Chapter Summaries

After Song Fei logged off to buy lifespan, his fans learned that the Godforsaken Game’s lifespan rules were real and regretted their sacrifices. Qin Feng arranged for Gu Yixue to join Wang Meng’s party, while Song Fei’s return to reality left him vulnerable to an unknown danger.

• Song Fei logged off with his fans, planning to buy lifespan and equipment before challenging Dark Shadow again.
• After learning that lifespan loss in the game could kill them in reality, Song Fei’s fans discovered that several had only a year or two left to live.
• Song Fei began spending his assets to buy tradable lifespan, while Qin Feng asked Gu Yixue to notify him when Song Fei logged back in.
• Qin Feng offered Gu Yixue the gold-tier priest skill Sword of Holy Judgment at half price if she joined his friends’ party, and she agreed.
• Qin Feng contacted Wang Meng to offer Gu Yixue, a strong White Bird Priest, as a party member, and Wang Meng replied almost immediately.

Qin Feng arranged for Wang Meng’s team to join him in Firefly Town, where he met An Yu, the Dragon Swordsman who had been one of the world’s top powerhouses in his previous life. After An Yu paid the remaining lifespan debt, she tested whether Qin Feng would target her while she carried the government’s lifespan.

• Wang Meng dismissed Qin Xiaoyou from his team and teleported with his three teammates to Firefly Town.
• Wang Meng gave Qin Feng 800 days of lifespan and said Captain An would pay the remaining 500 days.
• An Yu arrived, greeted Qin Feng with admiration, and introduced herself as a fan of Dark Shadow.
• Qin Feng recognized An Yu as the future Dragon Swordsman Justice Execution, who had surpassed him in his previous life.
• An Yu gave Qin Feng the remaining 500 days of lifespan and said the government’s tradable lifespan was in her hands, asking whether he would kill her.

Qin Feng reached level 10 first in the world while grinding demons, preparing to return to reality and begin his assassination plan. Meanwhile, Qin Xiaoyou learned that Dark Shadow had killed Song Fei three times and decided to sell her tradable lifespan to him.

• Qin Feng avoided antagonizing the authorities, left Gu Yixue with another team, and resumed grinding toward level 10.
• Qin Xiaoyou discovered in her VChat group that Dark Shadow had killed Song Fei three times and struggled to choose between her longtime favorite and the powerful Dark Shadow.
• Qin Xiaoyou saw an appeal for women in River-Sea City to sell Song Fei tradable lifespan at Great River Plaza and decided to help him despite the lower rate.
• Qin Feng killed coastal demons, spent 13 Evolution Points to upgrade Back Attack Enhancement to Jade Tier, and reached level 10.
• Qin Feng received world-first level 10 announcements and Reputation, while players across the world reacted to the news.

After reaching level 10, Qin Feng extracted his Dark Shadow class, two levels, Shadowmeld, and Deadly Poison Dart into reality. With his strengthened abilities and Song Fei’s lifespan-buying trades exposing his location, Qin Feng prepared to go after him.

• Players across the world discussed Dark Shadow’s first Gold Tier kill and level 10 achievement, while authorities secretly investigated Qin Feng’s identity.
• Qin Feng checked his stats in Firefly Town and logged out, planning to extract abilities and deal with Song Fei.
• Qin Feng extracted his Dark Shadow class, two levels, Shadowmeld, and Deadly Poison Dart, spending most of his tradable lifespan.
• Qin Feng realized Song Fei’s face-to-face lifespan trades could reveal his location and decided his new abilities would make killing him easy.
• Qin Feng woke in River-Sea City, adjusted to his enhanced body, and prepared to leave before his phone rang.

Qin Feng used an ability from the Godforsaken Game to assassinate Song Fei and Jiang Li at Great River Plaza. He escaped with Song Fei’s dropped lifespan as news of the attacks spread across the world.

• Qin Feng ignored and blocked Hu Qibin, then left for Great River Plaza while invisible.
• Song Fei bought lifespan at Great River Plaza as Jiang Li discussed trapping Dark Shadow.
• Qin Feng killed Song Fei with a dart and absorbed the 1,046 days of tradable lifespan he dropped.
• Qin Feng followed Jiang Li outside and killed her with another dart.
• Qin Feng slipped away as news of the assassinations spread across the country and the world.

After killing Song Fei with an invisible attack, Qin Feng returned home while police and authorities suspected that Godforsaken Game abilities could be used in reality. Qin Xiaoyou decided to grow stronger and approach Dark Shadow, while Qin Feng urged Yang Xiaoya to enter the game and build herself up.

• Police investigated Song Fei's death and concluded that an invisible attacker had likely used an ability from the Godforsaken Game.
• Qin Feng ate noodles in River-Sea City, then returned home to prepare to enter the game again and hunt bosses for lifespan.
• Qin Xiaoyou resolved to sell lifespan, move away from Qin Feng, and give Dark Shadow Zhang Wei's assassin skill book.
• Qin Feng told Yang Xiaoya to stop working and put her starting points into agility when she entered the Godforsaken Game.
• Qin Feng learned from Yang Xiaoya that Hu Qibin was threatening to fire him, though Hu Qibin was actually angry because Qin Feng had rejected the company heiress's indecent proposition.

Qin Feng decided to target Qian Shishi and agreed to cut ties with Qin Xiaoyou before returning to the Godforsaken Game. Qin Xiaoyou tried to use a skill book to get close to Dark Shadow, but he refused it.

• Qin Feng recalled Qian Shishi's ties to the Qian Group and Alice's Wonderland, then marked her as a future target to kill before she could leave for North America.
• Qin Xiaoyou called Qin Feng to announce she had bought a place and wanted to cut ties, and Qin Feng agreed coldly before hanging up and turning off his phone.
• Qin Feng returned to the Godforsaken Game as Qin Xiaoyou felt relieved about her newfound freedom and resolved to get close to Dark Shadow.
• Qin Xiaoyou and Chu Yan entered the game and met in Shell Town, where Qin Xiaoyou obtained the Bronze Grade Assassin skill book Sap from Zhang Wei.
• Qin Xiaoyou asked Wang Meng to offer the skill book to Dark Shadow, but Wang Meng replied that Dark Shadow did not need it and told her to sell it.

After returning to the game, Qin Feng encountered a Gold Tier Golden Arthropod attacking players on the shoreline and engaged it despite its ability to detect his stealth. He dealt heavy damage and deftly dodged its assault, leaving Gray Rose and the other players stunned.

• Qin Xiaoyou told Chu Yan and Zhang Wei that Dark Shadow had refused her free skill book, and Chu Yan suggested farming for another one.
• Qin Feng returned to the shoreline and found a level 8 Golden Arthropod killing players, including a Warrior.
• Gray Rose warned Qin Feng that the boss could see through stealth, but Qin Feng used Shadowmeld and attacked it with Instant Shadow Slash.
• Qin Feng struck the Golden Arthropod’s weak points and followed up with Deadly Poison Dart, rapidly reducing its health.
• Qin Feng dodged the boss’s barrage of attacks with precise movements, astonishing Gray Rose and the nearby players.

Qin Feng killed the Golden Arthropod, gained new skills and equipment, and sold Gray Rose a Frost Ricochet skill book. Afterward, he refused Qin Xiaoyou’s offer of a Bronze Tier skill book because he suspected she was treating Dark Shadow differently over Song Fei’s death.

• Qin Feng dodged the Golden Arthropod’s attacks, pursued it when it fled, and killed it before Gray Rose and her teammates arrived.
• Qin Feng collected the boss’s evolution points and lifespan, learned and evolved Blacklight Shield, upgraded Deadly Poison Dart, and equipped two new items.
• Gray Rose bought Qin Feng’s Gold Tier Frost Ricochet skill book for 800 days of lifespan after borrowing from her teammates.
• Qin Feng left to post a notice seeking information about Silver Grade and Gold Tier bosses.
• Qin Feng received Wang Meng’s message about Qin Xiaoyou offering him a Bronze Tier skill book and refused it.

Qin Feng admitted to Wang Meng that he had killed Song Fei, then met Wang Meng’s team in Firefly Town to trade equipment and skill books. An Yu explained that the authorities knew Song Fei and Jiang Li had plotted against him, while Qin Feng’s inventory of Platinum Tier items left the team stunned.

• Qin Feng contacted Wang Meng and asked him to return to town with lifespan ready to buy his items.
• Wang Meng asked whether Qin Feng had killed Song Fei, and Qin Feng admitted it without hesitation.
• Qin Feng and Wang Meng’s team met in the basement of the Abandoned Church in Firefly Town.
• An Yu told Qin Feng that the authorities had reviewed evidence of Song Fei and Jiang Li plotting against him and of Great River Industries unlawfully detaining players.
• Qin Feng displayed his Gold Tier and Platinum Tier equipment and skill books for sale, astonishing Wang Meng, An Yu, Gu Yixue, and the others.

Qin Feng sold valuable equipment and skill books to An Yu’s team, then warned her that Great River Industries could soon become harder to oppose once players reached level 10. After leaving, he set up a stall in Firefly Town to buy boss coordinates.

• Qin Feng priced 25 Gold and Platinum Tier items at 16,000 days of lifespan, and An Yu accepted the deal without bargaining.
• An Yu paid off Wang Meng and Gu Yixue’s earlier debts, while Gu Yixue received two Gold Tier Priest items and Qin Feng’s tradable lifespan rose to 60 years.
• An Yu invited Qin Feng to help rescue players imprisoned by Great River Industries, but he refused and warned her to act before players reached level 10 and could extract game abilities into reality.
• An Yu told Wang Meng to split the team up to level faster and have everyone reach level 10.
• Qin Feng left the Abandoned Church, set up a stall in Firefly Town offering lifespan for Silver and Gold Tier boss coordinates, and a familiar player approached him.

Mao Lijun tried to recruit Qin Feng for Jiang Li, then learned that Qin Feng had killed her and Song Fei. In Magic City, Qian Shishi decided to hire Dark Shadow to kill Qin Feng, unaware that they were the same person.

• Mao Lijun offered Qin Feng three hundred million and shares in Great River Industries to help Jiang Li level up, but Qin Feng told him to scram.
• Mao Lijun overheard players say Dark Shadow had killed Jiang Li and Song Fei, then hurried away in fear.
• Qin Feng ignored the nervous players in Firefly Town and planned to farm high-tier equipment before heading to the continent.
• Qian Shishi mocked Great Xia players and decided to contact Dark Shadow to arrange Qin Feng's death.
• Qian Shishi did not know Qin Feng was Dark Shadow, while Qin Xiaoyou sank into a miserable funk after Qin Feng refused her gift.

Qin Feng sold the loot from four Silver Grade bosses, upgraded his equipment, and planned to grow stronger before reaching the mainland. In Firefly Town, he accepted an assassination contract on himself and suspected Qian Shishi was behind it, deciding to target her instead.

• Qin Feng killed four Silver Grade bosses, sold their loot to the authorities, and raised his tradable lifespan to 105 years.
• Qin Feng equipped Gold and Platinum gear that improved his stealth and cooldowns, then planned to advance his class and raise his stealth level before reaching the mainland.
• A triangular-eyed young man offered Dark Shadow 3,000 days of lifespan to kill Qin Feng.
• Qin Feng accepted the contract and took half the payment upfront, then concluded that Qian Shishi was behind the job and decided to kill her instead.

Qin Feng followed Milky-White Snow to a gold-tier boss, where she confessed that Dongfang Xian had arranged an ambush to uncover Qin Feng’s real-world identity. Qin Feng made her continue with the plan and began attacking the Plague Surrounder, leaving it badly wounded after one skill combo.

• Qin Feng accepted Milky-White Snow’s offer to lead him to the Plague Surrounder and paid her 100 days of lifespan.
• Milky-White Snow warned Qin Feng that the boss fight was a trap and admitted Dongfang Xian had ordered her to help expose his real-world information.
• Qin Feng told Milky-White Snow to play along and bring Dongfang Xian’s people to him.
• Qin Feng activated Coup de Grace and struck the Plague Surrounder with Instant Shadow Slash, reducing its health by about two-thirds.
• Milky-White Snow watched Qin Feng’s attack and was stunned by the damage he dealt.

Qin Feng used Milky-White Snow’s shield to trap Iron Man’s group in a narrow passage, killed them, and drained their lifespan before returning to defeat the Plague Surrounder. He collected the boss’s loot and found an Assassin Skill Book.

• Qin Feng waited in stealth while the Plague Surrounder filled the Cave with poison and Dongfang Xian’s people approached.
• Iron Man led more than a dozen companions into the Cave, but Milky-White Snow blocked their advance with her Gold Tier Shield.
• Qin Feng used Instant Shadow Slash to kill Iron Man and his companions, then cast Blooming Curse on their corpses to drain their tradable lifespan.
• Milky-White Snow added Qin Feng as a friend and agreed to send him Dongfang Xian’s real-world location later.
• Qin Feng returned to the boss room and killed the Plague Surrounder with Coup de Grace and Instant Shadow Slash.
• Qin Feng used Greedy Hand on the boss’s loot and found an Assassin Skill Book.

Qin Feng learned Darkest Hour, equipped the Plague Blade, and ground monsters until he advanced his Shadow class to tier one. Several River-Sea City players reached level 10, opening the passage to the Godforsaken Continent.

• Qin Feng learned Darkest Hour and replaced his Ghost Ship Twin Blades with the Plague Blade, saving his evolution points for Greedy Hand.
• Qin Feng stopped hunting bosses and killed level 10 Demons along the coast until he earned fifty thousand EXP.
• Qin Feng spent the EXP to advance his Shadow class to tier one, tripling its attribute bonuses and improving its invisibility and damage passives.
• Qin Feng discovered that several familiar players from River-Sea City had reached level 10 before the North American players he remembered.
• The River-Sea City region reached seven level 10 players, and the system opened the one-way passage to the Godforsaken Continent.

Qin Feng reached level 10 and teleported invisibly to the Godforsaken Continent, arriving in the River-Sea City Ruins. He headed northwest to claim the site of his future guild shelter as other level 10 players arrived behind him.

• Players around the world learned they could extract game levels, skills, and equipment into reality by spending tradable lifespan, sparking global panic.
• Authorities in Great Xia accused Great River Industries and Song Fei of serious crimes and said Qin Feng had killed Song Fei and Jiang Li on their commission.
• Qin Feng learned from Milky-White Snow that Dongfang Xian had reached level 7 and asked her to contact him when Dongfang logged off.
• Qin Feng used the Continent Teleportation Array while invisible and arrived in the River-Sea City Ruins on the Godforsaken Continent.
• Qin Feng ran northwest toward the site of the best shelter, while Gu Yixue, Lin Liyu, and others teleported into the ruins near the Eyeless Stone Man statue.

Qin Feng traveled alone through the River-Sea City Ruins, clearing monsters as he headed for a vast underground Hideout and easily slaughtered its guardians’ lesser monsters. Meanwhile, Wang Meng’s group struggled to survive aboveground and discovered the corpses Qin Feng had left behind, realizing how overwhelmingly strong Dark Shadow was.

• Wang Meng, Gu Yixue, Lin Liyu, and their companions fought off two Earthshakers, while Gu Yixue’s owl scouted the ruins and found monsters everywhere.
• Qin Feng stealthily crossed the ruins, killed ordinary monsters, collected Evolution Points, and learned a level 10 Shadowmeld skill book.
• Qin Feng reached the Soul-Cleansing Grounds Hideout, summoned a Devout Believer to guard the entrance, and entered to challenge its level 15 guardian.
• Qin Feng blinded and swiftly killed fifteen level 12 elemental monsters inside the Hideout, leaving their loot and lifespan orbs behind.
• Gu Yixue led Wang Meng and the others to the cleared area, where they found Demon corpses and marveled at Dark Shadow’s strength.
• An Yu said the group could only hide beneath Dark Shadow’s crotch and tremble, prompting Wang Meng to ask her to mind her wording.

Qin Feng cleared the Soul-Cleansing Grounds and reached its Platinum-tier guardian, Soul Purifier Faysal. He began attacking the boss and left it taking heavy damage as he vanished into stealth again.

• Wang Meng and the others recovered in the area Qin Feng had cleared, and Gu Yixue spotted five pieces of equipment he had left behind.
• Qin Feng agreed to let Wang Meng's group collect the equipment and continued clearing monsters through the Soul-Cleansing Grounds.
• Wang Meng and the others logged off to report the dangers of the Godforsaken Continent as players from other cities reported similar ruined cities and heavy losses.
• Qin Feng cleared more than forty halls and over a thousand rooms, gaining over eighty thousand experience and reaching 205 Evolution Points.
• Qin Feng entered the central chamber and confronted the level 15 Platinum-tier Soul Purifier Faysal.
• Qin Feng struck Faysal with Coup de Grace and Instant Shadow Slash, then vanished into stealth while the boss took successive bursts of damage.

Qin Feng defeated Soul Purifier Faysal alone, earning the world’s first Platinum Tier boss kill. Meanwhile, Qin Xiaoyou’s party kept dying to a Silver Tier boss in Shell Town, leaving her frustrated and wondering why the game was so hard.

• Qin Feng dodged Soul Purifier Faysal’s lightning attacks and destroyed the three lightning orbs that shielded the boss between phases.
• Qin Feng used Blacklight Shield, Coup de Grace, and Instant Shadow Slash to defeat Soul Purifier Faysal and claim the world’s first Platinum Tier boss kill.
• Players worldwide reacted with shock to Dark Shadow’s achievement and argued about his identity and Great Xia.
• A Silver Grade boss killed Qin Xiaoyou, who lost lifespan and argued with her party’s tank before Level Eight Gale left the party.
• Zhang Wei logged off, and the boss killed Chu Yan as well, leaving Qin Xiaoyou and Chu Yan to decide to level up first.
• Qin Xiaoyou felt even more aggrieved after seeing Dark Shadow’s first-kill announcement and blamed her bad luck with teammates.