Chapter Summaries

The stationmaster tried to persuade Zhang Guangmu to join him, but she refused and revealed that her strength had risen to his level. He discovered that the Tian Guang Culinary Team had helped Wang Shangqing reach the ninth order and sent Zhang Guangmu the power of his miraculous dish, turning the fight against him.

• The stationmaster urged Zhang Guangmu to abandon her allies and become his partner, but she rejected his assumption that they had abandoned her.
• The stationmaster traced the past and saw Wang Shangqing prepare a dish with the support of Tang Lanshan, Zhang Baimu, and Luo Zhuan, who poured their power, bonds, and blessings into him.
• Wang Shangqing completed the Sigh of All Gods, briefly manifesting Chef Gods from across history and entering the ninth order at the cost of overdrawing his potential.
• Jiang Ling used a Jiang Jiang Life Pill to transform the dish’s nourishment into a miniature Zhang Guangmu, which devoured the feast and sent its power to her.
• Zhang Guangmu absorbed the new power and attacked the stationmaster with a flurry of punches, dimming the light around his eyes and making the ominous star above him flicker.

Zhang Guangmu pursued the Station Master through the Endless Sea after the Station Master fled, then killed him before he could escape. The battles in the Eternal Cube and the Chaos Continent also ended, deciding the war’s overall victor.

• The Station Master chose to flee rather than risk fighting Zhang Guangmu, and raced toward a weak point in the Endless Sea’s dimensional barrier.
• Zhang Guangmu crossed the boundary and reached the Station Master before he could escape, leaving the Station Master convinced that false intelligence had misled him.
• Zhang Guangmu attacked the Station Master with his full strength as viewers watched the pivotal battle.
• Zhang Guangmu beat the Station Master to death, destroying his body and soul without leaving any chance of a comeback.
• The battles in the Eternal Cube and the Chaos Continent ended, producing the ultimate victor.

Zhang Guangmu entered Taichu Star by reincarnating as a man, leaving Wang Shangqing behind to protect the Tian Guang Culinary Team. He woke in the Strange City to a burly man offering to adopt him as his daughter.

• Zhang Guangmu followed the rise of the six Main World Realm Lords as the Tian Guang Culinary Team secured Earth Civilization another point by dominating the Sea of Purgatory.
• An invitation to Taichu Star reached the Realm Lords, and Kamiza Arata Mirai and Li Xuanlong accepted while Zhang Guangmu prepared to go as well.
• Zhang Guangmu invited Wang Shangqing to join him, but Wang Shangqing stayed behind to establish order and safeguard the Tian Guang Culinary Team.
• Zhang Guangmu said farewell to Wang Shangqing and the others, changed into a male form, and entered Taichu Star alone.
• Zhang Guangmu woke in an unfinished building in the Strange City, where the Bald Strongman offered him porridge and asked him to be his daughter.

Zhang Guangmu arrived in the supernatural apocalypse on Taichu Star and joined Zhao Zhengrong’s orphanage, where food was scarce. He resolved to survive and repay Zhao Zhengrong’s kindness, asking to join him on his next foraging trip.

• Zhang Guangmu corrected Zhao Zhengrong about his age and gender, then introduced himself and called Zhao Zhengrong “Brother Zheng.”
• Zhang Guangmu learned that Zhao Zhengrong ran an orphanage in an unfinished building and supported its children by foraging for supplies.
• Zhang Guangmu learned that the world’s power grid had failed and murderous supernatural creatures had taken over, leaving survivors short of food.
• Zhang Guangmu set survival as his immediate goal and recalled that his Fate Power allowed him to trade lifespan with others.
• Zhang Guangmu finished his porridge and asked Zhao Zhengrong to take him along on his next foraging trip.

Zhang Guangmu saved Xiao Jiu from an Abyssal Fiend, proving his combat ability to Zhao Zhengrong. Zhao Zhengrong offered him an Abyssal Fiend Seed, warning that its power carried a terrible cost.

• Zhang Guangmu cut his hair and surveyed the unfinished building while Zhao Zhengrong remained reluctant to take him outside.
• A low-level Abyssal Fiend attacked Xiao Jiu, and Zhang Guangmu destroyed it with a powerful punch and stomp.
• Xiao Jiu and the other youths thanked and admired Zhang Guangmu, while Zhao Zhengrong reconsidered his judgment of him.
• Zhao Zhengrong showed Zhang Guangmu an Abyssal Fiend Seed and explained that it could grant power but came with a devastating backlash.

Zhang Guangmu learned the costs and risks of Zhao Zhengrong’s Abyssal Fiend Power and chose to inherit the Abyssal Fiend Seed · Strength. After balancing the seed within himself, Zhang Guangmu gained immense physical strength and considered seeking the lower-level Strange Demon’s power of erosion.

• Zhao Zhengrong explained that the Abyssal Fiend Seed · Strength came from his symbiosis with a Strange Demon and let him twist steel with ease.
• Zhao Zhengrong warned Zhang Guangmu that using Abyssal Fiend Power consumed lifespan and could eventually erode a person’s reason.
• Zhang Guangmu accepted the inheritance, believing his Fate Authority · Lifespan Transaction would help him avoid the cost of lost lifespan.
• Zhang Guangmu spent five hours balancing the seed within himself while Zhao Zhengrong stood guard.
• Zhang Guangmu successfully contained the seed and found that his muscles, skin, and bones had reached the physical limit for a Normal Human.
• Zhang Guangmu wondered whether the lower-level Strange Demon’s corrosive ability could become an Abyssal Fiend Seed · Erosion.

Zhang Guangmu mastered his abnormal power and set out with Zhao Zhengrong to meet Li Xiaoxiao, the Sword Hero of a survivor camp. They found Li Xiaoxiao battling three powerful generals, and Zhang Guangmu charged into the fight despite Zhao Zhengrong’s warning.

• Zhao Zhengrong explained the three stages of abnormal power and warned Zhang Guangmu about the loss of lifespan and reason that came with using it.
• Zhang Guangmu studied his powers through the night, then left with Zhao Zhengrong after mastering them.
• Zhao Zhengrong led Zhang Guangmu toward Li Xiaoxiao’s survivor camp, explaining that they planned to trade metal for a weapon.
• They entered the camp and found corpses throughout the tennis training center, then heard fighting from the bathing area.
• Zhang Guangmu and Zhao Zhengrong found Li Xiaoxiao fighting the Three Abnormal Generals, and Zhang Guangmu charged into the battle despite Zhao Zhengrong’s command to hide.

Zhang Guangmu killed the Bone General and Nether General, absorbing the first one's essence and using a new technique against the strength-countering Nether General. He turned his attention to the Shield General, who was still fighting Li Xiaoxiao, and spotted its weakness.

• Zhao Zhengrong fought the incorporeal Nether General while warning Zhang Guangmu about the Three Abnormal Generals.
• Zhang Guangmu killed the Bone General with One-Move Kill and absorbed its Abyssal Fiend essence, increasing his strength.
• Zhang Guangmu took over Zhao Zhengrong's fight and defeated the Nether General with a new battle technique.
• Zhang Guangmu examined the Shield General battling Li Xiaoxiao and spotted its weakness.

Zhang Guangmu and Li Xiaoxiao joined forces to defeat Shield General, and Zhang Guangmu absorbed the resulting Abyssal Fiend Essence to advance into the Infant Stage. When Li Xiaoxiao succumbed to madness, Zhao Zhengrong explained the Abnormal Controller Repulsion Law and why controllers could not safely help one another.

• Zhang Guangmu and Li Xiaoxiao broke through Shield General’s defense together, and Li Xiaoxiao gave Zhang Guangmu the Abyssal Fiend Essence as thanks for saving his life.
• Zhang Guangmu absorbed the essence and evolved his Abnormal Fetus into an Abnormal Infant, advancing into the Infant Stage after finding a new equilibrium point.
• Li Xiaoxiao fell into a murderous frenzy and struggled against the urge to attack Zhang Guangmu and Zhao Zhengrong.
• Zhao Zhengrong stopped Zhang Guangmu from helping Li Xiaoxiao and explained that contact with a crazed Abnormal Controller could trigger their mutual corruption.
• Zhao Zhengrong recounted how Bone General and Shield General became Abyssal Fiends and stated the First Rule of the Abnormal Controller: Repulsion Law.
• Zhang Guangmu sensed that his Abnormal Infant was unusually well-behaved and obedient.

After reaching the Infant Stage, Zhang Guangmu fully awakened his Lifespan Transaction authority and used it to restore Zhao Zhengrong’s depleted lifespan in exchange for a can of beef. He planned to build a powerful faction in Pinghua City, where Ice Skeleton King stood as the main obstacle to his ambition.

• Li Xiaoxiao regained consciousness after the battle, while Zhang Guangmu realized that both Li Xiaoxiao and Zhao Zhengrong had lost much of their lifespans.
• Zhang Guangmu recognized that his Lifespan Transaction authority let him trade lifespan directly and that his own supply was effectively limitless.
• Zhang Guangmu offered Zhao Zhengrong a thousand years of lifespan for a can of beef, and the transaction restored Zhao Zhengrong’s vitality with extra lifespan to spare.
• Zhang Guangmu ate half the beef and gave the rest to Li Xiaoxiao, then decided to make a name for himself and build a faction in Pinghua City.
• Zhao Zhengrong warned Zhang Guangmu about Ice Skeleton King and the dangers of Abnormal Fiends, but Zhang Guangmu resolved to claim Pinghua City for himself.

Zhang Guangmu sought information on the Ice Skeleton King and received an Abyssal Sword Weapon from Li Xiaoxiao, who had forged it from an Abyssal Fiend Seed. After learning more about the King, Zhang Guangmu hinted that he could save Li Xiaoxiao’s life in exchange for the weapon.

• Zhang Guangmu and Li Xiaoxiao met Lin Fan Town’s messenger, who promised to send information about the Ice Skeleton King and praised Zhang Guangmu to Chu Fan.
• The next day, Zhang Guangmu studied the information and went to Li Xiaoxiao’s camp, where he found Li Xiaoxiao holding a deep-blue sword.
• Li Xiaoxiao explained that he had forged the sword from an Abyssal Fiend Seed and gave it to Zhang Guangmu to test.
• Zhang Guangmu found that the Abyssal Sword Weapon greatly improved his combat ability and judged that he could face the Ice Skeleton King without fleeing.
• Zhang Guangmu asked whether Li Xiaoxiao would trade the sword for a thousand years of life, and Li Xiaoxiao welcomed the imagined bargain.

Zhang Guangmu restored Li Xiaoxiao’s lifespan, and Li pledged himself as Zhang’s sword. With a powerful subordinate at his side, Zhang decided to build his authority by borrowing the name of Pinghua City’s Abyssal Fiend King, Ice Skeleton King.

• Zhang Guangmu used Fate Authority · Lifespan Transaction to restore Li Xiaoxiao’s youth and grant him a thousand years of life.
• Li Xiaoxiao realized Zhang had deliberately cultivated him, then knelt and vowed to become Zhang’s sword.
• Zhang Guangmu declared that he would unify Taichu, and Li pledged to cut down anyone who stood in his way.
• Zhang Guangmu considered Lifespan Trading a powerful way to expand his forces and accepted that he could risk his in-world life to win the war.
• Zhang Guangmu decided to gain the prestige needed to recruit Pinghua City’s Abnormal Controllers by borrowing the name of the Abyssal Fiend King Ice Skeleton King.

Zhang Guangmu confronted the Ice Skeleton King in Pinghua City, using his new Abyssal Sword Weapon and Invisible Sunglasses to withstand its attacks and break its skull in close combat. The Ice Skeleton King remained active, launching hidden bone fragments at Zhang Guangmu from behind.

• Li Xiaoxiao told Zhang Guangmu he could forge only one Abyssal Sword Weapon each year, and Zhang Guangmu said there was no need to conceal his Lifespan-Increasing Divine Ability after killing the Ice Skeleton King.
• Zhang Guangmu rested, then headed to the center of Pinghua City and found the Ice Skeleton King.
• The Ice Skeleton King unleashed a frost gale, but Zhang Guangmu dodged it and charged in with Li Xiaoxiao's Abyssal Sword Weapon.
• The Ice Skeleton King blinded Zhang Guangmu with a flash and attacked with a frost spear, but his Invisible Sunglasses protected him from the light and let him continue fighting.
• After thirty-six exchanges, Zhang Guangmu exploited a flaw in the Ice Skeleton King's spear technique and split its skull with his sword.
• The Ice Skeleton King's skull fragments floated up and shot toward Zhang Guangmu's back.

Zhang Guangmu fought the Ice Skeleton King, repeatedly destroying its body until it could no longer recover, then absorbed its essence. As the Ice Skeleton King triggered its dying parasitism, Zhang Guangmu embraced it and let its remnant will enter his body, where it clashed with the abnormal will from the Seed of the Strange Demon · Strength.

• Zhang Guangmu survived the Ice Skeleton King's bone-shard attack and recognized that its recovery came from its nature as ice.
• Zhang Guangmu repeatedly slashed apart the Ice Skeleton King, preventing its Ice Aggregation from keeping pace with the damage.
• Zhang Guangmu smashed the Ice Skeleton King's upper jaw, absorbed its essence, and drove it into retreat.
• Zhang Guangmu struck the fleeing Ice Skeleton King back to the ground and continued wearing down its body.
• The Ice Skeleton King sacrificed its Flash Blindness ability and sent its remnant will toward Zhang Guangmu as a parasite.
• Zhang Guangmu embraced the Ice Skeleton King's remnant will and let it enter his body, where it clashed with the abnormal will from the Seed of the Strange Demon · Strength.

Zhang Guangmu fused the Ice Skeleton King's power with the strength inherited from Zhao Zhengrong, creating a new Abyssal Fiend Seed named Throne. The next day, Chu Fan arrived in Pinghua City after hearing that the Ice Skeleton King had died, and sensed another self speaking in his mind.

• Zhang Guangmu let the Ice Skeleton King's Remnant Will and the Will of Strength battle until both were close to perishing, then forced them to merge.
• Zhang Guangmu successfully created a gold-and-blue dual-attribute Abyssal Fiend Seed, gaining ice abilities alongside his strength power.
• The fused Will emerged as a chaotic ghost face, but Zhang Guangmu frightened it into submission and named it Throne.
• Zhang Guangmu froze lower-ranking Abyssal Fiends he passed on his way to the unfinished building and recognized his new power's increased potential.
• The next day, Chu Fan gathered his forces and went to Pinghua City after learning of the Ice Skeleton King's death.
• Below the unfinished building, Chu Fan heard another self begin speaking inside his mind.

Chu Fan met Zhang Guangmu, learned that he had slain the Ice Skeleton King just days after arriving in Pinghua City, and chose to ally with him rather than pursue his own ambitions. Zhang Guangmu and Chu Fan agreed to join forces against the Abyssal Fiends, and Chu Fan offered his ability for Zhang Guangmu’s eradication plan.

• Chu Fan reconsidered his ambition to undermine Zhang Guangmu and decided to meet him before making a judgment.
• Chu Fan encountered Zhang Guangmu at the unfinished building and quickly found himself impressed by his bearing and charisma.
• Zhang Guangmu recounted how he had made allies, killed the Three Abnormal Generals, and slain the Ice Skeleton King within his first three days in Pinghua City.
• Chu Fan acknowledged that Zhang Guangmu was stronger than him and agreed to work with him against the Abyssal Fiends.
• Zhang Guangmu proposed purging the Abyssal Fiends in the city and creating more Abnormal Controllers, and Chu Fan offered to contribute his special ability.

Zhang Guangmu organized a campaign to clear Pinghua City of Abyssal Fiends and turn the orphans in Zhao Zhengrong’s care into Abnormal Controllers. After reaching Human Tier, he began experimenting with whether his Abyssal Will could reduce the cost of Mania Mutation and let his forces work together.

• Zhang Guangmu chose to strengthen his faction by hunting Abyssal Fiends and creating obedient Abnormal Controllers, and the orphans agreed to take on Abyssal Fiend Power despite its costs.
• Zhang Guangmu, Li Xiaoxiao, and Zhao Zhengrong hunted Abyssal Fiends and transformed the youths, while Chu Fan used his luck to help find hidden enemies.
• After absorbing Abyssal Fiend essences to feed the throne, Zhang Guangmu advanced to Human Tier as Pinghua City’s cleanup approached the halfway point.
• Zhang Guangmu determined that his throne could hold only three kinds of Abyssal Fiend Power and decided to save its last slot for a suitable ability.
• Zhang Guangmu began an experiment to have his Abyssal Will suppress Mania Mutation, hoping to let his Abnormal Controllers form an army and expand his territory.

After the Ice Skeleton King’s death, Zhang Guangmu led an expanding campaign to eradicate the Abnormal Fiends in Pinghua City, with Chu Fan’s luck helping the hunters locate them. Zhang Guangmu traded Chu Fan a thousand years of lifespan for his tactical map, and Chu Fan used his newly secured lifespan to boost Zhang Guangmu’s luck.

• Zhang Guangmu mastered Flight and began slaughtering Abnormal Fiends across Pinghua City, while Zhao Zhengrong and Li Xiaoxiao helped carry out the eradication plan.
• More Abnormal Controllers joined the campaign, and Zhang Guangmu arranged for contributors’ merits to be recorded for future rewards.
• Chu Fan’s Super Luck helped the group find hidden Abnormal Fiends, though Zhang Guangmu’s experiment with the Abnormal Will Throne continued to fail.
• Zhang Guangmu noticed Chu Fan’s silvering temples and asked why he was spending so much lifespan on the campaign; Chu Fan said helping him was his choice.
• Zhang Guangmu traded Chu Fan’s annotated tactical map for a thousand years of lifespan, and Chu Fan realized his friends had not aged because Zhang Guangmu had traded with them too.
• Chu Fan used his Super Luck ability to boost Zhang Guangmu and predicted that good things would happen soon.

Chu Fan spent a hundred years of his lifespan enhancing Zhang Guangmu’s luck, and Jiang Jiuxiao soon arrived in Pinghua City and chose to submit to him. Jiang Jiuxiao’s Soul power could suppress other Abnormal Controllers’ Mania-Fall Phenomenon, offering a possible solution to the Repulsion Law.

• Chu Fan used a hundred years of lifespan to enhance Zhang Guangmu’s luck, then worried when no immediate good fortune appeared.
• Jiang Jiuxiao arrived in Pinghua City after changing course at Yinluo Mountain and asked to become Zhang Guangmu’s disciple.
• Jiang Jiuxiao explained that he had once planned to submit to Li Yan but chose Zhang Guangmu after judging his actions and character.
• Jiang Jiuxiao revealed that the Soul Suppressing King had parasitized him, giving him Soul power and immunity to mania.
• Zhang Guangmu realized Jiang Jiuxiao could suppress other Abnormal Controllers’ Mania-Fall Phenomenon and might solve the Repulsion Law.

Jiang Jiuxiao joined Zhang Guangmu’s faction, and Zhang began building a reward system for Long River City centered on granting lifespan. Six months later, two travelers arrived outside the city, and their vicious-looking leader warned Nalan Yuan to behave inside.

• Jiang Jiuxiao joined Zhang Guangmu’s faction after Zhang welcomed him without promising him a position.
• Zhang Guangmu considered the faction’s future needs and relied on Chu Fan’s luck blessing while arranging Jiang Jiuxiao’s lodging.
• Zhang Guangmu developed a mission and reward system that let Abnormal Controllers exchange merit for lifespan.
• Pinghua City was renamed Long River City, which became known for lifespan rewards and immunity from the price of derangement.
• Six months later, a vicious-looking youth arrived outside Long River City with Nalan Yuan and warned him not to cause trouble.