Chapter Summaries

Fan An recounted how the Dragon Palace destroyed his family and career, then described being abducted and used in the Oil Mill Boss’s experiments. The experiments gave him monstrous powers, and after devouring his fellow captives, he faced the boss as the Secret Door opened.

• Fan An’s efforts to have the court suppress the Dragon Palace ended in a disastrous campaign, and the young emperor stripped him of office after the defeat.
• Fan An survived the Dragon Palace’s slaughter of his family, wandered to Shannan Town, and was later drugged by Boss Xu and imprisoned in a secret chamber.
• Boss Xu injected Fan An and the other captives with a black potion and examined them as their strength grew.
• Fan An discovered he could transform and sensed the same dormant power in the four other captives.
• Fan An pierced the other cages with tendrils and devoured the four captives, then smiled greedily at Boss Xu as he entered.

Fan An led a horde of infected Clear Breeze Stronghold fighters against the fleeing Hundred Rivers Sect convoy, while Tie Jingang stayed behind to hold them off. Ling Xin and several students arrived to help, and the group prepared to face the remaining zombies together.

• Fan An defeated the Third Head with his tendrils and silver spear, then infected him and pursued the Hundred Rivers Sect convoy with a zombie army.
• Tie Jingang used his grenades to destroy many pursuing zombies, then fought the survivors with his shotgun and axe.
• Fan An ordered the remaining zombies to attack Tie Jingang, but Ling Xin arrived and cut the Third Head in half with the Demon-Breaking Golden Edge.
• A purple-haired young man, Lao Miao Miao, Lu Fei, and Xiao Tian joined the fight and attacked the zombies.
• Tie Jingang warned the students about the danger, and Lu Fei explained that the other students were evacuating while their group had volunteered to help.

Luo Jun rejoined the fleeing students, then secretly returned toward Shannan Town to assess the danger threatening his teachers and classmates. He found them battling a regenerating eight-armed monster and realized the frail old man behind it might be the real Virus Progenitor.

• The students discovered Luo Jun was missing, but he returned before Li Xinyu and Qian Dong could search for him.
• Li Xinyu organized the group to hide and wait for Teacher Tie and the others before continuing south toward Yunzhou City.
• Luo Jun secretly left the group and headed north, prepared to intervene if his teachers and classmates were in danger.
• From a hillside, Luo Jun saw Tie Jingang and the others fighting a huge eight-armed monster that regenerated its severed limbs.
• Luo Jun noticed a withered old man behind the battle and questioned whether the old man, rather than the monster, was the Virus Progenitor.

Tie Jingang and the others fought an eight-armed virus monster while Lei Tianyang prepared a powerful attack. After they finally destroyed it, Fan An revealed that the battle had bought time for a vast horde from Shannan Town to approach.

• The Third Head's remains absorbed nearby zombie corpses and formed an eight-armed virus monster that protected Fan An.
• Tie Jingang, Lao Miao Miao, Ling Xin, Lu Fei, and Xiao Tian struggled to hold the monster back while Lei Tianyang prepared an electric attack.
• The monster broke through their defenses and charged at Lei Tianyang, but a series of powerful light projectiles blasted it apart.
• Lei Tianyang struck the remaining tendrils with Heavenly Thunder, burning them to charcoal and apparently killing the monster.
• Fan An applauded and said the Third Head had bought enough time, then Lao Miao Miao spotted a vast horde of people and mutants approaching from Shannan Town.

Fan An injected the Eternal Virus original solution and absorbed the infected horde, then survived Luo Jun’s bombardment and manifested powerful Gang Qi. He targeted Luo Jun on the hillside, triggering a mission to defeat the Virus Progenitor.

• Tie Jingang and the others attacked Fan An, but he escaped into the zombie horde and injected the Eternal Virus original solution.
• Fan An connected more than ten thousand infected with tendrils and drained their nourishment to fuel his evolution.
• Luo Jun fired Crisscross’s Mechanical Giant Cannon at the horde, reducing it to smoking remains.
• Fan An rose from the wreckage, injured Lao Miao Miao’s Treasure Tool projection, and shattered Ling Xin’s Demon-Breaking Golden Edge with his Gang Qi.
• Fan An formed black flesh wings and flew toward Luo Jun, triggering the mission to defeat the Virus Progenitor.

Luo Jun fought the Virus Progenitor with the Longitudinal and Horizontal Giant Cannon, but its defenses, resilience, and speed let it survive and close in. As Luo Jun faced the monster at close range with only eight dice uses left, Tie Jingang led the others away rather than risk the students in the battle.

• Luo Jun accepted the mission to kill the Virus Progenitor, but the Dice of Heavenly Secrets marked the kill as a Mandatory Event that could not be determined.
• Luo Jun used light shells and then an armor-piercing bullet to hit the Virus Progenitor, breaking through its Gang Qi but failing to deal enough damage.
• Luo Jun fired an armor-piercing bullet followed by a light shell, badly injuring the Virus Progenitor, which rapidly repaired itself.
• The Virus Progenitor dodged Luo Jun's next shots, closed in, and forced him to abandon the cannon and evade its tentacle attack.
• Tie Jingang refused Xiao Tian and Lao Miao Miao's calls to help Luo Jun and led the group toward the southern forests.

Luo Jun fought the Virus Progenitor, using traps and Flame Turrets to expose its weakened body while preparing the Longitudinal and Horizontal Giant Cannon. The Progenitor struck back before Luo Jun could aim the cannon, and Luo Jun’s attempt to dodge failed.

• The Virus Progenitor questioned Luo Jun’s identity, dismissed his warning about a nearby master, and attacked.
• Luo Jun dodged the Progenitor’s strikes and used Dice Dodge to escape a net of multiplying tendrils.
• Luo Jun placed five Flame Turrets, then used two Entangling Turrets to trap the Progenitor long enough to weaken its Gang Qi with repeated blade strikes.
• Luo Jun activated all five Flame Turrets, setting the Progenitor ablaze while its Gang Qi was down.
• Luo Jun rushed to aim the Longitudinal and Horizontal Giant Cannon, but a tentacle shot from the flames and his dice-assisted attempt to dodge failed.

Luo Jun survived the Virus Progenitor’s infection and realized his body was already immune to its Corpse Poison. He wore down the monster with relentless attacks, trapped it with his Flame Turrets, and finished the chapter bombarding its charred remains with the Longitudinal and Horizontal Giant Cannon.

• The Virus Progenitor’s bone-spur pierced Luo Jun’s arm, and he failed to cut off the infected limb with the Azure Dragon Crescent Blade.
• Luo Jun used the Heaven Returning Mirror to heal his arm and purge the virus, then charged the Virus Progenitor and discovered its poison could not infect him.
• Luo Jun drove the weakened monster back to the hillside and trapped it inside an Earth Barrier with five Flame Turrets.
• Luo Jun held the Virus Progenitor in the flames until its tissue was burned away, then set up the Longitudinal and Horizontal Giant Cannon and ordered the Dice of Heavenly Secrets to judge its death.

After killing the Virus Progenitor, Luo Jun returned to Shannan Town and met the Tomb King at a ruined temple. As he set off to find his classmates, Liu Moyean attacked him, accusing him of causing the town’s destruction.

• Luo Jun collected his mission reward, spent Attribute Points, and found Shannan Town deserted and burning.
• Luo Jun found ordinary clothes and went to the ruined Mountain God Temple, where the Tomb King was waiting.
• Luo Jun discovered hateful writing carved into the temple wall and, after the Tomb King located the main group, destroyed the temple and its inscription.
• Liu Moyean confronted Luo Jun, blamed him for unleashing the Evil Toxin, and attacked; Luo Jun tried to catch her sword bare-handed as dice spun before him.

Luo Jun defeated Liu Moyean in Shannan Town, healed her, and explained that he had already destroyed the monster that devoured the town. After he left, Tie Jingang reunited with the others and urged them to flee from the Virus Progenitor.

• Luo Jun caught Liu Moyean’s sword, survived her attacks, and broke through her Ten Steps Killing Formation, knocking her through a house.
• Luo Jun pulled Liu Moyean from the rubble and treated her wounds while explaining that he had destroyed the monster in Shannan Town.
• Liu Moyean described how a mutated rabbit had led her to investigate Shannan Town, then apologized after Luo Jun challenged her assumptions about righteous and evil cultivation.
• Luo Jun departed on the Mechanical Warhorse, leaving Liu Moyean to wonder whether he was a senior expert from Gongshu Valley.
• Tie Jingang reunited with Li Xinyu and the others, warned them about the powerful Virus Progenitor, and led them south through the mountains toward a small town.

After fleeing Shannan Town, Tie Jingang and the students rested in Anping Town while he waited for news of the town and the Eternal Virus. A traveler reported that a mysterious expert had destroyed the Virus Progenitor, and Tie Jingang learned that bandits were taking their lost horse chariots south toward Anping Town.

• Tie Jingang sent a carrier pigeon to Tongda Town with a concise report about Shannan Town, then rested while students guarded the inn.
• A traveler arrived and reported that Shannan Town had burned and emptied, and that a mysterious expert had killed the black monster and burned its remains.
• Tie Jingang heard the traveler's account and was relieved to learn the Virus Progenitor appeared to be dead.
• The traveler told Tie Jingang that Mountain Bandits had taken the horse chariots south and were likely still approaching Anping Town.
• Tie Jingang gathered Ling Xin, Lu Fei, and the others, telling them they might recover their luggage.

The Hundred Rivers Sect escort recovered its carriages from mysterious men who vanished in black flames, then reached Yunzhou City to contact its branch. Hou Song welcomed the group and warned them about the city’s diverse communities and customs as they arrived at the sect’s office.

• Tie Jingang approached five men escorting the missing carriages, but they fled, leaving behind a charred scrap that Xiao Tian said had burned with black flames.
• Tie Jingang inspected the carriages and cargo, then led the group back to Anping Town, where he received the sect’s instruction to continue the mission without worrying about Shannan Town.
• The group traveled on to Yunzhou City, where Tie Jingang explained that they would report to the sect branch and gather information before continuing their journey.
• Li Xinyu used the sect’s connections to get the group and its cargo through the city gate with a reduced tax, and Hou Song introduced himself as the branch’s person in charge.
• Hou Song guided the group past the Southern Borderlands and highland districts, warning them about local customs and taboos.
• Hou Song led the group to the Hundred Rivers Sect’s Yunzhou office and called for help carrying their luggage.

Luo Jun used a game-console treasure item to entertain the male students at the Hundred Rivers Sect, drawing nearly the whole dorm into a late-night gaming session. As the boys began betting on Lu Fei and Xiao Tian’s fighting-game match, Lao Miao Miao quietly remembered something she had overheard Ling Xin say.

• Luo Jun showed Zhao Jian, Xu Yiming, and Lu Fei a game console that could increase cultivation through completed games, and the four began playing together.
• Students from the neighboring rooms came to complain about the noise, but Zhao Jian invited them in to play, and soon nearly all the boys crowded into the room.
• Xiao Tian arrived with his long hair wet and challenged Lu Fei to a match in Fighting Emperor after criticizing the boys for neglecting cultivation.
• Luo Jun set up the match and opened a betting pool, while the boys excitedly placed bets on Lu Fei, Xiao Tian, or a draw.
• In the female dormitory, Lao Miao Miao ignored her friends’ questions and thought about something she had overheard Ling Xin say.

Ling Xin and Lao Miao Miao suspected that Night had secretly protected their group using the Ling Family’s Cinerary Urn, and Lao Miao Miao began searching for his identity among the students. She ended the chapter wondering whether Luo Jun was Night after connecting his unusual collection of Treasure Tools to the clues.

• Ling Xin questioned students about strange behavior during the Shannan Town outbreak, then told Lao Miao Miao she suspected the mysterious expert and the Mountain Bandits were connected.
• Ling Xin explained that the Mountain Bandits might have been Undead Warriors summoned by the Cinerary Urn, which the Ling Family had given to the mysterious expert who saved her.
• Lao Miao Miao spent the night considering which male student could be Night and asked her roommates to name the strongest boys in their internship group.
• Lao Miao Miao heard that Ye Zichen had skipped the internship for special training and wondered whether Night had disguised himself as a student under a similar-sounding name.
• Lao Miao Miao recalled Lu Fei mentioning Luo Jun’s high-grade expansion slot and rare Treasure Tools, and began to suspect that Luo Jun was Night.

Hou Song and Tie Jingang sent Hundred Rivers Sect a detailed report about the Eternal Virus, then Tie Jingang confiscated the students’ game console for staying up to play and gamble. After returning to his dormitory, he took out the console and asked the other team leaders if they had played Furious Dragon Quick Strike.

• Hou Song and Tie Jingang reviewed the report and learned that Lao Xu had been stationed at the hidden post in Shannan Town, where the first infected person appeared.
• Tie Jingang added Lao Xu to the report as a possible lead, and the group sent their findings to Hundred Rivers Sect headquarters.
• Tie Jingang caught Lu Fei, Xiao Tian, Luo Jun, and the other boys playing a game and gambling in the dormitory, then confiscated Luo Jun’s console.
• Tie Jingang returned to his dormitory with Li Xinyu, Qian Dong, and Song Shan, but struggled to sleep.
• Tie Jingang took the console out of his Hundred Treasure Box and asked the others if they had played Furious Dragon Quick Strike.

Lao Miao Miao tested Luo Jun over details from the Amusement Park Mission but left believing he was not Ye. Luo Jun realized she suspected Ye had taken his appearance and used the Dice of Heavenly Secrets to recover memories from the first five reincarnations.

• At breakfast, Lao Miao Miao questioned Luo Jun about their first meetings and the number of times they reincarnated in the Chaos Amusement Park.
• Luo Jun denied remembering the amusement park, and Lao Miao Miao left without revealing her suspicions.
• Luo Jun realized Lao Miao Miao suspected Ye had impersonated him and wondered what had exposed him.
• Luo Jun used the Dice of Heavenly Secrets to recover memories from the first five Amusement Park Mission reincarnations, eventually succeeding.
• Lao Miao Miao told Ling Xin she had wondered whether Ye had taken Luo Jun's appearance, but Ling Xin dismissed the idea after seeing Luo Jun's expression.

Luo Jun’s forgotten memories of five amusement-park loops returned, but he could not work out why recalling them triggered a tenfold Severity Coefficient. At breakfast in Yunzhou City, he learned that constables had arrested Hou Song on suspicion of murdering Great Shaman Wujida, leaving Tie Jingang’s group to seek help from Lord Lu.

• Luo Jun remembered fragments of his first five amusement-park loops and received 1,000 experience points for an event with a tenfold Severity Coefficient, though he could not identify what had caused it.
• Zhao Jian returned to the dining hall and told everyone that constables were taking Hou Song away.
• The lead constable accused Hou Song of murdering Great Shaman Wujida, citing old disputes and claims that Hou Song had shown interest in the bride.
• Tie Jingang and the others challenged the arrest, but Hou Song agreed to go to the yamen rather than risk harming the Hundred Rivers Sect’s position in Yunzhou City.
• Tie Jingang asked Liu Si to contact Lord Lu, and she left with several disciples to make arrangements.

After Hou Song was arrested over the murder of Wujida, Luo Jun reasoned that Lord Lu had detained him to draw Hundred Rivers Sect into the investigation and find the real killer. Liu Si, Luo Jun, and Tie Jingang prepared to ask Lord Lu to let them help.

• Liu Si reported that Hou Song was imprisoned and that Lord Lu faced pressure from the Southern Borderlands People to identify Wujida's killer before the burial.
• The students objected to the possibility that innocent suspects would be handed over, while Liu Si explained the danger of provoking the Southern Borderlands People or resisting the imperial court.
• Luo Jun inferred that Lord Lu had arrested Hou Song to recruit Hundred Rivers Sect's help in solving the murder, since the other suspects had stronger grudges against Wujida.
• Luo Jun outlined plans ranging from finding the killer to secretly rescuing Hou Song or breaking him out, and Tie Jingang chose to ask Lord Lu for permission to investigate.
• Liu Si, Luo Jun, and Tie Jingang set out to meet Lord Lu, while Li Xinyu was told to contact the sect and the other students were ordered to wait.

Luo Jun used the Dice of Heavenly Secrets and a political argument to persuade the Fifth Elder to release Hou Song while the investigation into the Great Shaman’s death continued. Afterward, Luo Jun confronted Lord Lu over signs that he had staged Hou Song’s detention to force the Hundred Rivers Sect to help.

• At the Governor’s Residence, Luo Jun and the Hundred Rivers Sect learned that the Fifth Elder was demanding Hou Song face the Heart-Crushing Gu.
• Luo Jun used the Dice of Heavenly Secrets, then argued that testing Hou Song with the fatal gu would risk his life and provoke conflict between the Southern Borderlands and the Central Plains.
• Liu Si and Tie Jingang testified that Hou Song had been with the sect and had no opportunity to kill the Great Shaman.
• The Fifth Elder said he did not believe Hou Song was guilty and ordered Lord Lu to release him, while warning that the other suspects would face the Heart-Crushing Gu if the killer was not found before the funeral.
• Luo Jun challenged Lord Lu after noticing the Fifth Elder had apologized to him, suggesting that Lord Lu had arranged Hou Song’s detention to secure the Hundred Rivers Sect’s help.

Luo Jun persuaded Lord Lu to grant Hundred Rivers Sect broad authority and generous rewards for investigating the Great Shaman’s murder. After securing Hou Song’s release, Luo Jun arranged to question the remaining suspects using an unexplained method.

• Luo Jun used the Dice of Heavenly Secrets to persuade Lord Lu to sign an official commission granting Hundred Rivers Sect authority to investigate and promising five thousand taels and nationwide commendation upon success.
• Luo Jun led Lord Lu to the prison, where Hou Song was released after his suspicions were cleared.
• Lord Lu revealed that thirty-two suspects remained, and Luo Jun ordered them placed together with paper, brushes, ink, and a brazier.
• Liu Si showed Hou Song the signed documents, and he mistakenly suspected she had become Lord Lu’s concubine before she credited Luo Jun.
• Tie Jingang urged Hou Song to join them and see what Luo Jun planned to do with the suspects.