Chapter Summaries

Zhang Qing and the Dragon Scale Army fought the Night Elves in the hall until Ouyang Lin summoned the Dragon Scale Sequence’s Authority Artifact and turned the battle in their favor. After the Night Spirits were wiped out, the group rested, prepared food from Giant Soldier Ghoul Tribe corpses, and examined a runestone key.

• Ouyang Lin’s distraction left him vulnerable, but Yao Wang moved to protect him as a Sequence Seven Night Elf broke through.
• Ouyang Lin summoned the Scale Shield, awakening the Dragon Scale Sequence’s authority and covering the army in golden armor.
• Ouyang Lin took the front line with the shield while Zhang Qing attacked, and Hu Feiyun and Yang Man helped clear the Night Elves.
• Zhang Qing joined Yang Man’s Cooperative Great Trend, which swept away the remaining Night Spirits in seconds.
• Yang Man offered Giant Soldier Ghoul Tribe corpses to eat, and Ouyang Lin prepared them while Su Yue opened the treasure chest and brought over a runestone key.

Zhang Qing and Hu Feiyun began their third spar, with both fighters unleashing their full strength. After Hu Feiyun's Tiger Roar and Slaughter Authority Artifact put Zhang Qing on the defensive, Zhang Qing attempted to fuse his martial and Sequence Domains into a new power.

• Hu Feiyun challenged Zhang Qing to a one-on-one spar, and the gathered players watched as the two prepared for their third match.
• Hu Feiyun activated his Transcendent Waypoint, King, while Zhang Qing and Hu Feiyun charged at each other with their martial arts, Waypoint Skills, and Authority Artifacts.
• Zhang Qing used Ten Steps, One Kill, but Hu Feiyun retreated and hit him with Tiger Roar, then attacked with his Slaughter Authority Artifact.
• Zhang Qing defended himself from Hu Feiyun's kidney strikes and announced that he would try a strike as a Sequence Martial God.
• Zhang Qing began fusing his Pioneer Domain and Spark Domain as he prepared to use Thorn-Cleaving Slash and Pioneer's Advance, and Hu Feiyun watched with a grave expression.

Zhang Qing’s strike against Hu Feiyun accidentally manifested a Sequence Secret Skill, and Hu Feiyun helped him understand it. Zhang Qing then realized the Sixth Floor might be plotting against him because his Survival Sequence had diverged from its plans, so he held off on advancing to Sequence Six.

• Zhang Qing’s blade struck Hu Feiyun’s True Spirit, creating a firestorm and revealing power like a Sequence Secret Skill.
• Hu Feiyun stopped the fight and explained the skill while Zhang Qing sat down to comprehend it; he then stood guard as Zhang Qing’s insight shook the players.
• Hu Feiyun warned Zhang Qing that his Sequence Five had reached its limit and his Mental Storm was close to overflowing, but Zhang Qing said he was not ready to advance.
• Zhang Qing asked how Hu Feiyun recognized the fragment of the future, and Hu Feiyun explained Tiger Imperial City had seized it during Prince's Sweep.
• Zhang Qing connected Hu Feiyun’s account to the Login System and realized his Survival Sequence had diverged from the Sixth Floor’s plan, so he resolved to delay advancing and consider fleecing Old Fan Deng first.

Zhang Qing received Hu Feiyun’s rune stone key as Sky City withdrew rather than risk confronting him over the Scorpio BOSS. Meanwhile, Hu Feiyun, Su Yue, and Liu Jin secured several Progenitor star array keys and advanced their Sequences, and Hu Feiyun’s group headed for the Sky-Traveling Ghoul Tribe.

• Hu Feiyun gave Zhang Qing the rune stone key and told him about the Abyssal Twin Progenitor’s star array.
• Si Bei Li withdrew Sky City’s forces after the Great Venerables refused to challenge Zhang Qing near the Scorpio BOSS.
• Hu Feiyun obtained the Abyssal Star Array key, advanced to Sequence Six, and led his people to the Frost Snow Progenitor’s territory.
• Hu Feiyun broke through the Frost Snow territory, helping Su Yue advance to Sequence Six and obtain its star array key.
• Liu Jin obtained the Giant Strength Progenitor’s Star Array Rune Stone, while the remaining keys were divided among several Imperial Cities and Highnesses.
• Hu Feiyun and his companions set out for the Sky-Traveling Ghoul Tribe.

After defeating the Ancient Scorpion, Zhang Qing returned to Great Xia while struggling with the consequences of advancing his Survival Sequence. A conversation with Li Wannian strengthened his resolve, and he set off for Heavenwalker Ancestor’s territory to challenge the forces opposing him.

• Zhang Qing and the Dragon Scale Army defeated Madblood Ancestor’s Ancient Scorpion, and Zhang Qing obtained its rune stone key.
• Zhang Qing discussed his imminent advancement with Little Lion and chose to return to Great Xia before taking the next step.
• Zhang Qing brought Yun Xiaoxi, the sleeping Ghoul Mother, and Little Lion to Great Xia, while Ouyang Lin guided the Bubble Mechanical Heavenly Court toward Heavenwalker Ancestor.
• Zhang Qing told Li Wannian that Great Xia might soon have to fight former friends and sacrifice many people for a victory that might never come.
• Li Wannian pointed to Great Xia’s red flag and reminded Zhang Qing that earlier generations had pressed forward without knowing whether they would win.
• Zhang Qing resolved to defy the odds and vanished for Heavenwalker Ancestor’s territory.

Zhang Qing prepared to claim the Sky-Traveling Ghoul Tribe's star array key as the Highnesses debated withdrawing from the difficult fight. His bubble-wrapped Mechanical Heavenly Court arrived, and he invited Hu Feiyun aboard, leaving the group ready to reconsider their plan.

• Zhang Qing sent Ouyang Lin and a team to wait at the Night Spirit Hall and ancient battlefield, then logged off most players and headed for the Sky-Traveling Ghoul Tribe.
• The Ghoul Mother warned Zhang Qing that Serpent Emperor City was trying to win over the Sky-Traveling Ghoul Tribe, but he remained determined to obtain its star array key.
• Hu Feiyun and the other Highnesses struggled against She Qi's powerful coalition, and Yang Man proposed withdrawing to seize Authority Crystals instead.
• Hu Feiyun reconsidered the fight when Zhang Qing's enormous Mechanical Heavenly Court arrived, but Hou Qing spotted a smaller, bubble-wrapped one following it.
• Zhang Qing spoke to the Highnesses and invited them aboard the bubble-wrapped Mechanical Heavenly Court, which became detectable by spiritual power once Hu Feiyun entered.

Zhang Qing decided to join the battle for the Sky Planet Array despite Hu Feiyun urging him to wait for the Serpent Venerable’s Ultimate Leap and a chance to claim an Imperial City position. From his Bubble Mechanical Heavenly Court, Zhang Qing surveyed Sky City overwhelming She Qi’s alliance and identified the balanced guardian protecting the array.

• Hu Feiyun warned Zhang Qing that the Serpent Venerable might make the Ultimate Leap, opening a chance for Zhang Qing to claim Serpent Emperor City’s Imperial City slot, but Zhang Qing said he could not wait and was determined to obtain the Sky Planet Array.
• Hu Feiyun agreed to help Zhang Qing, and the group planned to watch Sky City fight She Qi’s alliance before moving in to seize the array key, while calling for reinforcements in case Sky City’s Venerables intervened.
• Zhang Qing brought the group toward the front line in his Bubble Mechanical Heavenly Court, whose barrier let their mental power scan outside while blocking scans from outside.
• Sky City’s intelligent machine army and Sequence Users crushed She Qi, Liu Jin, Zhu Qi, and the Specter Clan alliance, treating its machines as expendable while the Specters faced permanent deaths.
• Zhang Qing located the Sky Planet Array’s guardian, a balanced BOSS whose attributes had to be depleted together, and prepared to enter the battle after hearing the Ghoul Mother describe Tianxing as difficult to suppress.

Zhang Qing and the Imperial City Highnesses disguised themselves as Gundams and infiltrated the battle between Sky City and the Specters. As they advanced toward the star array, Si Bei Li celebrated Sky City's apparent progress while She Qi asked Liu Jin about reinforcements.

• Zhang Qing used intelligent machines and the Spark Authority to build Gundams that the Highnesses could control through a brain-computer interface.
• Hu Feiyun and the others customized their Gundams, and Zhang Qing told them to wait until Sky City's combined Mecha gave them cover.
• Su Yue opened seven spatial gates, allowing Zhang Qing and the Highnesses to emerge amid explosions and kill a Sequence Seven Giant Strength Ghoul Tribe.
• Zhang Qing told the group to follow Sky City's commands and communications to preserve their disguises as they moved toward the star array.
• Si Bei Li celebrated Sky City's rising victory rate and hoped to claim the star array key, while She Qi questioned Sky City's advance and asked Liu Jin whether he had called for backup.

She Qi’s forces pushed back Sky City, but the Ghoul Mother and Little Lion caused a Flesh Leviathan to appear, and it swallowed the Star Array Boss. Zhang Qing and the others entered the Leviathan to reach the Boss, while Yang Man secretly summoned the Sheep Emperor City Grand Elder.

• She Qi, Liu Jin, and Zhu Qi led the Specters in a counterattack that forced Sky City back.
• At Zhang Qing’s suggestion, the Ghoul Mother gathered battlefield flesh into a Flesh Leviathan while Little Lion raised mountains and erupted lava.
• The Leviathan swallowed the Star Array Boss, prompting She Qi’s side and Si Bei Li to order it killed before it could swallow the Star Array Key.
• Zhang Qing and six others entered the Leviathan after their Mecha lost power, and its flesh guided them toward the Boss.
• Yang Man recognized Zhang Qing’s powerful Flesh Authority and sent a signal to summon the Sheep Emperor City Grand Elder.

Zhang Qing and the Highnesses defeated the Skywalker BOSS while the Ghoul Mother’s Flesh Leviathan distracted Sky City and the Specters. Zhang Qing escaped with the rune stone key just before the Leviathan collapsed, and the Second Elder of Serpent Emperor City arrived to find it gone.

• Hu Feiyun urged Zhang Qing to proceed more cautiously, but Zhang Qing insisted that they had to keep moving forward.
• Zhang Qing had the Ghoul Mother use the Flesh Leviathan to restrict the Skywalker BOSS’s attributes, and the group attacked it.
• Sky City and the Specters bombarded the Leviathan until the Ghoul Mother fused a brain bug into it, causing it to move and regenerate with the Flesh Authority.
• Yang Man activated Cooperative Great Trend, helping the group land their strongest attacks and defeat the Skywalker BOSS, whose rune stone key Hu Feiyun let Zhang Qing take.
• Zhang Qing and the group escaped inside a Flame Demon as the Leviathan collapsed, and the Second Elder of Serpent Emperor City arrived to discover the key was gone.

Zhang Qing revealed that he had been behind the Sky Planet Array key’s disappearance and left his companions to advance at the Sky Planet Array. With the Sea Emperor’s help, he arrived there and unleashed his spiritual power.

• Zhang Qing told Hu Feiyun and the others to return without him, then hinted that he had been using his allies’ favors as part of a larger scheme.
• Zhang Qing left Flame Demon, evaded the Second Elder of Serpent Emperor City’s detection, and returned to the Bubble Mechanical Heavenly Court to leave Yun Xiaoxi behind.
• Ghoul Mother revealed that she stood with Zhang Qing for her own purposes, while the Sea Emperor promised to help him reach Sequence Six.
• The Second Elder connected Zhang Qing’s poor relationship with She Qi to the missing Sky Planet Array key and realized Zhang Qing had appeared at the array.
• The Sea Emperor helped Zhang Qing reach the Sky Planet Array, where Zhang Qing unleashed his spiritual power.

Zhang Qing began his Sequence Six advancement under the watch of Sky City and the gathered Imperial City powers. After 360 chimes, he chose Survival and revealed his Sequence as the Sixth Waypoint, Pioneer.

• Si Bei Li surrounded Zhang Qing with Sky City's forces, intending to kill him once his advancement ended.
• Hu Sisi and other Exalted Ones arrived, while the Sixth Floor rushed toward the Dark Side to learn Zhang Qing's Sequence.
• Zhang Qing's advancement began as the Pendulum of Fate chimed, drawing the attention of powerful beings across the Dark Side.
• After 359 chimes, Fan Adkin hoped Zhang Qing would choose Years, while the Sovereigns watched the contest between the Sixth Floor and Sky City.
• Zhang Qing completed 360 chimes, chose Survival, and revealed his Sequence as the Sixth Waypoint, Pioneer.

Zhang Qing completed his advancement and began his coronation, revealing that he was walking the path of Survival and causing the Imperial City Lords to order his death. As Great Venerables descended to kill him, Si Bei Li received a Supreme Decree and the intelligent machines turned to protect Zhang Qing.

• Zhang Qing's Spark Marks linked Great Xia's fate to his, and he used the Flesh Authority to steady himself while awaiting his coronation.
• The Imperial City Lords saw that Zhang Qing's path was Survival, and Fan Adkin reacted in despair.
• The Serpent Venerable ordered Zhang Qing's execution, and ten Great Venerables from Serpent Emperor City descended.
• The Tiger Imperial City Grand Elder told Hu Feiyun that Zhang Qing was likely one of Sky City's people because he possessed the Mechanical Heart.
• Si Bei Li heard the Supreme Decree, and the intelligent machines turned outward to shield Zhang Qing.

After completing Survival Sequence Six, Zhang Qing faced Hu Sisi and the forces of Sky City and the Imperial City, who demanded that he upload his consciousness. When he intercepted Si Bei Li’s signal, he learned that the Dark Realm was an oasis formed around an opening in the River of Destiny, but he refused to upload his consciousness.

• Zhang Qing completed Survival Sequence Six, only to find himself surrounded by hostile forces and no longer protected by the rules.
• Hu Sisi charged through Zhang Qing’s intelligent-machine defenses, but more than thirty Sky City Great Venerables intercepted her, and she destroyed most of them.
• Si Bei Li used the Supreme Decree to summon Sky City reinforcements as the Imperial City Great Venerables moved to hold the line.
• Hu Sisi told Zhang Qing that he had chosen his path, and Zhang Qing answered that he had no other choice.
• Si Bei Li urged Zhang Qing to upload his consciousness to Sky City, but he intercepted her signal and discovered that the Dark Realm was an oasis connected to the River of Destiny.
• Zhang Qing refused to upload his consciousness.

Zhang Qing survived Hu Sisi’s attack by relying on the Flesh Authority, then revealed his plan to exploit the deadlock between the major factions. As the Imperial City summoned a Sovereign Lord Authority Artifact to erase him, Sky City transformed its twelve cities into Mechas and sent them charging into the Dark Side Tianxing region.

• Zhang Qing waited for the hidden forces to act while Si Bei Li and the others fought the Imperial City Grand Venerables.
• Hu Sisi struck Zhang Qing with Tiger Clan Authority, but he regenerated from flesh and blood, confirming that Ghoul Mother's Little Loli had not suppressed his Flesh Authority.
• Zhang Qing reasoned that his Flesh Authority and Consciousness Authority could force Sky City, the Imperial City, and Ghoul Mother into a tripartite balance that kept him alive.
• After learning Zhang Qing possessed the Flesh Authority, Hu Sisi ordered the Imperial City to summon the Sovereign Lord Authority Artifact and erase everything within tens of millions of kilometers.
• Si Bei Li ordered Sky City to invoke the Mecha Soul True Body, and its twelve cities transformed into giant Mechas that charged toward the Dark Side Tianxing region.

The Venerables summoned their Authority Artifacts to face Sky City's twelve Machine Souls, revealing the powers and histories behind each artifact. Hu Feiyun's Tiger Venerable artifact destroyed Zhang Qing's Mechanical Heavenly Court and the Sea Emperor's Bubble, prompting the Sea Emperor to bring his true body closer as the battlefield's strongest forces reached a stalemate.

• Su Yue, Hou Qing, Tu Honghong, Hao, Gou Mang, and Liu Jin revealed the Spatial, Monkey, Rabbit, Qi, Dog, and Ox Authority Artifacts above their heads.
• Zhu Qi summoned the Boar Venerable's digestive sack, while Yang Man produced the Sheep Venerable's Cooperation scepter.
• Hu Feiyun summoned the Tiger Venerable's bladed gauntlet, whose authority caused the intelligent machines around Zhang Qing to explode.
• The Tiger Venerable's authority destroyed Zhang Qing's Mechanical Heavenly Court and the Sea Emperor's Bubble, so the Sea Emperor blocked it again and began solidifying his incarnation.
• Little Lion recalled the Tiger Venerable defeating the Venerables who had hunted him, then wondered whether the Sea Emperor was an undercover agent because Azure Sky Sea had formed from that battle.
• The Sea Emperor stayed silent as ten Sovereign Authority Artifacts faced Sky City's twelve Machine Souls in an even match.

Hu Sisi realized Zhang Qing was delaying joining Sky City while preparing a forced advancement, and the Serpent Venerable threatened to destroy Great Xia. Zhang Qing began advancing from Sequence Six to Sequence Seven atop the Sky Planet Array, which activated as his advancement faltered.

• Hu Sisi learned that Zhang Qing had obtained the Sky Planet Array, Scorpio, and Night Elf keys, as well as Phoenix Imperial City's mark, and suspected he was forcing an advancement.
• The Serpent Venerable formed a massive projection above Great Xia and threatened to destroy it, despite Hu Sisi's attempt to stop the attack.
• Zhang Qing asked for more time and began advancing from Sequence Six to Sequence Seven as the Pendulum of Fate rang.
• The advancement seemed to lack the required conditions, but the Sky Planet Array beneath Zhang Qing activated and sent a beam of light into deep space.
• Hu Sisi recognized that Zhang Qing was trying to force the advancement by piling on resources and watched to see what would happen.

Zhang Qing balanced his four authorities and used the Sky Planet Array to force his advancement toward Sequence Seven. When one array’s power proved insufficient, Ouyang Lin activated the Scorpio Star Array, linking it to Zhang Qing and intensifying the breakthrough.

• Zhang Qing completed the third level of Martial Path Extreme after realizing that becoming a Martial God first kept its focused path from derailing his future.
• He raised Flesh Authority and Mechanical Heart to Sequence Six, balancing all four of his authorities and meeting the Sky Planet Array’s conditions.
• The Sky Planet Array poured Sequence power into Zhang Qing, driving him toward Sequence Seven as the Pendulum of Fate rang.
• The Second Elder of Serpent Emperor City warned that one star array might not provide enough power, while Zhang Qing continued his advancement.
• Ouyang Lin activated the Scorpio Star Array with the Spark Authority, and its beam joined the Sky Planet Array’s beam at Zhang Qing.
• The Second Elder learned that Zhang Qing had seized at least two star arrays, and She Qi suggested there might be another.

After the Serpent Venerable shattered Zhang Qing’s path to Sequence Seven, five star arrays helped him restore it and establish the Civilization Waypoint. Zhang Qing linked his survival to Great Xia, granted its people the True Spirit Authority, and challenged everyone in the Dark Realm to accept their survival there or oppose him.

• The Serpent Venerable endured karmic punishment to sever Zhang Qing’s advancement path, nearly draining the river of his Survival Sequence.
• Five star arrays from the Scorpio Battlefield, the Azure Sky Sea, and the Lava Zone converged to restore Zhang Qing’s path.
• Zhang Qing reached Sequence Seven and completed the Survival Sequence loop, making himself and Great Xia mutually bound as national destiny and source.
• Using the Consciousness, Flame, and Flesh Authorities, Zhang Qing granted Great Xia citizens the True Spirit Authority, allowing them to resurrect after death.
• Zhang Qing rejected Si Bei Li’s request to upload his consciousness and demanded that the Dark Realm accept his and Great Xia’s survival there or face opposition.

Zhang Qing survived repeated attacks from Hu Sisi and Imperial City’s Great Venerables, leaving them unable to kill him. Meanwhile, Imperial City’s Lords discussed the looming conflict with Sky City and the final game between the Founding Tower Master and the being called God, as Zhang Qing’s Survival Sequence disrupted their plans.

• Hu Sisi fought Zhang Qing and sent him flying, but his Consciousness Authority and survival abilities let him recover whenever the Imperial City fighters destroyed his body.
• Hu Sisi and the Imperial City Great Venerables failed to kill Zhang Qing, while the Serpent Venerable’s phantom withdrew from the Dark Realm.
• Fan Adkin told the gathered Imperial City Lords that his side had no chance of victory, and they agreed to arrange a plan to kill Zhang Qing without entering the Dark Side themselves.
• Rat Venerable asked about the being in Sky City, and Fan Adkin admitted the Sixth Floor could not access that existence, known as God or the Supreme Decree of White Jade Capital.
• The chapter revealed that Zhang Qing was the latest move in the Founding Tower Master’s final game against God, and that his Survival Sequence had upended Imperial City’s expectations.