Chapter Summaries

Su Xiao opened an airdrop, gained supplies and equipment, and continued searching for the two Contracted Ones linked to Sun Woman. He found them fleeing a pride of lions and drove the beasts away, leaving the pair alive.

• Su Xiao opened the airdrop and obtained food, water, Soul Crystals, Adrenaline, and Tactical Boots, which he equipped.
• Su Xiao drove through the ordinary area for two days, fighting hostile Contracted Ones and collecting Reincarnation Marks.
• Old Baer sensed that the two Contracted Ones they sought were nearby, and Su Xiao heard them fleeing from a pride of lions.
• The male Contracted One and the young girl ran toward Su Xiao, recognizing him as the person Sun Woman had told them to find.
• Su Xiao charged into the pride, killed many lions, and forced the rest to retreat with his aura.

Su Xiao and the others received a map of the Black Forest from a Giant in exchange for an untreated Primordial Seed, then gathered to prepare for crossing the forest. On the seventh day of the Survival Trial, the group set out with Little Confused and No-Parachute Bro still controlled by Sun Woman.

• Su Xiao demanded that the contractors hand over their Primordial Seeds, and No-Parachute Bro gave an untreated one to a Giant who had approached them.
• The Giant swallowed the seed and left a map of the Black Forest, which Su Xiao studied with Old Baer and the others.
• Old Baer introduced himself as Bal, while Little Confused and No-Parachute Bro gave their names and roles to the group.
• Su Xiao recognized No-Parachute Bro from their earlier fall from the sky, and Bubu Wang greeted the assembled contractors.
• The group prepared to enter the Black Forest on the seventh day of the Survival Trial, with Sun Woman's vines controlling Little Confused and No-Parachute Bro.

Su Xiao’s group chose Little Confused as their leader, though she proved unable to drive the armored vehicle and No-Parachute Bro took over. When contractors ambushed them on the road, Little Confused began buffing Su Xiao, who charged in and killed the attackers.

• Su Xiao and Old Baer backed Little Confused as leader, and she agreed to set out with the group.
• Little Confused tried to drive the armored vehicle, but her inexperience forced No-Parachute Bro to take the wheel.
• Little Confused asked which attributes and buffs suited Su Xiao, then recorded his preferences in a notebook.
• When attackers struck the vehicle, Little Confused cast buffs while Su Xiao fired on the contractors hiding behind a boulder.
• Su Xiao split the boulder with Dragon Slayer Flash and killed the contractors behind it.

Su Xiao and his companions reached the Black Forest and entered through a gap Old Baer burned into its deadly mist. Inside, they learned their route would take them across the forest, and Old Baer revealed that Sun Woman had concealed the truth about their journey.

• Su Xiao quickly killed the contractors who tried to attack the armored vehicle, then the group drove to the Black Forest’s entrance.
• Su Xiao decided they could not take the vehicle into the forest, and Old Baer carried the supplies while No-Parachute Bro led the way.
• Su Xiao discovered that the black mist decomposed anything that touched it, and Old Baer burned an opening through the mist so the group could enter.
• The group crossed the threshold as the mist closed behind them, and Su Xiao used a Primordial Seed to protect himself from the forest’s escalating corrosion.
• Su Xiao warned No-Parachute Bro about a poisonous bug, which corroded Su Xiao’s dagger, and Old Baer showed them their route across the forest.
• No-Parachute Bro questioned whether they could make the trip in time, and Old Baer explained that they could leave from the far side and accused Sun Woman of hiding the truth about the map.

Su Xiao and his companions crossed the Black Forest, where Old Baer explained what little he knew of its dangers and led them toward the ruins. After hours of eerie quiet, Su Xiao realized unseen things were following them and had driven away the surrounding wildlife.

• Old Baer explained that the group was relatively safe for now, then identified a distant roar as an Undead and led everyone deeper into the Black Forest.
• Su Xiao walked toward a herd of more than three hundred rhino-like beasts, and they fled from him in panic.
• The group reached ruins and found an Asenman stone tablet that Old Baer could only partly read: “Thirteenth Star, of Cold, experiment, failure...”
• Bubu Wang sensed something strange, and Su Xiao explained that he understood the dog by reading his eyes.
• After five hours of travel through unnatural silence, Su Xiao warned that unseen things were following them and had scared away the wild beasts.

Su Xiao’s group encountered a monstrous Wild Boar while heading through the Black Forest toward the Dark King. After they attacked him, Wild Boar revealed he could lead them to the Dark King, whom he wanted to help them kill.

• Su Xiao saw that the final phase of the hidden mission required killing the Dark King before he fully awakened, and the group continued through the only open path.
• The group found Wild Boar eating a human arm, and he revealed that he was an old Contractor who had failed to explore the Black Forest.
• Wild Boar insulted the group and threatened them, so Su Xiao attacked while No-Parachute Bro held him in place and Little Confused buffed Su Xiao.
• Su Xiao pierced Wild Boar’s body and skull, but Wild Boar remained alive and said he had not felt pain for years.
• Wild Boar offered to lead Su Xiao to the Dark King, explaining that he had become a monster because of him and wanted to die.

Su Xiao parted ways with Old Baer’s group and teamed up with Wild Boar, who offered to help him find the Dark King in exchange for Reincarnation Marks. Wild Boar hoped the deal would let him regain his Contract Holder status and escape the Black Forest.

• Wild Boar told Su Xiao that five Contract Holders had entered the black fog, and that only he and Toma remained alive.
• Su Xiao chose to pursue the Dark King rather than accompany Old Baer’s group to Skeleton Cave, and the two groups separated.
• Old Baer revealed that he had planted tens of thousands of bombs inside himself and set off with No-Parachute Bro and Little Confused.
• As Su Xiao followed Wild Boar through the Black Forest, Wild Boar admitted he had likely been waiting for him and offered to find the Dark King for five Reincarnation Marks.
• Su Xiao agreed to the trade, and Wild Boar said he hoped to recover his Contract Holder status and return to Reincarnation Paradise.

Su Xiao reached the Source of Black Mist and woke the Dark King, Minas, who emerged from the shaft in a weakened state. After examining Minas’s abilities, Su Xiao realized he needed to deal with him before his awakening progressed.

• Su Xiao withheld five Reincarnation Marks from Wild Boar until Wild Boar led him to the Dark King, then paid him after a rock woke Minas below the shaft.
• Bubu Wang taunted Minas from above, nearly fell under his control, and later urinated into the shaft to provoke him.
• Minas climbed out of the shaft and demanded to know where Bubu Wang was, while Su Xiao drew his weapon and examined Minas with the Havana Eye.
• Su Xiao learned that Minas was only 29% awakened, had 70% health, and could not yet use some of his most powerful abilities.
• Su Xiao read that Minas awakened by 2% each hour and feared the danger he would pose once his abilities fully awakened.

Su Xiao fought Dark King Minas, whose defenses and strength vastly surpassed his own, and used Blue Steel Shadow energy and a left-handed feint to blind one of Minas’s eyes. The battle continued with Su Xiao controlling the pace and targeting Minas’s remaining blind spot.

• Su Xiao struck Dark King Minas’s neck with Dragon Slayer Flash, cutting him but failing to sever his head before the wound healed.
• Su Xiao decided to wear Minas down with repeated slashes that let Blue Steel Shadow energy burn his Mana.
• When Minas seized Su Xiao’s right wrist, Su Xiao switched the blade to his left hand and thrust toward Minas’s eye.
• Su Xiao used Boundary Severing Thread to halt Minas’s retreat and stabbed one of his eyes blind before both fighters pulled away.
• Su Xiao moved toward Minas’s blind side and feinted a charge, keeping control of the battle’s rhythm while avoiding Minas’s grasp.

Su Xiao fought the Dark King by exploiting its limited vision, but the awakened creature caught him and repeatedly smashed him into the ground, leaving him gravely injured. As the Dark King prepared another attack, a flaming meteorite descended toward them.

• Su Xiao used feints and shots to maneuver around the Dark King's blind spot, then slashed it repeatedly and drove Blue Steel Shadow energy into its wounds.
• Su Xiao avoided the Dark King's Roar and stabbed its left eye, but the blinded Dark King crushed his shoulder and grabbed him.
• Su Xiao severed the Dark King's left arm with a lightning-charged strike, but the Dark King kept hold of his other shoulder and smashed him against the ground several times.
• The Dark King pinned Su Xiao down as purple light gathered across its chest, while Su Xiao struggled to move with broken ribs and severe injuries.
• A flaming black meteorite descended from above toward Su Xiao and the Dark King.

Su Xiao survived the Dark King’s Dark Meteor with two protective shields and used Bubu Wang’s barking to distract the blinded foe while attacking from behind. He defeated the Dark King, who accepted its loss, and stabbed it in the throat with Dragon Slayer Flash.

• The Dark King struck Su Xiao and retreated as its Dark Meteor crashed into the ground.
• Su Xiao emerged unharmed from the crater after Divine Afterglow and Shelter shielded him from the impact and Demon Flame.
• Bubu Wang repeatedly drew the blinded Dark King’s attention while Su Xiao attacked it from behind and avoided its swings.
• The Dark King failed to demonize itself and collapsed, then acknowledged its defeat without begging for mercy.
• Su Xiao stabbed the Dark King in the throat, and Blue Steel Shadow energy made it stop moving.

Su Xiao killed Dark King Minas and hid in a shaft in the Black Forest while recovering from his severe injuries. As the Undead overran the ordinary area, Rat Lord held them at the Stone Bridge until the trial ended with thirty-six Contracters alive.

• Su Xiao killed Dark King Minas, gained World Source and a Demon Box, and absorbed the demon's power to raise his Demon Mark to Lv.7.
• Su Xiao and Bubu Wang hid in a shaft, where Su Xiao spent nearly three days recovering from his injuries while the trial continued.
• The Undead flooded the ordinary area, but Rat Lord stopped them from crossing into the Red Soil Area until the three-hour delay ended.
• Thirty-six of the five hundred and one Contracters survived the upheaval; No-Parachute Bro, gravely wounded beside Old Baer's corpse, blamed Little Confused for hiding the truth.
• Su Xiao waited in the shaft until the Survival Trial ended with thirty-six Contracters still alive.

After the Survival Trial ended, Su Xiao reached a boarding point and confronted Little Confused, who revealed she was an assassin disguised as a Healer. Back in Reincarnation Paradise, Su Xiao was promoted to Second Order and received a choice of rewards for completing three Hidden Missions.

• Su Xiao and Bubu Wang traveled under the invincible shield and stealth effects to a boarding point by the island's edge.
• Little Confused met Su Xiao at the beach, admitted she had wanted to kill him, and revealed her assassin skills despite posing as a Healer.
• Su Xiao and Little Confused boarded the aircraft and returned to Reincarnation Paradise, where he received 14 attribute points and 18,000 Paradise Coins.
• Reincarnation Paradise promoted Su Xiao to Second Order, removed his attribute restraints, and raised his Arena ranking to 50,000th.
• Reincarnation Paradise judged Su Xiao's three-part Hidden Mission completion as 89% and offered him six possible rewards.

After recovering from his injuries and sleeping for nearly a day, Su Xiao spent his attribute points pushing Strength and Agility to 50 and chose powerful new rewards for each. He prepared to raise Intelligence next, uncertain whether his body would survive another enhancement.

• Su Xiao used the recovery function to heal his injuries for 8,000 Paradise Coins, then slept until Bubu Wang woke him.
• Su Xiao ate at Xia's Restaurant and went to the Attribute Enhancement Hall with 22 attribute points to spend.
• Su Xiao tried to raise Strength, Agility, and Intelligence to 50 simultaneously, but the enhancement pod warned that his body could not withstand it.
• Su Xiao enhanced Strength to 50 and chose Arrogant Lord, gaining resistance to control skills based on Strength checks.
• Su Xiao enhanced Agility to 50 and chose Hyper-Speed Reflexes to improve his neural reaction speed.
• Su Xiao prepared to enhance Intelligence to 50 and worried that the process might kill him.

Su Xiao enhanced his attributes, chose a rare Willpower reward, and sorted through the spoils from his trial world. He opened a Demon Box and put several items up for sale, then faced a timid buyer after Burning Demon Heart failed to attract interest.

• Su Xiao assigned seven attribute points to Intelligence and chose the Blood Song Shadow reward, gaining 12 Willpower.
• Su Xiao enhanced his remaining point in Stamina, reviewed his attributes, and returned to his Exclusive Room with Bubu Wang.
• Su Xiao opened the Demon Box and obtained Burning Demon Heart, a ticket to the IV Demon Modification Institute, but decided against using it.
• Su Xiao rented a stall and sold Hard Carapace for 4,000 Paradise Coins and Shattered Elf for 17,000 Paradise Coins.
• After Burning Demon Heart attracted no buyers for three hours, a timid young man asked Su Xiao to lower its price, and Su Xiao prepared to offer it for 100,000 Paradise Coins.

Su Xiao sold the Burning Demon Heart, earned a large profit from selling Intermediate Alchemy Bombs, and returned to his Exclusive Room to unlock a new Shadow of Law Destruction skill. After punishing Bubu Wang for chewing up the sofa, he began the skill-unlocking process.

• Su Xiao sold the Burning Demon Heart to the Crossdresser for 12,000 Paradise Coins, and the Female Captain warned the Crossdresser that demon modification required costly Soul Crystals and had a low survival rate.
• Su Xiao crafted and sold all forty-seven Intermediate Alchemy Bombs, earning 11,750 Paradise Coins in net profit.
• Su Xiao returned to his Exclusive Room, where he discovered that Bubu Wang had chewed the center out of the sofa.
• Su Xiao made Bubu Wang repent for damaging the sofa, then prepared to unlock a new Shadow of Law Destruction skill using 20,000 Paradise Coins and ten medium-grade Soul Crystals.

Su Xiao entered the inheritance hall to unlock a new Shadow of Law Destruction ability, and Marvin Waltz explained that mastering it required surviving a deadly Blue Steel Shadow energy pool. Su Xiao jumped in and began constructing an energy sphere while sinking, with ten minutes to complete it or die.

• Su Xiao met Marvin Waltz in the hall and asked him about the Sun Woman, whom Marvin had once drained of most of her energy and spared.
• Marvin led Su Xiao to a pool of pure Blue Steel Shadow energy and explained that it could strengthen his power and rapidly restore his Mana.
• Marvin revealed that the core ability carried an eighty-five-percent death rate, but Su Xiao decided to risk it rather than abandon the Shadow of Law Destruction.
• Su Xiao jumped into the pool, where his Mana repeatedly recovered and transformed into Blue Steel Shadow energy that formed an energy sphere near his heart.
• Su Xiao sank to the pool's bottom as he struggled to control the energy and build the sphere, with ten minutes left before he would die.

Su Xiao completed the dangerous construction of Devour Core and gained a powerful ability to absorb High-Level Life Energy, though Marvin Waltz warned him about the Blade Demon. Back in his Exclusive Room, Su Xiao considered how to develop his Sword Master skill and improve Dragon Slayer Flash.

• Su Xiao completed Devour Core despite the energy sphere battering his soul, and it exploded before reconstructing itself near his heart.
• Su Xiao learned that Devour Core could absorb High-Level Life Energy to strengthen Blue Steel Shadow, and Marvin Waltz said its suction force matched that of the First Generation Shadow of Law Destruction.
• Marvin Waltz warned Su Xiao to stay clear-minded while absorbing energy and not become the Blade Demon before Su Xiao was teleported back to his Exclusive Room.
• Su Xiao decided to save his three medium Soul Crystals for Sword Master, which was Level 21 and would require 90 medium Soul Crystals to reach Level 30.
• Su Xiao judged Dragon Slayer Flash's Purple Quality inadequate against powerful enemies and decided that it needed improvement.

Su Xiao bought a low-rated Purple Quality blade and used it with the Curved Claw Blade to advance Dragon Slayer Flash to Dark Purple Quality. The weapon’s enhancement level fell to +7, but its attack power and sharpness increased, and Su Xiao kept Shadow Dance Break.

• Su Xiao learned that advancing Dragon Slayer Flash to Dark Purple Quality would lower its enhancement level.
• At the Trading Market, Su Xiao found a Refined Steel Blade and bought it for 20,000 Paradise Coins.
• Su Xiao returned to his Exclusive Room and sacrificed the Refined Steel Blade and Curved Claw Blade to Dragon Slayer Flash.
• Dragon Slayer Flash advanced to Dark Purple Quality, while its enhancement level dropped from +8 to +7 and its +2 sharpness attribute disappeared.
• Su Xiao rejected the offered replacement abilities and kept Shadow Dance Break on Dragon Slayer Flash.

Su Xiao enhanced Dragon Slayer Flash to +10 using a Phantom Demon Stone, greatly strengthening its attack and Shadow Dance Break effects. He entered the Second Order Arena to test the weapon and opened a match against a fire Mage.

• Su Xiao brought Dragon Slayer Flash and a Phantom Demon Stone to the Equipment Enhancement Hall and successfully enhanced the weapon to +8 and then +9.
• Su Xiao continued the enhancement and successfully raised Dragon Slayer Flash to +10, then removed and saved the unconsumed Phantom Demon Stone.
• Su Xiao checked Dragon Slayer Flash's improved attributes and headed to the Arena to test its power.
• Su Xiao entered an individual Arena match against a female fire Mage, charged forward with Shave, and slashed at her.