Chapter Summaries

Zhao Huanhuan used the Fate Stone he won at auction to activate a Sequence slot and asked Zhou Chen to help him join the ranks as a Heavenly Demon. Meanwhile, Lu Chengfeng and the others struggled to find martial arts prospects until Zhu Yi arrived at Martial God Tower and caught Lu Chengfeng’s attention.

• A faction withdrew from the auction after seeing Zhang Qing’s seal on an internal notice, and Zhao Huanhuan won the Fate Stone for 10.235 billion.
• Zhao Huanhuan activated his Sequence slot with the Fate Stone and told Zhou Chen he wanted to join the ranks as a Heavenly Demon and make his name part of history.
• Zhou Chen agreed to Zhao Huanhuan’s request and told him to log off so someone could pick him up.
• Players learned that a Martial God expert had taken up residence in An City, and crowds flocked there after hearing that a Martial God killed Heavenly Demons like dogs.
• Lu Chengfeng, Liu Che, and Teng Pingchuan discussed the lack of promising martial arts candidates, then Lu Chengfeng noticed Zhu Yi seemed unusually perceptive when he arrived at Martial God Tower.

Zhang Qing and his allies settled the succession of all eleven Imperial Cities, then hunted down the Orthodox Sequence Users who refused to pay protection money. After the Sky City Battlefield ended and the Transcendents returned, the Great Venerables learned the Highnesses had already been chosen and realized the Sixth Floor was preparing to hunt again.

• Zhang Qing and the other Sole Highnesses backed She Qi until he won Serpent Emperor City's succession competition, completing the selection of all eleven Imperial City Highnesses.
• The Sole Highnesses coordinated with the Border Armies, Specters, and informants to hunt Orthodox Sequence Users who refused to pay, nearly wiping them out over several months.
• A Great Venerable of Tiger Imperial City claimed the aura in the Sky City Battlefield, ending the battle and sending the Great Venerables and Transcendents home.
• Fan Adkin expected Zhang Qing to use his gains to advance to Transcendent status, while the Sixth Floor departed through The Pale.
• The returning Great Venerables discovered that all eleven Sole Highnesses had already been chosen and confronted the Grand Elder of Serpent Emperor City.
• The Grand Elder pointed upward and suggested the Sixth Floor was preparing to hunt again, leaving the Second Elder unable to argue.

After eleven Imperial Cities chose their Sole Highnesses and seized wealth across the Dark Realm, Feng Xiaotian explained to Wind Venerable why he had paid An City rather than resist. Zhang Qing’s allies protected his territory, while players found new opportunities to earn Fate Stones from wealthy Transcendents.

• Feng Xiaotian told Wind Venerable that he had paid An City half their wealth to avoid being killed by the armies of the eleven Imperial Cities.
• Wind Venerable learned that the Imperial Cities had united under their Sole Highnesses and accepted that survival mattered more than their lost wealth.
• Feng Xiaotian said he had formed a merchant caravan to trade between An City and Mountain City and secure a possible refuge.
• Su Yue and the other Highnesses stationed Transcendents in Zhang Qing’s territory to protect food production and deter attacks from displaced Dao Lineages.
• A Sichuan cuisine chef impressed Zhu Zhen and received a Fate Stone, inspiring players to seek chances to earn rewards from the wealthy Transcendents.

On New Year’s Eve, Zhang Qing and Li Wannian reviewed Great Xia’s preparations as Blue Star Fall approached. Zhang Qing ordered the players organized into units and said they should prepare for the Sky City Battlefield, where powerful enemies awaited.

• Zhang Qing returned to Great Xia with Yun Xiaoxi, shared a reunion dinner at Li Wannian’s home, and watched New Year’s fireworks with Li Wannian.
• Li Wannian reported that Great Xia had over twenty million military personnel, growing numbers of Sequence Users, and strict measures against Sunrise Realm warriors who abused their powers.
• Li Wannian warned that the Dark Realm’s existence would likely be exposed within ten days as foreign players brought their powers into public view.
• Zhang Qing ordered Li Wannian to organize players into units and said they should train in the Sky City Battlefield, which he could not yet enter.
• Zhang Qing cautioned Li Wannian against directing player Sequence Users onto particular paths and urged Great Xia to unite its forces for Blue Star Fall.

Star Ring, Dawn, and Dragonrise's strongest players entered the Phoenix Imperial City Ruins to hunt Heavenly Demons and advance their martial arts. They killed Cheng Ta, a first-tier Heavenly Demon, proving that Martial Path Extreme let them take on their targets.

• Zhu Yi persuaded the guild leaders that they needed to hunt Heavenly Demons to advance beyond the Blazing Sun Realm.
• The seven-player squad entered the Phoenix Imperial City Ruins, where Zhang Qing had secured their access to the Nirvana Pool without Phoenix Clan possession.
• The players spotted Cheng Ta and identified him as a first-tier Heavenly Demon from his health bar.
• Lin Tian and Zhu Yi attacked Cheng Ta, and Zhu Yi's Martial Path Extreme strike broke his shield and made him flee.
• Kong Siming, Yun Yue, and the others cornered Cheng Ta and killed him with a coordinated assault.

Ye Linwang and Zhao Huanhuan toured the Sky City Battlefield with Yan Qinghe and witnessed Sequence Users and Great Ghouls slaughtering the inhabitants of a planet. Shaken by the scene, Zhao Huanhuan asked to train with the Tyrant Army as Zhang Qing’s allies began preparing for the calamity ahead.

• Yan Qinghe warned Ye Linwang and Zhao Huanhuan not to reveal their connection to Zhang Qing, since his enemies would kill them if they found out.
• Yan Qinghe explained that Zhang Qing’s strength had deterred the lineages that might otherwise seek revenge for his advancement.
• Yan Qinghe took the two Sequence One visitors to a planet drawn into the Sky City Battlefield, where the Tyrant Army and other forces hunted its inhabitants for Provisions and Tyranny Aura.
• Ye Linwang and Zhao Huanhuan witnessed the destruction of the planet’s civilization, and Zhao Huanhuan asked Yan Qinghe to let him train with the Tyrant Army.
• Yan Qinghe agreed, recalling Yang Man’s plan to train Zhang Qing’s Sequence Users and build combat forces ahead of the coming calamity.

Hu Feiyun received a Time Sequence treasure that showed him a glimpse of a future war at the Sky City Battlefield, where a blue planet fell and immense forces gathered. He saw the Sovereigns and eleven colossal beasts in deep space, but could not learn more, and the Second Elder warned him to keep the vision secret.

• Hu Feiyun returned to Tiger Imperial City, where the Grand Elder gave him a treasure called A Glimpse of the Future.
• The Second Elder explained that all eleven Imperial City Sole Highnesses were set to advance to Sequence Four at once, raising concerns about competition for Theaters and looming chaos in the Dark Realm.
• Hu Feiyun activated the treasure and saw the Sky City Battlefield crowded with fighters as a blue planet fell and an enormous war began.
• Hu Feiyun saw powerful figures gathered in the battlefield's upper levels, then glimpsed eleven colossal beasts hunting something in deep space.
• Hu Feiyun confirmed that he had seen the Sovereigns, and the Second Elder warned him not to speak about them.

Hu Feiyun prepared to send the Snow Tiger Border Army to An City to support Zhang Qing as the Sovereigns’ plans gathered force. At the Sixth Floor, Fan Adkin revealed his origins and the Floor’s radical ideal, then warned Zhang Qing that the coming fall of Blue Star had become harder to face; Zhang Qing asked how to resist Sky City’s technological authority.

• Hu Feiyun proposed taking the Tiger Roar Imperial Guard to An City, but the Second Elder told him to take the Snow Tiger Border Army with Hu Bai'e instead.
• Zhang Qing visited the Sixth Floor, where Fan Adkin revealed that he had defected from Sky City and founded the Sixth Floor in pursuit of the evolution of life.
• Fan Adkin explained that the Sixth Floor had adopted Great Harmony and sought to perfect life until desire could be removed, an idea Zhang Qing rejected.
• Fan Adkin told Zhang Qing that the Sovereigns were using his tide of fate and that their involvement had made Blue Star’s imminent fall more difficult to handle.
• Zhang Qing asked Fan Adkin whether he could block Sky City’s technological authority as the Imperial City could.

With Blue Star Fall only two months away, Great Xia prepared to counter foreign threats and internal unrest by deploying Dark Realm powers in reality. Zhang Qing and Li Wannian watched an Indian elite team approach Lan City as Great Xia’s forces gathered to confront them.

• Old Fan Deng told Zhang Qing a costly method for bypassing the Authority of Technology, leaving Zhang Qing troubled by the price.
• As news spread that Dark Realm power could be brought into reality, people across Great Xia entered the game, secret organizations formed, and guild leaders reported to the authorities.
• Li Wannian told Zhang Qing that overseas groups were plotting to seize control of Great Xia, and Great Xia decided to demonstrate its military strength to stabilize the world.
• More than two million Blood Dragon Army soldiers logged out of the Dark Realm, while Xi Fang, Zhou Chen, and Luo Hang prepared to wield the delegated Trample Authority in reality.
• An Indian Sunrise Realm team crossed the border toward Lan City, where Xi Fang and a thousand-man regiment awaited them.

Xi Fang, Zhou Chen, and Luo Hang led the Blood Dragon Army in crushing foreign forces and demonstrating the overwhelming strength of Authority. After silencing international opposition, Great Xia used two million soldiers to suppress internal dissent and prepare for Blue Star Fall.

• Xi Fang led the thousand-man regiment into the Ganges River Basin and wiped out Shama and his Sunrise Realm warriors with a pseudo-domain.
• Zhou Chen's ten-thousand-man regiment swept through Southeast Asia, flattening military targets and other structures with their Authorities.
• Luo Hang led a million-strong Blood Dragon Army across the Pacific, and his Authority of Trample crushed Lighthouse's aircraft carriers.
• Xi Fang, Zhou Chen, and Luo Hang returned to Great Xia, where two million Blood Dragon Army soldiers suppressed domestic dissent and uncovered hidden Sequence Users.
• Great Xia rapidly pacified external threats and internal unrest, turning its focus to preparing for Blue Star Fall.

Zhang Qing assessed the forces that could support or oppose him during Blue Star Fall, then Yun Xiaoxi helped him realize that his survival would keep others from destroying his people. He learned that the crisis could be accelerated through the Sky City Battlefield and might end in as little as three days.

• Zhang Qing reviewed the support of the Imperial City Highnesses, Great Xia’s armies, and the players, along with threats from the Sky City Sequence, Specters, and Dao Lineages.
• Yun Xiaoxi warned Zhang Qing that his survival was the key to preventing his clansmen from being exterminated and that he had been overthinking the situation.
• Yun Xiaoxi explained that a planet’s fall normally took up to three months but could be accelerated by passing quickly through the Sky City Battlefield.
• Yun Xiaoxi said the Sixth Floor had calculated a fastest passage of three days and had secretly nurtured Sequence Users who could help.

As Great Xia prepared for the possible disappearance of the Login System, its citizens grew stronger in the Dark Realm and its Sequence Users became a force in the Sky City Battlefield. News that Zhang Qing’s people’s planet was about to descend spurred the Screaming Ghoul Tribe and Sky City Sequence to target his people, leaving the battlefield increasingly dangerous.

• Great Xia’s authorities distributed Login Nutrient Pods and urged citizens to enter the Dark Realm, while guild leaders suspected the government was preparing for a final crisis.
• The major guilds moved people to Phoenix City and set out to hunt Heavenly Demons to build their strength.
• Great Xia Sequence Users in the Sky City Battlefield banded together after being exposed, defeated rivals through group attacks, and began profiting from looting and trading for Fate Stones.
• News spread that Zhang Qing’s people’s planet was about to descend, prompting Li Qi, Li Wei, and others to recruit several Specter Clans against him.
• The Sky City Sequence joined the effort to destroy Zhang Qing’s people’s destiny star, and its intelligent machines made the lower battlefield so dangerous that many Sequence Users left.

As Blue Star Fall approached, Li Wannian revealed to Great Xia’s military leaders and major guild representatives that the world was nearing a catastrophic descent into the Dark Realm. He asked them to unite and fight despite the risk of permanent death, leaving them to face the truth with less than two days remaining.

• Li Wannian received a Geological Bureau report that the world’s continental plates were converging and earthquakes were expected within forty-eight hours.
• Zhang Qing and Li Wannian agreed to reveal the danger at the last moment and summon the major guild leaders to rally Great Xia’s forces.
• Li Wannian addressed the guild representatives, including Lin Tian, Yun Yue, and Ye Linwang, and handed them documents confirming Blue Star Fall.
• Li Wannian warned that the Login System might fail when Blue Star fell, leaving everyone with only one life, and asked them to fight for civilization’s survival.
• Li Wannian said the news would soon be announced and asked the representatives to return the next day.

As Blue Star Fall approached, Sequence Users returned home to say goodbye before gathering in the Imperial Capital, while Great Xia’s armies deployed to their assigned defenses. News that Zhang Qing’s race’s fate star was about to fall drew countless forces toward the Sky City Battlefield, where the coming bloodshed was about to begin.

• After Li Wannian announced Blue Star Fall, Sequence Users spent their final hours at home with their families before leaving in the night.
• Zhu Yi said farewell to the founding patriarch, Lin Tian quietly left his sleeping grandmother, and Yun Yue departed after cleaning his home.
• Sequence Users gathered at the Imperial Capital, where Li Wannian called on those willing to hold up the falling sky, and everyone stood.
• Li Liming and Ouyang Lin sent the Blood Dragon Army and Dragon Scale Army to their assigned defensive zones.
• The Dark Realm noticed Zhang Qing’s forces disappearing and learned that his race’s fate star was about to fall, prompting countless capable people to head for the Sky City Battlefield.

She Qi and the other Imperial Cities' Sole Highnesses weighed whether to gamble on Zhang Qing, while Venerables gathered as Blue Star began falling through space. When the invasion reached Sky City Battlefield, armies from many factions fought to defend Blue Star, but enemies still broke through.

• She Qi received the Serpent Emperor City Grand Elder's order to wait, then decided to bet on the battle and pursue his own path.
• The Sheep Emperor City Grand Elder arrived among the gathered Venerables and warned that Zhang Qing's advancement trial and the Venerable Lords' plan could trigger upheaval in the Dark Realm.
• At midnight on 2036.4.24, a tide of destiny descended, silencing technology and pulling Blue Star away as the surrounding planets were destroyed.
• Twelve planets were drawn toward Sky City Battlefield, and Yan Qingshan led the Tyrant Army and Pebble Border Army into battle under Rock Venerate's authority.
• Border armies from the Imperial Cities, Sky Cities, and three Ghoul Tribes formed a defensive line around Blue Star as the great battle began.
• Great Ghouls, intelligent machines, and Sky City Sequence users broke through the defenses and entered Blue Star.

Zhang Qing joined the battle against the Specters, turning the tide in Great Xia, while fighting between the Sky City and Imperial City Great Sovereigns opened the way for more than three hundred Transcendents to enter the lower battlefield. Hu Feiyun and the Snow Tiger Border Army entered the fray, leaving the decisive battle underway.

• Specters invaded nations across the world, while Great Xia's cities held them off and its martial artists and Sequence Users fought above the Sky Dome.
• Zhang Qing arrived as a blood-red dragon, killed a Sky City Sequence User, and slaughtered Specters, boosting Great Xia's morale.
• Hu Sisi confronted Si Bei Li as Sky City Enforcement Envoys tried to descend, and the Tiger Clan's elders joined the fighting against the Sky City Sequence.
• The Great Sovereigns became embroiled in battle, allowing more than three hundred Transcendents to enter the lower level of the Sky City Battlefield.
• Hu Feiyun joined Hu Bai'e and the Snow Tiger Border Army as they charged into battle against the Transcendents.

Zhang Qing faced more than thirty Transcendents who broke into Blue Star while the Imperial City Border Army struggled to hold back the enemy outside. With Yun Xiaoxi’s support, he killed Miao Hou, but Deep Fang wounded him, and Zhang Qing charged back into the fight.

• Three Specter Clan border armies, four independent Dao Lineages, and more than twenty mixed Dao Lineage armies joined forces against the Tiger Clan border army as Transcendents attacked Blue Star with Authority Domains.
• More than thirty Transcendents surrounded Zhang Qing and attempted to overwhelm him with Authority, but the Blood Dragon’s Scale Armor dispersed most of their attacks.
• Zhang Qing killed one Transcendent with a Blood Fang Arrow, while Yun Xiaoxi used Waypoints to help him severely injure another.
• Yun Xiaoxi identified Miao Hou as a Soundwave Sequence Dao Lineage member who was weak in close combat, and Zhang Qing killed him with Predation—Throat-Sealing.
• Deep Fang struck Zhang Qing, wrecking his chest armor and leaving a serious wound; Yun Xiaoxi identified him as a powerful close-combat Sequence Transcendent.
• Zhang Qing realized his system was still active and charged at Deep Fang, having already maxed out his martial arts at Moonfall.

Zhang Qing fought off the Transcendents while Great Xia’s cities endured an overwhelming Specter invasion. When the Transcendents changed tactics and attacked the cities, Yun Xiaoxi told Zhang Qing to hold back his trump cards as she prepared to advance to Sequence Four.

• Zhang Qing battled Deep Fang and the surrounding Transcendents, while Blood Dragon attacked from the flank and Zhang Qing’s Sequence progress reached 99%.
• Great Xia’s armies and players fought waves of Specters across the twelve giant cities, and ordinary citizens joined the defense as the darkness continued.
• After failing to kill Zhang Qing, the Transcendents scattered and began breaking the giant cities’ defenses, leaving the Specters to threaten the people inside.
• Zhang Qing prepared to use his trump cards, but Yun Xiaoxi warned him that the Sky City Sequence was waiting for that move and told him to trust their plan.
• Yun Xiaoxi announced that she would advance to Sequence Four, and Zhang Qing agreed.

As superhumans and Specters battered Great Xia’s giant cities, Zhang Qing raced between the threatened fronts while Yun Xiaoxi began advancing beside him. The Fate Bell rang across Blue Star, revealing that Yun Xiaoxi’s support-type advancement had started.

• Superhumans tore down the walls of Sichuan-Shu Giant City, and Yao Wang, Zhu Yi, and the Dragon Scale Army fought to hold back the Specters while Guan Huangsheng’s Rejuvenation Guild healed the wounded.
• A superhuman blasted Zhu Yi nearly to death, but Zhang Qing’s Blood Dragon appeared and drove back the attack long enough for the defenders to stabilize the breach.
• Zhang Qing rushed between cities as superhumans damaged the defenses of all twelve giant cities, while he focused much of his attention on Yun Xiaoxi’s growing pink Mental Storm.
• Li Wannian received reports that giant cities across Great Xia were in danger and waited anxiously for Zhang Qing to activate the technology that had not yet returned.
• The Fate Bell rang across Blue Star, and people realized Yun Xiaoxi, not Zhang Qing, had begun advancing.

Yun Xiaoxi advanced to Support Sequence Four, unlocking the Waypoint Being Loved and showering Great Xia with healing rain. She and Zhang Qing used the rain to locate the hidden Transcendents, and Zhang Qing killed Deep Fang before setting out after the next target.

• Zhang Qing protected Yun Xiaoxi as the returning Transcendents attacked, and the Pendulum of Fate rang 240 times as she advanced.
• Yun Xiaoxi awakened her fourth Waypoint, Being Loved, and her wisteria rain healed and cleansed people across Great Xia.
• Zhang Qing and Yun Xiaoxi combined their powers to kill Deep Fang after Yun Xiaoxi briefly disrupted his mind.
• Yun Xiaoxi tracked the remaining Transcendents through the rain, and Zhang Qing rode the Blood Dragon toward the next one.