Chapter Summaries

Xiao Yu relived Victor’s memories and discovered the secretive Blasphemers, who stole divine power and opposed the gods. He gained the Words of Blasphemy and Divine Power Drawing skills, then weighed whether to become a Blasphemer despite making the gods his enemies.

• Victor met a dead tree that revealed itself as a Blasphemer recruiter, and he agreed to join the group opposing the gods.
• The tree taught Victor the Words of Blasphemy and began explaining three spells for taking divine power, but the memory shifted before it could finish.
• Xiao Yu saw Victor serve in Poli Village while secretly rejecting the gods, then returned to the Great Graveyard.
• A system notification told Xiao Yu that he had unlocked the Blasphemer event and gained the Words of Blasphemy and Divine Power Drawing skills.
• Xiao Yu realized he could take the hidden Blasphemer class, but considered the cost of becoming an enemy of the gods.

Xiao Yu became a level 1 Blasphemers, gained access to general divine spells, and decided to seek the altar in the Mist Wilderness after leveling further. The next day, he assembled a stronger party and entered the Den of Evil, where Corpsefire learned that adventurers had already wiped out the cave’s zombie guards.

• Xiao Yu took the Blasphemers class and used Divine Power Drawing to gain access to level 1 general divine spells, though he had only one spell slot.
• Xiao Yu studied the map, identified the Mist Wilderness as a likely location for the altar, and logged out to sleep before going there.
• Xiao Yu gathered a twenty-player party, including Sword of the Fallen Angel and Chenghong Moli, and chose to run the Den of Evil.
• The party entered the dungeon and encountered Corpsefire, who explained that the undead were using the Den as a forward base against human settlements.
• A shadow reported that adventurers had entered the Den, and another soon revealed that they had already wiped out the zombie army guarding the entrance.

Xiao Yu led the undead players in defending the Den of Evil from the first wave of adventurers, coordinating their attacks alongside the Flesh Giant. The battle turned in their favor after Guiying Wuzong assassinated the adventurer mage, but the four enemy melee fighters reached Xiao Yu’s group.

• Corpsefire offered rewards to anyone who helped defend the Den of Evil, triggering the quest to eliminate three waves of adventurers while keeping him alive.
• Xiao Yu reviewed the dungeon’s rules and bosses, then led his team into the Hall of Blood to support the Flesh Giant.
• Ten adventurers entered the hall, buffed their fighters, and attacked the Flesh Giant while Xiao Yu assigned the undead players to flank them and protect the boss.
• Xiao Yu’s ranged group staggered a Priest into the Flesh Giant’s club, killing him, while the barbarian captain used buffs to hold off the boss.
• Guiying Wuzong stealthily killed the adventurer mage, causing his summoned skeleton to collapse as the other melee adventurers charged Xiao Yu’s group.

Xiao Yu used Darkness Domain to stop the Priest from targeting him, then killed the Priest and two Warriors during the fight. He survived with one health point after You Can't See Me healed him just before Indomitable Will expired, while the other two battles were also decided.

• Xiao Yu cast Darkness Domain as the Priest began to use Let the Dead Return to Death, blinding the adventurers while he and the other Undead could see.
• Xiao Yu's allies struck the Priest with arrows and a fireball, and Xiao Yu killed him with a sword thrust to the neck.
• Xiao Yu used Darkness Domain to kill a Warrior, but the paladin dispelled the darkness with Dazzling Divine Light.
• Xiao Yu fought the remaining Warrior head-on, activated Indomitable Will at zero health, and killed him as he tried to flee.
• Xiao Yu ordered You Can't See Me to heal him, and Touch of Negative Energy restored one health point just before Indomitable Will expired.
• The other two battles ended.

Xiao Yu’s Undead party defeated the novice adventurers, reviewed their tactics, and divided the drops. As a stronger seasoned party entered the Den of Evil, Xiao Yu prepared a new plan and braced himself for a difficult fight.

• Guiying Wuzong and the Undead party wiped out the novice adventurers, while the Barbarian captain fell to the Flesh Giant.
• Xiao Yu praised the team and explained how the evil spirits should use Possession to create openings for the boss.
• Xiao Yu divided the adventurers’ drops, and the party rested until their health and spell slots recovered.
• The seasoned adventuring party entered the boss room, with several members above level four and about half belonging to the same guild.
• Xiao Yu assigned five summoned hounds to attack the enemy back row, sent You Can't See Me to heal the boss, and prepared to protect his own back row.
• The Flesh Giant finished its lines, and the battle against the seasoned party began.

Xiao Yu led the undead through a costly battle against a seasoned adventuring party, using Darkness Domain to disrupt the fight before the boss and surviving ghosts helped finish the enemies. After distributing the second boss’s loot, he gathered the survivors to face the final wave, while he remained focused on reaching level six and going to the Mist Wilderness.

• The seasoned party split its forces, sending three Warriors to hold the boss while the others attacked the undead, and Xiao Yu ordered his forces to focus on the Priest.
• Xiao Yu charged into the adventurers and cast Darkness Domain, and the enemy mage answered with Fog Summoning, leaving both sides fighting blindly in the obscured hall.
• The fog cleared to reveal that only Xiao Yu and Sword of the Fallen Angel remained among the undead, while three adventurers still stood.
• The surviving ghosts possessed the adventurers holding the boss, allowing the boss and Guiying Wuzong to kill them before the flesh giant helped defeat the remaining adventurers.
• Xiao Yu declined to roll for the nine pieces of equipment, then rallied the survivors to face the final wave as Sweet and Sour Ribs predicted an easy victory.

Xiao Yu sent successive groups of undead to test the powerful mage Salina Fierjelaco and learn her abilities. Salina’s summoned infernal deinonychus fought the Flesh Giant while she killed three waves of cannon fodder, and Xiao Yu sent in a fourth wave.

• Xiao Yu prepared for the third adventurer wave and ordered his undead to use cannon fodder tactics against the expected strong opponent.
• Salina Fierjelaco entered the Hall of Blood, summoned an infernal deinonychus, and watched it fight the Flesh Giant.
• Salina used six Magic Missiles to kill Xiao Yu’s first wave of five undead hounds.
• Salina cast Chain Lightning to kill Xiao Yu’s second wave of five zombies and jiangshi.
• Salina cast Chain Lightning again to kill Xiao Yu’s third wave of three skeleton warriors and two skeleton archers.
• Xiao Yu ordered a fourth wave of undead to attack Salina.

Xiao Yu’s undead team attacked Salina, but her anti-ghost defenses and repeated Flame Missiles killed them one by one. After Xiao Yu died and resurrected, he realized Salina had likely exhausted her spell slots, giving the team a chance to defeat her.

• Five ghost players attacked Salina, but her Mental Barrier blocked their negative-energy attacks and an astral cheetah destroyed them.
• Guiying Wuzong, Voldemort, Sword of the Fallen Angel, and Twilight Hunk attacked Salina in turn, but her defenses and Flame Missiles killed them all.
• Xiao Yu used Lesser Divine Punishment to crack Salina’s Greater Mage Armor, then killed the dying Fiendish Deinonychus to gain enough experience for a level before Salina killed him.
• Xiao Yu resurrected in the Den of Evil and told his gathered teammates that Salina had probably run out of spell slots, leaving them a chance to win.

Xiao Yu studied Salina’s spells and defenses through repeated defeats, then used his remaining undead to exhaust her magic and break her Mage Armor. He killed her with Deadly Throw and found four items, including a staff, a mithril ring, a magic scroll, and a black book.

• Xiao Yu led the party to the Bone Knight and leveled up, learning the ranged skill Deadly Throw.
• Salina defeated the party again, but Xiao Yu observed that her staff cast Flame Missiles seven times and that enough attacks could break her Mage Armor.
• Salina killed the Ghost Wizard almost instantly, leaving the final boss, Corpsefire, as the party’s last chance.
• Xiao Yu sent waves of undead to drain Salina’s spells, then led the survivors in a group attack and shattered her Greater Mage Armor.
• Salina drank a potion and tried to use a magic scroll, but Xiao Yu pinned her hand with Deadly Throw and killed her with a second thrown sword.
• Xiao Yu and the others inspected Salina’s four drops: her staff, a mithril ring set with a sapphire, a magic scroll, and a black hardcover book.

After clearing the Den of Evil, Xiao Yu claimed the Ring of the Sage and led his party through the other dungeons in the Death Wilderness until he reached level 7. He prepared to search the Mist Wilderness for the ancient tree, but Andrew refused to advance him to Skeleton Knight because he was still too weak.

• Xiao Yu and his party divided the Den of Evil's drops, with Xiao Yu taking the Ring of the Sage and the Book of Salina.
• The party turned in the quest to Corpsefire, received experience, and returned to the Great Graveyard.
• After hearing other Undead describe repeated dungeon defeats, Xiao Yu agreed to run more dungeons with his party.
• Over the next two days, Xiao Yu led the party through the other accessible dungeons and reached level 7, becoming a level 4 Skeleton Swordsman and level 3 Blasphemer.
• Xiao Yu decided to search the Mist Wilderness for the ancient tree, but Andrew told him he was not yet strong enough to advance to Skeleton Knight.

Xiao Yu gathered a small party to explore the Mist Wilderness, while learning that the God of Death’s regional faith quest rewarded players who acted and spoke according to its teachings. Sword of the Fallen Angel raised the possibility that the game was deliberately blurring the line between players and NPCs as the party reached the edge of the Mist Wilderness.

• Xiao Yu called for companions to explore the Mist Wilderness, but most gathered players declined because they had accepted the God of Death’s faith quest and wanted to spread its faith.
• Xiao Yu checked his quest log and discovered the faith quest offered bonus experience for devout behavior in Nerull’s territory, but he could not accept it because he was not a follower of the God of Death.
• Xiao Yu set out with Big Water Cunt, Chenghong Moli, Sword of the Fallen Angel, Guiying Wuzong, and Voldemort.
• Xiao Yu learned that Guiying Wuzong and Voldemort had declined the faith quest, while many undead players had adopted solemn, death-focused speech and behavior.
• Sword of the Fallen Angel suggested that the game company was deliberately blurring the distinction between players and NPCs, and the party reached the border of the Mist Wilderness.

Xiao Yu led his Undead companions across the mountains into the Mist Wilderness to find an ancient tree with a human face. The fog separated him from the others, but after waiting and repeating Victor’s remembered words, he found the tree and heard its voice calling to him.

• Xiao Yu decided not to approach Poli Village and led the Undead across the mountains instead.
• The group crossed the mountains, encountering beasts and rock monsters but no organized attacks from Goblins, Orcs, or Trolls.
• At the edge of the Mist Wilderness, Xiao Yu told the others they were searching for an ancient tree with a human face.
• After entering the fog, Xiao Yu found that his companions had vanished and continued alone.
• Xiao Yu lay on the ground and waited, then heard a voice calling him and repeated Victor’s remembered words.
• Xiao Yu followed the voice through the fog and found a dead tree with a face-shaped pattern in its bark.

Xiao Yu met the Blasphemers and learned that he was already a natural-born Blasphemer, then advanced to Blasphemous Priest through their ritual. A prophecy suggested he might become the Blasphemous Saint, and he accepted a quest to gather the power needed to reach that rank.

• Xiao Yu met the ancient tree and declared that he would never submit to the gods, prompting the Blasphemers to invite him to join them.
• Xiao Yu revealed that he was a self-aware skeleton who had already become a Blasphemer, and the Blasphemers wondered if he matched a prophecy about a natural-born Blasphemer.
• The Blasphemers completed the ritual, advancing Xiao Yu to Blasphemous Priest and granting him the Divine Power Theft skill.
• The Blasphemers explained the three ranks and warned that accumulating the Power of Blasphemy could draw the gods' attention.
• Xiao Yu received the Candidate for Blasphemous Saint quest, which required 10,000 Blasphemy Points, and accepted it despite doubting he could complete it.

Xiao Yu accepted a Blasphemers' faith quest and reunited with his companions after they each encountered an ancient tree in the Mist Wilderness. Back at the Great Graveyard, he headed to the temple of Naraku, God of Death, to test his Divine Power Theft skill.

• Xiao Yu accepted The Blasphemers' Disguise quest, which rewarded experience for acting like a devout Priest while secretly showing contempt for the gods.
• Xiao Yu found Chenghong Moli, Big Water Cunt, Voldemort, and Sword of the Fallen Angel at the Mist Wilderness entrance, and told them the ancient tree allowed unbelievers to take the Blasphemers subclass.
• Voldemort explained that he did not believe in Naraku, God of Death, because he was an ancient mummy, while Guiying Wuzong was missing because he believed in the God of Death.
• The group returned to the Great Graveyard, where Guiying Wuzong said he had died in the Mist Wilderness and respawned.
• Xiao Yu set out to level up toward becoming a skeleton knight, then entered Naraku's temple to test Divine Power Theft.

Xiao Yu stole Naraku’s Death Domain powers and leveled up with his companions, reaching level ten and qualifying to advance to Skeleton Knight. He accepted Andrew’s quest to find and resurrect Emperor Odyssey, a commander needed for an attack on Fang Fortress.

• Xiao Yu used Divine Power Theft on Naraku’s statue and gained Death Domain divine spells without triggering divine punishment.
• Xiao Yu led Guiying Wuzong, the other Blasphemers, and several undead through dungeons and battles, rising from level seven to level ten in three days.
• Undead began exploring the Mist Wilderness after noticing the Blasphemers’ rapid growth, while Xiao Yu realized their secret might soon be discovered.
• Xiao Yu brought fellow players to Andrew at the Great Graveyard to seek advancement quests and volunteered to lead Andrew’s undead army.
• Andrew explained that he wanted Xiao Yu to find and awaken Emperor Odyssey, and gave him a magic scroll to resurrect Odyssey’s corpse.

Xiao Yu accepted a quest to awaken Emperor Odyssey and gathered a team to reach the mausoleum guarded by Kern Kingdom soldiers. After his group drew the guards out, more than a hundred soldiers emerged, leaving the outnumbered Undead facing a difficult fight.

• Xiao Yu recalled that Emperor Odyssey had died after his adjutant Olorin betrayed him, and that the emperor lay in a mausoleum guarded by Kern Kingdom soldiers.
• Xiao Yu used Divine Spell Steal, survived Naraku's Finger of Death because it dealt him no damage, and recruited a group of twenty players.
• Xiao Yu led the group to the mausoleum and spotted fifty or sixty Kern Kingdom soldiers guarding its walls.
• Sword of the Fallen Angel attacked the wall, provoking a volley from the defenders, and Xiao Yu ordered the ghosts to open the gate.
• The gate opened and more than a hundred Kern Kingdom soldiers marched out, leaving Xiao Yu's group badly outnumbered.

After Xiao Yu’s party failed to reach the mausoleum, he spread a rumor that drew an undead army to attack it, giving his group a chance to enter the Great Graveyard. Xiao Yu found Emperor Odyssey’s coffin, but using the scroll transported him into Odyssey’s memories, where the quest changed to helping the emperor win his war.

• Xiao Yu’s party was wiped out while trying to fight through the mausoleum guards, and he revived frustrated by how difficult the quest was.
• Xiao Yu bet Chenghong Moli that he would complete the quest that day, then asked Big Water Cunt to spread a rumor about finding the Blasphemers’ initiation quest in the great mausoleum.
• More than a thousand undead players gathered and stormed the mausoleum, overwhelmed its guards and high priest, and opened the way inside.
• Xiao Yu led his core group through the Great Graveyard’s maze and traps to Emperor Odyssey’s coffin, then used a magic scroll on the corpse.
• Xiao Yu was pulled into Odyssey’s Memory, where the quest Return of the Dead changed to helping Emperor Odyssey win the war.

Xiao Yu realized his advancement quest required him to help Emperor Odyssey win the war, and he gathered Rhine Empire soldiers while fighting through the battlefield. After spotting the Mad Lion Knights heading toward the central army, he led his group into the mist to rescue the Emperor.

• Xiao Yu found himself back on the battlefield in human form but retained his level-ten strength and abilities.
• Xiao Yu killed Kern Kingdom soldiers, rescued Rhine Empire troops, and gathered more than thirty followers.
• Xiao Yu rescued Big Water Cunt, who discovered he could still use his zombie attributes and skills despite his human appearance.
• Xiao Yu led his growing group into nearby woods as the Mad Lion Knights charged toward the central army.
• Xiao Yu decided the quest centered on protecting Emperor Odyssey from Olorin and led his soldiers through the mist toward the main battlefield.

Xiao Yu rescued Voldemort and Sword of the Fallen Angel by using Corpse Explosion against Stein Kingdom soldiers, then continued toward the emperor. He discovered Lord Olorin had been pressured into assassinating Odyssey with a divinely empowered dagger and charged to stop him.

• Xiao Yu detonated corpses to rout the Stein Kingdom soldiers and save the surrounded Rhine Empire troops.
• Voldemort and Sword of the Fallen Angel reunited with Xiao Yu, and Sword recognized him as his real-life idol.
• Xiao Yu's group continued through the mist in search of the emperor and found Lord Olorin waiting on a secluded path.
• A Mad Lion Knight told Olorin to assassinate Odyssey with a dagger imbued with his master's divine power, threatening Olorin's family.
• After the Mad Lion Knight left, Xiao Yu led his group in a charge to seize Olorin.

Xiao Yu reached Emperor Odyssey’s command center and warned him that the Kern Kingdom had threatened Olorin’s family to force him to betray the empire. The accusation left Olorin under suspicion just as the two armies prepared for battle.

• Olorin escaped Xiao Yu’s pursuit after Chenghong Moli failed to possess him, and Xiao Yu learned that Olorin was level 15.
• Xiao Yu’s party reached the opposing armies and Chenghong Moli possessed a golden-armored knight so she could escort Xiao Yu to Emperor Odyssey.
• Emperor Odyssey assigned his generals their battle roles, including ordering Olorin to lead the Imperial Knights in a flanking attack.
• After Emperor Odyssey invited him to speak, Xiao Yu claimed the Kern Kingdom had threatened Olorin’s family to make him betray the emperor.
• The generals turned suspiciously toward Olorin, and Xiao Yu expected the emperor to keep him under watch and prevent him from leading troops.