Chapter Summaries

Gu Xi inspected the new research options in the Dragonbone Laboratory, then rode the Water Dragon Beast through the river to Evilwood Lake. He found Grand Princess Anna’s corpse underwater and examined it, but did not yet attempt to transform her into an undead.

• Gu Xi found that the Dragonbone Laboratory had opened four new research directions for enhancing the Death Avatar.
• Gu Xi rode the Water Dragon Beast through the river and noticed that corpses were accumulating near the Dock Area whirlpool.
• Gu Xi explored the underwater forest at Evilwood Lake and saw Amirka sacrifice Abomination corpses to the lake’s central fissure.
• Gu Xi reached Grand Princess Anna’s corpse and examined its condition underwater, deciding not to risk an undead transformation without high confidence of success.

After checking Grand Princess Anna and confirming Aryadovi was functioning, Gu Xi returned to the Heavenly Dao White-Robed Great Guanyin and suspected the stone in its hand was a fragment of the Sessho-seki. He nearly succumbed to the statue’s hypnotic influence, then summoned Xia Yi, who arrived eager to see the stone.

• Gu Xi examined Grand Princess Anna, concluded she could gradually assimilate the remaining plant-based Abomination in her bloodline, and removed the Contaminated Magic Book from her body.
• Gu Xi checked Aryadovi City, then used a reflective surface to appear beneath the Heavenly Dao White-Robed Great Guanyin statue.
• Gu Xi suspected the stone in the statue’s hand was a Sessho-seki fragment, but the Mind Nether Lamp and Special Coin alerted him before he could fall under its hypnosis.
• Gu Xi sent Xia Yi a message asking if he wanted a Sessho-seki and warned him to bring protection against hypnosis.
• Xia Yi arrived and asked where the Sessho-seki was, and Gu Xi pointed to the stone in Guanyin’s hand.

After discovering that a Sessho-seki might yield Orange Equipment, Gu Xi and Xia Yi considered searching for another fragment to confirm its quality. When they learned that the other fragments were too far away to reach during the ceremony, Gu Xi decided to wait until he was stronger and return for the stone later.

• Xia Yi told Gu Xi that the Sessho-seki seemed higher quality than the Soul Stone and might produce Orange Equipment.
• Gu Xi proposed finding another Sessho-seki to test, and calling for help if it could not produce Orange Equipment.
• Gu Xi and Xia Yi divided their efforts, but learned that the other eight Sessho-seki were sealed outside the city and difficult to reach.
• After discovering the nearest Sessho-seki would take three days to reach, Gu Xi refused to gamble the time and planned to leave a Hearthstone Node so he could return later.
• Xia Yi accepted that they would not leave the city to search for a Sessho-seki for now.

After Xia Yi died while attempting to take the Sessho-seki, Gu Xi realized the stone had been influencing their thoughts. He stayed at the Wudou Family’s home and used the Mind Nether Lamp to resist its pull, leaving the Sessho-seki’s danger unresolved.

• Gu Xi and Xia Yi parted ways after deciding they could not take the Sessho-seki yet, and Gu Xi rode back toward the Wudou Family’s home.
• Gu Xi received a notice that Xia Yi had died and saw the Heavenly Dao White-Robed Great Guanyin put a flying dragon into her Jade Purification Bottle.
• Gu Xi told Wudou Meina that his friend had died, asked her to get wine, and considered buying a detached house so he could remain in Bailian City.
• Gu Xi realized Xia Yi may have been driven to attack the Great Guanyin by the Sessho-seki’s influence when his wrist hurt and the Mind Nether Lamp activated.
• Gu Xi used the Mind Nether Lamp to calm himself and resist the urge to return to the Sessho-seki as Wudou Meina brought him food.

Gu Xi arranged for Anderson to build a powerful catapult projectile that could shatter the Sessho-seki, but he still needed to solve how to attack without exposing himself and how to collect anything that fell out. He discussed those problems with Luna, along with securing a house that would let him return to the world later.

• Gu Xi left his meal with Wudou Meina and returned to Aryadovi City to seek Anderson’s help destroying the Sessho-seki.
• Anderson agreed to build a single catapult projectile with five times the power, despite warning that its blast might destroy the gemstones.
• Gu Xi decided he would need someone else to operate the catapult, conceal the attack position, and collect the resulting items.
• Luna arrived from the Weird Mirror Space, and Gu Xi told her he wanted to arrange item collection and secure a house for his next return to the world.

Gu Xi planned to destroy the Sessho-seki and recover it before Heavenly Dao White-Robed Great Guanyin could interfere, using a mirror-traveling Great Weird and rain to cover the area. As he obsessively checked the plan for weaknesses, Luna intervened to save him, and Gu Xi realized someone was provoking him through the Sessho-seki before collapsing.

• Gu Xi proposed divining the Sessho-seki’s landing area and having a resurrected mirror-traveling Great Weird retrieve it before retreating into the Weird Mirror Space.
• Luna identified a Great Weird who could travel through reflective surfaces, and Gu Xi suggested using heavy rain to let him move through raindrops around Heavenly Dao White-Robed Great Guanyin’s statue.
• Gu Xi warned Luna not to intervene personally and continued examining ways to prevent Heavenly Dao White-Robed Great Guanyin from tracing the Weird Mirror Space through the Mirror Buddha.
• Gu Xi’s body rapidly weakened under the pressure of his calculations, so Luna forced her way to him and pressed a hand against his back.
• Gu Xi spat black blood, realized someone was using the Sessho-seki to provoke him, and collapsed while smiling.

Gu Xi attacked Maple Leaf Park to seize its territory and resources, rejecting Hei Tian’s offer of five thousand corpses. He faced the Maple Leaf Family’s defenders, including students who served as Grim Reapers, and opened the assault with forty-one red dragons.

• Gu Xi deployed the Steel City Gate outside Maple Leaf Park, prompting its inhabitants to send Hei Tian out with a white flag to negotiate.
• Hei Tian offered five thousand corpses in exchange for sparing the Maple Leaf Family, but Gu Xi ordered an attack and a Long Arrow killed him.
• Maple Leaf Park’s trees formed a defensive wall as undead defenders and more than ten towers took position.
• A scythe-wielding student introduced himself as a Grim Reaper of Sanshou Middle School and threatened to drag Gu Xi’s soul into Yellow Springs.
• Gu Xi mocked the Grim Reapers and sent forty-one red dragons to breathe fire on the maple-tree wall.

Gu Xi launched an assault on the Maple Leaf Family’s Maple Leaf Park, using his undead army and red dragons to overwhelm its defenders. The Grim Reapers failed to reach him, and their leader prepared to unleash something in response.

• The Maple Leaf Family’s Grim Reapers ordered an attack on Gu Xi’s red dragons, but Gu Xi brought out his White Impermanence Ghost Squad and drove the Steel City Gate into Maple Leaf Park’s wall.
• The Earthbound Weird Dragon transformed into its Water Flow Clone state and blasted demons and evil ghosts off the wall, giving Gu Xi’s undead army an opening to attack.
• Arroyo and the Black Spear Camp charged through the enemy ranks while the Grim Reapers abandoned directing the battle and flew toward Gu Xi.
• Gu Xi defended himself with flame-infused Magic Arrows and White Bone Storms, while the returning red dragons burned several Grim Reapers to ash.
• The red dragons swept along Maple Leaf Park’s walls and scattered the demons, as Gu Xi’s undead fought the surviving enemies in a brutal exchange.
• Unable to reach Gu Xi after several charges, the lead Grim Reaper shouted that Gu Xi had forced his hand and ordered something released.

Gu Xi fought the Maple Leaf Family's death gods as they released a dangerous flaming wheel, losing six red dragons when it appeared. He overwhelmed the death gods with White Bone Storms while his Death Avatar attacked the wheel, which was left jammed but still showed signs of a violent response.

• The death god Leader ordered his subordinates to release the thing hidden in Maple Leaf Park, and Gu Xi sent red dragons after them as the Ghost Squad spread White Impermanences across the battlefield.
• The red dragons set the maple forest ablaze, revealing a phantom vermilion maple tree and a damaged wooden wheel that began drawing out souls.
• Gu Xi summoned his Death Avatar and ordered the red dragons to retreat, but the wheel claimed the souls of six dragons before he could stop it.
• Gu Xi unleashed repeated White Bone Storms that tore apart many of the fleeing death gods.
• The Death Avatar battered the wheel with Death Dragon Breath and Dissolving Rays, then bit down and jammed it as its central eye turned crimson.

Gu Xi’s forces destroyed the Maple Leaf Family’s Reincarnation Disk and seized Maple Leaf Park after wiping out its defenders. As he ordered the park stripped for its deed and blueprints, Luna asked him to spare it so she could merge it into Aryadovi City.

• The Six Paths of Reincarnation Disk exploded, destroying half the Blood Maple Tree, killing a third of the Grim Reapers, and badly injuring the rest.
• Gu Xi’s Death Avatar killed the Grim Reapers while his forces and the Steel City Gate overwhelmed the Maple Leaf Family’s demons and spirits.
• Gu Xi’s army captured Maple Leaf Park, killed its remaining defenders, and recovered six Red Dragon corpses.
• Gu Xi ordered the Ghost Squads to strip the park and sent the dragon corpses to Aryadovi City for later use.
• Luna arrived to check on Gu Xi, then asked him not to dismantle Maple Leaf Park because she wanted to merge it into Aryadovi City.

Gu Xi left Luna to handle the battlefield corpses and led his troops to conquer Ito Middle School, seeking to make up for his losses and strengthen Aryadovi City. After defeating the school’s defenders, he uncovered its hidden passages and basements and began recovering its dead as new residents.

• Gu Xi trusted Luna with the battlefield and withdrew his troops, then headed for Ito Middle School with a Main City Gate.
• Gu Xi ordered his troops to attack the school, and his Bonecleaver Battalion, Heroes, and red dragons overwhelmed its defenders.
• The Earthbound Weird Dragon used Mirror Image Clone and Mirror Dragon Breath while Gu Xi noticed the school lacked its rumored supernatural mysteries.
• Gu Xi’s forces conquered Ito Middle School in under half an hour and discovered hidden passages, underground basements, and countless dried corpses.
• Gu Xi sent the Ghost Squad to search the campus and raised souls from the corpses, intending to make them working residents of Aryadovi City.

After taking Ito Middle School, Gu Xi converted nearly a thousand enemies into Skeleton Soldiers and Ghosts and collected hundreds of books. He claimed the school land and gained six building blueprints, deciding to prioritize the School Library while postponing the others.

• Gu Xi turned the male enemies into more than three hundred Skeleton Soldiers and the female enemies into over five hundred Ghosts.
• The Ghost Squad recovered at least three hundred books, including the green-quality novels "Youth XX" and "Black Magic Encyclopedia."
• Gu Xi dismantled the abandoned school district and obtained a land deed with two Medium Plots, three Small Plots, and six Building Blueprints.
• Gu Xi found that the School Library could improve spell and mage soldier levels, and decided it had to be built first.
• Gu Xi set aside the other five blueprints for later and wondered whether their buildings could be constructed in the Weird Mirror Space.

After capturing several large Abomination zones, Gu Xi collected land deeds and Building Blueprints, including a Source Water Well Blueprint that could establish a Branch City and a Weird Excavation Base that could uncover underground Abomination incidents. He set aside most of the other blueprints and headed toward the Wudou Family.

• Gu Xi assaulted several large Abomination zones overnight and obtained five land deeds and 39 Building Blueprints.
• Gu Xi examined the Source Water Well Blueprint and realized it could let him build a new city around a well in the wilderness.
• Gu Xi studied the Weird Excavation Base Blueprint and saw that it could dig up Abomination incidents and level up through excavation.
• Gu Xi reviewed three Large Building Blueprints and decided their troops and prerequisites made them poor choices for his current plans.
• Gu Xi put away the remaining blueprints and headed toward the Wudou Family.

After a night of fighting, Gu Xi led nearly ten thousand undead through Bailian City and gained enough strength to intimidate the factions and Abominations around him. As dawn arrived, he withdrew his army into Aryadovi City, received the previous day's casualty report and a reward for killing Toilet Weird, and opened the reward chest.

• Gu Xi's troops grew through the night's battles, his Summoning reached level 9, and the Earthbound Weird Dragon reached level 5 as its Ghost Domain transformation progressed.
• Gu Xi marched toward the Wudou Family with his army, and the major factions and nearby Abominations avoided confronting him.
• At dawn, Gu Xi sent his soldiers through the Main City Gate into Aryadovi City and saw the report that Cold Leaf City and Autumn Wind City had been entirely eliminated.
• Gu Xi received the Polluter/Decontaminator achievement and a green Weird Treasure Chest for Toilet Weird's death, then chose to open the chest.

Gu Xi followed Wudou Mina into a taboo-filled subway station to travel to a real estate appointment. They boarded a strange train crowded with unseen monsters, and Gu Xi watched the route map, ready to get off.

• Gu Xi examined the Strange Treasure Chest’s loot, finding the Defiled Land somewhat useful and the Tainted Treasure Map abandoned by its original owner.
• Wudou Mina took Gu Xi to a subway station, warning him to follow her instructions and avoid breaking its taboos.
• Wudou Mina counted the stairs and silently led Gu Xi through the blood-covered underground station; Gu Xi carried her to keep her from stepping on the floor.
• Wudou Mina stopped Gu Xi behind the yellow line until an old train arrived, then guided him into the carriage with the invisible crowd.
• Gu Xi saw demons and monsters filling the train and held Wudou Mina close while watching the route map for a chance to get off.

Gu Xi ignored an Abomination that tried to provoke him on the subway and recognized Blood Luo Cave from the Filthy Treasure Map. When the train reached the station, he sent Amirka and most of his Undead Army to search for the treasure, leaving a force to guard the City Gate as Ghoul Shadows appeared.

• Gu Xi spotted Blood Luo Cave on the station sign and recalled that it was marked on the Filthy Treasure Map.
• An Abomination demanded to know how Gu Xi knew about Blood Luo Cave and threatened him, but Gu Xi ignored it.
• Gu Xi summoned Amirka, showed him the Filthy Treasure Map, and ordered him to search for the treasure while Gu Xi stayed on the train.
• At Blood Luo Cave Station, Gu Xi opened the Troop Stockade City Gate, and Amirka led his troops off the train.
• More than three hundred Undead guarded the City Gate while roughly seven hundred followed Amirka, and skinless Ghoul Shadows appeared at the station.

Gu Xi and Wudou Meina safely rode the silent subway to Xiachuanli, following its taboos and escaping the Great Weird’s influence. Outside the station, they met real estate agent Baishe Yousheng, who hesitated when Gu Xi described the properties he wanted.

• Amirka led the Undead Army into battle at Blood Luo Cave while Gu Xi rode the silent subway, careful not to make a sound.
• Wudou Meina pointed out Xiachuanli, and Gu Xi carried her off the train before it sped away.
• Wudou Meina explained the subway’s rules and showed Gu Xi that less than a minute had passed during their trip.
• Baishe Yousheng met Gu Xi and Wudou Meina outside the station, accepted a white envelope, and introduced himself as a real estate agent.
• Gu Xi asked Baishe Yousheng to find a cheap detached house and a short-term rental near Heavenly Dao White-Robed Great Guanyin, but the agent said the requirements would be difficult to meet.

Gu Xi pushed Baishe Yousheng to find a three-million Detached House that met his requirements and inspected a dark, Abomination-haunted property. The chapter ended with Gu Xi asking where the previous owner's family had been buried.

• Baishe Yousheng described several nearby houses and warned that cheap Detached Houses often contained Abominations and unsuitable residents.
• Gu Xi told Baishe Yousheng that Abominations did not matter and insisted on hearing about each property's surroundings, transportation, sanitation, and safety.
• Baishe Yousheng first led Gu Xi toward a house that exceeded his budget, so Gu Xi stopped him and insisted he follow the stated requirements.
• Baishe Yousheng redirected Gu Xi to a three-million Detached House whose owner, Inu House, had lost his wife and children after violating an Abomination's taboo.
• Gu Xi examined the windowless, sunlight-starved house, called it a good place, and asked where Inu House's family had been buried.

Gu Xi inspected a house filled with Abominations and learned the taboos tied to its previous owners. He decided to buy it and clear out the Abominations, while suspecting a Ghost beneath the house had caused many of the deaths.

• Gu Xi asked to inspect the house, and Baishe Yousheng showed him inside and searched his Briefcase for its taboos.
• Gu Xi sensed that several previous owners had been buried in the house as he examined its layout.
• Baishe Yousheng explained the taboos of the eight Abominations, including rules that could kill anyone who broke them.
• Gu Xi asked whether he could legally clear out the Abominations if he bought the house, and Baishe Yousheng confirmed that he could.
• Gu Xi chose to buy the house, and Baishe Yousheng began handling the paperwork.
• Gu Xi identified multiple hidden corpses and suspected a Ghost beneath the house had caused many previous owners to die.

Gu Xi secured a house that he intended to make his Anchor Point and left its haunting under the watch of a Ghost Squad. He traveled by subway with Baishe Yousheng to inspect another property, learning the station’s dangers and witnessing the passengers’ strange behavior.

• Baishe Yousheng completed Gu Xi’s house paperwork, and Gu Xi released a Ghost Squad inside to frighten the underground Ghost into hiding.
• Gu Xi told Luna that the house would become his Anchor Point, then arranged for the Ghost Squad to guard it while Luna was unavailable.
• Wudou Meina left after Gu Xi bought the house, and Gu Xi traveled with Baishe Yousheng toward another property.
• Baishe Yousheng explained the Ghost-Seeing River station’s taboos, including the hours when a subway carried the dead to Yellow Springs.
• Gu Xi followed Baishe Yousheng onto a muddy subway and watched passengers crowd into a carriage while covering themselves with newspapers, briefcases, and other objects.
• After four stations, Baishe Yousheng left the crowded carriage, and a balding middle-aged man immediately took his place.