Chapter Summaries

Xiao Fan’s team entered Cyberpunk World and chose God Demon City, while Quan Lu’s team was forced into Underground City. The Underground City’s surveillance immediately identified Quan Lu’s team as Complete Humans and ordered an Arbiter to eliminate them.

• On the way to the secret realm, Wind Snow Traveler wondered where he had heard Quan Lu’s name before but could not remember.
• Xiao Fan recognized Cyberpunk World as connected to Cyberpunk City and recalled Dr. Ai, the Replicas, and the Sands of Time he had taken from them.
• Quan Lu followed Xiao Fan’s team into the secret realm with his own well-equipped group after a scout reported their route.
• Xiao Fan chose God Demon City for his team, reasoning that Underground City’s robots and surveillance would make it more dangerous for them.
• Quan Lu’s team found God Demon City unavailable and entered Underground City instead.
• An aircraft detected Quan Lu’s team as high-threat Complete Humans and repeatedly ordered an Arbiter to eliminate them.

Quan Lu’s squad entered the Cyberpunk World instance and discovered that their weapons could barely damage its robotic Arbiters, while the robots hit hard. After the Arbiters surrounded them, a mysterious voice ordered them taken to Laboratory No. 1, leaving Quan Lu to search for a way to shut down Yuan Yi and escape.

• Lu Wang and the Quan Lu Squad attacked an Arbiter, but their strongest strikes dealt only single-digit damage while the robots’ attacks inflicted hundreds.
• Quan Lu healed his teammates and ordered the squad to retreat, but more Arbiters emerged from the towers and blocked their path.
• Quan Lu tried to leave the instance and learned that they had to shut down Yuan Yi, which he did not know how to find.
• As the Arbiters closed in, Quan Lu prepared to abandon his teammates, and Aili blamed him for bringing them into the instance.
• A mysterious voice ordered the Arbiters to take the squad to Laboratory No. 1, and the robots lowered their weapons.
• Quan Lu realized the Arbiters were robots and decided to follow them while investigating the world and Yuan Yi.

Xiao Fan and his team searched the God Demon City for a real God Demon Stone, which they believed was connected to Dr. Xin. Xiao Fan went to investigate alone and followed a patrol after hearing that two Replicas had returned to the city.

• Xiao Fan discovered that the team needed a God Demon Stone to leave the instance, and he reasoned that the real one might be with Dr. Xin.
• The team rejected Blade Shadow's suggestion to leave the city and seek help from Shasha and Dingding, and Xiao Fan decided to search for Dr. Xin's residence alone.
• Xiao Fan used Silent Shadow Escape to reach the main road while the others split up to gather information in the alleys.
• Xiao Fan found the emotionless city difficult to investigate and focused on the city's lone high-rise as a possible important location.
• A God Demon Guard announced that two Replicas had returned, and Xiao Fan followed the patrol heading toward the city gate.

Xiao Fan learned that God Demon City held humans in its prison and followed an elite troop there to investigate before searching for the God Demon Stone. He entered undetected despite triggering the prison alarm, and the Elite Captain went to see the prisoners.

• The God Demon City Administrator ordered elite troops to guard the prison after learning the Replicas had tried to rescue its human prisoners.
• Xiao Fan chose to visit the prison first, reasoning that a missing God Demon Stone would trigger a city lockdown.
• Xiao Fan followed the patrolman and the elite troops to God Demon Prison, then slipped inside behind the Elite Captain.
• The prison alarm sounded as Xiao Fan crossed the inner entrance, but the guards found no one and assumed the equipment was faulty.
• The Elite Captain told the guards he had come to take over prison security and asked to see the human prisoners.

Xiao Fan discovered thirteen elderly prisoners from the God Demon City and learned that their copied God Demon Stones were losing power, restoring their humanity and bringing their eternal lives to an end. As he wondered how to approach them, Blade Shadow sent him a friend notification.

• Xiao Fan followed the Elite Captain and Prison Captain to a cell containing thirteen elderly people from the God Demon City.
• The oldest prisoner asked whether they would return to their former state or choose death if Dr. Xin found a new energy source.
• The prisoners discussed how copied God Demon Stones depended on energy from the genuine stone and said they believed Dr. Xin would never find a new source.
• Xiao Fan realized the prisoners’ stones were losing power, restoring their human emotions and making them oppose Dr. Xin.
• Xiao Fan considered how to reveal himself to the prisoners, but Blade Shadow sent him a friend notification.

Qin Muyu approached Shasha and Dingding while posing as a Half God Demon Human, and Dingding accepted her claim. Shasha remained suspicious and revealed the Replicas were seeking the God Demon Stone, leaving Qin Muyu to question their motives.

• Blade Shadow spotted Shasha and Dingding in a dark alley and told Xiao Fan, who urged the group to test their reactions by claiming to be Half God Demon Humans.
• Blade Shadow let Qin Muyu approach because Shasha and Dingding might recognize him, while the others stayed back and communicated through the current channel.
• Qin Muyu told Shasha and Dingding she was a Half God Demon Human, and Dingding eagerly believed her and said they could help obtain the God Demon Stone.
• Shasha restrained Dingding and questioned Qin Muyu, recalling her hatred of Xiao Fan and his companions for killing Dr. Ai and taking the Sands of Time.
• Qin Muyu kept the others back and realized Shasha and Dingding's goal did not match what Xiao Fan had told her.

Qin Muyu convinced Shasha and Dingding that her group were Half God Demon Humans while hiding Blade Shadow, and learned that the Replicas planned to take rescued prisoners to the Shadow Realm. Xiao Fan considered what the Shadow Realm might be, then a Half God Demon Human questioned whether its people could be trusted.

• Blade Shadow and Soul Piercer discussed how Blade Shadow should hide his past connection to Shasha and Dingding.
• Qin Muyu claimed a teammate was already seeking the God Demon Stone, and Shasha and Dingding offered to help before accepting her refusal.
• Shasha asked about the prison rescue, and Qin Muyu explained that elite troops now guarded the prison after Shasha and Dingding triggered its alarm.
• Shasha revealed that she and Dingding had planned to take rescued Half God Demon Humans to the Shadow Realm, and Qin Muyu relayed the clue to Xiao Fan.
• Xiao Fan speculated that the Shadow Realm might shelter pure humans, but a Half God Demon Human asked whether its people could be trusted.

Xiao Fan overheard the Half God Demon Humans discuss how they had regained their emotions as God Demon power dwindled, then watched Dr. Xin offer them freedom in exchange for helping him locate the Shadow Realm’s energy resources. Dr. Xin revealed that God Demon power might no longer suppress their emotions, and Peng Qing and the others left to consider his offer while Xiao Fan prepared to follow Dr. Xin.

• The oldest Half God Demon Human explained that the Shadow Realm’s people had chosen to become spiritually complete humans, and suspected God Demon City residents were regaining emotions as God Demon energy disappeared.
• Dr. Xin entered the prison and offered to release Peng Qing and the other Half God Demon Humans if they found the Shadow Realm’s energy resources.
• Dr. Xin reminded Peng Qing that he had once volunteered to receive a God Demon Stone, but Peng Qing condemned Dr. Xin for draining the planet and turning humans into war machines.
• Peng Qing rejected Dr. Xin’s offer until Dr. Xin claimed that God Demon power had gradually changed their bodies, allowing their emotions to return without its control.
• Dr. Xin let Peng Qing and the others leave to decide for themselves and allowed the two Replicas to go; Xiao Fan left first and stood beside Dr. Xin.
• After the Half God Demon Humans departed, Dr. Xin warned that they had better not disappoint him.

The Quan Lu Squad was captured in Yuan Yi’s Underground City and brought to Laboratory 01, where they discovered their mission target was a red Mechanical Eye. Quan Lu persuaded Yuan Yi to pause the experiments by claiming the humans wanted to join the city, but Yuan Yi planned to use a human body to preserve its own energy.

• Lu Wang and the Quan Lu Squad failed to escape their sealed room, and Quan Lu said his father was seeking help analyzing the secret realm.
• Guardians escorted the squad to Laboratory 01, where they found Yuan Yi and learned they could not see its health or locate a way to shut it down.
• Yuan Yi ordered the squad placed on experiment tables, and Experiment Guards easily overpowered them despite their attacks barely dealing damage.
• After receiving advice from his father, Quan Lu told Yuan Yi that the humans wanted to join the Underground City, and Yuan Yi ordered the Guards to release him.
• Yuan Yi considered the offer while revealing that its dwindling resources threatened its energy supply, so it planned to find a human body to keep itself from going dormant.

Qin Muyu deceived Shasha and Dingding into revealing the Shadow Realm’s location, while Xiao Fan secretly followed Dr. Xin to the real God Demon Stone. After his companions left God Demon City safely, Xiao Fan prepared to steal it, but stopped at the last instant when he felt something was wrong.

• Qin Muyu told Shasha and Dingding that Peng Qing and the others had escaped, then persuaded them to leave the Shadow Realm’s address for her group.
• Xiao Fan followed Dr. Xin to his villa and discovered a hidden laboratory containing the real God Demon Stone.
• Qin Muyu learned that Dr. Xin had staged Peng Qing’s escape to restore the old Half God Demon Humans’ trust in the Replicas, and she obtained the Shadow Realm’s address.
• Xiao Fan watched Dr. Xin visit the God Demon Stone and speak of replenishing its energy and attaining eternal life.
• Qin Muyu and her companions left God Demon City, and Xiao Fan waited until Dr. Xin had gone before approaching the stone.
• Xiao Fan reached for the God Demon Stone but stopped less than a millimeter away when his heart lurched.

Xiao Fan was trapped underwater in Dr. Xin’s lab while Qin Muyu’s team traveled through the Underground City toward the Shadow Realm. There, they encountered Quan Lu’s player team, and Xiao Fan realized the secret realm might have assigned two teams to opposing factions.

• Xiao Fan avoided Dr. Xin’s trap but was sealed inside the lab, where Dr. Xin ordered the room flooded to force the invisible intruder to reveal himself.
• Xiao Fan endured the rising water with Stealing Heaven and Changing Day, then messaged Qin Muyu while Dr. Xin continued watching the lab.
• Qin Muyu’s group used the teleportation array to reach Dr. Ai’s Safe Zone and crossed the Underground City in protective suits.
• Blade Shadow’s team encountered Quan Lu and his players in the Underground City, then avoided them and continued toward the surface without revealing their identities.
• After Blade Shadow told Xiao Fan about the encounter, Xiao Fan inferred that the secret realm had admitted two teams into different factions and considered whether it was a versus mode.

Blade Shadow led his team across the desert toward the Shadow Realm while Quan Lu’s squad was dumped from Yuan Yi’s craft and searched for an underground entrance. In God Demon City, Dr. Xin blamed Xiao Fan for the stolen God Demon Stone, and Xiao Fan followed its signal southeast before stepping on something atop the rooftops.

• Xiao Fan warned Blade Shadow that Quan Lu’s squad might be in the same secret realm, so Blade Shadow kept his team hidden and led them toward the Shadow Realm.
• Yuan Yi sent Quan Lu’s squad to the desert by flying craft, then ejected them when they refused to exit; Quan Lu’s team used its Analysis Team’s advice to search for an underground entrance.
• Quan Lu learned that the Analysis Team had studied Jiu Chen’s methods, but his father said they still could not contact Jiu Chen.
• Dr. Xin learned that the God Demon Stone had been stolen and ordered the laboratory drained, assuming the invisible Xiao Fan had escaped with it.
• Xiao Fan left the laboratory, followed Dr. Xin’s signal southeast, and stepped on something while crossing the rooftops.

Xiao Fan found the stolen God Demon Stone and learned that God Demon City had sealed itself under Level 1 Defense, trapping him inside. He hid in the home of Twelve, the thief, and overheard him and his accomplices discuss the missing stone and their ties to the Shadow Realm People.

• Xiao Fan found a God Demon Stone on a rooftop, while Dr. Xin failed to sense it and ordered God Demon City to activate Level 1 Defense.
• Xiao Fan learned that Twelve had stolen the stone and left it on the roof, then told his teammates he had obtained it.
• Xiao Fan found the city sealed by an invisible barrier and avoided detection as patrols sprayed a pungent liquid to expose him.
• Xiao Fan hid in Twelve's home and discovered that a young man and woman were Twelve's accomplices.
• Twelve insisted that the God Demon Stone had vanished from the roof, and the young man revealed that the Shadow Realm People had supplied the tools they used to steal it.

Xiao Fan escaped God Demon City by using a God King Rank Skill to break through its defense barrier, then traveled to the Shadow Realm. There, he discovered that the Shadow Realm was a cyberpunk city inhabited by players from another world, revealing that Cloud Sea had invaded the secret realm.

• Xiao Fan impersonated a God Demon Soldier and tricked Twelve and the others into leaving God Demon City, learning that they had lost the stolen God Demon Stone.
• A manager ambushed Twelve and his companions at an Air Raid Shelter, while Dr. Xin exposed Xiao Fan with a spraying liquid and ordered soldiers to seize him.
• Xiao Fan used Armor Transformation and Dragon-Riding Nine Lightning to break through God Demon City's barrier, escaped with the God Demon Stone, and flew toward the teleportation array.
• Xiao Fan crossed the depleted Underground City and reached the Shadow Realm using the location Qin Muyu sent him.
• Xiao Fan arrived in a neon-lit cyberpunk city, where its residents recognized him as a player invading from another world.
• Xiao Fan realized that the Shadow Realm's city had been built in a world invaded by Cloud Sea, and that its pure-human inhabitants had become players.

Xiao Fan faced five Shadow Realm Players and activated his Full Body Armor Transformation before they attacked. After his Big Iron Pot blocked their Heaven-Tier Skills, he entered his Half-Blood War God state and activated Thunder Sword Domain, leaving the fight poised to begin.

• Xiao Fan transformed into full purple armor, and the Shadow Realm Players hesitated as they tried to judge his strength.
• The Shadow Realm Players chose to fight, and a high-ponytailed girl ordered them to attack Xiao Fan.
• Three Shadow Realm Players transformed their legs into mechanical limbs, while two transformed their arms, and all five used Heaven-Tier Skills.
• The five Shadow Realm Players struck Xiao Fan, but a Big Iron Pot appeared and blocked their attacks.
• Xiao Fan retreated, entered his Half-Blood War God state, and activated the Heaven-Tier Skill Thunder Sword Domain.

Xiao Fan attacked a group of Shadow Realm Players, then vanished while invisible and overheard them explain that the Cloud Sea’s Ranked Matches could determine whether entire planets survived. He realized Blue Star could be eliminated and resolved to grow stronger so he could help it advance.

• Xiao Fan struck Bo Bo and Xiao Jie with lightning swords, but their high levels meant they took little damage.
• Sister Yu and the others searched the rooftop after Xiao Fan disappeared, wondering whether he had fallen from the building.
• Sister Yu decided the group had to report an invasion by players from another planet to the Game Association.
• Sister Yu explained that planets that failed to earn enough Points in the seasonal Ranked Matches could be swallowed by the Cloud Sea.
• Xiao Fan listened while invisible, realized Blue Star’s survival was at stake, and resolved to become stronger.

Xiao Fan entered the Shadow Realm, became concerned when Qin Muyu and the others stopped responding, and followed Peng Qing and his companions to a bookstore. There, he overheard an old man reveal his connection to God Demon City and learned that Peng Qing had once been controlled by the God Demon power.

• Xiao Fan watched Sister Yu's group fly away using Mechanical Wings, then took the elevator down while worrying that Qin Muyu and the others had not replied.
• Xiao Fan explored the Shadow Realm and concluded that it was likely a separate space created in the game.
• Xiao Fan spotted Peng Qing and his companions, followed them into the Memory bookstore, and listened as they met with a white-haired old man.
• The old man thanked Peng Qing for helping him escape God Demon City and offered to help him settle in the Shadow Realm.
• Peng Qing said the old man had escaped because he had abandoned them, and that Dr. Xin might not otherwise have let him go.

Xiao Fan received three Secret Realm missions, while Qin Muyu’s team and the Quan Lu Squad were trapped in an air prison that blocked player messages. Qin Muyu suspected the realm was more than a game and hoped Xiao Fan would rescue them, while the Quan Lu Squad struggled to understand the missions.

• Xiao Fan received missions to kill Dr. Xin in God Demon City, destroy Yuan Yi, and obtain the Cloud Sea Ranking Token.
• Qin Muyu’s team and the Quan Lu Squad received the same mission prompt while trapped in suspended cages in Shadow Realm.
• Quan Lu kicked his cage in anger, frightening his teammates, and Aili rebuked him.
• The Fatty and Han the Person blamed the Quan Lu Squad for their capture, while Qin Muyu confirmed the prison blocked communication between players.
• Qin Muyu warned her teammates not to reveal that they were players and considered leaving the Secret Realm as a last resort.
• The Quan Lu Squad discussed the missions and admitted they did not know where God Demon City was or what Dr. Xin and the Cloud Sea Ranking Token were.

Quan Lu Squad and Qin Muyu's group were imprisoned in the Shadow Realm, and Xiao Fan rescued Qin Muyu's group as winged pursuers chased them through the air. The chapter ended with Xiao Fan activating God of War Mode and dropping a Big Iron Pot on a pursuing player.

• Quan Lu Squad's cage was taken away after the team apparently revealed they were players, leaving Qin Muyu and the others worried they would be exposed too.
• Qin Muyu decided they would try to escape and leave the instance if they could not win, but their cage began rising soon afterward.
• Xiao Fan flew in with golden wings, broke the cage's suspension joint with five Thunder Sword strikes, and caught the falling cage before it hit the ground.
• Xiao Fan carried the Fatty, Qin Muyu, and the others away as Shadow Realm players with mechanical wings pursued them.
• After Qin Muyu warned Xiao Fan that the pursuers were preparing to shoot arrows, a Big Iron Pot struck a Shadow Realm player, and Xiao Fan said he had activated God of War Mode.

Xiao Fan carried the chubby guy and the others through the air while Jasmine led Shadow Realm players in a deadly arrow pursuit. Xiao Fan escaped the volleys by flying into a residential district, but Jasmine’s forces remained close behind.

• Xiao Fan dodged arrows from Shadow Realm pursuers while carrying the exposed cage, and the chubby guy and the others narrowly avoided being hit.
• Jasmine took command after Salted Fish was knocked out of the sky and ordered a mass volley, hoping to capture Xiao Fan and plunder his Golden Wings.
• A falling Big Iron Pot deflected most of the arrows, letting Xiao Fan fly through the opening, but he had no second pot ready when another volley came.
• Xiao Fan spotted a residential district and accelerated toward its buildings as Jasmine ordered the players below to fire too.
• Xiao Fan dodged another volley, flew through the district’s gate tower, and escaped into the residential area with the chubby guy and the others.