Chapter Summaries

Xi Ye refused to surrender the planet to the powerful boy, who unleashed a black-and-white field before sensing Xi Ye’s killing intent and destroying his Alchemy Lifeform body to escape. Xi Ye realized the boy remained alive and ordered the players to collect every fragment, leaving the faction to face an uncertain future.

• The boy offered to spare Xi Ye trouble in exchange for the planet, but Xi Ye refused because he could not expose the rift containing his foundation.
• The boy froze everyone around Xi Ye in a black-and-white field, then sensed Xi Ye’s overwhelming killing intent as Xi Ye raised his hands to remove his helmet.
• The boy exploded his Alchemy Lifeform body and escaped, and color returned as everyone else came back to life.
• Xi Ye examined the remains, recognized them as a high-quality Alchemy Lifeform, and regretted letting the boy escape.
• Xi Ye ordered the players to gather every fragment, then told Yu Nv Wu Gua that the boy had escaped and the future would likely be difficult.

After rescuing Yu Nv Wu Gua's group and Lokes from the imperial capital, Xi Ye quarantined the mutated soldiers and examined the returning players while weighing the threat posed by the escaped lord. Yu Nv Wu Gua realized that the enemy might need at least five years to prepare another vessel, giving them a possible opportunity to act.

• An imperial scholar recorded how the Steel Empire's capital was overwhelmed by mutating monsters and how its surviving people and soldiers began to resemble them.
• Xi Ye teleported Yu Nv Wu Gua's group, Lokes, and the mutated soldiers back to Mars, where he quarantined the soldiers and sent the mission's players for examinations.
• Xi Ye worried that the lord who escaped to the Netherworld could use the Black Goat Diagram to create powerful biological weapons while Xi Ye could not close it.
• Xi Ye explained that the undead lord needed a strong vessel to return, and that preparing another Alchemy Lifeform could take at least five years.
• Yu Nv Wu Gua concluded that the delay meant they might have a chance.

Yu Nv Wu Gua proposed using the Black Goat Diagram’s finite mutated energy to weaken it before the enemy’s old lord returned. Xi Ye considered testing the plan through the Kunlun Martial Arts Competition, leaving him ready to discuss candidates with Wei Lin.

• Xi Ye explained that bombing the Black Goat Diagram would not destroy its mutated energy and that developing enough force to defeat its monsters within five years was impossible.
• Yu Nv Wu Gua suggested sending players and soldiers into the Diagram to absorb its finite energy, with daily examinations to detect genetic damage.
• Xi Ye worried that the energy could turn players into monsters, but Yu Nv Wu Gua argued that players could lead the soldiers and stop them from becoming lost in the Diagram.
• Yu Nv Wu Gua proposed using people from Kunlun as test subjects through the secret realm planned after the Kunlun Martial Arts Competition.
• Xi Ye considered disguising the Diagram as a secret realm with monsters and hidden Alchemy Weapons, then decided to contact Wei Lin about choosing candidates.

Li Gou Dan prepared to leave Basen and return to China after learning that her father's mistress had brought an illegitimate child to her family home, putting her mother in a difficult position. At her farewell banquet, she left Wang Gou Dan and Leng Xing to take her place, while the players' missions shifted toward rescuing residents from the Calamity Zone.

• The system replaced the Going North to Join the Army missions with Resident Rescue Missions in the Calamity Zone, warning players about mutation risks and limiting new players to twenty-four hours there.
• Players continued their usual routines, while Little Cabbage remained missing and Li Gou Dan was the only person still waiting to depart on a long-term mission.
• Soldiers in Basen held a farewell banquet for Li Gou Dan and welcomed Wang Gou Dan and Leng Xing.
• Li Gou Dan told Kliegash that she might be away for months, and he worried about losing her protection and whether Wang Gou Dan would prove reliable.
• Li Gou Dan learned that her father's mistress had brought his illegitimate child to the family home and that her mother was struggling with the situation, so she booked a flight for the next day.

Old Man Li and Old Man Tian discussed Qing Que’s return and the pressure to send her back to Friendly Nation, while Old Man Li worried that the Li family had neglected her. At the airport, Li Guoshang confronted Li Yichen over his mistress’s attempt to pressure Zhang Minjun, then learned Qing Que had already left, confirming she had returned to support Zhang Minjun.

• Old Man Li told Old Man Tian that Qing Que had returned with Earth Immortal-level strength and that Friendly Nation was pressing for her to come back.
• Old Man Tian offered to go support Qing Que in her family dispute, hinting that he had heard more about what was happening.
• Li Guoshang accused Li Yichen of letting his mistress cause trouble at Zhang Minjun’s home to protect the son he had outside the marriage.
• Li Yichen received a call from Butler Wu and learned that Qing Que had already gone back.
• Li Guoshang concluded that Qing Que had returned to back Zhang Minjun up and left the airport with his party.

Li Jia Yi confronted the guards for letting Li Yichen’s mistress and her son into the manor, while Zhang Minjun faced pressure to accept them. The chapter ended as someone challenged the steward for telling Zhang Minjun to speak.

• The manor guards discussed the Li Family’s mistress and how the family took advantage of Zhang Minjun’s softheartedness.
• Li Gou Dan arrived and questioned how the guards had let the visitors through the monitored gate.
• Li Jia Yi demanded that the guards choose between helping her and supporting her father’s side, then revealed a frightening cultivator’s aura.
• In the living room, Zhang Minjun realized that the servants treated the mistress’s son as the Young Master and felt exhausted by her marriage to Li Yichen.
• After the steward urged Zhang Minjun to respond, an unseen speaker asked when a servant like her had the right to interfere.

Li Gou Dan returned to the Li family estate and drove out the woman and son who had tormented Zhang Minjun, along with the housekeeper who tried to intervene. After comforting her mother, Li Jia Yi offered to help her take control of the family or leave in style, while Xu Xian overheard their conversation outside.

• Li Gou Dan arrived and confronted the young woman and her son over their demands and the wealth they had taken from the family.
• Li Gou Dan ordered Lao Qi and the guards to throw the mother and son out, and then had the housekeeper removed as well.
• Li Gou Dan sent the remaining servants away and comforted Zhang Minjun, who embraced her and cried.
• Zhang Minjun asked what they would do next, and Li Jia Yi offered to help her become mistress of the Li family or leave with dignity.
• Xu Xian sat on the eaves and overheard the mother and daughter, realizing Li Jia Yi was really called Gou Dan.

Xi Ye planned to use Li Gou Dan and other candidates for the Kunlun Martial Arts Competition while preparing a rescue operation for people trapped within the Black Goat Diagram. At the base, Lokes saw humans and orcs working and living together, and Yu Nv Wu Gua told him Xi Ye wanted to meet him.

• Xi Ye monitored Li Gou Dan and considered sending her and other capable recruits to the Dragon Group and the Kunlun Martial Arts Competition.
• Xi Ye planned to rescue people trapped in the Black Goat Diagram but needed nearby Southern Cities as transfer stations, so he thought of someone who might help him secure them without bloodshed.
• Lokes toured the base and saw humans and orcs working, resting, and socializing together.
• Yu Nv Wu Gua showed Lokes the city template and explained that humans and orcs alike would be able to settle in the city they built.
• Lokes wondered whether such a beautiful scene could really come to pass, and Yu Nv Wu Gua told him Xi Ye wanted to see him.

Lokes met Xi Ye in the Main Base and asked how he had made enslaved humans and orcs live and work together willingly. Xi Ye explained that offering them hope and using their abilities had earned their loyalty, then claimed the empire had long possessed a chance to unite the continent, leaving Lokes eager to hear how.

• Yu Nv Wu Gua guided Lokes through the Main Base, where he was astonished by its facilities and the number of powerful players.
• Lokes encountered Ma En outside the Lord's Room and wondered whether his former comrades from the southern campaign had survived.
• Xi Ye welcomed Lokes into his cramped room, where Lokes admired the comfort of the chair and praised the base's harmonious community.
• Lokes asked Xi Ye how he had won the cooperation of enslaved humans and orcs, and Xi Ye said he had given them hope and put their skills to use.
• Xi Ye challenged Lokes's belief that beastfolk lacked loyalty by pointing to their fearless service in suicide squads.
• Xi Ye said the empire had long had an opportunity to unite the continent, and Lokes asked him to explain.

Xi Ye explained to Lokes how he planned to unite humans and beastfolk by offering them protection, education, and better lives. He asked Lokes to use his prestige to help take the Southern Six Cities and recruit soldiers, leaving Lokes two days to decide whether to abandon the Empire.

• Xi Ye told Lokes that beastfolk tribes would join any force that could protect their people and give them hope, regardless of whether it was human.
• Xi Ye said his cities would teach captured people to become doctors, judges, warriors, and mages because he needed skilled workers to build them.
• Xi Ye claimed he had enough resources to accommodate the world's population, then asked Lokes to help take the Southern Six Cities and organize soldiers.
• Lokes accused Xi Ye of asking him to betray the Empire, but Xi Ye argued that the Emperor was controlled by the Shadow Stream and threatened the human world.
• Xi Ye gave Lokes two days to decide, and Lokes remembered the monsters that General Yeger and the others had become.

Grandpa Lu published a guide to the base’s growing city and market, warning players about land speculation and explaining current food trends. He recommended looking beyond agriculture toward textile production as the base expanded.

• Grandpa Lu reported that the planned city would cover 16,000 square kilometers and hold 1.5 million people, and cautioned landowners that housing and commercial investments might bring weak short-term returns.
• He described the market for crystal rice and White Dragon as crowded and low-profit, while popular E-grade foods such as Taro Aroma were selling for much more.
• He explained that Star Rhinos dominated meat production, while demand for poultry, fish, and shrimp remained limited.
• Grandpa Lu suggested players invest in cotton, hemp, wool-producing livestock, and silk-producing insects to meet the base’s expected clothing demand.
• Readers reacted to the guide, with some regretting their crop choices, asking for planting advice, and complaining that new players had not been admitted for nearly a month.

Wang Gou Dan visited Grandpa Lu to ask how to invest her profits in the textile business. Grandpa Lu recommended raising silk-producing insects, and Xi Ye appeared just as Gou Dan was choosing among the options.

• Wang Gou Dan visited the Elf Base and found Grandpa Lu struggling to move his enormous body.
• Grandpa Lu complained that Dog Bro had gone to the Otrand Family and that G Bro had been missing for several days.
• Gou Dan asked whether she should grow cotton or flax, and Grandpa Lu advised her to raise insects instead.
• Grandpa Lu showed Gou Dan information about Ice Silkworms, Azure Cloud Butterflies, and Black Gold Spiders, each with different costs and silk properties.
• Xi Ye appeared behind Gou Dan and Grandpa Lu and recommended the Black Gold Spider.

Xi Ye tried to persuade Gou Dan to raise Black Gold Spiders by promising her a subsidized monopoly, hoping to introduce the base to profitable but dangerous creatures. Gou Dan cautiously accepted the opportunity, then learned that Li Gou Dan had applied to bring her mother into the game.

• Xi Ye explained the commercial value of raising Black Gold Spiders and urged Gou Dan to take up the business.
• Gou Dan resisted because she was terrified of spiders, while Xi Ye privately hoped the experiment would help him prepare to challenge a Biological Department lord and study dangerous creatures.
• Grandpa Lu eagerly encouraged Gou Dan to accept, but she pointed out that Flower Spirits seemed better suited to raising creatures.
• Xi Ye admitted that the Flower Spirits had refused and offered Gou Dan the operation for free with subsidies; Gou Dan agreed after questioning his motives.
• Xi Ye received a system notice that Li Gou Dan had applied to let her mother enter the game, and he privately told Gou Dan what had happened to Li Gou Dan over the past few days.

Li Jia Yi confronted Li Yichen over his treatment of her mother and demanded that Old Man Li dismiss him from Li Corporation and transfer his shares to her mother. She silenced Li Ming Hao by grabbing his tongue, leaving the family frozen before her dangerous power.

• Li Yichen challenged the guards for following Li Jia Yi’s order, and Lao Qi defended their actions as part of their duty to protect Madam.
• Li Jia Yi appeared and accused Li Yichen of bullying her mother, then said she would help Old Man Li if he dismissed Li Yichen and gave his shares to her mother.
• Li Ming Hao tried to criticize Li Jia Yi, but she suddenly seized him and pulled his tongue out between her fingers.
• Li Yichen and the woman beside Li Ming Hao recoiled in fear as Li Yichen remembered that Li Jia Yi had killed four Transcendents in Bassen.

Li Guoshang called Li Jia Yi to confirm whether she would help the Li family in exchange for her father’s shares, and she offered to bring the family’s younger generation to her sect for assessment. After Li Yichen collapsed at the news, Wang Gou Dan learned that Li Gou Dan wanted help staging a show and eagerly asked to join, while Grandpa Lu wondered if he could come too.

• Li Yichen accused Li Jia Yi of intending to humiliate the Li family, while Li Siyan and Li Lao San argued over her demand for his shares.
• Li Guoshang called Li Jia Yi and confirmed that she would help the family if her father’s shares went to her and her mother.
• Li Guoshang asked whether she could send the younger generation to her sect, and Li Jia Yi said she would check how many places were available.
• Zhang Minjun called back and invited Li Guoshang and the younger generation to the sect for the Sect Master to assess their aptitude, excluding Li Yichen.
• Li Yichen collapsed after Li Guoshang told the family about the invitation.
• Wang Gou Dan learned that Li Gou Dan wanted help putting on an act and asked to join, while Grandpa Lu asked if he could come too.

Grandpa Li gathered the Li family’s younger generation so Jiayi’s sect could examine their aptitude, despite his relatives’ worries about competing for limited spots. As Jiayi arrived, Li Guoyan asked Li Guoshang to seek a cure for his gravely ill granddaughter, leaving the request unresolved.

• Li Guoshang welcomed his relatives and heard Li Guoyan praise his decision to give the whole Li family a chance at sect selection.
• Li Guoshang noticed Li Guoyan had brought Li Chong, a gifted martial artist, and Li Xiaoxin, his granddaughter suffering from leukemia.
• Li Guoyan asked Li Guoshang to find out whether a sect could cure Li Xiaoxin, and offered him a favor in return.
• Li Guoshang hesitated to risk displeasing the sect elders, but his butler announced that Miss Jiayi had arrived.

Jia Yi brought Zhang Minjun and the Li family through a portal to her Immortal Mountain sect, astonishing them with its wonders. After Li Xiaoxin fell ill from the journey, Zhang Minjun asked Jia Yi to help treat her, and Jia Yi agreed, leaving the Li family hopeful and eager to seek further favors.

• Jia Yi arrived with Zhang Minjun, and the Li family eagerly welcomed Zhang Minjun after years of treating her coldly.
• Jia Yi opened a portal to the Immortal Mountain and led Zhang Minjun through, while Li Xiaoxin overcame her fear and entered first.
• Li Guoyan and the rest of the Li family followed through the portal and recovered on the other side, marveling at the sect's scenery.
• Li Xiaoxin vomited from the disorienting journey, and Zhang Minjun comforted her as Li Guoyan pleaded for help with her illness.
• Zhang Minjun asked Jia Yi to treat Li Xiaoxin, and Jia Yi agreed while the Li family began considering what else they might ask her for.

Li Gou Dan brought the Li family to Immortal Mountain, where Wang Gou Dan challenged her choice to guarantee Li Xiaoxin admission. Wei Lin welcomed the family and offered to test the children’s aptitude, while Grandpa Lu watched the sect’s members bicker.

• Li Gou Dan led the Li family up the white jade steps to the sect’s mountain gate, where they met the enormous guardian beast Lord Lingzun.
• Wang Gou Dan criticized the descendants’ aptitude and questioned Li Gou Dan for using a guaranteed admission spot on Li Xiaoxin.
• Li Gou Dan defended her choice, and the Li elders realized she had three guaranteed admission spots.
• Wei Lin came out of the main hall, welcomed the Li family, and offered to test the children’s aptitude.
• Grandpa Lu watched the exchange and privately thought the sect was full of drama queens.

Li Chong tested as Grade C Lower, shattering the Li family’s hopes of securing a Luofu disciple spot through him, while the elders turned their attention to Li Gou Dan’s remaining spots. Meanwhile, Little Cabbage remained trapped among the beastmen as their chieftain and wondered whether she could reach a logout point in Molendo.

• Qin Xuanji announced Li Chong’s Grade C Lower result, and Li Chong questioned the test before accepting his poor prospects.
• Wang Gou Dan privately told Li Gou Dan that the testing crystal ball was a cheap purchase, and she learned that the Lord was busy with the Kunlun Martial Arts Competition.
• The Li family elders shifted their hopes to Li Gou Dan’s two remaining spots, while Li Yichen realized his father might use his shares to bargain with her.
• Wang Gou Dan told Li Gou Dan that Liver Emperor might have news about Little Cabbage, reminding her that Little Cabbage had been captured by beastmen.
• Little Cabbage ate with Da Huang in her chieftain’s tent and worried about her body in reality, deciding she might have to fight back to Molendo to find a logout point.

Norn Bloodhoof secretly escorted Little Cabbage toward the Earth Tribe, but an ambush ended in Big Yellow killing the attackers. After Yelufa seized power and Old Ma'en died in the failed alliance, Norn and the expelled shamans became wanderers, with Little Cabbage eventually giving them a chance to establish themselves.

• Norn Bloodhoof was ambushed by the Gale Tribe, Thunder Clan, and Blackwater Tribe while escorting Little Cabbage, and Big Yellow devoured everyone except Norn.
• Norn returned to the Earth Tribe and discovered that Yelufa had rebelled while Old Ma'en and the other elites were away.
• Yelufa drove the shamans and tribespeople who opposed him out of the Cloud Mist Plateau, and Norn waited with them for Old Ma'en to return.
• News spread that humans had annihilated the four-tribe alliance, confirming that Old Ma'en would not return and allowing Yelufa to consolidate power.
• Many exiles returned to swear allegiance to Yelufa, but Norn and the remaining loyalists were forbidden from entering the Cloud Mist Plateau and continued wandering with Little Cabbage.