Chapter Summaries

Yu Xunge killed Song Gui, then fought Zelan Mist Blade amid the chaotic battle between players and hunters. With the Zhuri Sprite helping her, Yu Xunge drove Mistblade to 2% HP, but Mistblade warned her about the threat she would pose to Zai Jiu.

• Yu Xunge killed Song Gui, causing Song Gui’s cities to belong to Zai Jiu and the robot fighting Y128 to disappear.
• As players and hunters clashed around her, Yu Xunge and Tulan used their skills to target Zelan Mist Blade.
• Yu Xunge created a rule forbidding attacks on herself and Mistblade, then continued their duel while Mistblade blocked her strikes with her saber.
• Yu Xunge summoned the Zhuri Sprite, and they attacked Mistblade together as Yu Xunge used her buffs and skills to overwhelm her.
• At 2% HP, Mistblade caught Yu Xunge’s dagger and asked how she would protect her position and people when Mistblade came to Zai Jiu.

After killing Zelan Mist Blade, Yu Xunge chose Mai Mang · Xie Xie as her next target for recruitment and sent her allies to fight it. Maple Sugar intercepted Yu Xunge, stripped away her active statuses, and forced her to use her revolver amid a growing barrage of attacks.

• The announcement that Zelan Mist Blade had joined Zai Jiu ended [No Logic]'s distorted time, and Yu Xunge charged into the crowded battlefield with Zhuri, Tulan, Y128, and B80.
• Yu Xunge ruled out Tingzhou Jing'e and Zelan Yinya as recruitment targets, then chose Mai Mang · Xie Xie to strengthen Zai Jiu's forces.
• Maple Sugar appeared as Yu Xunge's Arch-Nemesis and attacked her while demanding to know whether Yu Xunge wanted her to join Zai Jiu.
• Yu Xunge ordered her allies to fight Mai Mang · Xie Xie, but Maple Sugar's maple leaves erased Yu Xunge's active statuses and transferred [Spring Scenery and Flowers] to herself.
• Yu Xunge fired a Stupidity bullet at herself and an Arrogance bullet at Tulan as other players and golden Thunder Cups attacked her.

Yu Xunge outmaneuvered Mai Mang · Xie Xie on the crowded battlefield and secured the kill, forcing the Celestial Crab Race to transfer to Zai Jiu. She then ordered her allies to retreat, leaving the other players stunned and Zhuri furious.

• Yu Xunge charged through the fighting toward Mai Mang · Xie Xie and Little Seahorse while Maple Sugar pursued her.
• Little Seahorse used its skill to make players target Mai Mang · Xie Xie, and Yu Xunge realized the pair had planned to redirect aggro.
• After Tiger Ear players were killed, Yu Xunge used Temporary Respec and Reversal Moment to swap her constitution with Mai Mang · Xie Xie's.
• The Zhuri Sprite, B80, Y128, and Tulan finished off Mai Mang · Xie Xie for Zai Jiu Xunge, causing the Celestial Crab Race to transfer to Zai Jiu.
• Yu Xunge and her allies fled the battlefield, while Zhuri ordered the Zhuri Sprite to chase and strangle her.

Yu Xunge escaped the players pursuing her and rescued What Time Is It? before considering whom else to recruit. Her attempt to stop the Zhuri Sprite from finishing weakened targets came too late, and Dawn Smoke Disciple joined Zai Jiu, leaving Yu Xunge concerned about the consequences.

• Tulan used B80’s skill to boost her Agility, then flew off with Yu Xunge and B80 while Y128 watched them leave behind the weather effects of Zai Jiu Xunge’s skill.
• Tulan brought the dragon back to rescue What Time Is It?, and Yu Xunge later shook off the pursuing players.
• Yu Xunge reset the cooldowns of her owl items and reviewed the remaining players on the Ladder Ranking, deciding not to recruit more because Zai Jiu could not manage additional factions.
• Yu Xunge instructed the Zhuri Sprite to stop finishing off weakened players, but received notice that Dawn Smoke Disciple had been killed and recruited into Zai Jiu.
• Y128 explained that Dawn Smoke Disciple was Dawn Cicada’s older sister, a research-minded crafter with little real authority among the Fuzhi Race.

After winning Player Relic, Yu Xunge recruited Y128 as a prospective Zaijiu Councilor and prepared to receive four players arriving at Zai Jiu. Their arrival was complicated by Zai Jiu’s level cap, which reduced their levels to 91.

• Yu Xunge learned about Dawn Smoke Disciple’s many research skills and decided she could handle the powerful player as a hostage.
• Y128 asked to settle in Zai Jiu, and Yu Xunge offered her freedom and a councilor position secured by a contract.
• Yu Xunge gathered pursuers with her pets, used a skill combination, and won first place in Player Relic.
• Zai Jiu warned Yu Xunge that Zai Jiu Mistblade, Zai Jiu Song Gui, Zai Jiu Xie Xie, and Zai Jiu Smoke Disciple were waiting outside the world.
• Zai Jiu Mistblade and Zai Jiu Song Gui received notifications that their levels had been reduced to Zai Jiu’s cap of 91.

Yu Xunge offered Mistblade a chance to recreate part of her lost snowbound homeland in Zai Jiu in exchange for becoming a Zaijiu Leader and sharing resources with humanity. Mistblade accepted after securing protection for Moon Fox, leaving Yu Xunge to negotiate with the remaining players.

• Dawn Smoke Disciple and Mai Mang · Xie Xie discovered that their Tombs of the World had gained new mahjong tile types after their quotas changed.
• Yu Xunge arrived and faced the other four players, who waited to hear how she would accommodate them in Zai Jiu.
• Yu Xunge gave Mistblade [The Hometown One Cannot Return To], which could recreate part of her shattered homeland in the current world.
• Yu Xunge asked Mistblade to become a Zaijiu Leader, share half of her people-training resources with humanity, and preserve human survival and dignity if Yu Xunge died for good.
• Mistblade added a promise that Yu Xunge would protect Moon Fox's survival and dignity if Mistblade fell, then accepted the agreement and withdrew from the negotiations.

Yu Xunge negotiated with Mistblade and Song Gui to secure resources and a succession plan for Zai Jiu. When she asked Crabby what it wanted, Crabby demanded that Sea Cub become Zai Jiu’s mascot, and Yu Xunge refused.

• Yu Xunge offered Song Gui the Godly Relic [Whale Fall in the Wind] and promised she could inherit the Arbiter position if Yu Xunge died for good, in exchange for resources to train the Oak Owls.
• Zai Jiu Smoke Disciple pointed out that Song Gui was waiting for an invitation, and Yu Xunge invited her to accept the deal.
• Song Gui accepted the terms, including the condition that Yu Xunge could not die at Song Gui’s hands.
• Yu Xunge asked Crabby and Sea Cub what they wanted from Zai Jiu.
• Zai Jiu Crabby demanded to become a Zaijiu Leader and have Sea Cub made Zai Jiu’s mascot, but Yu Xunge and Tulan immediately refused.

Yu Xunge negotiated the Sky Crab Race’s entry into Zai Jiu, preserving players’ right to seek revenge while agreeing to make Sea Cub the mascot under conditions that protected harmed players. The new leaders and mascot were announced to Zai Jiu, whose players were left bewildered by Yu Xunge’s warning to beware Sea Cub.

• Xie Xie offered ocean development and a non-hunting treaty in exchange for making Sea Cub Zai Jiu’s mascot, and Yu Xunge insisted Zai Jiu’s players retain the right to hate and seek revenge.
• Yu Xunge agreed to the mascot on the condition that the Sky Crab Race compensate players who suffered unbearable harm from Sea Cub’s blessings, and Xie Xie accepted.
• Yu Xunge sent terms for Xie Xie to become a Zaijiu Leader, leaving Zhao Shuying and Dinghai to negotiate the details of cooperation.
• Zai Jiu Smoke Disciple asked Yu Xunge in Moon Fox Language if it was her turn, while Yu Xunge felt an uncontrollable urge to call her big sister or mommy.
• Yu Xunge announced that players would always have the right and freedom to hate, then Zai Jiu welcomed Mistblade, Song Gui, and Xie Xie as leaders and designated Sea Cub as its mascot.
• Yu Xunge warned Zai Jiu’s players to beware the mascot, leaving them confused.

Yu Xunge negotiated with Zai Jiu Smoke Disciple, who agreed to join Zai Jiu as Meow Meow Tavern City Lord under a pact not to harm its people. As the newcomers began settling in, Yu Xunge learned that vast numbers of Oak Owls and Moon Foxes intended to follow Song Gui and Mistblade.

• Zai Jiu Smoke Disciple explained that her fragrant branch script meant “Warfire and lament keep me from blooming” and said she could promise not to harm Zai Jiu’s people, but could not help their future enemies.
• Yu Xunge offered to make Zai Jiu’s lands and towns more beautiful and take Zai Jiu Smoke Disciple to other worlds on weekends; Zai Jiu Smoke Disciple accepted the position of Meow Meow Tavern City Lord.
• Yu Xunge took the new arrivals to Zai Jiu, where Xie Xie settled by the sea and Song Gui established Four Seasons City above the water.
• Song Gui told Yu Xunge that at least half of the Oak Owls planned to follow him to Zai Jiu, and Yu Xunge recalled Lizhou’s [Loyal Devotion] skill.
• Mistblade told Yu Xunge that about 70% of the Moon Foxes intended to follow her, leaving Yu Xunge to suspect that the Battlefield Chat Channel had been full of more than Dawn Cicada’s complaints.

Song Gui and Yu Xunge saw their followers arrive in the new world, including the flustered dragon Lizhou and Mistblade’s people settling into Snow Village. Back at the villa, Yu Xunge welcomed Zai Jiu Smoke Disciple, then joined her in facing their unread messages and battlefield chat.

• Song Gui’s followers arrived, and a red dragon descended before flying away in a panic as Tulan called after Lizhou.
• Mistblade placed her city and Snow Village beside Moon Lake City, expanding Zai Jiu into a fox-tail-shaped territory as Moon Foxes arrived and celebrated their return home.
• Yu Xunge brought Zai Jiu Smoke Disciple to the villa, where Zhao Shuying welcomed her before she went to play with the cats.
• Yu Xunge appointed B80 as a Zaijiu Councilor and sent them to meet with the legion commanders to plan what came next.
• Yu Xunge asked Smoke Disciple whether she had checked her messages, and they admitted they were both afraid to look before deciding to read them together.

Yu Xunge welcomed Smoke Disciple into Zai Jiu while the battlefield chat revealed the fallout from Smoke Disciple’s defection and the gifts Yu had offered her allies. After settling Smoke Disciple in, Yu received the rewards for winning the Player Relic game and placing first in the Godly Game three times in a row.

• Zai Jiu Xie Xie explained that Smoke Disciple had joined Zai Jiu after Yu promised her regular outings, and that Yu had given Mistblade [The Hometown One Cannot Return To].
• Yu renamed her allies Zai Jiu Song Gui, Zai Jiu Mistblade, and Zai Jiu Smoke Disciple, then closed the battlefield chat.
• Yu offered Smoke Disciple a place to stay, and Smoke Disciple privately told Dawn Cicada she would return home only when Dawn shattered Zai Jiu.
• Yu received first place in the Player Relic game, its rewards, and a doubled set of rewards for winning the Godly Game three times consecutively.
• Yu earned the Tier 15 title [Unsolvable Question] for completing the rare achievement This Time Really Is Different.

Yu Xunge claimed Temple Q&A, explored her new title skill, and opened her rewards, gaining equipment and powerful upgrades. She used a God Card to speed Zai Jiu’s recovery and prepared to strengthen Mysterious Power, while worrying that Zai Jiu’s newly level-dropped members might confront her over unusable equipment.

• Yu Xunge claimed Temple Q&A, placed the Temple near a large legion, and reserved its daily entry slots for herself and advanced-level professionals.
• Yu Xunge examined the title skill After Ascending the Throne, which could draw a target race into attacking her and suppress their skills nearby.
• Yu Xunge opened six Overlord Treasure Chests and received courses, Wait for a Heavy Rain, God Card · My World, and an HP increase.
• Yu Xunge used God Card · My World on Zai Jiu, spent her attribute points on Agility, and used two Gene Evolution XII rewards to increase her attributes and future level-up points.
• Yu Xunge stored three new Invasion Sequences in the Gashapon Machine, then prepared to use seven Skill Modification dice on Mysterious Power.
• Yu Xunge worried that Zai Jiu’s new members might seek revenge because their lowered levels could have made their equipment unusable.

Yu Xunge finished modifying her skills and fell asleep before Y128 arrived at her door, exhausted and alone after searching for her. She welcomed the little robot into her home and returned its antenna, and Y128 chose to express its feelings by writing, “Glad to have met her.”

• Yu Xunge upgraded Mysterious Power into a Godly Skill, strengthened Arrogance of Sin and Bedtime Fairy Tale, and used her remaining modifications on Where's the Owl? and Game Console.
• Yu Xunge fell asleep after using Clean and Renew on herself, still wondering what Smoke Disciple's gesture toward Fragrant Branch meant.
• Y128 reached Yu Xunge's home after searching for her, and she picked up the rain-soaked robot, apologized for not collecting it, and cleaned and recharged it.
• Yu Xunge introduced Y128 to Smoke Disciple as Zai Jiu's new council member and returned its Lonely Antenna Baby.
• Yu Xunge offered to share the antenna and asked Y128 which room it wanted; Y128 cleared its possible response strategies and wrote, “Glad to have met her.”

Yu Xunge hosted Y128 and 7777 at home, then negotiated a short-term cooperation plan with Mistblade, Song Gui, and Xie Xie. The talks ended with a deal that mostly met her side’s expectations, while Zhao Shuying revealed where Little Seahorse had gone.

• Yan Tu questioned Zai Jiu Xunge about wanting to kill Y128, and Zai Jiu Xunge admitted that Y128’s affection made her feel uneasy before allowing it to stay for three days.
• Yu Xunge accepted 7777’s return, and Tulan was asked to show Y128 and 7777 around the home.
• Yu Xunge invited Mistblade, Song Gui, and Xie Xie to negotiate cooperation between their peoples and humanity, and the leaders argued through nineteen rounds of proposals.
• Yu Xunge’s side reached a short-term agreement after Mistblade, Song Gui, and the others gave some ground.
• Zhao Shuying told Yu Xunge where Little Seahorse had gone as they left the conference room.

Yu Xunge prepared a refuge plan for Zai Jiu’s players by traveling to Isolated Island and negotiating with its leaders. She offered World Battlefield keys and Tombs of the World in exchange for a promise to take in refugees if Zai Jiu fell, while telling Huang Jin she would probably remain behind.

• Zhao Shuying reported that Zai Jiu’s mascot had loudly urged Yan Tu to stand up to her family, and Yu Xunge corrected a battlefield chat message that mistakenly called Dawn Smoke Disciple by another name.
• Five days after the game ended, Y128 joined Zai Jiu’s Research Department, Yan Tu began designing its cities, and Yu Xunge traveled to Zelan with Tulan to gain levels.
• Yu Xunge cleared Zelan’s dungeons for seven days, reached level 70, and learned that Isolated Island had been unsealed and would enter the invasion sequence in 17 Starsea Months.
• Yu Xunge went to Isolated Island and proposed that its leaders accept some of Zai Jiu’s players as refugees if Zai Jiu were threatened, offering two sets of World Battlefield keys and two entry tickets.
• Huang Jin heard Yu Xunge say she would probably stay with Zai Jiu, and the joke she made to lighten the mood angered Huang Jin and Zhuri.

Yu Xunge prepared escape plans for her people by arranging access to the Isolated Island, Dragon Island, and supplies from Zelan, while insisting she was confident she would win. She left her teachers and friends worried that she was hiding a darker intention, then parted from Hechipa after stocking her alchemy shop with notes and supplies.

• Yu Xunge explained that she wanted to give her people a fallback on the Isolated Island, and offered it as compensation to her two teachers if she won.
• Yu Xunge gave Zhuri and Huang Jin World Battlefield keys and admission tickets; Zhuri stopped her from leaving and questioned whether she lacked confidence, but let her go when she insisted she did not.
• After Yu Xunge left, Zhuri realized her apprentice had lied to her, while Huang Jin revealed that he was angry because Yu Xunge had tried to speak to him before Zhuri interrupted.
• Yu Xunge visited Dragon Island to learn how to send dragons back there, and Beisui agreed to send Lizhou as well if necessary.
• Yu Xunge spent her gold on Zelan's auction goods and transported them to Zai Jiu; after the auction houses closed, she left Alchemy Notes and barrels of liquor at Hechipa's shop.
• Hechipa told Yu Xunge she was bad at lying to people close to her, but Yu Xunge insisted she was only stocking up supplies and would return.

Yu Xunge entered the 23168th godly game and discovered that its starting area was a cruise ship traveling along the River of Time, where familiar players occupied neighboring rooms. After Dawn Cicada attacked her and Song Gui revealed the inheritance Yu Xunge had promised, the players learned that Mistblade and Snow Village were included too.

• Yu Xunge used a White Dragon Tomb of the World as her Origin World ticket and selected skills to unlock for the game.
• Yu Xunge realized the starting area was her apartment aboard a cruise ship on the River of Time, with Maple Sugar in the room next door.
• Yu Xunge and Maple Sugar discovered that the game translated their speech into Astralana's language.
• Dawn Cicada attacked Yu Xunge, but the skill lost its damage upon entering Yu Xunge's balcony; Yu Xunge provoked her with a reference to Yan Tu and ran away.
• Maple Sugar asked Song Gui what Yu Xunge had promised her, and Song Gui said she could inherit everything Yu Xunge had if Yu Xunge died.
• Song Gui added that Mistblade and Snow Village were included in the inheritance, shocking Maple Sugar, Fat Goose, Mistblade, and Yu Xunge.

Yu Xunge drew the world Lighthouse and began creating its key player, choosing five personality tags and preparing to select a God-Bestowed Talent. The chapter ended with her randomly drawing Crown of Flowers Murder.

• Yu Xunge drew the starting world Lighthouse and opened the screen for creating its key players.
• Yu Xunge chose the female branch and learned that key players could be dispatched to participate in the Godly Game.
• Yu Xunge assigned one key player the tags strong-willed, greedy, cunning, emotionally rich, and strategic thinker.
• Yu Xunge wrote the S-rank and SS-rank God-Bestowed Talent names onto slips and randomly drew Crown of Flowers Murder.

Yu Xunge created Little Fragrant Branch, then began invading another player’s world aboard the War Cruise Ship as the first daily game approached. She chased the opponent down the corridor while worlds across the ship entered battles.

• After Little Fragrant Branch’s personality and talent were set, she became a tiny silver-haired, red-eyed figure who ran on the world Lighthouse to make it spin.
• Yu Xunge learned that Lighthouse’s star tier limited which worlds it could invade, then hurled it at the cyan world orbiting the player across the hall.
• The game announced that the seven o’clock round would begin in thirty seconds, and Yu Xunge sent Little Fragrant Branch into the Magic Array before chasing the opponent.
• Yu Xunge sprinted after the player with Tulan and her Golden Rain Curtain, while announcements reported invasions between worlds across the ship.
• Kufu felt Yu Xunge’s golden rain pass through the ceiling, then realized she had run past and doubled back.

Yu Xunge was chased through the War Cruise Ship before Zelan the Fat Goose successfully invaded Lighthouse and was pulled into an arena duel with her. After defeating him, she gained 20% counter-invasion progress and considered the rewards and new restrictions on further duels.

• Yu Xunge dodged the players throwing worlds at her, including Dawn Cicada, until Zelan the Fat Goose struck Lighthouse and invaded it.
• Yu Xunge entered the arena with Zelan and defeated him despite his defenses, then both returned unharmed with Lighthouse's counter-invasion progress increased by 20%.
• Yu Xunge and Zelan learned that further invasion duels between their worlds were locked until a key player completed a Godly Game.
• Yu Xunge reviewed the rewards for the progress increase, rejected the civility option, and examined Lighthouse's invasion progress bars.