Chapter Summaries

Qin Ze avoided exposing Bai Bai during a confrontation with a Night Clan elder, then checked into a luxurious inn and learned about a restricted area in the south. After discovering he was being followed, Qin Ze used his Shelter Space and Void Traversal to slip away and head toward Second Sister.

• The Night Clan elder tried to provoke Bai Bai, but Qin Ze protected him and turned the crowd against the elder, who apologized and withdrew.
• Qin Ze explained that the elder had only been testing Bai Bai and warned him not to reveal his true form while they were surrounded by other Night Clan members.
• Miss Sword Case told Qin Ze they were being followed, so he pretended to browse the market before checking into the inn’s finest suite.
• The innkeeper warned Qin Ze to avoid the southern restricted area, where patrols and a Night Clan expert guarded the district.
• Qin Ze left the inn unseen with Shelter Space and Void Traversal, then headed toward Second Sister.

Qin Ze secretly visited Second Sister at the Myriad Races Black Market, where she warned him that the upcoming Grand Tournament would be deadly and urged him to leave. He instead asked her for Soul Orbs, and she agreed to take him to the treasury.

• Second Sister discovered Qin Ze had entered her sealed office and scolded him for visiting before the agreed time.
• Second Sister suspected Bai Bai might be the bald eagle that destroyed a Night Clan merchant ship, then warned Qin Ze that the Night Clan was seeking the culprit.
• Second Sister told Qin Ze that tournament participants faced a high risk of death and that he had to leave before the black market closed to outsiders.
• Qin Ze said he had already met the Night Clan elder and asked Second Sister for more Soul Orbs after using up his previous supply.
• Second Sister agreed to give Qin Ze Soul Orbs and took him toward the treasury after he changed his face.

Qin Ze accepted a Blazing Sun badge from Second Sister, then secretly returned to the Abyss to investigate the South District using a defense map he had taken from her desk. He reached the marked location of a hidden treasure chest and used spatial techniques to vanish.

• Second Sister gave Qin Ze 37,200 Soul Orbs and insisted on escorting him to the Abyss Gate.
• Before Qin Ze left, Second Sister gave him a Blazing Sun badge containing her essence blood so he could contact her if he ran into trouble.
• After Second Sister returned, Qin Ze used Shelter Space to sneak back through the Abyss Gate and revealed that he had taken a South District defense map.
• Qin Ze used the map and the Rule of Darkness to pass the sentries and reach the South District's center without alerting its powerful guards.
• Qin Ze found the spot where the map marked a hidden treasure chest and vanished after forming hand seals.

Qin Ze uncovered the Northern Heaven Gate beneath the unfinished tournament arena and opened it with three drops of heart blood. As the gate rose and revealed a brilliant entrance, Qin Ze feared that Heaven was Chaos and that opening the gate was a mistake.

• Qin Ze covered the arena with Shelter Space and smashed it apart, revealing a huge brass plate marked Northern Heaven Gate.
• Qin Ze realized the Ancient Race might be holding the Myriad Races Grand Tournament to send its contestants through the gate, but one of the chaos balls needed to open it was in Bai Bai's stomach.
• Dharma King urged Qin Ze to try dripping blood into the plate's three recesses, and Qin Ze sent one drop of heart blood into each.
• The blood sank into the plate, which lit up and began to rise as Bai Bai recognized the entrance behind it.
• Qin Ze rose with the plate, feared that Heaven was Chaos, and had an ominous feeling that the gate must not be opened.

Chaos Eggs appeared across the Abyss as the Northern Heaven Gate began opening, and Qin Ze struggled to hold it shut. The Night Clan elder rushed toward the South District while Qin Ze sent Brother Devour to delay the approaching final boss.

• The Night Clan elder attended a banquet in the Myriad Races Black Market, then rushed out when the city shook and three-colored light flared over the South District.
• Captain and Giant Overlord spotted Chaos Eggs across the sky above the Sea of Glaze and turned the Flying Circus Man back toward Outpost City on highest alert.
• Saber King, Bai Chi, and Zi Yue witnessed the ominous changes, while Zi Yue failed to reach Qin Ze with her messages.
• Qin Ze realized the Chaos Strange Gods were awakening as the Northern Heaven Gate opened, and he tried to force it shut while stars flew out.
• Qin Ze gave Brother Devour the Soul Orb and sent him with several Heavenly Kings to buy time as his clone warned that the final boss was approaching.
• Bai Bai considered betraying Qin Ze to get through the gate but hesitated, while Qin Ze activated his buffs and roared for the Heaven Gate to come down.

The Night Clan elder entered the mist-covered South District and found the guards incapacitated by poison. As the Heaven Gates came under attack, he and the other Level Nine Martial Artists were intercepted by Brother Devour, Dharma King, Mist Lord, and Clown.

• Second Sister arrived at the South District, ordered the reinforcements to wait outside, and told them to watch for the Night Clan elder's signal.
• The Night Clan elder entered the Fog of War, found the guards gravely ill, and hurried toward the Heaven Gate.
• Brother Devour blocked the Night Clan elder and overwhelmed him with rapid punches and grasping arms.
• Dharma King and Mist Lord intercepted two Level Nine Martial Artists approaching the Heaven Gate and kept them from reaching it.
• Clown blocked the early Level Nine Martial Artist who was heading to support the Night Clan elder.

Clown joined the battle against the Night Clan elder while Second Sister cleared Blazing Sun Clan guards from the South District and headed for the Northern Heaven Gate. Qin Ze closed the gate, ending the Abyss’s strange phenomena, then emerged to find Second Sister waiting for him.

• Brother Devour distributed the Soul Orbs among the Heavenly Kings, strengthening them for the battle against the Night Clan elder and his forces.
• Clown attacked a Level Nine Martial Artist while A Bing restored the Heavenly Kings with Smiley Face Pollen, and the Night Clan elder wondered why his reinforcements had not arrived.
• Second Sister ordered two Blazing Sun Clan Level Nine Martial Artists to withdraw and stabilize the area, then continued toward the Northern Heaven Gate.
• Qin Ze used Miss Sword Case to slam the Northern Heaven Gate shut, making the strange phenomena in the Abyss disappear.
• Qin Ze dismissed his exotic beast form and emerged from belowground, where he found Second Sister waiting.

Qin Ze and Second Sister staged a fierce fight to help the Heavenly Kings escape, while the Self-Destruct Squad stalled the Night Clan pursuers. Qin Ze realized that his Desolate God Bloodline and Chaos had jointly opened the Northern Heaven Gate, then entered a restaurant in the black market.

• Second Sister fought Qin Ze while secretly guiding him to a safe location, and the Heavenly Kings escaped as the Self-Destruct Squad detonated its clones against the Night Clan.
• The Night Clan elder found the Northern Heaven Gate intact but realized it had been opened.
• Second Sister told Qin Ze to visit her residence in two hours before leaving him.
• Qin Ze concluded that the Desolate God Bloodline and Chaos in his blood had acted together as keys to the Northern Heaven Gate.
• Qin Ze entered a restaurant in the black market with Bai Bai and told her not to speak.

Qin Ze met Master Zuo, a drunken Level Nine Martial Artist who argued against the Myriad Races Grand Tournament and revealed that he knew of Chaos. The chapter ended with Master Zuo suffering a painful bout of homesickness, marking him as a wanderer.

• Qin Ze ate at a restaurant with Bai Bai and watched Master Zuo arrive, boasting that an allied army should stop the tournament and fight the revived Strange God.
• Master Zuo offered Qin Ze crystals for Bai Bai, but Qin Ze refused to sell his companion.
• Master Zuo told the diners that the Ancient Race planned to sacrifice the tournament’s geniuses to enter another world containing surviving gods, and Qin Ze realized he knew about Chaos.
• Master Zuo collapsed in agony, and a nearby diner explained that his homesickness was acting up and that he was a wanderer.

Qin Ze learned more about Master Zuo’s Homeland Loss Syndrome and the destruction of the Frenzied Fang Civilization, then questioned Bai Bai about its accidental journey into Chaos. Bai Bai described a mysterious presence in the Galaxy as Qin Ze weighed the danger of opening the Northern Heaven Gate.

• Master Zuo recovered from an episode of Homeland Loss Syndrome and told Qin Ze that each attack erased more of his memories.
• Guests discussed the destruction of the Frenzied Fang Civilization by a revived Strange God and Master Zuo’s place among its last survivors.
• Qin Ze left the restaurant with Bai Bai, gave it an F-rank Soul Orb as payment, and warned it that the city might be locked down.
• Bai Bai described seeing Chaos Matter and stars in the Galaxy it had entered, strengthening Qin Ze’s belief that it was the core of Chaos.
• Bai Bai said a being had watched it from the shadows and clarified that the presence was not the Desolate God.

Qin Ze met with Second Sister, who explained that the Northern Heaven Gate could be opened halfway with one Chaos Pearl and that the Ancient Race planned to send tournament prodigies beyond it. With the black market closing and turmoil expected in the Abyss, she decided to keep Qin Ze with her and take him back to the Blazing Sun Clan afterward.

• Qin Ze brought Bai Bai into the black market’s upper-rank residential district and met Second Sister at night.
• Second Sister confronted Qin Ze about opening the Northern Heaven Gate, and Qin Ze revealed that the Night Clan’s Chaos Pearl was inside Bai Bai.
• Second Sister explained that opening the gate fully would cause a catastrophe, while one Chaos Pearl could open it halfway and let the Ancient Race send prodigies through.
• Second Sister said the black market would close early and ordered Qin Ze to stay with her until the tournament ended, then return with her to the Blazing Sun Clan.
• A giant eagle wreathed in flames took flight and lit up the night sky.

Qin Ze stayed at Second Sister’s house under strict restrictions while a failed intruder was secretly captured and Zi Yue urgently warned him that the Spirit Clan was preparing to seal itself away. The chapter ended with Zi Yue pleading for Qin Ze to come to the Spirit Clan before a calamity swept across the Abyss.

• Second Sister refused to leave her house to deal with the South District fire and ordered her people not to help put it out.
• A Level Nine Martial Artist reported that intruders had been stopped near the Northern Heaven Gate, but someone had rescued them.
• Qin Ze learned that Master Zuo had forced his way into the South District, and he told Brother Devour and Dharma King to keep Master Zuo hidden.
• Qin Ze found ninety-nine-plus messages from Zi Yue and called her back.
• Zi Yue told Qin Ze that the Spirit Clan would seal itself off because Senior Tree Bearer had warned that the Myriad Races Grand Tournament would bring a calamity across the Abyss.
• Zi Yue warned Qin Ze that he would die if he stayed in the Abyss and pleaded with him to come to the Spirit Clan.

Qin Ze refused Zi Yue’s offer to shelter in the Spirit Clan World, and the Spirit Clan closed its Abyss Gate. Later, Qin Ze used Shadow Jump to slip away from Second Sister and confront the captured Master Zuo.

• Zi Yue told Qin Ze the Spirit Clan World might remain closed for eight thousand years, but he declined to stay there.
• Zi Yue returned through the Abyss Gate with Tree Bearer, and the gate vanished as the Spirit Clan World closed.
• Qin Ze explained that he would not confine himself or abandon his human companions, while the clones debated the Spirit Clan’s offer.
• After Second Sister finished her bath, Qin Ze pretended to meditate, then used a clone to take his place and Shadow Jumped away with Bai Bai.
• Qin Ze reached the building where Brother Devour had hidden Master Zuo, and Dharma King jolted the captive awake with lightning.

Qin Ze questioned Master Zuo about the Ancient Race’s secrets and learned that worlds could be sealed using three requirements, though one remained unknown. The information gave Qin Ze the idea of sealing the Human Race’s world, while Master Zuo tried to convince him to sell Bai Bai.

• Master Zuo explained that the South District’s lights might reveal an entrance to another world and a plot to sacrifice the tournament’s prodigies.
• Qin Ze told Master Zuo that the other races had come to the tournament because the Abyss left them few alternatives.
• Master Zuo revealed that the Frenzied Fang world had been sealed for nearly two thousand years, while the four great ancient races had sealed their worlds at least five thousand years ago.
• Master Zuo said sealing a world required the World Will, the Source of the World, and one unknown thing.
• Qin Ze considered sealing the Human Race’s world, and Master Zuo offered to buy Bai Bai because the Frenzied Fang Clan could bond with animals.

Master Zuo told Qin Ze that the Strange God had destroyed his world while searching for something tied to worlds from the Age of Gods, and he vowed to enter the Myriad Races Grand Tournament. Qin Ze decided to stop the tournament by destroying the Blazing Sun Clan’s Chaos Pearl, then returned to Second Sister’s villa, where he later saw Daoist Miao arrive.

• Master Zuo revealed that his animal companions had died helping him escape his destroyed world and vowed to expose the Ancient Race at the Myriad Races Grand Tournament.
• Master Zuo said the Strange God had been searching for something found only in worlds passed down since the Age of Gods, and Qin Ze learned that the Strange God had destroyed a civilization whose ancestor was a Demigod.
• Qin Ze decided to prevent the tournament by destroying the Blazing Sun Clan’s Chaos Pearl after it arrived, since he believed the Human Race was not ready for the Abyss’s next version update.
• Qin Ze returned to Second Sister’s villa and stayed inside after she warned him that the city had deployed more hidden guards.
• That night, Qin Ze saw Second Sister admit a cloaked visitor and recognized him as Daoist Miao.

Yan Miao warned Second Sister that the Myriad Races Grand Tournament had changed its rules and urged her to leave with him and Qin Ze. They tried to use the black market portal, but the Chaos Pearl triggered an early lockdown, trapping them inside as Second Sister went to meet the grand elder.

• Yan Miao arrived at Second Sister’s villa and warned her that the tournament organizers planned to pull participants, spectators, and judges through a mysterious door.
• Second Sister insisted on finishing her final watch as black market manager, but Yan Miao persuaded her to head for the portal with him and Qin Ze.
• As they prepared to teleport, the array stalled, and Second Sister realized the world had been locked down because the Chaos Pearl arrived early.
• Second Sister sent Qin Ze and Yan Miao back to the villa while she went to meet the arriving grand elder.
• Yan Miao complained that Second Sister had taken too long to change, then admitted he had not dared say so to her face.

Qin Ze learned that the Blazing Sun Clan’s grand elder held the Chaos Pearl and had brought dozens of Spirit Eye Empire Engraving pillars to the black market. He reached the South District with Bai Bai and began an attack, leaving the plan underway as a mushroom cloud erupted.

• Yan Miao told Qin Ze he had absorbed ninety percent of the Source of God of War and invited him to cultivate in the Blazing Sun Pool.
• Second Sister returned from meeting the grand elder, learned he had not protected the people at the venue, and angrily suspected the clan leader had approved his decision.
• Qin Ze used a clone to leave the villa and learned from Brother Devour that the grand elder carried the Chaos Pearl and had brought forty-nine engraved stone pillars to the black market.
• Qin Ze recognized the pillars as genuine Engravings and ordered his clones to watch them while prioritizing the Chaos Pearl.
• Qin Ze reached the South District, where Bai Bai sensed Chaos Matter, and ordered the clones to begin the attack.
• A clone triggered an explosion at the three o’clock position in the South District, sending a mushroom cloud into the sky.

The Blazing Sun Clan prepared to close the Northern Heaven Gate as the grand elder learned that Yan Miao had left the Blazing Sun Pool. While the grand elder responded to an attack on the South District, Qin Ze and his allies used a feint and the Fog of War to launch a surprise assault.

• The Blazing Sun Clan grand elder ordered the engraved pillars installed before daybreak and learned that Yan Miao had left the world, then ordered a secret search for him.
• After an explosion and reports of an assault on the South District, the grand elder left the Night Clan elder to guard the Northern Heaven Gate.
• The grand elder recognized that the attackers' push toward the South District was a feint, but white fog spread across the district and blocked the returning reinforcements.
• Qin Ze sent his clones into the center of the South District, where the Self-Destruct Squad blasted apart the defensive formation.
• Dharma King descended through the fog and fought the guards with lightning while two Level Nine Martial Artists attacked him.
• The long-armed Clown arrived and cut more than a dozen opponents in half with his blood-red scythe.

Clown fought the Ancient Race’s Level Nine Martial Artists while Qin Ze sent Brother Devour to the Northern Heaven Gate to seize the Chaos Pearl. The great elder subdued Brother Devour and began to question his Spirit, but a strange rain of blood and face-bearing flowers interrupted him.

• Clown harvested his clones for power, then stopped a Level Nine Martial Artist from attacking them and fought him by copying his Iron Man ability.
• Dharma King trapped two Level Nine Martial Artists in his Lightning Domain while the great elder watched the Ancient Race’s fighters struggle.
• Qin Ze observed the cautious Level Nine Martial Artists in the South District and sent Brother Devour to activate the spatial array beneath the Northern Heaven Gate.
• The great elder attacked Brother Devour, recognized that he knew how to use the array, and spotted the Chaos Pearl at his waist.
• The great elder overpowered Brother Devour and began forcibly questioning his Spirit, but blood started falling from the sky as human-faced flowers appeared.

Qin Ze overwhelmed the South District martial artists and the Holy Temple grand elder with divine might, then took the Chaos Pearl and had Bai Bai swallow it. Bai Bai revealed that the pearl contained only a skin of Chaos Matter, while the grand elder insisted the Myriad Races Grand Tournament could not be stopped.

• Qin Ze appeared as a six-armed divine figure and transformed the blood rain into spikes that pierced and weakened the South District martial artists while sparing his clones.
• Qin Ze’s divine might left the grand elder unable to resist, but when Qin Ze reached for the Chaos Pearl, the grand elder fought back with Blazing Sun Fire.
• The grand elder’s Blazing Sun Fire flowed into Qin Ze because of the God of War’s Origin he had absorbed, and Qin Ze took the case holding the Chaos Pearl.
• Qin Ze tossed the Chaos Pearl into the sky, and Bai Bai swooped down and swallowed it before the grand elder could negotiate.
• The grand elder accused Qin Ze of betraying the myriad races and warned that the tournament could not be stopped; Bai Bai then said the Chaos Pearl held only a skin of Chaos Matter.