Chapter Summaries

Qin Feng Abyssified Shadow Blade into Demon Shadow Blade, gaining overwhelming crowd-control and defense-stripping power, then upgraded the White Bud Blade and prepared to begin slaughtering in the Abyss World. He entered the Abyss World corresponding to the Jinling ruins.

• Qin Feng used an Abyss Shrine to Abyssify Shadow Blade into Old-Day · Demon Shadow Blade and calculated how its spinning blades could strip enormous amounts of unassailable affix.
• Qin Feng planned to farm Jinling's Ancient Mechanical Hunter, unseal the Bone Authority Ring, and pursue clues about Eldritch God Runes.
• Qin Feng used Shadow Perception to navigate the Inverted Pyramid Building and reached its previously unexplored third floor.
• Qin Feng paid 1,000 years of lifespan to raise the White Bud Blade from level 30 to level 45, increasing his agility and flight speed.
• Qin Feng activated the Abyss Bracelet and entered the Abyss World corresponding to the Jinling ruins.

Qin Feng entered the Abyss World above the Jinling Ruins and slaughtered thousands of corpse demons with his Demon Shadow Blade while collecting valuable loot. A level 74 Flying Dragon Admiral and other powerful corpse demons surrounded him, but Qin Feng broke their seals and prepared to attack.

• Qin Feng entered the Abyss World and began killing corpse demons with Demon Shadow Blades that created deadly Ring Blades.
• Qin Feng discovered that his fused personal Order, Lone Wolf Action, still worked in the Abyss World and greatly increased his speed.
• Qin Feng used Greedy Eye to collect piles of materials, stones, and other loot as his corpse demon kills climbed into the thousands.
• A level 74 Flying Dragon Admiral intercepted Qin Feng, deflected his projectiles, and joined other high-level corpse demons in surrounding him.
• Qin Feng used Abyss Wither Curse and Abyss Blood Sea Curse to break the sealing barriers, resisted the control effects, and launched into the slaughter.

Qin Feng fought the Flying Dragon Admiral and the corpse demons, shrugging off their attacks while his Demon Shadow Blades killed them. An Undying Witch absorbed his damage and returned it with rapidly escalating Corrosive Arrows, leaving Qin Feng startled by how close she came to killing him.

• Qin Feng activated Abyss Blood Sea Curse and unleashed Demon Shadow Blades against the Flying Dragon Admiral, his red dragons, and the surrounding corpse demons.
• The corpse demons hit Qin Feng with powerful area attacks, but his evasion, healing, defenses, and damage reduction let him endure the encirclement.
• Qin Feng's Demon Shadow Blades killed corpse demons until he noticed an Undying Witch absorbing their damage without losing health.
• The Undying Witch turned Qin Feng's absorbed damage into homing Corrosive Arrows that struck his weak points and grew stronger with every hit.
• Qin Feng realized the arrows could deal up to his damage limit and nearly kill him in seconds, though Dark Shadow Arc kept the damage on his gray health bar.

Qin Feng fought the Undying Witch in the Abyss World, using attacks from nearby corpse demons to heal himself while clearing the Jinling Ruins. After revealing her powerful shield and damage-absorbing abilities, he realized he would not defeat her before her Infinite Black Hole returned.

• Qin Feng identified the level 71 Undying Witch, Cat Who Doesn't Eat Fish, and found her homing Corrosive Arrows and damage-absorbing vortex difficult to overcome.
• Qin Feng flew down to draw attacks from corpse demons, triggering Anavia's Feather Gloves to heal him whenever he dodged.
• Qin Feng swept through the Jinling Ruins with Demon Shadow Blades, killing hordes of corpse demons while the Undying Witch pursued him.
• Qin Feng attacked the Undying Witch after her black vortex faded, but discovered that she had more than a hundred shield layers and immunity to negative effects while shielded.
• Qin Feng used Abyss Gaze Curse to reveal the Undying Witch's class abilities and concluded he could not kill her before Infinite Black Hole returned.
• The Undying Witch activated Infinite Black Hole again after Qin Feng destroyed over eighty of her shield layers.

Qin Feng killed the Undying Witch after waiting out her Infinite Black Hole, earning three Abyss Shrines before a world-wide event forced him out of the Abyss World. He learned that the Abyss Child would gestate for seven days and began considering how to prepare for it.

• Qin Feng avoided attacking the Undying Witch until her black hole vortex ended, then shattered her shields and killed her with Demon Shadow Blades.
• Qin Feng discovered that the Undying Witch had dropped three Abyss Shrines and considered how dangerous she might have become in the Land of Order.
• Qin Feng began looking through his skills to choose which ones to Abyssify, starting with Meld into Darkness.
• Gray mist spread across the Jinling Ruins, freezing the corpse demons as a system warning announced that the Abyss Child would gestate for seven days and ordered players to leave.
• Qin Feng used his Abyss Bracelet to return to the normal Game World and suspected the Abyss Child might be a boss connected to the Abyssal Eldritch God.
• Qin Feng decided to stay out of the Abyss World for seven days and save his three Abyss Shrines for skills or equipment suited to fighting a boss.

Qin Feng learned that the Abyss Child was a reflection of his past self, then Abyssified Meld into Darkness to Immortal Tier. He prepared to use the seven-day gestation period to grow stronger before facing it.

• Qin Feng asked White Bud about the Abyss Child and learned it copied his abilities while gaining Abyss powers.
• White Bud explained that Abyss Child No. 1 gestated after fifty thousand Corpse Demons were killed within three minutes and rewarded Abyss Shrines and exclusive Skill Books when defeated.
• Qin Feng decided to Abyssify Meld into Darkness, reasoning that the gestating Abyss Child could not copy skills he improved afterward.
• Qin Feng raised Meld into Darkness from Ancient Grade to Immortal Tier, gaining stronger stealth and damage reduction, slower Greater Affix Gauge buildup, and improved Unassailable recovery.

After the third Desolation Spread brought nightmare zones and opened the Borderland, Qin Feng continued farming monsters and judging NPCs until Late Night, Light Rain asked him to help the Great Xia Officials claim territory there. He agreed, while Safety First faced a foreign tiger knight in the Borderland arena and called himself a Race Knight.

• Qin Feng farmed monsters across Great Xia, visiting the Jinling Ruins daily to advance the Ancient Mechanical Hunter to Legendary Tier and kill him.
• The third Desolation Spread created nightmare zones, but Great Xia's preparations kept its impact limited compared with other countries.
• Qin Feng judged six NPCs, gained 117 Divinity Limit and Blade of Judgment base attributes, and brought the Blade's Divinity Limit to 723.
• Qin Feng delayed advancing his bloodline or class until reaching level 50, then accepted Late Night, Light Rain's request to represent Great Xia in the Borderland.
• Safety First fought a dark-skinned tiger knight in the Borderland's largest arena and claimed he was a Race Knight.

Qin Feng entered the Grey Mist Arenas of the Borderland with Late Night, Light Rain and learned that an Epic Grade boss guarded the unclaimed King Tier arena. He headed toward it, where his strength could help Great Xia secure the Borderland’s most important arena.

• Safety First defeated a Tiger Knight by dodging his attacks with perfectly timed rolls, then began fighting a blonde Archer who exploited his limited evasion and kept him at a distance.
• The chapter explained that the Borderland had 999 arenas, with rewards for Soldier Zone, General Zone, Royal Guard Tier, and King Tier arenas.
• Qin Feng entered the Borderland from Magic City Ruins with Late Night, Light Rain, riding Osilio across the misty landscape.
• Late Night, Light Rain told Qin Feng that players from various countries had claimed all eight Royal Guard arenas, Great Xia holding three, while the King Tier arena remained unclaimed because an Epic Grade boss guarded it.
• Qin Feng recognized that defeating the boss and claiming the King Tier arena would be the simplest way to prevent trouble and earn its substantial rewards.

Qin Feng flew through the Borderland, where he saw fighters he had helped competing in arenas and realized his influence had strengthened Blue Star's top players. At the central king-tier arena, he sensed that its Epic Grade boss resembled the third World Spine described by Big Eyes.

• Qin Feng decided to occupy the king-tier arena and have Great Xia players and Gui Ling take the surrounding personal guard-tier arenas so opponents could not challenge him.
• Qin Feng watched Steady as an Old Dog defeat a Bear Country Berserker by using an Order that stunned enemies after he interrupted his own Priest skill.
• Qin Feng spotted Stina Mosel, Wisp of Smoke, and Gui'er Kan Jian fighting in arenas, and noticed that many contestants had grown stronger with his help.
• Qin Feng saw Sarah challenge Stina Mosel but let the two of his subordinates fight without revealing their connection.
• Qin Feng sensed that the king-tier arena's Epic Grade boss was made of metal weapons, resembling Big Eyes's description of the third World Spine.

Qin Feng suspected the Level 50 boss might be connected to the third World Spine, though Lingche had no answers, so he arranged to record the fight before attacking. He destroyed all 120 weapons in a single strike, triggering an unusual system notification whose contents were not revealed.

• Qin Feng asked Lingche about a connection between the third World Spine and the Borderland boss, but she said the unprecedented early Desolation Spread might have caused unknown changes.
• Qin Feng examined the boss, identified it as Transcendent Weapon (Lv50), and decided to kill it despite suspecting the fight could affect the third World Spine.
• Qin Feng gave Light and Shadow Crystals to Late Night, Light Rain, Osilio, and Gray Chicken, and asked Late Night, Light Rain to recruit players to film the fight from multiple angles.
• After the recorders took their positions, Qin Feng dove into the King-tier arena and destroyed all 120 weapons with one Demon Shadow Blade.
• A worldwide system notification announced Transcendent Weapon (Lv50)'s death, and an unusual notification sounded in Qin Feng's mind.

After Qin Feng killed the Transcendent Weapon, he learned that it would strengthen the third World Spine while doubling its rewards and granting a special reward. His victory made him King of the Borderland, boosting Great Xia’s fortunes, and he prepared to evolve Greedy Eye.

• Qin Feng killed the Transcendent Weapon and learned that the third World Spine would gain Reforge in Flames, along with doubled rewards and a special super reward.
• The system named Qin Feng King of the Borderland, granting him weekly rewards and giving Great Xia’s players lifespan rewards and more boss spawns.
• Qin Feng collected the boss’s loot and asked Late Night, Light Rain to take the eight Royal Guard Tier Arenas, then told her that Sarah and Matsushita Xingyue were allies who should stay out of them.
• Qin Feng asked Late Night, Light Rain to keep his arrangements secret so players in other countries would not learn what he had planned.
• Qin Feng saw that his evolution points had reached 890,000 and prepared to evolve Greedy Eye again.

Qin Feng evolved Greedy Eye to Old-Day Tier and gained the ability to copy a target’s highest-tier equipment or skill. He tested the skill with Fairy Yuan, copied her Old-Day lightning attack, and considered how he could use it in future battles.

• Qin Feng spent 890,000 Evolution Points to evolve Greedy Eye, unlocking effects that let him copy equipment from someone he hit and skills from someone who attacked him.
• Qin Feng realized the copying effect could let him use other classes’ equipment and skills, and wondered whether he could evolve copied skills.
• Qin Feng asked Fairy Yuan to punch him so he could test the new effect.
• Fairy Yuan punched Qin Feng, and he copied her Old-Day skill, Endless Lightning Chain Whip.
• Qin Feng recognized that the skill could rapidly shorten enemy buff durations and noted its attack limit, cooldown, and health cost.
• Fairy Yuan began removing her robe again, and Qin Feng protested that he had not come for equipment drops.

Qin Feng broke Bone Authority’s second seal, expanded his advantages with Self-Owned Orders, and prepared to travel to the Sahara Desert for the third World Spine. Before setting out, he learned that Strange Bro had returned to the Dunhuang Ruins with a valuable Ascension Scroll and an Ancient Grade Divinity Armament, prompting him to go intervene.

• Qin Feng evolved the Old-Day skill he copied from Sister Yuan and continued leveling until he broke Bone Authority’s second seal, unlocking another Order slot.
• Qin Feng added Shield Disintegration as a Self-Owned Order, giving him a major advantage against shields in the Abyss World.
• The third Desolation Spread ended, and Qin Feng planned to travel to the Sahara Desert, where the third World Spine was expected to appear.
• The Dunhuang Authorities told Qin Feng that Strange Bro had returned with the Ascension Scroll High-Level Bullying and an Ancient Grade Divinity Armament that cost 300 Divinity.
• Qin Feng released Gray Chicken, noting that it was immune to fire damage and could stay beside Strange Bro, then headed to investigate the NPC.

Qin Feng flew into the sea of flames surrounding Strange Bro and reached the Lonely Lava Giant Qiyige without needing the Official Players’ healing support. He arrived unharmed beside Bro Huaiyi, whose disbelief at Qin Feng’s speed and fire immunity left the meeting poised for what Qin Feng would do next.

• Qin Feng traveled to the Dunhuang Ruins with Gray Chicken after learning that Strange Bro had appeared there again.
• The Official Players waited outside, planning for Dark Shadow to buy the untouched Order and Ancient Grade Divinity Armament, while Shana offered to support him with healing.
• Qin Feng flew through the sea of flames at twenty times the speed of sound, stunning the Official Players and passing their healing range without stopping.
• Qin Feng reached the Lonely Lava Giant Qiyige and found Bro Huaiyi stacking fire damage into Fire Resistance.
• Bro Huaiyi recognized Qin Feng as Dark Shadow and was stunned to see his health remain unchanged in the flames.

Qin Feng showed that Strange Bro’s flames could not harm him, while Gray Chicken visited the lava giant and chatted with him. After Brother Huaiyi bought the Authorities’ items and left, Qin Feng chose a weapon ascension scroll and prepared 300 Divinity to purchase an Ancient Grade Divinity Armament.

• Qin Feng explained that his damage block, resistances, and health recovery made Strange Bro’s flames unable to hurt him.
• Gray Chicken flew onto Strange Bro’s shoulder, proving his fire immunity, and the two reminisced about Gray Chicken being burned before.
• Brother Huaiyi struggled to keep stacking fire damage and resistance, then asked Qin Feng which items to buy.
• Qin Feng told Brother Huaiyi to leave him the High-Level Bullying Ascension Scroll and the Ancient Grade Divinity Armament, but Brother Huaiyi could not afford the armament.
• Brother Huaiyi bought the other items and fled as the flames became unbearable.
• Qin Feng considered the scroll’s protection against lower-level enemies and readied 300 Divinity to buy the Ancient Grade Divinity Armament.

Qin Feng bought the Prism Bracers of the Lookout and realized their stacked projection effects could multiply his Demon Shadow Blade damage twelvefold. As the third World Spine approached, Lingche revealed its thirty randomly assigned enhancement buffs, and Qin Feng worried Great Xia’s leaderboard strength could leave him dealing drastically reduced damage.

• Qin Feng bought the Prism Bracers of the Lookout for 300 Divinity and calculated that their effects could multiply each Demon Shadow Blade into twelve projectiles.
• Qin Feng considered leveling up the bracers through the Inverted Pyramid and prepared to increase his combat power before the third World Spine appeared.
• Qin Feng asked Lingche about the third World Spine’s enhancements and learned it would have thirty randomly assigned buff stacks.
• Qin Feng saw that at least twenty-five of the global top thirty players were from Great Xia and worried the World Spine might reduce his damage to a fraction.
• Gray Chicken stood unharmed on Strange Bro’s shoulder in the sea of fire while Qin Feng waited beside them until the tenth minute.

Qin Feng examined a Mythic summoning skill book, strengthened his copied skills, and prepared to face the third World Spine. He left Gray Chicken behind with Strange Bro and planned to visit Sister Yuan before the battle.

• Qin Feng identified Crazy Chain as a Mythic summoning skill and decided he could resell it to Zhang Jinxuan for a profit.
• Qin Feng left Gray Chicken in the Dunhuang Ruins to keep Strange Bro company and try to persuade him to return.
• Qin Feng absorbed the Order from Anavia's Feather Gloves, bringing his total to three Self-Owned Orders.
• Qin Feng discovered that Evolution Points spent on copied skills were refunded when those skills vanished, so he evolved Ghostly Blur and Fatal Gambit.
• Qin Feng planned to upgrade the Prism Bracers of the Lookout, obtain ten thousand All Attributes from Sister Yuan, and prepare to fight the third World Spine.

Qin Feng prepared his upgraded equipment and supplies, then traveled to the Sahara Desert, where the third World Spine was due to spawn. He found a large siege about to begin and summoned Osilio to clear the area before the boss appeared.

• Qin Feng upgraded his Prism Bracers of the Lookout to level 45 and transferred Blazing Soaring Dance onto them.
• Qin Feng visited Yuan at the Evil Spirit Academy and obtained equipment, a skill, and ten thousand stat points.
• Qin Feng reached the Sahara Desert and followed the status marker to the third World Spine's spawn location.
• Qin Feng entered the corresponding game region and found over ten thousand players preparing to attack a Hideout.
• Qin Feng summoned Osilio and ordered him to make everyone leave within five minutes.

Qin Feng used Osilio to drive away a powerful guild led by Alading, then arranged to trade for Alading’s Eagle’s Blessing Gem and recruit him for the coming World Spine battle. He decided to make Alading his regional spokesperson, while the players in the hideout refused to flee and provoked Dark Shadow.

• Qin Feng sent Osilio to warn the tens of thousands of players to leave, and Alading led his guild in a retreat.
• Qin Feng discovered that Alading possessed an Eagle’s Blessing Gem that could increase boss rewards, and Osilio stopped him to negotiate for it.
• Alading offered the gem in exchange for joining Qin Feng’s party and earning reputation from boss kills; Qin Feng agreed after recognizing Alading’s reputation-based talent could strengthen his guild.
• Qin Feng decided Alading would become his spokesperson in the region and collect protection fees for him.
• The players in the hideout angrily refused to leave and showed no fear of Dark Shadow, so Qin Feng decided to eliminate them before the World Spine appeared.

Qin Feng recruited Alading as a future spokesperson and learned that the Hand of God guild had built a replica of New Jerusalem and was protected by a mysterious NPC. As Qin Feng prepared to confront the guild, he remained wary of the NPC’s reported power.

• Qin Feng appeared before Alading, arranged for him to join the boss fight temporarily, and offered him five Diamond Tier items in exchange for the Eagle's Blessing Gem.
• Alading accepted Qin Feng’s plan to make him a spokesperson and explained that the Hand of God guild had built a replica of New Jerusalem and recruited fanatical believers.
• Alading warned Qin Feng that the Hand of God Hideout supposedly had an NPC who protected it and its members.
• Alading recounted how the Hand of God guild had defeated a larger, higher-level bandit guild, causing Qin Feng to suspect the NPC was unusually powerful.