Vol. 3The Death World Ascends
Shen Hui expanded and transformed the Death World while concealing his role in the Giant God Cult’s schemes and navigating the World Association, Red Night, and the Tarot Club. The struggle over a Star Core ended with the Star-Devouring Behemoth swallowing him and most of the auction’s attendees, leaving Shen Hui awake inside it on a silent planet.
- Shen Hui created the Elder Things and expanded the Death World until a Tarot Club confrontation pushed it into reality and nearly consumed him, but Qingxue helped him regain control.
- Shen Hui disrupted the Laughing Moon Cult’s ritual, battled Huang Lingheng inside his Creation World, and collapsed after Qingxue held him as the Death World invaded reality.
- Shen Hui killed Ji Xinfeng by overwhelming his cultivation world with the Death World, then concealed his role by telling Chi Yan that Ji Xinfeng died protecting him.
- Shen Hui discovered mutated rats could become a new Death World race, advised Ye Long, and selected resources to create a Skaven Ratmen civilization.
- Shen Hui evolved the rats into intelligent Skaven Ratmen, infiltrated the Giant God Cult’s divine selection, and created Sky Tentacle.
- Shen Hui created the Hard-to-Destroy Reptile, whose adaptations let it survive the Death World’s hazards and reach level 2.
- Shen Hui won the sixth Star Core at the underground auction, then fought factions trying to take it from him.
- Shen Hui activated the Transcendents’ mark, summoning the Star-Devouring Behemoth, which swallowed him and most of the attendees before he awoke inside it.