Chapter Summaries

The Ice Worm, a planet-destroying subspecies of Alaqui Zerg, appeared in space. It could devour spaceships and was accompanied by many Firefly Zerg.

• The Ice Worm appeared in space.
• The chapter described the Ice Worm as a huge Alaqui Zerg capable of destroying planets and devouring spaceships.
• Large numbers of Firefly Zerg accompanied the Ice Worm.

The chapter described the Zerg swarm's sudden enhancement, which made even ordinary soldier bugs far more powerful and difficult for human ground troops to fight. It ended mid-explanation, as it began to describe how assault rifles fared against the Zerg.

• The Zerg swarm suddenly grew stronger without warning.
• Ordinary soldier bugs became much more powerful than before.
• Human ground troops struggled because soldier bugs could easily kill them.
• The narration began explaining what happened when traditional assault rifles hit the Zerg.

The future warrior stood unharmed amid the corpses of Zerg, bioengineered humans, and Madam Anwen in the ruins. The chapter ended with him alone at the center of the devastation.

• The future warrior stood alone in the ruins among the corpses of the Zerg, bioengineered humans, and Madam Anwen.
• His black leather jacket and pants were scorched, and his black sunglasses were smashed.
• The future warrior remained completely uninjured.

Shi Xinglan joined the stalled negotiation between Yimo and Bihantok and offered Yimo a chance to win the game by detonating the nova bomb aboard the space battleship, destroying everything and everyone there.

• Yimo and Bihantok's communication reached an impasse.
• Shi Xinglan joined the negotiation.
• Shi Xinglan told Yimo to detonate the nova bomb inside the space battleship and wipe out all life there.

Negotiations between all three sides collapsed, and Bihantok spread his immense mystical power across the battlefield. The force made the surrounding space feel like a quagmire, hindering movement and breathing.

• Negotiations between all three sides completely broke down.
• Bihantok spread his mystical power across the entire battlefield.
• The power made the space around the fighters feel muddy and difficult to move and breathe in.

After the game ended and the world fell still, Shi Xinglan remained standing while Yimo nearly collapsed from exhaustion. Yimo had found watching Shi Xinglan fight to turn the tide more nerve-racking than facing danger alone.

• The game ended, and the entire world fell still.
• Shi Xinglan remained standing.
• Yimo nearly collapsed from mental and physical strain.
• Yimo reflected that watching Shi Xinglan fight desperately had been more terrifying than fighting alone.

Yimo emerged from the game on the evening of February 14, after worrying about how to spend Valentine's Day with his many girlfriends. By then, the holiday was already over, so he no longer needed to make plans.

• Yimo entered the game shortly after the Spring Festival, before the fifteenth day of the first lunar month.
• Yimo worried about how to spend Valentine's Day with his many girlfriends.
• Yimo finished the game and emerged on the evening of February 14.
• Yimo realized it was too late to make Valentine's Day plans.

The cabin was a real, lived-in place filled with plants, crafts, and modern necessities. Even Xiao Bao and Shi Xinglan were there.

• The narrator confirmed that the cabin was real rather than an illusion.
• The narrator observed that the small cabin showed signs of long-term habitation.
• The cabin contained flowers, plants, handmade crafts, and modern necessities.
• The narrator mentioned Xiao Bao, the giant hawksbill sea turtle from Jasmine Island, and Shi Xinglan.

Yimo drank Yun Miao's restorative tonic and slept after returning from nearly twenty days of fun. He woke at noon to find a woman in a glossy black nightdress sitting beside his bed.

• Yimo drank Yun Miao's restorative tonic.
• Yimo returned to his room and went to sleep, tired after nearly twenty days out having fun.
• Yimo woke up at noon and saw a woman in a glossy black nightdress sitting beside his bed.
• The woman noticed that Yimo had woken up.

Tong Muxue and An Bingyan teamed up to pummel Yimo in the hot spring, while he privately reveled in their time together. The chapter left off after they finished soaking in the hot spring.

• Yimo suggested that they do it together.
• Tong Muxue and An Bingyan teamed up to pummel Yimo in the hot spring.
• Yimo felt happy amid their laughter.
• They finished soaking in the hot spring.

Zhenling warned Yimo that he would suffer if he challenged her, but Yimo remained confident that he would not lose out.

• Yimo threatened to squeeze Zhenling harder than the others if he got serious.
• Zhenling asked Brother Sakamoto not to put on a brave front and warned him he would suffer later.
• Yimo laughed and said he would not be the one losing out either way.

Zhenling left Yimo confused after declining to explain how to make it. She closed the door and walked away, leaving whether Yimo stayed or left up to Sakamoto.

• Yimo asked Zhenling how to make it.
• Zhenling said she did not know.
• Zhenling told Yimo that staying or leaving depended on Sakamoto's mood.
• Zhenling closed the room door and walked away.

Leng Tianbao failed to claim a place at the gathering and had to retreat, while Yimo noticed an empty seat near an old man and a young girl at the private room entrance. She asked Old Master Leng about the seat, but the chapter ended before his answer.

• Leng Tianbao tried to dominate the gathering but was not allowed to sit at the table.
• Leng Tianbao retreated in defeat and accepted his loss.
• Yimo saw an old man and a young girl chatting by the private room entrance.
• Yimo noticed an empty seat beside them and asked Old Master Leng about it.

The chapter opened in a rundown neighborhood in central Shangjing, where old bungalows stood beside narrow, crowded alleys. The identities of the vigorous elderly residents remained unknown.

• The narrator described an impoverished, outdated neighborhood in central Shangjing.
• The narrator noted that the tightly packed houses were linked by narrow alleys.
• The narrator observed that few young people lived there and that the elderly residents played chess and chatted.

Yimo played three chess games against Old Gu, winning two and drawing one, while Iron Blood cheered as he watched despite being blind from the cost of his Death Game talent.

• Yimo and Old Gu played three games of chess.
• Yimo won two games and drew one against Old Gu.
• Iron Blood cheered while watching the games despite his blindness.

Yimo had not planned to go to Japan, but she brought up the idea while talking with Unlucky Salted Fish and teased him. She meant to revisit it later, but her joke startled him and left him unsure how to respond.

• Yimo had no plans to go to Japan.
• While talking with Unlucky Salted Fish, Yimo suddenly brought up going to Japan and teased him.
• Yimo intended to discuss the idea again later, but her remark startled Unlucky Salted Fish.

A month earlier, while Yimo was away from Lushi and accompanying Xia Yuxi, Tong Muxue secretly gathered Yun Miao and An Bingyan for a confidential meeting without Qin Muse. The chapter leaves the meeting’s purpose unexplained.

• A month earlier, Yimo was away from Lushi and accompanying Xia Yuxi.
• Yun Miao, Qin Muse, Tong Muxue, and An Bingyan were in Lushi.
• Tong Muxue secretly gathered Yun Miao and An Bingyan behind Qin Muse’s back.
• Tong Muxue held a confidential meeting with Yun Miao and An Bingyan.

Mingmei and the other person both inwardly dreaded having to take part in the activity together, despite keeping calm on the surface. Their eyes met as they turned to look at each other.

• Mingmei and the other person silently questioned why they had to join the activity together.
• They both pretended to stay calm while their emotions surged.
• They turned toward each other at the same time and their gazes met.

After the party, the night grew quiet in Room 816 as moonlight fell beside the bed. The chapter ended with an unfinished exchange about the Oriental Pearl Tower.

• Someone began to mention being atop the Oriental Pearl Tower.
• The other person responded, and the speaker said there was nothing to worry about.
• The party ended, and silence returned.
• Moonlight slipped through the window and fell beside the bed.

Yimo and Qin Muse left a kimono shop in Kyoto after Qin Muse changed into a furisode. An elderly woman saw them off and welcomed them to return.

• Yimo watched an elderly woman adjust Qin Muse's newly changed furisode kimono.
• Yimo and Qin Muse left the shop side by side.
• The elderly woman wished them a safe journey and welcomed them back.