Chapter Summaries

Gu Xi chose a vacant lot near Heavenly Dao White-Robed Great Guanyin and arranged to rent it while investigating the statue’s interior and the damage to its Buddha statues. Seven People Workshop warned him off after realizing Gu Xi was considering how to build a similar statue, leaving him worried that future visits would be harder.

• Gu Xi rejected several vacant lots before selecting one about two hundred and fifteen meters to the right of Heavenly Dao White-Robed Great Guanyin, then asked Baishe Yousheng to handle the rental and gather detailed measurements.
• While Baishe Yousheng handled the paperwork, Gu Xi measured the area and inspected the statue’s interior, finding that the Mirror Buddha’s head had shattered and that several water-related Buddha statues had cracked after the Well Dragon King’s death.
• Gu Xi examined the statue’s unusual materials and learned from Seven People Workshop that Heavenly Dao White-Robed Great Guanyin grew stronger through gifts from the Abominations she sheltered each night.
• Seven People Workshop tried to dissuade Gu Xi from targeting the statue, but Gu Xi asked how to build one like it, prompting Seven People Workshop to tell him to leave.
• Gu Xi realized that his attention to the statue’s interior might make it difficult for him to enter again.

Gu Xi rented a vacant lot near the Heavenly Dao White-Robed Great Guanyin statue so he could prepare an attack, then returned to Aryadovi City to investigate a huge tree that had appeared after Maple Leaf Park merged into the Demon Plant Zone. Luna explained the city's construction plans as Gu Xi headed to see the tree.

• Gu Xi received Luna's letter saying Maple Leaf Park had merged into Aryadovi City and that she was arranging an Anchor Point at New House.
• Gu Xi measured a vacant lot near the Heavenly Dao White-Robed Great Guanyin statue, then rented it for fifteen days after Baishe Yousheng negotiated a price of two hundred thousand yuan.
• Gu Xi returned to Aryadovi City and saw blue-green clouds covering the sky.
• Luna told Gu Xi that a huge tree had appeared in the Demon Plant Zone when Maple Leaf Park merged, and Gu Xi rode the Evil Coffin there to see it.
• Luna told Gu Xi that the city would continue its construction schedule and that the required buildings for Dimi might be ready in time for the final battle of the Bailian Grand Ceremony.

Gu Xi discovered that the Blood Maple could boost Summoning and gradually turn Aryadovi City's non-undead buildings and soldiers into undead. He also found a ruined Six Paths of Reincarnation Base and ordered Luna to move it to the edge of Evilwood Lake.

• Gu Xi inspected the activated Blood Maple and learned that it increased Necromancer Summoning success by 10% and would slowly transform Aryadovi City's non-undead buildings and soldiers into undead.
• Luna explained that the Weird Mirror Space would not be affected because it was a Satellite City, and that more than thirty immature Blood Maples could raise Gu Xi's Summoning success rate further.
• Luna told Gu Xi that at least thirty thousand buried corpses beneath Maple Leaf Park would eventually rise as residents of Aryadovi City, not as an Undead Army.
• Luna led Gu Xi to a burned stone platform, where he identified the abandoned Six Paths of Reincarnation Base that had held the destroyed disk.
• Gu Xi ordered Luna to move the Six Paths of Reincarnation Base to the edge of Evilwood Lake.

Gu Xi sensed that Grand Princess Anna was connected to the Three Divine Skills and began an Undead Transformation before new changes could arise. He revived and contracted her, but Anna immediately warned that his heart had been affected.

• Gu Xi told Luna that Grand Princess Anna gave him the same feeling as Shaya’s corpse and decided to revive her before the grand sacrifice ended.
• Luna moved the Six Paths of Reincarnation Base to Evilwood Lake while Gu Xi gathered top-grade materials and prepared Grand Princess Anna’s corpse.
• Gu Xi performed the Undead Transformation, using Golden Rib Bones, a Hellfire Core, a Villain Mask, a Professional Hood, and other materials to remake Anna.
• Gu Xi offered Grand Princess Anna an Undead Pact, and she agreed to fight for him.
• Grand Princess Anna joined Gu Xi’s forces as a level 4 Lich and told him that his heart had been affected.

Grand Princess Anna suppressed the Sessho-seki’s mental influence on Gu Xi and warned him that his original plan had likely been exposed. Gu Xi abandoned his reckless approach and began reconsidering how to act without drawing the attention of level 20 experts.

• Grand Princess Anna changed into her original form, explained that the materials Gu Xi had given her had constrained her power, and requested full authority over the city’s resources.
• Grand Princess Anna suppressed the mental influence on Gu Xi and advised him to remain in Aryadovi City, especially during the day.
• Gu Xi explained his plan to Grand Princess Anna, who stopped him when he reached the part about renting a vacant lot.
• Grand Princess Anna warned that Gu Xi’s actions may have been observed or manipulated, and told him not to follow his original timing or act personally.
• Gu Xi realized that powerful enemies might have been monitoring him and reconsidered his plan before declaring that he knew what to do next.

Gu Xi learned that Blood Luo Cave Station led to a blood-red world and had Amirka watch the gate overnight for changes. He opened a Bloodstained Treasure Chest despite its plea to keep growing, gaining a haul of corrupted materials and a valuable cloak blueprint.

• Amirka reported that he had retrieved a buried treasure near a skeletal Demon Beast beyond the Subway Station and described the strange Abomination guarding it.
• Gu Xi ordered Amirka to watch the Troop Stockade City Gate overnight and signal him if Blood Luo Cave Station changed into a world of demons and monsters.
• Gu Xi identified the iron box as a Bloodstained Treasure Chest and opened it, ignoring its warning that it had devoured 96 powerful individuals.
• The chest yielded 1,417 Bloodstained Gold Coins, corrupted materials, two Soldier Enhancement Tickets, a Blood-colored Cloak blueprint, and Essence of Blood from 197 people.
• Gu Xi inspected the chest’s bloodstained mouth relief and considered using the Essence of Blood to summon troops and the blueprint to equip or sell cloaks.

Gu Xi recruited the players to complete tasks that required Abominations, offering free use of the Weird Mirror Space as payment. After leaving the tasks to them, he headed to the Temporary Camp to meet a revived Mirror Weird responsible for a frontal assassination.

• Gu Xi saw that Bailian City's losses had risen sharply and suspected the Sessho-seki's influence was spreading.
• Players gathered in the Weird Mirror Space to trade, and Gu Xi announced tasks that required negotiating with Abominations.
• The players quickly claimed the tasks, including one to bring seven days of rain to the city.
• Gu Xi offered free passage through the mirrors for the next few days, and the players began traveling through them.
• Gu Xi went to the Temporary Camp to meet a bandage-wrapped Mirror Weird that had revived after Luna killed it and had led the frontal assassination.

Gu Xi warned Hanging Man that his next task would kill him permanently, and Hanging Man eagerly agreed after explaining his long suffering. Meanwhile, Grand Princess Anna and Luna headed for the Mirror Dungeon’s core to retrieve Gu Xi’s item, while Gu Xi continued coordinating players’ tasks and later shut down Wang Baogen’s questions about Xia Ge.

• Gu Xi told Hanging Man that he would die completely after taking an item from the rain, and Hanging Man gave Gu Xi a strip of bandage that would produce a new Hanging Man ten days after his death.
• Hanging Man explained that Mirror Image Movement had trapped him in a painful existence among reflective surfaces, and he welcomed Gu Xi’s final task.
• Grand Princess Anna and Luna left Aryadovi City for the Mirror Dungeon’s core, planning to use a mirror Anchor Point to escape after retrieving Gu Xi’s item.
• Gu Xi monitored players’ completed tasks and distributed rewards as half the tasks were finished before nightfall slowed their progress.
• Wang Baogen approached Gu Xi about Xia Ge, but Gu Xi told him not to ask or interfere.

Gu Xi stayed hidden as Sessho-seki grew anxious, then returned to Aryadovi City and discovered its ghosts were multiplying around the Blood Maple Tree and the Six Paths of Reincarnation Base. Meanwhile, Luna and Grand Princess Anna followed the paladins’ trail through the mist and reached the place where Anna had died.

• Wang Baogen urged Gu Xi to help Xia Ge, and Gu Xi resolved to stay cautious rather than leave Aryadovi City for Sessho-seki’s trap.
• After the players withdrew from the Weird Mirror Space, Gu Xi severed its connection to the outside and returned to Aryadovi City.
• Gu Xi found Japanese-style ghosts wandering the city and considered organizing its growing population to support construction and labor.
• Gu Xi saw the Six Paths of Reincarnation Base glow as ghosts passed between the Blood Maple Tree and Evilwood Lake, and noticed new British-style ghosts joining them.
• Luna and Grand Princess Anna followed the trail of fallen paladins, whose bodies Anna had transformed into powerful ghouls, through the mist.
• Luna and Grand Princess Anna reached the place where Grand Princess Anna had died in battle.

Luna and Grand Princess Anna reached the battlefield beneath the upside-down Westminster Abbey, where a British guardian held back its mirror image and the Great Lord’s forces threatened Victoria City. Anna explained that Luna had to reach the Mourning Room and draw a powerful enemy’s attention, then warned her not to use mirrors when retreating.

• Grand Princess Anna stopped Luna before they approached the middle-aged man beneath the Apple Tree, explaining that he was a level 20 British guardian holding Westminster Abbey’s mirror image in place.
• Anna recounted how the Great Lord’s five level 20 followers had been killed by Westminster Abbey’s three defenders after a fifteen-day battle, and how their remains were merging into a giant monster.
• Anna pointed out the Mourning Room, where the five dead beings had been sent, and warned Luna that the Great Lord’s power was connected to the room and an eye opening atop Westminster Abbey.
• Luna agreed to reach the Mourning Room to draw an enemy beyond level 20 into pursuing her, while Anna told her not to use mirror abilities during her retreat.

Gu Xi learned that demons planned to attack his friend Wang Baogen and warned him to stay in Aryadovi City, where Gu Xi could protect him. Wang Baogen left to make preparations and died that night as demons killed nearly seventy players.

• Gu Xi reviewed the player statistics, learned that demons had begun cooperating, and heard from the Blood Flower Queen that Wang Baogen was in danger.
• Gu Xi found Wang Baogen in the Weird Mirror Space, warned him of the planned ambush, and offered him shelter in Aryadovi City.
• Wang Baogen realized he might have been manipulated and promised to return to Gu Xi's city before nightfall.
• Wang Baogen left to prepare and never returned; Gu Xi later received a notification that he had died in battle.
• Demons killed nearly seventy players that night, leaving only sixty-six Necromancers alive, including Gu Xi.

On the seventh day of the Bailian Grand Ceremony, Zuo Ya asked Gu Xi whether his group could shelter in Death City, but Gu Xi could not guarantee their safety. Zuo Ya and many other players withdrew through Gu Xi’s city, while the remaining players learned that Gu Xi would close it after two hours and left to fend for themselves.

• Zuo Ya told Gu Xi that the attacks were too dangerous and asked to hide in Death City, then decided to withdraw when Gu Xi could not promise protection.
• Gu Xi warned Zuo Ya that leaving through the outside might be unsafe and offered his city as an exit; Zuo Ya and more than a dozen players chose to leave through it.
• More players saw Zuo Ya’s group withdraw and followed, while others stayed, believing they could hide until the ceremony ended.
• Gu Xi told the remaining players he would leave during the day and keep Death City open to the public for only two more hours.
• Several players left after Gu Xi refused to leave his city behind, while nearly ten stubborn players departed to seek shelter elsewhere.

Gu Xi put the final pieces of his plan into place, isolating Aryadovi City and sending Grand Princess Anna through a mirror toward the Real World. As he waited for news, he received a Godslayer achievement and recalled a strange flash from the Sessho-seki he had seen when he first arrived.

• Gu Xi sent the Hanging Man into Luna's mirror and sealed the Weird Mirror Space, severing its connection and the Mirror Barrier around Aryadovi City.
• Anderson delivered the disguised Catapult to the Demon Plant Zone, and Grand Princess Anna returned with the mission apparently successful.
• Gu Xi gave Grand Princess Anna a two-way mirror, warned her to return if anything went wrong, and watched her carry it through the Troop Stockade City Gate.
• Gu Xi ordered the troops outside to retreat, then cut off the Troop Stockade City Gate's connection to the outside and waited for news from Grand Princess Anna.
• Gu Xi received a Weird Treasure Chest and the Dragon Slayer/Godslayer achievement, equipped the Godslayer title, and saved the chest for later.
• While reviewing the battle, Gu Xi remembered that the Sessho-seki held by Heavenly Dao White-Robed Great Guanyin had flashed when he first saw her.

Gu Xi’s plan brought a disguised Catapult toward the Heavenly Dao White-Robed Great Guanyin while Grand Princess Anna returned to Aryadovi City. As the statue began reacting to the rain and Gu Xi’s arrangements, the Catapult’s true weapon was revealed, leaving its purpose about to unfold.

• Grand Princess Anna used the Full-length Mirror to send the Catapult disguised as a pickup through a Ghost Wall, and the vehicle was swept toward the Heavenly Dao White-Robed Great Guanyin.
• Grand Princess Anna returned to Aryadovi City as the Full-length Mirror shattered, and Gu Xi told her to wait while he watched the Special Coin.
• A player approached the Heavenly Dao White-Robed Great Guanyin, whose gaze killed him and absorbed his memories and soul.
• The statue sensed the power of Abominations in the rain and raised its Jade Purification Bottle to collect it.
• Abominations redirected the pickup toward the statue and activated its firing button, revealing a steel-reinforced wooden Catapult carrying a gemstone-studded metal sphere.

A surprise attack wounded Heavenly Dao White-Robed Great Guanyin, allowing the Hanging Man to steal items from the shattered Sessho-seki and flee toward Gu Xi’s Detached House. Heavenly Dao White-Robed Great Guanyin pursued him, killed him just short of the house, and reached into its black mist after the stolen items were teleported inside.

• Anderson’s explosive projectile blasted apart part of Heavenly Dao White-Robed Great Guanyin’s head, chest, and right arm, enraging her.
• The Hanging Man seized important items from the shattered Sessho-seki and escaped through reflections as Heavenly Dao White-Robed Great Guanyin pursued him.
• Heavenly Dao White-Robed Great Guanyin absorbed the rain and destroyed mirrors and nearby people, forcing the Hanging Man out of the mirror images near the Detached House.
• The Hanging Man flung the stolen items into the Detached House, where black mist teleported them away, before Heavenly Dao White-Robed Great Guanyin struck him dead.
• Heavenly Dao White-Robed Great Guanyin realized someone was trying to take the Sessho-seki or free Tamamo and reached into the black mist.

Luna stole three items and sent a black-mist mirror into a room of flesh, allowing the Heavenly Dao White-Robed Great Guanyin to devour a powerful Abomination’s flesh. Tamamo then turned the Flesh Guanyin Statue against her, but the Heavenly Dao White-Robed Great Guanyin unleashed World-Destroying Rebirth, leaving the city flattened as the two Guanyin statues fought.

• Luna transferred three items into the Mirror Dungeon, sent the mirror into a room piled with corpses and flesh, and fled while the middle-aged man erased her tracks.
• The Heavenly Dao White-Robed Great Guanyin reached through the black-mist mirror, devoured flesh from a level 20 cult expert, and began healing and regrowing her body.
• The Great Lord struck the Heavenly Dao White-Robed Great Guanyin, destroyed the mirror, and tore the swallowed flesh from her body, forming the Flesh Guanyin Statue.
• Tamamo revealed her role in trapping the Heavenly Dao White-Robed Great Guanyin and ordered the Flesh Guanyin Statue to attack her.
• The Heavenly Dao White-Robed Great Guanyin activated World-Destroying Rebirth, spreading a purple halo and calling down lightning across the city.
• The Flesh Guanyin Statue rose into the sky to scatter the lightning as the city was crushed and leveled during their fight.

Gu Xi escaped the collapsing Bailian Grand Ceremony and returned to Bailian City, where his guildmaster praised his achievements while the major guilds accepted the event’s losses and discussed rewards. The chapter ended with the Chaoyang Radiance Guild’s guildmaster pressing the Steel Ghost Claw Guild for compensation.

• Gu Xi left the Bailian Grand Ceremony, and the Teleportation Gate later froze, confirming that the remaining players were trapped inside.
• The Chaoyang Radiance Guild’s guildmaster welcomed Gu Xi, praised his contribution, and paraded him before the other guilds.
• The major guilds accepted that the ceremony had ended, noting Bailian City’s losses but also the destruction of Autumn Wind City and Cold Leaf City’s players.
• The guildmaster told Gu Xi to rest and promised to negotiate his rewards, then joined the top guilds to discuss the Steel Ghost Claw Guild’s punishment.
• The Chaoyang Radiance Guild’s guildmaster demanded benefits from the Steel Ghost Claw Guild over its vice guildmaster’s defection and began asking about its large world.

Gu Xi returned to the guild after the Bailian Grand Ceremony while Li Xinghui mistakenly believed he had left without meaningful rewards. Gu Xi considered trading for a mausoleum to advance his city’s development and agreed to visit the guild’s player-run market to sell surplus items.

• On the guild carriage, Li Xinghui assumed Gu Xi was upset about missing the points leaderboard rewards and promised the guild leader would compensate him.
• Gu Xi privately reflected on the troops, buildings, equipment, and possible Sessho-seki fragment he had gained during the ceremony.
• Gu Xi asked Li Xinghui whether the guild might provide a mausoleum set, and Li Xinghui explained that purple equipment was usually more valuable than building one.
• Gu Xi recognized that a mausoleum could unlock the Crimson Temple Design Blueprint and help him train Crimson Knights.
• Li Xinghui spoke about friends dying in dangerous worlds, and Gu Xi remembered Xia Yi and Wang Baogen.
• Li Xinghui offered to take Gu Xi to the guild’s player-run market, and Gu Xi agreed to sell surplus Abomination items.

Gu Xi returned to the Chaoyang Radiance Guild Residence to a celebratory welcome, then set up a stall in the guild market to sell Abomination items while waiting for the Guild Master. He opened the Weird Treasure Chest from killing the Well Dragon King in front of the gathered players and obtained several valuable rewards, including a recipe and an underwater secret chamber.

• The Chaoyang Radiance Guild players welcomed Gu Xi, whose efforts at the Bailian Grand Ceremony had helped secure the guild a share of development rights and funding on par with Bailian City's top five guilds.
• Gu Xi accepted the players' gifts and followed Li Xinghui to the guild's secret internal market, where Li Xinghui explained its rules and currency.
• Gu Xi set up a stall to sell his unwanted Abomination items, but few players made purchases.
• While waiting for the Guild Master, Gu Xi opened the Weird Treasure Chest he had received for killing the Well Dragon King as players gathered to watch.
• The chest yielded gold, cash converted into two Small Yellow Fish, Soul Crystals, Gems, a level 9 Soldier Enhancement Ticket, Construction Stones, a Dragon Blood Life Liquid Recipe, and a Crystal Palace Secret Chamber.

Gu Xi traded the Crystal Palace Secret Chamber to merchant Chris for three items suited to his city and forces, plus ten sets of Fish Dragon Bones. Chris opened the chamber to players, while Gu Xi explained why the deal benefited him more than exploring it alone.

• Chris recognized Gu Xi’s Crystal Palace Secret Chamber and offered to buy it, arguing he could draw crowds and manage the timed expedition.
• Chris offered a Despair Scythe, an Engineering Team Camp blueprint, and a Level 4 Despair Mage Tower for the chamber.
• Gu Xi negotiated for ten sets of bronze Fish Dragon Bones, and Chris agreed to arrange their delivery before they finalized the deal.
• Players rushed toward the chamber after it changed hands, and Chris charged them one-twentieth of the treasure chests they brought out.
• Gu Xi told Li Xinghui that the buildings would save Aryadovi City time and help house his growing forces, while Li Xinghui went to try his luck inside.