Chapter Summaries

Qian Wendao, Olof, Zhu Haifeng, and Qin Siyang confronted Ander in Zone 1, where they hoped their combined strength could kill him. Their opening attacks stalled against Ander, who realized Qian Wendao and Zhu Haifeng had secretly followed another path and prepared to unleash more power.

• Qian Wendao and Olof accused Ander of waiting for New Year's Day, and Olof confronted him over the Beirong incident.
• Zhu Haifeng demanded that Ander reveal Yang Xian's whereabouts, and Ander claimed he had disposed of him; Qian Wendao denied that Yang Xian had been his double agent.
• Qian Wendao declared that the group would hunt Ander together, and Ander accepted the challenge.
• Qian Wendao, Zhu Haifeng, and Olof attacked Ander, but his phantom tendrils shattered their strikes or held them off.
• Ander assessed the group’s strength and recognized that Qian Wendao and Zhu Haifeng had secretly set foot on another path before his aura surged.

Qin Yingguang’s Third Army crumbled under attacks from Chu Baxing and Tian Luzhang, while Han Huizhi was forced to move his troops out of the trenches after Zhao Longteng’s forces battered his camp. The chapter left Han’s guard brigade leading the advance as his hidden armies faced the risk of being buried beneath the camp.

• A messenger reported that Chu Baxing and Tian Luzhang had broken through multiple defensive lines, while the Third Army lost four brigades across its defensive and offensive fronts.
• Li Yi told Qin Yingguang that Chu Baxing’s superior equipment and strength overwhelmed his troops, and battlefield footage showed Chu killing Lu Changwen with a single punch.
• Qin Yingguang ordered Chun Chang to withdraw from the flank and take the guard brigade to stop Chu Baxing, then prepared to face Tian Luzhang himself.
• Wei Rulai asked Zhao Da the Scarred about the unusual weapons, and Zhao Longteng explained that the Zhao Family and the Head of the Xie Family had developed them through years of investment.
• Han Huizhi learned he could not reach Ander or Royt and decided to move his troops two thousand meters forward so he could deploy three hidden armies beneath the camp.
• Han Huizhi sent his guard brigade out as the vanguard, telling Jin Jun that even ten guard brigades could not save him if the enemy broke through.

Chu Baxing’s forces pushed through the Third Army’s defenses as Qin Chunchang’s Guard Brigade tried to stop them. Yang Guanglie intervened to confront Qin Chunchang while Chu Baxing continued toward Qin Yingguang, arguing that Yang would not be a wanted criminal if they won.

• Chu Baxing led the Chu Character Legion through the Third Army’s defenses until Qin Chunchang and her Guard Brigade blocked the advance.
• Qin Chunchang attacked with her elite soldiers and challenged Chu Baxing, but the Ace Division held her forces back.
• More than a dozen Guard Brigade elites suddenly burst apart, and Yang Guanglie revealed himself to Qin Chunchang.
• Qin Chunchang recognized Yang Guanglie as a powerful wanted researcher and accused Chu Baxing of colluding with a criminal.
• Chu Baxing ordered the main force to keep advancing toward the Third Army’s headquarters while Yang Guanglie confronted Qin Chunchang.
• Chu Baxing told Qin Chunchang that Yang’s wanted notice came from Zone 1, not the United Government, and that victory would mean he was not a wanted criminal.

Tian Luzhang’s Ace Army broke through the Qin Character Legion’s defenses while Qin Yingguang split his forces between the northern and southern fronts. After recognizing Qin Yingguang’s attempt to delay him with ordinary troops, Tian Luzhang ordered an all-out assault and prepared to help Chu Baxing.

• Li Yi told Qin Yingguang that Yang Guanglie had pinned down Qin Chunchang, forcing Qin Yingguang to choose between the two fronts.
• Qin Yingguang sent the Fourth Army, Fifth Army, and Eighth Army to delay Tian Luzhang, then led his Ace Division south to attack Chu Baxing.
• Tian Luzhang learned that three armies of ordinary troops had converged on his forces and understood that Qin Yingguang hoped he would hesitate to attack them.
• Tian Luzhang ordered Bao Xianghui to lead the Second Army alongside Luan Cheng’s Third Army, defeat the ordinary troops, and join the assault on the defensive lines.
• Tian Luzhang ordered his forces to launch an all-out assault, aiming to break through quickly and reach Qin Yingguang’s headquarters.

Qin Yingguang launched a desperate assault on Chu Baxing’s forces after Tian Luzhang broke through the Qin camp and Yang Guanglie threatened Qin Chunchang. Qin Yingguang shattered the Chu army’s defensive barrier, but Chu Baxing blocked his attack and revealed that the commander’s level suppression did not work on him.

• Chu Baxing taunted Qin Yingguang with a dead division commander’s corpse while Yang Guanglie slaughtered Qin Chunchang’s Guard Brigade and threatened her.
• Tian Luzhang breached the Qin Character Legion’s final defensive line, forcing Qin Yingguang to choose between rescuing his daughter and defending his headquarters.
• Qin Yingguang rallied the Qin Character Army and led a charge, striking the Chu Character Legion’s barrier with repeated sword attacks until it shattered.
• Qin Yingguang pressed toward Chu Baxing, but Chu Baxing’s shadows blocked his sword strikes and resisted his level suppression.
• Chu Baxing asked whether Qin Yingguang was wondering why the level suppression failed, and Qin Yingguang vowed to keep attacking.

Qin Yingguang and Chu Baxing fought as Zheng Mubian and the soldiers watched, with both commanders revealing strength far beyond what the other expected. Chu Baxing outmaneuvered Qin Yingguang and ended the chapter with a cannon aimed at his back.

• Zheng Mubian ambushed Qin Yingguang, but his attack failed because Qin Yingguang had reached sequence level nine.
• Chu Baxing attacked Qin Yingguang with shadows and a cannon, forcing Qin Yingguang to recognize him as a serious threat.
• Qin Yingguang and Chu Baxing fought one-on-one as their soldiers withdrew from the battlefield.
• Qin Yingguang unleashed a sweeping Golden Light attack that dispelled Chu Baxing's shadows, but Chu Baxing hid in the shadow behind him.
• Chu Baxing seized Qin Yingguang from behind and pressed a cannon to his back, explaining that Qin Siyang had told him about Qin Yingguang's move.

Shan En urged the Zhao Character Legion and Joint Mining Security Team to attack Han Huizhi’s advancing troops before they could form a defense. The charge broke the Han Character Legion’s command and defensive line, while the Wei and Yan Character Legions cut off its retreat, surrounding two Sequence Armies.

• Shan En persuaded Zhao Longteng, Zhao Longfei, and Xie Nanyun to stop the bombardment and launch an immediate charge against Han Huizhi’s advancing troops.
• Zhao Longteng led the Zhao Character Legion into close combat, and Xie Nanyun transformed into a mechanical warhead and joined the assault with the Joint Mining Security Team.
• Zhao Longteng, Zhao Longfei, and Shan En struck a brigade commander’s headquarters, paralyzing the Han Character Legion’s command system as its defensive line collapsed.
• Han Huizhi tried to send in his reserves, but the Wei Character Legion and Yan Character Legion attacked both flanks and blocked the Han army’s retreat.
• Wei Rulai and Yan Ran positioned their forces behind Han Huizhi’s troops, and the combined Zhao, Wei, and Yan forces surrounded two Sequence Armies.

Wei Rulai, Yan Ran, and Yan Bunan trapped the Han Character Legion in a devastating attack while Han Shuo, Li Tianming, and Chu Zhongxiong killed Han Huizhi. Han Huizhi revived through the Life-Substitution Lamp by sacrificing Deputy Commander Jin Jun, but Li Tianming believed someone was waiting for him in the Desolate Mountains.

• Wei Rulai and Yan Ran led their brigades to block the retreat of two Han Character Legion armies as Zhao Longteng's forces attacked.
• Han Huizhi ordered three hidden armies to emerge, but Yan Bunan's Ace Brigade ambushed them before they could organize.
• Han Shuo, Li Tianming, and Chu Zhongxiong entered the undefended headquarters and killed Han Huizhi.
• The Life-Substitution Lamp revived Han Huizhi by killing Deputy Commander Jin Jun in his place.
• Li Tianming said Han Huizhi would not escape because someone was waiting for him in the Desolate Mountains.

Han Huizhi escaped using his Life-Substitution Lamp but Hu Chan trapped him in a specially designed light prison. Hu Chan rejected his pleas for mercy and confronted him over Yu Ziying’s murder, leaving Han resigned to his impending death.

• Han Huizhi used the Life-Substitution Lamp to escape, but Hu Chan’s blue light prison trapped him at a predicted destination.
• Hu Chan explained that he had designed the prison with help from Professor Li Tianming and Professor Zhang Kuang, whose records and calculations helped locate Han.
• Han Huizhi offered to surrender his territory and resources and become a believer, but Hu Chan refused to forgive him because he had killed Yu Guardian.
• Han Huizhi admitted that he killed Yu Ziying to prove his loyalty to Zone 1 and said he did not regret the murder.
• Han Huizhi accepted that he could not escape, and Hu Chan told him that unlike Commander Wei, Han’s villainy was genuine.

Qian Wendao, Zhu Haifeng, and Olof attacked Ander while Qin Siyang waited for an opening, but Ander's power kept growing. The team combined their abilities to suppress him and Olof struck him with a powerful charge, leaving Ander wounded and hurled backward.

• Qian Wendao, Zhu Haifeng, and Olof launched a coordinated assault while Qin Siyang watched and helped Fan Baoluo reload the Tier Five Artifacts.
• Ander evaded their attacks as his strength increased, taunting Qian Wendao about Chao Ding's death and declaring that no one could stand against him.
• Ander unleashed black spectral spikes that drove back Qian Wendao, Zhu Haifeng, and Olof.
• Qian Wendao turned his Red Threads into a river of blood that seeped into Ander's Phantom, while Zhu Haifeng used a Golden Coin to increase gravity and bombard Ander with Golden Light.
• Olof charged into the Phantom in blue-white flames, and the blast sent Ander flying backward as he spat blood.

Olof revealed that Lei Xiaoting’s lock let him follow two paths in one body, and he joined Qian Wendao and Zhu Haifeng in badly wounding Ander. Qin Siyang seized the opening but could not land a blow, and Ander revealed he had anticipated Qin Siyang’s attack all along.

• Ander’s shattered armor exposed his half-human, half-beast body, and he demanded to know why Olof’s strength overcame his level suppression.
• Olof revealed the lock embedded in his neck and explained that it let him follow the Path of Self-Verification and the Path of the Believer in one body.
• Olof, Qian Wendao, and Zhu Haifeng attacked the wounded Ander, while Qin Siyang waited until the phantom’s evasion weakened.
• Qin Siyang used [Feast Kingdom] to attack Ander repeatedly, but the phantom shifted aside each time and avoided every blow.
• Ander told Qin Siyang he had been guarding against him and had anticipated that he was waiting for an opening.

Qin Siyang kept Ander trapped in a relentless barrage of attacks while the others realized Ander’s strength had stopped rising. When Ander insisted Qin Siyang was using skills, Qin Siyang activated [Taste of Godhood] and [Origin Rampage Banquet Field].

• Ander explained that he had anticipated Qin Siyang’s threat and used an unexplained evasive ability to avoid his attacks.
• Qian Wendao suggested Ander had a passive evasion skill, and Qin Siyang reasoned that it must have a limit.
• Qin Siyang relentlessly attacked Ander, preventing him from striking Olof and the others or escaping.
• Qian Wendao and the others noticed that Ander’s strength had stopped rising after Qin Siyang began his barrage.
• Ander claimed Qin Siyang’s attacks were skill-boosted and that he would eventually run out of stamina.
• Qin Siyang denied using skills, then activated [Taste of Godhood] and [Origin Rampage Banquet Field].

Qin Siyang overwhelmed Ander with a massive surge in strength, weakening the phantom that enabled Ander's evasions. As Ander admitted Qin was using his full strength, he drank a Sequence Potion and prepared to break through.

• Qin Siyang activated the Sacrificial Giant Vine's [Vines Giant Strength] and [Origin Rampage Banquet Field], multiplying his physical attributes and shaking the battlefield.
• Qin Siyang unleashed a relentless barrage that tore apart Ander's phantom and forced Ander to struggle to evade.
• Qian Wendao, Zhu Haifeng, and Olof recognized that Ander's phantom was shrinking and concluded that his absolute evasion had a cost.
• Ander asked whether Qin Siyang had reached his full strength, then said he would unleash his own full power.
• Ander drank a Sequence Potion, and Qian Wendao warned Xiao Qin that Ander was about to break through.

Ander drank a stockpile of Sequence Potions and broke through to Sequence Level Ten One, transforming into a gigantic black cat as Qin Siyang continued attacking him. Qian Wendao revealed that the [Apocalypse Fragment] foretold the Gods would kill everyone in the Safe Zone if anyone reached that level, leaving Ander to face the threat of a Large God.

• Qin Siyang punched Ander's Phantom while Ander gulped down Sequence Potions, causing his Phantom to solidify and grow.
• Ander unleashed black shock waves across the battlefield, transformed into a gigantic black cat, and announced that he had reached Sequence Level Ten One.
• Ander told Qin Siyang he had held back his breakthrough to avoid drawing Chao Ding's attention, then offered to share rule of the Safe Zone.
• Qian Wendao said the [Apocalypse Fragment] warned that reaching Sequence Level Ten One would make the Gods kill everyone in the Safe Zone.
• Qian Wendao challenged Ander to say whether he could defeat a Large God.

Ander learned that reaching Sequence Level Ten One would draw the Gods and leave him doomed, but he rejected Qian Wendao’s offer to surrender his power and vowed to destroy the Safe Zone. Qin Siyang challenged Ander to prove he could defeat him as their fight continued.

• Ander’s Lie Detector confirmed Qian Wendao’s claim that breaking through to Sequence Level Ten One meant death.
• Qian Wendao explained that he had kept the secret because Ander had a spy among his allies and might have purged them if warned.
• A God smashed through the Safe Zone’s blast-resistant glass, confirming that the Gods had been drawn to Ander.
• Qian Wendao offered to spare Ander if he shattered his Path of the Believer, but Ander refused and blamed Qian Wendao for leaving him no way out.
• Ander unleashed his Sequence Eleven aura and declared that everyone would die with him.
• Qin Siyang stopped punching and challenged Ander to explain how he planned to take him down.

Qin Siyang kept Ander occupied while Olof organized the Safe Zone’s defenses against the invading Gods. As scouts reported more than a hundred large Gods approaching, the Safe Zone faced an overwhelming invasion.

• Qin Siyang continued attacking Ander and told the others to organize a defense while he tried to finish the fight.
• Qian Wendao sent Olof to the Hall of Hope to coordinate the resistance, leaving Ander to Qin Siyang.
• Olof activated the surveillance system, saw Gods invading across the Safe Zone, and ordered Sequence Ability Users to defend their positions.
• Olof found no large Gods near the Safe Zone and suspected the newly appeared River Ridges had delayed them.
• Scouts outside the Safe Zone reported more than a hundred large Gods approaching, while several opportunists stayed behind hoping to claim resources.
• The Gods gathered beyond River Ridge, converging on the Safe Zone.

Large gods gathered outside River Ridge as Frost Tiger confronted the gods blocking the route to the Safe Zone. Power Bull began explaining that the dispute concerned what the gods had come to Earth to obtain, leaving their motives unresolved.

• Medium and small gods surged toward the Safe Zone and Sigma District as beasts advanced through the mountains.
• Sturgeon Crocodile, Power Bull, and Red Carp blocked the other large gods at River Ridge’s boundary.
• Frost Tiger froze and shattered several concealed Sequence powerhouses who had been eavesdropping.
• Frost Tiger and Dawn Horse demanded that the three races let them pass to punish humanity for a level ten one breakthrough.
• Power Bull accused Dawn Horse of having previously done the same thing and challenged the gods to admit they knew about it.
• Power Bull said the gods had crossed the Star Sea to Earth because they wanted something, not to provide technological aid.

Power Bull, Sturgeon Crocodile, and Red Carp confronted Frost Tiger and the other clans at the mountain pass, refusing to let them purge the Safe Zone before the Succession Envoy arrived. They argued that they were gambling on the Sequence Eleven human surviving until the Envoy came, and warned the gathered clans that their home-ground advantage made an attack costly.

• Frost Tiger questioned why the three guardian spirit clans had stayed in the low-reward Eighth Domain slot, and Sturgeon Crocodile and Red Carp explained they needed one last chance to complete their trials.
• Power Bull said the three clans would block anyone trying to destroy the Safe Zone until the Succession Envoy arrived, then leave Earth if the Sequence Eleven human was still alive.
• Frost Tiger accused the three clans of breaking the rules, but Power Bull argued that obstructing the purge would only risk losing their Examiner status, unlike killing the human, which would be a capital offense.
• Red Carp and Sturgeon Crocodile asked Frost Tiger's group to let them finish their trials peacefully, while the tattooed fox warned that more than a hundred clans had gathered.
• Power Bull asserted that the three clans could defend their domain against outsiders because the Evolutionary Origin Domain suppressed everyone's strength and the guardian spirits had home-ground advantage.

Frost Tiger tried to bribe Sturgeon Crocodile and Red Carp into leaving while Power Bull remained determined to wait for the Succession Envoy. After the two tribes accepted Frost Tiger's offer, Power Bull challenged Frost Tiger to fight him under the Eighth Domain's boost.

• Several Large Gods agreed to wait for the Succession Envoy, leaving only about twenty beside Frost Tiger.
• Frost Tiger learned from Dawn Horse and Patterned Fox that the Envoy could take up to five Earth Cycle Days to arrive, and Patterned Fox suggested paying the defending tribes to leave.
• Patterned Fox offered terms to Sturgeon Crocodile, Power Bull, and Red Carp, who demanded Basic Rewards in exchange for stepping aside.
• Frost Tiger agreed to provide fifteen Basic Rewards, and Sturgeon Crocodile and Red Carp accepted and agreed to leave.
• Power Bull refused to negotiate and said he would wait for the Succession Envoy, then warned Frost Tiger that the Eighth Domain's boost made him dangerous to fight.

Power Bull refused Frost Tiger’s offers to let the other domains enter the Eighth Domain, accusing him of protecting a favored Star Lord candidate. After revealing to his allies that he had met the Eighth Domain’s Domain Master and believed he could defeat the Sequence Level Ten One, Power Bull persuaded them to help hold the passage.

• Power Bull stood guard at the river crossing, and Frost Tiger questioned why he was blocking the way into the Eighth Domain.
• Power Bull accused Frost Tiger of trying to ensure his favored candidate won the Succession Star Competition, and Frost Tiger denied collusion but did not answer the accusation.
• Frost Tiger offered Power Bull twenty-five basic rewards to move aside, but Power Bull refused.
• Sturgeon Crocodile and Red Carp urged Power Bull to accept the offer, but he told them privately that he had met the Eighth Domain’s Domain Master and thought he could defeat the Sequence Level Ten One.
• Sturgeon Crocodile and Red Carp agreed to help Power Bull hold off Frost Tiger, and Power Bull hoped the young man would win.