Chapter Summaries

Bai Pu waited with Lutz beside Princess Christina’s Lead Coffin and let Scholar Schroeder’s group trap them in the Blood Pool Imprisonment Array. He opened the coffin, unleashing the Flesh Plague Matriarch, and the resulting plague turned Ralph’s Giant Wolf against him as the attackers’ assault began.

• Schroeder detected that Bai Pu, Lutz, and the Princess’s Lead Coffin were still in the swamp passage, then brought Ralph, Hidden Snake, and Mad Zen closer under Mental Shield.
• Hidden Snake and Mad Zen activated the Blood Pool Imprisonment Array, trapping Bai Pu and Lutz and exposing them to Flesh Plague.
• Schroeder demanded the Princess’s Lead Coffin, while Bai Pu revealed that he intended to capture Schroeder as an Aberrant specimen.
• Ralph charged Bai Pu as Hidden Snake, Mad Zen, and Schroeder joined the attack, but Bai Pu kicked open Princess Christina’s Lead Coffin.
• The Flesh Plague Matriarch’s presence made Ralph’s Giant Wolf lose control of its Curse Seal and attack Ralph, while Ralph began showing signs of infection.

Bai Pu fought scholar Schroeder while the Flesh Plague weakened their opponents and threatened to overwhelm them. After enduring Schroeder’s Blood Magic, Bai Pu unleashed his trump cards as Schroeder lost the ability to cast spells, leaving their duel poised for its decisive clash.

• Schroeder ordered the others to close the princess’s Lead Coffin while Mad Rhino Lutz slowed Hidden Snake and Mad Zen with the Ring of Shock.
• Bai Pu charged Schroeder, endured Blood Extraction by switching to Blackrock Physique, and pressed the attack despite Schroeder’s rapier and Blood Magic.
• Schroeder’s Blood Ring Curse Seal began to fail as the Flesh Plague intensified, while General Ralph fought the mutated Giant Wolf.
• Bai Pu drew the Blood Mist Butcher’s Chainsaw Sword, activated his abilities and Raid Frenzy, and struck at Schroeder with Cutting.
• Schroeder, still able to think but no longer able to cast Blood Magic, gripped his Noble Rapier and met Bai Pu’s attack.

Bai Pu killed Scholar Schroeder and forced Hidden Snake to flee after Hidden Snake killed Mad Rhino Lutz. With Blood Ring Guard soldiers approaching in Stockholm, Bai Pu focused on completing his class advancement rather than pursuing Hidden Snake.

• Bai Pu used his Chainsaw Sword to overwhelm and kill Scholar Schroeder while Hidden Snake fought Mad Rhino Lutz.
• Hidden Snake unleashed a burst combo that killed Lutz, then shut Princess Christina inside the Lead Coffin.
• Bai Pu attacked Hidden Snake, but Hidden Snake used Shadow Walk to escape toward the Black Vine Area.
• Bai Pu chose not to chase Hidden Snake because he prioritized his class advancement and feared the approaching Blood Ring Guard and Prime Minister Okerson Sheerna.

Bai Pu escaped the underground swamp with the Lead Coffin after defeating scholar Schroeder and evading the Blood Ring pursuers. He reunited with Ingvar’s group and declared that the coffin carried “the future.”

• Bai Pu stored scholar Schroeder’s corpse and treasure chest, then used the Eloquent Tongue Eye to tell Ingvar that his task was complete.
• Bai Pu crossed the swamp by swinging from black vines, using Wind Riding Slash to reach Ingvar’s rope and escape the crocodiles below.
• During the rescue, Wind Riding Slash advanced to Advanced Level 3, and Bai Pu chose Body Protecting Astral Wind as its Level 4 effect.
• Ingvar told Bai Pu that Harvey had reached the boat after using glue to hold onto the rope despite his injuries.
• When Ingvar asked what he was carrying, Bai Pu smiled and said he was carrying the future.

Bai Pu reunited with Qin on Horseshoe Island and began the heart transplant needed for his class advancement, using scholar Schroeder’s remains as a sample. As the operation started, Mad Zen warned him that the Blood Ring fleet had tracked the Princess’s Lead Coffin and was closing in.

• Bai Pu waited on Horseshoe Island for Qin, who arrived with the Blood Ring General sample she had obtained from the Grand Duke.
• Qin examined the sleeping Princess in the Lead Coffin, then identified scholar Schroeder’s corpse and confirmed it could serve as a high-quality sample.
• Bai Pu decided to undergo the heart transplant on the island, and Qin began the operation with Norel and Harvey.
• Mad Zen contacted Bai Pu during the operation and warned that the Blood Ring fleet had found his coordinates, offering to help him complete the final step.

Bai Pu revealed that he had suspected Mad Zen of pursuing the Origin Heart Tissue and explained the clues that led him to distrust him. Mad Zen’s followers dug toward the underground operating room as Bai Pu confronted him about his betrayal.

• Bai Pu gave Mad Zen his location on Horseshoe Island, and Mad Zen arrived with a group of fanatical followers.
• Mad Zen killed two Expeditionary Force soldiers and ordered his followers to search the island for the underground operating room where Bai Pu was operating on Steel Heart.
• Bai Pu told Mad Zen that he had deduced the location tracking from the walkie-talkie and had suspected him of testing whether Bai Pu trusted him.
• Bai Pu explained that Mad Zen’s greed, refusal of lucrative battlefield opportunities, appearance among the Blood Ring pursuers, and failure to save Lutz had raised his suspicions.
• Bai Pu pointed out that Mad Zen could break their transactional contract without losing any way to seek treatment for Xu Shi Jie, while Mad Zen’s unease grew as he listened.

Mad Zen’s followers uncovered the bunker and fought its Alchemy Colossi while Bai Pu chose the Blood Mist Butcher’s solution for his surgery. Just as Mad Zen’s group reached the bunker, Gawain and Yvette arrived with Queen Eleonora’s Guardian Knights and ordered them to leave.

• Mad Zen’s followers exposed the bunker entrance, awakening two Alchemy Colossi that killed several of them.
• Bai Pu explained that he had stalled Mad Zen to keep him from alerting the Blood Ring, then chose the Blood Mist Butcher’s blending solution for his job change.
• Mad Zen and his followers disabled the Alchemy Colossi at the cost of a dozen fanatics and prepared to seize the Origin Heart Tissue.
• A Blood Ring-marked ship arrived, and an unseen archer killed Mad Zen’s lookout before the knights landed on Horseshoe Island.
• Gawain introduced himself as Queen Eleonora’s Guardian Knight and ordered Mad Zen’s group to leave, declaring that the queen’s command came first.

Bai Pu explained how Queen Qin escaped the Blood Ring Curse Seal and why he had anticipated Mad Zen’s betrayal. Okerson Sheerna’s fleet arrived at Horseshoe Island and attacked the Queen’s Guardian Knights while he advanced toward the bunker.

• Bai Pu revealed that Qin had never been bound by the Blood Ring Curse Seal and had arranged for Yvette to seek Gawain’s help protecting the island.
• Bai Pu warned Mad Zen that the Blood Ring fleet could already be approaching, so Mad Zen sailed out to meet it.
• Okerson Sheerna arrived with the Blood Ring fleet, rejected bombardment, and ordered his forces to seize the Princess’s Lead Coffin intact.
• Mad Zen informed Okerson Sheerna that the coffin was on Horseshoe Island and faced Hidden Snake’s questions about his earlier silence.
• Okerson Sheerna sent two Blood Ring Generals to surround the Guardian Knights and assigned Mad Zen to fight Gawain while he and Hidden Snake’s squad approached the bunker gates.

Bai Pu emerged from the bunker after successfully changing professions and began hunting Hidden Snake, while Qin confronted Okerson Sheerna to keep him from interfering. Bai Pu’s attack on two Blood Ring Guards began as Mad Zen and the others watched.

• Hidden Snake wounded Gawain, and Okerson Sheerna blasted open the bunker door as Hidden Snake and Mad Zen rushed inside.
• Bai Pu emerged in his new Blood River Tyrant profession and used Battle Shackles to prevent Hidden Snake from escaping.
• Qin arrived beside Bai Pu, poisoned nearby Blood Ring Guards with black fog, and challenged Okerson Sheerna to keep him occupied.
• Okerson Sheerna and Qin stopped short of fighting as each guarded against the other’s threat.
• Hidden Snake hid behind two Blood Ring Guards, but their synchronized spear thrusts only left faint marks on Bai Pu.
• Bai Pu raised his Chainsaw Sword with both hands and struck at the two guards.

Bai Pu used Blood River Territory and his Chainsaw Greatsword to overpower Hidden Snake, who fled under heavy slowing effects. Golden Butterfly and the Blood Ring elites tried to help Hidden Snake, but Bai Pu resisted their interference and continued pursuing him.

• Bai Pu killed two Blood Ring Guards with one slash, then trapped Hidden Snake in Blood River Territory as he tried to flee.
• Bai Pu caught Hidden Snake and used Sever to destroy much of his armor, fracture his breastbone, and inflict a severe wound.
• Hidden Snake activated Shadow Walk and escaped some of the slowing effect, but Gravity Field still hindered him as he ran.
• Bai Pu pursued Hidden Snake with Wind Riding Slash while Golden Butterfly created eight illusory copies and two Blood Ring Generals fired arrows at him.
• Bai Pu's Gale Wind Body Protection dispelled Golden Butterfly's illusions and resisted the attacks' control effects as he continued after Hidden Snake.

Bai Pu killed Hidden Snake, drove off Mad Zen and the Jiangnan Xu Family Awakened, and freed two Blood Ring generals from their curse seals. He then confronted Prime Minister Okerson Sheerna, who insisted his loyalty to Emperor Gustav was voluntary, while the chapter revealed why Qin had been marginalized.

• Bai Pu pursued Hidden Snake and killed him with a sword strike that cut him in two.
• Mad Zen escaped using a Forced Escape Item, and He Lian and another Jiangnan Xu Family Awakened fled while Bai Pu let them go.
• Bai Pu dismissed Blood River Territory and used the Origin Heart to erase the Blood Ring Curse Seals on two generals.
• Okerson Sheerna claimed he had accepted his curse seal willingly and remained loyal to Emperor Gustav.
• Bai Pu offered to remove Okerson Sheerna's curse seal, and the narration explained that Qin had refused the seal after discovering Gustav had used her research team.

Bai Pu and Qin persuaded Prime Minister Okerson Sheerna to abandon Gustav and support Christina as Sweden’s new queen. They returned to Stockholm with their allies to take control of the Blood Ring forces, while Norel chose to withdraw from public life.

• Bai Pu used the Origin Heart to weaken the Blood Ring Curse Seals, then argued that Gustav’s defeat was inevitable.
• Qin told Okerson that Bai Pu could control the Flesh Plague and that Christina was the legitimate heir to the Vasa Dynasty.
• Bai Pu brought Christina out of the bunker and swore under the Spirit Realm Will that he would not claim the throne.
• Okerson accepted Bai Pu and Qin’s plan, allowing them to use his authority to gather Stockholm’s Blood Ring forces and replace their curse seals.
• Bai Pu and Qin returned to Stockholm aboard a Blood Ring warship with Christina, Harvey, Yvette, Gawain, and their companions.
• Norel declined Bai Pu’s offer and chose to live in seclusion studying traditional alchemy.

Bai Pu reviewed the changes from his class advancement and discovered that his Evolution Heart had unlocked a Talent Tree requiring Legend Points to activate. He favored Source Blood Apostle, which could create permanent servants, but still needed to earn the required resource while the Blood Rose War continued.

• Bai Pu learned that Emperor Gustav had withdrawn toward Stockholm, making the emperor his next target.
• Bai Pu reviewed his Blood River Tyrant advancement, including Blood River Territory and the passive Tyrant Frenzy Strike.
• Bai Pu discovered that fusing two pieces of Origin Heart Tissue had unlocked Evolution Heart's Talent Tree and removed Life Source Points from Gene Fragment fusion.
• Bai Pu examined the first three Talent Tree options: Memory Expansion, Source Blood Apostle, and Gene Mindscape.
• Bai Pu learned that activating Talent Tree branches required Legend Points, earned by greatly altering a world's fate and becoming a legend.

Bai Pu unlocked Source Blood Apostle with his Legend Point, gaining the ability to create Origin Blood and strengthening his Pure Blood talent. He opened Scholar Schroeder’s Golden Treasure Chest and obtained a powerful Crystal Ball relic, but his Spirit attribute was too low to equip it without using Pure Blood.

• Bai Pu asked the Spirit Realm Will how to earn Legend Points and speculated that destroying Blood Ring Fortress might have changed the world’s fate.
• Bai Pu spent one Legend Point to unlock Source Blood Apostle and gained two drops of Origin Blood.
• Bai Pu learned that his Pure Blood now regenerated every forty-eight hours and could temporarily add 12 free attribute points to his strength.
• Bai Pu opened Scholar Schroeder’s Golden Treasure Chest, received 10,995 Spirit Energy Points, and chose four Loot Cards.
• Bai Pu obtained Schroeder’s Crystal Ball, a Silver Named Relic that required 30 Basic Spirit, and stored it because he had only 24.

After opening his loot, Bai Pu relaxed in Qin’s palace and discussed their agreement about the Origin Heart. Qin reaffirmed her wish to see his world and answered his offer to release her from the agreement with a kiss.

• Bai Pu drew the Blood Extraction skill book, Bracers of Protection, and an ordinary riding whip, which he sold for Spirit Energy Points.
• Two Palace Maids invited Bai Pu to bathe, and he enjoyed the restorative bath and the maids’ service.
• Qin joined Bai Pu in the bath, then asked whether his research into the Origin Heart meant he could fulfill their agreement.
• Bai Pu realized Qin had hoped he would become a qualified candidate to bear Princess Christina’s Origin Heart and offered to treat their agreement as void.
• Qin sensed Bai Pu’s sincerity and kissed him.

Qin agreed to become Bai Pu’s Source Blood Apostle while remaining in her world to guide Christina until the young Empress secured her rule. After the transformation, Qin gained altered abilities and received Schroeder’s Crystal Ball, but she could not use it to assess Emperor Gustav.

• Bai Pu explained that Qin could remain in her world as his apostle and be summoned to help him, then return to care for Christina.
• Qin accepted Bai Pu’s Origin Blood and became his apostle, gaining the Source Blood Magister class and altered attributes and skills.
• Bai Pu gave Qin Schroeder’s Crystal Ball, which allowed her to record spells and use Soul Enlightenment.
• Qin told Bai Pu that Soul Enlightenment could not reveal Gustav’s strength because she had not met him recently.

Bai Pu opened Hidden Snake’s Bloody Treasure Chest, gained Spirit Energy Points and Honor Points, and rose to Staff Sergeant. With his rest over, he prepared to eliminate Emperor Gustav, the final task he had to complete in the Flesh Plague world.

• Bai Pu explained to Qin why natives could use equipment but could not unseal it or activate its attribute bonuses.
• Bai Pu opened Hidden Snake’s Bloody Treasure Chest and selected the options for Spirit Energy Points and Honor Points.
• Bai Pu drew 8,000 Spirit Energy Points and 380 Honor Points, which promoted him from Corporal to Staff Sergeant.
• Bai Pu wondered how Hidden Snake had earned enough Honor Points to reach the rank of Black Iron Lieutenant, but could not determine the answer.
• Bai Pu ended his rest, put his equipment back on, and declared that he would eliminate Emperor Gustav.

Bai Pu and Qin deposed Gustav and installed Princess Christina as Sweden’s ruler, then organized the Swedish Rebel Army and allied with the Holy Roman Expeditionary Force. Bai Pu led a thousand troops south, where they met Gustav’s army at Linköping Cathedral and battle began.

• Qin offered to fight Gustav beside Bai Pu, but Bai Pu told her to remain out of the battle to protect her and Christina’s claim to the Vasa Dynasty.
• At Chuk Klona Fortress, Qin declared Gustav deposed and made Princess Christina queen, with Qin serving as regent.
• Qin and Bai Pu dismissed most ministers, organized the Swedish Rebel Army, and planned an alliance with the Holy Roman Expeditionary Force.
• Bai Pu led a thousand troops south from Stockholm as the Blood Rose War (Final Chapter) began.
• The Swedish Rebel Army encountered Gustav’s Blood Ring Army at Linköping Cathedral, and battle erupted immediately.

The Holy Roman Expeditionary Force, Swedish Rebel Army, and Blood Ring clashed at Linköping as young Awakened squads entered the battle under restrictions from the Spirit Realm Will. General Zweig and Captain Ingvar led the Expeditionary Force against the Blood Ring, while the battle raged across the field.

• Long Xiang, Feng Xiang, and Qilin discussed the rules of the war instance and descended from Linköping Cathedral to join the Blood Ring.
• Several other young Awakened squads arrived along the battlefield’s edges and joined different factions.
• An Expeditionary Force recruit and two veterans fought a Plague Dead, but a Blood Ring Hammer Knight killed the recruit with his warhammer.
• Ingvar saved the two veterans from the Hammer Knight and led them in a counterattack.
• General Zweig led the First Legion through the battlefield, striking down Plague Dead and Blood Ring elites.

Lan Ling’s team watched as Dio Fulei confronted General Sven, the Blood Ring commander who had broken through the rebel army’s formation. Dio Fulei defeated Sven in a one-sided duel and beheaded him.

• Iron Crocodile urged Lan Ling’s team to attack Zweig, but Lan Ling and Ate warned that targeting a leader was too risky while powerful guards and commanders were nearby.
• General Sven charged through a Swedish Rebel Army formation and prepared to attack its command post.
• Dio Fulei emerged to face Sven after the rebel army opened a path for him.
• Dio Fulei weakened Sven’s charge with a river of blood, then overpowered him with superior combat skill and relentless attacks.
• Dio Fulei knocked Sven down and severed his head with the Chainsaw Greatsword.