Space Passage into the Divine Artifact Space, where he recognized Bei Li and learned that Lu Wu was her reincarnation.
• Bei Li explained that the god of Bei Qi had wanted the Nether Gods to unite against the Heavenly Realm, while the Evil God had pursued his own ambitions.
• Bei Li revealed that the god of Bei Qi had spared the Evil God in his first two Heaven and Earth Games, preserving his evil intent and Blood Demon Ancient Altar.
• Bei Li explained that the god of Bei Qi had anticipated his revival after the third game and left the tombstones containing the Foundation Stealing Grand Technique intact.
• Bei Li invited the Evil God to defy heaven with her, but he rejected the offer and said the underworld's fate did not concern him.
• Bei Li declared that negotiations had failed and told Lu Wu they would use force against the Evil God.

Bei Li trapped the Evil God in the Divine Artifact Space and arranged for the Evil King to devour his God Seal so he could inherit the Evil God's divine status. The Evil God’s consciousness began to collapse as the Evil King grew stronger, leaving his fate sealed.

• Bei Li revealed that she had forged a space using the power of the Six Paths of Reincarnation and explained that the Evil King could inherit the Evil God’s God Seal.
• Lu Wu and Bei Li urged the frightened Evil King to attack, while Lu Wu used the Divine Artifact to suppress the Evil God’s power.
• The Evil King entered the Evil God’s body and began devouring his consciousness God Seal as Bei Li restrained it.
• The Evil God tried to negotiate and agreed to defy the heavens, but Bei Li refused because he had used up his last chance.
• The Evil King grew to the size of a small mountain as a purple flame-shaped mark formed on his forehead, while the Evil God’s consciousness scattered.

Bei Li consumed the Evil God’s consciousness to appoint the Evil King as the first Netherworld God, while Lu Wu instructed him to keep helping the Players grow instead of conquering the Azure Void Great Domain. Lu Wu and Bei Li then considered using Mu Zhiguang’s restored soul to give Black Tiger’s empty body a new purpose.

• The Evil King devoured the Evil God’s shattered consciousness, and Bei Li offered him the position of first Netherworld God.
• The Evil King accepted Bei Li’s appointment, mastered the five laws, and returned to his own body with strength comparable to a Half-Step God.
• Lu Wu told the newly empowered Evil King not to defeat Yuan Xu or unify the Azure Void Great Domain, but to maintain his former strength and help the Players grow.
• Lu Wu and Bei Li discussed turning Black Tiger’s empty shell into a modified human, and Bei Li suggested using Mu Zhiguang’s restored soul.

After Evil God's death resolved the crisis in reality, Lu Wu announced Battle Online's May 1st events, including medal collection, sapling rewards, a quiz, and a mysterious battle royale. Players across all three servers celebrated and speculated about the final event, while China Server Players grew anxious at the prospect of a cross-server battle.

• Lu Wu planned to use Black Tiger's body as a new vessel for Mu Zhiguang's soul but first prepared to launch the May 1st Event.
• Lu Wu released details of four events: Warrior Medal, Morning Plowing, Evening Tilling, May 1st Quiz, and Mysterious War.
• Players across the Europe Server and Hell Server welcomed the events, while forum users discussed rewards, trading, and stealing water from other Players' saplings.
• Players speculated that Mysterious War would be a battle royale across the three Great Domains.
• China Server Players, confident in their server's strength, worried that a cross-server defeat would undermine their boasts.

The players launched a May 1st event assault on the Nine Luminaries Army at the Netherworld Sinkhole, targeting soldiers for rewards while a coordinated squad tried to bring down Mu Yao. As the squad pinned Mu Yao, Reinhardt and the Europe Server players arrived to reinforce the attack.

• Players gathered at the border and charged into Bei Qi when the May 1st event began.
• The Nine Radiance Brothers emerged from their camp and fought the massive player assault, while players focused on killing their soldiers for event rewards.
• Liu Chai organized the Hacker Hunting Squad, which targeted Mu Yao as the weakest of the three brothers.
• Qi Ming, Proud Sword, Liu Chai, and the others forced Mu Yao to the ground, then the Corpse Spirit Strongmen and Gu Yu helped pin him down.
• Reinhardt arrived with the Europe Server player army just as Chen Yao and Gold Radiance tried to reach Mu Yao.

Europe Server players joined the China Server's battle against the Nine Luminaries Army in Bei Qi, where both sides competed to kill monsters and earn event rewards. The Hanging Wall Group failed to capture Mu Yao but helped the ZERO Guild restrain Gold Radiance, then joined the fight to steal him as Bei Qi players turned on the Europe Server.

• Yuan Xu withdrew his forces to the Treacherous Dragon Tomb, so Reinhardt led the Europe Server army south to Bei Qi to grind monsters alongside the China Server.
• The Europe Server troops attacked the Nine Luminaries Army from the north, prompting Bei Qi players to curse them and race to kill monsters before they could steal the rewards.
• Hu He's strongmen and the Hanging Wall Group overwhelmed Mu Yao, while Reinhardt and the ZERO Guild trapped Gold Radiance with chained control skills and attacks.
• Chen Yao rescued Mu Yao and carried him beyond the players' reach, leaving the Hanging Wall Group frustrated.
• Liu Chai led the Hanging Wall Group to Gold Radiance and declared they were stealing him, prompting Bei Qi players to join the fight against the Europe Server.
• Chen Yao returned to the Netherworld Sinkhole and found a massive three-way melee unfolding below.

China Server and Europe Server players turned the battle for Gold Radiance into a massive melee, repeatedly driving Chen Yao away when he tried to rescue his brother. After Reinhardt trapped Xiao Mo in a Dark Duel and turned him into a Dark Slave, Ye Chen landed a random x100 critical hit that killed Gold Radiance for the China Server.

• China Server and Europe Server players fought each other over Gold Radiance, and both sides repeatedly focused their attacks on Chen Yao when he tried to reach the Boss.
• The players bought enhancement potions and intensified the battle as Gold Radiance entered a near-death state.
• Xiao Mo and Xiao Yuzi attacked Li Xing, but Reinhardt used Dark Duel to trap Xiao Mo, while Proud Sword helped Xiao Yuzi escape.
• Reinhardt defeated Xiao Mo in the Dark Arena and transformed him into a Dark Slave.
• As Chen Yao approached Gold Radiance, Dark Slave Xiao Mo struck the Boss, but Ye Chen's Flame Arrow dealt a random x100 critical hit and killed Gold Radiance.

After Gold Radiance died and the China Server and Europe Server Players abruptly abandoned their battle to join a quiz event, the Nine Luminaries Army withdrew. The quiz began with easy questions that exposed many Players’ comically wrong answers, before its later questions grew more difficult.

• Lu Wu watched Ye Chen kill Gold Radiance and felt proud that Ye Chen had used a skill enhanced by the Serendipitous Heaven Method.
• The Europe Server Players charged at Ye Chen, who let them kill him, while Chen Yao discovered Gold Radiance was dead and ordered the Nine Luminaries Army to kill everyone.
• A server-wide announcement about the quiz made both sides scatter and run from combat so they could join the event, leaving Chen Yao furious as the Nine Luminaries Army chased them.
• Five minutes later, the battle ended, and Players who had left combat began answering the quiz; many got even the simple opening questions wrong with amusing answers.
• The quiz continued from easy common-knowledge questions to increasingly difficult questions about items and Life Professions.

On the fourth and final day of the May 1st Event, Lu Wu launched the cross-server Devouring Melee, where Players began at Level 0 as one of three evolving life forms. Players debated their choices and prepared to compete, but survival was essential because exhausting all three resurrection chances erased their personal points.

• Players began stealing Spirit Spring Water to accelerate their Lucky Saplings, causing many saplings to wither and reducing Lu Wu’s reward costs.
• At 7 p.m., a server-wide announcement revealed the Devouring Melee would begin at 8 p.m. across a randomly selected Great Domain.
• The event rules let Players choose Kun Peng, Tian Luo Ape, or Candle Flame God forms and level up by devouring other mimicked Players.
• Players from the three servers debated their forms and traded boasts, while random spawns and the lack of team channels made coordination difficult.
• Lu Wu’s rules made survival crucial: Players who used all three resurrection chances lost their personal points and could no longer add to their server’s score.

The Devouring Melee began in Hell Great Domain, where Players from three Great Domains evolved by devouring Light of Life and one another. As Ai Rui’s overwhelming lead threatened the Hell Server’s first-place standing, China Server, Europe Server, and Hell Server Players made desperate choices about whom to empower, and Ai Rui attacked the American military’s Candle Flame God amid a split in his own side.

• Players chose their Devouring Species, and the map draw selected Hell Great Domain for the event.
• Players spread across the map to collect Light of Life and devour rivals; Candle Flame God users who sacrificed teammates gained early leads, while skilled Tian Luo Ape users rose later.
• By the final hour, Ai Rui had reached level 480, and China Server and Europe Server Players converged on him while Hell Server Players tried to protect him.
• Yin Xiaoqi proposed devouring her allies to challenge Ai Rui, and Liu Chai and other China Server Players sacrificed themselves to strengthen her.
• Ai Rui called on his teammates to empower him, but Hell Server Players split between him and the American military’s Candle Flame God, so he charged to devour the rival Candle Flame God.

The Devouring Melee ended with Reinhardt using his simulated Kun Peng’s devouring advantage to lead the Azure Void Great Domain to first place. Europe Server Players then mourned Glittering Knight, whose final post revealed that he had died after battling terminal cancer.

• Ai Rui and Yin Xiaoqi fought over the America military’s Candle Flame God while Li Xing urged Reinhardt to devour him and build a powerful Kun Peng.
• Reinhardt reached level 468, attacked Ai Rui, and repeatedly changed targets as Ai Rui and Yin Xiaoqi fought for the lead.
• Reinhardt’s devouring immunity and skill bonus let him grow while Ai Rui and Yin Xiaoqi tried to devour him, and he won the event at level 543.
• The server-wide rankings placed Reinhardt first and the Azure Void Great Domain first among the Great Domains.
• Europe Server Players discovered Glittering Knight’s farewell post and learned from his teammates that he had died, then left messages honoring him and wishing heaven free of illness.

After reading the farewell post for Iger, Lu Wu brought the dead Player back as an NPC so he could remain with his friends in Battle Online. Iger accepted the choice, and the chapter ended with Players celebrating the new NPC created in his memory, unaware that it was truly him.

• After the May 1st Event ended, Players from Bei Qi, the Hell Server, and the European Server left farewell messages for Iger on the forum.
• Lu Wu found Iger’s soul in the divine artifact and restored his memories, then showed him the Players’ messages and explained that he could return as an NPC.
• Iger chose to return to the game, hoping to keep company with his friends and perhaps see his parents again someday.
• Bei Li erased Iger’s memories of Lu Wu and herself, implanted his NPC identity and mission, and sent him to Dragon Concealment Village in the Azure Void Great Domain.
• A server-wide announcement introduced the new NPC Iger, prompting Players across all three servers to praise the development team.

Lu Wu chose the Demon Spine Great Domain for the Asian Server and began planning its entry point. In the domain, Han Yuanwu discovered a Heaven Essence Stone mine, but one of his workers drunkenly revealed the secret in a tavern.

• Lu Wu compared the Xuanfeng and Demon Spine Great Domains and chose the Demon Spine Great Domain for the Asian Server.
• Han Yuanwu oversaw his spirit fields and learned that his son, Han Fa, was about to graduate as a Code Inspector.
• Workers found a Level 5 Heaven Essence Stone in Spirit Field No. 81, and Han Yuanwu concluded that a mine lay beneath it.
• Han Yuanwu promised the workers rewards if they kept the discovery secret, then hurried to Brahma Heaven City to learn the stone’s value.
• A worker got drunk in a tavern and loudly told the other patrons that Han Yuanwu had found a Heaven Essence Stone mine.

After discovering a Heaven Essence Stone mine, Han Yuanwu lost his land, home, wife, and son to a conspiracy involving Brahma Heaven City's officials and ore merchants. Imprisoned and desperate for revenge, he heard a mysterious voice offer him power in exchange for eternal loyalty.

• Han Yuanwu refused to sell his Heaven Essence Stones, but merchants soon invaded his spirit fields and stole the ore while the Code Inspectors and City Lord were absent.
• After a month, the City Lord and a Code Inspector promised Han Yuanwu justice, but that night the merchants looted and burned his estate, killing his wife.
• Han Fa returned, filed a complaint against 4,872 merchants and the workers, and accompanied Han Yuanwu to submit it to the Magic Spine Court.
• The City Lord arrested Han Yuanwu on fabricated charges and admitted that powerful officials had shared the mine's profits, leaving Han Yuanwu and Han Fa without protection.
• Han Fa committed suicide in prison after learning the truth, and Han Yuanwu swore revenge before a voice offered him power in exchange for eternal loyalty.

After Han Yuanwu swore to trade anything for power to avenge his son, the Evil King appeared and offered him a chance to overthrow the Demon Spine Code. Han Yuanwu accepted Lu Wu’s plan to become the domain’s representative and began gathering allies in Brahma Heaven City.

• Han Yuanwu begged for power and swore to give up everything, but no demon answered before a prison guard came to take Han Fa’s body.
• The Evil King emerged through a Space Passage, killed the guard, and told Han Yuanwu he could fulfill his desire.
• Han Yuanwu demanded the fall of the Demon Spine Code and the deaths of its enforcers, then agreed to serve Lu Wu’s plan and recited a soul oath.
• After Han Yuanwu’s soul mark appeared in the Divine Artifact Space, Lu Wu told the Evil King to take Brahma Heaven City.
• Han Yuanwu found the prison keys and freed every prisoner while the Evil King stored Han Fa’s corpse and followed him.

After freeing thirteen prisoners, Han Yuanwu led them to Brahma Heaven City to establish a center of resistance against the Demon Spine Code. The Evil King overwhelmed the city’s enforcers and challenged its rulers, then revealed divine power as the City Lord and Code Inspector Captain faced him in terror.

• Han Yuanwu recruited thirteen prisoners who wanted to resist the Demon Spine Code and told them to spread word that Brahma Heaven City would become a free gathering place.
• Han Yuanwu and his followers reached the City Lord’s Mansion, where the Evil King defeated the soldiers and Code Inspectors who tried to arrest them.
• The Evil King destroyed the City Lord’s Mansion, confronted the Brahma Heaven City Lord, and crushed an inspector while defying the Demon Spine Code.
• The City Lord and Code Inspector Captain attacked the Evil King with formations, but he shattered them and grew nearly thirty meters tall as his Burning God Seal and laws appeared.

The Evil King revealed himself as a deity, killed the Brahma Heaven City Lord and the Code Inspector Captain, and helped Han Yuanwu establish a rebellion against the Demon Spine Code. He left after building a passage for the Demon God Army and telling Han Yuanwu that his son might be revived if he pleased the Evil King's master.

• The Evil King overwhelmed the Brahma Heaven City Lord and the Code Inspector Captain with his divine aura, forcing them to beg for mercy.
• The Evil King mocked the Demon Spine Code and rejected the two officials' offer to become his servants.
• The Evil King killed the Brahma Heaven City Lord and the Code Inspector Captain with a law that pierced through them.
• Han Yuanwu renamed the city the City of Freedom and declared war on the Demon Spine Continent's code and its enforcers.
• The Evil King created a Demon God Passage and promised Han Yuanwu's son might be revived if Han Yuanwu satisfied his master.

Lu Wu prepared the Asian Server launch while investigating forum trolls who were angry that Battle Online had disrupted the release of Mechanical Revolution: Galaxy Guardian 3. The trolls challenged Battle Online players to a real-life fight in Osaka, and thousands of players signed up, leaving the confrontation looming.

• After Evil King marked the Asian Server Revival Point, most Brahma Heaven City residents fled, while Lu Wu hoped rebels like Han Yuanwu would help players overthrow the Demon Spine Continent's rulers.
• Wu Guoyi's team promoted the Asian Server launch, and Lu Wu opened its official website and forum as players from across Asia celebrated the news.
• Lu Wu learned that Mechanical Revolution fans were attacking Battle Online on the forum because the launch had prompted Mechanical Revolution to postpone its new game.
• Mechanical Revolution supporters posted a challenge calling for 1,000 players from each side to fight in real life in Osaka, Japan.
• Battle Online players from multiple servers mocked the challenge, but tens of thousands signed up within minutes to travel to Japan and answer it.