Chapter Summaries

Chen Yi exposed Toma’s hidden strength and used pressure and promises to make him accept a contract as the territory’s second lord. Toma went to distribute food, while Chen Yi prepared to show him the Territory Core.

• Chen Yi placed food beside the Territory Core, reinforced its protection, and ordered Toma to distribute the food and clear beasts around the territory for Treasure Chests.
• Chen Yi revealed his true demeanor and discovered that Toma’s apparent weakness came from deceptive Data Mimicry and that his strength was far greater than he claimed.
• Chen Yi offered Toma a role as deputy lord or second lord, then threatened to expel Toma’s people unless they proved their value.
• Toma’s settings shifted under Chen Yi’s pressure, and he offered to bring the territory more land, people, and wealth in exchange for support for Chen Yi’s research.
• Chen Yi presented a contract, and Toma carefully checked and signed it, becoming the territory’s second lord.
• Chen Yi sent Toma to distribute the food and said he would later show him the Territory Core.

Toma became the second lord of Ash Territory, while Chen Yi secured his position in the competition by carrying a replicated Territory Core. As Chen Yi set off to find other contestants, the broadcast audience erupted over his apparent good fortune and his exploitation of the program’s rules.

• Toma became Ash Territory’s second lord, led Tier 5 people to defeat beasts, and earned Chen Yi’s trust by honoring their contract.
• Chen Yi received a mission to damage the Tech Side, with rewards that could reduce his World Source debt.
• Chuka revealed that he was carrying a replicated Territory Core, which Chen Yi believed would protect him from elimination as long as it remained intact.
• Chen Yi used God's Cry to divine a direction toward more contestants, then set off with Fire Dragon.
• Aji explained that powerful NPCs like Toma had been placed in the program to increase entertainment, while viewers accused the production team of favoring Chen Yi.
• Chen Yi replicated a Territory Core with the Mirror of Replication, prompting the audience to accuse Aji’s team of unfairness.

Chen Yi used God's Cry to locate contestants and began eliminating them, while other contestants made their own plans around the announcement of his position. The chapter ended with Chen Yi killing Eric Johns and continuing onward.

• The production team blamed its oversight for failing to account for Yi's Mirror Domain item, while Aji tried to explain Yi's tortoise-shell divination as a coincidence.
• Chen Yi flew northwest with Fire Dragon and found Eric Johns, who smashed his Seal Core and tried to flee after seeing him.
• The elimination announcement revealed Chen Yi's location, but Nong Si led his group away to find more people to rescue.
• Le Qing ordered her citizens to gather more slaves and avoid Chen Yi's direction, while Chou Zhongsheng, Yi Fangshilai, Krom Rei, and Diarmuid continued their separate plans.
• Chen Yi killed Eric Johns with blazing swords and a Flame Snake, collected the Copper Coins, and continued flying forward.

Chen Yi eliminated Zaru Simon and continued through the War Fog, where Krom Rei ambushed him. Chen Yi escaped Krom Rei’s attempt to break into Heart Fire Space, but the two had only begun their fight.

• Chen Yi turned Zaru Simon’s territory into magma and eliminated him, then continued onward.
• Chen Yi swallowed a Turbid Spirit Crystal while Chuka sulked about carrying the Territory Core.
• Fire Dragon sensed an approaching enemy, and Chen Yi prepared a barrier and sent waves of flaming swords into the War Fog.
• Krom Rei charged from the fog and was briefly delayed when Fire Dragon intercepted him.
• Krom Rei distorted space to expose the passage to Heart Fire Space, then shattered it and forced Chen Yi to evade with Flash.

Aji introduced Krom Rei and A Liang Heavy Industries’ effort to combine the strengths of Silicon-based and Human Carbon-based lifeforms. In the arena, Fire Dragon and Chuka overwhelmed Krom Rei, whose newfound passion for battle caught Thor’s attention and made him consider recruiting Krom Rei as a believer.

• Aji explained the advantages and drawbacks of Silicon-based lifeforms and described A Liang Heavy Industries’ research and need for funding.
• Fire Dragon fought Krom Rei, using Black Stone Cut and his flames to wear down Krom Rei’s defenses.
• Chuka opened spatial rifts while Chen Yi held Krom Rei with Lock of the Heavens, and the rifts tore Krom Rei’s body into pieces.
• Krom Rei praised Rowen Yi and revealed that being pushed to his limits had awakened his desire to fight.
• Thor recognized Krom Rei’s potential to become an Extreme Realm Master and resolved to claim him as a believer if he survived.

Chen Yi fought Krom Rei as Krom Rei transformed into a colossal Berserker Mecha and overwhelmed the Fire Dragon. Chen Yi summoned a huge Flame Demon Phantasm to resist, but Krom Rei kept pressing his attack.

• Krom Rei realized that silver flames clung to him because his emotions fueled them, then calmed himself and dodged Chen Yi’s attacks.
• Krom Rei transformed into a hundred-meter Berserker Mecha, then grew to one thousand meters under Chen Yi’s pressure.
• Krom Rei struck the Fire Dragon and sent it crashing into a mountain, so Chen Yi ordered Chuka to heal it and build up Dragon Dance.
• Chen Yi summoned a four-hundred-meter Flame Demon Phantasm, which blocked Krom Rei’s punch but took heavy damage from his next attack.
• Chen Yi used flashes and Fire Rings to draw and counter Krom Rei’s blows, but the Berserker Mecha’s punches continued to shake the battlefield and pull the phantasm toward him.

Chen Yi fought Krom Rei’s Berserker Mecha at a severe disadvantage, using his spells and Lingering Embers to survive its overwhelming attacks. Just as he prepared to resume the battle with Fire Dragon and Chuka, the event announced Krom Rei’s elimination, leaving Chen Yi to find the mecha motionless in the distance.

• Krom Rei’s Berserker Mecha repeatedly shattered Chen Yi’s defenses and beat the Flame Demon Phantasm apart.
• Chen Yi used Flash, Mirror Concealment Technique, and a Fire Clone to escape the mecha and recover with Lingering Embers.
• Chen Yi summoned Fire Dragon and Chuka, assigned them roles, and prepared for another attack while setting Flame Sparrows in the ground.
• The event announced that Krom Rei had been eliminated by Yi and awarded Chen Yi 230w EXP.
• Chen Yi drove away the mist with pillars of flame and saw the Berserker Mecha standing motionless several thousand meters away.

Krom Rei pushed his Berserker Mecha into the Extreme Realm, becoming a thousand-meter giant before his unstable genes killed him. Chen Yi claimed Krom Rei’s rewards and stored the Path to the Extreme Realm crystal, while A Liang Heavy Industry drew a flood of investors.

• Krom Rei altered the Berserker Mecha and burned his life and soul to create a thousand-meter form, but his unstable genes killed him in under twenty-five seconds.
• Chen Yi defeated Krom Rei, collected his drops, and obtained the Path to the Extreme Realm crystal and Copper Coins.
• Chen Yi examined the crystal and stored it, questioning whether the Flame Domain could help him against enormous enemies.
• Thor lamented Krom Rei’s death, while Wilmore Pate and Otaku Girl reacted with less interest in the Extreme Realm.
• A Ji discussed the Berserker Mecha’s power, and investors crowded A Liang Heavy Industry with calls and offers.

Chen Yi abandoned his plan to stall the program and traveled toward its center after preparing more Lingering Embers and testing a fake elimination announcement. He left Toma with a warning, then used modified Flame Sparrows to call Nong Si to him in exchange for Gene Optimization Fluid.

• Chen Yi rested for over an hour, replenished his Lingering Embers, and decided the growing number of powerful contestants made his original strategy untenable.
• Chen Yi used a modified loudspeaker to broadcast a convincing fake elimination announcement and flew toward the edge of the venue, estimating it was about five million meters from Ash Territory.
• Chen Yi warned Toma before leaving Ash Territory, and Toma hesitated over whether to heed the warning.
• Chen Yi reached an area near the venue's center, avoided NPCs who fled from him, and sent modified Flame Sparrows to invite Nong Si to come for Gene Optimization Fluid.

Nong Si gathered NPCs and gave a speech when Chen Yi used a Flame Sparrow to lure him into a meeting about cooperation. Their mistrust surfaced over Nong Si’s citizens and Chen Yi’s contract, but Nong Si agreed to keep talking after Chen Yi showed him a potion.

• Nong Si rallied 1,263 NPCs and shouted “Enemy attack” when he heard Fire Madman’s voice, then went to meet Chen Yi after the Flame Sparrow vanished.
• Chen Yi waited a day with Fire Dragon and Chuka before Nong Si emerged from the fog.
• Chen Yi proposed trading resources for citizens, explaining that his Territory Core could attract NPCs and that a Level 2 territory could provide their food.
• Nong Si invited Chen Yi to see his citizens, but Chen Yi presented a contract, making their mutual distrust clear.
• Chen Yi shook a bottle of potion, and Nong Si smiled again and said they could discuss everything.

Chen Yi and Nong Si exchanged Territory Cores to secure their cooperation, with Chen Yi seeking better ways to grow the Bodhi Tree. After strengthening the Digital Egg and establishing his territory, Chen Yi received new NPCs from Nong Si, while thirteen more arrived under Nong Si’s control.

• Chen Yi demonstrated that his Territory Core was genuine and explained that he wanted Gene Optimization Fluid or a better item to help Bodhi Tree Seeds grow.
• Nong Si agreed to cooperate and exchanged Territory Cores with Chen Yi, who used the returned Core to establish a Level 1 territory.
• Chen Yi gathered their materials and built fifty houses, then gave Nong Si permission to manage the barrier and new NPCs.
• Chen Yi sealed the Digital Egg, fed it all the data light clusters, and raised its quality to purple before sealing it away again.
• Nong Si brought eighty-seven new NPCs to Chen Yi’s territory and presented Chen Yi as their lord, then summoned thirteen more NPCs who had already been mentally bewitched.

Chen Yi and Nong Si developed their Level 7 territory over several months, recruiting citizens and building a powerful force. Chen Yi argued that they had to attack other contestants rather than wait, while Nong Si urged patience, leaving their decision unresolved.

• Chen Yi invested his materials in houses as the territory reached Level 2, and Nong Si recruited newly arrived NPCs.
• Over three months, Chen Yi fought increasingly capable Digital Life Beasts while Nong Si gathered citizens and resources for the territory.
• Nong Si’s recruitment helped the territory reach Level 7, but progress stalled because upgrading required vast numbers of houses and Nutrient Solution.
• Chen Yi decided that war and dismantling other contestants’ houses were necessary to advance faster.
• Nong Si urged Chen Yi to keep recruiting instead of attacking, but Chen Yi challenged whether Nong Si could guarantee that strategy would work.

Chen Yi persuaded Nong Si to join a war against a nearby Tech Side territory, and the two chose a fortified mountain settlement as their first target. As the attack began, Lev Hartel and the other four lords sounded the highest alert and rushed to defend their territory.

• Chen Yi argued that war would strengthen their territory and its Digital Life, and Nong Si agreed to attack a target Chen Yi indicated on the sand table.
• Chen Yi selected a territory 590,000 meters northwest, where five Tech Side lords had built a fortified settlement inside a hollowed-out mountain range.
• Lev Hartel prepared to lead NPC subjects against nearby beasts while relying on his territory’s technology and 4,015 Rank 5-or-higher combatants.
• The warning bells rang repeatedly, signaling that the neighboring enemy had arrived, and Lev Hartel declared the highest level of alert.
• Lev Hartel sent Nadia Roach, Lajos Parsons, Tarif Anton, and Adel Church to defend separate directions while he prepared to respond to the main attack.

Chen Yi led 4,500 NPCs toward the Tech Side’s territory and used Fire Mages to bombard the mist-covered ground, detonating traps and destroying enemy fortresses. As his mages began preparing another volley, five enemies were forced to respond to the attack.

• Chen Yi halted his troops 50,000 meters from the Tech Side’s territory and ordered the front line to form a wall of heavy shields.
• Lana watched from a fortress and hoped Chen Yi’s forces would advance into the trapped area, but they stopped and began casting Fire Meteor.
• Chen Yi ordered the mages to fire, and their meteors exploded across the ground, setting off buried bombs and reducing the fortresses to ruins.
• Chen Yi told the mages to continue their bombardment, prompting five enemies to prepare to intervene.

Lev Hartel’s forces attacked Chen Yi’s position with explosive packs, bacteria, and a laser cannon while Chen Yi’s side fought back with magma walls, archers, and Fire Meteors. The first laser strike failed to reach Chen Yi, but Lev Hartel revealed he had prepared ten cannons.

• Lev Hartel ordered his troops to throw explosive packs through the fog while they waited for the Main Cannon.
• Chen Yi raised magma walls to block the explosives, then sent Chuka to tell Fire Dragon to pressure the enemy.
• Fire Dragon directed the Archers to shoot, wounding the troops preparing another volley of explosives.
• Lev Hartel’s forces threw explosive packs that released bacteria, softening the shields and disrupting the front line.
• Chen Yi quieted the affected defenders as his Mage NPCs unleashed another barrage of Fire Meteors.
• Lev Hartel’s laser cannon pierced the defenses and destroyed many front-line soldiers, but the Flame Guard Sealing Sword stopped the weakened beam; Lev Hartel had ten cannons ready.

Chen Yi tested his new Flame Severance spell, then used Chibaku Tensei to expose Lev Hartel's forces and sent his soldiers after them. Lev detonated a massive high-energy bomb to cover his escape, leaving the frontline soldiers caught in the blast.

• Chen Yi used Flame Severance to destroy the falling meteors and cut a vast trench, then assessed the spell's power and limits.
• Chen Yi ordered his troops to spread out and replace their equipment before using Chibaku Tensei to lift the earth and contingencies above Lev Hartel's territory.
• Chen Yi's attack cleared the War Fog, revealing Lev Hartel, and Chen Yi sent his soldiers charging while he stayed behind.
• Lev Hartel activated a concealed high-energy bomb, creating a Mushroom Cloud that swallowed the incoming slashes and engulfed the soldiers in its blast.
• Lev Hartel used his Protective Shield and the explosion's shockwave to propel himself away, while the fate of the soldiers caught in the blast remained uncertain.

After Chen Yi’s attack cost him hundreds of soldiers, he regrouped with Nong Si’s reinforcements and weighed the threat of the enemy’s weapons and other contestants. Both sides prepared for another clash, while Adel Church scouted Chen Yi’s camp.

• Chen Yi counted 790 dead after the bomb attack, sent the surviving soldiers to retreat, and concealed their regrouping point with mimicry magic arrays.
• Nong Si arrived with 2,000 people and supplies, warned Chen Yi that Yi Fangshilai was becoming restless, and showed him dead bats that suggested the vampires were scouting.
• Chen Yi and Nong Si discussed Qiu Zhongsheng’s suspiciously quiet activity, and Nong Si agreed to increase surveillance on him.
• Chen Yi assigned Fire Dragon to guard the camp and made Chuka train in a gravity magic array while he studied the enemy’s defenses.
• Lev Hartel rallied the NPC citizens with propaganda and ordered new defenses, while Adel Church led a concealed scouting party toward Chen Yi’s camp.

Chen Yi wore down Lev Hartel’s besieged territory while Yi Fangshilai launched an attack on Chen Yi’s territory. The chapter explained that Yi Fangshilai’s vector control depended on his personal reality and that the Dragon Cat Group had obtained superpowers from the Demon Gods of A Certain Magical World.

• Chen Yi eliminated Adel Church and spent three days burning away Lev Hartel’s mountain defenses while keeping his territory under siege.
• Lev Hartel struggled to defend his territory as its Protective Shield weakened and he lacked a way to strike back at Chen Yi.
• Yi Fangshilai launched an attack on Chen Yi’s territory while most of Chen Yi’s soldiers were away besieging Lev Hartel.
• Aji explained that Yi Fangshilai’s superpower was vector control, supported by personal reality, computation, and algorithms.
• The narration explained that the Dragon Cat Group acquired superpowers through negotiations with the Demon Gods of A Certain Magical World.

Dragon Cat Group’s costly experiments gave Yi Fangshilai powerful vector-control abilities, which he demonstrated while attacking Chen Yi’s territory. He redirected the defenders’ attacks and stopped their exploding meteors, leaving the battle unresolved.

• Dragon Cat Group developed superpower drugs and algorithms at great expense, hoping someone would take over the program.
• Yi Fangshilai unleashed immense force, rock pillars, and giant tornadoes to demonstrate his new powers.
• Nong Si ordered the territory’s defenders to attack Yi Fangshilai from behind the Protective Shield.
• Yi Fangshilai used telekinesis to redirect volleys of arrows back toward the defenders, intensifying the strain on the Protective Shield.
• Nong Si ordered the Fire Elementals to detonate their meteors early, but Yi Fangshilai stopped the explosions’ heat and impact with his vector control.

Yi Fangshilai compressed a fireball to one million degrees, but Nong Si trapped it in a spatial sack. While Chen Yi studied their abilities and waited for an opening, he prepared Fire Dragon to charge into battle.

• Yi Fangshilai compressed the flames into a million-degree fireball and released its heat, scorching the surrounding land.
• Nong Si threw a spatial sack over the fireball and swallowed it, while Chen Yi recognized the sack as a creature and noted ideas for his own techniques.
• Chen Yi considered Yi Fangshilai's vector control and waited for the other contestants, hoping the battle would help him improve his techniques.
• Chen Yi told Fire Dragon to trust his instincts, and Chuka buffed him with support skills.
• Fire Dragon donned the Dragon-shaped Robe and charged forward, cracking the ground as he rushed into battle.