Chapter Summaries

William realized the prehistoric Human Race experiences were fabricated to temper the trial-takers and strengthen their control over the bizarre, but noticed his own reverence for Cult Leader Feng growing despite his desire to escape him. The chapter ended with William recognizing that he might no longer be able to return to who he had been.

• The black man identified himself as Uno Bogard, and William explained that they had encountered each other in their previous lives.
• William reflected on his experiences with Cult Leader Feng, his recovered superhuman abilities, and his training in the Endless Abyss.
• William concluded that Cult Leader Feng's reincarnation ritual used fabricated prehistoric hardships to prepare the Human Race for its hostile world and improve the trial-takers' control over the bizarre.
• William saw the trial-takers' improved ratings and growing reverence for Cult Leader Feng, then slapped himself when he realized he had begun to anticipate Cult Leader Feng's arrival.
• William felt his smiling expression and realized that he might no longer be able to escape Cult Leader Feng's influence.

Feng Buzhi used the Light of Truth, Human Orthodoxy, and Abyss Legacy methods to reincarnate Human trial-takers and reshaped werewolves as humans from the Primordial World. The ritual strengthened the Human Orthodoxy, but Feng Buzhi remained unsure whether it could help him overcome the cultivation stall that had prompted the ritual.

• Feng Buzhi explained that he had created the reincarnation ritual after failing to combine the Light of Truth with Wang Chen's Point-Adding Cheat.
• Feng Buzhi had the werewolf captives' soul flames extinguished and reignited, then gave them Primordial World human memories through the ritual.
• The reshaped werewolves drank Witch Clan transformation potions to prevent their bloodlines from turning them back into werewolves.
• Feng Buzhi observed that the former captives and Human trial-takers produced blood-red eyeballs for the Human Orthodoxy, with the trained trial-takers receiving stronger ratings.
• The Eye of the Human Sect doubted that the new humans could produce a powerful heroic spirit, but Feng Buzhi proposed using them to strengthen the Human Orthodoxy across the Kunlun Region.
• Feng Buzhi noted that William had performed well but offered him little help, and recalled that his own cultivation had stalled over a month earlier.

Feng Buzhi’s cultivation and the Eye of the Human Sect both hit a limit, despite his continued efforts to strengthen them. Unwilling to risk cultivating in the Endless Abyss without other options, he considered using its trials and rewards to find a way forward.

• Feng Buzhi strengthened [Myriad Transformations] and completed the Northern Darkness Divine Art, allowing him to absorb strange power and turn others’ paths against them, but he still could not absorb Soul Vessels this way.
• Feng Buzhi’s Kun and Peng transformations failed because they exceeded the world’s limits, while his Dragon Transformation only worked in an uncomfortable, reduced form.
• Feng Buzhi discovered that he could no longer fully stack his combat states or enlarge himself beyond ten meters without exploding, and the Eye of the Human Sect had also stopped growing.
• Feng Buzhi considered cultivating in the abyssal layer where Great Demon King Belial resided, but feared it would endanger his real body and hinder future cultivation.
• Feng Buzhi resolved to rely on the Endless Abyss, considering the Evolution Sect’s smuggling method and a Deep Abyss Trial wish as possible ways to learn how to break his limit.

Macca, a goat-headed uncanny cultivator whose heart was nearing mutation, struggled to find enough work to delay becoming a monster, while the rapidly growing lizardman Tufted Fur dealt with a toothache. They guarded an underground structure in Colin Town, where further dissatisfactions awaited.

• Macca reflected on how his uncanny-fused heart was eroding him and remembered that he had once gathered information about the Cloud-Hanging Whale for Edmond in exchange for a promised reward.
• Edmond had disappeared after becoming a human Witch Clan subspecies, so Macca took low-paying mercenary jobs instead of guiding the whale hunt.
• Macca feared he might mutate within days but could not bring himself to kill himself and dispose of his body.
• Tufted Fur had grown to 2.2 meters and gained some Azure Dragon bloodline, though he only complained of a toothache and asked Macca to ride on his back during a patrol.
• Macca and Tufted Fur remained beside the underground structure they guarded, where more unresolved troubles lay inside.

Rajko questioned the imprisoned tiger-man Theo about Feng Buzhi’s absence from low-level Deep Abyss Trials, hoping to find a way to oppose him. Theo refused to help, and Rajko inserted a black insect into his ear.

• Rajko oversaw the White King’s hidden underground operation, where hundreds of white-robed believers and several groups of prisoners had gathered.
• Rajko created a beetle from two black wooden pieces and went to question the captive tiger-man Theo.
• Rajko asked Theo why Feng Buzhi had not entered low-level Deep Abyss Trials for more than three months, but Theo said he did not know.
• Rajko dismissed Theo’s explanation and insisted Feng Buzhi had learned how to avoid low-level trials.
• Theo refused to help Rajko oppose Feng Buzhi, so Rajko put the black beetle into Theo’s ear.

Lionman Rajko used a black beetle to take control of Tiger-man Theo and learned that Feng Buzhi had entered the low-tier Abyss layer. Rajko began moving his followers toward the Underground World, planning to act when Feng Buzhi entered the Abyss again.

• Rajko’s beetle formed a core in Theo’s brain and took control of his body, while Theo continued communicating with Wang Chen and Barsa.
• Rajko accused Theo of hiding the truth and said he intended to make Theo turn against the Human Sect and Feng Buzhi.
• Rajko learned that Feng Buzhi had suppressed his strength and entered the low-tier Abyss layer, then told Theo he planned to strike during Feng Buzhi’s next visit.
• Rajko took control of Theo again and led several hundred white-robed followers out of the underground structure to the wilderness north of Bolun'er Peninsula.
• Rajko spent Abyss Legacy to confirm that Feng Buzhi was still in the Underground World, the third-tier layer of the Endless Abyss.

Feng Buzhi investigated repeated spying in the Underground World, then took control of a cave demon nest and obtained a treasure chest. He set out with the Human Sect Dharma Beasts to gather more than fifteen hundred demons so he could smuggle his way through the Underground World.

• Feng Buzhi repeatedly entered the Underground World and discovered that someone was using the Abyss's rules to spy on him.
• Feng Buzhi appeared beside a cave demon nest, killed two cave demons, and suppressed the rest with the Eye of the Human Sect.
• Feng Buzhi summoned Lai Te and Bulu, who calmed the demons and made the nest Bulu's property.
• Feng Buzhi opened a golden treasure chest and obtained a fourth-tier Eerie defensive item and the letter Troche's Puppet Sorrow.
• Feng Buzhi had Jim the Clown piece together the letter's fragments and led Lai Te and Bulu to search for demons to gather more than fifteen hundred of them.

Zhao Gang struggled to survive in the Underground World while seeking a way to stabilize his aberrant corrosion. After a mysterious force killed the kobold and Shadow Clan member near him, he encountered Feng Buzhi, who approached with a horde of cave demons behind him.

• Zhao Gang recalled his dangerous journey from Initial Town No. 74396, his promotion, and the riot that had carried him and other trial-takers into the elven forest.
• Zhao Gang reflected on his severe aberrant corrosion and hoped the Endless Abyss might offer a way to stabilize it.
• A kobold and a Shadow Clan member proposed exploring together after cave demons roared in the distance, but their heads suddenly shattered and their bodies dissolved.
• Zhao Gang saw Feng Buzhi approaching with a white sphere of light overhead and densely packed cave demons behind him.

Zhao Gang reunited with Feng Buzhi in the Underground World, where Feng explained his plan to gather demons and reach the Corrupted Desert. Although Zhao Gang suspected the encounter was an illusion, he joined Feng and the cave demons in descending through a newly formed passage.

• Feng Buzhi greeted Zhao Gang and explained that he controlled the cave demons through the presence of two Human Sect Dharma Beasts.
• Feng Buzhi gave Zhao Gang a ring for entering Ring Space and described how gathering enough demons would open a passage to the deepest level of the Underground World.
• Feng Buzhi explained the Underground World's Secret Knower title, and Zhao Gang used Feng's authority to view his Personal Information.
• Feng Buzhi destroyed cave demon nests, enslaved a fifth-tier cave lord, and opened several treasure chests while Zhao Gang shared his experiences from the past year.
• More than seventeen hundred cave demons formed a downward passage of flesh, and Feng Buzhi, the demons, and then Zhao Gang jumped into it.

Feng Buzhi and his companions arrived at the lowest level of the Underground World, where a light-triggered attack by Abyssal Disaster Beasts erupted. The chapter left Feng Buzhi fighting the beasts while his allies were overwhelmed and Bono survived underground.

• Feng Buzhi bypassed the Worm Train shortcut and reached the lowest level, where he and another traveler waited for a Bridge of Nothingness to appear.
• A new arrival brought light into the darkness, provoking the Abyssal Disaster Beasts to attack and tear the ogre apart.
• Bono burrowed underground and escaped the beasts, then entered a deathlike state as the ground and sounds disoriented him.
• Feng Buzhi grew into a golden giant and struck back against the Abyssal Disaster Beasts, while Zhao Gang watched in shock.
• Bulu and Lai Te were knocked down, and the Clown retreated into his Self-Isolation Magic Box after his grenades failed to stop a beast.
• Feng Buzhi tore one of the moth-like monsters in half as the battle continued.

Feng Buzhi guided Zhao Gang, Lai Te, and Bulu across the Bridge of Nothingness after killing Abyssal Disaster Beasts, giving them flesh to absorb and stabilize their eerie power. Zhao Gang reached the Corrupted Desert and woke in reality with a new corrosive ability and a silver ring in his hand.

• Zhao Gang nearly swallowed the black fluid on his fingertip, but Feng Buzhi warned him about the danger and gave him an Abyssal Disaster Beast's heart to absorb before crossing the Bridge of Nothingness.
• Feng Buzhi killed another Abyssal Disaster Beast, formed another black bridge, and sent Zhao Gang, Lai Te, and Bulu across with chunks of its flesh.
• Lai Te, Bulu, and Zhao Gang ate the flesh as they neared the end of the bridge, then arrived in the Corrupted Desert, the fourth-tier layer of the Endless Abyss.
• Zhao Gang awoke in reality and found that his eerie power had changed; he used it to crumble the ground into gray sand and create a two-meter-wide pit.
• Zhao Gang wondered whether he had truly traveled to the Corrupted Desert, then discovered a silver ring in his hand.

Feng Buzhi explored the void beneath the Underground World and used an Abyssal Disaster Beast’s corruptive power to begin Life’s metamorphosis. After testing the nearby Bridges of Nothingness, he noticed a moleman emerging from the soil.

• Feng Buzhi left a stable, lifeless Bridge of Nothingness and returned to the Abyssal Disaster Beast blockade zone.
• Feng Buzhi entered an Abyssal Disaster Beast’s body and let Life comprehend its corruptive power, causing Life to begin metamorphosing.
• Feng Buzhi realized Life’s metamorphosis would strengthen Repair and the Northern Darkness Divine Art but further weaken the abilities he could use simultaneously.
• Feng Buzhi killed the Abyssal Disaster Beast and tried to absorb the power of the resulting Bridge of Nothingness and its membrane, but could not comprehend either.
• Feng Buzhi released Cecily, Clown Jim, and Caesar of the Hundred Beasts to test the Bridges of Nothingness, but none could pass through them.
• Feng Buzhi sensed a moleman cautiously poking its head out of the soil several dozen meters away.

Feng Buzhi tested whether repeatedly crossing the Bridge of Nothingness could farm Abyssal rewards, then used the method to accumulate insight toward breaking his limits. After 1,031 attempts, he awoke in the real world with a dagger in his chest.

• Feng Buzhi repeatedly captured and killed Moleman Bono on the Bridge of Nothingness, causing Bono to gain powerful claws and a glimpse of the fourth tier.
• Bono told his teacher that he had crossed the Bridge of Nothingness nineteen times and described being repeatedly dragged back before his neck was snapped.
• Feng Buzhi confirmed that farming rewards worked but that roughly two-fifths of each reward dissipated when he retreated from the bridge.
• Feng Buzhi crossed the bridge repeatedly, received visions of the Corrupted Desert's origin, and noticed the Abyss's rewards guiding him toward the fourth tier.
• Feng Buzhi focused his subconscious on breaking his limits and accumulated insight through repeated attempts, stopping after 1,031 crossings when he awoke with a dagger in his chest.

Rajko changed his plan and rushed into the Kunlun Region with the controlled Theo to attack Feng Buzhi, who had been training in the abyss for thirty-five hours. After being led to Feng Buzhi on Penglai Island, Rajko prepared to strike as Theo began to struggle against his control.

• Rajko decided to launch an immediate attack after learning Feng Buzhi had remained in the abyss for thirty-five hours.
• Rajko used Theo’s alarmed reaction as confirmation that Feng Buzhi was vulnerable, then took control of Theo and headed for the Kunlun Region.
• Rajko discovered Theo’s privileges and had him lead more than a dozen white-robed people into the region.
• Broken Fang and Zdenek appeared, but Rajko deceived them into heading east toward the Bloodmist Sea and learned Feng Buzhi’s location from Broken Fang.
• Two hours later, Rajko followed Theo to the Land of Inheritance on Penglai Island, where Feng Buzhi sat on a stone table, and Theo began trembling as Rajko moved him closer.

Rajko broke the Truth Barrier and stabbed Feng Buzhi with the Devourer of Clear Cicada, but Feng Buzhi survived and effortlessly drove Rajko into the ground. As Feng Buzhi approached the injured Theo, Rajko transformed into a crystal giant and summoned a pillar of white light.

• Rajko broke the Truth Barrier with a barrage of punches and took the silver ring as it fell.
• Rajko stabbed Feng Buzhi with the Devourer of Clear Cicada, but the dagger was absorbed into Feng Buzhi and his wounds vanished.
• Wallace revealed that Rajko’s white-robed subordinates had been captured and hung from mechanical pillars, while Feng Buzhi pressed Rajko’s head into the ground.
• Feng Buzhi walked toward the injured Tiger-man Theo and felt troubled by his wounds.
• Rajko transformed into a five-meter-tall crystal giant as altar patterns appeared and a pillar of white light entered his body.

Rajko received the White King’s blessing, gained immortal power, and attacked Feng Buzhi with diamond weapons. Feng Buzhi’s defenses held as he studied Rajko and clarified the world’s rank system, before Rajko answered with a furious assault.

• Rajko’s body transformed as the White King’s blessing granted him greater strength, a connection to a white world, and the exclusive title “Diamond Ascension.”
• Rajko formed a diamond cage and repeatedly attacked Feng Buzhi with diamond spears, but Feng Buzhi’s defenses deflected them.
• Feng Buzhi broke Rajko’s spears and cage, then observed that the diamonds became brittle as their creator’s emotions changed.
• Feng Buzhi used Rajko’s transformation to understand how ranks from unranked through immortality related to aberrant growth, Soul Vessels, and life force.
• Rajko’s eyes spun erratically as he attacked Feng Buzhi with his diamond fists and destroyed everything around him.

Feng Buzhi fought Rajko after the lion-man transformed into a spider-like puppet controlled by the White King, then learned that the White King had once been human and likely betrayed humanity. The White King escaped, and Tiger-man Theo found a diamond eyeball that seemed to contain Rajko.

• Rajko's diamonds grew white threads and transformed his body into a spider-like creature as Feng Buzhi's insight ended.
• Feng Buzhi shattered the illusions, disabled Rajko's spider body, and took its eighteen eyes, merging them with his [Magic Eye].
• A white pillar of light escaped Feng Buzhi's defenses, and he gained the title "Malice of the White King" as Rajko's body collapsed.
• Feng Buzhi sensed that the White King had once been human and was likely a traitor, but Cecily, Jim, Caesar, and Wallace knew nothing about the White King's identity.
• Theo woke among the remains, picked up a small diamond eyeball, and wondered whether Rajko had entered his body.

Wallace repaired the Tiger Man and proposed turning him into a mechanical lifeform, while the Tiger Man learned that Rajko's consciousness had attached itself to a tumor in his brain. After Wang Chen recognized that Feng Buzhi had never changed, the Tiger Man tried to take control of Rajko's consciousness as Wallace continued repairing his body.

• Wallace treated the Tiger Man's head with Repair reagent and gave him a painkiller, then offered to make him a mechanical lifeform.
• The Tiger Man recalled resisting Rajko's control and learned from Wang Chen and Barsa what had happened while he was unconscious.
• Wang Chen shared a memory of Feng Buzhi in Initial Town No. 74396 and realized Feng Buzhi's expression had never changed; Wang Chen then withdrew into himself.
• Barsa explained that Rajko's consciousness had attached itself to a fleshy tumor in the Tiger Man's brain and was not yet fully stable.
• The Tiger Man sent his consciousness toward the tumor to try to dominate Rajko while Wallace continued repairing his body.

The Tiger Man gained greater control over his body and advanced to the late stage of the Subtle Realm after taking control of Rajko’s consciousness. Rajko remembered that the White King had abandoned him and shut himself away, while the Tiger Man found his diamond eye restored and prepared to escape Feng Buzhi’s presence.

• The Tiger Man discovered that controlling the tumor in his mind had improved his control over his body, and absorbing Rajko’s consciousness had advanced his spiritual realm.
• Rajko awakened under the Tiger Man’s control and mistook him for the White Tiger, prompting the Tiger Man to berate him for attacking Feng Buzhi.
• Rajko examined the diamond fragments from his shattered body, gained insight from them, and recalled stabbing Feng Buzhi with the Devourer of Clear Cicada.
• Rajko remembered that the White King had concealed and damaged his memories and consciousness before abandoning him, then shut himself away.
• The Tiger Man tried and failed to get a response from Rajko, rolled across the diamond fragments, and received head rubs and a belly rub from Feng Buzhi before Feng Buzhi left.
• The Tiger Man discovered that the mechanical freak had restored his diamond eyeball and decided to escape while Feng Buzhi’s aura still pressured him.

Feng Buzhi discovered that a weak point at the top of the sky let him pass between connected Initial Towns without titles or permissions. After exploring Initial Town No. 16743 and a ruined town where the Sable Race had gone extinct, he gained a new insight into breaking through space.

• Feng Buzhi flew to the end of the sky and found a weak point in the resistance generated by the bizarre.
• Feng Buzhi passed through the weak point and arrived at Initial Town No. 16743, confirming he had traversed space without relying on titles or permissions.
• Feng Buzhi explored Initial Town No. 16743 and found that its population had fallen as many residents completed [Promotion].
• Feng Buzhi touched the town's boundary and crossed into a connected, ruined Initial Town where he found a cracked Town Crystal and sensed the extinct Sable Race.
• Feng Buzhi realized that breaking through space had pushed his accumulated insights past their threshold.