Chapter Summaries

During the Gluttony Challenge, contestants discovered that the raw beef on their carts was contaminated and could drive them mad unless they ate pufferfish too. Lin Baici began eating it himself, relying on God of Gluttony’s assurance that he could digest it safely, while the challenge continued around him.

• The teams chose food carts, and Han Suying’s team found about five pounds of raw beef on theirs.
• God of Gluttony warned that the beef was contaminated and would cause madness, while Han Suying identified it as Mad Beef and the judge confirmed the danger.
• Han Suying offered to eat the beef, but Lin Baici stopped her and started eating it after God of Gluttony said he could digest it safely.
• Li Yintong cut the beef into small pieces as Lin Baici continued eating, reassuring the others that he would be fine.
• A contestant on Shakira’s team finished her beef first and pressed the button on her cart.

Lin Baici finished the raw beef challenge and ranked thirty-sixth, drawing attention from contestants and from Lee Sang-jung's group. The first round ended, leaving the competition to move on with Lee Sang-jung dismissing Lin Baici as a nobody.

• Kwon Sang-in identified Lin Yizhen as a member of Lee Sang-jung's team, and Kim Jin-soo suspected that Lee Sang-jung and Jin Xian had entered Busan God's Ruins to ambush foreign God Hunters.
• The contestants reacted when a Yellowstone Group contestant finished the raw beef and taunted the others, while Shakira assessed the teams and watched Lin Yizhen's group.
• Lin Baici finished the raw beef, pressed the button, and appeared on the screen in thirty-sixth place as other contestants admired his looks.
• Han Suying checked on Lin Baici, while Gu Qingqiu stopped Xia Hongyao from interrupting his interaction, suspecting a god was present in the Busan Trip.
• Lee Sang-jung's team discussed Lin Baici, but Lee Sang-jung dismissed him as cannon fodder and Lin Yizhen defended her boyfriend.
• The ship's horn announced that time was up, and the referees raised their flags to declare contestants eliminated.

Lin Baici used a God's Taboo Object to prepare the poisonous pufferfish for the second battle of the competitive eating challenge. After Kwon Sang-in ate the sashimi and began devouring it, Lin Baici continued preparing fish as the contestants watched.

• The organizers announced that contestants who had not finished the raw beef had to eat twenty live pufferfish, while those who had finished needed to eat ten.
• Golden Xiang and the other chefs admitted they did not know how to safely prepare pufferfish, while Han Suying said she had some experience but could not remove all the poison.
• Lin Baici put on the Butcher Mask and expertly prepared a pufferfish, impressing the contestants and the Great Shaman's group.
• Lin Baici gave Kwon Sang-in the Gluttony Apron and told him to eat the sashimi; Kwon Sang-in tried it and eagerly ate more.
• Lin Baici explained that his mask helped him prepare ingredients, then began preparing another pufferfish as the contestants praised his skill and the cuisine of the Nine Provinces.

Lin Baici prepared pufferfish for the contestants, and the first two-hour round ended with about half the teams eliminated. The third round began as a women-only challenge to eat five live octopuses in half an hour, and Kim Jin-soo started eating for Lin Baici’s team.

• Lin Baici prepared pufferfish so quickly and skillfully that contestants watched him and tried to copy his technique.
• Lin Baici’s sashimi made people’s sense of touch more sensitive, while Lin Yizhen’s team finished first and the Yellowstone Group placed second.
• After the two-hour limit, the organizers eliminated contestants who had not finished their pufferfish, and Gu Qingqiu noted that the eliminated contestants were locals rather than God Hunters.
• The organizers announced a women-only round requiring contestants to eat five live octopuses without killing them, and Kim Jin-soo volunteered for Lin Baici’s team.
• Kim Jin-soo finished her first octopus, accepted water from Lin Baici, and began eating a second one.

Contestants who ate Burst Pearl Octopuses began vomiting and convulsing as the octopuses’ eggs hatched inside them. Lin Baici used Death God's Grasp and detoxifying meat to save Jin Zhensu, then went to help another victim while Shakira watched in surprise.

• Lin Yizhen and other contestants swallowed live octopuses, which caused them to vomit tiny octopuses and suffer painful convulsions.
• God of Gluttony identified the creatures as Burst Pearl Octopuses and explained that their eggs hatched quickly and their secretions triggered dangerous reactions.
• Kwon Sang-in reported that Shakira would lend medicinal herbs if Lin Baici loaned her the ancient sacrificial object, but Lin Baici chose to try treating Jin Zhensu himself first.
• Lin Baici used Death God's Grasp to pull six tiny octopuses from Jin Zhensu’s throat, then fed her shredded Beauty Corpse meat until her convulsions stopped.
• Lin Baici rushed to help the woman Xia Hongyao had hired, while Shakira watched him with surprise.

Lin Baici rescued a Goryeo woman choking on a Burst Pearl Octopus, then learned from Cai Wen how seaweed kimchi could neutralize the octopus’s poison and help contestants eat it safely. Most teams passed the first round, and the Zhajiang Noodle Marathon began immediately afterward.

• Lin Baici pulled three octopuses from the Goryeo woman’s throat and used God Ruins meat to counteract the poison.
• Cai Wen told Lin Baici that feeding the Burst Pearl Octopus seaweed kimchi would stop it struggling and neutralize its toxins, but refused Gu Qingqiu’s offer to buy the information.
• Lin Baici showed the contestants how to stuff seaweed kimchi into the octopuses, and Han Suying and other participants ate them safely.
• The judges eliminated teams that had not finished their octopus when the time ran out, while most God Hunters passed the round.
• The broadcast announced the Zhajiang Noodle Marathon, and staff brought in steaming pots and supplies for the next round.

Contestants ate two pounds of jajangmyeon before starting a 42.195-kilometer marathon, while Lin Baici discovered the sauce contained parasite eggs. He warned Xia Hongyao and Gu Qingqiu, who reacted with disgust as the race began.

• The organizers announced that contestants had to finish two pounds of jajangmyeon before running a marathon by midnight to advance.
• Contestants, including Aunt Susan, Kwon Sang-in, Golden Xiang, and Xia Hongyao, finished eating and set out along the marked route.
• Yi Jisheng finished his noodles by swallowing them without chewing, and Gu Qingqiu waited to see what Lee Sang-jung and Shakira would do.
• God of Gluttony told Lin Baici that the jajang sauce contained parasite eggs and that some vegetable juice had deworming medicine.
• Lin Baici secretly warned Xia Hongyao, who whispered the news to Gu Qingqiu; Gu Qingqiu gagged and vomited.

Lin Baici’s group avoided the noodle-induced illness with his vegetable juice and continued the marathon while other runners suffered vomiting and diarrhea. Lin Yizhen and Aunt Susan competed near the front, and the chapter ended with Lin Baici’s group catching up to Aunt Susan at three in the afternoon.

• Gu Qingqiu, Hua Yueyu, and Che Zhengshuo reacted with disgust after learning the noodles contained parasite eggs, but Gu Qingqiu and Che Zhengshuo kept eating.
• Lin Baici set out with Jin Yingzhen, Xia Hongyao, Yi Jisheng, and Che Zhengshuo, carrying vegetable juice that could relieve the effects of the contaminated noodles.
• Lin Yizhen used her Divine Grace, Big Stomach, to digest the parasites and passed Aunt Susan, who developed severe diarrhea during their race.
• Lin Baici gave Golden Xiang vegetable juice and tissues, but refused Lee Sang-jung’s request for drinks and led his group away without fighting.
• Lin Baici’s group gave Kwon Sang-in vegetable juice after finding him vomiting and running with diarrhea, and it quickly eased his symptoms.
• At three in the afternoon, Lin Baici’s group caught up with Aunt Susan, who was astonished that they were still clean.

Lin Baici and his group continued the marathon, while the God of Gluttony revealed that Aunt Susan was a woman from Gaul who loved sneaking around. The chapter left off when Lin Baici caught up with Cai Wen, who awkwardly tried to cover his butt.

• Lin Baici and the others ran past Aunt Susan, whose appearance made them recoil.
• The God of Gluttony revealed Aunt Susan’s reputation for having lovers, and she realized Lin Baici’s group had found a way to avoid getting sick.
• Lin Baici slowed down to accommodate Jin Yingzhen as she struggled to keep running.
• Thirty minutes later, Lin Baici spotted Cai Wen running and called out to him.
• Cai Wen greeted Lin Baici and tried to cover his butt when Lin Baici looked down.

At the second round of the big challenge, contestants competed to catch eels in a muddy pit, with enough catches reviving eliminated alternates. Lin Baici discovered he could locate eels by listening to them move through the mud and began catching them rapidly, drawing the others to his spot.

• Lin Baici and the contestants boarded a cruise ship and traveled to an artificial island, where Kim Yinai and her four sisters introduced the round, “Island of Terror.”
• Kim Yinai explained that contestants who caught ten eels would advance, while every additional ten would revive an alternate.
• The contestants rushed into the mud pit to catch eels, and Lin Baici caught several before the eels became harder to find.
• When shocks from the mud pit made contestants stumble, Lin Baici used Eidetic Memory to hear eels burrowing and Death God's Grasp to pull them from the mud.
• Lin Baici caught eels in large numbers, prompting the Five Sisters and other contestants to gather around his spot.

Lin Baici led his team into the Island Deathmatch after suspecting the next round would involve Rule Pollution, and the contestants learned they had to collect five colored cards and reach a finish line through the rainforest. After finding Hua Yueyu, Lin Baici set out to regroup with the others while Okocha hunted him, planning to steal his cards.

• Lin Baici stopped catching eels, and the contestants turned the Mud Pond into a chaotic mud fight before Jin Yinai ended the round.
• Lin Baici warned Hua Yueyu and Gu Qingqiu to sit out the next event, but Jin Yinai insisted they participate; contestants who withdrew then exploded under Rule Pollution.
• Jin Yinai announced the Island Deathmatch rules: contestants had to gather five colored cards, use supply boxes, and reach the finish line, while the organizers encouraged fighting and allowed withdrawals.
• Gu Qingqiu organized a plan for Lin Baici's group to find one another after the sightseeing cart dropped them into the rainforest; Lin Baici was dropped off and quickly found Hua Yueyu.
• Lin Baici killed a venomous snake, used Hundred Flavors in a Breath to track Hua Yueyu, and learned that she had a red card while he had a black one.
• Okocha headed toward Lin Baici, intending to wait until he collected all the cards and then take them by force.

Lin Baici gathered his team in the rainforest, equipped himself with hidden gear, and set out to find Han Suying and the others. After reaching Golden Xiang and Li Yintong, he defeated and killed Okocha, leaving the group ready to continue the island challenge.

• Lin Baici reunited with Hua Yueyu, Jin Yingzhen, Xia Hongyao, Gu Qingqiu, and Che Zhengshuo, then used Xia Hongyao's medal to summon a T-34 tank and retrieved hidden equipment.
• Kwon Sang-in joined the group, and Lin Baici led them onward to search for Han Suying and the missing teammates.
• Okocha attacked Golden Xiang and Li Yintong, but Golden Xiang dodged his charges and stalled him until Lin Baici's group arrived.
• Lin Baici accepted Okocha's one-on-one challenge and broke his arm with the Affair Pipe Wrench despite Okocha's defensive Divine Grace.
• Lin Baici froze Okocha with repeated punches and killed him with a final blow that burst his head.

Lin Baici’s team searched the rainforest for contestants and cards, recruiting William after Lin caught him in an ambush. As the search dragged on, Lin split off with Jin Yingzhen, but William spotted someone approaching.

• Li Yintong looted a red card from Okocha’s corpse, and Golden Xiang tried to recruit Lin Baici into Nine Dragon Pavilion before Xia Hongyao warned him off.
• Lin Baici froze bottles of water with his fist technique, then used the Affair Pipe Wrench to injure William, a concealed contestant hiding nearby.
• Kwon Sang-in and Golden Xiang pursued William, who surrendered and handed over a blue card; Lin Baici let him join the team as a scout under threat of death if he failed to find another contestant within half an hour.
• William tracked the group’s targets, but Lin Baici independently found a God Ruins native and took the contestant’s card before the others caught up.
• As the sun sank, Lin Baici decided to search alone, accepted Jin Yingzhen as his partner, and set off after William warned that someone was approaching.

Lin Baici’s group encountered Shakira’s Yellowstone Group, and Shakira left without fighting even after Lin Baici admitted to killing Okocha. Lin Baici then hunted for more cards with William and Jin Yingzhen, who defeated a pursuer and took his card.

• William sensed six approaching enemies, and Shakira’s Yellowstone Group emerged from the foliage.
• Xia Hongyao challenged the Yellowstone Group, but Shakira stopped her subordinates from fighting and led them away.
• Shakira asked whether Lin Baici had killed Okocha, and Lin Baici admitted that he had.
• Lin Baici split from the others and went hunting for cards with William and Jin Yingzhen.
• Jin Yingzhen used her teleporting heels and frost-covered punches to defeat a short-haired God Hunter, who surrendered his card.

Lin Baici and Jin Yingzhen hunted contestants in the rainforest, where Jin Yingzhen defeated a God Hunter and grew more confident in her power. When Lin Yizhen’s group attacked, Lin Baici rescued Jin Yingzhen, killed several attackers, and ordered her to finish Lin Yizhen; the chapter ended with Lin Baici calling for someone to come out.

• William tracked a Siamese God Hunter, whom Jin Yingzhen defeated with her high heels and Yongdong Long Fist before Lin Baici confirmed his identity.
• Jin Yingzhen celebrated her first victory over a God Hunter and kissed Lin Baici, who urged her to focus on collecting cards and preparing to face Lee Sang-jung and the Five Sisters.
• William led Lin Baici and Jin Yingzhen to Lin Yizhen’s gathered contestants, and Lin Yizhen ordered them to take Jin Yingzhen’s teleporting high heels.
• Lin Baici used Zombie Step to hide and struck Lin Yizhen from behind after she nearly overpowered Jin Yingzhen.
• Lin Baici killed several fleeing attackers with the Affair Pipe Wrench, while William helped subdue another; he then questioned Lin Yizhen about Lee Sang-jung.
• Lin Baici exposed Lin Yizhen’s attempt to attack him and killed her with a Flying Stone, then told William to collect the contestants’ cards and called for someone to come out.

Lin Baici’s group gathered cards, defeated the Hunter Cha Pan, and reached the island’s supposed finish, only to learn that a new survival game had begun. The Five Sisters started hunting contestants, and after killing Kim Jin-soo, they followed his scent toward Lin Baici.

• Lin Baici spotted a hidden God Hunter, took his cards, then found Cai Wen with a supply crate; Cai Wen offered his cards in exchange for another sparring match.
• The God of Gluttony warned Lin Baici about Cha Pan, who attacked after Lin Baici exposed him; Lin Baici killed him with Wild Buddha Blows Out the Lamp, and Cai Wen surrendered and joined the group.
• Lin Baici reunited with Xia Hongyao’s camp, and the group set out for the finish after breakfast; Hua Yueyu and Li Yintong found no finish line or staff there.
• The Five Sisters left the beach as an announcement declared that island survival had begun and only ten contestants could leave; the group realized the rules had changed and prepared for the hunt.
• Jin Yinai killed Kim Jin-soo, and Jin Ermei tracked Lin Baici’s scent as the Five Sisters headed toward him.

The Five Sisters and the Yellowstone Group converged on Lin Baici and the other contestants at the race finish line. Lee Sang-jung’s invisible evil spirit killed William, but Lin Baici exposed its weaknesses and drove Lee away before the Five Sisters began attacking everyone.

• Jin Yinai left Kim Jin-soo’s corpse behind and went with her sisters to hunt Lin Baici, while Shakira ordered the Yellowstone Group to kill every contestant they encountered.
• Lin Baici and his companions recovered their gear at the finish line, where Lee Sang-jung arrived and killed William with an invisible evil spirit.
• Lin Baici revealed that Lee Sang-jung’s evil spirit feared fire and water, then used the Pine Torch to make it retreat and force Lee’s group to withdraw.
• Lee Sang-jung returned with the Five Sisters, who identified Lin Baici as their main target and spread out to attack the contestants.
• Kim O월 chased Golden Xiang while the other sisters attacked Lee Sang-jung’s group, Kwon Sang-in, and Che Zhengshuo; Lee tried to escape as his evil spirit slashed at Jin Yinai.

Lin Baici and his allies killed Kim O월 and Jin Samsoon, but the Five Sisters revived and turned the battle against them. As Golden Xiang died from a revived monster’s exploding corpse, Xia Hongyao stepped forward to face Jin Yinai while the survivors prepared for another round.

• Jin Ermei killed Zheng Jiaren, and Lee Sang-jung abandoned Li Yun'er and fled into the rainforest.
• Golden Xiang restrained Kim O월 long enough for Xia Hongyao to stab her and Lin Baici to behead her, while Lin Baici and Xia Hongyao joined the fight against Jin Samsoon.
• Jin Ermei and her sisters kicked Li Yun'er between them until her body was broken, while Lin Baici, Xia Hongyao, and Kwon Sang-in killed Jin Samsoon.
• Kim Samsoon revived and killed Kwon Sang-in, while Kim O월 regenerated and attacked Golden Xiang and Li Yintong.
• Golden Xiang killed Kim O월 again, but her half-corpse exploded and fatally wounded him; Xia Hongyao stepped forward as the remaining sisters chose their next target.

Lin Baici used his Buddhist chanting to calm the five sisters and create a chance for his group to escape. He realized Jin Ermei was the original behind the quintuplets, but stayed behind while the others fled, insisting he had a way out.

• The sisters offered to let Lin Baici's group escape if they killed someone, and Gu Qingqiu weighed the risks of their options.
• Lin Baici learned that Jin Ermei was the original whose death could destroy the sister group, though their names and identities could be misleading.
• With the deadline approaching, Lin Baici recited the Diamond Sutra instead of choosing a victim, and its effects softened the sisters' resolve.
• As the sisters argued about returning to the countryside, Gu Qingqiu noticed something was wrong with Jin Ermei and urged the others to leave.
• Lin Baici pushed Xia Hongyao to escape with the group while he stayed behind, claiming he had a way out.

Lin Baici fled the Five Sisters and returned to hunt Jin Yinai, while the sisters attacked the Yellowstone Group and the Great Shaman intervened. The Great Shaman subdued the sisters, and Lin Baici watched from hiding as the fight turned in her favor.

• Lin Baici stayed behind so Xia Hongyao and the others could escape, then fled from the Five Sisters when they charged him.
• Jin Yinai teleported in front of Lin Baici, but he dodged her kick and knocked her into Muscle Buddha and the Red Clay Figure.
• Jin Ermei healed Jin Yinai and revived Kim O월, after which the Five Sisters went after the Yellowstone Group.
• The Five Sisters killed Bruce and wounded Apeitz, but the Great Shaman struck back with lightning and earth magic.
• The Great Shaman subdued Kim Samsoon, Fourth Sister, and Kim Ermei, while Lin Baici watched from a nearby bush and received the God of Gluttony's command to kill anyone who tried to take his prey.