Chapter Summaries

Bai Pu defeated and killed Christian IV in a duel, turning the battle for Copenhagen against the Danish forces. As the Danes fled, Black Hawk tried to escape after recognizing Bai Pu as an Awakened, but Steel Heart used military rank suppression to block his spatial items.

• Christian IV activated Aslat's Speed, but Bai Pu used his boosted attributes and swordsmanship to overpower the Danish king and build Combo points.
• Anhalt broke the duel agreement and sounded the charge horn, prompting the Aberrant forces and Danish soldiers to clash in the streets.
• Bai Pu used Mountain Shattering Mystery to kill Christian IV, and the Danish soldiers quickly routed.
• Bai Pu collected Christian IV's treasure chest, while Black Hawk recognized him as an Awakened and fled through the retreating Danes.
• Steel Heart applied Military Rank Suppression to Black Hawk, preventing him from using spatial items for 600 seconds.

Bai Pu killed the Awakened Black Hawk and captured his teammate Shi Lian as the Danish army fled, then told Qin he had arranged to stop the Danes from returning to their ships. At Copenhagen Harbor, Steel File cornered the injured Yayoi and Ye Zi, who jumped into the sea to escape.

• Bai Pu used Mirror-like Memory to locate Black Hawk, then killed him with Lasso Strike and a sword slash.
• Shi Lian evaded Bai Pu's Blood-colored Sword Qi, but Qin struck him with blood-colored energy and knocked him unconscious.
• The Aberrant army pursued the Danes, while Goodwin and Gawain killed General Anhalt and Bai Pu gained a Gene Fragment.
• Bai Pu reassured Qin that he had arranged to prevent the Danes from becoming raiders, and ordered the pursuit.
• At Copenhagen Harbor, Steel File's Awakened killed Aberrants and cornered Yayoi and Ye Zi aboard the Trinity; the two jumped into the sea as sharkskin-clad Awakened followed them.

After Denmark fell, Bai Pu completed the S-rank Main Quest and received a special Flesh Alchemy booklet as a reward. Qin used the booklet, and its knowledge began to affect her.

• Steel File learned that Christian IV, Anhalt, and the Danish faction had been destroyed, then left the world after paying the mission-failure penalty.
• Bai Pu and Qin arrived at the docks, and Bai Pu ordered the Aberrants to spare the Danish soldiers who surrendered.
• Bai Pu completed Main Quest 2, The Fall of a Nation, and reached Level 6 with improved attributes and Blood River Territory.
• Bai Pu received Flesh Alchemy Detailed Notes as the quest reward and gave the booklet to Qin to test whether it had been enhanced by the Spirit Realm Will.
• Qin opened the booklet and received a stream of Flesh Alchemy knowledge.

After the Battle of Copenhagen, Qin planned to use Zealand Island and the captured ships to conquer Denmark while Bai Pu advised her to install a Danish royal as Christina’s vassal. Bai Pu rewarded the Awakened who helped him, then learned from Qin that Christian IV’s inherited axe Aslat might hold a powerful secret, and resolved to draw it from the king’s treasure chest.

• Qin gained a level in Flesh Alchemist and beginner comprehension of the Blood Profound Truth, then received Bai Pu’s Blood Extraction skill book.
• Qin declared that Sweden would build a navy from the captured ships and crush Denmark’s island nobles, while Bai Pu suggested supporting a Danish prince or princess as Christina’s vassal.
• After the Battle of Copenhagen, Yayoi and Ye Zi submitted their mission and received the Triangular Swordsmanship Draft, but Bai Pu declined to teach Yayoi and gave them no new Main Quest.
• Bai Pu released a captured Awakened after receiving eighteen thousand Spirit Energy Points and considered the two treasure chests from the battle.
• Qin explained that Christian IV’s axe Aslat was an Oldenburg heirloom like Bai Pu’s Rune Inscription Tablet was a Vasa heirloom, and Bai Pu decided to seek loot-drawing aids so he could obtain Aslat within two attempts.

Bai Pu opened Black Hawk’s bloody treasure chest, chose a new effect for Blood River Territory, and learned that the skill book he found could be saved for Blood Spider. After Qin returned to Stockholm, Denmark became a duchy under Swedish rule, and Bai Pu was elevated to Duke of Scania.

• Bai Pu opened Black Hawk’s treasure chest, discarded the Storage Space option, and obtained 13,068 Spirit Energy Points and the Spike Thrust skill book.
• Bai Pu learned that bloody skill books could pass on some of a deceased person’s proficiency and decided to save Spike Thrust for Blood Spider.
• Bai Pu reached Level 6 and chose Morphing for Blood River Territory, gaining greater control over its shape and a higher priority for restricting dash-type movement skills.
• Qin returned to Stockholm and announced Denmark’s defeat, making it a duchy ruled by Anna Katarina as Duchess of Denmark.
• Qin elevated Dio Fulei to duke and expanded his Scania lands, while the Swedish council accepted the reward for his conquest of Denmark.

Qin moved to secure Norway after Denmark’s destruction, while Bai Pu subdued Grand Duke Bergen and advanced through Norway with an Aberrant army. He arrived in Oslo with the Norwegian Council of State awaiting his orders.

• Qin secured Norway’s legal transfer to the Swedish Empire and sent Dio Fulei to the country while she consolidated control of Denmark.
• Bai Pu lured Grand Duke Bergen to him in Bergen and defeated the Reinforced Leader-level Aberrant in order to control it with a curse seal.
• Bai Pu sailed north through Norway and continued toward Oslo, noting Golden Wolf Leori as his next target.
• The Norwegian Council of State received reports of Bai Pu’s advance across the country over five days.
• Bai Pu entered Oslo with Grand Duke Bergen and other leader-level Aberrant monsters, and the Norwegian Council of State submitted in fear.

Bai Pu consolidated the Swedish Empire’s rule over Norway and reached S-Rank fame, earning his third Legend Point in the world. Back in Stockholm, he planned to use his growing network of apostles and servants to gather more Legend Points, then began pursuing a difficult advancement trial for his Daoist Alchemist profession.

• Bai Pu executed Denmark’s Governor of Norway, appointed the governor’s accusers to lead the Council of State under six months of observation, and assigned them tasks to prove their loyalty.
• Bai Pu returned to Stockholm to a public welcome and earned S-Rank fame and one Legend Point, completing his collection of three Legend Points in the world.
• Bai Pu considered unlocking “Source Lord’s Descent” so he could direct apostles and servants to gather Legend Points across other worlds.
• Bai Pu handed the Aberrant leaders, including Grand Duke Bergen, to Qin and continued studying Flesh Alchemy under her instruction.
• Bai Pu’s Daoist Alchemist profession qualified for an advancement trial requiring him to create a unique B-Grade medicine, but he could not understand Qin’s difficult formulas.
• Bai Pu told Qin to list the formulas in the Imperial Army faction’s Merit Exchange for Worship Reputation, accepting the Spirit Realm Will’s guided prices.

Bai Pu bought three advanced alchemy recipes from Qin and learned that Christina had exceptional potential as a leader. After returning to the real world, he enhanced his leg armor and gained the S-grade Nation Destroyer title.

• Bai Pu exchanged 15,000 battle merit for three A-grade potion recipes and confirmed he could comprehend them.
• Qin said she was unsure whether she could reliably craft the advanced potions, then explained why she wanted to remain in her world with Christina.
• Christina visited Qin, and Bai Pu discovered that she was already a Level 4 leader with strong mental potential.
• Qin said she had used Soul Enlightenment on Christina and was teaching her Blood Magic techniques.
• Bai Pu returned to the real world after making little progress comprehending the recipes, enhanced his Iron Wall Knee Pads to +4, and received the S-grade Nation Destroyer title.

Bai Pu received his upgraded duke crest and claimed the King-Rank Purple Doomsday spear, whose requirements and hidden skills remained beyond his authority to uncover. After returning, he asked Li Ling to find a selective treasure-chest draw item so he could pursue the Aslat battleaxe, but she reported a major incident in Jiangnan Base City.

• Bai Pu received the Duke Crest of the Fu Lei Family, which raised his attributes and granted monthly teleportation to his Territory Capital.
• Bai Pu claimed the Doomsday Long Spear, learned that its hidden skills required greater authority, and found that the Demon Spider Queen's Vigil weapon spirit feared it.
• Bai Pu split Doomsday into its spearhead and shaft, discovering that each half had lower equipment requirements and that the weapon's spirit sought to reunite them.
• Bai Pu returned and asked Li Ling to seek a selective treasure-chest draw item so he could obtain the Aslat battleaxe from the Danish King's treasure chest.
• Li Ling agreed to search and told Bai Pu that the Special Operations Bureau had asked her to notify him about a major event in Jiangnan Base City.

Bai Pu joined an official expedition to the Southwest Jungle, where a suspected mid-level Intersection Lands had appeared, hoping to claim its control authority. The group encountered a pack of Black Claw Wolf Beasts as they entered the jungle.

• Li Ling told Bai Pu that authorities suspected a new mid-level Intersection Lands had partially overlapped with the Southwest Jungle and were recruiting intermediate-level Awakened to investigate.
• Bai Pu learned that whoever gained control authority could keep the Intersection Lands' proceeds, then contacted Blood Spider and prepared to join the expedition.
• Bai Pu and Blood Spider traveled with the official forces, while prominent Awakened from powerful families and the Superstar Alliance also arrived to pursue control of the Intersection Lands.
• The expedition entered the dense Southwest Jungle, where You Bai spotted over a hundred approaching Black Claw Wolf Beasts.
• Instructor Xiang Yinghua ordered the Secret Archer Unit to fire, and most of the arrows struck the leading Black Claw Wolf Beasts, killing them.

The Secret Archer Unit, aided by Guidance of Fei Wei, slaughtered the Black Claw Wolf Beasts attacking the formation. Yu Qingming identified the humanoid controlling them and reported that Yuan Tang was fighting the powerful foe at a disadvantage, prompting Instructor Xiang Yinghua to send support.

• The first volley from the Secret Archer Unit killed a Black Claw Wolf Beast, and an officer cast Guidance of Fei Wei over the archers.
• More than a hundred Black Claw Wolf Beasts emerged from the forest, and Yuan Tang transformed into a leopard to scout ahead.
• The Secret Archers fired in rotating rows while Qiu Xiaoman and Yu Qingming helped the Special Operations Team Six operatives kill the remaining beasts.
• Yu Qingming sensed that a humanoid creature had driven the wolf pack and reported that Yuan Tang had engaged it but was at a disadvantage.
• Instructor Xiang Yinghua ordered the Special Operations Bureau operatives to hurry ahead and support Yuan Tang.

Bai Pu raced through the forest to rescue Yuan Tang and found him battling Demon General Gui Ge, an old enemy from Oath World. Bai Pu killed Gui Ge with overwhelming force, leaving Yuan Tang and Blood Spider stunned by how strong he had become.

• Yuan Yue, You Bai, Blood Spider, and Bai Pu raced ahead to reach Yuan Tang, while Iron Anvil and Instructor Xiang followed more slowly.
• Bai Pu arrived to find Yuan Tang badly wounded and struggling against Demon General Gui Ge, who had become a level 5 enhanced elite.
• Bai Pu recognized Gui Ge and blocked his attack, then trapped him in Blood River Territory and overpowered him in a series of sword strikes.
• Bai Pu beheaded Gui Ge as Blood Spider arrived and watched in shock.
• Yuan Tang admitted that Bai Pu had surpassed him and explained that Gui Ge's Sonic Burst had nearly killed him.

Bai Pu and the Sixth Group defeated Demon General Gui Ge, and Bai Pu’s growing strength became clear as they examined Gui Ge’s loot. The group connected the escaped Red-Eyed Snapping Turtle to the mutated beasts’ flight and suspected someone had delayed them for a larger plan, prompting Xiang Yinghua to order an immediate departure.

• Yuan Yue and You Bai arrived after Bai Pu had killed Gui Ge in three strikes, and Yuan Tang described the fight.
• Blood Spider asked whether Bai Pu had grown stronger during his trip to the Flesh Plague World, and Bai Pu confirmed that he had.
• Iron Anvil arrived with the main force, and Bai Pu inspected Gui Ge’s two unsealed Hook Scythes and their set bonuses.
• Bai Pu told the group that Gui Ge had escaped the Demon Abyss Intersection Lands with a Red-Eyed Snapping Turtle offspring, leading them to link it to the giant beast sighting and the fleeing mutated beasts.
• Bai Pu questioned whether someone had sent Gui Ge and the Black Claw Wolf Beasts to delay the military, and Xiang Yinghua ordered the group to set out immediately.

Bai Pu and the group fought off dangerous mutated plants in the Southwest Jungle while continuing their search for a mysterious Intersection Lands. After the wounded were carried onward, the team detected a strong spatial fluctuation three kilometers away.

• Yuan Tang warned the group about Whip Willows and Demon Cage Grass, and Bai Pu used Nine Chapters to examine a Whip Willow.
• Ground Snatching Flowers ambushed the group and swallowed several secret archers; Bai Pu and Blood Spider cut open the flowers and rescued them.
• Xiao Li used Guidance of Fei Wei to help the soldiers kill the Ground Snatching Flowers, and medics treated the rescued archers.
• Xiang Yinghua ordered the wounded carried onward and refused to split the group to escort them back.
• The team’s leading officer detected a strong spatial fluctuation three kilometers away, fifteen degrees east of south.

Bai Pu and Special Operations Team Six entered an unclaimed, high-intensity Intersection Land to try to seize it before other Awakened could. After the team was scattered across a vast, fog-covered swamp, Bai Pu began mapping his surroundings and encountered a Mud Monster.

• Xiang Yinghua’s team found the spatial anomaly and measured it as a top-tier Intermediate Plane, then sent Special Operations Team Six inside to claim it.
• Yuan Tang cautioned that foreign Intermediate Awakened might also enter the Intersection Land and told the team to stay alert.
• Bai Pu and his teammates crossed the anomaly and emerged scattered across the swamp, with Iron Anvil alone far to the west.
• Yuan Tang ordered the team to rendezvous in pairs, while Bai Pu explored eastward and used his Spirit Energy Camera to map the terrain.
• A Mud Monster crawled out of a deep pool and charged at Bai Pu.

Bai Pu defeated a Mud Beast in the Intersection Lands and collected its Magic Core before crossing Heng Bone Plains to rescue Yuan Yue from a swarm of Digging Worms. He and Yuan Yue wiped out the attackers and reunited.

• Bai Pu used Mountain Shattering Mystery to kill the Mud Beast, whose Energy Siphon had failed to drain his energy, and collected its Magic Core.
• Yuan Yue explained that the Intersection Lands came from Dinosaur: Nuclear Crisis, where spacetime overlap brought prehistoric creatures into the modern age, before screaming at a swarm of enormous bugs.
• Bai Pu reached Heng Bone Plains and headed toward Yuan Yue, who was about twenty kilometers away.
• Yuan Yue ran toward Bai Pu with Digging Worms pursuing her and called for him to save her.
• Bai Pu pulled the Digging Worms together with Storm Eye and battered them with Volcanic Visage—Bombardment, then Yuan Yue finished off the survivors with her Golden Dual Guns.

Bai Pu and Yuan Yue explored the newly formed Intersection Lands, where Bai Pu collected Digging Worm materials and spotted a Double Sail Dragon. He attacked the Level 6 leader, landing a heavy blow in its back, while the battle remained unresolved.

• Bai Pu killed the Digging Worms, collected their Insect Cores, and shared some treasure meat with Yuan Yue, who refused to eat it.
• Bai Pu said they needed to find local residents to learn how to seize control of the Intersection Lands, then noticed a Double Sail Dragon approaching.
• Yuan Yue urged Bai Pu to leave the beast's territory, but Bai Pu chose to approach the dinosaur as a potential source of information.
• The Double Sail Dragon charged, and Bai Pu evaded it with Gale Step before jumping onto its back and splitting one of its sails.
• Bai Pu resisted the Double Sail Dragon's Trample with Gale Wind Falling Blade, then plunged his greatsword into its spine.

Bai Pu fought the Double Sail Dragon until it surrendered, then used his pure blood to turn the behemoth into his mount. He treated its wounds after realizing how badly he had injured his new servant.

• Bai Pu used Mountain Shattering Mystery to carve a deep wound into the Double Sail Dragon's back, but its immense Endurance and thick hide reduced the damage.
• The Double Sail Dragon tried to shake Bai Pu off with violent movements, and he clung to its back while repeatedly attacking the wound.
• When the Double Sail Dragon attempted a forward roll to cut Bai Pu with its back sails, Bai Pu escaped with Gale Step and dropped onto its back again.
• After its blood loss weakened it, the Double Sail Dragon lowered its head and showed Bai Pu that it wanted to surrender.
• Bai Pu dripped his pure blood into the Double Sail Dragon's wound, turning it into his mount, then treated its injuries with First Aid Ointment.

Bai Pu learned from the Double Sail Dragon that a dangerous Scorching Mountain lay beyond the swampland, then rode there with Yuan Yue and You Bai. As they entered the Giant Fern Mountain Range, a Velociraptor appeared and the Double Sail Dragon grew wary, just before a pack emerged from the ferns.

• Bai Pu questioned the Double Sail Dragon and learned of the powerful dinosaurs near the Scorching Mountain, which Yuan Yue suspected was linked to the Intersection Lands' authority.
• You Bai showed Bai Pu and Yuan Yue Yuan Tang's messages: Yuan Tang and Blood Spider had encountered hostile foreigners, but Blood Spider had already defeated them.
• Bai Pu sent Yuan Tang and Blood Spider toward the Scorching Mountain while he took Yuan Yue and You Bai there on the Double Sail Dragon.
• The Double Sail Dragon carried the group through the swampland, crushing Mud Beasts and scattering giant insects along the way.
• In the Giant Fern Mountain Range, a Velociraptor appeared and made the Double Sail Dragon retreat cautiously; Bai Pu warned that Velociraptors traveled in packs as more emerged from the ferns.

Bai Pu and his companions crossed into the Velociraptor pack’s territory, where the leader Miserable Claw attacked the Double Sail Dragon. Bai Pu stopped its assault and killed it with Lasso Strike and a Mountain Shattering Mystery strike.

• Dozens of Velociraptors surrounded the Double Sail Dragon as You Bai detected an approaching team connected to Bai Pu’s High School Hegemony Competition opponents.
• An elite Velociraptor wounded the Double Sail Dragon, but Yuan Yue and You Bai shot and stabbed it to death.
• The Double Sail Dragon knocked back several Velociraptors, but Miserable Claw struck from the ferns and tore into its side.
• Bai Pu ordered the Double Sail Dragon to charge forward while Yuan Yue and You Bai kept the Velociraptors at bay.
• Miserable Claw launched a high-speed attack on the Double Sail Dragon, but Bai Pu caught it with Lasso Strike and killed it with one blow.