Chapter Summaries

Wu Heng learned that Lilith had arrived on Treasure Island in a younger-looking form and went with Shiraque and Shi Yali to receive her. Lilith left the exhibition and saw the Association’s carriages and Field Emissaries waiting for her.

• Two thieves tried to rob the old man and young girl, but one found his hand numb and his mouth gone, then fled in terror.
• Granda recognized the young girl at the exhibition as Lilith, a level 20 hero, and told Wu Heng she had come to the island.
• Wu Heng decided to meet Lilith and arranged for Shiraque to bring two squads and carriages to the exhibition.
• Wu Heng, Shiraque, and Shi Yali traveled to the exhibition, where the crowd delayed their carriages.
• Lilith and her attendant discussed Wu Heng’s exhibits and his chances of reaching the level 18 fame requirement before spotting the waiting Association members.

Wu Heng hosted Leader Lilith at the Island Master's Manor, where she asked about his work and agreed to watch a film there. Bishop Dekgavin and a level 18 companion confronted Wu Heng over the Church's personnel limit and demanded to search the manor, while Lilith's laughter drew the companion's anger.

• Shiraque and the Association Members greeted Lilith publicly, and she ordered Wu Heng to join her in the carriage.
• Lilith questioned Wu Heng about how he found her and the medicine, then praised the island's management after arriving at the manor.
• Wu Heng offered Lilith a private screening in the manor's Home Theater instead of taking her to the crowded Movie Theater.
• Minnie announced that Bishop Dekgavin had arrived with another level 18 professional to discuss the Church's personnel limit.
• The burly professional accused Wu Heng of hiding the origins of the island's undead and threatened to search the manor unless he revoked the limit or explained every skeleton.
• Wu Heng said he could not explain the skeletons, and the burly professional turned on Lilith when she laughed.

Lilith revealed herself as the Association’s Ruling Leader and punished Church officials who attacked Wu Heng, then decided to establish the Gray Saint Church on Treasure Island. The chapter ended with Shiraque wondering whether Lilith might use her authority to make Wu Heng her male concubine.

• Lilith erased the mouth and eyes of the burly Knight who attacked her, then showed Bishop Dekgavin the Ruling Leader’s insignia and ordered him to take the Knight to headquarters for punishment.
• Dekgavin and the injured Knight left the manor, fearing the punishment awaiting them and worrying that the Church could not stop Wu Heng from reducing its stationed personnel.
• Wu Heng thanked Lilith and explained how the Church had established itself on Treasure Island while he was away.
• Lilith told her attendant to select a building for the Gray Saint Church, and Wu Heng offered to reserve a better one before taking her to watch a movie.
• At the Association, Shiraque asked Shi Yali whether Lilith might use her status as Leader to make Wu Heng her male concubine.

Wu Heng hosted Lilith for a movie, gave her an Enhancement Potion, and asked to study her skills and Necromancy books. After the two arrived at the auction venue, the purple-dressed girl explored the island and encountered one of Wu Heng’s ghosts in her room.

• Lilith watched a movie with Wu Heng, accepted his Enhancement Potion, and agreed to look for Skill Books and methods for strengthening ghosts.
• Shiraque and Shi Yali returned to the Association and helped Lilith settle into a prepared room without telling the visiting elders she was there.
• Wu Heng checked the auction arrangements at Shanala's Opera House, then told Shiraque and Shi Yali how Lilith had punished the Church members who mocked her.
• The Church priests failed to undo the effect on the bishop and the burly man, who wrote that they should wait for the Leader or Wu Heng to remove it.
• The girl in the purple dress explored the island and, back in her room, spoke to the ghost she recognized as Wu Heng's.

Lilith met Xiaoxiao on Treasure Island and discussed staying there to help Wu Heng against the Church, while Xiaoxiao misunderstood Lilith’s question about Wu Heng’s wife. At the island’s second Potion Auction, Constitution Enhancement Potions sold for far more than expected, and Shiraque warned the Association’s elders that later prices would rise even higher.

• Lilith asked Xiaoxiao about the Church and learned that Xiaoxiao wanted her to help Wu Heng and offered her a house and a Game Console.
• Lilith agreed to look at a house the next day, then asked whether Wu Heng had a wife, prompting Xiaoxiao to ask if Lilith had a dad either.
• A Wood Elf auctioneer opened Treasure Island’s second Potion Auction, and bidders rapidly drove the first lot’s price upward.
• Wu Heng told Lilith that the neighboring VIP room held the Grand Text Society deputy leader, Association elders, and level 18 professionals.
• The first lot of Constitution Enhancement Potions sold for 7,260 gold coins, far above the Association elders’ expectations.
• Shiraque told the Association elders that the later potion prices would only get more expensive.

Wu Heng sold the remaining potions at the auction, gave one to Grand Text Society deputy Kelmick for Leader Claudio, and returned to the island as the Korean Rescue Team continued searching for information about him. He then checked the growing Zombie King and learned that Korea headquarters wanted to arrange another supplies exchange, which he scheduled for the next day.

• Lilith bought the second potion for 12,000 gold, while the final bottle sold to Guest No. 387 for 50,000 gold.
• Wu Heng gave Kelmick a potion and a watch to take to Leader Claudio, then saw the headquarters delegation off at the harbor.
• Wu Heng learned that Lilith had returned to the dormitory and that the auction proceeds were being counted and stored in the underground treasury.
• The Korean Rescue Team's Chief ordered more efforts to identify the skeleton Ability User, while a bard spread news of the auction's high prices on Treasure Island.
• Wu Heng warned Xiaoxiao not to reveal their secrets to her new friend, then checked the Zombie King and found it appeared close to evolving.
• Qi Hancai told Wu Heng that Korea headquarters wanted another supplies exchange and might be gathering intelligence on him, so Wu Heng set it for the next day.

Wu Heng supplied potions to his allies on Treasure Island and investigated why the Korean Rescue Team wanted his photos during a trade in the Zombie World. Xiaoxiao and Beni revealed that more than one person had been exchanging phones, suggesting the Central Broadcast Station’s investigation involved others.

• Qi Hancai arranged a supply exchange with the Korean Rescue Team for noon the next day, while Wu Heng told her to stop pressing the Central Broadcast Station about the talisman books.
• Wu Heng checked the Zombie King and ordered the skeletons to keep feeding it Corpse Cores so it could continue evolving.
• Wu Heng gave potions to Shiraque, Shi Yali, and Mackintosh, and Lilith drank both potions she had obtained before going out with Xiaoxiao.
• At the supply exchange, Wu Heng listened in as Granda discovered a Korean team member had traded cigarettes and chocolate for a phone containing photos of Wu Heng.
• Xiaoxiao and Beni told Wu Heng they had also seen people exchanging phones, revealing that more than one person was involved in gathering his photos.

After learning that Koreans had been gathering photos of him, Wu Heng questioned and killed one of the informants, then disguised himself as the man to infiltrate the Korean convoy and investigate their base. Qi Hancai detained the three photo providers at the settlement, and they began pleading for mercy as she ordered them killed.

• Xiaoxiao and Beni told Wu Heng that three people had supplied photos and intelligence to the Koreans.
• Wu Heng captured Shin Dong-min, questioned his corpse, and learned the photo collection might relate to the Skeleton Army occupying Korean territory.
• Wu Heng used the Faceless One Mask to impersonate Shin Dong-min and joined the Korean convoy heading back to its base.
• Qi Hancai identified and detained the three Korean photo providers, then ordered skeletons to take them away and kill them.
• The three informants admitted they had supplied photos and begged Qi Hancai to spare them.

Qi Hancai executed three people who had leaked the base’s intelligence, while Wu Heng returned to the shelter base and confronted the Chief who had been investigating him. After restraining the Chief and learning he had a photo of Wu Heng, Wu Heng ordered him killed.

• Qi Hancai warned the base members that betrayal would be punished by death after three people who leaked intelligence were executed.
• The convoy returned to the shelter base, where Wu Heng saw the poor outer city and the heavily armed inner city.
• Wu Heng used Xiaoxiao to scout the base’s weapons and learned from Beni that the Chief had seen his photo and planned to promote the people who supplied it.
• Wu Heng entered the Chief’s office and revealed that the photos were fake, then restrained the Chief with the Soundproofing Pot.
• The Chief recognized Wu Heng and tried to bargain, but Wu Heng ordered him killed, and the Chief’s neck snapped.

Wu Heng discovered that the General Rescue Team planned to use a precision strike against him, disguised himself as its Chief, and killed the base’s leaders before launching an assault on the base. By morning, he had taken control of the facility, and Qi Hancai arrived to find him at the Central Broadcast Station.

• Wu Heng questioned the dead Chief, learned the base planned to target him with a precision strike, and collected documents identifying its leaders and resources.
• Wu Heng disguised himself as the Chief, summoned the department heads and armed commanders, and ordered his skeletons to kill them.
• Wu Heng spared the female deputy and forced her to guide him to the power controls, then cut both the main and backup power supplies.
• Wu Heng opened a Portal and sent skeletons to seize the armory, wall, dormitories, and other parts of the base as fighting continued through the night.
• By morning, Wu Heng's forces had subdued the base and confined its surviving residents; Qi Hancai arrived and asked whether he had wiped out the General Rescue Team overnight.

Wu Heng installed Qi Hancai as the new deputy leader of the captured base and inspected its weapons, including three Missile Vehicles, before returning to Treasure Island. There, he learned that Lilith had bought a property on the island.

• Qi Hancai learned that Wu Heng had killed the base’s leadership after they planned to target him with missiles, and he appointed her to run the base with Li Zhenying as her assistant.
• Wu Heng and Qi Hancai inspected the base’s departments and armory, where he found three Missile Vehicles and considered the threat posed by other bases with missiles.
• Wu Heng sealed off the armory and rescued the skeletons he had sent to study at the base before handing its operations over to Qi Hancai.
• Wu Heng returned to Treasure Island through a Portal, where Andeviel told him that Lilith had bought a property on the island.

Wu Heng handled plans for the Zombie World and Treasure Island, then visited Lilith to persuade her to move from the manor she had bought to a more suitable residence. Lilith agreed to see the new house, and Wu Heng escorted her there under an umbrella.

• Wu Heng learned that Lilith had bought a manor on Snowbourne Street and decided to speak with her about it.
• Wu Heng reviewed his plans to strengthen Beni, obtain the Wood Elves' Plant Growth Potion, expand zombie production, and raise his fame without escalating conflicts in the Yeke Kingdom.
• Lilith and Xiaoxiao inspected the newly purchased manor, and Xiaoxiao said Wu Heng had approved of their friendship.
• The Wood Elf representative told Wu Heng that the potions would arrive soon but the elders had not approved selling the recipe, and Wu Heng invited bids for medicinal herbs for a planned Pharmaceutical Factory.
• Wu Heng visited Lilith at the Association and persuaded her to view a more suitable manor near the Island Master's Manor.
• Lilith changed clothes and left with Wu Heng, who held an umbrella over her as they rode by carriage to the new house.

Wu Heng arranged temporary housing for Lilith on Treasure Island, then visited the Zombie World to oversee the base and lead a Zombie-clearing expedition so Beni could gain experience. The next morning, Treasure Island’s newspaper announced Lilith’s arrival as a public endorsement of the island, leaving her annoyed at Wu Heng’s use of her name to promote it.

• Wu Heng discussed the Church’s response to the bishops with Lilith and showed her the vacant mansion prepared as her temporary residence.
• Lilith gave the Dwarf Designers her renovation requirements, and they promised to finish the work in three days.
• Wu Heng returned to the Island Master's Manor, briefed Minnie and Shiraque, then traveled to the Zombie World to check the base and meet with Qi Hancai.
• Qi Hancai discussed reorganizing the base, improving refugee housing, and restarting technical departments with Wu Heng before giving him a Satellite Phone.
• Wu Heng led skeletons outside the city to fight Zombies, and Beni devoured Residual Souls to gain experience.
• The newspaper announced that Lilith had settled on Treasure Island, and Lilith complained that Wu Heng had turned her arrival into island publicity.

Wu Heng used news of Lilith settling on Treasure Island to deter his enemies, then brought Beni to level 20 while fighting Zombies in the Zombie World. With Beni newly empowered and Xiaoxiao still short of level 20, Wu Heng planned to resolve her Unfinished Business and speed up his efforts against the Zombie King.

• Shiraque warned Wu Heng that publicizing Lilith's settlement without asking her could anger her, while Shi Yali defended him.
• Wu Heng explained that the announcement was meant to promote Treasure Island, deter enemies, and strengthen the Church's ties to the island.
• Wu Heng took the three wraiths to the Zombie World, where Beni devoured Residual Souls as the Skeleton Army cleared Zombie Hordes.
• Beni reached level 20 and unlocked Legendary Heroic Spirit, Legendary Invisibility, Legendary Possession, and Telekinetic Push.
• Wu Heng compared Beni's abilities with Granda's, then decided Xiaoxiao's Unfinished Business was the next problem to solve.
• After returning to Treasure Island and eating, Wu Heng concluded that his forces needed to grow faster to deal with the Zombie King.

Wu Heng received potions and grain at the harbor, then tried to make peace with the angry Lilith by giving her a motorcycle to ride. He returned to the Zombie World and transported the captured level 19 Zombie King into the Mansion Spell, where he surrounded it with autocannons.

• Wu Heng inspected and stored the delivered potions, confirmed the grain was in order, and learned the livestock and animals should arrive in the next few days.
• Wu Heng found Lilith waiting at the Island Master's Manor and offered her a motorcycle; she transformed into her adult form to ride it, then returned without saying she was no longer angry.
• Wu Heng traveled to the Zombie World and arranged with Qi Hancai to return to Xinfu City the next day after stopping at Busan Port.
• Wu Heng brought the captured Zombie King into the Mansion Spell and sealed its body in iron plates, leaving its head exposed as autocannons aimed at it.

Wu Heng returned to Xinfu City after removing the Zombie King from Busan Port, collecting autocannons and ammunition, and delivering supplies to Li Yahong. The chapter ended as he entered the prison and ordered the Zombie King brought out.

• Wu Heng noticed the Zombie King feared the autocannon and wondered whether feeding it Corpse Cores was increasing its intelligence.
• Wu Heng left Qi Hancai at the Korean General Rescue Team base, gave her Satellite Phones for Li Yahong and Gao Rong, and flew to Yangtong City with Xiaoxiao.
• Wu Heng collected seventy-two autocannons and ammunition from the Military Factory, gave Gao Rong a Satellite Phone, and discovered that the factory staff had been slacking off.
• Wu Heng returned to Xinfu City, warned Li Yahong to keep his whereabouts confidential, and delivered Accelerate Growth potion and food to her base.
• Wu Heng and Li Yahong visited Xinfu City Prison, where Wu Heng entered a prison building and ordered the Zombie King dragged out.

Wu Heng oversaw the prison’s renovations and learned from Shanala that the Association Investigation Team might have clashed with the cult. After arranging a visit to Lilith, he arrived at her residence with Shiraque and Shi Yali.

• Wu Heng locked the Zombie King in a prison cell and ordered skeletons to feed it Corpse Cores.
• Wu Heng explained the prison renovation plans to worker skeletons and asked Li Yahong to arrange supplies and cameras.
• Shanala told Wu Heng that rumors suggested the Association Investigation Team had clashed with the cult and hostile forces in the kingdom.
• Wu Heng discussed the uncertain rumors with Granda and Beni, then learned Xiaoxiao had been spending time with Lilith.
• Wu Heng and Shiraque visited Lilith’s new residence with Shi Yali, and Lilith sat waiting for them inside.

Wu Heng visited Lilith and learned that the Investigation Team in the Yeke Kingdom had made contact with the sects, then returned to the Deacon's Mansion with Shiraque and Shi Yali for dinner. After a night with Shiraque, he woke to find Shi Yali standing beside their bed.

• Wu Heng asked Lilith about the Investigation Team and learned that it had contacted the sects, while Leader Seydou remained occupied in the Yeke Kingdom.
• Lilith asked Shi Yali to advise her on plants for the manor garden, then sent Wu Heng, Shiraque, and Shi Yali away with tea.
• Wu Heng teleported with Shiraque and Shi Yali to the Deacon's Mansion, where he looked through Wanted Criminal notices and flirted with Shiraque while Shi Yali prepared dinner.
• After dinner, Wu Heng and Shiraque carried the drunken Shi Yali to her room, then went to Shiraque's room together.
• Late at night, Wu Heng woke as Shi Yali entered the room and stopped beside the bed.

Wu Heng moved the newly purchased animals to the Zombie World for breeding and Corpse Core experiments while Wen Mansha received a marriage proposal from the Yeke Kingdom’s Second Prince. The chapter ended with Li Yahong’s convoy arriving at Wu Heng’s prison.

• Shi Yali kissed Wu Heng while he slept beside Shiraque, then argued with her sister the next morning after Wu Heng left the Deacon's Mansion.
• Wu Heng learned the last batch of purchased animals had arrived at Port 2 and transferred their cages through a Portal into the Zombie World.
• Wu Heng called Li Yahong, who said her convoy was on the way to collect the livestock, then assigned the wild beasts to prison cells for experiments.
• Wen Mansha received two representatives of the Yeke Kingdom, who announced that the Second Prince wanted to marry her and make her the future Queen.
• Wu Heng briefed his skeleton investigators on their experimental tasks and went downstairs when Li Yahong’s convoy arrived.

Wu Heng delivered poultry to Li Yahong’s base and monitored the skeletons’ experiments before returning to Treasure Island. There, Shiraque told him Shi Yali was furious about their drunken night together, but she planned to help reconcile them and seemed willing to accept a relationship among all three.

• Wu Heng showed Li Yahong the poultry he had brought and ordered skeletons to move the cages to the garage.
• Wu Heng told Li Yahong that survivors at the Military Factory were slacking, and she suggested regular inspections and promised to discuss the problem with Qi Hancai.
• Wu Heng toured the prison with Li Yahong, then watched the Skeleton Alchemist inject animals with the virus and record their transformations.
• Wu Heng returned to Treasure Island and called Shiraque after Minnie told him she had called several times.
• Shiraque scolded Wu Heng for drinking, told him to keep away from Shi Yali for a few days, and said she would help him apologize when Shi Yali calmed down.
• Wu Heng realized Shiraque believed the three of them had slept together and was willing to help them become a couple.