Chapter Summaries

Xue Zhi and Jin Ling prepared a defensive array for the approaching second Exotic Energy tide while players built up their defenses and negotiated with Zhou Hao over valuable Thunder Stones. The tide arrived in a massive assault, leaving thousands of players to face tens of thousands of monsters behind their guild-base defenses.

• Xue Zhi and Jin Ling mastered their Hun Yuan power, and Zhou Hao gave them Exotic Energy array patterns to help defend against the coming tide.
• Xue Zhi and Jin Ling gathered the materials for the defensive array while players built fortresses and prepared their encampment.
• Bloody Hand Butcher's group discovered a vast deposit of Thunder Stones in Lightning Marsh and decided to offer Zhou Hao a share in exchange for World Annihilation Divine Thunder Array disks.
• Xue Zhi reported the proposed deal to Zhou Hao, who agreed to it and ordered the Lightning Marsh map kept secret until after the tide passed.
• The guilds bought all twelve Great Fire Spirit Array disks, and players assembled their defenses as the second monster tide arrived.

Zhou Hao's players defended their guild base against a horde of more than three hundred thousand monsters, using the Great Fire Spirit Array and Energy Cannons to kill over two hundred thousand before the Origin Class BOSS withdrew the survivors. Zhou Hao then updated the game design log with thirty thousand new closed beta slots and a new NPC, leaving eager applicants flooding the forums.

• More than seven thousand players held the defensive line as the Great Fire Spirit Array blocked the monster horde and the Energy Cannons devastated its first waves.
• The players let small groups of monsters through the array to kill them while agile elites in powered gear lured the Origin Class BOSS away from the defenses.
• After five hours of fighting, the Nine-Headed Serpent-shaped BOSS struck the array, but the players kept it at bay while continuing to eliminate the other monsters.
• Zhou Hao, Xue Zhi, and Jin Ling concluded that the defense had succeeded, and Zhou Hao considered how the Ancient Ruins mission could help him find rare advancement resources.
• After a night of fighting, the players killed over two hundred thousand monsters, and the Origin Class BOSS called the remaining monsters away to retreat.
• Zhou Hao updated the game design log to open thirty thousand more closed beta slots and add a new NPC, prompting excited posts from applicants on the forums.

After half a year, Hualun Guild planned to hunt an Origin Class monster so Beautiful Girl Killer could break through, but the players lacked the strength and resources to do it directly. Zhou Hao supplied the Formation Pavilion with a concealment formation disk to help them seek out battles between powerful monsters, and the guild bought one despite its steep price.

• Divine Descent grew to more than one billion preregistered players, while Beautiful Girl Killer became the highest-level player at Level 58 and neared the Origin Class threshold.
• White Clothes Hurt Kidney reported that players had explored only a tiny fraction of the vast game world, and Bloody Hand Butcher announced Hualun Guild would seek an Origin Class BOSS.
• Beautiful Girl Killer explained that the guild lacked enough Formation Masters and gold to use a large-scale Killing Formation, so Crotch a Little Cool suggested waiting for Origin Class monsters to fight and then taking their flesh.
• Xue Zhi and Jin Ling told Zhou Hao that Hualun Guild wanted a formation disk to conceal its presence, and Zhou Hao agreed to make one so players could venture deeper.
• Bloody Hand Butcher and Beautiful Girl Killer bought a concealment formation disk from Xue Zhi's clone for five million gold coins, with a ten-percent discount, and learned the pavilion would buy Origin Class flesh.

Zhou Hao observed the Original Universe nearing its end and the rapid growth of Luo Feng and his companions on the Origin Continent, then watched players in Divine Descent reach the Transcendent Tier by hunting Origin Class monsters. After their progress stalled at Level 60, he updated the game to require stronger Mental Power for further advancement and opened 300,000 new closed beta slots.

• Zhou Hao saw the Original Universe collapsing, noted that his Miniature Universe had become home to many races, and watched Luo Feng reach Saint level while Rong Jun and Hong became Eternal True Gods.
• Bloody Hand Butcher and dozens of players traveled for three months, recovered tiger scorpion flesh, and broke through to the Transcendent Tier, discovering that their minds had improved in reality.
• News of Hualun Guild's breakthrough spread, and twelve Transcendent Tier experts led a hunt for an Origin Class monster, killing it after eight hours despite losing several experts and thousands of high-level players.
• One month later, hundreds of players had reached Level 60 and players had cleared nearby maps, so Zhou Hao opened 300,000 closed beta slots and explained that further advancement required Mental Power strong enough to sense the world's special energy.

Three years after players broke through to the Transcendent Tier, Hualun Guild prepared to explore the Lava Vortex, where a vast energy stone vein and more than a million Origin-level monsters awaited. Zhou Hao exchanged points for a rare resource, expanded the closed beta by five million slots, and revealed that breaking through to Primordial Yuan could awaken superpowers.

• Hualun Guild’s core players gathered at the Lava Vortex and discussed the danger posed by its million-plus Origin-level monsters and the competition from rival guilds.
• Beautiful Girl Killer revealed that a still-higher Primordial Yuan, or Saint Tier, could awaken superpowers, but required surpassing Level 100.
• Bloody Hand Butcher and the others agreed to plan their approach and investigate the Lava Vortex before attempting to clear it.
• Zhou Hao learned that players had accumulated 320 million points and exchanged more than 200 million of them for Origin World Star Core.
• Zhou Hao announced five million new closed beta slots and revealed that reaching Primordial Yuan was the path to awakening superpowers, setting off excitement across the forum.

Zhou Hao advanced to World Class Hun Yuan and learned that a High Energy Source in the Lava Vortex might be the origin of Exotic Energy. He sent Divine Descent players to explore it, and the surviving guild teams reached a plain where High Energy Crystals shone atop a mountain.

• Zhou Hao transformed his natal weapon with the Origin World Star Core, reached World Class Hun Yuan, and planned to refine his battle clones inside the Ancient Ruins.
• Xue Zhi and Jin Ling told Zhou Hao that Divine Descent had expanded slowly and that a High Energy Source in the Lava Vortex contained many powerful variants and extreme suppression.
• Zhou Hao updated Divine Descent, added ten million player slots, and issued a gold quest to explore the High Energy Source, offering powerful equipment and an awakening opportunity.
• Bloody Hand Butcher and Beautiful Girl Killer prepared the Hualun Guild to enter the High Energy Area during the window when its monsters left, while guilds across the server mobilized.
• Tens of thousands of guilds rushed into the area, but the energy storm destroyed most players and left only the top five guilds to advance behind defensive formations.
• The surviving players crossed the storm, spotted High Energy Crystals on a distant mountain, and charged toward them alongside the High-level Origin Class Monsters.

Zhou Hao learned to draw on the Exotic Energy Origin in High-Energy Crystals and created secret arts for Superpower Players. As players discovered a vast new crystal region at Qingguang Lake, the guilds faced the challenge of crossing its monster-filled waters.

• Zhou Hao recognized that High-Energy Crystals contained a True Energy Origin, and he ordered Xue Zhi and Jin Ling to issue long-term missions for mining them.
• Cheng Li awakened a lightning superpower after obtaining a High-Energy Crystal, joined the Godfall Political Consultative Committee, and promised to help defend Zhongxia City.
• A year later, Zhou Hao used a High-Energy Crystal to deepen his understanding of Exotic Energy Origin and created ten secret arts restricted to Superpower Players.
• Chinese guilds endured the third monster tide, and White Clothes Hurt Kidney reported that Qingguang Lake might contain High-Energy Crystals but was guarded by millions of monsters and several Hun Yuan Class Monsters.
• The Hualun Guild leaders learned Qingguang Lake was as large as Earth and decided to wait for other guilds to scout before making their plan.

The major guilds used the True Domain Thunder Spirit Array to push through Qingguang Lake and reach its central island, where they hoped to claim High-Energy Crystals. Zhou Hao’s energy-consciousness clone appeared as the island’s crushing pressure descended on the players.

• Hualun Guild’s leaders discussed their slow progress through Qingguang Lake and the need to find High-Energy Crystals to awaken more players.
• Beautiful Girl Killer learned that Xue Zhi’s clone was selling the True Domain Thunder Spirit Array for 500 million gold coins, and the guild leaders bought formation disks despite the steep cost.
• Zhou Hao and Xue Zhi explained that the central island held five High-Energy Crystals, which Zhou Hao needed to accelerate his progress and confront Yuan-level variants.
• The True Domain Thunder Spirit Array let the guilds overwhelm much of Qingguang Lake, gather resources, and reach the central island after half a year.
• Beautiful Girl Killer and Hualun Guild agreed to prioritize Bloody Hand Butcher for the next awakening chance, then led their group into the island’s core.
• A crushing pressure engulfed the group as Zhou Hao’s energy-consciousness clone descended and recognized the danger posed by the island’s dense energy.

Zhou Hao absorbed five High-Energy Crystals during a twenty-year seclusion, then investigated a mysterious Blue Crystal Tree and discovered it was a vast reservoir of Exotic Energy cultivation fluid. He gave players new mental-strength potions and formation cores, while the expanding player forces continued exploring the Ancient Ruins.

• Players seized five High-Energy Crystals from Qingguang Lake, and Zhou Hao entrusted Divine Descent's operations to Xue Zhi and Jin Ling before entering seclusion.
• Bloody Hand Butcher awakened as a Superpower Player after Hualun Guild obtained a High-Energy Crystal, while White Clothes Hurt Kidney reported that thirteen Superpower Players had emerged across the server and warned of assassination threats.
• Over twenty years, players obtained ten more High-Energy Crystals, and Xue Zhi told Zhou Hao that they had discovered a Blue Crystal Tree beneath Qingguang Lake.
• Zhou Hao examined the tree and found it was a massive, lifeless reservoir of pure Exotic Energy that could help awaken and nourish players.
• Zhou Hao stored the Blue Crystal Tree, made mental-strength potions from it, and supplied formation-pattern cores to Xue Zhi, Jin Ling, and the others for mass production.

Yuan visited the Tai Yin Hun Yuan Lord to study the Exotic Energy and planned to seek the Eternity Council’s intervention as the Hun Yuan Creatures intensified their attacks. Meanwhile, Zhou Hao found the Eternity Flower, offered players rewards for locating more, and opened another two hundred million Divine Descent slots.

• Yuan sensed the Exotic Energy for three years, agreed with Tai Yin that its laws required painstaking analysis, and decided to visit the Eternity Council to ask it to intervene.
• In Ice Snow City, Hualun Guild’s leaders discussed how to withstand the ice plains’ extreme cold and compete for its six High-Energy Crystals; Beautiful Girl Killer led an expedition elsewhere while Bloody Hand Butcher stayed to watch foreign guilds.
• Zhou Hao found an Eternity Flower in the Ancient Ruins and ordered Xue Zhi and Jin Ling to offer three awakening slots to anyone who found and reported one.
• Zhou Hao opened two hundred million additional Divine Descent player slots, bringing the total player count to five hundred million.

Hualun Guild debated whether to pursue High-Energy Crystals in the Ice Plains or search for the newly reported Eternity Flower in Blood Rock Cave. After learning that the flower might secure enough awakening slots for their aging members, the guild abandoned the Ice Plains and headed to Blood Rock Cave, where Zhou Hao’s clone was already searching.

• At a gathering in Modu, Hualun Guild’s leaders discussed their fruitless search for the Eternity Flower and their plans to pursue High-Energy Crystals in the Ice Plains.
• Director Zhang told Bloody Hand Butcher and Cheng Li that the Eternity Flower might be near Blood Rock Cave, but Bloody Hand Butcher chose to prioritize the imminent Ice Plains operation.
• Xue Zhi told Zhou Hao that players had reported the Eternity Flower near Blood Rock Cave, and Zhou Hao revealed that his other clone was already searching there.
• Beautiful Girl Killer urged Hualun Guild to abandon the Ice Plains, arguing that finding the Eternity Flower could earn seven or eight awakening slots for the aging players.
• After the guild members agreed to pursue the flower, Hualun Guild set out for Blood Rock Cave as Zhou Hao’s clone searched its vast network of crimson caves.

Several years later, Zhou Hao absorbed an Eternity Flower while Bloody Hand Butcher and Hualun Guild’s newly awakened Superpower Players joined the struggle for seven High Energy Crystals in the Ice Plains. After helping China seize the crystals, Hualun Guild disputed their share with other guilds and accepted a government compromise that left future quotas unresolved.

• Zhou Hao planned to absorb the Eternity Flower and reach major completion in Exotic Origin Essence, then left Divine Descent to Xue Zhi and Jin Ling.
• Bloody Hand Butcher and Hualun Guild celebrated five new awakenings and decided to join the Ice Plains expedition to claim High Energy Crystals.
• Bloody Hand Butcher and Beautiful Girl Killer led thirteen Chinese Superpower Players in suppressing four foreign players, holding off the Hun Yuan Class Monsters, and seizing all seven crystals.
• Bloody Hand Butcher and the other guilds argued over the crystals for months, with Hualun Guild demanding at least three of the five crystals left after two were set aside.
• Director Zhang offered Hualun Guild two crystals and promised future compensation; Bloody Hand Butcher accepted while seeking a twenty-percent reduction in the guild’s future crystal quota.

Ten years after Divine Descent’s Hundred Heroes Hegemony began, Bloody Hand Butcher and Beautiful Girl Killer secured places among the top three, earning a large number of awakening slots. With the competition over and the deadline passed, Director Zhang arrived at Xijiang Villa, apparently seeking some of those slots.

• If I Don't Drive, Who Will worried that his unawakened friends would run out of time, until White Clothes Hurt Kidney announced a major game update.
• The official team launched the Hundred Heroes Hegemony, rewarding players who killed Hun Yuan Class Monsters with awakening slots and secret arts.
• Zhou Hao created powerful secret arts for players and gave Xue Zhi and Jin Ling techniques and resources to advance toward World Class Hun Yuan.
• Players used the new techniques to hunt monsters, while Zhou Hao accumulated points toward resources that could help him approach the Lord Class.
• Bloody Hand Butcher and Beautiful Girl Killer held places among the top three as the ten-year competition ended, and Director Zhang arrived at Xijiang Villa seeking the free slots.

Bloody Hand Butcher and Beautiful Girl Killer agreed to hand over one hundred Superpower Player slots to the state and learned that a coming event would let ordinary people evolve. Meanwhile, Yuan warned Tai Yin that the war in the Ancient Ruins concealed a plan to seize control of the ruins, and Tai Yin prepared to investigate faster.

• Director Zhang told Zhao Yu and Cheng Li that the state wanted one hundred of their guild’s free slots and promised the state would support the guild’s growth.
• Bloody Hand Butcher and Beautiful Girl Killer accepted the deal and learned that a coming Universal Evolution event would require Superpower Players to kill powerful monsters for an Evolution Method.
• Director Zhang revealed that World Class Hun Yuan monsters were vastly stronger than the monsters the players had faced so far.
• Zhou Hao watched his points grow and planned to add searches for high-energy crystals and Eternity Flowers to the event.
• Yuan told Tai Yin and the other Hun Yuan Lords that the Eternity Council suspected the Hun Yuan Creatures were invading the Ancient Ruins to gain control of it.
• Tai Yin agreed to find clues and resolved to speed up the effort to eliminate the Hun Yuan Variants.

Bloody Hand Butcher and Beautiful Girl Killer broke through to the Hun Yuan level after receiving Xue Zhi’s guidance, demonstrating divine-level powers to the world. The chapter ended with Director Zhang announcing that Northern Savage Bear had also reached the divine level.

• Xue Zhi guided Bloody Hand Butcher, Beautiful Girl Killer, and Northern Savage Bear to sense the powers hidden within space and remember their frequencies.
• Bloody Hand Butcher and Beautiful Girl Killer secluded themselves to cultivate, while players expanded their explored territory and Zhou Hao sent Xue Zhi and Jin Ling into seclusion to pursue World Class Hun Yuan breakthroughs.
• Five years later, Bloody Hand Butcher and Beautiful Girl Killer broke through to the Hun Yuan level in Ice Snow City and sensed their greatly increased Mental Power and superpower talents.
• Bloody Hand Butcher and Beautiful Girl Killer demonstrated their ability to walk through the air during a live broadcast in Modu, inspiring players to pursue breakthroughs in Divine Descent.
• Director Zhang told Bloody Hand Butcher and Beautiful Girl Killer that Northern Savage Bear from Beautiful Country had also broken through to the divine level.

Zhou Hao discovered a Tai Chu Key Fragment hidden inside a gigantic High-Energy Crystal in the Ancient Ruins, while the find earned the Hualun Guild three guidance slots and drew the Chinese government’s attention. An ancient being in the Eternity Council sensed the Taichu Secret Realm stirring and predicted renewed conflict over the Ancient Ruins.

• The Bloody Hand Butcher and the Beautiful Girl Killer led the Hualun Guild’s core group in a sweep through Hun Yuan level monsters and discovered a Giant Crystal larger than Earth.
• After Xue Zhi reported the crystal, Zhou Hao traveled to the cavern, sensed an unusual fluctuation inside it, and found a crystal key engraved with the character “Chu.”
• Zhou Hao’s system identified the key as a Tai Chu Key Fragment capable of opening the First Gate, and he realized that its patterns were incomplete and other fragments existed.
• Zhou Hao rewarded the Bloody Hand Butcher and the Beautiful Girl Killer with three guidance slots, prompting guilds and national officials to seek more information about the discovery.
• The Chinese chief praised Zhao Yu and Cheng Li, and Director Zhang urged them to use two guidance slots themselves while discussing China’s plans to develop the Solar System.
• An elderly man at the Eternity Council sensed the Taichu Secret Realm stirring and predicted another contest over the Ancient Ruins before going back to sleep.

Zhou Hao refined a Hun Yuan Great Dao Fragment while players explored the Ancient Ruins, then launched the Myriad Heroes Competition with an Evolution Method and guidance quotas as rewards. As the competition began, Hun Yuan Variant Lords were ordered to patrol the ruins for the Key of Tai Chu.

• Zhou Hao refined the Hun Yuan Great Dao Fragment and found his bloodline laws nearing perfection, while Divine Descent players continued exploring and collecting resources.
• Bloody Hand Butcher, Beautiful Girl Killer, and their companions took a short break before Zhou Hao announced the Myriad Heroes Competition, offering an Evolution Method and guidance quotas among its rewards.
• Director Zhang urged Zhao Yu and Cheng Li to secure places in the top three so China could obtain the Evolution Method, and they promised to compete seriously.
• Three Hun Yuan Creatures discussed the Key of Tai Chu, ordered Variant Lords to search the Ancient Ruins, and planned to ask Elder Xi Ri to visit the ruins.
• Two Hun Yuan Variant Lords woke beside a Giant Crystal after receiving their ancestor's order and prepared to send subordinates on patrol.

Zhou Hao found a Key of Tai Chu in the Ancient Ruins, used it to enter the core origin of the Infinite Hun Yuan Space, and gained ultimate comprehension of the Hun Yuan Void Great Dao. Meanwhile, the Ten Thousand Heroes Tournament neared its end, with the top players securing rewards and Big Pot finishing just outside the top ten.

• After comprehending the Exotic Origin Essence, Zhou Hao expanded his perception, searched the Ancient Ruins, and found a Giant Crystal without a Key of Tai Chu.
• Zhou Hao followed World Class Hun Yuan Variants into the inner region, learned they were searching the ruins, and continued toward the core while avoiding detection.
• Zhou Hao found a Key of Tai Chu in a Giant Crystal in the core, fused it with his first key, and learned it could connect him to the core origin and reveal other keys.
• Zhou Hao used the Key of Tai Chu to enter the core origin, signed in to gain ultimate comprehension of the Hun Yuan Void Great Dao, and was quickly expelled back to the palace.
• The Ten Thousand Heroes Tournament neared its end, with Bloody Hand Butcher, Beautiful Girl Killer, and Northern Savage Bear holding the top three spots while Big Pot placed eleventh.

China’s Evolution Method transformed humanity, while Zhou Hao stayed hidden in the Ancient Ruins and advanced his comprehension of the True Great Dao. A century later, rising conflicts over resources and planetary development pushed Bloody Hand Butcher and Beautiful Girl Killer toward intervening in the real world.

• Bloody Hand Butcher and Beautiful Girl Killer cultivated the Evolution Method, demonstrated its rapid physical benefits, and Director Zhang planned its gradual promotion after reporting it to the leaders.
• Lord Li inspected the Ancient Ruins, dismissed reports of humanoid Hun Yuan Creatures, and ordered the regional variants to watch for powerful beings.
• Zhou Hao avoided confronting Lord Li, then spent a hundred years prioritizing the True Great Dao rules of Exotic Energy to speed his comprehension of the Infinite Hun Yuan Space’s origin Great Dao.
• The Evolution Method greatly extended human lifespans, while overseas disorder drove many players to immigrate to China and led China to establish Sky City’s Life-and-Death Arena.
• Bloody Hand Butcher and Beautiful Girl Killer discussed growing competition over Solar System resources and the risk of war, and Bloody Hand Butcher said they should act to deter other nations and ambitious players.

Bloody Hand Butcher and Beautiful Girl Killer destroyed a Beautiful Country base on Mars to stop its attacks on Chinese bases, then helped China establish a new superpower law enforcement system. A century later, Xue Zhi and Jin Ling reached World Class Hun Yuan while Zhou Hao remained in seclusion.

• Vano and other Beautiful Country players planned to destroy China's remaining Mars bases, but Bloody Hand Butcher and Beautiful Girl Killer overheard them and used a formation to annihilate the Beautiful Country base in a global broadcast.
• Beautiful Country's councilors regretted provoking China and considered surrendering their claims to Mars's resources, while Chinese players celebrated the attack.
• Director Zhang thanked Bloody Hand Butcher and Beautiful Girl Killer for deterring unrest and asked them to lead a new Superpower Organization Alliance and Superpower Law Enforcement Corps; they agreed, insisting its members meet strict standards of conduct.
• Over the following century, Xue Zhi and Jin Ling cultivated to World Class Hun Yuan, then returned to managing Divine Descent and searching for Eternity Flowers and Giant Crystals while Zhou Hao stayed in seclusion.