Chapter Summaries

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.

Shakira stopped her allies from pursuing the Five Sisters, while Lin Baici tracked down Jin Yinai and ambushed her as she laid an egg. After discovering that Jin Yinai’s heart was a Divine Remains, Lin Baici tore it from her chest and prepared to eat it.

• Shakira warned that the Busan god’s rules could make death reversible and ordered her group to gather the bodies and continue the mission.
• Lin Baici followed Jin Yinai’s trail, disguised himself with the bandages, and waited for an opening to attack.
• Jin Yinai began laying an egg, leaving her unable to move or call for help, and Lin Baici struck her with the Bronze Sword.
• Lin Baici and his summoned allies battered Jin Yinai, but she survived because her heart was a Divine Remains.
• Lin Baici ripped the still-beating Divine Remains Heart from Jin Yinai’s chest and raised it to his lips.

Lin Baici recovered the God's Remains Heart from a Singaporean God Hunter after the heart contaminated and transformed its new owner. He gained the Divine Grace NOBODY, then received notice that he had cleared the island survival challenge and could return to Guangzhou.

• The buzz-cut man stole the God's Remains Heart from Lin Baici using his plant-controlling Divine Grace and fled through the rainforest.
• The heart fused with the buzz-cut man's hand and began draining his blood, rapidly transforming his body as Lin Baici tried to stop it.
• Lin Baici cut off the buzz-cut man's infected hand, burned his body, and sealed the heart in a Black Coffin after pinning down its crawling hand.
• God of Gluttony extracted the heart's Light Orb, and Lin Baici mastered the Divine Grace NOBODY, which allowed instant teleportation within ten meters.
• A notice announced that Lin Baici of the Nine Provinces had eliminated the Sisters girl group, cleared the challenge, and could board a cruise ship back to Guangzhou.

Lin Baici defeated the Five Sisters, reunited with his teammates, and won the privilege of leaving the island first aboard a luxury cruise ship. After reaching Guangzhou, he received an unexpected phone call as the Busan Trip neared its end.

• Shakira and Aunt Susan realized Lin Baici had discovered how to kill the Sisters, while Lee Sang-jung grew furious and headed for the pier.
• Gu Qingqiu and the others heard the announcement of Lin Baici's victory and boarded the cruise ship, where its rules allowed only Lin Baici and his invited guests to remain.
• Lee Sang-jung was forced off the ship after being shocked, and Lin Baici arrived later to a warm welcome from his teammates.
• The cruise ship treated Lin Baici and his team to an overnight celebration before bringing them to Guangzhou the next morning.
• Han Suying received a call for Lin Baici and handed him the phone, leaving him to answer an unknown caller.

After receiving a new task requiring locals to fall in love with them, Lin Baici and his companions debated how to pass the test. The group decided Lin should court Han Suying, and he set off to meet her while Gu Qingqiu and the others secretly followed.

• Lin Baici received a warning to obtain charged communication devices, and he and his surviving companions returned to the hotel after the challenge ended.
• Li Yintong explained that Nine Dragon Pavilion had sent five teams to the Busan God's Ruins for a commission from the Shindai Zaibatsu while stronger hunters focused on Qin Palace.
• Lin Baici and Jin Yingzhen received a task to make a local fall in love with them, with a couples' dinner in seven days set to judge whether their love was genuine.
• Gu Qingqiu assigned Lin Baici to pursue Han Suying as a test case, and the God of Gluttony said Han Suying could provide tickets for everyone if she fell for him.
• Han Suying invited Lin Baici to a meal the next morning, and Gu Qingqiu sent him off with a box of condoms before secretly following him with the others.

Lin Baici took Han Suying to an amusement park, where he helped her enjoy rides she had long wanted to experience and drew attention from other women. Their date ended abruptly when a child and a young woman fell into the lake, and Lin Baici jumped in to save them.

• Lin Baici met Han Suying outside New World, and they went to an amusement park while Gu Qingqiu and the others secretly followed.
• Lin Baici bought tickets for the carousel, and Han Suying rode it twice with him before he promised to help her fulfill her amusement-park dreams.
• Lin Baici rode bumper cars with Han Suying, outmaneuvered the other riders, and turned down the Lollipop Girl by saying he liked mature women.
• Han Suying chose to go boating with Lin Baici, then clarified that she had never been married and was not a mature woman.
• When a child and a young woman fell into the lake, Lin Baici removed his clothes and jumped in to rescue them as Han Suying called out to him.

Lin Baici spent the day with Han Suying, who grew closer to him after he rescued a staged drowning victim and kissed her during a theater blackout. Over dinner, Han Suying told him about a mysterious naked young man she had met years earlier, and Lin Baici painted her portrait as he asked to see her old sketch.

• Lin Baici rescued a boy and a young woman from the lake, then realized Gu Qingqiu had arranged the rescue to impress Han Suying.
• Lin Baici and Han Suying rode the Ferris Wheel, ate barbecue, and watched a movie together.
• During a blackout in the theater, Han Suying kissed Lin Baici, and he kissed her back after the God of Gluttony urged him to act.
• At a barbecue restaurant, Han Suying recounted meeting a mysterious naked young man in the mountains about ten years earlier and painting his portrait.
• Lin Baici drew a lifelike portrait of Han Suying on the table and asked to see her old painting as a large crowd rushed into the restaurant.

Lin Baici fought off twelve gang members who had been sent by the owner of Huanghai Grand Hotel, then received Han Suying’s treasured oil painting, which was a positive God's Taboo Object. After days of barbecue outings and unspoken romantic tension, Han Suying finally confessed that she wanted one night with him and pulled him toward a love hotel.

• Lin Baici defeated twelve armed men at Bailu Barbecue Restaurant and learned that the owner of Huanghai Grand Hotel had sent them after Han Suying.
• Lin Baici visited Han Suying’s villa, saw her oil painting, and learned from God of Gluttony that it was an unactivated God's Taboo Object that inspired happiness and hope.
• Han Suying gave Lin Baici the painting, and he returned to the inn, where his companions teased him about his relationship with her.
• Lin Baici spent the next several days eating barbecue with Han Suying and spending time with her, but he did not make a romantic move.
• When Han Suying’s car broke down in a storm, Lin Baici went to fetch her, and she ran toward a love hotel after confessing that she wanted one night with him.

Lin Baici took Han Suying to Queen's Western Restaurant after the God Hunters received missions tied to romance, and he learned someone planned to kill her as Guangzhou's final BOSS. As a white God Hunter proposed to his local date, his head exploded, revealing that the restaurant's dinner was dangerous.

• Han Suying and Lin Baici received invitations to Queen's Western Restaurant, and Lin Baici agreed to take her there while concealing the mission from her.
• The God Hunters learned they had to make Gwangju locals fall in love with them, and Gu Qingqiu organized backup for Lin Baici's dinner.
• Lin Baici and Han Suying arrived at the restaurant, where couples received Wellington Steak during the restaurant's anniversary celebration.
• A bald God Hunter passed Lin Baici a note identifying Han Suying as Guangzhou's final BOSS and promising help killing her for the Lover videotape and a train ticket.
• A white God Hunter proposed to Xiuzhi after she threatened to leave, and his head exploded when she admired the ring.

At Queen’s Western Restaurant, the manager enforced a deadly proposal rule that killed or maimed God Hunters who refused to propose or lacked genuine love. Han Suying’s defense let Lin Baici survive his turn, while Che Zhengshuo unexpectedly succeeded in proposing, leaving the other diners searching for clues.

• Han Suying explained that proposals made without true love caused the proposer’s head to explode, while insincere acceptances also brought punishment.
• Kawashima Yasuo refused to propose and died when his head exploded, while Li Xiangqin rejected a local man and had her lower body destroyed.
• The manager’s rule killed or injured the God Hunters at each table, and she moved on after an attacker tried to stab her and was killed instantly.
• When the manager demanded that Lin Baici propose, Han Suying claimed he needed his parents’ consent, and the manager let him live.
• Lin Baici realized Han Suying’s influence made her seem like the final boss, then saw Che Zhengshuo succeed in proposing as the restaurant erupted in surprise.

Shakira revealed her Dragon Rank power by killing Han Suying, the final boss of Guangzhou Station, after the God Hunters attacked. The hunters claimed victory and collected the rewards, but the God of Gluttony warned Lin Baici that a god had arrived.

• Che Zhengshuo urged the God Hunters to show affection to purify the Rule Pollution, but the Great Shaman's command to kill made them attack Han Suying.
• Lin Baici evaded the assault while Han Suying fought back; the manager and Aunt Susan intervened, and the servers self-detonated to disrupt the hunters.
• Shakira used her Curse to torture and dismember Han Suying, who then died and released a ticket, a Meteorite Stone, and Divine Grace.
• Shakira revealed herself as a Dragon Rank God Hunter and scolded Lin Baici for failing to attack Han Suying, while he said he only wanted his companions to survive.
• Lin Baici questioned whether Han Suying might not have been the final boss, and the God of Gluttony confirmed she was but warned that a god had come.

Lin Baici revealed that Che Zhengshuo was the Busan god, and Che Zhengshuo demonstrated his terrifying power by killing the people who tried to flee. Che Zhengshuo admitted he wanted Lin Baici’s body, leaving the survivors facing an inevitable fight.

• Lin Baici attacked Che Zhengshuo with Great Impression Hand, flattening his current body into the floor while Shakira and the others watched.
• Shakira recognized Che Zhengshuo as a god, and Che Zhengshuo revealed himself in a new body and praised Lin Baici.
• Che Zhengshuo used God's Hand to steal the hearts of people trying to escape, killing them and trapping the remaining hunters in the restaurant.
• Lin Baici explained how he had suspected Che Zhengshuo, and Che Zhengshuo confirmed he had concealed his identity while following Lin Baici and protecting him.
• Che Zhengshuo admitted he wanted to take Lin Baici’s body to escape Korea and gain a legitimate identity, prompting Lee Sang-jung to challenge him.

Che Zhengshuo revealed that he intended to take Lin Baici’s body and killed or transformed most of the God Hunters in the restaurant. He subdued Shakira with Life Mastery and prepared to seize Lin Baici, who resolved to keep fighting.

• Che Zhengshuo confirmed that taking Lin Baici’s body would erase Lin Baici’s consciousness and killed a God Hunter to demonstrate his power.
• Che Zhengshuo used Infinite Theft and Flesh Alteration to pull in and transform God Hunters while Lin Baici stayed calm and searched for a way to defeat him.
• Shakira led the God Hunters in an attack, but Che Zhengshuo transferred his consciousness to another body, killed the bald man and Aunt Susan, and transformed Lee Sang-jung into a monster.
• Che Zhengshuo defeated Shakira and the remaining God Hunters, then used Life Mastery to make Shakira his unwilling servant.
• Lin Baici decided to keep fighting, and Che Zhengshuo told him to stay still as he prepared to take his body.

Che Zhengshuo tried to take over Lin Baici’s body using the Life Source Quality he had secretly fed him, but God of Gluttony let Lin Baici consume the Busan deity instead. Lin Baici survived, evolved, and learned that Che Zhengshuo’s death would weaken the Dark Mist without fully clearing the God Ruins.

• Che Zhengshuo stopped Lin Baici from escaping and explained that he had contaminated him with Life Source Quality through meat served at the New World Grand Hotel and by Han Suying.
• Che Zhengshuo injected his remaining Life Source Quality into Lin Baici, but Lin Baici regained control and scratched a warning into the table.
• God of Gluttony urged Lin Baici to digest Che Zhengshuo, whose Life Source Quality was being devoured inside him.
• Che Zhengshuo made a final attempt to reach Lin Baici’s brain, knocking Lin Baici unconscious as Shakira, Lee Sang-jung, and the other Dead Meat People fled.
• Lin Baici woke after five minutes, found that he had shed a layer of skin and grown stronger, and learned that Che Zhengshuo’s death would dissipate much of the Dark Mist but leave contaminated zones and God's Remains behind.

After consuming Che Zhengshuo, Lin Baici gained three Divine Graces and claimed Shakira’s Christmas Antler Bone Flute, then summoned and stowed its reindeer sleigh. Xia Hongyao and Jin Yingzhen found him among the dead, and Lin Baici confirmed he had killed the god and purified Busan God's Ruins.

• Lin Baici examined Che Zhengshuo’s remains and learned that consuming the god had greatly strengthened his body and granted him God's Hand, Enthusiastic Idol, and Life Mastery.
• Lin Baici used Life Mastery on the unconscious Shakira, confirmed he could control her heart, and took her Christmas Antler Bone Flute.
• Lin Baici summoned the reindeer sleigh with the flute, learned its abilities and drawback, then dismissed it back into the flute.
• Xia Hongyao and Jin Yingzhen arrived and found Lin Baici unharmed amid the dead God Hunters.
• Lin Baici told them Che Zhengshuo had been the final enemy and confirmed that Busan God's Ruins had been purified.
• Xia Hongyao examined Che Zhengshuo’s flattened body and declared that they needed to take the god’s remains back as spoils of war.

Lin Baici fled the restaurant with Xia Hongyao and Jin Yingzhen after killing Che Zhengshuo and taking the floor mural, leaving Shakira unconscious. When Shakira woke, her prediction revealed that the god was dead, and the Dark Mist cleared from the Busan God's Ruins.

• Xia Hongyao recognized the unconscious Shakira as a famous Dragon Rank hunter and decided not to kill her.
• Lin Baici urged Xia Hongyao and Jin Yingzhen to escape before anyone discovered he had killed a god, and Xia retrieved the floor mural.
• Lin Baici and his companions left through the restaurant's back door using Catwalk Light and Graceful.
• Shakira woke, realized Che Zhengshuo was gone, and found the mural and her Antler Bone Flute missing.
• Shakira used a shamanic ritual to predict that the god was dead, while God Hunters outside announced that the Dark Mist had cleared.

The Dark Mist over the Busan God Ruins began to clear, and Shakira’s divination confirmed that the god was dead. As God Hunters across the ruins wondered who had purified it, Shakira suspected Lin Baici, while Sejongjeong’s leaders learned the news at the chapter’s end.

• Shakira emerged from the restaurant as the Dark Mist cleared, then divined that the god had died and found that Susan and the bald man were dead.
• Jin Xian’s team realized the Busan God Ruins had been purified and considered whether Shakira or Lin Baici had killed the god.
• Fish Ball Guy and Kurita Isao stopped arguing when they saw the Dark Mist dissipate, while a woman in a beret watched from a cruise ship.
• Sejongjeong officials debated Jin Xian’s choices and the dangers of the Qin Palace before a secretary announced that the Busan God Ruins had been purified.

After Busan God's Ruins was purified, Sejongjeong scrambled to seize the god's remains and stop God Hunters from leaving with spoils. Lin Baici and his companions emerged from the ruins and traveled toward safety, where Sejongjeong forces approached to claim what they had found.

• Sejongjeong's leaders learned that Busan God's Ruins had been purified, ordered routes sealed, and demanded that every returning God Hunter report and pay taxes on their spoils.
• Jiu Long learned that Busan God's Ruins had been breached, sent Sister Zhong to Korea to protect the returning hunters, and set out to investigate a mysterious presence in Antarctica.
• Lin Baici's group left God's Ruins, and Taimai inferred that he had killed the god while the others worried Sejongjeong would target them.
• Lin Baici summoned his reindeer sleigh, and the group continued through the night toward a road while sharing food and celebrating their escape.
• An off-road vehicle approached the group, and Gu Qingqiu recognized its occupants as Sejongjeong members who had come to take their spoils.

Lin Baici and his companions defeated Cao Daxun’s Sejongjeong team and escaped a military lockdown after leaving Busan God's Ruins. In Daegu, they learned Jin Yingzhen’s grandfather’s condition had worsened, while Lin Baici discovered that nearly a month had passed outside and watched a video from Ji Xinyan.

• Cao Daxun’s team confronted Lin Baici and his companions, and Lin Baici killed Cao Daxun before the others swiftly defeated the rest.
• Li Yintong killed the captured Jin Shangmei, and the group looted the battlefield before continuing on foot.
• Lin Baici’s group hijacked a military jeep, escaped before Sejongjeong imposed a lockdown, and reached Daegu, where Jin Yingzhen learned her grandfather’s condition had worsened.
• Lin Baici turned on his phone and found that nearly a month had passed outside Busan God's Ruins, with many calls and messages waiting for him.
• Lin Baici watched a video Ji Xinyan had sent from a hot spring, where her yukata slipped down.

Lin Baici caught up on his messages, spoke with Ji Xinyan, Li Wei, and his mother, and fended off Li Yintong’s attempt to recruit him. Meanwhile, Xia Hongyao returned to the Dragon Soul group chat and revealed that neither Shakira nor Jin Xian had purified Busan God’s Ruins.

• Lin Baici watched Ji Xinyan’s teasing video and replied to her travel messages after weeks of silence.
• Ji Xinyan called Lin Baici, flirted with him, and received an 888-yuan New Year’s red envelope from him.
• Lin Baici spoke with Li Wei and lied to his mother that he was earning money by helping an upperclassman make software.
• Li Yintong visited Lin Baici and urged him to join the Nine Dragon Pavilion, but he said he was happy with his life.
• Lin Baici sent a New Year’s red envelope to his class group chat and declined Xu Daguan’s invitation to livestream together.
• Xia Hongyao appeared in the Dragon Soul group chat and announced that Busan God’s Ruins had been purified by neither Shakira nor Jin Xian.