Chapter Summaries

Li Zheng and the Hardcore Grinders Group learned about Battle Formations before undergoing successful Talent Organ transplants that left their bodies unusually pure and their health bars empty. To return to the village and reset their bodies for rewards, they staged a rejection reaction and began killing their transplanted organs, shocking their classmates when they started with their most sensitive ones.

• Li Zheng and the Hardcore Grinders Group watched Battle Formation training, discussed its mechanics, and considered using Brain Overclocking to make studying easier.
• After two days of preparation, Li Zheng underwent a detailed examination and received Nether Eyes, which adapted to his body without rejection; the Runes Physician continued modifying him and the other players with fourteen Talent Organs each.
• Li Zheng and the others recovered from surgery, showed off their altered bodies, and learned from Guide that their living Talent Organs would yield no Sacrificial Power until killed.
• The group decided to leave the Third-Phase Training Camp by faking a severe rejection reaction, then gathered at night to kill their transplanted organs and return to the village.
• Li Zheng and the others began with their 'Overlord Spears,' and Ghost Eye and the other trainees rushed in to find them screaming with bloody blades in hand.

Li Zheng and the Hardcore Grinders Group returned to Emperor Tomb Village, equipped Combat Skill Training, and tested the Waxing Crescent monsters before escaping after a disastrous fight. While resting at the Colorful Mist Coast, Li Zheng watched Divine King lose a battle against Di Nian Bully, then agreed to join the next assault.

• Li Zheng and the Hardcore Grinders Group returned to Emperor Tomb Village, equipped the Earth Vein Combat Skill Training, and set out to raise their Life Soul levels.
• Li Zheng's squad fought a level 85 Dark Scarecrow, defeated it, and raised his Gang Qi to level 50 before three Nightmare Knights arrived.
• The squad fled from the Nightmare Knights, but Family-Sharing Godfather used Star Shift to swap places with Li Zheng and escape, leaving Li Zheng to be killed.
• An hour later, Li Zheng and the others confronted Family-Sharing Godfather, then went to the Colorful Mist Coast to rest and eat Spirit Food.
• Li Zheng watched Divine King's United Warband lose to Di Nian Bully and agreed to meet Divine King to fight Bully again.

Divine King led a force of 122,942 players into the Di Nian Evil Spirit’s expanded territory, where they clashed with the Dark Tide. By tracking battlefield energy and Divine King’s abilities and reactions, Di Nian identified him as the army’s commander and teleported him to the High Tower platform.

• Divine King assembled a United Warband of 122,942 players, organized their battle formation, and led them west into the Di Nian Evil Spirit’s territory.
• The Di Nian Evil Spirit’s Dark Tide destroyed an alien city, then turned to confront the approaching player army.
• Evil Eye analyzed battle footage and energy fluctuations, helping Di Nian identify Divine King through his terrain-changing abilities and command patterns.
• Di Nian studied Divine King’s expressions and battlefield decisions while adjusting the Dark Tide to provoke different reactions.
• Di Nian sent a Void Flash troop to seize Divine King and teleport him to the High Tower platform, where Divine King recognized Di Nian and Evil Eye.

Di Nian Bully captured Divine King during the battle and questioned him about the Player Race’s command methods and resurrection ability, while Divine King stayed defiant. Di Nian Bully killed him and sent him to the Little Black Room, leaving the Player Legion still fighting amid the confusion caused by its commander’s capture.

• Di Nian Bully singled out Divine King, confirmed he was the Player Race’s commander, and kept him alive to savor the victory.
• Divine King explained the Player Race’s blunt way of judging allies and enemies, then joked with players through the warband channel while watching the battlefield through Di Nian Bully’s shared view.
• Di Nian Bully used the shared view to test whether Divine King could influence the distant battlefield and tried to detect his communication frequency, but the test failed.
• Di Nian Bully questioned Divine King about the Player Race’s resurrection ability and proposed three theories, but Divine King gave no useful answer.
• Evil Eye supplied Di Nian Bully with an insult from the players’ vocabulary, and Di Nian Bully killed Divine King before he could reply, sending him to the Little Black Room.

Divine King learned that Di Nian Bully had tracked his Lord trait, then worked with Tourist No. 1, who was Star Network, to command a 60,000-player warband against the Dark Tide. The battle left the players facing defeat, but Divine King used himself as bait to swap places with Di Nian Evil Spirit’s Void Flash and trigger an Annihilation Bomb on the Evil Eye High Tower Platform.

• Guide explained that Di Nian Bully had traced Divine King by detecting the Lord trait’s energy and rewinding battlefield footage, and Tourist No. 1 advised him to turn his exposed identity into a countermeasure.
• Divine King invited Tourist No. 1 to command the warband, and Star Network began directing individual players through livestream bullet comments as the battle against the Dark Tide started.
• Star Network’s precise micromanagement repeatedly countered Di Nian Evil Spirit’s tactics, but the players’ losses mounted and the warband moved toward defeat.
• Di Nian Evil Spirit realized the protected Divine King was carrying a fifth-generation Annihilation Bomb and searched for the hidden commander, identifying a motionless player whom Divine King had watched throughout the battle.
• Di Nian Evil Spirit sent a Void Flash to seize the suspected hidden commander, but Divine King activated Star Shift and swapped places with that player, bringing the Void Flash to the Evil Eye High Tower Platform.
• Divine King insulted Di Nian Evil Spirit and detonated the Annihilation Bomb inside himself.

After Di Nian Evil Spirit defeated the Player Race, Divine King learned from Tourist No. 1 how to confuse Evil Eye with contradictory commands and improve his battlefield tactics. Qi Sheng considered giving the Star Network game access but concluded that replicating its vast body and preserving its abilities required more sacrificial power than the Player Legion could afford.

• Di Nian Evil Spirit and Evil Eye discussed the Player Race’s mysterious Commander, and Di Nian resolved to keep refining his command and resource management.
• Divine King tried to recruit Tourist No. 1, but Tourist No. 1 declined regular battles and advised him to use varied command logic and illogical orders to overwhelm Evil Eye’s analysis.
• Divine King learned to use map coordinates and the Mark trait for precise battlefield support, then went to the Library to study new command strategies.
• Tourist No. 1’s battle performance became a forum sensation, and players speculated that the tourist was a top-level Bio-Brain while guilds sought to recruit them.
• Qi Sheng learned from Guide that replicating the Star Network as a player would cost about 300 million sacrificial power before further expenses, so he withheld game access until the Player Legion could afford it.

The Di Nian Evil Spirit sent the Dark Tide toward a golden-beast domain and met Linggu, leader of the Shouxu Clan, who challenged it to protect his people and pursue his dream of changing the world. Linggu died after the Di Nian Evil Spirit defeated him and consumed the Light Mirror, leaving the Dark Tide to continue its expansion.

• The Di Nian Evil Spirit surveyed a domain ruled by enormous golden beasts, judged it too dangerous to attack directly, and advanced the Dark Tide toward a force blocking the route.
• Linggu learned that the Dark Tide was attacking his territory, recalled his rise from the Furnace Realm and his ambition to break the cycle of oppression, then merged with the Light Mirror and his clanspeople’s gathered power.
• Linggu charged into the Dark Tide and fought the Di Nian Evil Spirit, whose endless energy and Evil Eye’s analysis gave him the advantage.
• The Di Nian Evil Spirit overpowered Linggu, consumed the Light Mirror, and watched Linggu die after his strength and resolve failed.
• The Di Nian Evil Spirit and Evil Eye discussed Linggu’s defeat and the gulf between Minor Worlds and the Monster World, then traded insults when Di Nian asked whether he could someday establish rules and order.

Di Nian Evil Spirit halted the Dark Tide at the Golden Ocean Domain and gathered intelligence while considering how to draw the Player Race and Combat Zerg into a future war. Meanwhile, Shuyan unveiled the Inspiration World’s combat-system research and transformed its domain with twenty-three war systems, declaring that the roles of attacker and defender had reversed; Qi Sheng watched the rival powers prepare to grow stronger.

• Di Nian Evil Spirit stopped the Dark Tide outside the Golden Ocean Domain, sent troops to test its Giant Beasts, and began compiling a bestiary while seeking Primordial Monsters to entice the Player Race.
• Qi Sheng learned that Di Nian Evil Spirit was investigating the Gigantification Domain and assessed the strength of the three factions against it.
• Players gathered around the Shuyan Domain to capture Book-Speech Warriors as Shuyan and the Ascension Race continued their exhausting battle.
• Shuyan entered the Inspiration World, reviewed its ranked novels, and activated its plan to turn their stories into adaptable combat systems.
• Shuyan replaced its domain’s scenario with twenty-three worlds drawn from the Inspiration World’s novels and challenged the Ascension Race, declaring that the roles of attacker and defender had reversed.
• Qi Sheng learned how Shuyan had changed its domain and recognized the Ascension Race as Shuyan’s chosen trial for strengthening its war legion.

Qi Sheng reviewed the players’ reactions to Shuyan’s new legion system and the latest Primordial Monsters, including the Gold Coin Life Soul, which rewarded genuine profitable transactions. After learning how the trait worked, Zhong Yi considered trading with other races to earn extra Sacrificial Power, but he still needed a way to protect himself and his goods.

• Players discussed Shuyan’s offensive against the Ascension Race and worried that his spiritual-life-form legion would prevent them from capturing Book-Speech Warriors.
• Qi Sheng reviewed three newly contained Primordial Monsters: Void Grip, Siphon Spear, and Gold Coin, whose trait gave extra returns from genuine profitable transactions.
• Guide explained that the Gold Coin trait could not be exploited through fake or repeated trades, and players judged its high cost and limited early usefulness.
• Zhong Yi fished in the Azure Star Sea and read his guildmates’ discussion of whether the Gold Coin Life Soul was worth buying.
• Zhong Yi considered using Gold Coin to trade with other races for extra Sacrificial Power, but recognized that he needed enough strength to protect himself and his goods.

Zhong Yi tested the Gold Coin Life Soul by trading with the Night Sky Race and earned a large profit, then joined a group discussion about building a player-run trading network. The players embraced Collect Sacrificial Power’s plan for a black market on Dream Island, with Zhong Yi handing him ownership of the group as they prepared to establish a Chamber of Commerce.

• Zhong Yi spent 30,000 sacrificial power to raise his Gold Coin Life Soul to level 20 and traveled to Night Sky Island to trade with the Night Sky Race.
• Zhong Yi persuaded the Night Sky chief to exchange Kacui Fruits for Energy Paste, sold the fruits through the Trading House, and earned a total profit of 31,700 sacrificial power plus 3,800 from gold coins.
• Zhong Yi visited Volcano Island but was killed before he could negotiate with its inhabitants, then shared his experience with the Merchant Group.
• Collect Sacrificial Power proposed forming a Chamber of Commerce and building a black market on Dream Island, using players’ Spatial Inventories to safeguard deposited goods and guarantee trades.
• The Merchant Group praised Collect Sacrificial Power’s plan, and Zhong Yi transferred the group ownership to him as members accepted him as their prospective president.

A Lan established the Gold Coin Chamber of Commerce, set its rules, and led its members in building a trading base on Dream Island and seeking alien-race customers. After assigning members to expand trade, he returned to the Cave World to investigate the Mechanical Ruins and the Tower of Eternity.

• The group chose Collect Sacrificial Power, also known as A Lan, as president and named their organization the Gold Coin Chamber of Commerce; members approved his proposed rules and five-percent earnings share.
• A Lan collected startup contributions and, two days later, met the chamber’s members on Dream Island, where he explained plans for secure trade, customer privacy, and delivery services.
• A Lan led the members in clearing Dream Island’s central area and building a simple shelter as the first part of the Black Market Trading Center.
• A Lan sent members to establish trade connections with the Night Sky Race, Giant Stone Race, and Fierce Wing Race, offering incentives to draw them to Dream Island.
• A Lan returned to the Cave World to investigate the Mechanical Ruins and the Tower of Eternity, then joined his teammates and headed toward the city’s central district.

A Lan reached the Tower of Eternity in Mechanical Ruins City, triggered its defenses, and died fleeing the level-40 mechanical swarm. After returning to the real world, he discussed the tower with Star Network, who proposed a Mechanical Nanobots Legion and identified the Mechanical Overlord as a future target.

• A Lan and his teammates fought through Robot Vacuums and stronger mechanical warriors, then reached the central district of Mechanical Ruins City.
• A Lan analyzed the damaged Tower of Eternity and discovered that its defenses activated when he stepped onto a bridge, releasing a swarm of level-40 mechanical creatures that killed him and his teammates.
• After leaving the game, A Lan met with Star Network, who explained that the Tower of Eternity's mental resonance technology inspired a Mechanical Nanobots Legion that could reshape itself into different Troop Types.
• Star Network explained that the Mechanical Nanobots Legion could not match the Dark Tide's ability to grow by devouring, but the Mechanical Overlord's Divine Metal rule might let the nanobots evolve by consuming metal.
• A Lan and Star Network agreed that the Mechanical Overlord was a future target, while Star Network said the Mechanical Legion would remain a core direction for the Eclipse Race's development.

Qi Sheng considered the Star Network’s Nanomechanical Legion proposal but postponed integrating it into the Player framework because he lacked sacrificial power. In Cave World, Meng You’s squad farmed curse-trial rewards with Guide’s help until Elysium players ambushed them, killed Meng You, and fled with a crystal.

• Qi Sheng analyzed how the Star Network hoped to build nanomechanical troops and concluded that their survival against the Dark Tide depended on joining the Player framework, a costly function he could not afford yet.
• Qi Sheng considered the players’ black-market trading center a promising future source of sacrificial power and prioritized other uses for his limited resources.
• In Cave World Scene 257, Meng You’s squad used Guide’s directions to lift curses and collect third-tier rewards from the Mingdu Tribe’s trial.
• Meng You’s squad continued triggering traps and curing curses, earning sacrificial power until two attackers stole a Low-Grade Source Crystal and wounded Meng You with a poisoned strike.
• Meng You died after telling her teammates to avenge her, and the squad identified one fleeing attacker as Elysium player Huang Chi.

Yang Xiu led his Elysium squad in ambushing a Player Squad and stealing its source crystal, then returned to Death Space after completing their mission. There, he chose a bloodline enhancement as he prepared to continue the trials with his team.

• Yang Xiu ordered Black Snake to snipe from a rooftop while Stone Statue and the other Elysium Players attacked a Player Squad breaking a curse.
• The Elysium Players killed several opponents, seized the forming low-grade source crystal, and escaped; the survivors discovered that Yang Xiu was a genuine player leading the supposed knockoff squad.
• Yang Xiu reflected on how he had grown from relying on Forum guides to leading his team through Death Space trials, and he ordered his squad to return rather than keep ambushing players.
• After the elite assessment awarded him 23,849 Elysium Points, Yang Xiu returned to Death Space and went to the Enhancement Stele with his teammates.
• Yang Xiu spent 39,000 points to choose the Mirage Mist Body bloodline, and the stele enveloped him in light.

Yang Xiu led his newly enhanced squad on a resource mission through the Path of the Dead, where they encountered the powerful Veteran Corps and narrowly avoided a fight. After returning from the mission, Qi Sheng reviewed the Lord of Benefits’ resource intelligence and considered turning it into Hidden Missions for players.

• Yang Xiu completed his Mirage Mist Body enhancement, trained in the new abilities, and met Stone Statue and Black Snake after their own bloodline enhancements.
• Yang Xiu chose free exploration over outdated or dangerous listed missions and led his squad to the Path of the Dead.
• Yang Xiu’s squad fought Cursed Soldiers and Corrosion Cores for four days, meeting its hunting quota while earning resources.
• Li Tie and the Veteran Corps appeared; Yang Xiu invoked Divine King’s name, and Stone Statue briefly fought Li Tie before the Veteran Corps moved on.
• Yang Xiu ended the mission and prepared to return to Death Space after Black Snake was injured and he judged the area unsafe.
• Qi Sheng copied the Lord of Benefits’ resource intelligence and considered issuing it to players as Hidden Missions.

Yang Xiu planned to recruit more Elysium Players and arrange a way for his teammates to escape the Lord of Benefits' control. Meanwhile, Di Nian Evil Spirit captured a Primordial Monster and used it to bait and torment the United Warband, ending in a furious argument with Evil Eye.

• Yang Xiu decided to recruit solo Elysium Players and other squads, then asked Only Plays Assassin to arrange nutrient solution for his Game Pod without logging out.
• Yang Xiu led his teammates toward the Trading Area and considered finding a way to free them from the Lord of Benefits' restrictions.
• Di Nian Evil Spirit captured a Primordial Monster and had Evil Spirits test its freezing ability before taking it toward the Emperor Tomb Mountain Range.
• Di Nian Evil Spirit confronted Divine King and the United Warband, repeatedly showing them the bound Primordial Monster while taunting them and pulling it away from their attacks.
• Di Nian Evil Spirit muted the battlefield to avoid hearing the players' curses, then ordered Evil Eye to collect their insults; Evil Eye converted them into text and sent them into his mind, making him furious.

Di Nian Bully’s imprisonment of the Primordial Monster Ice Mist Breath prompted Divine King to assemble a 350,000-player army, with Tourist No. 1 and the Star Network organizing its battle plan. The Player Race, Dark Tide, and Insect Race then met in a massive three-way war in the Di Family Mountains, whose commanders fought a contest of rapid tactical decisions as the Lord of Bliss watched in astonishment.

• Players discussed Di Nian Bully’s capture of Ice Mist Breath, and the Apex of Players group decided to gather an army to rescue it.
• Divine King recruited players across the forum and asked Tourist No. 1 to help command the growing warband.
• Tourist No. 1 took command, and the Star Network switched to grade B war mode, sorted players into battle formations, and directed their advance.
• Di Nian Bully gathered the Dark Tide as the Zerg Master Brain mobilized the Insect Race, and all three forces converged at the Heavenly Abyss Domain Node.
• The Insect Race attacked first, and the Player Race, Dark Tide, and Insect Race began a fierce three-way battle under the direction of their commanders.
• The Lord of Bliss observed the fighting and was stunned by the three factions’ detailed coordination and the scale of their tactical contest.

The Star Network used position swaps and deceptive orders to disrupt the Dark Tide and Insect Race, while Di Nian Evil Spirit countered with rapid tactical changes and decoy attacks. Di Nian captured Divine King to read his reactions, but Tourist No. 1 manipulated those emotions to deceive him, leaving the battle ongoing and Di Nian furious.

• The Player Legion used Blood Soul Lure chains and Star Shift Swap to break the Dark Tide’s defensive line, but Di Nian Evil Spirit rebuilt it and sacrificed encircled Insect Race troops.
• Di Nian deployed Bone-Eroding Wail units to weaken the Insect Race, while the Star Network began mixing deceptive orders with real attacks to overwhelm enemy calculations.
• Di Nian copied the Star Network’s deception, sending frenzy assassins behind the Insect Tide and Player Legion, but the melee players wiped them out.
• Di Nian used Void Flash to capture Divine King and monitored his expressions and emotions to predict Tourist No. 1’s orders.
• Tourist No. 1 manipulated Divine King’s joy to trick Di Nian into withdrawing assassins from a promising attack, and Di Nian realized he had been deceived.

The Player Race’s forces were defeated in the battle between the Dark Tide and Insect Race, but Star Network secured Ice Mist Breath and continued to obscure how players gained its abilities. After the factions withdrew, Di Nian Evil Spirit identified a possible weakness in the Mysterious Commander’s battlefield awareness and imprisoned Divine King, leaving him to face an uncertain escape.

• Di Nian Evil Spirit changed his command style with randomized tactics and deceptive, effective, and incorrect orders, slowing the Mysterious Commander’s response as the battle turned against the Player Legion.
• Tourist No. 1 ordered the players to ignore Ice Mist Breath when Di Nian Evil Spirit revealed it, then captured it alive and had three players escort it toward Emperor Tomb Village.
• As the Player Legion’s defenses collapsed, Star Network ordered the remaining players to retreat and draw the Dark Tide and Insect Tide together; two hours later, the players had left the battlefield.
• Di Nian Evil Spirit and Evil Eye reviewed the battle records and concluded that the Mysterious Commander assembled battlefield information from players’ viewpoints, which created blind spots whenever players died.
• Di Nian Evil Spirit withdrew the Dark Tide, the Insect Race returned to Phantom Marsh, and the battle ended with the Dark Tide suffering heavy losses.
• Di Nian Evil Spirit freed Divine King from the black fog, then announced that he would imprison him indefinitely to test whether he could escape.

Di Nian Evil Spirit imprisoned Divine King, who tried several Life Soul abilities and logging out but found no way to escape. With Nightfall Is Coming’s advice, Divine King used a Location Teleport Divine Seal to return to Emperor Tomb Village, leaving Di Nian Evil Spirit convinced he was still trapped in an Independent Space.

• Di Nian Evil Spirit refused to release Divine King and used Evil Eye to keep him alive as he tried Mental Shock, Taunt, Blood Burn, and Star Shift without success.
• Divine King logged out and posted a plea for help on the Forum, where players joked about his capture and suggested ways to escape.
• Nightfall Is Coming told Divine King to use the Location Teleport Divine Seal, and a Guild officer bought one and set its origin at the exit of Emperor Tomb Village.
• Divine King logged back in, received the Divine Seal through a trade, and waited until Di Nian Evil Spirit resumed controlling the Dark Tide.
• Divine King used Location Teleport and vanished, while Di Nian Evil Spirit assumed he had hidden in an Independent Space and prepared to beat him when he returned.