Chapter Summaries

Lin Baici and the others survived the parrot-based Rule Pollution, and he claimed its God's Taboo Object and shared its Divine Grace with his companions. After Xia Hongmian warned him that rival God Hunter teams would enter Busan God's Ruins, Lin Baici refused to back out.

• Lin Baici's black cat drove the crested parrot into its feathers and returned with the parrot doll, ending the Rule Pollution.
• Lin Baici identified the doll as a God's Taboo Object containing six Divine Graces called Parrot's Tongue, and Little Immortal Tooth explained how she had received it.
• God of Gluttony extracted Divine Graces from the doll, and Lin Baici shared them with Xia Hongyao, Hua Yueyu, and Gu Qingqiu.
• The Rule Pollution vanished, revealing a blood-soaked banquet hall, and Section Chief Wang arrived with the Safety Bureau team to meet Lin Baici and Xia Hongyao.
• Xia Hongmian reunited with Xia Hongyao, then warned Lin Baici that rival teams and Sejongjeong experts would enter Busan God's Ruins.
• Lin Baici refused to withdraw from the trip to Busan God's Ruins, while Xia Hongmian scolded Xia Hongyao for speaking up.

Lin Baici finished his semester and settled into winter break while preparing for the dangerous Busan God's Ruins expedition. At Gu Qingxiang's home, an unfamiliar masked man arrived with a bloodied cake box and asked whether Lin Baici still intended to keep a promise.

• Xia Hongmian promised to bring the Nine Provinces Dragon Wing to escort Lin Baici home if he cleared Busan God's Ruins, and Lin Baici agreed to learn combat skills at headquarters.
• Lin Baici returned to college life, where Zhu Qiunan offered to tutor him and said she could support a family on her salary, but he asked her to tutor him only if he failed a course.
• Lin Baici stayed at Gu Qingxiang's home more often, endured dorm inspections during exam week, and completed his final exams without needing Divine Grace to cheat.
• After his last exam, Lin Baici told Li Wei he would stay with a friend instead of returning home, then went to Gu Qingxiang's place while she worked a night shift.
• A hooded stranger carrying a cake box with blood dripping from it asked Lin Baici whether his promise still stood, and Lin Baici recognized the masked man despite not recognizing his altered voice.

Yi Jisheng brought Lin Baici the head of the organ-eating monster it had killed and revealed that Xia Hongmian had released it and assigned it to join Lin Baici on a trip to Busan God's Ruins. As Lin Baici headed to the airport, Ji Xinyan and Hua Yueyu both met him there, and the chapter ended with the two girls realizing they were both simps for him.

• Yi Jisheng explained that it had accidentally contaminated a mannequin, which became the organ-eating monster Lin Baici had killed, and that it had tracked down and killed the culprit to prove its innocence.
• Yi Jisheng offered Lin Baici the monster's head in exchange for silicone dolls, and told him Xia Hongmian had asked it to join his trip to Busan God's Ruins.
• Lin Baici said goodbye to Gu Qingxiang before leaving for the airport, and Gu Qingxiang felt lonely after he departed.
• Ji Xinyan joined Lin Baici in a taxi, teased him about his attraction to her, and watched him chant the Diamond Sutra to resist her advances.
• At the airport, Hua Yueyu met Lin Baici and Ji Xinyan, and both girls offered to buy him a drink before realizing they were each simps for him.

Lin Baici and his companions traveled to Seoul, where Jin Yingzhen greeted them and introduced them to the imposing Daesun Conglomerate presence. Their reunion was interrupted when a foreigner approached Jin Yingzhen, and Xia Hongyao stepped in to defend her.

• Lin Baici turned down Ji Xinyan’s offer to join the trip, and she left for her flight to Osaka.
• Xia Hongyao, Hua Yueyu, Yi Jisheng, Lin Baici, and Gu Qingqiu flew to Seoul to explore the Ten-Year Great God's Ruins in Busan.
• Jin Yingzhen met the group at the airport and offered to show them around Seoul.
• Jin Yingzhen’s older sister Jin Yunshan arrived with a large entourage, and a blond man from the group came over to invite Jin Yingzhen out.
• Xia Hongyao stepped between Jin Yingzhen and the blond man and told him, "Fuck you!"

Lin Baici confronted Rafael after Rafael used his God's Taboo Object to make people bark like dogs. Lin Baici flattened Rafael with a slap, leaving the Statue of Liberty team and his own companions poised for a fight at the airport.

• Jin Yunshan demanded that Xia Hongyao apologize to Rafael, while Lin Baici stepped in beside Xia Hongyao and Jin Yingzhen.
• Rafael activated his God's Taboo Object, making Jin Yingzhen and Jin Yunshan bark, but Lin Baici, Xia Hongyao, and the other God Hunters resisted its effects.
• Lin Baici demanded an apology from Rafael, then struck him with his Flash of Lightning and Great Impression Hand, pressing him flat against the airport floor.
• The Statue of Liberty team spread out to prepare for a fight as Xia Hongyao drew her blade and Yi Jisheng moved beside Lin Baici.
• Lin Baici agreed that Xia Hongyao could collect Rafael's internal organs and warned Jesus that he might paint him to preserve his youthful appearance.

Lin Baici killed Rafael after the Statue of Liberty team contaminated Jin Yingzhen, then traveled with Xia Hongyao and the others to Seoul to prepare for the Busan God's Ruins. The chapter ended as Jin Eunhee hurried out to meet someone, leaving Lin Baici's gift unopened and promising to take Jin Yingzhen to meet a master.

• Lin Baici used a Divine Grace to turn Rafael into a mural, and Jesus held back his team rather than fight in front of civilians.
• Lin Baici and his companions left with Jin Yingzhen, while Jesus ordered his team to preserve Rafael's mural and investigate Lin Baici.
• Xia Hongyao asked the Dragon Soul WeChat Group about Jesus, and the members warned her that he was an experienced, nearly Dragon Rank God Hunter.
• Jin Yingzhen brought Lin Baici, Xia Hongyao, Hua Yueyu, and Gu Qingqiu to her villa in Cheongdam-dong, then took Lin Baici and Xia Hongyao to visit her mother.
• Lin Baici offered Jin Eunhee a box of Beauty Corpse as a gift, while the God of Gluttony appraised her as a rare potential dessert.
• Jin Eunhee tossed Jin Yingzhen a bank card, said she had to pick someone up at the airport, and told her she would take her to meet a master that night or the next day.

Jin Eunhee hired Master Batishan to treat her ailing father and improve her fortunes, while Batishan discovered that a box of dried meat gifted to Jin Yingzhen was a valuable divine object. After learning the gift came from Lin Baici, Batishan arranged to meet him, and Jin Yingzhen was told to bring Lin to dinner that night.

• Jin Eunhee left Lin Baici and Xia Hongyao to pick up Master Batishan, hoping he could cure her father and help her gain influence in the family.
• Jin Yingzhen took Lin Baici and the others sightseeing, while Batishan and his disciples discussed using Jin Eunhee to expand their influence in Korea.
• Batishan tested the feng shui at Jin Eunhee's villa and discovered a box of dried meat that he identified as valuable and beneficial to health.
• Batishan learned that Lin Baici had given the box to Jin Yingzhen and asked Jin Eunhee to arrange a meeting with him.
• Jin Yingzhen told Lin Baici and the others that her mother wanted him to join dinner with Batishan that evening, prompting them to wonder why the master wanted to meet him.

Lin Baici joined Jin Yingzhen at dinner with Jin Eunhee and Master Batishan, where the God of Gluttony revealed Batishan’s predatory intentions. Lin Baici used his God's Taboo Objects to intimidate Batishan and warn him to leave Jin Eunhee unharmed, while Jin Eunhee lectured Jin Yingzhen in the restroom.

• Lin Baici and Jin Yingzhen arrived at Sonya restaurant and met Jin Eunhee, Master Batishan, and his disciples.
• The God of Gluttony appraised Batishan as a dangerous old predator who coveted Jin Yingzhen and Jin Eunhee.
• Jin Eunhee offered Lin Baici back his valuable gift, but Lin Baici refused and let Jin Yingzhen keep it for her.
• Lin Baici put on the Bodhi Messenger Kasaya and displayed a tortoise shell, making Batishan and his disciples wary.
• The Turtle Spirit foretold that Achalong would die if he touched bone, and Lin Baici warned Batishan to keep Jin Eunhee safe.
• After Lin Baici left the room, Jin Eunhee told Jin Yingzhen to show Master Batishan respect.

Jin Yingzhen urged Jin Eunhee to seek Lin Baici’s help for her ailing grandfather, while Jin Eunhee worried about the political risks. At dinner, Achalong died after choking on a fish bone, and Batishan’s group realized Lin Baici’s tortoise-shell divination had brought them a deadly warning.

• Jin Yingzhen told Jin Eunhee that Lin Baici was a powerful God Hunter who might be able to help her grandfather, but Jin Eunhee chose to rely on Batishan instead.
• Lin Baici returned to the private room wearing a kasaya, and Achalong began choking on a fish bone shortly afterward.
• Achalong’s condition worsened despite the others’ efforts, and he died; Batishan suspected Lin Baici had caused it and secretly considered killing him for his possessions.
• Lin Baici warned Jin Yingzhen that Batishan was dangerous, and she asked to bring Lin Baici to meet her grandfather.
• Batishan’s group watched surveillance footage and learned that Lin Baici’s divination had warned, “Touch the bone and you die,” leaving Wongsawan terrified and asking whether they should return to Siam.

Batishan killed the interpreter to conceal his plans, while Lin Baici and his friends toured Seoul and Jin Yingzhen received an invitation to Li Taiwu’s birthday party. After Lin Baici saved the group from a runaway Ferrari, they suspected Jin Yingzhen’s family inheritance struggle was behind the danger, and Gu Qingqiu urged Lin Baici to accompany her to the party.

• Batishan struck Wongsawan for her failure, decided to stay in Korea and pursue his plans, then secretly killed the interpreter with Divine Grace.
• Hua Yueyu persuaded Lin Baici to join the sightseeing trip, then livestreamed at the royal palace and showed viewers Jin Yingzhen, who drew a flood of attention and gifts.
• A runaway Ferrari swerved toward the group, and Lin Baici summoned Muscle Buddha to punch it away before it could hit them.
• Gu Qingqiu suspected that the struggle over Jin Yingzhen’s family inheritance was intensifying, and the group returned home instead of continuing their tour.
• Li Taiwu’s assistant delivered Jin Yingzhen an invitation to his birthday party, and Gu Qingqiu advised her to bring Lin Baici for protection.

Jin Yingzhen brought Lin Baici and Hua Yueyu to Li Taiwu's lavish birthday party, where they stayed alert to possible threats while exploring the estate. Choi Se-hyo mistook Lin Baici for Hua Yueyu's kept man, then realized Jin Yingzhen treated him with unusual respect and regretted misjudging him.

• Jin Yingzhen invited Hua Yueyu and Lin Baici to Li Taiwu's birthday party, and Yi Jisheng decided to attend if models would be there.
• Jin Yingzhen drove Lin Baici and Hua Yueyu to Li Taiwu's estate, where her status let them enter without showing an invitation.
• Jin Yingzhen went to meet Li Taiwu while Lin Baici and Hua Yueyu explored the party and kept watch for danger.
• Lin Baici and Hua Yueyu encountered Lee Ji-young and then Choi Se-hyo, who assumed Lin Baici was Hua Yueyu's kept man and left after failing to secure his interest.
• Choi Se-hyo pitched her acting project to Jin Yingzhen, then saw Jin Yingzhen speaking warmly with Lin Baici and realized she had badly misjudged him.

At Li Taiwu’s birthday party, Lin Baici’s stomach growled as a Rule Pollution outbreak turned guests into violent, biting attackers. He fought off one infected woman, but the outbreak spread through the manor, and Zheng Jiacan turned on Jin Yingzhen.

• Jin Yingzhen tried to introduce Lin Baici to Li Duohui, while Choi Se-hyo attempted to get Lin Baici’s contact information and was rebuffed.
• Lin Baici felt a sudden hunger and went into the villa to investigate, followed by Jin Yingzhen and Hua Yueyu.
• A woman fell from above, rose despite her injuries, and bit Zheng Jiacan and one of his companions.
• Lin Baici suspected Rule Pollution, protected Jin Yingzhen, and killed the attacking woman with a broken section of railing.
• More guests leapt from the sixth floor and attacked people in the living room as chaos spread.
• Zheng Jiacan approached Jin Yingzhen claiming he would protect her, then gave in to the urge to bite her and lunged.

A mysterious Rule Pollution outbreak turned guests at Li Taiwu’s estate into contagious undead, forcing Lin Baici and his companions to flee upstairs and take shelter. As fog thickened around the grounds and Girl Group Zombies approached the villa, Lin Baici told the others to wait rather than make a reckless escape.

• Zheng Jiacan and other guests transformed into monsters and attacked, while Lin Baici fought them off and led Hua Yueyu, Jin Yingzhen, and Choi Se-hyo upstairs.
• Lin Baici brought the group to a video game room on the fifth floor, where they found Park Namjoo and barricaded the door.
• Jin Yingzhen explained that Rule Pollution had broken out and urged the gathered heirs to notify Li Taiwu, while Lin Baici listened for danger and chose the room as a hiding place.
• Lin Baici saw the outbreak spreading through the estate as bitten guests turned into monsters, and the God of Gluttony explained that the undead could only be killed by crushing their skulls.
• Five mutated girl group members began slaughtering guests, then spotted Lin Baici’s group and charged toward the villa as fog thickened around the estate.
• Choi Se-hyo proposed moving rooms or climbing down tied sheets, but Lin Baici told everyone to wait, and Park Namjoo ran for the door in panic.

Lin Baici led the others through the villa as mutated girl group members hunted them, killing the zombies with his sword and Divine Grace. After he defeated the attackers, survivors emerged from hiding and praised him.

• The mutated center girl climbed into the game room and killed Park Namjoo, who later reanimated and attacked the living.
• Lin Baici moved the group through the villa, killing a bloodied golden retriever that attacked from behind.
• The center girl and the other zombies chased the group, and Lin Baici rescued Choi Se-hyo from a short-haired attacker.
• Lin Baici fought the girl group zombies in the hallway, using flying stones, his sword, and Iron Fist to bring them down.
• Lin Baici activated Flash of Lightning and cut down the remaining four zombies in a single burst.
• Choi Se-hyo praised Lin Baici, Jin Yingzhen rebuked her, and two young men emerged from hiding to commend him.

Lin Baici led Li Taiwu, Jin Yingzhen, Hua Yueyu, and a group of party guests through the monster-infested villa, using ropes and ladders to get them out of immediate danger. As they escaped over the courtyard wall, more women fleeing monsters approached, and Lin Baici remained behind to face them.

• Lin Baici killed two monsters in the corridor and ordered the group to evacuate through a window using rappelling ropes.
• Lin Baici set the order for descending, carried Hua Yueyu down first, and helped Choi Se-hyo when she lost her grip.
• Jin Yingzhen told Li Taiwu that Lin Baici was an experienced God Hunter with a hundred-million annual salary, and warned him to treat Lin Baici as an honored guest.
• Lin Baici led the group across the backyard and used a ladder to cut through the barbed wire atop the courtyard wall.
• Several women fleeing monsters rushed toward the group, including Li Duohui, and Lin Baici stayed behind as the others climbed over the wall.

Lin Baici led the survivors through the fog after rescuing them from zombies, then stopped Li Duohui from using her acting to manipulate him. A huge monster attacked the group, but Muscle Buddha appeared and struck it as it charged.

• Lin Baici killed the zombies pursuing Li Duohui and the other women, then led the survivors away from the villa.
• Li Duohui tried to charm Lin Baici, but he slapped her and warned her not to use her acting on him.
• Lin Baici followed God of Gluttony's directions through the thickening fog while Li Taiwu urged the group to stop and hide.
• A huge, rotting monster erupted from the ground, spat acid at the group, and killed two women as everyone scattered.
• Li Duohui stayed beside Lin Baici as the monster charged, and Muscle Buddha appeared and slapped it across the face.

Lin Baici killed the BOSS with the Muscle Buddha and returned to the estate to destroy the remaining monsters and search for the culprit. As he and his companions fought through the zombies, Li Taiwu’s fiancée Park Nam-ju attacked the group, while a response team rushed toward the estate.

• The Muscle Buddha crushed the BOSS’s head, and Lin Baici decided to return to the Villa to kill the remaining monsters and purify the Rule Pollution.
• Li Taiwu offered Lin Baici up to two million dollars to capture his would-be assassin alive, and Lin Baici headed back with Hua Yueyu, Jin Yingzhen, and Li Duohui.
• Park Nam-ju appeared as a monster and attacked the group; she bit Choi Se-hyo, who later staggered toward the Villa.
• Lin Baici lured the zombies into the courtyard, where Hua Yueyu struck them with lightning and the Muscle Buddha smashed their heads.
• A mutated female zombie leaped from a second-floor window, but Lin Baici dodged her, stabbed her with the Bronze Sword, and cut off her head.
• Three Mercedes cars raced toward the estate as their team leader urged them to hurry and save Li Taiwu.

Lin Baici followed the fading fog and his hunger to Zheng Daqing, the attacker who had escaped the manor, and confronted him in a suburban park. After Zheng Daqing’s attacks failed to stop him, Lin Baici pursued him with several powerful God's Taboo Objects, leaving Zheng Daqing trying to flee.

• Lin Baici chased a scent out of the fog and found Zheng Daqing hiding in a park beside the zombified Li Zhiying.
• Lin Baici exposed Zheng Daqing’s disguise, and a Flying Stone killed Li Zhiying as she shielded him.
• Zheng Daqing fired his pistol and summoned five immortal puppets, but Lin Baici dodged the bullets and the Muscle Buddha smashed the puppets.
• Lin Baici wrapped himself in the Pharaoh's Shroud, causing Zheng Daqing to abandon his plan to use Zombie Explosion and try to escape.
• Lin Baici launched a black, dark-energy claw from his left hand at the fleeing Zheng Daqing.

Lin Baici defeated Zheng Daqing and seized his God's Taboo Objects after discovering he had unleashed the zombies. Zheng Daqing claimed he worked for Darkness Eclipse, leaving Jin Yingzhen stunned by the revelation.

• Lin Baici used Death God's Grasp and his Bronze Sword to wound Zheng Daqing, cutting off his arm before stopping when God of Gluttony warned that another strike would kill him.
• Lin Baici beat Zheng Daqing until he revealed the paired Anesthetic Earrings, then removed them and sealed them in Black Coffins.
• God of Gluttony identified a zombie tooth embedded in Zheng Daqing's mouth, and Lin Baici had Muscle Buddha pull out three teeth to recover it.
• Lin Baici asked Zheng Daqing who had targeted them and who was behind the attack, while tending to his wounds.
• Zheng Daqing again named Darkness Eclipse, and Jin Yingzhen reacted with shock.

Lin Baici captured Zheng Daqing, a member of Darkness Eclipse, and clashed with Sejongjeong over the prisoner’s God's Taboo Object. Jin Yingzhen’s cousin Jin Xian intervened, allowing Lin Baici to proceed toward Busan God's Ruins, where Sejongjeong believed the danger might kill him.

• Jin Yingzhen explained that Darkness Eclipse was a powerful organization seeking to evolve its members into gods, and Zheng Daqing revealed his boss’s nickname was Red Moon Thunderclap.
• Cao Daxun and six Sejongjeong God Hunters arrived, ordered Zheng Daqing treated, and demanded that Lin Baici hand over the prisoner’s weapon.
• Jin Yingzhen told the God Hunters that Jin Xian had invited Lin Baici to explore Busan God's Ruins, shocking them with the news.
• Li Taiwu promised Lin Baici the money he owed, while the group discovered that Choi Se-hyo had become a zombie and was being kept as a specimen.
• Jin Xian spoke to Cao Daxun by phone, after which Cao Daxun let Lin Baici go and wished him a successful trip to Busan.
• Sejongjeong’s God Hunters acknowledged Lin Baici’s strength but discussed how the increasingly polluted Busan God's Ruins might kill him.