Chapter Summaries

Su Xue'er begged Blood Sea Demon Lord to save Gu Qingshan, and he showed her Gu Qingshan through Phantom Tracking while advising her to understand him again. After Taisis explained why Lola had to remain hidden, Gu Qingshan returned to his original perilous fate and prepared to face the Seed of Fire's forces.

• Blood Sea Demon Lord told Su Xue'er about his past with the woman who had saved her and forged Phantom Tracking from her three broken cards.
• Su Xue'er watched Gu Qingshan cross Trist's Treasured World as the Seed of Fire sent its best fighters to kill him.
• Taisis brought Gu Qingshan and Lola into a temporary Starry Sky Phase Interface, where Lola told her what had happened and Taisis explained that Lola had to stay hidden to keep Trist from reaching Abluxi.
• Gu Qingshan agreed to face his original fate, and Taisis vanished to prepare for the coming war.
• Gu Qingshan returned to the icy battlefield, put on the Silver Armor Mask, summoned his Flying Swords, and strode toward the waiting enemies.

Gu Qingshan and Mountain Girl defeated the demonized fighters on the Ice Field in three breaths, and Gu Qingshan collected their Soul Power. He charged the Taiyi Sword Formation again and refused the kindling’s offer of swords, choosing instead to save up for the Dead Soul Demon King.

• Gu Qingshan emerged from the mist and confronted the Iron Armor Warrior, claiming the missing woman was his.
• Gu Qingshan used the Iron Armor Warrior’s shield to ambush him, then switched him with Mountain Girl, who cut down the fighters with Painted Shadow.
• Gu Qingshan killed the Iron Armor Warrior and joined Mountain Girl in wiping out the remaining demonized fighters before they could trade their Soul Power to the kindling.
• Gu Qingshan collected 3165 Soul Power, charged the Taiyi Sword Formation for a second time, and rejected the kindling’s offer to exchange Soul Power for swords.
• Gu Qingshan pointed to the Dead Soul Demon King, a Chaos Demon God listed at 100,000 Soul Power, as what he planned to exchange for.

Gu Qingshan set out for an ancient temple in the Ice Mountain Region while weighing the threat of the Dead Soul Demon King and delaying his breakthrough. Meanwhile, Su Xue'er watched him travel, and the Blood Sea Demon Lord left to search for the enemy's hiding place before the war began.

• The Fireseed assigned Gu Qingshan a task to reach the Ice Mountain Region's temple and complete the ancient gods' Rite of Viewing, but he chose to wait before formally issuing the task.
• Gu Qingshan realized he was close to breaking through the Saint Sealing Realm but followed his intuition and postponed advancing.
• Gu Qingshan met up with Lola and rode the Black Horse toward the ice mountains while Mountain Girl, the Earth Sword, and Tide's Sound concealed themselves.
• The Blood Sea Demon Lord reassured Su Xue'er about her fight with Gu Qingshan and explained that they could have made a strong battle team.
• Su Xue'er decided to apologize to Gu Qingshan after the events ended, then watched him ride toward the ice mountains.
• The Blood Sea Demon Lord left the Discipline Hall, traveled into the Void Turbulence, and sent out blood-red cards to locate the enemy's hiding place.

At the Thorn Princess's coming-of-age banquet in Abluxi, Trist authorized Taisis to search the VIP Area for Princess Lola. Taisis learned that Abluxi was sealed against outside messages, so she asked Big Rooster to send an urgent warning using all his feathers.

• Trist apologized to Taisis for asking her to find Lola, and Taisis said the VIP Area was the only place she had not searched.
• Trist gave Taisis permission to search the VIP Area and promised to handle any offended guests.
• After Trist left, Taisis summoned Big Rooster, who reported that Abluxi's seal crushed attempts to send messages outside.
• Big Rooster showed Taisis that his feathers could carry messages past any obstacle, and she sent one without detection.
• Taisis told Big Rooster she needed to alert trusted powerful beings across the Nine Hundred Million Layer World, then asked him to contribute every feather on his body.

Gu Qingshan and Lola reached the Ice Mountain temple, where they saw enormous creatures moving inside the mountain and learned that one was wounded and in pain. Gu Qingshan realized the Seed had deceived them and suspected it had already upgraded into World Apocalypse Online: Origin.

• Gu Qingshan, Lola, and Black Horse reached the transparent Ice Mountain and watched a vast creature swim inside it toward the summit temple.
• Gu Qingshan and Lola discussed the hardships of adulthood, and Gu Qingshan encouraged Lola to keep going and face Trist with him.
• The mountain's currents turned bloodred as a second enormous creature passed them, apparently dead or dying and covered in wounds.
• Gu Qingshan recognized that the creatures were living beings, and the War God Operating Interface prompted him to explain his discovery.
• Gu Qingshan told the War God Operating Interface that the Seed was deceiving them and had likely already upgraded into World Apocalypse Online: Origin.

Barry and nearly a hundred peerless powerhouses set out to confront a demon army, only to find that Blood Sea Demon Lord had already defeated it. Blood Sea claimed he had turned over a new leaf, but his plan to leave them one weak demon to fight showed that he still looked down on their abilities.

• At the Black Flag Sea Ship, Xiao Miao told Barry that she had found a hidden spatial fissure near Abluxi, and nearly a hundred powerhouses followed them through it.
• The group reached the fissure expecting a demon ambush, but found Blood Sea Demon Lord waiting there instead.
• Blood Sea said he had realized his past behavior had pushed his friends away, and the powerhouses agreed to welcome him back.
• Blood Sea revealed that he had captured a Blazing Flame Demon Hound, a demon scout, alive.
• Blood Sea admitted that he had already wiped out the million-strong army of cannon fodder and left the Hound so the others could compete for the chance to kill it.
• Barry, Xiao Miao, and the other powerhouses fell silent as Blood Sea boasted that he had carefully arranged a fight suited to their weakness.

The Demon God Breeder launched an all-out attack, but Xiao Miao closed the rift and bought the defenders three minutes to prepare for battle. In Abluxi, Taisis comforted a distressed man whose feathers were needed to save the situation, but Trist mistakenly interrupted them and fled after misreading the scene.

• The Demon God Breeder emerged through a void rift, shattered the Blood Sea Demon Lord’s body, and began summoning tens of millions of Demon Army soldiers.
• Xiao Miao used Time-Space Imprisonment to close the rift, while the Blood Sea Demon Lord shielded her from the Demon God Breeder’s attack.
• Xiao Miao warned that the Demon Army would arrive in three minutes, so Barry charged toward the Demon God Breeder as the Blood Sea Demon Lord prepared to protect Xiao Miao and nearly a hundred peerless powerhouses joined the assault.
• In Abluxi’s Royal Box, Taisis comforted a haggard middle-aged man and said his feathers were vital to saving the situation.
• Dawn Light Trist appeared, misinterpreted Taisis stroking the man’s face, and vanished before Taisis could explain.

At the foot of the Glacier Peak of the Gods, Gu Qingshan weighed whether to investigate the Fire Seed’s plans despite the risk of a trap. He discovered the mountain’s ancient divine might destroyed unrelated objects but spared his three swords, and Lola gave him a pendant as they prepared to climb.

• Gu Qingshan studied the dead Ancient God creation and considered whether to climb the iceberg to learn what the Fire Seed was doing.
• The God of War Interface identified the mountain as the Glacier Peak of the Gods and explained that its divine might destroyed objects unrelated to the Ancient Gods.
• Gu Qingshan found that the divine might destroyed his Youji General Armor and a formation plate but left Earth Sword, Tide Sound, and Six Realms God Mountain Sword unharmed.
• Lola said the mountain’s ancient divine power had destroyed Gu Qingshan’s shoddy equipment and offered him a set of armor.
• Lola took a pendant from her shoulder bag and hung it around Gu Qingshan’s neck.

Gu Qingshan and Lola reached the ancient temple atop the ice mountain, where they found hundreds of demonized people gathered around a slain ancient lifeform. The Fireseed Interface went gray, and the crowd identified Gu Qingshan and Lola as their targets, surrounding them for a fight.

• The God of War System revealed that Lola's relic came from the Chaotic Abyss of World Fragments, and Lola explained that she had awakened the Thorn Royal Family talent Myriad Realms Protection.
• Lola demonstrated that Myriad Realms Protection could hide her from detection and attacks, though using it made her hungry and drained her energy.
• Gu Qingshan decided to enter the ancient temple, and he and Lola rode the Black Horse up the ice mountain to its summit.
• Inside the temple, Gu Qingshan found a dead ancient monster and roughly eight hundred powerful demonized people, confirming that they were hunting ancient lifeforms for Soul Power.
• The Fireseed Interface turned gray, and the demonized people recognized Gu Qingshan and Lola as their mission targets before surrounding them and blocking the temple entrance.

Gu Qingshan and Lola faced more than eight hundred demonized people in the Ancient Divine Hall, but Gu Qingshan persuaded them to pause and exposed World Apocalypse Online: Origin as a deceptive fake. The crowd stopped attacking and demanded compensation from the Thorn Bird, leaving Gu Qingshan in control of the situation.

• Gu Qingshan used the Taiyi Sword Formation to halt the crowd, then identified himself as Barry's ally and introduced Lola as the Thorn Princess.
• Star Spirit Pias confirmed Lola's identity, and the crowd agreed to hear Gu Qingshan out while God-Martial One revealed that Origin had begun awarding experience points.
• Lola offered the crowd double Origin's rewards and demonstrated the Endless Golden Sand Holy Grail, buying time as Gu Qingshan questioned them about their abilities and experience points.
• God-Martial One checked his information and realized the experience points required for future breakthroughs were impossible to obtain, prompting the crowd to recognize the system as a scam.
• Gu Qingshan explained that the fake Order's equipment belonged to others, and a Brawny Man confirmed that his Warhammer came from Abluxi's Ten Thousand Worlds Town.
• The crowd demanded compensation from the Thorn Bird, and Gu Qingshan calmly accepted responsibility on its behalf while Lola asked what he had done before they arrived.

Gu Qingshan convinced more than eight hundred Demonic Cultivators that Origin was a scam and guided them through uninstalling it, while Lola promised the Thorn Kingdom would compensate those harmed. As Gu Qingshan and Lola rode away, agonized screams erupted from the mountain summit.

• Gu Qingshan proved his knowledge of Origin by predicting its prompts, persuading the Demonic Cultivators that it had deceived them.
• Gu Qingshan answered the cultivators’ questions, and the group agreed to stop fighting and uninstall Origin.
• Lola apologized on behalf of the Thorn Kingdom and promised compensation for victims and bereaved families.
• Gu Qingshan explained how to delete their characters and uninstall the Order, then left the hall with Lola as the cultivators followed his instructions.
• As Gu Qingshan and Lola rode downhill on the Black Horse, screams of pain and despair rang out from the summit.

Origin triggered lifeform demonization among the demonic cultivators in the Temple of the Gods, turning many into monsters and causing a massacre. God-Martial One survived and set out to kill Gu Qingshan, who openly declared war on Origin.

• A demonic cultivator was demonized and killed his companion, then consumed the man's heart as monsters began rampaging through the temple.
• Divine Eye User identified the transformations as demonization, but he and God-Swift One were killed while God-Martial One remained protected by Origin.
• God-Martial One blamed Gu Qingshan for deceiving the demonic cultivators and vowed to kill him, leading the surviving monsters out of the temple.
• Halfway up the mountain, Gu Qingshan confronted Origin and rejected its accusation that he had caused the demonic cultivators' deaths.
• Gu Qingshan declared war on Origin.

Gu Qingshan and Lola faced an encirclement of more than 275 million demonized ones as the Origin moved to kill them. The God-Martial One summoned the Dead Soul Demon King, who charged down the mountain to attack them.

• The Origin questioned Gu Qingshan's resistance, then sent hundreds of millions of demonized ones toward the Gods Snow Peak.
• Lola counted more than 275 million enemies closing in on Gu Qingshan and her.
• The God-Martial One killed the demons around him to gather Soul Power, then offered it to the Origin in exchange for the Dead Soul Demon King's service.
• The Dead Soul Demon King appeared, identified Gu Qingshan and Lola as its targets, and agreed to obey the God-Martial One's order not to kill them in one blow.
• The Dead Soul Demon King carried the God-Martial One and charged down the mountain toward Gu Qingshan and Lola.

Gu Qingshan and Lola faced Dead Soul Demon King and the God-Martial One, who explained that he had chosen possession because Soul Power offered a fast path to strength outside the control of Overlords. As the God-Martial One ordered the demon to capture them, Dead Soul Demon King paused because the Demon King's Order was communicating with him.

• Dead Soul Demon King arrived at Ice and Snow Divine Peak while possessed elites surrounded Gu Qingshan and Lola.
• The God-Martial One blamed Gu Qingshan for his brothers’ deaths and threatened to torture him and Lola.
• The God-Martial One explained that he had become possessed to gain power through Soul Power rather than toil for Overlords.
• He planned to grow stronger by wiping out weak worlds, and Gu Qingshan recognized why people were tempted to join the Demon King's Order.
• The God-Martial One ordered Dead Soul Demon King to break Gu Qingshan and Lola’s limbs, but the demon said the Demon King's Order was communicating with him.

Origin offered Gu Qingshan a chance to survive if he helped it seize a place containing ancient-god materials needed to evolve into the Revolution stage. With demonized beings closing in around Ice Snow Peak, Gu Qingshan asked for one minute to consider whether to submit.

• The Dead Soul Demon King stopped the God-Martial One from attacking because Origin was communicating with Gu Qingshan.
• Origin replayed Gu Qingshan’s past battles, ranked his combat ability ninth and his battlefield judgment first, then offered him a chance to submit and survive.
• Gu Qingshan questioned why Origin was making an exception, and Origin said it needed his help seizing a certain place.
• Gu Qingshan asked the War God System about Origin’s ambitions, learning that it needed ancient-god materials to evolve into the Revolution stage and expand across three hundred million world layers.
• Gu Qingshan deduced that Origin had found the materials but could not reach them, then asked Origin for a minute to think as the demonized beings advanced up the mountain.

Gu Qingshan began the World's Light mission and spent Soul Power to uninstall Origin, cutting off its access to him as demonized forces closed in. With Lola and Black Horse, he fled into the Temple of the Ancient Gods and used the Tide Sound Sword to descend into the mountain’s abyss, leaving the Dead Soul Demon King unable to follow.

• Gu Qingshan issued the continuous War God Mission World's Light to uncover the truth about the world.
• Gu Qingshan used one hundred thousand Soul Power to uninstall World Apocalypse Online: Origin, and the God of War Interface warned that Origin was enraged and would try to kill him.
• Gu Qingshan reassured Lola that he would not surrender, then rode Black Horse toward the summit as the Dead Soul Demon King pursued them.
• Gu Qingshan used Shape Shifting and Secret Sword attacks to evade and delay the Dead Soul Demon King, then rode into the Temple of the Ancient Gods.
• Gu Qingshan used the Tide Sound Sword to part the water and descend with Lola into the abyss, while the Dead Soul Demon King struck the water and was bounced back.

Gu Qingshan and Lola escaped deeper into the water as the Ancient Gods’ power awakened and destroyed the Dead Soul Demon King. At the ocean floor, Gu Qingshan discovered that Trist’s frozen world concealed an inhabited civilization beneath the sea.

• Gu Qingshan used the Tide Sound Sword to descend through the water with Lola while the Dead Soul Demon King failed to break through the replenishing barrier.
• Golden divine runes awakened across Ice Snow Peak and blasted the Dead Soul Demon King and the God-Martial One into bone dust, incapacitating the demonized beings.
• Gu Qingshan learned that Trist had received the world only six days earlier and had discovered its ancient creatures just two days before.
• Gu Qingshan followed the Tide Sound Sword’s guidance down through the ocean and learned that the world’s true land lay beneath the seabed.
• Gu Qingshan saw cities beneath the ice and realized an Ancient Gods civilization had been hidden under the ocean.

Gu Qingshan and Lola entered a world left behind by the Ancient Gods, where Gu Qingshan sensed a deadly presence and prepared for an attack. A gigantic ghost broke through his defenses, leaving him to hold it back with a series of protective arrays.

• Gu Qingshan used the Tide Sound Sword to part the divine ice barrier and entered the hidden world with Lola.
• Gu Qingshan flew with Lola to a nearby blue-glass city and landed at its quiet edge.
• Lola apologized to a young couple embracing nearby, but Gu Qingshan sensed that they were dead and felt a dangerous presence approaching.
• Gu Qingshan used Wang Hongdao's array disc to set up layers of defensive arrays around himself and Lola.
• A gigantic green-furred ghost appeared and shattered the Ghost Repelling Array, so Gu Qingshan rapidly erected thirty-six more as it began gnawing through them.

Gu Qingshan used the Six Realms God Mountain Sword to kill an Entropy Ghost and then destroyed a wave of Entropy Ghosts trying to break through the Ancient Gods' Barrier. The God of War Interface then announced that he had unlocked a special title for killing at least two Demon Gods.

• Gu Qingshan's Ghost Repelling Array failed to hold back an Entropy Ghost, and Lola identified it as a Chaos Demon God that could penetrate any attack.
• Earth Sword explained that Mountain Girl could break the Entropy Ghost's power, and Gu Qingshan killed it with the Six Realms God Mountain Sword.
• Gu Qingshan and Lola saw more demons trying to break through the Ancient Gods' Barrier, and Gu Qingshan killed the Entropy Ghosts with repeated Star Mark sword attacks.
• Gu Qingshan decided they needed to investigate the world after the attack, but the God of War Interface announced that he had unlocked a special God of War Title.

Gu Qingshan tested the Spark God of War title’s Conquer skill on Lola, then rode with her toward the city center to explore the lost world. Along the road, they discovered that its blue-skinned inhabitants had all died frozen in place.

• Gu Qingshan equipped the Spark God of War title and used Conquer on Lola, who slapped him while trying to swat an imagined bug.
• Gu Qingshan unequipped the title, equipped the Youji General title, and rode with Lola on the summoned Black Horse.
• The Black Horse explained how the Summoning Law let it enter the world through a summoning from within.
• Gu Qingshan and Lola traveled toward the city center and saw silent coral-like buildings filled with motionless dead people.
• As they continued along the road, pale blue-skinned bodies appeared in growing numbers, all frozen in the poses they had held in life.