Chapter Summaries

Lu Ze watched Palworld surge in popularity and expected players to begin killing and disassembling Pals soon. Meanwhile, Zhong Yi and his companions found their base’s Pals starving and injured, nursed them back to health, and Zhou Qiaoling wondered why Pals needed sleep.

• Lu Ze checked the enthusiastic Forum discussions about Palworld and predicted that players would soon kill and disassemble Pals, raising his task totals.
• Zhou Yue, Zhou Qiaoling, Mu Yawen, and Zhong Yi entered Palworld and found most of their Pals starving, injured, or unable to work.
• Zhong Yi used Campfire Therapy to revive the Pals, while Zhou Yue and Mu Yawen prepared food and supplies for the base.
• Zhong Yi wondered how to automate Campfire Therapy, and Zhou Qiaoling asked why Pals needed to sleep when cultivators did not.

Zhou Qiaoling and Zhong Yi devised increasingly ruthless ways to make Pals work, while players across the cultivation world began exploiting their Pals and accelerated Lu Ze’s mission progress. The Evil Soul’s resentment started merging with Palworld and identifying as Quivern, setting the stage for Berserk Pals to threaten players beyond the starter village.

• Zhou Qiaoling replaced sleeping Pals with Dark-type Pals at night, and Zhou Yue protested that Pals needed sleep.
• Zhong Yi built a room full of Campfires around a Feed Box so hungry Pals would enter and be trapped in the flames, which Zhou Qiaoling praised.
• Zhou Yue messaged Chao Wendao for help, but Chao Wendao asked how to keep his Tombat working, leaving Zhou Yue convinced the sect was doomed.
• Players throughout the cultivation world began exploiting their Pals for greater output, and Lu Ze’s mission progress accelerated.
• He Muye confirmed that the Evil Soul’s resentment was beginning to merge with Palworld, while Lu Ze explained that it was identifying as Quivern.
• Lu Ze anticipated that Berserk Pals empowered by the Evil Soul would begin attacking players who ventured beyond the starter village.

Zhou Yue’s discovery of a Berserk Relaxaurus turned the group’s hilltop base into a disaster, while Li Moran failed to break through and asked Lu Ze for an illusion realm to hone her swordsmanship. Lu Ze suggested that she try clearing Palworld without relying on Pals.

• Zhou Yue found a Berserk Relaxaurus near the base, and it killed his Flame Demon Ram before attacking the group’s home.
• The level 33 Relaxaurus killed the base’s workers, destroyed many facilities, and kept pursuing the four after they respawned.
• Zhong Yi, Mu Yawen, and Zhou Qiaoling sent Zhou Yue away on a Cloud Sea Deer to lure the Relaxaurus from the base.
• Li Moran emerged from seclusion disappointed that she had failed to break through to the Refining Void Realm.
• Li Moran asked Lu Ze for an illusion realm to suppress her cultivation and hone her swordsmanship, and he suggested clearing Palworld without Pals.

Lu Ze discovered that Quivern had sent its avatars into Palworld to spread chaos, while Zhong Yi and his companions rebuilt their base and grew stronger. The chapter ended with Li Moran deciding to try the Illusion Realm on her own.

• Lu Ze visited the World Tree, where the Fragment of the Heavenly Dao had been tormenting Quivern, and got zapped for mocking its appearance.
• The Fragment of the Heavenly Dao explained that Quivern could send avatars into the world through red threads, and Lu Ze watched one chase Zhou Yue on a Rampaging Relaxaurus.
• Zhou Yue lured the Rampaging Relaxaurus away from Zhong Yi’s base, but its attack destroyed their manor again.
• Zhong Yi and his companions rebuilt their manor, increased their work pace, and reached level 37 while upgrading their gear and mounts.
• The four friends defeated the Forest Mammoth at the Starter Village entrance, and Zhou Yue continued searching for the Rampaging Relaxaurus to take revenge.
• Zhou Qiaoling told Zhong Yi that Li Moran wanted to catch Pals with them, but planned to enter the Illusion Realm on her own.

Li Moran began exploring Palpagos Island and learned she could catch Palworld creatures for support, while Lu Ze watched her Illusion Realm and tried to conceal his spying. Zhou Yue brought Li Moran to the group’s base, where they arrived to find Zhou Qiaoling whipping the workers.

• Li Moran refused to kill the cute Tombat, Peckipeck, and Lamball, so she gained levels by gathering and crafting instead.
• Lu Ze clarified that Li Moran could catch and use Palworld creatures as long as she did not summon them during fights, then secretly watched her cuddle a Shiny Lamball.
• Li Moran took Shiny Lamball to see Zhou Yue fighting Forest Mammoth, and Zhou Yue invited her to visit the group’s base.
• Zhou Yue gave Li Moran a Pal Sphere containing Galeclaw, and they flew together to the base in Emerald Bamboo Creek Valley.
• Zhou Yue and Li Moran entered the base and saw Zhou Qiaoling cracking a whip as she threatened the workers.

Li Moran visited Zhou Qiaoling, Zhou Yue, and Zhong Yi’s Pal base and saw its harsh work routines and bizarre Pal experiments. The group summoned the level 35 Outer Realm Great Demon Bella Nova, whose attack destroyed their base almost immediately.

• Zhou Qiaoling showed Li Moran the base, where Pals worked under the effects of her Capitalist Outfit while Zhong Yi bred Pals and burned injured ones for treatment.
• Zhou Qiaoling announced that the Pal Expedition had returned with enough slab fragments to craft a Summoning Slab, and the group decided to challenge the level 35 Outer Realm Great Demon.
• Li Moran declined Zhong Yi’s invitation to join the fight, saying she wanted to rely on her sword, and accepted Zhou Qiaoling’s crude Iron Sword.
• Zhong Yi placed the Summoning Slab on a rooftop altar, summoning Bella Nova with 330,000 HP.
• Bella Nova unleashed a dark shock wave that blasted the building apart, leaving the group lamenting the destruction of their home again.

Lu Ze tracked down Li Moran and watched her fight the level 37 Forest Mammoth, only to discover she believed it was a deliberate test. The chapter then described how cultivators embraced Palworld’s resource grind and became increasingly ruthless toward their Pals, leaving the Forum full of warnings and complaints about Campfire Therapy and the Meat Cleaver.

• Lu Ze followed Li Moran’s demonic value notifications into Zhong Yi’s Palworld world and found her battling the Forest Mammoth near Starter Village.
• Li Moran endured the level gap and dealt only one damage per strike, convinced the Forest Mammoth was a test Lu Ze had placed for her.
• Lu Ze watched from concealment and realized Li Moran thought he had stationed the Forest Mammoth there to challenge her, when he had only meant to annoy everyone.
• Lu Ze reflected on Palworld’s resource cycles and how its rewards motivated players to gather resources and improve their bases.
• Cultivators began using Campfire Therapy and selling or butchering sick and unproductive Pals, as shown by increasingly ruthless Forum posts.
• Forum users warned that the Meat Cleaver could dismember a Pal, and one player mourned after accidentally turning their first Tombat into meat.

Zhong Yi discovered that Zhou Qiaoling had captured the Small Village’s old chief in a Pal Sphere and put him to work at the Spirit Cloud Sect Compound. After the Guard Corps killed the group to clear their Wanted status, Zhou Qiaoling set her sights on capturing Zoe, the first Tower Master.

• Zhong Yi went to the Small Village to buy eggs and realized the old village chief was missing.
• Zhong Yi returned to find Zhou Qiaoling had captured the old chief and made him craft Pal Spheres at their base.
• Zhong Yi and Zhou Qiaoling considered capturing the Wandering Merchant and selling the chief back to the village, while Zhou Yue objected to their schemes.
• The Guard Corps attacked the group over Zhou Qiaoling’s capture of the chief, and the three let themselves be killed to clear their Wanted status.
• Zhong Yi inspected the chief’s poor handiwork and lazy trait, and Zhou Qiaoling proposed selling him for ransom.
• Zhou Qiaoling learned that Mu Yawen was seeking a Stormshock Bear after meeting Zoe at the Ruined Taoist Temple, then invited Zhong Yi to capture Zoe with her.

Zhong Yi captured Zoe and discovered that she had special dialogue with him, while Li Moran used her relentless attacks to defeat the Forest Mammoth. Lu Ze witnessed Li Moran’s breakthrough, then found himself threatened when she realized he had watched her sleep.

• Zhong Yi and his companions weakened Zoe, and Zhong Yi captured her with a Superior Pal Sphere after Zhou Qiaoling’s Master Pal Spheres bounced off.
• Zoe appeared with a stream of insults for Zhong Yi, and Lu Ze observed that her unique dialogue revealed her feelings for him.
• Lu Ze noticed Li Moran’s Demonic Value rise and found her standing over the defeated Forest Mammoth.
• Li Moran explained that she had realized her sword could overcome anything with a health bar, then thanked Lu Ze for guiding her.
• Li Moran remembered that Lu Ze had watched her sleeping with Shiny Lamball and threatened him to keep quiet.

As the cultivators faced stronger Pals and captured Flame Emperor, Zhong Yi used Water Spirit Dragon to reach the World Tree, only to find an ancient barrier blocking his way inside. He realized he needed to advance the story to uncover the tree’s secrets.

• As players reached the Volcano region, stronger Pals and more dangerous Boss battles caused their death counts to rise, while they trained harder to capture the great demons.
• Mu Yawen and Zhou Yue used teams of Sea-Covering Dragons bred through Zhong Yi’s method to defeat and capture Flame Emperor.
• Zhou Qiaoling discovered a beautiful snow-white Pal in the Icefield and believed it was a divine beast.
• Zhong Yi crossed the dangerous sea aboard Water Spirit Dragon and reached the isolated World Tree island.
• Zhong Yi climbed the World Tree’s vines, but an ancient barrier stopped him from entering, so he decided to advance the story.

As Palworld players and cultivators ground through the Illusion Realm, Lu Ze watched the Evil Soul’s resentment shift into the game and improve the Void Dream Chi’s condition. Meanwhile, Heart Demon awoke after two months unconscious and realized the Heavenly Dao Incense Offering Spell had trapped him.

• A chubby Menial Disciple woke Senior Brother Huang before dawn and reminded him they had to mine spirit ore, prompting Huang to realize he had spent another all-nighter playing Palworld.
• He Muye reported that the Void Dream Chi had grown larger as the Evil Soul, now living as Quivern, targeted players in Palworld, and he expected to isolate the resentment soon.
• Lu Ze told He Muye to wait two more days, suggesting the Evil Soul might be cured without separating it from the Void Dream Chi.
• Heart Demon awoke in the Illusion Alliance Base after two months and three days unconscious, and White Crane asked what had happened.
• Heart Demon concluded that the Heaven-and-Earth Four Symbols Formation had triggered the Heavenly Dao Incense Offering Spell and trapped his Spiritual Sense in an endless labyrinth.

Heart Demon concluded that Lu Ze’s illusions were made from living people’s souls, while Lu Ze discovered that Spirit-Taming Art let him earn demonic value when players killed spirit beasts in “Palworld.” Lu Ze confirmed that the effect applied to spirit beasts but not cultivator cybersouls, leaving him eager to exploit it in future games.

• Heart Demon suspected the Heavenly Dao had saved Lu Ze from the Void Soul Crystal and wondered why Lu Ze still sought more crystals; White Crane blamed Lu Ze for thwarting him.
• Heart Demon claimed Lu Ze’s illusion characters were refined from living people’s souls and said their own illusions could use the same method.
• Lu Ze received Spirit-Taming Art after completing his mission, then noticed a sudden flood of demonic value notifications from “Palworld.”
• Lu Ze realized that deaths of spirit beasts in his illusions generated demonic value whether players killed the Pals or the Pals killed players.
• Lu Ze tested whether killing cultivator cybersouls also generated demonic value, but got no reward and concluded the effect only worked on spirit beasts.

Zhong Yi abandoned his tower-clearing campaign to master the Arena, then faced Zhou Yue in a bounty tournament with a team built around water-and-lightning status effects. The chapter ended as Zhong Yi’s water attack swept up Zhou Yue’s three Pals.

• Zhong Yi discovered the Arena, became engrossed in its cross-world PvP battles, and earned a reputation for inventive team compositions.
• Zhong Yi won five bounty-tournament matches in a row before being matched against Zhou Yue.
• Zhong Yi selected Sea-Covering Dragon, Lotus Dragon, and Electric Needle Demon, while Zhou Yue fielded Taifeng, Anubis, and Thunderclap Bird.
• Zhou Yue opened with Rock Blast and Sandstorm, and Zhong Yi explained how his team combined soaked effects with lightning damage.
• Zhou Yue ordered Taifeng into Iron Guardian State and sent his other Pals to scatter, but a column of water swept up all three.

Zhong Yi overwhelmed Zhou Yue’s creatures in the arena but lost when Zhou Yue attacked him directly, then watched Li Moran battle Zhou Yue using her Bladefish as a sword. The match remained uncertain when Bladefish’s transformation ended and Zhou Yue slipped into Li Moran’s blade, while Zhou Qiaoling called for help because they had run out of Spirit Oil.

• Zhong Yi used water and lightning combinations to defeat Zhou Yue’s Anubis and Thunderclap Bird and weaken Taifeng.
• Zhou Yue took advantage of the arena rules and defeated Zhong Yi himself, prompting Zhong Yi to add a warning about targeting opponents to his handbook.
• Li Moran arrived at the arena with a Bladefish and three Lamballs, surprising Zhong Yi with how close her level was to his.
• Li Moran transformed Bladefish into a sword and used it to overpower Zhou Yue’s creatures with precise attacks.
• Bladefish’s transformation ended, and Zhou Yue unexpectedly slipped into Li Moran’s blade as Zhong Yi speculated about who would win.
• Zhou Qiaoling called Zhong Yi and Zhou Yue through the team voice channel to ask when they would return because the group had run out of Spirit Oil.

Zhong Yi’s group struggled to gather enough Spirit Oil for plasteel until Mu Yawen revealed that a Shadowbeak had dropped plasteel, giving Zhong Yi an idea to produce it themselves. The chapter ended with Zhong Yi building a Rebirth Machine, though he did not explain how he planned to use it.

• Zhou Qiaoling revealed that she had found a gold Cold-Resistant Plasteel Armor schematic, but the group lacked the Spirit Oil to craft the required plasteel.
• Zhong Yi decided they needed to find more oil deposits until Mu Yawen arrived and gave him two pieces of plasteel she had obtained from a shiny Shadowbeak.
• Zhong Yi checked the Paldeck and realized that ordinary Shadowbeaks could drop plasteel, then concluded that breeding them might solve the shortage.
• Zhou Yue feared Zhong Yi intended to use a Meat Cleaver on the Pals, but Zhong Yi denied it and summoned an Anubis to build a Rebirth Machine.

Zhong Yi discovered that the Rebirth Machine could mass-produce plasteel by disassembling Pals, while the Evil Soul suffered through the shared sensations of Pals being worked and reborn in a loop. Seven days after Palworld launched, He Muye told Lu Ze that the Evil Soul’s resentment was weakening, and Lu Ze credited the players’ treatment of Pals.

• Zhong Yi put a newly born Shadowbeak into the Rebirth Machine, which disassembled it into a Large Pal Soul and plasteel, horrifying Zhou Yue.
• Zhong Yi recognized that breeding Shadowbeaks for the machine could make plasteel easy to produce and planned to share the discovery on the Forum.
• The Evil Soul endured exhausting visions of Pals mining, farming, and repeatedly passing through the Rebirth Machine, then looked to the Fragment of the Heavenly Dao for relief.
• On the seventh day after Palworld launched, He Muye told Lu Ze that the Evil Soul’s resentment was weakening.
• Lu Ze credited the cultivators who kept Pals working and explained that their labor had overwhelmed the Evil Soul’s resentment.

Zhong Yi prepared to join Zhou Yue in another attempt to defeat Frostallion, while Lu Ze discovered that purifying the exhausted Quivern’s Evil Soul was restoring the Fragment of the Heavenly Dao. The Fragment confirmed the recovery and resolved to leave opportunities in the Illusion Realm.

• Zhong Yi continued refining his Shadowbeak production line and learned that Zhou Yue’s three-star Flame Emperor team had lost to Frostallion.
• Zhong Yi replaced the second-floor farms with Flame Emperors and decided to accompany Zhou Yue on the next challenge.
• Lu Ze returned to the sealed room and found the Quivern exhausted, its eyes clearer than before.
• Lu Ze noticed the Fragment of the Heavenly Dao’s broken runes slowly mending, and the Fragment explained that purifying the Evil Soul had canceled karma and helped it recover.
• The Fragment of the Heavenly Dao decided to leave opportunities within the Illusion Realm.

Lu Ze realized the Fragment of the Heavenly Dao had left an opportunity connected to Zhou Yue’s bad luck. In Zhong Yi’s Palworld, the group’s plan to defeat Frostallion with a swarm of Pals failed when Mu Yawen sent their strongest Pals on an expedition, and Li Moran appeared fighting the beast alone.

• Lu Ze recognized that the Fragment of the Heavenly Dao had left an opportunity behind and reflected on Zhou Yue’s bond with it.
• Zhong Yi, Zhou Yue, and Zhou Qiaoling reached Frostallion’s territory with four four-star Flame Emperors, intending to lure the beast into a base and defeat it with Pal-wave tactics.
• Zhong Yi discovered that his Pals were unavailable because Mu Yawen had sent them all on an expedition.
• Frostallion attacked the group with ice spikes and freezing cold, leaving them chilled despite their armor.
• Zhong Yi and the others saw Li Moran confronting Frostallion with a purple Light Sword.

Li Moran fought Frostallion alone and, after sensing a Dao resonance in the wind and snow, won the ice divine beast’s submission and captured it. The next morning, she comprehended the Dao on Sword Inquiry Peak and broke through to the refining void realm.

• Li Moran battled Frostallion with only her sword while Zhong Yi, Zhou Qiaoling, Mu Yawen, and Zhou Yue watched from behind an ice pillar.
• Li Moran sensed a Dao resonance in the snow, and the wind and ice began to turn away from her.
• Frostallion knelt before Li Moran, who stroked its horn and captured it with a Master Grade Pal Sphere.
• Li Moran left the group, and the next morning she comprehended the Dao on Sword Inquiry Peak and broke through to the refining void realm.

Palworld’s fated opportunities drew cultivators from across the Cultivation World, bringing Lu Ze a surge of Demonic Value while weakening the evil soul in the Main Server World. After Zhou Yue and Mu Yawen each found an opportunity, Zhong Yi wondered where he could find one for his Grand Dao Truth Incantation and dismissed Zoe’s hints.

• Cultivators flocked to Palpagos Island after reports spread that Palworld offered frequent opportunities, and Lu Ze gained Demonic Value as the evil soul grew weaker.
• Zhou Yue returned from fighting the Flame Emperor without finding anything, then went out to practice against Frostallion after Zhong Yi teased him.
• Zhou Yue encountered three Rampaging Pals, killed them, and obtained an Invader Core that he believed was his opportunity.
• Mu Yawen fought Zhong Yi, later befriended a Dan Feng after an encounter with a flock, and returned with an opportunity to refine.
• Zhong Yi wondered how to find an opportunity suited to his Grand Dao Truth Incantation, while Zoe hinted she could keep him company before he assigned her work at the base.