Chapter Summaries

Luo Jun and Old Yuan helped the others regain consciousness after the arena battles, then faced the pyramid’s final challenge as Emperor Menehses emerged from a sarcophagus. The chapter left the group preparing to confront the mummy ruler, who was hailed as the true representative of Great God Karruth.

• Old Yuan defeated Zhuge Chi, who regained his senses and learned that the others had been fighting under severe restrictions.
• Luo Jun and Old Yuan took turns winning the remaining fighters back, and Zhuge Chi learned that Luo Jun had defeated Old Yuan despite not reaching the Peak Realm.
• After the arena matches ended, Arubian’s statue announced that the true representative of Great God Karruth was about to appear.
• A barrier spread across the pyramid and weakened Vital Energy circulation as a sarcophagus rose from the arena.
• Luo Jun kicked the coffin lid aside as a crowned mummy emerged, and Old Yuan identified him as Emperor Menehses, Amgilla’s last ruler.

The explorers fought through the First Checkpoint’s crocodile-headed monsters, with Luo Jun, Old Yuan, Zhuge Chi, and Night helping defeat them. When the mummy gathered the blood-red soil into a giant Dog-Headed monster, Luo Jun, Old Yuan, and Zhuge Chi worked together to destroy it.

• Ottos charged the mummy but was stopped by an invisible barrier, while Old Yuan told the group to fall back and face the stage’s monsters.
• The blood-red soil produced twelve crocodile-headed warriors, and the weakened explorers struggled to hold them off as Luo Jun crushed several with his strength.
• Old Yuan and Zhuge Chi helped the group defeat the crocodile monsters, while Night arrived to help rescue the others.
• The mummy formed a giant Dog-Headed monster, and Old Yuan, Luo Jun, and Zhuge Chi teamed up to bring it down.

Karruth's Incarnation emerged in its powerful Eagle-headed form and attacked the explorers with lightning. Luo Jun accepted a mission to defeat it and charged into battle, leaving Old Yuan alarmed as the fight began.

• Old Yuan explained that Karruth's Incarnation would remove its barrier and fight with the power of the Blood-colored Mud.
• The Blood-colored Mud transformed the mummy into Karruth's winged Eagle-headed form, and the barrier around the sarcophagus vanished.
• Karruth's Incarnation fired a beam at Luo Jun, but he dodged it and accepted a mission to defeat the monster.
• Karruth's Incarnation filled the arena with lightning, while the explorers used their abilities to defend themselves.
• Luo Jun charged through the lightning and leapt toward Karruth's Incarnation as Old Yuan warned him of the danger.

Luo Jun and his allies battled Karruth's Incarnation inside the pyramid, using teamwork and repeated headbutts to destroy its head. Just as Luo Jun thought they had won, the headless corpse gathered golden light around its spine and attacked him.

• Zhuge Chi used an illusion to disrupt Karruth's Incarnation's shield, allowing Luo Jun to charge through and attack.
• Luo Jun bit off the monster's beak, grappled it to the ground, and repeatedly struck its head while evading its attacks.
• Luo Jun's headbutts damaged the Blood-colored Mud armor, and he realized the monster's defenses relied on Vital Energy rather than Gang Qi.
• Old Yuan arrived and struck the monster's head with Gang Qi, weakening its armor so Luo Jun could smash its bandaged head apart.
• Old Yuan warned that the fight was not over as golden light gathered around the headless corpse's spine and shot toward Luo Jun.

Luo Jun and Old Yuan destroyed the headless monster, but its core carried Luo Jun toward the enormous gem at the top of the pyramid. As the gem’s concentrated Vital Energy began eroding and merging with him, Luo Jun realized he could absorb it but could not control it.

• Luo Jun, Old Yuan, and Zhuge Chi attacked the headless monster, preventing it from recovering until its body collapsed.
• Luo Jun detected the monster’s hidden core and reached for it, but it vanished and re-formed as it rose toward the gem.
• Luo Jun followed the core upward and grabbed it, despite warnings from Old Yuan and Mu Ning about the gem’s immense power.
• The core carried Luo Jun into the gem, where its Vital Energy began merging with his but resisted his control.

Luo Jun absorbed the gemstone’s immense Vital Energy and discovered it was circulating through him according to a divine cultivation method, but its power threatened to overwhelm his body. He used the Flawed Dice and Old Yuan’s talisman to regain control and force a breakthrough to the Body Refinement Realm Ninth Layer.

• Luo Jun realized that the gemstone’s Vital Energy followed an automatic circulation pattern and suspected it was a deity’s unified cultivation method.
• As the gemstone’s energy exceeded what his realm could withstand and began draining his strength, Luo Jun feared it might take over his body.
• Luo Jun used the Flawed Dice to improve his chances and stuck Old Yuan’s Escort Spirit Talisman to his forehead.
• Luo Jun repeatedly judged events with the Dice of Heavenly Secrets, succeeded in regaining control of his Vital Energy, and began his breakthrough to the Body Refinement Realm Ninth Layer.

Luo Jun absorbed the gemstone’s immense power and broke through beyond the Ninth Layer, discovering that the deity’s cultivation method led from Body Refinement into the Foundation Establishment Realm. He emerged in a new realm as Night resisted the gemstone’s power with Gang Qi.

• Luo Jun’s meridians expanded under the gemstone’s energy, and Old Yuan and the others failed to reach him through the barrier around the pyramid.
• Mu Ning used the Insightful Wisdom Eye and saw that the forces clashing around Night came from both the gemstone and Night’s Gang Qi.
• Luo Jun sensed his meridians branching toward his skin and used the Dice of Heavenly Secrets to attempt a breakthrough, succeeding with 53 points against a difficulty of 11.
• Luo Jun realized he was advancing into the Foundation Establishment Realm rather than the Body Refinement Realm Ninth Layer.
• Luo Jun completed the breakthrough and entered the Foundation Establishment Realm.

Luo Jun used his newly formed Gang Qi to resist the gemstone’s energy, destroy the mummy’s core, and complete his mission, while learning that the Foundation Establishment Realm advanced naturally from Body Refinement. The gemstone still threatened to overwhelm him, so he prepared to attempt another breakthrough without using his dice.

• Luo Jun realized that reaching the limit of the Body Refinement Realm naturally formed Gang Qi and led into the Foundation Establishment Realm.
• Luo Jun repeatedly used Gang Qi to resist and absorb the gemstone’s energy, strengthening his Vital Energy and advancing in cultivation.
• Luo Jun concentrated Gang Qi in his hand and shattered the mummy’s core, which merged into his Gang Qi.
• Luo Jun received 900 chips, healed his injuries, replenished his Vital Energy, and completed the mission.
• Luo Jun decided to attempt another breakthrough without dice assistance and prepared with the Heaven Returning Realm in hand.

Luo Jun broke through to the next realm while absorbing the last of the gemstone’s power, then used Divine Language to escape as Amgilla collapsed. The group vanished in a burst of white light just before the entire realm was destroyed.

• Luo Jun compressed his Vital Energy, successfully advanced, and used his stronger Gang Qi to drain the gemstone’s remaining power.
• Luo Jun led the group away from the pyramid as the gemstone dimmed and Amgilla began to collapse.
• Old Yuan and Ophelia identified Luo Jun’s chant as Divine Language, while the others wondered how he had learned it.
• The gemstone fell and shattered the pyramid, and the group fled toward the edge of the realm as the destruction spread.
• Luo Jun blasted through the pyramid’s inner wall, chanted Divine Language, and enveloped everyone in white light that carried them away.
• Amgilla collapsed into a singularity and vanished into the void.

After escaping Amgilla, Luo Jun explained that he had used instructions preserved in Karruth’s gem, but Old Yuan suspected that an ancient deity had taken over his disciple’s body. Old Yuan’s examination seemed to confirm that a second soul was present.

• The group emerged from Amgilla into the Hairub Desert, and Luo Jun said he had rescued them using a spell remembered from the gem.
• Luo Jun explained that Karruth had left the gem as an inheritance containing instructions, including a hidden means of escape, after sacrificing himself to seal Amgilla and Dias’s invading soldiers.
• Old Yuan warned the others away from Luo Jun and began scanning him with his Treasure Tools, fearing that Karruth’s soul had possessed his disciple.
• Luo Jun lowered his guard and let Old Yuan examine him, believing his master wanted to save him rather than kill him.
• Old Yuan detected a second soul inside Luo Jun.

Old Yuan explained Mosayus’s history and how the Holy See once used a force of elite experts to put the Oasis Devourer back to sleep. Mu Ning sensed the monster approaching, and Luo Jun’s group fled by armored vehicle as they wondered whether their disappearance might be blamed for its awakening.

• Old Yuan confirmed that Luo Jun’s main soul was unharmed, though a remnant soul remained inside him, and used a Treasure Tool to report the group’s safety to the Parami Branch.
• Old Yuan revealed that the Holy See had once found Mosayus in the Hairub Desert and tried to deal with it, but even the Pope, five Peaks, and many other experts could only put it back to sleep.
• Old Yuan said Mosayus had awakened on its own after a Father and several knights disappeared, despite the Holy See having suspended its plan to awaken the monster.
• Ophelia recognized the direction of the approaching aura as Mosayus’s sleeping place, and Mu Ning warned that the monster was coming from dozens of kilometers away.
• Rolf brought out the Armored Vehicle, and Luo Jun drove the group away while they worried whether Mosayus’s awakening would be linked to their disappearance.

Luo Jun and the others realized Mosayus had awakened to search for Amgilla, and suspected its origin was tied to the Holy See’s hidden history. After Mosayus failed to find the vanished oasis, it turned toward Paramis City, leaving the group racing to warn the city.

• Luo Jun proposed that Mosayus had been searching for Amgilla and that its awakening was linked to the oasis’s appearance, while Old Yuan suggested the Holy See might have tried to control the beast or conceal its past.
• Mu Ning tracked Mosayus as it reached the place where Amgilla had been and released energy while searching for the vanished oasis.
• Luo Jun drove toward Paramis City while Mosayus remained focused on the desert, but the group worried that the beast would attack the city if it found no oasis.
• Mosayus resumed moving and turned toward Paramis City, while Luo Jun and the others hurried to warn its million residents.

Luo Jun used his Longitudinal and Horizontal Sports Car to race toward Paramis City with Ophelia, hoping to warn the city about Mosayus. The rest of the group stayed behind in the armored vehicle as the rocket-fast car sped into the desert.

• Luo Jun revealed that his Treasure Tool could get them back at least ten hours earlier, though it could carry only four additional people.
• The group discussed who should go, and Luo Jun chose Ophelia while insisting that Yuan Shouzhen accompany him as a trusted witness.
• Yuan Shouzhen decided to stay with the others, and Mu Ning also stayed so she could guide the armored vehicle if Mosayus changed direction.
• Luo Jun and Ophelia departed in the Longitudinal and Horizontal Sports Car, using its jet acceleration to race toward Paramis City.

As Luo Jun and Ophelia drove toward Paramis City, they discussed the danger of Chaos Creatures secretly living among humans and how Ophelia had resisted one. Ophelia revealed that Liya had sensed a Chaos Creature in Cardinal Gonzales, leaving them with a possible threat inside the Holy See.

• Luo Jun drove Ophelia through the Hairub Desert at high speed and asked her to explain Mosayus when they reached Paramis City.
• Luo Jun questioned Ophelia about whether Chaos Creatures could take over human bodies and walk among people unnoticed.
• Ophelia explained that Liya’s soul had helped her resist the Chaos Creature, which otherwise could have controlled or assimilated her.
• Ophelia demonstrated that traces of the Chaos Creature remained in her abilities by shaping Vital Energy into a grotesque insect.
• Ophelia recalled that Liya had once said Cardinal Gonzales smelled very bad, suggesting that the Holy See’s chief representative might be a Chaos Creature.

Luo Jun and Ophelia warned Bishop Jacob that Cardinal Bishop Gonzales might be a Chaos Creature who had taken control of the Holy See’s transfer orders. They also learned that Mosayus had awakened and was heading toward Paramis City, leaving them to wait for help while the city prepared for danger.

• Luo Jun suspected Cardinal Bishop Gonzales had been possessed by a Chaos soul or was using an Illusion Ability to impersonate a cardinal bishop.
• Ophelia connected Gonzales’s transfer to the Empire with her own past and upcoming transfers, and feared he might detect that her Chaos soul had been purified.
• Luo Jun and Ophelia reached Parami Cathedral and told Bishop Jacob that Gonzales might be compromised.
• Jacob reported that Mosayus had awakened, and Hank explained that the teams carrying Positioning Devices had split up, with one possibly fleeing Mosayus.
• Jacob sent news of Mosayus’s awakening to headquarters while Parami strengthened its vigilance and waited for support.

Luo Jun used the Dice of Heavenly Secrets to break through to the Foundation Establishment Realm Third Layer and destroy the remnant soul inside him. The surviving energy formed a crystal that entered his Hundred Treasure Box, leaving him wondering whether he had created a Treasure Tool.

• Luo Jun recalled Old Yuan's warning that his Karruth-tainted aura might attract Mosayus, and searched for the remnant soul inside himself.
• Luo Jun used the refreshed dice to gain attributes, unseal its power, and successfully break through to the Foundation Establishment Realm Third Layer.
• The breakthrough sent Gang Qi blazing over Parami Cathedral, alarming the Holy Knights until Hank recognized Luo Jun atop the spire.
• Luo Jun attacked the stubborn soul remnant with his strengthened Vital Energy and destroyed its remaining consciousness.
• A translucent crystal emerged from Luo Jun's palm, and he placed it against his watch to store it in the Hundred Treasure Box.

Luo Jun discovered that a mysterious crystal was trying to merge with the Tomb King's Ash Urn, though it seemed unable to find what it sought. In Paramis City, Hank ordered the military’s mechanical forces to the western fortress against a coming crisis, while refusing to reveal the threat of Mosayus to the city’s defenders.

• Luo Jun found that the crystal shared a Hundred Treasure Box slot with the Tomb King's Ash Urn and sensed that its power was seeking something within the urn.
• Luo Jun realized the Ash Urn was incomplete because the Tomb King, its main body, remained in the [Martial World].
• Luo Jun overheard Hank explain that the Fanged Hounds had supernatural power from Ancient Ruins and had been raiding villages near Paramis City.
• A young officer confronted Hank over the transfer of the city's mechanical forces to the western fortress, but Hank refused to disclose the coming crisis.
• Hank said the Holy See had warned the Main World that Mosayus had awakened and hoped the Pope would decide how to respond.

The Holy See forces and Paramis City’s army prepared to stop Mosayus as the colossal beast advanced toward their fortress. As dawn revealed its immense dust cloud and the army opened fire, Luo Jun received a mission to stop Mosayus.

• Bishop Jacob, Battle Sister Shalina, Holy Knight Hank, Luo Jun, and Ophelia gathered at the fortress while the Holy See monitored Mosayus’s approach.
• Luo Jun identified the trailing light on the Positioning Device as an exploration team member using a Treasure Tool.
• Jacob and the officers readied the fortress cannons, artillery, and airships as Mosayus’s dust cloud grew into a towering sandstorm.
• Luo Jun realized Mosayus was thousands of meters tall, while the cannons’ shells vanished into the dust without effect.
• Several powerful tornadoes rose around the sandstorm, and Shalina recognized the Wind Attribute ability as the power of the Elemental School.
• As the sun rose, Jacob ordered the City Defense Army to open fire when Mosayus came within thirty kilometers, and Luo Jun received the mission to stop Mosayus.

Luo Jun accepted a mission to stop Mosayus from reaching Paramis City and rode out to confront the enormous creature. He met Old Yuan, and the two prepared to hold Mosayus back as the monster drew closer to the city.

• Luo Jun saw that the mission to stop Mosayus had a difficulty of 100 points and a twelvefold severity coefficient, but accepted it after deciding the city’s millions of residents were at stake.
• Luo Jun rode Longitudinal and Horizontal toward Mosayus, while the army’s bombardment and the Glass Giants failed to slow the monster.
• Old Yuan joined Luo Jun and learned that Luo Jun had reached the Body Refinement Realm Ninth Layer and Foundation Establishment Realm Third Layer.
• Old Yuan taught Luo Jun how to compress Gang Qi, and Luo Jun demonstrated an immense wave of it before asking the army to withdraw.
• Luo Jun transformed Longitudinal and Horizontal into cannon form and fired Light Energy Bullets at Mosayus as the monster continued toward Paramis City.

Old Yuan taught Luo Jun to synchronize with his Vital Energy and cultivate Gathering Origin Protective Qi as Mosayus approached. Luo Jun successfully formed a remarkably refined protective armor and struck the monster, but its resilient body absorbed the attack, leaving them to target its tentacles while conserving their strength.

• Old Yuan explained that fully solidifying Gang Qi was the Body Tempering Art's true killing move and taught Luo Jun to synchronize with his Vital Energy.
• Old Yuan gave Luo Jun the Cloud Stepping Shoes and Calamity Blocking Red Thread before Mosayus arrived.
• Luo Jun rapidly formed smooth, body-covering Gathering Origin Protective Qi, astonishing Old Yuan.
• Old Yuan warned Luo Jun that Mosayus could not be killed by brute force and pointed out its tentacles as weak points.
• Luo Jun charged Mosayus and punched through its slime, but its elastic flesh absorbed the blow and Old Yuan caught him as he flew backward.