Chapter Summaries

Wu Heng trapped the Witch and secured her cooperation with a Slave Contract in exchange for supporting her rise to Hero. Meanwhile, the Fifth Princess sought to keep the Mage Tower and army from interfering in the royal succession, while the Church considered using Wu Heng's child as leverage.

• Wu Heng exposed his identity, defeated the Witch's Mist Beasts, and learned that the Shadow Council would unleash chaos if the First Prince fell.
• Wu Heng offered the Witch a chance to become a Hero, then forced her to choose between signing a Slave Contract and dying; she agreed.
• The Fifth Princess asked Uncle Vidian to stabilize the ministers and keep the Mage Tower silent during the succession, but he refused to take sides.
• The Fifth Princess persuaded the Kingdom Commander to restrain the army in exchange for preserving his position, then Wu Heng brought her back to the tavern.
• At the Church, the Archbishop discussed reinforcing the Front Line and considered using Wu Heng's child to restrain him.

The Church pressed the First Prince to send troops to the Front Line while secretly plotting to use Wu Heng’s child against him. Brittany stormed the royal palace and demanded the First Prince abdicate, and Wu Heng arrived as the Church and ministers faced a new standoff.

• The Archbishop ordered a discreet team to target Wu Heng’s child and went to the palace to force the First Prince to finalize the Transfer Order.
• Kingdom Commander Leona placed the city on alert but ordered her troops not to act without her command.
• The First Prince agreed to draft the Transfer Order, but an explosion and fighting interrupted the council.
• Brittany entered the hall with two undead retainers, demanded that the First Prince abdicate, and defeated his guards when he ordered them to kill her.
• Skeleton Sparkle broke the Church’s Holy Light Barrier and struck the First Prince, while Brittany ordered that he be kept alive.
• Wu Heng entered the palace, raised the dead soldiers as skeletons to block the exits, and left the ministers pleading for mercy as the Church considered whether it could escape.

Wu Heng forced the First Prince to abdicate and helped the Fifth Princess take the throne, while she claimed to be carrying Wu Heng’s child to secure the ministers’ support. After consolidating the palace, Wu Heng imprisoned and maimed the Church clergymen who had pressured the kingdom, then was summoned by the new king.

• The Shadow Council tried to escape the grand hall, but Wu Heng’s forces killed its fleeing members, leaving only Witch Viola alive.
• The Fifth Princess brought the Abdication Decree, and the Corn Sword Saint forced the First Prince to sign it after Wu Heng rejected his offer to serve as a puppet.
• The Fifth Princess claimed the throne and said she was carrying Wu Heng’s child, winning the ministers’ submission and becoming queen.
• Wu Heng reassigned the palace guards to people trusted by the Fifth Princess while she arranged for the kingdom’s new decree to be announced.
• Wu Heng confronted the Archbishop and other clergymen, severed the Archbishop’s arms, had Skeleton Sparkle break their limbs, and locked them in cages inside the Mansion Spell.
• An attendant told Wu Heng that His Majesty wanted to see him, and Wu Heng agreed to follow.

Wu Heng helped the Fifth Princess consolidate power as she became Queen Brittany, purged potential threats, and prepared to end the war with Luntam City. Her first public decrees abolished forced conscription, announced peace talks, and accused the Church of provoking the war, while Wu Heng celebrated his own supposed accession with Shanala.

• Wu Heng advised the Fifth Princess to replace untrustworthy officials and discussed peace negotiations with Luntam City, restoring his reputation, and exposing the Church’s interference.
• The Fifth Princess ordered the Minister of Finance, Artus, to die by the royal execution potion, and her guards moved on to the next minister.
• Wu Heng’s ghosts discussed the purge, and later the Fifth Princess visited Wu Heng, saying she had claimed to the ministers that she was carrying his child to borrow his influence.
• Queen Brittany’s public notice announced her accession; her first decrees abolished forced conscription, offered pay and travel permits to conscripts, sent a delegation to Luntam City for peace talks, and accused the Church of conspiring to provoke the war.
• Wu Heng sent Shanala a picture of himself on the throne and told her to call him Your Majesty; Shanala replied with a teasing offer of attendants and a photo from the newly built Wood Elves’ church.

Wu Heng spoke with Shanala about the Fifth Princess’s ascension and her work among the Wood Elves, then learned from Lilith that headquarters was investigating the Kelt Kingdom’s prince, Luan Randolph. In the Zombie World, he heard that the new queen’s policies were popular, checked on Li Yahong’s progress, and found a zombie-themed novel on the newly restored Dawn Project forum.

• Wu Heng told Shanala that the Fifth Princess had taken the throne, encouraged her to continue building churches, and asked her to bring back executed criminals’ corpses for ritual materials.
• Wu Heng called Lilith, learned headquarters was investigating Luan Randolph of the Kelt Kingdom, and heard that she had blamed the Church for the Exiles incident.
• Xiaoxiao and the wraiths told Wu Heng that people supported the new queen after she promised to release conscripts and stop the war.
• Wu Heng traveled to the Zombie World and learned from Li Yahong that Jackdaw's Cry was undergoing final testing and the Dawn Alliance had restored some internet access.
• Wu Heng opened the Dawn Project forum and found a popular post titled Rebirth: I Became the Zombie King, whose opening passage described survivors as food for zombies.

Wu Heng oversaw the creation of two level-20 skeletons while Brittany committed the Yeke Kingdom to breaking with the Church and aligning with him. Brittany was crowned the Crown of Stars, but Minnie then warned Wu Heng that the Religious Leader had obtained an artifact capable of restoring his body.

• Wu Heng read survivor forum posts with the Three Wraiths, then learned from Xiaoxiao that two zombies had reached level 20 and turned them into Hopper No. 2 and Sandbag Fist No. 2.
• Brittany told the ministers that the Yeke Kingdom would gradually sever its ties with the Church and fully align with Wu Heng.
• Wu Heng asked the Empress Dowager to recall and write down the Body Refining Technique, then Brittany prepared for her accession ceremony.
• Brittany was crowned the Crown of Stars as ministers and residents watched and knelt in salute.
• Minnie called Wu Heng and reported that the Religious Leader had obtained a strange artifact that could restore his body.

Wu Heng considered whether the Church’s claim that it could restore the Religious Leader’s body was real or a test of the radio, then left Brittany with powerful skeleton guards and returned to Treasure Island. The Religious Leader, now a wraith, suspected Wu Heng was listening and vowed they would meet again.

• Minnie told Wu Heng that the Church had obtained a wondrous item to restore the Religious Leader’s body and was investigating the Kelt Kingdom, while the dwarves gathered materials for a Molten Heart.
• Wu Heng and the ghosts debated whether the Church’s resurrection claim was genuine or a test to expose anyone eavesdropping on its radio, and they agreed to keep the radio secret.
• Brittany discussed a ceasefire and future development with Wu Heng, who assigned her two level 20 skeletons for protection and promised to help her become a hero.
• Viola told Wu Heng that Babuchi, the Flying Fish Pirate Group’s leader, was the eastern region’s Shadow Representative, then joined Wu Heng as he returned to Treasure Island.
• The Religious Leader absorbed power from a Yin Jade, regretted underestimating Wu Heng, and vowed that they would meet again.

Wu Heng returned to Treasure Island, welcomed Viola into the Island Master's Manor, and arranged to have her headquarters wanted notice removed after she helped destroy the Divine Punishment Cult. He also reviewed intelligence from other factions and learned that construction of the New Church was progressing, leaving Annette to recruit more Wood Elf priests.

• Wu Heng surveyed Treasure Island and discussed shifting its commercial focus to Nether Inner City as merchant ships dwindled under the Church's pressure.
• Wu Heng returned to the Island Master's Manor, introduced Viola as a new maid, and explained to Philippa and Robbie that she had signed a contract after helping him destroy the Divine Punishment Cult.
• Wu Heng reviewed intercepted reports about a body-restoring wonder, factional activity, and turmoil in the Kelt Kingdom, then asked Lilith how Viola's wanted notice could be removed.
• Lilith told Wu Heng to submit a detailed report and serve as Viola's guarantor, and she warned him not to provoke the Church.
• Wu Heng ordered Empress Dowager to focus on writing a cultivation Skill Book, then learned from Annette that the New Church would be completed within half a month.
• Wu Heng asked Annette to have Shanala recruit more Wood Elves as priests and told her to show Viola around after dinner.

Wu Heng inspected the animation studio, considered the looming conflict with the Church, and continued developing Treasure Island. He received seven corpses from Lady Li and heard the Serpent Emblem Conglomerate's proposal to sell the island's goods across its regions.

• Wu Heng showed the Empress Dowager the animation studio and its 4K Nine-Tailed Fox model, then showed her an edited picture of Religious Leader Seydou dressed as a woman.
• Viola visited Entertainment City with Minnie and Robbie, tried the Dance Machine, and gradually improved at dancing.
• Wu Heng decided to delay a direct clash with the Church while accelerating church construction, and resolved to push Li Yahong and the others to train in the Zombie World.
• Minnie, Robbie, Annette, and Philippa joined Wu Heng for the night, and Philippa said Viola had initially danced as if her arms and legs had just grown back.
• Wu Heng visited the Elf Sisters, learned Flag Bearer Elinor had returned to headquarters, and then went to Lady Li at the Serpent Emblem Conglomerate.
• Lady Li gave Wu Heng seven life-class professional corpses and proposed that the conglomerate sell Treasure Island's goods across its regions.

Wu Heng negotiated a Serpent Emblem Conglomerate partnership while keeping its goods out of Wood Elf territory, and promised Viola a chance to become a hero. He then visited the Zombie World and confronted five imprisoned Divine Punishment Cult members, who accused him of lynching them.

• Wu Heng consulted Shanala, who recommended a ten percent discount and priority supply for the Serpent Emblem Conglomerate, while keeping sales out of Wood Elf territory.
• Wu Heng gave Viola a communication device and said he would sponsor her Wanted List removal and advancement to hero status; she pledged herself to Treasure Island.
• Wu Heng discussed the trade partnership with Granda and later finalized an agreement with Lady Li, who promised to keep the conglomerate out of the Wood Elf region.
• Wu Heng visited the Zombie World with Xiaoxiao, Granda, and Beni, then opened a cell holding five Divine Punishment Cult prisoners.
• One prisoner demanded Association intervention and accused Wu Heng of subjecting them to lynching, and Wu Heng replied that the Holy Hall had probably already heard of their deaths.

Wu Heng ordered the Skeleton Alchemist to begin developing a Zombie Virus antidote and arranged for criminals to serve as test subjects. Back on Treasure Island, he received a warning from Luan Randolph that the Church planned to seize an artifact and use it to resurrect the Religious Leader's body.

• Wu Heng locked the captured clergy in separate cells and later instructed the Skeleton Alchemist to use the Association's Corpse Core Antidote Potion recipe to develop a counter to the Zombie Virus.
• Li Yahong told Wu Heng that the Dawn Alliance planned to end serum research, and Qi Hancai explained that the Alliance intended to redirect resources toward antibody vaccines and gene development.
• Wu Heng promised to pursue serum development, then spent the evening with Li Yahong, Zhao Yanqiu, and Qi Hancai.
• Wu Heng decided the Church clergy were unsuitable subjects for virus experiments and asked Li Yahong to send him criminals and apocalypse bandits instead.
• Minnie gave Wu Heng an unsigned letter from Luan Randolph warning that the Church's Kelt Kingdom investigation was a conspiracy to take an artifact and resurrect the Religious Leader's body.

Wu Heng learned that the Church planned to revive Religious Leader Seydou through an artifact and realized the Kelt kings’ supposed prodigies had been reincarnations of earlier rulers. After receiving new puppets for his ghosts, he heard that Seydou was preparing to step down as a new Religious Leader would soon take his place.

• Wu Heng discussed Luan’s letter with Granda and Viola, who explained rumors that the Kelt artifact could rebirth souls through a pregnant woman’s child.
• Wu Heng inferred that the Kelt royal family’s cycle of mediocre kings and exceptional successors came from an earlier king repeatedly reincarnating through the artifact.
• Wu Heng warned Brittany that the Church had helped seize the Kelt royal family to obtain its artifact, and she worried she might have suffered the same fate if she had fought Luntam City.
• The Association delivered custom puppets, and Xiaoxiao, Granda, Beni, and the Empress Dowager possessed their new bodies; the Empress Dowager’s puppet wore ornate palace robes, while the foxfolk tails opened with a click.
• At the Association Headquarters’ leaders’ meeting, Religious Leader Seydou announced that a new Religious Leader would soon replace him.

Seydou prepared to leave his position as Religious Leader, while Shanala negotiated with the Wood Elf elders to expand Spirit Revelation Sect churches and protect trade with Treasure Island. On Treasure Island, Wu Heng tested new puppets and spoke with Shanala before traveling to the Zombie World, where Kadyrov reported that the Blazing Fire Furnace was ready for vehicle platforms.

• Hadara'i and the other Association leaders agreed to keep Seydou's resignation secret until his successor arrived, fearing Wu Heng might intercept him.
• Shanala persuaded the Wood Elf Council of Elders to approve thirty additional Spirit Revelation Sect churches in exchange for keeping the Serpent Emblem Conglomerate out of Wood Elf lands.
• Wu Heng watched Xiaoxiao, Granda, and Beni test their new combat puppets, while Xiaoxiao asked the Puppet Master to make her spider legs.
• Shanala told Wu Heng about the Council's decision, and he reassured her not to strain her relationship with the Wood Elves over negotiations.
• Wu Heng visited the Yangtong City Military Factory, where Kadyrov reported that the Blazing Fire Furnace power-generation project had completed design and installation testing and could fit multiple vehicle platforms.

Wu Heng reviewed progress on Blazing Fire Furnace vehicle systems and the Jackdaw's Cry bomb, then returned to Treasure Island to discuss the Church and Association's power with the Empress Dowager. He commissioned Lady Li to arrange custom furnace work and invited her to stay for dinner.

• Kadyrov and Gao Rong reported that Blazing Fire Furnaces could power land vehicles and ships, and Wu Heng asked for specifications and aviation experts.
• Gao Rong showed Wu Heng the Jackdaw's Cry bomb test, and Wu Heng ordered separate infrasound tests with the effect increased tenfold.
• Wu Heng arranged ship furnace tests for Treasure Island and returned through the Portal with the four ghosts.
• The Empress Dowager discussed Hero breakthroughs and gods with Wu Heng, reasoning that the Church likely could not suppress the Association without paying a heavy price.
• Wu Heng gave Lady Li custom Blazing Fire Furnace orders for the Serpent Emblem Conglomerate and invited her to dinner.

Wu Heng received the Church’s 500,000 Gold Coin compensation and several wondrous items from elders visiting on behalf of headquarters. After learning Empress Dowager wanted to find the Sky Fox Tribe, he agreed to search for her people and began inspecting the rewards.

• At dinner, Lady Li recognized Viola and watched a movie at the Island Master's Manor while Xiaoxiao and Beni gave up the screening room.
• Empress Dowager told Wu Heng she had been level 20 and asked him to find the Sky Fox Tribe in the Kelt Kingdom, and he agreed to ask the Association for records.
• Shi Yali told Wu Heng that elders from headquarters had arrived with the promised compensation, so he teleported to the Association.
• Lucien and the other elders presented Wu Heng with five wondrous items, a Skill Book, and a Spatial Sachet containing 500,000 Gold Coin.
• Wu Heng gave the Spatial Sachet to Shi Yali to count and examined the rewards, including Gigax's Game Board, Cinder Staff, Crown of Lies, and Funeral Bell of the Dead.

Wu Heng accepted the Church’s compensation and negotiated with Lilith to supply radios in exchange for withdrawing Viola’s Wanted List. The chapter ended with visiting elders seeing the Snake Emblem Conglomerate loading goods at Treasure Island’s harbor, showing that Wu Heng had found a trading partner unafraid of the Church.

• Wu Heng accepted the Association’s compensation, including 500,000 Gold Coins, and agreed to consider supplying more radios.
• Wu Heng spoke with Lilith, who agreed to withdraw the Wanted List that day in exchange for four radio sets and promised to investigate the Sky Fox Tribe.
• Wu Heng signed a procurement agreement with Lady Li and the Snake Emblem Conglomerate, whose delegation went to inspect and collect goods.
• The visiting elders saw the Snake Emblem Conglomerate’s ships loading goods at the harbor and realized Treasure Island had a partner willing to trade despite the Church’s pressure.

Wu Heng learned that the Association elders planned to report Treasure Island’s trade partnership, then prepared to travel to find the Empress Dowager’s former clansmen. Meanwhile, the Church began preparing Religious Leader Seydou’s resurrection, and the Pope revealed that Father God would punish Wu Heng after the Four Holy Seats were restored.

• The elders watched Treasure Island’s harbor and decided to have Shiraque report its cooperation with the Serpent Emblem Conglomerate to headquarters.
• Wu Heng unlocked Funeral Bell of the Dead and reassured Xiaoxiao that the Association could not interfere with normal trade.
• Lilith told Wu Heng that Viola’s Wanted List had been revoked and located a Foxkin settlement in Laveswang Village that might be the Empress Dowager’s former clan.
• Wu Heng told his companions he would leave to search for the Empress Dowager’s clansmen, informed Viola that her Wanted List had been revoked, and sent radios to Shiraque.
• The Pope told Seydou that his resurrection preparations were complete and that Father God’s oracle called for restoring the Four Holy Seats before punishing Wu Heng.

Wu Heng and the Empress Dowager reached Laveswang Village, where they rescued the Foxkin from the Twelve Holy Sect and reunited her with her clan. In the village’s Ancestral Hall, the Empress Dowager revealed that ancient travelers between the worlds used World Stones, leaving Wu Heng stunned by their connection to the myth of Nuwa’s Five-Colored Stone.

• Wu Heng found Laveswang Village surrounded by members of the Twelve Holy Sect, whose level 18 protector threatened the Foxkin inside.
• Wu Heng and the ghosts defeated the cultists, and the Empress Dowager used a dream to tell the villagers she was their former Great Fox Woman, Danan.
• The Foxkin opened the gates and welcomed Wu Heng after learning the Empress Dowager had returned and that he was an Association leader.
• Wu Heng visited the Ancestral Hall and learned that the Foxkin had once used open Portals to travel between worlds.
• The Empress Dowager explained that travelers used World Stones rather than Bronze Keys, comparing them to the Five-Colored Stone Nuwa used to mend the passage between worlds.

Wu Heng arranged for the Sky Fox Tribe to travel to Treasure Island while Viola broke through to level 19 amid a card-collecting craze. The Association discussed Treasure Island’s publicity strategy, and the chapter ended with a Church ritual successfully implanting a ghost into a pregnant woman’s flesh-grown vessel.

• The Empress Dowager explained that Empress Nuwa had used the remains of the Five-Colored Stone to seal the passage between worlds and stop the Outer Gods, then left to teach cultivation methods to her people.
• Treasure Island’s cards of Viola became popular in Lasiyota City, and Viola felt her magic understanding improve and advanced from level 18 to level 19.
• The Empress Dowager told Wu Heng that the Sky Fox Tribe had chosen to leave, so Wu Heng placed the villagers in his Mansion Spell and boarded the train for Treasure Island.
• Hadara’i and the Association leaders discussed using Treasure Island’s card campaign to promote elders, while Lilith agreed to ask Wu Heng about the technology.
• Church priests performed a resurrection ritual, merging a ghost with a ball of flesh and attaching it to a pregnant woman’s abdomen.

Wu Heng brought the Sky Fox Tribe to Treasure Island and arranged housing for them while Viola thanked him for helping her reach level 19. Church intelligence confirmed Seydou’s reincarnation ritual had succeeded, and Lilith revealed that the new Religious Leader, Draco, had suddenly advanced to level 20.

• Wu Heng arrived on Treasure Island with Empress Dowager and the other ghosts, where they saw the card-collecting craze spreading through the Commercial District.
• Wu Heng and Annette chose housing near the market, and Wu Heng released the Sky Fox Tribe so Town Hall could register them and assign homes.
• Viola told Wu Heng she had reached level 19, and he advised her to order an item to conceal her face and focus on training.
• Wu Heng read reports that the Church’s ritual had succeeded, suspected it had restored Seydou’s body, and resolved to accelerate his faith collection and seek clues about Empress Nuwa.
• Empress Dowager told Wu Heng that her clansmen were satisfied with their new homes, and Wu Heng later called Lilith, who said Seydou had returned to the Holy Hall and Draco had become the new Religious Leader.
• Lilith revealed that Draco had been a level 19 Protector Knight before suddenly reaching level 20, prompting Wu Heng to frown.