Chapter Summaries

Su Xiao allied with Old Baer and fought through the Sting Scorpions to enter the Hive in search of the Regeneration Egg. Inside, Arena rank eight Ada declined the Zerg Queen’s request to stop them, then set off to meet the intruders.

• Su Xiao’s powerful slash killed hundreds of Sting Scorpions, and Old Baer offered him two Soul Crystals (Medium) and revealed a Hidden Mission about the Sun Tribe.
• Su Xiao accepted Old Baer’s offer, and Old Baer and Carlo joined him as he cleared a path through the Sting Scorpions.
• Bubu Wang’s Snow Goddess Aura cooled Old Baer and restored his strength, while Old Baer used his plant-altering attacks to help the group break through.
• Old Baer used Sun’s Radiance to burn hundreds of Sting Scorpions as Su Xiao cut open the Hive wall and led the group inside.
• Ada refused the Zerg Queen’s request to stop the intruders and went to face them, describing herself as a specialist in Luck attributes.

Su Xiao fought his way through the Hive while trying to reunite with Old Baer and Carlo, but a swarm of Zerg forced them apart again. He stumbled into a steel corridor and learned that he had reached No.3 Spaceship, whose Core Energy could be recovered.

• Su Xiao found traces of Old Baer and Carlo’s earlier fight among the insect eggs, then encountered a powerful Elite Sting Scorpion guarding the Zerg Queen.
• Old Baer and Carlo arrived while pursued by ten Elite Sting Scorpions and five Flying Mantises, so Su Xiao and Bubu Wang immediately ran instead of holding them off.
• Su Xiao, Bubu Wang, Old Baer, and Carlo fled through the Hive as Su Xiao threw Superior Alchemy Bombs at their pursuers.
• The maze-like passages split the group again, separating Su Xiao from Bubu Wang and Old Baer from Carlo.
• Su Xiao reached a steel corridor and received a prompt that he had arrived at No.3 Spaceship and could recover its Core Energy.

Su Xiao discovered that the Zerg Queen had fled to the planet to escape a powerful Void pursuer, then sold the spaceship’s Core Energy for 12% World Source. As he fought two Elite Sting Scorpions inside the Hive, a string of bizarre accidents seemed to target him.

• Su Xiao confronted the Zerg Queen through a Screen, learned she feared a woman covered in golden flames, and removed the spaceship’s Core Energy.
• The Zerg Queen, Ya, recalled the Sword Demon’s devastating attack on her home and planned to migrate once Rat Lord left the planet.
• Su Xiao sold the Core Energy and gained 12% World Source.
• Two Elite Sting Scorpions attacked Su Xiao, while falling debris, exploding equipment, and other mishaps repeatedly disrupted his fight.
• Su Xiao injured one Sting Scorpion and threw the other into a wall, then dodged an iron beam that fell toward him.

Su Xiao killed seven Elite Sting Scorpions with a newly developed vibrating blade technique, then encountered Ada, an Arena top-ten contractor whose aura had caused his string of misfortunes. Their fight began with Ada’s Fate Mist Aura inflicting heavy True Damage, and Su Xiao prepared Destiny Redemption after their first exchange.

• Su Xiao spent 1,000 Mana to make Dragon Slayer Flash vibrate at high speed and cut through seven Elite Sting Scorpions, earning three Purple Treasure Chests.
• Ada revealed herself and recognized Su Xiao as Arena rank ninth, while he noted that he had faced top-ten opponents three Derivative Worlds earlier.
• Ada explained that her Aura had caused Su Xiao’s thirty-seven consecutive misfortunes and activated Misfortune Overdraft and Fate Mist, which inflicted up to 10 points of True Damage per second.
• Su Xiao charged Ada, but the floor broke under his foot and Ada’s punch sent him crashing into the metal wall.
• Su Xiao recovered, produced Destiny Redemption, and prepared to continue the fight against Ada.

Su Xiao fought Ada, whose luck-draining aura and death-substitution ability let her survive repeated fatal attacks. With Destiny Redemption wearing off and Ada running low on revivals, they remained locked in combat aboard the spaceship.

• Ada put on black gloves and charged Su Xiao, but he evaded her close-range attacks and cut her in half.
• Ada’s death-substitution ability turned her apparent corpse into a Scarecrow, and she attacked Su Xiao from behind.
• Su Xiao chased Ada and severed her legs with Boundary Severing Thread before decapitating her, but she revived again.
• Ada retreated as Su Xiao inferred that she had nearly exhausted her revivals, then a pipe exploded beside him and Fate Mist dealt him true damage.
• Destiny Redemption’s effect ended, while Ada remained wary of Su Xiao’s vital-point slashes and Blue Steel Shadow energy.

Su Xiao defeated Ada after her Luck ran out, but the Zerg Queen intervened and revived her with a Regeneration Egg. The Zerg Queen and Ada retreated while Su Xiao broke free of her control and fought off the Sting Scorpions.

• Ada's Luck expired after Su Xiao dismantled the spaceship, and he shot her repeatedly as she fled.
• Su Xiao caught up with Ada and shot her in the throat and heart, leaving her close to death.
• The Zerg Queen burst through a wall, revived Ada with a Regeneration Egg, and tried to control Su Xiao.
• Ada and the Zerg Queen retreated while the Zerg Queen struggled to restrain Su Xiao's consciousness.
• Su Xiao broke free and destroyed the Sting Scorpions that swarmed him with a ring-shaped Blade Glow.

After driving Ada and the Zerg Queen away, Su Xiao tested Bubu Wang’s ability to evolve by eating an Elite Sting Scorpion, then opened three Purple Treasure Chests and the Chief's Package. Restored by Sunlight Essence, he heard a furious voice and discovered Old Baer fighting Carlo.

• Su Xiao made Bubu Wang eat half an Elite Sting Scorpion, triggering attribute increases and a slight enhancement to Full Speed Charge.
• Su Xiao opened three Purple Treasure Chests and obtained Paradise Coins, a Soul Crystal (Medium), Hard Carapace, Curved Claw Blade, and Phantom Demon Stone.
• Su Xiao opened the Chief's Package and obtained Sunlight Essence, Barry's Diary, and Primordial Seed.
• Su Xiao drank the Sunlight Essence to restore his HP after his battles with Ada and the Sting Scorpions.
• Su Xiao heard a furious voice and found Old Baer fighting Carlo.

Old Baer learned that Carlo had devoured his son’s consciousness and attacked him, while Su Xiao watched without intervening. As the fight continued, Su Xiao read Barry’s Diary, hoping to uncover secrets about the Yasman Tribe.

• Old Baer asked Carlo whether his son’s consciousness remained, and Carlo said he had devoured it long ago.
• Old Baer charged Carlo in grief, and Carlo unleashed Wrath of the Sun.
• Su Xiao and Bubu Wang watched from a passageway, while Ada and Bug Girl spotted Su Xiao and retreated toward the lower levels of the Bug Nest.
• Old Baer called for Su Xiao’s help, but Su Xiao only encouraged him and continued watching.
• Su Xiao wondered why Carlo had mentioned Paradise, then stopped watching the battle and began reading Barry’s Diary.

Su Xiao read Barry’s diary and pieced together how the Yasman Tribe’s Ritual created the Blood Vine Warriors, then chose to side with Old Baer against Carlo. He shot Carlo as Old Baer moved to block him.

• Su Xiao read Barry’s diary, learning that the Yasman Tribe’s Sacred Land held a Ritual that created Blood Vine Warriors and that Barry’s own Ritual had only half succeeded.
• Su Xiao concluded that Carlo had become half a plot character and half a Contractor, and that Old Baer had likely arranged Barry’s downfall.
• Carlo offered Su Xiao benefits to help kill Old Baer, while Old Baer claimed he had obtained the Regeneration Egg.
• Su Xiao fired at Carlo and shattered one of his arms, rejecting his appeal and warning him about revealing too many secrets.
• Old Baer laughed and blocked Carlo as Carlo charged toward Su Xiao.

Su Xiao forced Old Baer to honor his promise by planting thousands of bombs in his body, and Old Baer agreed to let him witness the Yasman Tribe’s Ritual. The chapter revealed that Primordial Seeds were tickets needed to enter the Black Forest, while Ada and Bug Girl decided to face Reincarnation Paradise together.

• Su Xiao and Old Baer killed Carlo, and Su Xiao crushed Carlo’s head after he hinted at the Survival Trial.
• Old Baer used the Regeneration Egg to recover from his critical condition while Su Xiao spread thousands of Micro Bombs through his body.
• Ada and Bug Girl discussed Reincarnation Paradise, and Bug Girl revealed she had accepted its offer and would leave with Ada in six days.
• Old Baer agreed to take Su Xiao to witness the Yasman Tribe’s Ritual, knowing Su Xiao could detonate the bombs inside him.
• Old Baer told Su Xiao that Primordial Seeds were tickets to the Black Forest and that entering without enough of them meant certain death.

Su Xiao and Old Baer escaped the Hive and discussed the Yasman Tribe’s origins as Guardians and the approaching Cold Disaster. Their journey toward the Ritual was interrupted by a group of hungry Contractors, whose leader backed down after Iron Master ordered him to leave Su Xiao alone.

• Su Xiao and Old Baer left the Explosion Zone, and Old Baer revealed that the Zerg Queen planned to leave because the Cold Disaster was approaching.
• Old Baer explained that the Blood Vine Warriors were created to face the Cold Disaster, not the Zerg, and that the Yasman Tribe had come from the Void to guard something on the island.
• Su Xiao asked why the Yasman Tribe did not enslave the Zerg to produce Regeneration Eggs, and Old Baer warned that the cost was too high unless the Cold Disaster did not come.
• Su Xiao noticed an approaching Armored Vehicle carrying Contractors, including Old Black and Iron Master.
• Old Black wanted to take Su Xiao and Bubu Wang’s food, but Iron Master ordered him to leave them alone, and Old Black obeyed.

Su Xiao and Old Baer reached the Yasman Tribe, where Old Baer prepared to perform a ritual that could restore an armless youth’s limbs and help complete Su Xiao’s Hidden Mission. The ritual began in the tribe’s ancient Sacred Land, but the chapter ended before its outcome was revealed.

• Iron Master spotted Su Xiao’s growth weapon, Dragon Slayer Flash, but Old Black fled with his group after seeing Su Xiao’s intimidating status information.
• Su Xiao and Old Baer continued to the Yasman Tribe, where Old Baer selected the armless youth Tino Masen Qiqi Bachi for the ritual.
• Old Baer led Su Xiao and the youth into a hidden cave beneath the Back Mountain, and Su Xiao gained 3% World Source upon entering the ancient Sacred Land of the Sun Tribe.
• Old Baer anesthetized the youth with a spike, placed him on a stone platform, and brought out ritual tools as Su Xiao and Bubu Wang watched.

Old Baer performed a ritual on the one-armed boy, placing a Primordial Seed and a Soul Crystal in his chest. The boy transformed into Sun Woman, who confronted Su Xiao and revealed that the Yasman Tribe had come from the Void to guard something on Devouring Island.

• Old Baer performed a ritual that opened the boy's chest and used Blood Vines to keep him alive.
• Old Baer placed a rooted Primordial Seed and a Soul Crystal in the boy's chest, and the boy unexpectedly opened his eyes and moved.
• The boy transformed into a woman who called herself Sun Woman, shattered the stone platform, and confronted Old Baer for bringing Su Xiao to the Sacred Land.
• Sun Woman recognized Su Xiao as a Law-Destroying madman, while Su Xiao prepared to flee with Bubu Wang if necessary.
• Su Xiao realized the Yasman Tribe had come from the Void to guard something on Devouring Island and had encountered Sun Woman, the enormous Blood Vine beneath the Red Soil Area.

Su Xiao learned that the Sun Woman had empowered the Asenman with Primordial Seeds while draining the Blood Vine Warriors, and she proposed joining forces against the coming Cold Disaster. He agreed to enter the Black Forest with her people, despite the mission’s extreme danger and the involvement of two other contractors.

• Su Xiao pieced together the Sun Woman’s bargain with the Asenman and offered to spare her if she pledged allegiance to him.
• The Sun Woman warned Su Xiao that the Black Forest’s Undead and monsters would soon emerge and that the Cold Disaster would begin in five days.
• Su Xiao learned that the Death Land mission required him to enter the Black Forest carrying many Primordial Seeds.
• The Sun Woman agreed to help keep Su Xiao safe if he took her people with him, including Old Baer and two contractors from Su Xiao’s world.
• Su Xiao accepted the Sun Woman’s terms and prepared to face the Black Forest’s dangers.

Su Xiao and Old Baer prepared to enter the Black Forest, but the Contractors blocking the Stone Bridge stood in their way. After watching them kill Old Black’s group, Su Xiao began picking off the attackers with Spider Queen.

• Sun Woman modified the Primordial Seeds and gave Su Xiao fifteen to protect him in the Black Forest, while Old Baer agreed to join the expedition.
• Su Xiao and Old Baer gathered supplies and traveled toward the Stone Bridge, resting overnight in the Red Soil Area.
• Su Xiao and Old Baer reached the bridge and found Contractors from the ordinary zone preventing people from leaving the Red Soil Area.
• The bridge attackers overwhelmed Old Black’s group, killed Iron Master, and argued among themselves.
• Su Xiao shot the Sniper with Spider Queen and aimed at one of the Mages across the bridge.

Su Xiao ambushed the contractors blocking the Stone Bridge, then revealed his swordsmanship and charged them head-on. The contractors braced for a melee as he began his full-speed attack.

• Su Xiao shot and killed several contractors from across the bridge, while the Archer prepared to counterattack.
• The Squad Leader ordered the contractors to charge across the bridge, and Su Xiao wounded the Archer with a burst of shots.
• Su Xiao handed the Spider Queen to Bubu Wang and left Old Baer behind because Old Baer could not fight yet.
• Su Xiao rushed onto the Stone Bridge and struck the Main Tank’s shield with a Blade Glow, revealing that he was not a Sniper.
• The Squad Leader rejected any thought of negotiation, and Su Xiao accelerated into a full-speed charge against the contractor squad.

Su Xiao fought the Contractees blocking the Stone Bridge, turning their control skills against them and cutting down most of the group with Ring Break. With four enemies left, he charged at the Ice Mage, who prepared to unleash an advanced ability, but Su Xiao suddenly vanished.

• An enemy's Golden Energy Spear restrained a Contractee after Su Xiao caught and redirected it, and Su Xiao beheaded him.
• Su Xiao broke the Strong Man's shin and killed him, then dodged the Big Hammer's strike and shattered the Ice Mage's incoming ice spike.
• The Ice Mage trapped Su Xiao's legs in ice, but Su Xiao drew Dragon Slayer Flash and unleashed Ring Break, killing or maiming several Contractees.
• Su Xiao shattered the ice and charged the Ice Mage as two Contractees escaped by gliding off the cliff and the remaining four prepared to fight or flee.
• The Ice Mage activated Ice Soul as Su Xiao charged, but Su Xiao suddenly vanished from in front of him.

Su Xiao defeated the adventurers blocking the Stone Bridge, killing the Ice Mage and Big Hammer and shooting down the Gloomy Leader. He captured the fleeing Healer and made her heal the Gloomy Leader so he could question him about why they had blocked the bridge.

• Su Xiao stabbed the Ice Mage with Blue Steel Shadow energy, then dodged Big Hammer's swing and let the Warhammer crush the Ice Mage's pelvis.
• Su Xiao shot the fleeing Healer and riddled the Gloomy Leader with bullets while Big Hammer hesitated to use Berserk.
• After the Gloomy Leader urged him to fight, Big Hammer transformed with Berserk, but Su Xiao stabbed him, severed his limbs, and beheaded him.
• Su Xiao chased down the Healer and brought her back to the Stone Bridge, where he ordered her to heal the dying Gloomy Leader.
• Su Xiao asked why the group had blocked the bridge, then threatened to keep the Gloomy Leader alive for questioning.

Su Xiao learned that Contractors could strip Reincarnation Marks from the dead and collected several from the bridge-blocking team. After killing the survivors, he took their supplies and prepared to travel in their Armored Vehicle.

• Su Xiao captured the wounded Archer and forced Healer to explain that the team had blocked Stone Bridge to obtain Reincarnation Marks.
• Su Xiao stripped a Reincarnation Mark from Gloomy Leader's corpse and found seven more among the Contractors' bodies.
• Su Xiao killed Archer and Healer, then confirmed that Healer's Reincarnation Mark had dissipated.
• Su Xiao inspected the Armored Vehicle and loaded it with food, water, and other supplies.
• Old Baer sat amazed in the rear of the Armored Vehicle as Su Xiao prepared to travel.

Su Xiao stole a purple airdrop box by catching it on his armored vehicle and driving away with it. Rat Lord watched the theft and decided to make the next drop harder, while he also threw an unnamed contractor from the plane as bait.

• Su Xiao drove across the grassland with Bubu Wang and Old Baer, who estimated they would meet the two Sun Woman faction contractors within two days.
• Rat Lord dropped a purple airdrop box, drawing nearby contractors into a race to claim it.
• Su Xiao drove into the crowd, knocked a contractor aside, caught the box on the armored vehicle's roof, and bound it in place with Boundary Severing Thread.
• The other contractors attacked Su Xiao's vehicle, but he escaped with the airdrop box as they watched in frustration.
• Rat Lord saw Su Xiao take the box and vowed to make the next airdrop heavier and remove its parachute.
• Rat Lord threw an unnamed contractor from the plane with a flare attached, and contractors below rushed toward the signal.