Chapter Summaries

Sect Master Xiong, Jiang Qintou, and the Dharma Zen Temple abbot nearly destroyed the demon, but it escaped after Jiang Qintou shattered her qin to survive a hidden attack. The wounded demon reached the surface and began recovering, where Wang Zhifan prepared to confront it.

• The demon used blood arrows and repeated Blood Transformation Technique to evade Sect Master Xiong while Jiang Qintou's music briefly put it to sleep.
• Sect Master Xiong struck the sleeping demon, but it escaped as blood droplets until the Dharma Zen Temple abbot trapped it with the Great Demon-Binding Seal.
• A blood dagger formed from residue on the stone walls and targeted Jiang Qintou, who shattered all seven strings of her qin to destroy it and was left badly weakened.
• The Sound of Severed Strings scattered the abbot's prayer beads, allowing the demon to escape toward the surface as Sect Master Xiong pursued it.
• At the surface, Wang Zhifan and Sect Master Yang watched Sect Master Lu battle the master of Wind-Snow Tower, while the demon arrived and drained an unconscious servant to recover.
• The demon mocked the arriving Sect Master Xiong, and Wang Zhifan decided to face it using his Blademaster techniques.

Wang Zhifan tested his Wind-Thunder Heaven-Treading Art while the fiend fought the righteous masters around Wind-Snow Tower. After the fiend devoured Sect Master Yang and then Tower Lord Hu, Wang Zhifan decided to step in and end the fight.

• The fiend transformed into blood and tried to aid Tower Lord Hu, but Wang Zhifan intercepted and shattered its blood spear with the Blade of the Wolf Fiend.
• The fiend's blood mist attacked Sect Master Yang, who blasted it apart with his Heaven-Shattering Earth-Splitting Fist, but concealed blood threads then bound and devoured him.
• The fiend pursued Wang Zhifan through the air while Sect Master Xiong tried to attack it, and Wang Zhifan used the chase to practice his Wind-Thunder Heaven-Treading Art.
• The fiend abandoned its pursuit of Wang Zhifan to rescue Tower Lord Hu from Sect Master Lu, forcing Sect Master Lu to flee.
• The fiend turned on Tower Lord Hu and devoured him, prompting Sect Master Xiong to warn that it could keep recovering by consuming people.
• Wang Zhifan said he would take care of the fiend after finishing his practice.

Wang Zhifan defeated the demon’s manifestation at Wind-Snow Tower by preventing it from healing and pursuing it after it split apart. He warned the gathered sect leaders that the demon was only a clone of a powerful Demon Gate expert, then left them to prepare for the greater threat.

• Wang Zhifan lured the demon into close combat and wounded it with the Dream Blossom Frenzy Slash while his Bioforce Field kept it from reaching him.
• The demon tried to heal by attacking Sect Master Lu and then possessed unconscious servants, but Wang Zhifan pursued it and his Saber Intent stopped its wounds from recovering.
• The demon split into blood mists and fled, but Wang Zhifan sent Dream Self clones after them and destroyed the demon after it was forced to reunite.
• Sect Master Xiong, Sect Master Lu, the Qin Master, and the old monk gathered around Wang Zhifan, who said the demon they killed was only a clone of a major Demon Gate expert.
• Wang Zhifan refused to explain how he knew the truth and left, while the old monk called after him and urged him to stay and help protect the region.

Wang Zhifan prepared his equipment and cultivation before entering an interstellar instance as captain of the Brave Explorer’s Security Force. After discovering that the ship’s guards were clones, he responded to an emergency in the Alpha Bioregion, where an alien specimen had revived and killed several people.

• Wang Zhifan returned to his villa, charged the Biological Modification Pod, fed materials to the Monster Nest, and cultivated the Wind-Thunder Heaven-Treading Art.
• Wang Zhifan entered the instance as captain of the Brave Explorer Security Force and found himself aboard a ship traveling through space.
• Wang Zhifan questioned the ship’s guards, took a gamma-ray rifle from one, and realized the guards were identical clones.
• Wang Zhifan ordered three clone soldiers to take him to the Alpha Bioregion after an emergency alert called for Security Department support.
• An elderly scientist told Wang Zhifan that an alien specimen had revived and killed his assistant and two security squads.

Wang Zhifan investigated a dangerous organism in the spaceship’s Alpha Bioregion and discovered that it could control corpses. After eliminating the creatures, he found himself and his soldiers locked inside, while the elderly scientist who had summoned him had disappeared.

• Wang Zhifan questioned the elderly scientist about the organism, then entered the Alpha Bioregion with clone soldiers to search for it.
• Wang Zhifan found dead security personnel and discovered that a corpse shot him, but he survived by deflecting the ray with his Bioforce Field and played dead to expose the creature.
• Wang Zhifan froze the many-legged organism, had a soldier kill and collect it, then detected and destroyed similar creatures hidden in other corpses and rooms.
• Wang Zhifan returned to the disinfection room with his soldiers, but they found the isolation door locked and unable to open.
• Wang Zhifan left the room by his own means and found the elderly scientist missing, so he suspected the man was involved and went to search for him.

Wang Zhifan tracked the old scientist to a laboratory and stopped him from attacking two research assistants with alien bugs. After the Chief’s examination confirmed the creatures’ danger and their influence over the scientist, the Chief treated them as valuable research specimens and assigned Wang Zhifan further exploration work.

• Wang Zhifan used his Dream Self clone to discover the old scientist coughing up alien bugs and preparing to attack two research assistants.
• Wang Zhifan froze the old scientist and the bugs, then entered the laboratory and restrained him as the assistants escaped to fetch the Chief.
• Wang Zhifan told the Chief that the scientist had used the bugs to kill soldiers in the biological zone, but the Chief ordered an examination before deciding what to believe.
• Wang Zhifan escorted the scientist and bugs to the Chief’s laboratory, where tests found a reproducing organism connected to the scientist’s nervous system and confirmed that the bugs could control corpses.
• The Chief celebrated the creatures’ research value and told Wang Zhifan to continue exploring planets across the remaining star systems.

Wang Zhifan learned that the Brave Explorer’s survey of more than two hundred star systems could take five years, then searched the ship’s database to understand its history, command structure, and his Security Department role. As he wondered where the other players were, a report of an unidentified spacecraft nearby gave him his first new assignment.

• Ran Leiluo told Wang Zhifan that the Brave Explorer would survey more than two hundred star systems and that its greatest threats included alien organisms and unpredictable disasters.
• Wang Zhifan searched the ship’s database and learned how humanity acquired gravity control and faster-than-light travel technology, as well as the ship’s history and his own duties.
• Wang Zhifan found that Ran Leiluo held the ship’s highest command authority as Chief Scientist, while Wang could command a combat squad and support field surveys.
• Wang Zhifan failed to identify any other players and left his office to patrol the ship with two clone soldiers.
• Wang Zhifan sampled the ship’s nutritional meals and synthetic-meat fast food, finding both unappealing.
• Wang Zhifan’s clone soldiers reported that an unidentified spacecraft had been discovered nearby and that a Security Department squad was needed to investigate.

Wang Zhifan escorted Captain Jessica and her scientists to investigate a suspected alien wreck, where they confirmed the structure was an ancient alien spacecraft. The team began studying its interior, and a scientist found a box that might hold valuable information.

• Wang Zhifan met Captain Jessica and the three other scientists, then boarded an exploration craft with them and his four clone guards.
• Jessica said the mission data gave a 93.84% chance that the target was an alien remnant, while her colleagues cautioned that it could be human-made wreckage.
• The spacecraft reached the target, and Wang Zhifan led the security team outside to scout a huge, broken, streamlined object floating in space.
• Wang Zhifan sensed no immediate danger and led the team through a fracture into the structure, where the scientists identified dormant mechanical systems and materials at least one hundred thousand years old.
• Jessica assigned her team to record data and find samples, while Wang Zhifan sent his clone guards to scout; Tao found a fist-sized gray box that might contain valuable information.

After an uneventful survey of an alien spacecraft, Wang Zhifan learned that a recovered device had revealed coordinates to an unexplored planet 16.5 light-years away. He was assigned to escort Jessica’s team on a month-long reconnaissance mission, and began preparing after failing to reach the Chief.

• Jessica and Susie identified the gray square box as a likely alien electronic device, and the exploration team returned to the Brave Explorer with several samples.
• Wang Zhifan submitted his mission report, explored the mothership, and encountered Jessica leaving the electromagnetics research room.
• Jessica told Wang Zhifan that the box’s damaged stored data had yielded coordinates to an unexplored planet 16.5 light-years away, prompting the Chief to approve a new mission.
• Jessica explained that Wang Zhifan’s team would accompany the scientists aboard the Light Pivot for up to thirty Earth days to explore the planet and its star system.
• Wang Zhifan tried to question the Chief but was told the Chief was busy, so he returned to his office to study the Light Pivot’s capabilities.

Wang Zhifan and Jessica’s team traveled aboard the Light Pivot to a distant planet, where scans revealed massive artificial structures and signs of life. As Jessica prepared to land and investigate despite Wang Zhifan’s warnings, the ship detected suspected human life on the hidden world.

• Wang Zhifan joined Jessica’s team aboard the Light Pivot with twelve clone soldiers and four sets of combat armor.
• The Light Pivot began faster-than-light travel, and Wang Zhifan monitored the passengers while his soldiers tested their powered armor.
• After reaching the destination, the team spotted a gray-green planet and Jessica’s scans identified it as a promising site for human colonization.
• Wang Zhifan warned that the planet felt dangerous, but Jessica insisted on landing while he prepared his soldiers and spacesuit for the expedition.
• The ship’s scans revealed enormous artificial structures and multiple forms of biological activity, including suspected human carbon-based life.

Wang Zhifan and Jessica’s team landed on the alien planet to investigate detected human traces, despite signs of danger. As they approached the gray structures, Wang warned the scientists that the floating machines nearby were highly dangerous.

• Jessica ordered the Light Pivot to land, and Wang Zhifan warned the pilot of an attack before the ship struck the hostile structure and relocated.
• Jessica insisted on an on-site investigation, and the Light Pivot dropped off the exploration and security teams before returning to orbit.
• Wang drove the survey vehicle toward the suspected human traces while Jessica explained why the scientists needed to investigate them.
• Armored burrowing creatures attacked the vehicle, but its defenses held; Wang then warned Jessica that more dangers remained underground.
• The team reached the gray structures and spotted floating alien machines, and Wang stopped the Black woman from trying to capture one because it contained dangerous energy.

Wang Zhifan led the scientists to investigate a quiet alien structure, where they discovered evidence of firearms and strange, layered interiors. Meanwhile, players from another instance approached the survey vehicle, and their group began plotting to seize the resources they believed Wang Zhifan possessed.

• Wang Zhifan stopped the scientists from exploring freely, then brought them to a quiet alien structure and stationed his clone soldiers around their work area.
• Susie and Jessica found damage suggesting the alien machines had been shot, and Wang Zhifan showed them a bullet he had found nearby.
• Jessica led the team inside the structure, where the scientists found floating levels filled with biological remains, machine wreckage, and vegetation.
• A gunman player approached the survey vehicle and asked the clone soldiers for food, but Wang Zhifan appeared and ordered him to leave.
• The gunman returned to the mage and Assassin, and the mage reported finding people inside the Black Towers who appeared to be an NPC faction.

Wang Zhifan tried to get the research team out of the alien building as nightfall turned the surrounding creatures hostile, while hostile players plotted to exploit the chaos and seize the team’s supplies. With the spacecraft no longer responding, he ordered his soldiers and the researchers into the survey vehicle and prepared to flee.

• Wang Zhifan warned Jessica that the area was becoming dangerous, showed her the creatures outside and tentacles inside the building, and persuaded her to evacuate the researchers.
• Wang Zhifan ordered clone soldiers to fire on an invisible spirit body, forcing the young mage controlling it to retreat and report back to the gunner player and Assassin player.
• The young mage, gunner player, and Assassin player planned to lure a dangerous creature toward Wang Zhifan’s team so they could weaken their rivals and claim the supplies.
• After nightfall, the local creatures launched coordinated attacks, and Wang Zhifan ordered the researchers to abandon their samples and board the survey vehicle.
• Wang Zhifan knocked Susie unconscious and carried her into the vehicle, then learned from Jessica that the spacecraft was not responding and ordered the clone soldiers to stop firing and get aboard.

Wang Zhifan escaped the monsters surrounding the survey vehicle, but a sniper attack disabled it and led a giant plasma creature to him. His attacks barely affected the creature until he wielded the Blade of Time, whose empowered slash cracked its body.

• Wang Zhifan drove the survey vehicle through the encircling monsters, using his Ice Source Power to evade them while claiming his driving skills were responsible.
• After Jessica suggested launching a signal flare, sniper fire punctured the vehicle’s tires and brought it to a stop.
• Wang Zhifan sent up the flare, left the clone soldiers inside to protect the scientists, and went outside to confront the threat.
• Wang Zhifan recognized that a gunman player had sabotaged the vehicle and that the players had lured a towering plasma monster toward him.
• Wang Zhifan’s machete attacks and Ice Source Power barely slowed the monster, so he switched to the Blade of Time and struck it with an empowered slash that cracked its body.

Wang Zhifan destroyed a strange monster, killed an Assassin player who had planned to ambush the expedition vehicle, and collected the player’s loot. After returning to the scientists, he noticed the mysterious sphere circling the vehicle in the darkness.

• Wang Zhifan warned his companions to stay inside the expedition vehicle and spotted an invisible Assassin player waiting outside.
• Two distant players discussed stealing Wang Zhifan’s blade and equipment, while the Assassin moved to ambush the vehicle.
• Wang Zhifan seized the Assassin by the throat, learned that killing him would not trigger a Punishment Instance, and killed him.
• Wang Zhifan selected a Rare Tier Golden Apple and collected a Rare Tier dagger, vest, and shoes from the Assassin.
• Wang Zhifan returned to the expedition vehicle and told Jessica and the other scientists about the dead attacker and the monster he had defeated.
• Wang Zhifan sensed the mysterious sphere circling the expedition vehicle and looked toward it.

Wang Zhifan rescued an alien artificial intelligence from the Annihilation Field and named it Hope, which sought human help to resurrect its creators in exchange for advanced technology. After the scientists welcomed Hope aboard the Light Pivot, the expedition prepared to return to the mothership so Hope could share its knowledge.

• Wang Zhifan met a mysterious sphere outside the survey vehicle and learned it was an artificial intelligence whose creators had gone extinct.
• The sphere explained that it had been hidden inside the Annihilation Field and asked humanity to help resurrect its creators in return for technology, including species-resurrection methods.
• Wang Zhifan named the sphere Hope and introduced it to Jessica and the other scientists inside the survey vehicle.
• The Light Pivot rescued the expedition and brought the vehicle aboard, where staff proposed confining Hope, but Wang Zhifan vouched for it and agreed to supervise it.
• Jessica and the scientists continued questioning Hope, then urged the Light Pivot to return to the mothership so humanity could benefit from its knowledge.

After the Light Pivot returned to the Brave Explorer with Hope, the Chief revealed that he had once been a player who failed the Final Trial and urged Wang Zhifan to reach Lv100 and challenge it. The Chief helped Wang Zhifan unlock SVIP status and choose instance rewards, leaving him facing a new selection.

• Wang Zhifan secretly divined Hope’s intentions and received the cryptic result, “Both true and false, seemingly present yet absent.”
• The Light Pivot returned to the Brave Explorer, where the Chief quickly met the crew and asked to speak privately with Wang Zhifan.
• The Chief told Wang Zhifan that he had once been a player, failed the Final Trial, and lost his powers, then warned that the Supernatural Game was destroying worlds.
• The Chief revealed that Hope was a Mechanical Calamity Seed and urged Wang Zhifan to leave the world, reach Lv100, and complete the Final Trial.
• The Chief used his computer to help Wang Zhifan level up, unlock the “Unconventional Clear” achievement, become an SVIP Player, and choose up to three rewards.

After the Chief abruptly ended the expedition instance, Wang Zhifan received a choice of exceptionally powerful rewards and selected the Lord of the Universe badge and passes to the Gaia Planet and Urban Planet. Back in his villa, he inspected the rewards and prepared to test the badge.

• The Chief used his authority to end Wang Zhifan's instance early and refused to explain the final trial, warning that revealing it could attract a powerful existence's attention.
• Wang Zhifan reviewed the Excellent, Epic, and Legendary rewards, then chose the Lord of the Universe badge and the Gaia Planet and Urban Planet passes.
• Wang Zhifan returned to his bedroom in East City Villa and confirmed that only about ten minutes had passed in the real world.
• Wang Zhifan examined the plain-looking badge, attached it to his Demon Dragon War Armor, and stored the two planet passes in his personal space.
• Wang Zhifan checked his latest player panel and prepared to test the Lord of the Universe badge.

Wang Zhifan tested his Universe Lord Badge in another world, where he killed a monster and revived its victim, then assessed the Gaia Planet and Urban Planet passes. He ended on Urban Planet, where its secretary began briefing him on his authority and the planet’s condition.

• Wang Zhifan explored a mist-covered world, found a monster eating a young man, and identified the victim’s shortsword as a dungeon-compatible item.
• Wang Zhifan froze and shattered the monster, then used Time Reversal to revive the young man; unable to understand his speech, Wang Zhifan left the world.
• Wang Zhifan tested the Universe Lord Badge further and learned that it recorded worlds for later visits, though its abilities could not be used in dungeons.
• Wang Zhifan used the Gaia Planet Pass to visit a beautiful, resource-rich beach and found valuable fruits, seafood, and potential summoned beasts.
• Wang Zhifan used the Urban Planet Pass and arrived in a skyscraper office, where a secretary greeted him as Planet Governor.
• Wang Zhifan asked about Urban Planet’s condition and his powers, and the secretary began describing its population, infrastructure, and industries.

Wang Zhifan bought a discounted combat frigate in the spacefaring world, then returned to reality and took his succubus maids to Gaia Star for a seafood picnic. The outing left him confronting how monstrous Yilin and Yali still were beneath their humanlike appearances.

• Wang Zhifan toured Universal Spaceship Manufacturing Company and purchased a Universal Frigate SIII at a steep discount, bundled with combat robots.
• Wang Zhifan learned that mech manufacturers operated in other star regions, left the frigate in his secretary’s care, and returned to East City Villa without taking it with him.
• Wang Zhifan found Yilin and Yali practicing Flame Whip from the Grimoire and invited them to a picnic on Gaia Star.
• Wang Zhifan and the succubus maids gathered seafood and fruit on Gaia Star, and he summoned Red Deer to join them.
• Yilin returned from the beach chewing on a fish she had eaten with its scales still on, startling Wang Zhifan and prompting her to recommend that Yali try some.