Chapter Summaries

Shen Ye escaped the Human Face planet’s binding by using Gate to stretch the force across worlds, sacrificing his chance to gain a Mythic Trait. His special honor entry opened a quest requiring him to advance his Huntian Gate skills, and he ended the chapter by entering the Nightmare World with Big Skeleton.

• Shen Ye posed as the Curse Spirit King and claimed the sculpture would be returned after a final sacrifice, buying time while the Human Face planet questioned him.
• Shen Ye abandoned his advancement and used Gate to travel between the Nightmare World and Main World until the planet’s binding force weakened and broke.
• Shen Ye gained the honor entry “The man who missed out on myth three times in a row,” which activated a Mythic Trait quest requiring four Huntian Gate skills to reach Dharma Realm First Layer.
• Shen Ye joined Zhang Xiaoyi and Guo Yunye online briefly, then left a note for his parents before preparing to enter the Nightmare World.
• Shen Ye entered the Nightmare World through a Gate with Big Skeleton.

Skinner’s meeting with the Silent Church ended in blood when Yun Ni changed their plans and ordered him to capture or kill Shen Ye within three days. Meanwhile, Shen Ye learned that Prince Norton might be executed, sent Lady Daisy a letter, and advanced Dark Whisper to its Intermediate form.

• Skinner offered the Silent Church a heart and asked for help staging a diversion at the Great Tomb, but the shadows tried to kill him over his treatment of their follower.
• Yun Ni killed the Silent Church members, abandoned the Great Tomb plan, and ordered Skinner to help her capture or kill Shen Ye within three days.
• Shen Ye visited the Human Race Position, received a note warning that Prince Norton would be placed under house arrest and executed, and decided to tell Lady Daisy he was leaving early.
• Shen Ye mailed Lady Daisy a letter, then found a mountain cave and began advancing Dark Whisper with Big Skeleton.
• Dark Whisper advanced to Intermediate, allowing Shen Ye to summon souls through the corpses of living beings or gods and force them to answer his questions.

Shen Ye opened a passage to Windfire Hell with Big Skeleton, and the Nightfall Short Sword absorbed hidden power there and became the Huntian Gate Sword Artifact Nightshade. A giant claw seized Big Skeleton and dragged him into Hell, forcing Shen Ye to follow; after rescuing him from a Giant Skeleton Eagle, Shen Ye set a teleportation coordinate and descended into a sky crowded with undead as the powerful Quru approached.

• Big Skeleton opened a passage to Windfire Hell, where the Nightfall Short Sword absorbed hidden power and became Nightshade, enhancing Shen Ye's Heavenly Shadow and letting him sense Huntian Gate Items.
• A giant claw reached through the passage, seized Big Skeleton, and pulled him into Hell as the opening began to close.
• Shen Ye chased after Big Skeleton, broke a Giant Skeleton Eagle's talon with a combined arrow attack, and frightened the surrounding monsters with his lightning.
• Shen Ye caught up with Big Skeleton, who hid in his ring, then set a new Astrological Shift coordinate while descending through Hell's crowded sky.
• Big Skeleton warned Shen Ye to flee from Quru, a massive flaming monster that was slaughtering skeletal birds and absorbing the light from their deaths.

Shen Ye used his Fun-Maker trait to stop Quru’s flames and force it into a song-and-dance battle, letting Big Skeleton cut the monster apart before a stronger enemy appeared. He escaped through the Gate, received and devoured a green evaluation trait for three attribute points, and resolved to find the Netherworld Lord with Big Skeleton.

• Shen Ye fled Quru’s advancing fire and activated Fun-Maker, using his Songstress skill to halt Quru and the surrounding Undead.
• Shen Ye made Quru sing and dance while Big Skeleton attacked; the Night-Hidden Dagger cut through Quru, and they gathered its remains.
• A masked being with a Dharma Form challenged Shen Ye to a song-and-dance battle, so Shen Ye escaped through the Gate to the Main World.
• Shen Ye discovered that using Fun-Maker twice had injured his throat and exhausted him, then took pills and read his Hell Battle Singer evaluation trait.
• Shen Ye devoured Hell Battle Singer for three free attribute points, recovered some strength, and decided that he and Big Skeleton needed to find the Netherworld Lord.

Shen Ye learned that Wind and Fire Hell was overcrowded because a tree’s roots blocked all passage to its deeper levels and exit, then discovered that it was shared by two different worlds. He entered Hell again under concealment and moved into the crowd to investigate the unexplained connection.

• Shen Ye questioned Quru’s corpse and learned that Wind and Fire Hell was crowded because a tree’s roots had sealed the routes to the second level and out of Hell.
• Shen Ye and Big Skeleton opened a portal from another world and found themselves in the same Wind and Fire Hell, despite expecting each world to have its own Hell.
• Big Skeleton devoured most of Quru’s corpse to restore his strength, then accompanied Shen Ye back through the Gate.
• Shen Ye concealed himself from the sinister entity from the singing contest and slipped into the crowd of dead souls.
• Shen Ye asked Big Skeleton whether the worlds now shared a Hell, and they concluded that the connection must have a secret behind it.

Shen Ye traveled through Hell, endured its torments, and fought off dead souls who tried to steal his sword before a Night-Demon Fishman directed him to the Chaotic Bone Land. After joining its recruitment, he learned that the gods were in hiding, leaving his search for Underworld Lord Micteticashiva—and Big Skeleton’s search for its mother—uncertain.

• Shen Ye crossed a region where flames and fierce winds repeatedly killed and restored the dead souls around him.
• When a ghoul accused him of stepping on its foot and tried to steal his Night-Hiding Sword, Shen Ye killed seven ghouls with Flowing Moon and the Great White sword art.
• A Night-Demon Fishman directed Shen Ye to the Chaotic Bone Land, where he set a Gate coordinate and went to the fortress to seek work.
• Shen Ye introduced himself as Middle Baxter, proved his skill as an archer, and joined the Chaotic Bone Land as a recruit.
• A werewolf told Shen Ye that only Hell’s first level remained usable and that the gods were hiding, while Big Skeleton worried that finding its mother would be difficult.

Shen Ye realized Underworld Lord Micteticashiva was likely at Páolào Castle and bought a map to find her. After defeating a group of threatening walking corpses with his Night Roamer skills, he let Big Skeleton consume their leader and prepared to continue his search.

• Shen Ye recalled Micteticashiva’s words about observing Hell and concluded that she had remained at the fiery abyss known as Páolào Castle.
• A Werewolf told Shen Ye where to find a map, and Shen Ye bought one showing the long route from Chaotic Bone Land to Páolào Castle.
• Shen Ye killed a walking corpse that had demanded his Bone Coins, then evaded the corpse’s allies as they searched the square.
• Shen Ye used Astrological Shift and a Gate to pierce the Living Corpse Leader from behind and cut it in two.
• Shen Ye ordered Big Skeleton to eat the Living Corpse Leader while he covered the square with his bow, and the Werewolf approved of his performance.

Shen Ye defeated the living corpse leader, gained General Tazwell’s favor, and received a dark Nightmare Crystal that taught him Arc of Light archery. After returning to the Main World, he was intercepted by World Government special agents, who said they wanted to speak with him about Song Yinchen.

• Green introduced Shen Ye to General Tazwell, who gave him a dark Nightmare Crystal and ordered him to report that afternoon.
• Green identified himself as deputy general of the vanguard and allowed Shen Ye half a day to handle his personal affairs.
• Shen Ye crushed the Nightmare Crystal and learned Arc of Light, then tested its curved, light-infused arrows.
• Shen Ye took a taxi home, but the driver stopped on a misty river embankment and directed him to five World Government special agents.
• A government agent told Shen Ye that they wanted to speak with him about Song Yinchen.

Shen Ye refused the government's demand to manipulate Song Yinchen, then learned that its agents were threatening his parents. Xu Xingke appeared, tracked down the caller, and confronted him at the Qingzhou City Security Bureau.

• A special agent asked Shen Ye to date Song Yinchen and keep her under control, but Shen Ye refused and went home.
• Shen Ye learned that his motorcycle modifications and Biochemical Clone repairs were complete, then prepared to collect them.
• A government caller threatened Shen Ye's parents unless he agreed to cooperate.
• Xu Xingke took Shen Ye to the Qingzhou City Security Bureau after Kunlun identified the caller as Zhao Tu, codename Black Fox.
• Xu Xingke struck the bureau building, and Zhao Tu landed in front of him and Shen Ye.

Xu Xingke confronted officials who had used Shen Ye to test Chaotic Spiritual Light and forced the Archaeological Association to withdraw from government agencies. He reassured Shen Ye about the mark on his wrist, then departed to kill the officials involved and leave no future trouble.

• Xu Xingke turned Zhao Tu and the Security Bureau to stone, then summoned a World Government representative, who he also killed when the man defended the plan to test Song Yinchen.
• Xu Xingke confronted Chairman Fu of the Archaeological Association and demanded that the association withdraw its members from government agencies, threatening to kill its leaders if they refused.
• Kunlun reported that the association had announced its withdrawal, and Xu Xingke warned Chairman Fu not to target Shen Ye again before ending their call.
• Xu Xingke traced Shen Ye's scarlet wrist mark, revealing the words “??? mark,” and advised him that winning against Yun Ni's subordinates would be best.
• Xu Xingke told Shen Ye he planned to kill Chairman Fu and everyone involved, then flew away to carry out his threat.

After Xu Xingke killed the Archaeological Association’s leaders under the cover of a series of supposed accidents, Shen Ye realized his teacher’s actions were warning powerful groups not to target him. After resting, Shen Ye reported to General Tazwell and entered a contest to choose a scout captain.

• Kunlun urged Shen Ye to restrain Xu Xingke, while Shen Ye watched messages report the deaths of Archaeological Association officials as sudden accidents.
• Nangong Sirui told Shen Ye that his family supported Xu Xingke’s actions and offered to help clean up afterward.
• A news recording showed Xu Xingke pursuing a terrified man who died after crashing into a tree, while the police chief treated the death as another accident.
• Shen Ye returned home, rested until his attributes were restored, then traveled to the Chaotic Bone Land stronghold to report to General Tazwell.
• General Tazwell invited Shen Ye to compete for scout captain, and Green the werewolf began the archery test with a skull that could dodge or defend itself.
• The dark elf’s arrow missed when the skull dodged, and the Ice Snow Demon’s arrow shattered against the skull’s ice crystals.

Shen Ye became the scout captain after using his Songstress support skill to land an impossible archery shot, then accompanied General Tazwell to a tense, unexplained meeting at the border. Back in the Main World, he returned to his family and learned that Kunlun had upgraded his Ghostfire Motorcycle for his role in the Nine Evil Gods Incident.

• Shen Ye used his support-enhanced Arc of Light to make the skull spin until it became dizzy, then shot it in the eye and was appointed scout captain of the Chaotic Bone Land.
• General Tazwell gave Shen Ye the Wind Crest and asked him to help inspire the advancement of one of his skills.
• Shen Ye led scouts to the border, where General Tazwell met Isaac; the two waited in silence until five, exchanged remarks, and returned without explaining the purpose of the meeting.
• General Tazwell gave Shen Ye a detailed map for finding Páolào Castle and promised to take him there on a future trip.
• Shen Ye returned to the Main World, shared dinner with his parents, and went to the Human World Martial Arts Tower, where he found his repaired Biochemical Clone and learned Kunlun had upgraded his Ghostfire Motorcycle.

Shen Ye trained at the corporation and received an emergency alert that the planet Human Face would appear in the sky by noon. With Big Skeleton’s help and his high Comprehension, Shen Ye broke through Frost Bite and Flowing Moon, though he accidentally cut Big Skeleton in two during their sparring.

• Shen Ye put away his Ghostfire Motorcycle and Biochemical Clone, then went to a training room to practice his techniques.
• Kunlun issued an emergency bulletin warning that the planet Human Face was approaching and would become visible by noon the next day.
• Big Skeleton offered to spar with Shen Ye, but their practice did not immediately help him break through.
• Shen Ye remembered that he had 32 points of Comprehension and used them to analyze his own techniques during the sparring match.
• Shen Ye broke through Frost Bite and Flowing Moon, accidentally cutting Big Skeleton in two, then placed it in the Fish Tank and promised to buy it crayfish.

Shen Ye discovered the Huntian Gate’s hidden inheritance and went to Hell, where he found that the fortified town and all its inhabitants had vanished. He searched Isaac’s territory for answers and used Moonlit Divine Sight on General Tazwell’s Wind Crest, uncovering a vision of Tazwell speaking about sending someone to Páolào Castle.

• Shen Ye learned that his advanced skills revealed the location of the Huntian Gate’s true power, hidden in a Great Tomb beneath boundless ice.
• Shen Ye planned to train Sudden Rain but chose to enter Hell first when the day changed, bringing Big Skeleton along.
• Shen Ye arrived in Chaotic Bone Land and found the fortified town, its dead souls, and every trace of its buildings gone.
• Shen Ye rode the Ghostfire Motorcycle into Isaac’s territory but found it just as empty, then asked Big Skeleton to watch the area while he examined the Wind Crest.
• Shen Ye used Moonlit Divine Sight on the Wind Crest and saw General Tazwell, a Fallen Angel, say he would send someone to meet the listener at Páolào Castle.

Shen Ye traced the Wind Crest’s past to a mass death in Hell and found a crocodile head that described a sky filled with ravenous heads devouring souls and bodies. The account left Shen Ye and Big Skeleton facing a catastrophe unknown even to the Undead Race’s ancient records.

• Shen Ye spent Free Attribute Points to restore his Mental Power, then used Moonlit Divine Sight to see a female Dark Elf kill herself in a stream while fleeing an unseen threat.
• Shen Ye and Big Skeleton searched for water, and Shen Ye found a crocodile head buried in a lakebed and brought it ashore.
• Big Skeleton threatened the crocodile head with Undead Resurrection, prompting it to answer Shen Ye’s questions instead of stalling.
• The crocodile head said it had seen the sky filled with hungry heads from many races that descended and devoured everything, including Lord Isaac’s carriage and its occupants.
• The crocodile head explained that it killed itself to escape being devoured, while Big Skeleton admitted the catastrophe matched nothing in the Undead Race’s ancient records.

Shen Ye discovered that Hell’s human-head calamity could regenerate from its roots and raced to rescue Werewolf Green’s head, escaping the swarm to Chaotic Bone Land. Surrounded by countless heads, he realized they feared thunder and prepared to fight back with Thunderclap Palm.

• Shen Ye and Big Skeleton tested the human heads’ strength, and Shen Ye destroyed one with arrows and Demon-Slaying Frost Lines, only for a new head to grow from its root.
• The new head revealed itself as Werewolf Green, and Shen Ye severed its root with Arc of Light before racing through the swarm to retrieve him.
• Shen Ye escaped with Werewolf Green’s head through a Gate, briefly arriving in the Main World before returning to Chaotic Bone Land.
• Werewolf Green told Shen Ye that the general had broken free and urged him to go west, then his head burst apart from an unseen force.
• Surrounded by a sky full of heads, Shen Ye channeled Thunderclap Palm, and the heads scattered in fear of the lightning.

Shen Ye escaped Hell and returned to the Main World, but Yun Ni teleported him to a mountaintop to force the final wager. Song Yinchen realized he was in danger and rushed to find him as Yun Ni prepared to begin their confrontation.

• Shen Ye escaped the red-haired man in Hell by using a door to teleport back to the Main World, then devoured the Survivor trait for two attribute points.
• Shen Ye spoke with Song Yinchen by video call while she managed the Song Family’s affairs, and Yun Ni’s Teleportation Array pulled him away before he could finish the call.
• Song Yinchen recognized that the summoning array was not human and traveled through the Verdant World toward Qingzhou to reach Shen Ye.
• Yun Ni told Shen Ye that war and the approaching planet had forced her to make a choice, then declared their final wager: she would take his soul or he would defeat her servant.
• Yun Ni formed a Spell Seal and covered the mountaintop in dark light.

Shen Ye fought Skinner in the Lord of the Weeping Demon Prison’s deadly wager while exhausted and under threat from a summoned Blood-Colored Humanoid Puppet. He disrupted the summoning chant and injured Skinner with lightning, but the puppet interrupted his attack, leaving both enemies still alive.

• The wager began, and Shen Ye used arrows and Songstress power to attack Skinner while replenishing his strength with pills.
• Skinner summoned a Blood-Colored Humanoid Puppet using a curse chanted in advance by hundreds of corpses.
• Shen Ye used Dark Whisper to make the dead stop chanting and shout “Defense,” weakening the puppet, then opened a Gate to redirect its first punch.
• The puppet’s attacks and Skinner’s steel wires forced Shen Ye to keep dodging, while the dead called out warnings and accused Skinner of cheating.
• Shen Ye struck Skinner’s steel wires with Thunderclap, electrocuting him, but the puppet charged in before Shen Ye could finish Skinner with the Night-Hiding Sword.
• Skinner retreated, and Shen Ye withdrew his sword to avoid being crushed by the puppet.

Shen Ye fought the Skinner and his Blood-Colored Humanoid Puppet, using his Dharma Form and strongest lightning technique to destroy the summon. Exhausted on the mountaintop, he faced the Skinner, who claimed Shen Ye had spent all his strength.

• The Skinner recalled his steel wires, hid in the darkness, and prepared a sniper shot while the Blood-Colored Puppet forced Shen Ye to keep dodging.
• Shen Ye used Flowing Moon Twin Bodies to deflect the Skinner’s bullet, then taunted him about lacking a Dharma Form while secretly waiting for his attributes to recover.
• The Blood-Colored Puppet trapped Shen Ye with its attacks and formed a gigantic Hammer of Sin, so Shen Ye used his Guanghan Palace Dharma Form and Lightning Subdues Evil to destroy the hammer and badly damage the monster.
• The Skinner attacked Shen Ye with steel wires, but Big Skeleton blocked them with a White Bone Great Shield, giving Shen Ye time to fire Sudden Rain and freeze the Blood-Colored Puppet until it broke apart.
• Shen Ye landed on the mountaintop, exhausted and kneeling, as the Skinner arrived and claimed Shen Ye had used up all his strength.

Shen Ye used a newly empowered Beidong Divine Fist to send Skinner through a doorway into Hell, where a red-armored figure had him devoured. After the battle, Shen Ye learned he had become a probationary member of the Tower of Tarot, apparently with Xu Xingke watching nearby.

• Skinner attacked Shen Ye with six corpses and trapped him in a web of steel wires, but Shen Ye's gold-ranked Beidong Divine Fist shattered the corpses and drove Skinner backward.
• Shen Ye sent Skinner through a doorway into Hell, where a red-armored man summoned a mass of human heads that devoured him.
• Shen Ye thanked the dead for cheering him on, and their souls departed in peace.
• Shen Ye's card awarded him one ranking point and announced that he had become a probationary member of the Tower of Tarot after receiving approval on the spot.
• Shen Ye recognized Xu Xingke's mark on his hand and concluded that his teacher had been watching the fight; his new membership let him post a monthly announcement to all Professionals with cards.