Chapter Summaries

Hu Qi struck a wary bargain with Black Corrosion for a Sunstone and the Heart of the Sun Stone, then secretly removed the oath binding him and set out to deal with other outsiders. On Iron Rock Star, Zhao Ying hunted down Xu Shu’s group, killing two of its members and cornering the survivors.

• Hu Qi met Black Corrosion in an alternate dimension, tested its strength with an attack, and agreed to help it suppress and devour the world’s main consciousness in exchange for the Sunstone and the Heart of the Sun Stone.
• Black Corrosion bound Hu Qi with a powerful oath and revealed that seven other outsiders were in the realm; after leaving, Hu Qi used Crimson and his Modification Points to remove the oath’s restraint.
• Hu Qi decided to seek out the other outsiders before they could interfere with his plans.
• On Iron Rock Star, Xu Shu and the remaining members of his group hid after Zhao Ying’s favorability abruptly reset and she attacked them, killing three of their companions earlier.
• Zhao Ying found the survivors, killed Xilis and her transformed werewolf partner, and confronted Xu Shu and Lumina.

Zhao Ying battled Xu Shu and Lumina, forcing Xu Shu to use his Super Saiyan bloodline and devastating Z District before he escaped with Lumina. Hu Qi found them on Iron Rock Star, killed Lumina, and demanded to know how they had entered the world; Xu Shu offered him an item that could reveal the answer if crushed.

• Zhao Ying attacked Xu Shu and Lumina, and Lumina shielded them while Xu Shu charged his transformation.
• Xu Shu transformed into a Super Saiyan, fought Zhao Ying, and struck her with a Kamehameha and Spirit Bomb, but she survived the destruction of Z District.
• Xu Shu fled with Lumina to a distant plain on Iron Rock Star as Upper City mechs descended, and they decided to leave the planet.
• Hu Qi confronted Xu Shu and Lumina, used his Yuan Eye to trace the source of their outsider status, and suffered a backlash from the power behind them.
• Hu Qi killed Lumina with the Eclipse Hermit's scythe and demanded an explanation from Xu Shu, who refused to give details but offered him an item to crush.

Hu Qi spared Xu Shu after taking his Reincarnation Book House bookmark, then went to Azure Flame Star to harvest its Dao Rhyme and defeated Gu Mu, the Pope of the Holy Cross Church. After killing Gu Mu and awakening the world's primary will, Hu Qi drew Black Corrosion into attacking it, then fled as Black Corrosion realized he had tricked it.

• Xu Shu offered Hu Qi a green bookmark that could summon the Reincarnation Book House, and Hu Qi took it after warning Xu Shu not to deceive him.
• Hu Qi traveled to Azure Flame Star, where Gu Mu faced four Forbidden Mecha Masters and unleashed Time Dweller, killing them and aging the surrounding city into ruins.
• Hu Qi attacked Gu Mu with the Eclipse Hermit, repeatedly killed him despite his revivals, drained his power, and claimed the enormous Sunstone he left behind.
• Hu Qi went toward the extinguished sun, where the awakened world's primary will appeared in a golden humanoid form and attacked him.
• Hu Qi fought the primary will until he appeared to falter, called on Black Corrosion to strike, and then fled while Black Corrosion was still attacking.

Hu Qi restored the dead sun with the twelve Sunstones, triggering a catastrophe across the twelve planets. Xu Shu was returned home when the novel world collapsed, but learned that a True God Imprint had followed him; meanwhile, a giant serpent began devouring the sun’s energy.

• Hu Qi entered the sun’s core, where the twelve Sunstones fused with it and reignited the star, destroying Bai Kong’s body and Forbidden Mecha.
• Xu Shu sensed the sun’s return on Green Vine Star, but the Book Spirit detected the world’s collapse and returned him home before the catastrophe could consume him.
• The Book Spirit revealed that an Eternal Lifeform had left a True God Imprint on Xu Shu, and removing it would cost one hundred thousand manuscript fees.
• The expanding sun threatened the twelve planets, whose shields began to crack as solar storms and distorted gravity intensified.
• The sun abruptly stopped expanding, and scientists discovered a vast serpent moving inside it and devouring its energy.

Hu Qi obtained the Reincarnation Dao Rhyme from the Heart of the Sun Stone, then defeated and devoured Black Corrosion when it tried to make him its nourishment. After restoring the sun with the world’s origin, Hu Qi left the realm and returned from the Abyssal Domain.

• Hu Qi swallowed the Heart of the Sun Stone and used the Divine Limit Heart Art to absorb its Reincarnation Dao Rhyme, strengthening his Infinite Dao.
• Black Corrosion revealed its altered form, sealed the sun’s space, and attacked Hu Qi to claim his stolen origin.
• Hu Qi amplified himself to the limit of the Dao Seed Realm, broke Black Corrosion’s restraints, and devoured it.
• Hu Qi absorbed Black Corrosion’s authority and memories, learning that it had been a True God who took over the world’s secondary will.
• Hu Qi returned the realm’s origin to the sun, reducing his Karma of Causality, then departed the world after glancing toward Zhao Ying on Iron Rock Star.
• Hu Qi crossed the Abyssal Domain, avoided a strange wave of living white particles, and reached its boundary.

Hu Qi examined the changes to his Cave Heaven World and Black Corrosion’s Oath Dao, then sent a clone into the Reincarnation Book House’s assessment. The clone arrived in the novel world Shadow of the End, where it learned about Slaughter Day and encountered two other entrants.

• Hu Qi found a river of time surrounding his Cave Heaven World and realized he could reset its worlds and timelines.
• Hu Qi studied Black Corrosion’s Oath Dao, learned how its oaths granted power and how it had prolonged Black Corrosion’s life, and decided to refine it for its two Dao Rhymes.
• Hu Qi concluded that hunting Dao Seed-level True Gods could provide Dao Rhymes more quickly than searching worlds, but chose to refine the Oath Dao first.
• Hu Qi created a clone, gave it Xu Shu’s emerald-green bookmark, and sent it into the Reincarnation Book House’s assessment for Shadow of the End.
• The clone arrived on a rooftop in Shenmu City and learned that Yin Beasts were born from Yin Power and that Slaughter Day permitted four days of legal killing.
• The clone met an unconscious man in a gray robe and a woman in glasses, who woke and began processing the information about their situation.

Hu Qi, Vera, and Zhou Zhipeng received their quests as Intern Readers in the world of Shadow of the End, where Slaughter Day was nine days away. After asserting his strength and taking charge, Hu Qi led the group to seek money; elsewhere, Matsumoto Yasuo arrived home and was confronted at gunpoint.

• Vera and Zhou Zhipeng introduced themselves to Hu Qi and explained how they had arrived in the Reincarnation Book House.
• The group received quests to survive thirty days and complete several side objectives, including meeting Bai Chuan Youzhen and earning five million Sakura Coins.
• Zhou Zhipeng challenged Hu Qi for leadership, but Hu Qi caught his sword and sent him flying, after which Zhou and Vera accepted Hu Qi as their leader.
• Vera revealed her hypnosis-like esper ability and admitted she had tried to influence both Zhou Zhipeng and Hu Qi, but Hu Qi's power caused her to suffer a backlash.
• After the bubble vanished, Hu Qi led Vera and Zhou Zhipeng to learn their location and timeline, then ordered them to find money before Slaughter Day began on June 7.
• Matsumoto Yasuo returned to his villa that evening and found a gun pointed at his forehead by a man in camouflage.

Hu Qi’s group completed their money quest by hypnotizing Matsumoto Yasuo, then learned that other Intern Readers had robbed a bank and faced a dangerous Yin Beast. After capturing a newly formed Yin Beast at the villa, Hu Qi left the group poised to investigate the threats in this world.

• Black Wolf killed Xiao Chen and brought Matsumoto Yasuo to Hu Qi, Vera, and Zhou Zhipeng, where Hu Qi hypnotized him and made him provide fifteen million Sakura Coins.
• Hu Qi, Vera, and Zhou Zhipeng completed Side Quest Two and stayed at Matsumoto Yasuo’s villa while searching for Bai Chuan Youzhen.
• Vera showed Hu Qi news footage of three masked bank robbers in Taiban City, and Hu Qi declined to join her and Zhou Zhipeng in hunting them.
• Sister Hua and the Red-haired Youth fought an intermediate Yin Beast that attacked their van, killed their fat companion, and left them badly injured before they escaped.
• A Yin Beast emerged from Xiao Chen’s corpse in the villa garden, but Hu Qi shrank it with his power and captured it in his palm.

Hu Qi completed a quest by making Bai Chuan Youzhen believe he had watched his loved ones die, then prepared for the approaching Slaughter Day in Shenmu City. At midnight on June 7, the city’s laws and services failed, and violence erupted across its streets.

• Hu Qi killed a beginner Yin Beast and learned that his Demonic Elephant Physique was especially effective against Yin Beasts.
• Matsumoto Yasuo found Bai Chuan Youzhen, and Hu Qi used staged killings to leave him with an unforgettable impression and complete Side Quest One.
• Bai Chuan Youzhen woke in a garbage-strewn area and called Xiao Li, Summer Junior, and Akiyama, discovering they were alive and questioning whether the killings had been an illusion.
• As Slaughter Day approached, Shenmu City residents prepared to defend themselves or fled, while Intern Readers gathered to pursue Bai Chuan Youzhen.
• Hu Qi and his companions watched the countdown; at midnight, the city’s legal order and public services stopped, and fires, gunshots, and killings began.

Hu Qi hunted Slaughter Day killers and newborn Yin Beasts across Shenmu City with the Tattered Black Banner, while Vera and Zhou Zhipeng stayed behind at Qinglu Villa. After Hu Qi saved two children in a supermarket, a sniper shot struck the store but left only a deformed bullet behind.

• Hu Qi let Vera and Zhou Zhipeng remain at Qinglu Villa while they resisted armed thugs attacking the estate.
• Scar Brother led his gang through a secret sewer entrance, but Vera made the intruders turn on one another, and Hu Qi and his companions killed the survivors, earning contribution points for only three of them.
• Hu Qi left Qinglu Villa and used the Tattered Black Banner to absorb Yin Beasts and kill slaughterers across Shenmu City as the city’s mass deaths accelerated the monsters’ emergence.
• Hu Qi killed five thugs who threatened two children in a supermarket and told the children to hide.
• A sniper round shattered the supermarket’s glass wall, but the bullet was left crushed and deformed on the floor.

Hu Qi accepted a hidden task to kill every Intern Reader outside his team, making himself the target of all the others as Slaughter Day drew the attention of powerful figures in Shenmu City. By morning, he had defeated numerous attackers and continued toward a figure emerging through the mist.

• Sky Eagle fired repeated armor-piercing rounds at Hu Qi, but they failed to hurt him, and Hu Qi killed Sky Eagle with a flick of his finger.
• Hu Qi killed another fleeing attacker, then accepted the hidden Harvest task, which changed every other Intern Reader’s Main Quest to killing him.
• Anderson and Lei Ao learned of the new target and welcomed the prospect of confronting him, while Senba Sakuraori received reports of Hu Qi and other unusual people through Feather Crow.
• Bai Chuan Youzhen absorbed a three-headed Black Wolf and discovered he could transform his arm into a clawed, scaled form.
• By morning, Hu Qi had effortlessly killed a Cyborg and continued absorbing Yin Beasts into the Tattered Black Banner as a blurry figure appeared in his path.

Hu Qi slaughtered the Intern Readers who tried to kill him, then captured Senba Sakuraori and sent her to warn the forces behind her that he would stay in Shenmu City for three days. After Senba Sakuraori reported back, she was consumed by golden flames, leaving the gathered Yin Beasts facing Hu Qi’s challenge without her.

• Priest Anderson, Lei Ao, and the monk attacked Hu Qi, but Hu Qi killed all three with overwhelming force.
• Hu Qi used the Tattered Black Banner to devour the fleeing Intern Readers and nearby Yin Beasts, then pursued Senba Sakuraori.
• Hu Qi captured Senba Sakuraori, drained some of her Yin Energy, and ordered her to tell her allies he would give them three days to kill him.
• Hu Qi demonstrated his power by slicing through a nearby skyscraper, then let Senba Sakuraori go so he could exploit the fear that produced Yin Beasts.
• Senba Sakuraori warned Lady Sanhui and the others about Hu Qi, but golden flames suddenly consumed her despite their attempt to save her.

After Hu Qi’s attack killed Senba Sakuraori, the other high-level Yin Beasts planned to test him with humans before resorting to a secret weapon. Hu Qi survived successive attacks as the city watched a livestream, but the authorities escalated to a nuclear strike, and the chapter ended as the bomb detonated over Shenmu City.

• San Hui and the Goatee Old Man agreed to send humans against Hu Qi first and use a great weapon if that failed.
• Authorities ended Slaughter Day, publicized a bounty on Hu Qi, and portrayed him as a monster.
• Hu Qi killed the humans, Intern Readers, and Yin Beasts who attacked him at a school, while the Tattered Black Banner absorbed the fear of livestream viewers.
• Vera and Zhou Zhipeng speculated that the Intern Readers’ Main Quests had changed to target Hu Qi, while Bai Chuan Youzhen spotted a stealth bomber and fled.
• A nuclear bomb detonated in an airburst above Shenmu City, engulfing the area in blinding light and a massive fireball.

Hu Qi survived the nuclear explosion and revealed his immense transformed form to the world. He then turned his attention to the high-ranking Yin Beasts, destroying their mountain and killing them with a giant flaming palm.

• A nuclear blast destroyed nearby electronic devices, and people across the world believed Hu Qi had been killed.
• The fat man insisted Hu Qi was still alive, and a distant livestream camera showed Hu Qi unharmed at the center of the explosion.
• Hu Qi, transformed into a small-mountain-sized figure, addressed the world and said it was his turn to retaliate before the final livestream feed went dark.
• The high-ranking Yin Beasts debated whether Hu Qi was gravely wounded, but a giant palm appeared above their mountain and crushed it, killing them and the Intern Reader.

San Hui escaped Hu Qi’s attacks with only one life remaining, while Hu Qi’s survival of the nuclear blast reshaped public opinion and weakened the Yin Beasts’ control over humanity. As human leaders considered contacting Hu Qi, San Hui sought refuge with Lord Yamata, who awakened behind the iron door.

• San Hui survived Hu Qi’s first strike by sacrificing another life, then fled after he cut her down again, leaving her with one life remaining.
• Hu Qi decided not to pursue San Hui and left, while fear and worship of him spread and fueled his emotional power.
• Information about Yin Beasts spread online, and human leaders chose to wait and consider contacting Hu Qi as the Yin Beasts’ influence weakened.
• San Hui went to the black iron door to seek Lord Yamata’s help, and Lord Yamata awakened amid a surge of Yin Energy.

San Hui reported the recent upheavals to Yamata, but a golden flame killed her before Hu Qi appeared and destroyed the King-level Yin Beast. Hu Qi used the Mind Realm and the black banner to kill the remaining Intern Readers, then waited out the thirty-day mission and returned to the Reincarnation Book House with Vera and Zhou Zhipeng.

• San Hui entered Yamata’s cave, reported the recent events, and died when a golden flame consumed her despite Yamata’s attempt to restore her.
• Hu Qi appeared before Yamata, suppressed it with his Cosmic Coiling Serpent aura, and killed it with Crimson Sun Flame Fire, completing the hidden End mission.
• Hu Qi used the Mind Realm and the Tattered Black Banner to locate and kill the remaining Intern Readers, completing the hidden Harvest mission.
• Hu Qi declined Sagi Morishita’s offer to negotiate, spent the remaining hours eating and receiving SPA hydrotherapy, and waited for the deadline.
• Hu Qi returned to the Reincarnation Book House when the thirty-day mission ended, while Vera and Zhou Zhipeng were also transported back.

After completing the trial world Shadow of the End, Hu Qi entered the Reincarnation Book House as Bronze Reader 1051 and learned about its privileges and reader hierarchy. He used the Scarlet Modification Panel to raise his authority, and the Book House sent him flying toward the Silver area.

• The Reincarnation Book House promoted Hu Qi to Bronze Reader 1051, unlocked exchanges, and gave him a private space he could reshape and fill with ordinary items.
• Hu Qi explored the Bronze-level plaza, ignored a black-dressed woman who tried to introduce herself, and summoned the Book Spirit to display his personal information.
• Hu Qi reviewed his unusually large rewards from Shadow of the End, including a Yin Body Crystal, the Spirit of Yamata no Orochi, and 80,280 manuscript fees.
• Hu Qi ordered Crimson to change his authority from Bronze to Gold, and the personal-information screen began to distort.
• A white light lifted Hu Qi and shot him toward the Silver authority area as the other Readers watched in shock.

Hu Qi used Modification Points to rise from Bronze Authority to Gold Authority and then become a new administrator of the Reincarnation Book House. His arrival unsettled the three existing administrators, and Han Yun and Suta began considering how to claim his authority.

• Readers in the Bronze Area recognized Hu Qi as Reader 1051 and watched him advance to Silver Authority, while the black-dressed woman and the burly man feared he might retaliate against them.
• Hu Qi passed through the Silver Area without stopping, reached Gold Authority, and spent more than fifty thousand Modification Points in the process.
• After noticing that Gold Authority could be raised further, Hu Qi asked Crimson to increase his permissions, causing a brief tremor throughout the Reincarnation Book House.
• Han Yun and Suta sensed the tremor and realized a new administrator had appeared, while a new dark-gold island formed beside their three islands.
• Hu Qi appeared on the new island and transformed its metal surface into a forested world that blocked Han Yun and Suta from watching him.
• Han Yun told Suta that Hu Qi's weakness could let one of the other administrators seize his authority, and Suta asked what he planned to do.

Hu Qi used his Administrator authority to obtain an Anywhere Door, then spent three years refining Oath Dao and forming a Dao Seed. He opened the door to reach White King Aldina, attacking her Holy Temple as his hunt for her began.

• Hu Qi examined his Administrator authority and the Reincarnation Book House’s exchange options, then used his discount to buy an Anywhere Door for one S-class Book Ticket and 10,000 royalties.
• Hu Qi’s clone sent the Anywhere Door to his true body, who decided to postpone hunting White King until he had refined Oath Dao and strengthened himself.
• After three years, Hu Qi absorbed the Erosion Contract Dao Rhymes and used 50,000 Modification Points to enhance the Divine Limit Heart Art, forming a Dao Seed.
• Hu Qi opened the Anywhere Door and traveled to White King Aldina’s location, while the giant turtle fled the Deep Abyss Zone.
• White King Aldina sensed the breach above her Holy Temple as Hu Qi’s black death ray struck down and he shouted for her to die.

Hu Qi relentlessly attacked Aldina, the White King, and drove her to flee through a fissure into an unknown world. He prepared to pursue her while setting an alarm around the fissure, leaving their confrontation unresolved.

• Hu Qi blasted Aldina and her Holy Temple, then revealed himself as the attacker and surprised her with his transformed strength.
• Aldina counterattacked with powers of light and darkness, but Hu Qi broke her weapons and defenses and grievously wounded her.
• Hu Qi pursued the fleeing Aldina through the Abyssal Domain, briefly fighting off strange dark-blue tentacles that emerged from the void.
• Aldina escaped into an earthy-yellow fissure, and Hu Qi decided to follow after contacting his clone in the Reincarnation Book House and placing restrictions to alert him if she returned.