Chapter Summaries

Team Leader Chen suspected Pu Yunchuan might be tied to the Black Sarmi case and had him followed after Pu left to help rescue Little Cabbage. Meanwhile, Isabelle watched Alice, fearing her ancestor’s plans could prevent Isabelle from escaping her control.

• Team Leader Chen ordered continuous surveillance of Pu Yunchuan, believing the lack of bugs among his old takeout could be a clue.
• Liver Emperor told Pu Yunchuan that Little Cabbage had been captured in the real world and asked him to help rescue her on Nanbin Road.
• Pu Yunchuan left his home by ride-hailing car, determined to investigate the strange game and carrying an ornament Isabelle had given him.
• Team Leader Chen heard Pu Yunchuan’s call and ordered his officers to follow him.
• Isabelle watched Alice from near her residential complex and worried that Alice’s plans for Little Cabbage could stop Isabelle from escaping her ancestor.

As Alice’s body withered in the sunlight, she let Bai Xiaoxia leave but killed Tang Kaimin when he tried to escape, then offered to tell Little Cabbage about her origins. Isabelle intercepted Bai Xiaoxia downstairs and learned how exhausted Alice appeared, leaving her uncertain whether Alice’s release had been a trap or a sign of genuine weakness.

• Bai Xiaoxia answered a call about a major business deal while Alice watched the sunrise in her skeletal form and urged her to go to work.
• Alice allowed Bai Xiaoxia to leave, but killed Tang Kaimin with a Sprite bottle when he rushed for the door.
• Alice told Little Cabbage she would explain her origins while they waited for the appointed moment.
• Bai Xiaoxia fled down the stairs, but Isabelle grabbed her before she reached the lobby and told her not to alert Alice.
• Bai Xiaoxia described Alice’s emaciated appearance, and Isabelle wondered whether her Old Ancestor had released her deliberately or was truly exhausted.

Alice recounted how she escaped slavery, became a celebrated commander and the Steel Empire’s sixth duke, and later died before ending up in Little Cabbage’s world. She explained how she arrived, leaving Little Cabbage wondering why an unknown player had brought Alice there and why she had to deal with the consequences.

• Alice told Little Cabbage that she chose the gladiator arena over prostitution and survived 317 battles without losing.
• After becoming head of intelligence, Alice rescued and organized tens of thousands of stranded soldiers, then helped the King capture the Black River Region.
• The King made Alice the empire’s sixth duke, and she later married a handsome scholar before he died.
• Alice recounted how an undead lord, Pu Yunchuan, and one of her descendants were involved in her journey to Little Cabbage’s world.
• Little Cabbage realized that another player had put Alice there and asked why Alice had sought her out.

Alice explained how she tracked down Little Cabbage and revealed that she had invited someone to meet her. Isabelle arrived, and Alice challenged her to watch and assess the situation before acting; meanwhile, police officers approached the residential complex after a frightened woman reported a monster.

• Alice told Little Cabbage that she learned the local language, investigated the game, and suspected it was part of a secret invasion.
• Alice said Little Cabbage’s disappearance and return with ten Internal Beta Slots convinced her she had found the person she sought.
• Alice received a call and directed the caller to her room, leaving Little Cabbage worried about whether Liver Emperor could rescue her.
• Isabelle entered, and Alice acknowledged that she knew her descendant had been following her.
• Alice invited Isabelle to observe before deciding whether to fight, while police officers hurried toward the security booth after a woman reported a monster.

Bai Xiaoxia told Officer Yang that a monster was in her home, prompting him to call for backup as Liver Emperor and Pu Yunchuan went upstairs to rescue Little Cabbage. After using game accessories to transform into a giant, Liver Emperor entered the apartment with Pu Yunchuan, who mistook Alice for Isabelle and was then confronted by a familiar voice.

• Bai Xiaoxia clung to Officer Yang and told him a monster was in her house, so he ordered backup to be called.
• Liver Emperor told Pu Yunchuan that an undead might have followed a player into reality, and Pu Yunchuan feared it could be Isabelle.
• Liver Emperor used his bloodied necklace to transform into a green giant and explained that Pu Yunchuan could do the same with his accessory.
• Liver Emperor and Pu Yunchuan entered the apartment, saw a corpse, and found Alice holding Little Cabbage hostage.
• Pu Yunchuan mistook Alice for Isabelle, while Little Cabbage urged him to leave and report the crime to the police.
• A familiar voice spoke from behind Pu Yunchuan, making him freeze.

Alice held Little Cabbage hostage and demanded that Liver Emperor send her back to the New Realm. Liver Emperor opened a teleportation gate, and Alice entered it with Little Cabbage while Xi Ye hinted that her kidnapping had served a purpose the system had missed.

• Pu Yunchuan recognized Isabelle, and Alice revealed that he was the descendant who had betrayed her.
• Alice tightened her hold on Little Cabbage and demanded passage back to the New Realm in exchange for the hostage’s release.
• Liver Emperor told Pu Yunchuan he could not guarantee a rescue by force, and Pu Yunchuan suggested using the teleportation point inside the base.
• Liver Emperor activated a teleportation gate, and Alice entered it with Little Cabbage after warning the others to stay back.
• Pu Yunchuan stopped Isabelle from following Alice through the gate.
• Xi Ye told the system that Alice’s kidnapping had not been meaningless, but did not explain why.

Alice deliberately approached Little Cabbage to secure a place in Xi Ye’s faction, but she waited anxiously in an electromagnetic cell while her soul weakened. Xi Ye agreed to let Little Cabbage consider recruiting her and explained that keeping a powerful undead supplied with suitable bodies would be extremely expensive.

• Alice emerged from the portal into an electromagnetic cell without Little Cabbage, then calmly waited as the AI wondered why she had expected the outcome.
• Little Cabbage accused Xi Ye of frightening her during a test, then asked whether Alice could join her Cooperation Quota.
• Xi Ye and the AI realized Alice had targeted Little Cabbage’s quota, while Alice waited in the cell and worried as her soul weakened.
• Xi Ye explained that undead consumed energy and required increasingly powerful bodies, then showed Little Cabbage the high costs of suitable shells.
• Little Cabbage was shocked by the prices and questioned whether Xi Ye was overcharging her, but he insisted that he was generous and honest.

Alice joined Little Cabbage’s faction as a partner, and they arranged an expensive body for her while Xi Ye urged Little Cabbage to observe the surgery. Xi Ye then remembered that Pu Yunchuan had stayed behind with Isabelle, where their reunion was interrupted by the police.

• Little Cabbage offered Alice twenty percent of the faction’s shares, with Alice also taking on part of its loan, and explained the faction’s prospects and resources.
• Alice rejected a cheap body and agreed to a loan so Little Cabbage could buy a Droma Dark Elf Ranger body for 500,000 points.
• Xi Ye encouraged Little Cabbage to observe Alice’s soul-transplant surgery so she could develop her surgical skills.
• Xi Ye asked Liver Emperor where Pu Yunchuan was and learned that Pu Yunchuan had stayed behind with Isabelle.
• Pu Yunchuan asked Isabelle how she had been, and their quiet reunion was interrupted when police ordered them to put their hands up.

Pu Yunchuan stayed silent during questioning while the police struggled to deal with Isabelle, whose strength had overwhelmed an Emei elder. The police received word that someone from the Dragon Group had come to take custody of a prisoner.

• Officer Yang questioned Pu Yunchuan about Isabelle and the deaths, but Pu denied killing anyone and chose to stay silent after Liver Emperor warned him not to speak.
• Officer Yang and the others discussed Isabelle's strength and suspected she might belong to an overseas Extraordinary Group.
• Mr. Liu said Emei's Sect Leader and Elder Tianyi were in seclusion, leaving the police without enough help to control Isabelle.
• Director Yan ordered the officers to focus on Pu Yunchuan as their best lead.
• A middle-aged officer reported that someone claiming to be from the Dragon Group had arrived to take custody of someone.

Rockfowl, a Dragon Group member, arrived to take custody of Isabelle and swiftly subdued her despite her hidden strength. After catching her, he asked where the other one was.

• Director Chen introduced Lieutenant General Liu Shouwei and Dragon Group Member 006, codename Rockfowl, to Director Yan and Elder Liu.
• Rockfowl insisted on entering the interrogation room alone, while Elder Liu warned that Emei would not take responsibility if anything went wrong.
• Director Yan led the group back to Isabelle, whose battle aura surged when Rockfowl released his overwhelming presence.
• Rockfowl crossed the room in an instant, held a dagger to Isabelle's throat, knocked her unconscious, and asked where the other one was.

Rockfowl subdued a powerful woman at the police station, leaving Elder Liu concerned about the Dragon Group’s strength and its effect on the balance between cultivators and the authorities. Rockfowl took Pu Yunchuan toward Xinjiang to watch the Kunlun Martial Arts Competition, while Officer Yang secretly followed their military vehicle.

• Rockfowl defeated the woman in two moves, and Director Yan led her and the officer out of the police station.
• Elder Liu asked Director Chen about the Dragon Group and learned it had seven members, mostly from the Luofu Sect, before deciding to report Luofu’s involvement to Emei.
• Rockfowl told Pu Yunchuan that players made up the Dragon Group, that Li Gou Dan was Number One, and that the world was about to change dramatically.
• Rockfowl said she and Pu Yunchuan were heading to the airport to fly to Xinjiang and watch the Kunlun Martial Arts Competition.
• Officer Yang followed the military vehicle and told his companion that something was wrong.

Lao Yang grew suspicious of the Dragon Group member, Lao Wang, and Pu Yunchuan’s trip to Hotan, and decided to investigate despite the danger. Back in the game, Dog Daddy advised Gou Dan to shift from farming to commerce and train harder, but grew interested when she mentioned the Kunlun Martial Arts Competition.

• Lao Yang suspected that Pu Yunchuan and the Dragon Group member had communicated silently, and also noticed that Lao Wang had been acting unusually.
• Lao Yang learned that Pu Yunchuan had booked a flight to Hotan, told his partner to return to the airport, and asked her to secretly watch Lao Wang.
• Dog Daddy returned to the game, where Gou Dan explained that her group had agreed to develop commerce while Liver Emperor’s side expanded outward.
• Dog Daddy advised Gou Dan to sell half her land, lease a commercial street from Little Fairy, and focus on training as competition intensified.
• Gou Dan said she had promised Li Gou Dan to watch the Kunlun Martial Arts Competition, and Dog Daddy became interested when she mentioned Mu Yunji was competing.

On the second day of the Kunlun Martial Arts Competition, Elder Li of the Kunlun Sword Sect attacked Isabelle and her companions after confronting them in town. Rockfowl stopped his Sword Qi bare-handed and revealed his Dragon Group identity, then deferred to Old Man Li as the elders arrived.

• Pu Yunchuan, Isabelle, and Rockfowl drew attention in town while eating breakfast and discussing the food.
• Elder Li confronted the group and attacked Isabelle with a powerful sword strike, while Pu Yunchuan tried to shield her.
• Rockfowl caught Elder Li's Sword Qi and redirected it into the sky, stunning the onlookers.
• Rockfowl identified himself as Dragon Group Six, and Elder Hong recognized him as a top-grade Heavenly Immortal expert linked to Luofu.
• Old Man Li and Old Man Tian arrived, and Rockfowl respectfully stepped behind Old Man Li as he asked Elder Li whether there had been a misunderstanding.

Rockfowl and Old Man Li left after Li Changqing backed down, and Pu Yunchuan agreed to take Isabelle to watch the matches. In Kunlun Town, Yang Rui spotted Lao Wang and discovered that he had arrived before him despite leaving work much later.

• Li Changqing restrained himself from attacking Old Man Li and Rockfowl, then left with Li Xiaoqian.
• Rockfowl asked Old Man Li for the promised Aston Martin and learned that Qing Que and the others were heading to their second match.
• Isabelle asked to watch the martial arts matches, and Pu Yunchuan agreed while she took his hand.
• Yang Rui arrived in Kunlun Town and called Xiao Li and Director Yan to confirm Lao Wang had left work at five-thirty.
• Yang Rui saw Lao Wang chatting with his daughter and wondered how he could have arrived before Yang Rui despite leaving work later.

At the Kunlun Martial Arts Competition, Mu Yunji brought Wang Chengbo and her other friends into the Yun Mountain Sect’s Stone Pavilion, where Lu Chenshuang challenged Wang Chengbo with her sword. Wang Chengbo fainted, but Lu Chenshuang’s blade suddenly filled with a strange sea-blue radiance, leaving everyone stunned.

• The Yun Mountain Sect’s leaders worried about the difficult matchups and urged Lu Chenshuang to avoid a drawn-out fight against He Liancheng.
• Mu Yunji returned to the Stone Pavilion and persuaded the Yun Sect Leader to let Wang Chengbo, Young Master Huang, and Guo Hongde watch the competition there.
• The Yun Sect Leader examined Wang Chengbo and questioned why Mu Yunji valued a frail, ordinary-looking mortal.
• Lu Chenshuang suddenly pointed her sword at Wang Chengbo, who stood still before fainting.
• Lu Chenshuang mocked Wang Chengbo, but the Yun Sect Leader stopped her and drew attention to the sea-blue glow spreading through her sword.

Lu Chenshuang faced He Liancheng in the martial competition, and the sword at her side calmed her unsettled mind. Mu Yunji revealed that the sword’s effect came from Wang Chengbo’s support method and predicted Lu Chenshuang would win as the duel began.

• He Liancheng noticed Lu Chenshuang’s unsettled aura and offered her time to compose herself before their match.
• Su Ruoyu suspected He Liancheng was trying to disrupt Lu Chenshuang by encouraging her to meditate, but Lu Chenshuang quickly entered a tranquil state.
• The sword’s cool sensation settled Lu Chenshuang’s emotions, surprising the spectators and making He Liancheng regret not attacking sooner.
• Mu Yunji told the Yun Sect Leader that Wang Chengbo’s support method had affected Lu Chenshuang’s sword, and she predicted Lu Chenshuang would win.
• Lu Chenshuang opened her eyes, thanked He Liancheng, and invited him to begin the fight.

Wang Chengbo’s enchantment helped Lu Chenshuang win her match, but it left him mentally exhausted and asleep. The Yun Mountain Sect Leader reconsidered his plans for Mu Yunji and Lu Xingfeng and went to sound out the Luofu Sect about Wang Chengbo’s valuable ability.

• He Songzi stopped Lu Chenshuang’s powerful slash from crippling He Liancheng, and the Wudang elder took his remorseful disciple away.
• Mu Yunji explained that Wang Chengbo had enchanted Lu Chenshuang’s sword, a mentally exhausting method he had practiced for two months.
• The Yun Sect Leader learned that the sword’s enhanced effect was permanent and recognized Wang Chengbo’s value to the Yun Mountain Sect.
• The Yun Sect Leader abandoned his plans to marry Mu Yunji to Lu Xingfeng and left with Lu Xingfeng to sound out the Luofu Sect.
• Guo Hongde and Young Master Huang discussed Wang Chengbo’s ability, and Young Master Huang wondered whether Cheng Bo had enchanted his office keyboard.

At the martial tournament, Wei Lin negotiated with the Yun Sect Leader, offering Yun Mountain major benefits in exchange for supporting Luofu and the Dragon Group against Kunlun. The next match was announced as Wang Qing of Wudang against Chen Yutong of Luofu, while the Yun Sect Leader explained Kunlun’s exceptional disciple Jiang Shisi.

• Old Man Li praised Yun Mountain after Chen Shuang defeated He Liancheng, and the Yun Sect Leader arrived and thanked Wei Lin for Wang Chengbo’s help.
• Wei Lin revealed that Mu Yunji had gained Luofu’s opportunities and techniques but remained attached to Yun Mountain and declined to join Luofu.
• Wei Lin offered Yun Mountain Wang Chengbo’s artifact-refining method and ten annual secret-realm spots in return for standing with Luofu and fully supporting the Dragon Group.
• The Yun Sect Leader hesitated because supporting Luofu could mean turning against Kunlun, and Wei Lin told him to consult Yun Mountain’s elders after the tournament.
• The tournament announced Wang Qing of Wudang against Chen Yutong of Luofu, and the Yun Sect Leader described Jiang Shisi as a Kunlun disciple personally selected by the Old Ancestor.

Wang Qing and Chen Yutong began their match, and Chen Yutong’s extraordinary movement technique and swordplay quickly challenged Wang Qing’s defenses. After Wang Qing apologized for treating Chen Yutong as a girl, Chen Yutong revealed that he was a man.

• Wang Qing recognized Chen Yutong’s precise landing and prepared for the match with Wudang’s Black Tortoise True Qi.
• Jiang Shisi arrived at the Kunlun pavilion and judged that Chen Yutong’s movement technique might rival Tang Lin’s.
• Chen Yutong crossed the distance to Wang Qing in an instant, forcing him to retreat and breaking through his mountain-like stance.
• Wang Qing parried Chen Yutong’s fast short-sword attacks with the flat of his blade, and the two fighters leaped apart after their weapons clashed.
• Chen Yutong told Wang Qing that his sword was ordinary, and then corrected Wang Qing by saying that he was a man.

Chen Yutong and Wang Qing continued their sword fight after Wang Qing apologized for mistaking Chen Yutong for a girl. Wang Qing’s Taiji Sword should have weighed down Chen Yutong’s weapon, but Chen Yutong’s attacks only grew faster and stronger, leaving everyone puzzled.

• Dog Bro and the two Gou Dans explained that they had mistaken Chen Yutong for a girl because of his appearance and voice.
• Wang Qing apologized to Chen Yutong for calling him a girl, and Chen Yutong joked that Wang Qing was infuriatingly gentle.
• Chen Yutong rushed at Wang Qing, and the two exchanged dozens of sword moves at great speed.
• The onlookers praised Wang Qing’s Taiji Sword and predicted that its accumulating inner force would eventually slow Chen Yutong down.
• Jiang Shisi noticed that Chen Yutong’s sword had endured three hundred moves without slowing, and Wang Qing wondered how his speed and strength kept increasing.