Chapter Summaries

After exposing Teshima Ichirō’s crimes in Sakura Country, Qin Feng returned to the Evil Spirit Academy and set out with Gui Ling to hunt a killer she tracked to reality. Before they could reach the target, Gui Ling showed him a third Bone Rune she had found in a ruin.

• Qin Feng released the Light and Shadow Crystal recording Teshima Ichirō’s crimes, then used a Teleportation Stone to return to the Evil Spirit Academy with two black ponytails as remains.
• Qin Feng summoned Gui Ling and asked her to use her ability to track the killer connected to the remains.
• Gui Ling tracked the killer to a location over a thousand kilometers away, in the direction of Sakura Country, and confirmed the target was in reality.
• Qin Feng took Gui Ling aboard Osilio and flew toward the killer’s location in Sakura Country.
• Gui Ling gave Qin Feng a white bone rune, which he recognized as his third Bone Rune.

Qin Feng and Gui Ling flew to Sakura Country after Gui Ling gave him a Bone Rune, while unrest erupted over Teshima Ichirō’s plan to exploit the idol’s attribute rewards. They found the idol aboard a freighter bound for North Korea, where Qin Feng recorded the officials’ secret conversation before deciding to expose their scheme.

• Qin Feng praised Gui Ling’s combat talent, accepted her Bone Rune, and gave her five thousand years of lifespan.
• Footage released by Qin Feng revealed Teshima Ichirō’s idol-worship reward, provoking outrage in Tōto and exposing Yanagi Mina’s role in spreading the rumor.
• Yanagi Mina said officials planned to ship the idol to Great Xia, but Hōjō reported they had instead chosen North Korea as its first destination.
• Qin Feng and Gui Ling followed the killer’s trail to a freighter leaving Tōto and located the Long-Tailed Snake Goddess Idol among its containers.
• Qin Feng secretly recorded Sakura Country officials discussing the shipment to North Korea, despite the freighter’s anti-stealth wards.

Qin Feng dispelled the Long-Tailed Serpent Woman Demon's idol shell and killed her before she could escape, then looted her corpse and gained thousands of years of lifespan. His global announcement shocked Sakura Country officials, who realized Dark Shadow had found and killed the boss they had hidden.

• Qin Feng killed mutated bighead fish near the cargo ship to max out his combo points, then entered the container while invisible.
• Qin Feng spent 24 divinity to turn the serpent woman's idol shell back into an Ancient God Slate, exposing her vulnerable body.
• Qin Feng killed the Long-Tailed Serpent Woman Demon, Shā Míyà, with a rapid sequence of attacks before she could flee.
• Qin Feng looted Shā Míyà with Greedy Hand and used Blooming Curse on her corpse, gaining more than three thousand years of lifespan.
• Osilio lamented that Qin Feng had not saved Shā Míyà for him, and Qin Feng misunderstood his comment.
• Sakura Country officials and Teshima Ichirō's team were stunned that Dark Shadow had killed the boss they had hidden in her invincible idol form.

Qin Feng killed the Long-Tailed Serpent Woman Demon, exposing Teshima Ichirō’s idol scheme and causing public outrage in Sakura Country. After giving North Korea evidence against Sakura Country, Qin Feng found a Mount Bell, while Qin Xiaoyou searched for Boundary Steles to confirm that Dark Shadow was Qin Feng and planned to apologize to him.

• The Long-Tailed Serpent Woman Demon died, removing the idol’s attribute boosts and revealing that worshippers had been under an illusion from the Illusory Dream God.
• Players in Sakura Country blamed Teshima Ichirō for deceiving them, while he demanded an internal investigation into a suspected mole.
• Qin Feng gave Late Night, Light Rain a Light and Shadow Crystal recording Sakura Country officials’ conversation so she could pass it to North Korea.
• Qin Feng examined the demon’s drops and found a Mount Bell that could let him summon her as a mount.
• Qin Xiaoyou searched the River-Sea City Ruins for Boundary Steles, hoping to activate an Epic Grade boss and confirm that Dark Shadow was Qin Feng.

Qin Xiaoyou activated the Nine Realms Stone Overseer by uncovering its boundary steles, convinced the event proved her memories were real and that Dark Shadow was Qin Feng. The epic-grade boss appeared, and Wang Meng called for Dark Shadow as players fled the area.

• Chen Wuming tried to have his subordinates take Qin Xiaoyou away, but Wang Meng intervened and let her stay by the Eyeless Stone Man Statue.
• Qin Xiaoyou uncovered the ninth boundary stele and activated its markings, causing the earth to shake.
• The Eyeless Stone Man Statue awakened as the level 30 epic-grade Nine Realms Stone Overseer, and nine Portals formed from the boundary steles.
• Qin Xiaoyou celebrated, believing Dark Shadow would help her, while Chen Wuming's subordinate accused her of causing the danger.
• Players fled as Wang Meng ordered an evacuation and called for Dark Shadow to come quickly.

Qin Feng summoned Shā Míyà, an Epic-tier serpent woman who had become his amphibious mount, and examined her abilities. He considered using her speed and Void Walk to travel long distances, while Osilio teased him about how he would ride her.

• Qin Feng returned to the Sky Dome Guild’s base with Gui Ling and logged into the game to inspect the loot from his real-world boss kill.
• Qin Feng summoned Shā Míyà with the Mount Bell and learned that she had once led the Long-Tailed Snakefolk before betraying the Illusory Dream God.
• Qin Feng checked Shā Míyà’s stats and discovered that she could travel quickly on land and water, fly through Void Walk, and protect her rider with the same ability.
• Shā Míyà realized she had survived as a mount, while Osilio joked about where Qin Feng would sit when riding her.
• Qin Feng told Gui Ling to try riding Shā Míyà.

Qin Feng assigned Shā Míyà to rest until he needed a sea-crossing mount, then examined his loot and equipped the Legendary Elemental Burst Power ring. Its effects boosted his attack speed, skill range, and cooldown speed, freeing up another Ancient God Slate slot as he discovered the Illusory Dream God's Blessing Tablet.

• Qin Feng told Shā Míyà to rest in the park and call on him when he needed her, while Gui Ling sat on her shoulder.
• Qin Feng learned a level 30 Killing Shadow skill, reducing its cooldown but leaving its Shadow Clone damage unchanged.
• Qin Feng examined Elemental Burst Power and realized its elemental attack bonuses would greatly increase his speed and range because of his lightning damage.
• Qin Feng replaced the Witch Mutation Ring with Elemental Burst Power, raising his cooldown speed and freeing up an Ancient God Slate.
• Qin Feng inspected the Illusory Dream God's Blessing Tablet, which could randomly add a beneficial affix to equipment.

Qin Feng used Lutas’s Blessing to strengthen the Star-Killer Blade, then learned that someone had activated the epic-grade Nine Realms Stone Overseer, Hartman, in the Jianghai Ruins. He set out with Gui Ling to deal with the boss, whose mechanics required a coordinated team to defeat its stone golems simultaneously.

• Qin Feng applied Lutas’s Blessing to the Star-Killer Blade, raising its stripping affix from 33.6 to 50.064 and his total stripping value to 79.564.
• Qin Feng gave Gui Ling diamond-tier gloves and a ring, then received An Yu’s message that an epic-grade boss had appeared in the Jianghai Ruins.
• Qin Feng identified the boss as the Nine Realms Stone Overseer, Hartman, and explained that its nine Portals held twenty-seven golems that had to die within one second of one another.
• Qin Feng decided to gather help and teleported to the Jianghai Ruins with Gui Ling, planning for her, Gray Chicken, Osilio, and Shā Míyà to each handle a Portal.

Qin Xiaoyou activated an Epic Grade boss in the River-Sea City Ruins, causing widespread danger, and An Yu arranged for her arrest and removal from Knight's Sanctuary. Qin Feng denied knowing her, leaving Qin Xiaoyou facing imprisonment without the chance to appeal to him.

• Qin Xiaoyou activated Nine Realms Stone Overseer Hartman, then was killed by the boss and later restrained by female players at the Noble Garden Hideout.
• An Yu arrived, slapped Qin Xiaoyou, and ordered Knight's Sanctuary to arrange for her guild membership to be revoked and for officials to take her into custody.
• An Yu warned that Qin Xiaoyou would face severe punishment and told Cake-Hand Daddy to make her log out, using repeated deaths if necessary.
• Qin Xiaoyou claimed Dark Shadow had told her to activate the boss, but An Yu said Dark Shadow had denied it and Qin Xiaoyou would not get to see him.
• An Yu privately asked Qin Feng about Qin Xiaoyou, and Qin Feng said he did not know her and told An Yu to handle her as she should.

Qin Feng arrived in the River-Sea City Ruins and used his stripping ability to disable the Epic Grade Nine Realms Stone Overseer, stopping its chaos attacks and saving the official players. Gu Yixue arrived with support to reduce their chaos gauges, while Osilio urged Gray Chicken to help Qin Feng get closer to her.

• Qin Feng took Gui Ling to the River-Sea City Ruins, where the Nine Realms Stone Overseer was attacking civilians and official players.
• Wang Meng tried to tank the boss, but its attacks drove the nearby players' chaos gauges close to full.
• Qin Feng struck the boss with Thousand-Blade Strike, rapidly filling its stripping gauge and disabling its greater affixes.
• The boss's stripped state stopped the nearby players' chaos gauges from increasing, and Bionic Electronic Little Fox realized Dark Shadow had saved them.
• Gu Yixue arrived and used a skill to reduce the official players' chaos gauges, while Osilio encouraged Gray Chicken to help bring Qin Feng and Gu Yixue together.

Qin Feng gathered teams to handle the nine Portals opened by the Epic Grade boss, while keeping the boss under Stripping. After assigning his pets and mounts alongside Great Xia’s elite teams, he stunned everyone by revealing Gray Chicken had already weakened the monsters inside his Portal.

• Gu Yixue, Black Plum Big Li, An Yu, and other allies arrived, and An Yu told Qin Feng that the Magic City and Jinling officials were sending reinforcements.
• Qin Feng kept dodging Nine Realms Stone Overseer Hartman’s attacks and used Thousand-Blade Strike to maintain Stripping until teams from the Magic City and Jinling arrived.
• Qin Feng assigned Gui Ling, Osilio, Gray Chicken, and Shā Míyà to four Portals, then sent the allied players and official teams into the remaining Portals.
• Qin Feng ordered every team to weaken the three stone elites in its Portal and report when they were ready to finish them.
• Gu Yixue questioned whether Gray Chicken could handle the monsters, and Qin Feng revealed that Gray Chicken had already finished, leaving the other teams astonished by the gap in their strength.

Qin Feng instantly killed the Nine Realms Stone Overseer after the teams destroyed its elites, and the crowd celebrated his strength. He agreed to let You're Already Dead test his damage for lifespan, while Chen Wuming returned to the Hideout, where Qin Xiaoyou demanded to see Dark Shadow.

• Gray Chicken, Gui Ling, Osilio, and Shā Míyà quickly weakened the stone golem elites inside the Portals.
• Qin Feng ordered the teams to attack together when the Portals vanished, then stole the boss's attributes and killed Hartman with one combo.
• The players and officials marveled at Qin Feng's power as he collected the boss's loot and heard the crowd cheer for him.
• You're Already Dead asked to punch Qin Feng to test his damage, and Qin Feng agreed in exchange for lifespan.
• Chen Wuming returned to the Hideout and found Qin Xiaoyou demanding to see Dark Shadow.

Qin Xiaoyou was forced to log out and taken into custody by officials, while Qin Feng prepared to face You Are Already Dead in a duel. The chapter left the duel about to begin, with Qin Feng’s allies confident in him.

• Chen Wuming explained that Qin Xiaoyou had to log out because officials had arrived, but she begged to see Qin Feng and tried to head for the Hideout’s entrance.
• Chen Wuming blocked Qin Xiaoyou with his battle axe, and she chose to log out rather than face him.
• Officials handcuffed Qin Xiaoyou with Divine Book restraints and took her away from the hospital bed.
• Qin Feng watched You Are Already Dead prepare for their duel as Osilio, Gray Chicken, Shā Míyà, and the gathered officials looked on.
• You Are Already Dead warned Qin Feng before lowering his stance and stacking buffs.

You Are Already Dead’s buffed punch failed to harm Qin Feng, who collected a hundred years of lifespan from Shen Beidou after the test. After the River-Sea City Ruins crisis was resolved, An Yu reported the victims and the captured culprit, and Qin Feng asked how current laws would treat her.

• You Are Already Dead struck Qin Feng with a buffed punch, but Qin Feng’s Unassailable affix and high defenses left him unharmed.
• Shen Beidou withdrew his challenge, introduced himself, and traded Qin Feng a hundred years of lifespan.
• Qin Feng, Shen Beidou, Flying Dragon Admiral, and the others departed after the crisis in the River-Sea City Ruins was resolved.
• An Yu told Qin Feng that 312 people had been confused by the boss and that authorities had arrested the culprit, Qin Xiaoyou.
• Qin Feng declined to speak up for Qin Xiaoyou and asked An Yu how she would be treated under current laws.

Qin Feng agreed that authorities should enforce the law against Qin Xiaoyou, then evolved Finishing Mark to Ancient Grade while preparing to search for the Death Goddess’s Temple of Faith. Meanwhile, Qin Xiaoyou was taken into custody and began to fear what awaited her.

• Qin Feng told An Yu to handle Qin Xiaoyou’s case strictly according to the law, and An Yu said the authorities would award him a Jianghai Guardian medal and a thousand years of lifespan.
• Qin Feng and his companions joked together before he put Osilio into the Mount Bell.
• Qin Feng returned with Gui Ling and Shā Míyà to the Evil Spirit Academy, then spent 5,000 Evolution Points to evolve Finishing Mark to Ancient Grade.
• Qin Feng examined his loot, learned the Epic Grade skill Dark Shadow Leap, and considered how to evolve it.
• Qin Xiaoyou was taken to an interrogation room, where her confidence faded and fear began to overwhelm her.

An Yu and Wang Meng interrogated Qin Xiaoyou over deliberately activating an Epic Grade boss, while she claimed Dark Shadow was her brother Qin Feng and had instructed her. After her guilt was established, An Yu pressed her about why Dark Shadow would not help her and asked what she believed she had done wrong.

• Wang Meng asked Qin Xiaoyou whether she admitted activating Nine Realms Stone Overseer Hartman, and she blamed Dark Shadow but had no evidence.
• Qin Xiaoyou argued that Dark Shadow was Qin Feng because he had killed several people connected to her brother, including Song Fei, Qian Shishi, and Hu Qibin.
• An Yu and Wang Meng discussed clues linking Dark Shadow to Qin Feng but agreed that his identity would not change how they handled Qin Xiaoyou's case.
• The officials established Qin Xiaoyou's guilt based on eyewitness accounts, though her final punishment would depend on the deaths and damage caused.
• An Yu told Qin Xiaoyou that Dark Shadow's refusal to intervene meant he was disappointed in her, then asked what she believed she had done wrong.

An Yu questioned Qin Xiaoyou about her history with Dark Shadow, while Qin Feng rejected her apology and left her fate to the law. He then evolved Dark Shadow Leap to Ancient Grade and discovered that it doubled his Greater Affixes after each leap.

• An Yu pressed Qin Xiaoyou to explain her relationship with Dark Shadow, and Qin Xiaoyou admitted she had once wanted to gouge out his eyes.
• Qin Xiaoyou concealed her memories of Qin Feng’s regression and waited for An Yu to pass along her apology, secretly planning revenge.
• An Yu messaged Qin Feng, who denied knowing Qin Xiaoyou and said he wanted no contact with her.
• Qin Feng learned Qin Xiaoyou faced at least ten years in prison and likely a death sentence while under the Authority of Judgment’s surveillance.
• Qin Feng evolved Dark Shadow Leap from Epic Grade to Ancient Grade, gaining a temporary doubling of his Greater Affixes after leaping.
• Qin Feng tested the skill and confirmed it doubled his Unassailable affix before examining a Legendary Tier Assassin bracer.

Qin Feng equipped Hartman’s Deflection Gauntlets, learned a poison-resistance skill, and searched for the Death Goddess’s Temple of Faith. He found the temple north of the Tōto Ruins and attacked a sixty-person Yamato Heavenly God team guarding its surroundings.

• Qin Feng equipped Hartman’s Deflection Gauntlets, increasing his Unassailable affix and Hit Adjustment, and learned the Legendary Tier Poison-Drinking Body skill.
• Qin Feng returned to Evil Spirit Academy with Gui Ling, logged out to eat, then visited Outcast Fairy · Yuan before setting out for the Death Goddess’s Temple of Faith.
• Qin Feng teleported to the Tōto Ruins and searched the surrounding region from Osilio’s back for more than three hours.
• Qin Feng found a sinister temple inside death mist more than three hundred kilometers north of the Tōto Ruins, where a Yamato Heavenly God team had gathered.
• Qin Feng used Shadow Leap and his assassin abilities to strike the team with Dark Night Ring Blade, killing all sixty members and putting them into the Nightmare State.

Qin Feng killed sixty Yamato Heavenly God players outside the Death Temple, then crossed its black mist and entered the temple’s rule-bound interior. A gray sun, an elderly woman, and a giant symbol-covered tree appeared before him in the darkness.

• Qin Feng killed sixty Yamato Heavenly God players near the Death Temple and gained 425 years of lifespan from them.
• Qin Feng rode Osilio through the black mist, whose Instant Death Affix meters built up faster as they neared the temple.
• Qin Feng and Osilio reached the temple after Osilio’s meter climbed to 56%, and Qin Feng recalled him before entering alone.
• Qin Feng stepped into the temple’s vast corridor, where the doors shut behind him and rules prevented him from using skills or gaining status effects.
• After Qin Feng walked about two hundred meters, an old woman appeared beside him, a gray sun formed overhead, and a gray giant tree appeared ahead.

Qin Feng learned the rules and stakes of the Goddess of Death's temple challenge and discovered that its top-ranked prize could be a Deadwing Royal Feather. Confident that the level-matched Diamond Tier demons would be easy for him to defeat, he prepared to take the challenge and wondered whether killing them would grant Evolution Points.

• Qin Feng refused the white-haired caretaker's invitation to place his faith in Lady Yelian, then asked about the challenge rules and failure penalty.
• The caretaker explained that Qin Feng would face increasingly strong Diamond Tier Deathrealm Demons for twenty minutes, and that dying would make him a follower of the Goddess of Death.
• The caretaker revealed that challenge rankings determined rewards and described the Deadwing Royal Feather offered to the first-place player from the Deep Blue Civilization.
• Qin Feng read the Ancient God Language rankings and judged that his low level would make the challenge easy because the demons would match his level.
• The caretaker promised Qin Feng a Deadwing Feather if he made the rankings, while Qin Feng set his sights on a Deadwing Royal Feather and wondered if the demons granted Evolution Points.