Chapter Summaries

Chu Han’s group used coordinated tactics to kill waves of zombies without casualties, leaving Xu Xianglong and Liu Yuding impressed by their skill. As Liu Yuding worried about the Tier 3 zombies, Chen Shaoye shot one dead and Cheng Xianguo collected its crystal.

• Li Chuan explained to Xu Xianglong that Chu Han had taught the group to exploit Tier 2 zombies’ reliance on sound and smell.
• Xu Xianglong learned that Chu Han had given only brief orders to form teams and encircle the zombies, and Li Chuan claimed the squad leader role.
• Chu Han led the group through two rounds of fighting, and they killed more than two hundred zombies without anyone being injured.
• Chu Han tossed a human corpse into the zombie fortress to draw more zombies, then told Liu Yuding to watch the group’s coordination.
• Liu Yuding asked how they would deal with Tier 3 zombies, and Chen Shaoye shot one that had nearly bitten Cheng Xianguo; Cheng collected its crystal as Chen fired at another.

Chu Han directed Cheng Xianguo's group as they tightened their encirclement around the zombie horde, while the surviving Shangjing Evolvers blamed him for their losses. He ordered the group to prepare for another wave, leaving the survivors watching as his team’s strength and coordination grew.

• The surviving Evolvers accused Chu Han of deliberately letting their comrades die, and Liu Yuding grew furious at their behavior.
• Chu Han ignored the accusations and ordered Chen Shaoye to kill the Tier 3 zombies while the others tightened their encirclement.
• Chen Shaoye shot down the Tier 3 zombies, revealing the difference between his group’s fighting ability and the fleeing Evolvers’.
• Cheng Xianguo's group linked their teams into a continuous line and trapped the remaining zombies within a shrinking encirclement.
• Chu Han told his people to prepare for the next wave of the zombie horde.

Chu Han led his battle team against the final and most dangerous wave of the zombie tide, while the panicked evolvers watched. The chapter ended as Chu Han and his people began cutting through the horde together.

• Cheng Xianguo ordered the team to attack, and they rapidly killed the zombies in their assigned waves.
• Chu Han faced the final wave of more than fifteen hundred zombies, including Tier 3 and multiple Tier 4 zombies.
• The evolvers panicked and tried to flee, while Chu Han, Liu Yuding, and Cheng Xianguo's team formed a defensive circle.
• Chu Han raised his axe and led the team in a charge, prompting the evolvers to question their own retreat.
• Chu Han split the approaching zombies with powerful axe swings, and Cheng Xianguo's team rushed in to finish them off.

Chu Han’s encirclement held against the zombie horde as several Evolvers who had been standing aside joined the fight. After Chen Shaoye killed a man for insulting Chu Han, Chu Han vanished, leaving more than a hundred neatly arranged Tier 3 zombie corpses behind.

• Chu Han split the charging zombies between the squads and let them fight the final wave without his help.
• Several Evolvers overcame their shame and joined the battle, and Chu Han ordered them to reinforce the weakest squads.
• Chen Shaoye shot a man who insulted Chu Han, and Liu Yuding warned the group that insulting a general was a capital offense.
• Chen Shaoye and Liu Yuding noticed Chu Han had disappeared and found over a hundred Tier 3 zombies dead, their heads burst and bodies arranged neatly.

Chu Han finished killing over a hundred Tier 3 zombies with terrifying precision while Cheng Xianguo led the others in a desperate fight against the remaining horde. Two Tier 4 zombies charged at each other, and a black battle axe surged up between them as they closed in.

• Chu Han's neatly arranged Tier 3 zombie corpses stunned Chen Shaoye, Liu Yuding, and the other witnesses.
• Cheng Xianguo led the encircled fighters in a final push to slaughter the remaining zombies.
• A Tier 4 zombie crashed onto an overturned vehicle, and the crowd realized that more than one Tier 4 zombie was present.
• Two Tier 4 zombies roared and charged at each other while Cheng Xianguo's group took the chance to kill the low-tier zombies.
• A black battle axe flashed up from between the charging Tier 4 zombies.

Chu Han unleashed overwhelming life force and used the scale-four Asura Battle Axe to attack two Tier 4 zombies. One zombie fled with a severe leg wound, and Chu Han cleaved the other in two, demonstrating the weapon’s unmatched power against opponents of his tier.

• Chu Han released a terrifying wave of life force that made both Tier 4 zombies stop and retreat in fear.
• Chu Han struck the left zombie with the Asura Battle Axe, injuring its thigh and driving it to flee.
• Chu Han charged the remaining zombie while explaining how the axe’s resonance matched his Tier 4 life force and let it pierce Tier 4 defenses.
• Chu Han used his Precision Talent, strength, and Speed Talent to split the second Tier 4 zombie in two with a blow to its head.

Chu Han killed two Tier 4 zombies with three precise axe strikes while the hundred-person encirclement finished off the remaining zombies. Cheng Xianguo reported the battle over, and a Tier 4 crystal slipped from someone’s hands as the onlookers came back to their senses.

• Chu Han split one Tier 4 zombie in half with a single axe strike, leaving the onlookers stunned.
• Chu Han chased down the wounded zombie and killed it with one blow to the head.
• Liu Yuding and Chen Shaoye recognized that Chu Han had planned his three strikes to slow one zombie and kill both before either escaped.
• Chu Han cleaned his axe and turned toward the encirclement as the hundred people finished killing the remaining low-tier zombies.
• Cheng Xianguo saluted Chu Han and reported that the battle was over.
• A Tier 4 crystal fell from the hands of one of the stunned onlookers.

Chu Han’s hundred-strong militia wiped out three thousand zombies without a single casualty, while Chu Han swiftly killed two Tier 4 zombies. The returning fighters and Beijing evolvers were left stunned as the militia celebrated its victory and Chu Han’s men gathered the crystals.

• Li Bifeng and his four companions returned after barely killing a Tier 4 zombie and found that the horde had already been defeated.
• Chu Han killed two Tier 4 zombies in a few axe strikes as Li Bifeng’s group watched in shock.
• Chu Han ordered the militia to collect crystals and tally casualties, and Cheng Xianguo reported that all 105 had survived without injuries.
• The militia celebrated its zero-casualty victory against three thousand zombies, while Liu Yuding and others became more convinced of Chu Han’s strength.
• Chu Han turned to face the seventy Beijing evolvers who had stood aside during the battle.

Chu Han judged the survivors after the zombie battle, sentencing deserters and rioters while recording rewards for those who fought. He left the remaining seventy evolvers waiting to learn what he would decide about them.

• Chu Han declared that twenty rioters who had humiliated the lieutenant general's wife and incited a riot were sentenced to death, and he credited Chen Shaoye with stopping them.
• Chu Han sentenced eighty men who had fled the zombie battle to death for abandoning their duties.
• Chu Han ordered Liu Yuding to record merits for the hundred soldiers who fought, including Chen Shaoye and Liu Yuding, and commendations for five newcomers who joined late.
• Li Bifeng and the others recognized Chu Han's authority as he judged the guilty and rewarded the meritorious.

Chu Han rewarded the five soldiers who killed a Tier 4 zombie, then began punishing the seventy Evolvers who had fled and harmed their comrades. He executed several men on the spot and continued down the line.

• Chu Han promoted Li Bifeng, Liang Yonghao, Lu Wencheng, Wang Ling, and Lei She by one rank for killing a Tier 4 zombie, and Liu Yuding recorded their merit.
• Chu Han condemned the seventy Evolvers who had retreated and attacked their comrades, citing their damage to the troops and their disgrace to the Shangjing Survivor Base.
• Chu Han accused a Second Lieutenant of trampling comrades, mocking fighters, and obstructing the battle, then ordered his execution and beheaded him with the Asura Battle Axe.
• Chu Han identified other soldiers who had betrayed or endangered their comrades and ordered their executions one by one.

Chu Han executed the disloyal Evolvers, declaring their crimes as he killed them and ordering Chen Shaoye to shoot those who fled. He ended by declaring unauthorized departure from the unit a capital crime, making clear that divided loyalties would not be tolerated.

• Chu Han beheaded the Evolvers one by one, naming their crimes and calling each offense a capital crime.
• Li Bifeng, Liu Yuding, Chen Shaoye, and the others watched in shock as Chu Han continued the executions.
• Some Evolvers fled and threatened Chu Han, so he ordered Chen Shaoye to shoot them down.
• Chu Han declared that leaving the unit without authorization was a capital crime, leaving the survivors terrified and silent.
• Chen Shaoye briefly wondered about Chu Han's motives, then decided to trust his boss.

After leaving the battle site, Chu Han warned Liu Yuding to secretly watch Huo Enming, Li Xingyun, and Gu Liangchen, whose loyalty remained at zero. Five days later, a massive fissure blocked the group’s route, and Chu Han decided they would cross the mountain instead.

• Chu Han ordered the group to abandon their damaged jeeps and continue on foot after the battle.
• When Liu Yuding asked why Chu Han had listed the executed men’s crimes, Chu Han said he had spoken for the living to hear.
• Chu Han told Liu Yuding to secretly watch Huo Enming, Li Xingyun, and Gu Liangchen because none of the three had shown loyalty to him.
• After five days of travel through a blizzard, the group found a deep fissure blocking the road toward Anluo City.
• Cheng Xianguo, Liu Yuding, and Li Bifeng recommended crossing the nearby mountain, and Chu Han agreed.

Chu Han’s group climbed through a blizzard and camped for the night, where Chu Han set aside military formality to share food and laughter with his soldiers. The group began introducing themselves as the camp settled into a friendly mood.

• Chu Han led the group up the snowy mountain, with Liu Yuding and Cheng Xianguo in the middle and Chu Han and Chen Shaoye at the rear.
• After nightfall, Chu Han ordered the group to camp, and Ding Xue and Chu Xia began preparing a communal meal.
• When Li Bifeng urged Chu Han to maintain military protocol, Chu Han sat with the soldiers and invited them to warm themselves by the fire.
• Chu Han teased Li Chuan and Xu Xianglong, and Chen Shaoye offered to dance for Ding Xue, making the group laugh.
• Lu Wencheng watched the gathering with Wang Ling, Liang Yonghao, and Lei She as Chu Han called for everyone to introduce themselves.

Li Chuan and Ye Chen impressed the group with their battle records as the introductions continued, while Chu Han suspected Gu Liangchen was a spy because his loyalty remained at zero. Before Lu Wencheng could introduce himself, an avalanche swept away the camp and scattered all one hundred people.

• Li Chuan revealed that he had fought alongside Chu Han in the Battle of the Dead City, silencing and impressing the crowd.
• Ye Chen introduced himself as a Tier 2 Evolver from the Battle of the Dead City who excelled at scheming and poisoning people.
• Gu Liangchen identified himself as a Tier 3 Evolver, and Chu Han suspected he was a spy because his loyalty remained at zero.
• As the introductions continued, Lu Wencheng stood to speak just as the mountain began to shake.
• Chu Han tried to direct everyone toward the summit, but a massive avalanche engulfed the camp and scattered the group.

After an avalanche separated Chu Han and his group, Chu Han, Chen Shaoye, and Wang Cai regrouped with more than twenty supply packs. Chu Han used Wang Cai’s Dimensional Space to store the supplies, then continued toward the mountaintop with Chen Shaoye, still separated from the others.

• Chu Han and Chen Shaoye crawled out of the snow after the avalanche, and the supply packs soon fell nearby.
• Wang Cai landed beside them as a talking rabbit, startling Chen Shaoye and revealing its existence to him.
• Chu Han asked Wang Cai to store the supply packs in its Dimensional Space and persuaded it to do so without charging rent.
• Chu Han told Chen Shaoye to pretend he had seen nothing, but Chen Shaoye excitedly asked about Chu Han’s storage ability.
• Chu Han and Chen Shaoye headed toward the mountaintop, and Chen Shaoye showed Chu Han the pinch marks his wife had left on him.

The Black Gleam Squad searched for Yang Tian as they neared Anluo City, while the Hidden Gods Squad tried to find him by asking about Chu Han. The squads’ search remained unresolved when a young man confronted Black Gleam and asked why they were looking for Yang Tian.

• Xiao Kun and the Black Gleam Squad rebuilt a refugee’s house and asked the residents whether they knew Yang Tian, but no one did.
• A young man appeared behind the Black Gleam Squad and asked why they were looking for Yang Tian.
• Wu Jicao and Feng Chenzi discussed changing the Hidden Gods Squad’s search strategy to ask about Chu Han instead.
• Wu Jicao and Feng Chenzi returned to the room where the former street boss was imprisoned and snapped to attention when Lu Bingze arrived.
• Lu Bingze told Feng Chenzi to hypnotize the prisoner, but Feng Chenzi admitted he did not know how and began asking the man questions anyway.

Feng Chenzi and the Divine Concealment Team learned from Gu Yiming that an Assessment Stone Wall and a base lay west of Anluo City, so they hurried there seeking Yang Tian. At Wolf Fang Base, the team spotted the Black Radiance Team and abducted their guide, setting off a chase.

• Feng Chenzi questioned Gu Yiming and discovered that Gu Yiming knew of an Assessment Stone Wall west of Anluo City.
• Wu Jicao and the Divine Concealment Team took Gu Yiming and rushed toward the base, where they arrived a day later.
• Lu Bingze and the others pretended to be timid survivors and lined up to register at Wolf Fang Base.
• The Divine Concealment Team heard a guide tell Xiao Kun and the Black Radiance Team that Yang Tian was among the base's upper echelon.
• Lu Bingze's team abducted the guide before she finished the tour, and the Black Radiance Team chased after them.

After the avalanche scattered the expedition, the survivors struggled through the snow and began regrouping. Gu Liangchen rescued Lu Wencheng and brought him to Liu Yuding’s camp, where questions about Chu Han’s supplies raised suspicions.

• Buried beneath the snow for two days, Lu Wencheng nearly died before Gu Liangchen dug him out with a dagger.
• Cheng Xianguo led Li Chuan, Ye Chen, Yuezi, Li Xingyun, Huo Enming, and others up the slope while Li Xingyun and Huo Enming secretly planned to kill the group once it was exhausted.
• Liu Yuding gathered more than fifty survivors and led them toward the summit, hoping to reunite with Chu Han and Chen Shaoye.
• Gu Liangchen arrived at Liu Yuding’s nighttime camp dragging the unconscious Lu Wencheng, and the group warmed and treated him.
• Xu Xianglong asked why their original supplies exceeded the expedition’s expected rations, and Liu Yuding said Chu Han had secured them.

Liu Yuding explained that Chu Han had secured most of the expedition’s supplies for the soldiers’ families, prompting Gu Liangchen to rush off to save Cheng Xianguo’s group from an attack by Li Xingyun and Huo Enming. As Chu Han dragged Chen Shaoye toward the mountaintop, Wang Cai noticed that two names were disappearing, suggesting that two people had died.

• Liu Yuding explained that Chu Han had fought for four-fifths of the supplies as family provisions, and the Shangjing soldiers realized they had wrongly accused Cheng Xianguo’s group of freeloading.
• Gu Liangchen ran to save Cheng Xianguo and the others after hearing that they had been holding Chu Han back.
• Li Xingyun and Huo Enming attacked Cheng Xianguo’s camp, but Gu Liangchen, Ye Chen, and the others fought back.
• Li Bifeng defeated Huo Enming and revealed that he was a Tier 4 Evolver, while Liu Yuding and the arriving group stopped Li Xingyun.
• Chu Han continued dragging Chen Shaoye toward the mountaintop, and Wang Cai noticed that two names were disappearing.

Chu Han and Chen Shaoye climbed through repeated avalanches to the mountaintop, where they found a young man and woman locked in a fierce battle. Chu Han recognized the patterned weapons as being from Yin Yang Valley and was stunned when he saw the man's face.

• Chu Han noticed Li Xingyun and Huo Enming had vanished from the Reforging System and wondered whether internal strife or Liu Yuding was responsible.
• Chen Shaoye sensed the ground shaking, and Chu Han carried him across rocks to escape a succession of avalanches.
• Chu Han and Chen Shaoye reached the summit and discovered that two people fighting there had caused the repeated tremors and flattened the mountaintop.
• Chu Han approached the fighters and recognized the intricate patterns on the man's Golden Spear and the woman's scythe as coming from Yin Yang Valley.
• The man and woman paused their battle and turned toward Chu Han, who recognized the man's face and wondered why it was him.