Chapter Summaries

Qin Ze learned that moving Underworld Mountain could create a chance to free the people trapped there, while Unit Zero opened a passage out of the Realm of Gray Mist. Thousand Faces escaped through the passage, and Bu Qingyao followed him into the world beyond.

• The God of the Underworld told Qin Ze that moving Underworld Mountain might disrupt its seal and let him bring Papa Qin and Mama Qin down the mountain.
• Unit Zero rose from the sinkhole and approached the pillars of space as Thousand Faces instructed Bu Qingyao to wait until he crossed the plane.
• Bu Qingyao gave Thousand Faces a talisman containing the Desolate God's power, and Thousand Faces accepted it.
• Niuniu helped Unit Zero move the pillars and open a passage, then pulled one pillar back to trap Unit Zero in the doorway.
• Thousand Faces crossed the plane first, and Bu Qingyao followed through the passage into the world beyond.

Aries and Pisces witnessed a broken mechanical giant emerge from the Pillar of Space, while Qin Ze and Unit Zero joined Niuniu in trying to overturn Underworld Mountain and escape the Realm of Gray Mist. As Bu Qingyao arrived to stop the escape, the Circus attacked the Wandering Corpses, and a six-armed giant appeared above her.

• The Pillar of Space distorted and released a broken mechanical giant, and a mirror teleported Aries and Pisces a kilometer away as Aries crushed his living game console.
• Qin Ze sent the unconscious Papa Qin and Mama Qin into Miss Sword Case, then joined Unit Zero and Niuniu in attacking Underworld Mountain.
• Unit Zero and Niuniu struck the mountain while the God of the Underworld held its Wandering Corpses in place, and Aquarius celebrated as Capricorn worried that Unit Zero was stuck.
• Bu Qingyao emerged beside the Pillar of Space, recognized that the mountain was the formation's core, and decided to fight to prevent the creatures from escaping.
• The Circus charged into the Wandering Corpses and blew themselves up, and a six-armed giant surrounded by white mist appeared above Bu Qingyao.

Qin Ze arrived at the mountain and fought Unit Zero and Niuniu, reclaiming the Earth Element Flying Sword from Bu Qingyao. After the God of the Underworld revealed that Unit Zero had made the Pillar of Space unstable, Qin Ze summoned the three swords and moved to destroy it.

• Qin Ze appeared before Bu Qingyao, and his golden lightning blasted the Wandering Corpses and struck Unit Zero and Niuniu.
• Miss Sword Case summoned the Earth Element Flying Sword back to Qin Ze, and Bu Qingyao recognized the Sword Case and the Five Elements Flying Swords.
• Qin Ze attacked Unit Zero while Niuniu trapped him with black threads and a gear space, but Qin Ze escaped using darkness rules and shattered the gear walls.
• The God of the Underworld told Qin Ze that Unit Zero's presence made the Pillar of Space unstable and that it could be destroyed.
• Qin Ze summoned the three flying swords and headed toward the Pillar of Space.

Qin Ze tried to destroy a pillar of space while Unit Zero and Niuniu fought to stop him, but Niuniu’s escape was disrupted and Unit Zero freed himself. As the battle spread to the other pillars, Bu Qingyao prepared to intervene, Aquarius led Wandering Corpses into the fight, and Aries and Pisces held back while the Heavenly Kings and their clones clashed with Aquarius’s group.

• Qin Ze broke through Niuniu’s Black Domain and attacked a pillar of space, but Unit Zero used his power to block the blow.
• Niuniu broke free of his restraints, but a Galaxy of stars struck him and shattered the strange changes in the gray mist; his severed arm shifted all four pillars and freed Unit Zero.
• Unit Zero assembled machines around himself and attacked Qin Ze, who sent the Heavenly Kings and groups of clones to search the other pillars for their energy cores.
• Bu Qingyao took out a purple crystal ball and began drawing on its power as Aquarius decided to help hold the pillars of space.
• Aquarius opened a spatial gate and sent Wandering Corpses into the fight, while Aries and Pisces chose to wait for a safer chance to join.
• Aquarius, Capricorn, and the Wandering Corpses clashed with the Heavenly Kings and clones, as Brother Devour regenerated and A Bing used pollen to counter their attacks.

Qin Ze fought Unit Zero as she copied his techniques and gained Niuniu’s support, while the battle around them continued. The chapter left Niuniu alarmed when Magician appeared to overwhelm Thousand Faces with the Spirit Divination Stick.

• Unit Zero adapted to Qin Ze’s moves, but Niuniu joined her by attaching his severed arm and bolstered her strength.
• Qin Ze used Void Traversal, the Five Elements Flying Swords, and layered Black Domains to counter Unit Zero and wound her with a sword slash.
• Qin Ze sent Thousand Faces toward Brother Devour’s battlefield, where Thousand Faces pretended to be badly hurt so he could draw opponents into a fight.
• Magician led a squad of clones to fight Thousand Faces, and the two staged an exaggerated battle with dazzling effects.
• Niuniu recognized the Spirit Divination Stick and feared that Black One would die in his first battle.

Thousand Faces transformed into Battle General Black One and fought Magician while Qin Ze gained the God of the Underworld’s power and battled Niuniu and Unit Zero. The fights remained evenly matched, with neither side gaining the upper hand.

• Thousand Faces declared himself a Battle General of the Black God and used shadow attacks to overwhelm the old geezers around Black One.
• Thousand Faces summoned the clones’ Spirits as his supposed righteous Dao souls and fought Magician to a standstill.
• The God of the Underworld freed Underworld Mountain, joined Qin Ze, and lent him his power.
• Niuniu and Unit Zero attacked Qin Ze, who used his six arms and Miss Sword Case to fight them both.
• The God of the Underworld cut off Niuniu’s arm and kept him occupied while Qin Ze and Unit Zero exchanged blows without either gaining an advantage.

Qin Ze, the God of the Underworld, and the Grand Consul fought to force Unit Zero back through the spatial staircase, but the God of the Underworld betrayed Qin Ze and freed Unit Zero. As Qin Ze and Unit Zero battled near their limits, Bu Qingyao arrived with a purple wing.

• Qin Ze and the God of the Underworld drove Unit Zero toward the spatial staircase as the Pillars of Space began to fade.
• Unit Zero activated his overload program, repaired his body, and attacked Qin Ze with cannons.
• The Grand Consul arrived and restrained Unit Zero with a xiezhi summoned from his spear, but the God of the Underworld broke the restraint and freed him.
• Qin Ze refused the God of the Underworld's demand to lure Unit Zero onto Underworld Mountain and drove away his phantom, splitting the black crown.
• Qin Ze and Unit Zero exchanged blows as both neared exhaustion, while Niuniu called toward Underworld Mountain for help.
• Bu Qingyao dived down with a purple wing, and Niuniu recognized her as Purple Kite.

Qin Ze and his allies stopped Unit Zero from crossing into their world, while the fighting across Otherworld No. Zero came to an end. The God of the Underworld took Aquarius and the others away to be punished beneath Underworld Mountain.

• Bu Qingyao and the Grand Consul restrained Unit Zero, allowing Qin Ze to strike Him with Miss Sword Case and send Him through the spatial staircase.
• Unit Zero warned Qin Ze that they were the same before disappearing into the other world; the Pillars of Space went dark and the passage closed.
• Underworld Mountain returned to its place, and the Wandering Corpses Niuniu had summoned crumbled into dry bones.
• Aries accidentally landed on Aquarius's Preacher's Cane, closing the gray fog portal and trapping Aquarius and his companions; Brother Devour's group surrounded them.
• Thousand Faces dispersed after claiming he had met his KPI, and the remaining fighting in Otherworld No. Zero subsided.
• The God of the Underworld said he had taken Aquarius and the others to suppress them beneath Underworld Mountain, and Qin Ze warned him to carry out the punishment.

Qin Ze questioned the God of the Underworld’s motives, helped Bu Qingyao suppress Purple Kite’s destructive power, and left the Otherworld with his companions. On Underworld Mountain, the chairman negotiated with the God of the Underworld, who insisted that Qin Ze must not be harmed.

• The God of the Underworld said the Tomb of the Gods’ seal was weakening and told Qin Ze to gather the five Soul Orbs and Five Elements Flying Swords.
• Qin Ze trapped the violent power inside Bu Qingyao and learned that she had been suppressing Echo, which had escaped into Chaos.
• Qin Ze introduced Bu Qingyao to the Grand Consul, then retrieved Brother Devour and the others and headed for the Otherworld’s exit.
• Aries realized that the God of the Underworld had tacitly approved Aquarius’s operation, while Aquarius waited for the chairman’s negotiations to conclude.
• The chairman appeared atop Underworld Mountain and told the God of the Underworld that he had found the last person; the God of the Underworld replied that Qin Ze must not be touched.

The president left Underworld Mountain as the Calamity of the Myriad Races began, while Qin Ze prepared to travel to the Myriad Races Black Market for the tournament and access to the Land of Origin. A Strange God awakened in the Abyss and destroyed two worlds, confirming that the calamity had arrived.

• The president warned the God of the Underworld not to harm Qin Ze, and scarlet light erupted from Underworld Mountain as the Calamity of the Myriad Races began.
• Unit Zero returned to the sinkhole for repairs, while Niuniu and other massive beings raged in the gray mist until Chaos poured down from Galaxy.
• Qin Ze met with Bu Qingyao and the Grand Consul, learned that the Human Race had once been the Desolate God's Land of Faith, and discussed the mysteries of its lost history.
• The Grand Consul gave Qin Ze ten thousand Soul Orbs, and Qin Ze said he would leave for the Myriad Races Black Market the next day to compete for entry to the Land of Origin.
• Qin Ze read reports that a Strange God had awakened and destroyed two worlds, then told the Grand Consul that the calamity had arrived.

Qin Ze distributed Soul Orbs to strengthen his companions, then investigated the Myriad Races Grand Tournament after Second Sister warned him away from the black market and Zi Yue revealed that the Spirit Clan had rejected the tournament. He suspected the four Ancient Races were using the tournament to stir up trouble, while Zi Yue urged him to visit the Spirit Clan instead.

• Qin Ze collected ten thousand Soul Orbs in Penglai City and distributed them among his companions, helping Brother Devour reach Level Nine Point Five and Dharma King reach Level Nine.
• Magician complained about receiving no Soul Orbs, but Qin Ze promised in Pretty God's name that he would get a share of Second Sister's next batch.
• Second Sister told Qin Ze not to visit the black market until next month, prompting him to suspect that she wanted him to avoid the Myriad Races Grand Tournament.
• Qin Ze asked Zi Yue about the tournament, and she said the Spirit Clan had refused to vouch for it because even they did not know how to reach the Land of Origin.
• Zi Yue warned Qin Ze not to enter the tournament and invited him to cultivate beneath the Spirit Tree, but Qin Ze said he would visit another time.

Qin Ze and his companions encountered a spatial gate that released thousands of exotic beasts, whose blood and remains formed a vast formation. After Qin Ze’s group was exposed above it, an attacker sent sword qi toward the Abyss Puppet.

• Captain told Qin Ze that an S-rank exotic beast and a beast tide were brewing near the Sea of Glaze, and Qin Ze ordered the queen to request reinforcements from the Molten Steel People.
• Captain reported that the forged cowhide pieces had arrived, and Qin Ze instructed him to give them to Giant Overlord.
• Miss Sword Case’s painting was destroyed by a flying exotic beast, and Brother Devour noticed that someone had opened a spatial gate overhead.
• Qin Ze watched as the gate dropped thousands of exotic beasts, which were shredded and used to form a huge pattern that he identified as a formation.
• An intermediate exotic beast spotted the Abyss Puppet, and Qin Ze killed it, revealing his group to whoever was behind the formation.
• A streak of sword qi shot from behind a hillside toward the Abyss Puppet, and Qin Ze cried out in anger.

Qin Ze witnessed a butterfly-like creature escape a mechanical trap before meeting the level-nine rat person who had set it. As Qin Ze hid underground with the rat person, he learned that the Intellect Clan and Night Clan were also hunting the butterfly, leaving him puzzled about the factions at play.

• Qin Ze discovered that a concealed enemy had created a killing formation bearing the God of Machinery’s mark.
• A butterfly-like creature entered the formation, broke free using Chaos, and escaped as colored lights while another battle erupted nearby.
• A yellow-furred rat person emerged and apologized to Qin Ze, then used his staff to hide them underground as pursuers arrived.
• A man from the Intellect Clan and a woman from the Night Clan searched the formation site, concluded that someone else was pursuing the butterfly, and left without finding Qin Ze.
• Qin Ze realized that the rat person opposed the Intellect Clan and that the Ancient Race was also hunting the butterfly.

Qin Ze met Sha Zhenzhu, commander of the Sand Race Temple Guard Army, after the group failed to capture a Chaos Beast. He accepted an invitation to visit the Sand Race temple and entered their desert world, where Zhenzhu revealed that it had once been an ocean.

• Sha Zhenzhu told Qin Ze that the butterfly was a Chaos Beast from beyond the heavens, and that the temple had ordered the Sand Race to hunt such creatures cautiously.
• Several Sand Race soldiers returned wounded and apologized for failing to intercept the beast; Zhenzhu explained that their innate racial talent made others see them as weak and sympathetic.
• Zhenzhu invited Qin Ze to the temple to learn more about Chaos Beasts, and Qin Ze agreed to meet the elders.
• Zhenzhu led Qin Ze and the other rats through a temporary Abyss Gate into the Sand Race's desert world, where an elder guarded the gate.
• As the group traveled into the desert, Zhenzhu said the Sand Race's world had been a vast ocean a thousand years earlier.

Qin Ze traveled with Sha Zhenzhu to Sand Race Underground City No. 1 and met the temple's grand elder. After noticing signs of the God of Machinery throughout the city and finding no Sand God statues, Qin Ze asked the elder why none were displayed.

• Qin Ze learned from Sha Zhenzhu that the Sand Race had no Hunters and had moved underground because surface temperatures were too high for ordinary people.
• Sha Zhenzhu activated the plaza's mechanisms and carried Qin Ze and the others down to Underground City No. 1.
• Qin Ze saw the underground city's artificial sun and observed its residents and restrictive arrays while Sha Zhenzhu led him to the temple.
• Sha Zhenzhu introduced Qin Ze to the temple's grand elder and left to hand over his assignment.
• Qin Ze met with the grand elder and asked why the Sand Race had no statues of its god.

Qin Ze questioned the great elder about the Chaos Beast and learned that escaping the Five Elements and Two Realms meant escaping fate, while the Sand God supposedly guided the Sand Race. After an earthquake and a meeting with Sha Zhenzhu, Qin Ze suspected the Sand God was connected to the God of Machinery and decided to wait for the Sand Race to reveal its purpose.

• The great elder told Qin Ze that the Chaos Beast could help him escape the Five Elements and Two Realms, which he understood as escaping a fate planned in advance.
• The underground city shook, and the great elder dismissed the tremors as an ordinary earthquake before sending Qin Ze to rest.
• Sha Zhenzhu escorted Qin Ze to his accommodations while the great elder watched them leave and privately questioned whether their fate had already been determined.
• Qin Ze noticed that the great elder and Sha Zhenzhu seemed to receive instructions in advance, and he suspected the Sand God was connected to the God of Machinery.
• Qin Ze decided to wait and find out what the Sand Race wanted from him.

Qin Ze waited for the Sand Race to reveal its intentions, but a violent earthquake opened an abyss in Central Street and triggered blurred memories that overwhelmed him. As a confinement space began forming around him, a mysterious woman urged him to remember who he was before unseen pursuers arrived.

• Qin Ze and his clones discussed the Sand Race’s motives, while Thousand Faces struggled to reach the guide through roaming exotic beasts.
• Night fell over the underground city, and Qin Ze stayed in his room, expecting the Sand Race to come to him.
• A prolonged earthquake split Central Street open, swallowed buildings, and sent the little rats fleeing.
• Qin Ze saw a throbbing heart in the abyss, and its pulses synchronized with his King Engine as fractured memories of gods, Miss Sword Case, Dream God, and a crowned man surfaced.
• Qin Ze collapsed in agony as a female voice told him to remember who he was and warned that they were coming.
• A confinement space began forming around the shaking room, and Miss Sword Case urged Qin Ze to wake up.

Qin Ze entered a sealed mechanical space, where the Sand God revealed that Qin Ze carried an incomplete Heart of the Gods and tried to give him the God of Machinery’s heart. The heart rejected Qin Ze, so the Sand God kept it safe until Qin Ze remembered who he was and could fuse with it.

• Miss Sword Case and the three kids were shut outside when the mechanical space sealed, and Qin Ze lost his Local Area Network connection.
• Qin Ze saw Star Gods appear behind him and heard strange voices before he stood up inside the sealed space.
• The Sand God told Qin Ze that he had been waiting for him and said the heart in Qin Ze’s chest should not be there.
• The Sand God revealed that he had been guarding the God of Machinery’s heart and sent it toward Qin Ze.
• The heart struck Qin Ze’s chest but flew back out, and the Sand God concluded it rejected Qin Ze because he had not yet remembered who he was.

Qin Ze learned more from the Sand God about Resonators, Chaos Beasts, and the Sand Race’s plans to help him hunt them. After the mechanical space collapsed and Qin Ze returned safely, Miss Sword Case demanded to know what had happened.

• Qin Ze questioned the Sand God about Resonators, the God of Machinery’s heart, and the origins of Chaos Beasts.
• The Sand God explained that Chaos Beasts carried Chaos Seeds and said the Sand Race would keep hunting them to help Qin Ze escape the Five Elements and Two Realms.
• The Sand God revealed that he had created and trained the Sand Race, then said they would contact Qin Ze when they found a lead on the Chaos Beast.
• The mechanical space collapsed, and Miss Sword Case watched the metal cube shatter as Qin Ze appeared unharmed.
• The Local Area Network returned, and Qin Ze joked with his clones before Miss Sword Case checked him over and asked what had happened.

After the Abyss disaster, Qin Ze questioned the Sand God’s motives and wondered why Old Huang had given him the Heart of the Gods. He stayed in Underground City No. 1, where he found a spatial restriction deep underground but could not investigate what lay beyond without alerting the city and the Sand God.

• Miss Sword Case feared Qin Ze had been lost in the cube, but he reassured her that he was fine.
• Qin Ze and his clones discussed the violent Heart of Machinery, doubted the Sand God’s honesty, and considered why Old Huang had given Qin Ze the Heart of the Gods.
• The underground city’s lights returned, and the grand elder credited the Sand God with quelling the disaster while the Temple Army rescued survivors and kept order.
• Qin Ze settled in Underground City No. 1 and supervised his clones’ extended training while the Sand God and Heart of Machinery remained quiet.
• Qin Ze investigated the underground city as a little rat and discovered a spatial restriction that he could only break by force, which would alert the city and the Sand God.