Chapter Summaries

Wu Heng returned to Luntam City and learned that high-level professionals and gang members were planning to seize the city. He ambushed and defeated them, then investigated their backer, Christu, as he reunited with the pregnant Wen Mansha.

• Wen Mansha learned from a corpse that high-level professionals planned to attack Luntam City at dusk, but Wu Heng returned before she could finish organizing the city's defenses.
• Wu Heng reviewed the attackers' route, then used Xiaoxiao to confirm that more than five hundred gang members, including three level 15 professionals, were approaching the Inner City.
• Wu Heng's skeletons ambushed the gang members at the gate, and Cassius killed the enemy's high-level fighters as the battle ended in a massacre.
• Wu Heng questioned the dead and learned that the Wind Fire Party had organized the attack and that a merchant named Christu had supplied information and funds.
• Wu Heng turned the fallen enemies into skeletons, returned to the Lord's Mansion, and asked Wen Mansha whether she knew Christu.

Wu Heng returned to Luntam City, shared in its growing wealth, and helped Wen Mansha investigate the man advising a level-15 professional. The Tracking Pendant led them to an assassin fleeing the city, whom Wu Heng ordered killed.

• Wu Heng learned that Christu, a merchant who had advised the level-15 professional, was being investigated, then installed a radio for Wen Mansha to contact Treasure Island.
• In the Zombie World, Qi Hancai told Wu Heng that Boss Huang had died and described problems with ammunition production and the search for power-plant expertise.
• Wen Mansha showed Wu Heng the city’s wealth and investments, and he took half the Gold Coins while leaving the rest for Luntam City’s development.
• Commander Okott reported that Christu had been found dead with his tongue cut out, and Wu Heng used a bloodstained hood and the Tracking Pendant to track the killer.
• Wu Heng’s group caught the fleeing assassin outside the city, and Wu Heng ordered him killed.

Wu Heng uncovered that the Golden Wing Merchant Guild president had arranged the attacks in Luntam City and planned to support the Yeke Kingdom’s Second Prince. After returning to Wen Mansha, Wu Heng later saw skeletal dragons bombard a Zombie Horde near Jinjiang Apartment Area, where survivors heard a call from Xinfu City Base.

• Wu Heng used Talk with Dead to learn that the assassin had been ordered by the Golden Wing Merchant Guild president to kill Christu, then sent Okott and the skeletons to capture the president at his mansion.
• Okott’s skeletons stormed the mansion and killed the guards and merchant, and Wu Heng searched the merchant’s Spatial Ring and questioned his corpse.
• The corpse admitted arranging the attack by three level 15 professionals to seize Luntam City, use it as a stronghold, and support the Yeke Kingdom’s Second Prince’s bid for the throne.
• Wu Heng returned to the Lord’s Mansion, told Wen Mansha what he had learned, and reassured her that he would strengthen the city’s skeleton defenses.
• The next day, survivors near Jinjiang Apartment Area watched skeletal dragons bombard a Zombie Horde, then heard Xinfu City Base call over the radio.

Wu Heng rescued survivors from Jinjiang Apartments, recruited Wang Haibing to assess a nearby power plant, and then traveled to Luntam City to pursue procurement agreements with the Orc district. The chapter ended as the Orc shaman Aiskar looked up at Wu Heng and frowned.

• Wu Heng's rescue team contacted Jinjiang Apartments, and Wang Haibing and Zhang Zhong agreed to evacuate with them.
• Wu Heng asked Wang Haibing to assess a power plant, then took him and other survivors to inspect it the next day.
• Wen Mansha told Wu Heng that Minnie and Andeviel were managing Treasure Island normally and that she had told Minnie about her pregnancy.
• Wu Heng asked Wen Mansha to invite Aiskar to discuss taking over procurement agreements for the Orc district.
• Wang Haibing found that the power plant had shut down automatically and appeared undamaged, though it needed a thorough inspection.
• Aiskar met Wen Mansha at the Lord's Mansion, then frowned when Wu Heng came downstairs.

Wu Heng met with Orc shaman Aiskar to arrange mineral procurement and jobs for Orcs in Luntam City. That night, he learned that Wen Mansha’s butler Hartel was a spy turned informant, while her husband gathered intelligence for the Yeke Kingdom.

• Wu Heng told Aiskar about the powerful professionals he had met and asked him to help negotiate several three-year mining agreements with Orc tribes.
• Aiskar agreed to negotiate the agreements, and Wen Mansha promised to prioritize Orcs for new jobs after winter if they maintained security.
• Wu Heng handed the agreements to Wen Mansha, who would handle them while he considered how to use the minerals.
• Hartel reported that someone was asking who had killed three level 15 professionals and whether the Lord’s Mansion housed a powerful expert.
• Wen Mansha explained that Hartel had been caught spying, then bound by a Slave Contract and used to feed her husband false information while gathering intelligence from him.
• Wu Heng learned that Hartel’s husband was connected to the Yeke Kingdom and wondered why the kingdom’s agents kept watching Luntam City.

Wu Heng uncovered a Yeke Kingdom plot to undermine Luntam City and learned that Commander Godwin was preparing for its occupation. After identifying Godwin in an eastern border city, Wu Heng entered his room in disguise to confront him.

• Wu Heng ordered Okott and the others to capture the man involved with Hartel, then killed him and questioned his corpse.
• The corpse named Commander Godwin as his superior and listed collaborators inside Luntam City, whom Wu Heng ordered arrested.
• Wu Heng traveled to the Yeke Kingdom's eastern border city and had Granda locate and confirm Godwin.
• Wu Heng disguised himself as a noblewoman and entered Godwin's room, while Skeleton Cassius followed under the Burial Shroud.

Wu Heng resolved the threat to Luntam City, prepared Wen Mansha for his departure, and arranged to take Robbie and Annette to Treasure Island as maids. After arriving at Blackstone Town with them, he was stopped by a familiar young girl.

• Wu Heng killed the man gathering intelligence on Luntam City, questioned his corpse, and learned that he had acted under orders to strengthen the First Prince's influence.
• Wu Heng returned to Luntam City and left Wen Mansha to handle the captured informants while he coordinated power plant repairs and boiler plans in the Zombie World.
• Wu Heng gave Wen Mansha potions and magic items before leaving, then asked Robbie and Annette to accompany him to Treasure Island as maids.
• Wu Heng boarded the Ghost Train with Robbie and Annette and arrived at Blackstone Town.
• A young girl accompanied by four squad members called out to Wu Heng and asked the three outsiders what they were doing there.

Wu Heng reunited with Yuri and Slyther in Blackstone Town, then returned to Treasure Island with Robbie and Annette. After reaching his manor, he learned that Philippa had defeated the Mad Lion Pirate Group and brought back a pirate friend.

• Wu Heng revealed his identity to Yuri and Slyther, explained his roles as Treasure Island's island lord and an Association Flag Bearer, and gave them magical gifts.
• Wu Heng and Slyther met secretly that night, and she explained that the First Prince and Second Prince were competing for power in the Yeke Kingdom.
• Wu Heng left Blackstone Town the next morning while Beni recognized his back but hurried away to attend a day of prayer.
• Nine days later, Wu Heng arrived at Treasure Island with Robbie and Annette and brought them to the Island Master's Manor.
• Minnie welcomed Robbie and Annette, while Philippa told Wu Heng that she had defeated the Mad Lion Pirate Group and brought back a pirate who had once defended her.

Wu Heng returned to Treasure Island, checked on its projects, and welcomed Robbie and Annette as new contracted maids. In the Zombie World, he learned that the power lines were nearly repaired and arranged to obtain blueprints for a power system serving 220,000 households in exchange for grain.

• Wu Heng promised Philippa he would discuss whether her imprisoned husband could earn an Atonement Opportunity, then contacted Wen Mansha and checked the alchemy and mechanical artificers' work.
• Andeviel reported on Treasure Island's construction and procurement progress, and Wu Heng signed Slave Contracts with Robbie and Annette.
• Wu Heng found the Zombie World convoy unloading supplies and learned from Qi Hancai that repairs to the power lines would soon be finished.
• Qi Hancai said the Central Broadcast Station would provide blueprints for a 200-megawatt power system in exchange for thirty hundred-kilogram bags of grain, with delivery after the airport was captured.
• Wang Haibing showed Wu Heng blueprints for replacing the original power plant's boiler with the Blazing Fire Furnace.

Wu Heng led a large skeleton army to clear Zombies in the Central District, then returned to Treasure Island and checked on Shanala. Shanala revealed that the Council of Elders had discovered she used the Amber Pendant and had a man outside, leaving Wu Heng to learn what trouble this would bring.

• Wang Haibing delivered the boiler blueprints, and Wu Heng ordered Qi Hancai to prepare a convoy for a Zombie-clearing expedition.
• Wu Heng deployed tens of thousands of skeletons and Skeleton Flying Dragons to attack the Zombie Horde in the Central District.
• Xiaoxiao spotted Mutated Zombies in the Orange Express Hotel, and Granda killed them with the Evil Sword.
• Wu Heng cleared the battlefield, converted the corpses into skeletons, and returned to Treasure Island with the convoy.
• Wu Heng contacted Shanala by radio, and she said the Council of Elders had learned she used the Amber Pendant and had a man outside.

Wu Heng prepared for Shanala’s investigation, helped Annette become a warrior, and handled business and Association matters before leading his Skeleton Army through a zombie horde. The chapter ended with him reaching level 18 and unlocking the Hero Shaping trait.

• Shanala told Wu Heng that the Council of Elders was investigating whether she had abused her presidential position, and Wu Heng offered to rescue her if necessary.
• Annette chose to become a warrior, and Wu Heng arranged for Minnie to take her to the Association for a Class Change Scroll.
• Wu Heng collected seven level 15 professional corpses from Lady Li, commissioned a Blazing Fire Furnace, and visited Shiraque to discuss the port, the Flying Fish Pirate Group captain, and an air conditioner.
• Wu Heng returned to the manor and found Annette training with a longsword under a Skeleton Warrior’s guidance.
• Wu Heng led his Skeleton Army through zombies on Wuyang Commercial Street, reached level 18, and unlocked Hero Shaping.

After reaching level 18, Wu Heng unlocked Hero Shaping, Necromancer Archmage, Independent Soul, and Mordencainen's Magnificent Mansion. He finished clearing the battlefield, returned to Treasure Island, and tested the mansion spell, which opened a stone door to a grand but empty hall.

• Wu Heng reached level 18 and inspected his new trait, specialties, ability, and mansion skill.
• After the battle ended, Wu Heng and his skeletons converted the dead Zombies into more skeletons and collected Corpse Cores.
• Wu Heng sent Qi Hancai and the survivors to loot the commercial street, collecting about 250 kilograms of gold before returning to the factory.
• Wu Heng converted the corpses sent by the Serpent Emblem Conglomerate, then returned through the Portal to Treasure Island and assigned his skeletons to their posts.
• Wu Heng tested Mordencainen's Magnificent Mansion, summoning an ancient stone door that opened onto a grand, empty hall.

Wu Heng tested Mansion Spell, prepared his allies and plans, and discovered that Netarei City was under a crackdown on suspected rebels. In Zombie World, he announced New Year food and medicine aid, ending with survivors hearing the broadcasts and praising him as a Living Bodhisattva.

• Wu Heng created a luxurious interior with Mansion Spell, tested it with skeletons, and later advised Annette to train with a sword and shield.
• Wu Heng considered gathering higher-level Skill Books, expanding his industries and territories, and building fame in both worlds.
• Wu Heng traveled to Netarei City, learned that guards were arresting suspected Rebels, and returned to Treasure Island with weapons for Annette.
• Wu Heng instructed the maids to stay cautious, then went to Zombie World and told Qi Hancai about his New Year supply plan.
• Wu Heng's radio announcement promised food and medicine drops for marked locations in the provincial capital and supplies for shelters in three cities.
• A desperate mother heard the broadcast and gave her daughter water, while listeners praised Wu Heng as a Living Bodhisattva.

Wu Heng tested the limits of Mansion Spell and used it to fire an object through its doorway, while his group prepared and delivered free supplies to shelters. The chapter ended with survivors reacting to the supplies dropped by the Skeleton Flying Dragon.

• Wu Heng learned that his King Yama broadcasts raised his Reputation, and Qi Hancai told him the factory circuit had been repaired and supplies were ready for distribution.
• Wu Heng told Philippa that Shiraque would ask headquarters to consider sparing her pirate friend, and he arranged for Philippa to visit Shiraque the next day.
• Wu Heng tested Mansion Spell, confirmed that imagined objects could not leave its space, and fired a wooden stick through the doorway using a ballista he created inside.
• Wu Heng showed Granda and Xiaoxiao the mansion space, then invited Philippa, Minnie, and Andeviel to spend the night with him.
• The next day, the Skeleton Flying Dragon dropped supplies at marked shelters, prompting excited radio chatter and a joke about the missing beef.

Wu Heng and Shiraque secretly sailed to Antler Island to investigate reports of suspicious people and possible slaves. Granda discovered a group of black-robed guards holding nearly a hundred captives and a patterned stone coffin inside a magic array, then withdrew after sensing danger.

• Wu Heng arranged for the Compound Bow parts from both worlds to be assembled and tested.
• Shiraque told Wu Heng that suspicious high-level professionals and apparent slaves had gathered on Antler Island, and they agreed to investigate secretly.
• Wu Heng, Shiraque, and Philippa sailed from Treasure Island toward Antler Island with skeletons and Shiraque's squads.
• Wu Heng and Philippa spent the night together aboard the ship after the skeletons took over sailing.
• Wu Heng sent Granda and other scouts to inspect Antler Island, where Granda found black-robed figures guarding nearly a hundred shackled slaves.
• Granda entered a building and saw a patterned stone coffin standing in a circular magic array, but sensed danger and hurried back.

Wu Heng and Shiraque attacked Antler Island, defeated the black-robed kidnappers, and killed a level 18 vampire who emerged from a blood-fed stone coffin. They captured the vampire’s ghost and learned from a corpse that the kidnappers belonged to the Mandate of Heaven Cult and had captured villagers to awaken a powerful professional.

• Wu Heng and Shiraque approached Antler Island, where Philippa destroyed two hostile ships with the autocannon and skeletons killed the survivors in the water.
• Wu Heng shot the leader holding the shackled villagers hostage, and the skeletons overwhelmed and killed the black-robed men.
• Wu Heng and Shiraque discovered a vampire awakening inside a stone coffin, then fought it with their skeletons, spells, firearms, and a ballista.
• The vampire fled into the sky, but Wu Heng and Shiraque brought it down and trapped its ghost in a Demon Soul Pot after it called out to Lilith.
• Shiraque ordered the teams to search the island and prepare to return the kidnapped Yeke Kingdom villagers to Treasure Island.
• Wu Heng questioned a dead cultist and learned that the black-robed group followed the Mandate of Heaven Cult and had captured the villagers to awaken a powerful professional.

Wu Heng investigated the Mandate of Heaven Cult’s failed attempt to awaken a vampire on Antler Island, then learned the vampire, Melanis Badley, had been exiled by Lilith. After reporting the cult and writing Lilith a personal letter, he collected a custom Blazing Fire Furnace and prepared to visit a power plant in the Zombie World.

• Wu Heng questioned the cultists’ corpses and learned that the Mandate of Heaven Cult had abducted villagers to awaken a level-18 figure in the Stone Coffin.
• Wu Heng and Shiraque rescued the villagers, gathered the vampire’s remains, and returned to Treasure Island with the Stone Coffin and a level-15 corpse converted into an undead.
• Wu Heng and Shiraque interrogated the vampire’s ghost, who identified himself as Melanis Badley and said Lilith had sealed and exiled him for killings committed while he craved blood.
• Wu Heng arranged for Shiraque to report the cult to headquarters and wrote Lilith a separate letter describing Melanis’s actions.
• Wu Heng collected the custom Blazing Fire Furnace from Lady Li at the Serpent Emblem Conglomerate.
• Wu Heng went to the Zombie World and told Qi Hancai to have Wang Haibing prepare for their trip to the power plant.

Wu Heng restored power to the Military Factory using the Blazing Fire Furnace and put Wang Haibing in charge of the power plant, then developed his plans for the bases and tested a fortified version of Mansion Spell. The next morning, Shiraque summoned Wu Heng to the Association and told him its rewards and bounty had arrived.

• Wu Heng and his group used the Blazing Fire Furnace to restart the power plant, and Wang Haibing confirmed the factory's electricity was operating normally.
• Wu Heng appointed Wang Haibing to manage the power plant and assigned him fifty Skeletons to train for operating and maintaining power plants.
• Wu Heng told Qi Hancai to keep the restored power supply secret and prepare to take control of the airport after checking on the Central Broadcast Station's situation.
• Wu Heng redesigned Mansion Spell into a fortress with machine guns, autocannons, and space to store troops, then tested its defenses.
• The next morning, Shiraque summoned Wu Heng to the Association and reported that two Level 1 Merit items, seven Level 2 Merit rewards, and 727 Gold Coins had arrived.

Wu Heng received his merit rewards and learned that the Association had awarded him Pure Sacred Radiance, a Church wonder whose side effect could make sinners spontaneously combust. After testing it safely, he reviewed the remaining rewards, arranged a celebration with Shiraque and Shi Yali, and ordered a dwarf designer to plan an energy factory for the island.

• Wu Heng challenged the low merit settlement, and Shiraque explained that headquarters had counted only pirate flags listed on the Wanted List.
• Shi Yali explained the Myriad Weapons Spatial Belt's abilities and Pure Sacred Radiance's protections, summonable Knight Attendant, and spontaneous-combustion side effect.
• Wu Heng tested Pure Sacred Radiance while wearing Shiraque's Guardian Heart Mirror, and nothing happened.
• Shiraque gave Wu Heng seven Level 2 Merit rewards and the remaining bounty, including a flying carpet, necromantic items, a puppet, and two skill books.
• Wu Heng invited Shiraque and Shi Yali to celebrate with him that evening.
• Wu Heng summoned the Dwarf Designer and ordered a factory built to supply energy to Lighthouse Street and the Central District.

Wu Heng discussed construction and population plans for Treasure Island, then met Shiraque and Shi Yali for dinner and explained why he had bought slaves. Back at the manor, he reviewed his rewards and tested the Companion Yin Jade on Xiaoxiao and Granda, who had not yet noticed any effect.

• Wu Heng approved the East Side site for a power plant and told the Dwarf Designer to prioritize clearing the land while construction continued in the Expansion Area.
• Wu Heng, Shiraque, and Shi Yali discussed ways to attract residents to the island and rejected opening settlement to everyone or relocating tribes as risky options.
• Shiraque questioned Wu Heng about his new maids, and he explained that he had bought slaves to protect them from the Warhammer Party’s planned attack on a border city.
• Wu Heng returned to the manor, gave Andeviel his Spatial Sachet to store incoming goods, and reminded her to keep the gunpowder safe.
• Wu Heng examined his rewards, found that Pure Sacred Radiance did not harm him, and tested the Companion Yin Jade on Xiaoxiao and Granda.
• Xiaoxiao said she felt no effect from the jade and joked that Wu Heng might have been scammed.