Chapter Summaries

Qin Siyang backed Wang Xugong’s rise to lead the Wang Family, promising to deal with Wang Xuzuo and giving Wang Xugong a share of the mine’s revenue to protect and strengthen himself. He assured Yu Yongyou that, with the other mining families dependent on their alliance, even Xie Nanyun could not stop him from leading the mining industry.

• Yu Yongyou praised Wang Xugong’s capable management of Yu Family Mining, and Qin Siyang proposed replacing Wang Xuzuo with him as head of the Wang Family.
• Qin Siyang told Wang Xugong to keep in contact with his family and win over factions, explaining that his ties to Qin Siyang and Yu Yongyou now made him a viable successor.
• Qin Siyang promised to handle Wang Xuzuo and gave Wang Xugong one-twentieth of the mine’s revenue so he could improve his strength and stay alive.
• After Wang Xugong left, Yu Yongyou worried that a capable Wang Family head would threaten him, but Qin Siyang said Wang Xugong would become his staunch ally.
• Qin Siyang assured Yu Yongyou that even Xie Nanyun could not stop him from leading the mining industry.

After recovering from battle, Qin Siyang learned that Reincarnation Church members had been sent to kill whoever visited Yu Yongyou, and he and Yu Yongyou questioned why the attackers were only Sequence Level Six. They reviewed the updated Lion Cards, which revealed prominent new rankings and named Royte Dais as the World-Destroying Church’s de facto supreme leader.

• Qin Siyang slept in the stone chamber while his damaged muscles rapidly healed.
• Yu Yongyou told Qin Siyang that the captured attackers served Guardian [Fusheng] and had been ordered to kill someone coming to see him.
• Qin Siyang and Yu Yongyou reasoned that the attackers had likely targeted Qin Siyang, though they could not explain why [Fusheng] had sent a relatively weak team.
• Qin Siyang reviewed the updated Lion Cards and saw Fan Baoluo and Yu Jianyun ranked as the Ace of Clubs and Ace of Diamonds.
• Qin Siyang found Royte Dais listed as the World-Destroying Church’s de facto supreme leader and learned that the church’s leaders were absent from the Snake Cards because they remained in the Sigma District.
• Qin Siyang blamed Olof at the Police Department for the United Government’s lack of control over the Sigma District.

Qin Siyang and Yu Yongyou examined the reshuffled Lion Cards and concluded that the United Government had changed its ranking criteria amid rising conflict with the World-Destroying Church. Qin Siyang realized the cards now reflected the influence of organized groups and research teams as well as individual power.

• Qin Siyang and Yu Yongyou inferred that the United Government had ordered the World-Destroying Church leaders Royt, Chao Ding, and Ander named on the Lion Cards as a warning after the [Apocalypse Fragment] announcement.
• Qin Siyang and Yu Yongyou discussed the Reincarnation Church's [Heavenly Lord], noting that the United Government listed only the codename and might be withholding the identity to avoid provoking the church.
• Qin Siyang saw that Zhou Bi had fallen from the Ace of Clubs to the King of Clubs, while Zhu Haifeng ranked as the King of Diamonds, and suspected the Lion Cards' criteria had changed.
• Qin Siyang reviewed the queens, jacks, tens, nines, and eights, including World-Destroying Church Envoy Menderson Jones and Reincarnation Church Guardians [Fanyang], [Netherworld], and [Asura].
• Qin Siyang was shocked to find Guo Jiuxiao and Li Tianming ranked ahead of him and Yan Ran, then realized their research teams' combined influence was represented on the cards.

The Warren Merchants' Association revised the Lion Cards to weigh personal survival and strength alongside influence, elevating leaders and United Government officials alike. Zhou Bi, Xie Chunqiu, Jin Mian, and Zhi Chenggong confronted Gu Weiyang about their new rankings, and he challenged whether they could have stopped him.

• The Warren Merchants' Association changed the Lion Cards' criteria after a string of ranked figures died, emphasizing the ability to defend one's power and survive.
• Hu Chan, Chris, Jin Shengyu, Ulit, major family and legion leaders, Reincarnation Church guardians, and officials Zhi Chenggong and Xie Chunqiu appeared on the updated Lion Cards.
• Zhou Bi, Xie Chunqiu, Jin Mian, and Zhi Chenggong went to Gu Weiyang's office to demand an explanation for their new placements.
• Gu Weiyang said the four had considerable influence and personal strength, then asked whether they could have stopped him and his allies from killing in Zone 1.

Gu Weiyang rejected Zhou Bi and the other faction leaders’ demands, insisting that he had always acted according to what he believed was right. After the Lion Cards revealed the churches’ leadership, public curiosity turned to rumors, including baseless claims about Fan Baoluo, Gu Weiyang, and Wang Zhongming.

• Gu Weiyang accused Zhou Bi and the other three visitors of hiding behind his authority and blamed them for using his name to cover their misdeeds.
• Gu Weiyang told the four that he had raised their positions on the Lion Cards to counter the World-Destroying Church, and refused their plea to prioritize Zone 1.
• Gu Weiyang revealed that Fan Baoluo had made the same appeal and that he had refused him too, despite raising Fan to the Ace of Clubs.
• Gu Weiyang told the four that he knew they had been sent to sound him out, warned them that faction leaders would not believe their accusations, and watched them leave.
• The Lion Cards’ publication gave ordinary Sequence Ability Users a glimpse of the World-Destroying Church and Reincarnation Church hierarchies, prompting widespread discussion and speculation.
• In an underground bar, a drunk claimed Fan Baoluo had stripped Gu Weiyang of power, while an elderly veteran linked Wang Zhongming to the historical traitor Wang Ni based on their names.

Rumors spread that Qin Siyang and five other freshmen were the Reincarnation Church’s Guardians, and Qin Siyang was relieved that people in his circle dismissed the theory. In a warehouse, someone questioned Wen Shu about whether Qin Siyang had been chosen by the Eye of the Divine Crow, and she denied it before hinting that Qin Siyang should realize something was wrong with that person.

• Nanrong University students speculated that Qin Siyang and five other freshmen were the Reincarnation Church’s six Guardians, and one proposed that they had reincarnated with their past memories and powers.
• Qin Siyang read the rumors online and felt relieved that people in his own circles treated them as a joke.
• In a warehouse in Area No. 7, Wen Shu impatiently questioned someone who was waiting to travel with another person to Sigma District.
• The person accused Wen Shu of hiding that Qin Siyang had been chosen by the Eye of the Divine Crow, but Wen Shu denied it, and the Truth Detector confirmed her answer.
• After the person left, Wen Shu quietly hoped that Qin Siyang was beginning to realize something was wrong with that person.

Qin Siyang learned from Lu Daoxing that the World-Destroying Church would still release the [Apocalypse Fragment], an event that could provoke a deadly clash with Zone 1. After reflecting on his inability to affect the wider conflict, he focused on his own plans and asked Yu Yongyou when they could search for the [Apocalypse Fragment].

• Lu Daoxing told Qin Siyang that the World-Destroying Church would proceed with releasing the [Apocalypse Fragment], probably outside the Safe Zone, despite the Lion Cards' changes.
• Lu Daoxing warned that the release could spark a fight between the World-Destroying Church and Zone 1, whose hardliners were led by Gu Weiyang.
• Lu Daoxing said Manderson had ordered him to mass-produce armor and weapons, though he did not know why the church needed such large quantities.
• Qin Siyang urged Lu Daoxing to avoid the fighting and, after ending the call, decided to focus on his own business.
• Qin Siyang went to Yu Yongyou's office and asked when Yu Yongyou could accompany him to find the [Apocalypse Fragment].

Qin Siyang and Yu Yongyou went to search the soft crystal mine for the [Apocalypse Fragment], which Yu Yongyou believed his father had hidden there. They found the mine closed because its crystals had hardened beyond the limit set for safe entry.

• Qin Siyang agreed to return the mines to Yu Yongyou after finding the [Apocalypse Fragment], but asked for a share of their profits to support his people.
• Yu Yongyou explained that his father valued the loss-making mines for their future potential and had insisted that the soft crystal mine keep operating.
• Yu Yongyou reasoned that his father had hidden the [Apocalypse Fragment] in the soft crystal mine, and Qin Siyang agreed that the idea made sense.
• Qin Siyang and Yu Yongyou reached the soft crystal mine and learned it was the largest and deepest of the Yu Family's mines beneath the Sigma District.
• Yu Yongyou tested a crystal at the entrance and found it had hardened enough to bar entry under his father's rule, so they could not search the mine that day.

Qin Siyang and Yu Yongyou searched the soft crystal mine for the [Apocalypse Fragment], despite Yu Yongyou’s warning that the hardened mine might be dangerous. After their search artifact failed to find it, Qin Siyang proposed testing whether the Fragment was indestructible.

• Qin Siyang dismissed Yu Yongyou’s warning and insisted they enter the mine immediately because the World-Destroying Church would reveal the [Apocalypse Fragment] in ten days.
• Yu Yongyou accompanied Qin Siyang into the mine, and they followed the deepest tunnel in search of the Fragment.
• Yu Yongyou used a see-through artifact to search the mine while Qin Siyang checked the tunnel walls, but they found nothing after more than a day.
• Qin Siyang realized the Fragment might be disguised as ordinary rubble and suggested testing whether its mysterious higher tier made it indestructible.

Qin Siyang cleared rubble from the soft crystal mine cavern by smashing it with his fists, searching for the indestructible [Apocalypse Fragment]. After more than twenty hours, he found an unbroken stone and asked Yu Yongyou how to break its Disguise.

• Qin Siyang proposed smashing the rubble to identify the [Apocalypse Fragment], and Yu Yongyou agreed despite worrying that the fragment might be destroyed.
• Qin Siyang punched through the rubble while carefully avoiding a major cavern collapse, and Yu Yongyou watched in awe.
• After more than twenty hours, Qin Siyang had cleared nearly two-thirds of the cavern, but Yu Yongyou urged him to rest.
• Qin Siyang's latest punch revealed a fist-sized stone that remained intact, and a second blast only knocked it away.
• Qin Siyang picked up the stone and asked Yu Yongyou how to break its Disguise, so Yu Yongyou handed him a Searchlight from his Storage Box.

Qin Siyang uncovered the [Apocalypse Fragment] in the abandoned mine and formed a pact with it. He opened the scroll and discovered that it contained three numbered parts.

• Qin Siyang used the searchlight to melt away the stone crust and reveal the scroll hidden inside.
• The [Apocalypse Fragment] released a powerful surge of energy, shook the mine, and formed a pact with Qin Siyang.
• Yu Yongyou reasoned that his father had hidden the fragment deep underground to protect him, then left Qin Siyang alone to inspect it.
• Qin Siyang opened the scroll by directing his thoughts and saw glowing Huaguo characters on its dark surface.
• Qin Siyang found the title “Apocalypse Fragment” and the numbers “One,” “Two,” and “Three,” realizing the scroll contained three parts.

After the [Apocalypse Fragment] revealed three sections to Qin Siyang, he read that the Apocalypse was the activation of an [Evolutionary Sequence Domain] and that selected people were relocated there. The fragment described the first batch’s task of building a safe, functioning settlement for a second batch within one year.

• Qin Siyang realized the fragment showed him three sections and suspected that its contents depended on his own strength and potential, rather than Yu Bianwei’s achievements.
• Qin Siyang read that the vision of a black bird swallowing the sun signaled the opening of the [Evolutionary Sequence Domain] and the selection of individuals.
• Qin Siyang learned that selected people were forcibly relocated into the domain and that descending Gods would attack them, with the safe zone as their only refuge.
• Qin Siyang read that the first batch arrived when the domain opened, received an Apocalypse Fragment, and awakened as sequence level one ability users.
• Qin Siyang learned that the first batch had one year to fortify and manage the safe zone and establish a basic social order for the second batch.

Qin Siyang read the first part of the Apocalypse Fragment and learned that the second batch of chosen ones had their memories altered and would awaken Sequence Abilities years after the first batch arrived. As he grew increasingly weak, he discovered that the Fragment’s contents depended on its current holder, leaving him to wonder what he had done to make all three parts appear.

• Qin Siyang learned that the second batch of chosen ones had lost a year of memory and would arrive at random locations around the Safe Zone.
• He read that the second batch would awaken Sequence Abilities six years after the evolutionary sequence domain opened, and that gods could only be killed once they began awakening.
• Qin Siyang learned that gods’ disc carapaces could be used to obtain Sequence Potions and that reaching Sequence Level Five required a God-Worship Ritual.
• Qin Siyang became dizzy and weak as he read that the Apocalypse Fragment transferred to a new holder after its previous holder died and reflected only its current holder’s circumstances.
• Qin Siyang realized that the Fragment’s three parts had appeared because of him, but he could not figure out what he had done to cause it.

Qin Siyang learned that the Apocalypse Fragment could reveal the apocalypse’s secrets or send its holder to a new evolutionary sequence domain, then reconsidered what he knew about other Safe Zones. Yu Yongyou sensed trouble in the mine and called him out of the tunnel.

• Qin Siyang read that an Apocalypse Fragment would disappear if struck by a Sequence Skill and realized he had narrowly avoided destroying it.
• Qin Siyang learned that the fragment could reveal the apocalypse’s mysteries or transport its holder to the next evolutionary sequence domain after twelve Earth-year cycles, at the cost of resetting his sequence level and losing the fragment.
• Qin Siyang reconsidered the United Government’s claims about other Safe Zones after learning that multiple evolutionary sequence domains existed.
• Qin Siyang speculated that the World-Destroying Church might have come from an earlier domain, then suspected the fragment was draining his energy as he read.
• Yu Yongyou warned Qin Siyang that something was wrong in the mine and told him to put away the fragment and come out.

Qin Siyang and Yu Yongyou discovered that soft crystal ore was suddenly growing throughout the mine, then found themselves trapped underground with a massive god. Their escape attempt failed, and they were left facing imminent danger as they argued over who was responsible.

• Qin Siyang put away the [Apocalypse Fragment] and met Yu Yongyou, who warned that new soft crystal ore had appeared in the mine.
• Qin Siyang and Yu Yongyou saw more crystal clusters emerging from the tunnel walls and decided to leave.
• The mine shook violently as more soft crystal sprouted, and Qin Siyang and Yu Yongyou ran toward the exit.
• Yu Yongyou found the exit blocked by a churning darkness, so Qin Siyang brought out the Drill Pod and tried to tunnel to the surface.
• The Drill Pod could not penetrate the tunnel wall, and a huge god's body appeared through the broken rock as its secretions solidified into soft crystal.
• Qin Siyang blamed Yu Yongyou for not knowing the mine's origins, and Yu Yongyou retorted that Qin Siyang had insisted on entering; Qin Siyang then told him to stop arguing while he searched for a way out.

Qin Siyang and Yu Yongyou were trapped deep underground by a vast, unknown Large God whose fleshy walls resisted the Drill Pod. When the god demanded something from them, Qin Siyang questioned whether it would spare them even if they complied.

• Qin Siyang tried to break through the mine walls with the Drill Pod, but the surrounding flesh stopped the drill and the mine began to crack and collapse.
• Yu Yongyou urged Qin Siyang to punch their way out, but Qin Siyang feared provoking the god and sensed that staying trapped was dangerous.
• The fleshy wall opened to reveal an enormous dark pink eye covered in rows of white pupils, and Qin Siyang identified it as a Large God.
• A fleshy sprout formed a trembling disk and produced sounds that Qin Siyang and Yu Yongyou interpreted as a demand to give it something.
• Qin Siyang guessed the god wanted an offering in exchange for their lives, but questioned whether it would actually let them go.

Qin Siyang warned Yu Yongyou that the Large God might take their tribute without sparing them, then confronted it when it refused to say what it wanted. The chapter ended with Qin Siyang hurling an empowered Short Club at the God to make it wary.

• Qin Siyang told Yu Yongyou not to trust the Large God, since it had made no promise to let them go in exchange for anything.
• Qin Siyang opened the Drill Pod and asked the Large God what it wanted, but it only repeated, "Give... me... give... me..."
• The Large God squeezed the mine tunnel walls inward to threaten Qin Siyang and Yu Yongyou.
• Qin Siyang told Yu Yongyou to close his eyes, activated his skills, and took out a Short Club instead of offering tribute.
• Qin Siyang attacked the rock wall near the God's eye, and the eye showed shock at his movement.

Qin Siyang wounded a Large God with his Short Club, but the creature regenerated almost instantly and revealed that it knew about his Tier Six Item and the Sacrificial Giant Vine. The Large God stopped attacking and began questioning him, while Qin Siyang kept his secrets to himself.

• Qin Siyang struck the Large God's eye with the Short Club, carving a broad wound through its tissue.
• The Large God regenerated its eye within seconds and changed its behavior, ceasing to squeeze the mine passage around Qin Siyang.
• The Large God spoke coherently, saying it had no intention of killing Qin Siyang and that his attack had made it reconsider him.
• Qin Siyang learned that the Large God had temporarily cut off Yu Yongyou's consciousness, so Yu Yongyou could not witness their conversation.
• The Large God deduced that Qin Siyang had gained his Tier Six Item through the Sacrificial Giant Vine's Second-Level Sacrificial Domain, but Qin Siyang refused to confirm its guesses.

Qin Siyang confronted a Large God, who demanded godly remains as compensation for disturbing his rest and promised to let Qin Siyang and his companion leave. Qin Siyang agreed to provide whatever remains he had, though the god's purpose remained unknown.

• Qin Siyang tested whether the Large God could read his thoughts by silently insulting him, then concluded the god could not.
• The Large God connected Qin Siyang to the Sacrificial Giant Vines' withdrawal from Earth and asked about it, but Qin Siyang knew nothing of their departure.
• Qin Siyang challenged the god's demand for compensation and learned the god had planned to kill them but now feared the trouble that might follow.
• The god dismissed Qin Siyang's Lie Detector and demanded remains of other gods in exchange for letting both intruders go.
• Qin Siyang asked which remains the god wanted, and the god said he would take whatever Qin Siyang had; Qin Siyang agreed.

Qin Siyang negotiated with the Rock Core Being for answers in exchange for God corpses, learning what kind of God it was and which questions it would not answer. He asked about the Sandworm’s Succession Trial and left suspecting that pulling off one of its scales had activated it.

• Qin Siyang offered the Rock Core Being one of each kind of God corpse he had and asked it to answer his questions.
• The Rock Core Being identified its species as Rock Core Beings, known in other Safe Zones as Mineral Coral, and explained how it sensed bloodlines and learned languages.
• The Rock Core Being refused to answer Qin Siyang’s questions about the world, the Succession Trial system, and its own trial.
• Qin Siyang asked about the Sandworm’s Succession Trial, and the Rock Core Being noted that he had pulled off one of the Sandworm’s scales.
• Qin Siyang realized that pulling off a scale might be the condition for activating the Sandworm’s Succession Trial.