Chapter Summaries

Su Mo used an Illusion Seed to make Marlin kill Silver-grade Villains until he became a Legend-grade Protagonist, then killed him and used the tenfold critical hit to become an Epic-grade Villain. After upgrading his Critical Talent, Su Mo killed twelve more Silver-grade Protagonists and gained enough Villain Points to upgrade another Legend-grade Golden Finger.

• Su Mo planted an Illusion Seed in Marlin and made him kill Silver-grade Villains in an Illusionary Realm to build up Protagonist Points.
• Marlin advanced to Legend-grade, becoming the first known Legend-grade Protagonist.
• Su Mo killed Marlin and triggered a tenfold critical hit, gaining 500,000 Villain Points and becoming an Epic-grade Villain.
• Su Mo upgraded his Critical Talent to Epic-grade, increasing its critical-hit range and allowing it to affect Golden Finger yields.
• Su Mo killed twelve Silver-grade Protagonists and gained 60,000 Villain Points, enough to upgrade another Legend-grade Golden Finger.

After upgrading several Golden Fingers, Su Mo discovered that his Epic-grade Villain rank let him grant Talent-type Golden Fingers to fully loyal subordinates under a contract. As his army crushed the allied forces, Protagonists and Villains across the forums reacted in alarm to reports of the defeat.

• Su Mo upgraded his body-and-soul system to Legend-grade and upgraded his Sign-in System and Work Clock-in System to Gold-grade.
• Su Mo discovered that he could grant Talent-type Golden Fingers to fully loyal subordinates, though the grants required contracts and could not yet be upgraded.
• Su Mo considered using his accumulated Magic Talents to strengthen his subordinates, while the battlefield’s crushing victory became inevitable.
• Protagonists on the forums discussed fleeing the Stu Empire after hearing that Marlin and the participating Protagonists had failed.
• Villains on their forum reacted with disbelief to reports that the Count of Inkstone Territory had defeated a god and killed the participating Villains, including a Gold-grade Protagonist.

After the Stu Empire’s defeat, Villains and Protagonists feared Su Mo’s strength, while a hidden Legend-grade Protagonist chose to keep avoiding him. The Goddess of the Crescent told Su Mo that the Dark Moon Goddess and the Stu Moon Lord were now contesting control of the Third Moon, and asked what he planned to do next.

• Villains on the forum learned that the Stu Empire had been crushed and that the Count of Inkstone Territory had survived the battle, frightening them with his strength.
• Moge decided to target Protagonists and reach Legend-grade before trying to kill the Count of Inkstone Territory.
• A hidden Legend-grade Protagonist decided to remain concealed and wait until he became a god before confronting the Count of Inkstone Territory.
• The Simulator Protagonist and other Protagonists grew fearful and fell silent after failing to find a way around Su Mo.
• The Goddess of the Crescent told Su Mo that the Stu Moon Lord had shifted the divine battle to a contest over control of the Third Moon, then asked what he planned to do next.

After defeating the allied forces, Su Mo ordered the goddesses to counterattack and take the Stu Empire, while the goddesses agreed to help him establish a Holy See and gather manpower. The Dark Moon Kingdom then invaded the Rot Kingdom, whose clergy began evacuating the Royal Capital as its god feared facing Su Mo.

• Su Mo told the Goddess of the Crescent to counterattack and take down the Stu Empire, and she agreed to help him occupy it.
• The Goddess of the Crescent summoned the other goddesses, who offered manpower and resources to build Su Mo a Holy See.
• The Dark Moon Kingdom invaded the Rot Kingdom and advanced toward its Royal Capital with flying ships.
• The god of the Rot Kingdom refused to descend because he feared being blasted apart like Lord of Juque Star.
• The Rot Kingdom evacuated its core clergy and flew its Temple west, leaving the Royal Capital vulnerable.

Su Mo’s army captured the Rot Kingdom and Mosang Kingdom with almost no resistance after their forces were devastated at Luma Fortress. As his fleet advanced west toward the Stu Empire, Protagonists and Villains fled in panic, while Simulator Protagonists urged one another to stay calm.

• Su Mo arrived at the Rot Royal Capital, where the Dark Moon Kingdom’s army took the city without resistance.
• The gods of the Rot and Mosang Kingdoms withdrew their Temples, clerics, and royal families, and the Dark Moon Kingdom captured Mosang without bloodshed two days later.
• Protagonists and Villains discussed the rapid conquests on their forums, and some considered fleeing to the Baiting Empire to seek Tian Yun’s protection.
• Su Mo led more than a thousand flying ships west toward the Stu Empire after taking the two kingdoms.
• Protagonists and surviving Villains fled across the western kingdoms, while Simulator Protagonists encouraged one another not to panic.

Simulator Protagonists sought refuge and advancement in powerful empires after failing to find a way to defeat the Count of Inkstone Territory. Meanwhile, Su Mo conquered another kingdom and continued toward the Stu Empire as the Dark Moon Goddess and the Stu Moon Lord fought on the level of laws.

• Simulator Protagonists decided to develop themselves in great empires after the Count of Inkstone Territory repeatedly killed them in simulations.
• Su Mo conquered another kingdom without resistance, and the Queen of the Crescent Kingdom issued new laws while angels destroyed its Temples.
• The gods whose nations Su Mo had taken blamed him for rapidly eroding their faith and agreed to gather in the Stu Empire to confront him.
• Su Mo advanced toward the Stu Empire while the Dark Moon Goddess and the Stu Moon Lord continued their dangerous law-level battle on the Third Moon.

The Stu Moon Lord and the Dark Moon Goddess battled over control of the Third Moon’s laws, while news of the Stu Empire’s catastrophic defeat enraged him. The Dark Moon Goddess seized his distraction to regain ground, and the Stu Moon Lord sent a divine token beyond the Third Moon.

• The Stu Moon Lord regained the upper hand in his prolonged law-level struggle with the Dark Moon Goddess and taunted her about losing her kingdom.
• After hearing prayers, the Stu Moon Lord learned that his coalition had been routed, his strongest angel and Saint Son were dead, and his Saintess had been captured.
• The Stu Moon Lord raged at the news that a Crescent Saint Son had defeated the Lord of Juque Star and was marching toward the Stu Empire.
• The Dark Moon Goddess used the Stu Moon Lord’s fury to counterattack and claw back ground.
• The Stu Moon Lord steadied himself and sent a white divine token flying out of the Third Moon toward a distant bright star.

Su Mo reached the border of the Stu Empire after conquering four kingdoms, where the empire and seventeen Gods assembled to stop him. The Stu Moon Lord also called on the Lord of Tum Star for help, and the battle began with the enemy confident that Su Mo could not escape.

• The Stu Moon Lord asked the Lord of Tum Star to help him deal with Su Mo, and the second-class star master agreed to repay his favor.
• Eight days after the battle at the Fortress of Luan, Su Mo arrived at the Stu Empire’s border with his forces and the four captured kingdoms’ temples.
• The Stu Empire positioned troops and temples to block Su Mo, while a livestreaming protagonist gathered viewers to watch the confrontation.
• The Queen of the Crescent Kingdom warned Su Mo that the Stu Moon Lord might have invited helpers, but Su Mo calmly ordered his angels to attack.
• Seventeen Gods descended to fight Su Mo, and the Gods whose domains he had taken declared that he could no longer escape.

Su Mo and the six Goddesses faced Lord of Tum Star and a combined force of more than a dozen gods. When their joint attack overwhelmed the Goddesses, Su Mo split it apart with a Dark Moon Blade and sent the blade sweeping toward the enemy.

• Lord of Tum Star descended, and the Goddess of the Crescent warned Su Mo that he was a second-grade Star Lord with one foot in the Laws.
• More than a dozen gods, including Lord of Tum Star, attacked Su Mo and the six Goddesses together.
• The Goddesses joined their attacks, but the enemy’s combined assault scattered their defenses and surged toward them.
• Su Mo unleashed a massive Dark Moon Blade that cleaved the attack in two, blasted apart a distant mountain, and sliced toward the gods.
• Lord of Tum Star identified Su Mo’s attack as reaching the False God limit.

Su Mo fought the Lord of Tum Star and a group of gods, using simulated Dark Moon skills to attack multiple enemies at once. As the gods struggled to withstand his attacks, several fled, while the battle continued.

• The Lord of Tum Star recognized Su Mo’s combat power as the False God limit and shattered his Dark Moon Blade with an attack of his own.
• The gods changed tactics, sending some to attack the Six Goddesses of the Moon and others against the Dark Moon Kingdom’s army.
• Su Mo used Light-Dark Divine Power to simulate the Dark Moon Goddess’s skills, attacking the Lord of Tum Star and the other gods at the same time.
• The God of Hunhe Kingdom fled, followed by the God of Zijing Kingdom and Star God Horton.

Su Mo routed the gods fighting him, killing several as the others fled back to the Heaven Realm. Lord of Tum Star stayed behind but was badly wounded by Su Mo’s Dark Moon Blade.

• The gods watching Su Mo’s battle grew alarmed as three opponents fled, and the Livestream Protagonist prepared to escape.
• Lord of Tum Star kept the remaining gods occupied, but Su Mo struck one down with a Dark Moon while another god fled.
• The other gods scattered and escaped through passages to the Heaven Realm as Su Mo killed two more, leaving Lord of Tum Star alone.
• Lord of Tum Star decided to fight for only a few more minutes, wary of how powerful Su Mo might become.
• Su Mo’s Dark Moon Blade shattered Lord of Tum Star’s attack and engulfed him, forcing him to use a trump card to survive after spitting blood.

Su Mo drove Lord of Tum Star and the other gods from the battlefield, then led Dark Moon Kingdom’s forces into Stu Empire. He reached the imperial capital and began attacking its god-level Magic Array while Stu Moon Lord was occupied fighting Dark Moon Goddess.

• Lord of Tum Star fled, and Su Mo let him go while Goddess of the Crescent and the other goddesses captured four Temples.
• The remaining gods abandoned their hopes of reclaiming their kingdoms and left to seek new territory or await Stu Moon Lord’s victory.
• Dark Moon Kingdom defeated Stu Empire’s remaining troops and divided its airships to take the Royal Capital and other cities.
• Protagonists hiding in Stu Empire fled as Dark Moon Kingdom advanced, and its forces destroyed a Temple in a large city.
• Su Mo brought his airship fleet to Stu Empire’s imperial capital and repeatedly attacked its powerful Magic Array while divine officials replenished its Magic Stones.
• Su Mo decided he did not need to destroy the Magic Array completely.

Su Mo destroyed the Stu Imperial Capital’s magic array and captured the city, while the Stu Moon Lord learned that the Lord of Tum Star had been defeated and turned his attention back to the battle with the Dark Moon Goddess. After Su Mo distributed land to the capital’s commoners, the Queen of the Crescent Kingdom told him the Goddess wished to descend, and six Goddesses arrived.

• Su Mo struck the core Temple three times, shattering the magic array and leaving the Stu Imperial Capital open to capture.
• The Stu Imperial Capital fell, its Temple was destroyed, and the Dark Moon Kingdom faction continued attacking Temples in other cities.
• The Stu Moon Lord learned from the Lord of Tum Star that Su Mo had beaten him, then suppressed his anger and focused on fighting the Dark Moon Goddess.
• Su Mo issued decrees distributing land to the commoners of the captured imperial capital.
• The Queen of the Crescent Kingdom prepared a Summoning Ritual at Su Mo’s request, and six Goddesses descended.

The six Goddesses mistook Su Mo for a powerful God reincarnated and offered him a Holy See and their help, triggering rewards from his Silver-grade Gigolo System. Su Mo accepted their support and chose the Divine Name Eternal God, but he still needed a divine body before he could enter the Heavenly Realm disguised as a Celestial God.

• The six Goddesses told Su Mo they had assembled clergy, Temple Knights, and Divine Spellcasters for his Holy See and promised to help him protect the kingdom.
• The Goddesses’ declarations activated the Gigolo System, which granted rewards until its stock was depleted after four claims.
• Su Mo realized the rewards could help him create powerful followers and thanked the Goddesses for their assistance.
• Su Mo chose the Divine Name Eternal God and said he needed more time before returning to the Heavenly Realm.
• Su Mo recognized that his Demon God Body still prevented him from disguising himself as a Celestial God, despite his ability to conceal his divine power.

After the goddesses mistook Su Mo’s Divine Name, Eternal God, for proof of his power over time and space, they helped conceal his identity. Su Mo renamed the Stu Empire the Eternal Empire and began establishing his rule there, planning to use a Miracle Tree instead of a Temple to gather faith.

• The goddesses speculated that Su Mo’s Divine Name implied power over time and space, then sent followers to spread his doctrine while the Stu Moon Lord fought the Dark Moon.
• Princess Annie offered the Stu Royal Family’s conversion to the Eternal God, and Su Mo agreed to let her prove herself by securing their loyalty.
• Su Mo renamed the Stu Empire the Eternal Empire and said he would rule it, with Annie potentially becoming its queen.
• Annie removed hesitant ministers, imposed Su Mo’s policies, and cracked down on followers of the Stu Moon Lord as the goddesses’ Temple Knights entered the empire.
• Su Mo chose to use the Miracle Tree to gather faith instead of building a Temple.

Su Mo planted a Miracle Tree at the Stu Empire’s Holy See Headquarters and used it to gather believers through its rapid growth and healing blessings. After placing angels in charge of the capital, he set out to spread the Eternal God’s faith to other large cities in the empire.

• Su Mo decided to plant a Miracle Tree in the Stu Empire because he lacked Divine Light and could not effectively use a Temple.
• Su Mo planted a Miracle Tree at the Stu Empire’s Holy See Headquarters, and his Critical Talent doubled its growth speed and functional effect.
• Su Mo spent tens of thousands of Gold Coins to grow the Miracle Tree to over three hundred meters, drawing crowds and gaining devout believers.
• Su Mo used divine power and Gold Coins to cast a wide-ranging blessing through the Miracle Tree, healing some citizens and prompting many to chant the Eternal God’s hymn.
• Su Mo left angels in charge of the Stu Imperial Capital and flew toward other major cities to convert more of the empire’s population into believers.

Su Mo planted Miracle Trees across the Stu Empire and focused on gathering Villain Points while the God War intensified. At the end of the third month, the leaderboards refreshed: Tian Yun’s record passed one hundred, and the Protagonists celebrated his rise as they turned to the Villain Leaderboard, where they expected Su Mo to dominate.

• Su Mo planted the remaining Miracle Trees in the Stu Empire’s larger cities and planned to upgrade the Lord System to Legend-grade.
• The Goddess of the Crescent reported that the Dark Moon Goddess and the Stu Moon Lord had been fighting over the Law level for more than ten days without a victor.
• As the third month ended, Protagonists discussed the upcoming leaderboard refresh and worried about Su Mo’s strength.
• The leaderboard showed Tian Yun still ranked first among Protagonists, with a record above one hundred and only a few thousand Protagonist Points short of Legend-grade.
• Protagonists celebrated Tian Yun’s progress and discussed other rising Protagonists, while the hidden Legend-grade Protagonist remained unranked.
• Protagonists turned to the Villain Leaderboard, expecting Su Mo to dominate it after his recent battles in the Stu Empire.

Protagonists and villains reacted with shock when Su Mo became an Epic-grade Villain after only three months. The leaderboard showed that he was now the Eternal Kingdom Lord, with the Duke of Inkstone Territory as another identity.

• A Gold-grade Protagonist checked the leaderboard and discovered that Su Mo had reached Epic-grade Villain while still leading the other rankings.
• Protagonists discussed Su Mo’s rapid rise and wondered how he had gathered ten thousand Villain Points in three months.
• Hundreds of Simulator Protagonists were stunned by Su Mo’s new rank.
• A cautious Legend-grade Protagonist on the Continent of Gods realized Su Mo had surpassed him and might possess an Epic-grade Cheat.
• Gold-grade Villains noticed that Su Mo’s identity had changed to the Eternal Kingdom Lord, followed by the Duke of Inkstone Territory.

Su Mo’s conquest of the Stu Empire made him the Duke and Eternal Kingdom Lord, drawing intense discussion from villains and protagonists. He collected heavily boosted rewards and remained in the Eternal Empire, waiting for the Dark Moon Goddess’s divine war to end.

• Gold-grade Villains discussed Su Mo’s new status and worried that he had left them far behind.
• Protagonists debated how Su Mo had gained 500,000 Villain Points and speculated about his cheats and control of the Stu Empire.
• Su Mo checked his Record Board and noted that his status had not yet changed to Eternal God because he had not entered the Heavenly Realm as a god.
• Su Mo claimed his three-month ranking rewards, and his Critical Talent multiplied them into more than 20,000 Villain Points.
• Su Mo decided to hold onto his cheats and stay in the Eternal Empire until the Dark Moon Goddess’s divine war concluded.

Villains and Protagonists discussed Su Mo’s rise to Epic-grade Villain, with many Villains preparing to flee and Protagonists resolving to eliminate him. In the Heavenly Realm, the Dark Moon Goddess continued battling the Stu Moon Lord while gods whose kingdoms Su Mo had taken watched and waited for a chance to act.

• Villains near the Eternal Empire discussed fleeing Su Mo, despite the risks of leaving their kingdoms and taking followers with them.
• Protagonists debated whether Su Mo had transmigrated earlier than everyone else and agreed to make eliminating him their top priority.
• The Dark Moon Goddess fought the Stu Moon Lord on the Third Moon, while watching gods remarked that her strength might not last.
• The god of the Rot Kingdom and other gods whose kingdoms Su Mo had taken watched from hiding, hoping to descend with the Stu Moon Lord if he won.
• The god of the Hunhe Kingdom stayed in his divine kingdom and began rebuilding on the Savage Continent, while Star God Horton and the god of the Zijing Kingdom did not appear.