Chapter Summaries

Qin Feng discovered that his reward from the Path of Finality was a living dagger forged from White Bud, a former inheritor of the Authority of the Soul. After Qin Xiaoyou’s Memory Fusion reached 100%, he decided to return and pass Judgment on her, while asking Ashasiss about the weapon and its history.

• Qin Feng inspected the Soul Reaper · White Bud Blade and learned that White Bud had been forged into a living weapon after possessing the Authority of the Soul.
• Qin Feng decided to grow stronger before challenging the Path of Finality’s second stage and considered the dagger’s soul-harvesting powers and immense divinity cost.
• Qin Feng asked Osilio, Shā Míyà, and Gray Chicken about the Soul Emperor, but Shā Míyà recalled only that she had killed some of his believers.
• The dagger tried to flee, but Qin Feng caught it and found that it quieted when he held it.
• Qin Feng received notice that Qin Xiaoyou’s Memory Fusion was complete and decided to return to pass Judgment on her and question Ashasiss about living weapons.

Qin Feng replaced the Star-Killer Blade with the Soul Reaper · White Bud Blade, greatly increasing his attributes and gaining powerful health-based bonus damage and healing. He then opened the Abyssal Path’s golden chest and found three Immortal Tier Divine Books that could produce valuable equipment materials.

• Qin Feng compared the Star-Killer Blade with the Soul Reaper · White Bud Blade and decided to give the old weapon to Gui Ling.
• Qin Feng equipped the Soul Reaper · White Bud Blade, raising his strength, agility, and spirit to 7,825 and boosting his attacks.
• Qin Feng noted that the White Bud Blade’s damage based on an enemy’s maximum health and its healing effect would improve his combat.
• Qin Feng opened the golden chest and found Divine Books for producing stripping stones, order stones, and enhancement stones.
• Qin Feng learned that each Immortal Tier Divine Book could produce up to 20 materials daily at its low base lifespan cost before prices increased.

Qin Feng raised the Blade of Judgment's divinity limit to 301 by judging two Divine Authority Tower NPCs, then began judging Qin Xiaoyou. Qin Xiaoyou mistook the Judgment Grounds for a dream and complained to Qin Feng for dying, leaving him dumbfounded.

• Qin Feng visited the Hang City Ruins and Sunan City Ruins, killed their Divine Authority Tower NPCs, and brought them to the Judgment Grounds.
• Qin Feng judged the werewolf and the winged NPC, recorded the winged NPC's memories of oppressing and eating humans, and raised the Blade of Judgment's divinity limit to 301.
• Qin Feng sent Qin Xiaoyou into the air above the White Jade Maze and began her judgment.
• Qin Xiaoyou regained consciousness in the Judgment Grounds, saw Qin Feng, and believed she was dreaming.
• Qin Xiaoyou complained that Qin Feng had died and blamed him for the torture she had suffered, leaving Qin Feng dumbfounded.

Qin Feng judged Qin Xiaoyou and examined her memories, discovering that Sister Li had helped orchestrate his death in his previous life. As he reached the final moments of Qin Xiaoyou’s memories, a mysterious woman appeared and shocked him.

• Qin Feng began Qin Xiaoyou’s judgment after she refused to show remorse.
• Qin Feng watched Qin Xiaoyou deliver his eyeballs to Song Fei, who kicked her away, and saw Sister Li sever her wrists and take the eyeballs.
• Qin Feng realized Sister Li had used Song Fei and Qin Xiaoyou to arrange his death in his previous life.
• Qin Feng saw Gu Yixue and the Godslayer Guild take Qin Xiaoyou away, but Chen Wuming ultimately imprisoned her in the Church Sanctuary.
• Qin Feng watched red nails pin two women to scarlet crosses before a mysterious woman appeared before Qin Xiaoyou.

Qin Feng followed Qin Xiaoyou’s memories and learned that Qin Wuyue, her older sister, had returned from the Land of Order to kill her and Qin Feng. Qin Wuyue took Qin Xiaoyou through a portal to Sichuan during the demon invasion, leaving Qin Feng watching for answers about her power and motives.

• Qin Feng recognized Qin Wuyue as a blood relative of Qin Xiaoyou who had been erased from Blue Star’s history after reaching the Land of Order.
• Qin Wuyue introduced herself to Qin Xiaoyou as her older sister and revealed that killing Qin Xiaoyou and Qin Feng had made her stronger across repeated cycles.
• Qin Wuyue killed the wounded Chen Wuming after he briefly revived in the Church Sanctuary’s main hall.
• Qin Wuyue carried Qin Xiaoyou through a blood-mist portal from the Church Sanctuary Hideout to Sichuan, where demons filled the sky but gave her a clear path.
• Qin Feng wondered why Qin Wuyue had not appeared in this life and how killing him and Qin Xiaoyou strengthened her.

Through Qin Xiaoyou's memories, Qin Feng saw Sichuan overwhelmed by demons and learned that despair and the desire to restart could threaten civilization's ascension as much as the demons. He saw Gu Yixue refuse to help defend the Soul-Tempting Grotto because she hoped a new cycle would bring Feng back, while Qin Feng reflected on the opportunities ascension could offer.

• Qin Feng witnessed Qin Wuyue escort Qin Xiaoyou through demon-infested Sichuan, where guild hideouts struggled to hold their defenses.
• Qin Wuyue brought Qin Xiaoyou to the Soul-Tempting Grotto, which Sister Li owned and demons were besieging.
• Qin Feng saw Gu Yixue and over a thousand Godslayer Guild players maintain an icy safe zone near the grotto with her frozen order.
• Official Personnel from Sichuan asked Gu Yixue to help defend people, but she refused, hoping a restart would let Feng come back to life.
• Qin Feng concluded that people who wanted the world to restart posed a major obstacle to civilization's ascension, which could unlock greater resources and help survivors reach the Land of Order.

Qin Feng examined Qin Xiaoyou’s memories of Qin Wuyue’s return to Blue Star and her slaughter at the Soul-Tempting Grotto. Qin Wuyue revealed that she planned to ascend Blue Star’s civilization and protect Qin Xiaoyou, even if she had to kill and torment people along the way.

• Qin Wuyue transformed the Soul-Tempting Grotto’s Defensive Barrier into a sea of blood, causing its defenders to bleed from every orifice.
• Gu Yixue confronted Qin Wuyue and accused her of abandoning Qin Feng and Qin Xiaoyou; Qin Wuyue said she returned every cycle and regretted that Qin Feng had died before she could kill him herself.
• Qin Wuyue used her power of rules to immobilize and impale Gu Yixue and the Godslayer Guild players, while Qin Xiaoyou muttered that it was good riddance.
• Qin Wuyue learned that Sister Li had died while trying to fuse with Qin Feng’s Ancient God Eyeball, a vessel for a minor authority.
• Qin Wuyue showed Qin Xiaoyou the finger of the Blood Source Eldritch God embedded in her hand and said Qin Feng had given it to her.
• Qin Wuyue said she would become the strongest, return to ascend Blue Star, and protect Qin Xiaoyou, who would forget the suffering before she appeared as her dear big sister.

Qin Feng watched Qin Xiaoyou’s memories of Qin Wuyue torturing her and learned that his Ancient God Eyeball was bound to him, unlike the finger he had given Qin Wuyue. The Authority of Judgment greatly strengthened his Blade of Judgment, then sent Qin Xiaoyou through the punishments of the eighteen levels of hell, with Qin Feng’s face appearing on every executioner.

• Qin Feng watched Qin Wuyue interrogate and brutally torture Qin Xiaoyou after learning that his Ancient God Eyeball had melted away.
• Qin Feng realized his Ancient God Eyeball was bound to him and wondered how Qin Wuyue’s Eldritch God’s Finger had empowered her.
• The Authority of Judgment consumed thirty thousand years of Qin Feng’s lifespan and increased the Blade of Judgment’s base attributes and divinity limit by 226%.
• Qin Feng wondered whether he would encounter Qin Wuyue when Blue Star merged with the Godforsaken Game and decided to inspect Qin Xiaoyou’s punishment.
• Qin Xiaoyou woke up nailed to a cross and saw a constable with Qin Feng’s face approach her with pincers.
• Qin Xiaoyou endured the punishments of all eighteen levels of hell, where every executioner had Qin Feng’s face.

Qin Feng learned from Ashasiss that his Authority of Judgment was a genuine Primordial authority, unlike the Servant Imprints held by Qin Wuyue and White Bud. Ashasiss warned him not to speak the name of the Primordial Agreement in the Ancient God Language, and revealed that the Godforsaken Game had come into being because of it.

• Qin Feng asked Ashasiss about Qin Wuyue and learned that she knew only what he had learned from Qin Xiaoyou's memories.
• Ashasiss told Qin Feng that he could view his past cycles in the Cycle Shrine in the Land of Order, though entering it would pose a hurdle.
• Ashasiss explained that Qin Wuyue's Blood Source authority was a mass-produced Servant Imprint, while Qin Feng's Authority of Judgment was a genuine Primordial authority.
• Qin Feng asked about Soul Reaper · White Bud Blade, and Ashasiss identified White Bud's Authority of Soul as a Servant Imprint and suggested the Path of Finality had turned her into a weapon for violating the Primordial Agreement.
• Ashasiss warned Qin Feng not to speak the Primordial Agreement's name in the Ancient God Language and told him the Godforsaken Game had arisen because of it.

Ashasiss warned Qin Feng not to reveal the Civilization Cycle to civilizations that had not begun merging, and Qin Feng agreed. He freed Qin Xiaoyou from her torment to hear her warning, but used the White Bud Blade’s Soul Control rule on her instead, discovering that it let him inspect her thoughts and memories.

• Ashasiss explained that revealing the Civilization Cycle would violate the Primordial Agreement, and Qin Feng promised to keep its facts and rules secret.
• Qin Feng found Qin Xiaoyou suffering in Stone Mill Hell and temporarily released her from the mental illusion to hear what she wanted to tell him.
• Qin Xiaoyou apologized and claimed she knew who was trying to kill Qin Feng, offering to help him survive the coming danger.
• Qin Feng rejected her offer and tested the White Bud Blade’s Soul Control rule on her, spending 6,000 years of lifespan to activate it.
• Qin Feng discovered that Soul Control let him inspect Qin Xiaoyou’s memories and thoughts.

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.