Chapter Summaries

Lao Zhangtou learned that Wu Mingzhe, Yuan Sisi, and four members of the Magic City Black Dragon Hall had killed a Sky Dome Guild party, while the group plotted to protect and exploit Feiguo players. Just as they celebrated, Gui Ling killed all six in one attack, leaving them stunned and wondering who she was.

• Lao Zhangtou's subordinate reported that four Feiguo players had killed the Sky Dome Guild's Priest and party, prompting Lao Zhangtou to demand an explanation from Magic City Bank.
• Wu Mingzhe and Yuan Sisi set out with Thompson and three other Magic City Black Dragon Hall leaders, intending to use their defense of the Feiguo players to gain influence and profit.
• When a Sky Dome Guild party approached them, Wu Mingzhe and Yuan Sisi accused the guild of violating human rights, but Thompson and the other Feiguo players attacked first.
• Wu Mingzhe, Yuan Sisi, Thompson, and the others killed all six Sky Dome Guild members, and Yuan Sisi absorbed lifespan from a fallen Archer while Wu Mingzhe planned to claim self-defense.
• Gui Ling suddenly struck the six with a blade-like tail and killed them all in one attack, leaving Wu Mingzhe, Yuan Sisi, and the Feiguo players shocked by the damage.

Gui Ling killed Wu Mingzhe, Yuan Sisi, Thompson, and three other Feiguo players, while Wu Mingzhe later tried to protect Thompson’s group by arranging a guild and borrowing lifespan. Thompson betrayed him at home, shot his legs, and demanded all his lifespan, leaving Wu Mingzhe fearing for his wife and his life.

• Gui Ling killed the six Feiguo players and absorbed their lifespan orbs, then resolved to train harder to catch up to Dark Shadow.
• Wu Mingzhe offered to establish a guild for Thompson and his three companions and protect their three thousand compatriots in exchange for high taxes.
• Thompson agreed to join if Wu Mingzhe proved he could negotiate with Dark Shadow, and persuaded him to provide food at his home.
• Wu Mingzhe borrowed fifteen hundred years of lifespan from the Magic City Bank and showed it to Thompson after he and his companions arrived at the house.
• Thompson shot Wu Mingzhe in the legs, demanded his lifespan, and revealed that he planned to flee with his men and take Yuan Sisi.

Thompson and his companions tortured Wu Mingzhe, stole his lifespan, and abducted Yuan Sisi, but Qin Feng and Osilio killed them while patrolling the coast. Qin Feng rescued Yuan Sisi, only for Gui Ling to recognize her as someone she had killed in the game.

• Thompson forced Wu Mingzhe to hand over 1,500 years of lifespan, then knocked him unconscious and chained him beside a lit gas stove.
• Thompson and his three companions abducted Yuan Sisi and headed for the East Coast, planning to flee Great Xia by raft and cargo ship.
• Qin Feng logged off to eat with Gui Ling, then took her on a nighttime patrol aboard Osilio.
• Qin Feng spotted the four men from Feiguo assaulting Yuan Sisi on a raft and ordered Osilio to kill them.
• Osilio killed all four men, and Qin Feng absorbed their lifespan while destroying their bodies and telling Yuan Sisi she was safe.
• Gui Ling recognized Yuan Sisi as someone she had killed in the game, leaving Yuan Sisi horrified by her apparent rescue.

Qin Feng killed Yuan Sisi, brought Gui Ling into the Soul-Cleansing Grounds, and returned to the Guanggang Ruins to hunt bosses with Wisp of Smoke. He synthesized his tenth Epic Grade Assassin Skill Book into the Legendary Tier finishing move Endless Nightmare.

• Qin Feng killed Yuan Sisi with a Shadow Blade after she begged for mercy.
• Qin Feng reclaimed the beach restaurant and invited Gui Ling to choose a room in the Soul-Cleansing Grounds.
• Qin Feng logged back in and continued hunting bosses in the Guanggang Ruins with Wisp of Smoke.
• Qin Feng used Equivalent Exchange to obtain his tenth Epic Grade Assassin Skill Book and synthesized it into Endless Nightmare.

Qin Feng obtained and evolved the Legendary Finishing Move Endless Nightmare to Ancient Grade, gaining a powerful way to inflict nightmare states and permanently build Nightmare Resistance. He then traveled with Wisp of Smoke and Osilio to hunt a boss in the Blackwater River and prepared to weaken his own attacks so he could build Combo Points more efficiently.

• Qin Feng learned that Endless Nightmare inflicted Nightmare Gauge over a large area, boosted damage against affected enemies, and could keep its effect going with enough Combo Points.
• Qin Feng spent 2,100 Evolution Points to evolve Endless Nightmare from Legendary Tier through Mythic Tier to Ancient Grade, expanding its range and duration and adding permanent Nightmare Resistance for kills against enemies in a nightmare state.
• Qin Feng arrived at the Blackwater River with Wisp of Smoke and learned that a boss lurked beneath the gelatinous black water, which blocked ranged attacks.
• Qin Feng struggled to build Combo Points by killing minor monsters, removed his attack-boosting equipment, and asked Wisp of Smoke to cast her damage-reducing spell on him.
• Wisp of Smoke chanted for twelve seconds, and the gathered black mist entered Qin Feng's body.

Qin Feng tested whether he could force a boss into the nightmare state, then returned to the Evil Spirit Academy to begin Ashasiss’s judgment challenge. He found himself in the Judgment Grounds alongside several other players, leaving him baffled about the challenge’s purpose.

• Qin Feng built 100 combo points and activated Endless Nightmare against the Giant Black Fish boss, then put it into the nightmare state and killed it with Instant Shadow Slash.
• Qin Feng gained experience, evolution points, lifespan, and a permanent increase to his nightmare resistance, but Greedy Hand gave no extra reward.
• Wisp of Smoke took Qin Feng to kill another Platinum Tier boss, and he told her to contact him only about Jade Tier bosses or above before leaving Guanggang.
• Qin Feng returned to the Evil Spirit Academy, summoned Ashasiss, and accepted the judgment challenge.
• Qin Feng entered the Judgment Grounds and saw that Black Plum Big Li, Wisp of Smoke, Justice Execution, Snowy Day, Xiaoyou Ya, and other players had joined.

Qin Feng entered a judgment challenge in which he had to identify and kill everyone deemed guilty among 100 players. After considering the ambiguous criteria, he chose to define fugitives as guilty.

• Qin Feng saw 100 players, including friends and acquaintances, scattered across a white jade maze.
• Ashasiss explained that the challenge was a practice judgment and showed Qin Feng its rules and the fugitive and pursuer roles.
• Ashasiss told Qin Feng that he could choose who was guilty, then disappeared.
• Qin Feng rejected several vague guilt criteria and decided that fugitives were the clearest targets.
• Qin Feng selected the option that declared fugitives guilty.

Qin Feng discovered that the players in the Judgment Grounds were illusions after killing them without triggering the usual lifespan drops or Talon marks. After he killed the final fugitive, Qin Xiaoyou, a real lifespan orb appeared above her corpse, leaving him confused.

• Qin Feng entered the maze on Osilio and killed a fugitive with an absurdly long handle, but the man dropped no lifespan orb and received no Talon mark.
• Qin Feng concluded that the players were challenge-generated illusions and continued hunting fugitives without guilt.
• Qin Feng killed Wang Meng while An Yu and Gu Yixue were fighting him, and again saw no lifespan orb or Talon mark.
• Qin Feng killed the remaining fugitives until only Qin Xiaoyou was left, then found her struggling through the maze with reduced movement speed.
• Qin Feng killed Qin Xiaoyou, but a lifespan orb formed above her corpse, making him realize that she was different from the other players.

After completing the Fair Judgment challenge, Qin Feng received the Primordial Divinity Armament Blade of Judgment from Ashasiss. He examined its rule-based powers and wondered what purpose the Judgment Grounds served.

• Qin Feng found that Qin Xiaoyou had been the only real target in the challenge and absorbed the sixty years of lifespan she dropped.
• Ashasiss appeared and told Qin Feng to open the chest, explaining that it held a small gift she had brought through the rules of the Godforsaken Game.
• Qin Feng opened the chest and obtained the Primordial Divinity Armament Blade of Judgment.
• Qin Feng inspected the blade and learned that it could teleport targets he killed into its Judgment Grounds by consuming Divinity.
• Qin Feng considered how Divinity Armaments used lifespan to restore Divinity and wondered how to use the blade's Judgment Grounds.

Qin Feng learned how the Authority of Judgment required uniquely anchored targets to avoid consuming vast amounts of Divinity, and discovered that its blessings had granted him rebirth and Infinite Evolution. After equipping the Blade of Judgment, he wondered whether Qin Xiaoyou had already been judged.

• Qin Feng read that the Authority of Judgment imposed universe-wide restrictions and required precise target anchors, with each added condition increasing its Divinity cost.
• Qin Feng learned that the Blade of Judgment and Judgment Grounds helped uniquely identify targets, and that judgment could punish sinners or bless its subject.
• Qin Feng realized the Authority of Judgment had granted him rebirth and Infinite Evolution, and wondered how the Judgment Ancient God had died.
• Qin Feng put away his Bone Spike, equipped the Blade of Judgment alongside the Star-Killer Blade, and considered raising its Divinity Limit and attributes.
• Qin Feng looked at the place where he had killed Qin Xiaoyou and wondered whether she had already been judged.

Ashasiss explained that Qin Feng could judge Qin Xiaoyou for blasphemy only after her past-life memories fully awakened upon her death, while Qin Feng chose not to harm her in this life. Qin Xiaoyou woke from a dream of her past life, mistook it for a fantasy, and remembered a skill that might restore severed limbs as Demons threatened to appear in the real world.

• Ashasiss told Qin Feng that judging Qin Xiaoyou’s past-life blasphemy would bring rich rewards once her memories awakened, but Qin Feng refused to kill her in this life.
• Ashasiss gave Qin Feng a Divine Book containing 247,000 textbooks on Ancient God Language and said he needed to study it to master his authority.
• Qin Xiaoyou dreamed of Qin Feng protecting her in her previous life and remembered that she had gouged out his eyes before leaving him for Song Fei.
• Qin Xiaoyou woke in the hospital, saw that her legs were gone, and wished she could return to the world in her dream.
• Qin Xiaoyou recalled a skill that might regrow severed limbs, dismissed it as dream nonsense, and did not know Demons would appear in the real world after the first Desolation Spread.

While studying the Blade of Judgment, Qin Feng learned from Ashasiss that the Ancient God Language had a simple False Language for communication and an infinitely expansive True Language for activating authorities. He realized True Language could create a unique, detailed identifier for each judgment target, and the chapter ended with him understanding how this system could make authority use more efficient.

• Qin Feng studied the Blade of Judgment and learned that its default punishment, Illusory Realm Reincarnation, made condemned sinners relive their crimes endlessly in an illusion.
• Ashasiss explained that the Ancient God Language consisted of False Language for everyday communication and True Language for activating rules and authorities.
• Ashasiss told Qin Feng that True Language had infinitely many unique characters, created by divinity-bearers according to specific rules and incorporating space and time.
• Ashasiss used modified versions of the Great Xia character '猫' to explain how True Language could designate individual cats across places and times.
• Qin Feng compared True Language characters to three-dimensional codes that could uniquely identify judgment targets and reduce the divinity needed to activate an authority.

Qin Feng learned more about the Authority of Judgment and sought a heinous criminal to judge, asking his contacts for leads. An Yu pointed him toward an unsolved serial rape-murder case in Jianghai, and Qin Feng sent Gui Ling to track the killer; the chapter ended with the killer, Hu Qibin, threatening Yang Xiaoya while an unnamed “Video Hero” searched for him.

• Ashasiss explained that Qin Feng’s class symbol was a simplified True Language Symbol and that only Qin Feng could wield the Authority of Judgment.
• Qin Feng returned to the Evil Spirit Academy and asked An Yu, Late Night, Light Rain, and Wisp of Smoke for information about major criminals.
• An Yu told Qin Feng about a serial killer in Jianghai who raped and murdered young women and destroyed all traces of the crimes.
• Qin Feng decided to have Gui Ling track the killer by his aura of slaughter and offered her a Dual-Blade Mastery Skill Book as a reward.
• Hu Qibin, Qin Feng’s former supervisor, blocked Yang Xiaoya’s party from entering the Dark Ruins and threatened her while plotting to assault her.
• Hu Qibin remained unaware that an unnamed “Video Hero” was searching for him.

Qin Feng learned that Gui Ling had identified Hu Qibin as the killer of the missing women and tracked him to the dark ruins. After killing Hu Qibin with the Blade of Judgment, Qin Feng brought him to the Judgment Grounds, where Hu Qibin recognized him as both Dark Shadow and Qin Feng.

• Gui Ling sent Qin Feng a photo identifying Hu Qibin as the suspected killer, and Qin Feng decided to confront him in the game.
• Chen Wuming told Qin Feng that Hu Qibin, whose alias was "My high school grades weren't ideal," was in the dark ruins with the White Bone Guild.
• Qin Feng rode Osilio to the ruins, left the dragon outside, and entered alone.
• Qin Feng killed Hu Qibin with a Shadow Blade, then slew the Gold Tier Demon and used Blooming Curse to dispose of the corpses.
• Qin Feng activated the Blade of Judgment and returned to the Judgment Grounds, where Hu Qibin appeared in the labyrinth.
• Hu Qibin saw Qin Feng riding the White Bone Dragon and realized that Dark Shadow was Qin Feng.

Qin Feng used the Blade of Judgment to condemn Hu Qibin for his serial rapes and murders, sending him into an endless cycle of torment. The judgment strengthened the weapon, and Qin Feng chose to observe Hu Qibin’s illusions.

• Qin Feng created a new Judgment Grounds minigame with Hu Qibin among 19 fugitives and 81 pursuers, then began the judgment.
• Qin Feng replenished the Blade of Judgment’s Divinity by spending 100 years of lifespan.
• Qin Feng reviewed Hu Qibin’s memories and selected the crimes against six victims as the basis for judgment.
• Qin Feng sent Hu Qibin into the surrounding Dark Space, where he became trapped in endless illusions.
• The Blade of Judgment gained 6% to its base stats and 6 points to its Divinity cap, and Qin Feng chose to observe Hu Qibin’s torment.

After judging Hu Qibin, Qin Feng discovered that the Corpse Collector had helped him dispose of bodies and planned to target Yang Xiaoya that night. Meanwhile, the Corpse Collector arrived at Feike Heavy Industry’s hideout, where Huang Ziqing asked whether he could see through Dark Shadow’s stealth.

• Qin Feng witnessed Hu Qibin’s repeated torture in the Blade of Judgment’s illusion and learned that Hu had contacted Gao Daxia to dispose of his victims’ bodies.
• Qin Feng recognized Gao Daxia as the powerful hidden-class Corpse Collector, who could copy talents by collecting corpses and had stayed out of the officials’ grasp.
• Qin Feng learned that the Corpse Collector had identified Yang Xiaoya’s address and planned to go after her that night, so he planned to have Gui Ling search the area.
• The Corpse Collector arrived at Feike Heavy Industry’s hideout in the Magic City Ruins, where Huang Ziqing welcomed him and asked if he could see through Dark Shadow’s stealth.

Huang Ziqing joined forces with Gao Daxia after the Corpse Collector proved he could see through Dark Shadow’s invisibility and offered to help conceal Huang’s crime. Meanwhile, Qin Feng learned more about judgment rewards and heard news that made him suspect Huang Ziqing had obtained the Abyssal Curse Vase.

• Gao Daxia threatened to expose Huang Ziqing’s secret unless he helped kill Dark Shadow and promised to collect Huang’s mother’s corpse.
• Huang Ziqing agreed to consider the plan after Gao Daxia revealed a talent that could detect Dark Shadow while invisible.
• Qin Feng learned from Ashasiss that judgment rewards depended on targets’ strength and sins, while repeated judgments would eventually stop increasing the Blade of Judgment’s Divinity cap.
• Qin Feng returned to River-Sea City and heard that players caught by the Slaughter Executioner were sentenced to years in the Prison of Atonement.
• Qin Feng heard that Feike Heavy Industry had defeated a Platinum Tier boss with powerful Curse Skills and suspected Huang Ziqing had acquired the Abyssal Curse Vase.

Qin Feng traveled to the Jinling City Ruins to retrieve a mask from the Abyss of the Wrongfully Dead before pursuing Huang Ziqing and the rumored Abyssal Curse Vase. On the way, he spotted Flying Dragon Admiral’s team fighting Twin Butterfly Shadows, then continued through a deadly Disaster Zone toward the abyss.

• Qin Feng traveled to the Jinling City Ruins and decided to confirm the rumors about Huang Ziqing through official channels before acting.
• Qin Feng rode Osilio toward the Abyss of the Wrongfully Dead to retrieve a mask before confronting Huang Ziqing.
• Qin Feng spotted Flying Dragon Admiral leading a team against Twin Butterfly Shadows and recognized that the team planned to kill the healing white butterfly first.
• Qin Feng realized that killing the white butterfly first would cause the black butterfly to resurrect it and double its combat strength, but chose not to warn Flying Dragon Admiral.
• Qin Feng crossed a Frenzied Zone and a Disaster Zone while remaining in stealth, then reached the Abyss of the Wrongfully Dead, where lifespan drained faster the deeper one went.

Qin Feng descended through the Abyss of the Wrongfully Dead to buy an Epic Grade No-Life Mask from Mask Merchant Ge Angke. After purchasing it, he accepted Ge Angke’s offer to save lifespan on the return trip, and the merchant slashed his throat.

• Qin Feng and Osilio plunged into the Abyss of the Wrongfully Dead and endured its extreme lifespan depletion as they descended.
• Qin Feng and Osilio reached a zero-gravity ruin around a gray orb, and Qin Feng entered a ruined cathedral to meet Mask Merchant Ge Angke.
• Qin Feng spent 5,000 years of lifespan to buy the Epic Grade No-Life Mask, which reduced and removed Slaughter Value and let him kill players without gaining more for a limited time.
• Qin Feng agreed to Ge Angke’s offer to save lifespan on the return journey, and Ge Angke slashed his neck with a white scimitar.

Qin Feng returned from the Soul-Cleansing Grounds without losing lifespan and headed to the Jinling Ruins, where he intervened in the Flying Dragon Admiral's battle with the Twin Butterfly Shadows. He deliberately kept attacking the white butterfly to build the black butterfly's berserk stacks and trigger the bosses' merger, despite the Flying Dragon Admiral's warning.

• Ge Angke failed to take any lifespan from Qin Feng because the Ghostfire Bell protected him, and Qin Feng revived at the Soul-Cleansing Grounds.
• Qin Feng left invisibly with Osilio and rode toward the Jinling Ruins, planning to confront the Twin Butterfly Shadows.
• The Flying Dragon Admiral's team struggled against the Twin Butterfly Shadows after the black butterfly revived the white one and gained a permanent berserk stack.
• Qin Feng arrived, drew both bosses away from the team's fallen members, and gave the Flying Dragon Admiral's team an opportunity to revive them.
• The Flying Dragon Admiral urged Qin Feng to kill the black butterfly first, but Qin Feng ignored him and continued attacking the white butterfly to build five berserk stacks and merge the bosses into a Diamond Tier enemy.