Chapter Summaries

At the Honest Spring, Jin Fei, Ottos, Zhuge Chi, and Mu Ning answered questions that exposed embarrassing memories and private feelings. Luo Jun was the last to step forward, and he used the Dice of Heavenly Secrets before touching the tablet, leaving his answer unresolved.

• Jin Fei admitted that he had once loved Feng Yao, and Zhuge Chi let the matter go after hearing Jin Fei plead with him not to tell his wife.
• Ottos answered that he had last eaten shit four months earlier, explaining that he had mistaken a Foul Ogre’s attack for a rock and struck it with his blade.
• Zhuge Chi confessed that he had resented and envied Ling Yao’s talent before accepting that he could never surpass him.
• Mu Ning revealed that her most unforgettable sight was discovering at age eight that the woman she called her older sister was actually her mother.
• Luo Jun summoned the Dice of Heavenly Secrets, succeeded at a difficulty of 100, and placed his hand on the tablet as everyone waited to learn what the spring would ask.

Luo Jun’s group passed the Honest Fountain and struggled through the maze leading to the pyramid, while Luo Jun used his dice-guided knife throws to find a route. He learned that reaching the pyramid within twenty-four hours was critical to saving his Master, but his dice uses ran out before the group reached the entrance.

• Luo Jun correctly answered the Honest Fountain’s dinner question, and Ophelia answered her own question in Ancient Parami without translating it.
• After passing the fountain, the group encountered dead ends, traps, and monsters as they searched the maze for a path to the pyramid.
• Luo Jun used knife throws to choose routes through the maze after a mission prompted him to reach the pyramid within twenty-four hours.
• Luo Jun inferred that his Master was inside the pyramid and might be in grave danger if he did not arrive in time.
• After several guided turns, the group reached a T-junction near the pyramid, but Luo Jun had exhausted his dice uses before finding the entrance.

Luo Jun tried to climb over the buildings near the pyramid despite the increasingly powerful Gravity Field restricting his Vital Energy. After using the Dice of Heavenly Secrets to boost his Strength, he hauled himself onto the roof and broke through the deity's restriction.

• Luo Jun stopped at the inner ring and began climbing a building while the others realized he intended to reach the pyramid by crossing the rooftops.
• Luo Jun climbed to the sixth floor and attempted to jump onto the roof, while Zhuge Chi, Jin Fei, and Ottos urged him on.
• Luo Jun caught the rooftop ledge with one hand but struggled to hold on under the crushing gravity.
• Luo Jun used the Dice of Heavenly Secrets to refresh Intermediate Point Correction, draw Attribute Points, and raise his Strength by five points.
• Luo Jun used his increased strength to pull himself onto the roof, and the group cheered as he overcame the restriction.

Luo Jun reached the pyramid and reunited with the others, who learned from Ophelia’s translation that its inscriptions contradicted the accepted legends about Menehses. The inscriptions described him as a benevolent ruler who fought followers of Evil God Dius, whose name the group recognized as Dias, the Holy Father worshipped by the Holy See.

• Luo Jun crossed the gravity-battered rooftop, dropped to the ground, and recovered with the Water Healing Construct’s help.
• Luo Jun completed his mission, earning 1,863 Experience Points and 1,020 chips, bringing his total to 2,770.
• Luo Jun returned to the others and led them to the pyramid, where Mu Ning could not detect its interior and Ophelia began deciphering the inscriptions.
• Ophelia said the pyramid was Menehses’s mausoleum and recounted the legend that Karruth had imprisoned his soul there for trying to steal divine power.
• Ophelia translated inscriptions portraying Menehses as a beloved ruler who fought followers of Evil God Dius, and the others recognized Dius as Dias, the Holy Father worshipped by the Holy See.

Luo Jun and the others discovered that an ancient pyramid inscription connected the Heavenly Father Church to [Utopia] thousands of years ago, then found that a strange passage on a stone could be deciphered using the Bronze Wine Cup inscription. Ophelia spoke the resulting password, opening a dark passage into the pyramid.

• Zhuge Chi explained how the Holy See had recently become [Utopia]'s state religion, while the group questioned why the Heavenly Father Church appeared in ancient ruins.
• Ophelia identified a giant brick whose inscription disrupted the surrounding account of Emperor Menehses, but could not make sense of its characters.
• The group considered using Dust of Replication to learn what Yuan Shouzhen and his companions had done, but Luo Jun urged them to find a faster way to reach the missing team.
• Luo Jun recognized that characters on the brick matched the inscription on the Bronze Wine Cup, and Ophelia copied both texts and removed the repeated characters.
• Ophelia read the remaining inscription aloud, causing the stone to retract into the pyramid and reveal a dark passage.

Luo Jun and his companions were trapped in an ancient arena and forced to pose as representatives of an evil god in a deadly contest. The arena summoned six opponents from Amgilla’s side, including Old Yuan and the missing members of his group, who no longer recognized them.

• Ophelia and the others entered the tunnel, and the stone door sealed behind them before a hidden passage opened ahead.
• Luo Jun’s group passed through the murals and opened a second stone door, revealing a vast arena and a statue of Arubian.
• Arubian declared that the arena would host a contest between six representatives from each side, and a beam of light destroyed an Undead Soldier who denied being a representative.
• Zhuge Chi claimed that the group were representatives, and Arubian explained the rules for the death matches.
• A secret door opened to reveal Old Yuan, Jason, Flora, Sister Sharna, Rolf, and Ma Lei as Amgilla’s representatives, their eyes vacant and their expressions dull.

Zhuge Chi joined the arena match after Mu Ning confirmed that Yuan Shouzhen had not been selected, and he defeated Rolf while revealing little of his own abilities. The victory sent both fighters back to Luo Jun's side.

• Mu Ning used her ability to confirm that Yuan Shouzhen did not have a divine rune, so Zhuge Chi teleported into the arena.
• Rolf appeared as his opponent, carrying a Great Hammer, while the competition's rules restricted which Treasure Tools they could use.
• Zhuge Chi dodged Rolf's attacks, used invisibility and illusions, and allowed Rolf to display his fighting methods.
• Zhuge Chi appeared behind Rolf and tapped the back of his neck, causing Rolf to convulse and collapse.
• The statue declared the match a victory for the Evil God Follower, and Zhuge Chi and Rolf returned to Luo Jun's side.

After Rolf returned from death, he volunteered to face Yuan Shouzhen, who entered the arena with his mind clouded. Yuan Shouzhen killed Rolf with a single blow, leaving Luo Jun stunned by his master’s strength.

• Rolf regained his sanity after returning from death, and Ottos explained that Zhuge Chi had killed him in the previous match.
• Rolf suggested taking Ottos’s place if Yuan Shouzhen was chosen, and the others agreed to keep their trump cards hidden.
• Mu Ning identified Yuan Shouzhen as the next fighter, and Rolf teleported onto the arena to face him.
• Zhuge Chi explained that he had killed Rolf with an illusion technique and predicted Yuan Shouzhen would have to fight him head-on.
• Yuan Shouzhen equipped his Eight Trigrams Finger Tiger and moved faster than Rolf could react.
• Yuan Shouzhen struck Rolf once, splattering him against the arena barrier and ending the match.

Old Yuan effortlessly killed Rolf, leaving Luo Jun and Zhuge Chi alarmed by the enormous gap between Old Yuan’s power and their own. While Zhuge Chi stalled in the arena, Luo Jun prepared to break through, but the event he rolled was a breakthrough to the eighth layer of the Body Refinement Realm.

• Old Yuan killed Rolf with one punch, stunning the explorers and making Luo Jun calculate the vast scale of his Master’s strength.
• Luo Jun admitted he needed several hours to prepare, so Zhuge Chi agreed to keep fighting until he was ready.
• Zhuge Chi entered the next match against Holy Knight Jason and stalled before defeating him near the time limit.
• Luo Jun guided the remaining Vital Energy in his body and attempted to prepare for a breakthrough to the Foundation Establishment Realm.
• Luo Jun reached his bottleneck, summoned the Dice of Heavenly Secrets, and received the event “Breakthrough to Body Refinement Realm Eighth Layer!”

Luo Jun broke through the supposedly final Body Refinement Realm layer and awoke after more than eight hours to find his team nearly eliminated. As the sole explorer left, he prepared for the next match and ate a mysterious Animal Cracker just before time ran out.

• Luo Jun successfully reached the Body Refinement Realm Eighth Layer and gained 1,200 experience points.
• Luo Jun discovered that Mu Ning had stalled the match while he cultivated, but Zhuge Chi defeated her as soon as the fight began.
• Luo Jun became the only explorer left and drew twenty-three Attribute Points before preparing for his next opponent.
• Luo Jun chose the Elemental Construct Box, took his beneficial consumables, and ate the Rare-level Animal Cracker.
• Luo Jun felt dizzy as the scene before him changed after he swallowed the cookie.

Luo Jun fought Yuan Shouzhen in the arena after eating an Animal Cracker that distorted his senses, and a mission to defeat his master triggered. He struggled to survive Yuan Shouzhen’s relentless attacks and began to suspect the cracker’s pig abilities could help him.

• Luo Jun entered the arena under the Animal Cracker’s effects and received a mission to defeat Yuan Shouzhen with a difficulty of 90.
• Yuan Shouzhen attacked immediately, and Luo Jun failed to dodge before blocking a punch that sent him crashing into the barrier.
• Luo Jun’s Entangling Turrets failed to restrain Yuan Shouzhen, and repeated attacks left Luo Jun injured.
• Luo Jun successfully used an Earth Construct shield to hold Yuan Shouzhen back and placed a Water Healing Construct to treat himself.
• Luo Jun considered how to lower the difficulty of dodging and noticed Yuan Shouzhen’s Gang Qi seemed appetizing, leading him to suspect the Pig Biscuit was affecting him.
• Yuan Shouzhen shattered the Earth Barrier with another assault.

Luo Jun used his newly acquired ability to devour Gang Qi to withstand Old Yuan’s attacks and break his wrist, then exploited a brief opening to strike him. Old Yuan survived the blow and shifted to a more dangerous technique with his Finger Tigers.

• Luo Jun summoned the Dice of Heavenly Secrets and successfully devoured much of the Gang Qi around Old Yuan’s fist, weakening its impact.
• Luo Jun tried to break Old Yuan’s wrist but failed, then endured a barrage of punches while searching for an opening.
• Luo Jun devoured Old Yuan’s Gang Qi again and used the weakened defense to break his right wrist with a heavy blow.
• Luo Jun drained the Gang Qi around Old Yuan’s chest and attempted to kill him with a strike, but Old Yuan’s stone armor partially blocked the attack.
• Old Yuan landed in the opposite corner, protected his broken wrist with Gang Qi, and activated the characters engraved on his Finger Tigers.

Luo Jun discovered that his Pig Biscuit ability could devour Old Yuan’s elemental attacks, including lightning, and used it to advance through the Eight Trigrams Finger Tiger’s assault. He reached Old Yuan under the gravity field and launched a punch, turning the tables in their fight.

• Old Yuan activated the Eight Trigrams Finger Tiger, increasing gravity and attacking Luo Jun with wind blades and lightning.
• Luo Jun failed a dice judgment to dodge the lightning, then successfully used his ability to devour it.
• Luo Jun realized he could absorb Vital Energy-based skills, though the power could overwhelm anyone whose meridians could not withstand it.
• Luo Jun swallowed Old Yuan’s fire, water, swamp, and other elemental attacks while moving closer under the gravity field.
• Luo Jun reached Old Yuan, who could not escape the gravity’s effects, and struck at him.

Luo Jun defeated Old Yuan, but the Eight Trigrams Finger Tiger began resurrecting his master, forcing him to use a Life-Death Coin and his last dice roll to devour its stored energy. Old Yuan remained dead, Luo Jun stood alone in the arena, and the statue finally declared the match over.

• Luo Jun broke Old Yuan’s left wrist and struck his master’s head, killing him and completing the apparent victory.
• Old Yuan’s body began regenerating under white light from the shining Qian character on his Eight Trigrams Finger Tiger, preventing the match from ending.
• Luo Jun failed to stop the resurrection with his first attempt, then spent chips to obtain a Life-Death Coin and used it to guarantee success on his final dice roll.
• Luo Jun devoured the energy stored in the Eight Trigrams Finger Tiger until the white light faded and Old Yuan’s resurrection stopped.
• The statue announced the end of the match with Luo Jun standing alone in the arena.

Luo Jun reunited with Old Yuan beneath the arena and learned that the pyramid was a trap designed to imprison living intruders. As Old Yuan was sent to fight Ottos, he discovered that Luo Jun had reached the Body Refinement Realm Eighth Layer.

• Luo Jun explained how he had reached the pyramid and asked Old Yuan what had happened after he entered it.
• Old Yuan explained that the pyramid’s restrictions sealed living intruders’ abilities and that defeating a powerful mummy might reveal a way out.
• Luo Jun told Old Yuan that he had defeated him by weakening his Protective Qi with a consumable Treasure Tool.
• Luo Jun revealed that he had advanced to the Body Refinement Realm Eighth Layer, and Old Yuan examined his unusually vast, smoothly circulating Vital Energy.
• Old Yuan was teleported into the arena to fight Ottos while Luo Jun opened his dice panel to review his gains.

After defeating Yuan Shouzhen, Luo Jun completed his mission, gained a legendary bracelet, and absorbed a vast amount of Vital Energy. He entered the next arena match against Ophelia, whose unusual presence worried Yuan Shouzhen.

• Luo Jun completed the mission to defeat Yuan Shouzhen, earned 1,080 chips, and leveled up.
• Luo Jun spent 3,350 chips on a Super Big Lucky Bag and received the legendary bracelet Path to Success.
• Luo Jun put on the bracelet and realized the Vital Energy he had absorbed from Old Yuan and the Eight Trigrams Finger Tiger had nearly filled his requirements for another breakthrough.
• Yuan Shouzhen and Ottos returned to the arena, where Ottos learned that Luo Jun had defeated Yuan Shouzhen.
• Luo Jun received the Teleportation Divine Rune and entered the arena to face Ophelia.
• Yuan Shouzhen warned Ottos that Ophelia had seemed strange when he met her before, while Ottos assumed Luo Jun would easily defeat her.

Luo Jun faced Ophelia in the arena and used his enhanced perception and strength to break through her illusions and destroy a grotesque creation. He sensed that she had simulated multiple Chaos-like creatures, leaving him to confront an unseen army.

• Luo Jun entered the arena confident that his attributes would counter Ophelia’s abilities.
• Luo Jun struck Ophelia’s illusion, then detected and attacked a phantom moving beside him.
• Ophelia’s apparent body transformed into a tentacled monster that seized Luo Jun.
• Luo Jun tore free, destroyed the monster, and realized its unnatural structure resembled a Chaos Creature.
• Luo Jun sensed multiple unseen creatures moving around the arena and suspected Ophelia had created an army of Chaos-like beings.

Luo Jun destroyed Ophelia’s decoys and uncovered her monstrous main body, then fought her in the arena. Ophelia sacrificed her flesh to unleash a far stronger Mental Shock, leaving Luo Jun linked to a girl’s memories.

• Luo Jun crushed the cores of eight apparent Ophelia copies, but the true body remained hidden.
• Ophelia attacked Luo Jun with a remote Mental Shock, but he recovered quickly and evaded her strike.
• Luo Jun recognized Ophelia’s monstrous spider-like form as her main body and speculated that she used Shapeshifting Faction abilities.
• Luo Jun shattered Ophelia’s claw, then tore apart most of her body as she shifted her head to evade his attacks.
• Ophelia burned away her flesh and unleashed a powerful Mental Shock that connected Luo Jun’s mind to a girl’s memories.

Ophelia remembered growing up alongside Liya, the other presence sharing her body, and how their conflicting personalities shaped her life. After Anthony broke up with Ophelia and revealed he had another girlfriend, Ophelia blamed Liya and demanded that she disappear, and Liya quietly agreed.

• As a child, Ophelia spoke with Liya in her mind while drawing frightening monsters that Nun Greet disapproved of.
• At the Holy See's Training Ground, Ophelia demonstrated exceptional talent in both the Creation and Shapeshifting factions.
• The Holy See admitted Ophelia to Central Academy, where she reached the Heart Refining Realm by eighteen and began dating Anthony.
• Anthony told Ophelia he wanted to break up because her shifting temperament and conversations with herself made him feel a third person was always present.
• Annie arrived and insulted Ophelia, who slapped Annie and Anthony before leaving without stabbing him.
• Ophelia argued with Liya in an alley, blamed her for the breakup, and told her she wished she had never appeared; Liya agreed to leave.

Luo Jun helped Ophelia destroy the Chaos Creature that had invaded her soul, freeing her from its control but apparently costing Liya her remaining soul. Ophelia later heard Liya speak again and learned that she had survived as a weak remnant, leaving Ophelia grieving but relieved.

• During a Rules Horror mission, Ophelia hid in a Security Room and trusted a female security guard who offered to call the police.
• The guard lured Ophelia out, where the Chaos Creature attacked and tried to take over her body, but Liya joined Ophelia in resisting it.
• Luo Jun used the Dice of Heavenly Secrets to strengthen his attack and crushed the Chaos Creature's soul, interrupting its assault on Ophelia.
• After the mission, Ophelia feared Liya had vanished too, but Liya's weak voice returned and confirmed she was still there.
• Ophelia thanked Luo Jun for freeing Liya and wept because she missed her.