Recaps

Qin Feng discovered Qin Xiaoyou’s plans and trapped her in the Judgment Grounds’ Punishment Illusion, but kept her alive as a possible bargaining chip against Qin Wuyue. After returning to his hideout, he considered traveling to Sichuan, where Sister Li prepared to approach Dark Shadow as a Legendary Tier boss appeared.

• Qin Feng exposed Qin Xiaoyou’s scheme to exploit him and Qin Wuyue, then sent her back into the Punishment Illusion to suffer Lingchi Hell at Qin Wuyue’s hands.
• Qin Feng chose not to harvest Qin Xiaoyou’s soul, deciding she might be useful against Qin Wuyue.
• Qin Feng said goodbye to Ashasiss and returned to his Hideout at the Evil Spirit Academy with three Divine Books from the Path of Finality.
• Sister Li trained twelve young women in the Sichuan-Shu Ruins as a gift for Dark Shadow, hoping to establish a connection with him.
• A Legendary Tier boss with an erupting volcano on its back appeared near the Sichuan-Shu Ruins, and Sister Li told the young women to prepare to approach Dark Shadow.

After learning that a new Legendary Tier Demon had appeared in Sichuan, Qin Feng suspected his earlier kills had triggered a new boss-deployment mechanism. He prepared to investigate the Undead Giant Isopod · Anzhem, and Big Eyes explained the Demon’s dangerous parasitism ability.

• Late Night, Light Rain told Qin Feng that a towering, fire-spewing Three-Eyed Goat had appeared near the Sichuan-Shu Ruins, though the boss was named Undead Giant Isopod · Anzhem.
• Qin Feng suspected that killing three Legendary Tier bosses had triggered the deployment of unfamiliar Demons, and he decided to kill Anzhem for its rewards.
• Qin Feng told Late Night, Light Rain to evacuate the crowds and have players within a hundred kilometers log off.
• Qin Feng crafted Stripping Stones, Order Stones, and Enhancement Stones while heading to ask Eye of Knowledge · Aristotle for information.
• Eye of Knowledge · Aristotle explained that the Undead Giant Isopod parasitized other creatures, devoured a skill every two seconds, and could move to another host after consuming at least three skills.

Qin Feng prepared to hunt the Undead Giant Isopod, a fast Legendary Tier boss that could parasitize living creatures, while upgrading his Mythic Tier armor with powerful effects and enhancements. He set out for the boss after ordering nearby players to evacuate, continuing to improve his equipment on the way.

• Qin Feng learned from Big Eyes that the Undead Giant Isopod could parasitize living creatures, turn invisible, and move at up to three times the speed of sound.
• Qin Feng told Late Night, Light Rain to evacuate players within a hundred kilometers, then teleported to the Sichuan-Shu Ruins and flew toward the boss's coordinates.
• Qin Feng used four stripping stones to transfer the special effect from Rostislav's Contract to the Ascension Machine.
• Qin Feng converted Cowardly Finisher into an Ascension Scroll and added it to the Ascension Machine after succeeding with two order stones.
• Qin Feng began using enhancement stones on the Ascension Machine, improving its resistance and attributes as he continued toward the boss.

Qin Feng enhanced his equipment, killed the parasitized Three-Eyed Flame Goat in one burst, and searched for the Undead Giant Isopod’s true body. The isopod, Anzhem, escaped and parasitized Sister Li, who had come with twelve Young Women hoping to meet Qin Feng.

• Qin Feng enhanced several pieces of equipment and transferred Livia’s Tear’s effect to the Yelian Curse Seal Crusher, raising his Assassin Skills by seven levels.
• Qin Feng reached the mountain forest and killed the Three-Eyed Flame Goat with Instant Annihilation, dealing 4.82 billion damage.
• Qin Feng searched the burning forest for the Undead Giant Isopod, unaware that Anzhem had slipped out of the goat’s corpse.
• Anzhem sensed Qin Feng’s strength, fled to a mountainside, and parasitized Sister Li, who could no longer control her body.
• Sister Li received a notification that Anzhem would devour one of her skills every two seconds, and she could not understand what had happened.

Sister Li ignored warnings so she could meet Dark Shadow, but a Legendary Tier Undead Giant Isopod parasitized her and began devouring her skills. Qin Feng tracked the bug to a group of female players and approached them, ready to test which one had been infected.

• Sister Li brought twelve young women near the Flame Goat, hoping to add Dark Shadow as a friend and eventually control him.
• The Undead Giant Isopod parasitized Sister Li, took control of her body, and began permanently devouring her skills every two seconds.
• Sister Li realized she could not resist the parasite, open her Attribute Panel, or log off, while the twelve women remained unaware of what had happened.
• Qin Feng noticed the Flame Goat boss had not come after him and searched the area for the parasite.
• Qin Feng found the group of female players, used Big Eyes Aristotle's advice to prepare a multiplication-table test, and descended in front of them.

Qin Feng added Sister Li and twelve other women as friends, then used a multiplication question to detect the Undead Giant Isopod parasitizing Sister Li. The bug panicked at the test and leaped out to attack Qin Feng from behind.

• Qin Feng added Sister Li and the twelve women as friends, intending to test them with a multiplication question.
• The Undead Giant Isopod, which had parasitized Sister Li, learned from her memories that Qin Feng was Dark Shadow and had killed three Legendary Tier bosses.
• Qin Feng privately asked the thirteen women to answer seven times eight within half a second, and ten of them replied.
• The Undead Giant Isopod realized Qin Feng might be testing for its weakness and feared that its presence would be exposed.
• The Undead Giant Isopod leaped out from Sister Li and launched a surprise attack at Qin Feng from behind.

Qin Feng killed the Undead Giant Isopod · Anzhem and collected its valuable loot before turning on Sister Li with the White Bud Blade. After the blade harvested its first soul, its former holder, White Bud, began to awaken.

• The Undead Giant Isopod · Anzhem failed to parasitize Qin Feng, but Qin Feng stripped its senses and slowed it with Abyssal Slow Curse.
• Qin Feng killed the Legendary Tier boss with Instant Annihilation and collected its lifespan, Evolution Points, loot, and a Priest Divinity Armament.
• Qin Feng returned to Sister Li and the twelve other women, who thanked him for saving them.
• Qin Feng used Soul Harvest on Sister Li, killing her with the White Bud Blade.
• White Bud, the blade's former holder and a Servant Imprint holder, began to awaken after the weapon harvested its first soul.

Qin Feng rejected White Bud's repeated requests for a soul link and left the twelve rescued girls behind after removing them from his friends list. Riding Osilio away, he opened the Greedy Space to examine the Mythic Tier loot he had acquired.

• White Bud awakened enough to request a soul link with Qin Feng, but he rejected her requests and warned her to stay quiet.
• The twelve girls thanked and admired Qin Feng after Sister Li's permanent death lifted their blood poison, and they hoped to follow him.
• Qin Feng deleted all twelve girls from his friends list after using private math questions to identify the Undead Giant Isopod.
• Qin Feng summoned Osilio and rode away, ignoring the girls' confusion and Osilio's suggestion to bring them along.
• Qin Feng opened the Greedy Space to inspect a Mythic Tier Skill Book and Mythic Tier assassin boots.

Qin Feng learned and evolved Blood Art, then upgraded Umbral Perception to Immortal Tier and discovered that it let him sense targets through any obstacles. After testing its range, he turned his attention to the Mythic Tier Assassin boots in the Greedy Space.

• Qin Feng learned Blood Art and planned to add Merciless Cut to his attack rotation to exploit its increased damage against bleeding targets.
• Qin Feng spent 1,000 evolution points to evolve Blood Art to Ancient Grade, allowing it to inflict a bleeding-equivalent effect on targets without blood.
• Qin Feng spent 30,000 evolution points to evolve Umbral Perception to Immortal Tier, gaining the ability to sense any target regardless of stealth or obstacles.
• Qin Feng tested his new perception and found it reached more than eighty kilometers, though it weakened at longer distances.
• Qin Feng examined the Mythic Tier Assassin boots in the Greedy Space, expecting them to increase his speed.

Qin Feng replaced his upgraded shoes with Mythic Tier footwear and arranged for the Shudao Mountain Guild to care for twelve women rescued from Sister Li. After returning to the Evil Spirit Academy, he learned that birdman fans in Sunan City were condemning him for killing the winged NPC, and decided to deal with them himself.

• Qin Feng examined Anzhem · Dread of the Undead, whose speed and percentage-based removal of Unassailable made it valuable against Mythic Tier enemies, then changed into the shoes.
• Qin Feng reviewed Sister Li's memories and learned she had trained twelve women for him, so he asked Wo Bu Chi Zhuzi to have the Shudao Mountain Guild take them in.
• After Qin Feng left, Wo Bu Chi Zhuzi announced in the Guild Channel that the twelve women were Big Bro Dark Shadow's women and organized guild members to bring them back.
• Qin Feng returned to the Evil Spirit Academy and searched its storage chest for equipment while Osilio and Gray Chicken joked about the women.
• Late Night, Light Rain told Qin Feng that authorities planned to award him a Guardian Medal and ten thousand years of lifespan, and that birdman fans in Sunan City were condemning him for killing the winged NPC.
• Qin Feng told Late Night, Light Rain he would handle the birdman's fans himself and planned to visit the Judgment Grounds to ask Ashasiss about the White Bud Blade's request for a soul link.

Qin Feng improved his mythic boots by transferring and enhancing a back-attack effect, then traveled invisibly to Sun South City to investigate rumors about Dark Shadow. His new sensory ability led him to a demon-training area where he discovered that several wealthy wives were criticizing him and were fans of Birdman.

• Qin Feng transferred the back-attack effect from his legendary boots to his mythic boots, then enhanced its damage bonus to 218% with help from Fairy Yuan.
• Fairy Yuan watched Qin Feng leave and hoped his rapid growth would let him reach the Land of Order and eventually free her civilization.
• Qin Feng teleported invisibly to Sun South City and used his evolved sensory ability to survey the city.
• Qin Feng sensed an underground slaughterhouse where the Shunhuonuan guild gathered demons to help low-level players train.
• Qin Feng discovered that a group of wealthy female players at the slaughterhouse were spreading remarks against Dark Shadow and were fans of Birdman.

Qin Feng overheard Nendie and seven other wealthy wives plotting to poison Dark Shadow, then flew to the Shunhuonuan guild’s underground slaughterhouse. After their attacks hit him harmlessly, he prepared to pass judgment on them, leaving the guild members stunned by his sudden arrival.

• Qin Feng used Shadow Perception to listen to eight female players discuss Kalanster and plan to find poison to deal with Dark Shadow.
• Qin Feng flew to the underground slaughterhouse, where Shunhuonuan guild guards watched the women prepare to attack controlled demons.
• The eight women unleashed area attacks that killed the demons and struck Qin Feng, who remained unharmed.
• Qin Feng considered sending the women to the Judgment Grounds rather than letting their poisoning plan go unpunished.
• The slaughterhouse residents recognized Qin Feng and realized his sudden appearance after the women attacked him could not bode well.

Qin Feng killed eight Shunhuonuan Guild wives who had discussed poisoning him, then talked with Late Night, Light Rain about granting him the Great Xia Medal of Honor. As he prepared to enter the Judgment Grounds, An Yu reported that Black Plum Big Li seemed to have found the God of Bones' Tomb.

• Qin Feng confronted the eight wives in the Underground Slaughterhouse and got them to blame Nendie for proposing poison, then killed all eight.
• The Shunhuonuan Guild members feared that the wives could not be resurrected and speculated that Dark Shadow could be everywhere.
• Qin Feng returned to Evil Spirit Academy, where Late Night, Light Rain proposed awarding him the Great Xia Medal of Honor and explained that the Rose Guild had been disbanded and Little Wildcat imprisoned.
• Qin Feng prepared to enter the Judgment Grounds to reunite Nendie and the other seven wives with Kalanst.
• An Yu messaged Qin Feng that Black Plum Big Li seemed to have found the God of Bones' Tomb.

Black Plum Big Li and her companions hunted down the Frenzied Foodie that had stolen and eaten their mounts. After defeating it, they uncovered a giant kneeling skull beneath its cave, identifying a likely entrance to the God of Bones' Tomb.

• Black Plum Big Li's White Cloud Goat was abducted by the invisible Frenzied Foodie, and the middle-aged Card Master's rabbit was stolen when he came to help.
• The Frenzied Foodie barbecued both mounts before the Keen-Eyed Archer could reveal its ratman descendants, so the team searched Golden Rooster Mountain for the boss.
• Black Plum Big Li followed the smell of grilled meat to a cave, where An Yu and the others joined her and defeated the Frenzied Foodie and its many rat descendants.
• Black Plum Big Li found her goat's skeleton and blasted the boss's corpse in grief, cracking the cave walls and exposing yellowed bones.
• An Yu led the group in opening the cave walls, and they discovered the cave was inside a giant skull lying in the kneeling posture associated with the God of Bones' Tomb.

Qin Feng learned that Ashasiss could protect his soul from being probed, then used that protection to establish a soul link with White Bud. White Bud was finally able to communicate with him and excitedly announced she had been trapped for five hundred years.

• Qin Feng returned to the Judgment Grounds after learning that Black Plum Big Li had found the God of Bones' tomb, while Big Li and her team waited outside the Jianghai Ruins and shared roast lamb.
• The eight wealthy wives, including Nendie, awakened in the White Jade Maze after Shadow killed them, and Qin Feng showed them recorded memories of Winged Person Kalanster.
• Qin Feng asked Ashasiss what a soul link was, and she warned that White Bud might use her soul authority to probe his thoughts.
• Ashasiss granted Qin Feng invisible soul protection, allowing him to accept White Bud's repeated requests for a soul link.
• Qin Feng connected with White Bud and discovered they could selectively transmit thoughts directly; White Bud told him she had been trapped for five hundred years and was desperate to talk.

Qin Feng questioned White Bud about her past but refused to pay the enormous lifespan she demanded, then judged Nendie and seven other women after exposing Winged Person Kalanster’s contempt for humans. He left the Judgment Grounds and flew toward An Yu and the others, teasing Osilio about the smell of roast goat.

• Qin Feng pressed White Bud for information about the Sea-Sky Star Civilization, and she described her tragic childhood and awakening as a Soul-Piercing Blade before demanding more lifespan to continue.
• Qin Feng put White Bud into the Greedy Space when she explained that talking consumed her lifespan at an extreme rate.
• After watching Winged Person Kalanster’s memories, Nendie and the other seven women denied that he could be cruel, so Qin Feng used Judgment on them and sent them into endless illusions where Kalanster killed and mocked them.
• Qin Feng left the Judgment Grounds and teleported to the River-Sea City Ruins, carrying items to compensate Black Plum Big Li and the others for their lost goat.
• When Osilio smelled roast goat near the cave where An Yu and the others were, Qin Feng teased him about roast dragon, making Osilio cry.

Qin Feng rewarded Black Plum Big Li and a middle-aged Card Master after they helped locate the God of Bones' Tomb, giving them an Ascension Scroll opportunity and Mount Bells. The River-Sea City officials then confirmed the tomb's location, leaving the group ready to explore it.

• Qin Feng met An Yu and the others inside the skull-shaped cave and saw the giant kneeling skeleton surrounding them.
• Qin Feng gave Black Plum Big Li a Source of Mana Order Scroll and a Mount Bell, and explained the lifespan cost of buying or renting an Ascension Scroll.
• Black Plum Big Li summoned a flying big white goose, while Qin Feng gave a Mount Bell to the middle-aged Card Master, who summoned a powder-shedding big white moth and failed to trade mounts with her.
• Director Dai led a River-Sea City officials team to excavate the area, and they confirmed the location of the God of Bones' Tomb half an hour later.

Qin Feng opened the God of Bones' tomb and retrieved a ring from a brazier of instant-death flames by relying on his immunity. The ring was a Divinity Armament with its rule sealed, and Qin Feng remained outside the tomb with his companions.

• Qin Feng showed Gu Yixue a level 30 ring with the Sudden Death rule, and she eagerly left to level up so she could use it.
• Qin Feng considered Ashasiss's hinted level 35 trial and decided to keep leveling before choosing whether to pursue the Land of Order.
• Qin Feng placed the three Bone Runes into the altar slots at the tomb entrance, causing a brazier of black flames and a white ring to rise.
• Qin Feng sent one of Osilio's Bone Sword Pterosaurs to retrieve the ring, but instant-death flames burned it to ashes.
• Qin Feng grabbed the ring himself and survived the flames thanks to his instant-death immunity, discovering that the ring was a Divinity Armament with its rule sealed.

Qin Feng obtained the sealed Bone Authority ring and set out for a Disaster Zone to unseal it by killing skeletal Demons. At the Burial Bone Chasm, Gui Ling was monitoring the KEY Guild when their noisy pursuit of a boss disturbed a buried coffin.

• Qin Feng examined Bone Authority, whose sealed Divinity rule forced nearby beings with bones to kneel, and learned that skeletal undead had to submit before he could unseal it.
• Qin Feng collected the three Bone Runes, stripped the Three-Phase Balance effect from his Three-Phase Ring, and attached it to Bone Authority.
• Qin Feng decided to travel to the Burial Bone Chasm outside the Tōto Ruins, where level 25–30 skeletal Demons could help him level up and unseal the ring.
• Gui Ling continued monitoring the KEY Guild while grinding in the Burial Bone Chasm, and a KEY Guild team chased a wounded dragonfly boss toward the gorge while their Musician, Totsuka, sang and played rock music.
• As the music reached the chasm, a coffin opened and a withered arm reached out from inside.

Qin Feng watched as the KEY Guild encountered Evil Tone Old Ghost, an NPC who could convert items and imbue skills with sound, hoping to learn how to recruit him. The chapter ended with the guild’s musician Totsuka stepping forward to kowtow to the old ghost’s music.

• Evil Tone Old Ghost emerged from his coffin after the rock music awakened him, and Qin Feng recognized him as a valuable NPC.
• Qin Feng brought Gui Ling to watch from a distance while the KEY Guild pursued a dragonfly boss into Burial Bone Chasm.
• The KEY Guild found Evil Tone Old Ghost and all sixty members knelt, asking him to join their guild.
• Evil Tone Old Ghost challenged them to choose someone to kowtow in rhythm to his music before he would join them.
• Totsuka volunteered for the test, insisting that even Dark Shadow would have to follow Evil Tone Old Ghost’s rules.

The KEY Guild tried to recruit Evil Tone Old Ghost by having Totsuka kowtow to the rhythm of a song from his music box. Totsuka impressed the NPC but could not keep up with the song’s accelerating beat, so the guild prepared to practice together for the rest of the day while Qin Feng watched and assessed the NPC.

• Totsuka began the rhythm challenge, but Evil Tone Old Ghost’s music box played an eerie song that left him and the KEY Guild players confused.
• Totsuka found the song’s rhythm and kowtowed along, while Qin Feng deduced that Evil Tone Old Ghost had traveled between civilizations and was an Intermediate NPC.
• Totsuka kept pace as the song sped up, but eventually admitted he could not manage eighteen kowtows per second.
• Evil Tone Old Ghost acknowledged Totsuka’s talent and offered to return with the guild if he could kowtow perfectly by the end of the day.
• The KEY Guild raid leader proposed that everyone kowtow together, and Evil Tone Old Ghost accepted the arrangement.

Qin Feng prepared to attack Old Ghost of Evil Sound and sent Gui Ling and Osilio to guard the entrance of the Burial Bone Chasm. He ambushed the KEY Guild team, but Old Ghost protected the survivors with a golden shield, and the guild realized Dark Shadow was attacking them.

• Qin Feng told Gui Ling to stop reinforcements at the chasm entrance and sent her there with Osilio while he prepared damage-boosting potions.
• Qin Feng ambushed the KEY Guild members with Shadow Blade Bounce, killing thirteen players before Old Ghost of Evil Sound reacted.
• Old Ghost of Evil Sound used Golden Divine Tune to shield the remaining players, making Qin Feng's attacks ineffective against them.
• Haruko reported in the Guild Channel that Dark Shadow had killed her with 240 million damage, alerting the guild to his attack.

Qin Feng secretly wiped out nearly all of the KEY Guild players at Burial Bone Chasm while Evil Tone Old Ghost’s music shield protected the survivors. After only Totsuka remained, Qin Feng attacked the NPC to test his strength, leaving Totsuka and Evil Tone Old Ghost stunned.

• Dark Shadow’s ricocheting Shadow Blade killed many KEY Guild players, while Evil Tone Old Ghost failed to detect Qin Feng’s stealth.
• Evil Tone Old Ghost told the remaining 47 players to squat to the Golden Divine Tune’s rhythm to maintain their Invincibility shields.
• Qin Feng kept attacking from hiding as the players who lost their shields were killed, until only Totsuka remained protected.
• Totsuka continued squatting and prepared to record Dark Shadow kowtowing, while Qin Feng decided not to wait any longer.
• Qin Feng struck Evil Tone Old Ghost with a Shadow Blade, reducing his health by about one percent and raising his Instant Death Meter by about 0.5 percent.

Qin Feng tested Evil Tone Old Ghost’s defenses and discovered that his Thornwave reflected damage and instant-death effects at 6.3 times their strength. Qin Feng prepared to counter it with his shadow clones, and the chapter ended as Shadow Blades struck the NPC from every direction.

• Qin Feng’s Shadow Blade revealed that Evil Tone Old Ghost had 3.3 million health and extreme defenses, so Qin Feng calculated how to build up his instant-death meter without killing him too quickly.
• Evil Tone Old Ghost activated Thornwave, which reflected Qin Feng’s second Shadow Blade and its effects back at him.
• Qin Feng realized his immunity and Cowardly Finisher order made the reflection ineffective against him, and he summoned five Killing Shadow clones.
• Evil Tone Old Ghost boasted that Thornwave could last indefinitely and reveal the location of anyone who attacked him.
• Qin Feng’s shadow clones attacked Evil Tone Old Ghost with Shadow Blades from every direction, leaving the NPC confused.

Qin Feng used Shadow Clones to overwhelm Evil Tone Old Ghost, whose healing and wide-area sonic attacks failed to stop him. As the Instant Death Meter climbed again, Totsuka realized Dark Shadow might kill the powerful NPC.

• Evil Tone Old Ghost recognized Qin Feng’s simultaneous attacks as Shadow Clones and tried to heal through the accumulating Throat Slit damage.
• Evil Tone Old Ghost used a White Vortex to drain his Instant Death Meter, then activated Death Gaze and unleashed a wide-area sonic assault to break Qin Feng’s Cowardly Finisher order.
• Qin Feng endured the sonic attacks with minimal damage and kept striking Evil Tone Old Ghost, relying on his defenses and lifesteal to stay safe.
• After the White Vortex expired, Evil Tone Old Ghost’s Instant Death Meter began rising rapidly again, and his damage-boosting music still failed to stop Qin Feng.
• Totsuka watched the meter climb from 70% to 90% and feared that Dark Shadow could kill the esteemed NPC.