Chapter Summaries

Dongfang Yi returned from a game with fifty thousand points, while Gao Chongguang warned that his team’s repeated high rewards would make their next match far more dangerous. After learning that Luo Yan had been drawn into an Advanced Military Contest game by hostile viewers, Gao Chongguang recognized a suspicious name among them and vowed to obtain that person, whatever the cost.

• Dongfang Yi explained that he had earned forty thousand points by killing ten people and frightening the remaining Glass People, and he led his team into another game.
• Gao Chongguang returned and learned that Luo Yan, Dongfang Yi, and Li Shande had entered games to earn money.
• Gao Chongguang warned that the Redemption Team’s repeated high rewards could trigger a special game against a powerful Wolf King Team.
• Gao Chongguang learned from Solomon that viewers had selected Luo Yan for an Advanced Military Contest game and feared a Yakuza True Tiger might target him.
• Gao Chongguang received the viewers’ member IDs, recognized Gao Tian Yuan Chongguang as a possible enemy, and asked Solomon to arrange a price for obtaining that person.

Gaoxin learned that Dongfang Yi's team survived three Redemption Games and bought the newly restocked S+ Demon Blade before Caesar's forces could claim it. Luo Yan returned from a brutal game, explained how Hua Yin helped him survive, and revealed that he had broken through to Elephant Level.

• Gaoxin reprimanded Dongfang Yi for fighting three games in one day, but Dongfang Yi defended his choice and reported that he and Jiang Yuan had reached Tiger Level.
• Dongfang Yi told Gaoxin that the team survived by turning two rival teams against each other over a Demon Blade, which Lin Family Village ultimately claimed.
• Gaoxin found Demon Blades newly listed in the marketplace and bought the last S+ Limited Replica of Demon Blade Cang Yue before Caesar could purchase it.
• Solomon explained that Caesar's subordinate had been monitoring the marketplace, and Gaoxin realized that his purchase would deepen his conflict with Caesar.
• Luo Yan returned and described surviving a deadly game with help from Hua Yin, who fought alongside him against a powerful Quasi Tiger King.
• Luo Yan revealed that he had reached Elephant Level after recalling Gaoxin's struggles, and he displayed an eight-meter bio-field.

Gaoxin told the Great Spirit Society how Luo Yan’s game had nearly killed him and warned that viewers were manipulating outside factors to target their group. After revealing that he had earned 110 million Redemption Vouchers and obtained a Combat Card, Gaoxin declared that the Great Spirit Society was ready to raise its own banner.

• Luo Yan explained that he and Hua Yin had barely survived a fight with Kira, a Quasi Tiger King with Super Regeneration, and Gaoxin realized Kira was his apprentice.
• Gaoxin recounted his Tiger King Tournament experience and explained that viewers had influenced Luo Yan’s game and were beginning to target him and the Great Spirit Society.
• Dongfang Yi offered to keep playing ordinary games to earn Redemption Vouchers, but Gaoxin urged the group to avoid taking unnecessary risks.
• Gaoxin revealed that his recent game had earned him 110 million Redemption Vouchers, stunning the group.
• Gaoxin explained that he had cleared a Golden Game’s ultimate bonus reward, obtained a Combat Card, and declared that it was time for the Great Spirit Society to raise its own banner.

Gaoxin distributed his Redemption Vouchers to help his teammates redeem modules, reassuring Dongfang Yi and funding major upgrades for Luo Yan and Gaoshu. After Han Feng advanced Gaoxin 36 million in debt payments, Gaoxin spent nearly all his funds on the group, and Solomon arrived carrying the Demon Blade.

• Gaoxin reassured Dongfang Yi that his achievements mattered and offered to fund his teammates' module purchases.
• Gaoxin offered Luo Yan 56 million to redeem SSR Modules, but Luo Yan declined some expensive options and asked how the money would be shared.
• Gaoxin contacted Han Feng, who transferred 36 million in outstanding debts and asked whether Gaoxin would sell his Dragon King Card.
• Gaoxin funded modules for Luo Yan and Gaoshu, then gave Dongfang Yi the remaining funds to distribute among the other teammates.
• Gaoxin spent more than a hundred million on the team's enhancements, leaving 1.2 million points, as Solomon arrived carrying the Demon Blade.

Gaoxin tested the Demon Blade and found that its compatibility with his Divinity Skills sharply increased his combat power, then learned more about the strongest Elephant Level fighters. He planned to reach the Death Hills with his companions, earn enough to redeem Weimiao, and study matrix construction with Solomon.

• Gaoxin wielded the Demon Blade with Spine Severing Sword Bone, reaching a sixtyfold Transcend Boundary and producing a six-thousand-ton TNT-equivalent attack.
• Solomon ranked Gaoxin tenth among Elephant Level fighters and explained that Quinn, Heart K, and several wealthy SSRs ranked above him.
• Gaoxin learned that Weimiao could potentially escape the Navy's research institute by fleeing to Sin Prison Island, and Solomon offered to exchange her for two million.
• Gaoxin realized he lacked the money to redeem Weimiao and decided to seek funds in the Death Hills rather than join a game.
• Gaoxin told his companions that Brother Kai and Xia Heng's group were safe in the Silver Tower and planned to leave for the Death Hills after a day's rest.
• Gaoxin planned to study matrix construction with Solomon so he could better use the Nanite Swarm.

Gaoxin failed to retain Solomon’s vast Nanite Swarm matrix data, then nearly destabilized his Mind Palace trying to create an Imaginary Partner Themis who could remember it. He learned how Gaoshu survived the Vermilion Bird Gate Incident, but her mother’s identity remained unknown as Gaoxin agreed to help pursue revenge against Lu Zhao and the other chief culprits.

• Solomon transmitted the Nanite Swarm matrix data into Gaoxin’s brain, but Gaoxin died from the overload and remembered none of it after Super Regeneration revived him.
• Gaoxin began forming an Imaginary Partner Themis to retrieve the data from his subconscious, but Silver Hand stopped him when the personality threatened to destroy the Mind Palace.
• Wan Kai revealed that Gaoshu was Gao Long’s daughter and explained that Gao Long had entrusted her to Chef Xue, who raised her without knowing her identity.
• Gaoxin questioned why Gao Long had hidden Gaoshu and speculated that her mother’s identity was sensitive; Wan Kai recounted Shirley’s connection to Caesar, but they could not determine whether she was Gaoshu’s mother.
• Gaoshu said she wanted revenge for Wan Kai, whom Lu Zhao had ruined, and Gaoxin promised to target only the chief culprits rather than turn against all of Tangren City.

Gaoxin and Wan Kai led their group through Pampas Armed Forces territory toward Death Hills, where Wan Kai had a powerful contact. After they broke through a border checkpoint and escaped Santos, Bull King Niu Tie'an barred Santos’s Dharma Body from entering Death Hills and claimed the area Wan Kai’s group wanted to protect.

• Gaoxin chose Ancient Tree Village in Pampas Armed Forces territory as the group’s route to Death Hills, and they bought food and supplies before crossing the border.
• Wan Kai told Gaoxin that White King, his brother, was a lord in Death Hills who could help them trade fairly.
• Gaoxin and Wan Kai attacked the border checkpoint to avoid paying taxes, and Wan Kai fought Santos while Gaoxin shielded nearby caravans from the battle’s shockwaves.
• Santos retreated after seeing Gaoxin’s S+ Demon Blade, then activated his Dharma Body and pursued the group toward Death Hills.
• Bull King Niu Tie'an stopped Santos from taking his Dharma Body into Death Hills, saying Jade Qilin’s protected areas were also under his protection.

Gaoxin learned about the Tiannuo Organization and its leader, Feng Wuji, while buying Mysterious Crystals from the traveling merchant Wuritu. After Gaoxin revealed himself as Taishui, Wuritu asked whether he would sell his brain matter.

• Santos flew away and disappeared underground, while Bull King's battle body settled into the mountains near Tangren City.
• Wan Kai explained that the Death Hills had four Rogue Kings, and Wuritu corrected him that Queen of Spades had reached the True Dragon level.
• Wuritu introduced Mysterious Crystals, and Wan Kai charged one with his Golden Battle Body for Gaoxin to use as protection.
• Wan Kai told Gaoxin that Feng Wuji led Tiannuo, which made Gaoxin suspect Feng Wuji was connected to the Dark Logician.
• Gaoxin offered to trade weapons for Wuritu's remaining Mysterious Crystals, but Wuritu instead asked if Gaoxin would sell his brain matter.

Gaoxin traded his blood and weapons for Mysterious Crystals, then promised Wan Kai treatment for his genetic damage. As the group crossed Jade Qilin's territory toward the White King's, Gaoxin learned how the Death Hills' defectors had established their independent territories and considered claiming one himself.

• Wuritu offered two million for Gaoxin's brain, but Gaoxin refused and sold four hundred kilograms of blood and three A+-grade weapons for nine Mysterious Crystals.
• Gaoxin told Wuritu to pass a cryptic message to the Holy Awakener and said he would meet him only if he came personally, preferably in two months.
• Gaoxin had Wan Kai charge the crystals and promised to cure his Gene Virus, while Gaoshu expressed her desire to help him take revenge on Fujiwara Tomotaka.
• Wan Kai explained that the Death Hills' underground city lay beneath Jade Qilin's peaceful village and described how Bull King and other defectors had united to protect its people.
• Gaoxin learned that Aran Muller had defected from Evil Dragon Fortress and established the Death Hills' second-largest territory, then said he might claim it after restoring Wan Kai's strength.

Gaoxin and Wan Kai reached White King's underground city, where Gaoxin arranged to restart Chef Xue’s medicine-mud business. White King agreed to hide Wan Kai for two months in exchange for helping him kill Scorched Earth Leon, and proposed faking Wan Kai’s death afterward.

• Wan Kai led Gaoxin’s group into White King’s territory, and Gaoxin noticed a Glass Person village isolated in a mountain crevice.
• The group flew down the underground staircase, giving stranded Glass People a ride, and Gaoxin told Chef Xue to recruit workers and restart medicine-mud production.
• White King welcomed the group at Forget-Me-Not Entertainment City and recognized Gaoxin as the son of Gao Long.
• White King asked Wan Kai to sell his demon blade to ease tensions with Caesar, but Wan Kai refused and Gaoxin said the Evil Dragon Empire would cause trouble regardless.
• Wan Kai asked White King to hide him until he recovered his strength, and White King agreed in exchange for Wan Kai killing Scorched Earth Leon.
• White King offered to arrange a fake death for Wan Kai after the killing, and Wan Kai asked what he meant.

White King asked Wan Kai to consider sacrificing his body to kill Leon, whose protection by Caesar made him a threat no force dared confront. After Iris Flower arrived, White King hid Wan Kai and Gaoxin underground, and Gaoxin sold two S+ weapons to White King for four million.

• Gaoxin and Wan Kai questioned how a Dragon Level could fake his death, and White King explained his plan to have Wan Kai upload his consciousness into a Cyborg body.
• White King urged Wan Kai to kill Leon, explaining that Caesar’s retaliation made the cost too high for any force to accept.
• Gaoxin realized that the island’s most powerful forces maintained their balance because a full-scale fight could devastate the island.
• A Triceratops-shaped Tiger Level reported that Iris Flower had arrived, so White King arranged to hide Wan Kai and Gaoxin on the fifth underground floor.
• White King told Wan Kai to recover and consider killing Leon, while demanding four million if he refused.
• Gaoxin offered White King two S+ weapons for four million, and White King agreed to buy them.

Gaoxin left White King's underground shelter with Luo Yan to meet Weimiao, while Xia Heng and the other cyborgs set out to establish a base in the Death Hills. In Peach Blossom Spring, Gaoxin discovered that the tree they had leaned against was a Radiation User transformed into a plant.

• Gaoxin invited Luo Yan to accompany him outside and let Xia Heng take the cyborgs to build a base with two million in funding.
• Gaoxin warned everyone to avoid him and follow Luo Yan if he changed after a breakthrough, then split from Xia Heng's group.
• Gaoxin and Luo Yan reached Peach Blossom Spring to wait for Weimiao, and a frightened villager told them the village had nothing to offer.
• Luo Yan asked for food, causing the tree they rested beneath to grow eggplant-shaped fruit, while villagers worried it would exhaust Dilili.
• Gaoxin and Luo Yan realized Dilili was a Radiation User who had transformed almost entirely into a rooted plant.

Gaoxin and Luo Yan discovered that their fruit had come from Dilili, a plant-transforming Exclusive Module User who had been asleep for three years. After Gaoxin fed her his blood, Dilili awakened and broke through, leaving Gaoxin to suspect that her vegetative state greatly lowered the will needed to advance.

• Luo Ke confronted Gaoxin and Luo Yan for taking too much fruit from Dilili, then attacked Gaoxin after mistaking his praise of their abilities for a threat.
• The village chief explained that Luo Ke and Dilili were Exclusive Module Users targeted by people who wanted to devour their brains, and Luo Ke apologized after learning Gaoxin meant no harm.
• Gaoxin poured nearly four hundred kilograms of blood into Dilili's tree, which revived her and triggered a breakthrough.
• Dilili transformed back into a human, learned that three years had passed, and thanked Gaoxin for saving her.
• After questioning Dilili about her plant state, Gaoxin realized that discarding consciousness and surviving through instinct might greatly reduce the will required for a breakthrough.

Gaoxin exchanged for Weimiao and brought her from Peach Blossom Spring, where the villagers refused to join his faction. After White King concealed Gaoxin’s whereabouts and reported a false trail to Iris Flower, he learned that Leodar and Evil Dragon Fortress were leading a campaign to capture Taishui, threatening to destroy any territory that sheltered him.

• Weimiao arrived at Peach Blossom Spring, explained why she could not return to Sin Prison Island, and disguised herself before leaving with Gaoxin.
• Dilili and the village chief refused Gaoxin’s offer to take the villagers with him, so he left them food and an insect they could use to contact him.
• Luo Yan captured several scouts, including Winged Tiger, who recognized Gaoxin as Taishui and revealed that scouts from multiple territories had witnessed Weimiao’s arrival.
• White King kept Winged Tiger in his territory and devised a false account of Taishui’s escape, then told Iris Flower that Taishui had fled south.
• Iris Flower revealed that Leodar was leading the hunt for Taishui under Caesar’s orders and warned that the Four Heavenly Kings would destroy any territory that sheltered him.

Gaoxin finished repairing Wan Kai’s Gene Virus, restoring him to full strength after two months. With Evil Dragon Fortress threatening the region, Gaoxin prepared to raise his flag on Aran Muller’s territory and chose companions for the coming battle.

• Gaoxin awakened the [Plantification] module and distributed pieces of his heart to every Radiation User in the Great Spirit Society.
• White King warned Gaoxin that Evil Dragon Fortress was preparing for conflict, so Gaoxin agreed to fight on Aran Muller’s territory instead of risking White King’s land.
• White King explained the history behind Death Hills’ independence and described Quinn’s suspected role in secretly supporting the movement.
• After two months of work, Gaoxin deciphered the final Atomic Breath and Wan Kai recovered his full strength, accidentally firing a powerful plasma breath.
• Gaoxin decided to raise his flag on Aran Muller’s territory and selected Luo Yan, Gaoshu, and Weimiao to accompany him while the others stayed behind.

Gaoxin and Wan Kai investigated Aran Territory and concluded that Aran had faked his defection to build a military outpost and sell addictive drugs. They planned to sneak into its underground supply warehouses, but a cyborg promoter exposed a complication: only Wan Kai’s Assassin Aura could evade mechanical detection, so Gaoxin considered breaking through to the Elephant Level in enemy territory.

• Gaoxin, Luo Yan, Wan Kai, and Weimiao explored Aran Territory and learned that Caesar’s brain flash drug had left many addicts in the streets.
• Mandala described Aran Territory’s layout and supplies, and Gaoxin concluded that Aran had staged his defection to profit from the Death Hills’ independence.
• Gaoxin told Wan Kai they should hide in Aran’s warehouses until discovered, protecting the White King from suspicion, and the group headed to the Gladiator Arena’s secret passage.
• A bunny-girl promoter noticed the group’s Assassin Auras, but Wan Kai revealed she was a cyborg whose Cyber Brain made her immune to the ability.
• Wan Kai explained that the group needed the Blue Battle Body to fool ordinary robots, while Gaoxin warned that his dangerous breakthrough might be safest in enemy territory.

Gaoxin split the group’s infiltration plan, while Luo Yan mastered an instinctive Battle Body under Wan Kai’s demanding instruction and accepted him as his teacher. Left at the arena, Gaoxin learned that powerful factions had gathered to capture Taishui and considered using his own growing strength—and a possible way to resurrect the dead—to force recognition of his independence.

• Gaoxin sent Luo Yan, Wan Kai, Gaoshu, and Weimiao to infiltrate the warehouse while he stayed behind to watch the rabbit girl and act if the group was discovered.
• Wan Kai pushed Luo Yan to stabilize his Blue Battle Body, and Luo Yan suddenly produced a purple-tinged Deep Blue Battle Body that reformed instantly after Wan Kai shattered it.
• Wan Kai recognized Luo Yan’s talent and accepted him as a student, then led him, Gaoshu, and Weimiao through the guarded secret passage.
• Gaoxin watched Mosa defeat three True Tiger Level fighters and learned from the rabbit girl that Mosa had become a celebrated arena champion.
• The rabbit girl told Gaoxin that Dragon-level leaders from Evil Dragon Fortress, the Golden Buddha Alliance, and Lion Hunter Valley had gathered to capture Taishui.
• Gaoxin resolved to repel the encirclement and establish himself as an independent lord, considering whether his future Bio-field abilities could let him restore the dead.

Gaoxin studied Fortune Particles and discovered that their powerful pleasure and psychological addictiveness could persist through memories and affect the demonic nature he would face after breaking through. He decided to destroy all the particles in Aran Territory before beginning the battle.

• Gaoxin bought and examined Brain Flash and Fortune Particles while watching the Gladiator Arena.
• Mandala explained that Fortune Particles caused intense pleasure and damaging withdrawal, then admitted he still craved them despite being dead.
• Gaoxin realized the addiction could persist in memories and affect his demonic nature, which would control his body after he broke through.
• Silver Hand explained that erasing Mandala would not remove the subconscious memory responsible for the demonic nature's addiction.
• Gaoxin stood up and decided to find and destroy every Fortune Particle in Aran Territory before breaking through.

Gao Xin learned how to destroy Fortune Particles and discussed Aran’s past as Tangren City’s spy with Li Fengqing. He decided to fight for Aran Territory and purify its Fortune Particles, while planning to target its most famous addict, Mosa.

• Gao Xin stopped himself from smashing the Fortune Particle and called Li Fengqing to ask how to destroy it.
• Li Fengqing explained that Yanhan Starlight could destroy Fortune Particles, or an already addicted person could absorb them all.
• Gao Xin revealed that Aran had been a spy for Gao Long, and he and Li Fengqing discussed how Aran had become a fence-sitter after losing contact with Tangren City.
• Li Fengqing advised Gao Xin to expose Aran through a Tangren City spy so Evil Dragon Fortress would move against Aran before it could ambush Gao Xin and Wan Kai.
• Gao Xin vowed to fight for Aran Territory and purify the Fortune Particles, then learned that Mosa, the Invincible Tiger King, was its most famous addict.

Gaoxin revealed himself to Mosa and asked him to help eliminate the Fortune Particles in Aran Territory. Mosa agreed to betray Evil Dragon Fortress and asked to follow Gaoxin, hoping to grow stronger and protect his undefeated record against Kira.

• Mosa refused Jason’s Fortune Particles and explained that he could not bear to lose to Kira.
• Gaoxin, disguised as a nine-meter-tall man, killed Jason’s substitute and crushed Jason’s head before revealing himself to Mosa.
• Gaoxin asked Mosa to help destroy Aran Territory’s Fortune Particles, but Mosa resisted because consuming too many could leave him unable to face Kira.
• Gaoxin confirmed that Kira had defeated an Elephant-level fighter and was stronger than Mosa, deepening Mosa’s resolve to preserve his undefeated record.
• Mosa proposed using Jason and other people to consume the Fortune Particles, then knelt and asked to follow Gaoxin.