Chapter Summaries

Shen Yi brought Scarlett and the survivors from Jimmy's group back to his Shelter, where Fu Yunxi and Ryan assigned them to follow its rules and serve Lord Shen. Seeing the Shelter's vast arsenal and learning that it provided three meals a day, Jimmy realized it was far better than he had feared and pledged his loyalty to Shen Yi.

• Shen Yi left the contaminated supplies behind and returned to his Shelter with Scarlett, Jimmy, and the others.
• Fu Yunxi welcomed Shen Yi and took charge of arranging the newcomers, while Scarlett recognized her as Shen Yi's wife.
• Fu Yunxi led the survivors outside, where they saw Shen Yi's bombers, tanks, combat robots, and armed residents.
• Ryan told the newcomers that the Shelter would provide three meals and water, but required them to defend it and find Ability Fruits and beautiful women for Lord Shen.
• Jimmy saw the Shelter's well-fed residents and pledged to protect Shen Yi and remain loyal.

Scarlett arrived at Shen Yi’s Shelter and was amazed by its abundance, comforts, and the people she knew there. After Shen Yi summoned her, he unlocked F-22 Raptor Stealth Fighter Jet supplies, leaving him eager to discover what a perfect-score woman might yield.

• Shen Yi told Sophia to take the bloodstained, filthy Scarlett to get cleaned up.
• Sophia showed Scarlett the Shelter’s well-kept maids and entertainment facilities, including Tyle’s singing room.
• Scarlett reunited with Tyle, who told her that she loved Shen Yi and encouraged Scarlett to see him.
• A maid summoned Scarlett to Shen Yi’s room, where he reclined among adoring maids.
• Shen Yi unlocked multiple F-22 Raptor Stealth Fighter Jet supplies and wondered what a perfect-score woman would yield.

Warren Lockhart learned that a powerful Xia Country Shelter had destroyed the Times Square Shelter and ordered Jack to demand that it submit to his safe zone. Meanwhile, Murong Xue brought Fei Mi to meet Shen Yi, reuniting with him at the meeting room.

• Warren learned that a Xia Country commander’s forces had bombed the Times Square Shelter and possessed heavy weapons.
• Warren ordered Jack to offer technical support and protection in exchange for the Shelter’s merger and the female commander’s surrender of control.
• Warren threatened to eliminate the Shelter if it refused, while Jack left to contact it.
• Fu Yunxi landed an armed helicopter at the outskirts, bringing Murong Xue, White Fox, and Fei Mi to the Shelter.
• Murong Xue and the others entered the meeting room, where she greeted Shen Yi as Fei Mi arrived.

Shen Yi gave Fei Mi a task while Fu Yunxi confronted Department of Defense deputy commander Jack and demanded his Shelter submit. Jack returned to Warren and warned him that they needed to talk before Fu Yunxi’s three-day deadline expired.

• Shen Yi instructed Fei Mi through the Mental Link, and she struggled to understand his order.
• Jack met Fu Yunxi at an abandoned factory and offered for her Shelter to merge with the Department of Defense.
• Fu Yunxi rejected Jack’s offer, revealed that her forces had killed his men, and ordered him to bring his Shelter and submit within three days or face war.
• Jack fled the factory and returned to City Hall, shaken by the encounter.
• Jack told Warren, “We need to have a good talk.”

Fu Yunxi moved against Warren after he rallied New York’s survivors to attack the Suburban Shelter. Warren was killed by Ryan, and Fu Yunxi’s forces advanced on the city government building as Jack realized the promised three-day deadline meant nothing.

• Jack told Warren that Fu Yunxi’s forces had wiped out their elite squad and demanded the shelters merge within three days or face war.
• Fu Yunxi learned Jack was recruiting survivors to establish a safe zone in Lower Manhattan and decided to visit them.
• Warren rallied New York’s survivors by accusing Fu Yunxi of threatening the city and urged them to seize the Suburban Shelter’s supplies.
• Ryan shot Warren with a weapon bestowed by Lord Shen, killing him in front of the crowd.
• Fu Yunxi’s forces advanced on the city government building, and Jack panicked when he saw them arrive ahead of schedule.

Fei Mi approached Jiang Huo on Shen Yi’s behalf and offered to take her back to her planet, while Fu Yunxi’s forces crushed Jack’s resistance at City Hall. Jiang Huo showed interest in Fei Mi’s offer, leaving their potential alliance unresolved.

• Fei Mi found Jiang Huo plundering time in New York and approached her as Shen Yi watched through telepathy.
• Fu Yunxi ordered her forces to attack City Hall, and Ryan commanded them to eliminate threats while sparing women and children.
• Jack’s survivors were overwhelmed by bombers and combat robots, and Jack begged Fu Yunxi to accept his shelter’s surrender.
• Fu Yunxi rejected Jack’s offer to merge shelters, while her forces continued killing his fighters.
• Fei Mi offered to take Jiang Huo back to her planet, and Jiang Huo asked whether she was telling the truth.

Fei Mi brought Jiang Huo to Shen Yi’s Shelter and showed her its luxurious amenities, music hall, and vast military arsenal. Stunned by the life and resources inside, Jiang Huo believed Fei Mi could send her home, and Fei Mi began persuading her to stay.

• Fei Mi coaxed Jiang Huo into following her to the Shelter, where Jiang Huo became wary when she realized she had been led there.
• The Shelter’s doors opened to reveal a lavish palace with a swimming pool and residents living in comfort, leaving Jiang Huo feeling self-conscious about her worn clothes.
• Fei Mi showed Jiang Huo the music hall, where a band performed and Sister Tyle played piano, shocking Jiang Huo with the Shelter’s support for people’s dreams.
• Fei Mi led Jiang Huo to a hidden arsenal filled with aircraft, tanks, weapons, and robots, leaving Jiang Huo stunned by the Shelter’s military power.
• Fei Mi asked whether Jiang Huo would stay and used her purple-eyed charm to entrance her.

Jiang Huo rejected Fei Mi’s attempt to seduce her and fled after Shen Yi revealed himself. Shen Yi stopped time and repeatedly brought her back until she stood before him, leaving him ready to talk with her.

• Jiang Huo resisted Fei Mi’s seduction, accused her of lying, and prepared to fight.
• Shen Yi appeared and told Jiang Huo that he was the one who could take her home.
• Jiang Huo sensed Shen Yi’s overwhelming strength and ran, while Fei Mi apologized to Shen Yi for failing.
• Shen Yi let Jiang Huo flee before stopping time around her and making her experience its effects.
• Jiang Huo tried to escape repeatedly, but Shen Yi snapped his fingers and returned her to him each time.
• Shen Yi brought Jiang Huo back before him and said they should talk.

Shen Yi demonstrated to Jiang Huo that his power could stop time itself, not merely steal lifespan or immobilize a person. As her fear and fascination grew, he soothed her and invited her to experience his ability, while the White Fox investigated the frozen bottle.

• Shen Yi released Jiang Huo from the time stop, and she asked how he had done it.
• Shen Yi tossed a bottle of mineral water and froze it in midair, stopping everything inside it.
• Jiang Huo realized Shen Yi could strip time from objects and became terrified of his power.
• Shen Yi appeared behind Jiang Huo, soothed her, and asked whether she wanted to experience his ability.
• The White Fox circled the frozen bottle as Jiang Huo walked toward it at Shen Yi's prompting.

Jiang Huo realized Shen Yi could grant the result she wanted and asked for his help, but he teased her by asking why he should. After Fei Mi pleaded on her behalf, Shen Yi helped Jiang Huo, leaving her overjoyed and growing closer to him.

• Jiang Huo touched the bottle of mineral water and was astonished to find it had entered the special state she wanted.
• Jiang Huo felt exposed by Shen Yi's gaze and, excited by his offer to help, embraced his arm.
• Shen Yi asked why he should help Jiang Huo, leaving her dejected.
• Fei Mi pleaded with Shen Yi to help Jiang Huo, and he agreed that he had only been teasing her.
• Shen Yi snapped his fingers, and Jiang Huo underwent a major change and threw herself around his neck in joy.

Shen Yi stabilized the time in Jiang Huo's body, freeing her from needing to plunder lifespans, then demanded she become his woman in exchange for his help. When Jiang Huo revealed the time erosion consuming her arm and doubted he could cure it, Shen Yi froze her in time.

• Jiang Huo excitedly hugged Shen Yi after he fixed the time in her body, realizing she no longer needed to steal other people's lifespans.
• Shen Yi asked Jiang Huo to become his woman as payment for his help, and she questioned what he liked about her.
• Shen Yi claimed he could also eliminate the time erosion afflicting Jiang Huo and the other Time Plunderers.
• Jiang Huo showed Shen Yi the transparent patches spreading across her arm and said they were the price of plundering time.
• Shen Yi touched Jiang Huo's arm and trapped her completely in frozen time before she could react.

Shen Yi rewarded Fei Mi and had her take Jiang Huo to bathe after he removed the effects of time from Jiang Huo’s body. Jiang Huo realized she was alive and free from time’s influence, then accepted what she assumed would be repayment to Shen Yi, only to be bewildered by the Shelter’s lavish bathroom and its maids and coffee.

• Shen Yi rewarded Fei Mi with Ability Fruits and planned to train her as a Succubus.
• Shen Yi sent Fei Mi to take Jiang Huo to wash, and Jiang Huo’s time freeze ended.
• Jiang Huo discovered that the effects of time had vanished from her body and realized Shen Yi had given her another chance to live.
• Fei Mi told Jiang Huo she was in the bathroom, and Jiang Huo accepted that she would repay Shen Yi after bathing.
• Jiang Huo was astonished when Fei Mi poured bottles of mineral water into the bathtub and maids brought coffee.

After Fei Mi brought Jiang Huo to Shen Yi, Jiang Huo agreed to join him, and he successfully took her in. The system then announced that one type of supply would be randomly unlocked.

• Jiang Huo emerged from the bath, and Fei Mi praised her beauty before leading her toward Shen Yi’s room.
• Fei Mi pushed Jiang Huo into the bedroom, where Shen Yi asked whether she had made up her mind.
• Jiang Huo told Shen Yi she had never done those things before, then approached him and tried to undress him.
• Shen Yi teased Jiang Huo until she leaned into his embrace, and they turned toward the Shelter’s bright view.
• The system announced that Shen Yi had successfully taken in a goddess and would randomly unlock one type of supply.

Shen Yi unlocked mass-produced Floating Cloaks while Jiang Huo woke up after spending the night with him and received word that he had a gift for her. Meanwhile, General MacArthur established Area 51 as a fortified safe zone and rallied its forces to launch a counterattack against the group attacking the United States.

• Shen Yi received multiple Floating Cloaks from the system and considered their potential for equipping a flying superhuman army.
• Jiang Huo woke up alone, remembered the previous night, and then met Fei Mi, who teased her about looking more like a woman.
• Fei Mi told Jiang Huo that Shen Yi had a gift for her.
• General MacArthur enclosed Area 51 behind steel defenses and declared it an official safe zone.
• MacArthur rallied the gathered troops to reclaim territory from the group attacking New York and other places.

Fu Yunxi destroyed the Shelters in New York and brought several surviving women to Shen Yi, including Karen, the Governor of Illinois's daughter. Karen and her friends were promised protection if they served Shen Yi, and they were taken away to clean up before meeting him.

• MacArthur feared the United States' strength might not be enough to prevent an impending threat.
• Fu Yunxi's forces destroyed the Shelters, spared a few resisting survivors, and killed Jack when he blamed Xia Country for the Black Fog.
• Fu Yunxi identified Karen, the Governor of Illinois's daughter, among the women brought before her and arranged to send the women to Shen Yi.
• Fu Yunxi promised Karen, Tiff, and Beatrice protection if they served Shen Yi, and the women agreed.
• Fu Yunxi had Karen and the others taken away to bathe before they were presented to Shen Yi.

Shen Yi took in Karen Katexi, the Governor of Illinois’s daughter, and unlocked a new resource: the Intelligent Pistol. He made Karen fire the weapon at him, and it discharged uncontrollably as a flash of icy coldness swept past.

• Shen Yi questioned Karen about what she could offer him, and she admitted she did not know.
• Shen Yi sent Fei Mi out of the living room and spent six hours with Karen.
• The system announced that taking in Karen had unlocked the Intelligent Pistol.
• After Karen bathed, Shen Yi gave her the Intelligent Pistol and ordered her to shoot him.
• Karen hesitated, but the pistol fired several shots out of control as a flash of icy coldness swept past.

Shen Yi tested Karen with an Intelligent Pistol, then learned Fu Yunxi had nearly taken control of the New York Shelter and told her to handle Area 51. Karen warned him about experimental weapons there, but Shen Yi ordered preparations to catch the Americans off guard.

• Shen Yi took the Intelligent Pistol from Karen and stopped its seven bullets before they could hit him.
• Fu Yunxi reported through the Mental Link that the New York Shelter had been almost completely wiped out, and Shen Yi authorized her to handle Area 51.
• Shen Yi summoned Tiff and Beatrice, whose scans showed they met the system’s requirements, and told them to learn the shelter’s rules.
• Karen warned Shen Yi that Area 51 might contain experimental weapons powerful enough to shift North America.
• Shen Yi told Fu Yunxi through the Mental Link to prepare and catch them off guard.

Fu Yunxi led Shen Yi’s forces from the New York shelter to Area 51, where they launched an assault on its steel fortress. As the defenders rallied and called for the invaders to be killed, Fu Yunxi watched with interest.

• Fu Yunxi explained Area 51’s research and experimental weapons to Murong Xue, then gathered ninety percent of their personnel for Shen Yi’s mission.
• Fu Yunxi’s forces secured the New York shelter and prepared to meet Shen Yi’s requirements there within four days.
• Shen Yi teleported Fu Yunxi, Murong Xue, and the assembled troops to Area 51.
• Fu Yunxi ordered her forces to bombard Area 51’s fortress, while its defenders rallied their soldiers to fight back.
• Fu Yunxi watched the defenders’ response and remarked that the battle was getting interesting.

Fu Yunxi’s forces battered Area 51’s defenses while Shen Yi and Karen watched from the rear, and General MacArthur struggled to rally his soldiers. Just as Fu Yunxi predicted the battle was nearly over, Shen Yi warned of an attack from three o’clock, and a devastating electric blast split the battlefield.

• Fu Yunxi recognized that Area 51 had anticipated their assault and continued directing her forces while keeping her jealousy of Karen in check.
• Karen asked Shen Yi why they were waiting, and he said something interesting would arrive soon.
• General MacArthur learned that his defenses had collapsed, casualties exceeded thirty percent, and Observation Sample No. 17’s containment unit would fail within an hour.
• MacArthur ordered his soldiers to know that their general stood with them as Area 51’s forces continued to retreat under attack.
• Shen Yi warned Fu Yunxi and Murong Xue of danger at three o’clock, and Murong Xue pulled Fu Yunxi away before an electric blast tore through the battlefield.

Fu Yunxi's forces advanced on Area 51 after Shen Yi warned them of MacArthur's devastating Energy Condensing Cannon, which killed fighters on both sides. As the battle intensified, MacArthur joined the fight and spotted Karen beside Shen Yi, apparently betraying the United States.

• MacArthur fired the Energy Condensing Cannon, but Shen Yi's warning let Fu Yunxi and Murong Xue escape its blast.
• Fu Yunxi ordered her fighters to advance, reasoning that Area 51 could not fire the cannon again immediately.
• The Shelter's fighters attacked with renewed fury, while Karen worried about the casualties and Shen Yi judged that retreat would destroy their morale.
• MacArthur rallied his troops and spotted Karen relaxing beside Shen Yi, then wondered if someone in the United States had betrayed them.