Chapter Summaries

Zhang Yinghao monitored the invasion and told the president and Valona that the Divine Scions’ ignorance of technology and desire to claim rather than destroy the world gave humanity two advantages. The Water God sent sea beasts to attack human cities, while Divine Scions and evil spirits continued fighting across the Fuxi Empire.

• The Water God summoned the sea beasts of the Free Federation’s East Sea and ordered them to conquer human cities.
• The Goddess of Justice sent AI-controlled mechs to defeat an evil spirit in a Fuxi Empire metropolis.
• Two Divine Scions watched the battle from a Cafe, killed its occupants, and examined a human Light Brain.
• Zhang Yinghao ordered an orbital cannon strike on the Cafe, but the two Divine Scions survived and left with the Light Brain.
• The Goddess of Justice tracked the Divine Scions through the mechs’ Light Brains as they moved through the city.
• Zhang Yinghao told the president and Valona that the Divine Scions did not understand technology and wanted to claim the world rather than destroy it.

As the Divine Scions and ghosts ended their clash and went separate ways, humanity’s leaders faced the overwhelming strength of their enemies and relied on Ye Feili as their last trump card. Ye Feili began absorbing ghost Soul Power through the Forgetfulness River Soul Separation Hook, but still had to grow stronger.

• The Heavenly God and Frostfire Ghost King agreed to separate their forces and preserve their alliance after a battle left several Divine Scions injured and hundreds of ghosts dead.
• At the operations command center, Zhang Yinghao and the others admitted they could not defeat the Divine Scions and identified Ye Feili as their last hope.
• Liao Xing completed the spatial jump and sent Ye Feili away to become stronger.
• Valona questioned Zhang Yinghao about his plans, and the president messaged him about his contact with the president’s daughter and Valona.
• Ye Feili killed a ghost and absorbed Soul Power through the Forgetfulness River Soul Separation Hook, which warned him that he needed to grow stronger quickly.

Gu Qingshan secured passage to the Thorn Bird with help from the High Tower Guardian Association and boarded a ship bound for the Thorn Bird’s Call. Barry and Xiao Miao stayed behind, expecting him to return within five days and planning a trip together.

• Barry and Xiao Miao learned that transportation agencies had blacklisted the Righteous Iron Fist Club, so Gu Qingshan offered the High Tower Seal to request help.
• Gu Qingshan explained that he had merged the Yellow Springs Realm and the Human Realm, and Xiao Miao gave him a compass to record the places he visited.
• Gu Qingshan made breakfast for Barry and Xiao Miao while they waited for the High Tower Guardian Association’s ship.
• An old man from the association arrived, recognized the Fairy’s Glistening Flower’s scent on Barry, and offered him three world layers for the Fairy Kingdom’s coordinates, which Barry could not provide.
• The old man learned that Gu Qingshan wanted to reach the Thorn Bird, said the Thorn Bird’s Call had already begun, and took him aboard the ship.
• Barry estimated his legs would recover in five days, and he and Xiao Miao planned to visit Hot Spring Island with Gu Qingshan if he returned alive.

Aboard a High Tower Guardian Association ship, Gu Qingshan studied Xie Daoling’s cultivation notes and broke through to the middle stage of the Saint Sealing Realm. An unexplained premonition kept him uneasy, but he found no sign of danger as the ship continued through the Void Turbulence.

• Gu Qingshan used the jade slip to comprehend Xie Daoling’s cultivation insights and advanced to the middle stage of the Saint Sealing Realm.
• Gu Qingshan sensed a shadowy danger following him, but Mountain Girl detected nothing unusual.
• Gu Qingshan went to the deck and watched the ship pierce through a huge monster that attacked it.
• Gu Qingshan marveled at the ship as it sped through the gray turbulence without further attacks.

Gu Qingshan refused an offer to leave the Righteous Iron Fist Club and join the High Tower Guardian Association, choosing to stay with Barry and Xiao Miao. Back at the club, Barry reconsidered the traditional joining ceremony after Xiao Miao reminded him that Gu Qingshan could cook and help pay their debt.

• The elderly man from the High Tower Guardian Association offered Gu Qingshan membership and described the association’s knowledge and benefits.
• Gu Qingshan declined because he did not want to change his beacon or disappoint his friends in the Righteous Iron Fist Club.
• The elderly man crushed Xiao Miao’s Eavesdropping Bug, revealing that he had detected it.
• Barry planned to welcome Gu Qingshan with the club’s tradition of a sealed-strength fight, while Xiao Miao worried Barry would drive him away.
• Xiao Miao reminded Barry that Gu Qingshan could cook and help pay off the club’s debt, and Barry agreed to keep the ceremony simple for now.

Gu Qingshan shared drinks and food with an old man from the High Tower Guardian Association, who revealed why so many young talents were answering Trist’s summons. The old man also dismissed Gu Qingshan’s friend’s prophecy Fate Card as a likely fraud, leaving Gu Qingshan to wonder whether that assessment was true.

• The old man gave Gu Qingshan a slug-shaped listening device, and Gu Qingshan thanked him by sharing Osmanthus Wine and its recipe.
• The old man ordered a deluxe dinner, but he devoured Gu Qingshan’s Spicy Lobster and declared it the best food he had ever tasted.
• The old man told Gu Qingshan that the Light of Dawn, Trist, had summoned young talents under thirty with welcome gifts from the Strange Zone and a valuable treasure for completing her task.
• Gu Qingshan asked about his friend’s prophecy Fate Card, and the old man said such cards were so rare that the friend had probably been tricked.

Gu Qingshan advanced to the late Saint Sealing Realm while preparing to trade a rare card for Strange Zone treasures. When he activated the Fate Prediction Card, it showed a monstrous version of himself devouring a skeleton before the card turned black, deepening his sense that something was wrong aboard the ship.

• Gu Qingshan studied Xie Daoling's cultivation notes and used them to break through to the late Saint Sealing Realm.
• An old man reminded Gu Qingshan that only half a day remained to trade treasures with the Thorn Birds.
• Gu Qingshan decided to offer the Fate Prediction Card, hoping its value could help repay his debt to the Righteous Iron Fist Club.
• The Fate Prediction Card showed a distorted Gu Qingshan devouring a skeleton, then turned completely black.
• Mountain Girl said the card made her uneasy, and Gu Qingshan connected its change to the warnings from his Spirit Sense aboard the ship.

Gu Qingshan arrived at the Ancient God Ruins to await the Thorn Birds and checked into the Abluxi Grand Hotel. There, he reunited with Su Xue'er, who had been waiting for him.

• The old man brought Gu Qingshan to the crowded square at the Ancient God Ruins and gave him a room token booked by the High Tower Guardian Association.
• Gu Qingshan evaded people trying to buy or follow him and made his way to the Abluxi Grand Hotel.
• An air-current hotel attendant told Gu Qingshan that the Thorn Bird Royal Family would arrive later that day for a banquet and that a royal family member would make a public appearance.
• Su Xue'er appeared at the hotel entrance, told Gu Qingshan she had been waiting for him, and he embraced her.

Gu Qingshan reunited with Su Xue'er, learned she wanted to stay by his side, and agreed to travel with her to a peaceful world in the past. After she examined his Fate Prediction Card, Su Xue'er gave him a War Card that unexpectedly made him its owner.

• Su Xue'er told Gu Qingshan she had found him through a newspaper and agreed to go with him after his current troubles ended.
• Gu Qingshan and Su Xue'er received an invitation to the Thorn Bird Princess's coming-of-age banquet, but Su Xue'er asked him to visit a past world with her instead, and he agreed.
• Su Xue'er recognized Gu Qingshan's Fate Prediction Card and used a Mist Language incantation to reveal an image of him cleaving the universe with his sword.
• Su Xue'er handed Gu Qingshan a card depicting the Blood Sea Military God, and the War God Operating Interface declared him its owner and said the card had formed a pact with him.
• Su Xue'er told Gu Qingshan to keep the card, saying that what was hers was his.

Gu Qingshan and Su Xue'er entered Abluxi’s Ten Thousand Worlds Town for a half-month vacation and spent the day exploring its wonders and sharing a meal. Their peaceful evening ended when a big rooster and a floating piece of wood arrived and recognized Gu Qingshan.

• Su Xue'er accepted the Thorn Bird’s Call and used Gu Qingshan’s room number to open a gate to Abluxi.
• Su Xue'er led Gu Qingshan into Ten Thousand Worlds Town, where they rode horses and tried illusions of powerful skills.
• Gu Qingshan accompanied Su Xue'er through the shops, and Xiao Die's Pink Bikini slipped out of his Storage Bag to remind him to find it a new owner.
• Gu Qingshan and Su Xue'er ate together in the nearly empty restaurant and enjoyed their quiet evening.
• A big rooster and a floating piece of wood entered the restaurant, and the rooster recognized Gu Qingshan.

Gu Qingshan and Su Xue'er shared dinner with Big Rooster and Wooden Beauty, who warned that Su Xue'er's future looked grim. At the inn, Su Xue'er used cards to put Gu Qingshan to sleep and protect him before leaving to face his dangers in his place, but Mountain Girl soon discovered he was awake.

• Big Rooster invited Gu Qingshan and Su Xue'er to dinner, where Wooden Beauty revealed her connection to Barry and the Blood Sea Demon Lord and warned Su Xue'er about her future.
• Su Xue'er brought Gu Qingshan to a school dormitory and kissed him with a Witch's Gift Kiss card, sending him into a three-day dream.
• Su Xue'er explained that Gu Qingshan was destined to become a demon and that she planned to shoulder the dangers ahead of him, then trapped him with the Oath of Restraint and shielded the room with the Demon Lord's Protection card.
• Su Xue'er kissed Gu Qingshan goodbye and vanished, leaving him asleep so he would miss Thorn Bird's Call.
• Mountain Girl appeared and lamented that she could not free Gu Qingshan from the cards, but Gu Qingshan opened his eyes and sat up, revealing he had awakened.

Gu Qingshan learned Witch's Kiss to resist Su Xue'er's skill, then discovered her Oath of Restraint had trapped him inside a small area. To escape and reach Abluxi in time for the Thorn Bird's Call, he chose to return to his original world and travel back by a faster route.

• Gu Qingshan spent 10,000 Soul Power to learn Witch's Kiss, which had let him resist Su Xue'er's Heaven Chosen Skill.
• Gu Qingshan tried several swords and techniques but could not escape Su Xue'er's soul-binding Oath of Restraint.
• Gu Qingshan realized he could return to his original world to get beyond the restraint's five-hundred-million-kilometer range, but needed to shorten the return trip.
• Gu Qingshan decided to use his Righteous Iron Fist Club beacon and Xiao Miao's teleportation to get closer to Abluxi, then told the system to send him back.

Gu Qingshan returned to the Free Federation and discovered that ghosts, Divine Scions, Asura, and the Beast King threatened the world. With super-dimensional transport about to pull him away, he gave Ye Feili all the authority before vanishing.

• Gu Qingshan activated the Void Silk beacon and learned that it would transport him away in about half an hour.
• The Goddess of Justice showed Gu Qingshan reports of tens of thousands of evil ghosts and nearly a hundred Divine Scions spreading across the world, with Asura and the Beast King waiting in the shadows.
• Gu Qingshan reviewed the intelligence and learned that Zhang Yinghao's schemes could not overcome the powerful Divine Scions, while Ye Feili needed more time to grow stronger.
• Gu Qingshan realized the invaders wanted to claim the world rather than destroy it, and that humans could not defeat the Divine Scions directly.
• As the Void Silk pulled Gu Qingshan away, he typed a command giving Ye Feili all the authority and vanished.

After Gu Qingshan left a cryptic clue about the King of Fighters’ Final Boss, Ye Feili realized it pointed to him. He donned a Mobile Armor and returned as the Slaughter Clown.

• The Goddess of Justice showed the gathered leaders Gu Qingshan’s message: “King of Fighters, Final Boss.”
• Ye Feili argued that Gu Qingshan’s departure proved he was not the story’s savior, then revealed he had been a world-ranked King of Fighters player.
• Ye Feili concluded that Gu Qingshan meant he was the Final Boss because he was the Clown who had defeated the Immortal’s game.
• Ye Feili entered the Mobile Armor and transformed into the Slaughter Clown, declaring that he had returned to the amusement park.

Ye Feili, acting as Slaughter Clown under Gu Qingshan’s authority, launched a worldwide King of Fighters Tournament and forced the Divine Scions and evil ghosts to stop and attend. The Heavenly God and Frostfire Ghost King gathered in the desert to investigate a hostile radioactive force that Slaughter Clown had summoned.

• At World Allied Forces Headquarters, Slaughter Clown left to head for a city filled with evil ghosts, while Goddess of Justice confirmed that Gu Qingshan had given Ye Feili full combat authority.
• One hour later, Slaughter Clown appeared on screens around the world and showed the Divine Scions’ and evil ghosts’ battles to their followers.
• Slaughter Clown announced a King of Fighters Tournament for teams of seven, with the final victor winning the world.
• When Frostfire Ghost King tried to ignore the tournament and lead the ghosts toward a city, Slaughter Clown clapped and froze the gods and ghosts in place.
• The Heavenly God and Frostfire Ghost King reached the desert, sensed a destructive radioactive force, and recognized that it could corrode and damage the world over time.

Slaughter Clown threatened to destroy the Human Realm unless its factions entered his King of Fighters Tournament and defeated him. The Divine Scions, evil ghosts, Asura, and Beast King began assembling teams to compete for control of the world.

• Slaughter Clown used nuclear attacks to devastate cities and warned that continued blasts could contaminate and destroy the world.
• The Frostfire Ghost King failed to catch Slaughter Clown, who then destroyed the half-built Ghost City.
• Slaughter Clown announced that teams of seven must win the tournament to challenge him and claim the world.
• The Heavenly God and Frostfire Ghost King agreed to follow the tournament rules while planning to win the world for their factions.
• The Divine Scions and evil spirits prepared for the tournament, and Asura and Beast King began assembling teams.

Ye Feili began hunting evil ghosts to grow stronger for the tournament while Gu Qing Shan returned to the Super-Dimensional World and hurried to reach Abluxi. The chapter left Gu Qing Shan waiting as Barry and Xiao Miao argued over which way to send him.

• Ye Feili set out to kill evil ghosts, planning to become strong enough to defeat the tournament champion team.
• Ye Feili used the Forgetfulness River Soul Separation Hook to kill two weak evil ghosts, then received directions to hunt a stronger target.
• Gu Qing Shan arrived at the Righteous Iron Fist Club and asked Xiao Miao to send him toward Abluxi, where Thorn Bird's Call was located.
• Barry recognized traces of the Blood Sea Deck on Gu Qing Shan, but Gu Qing Shan explained the situation and stopped Barry from confronting the Blood Sea Demon Lord.
• While Xiao Miao recharged the Void Silk, Gu Qing Shan cooked hot pot for Barry and Xiao Miao and left them extra ingredients.
• Barry and Xiao Miao argued over Abluxi's direction, pointing in opposite directions and leaving Gu Qing Shan unsure where he would be sent.

Barry and Xiao Miao sent Gu Qingshan toward Abluxi after learning that a strange spatial fluctuation connected to the demons had returned there. They suspected a traitor was hiding among their allies, so they planned to wait until Barry’s leg healed before going after Gu Qingshan themselves.

• Barry and Xiao Miao argued over which direction to send Gu Qingshan, then Xiao Miao launched him toward Abluxi after he said the Blood Sea Demon Lord's disciple was his girlfriend.
• Xiao Miao told Barry she had sensed the same strange spatial fluctuation that preceded the demons’ arrival eighteen hundred years earlier, and that it was coming from Abluxi.
• Barry and Xiao Miao realized a new demon war might be approaching, but Xiao Miao said she had left Gu Qingshan a letter explaining the danger.
• Xiao Miao suspected someone close to them had joined the demons and said communications had been cut off, leaving Barry and her unable to warn the Nine Hundred Million Layer World safely.
• Barry agreed to wait two days for his leg to heal, and Xiao Miao promised to go with him to help Gu Qingshan.

Gu Qingshan returned to Abluxi, but Su Xue'er's final protective barrier trapped him inside the inn. He called Big Rooster for help, and the rooster arrived as Mountain Girl delivered Gu Qingshan's request.

• Gu Qingshan crossed overlapping World Layers and used the War God Operating Interface's route to return to Abluxi, aiming to reach Su Xue'er in time for Thorn Bird's Call.
• Gu Qingshan found that Su Xue'er's Blood Sea Deck: Demon Lord's Protection still blocked the inn's exit after the Oath of Restraint had disappeared.
• Gu Qingshan told Mountain Girl to escape as the Six Realms God Mountain Sword and call for help by shouting that they were treating everyone to chicken.
• Big Rooster rushed to the inn, recognized the Blood Sea card barrier, and realized Gu Qingshan and his companion had summoned him.
• Mountain Girl greeted Big Rooster and told him that Gu Qingshan wanted his help with a small favor.

Gu Qingshan missed Dawn Light Trist’s call and needed help reaching her so he could join Su Xue’er. He sought the Wooden Beauty’s support with a rare gift, but she demanded to know whether the collectibles had ever been worn.

• Big Rooster broke the blood-red barrier, but told Gu Qingshan that Dawn Light Trist had already ended her call because enough people had responded.
• Gu Qingshan asked Big Rooster for a way to reach Trist, and Big Rooster suggested asking the Wooden Beauty to speak on his behalf.
• Gu Qingshan and Big Rooster visited the Wooden Beauty’s tree home, where Gu Qingshan presented her with a spirit-jade box containing Pink Phantom Wings and a Pink Diamond Bikini.
• The Wooden Beauty questioned the items about whether anyone had worn them, warning that she would kill whoever had.