Chapter Summaries

Shen Ye lured eight aristocratic scions into a prolonged chase, then turned on them when a devastating hailstorm forced them to flee. He killed one pursuer and continued after the others.

• Shen Ye faced eight aristocratic scions, including the boy in white and a bow-wielding youth, who agreed to divide rewards for wounding and killing him.
• Shen Ye ran from the group, dodged a homing arrow, and broke it with a Thunderclap palm strike.
• Shen Ye repeatedly replenished his strength with attribute points and kept the scions chasing him until hail began to fall.
• As the hailstorm intensified, the scions retreated for cover, but Shen Ye chased them and spent his attribute points on agility.
• Shen Ye slipped into the rearmost scion's shadow, stabbed him with Nightfall, and confirmed the youth was dead before pursuing the others.

Shen Ye survived the deadly hailstorm by using Big Skeleton’s skull as cover and killed the eight Aristocratic Family scions pursuing him. After the storm ended, he defeated the last scion, spoke with his venomous snake, and learned that the Aristocratic Families were lairs of deities or burial grounds for something else.

• Big Skeleton told Shen Ye it could absorb the hail’s cold power, so Shen Ye wore its skull as a helmet and approached the scions.
• Shen Ye used Frost Bite and his sword to kill the scions one by one as the hailstorm intensified.
• When the hail stopped, Shen Ye killed the boy in white with Great White despite the boy’s Double Attack and venomous snake.
• The snake told Shen Ye that the Aristocratic Families were lairs of deities or possibly burial grounds, then vanished into the sky.
• Shen Ye revived the boy in white with Dark Whisper and forced him to reveal his name as Niu Ziqiang.

Shen Ye escaped the deadly fire rain by using the Gate and entrusted the exam to a wooden substitute while he entered the Nightmare World. Elsewhere, Nangong Sirui learned that the Dharma Realm was becoming unstable and set out to investigate.

• Shen Ye learned that his Meat Shield blessing had grown stronger after he killed eight examinees, then watched fire rain begin to devastate the island.
• Nangong Sirui spoke with his mother, learned the Dharma Realm was experiencing dangerous fluctuations, and left to explore the island.
• Shen Ye used the Gate as an umbrella but realized the fire rain could eventually burn it down.
• The divine wood offered to take Shen Ye's place in the exam, and Shen Ye transferred his Meat Shield power to it before it hid underwater.
• Shen Ye entered the Gate and vanished, leaving the wooden substitute to continue the exam.

Shen Ye was forced to cooperate with Freg the Snow Demon in a staged escape toward Prince Norton’s position, claiming he wanted to assassinate the prince. He reached the human lines carrying a mysterious Black Stone and was admitted after Eudria ordered the soldiers to bring him in.

• Shen Ye forced his way out of the abandoned Battlefield Secret Passage and found humans fighting a powerful undead counterattack.
• Freg the Snow Demon recognized Shen Ye’s White Bone Medal and threatened him into helping assassinate Prince Norton, while hidden undead watched nearby.
• Shen Ye presented his recommendation letter, and Freg gave him a mysterious Black Stone disguised as a map before arranging a staged pursuit.
• The undead attacked Shen Ye without harming him as he ran toward the besieged human position, shouting that he had urgent intelligence.
• Eudria ordered the human forces to let Shen Ye in, and a knight lent him a golden warhorse that carried him over the defensive line.

Shen Ye reached Prince Norton’s tent and used He Xisi’s Spray and pills in a desperate attempt to heal his mortal wounds. Meanwhile, Freig’s assassination bomb repeatedly failed to detonate because he was too far away, so he led powerful undead forces into a direct assault on the human position.

• Shen Ye hid the black stone in a stream, severing the gate between the two worlds, then followed Eudria to Prince Norton’s tent.
• Shen Ye warned that Freig and other powerful undead had been sent to assassinate the prince, only to find Norton near death.
• With Norton’s permission, Shen Ye sprayed He Xisi’s Spray over his wounds and gave him pills while Eudria kept the knights from interfering.
• Freig tried to detonate a Soul Shockwave Bomb from several distances, but each attempt failed with a warning that he was too far away.
• Freig led the hidden powerful undead in an attack on the human position.

Shen Ye secretly placed the dying Prince in He Xisi’s Life Support Device and hid him in an abandoned passage, saving his life. After receiving the Boy Who Survived trait and gaining a new Gate ability, Shen Ye escaped another mortal danger and discovered the trait increased all his basic attributes.

• As the undead attacked, Great Priest Anthony told the Prince that his missing organs and severe injuries could not be healed, and Shen Ye asked to try one last treatment if everyone left the tent.
• After the others withdrew, Shen Ye put the Prince to sleep with an Assassin’s dagger and used He Xisi’s Life Support Device, which began treating his critical injuries.
• Shen Ye carried the device through Gate to an abandoned Secret Passage beneath the undead positions and hid there with the Prince.
• Shen Ye received the blue Boy Who Survived trait and the Gate subsidiary ability Unparalleled Method, which let him designate doors to link the two worlds.
• When the passage trembled and sections collapsed, Shen Ye narrowly avoided being buried, triggering Boy Who Survived and gaining two points in every basic attribute.

Zhao Yibing discovered that someone was using Shen Ye as bait and chose to observe the scheme, while an old servant set out to kill Shen Ye for a young aristocrat. In the Nightmare World, Shen Ye restored Prince Norton and helped him choose a safe house at random before they teleported away.

• A mysterious girl retrieved a wooden decoy from the stream, then warned Zhao Yibing not to provoke Shen Ye and vanished when others approached.
• Zhao Yibing sensed that someone was using Shen Ye as bait, ordered her servant to watch events unfold, and absorbed the soul of a rare fox to replenish her power.
• An old man told a young master that he would personally kill Shen Ye, ignored an Earth Bear's attack, and headed toward the stream; afterward, an unseen force split the bear in two.
• Shen Ye's Life Support Device restored Prince Norton's body but could not remove every curse, so Norton used a pendant to clear the remaining effects.
• Norton trusted Shen Ye to choose among six safe houses because he suspected a traitor among his own people; Shen Ye picked the forest stream at random, and Norton teleported them there.

Shen Ye cared for the wounded Prince Norton in a woodland safe house, then returned to the Main World as the second day of the exam approached. After a frightened examinee surrendered and described more than a dozen hunters being killed, Shen Ye wondered who was responsible and escaped through a Gate as monsters roared nearby.

• Shen Ye helped Prince Norton settle into the cabin and prepared him a hot meal while Norton sent military orders.
• Norton explained that a traitor had injured him, so he could not reveal his location or summon guards until he recovered.
• Shen Ye returned to the Main World, retrieved the Wooden Puppet from the stream, and moved to a secluded cliffside to avoid the crowds.
• A card warned that the second day would bring terrifying monsters, and Shen Ye heard roars around the cliff.
• A trembling boy surrendered and told Shen Ye that an unknown attacker had killed more than a dozen people who had been hunting him.
• Shen Ye let the boy go, speculated about who had killed the hunters, and opened a Gate in the mountainside to leave as monsters roared nearby.

Shen Ye tricked Freg into entering the safe house, then used his Gate ability to bring him face-to-face with a Human Grand Consecrator and spark a battle between them. Shen Ye survived the encounter and berated Feren for waiting until the danger had passed to speak up.

• Prince Norton received news that undead assassins had gathered outside the safe house, and Shen Ye stepped forward to face them.
• When Freg called for Prince Norton, Shen Ye knocked the prince unconscious and pretended to have captured him for the undead assassin.
• Shen Ye opened the safe house door and activated his Gate ability as Freg entered.
• At the same moment, a white-haired old man appeared on the other side of the Gate, and Shen Ye yelled for them to kill each other before closing the connection.
• Freg and the old man mistook each other for enemies and began fighting, while Shen Ye called out Feren and complained that he had not helped.

Shen Ye opened the gate to let Big Skeleton retrieve Freg’s Soul Shockwave Bomb, then escaped with Prince Norton into the study as Freg and the white-haired old man pursued them. The old man killed Freg, but after the bomb revealed itself as a strange monster and vanished, he planned to frame Shen Ye as a Calamity suspect and claim credit for exposing it.

• Shen Ye decided to risk opening the gate so Big Skeleton could recover the Soul Shockwave Bomb while Freg and the white-haired old man were fighting.
• Big Skeleton left through the gate, and Shen Ye raised his Agility, grabbed Prince Norton, and retreated into the study as Freg and the old man charged after them.
• The gate vanished with Freg trapped outside, while the white-haired old man passed through the study door and returned to the mountainside, where he found Freg embedded in the mountain.
• The white-haired old man struck Freg from behind with Dharma Realm Tiger Starburst and seized his half-severed body.
• Freg activated the Soul Shockwave Bomb, which transformed into a three-headed, six-armed crystalline monster before dissolving into colorful bubbles.
• The white-haired old man punched through Freg’s head, then decided to present his corpse as evidence and have Shen Ye put on trial as a Calamity suspect.

After escaping a deadly battle in the examination grounds, Shen Ye gained the purple trait “Matchstick-Selling Little Boy” and reunited with Zhao Yibing, who confronted him before a little girl drove her away. The chapter left Zhao Yibing and her companions blown off the Floating Island while Shen Ye remained under the little girl’s protection.

• The white-haired old man tried to warn the gathered experts that Shen Ye had summoned a calamity, but he saw the hall as an illusion and dispersed into gray shadow before dying in the Temple.
• Shen Ye emerged from the collapsed mountain and learned that both opponents from the battle were dead.
• Shen Ye received the choice to upgrade “Boy Who Survived” or obtain “Matchstick-Selling Little Boy,” and chose the new purple trait.
• Zhao Yibing and Skinner appeared, and Zhao Yibing praised Shen Ye’s use of the door ability while admitting she could not yet bring herself to act against him.
• A little girl confronted Zhao Yibing and unleashed a powerful wind that uprooted the forest and swept Zhao Yibing and her subordinates away.

Zhao Yibing told Skinner to treat living creatures as food while they recovered their strength, and Shen Ye learned that Song Yinchen had sent the strange girl to repay an old favor. After deciding to seek a cure for Song Yinchen’s curse, Shen Ye returned to the Safe House and explained away the undead assassin’s death to Prince Norton.

• Zhao Yibing described how gods regarded living creatures as food and told Skinner to keep hunting while they regained their strength.
• The strange girl revealed that Song Yinchen was dying from an incurable curse and had sent her to protect Shen Ye and repay a favor.
• Shen Ye exchanged contact details with the girl and refused to record a message telling Song Yinchen to die in peace.
• The girl flew into the Azure Vault, where scarlet eyeballs and approaching figures appeared before she vanished into the void.
• Shen Ye told Big Skeleton he would look for a cure to Song Yinchen’s curse, collected Freg’s lower body, and returned through the Gate.
• Prince Norton woke, examined the undead assassin’s remains, and accepted Shen Ye’s explanation that Brother Feren had knocked him out to protect his bomb-making secrets.

Shen Ye obtained Prince Norton's Divine Compassion Diamond to help his cursed friend, then left before Norton could bring him back to the battlefield. On Floating Island, Nangong Sirui met Wang Guanshu and warned his family that a god had devastated Wang Guanshu’s soul, leaving his sister heartbroken and Nangong unable to help.

• Shen Ye persuaded Prince Norton to give him the Divine Compassion Diamond, a powerful curse-lifting treasure, in exchange for saving someone and repaying a favor.
• Three days later, Eudria treated Prince Norton, who prepared to return to the battlefield and summon Shen Ye, but found only a pig drawing and a cryptic message; he claimed Shen Ye was on a secret assignment.
• Nangong Sirui found Wang Guanshu hiding in a stone chamber and learned that he planned to attend Jialan.
• Nangong Sirui called his mother and told her to end the Nangong Family’s dealings with the Wang Family after seeing Wang Guanshu’s condition.
• Nangong Sirui told his sister that a god had torn Wang Guanshu’s soul apart and warned her to stay away from him, while admitting the Nangong Family could only protect itself.

After the wilderness survival period ended, Shen Ye joined Xiao Mengyu and Zhang Xiaoyi to find the next exam stage, where they overcame a pattern wall by copying its boxing routine. They reached a strength trial and Shen Ye used Thunderclap Palm to move the stone sphere onward.

• Shen Ye received the upgraded Bone-Rebuilding Flesh blessing and joined Xiao Mengyu after she contacted him about the dangerous exam.
• Xiao Mengyu, Zhang Xiaoyi, Shen Ye, and Gouzi followed clues underground, where the Cards announced that the final assessment stage had begun.
• Xiao Mengyu’s sword strike triggered a counterattack that hit Wooden Block, and the group learned they had only five chances to get through the pattern wall.
• Shen Ye raised his Comprehension with all ten free Attribute Points, learned the wall’s boxing routine, and struck it to open the way.
• Xiao Mengyu pushed the stone sphere with her Team Leader-enhanced strength, then Shen Ye used Thunderclap Palm to send it rolling forward.

Shen Ye entered Jialan High School’s individual entrance examination and faced the mythical monster Jiuying. With Big Skeleton transformed into a giant skeleton turtle, Shen Ye tried to escape across the flooded hall, while learning that Zhao Yibing was possessed by an Otherworldly God.

• The group reached three school doors, and Xiao Mengyu explained the differences between Jialan, Guixu, and Xirang High Schools.
• Gouzi chose Xirang, and Zhang Xiaoyi followed him; Shen Ye and Xiao Mengyu chose Jialan and were separated for individual examinations.
• Big Skeleton warned Shen Ye that Zhao Yibing was an Otherworldly God and urged him to leave the area quickly.
• Jiuying appeared in Shen Ye’s examination hall, flooded it, and filled it with boiling water and flames.
• Big Skeleton transformed into a skeleton turtle, and Shen Ye climbed onto its back with the mysterious piece of wood.
• Big Skeleton swam toward the exit with Shen Ye aboard as Jiuying watched them.

Shen Ye escaped Jiuying’s flames and entered a secret realm alone, where he encountered Zhao Yibing and Skinner. Meanwhile, Xiao Mengyu finished the exam in first place and learned that the exam had ended, but she wondered what had happened to Shen Ye.

• Shen Ye used Frost Bite, agility, and a door to fend off Jiuying’s nine pillars of fire, then grabbed the wooden block and escaped through the cloud-patterned door.
• Shen Ye emerged in an underground river and climbed onto a single-log bridge, where he found Zhao Yibing and Skinner waiting for him.
• After his card warned that his teammate would arrive, Shen Ye disbanded the team and chose to face the True Dharma Realm Secret Realm alone.
• Xiao Mengyu killed the three-headed snake monster and opened a door that transported her to an auditorium, where officials announced she had placed first.
• Xiao Mengyu reported that students could kill one another in the exam, but the Jialan Exam Proctor said the realm’s rules could not be changed.
• Xiao Mengyu’s card made her a Jialan Academy student and ended her exam, leaving her wondering what place Shen Ye would achieve.

Zhao Yibing confronted Shen Ye but refrained from attacking, while the Skinner offered to destroy Cloud Mountain Port to help him. Zhao Yibing proposed a wager tied to the next assessment, and Shen Ye’s system confirmed it had been established.

• Zhao Yibing revealed that she had blocked the exam’s monitoring barrier, and Shen Ye tried to record their encounter, but his video could not be sent and his calls would not connect.
• Zhao Yibing explained that she wanted Shen Ye’s rare world-link ability and claimed the exam had been arranged to make things difficult for him.
• Nangong Sirui and a young girl arrived at the single-log bridge, then left to find another passage after the bridge’s ten-minute restriction appeared.
• Zhao Yibing promised not to attack Shen Ye, while the Skinner revealed bombs aboard three cargo ships at Cloud Mountain Port and offered to detonate them.
• Shen Ye rejected the Skinner’s offer and questioned Zhao Yibing’s claims; she wagered that he would fail the next assessment and offered to make him her second-in-command if he lost.
• The system announced that the Lord of the Demon Prison’s wager had been established.

Shen Ye entered the wager’s final examination while Zhao Yibing and Skinner cleared his path and tried to draw him toward corruption. He escaped down an underground river, but when the examination ended without him, Xiao Mengyu feared he had failed.

• Zhao Yibing and Skinner let Shen Ye proceed through the underground river, and Zhao Yibing gave him a scarlet thread she said would summon her if he was in danger.
• Shen Ye cut the log bridge, used a wooden door to paddle downstream, and continued filming Zhao Yibing and Skinner until Zhao Yibing shattered his phone.
• Zhao Yibing told Skinner she wanted Shen Ye’s soul and ability, then ordered him to make Cloud Mountain Port fall once the events there were over.
• Nangong Sirui found that communications and emergency transmission were blocked, but his Card announced that he had completed the examination and teleported him and Zhang Jiaojiao to the hall.
• Nangong Sirui secretly contacted his family while more students returned, but Shen Ye never appeared before the Exam Proctor declared the examination over.

Shen Ye forced open an underwater stone door with Big Skeleton’s help and entered an ancient sect entrance exam, where a Human Effigy challenged him to fight. The battle left Shen Ye badly outmatched, and the Human Effigy prepared to continue after calling him shameless.

• Shen Ye swam to the underwater stone door and discovered he could not open it without Star Power.
• Big Skeleton transformed into a Skeleton Giant, pushed the door open, and carried Shen Ye through to an arena.
• A Human Effigy introduced itself as the next examiner and began a battle against Shen Ye.
• Shen Ye used Flowing Moon and Thunderclap Palm to evade the Human Effigy’s spear, but it declared him no match.
• The Human Effigy recognized Shen Ye’s Frost Moon Shakes Heaven technique, summoned a water dragon, and fought Big Skeleton’s One-Horned Skeleton Snake.
• Shen Ye begged the Human Effigy not to kill him, and it raised its spear and asked where he had learned to be so shameless.

Shen Ye survived the Human Effigy's deadly combat trial by using World Link Gate and Time Fluid to land a sword strike. After healing him and declaring him the only person to pass the trial in a thousand years, the Human Effigy urged him to join the Huntian Gate, revealing that he was the inheritor of the Moonlit System.

• The Human Effigy overwhelmed Shen Ye with spear attacks, but Shen Ye refused to use Zhao Yibing's scarlet thread to call for help.
• Shen Ye opened World Link Gate to absorb the Human Effigy's spear thrust, then used successive gates and Time Fluid to freeze time in the Nightmare World.
• Shen Ye struck the Human Effigy with the Nightfall Short Sword, and the Human Effigy acknowledged his Great White Swordsmanship and declared him the trial's sole passer in a thousand years.
• The Human Effigy healed Shen Ye, and his Boy Who Survived evaluation increased all his base attributes by two points.
• The Human Effigy explained that only the Huntian Gate could communicate with the Jade Terrace and urged Shen Ye, the Moonlit System's inheritor, to join it.