Chapter Summaries

Li Si warned Tiya that Lolth the Spider Queen was preparing an Abyssal Demonic Beast invasion through newly emerging dungeons and asked her to mobilize the Fies Kingdom to search for them. He then recruited players to help find dungeon entrances, leaving the Gaia World’s defenses mobilizing against the growing threat.

• Li Si told Tiya about the Abyssal Web and the danger of new dungeons appearing across the Gaia Main World, and she ordered the Fies Kingdom to search its territory and report any discoveries.
• After hearing about Li Si’s recent experiences, Tiya confided that she felt unable to help him, and they reconciled and shared an intimate moment.
• Li Si summoned professional players to Kane Floating City and announced that the Endless Abyss posed a threat to the Gaia World.
• The players accepted the Legendary-level series quest to search for new dungeons and report abnormalities to Kane Floating City.
• Li Si urged the players to stay alert and report their findings, while the Church of the Gods, the Elf Kingdom, the Mercenary Guild, and other forces prepared to help search for dungeons.

Li Si investigated a newly emerged dungeon in the Ruiz Kingdom with Tiya and discovered that it was slowly expanding through immense magical power. At its deepest point, he encountered a corrupting force from the Endless Abyss and severed his connection to it.

• Players flocked to Dan'erluo Port and joined the White Dove Merchant Guild to pursue dungeon clues and rewards, while professional teams prepared for the expanded World Championship.
• Li Si gathered experience from the influx of players and coordinated with Tiya as the Fies Kingdom prepared to help with the dungeon crisis.
• Li Si and Tiya traveled to the newly emerged dungeon in the Ruiz Kingdom, where local officials and the Church of the Gods had begun preparing defenses.
• Li Si sensed that the dungeon was steadily expanding and that its magic was gradually forming valuable mineral deposits.
• At the dungeon's deepest point, Li Si felt a malicious force from the Endless Abyss attack his Mental Power and immediately severed the connection.

Li Si discovered that the Rebirth Dungeons were linked to the Endless Abyss and alerted the Church of the Gods, while the Divine Revelation World Championship began with Huaxia Region dungeons stumping two leading teams. The chapter ended with a twisted, Abyss-tainted figure watching Kane Floating City and yearning for someone inside.

• Li Si sensed the Endless Abyss Will in the Rebirth Dungeon, inferred that Abyss evil gods had supplied world origin power to create the dungeons, and reported his discovery to the Church of the Gods.
• Players debated the Divine Revelation World Championship and the strengths of the Huaxia Region's professional teams as the tournament approached.
• The official Divine Revelation game began the World Championship with a qualifying round in which teams competed for completion rates in randomly assigned high-level dungeon secret realms.
• Kindling Embers Team drew the god-tier dungeon Elf Court's Destruction, while Kunlun Team drew the Legendary-level dungeon Can Guang City Great Plague Event, and both teams faced environments likely to kill players immediately.
• Li Si checked the players' progress and judged that they would struggle to participate in the Version 4.0 main storyline against Abyssal Demonic Beasts.
• A grotesquely transformed figure hid in the wilderness beyond Dan'erluo Port, watched Kane Floating City, and waited with hatred and longing for someone inside.

Kindling Embers faced Hell Knight in the World Championship quarterfinals, where Zhua Zhua used a powerful Skill Draw Card to defeat two opponents and give his team an early lead. Mo Yun led the team through the remaining matches, and Kindling Embers advanced to the top four.

• Zhua Zhua reviewed the Knockout Stage rules with Kindling Embers and urged his teammates to use extraordinary items if needed.
• Zhua Zhua and Satan opened the quarterfinal match, and Satan used a Skill Draw Card to gain the Julio Sword Saint specialty.
• Zhua Zhua used Li Si Artifact Controller, then deployed magical golems to overwhelm Satan and win the first match.
• Zhua Zhua defeated Lucifer by using area attacks to reveal and strike the stealthy assassin, but his Skill Draw Card expired and Kindling Embers lost the third match.
• Mo Yun led Kindling Embers through the remaining matches, and the team defeated Hell Knight to advance to the top four.

The World Championship finals began with Kunlun Team facing Kindling Embers Team, as Han Xing and Mo Yun opened the match. Han Xing’s Skill Draw Card overwhelmed him because he lacked the required mastery, giving Mo Yun the win and Kindling Embers the championship.

• Kunlun Team and Kindling Embers Team reached the finals, guaranteeing Huaxia Region the championship and runner-up places.
• Han Xing and Mo Yun faced off in the first round as their teams’ remaining trump cards.
• Mo Yun used a Skill Draw Card to gain Li Si’s Elemental Tempering specialty, strengthening her control of four elements.
• Han Xing used a Skill Draw Card to gain Li Si’s Soul · Demigod Domain specialty, but its power overwhelmed his soul.
• Han Xing died after failing to meet the specialty’s minimum mastery threshold, and Mo Yun won the round.
• Kindling Embers won the World Championship after building on its advantage from the first round.

After the World Championship, Li Si appeared at the global battle royale and offered players Legendary-level quests with rewards for victory. As the slaughter began and Huaxia Region players came under coordinated attacks, a mysterious assailant struck Li Si and sent him crashing onto the island.

• The Huaxia Region celebrated Kindling Embers and Kunlun Team taking the World Championship’s top two spots, while Han Xing’s fatal use of a Skill Draw Card derived from Li Si fueled discussion about Li Si’s power.
• Players from across the servers gathered on a Pearl Sea island for a battle royale, and many agreed to target Huaxia Region players first.
• Li Si appeared above the island and issued quests promising rewards to the winners, including a small chance at Legendary-level equipment for his own faction’s players.
• The countdown ended, and players began fighting; scattered Huaxia Region players gradually fell behind as enemies from other servers joined forces against them.
• As Li Si considered secretly helping Huaxia Region, a black shadow appeared beside his throne and punched through his Magic Shields, knocking him down onto the island.

Luen ambushed Li Si on a desolate island in the Pearl Sea, using a hunting mark and a space seal to trap him before revealing his dragonified, near-demigod form. Li Si fought to survive and buy time for reinforcements from Kane Floating City, while Luen pressed to kill him as the final sacrifice in his Hunting Ceremony.

• A mysterious attacker struck Li Si into the island, destroying it and killing the players caught in the shockwave.
• Li Si rose from the ruins with a severe back wound bearing Mara's hunting mark and realized that the attacker had sealed off the area.
• The dragonified man attacked Li Si again, and Li Si recognized him as Luen, the God of Hunting's divine son.
• Luen blamed Li Si for his losses and unleashed a relentless assault, while Li Si defended himself and waited for reinforcements.
• Luen committed to killing Li Si before Kane Floating City arrived, since failure would make Luen Mara's sacrifice.

Li Si fought Luen, whose Abyss-tainted strength had risen toward the demigod realm, while Luen tried to complete a deadly sacrificial hunt. After weathering Luen’s assault and summoning giants to defend himself, Li Si confronted him with a pale-blue orb that unleashed a devastating lightning strike.

• The players watched as Luen’s attacks battered Li Si, whose World Tree power resisted the Abyss corrosion but could not prevent his injuries from worsening.
• Luen recalled losing his Divinity Shard to Li Si and revealed that he had begun the Frenzied Hunt Ritual, which required sacrificing Li Si to Mara, God of Hunting, or facing death.
• Luen bound Li Si with Abyssal tentacles and charged, but Li Si cut free and summoned Water and Earth Giants to shield himself.
• Luen tore apart the Earth Giant and corrupted the Water Giant, forcing Li Si to leave its protection.
• Li Si stood his ground as Luen charged and revealed a pale-blue orb that struck him with a colossal bolt of lightning.

Luen used the power of the Endless Abyss and the God of Hunting to trap Li Si, then spent his soul and Mental Power trying to possess and kill him. After discovering Li Si’s soul had already reached the demigod rank, Luen’s assault failed, but his final desperate attack struck Li Si with a vicious curse.

• Li Si severely injured Luen with lightning from the World Rune [Thunder], and Luen tore off his ruined arm and formed a new one from Abyss Power.
• Luen spread a dark formation across the sea and used shadow to bind Li Si before invading his mind with his soul power.
• Li Si endured Luen’s spiritual assault while concealing that his soul had reached the demigod rank, causing Luen to exhaust his strength.
• Luen realized his attacks could not defeat Li Si and, consumed by despair and madness, transformed into a colossal red dragon phantom.
• The red dragon phantom struck Li Si and vanished into his body, leaving a vicious curse behind.

After defeating Luen, Li Si discovered that Luen had transferred Alvares’s powerful red dragon curse onto him before dying. The curse threatened Li Si’s health and concentration, so he decided to seek a cure on Dragon Island, where the Metallic Dragon Race might also teach him about Dragon Language Magic.

• Li Si endured Alvares’s curse and learned from Luen’s soul memories that Luen had sacrificed Alvares to Mara and transferred the curse to him as a final act of revenge.
• Li Si cleared away the Abyss Power left in the sea and received quest rewards, including attribute boosts from Luen’s Gift and the Curse of the Red Dragon Alvares.
• Li Si judged that the curse’s health drain was manageable, but its dragon remnants could disrupt his thoughts and slow his Apotheosis Art research.
• Li Si decided to visit Dragon Island in the Pearl Sea to ask the Metallic Dragon Race to remove the curse and learn about Dragon Language Magic.

After defeating Luen, Li Si traveled with Ludwig to the hidden Dragon Island, hoping to meet the Metallic Dragon elders and resolve the trouble afflicting him. They arrived on the island and were surrounded by curious Bronze Dragons.

• Players across the servers discussed Li Si's battle with Luen and the growing fame of Li Si, Kane Floating City, and the White Dove Merchant Guild.
• Li Si waited in Pearl Sea for Ludwig, who arrived and demonstrated his unusual control over multiple Magical Elements.
• Li Si asked Ludwig to guide him to Dragon Island so he could meet the Metallic Dragon elders and resolve his trouble, and Ludwig agreed.
• Ludwig led Li Si through the island's concealing mist and maze lock to Dragon Island.
• Li Si and Ludwig arrived among the island's varied dragon territories, where curious Bronze Dragons gathered around them.

Ludwig brought Li Si to Dragon Island to meet his father, Joachim, and seek help with the curse placed on Li Si by a Red Dragon. Joachim revealed the curse as a hostile blood-colored dragon and offered Li Si two ways to resolve it.

• Ludwig led Li Si past curious young Bronze Dragons and into the central mountain on Dragon Island.
• Li Si met Joachim, Ludwig’s father and Dragon Island’s temporary clan leader, after Ludwig woke him by throwing Gold Coins at him.
• Joachim recognized Li Si as the World Tree favored one and sent Ludwig out of the cave for not yet reaching Legendary-level.
• Joachim used golden power to reveal the Red Dragon’s curse as a tiny, hostile blood-colored dragon within Li Si.
• Joachim stopped the spell and asked Li Si which of two ways to resolve the curse he wanted to use.

Li Si chose to learn Dragon Language Magic from Joachim as a way to unravel the Red Dragon curse on Luen, and Joachim gave him a dragon scale containing the spells. With Joachim’s permission, Li Si then began recruiting dragons for his research on Dragon Island.

• Joachim offered to dispel the Red Dragon curse himself or teach Li Si Dragon Language Magic, and Li Si chose to learn the magic.
• Joachim transferred Dragon Language Magic, including knowledge of the Dragon Soul Curse, into a dragon scale and gave it to Li Si.
• Li Si paid Joachim and asked permission to conduct research with dragons on Dragon Island, and Joachim agreed.
• Li Si told Ludwig that Joachim had given him a better method, then asked for Ludwig’s help.
• Ludwig enthusiastically recruited Metallic Dragons, while Li Si drew blood from a Silver Dragon and paid it with gemstones.

Li Si finished collecting dragon blood from Metallic and Five-Colored Dragons on Dragon Island, then drank Gold Dragon blood in Stephens’s old workshop and used Natural Transformation to become a Gold Dragon. In his new form, he began studying Dragon Language Magic, while a mysterious dragon on the island sensed his transformation.

• Li Si ended the day’s dragon-blood sales, rewarded Ludwig with a Space Ring, and declined to continue the next day.
• Li Si went to Stephens’s former Magic Workshop and prepared samples of dragon blood collected from both Metallic and Five-Colored Dragons.
• Li Si considered how Ancient Draconic and Dragon Language Magic could help him understand magic, address his Dragon Soul Curse, and explore the dragon race’s physical strength.
• Li Si drank Gold Dragon blood and used [Natural Transformation: Gold Dragon Form] to transform into a Gold Dragon.
• Li Si began comparing his memories of Dragon Language Magic with the power he sensed in his new body, and an enormous dragon eye opened somewhere on Dragon Island.

Li Si mastered Dragon Language Magic well enough to cast the Legendary spell [Dragon's Wrath] in Silver Dragon form, unleashing devastating frost magic across the sea. His display astonished the dragons on Dragon Island, while Peo began wondering whether he could become a disciple of Stephens.

• Li Si learned to cast Dragon Language Magic through his mastery of Ancient Dragon Language and chose Silver Dragon form as the best fit for his magic.
• Li Si cast [Dragon's Wrath], freezing a vast stretch of sea and shattering a distant reef into a towering iceberg.
• Li Si returned to his human form and assessed the spell's destructive power and its heavy mana and physical costs.
• Peo and Ludwig watched from behind Dragon Island's cliffs, and Ludwig admitted that Li Si had grown far stronger than he had expected.
• Peo asked Ludwig whether he could become Stephens's disciple, while Li Si focused on the changes caused by casting [Dragon's Wrath].

Li Si located the Dragon Soul Curse in his spiritual domain and imprisoned its Red Dragon form, but a mysterious voice named Arvis offered him a way to absorb it instead. Li Si began the dangerous process, and the dragon scale he embedded in the curse started to glow.

• Li Si sent a Silver Dragon formed from his Mental Power into his spiritual domain and found the Red Dragon Curse absorbing his life force and Mental Power.
• Li Si used silver-white chains and a crystal prison of Mental Power to seal the Red Dragon inside an iceberg.
• Arvis spoke to Li Si from afar, advised him not to destroy the curse, and gave him a method to absorb its power by breaking it down.
• Li Si chose to follow Arvis's method, despite the risk to his soul, and prepared to absorb the Legendary dragon's soul power.
• Li Si shattered his Silver Dragon into a glowing scale and embedded it in the Red Dragon's forehead as the curse struggled against his restraints.

Li Si completely absorbed the Red Dragon curse, strengthening his soul, then followed Arvis’s directions to a hidden cavern on Metallic Dragon Island. There he found Arvis’s enormous divine-ranked dragon skeleton, and Arvis asked him for help.

• Li Si digested the Dragon Soul Curse over three days and gained the Blessing of the Red Dragon Alvares, which strengthened his soul and improved his Dragon Language Magic.
• Li Si ended his seclusion and followed the location Arvis had left for him, heading deeper into Dragon Island.
• Li Si passed through a concealed rift valley and reached a vast cavern containing the skeleton of an enormous dragon.
• Li Si recognized the divine aura and terrifying sharpness of the remains, then asked Arvis what they were.
• Arvis told Li Si that he still retained some consciousness and asked for his help.

Li Si learned that Arvis had survived a failed apotheosis ritual with his soul preserved, but his body had decayed, and Arvis hoped for World Tree Yggdrasil's help. Arvis gave Li Si a dragon scale containing a vision of the ritual's failure, leaving Li Si asking if it showed Arvis's apotheosis.

• Li Si met Arvis's phantom beside the dragon's skeleton and learned that Arvis's soul had survived his failed ascension while his body decayed.
• Arvis asked for World Tree Yggdrasil's aid, but Li Si declined to involve the weakened World Tree.
• Arvis asked Li Si to help him if an opportunity arose, and Li Si agreed only to remember the request.
• Arvis gave Li Si a golden dragon scale, which showed a Gold Dragon's apotheosis ritual being interrupted just before its core divine fire ignited.
• Li Si emerged from the vision and asked Arvis whether it had shown his apotheosis ritual.

Arvis gave Li Si a dragon scale containing his Apotheosis ritual memories, then showed him how the World Rune [Forest] emerged during an ancient divine battle and revealed its location. Arvis said the information was a gift from Bahamut, leaving Li Si with a chance to seek the dormant rune beneath the sea.

• Arvis gave Li Si his firsthand memories of his Apotheosis ritual, and Li Si promised to help him if he gained enough strength.
• Arvis showed Li Si a vision of a Forest destroyed during an ancient battle between gods and the continent sinking beneath the sea.
• Li Si spotted a green World Rune in the collapsing land and identified it as [Forest].
• Arvis gave Li Si a dragon scale bearing the rune's location and said it was a gift from Bahamut.

Li Si received the location of the World Rune [Forest] from Arvis, who said the Platinum Dragon King Bahamut had provided the clue without making any request. After returning to his workshop, Li Si began studying dragon physiques through close-combat training with Ludwig, and his efforts produced the Legendary Arcane [Elemental Body Forging: Dragon Body Forging].

• Arvis told Li Si that the Platinum Dragon King Bahamut had given him the location of the World Rune [Forest] without asking for anything in return.
• Li Si thanked Arvis, promised to help if needed, and left the Dragon Nest while Arvis wondered aloud why his lord had acted so unusually.
• Li Si returned to his Magic Workshop and decided to study dragon physiques to develop a way to strengthen his body.
• Li Si lured the sleepy Ludwig into close-combat training by showing him a mountain of Gold Coins.
• Li Si and Ludwig fought across the beach, sea, and sky, and the sparring left several dragons sprawled across the beach.
• Li Si gained the Legendary Arcane [Elemental Body Forging: Dragon Body Forging].