Chapter Summaries

Lilia Chase tried to recruit Babro and Ani as the Lord of the Undead, but they revealed the royal palace’s scheme was a trap designed by Chen Yi. Chen Yi and the Tribunal and Containment Facility forces attacked Lilia, then he left the fight to Babro and Ani in exchange for a reward.

• Lilia Chase enveloped the hall in darkness and forced Babro and Ani to choose between joining her faction or dying.
• Babro and Ani agreed to join, and Lilia Chase told them they could call her Queen, Empress, or the Lord of the Undead.
• Babro transformed into a puppet and revealed Chen Yi, who explained that the apparent conflict between the Tribunal and the Containment Facility had been a trap to draw Lilia out.
• Chen Yi, Carlos, and Levan Grosso attacked Lilia, whose Book of the Dead (Projection) let her withstand their flames and spatial assault.
• Chen Yi offered 20,000 Sweet Dream Coins to whoever brought him Lilia’s Contained Object, and Babro and Ani rushed to pursue her.

Chen Yi returned to the Inquisition after the battle and examined his Spirit Space, his health, and a Contained Object. Meanwhile, Kitty and a group of Investor sequence holders set out to find the woman carrying a bounty target, hiring three old men from the Inquisition to guide them through the Red Light District.

• Chen Yi left the palace with Chuka while the Inquisition and the Containment Facility fought the palace guards, and Lord King remained alive.
• Chen Yi released Fire Dragon, inspected the Emotion Worms in his Spirit Space, and decided to ask Yao Yingqian to examine them.
• Fire Dragon regretted being unable to help during the battle, and Chen Yi resumed analyzing a Contained Object.
• Kitty persuaded the Investor sequence holders to pursue the woman carrying the Contained Object, guessing she was hiding on Red Light District Street.
• Kitty brought in three old men from the Inquisition, and the group hired them for five hundred Sweet Dream Coins.

Kitty hired three old men to guide her group through the red-light district, but their hunt for Cales Ande turned into a deadly confrontation. Cales Ande survived their ambush and revived Andro Kruk, leaving the Inquisition’s forces facing an unknown undead.

• Kitty paid three old men to show her group around the red-light district, and they stopped at a hidden establishment to deal with Little Red.
• Cales Ande, disguised in Little Red’s skin, escaped the old man’s attack and fled as Kitty and the sequencers pursued him.
• The old men used a straw doll to expose Cales Ande’s location, and he summoned Giant Hammer to fight them.
• Eni arrived with reinforcements, but Cales Ande completed a death ritual that killed hundreds of sequencers and let him gather enough deaths to revive someone.
• Cales Ande revived Andro Kruk, whose identity was unknown to the three old men.

Chen Yi sealed the Book of the Dead after discovering that it tempted him and grew stronger, then continued his research before leaving the world with four Legendary Quality Lingering Embers and a space full of firewood. Back home, the Game World extracted hidden Fertility Old Gods contamination from him and Chuka, then awarded Chen Yi an S evaluation and began their breakthrough advancement.

• Chen Yi paid the three old men in Sweet Dream Coins for the Book of the Dead (Projection), then declined to complete his mission and examined the book.
• Chen Yi recognized that the Book of the Dead was tempting him and growing stronger, sealed it in layers, and continued his research.
• Chen Yi spent two and a half months in the world before leaving with four Legendary Quality Lingering Embers and a space full of firewood.
• The Game World detected mental contamination in Chen Yi and Chuka, and Chen Yi paid 4.96 million Copper Coins to have it removed.
• The Game World extracted and destroyed scarlet threads left by the Fertility Old Gods from Chen Yi and Chuka.
• Chen Yi received an S evaluation and Permission Level increase after completing his breakthrough mission, and the Game World began forming advancement eggs around him, Chuka, and the Fire Dragon.

Chen Yi broke through inside the egg and chose Bamboo Heart Body, Lord, and Constancy as his developments for Constitution, Intelligence, and Spirit. His body transformed, and his updated status showed his new traits and increased physical rank.

• Chen Yi completed his breakthrough, advancing his Physical Rank and gaining options for developing his Constitution.
• Chen Yi chose Bamboo Heart Body, which converted maximum HP into Armor.
• Chen Yi chose Lord to strengthen his control over Fire Elementals and expand his controllable range.
• Chen Yi chose Constancy to increase his Mana recovery and maximum Mana.
• Chen Yi's transformation finished, and his updated status showed his new traits, attributes, and Physical Rank.

After Chen Yi and his followers broke through to level 50, he reviewed Chuka and Fire Dragon’s new abilities and discovered that the Mirror Ghost had synchronized its strength with his. Chen Yi considered exploiting the Mirror Ghost’s access to the Mirror World, while Little Black remained injured and Amaterasu was still reviving.

• Chen Yi, Fire Dragon, and Chuka completed their breakthroughs and returned to a room in the Main City, where Chuka bragged about her strength until Chen Yi smacked her.
• Chen Yi inspected Chuka’s new Starlight and Purification traits and decided she should learn purification skills.
• The Mirror Ghost used a Fire Clone sealed in the Mirror World to synchronize its strength with Chen Yi’s after his breakthrough raised the clarity of their Anchor Point.
• Chen Yi considered strengthening his technique for blurring the Anchor Point and possibly using the Mirror Ghost to remove billions of obsessions.
• Chen Yi inspected Fire Dragon’s stats and considered whether its Might of Others trait could make a Battle Qi attack powerful enough to shatter space.

After reaching Tier 5, Chen Yi adjusted to his transformed body and tested a powerful flame technique, while Fire Dragon retrained and Chuka studied support techniques. Chen Yi discovered that his understanding of Left Hand of the Flame God was flawed, leaving him to identify the mistake.

• Chen Yi learned that Tier 5 brought a longer lifespan and access to larger, higher-gravity worlds, then entered the Arena with Fire Dragon to regain control of his strength.
• Chen Yi adjusted his flame techniques and cast Left Hand of the Flame God, destroying a mountain, but realized the spell had gathered flames rather than giving them weight.
• Fire Dragon trained her flight and combat control, reaching the first cosmic velocity before continuing her practice.
• Chuka studied support techniques in the library, rejected a healing chant that required a light elemental Talent, and blamed Chen Yi for making her think about whether gods were strong.

Wang Zhanbo visited Chen Yi and told him how his mother’s attack had shattered his ideals and left him questioning his mission. After reading Dynasty’s letter, Wang Zhanbo resolved to end the conflict quickly, while Chen Yi gave him a Flame Seal Sword and received World Source in return.

• Wang Zhanbo arrived at Chen Yi’s meeting room, and Chen Yi removed the Mask of the God of Deception’s effect before inviting him in.
• Wang Zhanbo told Chen Yi that his mother had attacked him, leaving a scar and making him regret some of the choices he had made while pursuing justice.
• Chen Yi gave Wang Zhanbo a letter from Dynasty, and Wang Zhanbo learned how the guild’s defeat had weakened its influence in the Real World.
• Wang Zhanbo rejected the idea of giving up and said he would end the conflict quickly.
• Chen Yi explained Tier 4 time- and space-type abilities, then gave Wang Zhanbo a Flame Seal Sword.
• Wang Zhanbo gave Chen Yi 0.1 units of World Source before leaving.

Chen Yi spent two months studying The Left Hand of the Flame God, a technique that gave attacks weight, and used a dark matter computer to test his designs. After pushing a simulation through a cascade of conflicts, he finally found a successful structure, leaving him poised to master the technique.

• Chen Yi researched The Left Hand of the Flame God and compared its effect with the weight that warriors added to attacks through force.
• Chen Yi realized that mastering the technique alongside his true intent could let him wield both true intent and force.
• Chen Yi had Yue Wan simulate his design, but the computer reported severe conflicts and a high risk of injury or failure.
• Chen Yi examined the flawed spell structures himself while Chuka turned the pages of his Magic Book and Fire Dragon practiced Double Retribution in the backyard.
• Chen Yi ordered Yue Wan to force the simulation, then adjusted and deleted structures until the warnings stopped and the simulation succeeded.

Chen Yi tested the devastating power of Elemental Materialization Endowment, then returned his costly research computer and visited Nurse Joy. He learned the Pokémon World was still developing higher-quality candies and an advanced Outrage move, while his own resources remained stretched thin.

• Chen Yi used Elemental Materialization Endowment to destroy most of a simulated Tier 3 army and confirmed the spell’s power after testing it again.
• Chen Yi decided he could not afford to apply the endowment to other spells and listed the equipment and abilities he still needed to improve.
• Chen Yi told Yue Wan to delete his recent research records, returned the dark matter computer, and traveled to the Pokémon Shop.
• Nurse Joy told Chen Yi that the Game World had won ten of twenty-four regions in its latest battle and that sales of Enchantment Cards had fluctuated.
• Nurse Joy reported that Professor Oak’s candy research was progressing and that Lance and other Dragon-type Pokémon Masters had drawn inspiration from Chen Yi’s stable Outrage technique.

Chen Yi received an improved Outrage manual and 67.8 million Copper Coins from Nurse Joy before she sent him back to printing cards. As his Card Master level rose to LV7, he learned how sealing cards worked and considered using that knowledge to strengthen Chibaku Tensei.

• Nurse Joy gave Chen Yi an advanced Outrage manual and 67.8 million Copper Coins, then demanded that he print more high-quality cards for her shop.
• Chen Yi tried printing cards from Extraordinary Matter but failed because its Dream World knowledge carried contamination, so he used Pokémon World materials instead.
• Chen Yi printed a Gold-quality Sun's Radiance card and marked it with the flame pattern used by the Pokemon Shop to identify premium cards.
• Chen Yi's Card Master level advanced to LV7, unlocking knowledge about Legendary-quality cards, Sealing Jutsu, and how Card Masters sealed attacks into cards.
• Chen Yi learned that sealing cards were expensive and that stored attacks weakened over time, then considered how the principles might improve Chibaku Tensei.

Chen Yi raised Finale of Fire to level 55 and discovered that it needed three Sun Cores to evolve. He then brought Fire Dragon to consult Nino Tudi about strengthening the Chains of Heaven, and Nino accepted a jar of Drunken Dream Wine.

• Chen Yi finished making Clear Sight Reagent and sent it with Enchantment Cards to Nurse Joy and What to Eat Tonight.
• Chen Yi learned that San Hua was pursuing the fifth rank, while Yao Yingqian had reached level 48 and the top fourth-rank fighters had disappeared from the Arena rankings.
• Chen Yi spent Copper Coins to raise Finale of Fire to level 55, giving it a defense-reducing effect and revealing that it needed three Sun Cores to evolve.
• Chen Yi returned the Lingering Embers and Flame Seal Sword to Finale of Fire and decided to ask Nino Tudi for advice on strengthening the Chains of Heaven.
• Fire Dragon brought Nino Tudi a jar of Drunken Dream Wine, which the Dwarf accepted while pretending he would save it for later.

Chen Yi consulted Nino Tudi about strengthening the Lock of the Heavens and upgrading the Fire Dragon’s equipment. After modifying the chain with blood-activated magic arrays, Chen Yi arranged for Yao Yingqian to talk to it for a month in exchange for 200,000 Copper Coins.

• Chen Yi showed Nino Tudi plans to improve the Lock of the Heavens, and Nino Tudi explained that equipment could not keep pace with its owner’s growth without gaining spirituality.
• Chen Yi revised his plan and asked Nino Tudi to upgrade the Fire Dragon’s Gold Quality claw; Nino Tudi agreed to do the work for 5 million Copper Coins in ore costs.
• Chen Yi returned home, engraved the Lock of the Heavens with magic arrays, and raised its sealing strength by 61% and sturdiness by 36%.
• Chen Yi offered Yao Yingqian 200,000 Copper Coins to talk to the Lock of the Heavens for a month, and Yao Yingqian accepted.

Chen Yi asked Yao Yingqian to investigate the mutation affecting his twelve Emotion Worms, and Yao Yingqian proposed selecting a Gu King from among them. The worms fought inside a venomous snake until the Malice Worm survived and devoured the others, leaving Chen Yi with a true Gu King.

• Yao Yingqian arrived at Chen Yi’s home, signed a contract, and received 200,000 Copper Coins and the Chains of Heaven.
• Yao Yingqian examined Chen Yi’s Emotion Worms and recommended raising a Gu King because they were undergoing an uncertain mutation.
• Yao Yingqian prepared a ritual and placed the Emotion Worms inside a venomous snake so their battle could be broadcast on white silk.
• The Emotion Worms fought in the Spirit Space until only the Sloth Worm and Malice Worm remained, and the Malice Worm won.
• Chen Yi lit the final incense stick, and the Malice Worm devoured the other worms before Yao Yingqian declared it a true Gu King.

Chen Yi fed the newly evolved Malice Worm and equipped Fire Dragon with a Legendary bracelet before entering the Rank 4 Arena to test the Rank 5 world environment. He won two matches, using the first to adjust to the changed conditions and the second to let Fire Dragon practice.

• Chen Yi fed the Malice Worm seventy-six Sweet Dream Coins after Yao Yingqian suggested foods that could cause it to mutate.
• Fire Dragon opened the pink Treasure Chest and obtained the Legendary Flowing Light Bracelet, which Chen Yi equipped in place of its Golden Wristband.
• After several days of adjusting at home, Chen Yi entered the Arena and was matched against the Dwarf Fabien Tudi in a desert battlefield.
• Chen Yi noticed the Rank 5 world's stronger gravity, more inert Elemental Particles, and more stable space, then defeated Fabien Tudi with Flame · Scorching Sword.
• Chen Yi summoned Fire Dragon for his next match against the Giant Crab Fyodor Brooks, who surrendered after three minutes.

Chen Yi completed twenty-five Arena battles while studying the limits of combat in a Tier 5 world, then received invitations from Scholar House and a mysterious trading organization. He declined to travel to Scholar House and discovered that the other invitation came with a certified System that could project his soul to the organization’s trading planet.

• Chen Yi won twenty-five consecutive Arena battles, usually killing each opponent at the start, and learned how Tier 5 world conditions hindered spells and spatial attacks.
• Chen Yi spent five days fighting and training in a simulated Tier 5 battlefield before two invitations arrived.
• Chen Yi read Scholar House’s invitation and decided not to leave the Game World’s protection to take its entry test.
• Chen Yi opened an invitation to the Mysterious Organization and found an enclosed ball of light that the Game World identified as a processed Myriad Worlds Merchant System.
• Chen Yi confirmed the System was genuine and learned that it could project his soul to the organization’s trading planet.

Chen Yi used Chuka’s purification spell to test a mysterious system, then sent a recording doll through it to learn about the Mysterious Organization. The doll met Mecha, Little Monster, and other members, and learned that the next trade would take place in six months.

• Chen Yi had Chuka cast purification on him, then used the spell’s light to bring the Myriad Worlds Merchant System into his body and inspect its basic trading functions.
• Chen Yi commissioned a recording doll, sent it through the system’s Projection function, and watched as it arrived in the Azure World’s Abandoned Land.
• Little Monster greeted the doll and introduced herself as the strongest Little Monster, but Mecha arrived and explained that the Mysterious Organization was a loose group with nine other members and an added trading function.
• Mecha explained that the next trade was six months away, described the system’s delivery fees, and offered the doll a discount on Tech Side goods.
• Mecha and Little Monster introduced the doll to the other members and their specialties, after which the doll said farewell and Chen Yi ended the projection.

Chen Yi sold the crashed system for World Source, exchanged it for Primal Crystals, Skill Evolution Scrolls, and increased permission, while the supposed Scholar's House and Mysterious Organization offers were revealed as bounty traps. A bounty hunter team escaped a planet-destroying attack after Tilton's sixth sense warned them to flee.

• Chen Yi burned the puppet, sold its crashed system for five units of World Source, and exchanged the proceeds for 200 Primal Crystals, two Skill Evolution Scrolls, and Permission Level +5.
• The mech and Little Monster revealed that they had planted a fake system to lure Chen Yi into a Soul Projection attack for a bounty from the City of Heaven.
• Natan Stark explained that his team had been hired to ambush Chen Yi using the fake Scholar's House invitation, while Tilton warned that staying on their planet felt dangerous.
• Natan Stark ordered the bounty hunters to retreat, and a spear of light soon shattered the planet they had left behind.
• Natan Stark thanked Tilton for saving the team and welcomed the newcomer as a lucky recruit.

Chen Yi learned more about the powerful races and figures connected to the intelligence he had purchased, then explored the Time and Space Hut to accelerate his research into the Mirror Ghost’s Anchor Point. He discovered that his different Timeline selves could collaborate, and learned that his followers could also use the hut.

• Chen Yi reviewed intelligence about the Elf, Titan, Dragon, and other powerful races and figures, then paid the Information Black Hand 2 million Copper Coins.
• Chen Yi settled 1.1 million Copper Coins with Qian Duoduo, found no exceptional Legendary equipment, and returned home to study the Mirror World.
• Chen Yi entered the Time and Space Hut’s third floor, where different Timeline versions of himself discussed how to handle the Mirror Ghost’s Anchor Point.
• Chen Yi spent 200 minutes researching in the hut while only 20 minutes passed outside, then learned that Fire Dragon and Chuka could use the feature through the Seed Plan.

Chen Yi perfected the Mirror Concealment Technique and used it to divert the mirror ghost’s obsessions before choosing a new development path for Heart Fire. He selected Truman, then used a second evolution scroll on Elemental Materialization and learned that its structure needed to be rebuilt.

• Chen Yi perfected the Mirror Concealment Technique, drew the obsessions into the mirror, and closed the passage after his Fire Clone was destroyed.
• The obsessions turned toward the approaching “Chen Yi,” who called Little Black and Sun to deal with them.
• Chen Yi used a Skill Evolution Scroll on Heart Fire and chose Truman, which could pull enemies whose spirits were burned into Genjutsu.
• Chen Yi’s Heart Fire grew stronger, increasing its spiritual burn damage and gaining the Truman ability.
• Chen Yi used a second evolution scroll on Elemental Materialization, but the Game World reorganized the technique’s structure instead of strengthening it.