Chapter Summaries

Late Night, Light Rain learned that North American diplomat Theodore had secured the release of Tony and his teammates, while Qin Feng headed east toward the ruins. Theodore rescued Tony’s group only to strip them of their Gold Tier equipment, and Qin Feng approached them under stealth.

• Late Night, Light Rain questioned officials about diplomatic channels and Theodore, while Qin Feng recalled Theodore’s history in Magic City and continued east.
• Tony and his four teammates met Theodore and his group at a ruined waystation after Meijing was arrested by the Magic City authorities.
• Fury explained that Theodore had rescued Tony’s team to take their equipment, and Theodore pressured them to hand it over.
• Theodore’s team left with Tony’s Gold Tier equipment, leaving Tony and his teammates in junk gear and planning to farm nearby monsters.
• Qin Feng rode toward Tony’s group on his Ghost Wolf while concealed by level 21 stealth.

Qin Feng left the Magic City Ruins and killed Tony and his four companions, draining their remaining lifespan and permanently eliminating them. Meanwhile, Theodore's team began fighting the Platinum Tier Thousand-Blade Centipede · Movier, while Zuma watched from the sidelines as a Soul Walker.

• Qin Feng decided not to contest Crimson Harbor and rode his Ghost Wolf east toward the Skull Ruins.
• Qin Feng ambushed Tony and the other four in a forest, killing them and draining their remaining lifespan with Death Flower.
• Theodore learned that Tony had been permanently killed and dismissed the news while his team prepared to fight Movier.
• Amos charged Thousand-Blade Centipede · Movier as Theodore shielded him and the rest of the team attacked.
• Zuma remained seated on a broken wall, watching the battle with his unique hidden class, Soul Walker.

Theodore’s team fought a Platinum Tier boss with help from Zuma’s Soul Walker abilities, but Qin Feng ambushed and killed the entire group before they could enter the Skull Ruins. After the team respawned and contacted the Magic City authorities, officials learned that Dark Shadow had attacked them.

• Zuma used Soul Conversion to neutralize many of the minions summoned by Thousand-Blade Centipede · Movier while Theodore’s team attacked the boss.
• Qin Feng arrived in the ruins, recognized Theodore’s team and Tony’s stolen equipment, then stealthily killed Zuma with Shadow Blade.
• Qin Feng’s Dark Night Ring Blade killed Theodore, Iron Fist · Amos, and the other teammates, leaving only Fury alive.
• Fury claimed the team were partners of the Magic City authorities, but Qin Feng killed her with another Shadow Blade.
• Theodore and his teammates respawned in the Magic City Ruins, contacted the authorities, and the news of Dark Shadow’s attack alarmed officials.

Qin Feng killed Theodore’s team and the Platinum Tier Thousand-Blade Centipede · Movier, then offered to help the authorities defeat Platinum Tier and stronger bosses in exchange for lifespan, Assassin items, and the chance to loot their corpses. The Magic City and Jianghai authorities eagerly accepted, unaware of how much Qin Feng stood to gain.

• Qin Feng collected lifespan from Theodore’s team, then killed the crimson centipedes and Thousand-Blade Centipede · Movier.
• Wang Meng asked Qin Feng why he had killed Theodore’s team, and Qin Feng claimed they had disrupted his discovery of hidden information about the boss.
• Qin Feng offered to help the authorities defeat Platinum Tier and stronger bosses while keeping lifespan, Assassin items, and the chance to loot their corpses.
• Wang Meng agreed to relay the offer, believing Qin Feng’s terms were exceptionally generous.
• The Jianghai and Magic City authorities celebrated the deal and set out to find more powerful bosses.

Theodore planned to lure Dark Shadow and Great Xia’s officials to a deadly Diamond Tier boss after escaping Magic City, while Qin Feng welcomed the chance to find and kill that boss. Qin Feng delayed traveling to a Platinum Tier boss and evolved his newly acquired Strength Training skill to Legendary Tier.

• Theodore accepted ten years of lifespan compensation and told his companions he would lure Dark Shadow and Great Xia’s officials to a dangerous Diamond Tier boss.
• Theodore planned to flee to Washington in three days, then use a Forced Transfer to escape Magic City Ruins before the trap took effect.
• Theodore bought information about two Platinum Tier bosses and resold their locations to Great Xia’s authorities to earn lifespan and lower their guard.
• Wang Meng told Qin Feng that Magic City had a Platinum Tier boss ready for him, but Qin Feng said he would explore ruins first.
• Qin Feng learned the Jadeite Tier Strength Training skill and spent 33 Evolution Points to evolve it to Legendary Tier.

Qin Feng entered the Skull Ruins, slaughtered thousands of Demons, and used Evolution Points to strengthen his skills and attributes. After reaching full experience, he advanced his Shadow class to the third tier and gained Dark Shadow Arc, which delayed damage, negative statuses, and the loss of invisibility when he was attacked while invisible.

• Qin Feng evolved Strength Training and Back Attack Enhancement to Legendary Tier, making invisible attacks count as powerful back attacks.
• Qin Feng entered the level 20 Skull Ruins, where his lifespan drained a hundred times faster, and began hunting its Demons while invisible.
• Qin Feng killed several thousand Demons and spent his Evolution Points to raise Smoke Bomb to Legendary Tier before devouring it for increased Elemental Attack and All-Element Resistance.
• Qin Feng reached the twelfth floor of the ruins but did not enter the level 20 area beneath the giant skull.
• Qin Feng filled his experience and advanced his Shadow class to the third tier, gaining Dark Shadow Arc, which delayed the effects of attacks received while invisible.

After advancing his Shadow class, Qin Feng tested Dark Shadow Arc and confirmed that its delayed damage could be canceled with shields and life steal. He then negotiated a deal with Knight's Sanctuary and entered the Skull Ruins Core, a disaster zone where lifespan depletion was 1,000 times normal.

• Qin Feng examined Dark Shadow Arc and realized its one-second damage delay could let healing, shields, and life steal prevent otherwise fatal damage.
• Qin Feng tested the effect by letting a juvenile Demon attack him, then killed it with Instant Shadow Slash and gained a shield that erased the delayed damage.
• Qin Feng used Greedy Hand on the juvenile Demon, gained an Evolution Point, and obtained a mage Fireball Skill Book.
• Chen Wuming asked Qin Feng to help Knight's Sanctuary kill high-tier bosses, and they agreed to provide fifty Killers per Platinum Tier boss or two hundred per Jadeite Tier boss.
• Qin Feng returned to the Skull Ruins opening, used Meld into Darkness, and entered the Skull Ruins Core, where lifespan depletion was 1,000 times normal.

Qin Feng entered the pitch-black core of the Skull Ruins, slaughtered a thousand skeletal Demons, and faced the Bone Spirit to claim a flying mount. He exploited his stealth, hearing, and shields to fight the unseen boss, which entered its berserk phase as bone spikes erupted around him.

• Qin Feng descended into the Skull Ruins’ Disaster Zone and used his heightened hearing to locate and kill skeletal Demons in total darkness.
• Skeletal archers and spellcasters bombarded the area, but Qin Feng’s Blacklight Shield absorbed the attacks while he continued slaughtering the Demons.
• After Qin Feng killed a thousand skeletal Demons, their bones gathered into the Jadeite Tier Bone Spirit.
• Qin Feng attacked the Bone Spirit with his blades and Shadow Clones, while his stealth kept the darkness-born boss from detecting him.
• The Bone Spirit repeatedly entered invincible, health-locked phases, then went berserk and sent sharp bone blades thrusting up across the ground.

Qin Feng defeated the Bone Spirit during its berserk phase without taking damage, earning perfect-level rewards for the Skull Ruins Challenge. He looted a Diamond Tier weapon and discovered that the challenge chest contained an Epic Grade Mount Bell.

• Qin Feng used Dark Shadow Arc and his shield-generating skills to endure the boss and skeletal Demons' attacks without taking effective damage.
• Qin Feng killed the Bone Spirit with Crimson Blade and completed the Skull Ruins Challenge perfectly.
• Qin Feng used Greedy Hand on the Bone Spirit and obtained a Diamond Tier Bone Spike, which he equipped in place of his Bone-White Blade.
• Qin Feng sent a Devout Believer to check the treasure chest and received an Epic Grade Mount Bell and a Bone Rune.

Qin Feng examined the Bone Rune and summoned Osilio, the Epic Grade King of Predators, whose powerful skills and flight speed made him an exceptional mount. He then used Meld into Darkness to cloak both himself and Osilio, leaving the intelligent pterosaur stunned.

• Qin Feng learned that the Bone Rune could help open the God of Bones' tomb ruins and wondered where he could find the other two.
• Qin Feng left the Skull Ruins and summoned Osilio, the enormous Bone Sword Pterosaur who had once slaughtered millions of humans.
• Qin Feng inspected Osilio's attributes and found that he had powerful attacks, defensive skills, a 360% flight-speed bonus, and the ability to summon twelve Bone Sword Pterosaurs.
• Qin Feng mounted Osilio and cast Meld into Darkness, making both of them invisible and shocking Osilio with the level 21 stealth effect.

Qin Feng used his new flying mount, Osilio, to travel rapidly to Lucky Town, where five Gold Tier Demons had trapped or driven away most of the town’s players. After hearing residents complain that Dark Shadow had taken too long to help, Qin Feng prepared to deal with the Demons and retrieve the Ancient God Slate.

• Qin Feng rode Osilio at supersonic speed toward the Magic City Ruins, deciding to return to the Starting Town for the Ancient God Slate.
• Qin Feng reached the crowded Magic City Ruins, then used two teleports to arrive in Lucky Town.
• Five flying Gold Tier Demons hunted Lucky Town’s weak players and escaped when stronger teams tried to fight them.
• Lucky Town residents waited for Dark Shadow after an official announcement promised he would help, while some complained that he had not arrived sooner.
• Qin Feng arrived under stealth, heard the complaints, and sneered before setting out to kill the Demons and collect the Ancient God Slate.

Qin Feng arrived at Lucky Town and heard players complain about waiting for him, so he marked fifteen of them as hostile and sent Osilio’s Bone Sword Pterosaurs to block their escape and guard the town. As the residents panicked, the flying demon bosses overhead were suddenly sliced apart by an invisible force.

• Bionic Electronic Little Fox tried to calm the waiting players, while No Mo Jiu Ganna Won't Do confronted those who insulted Qin Feng.
• Qin Feng marked the fifteen disrespectful players as hostile and went into the woods outside town.
• Qin Feng summoned Osilio, who called forth twelve Jadeite Tier Bone Sword Pterosaurs.
• Qin Feng ordered the Bone Sword Pterosaurs to block the Teleportation Array and kill the hostile players if they left town.
• The Bone Sword Pterosaurs appeared around Lucky Town, frightening residents as the flying demon bosses were sliced apart by an invisible force.

Qin Feng arrived at the town on Osilio after killing the flying bosses, then collected their rewards while players reacted to his strength. When some players left the safe zone to hunt, the Bone Sword Pterosaurs killed them despite Qin Feng’s promise that they would protect the town.

• Qin Feng landed in Town Square on Osilio and told Bionic Electronic Little Fox that the Bone Sword Pterosaurs would protect the town.
• Qin Feng walked over to collect the fallen bosses’ corpses and loot as the players admired him.
• Mei Mo Jiu Ganna confronted Happy Yingying and Life Is a Grand Stage, Even Better in Old Age for bad-mouthing Dark Shadow before trying to claim the rewards.
• Happy Yingying and the other middle-aged and elderly players ran out of town to hunt Demons for lifespan.
• The Bone Sword Pterosaurs shot bone spikes at the players who left, killing them and sending them back to the square.

Qin Feng dealt with players who had insulted him, while Osilio and the Bone Sword Pterosaurs guarded the town and drove offenders away. After collecting loot and leaving eerie crimson flowers on the corpses, Qin Feng departed through the teleportation chamber with the Bloodsource Eldritch God's Blessing Tablet in his Storage Backpack.

• Players leaving the safe zone watched the Bone Sword Pterosaurs kill several people, and No Morgana, No Can Do guessed that Dark Shadow had marked them as hostile.
• Happy Yingying cursed Qin Feng and threatened him, but Osilio swept her outside the safe zone, where the Bone Sword Pterosaurs killed her again.
• After respawning, Happy Yingying shouted at Qin Feng and logged out, while Osilio's Bone Sword Pterosaurs blocked other troublesome players from entering the teleportation chamber.
• Qin Feng finished looting five gold-tier boss corpses and caused crimson flowers to bloom on the bodies outside town.
• Qin Feng said goodbye to the officials, entered the underground teleportation chamber, and checked the Bloodsource Eldritch God's Blessing Tablet in his Storage Backpack.

Qin Feng blessed his Bone Spike with Alex’s power, traded equipment and Assassin Skill Books with An Yu and Lin Liyu, and learned that smear videos about him were circulating. He went to find Chen Wuming and discovered Xiao You’s injuries had prompted the guild leader to log off.

• Qin Feng added Alex’s Blessing to his Bone Spike and kept the greater Wither affix for now.
• Qin Feng met An Yu and Lin Liyu, traded equipment and Skill Books, and bought twenty-four different Assassin Skill Books from An Yu.
• An Yu warned Qin Feng that players from Lucky Town were posting videos to smear him, but Qin Feng said he did not care what people thought.
• An Yu offered to send boss coordinates, but Qin Feng asked her to take him around to hunt the bosses after he handled something first.
• Qin Feng found Knight’s Sanctuary players guarding the Soul-Cleansing Grounds and asked why Chen Wuming had logged off.
• The players told Qin Feng that Murder Maniac had cut off both Xiao You’s legs, and Chen Wuming had gone to see her after the authorities asked him to help.

Qin Feng learned that Chen Wuming had paid for Qin Xiaoyou’s treatment after her legs were severed, then overheard him turning her misfortune into publicity for the Knight’s Sanctuary. After killing nearly two hundred Killers outside the Noble Garden Hideout, Qin Feng received the coordinates of a Platinum Tier boss and prepared to leave.

• Chen Wuming told Qin Feng he had been delayed while helping Qin Xiaoyou and sent him the coordinates for the arranged meeting.
• Chen Wuming explained to his guild officers that Qin Xiaoyou’s legs could not currently be reattached, then urged them to publicize her story to recruit members.
• Qin Feng overheard Chen Wuming’s plan and wondered who had spread the false news that Qin Feng was dead and his body had been dumped in the sea.
• Qin Feng used Instant Shadow Slash to kill nearly two hundred Killers outside the Noble Garden Hideout, reducing his Killer stacks.
• Qin Feng asked Chen Wuming for the Platinum Tier boss’s coordinates, and Chen Wuming sent them to him.

Qin Feng killed a Platinum Tier boss in minutes, leaving its fixed drops for Knight's Sanctuary and taking the rest to build his reserves. After setting out to hunt more bosses with An Yu and Lin Liyu, the story shifted to Theodore's team as Amos cleared a blocked passage to the Diamond Tier boss Nightmare Hellflower.

• Qin Feng rode Osilio invisibly to Withered Tree Canyon and killed Heilulu instantly with Killing Shadow and Crimson Blade.
• Qin Feng used Greedy Hand to take the boss's valuable loot and left its fixed drops for Knight's Sanctuary in exchange for the coordinates.
• Qin Feng reported the items he had left to Chen Wuming, stunning the guild members with how quickly he had traveled to the canyon and killed the boss.
• Qin Feng decided to save his surplus Platinum Tier gear for a later auction and took An Yu and Lin Liyu to hunt more bosses.
• At the volcano near the Magic City Ruins, Amos used a construction-type Divine Book to dissolve the stone walls blocking the passage to Nightmare Hellflower.

Qin Feng delivered An Yu and Lin Liyu to the Church Sanctuary Hideout, then returned to Magic City Ruins to prepare for hunting more bosses. Meanwhile, Gui Ling arrived at Feng Shaoying’s home to carry out Dark Shadow’s mission, just as Feng Shaoying argued with the parents of a child her dog had injured.

• Theodore, Fury, and Iron Fist · Amos planned to trap Dark Shadow and the Great Xia officials inside a boss arena with stone walls, and Theodore offered to sell the officials a Platinum Tier boss’s coordinates.
• Qin Feng flew An Yu and Lin Liyu to the Church Sanctuary Hideout on Osilio, killing bosses along the way and obtaining a Jadeite Tier longsword for them.
• Qin Feng returned to Magic City Ruins, equipped a Diamond Tier ring, and set out with Late Night, Light Rain to hunt bosses while offering the Sky Dome Guild the same deal he had made with the officials.
• Gui Ling went to Feng Shaoying’s residential complex on Dark Shadow’s orders after Feng Shaoying continued accusing him publicly and demanding compensation.
• Gui Ling approached Feng Shaoying as the woman argued with the parents of a child injured by her unleashed dog.

An unseen attacker killed Feng Shaoying and her son after witnessing them threaten and assault a young couple, then left behind a video that exposed their actions. River-Sea City officials found no clues to identify the killer and concluded that Video Hero had appeared.

• Feng Shaoying's son threatened the young couple and seized the wife by the throat when they demanded an apology for their child's concussion.
• Feng Shaoying's son burned the wife's face with a cigarette before a hidden attacker stabbed him through the heart with a bone blade.
• The attacker killed Feng Shaoying with a sickly green chain blade and also killed the couple's dog before disappearing.
• A six-person Great Xia official team found the bodies missing and no clues, but recovered a phone recording of the attack that had been posted through Feng Shaoying's account.
• The video exposed Feng Shaoying and her son's actions, ended the online debate, and led River-Sea City officials to recognize Video Hero's appearance.

As the world struggled to adapt to Godforsaken Game, Qin Feng continued killing powerful bosses while Gui Ling reported that her latest class advancement had given her a tail. He defeated the Corrosion Ancestor and gained enough Evolution Points to evolve Greedy Hand.

• River-Sea City authorities debated Video Hero's killings and decided to publicize the incident while calling on him to turn himself in.
• Players around the world grew stronger, while the arrival of Godforsaken Game disrupted societies and forced authorities to establish a new Lifespan Trading System.
• Gui Ling told Qin Feng she had grown a tail after advancing her class to its third stage without leveling up, and Qin Feng told her to reach level 20 next.
• Qin Feng killed the Platinum Tier Corrosion Ancestor with four streaks of crimson blade light, dispelling the corrosive aura across the forest.
• Qin Feng looted 100 Evolution Points from the Corrosion Ancestor, bringing his total to 3,422 and giving him enough to evolve Greedy Hand.