Chapter Summaries

Wu Shaozhen and Elder Huang fought three Netherworld Clan Saints after Wu Shaozhen trapped them in an independent space. When his revival revealed that he carried the Netherworld Pearl, Wu Shaozhen launched another Shadow Annihilation to try to kill them before they could seize it.

• Wu Shaozhen unleashed Soul-Piercing Bees, but a Netherworld Saint used a black hole to absorb more than a million of them.
• Wu Shaozhen activated a Darkness Scroll and stacked his buffs before attacking the three Saints, while Elder Huang supported him with area and single-target spells.
• Wu Shaozhen focused on the Saint who countered the bees, then used Wraith Form and Cooldown Reduction to activate Shadow Annihilation after his buffs expired.
• The Saints killed Wu Shaozhen when Shadow Annihilation ended, but he revived two seconds later, revealing the Netherworld Pearl.
• The three Saints demanded the Netherworld Pearl, and Wu Shaozhen denied having it before activating Spacetime Domain, Thunderclap Form, and another Shadow Annihilation.

Wu Shaozhen refused to flee the battle against three Netherworld Saints and killed one of them, using poison and Soul-Piercing Bees to destroy the Saint’s escaping soul. The kill raised him to level 90 and unlocked the Guild Championship across the Huaxia Server.

• White Marsh City’s Immortals killed the poisoned Netherworld Immortal, beginning to turn the battlefield in their favor.
• Wu Shaozhen kept fighting after his Spacetime Domain and Thunderclap Form expired, using his remaining lifesaving skills and Damage Immunity Scrolls while his clones fell.
• Wu Shaozhen reset Shadow Annihilation’s cooldown, brought the Netherworld Saint to the execution threshold, and killed him with Evil Mark and Execution.
• When the Saint’s soul fled, Wu Shaozhen poisoned it and summoned Soul-Piercing Bees to destroy it while Elder Huang protected him from the other two Saints.
• The Saint’s death raised Wu Shaozhen to level 90, and a server-wide announcement opened Guild Championship registration.

Wu Shaozhen equipped the Netherworld Battle Armor and fought a Netherworld Saint while Elder Huang held off the other one. Elder Huang returned badly battered as the special space collapsed, leaving White Marsh City’s defense and his promise in Wu Shaozhen’s hands.

• After the server announcement revealed Wu Shaozhen’s level-up, he picked up the Netherworld Battle Armor and used a Restriction-Breaking Potion to equip it.
• Wu Shaozhen and Elder Huang agreed that Elder Huang would hold off one Netherworld Saint while Wu Shaozhen tried to defeat the other.
• Wu Shaozhen battled the Netherworld Saint, using stacked debuffs and Phantom Clone to drive the opponent’s health down.
• A battered figure returned just as Wu Shaozhen neared the execution threshold, and the special space collapsed with Elder Huang’s fate uncertain.
• Wu Shaozhen caught Elder Huang’s token and heard his request to protect White Marsh City and bring the token to the City Lord.

Wu Shaozhen killed both Netherworld Saints, but a powerful Netherworld man sealed space and captured him, intending to take him to the Netherworld Continent and extract the Netherworld Pearl. The man left orders for the Netherworld Clan to seize White Marsh City.

• Wu Shaozhen learned that Elder Huang had died and saw that both Netherworld Saints were badly wounded.
• Wu Shaozhen killed one Netherworld Saint with Shadow Annihilation, Evil Mark, and Execution, then chased the other as he fled.
• Wu Shaozhen killed the fleeing Saint despite Zi You's warning, but a middle-aged man sealed the space around him before he could escape with the Voidstone.
• The man accused Wu Shaozhen of stealing the Netherworld Clan's supreme treasure and killing its Saints, then sent him through a spatial black hole toward the Netherworld Continent.
• The man ordered a nearby soul to seize White Marsh City before entering the black hole and vanishing.

As the battle outside White Marsh City continued, Wu Shaozhen was taken to the Netherworld Continent, where death was permanent and his Voidstone could not work. Zi You helped him escape a god-tier pursuer, but the man recognized her and chased her instead.

• Yu Fei and the others noticed Wu Shaozhen had disappeared from the rankings while the five guilds continued fighting the Netherworld Army.
• Wu Shaozhen arrived on the Netherworld Continent and learned that he could not revive there or use his Voidstone to escape.
• Zi You offered to hold off the god-tier man, but Wu Shaozhen refused to abandon her.
• When the man tried to seize Wu Shaozhen, Zi You interrupted his Spatial Lockdown and ordered Wu Shaozhen to flee.
• The man recognized Zi You as the Demon Lord's missing target, and Zi You fled as he pursued her.

Wu Shaozhen found himself unable to log out after fleeing into the Netherworld Continent, while Zi You was pursued by a Netherworld Clan man. The newly ascended Soaring Serpent rescued Zi You and fled with her, then offered to take her somewhere to heal.

• Wu Shaozhen tried to log out in the Netherworld Continent but received no response, so he resolved to lie low and grow stronger.
• A Netherworld Clan man pursued Zi You and tried to capture her for the Demon Lord as she flew toward a vast field of tribulation lightning.
• The Soaring Serpent emerged from the lightning after reaching God-tier and intercepted the man's attempt to seize Zi You.
• At Zi You's urging, the Soaring Serpent carried her away with Warp and outran the pursuer.
• Zi You told the Soaring Serpent that Wu Shaozhen had gone ahead, and the serpent offered to take her to a place that might heal her injuries and restore her strength.

After White Marsh City’s defense succeeded, players received levels and contribution rewards, while the unrecognized Netherworld God-tier powerhouse’s retreat left Wu Shaozhen’s sacrifice unknown. As players celebrated, a looted Sacred Artifact surfaced and strange reports of superhuman feats began appearing across the country.

• Ten Saint-tier Experts arrived at White Marsh City, drove the Netherworld Clan back underground, and began sealing the entrance.
• The system rewarded participating players with three levels and contribution-based prizes, while Dustseal topped the rankings and received a special reward.
• Jun Lin and the others found a level 99 Netherworld Battle Helm ranked first among equipment and suspected someone had taken loot from a Netherworld Saint killed by Dustseal.
• A man who found the Netherworld Battle Helm returned to the city and headed to the War God Hall to attempt its challenges.
• Reports of people surviving crashes, outrunning a van, and kicking a car across a street appeared as players logged off to rest before the guild championship.

Zi You reached the Netherworld Divine Spring and sent Soaring Serpent to distract the Netherworld Clan’s God-tier powerhouses while she healed. As Wu Shaozhen faced an expanding pursuit in the Dark Forest, a system reward gave him the Void-Piercing Thorn, letting him break Spatial Lockdown and turn the chase to his advantage.

• Zi You discovered that Soaring Serpent had found the Netherworld Divine Spring and asked him to draw away the Netherworld Clan’s three God-tier powerhouses while she healed.
• Wu Shaozhen fled five Netherworld Clan Saints through the Dark Forest as monsters kept him in combat and prevented him from summoning Black Dragon.
• Wu Shaozhen received a black Special Gift Pack after taking first place in the Siege Battle and bound the Void-Piercing Thorn.
• Wu Shaozhen used Shadow Annihilation to damage and poison the five Saints, then pierced their Spatial Lockdown with the Void-Piercing Thorn and escaped.
• Wu Shaozhen continued kiting the Saints, planning to use repeated poison attacks to kill them as their control skills failed to stop him.

Wu Shaozhen killed a Netherworld Saint and obtained powerful Netherworld Legguards while the remaining Saints waited for reinforcements. A Netherworld God-tier powerhouse mobilized the clan against Soaring Serpent and Wu Shaozhen, while Wu Shaozhen’s companions worried about him after he failed to respond at the Farmhouse Resort.

• Wu Shaozhen returned to the Netherworld Saints, pursued one after they scattered, and killed him with help from Spacetime Domain and Little Bee.
• Wu Shaozhen equipped the Netherworld Legguards, boosting his health and defense, then poisoned the four remaining Saints and fled when they attacked.
• A Netherworld God-tier powerhouse flew toward the Dark Forest and ordered the clan’s remaining Saints and two other God-tier powerhouses to pursue Soaring Serpent and capture Wu Shaozhen.
• Wu Ziyin and the others gathered at the Farmhouse Resort, but Wu Shaozhen did not answer his bedroom door, leaving them worried.

Wu Shaozhen killed a Netherworld Saint despite the arrival of thirty-six reinforcements, then fled through the Dark Forest as the Saints and Netherworld Immortals pursued him. Meanwhile, Old Teng struggled to escape three God-tier pursuers, and the Dream City guild leaders planned their approach to the Guild Championship.

• Wu Shaozhen killed a weakened Netherworld Saint with Shadow Annihilation, Evil Mark, and Thunderclap Form, then took the Saint's equipment and escaped.
• Wu Shaozhen equipped the Netherworld Battle Helm, raising his health to 3.05 million and his normal damage immunity to 70%, but he remained trapped in a dangerous pursuit by the Saints and Netherworld Immortals.
• Old Teng fled three God-tier pursuers and urged Big Sis Zi You to hurry as he narrowly avoided being caught with Warp.
• Huaxia Server players discussed which guild would win the upcoming Guild Championship, with many favoring the Dream Guild.
• Young Master Huang, Dreamlight Dance, Leng Yue, and Guardian agreed that their guild leaders would sit out the championship and let their members compete, while aiming to secure the top three places for their guilds.

The Guild Championship began while Wu Shaozhen fought off Netherworld Saints and slaughtered monsters in the Dark Forest. Three God-tier powerhouses cornered him, but Old Teng arrived to protect him, leaving both of them facing capture.

• The Guild Championship began with a five-hour free-for-all, and the top thirty-two guilds advanced to head-to-head matches.
• Wu Shaozhen evaded the Netherworld Saints, killed monsters to strengthen his Immortal Body, and reached level 93.
• The Netherworld Saints asked three God-tier powerhouses to intervene, and the powerhouses decided to capture Wu Shaozhen to lure Old Teng into a trap.
• The three God-tier powerhouses abandoned their pursuit of Old Teng and went after Wu Shaozhen, while Old Teng followed them.
• The God-tier powerhouses confronted Wu Shaozhen, but Old Teng arrived and flew in front of him; the powerhouses declared that neither of them would leave.

Wu Shaozhen and Old Teng escaped the Netherworld Clan’s God-tier powerhouses by shattering their Spatial Lockdown, then rampaged across the Netherworld Continent. After three days of pillaging, they divided their spoils, and Wu Shaozhen decided to keep wreaking havoc.

• Old Teng arrived to help Wu Shaozhen, and Wu Shaozhen told him to use Warp to charge into the Spatial Lockdown while he broke its barrier with a treasure.
• Wu Shaozhen and Old Teng escaped, while the Netherworld Lord punished a Saint for failing to warn them about the barrier-breaking treasure.
• Old Teng told Wu Shaozhen that Zi You was recovering safely, and Wu Shaozhen resolved to cause trouble across the continent.
• Wu Shaozhen and Old Teng spent three days killing and plundering across more than half the Netherworld Continent as the three God-tier powerhouses pursued them.
• The Dark King proposed luring the pair into a trap, while Wu Shaozhen and Old Teng divided their loot on a mountaintop.
• Wu Shaozhen ate a Netherworld Sacred Fruit, gained 100,000 Health, and announced he would not leave until they had turned the continent upside down.

The Guild Championship reshuffled the Ten Major Guilds, and Dream Guild took first place before the guild leaders divided their rewards. As the Huaxia Server settled into a quiet period, players’ growing real-world powers sparked public unrest, while the authorities waited for Wu Shaozhen to return; a young man then killed a hotel guest with a single kick and stared in shock at what he had done.

• Dream Guild won the Guild Championship, followed by Solid Bastion, Cold Moon Pavilion, and Godseal Guild, while several former major guilds fell out of the top ten.
• The participating guilds received rewards, and Dream Guild’s leaders opened seventeen Immortal-tier Treasure Chests and shared the equipment among those who needed it.
• After dividing the rewards, the leaders discussed raiding the level 80 dungeon Purgatory as the Huaxia Server entered a quiet period.
• Reports of people using their in-game strength in reality drew public demands for answers, but Lin Zhanpeng delayed revealing the game’s secret because Wu Shaozhen could not intervene.
• A man emerged from a blood-soaked bar boasting about his newfound superhuman strength.
• A young man kicked a middle-aged man through a hotel wall and to his death after finding his girlfriend unconscious on the bed, then stared blankly at what he had done.

Dreamlight Dance and her companions agreed to intervene against dangerous Ability Bearers in the real world, while Wu Shaozhen and Old Teng fell into a trap set by the Netherworld Clan's God-tier powerhouses. As the Netherworld Lord prepared to kill Old Teng, an icy voice warned him to stop.

• Lin Zhanpeng called Dreamlight Dance and asked her and her companions to intervene against Ability Bearers causing casualties.
• Dreamlight Dance, Jun Lin, Young Master Huang, and Guardian agreed to act and prepared to leave the game.
• Wu Shaozhen and Old Teng pursued a Netherworld Divine Soul Fruit, which lured them into separate traps set by the Netherworld King, Netherworld Lord, and Dark King.
• The Netherworld King immobilized Wu Shaozhen while the Netherworld Lord and Dark King attacked Old Teng together.
• As the Netherworld Lord raised his warblade to finish off Old Teng, an icy voice warned him, "Just try making a move!"

Zi You arrived at the valley after recovering from her injuries and overwhelmed the three Netherworld Clan God-tier powerhouses. She killed the Netherworld Lord and Netherworld King, while Wu Shaozhen reached level 98 through their shared experience, and the chapter ended with him embracing her.

• Zi You shattered the isolated spaces, rescued Wu Shaozhen and Old Teng, and attacked the Netherworld Lord, Netherworld King, and Dark King.
• Zi You battled the three Netherworld powerhouses, driving them back while Wu Shaozhen and Old Teng watched from a distance.
• Old Teng learned from Wu Shaozhen that the Thunder War God and Radiance War God had once injured Zi You, and marveled at her strength.
• The three Netherworld powerhouses tried to flee, but Zi You trapped them in her Darkness Domain; the Dark King escaped while the Netherworld Lord and Netherworld King were killed.
• Wu Shaozhen gained enough shared experience to rise from level 93 to level 98, then flew to Zi You and embraced her as Old Teng watched in shock.

After the Dark King escaped, Zi You warned Wu Shaozhen that the transcendent god-tier Demon Lord could become a threat. She gave Wu Shaozhen two divine artifacts and Netherworld Divine Water to strengthen him, then urged the group to hunt the remaining god-tier enemy or leave the Netherworld Continent.

• Old Teng stopped Zi You and Wu Shaozhen from embracing, then pledged to follow Wu Shaozhen and behave around Zi You.
• Zi You worried that the escaped Dark King would contact the transcendent god-tier Demon Lord, and Wu Shaozhen promised to help her reclaim what was hers.
• Zi You gave Wu Shaozhen the Netherworld Lord Divine Chain and Netherworld King Divine Bracelet, raising his attack power to 800,000.
• Zi You gave Wu Shaozhen a drop of Netherworld Divine Water, which increased his maximum health by one million despite Old Teng's protests.
• Zi You told the group to search for the remaining god-tier enemy or leave the Netherworld Continent as soon as possible.

Zhou Sheng used his newly gained powers to murder a family and defy the authorities, but Young Master Huang and the others overwhelmed him while demanding the Netherworld Sacred Helm. In Kyoto, officials debated releasing footage of the fight as a warning, while preparing for the greater upheaval to come.

• Zhou Sheng murdered a family and threatened the armed police officers who surrounded him.
• Young Master Huang and the group arrived by helicopter, identified Zhou Sheng as the person who had taken the Netherworld Sacred Helm, and demanded he return it.
• Young Master Huang defeated Zhou Sheng, and the group took turns attacking him while Lin Zi healed his injuries.
• Officials in Kyoto watched a live broadcast of the fight and debated whether to release it to deter people abusing their powers.
• An elderly official warned that China faced greater challenges ahead and ordered the others to prepare.

China revealed that game abilities could manifest in reality and warned ability users against violence by showing Zhou Sheng’s punishment. Meanwhile, Wu Shaozhen and Old Teng searched the Netherworld Continent for a way out, and the approaching Demon Lord threatened to bring Zi You face-to-face with her past.

• China announced the truth behind the game, and officials warned ability users by showing how Zhou Sheng was punished for dozens of murders.
• Wu Shaozhen and Old Teng continued their rampage across the Netherworld Continent, killing many Netherworld Clan members and raising Wu Shaozhen to level 99.
• After failing to find the Dark King, Wu Shaozhen learned from Zi You that they could return through an Underground World passage and the Primordial Teleportation Array.
• Wu Shaozhen and Zi You failed to break open the sealed stone door and began searching for the three Divine Kings’ tokens.
• The Dark King told the Demon Lord that Zi You was alive on the Netherworld Continent, and the Demon Lord set off to find her.
• A terrifying aura approached Wu Shaozhen and the others, and Zi You reacted with fear and hatred.

Wu Shaozhen used the Dark Night Lord's token to open the stone gate, but the Demon Lord and the Dark King arrived before he and Zi You could escape. To protect Zi You, Wu Shaozhen unleashed the Desperate Scroll and attacked the Demon Lord, who countered with a black barrier and summoned massive storms inside the Spacetime Domain.

• Wu Shaozhen used the Dark Night Lord's token to open the stone gate and tried to get Zi You and the others inside.
• Zi You urged everyone to flee while she held off the Demon Lord, but Wu Shaozhen refused to leave her behind.
• The Demon Lord arrived with the Dark King, demanded that Zi You return to the Demon Realm, and seized Wu Shaozhen by the throat.
• Wu Shaozhen broke free with Void and activated the Desperate Scroll, consuming all his levels to greatly increase his attributes.
• Wu Shaozhen trapped the Demon Lord and the Dark King in his Spacetime Domain and attacked, badly injuring the Dark King and poisoning the Demon Lord.
• The Demon Lord blocked Wu Shaozhen's attacks with a black barrier and unleashed enormous black storms throughout the Spacetime Domain.

Wu Shaozhen fought the Demon Lord while his scroll protected him, and the Demon Lord eventually fled rather than risk dying from the poison. Wu Shaozhen killed the Dark King, claimed his loot, and left the cave with Zi You and Old Teng as the scroll's aftereffects weakened him.

• Wu Shaozhen endured the Demon Lord's attacks and steadily damaged him, while the poison killed the hiding Dark King.
• The Demon Lord, fearing the poison would kill him, opened a Void Black Hole and escaped.
• Wu Shaozhen destroyed the Dark King's soul, ending the Netherworld Clan's last God-tier powerhouse, and collected a divine artifact ring and a God-tier Energy Crystal.
• Old Teng praised Wu Shaozhen, and Zi You embraced him after he drove off the Demon Lord.
• The scroll's aftereffects drained Wu Shaozhen's strength, so Zi You carried him into the cave with Old Teng following.