Chapter Summaries

Chen Yi and the Ice Crystal Emperor Scorpion fought while Nong Si lured Tech Side contestants and Reincarnators into the basin to turn on Chen Yi and Chou Zhongsheng. Chen Yi’s Fire Dragon killed the scorpion with a devastating punch, leaving the gathered forces facing the aftermath.

• Tech Side scouts decided to attack while Chen Yi and the Ice Crystal Emperor Scorpion were weakened, while Fergus Gomez led Kaya Gomez away from the basin.
• Nong Si used bodies under his control to gather prisoners, Tech Side fighters, and Reincarnators, intending to betray Chen Yi and Chou Zhongsheng and attack the victor.
• Aji explained Nong Si’s mental manipulation, flesh modification, and body seizure abilities to the audience, then advertised the Mind Helmet.
• The Ice Crystal Emperor Scorpion restored its Health Bar by consuming data as it fought Chen Yi, until Tech Side forces arrived and attacked.
• Chen Yi’s Fire Dragon struck the Ice Crystal Emperor Scorpion with its strongest punch, killing it and sending the punch’s force across the basin.

Chen Yi hid underground while his Fire Clone and Chou Zhongsheng appeared weakened, throwing the battlefield into a chaotic free-for-all where other contestants showed their strengths. The mentors watched as the competition continued, with Thor anticipating a clash between power and strategy.

• Chen Yi used Flame Domain to destroy enemies caught in its flames, then escaped underground while his Fire Clone took his place on the surface.
• The Fire Clone summoned Chuka and formed a weaker Flame Demon Phantasm, which the mechs soon shot down as it fled.
• Chou Zhongsheng concealed his strength by appearing badly injured and suppressing himself with poisons while Reincarnators hunted him.
• With Chen Yi and Chou Zhongsheng out of sight, prisoners, mech users, Reincarnators, and outsiders fought among themselves as Odo Nicholson bombarded the battlefield and other combatants displayed their abilities.
• Wilmore Pate worried about Chen Yi, Thor watched with interest, and Otaku Girl grew impatient as the mentors and production crew observed the ongoing competition.

Chen Yi used a Fire Clone to lure his enemies into a concentrated area, then revealed that he had recovered enough strength to attack them with overwhelming force. As the survivors tried to flee, Chen Yi trapped them in a massive Earth Sphere and sent it crashing down, while Qiu Zhongsheng and the others joined the hunt.

• Chuka vanished after the Fire Clone signaled for her to leave, but Nong Si pierced the clone with an earth spike and watched it dissolve into magma.
• The Reincarnators argued over whether they had killed Chen Yi’s real body, while Nong Si recalled Chen Yi’s promise to defeat all of them if they gathered in the basin.
• Chen Yi unleashed a huge pillar of flame and Flame Sparrows, while Qiu Zhongsheng killed two enemies and the remaining attackers fled.
• Chen Yi used Chibaku Tensei to draw the fleeing enemies and earth into the sky, then formed a three-thousand-meter Earth Sphere.
• Chen Yi covered the Earth Sphere in silver flames and sent it crashing into the basin, then transformed into a giant Flame Demon Phantasm and pursued the survivors.

After Chen Yi appeared, the Tech Side forces were defeated, leaving only Chou Zhongsheng and the hidden Nong Si as Reincarnators. The commentators praised Luowen Yi’s breadth of skill, while Aji defended the Tech Side’s reliance on mass-produced troops and technology.

• Chen Yi and Chou Zhongsheng dominated the battlefield until the Tech Side forces were completely crushed, while Nong Si survived by hiding among his brainwashed spare bodies.
• Aji and the mentors discussed Luowen Yi’s abilities and the battle’s outcome, with Thor praising him and Wilmore Pate noting his many fields of expertise.
• The commentators compared the Tech Side’s gene-enhancement method with the Main God Space’s approach of forcing Reincarnators to strengthen their own genes.
• Aji reassured viewers that the Tech Side’s strength lay in technology and mass production, then revealed that the Ice Crystal Emperor Scorpion cost only 250 million credits and could be produced in large numbers.

On day twenty, Chen Yi woke from meditation to find airdrops released into the snow-covered area, and he reached one that unfolded into a shop. Its intelligent assistant Shui Hua revealed that Chen Yi had 7.21 million points and explained how contestants earned them by killing Digital Life.

• Chen Yi and Fire Dragon entered a meditative state to conserve energy while Chuka kept watch, and Chou Zhongsheng continued chasing Nong Si for food.
• Nong Si led Chou Zhongsheng to a hidden leopard carcass, but Chou Zhongsheng resumed the chase after they ate.
• Kaya Gomez complained of hunger while she and Fergus Gomez hung upside down in a cave, and the surviving contestants continued to dwindle.
• On day twenty, the Protective Shield was partially lifted and airdrops drifted into the area.
• Chuka woke Chen Yi and Fire Dragon, and Chen Yi followed an airdrop to a shop that Shui Hua opened for him.
• Shui Hua told Chen Yi that he had 7.21 million points and that points came from killing Digital Life, with team rewards split by damage and 30% awarded to the final blow.

Chen Yi inspected the exchange shop and spent points on Primal Crystals, High-Energy Nutrient Solution, and a Space Ring. He continued browsing for valuable items, with a military mecha and several Epic treasures still available.

• Chen Yi examined a Legendary military mecha but decided it did not suit his fighting style and considered selling it in the Main City.
• Chen Yi exchanged for all remaining Primal Crystals and thirty bottles of High-Energy Nutrient Solution, leaving him with 3.96 million points.
• Chen Yi and Fire Dragon drank some of the nutrient solution and began recovering, though they still needed time to digest it.
• Chen Yi bought a Space Ring and stored his exchanged items inside it.
• Chen Yi found Bodhi Tree Seeds, Bottom-Layer Gene Optimization Fluid, and A Drop of True Ancestor Blood among the remaining shop items.

Chen Yi exchanged for and swallowed an epic-quality Bodhi Tree Seed, then chose a path that slowly increased his Soul Strength. After reviewing his improved attributes, he considered buying the remaining Bottom-Layer Gene Optimization Fluid to help the seed survive.

• Chen Yi exchanged 2 million points for a Bodhi Tree Seed and swallowed it, gaining a clearer, calmer mind and increases to his Spirit and Mana caps.
• When Chen Yi reached 100,000 Mana, he chose the Soulbearer development path to slowly increase his Soul Strength.
• Chen Yi reviewed his level 52 attributes and noted that his increased Mana and Spirit had strengthened his abilities and Chumen.
• Chen Yi considered whether Bottom-Layer Gene Optimization Fluid could improve the Bodhi Tree Seed's survival rate, then set out to earn more points.

Chen Yi hunted Digital Lives during the first round while learning that some were built from competitors’ combat data. After three days, he spotted Nong Si and pursued him, but Nong Si escaped by splitting into five identical clones.

• Chen Yi, Chou Zhongsheng, Nong Si, and the vampire duo fought Digital Lives whose traits reflected the fighters’ combat data; the vampires defeated a sixth-tier Bull Demon.
• Diarmuid woke briefly from a crystal, judged that the first round tested wisdom, and went back to sleep while waiting for it to end.
• Over three days, Chen Yi and Fire Dragon killed Digital Lives, and Chen Yi fed the creatures’ dropped points of light to the Malice Worm.
• Nong Si saw Chen Yi, released his Third Gene Lock, and fled; Chen Yi chased him on Fire Dragon and dodged Nong Si’s air cannon with Flash.
• Nong Si split into five identical figures and taunted Chen Yi, who could not determine which one was real.

Chen Yi failed to catch Nong Si, then exchanged points for the Base Gene Optimization Fluid before the first round ended. After receiving his mission rewards, Chen Yi faced Wilmore Pate’s test about what distinguishes true life from AI and Digital Life, and demonstrated how will could animate a Flame Sparrow.

• Chen Yi repeatedly searched the scorched mountains for Nong Si, but Nong Si escaped and hid until Chen Yi left.
• Nong Si gathered points for the Base Gene Optimization Fluid, only to find that Chen Yi had already exchanged it for watering the Bodhi Tree Seed.
• Aji announced the end of the first round, and Chen Yi received five Primal Crystals as a mission reward.
• The production team changed the next round from the semifinals to the finals because too few contestants remained.
• Wilmore Pate asked Chen Yi what AI life and Digital Life lacked compared with true life.
• Chen Yi said life depended on self-awareness or will, then used his will to make a Flame Sparrow formed from Silver Flame move as if alive.

Chen Yi debated the nature of life with Wilmore Pate, gaining new ideas about how his flames might burn the soul, and accepted a nominal professorship at the Scholar's House. After the intermission, Aji introduced three new Tech Side contestants for the finals.

• Chen Yi explained that current AI lacked genuine will, while Wilmore Pate argued that fungi, bacteria, and AI should all be considered forms of life.
• After debating for over an hour, Chen Yi gained new insights into Elemental Materialization Bestowal and considered how to burn the body, mind, and soul together.
• Wilmore Pate invited Chen Yi to become a professor at the Scholar's House, and Chen Yi accepted despite being unable to visit soon.
• Wilmore Pate gave Chen Yi a professor's medal, which granted him access to Scholar's House knowledge in exchange for teaching classes.
• Aji returned with three Tech Side contestants and announced that the second round would be the finals.

A Ji introduced three new contestants and explained how the Tech Side companies used the show to promote costly experimental products and attract investors. The production crew then unveiled a bonus round in a newly emerged manor, leaving Chen Yi suspicious of its real purpose.

• A Ji introduced Krom Rei of A Liang Heavy Industries, Le Qing of Nianmei Company, and Yi Fangshilai of Dragon Cat Group.
• The chapter revealed that the companies were using the contestants to demonstrate concept products, boost sales, and attract investment.
• A Ji announced a bonus round, but the logistics team initially failed to respond, leaving him to awkwardly improvise for the cameras.
• The production crew replaced the polar environment with an enormous manor and teleported in lifelike bionic AI androids dressed as maids and butlers.
• A Ji said all first-round survivors could enter the bonus stage, while the three new contestants would sit it out; Chen Yi grew suspicious of the production crew's intentions.

Chen Yi and the other contestants began a food challenge that damaged their health while potentially increasing their attributes. As Chen Yi discovered poison could strengthen his body, Chou Zhongsheng and Nong Si pushed their modified bodies to eat, and Chou Zhongsheng asked whether he could add poison as seasoning.

• Aji explained that contestants had to eat five kilograms of dangerous food in thirty minutes and could not quit or use substitutes.
• When a Tech Side contestant tried to quit, Aji shot him dead.
• Nong Si ate a worm disguised as vermicelli, which revived in his stomach before he crushed it with his modified organs.
• Chen Yi ate a poisonous fruit and took repeated damage, but gained 0.3 Limit-Breaking Constitution as his body absorbed the poison.
• Chou Zhongsheng and Nong Si activated their Gene Locks and rapidly ate despite the food's hazards; Nong Si added spare stomachs and intestines to his body.
• After Aji refused to allow antidotes or seasoning, Chou Zhongsheng clarified that he meant adding poison.

Chou Zhongsheng drank a tested poison that neutralized the toxins already in his body, while the vampire duo Fergus Gomez and Kaya Gomez easily withstood the challenge by eating. Aji watched the audience respond to the contestants and considered how the show could capitalize on the vampires’ popularity.

• Chou Zhongsheng mixed a golden potion, and Aji had it tested and confirmed it was highly toxic.
• Chou Zhongsheng drank the potion, reducing the harm from the toxins already in his body.
• Aji announced that the visiting Reincarnators had found solutions, while viewers in the Tech Side reacted to the show and discussed their own entertainment.
• Fergus Gomez and Kaya Gomez ate without trouble because vampires resisted toxins, and Aji addressed them as the Blood Race to please Fergus Gomez.
• Fergus Gomez corrected Kaya Gomez’s table manners by threatening to tell her parents, and Kaya Gomez reluctantly acted like a noble young lady.
• Aji noticed the audience’s growing interest in Kaya Gomez and decided to pay attention to the later games.

During the meal, Chen Yi observed Diarmuid's rune magic and damage-sharing straw dolls while enduring poisonous food to improve his Resistance to Toxin. After burning away the food inside himself and eating more toxic dishes, he gained attributes and resistance, then reached the end of the reward stage.

• Chen Yi noticed Diarmuid write runes that fused into a shadow and saw him produce straw dolls linked to his aura; Chuka detected spatial fluctuations.
• Diarmuid's straw dolls showed signs of poisoning and corrosion while he remained unharmed, and the Tech Side contestants survived by taking non-recovery potions.
• Chen Yi endured poison damage and healing until he gained Resistance to Toxin, then used silver flames inside his stomach to clear space and ate more toxin-heavy food.
• Aji regretted that Chen Yi had found a way to keep eating, while the production team faced blame because Chen Yi's Malice Worm had consumed information-bearing light motes from defeated Digital Lives.
• After half an hour, Chen Yi gained 2 points of Limit-Breaking Constitution, 0.5 points of Limit-Breaking Intelligence, and 10% Resistance to Toxin; he raised his Constitution to 154 and his natural armor to 719.

Aji introduced Lord Game, a contest in which the contestants would lead Digital Life through a fog-covered wilderness while their strength was suppressed according to their population. Thor then unleashed a planet-wide storm that interrupted the event, and Aji nervously asked whether he objected to the rules.

• Aji introduced the contestants and explained that Lord Game would test their wisdom as they led Digital Life through a wilderness.
• The production team transformed the venue into a fog-covered primeval forest and explained the population-based strength restrictions.
• Chen Yi realized the Tech Side intended to collect more data on Digital Life by making contestants care for and fight alongside them.
• Thor unleashed a vast storm of lightning across the planet, interrupting Aji's presentation.
• Diarmuid and the merfolk knelt, while Aji nervously asked Thor whether he wanted the rules changed.

After Thor forced the production team to abandon its babysitting-style show, Aji announced revised finals built around territory warfare and introduced data seeds as contestant rewards. The contestants received their seeds and Territory Cores after the new rules were accepted and notarized.

• Thor called the planned show boring and forced the production team to suspend it and reconsider the format.
• Aji resumed the show and explained that contestants would lead territories, develop their people, fight beasts and rival contestants, and defend their Territory Cores.
• Aji announced that each contestant would receive a data seed that could absorb information from a living being and grow into a Digital Egg.
• Aji outlined the one-year competition, Treasure Chest drops, and prizes for the top three contestants.
• Thor and the Otaku Girl accepted the revised proposal, and Aji distributed twenty-four data seeds and Territory Cores, including notarized items for Chen Yi.

Chen Yi, Fire Dragon, and Chuka began scouting the War Fog for a safe place to establish their Territory Core during the Lord Game. Chen Yi encountered and restrained a Rock Giant, but found that the Gold Quality Lock of the Heavens still lacked the power and spirituality he wanted.

• The program teleported Chen Yi, Fire Dragon, and Chuka into the War Fog and assigned them the mission of becoming Lord Game winners.
• Chen Yi explained the Territory Core rules and split up with Fire Dragon and Chuka to scout within fifty thousand meters, using special Fire Characters to help them find one another.
• Chen Yi explored a mountain and discovered that the fog limited visibility and mental detection, while stronger Digital Lifeforms could sense farther than weaker ones.
• A Rock Giant detected Chen Yi through vibrations in the ground and attacked him with a raised earth platform and Rock Cones.
• Chen Yi blocked the Rock Cones with a magma Earth Wall and bound the Rock Giant with the Lock of the Heavens.
• Chen Yi judged that the Lock of the Heavens could not fully seal the Rock Giant because its Gold Quality essence and insufficient spirituality limited its power.

Chen Yi placed his Territory Core, creating a 500-meter safe zone, and learned that he needed data-based materials and citizens to upgrade it. Meanwhile, Le Qing and Nong Si began searching for NPCs to recruit, each relying on their own abilities.

• Chen Yi killed the Rock Giant with Flame Sparrows, opened its silver Treasure Chest, and added 3% data to an ordinary seed.
• Chen Yi and his companions scouted the mountain, confirmed it was free of other contestants, and placed the Territory Core to establish a Protective Shield.
• Chen Yi discovered that building houses required data materials, then sent Fire Dragon and Chuka to hunt Digital Life.
• Le Qing created clay birds to search for NPC gatherings and planned to use her pheromone abilities to control NPCs.
• Nong Si sent clones to search for NPCs and speculated about which contestants could have earned enough money to buy the True Progenitor's blood.

Chen Yi learned that the world’s feedback had helped Wang Zhanbo become a true protagonist after Wang conquered the small guilds and earned the title Butcher of War. Zhang Wu confronted Zhang Bihuáng with his failure to change the world, then began reforms in Dynasty, while Wang chose to pursue his own advancement.

• Chen Yi and Fire Dragon spent two days clearing nearby digital lifeforms, and Chen Yi learned that his extraordinary luck was temporary but its lasting portion had increased.
• Wang Zhanbo fought across the Real World, defeated the small guilds, and earned the title Butcher of War, making them surrender to him.
• Zhang Wu told Zhang Bihuáng that he had failed to become the world’s protagonist and urged him to recognize his limits.
• Zhang Wu declared that Wang Zhanbo had won and ordered Dynasty to begin reforms.
• Public opinion about Wang Zhanbo and Crooked Mouth Dragon King shifted, and experts and celebrities praised Wang.
• Wang Zhanbo told Ailan, Ma Fei, and his guild members that he would reach the fifth tier and then explore beyond the seventh tier.

Chen Yi welcomed Toma Karel and 178 other NPCs into Ash Territory, then upgraded the territory to Level 2 and chose food production. He realized that feeding the citizens would be necessary to prevent betrayal, but the show's rules made food a scarce resource.

• Chen Yi built 100 houses, and Toma Karel arrived with 178 wanderers seeking shelter in Ash Territory.
• Chen Yi inspected the newcomers, found that Toma was their only Tier 6 member, and let them through the Protective Shield.
• Toma arranged for the newcomers to settle in the houses, then asked Chen Yi for food because they had not eaten for a long time.
• Chen Yi upgraded Ash Territory to Level 2, expanding its shield and unlocking production options.
• Chen Yi selected Food Production and realized the show's limits on food and territory growth could make his citizens turn against him.