Chapter Summaries

Moss returned to the cave where she had first crossed over, reflected on the world’s special professions, and prepared a new home. After eating the Flame Marsh Lizard’s Magic Core, she activated her Golden Finger talent and began constructing Flame Manipulation.

• Moss returned to her original cave and pieced together what she had learned about the Adventurer's Guild, City Guard, sect, and Qi Cultivators.
• Moss concluded that special professions came from different cultivation methods and decided that researching how to absorb Mana Essence would be important after reaching Silver Rank.
• Moss thanked the three people who had helped her, sent Little Ball to guard the entrance, and expanded the cave into a larger chamber.
• Moss summoned the Flame Marsh Lizard’s corpse, her belongings, and its Magic Core from her Pet Space.
• Moss bit into the Magic Core, which vanished and triggered her Golden Finger, beginning the construction of Flame Manipulation while warning that she needed more energy.

Moss nearly died when her Golden Finger tried to absorb the Flame Marsh Lizard’s mana, but Little Ball fed her its slime and she survived by devouring the lizard. Her talents evolved and she leveled up before falling asleep safely with Little Ball.

• Moss’s Golden Finger consumed her magical essence while trying to convert the Flame Marsh Lizard’s mana, leaving her dangerously weak and ravenously hungry.
• Little Ball gave Moss its mana-rich slime, shrinking as Moss gulped it down and regained enough strength to move.
• Moss tore into the Flame Marsh Lizard and ate more than half of it, replenishing her magical essence as her talents evolved.
• Moss gained the Glutton talent, activated Hibernation, and reached Bronze Level 3.
• Little Ball used its body as a bed for the sleeping Moss, and the pair spent the night safely in the cave.

Moss awakened after a long sleep and reunited with Little Ball, who had watched over and nourished her throughout it. Their bond deepened, but Moss was startled to discover that her body and voice had changed.

• Little Ball kept watch outside the cave, fed Moss water, and absorbed magic essence while she slept.
• A level-up notification awakened Moss from her dreams, and she realized she had returned to reality.
• Little Ball excitedly welcomed Moss, who thanked it for saving her and embraced it as family.
• Moss's Slime Affinity talent changed to Slime Affinity I.
• Moss stood up and discovered that her voice, fur, body shape, limbs, and claws had changed.

Moss discovered that consuming the magic core had transformed her into an adorable, fluffy creature, then found that her Golden Finger had gained the ability to plunder and adapt talents. She wondered if the power would let her become the ultimate life-form.

• Moss used Little Ball's glow and a pool of water to inspect her changed appearance, then reacted with disbelief and laughter as she accepted how cute she looked.
• Moss checked her status panel and saw that her level and several talents had increased, including the new Glutton talent.
• Moss scrolled through countless notifications and found that Golden Finger had activated Talent Plunder and Adaptation, causing a full-body structural adjustment.
• Moss read that Golden Finger could optimize talents and seize abilities from other species while adapting them to her body.
• Moss wondered whether she would become the ultimate life-form that surpassed every species.

After waking in her cave, Moss discovered that nearly three years had passed without her body aging, and suspected her talents had extended her lifespan. She then tested her new Flame Manipulation talent and used Mana Release to try to create fire.

• Moss found the Fire Lizard's bones and scales decayed, but the cave's winter chill made her doubt she had slept for years.
• Little Ball showed Moss more than two hundred tally marks on the cave wall, revealing that it had recorded over two years of days.
• Moss checked her body and found it still young and healthy, then guessed her talent had increased her lifespan.
• Moss decided she no longer needed to risk herself rushing to become stronger, though she still wanted to become human.
• Moss learned that Flame Manipulation could control existing flames but could not generate them on its own.
• Moss activated Mana Release · Flame, attempting to produce fire with her magic power.

Moss tested her Flame Manipulation talent, discovered it could reproduce Explosive Flame, and went searching for food after realizing how hungry she was. As she ate scavenged vegetables by the waterway, a black snake appeared and prepared to attack.

• Moss used Flame Manipulation to unleash powerful flames and experimented with compressing them into an unstable Explosive Flame.
• Moss realized Dormancy had kept her alive by absorbing Mana Essence during her three-year sleep, then decided to find food.
• Moss squeezed out of the cave and found fresh vegetable scraps caught in branches by the waterway.
• Moss ate a piece of radish, but a black snake appeared and confronted her.
• Moss asked the snake to wait until she finished eating, but it hissed and attacked.

Moss roasted and devoured snake meat, then spent two months expanding her cave and training. After defeating a swarm of Black Spiders and reaching Bronze Level 7, she returned to her cave to rest with Little Ball.

• Moss roasted snake meat and ate the entire skewer, discovering that her body digested food almost instantly.
• Moss set to work widening the cave entrance and expanding the interior.
• Two months later, Moss used Fire Style: Great Fire Annihilation to defeat more than a hundred attacking Black Spiders and level up.
• Moss reviewed her status and identified the Black Spider nest, giant lizards, Giant Centipede, and Snake Den as major threats nearby.
• Moss returned to the cave and pounced on Little Ball, settling down to rest.

Moss woke in her cave, checked Little Ball’s progress, and prepared breakfast while reflecting on how their abilities had improved. After Little Ball fetched and purified water, Moss started a vegetable and meat soup, leaving it to boil over flames fueled by her Magic Power.

• Moss woke from her dream training and checked Little Ball’s panel, seeing that it had reached Level 7 alongside her.
• Moss prepared dried snake meat and cleaned herself with her Flame Wrap technique, which she had developed over the past two months.
• Little Ball fetched and purified water for Moss, who praised its rare and useful ability.
• Moss chopped vegetable scraps and asked Little Ball to wash away their dirt and rotten parts.
• Moss used Magic Power to light the stove and began boiling water for vegetable and meat soup.

Moss cooked breakfast, studied the changing creature territories, and hunted mutated frogs and lizards near the eastern pool. After gathering her kills, she dodged a sudden attack and recognized her assailant.

• Moss updated her map and noticed the Black Spiders moving west toward Snake Den, so she decided to avoid the area.
• Moss cooked meat soup with homemade Saltpeter Salt, ate breakfast, and left Little Ball to wash the dishes.
• Moss fought through giant mosquitoes and killed frogs and lizards at the eastern pool, collecting thirteen prey animals.
• A strange attack struck as Moss gathered the meat, but she rolled aside and recognized the attacker.

Moss defeated a Giant Centipede that had recently become a magical creature and sensed that something was happening near the methane pool. As she rushed toward the fighting, the City Guard announced that the World Gate had descended and mobilized its team toward the sewer.

• A Giant Centipede ambushed Moss in the sewer, and she realized the nearby frogs and lizards were surrounding her.
• Moss baited the Giant Centipede into missing with its tail, then burned it and severed its fangs and claws with a flaming sword strike.
• Moss killed the Giant Centipede and found a magic core, which suggested it had only recently become a magical creature.
• Moss sensed chaotic Magic Essence and tremors, then used sonic detection to locate fighting northwest and sprinted toward the cave.
• The City Guard sounded the alarm for the World Gate's descent and assembled a team to head into the sewer.

Sun Lei reunited with Luo Wei and Huo Lian as four City Guard squads assembled to investigate a World Gate. With monsters attacking the city and too few guards available, the captains voted to proceed despite Wang Xian's objections, and Luo Wei led the team into the sewers.

• Sun Lei greeted his former squad leaders Luo Wei and Huo Lian while their squads waited at the chained sewer entrance.
• Sun Lei learned Luo Wei planned to retire after the year, while Huo Lian refused to take over as captain.
• Wang Xian and Li Wen argued over whether four squads should risk handling the World Gate with monsters attacking the city gate.
• Luo Wei proposed a vote, and three captains supported carrying out the mission.
• Luo Wei ordered the chains removed and led the team into the sewers.

Moss escaped her cave after the sewer expanded and realized the World Gate had descended nearby. A massive collapse trapped her underground, and after surviving the falling rocks, she discovered a human lying nearby.

• Moss packed Little Ball into the Pet Space and left the cave as the ground shook.
• Moss found that the sewer had expanded and inferred that the World Gate had descended to the northwest.
• Moss ran south to escape the danger, but the shaking intensified and collapsing rocks blocked the passages.
• Moss used Explosive Flame to blast at a blocked entrance, was struck by rubble, and lost consciousness before surviving between supporting rocks.
• Moss recovered using stored food and wandered through the ruins searching for an exit.
• Moss spotted a creature on the ground and realized it was a human.

Sun Lei and Luo Wei led the City Guard through the sewer toward the World Gate, racing to destroy it before its arrival damaged the underground and the city's defenses. They encountered and defeated a vanguard of thirty Goblins, then prepared to continue deeper.

• Sun Lei warned Luo Wei that the dark, widened sewer passage could conceal an ambush, but Luo Wei explained that they had to hurry to prevent the World Gate from destabilizing the underground and damaging the City Guard Magic Array.
• A scout reported about thirty Goblins ahead, and Luo Wei ordered the team to prepare for battle.
• Sun Lei reassured the frightened Zhao Xiaoqin that the Goblins were manageable and told her to stay with the team.
• The Goblins charged after the City Guard spotted them, and Luo Wei led the main force into battle while Sun Lei's squad and Wang Xian's squad flanked them.
• Sun Lei killed several Goblins with his Battle Qi Slash, and the City Guard quickly defeated the entire group.
• Zhao Xiaoqin praised Sun Lei, and he ordered the team to clean up the Goblin corpses before continuing onward.

Sun Lei recovered from his injuries as the captains argued over whether to continue toward the World Gate. The reconnaissance team’s surviving member returned with news of a massive force of powerful monsters, and the team began to retreat.

• Zhao Xiaoqin healed Sun Lei, who thanked her for protecting him while she was still shaken by the Goblin attack.
• Wang Xian argued that the injured team could not survive another wave, while Li Wen mocked him for being afraid and concerned about money.
• Luo Wei urged the team to find the World Gate before it endangered the City Guard Magic Array, and Sun Lei asked about the missing reconnaissance team.
• Huo Lian fell from space with both arms severed and warned the team to retreat because the reconnaissance team was dead.
• Huo Lian revealed that over a hundred Ogres and Goblin Cavalry were beyond the World Gate, prompting the team to flee.
• A scream announcing an Ogre stopped the team in its tracks.

Luo Wei led the City Guard in a retreat battle against an ogre and more than a hundred Goblin Cavalry riders. As the defenders suffered mounting casualties, he sent Wang Xian away with the Priests and Mages to report the threat while he stayed behind near a prepared trap.

• An ogre and over a hundred Goblin Cavalry riders emerged from the darkness, and Luo Wei ordered the City Guard to form up and retreat.
• Zhao Xiaoqin used Life Burn to empower Sun Lei before she withdrew, and the City Guard unleashed spells as the Goblin Cavalry charged.
• The Goblin Cavalry broke through the shield line, and Sun Lei fought back while the City Guard retreated and lost comrades.
• Luo Wei ordered Wang Xian to withdraw with the Priests and Mages and warn headquarters that the City Guard Magic Array might be damaged.
• Luo Wei watched the ogre following in the distance as a figure quietly told him that the trap was ready.

Luo Wei ordered the survivors to flee as Huo Lian prepared to detonate the sealed area and collapse the World Gate, using the blast to escape the monsters. Li Wen stayed behind to hold off the Goblin Cavalry, and his final strike killed more than a dozen goblins before the detonation erupted.

• Sun Lei and Li Wen continued retreating with the thirteen surviving melee fighters as the Goblin Cavalry closed in.
• Luo Wei ordered everyone to fall back, explaining that Huo Lian would detonate the sealed area to trigger a collapse and shake off the monsters.
• Li Wen stopped to face the Goblin Cavalry, and Luo Wei pulled Sun Lei away, saying Li Wen had no strength left to survive.
• Li Wen unleashed Battle Qi Slash, cutting down more than a dozen goblins before a lance pierced him.
• A tremendous explosion echoed through the sewer.

Sun Lei and the survivors escaped the collapsing passage, but the ogre caught up with them and massacred the group. Sun Lei lost consciousness as Huo Lian and Luo Wei faced the monster in a desperate final stand.

• Luo Wei led the exhausted group out of the collapsing passage, and Sun Lei realized several more teammates had died.
• Huo Lian said she had used a Healing Potion after placing the magic-core bomb, and Luo Wei urged everyone to return to the surface before the World Gate solidified.
• The ogre burst through the rubble and struck the group with its club, scattering Sun Lei and killing the others.
• Sun Lei saw Luo Wei and Huo Lian facing the ogre; the monster killed one of them, and the other charged it and triggered an explosion that knocked Sun Lei unconscious.

Moss healed Sun Lei and realized she could consciously control the balance between her body and talents, allowing her to alter Minor Injury Recovery into Healing Spell. She stayed until Sun Lei woke, then startled him by appearing as a mouse.

• Moss used nearly half her magic power to heal the unconscious Sun Lei and gained the Healing Spell talent by adapting Minor Injury Recovery.
• Moss reasoned that her mind could control the balance between her body and talents, letting her deliberately influence how talents changed within her limits.
• Moss replenished her magic power with jerky and water collected by Little Ball, then decided to wait until Sun Lei woke before leaving.
• Sun Lei woke from a nightmare, discovered his injuries had healed, and called out for help.
• Moss revealed herself to Sun Lei, who shouted, "Monster!!!"

After Moss healed Sun Lei, he asked her to help him find his teammates and offered twelve Bronze Rank magic cores as payment. Moss accepted despite the danger, and the two formed a temporary alliance, with Sun Lei calling her Little Mo.

• Sun Lei awoke, discovered Moss had healed him, and realized she was an intelligent Spirit Beast.
• Sun Lei asked Moss to help him find his teammates and offered her twelve Bronze Rank magic cores.
• Moss weighed the tempting payment against the danger posed by powerful monsters and agreed to help Sun Lei.
• Sun Lei and Moss joined hands in agreement, and Moss accepted the name Little Mo.

Sun Lei and Moss traveled through the sewers after Moss stored their magic cores using Little Ball’s spatial ability. They continued toward the surface, and Moss reassured Sun Lei that she could guide him despite being unsure how much the Realm Gate had changed the routes.

• Moss summoned Little Ball, which swallowed the magic cores and vanished, revealing its spatial ability to Sun Lei.
• Moss guided Sun Lei through the sewers while lighting the way with her flames.
• Sun Lei found a dead City Guard, closed the guard’s eyes, took his tag, and claimed his damaged longsword.
• After nearly two hours of walking, Sun Lei rested and ate an energy bar, then drank water from a flask Moss gave him.
• Sun Lei asked how much farther they had to go, and Moss confidently promised to lead him to the surface before they continued.