Chapter Summaries

Li Pengfei recovered physically but had lost his memories of Li Tianming, and Qin Siyang tried to help them grow closer. Li Pengfei revealed that he had awakened the [Deceiver] Sequence, leaving Qin Siyang to protect his secret and encourage him to trust Li Tianming.

• Chen Fenghe and Zhao Fengjun confirmed that Li Pengfei would recover fully, though he no longer recognized Li Tianming.
• Li Pengfei welcomed Qin Siyang and asked the others to leave so he could share something private.
• Qin Siyang protected Li Pengfei's secret by clearing the ward and activating Conversation Shielding after Li Tianming left.
• Li Pengfei told Qin Siyang that he had awakened the [Deceiver] Sequence, and Qin Siyang advised him to discuss it with Li Tianming.
• Li Pengfei worried about his missing memories, and Qin Siyang urged him to focus on the future and stay happy and healthy.

Li Tianming discussed Li Pengfei’s Sequence Ability and his plan to force Zhong Dingming to reveal how to produce yellow-silver star ore. Meanwhile, Lu Daoxing met a World-Destroying Church Emissary, who tried to recruit him and revealed that Yu Bianwei had been a Reincarnation Church Guardian used as Huan Kai’s substitute scapegoat.

• Li Tianming learned that Li Pengfei had awakened [Deceiver] and resolved to obtain yellow-silver star ore so he could kill Guo Jiuxiao.
• Li Tianming told Qin Siyang that he would make Zhong Dingming reveal the ore’s secret, while Qin Siyang chose not to ask about Li Tianming’s Sequence.
• Li Tianming agreed to spend more time with Li Pengfei and strengthen their father-son bond.
• Lu Daoxing met a World-Destroying Church Emissary, rejected an offer to join the church, and said he might work for whichever church offered better terms.
• The Emissary inferred that Yu Bianwei had been a Reincarnation Church Guardian and revealed that Yu Bianwei had been bound as the [Substitute Scapegoat] for Huan Kai’s [Life-Substitution Lamp].

Lu Daoxing negotiated with the World-Destroying Church, demanding to know how yellow-silver star ore could be made for Li Tianming. The Envoy gave him the method, which shocked and disgusted him and revealed why the Church could not supply the ore.

• The masked Envoy offered Lu Daoxing a Guardian position, but Lu refused to join unless the Church met his conditions.
• The Envoy explained that Lu’s clean background and desire to destroy the Jiang Family made him a valuable recruit, while Lu questioned the Church’s beliefs and hidden agenda.
• Lu asked about the Church’s alternative path, but the Envoy said only those recognized by the World-Destroying God could learn of it.
• Lu demanded a hundred kilograms of yellow-silver star ore, then eagerly asked how it was produced after learning it did not form naturally.
• The Envoy gave Lu a paper describing how to produce the ore, and Lu reacted with shock and disgust as he connected the method to Zhong Dingming.

Qin Siyang discussed Hu Chan’s church troubles and the upcoming Championship Tournament with his friends, while remaining wary of Fu Wanli’s girlfriend, Feng Linlin. After the Championship Arena passed inspection, Zhao Longfei ordered Qin Siyang and the others to leave for Western Glory the next day, partly because Qin Siyang was present when two people died.

• Hu Chan told Qin Siyang he was dealing with trouble involving the Three Harmonies Church, and Qin Siyang offered to help with resources.
• Chu Baxing checked that Hu Chan could still attend the Championship Tournament, while Zhao Sifang discussed Qin Siyang’s belief that Duan Chongfang had been controlled.
• Fu Wanli excitedly declared he would work to become a rising star, and Hu Chan revealed he habitually used Conversation Shielding around him.
• Zhao Sifang explained that the Championship Arena would erase competitors’ memories of matches after recording the results, and Qin Siyang asked whether the process was reliable.
• Zhao Longfei told Qin Siyang that the Championship Arena had passed inspection and ordered the group to leave for Western Glory the next day.
• Qin Siyang suggested delaying the trip so he could practice in the God Arena, and Zhao Longfei angrily dismissed the idea.

Qin Siyang returned to visit Quan Taibin and found a sacrificial giant vine near his hidden laboratory. After meeting Quan and giving him supplies and phantom crystal, Qin Siyang agreed to move the laboratory before trying to harvest the vine’s heart.

• Qin Siyang spotted a sacrificial giant vine near Quan Taibin’s residence and searched the area for Quan.
• Quan Taibin revealed his underground laboratory and explained that his artifact moved it out of danger when unknown objects approached.
• Qin Siyang gave Quan Taibin supplies and phantom crystal, then learned that Quan had seen the giant vine and left it alone.
• Qin Siyang asked to move Quan’s residence so he could harvest the vine’s heart, and Quan agreed to let the Drill Pod tow his laboratory.
• Qin Siyang gave Quan a piece of his stored Vine Heart, and Quan promised to continue his research.

Qin Siyang brought Hu Chan to help harvest a Vine Heart from a powerful sacrificial giant vine, while Hu Chan asked to borrow the Drill Pod for an assassination in Zone 5. The chapter ended with Hu Chan estimating that the vine’s Vine Heart was as large as a clay cooking pot.

• Qin Siyang fetched Hu Chan after deciding that practical experience would help him harvest the Vine Heart safely.
• Hu Chan declined a share of the Vine Heart and explained that he wanted to handle the Three Harmonies Church’s conflict himself rather than rely on Qin Siyang’s protection.
• Hu Chan asked Qin Siyang to lend him the Drill Pod for an assassination in Zone 5 and said he planned to establish an alibi during the Championship Tournament.
• Hu Chan explained that the Richar Family was too powerful to confront openly and that the assassination was necessary to catch the Church’s leadership off guard.
• Qin Siyang and Hu Chan reached the sacrificial giant vine’s flower bud, where Hu Chan estimated that its Vine Heart could be the size of a clay cooking pot.

Qin Siyang harvested a huge Vine Heart from a sacrificial giant vine and escaped its frenzied attacks. He then turned his attention to the unopened inner bud beneath the Vine Heart.

• Hu Chan warned Qin Siyang that he could not withstand the sacrificial giant vine and advised him not to risk harvesting its Vine Heart.
• Qin Siyang decided to proceed, sent Hu Chan away in the Drill Pod, and poured Sequence Potion over the enormous bud.
• The bud opened to reveal a half-meter-wide Vine Heart and another enormous bud beneath it, which Qin Siyang could not open while the Vine Heart remained in place.
• Qin Siyang took God Remains, grabbed the Vine Heart, and activated Origin Violence and Feast Domain as the giant vine attacked.
• Qin Siyang dodged and blinked out of the danger zone with the Vine Heart, then looked back at the still-closed inner bud.

Qin Siyang used Sequence Potions to open the Sacrificial Giant Vine’s bud, but the bud repelled him and transformed the vine’s attacks. Trapped in midair, he realized the vine could anticipate and block his escape routes.

• Qin Siyang dodged the Sacrificial Giant Vine’s attacks, then charged back toward its center despite Hu Chan’s alarm.
• Qin Siyang repeatedly threw Sequence Potions at the closed bud, using teleports to get close enough to stick the bottles to it.
• The bud opened, but a repulsive force hurled Qin Siyang into the sky as the vine’s tendrils turned crimson and attacked in coordinated, intensified strikes.
• Qin Siyang fought off the tendrils and decided to retreat, but he noticed that stones had been placed at his intended teleport landing point.
• Qin Siyang tested another escape route and discovered that small stones again blocked his planned landing point.

Qin Siyang escaped the Sacrificial Giant Vine’s attacks by carrying its Vine Heart into the giant bud, only to be drawn into a strange inner space. A voice identified the place as the second-level sacrificial domain and remarked that Qin Siyang had entered it at Origin Sequence level one.

• Qin Siyang realized the Sacrificial Giant Vine had learned to counter [Feast Kingdom] and found himself unable to escape its relentless attacks.
• Qin Siyang noticed the Vine Heart might pass through the repulsive force around the bud and charged toward it with the heart in hand.
• Qin Siyang entered the bud, where the vines stopped pursuing him, then was seized and dragged deeper inside as the petals closed.
• Qin Siyang sank through a soft, boundless space until he reached a grassy area filled with drifting golden lights.
• A vine touched Qin Siyang’s head, and a child’s voice told him he had passed the trial and entered the second-level sacrificial domain.

Qin Siyang discovered that the Sacrificial Giant Vine could communicate through thought and claimed he had passed its Succession Trial. The vine was baffled by his lack of guidance and began describing an unusual path to awakening an origin sequence.

• Qin Siyang realized the Sacrificial Giant Vine was speaking directly to his mind through its Thought-Speech Vines and learned that it could read his thoughts.
• The vine called itself the Sacred, Mighty, Soaring, Heavenly Spirit Exchange Envoy Jade Giant Vine and explained that its vines let it communicate across language barriers.
• The vine told Qin Siyang that he had passed its Succession Trial and would receive a reward.
• Qin Siyang asked what a Succession Trial was, but the vine told him to consult his parents, mentor, or an Apocalypse Fragment.
• The vine questioned how Qin Siyang had awakened an origin sequence without guidance, then recounted a strange sequence of choices involving a God-Worship Ritual, a Bright Sun Tier Path of the Believer, and a brick of light.

Qin Siyang learned that the Sacrificial Giant Vine’s attacks had been a Succession Trial and that he had passed by entering its bud. The vine offered him a divine gift in exchange for a god material offering, leaving Qin Siyang suspicious of the supposed God of Bestowal.

• Qin Siyang confirmed that he had discovered the method for awakening an origin sequence on his own, and the Sacrificial Giant Vine worried that its mother would scold it for revealing too much.
• The Sacrificial Giant Vine explained that Qin Siyang had passed its Succession Trial by finding a way into the Giant Vine Bud, but refused to give him an extra reward for figuring it out himself.
• Qin Siyang wondered whether other great gods, including the Nightmare Lantern Tree and the Sandworm, had their own Succession Trials, but the Sacrificial Giant Vine refused to answer.
• The Sacrificial Giant Vine announced that Qin Siyang could receive a divine gift from the God of Bestowal by first offering a god material.
• Qin Siyang objected that the offering made the reward sound like a trade and questioned whether the gods could be trusted not to take his treasure.

Qin Siyang argued with the Sacrificial Giant Vine over offering a treasure to the God of Gifts, then discovered that his first two offerings were unacceptable. The vine promised a better divine gift for a more valuable offering and revealed that Qin Siyang's Second-Level Sacrificial Domain could bring greater rewards.

• Qin Siyang challenged the Sacrificial Giant Vine's claim about the God of Gifts, then agreed to make an offering after the vine threatened to kill him.
• Qin Siyang offered Wan Tongwei's corpse as his most precious possession, but the Sacrificial Giant Vine rejected it because it was not a true treasure.
• Qin Siyang offered the Vine Heart, but the Sacrificial Giant Vine refused it because it came from its own body and might anger the God of Gifts.
• The Sacrificial Giant Vine promised Qin Siyang a rarer gift for a more precious offering and explained that a Small God's body part had once earned someone a Tier Five Artifact.
• The Sacrificial Giant Vine revealed that Qin Siyang's Second-Level Sacrificial Domain could earn him a greater divine gift for the same offering.

Qin Siyang gambled the Nightmare Lantern Tree Seed as an offering, hoping to obtain a powerful God-Hunting Artifact. The sacrificial giant vine recognized the seed and questioned how he had escaped the tree’s dream, leaving Qin Siyang to flatter it instead of answering.

• Qin Siyang decided that the Nightmare Lantern Tree Seed might earn him a Tier Seven Artifact and staked it as an offering to the God of Bestowal.
• The sacrificial giant vine recognized the seed as belonging to the Nightmare Lantern Tree and called the tree a string of insulting names.
• Qin Siyang realized the vine held a deep grudge against the Nightmare Lantern Tree and played along with its hostility.
• The vine asked how Qin Siyang had escaped the tree’s dream despite being only Origin Sequence Level One.
• Qin Siyang avoided the question by praising the vine, and it accepted his flattery and agreed that the Nightmare Lantern Tree was inferior.

Qin Siyang learned that the level-three Lantern Deadwood seed could not be offered in the Sacrificial Giant Vine’s level-two domain, so he chose a titan reed inner leaf instead. After the offering was accepted, the God of Bestowal’s gift appeared in the vine’s bud: a needle.

• Qin Siyang questioned why the Sacrificial Giant Vine could not offer the Lantern Deadwood seed and learned that it exceeded the domain’s level.
• Qin Siyang selected three medium-god remains and asked the Sacrificial Giant Vine which offering to use.
• The Sacrificial Giant Vine recommended the titan reed inner leaf, and Qin Siyang placed it in the left Offering Bud.
• The Sacrificial Giant Vine convulsed while communicating with the God of Bestowal, then told Qin Siyang to collect his divine gift.
• Qin Siyang looked inside the Divine Gift Bud and saw a needle.

Qin Siyang received an iron needle as a Divine Gift and learned it was a tier-six growth implement that could transform into a powerful spear. He left the sacrificial domain with a treasure he could not yet use, and was told to raise his Origin Sequence level.

• Qin Siyang suspected the iron needle was worthless, but the sacrificial giant vine identified it as a top-grade intermediate growth implement—a tier-six item.
• Qin Siyang eagerly thanked the God of Bestowal and expressed his devotion by kneeling and kowtowing.
• Qin Siyang asked the sacrificial giant vine to examine the needle, which expanded into a dark purple spear when the vine focused its power through it.
• The sacrificial giant vine thrust the spear through the air, briefly splitting the dense space around Qin Siyang and restoring his senses of the outside world.
• Qin Siyang could not transform the needle himself because his Origin Sequence level was too low, so the sacrificial giant vine urged him to grow stronger.

Qin Siyang learned that his second-level sacrificial domain trial had granted him a tier-six Sequence Artifact meant for Origin Sequence Level Three, and that his rapid progress was unusual. Just as the Sacrificial Giant Vine was about to explain [Primordial Starshine], a sudden force ejected Qin Siyang from its bud.

• Qin Siyang argued with the Sacrificial Giant Vine that he needed a treasure he could use to survive at his current strength.
• The Sacrificial Giant Vine explained that Qin Siyang had received a Level Three artifact because he passed the [Succession Trial] in a second-level sacrificial domain.
• The Sacrificial Giant Vine told Qin Siyang that nearly all Origin Sequence awakeners on Earth had learned about it from parents, mentors, or Apocalypse Fragments, unlike Qin Siyang.
• Qin Siyang revealed that he had seen [Primordial Starshine] twice in the two months since breaking through, astonishing the Sacrificial Giant Vine.
• Before the Sacrificial Giant Vine could explain whether [Primordial Starshine] led to Level Two, a repulsive force flung Qin Siyang out of its bud.

Qin Siyang escaped the Sacrificial Giant Vine after opening its inner bud, and Hu Chan drove them away in the Drill Pod. As they traveled, Hu Chan questioned whether the believer’s path was truly the right way to advance.

• Qin Siyang dodged the Sacrificial Giant Vine’s attacks and blinked back to the Drill Pod after its inner bud vanished and its attacks weakened.
• Hu Chan drove Qin Siyang away from the vine, relieved to see him return after waiting anxiously through its assault.
• Qin Siyang told Hu Chan that he had opened the second bud after taking the Vine Heart.
• Hu Chan described feeling an instinctive fear of gods and said the believer’s path might be a wrong path of advancement.

Qin Siyang revealed the alternate path of the God-Worship Ritual to Hu Chan and explained whom he trusted enough to tell. Meanwhile, a large vine apologized to a crow called the Succession Envoy and agreed to withdraw, after which the crow flew away.

• Qin Siyang confirmed to Hu Chan that the God-Worship Ritual had another path and said Hu Chan could learn it if he returned to sequence level five.
• Qin Siyang allowed Hu Chan to tell Yu Ziying and said he would also share the secret with Zhao Sifang, but not with Chu Baxing, Gu Yunpeng, or Fu Wanli.
• Hu Chan thanked Qin Siyang and felt hopeful about finding a way to lower his sequence level.
• The sacrificial giant vine’s pursuit ended, leaving a small vine and a large vine facing a crow perched on concrete rubble.
• The large vine apologized to the Succession Envoy on behalf of the small vine and offered to withdraw as compensation.
• The crow spread its wings and flew into the night.

Olof discussed his relentless pursuit of cults with Liu Yingfeng, who questioned his motives and tried to arrange a dinner with her sister Liu Yingxue. After Olof revealed that he knew the Liu Family's Four Hegemon Flowers had concealed more secrets, Liu Yingfeng was left thinking of a man named Olof who had died years earlier.

• Olof refused Liu Yingfeng's offer to arrange dinner with Liu Yingxue and said he preferred to keep work and private matters separate.
• Liu Yingfeng asked why Olof focused so heavily on cults and why he had once transferred to the 14121 Region.
• Olof challenged Liu Yingfeng to investigate his motives and named Yan Budong, Yu Bianwei, and Jiang Hao's son Jiang Changming as dead.
• After Olof left, Liu Yingfeng wondered why she still could not forget Olof, who had been dead for three years and ten months.
• Liu Yingxue called Liu Yingfeng and learned that Olof had rejected her, while Liu Yingfeng explained that he knew about her children with Jiang Hao, Yu Bianwei, and Yan Budong.

Liu Yingxue’s attempt to get close to Olof failed, while Liu Yingfeng tried to console her. At a virtual meeting, Olof and the numbered members discussed a vanished divine image and whether someone had found a path beyond the Path of the Believer, ending with Olof angrily challenging those who suspected him of colluding with the World-Destroying Church.

• Liu Yingxue told Liu Yingfeng that her loneliness and fixation on her Sequence Ability had left her desperate to find a partner, and Liu Yingfeng urged her to give up on Olof.
• Liu Yingxue warned Liu Yingfeng to be careful amid the chaos in Sigma District, and Liu Yingfeng quietly thought of a smiling man.
• Olof returned home after fighting cultists, cleaned the blood off himself, and joined a virtual meeting called by 002.
• 002 told Olof that a snake-shaped divine image had disappeared from the Path of the Believer and that the group feared losing their abilities as more vanished.
• 009 suspected Olof had found another path, but Olof argued that his past strength and victories showed he had not switched paths.
• Olof suggested that the numbered members might have learned about another path through the World-Destroying Church and angrily challenged them for suspecting him of collusion.