Chapter Summaries

Yuan Fang began his year-long ascetic practice, but his attempts to beg for food in town failed, leaving him hungry. When he intervened in a dispute over stolen Liuli Grass, he stopped the angry owner from striking the thief, then told him to hit lightly.

• Yuan Fang's master sent him down the mountain for a year of ascetic practice without travel money and forbade him from getting a job.
• Yuan Fang walked to town and was turned away from every restaurant where he confidently begged for food.
• Yuan Fang tried to get flatbread from a beggar, who cursed him after Yuan Fang argued that sharing would temper his mind.
• At night, Yuan Fang blocked a fleeing thief and learned that the man had stolen Liuli Grass and spent the Soul Coins on equipment.
• Yuan Fang stopped the bearded owner from slapping the thief, then told him to hit the thief lightly instead of beating him to death.

Yuan Fang joined Wang Long for a meal after helping him, then tried to stop a confrontation between Wang Long’s group and another gang. He offered to take Wang Long’s place in the beating, leaving him recalling the brutal training his senior brothers had put him through.

• Wang Long thanked Yuan Fang for helping him and invited him to eat, where Yuan Fang denied eating meat while rapidly clearing the dishes.
• A gang led by the thief’s associate confronted Wang Long over beating the thief, and Wang Long explained that the thief had stolen an in-game herb worth one hundred eighty thousand.
• Yuan Fang stepped between the groups and endured the leader’s slap and kick without being hurt, then persuaded everyone to move outside.
• Yuan Fang offered to take Wang Long’s beating, claiming steel pipes were nothing compared with his senior brothers’ training.
• Yuan Fang remembered his senior brothers’ extreme methods, including boiling him in oil, locking him underwater, and threatening to shoot him with an AK.

Yuan Fang protected Wang Long from a gang by enduring their steel-pipe beating without injury. After the gang settled its debt with Wang Long, Yuan Fang made the leader’s younger brother strike him until the man collapsed, settling Yuan Fang’s own grievance.

• Yuan Fang recalled how he had gained his nearly indestructible body after accidentally swallowing the founding Ancestor Monk’s sarira and enduring years of brutal training at Golden Bell Temple.
• Yuan Fang stepped between Wang Long and the gang, invited their leader to strike him, and remained unharmed when a man hit his head with a steel pipe.
• The leader and his men beat Yuan Fang for several minutes, then agreed to repay Wang Long the one hundred and eighty thousand and leave.
• Yuan Fang stopped the gang and said his grievance with the leader’s younger brother remained unresolved, then asked the younger brother to keep hitting him until he was satisfied.
• The younger brother struck Yuan Fang for half an hour, collapsed from exhaustion, and Yuan Fang declared their grievance settled.

After refusing Wang Long’s offer of shelter, Yuan Fang spent the night feeding puppies and meditating, then woke up desperately hungry. Wang Long bought him breakfast and offered him work at his Fitness Club, but Yuan Fang refused, leaving Wang Long to worry that the monk’s appetite would make ascetic life impossible.

• Yuan Fang declined Wang Long’s invitation to stay with him and left to continue his ascetic practice.
• Yuan Fang fed meat to the puppies beneath the stone bridge, then slept outdoors while maintaining his vow not to eat meat.
• Yuan Fang spent the morning begging for alms without receiving food and ran into Wang Long, who took him to breakfast.
• Yuan Fang devoured the vegetarian dishes but refused the pork dumplings despite his longing for them.
• Wang Long offered Yuan Fang food and lodging in exchange for working at his Fitness Club, but Yuan Fang refused because his master had forbidden him to work.

Wang Long brought Yuan Fang into Battle Online so the monk could continue his ascetic practice without going hungry. After eating one of Wang Long’s spirit fruits, Yuan Fang unexpectedly comprehended a powerful Hell Path skill, leaving Wang Long stunned.

• Wang Long persuaded Yuan Fang to try Battle Online, where he could practice asceticism and trade spirit materials for food.
• Wang Long took Yuan Fang to his Fitness Club, taught him to use a Game Pod, and entered the game with him.
• Yuan Fang appeared near Liuli Coast, marveled at the realistic world, and accepted Wang Long’s friend request.
• Wang Long gave Yuan Fang a spirit fruit, whose spiritual energy triggered a dramatic change in the monk’s body.
• Yuan Fang received an all-region announcement for comprehending Hell Path - Extreme Way, Ninth: Mahā Boundless, and Wang Long was astonished by his rare breakthrough.

Lu Wu discovered how Yuan Fang had awakened Maha Immeasurable, while Wang Long learned the ability’s terrifying effects. Yuan Fang and Wang Long headed to Liuli District so Yuan Fang could train against wild beasts, as the announcement stirred up the War Online forums.

• Lu Wu examined Yuan Fang’s history and learned that swallowing the Ancestor Monk’s Sarira had awakened his Maha Immeasurable ability, while a spiritual fruit in the game had activated its fuller potential.
• Yuan Fang thanked Wang Long for helping him and explained that he now believed the game could help him cultivate Mahayana Immeasurable to its ultimate state.
• Wang Long saw Yuan Fang’s skill description and realized its damage immunity, damage reduction, and reflection made him a formidable level 0 Player.
• Yuan Fang asked Wang Long to hit him so he could train his ability, but Wang Long refused after calculating how little damage he could deal and how much might be reflected.
• Wang Long told Yuan Fang to hunt wild beasts west of Liuli Coast to gain proficiency, and the two set off for Liuli District together.
• Players on the War Online Official Forum reacted to the All-Region Announcement and wondered who Yuan Fang was and what his skill could do.

Wang Long led Yuan Fang south through Liuli District, where Yuan Fang discovered that his defensive ability reflected attacks but reduced his own damage. After Wang Long fled from Nine Luminaries Dire Wolf Cavalry, the soldiers attacked Yuan Fang and injured themselves, while Yuan Fang felt pain for the first time.

• Wang Long led Yuan Fang to a plain where Yuan Fang let Corpse Wolves attack him and gained proficiency through reflected damage.
• Yuan Fang discovered that Mahayana Immeasurable reduced his damage against others by 80%, and Wang Long laughed at his weak attack.
• An alpha Corpse Wolf dragged Yuan Fang across the plain until Wang Long caught up and killed it with a charged punch.
• Wang Long spotted Nine Luminaries Dire Wolf Cavalry and fled, leaving Yuan Fang surrounded by the soldiers.
• The Dire Wolf Cavalry attacked Yuan Fang, whose reflected damage shattered their weapons and injured them, though a powerful strike caused him to feel slight pain for the first time.
• Wang Long watched the cavalry beat themselves bloody and opened a livestream.

Yuan Fang endured repeated attacks from the Dire Wolf Cavalry, whose blows injured themselves while leaving him unharmed, and his livestream made him famous among players. After the cavalry retreated, Wang Long suggested Yuan Fang head toward the Netherworld to find more enemies and raise his ability proficiency faster.

• Players flooded Wang Long’s livestream as Yuan Fang screamed through the Dire Wolf Cavalry’s attacks without taking damage, while the soldiers coughed up blood.
• Yuan Fang checked his skills and found his proficiency had risen only slightly, then provoked the cavalry into attacking him again.
• The exhausted Iron Wolf Cavalry Captain ordered a retreat, and Yuan Fang lamented that he had lost his chance to improve his abilities.
• Wang Long posted Yuan Fang’s information in the livestream chat, where players argued over his strength and learned that he could not kill anyone.
• Wang Long told Yuan Fang that walking toward the Netherworld would expose him to more enemies, and Yuan Fang eagerly set off to gain proficiency.

Yuan Fang struggled to find Nine Luminaries soldiers willing to beat him so he could improve his cultivation, and set off for the Netherworld Sinkhole to seek them out. There, Earth Radiance learned of the indestructible bald Player and asked where he could be found.

• Nine Luminaries patrol soldiers avoided Yuan Fang after learning that attacks on him injured the attackers, leaving him unable to train or gain levels through combat.
• Yuan Fang lamented his lack of Soul Coin and looked forward to sampling the Netherworld’s food, then headed toward the Netherworld Sinkhole to find someone who would beat him.
• Earth Radiance heard that Star Radiance planned to overturn Bei Qi’s underground world after reaching the Ghost Emperor Late Stage to root out the Player Race.
• Hu Ya told Earth Radiance that a bald Player could not be damaged without making his attackers suffer mysterious force feedback.
• Earth Radiance asked where the bald Player was, and Hu Ya said he was wandering around Bei Qi and should be easy to find.

Earth Radiance repeatedly killed Yuan Fang, whose damage feedback and endless resurrection turned him into a maddening source of skill proficiency. After a week of visits, Earth Radiance stopped attacking and ordered his soldiers to imprison Yuan Fang.

• Earth Radiance tested Yuan Fang's damage-feedback ability, and Yuan Fang eagerly asked him to keep striking so he could gain skill proficiency.
• Earth Radiance struck with greater force and killed Yuan Fang, who vanished into Black Mist; several hours later, Yuan Fang returned to the Netherworld Sinkhole.
• Yuan Fang repeatedly sought out Earth Radiance to be attacked, and Earth Radiance killed him again and again as he resurrected every few hours.
• After a week of these visits left Earth Radiance exhausted, Yuan Fang returned once more and urged him to strike.
• Earth Radiance grabbed Yuan Fang, then ordered the soldiers to imprison him, making Yuan Fang protest, "Benefactor, you mustn't!"

Earth Radiance imprisoned Yuan Fang, who discovered that his damage-reflection ability made Old Devil injure himself whenever he tried to torture him. The chapter ended with Old Devil preparing to use venomous insects on Yuan Fang.

• Earth Radiance ordered guards to take Yuan Fang to the detention grounds, where the guards warned Old Devil not to touch him.
• Yuan Fang failed to damage the cell bars or wall, then welcomed Old Devil's offer to torture him because it could raise his proficiency.
• Old Devil tried to pull Yuan Fang's tooth and tear off his fingernail, but the reflected damage injured Old Devil instead.
• Yuan Fang pretended to scream in pain, and Old Devil stopped torturing him and left the cell.
• Old Devil returned with a jar of venomous insects, and Yuan Fang told him that Buddha needed to bless him.

Yuan Fang’s Mahayana Immeasurable Body turned Old Devil’s Life-Devouring Worms against their master, draining Old Devil’s life force and granting Yuan Fang experience until Old Devil died. Still bound in the cell, Yuan Fang realized he might be able to use reflected damage to defeat other enemies and gain rewards.

• Old Devil forced Life-Devouring Worms into Yuan Fang, expecting them to drain Yuan Fang’s vitality and feed it back to him.
• The worms’ attacks were negated by Yuan Fang’s Mahayana Immeasurable Body, and the life tether instead transferred Old Devil’s life force to Yuan Fang as experience.
• Yuan Fang leveled up to Level 15 while Old Devil convulsed, aged rapidly, and died from the reflected damage and life drain.
• Yuan Fang received only 1 experience and no Soul Coins for killing Ghost Sheep, then gained experience and Soul Coins when the Life-Devouring Worms died.
• Yuan Fang failed to escape his bonds and began considering using reflected damage against curse-wielding enemies for future rewards.

Yuan Fang struggled to escape Earth Radiance’s prison, but a message from Wang Chao led him to agree to join Gu Yu’s Myth Guild in exchange for rescue. Gu Yu assembled the Bei Qi Hanging Wall Squad for a covert mission into the Netherworld Sinkhole, while Hu He and Nie Feng remained away in the Azure Void Great Domain.

• The guards found Old Devil dead and Yuan Fang still bound, then freed Yuan Fang and left him locked in his cell.
• Yuan Fang considered starving himself to escape but was distracted by the food and a message from Wang Long about joining a guild.
• After Wang Chao mentioned the spiritual ingredients available through Myth Guild, Yuan Fang agreed to join if they could rescue him.
• Gu Yu learned that Yuan Fang was trapped in the Netherworld Sinkhole and concluded that a full-scale rescue was too dangerous.
• Gouzi proposed sending the Hanging Wall Squad on a covert infiltration, and Gu Yu contacted the Bei Qi members.
• Liu Chai, Mo Lingtian, Xiao Yuzi's family, Proud Sword, Qi Ming, Ye Chen, and other Hanging Wall friends agreed to assemble, while Hu He and Nie Feng could not return from the Azure Void Great Domain.

Gu Yu gathered an elite group of friends and guild leaders to plan a nighttime rescue of Little Monk from the Netherworld Sinkhole. Little Mo and Xiao Yuzi reached Yuan Fang’s prison cell, where he immediately began eating the food he had been refusing while waiting for rescue.

• Gu Yu met the assembled rescuers at Liuli Coast and promised Liu Chai thirty thousand spirit materials as compensation.
• The group finalized an infiltration plan, waited until night, and shared a meal before setting out.
• Little Mo and Xiao Yuzi used shadow stealth to reach Yuan Fang’s cell and cut through its iron bars.
• Yuan Fang grabbed the prison food and began eating, leaving Little Mo and Xiao Yuzi stunned.

Little Ink and Xiao Yuzi tried to rescue Yuan Fang while Gu Yu and the Hanging Wall Squad drew the Nine Luminaries Army into battle. Earth Radiance intercepted the rescuers as the squad struggled to hold its ground above the Netherworld Sinkhole.

• Yuan Fang finished his meal, and Little Ink and Xiao Yuzi began escorting him out while Gu Yu and the others attacked a tent to draw the Nine Luminaries Soldiers away.
• Gu Yu, Liu Chai, Qi Ming, Proud Sword, and their teammates used their abilities and healing buffs to hold back the soldiers surging up the sinkhole.
• Earth Radiance recognized that the assault was likely a diversion for Yuan Fang and rushed toward the prison.
• Little Ink and Xiao Yuzi escaped the prison grounds with Yuan Fang but ran into Earth Radiance, who blocked their way.
• Little Ink and Xiao Yuzi merged into a shadow and attacked Earth Radiance, but he sent them flying with a wave of pressure as Yuan Fang fled.
• The Hanging Wall Squad continued fighting while surrounded, relying on Gouzi and Feng Ling's healing as they hoped the rescue had succeeded.

Gu Yu and the party struggled against the Nine Luminaries Army after Yuan Fang ran back to them, and Proud Sword died rescuing him. Liu Chai activated Tidal Sacrifice using Gu Yu’s spiritual materials and prepared to face Earth Radiance in a heavily buffed Sea God Body, leaving the party wondering if he could defeat him.

• Yuan Fang ran back into the encirclement, so Proud Sword fought through the Nine Luminaries Soldiers to rescue him and died after escorting him to safety.
• Yuan Fang explained that Earth Radiance had found him and that Little Ink and Xiao Yuzi were holding the enemy back, while Gu Yu’s group faced mounting pressure without Proud Sword.
• Gouzi suggested Liu Chai use Tidal Sacrifice, and Gu Yu gave him thirty thousand spiritual materials to sacrifice in exchange for a Sea God Body that lasted ten minutes.
• Earth Radiance attacked the party, but Liu Chai’s first punch sent him flying, though Liu Chai admitted the stronger enemy had taken a tenth of his health.
• Chen Ziyu proposed using Feng Ling’s health blessing on Yuan Fang as a shield, and the party loaded Liu Chai with healing, potions, and Ye Xue’er’s fire dragon before he considered fighting Earth Radiance instead of fleeing.

Liu Chai and his allies overwhelmed Earth Radiance, but he fled before Liu Chai’s Sea God Body transformation ended. As Liu Chai closed in again, Ye Chen accidentally struck Earth Radiance with a blue arrow, bringing him crashing down.

• Liu Chai used Yuan Fang as a damage-reflecting shield while Gouzi healed him, and he beat Earth Radiance with help from the fire dragon.
• Earth Radiance transformed into an earth giant and fought back, but Liu Chai’s coordinated assault steadily broke his body apart.
• Earth Radiance fled into the sky, and Liu Chai pursued him on the fire dragon while throwing inaccurate Water Balls.
• Ye Chen accidentally hit the fire dragon with a Flame Arrow, disrupting the chase, but Liu Chai and his allies began catching up as Earth Radiance weakened.
• A blue arrow from below struck Earth Radiance, shattered his Earth Element body, and sent him falling from the sky.

Liu Chai and Gouzi confronted Gani after he killed Earth Radiance, then learned that Gani wanted the Players to join the Rahu Domain’s war against the Nine Radiance Great Domain. Gani offered a share of the spoils and promised not to attack Bei Qi if he became Rahu King, leaving Liu Chai to consider that Gani wanted Player support for his bid.

• Gani killed Earth Radiance with a summoned demon, enraging Liu Chai and Gouzi, who flew after him.
• Gani stopped fighting and used sign language to explain himself, so Liu Chai bought a Body Language Translator to understand him.
• Gani told Liu Chai that the Rahu Domain was preparing to attack the weakened Nine Radiance Great Domain and offered an alliance to divide the spoils.
• Liu Chai doubted that the Players would receive fair benefits and worried that the Rahu Domain might turn against them afterward.
• Gani said he had killed Earth Radiance to weaken the Nine Radiance faction and promised to leave Bei Qi alone if he became Rahu King.
• Liu Chai realized Gani wanted the Players to help him secure the Rahu throne.

Liu Chai and Gouzi tricked Gani into handing over the legendary Light of Jialan, then refused to return it and were killed when he retaliated. Gani could not find the artifact or their souls, and the chapter left him threatening Yuan Fang for answers as the struggle to become Rahu King approached.

• Liu Chai and Gouzi demanded compensation from Gani instead of agreeing to cooperate, and persuaded him that showing valuable items was a Player Race tradition.
• Gani handed Gouzi his clan artifact, the Light of Jialan, so he could inspect it, but Gouzi stored it away and denied knowing where it was.
• Gani snapped Gouzi's neck, but Gouzi respawned as Black Mist without the artifact; Gani then crushed Liu Chai's arm and killed him, yet the artifact still did not reappear.
• Gani searched for Liu Chai and Gouzi's souls without success, then grabbed Yuan Fang and demanded to know where the Light of Jialan had gone.
• Yuan Fang could not understand Gani's signs and pleaded for mercy, ending the chapter in danger as Gani's rage grew.

After Gani killed Liu Chai, Gouzi, and Yuan Fang, the Players celebrated stealing the Light of Jialan and discussed the coming war between the Rahu Domain and the Nine Radiance Great Domain. They prepared to rebuild the Underworld and exploit the conflict for profit.

• Gani grew furious over losing the Light of Jialan and flew toward the Underworld of Beiqi to find the Player Race Chief.
• Gu Yu and the other Players regrouped in the Cheater Exchange Group, where Gouzi explained that Gani had killed Liu Chai and him after they refused to become his pawns.
• Gu Yu added Yuan Fang to the group, and Liu Chai and Gouzi revealed that they had tricked Gani and taken the Light of Jialan.
• Liu Chai told the group that the Rahu Domain planned to attack the Nine Radiance Great Domain while Star Radiance was close to a breakthrough.
• The Players planned to restore the Underworld, return to Bei Qi, and seize opportunities during the coming war.