Chapter Summaries

Yan Qing and his companions fought a party of mechanical demons whose thunderous deathrattle paralyzed their puppets and left Yan Qing exposed to a sweeping attack. Ying Ru Shi, overwhelmed by resentment and love for Yan Qing, took the blow meant for him and was gravely wounded.

• Yan Qing's group struggled against six mechanical demons after their Sacred Shields prevented Qiongqi from killing one immediately.
• A mechanical demon's Deathrattle Thunderstorm paralyzed the nearby puppets, and a battle-blade mechanism used a sweeping attack that threatened Yan Qing.
• Ying Ru Shi's buried resentment surged as she imagined Yan Qing leaving her behind, and she rushed to protect him.
• At the Demon Gathering Camp, Ying Le questioned Xi Yan about his family and granted his deceased mother permission to enter the Xi ancestral hall.
• Ying Le argued with the apparition of her mother about past accusations and wondered whether Ying Ru Shi could truly hate someone else.
• Ying Ru Shi pulled Yan Qing out of the blades' path and took the attack, suffering a nearly fatal wound as Qiongqi was also badly damaged.

Ying Ru Shi recovered after taking a blow for Yan Qing, then fought alongside him and the others to defeat the demons. She resolved to treat Yan Qing as a friend, but he pulled her into the Dimensional Bookstore and asked her to explain herself.

• Ying Ru Shi realized the Bingzi Jiaolin could heal her and restored herself after Yan Qing handed it to her.
• Ying Ru Shi, Yan Qing, Murong Hui, and the others killed the six demons, and Ying Ru Shi felt her sword skill improve.
• Murong Hui hugged Ying Ru Shi and scolded her for risking her life, prompting Ying Ru Shi to appreciate their friendship and reconsider her feelings for Yan Qing.
• Ying Ru Shi urged Murong Hui to lead them onward, but Yan Qing took her into the Dimensional Bookstore and asked her to explain what she had done.

Ying Ru Shi joined Yan Qing’s Calamity Organization and learned that its team skills could link their fates. Yan Qing promised to risk his life alongside her, and Ying Ru Shi pressed him to prove his promise to stay with her forever.

• Ying Ru Shi argued that the danger was worth taking and insisted that she should handle the risky task.
• Yan Qing invited Ying Ru Shi to join the Calamity Organization, and she accepted, learning about Immortal Travel and the Concentric Lock.
• Ying Ru Shi offered to give up her place if Yan Qing needed it, but he refused and said he had taken her request to stay together forever seriously.
• Yan Qing explained that the Concentric Lock would make him risk his life the next time Ying Ru Shi gambled hers, and he told her he trusted her.
• Ying Ru Shi asked whether Yan Qing meant to stay with her even after they left the Land of Gathering Demons, and he said yes.
• Ying Ru Shi cornered Yan Qing by a bookshelf and asked him to prove it.

After Ying Ru Shi took a severe blow to protect Yan Qing, he realized she might be in love with him and tested her feelings by holding her hand. He decided he would not let her go, but his attempt to escalate their intimacy ended with her pinning him against a bookshelf.

• Ying Ru Shi pressed close to Yan Qing after shielding him, and he reconsidered whether her actions meant she liked him.
• Yan Qing took Ying Ru Shi's hand and interlaced their fingers, and she responded by weaving her fingers through his.
• Yan Qing decided he would not let Ying Ru Shi go, though he remained unsure whether he truly liked her.
• Yan Qing slipped his hand into Ying Ru Shi's soft armor, and she grabbed his throat and pinned him against a bookshelf.
• Ying Ru Shi scolded Yan Qing for rushing things, while he defended himself by saying he thought she wanted stronger proof.

Yan Qing, Ying Ru Shi, and Murong Hui spent the night fighting demons so Qiongqi could absorb Puppet Cards, and Yan Qing acquired Bai Ze to accelerate their growth. After returning to the Hot Spring Cabin, a chaotic bathing session ended with Yan Qing suffering a nosebleed while Murong Hui sat on him, and Ying Ru Shi pulled her away.

• Ying Ru Shi and Yan Qing ended their private conversation when Murong Hui called for them, and Ying Ru Shi told Yan Qing not to act recklessly in front of her.
• Yan Qing and the others spent the night killing outskirts monsters while keeping Qiongqi out of battle, and Yan Qing obtained the Bai Ze Puppet Card with a trait that boosted attribute-increasing Transformation Cards.
• Yan Qing placed Bai Ze in a Puppet Slot, and after midnight the puppets revived and the group gained a fourth slot before teleporting to another region.
• At the Hot Spring Cabin, Ying Ru Shi offered to cook while Murong Hui proposed that the group bathe together, and Ying Ru Shi unexpectedly agreed.
• Murong Hui accidentally tore Ying Ru Shi's top during play-fighting, then sat on Yan Qing to feed him a beef ball, prompting his nose to bleed as Ying Ru Shi pulled her away.

Yan Qing and Ying Ru Shi shared a tender moment while he applied ointment to her injured hands, and he promised to accept and care for her no matter how badly she was hurt. The chapter ended with them resting together, while an author’s note complained that a computer power supply had exploded and jokingly blamed the Double-Rest Cult.

• Murong Hui teased Yan Qing, got beaten twice, and received a warning from Ying Ru Shi about keeping appropriate boundaries with him.
• Yan Qing took his night watch while Qiongqi, Bai Ze, and Ascension Six-Eared guarded the sleeping group.
• Yan Qing tried to provoke Ying Ru Shi, then retrieved ointment and persuaded her to let him apply it without looking at her hands.
• Ying Ru Shi relaxed against Yan Qing as he treated her hands, and he promised to stitch her back together no matter how tattered she became.
• Ying Ru Shi cuddled into Yan Qing and imagined spending their lives together.
• The author reported that a computer power supply had exploded and jokingly blamed the Double-Rest Cult.

Ying Ru Shi struggled with Yan Qing's desire to be with her, Black Wolf, and Red Snake, while worrying that choosing sides could break apart their group. Murong Hui appeared to congratulate Ying Ru Shi and offer to give the couple space, but Ying Ru Shi realized that this version of Murong Hui was only a delusion born from her own wishful thinking.

• Ying Ru Shi confronted Yan Qing about his feelings for Black Wolf and Red Snake and learned he would not choose just one partner.
• Ying Ru Shi lay awake worrying that competing with Black Wolf and Red Snake could tear apart the Thieves' Den and hurt Yan Qing.
• Murong Hui asked Ying Ru Shi if she and Yan Qing were together, and Ying Ru Shi shyly confirmed it.
• Murong Hui admitted she liked Yan Qing and offered to stay out of the couple's way, but Ying Ru Shi recognized that she was imagining this conversation.

Yan Qing used Blood Sacrifice and his growing Puppet lineup to prepare for the Land of Gathering Demons’ powerful bosses, while Ying Ru Shi reflected on her disillusionment and her real feelings for him. The group reached the White Mane Lion King, one of the Eight Demons, ready to fight.

• Yan Qing used White Marsh and Blood Sacrifice to boost his Puppets, making his lineup strong enough for repeated battles as he worried about defeating the He Hua Zi Zai Tian True Demon.
• Yan Qing and Murong Hui shared pastries at a cake shop while Ying Ru Shi remembered that her happy encounter with Murong Hui had been a hallucination.
• Ying Ru Shi recognized that Murong Hui likely liked Yan Qing, then watched Yan Qing secretly flirt with her while keeping up appearances around Murong Hui.
• Yan Qing chose to fight the next Eight Demons sooner rather than spend more time developing, and he let Murong Hui and Ying Ru Shi play at a Puppet Cage claw machine.
• Yan Qing, Murong Hui, and Ying Ru Shi arrived at a plaza where the White Mane Lion King was bathing in a fountain.

Yan Qing and his allies fought the White Mane Lion King while twenty Bai Bao Guard charged into the plaza. After Ying Ru Shi helped bring down the Lion King, Qiongqi used Myriad Hearts to kill the Bai Bao Guard, leaving Yan Qing's side victorious.

• Yan Qing sent Qiongqi, Baize, and Ascension Six-Eared to fight the White Mane Lion King, then held Ying Ru Shi back until its bloodfire raised its attack power.
• Ying Ru Shi joined the battle and used the Shadow Spider Boots to spin and strike the White Mane Lion King repeatedly.
• Murong Hui spotted twenty Bai Bao Guard charging toward them, and Yan Qing used Bingzi Jiaolin's blade light to slow their advance at the cost of severe injuries to his arms.
• Ying Ru Shi helped defeat the White Mane Lion King, and Yan Qing carried her away as Qiongqi charged the Bai Bao Guard.
• Qiongqi struck the lead Bai Bao Guard, and Myriad Hearts shared the damage among all twenty, causing their hearts to explode.

Yan Qing chose an offensive accessory and learned that the Bai Bao Guard had begun killing the Eight Demons. Ying Su’s forces killed the Mantis General and split up to hunt the remaining demons as Ying Su prepared to control where the final battle with Yan Qing would take place.

• Yan Qing chose Heaven and Earth Unrivaled Blade for Qiongqi, then declined to use the Relying on Heaven Sword while Ying Ru Shi bandaged his injured arms.
• Yan Qing, Ying Ru Shi, and Murong Hui investigated a distant tremor and realized the Bai Bao Guard were attacking Mantis General.
• Ying Su used Myriad Hearts · One to kill Mantis General with a single spear strike after the Bai Bao Guard weakened it with volleys of arrows.
• Ying Su ordered the one hundred and eighty Bai Bao Guard to split into four teams and target the other Eight Demons.
• Ying Su concluded that Yan Qing would target the True Demon after the Eight Demons fell and resolved to choose the location of their final battle.

Yan Qing gained the Pairing Up accessory and realized the Bai Bao Guards were changing tactics to limit his growth. After his puppets were wiped out at Bone Plaza, he withdrew and vowed to settle everything before Ying Ru Shi left, while the new day’s reward showed the tables were turning.

• Yan Qing chose Pairing Up, which could copy Qiongqi after he transferred Bai Ze’s stats to it, greatly increasing his team’s power.
• The Bai Bao Guards withdrew after discovering Yan Qing had defeated their squad and began hunting the Eight Demons instead.
• Yan Qing suspected Ying Le’s Myriad Hearts was a custom ability that exceeded the game system’s limits, while Golden Armor was Jie Huangchao’s unique method.
• Yan Qing raised Qiongqi’s stats to 120,000 and Bai Ze’s to 40,000, then approached Bone Plaza with his companions before midnight.
• Yan Qing’s four puppets charged the Bai Bao Guards’ prepared defenses and were destroyed by swamps, arrows, and fortifications, so Yan Qing withdrew with Murong Hui and Ying Ru Shi.
• Yan Qing declared that they would resolve every problem before Ying Ru Shi left, and the new day began with the Foundation Establishment Pill reward upgraded to Precious.

Murong Hui dismissed Yan Qing’s worries about the assassin while teasing him and Ying Ru Shi, and Yan Qing kept watch over the group at the Skeleton Scroll Plaza. After a misunderstanding over their feelings, Ying Ru Shi admitted she wanted to be closer to Yan Qing, leaving them sharing an embarrassing secret.

• Murong Hui said the assassin might have fallen behind and teased Yan Qing by making him trim Ying Ru Shi’s toenails.
• Ying Ru Shi and Yan Qing applied Flawless White Jade Ointment to each other’s hands while keeping watch at night.
• Ying Ru Shi worried Yan Qing was angry when he avoided looking at her, and she confronted him by the window.
• Yan Qing explained that her closeness and Murong Hui’s uninhibited behavior were making it difficult for him to control himself.
• Ying Ru Shi returned to Yan Qing and admitted she wanted to be closer to him, then fell asleep pleased that they shared the secret.

Ying Ru Shi was trapped in a grotesque illusion that repeatedly showed Murong Hui and Yan Qing in intimate scenes, and she tried to dispel it by striking at their phantoms. After briefly waking, she saw the illusion return and raised the Relying on Heaven Sword again.

• Ying Ru Shi recognized the scene of Murong Hui and Yan Qing kissing as an illusion but could not escape it through spiritual power or her authority.
• Ying Ru Shi used the Relying on Heaven Sword to cut through the illusion, then saw the intimate scene return and attacked the phantoms again.
• Ying Ru Shi woke beside Murong Hui and spoke with Yan Qing, who asked if she had suffered a nightmare.
• Ying Ru Shi tried to stay awake, but the illusion reappeared and showed Yan Qing and Murong Hui entwined on the bed.
• Ying Ru Shi approached the bed in the darkness and brought the Relying on Heaven Sword down on the figures.

Ying Le realized Ying Ru Shi was draining the Golden Nature of her Reflecting the Mortal World and ordered the Bai Bao Guards to kill everyone in the Land of Gathering Demons. After waking from a dream, Ying Ru Shi saw Ying Le’s brutality reflected in her own eyes.

• Ying Le deduced that Ying Ru Shi’s deeper descent into the dream was giving her more room to breathe in reality.
• Ying Le sent one hundred and twenty Bai Bao Guards into the Land of Gathering Demons and ordered them to kill everyone on sight.
• The Bai Bao Guards remaining in the camp slaughtered everyone there, while threads of blood streamed toward Ying Le.
• Ying Ru Shi woke beside Murong Hui and learned that Yan Qing had stood watch while she slept.
• Ying Ru Shi mistook a shadow on Yan Qing’s neck for a hickey, then washed her face and recognized Ying Le’s cold brutality in her own eyes.

Yan Qing realized he could leave the Land of Gathering Demons and still qualify for the Legendary Foundation Establishment Pill, while Murong Hui invited him to visit her family’s basement. Ying Ru Shi struggled to separate reality from the erotic illusion she had experienced, and the chapter left her unsettled by repeatedly misreading Murong Hui and Yan Qing’s ordinary actions as intimacy.

• Yan Qing realized he could leave through any of the four gates and have his score tallied, but could not return afterward.
• Murong Hui invited Yan Qing to visit her family’s basement, and Ying Ru Shi grew tense when she saw Murong Hui touch him.
• Murong Hui fed Ying Ru Shi and Yan Qing egg waffles, while Ying Ru Shi’s memories of the illusion made their casual gestures feel disturbing.
• Ying Ru Shi mistook Murong Hui’s movements for a kiss and then for more intimate contact with Yan Qing, before recognizing that her suspicions came from her imagination.
• Ying Ru Shi tried to dismiss the illusion, but another ambiguous sound made her question whether she was still in reality.

Yan Qing, Murong Hui, and Ying Ru Shi entered the Bone Ferris Wheel to obtain combat bonuses, choosing Sacred Shield for their monster puppets. As Yan Qing and Murong Hui paired off, Ying Ru Shi confronted her fear that they might fall in love and that her growing resemblance to Ying Le could lead her to violence.

• Yan Qing and his companions entered the Bone Ferris Wheel and learned that its gondolas granted different one-time keyword bonuses.
• Yan Qing chose Sacred Shield for the monster puppets and explained why it was safer than resurrection.
• Ying Ru Shi suggested that Yan Qing and Murong Hui ride together, then Murong Hui insisted on partnering with Ying Ru Shi instead.
• Yan Qing drew Murong Hui aside to speak privately while Ying Ru Shi watched them and considered Murong Hui's feelings for him.
• Ying Ru Shi feared that Yan Qing and Murong Hui might become a couple and that she might repeat Ying Le's violent actions, but hoped blessing them would help her avoid that fate.

On the Bone Ferris Wheel, Yan Qing reassured Ying Ru Shi that he planned to keep her in his future and help her reach Foundation Establishment, and they clasped hands. Later, Murong Hui comforted Ying Ru Shi during her night watch, leaving her feeling peaceful despite her fear of hallucinations.

• Yan Qing mistook Ying Ru Shi's strange behavior for illness and offered to take care of her with Murong Hui.
• Yan Qing praised Murong Hui but said he hoped she would reach Foundation Establishment so she could keep up with them.
• Yan Qing told Ying Ru Shi that his future plans included her and that he would not let her go, and they held hands at the top of the Bone Ferris Wheel.
• Ying Ru Shi insisted on keeping watch all night, hoping the hallucination would lose its power once she returned to the Thieves' Den.
• Murong Hui woke and embraced Ying Ru Shi, promising to stay with her before falling asleep in her arms.

Yan Qing and his companions advanced on He Hua Zi Zai Tian True Demon, while Ying Su’s Bai Bao Guard prepared to defend it and Ying Su realized the newcomers intended to face both the True Demon and his forces at once. The chapter ended as the True Demon attacked and Ying Su feared the approaching trio could overcome every threat together.

• Yan Qing’s monster-devouring build grew stronger, and he prepared to confront the True Demon alongside Murong Hui and Ying Ru Shi.
• Yan Qing took both women’s hands and declared that they would burn every enemy to ash together.
• Ying Su surveyed the Bai Bao Guard’s fortified position and saw that the Skeleton Scroll now offered a Legendary Foundation Establishment Pill with Monster Enhancement.
• Ying Su grew furious that the Bandage Person had earned the extraordinary reward while casually sweeping through demons.
• Ying Su spotted Yan Qing, Murong Hui, and Ying Ru Shi approaching with six demons, and the True Demon turned to attack them.
• Ying Su realized the trio intended to confront both the True Demon and the Bai Bao Guard at once.

Yan Qing’s puppets fought He Hua Zi Zai Tian True Demon as the Bai Bao Guard surrounded the battlefield, forcing both sides to endure the True Demon’s devastating area attacks. As Yan Qing’s group moved to relocate their puppets, Murong Hui sensed a lethal attack aimed at her.

• Yan Qing sent his puppet formation to attack He Hua Zi Zai Tian True Demon, using Qiongqi’s immense stats and the steam puppets’ Sacred Shield cycle to deal damage and absorb blows.
• The Bai Bao Guard approached and attacked from range, but their arrows struggled to harm Yan Qing’s puppets.
• He Hua Zi Zai Tian True Demon unleashed chained Shadow Pressure attacks, damaging Yan Qing’s puppets and the Bai Bao Guard while the Guard focused its attacks on the puppets fighting the True Demon.
• Yan Qing’s group left their damaged cover to relocate the puppets, and Murong Hui sensed a black spear locking onto her chest.

An assassin unleashed an Ultimate Dao Arrow at Murong Hui, but Yan Qing had prepared the Wronged Ghost to retaliate against its killer. With the assassin dead and Murong Hui healed by Bingzi Jiaolin, Yan Qing turned to face He Hua Zi Zai Tian True Demon and the Bai Bao Guard.

• The assassin used Burn Blood Into Life to fire an Ultimate Dao Arrow at Murong Hui, accepting the cost of shattering half his body because he refused to accept defeat.
• Murong Hui dodged behind the puppet as the Ebony Spear struck, and the assassin realized the puppet had transformed into a Wronged Ghost that had appeared behind him.
• The Wronged Ghost's Lingering Grudge dealt 5,000 points of retaliatory damage and killed the assassin.
• Murong Hui used Bingzi Jiaolin, which Yan Qing had given her, to recover from all her injuries.
• Yan Qing confirmed that the assassin was dead and prepared to confront He Hua Zi Zai Tian True Demon and the Bai Bao Guard together.