Chapter Summaries

Wang Zhifan used the Ocean Envoy to clear the ghosts from Carriage 666 while the tracksuit-clad female player defeated the last one. The train announced that Carriage 666 had finished first and granted its passengers a luxury upgrade and immunity from train events, shocking players who had abandoned it.

• Wang Zhifan rapidly killed the ghosts in Carriage 666, while the tracksuit-clad female player returned and fought a powerful ghost on her own.
• After Wang Zhifan encouraged her, the tracksuit-clad female player renewed her attack and destroyed the ghost, then accepted tea from him.
• The tracksuit-clad female player told Wang Zhifan that powerful players had often turned against everyone to maximize their gains, and he realized her distrust came from past experience.
• Players in other carriages struggled against ghosts, while the greasy-faced middle-aged man and the cold-faced woman secretly worked together.
• The train announced that Carriage 666 had completed cleanup first, earning a luxury upgrade and exemption from train events, and the players who had left it were stunned.

Wang Zhifan chose the Future Tech Style upgrade for Carriage 666 and used its Train AI to investigate his mission and the Death Train. He learned he could not escape his captain-assigned mission, while the young player with dark circles considered returning to join him.

• A train attendant offered Wang Zhifan four luxury carriage styles and explained their distinct privileges, and he chose Future Tech Style.
• The carriage transformed into a high-tech space, and Wang Zhifan used the Train AI to learn that Evil Spirit Building had wiped out twenty-one previous teams.
• The Train AI told Wang Zhifan that captains could not change missions and could only lose captain status after failing three missions in a row.
• Wang Zhifan and the female player learned that missions offered no material rewards, though completing them developed the power to fight ghosts and could yield rare spoils.
• After his team cleared the ghosts, the young player with dark circles asked the Hell Academy ghost people about luxury carriages and considered returning to Wang Zhifan's carriage.

A Death Train ticket inspection turned the standard carriages into a deadly hunt, while Wang Zhifan remained safe in luxury Carriage 666. At Platform 16, the players who had abandoned him returned and asked to join his team again, hoping to rest and tackle the forbidden-zone mission with him.

• The train announced a ticket inspection, and inspectors began hunting passengers in the standard carriages while surviving ghosts were released into the chaos.
• The dark-eyed young man used Bullet Time to escape inspectors, but a black-robed ghostman was thrown through a window and killed, while the oily-faced middle-aged man and the cold-faced woman became trapped by pursuing inspectors.
• Wang Zhifan remained undisturbed in Carriage 666 as the inspection ended when the train reached Platform 16.
• The dark-eyed young man, the oily-faced middle-aged man, and the cold-faced woman asked Wang Zhifan to let them rejoin his team, explaining that the train's events had exhausted them and they trusted him to clear the forbidden-zone mission.
• The female player in sportswear decided to remain in the luxury carriage, and Wang Zhifan warned the returning players that this was their last chance to change missions.

Wang Zhifan led four players to Platform 17 for their compulsory mission at the Evil Spirit Building. After fighting through the ghost city and scouting the building, the group found no obvious forbidden-zone-level threat, and Wang Zhifan asked who would enter with him to investigate.

• Wang Zhifan gathered the four recovered players in Carriage 666, and they planned scouting and attack strategies before the train reached Platform 17.
• Wang Zhifan led the team off the train, killed a disguised ghost on the station plaza, and guided them through the ghost city toward the Evil Spirit Building.
• After two hours, Wang Zhifan and the players reached the abandoned building and found no monsters in its outer areas.
• Wang Zhifan sent his Dream Self clone inside while the greasy-faced middle-aged man sent a pet to scout; both found ordinary evil spirits, and the pet died.
• Wang Zhifan explored the building with his clone but found no threat that explained its forbidden-zone status, then asked the others to enter and clear out the evil spirits with him.

Wang Zhifan led a team into the Evil Spirit Building and methodically cleared its ghosts, eventually killing the powerful old-man spirit on the top floor. Just as he expected the reward list, he and the other players were suddenly returned to the building entrance, leaving the outcome of the cleanup unclear.

• Wang Zhifan and the sportswear-clad female player entered the Evil Spirit Building, found no traces of the missing teams, and cleared the ghosts on the lower floors without trouble.
• Wang Zhifan used a passcode to verify the other players, then took the dark-circled young man and the sportswear-clad girl inside while the oily-faced middle-aged man and cold-faced woman stayed outside.
• The oily-faced middle-aged man admitted that he had planned to use his Cursed Paper Crane to wipe out the others after the instance and discussed setting up alchemical bombs with the cold-faced woman.
• Wang Zhifan's group continued clearing floors, with Wang Zhifan handling the stronger ghosts while the other two helped eliminate ordinary ones.
• At the top-floor office, Wang Zhifan fought and killed the powerful old-man spirit with Ocean Envoy.
• Wang Zhifan suddenly felt disoriented and found himself with all four players at the entrance of a dilapidated high-rise building.

Wang Zhifan returned to the entrance of the Evil Spirit Building after defeating its boss, but his companions remembered none of their previous clearing of the building. He suspected the building had reset itself and altered their memories, then reached the boss again and began another fight.

• Wang Zhifan found himself back at the building entrance with four companions who denied that they had entered before, while he remembered clearing the building with them.
• The greasy-faced middle-aged man suggested they enter and check Wang Zhifan's claims, and the group found ghosts and undisturbed surroundings that appeared to support the companions' memories.
• Wang Zhifan concluded the building had rewound and that his high Spirit attribute or Rog's Heritage might have protected his memories from its influence.
• The five players cleared the building again, and Wang Zhifan asked them to let him speak with the boss before attacking it.
• Wang Zhifan praised the boss's building, but the old evil spirit laughed and attacked him anyway.

Wang Zhifan tested ways to stop the Evil Spirit Building’s repeated rewinds, then confronted the boss ghost for answers. After the ghost vanished, he discovered the building was interfering with his connection to Dream Self clones outside, leaving him unsure whether escape was possible.

• Wang Zhifan tested whether the Ocean Envoy could damage the Evil Spirit Building, but his attacks had no lasting effect.
• Wang Zhifan used Ice Source Power to freeze the entire building, only to be rewound again with the other players.
• Wang Zhifan considered using evidence on the players’ belongings to reveal their altered memories while the other players rested.
• Wang Zhifan controlled his Dream Self clone to reach the top-floor boss room and restrained the old evil spirit with Ice Source Power.
• Wang Zhifan questioned the boss ghost, which claimed the rewind kept players trapped and then dissolved into nothingness.
• Wang Zhifan tried to transfer to Dream Self clones outside the building but found the Evil Spirit Building was blocking his connection to them.

Wang Zhifan discovered that the Evil Spirit Building trapped the players in a spatial loop and searched for clues to its unfinished construction, while the others unknowingly repeated their raid. After the third Rewind, the greasy-faced middle-aged player recognized that their memories had been altered, and Wang Zhifan confirmed he could prove it.

• Wang Zhifan tested the boundary around the Evil Spirit Building and found that its space looped back on itself, trapping the players nearby.
• Wang Zhifan told the other players about the confinement, then investigated the building alone while they continued clearing it.
• Wang Zhifan found three photographs suggesting the boss had designed and owned the unfinished building, and suspected completing it might clear the instance.
• Wang Zhifan and the other players cleared monsters until the third Rewind brought them back to the building entrance.
• The greasy-faced middle-aged player presented a newspaper with his own warning written on it and argued that their memories had been altered.
• The dark-circled young man doubted the newspaper, but Wang Zhifan said he could prove the middle-aged player was right.

Wang Zhifan and the other players completed Evil Spirit Building and freed its BOSS by restoring the structure and staging a ribbon-cutting ceremony. After the building and BOSS vanished, Wang Zhifan reached Lv11 and received a choice of dungeon rewards.

• Wang Zhifan explained that Evil Spirit Building had repeatedly altered their memories and shared his plan to complete the building and satisfy the BOSS.
• The greasy-faced middle-aged man, the young man with dark circles, the girl in sportswear, and the cold-faced woman each took a role in planning a completion ceremony.
• Wang Zhifan cleared the building's ghosts and used Ice Source Power to transform the ruined structure into an icebound tower.
• Wang Zhifan restrained the BOSS and brought it downstairs, where the players hosted a ribbon-cutting ceremony with speeches, an interview, and makeshift fireworks.
• The BOSS thanked the players and disappeared along with Evil Spirit Building, while Wang Zhifan leveled up to Lv11 and received a selection of dungeon rewards.

After clearing the Evil Spirit Building dungeon, Wang Zhifan selected powerful rewards and returned to his home, where he tested his new Epic belt and inspected the Blade of Time. He kept the Shared Fate Connection scroll as well, leaving him with tools for escape, combat, and protecting future teammates.

• Wang Zhifan chose the Blank Entanglement, Blade of Time, and Shared Fate Connection from the dungeon rewards.
• The other players thanked Wang Zhifan and departed, while the Assassin female player offered to help him in the real world and vowed to find him after he left.
• Wang Zhifan returned to his bedroom in East City Villa and replaced his Demon-Slaying Belt with the Blank Entanglement.
• Wang Zhifan tested the belt's Spatial Traverse ability and decided to save its other abilities for later.
• Wang Zhifan inspected the Blade of Time and put it away, then kept the Shared Fate Connection scroll for future use with battle pets and teammates.

Wang Zhifan investigated why prayers were reaching him from the Limitless Sect world and found Ghost-Faced Er Ya spreading his faith in Pingwu City. After returning to the real world, he cultivated through the night and advanced his Great Dream Saber Scripture, awakening Saber Intent.

• Wang Zhifan reviewed his player panel, confirmed Fated Life Link had reached Lv2, and heard a flood of prayers through the Faceless Statue.
• Wang Zhifan traveled to the Limitless Sect world and followed the prayers to Pingwu City, where he found Ghost-Faced Er Ya preaching about the Benevolent Virtue Celestial Venerable.
• Wang Zhifan watched Er Ya attract casual prayers from passersby, judged her devotion more favorably, and gave her a silver ingot to support her efforts.
• Wang Zhifan returned to his villa, stopped the Faceless Statue from transmitting prayers, and spent the day and night cultivating in the Mystic Chaos Secret Abode.
• Wang Zhifan raised Great Dream Saber Scripture to Lv5 and cultivated Saber Intent.

Wang Zhifan entered an instance as the newly ascended king of the Abundance Kingdom, a small nation threatened by internal rebellion and ambitious neighbors. After effortlessly crushing a coup, he turned his attention to learning about the other nations he would need to defeat.

• Wang Zhifan tested how his improved Dream Self clone could form a physical body and speak, then prepared to enter an instance.
• The instance assigned Wang Zhifan the identity of the Abundance Kingdom’s new king and tasked him with helping a nation among the Forty-Eight Nations of the Chaotic Realm achieve hegemony.
• An elderly minister warned Wang Zhifan about the Xin Clan and described the neighboring kingdoms, including the ambitious Pottery Kingdom and weakened Yin Kingdom.
• Minister Xin led hundreds of soldiers to storm the royal hall, but Wang Zhifan immobilized them and demanded to know why they had attacked.
• Wang Zhifan froze Minister Xin and his soldiers into fragments, then ordered the elderly minister to bring him a map so they could discuss the other nations.

Wang Zhifan discovered that the Abundance Kingdom was impoverished and its army had deserted, so he began seizing wealth from the Xin Clan to restore the treasury and build support. Elsewhere, players debated which nation to back, while a powerful summoner player became king of the Radiance Kingdom.

• Wang Zhifan learned from the prime minister that the Abundance Kingdom was weak, indebted, and surrounded by stronger states with elite troops.
• Wang Zhifan inspected the empty military camp, learned its soldiers had left because they had not been paid, and promised to settle their wages.
• Wang Zhifan asked the prime minister to gather several dozen people and began destroying wealthy clans, seizing their riches, and gaining his first supporters.
• Huang Pengfei urged players in the Pottery Kingdom to unite and carefully choose a country to support, while his group discussed the risks of switching factions or taking over a kingdom themselves.
• A summoner player with VIP Player status revealed that he had become king of the powerful Radiance Kingdom and trusted his summoned army to secure victory.

Wang Zhifan used the Xin Clan’s captured wealth to prepare an army and marched toward Yin Kingdom, but his advance encountered Pottery Kingdom’s hidden Terracotta Army. After Wang Zhifan exposed their underground ambush, the terracotta soldiers emerged and demanded Abundance Kingdom’s grain supplies.

• Wang Zhifan ordered rewards for the soldiers who destroyed the Xin Clan and asked the old chancellor to assemble three thousand troops and recommend generals.
• Wang Zhifan led the three thousand soldiers east toward Yin Kingdom, aiming to exploit its weakened state after a recent defeat.
• A scout warned Wang Zhifan that Pottery Kingdom’s Terracotta Army might also be heading toward Yin Kingdom, but Wang Zhifan ordered the army to press on.
• Wang Zhifan recognized terracotta soldiers concealed beneath the road and ordered his troops to expose them with water.
• The Terracotta Army rose from underground, and one terracotta soldier demanded Abundance Kingdom’s grain supplies in exchange for sparing the army.

Wang Zhifan led the Abundance Kingdom army against the Pottery Kingdom’s Terracotta Army and personally shattered the enemy force with the Thunder Dragon Rageblade. After the victory, he investigated the terracotta soldiers’ source of power and considered how to build a capable group of subordinates as he prepared to continue the campaign.

• Wang Zhifan charged ahead alone, prompting the young armored general and the Abundance Kingdom soldiers to follow despite their fear of the Terracotta Army.
• Wang Zhifan leaped onto a terracotta giant and destroyed it with the Thunder Dragon Rageblade, whose lightning spread through the enemy ranks and threw their formation into chaos.
• The Abundance Kingdom army surged into battle and helped eliminate the remaining terracotta soldiers while Wang Zhifan examined the corpse of their commander and found an earth-yellow bead that caused the clay remains to collapse when crushed.
• Wang Zhifan spotted a magically observed eagle overhead and worried that his territory might be vulnerable while he was away from his Dream Self clone.
• The young armored general reported three dead and twenty-one lightly injured, and Wang Zhifan ordered the troops to record their merits, rest for half an hour, and then continue marching.

Wang Zhifan led the Abundance Kingdom army to the Yin Capital and used his Storm Power to destroy its gate and a section of its walls. His soldiers charged into the city, while players in the Pottery Kingdom began discussing whether to contact him.

• Players in the Pottery Kingdom learned that Wang Zhifan had destroyed the Terracotta Army and become king of the Abundance Kingdom, and their Boss decided to arrange contact with him as a backup plan.
• Wang Zhifan led his three thousand soldiers toward the Yin Capital and ordered them to spare civilians, accept surrendering enemies as prisoners, and obey military discipline.
• The Yin Kingdom’s defenders refused to surrender and mocked the Abundance Kingdom army as it formed up before the city walls.
• Wang Zhifan unleashed his Storm Power, creating a tornado that destroyed the city gate and part of the wall and filled the moat with debris.
• The Abundance Kingdom soldiers charged through the breach into the Yin Capital, shouting Wang Zhifan’s name.

Wang Zhifan used his powers to break Yin Capital’s defenses and accepted the surrender of a Yin Kingdom deputy commander, who secretly tried to help the Yin King escape. Wang exposed the false surrender, killed the commander and the captured Yin King and crown prince, and forced the remaining soldiers to submit.

• Wang Zhifan froze retreating Yin Kingdom defenders while the Abundance Kingdom army attacked, then ordered his soldiers to accept surrender.
• The young general in armor brought the surrendering deputy commander to Wang Zhifan, who agreed to accept his allegiance if he proved himself.
• Wang Zhifan accompanied the deputy commander to the royal palace, where he recognized that the commander had delayed to let the Yin King escape.
• A tall figure emerged with the unconscious Yin King and crown prince, and Wang Zhifan exposed the deputy commander’s false surrender.
• Wang Zhifan froze the deputy commander and the two royals to death, then made the surrounding Yin Kingdom soldiers kneel and swear allegiance.

Wang Zhifan oversaw the newly expanded Great Feng, weighing its military threats and shortage of capable officials while struggling with the work of governing. After dismissing a player group’s demand to take over his kingdom, he heard a level 34 Mage player offer to join him as a military adviser.

• Wang Zhifan learned that General Sun and the other commanders had suppressed unrest across the former Yin Kingdom, while the old prime minister asked for more time to inventory Yin Capital’s overflowing storehouses.
• General Sun warned that the Pottery Kingdom might send its Ancestor Pottery against the old capital, but Wang Zhifan predicted a feint and said he would personally lead a campaign if the powerful warriors appeared.
• General Han proposed repairing Yin Capital’s gates and recommended a descendant of their original builder to oversee the work.
• General Liu urged Wang Zhifan to recruit talented people, and Wang Zhifan invited recommendations from within his own country while noting that foreign candidates would wait to see the outcome of a war with the Pottery Kingdom.
• A Mage player returned after his former group rejected Wang Zhifan’s kingdom, offered to join him independently, and asked to serve as a military adviser in exchange for helping win wars.

Wang Zhifan’s newly conquered lands came under a multi-front Pottery Kingdom invasion as player assassins killed or disabled his generals. He personally swept through the invading armies, but when he reached Old Capital and attacked the Ancestor Terracotta Army, the giant beneath him exploded, revealing that the hostile players had laid an ambush.

• Wang Zhifan accepted the young mage into his army under secret surveillance, then learned that the mage had vanished as attacks began across the kingdom.
• Pottery Kingdom declared war, and mysterious player attacks killed General Sun and General Han and left General Liu unconscious; Wang Zhifan ordered the armies to hold and set out personally.
• Wang Zhifan rode the Crimson Deer Horse across the former Yin Kingdom, destroying enemy forces and suppressing a mutinous camp.
• Wang Zhifan reached Old Capital and found that the Ancestor Terracotta Army consisted of giant earth-element entities rather than soldiers inside clay bodies.
• Wang Zhifan landed on an Ancestor Terracotta giant, which exploded beneath him as the young mage and a group of players watched from a nearby mountaintop.

A hunting party believed Wang Zhifan had died in their bombing and surrounded the blast site to claim his equipment. Wang Zhifan revealed he had survived, seized the leader, and froze the attackers as Ancestor Pottery giants began approaching.

• The leader and his companions checked the blast site, then flew in formation to surround the area and prepare for a possible counterattack.
• The group spotted a badly injured figure rise, and a gunner shot him down before the leader threatened him into surrendering his inventory.
• Wang Zhifan vanished from the ground and appeared behind the leader, restraining him with a hand and holding the Ocean Envoy curved saber to his neck.
• Wang Zhifan split the charging Warrior in half and endured the group's gunfire and other attacks without releasing the leader.
• Wang Zhifan used Ice Source Power at maximum intensity to suppress the attackers after noticing twenty or thirty Ancestor Pottery giants moving toward them.