Chapter Summaries

Luo Jun defended the goddess statue against waves of increasingly dangerous monsters, adapting his turret layout to stop earth elementals, minotaurs, and flying gargoyles. After clearing the first ten waves and facing the stronger eleventh wave, he hesitated over whether to risk continuing for a possible Hidden Reward.

• Earth Elementals and a Rock Elemental endured the first turret barrage, but the defenses eventually destroyed them after the Rock Elemental broke through the first line.
• Minotaur Warriors used shields and axes to resist the turrets, so Luo Jun added overlapping Entangling Turrets that trapped and destroyed the surviving elites.
• Luo Jun expanded the first row of Entangling Turrets and added a new row of Flame Turrets before the tenth wave of Gargoyles appeared.
• The Gargoyles flew over the Entangling Turrets, but Luo Jun activated the Storm Turret’s Wind Field and blew them into range of the vines and Flame Turrets, which destroyed them.
• After the first ten waves were defeated, Luo Jun faced the Iron Golems of the eleventh wave and considered whether to continue pursuing a possible Hidden Reward or let the statue fall.

Luo Jun defended the Goddess Statue through the final monster waves, including a swarm of explosive birds that nearly destroyed it. A forgotten Flame Turret intercepted the last bird, allowing him to complete the Ultimate Challenge and earn the highest-level Hidden Reward before entering the next floor.

• Luo Jun used more than fifty Flame Turrets and several Storm Turrets to defeat the three Nine-Headed Serpents.
• Luo Jun faced the final wave of Flying Bird Explosive Bullets and used Storm Turrets to repel flocks that broke through his defenses.
• Luo Jun recognized that the birds formed a low-altitude blockade to cover a final high-altitude attack and blew the attacking flock back with his last Wind Field.
• Luo Jun spotted a hidden bird diving from the ceiling and activated the Fate Dice while trying to add another turret, but the event appeared to fail.
• A forgotten Flame Turret beneath the Goddess Statue's skirt shot down the last bird, and Luo Jun received the highest-level Hidden Reward and permission to enter the next floor.

Luo Jun received the Legendary Elemental Construct Box after clearing the challenge and entered a room after a Great Failure on his door choice. A giant centipede was about to attack an injured woman, and the Dice of Heavenly Secrets System offered him a mission to rescue Sun Xiaowei.

• The challenge’s reward chest contained the Legendary Elemental Construct Box, which held fifteen elemental chess pieces with attack, control, defense, and healing abilities.
• Luo Jun assessed the box’s powerful constructs and high Vital Energy costs, then put it away and prepared to enter the sixth floor.
• Luo Jun rolled a Great Failure while choosing a room and opened one of the four doors despite having little Vital Energy left.
• The room transformed into a bloodied, corroded scene, where a wounded woman ran from a giant centipede and fell.
• The giant centipede sprayed poison toward the woman, and the system triggered a mission asking Luo Jun to rescue Sun Xiaowei.

Luo Jun accepted a Fate Dice mission to rescue Sun Xiaowei and used his Earth Construct to shield her from a Giant Centipede’s venom. With little Vital Energy remaining, he dodged the centipede’s charge and was surprised that the attack’s failure would apparently have caused only minor harm.

• Luo Jun recognized the battered woman as Sun Xiaowei and accepted the mission to save her despite the danger and his dwindling Vital Energy.
• Luo Jun used the Dice of Heavenly Secrets to summon his Earth Construct, which protected Sun Xiaowei from the Giant Centipede’s corrosive venom.
• Sun Xiaowei recalled how she had reached the Monster Room and admired Luo Jun after he saved her.
• The Giant Centipede charged at Luo Jun, who passed an Evasion Check and dodged its attack.
• Luo Jun received a low Severity Coefficient for the successful dodge and wondered whether the Giant Centipede was less dangerous than it looked.

Luo Jun defeated the Giant Centipede and completed the mission, but remained low on Vital Energy and short of the experience needed to upgrade. Sun Xiaowei thanked him and offered him an item that caught his attention.

• The Giant Centipede sprayed Luo Jun with venom, but he discovered it barely harmed him and charged into battle.
• Luo Jun broke the centipede’s fangs, smashed its head, and battered its body until it stopped moving.
• A door appeared, and Luo Jun received three hundred chips and the experience gained during the mission, though he was still more than a hundred points short of upgrading.
• Luo Jun spent his chips on a Small Lucky Bag and received a Times Card that granted an extra dice roll but no experience.
• Sun Xiaowei apologized for her earlier attitude, thanked Luo Jun for saving her, and offered him a small bottle whose properties caught his attention.

Luo Jun and Sun Xiaowei reached the Seventh Layer, where they found the other challengers dead and Lei Tianyang fighting the final guardian. After Lei Tianyang died and the guardian grew stronger, Luo Jun realized that every death in the tower empowered the BOSS, leaving him and Sun Xiaowei to face an even more dangerous opponent.

• Luo Jun used the Lucky Energy Potion and restored his Vital Energy, then healed Sun Xiaowei with a Water Healing Construct.
• Luo Jun and Sun Xiaowei entered the Seventh Layer, where the closing door revealed the bodies of Su Yun, Zhao Dacheng, and Jiang Shengli.
• Luo Jun and Sun Xiaowei saw Lei Tianyang battle the four-armed guardian, but the monster defeated him with its golden light and Great Hammer.
• Lei Tianyang warned Luo Jun that the guardian grew stronger when people died, then succumbed to his wounds.
• Luo Jun saw energy flow from Lei Tianyang's body into the guardian and realized the deaths in the tower had strengthened the BOSS.

Luo Jun battled the Guardian with upgraded constructs and his own strength, gradually wearing the monster down. Just as he seemed close to defeating it, the Bronze Mirror released a golden light that freed and healed the Guardian.

• Luo Jun deployed a Storm Construct and Flame Turrets to halt the Guardian and bombard it with explosive attacks.
• The Guardian destroyed Luo Jun's Entangling Turret, so he used more Flame Turrets and the Ogre's Tongue to knock it off balance and keep the barrage going.
• The Guardian fired golden light from the Bronze Mirror, disabling a Flame Turret and disrupting the attacks.
• As the Flame Turrets ran low on energy, Luo Jun entangled the weakened Guardian and attacked it directly, using the Energy Silver Needle to drain its energy.
• The Bronze Mirror enveloped the Guardian in golden light, forced apart the vines, blocked the Explosive Bullets, and healed its wounds and broken arm.

Luo Jun used Sun Xiaowei’s Sleep Talismans and his constructs to trap and bombard the Guardian. After disarming it of its Bronze Mirror, he watched it die and cleared the Tower of Choice, whereupon his injuries healed and he received information about the rewards.

• The Guardian smashed Luo Jun’s remaining turrets and struck him with its hammer, breaking his arm and injuring his ribs and internal organs.
• Sun Xiaowei put the Guardian to sleep with an Epic-level Sleep Talisman, explained its barrier effect, and gave Luo Jun her two remaining talismans.
• Luo Jun repeatedly put the Guardian to sleep, then used the Earth Construct to trap it in a corner and set Flame Turrets and Entangling Turrets to attack it.
• As the Guardian raised its Bronze Mirror, Luo Jun used the last Sleep Talisman on himself and Sun Xiaowei woke him during the invincibility window.
• Luo Jun knocked the Bronze Mirror from the Guardian’s hand and retreated behind the Earth Barrier, leaving the turrets to kill it.
• Luo Jun cleared the Tower of Choice, and his injuries healed as he received information about his mission rewards.

Luo Jun received his rewards for clearing the Tower of Choice and used the hidden upgrade opportunity to improve the Elemental Construct Box. Sun Xiaowei also obtained an imitation Demon Blade Oni-Slayer.

• Luo Jun completed the Tower of Choice mission and earned an imitation Heaven Returning Mirror, an inferior Elemental Construct Box, and a chance to upgrade one reward into a genuine item.
• Luo Jun compared the items and chose to upgrade the Elemental Construct Box, valuing its ability to turn his abundant Vital Energy into combat power.
• Luo Jun stored the upgraded rewards in his Hundred Treasure Box.
• Sun Xiaowei excitedly showed Luo Jun the imitation Demon Blade Oni-Slayer she had received.

After returning from the Tower of Choice, Luo Jun kept his victory and the Elemental Construct Box secret, then discovered that the Five Star Hotel’s food contained Vital Energy. The hotel’s unusual services became clear as he met two new guests and realized his teacher had chosen the place for more than its rooms.

• Luo Jun deduced how the Warden mission’s rewards worked and concluded that obtaining the genuine Elemental Construct Box required completing the Guardian Goddess’s Hidden Mission and killing the enhanced Warden alone.
• Luo Jun warned Sun Xiaowei not to reveal how he defeated the Warden, refused to exchange contact information, and returned to reality without her.
• Luo Jun called Old Yuan to report that he was safe, then left his room at the Five Star Hotel to find food.
• Luo Jun saw Ya Ya escorting a silver-haired brother and sister to their room, and learned the hotel still had buns available.
• Luo Jun ate a bun and discovered that it contained Vital Energy that could nourish a Cultivator, leading him to understand why Old Yuan had booked him a long stay at the hotel.

After Sun Xiaowei described Night’s strength to her grandmother, Grandma Sun contacted Yuan Shouzhen to ask whether the mysterious young man might be connected to A’Jie. Yuan Shouzhen revealed that A’Jie had apparently become an apostle, leaving Grandma Sun shaken.

• Lei Huoshan learned that Lei Tianyang had entered the Training Room at Level Three and stood guard outside until his son’s one-hour restriction ended.
• Sun Xiaowei wrote a post about Night defeating the Tier B BOSS and told her grandmother about his unusual physical strength and hidden appearance.
• Grandmother Sun explained that Night might have mastered Hidden Qi or possessed an exceptionally strong body, and Sun Xiaowei decided to cultivate diligently so she might meet him again.
• Grandmother Sun called Yuan Shouzhen and asked whether A’Jie could have passed his Body Tempering Art to the young man Sun Xiaowei encountered.
• Yuan Shouzhen said A’Jie seemed to have become an apostle and promised to investigate the young man, while assuring Grandma Sun that he had kept his oath.

On the Wildlands Gate’s opening day, Luo Jun entered the Hunter Guild under the alias Night and read a forum post about his Tower of Choice victory. As he joined the queue to enter the Wildlands, he noticed news that the Ling Family had dispatched its Clan Troops over a major discovery.

• Luo Jun joined the line at the Wildlands Hunter Guild wearing his Midnight Mask and using the registered alias Night.
• Luo Jun read Sun Xiaowei’s account of Night defeating the Tower of Choice BOSS and saw Lei Tianyang and others confirm the story.
• Luo Jun watched the forum discussion turn in Night’s favor, while Yunzhou Ni Song Ge challenged Lei Tianyang and then backed away from meeting him.
• Luo Jun read a news alert that the Ling Family had dispatched its Clan Troops after a major discovery at the Hunter Guild.
• Luo Jun put away his phone and entered the Guild with the crowd.

Luo Jun paid the crossing fee and passed through the Wildlands Gate into Lingyun City, where he sensed the world’s pollution and learned that new hunters received a month of free lodging and food. The chapter left him disappointed when he was assigned a cramped room shared with three other hunters.

• Luo Jun paid fifty thousand yuan, stored his clothes, and entered the gate after being shoved through by the crowd.
• Luo Jun received plain clothes in the Changing Room and explored the bustling Hunter Guild hall and the classical city of Lingyun City.
• Luo Jun sensed the Wilderness’s pollution and reasoned that his enhanced attributes and senses let him detect it despite his low cultivation realm.
• Luo Jun learned that first-time visitors received a month of free food and lodging, then went to register for accommodation.
• A staff member verified Luo Jun’s information and showed him a small room with four beds, leaving him dismayed at having to share it.

Luo Jun went to the mission boards to find work and learned about a large-scale mission to eradicate the rapidly growing Firemane Ant nest. He also learned about Wildlands Coin from a blunt young girl, whose enormous father carried her away after she embarrassed him.

• Luo Jun examined the mission boards and considered taking an easy mission because he was new to the Wilderness.
• Guild staff posted a blue large-scale mission to destroy a Firemane Ant nest southeast of Lingyun City, including its Ant Queen.
• Luo Jun asked what Wildlands Coin was, and a short-haired girl explained that it was Lingyun City's currency and could be exchanged for outside money when leaving.
• The girl's giant father lifted her out of the crowd, apologized to Luo Jun, and shrank to a more ordinary height as he carried her to the service counter.

Luo Jun investigated a large-scale Blue Mission to hunt ants and registered to join it, then explored Lingyun City hoping to buy a weapon but could not afford one. As he prepared to enter the mission without new equipment, a shout caught his attention.

• Luo Jun learned the ant mission would begin once more than three hundred hunters registered and offered double rewards if they killed the Ant Queen and cleared the nest.
• Luo Jun registered for the mission, and the receptionist warned him that it was dangerous for an Entry Level hunter and that he must not go to the nest alone.
• The receptionists recognized Luo Jun as Night, the hunter recently acknowledged by Lei Tianyang.
• Luo Jun explored Lingyun City's equipment shops and learned that monster materials could be crafted into powerful gear.
• Luo Jun tried to sell his Animal Crackers but received no worthwhile offers, then heard a shout as he headed toward the next day's mission without a weapon.

Luo Jun investigated a public challenge in which contestants had to lift a mysterious hammer one-handed and smash a hanging fruit. Two strong challengers failed, and one revealed that the hammer drained his Vital Energy, leaving the crowd questioning its true weight.

• Luo Jun noticed the Bearded Man offering a Divine Weapon to anyone who could lift his hammer and smash the fruit hanging above it.
• The Bearded Man demonstrated the hammer’s durability by breaking a Mountain Drilling Worm tooth with an ordinary iron hammer while the mysterious hammer remained unscathed.
• A burly man paid to try the challenge but could only lift the hammer slightly before dropping it and giving up.
• A stocky man who had mocked the first challenger also failed to lift the hammer and accused it of absorbing his Vital Energy.
• The crowd realized the hammer might suppress Vital Energy and wondered how heavy it was.

The crowd learned that the hammer was made from the River-Sinking Stone of a level-seven River-Intercepting Dragon and tested a hunter's Vital Energy capacity. As Luo Jun prepared to try, the renowned young hunter Lu Kui arrived to take the challenge.

• The bearded man explained that the hammer was forged from a River-Intercepting Dragon King's River-Sinking Stone and weighed over a ton unless reduced by Vital Energy.
• The old man described how two Champion-level hunters had helped kill a River-Intercepting Dragon during a northern expedition.
• Several hunters tried to lift the hammer, but most could not raise it, while Luo Jun estimated whether his strength and Vital Energy would let him succeed.
• Luo Jun prepared to challenge the hammer, but Lu Kui appeared and drew the crowd's attention.
• A nearby hunter told Luo Jun that Lu Kui was an Elite-level hunter in the Heart Refining Realm with exceptional talents.

Luo Jun entered the hammer challenge after Lu Kui failed to smash the hanging fruit, and used the Dice of Heavenly Secrets to confirm he could succeed. He shattered the fruit with the River-Sinking Stone, leaving the Bearded Man delighted to have found someone capable of completing the challenge.

• Lu Kui lifted the 1,800-kilogram hammer but could not smash the fruit before his strength gave out.
• The Bearded Man explained that the River-Sinking Stone drained Vital Energy and revealed that Ling Yao had been able to use Vital Energy while holding it.
• Luo Jun, calling himself Night, offered his Animal Crackers as collateral and accepted the challenge.
• Luo Jun used the Dice of Heavenly Secrets, lifted and tossed the hammer, then smashed the fruit with it.
• The crowd and Lu Kui stared in amazement as the Bearded Man celebrated Luo Jun's success.

After winning the River-Sinking Stone Hammer, Luo Jun learned it could become a powerful Treasure Tool and turned down Ling Kai’s offer to join the Wildlands Hunter Guild. He kept the hammer and received money from Ling Kai to help with his immediate expenses.

• Luo Jun won the hammer challenge and took the River-Sinking Stone Hammer and Animal Crackers from Ling Kai.
• Ling Kai introduced himself as a Senior-level hunter and explained that the hammer could become more useful as Luo Jun advanced in cultivation.
• Ling Kai offered to help turn the hammer into a Treasure Tool through the Guild’s Divine Smithing Furnace if Luo Jun joined the Guild.
• Luo Jun refused to join, but decided to keep the hammer rather than sell it.
• Luo Jun asked Ling Kai to help sell the Animal Crackers, and Ling Kai gave him twelve thousand Wildlands Coin as a loan.

Luo Jun prepared for his first Wilderness mission by buying a spear, shield, and supplies, then joined hundreds of hunters heading to a Firemane Ant nest. As the group entered the dangerous forest, guide Su Yun warned him about its hazards and urged him to stay alert.

• Luo Jun bought a Double-Headed Spear and shield, bargained the price down to eight thousand, and purchased supplies.
• He stored the River-Sinking Stone Hammer in a safe deposit box and spent his remaining money on a lavish meal.
• The next morning, Luo Jun joined 437 other hunters as the guild activated the month-long mission to hunt Firemane Ants.
• The guild guides led the hunters into the Wilderness forest and warned them to avoid the ant nest at night.
• Guide Su Yun introduced himself to Luo Jun, whom Luo Jun called himself Night, and warned him that plants and other features of the forest could be deadly.