Chapter Summaries

Qin Ze entered the gray mist to reach the Tomb of the Gods while Yue Sheng and the First Legion fought the Strange God Sound Wave and the beast horde. The Goddess of the Earth urged Qin Ze to find a light, and he discovered that a young man in the Local Area Network had awakened.

• The golden sky and gray mist signaled that the Tomb of the Gods was opening, and Qin Ze set out to close its gates.
• Sound Wave blessed the exotic beasts with his music, while Brother Devour led the First Legion through the horde toward the gray mist.
• Yue Sheng stayed behind to fight Sound Wave as Qin Ze entered the mist.
• The Goddess of the Earth told Qin Ze to catch a light and hinted that her plans involved others and might ease the pressure on him.
• Qin Ze hurried deeper into the mist with Miss Sword Case and realized that a young man in the Local Area Network had awakened.

Magician woke in the presence of the Four Pillar Gods, who discovered that he carried a Chaos Soul Orb and resembled someone they knew. They concluded that the Divine Tree and his Soul Orb had brought him there, then declared that the power within him made him a trump card.

• Magician awoke in the palm of the Goddess of the Dark Night as the God of the Sky, the God of War, and the God of Machinery gathered around him.
• Magician identified the Four Pillar Gods and explained that the Divine Tree had sent him from the Land of Origin.
• The God of Machinery sensed a Chaos Soul Orb, and the Goddess of the Dark Night melted Magician's mask to reveal Qin Ze's face.
• Magician said he carried the Spirit Divination Stick, and the God of War concluded that the Soul Orb had helped bring him there.
• The God of Machinery called Magician a powerful trump card, and Magician announced that he would worship him.

The God of Machinery told Magician that he had to reach Reversed Underworld Mountain and take the seat meant for him to help suppress Chaos. After the Goddess of the Dark Night warned that the journey could kill him and offered him a way out, Magician chose to go.

• The God of Machinery said Magician was the ace and had a seat waiting for him on Reversed Underworld Mountain.
• The God of Machinery explained that Magician's power could help Underworld Mountain suppress the growing threat of Chaos.
• Magician consulted Qin Ze and the others through the Local Area Network, and Qin Ze advised him to go seek answers.
• The Goddess of the Dark Night revealed that the four Pillar Gods were divine senses and warned Magician that he could die on the journey.
• Magician declared, "Ace Magician requests to enter the fray!"

The Magician secured blessings from the four Pillar Gods before setting off into the gray fog to reach the Myriad Races of the Abyss. The gods debated the risks of sending him to reverse Underworld Mountain and whether he would choose to take Spirit Divination Stick’s place.

• The Magician persuaded the Goddess of the Dark Night, the God of War, the God of Machinery, and the God of the Sky to grant him protective blessings and powers.
• The Magician plunged into the gray fog after promising the Pillar Gods he would bring back good news.
• The Goddess of the Dark Night warned that Black God might find the Magician and take Spirit Divination Stick’s Soul Orb.
• The God of Machinery argued that sending the Magician was their best remaining option as the Tomb of the Gods’ opening approached and their forces weakened.
• The God of the Sky questioned whether the Magician would still agree to sit in Spirit Divination Stick’s seat, while the God of War insisted he would choose it without hesitation.

Magician gained flight and unleashed his Blazing Sun Fire against a horde of Wandering Corpses, while arguing with the Soul of Machinery trapped in his Spiritual Sea of Consciousness. As Magician fought to escape the reborn corpses, Qin Ze found nothing nearby until Miss Sword Case sensed an old acquaintance.

• Magician formed holy wings and flew through the gray fog, boasting to the other clones about his Demigod-Level Soul Orb and blessings from four gods.
• The Soul of Machinery revealed itself in Magician’s Spiritual Sea of Consciousness and demanded that Magician please it, but Magician insulted it until it fell silent.
• Magician encountered a swarm of Wandering Corpses and blasted them with Supernova Explosion, then celebrated his newfound power and complained about his past treatment in the Circus.
• A giant ghostly face roared at Magician, and the Wandering Corpses he had burned were reborn; Magician accelerated with the power of the sky to carve through the encircling horde.
• Qin Ze found only emptiness within his spiritual perception, but Miss Sword Case said she sensed the aura of an old acquaintance.

Qin Ze searched the Tomb of the Gods for the light the Goddess of the Earth had mentioned while learning that Bai Chi was somewhere far away. The golden giant’s destruction stirred the Soul Breath, and Qin Ze discovered he had been wandering near the sinkhole all along, as Unit Zero approached.

• Miss Sword Case sensed Bai Chi’s faint aura far away, and Qin Ze wondered why Zi Yue had stopped contacting him.
• Thousand Faces told Qin Ze that Niuniu had deployed him with a hundred thousand exotic beasts to kill nearby heretics, while Magician complained about the Wandering Corpses.
• Qin Ze and Miss Sword Case picked a direction and searched for the light as the golden giant appeared and was shattered by an attack from the void.
• The golden giant’s destruction made the gray mist surge into a storm, and Miss Sword Case sensed a huge figure approaching.
• Qin Ze saw that the approaching behemoth was Unit Zero and realized he had been wandering near the sinkhole since entering the Tomb of the Gods.

Qin Ze agreed to temporarily cooperate with Unit Zero, who offered his Spirit as collateral in exchange for help escaping the Tomb of the Gods. As the golden giant rose again, Unit Zero announced that the Goddess of the Earth's final molt had begun.

• Unit Zero offered to help Qin Ze obtain the Goddess of the Earth's core if Qin Ze helped him escape, and Qin Ze accepted his Spirit as collateral for a temporary alliance.
• Qin Ze learned that the core was a light that would appear after the Goddess of the Earth's final molt, and Unit Zero agreed to guide him when it surfaced.
• Unit Zero revealed that he was an impurity separated from the God of Machinery and that he had remained in the Tomb of the Gods because of a promise.
• Qin Ze saw through Brother Devour that the First Legion was nearing the Realm of Gray Mist and the golden giant had risen again.
• Unit Zero declared that the Goddess of the Earth's final molt had begun.

As the Goddess of the Earth’s final molt ended, the Tomb of the Gods began to collapse and its core appeared, flying toward Reversed Underworld Mountain. Qin Ze pursued it while Magician, Thousand Faces, and Meng Die encountered the golden light amid their separate missions.

• The golden giant collapsed, cracks spread through the world, and the core appeared before flying deeper into the gray mist.
• Qin Ze and Unit Zero chased the core and learned from Unit Zero that it was heading for Reversed Underworld Mountain.
• Magician struggled through a horde of Wandering Corpses as the Soul of Machinery mocked him and the core streaked past overhead.
• Thousand Faces saw the golden light and received Niuniu’s order to hold his position and let nothing through.
• Meng Die confirmed that the final molt had ended, but nine pillars of golden light rose around her and the four Strange Gods.

Qin Ze and Magician pushed through the Tomb of the Gods’ central region while Unit Zero drew the Wandering Corpses away from them. Qin Ze reached Thousand Faces’s position, where the three king-level exotic beasts and their horde prepared to fight.

• Qin Ze, Thousand Faces, and Magician discussed the approaching convergence as Unit Zero carried Qin Ze deeper into the Tomb of the Gods.
• Qin Ze and Unit Zero fought through a growing horde of Wandering Corpses, and Unit Zero stayed behind to draw their attention while Qin Ze continued toward the core.
• Qin Ze used the Space Rule to speed through the corpse-filled region, and Miss Sword Case said Bai Chi was nearby.
• Magician spotted Qin Ze and joined him, while Thousand Faces saw their approach and ordered his troops to form ranks.

Thousand Faces sent Magician to fight three king-level exotic beasts while he faced the golden Star God, and Magician struggled despite his divine blessings. The beasts accidentally benefited from Magician’s attack, leaving him exhausted and convinced Thousand Faces had deliberately abandoned him to settle a grudge.

• Thousand Faces assigned Magician and the Faceless Beast to fight three king-level exotic beasts while he took on the golden Star God.
• The Faceless Beast and the other beasts attacked Magician, who used a Supernova Explosion and escaped a near-fatal strike with his blessed wings.
• Magician unleashed a storm and a Skill of the God, but the golden starlight blessed the three beasts instead of harming them.
• The beasts renewed their attack, and Magician’s shadow fought beside him as he grew tired and called for Thousand Faces to recall a subordinate.
• Thousand Faces refused, and Magician concluded that his Battle General was using the mission to settle a personal grudge.

Qin Ze and Magician staged a battle against Thousand Faces and the King-level exotic beasts, but their performance was interrupted when Niuniu appeared in a new form. Niuniu ordered his beast horde to attack Qin Ze.

• Magician spent ten years of his lifespan to activate a Skill of the God card, grounding the blessed beasts along with himself.
• Qin Ze fought Thousand Faces in a spectacular staged battle, while the Four Pillar Gods recognized Qin Ze’s primordial aura from afar.
• Thousand Faces pretended to be defeated and urged Qin Ze to take the three King-Level Soul Orbs, while asking him to spare the New Land exotic beasts.
• Niuniu appeared in a physical form with a bull-and-octopus head and tentacles, then ordered the beast horde to charge Qin Ze.

Qin Ze seized control of Thousand Faces's New Land exotic beasts and opened a spatial gate to bring Dharma King, Clown, Magic Young Married Woman, and their allies into the battle. Niuniu unleashed his deathly void Domain, but Qin Ze dispelled it with a snap and left Niuniu stunned.

• Niuniu ordered the exotic beasts to attack Qin Ze, but Qin Ze overrode his command and made Thousand Faces's beast sons turn on Niuniu.
• Niuniu stamped the ground to destroy nearby beasts, while Qin Ze incinerated the ordinary beasts with Blazing Sun Fire and Niuniu opened a Tide Gate to summon reinforcements.
• Qin Ze asked Dharma King to join him and opened a spatial gate with Echo's authority, prompting Niuniu to accuse him of killing Echo.
• Dharma King, the Ox and Horse Brigade, Clown, Magic Young Married Woman, and their allies emerged through the gate and joined the battle against Niuniu's forces.
• Niuniu spread a deathly void Domain that drained everyone's life force, but Qin Ze snapped his fingers, restored daylight, and made Niuniu exclaim, "Why do you have it too?!"

Qin Ze fought Niuniu beneath the dome and used Balance to throw their battlefield’s rules into chaos. As the battle continued, Magician won the Soul of Machinery’s aid and gained mechanical armor.

• Niuniu transformed into a giant black bird and clashed with Qin Ze, while their opposing powers of darkness devastated the surrounding battlefield.
• Niuniu summoned exploding black octopus shadows, but Qin Ze’s Spiritual Sea tree blocked their mental shockwaves.
• Qin Ze used Balance to disrupt every rule in the battlefield, including Niuniu’s Reversed Rule of Darkness.
• The Great Mage watched the unbroken black curtain overhead as Thousand Faces lay under attack from reckless clones.
• The Soul of Machinery empowered Magician with enormous mechanical arms after Magician flattered him, then covered him in silver armor.

Magician used the Soul of Machinery’s gifts to overpower three king-level exotic beasts, but the power failed before he could kill the Faceless Beast. Meanwhile, Brother Devour led the First Legion into the gray fog, where a pillar of golden light struck him.

• Magician flattered the Soul of Machinery and gained nano wings and the stacked blessings of the God of the Sky and the God of Machinery.
• Magician attacked the three king-level exotic beasts, trapping the Faceless Beast and nearly striking him down with a nano saber.
• The Soul of Machinery’s power ran out, and Magician’s armor, wings, and saber disintegrated before he could finish the Faceless Beast.
• The Faceless Beast pursued Magician as the clones mocked him and urged him to draw a card.
• Brother Devour and the First Legion fought through the gray fog, where a pillar of golden light struck Brother Devour.

Meng Die and three Strange Gods were trapped in the Fairness Arena and matched against Brother Devour, the Mist Lord, A Bing, and Mr. Yin Yang. The arena weakened the Strange Gods' attacks, and the two teams prepared to fight as the Strange Gods launched their next assault.

• Meng Die identified the golden barrier as a Chaos Artifact's rule, and a message announced that only victors could leave the Fairness Arena.
• Brother Devour and his companions were teleported into the arena to face Meng Die, Dark Tide, Curse Extinction, and the mummy.
• Curse Extinction's black hole struck Brother Devour's Wall of Sighs but left the four opponents unharmed, revealing that the arena had weakened the Strange Gods' attacks.
• Brother Devour assigned roles to his team, and the four took their exotic beast forms as both sides prepared to fight.
• Dark Tide summoned torrents of water, the Mist Lord spread the Fog of War, and Brother Devour charged Curse Extinction, who covered himself in silver-gray armor.

Brother Devour and the Heavenly Kings struggled against the Strange Gods as Dark Tide flooded the arena and drained their life force. Random bonus cards reversed the battle, but after the sea vanished, Onmyoji disrupted time and space with Communion’s balance.

• Brother Devour and Curse Extinction clashed, while Dark Tide flooded the arena and Curse Extinction forced the Heavenly Kings underwater with waves.
• The Heavenly Kings discussed their predicament as they sank, until a notification announced that random bonus cards had appeared throughout the arena.
• The Mist Lord touched a card that triggered a reversal, floating the Heavenly Kings to the surface and sending the Strange Gods to the seabed.
• Curse Extinction touched a second card and began bleeding from hundreds of holes, while Dark Tide lost control of the sea and removed the water.
• Onmyoji unleashed Communion’s balance, disrupting time and space and leaving the Strange Gods unable to distinguish friend from foe.

The Heavenly Kings and the Strange Gods fought under the Fairness Arena’s rules, using summons, spells, and cards to gain the upper hand. After a card canceled Curse Extinction’s blast, the Mist Lord triggered a gravity effect and began to understand how to play the 4v4 competition.

• Meng Die proposed that the arena either suppressed everyone equally or let the Goddess of the Earth manipulate the rules, while Mummy urged the Strange Gods to keep fighting.
• A Bing summoned giant and mobile man-eating flowers as the teams clashed, and the Strange Gods’ rotting puppets took positions around the arena.
• Mummy used Coffin Suppression to trap Onmyoji inside a blood-colored coffin, preventing him from reversing the battlefield’s balance.
• Curse Extinction’s charged elemental blast vanished when the Mist Lord triggered a Purification card.
• The Mist Lord triggered a Gravity card that weighed down the Strange Gods and declared that he had figured out how to play the competition.

The Mist Lord risked everything to seize more cards and turned the fight against the four Strange Gods, beginning the battle in earnest. He left the sea beast Dark Tide pinned beneath a giant golden sword as he prepared to unleash a chain of card effects.

• Curse Extinction touched a healing card, but its effect healed the four Heavenly Kings instead of the Strange Gods.
• The Mist Lord grabbed twenty cards, stacking beneficial effects on the Heavenly Kings and negative effects on Meng Die and the other Strange Gods.
• A Bing triggered Silence and fell onto Curse Extinction, while Brother Devour shielded him from Curse Extinction's attack.
• The Mist Lord charged toward more cards through Dark Tide's and Meng Die's attacks, taking heavy damage as A Bing's healing could not reach him.
• Dark Tide struck the Mist Lord and forced him out of mist form, but the Mist Lord used the momentum to reach the cards and trigger Judgment.
• A hundred-meter golden sword qi pierced Dark Tide and pinned him to the ground as the Mist Lord announced that the show had begun and triggered more effects.

The Mist Lord dominated the Chaos Arena while the four Strange Gods struggled under its effects, and Meng Die suspected the Goddess of the Earth was buying time. Meanwhile, Qin Ze overwhelmed Niuniu under the Domain of the God War and prepared to finish him as Niuniu tried to bargain.

• The Mist Lord used the arena’s skills to overwhelm Meng Die and the other Strange Gods while Brother Devour, A Bing, and Onmyoji watched from the sidelines.
• Dark Tide begged for help as the arena battered him, but Meng Die and the others focused on surviving; Meng Die grew uneasy and suspected the operation had gone too smoothly.
• Magician fled the Faceless Beast until the Domain of the God War plunged the battlefield into darkness, giving him a chance to survive.
• Qin Ze used the Reversed Rule of Darkness to suppress Niuniu, who offered information about the God War and Underworld Mountain in exchange for a deal.
• Qin Ze refused to listen, bound Niuniu with black chains, and raised his greatsword for a final strike.

Qin Ze left the battle against Niuniu’s forces and reached the Reversed Underworld Mountain, where he discovered the Four Pillar Gods’ bodies supporting a mass of golden light. The Four Pillar Gods prepared for the next stage of their plan as Qin Ze approached the light the Goddess of the Earth had told him to pursue.

• The reversing Tide Vortex dragged Thousand Faces and some king-level exotic beasts away, while Qin Ze left the remaining beast horde to Dharma King and the others.
• The Four Pillar Gods discussed the battle’s outcome, the coming test on the Reversed Underworld Mountain, and the Spirit Clan’s position.
• Qin Ze traveled toward the Reversed Underworld Mountain with Magician and Miss Sword Case, and Magician said he would accept a potentially fatal seat if it could reverse the situation.
• Qin Ze cleared the gray fog and revealed that the Reversed Underworld Mountain was formed from the bodies of the Four Pillar Gods, who supported a mass of golden light.