Chapter Summaries

Qin Ze discovered that the giant octopus had hidden New Land, where exotic beasts grew from blood-red soil, inside an illusion. He and his clones began destroying the newborn beasts, and the giant octopus summoned nearby creatures to fight back.

• Qin Ze realized the watching creatures were exotic beasts growing inside film-like shells rooted in the blood-red soil of New Land.
• Qin Ze recognized New Land as the birthplace of exotic beasts and understood that the giant octopus had concealed it in an illusion while preparing an attack on Penglai City.
• A twin-headed titan python swallowed Qin Ze, but Qin Ze transformed, tore his way out, and killed it.
• Qin Ze summoned his clones, who began slaughtering the newborn exotic beasts across New Land.
• The giant octopus roared as its children were killed and summoned nearby exotic beasts, shaking the earth as they approached.

Qin Ze and his clones fought the giant octopus and the reinforcements it summoned, while the Saber King ordered the Penglai City soldiers to stand down. The chapter ended with the giant octopus suddenly pinned by numerous arms.

• The soldiers at the Penglai City position heard a beast tide approaching, but the commander relayed the Saber King's order to hold their posts and rest.
• Qin Ze welcomed the approaching beasts as a chance to collect Soul Orbs while his clones kept the reinforcements at bay.
• Qin Ze used Fire Element to incinerate swarms of small octopuses and dodged an S-rank mantis-like beast with optical camouflage.
• The Dharma King and Giant Overlord engaged the mantis-like beast and a towering three-headed exotic beast, respectively.
• The giant octopus sent more small octopuses to help, then discovered that unseen arms had locked its tentacles in place.

Qin Ze seemingly killed the giant octopus and took its Soul Orb, but discovered the victory was an illusion and continued fighting the beast. Meanwhile, Mist Lord searched New Land for the disease beast and finally found it riding above a swarm of little octopuses.

• Brother Devour restrained the giant octopus while Qin Ze charged it with Miss Sword Case, destroyed its body, and pulled out a black Soul Orb.
• The giant octopus attacked Qin Ze from behind, and the Soul Orb and corpse began to vanish as Brother Devour identified them as illusions.
• Qin Ze realized the giant octopus had separated him and Brother Devour from the others, then watched the beast send a swarm of little octopuses after them.
• Mist Lord searched New Land's skies for the disease beast, then spotted a huge swarm of little octopuses carrying a flower-backed beast with a human face.
• Mist Lord spread the Fog of War toward the disease beast and its swarm.

The Mist Lord fought the diseased beast and its octopus swarm, discovering that the beast was an SS-rank healer with dangerous pollen abilities. After being infected and forced to retreat into his Domain, he faced a wave of stronger reinforcements and doubted he could hold them back.

• The Mist Lord used the Fog of War and entropy stones to disorient and kill or wound many of the little octopuses.
• The diseased beast healed the surviving octopuses with smiling-face pollen, then used colorless pollen and wind to clear the fog and reveal its SS-rank strength.
• Qin Ze told the Mist Lord to hold the diseased beast back from joining the main battlefield, and the Mist Lord fought the beast and its minions inside his Domain.
• The diseased beast infected the Mist Lord with its pollen, but he escaped its bite by misleading it with mist and retreating into his Domain.
• The giant octopus sent stronger octopus reinforcements into the Domain, and the Mist Lord doubted he could hold out.

Qin Ze used Miss Sword Case’s area-wide sleep ability to expose and defeat the giant octopus’s illusion. Just as he moved to finish it, the diseased beast arrived and its pollen freed the octopus, which trapped Qin Ze and Miss Sword Case.

• Qin Ze realized the giant octopus was stalling for the diseased beast and ordered Brother Devour to attack, but the octopus Brother Devour destroyed was an illusion.
• Qin Ze asked Miss Sword Case to put everyone in sight to sleep so the giant octopus could no longer sustain its illusion.
• The giant octopus fell asleep in the sky, and Qin Ze struck it with Miss Sword Case, shattering the illusion space and returning them to reality.
• The clones woke Brother Devour while Miss Sword Case shocked the giant octopus, but the diseased beast arrived and scattered pollen across the battlefield.
• The pollen restored the giant octopus, which bound Qin Ze and Miss Sword Case with its tentacles.

Qin Ze and his allies fought a giant octopus while Mist Lord battled a swarm of octopuses elsewhere in the Domain. Qin Ze struck down the apparent giant octopus, but the real one reappeared as the three-headed giant’s body was revealed beneath the decoy.

• Smiley-face pollen healed the injured exotic beasts, and the clones’ defensive line nearly collapsed before the Self-Destruct Squad filled the gap.
• Mist Lord fought hundreds of octopuses, failed to stop them from carrying away the sick beast, and used Fervor to attack the surrounding swarm.
• The giant octopus held Qin Ze and Miss Sword Case while Brother Devour attacked it, then Qin Ze broke free with lightning and blue flames.
• Brother Devour pinned down the giant octopus’s tentacles as Qin Ze empowered Sword Case and brought it down on the beast.
• Qin Ze absorbed a Source Crystal and noticed the corpse looked wrong; the real giant octopus appeared and struck Giant Overlord down.
• The little octopuses vanished from the fallen body, revealing the three-headed giant with two heads missing.

Qin Ze faced the giant octopus after it sacrificed a subordinate to hatch a horde of powerful exotic beasts, while a Tide prevented Penglai City's Level Nine Martial Artists from coming to his aid. He chose to fight rather than escape and transformed into the Circus ringmaster's complete form.

• The mantis exotic beast rescued the dying giant exotic beast, and Qin Ze used his magic token to call for help from a Level Nine Martial Artist.
• Saber King told Qin Ze that a Tide had broken out in Penglai City, leaving the Level Nine Martial Artists unable to support him.
• Qin Ze agreed to face the giant octopus and its followers, while the giant octopus killed its subordinate and used its body, Soul Orb, and the diseased beast's pollen to hatch a horde of grown exotic beasts.
• Qin Ze replenished his Source of Life from his clones and refused Miss Sword Case's offer to take him away.
• Qin Ze transformed into a hundred-meter-tall, six-armed giant and prepared to fight the giant octopus.

Qin Ze and his allies fought the giant octopus and its strange beasts, but the octopus’s illusions and healing support stalled their advance. As Qin Ze struggled to get close enough to strike, Miss Sword Case offered to temporarily strengthen his swords.

• Qin Ze recognized that the giant octopus remembered meeting him in Jiang City but did not know his identity, then ordered his clones to attack the strange beasts.
• Dharma King engaged the sick beast’s octopus guards while Giant Overlord held off the camouflaged mantis and smashed through the swarm.
• Qin Ze and Brother Devour attacked the giant octopus, but its hallucinations made Brother Devour lose control and forced the others to keep their distance.
• The giant octopus used its healing and illusions to keep Qin Ze and Brother Devour from closing in while its numbers continued to grow.
• Miss Sword Case offered to nurture Qin Ze’s swords for a few minutes so they would gain stronger sword intent and sharper edges.

Qin Ze used Miss Sword Case to unleash a devastating sword strike against the giant octopus while Mist Lord’s fog helped the clones withstand the sick beast’s disease. The octopus lay nearly split in two, but its fate remained unclear.

• Qin Ze combined his bone swords and let Miss Sword Case nurture them while he fought off the giant octopus and its surrounding beasts.
• The sick beast spread disease across the battlefield, forcing Qin Ze to use Fog of War and Fervor to protect the clones.
• Mist Lord arrived with a vast fog that strengthened the clones and helped them push back the enemy.
• Miss Sword Case launched herself into the octopus’s tentacles, and Qin Ze caught the nurtured greatsword as its sword intent guided his movements.
• Qin Ze used Three-Second Real Man to slash the pinned octopus with a massive wave of sword qi, leaving its body almost split in two.

Qin Ze and the Heavenly Kings battled the disease beast while the giant octopus died without a Soul Orb, leading Qin Ze to suspect that the octopuses were puppets controlled by a powerful creator. After their combined attacks badly wounded the disease beast but failed to kill it, a streak of silver light struck it from above and slammed it into the ground.

• Qin Ze found no Soul Orb inside the dying giant octopus, which threatened to take his head before it died, and he suspected the octopuses were puppets made by a powerful being.
• Qin Ze joined Dharma King, Giant Overlord, and Mist Lord in fighting the disease beast and the mantis exotic beast, but his sword shattered after Miss Sword Case explained its limits.
• As the mantis exotic beast escaped, Qin Ze and the Heavenly Kings focused their attacks on the disease beast, which survived and fled despite being badly wounded.
• Brother Devour and Giant Overlord pursued the fleeing disease beast, but a streak of silver light suddenly struck it from above and drove it into the ground.

After Qin Ze defeated the exotic beasts in the New Land, the Grand Consul arrived, gave him a Source Crystal and the Soul Orb he had earned, and promised a reward of ten thousand ordinary Soul Orbs. Qin Ze withdrew as Penglai City’s forces arrived to secure the battlefield, where he spotted Lu Tongtong.

• The Grand Consul arrived, gave Qin Ze a Source Crystal, and warned him that overdrawing his Source of Life lowered its upper limit.
• The Grand Consul gave Qin Ze the sick beast’s Soul Orb and explained that Penglai City’s Tide had receded, while the New Land would become a battlefield.
• Qin Ze told the Grand Consul what he knew about New Lands, and the Grand Consul promised to watch for more around Penglai City.
• The Grand Consul found no Soul Orb in the giant octopus’s corpse and told Qin Ze that it had appeared in every Tide for four years before Qin Ze killed it.
• Qin Ze asked for ten thousand ordinary Soul Orbs as his reward, and the Grand Consul agreed to arrange them from the Military Department’s warehouse.
• Qin Ze and his clones withdrew as soldiers arrived to clean the battlefield and destroy the eggs, and Qin Ze spotted Lu Tongtong among them.

After the battle, Qin Ze gave the disease beast’s Soul Orb to the Believer Clone, who gained three support abilities and named himself Light Prayer. The next day, Qin Ze received a large cache of Soul Orbs and a Source Crystal from the Grand Consul, and Light Prayer devoured the orbs before the group prepared to move on.

• Lu Tongtong told Qin Ze that her friend was recovering, and she watched him leave as Huai Xu praised his easygoing manner.
• The Believer Clone absorbed the disease beast’s Soul Orb, gaining Healing Pollen, Plague Pollen, and wind control before declaring himself the Circus’s holy priest, Light Prayer.
• The clones mocked Light Prayer’s new title and arrogance, while Qin Ze went to sleep after using Three-Second Real Man twice.
• An executive officer delivered a storage ring from the Grand Consul containing more than fifteen thousand Soul Orbs and a Source Crystal, along with word that the promised S-rank Soul Orb was still unavailable.
• Qin Ze gave the Soul Orbs to Light Prayer, who devoured them and reached level six by evening.
• Qin Ze reflected on how difficult it was to fight advanced exotic beasts and how much stronger the group still needed to become.

Qin Ze traveled toward the Myriad Races Black Market while discussing Captain’s Abyss outpost and browsing the forum. As he approached the market on a mountain tortoise, Qin Ze realized he had lost his entry token and might not be able to enter.

• Light Prayer cured the sick soldiers, and Qin Ze left the position with the Five Heavenly Kings.
• Qin Ze rode a mountain tortoise toward the Myriad Races Black Market and discussed Captain’s Abyss outpost plans with his clones.
• Qin Ze read forum topics about a black market auction, fallen civilizations, wanderers, and a rumored God of War divine tomb.
• A black-robed traveler and several others boarded the mountain tortoise, which was also carrying them toward the market.
• Qin Ze remembered his entry token had been destroyed with his storage ring and realized he could not get into the market.

Qin Ze met Daoist Miao at the entrance to the Myriad Races Black Market and bought a gate token after negotiating over a water-attribute flying sword. The sword turned out to be the one Miss Sword Case had lost, and Daoist Miao agreed to sell it to Qin Ze for twenty-two points of Source of the World.

• Qin Ze asked Daoist Miao to sponsor him into the Myriad Races Black Market, and Daoist Miao told him to wait at the entrance.
• Qin Ze reached the market entrance on the mountain turtle and waited, while the Person in Black Robes stood outside too.
• Qin Ze and the Person in Black Robes realized they were each other’s expected contact: Daoist Miao and the tokenless visitor.
• Daoist Miao opened a Shelter Space, offered Qin Ze a gate token for a hundred crystals, and displayed a blue water-attribute flying sword that Miss Sword Case recognized as her lost sword.
• Qin Ze criticized the sword’s weak water attribute, then negotiated until Daoist Miao accepted twenty-two points of Source of the World for the sword, token, and earlier information.

Qin Ze stayed cautious in the rebuilt Myriad Races Black Market while preparing for its major auction, as the leaders of its four great powers argued over security and a missing child. The chapter ended with the mature blonde woman learning that Yan Miao might be in the city and ordering that the child be watched.

• Miss Sword Case showed Qin Ze her new water-attribute flying sword and said she needed time to restore its sword intent.
• Qin Ze kept his ordinary clones inside and sent the Five Heavenly Kings to scout the heavily guarded black market before the auction.
• The Cloud Clan man, the mature blonde woman, the red-eyed man, and the robot discussed the vault's security and argued about whether the mature blonde woman's child was missing.
• The robot mentioned a forum post about the God of War's divine tomb, prompting another heated exchange before the four powers' meeting ended.
• The mature blonde woman returned home and received a message that Yan Miao might have gone to the black market, leaving her furious.

Qin Ze learned that the Myriad Races Black Market vault was sealed by a powerful artifact and agreed to join Daoist Miao’s plan to rob it. They planned to make their move two days later, on the eve of the auction, though Brother Devour suspected Daoist Miao was hiding something.

• The Five Heavenly Kings reported that the vault was sealed by a powerful force and that the city’s security had been strengthened.
• Qin Ze decided to scout the city and considered using his clones to create chaos before attempting the vault.
• Daoist Miao secretly visited Qin Ze and proposed that they work together to enter the vault.
• Daoist Miao explained that the Heaven and Earth Lock sealed space, then swore an oath and promised to split the vault’s fifty-four auction items with Qin Ze.
• Daoist Miao scheduled the robbery for two days later, and Brother Devour warned that he did not seem honest.

Qin Ze prepared for the auction by setting up wards and identifying three lots he wanted, especially the source of the world. As he planned to wait two days before continuing the search for Miss Sword Case’s second sword, an unexpected blonde woman appeared at his door.

• Qin Ze realized Daoist Miao had explained how to enter the vault but not how to escape, and the group decided not to confront him yet.
• Qin Ze planted dozens of wards around the city and told his clones to keep a low profile ahead of the auction.
• Qin Ze read the auction booklet and chose Lucid Dream, the Purifying Soul Orb, and one hundred points of source of the world as items of interest.
• Miss Sword Case asked Qin Ze when they would search for her second sword, and he told her to wait another two days.
• A blonde mature beauty knocked on Qin Ze’s door, leaving him stunned when he opened it.

A blonde beauty tracked Daoist Miao to Qin Ze’s inn, but left without confronting him after a tense exchange. Qin Ze learned Daoist Miao was still evading her, then noticed rumors about the God of War’s Divine Tomb spreading rapidly and asked Miss Sword Case what she knew.

• A blonde beauty visited Qin Ze, briefly seized his wrist, and left after learning he could not use a sword.
• The blonde beauty concluded Qin Ze wanted to kill her and wondered what kind of person he was dealing with.
• Qin Ze and Brother Devour reasoned that the blonde beauty had tracked Daoist Miao and did not intend to harm him.
• Daoist Miao messaged Qin Ze, told him to stay at the inn, and promised to contact him when the situation changed.
• Qin Ze found a trending discussion claiming the God of War’s Divine Tomb might have been discovered and suspected someone was deliberately spreading the news.
• Qin Ze asked Miss Sword Case whether she knew about the God of War’s Divine Tomb.

Qin Ze learned more about the God of War's divine tomb and received Daoist Miao's plan to break into the auction vault during a brief lapse in the Heaven and Earth Lock. As the auction approached, Qin Ze prepared a surprise, while the mature blonde woman volunteered to guard the vault.

• Qin Ze read an updated post describing the God of War's divine tomb and a Golden Crow totem near its entrance.
• Qin Ze stayed in the inn while the mature blonde woman watched him, and Daoist Miao sent instructions for opening the Heaven and Earth Lock during the auction's teleportation.
• Daoist Miao told Qin Ze and the Man in Black to meet at the vault at nine the next morning and open their Shelter Spaces when they left.
• Miss Sword Case told Qin Ze that the flower had died after she watered it, and Qin Ze reassured her before she went to water the other plants.
• Qin Ze asked his clones if their preparations were ready, and they confirmed they had set everything up.
• The Cloud Clan man, the red-eyed man, and the mechanical man assigned their auction security duties, and the mature blonde woman agreed to guard the vault.

The blond woman took charge of guarding the vault while Qin Ze and Daoist Miao prepared to break into it and retrieve the second sword. Qin Ze subdued the vault guards, and Daoist Miao used a formation and flames to open the Heaven and Earth Lock.

• The blond woman agreed to guard the vault, while a nanobot from the cyborg landed in her hair as she left.
• Qin Ze and Miss Sword Case set out to find the second sword, and Qin Ze later met Daoist Miao on a rooftop near the vault.
• Qin Ze and Daoist Miao waited for the patrol gap, then Qin Ze filled the street with fog and knocked out the ten guards at the vault entrance.
• Daoist Miao formed a four-person formation with Qin Ze and two clones to locate the unlocked space around the vault.
• Daoist Miao sent a fire dragon into the Heaven and Earth Lock's keyhole, and the lock opened.