Chapter Summaries

Bo Shuo stabbed Yi Rong through the heart, and Yi Rong accepted his death without resisting. As Yi Rong died, the world he had constructed began to collapse, and 223 and the God of Truth moved to protect Bo Shuo.

• Bo Shuo pushed his knife into Yi Rong's heart while Yi Rong grasped the blade and urged it deeper.
• Yi Rong called Bo Shuo's name and died in his arms as the God of Truth and 223 watched helplessly.
• The mirrors and Ren Ai Orphanage shattered as golden blood surged through the collapsing world and countless Golden Eyes opened in the sky.
• A warning sounded that Bo Shuo's Corruption Value was rising, and 223 appeared beside him to get him out of danger.

Bo Shuo returned to Yi Rong’s castle by choice, hoping to negotiate rather than submit to the God of Truth or the World Consciousness. He faced Yi Rong at the long table, but as their meeting turned threatening, Black Mist swallowed his sight and Yi Rong’s chains approached.

• Bo Shuo chose to seek cooperation with Yi Rong and entered the castle, where Black Mist surged around him.
• Bo Shuo realized why the demigod- and god-tier derivatives had treated him unusually, then dispersed the mist and went inside.
• Yi Rong waited at a long table and remarked that the spore had let Bo Shuo kill it.
• Bo Shuo sat across from Yi Rong and proposed discussing serious business.
• Yi Rong confronted Bo Shuo about what he had done, then closed the distance between them and engulfed him in Black Mist as chains drew near.

Bo Shuo confronted Yi Rong, the Silver Haired God, and concluded that Yi Rong loved him because the spore was part of him. The chapter ended with Bo Shuo silently vowing to survive and take revenge on everyone who had harmed him.

• Yi Rong recalled Yi Rong’s memories of choosing to remain human and suppressed his urge to kill Bo Shuo.
• Bo Shuo stopped laughing, declared that his guess had been right, and faced Yi Rong without fear.
• Bo Shuo told Yi Rong that the spore was still part of him and claimed that Yi Rong loved him.
• Bo Shuo acknowledged their mutual desire to kill each other and vowed to survive and retaliate against those who had harmed him.

Bo Shuo confronted Yi Rong with their past bargain and demanded a share of Yi Rong’s authority. Yi Rong stayed outwardly calm, but his reaction suggested Bo Shuo’s demand had stirred powerful emotions.

• Yi Rong recalled that youthful Yi Rong had planned to help kill every version of himself and had offered his own life to protect Bo Shuo.
• Bo Shuo reasoned that either youthful Yi Rong’s promise or Yi Rong’s own scheme had kept him safe, leaving him room to negotiate.
• Bo Shuo told Yi Rong that youthful Yi Rong had promised him a portion of authority in exchange for killing him.
• Yi Rong asked what Bo Shuo wanted from him, and Bo Shuo demanded a portion of Yi Rong’s authority.
• Yi Rong calmly questioned whether Bo Shuo wanted his authority as the system registered an enormous surge of emotion from him.

Bo Shuo offered to become Yi Rong’s God’s Chosen in exchange for Yi Rong’s power, but Yi Rong refused and instead offered to sever part of his authority for a task. The chapter ended with Yi Rong revealing that the Real World Spores had consumed most of his divine power, yet someone had survived.

• Bo Shuo offered to become Yi Rong’s God’s Chosen and act on his behalf in exchange for divine power.
• Yi Rong refused to make Bo Shuo his God’s Chosen, leaving Bo Shuo puzzled.
• Yi Rong changed his proposal and offered to grant Bo Shuo part of his authority in return for completing a task.
• Yi Rong said the Real World Spores had consumed most of his divine power, yet their target was still unwilling to die.

Bo Shuo left Yi Rong’s castle and cleared the Flawed Authority Exam Venue, gaining its full authority and rapidly rising to S+ rank. He returned to the Corpse Dissolving Ground, with his new power and the danger of the power on his wrist still unresolved.

• Bo Shuo concealed his wariness of the power on his wrist while maintaining a superficially cordial relationship with Yi Rong.
• Yi Rong let Bo Shuo leave, and the castle gates opened onto a path back.
• Bo Shuo entered the path and received the title The Only One for completing the Unique Mission, Kill All of Oneself.
• The Proctoring System settled Bo Shuo’s rewards, granting him all authority of the Exam Venue and raising his rank from B to S+.
• Bo Shuo returned to the Corpse Dissolving Ground and surveyed the shabby, cold slaughterhouse facilities.

Mr. Bo reunited with Xi Guici and Wen Yanqing after they left the exam venue, while Yi Rong contacted him through the rose on his wrist and ordered him to clear the level quickly. After clearing his corruption with emotion points, Mr. Bo turned his attention to the Yi Rong Shard beneath the corpse dissolving pool.

• Xi Guici greeted Mr. Bo, who inspected him and Wen Yanqing but could not tell whether they were genuine.
• Wen Yanqing noticed the aura of the exam venue fragment on Mr. Bo and remarked that he seemed to have absorbed it.
• Yi Rong contacted Mr. Bo through the rose on his wrist and told him to clear the level as soon as possible.
• Mr. Bo found that his corruption value had turned red and purple, then used emotion points to clear it.
• Mr. Bo focused on the Yi Rong Shard buried beneath the huge corpse dissolving pool.

Bo Shuo waited as a powerful presence approached through the Corpse Dissolving Pool, while Xi Guici revealed that he had come to the Exam Venue to target Bo Shuo and bound the examinees with phantom threads. Bo Shuo freed Meng Ran Nian and Yu Zhou from Xi Guici’s control as they moved closer to him.

• The vortex in the Corpse Dissolving Pool formed an Eye Pattern, and Bo Shuo sensed a powerful presence rushing toward him.
• Xi Guici recognized the aura as belonging to a Demigod-level Deity whose corpse he had searched for, and admitted that Bo Shuo had been his original target.
• Xi Guici wrapped every examinee’s limbs in illusory threads, while Bo Shuo noticed his actions but did not interfere.
• Meng Ran Nian urged Yu Zhou to approach Bo Shuo, and the two moved toward him for protection.
• Bo Shuo severed the threads binding Meng Ran Nian and Yu Zhou with a thought, and Xi Guici noticed the disturbance.

Bo Shuo intercepted Wen Yanqing as they fought over something rising from the Corpse Dissolving Pool, and his power effortlessly shattered Wen Yanqing’s enormous golden sword. Wen Yanqing gave up trying to claim the corpse remains, but Bo Shuo trapped the Corpse Dissolving Ground with Scarlet Threads and did not let him leave.

• Bo Shuo sent Meng Ran Nian and the other person outside, then waited as something began rising from the Corpse Dissolving Pool.
• Wen Yanqing rushed toward the center of the pool, but Bo Shuo blocked him and told him to scram.
• Wen Yanqing attacked with a massive golden Cross Longsword, which shattered against Bo Shuo without harming him.
• Xi Guici stopped himself from intervening and watched as Wen Yanqing realized Bo Shuo’s strength far exceeded what he expected.
• Wen Yanqing abandoned his attempt to claim the corpse remains, but Bo Shuo spread Scarlet Threads across the Corpse Dissolving Ground to prevent his escape.

Bo Shuo confronted Xi Guici after seeing Wen Yanqing dissolve and hearing the Proctoring System call him Xavier. Xi Guici offered to strip away his entire innate talent and give it to Bo Shuo, leaving Bo Shuo shaken by the man's apparent willingness to sacrifice himself.

• Bo Shuo watched Wen Yanqing dissolve as the Proctoring System called him Xavier, then moved toward the center of the Corpse Dissolving Pool.
• Xi Guici recognized the red threads Bo Shuo had taken from him and asked whether they were useful.
• Bo Shuo raised his guard and surrounded Xi Guici with the threads when Xi Guici asked whether he still needed them.
• Xi Guici offered to give Bo Shuo his entire innate talent if Bo Shuo liked it.
• Bo Shuo realized Xi Guici was willing to surrender a power tied to his soul and thought the man was a lunatic.

Bo Shuo became a Demigod through Xi Guici’s sacrifice, but he worried that the authority he gained still belonged to the living Xi Guici. After Xi Guici vanished, Bo Shuo destroyed the rose Yi Rong identified as the Spore’s viscera, and mournful wails filled the Corpse Dissolving Ground.

• Xi Guici sacrificed his Talent Authority, allowing Bo Shuo to ascend to Demigod, though Bo Shuo feared the borrowed authority was a dangerous liability.
• Xi Guici’s body disintegrated after he severed his Talent Power, and he vanished after telling Bo Shuo, “Until we meet again.”
• A pillar of water raised a blood-red rose before Bo Shuo, and Yi Rong urged him to destroy it, identifying it as the Spore’s viscera.
• Bo Shuo reflected on Yi Rong’s innocence and their shared status as tools, then used Puppet Silk to tear the rose apart.
• Blood dripped from the pierced rose petal as stronger winds swept through the Corpse Dissolving Ground and mournful wails echoed around Bo Shuo.

Bo Shuo returned from the struggle as the factory’s corruption subsided, but the examinees remained trapped inside the slaughterhouse. He discovered that he alone could pass through the exit and began investigating why.

• The examinees found that the corruption had stopped rising, and Yu Zhou inferred that Bo Shuo had survived the struggle.
• Bo Shuo returned to the group as the task panel updated with the clue “Escape Slaughterhouse.”
• The examinees discovered that an Air Wall blocked them from leaving the factory.
• Bo Shuo walked through the exit without resistance, while Meng Ran Nian could not pass.
• Bo Shuo considered whether his Demigod strength or zero Corruption Value explained the difference and sent a cool sensation through Meng Ran Nian’s wrist.

Yu Zhou and Bo Shuo figured out that the Faction War pitted examinees against corruption, including the corruption within themselves. As Liu Yao’s severe transformation was revealed, Meng Ran Nian warned that the increasingly corrupted examinees might soon attack those with low Corruption Values.

• Yu Zhou realized that examinees could leave the Exam Venue only after clearing their corruption, alarming those with higher Corruption Values.
• Liu Yu discovered that Liu Yao’s body was covered in feathers and had transformed into a birdlike form.
• Yu Zhou suggested that the Faction War might pit examinees against NPCs, and Bo Shuo proposed that examinees were actually opposing corruption itself.
• Bo Shuo explained that corruption in both NPCs and examinees counted as the opposing faction.
• Meng Ran Nian urged the others to leave before highly corrupted examinees began viewing those with low Corruption Values as targets.

Bo Shuo, Meng Ran Nian, and Yu Zhou left the slaughterhouse after removing their contaminated feathers, while the candidates inside turned to violence. As supervisors watched them go with relief and delight, Bo Shuo concluded that the supervisors had voluntarily become corrupted entities.

• Liu Yu hunted other candidates despite having little corruption, while his severely corrupted sister lay helpless in a corner.
• Bo Shuo led Meng Ran Nian and Yu Zhou out of the slaughterhouse after they cut away their contaminated feathers.
• The candidates watched the three leave but did not dare stop them.
• Yu Zhou and Meng Ran Nian saw pale supervisors smiling from the Glass Cover beside the Bell Tower, and Meng Ran Nian sensed their relief and affection.
• Bo Shuo concluded that the supervisors had voluntarily become corrupted entities.

Bo Shuo cleared the Bloody Slaughterhouse exam, but the examinees trapped inside died when the exam ended. He returned to Blue Star and found 007 waiting for him, then walked through his quiet rental house without answering it.

• Meng Ran Nian accepted that the examinees had to focus on surviving and clearing the exam.
• Bo Shuo and the other survivors saw that many examinees remained trapped inside the Bloody Slaughterhouse, including Liu Yu and the weakened girl he pushed to safety.
• When the countdown ended, the trapped examinees turned to ash, and Bo Shuo saw Zhang Xiong among the serene faces watching from above.
• The system gave Bo Shuo a score of 100 points, reduced his comprehensive score to 60, and returned him to Blue Star.
• Bo Shuo found 007 waiting in his rental house, ignored its questions, and looked at the wilted succulent on the windowsill.

Bo Shuo confronted System 223 about using 007 and manipulating events to prepare him as a savior against Dream Awakening. After ordering 223 to release 007, he got ready to attend the parent-teacher conference, which was about to begin.

• Bo Shuo asked 007 to summon System 223, and 223 blocked 007 from hearing their conversation.
• Bo Shuo accused 223 of creating and shaping 007 as his anchor and using it as a crucial piece in a plan to stop Dream Awakening.
• Bo Shuo deduced that the Training Space was Lost Paradise or a similar realm, and rejected 223's appeal to join its side.
• Bo Shuo told 223 to release 007 and ended their conversation.
• Bo Shuo checked the time, washed up, changed clothes, and prepared to leave for the parent-teacher conference.

Bo Shuo returned to school and comforted Bo Chunzhang, who embraced him tearfully. Their reunion terrified Ding Chengyun, who recognized Bo Shuo as a World Ending Boss and realized he was Bo Chunzhang’s brother.

• Bo Chunzhang saw Bo Shuo at the classroom doorway and rushed to hug him.
• Bo Shuo let Bo Chunzhang cling to him and gently comforted her.
• Ding Chengyun woke to the commotion, saw Bo Shuo, and panicked at encountering a World Ending Boss at school.
• Ding Chengyun realized Bo Shuo was Bo Chunzhang’s brother and feared he might have offended her.
• Bo Shuo briefly glanced at Ding Chengyun, who felt relieved when the youth looked away.

Bo Shuo attended Bo Chunzhang’s parent-teacher conference, then joined her at a cafe for a birthday celebration. The siblings shared cake, and Bo Chunzhang began talking about his unexpected visit to her classroom.

• The teachers and parents felt intimidated by Bo Shuo, and the parent-teacher conference ended unusually quickly.
• Bo Shuo left the school and met Bo Chunzhang at the cafe by the entrance.
• Bo Chunzhang surprised Bo Shuo with a birthday cake, and 007 urged him to make a wish before blowing out the candle.
• Bo Chunzhang and 007 wished Bo Shuo a happy birthday, and the siblings cut and shared the cake.
• Bo Chunzhang told Bo Shuo she had been surprised to see him at her classroom because she thought he would stay home longer.

Bo Shuo confronted Bo Chunzhang about being created as part of the World Consciousness’s control over him, and she admitted she was sorry. He left the café in the rain, telling 007 that he hated it all, while remaining unsure what in his life had been real.

• Bo Shuo asked Bo Chunzhang who she was and accused the World Consciousness of giving him a sister to keep him under control.
• Bo Chunzhang silently acknowledged that Bo Shuo’s accusations were true and cried over the cake.
• Bo Shuo handed Bo Chunzhang tissues and left after she apologized.
• 007 sheltered Bo Shuo with an umbrella as he walked through the drizzle.
• Bo Shuo repeatedly said he hated this, and 007 settled onto his shoulder to comfort him.

Bo Shuo encountered the youthful Yi Rong in the real world, where Yi Rong said he had come to find him and accepted that Bo Shuo might kill him. After Yi Rong vanished as a withered rose, Ding Chengyun debated whether to seek out Bo Shuo.

• Yi Rong appeared before Bo Shuo in the rain and said he knew Bo Shuo might kill him, adding that he was letting him do it.
• Bo Shuo asked why Yi Rong had come, and Yi Rong said he had just awakened and wanted to find him.
• Yi Rong insisted that he was human and told Bo Shuo that he was human too.
• As the rain stopped, Yi Rong vanished, leaving a withered rose that dissolved into black mist when Bo Shuo picked it up.
• Ding Chengyun, who had joined the officials after clearing Deep Mountain Inn, debated whether to go find Bo Shuo.