Chapter Summaries

Wenren Sheng and the other finalists were transported by a blood fog into a wilderness resembling the game Dark Broken God. Zhao Han foresaw the missing spectators being prepared for a blood-draining ritual, and Wenren Sheng suspected they had entered the domain of the Blood Countess.

• Seventy-eight contestants reached the finals, which were set to begin in a newly built stadium.
• A blood fog enveloped the stadium and transported the contestants, spectators, hosts, and staff away, leaving the arena empty.
• Wenren Sheng found himself with Old Wu, Wu Shanshan, Wang Wenwen, and Zhao Han in a wilderness strewn with blood, bones, and corpses.
• Wenren Sheng recognized the surroundings as resembling Dark Broken God and told the others to assess the situation before acting.
• Zhao Han foresaw the spectators tied to racks beside a blood pool as black-clad maidservants prepared to drain their blood.
• Wenren Sheng suspected the Blood Countess was behind the ritual and remarked that playing games could save lives.

Wenren Sheng’s group met Liu Chengfu, one of seven people trapped in the Diablo Game World, and learned how they had been summoned and tortured by its Devil Kings. Liu Chengfu explained that an altar had let them send a distress signal, leaving Wenren Sheng’s group to decide how to help.

• Liu Chengfu vanished from his apartment and appeared before Wenren Sheng’s group in the Blood Wasteland.
• Wenren Sheng explained that the wasteland was a looping map and that destroying an Evil Cave was the stage’s clearing condition.
• Wenren Sheng checked Liu Chengfu’s items, then asked him about the Game World.
• Liu Chengfu explained that he and six others had been trapped for months, repeatedly tortured by the bosses and revived in camp after dying.
• Liu Chengfu told the group that an altar had let them send a distress signal while shielding them from the Devil Kings’ senses.

Wenren Sheng and his group learned how to leave the Blood Wasteland and reached a camp crowded with people from the finals venue. After Otherworldly Users organized the camp, Wenren Sheng began explaining the situation to a fellow finalist.

• Wenren Sheng put Liu Chengfu into a temporary coma, then discussed the Game World and the possibility that everyone at the finals venue had been pulled in.
• Wenren Sheng ordered Liu Chengfu to guide the group through the stage and take them to his camp.
• Wenren Sheng killed enough rats to reveal a path and clear the way through the Evil Cave, then led the group to the camp.
• Wenren Sheng and his group found more than a thousand spectators and contestants gathered in the camp, where several Otherworldly Users organized them into teams and squads.
• Wenren Sheng pushed Liu Chengfu forward and explained the situation to the burly Otherworldly User who had restored order.

Wenren Sheng investigated the Blood Raven stage and discovered that the game world was an illusion created by an Anomaly. After tearing through the simulated environment, he was ejected to the Island finals main venue and planned to use the Physics Holy Sword to rescue the others.

• Wang Yanchao and Wenren Sheng agreed to gather intelligence about the Seven Demon Kings while their groups investigated separately.
• Liu Chengfu told Wenren Sheng that the group was stuck at the Blood Raven stage, so Wenren Sheng went there with Old Wu carrying him.
• Wenren Sheng destroyed the cemetery and caught the fleeing Blood Raven, then learned from Little Illusion that the monster and its surroundings were illusory.
• Wenren Sheng kicked apart the false ground and sky until the Backstage Black Hand ejected him from the game world.
• Wenren Sheng appeared in the empty Great Arena and realized an Anomaly had built the game world from simulated maps, so he planned to apply to use the Physics Holy Sword.

Wenren Sheng used the Physics Holy Sword to rescue the spectators and contestants trapped in the rift at the Otherworldly Tournament. After soldiers restored order, he located Zhao Han and the others.

• Wenren Sheng asked Li Yuanfeng to bring him the Physics Holy Sword so he could rescue everyone still trapped in the rift.
• Li Yuanfeng arrived with the sword and the grandmaster couple Xun Sanguo and Yao Shuangjiao, and warned Wenren Sheng that it was dangerous.
• Wenren Sheng overcame the sword’s rejection by switching to his previous-life memories, then slashed at empty air with the sword.
• The trapped spectators and contestants appeared across the venue, and Li Yuanfeng summoned Soldiers to manage the crowd and treat the injured.
• Wenren Sheng followed his Otherworldly Resonance to find his family, while Zhao Han and the others waved him over.

After the Game World vanished, Wenren Sheng found no curse on the rescued people and sent Little Illusion to play with Cheng Haiqi, who regretted losing her chance to keep playing. Li Yuanfeng then tested Xun Sanguo and Yao Shuangjiao’s ability to steal a dangerous sample, and Xun Sanguo ended the chapter by asking whether his wife minded him taking a concubine.

• Wenren Sheng examined the rescued Chou Ergou and found no curse on him.
• Wenren Sheng learned that Cheng Haiqi had wanted outsiders to clear the stage rather than destroy the Game World, so he sent Little Illusion to play with her.
• Online discussion about the rescue spread while the Patrol Division kept public sentiment stable.
• Li Yuanfeng asked Xun Sanguo and Yao Shuangjiao to steal the contents of an apparently empty redwood box.
• Xun Sanguo tried to steal the dangerous air inside the box and split the skin of his palm.
• Xun Sanguo asked Yao Shuangjiao whether she minded him taking a concubine, leaving her frozen.

Wenren Sheng investigated how Li Yuanfeng’s holy sword had been stolen and learned that Time Theft Technique could disrupt people’s memories to create an opening for theft. After two days of reinforcing their defenses, he received a clearer explanation from the Silver Marble and suspected Ai Han De Bu had altered the technicians’ memories.

• Wenren Sheng asked the Anomaly scraps about mysterious anti-theft methods, and the Silver Marble described a supposedly powerful technique for stealing through time.
• Wenren Sheng told Li Yuanfeng that the holy sword might have been stolen through time retrospection, and Li Yuanfeng recalled a technician whose memory had conflicted with the Video Recording.
• Yao Shuangjiao explained Quantum Mechanics to Xun Sanguo, and Li Yuanfeng redirected the group to focus on their immediate security problem.
• The group set up anti-theft measures, had two hackers test them, and patched the vulnerabilities over the next two days.
• The Silver Marble clarified that Time Theft Technique confused people’s memories of time and worked with Space Theft Technique rather than reversing time.
• Wenren Sheng suspected Ai Han De Bu had altered the technicians’ memories and planned to work out the details with Li Yuanfeng.

Wenren Sheng resumed the finals and defeated Connado with a punch that sent him into space, then prepared to face a gentle-looking woman in his next match. Little Illusion asked to fight in the upcoming team match, while Wenren Sheng told her to follow his signals.

• Wenren Sheng faced Connado in the finals and punched him into the sky, winning when Connado failed to return to the arena.
• A Miken space agency published satellite photographs showing Connado floating motionlessly in space, and spectators debated how Wenren Sheng's punch had done it.
• Wenren Sheng reassured Zhao Han that the match rules protected him from trouble, while Ouyang Tian condemned Connado's cruelty.
• Little Illusion asked Wenren Sheng to let her take part in the next match, and he told her to act according to his signals.
• Wenren Sheng's next opponent entered the arena and grew irritated when she saw him standing with his eyes shut.

Wenren Sheng defeated his opponents throughout the tournament and faced the Black Robed Men in the individual competition’s final. Their private conversation revealed that the Black Robed Men had built a deadly Game World using Seeds of Illusion, and the chapter ended with Wenren Sheng recognizing its connection to Diablo, Bal, and Mephisto.

• Wenren Sheng defeated the woman with talismans, then let Little Illusion handle his next opponent and continued winning the tournament with ease.
• The Black Robed Men entered the final after Xu Yunshuang withdrew from their previous match, while Wenren Sheng’s family watched and wondered about her decision.
• The Black Robed Men told Wenren Sheng that their earlier Dark Game World had been their work and that they had tried to drive him out beforehand.
• Wenren Sheng identified the Black Robed Men’s Seed of Illusion and learned they planned to gather Seeds of Illusion to complete their Game World.
• Wenren Sheng realized the Game World was built around the dark gods Diablo, Bal, and Mephisto, and recalled the deadly world it recreated.

Wenren Sheng defeated the Black Robed Men’s monstrous puppet in the individual competition, but realized the enemy had kept his anomalous seed safe. After receiving the competition’s awards, Wenren Sheng agreed to let a puppet compete in the team event the following day.

• The Black Robed Men offered to share his experience in exchange for Wenren Sheng’s anomalous seed, but Wenren Sheng refused and predicted that the man and his world would be destroyed.
• The Black Robed Men transformed into a giant tentacled monster and threatened to kill and devour Wenren Sheng.
• Wenren Sheng struck once and immediately destroyed the monster, then realized the contestant had been a disposable puppet without the anomalous seed.
• The host declared Wenren Sheng the winner, and Wenren Sheng received the competition’s awards through an illusion made by Little Illusion.
• Wu Shanshan told Wenren Sheng that the team competition began the next day, and he agreed to send a puppet in his place.

After failing to reach the finals, Liu Jian boarded a cruise ship home, but a gigantic Big Shark swallowed the vessel before rescuers could help. Back at the island competition, Wenren Sheng continued training while Little Illusion briefly mourned a lost toy.

• Liu Jian reflected on his losses at the competition and boarded a cruise ship to return to the Eastern Continent.
• A young woman showed Liu Jian a video of a huge shadow beneath the ship, and he rushed to warn the captain to turn back.
• The enormous, blood-red Big Shark surfaced and swallowed the cruise ship, while the captain's cabin sent an emergency distress signal.
• Two rescuers circled the empty sea for hours without investigating, then left without finding anyone.
• Wenren Sheng trained at the competition grounds as Little Illusion cried that she was about to lose one of her toys, then quickly stopped caring.

Wenren Sheng learned that Otherworldly Users in the North Pole Region had rebelled and recognized that growing resentment and the Patrol Division’s weakening authority had driven them to side with a Disaster Anomaly Lord. In the far north, the seven sworn siblings behind the rebellion debated their danger and their next move while their captured Seventh Brother remained opposed to them.

• Wenren Sheng asked Li Yuanfeng to announce a Patrol Division mission offering a Custom Mutant for research on the relationship between the soul and flesh.
• Li Yuanfeng received word that Otherworldly Users in the North Pole Region had rebelled, and Wenren Sheng inferred that they had allied with a Disaster Anomaly Lord.
• In the northernmost settlement, the rebel siblings kept Seventh Brother tied up after he secretly tried to alert the authorities.
• The boss and the other siblings argued that the Patrol Division would force them to investigate a dangerous anomaly and would soon send forces to suppress them.
• The siblings discussed relying on their new master’s defenses while making further plans, including the possibility of retreating.

The leaders trapped in the Anomaly’s domain agreed to seek a way out, while Wenren Sheng and Li Yuanfeng arrived outside Arctic Town to assess the threat. Wenren Sheng sent his Ruyi Puppet Man to scout the domain, and Li Yuanfeng asked to experience Otherworldly Resonance.

• The six leaders agreed to flee if possible or surrender if they could not escape, and they kept Old Seven alive.
• Two days later, Wenren Sheng returned to Arctic Town with Li Yuanfeng and a First Team of Black Shirts as the town was surrounded by blockade lines and Drones.
• Wenren Sheng learned that the domain restricted Otherworldly Users but allowed Ordinary Persons to enter and leave, and he concluded that the Anomaly was creating a sanctuary to oppose humanity.
• Wenren Sheng sent his Ruyi Puppet Man into the domain to scout it.
• Li Yuanfeng asked Wenren Sheng to let him experience Otherworldly Resonance.

Wenren Sheng and Li Yuanfeng formed an Otherworldly Resonance and investigated the Shadow Fence around the Town Center. As the fence grew more dangerous, the Seven Sworn Brothers watched from inside and revealed why they had surrendered to the Anomaly.

• Wenren Sheng accepted Li Yuanfeng’s Dragon Jade Pendant and established Otherworldly Resonance with him, learning that Li Yuanfeng’s Mystery was the Seed of Greed.
• Li Yuanfeng felt his strength surge and headed toward the Town Center, but sensed danger at the Shadow Fence and returned to suggest sending Wenren Sheng’s Ruyi Puppet ahead.
• Wenren Sheng sent the Puppet Man to investigate, and its shadow was drawn toward the fence while Mystery Resistance kept it from being pulled inside.
• The Shadow Fence began to sway and expand, its flattened shadow units stretching into a towering barrier.
• Inside the Town Center, Third Brother and Second Brother of the Seven Sworn Brothers discussed their surrender to the Anomaly, which Bro had chosen to protect them after their escape was sealed.

Wenren Sheng and Little Illusion destroyed the Shadow Fence, while Li Yuanfeng’s forces captured the Seven Sworn Brothers who had surrendered to an Anomaly. After discussing their punishment and a possible collaboration on soul research, Wenren Sheng sent Little Illusion into town to investigate by disguising the mission as hide-and-seek.

• Second Brother and Third Brother watched Little Illusion tear apart the Shadow Fence and prepared to break out according to their leader’s plan.
• Little Illusion finished destroying the Shadow Fence, and five members of the Seven Sworn Brothers fled town in different directions before Wenren Sheng and Li Yuanfeng’s forces captured them.
• Second Brother explained that the brothers had surrendered to the Anomaly to survive, and Li Yuanfeng ordered them taken away to lose their Otherworldly Users and face further punishment.
• Wenren Sheng said he understood the brothers’ choice, and Li Yuanfeng proposed that he cooperate on the Soul Reincarnation project alongside his soul resurrection and Physics Holy Sword work.
• Wenren Sheng told Little Illusion that scouting the town was a game of hide-and-seek, and she eagerly agreed to send the Puppet Man inside.

The eldest of the Seven Sworn Brothers activated the Riddle Ball and used it to create a maze barrier around the underground warehouse, hoping to delay Puppet Man and the others. Wenren Sheng and Little Illusion solved his riddles with online searches, and Puppet Man continued approaching the warehouse as the young man struggled to stop it.

• The eldest of the Seven Sworn Brothers activated the Riddle Ball and drew three circles around the underground warehouse, trapping himself inside the barrier as well.
• Puppet Man encountered a riddle at an ATM, and Wenren Sheng searched online for the answer, solving it as “Secret.”
• Li Yuanfeng told Wenren Sheng he disliked solving riddles, while Little Illusion realized she could use her own followers to search for answers.
• The young man tried making original riddles, but the Riddle Ball rejected his first attempts and sent him into a maze.
• The young man posed a riddle whose answer was “a coffin,” and Little Illusion found the answer online before Puppet Man advanced toward the warehouse.

Zhang Xin tried to hide in Riddle Little Ball’s maze but found himself hunted by monsters, while Li Yuanfeng and Wenren Sheng dealt with the aftermath of the underground warehouse anomaly. As Wenren Sheng flew toward the team competition, he sensed a familiar danger in the west and sent Little Illusion’s subordinates to investigate.

• Zhang Xin deliberately gave Riddle Little Ball absurd riddles and was thrown into a maze, where a Minotaur chased him through underground caverns toward a gigantic eye.
• Wenren Sheng told Li Yuanfeng that he had subdued the underground warehouse anomaly and demanded compensation for dealing with the Seven Sworn Brothers, though Zhang Xin had escaped.
• Li Yuanfeng decided to watch Arctic Town for Zhang Xin, reasoning that he could only reappear where he had vanished and claiming Riddle Little Ball as his own.
• Wenren Sheng flew toward the team competition and sensed a familiar, inexplicable danger to the west.
• Wenren Sheng asked Little Illusion to send subordinates west to investigate the danger.

Shi Shi found the Mysterious Ball and refused its offer, then vanished with it. After returning to the island, Wenren Sheng dreamed of four Black Robed Men arguing over a mystic species and suspected the Thousand-Eyed Monster was warning him.

• Shi Shi found the Mysterious Ball in Arctic Town and refused to activate it because it belonged to her little sister.
• Shi Shi disappeared, and Li Yuanfeng arrived but could not see what had caused the fluctuations.
• Wenren Sheng returned to the island and argued with Little Illusion about her new treasure before watching the team competition.
• Wenren Sheng fell asleep and dreamed of four Black Robed Men debating who should receive a third mystic species.
• Wenren Sheng suspected the dream was an omen sent by the Thousand-Eyed Monster.

Wenren Sheng prepared to lead his team into the final match of the Otherworldly User Assembly against a highly coordinated Patrol Division team. As the teams entered the arena, public debate over otherworldly seeds spread online, and spectators hoped the rival teams would destroy each other.

• Wenren Sheng woke before the dream revealed the roundtable meeting’s outcome and refused to keep watching the Thousand-Eyed Monster’s visions.
• Little Illusion asked Little Ball for better pleasures, but it refused to indulge her.
• Wenren Sheng observed that the Patrol Division’s team was exceptionally coordinated, while Milia’s team had reached the top sixteen.
• Wenren Sheng agreed to compete in the final after Zhao Han complained that his absence had nearly cost them their previous matches.
• Online discussions about otherworldly seeds grew heated, and Wenren Sheng sensed that the Heaven’s Mandate Society was steering public opinion toward shared ownership.
• Wenren Sheng led his team into the final arena, where the host introduced them as the Peacock Team and their opponents as the Son of Heaven Team.

Wenren Sheng’s team defeated the Son of Heaven Team in the tournament final, and the family received their prizes before traveling home to Dongshui City. They arrived safely, with the city appearing unchanged.

• Wu Shanshan suspected the host had been influenced by the Heaven's Mandate Society after he made suggestive remarks about Wenren Sheng's team.
• The Son of Heaven Team planned to distract Wenren Sheng while attacking his teammates, but their captain rejected taking hostages.
• Wenren Sheng overwhelmed the Son of Heaven Team and won the final without difficulty.
• Wenren Sheng and his family collected their awards, then packed up and left for home.
• The family flew to Dongshui City and found the airport calm and apparently unaffected by any disaster.