Chapter Summaries

Lin Yu questioned the First Generation Jung about his feud with Old Zheng and his cooperation with the Copper Furnace, learning that Jung controlled part of the Soul Authority and relied on the group to slow its influence over him. After revealing that he had come to kill Jung, Lin Yu challenged him to run as the train arrived at an empty station.

• Lin Yu recognized that Jung resented Old Zheng for thwarting his ambitions over authority more than for killing him.
• Jung suggested Old Zheng had a conservative attitude toward authority, and Lin Yu deduced that Jung had retained part of the Soul Authority after competing with Fluorvosamine.
• Jung said his cooperation with the Copper Furnace helped slow the Soul Authority's devouring of his will, while his control of the authority helped them preserve certain things.
• Lin Yu admitted that gathering information was not his main reason for finding Jung and declared that he intended to kill him.
• The train stopped at an empty station, and Lin Yu asked Jung whether he was going to run.

Lin Yu revealed that the First Generation Freud had survived but now lacked self-awareness, and the First Generation Jung learned that Jung had merged with Soul Authority and become half a God of Souls. Jung flew into a rage and attacked Lin Yu aboard the subway.

• The First Generation Jung questioned Lin Yu about his Authority and why he remained in Shenzhen, and said he was investigating Diviner’s plans for the Emperor.
• Lin Yu revealed that Jung had merged with Soul Authority after Freud trapped him in the Mist Surge in the Kingdom of the Dead, giving him greater control over it than Fluorvosamine.
• Lin Yu explained that he had helped the First Generation Freud survive the destruction of the 36th Island and summoned Freud onto the subway.
• The First Generation Jung recognized Freud, cursed him for surviving in his current state, and learned that Freud had no self-awareness.
• The First Generation Jung laughed at Freud’s condition, then unleashed thousands of soul tendrils at Lin Yu and vowed to kill him.

Lin Yu resisted First Generation Jung’s Soul Authority with Old Zheng’s Mental Power as Jung prepared a grotesque transformation. The chapter ended with Lin Yu striking him with Thunder Art just as his body became engulfed in blood-red matter.

• First Generation Jung filled the subway carriage with unusually resilient Soul Power, crushing Lin Yu and cracking the windows.
• Jung declared that Freud’s self-awareness was more valuable than the lives of Lin Yu and other Players, and threatened to kill her.
• Lin Yu taunted Jung and raised her hand despite the pressure, while Old Zheng unleashed Mental Power that dissolved the soul tendrils and swept back toward Jung.
• Jung revealed that his damaged body was an offering and began transforming as blood-red slurry poured from his face.
• Lin Yu fired Thunder Art at Jung, but blood-red mucus engulfed his head and absorbed the retracting soul tendrils, releasing a terrifying surge of energy.

Lin Yu countered First Generation Jung’s Resentful Blood Soul by using Desire Authority to turn the vengeful spirits against one another, then attacked Jung with Ocean Authority. Jung was overwhelmed but vowed to kill Lin Yu next time.

• First Generation Jung summoned the Resentful Blood Soul, a mass of vengeful spirits that swarmed Lin Yu and sought to consume his soul.
• Lin Yu’s Fear Torch and White Bone Flowing Light dispersed the spirits temporarily, but they quickly re-formed.
• Lin Yu used Heavenly Fox White Tail and Desire Authority to confuse the spirits and make them attack and devour one another.
• Lin Yu explained that his Authority-level Desire power affected the spirits, then summoned Azure Sea Sky Dome to attack First Generation Jung.
• Ocean Authority empowered Lin Yu’s wave, which swallowed Jung and made him scream as he cursed Lin Yu and promised revenge.

Zhu Ming overcame the First Generation Jung’s soul-authority attack and forced him to flee, but she used the returning tide to trap him and confront him again. She offered him only submission or the destruction of his soul.

• The First Generation Jung underestimated Zhu Ming, but her borrowed authorities neutralized his attack and began drowning his consciousness in the blood-colored tide.
• The First Generation Jung withdrew from the fight, escaped the subway carriage, and vowed to kill Zhu Ming the next time they met.
• The tide receded and swept the First Generation Jung back onto the subway carriage, where Zhu Ming seized and immobilized him.
• Zhu Ming told the First Generation Jung there would be no next time and demanded that he submit or have his soul scattered into oblivion.

Lin Yu tried to erase First Generation Jung’s will, but Xiao Yuan intervened and rescued Jung’s soul core. Xiao Yuan warned Lin Yu to stay away from the Director because his plan to resurrect a forbidden person was extremely dangerous.

• First Generation Jung insulted Lin Yu and refused to submit, insisting that keeping him alive would benefit every Player.
• Lin Yu decided Jung was too unstable to recruit and used his Mental Power and Authority of Ocean to erase Jung’s individual will.
• Xiao Yuan appeared in Shen Bingmiao’s form and disrupted Lin Yu’s Mental Power as Jung’s consciousness began to dissipate.
• Xiao Yuan separated Jung’s soul core from his Soul Power, stripped away Lin Yu’s Mental Power, and escaped with it.
• Xiao Yuan warned Lin Yu to stay away from the Director, saying his plan to resurrect a person rejected by the Ten Realms and the Death game was dangerous.

Lin Yu gained control of the First Generation Jung’s abandoned Soul Power and was acknowledged by Soul Authority, while wondering why Xiao Yuan had left the remnants behind. With half an hour until midnight, he set out to find the energy nodes the Diviner had planted in the subway.

• Lin Yu concealed his interest in Xiao Yuan’s warning and watched Xiao Yuan vanish after taking the First Generation Jung’s core.
• Lin Yu took control of the ownerless Soul Fragments and monsters, gaining partial access to Soul Authority.
• Lin Yu suspected Xiao Yuan might know Xia Yue and considered investigating her real-life connections after leaving Shenzhen.
• Lin Yu gathered the Soul Power into his soul, checked the time, and began searching the subway for the Diviner’s energy nodes.

Lin Yu and Old Zheng searched Shenzhen for the Diviner’s hidden energy nodes, uncovering thousands of regularly arranged leak points beneath the city. Lin Yu realized they might be evidence of a new loophole, though he did not yet know what the Diviner was planning.

• Lin Yu followed the First Generation Jung’s method and found faint energy nodes beneath Shenzhen’s subway lines.
• Lin Yu awakened Old Zheng and tasked him with using the Mental Power network to scan the city for matching fluctuations.
• Lin Yu changed into the Director, and Hannah cloaked Old Zheng as they went to the surface.
• Old Zheng completed a three-dimensional map of Shenzhen in just over six minutes, marking thousands of abnormal energy points.
• Lin Yu took over the Mental Power network and realized the supposed energy masses were leak points, leading him to suspect a new loophole.

Lin Yu discovered that the Diviner had planted thousands of spatial passages beneath Shenzhen and warned Jian Cunyi and others just before fighting erupted across the city. As the Emperor began a powerful descent, Jian Cunyi revealed that he alone might be able to stop it because the Diviner had used a summoning method Jian Cunyi had told him about.

• Lin Yu realized the energy clusters beneath Shenzhen were spatial passages connecting to the Ten Realms and suspected the Diviner had prepared a disaster.
• Lin Yu warned Jian Cunyi, Good Night, Dionysus, Ren Gu, the Gambler, and Grandmaster about the passages.
• Explosions and supernatural battles broke out around the International Convention Center and the Marauders' bases as Lin Yu guided civilians away from danger.
• At eleven fifty-nine, an enormous opening appeared above Shenzhen, revealing golden light and signs of the Emperor's descent.
• Jian Cunyi arrived and told Lin Yu that the Emperor was a Tier 5 deity from the Prison Mountain Realm, then said he had to stop the descent himself.
• Jian Cunyi confessed that the Diviner had summoned the Emperor using a method Jian Cunyi had once shared with him.

Lin Yu learned that the Diviner was using a broken passage beneath True Yang Mountain to bring a deity into the Real World, while Jian Cunyi flew to disrupt the formation. Lin Yu ignored Jian Cunyi’s warning and headed toward the Emperor’s descent with Old Zheng, intending to investigate the passages and offer support.

• Jian Cunyi told Lin Yu that he had discovered a broken bridge passage in the Prison Mountain Realm and suspected the Diviner had sabotaged his earlier attempt to use it.
• Lin Yu realized the Diviner could bring a deity into the Real World by arranging Divine Descent in the Prison Mountain Realm and guiding the Chosen of God through the bridge.
• Jian Cunyi set off toward central Shenzhen to disrupt the formation beneath True Yang Mountain and urged Lin Yu to investigate the other passages.
• Lin Yu noticed the energy leakage points formed rings around the Emperor’s descent site, sent A’yu an update, and decided to follow Jian Cunyi.
• Lin Yu used the storm to fly toward the Emperor with Old Zheng and Hannah, and told Old Zheng he would be important support against the Emperor and the Diviner.

Lin Yu explained how Old Zheng could use the Mental Power network and Desire and Soul Authorities to assist against the Diviner and the Emperor. As the Emperor’s passage began forming over Shenzhen, Lin Yu found Jian Cunyi and Gu Mo waiting nearby, then suspected the Diviner was hunting other experts elsewhere with the Celestial King.

• Old Zheng doubted he could help fight the Diviner or Emperor, but Lin Yu explained that he could combine Desire and Soul Authorities with the Mental Power network to create visions of desire on a vast scale.
• Lin Yu reached the edge of the golden passage and sensed the Emperor’s imposing Authority beginning to cross over from the Prison Mountain Realm.
• Jian Cunyi searched for the Diviner and a way to disrupt the passage, cursing Leng Jing while continuing to scout calmly.
• Lin Yu discovered Gu Mo hidden in the park, where her Heart Domain let her blend into the world as she waited to fight the Emperor.
• Lin Yu suspected the Diviner had drawn Jian Cunyi and Gu Mo to Shenzhen while joining the Celestial King to hunt other experts, so he searched for the Diviner through the Mental Power network.

Lin Yu deduced that the Diviner’s real goal in Shenzhen was to gather the Fragments of Fate and restore the authority of Destiny, making Lin Yu his next target. The Diviner appeared before Lin Yu, who discovered a golden Compass and a web of threads trapping him.

• Lin Yu searched Shenzhen for the Diviner but found no trace of him and realized the Diviner was not on the main battlefield.
• Lin Yu reasoned that weakening rivals was only a smokescreen and that the Diviner’s real aim was to become a god by restoring the authority of Destiny.
• Lin Yu concluded that the Diviner would seek the Fragments of Fate and target him because Lin Yu possessed the [Compass].
• Lin Yu withdrew from the Mental Power network and scanned his surroundings but initially found nothing.
• The authority of information took over Lin Yu’s consciousness through the [Ancient Notebook], revealing the Diviner, Leng Jing, in a Wooden Boat less than five meters away.
• Lin Yu stopped himself from fleeing and saw a red-gold Compass behind him, with over a thousand golden threads trapping the Diviner.

The Diviner trapped Lin Yu and tried to persuade him to trade his [Fragment of Fate] for help with his plans and the Benevolent King's [Items]. Lin Yu rejected the offer, and the Diviner revealed the five [Items] were held by a subordinate.

• The Diviner used threads to block Lin Yu's escape, and Lin Yu surrendered rather than try to fight.
• Lin Yu caught the Diviner bluffing about how long he had been following him, and the Diviner admitted he had been occupied elsewhere.
• The Diviner explained that Lin Yu's [Fragment of Fate] was essential to his path to godhood and proposed a willing trade, hoping Lin Yu would also persuade the Beast Master to give up her fragment.
• Lin Yu rejected the Diviner's offer of future help, saying he hated him and did not trust his promises.
• The Diviner offered the five Benevolent King's [Items] in exchange for Lin Yu's [Fragment of Fate] and said they were with one of his subordinates.

Lin Yu rejected the Diviner’s proposed deal and uncovered why the Emperor wanted him dead. The chapter ended with the revelation that the Emperor had directly killed Lin Yu’s family member and feared their return.

• Lin Yu refused to trade a [Fragment of Fate] for the Benevolent King's [Item] set after exposing the Diviner’s plan to leave one of two powerful allies facing the Emperor alone.
• The Diviner offered to forgo the [Fragments of Fate] if Lin Yu gave them to Jian Cunyi, explaining that reforging Destiny required exactly two people and that he would rather face Jian Cunyi than Lin Yu.
• The Diviner said the Emperor would use his Divine Descent opportunity to kill other Tier 4s, leaving Lin Yu safe for a time, and tried to offer information about a Copper Furnace mole in the Order.
• Lin Yu showed that Sherlock had already conveyed the mole’s identity through an encrypted message that Lin Yu decoded.
• The Diviner revealed that the Emperor was a Player from the previous version who had met Lin Yu’s family member and knew about Lin Yu’s Forbidden Plan to bring them back.
• The Diviner told Lin Yu that the Emperor had directly killed his family member and wanted to kill Lin Yu to prevent their return and avoid facing their wrath.

The Diviner warned Lin Yu that the Emperor and other former players might have gained their power through Lin Zhao’s death, then departed in a puppet after Lin Yu attacked him. The Emperor arrived in Shenzhen, where Gu Mo and Jian Cunyi faced his Imperial Progress.

• The Diviner told Lin Yu that the Emperor, the Hacker, and the General might have stolen Lin Zhao’s achievements and urged him to stay vigilant.
• The Diviner let Lin Yu go, claiming that no action Lin Yu took could stop what was about to happen in Shenzhen.
• Lin Yu struck the departing Diviner with White Bone Flowing Light and exposed him as a talisman-covered wooden mechanism puppet.
• The Diviner’s puppet escaped by boat, and Lin Yu wondered whether to pursue it.
• The Emperor arrived above Shenzhen in an Imperial Carriage pulled by twelve black horses.
• Jian Cunyi acknowledged the Emperor, while Gu Mo condemned him as a feudal remnant.

Lin Yu watched Gu Mo confront the Emperor, who had descended with an army of guards formed from his Authority. Gu Mo fought her way toward the Emperor but became trapped inside the guards’ encirclement, and Lin Yu discovered how tough they were when one reached him.

• The Emperor noticed Lin Yu but turned his attention to Gu Mo and Jian Cunyi, declaring them rebels and demanding their execution.
• Gu Mo rejected the Emperor’s claim to rule and used wind and rain as footholds to leap up toward his carriage.
• The Emperor summoned more than a hundred armored guards, and Gu Mo broke through their formation while attacking them with powerful martial techniques.
• The guards closed around Gu Mo, trapping her, and she recognized that they were formed from the Emperor’s Authority.
• Gu Mo hurled a guard toward Lin Yu, who struck it with [White Bone Flowing Light] but only managed to cut halfway through its body.

Gu Mo fought the Emperor’s Divine Kingdom as the World Will empowered her, but his Authority kept his forces standing. Miao Miao revealed that the Emperor was the God of Conquest and Domination.

• Gu Mo threw the imperial guards aside, reached the carriage, and struck at the Emperor, who blocked her punch with a dragon transformed from his scepter.
• The Emperor declared his intent to reconquer the realm and summoned thirty-six golden-armored generals to attack Gu Mo.
• Gu Mo fought the generals as the World Will synchronized the weather and darkness with her breathing, strengthening her attacks.
• Gu Mo wondered what Authority the Emperor possessed and wished Miao Miao were there.
• Miao Miao contacted Gu Mo and identified the Emperor as the God of Conquest and Domination.

Gu Mo spoke with Shen Bingmiao while fighting the emperor’s summoned warriors, then unleashed her full strength and defeated them. As the emperor brought forth a vast army to counter her, Jian Cunyi announced that his preparations were complete and sent Pure Qi forcing the golden light back.

• Shen Bingmiao explained that the emperor’s authorities of conquest and domination let him summon warriors and form a temporary Divine Kingdom, and Gu Mo recognized the fighters as experts from the Ten Realms.
• Gu Mo unleashed her full strength, killed most of the thirty-six golden-armored giants, and refused the emperor’s offer to serve him.
• The emperor summoned tens of thousands of black-armored soldiers and expanded his Divine Kingdom, forcing Gu Mo to prepare to face his army rather than charge him directly.
• Gu Mo called out to the Feng Shui Master, and Jian Cunyi replied that his preparations were ready despite interference from an unknown expert.
• Jian Cunyi sent Pure Qi skyward, and it forced the golden light back.

Jian Cunyi closed the Emperor’s main passage into the Real World, but the Emperor kept his projected Divine Kingdom and incarnation alive through temporary breaches. Jian Cunyi empowered Gu Mo with his Heart Domain, and she struck a devastating blow against the Emperor’s troops as the battle continued.

• Jian Cunyi joined Gu Mo and explained that he had closed the main passage, though the Emperor’s existing projection remained connected to his true body through temporary breaches beneath Shenzhen.
• The Emperor used his imperial seal to restore movement to his armored soldiers and sent them charging at Gu Mo and Jian Cunyi.
• Jian Cunyi applied his Heart Domain, Feathering and Ascending to Immortality, to Gu Mo despite the dangerous strain it could cause.
• Gu Mo’s Immortal Essence-powered punch blasted a gap through the soldiers, and she realized her martial path had more room to grow.
• The Emperor sent the soldiers back into the attack, while Lin Yu wondered why they had ignored him despite his being one of the Emperor’s targets.

Lin Yu suspected the Emperor had arranged for others to attack him and used the mental network to identify Cold Cicada among the approaching Players. He confronted Cold Cicada and Chancellor, then fled after making them think he had launched an attack.

• Lin Yu used the [Ancient Notebook] to check for threats and asked Old Zheng to mark approaching Players through the mental network.
• Lin Yu identified Cold Cicada among the approaching figures and flew to confront him.
• Cold Cicada admitted he had come to kill Lin Yu and revealed that Chancellor was helping him.
• Chancellor introduced himself as a member of the Copper Furnace as the traffic light turned green.
• Lin Yu feinted an attack, escaped onto a refrigerated box truck, and waved goodbye to Cold Cicada and Chancellor.