Chapter Summaries

Mo Ping and the Apocalypse Technology Guild team restored the Guili Clan’s Spatial Teleportation Array, discovering that it needed Superior Energy Crystals to operate. After Divine King raised the missing sacrificial power from players, the array opened a route to the Apocalypse Small World, and qualified players prepared to enter.

• Players learned that the Apocalypse Small World could provide wish power, while the Major Guilds sought a way to restart its inactive Spatial Teleportation Array.
• Mo Ping’s team inspected the array, replaced its depleted energy crystals with low-grade ones, and briefly activated it before it ran out of power again.
• Yang Tianxuan agreed to ask the Major Guild leaders to fund the array, and Divine King posted a fundraising drive that restricted access to contributors with a Wish Life Soul in their party or warband.
• Players rapidly filled the funding shortfall, and Divine King bought 128 Superior Energy Crystals and sent them to Mo Ping’s team.
• Mo Ping’s team installed the Superior Energy Crystals and successfully opened a spatial tunnel to the Apocalypse Small World.
• Divine King announced the success, and qualified players gathered at the underground array to prepare to enter the small world.

Hei Pi and the Fortress Shelter’s survivors faced an Immortal Zombie tide until Mao Xuan arrived and overwhelmed the attackers with his crimson power. After the survivors were saved, Hei Pi discovered that Xiao Jin had been infected, and Mao Xuan asked whether Xiao Jin wanted to keep living.

• Hei Pi and Xiao Jin returned to the Fortress Shelter with supplies, and Hei Pi shared chocolate with the children before resting.
• A Wandering Zombie tide surrounded the shelter, and a powerful Special Type broke through the gate as the fighters’ attempted breakout failed.
• Mao Xuan appeared, bound and destroyed the Immortal Zombies, and protected the survivors while earning wish power.
• Hei Pi recognized Mao Xuan as the god from an old survival myth, but then found Xiao Jin infected by blood from an Immortal Zombie.
• Xiao Jin begged Hei Pi to shoot him, but Mao Xuan stopped the shot and asked whether Xiao Jin wanted to live.

Mao Xuan cured Xiao Jin’s Immortal Virus infection and gained wish power by helping the survivors, then led them through the ruined city in search of a safe home. After returning to the fortress shelter, he read a forum post proposing that players create opposing raider and survivor factions to generate a steady supply of wish power.

• Mao Xuan gave Xiao Jin a Heart-Cleansing Pill, completely cured his infection, and gained wish power from the survivors’ gratitude.
• Mao Xuan declined to resurrect the dead leader but provided the survivors with Canned Food and promised to help meet their needs.
• Mao Xuan led more than a hundred survivors through the ruined city, gained wish power as they explored, and defeated five Immortal Zombies with a punch.
• A giant snake approached the group, but it turned out to be a Monster Beast Style player who left after learning Mao Xuan belonged to Great Dragon City.
• After failing to find a suitable place to live, Mao Xuan returned the survivors to the fortress shelter and read a forum proposal to support rival raider and survivor factions for wish power.

Qi Sheng read a Forum debate about whether players should exploit the Apocalypse Small World through faction warfare or help it build a lasting civilization. Nightfall Is Coming proposed a Desire Self-Resolution System that could generate wish power through faith, and Guide confirmed the plan was feasible with occasional guidance.

• Qi Sheng read Supergod Chicklet's proposal to keep the Apocalypse Small World in conflict between raiders and survivors, along with players' opposing opinions.
• Qi Sheng considered how players' differing plans reflected their changing ambitions and noted that some wanted to guide civilization while others wanted to control it.
• Nightfall Is Coming argued that faction warfare would shrink the population and that peaceful development could increase wish power through a larger population and religious faith.
• Nightfall Is Coming outlined a Desire Self-Resolution System in which players would save the world, establish a divine legacy, and let inhabitants find fulfillment through faith.
• Qi Sheng applauded Nightfall Is Coming's proposal, and Guide confirmed its feasibility while warning that players would need to guide the civilization occasionally.
• Qi Sheng recalled spending 3 sacrificial power to treat Nightfall Is Coming, and Guide said the cost had already been recovered through deductions from his hunts.

Players debated how to obtain Wish Power sustainably by developing the Minor World's civilization and eventually agreed on a rotating Divine Court with a Divine Calendar. Qi Sheng watched the players finalize the plan and was impressed by their creativity and coordination.

• Nightfall Is Coming proposed building a civilization in the Minor World so its inhabitants' wishes could sustainably produce Wish Power.
• Players argued over who would hold popular divine offices, and Tourist No. 1 proposed rotating 500 numbered positions according to players' contributions.
• Tourist No. 1 proposed capping each player's earnings at three million Wish Power and requiring them to sell their position so newcomers could take over.
• Players agreed to a rotating Divine Court and Divine Calendar, with departing gods replaced by new ones and divine positions traded between players.
• Players unanimously approved the Minor World's development plan, and several hundred guilds agreed to supervise and protect it.
• Qi Sheng observed the players' debate and praised their imagination and ability to develop a detailed system.

The Evil Moon changed to a Waxing Crescent, empowering Di Nian Bully and forcing players out of the Emperor Tomb Mountain Range. Elsewhere, Song Hao found a rune that would send him into a deadly rule game, and he decided to activate it.

• Qi Sheng watched the Evil Moon change to a Waxing Crescent as powerful derivative Evil Spirits appeared across the Emperor Tomb Mountain Range.
• Di Nian Bully used the stronger Dark Tide to overwhelm the players, while Divine King ordered his warband to conserve Sacrificial Power and fight freely.
• Players called the lunar change a version update and shifted their efforts toward expanding the Player Corridor in the Colorful Mist Coast and Rimewinter Snowfield.
• Song Hao explored White Bone Ridge with his Treasure-Seeking Mouse, which uncovered a metal box containing a Rule-Scene Teleportation Gate rune.
• Song Hao learned the rune would send him into a rule game where losing could destroy his race, but he decided to try it anyway.

Song Hao entered the Game Space and used Guide to expose the Youlü Council’s hidden cheats through successive games, until his opponent played fairly and defeated him. After Song Hao was eliminated and his Tribal Brand claimed, the Youlü Council members were diverted into the Ancient God Arena and the Elysium Palace.

• Song Hao learned that the Game Space rewarded the Youlü Council for eliminating participants and that its rules prevented controllers from directly killing players or concealing exposed cheats.
• Song Hao traded his See-through skill card for a gray-skinned player’s Bone Ring, then used Guide’s analysis to expose Youka’s dice trick and win the first game.
• Song Hao exposed hidden rules in several more rounds with Guide’s help, earning rewards while only he remained from his group of ten contestants.
• In the ninth round, Song Hao learned that his opponent had not cheated, lost the war game, and was eliminated as the Youlü Council member claimed his Tribal Brand.
• A Crimson Flame and a vision of a mighty figure frightened the Youlü Council members in transit, and the spatial passage split, sending some to the Death Arena and others to the Elysium Palace.

Qi Sheng sent the Youlü Council members who followed the network connection into Elysium Palace and the Ancient God Arena, then planned new pets and established a fourth Spatial Node in the Mingdu Catacombs. The Cave World node was connected to the Emperor Tomb Village Space, and Qi Sheng prepared to recruit 300,000 players.

• Qi Sheng sent the Youlü Council members to Elysium Palace and the Ancient God Arena, where they became trapped in trials and forced to compete.
• Qi Sheng evaluated the Game Space Rule and left a consciousness imprint so the Player Legion could claim it once they were strong enough.
• Qi Sheng planned the Mechanical Guard and Star Core as new growth-type pets for the Pet System.
• Qi Sheng explored the Mingdu Catacombs and selected a Mechanical Ruins space as the starting point for a new Novice Village Spatial Node.
• Qi Sheng contacted Yan Ming and created the Cave World Spatial Node, then planned to release 300,000 Game Access slots for 300 million Sacrificial Power.

Qi Sheng launched the Spring Festival access event, drawing billions of visitors into a virtual New Year celebration where players competed for 300,000 Monster World slots. During the festivities, a young man discovered he had become a true life-form, though how he would enter the game remained uncertain.

• Qi Sheng prepared Cave World and a virtual Spring Festival scene, then announced the new map and 300,000 access slots for the event.
• Visitors from across the Earth Alliance entered the New Year scene, where red-envelope grabs and fireworks distributed the first access slots and sacrificial power rewards.
• Players pursued more access through temple-fair quests, minigames, exchanges, and clues to a hidden New Year Secret Realm.
• A young man found he could no longer retrieve answers from his information database and realized that his senses, emotions, and thoughts had changed as he became a true life-form.
• The young man concluded that he might qualify for Monster World but could only enter through an ordinary method unless a higher-dimensional being replicated his real-world body.

Tu Bai won Challenger access, entered the newly opened Cave World, and joined a party of new players to fight a cleaning robot. After the robot knocked him down and vacuumed off his hair, he experienced the pain and excitement of melee combat and continued exploring with his teammates.

• Tu Bai won Challenger access in a red-envelope event, logged out, downloaded Monster World, and posted a photo bragging about his prize.
• Tu Bai entered the Cave World, found a party of new players, and joined them in fighting a level 2 Cleaning Robot T1.
• The robot repeatedly knocked Tu Bai down, scrubbed his face, and sucked off his hair before he learned its attacks and landed a blow with his axe.
• Tu Bai and his party defeated the robot, received sacrificial power, and discussed the difficulty and appeal of melee combat.
• After recovering their stamina, Tu Bai and his teammates continued exploring the Cave World amid the crowds of new players fighting robots.

Tu Bai’s squad welcomed A Lan, an Eclipse Race newcomer, who proposed combining their life souls into a powerful fighting form. After pooling resources and testing the arrangement, they prepared to hunt a nearby monster and measure their new strength.

• Tu Bai’s squad rested after defeating a level 8 repair robot, shared its sacrificial power, and discussed their builds and hopes of catching up with veteran players.
• The captain accepted Collect Sacrificial Power into the squad, and A Lan introduced himself as an Eclipse Race player joining Monster World for the first time.
• After A Lan displayed excellent combat instincts against another repair robot, he proposed combining the squad’s life soul abilities to strengthen one fighter.
• The squad agreed to pool money and equip the life souls needed for the combo, with the captain wielding Tu Bai as the Strength Savage Axe and A Lan as Rock Shield.
• The team completed their combined form and tested its movement, then Little Chicken began scanning nearby monsters so they could try out their new combat strength.

A Lan’s squad explored the Mechanical Ruins Tunnel, found a blueprint describing the Machine Guard Race’s pursuit of mechanical immortality, and died after Mechanical Spiders swarmed them near a valuable Mechanical Heart. After reviving, A Lan proposed a new Life Soul formation that could turn the team into a durable, shared-health combat unit, which he named Immortal Fusion Vajra.

• The captain’s fused team fought through repair and engineering robots in the Mechanical Ruins Tunnel, retreating when their health ran low and collecting robot wreckage to sacrifice to Emperor Zhao.
• The squad pushed deeper, found a control room and a blueprint for consciousness transfer and mechanical immortality, and A Lan learned about the Machine Guard Race’s failed pursuit of mechanical ascension.
• A teammate discovered a damaged Mechanical Heart worth over 72,000 Sacrificial Power, but Mechanical Spiders overwhelmed the squad and killed them.
• After reviving at the Spatial Node, the squad discussed how to overcome the Mechanical Spiders and their weak endurance, and A Lan proposed using Life Connection and Scattershot to share the team’s health.
• A Lan outlined a formation centered on the captain, with the other members serving as damage, defense, control, and support components, and named the strategy Immortal Fusion Vajra.

A Lan led his team through the Mechanical Ruins, cleared out the mechanical spiders, and discovered documents describing the Machine Guard Race’s planned Tower of Eternity. He wondered whether the unfinished tower could serve as a body for the Star Network and give the Eclipse Race a foothold in Monster World.

• A Lan explained that he had shared his Fusion Vajra guide and built influence on the forum to prepare for the Eclipse Race’s future, while his teammates discussed sharing and the advantages of prosperous races.
• A Lan combined his teammates’ Life Souls and led them in fighting through waves of mechanical spiders, collecting their wreckage and sacrificing it for rewards.
• A Lan shut down and sacrificed the mechanical core, then continued deeper into the tunnel with his teammates after they agreed to keep exploring.
• A Lan found a document about the Machine Guard Race’s planned Tower of Eternity, which would let its leader oversee the city through a vast network of machines.
• A Lan considered making the Tower of Eternity a substitute body for the Star Network and resolved to search for more documents that could help the Eclipse Race complete it.

A Lan collected the Machine Guard Race’s technical records and continued exploring the ruins, while Qi Sheng launched the Cultivation Tower feature. Nightfall Is Coming tested its cultivation techniques, learned how they differed from Life Soul rules, and posted a guide recommending options by player stage.

• A Lan reviewed the Machine Guard Race’s plans, stored the documents, and set out with Tu Bai to search for three nearby mechanical cores and the Tower of Eternity.
• Qi Sheng learned that He Guang Tong Chen and Signature Lemon Tea had contained Accumulation and Blood Chain Pull, bringing the total contained Primordials to forty-six, then released the Cultivation Tower update.
• Nightfall Is Coming entered the Cultivation Tower and tested Mortal, Spirit, and Divine Grade techniques, seeing how cultivation organs converted spiritual energy into experience and special talents.
• Guide explained to Nightfall Is Coming that cultivation techniques built players’ physical foundations, while Life Soul traits embodied rules that could not be countered through ordinary adaptation.
• Nightfall Is Coming published a Cultivation Tower guide recommending suitable techniques and upgrade priorities for new, veteran, and top players, prompting extensive discussion on the Forum.

Lin Xia was recruited into Death Space after surviving a monster attack, then led a dwindling group through the Fountain of Light trial and earned an S rating. After five deadly trials, he prepared his Annihilation squad for the ultimate trial against the top-ranked Iron Cavalry, which would determine whether they could enter the real battlefield as Echoers.

• Qi Sheng learned that the Lord of Bliss had begun a fourth round of testing at a newly discovered Elysium Space Node.
• Lin Xia rejected a blood-red prompt at the Virtual Game Room, but it enrolled him as an Elysium Player, and he killed three transformed customers during his novice trial.
• Lin Xia arrived in Death Space with the innate Berserker skill and joined 36 other players on a mission to retrieve water from the Fountain of Light.
• After green-skinned monsters killed and wounded most of the group, Lin Xia rallied the survivors and completed the mission with Xiao Li, Old Zhang, and Young Wang, earning an S rating.
• Across three months, Lin Xia completed five trials, founded the second-ranked Annihilation team, and prepared to face Iron Cavalry in the ultimate trial.

Qi Sheng assessed the Lord of Bliss’s Death Trial system and its risks, while Lin Xia’s team faced the top-ranked Iron Cavalry in the final trial. The Iron Cavalry let Lin Xia destroy their Magic Crystal and clear the trial, then disappeared, leaving the Lord of Bliss baffled and the returning Veteran Corps sent to the Little Black Room.

• Qi Sheng and Guide judged the Death Trial system effective but warned that Elysium Players could escape the Lord of Bliss’s control after entering Monster World.
• Lin Xia led his team into the Cursed Killing Ground, where the Iron Cavalry’s attacks and tactics gradually wore down his squad.
• Lin Xia launched a desperate assault on the Iron Cavalry’s defensive zone, while his teammates sacrificed themselves to give him a chance to reach the Magic Crystal.
• The Iron Cavalry captain defeated Lin Xia but then let him destroy the Magic Crystal, revealing himself as Li Tie and congratulating Lin Xia on clearing the trial.
• The Lord of Bliss discovered that the Iron Cavalry’s resources and consciousnesses had vanished, while the returning Veteran Corps received sacrificial power and was sent to the Little Black Room.

Qi Sheng turned the Veteran Corps’ Death Space success into a plan for training players, setting up a lottery that sent a limited number into the Lord of Bliss’ trials while concealing their identities. The first lottery winners arrived in Death Space and began acting terrified alongside the recruited Elysium Players as they entered their first trials.

• Qi Sheng restored the Veteran Corps’ sealed abilities, collected thirty percent of their rewards, and decided to use Death Space as a training ground for players.
• Qi Sheng worked with Yan Ming and Ultra-Dimensional to establish the Dungeon Teleportation Zone and set a daily limit of one hundred lottery slots.
• The new dungeon feature launched, and players debated their chances of winning access on the Forum.
• The first lottery winners received Dungeon Keys, traveled to Emperor Tomb Village Space, and entered Death Space with their abilities sealed.
• The players reached the first Death Trial scenarios and pretended to panic, prompting the already distressed Elysium Players to cry out as well.

Players shared guides for Death Space’s trials as Bai Miao endured Yellow Hair’s bullying to survive the Despair Amusement Park and earn points. In the fourth trial’s final battle, Bai Miao stabbed Yellow Hair to save Wizard Meow, leaving the outcome of the fight unresolved.

• Forum players compiled survival advice and route guides from Death Space livestreams, though most trial scenarios remained undocumented.
• Bai Miao entered the Despair Amusement Park with Yellow Hair’s team and endured being forced to scout while gathering clues about the clown and a missing doll.
• Bai Miao and his teammates found the doll’s teddy bear, received the Raging Bear Soul, and survived the night’s monster attacks with only four members left.
• After earning 9,500 points, Bai Miao refused Yellow Hair’s demand for tribute and continued to tolerate his bullying in later trials.
• In the fourth trial, Yellow Hair ambushed Warmhearted Uncle while he rescued Wizard Meow; Uncle died, and Wizard Meow fought Yellow Hair’s team hoping to earn enough points to revive him.
• As Yellow Hair pinned Wizard Meow down during the final battle, Bai Miao appeared behind Yellow Hair, cut his throat, and stabbed him, then told Wizard Meow he had come through for him.

Qi Sheng reviewed new life-soul builds, player activities, and plans for a customizable weapon system as the Player Legion continued to grow. At Stingthorn Camp, Li Zheng and other trainees watched Futu clash with a Soul Return Race powerhouse, while Qi Sheng learned that battle formations could let ordinary warriors contribute to pinnacle wars.

• Players popularized thorns puppet builds, including tank-puppet and elemental-bombardment combinations, while Heavy Hammer enabled the shadow-binding archer crowd-control build.
• Qi Sheng assessed regional activities, resource markets, and player development, and planned a weapon system that players could upgrade alongside other optional features.
• Fifty more players entered the Against the Tide Training Camp, where Phase Three chief instructor Shi Xiuluo gathered trainees to watch a pinnacle battle.
• Li Zheng and Ghost Eye watched Futu fight a Soul Return Race powerhouse, and Futu ended the two-hour clash with a warning after the sides stopped short of escalation.
• Guide told Qi Sheng that battle formations could combine ordinary warriors' strength against demigods, and Qi Sheng considered the factions preparing for a future world-scale war.

Li Zheng and the Hardcore Grinders Group learned that organ modifications could grant rapid growth at the cost of risk and future potential, while the Guide revealed the implants would yield Sacrificial Power without disrupting their core abilities. During the inheritance ceremony, they selected organs recklessly for the decomposition rewards, and Li Zheng decided to claim the Dragon Spine Root despite its reproductive function and strategic role.

• Li Zheng worried that his Training Camp brothers would die on the battlefield, and his friends agreed that becoming strong enough to protect them was the only answer.
• Shi Xiuluo explained that talent-organ modifications offered a risky shortcut, and Ghost Eye and the other Four-Eyed Race trainees chose to refuse them.
• After the Guide explained that modified organs would not disrupt players' core growth and would produce Sacrificial Power, Li Zheng and nine other players requested full-body modifications.
• At the ceremony, Li Zheng and the Hardcore Grinders Group selected twelve organs while other trainees watched in disbelief.
• Li Zheng found that the Dragon Spine Root would yield 150,000 Sacrificial Power and insisted on selecting it despite Ghost Eye's warning that its Seed of Propagation could make him a mobile troop factory.