Chapter Summaries

After Kindling Embers swept Mad Song Team, Li Si traveled to the Frozen Tundra Plain Fragment secret realm to investigate Death Lamenter Ivan Walter’s legacy. He awakened the Bone Church’s hidden guardian, a giant Bone Dragon formed from Ivan Walter’s lingering power, and prepared to test what it had left behind.

• Zhua Zhua humiliated Mad Blade Smile until he conceded, and Kindling Embers swept Mad Song Team three to zero.
• Kindling Embers drew attention from players and investors after its victory and the revelation that Zhua Zhua had once played for Long Song Team.
• Li Si confirmed that the fishman tribes were establishing Klaus’s faith and traveled to Ketia Island to search for Ivan Walter’s legacy.
• Li Si entered the Frozen Tundra Plain Fragment and found the black bone church where an undead presence had kept other creatures away.
• When Li Si attacked the church doors, the angel carvings awakened and the church transformed into a massive Bone Dragon.
• Li Si recognized the Bone Dragon as a mindless remnant of Ivan Walter and raised his staff to test its power.

Li Si defeated Legendary Bone Dragon Ivan Walter and obtained its Demigod Divinity: Undead. The Pocket World then collapsed into the Endless Abyss, leaving Li Si stranded on its 113th Layer, Thanatos.

• Li Si blocked the Bone Dragon's attacks while observing it, then unleashed magic that destroyed its undead army and shattered most of its body.
• Li Si split the Bone Dragon's skull, killing Ivan Walter and obtaining Undead-related specialties, 2.5 billion experience points, and Demigod Divinity: Undead.
• Li Si examined the divinity but decided not to absorb it, wary of its effects on his body and soul.
• The Pocket World ruptured and shifted into the Endless Abyss as undead and abyssal auras flooded the surrounding space.
• Li Si received a system notice placing him on the Endless Abyss's 113th Layer, Thanatos, and activating the Endless Abyss Explorer milestone quest.

After falling into Thanatos, Li Si narrowly escaped Demogorgon’s attempt to capture him and returned to the Gaia Main World. He realized Demogorgon may have used Abyss Plane fragments to prepare future invasions, then reconsidered his plans and went back to Kane Floating City with Lisa.

• Li Si arrived on the 113th Layer of the Endless Abyss and realized the pocket world he had entered was a fragment of Thanatos.
• World Tree Yggdrasil’s power shielded Li Si from Abyss Power, and he fled through the Space Channel as Demogorgon pursued him with force and temptation.
• Li Si returned to the Gaia Main World, severed the Space Channel with Space Rupture, and recognized Demogorgon’s avatar on the other side.
• Li Si decided to avoid the Endless Abyss but continued considering a cautious trip to the otherworldly pocket world where a valuable treasure lay.
• Li Si suspected Demogorgon had manipulated Death Lamenter Ivan Walter and Abyss Plane fragments to create Demon Gates for a future invasion.
• Li Si returned to Kane Floating City and took Lisa away from her reading for comfort.

Li Si rested with Lisa while watching the Huaxia Region Professional League, where Kindling Embers prepared to face Long Song. Zhua Zhua entered the arena against Li Ge and used an Ability Extraction Card to borrow Li Si’s Legendary specialty, leaving their duel poised to begin.

• Li Si relaxed with Lisa and watched the league after reflecting on his escape from Demogorgon and his exhausting recent responsibilities.
• Zhua Zhua rallied Kindling Embers to pursue a top-eight finish and defeat Long Song, and his teammates agreed to the plan.
• Mo Yun defeated Dark Song but spent much of her mana, then lost to Long Song captain Li Ge after exhausting him with a barrage of attacks.
• Zhua Zhua faced Li Ge and used an Ability Extraction Card to obtain Li Si’s temporary Advanced Resilient Life specialty.
• Zhua Zhua challenged Li Ge to attack as the broadcast and viewers reacted to his newly gained Legendary-level ability.

Zhua Zhua used Li Si’s Ability Extraction Card to defeat Li Ge and Long Song Team’s doubles players, drawing the attention of professional teams to Dan'erluo Port and Kane Floating City. Li Si enjoyed the resulting influx of interest, then turned to his plans for directing faith gathered by the Fishman Tribe Alliance into a new Arcane clone.

• Zhua Zhua used the Advanced Resilient Life specialty to withstand Li Ge’s attacks, then defeated him with the Dual Puppets.
• Zhua Zhua defeated Long Song Team’s doubles players, securing Kindling Embers’ victory and drawing attention to Li Si’s Ability Extraction Cards.
• Han Xing rallied Kunlun Team to pursue the championship, while professional teams arranged trips to Dan'erluo Port to seek Li Si’s help.
• Li Si watched players flock toward Dan'erluo Port, then turned off the display when Lisa woke and resumed their interrupted activity.
• Beilun reported progress spreading Li Si’s faith across the Fishman Tribe Alliance, and Li Si prepared to test a new Arcane clone designed to serve as a Totem Spirit.

Li Si visited the Pearl Sea tribes, linked their faith altars to himself, and began cultivating a Totem Avatar with purified Chaos Faith Power. After many failed attempts, he fused the power with the avatar and installed Death Lamenter Ivan Walter’s demigod divinity as its core.

• Li Si visited the merman tribes, linked their faith altars to himself, and learned that the Church of the Ocean Goddess tolerated their faith because ascended merman gods could join its pantheon.
• Li Si warned O'Neill, then decided to cultivate a controllable Totem Avatar to bear the Virtual Elemental Divinity and support his research into Ascension to Godhood.
• Li Si used Chaos Faith Convergence to purify Faith Power and began forming his Totem Avatar at the Pearl Clan altar, but his first attempt collapsed under the power.
• Li Si refined his method over many attempts and used knowledge from the Sphinx Ascension to Godhood Art to fuse the Totem Avatar with Chaos Faith Power.
• Li Si placed Death Lamenter Ivan Walter’s demigod divinity inside the avatar, making it the core that drew in and released Chaos Faith Power to strengthen itself.

Li Si gained the exclusive specialty Myriad Spirit Incarnation - Li Si after creating an undead totem avatar, then used it to strengthen his command of undead power and began preparing a Wisdom totem avatar. Meanwhile, Kindling Embers and Kunlun Team returned to Dan'erluo Port after the league finals, where Zhua Zhua and Mo Yun noticed an imposing group from the Dawn Church approaching.

• Li Si gained Myriad Spirit Incarnation - Li Si, Arcane Dominator, and the Great Arcanist milestone for pioneering a new path by fusing faith totems with Arcane.
• Li Si merged the undead totem avatar into himself with Legendary Totem Possession and found that his undead affinity and abilities had greatly improved.
• Li Si placed the undead totem avatar on the altar to absorb Faith Power and began preparing to create a Wisdom totem avatar.
• Kunlun Team defeated Kindling Embers three to two in the Professional League finals, and both teams returned to Dan'erluo Port as Version 2.0 neared its end.
• Mo Yun spotted an approaching group of Extraordinary Professionals, and Zhua Zhua recognized them as members of the Dawn Church.

The Dawn Church’s elite procession arrived in Dan'erluo Port, where its blessing amazed residents and players before the clergy entered Li Si’s castle. Maurice revealed that he had come in response to the God of Dawn’s warning about an approaching upheaval, as Li Si prepared for the Version 3.0 Otherworld Development storyline.

• Zhua Zhua noticed the Dawn Church contingent heading for Li Si’s castle rather than its church and suspected its visit carried political significance.
• As the procession crossed Dan'erluo Port, residents felt their pain ease, and Zhua Zhua and the other players received the Blessing of the Dawn Light.
• A player who tried to interrupt the procession was killed by a paladin and purified by a priest, and the contingent continued to Grand Duke Kane's Castle.
• Li Si welcomed Maurice, who praised the Floating City and confirmed that the Dawn Church was willing to support Li Si.
• Maurice reminded Li Si of the God of Dawn’s warning about three impending upheavals on Fanor Continent, while Li Si recognized the coming Phillips Crystal falls and the Version 3.0 race to explore Pocket Worlds.

Li Si warned Maurice that Demogorgon had hidden Abyss-fragment secret realms throughout Gaia World as footholds for an invasion, and gave him locations to investigate. Maurice agreed to coordinate the churches’ search while remaining in Dan'erluo Port for the coming upheaval.

• Maurice recognized the legendary protectors around Li Si and agreed that the Dawn Church would concentrate its forces in Dan'erluo Port.
• Li Si considered whether Corellon Larethian had already been compromised by Demogorgon, but decided not to warn the Elf God System yet.
• Li Si told Maurice that Demogorgon had arranged Abyss-fragment secret realms that could open passages into Gaia World.
• Maurice accepted Li Si’s warning and promised to coordinate the churches’ search for the secret realms.
• Li Si gave Maurice a list of likely locations across Gaia World, and Maurice memorized it before revealing that he wanted to settle matters in Dan'erluo Port quickly and return to the Holy City.

Li Si warned Maurice against provoking other churches and recognized an opportunity to prepare Dan'erluo Port’s players for Version 3.0. He recruited Zhua Zhua and Mo Yun to alert the Undying Ones to an approaching world-changing event, leaving Zhua Zhua wondering whether it was the next version’s main quest.

• Li Si told Maurice to coordinate with other churches without starting conflicts before the Phillips Crystal anomaly, and Maurice accepted his warning.
• Li Si noticed Zhua Zhua, Mo Yun, and their companions waiting outside Kane Castle and decided to use them to prepare for the upcoming version.
• Zhua Zhua and Mo Yun speculated about what Version 3.0 would bring before Li Si suddenly summoned them into the castle.
• Li Si explained that he needed the two Undying Ones to inform Dan'erluo Port’s players that a great change was coming and to prepare them to defend the port.
• Zhua Zhua received Li Si’s quest and wondered whether the coming event was Version 3.0’s main quest.

Li Si used a clue about the coming Version 3.0 anomaly to draw players toward Dan'erluo Port and prepared to profit from the arrival of the Phillips Crystal. As Version 3.0 began, a golden meteor appeared in the sky and split into three meteors falling toward the Fanor Continent.

• Li Si sent Zhua Zhua and Mo Yun away with a clue about the coming anomaly, then told Maurice that the undead could be useful if properly guided.
• Zhua Zhua posted proof of the clue on the player forums, prompting players across the Fanor Continent to head for Dan'erluo Port.
• Li Si had Mora prepare the White Dove Guild to build houses and stockpile Extraordinary Materials around Dan'erluo Port.
• Version 3.0 arrived, and Li Si noticed the teleportation passage growing unstable as the Phillips Crystal approached Gaia World.
• Li Si and Maurice watched a golden meteor appear and split into three meteors that fell toward the Fanor Continent.

A golden meteor struck the wilderness west of Dan'erluo Port, and Li Si protected the city from the impact’s shockwave. At the crater, he cut a fragment from the Phillips Crystal just before it merged with the surrounding space, then told Maurice about its strange spatial power.

• The meteor rushed toward Dan'erluo Port, but Li Si used Kane Floating City to shield the port from the impact’s shockwave.
• Li Si hurried to the western wilderness and found the Phillips Crystal at the center of the meteor crater.
• Li Si sensed the crystal was still merging with space and struck it with repeated spatial blades.
• Li Si broke off a small fragment of the Phillips Crystal and received the Treasure Hunter specialty.
• Maurice asked Li Si about the crystal, and Li Si explained that its spatial power was changing the surrounding space.

Li Si and Maurice watched the Phillips Crystal open a Space Channel, and Li Si sent a Mirror Image duplicate through to investigate. The duplicate arrived in the Pocket World known as the Swamp Lizardmen Nest.

• Li Si explained that the Phillips Crystal’s unusual spatial power was pouring into the surrounding space, while Rossde and Maurice watched cautiously.
• Players gathered at the crater, but Li Si blocked them with an invisible barrier as they tried to approach the crystal.
• The Phillips Crystal warped space and formed a stable Space Channel, giving Li Si a brief insight that improved his grasp of space.
• Li Si sent a Mirror Image duplicate through the unknown channel while Maurice stayed behind.
• The duplicate emerged in a vast forest of ancient trees, winding rivers, and swamps, which Li Si recognized as the Swamp Lizardmen Nest.

Jasper, a newly made hero of the Water Snake Tribe, returned to his home and discussed expanding the tribe with his brother Ymir, including building ships to cross the Ulan River. Their plans were interrupted when a group of strange newcomers emerged from the river and mistook the Lizardmen for game-like creatures.

• Jasper greeted the Water Snake Tribe and refused Ymir's offer to become chief, saying Ymir should remain the leader.
• Jasper asked Ymir about the large wooden ship built from blueprints he had brought back from a human settlement.
• Ymir explained that the ship had sunk during its first trial but could still help transport goods, and the brothers discussed making another.
• Jasper told Ymir that humans lived east of the forest and suggested making them a subordinate tribe after conquering the great forest.
• Several people leaped from the river, shouted about encountering Lizardmen, and argued over whether to communicate with them.
• Jasper watched the newcomers and wondered whether they resembled the humans he already knew.

Jasper killed players from Kane Floating City after rejecting their offer to survey and mine Water Snake Tribe territory, then learned that leaders of the surrounding Lizardmen tribes had gathered with a warning about strange visitors. The chapter left Jasper and Ymir facing an unexplained threat as Chief Os asked whether they had seen the newcomers.

• Jasper and Ymir approached the players, and haha offered Kane Floating City’s protection in exchange for access to Water Snake Tribe resources and twenty percent of the mining profits.
• Jasper rejected the offer as an insult, killed haha and another player, and let the rest escape so they could spread word of his strength.
• Jasper told Ymir about the offer, while suspecting the players’ calm reaction and a device one had pointed at him might signal trouble.
• A messenger reported that Chieftain Bert, Chieftain Os, Chieftain Guwo, Chieftain Qiqi, and High Priest Kuxue had gathered at Water Snake Tribe.
• Chief Os told Ymir that the Lizardmen had a problem and asked whether he had seen the strange-looking people.

Jasper learned that a powerful human force had captured the Mountain Giants and threatened Isaac Great Forest, so he committed to resisting them and went to investigate Great Stone Mountain. The High Priest Kuxue told him the world needed him, while Li Si identified Jasper as the Child of the World.

• Os and the other Lizardmen chiefs told Ymir and Jasper that humans from Kane Floating City had demanded their submission under the guise of trade.
• Guwo reported that thousands of commander-level humans had occupied Great Stone Mountain, captured its Mountain Giants, and emerged through a strange passage.
• The chiefs agreed to unite the forest tribes, and Jasper vowed to defend their home before leaving to inspect Great Stone Mountain.
• Ymir questioned Jasper’s resolve, and Jasper insisted he would rather die than surrender.
• Kuxue met Jasper outside the village, revealed pink skin beneath her rain cape, and said the world needed him to save it.
• Li Si watched Jasper and Kuxue from above and called Jasper the Child of the World.

Li Si explained why he needed to protect Jasper, the Child of the World, and secure the resource-rich Swamp Lizardmen Nest. As Phillips Crystal passages drew powerful factions and Legends into the Pocket Worlds, Li Si maintained control of his territory while anticipating that the crystals would eventually unleash wider conflict.

• Li Si reasoned that Jasper was the Swamp Lizardmen Nest’s Child of the World and planned to protect and subdue him so he could gain the world consciousness’s recognition.
• Li Si revealed that the Pocket World’s Mithril deposits were a major reason he intended to claim it, and that he had arranged for players to put Jasper in danger so his intervention would win Jasper’s trust.
• Maurice told Li Si that three Phillips Crystals had descended on each continent, and Li Si allowed visitors into the new Pocket World passages while keeping the Swamp Lizardmen Nest under his control.
• Li Si blasted an intruding Legendary Thief with Kane Floating City’s Elemental Magic Cannon, forcing the thief to retreat severely injured.
• Maurice worried that the Phillips Crystals’ arrival signaled a greater upheaval, and Li Si anticipated stronger Pocket Worlds, open conflict with Transcendent Factions, and an opportunity to steal their treasures.

Jasper learned from Kuxue that an unknown threat beyond the invading humans might destroy the world, and vowed to defend the Lizardmen’s homeland. Meanwhile, Li Si monitored them as players received a Gold-level mission to defeat the Isaac Great Forest Allied Forces and hero Jasper.

• Kuxue told Jasper that outsiders were invading their world and warned that an even more dangerous, unknown existence threatened its destruction.
• Jasper promised to drive the invaders out and rejected the idea of cooperating with them, then left to defend the Lizardmen’s homeland.
• Li Si secretly overheard Jasper and Kuxue, judged that the Pocket World had unusual potential, and resolved to claim it.
• Players at Great Stone Mountain received a Gold-level mission to defeat the Isaac Great Forest Allied Forces and Jasper.

Calvo led the players from Kane Floating City into battle against the Isaac Great Forest Allied Forces, while Jasper rallied the forest’s races to defend their homeland. The armies met, and Jasper opened the fight by killing the foremost player with a single strike.

• Calvo summoned two Gold-level Death Knights, froze the players with fear, and announced that he would lead them to victory by Lord Li Si’s command.
• The leaders of the forest’s races agreed to unite under Jasper and defend their homeland from the humans of Kane Floating City.
• A messenger reported that the humans were charging from Great Stone Mountain, so Jasper rallied the allied forces and led them out to meet the attack.
• The players and the Isaac Great Forest Allied Forces charged toward each other across the forest.
• Jasper struck the leading player with his saber and cut him in two.

Jasper fought the players in the forest while the players battled the Isaac Great Forest Allied Forces, whose Bronze-level warriors and later-arriving Overlords slowed the human advance. As Jasper weakened under the players’ relentless attacks, Kuxue prayed to the Great Mother of the World, and a golden pillar of Holy Light descended around him.

• The players recognized Jasper as a Gold-level boss and charged him fearlessly, forcing him to fight with increasing intensity.
• Nearly ten thousand newly advanced Silver-level players overwhelmed the Bronze-level members of the Isaac Great Forest Allied Forces with superior equipment and skills.
• The allied chieftains sent their Overlords into battle, and Lizardmen, centaurs, kobolds, and goblins began inflicting casualties as the fighting reached a stalemate.
• Jasper exhausted himself killing several hundred players while dodging spells and enduring their attacks, leaving him wounded and close to collapse.
• Kuxue noticed Jasper’s peril, prayed to the Great Mother of the World for his protection, and a golden Holy Light Pillar descended around Jasper.