Chapter Summaries

Qin Feng repeatedly killed the white Butterfly Demon while evading the Twin Butterfly Shadows’ attacks, confusing Flying Dragon Admiral and his team. After the fifth kill, the Twin Butterfly Shadows fused into a level 21 Diamond Tier boss, the Thousand-Eyed Disciple.

• Qin Feng killed the white Butterfly Demon again while his defenses let him ignore its strengthened attacks.
• Flying Dragon Admiral and his team realized Qin Feng’s stealth kept the bosses from using many mechanics that required an aggro target.
• Qin Feng continued killing the white Butterfly Demon as it revived, even after the black Butterfly Demon grew stronger with each resurrection.
• After Qin Feng killed the white Butterfly Demon four times and Flying Dragon Admiral’s team had killed it once, the Twin Butterfly Shadows fused.
• The fused bosses became the level 21 Diamond Tier Thousand-Eyed Disciple, startling Flying Dragon Admiral and his team.

Qin Feng used Endless Nightmare to bypass the Thousand-Eyed Disciple’s health-lock mechanic and kill the Diamond-tier boss before its butterfly pupae could heal it. Flying Dragon Admiral and the others fled the Eldritch murmurs, unaware that they stopped hearing them because Qin Feng had already defeated the boss.

• The Thousand-Eyed Disciple’s Eldritch murmurs distorted the onlookers, so Flying Dragon Admiral led everyone in a retreat.
• Qin Feng attacked the merged Twin Butterfly Shadows · Thousand-Eyed Disciple with Endless Nightmare and drove its health down to a locked phase.
• The boss summoned butterfly pupae, but Qin Feng kept attacking until its Nightmare Gauge reached 100% and its health lock ended.
• Qin Feng unleashed his skills and Throat Slit damage, killing the boss before the pupae could restore its health.
• Qin Feng gained experience, Evolution Points, lifespan, and nightmare resistance, while Flying Dragon Admiral’s group stopped hearing the murmurs after retreating because the boss was dead.

Qin Feng killed the Murmurs-affix Diamond boss with ease, then left with Osilio while considering how to grow strong enough to save Verzhini. In River-Sea City, Gui Ling was staking out suspected Corpse Collectors when a stealthy old man approached her and was stabbed by her Asura Chain Blade.

• Flying Dragon Admiral’s team returned to find that Qin Feng had already killed Twin Butterfly Shadows · Thousand-Eyed Disciple and its insect pupae.
• The team found Osilio holding Flying Dragon Admiral’s hatchling, and Osilio returned it before carrying Qin Feng away.
• Qin Feng reviewed his battle, considered using the Blade of Judgment to save Verzhini, and found loot including an Assassin skill book that could build Combo Points faster.
• Gui Ling watched rooftops in River-Sea City for suspicious Corpse Collectors while remaining invisible.
• A black-robed old man spotted Gui Ling and crept toward her, but she stabbed him with her Asura Chain Blade.

Gao Xiaoyi tried to ambush a girl in stealth so he could collect her corpse, but Gui Ling caught him and reported to Qin Feng. Meanwhile, Qin Feng evolved the Diamond Tier Finishing Mark Skill Book to strengthen his Combo Point generation.

• Gao Xiaoyi explained how his Corpse Collector class let him copy talents, equipment, and skills from corpses, and planned to obtain Dark Shadow's powers by helping Huang Ziqing target him.
• Gao Xiaoyi traveled in stealth to an apartment building, where his Soul Sight revealed a petite girl hiding on the rooftop.
• Gao Xiaoyi attacked the girl, but Gui Ling pierced him with her chain blade and knocked him unconscious with a brick.
• Gui Ling messaged Qin Feng that she had caught Gao Xiaoyi and would bring him back barely alive.
• Qin Feng inspected the Diamond Tier Finishing Mark Skill Book, evolved it, and anticipated gaining Combo Points more rapidly.

Qin Feng evolved Finishing Mark, returned to reality, and captured the Corpse Collector, Gao Xiaoyi. After striking Gao Xiaoyi with the Blade of Judgment, Qin Feng left him to awaken submerged in a strange, foul-smelling liquid.

• Qin Feng evolved Finishing Mark to Mythic Tier and learned and evolved Toxic Explosion before using Soul Devourer to increase his Strength and Spirit conversions.
• Qin Feng received criminal investigation reports from An Yu, Late Night, Light Rain, and Wisp of Smoke, then told Flying Dragon Admiral he had only tried to make the Diamond Tier boss fuse.
• Qin Feng returned to the Jinling Ruins, where Gui Ling brought back the unconscious Gao Xiaoyi, whom Qin Feng recognized as the Corpse Collector.
• Qin Feng gave Gui Ling permission to wash up and promised her a Skill Book, then used the Blade of Judgment to pierce Gao Xiaoyi's heart.
• Gao Xiaoyi woke up submerged in a foul-smelling, yellow-black liquid and wondered where he was.

Qin Feng judged Gao Xiaoyi and learned that he had framed his father-in-law, then uncovered Gao Xiaoyi and Huang Ziqing’s plan to kill him. After leaving the Judgment Grounds with more Ancient God Language Codices, Qin Feng prepared to target Huang Ziqing next.

• Qin Feng watched Gao Xiaoyi suffer in a vat of foul oil during his judgment, while Ashasiss translated the Ancient God Language Codex.
• Qin Feng reviewed Gao Xiaoyi’s memories and learned that he had framed his father-in-law, whose death helped Gao Xiaoyi take over the switch factory.
• The judgment raised the Blade of Judgment’s divinity limit and base attributes, and Qin Feng concluded Gao Xiaoyi’s sins were more serious than Hu Qibin’s.
• Qin Feng learned Huang Ziqing had murdered his mother and obtained the Abyssal Curse Vase, and he discovered the pair’s plan to use crowd control and Feike Heavy Industry’s guild to kill him.
• Qin Feng left the Judgment Grounds with more Ancient God Language Codices, while Gao Xiaoyi felt the oil around him beginning to warm.

Qin Feng confirmed that people he sent to the Judgment Grounds were transported there in their actual bodies, then prepared to collect Huang Ziqing’s debt. Before leaving, he gave Gui Ling weapons and the location and mechanics of a Jadeite Tier bloodline boss for her to challenge.

• Gao Xiaoyi suffered the endless boiling-oil punishment in the Judgment Grounds, losing consciousness and waking repeatedly in the same illusion.
• Qin Feng found Gao Xiaoyi’s corpse missing from his Hideout and concluded that the Judgment Grounds had received his physical body while his consciousness underwent judgment.
• Qin Feng reasoned that he could keep Crescent Moon Queen Verzhini alive in the Judgment Grounds without initiating judgment.
• Qin Feng gave Gui Ling a Dual-Blade Mastery book and a Bone-White Blade, then told her how to summon and fight the Jadeite Tier bloodline boss Assassin.
• Qin Feng left the Evil Spirit Academy and headed for the Magic Slanted Tower to collect Huang Ziqing’s debt.

Qin Feng arranged for Zhang Jinxuan to auction three Platinum Tier Hideouts, then flew toward the Magic Slanted Tower to confront Huang Ziqing. He realized Huang Ziqing had used the Abyssal Puppet Curse to impersonate his dead mother and wanted Qin Feng’s corpse to create a powerful puppet.

• Qin Feng asked Zhang Jinxuan to organize an auction for his three Platinum Tier Hideouts and offered her five percent of the proceeds.
• Zhang Jinxuan created a Phoenix Cry Talisman for Qin Feng, who accepted it before leaving the Evil Spirit Academy.
• Qin Feng rode Osilio toward the Magic Slanted Tower while recalling how the Abyssal Curse Vase granted powerful curses at the risk of trapping its users in the abyss.
• Qin Feng concluded that Huang Ziqing had used the Abyssal Puppet Curse to control his dead mother, Huang Huifen, and deceive the authorities.
• Qin Feng realized Huang Ziqing had joined Gao Xiaoyi because he wanted Qin Feng’s corpse to create a puppet as strong as Dark Shadow.

Qin Feng killed Huang Ziqing outside the Magic Slanted Tower and sent him to the Judgment Grounds, leaving Feike Heavy Industry in turmoil. He planned to judge Huang Ziqing, learn where he had hidden his mother, and take the Abyssal Curse Vase.

• Qin Feng arrived at the Magic Slanted Tower and asked Feike Heavy Industry members where Huang Ziqing was.
• A couple of Feike Heavy Industry players argued about Huang Ziqing and the guild leader’s supposed impressiveness.
• Huang Ziqing arrived with his core members, and Qin Feng killed him instantly with a Shadow Blade.
• Qin Feng used 10 points of divinity to send Huang Ziqing to the Judgment Grounds, while the Death Flower drained his dropped lifespan orbs.
• Feike Heavy Industry members panicked when Huang Ziqing failed to respond or appear at the respawn point, and they accused Dark Shadow on forums.
• Qin Feng reached the Judgment Grounds to judge Huang Ziqing and find out where he had hidden his mother and how to obtain the Abyssal Curse Vase.

Qin Feng created a Judgment Grounds minigame that made Huang Ziqing drop items whenever he died, hoping to obtain the Abyssal Curse Vase from his storage. Huang Ziqing realized Dark Shadow was the Judicator and tried to defend himself with Witch Priest Shield.

• Qin Feng reasoned that he could override the game's storage rules by changing the minigame, then assigned Huang Ziqing the Escapee role with a rule that made each death drop a random backpack item.
• Huang Ziqing blamed Gao Xiaoyi, whom he knew as the Corpse Collector, for revealing his plans, then dismissed the minigame's danger when he saw other players had joined as Pursuers.
• Qin Feng repeatedly killed Huang Ziqing with a black shuriken, causing Huang to drop his Bone Witch Staff and a Mana Recovery Potion before reviving each time.
• Huang Ziqing recognized the shuriken as Dark Shadow's skill and suspected Qin Feng was after the Abyssal Curse Vase.
• Huang Ziqing tried to block Qin Feng's next attack by casting Witch Priest Shield.

Qin Feng took the Abyssal Curse Vase from Huang Ziqing and used Judgment to view his memories. The Judgment illusion began with Huang Ziqing reaching into the vase again and being dragged into darkness, leaving his fate unresolved.

• Huang Ziqing failed to cast a skill as Qin Feng repeatedly killed him, and he discovered that the Abyssal Curse Vase could not be deliberately destroyed.
• Qin Feng picked up the dropped vase, returned to the White Jade Platform on Osilio, and spent 23 Divinity to activate Judgment on Huang Ziqing.
• Qin Feng learned from Huang Ziqing's memories that he had killed his mother, Huang Huifen, before the abyss affected him, then used her puppet to conceal her death and help lead Feike Heavy Industry to victory.
• Qin Feng observed Huang Ziqing's Judgment illusion, where Huang Ziqing mistook the events for a dream and reached into the vase to draw another Curse Skill.
• The vase pulled Huang Ziqing into endless darkness, and he suddenly appeared high in the sky.

Qin Feng judged Huang Ziqing, whose curse forced him to endure repeated deaths on a sea of blades, and gained the Abyss Wither Curse from the Abyssal Curse Vase. He evolved the skill to Mythic Tier and left Osilio to test its effects.

• Huang Ziqing repeatedly fell onto a sea of blades and died, then woke in his room and was forced to reach into the vase again.
• Qin Feng saw the Blade of Judgment's divinity limit rise to 50 and learned from Ashasiss that his next judgment needed a stronger target.
• Qin Feng reached into the Abyssal Curse Vase and obtained the Epic-grade Abyss Wither Curse.
• Qin Feng spent evolution points to raise the curse to Mythic Tier, gaining a 299% base-attack reduction, equipment disabling, and skill sealing.
• Qin Feng cast the curse on Osilio to test its effects, leaving the dragon feeling weak and complaining that Qin Feng had made him impotent.

Qin Feng learned more about the Abyssal vase, farmed demons to build Nightmare Resistance, and gained a powerful Nightmare blessing. The chapter ended with Feike Heavy Industry players blocking Evil Spirit Academy and demanding that Dark Shadow return their guild leader, despite the authorities informing them of Huang Ziqing’s crimes.

• Qin Feng tested Abyss Wither Curse on Osilio’s Bone Sword Pterosaur underlings and confirmed that it turned their attacks into healing.
• Ashasiss explained the Abyssal vase’s risks and rules, and Qin Feng decided that Gui Ling could safely take one skill from it.
• Qin Feng reported Huang Ziqing and Huang Huifen to Late Night, Light Rain and asked her to notify the authorities.
• Qin Feng cleared over a thousand demons in the Dusk Temple and gained 12.4 Nightmare Resistance.
• Qin Feng kept Alex’s Blessing, which gave his Blade of Judgment a Greater Nightmare affix of +4.3.
• Feike Heavy Industry players gathered outside Evil Spirit Academy, blocked its gates with walls, and chanted demands to boycott Dark Shadow and return their guild leader.

Qin Feng returned to Evil Spirit Academy to deal with Feike Heavy Industry’s protestors, while their leaders plotted to provoke him into attacking and gaining Slaughter Value. He arrived wearing the No-Life Mask as the officials prepared evidence of Huang Ziqing’s crime.

• Lao Zhangtou urged Sky Dome Guild members to attack the white-name protestors despite the risks of accumulating Slaughter Value.
• Four Feike Heavy Industry leaders revealed they had recruited the crowd for profit and planned to use Life Link to get Qin Feng imprisoned.
• Foreign and domestic forums spread claims that Qin Feng and the officials had unjustly targeted Huang Ziqing.
• Late Night, Light Rain told Qin Feng that a Soul Searcher was gathering proof that Huang Ziqing had murdered Huang Huifen.
• Qin Feng rode Osilio toward Evil Spirit Academy, saw the protestors surrounding its entrance, and put on the No-Life Mask.

Qin Feng returned to the Evil Spirit Academy and faced Feike Heavy Industry’s crowd, who hoped to provoke him into killing linked players and earning enough Killer stacks to be jailed. He recognized their trap and stopped before attacking, leaving Chen Dadan’s taunt unanswered for now.

• Qin Feng arrived at the Evil Spirit Academy with Osilio, drawing the attention of the Sky Dome Guild and Feike Heavy Industry players.
• Feike Heavy Industry’s leaders planned to have Chen Gou provoke Qin Feng while a Priest linked more than three hundred low-health players with Life Link.
• Qin Feng told the crowd that Huang Ziqing had murdered his mother, Huang Huifen, and offered the players a chance to leave, but none of them did.
• Chen Dadan insulted Qin Feng, and the surrounding players realized he was deliberately trying to provoke an attack.
• The Priest cast Life Link, but Qin Feng raised his hand without using a skill and recognized that they were trying to get him jailed.

Qin Feng activated No-Life Mode and slaughtered more than thirteen hundred Feike Heavy Industry players without gaining slaughter value, then absorbed their lifespan. As false reports branded him a murderer, the Great Xia Officials released extracted memories showing Huang Ziqing killing Qin Feng’s mother.

• Qin Feng activated No-Life Mode, then attacked the Feike Heavy Industry players alongside Osilio and killed Chen Dadan and the surrounding crowd without gaining slaughter value.
• The three respawned ringleaders discovered that Chen Dadan had vanished, and learned that Dark Shadow had killed all thirteen hundred-plus players while remaining white-named.
• Qin Feng and Osilio finished off the remaining attackers, and Osilio demolished the stone walls while Qin Feng absorbed 355 years of non-tradable lifespan.
• Factions and media spread claims that Qin Feng had slaughtered innocent players, while the Great Xia Officials prepared evidence to counter the accusations.
• Soul Searcher extracted Huang Ziqing’s memories and released images of him murdering Qin Feng’s mother.

After the authorities exposed Huang Ziqing’s crimes, they purged disloyal members and organizations while taking control of Feike Heavy Industry’s hideout. Qin Feng learned that the Sky Serpent Organization had orchestrated the attack against him and planned to strike back once it formally assembled.

• The Great Xia Officials used the Soul Searcher’s findings to reveal that Huang Ziqing had murdered his mother, Huang Huifen, and concealed her body, shifting public opinion in Dark Shadow’s favor.
• The authorities blacklisted people who had spread hostile claims, shut down media outlets that accused them of collusion, and began a nationwide cleanup of their ranks.
• Magic City authorities surrounded the Magic Slanted Tower Hideout, accepted the surrender of Feike Heavy Industry’s remaining managers, disbanded the guild, and took possession of its Platinum Tier Hideout.
• The Soul Searcher helped identify a North American spy from the Sky Serpent Organization as the person behind the Feike Heavy Industry members’ actions, and Late Night, Light Rain reported the news to Qin Feng.
• Qin Feng recognized the Sky Serpent Organization from his previous life and planned to attack its founders at their September 29 gathering in the Los Angeles Ruins after reaching level 30.
• Qin Feng returned to the Judgment Grounds to pass Judgment on Chen Dadan.

Qin Feng judged Chen Dadan, then spent the day grinding monsters and pursuing plans to seize a double-experience NPC and a Phoenix Egg. He reached 3,000 evolution points and prepared to evolve Coup de Grace to Ancient Grade.

• Qin Feng punished Chen Dadan by making him repeatedly witness three men playing mahjong beside his tied-up wife, but gained little from judging him.
• Qin Feng planned to find the Phoenix Egg in the Sea City Ruins and recruit Eye of Knowledge · Aristotle before the Shudao Mountain guild could.
• Qin Feng left the Evil Spirit Academy and rapidly gained experience, nightmare resistance, and evolution points by grinding demons in the Magic City Ruins.
• Qin Feng heard players discuss Dark Shadow and learned that the Soul Searcher could not probe Huang Ziqing beyond the moment he was sent to the Judgment Grounds.
• Qin Feng helped kill several Jadeite Tier bosses and reached 3,000 evolution points, allowing him to evolve Coup de Grace from Mythic Tier to Ancient Grade.

Qin Feng upgraded Coup de Grace and equipped powerful new armor and boots before agreeing to help An Yu’s team defeat a Bloodline Monster before it disappeared. As Qin Feng rushed toward it, Qin Xiaoyou separately offered Chen Wuming supposed boss-strategy advice in exchange for three hundred years of lifespan.

• Qin Feng evolved Coup de Grace, gaining 100% armor penetration and the ability to ignore elemental resistance.
• Qin Feng replaced his armor with Rostislav's Contract, whose Unassailable effect blocked all negative effects, and equipped Mechanical Joker's Speed of Sound Shoes.
• An Yu asked Qin Feng to help defeat a Platinum Tier Bloodline Monster before its remaining 12 minutes ran out, and Qin Feng accepted.
• Qin Feng recognized the monster as one from his previous life and recalled that he had awarded its Priest bloodline to Snowy Day instead of Qin Xiaoyou.
• Qin Feng mounted Osilio and hurried toward the Ruins while Qin Xiaoyou told Chen Wuming she knew how to fight the boss and demanded three hundred years of lifespan for her advice.

Qin Xiaoyou gave Chen Wuming advice for fighting the Bone Witch Doctor, claiming the boss was simple and wondering if her resurfacing memories meant she was a regressor. Chen Wuming's group failed badly, and he returned to the hideout frustrated while Qin Xiaoyou blamed their poor play.

• Chen Wuming questioned Qin Xiaoyou's price for the boss guide, then offered two hundred years of lifespan if her information helped his team obtain the bloodline.
• Qin Xiaoyou identified the Bone Witch Doctor and explained that its second phase summoned Bone Towers, insisting the rest of the fight was easy.
• Qin Xiaoyou wondered whether her hazy memories were returning because she was a regressor, and hoped they might help her find a way to heal her legs.
• Chen Wuming charged the boss, but his teammates broke the Bone Prison trapping him, triggering a Bone Spike that killed him and transformed his corpse into a monster.
• Chen Wuming's team struggled against the boss's healing and attacks, forcing them to flee, while Qin Xiaoyou insisted the guide was correct and called them bad at the game.