Chapter Summaries

Gu Xi's Scarecrow Hunter evolved into a Blood-colored Scarecrow as new Gray Yaksha attacked from the sky and underground. Gu Xi countered the burrowing worms with his City Gates and Bone-Eating Mud, but their tunnels caused the ground to collapse.

• A Scarecrow Hunter advanced into a Level 7 Blood-colored Scarecrow, gaining Blood Skin that enhanced the scarecrow, its crows, and its weapons.
• Larger Gray Yaksha appeared in the sky and ranged Yaksha gathered near the Earth Demon Cave, so Gu Xi cast Wave of Death against the flyers.
• Gu Xi discovered Yaksha burrowing underground and ordered the Death Wizards to use Undead Tendrils while he set Flame Traps and called for the Bone-Eating Mud and Bone-Eating Swamp.
• Gu Xi ordered his Heroes to move their troops into position around the camp while keeping ranged units, healers, and Yong Dou's Demon Offering Camp inside.
• Three enormous worms burst from the ground and lunged at Gu Xi's City Gates, but Gu Xi made the gates reappear on them and sent Bone-Eating Mud after them.
• The Bone-Eating Mud devoured much of the worms, but the ground above their tunnels collapsed.

Gu Xi sent Mido and several forces to drive the worms away from the collapsing City Gate and fight them underground. He deployed the Bone Armor Centipede, which killed the three worms, and ordered the undead converted from one of them to be brought out.

• Gu Xi ordered Mido to lead the Bone-Eating Mud, White Bone Locusts, and Evil Bone Locusts away from the camp and pursue the worms underground.
• Gu Xi summoned the level 14 Bone Armor Centipede and ordered it to attack the worms alongside Mido's force.
• The Bone Armor Centipede poisoned one worm and quickly killed all three worms that had emerged.
• Mido sent part of the Bone-Eating Mud down the newly opened pit while the locusts circled the poisoned worm.
• After receiving notice that a Carrion Worm had died, Gu Xi ordered the undead converted from it to be brought out.

Gu Xi used his camp outside the Earth Demon Cave to lure the yakshas into attacking on his terms. After his troops prepared for battle, his Mind Kill provoked the nearby creatures into charging his camp, and he readied his forces to meet them.

• A Corpse Worm emerged, and Gu Xi assigned it to Mido, who used the worms to fill the damaged ground and dig a passage underground.
• Mido led his troops down into the Deep Pit, while Gu Xi secured his foothold before the Earth Demon Cave and prepared to turn the siege into a defensive battle.
• The yakshas recognized Gu Xi’s plan and ignored his camp while Gu Xi’s forces rested, replenished their ranks, and prepared equipment and ritual magic.
• Gu Xi used Mind Kill through the Fox Eye Ring, spreading a suicidal urge across the surrounding area and driving the yakshas toward his camp.
• Gu Xi prepared Wave of Death and ordered Yong Dou to cast Slow Spell as the yakshas charged.

Gu Xi lured nearly fifty thousand Yakshas into the open, then unleashed his Undead Army after the Ghost Squad and Yong Dou’s Slow Spell trapped their retreat. His forces charged into the slowed horde, including Amirka’s unfinished Crimson Knights, as the battle began.

• Nearly fifty thousand Yakshas poured out of the Earth Demon Cave, and Gu Xi ordered his talent-converted Undead into New Aryadovi City.
• When the Yakshas approached his camp, Gu Xi sent the Ghost Squad into the sky, revealing tens of thousands of White Impermanence and prompting the Yakshas to flee.
• Yong Dou cast a massive Slow Spell that reduced the Yakshas’ movement, giving Gu Xi’s Heroes and Undead forces time to charge.
• Amirka led nearly two hundred unfinished Crimson Knights into the Yaksha horde, cutting through its ranks with their great scythes.

Gu Xi commanded his undead against the yakshas, gaining a sudden grasp of the battlefield and ordering his troops into the Earth Demon Cave. Just as he thought the battle was nearly over, an underground tremor collapsed a nearby city wall and exposed the cave within.

• Amirka charged the yakshas as Gu Xi’s forces joined the attack, cutting down roughly a third of them while Gu Xi replenished his support units.
• When Gu Xi wondered why the Earth Demon Cave had sent no further forces, Grand Princess Anna urged him to make his own judgment and accept the cost of losses.
• Gu Xi briefly viewed the battlefield as a Chess Player, then ordered the Ghost Squad to finish off the enemies and directed his other troops to seize the gates and enter the Earth Demon Cave.
• Gu Xi’s undead killed the yakshas outside the camp and pushed into the cave, leaving the Ghost Squad to finish off stragglers.
• A violent tremor shook the area, and a nearby city wall collapsed, revealing the inside of the Earth Demon Cave.

Gu Xi led his forces into Earth Demon Cave as the lake drained and a Female Giant emerged from beneath it. He halted her attempted escape with explosions and sent his strongest fighters to attack, while the battle remained underway.

• Gu Xi moved his troops and city gates into Earth Demon Cave, leaving Yong Dou and the Demon Offering Camp outside as the others prepared the battlefield.
• The lake drained away, revealing a pit filled with bones that seemed strangely alive.
• A Female Giant crawled from beneath the lake, attacked the White Impermanence, and tried to shrink away.
• Gu Xi used Chain Corpse Explosion to stop the Female Giant, while Yong Dou slowed her with Slow Spell.
• Gu Xi summoned two Death Avatars, the level 14 Nether Soul Dragon, and the Bone Titan to charge the Female Giant.

Gu Xi and his summoned creatures killed the level 17 Yaksha Mother, and he realized she had likely encountered Mido underground. He was left wondering what had happened beneath the Earth Demon Cave and whether stronger beings were involved.

• Gu Xi sent his Death Avatars and Black Dragons to attack the Female Giant, then ordered Aryadovi City to revive the Bone Armor Centipede.
• The Bone Armor Centipede returned through the Main City Gate and bit the Female Giant, while the other summoned creatures restrained her.
• The Bone Titan drove his lightning-charged White Bone Spear through the Yaksha Mother's head, killing her and revealing that she was level 17.
• Gu Xi noticed the Bone Armor Centipede eating its own remaining corpse and let it continue, then realized the Yaksha Mother had probably fought Mido and the others underground.
• Gu Xi asked whether Mido had returned and what the group had discovered underground.

Gu Xi oversaw the recovery of nearly fifty thousand Yaksha corpses, equipment, materials, and building blueprints from the Earth Demon Cave. Mido reported that Gu Xi’s Mind Kill had caused the Yaksha eggs underground to hatch prematurely, provoking the Yaksha Mother, and he revealed where she had been hiding.

• Gu Xi ordered his subordinates to preserve and transport the Yaksha corpses, equipment, and materials instead of immediately turning the bodies into Zombies.
• A building designer presented blueprints for buildings in the cave, including a Level 7 Flesh Kitchen and a Level 6 Tattoo Blood Pool, and Gu Xi told him to take the plans to Luna and carefully dismantle the useful structures.
• Mido reported that his troops had defeated the worms underground before Gu Xi’s Mind Kill caused the Yaksha eggs to hatch and angered the Yaksha Mother.
• Mido and his troops fought the Yaksha Mother as she tried to reach the surface; the Bone Armor Centipede died, other undead suffered heavy losses, and Mido retreated.
• Mido told Gu Xi that he had located the place where the Yaksha Mother had been hiding underground.

Gu Xi followed Mido into the depths of the Earth Demon Cave to search the Yaksha Mother’s underground lair. There, he found the remains of her shattered eggs and began investigating what valuable things she had left behind.

• After hearing Mido explain the Yaksha Mother’s history, Gu Xi decided to explore beneath the Earth Demon Cave and brought Isabella and the Bone Armor Centipede along.
• White Impermanences delivered the yaksha heads needed for Gu Xi’s mission, and he recognized that the Soul Gathering Ground had overlooked the Yaksha Mother.
• Mido guided Gu Xi through the worm-riddled passages using his Pathfinding skill.
• Gu Xi entered a vast, slimy cave filled with broken yaksha eggs and remains, and understood why the Yaksha Mother had gone mad.
• Gu Xi inspected the purple Yaksha King's Arm Skin, whose powerful abilities came with dangerous curses.

Gu Xi investigated the Earth Demon Cave after defeating Yaksha Mother and discovered the Yaksha eggs had never hatched. Clearing the flooded cavern revealed a gigantic Yaksha King corpse surrounded by life-rich red crystals that harmed undead, and Grand Princess Anna noticed something strange about the cave.

• Gu Xi gave Yaksha King's Arm Skin to Death Avatar-Death God and led his subordinates to investigate Yaksha Mother's nest.
• Gu Xi realized the Yaksha eggs had never hatched and ordered Ghost Squad to search the cavern for clues.
• Ghost Squad carried away the eggs and diverted the lake water through the Main City Gate into Evilwood Lake.
• Gu Xi identified a nearly two-hundred-meter corpse as the level 19 Yaksha King and ordered Ghost Squad to dig it out.
• Ghost Squad uncovered red crystals beneath the corpse that were harmful to undead, and Grand Princess Anna pointed out that something was wrong with the cave.

Gu Xi and Grand Princess Anna concluded that the Yaksha King had died to send his soul away and prepare for a breakthrough to level 20. Gu Xi had the corpse taken to Aryadovi City, disrupting the plan and activating a forced mission.

• Gu Xi and Grand Princess Anna reasoned that the Yaksha King’s corpse, the lake, the yaksha eggs, and the red crystals concealed his death and might support a level-20 breakthrough.
• Gu Xi ordered the Yaksha King’s corpse and the crystals removed, then had the Black Dragons and Red Dragons haul the chained corpse toward Aryadovi City.
• As the corpse left the crystals, the crystals lost their life force and the corpse regained a trace of vitality, confirming Gu Xi and Grand Princess Anna’s theory.
• Gu Xi sent the Yaksha King’s corpse into Aryadovi City, and a notification activated a forced mission.

Gu Xi received a forced mission to protect Yaksha Jade Tree King's body or kill him when he returned in twelve hours, and chose to prepare for battle at Aryadovi Tower for a chance at Orange Equipment. He mobilized his forces and sought intelligence and stronger defenses, leaving the city scrambling to prepare for the coming fight.

• Gu Xi learned that Yaksha Jade Tree King would return for his body in twelve hours and decided to fight him at Aryadovi Tower rather than hand the body to the level 45 Great Lord.
• Gu Xi ordered Grand Princess Anna to mobilize troops, prepare the Yaksha Mother as an undead, recall Dimi if needed, and have Yong Dou prepare for battle.
• Gu Xi sent the Ghost Squad to empty the Earth Demon Cave, then returned to Aryadovi City.
• Gu Xi told Luna and Shaya about the level 19 enemy and chose Aryadovi Tower as the battlefield; he asked Shaya to gather intelligence within six hours.
• Gu Xi rejected transforming the corpse because his Undead Transformation was incomplete and instead called for the Architects to strengthen Aryadovi Tower's defenses.

Gu Xi spent ten hours preparing Aryadovi City for the mandatory battle and discovered that the Corpse Mother and the Corpse Children formed a powerful fighting force. With defenses, traps, weapons, supplies, and an altar in place, he stood ready for the enemy's arrival.

• Gu Xi tested the level 17 Corpse Mother's abilities and learned that nearby undead strengthened her while her aura boosted their combat power.
• Gu Xi discovered that yakshas killed inside their eggs had become Level 0 Corpse Children, whose huge numbers could amplify the Corpse Mother and overwhelm enemies.
• Gu Xi prepared corpse-filled Flame Traps outside Aryadovi Tower and displayed the Yaksha King's corpse inside the open City Gate as bait.
• Grand Princess Anna prepared to relocate the battlefield between Aryadovi City's two space-times, while architects reinforced the walls, gate, and arrow towers.
• Yong Dou and his Demon Offering Camp set up an altar and carefully marked where their strikes should land.
• Gu Xi's forces completed weapon distribution, training, medical preparations, arrow supplies, and food for the coming battle.

Gu Xi mobilized Aryadovi City’s forces for the coming battle and received Shaya’s report that the Yaksha King might be hiding for a larger purpose. With the battle imminent, Gu Xi prepared the Death Avatars and went to sleep beside the Yaksha Jade Tree King’s corpse, leaving Grand Princess Anna to wake him in two hours.

• Gu Xi summoned more than fifteen thousand troops above Level 7, and Grand Princess Anna stationed most of them outside New Aryadovi City while keeping three thousand in Aryadovi Tower.
• Shaya returned shortly before the battle and explained that the Yaksha King’s hidden cultivation was unusual, with possible reasons including being forced to hide, having powerful backing, or serving as a trap.
• Gu Xi accepted that the Yaksha King was their enemy and asked Shaya about his personality and fighting habits, but she had found no further information.
• Gu Xi summoned the two Death Avatars outside Aryadovi Tower and bestowed the Ghost Domain Battlefield upon them.
• Gu Xi asked Grand Princess Anna to wake him in two hours, then fell asleep beside the Yaksha Jade Tree King’s corpse.

Gu Xi prepared Aryadovi Tower for the mandatory mission and used Luna’s power to move the enemy’s unstable teleportation gate within range. Yong Dou’s Skeleton Mages drained its mana, causing the gate to vanish and leaving Yaksha Jade Tree King with only a fraction of his forces.

• Gu Xi deployed scouts and arranged defenses around Aryadovi Tower against enemies approaching from above or underground.
• A Gargoyle spotted the enemy gathering more than 3,000 meters away, and Grand Princess Anna identified their likely approach.
• Gu Xi ordered Luna to move the emerging teleportation gate closer while Yong Dou prepared a Mana Drain ritual.
• Luna moved the unstable gate within 1,000 meters of Aryadovi Tower, and Yong Dou’s Skeleton Mages drained its mana.
• The teleportation gate vanished, leaving about 10,000 soldiers behind, and Gu Xi learned that most of Yaksha Jade Tree King’s forces had failed to enter his territory.

Gu Xi detonated the Flame Traps beneath the Yaksha King's arriving army, killing thousands before the survivors reorganized and attacked Aryadovi Tower. As Gu Xi sent Luna to check whether the teleportation deaths had created usable undead, Shaya, Death Avatar-Death God, and Yong Dou engaged the Royal Guard and his troops.

• Gu Xi activated the Flame Traps beneath the enemy's Teleportation Gate, leaving the Yaksha King with a little over eight thousand troops.
• The Yaksha King rallied his soldiers, sent the Royal Guard and about three hundred men toward Aryadovi Tower, and ordered his generals to reorganize the remaining forces.
• Gu Xi moved the Black Spear Camp to the gates and told Luna to check for undead created by the soldiers who died during teleportation.
• Shaya confronted the Royal Guard as he approached the wall, while Death Avatar-Death God pulled the enemies into his control and Yong Dou attacked with Slow Spell and Ice Storm.
• The Royal Guard dispelled the first Slow Spell, but Yong Dou cast it again as Shaya closed in and Death Avatar-Death God attacked the troops behind him.

After Gu Xi closed Aryadovi Tower’s City Gate, he ordered a siege defense against the Yaksha King’s reduced army. Luna’s mirror arts disrupted the enemy military general’s charge and sent him flying back toward the Yaksha King, leaving Gu Xi to order Yong Dou to Extract Mana.

• Gu Xi closed Aryadovi Tower’s City Gate, forcing the Yaksha King’s soldiers to attack the walls.
• Gu Xi ordered the Skeleton Archers to fire, and their arrows killed many of the Axe Hands charging toward the city.
• The military general empowered himself with Yaksha-like phantoms and charged the wall while Death Avatar-Death God gained speed from a Gray Yaksha phantom.
• Luna joined Gu Xi on the wall and used her mirror arts to repeatedly divert the military general, disrupting his charge.
• The military general’s warhorse exploded, and Luna redirected his airborne body through a mirror toward the Yaksha King, who slowed his fall.
• Gu Xi ordered Yong Dou to use Extract Mana on the Yaksha King.

Gu Xi and his allies struggled to contain a Royal Guard whose agility made him difficult to defeat. Gu Xi froze him so Luna could seal him in the Seal - Demon Blood Sacrifice Mirror, where the chapter left him bound with only his face visible on the mirror.

• Yong Dou cast Slow Spell on the Royal Guard while Shaya and Death Avatar-Death God attacked him and skeletal arms from Death Avatar-Death God's Ghost Domain Battlefield restrained him.
• Gu Xi realized the Royal Guard's speed suggested he had surpassed level 15 and asked Luna whether she could handle him.
• Luna chose to seal the Royal Guard rather than a spellcaster, hoping to gain abilities like those of the Hanged Man.
• Gu Xi cast Deep Freeze, trapping the Royal Guard inside an ice coffin and stopping his movement.
• Luna used the Seal - Demon Blood Sacrifice Mirror to bind the Royal Guard with vermilion chains and drag him inside.

Gu Xi and Luna confirmed that they had sealed the Royal Guard and could extract his Agility Multiplication ability and abilities from his purple equipment. On the battlefield, Shaya and Death Avatar-Death God defeated and killed West Garden Commandant Wei Qiang.

• Luna told Gu Xi that the Royal Guard's seal had succeeded and that she could use his Agility Multiplication ability and potentially extract abilities from his purple equipment.
• Wei Qiang charged at Death Avatar-Death God, hoping to kill him and restore his confidence.
• Death Avatar-Death God fought Wei Qiang with his equipment and abilities, but Wei Qiang overpowered him and split his skull.
• Death Avatar-Death God pinned Wei Qiang to the ground while Shaya appeared behind them and struck with Well Dragon's Roar.
• Shaya killed Wei Qiang, earning experience for herself and Gu Xi.

Gu Xi discovered that the mana drained from the Yaksha King was National Destiny Mana and ordered Yong Dou to keep draining it. As the Yaksha King charged toward Aryadovi Tower after realizing his corpse was missing, Gu Xi sent his forces to stop him.

• Yong Dou warned Gu Xi that the Yaksha King's pale golden mana was unusual, and Gu Xi identified it as National Destiny Mana before ordering Yong Dou to drain it until the Yaksha King died.
• The Yaksha King's loss of mana caused a Crimson Flood Dragon chained to his heart to struggle free, so he ordered his soldiers to charge and tried to hold the dragon inside him.
• Shaya killed Wei Qiang and Death Avatar-Death God, and Gu Xi sent the Nether Soul Dragon and Death Avatar-Bone Dragon after the Yaksha King while directing the Black Dragons to attack his soldiers.
• Gu Xi told Grand Princess Anna to switch Aryadovi Tower to another era, then sent its Zombie troops into battle as the Yaksha King realized his corpse was missing.
• The Yaksha King abandoned the Flood Dragon and charged toward Aryadovi Tower, where Death Avatar-Bone Dragon struck him with Death Dragon Breath and the Nether Soul Dragon pursued the chained dragon.