Recaps

Xiao Yu activated the completed Dark Portal and sent his chaos army into the Lost Continent. As alien creatures overwhelmed the United States, the president prepared a nuclear strike until a mysterious wizard appeared and urged everyone to surrender.

• Xiao Yu confirmed that both Dark Portals were complete, and Medivh left after saying he had repaid his debt.
• Xiao Yu activated the Dark Portal and ordered his elemental forces and chaos army to enter the Lost Continent.
• Alien creatures attacked American cities, overwhelmed military forces, and infected soldiers and civilians.
• The president prepared to launch a nuclear strike despite warnings about the civilians still in Washington.
• A strangely dressed wizard appeared at the military base and told the assembled officials that they should surrender.

Medivh seized control of the United Nations Defense Headquarters as governments surrendered to supernatural forces. After warning Li Mingfei that Earth Online would soon be cut off from the outside world, Medivh took charge of the remaining NPCs and ordered a meeting of world leaders.

• Medivh stopped the American president’s guards and bullets, declared himself a god, and transformed the president’s briefcase into a cake.
• An official reported that America and Russia could not launch their nuclear weapons, then vanished after contacting his boss.
• Li Mingfei learned that the five permanent members had surrendered, and Medivh appeared at the United Nations Defense Headquarters.
• Medivh told Li Mingfei that Shen Yuan was behind the crisis and that Earth Online would be isolated in ten minutes when its firewall activated.
• Li Mingfei ordered the GMs to retreat and log out, while Medivh took command of the remaining NPCs and called for a meeting of world leaders.

Forrest learned that Shen Yuan had trapped thirteen million players in Earth Online and that Shen Yuan and Naiser had become vegetative. The God of Light and the God of Eternity surrendered their power to Forrest, who prepared to begin his godhood ritual, but a player challenged him to defeat Azathoth first.

• Forrest received Li Mingfei's report that Shen Yuan had caused an alien invasion in Earth Online with thirteen million players online.
• Forrest ordered his people to wake Shen Yuan and control Naiser, but learned that both had disconnected from the game and become vegetative.
• Forrest told the God of Light and the God of Eternity about the crisis, and both gods abandoned their followers and gave their power to the God of Creation.
• Forrest decided to begin his godhood ritual and declared himself the true God of Creation.
• A player interrupted Forrest and said he could not claim to be the one true god until he defeated Azathoth, the God of Chaos.

Old Li mobilized officials after Shen Yuan trapped millions of Earth Online players, while Xiao Yu rushed to stop Forrest from endangering War of the Gods. At the Battlefield of the Gods, Azathoth interrupted Forrest’s ascension and began battling him, leaving Forrest searching for another way to win.

• Old Li ordered agents to arrest Forrest and shut down Excellence Technology, then warned Chenghong Moli to tell Xiao Yu to stop Forrest’s scheme.
• Chenghong Moli informed Xiao Yu that Shen Yuan had trapped over ten million Earth Online players and that officials feared Forrest would do the same in War of the Gods.
• Xiao Yu led his army through the Dark Portal and hurried toward the Battlefield of the Gods before all his forces had arrived.
• Forrest urged players to pray to him as the surviving god, and the system announced the Divine Descent event and its reward.
• Azathoth arrived, challenged Forrest, and blasted his nearly solid divine image with chaos energy, weakening it by stripping away faith power.
• Forrest struck Azathoth with a pillar of light, but Azathoth summoned a real black hole that swallowed the light, prompting Forrest to consider another tactic.

Forrest explained his plan to use the Mental Focus Device and players’ faith to become a real god and save those trapped in Earth Online, while Xiao Yu stalled him. When Chenghong Moli reported that Old Li’s men had reached Excellence Technology, Xiao Yu rejected Forrest’s offer, and Forrest prepared to fight him to the end.

• Forrest claimed Shen Yuan had caused the crisis and said becoming the one true god could let him save the people trapped in Earth Online.
• Forrest described using the Mental Focus Device to combine players’ mental power and faith, which he believed could turn him into a real god.
• Forrest offered Xiao Yu money and a place beside him, but Xiao Yu kept bargaining while waiting for Old Li’s men to reach Excellence Technology.
• After Chenghong Moli reported that the group had arrived at Excellence Technology, Xiao Yu refused Forrest’s offer.
• Forrest angrily ended their private chat and vowed to fight Xiao Yu without mercy.

Xiao Yu defeated Creator God in the game and became the Only True God, while players’ prayers seemed to cause a strange sensation in his real body. After his attempt to test his powers showed no effect, Forrest lost hope and agreed to answer the agents’ questions.

• Creator God created matter to crush Azathoth, but Xiao Yu used Cosmic Great Annihilation to destroy it as the two fought until both were close to losing control.
• Old Li and the police pulled Forrest from his game pod, causing Creator God to vanish from the battle.
• Azathoth was declared the victor of the War of the Gods, and over a hundred million players prayed to him as Xiao Yu logged out.
• Xiao Yu tested whether he could control water or fire in reality, but neither attempt worked.
• Xiao Yu told Forrest that his theory had not worked, and Forrest gave up and agreed to tell the agents what they wanted to know.

Xiao Yu refused to lead a mission to contact Earth Online, but when he silently called water into an empty glass, it appeared anyway. The chapter ended with Xiao Yu agreeing to try a computer game while Chenghong Moli discovered the water in the glass.

• Xiao Yu watched the news as the authorities investigated Excellence Technology, imprisoned Forrest, and shut down War of the Gods, while Earth Online remained isolated.
• Old Li, Chenghong Moli, and a National Network Bureau official told Xiao Yu that millions of Earth Online players were trapped and asked him to lead a mission to contact the game world.
• Xiao Yu refused the mission, and Old Li left Chenghong Moli to protect him because the Moha Religion remained a threat.
• Xiao Yu silently called water into an empty glass, but saw that it remained empty and laughed off the thought.
• Big Water Cunt called and invited Xiao Yu to try a computer game, and Xiao Yu agreed.
• Chenghong Moli picked up the glass and found that it contained half a glass of clear water.