Chapter Summaries

Han Dong tested a tentacle-based combat form against Huo Ziping, who used the Dragon City secret technique Imperial Borrowing to launch a fierce sword assault. Han Dong evaded Huo Ziping’s timed Heart Sword strike and froze the Dragon Sword just short of himself, leaving the duel poised at a decisive moment.

• After recovering from the tentacles being severed, Han Dong assessed Huo Ziping’s Heart Sword cooldown and decided to test his new single-target combat form.
• Han Dong used Abyssal Transformation and G-Virus-enhanced tentacles to summon a Hundred-Eyed Blood Hound and launch crows and tentacles at Huo Ziping.
• Huo Ziping activated Imperial Borrowing and Sixfold Dragon Flash, cutting through the attack and closing in on Han Dong despite suffering contamination and death erosion.
• Huo Ziping pressed his attack with rapid slashes while Han Dong defended with hardened Black Crystal Tentacles and searched for an opening.
• Han Dong used Void Transfer to evade Huo Ziping’s timed sword intent and appear behind him, then stopped the Dragon Sword with a hand against the back of Huo Ziping’s head.

Han Dong defeated Huo Ziping and persuaded him to stay and help kill Pennywise and pursue the True Ending. After the mayor stopped Secretary Verna and Dean Richard from fighting, Han Dong arranged for his allies to prepare for the final plan, leaving the group to meet at Central Hospital in twenty-four hours.

• Huo Ziping admitted defeat, and Han Dong used Life Drain to remove the tentacle residue and Death Aura from his body.
• Han Dong asked Huo Ziping to stay and help kill the clown, offering to distribute the Final Treasure according to need, and Huo Ziping agreed.
• The Void Gate opened, and Secretary Verna and Dean Richard resumed their fight until the mayor stopped both attacks and declared Han Dong the winner.
• Dean Richard returned to his daughter, while Miss Jian and the Shade Corpses helped the exhausted Han Dong onto the Corpse Cart.
• Han Dong told Huo Ziping to bring the body parts to Central Hospital in twenty-four hours and instructed Cas and Diana to prepare for the True Ending plan.

Han Dong and Miss Jian traveled through the morgue to find Pennywise's head, overcoming the clown's traps and reaching a chamber filled with imitation clowns. Miss Jian's Live Burial activated as Han Dong searched the corpses for the real head.

• Han Dong suffered severe bodily damage from his 30% Synchronization Rate, and Miss Jian shared her mental strength with him while he slept.
• Han Dong and Miss Jian headed into the morgue's depths to find Pennywise's final body part, his head.
• Miss Jian destroyed Pennywise's gift-box trap and helped Han Dong pass more traps along the corridor.
• Han Dong opened the secret chamber and found over a hundred clown-costumed living corpses holding Red Balloons.
• As Han Dong inspected the imitation clowns, Miss Jian's Live Burial skill activated in response to a dangerous icy presence.

Miss Jian used Burial Alive to destroy the infected corpses while Han Dong realized Pennywise’s apparent escape was a ruse. Han Dong found and sealed Pennywise’s hidden head, completing the final step toward unlocking the True Ending of IT: Resurrection (Inner Chapter).

• Miss Jian used Burial Alive to make the infected corpses decay and die as they tried to flee the morgue.
• Han Dong deduced that Pennywise had hidden pieces of its head in the corridor’s gift boxes and used the corpses as a distraction.
• Han Dong found the guard’s corpse and recognized that Pennywise was concealed inside it.
• Han Dong dodged Pennywise’s attack and sealed its head in a clay jar.
• Miss Jian witnessed Han Dong capture Pennywise, and Han Dong prepared to carry out his final plan.

Han Dong began his plan to expose every carrier of Pennywise’s Clown Virus and asked the mayor to mobilize Derry Town against them. The chapter ended with the entire town launching a party to execute the infected and eliminate the threat.

• Huo Ziping left the Dragon City Squad at Town Hall and went to the hospital to fulfill the commission to kill Pennywise’s true body.
• Han Dong and Dean Richard discussed the clown’s origin and prepared Professor West’s equipment in the Black Pyramid.
• Huo Ziping and Shirley arrived, and Dean Richard suppressed the clown’s head while West’s team connected it and Han Dong to the devices.
• Han Dong used his Demon Eye and the Color Bridge to trace the Clown Virus through Pennywise’s brain and identify infected residents on televisions.
• Han Dong asked the mayor to authorize action, and the mayor informed qualified townspeople of the infected individuals’ locations.
• The mayor launched a town-wide party in which Derry Town residents set out to execute infected people, animals, and Semi-living plants.

Han Dong explained why Pennywise could not be killed while infected carriers remained and revealed his plan to combine the clown’s laughter with the Scarlet Count’s power. After the town eliminated every carrier, Han Dong prepared to assemble the clown’s body, intending to pursue a True Ending rather than simply destroy it.

• Han Dong explained that Pennywise could return through infected hosts and that he himself had contracted the Clown Virus.
• Han Dong recalled choosing the Scarlet Count to help him assimilate the Clown Virus and complete his laughter attribute.
• Han Dong and the town used West’s brain apparatus, Dean Richard’s Color Bridge, and Han Dong’s Lesser Demon Eye to locate and kill the infected, including Ma Taotao and Yu Wu.
• Ma Taotao and Yu Wu ended their Destiny Event and left the space, preventing Pennywise from returning through them.
• After the televisions went to static, Han Dong laid out Pennywise’s limbs and prepared to begin, despite his failing torso.

Han Dong restored Pennywise’s body and drew his consciousness into a virtual theater where Earl and Huo Ziping fought him. As the others prepared to extract the Mad Laughter Factors, Han Dong revealed a black vortex on Pennywise’s navel, which the mayor identified as the mark of an Uncontrolled One.

• Han Dong used Limb Assembly to restore Pennywise’s body and had Sam return the clown’s soul to it.
• Professor West’s apparatus pulled Pennywise’s consciousness into Earl’s Private Theater, where Earl attacked him.
• Pennywise transformed and hurled a grenade at Earl, but Huo Ziping cut it apart and joined Earl against him.
• Han Dong’s group mapped the Mad Laughter Factors in Pennywise’s body as the consciousness battle continued.
• Han Dong pointed out a black vortex around Pennywise’s navel, and the mayor identified it as the mark of an Uncontrolled One.

Huo Ziping killed Pennywise by severing the clown’s hidden life thread, and Han Dong’s team concentrated all of the Mad Laughter Factor into the clown’s torso. Han Dong removed the head and limbs, leaving a perfect torso with the Black Vortex as the final step of his plan began.

• Huo Ziping broke free of the Treasure Box and used his Heart Sword to sever Pennywise’s life thread, erasing the clown’s consciousness.
• Han Dong cut off the clown’s right arm and returned it to the Earl so the Earl’s consciousness could recover.
• Han Dong signaled Professor West to begin the final stage of the plan, and the Embryo Incarnations used fluid and electricity to draw the Mad Laughter Factor into the torso.
• The machines pushed the factor concentration to 100%, causing transformers to explode and void energy to surge through the pyramid.
• Han Dong removed the clown’s head and limbs, leaving the torso and its Black Vortex, then prepared to connect to it.

Han Dong grafted Pennywise’s unique torso without rejection and received the clown’s memories, including his escapes from the Black Tower and Derry Town. The Black Vortex offered Han Dong access to the Black Tower as a special transfer station, while Mad Laughter began a completion reaction.

• Han Dong integrated Pennywise’s torso, which adapted perfectly to his body and began rotating its Black Vortex.
• Han Dong received Pennywise’s memories of escaping the Dark Circus, spreading the Clown Virus, and being captured by Black Tower agents.
• Pennywise escaped the Black Tower by infecting a locust and killing himself, then arrived in Inside Derry Town through dimensional turbulence.
• After inspectors marked him again, Pennywise killed his circus colleagues and escaped through the Underground Sewer to Surface Derry Town.
• Han Dong focused on the torso’s adaptability, the developing Mad Laughter trait, and the Black Tower transfer option, then laughed madly.

After claiming Pennywise’s torso and achieving the true ending, Han Dong fused the clown’s laughter with the Scarlet Count’s ability to form a new Mad Laughter System. With the event over and his departure from Derry Town approaching, he reunited with his squad to enjoy their rewards.

• Han Dong accepted the clown torso, laughed as its attributes fused with his own, and received the true ending reward of a Resurrection Treasure Chest.
• The Destiny Participants were notified that the event had ended and that they had twenty-four hours to leave Destiny Space.
• After four hours of laughing, Han Dong completed the fusion and had the Biological Laboratory analyze his new Mad Laughter System.
• Han Dong reassured Miss Jian that he would visit her in the morgue before leaving Derry Town.
• Han Dong thanked Miles, then gathered his squad and headed to their private apartment to enjoy their gains.

Han Dong opened the True Ending chest and found powerful equipment, a document offering a share of Inside Derry Town, and a damaged blood-affinity skull. He gave Cas the hammer and planned to discuss the equity document with the town’s mayor, while the skull’s repair conditions remained unknown.

• Han Dong opened the It chest as Cas and Diana watched, and the Earl woke after sensing the crimson scent inside.
• Han Dong found the Fist of Dawn, a powerful Overlord weapon, and gave it to Cas, who eagerly tested it.
• Han Dong discovered a transaction document that could secure up to 10% of Inside Derry Town’s equity and planned to raise the matter with the mayor.
• Han Dong uncovered the damaged Netherblood Skull of Roghorien, an Epic accessory that increased health regeneration and blood affinity.

Han Dong claimed Roghorien's Netherblood Skull and traded the World of Urban Legends node to gain 10% equity in Inside Derry Town. He arranged to take Professor West away, while the mayor warned that doing so would still cost points.

• Han Dong bound the damaged Netherblood Skull with his blood, gaining an artifact that summoned a powerful Hundred-Eyed Blood Hound.
• Cas and Diana congratulated Han Dong, then left to settle their rewards and report to Uncle Kulan.
• Han Dong went to Town Hall and offered the mayor the World of Urban Legends node in exchange for 10% of Inside Derry Town's shares.
• Han Dong signed the agreement and became a shareholder, while the mayor clarified that he still needed to pay points to take Professor West away.

After settling his affairs in Derry Town, Han Dong spent his last moments with Miss Jian, who gave him rare Nordic Ancient Witchcraft before he departed. In the White Space, he received his perfect-clear rewards and faced a choice among three Talent Tree development systems.

• Han Dong returned Togu to the monastery prison, said farewell to the residents he knew, and reserved his remaining time for Miss Jian.
• Han Dong and Miss Jian shared a dreamlike walk on the island where she had become a witch, and she passed Nordic Ancient Witchcraft secret text into his mind before they parted.
• Han Dong awoke in the White Space and received a gold clown trophy and two special Destiny Points for his perfect clear of the Chain Event.
• The Destiny Space projected Han Dong's Talent Tree and explained that he could invest only one point per layer, permanently giving up the other systems' slots on that layer.
• Han Dong examined the three Talent Tree systems: Faceless Myth, Dark Magic, and Mad Laughter Journey.

Han Dong activated Dark Knowledge and Tentacle Enthusiast on the first two layers of his Talent Tree, gaining major learning and tentacle enhancements. He then exchanged a clown souvenir for Destiny Points and learned that bringing Herbert West out of Inside Derry Town would cost 200 points.

• Han Dong chose Dark Knowledge over Master of Disguise, improving his ability to learn Dark Magic and unlocking the Talent Tree’s second layer.
• Han Dong spent his second Talent Point on Tentacle Enthusiast, increasing his tentacle count, range, and control while reducing the burden of Abyssal Transformation.
• Han Dong exchanged his clown souvenir for 200 Destiny Points, bringing his total to 260 points.
• Han Dong asked how much it would cost to take Herbert West out of Inside Derry Town and learned that the price was 200 points.

After returning from True Destiny, Han Dong sent Chen Li to a dangerous Destiny World to strengthen herself and learned that he had become a Tier 2 Knight. Mia welcomed him back and arranged to meet him at the Treehouse that night.

• Han Dong offered Chen Li a choice between training in a Destiny World and returning to an ordinary life, and she chose a trial with a death rate above ninety percent.
• Han Dong selected the Yin Yang Road Series for Chen Li, who entered its black Destiny Gate and was separated from him.
• Han Dong returned to the clock tower, where the Clock Master asked about the Black Vortex and marked Han Dong's questionnaire with a Vortex Mark.
• Mia greeted Han Dong outside the clock tower, grew jealous of the girl he had traveled with, and retreated after sensing dangerous blood energy from his new equipment.
• Mia told Han Dong to collect his Tier 1 Knight medal, and Han Dong revealed that he was actually a Tier 2 Knight.

After clearing True Destiny, Han Dong learned that he had become a Tier 2 Knight and developed three Talent Tree routes, drawing attention across the Holy City. Commander Kuran praised him and asked him to look after Diana during Night Watcher missions as preparations for the Great Expedition began.

• Mia questioned Han Dong about his two Talent Points, learned that he had three Talent Tree routes, and agreed to wait for him at her swamp treehouse.
• Han Dong registered as a Tier 2 Knight at Knight Headquarters, and news of his achievement spread through the Holy City and its Knight Orders.
• Han Dong covered his new rank badge with his Bird-beak Doctor coat and tried to leave quietly, but Commander Kuran seized him and took him to a carriage.
• Commander Kuran praised Han Dong for helping Diana through True Destiny and urged him to complete Night Watcher missions before the Great Expedition.
• Commander Kuran asked Han Dong to take Diana along on missions whenever possible, and Han Dong reluctantly agreed.

Han Dong returned to the Holy City and learned how the Great Expedition would select its knights and what dangers it would face. Mr. Black and White revealed that its ultimate purpose was to kill the Old Kings.

• Han Dong found the Secret Hall sealed for seven days and nine hours while it decrypted the Abyssal Demon Tablet.
• Han Dong visited Mr. Black and White, who directed him to the Clock Master for answers about the Black Vortex.
• Mr. Black and White explained that the Great Expedition would select knights based on their abilities, experiences, and resilience rather than through a competition.
• Mr. Black and White advised Han Dong to pursue selection through the Abyssal Demon Tablet, Night Watcher missions, and the financiers' laboratories.
• Han Dong asked the expedition's ultimate purpose, and Mr. Black and White said it was to kill the Old Kings.

Han Dong visited Stuart Manor to introduce Professor Herbert West to Dr. Swollen and prepare his research operations for future work. He left the two scientists ready to collaborate while the Great Expedition against an Old King approached.

• Mr. Black and White explained that the Great Expedition aimed to defeat a lower-level Old King through a staged campaign, which Han Dong understood was vital to humanity.
• Han Dong traveled beyond the Holy City to Stuart Manor with Professor West, showing him the Eternal Night wilderness along the way.
• Han Dong told the Crow Person Elder to prepare elite crow person units and a mature Crow Person Great Elder for the Great Expedition.
• Han Dong inspected the renovated ghoul laboratory and learned that Dr. Swollen had upgraded it with advanced materials delivered by mechanized collaborators.
• Han Dong introduced Professor Herbert West to Dr. Swollen as his assistant for a one-month internship, and the two scientists immediately connected over their research.

Han Dong brought Professor West to meet Dr. Swollen and helped establish a preliminary research direction for developing special troops ahead of the Great Expedition. He then took Mia to Witch Academy and showed Witch Kailonya ancient witchcraft secret texts that could become a stepping stone toward the Hidden Realm.

• Han Dong introduced Professor West to Dr. Swollen, and the two scientists discussed research and possible uses for Steam Technology.
• Han Dong, Dr. Swollen, and Professor West established a preliminary research direction, then Han Dong returned to the Holy City alone.
• Han Dong collected Mia from her Treehouse and used spatial movement to take her to the Witch Academy.
• Han Dong told Witch Kailonya that he had obtained ancient witchcraft from a small Nordic island and asked her to assess whether Mia could use it.
• Han Dong transmitted knowledge of the Three Witches Cult and the Hidden Path to Witch Kailonya, who was shocked that he had brought such valuable secret texts out of Destiny Space.

Han Dong had Mia learn the First Ritual of Solar's Ritual, connecting her to the Hidden Realm and beginning her path toward greater offensive power. He then sent Mia, Abel, Demps, and Wen Li into their first True Destiny as a team, where they all survived and earned the best-team reward.

• Han Dong explained the Hidden Path to Mia and asked Teacher Kailonya to teach her the Second Ritual, but Kailonya assigned her the Witchcraft Secret Chamber to learn secret inscriptions first.
• Han Dong transmitted Solar's Ritual to Mia and engraved the First Ritual into her body, suppressing her spider legs and calming her with whispers when the pain overwhelmed her.
• After the engraving, Han Dong told Mia to rest and meditate, then arranged for her to enter Destiny Space with Abel, Demps, and Wen Li.
• Demps planned the team's twenty-four-day Destiny Journey while Abel led the charge, and all four survived the medium-scale event Village of Ghouls and received the best-team reward.
• The team members' Talent Trees revealed their growth systems, including Mia's Hidden Path and Wen Li's Infinite Power; Demps had three systems, one of them particularly interesting.