Chapter Summaries

Wu Heng recovered after killing the Pope, reported the battle to Lilith, and discovered that becoming a hero had unlocked a path toward becoming a deity. He turned the Pope's corpse into a hero-powered skeleton and then entered the church, where he examined its religious artwork.

• Wu Heng told Granda, Beni, and Xiaoxiao that he had won, then sent Xiaoxiao to tell the others they could return and to arrange for skeletons to gather the battlefield's weapons.
• Shanala learned from Xiaoxiao that Wu Heng had killed the Pope, while the Elf Sisters confirmed that his summoned skeletons were still alive and received word from him that he had won.
• Lilith arrived to question Wu Heng, and he explained that the Pope had attacked first and that Wu Heng had become a hero during the battle and killed him; Lilith agreed to report the matter to headquarters and told him to stay on the island.
• Wu Heng examined his new Faith requirement and Hero's Body trait, then had the Pope's organs stored and converted his corpse into a level 16 skeleton with Heroic Bones and Necromantic Sword Qi.
• Wu Heng led the Skeleton Squad into the church and studied a ceiling painting of a blurred-faced deity holding a key.

Wu Heng discovered a holy bell at the church and returned to the Deacon's Study after becoming a hero and killing the Pope. Lilith sent word to the Association leadership, prompting Hadara'i to call a leaders' meeting, while Wu Heng reunited with Shi Yali and Shiraque.

• Wu Heng found the Holy Bell at the church, collected the clergy's money, and ordered skeletons to guard the building.
• Lilith sent a Black Feather Crow to tell Hadara'i that Wu Heng had become a hero and killed the Pope, and that she would handle Wu Heng while he stabilized the Church.
• Hadara'i reacted with shock and summoned the other leaders to a meeting.
• Xiaoxiao visited Lilith with gifts, including a racing suit, helmet, and speaker.
• Wu Heng returned to the Deacon's Study, comforted Shi Yali and Shiraque, and faced Shi Yali's questions about becoming a hero and killing the Pope.

Wu Heng told Shiraque and Shi Yali that he had become a hero and killed the Pope, while they prepared Treasure Island for possible Church retaliation and awaited the Association’s response. After the Association fleet arrived, Lilith joined Wu Heng for dinner, where he asked whether the Pope’s death could affect Seydou because they were the same person.

• Wu Heng confirmed to Shiraque and Shi Yali that he had become a hero and killed the Pope, and said Lilith had arrived to coordinate with the Association.
• Wu Heng, Shiraque, and Shi Yali agreed to station high-level skeletons at key locations and erase his records from the Local Association.
• Wu Heng contacted Slyther and Yuri, learned they were in Netarei City, and arranged for them to travel to Treasure Island after finishing their plans.
• Shiraque welcomed the Association fleet, whose members were shocked by the battle damage at the harbor.
• Wu Heng and Lilith discussed how headquarters might handle the Pope’s death, and Wu Heng asked whether it could cause aftereffects for Seydou since he and the Pope were the same person.

Wu Heng considered the Association’s response to the Church, planned his next steps as a hero, and rebuilt skeletons from the battlefield’s dead. The chapter ended with Western visitors arriving at Korea’s Main Base, where one challenged Qi Hancai after she warned him.

• Lilith told Wu Heng that headquarters had sent Claudio to investigate the Church incident, then joined Xiaoxiao to play games.
• Shanala confessed how frightened she had been when Wu Heng seemed likely to die, and Wu Heng comforted her before considering the Association, faith, and hero skills.
• Wu Heng sent skeletons to clear the battlefield and used Bone Graft and Bone Manipulation Technique to restore three damaged skeletons and create nearly twenty more Skeleton Warriors.
• Western men arrived at Korea’s Main Base, where Qi Hancai introduced herself as its Vice Leader and warned the leading man against his disrespectful remarks.
• The Westerner conjured and exploded a fiery serpent, then demanded to know what made Qi Hancai think she was qualified to warn him.

Qi Hancai reported that Dawn Base had threatened to missile-strike the market unless Wu Heng’s base supplied food, and Wu Heng decided to confront them. After arriving at Li Yahong’s office, he prepared to travel there by Skeleton Flying Dragon.

• Engel introduced Dawn Base’s supernatural-ability research and demanded sixty tons of food immediately and three thousand tons before winter, threatening a missile strike if the base refused.
• Qi Hancai rejected the demand, told Engel she would consult the leader, and kept his group and plane under watch while news of the threat spread through the market.
• Wu Heng heard Qi Hancai’s report, told her to stall the negotiation until he arrived, and said he would handle the situation himself.
• Wu Heng traveled to Li Yahong’s office and asked about the train, then decided to ride the Skeleton Flying Dragon to the base.

Wu Heng traveled to the South Korea Base after Dawn Shelter demanded food and other concessions, while Qi Hancai delayed negotiations until he arrived. Dawn Shelter’s representatives expected to force the base into accepting their terms, but Wu Heng entered the meeting room as they presented their agreement.

• Wu Heng avoided using the Ghost Train, traveled by train, and told Granda that he would deal with the Church as soon as possible.
• Qi Hancai delayed negotiations by one day and later reviewed Dawn Shelter’s demands for food, public cooperation, and positions in the base’s management.
• Engel told his allies that Dawn Shelter had tracked the bases and expected to take food from them, then prepared for the final negotiations.
• Engel and two companions arrived at the meeting and urged Qi Hancai to punish someone who had insulted them.
• Wu Heng entered the meeting room, where Engel handed him Dawn Shelter’s agreement and ordered him to confirm the terms.

Wu Heng interrogated Engel's team and learned that their base in Ghost City, Mexico, had weapons capable of striking Dawn Base. He then used a memory-blurring spell and a staged scene to make Engel believe Wu Heng had accepted the agreement, leaving Engel alive to maintain contact with the enemy base.

• Wu Heng silenced Engel and his men with his ability, then killed two of them after they cursed at him.
• Wu Heng questioned the two corpses and learned about Dawn Base, its weapons, and how Engel reported back to its leaders.
• Wu Heng decided to keep Engel alive because the enemy base expected regular reports, and he used a sleep spell on him.
• Wu Heng built a duplicate conference room with Mansion Spell, placed the two corpses in it, and blurred Engel's recent memories.
• Engel woke at the table and, seeing the staged scene, heard Wu Heng agree to all the conditions.

Wu Heng followed Engel’s plane to Mexico and destroyed the Dawn Base after it landed, then learned the base had satellite authorization and an experimental area. As Qi Hancai announced the base’s defeat, a crowd of civilians knelt before Wu Heng and begged him not to kill them.

• Wu Heng let Engel load sixty tons of food onto the plane, then secretly teleported into its cargo hold with the Three Wraiths and followed it to Mexico.
• After the plane landed, Wu Heng killed Engel and the men who entered the cargo hold, then used lightning and the Three Wraiths to overwhelm the Dawn Base’s forces.
• Granda took control of the base commander and killed people in the command room, while Beni secured the armory and its missile vehicles.
• Wu Heng questioned the dead commander, learned the base had satellite authorization and an experimental area, and told Qi Hancai that the Dawn Base had been taken over.
• Qi Hancai announced the Dawn Base’s destruction on the South Korea Base notice board and the world radio channel, warning other bases against using satellite support to threaten them.
• At the Mexico Base, several hundred civilians knelt before Wu Heng, and a bespectacled man called him an Immortal Master and begged him to spare them.

Wu Heng secured the captured Mexico Base, rescued the imprisoned Ability User Tasha Allison, and left Qi Hancai in charge. Back on Treasure Island, he visited Lilith, who told him Seydou had returned from the Yeke Kingdom.

• Wu Heng allowed the base’s civilians to stay under new rules, ordered his undead forces to secure the walls, and had Valentin guide him through the abandoned laboratory.
• Wu Heng revived Tasha Allison, learned that she could control certain metals and had been used in ability experiments, then let her stay at the base under supervision.
• Qi Hancai arrived at Dawn Base with more than a hundred people from South Korea Base, and Wu Heng appointed her its leader with Valentin as her translator.
• Shi Yali and Shiraque planned a birthday celebration for Wu Heng, while Lilith questioned Slyther about his rapid rise and past in Blackstone Town.
• Wu Heng returned to Treasure Island, spoke with Shi Yali, and visited Lilith, who told him that Seydou had returned from the Yeke Kingdom.

Wu Heng used the Association’s pending judgment in his dispute with the Church to warn Lilith that he could join another faction, then celebrated his birthday with Shiraque and Shi Yali. He returned to Treasure Island, planned a hero-worship church and a path to raise his household’s fame and levels, then visited Mexico Base and asked Qi Hancai about spreading word that he was an Immortal Master.

• Wu Heng told Lilith that the Serpent Emblem Conglomerate and the Immortal Emperor might welcome him if the Association failed to treat him fairly, then agreed to race motorcycles with her after the judgment came out.
• Shiraque and Shi Yali surprised Wu Heng with a birthday cake, and Shiraque left for the Association the next morning while Shi Yali stayed to rest.
• Wu Heng studied Spanish using seven duplicates, then told Shanala and the others he planned to turn the Church’s building into a church worshipping him and to serialize stories that would build his household’s fame.
• Wu Heng went with several maids to Mexico Base, heard Qi Hancai report that 742 locals lived there, and asked whether she thought he should spread word of his identity as an Immortal Master.

Wu Heng collected corpses and sought training aids while arranging publicity for the title Immortal Master. The chapter ended when Qi Hancai received word that someone had attacked the base and injured a skeleton.

• Qi Hancai told Wu Heng that the rescued Metal Manipulation user wanted help killing the gang leader, and Wu Heng agreed to help if the chance arose.
• Wu Heng visited Lady Li, collected seventy-two corpses, and commissioned more high-level and specialized corpses as well as items that could improve training.
• Lady Li told Wu Heng that the Association Headquarters had a Training Ground built as a Magic Building, and she offered to ask about obtaining its construction technique.
• Wu Heng asked Shiraque and Shi Yali to prepare stories for the newspaper to build Shiraque's fame, then raised the corpses and assigned three mage skeletons to study his books.
• Wu Heng told Qi Hancai to keep promoting the Immortal Master title and planned to return with her to the South Korea Base the next day.
• Qi Hancai received a report that someone had secretly shot at the base and injured a skeleton.

Wu Heng eliminated the gangsters threatening the base and left early with Qi Hancai for South Korea Base. Meanwhile, the Association’s directive provisionally favored Wu Heng, but the Church’s new Pope branded him a blasphemer and threatened anyone who dealt with him, leaving Lilith fearing for Treasure Island’s future.

• Wu Heng questioned a captured gangster’s corpse, learned that more than forty survivors led by the Second Leader were hiding in an abandoned factory, and teleported there ahead of Qi Hancai’s troops.
• Xiaoxiao and Beni killed the gangsters in the factory, and Wu Heng resurrected the Second Leader so Tasha could execute him in revenge.
• Wu Heng turned the remaining corpses into skeletons, then returned with Qi Hancai to the base and departed early for South Korea Base.
• Headquarters informed Shiraque and Shi Yali that its preliminary findings favored Wu Heng but that a second Investigation Team would investigate the case.
• Lilith read the Holy Hall Whisperer’s message that the new Pope had declared Wu Heng a heretic and threatened sanctions against anyone associated or trading with him.

Wu Heng learned that the Association blamed the Pope for attacking first but also faulted him for excessive retaliation, while a new Pope declared him and his allies targets of the Church. He considered founding a religion and prepared responses as his team completed preparations for the satellite launch.

• At South Korea Base, Qi Hancai confirmed that the base was stable, and Minister Jin reported that skeletons were ready to handle the satellite launch.
• Wu Heng received the Association's ruling and a message from Claudio, then learned from Lilith that the new Pope had declared him a heretic and threatened anyone who traded or cooperated with him.
• Wu Heng asked Lilith about founding a religion and learned he could establish one under Association rules, then asked Granda to draft letters to Headquarters, Claudio, and the Church.
• Shanala showed Wu Heng plans for a church, and he asked her to revise them into a more solemn style acceptable to other races.
• The next day, Wu Heng, Qi Hancai, and Minister Jin inspected the prepared satellite and launch equipment, which skeleton technicians had successfully tested in seven simulations.

Wu Heng oversaw the shipment and installation of a satellite on Treasure Island while navigating his strained relationships with Slyther and Yuri amid the Church’s threats. After Slyther and Yuri departed, he delivered letters seeking peace and learned that Ghost Ships had been reported along sea routes.

• Wu Heng opened a Portal to transport satellite equipment to a prepared site, where skeletons began assembling it and guarded the area.
• Slyther told Wu Heng she planned to return to Blackstone Town with Yuri, and she considered transferring Yuri to Treasure Island, but Wu Heng urged them to wait until the Church threat eased.
• Wu Heng rewrote his letter to the Religious Leader as a direct warning that he would destroy Church buildings and target clergy if the Church continued its actions.
• Wu Heng reassured Slyther that he would not let their relationship become merely a memory, and she and Yuri left the next morning with Ghost Train Tickets.
• Wu Heng gave three letters to Shi Yali to send, and Shiraque told him that fleets had reported Ghost Ships along sea routes.

Wu Heng investigated rumors of a ghost ship, arranged custom dolls for Granda and Beni, and oversaw a successful rocket launch. As he prepared to challenge the Religious Leader over the launch, Seydou learned that Treasure Island had sent him a letter.

• Shiraque told Wu Heng that sailors had reported an old-fashioned ghost ship, and Wu Heng planned to have Philippa investigate if it appeared again.
• Wu Heng asked Lilith about commissioning dolls for Granda and Beni, then used Mansion Spell to design their appearances and took photos for the order.
• Wu Heng checked the Emerald Sea Sandbox for the ghost ship but found no unusual vessels.
• Three days later, Wu Heng watched the rocket launch successfully and saw images of the ground appear on the control room's screen.
• Seydou learned that most merchant associations had agreed to halt trade with Treasure Island, while the Elf and Wood Elf groups had not yet committed.
• A clergyman told Seydou that a letter had arrived from Treasure Island.

Wu Heng sent the Church and the Association letters addressing the Church’s attacks and the Association’s investigation, then traveled between Treasure Island, the South Korea Base, Xinfu City, and the prison. The next morning, two prison zombies reached level 20, while Lilith waited for the Investigation Team’s ship to arrive.

• Seydou read Wu Heng’s threat to destroy Church buildings and kill clergy if the Church did not retract its accusations and stop harming unrelated people, then wrote to the Holy Hall.
• Hadara'i read Wu Heng’s letter agreeing to cooperate with the second Investigation Team’s inquiry and told his assistant to warn the Holy Hall against violating Association regulations.
• Wu Heng arranged for satellite SIM cards and software at the South Korea Base, then flew to Xinfu City and spent the night with Li Yahong.
• Wu Heng returned to the prison the next morning, learned that Zombies in cells 202 and 204 had reached level 20, and went to convert them into skeletons.
• Lilith learned that Wu Heng had gone out and asked when the Investigation Team’s ship would arrive; Shiraque said it was expected that afternoon.

Wu Heng converted two level 20 Zombies into Spirit Skeletons who retained their former professions, then returned to Treasure Island as Chief Bruno Baldeck's Investigation Team began inspecting the factories. The chapter ended with Wu Heng confronting Bruno after the team attacked his skeleton guards.

• Wu Heng converted the level 20 Thief Zombie into a Spirit Skeleton Thief, named Bouncy by Xiaoxiao, and the level 20 Warrior Zombie into a Spirit Skeleton Warrior named Pot Lid.
• Wu Heng returned to Treasure Island with the Three Wraiths and Skeletons, planning to visit Lilith while the Investigation Team arrived at the harbor.
• Chief Bruno Baldeck questioned Andeviel about Wu Heng, then sent his team to investigate locations across Treasure Island.
• Bruno's team found Undead Creatures at the West District factories and ignored Andeviel and Shiraque's warnings to stay out.
• The Investigation Team restrained Wu Heng's skeleton guards, but Wu Heng arrived and sent several team members flying before telling Bruno he could inspect the factory without forcing his way in.

Wu Heng confronted the Investigation Team, then let them inspect Treasure Island’s factories and found no evidence of necromantic experiments. The chapter ended as the team began questioning him with a lie-detecting mask.

• Wu Heng faced down the Dwarf Leader and the Investigation Team until Lilith intervened and stopped them from fighting.
• Wu Heng exposed an investigator who had stolen a rifle, and the Dwarf Leader stripped the man of his status and ordered him detained.
• Wu Heng led the Investigation Team through his factories, where they found skeletons working alongside machinery but no signs of an experiment base.
• The Dwarf Leader asked Wu Heng to accompany the team to the Association, where they began questioning him with the Truth-Hearing Mask.
• Wu Heng denied conducting sacrifices or necromantic experiments, and the elf asked why his island had so many skeletons.

Wu Heng passed the Association's investigation, though the Seekers continued searching Treasure Island for evidence of necromantic experiments. Beni then reported that the elf who questioned him was confessing a secret desire for spiritual love to the strange mask.

• Wu Heng answered the investigators' questions, then left the meeting room and restored the sealed mouth of a professional who thanked him.
• Lilith rebuked Bruno for his temper, and the headquarters team left to continue investigating the island over the next two days.
• Wu Heng reassured Shanala and Andeviel, learned that Seekers were searching several parts of the island, and told Mackintosh not to interfere.
• The Seekers reported finding no experiment base or converted graveyard, and Bruno ordered them to continue searching while behaving themselves.
• Granda warned Wu Heng that the investigators might be used to frame him, and Beni reported that the elf was telling the mask he sought spiritual love.

Wu Heng saw the Investigation Team leave Treasure Island without finding evidence, then arranged for Costas and skeletons to build power plants in Luntam City and gave phones to the people around him. The next day, Shanala learned that Leader Seydou had ordered the Starflower Merchant Association to stop all trade with Treasure Island.

• Wu Heng and Granda discussed the elf investigator’s unusual romantic preferences, while Beni said he had pursued the wife of the man he loved.
• Lilith urged Wu Heng to avoid further clashes with the Investigation Team, and he agreed to cooperate as long as they did not attack the factory.
• The Investigation Team completed its inspections, found no evidence of a Necromancer Experiment Base or conversion pool, and left the island after Wu Heng and Shiraque saw them off.
• Wu Heng spoke with Wen Mansha, learned that the First Prince was reinforcing the border, and sent Costas, ten Skeleton Machinists, and Pot Lid to protect her and build power plants.
• Wu Heng taught the household how to use phones and video calls, then visited Lilith at Hero’s Mansion with Xiaoxiao.
• A Wood Elf representative told Shanala that Leader Seydou had ordered the Starflower Merchant Association to cease all trade with Treasure Island.