Chapter Summaries

Qin Ze and his allies battled Nether Sparrow as its power began to overwhelm them, until Qin Ze found the hidden seam along its spine. He held Nether Sparrow in place while Brother Devour and the gaseous Dominator exposed and attacked its spine, leaving Qin Ze to break it.

• Dharma King, Brother Devour, and Qin Ze attacked Nether Sparrow, but the god held its own as Qin Ze's power began to wane.
• Qin Ze drank Life Essence to extend his transformation while the clones swarmed Nether Sparrow and distracted it with their self-destructive attacks.
• A clone spotted a red seam along Nether Sparrow's spine, revealing a possible weak point.
• Qin Ze clung to Nether Sparrow and took its point-blank attack, giving Brother Devour time to cut open the seam with a bone sword.
• The gaseous Dominator dug into Nether Sparrow's exposed spine as its flock and giant birds attacked Qin Ze.
• Qin Ze held on despite losing an arm, then used the King Engine to snap Nether Sparrow's spine into three pieces.

Qin Ze defeated Nether Sparrow, but as the void consumed the arena, a feather Relic with a mysterious eye appeared and stopped time. The eye addressed Qin Ze, asking whether he was satisfied with its gift.

• Qin Ze battered Nether Sparrow while the Self-Destruct Squad detonated entropy stone to help him.
• Nether Sparrow tried to bargain, then weakened his body and threatened to die with Qin Ze, but Qin Ze killed him with a pillar of white light.
• Qin Ze's Real Man state ended, and Brother Devour found no Soul Orb on Nether Sparrow's corpse.
• The void broke apart the arena and swallowed Nether Sparrow's corpse as Magician's Skill of the God failed to stop it.
• A black feather Relic bearing a closed eye appeared, opened, and stopped time before speaking to Qin Ze in his Spiritual Sea of Consciousness.

Qin Ze questioned Hundred Eyes about the Relic, Echo, and the origins of the Strange Gods, learning that Hundred Eyes represented the rule of time. The chapter ended with Hundred Eyes saying he could no longer see Qin Ze’s future because countless possibilities branched out from him.

• Hundred Eyes explained that a god’s Soul Orb disappeared, and the clones mourned the loss of their chance to use Niuniu again.
• Hundred Eyes revealed that Spirit Divination Stick had returned to Chaos, where the five fundamental rules originated.
• Qin Ze learned that Echo was one of the beings from Chaos, and Hundred Eyes said he preferred to be alone.
• Hundred Eyes told Qin Ze that he and the other beings embodied the rules of time, space, randomness, balance, creation, and destruction.
• Hundred Eyes demonstrated his control over time and said Chaos was sick, limiting his ability to see the future.
• Qin Ze asked Hundred Eyes to look at his future, but Hundred Eyes said he saw only countless branches of infinite possibility.

Qin Ze questioned Hundred Eyes about his obscured past and learned that transmigrators could not exist within Chaos, making him doubt his memories. Hundred Eyes revealed that Qin Ze had departed from the Desolate God’s planned path and might change the future before restoring time and disappearing.

• Qin Ze asked Hundred Eyes to examine his past, and Hundred Eyes said his life had been ordinary until he became a martial artist, after which his path grew obscured.
• Qin Ze claimed he was a transmigrator, but Hundred Eyes said transmigrators could not exist within Chaos, leaving Qin Ze questioning whether his memories were real.
• Miss Sword Case, Brother Devour, and Dharma King helped Qin Ze recover from his doubts, while Hundred Eyes explained that he was investing in Qin Ze’s uncertain path.
• Hundred Eyes revealed that the Desolate God had arranged Qin Ze, himself, and the Abyss races as contingencies, but Qin Ze had strayed from the intended plan.
• Qin Ze asked whether Nether Sparrow had consumed the Spirit Eye Empire’s people, and Hundred Eyes confirmed it before reversing time and vanishing.

After the Spirit Eye World was annihilated, Qin Ze absorbed Nether Sparrow’s Relic, survived its lingering will, and raised his Source of God progress to seventy-five percent. He then read the Chronicle of Time, where the Desolate God’s diary revealed that the truth of the world had broken many Star Gods and that the Desolate God expected to die soon.

• Qin Ze returned from the Spirit Eye World and left with the Abyss Puppet after the world’s law of time vanished and the world was destroyed.
• Qin Ze absorbed Nether Sparrow’s incomplete Relic, and his Source of God and King Engine divided its power.
• Nether Sparrow’s lingering will attacked Qin Ze’s Spiritual Sea of Consciousness, but the golden dragon and Tree of Mind defeated it.
• Qin Ze’s Source of God progress rose from seventy percent to seventy-five percent, and his spiritual power and physical strength increased.
• Qin Ze read the Desolate God’s diary and learned that many Star Gods had lost faith or joined the Strange Beasts as the balance of power shifted against them.
• Qin Ze reached the diary entry, “I’m going to die soon...”

Qin Ze read Old Huang’s diary and learned that the second-generation Star Gate was cracking and Old Huang expected to die, while he worried about Miss Sword Case. The diary ended with the Goddess of Life revealing a plan that could end everything and bring Old Huang back from the dead.

• Qin Ze read that cracks had appeared in the second-generation Star Gate and that Old Huang had refused Qin Ze’s offer of his Source of God of War.
• Qin Ze realized Old Huang’s sorrowful reference to “that child” meant Miss Sword Case, whom Old Huang had built into the Star Gate.
• Qin Ze continued reading Old Huang’s diary, but found that Old Huang kept postponing his promised record of his ultimate techniques.
• Qin Ze read that Old Huang had secretly chosen a burial site and believed the live-in son-in-law was visiting more often because he might soon die.
• Qin Ze learned that the Goddess of Life had awakened and told Old Huang she had a new plan that could end everything and bring him back from the dead.

Qin Ze read how Old Huang built the Oracle Holy Temple to block Chaos, then left for Chaos as the Star Gate neared collapse and the gods faced renewed danger. After closing the Chronicle of Time, Qin Ze activated Fate Oracle to find the remaining children.

• Qin Ze learned from Old Huang’s diary that the Oracle Holy Temple was part of the Goddess of Life’s plan and stopped Chaos from seeping into the Land of the Gods.
• Old Huang recorded that the God of Machinery and other gods had turned against them, while cracks spread through the Star Gate and Spirit Divination Stick appeared.
• Old Huang left to seek answers in Chaos after the goddess’s plan remained unfinished and the Star Gate approached collapse.
• Qin Ze closed the Chronicle of Time and discussed with his clones whether Old Huang might succeed in Chaos.
• Qin Ze activated Fate Oracle and asked it to help find the remaining children.

Qin Ze asked the Fate Oracle to find the three remaining swords belonging to Miss Sword Case, and it used its power to bind him to them. With the swords still missing and Qin Ze close to breaking through to Level Nine, he decided to go home and introduce Miss Sword Case to his closest friend and teacher.

• The Fate Oracle awakened, mocked its surroundings, and agreed to help Qin Ze find Miss Sword Case's three remaining swords.
• Miss Sword Case had Fire Child attack the Fate Oracle after it insulted her, then called the swords back and let it proceed.
• The Fate Oracle invoked its power, bestowed God-Given Mortal Body on Qin Ze, and turned into starlight that formed a subtle connection between him and the Abyss.
• Miss Sword Case searched Qin Ze for her missing children, while Qin Ze told her the Fate Oracle's power would take time to work.
• Qin Ze said he was close to breaking through to Level Nine and decided to go home to introduce Miss Sword Case to his closest friend and teacher.

Qin Ze and Miss Sword Case approached Penglai City as Qin Ze grew excited and nervous about returning home. Meanwhile, Fairy and Ma Yan accepted a mission to go to Snow City, rescue Leo and Cancer, and seize the Hall of Stars.

• Miss Sword Case promised to be friends with Qin Ze’s old friend as the Abyss Puppet flew toward Penglai City.
• Sagittarius confronted Fairy and Ma Yan over their previous missions, but Fairy argued that they had not failed and demanded a reward.
• Sagittarius ordered Fairy and Ma Yan to go to Snow City when the Hall of Stars opened, rescue Leo and Cancer, and seize the Hall of Stars.
• Fairy accepted the mission immediately and left the gray fog with Ma Yan.
• Qin Ze and Miss Sword Case drew near Penglai City, and Qin Ze shouted that their king had returned.

Qin Ze returned to Snow City, where the Saber King warned him to stay out of the Fairness Society’s renewed activity in Otherworld No. Zero while he prepared to break through. Back at the Circus base, Qin Ze reunited with the starving Big Black and tried to meditate, but ended up falling asleep.

• Qin Ze and his clones returned to Snow City, and the Saber King appeared to comment on Qin Ze’s imminent breakthrough.
• The Saber King told Qin Ze that the Fairness Society had become active in Otherworld No. Zero and advised him to remain in Snow City until he broke through.
• Qin Ze agreed to stay in Snow City, and the Saber King left to guard the Gate of the Abyss.
• Qin Ze returned to the Circus base and found Big Black thin and distressed after being left alone without food.
• Qin Ze fed Big Black, released the clones into the warehouse, and took Miss Sword Case upstairs to meditate.
• Qin Ze failed to find the feeling of a breakthrough and fell asleep in a recliner.

Qin Ze rested in Snow City and learned from the Hunter group chat that Fairy had returned from Otherworld No. Zero and was drawing the Hunters to the city. As he wondered what she intended, a white-haired woman and A Niu arrived at Snow City, dragging a bronze coffin through the snow.

• Qin Ze woke to find Miss Sword Case had painted his face, then checked the Hunter group chat while resting by the fire.
• The Hunters discussed Fairy and Ma Yan’s retreat from Otherworld No. Zero, where they had faced the Grand Consul and the Twelve Zodiac Signs.
• Fairy challenged Slacking on the Sidelines and announced that she would come to Snow City, prompting several Hunters to plan a gathering there.
• Qin Ze suspected Fairy had deliberately summoned the Hunters but could not work out her purpose.
• A white-haired woman rode on a bronze coffin as A Niu dragged it through the snow, and they reached the outskirts of Snow City.

Qin Ze heard a tavern tale about two gods who vanished after battling in the Northern Territory, then learned that a clone had found their supposed treasure in Snow City. Two masked men discovered a bronze coffin and were stopped from taking it by an unseen speaker who claimed it as a trophy.

• A civil official told the tavern crowd a legend about a snow god and a demon god battling over the Northern Territory.
• Qin Ze dismissed the story as a myth and left the tavern with Miss Sword Case as a blizzard covered the streets.
• A clone announced over the Local Area Network that the two gods’ treasure had been found in Snow City.
• Leopard and Peppa found a bronze coffin in a basement, but touching it froze Leopard’s arms, which Peppa cut off.
• An unseen voice warned Leopard and Peppa to keep away from the coffin, calling it their trophy.

After Peppa and Leopard were killed while searching a hidden basement, Qin Ze sent the Circus to find the stolen bronze coffin. Brother Devour caught up with the thieves and fought A Niu, while another Circus member confronted the woman who had accompanied him.

• A woman and A Niu killed Peppa and Leopard, took the bronze coffin, and left their bodies in the basement.
• Qin Ze learned that the coffin had vanished and ordered the Circus to search Snow City, promising the first finder a chance to open it.
• Brother Devour returned to the basement, spotted A Niu and the woman nearby, and attacked them.
• Brother Devour and A Niu traded powerful punches, each recognizing the other's formidable physical strength.
• A masked Circus member appeared above the woman and struck at her with a claw of lightning.

The Dharma King, A Bing, and the Mist Lord attacked a white-haired woman whose uncanny ability let her evade every strike and turn their attacks against them. As the fighting spread, Qin Ze summoned the Super Wings, and Lao Dao left the Abyss Gate to respond.

• The Dharma King’s lightning repeatedly missed the woman, who dodged effortlessly and used the lightning scars in the snow to make a picture.
• A Bing’s Plague Pollen and Smiley Face Pollen backfired, leaving the Dharma King coughing before A Bing restored him.
• The Mist Lord trapped the woman in Fog of War, but she evaded the Dharma King’s Thunderbolts and the Mist Lord’s Mist Blades.
• Qin Ze guessed that the woman could predict her opponents’ moves and told the Dharma King that the ability must have a cost.
• Brother Devour and A Niu continued trading increasingly powerful blows, destroying the abandoned buildings nearby.
• Qin Ze used his magic card to summon the Super Wings, and Lao Dao left the Abyss Gate after seeing the golden pillar of light.

A woman with uncanny luck evaded the Heavenly Kings’ attacks before the Saber King arrived and attacked her and A Niu. Fairy and Ma Yan rescued them, and Lao Dao revealed that the woman’s power came from the same source as the Hall of Stars, leading Qin Ze to realize the group had come for him.

• The Heavenly Kings withdrew as Super Wings approached, leaving A Niu and the woman to face the Saber King.
• The woman’s luck repeatedly altered Lao Dao’s attacks, while A Niu defended her and took heavy injuries.
• The woman’s power began transforming her, but Fairy’s flowers and grass soothed her before Fairy and Ma Yan removed her and A Niu in a dark Domain.
• Lao Dao told Qin Ze that the woman’s power came from the same source as the Hall of Stars, where Yao Yuan remained.
• Qin Ze concluded that the group had come because of him.

Qin Ze struggled to find the conviction or crisis needed to break through to Level Nine, while his companions searched Snow City for a mysterious coffin. The chapter ended with Fairy confronting White Hair and A Niu about the coffin, which White Hair called her trophy.

• Qin Ze asked Lao Dao how he had broken through to Level Nine, and Lao Dao explained that conviction mattered as much as cultivation.
• Lao Dao urged Qin Ze to identify what he wanted to protect or seek a life-and-death battle, but Qin Ze could not find a suitable challenge.
• Qin Ze praised Miss Sword Case’s new drawing, then decided to sleep instead of returning to Chaos.
• Magician brought Big Black to search for the coffin, while Qin Ze ordered the clones to dig through the ground for it.
• Fairy scolded White Hair and A Niu in a cave, then Ma Yan asked where they had found the bronze coffin.
• White Hair called the coffin her trophy and added that it belonged to A Niu too.

Fairy suspected the president had arranged for Scorpio to find the bronze coffin, while Qin Ze's search for it in Snow City came up empty. The Tree Keeper then reported that he had lost even his faint sense of the Hall of Stars, leaving Qin Ze worried that Brother Yuanzi was in danger.

• White Hair recounted how she and A Niu had found the bronze coffin, and Fairy discovered that her vines froze when they touched its lid.
• Fairy ordered White Hair and A Niu to guard the coffin while she and Ma Yan left the cave.
• Fairy told Ma Yan that Scorpio resonated faintly with the coffin and suspected the president had used the rescue mission as cover to retrieve it.
• Qin Ze woke in Snow City, heard that his clones had failed to find the coffin, and told them to keep searching.
• The Tree Keeper contacted Qin Ze through the World Tree and said he could no longer sense the Hall of Stars, prompting Qin Ze to fear Brother Yuanzi was in danger.

Qin Ze prepared to leave for the Spirit Clan to help Brother Yuanzi, but weighed several risky ways to break through from Level Eight to Level Nine. Echo offered to help in exchange for half a heart, until Fairy sent word that she would help him cultivate that night.

• Qin Ze decided to set out for the Spirit Clan despite the danger, and summoned his clones to discuss their options.
• Thousand Faces suggested that Niuniu could help Qin Ze cultivate, while Qin Ze considered making a deal with Echo through the Magic Conch.
• Echo offered to help Qin Ze reach Level Nine in exchange for his heart, then reduced the price to half a heart.
• Qin Ze nearly agreed to sacrifice a clone's heart before Fairy messaged him to meet at the summit of the Ring Mountains at eight that night.
• Qin Ze declined Echo's offer after receiving Fairy's message.

Qin Ze and the others gathered at the summit of the Ring Mountains after Fairy summoned them, while several hunters discussed their difficulty breaking through to Level Nine. Taoist had recently reached Level Nine, and the chapter ended with Fairy appearing and challenging Fast Man to a fight.

• Qin Ze canceled the trip to the Molten Steel Civilization and sent his clones back to digging in the snow.
• Qin Ze read Fairy's invitation to meet at the summit of the Ring Mountains and wondered why she had summoned everyone.
• Qin Ze arrived early and noticed that Taoist had broken through to Level Nine.
• Slacking on the Sidelines, Little Deer, Brother Biao, and Scholar arrived and argued about whether Fairy could be trusted.
• Fairy emerged from a giant rosebud and called Fast Man out to die.

Fairy reunited the Hunters and revealed that Yao Yuan had ordered her to stage his apparent betrayal and arrange their future breakthrough. She presented one of his keys and opened the way for Qin Ze and Lin Zhiyuan to join the group, leaving them poised to enter the Breakthrough Otherworld.

• Fairy bound and whipped Slacking on the Sidelines, then greeted Lu Tongtong and the other Hunters.
• Fairy revealed Taoist had reached Level Nine, though his unstable realm could still fall back.
• Fairy said Yao Yuan had ordered her apparent betrayal and arranged a gathering to help the Hunters break through.
• Fairy explained that a Breakthrough Otherworld required nine keys and showed Yao Yuan's split key, which counted as half.
• Fairy called for the missing key-holder, and Lin Zhiyuan emerged from the Shelter Space as Qin Ze revealed himself to the Hunters.