Chapter Summaries

Chen Yi and Fire Dragon fought Yi Fangshilai, whose thoughts and vector control deflected their attacks until their techniques overloaded his calculations and Fire Dragon landed a damaging hit. Yi Fangshilai fought back by sending stone dragons at Chen Yi, whose Flame Demon Phantasm took the blow as the clash continued.

• Yi Fangshilai deflected Fire Dragon’s attacks and redirected Chen Yi’s flames, Flame Sparrows, and Chains of Heaven with his thoughts and vector control.
• Chen Yi used the Left Hand of the Flame God and Flame Severance, forcing Yi Fangshilai to devote more computing power to countering the techniques.
• Fire Dragon seized the opening and struck Yi Fangshilai with Flash Flame Charge, breaking through his hastily formed telekinetic defense and injuring his shoulder.
• Yi Fangshilai, excited by the fight, sent stone dragons toward Chen Yi while the Left Hand of the Flame God continued descending.
• Chen Yi summoned the Flame Demon Phantasm, which took the stone dragon’s blow and cracked under the transferred force.

Chen Yi fought Yi Fangshilai while Fire Dragon and Chuka pursued the rock dragons, and he used Flame Severance and a sealing spell to destroy them. Yi Fangshilai escaped the attack and drank potions on the battlefield as Chen Yi assessed the danger of attacking him directly.

• Chen Yi used the Flame Demon Phantasm, Sword Qi, and Flame Sparrows to slow Yi Fangshilai's rock dragons, but they continued to close in.
• Yi Fangshilai launched a spatial short blade at Fire Dragon, but Fire Dragon dodged it, and Chuka split several rock dragons with spatial cracks.
• Chen Yi expanded his Flame Domain, but Yi Fangshilai detected its anchor points and shattered it.
• Chen Yi dismissed the Flame Demon Phantasm and cast Flame Severance inside an explosion, slicing the first rock dragon that entered the flames.
• Yi Fangshilai redirected Flame Severance's rotation onto a rock dragon, but Chen Yi's Fire Characters formed a Seal that burned the unsupported rock dragons to ashes.
• Yi Fangshilai escaped to the ground and drank potions while Chen Yi recovered his health and refrained from attacking him because of his vector control.

Chen Yi’s forces kept Yi Fangshilai busy while Chuka healed the injured soldiers, undoing the damage he had inflicted. Yi Fangshilai was left struggling to find a way to defeat the troops.

• Chen Yi signaled his ambush troops to attack Yi Fangshilai and told Chuka to monitor the soldiers’ health.
• Yi Fangshilai summoned an Earth Giant and used the ground to amplify his power, but the heavily armored soldiers repeatedly returned to the fight.
• Chen Yi used Iron Chains to rescue soldiers who fell into a fissure, while refusing Yi Fangshilai’s taunts to come down and fight.
• After the soldiers were seriously injured, Chuka cast Revival Rain and Heal Prayer, restoring their health with healing rain and starlight.
• Yi Fangshilai realized he could not easily kill the Digital Life soldiers, and Chuka’s healing erased most of his progress.

Aji tried to preserve Yi Fangshilai’s reputation until Wilmore Pate exposed Vector Control’s limits and Aji cut off the livestream. Meanwhile, Chen Yi discovered and destroyed Nong Si’s Mental Influence tumor, then found another on Chuka.

• Aji claimed Yi Fangshilai’s weakness came from depleted mana, but Wilmore Pate called the explanation misinformation and described Vector Control’s limitations.
• Aji cut off the livestream during Wilmore Pate’s criticism, then reconnected it and blamed a minor accident.
• Yi Fangshilai’s soldiers charged him after Nong Si’s ability disrupted their mental states, and Chen Yi realized Nong Si had planted a tumor in his Spirit Space.
• Chen Yi ordered Malice Worm to swallow the tumor and burned through his Spirit Space to check for anything else.
• Chen Yi grabbed Chuka and found a shriveled tumor on her soul body.

Chen Yi pursued Yi Fangshilai through a tunnel of soil and flames after discovering the impurities affecting his team. Meanwhile, Nong Si examined Lennart Hawk’s failed attempt to manufacture a Territory Core, reconsidered his alliance with Chen Yi, and welcomed an NPC whose ability resembled his own.

• Chen Yi found a fleshy tumor on the fat cat and a withered one on Fire Dragon, then realized he was the only one affected by the impurities.
• Chen Yi and Fire Dragon chased Yi Fangshilai with Explosive Swords and Flame · Flash while Yi Fangshilai fled through a soil tunnel.
• Chen Yi heard that Lennart Hawk had eliminated Logan Eaton and chose not to investigate the Tech Side conflict.
• Nong Si reviewed Lennart Hawk’s failed Territory Core experiment and guessed that Chen Yi had used his suspicious nature to conceal a period of weakness.
• Nong Si considered changing allies, then recognized that a visiting NPC had an ability similar to his own.

Nong Si traded Legendary Quality plant-growth medicine to Le Qing for information about Yi Fangshilai, who could fight the Ash Apostle to a draw. Meanwhile, Chou Zhongsheng returned from months of hunting Digital Life Beasts to his cave, where the Insect Queen Ana and a Legendary Quality Digital Egg awaited him.

• Nong Si warned Le Qing not to speak Chen Yi’s name and exchanged information about Yi Fangshilai for plant-growth medicine.
• Le Qing sent a bottle of Legendary Quality plant-growth medicine, and Nong Si revealed Yi Fangshilai’s location to her NPCs.
• Chou Zhongsheng returned to his territory after killing a Digital Life Beast and collecting a Silver Treasure Chest.
• Chou Zhongsheng gave food to his mining citizens and carried their ore into his cave.
• Chou Zhongsheng met Ana, the mutated Insect Queen who had signed a master-servant contract with him, beside a Legendary Quality Digital Egg.

Qiu Zhongsheng hatched a second digital mother insect to increase his army, while Fergus Gomez prepared for the coming war and watched over Kaya Gomez. Chen Yi continued pursuing Yi Fangshilai, who heard a woman's telepathic voice just as he prepared to fight back.

• Qiu Zhongsheng hatched Acha from the Digital Egg, and she signed a master-servant contract with him; her arrival promised to increase troop production after her fourteen-day juvenile stage.
• Kaya Gomez told Fergus Gomez she might not survive the night, then joked that she was a “blood-letting vampire” because she had to keep drinking Nutrient Solution.
• Fergus Gomez used information from his bats to assess rival territories and judged Chen Yi's territory the greatest threat because it had developed rapidly and fielded over ten thousand combat-capable citizens.
• Yi Fangshilai tried to evade Chen Yi with Nen attacks, War Fog, and startled Digital Life Beasts, but Chen Yi's pursuit continued.
• As Yi Fangshilai prepared to fight to the death, he heard a woman's voice telepathically.

Chen Yi fought off contestants who delayed him while Yi Fangshilai escaped to Le Qing, who tried to recruit him into a plot against Chen Yi. Meanwhile, Nong Si and Lev Hartel evacuated the territory and left a laser cannon behind as a gift for future opponents.

• Chen Yi wounded a crocodile-shaped beast with Flame Severance, then fought contestants who emerged from the mist while Yi Fangshilai escaped with an NPC.
• Chen Yi discovered that his tracking mark on Yi Fangshilai had been destroyed and returned to his territory with Fire Dragon.
• Le Qing revealed herself to Yi Fangshilai and tried to influence him with pheromones, proposing they exploit a betrayal by Chen Yi's partner.
• Yi Fangshilai agreed to cooperate after learning that a Reincarnator had approached Le Qing, and Lev Hartel also agreed to cooperate because he had no choice.
• Nong Si inspected the intact laser cannon after the territory had been emptied, and Chen Yi found only abandoned houses and NPC soldiers before returning home.

Chen Yi developed and imprinted Sky Patrol Style, a technique that accelerated attacks and altered their trajectories, then prepared to return to causing trouble. Nong Si arrived to trade for Gene Optimization Fluid and offered several items, beginning with an Epic-quality pearl that could produce moonlight essence useful for growing plants.

• Chen Yi spent a month researching Sky Patrol Style, which created flame-propelling Magic Arrays to accelerate him, the Flame Demon Phantasm, or other techniques.
• Chen Yi imprinted three Sky Patrol Style cards and tested them by sending a Scorching Sword through multiple Magic Arrays.
• Chen Yi stored the cards in Fire's Finale and decided it was time to cause trouble and wrap up this stretch of the show.
• Nong Si visited Chen Yi to trade for Gene Optimization Fluid and presented medicine, a stone pearl, and advanced-looking equipment.
• Nong Si showed Chen Yi the Epic-quality Moon Shadow Clear Spring, whose moonlight essence could be mixed into water to help plants grow.

Chen Yi completed his trade with Nong Si, exchanging two Epic Quality items for an Epic Gene Potion before leading an army into a series of battles. During an assassination attempt, Le Qing’s misdirection left Chen Yi at a disadvantage until he activated Lingering Embers and forced the attackers to retreat, leaving their NPCs exposed.

• Nong Si offered a Tech Side plant-cultivation potion and scanner, but Chen Yi agreed to trade only after Nong Si added a Bodhi Tree Seed.
• Chen Yi and Nong Si completed the transaction, and Nong Si withdrew as their cooperation neared its end.
• Four days later, Chen Yi marched out with 8,000 combatants while Nong Si secretly inspected the sealed Territory Core’s new stone-house defenses.
• Chen Yi fought across several territories, eliminating contestants and forcing the merfolk and Diarmuid to flee with their Territory Cores.
• On day 31, Le Qing helped Yi Fangshilai, Diarmuid, the merfolk, and Le Qing’s allies ambush Chen Yi, using deception to keep him at a disadvantage.
• Chen Yi activated the Epic Quality Lingering Embers, causing the attackers to retreat while their NPCs remained behind.

Chen Yi disappeared from the battlefield after Nong Si destroyed the Territory Core and announced his elimination, while Nong Si’s growing power drove his rivals into shifting alliances and major battles. As new forces emerged to challenge him, the chapter ended in a remote Ash Territory with Lord Toma’s seemingly peaceful settlement and his reclusive younger brother.

• Nong Si disguised himself as a passerby, destroyed the Territory Core, and triggered an announcement that contestant Yi had been eliminated.
• Chen Yi recalled Fire Dragon and Chuka, vanished using spatial power, and did not appear on the battlefield again.
• Nong Si expanded his forces by taking over contestants and combining territories, prompting Yi Fangshilai, Le Qing, Diarmuid, and the merman to cooperate against him.
• Nong Si’s clones later discovered nearly seven million insectoids and Digital Life insectoids in the south and nearly 300,000 blood beasts in the west, overturning his expectation of victory.
• In a remote Ash Territory, Lord Toma kept his territory at Level 2 while leading citizens through daily battles, and his younger brother remained hidden from everyone.

Toma struggled with Huoxue’s questions about whether his citizens and their struggle to survive were real, but pushed his doubts aside to keep leading the territory. Huoxue’s words and the signs that the world operated like a program deepened Toma’s uncertainty, advancing Huoxue’s mission before Huoxue went offline disguised as an NPC.

• Huoxue questioned Toma about how he knew his citizens’ feelings and lives were real, leaving Toma unable to sleep.
• Toma greeted his citizens, reviewed reports of worsening warfare in the central region, issued orders, and led armed forces on a hunt near the territory.
• Huoxue again called Toma self-deceiving, and Toma tried to ignore thoughts about the citizens’ repetitive behavior, respawning beasts, and bloodless bodies.
• A special change within Toma grew stronger, and the system announced that mission damage completion had increased by 5%.
• Huoxue checked the progress, then contestant Yi went offline as Huoxue took on an NPC’s appearance using disguise techniques.

Chen Yi stayed out of the contestants’ battles while refining his Flame Demon Phantasm and quietly developing his territory. As the show ended, he discovered that Toma had heard his final words, sending Toma’s mission progress to 72%.

• Chen Yi decided to avoid competing directly and focused on developing his territory and improving the Flame Demon Phantasm.
• As the final month grew chaotic, the remaining contestants joined forces against Qiu Zhongsheng and Kaya Gomez and Fergus Gomez, while Chen Yi kept away from the fighting.
• With five days left, Yi Fangshilai and his allies set out to disrupt Chou Zhongsheng and the vampire duo’s territories.
• On the final day, Chen Yi rapidly upgraded his territory by building houses and moving citizens into them.
• Aji announced the end of the show, and Chen Yi left the stage after telling Toma goodbye, which raised Toma’s mission progress from 47% to 72%.

Chen Yi spent his points on Bodhi Tree Seeds, Golden Bee Queen's Wax, and Gold-Devouring Poisonous Insects, then used the wax to improve God's Cry. The Survival Competition Across the Myriad Worlds concluded with Chen Yi announced as the winner.

• Chen Yi exchanged 6 million points for the three remaining Bodhi Tree Seeds and bought Golden Bee Queen's Wax and Gold-Devouring Poisonous Insects with the rest.
• Chen Yi used the wax on God's Cry and learned he needed fifty-seven portions to replace the fate cost of the remaining Deities required for its upgrade.
• Chen Yi raised God's Cry's Godslayer progress to 13/20 and considered borrowing more wax from Nong Si.
• Aji announced Chen Yi as the winner with a level-six territory and 4,210 citizens, followed by Diarmuid in second place and Qiu Zhongsheng in third.

After completing the mission, Chen Yi returned to the void and received his rewards, including a choice of four benefits. He settled on the Reverse Anchor Point and weighed the remaining options, especially devouring the Mirror of the Trickster and gaining access to Teyvat.

• Chen Yi sold one of his Epic whetstones to Chou Zhongsheng for Golden Bee Queen's Wax and an old favor.
• Chen Yi completed the mission and received increased rewards, raising his permission level to LV37 and reducing his World Source debt to seven units.
• Chen Yi reviewed five post-mission reward options and focused on the Reverse Anchor Point, which would let him inherit the mirror ghost's techniques and momentum.
• Chen Yi considered using Devourer on the Mirror of the Trickster to gain its Key and Curse Kill abilities as personal skills.
• Chen Yi saw the Teyvat option as a way to obtain Demon God Residue and replenish his supply of Lingering Embers.

Chen Yi chose limit-breaking attribute points, a reverse anchor on his mirror counterpart, and communication authorization with Teyvat, then endured a painful enhancement process. The anchor transferred the mirror ghost’s memories and techniques to him, while leaving the mirror ghost devastated and Chen Yi wary of entering the Mirror World.

• Chen Yi chose 15 free limit-breaking attribute points, a Reverse Anchor Point on the mirror ghost, and Teyvat communication authorization.
• Chen Yi endured three minutes of violent energy forcing its way into his body inside a nutrient pod, gaining attribute points despite the pain.
• The Reverse Anchor Point immobilized 'Chen Yi' in the Mirror World and linked him to Chen Yi.
• Chen Yi received 'Chen Yi’s' memories, including his insights on momentum, flames, Mirror Domain, and the developing technique Ten Directions Ember.
• Chen Yi used the new Mirror Domain knowledge to understand that entering the Mirror World with his True Body could make it difficult to return.

After Chen Yi received the memories and permission to communicate with Teyvat, Ningguang learned of the opportunity and called the Seven Stars to a meeting. Chen Yi chose a Legendary Traveler's Diary, returned to his Main City, and strengthened his attributes.

• In Liyue, Morax informed Ningguang about the Copper Coin's renewed connection, and she summoned the other Seven Stars for an important discussion.
• Chen Yi chose the Traveler's Diary from three Legendary rewards, finding its stored attacks, goodwill, and space-sealing abilities useful.
• Chen Yi gave the diary to Chuka, who took it and hurried outside with Fire Dragon.
• Back in his Main City, Chen Yi allocated his remaining points to Intelligence and Constitution, triggering several Life Traits and increasing his armor and elemental control.

After a year away, Chen Yi returned and reviewed his growth before catching up on Wang Zhanbo’s messages, which showed how much his friend had changed. Wang Zhanbo rushed over, only to reveal that he had come to mooch a meal and a place to lie down, and Chen Yi threw him out.

• Chen Yi assessed his improved attributes, Mana cap, and Spirit Strength, then sorted through his newly acquired memories.
• Chen Yi read Wang Zhanbo’s messages, which showed Wang Zhanbo’s growing confidence and frustration that Chen Yi had not replied.
• Chen Yi told Wang Zhanbo that he was back, and Wang Zhanbo arrived at his door less than five minutes later.
• Wang Zhanbo made himself comfortable, bought a sofa, and asked Chen Yi for food and a drink.
• Chen Yi asked why Wang Zhanbo had hurried over, learned he only wanted to mooch a meal and lie down, and threw him outside.

Wang Zhanbo carelessly planted Chen Yi’s Bodhi Tree Seed, while Chen Yi sought cultivation advice from Plant Girl and settled accounts with Qian Duoduo and the Pokemon Shop. He returned home to make Enchantment Cards and continued building a reputation as a Card Master.

• Wang Zhanbo planted Chen Yi’s Bodhi Tree Seed in a washbasin and tossed in grave-robbing finds, whose deathly and yin energy turned the soil ash-white as he slept.
• Chen Yi paid Plant Girl for cultivation advice and learned that even careful planting could not guarantee fragile seeds would survive.
• Chen Yi bought practice seeds, special solutions, and slimes from Plant Girl, then collected 1.72 million Copper Coins from Qian Duoduo.
• Chen Yi used a Teleportation Scroll to visit the Pokemon Shop and collected 89.5 million Copper Coins and materials.
• Chen Yi returned home and printed Enchantment Cards, leaving flame patterns on them to gradually build his fame as a Card Master.

Chen Yi advanced his True Meaning of Fire and learned why Skill Evolution Scrolls could not replace personal insight. Ningguang arrived in Chen Yi’s world to assess its people and power, and asked him to show her around.

• Chen Yi spent 35 Primal Crystals to raise his True Meaning of Fire to level 49, then contemplated Heart Fire and absorbed his new insights.
• Chen Yi found that reaching level 50 required 100 Primal Crystals and learned from the Game World that Skill Evolution Scrolls could not raise True Meaning without distorting his self-understanding.
• Ningguang traveled through the Teleportation Array to Chen Yi’s world to judge it for the Seven Stars.
• Ningguang mistook San Hua’s strength for a threat, but San Hua lost interest after Ningguang apologized.
• Chen Yi greeted Ningguang, who observed how wary others were of him and asked him to introduce the area.