Chapter Summaries

Wang Zhifan led Chen Ming and Chen Can through an Advanced Ash Domain inside a vast castle, overcoming its monsters and obstacles. As they searched for a way past the third wall, Wang Zhifan investigated the strange opening in its gate and triggered a sound.

• Wang Zhifan, Chen Ming, and Chen Can entered the Ash Domain while a group of ambushers outside planned to attack them after they were weakened.
• The three crossed the castle’s first wall, where Wang Zhifan killed the attacking monsters with his Ice Source Power and they found the remains of three players.
• Wang Zhifan cut through the dangerous black liquid in the trench with the Azure Emperor Saber, allowing the group to cross before he destroyed the monsters swarming down the slope.
• At the closed third-wall gate, Chen Can’s detection round disappeared into a dark opening, and Wang Zhifan warned that climbing over the wall would trigger a chain reaction.
• Wang Zhifan studied the gate’s opening, tapped a nearby stone, and caused a sound to come from the gate.

Wang Zhifan bypassed the hooded figure’s false trial and led Chen Ming and Chen Can to the castle master’s hall. He left the brothers outside the arena and approached the sleeping armored boss, calling out to wake it.

• Wang Zhifan found a hidden switch in the wall, opened the gate, and led Chen Ming and Chen Can into the castle’s inner grounds.
• Wang Zhifan confronted the hooded figure, exposed his fabricated trial and sacrifice, and forced him to conjure a staircase to the castle master.
• Wang Zhifan explained that he had used his Legendary Thinker’s Necklace to read the trapped heads’ thoughts and learn the shortcut.
• Chen Can assessed the sleeping boss as a heavily armored giant with a hammer, while Chen Ming raised an energy shield for the brothers outside the hall.
• Wang Zhifan sensed the boss’s protective energy barrier, walked up to it, and called out to wake him.

Wang Zhifan swiftly defeated the heavily armored giant in the Ash Domain and chose three Exceptional Tier rewards. He gave the Thunder Giant Gauntlet to Chen Can and Chen Ming, leaving them amazed by the equipment and his generosity.

• Wang Zhifan woke the heavily armored giant and wounded it with the Azure Emperor Saber, keeping out of reach as the giant unleashed its lightning power.
• Wang Zhifan used a duplicate to mislead the Thunder Giant, beheaded it, and prevented its attempted revival with Saber Intent.
• Wang Zhifan chose the Thunder Giant Ring, Thunder Giant Belt, and Thunder Giant Gauntlet from the boss's rewards.
• Wang Zhifan showed Chen Ming and Chen Can the Thunder Giant Gauntlet and offered it to them because its attributes did not suit him.
• Chen Can offered to pay for the gauntlet, and Wang Zhifan said ten or twenty million would be enough.

Wang Zhifan and the Chen brothers cleared the Ash Domain and avoided a premature ambush by foreign players, who decided to gather reinforcements before hunting them. Wang Zhifan learned of their plan and chose to let them assemble a stronger group, while the trio prepared to head to another Ash Domain.

• As the Ash Domain began collapsing, Wang Zhifan led Chen Ming and Chen Can out, and the brothers found only ruined equipment among the scattered corpses.
• The tattooed leader’s group realized the trio had cleared the Ash Domain, retreated, and planned to recruit expert players before attacking them.
• Wang Zhifan emerged first and found the hidden ambushers still watching, so he let them be and left with the two brothers.
• Using a Dream Self clone and Little Red, Wang Zhifan overheard the leader’s plan and decided to let the enemy gather reinforcements for a later fight.
• Chen Can contacted the guide to request transport to another Ash Domain, while Wang Zhifan noticed Chen Ming had the Hunger Belt and considered whether the rewards justified continuing the plan.

Wang Zhifan and the Chen brothers encountered a newly solidified Ash Domain monster, cleared an unexpectedly weak Advanced Ash Domain, and ended their first round of overseas investigations. After returning to Dongjiang City, Wang Zhifan learned that Li Zhenguo had come looking for him.

• Wang Zhifan spotted a gigantic monster in a valley, and the guide concluded that the nearby Advanced Ash Domain had solidified.
• Wang Zhifan led Chen Ming and Chen Can through a region filled with solidified Ash Domains and cleared an ocean-themed Ash Domain, but its merman BOSS yielded only Rare Tier rewards.
• Wang Zhifan and the Chen brothers returned to town, agreed that the brothers would investigate future Ash Domains with hired help, and Wang Zhifan warned them that someone had targeted them.
• Wang Zhifan used the Infinite Shoes to return to Dongjiang City, where Yilin and Yali told him that Li Zhenguo had visited the villa looking for him.
• Wang Zhifan called Captain Li and learned that the reason for his visit was not another request for help from the Administration.

Wang Zhifan arranged for Ying to leave the ruined Quantum Dream Domain world and work on Gaia Star, then had Little Red begin analyzing the Quantum Dream Domain’s technology. He planned to clear his daily dungeon before discussing the technology’s potential with Catherine.

• Captain Li Zhenguo told Wang Zhifan about Xia Kingdom’s high-level player gatherings and sent him their schedules and requirements.
• Wang Zhifan decided that Yilin and Yali could remain at his villa instead of returning to Gaia Star.
• Ying told Wang Zhifan she had confirmed her world was dead but wanted to stay alive to repay his help, and she chose to work on Gaia Star.
• Wang Zhifan brought Ying and her spaceship to Gaia Star, assigned her the exploration work previously handled by Yilin and Yali, and arranged language lessons with Little Red.
• Wang Zhifan asked Little Red to analyze the Quantum Dream Domain, and the AI reported that its technologies could revolutionize the quantum industry but would take days to study.
• Wang Zhifan decided to clear his daily dungeon before discussing the Quantum Dream Domain technology with Catherine.

Wang Zhifan entered a fantasy-world instance and delayed choosing an identity while investigating what Saints were and how they could return to the divine kingdom. After the Overgod announced that the gods had been cast down as Saints and would have to compete for a return, Wang Zhifan realized the instance was likely a battle royale and resolved to clear it quickly.

• Wang Zhifan reviewed the available identities and postponed selecting one so he could learn more about the instance objective.
• Wang Zhifan followed a priest of the God of Goodness to a temple and learned that Saints were incarnations through which gods descended upon the material plane.
• Wang Zhifan reasoned that some gods had become stranded in the material world and concluded that the instance involved a serious divine-level crisis.
• The Overgod announced that all gods had been expelled from the divine kingdom and sent to the material plane as Saints, where only those meeting its requirements could return.
• Wang Zhifan concluded that the instance was probably a battle royale among Saints and decided to complete the objective as quickly as possible.

Wang Zhifan investigated the Saint of the God of War and considered becoming a Saint himself, but a battle among powerful factions erupted in the city. The Goddess of Goodness ended the fighting and restored both the ruined city and its dead residents, leaving Wang Zhifan stunned by the scale of her power.

• Wang Zhifan sent a clone to ask the Saint of the God of War to make him one of his chosen, and the Saint explained the difficult requirements before erasing the clone.
• Wang Zhifan considered pursuing Saint power himself as well as seeking another patron.
• Two powerful beings attacked the God of War's temple, and the Saint's three chosen arrived to reinforce him as the battle devastated the city.
• The Goddess of Goodness intervened through her temple, fought the attackers and the God of War's forces, and brought the battle to a halt.
• The Goddess of Goodness restored the city and resurrected its more than one million dead residents, astonishing Wang Zhifan.

After witnessing the Goodness Goddess restore Doria, Wang Zhifan disguised himself and sought information about the world’s gods. A mysterious Legendary Thief recruited him into an Apotheosis Plan to hunt a Saint, and the group set off for a target near Doria as Wang Zhifan stayed wary of a possible trap.

• Wang Zhifan learned that the Goodness Goddess was the Goddess of Time, then decided to lie low and gather information about the gods.
• A hooded man approached Wang Zhifan and invited him to join a plan to hunt a Saint and claim their Divinity.
• Wang Zhifan met an elven woman and a dwarf in a tavern, where the hooded man explained his Apotheosis Plan and revealed a Corrupted Godhood Fragment.
• The hooded man said he knew of a weak Saint near Doria, and the group agreed to pursue the target without exchanging their true identities.
• Wang Zhifan followed the three Legends in a magical carriage toward a maple forest, suspecting the Legendary Thief had prepared a trap.

Wang Zhifan uncovered a legendary thief’s scheme to use legendary professionals as materials for an Artificial Divinity, then killed him and destroyed the formation trapping the group. The surviving elven mage invited Wang Zhifan to her residence after he freed her.

• Wang Zhifan, the legendary thief, the elven mage, and the dwarf archer entered a maple grove, where the mage exposed a spatial rift that the thief rushed into.
• A barrier sealed the grove, and the elven mage and dwarf archer failed to escape as the thief called for help from beyond the rift.
• Wang Zhifan entered the rift, discovered that the supposed Saint was an artificial vessel carrying an imitation Divinity, and fought off the thief’s attempted ambush.
• Wang Zhifan returned to find the dwarf archer dead and the elven mage under attack, so he severed the thief’s arm, read his thoughts, and learned that he had planned to harvest legendary professionals for his Artificial Divinity.
• Wang Zhifan killed the thief, destroyed the Legendary Binding Formation, and received an invitation from the elven mage to rest at her residence.

After teaming up with Margaret to hunt Saints, Wang Zhifan went to the Doria Grand Library to research the gods and encountered the God of Knowledge. The god refused to make him a follower immediately but offered to consider him if his knowledge proved valuable, leaving Wang Zhifan to bargain by describing a different world.

• Wang Zhifan accepted Margaret's invitation, learned about her plans to gather Legendaries for hunting Saints, and agreed to cooperate while asking her to find useful intelligence.
• Wang Zhifan declined Margaret's offer to stay overnight and headed to the Doria Grand Library to research the gods on his own.
• Wang Zhifan paid to enter the library's larger repository, where a white-robed old man revealed that he was speaking through a follower for the God of Knowledge.
• Wang Zhifan offered to help the God of Knowledge return to His divine kingdom in exchange for becoming a follower, but the god said no position was currently available.
• Wang Zhifan agreed to trade knowledge about his world and began describing the Calamity Realm and the nearby Demon Realm instead of his real home.

Wang Zhifan met the Iris Goddess at a moonlit lake and became her chosen one after revealing that he sought a path to demigodhood. The Iris Goddess marked him but admitted she had little power, leaving Wang Zhifan to reckon with the challenges of helping his carefree new deity.

• Wang Zhifan followed the God of Knowledge’s directions south and found a secluded lake, where he paused to drink and let the Crimson Deer Horse graze.
• The Iris Goddess approached Wang Zhifan, and after he spoke honestly about wanting to become a chosen one, she explained that she lacked the power to help him reach demigodhood.
• Little Red identified the woman as the Iris Goddess, and Wang Zhifan chose the Neutral identity before agreeing to become her chosen one.
• The Iris Goddess gave Wang Zhifan a purple iris mark that established their connection, but she could not see the full extent of his power.
• The Iris Goddess asked Wang Zhifan for more wine and brushed off his warning about danger and returning to her divine kingdom.

Wang Zhifan discovered signs that Lady Clear Spring had been attacked, but his investigation exposed him to a powerful enemy. He fought the demigod-level wizard, whose defenses began to crack under Wang Zhifan’s saber strike as the wizard tried to escape.

• Wang Zhifan agreed with the Iris Goddess to hunt enemy Saints for divine power and left her hidden by the lake.
• Wang Zhifan found suspicious traces in Lady Clear Spring’s temple and saw a blood-red pupil in its holy water.
• Wang Zhifan used the Grimy Holy Grail to investigate the evil aura, but its power was interfered with, so he fled by teleporting away.
• A demigod-level wizard trapped Wang Zhifan in a wasteland-like domain and attacked him with a crushing dark hand, which broke against Wang Zhifan’s mental strength.
• The wizard used Hell Angel’s Protection and Multiple Spatial Annihilation, but Wang Zhifan drew the Azure Emperor Saber and shattered the attack and the wizard’s domain.
• Wang Zhifan’s saber strike cracked the wizard’s winged defense, prompting the wizard to abandon his spell and use an emergency teleportation item to flee.

Wang Zhifan tracked an escaped Wizard to a plot involving fake Saints, then was trapped by the Hell God and threatened with death unless he changed allegiance. He summoned the Vermilion Bird, which shattered the trap and attacked the Hell God, leaving Wang Zhifan stunned by its overwhelming power.

• Wang Zhifan followed the Wizard’s spatial traces to an underground hideout and discovered a fake Lady Clear Spring beside the Wizard.
• Wang Zhifan tried to contact the Iris Goddess after fleeing, but found himself trapped in a looping space and confronted by an impostor posing as her.
• The Hell God offered Wang Zhifan a chance to become his Chosen One and threatened to strip away his Underworld Envoy status if he refused.
• Wang Zhifan rejected the Hell God and called on the Vermilion Bird, which shattered the spatial domain and reached for the Hell God.
• The Hell God called on the Overgod for help as the Vermilion Bird overwhelmed him, and Wang Zhifan was shocked by the deity’s strength.

After Vermilion Bird warned Wang Zhifan that dangers were closing in, he hurried to make the Iris Goddess absorb the Hell God's Godhood and return to her divine kingdom. Wang Zhifan joined her there as the dungeon ended and received his settlement rewards.

• Vermilion Bird gave Wang Zhifan the Hell God's Godhood and warned him to leave the world or fully integrate into it before his safety ran out.
• Wang Zhifan brought the Godhood to the Iris Goddess and urged her to use it to return to her divine kingdom.
• The Overgod refused to let Wang Zhifan become a god unless he abandoned everything, leading him to conclude that he would have to give up being a player.
• Wang Zhifan persuaded the Iris Goddess to absorb enough divine power to return, and she opened a portal to her divine kingdom.
• Wang Zhifan entered the Iris Goddess's divine kingdom with her, where the dungeon settled and he leveled up to Lv34 with rewards to choose.

After completing the dungeon, Wang Zhifan chose rewards that let him remain a player, then returned to Earthstar with a blessing from the Iris Goddess. He checked his improved status and prepared to handle other matters before entering another dungeon.

• Wang Zhifan selected the God of War Godhood, the Hand of the War God, and the Time Temple Secret Emblem as his rewards.
• Wang Zhifan warned the Iris Goddess that the hostile faction was replacing Saints, and she promised to alert the Nature God and the Flower God.
• The Iris Goddess transformed Wang Zhifan's chosen-one mark into the Mythical Iris Blessing and gave it to him before he left the dungeon.
• Wang Zhifan returned to his villa in Dongjiang City, decided to continue living as a player, and chose to rest before using the emblem to enter another dungeon.
• Wang Zhifan checked his status panel, saw his level and attributes had increased, then asked Little Red about its Quantum Dream Domain analysis and headed to the Urban Planet world.

Wang Zhifan reviewed Urban Planet’s reports, ordered preparations to develop superpowers, and arranged secret research into Quantum Dream Domain technology. He then visited the Demon Hunter World, where the Heavenly Venerable Church had grown into a widespread resistance, and began granting selected followers access to his shelter.

• Wang Zhifan reviewed reports showing progress in bio-development and a rising threat from a hostile silicon-based alien civilization.
• Wang Zhifan left the Superpower Awakening Device and Quantum Dream Domain data with Catherine, directing her to organize superpower development and secret research into the technology.
• Wang Zhifan visited the Demon Hunter World and saw Gate training apprentices as Gun-School Witchers with laser pistols and swords.
• Elena told Wang Zhifan that the Heavenly Venerable Church had established multiple camps and needed more people blessed to enter the shelter.
• Gate described the church’s recent battles against the kingdom, and Wang Zhifan learned its forces had spread to several bases.
• Wang Zhifan blessed a little over thirty of Elena’s most trusted followers with Space Law keys to the shelter.

Wang Zhifan strengthened the Heavenly Venerable Church and renewed his ties with the Hershi Civilization before using the Iris Blessing on Gaia Star to break through to Lv2 in the All-Time-Space Eternal Freedom Scripture. He returned to Earthstar after missing a dungeon run and found that Chen Can had sent him one hundred million Xia Kingdom Currency for the Thunder Giant Gauntlet.

• Wang Zhifan blessed the remaining core believers in the Witcher World, healed and resurrected members, and left the church technological equipment.
• Wang Zhifan answered the Hershi people's questions about mystical items and left them a new batch, agreeing to seek their help in the future.
• Wang Zhifan failed to break through while cultivating in the Mystic Chaos Secret Abode, then went to Gaia Star to use the Iris Blessing near fields of irises.
• Wang Zhifan cultivated overnight and broke through to Lv2, greatly improving his spacetime powers while finding that some of his equipment had become less useful.
• Wang Zhifan returned to Earthstar after missing his second dungeon run and discovered that Chen Can had arranged a transfer of one hundred million Xia Kingdom Currency.

Wang Zhifan entered a month-long survival instance in the Wildland and chose the Exotic Beast Hunter identity. On a crowded mountaintop, he disrupted a gang’s attempt to extort the players, then discovered that the man they had shot was still alive and tried to keep him from fleeing.

• Wang Zhifan caught up with Chu Wei, Chen Ming, and Chen Can before entering the Wildland instance from his villa.
• Wang Zhifan appeared on a mountain among more than fifty players and chose the Exotic Beast Hunter identity, gaining knowledge of Exotic Beasts and their dangers.
• A burly gang leader and four armed accomplices demanded Fine Tier equipment from the players, and one gunman shot a young man in blue glasses who spoke up.
• When the gunmen tried to shoot Wang Zhifan, their weapons jammed, and Wang Zhifan urged the crowd to fight back.
• The players drove the gang down the mountain, while Wang Zhifan stopped the bespectacled young man—who had survived the shot—from running away.

Wang Zhifan uncovered a false suspicion about a fellow player, then defied the Supernatural Game’s attempt to discourage him by exploring the Wildland for rewards. After finding several Rare Tier marked objects and encountering local boys pursued by a beast, he spotted a Barbarian Tribe camp and went to investigate it invisibly.

• Wang Zhifan exposed a Lesser Flesh Shapeshifter disguised as part of the bespectacled young man’s skull and used Insight to learn that the young man had no connection to the five robbers, then left him a Rare Tier item as compensation.
• Wang Zhifan realized the Supernatural Game had placed him in a low-level dungeon to discourage him, vowed to keep playing, and began searching the Wildland for Exotic Beasts and marked objects.
• Wang Zhifan killed a Deep-Lake Beast with Spatial Slash after it attacked him, then continued riding through the Wildland and collecting several marked objects, including a Winged Black Snake Egg.
• Wang Zhifan found two boys from the Barbarian Tribe fleeing a horned animal, spotted their nearby camp, and put on the Wind-Hiding Hat to scout it invisibly.