Chapter Summaries

Cheng Yu questioned Yog about the Small Heavens and Sandbox World, then learned that Yog had destroyed his original body and True Name, leaving him as a blank soul replica. Yog called Cheng Yu his only Apostle who had reached the end, and Cheng Yu received a Gold achievement and a special draw opportunity.

• Cheng Yu asked Yog why the world contained both the Small Heavens and a Sandbox World, but Yog told him the answer would reveal itself later.
• Cheng Yu discovered his new body was starving and ate a tiny bite of essence crystal jelly prepared by Miss Puppet.
• Cheng Yu asked where his original body was, and Yog said he had annihilated Cheng Yu's body and True Name, leaving behind a matching soul replica.
• Yog explained that Nyarlathotep would pursue Cheng Yu by tracing his name, at which point they would swap timelines.
• Yog said Cheng Yu was the only Apostle among the timelines his true self observed who had reached the end, and Cheng Yu pledged his honor to Yog.
• The System awarded Cheng Yu the Gold One-Star achievement Fragment Collector III and a special draw opportunity.

Cheng Yu won the Silver Key in a special draw and learned about its immense power and the three ways to become an Unspeakable. Yog warned him that using the key came at a price, then stored it in the depths of Cheng Yu’s soul as the world returned to normal.

• Cheng Yu used his free special draw and received the Silver Key, a symbol of Yog that could grant authority over time, space, and doors.
• When Cheng Yu took the key, time stopped across the Chaos Sea, and he gained insight into Yog’s nature and the authority fragments.
• Yog explained that Cheng Yu had lost his way within the Door of Ultimate Extremity and described the three methods of becoming an Unspeakable in the previous era.
• Yog advised Cheng Yu not to use the Silver Key before becoming Mythic, then placed it in the depths of his soul.
• Time resumed, and Cheng Yu found Doggy playing on the ground while Big Sis stood behind Yog.

Qiu Ji reopened Myriad Heavens for its sixth version, sending players back into the world as they split between supporting the Fifth Dynasty’s chosen maiden and following Nation's Number One Devoted Lover. Meanwhile, Cheng Yu exercised on Grete’s back until they encountered a newly arrived player.

• Qiu Ji announced the launch of Myriad Heavens version six after players discussed the Fifth Dynasty and its chosen maiden’s fate.
• A Big Old Sow explained the rise and fall of the Third and Fourth Dynasties and the chosen maiden’s founding of the Fifth Dynasty.
• Nation's Number One Devoted Lover said he would return to the game, while several players pledged to follow him and others chose to defend the Fifth Dynasty.
• Qiu Ji announced that players’ second lives in Myriad Heavens had begun.
• Yog ordered Grete to exercise Cheng Yu, who rode on Grete’s back and teased him as they ran outside the church.
• Grete stopped short to avoid a person in his path, and the person exclaimed at seeing Cheng Yu riding a dog knight.

Cheng Yu and Grete explored the Sandbox World after Cheng Yu stopped Grete from harming a player, then learned the world’s history and the decline of Cheng Yu’s Reginald family. The chapter left Cheng Yu suspecting a conspiracy behind the dynasties and the family’s past.

• Grete revealed that he had read A Big Old Sow’s memories, cut off his forum connection, and wiped his memories at Cheng Yu’s request.
• Cheng Yu told Grete not to laugh menacingly because they were the good guys.
• Cheng Yu and Grete obeyed their boss’s order to explore the Sandbox World without damaging it.
• Grete explained that the world had been created by an outside human and outlined its accelerated history and five dynasties.
• Cheng Yu learned that his body belonged to the once-favored Reginald family, which had fallen into obscurity, and suspected hidden forces had shaped the dynasties.

Cheng Yu arrived in the Fifth Dynasty’s capital, claimed to be the reincarnation of Herman Reginald, and recruited Shining Girl to help restore the Herman Dynasty. As players returned and rumors spread about Empress Alanna’s approaching death, the Four High Priests discussed the Church’s next move and learned that the Third Dynasty’s ruler had returned and contacted them.

• Cheng Yu rode Grete to the Royal Capital and realized that the cunning strangers there were Otherworlders from outside the world.
• Cheng Yu decided to pose as Herman Reginald, founder of the Second Dynasty, and confronted Shining Girl in an alley.
• Shining Girl recognized Cheng Yu as Herman and explained that his dynasty had later fallen; Cheng Yu denounced his successors and recruited her to help restore it.
• Shining Girl considered how Alanna, Deep Affection, Herman, and the Genesis Church’s movements might shape the update.
• The Fire High Priest said Alanna was nearing death, while the Wind High Priest revealed that the Third Dynasty’s ruler had returned and contacted the Church.
• The Wind High Priest addressed the Earth High Priest as His Highness, implying that he was the ruler who had returned.

Cheng Yu chose to avoid rebuilding the Herman Dynasty and planned to let others act while he recovered his original body. Yog prepared to attend the Genesis Church gathering with Miss Puppet, while a mysterious figure entered his Divine Domain.

• The Earth High Priest said the Church had found and protected His Majesty, and the Wind and Fire High Priests appeared to support reclaiming power from the current dynasty.
• Cheng Yu rejected Shining Girl’s suggestion to recruit soldiers and rebuild the Herman Dynasty, insisting that supreme martial might could solve any problem and that he would avoid acting until he recovered his original body.
• Cheng Yu told Shining Girl that the throne would be his if he wanted it, and she bowed to him as her king.
• Miss Puppet reported that studying the Mechanical Gospel Compendium let her repair flaws and prepare to build Supremacy Series units, while Yog dismissed the Genesis Church’s Supreme Summons.
• Yog invited Miss Puppet to accompany him to the Genesis Church gathering and explained that he allowed any being to enter his Collection Room; after they left, a figure slipped into the church.

Cheng Yu learned about Grete’s brutal rise in the Abyss while monitoring the sandbox world, where he discovered that an ordinary man had created it and might possess an authority fragment. The chapter ended with Cheng Yu wondering whether he should act against the man before learning more.

• Grete told Cheng Yu that he had devoured ten Demon Sovereigns and secured Mephitican’s eternal contract by helping her defeat challengers.
• Shining Girl returned and caught Grete having sex with her pet, but Grete threatened her into silence.
• Shining Girl reported the players’ movements to Cheng Yu, who continued scanning the sandbox world with his Silver-level soul.
• Cheng Yu spotted an ordinary man connected to every creature in the world, and the system explained that he was its creator and father.
• The system said the creator might possess an authority fragment that could help him elevate the world, leaving Cheng Yu considering whether to act first.

Qiu Ji summoned the Genesis Church’s thirteen Priests to oversee the world as Otherworlders arrived and a chosen one was born. When player Ding Yuyi read a forbidden book, he transformed into a Brain Monster, which Yog sent into the future to prepare for events to come.

• Qiu Ji gathered the thirteen Priests, explained the world’s latest changes, and told them to keep the world running normally.
• Yog stopped Miss Puppet from punishing Ding Yuyi as he searched the church and began reading one of its books.
• The forbidden knowledge transformed Ding Yuyi’s body into a Brain Monster capable of containing it.
• Yog stabilized the Brain Monster and sent it into the future of the timeline to prepare for the coming drama.
• Yog noticed that Ding Yuyi’s actions had altered several worlds and caused some world-linked books to disappear.

Alanna regained her youth, escaped an assassination attempt, and attacked the Church Headquarters, setting off a battle that could plunge the Sandbox World into chaos. Deep Affection fled the Church, while Cheng Yu watched the conflict from a distance and reflected that the fighters were helping raise the world’s level.

• Alanna’s hidden attacker struck, but she restored her youth, killed the attacker, and left the palace with her sword.
• Deep Affection saw reports that Alanna had returned to her youthful form and received a warning from Youngest to evacuate.
• Deep Affection evaded the Church’s watchers and left its headquarters before Alanna’s attack sparked a battle there.
• Cheng Yu watched the battle with Shining Girl, declaring that Alanna deserved respect as she fought for her dynasty’s future.
• Grete confessed he was thinking about queens from the Otherworld, so Cheng Yu hit him while Shining Girl mistook it for the tyrant venting his anger.

After Alanna died from her battle with the Church, Cheng Yu planned his next moves while a struggle for power began to threaten the Fifth Dynasty. He intended to reclaim his name, investigate the sandbox world's connection to the Small Heavens World, and eventually pursue the big boss's authority fragments.

• Alanna died standing upright after defeating the Church's High Priests, and players mourned her.
• Cheng Yu returned to the Mansion with Doggy and Grete and outlined plans to reclaim his name, investigate the worlds' connection, and pursue the authority fragments.
• Cheng Yu considered building a God of Destruction persona, while Grete questioned why he had been chosen for the mission and then abandoned his speculation.
• After Alanna's death, Nation's Number One Devoted Lover killed the wounded Wind High Priest and Water High Priest and rallied Church forces with a Church Token.
• A Big Old Sow and other players gained positions in the Fifth Dynasty, while players and native powers prepared to challenge it.

After Alanna’s death, Deep Affection prepared the Church to rebel during her funeral, while players debated whether the world’s cultivation methods worked in reality. Cheng Yu then asked Shining Girl if she wanted to be king.

• Yog identified Shub’s power in a book and noted that Shub’s appearance made events more interesting.
• After Alanna’s death, the ministers scheduled the third prince’s succession ceremony for after her funeral.
• Deep Affection rallied the Church to attack the palace on the day Alanna was buried and planned to claim her Knight Breathing Technique.
• Players discussed Deep Affection’s planned rebellion, and A Big Old Sow revealed that cultivation methods worked in reality and had reached the third tier.
• Cheng Yu asked Shining Girl if she wanted to be king.

Cheng Yu recruited Shining Girl to become king and hinted that he intended to bring the world to an end, while Deep Affection and A Big Old Sow prepared for Alanna’s funeral. Qiu Ji planned to use the world’s inhabitants to advance to the fourth tier and intervened to preserve Alanna, as Yog awaited the outcome of Cheng Yu’s script.

• Cheng Yu told Shining Girl to become king, revealed that he knew about the players, and described the world as a poorly tended tree he might fell.
• Deep Affection scouted the capital for a takeover, while A Big Old Sow gathered players to escort Alanna’s coffin and planned a palace theft to complicate the succession.
• Qiu Ji watched the players’ plans and considered using the world’s inhabitants to help him break through to the fourth tier.
• Qiu Ji extracted Alanna’s soul and erased her memories so she could continue contributing in another world.
• Yog looked over the new books in the Genesis Church and waited to see how Cheng Yu’s script turned out.

At Alanna’s funeral, Deep Affection launched an attack on the palace to seize control of the Royal Family and end the dynasty. A Big Old Sow continued escorting Alanna’s remains to the Imperial Mausoleum as fighting broke out between Deep Affection’s forces, palace soldiers, and Church members.

• Deep Affection attended Alanna’s funeral, conflicted about ending the dynasty he had once ruled.
• Hundreds of attackers struck the funeral procession, and A Big Old Sow chose to keep escorting Alanna’s remains rather than join the palace battle.
• Deep Affection led his men into the palace, sending a group toward the National Treasury while he advanced toward the ruler’s chambers.
• Palace soldiers blocked Deep Affection’s forces, and Church members loyal to the Archbishop fought against his men.
• The Archbishop accused Deep Affection of deceiving the High Priests and seizing control of the Church, and the two factions clashed as other players entered the palace.

A Du sent Shadow into the royal palace as Deep Affection and the Church’s army advanced, while the Third Prince revealed his immense strength in a confrontation with the Seventh Prince. Deep Affection arrived at the royal bedchamber ready to attack both sides, but an unexpected development interrupted him.

• A Du ordered Shadow’s peripheral members to infiltrate the palace and defend the throne.
• Deep Affection led the Church’s army through the palace and encountered the Shadow players, then pushed onward with part of his forces clearing a path.
• The Third Prince confronted the Seventh Prince, who accused him of plotting against his brothers.
• The Third Prince revealed he had reached the peak of the fifth tier and intended to claim the throne and eventually reach the sixth tier.
• A Du learned of the Third Prince’s strength and concluded it posed no threat unless he had reached the sixth tier.
• Deep Affection reached the royal bedchamber and prepared to attack both princes, but something unexpected happened.

An explosion at Alanna’s former bedchamber left the Third Prince, Seventh Prince, and Deep Affection’s faction fighting over her Breathing Technique while Cheng Yu watched from afar. Cheng Yu headed back to the church to stay near Yog, leaving Shining Girl with his promise that he would make her king.

• An explosion at Alanna’s former bedchamber drew the princes, Deep Affection, and A Du to the ruins, where Deer Person A logged off and the factions found Alanna’s Breathing Technique.
• The Seventh Prince’s people, Deep Affection’s Church expert, and the Shadow Organization fought over the Breathing Technique while the Third Prince watched.
• Cheng Yu watched the scuffle through Doggy’s ability and told Shining Girl that he would make her king.
• Cheng Yu sent Shining Girl back to reality, then told Grete he feared the great god they had encountered before and wanted to return to Yog’s side.
• Cheng Yu and Grete set off for the church, and Cheng Yu reaffirmed to Shining Girl that he would see her ascend the throne.

Cheng Yu returned to the church, where Yog explained that Nyarlathotep and Shub would cross his path and gave him a blank stretch of the current timeline to write. Yog agreed to act as producer for Cheng Yu’s drama, and Cheng Yu began planning its first act.

• Miss Puppet welcomed Cheng Yu and carried him into the church, scanning his body for changes caused by Grete.
• Yog told Cheng Yu that Nyarlathotep’s involvement had been permitted and that his return to the church came at the right time.
• Cheng Yu and Grete asked Yog to punish them, but Yog said events had been predestined, and Grete praised him extravagantly.
• Cheng Yu asked when Nyarlathotep would appear, and Yog told him to do what he wanted while he waited.
• Yog erased a boring timeline and gave Cheng Yu a blank stretch of the current timeline to write.
• Yog agreed to serve as producer for Cheng Yu’s drama, and Cheng Yu announced its first act, “Two Behind-the-Scenes Players.”

After Alanna’s burial, players and royal factions fought over her Knight Breathing Technique until the Third Prince destroyed its written copy. Alanna’s final message spread the complete technique to everyone, but the Royal Family’s attempt to erase it from the sky threatened those who had memorized it.

• Qiu Ji watched the players and Cheng Yu, while A Big Old Sow buried Alanna with the King-Venerating Faction and then led them toward the capital to fight for the throne.
• Shining Girl decided the tyrant was connected to the God of Destruction and resolved to lie low until he helped her claim the throne.
• The Seventh Prince, Deep Affection, the Third Prince, and A Du fought over Alanna’s Knight Breathing Technique, which the Third Prince seized before fleeing.
• A Big Old Sow’s players ambushed the Third Prince, who shattered the Breathing Technique rather than let his enemies take it.
• Alanna’s voice appeared in the sky and revealed the complete Knight Breathing Technique to the world, urging people to seek the sixth and seventh tiers.
• The experts memorized Alanna’s teachings as the Third Prince and other royal forces rose to destroy the words, while some people fled the capital to escape the coming purge.

After Alanna’s Breathing Technique spread, the Third Prince’s authority weakened as rival factions and sixth-tier experts rose across the realm. Cheng Yu and Qiu Ji watched the turmoil unfold, with Qiu Ji anticipating that the coming war would provide enough pure essence for him to advance to the fourth tier.

• The Third Prince seized the throne, sealed the capital, purged the Rebels, and called on the realm to unite against them.
• As the Breathing Technique spread, sixth-tier experts emerged and rival powers rose across the Fifth Dynasty, including Fuer’s frontier forces and the Seventh Prince’s southern army.
• Deep Affection withdrew with his followers to the Outer Lands, while A Big Old Sow founded a faction and A Du strengthened the Shadow Organization.
• Qiu Ji anticipated the coming war between sixth-tier experts and expected to reach the fourth tier by absorbing the pure essence released when they died.

Shining Girl anonymously posted her conversation with Cheng Yu, prompting players to speculate that he was a god of destruction and that the world was nearing its end. Cheng Yu watched their theories and began writing a script while observing Qiu Ji, as Yog praised his directing talent.

• Shining Girl shared her conversation with Cheng Yu on the forum after deciding to let others figure out how to survive the coming danger.
• Players watched the video and speculated that Cheng Yu was a world-destroying god, the world was nearing the end of its lifespan, and the woman might become king.
• Cheng Yu used Doggy’s ability to read the players’ comments and remarked that wild speculation helped everyone advance together.
• Cheng Yu looked beyond the sky at Qiu Ji and wondered whether he would overturn the script or accept it.
• Cheng Yu began writing in the blank book, and Yog praised his talent for directing.

Qiu Ji feared that Cheng Yu’s claim about a God of Destruction might be true, while officials in the real world struggled to imagine how they could respond to such a being. Yog showed Cheng Yu how timelines formed part of his true form and let him read the Black-Covered Book, whose overwhelming information triggered system warnings.

• Qiu Ji checked the Creation Seed’s status and wondered whether his existence as Creator God had brought a God of Destruction into being.
• Deep Affection and his advisers feared that the World-Destroying God’s attention might extend from the game world to reality.
• Officials and researchers gathered at a capital research institute and concluded that humanity had no defense against the World-Destroying God beyond hoping for the Creator God’s mercy.
• Yog explained that every timeline of every world became part of his true form and showed Cheng Yu branching timelines from the Keynes World universe.
• Yog handed Cheng Yu the Black-Covered Book, and Cheng Yu saw that it recorded his life in immense detail before system alarms warned him of information pollution.