Chapter Summaries

Qin Siyang took Hu Chan outside the Safe Zone to hunt medium Gods while negotiating a share of the profits Hu Chan and Yu Ziying had gained from Zhang Yingrui’s memories. He pushed himself to gather resources for his plans, and the chapter ended with him exhausted and falling asleep during an evening reading session with Li Pengfei and Wen Shu.

• Qin Siyang demanded half of Hu Chan and Yu Ziying’s gains from Zhang Yingrui’s memories, and Hu Chan agreed to repay him later with money, resources, or artifacts.
• Qin Siyang and Hu Chan hunted medium Gods, with Qin Siyang keeping Hu Chan locked inside the Drill Pod while he fought the first two alone.
• Qin Siyang took Li Pengfei to school and brought Hu Chan back outside the Safe Zone to hunt a Red Sand Wasp, then returned to collect Li Pengfei and hunt again that night.
• Qin Siyang spent two days hunting with Hu Chan as he tried to stockpile resources and begin the path of the believer.
• Qin Siyang fell asleep during the evening reading session, while Wen Shu told Li Pengfei she would wait for him to wake up.

Qin Siyang took Wang Defa and his brothers outside the Safe Zone, using Sequence Potions to begin awakening their Sequences and a Drill Pod to bypass the exits. He set the brothers against a Bladefang Rat for practice, and their first fight began with the rat knocking Wang Deyou's blade aside.

• Qin Siyang gave Wang Defa, Wang Dezhong, and Wang Deyou Sequence Potions and explained that they could help awaken their Sequences.
• Qin Siyang took the three brothers underground in the Drill Pod and emerged near the Safe Zone's outer wall.
• Qin Siyang led the brothers to a Bladefang Rat and told them to fight it together for one minute without getting hurt.
• Wang Dezhong charged the Bladefang Rat while Wang Defa and Wang Deyou moved to attack its flanks.
• The Bladefang Rat blocked Wang Deyou's strike with its fangs, knocking his blade aside and leaving the brothers facing its counterattack.

Qin Siyang trained the Wang brothers against gods, then hunted a medium god with Hu Chan as he reflected on how far he had come since his days scavenging for food. He ended the chapter looking back across the plains, thinking that the months since his rebirth would never return.

• The Wang brothers fought a Bladefang Rat for a minute but could not harm it, and Qin Siyang killed it with a casual gesture.
• Qin Siyang took the brothers underground to rest, then repeated the training cycle across five battles; none awakened a sequence ability.
• After dropping the brothers at home, Qin Siyang took Li Pengfei to school and left the Safe Zone with Hu Chan to hunt gods.
• Qin Siyang killed the medium god Frost Rabbit while Hu Chan tracked a communal nest, then recalled his former life as a scavenger.
• Qin Siyang sat beneath the stars and reflected that the months since his rebirth would never return.

Qin Siyang learned that Xiao Zhigang had maneuvered to make the upcoming paper Hearing threaten his Research Points and reputation. He refused to back down, sought information on the Paper Review Committee, and decided to reach sequence level six before the Hearing.

• Hao Liang explained that the paper Hearing would take place before school started and repeated Xiao Zhigang’s warning that Qin Siyang might need to step back.
• Zhang Kuang and Hao Liang described how Xiao Zhigang had persuaded the Paper Review Committee to hold up Qin Siyang’s papers, leaving him to choose between giving up resources or earning no Research Points.
• Qin Siyang told the professors he would not give up and asked Zhao Longfei for detailed information about the Paper Review Committee members.
• Zhao Longfei warned Qin Siyang not to tell anyone, not even Li Tianming, if he planned to break through to sequence level six.
• Qin Siyang took Hu Chan hunting gods again and resolved to reach sequence level six before the paper Hearing for his own protection.

Qin Siyang continued hunting medium gods while training the Wang brothers, hoping to build resources and allies before embarking on the path of the believer. Wang Dezhong awakened the [Stone Warrior] sequence, and Qin Siyang prepared to have him registered once Bureau Chief Qian took office in District 8.

• Qin Siyang took the Wang brothers Outside the Safe Zone to hunt, where Wang Dezhong awakened the [Stone Warrior] sequence and killed a Bladefang Rat.
• Qin Siyang confirmed Wang Dezhong's awakening, told him to keep it secret, and promised to arrange his registration after Bureau Chief Qian took office in District 8.
• Qin Siyang brought Hu Chan back Outside the Safe Zone to hunt more medium gods, and Hu Chan learned that Yu Ziying had traded Qin Siyang red-board material for his healing medicine.
• Qin Siyang reflected that training the Wang brothers and gathering resources were both going smoothly, and that one of those efforts was about to bear fruit.

Qin Siyang took a break from hunting to collect powerful medicines from Chen Fenghe and prepare for the Path of the Believer. He went to bed expecting to begin the breakthrough after waking.

• Qin Siyang ended his hunting with Hu Chan early and told him to handle his own affairs before school started.
• Qin Siyang visited Li Tianming's office, where Chen Fenghe gave him a Storage Box filled with medicines.
• Chen Fenghe explained that the medicines could restore melted limbs, regrow eyes, and reconnect a severed head, then wrote Qin Siyang an instruction sheet.
• Li Tianming ushered Qin Siyang out so his family could leave for their vacation.
• Qin Siyang returned to the Guesthouse, set an alarm, and went to sleep before embarking on the Path of the Believer.

Qin Siyang attempted to embark on the Path of the Believer in a remote wasteland, but a masked man attacked and beheaded him. Qin Siyang revived with the help of a lifesaving capsule, and the chapter ended with him recognizing the man’s silver-gray armor but not his identity.

• Qin Siyang traveled a hundred kilometers from the Safe Zone and prepared to meditate on the Path of the Believer using god disc carapaces as offerings.
• After an hour of meditation, Qin Siyang was beheaded by a masked man who approached his corpse and reached for his backpack.
• Qin Siyang’s body reattached his head, and he regained control after his head was briefly turned backward.
• Qin Siyang realized Chen Fenghe’s Head-Reconnecting Capsule had saved him and confronted the masked attacker.
• Qin Siyang recognized the attacker’s silver-gray armor but could not identify the man beneath the mask.

Qin Siyang confronted Chang Tianxiong, who admitted he had come to kill him for materials, and the two exchanged accusations and questions. Qin Siyang revealed that his precautions were meant for other possible attackers, not Chang Tianxiong, leaving the professor faced with the knowledge that Qin Siyang had trusted him.

• Chang Tianxiong revealed his face and admitted he had come alone to kill Qin Siyang for materials.
• Qin Siyang dressed and armored himself while Chang Tianxiong watched, then mocked Chang Tianxiong for being too cautious to attack.
• Chang Tianxiong stopped Qin Siyang's insults and said that stalling would not bring anyone to rescue him.
• Chang Tianxiong asked when Qin Siyang had realized he intended to kill him, and Qin Siyang said he had never suspected him.
• Qin Siyang shouted that he had been guarding against Guo Jiuxiao, Ren Changyu, Xiao Zhigang, and Han Huizhi, not Chang Tianxiong.

Qin Siyang explained how he had deceived Chang Tianxiong into thinking the God-Worship Ritual was underway, then faced Chang Tianxiong’s plan to kill him. The chapter ended with Chang Tianxiong revealing that he was sequence level seven.

• Chang Tianxiong questioned how Qin Siyang had escaped the Path of the Believer’s rules, and his Lie Detector exposed Qin Siyang’s claim that the Gods favored him as a lie.
• Qin Siyang pointed out that one Blood Moon Spider disc carapace was worth 192 points rather than 193, meaning the offerings could not open the Path of the Believer and the ritual had been a trap.
• Qin Siyang accused Chang Tianxiong of falling for the deception because greed had clouded his judgment, and Chang Tianxiong admitted he had underestimated him.
• Chang Tianxiong said he still had to kill Qin Siyang despite losing the chance to obtain his materials, while Qin Siyang insisted the outcome of their fight was uncertain.
• Chang Tianxiong praised Qin Siyang’s survival and victories, then revealed he was sequence level seven.

Qin Siyang confronted Chang Tianxiong, who revealed that he had secretly reached sequence level seven and was a notorious killer. Their fight began with Qin Siyang trying to interrupt Chang Tianxiong’s charged attack, but Chang Tianxiong’s abilities and God-Hunting Artifact left Qin Siyang badly outmatched.

• Chang Tianxiong revealed that he had secretly advanced to sequence level seven by following the Path of the Believer and had killed many people under a false name.
• Chang Tianxiong prepared to attack, and Qin Siyang used Wu Yu’s ring to identify his extractor abilities, including Soul Refinement and Elemental Stripping.
• Qin Siyang swallowed a piece of God Remains, activated Violence and Feast Domain, and rushed to knock the Storage Box from Chang Tianxiong’s hand.
• Chang Tianxiong met Qin Siyang’s gaze and used Soul Refinement, but the Pure-Brightness Bracelet Hu Chan had given Qin Siyang shattered and restored his consciousness.
• Qin Siyang struck Chang Tianxiong’s Storage Box, but Chang Tianxiong remained unharmed behind a purple protective veil as Qin Siyang was thrown to the ground.

Chang Tianxiong completed Elemental Stripping and fashioned a lightning whip designed to counter Qin Siyang’s armor and limit his Teleportation. Qin Siyang narrowly evaded the whip, but its electricity left his body numb and convulsing.

• Chang Tianxiong explained that his God-Hunting Artifact suppressed Qin Siyang’s abilities, then gathered lightning while Qin Siyang attacked him with the Heaven-Splitting Halberd.
• Qin Siyang shattered a vial of parasitic potion, but Chang Tianxiong’s lightning destroyed the motes before they could reach him.
• Qin Siyang shook corrosive vines from the Heaven-Splitting Halberd as Chang Tianxiong completed Elemental Stripping and formed a long lightning whip.
• Chang Tianxiong explained how the whip countered Qin Siyang’s armor and anticipated the range of his Teleportation.
• Qin Siyang teleported repeatedly to evade the whip, but its current left him numb and his muscles spasming.

Qin Siyang struggled against Chang Tianxiong’s overwhelming lightning, using his shields and blinking to survive while searching for an opening. He summoned Red Sand Wasps as a distraction, then rose above Chang Tianxiong and announced a move called Drive the Tiger to Swallow the Wolf as the ground split beneath him.

• Qin Siyang used five Tier Three Isolation Shields to withstand Chang Tianxiong’s Lightning Whip, losing one shield before escaping several dozen meters away.
• Chang Tianxiong taunted Qin Siyang to flee, but Qin Siyang steadied himself and prepared to attack again.
• Chang Tianxiong unleashed a lightning vortex that shattered two more shields and chased Qin Siyang as he retreated.
• Qin Siyang swallowed another piece of God Remains and summoned a swarm of Red Sand Wasps from fissures beneath Chang Tianxiong.
• Chang Tianxiong burned the attacking wasps with lightning, while Qin Siyang rose high above him and revealed the name of his move as the ground cracked open beneath Chang Tianxiong.

Qin Siyang used the Red Sand Wasps’ disturbance and a devastating sonic attack to trap Chang Tianxiong in a sea of sand. A Sandworm emerged and killed Chang Tianxiong, while Qin Siyang fled in the Drill Pod.

• Qin Siyang kept himself above Chang Tianxiong as the ground crumbled and turned into shifting sand.
• A powerful sonic attack battered both men, destroying their protective equipment and leaving Chang Tianxiong severely weakened.
• Qin Siyang escaped in the Drill Pod as Chang Tianxiong hurled a lightning ball after him and prepared to flee with flying wings.
• Rings of ivory-white spikes rose from the sand, and a Sandworm burst out and swallowed the lightning ball.
• The Sandworm’s attack killed Chang Tianxiong, whose body disappeared beneath the storm of sand and dust.

Qin Siyang escaped underground in Lu Daoxing’s Drill Pod while the Sandworm relentlessly pursued him, then stopped after the creature’s attacks faded. He reflected on Chang Tianxiong’s betrayal and prepared to begin his believer’s path, while the wounded Sandworm remained enraged in the wilderness.

• The Sandworm erupted from the ground with a swarm of Sandworm Servants and charged after Qin Siyang’s falling Drill Pod.
• Qin Siyang’s Drill Pod burrowed underground just before the Sandworm reached him, and the creature followed into the tunnel.
• The Sandworm pursued Qin Siyang underground and attacked with sonic waves, but the Drill Pod endured the shaking and kept moving until the pursuit faded.
• Qin Siyang stopped after driving for hours, rested, and removed his shattered Armor.
• Qin Siyang recalled that Chang Tianxiong had tried to kill him, concluded he would never bait the Sandworm again, and prepared to begin his believer’s path.
• The Sandworm vented its fury in the wilderness, then inspected two wounds on its abdomen, one scarred and the other still bleeding dark green blood.

Qin Siyang opened the Path of the Believer deep underground and discovered its light appeared to exceed the known Dawn Rank. As the gods’ power urged him to step onto it, he recognized the temptation from his encounter with the Nightmare Lantern Tree and paused to investigate whether another choice existed.

• Qin Siyang prepared offerings in his Drill Pod nearly two hundred kilometers from the Safe Zone and more than two thousand meters underground.
• Qin Siyang opened the Path of the Believer and saw a dazzling golden path that seemed brighter than the known Dawn Rank.
• Qin Siyang glimpsed mysterious godlike silhouettes at the path’s far end, including a gigantic birdlike eye that felt familiar from his Sequence awakening.
• The Path of the Believer urged Qin Siyang to step onto it, and he nearly obeyed before recalling how the Nightmare Lantern Tree had tempted him.
• Qin Siyang restrained himself and turned to look behind him, determined to check whether the Path of the Believer was his only choice.

Qin Siyang discovered a lone glowing brick separated from the Path of the Believer and chose to step onto it despite knowing nothing about where it led. A devastating gale then rushed down the Path of the Believer toward him, leaving him trapped and fearing he had made a fatal mistake.

• Qin Siyang noticed a glowing brick behind him that fit a gap in the Path of the Believer.
• Qin Siyang suppressed the frenzy urging him toward the familiar path and considered whether the brick marked another road.
• Qin Siyang chose the lone brick, wary of the seemingly generous promise of the Path of the Believer.
• Qin Siyang found himself unable to move as a destructive gale surged toward him along the distorted Path of the Believer.
• Qin Siyang feared the mysterious silhouettes had sent the gale because he had rejected their path and realized he could not undo his choice.

Qin Siyang’s offerings neutralized the deadly gale on the Path of the Believer, allowing him to move again and pass an evolution assessment. His Sequence vanished, then returned as the Level 1 Origin Sequence: God Eater, with all his skills upgraded.

• Qin Siyang watched the Lava Crocodile and Ice Crystal Giant Moth disc carapaces become barriers that neutralized the gale before shattering.
• Qin Siyang absorbed the gentle breeze and felt his body awaken, then discovered that all his Sequence information had disappeared.
• A message told Qin Siyang that his Sequence level was perfected, his evolution assessment had passed, and the Origin Sequence had been unlocked.
• Qin Siyang received the Origin Sequence: God Eater, along with its level, Ruminator, and five upgraded skills.
• Qin Siyang examined the new skill descriptions and exclaimed that all his skills had been upgraded.

Qin Siyang completed his breakthrough to the Origin Sequence and discovered that his offerings had strengthened him and formed a new path in his consciousness. He returned to the Safe Zone convinced that his path might truly lead to godhood.

• Qin Siyang discovered that [Deification Through Consumption] had advanced to [Taste of Deification], letting him retain three uses of a God’s skill with a single lick.
• Qin Siyang received gifts from 193 white orbs, which he realized corresponded to the point value of the Blood Moon Spider’s disc carapace and steadily strengthened his body.
• Qin Siyang stepped onto the new stretch of glowing bricks, causing the path of the believer and the silhouettes above it to shatter as his consciousness returned to his body.
• Qin Siyang found a short path of glowing bricks in his mind and concluded that he could revisit it, though he did not know how to advance along it.
• Qin Siyang realized that his primary and secondary offerings had aided his breakthrough, then speculated that the offerings were ultimately given to him because he might be a God.
• Qin Siyang drove the Drill Pod toward the Safe Zone and fancied appointing Old Li, Old Qian, and Zhao Longfei to divine ranks once he became a God.

After defeating Chang Tianxiong, Qin Siyang found a scheduled message in which Chang Tianxiong confessed to his crimes and asked him to conceal the truth. Chang Tianxiong left Qin Siyang the identity of Yu Gu and a black phone, and Qin Siyang took it while contemplating what to do next.

• Qin Siyang searched Chang Tianxiong’s dark laboratories and found a note saying Chang Tianxiong had left the Safe Zone to collect god materials.
• Qin Siyang received Chang Tianxiong’s scheduled message, which confirmed that he had defeated him and congratulated him on reaching sequence level six.
• Chang Tianxiong confessed to killing people as Yu Gu, a wanted Jack of Clubs assassin for the World-Destroying Church, and asked Qin Siyang to keep his crimes and death secret.
• Chang Tianxiong told Qin Siyang that a black phone beneath the flowerpot contained the means to continue using Yu Gu’s identity.
• Qin Siyang took the black phone and stood alone by the corridor railing, gazing at the night sky.

Qin Siyang learned that the Paper Review Committee was challenging his authorship because he had spent too little time at the Miracle Building, and he received detailed information about its members. At Zhao Longfei's office, he discovered Southern Glory faced bankruptcy after government funding cuts and offered to help.

• Chang Tianxiang told Qin Siyang that the Paper Review Committee questioned his contributions to the papers because he had barely spent time conducting research at the Miracle Building.
• Qin Siyang went to Zhao Longfei's office, where Zhao complained that the Ministry of Education had cut Southern Glory's funding and that the university was nearing bankruptcy.
• Zhao Longfei gave Qin Siyang a folder detailing the Paper Review Committee members and warned him to stay alert at the hearing.
• Lin Yaman explained that Southern Glory's funds had run dry and that tuition would only cover the university for two months after classes began.
• Qin Siyang offered to help Southern Glory and took out his phone.