Chapter Summaries

Xiao Yu entered a match on a flat grassland map and discovered an invisible wall prevented him from flying over its boundary. He began collecting adventurer’s remains fragments by killing players, while Lucifer faced a small Horde group in the neighboring zone.

• Xiao Yu discussed the map’s rules with Leah Bloodmoon and Big Water Cunt, who said her area attacks would be crucial against the adventurers.
• Xiao Yu suspected the game company had arranged the match to challenge him, then entered the Alliance zone and found a vast, level grassland bounded by mountains.
• Xiao Yu hit an invisible wall while trying to fly over the mountains, then killed the level 33 warrior Yingxiong Wulei with Chaos Dragon Breath and earned 12 fragments.
• Lucifer encountered an orc warrior, a tauren shaman, and a troll hunter in the Horde zone.
• The orc warrior charged Lucifer as the shaman buffed him and the hunter fired, but Lucifer killed the orc with Cleave.

Xiao Yu realized the adventurers would keep multiplying and tried to hold them back with a Wall of Fire, but Lucifer empowered them with elemental resistance. As the crowd overwhelmed his position, Xiao Yu summoned the Sewage Elemental Lord Big Water Cunt to help fight.

• Xiao Yu killed several adventurers with Flame Storm and realized that adventurers would keep spawning on both maps.
• Xiao Yu drew the adventurers to a corner and trapped them behind a Wall of Fire, killing those who charged through.
• Demon Lord Lucifer gave all Alliance adventurers Elemental Resistance Skin, allowing them to push through the flames and overwhelm Xiao Yu.
• Xiao Yu used Netherstorm to kill many attackers, then transformed into a Raven of Chaos and flew to the monster quartermaster.
• Xiao Yu spent 4,000 Adventurer's Remains Fragments to summon Big Water Cunt, who arrived and boasted about his Power of Sewage as the adventurers approached.

Xiao Yu and Big Water Cunt fought off the Alliance adventurers with poisonous terrain, summoned creatures, and powerful attacks, while Lucifer strengthened his side with buffs. Xiao Yu spent fragments to summon several random Horde heroes, then saw Lucifer add the support hero Andros, who began healing and buffing the Alliance.

• Big Water Cunt trapped charging druids in poisonous swamps, and Xiao Yu struck them with a Lightning Storm while Big Water Cunt summoned venomous slimes.
• Lucifer empowered the Alliance adventurers with Greater False Life, Nature's Cure, and Heroic Valor, allowing them to push through the slimes and attack the two bosses.
• Xiao Yu used Rain of Chaos, Elemental Gate, and Flame Nova to summon infernals and earth elementals and kill hundreds of adventurers.
• Xiao Yu spent fragments on random Horde heroes, summoning Asade, Kiaruk, and Aldur Scorchmark.
• Lucifer added the four-star hero Andros to the Alliance, and Andros began healing and buffing the adventurers.

Xiao Yu realized the buffed adventurers were becoming too strong, while Lucifer struggled against a huge Alliance Zone force and summoned the Succubus Queen to turn the tide. Her seductive appearance distracted many adventurers, but Kiaruk charged her and was immediately entranced by her magic.

• Xiao Yu recognized that the opposing side was strengthening its adventurers with buffs, and the Earth Elemental Gate fell as his forces came under pressure.
• Lucifer used Abyssal Gate to summon demons and slipped away from the adventurers long enough to consult the quartermaster.
• Lucifer spent over five thousand fragments to summon Aphrodite, the Succubus Queen, to help him in battle.
• The Succubus Queen’s appearance distracted many male adventurers, while female players and heroes charged toward her.
• Kiaruk struck at the Succubus Queen, but she blew him a kiss that filled his eyes with hearts and left him entranced.

Aphrodite charmed Kiaruk into attacking the Alliance adventurers, while Xiao Yu used Greater Disintegration to wreck their equipment and turn the battle in his favor. Lucifer struggled against the surging Horde forces, summoned a demon army to stabilize the fight, and still faced an increasingly desperate situation.

• Aphrodite charmed Kiaruk, who switched sides and attacked the Alliance adventurers while Lucifer teleported away to target isolated foes.
• Xiao Yu repeatedly used Greater Disintegration to destroy adventurers' equipment, leaving most of the army nearly naked and drastically weakening its combat power.
• Xiao Yu left Big Water Cunt to hold the adventurers back, then spent fragments to grant Horde adventurers Aura of Warding and Unity Is Strength.
• The Horde adventurers' new buffs increased the pressure on Lucifer, and Aphrodite was killed by the surrounding women.
• Lucifer spent 3,000 fragments to summon a thousand demons, then joined their ranks and used his demon-lord bonuses to stabilize the battle temporarily.

Lucifer spent his remaining fragments to summon four heroes for the Alliance Zone, including the eight-star Alleria Windrunner, while Xiao Yu suspected the game company was favoring his opponent. Xiao Yu let the adventurers gather around his Old God Form as his health fell to one-fifth, then prepared to unleash his plan.

• Lucifer randomly summoned Kal Wildhammer, Baron Ximengsi, Aibote Falarui, and Alleria Windrunner for the Alliance Zone.
• Xiao Yu decided to stop holding back and transformed into Old God Form, exchanging attacks with the adventurers while waiting for more of them to gather.
• The four heroes bolstered the adventurers with protection, ranged damage, resurrection, healing, and tanking, allowing them to surround Xiao Yu in growing numbers.
• After ten minutes, two or three thousand adventurers had gathered around Xiao Yu, and his health had fallen to one-fifth as the crowd and streamers anticipated his defeat.
• As the adventurers urged each other to finish the fight, Xiao Yu smiled and prepared to make his move.

Xiao Yu used a combination of skills and a monster army to trap and crush thousands of adventurers, shocking viewers and the game’s GMs. As the GMs worried about public backlash, a black-robed man decided to exploit the incident by stirring up an outcry.

• Xiao Yu combined Simulated Black Hole, Hurricane Spell, Earthquake Spell, and Chaos Dragon Breath to suck thousands of adventurers and four heroes into the black hole.
• Xiao Yu hired an earth elemental army, which dug a pit beneath the black hole and ringed it with earth elementals.
• When the black hole vanished, Xiao Yu dropped onto the crowded adventurers in Old God Form, crushing many of them and horrifying viewers.
• Liu Wei, Huo Xian, and Ma Xiaoyun worried that the gruesome footage would provoke public backlash and threaten the game.
• A black-robed man laughed at Xiao Yu’s move and decided to fan the flames of public outrage.

Xiao Yu used the Horde’s overwhelming numbers, buffs, and Grom Hellscream to defeat Lucifer and win the match. After returning to his personal space, he learned that his victory had made him famous and found the forums erupting with attention.

• Xiao Yu spent his fragments on ten Horde buffs and summoned the nine-star hero Grom Hellscream.
• Xiao Yu issued a Declaration of Destruction against Lucifer as Horde adventurers overwhelmed him and killed his demon army.
• Grom Hellscream charged Lucifer, cleaved through his scythe, and struck his heart, causing Lucifer to explode and lose the match.
• Xiao Yu returned to the preparation space and confirmed the victory to Big Water Cunt and Leah Bloodmoon.
• Leah Bloodmoon told Xiao Yu she had decided to accept an advertising endorsement after learning the game company’s contract terms were not fully legally binding, and Xiao Yu supported her.
• Xiao Yu returned to his personal space, where his studio urged him to check the forums because he had become famous.

After Xiao Yu’s massacre of thousands of adventurers as Azathoth went viral, he saw the public debate over the game’s violent content and wondered how the company would respond. The company released the Sky World 1.31 patch, adding optional systems to obscure or transform bloody scenes.

• Xiao Yu watched a video of Azathoth crushing thousands of adventurers and felt both proud and uneasy about the spectacle.
• Xiao Yu read discussions praising Azathoth’s skill combination and debating whether the game was too violent.
• Xiao Yu found a widely circulated post condemning the game’s sexualized and bloody scenes, though commenters mostly mocked the complaint and asked what game it was.
• Xiao Yu checked the official website and found the Sky World 1.31 patch announcement, which introduced optional harmony features and paid packs to alter violent effects.

After the Evil Forces Competition group stage, Leah Bloodmoon and Big Water Cunt celebrated their new advertising deals while Xiao Yu considered endorsement offers of his own. An invitation from the game's official team summoned Xiao Yu and his teammates to a real-world meeting about the upcoming final.

• Xiao Yu confirmed that [The Immortals], [Purgatory Legion], [Light of Heavenly Punishment], and [Dragon Covenant] had advanced from the other groups.
• Leah Bloodmoon showed Xiao Yu her herbal tea commercial, in which she played a queen whose tea was stolen by adventurers.
• Big Water Cunt told Xiao Yu he had signed an endorsement deal for Stain Remover after their match went viral.
• Xiao Yu reviewed product endorsement offers and received an invitation from the game's official team to meet at the Marriott Hotel in S City on the 11th.

After spending six months indoors, Xiao Yu met his studio teammates in person and brought them to a meeting for the tournament’s four group-stage winners. At the Marriott Hotel, they encountered the Dynamic Angels and Angel greeted them before the meeting began.

• Xiao Yu left his apartment for the first time in six months, gathered Liu Yishui, Han Liya, Li Xiaomei, and Wang Gang, and headed to the Marriott Hotel.
• Xiao Yu told his teammates that the tournament organizers might control the matchups rather than leave them entirely to chance.
• At the hotel, Xiao Yu’s group spotted the Dynamic Angels and approached their lounge area.
• Angel recognized Leah Bloodmoon, praised her, and chatted with Xiao Yu and Liu Yishui about their in-game identities.
• Angel signed Li Xiaomei’s notebook, then returned to the Dynamic Angels while Han Liya and Li Xiaomei praised her; Xiao Yu led his group over to the tables.

Xiao Yu met members of Dragon Covenant and exchanged a dramatic challenge with Naiser, whom he considered his main rival in the tournament. The contestants’ meeting began with Liu Wei introducing Zhang Haian as the tournament’s bookmaker, leaving Xiao Yu wondering why the bookmaker had come to meet them.

• Angel told Anya that Xiao Yu’s calmness made him a concern, while Keleiqi, Isabella, and Odina discussed how they wanted to face the tournament opponents.
• Xiao Yu’s group met Rod and the other Dragon Covenant players, and they discussed the Dynamic Angels and Naiser as the strongest threats in the tournament.
• Naiser approached Xiao Yu, praised his match, and declared that he was destined to defeat him; Xiao Yu replied with his own theatrical challenge.
• Liu Wei welcomed the contestants and introduced Zhang Haian as a professional gambling expert and the bookmaker for the Demon King Tournament.

Zhang Haian and Liu Wei tried to arrange the competition results in advance, but Naiser rejected their public offer and the teams left without an agreement. Liu Wei then privately offered Xiao Yu twenty million and favorable match conditions if he defeated Naiser and later let the Light of Heavenly Punishment win, leaving Xiao Yu torn over whether to accept.

• Zhang Haian proposed that the competitors agree on a winner so he could set betting odds, while Liu Wei said the company wanted to control the competition's pace.
• Liu Wei offered to divide the prize money among the other teams if they let the Light of Heavenly Punishment take the championship, and the Dragon Covenant agreed.
• Naiser refused the arrangement and insisted he would win, while Angel, Xiao Yu, and the Dragon Covenant each argued that their own side could prevail.
• Zhang Haian and Liu Wei left after the teams failed to agree, and Xiao Yu and the Dragon Covenant ate together before Liu Wei summoned Xiao Yu and Rod privately.
• Liu Wei offered Xiao Yu twenty million and map advantages if he defeated Naiser and then let the Light of Heavenly Punishment win, and Xiao Yu remained undecided.

Xiao Yu agreed to a paid arrangement to lose to the Dragon Covenant, while secretly planning to betray the deal and win the tournament. After returning home to prepare, he followed Merlin to meet an unknown person and arrived in a vast space with a familiar-looking backdrop.

• Liu Wei learned that Naiser had agreed to the arrangement, and Zhang Haian proposed the matchups and outcomes for the tournament.
• Xiao Yu agreed to receive ten million for losing to the Dragon Covenant, but privately planned to defeat them and reach the final.
• Xiao Yu warned Liu Wei not to cheat him, then told Big Water Cunt and Leah Bloodmoon to prepare and follow his orders.
• Xiao Yu returned home and entered the game, where Merlin invited him to meet someone in a temporary virtual space.
• Merlin led Xiao Yu from the Little Black Room into a vast space, where Xiao Yu recognized the familiar-looking backdrop.

Xiao Yu met the black-robed leader of the Council of Sages, who offered to make him the expansion’s final boss in exchange for three future favors. Xiao Yu refused, returned to prepare for the competition, and the man planned to wait until Xiao Yu lost before recruiting him.

• The black-robed man told Xiao Yu that the game company might betray their deal and leave him without compensation.
• The black-robed man offered to help Xiao Yu become the expansion’s final boss in exchange for three favors, but Xiao Yu refused because he did not trust him.
• The black-robed man gave Xiao Yu his number and said they would meet again, then told Merlin to bring Abbas to him.
• The black-robed man explained that he expected a losing contestant to seek his help, since only one competitor could win.
• Xiao Yu returned to his virtual space, wondered if the black-robed man was Shen Yuan, and decided to focus on preparing for the competition.

The Evil Forces Competition semifinals began with Dragon Covenant facing The Immortals on the Eternal Battlefield, a map built for five bosses per side. Xiao Yu realized the setup favored Dragon Covenant, but entered the match confident that his plan could overcome the odds.

• The commentators discussed the teams’ strengths and identified Azathoth as the key threat in the Dragon Covenant match.
• Sirod and Azathoth exchanged confident introductions before Sirod let the system generate the map.
• The system created the Eternal Battlefield, where each team could field up to five bosses and had to destroy the enemy core to win.
• Xiao Yu recognized that the five-boss format favored Dragon Covenant, but decided he could still win with his tactic.
• Xiao Yu confirmed that Big Water Cunt and Leah Bloodmoon were ready, and the team prepared to begin.

Xiao Yu led The Immortals into a five-boss battle against the Dragon Covenant and split his forces across the three lanes. After learning how devastating the enemy towers were, he relied on successive elemental armies to wear down the defenders and began looking for an opening to attack.

• Xiao Yu selected Ragnaros, Leah Bloodmoon, Big Water Cunt, Sgelari, and Azathoth as The Immortals' bosses and chose their four unit types.
• After arriving at the Eternal Battlefield, Xiao Yu assigned Big Water Cunt and Sgelari to the bottom lane, Leah Bloodmoon and Ragnaros to the top, and took the middle lane himself.
• Xiao Yu tested the enemy tower's range and discovered that its tracking fireball dealt more than a million damage, so he pulled back.
• Xiao Yu checked the enemy lineup and saw Sirod facing him in the middle lane while the two armies fought between their towers.
• As successive elemental armies entered the battle, Xiao Yu waited for the third force to arrive and then made his move.

Xiao Yu fought and killed Sirod, then destroyed the enemy defense tower, but Sirod respawned and stayed under cover, leaving the middle lane at a stalemate. Xiao Yu sent his allies to defend the lanes and decided to enter the forest with Big Water Cunt to kill jungle monsters.

• Xiao Yu fought Sirod in the air while the elemental army fought the dragonkin army below.
• Xiao Yu used Chaos Nova, Gravity Shackles, and his Old God Form to defeat and kill Sirod.
• Xiao Yu destroyed the enemy defense tower with repeated Earthquake Spells before Sirod returned from respawning.
• Sirod stayed under cover and the middle lane stalled as Xiao Yu's troops were repeatedly wiped out.
• Xiao Yu told Leah Bloodmoon to bring Ragnaros to guard the middle lane and sent Big Water Cunt to join him in the forest while Sgelari held the bottom lane.

Xiao Yu searched the forest for useful map elements, discovered the powerful Ancient Creation, and then forced Dr. Boom and the Goblin Expedition to serve him. With goblin siege rocket vehicles now available, he planned to push down the middle lane while two enemy players were missing from their lanes.

• Xiao Yu used the Magic Mirror of True Knowledge to locate the Ancient Creation, a level 60, 9-skull boss, and found that it controlled the forest animals with its will.
• Xiao Yu fought the Ancient Creation but realized he could not defeat it in time, so he froze its tentacles and escaped as a Raven of Chaos.
• Xiao Yu found Dr. Boom and the goblins repairing a spaceship, rejected their request to fetch energy crystals, and demanded that they serve him or die.
• Xiao Yu destroyed the goblins’ Destroyer Robot 4000, prompting Dr. Boom to surrender and the Goblin Expedition to join him.
• Leah Bloodmoon reported that two enemy players had left their lanes, and Xiao Yu decided to use the goblin siege rocket vehicle to push down the middle lane.

Sirod’s dragons launched a desperate counterattack against the rocket launchers, using Little Dingdang’s dragon-language Time Stop to freeze the battlefield. Xiao Yu remained mentally alert and sensed that the Power of Chaos could free him, but he waited to see what the two dragons behind Little Dingdang would do.

• Sirod called Dumas the Elder and Little Dingdang back to defend the tower after their errands produced no useful reinforcements.
• After two rocket launchers battered the tower, Sirod led Little Dingdang and Dumas the Elder in a charge against the enemy bosses.
• Little Dingdang cast the bronze dragon forbidden spell Time Stop, freezing everyone and everything on the battlefield.
• Xiao Yu discovered that the Power of Chaos kept circulating and could let him break free, but he stayed still to watch the dragons behind Little Dingdang.