Chapter Summaries

After killing the Asenman Chief, Su Xiao scavenged the tribe for food, water, Soul Crystals, and a creature’s fecal powder that could deter predators. He retreated to a cave and fell asleep, leaving his survival in the Black Forest uncertain.

• Su Xiao spotted No-Parachute Bro fleeing the battlefield, but the man ran off a cliff and died.
• Su Xiao removed the spears from his wounds, treated himself, and searched the deserted tribe.
• Su Xiao found Charcoal-Roasted Baro and fresh water in the chief’s tent.
• Su Xiao discovered five Soul Crystals (Medium) and fecal powder that could help keep creatures away from his camp.
• Su Xiao returned to a cave, blocked its entrance with stones, shared food and water with Bubu Wang, and fell into a deep sleep.

Su Xiao woke on the second day of the Survival Trial and discovered that a massive battle between the Yasman Tribe and the Void Insectoid was sweeping across the Red Soil Area. Trapped at the battlefield’s center, he drew his sword and fought through the charging enemies.

• Su Xiao checked the time, noted that 456 contractors remained, and decided he needed to leave the food-scarce Red Soil Area.
• Su Xiao climbed a hillside and saw more than ten thousand Red-Skinned Natives charging against giant Sting Scorpions.
• Su Xiao scanned a Sting Scorpion and learned that the Yasman Tribe and Void Insectoid had fought for more than three hundred years over most of the Red Soil Area.
• Su Xiao realized that enemies were charging toward him from every direction, leaving him trapped in the middle of the enormous battlefield.
• Su Xiao told Bubu Wang to hide, drew Dragon Slayer Flash, and began cutting down Sting Scorpions and Red-Skinned Natives as the two factions collided.

Su Xiao fought through the Red Soil Area’s battle between the Red-Skinned Natives and Sting Scorpions, killing hundreds or perhaps thousands while finding no way to escape. Meanwhile, the Spider Lily Adventurer Team spotted him and recognized him as their mortal enemy, but decided that attacking him immediately would be suicide.

• Su Xiao used Dragon Force and fought off the surrounding Red-Skinned Natives and Sting Scorpions, standing atop a mound of corpses as the natives hesitated to approach.
• Su Xiao unleashed a Blade Glow that cut a passage through the Sting Scorpions, but they quickly filled it again, leaving him trapped in the battle.
• Su Xiao noticed that the Red-Skinned Natives on the battlefield showed fear and pain, unlike the seemingly engineered killing machines he had encountered the previous day.
• The six members of the Spider Lily Adventurer Team watched the battle from a hillside, and Candy spotted Su Xiao fighting among the corpses.
• Cold Moon and the others recognized Su Xiao as their mortal enemy, but Dark-hearted Woman judged that confronting him without an excellent opportunity would be suicide.

Rona and the Spider Lily Adventurer Team reconsidered their revenge against Su Xiao after Dark-hearted Woman’s deductions triggered a taboo warning from Reincarnation Paradise. On the battlefield, Su Xiao gained the Yasman Tribe’s favor and was welcomed into the Red Soil Area.

• Rona watched Su Xiao cut through the Sting Scorpions and decided not to leave the Spider Lily Adventurer Team.
• Dark-hearted Woman reviewed the team’s losses and reasoned that Su Xiao might have a special mission connected to an unusually powerful team member.
• Reincarnation Paradise blocked Dark-hearted Woman’s words, and a blue spot began spreading across the back of her hand.
• Dark-hearted Woman abandoned her revenge plan and told the others her deductions had been wrong.
• After the battle ended, an elderly native welcomed Su Xiao to the Red Soil Area on behalf of the Yasman Tribe, which gained friendly favor toward him.

Su Xiao met Bal, a leader of the Red-Skinned Natives, and went with him to the Yasman Tribe to learn about the Compass and the native people. He discovered that the tribe relied on rapid reproduction to withstand the centuries-long war with the Void Insectoid, and that it had another way to create stronger warriors at the cost of their senses.

• Su Xiao questioned Bal about leaving the Red Soil Area, learned the Compass pointed the way, and agreed to visit the Yasman Tribe.
• Su Xiao followed Bal to the tribe, where returning natives were welcomed by their families.
• Bal showed Su Xiao a couple and their fifteen newborns, explaining that Red-Skinned women commonly bore multiple children to help the tribe resist the Void Insectoid.
• Su Xiao learned that the Yasman Tribe had another method for creating stronger warriors, but it left them bloodthirsty, cold, and dull.

Su Xiao learned how the Compass could lead him out of the Red Soil Area and negotiated with Old Baer for it. Old Baer offered to give him the Compass if he helped seize something from the Zerg's lair, and said he would go with him.

• Su Xiao followed Old Baer to his tribe and learned that the Compass could guide him to the only usable Stone Bridge out of the Red Soil Area.
• Old Baer showed Su Xiao a map of Devouring Island and explained the locations of the Black Forest, the ordinary area, and the Red Soil Area.
• Old Baer recognized the scent of the Blood Vine Warriors on Su Xiao and learned that Su Xiao had killed Barry and the others.
• Old Baer offered Su Xiao the Compass in exchange for helping seize something from the Zerg's lair during a battle planned for three days later.
• Su Xiao refused at first, but Old Baer said he would accompany him to the Zerg's lair.

Su Xiao investigated the Yasman Tribe and suspected its rear mountain held a major secret. At a family gathering, a guard from the mountain convulsed after being given a strange liquid, then erupted in blinding heat that killed his spouse and left a crater.

• Su Xiao agreed to leave with Old Baer in three days and spent the afternoon exploring the Yasman Tribe, where he focused on the mountain behind it.
• Old Baer invited Su Xiao to dinner with his enormous family and served him a cake made from Sting Scorpion brain tissue, which Bubu Wang swallowed whole.
• A Stone Spear Native began convulsing near the rear mountain, and Old Baer gave him a freezing liquid brought from inside the mountain.
• The Stone Spear Native sprang up, glowed with intense heat, and burned his spouse to charcoal when she embraced him.
• The Stone Spear Native exploded in a flash that lit the valley and left a large vitrified crater.

After a Blood Vine Warrior self-destructed, Su Xiao suspected the tribe’s Back Mountain hid the truth about the warriors, but a Reincarnation Paradise warning forced him to hunt a Contractor who had deduced his identity. Dark-hearted Woman fled toward the Red Soil Area’s dangerous center, where Su Xiao pursued her, and the chapter ended as he entered territory patrolled by enormous beasts.

• Su Xiao watched the Red-Skinned Natives disperse after the Stone Spear Native self-destructed and suspected the Back Mountain held secrets about the Blood Vine Warriors.
• Reincarnation Paradise warned Su Xiao that a Contractor had deduced he was a Hunter and ordered him to eliminate the informant within twelve hours.
• Su Xiao obtained food and water from Old Baer, then rode Bubu Wang toward the Hunt Mark.
• Dark-hearted Woman recognized the blue Hunt Mark and fled alone toward the center of the Red Soil Area, hoping to escape into the Black Forest.
• Su Xiao followed Dark-hearted Woman into the Red Soil Area’s central region, where an enormous Azure Python crawled nearby.

Su Xiao encountered Cold Moon’s team while searching for Dark-hearted Woman and attacked them before they could decide what to do. He severed Feng’s arms, pierced her heart, and injured Rona, leaving the confrontation underway.

• Cold Moon’s team debated whether to search for Little Black or leave Red Soil Area, and the vote stood tied until Su Xiao appeared.
• Su Xiao recognized Cold Moon’s group as the team he had encountered before, and they formed up to face him.
• Su Xiao used Shave to rush Feng and severed both her arms and her sniper rifle.
• Su Xiao pierced Feng through the heart and threw her toward the others, causing an explosion that burned Rona.
• Rona charged out of the flames but fell after a hidden electrified wire severed her foot.

Su Xiao fought Cold Moon and her Spider Lily teammates, severing Cold Moon’s arm and forcing the group to prepare for another clash. Rona’s taunt failed to control him, and the chapter ended as Su Xiao’s blade met Cold Moon’s rapier.

• Su Xiao opened fire on Cold Moon, who blocked the bullets with a wind barrier while Rona recovered from her injuries.
• Su Xiao outmaneuvered Cold Moon’s twin-rappier strike, kicked her away, then used the Boundary Severing Thread to retrieve Dragon Slayer Flash after severing her arm.
• Rona urged Cold Moon to flee, but Cold Moon dismissed Su Xiao as fragile and organized the team for another attack.
• Su Xiao questioned the group about a missing companion who had revealed killing intent on the plane, while Blood Rose quietly withdrew from the formation.
• Rona used War Cry, but Su Xiao resisted its taunt effect and clashed blades with Cold Moon as Rona watched in astonishment.

Su Xiao defeated Cold Moon and Rona, but Blood Rose revealed her hidden ultimate skill and stepped forward to fight him. With her strength surging and her blood steadily draining, she faced Su Xiao alone.

• Su Xiao activated Bullhead Lord's Wrath and crippled Cold Moon before using her as a distraction to attack Rona.
• Su Xiao stabbed Rona and choked her unconscious while Cold Moon collapsed, unable to fight.
• Blood Rose caught Rona and ordered Candy to take her and Cold Moon away.
• Blood Rose revealed that she had activated Blood Weeping Rose, an ultimate skill that empowered her until Su Xiao died or her blood ran out.
• Blood Rose said goodbye to Cold Moon and walked toward Su Xiao, who prepared to face her empowered state.

Su Xiao defeated Blood Rose and killed the remaining Spider Lily members, while Bubu Wang stopped their retreat. Dark-hearted Woman revealed herself on a surrounded hillside and prepared for a final confrontation with Su Xiao.

• Bubu Wang blocked Cold Moon, Rona, and Candy as they tried to escape, and Candy charged it after Rona reminded her to use buffs.
• Su Xiao dodged Blood Rose’s spear attacks until she tore out her heart and empowered her final thrust, which Divine Afterglow’s shield blocked.
• Blood Rose’s body shattered after her attack failed, and Su Xiao killed Cold Moon and Rona while Bubu Wang killed Candy.
• Dark-hearted Woman, who had watched the fight from nearby, revealed herself to Su Xiao and said the valley was surrounded.
• Dark-hearted Woman took out lipstick and a mirror as roars sounded around the valley.

As a horde of beasts surrounded Su Xiao, he killed Dark-hearted Woman and discovered that the Primordial Seeds she carried had drawn the creatures to them. Outnumbered on a high slope, Su Xiao fought back with his blade and unleashed a circular Blade Glow when the beasts closed in.

• Dark-hearted Woman refused to reveal the secret she had found in the Red Soil Area as the beast horde closed around her and Su Xiao.
• Su Xiao sent Bubu Wang to escape toward the Yasman Tribe, then killed Dark-hearted Woman and searched her body.
• Su Xiao found three Primordial Seeds, and the approaching beasts fixed their attention on them.
• Su Xiao held the high ground and cut down beasts as they charged, but the enormous horde threatened to overwhelm him.
• After killing a Lion that attacked from behind, Su Xiao sheathed Dragon Slayer Flash and unleashed a circular Blade Glow through the beasts surrounding him.

Su Xiao used Primordial Seeds and Alchemy Bombs to turn the hillside into a killing field, then hid inside a wounded Brute Horn Beast to survive the Dark-hearted Woman’s trap. As the beasts continued fighting below, a massive Pterosaur carried the Brute Horn Beast into the sky, leaving Su Xiao facing a new threat.

• Su Xiao drew the beasts toward a tossed Primordial Seed, then detonated his scattered Alchemy Bombs and wounded the Brute Horn Beast.
• A Two-Headed Hound attacked the Brute Horn Beast, but Su Xiao stabbed it from inside the beast’s abdomen and dragged it in with metallic threads.
• Su Xiao hid inside the Brute Horn Beast and realized the Dark-hearted Woman had used multiple Primordial Seeds to keep the beasts fighting and trap him.
• A giant creature seized the Brute Horn Beast and carried it high above the ground.
• Su Xiao spotted the orange-yellow Pterosaur holding the beast and scanned it with the Havana Eye, horrified by the result.

Su Xiao survived being carried to Bahamut’s mountaintop nest by hiding inside the Brute Horn Beast’s corpse, then clung to the cliff while the adult Bahamuts rested. When the adults flew away, he explored their cave, only to find it empty of treasure and the young Bahamuts still nearby.

• Bahamut brought the Brute Horn Beast to its mountaintop nest and fed its two young, while Su Xiao hid inside the corpse.
• After the adult Bahamut threw the corpse off a cliff, Su Xiao escaped and clung to the mountainside, staying motionless beneath a rock.
• A second adult Bahamut returned, making Su Xiao wait until both adults eventually flew away.
• Su Xiao climbed to the mountaintop and kicked aside the two young Bahamuts when they charged him.
• Su Xiao searched the cave but found only dry grass, then spotted the young Bahamuts fighting over food in a rock crevice.

Su Xiao escaped the Bahamut nest with a Golden Fruit and made his way across the Red Soil Area toward the Yasman Tribe. After thirteen hours of travel, he camped for the night, still intent on investigating the Primordial Seed and the tribe’s Blood Vine Warriors.

• Su Xiao took the Golden Fruit from the Bahamut nest, packed it in an iron box, and escaped down the mountainside using the Boundary Severing Thread and Dragon Slayer Flash.
• Su Xiao decided to return to the Yasman Tribe to investigate its Blood Vine Warriors and the Primordial Seed, and to reunite with Bubutney.
• Su Xiao followed Old Baer’s Compass through the empty central area and drank from a river using an Outdoor Purification Tube.
• Su Xiao considered returning to kill the adult Bahamuts, put away the idea, and continued toward the Yasman Tribe.
• Su Xiao traveled for thirteen hours, reached a sheltered hillside outside the central area, and rested on the third night of the Survival Trial.

Su Xiao reunited with Bubu Wang near the Yasman Tribe, where they cleaned up and recovered from their hunger. He then settled in a cave to concoct the Sun's Gift Fruit before the Yasman Tribe's coming battle with the Zerg, which would let him enter their nest and seek the Compass.

• Su Xiao checked the Sun's Gift Fruit and found it could permanently enhance his health, mana, and elemental resistance, or be refined into a stronger potion.
• Su Xiao traveled to the Yasman Tribe and reunited with the mud-covered, starving Bubu Wang after using a rhythmic signal to draw it out.
• Su Xiao and Bubu Wang bathed at a mountain spring, and Su Xiao caught a Big Bird and cooked a meat-and-vegetable soup for them.
• Su Xiao recovered in a sealed cave while Bubu Wang guarded the entrance, then prepared to concoct the Sun's Gift Fruit.

Su Xiao compounded the Sun's Gift Fruit into a powerful strengthening potion, then experienced a vision of a golden-flamed consciousness that feared him as a Law-Destroying enemy. The next morning, he joined Old Baer and Carlo on their way to the Bug Nest to obtain the Regeneration Egg in exchange for the Compass.

• Su Xiao discovered the Primordial Seed inside the Sun's Gift Fruit and used the fruit and Philosopher's Stone to compound a potion.
• Su Xiao drank the certified potion, gaining increased attributes, resistances, and Neural Reflex Speed, then saw a vision of a golden-flamed woman who warned him to leave her planet.
• Su Xiao decided he needed Old Baer to explain the clues and planned to leave the Red Soil Area before the sixth day of the Survival Trial.
• Su Xiao and Bubu Wang visited Old Baer as the Yasman Tribe prepared for its usual territorial conflict with the Void Insectoid.
• Old Baer asked Su Xiao to help obtain the Regeneration Egg from the Bug Nest in return for the Compass and introduced his trusted subordinate Carlo, who could speak some adventurer's language.

Su Xiao negotiated with Old Baer and Carlo to enter the Zerg Bug Nest and obtain the Regeneration Egg, securing a promise that the Compass would be his after they crossed the Explosion Zone. The trio reached the Zerg’s rear as the battle began, but still had to cross the deadly minefield to reach the Hive.

• Su Xiao inferred that Old Baer had encountered contractors before, then resumed discussing the plan to enter the Bug Nest with him and Carlo.
• Old Baer explained that the only route to the Bug Nest crossed the Explosion Zone, where buried Explosion Ants could detonate beneath travelers.
• Su Xiao demanded the Compass after crossing the Explosion Zone and threatened to end their cooperation; Carlo agreed to the terms on Old Baer’s behalf.
• The group set out as Old Baer’s fourth son led the main force into battle, and Old Baer warned Su Xiao not to bewitch himself when they met the Zerg Queen.
• After detouring around the battlefield, Su Xiao, Old Baer, and Carlo reached the Zerg’s rear and saw five Bug Nests, with the Regeneration Egg inside the largest, the Hive.
• Old Baer identified the Hive’s defenses and the trio prepared to cross the Explosion Zone to reach it.

Su Xiao, Old Baer, Carlo, and Bubu Wang crossed the Explosion Zone on their way to the sealed Bug Nest, where Old Baer hoped to obtain the Regeneration Egg. As hundreds of Sting Scorpions attacked, Su Xiao unleashed Ring Break and froze the surrounding enemies in place.

• Carlo led the group through the Explosion Zone, repeatedly stepping on Explosion Ants and regenerating with Old Baer's red liquid until he had used all five chances.
• Su Xiao marked their route with gunpowder for Bubu Wang to track, and Old Baer took over scouting when Carlo could go no farther.
• Old Baer split off five fingers that grew into vine figures to scout through the unusually dense Explosion Ants, leaving two figures when the group reached the zone's far edge.
• Old Baer revealed that he sought the Regeneration Egg to avoid the Blood Vine Warriors' fate of self-detonation, then gave Su Xiao a Compass as hundreds of Sting Scorpions closed in.
• Su Xiao drew Dragon Slayer Flash, used Ring Break, and left the Sting Scorpions around the group frozen in place.