Chapter Summaries

Hao Ren, Vivian, and Lily watched the Demon Stone break free of its failing restraints, shatter the chamber’s seal, and empower the undead guards. As the hall collapsed and a hole opened to the surface, Nangong descended on a rope.

• Hao Ren recognized the black crystal as the Demon Stone, and the Data Terminal refused to send reinforcements.
• The shaking hall caused the chains and claws holding the Demon Stone to break, and the crystal fell to the ground and glowed red.
• The Demon Stone’s red halo shattered the chamber’s Runes of Leta, allowing hordes of strengthened undead suits of armor to enter.
• A falling stone slab clipped Lily’s tail as part of the ceiling collapsed and exposed a hole leading to the surface.
• Vivian scattered the dust, then a rope dropped through the opening and Nangong slid down into the hall.

Hao Ren, Vivian, and Lily encountered Nangong in the Underground Palace as hundreds of undead armors closed in. Nangong’s Demon Hunter equipment proved ineffective, and Hao Ren tried to knock him unconscious just as a voice in his mind criticized his use of an object.

• Nangong blasted through the Underground Palace ceiling and descended into the hall, where he found Hao Ren, Vivian, and Lily surrounded by undead armors.
• Nangong attacked the armors with exorcising powder, silver arrows, and a Rune of Leta, but his attacks only briefly stunned them.
• Nangong assembled a large crossbow, then discovered he had no bolts for it.
• Vivian prepared to fight, but Hao Ren stopped her and crept behind Nangong with a hard object.
• Hao Ren struck Nangong on the back of the head as a voice in his mind said he was using something incorrectly.

Hao Ren, Vivian, and Lily fought through the undead guards in the Underground Palace and escaped to the surface with the unconscious Nangong and the monk. The Demon Stone was brought up too, though Lily’s huge jump left her bouncing helplessly above the hole.

• Hao Ren knocked out Nangong and the Indian monk with the Data Terminal, then a brick.
• Vivian and Lily fought the reassembling undead armor while Hao Ren decided they had to leave the underground hall.
• Vivian carried the unconscious Nangong and monk to the surface, then flew Hao Ren out of the hole.
• Vivian ordered Lily to carry the Demon Stone up, and Lily jumped out of the hole clutching it.
• Lily bounced above the hole and called for help landing, so Vivian flew up and kicked her.

Hao Ren, Vivian, and Lily tried to contain the awakened Demon Stone while undead guards emerged from the Underground Palace. Vivian’s ritual went awry, and a demon spoke to them from above.

• Hao Ren learned that the Demon Stone had marked everyone near its red glow, so fleeing would not keep them safe from its master.
• Vivian decided to use her blood to block the stone’s aura while Lily guarded against the approaching undead.
• Lily flattened the first undead knight with a huge granite slab and howled at the moon.
• The Demon Stone erupted with red light during Vivian’s ritual, and a demon spoke from above in a language Hao Ren could not understand.

A demonic force erupted from the Demon Stone and opened a fiery gate above the castle, while Vivian summoned a blood moon to suppress its power. A towering demon descended, then used a metal plate to ask Hao Ren if he was his landlord.

• The Demon Stone released a shock wave that scattered Vivian’s blood mist and caused the sky to fill with burning clouds.
• Lily fought off the frenzied undead guards as Vivian prepared to unleash her full power against the approaching demon.
• A strange silver moon turned blood-red, and its light confused the undead and appeared to suppress the demon’s power.
• A five-meter-tall demon emerged from the gate and landed in the castle ruins.
• The demon spoke incomprehensibly to Hao Ren, then used a metal plate to ask, “Yu're my landlor'?”

After the blood moon vanished, the demon disabled the demonic power that had animated the Underground Palace’s undead armor and revealed itself as Hao Ren’s new tenant. Hao Ren pieced together how his arrival had triggered the castle’s defenses, though he was still exasperated by the Data Terminal’s idea of a meeting notification.

• Vivian’s fall ended the blood moon, and the demon extinguished the flames and demonic power that had stirred the undead armor, causing the guards to collapse.
• The demon tried speaking to Hao Ren in Chinese, setting sparks on his hair, so Hao Ren used the Data Terminal to obtain demon-language translation.
• Hao Ren learned that the demon was his new tenant, had arrived at Yuefu'erde Castle half a month earlier, and had borrowed the ancient Demon Stone as a doorbell.
• The demon explained that it had been sleeping in an alternate dimension and awakened only after the stone sensed Hao Ren nearby.
• Hao Ren deduced that his arrival had triggered the Underground Palace’s defenses and Angus’s obstruction.
• The Data Terminal told Hao Ren that the meeting sensation had been a loud boom in his head, leaving him annoyed that it had given no warning.

Hao Ren met Izax, a demon from another universe who had been assigned as a new tenant, and learned that he was seeking a quiet place to live. As dawn approached, Izax shrank to a manageable size, leaving Hao Ren to take him back.

• Izax introduced himself to Hao Ren and explained that he wanted somewhere to live quietly.
• Hao Ren brought Vivian and Lily over to meet Izax, and Lily recoiled from his fiery smile.
• Izax explained that he came from another universe and had been assigned to a containment site in Hao Ren’s universe.
• Hao Ren realized dawn was approaching and worried about how to transport the enormous demon.
• Izax shrank into a rugged giant nearly two meters tall, surprising Hao Ren by revealing he could transform.

Hao Ren learned that Izax had caused the town’s first mysterious fire when he arrived on Earth, then watched the demon erase the ruined castle and Underground Palace with a meteorite. The group fled the impact site as the castle became a crater, and Nangong woke up just as they prepared to leave.

• Hao Ren asked Izax about the fire seen near the castle, and Izax admitted he had caused it by landing in the wrong place after arriving on an immigrant ship.
• Vivian pointed out the destruction at the castle ruins, and Izax told the others to move away before he dealt with it.
• Hao Ren and the others relocated, and Vivian brought the unconscious Nangong and Indian monk from their camp.
• Izax pulled a meteorite from the Kuiper Belt and struck the castle, Underground Palace, and surrounding high ground, leaving a burning crater.
• Izax teleported beside Hao Ren and explained that the meteorite had a manganese core, while Hao Ren decided they should leave and let British astronomical experts explain the impact.
• Nangong woke up near Hao Ren and asked what had happened.

After Yuefu'erde Castle was destroyed by a meteorite, Hao Ren covered up what had happened and returned to London with the others. The group rested at an inn, where Hao Ren connected to a call with Raven 12345.

• Hao Ren convinced the newly awakened Nangong that a meteorite had destroyed the castle and that the group had escaped when the Underground Palace collapsed.
• Nangong guessed that something deeper in the Underground Palace had controlled the undead, while the arriving townspeople gathered around the crater and speculated about the impact.
• Hao Ren, Vivian, and Lily returned to Brusar, and Nangong traveled with the still-unconscious Indian monk.
• Hao Ren, Vivian, Lily, and Izax checked on Angus, who was recovering in bed and had not told anyone what happened.
• The group returned to London, found an ordinary inn, and Hao Ren connected to a call with Raven 12345.

After completing the mission in Britain, Hao Ren brought Izax back to China and introduced him to the house where he would live. Izax settled in as a new tenant, while Hao Ren anticipated the surprises he would face in the unusual household.

• Hao Ren reported the mission to Raven 12345, who praised his performance and promised him military merit.
• Raven 12345 quickly produced Izax’s missing entry and exit paperwork and urged the group to return home.
• Hao Ren returned to China with Izax and wondered whether Nangong might eventually investigate what had happened.
• Hao Ren showed Izax their house, where Izax said he hoped to live quietly and peacefully.
• Izax watched Vivian clean the house and learned that she did the chores in exchange for rent, leaving him with more to get used to.

Hao Ren arranged for Izax to take Vivian’s sunny upstairs room while Vivian moved into the basement. As they sorted Hao Ren’s childhood belongings, Vivian noticed something unusual about a diamond-shaped piece of iron.

• Roll arrived at Hao Ren’s house and met Izax, who recalled that his former pet had been a giant Demon Hound he called a cat.
• Lily welcomed Roll and introduced her as second-in-command, while Izax asked Hao Ren to show him a room where he could sleep.
• Vivian offered her room to Izax and asked to move into the basement because she preferred to avoid sunlight.
• Hao Ren and Vivian cleaned the basement and completed the room swap, then sorted through Hao Ren’s old belongings.
• Vivian’s expression changed when Hao Ren found a diamond-shaped piece of iron covered in crooked symbols.

Hao Ren showed Vivian an old iron piece whose markings she vaguely recognized from at least eighteen hundred years ago, then finished preparing the basement for the new tenants. At the Earth Branch Office, he asked Raven 12345 for a way to protect himself on future missions, but she warned that power would require hard training and asked whether he still wanted a Cultivation Manual.

• Vivian examined the iron piece Hao Ren had kept since childhood and said its markings seemed familiar from at least eighteen hundred years ago.
• Hao Ren and Vivian finished clearing the basement, which Vivian happily accepted as her room.
• Hao Ren judged that Izax was adjusting peacefully to life with the household and traveled to the Earth Branch Office to see Raven 12345.
• Raven 12345 requested a detailed report, and Hao Ren recounted the Britain mission, including the undead beneath Yuefu'erde Castle and the Demon Hunter Nangong.
• Hao Ren asked for combat power or a way to protect himself, and Raven 12345 explained that learning magic required extensive study and training before asking whether he still wanted a Cultivation Manual.

Raven 12345 told Hao Ren that cultivation manuals would not make him powerful overnight, gave him a mental reinforcement device, and assigned him to train in the Dream Plane. After an Arcane Servant summoned her away, Hao Ren stayed behind and approached the holographic display on her desk.

• Raven 12345 explained that Hao Ren needed to train his mind to control his enhanced body and abilities, then gave him a pill that reinforced his mental world.
• Raven 12345 described training in the Dream Plane as a way for Hao Ren to learn survival and adaptation, and Hao Ren reluctantly agreed.
• An Arcane Servant arrived, and Raven 12345 left the room after saying she had something else to give Hao Ren.
• Hao Ren wandered around the room, noticed the holographic image above Raven 12345's Data Terminal, and approached it to take a look.

Hao Ren received a spaceship ignition key from Raven 12345 and learned that his immunity to certain magic might be connected to the Dream Plane. Raven 12345 agreed to install language packs for his tenants, leaving Hao Ren to face another session in the Adjustment Pod.

• Hao Ren peeked at Raven 12345's Data Terminal and saw her pinned post asking how to act like a God.
• Raven 12345 gave Hao Ren a spaceship ignition key and trainee pilot training card, though the spaceship had not been approved.
• Hao Ren told Raven 12345 about his immunity to Vampire Blood Magic and the Runes of Leta, and she suspected it was related to the Dream Plane.
• Raven 12345 told Hao Ren to investigate the Dream Plane himself rather than explaining more.
• Raven 12345 offered to install language packs for Hao Ren and his tenants in the Adjustment Pod, and Hao Ren realized he would have to lie in it again.

Hao Ren returned home with ribs and told Izax that Raven 12345 had arranged a procedure to give him built-in translation. During dinner, Lily suddenly lost control of her strength, and her glowing eyes and trembling hands left the household facing an unexplained anomaly.

• Hao Ren arrived home with ribs for dinner and found Izax studying a Chinese dictionary.
• Hao Ren told Izax that Raven 12345 had arranged a minor operation to give him, Vivian, and Lily built-in translation.
• Vivian served dinner, and Izax obediently washed his hands after she gestured toward the washroom.
• Lily crushed a plate and then a bowl while reaching for food, insisting she had not meant to and could not control her strength.
• Hao Ren noticed Lily's golden eyes glowing brightly and her hands trembling.

Lily suddenly lost control of her strength and began trembling, apparently reacting to Vivian’s blood moon. As the group struggled to keep her safe through the night, Lily knocked herself unconscious before Hao Ren could tell her that the Data Terminal had a way to help.

• Lily’s trembling hands crushed porcelain, and she accidentally threw Hao Ren into Vivian before damaging the sofa.
• Vivian examined Lily but admitted she did not know how to treat a sick werewolf, while Izax also had no solution.
• Lily blamed her symptoms on seeing Vivian’s blood moon, and Vivian said its moonlight might have affected her.
• Hao Ren decided they should contact Raven 12345, but Vivian warned that taking Lily outside before morning could worsen her condition.
• Izax suggested restraining or knocking Lily out, and Lily punched herself unconscious just before Hao Ren mentioned the Data Terminal’s remedy.

Hao Ren, Vivian, and Izax found Lily’s werewolf condition worsening, so Izax used a soy-sauce teleportation array to take them to Wangba Tuozi for treatment. They arrived safely, and Hao Ren led Lily toward the place where Raven was supposed to help her.

• Hao Ren, Vivian, and Izax found Lily awake in werewolf form, confused and increasingly hostile toward Vivian.
• Lily recognized Hao Ren and asked him to take her to a doctor, while her instincts grew stronger and she crawled under the table to gnaw on a leg.
• Izax prepared a teleportation array using soy sauce and explained that they all had to travel together before Roll licked up the runes.
• Izax activated the array and sent the group to Wangba Tuozi, where Hao Ren recovered from the dizzying trip.
• Lily asked about the floating house, and Hao Ren pointed out an old Chinese doctor’s advertisement and said they had arrived at their destination.

Hao Ren brought Lily to Raven 12345 as her condition worsened, and Raven discovered that nightmares had triggered an impending Werewolf evolution. Lily began to regain some composure, but she still faced a dangerous transformation period.

• Hao Ren brought Lily, who was growling, chewing furniture, and unable to speak, to Raven 12345's office for help.
• Raven 12345 calmed Lily and questioned her about visions of a red moon and people melting into seawater.
• Raven 12345 explained that disaster-related illusions in the Subconscious Layer had frightened Lily in her sleep and caused her power to run wild.
• Raven 12345 revealed that Lily was about to undergo Super Evolution after being stimulated by Vivian's moonlight.
• Hao Ren focused on helping Lily safely endure her evolution period after learning her symptoms were part of a normal Werewolf awakening.

Raven 12345 put Lily in a Body Adjustment Pod to stabilize her until her Werewolf transformation, then had Hao Ren, Vivian, and Izax undergo adjustments to install translation abilities. Hao Ren lost consciousness and dreamed of a threatening shadow before Raven wondered aloud whether she had pressed the wrong button.

• Raven 12345 placed Lily in a Body Adjustment Pod and explained that it would keep her mind stable until she could safely release her transformation in the wilderness.
• Vivian warned Hao Ren that fully transformed Werewolves were dangerous, while Hao Ren looked forward to seeing Lily's wolf form.
• Raven 12345 produced three more Adjustment Pods and offered to install translation abilities directly into their minds.
• Vivian and Izax entered their pods, and Hao Ren climbed into his after Raven threatened to put him in herself.
• Hao Ren dreamed of familiar scenery beside water and a massive shadow rising beneath it before the adjustment left him in darkness.
• Raven 12345 wondered whether she had pressed the wrong button after a red light appeared.

Hao Ren woke from a brief nightmare influenced by the Dream Plane, learned more about the Data Terminal’s vast communications networks, and watched as Raven 12345 finished the adjustments. The chapter ended with Lily emerging from her pod in human form.

• Hao Ren told Raven 12345 about his nightmare, and she warned him to strengthen his mind through Dream Plane training.
• Hao Ren explored the Data Terminal’s network modes and read messages about events and requests for help across the universe.
• Raven 12345 finished adjusting the equipment and told Hao Ren that Lily had awakened first.
• Lily crawled out of her Adjustment Pod in human form.