Chapter Summaries

Cheng Tian combined Helion, Radar, and Agomis into Trinity to fight the alien’s Hundred Dragon King. After switching to Aerial Combat Overlord Form, he activated Domination against the enemy mecha.

• Hundred Dragon King gained underwater combat ability but could not catch Agomis, so Cheng Tian landed Helion on an island and deployed Radar.
• Hundred Dragon King mutated again, gaining larger wings and flight ability, then pursued Cheng Tian.
• Cheng Tian used Demon's Concerto Lv4 to fuse Helion, Radar, and Agomis into Trinity's Land Overlord Form.
• Hundred Dragon King and the Land Overlord exchanged fire as Eileen watched from a distance.
• When Hundred Dragon King closed in, Cheng Tian shifted Trinity into Aerial Combat Overlord Form and activated Domination Lv4.

Cheng Tian used Domination to seize control of the combined Hundred Dragon King and traced its remote-control signal to the aliens' UFO. After escaping the aliens' retrieval beam with Matrix Translation, he confronted the alien controller inside the UFO and attacked it with flames.

• Cheng Tian used Domination on the Six-Machine Combination, Hundred Dragon King, and passed the check, cutting off the alien's remote control.
• Gates LB Orange brought the five Metal Dinosaurs back under its command, while Cheng Tian traced the signal to the UFO's location.
• The aliens tried to retrieve Hundred Dragon King with gravity-distortion beams, but Cheng Tian used Matrix Translation to teleport into its cockpit.
• Cheng Tian saw the alien controller approach Hundred Dragon King to reset its program and had the Metal Tyrannosaurus Rex engulf the alien and the cabin in flames.

Cheng Tian destroyed the alien UFO from within with the Hundred Dragon King and killed the Martian Brothers. He gained a mission reward and a permanent transformation for Gates LB Orange, then prepared to search the Martian base with Eileen.

• Cheng Tian used the Metal Dinosaurs inside the UFO to kill one alien, then smashed through the spacecraft with the Hundred Dragon King and killed the remaining Martian Brothers.
• The UFO crashed onto a small island and broke apart, completing the hidden mission The Stolen Collection and revealing the Martian base coordinates and looting authorization.
• Gates LB Orange permanently gained the authorization to transform into the Six-Machine Combination! Hundred Dragon King, with the Metal Dinosaur limbs occupying its modular components.
• Cheng Tian and Eileen found no treasure chests at the crash site and prepared to search the Martian base for the aliens' rewards.

Cheng Tian and Eileen infiltrated the Martian Brothers' underwater base and discovered a genetic sample that could give dinosaurs chosen bloodline mutations. They used their looting attempts to obtain two empty cultivation devices, a Gene Repair Slot for Cheng Tian and a Larval Cultivation Tank for Eileen.

• Cheng Tian used the Octopus Mecha to drill through the underwater cave wall and bring Eileen into the Martian Brothers' base.
• Cheng Tian found a genetic genome sample that could guarantee one of five Bloodline Mutations in prehistoric creatures and could potentially accept additional gene samples.
• Cheng Tian and Eileen searched the base by comparing looting probabilities because they could not identify most of its equipment.
• Cheng Tian looted a Gene Repair Slot, while Eileen looted a Larval Cultivation Tank that could create backup bodies for players or Servant units.

Cheng Tian considered using the Larval Cultivation Tank to prepare a backup body with a purified bloodline, then returned with Eileen to find the Swamp Jungle camp besieged by outsiders drawn to his laboratory. The chapter left the laboratory’s two young women defeating a gang that tried to force its way inside.

• Cheng Tian proposed modifying a larval backup body so it might count as having completed a Bloodline Purification task, and Eileen recognized the idea as theoretically plausible.
• Cheng Tian explained that Fesen might have the technology to alter human and dinosaur genes, while Eileen stopped him from speaking ominously about needing a backup body.
• Cheng Tian and Eileen returned to Swamp Jungle after more than twelve hours had passed in the instance, finding crowds of outsiders gathered around the laboratory.
• The laboratory turned visitors away, while vendors set up stalls and criminal gangs began eyeing the facility.
• A gang charged the laboratory, and two young women from its security department wiped out the attackers in front of the onlookers.

Bazett and Mina defended Hammond Innovation Laboratory while Dr. Fesenden mistook Bazett for a human-Tyrannosaurus hybrid. Meanwhile, the laboratory’s breeding operation and the Herbivorous Dragon Alliance’s mating instincts escalated tensions, leaving Cheng Tian and Eileen arriving as the alliance’s siege of the Dragon Hunter camp began.

• Bazett and Mina defeated a gang that attacked the laboratory, and Bazett crushed its leader inside his car.
• Crested Head Slice sent footage of the battle to Dr. Fesenden, who concluded that Hammond Laboratory had developed human-dinosaur gene fusion technology.
• The Herbivorous Dragon Alliance used scouts, avoided human territory, and watched outsiders get hunted to learn how the Dragon Hunters had changed.
• Wutan and the laboratory turned dinosaur corpses into materials and bred new units, attracting more dinosaurs whose pheromones drew them toward the facility.
• The Herbivorous Dragon Alliance’s mating behavior turned into a siege against the Dragon Hunter camp, just as Cheng Tian and Eileen arrived.

Cheng Tian returned to the laboratory battlefield, used the Radar and a display of mechas to drive off the Herbivorous Dragon Alliance, then took Utan to study a looted alien base. Utan learned Ancient Metal Beast Manufacturing, and Cheng Tian provided Klelia Ore as its first metal material.

• Cheng Tian arrived and deployed the Radar and more mechas, giving his exhausted allies time to regroup and forcing the Herbivorous Dragon Alliance to retreat.
• Utan's report revealed that dinosaur materials Cheng Tian had recovered from the volcanic region fueled excess incubation and pheromones that had triggered the siege.
• Cheng Tian carried Utan away from the laboratory after telling him about the intact alien base and its dinosaur-machine integration technology.
• Utan studied the facilities left by the Martian Brothers and learned the A-rank skill Ancient Metal Beast Manufacturing.
• Cheng Tian supplied Klelia Ore as the metal material for the new manufacturing technique.

Cheng Tian and Eileen stayed near the laboratory in Adventurer's Dinosaur New Century while Wutan pursued experiments and Cheng Tian turned Hammond's Innovation Lab into a profitable high-end dinosaur farm. After they completed the dungeon, the settlement preserved the lab’s operations, contracts, and businesses.

• Cheng Tian and Eileen spent more than ten days near the laboratory, avoiding the hostile Herbivorous Dragon Alliance and focusing on hatching and research.
• Wutan acquired Fesen's Dragonman Modification technology but chose to experiment with combining it and Ancient Metal Beast Manufacturing instead of using it to change forms.
• Cheng Tian noticed that Wutan's experiments threatened their finances and made Hammond's Innovation Lab a high-end dinosaur farm, adding custom dinosaur services on the sixth day.
• Bald Butcher joined the lab as the head of its slaughter department, and Cheng Tian's business earned back its investment in less than a week.
• Cheng Tian completed dungeon settlement after recovering the Gates LB Orange and defeating the Martian Brothers; he received a Portable Laboratory whose operations and expanded businesses would continue while he was in Chosen Space.

After returning to his hometown, Cheng Tian discovered that he could use his Command Spell in the real world and summoned Bazett from Chosen Space. Bazett received permission to accompany him there, and Cheng Tian took her out to eat.

• Cheng Tian returned to his old home and realized that his skills still worked in the real world.
• He checked with Chosen Space that using Forced Recall would safely bring Bazett into the real world.
• Cheng Tian used a Command Spell to summon Bazett, who received a true identity record, a permanent residence permit, and Cognitive Interference.
• Bazett asked whether Cheng Tian had summoned her for a battle, then mistakenly thought he wanted her to meet his parents.
• Cheng Tian joked with Xiao Ai, took Bazett's food, and led her out to find something delicious.
• Fina and Eileen suddenly shuddered in their respective worlds.

Cheng Tian showed Bazett around his hometown, bought supplies for her to stay at his old house, and spent the night gaming with her. They cleared every official Contra title and finished at sunrise with the ending of Hard Corps.

• Bazett used a rune to keep people from noticing her while she and Cheng Tian explored his hometown.
• Cheng Tian took Bazett to buffets, where they ate their fill.
• Cheng Tian bought toiletries and bedding so Bazett could stay at his old house, and she agreed to live under the same roof with him for the night.
• Bazett crushed a controller while playing Contra, so Cheng Tian ordered replacements.
• Cheng Tian and Bazett played through every official Contra title overnight and reached the ending of Hard Corps at sunrise.

Cheng Tian and Eileen prepared for a Fighting Tournament Moon Trial, hoping to improve their Team Contract by placing first. They entered a dungeon based on KOF97, where unexpected fighters would appear alongside the tournament’s destined battle.

• Cheng Tian and Eileen read the Fighting Tournament modifier, which tied their rewards to their team’s ranking and allowed eliminated players to remain as spectators.
• Eileen said tournament dungeons were generally survivable if players avoided causing trouble, while Cheng Tian considered which fighting-game world the dungeon might use.
• Cheng Tian worried about his weak close-combat abilities and decided to look for a suitable fighting skill before the trial.
• Cheng Tian and Eileen entered the Moon Trial as the dungeon loaded into the 1997 KOF tournament, where the inheritors of the Three Sacred Treasures and the Yashiori Eight would face a Battle of Destiny.
• The dungeon notice revealed that unknown forces would bring fighters from other eras or worlds into KOF97.

Cheng Tian and Eileen registered their team for the KOF97 tournament and were unexpectedly singled out by the organizers. A staff member escorted them away after their forms received a special green seal.

• Cheng Tian learned that applicants needed an invitation to enter the tournament and that open-selection slots were available to new fighters.
• Cheng Tian and Eileen listed Bazett and Mina as their teammates, then debated what to call their team.
• Cheng Tian explained to Eileen that Sweet Home was a horror game and the predecessor of Resident Evil.
• After submitting their forms, Cheng Tian and Eileen were photographed and noticed staff scrutinizing contestants.
• A staff member marked Cheng Tian and Eileen with a special green seal and asked them to come along.

Cheng Tian and the Oli-Oli Team skipped the usual qualifiers and met the Ikari Warriors while waiting in a conference room for the KOF97 Tournament invitations. Athena Asamiya felt an inexplicable hostility toward Cheng Tian, and the chapter left him holding an invitation he had to keep safe for 72 hours to qualify.

• Cheng Tian and the Oli-Oli Team were led directly into a conference room, where they recognized several competing teams.
• Ralf recognized Cheng Tian as Orange of Peregrine Falcon Squad 004, and Cheng Tian introduced himself to Ralf, Clark, and Leona of the Ikari Warriors.
• Athena Asamiya watched Cheng Tian with unexplained hostility and felt a faint pain in her calf, while Sie Kensou questioned her.
• The staff gave each team a gold-patterned invitation, and Cheng Tian received a notification that he had to keep his KOF97 Tournament Invitation safe for 72 hours to gain eligibility.

Cheng Tian and the Oli-Oli Team faced a seventy-two-hour invitation-seizure preliminary round after being named a Seed Team. When rival teams targeted them, Bazett beat back the first attackers, and Cheng Tian revealed his Stand to stop a surprise assault.

• The organizers announced that sixteen Seed Teams had to keep their invitations within the designated area for seventy-two hours while other teams could seize them under tournament rules.
• Preliminary teams focused on the Oli-Oli Team, seeing Cheng Tian and its three women as easy targets.
• Cheng Tian left the venue and found several preliminary teams waiting near the entrance to take his invitation.
• Bazett struck down three members of a Grunt Unit, and an ambulance carried the injured men away.
• A black-clad attacker leaped toward Cheng Tian, but Cheng Tian shouted “Muda!” and Stand World appeared behind him after blasting the attacker away.

Cheng Tian revealed his newly loaded Dio Brando template and summoned The World, using it to knock away a would-be attacker. After Cheng Tian demanded the helmeted man identify himself, the man exposed seven scars and challenged him to recognize their significance.

• Cheng Tian explained that The World was a familiar-like Stand that others and cameras could see.
• Cheng Tian reviewed The World's changed stats, kilometer-scale range, precise control, and the danger of taking doubled damage from area attacks.
• The World knocked the helmeted attacker flying when he tried to launch a sneak attack.
• Cheng Tian demanded the helmeted man state his name, and the man revealed seven scars across his chest and abdomen before asking whether Cheng Tian still failed to recognize him.

Cheng Tian and Bazett crushed Jagi after he threatened Cheng Tian with a gun, while the tournament’s battle-royale qualifiers produced a variety of clashes and spectacles. At a bar, Andy spotted Hong Fu, Cheng Fu, and Raiden drinking together, startled by their identical faces.

• Jagi drew a revolver and demanded that Cheng Tian say his name, but Cheng Tian exposed him as a Kenshiro impostor.
• The World and Bazett attacked Jagi in a rapid barrage, leaving him catastrophically injured and causing a treasure chest to appear.
• More than a dozen qualifier teams were eliminated as contestants ambushed one another around the venue.
• Kyo Kusanagi invited challengers to fight him for an invitation, while Kim Kaphwan beat Chang Koehan and Choi Bounge for robbing challengers.
• Athena Asamiya’s fan meeting and Mai Shiranui’s televised appearance drew strong viewership.
• Terry teased Andy about Mai, and Andy turned toward Hong Fu, Cheng Fu, and Raiden, who shared the same face and were drinking together.

Andy, Terry, and Dong Zang clashed with Cheng Fu, Hong Fu, and Raiden after the Drunkard Team mocked Mai Shiranui, and the fight became a televised qualifier match. Meanwhile, Cheng Tian watched the tournament channels and reacted to a familiar fighter’s attack.

• Cheng Fu, Hong Fu, and Raiden criticized Mai Shiranui’s fighting and outfit, prompting Andy to slam the table.
• Dong Zang escalated the argument, and the Drunkard Team revealed their KOF97 Qualifiers badges as the Garou Team recognized them.
• Hong Fu’s mission to capture Ryo Yamazaki was disrupted when the Drunkard Team’s fight with the Garou Team put them on television.
• Cheng Tian watched the Garou Team and Drunkard Team fight at an izakaya, then switched through the tournament channels.
• Cheng Tian jolted when a fighter on the television shouted, “Destruction! Explosive! Gale Bullet!!!”

Cheng Tian watched Seto Kaiba defeat the Monk Team with the Blue-Eyes White Dragon and take their tournament invitation. As the broadcast turned to Cheng Tian’s team, Kaiba recognized Cheng Tian’s name but could not recall where he had heard it.

• Cheng Tian watched Kaiba summon the Blue-Eyes White Dragon and blast the Monk Team with its breath.
• Kaiba demanded the Monk Team’s invitation, and Gaijin Hyakuretsu handed it over while vowing to reclaim it.
• Kaiba walked away after hinting that he wanted another chance to face King, and the broadcast listed him as the sole member of the Kaiba Team.
• Cheng Tian switched to his team’s livestream, where commentators compared his Stand with Kaiba’s Blue-Eyes White Dragon.
• Kaiba watched footage of Cheng Tian summoning his Stand and said the name Cheng sounded familiar.

Cheng Tian caught Ren Xiaoyao stealing his tournament invitation and tracked him into an alley despite his blink and invisibility skills. After the World pinned Ren Xiaoyao to a wall, Cheng Tian heard a strange voice and spotted a bipedal cat.

• Cheng Tian noticed a familiar office drone among the people following his team and confronted him after they collided.
• Ren Xiaoyao used Flying Dragon Probing Cloud Hand to steal Cheng Tian's invitation, then blinked away and vanished in smoke.
• Cheng Tian identified Ren Xiaoyao as a player specializing in theft and scouting, while the live broadcast revealed the stolen invitation's new owner.
• The World caught Ren Xiaoyao in an alley and slammed him against a wall after his Blink went on cooldown.
• Cheng Tian heard a strange voice and found a curious-looking bipedal cat nearby.

Cheng Tian confronted Cat Elf Cat Princess and Nero Cat after Stand World subdued Ren Xiaoyao and found the invitation. He challenged Cat Elf Cat Princess for it, and she answered by blasting his Heart Barrier with True Ancestor Ray.

• Cat Elf Cat Princess circled Stand World and Ren Xiaoyao while Nero Cat arrived and explained that taking the invitation too early would bring days of preliminary-selection harassment.
• Nero Cat persuaded Cat Elf Cat Princess to postpone taking the invitation, and she declared that she would spare the humans for now.
• Cheng Tian entered the alley and provoked Cat Elf Cat Princess by asking whether she feared being cut into seventeen pieces.
• Stand World knocked Ren Xiaoyao unconscious, stripped him, and found the invitation before Cheng Tian offered it as the wager for a fight.
• Cat Elf Cat Princess accepted Cheng Tian's challenge and struck his Heart Barrier with True Ancestor Ray.