Chapter Summaries

Shen Ye found Song Yinchen completing the Red Tone Temple inheritance trial and learned that the Song Family’s Divine Artifact could destroy the world. As the artifact carried them toward the Floating Island, Song Yinchen chose to confront Song Qingyun, who was preparing to summon the Nine Evil Gods.

• A white-haired old man ordered an investigation into everyone connected to Song Qingyun and began preparations for humanity’s possible extinction.
• Shen Ye reached Red Tone Temple, where a Divine Artifact spirit revealed that Song Yinchen had completed her inheritance trial and that the Song Family’s covenant kept the world intact.
• Song Yinchen emerged with the trait “Bearer of Chaotic Spiritual Light” and took Shen Ye out of the underground on a red-rope fish.
• The artifact spirit warned that Song Qingyun had sold her soul to the Nine Evil Gods and that Song Yinchen had only one chance to stop the coming slaughter.
• Song Yinchen chose to confront her sister, transformed the red rope into a Fire Phoenix, and struck the Floating Island, sending Song Qingyun flying.
• Song Yinchen drew a Blazing Long Whip from the Fire Phoenix and called out to Song Qingyun.

Song Yinchen merged with the Fire Phoenix and used Nanming Lihuo to strip the Thirty-Six Aristocratic Families’ class holders of their Evil God Contract Seals. Song Qingyun trapped Shen Ye and attacked him, but Song Yinchen awakened the Chaos Dharma Form and subdued her; after Song Yinchen burned Song Qingyun away, the Chaos Dharma Form warned that Song Qingyun was still alive.

• Song Qingyun attacked Song Yinchen, but the Fire Phoenix struck her and Nanming Lihuo later burned the Evil God Contract Seals from the class holders of the Thirty-Six Aristocratic Families.
• Song Qingyun used the nine slit pupils on her saber to immobilize Shen Ye, but he opened a Gate behind himself and diverted the blade into the Nightmare World.
• Song Qingyun unleashed the Nine Gods’ power and tried to alter everyone’s memories, while Song Yinchen formed the Chaos Dharma Form and trapped her in a repeating memory.
• Song Yinchen embraced Song Qingyun, recalled how her sister had once protected her, and burned her body away with the Fire Phoenix’s flames.
• The Chaos Dharma Form warned Song Yinchen that Song Qingyun had been stalling and was not dead.

Shen Ye learned that Song Yinchen and Song Qingyun could not kill each other because of the Song Family’s Divine Curse, and that their battle concealed a struggle to protect the family and eliminate Shen Ye. With the Chaotic Spiritual Light’s power, he returned beneath Central Province City to destroy the god corpse remains sustaining its anomaly.

• Song Qingyun overwhelmed Song Yinchen in battle, while the Chaotic Spiritual Light warned Shen Ye that he was the real target and helped him escape into the Nightmare World.
• Shen Ye realized the sisters could not kill each other and learned from the Chaotic Spiritual Light that Song Qingyun needed him dead, while Song Yinchen was trying to protect the Song Family from its enemies.
• The Chaotic Spiritual Light explained that thirty-five god corpse remains were sustaining an anomaly that had removed Central Province City from their world, and asked Shen Ye to destroy them.
• The Chaotic Spiritual Light entered Shen Ye’s Longevity Lock, allowing him to use its power, and sent him beneath Central Province City.
• Shen Ye’s Cards assigned him a New Life Mission to free Central Province City from the anomaly and allowed him to choose a mentor.

Shen Ye began reclaiming the Song Family’s thirty-six God Fiends with the Chaotic Spiritual Light while Song Yinchen fought to buy him time. As a swarm of Otherworld insects attacked Central Province City, Song Yinchen revealed her Dragon-Devouring Eye, and Song Qingyun prepared to trigger something ahead of schedule.

• The Chaotic Spiritual Light used the Longevity Lock to reclaim the Heavenly Injury God Fiend and took Shen Ye to collect the remaining remnant bodies.
• Song Yinchen disarmed Song Qingyun, and the Ouyang Family head tried to seal the Demon Blade before it broke free and killed him and the eighteen Ouyang fighters.
• Song Yinchen revealed that she had recorded the confrontation, preserving evidence that would help her defend herself when she took charge of the Song Family.
• Flesh-Devouring Demon Locusts poured into Central Province City, killing and wounding professionals as Song Yinchen evaded their attacks and fought them off.
• Song Qingyun recognized Song Yinchen’s Dragon-Devouring Eye, and Song Yinchen explained how she had gained the inheritance at Red Tone Temple.
• Song Qingyun raised the Demon Blade and announced that they would begin ahead of schedule.

Song Yinchen joined the battle against Song Qingyun’s Evil God avatars, while Shen Ye returned after eliminating the anomaly and watched a mysterious sword master destroy the avatars with countless flying swords. After Song Qingyun was killed, Song Yinchen vowed to take responsibility for the Song Family and worried that enemies would target Shen Ye; the chapter ended with the gathered factions greeting her as the new head of the Song Family as an eerie fluctuation spread in the darkness.

• Song Yinchen joined the powerful figures fighting Song Qingyun after her eight bodies began transforming into Evil God avatars.
• Shen Ye returned after killing the last monster, but Song Yinchen led him away from the battlefield and urged him to stay safe.
• A flying sword pierced Song Qingyun, and hundreds of thousands of swords destroyed her escaping phantoms before she attacked the battlefield with a wide-range Pupil Technique.
• Song Yinchen protected Shen Ye with Chaotic Spiritual Light and promised to apologize and compensate for her sister’s victims, while warning that enemies might use Shen Ye to threaten her.
• More flying swords destroyed Song Qingyun’s final form, and Song Yinchen confided that Shen Ye’s safety mattered most to her.
• At the Floating Island palace, the gathered factions greeted Song Yinchen as the head of the Song Family as a strange fluctuation spread through the darkness.

Kunlun persuaded a sword-wielding woman on Penglai to attack Song Qingyun, but Song Qingyun’s apparent death concealed a final plan with Yun Ni. Meanwhile, Shen Ye learned his wager with the Lord of the Weeping Demon Prison remained unresolved, and Xiao Mengyu confronted him about Nangong Sirui.

• Kunlun offered a newly unearthed Sword Artifact to persuade the woman on Penglai to help stop the Nine Evil Gods, and she sent a sword toward them.
• After the woman sensed something unexpected, Song Qingyun met Yun Ni in an underground passage, and Yun Ni opened a Teleportation Array for their final plan.
• Shen Ye reflected that the flying sword had slain eight Evil God Phantoms but not the Lord of the Weeping Demon Prison, leaving his wager unresolved with four days before his duel with the Skinner.
• Xiao Mengyu called Shen Ye and asked about his relationship with Nangong Sirui while glaring at him with killing intent.

Shen Ye was unexpectedly drawn into a wager where Song Qingyun tried to kill him and claim Song Yinchen’s life and the Divine Artifact. He used his Dark Gold Trait to force Song Qingyun into a deadly song-and-dance, killed her, and confirmed she was completely dead.

• Xiao Mengyu showed Shen Ye photos fueling rumors about him and Nangong Sirui, then told him instructors would choose students at the athletic field.
• Shen Ye learned Xiao Mengyu had not obtained a new name and planned to check her with his Dharma Eye later.
• Yun Ni teleported Shen Ye to an underground passage and revealed that Song Qingyun had wagered her soul for a chance to kill him and take the Divine Artifact.
• Song Qingyun tried to attack Shen Ye and alter his memories, but he activated Bunny Hop and made her dance and sing against her will.
• Shen Ye drew the Nightfall Sword during the song and beheaded Song Qingyun, ending the wager.
• Song Qingyun’s severed head confirmed that she was completely dead.

After Shen Ye killed Song Qingyun, Yun Ni forced him into a daily trade while preparing to leave. A member of the Tower of Tarot then advised him to stay connected to Yun Ni, gave him a box containing 9,000 rubbing images and a recommendation letter, and urged him to choose the Miner as his mentor.

• Shen Ye killed Song Qingyun, and Yun Ni ate Song Qingyun's soul before demanding 8,000 rubbings of Xirang's stored steles as a forced trade.
• A mysterious voice told Shen Ye to agree to Yun Ni's demand, and Shen Ye complied before Yun Ni disappeared into the darkness.
• A flying sword revealed that its speaker belonged to the Tower of Tarot and had intervened to protect Shen Ye.
• The Tower of Tarot member explained that Yun Ni had reincarnated in human bodies and could evade surveillance if killed, so Shen Ye should keep trading with her.
• The sword gave Shen Ye a USB drive containing 9,000 rubbing images and urged him to make the Miner his mentor, providing a letter of recommendation.

Shen Ye returned from his mission to Xirang High School, where an instructor revealed the students’ new “names” and Shen Ye’s unusual collection of Traits drew attention. After learning his perfect score gave him the right to choose a mentor who could not refuse to test him, Shen Ye considered seeking out the miner recommended by the flying-sword expert.

• Chaotic Spiritual Light explained why Yinchen had fought her sister, sent Shen Ye back to the training grounds, and warned him to improve quickly.
• The instructor examined the students’ “names,” identifying Xiao Mengyu’s sword, Guo Yunye’s fierce animal, and Zhang Xiaoyi’s running figure before describing Shen Ye’s bizarre collection of Traits.
• After the instructor dismissed the students, Xiao Mengyu asked Shen Ye about the Tower of Tarot, but he postponed the conversation until they could speak privately.
• The instructor told Shen Ye that his perfect score earned him the privilege of choosing a mentor, who would have to test him and could not refuse him.
• Shen Ye considered choosing the miner recommended by the expert who controlled flying swords.

Shen Ye found the miner recommended by the flying-sword woman and asked him to become his mentor. The miner gave Shen Ye a trial task in the Tomb Maze, while a conversation afterward revealed that others were counting on the miner to teach him because of a growing threat.

• Shen Ye followed directions to the mine and discovered that the motionless statue at its entrance was a man wearing a black baseball cap.
• The miner read the woman's recommendation letter, explained that his lessons focused on fighting and mining, and warned Shen Ye that he was often away from school.
• Shen Ye chose the miner as his mentor, and the miner handed him a scroll with a trial task in the Tomb Maze on the first underground level.
• After Shen Ye teleported away, the miner told a woman that he was nervous about taking his first student, and she urged him to take the Huntian Gate Successor seriously.
• The woman told the people gathered on Penglai Immortal Island that the miner had agreed to take students, and they celebrated.

Shen Ye entered the Underground Imperial Mausoleum, where his mentor’s instruction to “just wander around” turned into a requirement to complete every freshman test effortlessly. He cleared the trials so quickly that the Eight-Tentacled Monster gave up, declaring that Shen Ye was beyond the testing standards.

• Shen Ye met Nangong Sirui and Xiao Mengyu in the lounge, where they revealed their different tasks before entering the passage.
• Shen Ye learned that he had to complete all the tests while making them look effortless, then flew through Nangong Sirui’s timed course and found the treasure with Dark Whisper’s help.
• Shen Ye defeated a hundred monsters by making them stack up with Fun-Maker and piercing them with the Nightfall Short Sword.
• Shen Ye reached the Earth Abyss, and the Eight-Tentacled Monster handed him the Fire Lotus to stop Big Skeleton from eating the Ghost Spider Tribe.
• The Eight-Tentacled Monster also gave Shen Ye the Giant Clam’s pearl rather than let him disturb the clam, then complained that Shen Ye’s abilities made the tests impossible to administer.

Shen Ye passed the trial stages and entered the Underground Maze, where he toured an undead attraction and donated bone coins to help repair it. He emerged holding a plaque naming him “Generous Boss,” leaving the man aboveground stunned.

• Shen Ye and the eight-armed monster quickly completed the quest stages, and the monster directed him into the maze for the final trial.
• Shen Ye encountered an undead with three heads, paid it a bone coin, and hired it to guide him through the maze.
• The guide led Shen Ye to a Bronze Gate, where two knights barred his way and an unseen voice warned him not to enter the imperial resting place.
• Shen Ye offered two thousand bone coins for repairs, and the guide accepted before taking him back aboveground.
• A man asked Shen Ye what had happened, and Shen Ye showed him a plaque reading “Generous Boss.”

Shen Ye learned that the bronze waist token marked his successful completion of the trial, while his mentor Xu Xingke confronted the mausoleum’s crowned old man and reclaimed far more Bone Coins than Shen Ye had spent. Xu Xingke introduced himself by name and invited Shen Ye to eat with him.

• Xu Xingke explained that the plaque contained an Underground Imperial Mausoleum waist token and gave it to Shen Ye as proof that he had passed the trial.
• Xu Xingke praised Shen Ye for showing compassion in the final maze, then warned him not to give way to people who deliberately tried to hurt him.
• Xu Xingke struck the ground and summoned the crowned old man, demanding repayment for the 2,000 Bone Coins Shen Ye had given for the token.
• Xu Xingke fought the old man and extracted the 1,999 Bone Coins, 8,000 more for the damage, and a 100-coin chatting fee.
• Shen Ye declined to demand anything further, and the old man returned underground after Xu Xingke dismissed him.
• Xu Xingke invited Shen Ye to lunch and told him his name was Xu Xingke, saying Shen Ye could call him Old Xu or teacher.

Over lunch, Xu Xingke advised Shen Ye to focus on his Night Roamer and Songstress classes rather than taking ordinary classes, while a mysterious message from fate affirmed that Shen Ye could pursue any classes he wished. Xu Xingke then tested Shen Ye’s motives, accepted him as his student, and departed, leaving Shen Ye to train his Night Roamer skills while he was away.

• Xu Xingke told Shen Ye that Night Roamer and Songstress were enough for now, and urged him to train his Night Roamer skills through real combat instead of wasting time on ordinary classes.
• When Xu Xingke warned Shen Ye not to offend the law of fate, Shen Ye’s innate Songstress ability resonated with fate, which declared that he could use any classes without wasting them.
• Xu Xingke said he had to leave on short notice and told Shen Ye to train Night Roamer skills to at least the Dharma Realm first layer while he was gone.
• Xu Xingke introduced his Yazi divine beast and warned Shen Ye that the world’s dangers might keep him from enjoying life; Shen Ye replied that facing such dangers was exactly what he liked.
• Xu Xingke revealed that he had been assessing Shen Ye, accepted him as his student, and told him to contact him first if he ran into trouble.

Shen Ye returned to Xirang High School for the opening ceremony, where he learned more about the school and met its formidable principal and unusual teachers. The ceremony continued with warnings from a coffin-bound history teacher and a sealed Demon King.

• Shen Ye received a card naming him a provisional Tower of Tarot member under Xu Xingke and confirming his enrollment at Xirang High School.
• Shen Ye entered the school grounds and reunited with Guo Yunye and Zhang Xiaoyi, who told him they had both gained mentors and shared rumors about dangerous buildings.
• Shen Ye joined the new students for the opening ceremony, where Principal Qiu Wanshu introduced himself as an Underworld Judge and encouraged the students to study and advance.
• Xiao Mengyu told Shen Ye that Qiu Wanshu had once entered the Tomb Abyss alone, killed hundreds of yin ghosts, and earned the Name Ghost Runner.
• Qiu Wanshu introduced the history teacher, Mr. Dong, who spoke from inside a coffin and threatened to bury students who misbehaved in class.
• Qiu Wanshu introduced the Armor and Weapons Studies lecturer, Comrade Demon King, who warned the students from inside a sealed alchemy furnace that he would eat them if released.

At Xirang High School’s opening ceremony, students learned about the Hidden Dragon Ranking and summer supplementary classes. Shen Ye later discovered that his card listed an unfamiliar miner named Xu Xingke as his mentor, leaving Yang Yingzhen alarmed and promising to investigate.

• Qiu Wanshu introduced the teachers, the Southern King, and the Hidden Dragon Ranking, explaining how students could earn points and Tarot Blessings.
• Guo Yunye asked about summer vacation, and Qiu Wanshu announced optional supplementary classes; Xiao Mengyu told Shen Ye that combat units had canceled leave because something might be happening.
• Nangong Sirui questioned Shen Ye about the broken Treasure Hunt record, but Xiao Mengyu explained Shen Ye had completed a different mission.
• Shen Ye returned to the real world and showed his card to Yang Yingzhen, who found that his listed mentor was Xu Xingke, a person she did not recognize.
• Shen Ye told Yang Yingzhen that a sword-wielding woman had introduced him to Xu Xingke, and Yang Yingzhen cried out, “No!” when he asked if something was wrong with his mentor.

Shen Ye learned that Song Qingyun had compromised global security and hidden a planet approaching their world, prompting Kunlun to keep students in school over the summer. After seeing the planet’s strange humanlike face, Shen Ye suspected Yun Ni had urgently devoured Song Qingyun’s soul to conceal what she knew.

• Yang Yingzhen registered Shen Ye for mandatory summer classes beginning the next Monday, and Shen Ye agreed to attend.
• Qian Rushan took Shen Ye home in a Flying Shuttle, thanked him for helping earn a Dharma Eye cultivation technique, and arranged to have his damaged Biochemical Clone repaired.
• Qian Rushan told Shen Ye that Song Qingyun had compromised weapons systems and introduced Evil Gods into aristocratic families by disguising them as Ancient Gods.
• Qian Rushan revealed that Kunlun had discovered a planet approaching their world after Song Qingyun had interfered with the planet’s observations of space.
• Qian Rushan showed Shen Ye a deep-red planet bearing a humanlike face and explained that schools were holding summer classes as a precaution.
• Shen Ye recalled Yun Ni devouring Song Qingyun’s soul immediately after her death and wondered whether Yun Ni had been trying to keep a secret from being revealed.

Shen Ye returned home after his training camp, learned that Kunlun had secretly helped his father recover, and spent a peaceful evening with his family and Big Skeleton. He took Big Skeleton to buy “king crab,” which turned out to be crayfish, while Song Yinchen remained stuck at a long meeting and planned to visit him afterward.

• Shen Ye and Qian Rushan discussed the growing anomalies, Kunlun’s rewards, and Shen Ye’s plans to raise turtles in a fishpond.
• Song Yinchen grew bored at a meeting about an approaching alien planet and decided to visit Shen Ye after it ended.
• Shen Ye returned home, where his parents revealed their sudden good fortune and his father’s improving health after visiting a now-closed massage shop.
• Shen Ye spent the day chatting with his parents and later discussed summer plans with Xiao Mengyu over the phone.
• Shen Ye promised Big Skeleton a meal of king crab, then bought crayfish and convinced him that emperors were dragons.

After Yun Ni postponed the Wager, Shen Ye sought a way to grow stronger and raised all his attributes to 20, triggering a Dharma Realm advancement. He saw the approaching scarlet planet awaken and canceled the advancement before it could finish, returning safely to his bedroom without gaining a True Person-grade Trait.

• Shen Ye discovered that his transaction with the Lord of the Demon Prison had consumed the USB Drive, and Yun Ni called to postpone the Wager while keeping their daily transactions in place.
• Shen Ye considered gaining a True Person-grade Trait and asked Big Skeleton what happened when all his attributes reached 20.
• Shen Ye spent five Free Attribute Points to raise every attribute to 20 and connected to the Dharma Realm, where he learned his World-Link Type ability could advance into a Mythic Trait.
• Shen Ye's vision reached the scarlet planet approaching the Main World, whose immense face began to stir and demanded that someone bring back a sculpture.
• Shen Ye withdrew his Free Attribute Points, lost the advancement opportunity, and returned to his bedroom, shaken but unharmed.

Shen Ye traced his Gate ability and failed advancement to the King of the Myriad-Fallen Evil Ghosts' Cursed Sculpture, then discovered Song Qingyun had used a similar sculpture to summon an Evil God. He concluded that the Evil Gods had spent years manipulating events, but their goals and the sculptures’ full history remained unknown.

• Shen Ye linked his Gate ability to the cursed sculpture and realized reaching 20 in every attribute would send him back to the Eerie Planet, where he could not survive the three-minute advancement.
• A notification offered him one chance to trigger a comeback by missing a red trait for the third time, and Shen Ye decided to try again after investigating his past.
• Shen Ye used Dark Whisper to call the original owner of his body but received no answer, confirming that the sculpture had consumed his life and soul.
• Shen Ye called Song Yinchen and learned that Song Qingyun had used a metal one-horned ghost sculpture while killing people to summon an Evil God, but the sculpture disappeared after her death.
• Shen Ye connected the sculpture to the Lord of the Weeping Demon Prison and her plan to obtain the Gate ability, while recognizing that the Evil Gods’ long-term schemes and purpose remained unclear.