Chapter Summaries

Shen Ye devoured the Matchstick-Selling Little Boy trait, advanced into the rare Deathless Soul Lord class, and chose its Lifeless Lord path. He activated Astrological Shift’s connection to a new world, only to open a Gate into a bathroom occupied by an angry panda.

• Shen Ye devoured the Matchstick-Selling Little Boy trait and used the gained attribute points to raise all five main attributes to 23.
• Shen Ye advanced into Deathless Soul Lord and chose the Lifeless Lord path to avoid gaining multiple heads like Nine Forms.
• Shen Ye gained the As Though Natural effect, which concealed his name and class, and the class skill I Exist in the Mirror.
• Shen Ye fully activated Astrological Shift’s second effect and opened a Gate to a new world.
• Shen Ye stepped through the Gate, encountered a panda using a toilet, apologized, and hurried back through the door.

Shen Ye learned that an Emperor Species insect had destroyed the Huntian Gate’s world, and that the Nightmare World was its satellite, where the Jade Terrace had been created to fight the creature. After the sect’s treasure manual absorbed the message, it awakened and revealed a mysterious inscription about champions gathering to meet Shen Ye.

• Shen Ye received a package from Iron Man, who had guarded it for the Huntian Gate for a thousand years.
• Shen Ye opened the package using the Sect Leader's Treasure Manual and heard the former sect leader’s message through a white jade.
• The message revealed that an Emperor Species insect had killed the planet’s will, devoured millions of people, and gone dormant inside the planet.
• Shen Ye learned that the Nightmare World was the planet’s satellite and that the Jade Terrace was its weapon against the insect.
• Shen Ye placed the white paper on the treasure manual, which absorbed it, displayed images of ancient figures, and revealed an inscription about ten thousand champions coming to meet him.

Shen Ye returned to the underground island and urged his classmates to dig a path to the surface after learning the extraterrestrials had gone deeper into the Great Tomb. Mojiahou appeared and froze everyone except Shen Ye, but after discovering Shen Ye was connected to Nine Forms and reviewing his conflict with Tianluo’s subordinate, he chose not to interfere and vanished into the tomb.

• Shen Ye returned to the island with Lilyas and told his classmates that monsters in the Great Tomb were fighting the extraterrestrials.
• Shen Ye proposed that Nangong Sirui’s artifact spirits help the group dig through the rock wall and escape to the surface.
• Mojiahou appeared and sealed everyone’s senses, but Shen Ye remained conscious through his mirrored body and confronted him.
• Lilyas identified Mojiahou as the strongest of the Five Desires and explained that Chaotic Spiritual Light had bound her to Shen Ye.
• Mojiahou used the dark gate to reveal Shen Ye’s past conflict with Tianluo’s subordinate, then decided not to interfere in Nine Forms and Tianluo’s affairs and disappeared.

Shen Ye visited the panda to learn about Gate Abilities and rested in the panda’s Rest Room, where the Sect Leader’s Treasure Manual drew him into visions of humanity’s past battles against an Emperor Species insect. The visions left him witnessing the human Professionals’ desperate efforts to prepare for the enemy.

• Shen Ye asked Lilyas to guard his classmates, then used his Gate to visit the panda and warned him that the world faced a dangerous invasion.
• The panda explained that his Rest Room was a Gate Ability, claimed Mojiahou’s black gate was fake, and charged Shen Ye for information and a visit.
• Shen Ye entered the Rest Room, where his injuries and exhaustion began to recover.
• The Sect Leader’s Treasure Manual opened to a blank page, and Shen Ye saw an Emperor Species insect defeat the gods and humans on a planet.
• Shen Ye witnessed armored Professionals descend into the Great Tomb to attack the insect as an aged voice described their plans to create training grounds and find a countermeasure.
• The aged voice said the humans had found no spellcraft capable of defeating the Emperor Species, but had chosen to learn from it rather than give up.

Shen Ye learned that the ancient Professionals’ Insect Blood Detonation Art could briefly match the Emperor Species worm but risked killing its user, and he rejected their plans before swallowing the blood. With only minutes before his body would explode, he escaped the Great Tomb and rushed to the battles outside, where he struck Tianluo into the sea and found his teacher Xu Xingke.

• Shen Ye received the Emperor Species insect blood and heard how the ancient Professionals had developed the Insect Blood Detonation Art, but he refused both using it as a gamble and spending years in the Training Room.
• Shen Ye swallowed the golden blood, set a teleportation coordinate, and used his heightened perception to decide he could not fight every monster or defeat the Emperor Species worm in the time he had.
• Shen Ye burst out of the Great Tomb wearing an undead helmet and flew toward the strongest battle, sensing his teacher nearby.
• Above the sea, Xu Xingke and Tianluo prepared their ultimate attacks as their duel reached its climax.
• Shen Ye arrived and knocked Tianluo into the sea with one blow, then asked Xu Xingke what he had just said; Xu Xingke awkwardly praised the seagrass exposed by the impact.

Shen Ye used his reversed body and an Emperor Species bloodline power to defeat Tianluo’s asteroid attack, though Tianluo escaped. The reversed body was destroyed by the blood, and Shen Ye learned that he needed to improve I Exist in the Mirror before he could use it outside a mirror again.

• Shen Ye used his reversed body’s inverted Frost Bite to slash through the sea and force Tianluo to surface.
• Shen Ye fought Tianluo, whose attacks barely harmed him, while his body began transforming under the Emperor Species blood.
• Tianluo summoned asteroids to destroy the world, but Shen Ye unleashed Fate’s End Banner and absorbed them.
• Tianluo escaped by breaking through the void, while Shen Ye told Xu Xingke that the art had marked Tianluo and would consume him and eventually threaten his companions.
• Shen Ye returned to his original body, and his reversed body burst apart; a message warned that I Exist in the Mirror needed to reach Dharma Realm First Layer before the reversed body could appear in the real world again.

Shen Ye tested the reversed abilities of his mirror self and learned that he had briefly gained recognition for the Darkness Devourer profession, though he could not meet its attribute requirements. He bid farewell to the ancient heroes, and their recognition raised his Resonance to 190, granting him All Under Heaven Return to the Heart.

• Shen Ye analyzed his battle with Tianluo and discovered that his mirror self reversed the attributes of his skills.
• Shen Ye tested the reversed Thunder: Palm Technique on Lilyas and learned that it caused three seconds of unavoidable paralysis.
• The Dharma Realm offered Shen Ye advancement into Darkness Devourer, but its requirement of 200 points in every attribute was beyond his reach.
• Shen Ye entered the Great Hall and persuaded the ancient heroes to leave, then promised the white-haired old Daoist he would carry on the Huntian Orthodoxy.
• The ancient heroes departed one by one, and the white-haired old Daoist gave Shen Ye ten points of sect recognition before leaving.
• The Dharma Realm announced that the heroes’ recognition raised Shen Ye’s Resonance by 170 to 190 and granted him All Under Heaven Return to the Heart.

Shen Ye used the Sect Leader's Treasure Manual’s Training Room and the mirror world to find a way to practice his Lifeless Lord skill before the class-advancement deadline. Touching the Ice Prism Mirror finally revealed to him the hidden power of the Lifeless Lord.

• Shen Ye gained 190 resonance after the historical heroes recognized him and learned that his resonance let him fully use the Training Room’s 1:12 time ratio.
• Shen Ye ordered Lilyas to return to the island and protect his classmates, then entered the Training Room to pursue the Dark Devourer Lord advancement.
• Shen Ye invested his free attribute points in comprehension and repeatedly practiced I Exist in the Mirror, but quickly ran out of mental power.
• Shen Ye entered the mirror world and used his reversed body’s mental power to practice the skill, discovering that the reversed body could not reverse I Exist in the Mirror.
• Shen Ye struggled to find a way to continue practicing before the deadline, then touched the Ice Prism Mirror and realized the hidden power of the Lifeless Lord.

Shen Ye advanced “I Exist in the Mirror” to Dharma Realm first layer through relentless practice, then used the Emperor Species blood bead to complete his advancement to Darkness Devourer just before its power ran out. Back in the Great Tomb, he summoned the Unknown Gate and opened it, leaving its purpose unknown.

• Shen Ye nested mirrors and repeatedly swapped bodies to practice “I Exist in the Mirror,” advancing it to Dharma Realm first layer and gaining one second of invulnerability after a body swap.
• Shen Ye swallowed the fading Emperor Species blood bead and began his Darkness Devourer class advancement as his attributes rose.
• The blood bead’s power ran out during the Dharma Realm’s confirmation, so Shen Ye rushed through his mirrors back to the real world while his attributes plunged.
• Shen Ye spent all 24.1 Free Attribute Points evenly across his attributes, completing the advancement before they fell below the required threshold.
• Shen Ye received the Emperor Species Dharma Form Fate’s End and the Darkness Devourer class skill Nest Banner, but could not use either while his attributes remained low.
• Shen Ye and Big Skeleton returned to the Great Tomb, where Shen Ye summoned the Unknown Gate and pushed it open.

Shen Ye saw a vision inside the White Gate of a three-meter-tall woman killing his classmates, then returned to find events unfolding as he had witnessed them. He tried to keep everyone safe, and Nangong Sirui revealed that his hand had healed after suffering damage from the same threat.

• Shen Ye watched a vision of the woman unleashing black light that killed his classmates, until Lilyas urged him to open the gate and the scene vanished.
• Lilyas told Shen Ye that the students had awakened and that strange spellcraft was emanating from deep within the Great Tomb.
• When the students began repeating the actions from his vision, Shen Ye had Lilyas strike the blocked passage to stop them from digging upward.
• Shen Ye gave Nangong Sirui the stored food to distribute among all 136 people in case they were separated.
• Nangong Sirui showed Shen Ye a healed wound and said his Yaksha technique and hand had been severely damaged, leading Shen Ye to suspect the woman was real and nearby.

Shen Ye discovered that the three-meter-tall woman was the Spell Spirit of the Fate Seal and learned how dangerous it was, while Nangong Sirui chose to inherit the Yaksha Blood Pact. After the Spirit pierced Shen Ye, he remained still, suspecting it had no real intent to kill him.

• Shen Ye hid a warning from Nangong Sirui that the monster was watching them, then left to patrol as the Spirit fled deeper underground.
• Nangong Sirui removed his bandages and decided to inherit the Yaksha Blood Pact, summoning the goddesses on his shield to lend him their strength.
• Shen Ye asked Lilyas about the woman, and she identified it as the Spell Spirit of the Fate Seal and warned that only Mojiahou could face what was coming in the Great Tomb.
• Shen Ye tried to open his white door but found that it could only be used once per day, then saw the Spell Spirit appear behind him again.
• The Spirit pierced Shen Ye's chest, while Lilyas fled and stabbed herself to trigger her resurrection; Shen Ye completed a Spell Seal but chose not to use it, and the Spirit embraced him.

A black woman mistook Shen Ye for an Emperor Species larva and sealed him in a glowing egg to strengthen his attributes, while Yun Ni and Lilyas concluded he was dead. Song Yinchen headed into the Great Tomb to fight beside him, unaware he was alive, as Lilyas prepared to prey on the students below.

• The black woman told Shen Ye that his bloodline power was overdrawn and his attributes were dangerously low, then enclosed him in a flesh egg where cosmic energy began increasing his attributes.
• Yun Ni awoke in the passage, found that her Contract with Shen Ye had vanished, and assumed he had died.
• Song Yinchen questioned Lilyas about her service to Shen Ye, and Lilyas concealed the black woman and Shen Ye's survival.
• Song Yinchen transformed into a Flame Phoenix and plunged into the Great Tomb, while Chaotic Spiritual Light followed after placing a spell on Lilyas.
• Lilyas reflected on Shen Ye's presumed death and vanished in seven-colored radiance to go after the students below.

Shen Ye survived the first selection underground and prepared for the final battle after his Night Roamer skill broke through its limits. Meanwhile, Lilyas attacked the students hiding on Heart of the Lake Island, but Shen Ye’s chain forcibly summoned her into the underground arena.

• Shen Ye gained enough Star Power to evolve Sudden Rain into spacetime Archery, which fixed the distance between him and his target.
• Shen Ye used Guanghan Palace and its God-Slaying Guide to kill the surrounding larvae, then defeated a centipede and an earthworm with Sudden Rain and Flowing Moon.
• The black woman announced a five-minute rest before the final round, while stronger larvae gathered around Shen Ye.
• Lilyas attacked Heart of the Lake Island and fought Nangong Sirui and Xiao Mengyu, injuring them and knocking more than a hundred students into the underground lake.
• As the final battle began, Shen Ye activated the chain on his arm and forcibly summoned Lilyas to the underground arena.

Xu Xingke, Cang Nanyan, and the Sword Maiden learned that an Emperor Species cosmic insect was breaking the Great Tomb’s Fate Seal, while Shen Ye agreed to let the black woman repair his bond with Lilyas. The repair exposed Lilyas’s soul to a Cosmic Insect’s power, and she began unleashing the Weeping Spirit King.

• Song Yinchen killed a Nine Nether Drought Demon and brought the Wasteland High Priest before Xu Xingke, Cang Nanyan, and the Sword Maiden for questioning.
• The Wasteland High Priest revealed that an Emperor Species cosmic insect had copied the Fate Seal and was beginning to break it to find the Great Tomb’s true master.
• Underground, Shen Ye sent Lilyas to fight the monster larvae while he stayed airborne, and the black woman warned that their summoning contract and Lilyas’s soul were defective.
• Shen Ye agreed to the black woman’s offer to fix the contract and Lilyas, and she seized Lilyas and drew her into a cosmic darkness.
• A Cosmic Insect’s will consumed most of Lilyas’s soul, but the remaining fragment formed a Spell Seal and manifested the Weeping Spirit King.

Shen Ye received the Cosmic Insect’s recognition and transformed into a powerful, insect-like being while a sovereign consciousness entered his dream. He reached the students at Heart of the Lake Island, rescued Xiao Mengyu from Lilyas, and overwhelmed her before taking her away.

• The black woman told Shen Ye that the sovereign would descend through their linked Spell Seals, and the Cosmic Insect granted him recognition and began a Swarm Trait assessment.
• Lilyas attacked the students at Heart of the Lake Island, but Shen Ye appeared and shattered her attack before striking her underground.
• Shen Ye sealed the space and confronted Lilyas, whose uncontrolled words revealed that she was the incarnation of Demon Prison’s world will and could resurrect endlessly.
• Lilyas broke Shen Ye’s Mimicry Art, but he revealed that insects and their Arts had surrounded the area unnoticed.
• Shen Ye defeated Lilyas with overwhelming force, cut off her hands as she tried to form a Spell Seal, and vanished with her.

Shen Ye learned that the Emperor Species Cosmic Insect wanted him to loosen the Fate Seal and manipulate him into drawing people into the Great Tomb. He arranged for the students to escape, then pretended to cooperate while plotting to handle the hidden threat once they were gone.

• The Humanoid Carapace erased Lilyas's soul, explained that Fate's End Banner would consume her and her planet, and offered Shen Ye a chance to change his evolutionary path if he helped with the Fate Seal.
• Shen Ye chose to take responsibility for loosening the Fate Seal, then learned from the black woman that outsiders who entered the Great Tomb had been forbidden to leave so they would help ease the seal's burden.
• Shen Ye ordered the black woman to lift the restriction and told Xiao Mengyu to evacuate everyone immediately.
• The Emperor Species Cosmic Insect's will took control of Shen Ye and bound him with a spell, but Shen Ye realized it needed energy and people to assault the Fate Seal.
• Shen Ye pretended to cooperate, proposing to lure people into the Great Tomb with a story about treasure left by an Ancient King.

Shen Ye advanced to the Dharma Realm Second Layer before the Fate Seal engulfed everyone in the Great Tomb and forced them into a trial. When the seal made him choose how to kill Big Skeleton, Shen Ye recognized that the boiled bones in the pot were not his brother.

• Shen Ye gained the Bloodthirsty Brawler trait and learned the Night Roamer skill Bandit Suppression from the Sect Leader's Treasure Manual.
• Shen Ye advanced to the Dharma Realm Second Layer, unlocked frostfire in his Dharma Form, and learned that his bright moon needed to become full for further advancement.
• The Fate Seal's power leaked across the Great Tomb, reviving corpses and summoning spectral armies while trapping those inside.
• Shen Ye warned that the seal would test everyone, then found himself facing the Fate Seal's enormous Spell Spirit.
• The Spell Spirit seized Big Skeleton and ordered Shen Ye to choose how he would die, so Shen Ye chose boiling.
• Shen Ye found only scattered bones in the pot and accused the Spell Spirit of lying because the broth did not smell like his brother.

Shen Ye used the White Gate and saw a vision of himself dying underground, then was transported to a selection trial where a Spell Spirit killed his opponent and advanced him. He tried to secure a more important role by switching into his clean human body, hoping to persuade the Spell Spirit to accept him as an ally.

• After the Emperor Species' will left him, Shen Ye and Big Skeleton discussed the Spell Spirit and worried that his classmates might not have escaped the tomb.
• Shen Ye summoned the White Gate and saw a vision of himself dying on a giant statue's finger deep underground.
• A powerful force transported Shen Ye and an unfamiliar senior to a mountain peak, where a Spell Spirit ordered them to fight for a place in her selection.
• The Spell Spirit killed the senior with one strike and advanced Shen Ye, but Shen Ye stopped his return and asked for a more glorious post.
• Shen Ye used I Exist in the Mirror to exchange his insect-blooded body for his human body, then offered to help the Spell Spirit fight the Emperor Species.

Shen Ye calmed the Chaotic Spiritual Light’s attack and learned that the emperor species cosmic insect was about to break through the Fate Seal and devour the living worlds. The dying Spell Spirit recognized him as the Huntian Gate’s heir, gave him the sect’s weapons, and began a new plan that required him to switch to his body marked with emperor insect patterns.

• Shen Ye found Song Yinchen in the underground plaza and persuaded her and the Chaotic Spiritual Light to stop attacking the seal by explaining the emperor species cosmic insect’s threat.
• The Chaotic Spiritual Light revealed that the Fate Seal was near collapse and the insect would reach the Burial Ground, while the Spell Spirit warned Shen Ye that it would devour nearby life-bearing planets and become the King of All Beings.
• Shen Ye asked the Spell Spirit for advice and proved his Huntian Gate heritage when the sect’s weapons resonated with him and entered the Sect Leader’s Treasure Manual.
• The Spell Spirit changed her plan from destroying the underground Great Tomb to trying another path, and Shen Ye gained two points to all attributes after his actions introduced a new variable.
• The Spell Spirit formed a cloak of light around Shen Ye and told him to switch to his body with emperor insect markings as the gigantic statue began forming a Spell Seal.

Shen Ye used Mind-to-Mind Communion to rally his companions against the Cosmic Zerg Runes forming throughout the Great Tomb. Xu Xingke and the Tower of Tarot joined forces with Cang Nanyan and the Sword Maiden to empower Xu Xingke, while Shen Ye's allies began fighting the emerging bugs.

• Shen Ye switched back into the rune-marked body and asked the Spell Spirit how to delay the Emperor Species' descent.
• The Spell Spirit gave Shen Ye Mind-to-Mind Communion, and he urged Xu Xingke, the Sword Maiden, and Cang Nanyan to destroy the forming runes.
• Xu Xingke temporarily recruited Cang Nanyan into the Tower of Tarot and used Immortal Barrier: All Spirits Guard the Beacon to draw power from the broken worlds.
• The Sword Maiden and Cang Nanyan attacked the runes as Xu Xingke revealed that he had once cast Immortal Barrier: Master of This Age and disappeared to help Shen Ye.
• Chaotic Spiritual Light left Song Yinchen to pursue an opportunity, while Song Yinchen decided to search for Shen Ye after hearing his message.
• Shen Ye contacted the Xirang High School first-years, who attacked the runes as powerful bugs emerged and battles began.