Chapter Summaries

Shen Qing returned from the sandbox world and discussed its events and the Creator God and World-Destroying God with Doctor and Dean Ming, who questioned whether the two beings were competing through the world. Shui Feifei also returned to reality and tried to readjust after the violence and long experience of the game.

• Shen Qing woke from his gaming pod after more than two hours in real life, despite having spent almost ten years in the game, and reported his experiences to Doctor.
• Shen Qing entered a research hall, where Dean Ming explained that events in version six seemed like a contest between the Creator God and the World-Destroying God.
• Shen Qing told Dean Ming that he had witnessed the two beings and believed they were more terrifying than the researchers imagined, then wondered whether the institute could discover a path of cultivation.
• Shui Feifei woke at home, composed herself after remembering the people she had killed, and went out to reacquaint herself with the real world.

Qiu Ji prepared Sandbox World No. 4 as a technological world to limit the Goddess of Destruction’s access to supernatural power. Cheng Yu entered the world after its upheaval had ended and learned that his Blank Script contained the timeline of the entire world.

• Qiu Ji suppressed the seeds of supernatural power in Sandbox World No. 4 and planned to give his Agent cheats before the Goddess of Destruction arrived.
• Yog showed Cheng Yu scenes of the world’s turmoil and explained that they had waited until the upheaval was over.
• Miss Puppet brought Cheng Yu into their new lodgings in the sandbox world’s courtyard.
• The system explained that Cheng Yu’s script contained the timeline of the entire world, including the outside world, and could record facts other Epics could not change.
• Cheng Yu read the script’s history, learning that the New Moon Dynasty had been founded twenty years earlier after a decade of rebellion.

Cheng Yu explored the New Moon Dynasty’s capital to learn about the sandbox world, gathering information from the royal archives and observing its customs. He became intrigued by the dynasty’s unusually widespread education and wondered whether the Creator God had shaped the world that way.

• Cheng Yu scanned the Royal Family’s library with his soul domain and recalled the danger of thinking directly about a powerful being who could assimilate him into an avatar.
• Cheng Yu disguised himself, explored the streets, and robbed a would-be mugger after learning the local currency.
• Cheng Yu heard people discussing the New Moon Dynasty’s succession struggle but took no interest in it.
• Cheng Yu passed a school and noticed that its curriculum included basic sciences and that students from poor backgrounds studied alongside wealthy ones without open contempt.
• Cheng Yu wondered whether the world’s unusual social customs arose naturally or through the Creator God’s influence.

Qiu Ji accelerated Sandbox World No. 4 into a technological future, while Cheng Yu’s title protected him from the world’s extreme time shift. Yog and the System explained the history and threat of M’si Sha, the Dog King, and revealed that the being was gaining ground against Yog’s Mythic avatar in their struggle across spacetime.

• Qiu Ji guided Sandbox World No. 4 toward technology, ended the Sun King’s reign with a pebble, and accelerated the world’s time to a thousand years per day.
• Cheng Yu’s title made him immune to the temporal flow control, and he escaped to the Ancient Tower as its materials rapidly changed with the world’s technological progress.
• Yog told Cheng Yu how M’si Sha destroyed the Spacetime Administration after its director killed a Hound of Tindalos.
• Cheng Yu asked whether his title could protect him from the Hounds, and Yog said it could shield him from spacetime damage and creatures but not from M’si Sha’s full attention.
• The System described M’si Sha’s efforts to bring the City of Tindalos into Curved Spacetime and explained that the Dog King had gained ground against Yog’s Mythic avatar, Aforgomon.

Qiu Ji monitored the Godslayer organization that arose in Sandbox World No. 4, while Cheng Yu and Grete explored its advanced cyberpunk city. Cheng Yu left the indifferent, technology-filled world curious, and Grete declared that its atmosphere suited demons.

• Qiu Ji learned that the supernatural remnants had formed the Godslayer organization and decided to watch them, ready to destroy them himself if necessary.
• Cheng Yu read the script, became interested in the Godslayers, and set out with Grete to see the world.
• Grete transformed into a young man and carried Cheng Yu, who was in child form, through the futuristic streets in a burlap sack.
• Grete and Cheng Yu rode a high-speed underground train while Cheng Yu observed the passengers' indifference and the city's advanced technology.
• Grete said the world's atmosphere carried the scent of demons' favorite original sin, and Cheng Yu jokingly demoted him from stagehand to prop.

Cheng Yu and Grete explored the slums of West District Station 10 while scouting locations for their production. After witnessing a cloaked figure buy artificial muscle tissue and hearing about a secret buyer who had acquired 52 percent of a corporation's shares, Cheng Yu came up with a plan.

• Grete agreed to take on several production roles and accompanied Cheng Yu to West District Station 10.
• Cheng Yu saw the slums and learned that Grete had brought him there to scout a location for the production.
• A cloaked figure visited a mechanical-parts shop and asked the old man for carbon-fiber tissue for a discontinued mechanical arm.
• The cloaked figure revealed that someone had bought 52 percent of the corporation's shares ahead of an upcoming board meeting.
• The figure fitted the artificial tissue onto a skeletal metal hand and left the shop.
• Cheng Yu recognized the setting as cyberpunk and formed a plan after looking at the old shopkeeper.

Grete and Cheng Yu visited Old Jack's hardware shop, where Grete delivered a set of absurd new code phrases and learned about a gathering of company directors. After deciding to wait for the board meeting, they stopped in a room where Cheng Yu watched Grete emerge with a modified woman.

• Cheng Yu and Grete went to Old Jack's hardware shop, where Grete claimed the code phrases had been leaked and gave Old Jack a new set.
• Old Jack repeated the phrases back correctly, and Cheng Yu laughed about the confusion they would cause.
• Cheng Yu told Grete that he had found interesting details in the script, and Grete said the world held more than Cheng Yu could see and pointed to an upcoming directors' gathering.
• Grete said they would wait for the board meeting, but first brought Cheng Yu to a room where a modified woman and Grete emerged after an encounter.

Grete took Cheng Yu to Vax Corporation’s board meeting, where the company’s chairman announced that the mysterious Mr. Gu had acquired 52 percent of its shares. The board accepted the changes without resistance, while Cheng Yu watched unnoticed from a burlap sack in the conference room.

• Grete joked with Cheng Yu after spending two days with an augmented woman, then carried him in a burlap sack to the board meeting.
• Vax Corporation’s department heads reported problems, and the chairman ordered schemes to undermine competitors and remove a New Moon Dynasty Governor.
• The general manager protested that his shares had been acquired for one Star Coin each, but the chairman fired him.
• The chairman announced that Mr. Gu held 52 percent of Vax Corporation’s shares and had asked him to remain chairman without other personnel changes.
• The board meeting ended with the directors relieved to keep their positions, while Cheng Yu watched unnoticed from the sack.

Cheng Yu and Grete discussed the Godslayer organization and the discoveries beneath the city before the System revealed it had detected a faint aura of the Abyss. Grete suspected a Demon Emperor was involved, leaving Cheng Yu alarmed by the scale of the danger and the inconsistencies in the script.

• Cheng Yu told Grete that the hardware store was a Godslayer base and that a high-ranking cloaked figure had exchanged passwords with its owner about something found beneath the city.
• The System interrupted Cheng Yu and Grete's bickering and revealed it had detected the aura of the Abyss, as well as drawing attention to the company's name.
• Grete questioned how the System had sensed the Abyssal aura when he could not, and the System explained that it was created by His Eminence and attached to an authority fragment.
• Grete concluded that only a Demon Emperor could hide an Abyssal aura from him, and the System listed the seven Demon Emperors and their sins.
• Grete said the presence of a Demon Emperor explained why parts of the script did not add up, while Cheng Yu worried about the danger facing him.

Cheng Yu and Grete discussed the coming Demon Emperor and planned to use Yog's Aura against it, while Yog and Miss Puppet prepared for a later part of the play. Outside the real world, Qiu Ji discovered that Sandbox World No. 4 was encroaching on his divine status and opened it to all players ahead of schedule.

• The System explained that Holy Spirits were immensely powerful beings, and Grete admitted he could not survive one move from a Demon Emperor.
• Grete tested Yog's Aura, lost an arm to its power, then said it could suppress the Demon Emperor and help them make a plan.
• Grete explained that Demon Emperors usually sent avatars rather than risking their true bodies, and Cheng Yu said he would coordinate the whole production.
• Yog declined Miss Puppet's offer to help Cheng Yu and Grete, saying her performance was meant for the play's climax.
• Qiu Ji received a warning that Sandbox No. 4 was encroaching on his divine status, then opened the world to all players ahead of schedule.

Cheng Yu connected the Sandbox World's Vax Corporation to one of the Six Great Powers in the Small Heavens, but the relationship between the two worlds remained unclear. He and Grete found the cloaked figure confronting Old Jack, mocked their failed code phrase, and Cheng Yu prepared to handle the ensuing confrontation himself.

• Cheng Yu learned from System that the company was called Vax Corporation and recalled that it was one of the Six Great Powers in the Small Heavens.
• Cheng Yu considered how the Sandbox World might relate to the Small Heavens, then set aside his questions and followed Doggy back to Old Jack's Hardware Store.
• The cloaked figure used the code phrase about good parts, but Old Jack failed to recognize it and told the figure to leave.
• Cheng Yu and Grete revealed their knowledge of the organization's code phrases and teased Old Jack with the changed phrase, “Imperial jade liquor.”
• Old Jack realized they were mocking him and released a powerful aura, revealing himself as a tier-two transcendent.
• Grete prepared to act, but Cheng Yu told him to leave the confrontation to him so he could show off.

Cheng Yu posed as the World-Destroying God to confront members of the Godslayer Organization, then returned to the Ancient Tower while Grete went to investigate a Demon Emperor’s whereabouts. Miss Puppet agreed to protect Cheng Yu with Yog’s permission.

• Cheng Yu used the Infinite Technique to overwhelm the Godslayer members and claimed to be the World-Destroying God, earning the fat old man’s recognition of him as the Beyond One.
• Cheng Yu told the Godslayer members that killing the Creator God would destroy the world, then encouraged them to pursue their goal before leaving with Grete.
• Grete decided to investigate the Demon Emperor’s whereabouts, explaining that he could escape an avatar and could call Cheng Yu for help using his hair as an anchor.
• Cheng Yu returned to the Ancient Tower, where Yog assured him that Grete had his own story to play out.
• Miss Puppet told Cheng Yu that she would protect him, with Yog’s permission.

After Grete took Cheng Yu away, Fat Jack and Vira discussed the mysterious buyer of the Vax Corporation, the revived intelligent-machinery project, and whether to relocate. Vira returned to the Godslayer Organization’s underground headquarters to report to its leader, Lady Alanna.

• Fat Jack and Vira decided to keep their position and code phrase unchanged despite Cheng Yu’s knowledge of their highest-level code.
• Vira told Fat Jack that the Vax Corporation had revived and succeeded with his abandoned project, prompting him to question how they had overcome its technical barriers.
• Vira went to a hidden bar, used her loyalty card to enter the VIP area, and found the secret passage to the Godslayer Organization’s headquarters.
• Vira met Lady Alanna and said she had come to report something.

Alanna responded to the threat of leaked codes by ordering an investigation and activating Godslayer’s hidden surveillance. Qiu Ji announced the opening of Sandbox World No. 4 to players, while Cheng Yu learned that technology and supernatural power were different paths to comparable strength.

• Vira told Alanna about Cheng Yu and Grete, and Alanna ordered her to investigate the leaked codes, suspend unnecessary activities, and share new code phrases only with contact-point leaders.
• After Vira left, Alanna activated Godslayer’s shadows and continued minimum surveillance while pondering the world’s growing chaos.
• Qiu Ji confirmed that he could still control the world barrier and posted information announcing the new Technology and Supernatural World, its mysterious reward, and the lifted life limit.
• Players on the Myriad Heavens forum reacted excitedly and split into technology, supernatural, and both-sides factions.
• Cheng Yu asked Miss Puppet which was stronger, technology or supernatural power, and she explained that neither was inherently superior because both could lead to the same results.

As Myriad Heavens prepared to open a new world combining technology and the supernatural, Shen Qing met national leader Shen Renyuan, who urged the players to secure technology for their nation. Players across the country entered Myriad Heavens as the forum filled with arrival notices.

• Shen Qing learned that the new world combined technology and the supernatural, then went to the Research Institute's main hall to meet Shen Renyuan.
• Shen Renyuan praised Shen Qing and the other players, then urged them to obtain the new world's technology and make their nation great again.
• Shui Feifei wondered whether Xiao Ming would enter the new world and recalled her experiences in Sandbox One.
• A child argued with a gaming-pod owner for more playtime, then noticed that the owner was a Myriad Heavens player.
• Boss Zhu declared that he would win the mystery reward for uncovering the Technology World's secret, then entered his gaming pod as Myriad Heavens opened.

Players arrived in Sandbox World No. 4 and drew the attention of governments, corporations, and Godslayer, while their ability to respawn revealed that they were immortal projections. As the world reconsidered how to deal with them, Qiu Ji prepared to give the players quests.

• Players appeared across Sandbox World No. 4, where authorities, corporations, and Godslayer members captured, questioned, or killed some of them.
• Honey Badger endured vivisection, respawned, and repeatedly attacked the dissectors until he had killed those who had worked on him.
• Honey Badger began launching suicidal attacks against the corporation responsible for his dissection, and organizations across the world realized the Otherworlders could revive endlessly.
• Vax Corporation reported that the Otherworlders were projections rather than biological bodies and recommended imprisoning them instead of killing them.
• Qiu Ji watched the players integrate into Sandbox World No. 4 and considered issuing quests for them.

Qiu Ji gave the players a mission to uncover why the Creator God abandoned the world, offering a reward and prompting players to pursue clues in their own ways. As their investigations began, Cheng Yu revealed that he intended to disrupt everyone’s plans, while Miss Puppet indulged him.

• Qiu Ji sent all players a message asking them to discover why the Creator God had abandoned the world in exchange for a gift.
• Shui Feifei set off to explore after wondering whether His Majesty had already acted, and Shen Qing left his meeting with Mr. Morris carrying a device that Morris had given him.
• A Big Old Sow urged the players to cooperate with the government and join its New Moon Special Forces to gain intelligence.
• Xiao Ming was returned to prison in the Godslayer Organization’s city and asked Shui Feifei to rescue him, so she requested his location.
• Cheng Yu told Miss Puppet that the players’, politicians’, and Creator God’s plans were boring, and the system called him shameless.

Cheng Yu asked Yog about the arriving Demon Emperor while worrying about Grete, and Yog assured him Grete was fine. Meanwhile, Shui Feifei found Xiao Ming’s location, where fighting exposed the Godslayer Organization’s underground headquarters and brought her together with Alanna’s defenders against a mechanical army.

• Cheng Yu argued with the system, then asked Yog which deadly sin the arriving Demon Emperor represented, and Yog described the demon as an acquaintance of Grete’s.
• Shui Feifei reached Xiao Ming’s marked location and learned that its black sky did not match the white sky above her.
• A mechanical army attacked Shui Feifei, whose aura corroded and reflected its weapons; the battle opened a crater that exposed the Godslayer Organization’s underground headquarters.
• Alanna organized the headquarters’ retreat, led five hundred people toward the opening, and fought the mechanical soldiers while the deputy leader helped evacuate the others.
• Shui Feifei joined the battle with a scarlet pulse that brought down most of the mechanical soldiers and war machines, shocking their commander.

Shui Feifei rescued Xiao Ming and met Alanna, the leader of Godslayer, while the company moved in on Godslayer’s exposed headquarters. The chapter ended with Cheng Yu reading a surviving document as a company executive anticipated discovering the secrets of transcendence.

• Shui Feifei killed the attackers and robots, then recognized Alanna, who invited her to join Godslayer and gave her a pendant.
• Shui Feifei freed Xiao Ming from his restraints and cage, and the two left before more people arrived.
• Vira told Fat Jack that the company had found Godslayer’s headquarters and ordered him to evacuate before the base was sealed.
• Company personnel occupied Godslayer’s city and recovered records, including a partly destroyed sheet that delighted a senior executive.
• Cheng Yu read a script in the Ancient Tower and remarked that the company’s arrogance had brought calamity upon itself.

Miss Puppet explained the Decoder series’ capabilities and the upgrades she gained from knowledge bestowed by Yog, including a path to mythic. She promised Cheng Yu sufficient command clearance if he needed it, leaving him hopeful about confronting powerful forces across the universes.

• Cheng Yu asked Miss Puppet about the world’s technology, and she said a single Decoder 0-7 could destroy it by decoding, interfering with, and modifying its environment.
• Miss Puppet explained that Decoder units once required a separate Super-Celestial Computer, but she had remedied their computational shortcomings using the Mechanical Gospel Compendium from His Eminence.
• Miss Puppet told Cheng Yu she had improved herself, the Supremacy Series, other unit series, and resource technologies, and had discovered a path to advancement.
• Miss Puppet revealed that she had seen a path to mythic, and Cheng Yu congratulated her.
• Cheng Yu asked Miss Puppet for senior commander clearance, and she promised to grant him sufficient clearance if it became necessary.