Chapter Summaries

Gu Xi developed an experimental tower to convert equipment into death equipment and explored how necromancers might benefit from using it. After completing the tower in two days, he prepared purple equipment for its first test while the city’s transformation into a Death City remained unfinished.

• Gu Xi confirmed that his dead objects skill converted equipment through death power and decided to build a tower to nurture many items at once.
• Gu Xi chose to test the tower in the void-traveling city rather than establish a permanent facility there, planning to build a larger one in Aryadovi City.
• Gu Xi handed the city’s fighting to his subordinates and studied how death equipment might be useful to other necromancers.
• Gu Xi made two stripped-down pieces of death equipment and discovered a processing method that let him finish the experimental Summoning Tower in two days.
• Gu Xi had the purple equipment from the armory piled beside the tower and prepared to begin testing it.

Gu Xi experimented with the Death Equipment Conversion Tower and realized that partially converted equipment could help human players by locating their souls after death, while yin-infused gear could strengthen undead armies through resonance. He left with a plan to use these discoveries to make death equipment valuable to players and improve the standing of undead-branch necromancers.

• Gu Xi tested different conversion methods and timings with the Death Equipment Conversion Tower, then recognized that players might value death equipment for its unique traits.
• Gu Xi found that incomplete death equipment could locate the souls of players who died in games, allowing necromancers to recover and raise them as undead.
• Gu Xi believed this rescue ability could reduce player deaths and increase humanity's reliance on undead-branch players and necromancers.
• Gu Xi discovered that equipment infused with small amounts of death power could resonate, combining its effects when used together.
• Gu Xi decided the yin-infused equipment would be most useful in large quantities among Undead Army units, whose coordinated gear could unleash powerful attacks.

Gu Xi examined the transformed Void Ghost City and studied its special building blueprints, learning how its gargoyles and void-protecting roads worked. He decided to cover the city with Balance Bricks and gave an order while looking toward the Genesis Bridge.

• Gu Xi realized the city had completed its conversion into a silver-white Void Ghost City under his command.
• Gu Xi inspected the Wall Dwarf Building blueprint and learned that its walls trained gargoyles, strengthened buildings, and helped gargoyles recover health.
• Gu Xi examined the Balance Brick blueprint and learned that the paving improved void energy absorption and protected people and buildings from the void.
• Gu Xi decided that the Void Ghost City needed Balance Bricks across its roads and gave an order while looking toward the Genesis Bridge.

Gu Xi helped secure the Genesis Bridge and promised to protect the project as humanity worked to complete the final Game World in three months. When the human higher-ups asked about revenge for the attacks, he identified the Celestial Race as the likely enemy, but they hesitated to accept his account.

• Gu Xi arrived at the Genesis Bridge after the Gargoyles were eliminated and learned that the final Game World was expected to be completed in about three months.
• Gu Xi promised to leave a city and troops to guard the project and agreed to arrange a signal for the Genesis Bridge in the Real World.
• The human player warned Gu Xi that forces with ties to both worlds were trying to prevent humanity's return to the Real World, and Gu Xi said he would handle the threat.
• Human higher-ups gathered with Gu Xi and asked who had tried to obstruct Genesis.
• Gu Xi said the Celestial Race was likely behind the attack and explained its power and position in the Real World.
• The human higher-ups doubted Gu Xi's claims and fell silent, leaving him privately unimpressed by their response.

After helping secure Yuanzu City, Gu Xi returned to Aryadovi City and assigned Eve research into death equipment and the Void Ghost City. He then reviewed the battle report, which revealed a new type of undead vine, and began considering how to use and expand it.

• Gu Xi promised Yuanzu City's leadership that he would return within two months or before the Genesis Bridge was completed, and left a city gate open as a reliable route into the city.
• Gu Xi returned to Aryadovi City and asked Eve to research converting orange-quality equipment and Void Equipment into death equipment, as well as developing the Void Ghost City.
• Eve eagerly accepted the assignments and went to conduct her experiments.
• Li Yufang reported the battle's gains and material losses to Gu Xi, noting that resurrection methods meant there were essentially no permanent soldier losses.
• Gu Xi learned that the converted vines began at level 20, capped at level 25, and reproduced by splitting into two new vines after gaining enough experience.
• Gu Xi considered using the slow-moving, skull-bearing vines alongside the Undead Arrow Tower Hunter and around Heavy Breath Mountain, and ordered his subordinates to classify and multiply them.

Key Plot Points and Events

• Gu Xi gains nearly 10 million Gargoyles from the defeated Void Celestials, with levels ranging from 17 to 25, possessing abilities like Teleport, Void Flying, and Ranged Attack.
• Materials and equipment, including tens of thousands of Void Orange Equipment, are recovered from the demolished cities.
• Gu Xi plans to convert the Orange Equipment into Death Equipment for the Death Kaleidoscope and Octopus Head Pyramid.
• Shaya investigates forces attacking Yuanzu City, identifying one enemy force of 700,000 heading towards Yuanzu City, with no direct relation to the Celestial Race.

Character Developments

• Gu Xi demonstrates strategic thinking and resourcefulness in utilizing the gained Gargoyles and equipment.
• Shaya proves her competence in gathering intelligence, providing crucial information about the approaching enemy force.

Significant Themes

• Resource management and strategic planning: Gu Xi effectively uses the gained resources to strengthen his forces and prepare for future challenges.
• Intelligence gathering and its importance in decision-making: Shaya's intelligence report influences Gu Xi's strategic planning and preparation for the upcoming conflict.

Character Interactions

• Gu Xi and Shaya: Gu Xi tasks Shaya with investigating the attacking forces, and upon her return, he listens attentively to her report, indicating trust and reliance on her capabilities.
• Gu Xi and his subordinates: Gu Xi delegates the fighting to his subordinates, showing confidence in their abilities and his overall strategy.

Gu Xi learned that a Su Clan army of seven hundred thousand was approaching and chose a few other factions to target as a warning. Shaya revealed that an intruder had stolen the nurturing progress of Gu Xi’s Illusion Magic Staff, leaving him determined to kill the culprit.

• Shaya reported that seven hundred thousand Su Clan mercenaries were on the move, and Gu Xi decided to confirm their route and scatter them with a city gate.
• Gu Xi selected several other factions for limited strikes to warn nearby enemies while preserving time for his other plans.
• Gu Xi reviewed Shaya’s intelligence about the Illusion Magic Staff and asked whether it was reliable; Shaya estimated an eighty percent chance it was true.
• Shaya explained that an unknown intruder with a more advanced quasi-red Illusion Magic Staff had entered Living Giant Rock City and stolen the nurturing progress from Gu Xi’s staff.
• Gu Xi realized his staff could remain stalled unless the intruder was dealt with, and he resolved to kill them.

Key Plot Points and Events

• Gu Xi discovers an Illusion covering his Illusion Magic Staff, diverting the Nurturing Ritual's effect to another location.
• Gu Xi realizes the Illusion is of Red Equipment level, indicating the enemy has Red Equipment.
• Gu Xi experiments with his staff, causing the Illusion to malfunction, and then uses Nether Spirit Flower Seeds and Death Mane to track the energy flow.
• Gu Xi follows the energy trail to a tavern near the city gates.

Character Developments

• Gu Xi demonstrates his keen observation skills and quick thinking in identifying and countering the Illusion.
• Shaya shows caution and prudence in her actions, following Gu Xi's instructions.

Significant Themes

• The power of observation and attention to detail.
• The dangers and limitations of illusions.
• The importance of caution and careful planning in countering enemies.

Character Interactions

• Gu Xi and Shaya work together, with Gu Xi leading and Shaya supporting and learning from him.
• Gu Xi's playful nature is revealed as he experiments with the Illusion.

Gu Xi discovered an enemy Illusion Magic Staff hidden beneath the sign of a Small Tavern near Living Giant Rock City's gate and pulled it free. Its owner appeared to claim it as the Corpse Mountain God of War and Eve arrived at Gu Xi's side.

• Gu Xi inspected the Small Tavern's sign while Shaya waited behind him.
• Gu Xi struck the sign with his Illusion Magic Staff, revealing that its magnifying-glass symbol concealed another staff.
• Shaya guarded Gu Xi as the tavern's servers rushed out, and Living Giant Rock City's Garrison Troops converged on the scene.
• Gu Xi used his White Bone Lightning Hand to pull out the enemy's lightning-and-poison Illusion Magic Staff, whose green lightning dissolved the servers.
• An arm made of butterflies appeared and claimed the staff, but Gu Xi insisted it was the Illusion Magic Staff he had been nurturing.
• The Corpse Mountain God of War and Eve appeared beside Gu Xi and activated their red equipment.

Key Plot Points and Events

• Gu Xi activates the Death Kaleidoscope, attracting and converting nearby Undead into Death Power.
• An Illusionist attacks Gu Xi using Butterflies and an Illusion Magic Staff, which Gu Xi captures and plans to use.
• A Demon appears, seemingly unaffected by the Death Kaleidoscope, indicating it's an Illusion.
• Gu Xi uses the Calamitous Flood Dragon Aura to combat the Demon but realizes the Illusion is too powerful.

Character Developments

• Gu Xi demonstrates strategic thinking and adaptability, using the Death Kaleidoscope to gain an advantage and planning to exploit the Illusionist's staff.
• The Illusionist shows skill in creating convincing Illusions but lacks the ability to maintain them effectively against Gu Xi.

Significant Themes

• The power of belief and perception in the context of Illusions (false vs. real).
• The importance of understanding one's environment and enemies to gain an advantage.

Character Interactions

• Gu Xi interacts with the Illusionist indirectly through their Illusions, showing contempt and mockery.
• Gu Xi's techniques (Death Kaleidoscope, Calamitous Flood Dragon Aura) interact with the Illusionist's creations, highlighting the difference in their powers.

Gu Xi confronted a player wielding two resonating pieces of red equipment and quickly moved to seal off the battlefield. As Eve and the Corpse Mountain God of War joined him, the enemy realized Gu Xi’s forces intended to trap him with no way out.

• Shaya continued using the Great Demon to practice while Gu Xi and his allies sensed a powerful enemy approaching.
• The player fired an arrow at Gu Xi, but the Blood Thread Net pulled Gu Xi clear as the arrow destroyed his gate of nether spirit flowers.
• Gu Xi identified the player's quiver and necklace as resonating red equipment and decided to trap him before attacking.
• Gu Xi spread Sacred Moonlight and Night Blood Path around the area, while Eve added shadows from the Black Sky Curtain.
• The Corpse Mountain God of War unleashed Curse Blood Mist to layer curses onto the trapped player.
• The player realized Gu Xi had several pieces of red equipment and allies who also wielded red equipment, and that they meant to leave him no escape.

Key Plot Points and Events

• The Free Player transforms his wooden longbow into a black bone longbow, absorbing Curses.
• Gu Xi, understanding the Free Player's abilities, initiates a surprise attack while the opponent focuses on the Corpse Mountain God of War.
• Gu Xi's strategy involves sealing the battlefield with various Curses and equipment, preventing the Free Player's escape.
• The Free Player, realizing he can't absorb Curses fast enough, decides to kill one of the trio to break through the encirclement.
• The Free Player uses his Red Equipment, Illusion Feather Arrow, to attack Gu Xi and the Corpse Mountain God of War simultaneously.

Character Developments

• Gu Xi demonstrates strategic thinking and adaptability, using his environment and equipment to outmaneuver the Free Player.
• The Free Player showcases quick decision-making and combat experience, choosing to strike first despite being outnumbered.

Significant Themes

• Strategy and Adaptability: Gu Xi's use of the environment and his equipment to outmaneuver the Free Player highlights the importance of strategy and adaptability in combat.
• Resource Management: Both Gu Xi and the Free Player manage their resources (equipment, Curses, and health) effectively to gain an advantage in battle.

Character Interactions

• Gu Xi and the Corpse Mountain God of War: They work together to block the Free Player's escape and attack, with the Corpse Mountain God of War serving as a meatshield while Gu Xi focuses on Curses and strategy.
• Gu Xi and the Free Player: Their interaction is primarily a battle of wits and resources, with Gu Xi trying to outmaneuver the Free Player and the Free Player attempting to break through Gu Xi's defenses.

Gu Xi used Wave of Death to wound the Free Player, who vanished with Double Red Equipment Resonance. Gu Xi began converting the captured Illusion Magic Staff and transferring its nurturing time, forcing the hidden Free Player to reveal his position.

• The Corpse Mountain God of War knocked the Free Player backward as his arrows transformed into snakes and potion bottles, while Gu Xi and Eve dodged the arrow rain.
• Gu Xi realized the arrows carried illusions and unleashed Wave of Death, damaging the Free Player and his illusions.
• The Free Player changed his Mage Robe to survive the attack, then restored his vitality with a golden light before dissolving into bubbles and disappearing.
• Gu Xi used the Dead Object effect to draw death power into the captured Illusion Magic Staff while his hands transferred its nurturing time into Gu Xi's staff through a void crystal.
• The concealed Free Player grew angry at the transfer and made a slight movement, allowing Gu Xi to pinpoint his location.

Key Plot Points and Events

• Gu Xi discovers the Free Player's hiding spot using bubbles and Illusion techniques.
• The Free Player attacks Gu Xi with Death Strings and a barrage of arrows, which Gu Xi counters with Frost Wave and Undead minions.
• Gu Xi seizes the opportunity to attack the Free Player's hiding spot with Sacred Moonlight.
• Gu Xi absorbs nurturing time from the Free Player's Illusion Magic Staff, aiming to complete his own staff's transformation into Death Equipment.

Character Developments

• Gu Xi demonstrates strategic thinking and adaptability in combat, using his knowledge of Illusion techniques to counter the Free Player's attacks.
• The Free Player shows cunning and patience, waiting for Gu Xi to make a mistake while analyzing Gu Xi's weaknesses.

Significant Themes

• The power of Illusion and its applications in combat and deception.
• The importance of adaptability and strategic thinking in battles.
• The consequences of underestimating one's opponent.

Character Interactions

• Gu Xi and the Free Player engage in a battle of wits and skills, each trying to outmaneuver the other.
• Gu Xi's Illusion Magic Staff interacts with the Free Player's staff, allowing Gu Xi to absorb nurturing time.
• The Free Player focuses on Gu Xi's weakness, Eve, suggesting a potential future conflict.

Brief Reference

• Gu Xi discovers and counters the Free Player's Illusion-based attacks.
• Gu Xi absorbs nurturing time from the Free Player's staff, aiming to complete his own staff's transformation.
• The Free Player analyzes Gu Xi's weakness, setting up a potential future conflict.

Key Plot Points and Events

• Eve's Shadow Path helps Gu Xi seal the battlefield, but she's initially seen as ineffective as Shaya, who's taken down a Greater Demon.
• The Free Player uses Double Red Equipment to create an illusionary hiding spot, but Gu Xi exploits a flaw in his plan, forcing the Free Player to reveal himself.
• Gu Xi attacks the Free Player with full force, using his Chief of the Goddesses' abilities, Hands of Death, Death String, and Nether Spirit Flower Bloom.
• The Free Player uses afterimages to evade Gu Xi's attacks and disappears again, frustrating Gu Xi.

Character Developments

• Eve: Initially underestimated, her Shadow Path is crucial for the area lockdown. Her role is vital but less flashy than Shaya's.
• Gu Xi: Shows exceptional skill in using his Chief of the Goddesses' abilities, demonstrating his strategic prowess and frustration when the Free Player evades him.
• The Free Player: Exhibits impressive Illusion skills and adaptability, using Double Red Equipment resonance to create reality but struggles with the random effects of unclear thoughts.

Significant Themes

• The power of strategy and adaptability over brute force (Gu Xi vs. The Free Player)
• The importance of attention to detail in planning and execution (The Free Player's flaw and Gu Xi's exploitation)
• The frustration of facing an elusive opponent (Gu Xi's reaction to The Free Player's evasion)

Character Interactions

• Eve and Gu Xi: Eve's Shadow Path supports Gu Xi's sealing strategy, but their interaction is minimal.
• Gu Xi and The Free Player: Their battle highlights Gu Xi's strategic prowess and The Free Player's adaptability and evasiveness, with Gu Xi becoming increasingly frustrated by his opponent's elusiveness.

Gu Xi and his allies layered curses and tracking summons on the hiding Free Player, forcing him to abandon his plans and reveal himself. The Free Player fired a Long Arrow that pierced Gu Xi’s blockade, then vanished by bursting into bubbles.

• Gu Xi ordered Eve to cast Dark Curse while the Curse Blood Mist continued stacking curses on the Free Player.
• The Corpse Mountain God of War used Earth Furnace to merge Gu Xi’s Death Kaleidoscope power into the mist, rapidly draining the Free Player’s health.
• Gu Xi released Death Avatar-Netherworld Messengers, whose presence threatened to locate the Free Player and forced him to act.
• The Free Player drew a Long Arrow and transformed his longbow into a twisted weapon made of linked arms.
• Gu Xi attacked with Soul Pulling and Spirit Guiding and Nether Spirit Flower Guidance, but the Free Player fired the arrow through the blockade and burst into bubbles.

Gu Xi used Double Red Equipment Resonance to follow the free player's fate and discovered that the man had used illusions to fake the Illusion Magic Staff and steal nurturing time. Gu Xi secretly linked the fake staff to the genuine one, then tracked the free player out of Living Giant Rock City, where the man called on his pursuer to reveal himself.

• Gu Xi realized the free player had escaped as an arrow, but used the Death Avatar-Netherworld Messenger to identify him and followed his fate line.
• Gu Xi watched the free player use illusions to move unseen and create convincing copies, including a fake Illusion Magic Staff.
• Gu Xi inferred that the free player had been stealing Illusion Magic Staff nurturing time from multiple players and factions.
• Gu Xi used Death String to link the fake staff to the genuine Illusion Magic Staff so the free player’s theft would drain the real staff’s nurturing time.
• The free player left Living Giant Rock City and changed his appearance, while Gu Xi continued tracking his soul and fate.
• The free player stopped in the wilderness and called for his pursuer to show himself.

Gu Xi watched the Free Player, whose suspicions and repeated attempts to return to Living Giant Rock City were thwarted by events influenced by fate. Gu Xi planned to trap him on the sealed battlefield and exploit his understanding of the Free Player’s illusion-based fighting style.

• The Free Player failed to find Gu Xi, left, and returned a day later to investigate the watcher he had sensed.
• The Free Player detected an attack on his illusion and hurried after it, while Gu Xi followed under the influence of the fate line.
• Gu Xi suspected that a fate storm was trapping the Free Player and refrained from interfering as the man repeatedly tried to return to Living Giant Rock City.
• Gu Xi resolved to block the Free Player’s escape on the sealed battlefield and knock him back when he transformed into an arrow.

Gu Xi tried to steer the Free Player away from Living Giant Rock City while preparing a trap, but the Free Player’s illusions destroyed his preparations. Gu Xi attacked with the Underworld Battlefield to provoke the Free Player into blaming the city’s necromancer, and the Free Player headed for the city as a fate storm began to form around him.

• Gu Xi repeatedly guided the Free Player toward Living Giant Rock City, where fate caused incidents and attacks that eventually made him stop trying to go there directly.
• The Free Player sent illusions to Living Giant Rock City and moved rapidly between areas, unknowingly destroying Gu Xi’s preparations there.
• Gu Xi realized the Free Player had ruined his plans and unleashed the Underworld Battlefield and its offensive abilities against him.
• Gu Xi released Death Avatar-Netherworld Messenger and the undead, then vanished to make the Free Player believe the city’s necromancer was trying to stop him.
• The Free Player used his red equipment and illusions to fight the undead and advance toward Living Giant Rock City, while Rise in Rebellion summoned more undead and a fate storm began forming around him.

Key Plot Points and Events

• A typhoon has caused severe flooding in the Residential District.
• Water and electricity have been out since the previous night.
• The narrator plans to post updates as soon as power is restored.

Character Developments

• The narrator shows responsibility and concern for the community by planning to provide updates once power is restored.

Significant Themes

• Natural Disaster: The typhoon and its aftermath highlight the theme of nature's power and the human response to it.
• Community: The narrator's intent to provide updates shows a sense of community and responsibility towards others.

Character Interactions

• The narrator interacts indirectly with the readers/audience by addressing them, expressing gratitude for their understanding and support, and promising to keep them informed.