Chapter Summaries

Qin Feng arrived at the Abyss of the Wrongfully Dead and showed Ge Angke that he had killed a Demon Civilization leader and the Emberfire Heavenly Emperor’s pet, while bringing most of the Demon Civilization’s other leaders under his control. After Qin Feng revealed that he had also taken a grand authority successor as a subordinate, Ge Angke fainted, and Osilio embarrassed Qin Feng with a suggestive remark to Fairy Yuan.

• Qin Feng appeared in the cavern and told Ge Angke not to worry about making him a target of the Demon Civilization.
• Qin Feng showed Ge Angke the kill record for Chao Julei, one of the Demon Civilization’s five leaders.
• Qin Feng revealed that he had instantly killed the Emberfire Heavenly Emperor’s pet, Divine Flame Dragon · Chilin Jiao.
• Qin Feng said that four of the Demon Civilization’s five leaders had been killed or brought under his control.
• Qin Feng showed Ge Angke testament buffs proving he had taken Three Thousand Immortal Sounds, a grand authority successor, as a subordinate, and Ge Angke fainted.
• Qin Feng thanked Fairy Yuan for gathering Advanced NPCs, but Osilio’s suggestive comment left both Qin Feng and Yuan stunned.

Qin Feng drained Fairy Yuan’s attributes again, then returned to Dark Shadow City and found Black Plum Big Li’s team battling an Ancient Grade boss in the East Sea. He flew to intervene as the team began retreating to avoid the boss’s damage-reflection mechanic.

• Fairy Yuan asked Qin Feng to test whether she had grown strong enough to withstand Fallen Abyss Hand, but he drained her attributes down to 10 in all attributes.
• Qin Feng reassured Fairy Yuan that he still considered her one of his own, then used the Illusory Great Authority to wake Ge Angke and left him for Fairy Yuan to subdue.
• Qin Feng returned to Dark Shadow City and used Shadow Perception to locate Black Plum Big Li, An Yu, Gu Yixue, and their team fighting an Ancient Grade Giant Octopus in the East Sea.
• Qin Feng recognized that the boss’s Deep-Sea Vortex absorbed most incoming damage and refracted it onto nearby players, and he flew toward the East Sea rather than investigate its trigger.
• Black Plum Big Li ordered the team to retreat, while a Card Master prepared to teleport them 200 kilometers away and a Keen-Eyed Archer blinded the boss.

Qin Feng revealed how Dark Shadow Arc made him immune to the Ancient Grade boss’s reflected damage, then returned to Dark Shadow City with Black Plum Big Li to give her the Fortune Minor Authority. The authority transformed into golden light and merged into her body, leaving Qin Feng surprised by the unusual result.

• Qin Feng explained that Dark Shadow Arc removed the reflected damage and negative effects before they could harm him, allowing him to kill the Ancient Grade boss without studying its mechanics.
• Wang Meng and the other raid members left, amazed by Qin Feng’s strength and speed.
• Qin Feng carried Black Plum Big Li back to Dark Shadow City and brought her to the Conference Hall.
• Qin Feng gave Black Plum Big Li the Fortune Minor Authority, which turned into golden light and was absorbed into her chest.

After Black Plum Big Li activated a lucky seed instead of gaining a fortune minor authority, Qin Feng discovered it growing in her heart and examined its powerful effects. The seed identified Qin Feng as the Bearer of Hope, but its origin and whether others possessed one remained unknown.

• Qin Feng used Shadow Perception to discover a golden sprout rooted in Black Plum Big Li's heart.
• Black Plum Big Li said her system had announced that a lucky seed was activated, and Qin Feng asked her to share its description.
• Black Plum Big Li revealed that the lucky seed greatly increased beneficial chance-based effects, reduced negative effects, and shared half its effects with teammates.
• Qin Feng and Black Plum Big Li realized that Qin Feng was the Bearer of Hope, whose development determined the seed's luck.
• Qin Feng wondered why Black Plum Big Li had received a lucky seed rather than an ordinary fortune minor authority and whether anyone else had one.

Qin Feng tested Black Plum Big Li’s Luck Seed and discovered that its luck bonus rose with his attributes and depended on her proximity and skill range. As he planned to investigate the seed further, he received a testament buff from Three Thousand Immortal Sounds, who had suddenly died.

• Qin Feng boosted his attributes and saw the Luck Seed’s value rise to 21,951.47 while slowly decreasing over time.
• Qin Feng inferred that the Luck Seed’s luck depended on his attributes and elapsed time, though he could not determine its exact formula.
• Qin Feng used ten Rule Stones to strip divinity effects from ten Old-Day Tier items, and all ten attempts succeeded.
• Qin Feng found that Black Plum Big Li granted the full tenfold luck effect within ten meters and that its distance falloff depended on her skill range.
• Qin Feng prepared skill-range equipment for Black Plum Big Li and planned to seek the Soul Seizure and Omniscience Minor Authorities.
• Three Thousand Immortal Sounds died and left Qin Feng a testament that gave him a testament buff.

Qin Feng received a series of powerful attribute testaments from Three Thousand Immortal Sounds, greatly increasing his damage, stealth, weakness attacks, and resistance. After accepting one more testament, he did not know that Three Thousand Immortal Sounds had just resurrected in the distant future and was close to tears.

• Qin Feng accepted Three Thousand Immortal Sounds' testament that increased his maximum health by 137%, raising the damage boost from his Blood Cry talent.
• Qin Feng received a testament that increased his class skill levels by 22, improving his loot chance and final damage.
• Qin Feng accepted testaments that increased his weakness attack multiplier by 170% and his stealth level by 70%, sharply boosting his damage and movement speed.
• Qin Feng received another testament that increased all greater affix resistance by 95%, bringing his effective greater resistance to 64.14 trillion.
• Three Thousand Immortal Sounds resurrected in the Shattered Era's Blueprint World 5.1 billion years later and felt so aggrieved she almost cried.

Three Thousand Immortal Sounds instantly killed an Old-Day Tier boss with Shadow 007’s Deathblade Rift, then accidentally died to the boss’s lingering Hell Hollow. Meanwhile, Qin Feng raised Sister Yuan’s talent to Immortal Tier and began increasing Aishasiss’s skill levels.

• Three Thousand Immortal Sounds used Deathblade Rift to instantly kill Hell Lone Soul, but its Hell Hollow dragged her into hell and killed her.
• Three Thousand Immortal Sounds resurrected, escaped the Hell Hollow, and blamed Shadow 007 for her accidental death.
• Qin Feng learned that Sister Yuan had recruited Ge Angke into Dark Shadow Reserve Legion 71, then raised her Lightning Surge talent to Immortal Tier, transforming it into Ruinous Lightning Deluge.
• Qin Feng visited Aishasiss to raise her skill levels after she complained that Dark Shadow City Fortress was boring and asked to return to the Evil Spirit Academy.
• Qin Feng activated compulsory service before Aishasiss could finish explaining why she wanted to go back.

Qin Feng upgraded his skills, sent Aishasiss back to Evil Spirit Academy, and spent time with Gui Ling after permanently raising her talent to Immortal Tier. He then learned that the Great Xia Officials had gathered over seven hundred Ascension Scrolls for him to review and choose from.

• Qin Feng upgraded his skills to level 90 and asked Aishasiss whether she knew what a lucky seed was, but she initially refused to answer.
• Qin Feng reassigned Aishasiss to Evil Spirit Academy so she could hear player gossip, while retaining the ability to teleport her back when needed.
• Qin Feng found Aishasiss's wardrobes full of anime-style outfits and realized she had been exploring Blue Star culture while bored in Dark Shadow City.
• Qin Feng had Gui Ling return, permanently upgraded her talent to Immortal Tier, and shared hot pot with her.
• Late Night, Light Rain told Qin Feng that the Great Xia Officials had collected a little over seven hundred Ascension Scrolls for him to choose from.

Qin Feng strengthened Great Xia Officials players, collected 33 self-owned orders, and prepared to unlock his Fourth Talent before pursuing Minor Authorities. He left Blue Star’s affairs settled and headed for the Soul-Seizing Temple in the Land of Order.

• Late Night, Light Rain delivered more than seven hundred Ascension Scrolls, and Qin Feng kept the useful ones while offering to upgrade her team’s talents based on their records.
• Qin Feng’s upgrades let Beidou reach enough power to one-shot legendary tier bosses, while Qin Feng reflected that Great Xia Officials had surpassed their strength in previous cycles.
• Qin Feng absorbed useful Ascension Scrolls into self-owned orders, bringing his total to 33, and placed the ancient-grade Imperial Might order at the top.
• Qin Feng planned to evolve God-Stealing Hand to moon god tier and unlock his Fourth Talent when his blessing cooldown ended.
• Qin Feng decided to pursue Minor Authorities before attempting the level 80 Path of Finality, and the Soul-Seizing Temple welcomed him as a distinguished guest.

Qin Feng visited the Soul-Seizing Temple, where its leaders welcomed him and offered him a Soul Seizure minor authority. He planned to challenge the high minor authority by clearing nine stages, hoping to collect high minor authorities before pursuing ordinary ones.

• The Soul-Seizing Temple sent Qin Feng a Soul Seizure minor authority, and he rewarded its fanatical young messenger with Old-Day tier equipment.
• The temple master apologized that the Soul Seizure grand authority already had a successor, but Qin Feng told him not to worry.
• Qin Feng decided to challenge the high minor authority instead of starting with the minor authority challenge.
• Qin Feng learned he needed the Soul Seizure minor authority and nine consecutive stage victories before he could challenge for the high minor authority.
• Qin Feng planned to obtain high minor authorities first because they would not increase the difficulty of his other minor authority challenges.

Qin Feng entered the Soul-Seizing Temple’s high minor authority challenge to test the Soul Seizure system and seek information from a Primordial being. He chose a Scythe Insect Race template and faced a stronger Diamond Tier demon boss.

• Qin Feng began the Soul-Seizing Temple challenge, while its members doubted he could succeed because the Soul Seizure grand authority already had a successor.
• Qin Feng entered a spherical arena and examined three player templates and the demon boss he would have to defeat.
• Qin Feng learned that the Scythe Insect Race’s hive mind could steal information from players, though the virtual template in the challenge posed no such risk.
• Qin Feng selected the level 33 Scythe Insect Race template and adapted to its unfamiliar body and combat system.
• The level 36 Diamond Tier Eyeless Demon appeared, and Qin Feng prepared to fight it using the template’s abilities.

Qin Feng adapted to unfamiliar player templates and defeated the first three bosses in a challenge that tested his ability to use each template’s strengths. After clearing the third stage, he advanced to the next one.

• Qin Feng possessed a level 33 Scythe Insect Race player and used its blades, damage, and Endurance talent to defeat the Eyeless Demon without making a mistake.
• Qin Feng chose an upright lizard template over an Angel Clan healer and a jellyfish-like alien because it dealt the most damage, then defeated the level 42 Epic Grade boss in seven minutes.
• Qin Feng chose a handless fish player for the third stage, learned to control it, and killed the boss in two and a half minutes.
• Qin Feng cleared the third stage and advanced to the next stage.

Qin Feng passed all nine stages of the high minor authority challenge and was brought to a strange realm where self-aware beings called vessels awaited him. Great Soul Master Sheferika announced that Qin Feng must choose one as his opponent, whose soul Sheferika would seize to fight him.

• Qin Feng defeated the level-300 Immortal Tier boss in the ninth stage by mastering an unusual player template and following a strategy prepared with his high mental attribute.
• After returning to his own body, Qin Feng received confirmation that he had passed all nine challenges.
• Enormous bat wings enclosed Qin Feng’s black spherical space, then released him into a vast lattice of black bones and translucent membranes.
• A genderless Primordial voice told Qin Feng that passing the stages with vessels of different races had earned him more choices for the high minor authority challenge.
• Qin Feng saw many self-aware beings emerge from the black bones, each displaying information about its talents, skills, and equipment.
• Great Soul Master Sheferika told Qin Feng to choose a vessel, which Sheferika would possess and use as his opponent.

Qin Feng faced Great Soul Master Sheferika’s challenge and learned that weaker vessels received more powerful skill enhancements after Sheferika seized their souls. He accepted the hardest challenge and discovered that passing could earn him an Origin Divine Stone capable of raising equipment to Primordial grade.

• Qin Feng examined the vessels and told Great Soul Master Sheferika that any one would do.
• Great Soul Master Sheferika chose to arrange the most difficult challenge and explained that tier-one vessels gained seven Primordial skills, while tier-five vessels gained only three.
• Qin Feng reasoned that a vessel’s low attributes could limit the impact of its copied skills.
• Qin Feng asked whether passing could earn him a Primordial skill, and Great Soul Master Sheferika offered an Origin Divine Stone instead.
• Qin Feng became excited at the prospect of obtaining an Origin Divine Stone.

Qin Feng faced Great Soul Master Sheferika’s Soul Seizure challenge, where a mutated Withered Tree Bird used Primordial skills to enter an untargetable Soul State and siphon Soul Energy. Unable to end the state by reducing its duration, Qin Feng prepared to use an Old-Day Creature Skill that could remove buffs without hitting the target.

• Great Soul Master Sheferika selected a Withered Tree Bird vessel and copied seven Primordial skills onto it through Soul Seizure.
• When the countdown ended, Qin Feng attacked with Space-Shattering Shadow Kill and Instant Annihilation, but his strike passed through the bird in its untargetable Soul State.
• Qin Feng used Shadow Wrath and Dark Erasure to reduce the bird’s Buff Duration, but a Primordial skill kept extending the Soul State for thousands of hours.
• The Withered Tree Bird drained Soul Energy from Qin Feng, but White Bud reported that its Soul Energy recovered almost immediately.
• Qin Feng concluded that he needed to remove the bird’s buffs without hitting it and prepared to use an Old-Day Creature Skill.

Qin Feng repeatedly killed Great Soul Master Sheferika’s Withered Tree Bird vessel, but Heaven’s Forsaken kept resurrecting it. As the cycle continued, Qin Feng wondered how often it could revive, while Sheferika was shocked that Soul Siphoning had failed to kill him.

• Qin Feng used Old-Day Whale-Swallowing Black Hole to strip away the Withered Tree Bird’s soul-state buffs and force it back into its original form.
• Sheferika attacked Qin Feng with Soul Siphoning and a Primordial Electric Orb, but White Bud absorbed the soul damage while Qin Feng’s shadow clones killed the vessel by stripping its damage reduction.
• Sheferika’s vessel resurrected through Heaven’s Forsaken, and Qin Feng killed it again as soon as it returned.
• The vessel repeatedly resurrected and used Soul Siphoning while Qin Feng repeatedly killed it, leaving Qin Feng stunned by its revivals and Sheferika baffled that six siphons had not killed him.

Qin Feng struggled to defeat Great Soul Master Sheferika, whose vessel repeatedly resurrected with Heaven’s Forsaken while her Soul Siphoning failed to weaken him. He consulted Yue Shangyan about countering the resurrection, then revealed that he was the Successor to the Bone Grand Authority to test whether Sheferika’s faction was an ally.

• Great Soul Master Sheferika repeatedly used Soul Siphoning on Qin Feng, but he remained unharmed as the Withered Tree Bird resurrected again and again.
• Qin Feng asked Yue Shangyan how to counter Heaven’s Forsaken, and she explained that its invisible Heaven Well could be destroyed or that she could absorb the vessel’s soul with her mirror.
• Yue Shangyan offered to use a wisp of the vessel’s soul to take control of Great Soul Master Sheferika’s entire soul, but Qin Feng refused to hand it over before learning whether she was an ally.
• Qin Feng decided to test Sheferika’s faction and repeatedly killed the Withered Tree Bird while explaining his concerns to Yue Shangyan.
• Qin Feng told Great Soul Master Sheferika that he was the Successor to the Bone Grand Authority and asked whether the Soul Seizure faction would give him preferential treatment.

Qin Feng learned that the Withered Tree Bird planned to summon the Successor to the Soul Seizure Grand Authority, whose power could seize the souls of beings with Soul Seizure Authorities. Yue Shangyan saw a chance to capture parts of both opponents’ souls, but Qin Feng insisted on safeguards before agreeing to the plan.

• The Withered Tree Bird recognized Qin Feng as the Successor to the Bone Grand Authority and offered to summon the Successor to the Soul Seizure Grand Authority.
• Yue Shangyan explained that the Soul Seizure Successor could seize the souls of Primordial beings who possessed Soul Seizure Authorities.
• Yue Shangyan revealed that she could draw parts of the Withered Tree Bird’s and the Soul Seizure Successor’s souls into the Mirror World, letting her learn about them and control their souls.
• Qin Feng questioned whether Yue Shangyan might be working with the Soul Seizure Successor to trap him.
• Yue Shangyan promised to put the captured soul portions to sleep and extract them into Soul Droplets for Qin Feng to keep and monitor.

Qin Feng met Night Shadow Gabriel, who claimed to wield three grand authorities and offered him Primordial skills through soul seizure. Suspecting the offer was a trap, Qin Feng rejected it and attacked Gabriel through the Withered Tree Bird.

• Qin Feng decided to wait and see whether the successor to the soul seizure grand authority would contact him in person.
• Night Shadow Gabriel appeared through the Withered Tree Bird and introduced himself as the wielder of the soul seizure, wish, and revival grand authorities.
• Gabriel offered to give Qin Feng three permanent Primordial skills and explained how soul seizure copied skills onto vessels.
• Gabriel presented Qin Feng with a prompt to accept soul seizure, but Qin Feng suspected he wanted to inspect or mark his soul.
• Qin Feng attacked the Withered Tree Bird with Thousand-Blade Strike and Existence Erasure, then threw the Yue Shang Mirror above it.

Qin Feng used the Yue Shang Mirror to subdue Great Soul Master Sheferika and Night Shadow Gabriel, then learned from their soul memories that Gabriel was not allowed to harm him as the Bone Grand Authority successor. He kept Gabriel under his control despite discovering that Gabriel had betrayed partners before, and considered how difficult it might be for Gabriel to escape the Soul Droplet.

• Qin Feng attacked as the Yue Shang Mirror froze the High Minor Authority challenge space and extracted soul fragments from Great Soul Master Sheferika and Night Shadow Gabriel.
• Yue Shangyan gave Qin Feng Soul Droplets that let him view the souls’ memories, control whether their true forms were dormant or awake, or erase them.
• Qin Feng learned that the Bone and Soul Seizure Grand Authorities prevented their successors from harming each other and could grant permanent divinity-limit bonuses under certain conditions.
• Qin Feng discovered that Night Shadow Gabriel had killed a partner to obtain the Wish Grand Authority, so he decided not to trust him completely despite the mix-up.
• Qin Feng asked whether Gabriel could escape the Soul Droplet or resurrect after being killed, and Yue Shangyan said he could resurrect but that ordinary players could not sever the soul connection.