Chapter Summaries

Wu Heng boarded the Ghost Train and killed the Second Prince and his three companions before they could reach Sty City. After searching their belongings, he considered how to manage the Second Prince’s territories and found several strange artifacts.

• Wu Heng learned that the Second Prince had fled aboard the Ghost Train, left the city, and summoned the train using the Train Conductor's Hat.
• Wu Heng boarded the Ghost Train and shot the Second Prince and his three companions after discovering their plans against Luntam City and Wen Mansha.
• Wu Heng considered how to keep the First Prince from reclaiming the Second Prince’s territories and how to transfer them to Wen Mansha or a new manager.
• Wu Heng arrived in the wilderness near Sty City, released the Three Wraiths, and searched the four bodies for valuables.
• Wu Heng found the Human Bone Nail and Seydou's Honor among the Second Prince’s possessions, then examined the Ghost Train Ticket Machine.

Wu Heng discovered the Ghost Train Ticket Machine and inferred that the Second Prince used the Human Bone Nail to supply it with souls. After scouting a nearby city and contacting Wen Mansha, he learned the Second Prince had a Princess Consort there, raising questions about rumors that he liked men.

• Wu Heng examined the Ghost Train Ticket Machine, identified its soul-sacrificing effect, and concluded the Second Prince had used the Human Bone Nail to extract souls for tickets.
• Wu Heng explained the Church pendant and Ticket Machine to Xiaoxiao, Granda, and Beni, then stored the curios and loot.
• Wu Heng sent Granda and Beni to scout the nearby city while Xiaoxiao stayed with him, and later contacted Wen Mansha to discuss hiding the Second Prince's death and preparing the fortress.
• Wen Mansha suggested using the Second Prince's Body Double to take his place, but Wu Heng said the Body Double was already dead and rejected controlling the ministers as too complicated.
• Granda and Beni reported that the city was a small fortress with elite troops and that the Second Prince's Princess Consort lived at its central estate.
• Beni asked how the Second Prince could have a Princess Consort when people said he liked men.

Wu Heng disguised himself as the Second Prince and entered Sty City by claiming he had escaped an attack in Nilari City. After reassuring the city's commanders, he met Natalia, who suddenly drew a sword and attacked him.

• Wu Heng questioned the Second Prince's corpse and learned of his agreement with the Mystic Association, its agents in Nilari City, and the names of his wife and key officials in Sty City.
• Wu Heng disguised himself as the Second Prince, while Granda possessed a Mystic Association corpse to accompany him.
• Wu Heng used the Second Prince's crest and claimed to be a relative of Minister Edwin to gain entry to Sty City.
• Wu Heng told the city's commanders that level 18 professionals had attacked him and asked them to send word to Nilari City and strengthen security discreetly.
• Natalia entered Wu Heng's study, asked if he was injured, then drew a longsword and slashed at him.

Wu Heng forced the Princess Consort to sign a Slave Contract and enlisted her help impersonating the dead Second Prince, while Minister of Management Edwin grew suspicious. Wu Heng traveled by Ghost Train to Nilari City and entered a battle between an army and three assassins, where Sparkle’s sudden attack stunned both sides.

• Wu Heng subdued the Princess Consort, learned she knew the Gray Hawk Sword Technique, and made her agree to help deceive the Second Prince’s ministers in exchange for her life.
• Wu Heng bound the Princess Consort with a Slave Contract, revealed that he was Wu Heng of Luntam City, and learned that Edwin would likely detect his impersonation.
• Wu Heng teleported away, leaving the Princess Consort to cover for him when a servant came to the door.
• Wu Heng, Beni, and Xiaoxiao traveled by Ghost Train to Nilari City, where an army was attacking three black-robed assassins.
• Wu Heng sent Sparkle and Cassius into the battlefield to kill the high-level professionals, and Sparkle crashed into two level 18 fighters, stunning the combatants.

Wu Heng and his undead overwhelmed the battlefield, while Sparkle battered the level 18 fighters from both sides. Witch Viola escaped as smoke, and Wu Heng pursued her by flying carpet and summoned lightning.

• Sparkle charged through the battlefield and knocked aside level 18 fighters from both sides.
• Wu Heng and the ghosts fought off guards, and Wu Heng raised the fallen soldiers as skeletons to surround the remaining professionals.
• Witch Viola recognized Wu Heng as the Vice Deacon from Treasure Island while four level 18 professionals attempted to break through the skeletons.
• Witch Viola escaped in smoke form, evading the ghosts’ attempts to possess her.
• Wu Heng pursued Witch Viola on the Flying Carpet and summoned lightning to strike her smoke form.

Wu Heng defeated five opponents in Nilari City, but the Witch escaped again and might reveal his strength to the First Prince. Back at the Princess Consort’s residence, he studied the Second Prince’s habits and papers, then faced a suspicious test from Minister Edwin the next day.

• Wu Heng and the ghosts defeated five fighters in Nilari City, while the Witch escaped by dispersing into smoke.
• Wu Heng resurrected the five defeated men, imprisoned them in cages inside the Mansion Spell, and ordered skeletons to guard them.
• Granda warned Wu Heng that the Witch could expose his strength and said her possessed body would soon show abnormalities; Wu Heng agreed to help dispose of it.
• The Princess Consort gave Wu Heng notes about the Second Prince’s mannerisms, speech, and handwriting, and Wu Heng divided himself into six copies to study them quickly.
• The next day, Minister Edwin tested Wu Heng’s identity by asking whether he remembered who had corrected his sword-training posture.

Wu Heng convinced the ministers that he was the Second Prince, then sent Granda to dispose of the body she had been using. He went to the Zombie World to inspect the winged Zombies and brought five captured level 18 professionals to the cells, where they feared he intended to use them as experimental subjects.

• Wu Heng answered the Minister of Management’s questions about Instructor Zigmund and the squirrel named Zoe, convincing the ministers that he was the Second Prince.
• Wu Heng told the ministers that Ditalio had allied with a cult to attack Nilari City and agreed to keep his presence secret while they awaited intelligence.
• Wu Heng allowed Granda to leave the city for funds, then told her to dispose of the body she had possessed; she later reported feeding it to wolves.
• Wu Heng returned to the Princess Consort, told her to watch for important news, and went to his study with the Three Wraiths.
• Wu Heng checked the Zombie World surveillance feeds and saw that the Zombies’ wings had grown to around twenty centimeters.
• Wu Heng ordered his skeletons to bring five captured level 18 professionals to the cells, where the prisoners saw the Skeleton Army and feared they would become experimental subjects.

Wu Heng imprisoned five level 18 professionals and considered how Zombie conversion affected their levels and fighting abilities. Meanwhile, the injured Witch Viola reached a village, where guards were forcing villagers to enlist against the northern undead.

• Wu Heng ordered the skeletons to lock up the five captured professionals and told the Alchemy Skeleton to begin converting them into Zombies the next day.
• Xiaoxiao told Granda that Sparkle had fought six level 18 professionals, while Wu Heng considered why the three level 19 Zombies had not advanced further.
• Wu Heng reasoned that the Zombies might need Corpse Cores to reach level 20 and wondered whether converted professionals would retain their combat skills as skeletons.
• Viola recovered from her injuries with potions, met three woodcutters, and followed them to their village.
• Viola arrived as guards and gang members beat villagers and demanded that all professionals level 5 and above enlist to fight the northern undead.

Viola rescued villagers and killed the guards who had extorted them, while Wu Heng examined a tracking Wonder Item and learned more about the royal family from the Princess Consort. Lilith collected a puppet doll designed to house a wraith, and the chapter ended with Wu Heng learning that Nilari City's remaining level 18 professional had fled and a messenger from Luntam City had arrived.

• Viola paid the guards to free the villagers, then followed them into the forest and killed them before returning to the village.
• Wu Heng called Li Yahong about finding Zombies to clear near Xinfu City, then examined the Soul Chasing Lantern among the captured professionals' belongings.
• Wu Heng questioned the Princess Consort about the royal family and promised she could leave after helping him maintain his role as the Second Prince; he then slept next door.
• Lilith visited a dwarf craftsman, collected a doll built to house a wraith, and left on her motorcycle.
• The President Commander reported that three level 18 professionals from Nilari City had not returned and that another had fled after emptying his residence; he also told Wu Heng that a messenger from Luntam City had arrived.

Wu Heng arranged for Luntam City to jointly govern the Second Prince’s territory and take the Second Prince in, allowing him to transfer authority to Wen Mansha and escape his impersonation. At the negotiations, Hartel demanded those same terms, and Minister of Management Edwin rejected the demand that the Second Prince reside in Luntam City.

• Minister of Management Edwin proposed seeking Luntam City’s support against the Royal Capital, and Wu Heng sent him to negotiate.
• Wu Heng told Wen Mansha to demand joint governance rights and the Second Prince’s relocation to Luntam City, and Wen Mansha sent Hartel to negotiate.
• Wu Heng offered to let the Princess Consort leave for her relatives and gave her two Great Detective books about himself.
• Wu Heng checked the transformed professionals in the Zombie World and learned that three had reached level 19 while two remained level 18.
• Hartel accepted the proposed peace terms in principle, then demanded joint governance rights and that the Second Prince reside in Luntam City.
• Edwin widened his eyes and said that the Second Prince going to Luntam City was impossible.

Hartel rejected the Second Prince’s offer to send Princess Consort Natalia in his place and demanded joint governance rights and that he settle in Luntam City. While his officials awaited his decision, Wu Heng dined with Natalia, who questioned him about his family and his beastkin maids.

• Hartel argued that Luntam City needed the Second Prince himself and demanded joint governance rights over his land, leaving the Minister of Management to seek approval from His Highness.
• After Hartel and her delegation left, the Second Prince’s officials questioned Lord Edwin about their remaining forces and whether His Highness would go to Luntam City.
• Lord Edwin sent an attendant with a letter detailing the negotiations and the officials’ concerns to His Highness.
• Wu Heng ate dinner with Princess Consort Natalia, who asked about his family, his daughter, and the women serving as his maids.
• Wu Heng said he had beastkin maids, and Natalia asked if he liked hairy women.

Wu Heng received confirmation that negotiations between the Second Prince’s side and Luntam City had reached the point of a proposed agreement, and he decided to sign it in the Second Prince’s name. He left Sty City by train with the Princess Consort, heading for Nilari City to conclude the deal.

• Wen Mansha and Hartel reported that negotiations had made progress, with shared authority over the occupied city accepted and the Second Prince’s relocation to Luntam City still unresolved.
• A messenger brought Wu Heng a letter from Nilari City, and he decided to accept the terms and personally sign a cooperation agreement with Luntam City.
• Wu Heng wrote to Teacher Edwin, arranged to return, and told the Princess Consort to dismiss unnecessary staff and prepare to leave.
• Wu Heng notified Wen Mansha and Hartel, then departed Sty City by train with the Princess Consort for Nilari City.

Wu Heng signed a ceasefire agreement with Luntam City and set out to meet its city lord, while officials announced the end of the war and dismissed conscripted soldiers. At the city gate, he found Natalia unable to decide where to go and invited her to travel with him for now.

• On the train, Wu Heng identified the Princess Consort’s sword technique as the Gray Hawk Sword Technique, and she offered to teach it to him.
• After arriving in Nilari City, Wu Heng learned that residents were protesting the peace talks and ordered Edwin to bring Luntam City’s negotiators to sign the agreement.
• The Princess Consort said goodbye to Wu Heng, accepted two Money Pouches, and left with her maid.
• Wu Heng and Hartel signed the ceasefire agreement, and Wu Heng ordered the release of conscripted soldiers before departing for Luntam City with Vaughn and the negotiators.
• An official announced the ceasefire and the end of conscription, calming the protesters as Wu Heng’s carriage left the city.
• At the city gate, Wu Heng found Natalia and her maid still there and invited Natalia to travel with him until she chose where to go.

Wu Heng returned to Serted Fortress disguised as the Second Prince, met Wen Mansha, and arranged to travel with her to Luntam City. After secretly returning to the President Commander's Mansion, he reunited with Wen Mansha and their daughter, then contacted Minnie to ask about Treasure Island, where the Church had reopened with an item that disturbed and restrained skeletons.

• Wu Heng entered Serted Fortress with the Princess Consort and guards, then attended a dinner with Wen Mansha and arranged to leave for Luntam City with her the next morning.
• Wu Heng persuaded Vaughn to take the guards by train and considered bringing the Princess Consort along for his plans.
• Wu Heng secretly teleported to the President Commander's Mansion and reunited with Wen Mansha and their sleeping daughter.
• Wu Heng contacted Minnie, who reported that Deacon Shiraque had asked the Skeleton Prophet to investigate two Wanted Criminals and that the Church had resumed operations on Treasure Island.
• Minnie told Wu Heng that the Church's bells unsettled nearby skeletons and that its item prevented skeletons from approaching.

Wu Heng learned that the First Prince had heard of his devastating attack on the forces sent after Clifford, then brought Wen Mansha and Princess Consort Natalia to Luntam City. He left Natalia there to impersonate the Second Prince, while Wen Mansha resumed control of the city.

• Minnie told Wu Heng that Lilith and Shanala had contacted him, and Andeviel reported that the island had run out of pills.
• Viola reported to the First Prince that Wu Heng’s skeletons had killed the attackers and that she believed Wu Heng had also killed Clifford.
• Wu Heng told Wen Mansha that Natalia would impersonate the Second Prince in Luntam City while he returned to Treasure Island.
• Wu Heng introduced Wen Mansha and Natalia, then used Mansion Spell to take them aboard the train to Luntam City.
• After arriving, Wu Heng released the women and their child at the Lord’s Mansion, where Wen Mansha ordered the maids to notify the Town Hall and the consortium.

Wu Heng checked the evolving Zombies in the prison and learned that a Voice Mimicry Pendant could help the Princess Consort impersonate the Second Prince. He told her she would need to make appearances as the Prince while otherwise living freely in Luntam City, leaving her wary of the arrangement.

• Wu Heng brought the Princess Consort to the Lord's Mansion, then traveled to the Zombie World and inspected the Zombies, which had grown wings and reached level 19.
• Wu Heng discussed testing a different Zombie King’s virus with Beni and arranged with Li Yahong to hunt Zombies in a few days.
• Wen Mansha told Wu Heng that the Serpent Emblem Conglomerate had given her a Voice Mimicry Pendant for free, apparently on Dragon’s instructions.
• Wu Heng learned that Natalia had returned and planned to establish a Prince's Mansion for her in Luntam City.
• Wu Heng told the Princess Consort to continue impersonating the Second Prince when needed, while Wen Mansha reminded her that she was Wu Heng's slave.

Wu Heng prepared the Princess Consort to impersonate the Second Prince, then left on the Ghost Train as sales of Treasure Island’s pills spread across several regions. On the train, he saw that his reputation had risen sharply, though it had not yet reached the next level.

• Wu Heng gave the Princess Consort a mask and voice-mimicking pendant, and she practiced imitating the Second Prince with Wen Mansha’s help.
• Wen Mansha asked whether the girl Wu Heng had saved from the Crimson Wind Gang should return to her village, and Wu Heng said she could choose to stay at the Association.
• Wu Heng left Wen Mansha, their daughter, and the Princess Consort, then boarded the Ghost Train.
• Pill buyers crowded sales points in a human city, while a dwarf merchant sought to stockpile pills and Wood Elf elders voted to appoint Shanala an Acting Elder.
• Wu Heng checked his status aboard the train and saw his reputation at 54135 out of 66000.

Wu Heng returned to Treasure Island and encountered Church members arresting a man in the street. When he challenged them, the Church priest accused him of heresy and his guards prepared to fight.

• Wu Heng considered expanding Treasure Island’s businesses and experimenting with the Ghost Train Ticket Machine after reaching level 20.
• Wu Heng arrived back on Treasure Island with Xiaoxiao, Beni, and Granda, then headed toward Lighthouse Street.
• Xiaoxiao spotted a crowd, and the Three Wraiths learned that Church members were arresting a man.
• Wu Heng took a notebook from the Church priest and questioned why the Church was beating the man.
• The priest called Wu Heng the man’s accomplice and ordered guards to seize him, but Wu Heng kicked two guards away.
• The guards drew their weapons as the priest raised his staff and cast light over them.

Wu Heng used his Association authority to have Church members and a man accused of spying taken in for questioning, then learned the man was one of Mackintosh’s informants. After investigating the Church’s response and discovering a threat inside, he headed to the Association while the Church’s archbishop prepared to intervene.

• Wu Heng showed his Association Inspector and Flag Bearer insignias, and Vice Deacon Gadain took the Church members and the disheveled man to the Association.
• Xiaoxiao reported that one Church member had been released to notify the Church, while the two priests continued to the Association.
• Beni sensed a dangerous barrier at the Church, so Wu Heng chose not to investigate it directly.
• Mackintosh told Wu Heng that the arrested man was her informant and asked him to protect the man and arrange a plausible release.
• The Church’s archbishop learned that Wu Heng had ordered the arrests and prepared to go to the Association.

Wu Heng returned to Treasure Island and learned that the Church had grown increasingly aggressive under Archbishop Yuan. He joined Shiraque and Shi Yali to meet Yuan over the Church members detained for assaulting a local man, and the confrontation began with both sides defending their position.

• Minnie told Wu Heng that the Church had escalated from disputes with shops to confrontations with guards, and he brought Cassius and Sparkle to the Association.
• Wu Heng reunited with Shi Yali and Shiraque, who explained that the Church had detained a dockworker and that its new archbishop, Yuan, was level 19.
• Wu Heng asked about the Church's bell, which disturbed nearby skeletons, and Shiraque said the Church had arrived equipped with items that could restrain the undead.
• After Yuan arrived at the Association, Wu Heng and the sisters went to the Meeting Hall to hear his complaint about the detained Church members.
• Yuan demanded an explanation for the arrests, and Shiraque replied that the Church members had caused trouble and assaulted someone in the commercial district.