Chapter Summaries

Lin Baici and the others searched the dangerous mud pit for stone fragments while trying to learn how to satisfy the sacrificial Clay Figures. Their first attempt to feed one revealed that it ate snacks, but Deng Mingyu’s attempt to feed one meat failed, leaving the group facing the possibility that they had to sacrifice their own flesh.

• Lin Baici confirmed that they needed to find fragments and fill defects in the stone slab, while the others considered leaving the pit as explosions injured people nearby.
• Long Miaomiao asked Lin Baici for food for her Clay Figure, and he gave her snacks and cola.
• Long Miaomiao’s Clay Figure ate a potato chip and then burrowed into the bag to devour the rest of the snacks.
• As explosions grew more frequent, Ai Xuyue suggested leaving the pit, but Zhang Hao urged everyone to stay and continue the trial.
• Deng Mingyu killed an injured examiner and offered the body as food, but the Clay Figure refused the meat.
• Fang Mingyuan realized that feeding the Clay Figures might require cutting off their own flesh.

Xie Yangchun and the others fed their clay figures flesh so they could collect stones and complete their slabs, then followed the figures toward the exit. Lin Baici, Xia Hongyao, and Gu Qingqiu chose to stay and investigate the Goddess Statue, but a seemingly dead member of Darkness Eclipse burst from the mud, and Li Chenguang suddenly moved.

• Xie Yangchun fed his clay figure a slice of his thigh, and it brought him a stone; An Yixian and Deng Mingyu also fed their figures flesh so they could finish their slabs.
• Lin Baici used the Butcher Mask to skillfully cut meat for Fang Mingyuan, An Yixian, and other examiners.
• The Goddess Statue smiled at the completed slabs, and the clay figures led everyone toward the mud pit; Lin Baici, Xia Hongyao, and Gu Qingqiu decided to stay behind rather than leave.
• An Yixian recognized a red-jacketed man as a member of Darkness Eclipse who had died and revived, while Zhang Hao warned that a crow had pierced his chest.
• Li Chenguang, who had been hiding beneath the mud, tightened his grip on his red down jacket and suddenly moved.

Lin Baici drew Li Chenguang into a fight with the Goddess, hoping the two monsters would destroy each other. After Li Chenguang defeated the Goddess’s giant form, the Goddess engulfed it, and the gods of the Luoyang Seven Towns began attacking everyone with black mud and clay figures.

• Li Chenguang killed several examiners and drove the survivors to flee toward the Goddess Statue, while Lin Baici led a group there and struck the statue to provoke it.
• The Goddess chased Lin Baici, who lured it back to Li Chenguang and used Samadhi Golden Crow Fire to make the two monsters fight.
• Li Chenguang battered the Goddess’s giant form, but the Goddess melted around its arm and engulfed it in black mud.
• The ground erupted with black mud and attacking clay figure monsters, and Lin Baici told the survivors to prepare to fight the gods.
• Big Aunt broke a black mud hand gripping her ankle, but more hands reached for her as the ground continued to attack.

Lin Baici and the others fought the Goddess and endless Clay Figure Monsters in the swamp, transforming into giants but suffering heavy losses. As No. 156 struck the Goddess from behind, Lin Baici sensed the true deity’s growing rage beneath the ground.

• Black-mud hands and Clay Figure Monsters overwhelmed the field, so Lin Baici led the team to fight their way toward the god.
• The Goddess appeared, killed examiners and Xie Yangchun, then vanished underground while the monsters continued attacking.
• Gu Qingqiu, Zhang Hao, Big Aunt, Long Miaomiao, and others swallowed Giant’s Fingers and fought the Goddess as giants.
• The Goddess killed Giant Gu and crushed Big Aunt, while Lin Baici and Xia Hongyao continued battling her.
• No. 156 repaired most of its body and struck the Goddess from behind as the ground erupted with more black-mud fountains.

Lin Baici found and drained the jellyfish-shaped deity beneath the black mud, then used its earthenware pot to escape and rescue his companions. As he faced Li Xiang, who offered him a place in Darkness Eclipse, Lin Baici chose to eat the deity and fight.

• The deity flooded the area with black mud, burying Lin Baici and the others as Lin Baici crawled underground toward it, using Divine Grace and summoned goblins to evade its attacks.
• Lin Baici found the jellyfish-shaped deity, stabbed it, and drank the divine essence drawn from its body before sealing it in an earthenware pot.
• The pot sucked up the surrounding mud and launched Lin Baici to the surface, where he rescued Gu Qingqiu, Xia Hongyao, and Hua Yueyu.
• God of Gluttony identified the pot as a Longevity Earthenware Pot that could restore damaged bodies and help living things grow, while Lin Baici learned the jellyfish deity could be raised and harvested.
• Li Xiang emerged from the mud and invited Lin Baici to join Darkness Eclipse, but Lin Baici refused and learned that Li Xiang had been sent to test Number 156.
• When Li Xiang threatened Lin Baici and his companions, Lin Baici grabbed the jellyfish deity from the pot and bit down on it.

Lin Baici devoured the weakened jellyfish deity and used the power it gave him to overwhelm Li Xiang with relentless attacks. Li Xiang escaped after a brutal confrontation, while Lin Baici stayed behind with his companions and watched him flee.

• Lin Baici ate the weakened jellyfish deity, gaining a surge of Divine Power as Li Xiang watched.
• Lin Baici repeatedly teleported and struck Li Xiang, while Li Xiang failed to light his cigarette and activate his stronger Divine Graces.
• Li Xiang pierced Lin Baici's eye with a hidden tongue, but Lin Baici's apparent body melted into black mud as another Lin Baici stabbed the mouth on Li Xiang's neck.
• Lin Baici used Great Impression Hand to crush Li Xiang's body, forcing him to eject himself from the wreckage and flee.
• Li Xiang considered turning back when Lin Baici stopped, then suspected it was a trap and continued running as Xia Hongyao urged Lin Baici to take him down.

Lin Baici used three Divine Graces and his tactics to defeat Li Xiang, helping purify the Luoyang Seven Towns, while his exhausted team regrouped and rescued survivors. Outside the ruins, Xia Hongmian captured Li Xiang, then met Xia Hongyao’s group and learned that Lin Baici had purified the God Ruins.

• Lin Baici explained how Goddess Moistens the Earth and Nuwa Creates Humans helped him survive Li Xiang’s attacks, and he identified Shatter Gold Break Jade as his third Divine Grace.
• Xia Hongyao and the others rescued the injured, while An Yixian remained unconscious and Lin Baici rested as Gu Qingqiu cared for him.
• Xia Hongmian waited outside the God Ruins for Lin Baici’s results, then led the God Hunters inside after the dark mist began to dissipate.
• Xia Hongmian found Li Xiang, defeated him, and ordered the God Hunters to take him into custody.
• Xia Hongyao reunited with Xia Hongmian and credited Lin Baici with purifying the Luoyang Seven Towns, surprising Hong Chengming and the other God Hunters.

After the Luoyang Seven Towns were purified, Lin Baici revealed that he had captured a god, drawing the attention of powerful officials and earning Xia Hongmian’s promise of a reward. Recovering in a hospital, he faced Hua Yueyu’s confession and affection while keeping his own dangerous secret.

• Xia Hongmian praised Lin Baici for purifying the Luoyang Seven Towns, promised him a month off and a promotion, and ordered the suspected Darkness Eclipse corpse sealed away.
• Hong Chengming pressed Lin Baici about the missing God's Remains, and Lin Baici revealed that the god was in his possession and produced the jellyfish specimen.
• Xia Hongmian ordered the specimen sent to the Research Department and insisted the heroes be cared for before the officials discussed the spoils.
• Hong Chengming arranged examinations at a Safety Bureau hospital, where Lin Baici was found exhausted and injured but not in serious condition.
• Long Miaomiao brought food to Lin Baici, then left him alone with Hua Yueyu, who admitted she liked him and asked to spend what time they could together.
• Lin Baici comforted Hua Yueyu and kissed her cheek, and she wrapped her arms around his neck.

After surviving the Luoyang Seven Towns God Ruins, Lin Baici recovered in the hospital, comforted Hua Yueyu while warning her he might never marry her, and helped Fang Mingyuan accept that God Hunting was not for him. The chapter ended with Lin Baici appearing in his class group chat and redirecting everyone to their studies.

• Lin Baici asked Hua Yueyu whether she still wanted to be with him despite his warning that they were unlikely to marry, and she chose to enjoy the present.
• Lin Baici reflected on the danger of the God Ruins and decided to avoid challenges beyond his abilities for a while.
• Fang Mingyuan visited Lin Baici, talked through his fear and disappointment, and decided to give up on becoming a God Hunter.
• Long Miaomiao brought Fang Mingyuan breakfast, a phone, and a SIM card to thank him for sharing snacks with her.
• Fang Mingyuan read his classmates' speculation about Lin Baici in the group chat, and Lin Baici appeared to say he was handling a personal matter and tell them to focus on class.

Fang Mingyuan watched Lin Baici's classmates and Hua Yueyu's livestream while Xia Hongyao learned how the Hunter community reacted to Luoyang Seven Towns being purified. The news spread that Lin Baici had cleared the ruins and purified Busan God's Ruins, and Xia Hongyao prepared to take credit for her team's achievement in the Dragon Soul group chat.

• Fang Mingyuan saw Lin Baici send red envelopes to their classmates, then watched Ji Xinyan flirt with Lin Baici privately while Xu Daguan tried to get her attention.
• Fang Mingyuan learned Hua Yueyu had resumed streaming and heard her say she had earned an important certificate that might eventually lead her to quit streaming.
• Xia Hongmian told Xia Hongyao that Lin Baici deserved the rewards for purifying Luoyang Seven Towns and joked about sending him into the Qin Palace God's Ruins.
• Xia Hongyao read the Origin Forum and found Three Golden Eyes reporting that Lin Baici had cleared Luoyang Seven Towns and also purified Busan God's Ruins.
• Xia Hongyao identified the Giant Finger Bone as Luoyang Seven Towns' strongest God's Taboo Object, then decided to announce her achievement in the Dragon Soul WeChat group.

Xia Hongyao told the Dragon Soul group about the Luoyang Seven Towns purification and Lin Baici’s achievements, drawing the captains’ interest in him. The group considered Lin Baici for Dragon Rank while Prime Minister Crane warned Xia Hongyao not to explore the Qin Palace.

• Xia Hongyao told the Dragon Soul group that the Seventh Star had entered the God Ruins, survived the expedition, and encountered a deity.
• Xia Hongyao said Lin Baici had performed perfectly and helped capture a member of Darkness Eclipse, whom her sister caught.
• The captains urged Xia Hongyao to invite Lin Baici to the group, and she shared a screenshot of his invitation after asking him not to accept.
• Hot Pot Immortal asked whether Lin Baici qualified for Dragon Rank, and Prime Minister Crane said the ministers would decide but thought it was nearly certain.
• Prime Minister Crane warned Xia Hongyao against exploring the Qin Palace with Lin Baici because they could die.

Lin Baici discovered that the Longevity Earthenware Pot could restore and rapidly grow living things, and found the missing corpse of Pan Yunxiang inside it. He shared Divine Grace from a godly mineral with Xia Hongyao and Gu Qingqiu, but an unexpected scream interrupted them.

• Xia Hongyao discussed the Qin Palace God's Ruins and celebrated her team's recent victories while Lin Baici learned about the buzz surrounding the Luoyang Seven Towns.
• Lin Baici showed Xia Hongyao and Gu Qingqiu the Longevity Earthenware Pot and explained its ability to promote growth and heal severe injuries.
• Lin Baici pulled Pan Yunxiang's bloated, mud-covered corpse from the pot, and Xia Hongyao called her sister to handle the discovery.
• Lin Baici retrieved a glowing mineral bearing Divine Grace and gave portions to Xia Hongyao and Gu Qingqiu, despite their surprise at its value.
• As the two women absorbed the Divine Grace, the door creaked open and someone screamed in terror.

After the deadly assessment, Lin Baici dealt with Pan Yunxiang’s corpse and learned who had survived, then visited the hospitalized contestants. Xia Hongmian revealed Deng Mingyu was downstairs, and Lin Baici went to find him while Xu Xiu and Zhang Hao thanked him for saving them.

• A nurse screamed when she found Pan Yunxiang’s corpse in Lin Baici’s room, and Lin Baici knocked her unconscious before Xia Hongyao helped remove her.
• Xia Hongmian arrived, ordered Pan Yunxiang buried with dignity, and told Lin Baici that Shen Nan had survived after getting lost.
• Xia Hongmian said fewer than ten people had survived the black mud pit and revealed Deng Mingyu was downstairs; Lin Baici asked where to find him.
• Lin Baici visited Xu Xiu, who kissed him and thanked him for saving her.
• Lin Baici visited Zhang Hao, whose friend Tang Ying tried to flirt with him before Zhang Hao warned her not to underestimate the Lin God.

After surviving the Luoyang Seven Towns God Ruins, Lin Baici spoke with Nangong Shu and joined Xia Hongyao in confronting Deng Mingyu over abandoning his team. Lin demanded that Deng thank the Seventh Star for cleansing the ruins, and the chapter ended with Deng considering violence while Lin refused to leave.

• Lin Baici answered Nangong Shu’s call, reassured her that he was safe, and learned she had found houses and a high-paying job for him.
• Xia Hongyao told Lin Baici that Ai Xuyue had survived and suggested recruiting her as a rookie for the Seventh Star.
• Lin Baici and Xia Hongyao visited Deng Mingyu’s hospital room, where Lin announced that the Seventh Star had cleansed the God Ruins and Deng owed them thanks.
• Deng Mingyu refused to thank Lin and tried to provoke Xia Hongyao, while Lin accused him of abandoning his subordinates and helping someone cheat on a God Hunter License exam.
• Hong Chengming arrived and tried to usher Lin and Xia Hongyao away, but Lin refused to leave until Deng thanked him, prompting Deng to consider killing him.

Lin Baici killed Deng Mingyu instantly in front of the Xijing Safety Bureau crowd, establishing himself as someone not to provoke before returning to Haijing. On the journey home, he arranged to view villas and sent Feng Ting a thousand yuan, leaving her impressed by his generosity.

• After Hong Chengming’s secretary failed to calm the confrontation, Deng Mingyu challenged Lin Baici, who used God's Hand to rip out Deng Mingyu’s heart and kill him instantly.
• Lin Baici left with Xia Hongyao, while Hong Chengming departed with his secretary and the witnesses spread word of Lin Baici’s strength.
• Zhang Hao told Tang Ying that Lin Baici had at least three other Divine Graces of comparable power, and Gu Qingqiu and Xia Hongyao reassured Hua Yueyu about his prospects.
• The next morning, Lin Baici and his companions traveled back to Haijing, where Fang Mingyuan confirmed he would give up becoming a God Hunter and pursue basketball.
• Feng Ting called Lin Baici to offer villa viewings, and he arranged to meet her after returning to Haijing and sent her a thousand yuan for her efforts.
• Feng Ting accepted Lin Baici’s money and decided to buy a new outfit, then dismissed her boyfriend’s offer of a birthday present.

Lin Baici considered buying a villa near campus as Hua Yueyu and Xia Hongyao offered to live nearby. Meanwhile, the Head-Wrapped Woman and Little Cutie arrived in Haijing to find her husband, while Hong Yue received a mission to deal with Canyue Huiying; the chapter ended with Wu Yuntao following the Head-Wrapped Woman into a restroom to film her.

• Lin Baici decided he would rather buy a villa than rent, and Hua Yueyu and Xia Hongyao each suggested living near him.
• The Head-Wrapped Woman, Little Cutie, and Hong Yue arrived in Haijing, where Hong Yue gave the Head-Wrapped Woman a district to search for her husband.
• Hong Yue learned from Xinyue that Canyue Huiying had been captured by Xia Hongmian and was ordered to rescue him, kill him if necessary, and recover the false god.
• Hong Yue left to gather information about Canyue Huiying while the Head-Wrapped Woman and Little Cutie planned to get a phone card and check a map.
• Wu Yuntao spotted the Head-Wrapped Woman at the airport and followed her into a restroom, hoping to film her.

Agent Kim and Little Cutie left Haijing Airport after infecting Wu Yuntao and Chen Xuan with cockroaches, while Lin Baici and his companions flew toward Haijing. When Xia Hongmian learned of the airport pollution incident, she ordered the plane to continue to Haijing despite traffic restrictions.

• Wu Yuntao secretly filmed Agent Kim, whose Rule Pollution forced him to kneel before she pierced his mouth with her heel.
• Little Cutie fed Wu Yuntao a bottle of cockroaches, and Agent Kim knocked him unconscious; after Chen Xuan found him, the cockroaches erupted from his vomit and spread to her.
• Agent Kim and Little Cutie took a taxi to Fuan Road near Haijing Institute of Technology, and Agent Kim used her God's Taboo Object to make the driver obey her.
• On the plane, Xia Hongmian noticed that the aircraft had turned and learned that Haijing Airport was under traffic restrictions because of a pollution incident.
• Xia Hongmian showed the head flight attendant her red-covered ID and ordered the pilot to ignore the control tower and continue to Haijing Airport.

Lin Baici, Xia Hongyao, and Gu Qingqiu entered the cockroach-infested Haijing Airport to find the source of its Rule Pollution while Xia Hongmian stayed with the plane. They found a nursing room where a young woman was covered in cockroaches and a heavily pregnant woman attacked them, and Lin Baici drew the Pine Torch as Xia Hongyao struck through the door.

• Xia Hongmian learned that pollution had broken out at Haijing Airport and ordered Lin Baici to cleanse it within an hour, then piloted the plane through the Dark Mist to land.
• Zhao Zongshao told the Third Division to keep searching for the God's Taboo Object and sent Fang Tianhua to meet Lin Baici's team.
• Lin Baici, Xia Hongyao, and Gu Qingqiu entered the terminal, where Gu Qingqiu proposed tracking the cockroaches to locate the pollution's source.
• After hearing a cry for help, Xia Hongyao rushed to the nursing room and found a young woman covered in cockroaches and a heavily pregnant woman lunging at her.
• Xia Hongyao shut the pregnant woman inside and stabbed through the door with her Black Blade Short Knife as Lin Baici took out the Pine Torch.

Lin Baici and Xia Hongyao’s group fought through cockroach monsters at Haijing Airport, with Lin Baici’s Divine Grace wiping out massive swarms in a single attack. After rescuing Xu Shuo’s team, they destroyed another human-faced cockroach and continued toward the airport warehouse.

• Lin Baici burned the cockroach swarm and the giant cockroach hidden among them, then Xia Hongyao killed the doomed young woman in the mother-and-baby room.
• Lin Baici asked Fang Tianhua to lead the group toward the warehouse, and they heard cries from Xu Shuo’s team as they escorted about thirty survivors away from a cockroach-spewing monster.
• Xia Hongyao used her teleportation Divine Grace and Half-life to attack the bald monster, forcing a human-faced giant cockroach out of its body.
• The human-faced cockroach summoned a mountain of insects and spat acid at Xia Hongyao, who drew it toward Lin Baici.
• Lin Baici used Wild Buddha Blows Out the Lamp to kill the swarm, then burned the corpses while Xu Shuo and his team stared in disbelief.

Lin Baici led the group into Haijing Airport’s underground garage to find the source of the cockroach contamination. After they tracked food scraps to a cluster of Cockroach Men, one killed Xiao Jiang, and the group began fighting back.

• Lin Baici rejected the warehouse route after the God of Gluttony revealed that the BOSS was hiding in the underground parking garage, and he led the group there.
• Lin Baici used Hundred Flavors in a Breath to follow the scent of food scraps, while Red Oni Maru warned Xu Shuo not to threaten Gu Qingqiu.
• Lin Baici found scattered food and led everyone toward the contamination source; a Cockroach Man ambushed the crew-cut team member Xiao Jiang and smashed his head.
• Xia Hongyao chased the Cockroach Man dragging Xiao Jiang’s corpse as seven more Cockroach Men attacked the group.
• Lin Baici dodged a Cockroach Man’s phlegm and swung the Affair Pipe Wrench at its fist.