Chapter Summaries

Lin Feng confronted Ash Walker about his parents’ deaths, but Ash Walker was killed before he could explain what happened. Odin revealed that Chen Ye was the true mastermind behind the harm to Lin Feng’s family.

• The weakened Ash Walker learned that a monster was attacking Ash City, then Lin Feng arrived at the temple and confronted him as his nephew.
• Lin Feng used his lie-detecting eye as Ash Walker denied setting the fire or killing Lin Feng’s parents, while admitting he was responsible for something.
• A mysterious force silenced Ash Walker as he tried to explain the corpses from the fire, and an armored man killed him with a spear and took the crown.
• The armored man, Number 054 Weapon Master, attacked Lin Feng but was overpowered; he accused Odin of misleading him about Lin Feng’s strength.
• Odin appeared and told Lin Feng that Chen Ye, who shared the surname Chen, was the true mastermind behind the harm to his family.

After killing the Weapon Master, Lin Feng heard Odin claim that Chen Ye had fabricated the world and its histories, then shot Odin and slaughtered the Death Follower. Above Ash City, Odin revealed himself as Loki and discussed recovering Ao Zuo’s power before Chen Ye could reclaim it.

• Odin identified Sequence 000, Chen Ye, as the mastermind behind the sequences and warned Lin Feng that his memories and reality might be fabricated.
• Lin Feng killed the Weapon Master, watched his uncle’s body dissolve, and questioned Odin’s promise that absorbing the sequences could let him resist the gods.
• Lin Feng shot Odin, then left the temple in a blood-red world and killed the Death Follower, placing his head atop a pile of heads.
• Odin watched Lin Feng’s rampage and called him a useful blade before revealing himself as Loki.
• Loki and the fanged monster discussed finding the altar and recovering Ao Zuo’s power, which they hoped could help them reach the seventh-tier Mythic realm.

Entropy learned that Chen Ye had reached the Seventh Tier after killing Ao Zuo and taking his energy, so he sent two subordinates to eliminate Chen Ye’s ability-based sequences and seize the remaining energy. He left the Collector to transport them, while keeping himself out of a confrontation he could not confidently win.

• Entropy used information from the Cosmic Collector to locate Chen Ye, holder of the Evolution Chapter, and sent Ao Zuo to confront him.
• The Collector later told Entropy that Ao Zuo had sealed his power and settled into an ordinary life near Chen Ye.
• Entropy led his forces toward Chen Ye’s distant location, then repeatedly asked the Collector for updates on Chen Ye’s progress.
• Entropy learned that Chen Ye had reached the Seventh Tier by killing Ao Zuo and absorbing his energy, which could also empower Chen Ye’s creations.
• Unable to afford transporting his fleet and unwilling to face Chen Ye alone, Entropy hired the Collector to send two capable subordinates to destroy Chen Ye’s ability-based sequences and seize Ao Zuo’s remaining energy.

The Collector warned Chen Ye that Entropy was coming for his Chapters, then negotiated over Ao Zuo’s sealed energy. Chen Ye demanded the Collector’s Cosmic Museum in exchange for letting him take one-tenth of the energy, but the Collector asked Chen Ye to retrieve it for him.

• The Collector visited Chen Ye and warned him that Entropy had prepared to seize the Chapters in his possession.
• Chen Ye questioned why the Collector had not killed him earlier, and the Collector recalled being stopped by a projection of Chen Ye when he tried to take the Chapters.
• Chen Ye accused the Collector of profiting from both sides, while the Collector claimed he had always backed Chen Ye and had bet on his victory.
• The Collector admitted that he wanted Ao Zuo’s energy to break through to seventh rank, and Chen Ye offered him access to one-tenth of it in exchange for the Cosmic Museum and everything inside.
• The Collector agreed to Chen Ye’s price but refused to retrieve the energy himself, asking Chen Ye to bring it out while he waited.

The Collector fled after failing to negotiate with Chen Ye, then reflected on the danger posed by the Chapter owners and his need to reach the Seventh Tier. In the God-Chosen World, Loki and Barnum found the gate containing Ao Zuo’s energy and planned to lure Lin Feng into testing it while requesting help from Entropy.

• The Collector rejected Chen Ye’s terms and vanished, while Chen Ye mocked him for fleeing.
• The Collector considered Chen Ye’s control over the future, the threat posed by other Chapter owners, and his own fear of remaining below the Seventh Tier.
• Loki and Barnum examined the gate on an island in the God-Chosen World and suspected Chen Ye had hidden Ao Zuo’s energy in another space.
• Loki planned to lure Lin Feng to the gate as a pathfinder and said he could make him obey even if his mind was damaged.
• Loki and Barnum decided to notify Entropy and request more assistance.

Li Yuan found Lin Feng mentally contaminated and learned that Sequence 009 had come to take him away. Sequence 009 revealed that an outsider called Odin had tampered with Lin Feng, and Li Yuan left him with a warning about using his crowns soon.

• Li Yuan examined Lin Feng, whose body had endured the Ocean Army’s attacks, and identified severe Mental Contamination in his mind.
• Sequence 009 appeared and argued with Li Yuan, who teased him about their past rivalry.
• Sequence 009 said he would take Lin Feng and identified Odin, who called himself Sequence 081, as the one who had tampered with him.
• Li Yuan noted that Lin Feng possessed four crowns and warned Sequence 009 to use his crowns soon to rally his people.
• Li Yuan departed after telling Sequence 009 to eat more celery, and Arthur explained the insult as a remark about his breath.

Sequence 009 formed an alliance with six followers and learned that Sea King had let them take Ghost Shadow’s crown, but he remained set on killing Li Yuan. Meanwhile, Angel Mo launched an attack on Commander, whose defenders hoped to hold out until help arrived from Longwu.

• Sequence 009 took Lin Feng’s four crowns and decided to send the rampaging fighter against their enemies.
• Sequence 009 formed a formal alliance with Arthur, Thousand Throats, Lord of Flesh and Blood, I Ching, Nairasojin, and Centaur, while skipping Priest and Sword Forger.
• Nairasojin gave Sequence 009 Ghost Shadow’s crown and reported that Sea King had let them leave with it after a battle involving both their forces.
• Nairasojin suggested that Li Yuan was gathering strong sequences to end the game peacefully, but Sequence 009 rejected the idea and vowed to kill Li Yuan.
• Angel Mo mobilized apostles and attacked Sequence 050 Commander’s city, while Commander said he had sent Zuo Ma to Longwu for help.
• Commander’s two personal guards prepared to use their Throat Seal ability against anyone who came within three meters of him.

Mo defeated Sequence 050 Commander and ordered the Apostles to search for the crown. The Commander’s death and a new declaration of war plunged both continents into a massive conflict, leaving every Sequence caught in the chaos.

• Mo explained the Commander’s fifteen Tier Three chess-themed units and sent Pandora to kill them; the Commander survived by borrowing an Elephant’s life, but an Apostle beheaded him.
• Mo ordered the Apostles to find the crown and rejected Chen Yuan’s suggestion that he spare the Commander and recruit him.
• Zuo Ma’s report reached Emperor Long Qi, who discovered that Sequence 050 was dead and its city destroyed as Mo’s forces pursued another Sequence.
• The Outer Sea Continent declared war on the Central Continent, while Titans, elves, insects, and other factions mobilized and Lin Feng was sent to the battlefield.
• Li Yuan was besieged after reaching the Outer Sea Continent, and war engulfed both continents; Isis told Dragon Sui to go see the Mother Goddess.

Dragon Sui returned to Tai Heng Palace after Isis revived him and learned that his newborn sister, Dragon Crystal, was said to threaten the Dragon Empire’s fortune. Sarah sent him away with the child, while his memories and visions left him questioning the true nature of his parents and Tai Heng Palace.

• Dragon Sui passed the twin dragon guardians, Li Shang and Duke Kan, who welcomed him back after he recovered from the Yin Fire.
• Dragon Sui found Sarah holding her seventh child and told her that Isis had revived him.
• Sarah named the infant Dragon Crystal, and Dragon Sui explained that Isis had warned the child would devour the empire’s fortune.
• Sarah placed Dragon Crystal in Dragon Sui’s arms and ordered him to leave the Dragon Empire with her.
• Dragon Sui left the side hall and remembered seeing monstrous forms of his parents and Tai Heng Palace while under the Yin Fire.

After Isis tried to turn Dragon Sui against his infant sister, Sarah confronted and lost her to Qin Leng’s vortex. In Hell Space, Nightmare concluded that Dragon Crystal had to die and set out to kill her through a dream.

• Isis warned Dragon Sui that Dragon Crystal would devour him, but Dragon Sui refused to harm his little sister.
• Sarah confronted Isis, learned she had been serving Qin Leng, and watched a vortex carry Isis away.
• Sarah considered how Dragon Crystal’s growing fortune was weakening Ye Long’s chances and could cause the game to end in slaughter.
• In Hell Space, Qin Leng explained that Sarah might be able to transfer the luck Dragon Crystal stole, but the Dragon God’s death would upset the balance and end the game too soon.
• Nightmare remembered Qin Leng’s warning about decapitation, then left Hell Space to enter Dragon Crystal’s dream and kill her.

Dragon Sui encountered the Fifth Apostle while carrying his infant sister, but Lin Feng abruptly killed her and attacked him. Dragon Sui used his envy ability to recreate Yin Fire and escape with the baby, leaving Lin Feng writhing in pain.

• Dragon Sui traveled through war-torn Minotaur with his infant sister and met the Fifth Apostle, who tested his strength before playing with the baby.
• Lin Feng suddenly smashed the Fifth Apostle's head and recognized Dragon Sui as the man he had killed before.
• Lin Feng overwhelmed Dragon Sui, breaking his spear and wounding him while Dragon Sui struggled to protect the baby.
• Dragon Sui grabbed Lin Feng's blade and used his envy ability to recreate Yin Fire, setting Lin Feng's body ablaze with pain.
• Dragon Sui endured the backlash, shielded the baby from the flames, and limped away while Lin Feng collapsed.

Chen Yuan entered Lin Feng’s inner world, freed him from Loki’s control, and learned that Loki was tied to the mentally unstable people they had encountered. Mo asked Lin Feng to become his apostle, while Dragon Sui and Minotaur’s flight was interrupted by a white spear.

• Mo sent nine apostles to attack Lin Feng, but Chen Yuan intervened and entered Lin Feng’s inner world.
• Chen Yuan freed Lin Feng from his chains and defeated Loki, who had controlled Lin Feng’s thoughts.
• Lin Feng told Chen Yuan and Mo what he knew, and Chen Yuan explained that Lin Feng’s uncle Chen Yan had been Sequence 047, the Flame Emperor, before his flame went out.
• Chen Yuan told Lin Feng to stay with them until Loki returned, and Mo asked Lin Feng to become his apostle to settle the debt for killing an apostle.
• Dragon Sui encountered Minotaur while fleeing with the baby, and a white spear struck the ground in front of Minotaur.

Mo discovered that his followers’ deaths let him reclaim their power and possessions, then restrained his ambitions as war between the Outer Sea Continent and the Central Continent escalated. The chapter left the Central Continent beset by invading forces and Mo, while small nations debated how to survive him.

• Mo killed Minotaur and used his crown to ally with Lin Feng, successfully turning Lin Feng into an apostle before withdrawing the power that had sealed him and expelled his crown.
• Mo recognized that his reclamation ability could recover power from dead followers and considered whether his growing strength could let him defeat every Sequence, but he returned to Li Yuan’s plan.
• Sequence 009’s forces gained ground through superior conventional weapons as the war between the Outer Sea Continent and the Central Continent intensified.
• Meng Qing and Mistra worked with the Starry Sky Principal to raise cities into the sky and build magical defenses, which spread across the Central Continent.
• The Starry Sky Principal’s enemies and other ambitious nations converged on Ye Long’s side, while Ye Long’s sons stayed in the rear to confront Mo.
• Several small nations under the Longwu Empire discussed surrendering to Mo because they could neither fight him nor endure his attacks.

Mo targeted the alliance of Kalen, the Painter, and Balroza, whose powerful abilities might let them resist his Apostles. The Painter summoned copies of the Longwu Empire’s guardian dragons and then unleashed a weaker fifth-tier imitation of Ye Long against Mo.

• Mo identified Kalen, the Painter, and Balroza as his next targets after eliminating nearly all the weak sequences on the Central Continent.
• Kalen, the Painter, and Balroza gathered to plan their defense, preparing Medusa’s Head, painted combatants, and cursed suicide troops.
• The Painter summoned ten ink-wash copies of Li Shang and Kang Gong to attack Mo’s Apostles.
• Mo’s Apostles defeated the painted guardian dragons after a dozen exchanges.
• The Painter unveiled a painting of Ye Long’s true form, creating a dragon with roughly forty to fifty percent of Ye Long’s strength, and challenged Mo.

Kalen used Medusa’s Head to petrify Pandora, forcing Mo’s forces to retreat while the allied rulers won the battle against the angels. The victors prepared for the coming war and received Longwu Empire reinforcements, while Chen Yuan later determined that the petrification was a temporary Rule System effect that immobilized rather than transformed its victims.

• Kalen arrived on the Fish King with Medusa’s Head and used it to petrify Pandora, prompting Mo to order a retreat.
• Balroza, Kalen, and the Painter celebrated their victory and discussed the threats posed by the returning angels and the elves.
• A messenger reported that Dragon God’s Second, Third, and Fourth had arrived with ninety thousand Dragon Blood Elite Soldiers, and the Painter welcomed the reinforcements.
• Chen Yuan observed Pandora’s stone-like body and concluded that Kalen’s petrification lasted about thirty hours and did not truly turn flesh into stone.
• Chen Yuan explained that the Rule System ability immobilized the body and consciousness without killing its targets.

The Ocean Army and the Dragon Empire fought a difficult frontal war while Sandrius’s elves battled the Desert Empire. Nightmare attacked Dragon Crystal, but discovered her dream was connected to 004 and barely escaped her mental assault.

• Mo brought oceanic followers from Li Yuan to fight the Dragon Empire, then shifted his attacks toward destroying cities protected by durable magical barriers.
• Sandrius’s elves rebelled against the Desert Empire, where the returning Martial Emperor led the defense despite the Golden King’s absence.
• Nightmare used Absolute Darkness to attack Dragon Crystal, but Dragon Sui shielded her in his dragon form and endured his claws.
• Nightmare entered Dragon Crystal’s dream to kill her, but tentacles caught him and 004 revealed herself inside the dream.
• Nightmare severed his spiritual arm to escape 004’s Dreamscape, then realized his sea of consciousness had been contaminated.

Nightmare accepted 004’s contaminated Fourth Tier Upper Rank Mental Power and returned to Chaos, offering 009 information about Qin Leng and a way into Hell Space. 009 agreed to trust him temporarily, but suspected Sequence 007 had used a Forbidden Potion to control Qin Leng.

• 004 persuaded Nightmare to accept his gift, transforming Nightmare’s Mental Power into contaminated Fourth Tier Upper Rank power.
• Nightmare left Dragon Sui and traveled to the Outer Sea Continent, where he pledged to return to Chaos under 009.
• Nightmare told 009 that Qin Leng was controlled, described the Ninth Hell and Qin Leng’s allies, and offered to lead Chaos to him.
• 009 agreed to trust Nightmare temporarily but required his crown to stay with her; Nightmare revealed that Qin Leng held it.
• 009 suspected Sequence 007 had traded two stolen crowns for a Forbidden Potion that controlled Qin Leng.

Nightmare returned to the Chaos Splitters, but Sequence 009 remained wary and sent him to find Lin Feng. Nairasojin then discovered that the Priest secretly led a strange congregation and could turn a bound man into a wax figure.

• Nightmare returned to the Chaos Splitters, where Nairasojin welcomed him but warned that he would not spare him if he was on a mission.
• The Priest told a story about a tiger ghoul, and Yi Jing identified it as Sequence 067.
• Sequence 009 assigned the Chaos Splitters their duties and ordered Nightmare to find Lin Feng and bring him back.
• Nairasojin overheard the Priest praying inside the Imperial Church and saw him presiding over worshippers and wax figures.
• The Priest transformed a bound man into a wax figure with a divine miracle, then asked Nairasojin what he had seen.

Nairasojin confronted the priest after witnessing his monstrous transformation, but the priest healed him and explained that he had discovered a new use for his ability. The priest revealed that he had used believers’ faith to remake himself as the incarnation of Hastur, the King in Yellow.

• The believers’ chanting overwhelmed Nairasojin, and the priest asked what he had seen; Nairasojin called the priest a monster.
• The priest explained that understanding one’s ability was key to finding its true path, then sent yellow light into Nairasojin and healed his injuries.
• Nairasojin questioned the priest about the transformation he had witnessed, and the priest called his new ability God Creation.
• The priest explained that he had used the faith and recognition of the majority to bestow miracles upon himself and transform his body.
• The priest identified himself as the incarnation of Hastur, Lord of the Deep Space and Starry Seas, and declared, “I am The King in Yellow.”

The priest explained how he had deified himself by turning miracles into permanent enhancements, while Sequence 009 revealed how the plan began with Twelve, the Lord of Flesh and Blood. On the Outer Sea Continent, Li Yuan called in the Great Serpent for combat support as he prepared to deal with the True Ancestor and the Frost King.

• The priest told Nairasojin that he had used a mysterious god and repeated self-targeted miracles to transform his mortal body and reach the peak of the Third Tier.
• Sequence 009 said he had not advanced the priest or Twelve, and the priest explained that Twelve's successful deification as Blood Glutton, Uwihashi, made his own experiment possible.
• Sequence 009 explained that Twelve guarded the group’s crowns beneath his palace and had devoured nearly two thousand assassins and moles.
• Sequence 009 stopped the priest from discussing Nightmare with Nairasojin and sent Nairasojin to set out before dawn.
• Li Heng appeared before Li Yuan on the Outer Sea Continent and said his current ability only let him plant trees, not create powerful treants.
• Li Yuan summoned the Great Serpent for combat support as he considered the True Ancestor and Frost King his main obstacles, while worrying that the missing Siren would become a major problem.