Chapter Summaries

After the late arrival of the Lamp Lord’s ship brought Phosphorus People to Green Planet, Wang Xi'er struggled to mediate between them and the East Country authorities as resentment grew over who would control the territory. Lu PingAn concluded that the newcomers would have to settle under Eastern Kingdom rule, and the chapter ended with news that he had reached the fourth rank at seventeen.

• The Lamp Lord’s ship arrived nearly a month late with Phosphorus People, who became targets of suspicion and resentment among the East Country People.
• Wang Xi'er complained to Lu PingAn that the Lamp Lord had given her no warning and left her to mediate between its people and the Four Cities authorities.
• Lu PingAn explained that the Phosphorus People could not be freely allowed to establish a nation on territory the East Country People had fought to claim.
• Lu PingAn concluded that the Phosphorus People would have to become foreign residents under Eastern Kingdom rule if the Lamp Lord wanted continued cooperation.
• The next day, word spread through the camp that Lu PingAn had reached the fourth rank at seventeen.

Lu PingAn reached Tier 4 as a Life-type Professional and revealed that his class was Life Investor and his Law Decree was Life Investment. As he prepared to leave, he reunited with his team in the Courtyard and began investing Life Points into a Bone Blade to test his Law Decree.

• Lu PingAn broke through to Tier 4, astonishing the gathered Professionals with how quickly he advanced.
• Lu PingAn identified his class as Life Investor and his Law Decree as Life Investment, explaining that he had developed two functions but was still refining it.
• Lu PingAn said farewell to the people he had helped and exchanged contact information while Wang Xi'er sat isolated at the gathering.
• Lu PingAn returned to his team's encampment and found the core members waiting with Taboo Items and Quasi-Polluted Items in the Courtyard.
• Lu PingAn used Life Investment on a Bone Blade, demonstrating that his Law Decree could affect more than plants and animals.

After reaching Law Decree level, Lu PingAn connected his professional system through Breathing of All Things and discovered he could use Investment Life to awaken Taboo Items. He began investing in a Bone Blade for Xia Qin, preparing to give it the Life Draw ability.

• Lu PingAn recognized Breathing of All Things as the bridge linking his abilities and allowing his professional system to advance as a whole.
• His Breathing Method evolved into Breathing of All Things, and Tiger Fury became Life Overload, which shared its benefits and burdens with resonance targets.
• Lu PingAn used Life Points to awaken the Bone Blade, instilling in it a will and desire to kill.
• Xia Qin asked Lu PingAn for a blood-draining ability that could restore stamina, and agreed to pay extra despite the blade's mediocre quality.
• Lu PingAn pressed a page from the Record onto the blade and targeted the Blood Swordsman profession template and its Life Draw ability.

Lu PingAn used his Life Bank abilities to awaken and enchant Quasi-Pollution Weapons for a group of Professionals, though most attempts exploded as their owners gambled with poor materials and high-tier requirements. While Cat Cat succeeded and Lu PingAn earned fees, he secretly tried to reenchant a Taboo Item of his own, spending his points without success.

• Xia Qin lost three swords in a row after demanding Tier 2 enchantments for poor materials, and Lu PingAn advised her to bring better materials and avoid greed.
• Lu PingAn explained the costs and risks of awakening Quasi-Pollution Weapons, while customers continued trying to turn them into Taboo Items.
• Xue En lost seven attempts in a row, while Cat Cat succeeded and celebrated her good luck.
• Lu PingAn secretly used his full reenchantment ability on his own Taboo Item, but ran out of points and failed to make the law surface on his gun.

Lu PingAn used repeated Life Investments to rewrite the Storm Lance into a Taboo Item carrying Ding Lan’s Purgatory Fire Rose Law Decree, then wielded its poisonous flames as his own. He ended with a powerful new combat option but had spent nearly all his points.

• Lu PingAn explained how Law Decrees turned accumulated abilities into powerful results by lowering limitations and thresholds.
• After three failed Investments, Lu PingAn rewrote the Law Decree again and successfully transformed the Storm Lance.
• Lu PingAn found that the lance had risen from Silver Low Rank to Silver Middle Rank and gained Ding Lan’s Purgatory Fire Rose ability.
• Lu PingAn wielded the lance and summoned blue-purple Poison Flame, using the weapon’s Law Decree as a source for his own power.
• Lu PingAn lamented that the upgrade had emptied his points again.

With only two days before the Return Home Ship departed, Lu PingAn opened his limited enchanting services to peripheral customers and auctioned priority, earning resources for the Rebirth Merchant Guild. After completing major upgrades and selling out much of his stock, Lu PingAn and the others boarded the ship for Earth with their gains.

• Big Cat questioned Lu PingAn’s decision to activate Plan B, and Lu PingAn explained that limited supply and last-minute sales would make customers compete for priority.
• Law Decree Professionals bid for Lu PingAn’s enchanting slots, spending points and resources while many ran out of money or found their desired items out of stock.
• Lu PingAn used the proceeds to transform his combat gear and complete another Law Decree Weapon, leaving himself broke again.
• Customers who could not get what they wanted planned to bring materials or earn more points after returning to Earth, while others secured Taboo Items from Lu PingAn.
• The countdown ended, and Lu PingAn’s group and the other customers boarded the Return Home Ship with their acquired goods.

Lu PingAn's group celebrated their safe return while discussing the tax dispute over goods recovered and crafted during their expedition. When asked how the authorities should handle the taxes, Lu PingAn publicly called for a complete tax exemption and compensation, setting off a heated reaction among the returning Explorers.

• The returning Professionals greeted one another with “All the way Peace,” while Lu PingAn's group celebrated their gains and Xue En accepted his continued bad luck.
• Xue En said he would focus on personal strength rather than Spin Force Stone Weapons, and Cat Cat joked that his growing strength would bring stronger bad luck.
• Lu PingAn explained that taxing finished goods made from Green Planet materials would be difficult because crafting and ritual costs were hard to calculate.
• A veteran asked Lu PingAn how he would handle the tax issue, and Director Fang Yunyun signaled him to stay quiet.
• Lu PingAn called for the goods to be completely tax-free and then demanded compensation and medical expense reimbursement, provoking a heated discussion.

After Lu PingAn’s tax protest led to refunds and a new expedition reassessment system, he entered the Divine Ark and began investigating the Seven Cities. He left with a growing understanding that the cities were Rule Buildings and that the Lamp Lord might follow the Scholar path.

• Authorities refunded the Explorers’ taxes and awarded them their bonuses, pensions, and medals for conquering Green Planet.
• Lu PingAn’s actions earned him a good reputation and prompted an official system to reassess expedition taxes and issue refunds for exceptional service.
• Inside the Divine Ark, Lu PingAn observed the Seven Cities and recognized that Book Main City resembled his Great Library.
• Lu PingAn’s observations triggered a scanning presence, which searched the area before leaving without finding him.
• Big Cat explained why gods restricted visitors from exploring their divine kingdoms, and Lu PingAn continued recording the Seven Cities’ rules and structure.
• Lu PingAn concluded that the Lamp Lord seemed inclined toward the Scholar path.

Lu PingAn faced a sharp rise in his maintenance fees after advancing to Law Decree-level, but sold rare items to survive the settlement and obtain the Forgetfulness Courtyard. The Life Bank then expanded his Courtyard and innate ability, leaving him with new advantages but an urgent need to earn more Life Points.

• Lu PingAn paid off his previous 6,000-point debt, then learned his next half-year of maintenance would cost 3,000 points per month and trigger shutdown in thirty minutes.
• Lu PingAn objected to the charge through the Courtyard and gained only a short preparation period before shutdown.
• Lu PingAn sold two Truth-level items and Bird Cross Bone, reaching 4,000 points and obtaining the Rule Building Forgetfulness Courtyard.
• Lu PingAn realized his Law Decree-level advancement had sharply increased his maintenance costs and planned to earn and reserve more Life Points before reaching Earth.
• The Life Bank expanded Lu PingAn's Courtyard and innate ability, reduced consumption, and strengthened his basic traits.

Lu PingAn used his godlike control over the Courtyard to expand and reorganize it into a planned city, enlarging its core Rule Buildings and connecting their underground pipelines. After completing the renovation, he lost the god’s-eye view and sensed that the Courtyard and something within him had changed.

• Lu PingAn expanded the Courtyard and rearranged its buildings, enlarging the Life Bank, Garden, Life Hall, Gymnasium, and Forbidden Library into an organized foundation.
• Lu PingAn placed the Pillar of Time before the Great Library and reshaped its sculptures into a praying Nun.
• Lu PingAn moved the Forgetfulness Courtyard pavilion onto an island in the Lake of Divergent Calamity and connected the lake to the Garden’s Water of Life.
• Lu PingAn sorted the Courtyard’s underground pipelines, added dormitories, and moved workshops into quieter areas, placing the potion Workshop far from residents.
• Lu PingAn finished the renovation, was forced out of the god’s-eye view, and felt exhausted yet full of vitality as he sensed that something had changed completely.

Lu PingAn’s breakthrough strengthened his body, spirit, abilities, and Investment skill, letting him offer more valuable slots to other Professionals. While training and listening to veterans discuss battlefield tactics, he reminded them of the overwhelming power behind his many professions.

• Lu PingAn tested his improved physique and abilities after the Courtyard’s regulations and ley lines gave him powerful feedback.
• His Investment evolved, increasing its returns and allowing him to invest more points in up to four targets.
• Lu PingAn auctioned Investment slots to eager Professionals while he relaxed and gained experience from their training.
• Lu PingAn listened to a veteran explain how to fight Heavy Armor Warriors, prompting jokes about their recent sparring match.
• Lu PingAn revealed four different flames on his fingers, reminding the gathered veterans of his formidable range of professions.

After returning to Xiao An City from the interstellar war, Lu PingAn faced official questioning and pushed for his team's tax rebate. The officials praised and courted him, and the tax relief appeared likely to pass, though he suspected his proposal had made him a target.

• Lu PingAn and the returning Professionals reached Xiao An City, where officials scrambled to greet them and understand why their exploration mission had become a war.
• Director Fang recounted the team's ordeal to city leaders, and Lu PingAn left the questioning early after reminding them about the tax rebate.
• Officials from several cities praised Lu PingAn and tried to recruit him, while Wang Xi'er told him the tax relief was still under discussion but likely to pass.
• Wang Xi'er explained that officials were grateful the team had saved Four Cities from disaster and were framing Lu PingAn as a young hero who deserved protection.

Lu PingAn and the other Explorers watched reports of international clashes and protests after their mission, and Lu reasoned that the Nirvana Plan’s first expeditions had involved a broader struggle for territory. The chapter left him suspecting that the Western nations’ leaders had come to Wanjing because the Explorers had inflicted serious losses, making this stage of the plan a success.

• Lu PingAn’s group ate at the Yellow Dragon Noodle Shop and watched news coverage of their casualties and the diplomatic condemnation of Aus.
• The broadcast reported further disputes between nations over Otherworld Exploration, including two missions that ended in near-total losses.
• Lu PingAn argued that international protests could not protect Explorers and speculated that the Nirvana Plan’s first clashes would help East Asian nations seize territory and force negotiations.
• The news announced that the seven permanent member states of UT would hold an urgent special meeting in Wanjing, and Lu suspected the Western leaders had come because their side had been badly hurt.

Lu PingAn decided to pause exploration while conflicts between Earth’s factions continued, and gave his core team a month off to recover and improve themselves. He planned to return home, but learned that the authorities were looking for him with a private commission.

• Lu PingAn judged that otherworld conflicts would persist for months and chose to stay on home soil rather than risk entering a battlefield.
• Lu PingAn told his companions to disband for a month and use the time to rest and improve themselves.
• Lu PingAn booked a ticket home, planning to handle matters in Ancient City and visit his family during his vacation.
• Lu PingAn learned that the authorities were looking for him with a direct private commission.

Lu PingAn returned home, found his father bedridden after straining his back, and persuaded his parents to move into a residence in the Municipal Government Compound. After visiting relatives who had helped his family, he prepared for a business trip to the prefectural capital, where his distant female cousin lived.

• Lu PingAn learned his father had strained his back while showing off with farmwork and reassured himself when the old man roared back at him.
• Lu PingAn told his parents about his new company and the residence awarded to him, asking them to move to the city and help look after the business.
• Lu PingAn failed to persuade his parents with promises of better city services, so he convinced them by saying he planned to marry and would soon need their help raising a child.
• Lu PingAn quickly moved his parents into the Municipal Government Compound and visited relatives who had lent his family money during his illness.
• Lu PingAn learned his distant female cousin's family lived in the prefectural capital and considered visiting them during his upcoming government business trip.

Lu PingAn received a provincial mission to represent his city at the upcoming Games, as cities competed for talent and resources. He was also asked to lead a team in Gu City University's examination for temporary Explorer licenses, and the offer of Rule-level items tempted him to accept.

• The authorities summoned Lu PingAn, praised his record, and assigned him a trip to the provincial prefecture.
• Lu PingAn learned that Chang Ping State Prefecture planned a year-end meeting and province-wide Games and exposition amid growing competition between cities.
• Officials from the Four Cities praised Lu PingAn's potential, prompting their leaders to pursue him more eagerly.
• The administration of Gu City University and Lu PingAn's Special Task Force companions asked him to lead a team in a Temporary Explorer Qualification examination.
• Lu PingAn considered accepting the commission because it offered Rule-level items.

Lu PingAn accepted Ancient City's offer of a Rule-level item and returned to work, receiving a major's rank and using his newly acquired Taboo Items on official missions. The chapter left him arguing with a traffic officer over whether his mechanical mobility rig counted as a vehicle or a toy.

• Lu PingAn learned he could choose a Rule-level item from the city's reserves and decided to stay in Ancient City after officials showed him trust.
• Lu PingAn reopened the Trading Ground, supplied official personnel, and helped two more Law Professionals emerge through the Forbidden Great Library.
• Lu PingAn received a genuine major's rank and customized his equipment into a floating rig with mechanical arms and walking feet.
• Lu PingAn used his equipment to demolish two buildings and arrest dozens of gang members without leaving his seat.
• A traffic officer stopped Lu PingAn and argued that his rig resembled a motorized wheelchair, then threatened to call his parents after he claimed it was a toy.

Lu PingAn got stopped by traffic police while moving in his oversized armor, and Xia Qin explained that new traffic laws would not let him drive because he was blind. She found ways for him to use the armor during missions and recruit a driver, then took him to help clear out a gang of alien refugees.

• Traffic police detained Lu PingAn for driving his oversized armor on the road, and Xia Qin picked him up.
• Xia Qin told Lu PingAn that revised traffic laws would allow otherworldly vehicles but would still bar him from driving because he was blind.
• Xia Qin gave Lu PingAn a police light so he could register his armor as mission equipment, and explained he could have someone else pass a driving test to serve as his driver.
• Xia Qin diverted their trip to investigate a dangerous Alien Gang that had appeared in the area.
• Lu PingAn demolished his third building that day and joined Xia Qin in clearing their jurisdiction that night.

Lu PingAn returned to the police station and saw how the influx of Outland Visitors had overwhelmed Ancient City with unemployment, disputes, and rising crime. He joined the overworked police as the city’s leaders gambled on the Development Zone’s car industry absorbing the newcomers.

• Lu PingAn observed that Outland Visitors struggled to find work and clashed with local businesses, while labor gangs and disputes multiplied.
• Police officers told Lu PingAn that violent crime had risen 362 percent and other disputes had increased at least tenfold.
• Lu PingAn realized the city’s excessive immigration had left large numbers of Phosphorus People without suitable work, and he had already broken up two of their gangs.
• Lu PingAn considered the risks of the Development Zone’s overcrowded population and its unfinished car factory, which was expected to provide jobs once production began.
• Police leaders instructed officers over the communications network to protect the city and its citizens with identification papers, and Lu PingAn continued working overtime.

Lu PingAn helped restore order in Ancient City by crushing superpowered troublemakers, earning the city leadership’s trust and a promised reward. He received the dangerous weapon he had requested, an Abyss Decapitation Sword that Big Cat recognized as a powerful, customizable cursed weapon.

• Lu PingAn attended a medal ceremony with his parents and applied for a weapon as his reward.
• Lu PingAn subdued powerful criminals and outsiders, helping make his district the city’s safest and convincing officials to approve his reward.
• After dining with his parents and seeing them off, Lu PingAn returned to the Courtyard and opened the sealed box.
• Lu PingAn chose the Abyss Decapitation Sword, and Big Cat explained its origins, size, and capacity for modification.