Chapter Summaries

Bing Lin learned that the Bei Qi God Race and the Defying Heaven Alliance had vanished, but chose to lead the Ice Ghost Race into battle rather than return to sleep. The Ice Ghost Battle Legion attacked the Heavenly Realm deities, killed hundreds of them and their Supervisory Celestial Lord, and announced its return to the underworld.

• Lu Wu watched Bing Lin and worried that the god-level leader and his powerful Ice Ghost Battle Legion could overwhelm the Players.
• Bing Lin approached the Players peacefully, learned that the Bei Qi God Race no longer existed, and realized his people had awakened in a new era without their old home or allies.
• Bing Lin raised the Defying Heaven Alliance emblem and ordered the Players to leave, then led the Ice Ghost Race toward the Heavenly Realm deities who arrived in response.
• The Ice Ghost Battle Legion broke through the deities' formation as their sealed divine power returned through the Sealing Heaven law, and they killed many Heavenly Realm deities.
• Bing Lin pursued the fleeing Supervisory Celestial Lord, dragged him back from the Heavenly Realm with the Sealing Heaven Lock, and killed him as the Ice Ghost Race declared its return.

Bing Lin led the Ice Ghost Battle Legion through the Heavenly Gate to challenge the Heavenly Realm, where the outnumbered warriors fought until all but Bing Lin had fallen. After killing a high-ranking Celestial Lord, Bing Lin made one last charge and died, awakening the Netherworld gods’ desire to resist.

• Bing Lin and the Ice Ghost Race claimed the Supervisory Celestial Lord’s divine blood, then charged through the Heavenly Realm passage beneath the Defying Heaven Alliance banner.
• The Heavenly Realm’s gathered gods confronted Bing Lin, but he rejected an old man riding a green ox and led his legion into battle.
• Heavenly Realm spells killed the Ice Ghost warriors as they advanced, and the old man trapped Bing Lin in a furnace that Bing Lin froze and shattered.
• Bing Lin used the Sealing Heaven Lock to suppress the old man’s divine power and beheaded him, claiming his blood as a sixth mark.
• With his clansmen dead, Bing Lin charged alone at the Heavenly Realm gods and fell, while his defiance stirred the Netherworld gods to consider taking up the Defying Heaven Banner.

As the Netherworld’s ancient gods prepared to launch a new war, Eastern Emperor Taiyi intervened to stop Lu Wu from rescuing Bing Lin and the Ice Ghost Race’s souls. The Eastern Peak Great Emperor secured their place in the Six Paths of Reincarnation, but their souls were ultimately destroyed, leaving Lu Wu vowing to bring down the Celestial Realm.

• Blood-red rain awakened ancient Netherworld deities, but the Eastern Peak Great Emperor rang a brass bell and ordered them to wait.
• After Bing Lin and the Ice Ghost Race fell in battle, celestial gods tried to destroy their souls, but Lu Wu used the Divine Artifact Space to pull them toward safety.
• Eastern Emperor Taiyi froze the souls in the Six Paths of Reincarnation, resisting Lu Wu as he spent billions of soul coins to strengthen the pull.
• The Eastern Peak Great Emperor appeared and gave Eastern Emperor Taiyi a law ribbon, after which Taiyi vanished and the souls of Bing Lin and the Ice Ghost Race shattered.
• Lu Wu remembered Bing Lin’s oath and roared that he would trample the Celestial Realm underfoot.

After Eastern Peak Great Emperor saved Lu Wu from Eastern Emperor Taiyi’s scrutiny, Lu Wu vowed to lead the Players against the Heavenly Realm and began preparing to grow stronger. The underworld settled after the battle, and a game update brought new trials and skills as Lu Wu turned his attention to promotion and replenishing his Soul Coins.

• Lu Wu learned that Eastern Peak Great Emperor had sacrificed a Law Ribbon to protect him from Eastern Emperor Taiyi, and that the Great Emperors had knowingly permitted his actions.
• Eastern Peak Great Emperor gathered Bing Lin and the Ice Ghosts’ soul fragments before disappearing, and Little Bei Li told Lu Wu he could restore them once he was strong enough.
• Lu Wu vowed to lead the Players to the Heavenly Realm, then began studying the divine artifact and discussing game promotion with Wu Guoyi.
• The underworld’s unrest subsided, and the game update introduced Ghost General Trials and new skills drawn from the Hall of Heroes.
• Players experimented with skill combinations and complained about the lack of a top-up channel, while Lu Wu planned to reclaim Soul Coins from them to rebuild his depleted reserves.

After being fired and banned from Heavenly Road for attacking his teammates and coach over a fixed match, Dong Liu left the esports club and struggled with the end of his career. At a hotel, he watched an exciting battle clip and saw an advertisement for Battle Online, his possible entry into a new world.

• Dong Liu smashed his computer after losing a match and remembered how years of match-fixing had driven him from club to club.
• After beating his coach and teammates over a fixed match, Dong Liu was fired and banned from competing in Heavenly Road.
• Dong Liu left the KOK E-sports Club, rejected the idea of going home, and headed for a cheap hotel while brooding over his future.
• At the hotel, Dong Liu watched a battle clip on an advertising display and saw the words, “Battle Online, your Second World!”

After a fight in an elevator, Ye Chen introduced injured former esports player Dong Liu to Conquest and its fair, skill-based world. Intrigued by the game and determined to challenge the Heavenly Road clubs he blamed for his failed career, Dong Liu called Ye Chen to join his guild.

• Dong Liu argued with Ye Chen over Heavenly Road and Conquest, then punched him and was knocked down by Ye Chen’s reflexive combat move.
• Ye Chen took Dong Liu to the hospital, where he learned that he had broken one of Dong Liu’s ribs and paid for his treatment.
• Ye Chen explained that Conquest players could learn real-world skills in the game and that clubs could not buy influence over Conquest Official.
• Dong Liu told Ye Chen about his ten-year esports career and his fear that Heavenly Road clubs would bring shady dealings into Conquest.
• Dong Liu researched Conquest, learned that every player started with a single identity-bound character, and decided to join Ye Chen’s guild to crush the clubs.

Conquest players drove the Heavenly Road esports clubs out of the competition after exposing their links to underground betting, while Dong Liu grew inspired by the game's community and resolved to improve. Lu Wu discovered that guilds across the servers had abandoned their schemes to make money and become genuine players, and the chapter ended with players demanding Ghost Festival rewards.

• Led by Ye Chen's Guardian Guild, Conquest players hunted members of the Heavenly Road esports clubs for three days until the clubs could no longer develop in the game.
• Dong Liu admired the players' dedication to Conquest, studied their combat guides after repeated arena defeats, and resolved to reach the game's peak.
• Lu Wu investigated guilds across the servers and found that organizations that had entered to profit had become engrossed in the game and spent their money on their characters.
• The suppressed clubs posted apologies and ten-thousand-word guarantees on the forum, and the players forgave them.
• Conquest players began clamoring on the official forum for rewards and an event preview for Ghost Festival.

For the Ghost Festival, Lu Wu and Bei Li launched three events, beginning with a deadly escape from the Hundred Ghosts Night Parade. Players fled through Bei Qi while invincible ghosts hunted them, and the chapter left them still struggling to survive as Ghost Mother appeared.

• Lu Wu released previews for the Hundred Ghosts Night Parade, Zhong Kui Subdues Demons, and Nether Lanterns Carry Remembrance events.
• Players across Bei Qi returned for the festivities and stocked up on movement items before the first event began.
• One hundred Ghost Gates opened across Bei Qi, releasing a hundred ghosts and one hundred thousand ghost soldiers as White Impermanence emerged in the Underworld.
• Players stampeded out of the Underworld and fled the invincible pursuers, with some sacrificing teammates to immobilize ghost soldiers.
• Lu Wu and Bei Li's ghosts found players who tried to hide, and the appearance of Ghost Mother made the pursuit even more brutal.

The players finished Hundred Ghosts Night Parade and competed in Zhong Kui Subdues Demons, where the zombie faction narrowly won. Lu Wu reflected on his bond with the players, then secretly lowered the rare-item drop rate because their reward claims were draining Soul Coins.

• Fewer than one-tenth of the players survived Hundred Ghosts Night Parade, then faced furious teammates who had been used as immobilization charms.
• Lu Wu’s shop profited from the event, and Zhong Kui Subdues Demons began with players randomly assigned to the Celestial Master or zombie faction and their original abilities sealed.
• The factions fought through deception, ambushes, evolving abilities, and hiding tactics as Celestial Masters gained ground against the zombies.
• The event ended with the zombie faction winning by a population ratio of 0.97:1, and both factions received gift packs.
• Lu Wu read the players’ grateful messages and reflected that building the Underworld alongside them had been the right choice.
• As players opened their gift packs and Soul Coins ran low, Lu Wu lowered the rare-item drop rate.

During the Ghost Festival’s final event, Players launched Nether Lanterns bearing messages and offerings for the departed as lonely souls appeared across the Yellow Springs Sea Region. The souls received the Players’ longing and sent back golden specks of yin virtue before fading into the distance, leaving the Players to watch the lanterns drift away.

• Players arrived at Liuli Coast and found the Yellow Springs Sea Region transformed, with blue flames and wandering souls beneath the water.
• Players wrote messages to departed loved ones on Letter Paper and placed offerings into their Nether Lanterns.
• Players set the lanterns afloat, and vague figures rose from the sea to read the messages and accept the offerings.
• The lonely souls sent golden specks to the shore, which merged into the Players and gave them traces of yin virtue.
• The Ghost Festival event ended as the souls and lanterns drifted away, while the Players watched in silence.

Players discovered the terrifying Corpse Mountain in the newly opened Senluo Great Domain, and Little Bei Li explained the domain’s history and revealed more about Evil God’s past life as the god of Hell Path. Lu Wu learned that Evil God had been sealed to keep the Heavenly Realm from noticing him, while the mystery of Senluo Great Domain’s desolation remained unresolved.

• Demon-Breaking Blade posted a video showing his squad exploring Senluo Great Domain, where corpse rain, Corpse Trees, and the Corpse Mountain’s Jing overwhelmed and killed the players.
• Players discussed the new domain and connected it to Evil God’s origins, while Lu Wu noticed the post and asked Little Bei Li about the Corpse Mountain.
• Little Bei Li said the Senluo Netherworld Clan once ruled a thriving domain and suspected the Corpse Clan had overthrown it and created the Corpse Mountain.
• Lu Wu asked why Evil God had been sealed again, and Little Bei Li explained that he had violated a treaty governing gods and was the reincarnation of the god of Hell Path.
• Little Bei Li revealed that the god of Hell Path had nearly become a Great Emperor and was known as Ksitigarbha, then teased Lu Wu for underestimating Evil God.

You Heng’s attempt to rescue his imprisoned Netherworld Clan from Chi Ba failed, and his father died rather than surrender the clan’s Three Thousand Ghost Paths. Tang Mu and Years Flow then disrupted Chi Ba’s trap by devouring Corpse Spirit Jade, forcing Chi Ba to abandon the barrier and rush toward them.

• You Heng attacked Chi Ba at Corpse Mountain, but Chi Ba revealed that he had lured him there and demanded the Three Thousand Ghost Paths in exchange for his clansmen’s release.
• Chi Ba freed You Heng’s father, who urged You Heng to protect the clan’s secret tome and then died by releasing his remaining vitality.
• You Heng attacked Chi Ba and tried to escape through the corpse qi barrier, but the barrier and Kijing Beasts drove him back and contaminated him with corpse qi.
• Tang Mu and Years Flow began mining Corpse Spirit Jade beneath Corpse Mountain, and Years Flow astonished Chi Ba by eating the jade without being poisoned.
• Chi Ba ordered the Kijing Beasts to attack You Heng, dispelled the barrier, and rushed toward Tang Mu and Years Flow as Years Flow moved to consume another piece of jade.

Tang Mu was killed by Chi Ba on Corpse Mountain, but his arrival disrupted Chi Ba’s plans as Senluo Two Smiles drove the Kijing Beasts mad and You Heng escaped. You Heng then fell near Hu He and Nie Feng, whose hopes of making a Ghost Emperor-level Bomb Corpse were thwarted when Qi Ming asked them to save him.

• Tang Mu protected Years Flow from Chi Ba, then died and disappeared with his puppet without leaving life force behind.
• Senluo Two Smiles caused the Kijing Beasts to attack one another, allowing the wounded You Heng to escape as Chi Ba pursued him.
• Hu He and Nie Feng were discussing Bomb Corpses when the falling You Heng landed nearby and the Shana Corpse Spirit struck him.
• Nie Feng urged Hu He to turn You Heng into a Bomb Corpse, but Hu He recognized his Netherworld Clan tattoo and contacted Qi Ming.
• Qi Ming asked Hu He to save You Heng because he might help complete Senluo Three Smiles, so Hu He began treating his corpse poison.

Hu He and Nie Feng treated the injured You Heng, who woke and refused to hand over the Senluo Three Smiles. Nie Feng claimed he could summon Hanba, and You Heng grew alarmed as Nie Feng urged Hu He to reveal his treasure.

• Hu He removed the corpse qi from You Heng and gave him Healing Pills, while Nie Feng joked about explosives.
• While waiting for You Heng to recover, Hu He and Nie Feng discussed their attachment to Conquest and laughed together.
• You Heng awoke, thanked his rescuers, and refused Hu He's request for the Senluo Three Smiles, calling it his clan's secret tome.
• You Heng explained that Chi Ba had injured him, and Nie Feng claimed he had seen Hanba, the Corpse Clan's vanished former leader.
• You Heng feared Hanba might have returned and become immensely powerful, so Nie Feng told Hu He to show him his treasure.

Hu He and Nie Feng guarded the injured You Heng, and Hu He promised to help refine Hanba with You Heng’s techniques. Qi Ming arrived seeking Senluo Three Smiles, and You Heng discovered that the outsider had inherited the Netherworld Clan’s royal legacy and mastered five hundred techniques in just two years.

• Hu He revealed his half-refined Hanba, and You Heng offered to help refine it after recovering.
• Hu He summoned dozens of corpse spirits to guard You Heng, who gradually regained control of his body.
• Hu He received Qi Ming’s message and sent him their coordinates; You Heng refused to teach Senluo Three Smiles to an outsider.
• Qi Ming arrived on the Ghost Erosion Throne, and You Heng recognized the Netherworld Clan royal markings on him.
• Qi Ming explained that Ice Seal had passed him the Twenty-Third Elder’s inheritance and said he had mastered five hundred techniques in two years.
• Qi Ming revealed his two-petaled Ghost Flower, confirming his claim and leaving You Heng stunned by his talent.

Qi Ming accepted You Heng’s Senluo Trial challenge to learn Senluo Three Smiles, and Hu He refined Hanba into a powerful corpse spirit with You Heng’s help. The group prepared to head toward Corpse Mountain, while Nie Feng considered turning Hu He’s methods toward his own explosive experiments.

• You Heng agreed to teach Qi Ming Senluo Three Smiles if he passed the Ghost Path Trial beneath Corpse Mountain, and Qi Ming decided to go with Hu He and Nie Feng.
• You Heng suggested waiting until Chi Ba began his breakthrough, and then helped Hu He refine Hanba to strengthen the group before their journey.
• Hu He and You Heng completed the refinement, creating a Hanba Corpse Spirit at the Half-Step Ghost Emperor Realm bound to Hu He.
• Nie Feng joked that Hu He was immoral for using opponents’ fathers or ancestors to fight them, and Hu He admitted the accusation had some merit.

Hu He, Nie Feng, and Qi Ming met Tang Mu in Netherworld Main City and joined him on the way to Corpse Mountain, where they hoped to gather Corpse Spirit Jade. Unable to agree on a plan to confront Chi Ba and the Kijing Beasts, Hu He sent his Hanba Corpse Spirit to test Corpse Mountain’s defenses, where its familiar Corpse Clan aura confused the beasts.

• Hu He used his upgraded Corpse Seeking Compass to locate buried Corpse Clan warriors and led the group safely through Netherworld Main City.
• Hu He, Nie Feng, and Qi Ming encountered Tang Mu, who told them about Corpse Spirit Jade on Corpse Mountain and agreed to travel with them.
• The four reached Corpse Mountain, confirmed that its red gemstones were Corpse Spirit Jade, and discussed how to enter without provoking Chi Ba and the Kijing Beasts.
• Hu He decided to investigate the beasts and Chi Ba’s condition by sending his Hanba Corpse Spirit toward Corpse Mountain.
• The Corpse Trees and Kijing Beasts sensed Hanba’s aura, which resembled Chi Ba’s, and the beasts hesitated instead of attacking.

Hanba returned to Corpse Mountain as a controlled Corpse Spirit, and Chi Ba recognized him and tried to destroy him before Mei Ba learned the truth. Mei Ba arrived just as Chi Ba attacked, calling Hanba her brother and turning her killing intent on Chi Ba.

• Hanba climbed Corpse Mountain, and Chi Ba recognized him as the long-lost leader of the Corpse Clan.
• Chi Ba recalled how Mei Ba had kept the Corpse Clan loyal to the Netherworld Clan while secretly waiting for Hanba to return.
• Chi Ba discovered that Hanba had been refined into a Corpse Spirit and attacked him, while Hu He controlled Hanba and tried to make him fight back.
• Chi Ba overpowered Hanba and prepared to erase him, but a cloaked Mei Ba struck Chi Ba away from him.
• Mei Ba called Hanba her brother, and Chi Ba insisted he was only a controlled Corpse Spirit before charging at him again; Mei Ba turned her killing intent on Chi Ba.

Mei Ba saved Hanba from Chi Ba and began healing him, while remembering how Hanba had led the Mirage Clan through hardship and bloodshed to become powerful. The memory ended with the clan growing under Hanba’s leadership as the Netherworld Clan focused on the cold current from Bei Qi.

• Chi Ba attacked Hanba, but Mei Ba slowed Chi Ba with purple mist and carried Hanba out of danger.
• Mei Ba healed Hanba and recalled that she had once hoped Chi Ba would kill him, but panicked when Hanba was threatened.
• Mei Ba remembered how the war between great domains left the Mirage Clan impoverished, and how neighboring races later attacked their home.
• Hanba protected his unconscious sister, led the surviving Mirage Clan members away, and kept her alive with his own blood.
• After the Netherworld Clan refused them shelter, Hanba persuaded the survivors to drink blood, reclaim their territory, and hunt outsiders to grow stronger.
• Hanba led the Mirage Clan’s expansion while the Netherworld Clan investigated the cold current from Bei Qi.

Hanba built the Corpse Clan through slaughter and war to gather blood source and break the curse keeping his sister asleep, bringing it close to defeating the Netherworld Clan. After he discovered the natural blood source in the form of the Blood Child, the boy became the Evil God, gravely wounded Hanba, and pursued him into Bei Qi, leaving the Corpse Clan weakened.

• Hanba learned from the Nether Bat Clan Elder that a god's curse caused Mei Ba's coma and that blood source could cleanse it, so he led the Mirage Clan in slaughter to create Inferior Blood Source and awaken her.
• Hanba renamed the Mirage Clan the Corpse Clan, and it clashed with the Netherworld Clan in a prolonged war that gradually shifted in the Corpse Clan's favor.
• Hanba formed the Ba Shi Army to fight the Netherworld Clan and gather blood source, while the Corpse Clan grew powerful enough to threaten its rule over the Senluo Great Domain.
• Hanba sensed natural blood source and led the Ba Shi Army to the Giant Clan, where they exterminated the clan and found the red-skinned Blood Child.
• The Blood Child's negative emotions erupted, transforming him into the Evil God, who gravely wounded Hanba and pursued him through the shattered land into the Bei Qi Great Domain.
• With Hanba and the Ba Shi Army gone, the Corpse Clan suffered a severe blow just as it neared victory over the Netherworld Clan.