Chapter Summaries

Yao Yuan, Leo, Aries, and Virgo Ma Yan fought around the factory entrance as Qin Ze and his allies tried to reach it. Ma Yan secretly went easy on Qin Ze, who played up his injuries while they maneuvered toward the exit, drawing Aries's attention to their obvious act.

• Leo fought Yao Yuan with his nine-headed lion battle spirit, while Yao Yuan's sword array halted against the lion's elemental attacks.
• Aries assigned Ma Yan to face Qin Ze and attacked Scholar and Slacking on the Sidelines himself.
• Aries caught Slacking on the Sidelines with blue arms, but Scholar redirected his ink attacks and briefly confined Aries with his ability.
• Aries broke free and charged Scholar, while Virgo Ma Yan blocked Qin Ze with shadow attacks.
• Qin Ze realized Ma Yan was holding back, and they secretly edged toward the main entrance as he loudly pretended to be injured.
• Aries glanced over during his fight and recognized that Qin Ze and Ma Yan were not hiding their act.

Qin Ze and Passerby A tried to steal the box during the battle at the factory, while the fighters struggled to hold off the Twelve Zodiac Signs. The box began activating as Passerby A stabbed Capricorn, leaving its fate uncertain.

• Yao Yuan cut down several heads of Leo's nine-headed lion battle soul while Aries remained occupied by Scholar and Slacking on the Sidelines.
• Passerby A broke Aries's bowl with Qin Ze's help, but he could barely move the now-heavy box.
• Qin Ze and Passerby A carried the box away after Brother Devour charged into Ma Yan and smashed through the Zone B warehouses.
• Capricorn poisoned Captain Fang with spores, then pursued Qin Ze and Passerby A as they tried to escape with the box.
• Passerby A stabbed Capricorn, who said he would give them the box as its formation patterns began to move.

Qin Ze and his allies tried to stop Leo from reaching the Abyss after the Void Beast opened a spatial gate and unleashed a beast tide. Yao Yuan’s sword strike devastated the beasts and badly wounded Leo, but as the fog trapped the fighters in the factory, a six-armed giant appeared before him.

• Capricorn opened the box, awakening the Void Beast, and Qin Ze began recovering the Star Gate Fragment as the beast tide poured through the spatial vortex.
• Leo charged toward the gate, but Yao Yuan’s Parting Clouds sword strike destroyed the released beasts and severely wounded him.
• Capricorn and Aries tried to carry Leo to the gate, while Scholar, Slacking on the Sidelines, Passerby A, and Qin Ze’s allies moved to stop them.
• Qin Ze spread the Fog of War through the factory, disorienting the exotic beasts and obscuring everyone’s surroundings.
• Leo tried to use a nearby exotic beast to get up, but it exploded into blood mist, revealing a six-armed giant standing over him.

Qin Ze and the Circus fought Leo, Aries, Capricorn, and Virgo in the fog, keeping Leo from reaching the spatial vortex. The battles continued as Brother Devour revealed that Capricorn’s spores could not weaken him.

• Qin Ze blocked the spatial vortex and stalled Leo with blue flames and bone swords while Void Beasts poured into the factory.
• Dharma King arrived to fight Aries, while Giant Overlord and Brother Devour switched opponents and Brother Devour attacked Capricorn.
• Giant Overlord shattered Virgo’s shadow spikes as Dharma King harassed Aries from a distance.
• Capricorn escaped Brother Devour’s attack by shedding his injured skin, then fought back with metal sleeves and spores.
• After Brother Devour kept attacking without weakening, he revealed that the Circus’s number one shield could defend against more than physical attacks.

Qin Ze fought Leo as the countdown to the spatial vortex’s retrieval ran out, using his abilities and summoned corpses to stall the Level Nine Martial Artist. Leo seemed to win their final clash, but the vortex vanished before he could escape, leaving Qin Ze standing after defeating him by half a move.

• Qin Ze attacked Leo with lightning, flames, and a Divine Markings-covered greatsword, wounding him and forcing him to edge toward the spatial vortex.
• As exotic beasts poured into the area, the Dew Duo and Scholar fought them while Qin Ze used his new Ghost Type ability to raise corpses and slow Leo.
• With one minute left, Qin Ze and Leo clashed in a final exchange; Leo burned his Source of Life, broke through Qin Ze’s defenses, and blasted him away with his battle soul.
• Leo rushed toward the vortex, but the countdown completed and the vortex retrieved the exotic beasts before shrinking and disappearing.
• Bloodied, Qin Ze declared that he had beaten Leo by half a move.

Yao Yuan and Qin Ze’s allies defeated Leo’s group, suppressing Leo in the Hall of Stars and killing Capricorn. Aries escaped with Ma Yan, and Qin Ze’s side withdrew from the factory under cover of fog.

• Qin Ze interrupted Leo’s self-destruction and pushed him into Yao Yuan’s sword formation, which pinned him down.
• Yao Yuan summoned the Hall of Stars and drew Leo inside, suppressing him as Aries and Capricorn failed to intervene.
• Qin Ze, Brother Devour, and the Dharma King overwhelmed Capricorn, and Yao Yuan’s sword triggered a weakening side effect that let Qin Ze cut him in two.
• Aries tried to teleport away, but Scholar prohibited teleportation and collapsed after using his ability.
• Ma Yan turned into a shadow and teleported away with Aries, while Giant Overlord let them pass.
• Qin Ze spread the Fog of War, and he and the Five Heavenly Kings withdrew from the factory.

After the beast tide ended, Qin Ze gave Yao Yuan the Maka Empire’s King’s Sword and received cultivation supplies ahead of the Otherworld’s opening. In the Inspection Team morgue, Capricorn emerged from a body bag, hinting that his apparent death had come at a price.

• Qin Ze and Slacking on the Sidelines regrouped with the others after the battle, and Scholar explained that the enemy’s high-quality teleportation Martial Artifact had overcome his ability.
• Yao Yuan told Captain Fang to hold a press conference about the spores losing their effect, then thanked Qin Ze and the others for their work.
• Qin Ze visited Yao Yuan and gave him the King’s Sword, which Yao Yuan activated despite its Maka royal bloodline lock.
• Yao Yuan gave Qin Ze a Wall-Breaking Pill and five bottles of advanced bone-tempering liquid, and urged him to reach level six before entering the Otherworld.
• After the Inspection Team staff left the morgue, Capricorn cut open his body bag and said, “To gain something, you have to lose something...”

Capricorn revived and escaped from the Inspection Team morgue after the battle, while the disease spores began disappearing from Snow City. Fairy met with Aries, Ma Yan, and Capricorn at the city's edge and announced a critical new task from the president.

• Capricorn's severed body rejoined, and he walked barefoot out into the snowy night, triggering an alarm at the Inspection Team compound.
• Qin Ze learned in the chat group that Capricorn's body had vanished and that the disease spores were expected to disappear before dawn.
• Fairy met Aries and Ma Yan outside Snow City and learned that Leo had been trapped by Yao Yuan's spatial weapon.
• Capricorn arrived, and Fairy whipped him before reprimanding him and Aries for their failed battle.
• Fairy announced an important task from the president, and Aries saw a chance to earn merit.

Black Mountain Biotechnology sought sole authority over the chamber of commerce by revealing a discovery related to a god, while Qin Ze and the others discussed the companies’ power and infighting. The chapter ended with Little Deer announcing that she had arrived in Snow City.

• Black Mountain Biotechnology’s representative told the other companies that the Inspection Team had blocked their Mobile Team from entering Snow City and demanded sole authority over the chamber of commerce.
• The Military Technology representative revealed that the companies had made a discovery related to a god in Otherworld No. Zero, and the Black Mountain representative set a vote for three days later.
• The Earth Company and Pan-Grain Reserves representatives agreed to discuss joining forces against Black Mountain and Military Technology.
• Qin Ze and the chat group discussed the companies’ Level Nine Martial Artists, their divisions, and the Inspection Team’s press conference.
• Slacking on the Sidelines recounted the previous night’s events, and Little Deer announced that she had arrived in Snow City.

Qin Ze reunited with Lu Tongtong in Snow City and joined her, Slacking on the Sidelines, and Passerby A at Scholar’s residence. After Qin Ze learned that a mysterious stone might be linked to the Desolate God and Otherworld No. Zero, the group welcomed Lu Tongtong and planned to show her the adult world the next day.

• Qin Ze met Lu Tongtong at Snow City Station and learned she had reached level 2.5.
• Slacking on the Sidelines and Passerby A joined Qin Ze and Lu Tongtong, and the four went to Scholar’s residence.
• Qin Ze found a black stone carrying the Desolate God’s aura and learned it supposedly came from Otherworld No. Zero, where rumors claimed a god’s remains had been found.
• The group shared a welcome meal with Lu Tongtong, while Slacking on the Sidelines told her about Qin Ze’s experiences in Snow City.
• Slacking on the Sidelines suggested taking Lu Tongtong to see the adult world the next day.

Qin Ze agreed to help Slacking on the Sidelines investigate a missing merchant’s daughter who had shown impossible strength and fled into the Ring Mountains. Wang Biao recognized her from a photograph and said she was already dead.

• Qin Ze encouraged Lu Tongtong to take commissions with Slacking on the Sidelines, and she spent several exhausting days working while gaining control of her Level Two power.
• Qin Ze heard that the missing merchant’s daughter had attacked Slacking on the Sidelines and his companions before escaping into a blizzard with extraordinary strength.
• Qin Ze agreed to join Slacking on the Sidelines in searching for the girl, suspecting she might be connected to Ghost Types.
• Wang Biao entered the bar after returning from the Ring Mountains, recognized the girl in the photograph, and told Slacking on the Sidelines she was dead.

Qin Ze and his companions agreed to help Wang Biao search the Ring Mountains for his missing Circus members after learning that a girl had been found dead there with her head crushed. The group reached the mountains in a blizzard, where Wang Biao pointed out where the girl's body lay.

• Wang Biao told Slacking on the Sidelines and Qin Ze that he had found the missing girl dead near the Ring Mountains, her head caved in.
• Wang Biao explained that twenty-seven Circus members and a wanted criminal had vanished two days earlier, and that he had gone to the Ring Mountains to find them.
• Qin Ze offered to help Wang Biao search, and Slacking on the Sidelines agreed to take the job for a token payment.
• Qin Ze sent his clones to scout the Ring Mountains while the group prepared to leave the next morning.
• Qin Ze, Slacking on the Sidelines, and Wang Biao traveled through the blizzard to the Ring Mountains, where Wang Biao showed them where the girl's body lay.

Qin Ze and the others searched the Ring Mountains after finding a murdered girl and learning that hundreds of people had recently vanished in Snow City. Qin Ze and Lu Tongtong headed toward the central lake, where Qin Ze stumbled upon a severed leg.

• Qin Ze examined the girl's body and determined that her skull and brain had melted, though she had no fatal external wounds.
• Wang Biao led the group into the Ring Mountains, where Qin Ze learned that 321 people had been reported missing in Snow City over the past three days.
• The group split up to search the mountains, and Qin Ze teamed up with Lu Tongtong to head for the central lake.
• Fairy stopped Capricorn from pursuing Qin Ze, then led Aries, Capricorn, and Ma Yan toward the central lake.
• Qin Ze warmed Lu Tongtong with his blue flame as they searched, then kicked a severed leg after crossing a mountain.

Qin Ze and Lu Tongtong followed a trail of corpses through the Ring Mountains, discovering that missing people had been drawn toward the central lake by an unknown force. As they neared the lake, hidden observers watched them, and Lu Tongtong spotted someone ahead.

• Qin Ze melted the snow in a valley and found dozens of ordinary people whose brains had been destroyed.
• Qin Ze examined more bodies and found that farther along the path, the corpses belonged to increasingly powerful martial artists with less brain damage and traces of spiritual power.
• Thousand Faces reported that missing people had been seen near the Ring Mountains, and Qin Ze inferred that a guide had drawn them toward the central lake by overwhelming their spiritual seas.
• Fairy, Capricorn, and Aries watched Qin Ze and Lu Tongtong from a nearby mountain, but Fairy told them to leave the pair alone for now.
• Qin Ze and Lu Tongtong continued toward the central lake, where the air grew warmer and mist appeared; Lu Tongtong then spotted someone ahead.

Qin Ze discovered that parasitic Spirits were driving martial artists toward the central lake, where a wounded Ghost Type parent body was sending them out to hunt. After destroying the swarm bound for Snow City, he and Lu Tongtong reached the valley exit and infiltrated the mercenaries’ camp, where Qin Ze hinted that Ghost Captain was getting a new partner.

• Qin Ze tested a possessed martial artist’s strength, pulled the parasitic Spirit from his head, and destroyed it.
• Qin Ze saw a swarm of Spirits fly from the central lake toward Snow City and concluded that a wounded Ghost Type parent body was sending them to hunt for prey.
• Qin Ze annihilated the Spirits that swooped toward him and Lu Tongtong, then led her onward through the mist.
• Qin Ze and Lu Tongtong overheard mercenaries say the parent body would wake after recovering for two more days.
• Qin Ze and Lu Tongtong pretended to be brain-damaged prey and walked past the mercenaries toward their camp.
• Qin Ze told Ghost Captain over the local network that he was getting a new little partner.

Qin Ze and Lu Tongtong discovered that mercenaries were feeding people to a black egg so it could hatch, and Lu Tongtong’s ability showed that the creature inside would emerge after consuming two-thirds of the line. Qin Ze destroyed a swarm of parasites and fought his way toward the egg, but a powerful Level Eight Martial Artist appeared to stop him.

• Qin Ze and Lu Tongtong reached the lake platform and learned from the doctor that the black egg needed more prey to awaken.
• Lu Tongtong used her ability and saw a purple mushroom-like creature emerge from the egg and attack after consuming two-thirds of the people in line.
• The assistant released a swarm of parasites toward Snow City, and Qin Ze annihilated them with mental blasts.
• Qin Ze kicked a mercenary into the boiling lake, told Lu Tongtong to contact Slacking on the Sidelines, and charged toward the egg.
• The doctor ordered the mercenaries to stop Qin Ze, but he defeated them until a powerful aura descended and an unseen opponent called him a rat.

Qin Ze fought the water-controlling man who guarded the black egg and tried to destroy it before the god inside hatched. Just as Qin Ze’s fire dragon neared the egg, Ma Yan intervened and blocked the attack.

• The water man attacked Qin Ze with water and ice dragons, but Qin Ze evaded him with void traversal and countered with fire and Brother Yuanzi's Five Elements Talismans.
• Qin Ze learned that a god was hatching inside the black egg and kept Lu Tongtong from using her ability while he waited for the right moment.
• Qin Ze revealed Brother Devour, who smashed through the ice dragons and grappled with the water man, while Qin Ze rushed toward the egg.
• Qin Ze knocked down the mercenaries with lightning and sent a fire dragon toward the egg as the doctor and water man tried to stop him.
• Ma Yan emerged from the shadows and formed a black curtain that blocked Qin Ze's fire dragon.

Qin Ze and Ma Yan fought over whether to let the black egg hatch, while the others battled around the lake. After Qin Ze broke Ma Yan’s shield, the egg unleashed a mental shockwave and drained the life force of nearby victims as the evil god began to emerge.

• Ma Yan blocked Qin Ze from destroying the egg, insisting that it should be allowed to hatch, while Qin Ze suspected a god was inside.
• Brother Devour endured Water Man’s boiling-water attacks and gathered strength as their battle continued.
• Qin Ze attacked Ma Yan’s Shadow Shield, but she warned him that other Zodiacs were targeting the egg.
• Giant Overlord struck the Shadow Shield until Aries knocked him back, allowing Qin Ze to break the shield with White Tiger Fist.
• The black egg released a mental shockwave and drained the mental power and Source of Life of nearby mercenaries and prey.
• Qin Ze’s blue-flame white tiger was stopped by an invisible force field as the egg cracked and the evil god’s aura emerged.

Qin Ze reached the lake as the mushroom evil god emerged, while Ma Yan returned to confront it. A laboratory’s attempt to control the god failed, and Fairy and Capricorn’s seed began draining its power, but the mushroom started breaking free as Qin Ze arrived.

• Ma Yan hurried Qin Ze to the lakeshore after the egg cracked and a giant mushroom creature emerged, then raced back toward the lake’s center.
• Qin Ze told Lu Tongtong to stay back and follow his orders, then charged across the floating bridge toward the mushroom evil god.
• A doctor and his assistant used an incubator to connect pulsed beams to the mushroom, but the creature severed the connection and destroyed the equipment.
• Fairy sent a dark red seed onto the mushroom, where it sprouted vines that bound the god and began draining its power.
• The mushroom killed the doctor, assistant, and mercenary bodyguard, then turned its attacks on Fairy and Capricorn, who dodged while waiting for the seed to weaken it.
• Qin Ze arrived as the mushroom swelled and began stretching the vines apart, threatening to break free.

The mushroom evil god broke free of its restraints and unleashed mental attacks, tentacles, mushroom soldiers, and a deadly contamination domain against the fighters at the central lake. Qin Ze and the others identified its abilities, but the surviving fighters still faced a choice between fighting and retreating.

• The mushroom evil god swelled beyond Fairy’s control, melted her vines, and broke its restraints as its mental assault knocked Fairy and Capricorn from the air.
• Fairy ordered an attack and kicked Capricorn toward the mushroom evil god, but its tentacles adapted to his disease and struck him into the lake.
• The mushroom evil god released mushroom soldiers that attacked the mercenaries, while Water Man was contaminated after bursting one with a kick.
• The evil god opened a purple domain that drained the contaminated mercenaries’ life force and mental power, leaving Water Man aged and helpless.
• Dharma King rescued Brother Devour and helped Giant Overlord and Aries destroy mushroom soldiers, while Qin Ze concluded they had learned the evil god’s abilities.