Chapter Summaries

Gu Qingshan watched the Captain and Second Mate pass the God of Death’s Bell, then Wang Cheng privately exposed the First Mate’s role in the plot against her. The Captain summoned the First Mate and killed him without warning.

• The Captain backed the Second Mate, who truthfully denied targeting anyone, and both men passed the Black Bell’s test.
• The Captain announced that Bai Yu and Zhang Yi had betrayed him and promised to distribute their confiscated property to the crew.
• Wang Cheng privately told the Captain that the First Mate had colluded with Bai Yu and Zhang Yi, and Gu Qingshan admitted the attack on the Second Mate had been a smoke screen.
• The Captain called in the First Mate and killed him by snapping his neck and tearing off his head.

The Captain used a coin divination to learn that fighting Wang Cheng’s Ghost King would leave them evenly matched, then hurried off to make preparations. Meanwhile, Gu Qingshan returned to the concealed spaceship wreckage, investigated the Second Mate’s deception, and took over Wang Cheng’s identity as events grew more unpredictable.

• The Captain consulted the Witch through a mysterious coin and learned that a fight with Wang Cheng’s Ghost King would end in a draw.
• The divination coin landed on its edge, and the Witch waived her fee before leaving the Captain alone.
• Gu Qingshan explained to Mountain Girl that the Second Mate had worded his statement to avoid claiming that he himself had never framed or killed anyone.
• Gu Qingshan suspected the Second Mate was not human and chose the spaceship wreckage as a concealed, safe place to change identities.
• Gu Qingshan used the All Beings Synchronization Mystery to become Wang Cheng, while Mountain Girl changed back into her own form.

Gu Qingshan returned to the Main Spaceship after resolving the danger, collected Wang Cheng’s pay, and examined the currency and savings in his cabin. He then learned that the Tower of Knowledge had fallen and that the Path to Godhood had begun, with the Contention Zone about to be sealed off from the Nine Hundred Million Layer World.

• Gu Qingshan told the Second Mate that his devil had left and collected Wang Cheng’s monthly pay.
• Gu Qingshan saw the First Mate and his accomplices displayed as corpses, while the remaining crew discussed their betrayal and the ship’s losses.
• Gu Qingshan counted Wang Cheng’s Number Seven Currency and found a box of savings hidden in the cabin.
• Gu Qingshan read the newspaper’s report that an unknown terror had destroyed the Tower of Knowledge and that the High Tower Guardian Association urgently sought help.
• A Light-Shape Being announced that the first believer had kindled the Divinity Tree, the Path to Godhood had begun, and anyone who left the Contention Zone would not be able to return.

After the Contention Zone vanished behind the gods’ barrier, Gu Qingshan discovered that Xiao Miao’s newspaper concealed a communication device and learned that Yun Ji was dying at the Gray Hand Black Market. As he hurried to find the Captain and speed up the ship, he discovered that everyone aboard had disappeared.

• A meteor shower flashed into the Contention Zone just before the Light-Shape Being announced that someone had ignited the Divinity Tree and the gods’ barrier would hide the region.
• The Captain lamented that someone had reached the Divinity Tree before him, then decided it was time to wrap up his plans.
• Gu Qingshan’s newspaper burned into a Cipher Black Cloth, which revealed a faint message from Yun Ji asking him to rescue her.
• Gu Qingshan located Yun Ji at the Gray Hand Black Market and abandoned his plans to get there as quickly as possible.
• Gu Qingshan headed for the Captain’s Room to offer Wang Cheng’s money, but sensed danger and found that everyone aboard the ship had vanished.

Gu Qingshan commandeered the spaceship to reach the black market and save Yun Ji, but the Captain revealed himself as a Metal Puppet Master and tried to kill him. Gu Qingshan discovered the ship was fused with the Captain and began using the Six Realms God Mountain Sword to sever that connection.

• Gu Qingshan learned the spaceship’s controls through the War God System, accelerated toward the black market, and threw a box of coins to pay the Captain.
• When the Captain threatened him, Gu Qingshan used Shape Shifting to throw him into the Void Turbulence, but the Captain returned and took control of the ship.
• The Captain sent puppet crew members to attack Gu Qingshan, who cut them apart and realized they were made from protective gear.
• Gu Qingshan identified the Captain as a Metal Puppet Master whose body had fused with the spaceship.
• Gu Qingshan stabbed the ship’s hull with the Six Realms God Mountain Sword, wounding the Captain and sending the ship and its puppets into violent disarray.

Gu Qingshan outwitted the Captain and escaped toward the Gray Hand Black Market, while Mountain Girl stayed behind to hold off their pursuer. The Captain was left alone in the Void Turbulence after Mountain Girl vanished.

• Gu Qingshan forced the Captain to stop merging with the ship, restored its controls, and learned the Captain was a Metal Puppet Master.
• The Captain suspected Gu Qingshan was wealthy and attacked by transforming the ship into a metal giant, challenging him to a duel.
• Gu Qingshan ignored the challenge and flew toward the black market, prompting the Captain to transform back into the ship and pursue him.
• Mountain Girl joined Gu Qingshan with an escape craft and the ship's stored energy, allowing him to launch toward his destination.
• Mountain Girl fought the Captain with the Six Realms God Mountain Sword and Tide Sound Sword, then vanished after telling him he was not worthy of her young master's time.

The monster destroyed the Knowledge High Tower and began devouring souls across the battlefield until Black Sea Lady rescued the survivors and sent them to the Contention Zone. There, Gu Qingshan found the gravely wounded Yun Ji, also called Calamity Cloud Woman and Lady Serena, frozen inside an ice crystal.

• The monster destroyed the Knowledge High Tower, resisted the powerhouses' attacks, and sucked souls from nearly everyone on the battlefield.
• Black Sea Lady freed the survivors from the monster's soul-sucking and sent them encased in Deep Blue Ice Crystal to the Contention Zone.
• The Light-Shape Being announced that the Path to Godhood had begun and that the Contention Zone would be hidden from the Nine Hundred Million Layer World.
• One ice crystal landed in a remote Gray Hand World desert, where Yun Ji spoke the words "Blade Edge Oath" and Gu Qingshan called out to her.
• Gu Qingshan later found Yun Ji unconscious and gravely wounded inside the crystal beneath the desert.

Gu Qingshan learned from Yun Ji’s recorded message that the Theology Academy’s monster had devastated the Federation’s forces, while the Black Sea Lady rescued the surviving Overlords. He discovered that Yun Ji’s ice crystal contained divine power and that upgrading God of War Skill would require one million Soul Power, leaving him to seek a way to save Yun Ji before the crystal’s power ran out.

• Yun Ji’s recorded message showed Xie Daoling returning to the Ephemeral World and the Federation sending a combat team led by the Black Sea Lady to fight the Theology Academy’s monster.
• The monster overwhelmed the allied forces, but the Black Sea Lady rescued the surviving Overlords by sending them into the Contention Zone.
• Gu Qingshan learned that the ice crystal sustaining Yun Ji was a divine-power crystal and that God of War Skill could be upgraded to include divine-level abilities for one million Soul Power.
• Gu Qingshan chose to gather the required Soul Power before upgrading and left Yun Ji’s crystal intact because breaking it could end her life.
• Gu Qingshan realized the divine power sustaining Yun Ji would eventually run out and wondered how he could save the dying Overlord.

Gu Qingshan concealed the Divinity Frost Crystal and set out for the Gray Hand World’s black market to find a way to heal Yun Ji. After a peaceful rest beneath a living tree, he was ambushed by travelers and killed them with his sword.

• Gu Qingshan covered the Divinity Frost Crystal with layered Concealment Arrays and set up a Teleportation Array before heading toward the black market for healing knowledge.
• Gu Qingshan found a living tree in the desert, offered it Spiritual Spring, and rested beneath its protective canopy; the tree gave him a blackened branch in return.
• Gu Qingshan left the tree and encountered a group traveling toward the black market, who ambushed him after checking his combat rating.
• Gu Qingshan survived the group’s attacks in his Divine Might Battle Armor and killed several attackers with arrows.
• The brawny attacker used Chaos Transfer to encircle Gu Qingshan, but Gu Qingshan switched to his sword and killed the entire group with a series of Secret Swords and Divine Ability: Severance.

Gu Qingshan left the desert tree after killing a group of gang members, unaware that the tree was the stinger of a city-sized Black Scorpion. As the scorpion departed with its offspring, Gu Qingshan’s Life Tribulation ended, and he began advancing to the Thousand Tribulations Late Stage.

• Gu Qingshan apologized to the glowing tree, then flew toward the black market as the tree and its little black scorpion discussed his skills and the corpses he had left behind.
• Oldest and dozens of gang members arrived, viewed a recording of Gu Qingshan killing their comrades, and set out to pursue him.
• A gang member tried to crush the little black scorpion, but the entire group suddenly died under the tree’s attack.
• The tree revealed itself as the stinger of a city-sized Giant Black Scorpion, which fed its offspring and left the desert with it.
• Gu Qingshan landed and set up protective arrays as his Spiritual Power surged, signaling that his Life Tribulation had ended and he was advancing to the Thousand Tribulations Late Stage.

After surviving his Life Tribulation, Gu Qingshan reached the Thousand Tribulations Late Stage and gained the Shenwei General title, then set out to investigate the mysterious tree branch he had stored away. He arrived at the black market’s entrance town and began reading about the world’s fifth destruction while waiting in line.

• Gu Qingshan stabilized his Spiritual Power after the Life Tribulation and advanced to the Thousand Tribulations Late Stage.
• The God of War Interface replaced his Youji General title with Shenwei General, granting him a 20% attack speed increase, and he trained until he could control his faster strikes.
• Gu Qingshan suspected the great tree had caused his Life Tribulation and decided to have its black branch appraised through the black market.
• He flew across the sandstorm-covered world and reached the town where visitors were screened before entering the black market.
• Gu Qingshan concealed his Righteous Iron Fist Club identity, joined the orderly queue, and accepted a book about the events surrounding the world’s fifth destruction.

While waiting to enter the black market town, Gu Qingshan read about Quicksand World's repeated destructions and rebirths before the Life Observer examined him. It let him pass, unaware that he had once loaded several Orders, and Gu Qingshan entered the town safely.

• Gu Qingshan read how an Overlord with the ability to replicate himself went mad while studying Quicksand World's Eternal Laws, causing his copies to destroy the world.
• As the queue crawled forward, Gu Qingshan read about a flourishing civilization that vanished overnight and learned that the black market had operated safely in Quicksand World for seventeen hundred years.
• The Life Observer ordered its guards to kill a tall, thin Darkness Element organism after detecting the stench of Order on him.
• Gu Qingshan worried that the Life Observer would detect the Orders he had once loaded, but it identified him as an unlucky human cultivator whose Order of Life had collapsed.
• The Life Observer allowed Gu Qingshan to enter, and he cautiously observed the guards as he passed into town.

Gu Qingshan joined three young newcomers to take a simple collection job so he could earn money and enter the Black Market to find a way to save Yun Ji. After the team failed the job through a string of mistakes, the girl pointed her saber at him and announced that they were robbing him.

• An old book directed Gu Qingshan to the Labor Dispatch Center, where newcomers had to complete a temporary-team job before joining an established team.
• A young man recruited Gu Qingshan to join him, a girl, and another young man in collecting surface materials.
• The group registered for the job, set off late, and got lost before Gu Qingshan took charge and led them to the site.
• The other three took shortcuts instead of following the collection instructions, causing the team to miss the deadline and fail the job.
• As Gu Qingshan prepared to lead the group back to town, the girl nervously pointed her curved saber at him and said they were robbing him.

Gu Qingshan fought the girl and her card-controlled companions after they tried to rob him, while she sealed his weapons and summoned the Scorpion Demon Queen. The battle continued into the night sky after Gu Qingshan destroyed the armored boy with Mount Buzhou Break.

• The girl explained that she and her companions were robbing Gu Qingshan, then sealed his Night Rain Bow in a card.
• Gu Qingshan fought the armored boy with his fists and saber, then equipped the Shenwei General Armor.
• The girl gave the boy her curved saber and summoned the Scorpion Demon Queen with the True Crimson Demon Spear.
• The girl sealed Gu Qingshan's Corpse Emperor Blade, and he evaded the Scorpion Demon Queen's spear and redirected her attack with Chaotic Thunder.
• The armored boy attacked Gu Qingshan from above, but Gu Qingshan used Mount Buzhou Break to turn him into smoke and surge into the sky.

Gu Qingshan learned that the girl was an awakened card seeking his Blood Sea Military God card to escape the powerful being who had bound her. He agreed to trade the card for her help healing Yun Ji, then freed her from her chains and fled with her as a card.

• Gu Qingshan stopped the girl and questioned her after Scorpion Demon Queen dismissed her summons.
• The girl revealed she wanted Gu Qingshan's Blood Sea Military God card so she could resist the card laws binding her and escape her captor.
• Gu Qingshan offered to trade the card for the girl's help healing Yun Ji, and she agreed to examine the injury.
• Black chains began dragging the girl away, so Gu Qingshan used Secret Art, Star Scar to sever them.
• Gu Qingshan told the girl to transform into a card, put her in his Storage Bag, and repeatedly used Shrinking the Earth into an Inch to flee.

The Black Robed Man failed to find the missing card and Gray Hand ordered him to pursue it, while the Scorpion Demon Queen denied interfering. As Gu Qingshan fled, he realized the card was still bound and tracked, and asked whether the Blood Sea Military God card could help remove the restraints.

• The Scorpion Demon Queen deflected the Black Robed Man’s accusations, and his Spell Reappearance confirmed that she had been summoned rather than tampering with the missing card.
• The Black Robed Man contacted Gray Hand, who authorized him to use 537 card restraints to capture the card.
• Gray Hand apologized to the Scorpion Demon Queen and promised to keep the card under strict watch, and she admitted she had done all she could to help Gu Qingshan.
• Gu Qingshan sensed a new danger while fleeing and summoned the girl from the card to scout for threats.
• The girl warned Gu Qingshan that tracking restraints still bound her, and he asked whether the Blood Sea Military God card could remove them.

Gu Qingshan lured the Black Robed Man into lowering his guard by pretending to surrender, then used a restraining power and the Sever Law Sword to kill him. As his Soul Power surged, Gu Qingshan kept his attention on the God of War Interface.

• The Black Robed Man followed the tracking card to Gu Qingshan and the girl, while she identified him as his mentor's apprentice.
• Gu Qingshan told the girl to run and attacked the Black Robed Man with Chaotic Dance, but the man blocked the arrows with a ranged-defense shield.
• Gu Qingshan pretended to surrender, dropped his weapons, and then tried to flee, prompting the Black Robed Man to use a Movement Card to intercept him.
• Gu Qingshan calmly warned the Black Robed Man about arrogance, then immobilized him with a restraining power.
• Gu Qingshan used Secret Sword, Soul Chaser and the Sever Law Sword to destroy the Black Robed Man and his defensive cards, while his Soul Power climbed on the God of War Interface.

Gu Qingshan killed Kara, destroyed the Book of Death Imprisonment, and freed the girl from her bindings, but the God of Death marked him for his actions. He reunited with the girl and took back the Blood Sea Military God card.

• Gu Qingshan destroyed the Book of Death Imprisonment, and the God of Death marked him, warning that High-level Death Envoys would hunt him in areas controlled by the Death Holy Church.
• Gu Qingshan found Kara’s storage pouch, burned the corpse, and flew after the girl.
• The girl mistook Gu Qingshan for a ghost, then learned he had survived and killed Kara.
• The girl sensed that her bindings had vanished and returned the Blood Sea Military God card to Gu Qingshan.
• The girl explained that leaving her former card set had forced her to sleep for a long time, then accused Gu Qingshan of prying into her past on purpose.

At Death Divine Hall, the Pope protected Gray Hand from punishment and ordered the Church to focus on godhood while hunting the person who stole the Sleeping Girl coin. In the Quicksand World, the white-clad girl examined Yun Ji’s ice crystal and discovered that saving her depended on healing 381 trapped people at once, because their wounds came from a threat feared even by the gods.

• Gray Hand admitted that his apprentice had died and offered to retrieve the stolen card, but the Pope invoked a Divine Decree to keep him in the Church until he ignited his Divinity Tree.
• The Pope ordered a bounty for the person who took the card and began discussing a reward for Anna, who had opened the Path to Godhood with Su Ke'er.
• Gu Qingshan brought the white-clad girl to Yun Ji, trapped inside a Divine Power Ice Crystal, and she initially failed to heal her.
• The girl liberated her wisdom and determined that Yun Ji’s crystal belonged to a linked set of 381 that had to be opened and healed simultaneously.
• The girl explained that Yun Ji’s uncanny wounds came from a being feared by the gods, and that the crystals were likely meant to keep the wounded hidden until they could all be saved.

Gu Qingshan learned that becoming a god could revive Yun Ji and the others, but he had already abandoned his path to godhood. The girl offered another method and began drawing mysterious runes around him, leaving him stunned when the God of War Interface warned that he was about to become a card.

• The girl gave Gu Qingshan a book explaining that mastering the Life Divine Method could revive the people trapped in the Divine Power ice crystal, but Gu Qingshan admitted he could no longer become a god.
• The girl asked whether Gu Qingshan hated Card Masters and cards, and, satisfied by his answers, offered another way to save the people in exchange for his support and lodging.
• The girl had Gu Qingshan hold his swords and float still while she drew intricate gray runes around him and recited incantations.
• After the girl finished drawing and told Gu Qingshan to wait for the paint to dry, the God of War Interface warned him that he was about to become a card.