Chapter Summaries

Wu Heng resisted the Church’s demands during an investigation and stopped its members from taking their people by force. After Sparkle beat the attackers, Wu Heng detained a Church Knight, while the Archbishop withdrew and prepared to report the incident to the Church’s leaders.

• The Archbishop and a level 18 priest demanded that Wu Heng release the Church members and hand over the person who had followed them, but Wu Heng refused and cited the Church guards’ earlier attack on him.
• A Church Knight lunged at Wu Heng, and Sparkle knocked him and several other Church members across the room while Cassius and another skeleton confronted the Archbishop.
• The Archbishop agreed to wait for the Association’s investigation, but Wu Heng insisted that the attacking Knight remain in custody; the Archbishop ordered the Knight to cooperate and left with the others.
• Wu Heng told Shiraque and Shi Yali to handle the investigation through Association procedures and said he would contact the Grand Text Society and Leader Lilith.
• Back at the church, the Archbishop called Wu Heng’s skeleton unusual and ordered letters sent to the Holy Hall and Leader Seydou, while instructing the Church not to clash with the Association for now.

After the Church's archbishop failed to pressure the Association into releasing detained Church personnel, Wu Heng returned to Treasure Island and contacted his allies. He asked Mackintosh to spread news praising the island's resistance, while his plans to build reputation and pursue level 20 remained his priority.

• Shiraque ordered the detained Church personnel held and said she would interrogate the level 18 Church Knight herself, while Wu Heng returned to the Island Master's Manor.
• Wu Heng and the ghosts discussed the Church's letters and agreed to wait for the Association's interrogation results before writing their own response.
• Wu Heng contacted Wen Mansha, who reported that Natalia's impersonation of the Second Prince was going smoothly and that officials and troops were being transferred to the Cities South of Serted; he asked Wen Mansha to promote his reputation.
• Wu Heng spoke with Shanala and Philippa, learning that Netarei City was recovering and that Philippa had become the Emerald Sea Queen.
• At dinner, Wu Heng told Mackintosh the archbishop had failed to secure the Church personnel and asked her to spread the account that the Church had pressured the Association after making random arrests.

After confronting the Church, Wu Heng considered his growing strength and set out with Li Yahong to clear a Zombie Horde. The Ghost Train Ticket Machine collected the Residual Souls from the battle and began rapidly printing tickets.

• Wu Heng declined to capture the Church Knight and spent the night with Vera and the other maids, while Shiraque and Shi Yali discussed his strength and their relationship with him.
• The next day, Xiaoxiao reported that the winged Zombies had all reached level 19 but had not advanced to level 20.
• Li Yahong arrived at the prison, and she drove Wu Heng and his Skeleton Army toward a ruined village to clear its Zombies.
• Wu Heng led the skeletons into battle, where their Spear Formation pierced the charging Zombie Horde and Xiaoxiao spotted the resulting Residual Souls.
• Wu Heng gave the Ghost Train Ticket Machine to Cassius, who pulled its lever and began absorbing the Residual Souls as the machine printed tickets in long strips.

Wu Heng returned from clearing a village of Zombies with 395 Ghost Train Tickets, then moved medicine to the Portal and went to the Association after Deacon Shiraque summoned him. He learned the Church Knight claimed he had only been testing Wu Heng’s strength, arranged to handle the remaining suspects, and ended the chapter contacting Lilith to ask how she was doing.

• Wu Heng’s skeletons killed the remaining Zombies, and the Ticket Machine turned their souls into 395 Ghost Train Tickets before the group returned to Central Mall.
• The next morning, Wu Heng sent nearly 220,000 cases of medicine through the Portal, picked up Xiaoxiao, and returned to Treasure Island.
• Minnie told Wu Heng that Shiraque had called about an interrogation, so he teleported to the Association and heard the Church Knight dismiss his attack as a test of strength.
• Wu Heng offered to test the Church Knight’s strength, but Shiraque ended the questioning and had the knight escorted away.
• Shiraque told Wu Heng that the scruffy man worked for Mackintosh, and Wu Heng planned to release him and hide him from possible Church retaliation.
• Wu Heng took Shiraque’s complaint as a reference for his own letter, then contacted Lilith, who asked what trouble he had caused.

Wu Heng told Lilith about his conflict with the Church, and she advised him to hold the Church Knight and avoid escalating matters while she monitored events. After the church bell shook the island’s skeletons, Wu Heng prepared a letter for the Association, while Granda warned him not to provoke Lilith.

• Wu Heng explained the Church’s attack to Lilith, who asked how he had defeated the archbishop and learned he had used the Companion Yin Jade to transform Sparkle.
• Lilith told Wu Heng to wait for the Church’s next move, keep the detained Church Knight, and avoid escalating the conflict; she also spoke with Xiaoxiao, who learned a gift was on its way.
• While patrolling with the skeletons, Wu Heng felt the church bell make them tremble and considered entering the church or dismantling it.
• Wu Heng reviewed Granda’s letter about the Church’s attack and planned to send it through the Association.
• Granda warned Wu Heng that Lilith could be ruthless and might seal him in a coffin and sink him into the sea.

Wu Heng arranged pill sales and inspected construction on Treasure Island before trying to find a way to bring Slyther there. A strange artifact sent two tickets to Slyther in Blackstone Town, leaving her startled as she found them beside her pillow.

• Wu Heng sent letters to the Grand Text Society leader and Lilith, then shared dinner and a romantic night with Shiraque and Shi Yali.
• Wu Heng finalized pill-selling agreements with merchant associations and learned that the Entertainment City and Leader's Manor were nearly complete.
• Wu Heng inspected the island's factory and construction sites, then decided Shanala would oversee the Entertainment City's decoration while Slyther would manage its performances.
• Wu Heng struggled to find a way to send Slyther a ticket and sorted through artifacts in his Spatial Ring.
• Slyther woke in Blackstone Town, found a blank envelope beside her pillow, and discovered two tickets inside.

Slyther and Shanala received Ghost Train tickets from Wu Heng, while Shanala was appointed the Wood Elf Council of Elders’ Sixth Seat Acting Elder. After Wu Heng returned to Treasure Island, the Holy Hall discussed containing him, and he learned that the Church had two heroes who might both be Seydou.

• Slyther read Wu Heng’s letter explaining how to use the Ghost Train tickets and invited Yuri to visit Treasure Island.
• Shanala rejected the Golden Radiance Merchant Association and Morton Family Merchant Association’s offer to replace Star Flower’s existing trade, then received her appointment as Sixth Seat Acting Elder.
• Shanala told the Fifth Princess she would return to Treasure Island, then used the radio to share her appointment with Wu Heng.
• Wu Heng explained that the Amorous Quill Pen could send marked paper items and Ghost Train tickets, then traveled to the Zombie World to kill Zombies.
• The Pope read a report that Wu Heng could contend with a level 19 archbishop and ordered the Association to investigate him over suspected undead experiments.
• Wu Heng asked Lilith about the Church’s heroes and learned that the Religious Leader and the Pope might both be Seydou.

Wu Heng learned from Lilith that ordinary professionals could not kill heroes, then reunited with Shanala and helped her plan Entertainment City. The next morning, he discussed heroes with the Three Wraiths before opening a crate sent from Association headquarters and finding a doll, a book, and an old notebook.

• Lilith told Wu Heng that the Church's Seydou might be the same person as its Pope and explained that heroes could only be killed by other heroes or stronger beings.
• Wu Heng invited Lilith to visit Treasure Island for the potion auction and reflected on the threat heroes posed.
• Shanala returned from Netarei City, reported on the city's recovery and merchant proposals, and agreed to oversee Entertainment City's design.
• Wu Heng asked the Three Wraiths whether their level 20 strength could harm heroes, and they discussed a Necromancer who had become a hero after turning into a ghoul.
• Minnie delivered a large crate from Association headquarters, and Wu Heng had Cassius open it to reveal a doll, a book, and an old notebook.

Wu Heng activated the puppet Lilith had sent, giving Xiaoxiao a body she could control and use to speak. Granda and Beni hoped to get puppets of their own, while Wu Heng examined the Edict of Deprivation skill book.

• Wu Heng read Lilith’s instructions and used Gold Solution to activate the puppet as a vessel for a soul.
• Xiaoxiao possessed the puppet, learned to move and speak through it, and excitedly went to contact Lilith by radio.
• Wu Heng explained Xiaoxiao’s new body to Minnie and Robbie, who welcomed the chance to meet her and play with her.
• Xiaoxiao thanked Lilith over the radio, and Lilith promised she might buy her more puppets as she grew.
• Granda and Beni asked about getting puppet bodies, and Wu Heng said he would look into it after reaching level 20.
• Wu Heng sat down to read the Edict of Deprivation skill book and the Necromancer’s notebook.

Wu Heng learned Edict of Deprivation and found useful Wraith Rituals in a Necromancer’s notebook. At Association Headquarters, the leaders agreed to resolve the Church dispute on Treasure Island through procedure while asking Wu Heng to help prevent the conflict from escalating, and Shanala offered to transfer Wood Elf Array Masters for his project.

• Wu Heng learned Edict of Deprivation from Lilith’s Skill Book and noted materials for Wraith Rituals from a Necromancer’s notebook.
• Wu Heng spoke with Granda and Beni about his new skill and notebook before Xiaoxiao returned in a new body and asked for more outfits.
• The Association leaders reviewed a report about a Church Knight attacking a mage on Treasure Island and agreed to follow procedure, seek compensation and an apology, and warn the Church against repeating the incident.
• Lilith suggested having Wu Heng do the Church a favor to keep the dispute from escalating, and the Field Leader asked Claudio to write him a letter.
• Shanala discussed the array-pattern structures Wu Heng needed and offered to transfer Array Masters from the Wood Elves.

Wu Heng advanced plans for Treasure Island’s Entertainment City while the news spread that Shanala had become a Sixth Seat Elder. In the Zombie World, he arranged preparations for a satellite launch from an island, and the chapter ended with Yuri flying into the guarded airspace above Island Master’s Manor and drawing gunfire.

• Wu Heng approved hiring a Wood Elf Array Master and reserved the Entertainment City’s song and dance area for an experienced friend from Luntam City.
• Shanala warned Wu Heng that the Church could delay his advancement, while Xiaoxiao asked him for a cabinet to store her dolls.
• Newspapers announced Treasure Island’s Entertainment City and Shanala’s appointment as a Sixth Seat Elder, prompting lively discussion among tavern patrons.
• Wu Heng told Qi Hancai to prepare skeletons to operate satellite launches and confirmed that Treasure Island could meet the requirements for a launch site.
• Yuri and her aunt arrived on Treasure Island, and Yuri transformed into a hawk and flew toward Island Master’s Manor despite her aunt’s warning.
• The manor’s skeleton guards aimed their weapons at Yuri, and gunfire erupted as she tried to fly away.

Slyther and Yuri visited Wu Heng’s Island Master’s Manor, where Minnie welcomed them and warned Yuri about flying over the grounds. Meanwhile, Wu Heng coordinated preparations for a satellite launch and winter supplies with Li Yahong before returning to the manor, where Xiaoxiao mistook Yuri for Cardcaptor Sakura.

• Slyther stopped Yuri from flying into the manor again, and Minnie welcomed them after the skeletons lowered their weapons.
• Wu Heng told Li Yahong to coordinate with Qi Hancai on the planned satellite launch and gather game consoles and other entertainment equipment.
• Li Yahong told Wu Heng that the base was preparing for winter and producing enough crops to meet its food needs.
• Minnie served Slyther and Yuri tea and warned Yuri that the manor’s skeletons might mistake her transformed shape for a tamed beast.
• Wu Heng returned to the manor through a Portal as Xiaoxiao went to invite Minnie and Robbie to play basketball.
• Xiaoxiao spotted Yuri, mistook her curly hair for Cardcaptor Sakura, and ran upstairs to tell Wu Heng.

Wu Heng hosted Slyther and Yuri, discussed plans for their businesses and shared a movie with them before secretly reuniting with Slyther. The next day, Lilith told him that Association headquarters wanted him to soften the charge against the Church members who had attacked him.

• Wu Heng welcomed Slyther and Yuri to the Island Master's Manor and arranged for them to stay the night before visiting the Entertainment City site.
• Slyther and Shanala discussed renovation plans for the Entertainment City and Money Cat, then agreed to visit the site the next day.
• Wu Heng and Slyther slipped away from the movie screening to kiss in a nearby room.
• Wu Heng reviewed Treasure Island's housing sales and considered building apartment-style residences using materials made in a Blazing Fire Furnace.
• Lilith told Wu Heng that headquarters would convict the Church members of assassinating a local Flag Bearer but wanted him to ease the charge to reduce tensions with the Church.

Wu Heng weighed the Association’s request to ease tensions with the Church against the risk of appearing weak, while discussing possible compromises with Granda and Beni. After Shanala and Slyther made plans for Money Cat’s renovation, Shanala questioned Wu Heng about his relationship with Slyther and Yuri.

• Wu Heng told Lilith he would discuss the Association’s order with Deacon Shiraque, and he reassured Xiaoxiao that she should not pressure herself to grow stronger.
• Wu Heng explained the Association’s decision to Granda and Beni, who advised him to avoid killing the Church Knight but make him pay a price.
• Shanala and Slyther discussed renovation plans for Money Cat and agreed to continue working out the details on the island.
• Slyther took Yuri to visit the local Association deacon, while Wu Heng advised them to say they had come to the island for business.
• At night, Shanala asked Wu Heng what his relationship with Slyther and Yuri was, and he explained that Slyther had been a Vice Deacon and Yuri his teammate in Blackstone Town.

Wu Heng obtained materials for two Wraith rituals and successfully unlocked new skills for Beni and Xiaoxiao. Meanwhile, the Church asked the Association to investigate Wu Heng and order him to cooperate, prompting Hadara'i to react with alarm.

• Slyther rejected Yuri's interest in Wu Heng, saying he would have to become a hero to earn her approval.
• Wu Heng asked Qi Hancai for blueprints for cement and brick factories and learned that the occupied Korean Main Base had them.
• Robbie delivered materials for the Telekinetic Sword and Soul Splitting Technique rituals, and Wu Heng assigned them to Beni and Xiaoxiao.
• Beni successfully unlocked Telekinetic Sword, and Xiaoxiao successfully unlocked Soul Splitting Technique.
• A deputy read Hadara'i the Church's request for an Association investigation into Wu Heng and an order requiring him to cooperate.

Wu Heng learned that the Church had dispatched an Investigation Team to Treasure Island over accusations of necromantic experiments, while Association leaders decided to investigate and protect him if no wrongdoing was found. As the Church prepared to expose and pressure him, Wu Heng readied the island for danger and resolved not to back down.

• Hadara'i convened the Association leaders, who agreed to send an Investigation Team after the Church and protect Wu Heng if the accusations proved false.
• Wu Heng visited the imprisoned man, reassured him that his wife had been notified, and said he would be released in five or six days.
• Lilith warned Wu Heng that the Church's Investigation Team was already on its way and told him to leave if he felt unsafe, but he decided to prepare to defend the island.
• Wu Heng gave the people at dinner escape tickets, warned Slyther to leave with Yuri if danger arose, and briefed the maids on what to do.
• Archbishop Yuan told the local clergy that the Holy Hall's Investigation Team would arrive in two days and ordered them to prepare prisoners and spread news about Wu Heng.

As the Church fleet approached Treasure Island, rumors accusing Wu Heng of running a necromantic Experiment Base spread, and the Church Knight escaped supervision to kill a prisoner and frame him. Shiraque found the corpse and ordered the investigator to record what had happened.

• Wu Heng learned that a Church fleet of five ships had arrived and saw that he still needed more than three hundred reputation to reach the next level.
• The Church Knight received word that the Holy Hall Investigation Team had arrived and went to the dungeon despite being held under guard.
• The Church Knight entered the prisoner’s cell, strangled him, and planted a Confession Letter claiming the man had conspired with Wu Heng.
• Shiraque, two Vice Deacons, squad members, and investigator Shi Yali rushed into the dungeon and found the prisoner dead.
• Shiraque ordered the investigator to record that the Church Knight had entered the prison and the witness had died after he left.

Wu Heng confronted the Church at Treasure Island’s harbor after a Church Knight confessed to murdering a witness, and he executed the knight under orders from Association Headquarters. The Pope emerged from the arriving fleet and struck Wu Heng down, leaving the clash at the harbor unresolved.

• Wu Heng discovered that the Church Knight had killed the informant and left a letter accusing him, while Resurrection Technique failed to work on the corpse.
• Wu Heng warned Shiraque, Shi Yali, Mackintosh, and Minnie to prepare for danger as he learned the Church Investigation Team was approaching Treasure Island.
• Shanala organized the manor’s staff to spread news of the murder and prepare to destroy factory equipment if the island fell.
• Wu Heng led the Skeleton Army and armored vehicles to the harbor, where he ordered Sparkle and Cassius to arrest the Church Knight and the other clergy.
• The Church Knight confessed before the crowd that he had murdered the witness and planted the accusation letter, and Wu Heng executed him using an Association Headquarters order.
• The Pope appeared from the fleet, pierced Wu Heng’s chest with a blast of golden power, and extinguished the surrounding skeletons’ soul flames.

The Pope attacked Treasure Island and repeatedly destroyed Wu Heng’s clones, but Wu Heng used the time to advance to level 20 and become a Hero. The Pope realized what Wu Heng had been waiting for, while Lilith hurried toward the island after learning it was under attack.

• The Pope arrived at the harbor, killed the Island Master, and fought Wu Heng as Shiraque evacuated the crowds.
• Wu Heng trapped the Pope with a shackle and drew artillery fire, but the Pope regenerated and pursued his other clones.
• Wu Heng sent Flying Dragons to scatter flyers across the Church fleet while he waited with Xiaoxiao and his ghosts near an escape Portal.
• The system announced that Wu Heng had reached level 20 and advanced to Hero, creating a cascade of starlight over Treasure Island.
• The Pope sensed Wu Heng’s advancement and realized he had been waiting to become a Hero, while Lilith learned of the attack and ordered her ship to reach Treasure Island before dawn.

Wu Heng faced the Church’s Pope after becoming a hero, and their battle threatened Treasure Island. Wu Heng ultimately killed the Pope and devoured his fleeing soul, but the Church’s retaliation remained a threat.

• Wu Heng sensed Shattered Light merging with his Necromantic Power, then learned from Granda that the Pope was approaching.
• The Pope’s five Church ships attacked Treasure Island, but the island’s blue-and-white fleet destroyed them with its cannons.
• Wu Heng and the Pope fought across the island as residents, Shiraque, and Shanala watched in fear; the Pope summoned a gigantic Holy Sword to deliver Judgment.
• Wu Heng brought out Electromagnetic Cannons and blasted the Pope, then pursued his wounded body and struck him with a sword infused with Shattered Light.
• Wu Heng beheaded the Pope and ordered two ghosts to catch and devour his escaping soul, despite the Pope’s threat that the Church would execute everyone around him.