Chapter Summaries

Tao Nai and the others learned that Lin Baici owned a large villa, while Ji Xinyan kept his wealth private. At Dragon and Beauty, Lin Baici sought Nangong Shu but was attacked by an unseen force as he reached her reception room.

• Ji Xinyan told Tao Nai that Lin Baici lived in a four-story detached villa, but refused to reveal more about his wealth or private life.
• Bai Jiao reconsidered Lin Baici after learning he was rich, while Ji Xinyan urged the others not to spread the news.
• Lin Baici went to Dragon and Beauty to ask Nangong Shu about Feynman and encountered a bold foreign God Hunter who tried to take him to a hotel.
• The bartender told Lin Baici he could go upstairs to see Nangong Shu, while patrons speculated about his relationship with her and his identity as Lin God.
• As Lin Baici approached Nangong Shu's reception room, an unseen force strangled him, and after he kicked the door open, it dragged him backward down the corridor.

Lin Baici escaped an invisible attacker by transforming into mud, then armed himself and fought a ghost in the hallway. He realized the strange, filthy parlor meant he was trapped inside Rule Pollution.

• An invisible attacker dragged Lin Baici down the hallway and began strangling him, but he transformed into mud and slipped into a bedroom.
• Lin Baici summoned the reindeer with the White Antler Bone Flute, retrieved his Bodhi Messenger Kasaya, and equipped Ghostbusters and the Ghost Lamp.
• Lin Baici sensed the ghost retreating into the hallway, then encountered a maid ghost wielding a hemp rope and chopped it apart with the fire axe.
• Lin Baici armed himself with his pipe wrench, sheepskin coat, ammunition belt, and Lamb Shotgun before entering the parlor.
• Lin Baici found the parlor empty and transformed into a filthy, unfamiliar room, and concluded that he was trapped in Rule Pollution.

Lin Baici found Li Yintong, Zhong Shuman, and several others hiding in a room inside a powerful Rule Pollution, and learned that they had been caught while visiting Nangong Shu. The group remained trapped in the camp as more frightened survivors emerged and Lin Baici began assessing who was there.

• Lin Baici detected people hiding around the room and revealed himself after Li Yintong called out from beneath a floorboard.
• Li Yintong and Zhong Shuman explained that they had come to Dragon and Beauty to gather information about the Dawn Foundation auction before the Rule Pollution trapped them.
• Luo Jiaming and Wu Shitong emerged from hiding, and Luo warned that only God Hunters at Dragon Rank or above could survive the powerful Rule Pollution.
• Li Yintong called out the remaining occupants, including a man hiding in a cabinet and an ordinary couple hiding in a wardrobe.
• The couple came out, and the woman claimed she was an influencer after Li Yintong noticed the action camera clipped to her collar.

Lin Baici dealt with newcomers caught in the Rule Pollution and used Muscle Buddha to punish a rude thief. Old Man Luo realized Lin Baici might be the famous Lin God of Haijing.

• Ma Xiaoyun and her Photographer admitted they had sneaked into the bar, and Lin Baici ordered that they be allowed to stay.
• Li Yintong nearly attacked the Photographer, but Lin Baici stopped her and learned that the pair were ordinary people caught in the pollution.
• Four suspicious newcomers appeared, and Lin Baici exposed the Lip Ring Girl's lie that they were guests of Nangong Shu.
• After Blondie insulted Lin Baici, Muscle Buddha struck him and disappeared, leaving the newcomers alarmed.
• Li Yintong confirmed that Lin Baici was the Lin God of Haijing, and Old Man Luo asked if he was Lin Longyi.

Lin Baici led the group out of a safe house into a plantation-era Rule Pollution, where armed Black Slaves prepared to attack. The chapter ended with Lin Baici firing back as the group sought cover.

• Old Man Luo, Blondie, and the others learned that Lin Baici was Haijing's Lin God, and Blondie licked his spit off the floor to earn forgiveness.
• Lin Baici took charge, ordered everyone to check themselves, and led them outside to explore the Rule Pollution.
• The group found Black Slaves working in a plantation camp, who grabbed weapons and loaded muskets when they saw the newcomers.
• Zhong Shuman slapped Ma Xiaoyun for urging Lin Baici to shoot, while the Photographer fled into the safe house.
• Lin Baici shot a Black Slave with his Double-barreled Shotgun as the armed workers began firing back.

Lin Baici slaughtered the attacking Black Slaves with his Double-barreled Shotgun, then directed the survivors to search the plantation. As the group regrouped, Wu Shitong sought Lin Baici’s favor, while the Photographer armed himself and began imagining a chance to rise in status.

• Lin Baici calmly reloaded and shot down more than a dozen Black Slaves, then killed the last attacker who charged him with a machete.
• Li Yintong and Zhong Shuman admired Lin Baici, while Crew Cut and Leather Pants Woman discussed distancing themselves from Akina and winning Lin Baici’s favor.
• Wu Shitong thanked Lin Baici and told him he had arranged a job for Lin Baici’s mother.
• The Photographer retrieved a matchlock gun and ordered Ma Xiaoyun to gather its ammunition, believing the crisis might be an opportunity to become important.
• The survivors gathered around Lin Baici with the food and supplies they had found, while Luo Jiaming envied Lin Baici’s shotgun and kept quiet about the danger of gunpowder weapons in Rule Pollution.

Lin Baici led the group away from the plantation by following the Black Slaves’ trail through the cornfield. After revealing his reindeer sleigh and clean water, he set off again with the others, then stopped when he heard something ahead.

• Lin Baici chose the direction the Black Slaves had fled, and the group packed supplies and followed him.
• Luo Jiaming forced the others to gather supplies and struck the Photographer when he resisted.
• After a ten-minute rest, Lin Baici summoned a reindeer sleigh with the White Antler Bone Flute and shared Mineral Water with Li Yintong and Zhong Shuman.
• Luo Jiaming told the group that the Great Shaman had a sleigh, and Zhong Shuman noted that the Illuminated Hermitage was already rumored to be involved.
• Lin Baici led the group into the cornfield and stopped when he heard something.

Lin Baici led the group into hiding as man-eating Straw Crows swept over the cornfield, but Lip Ring Girl and Blondie were exposed and attacked. After Blondie was shot by the Photographer and devoured, the crows left, and Ma Xiaoyun emerged to find Lin Baici and the others outside their hiding places.

• Lin Baici heard the approaching birds, ordered the group to cut corn and hide, and warned them that the Straw Crows would eat anyone they spotted.
• Lip Ring Girl shifted her stalks while scratching, drawing the crows to her hiding place; they pecked her, and she fled toward Blondie's mound for help.
• Blondie refused to shelter Lip Ring Girl, then ran toward Ma Xiaoyun and the Photographer as the crows swarmed around them.
• The Photographer shot Blondie in the lower abdomen, and the Straw Crows covered and devoured him while Lip Ring Girl fled toward the manor.
• After the crows departed, Ma Xiaoyun cautiously came out of her mound and saw Lin Baici and the others outside.

Lin Baici led the group through the cornfield while they faced attacks from man-eating Straw Crows and struggled to conserve supplies. When the crows attacked again, Lin Baici killed their white-headed leader, but the group remained trapped in the dangerous field.

• Crew Cut and the others mourned Blondie, while Lin Baici said they should keep moving despite the danger and let anyone choose another route.
• The Photographer revealed his growing desire to become a God Hunter after killing Blondie, and he destroyed his DSLR before continuing through the cornfield with Ma Xiaoyun.
• Lin Baici shared water, bread, and sausages with the group during a brief rest as Wu Shitong offered advice on using everyone as a resource.
• When the Straw Crows returned, Zhong Shuman used Wind Flower Chaos Dance to cut down several birds after they found her hiding place.
• Lin Baici struck the white-headed crow with the Red Earth Clay Figure and a Storm Hammer, teleported behind it, and killed it with his Bronze Sword before burning its corpse with Samadhi Golden Crow Fire.

Lin Baici killed the Crow King and found several Platinum Crow Feathers, but the remaining Straw Crows attacked the group again. He used a Pine Torch to drive them off, and the group escaped the worst of the pursuit, though they still had no clear route out.

• Lin Baici killed the white-headed crow, earning Zhong Shuman's gratitude and loyalty as the Straw Crows circled overhead.
• Lin Baici found three Platinum Crow Feathers in the Crow King's ashes and learned they protected their holder from fatal falls but could cause birdlike contamination.
• Zhong Shuman confronted and slapped the Photographer before the group continued onward.
• The Straw Crows found the Female Cleaner and a bodyguard hiding in corn piles, so Lin Baici lit a Pine Torch and led everyone toward the plantation.
• A bodyguard became corrupted by the torch and chased it as Lin Baici's group ran; after the crows dwindled, they stopped to fight the few remaining birds, but no Meteorite Stone dropped.
• Wu Shitong asked Lin Baici what they should do next, worried that their earlier route had been useless.

Lin Baici led the group back to the plantation to search for clues to the correct route and to find Nangong Shu. After they returned, he focused on a strange Scarecrow in a shed, suspecting it might point toward the way forward.

• Lin Baici decided the group should return to the plantation and search it for clues.
• The group found He Shu hiding in a cornfield, and Lin Baici gave her medicine and bandages for her wounds.
• At the plantation, Zhong Shuman and Li Yintong caught Black Slaves while Old Man Luo began interrogating them by smashing one captive’s fingers.
• Lin Baici examined a Scarecrow in a shed and found that its arm moved with the body rather than pointing in a fixed direction.
• Li Yintong stabbed the Scarecrow, including its head, but it did not react, and Lin Baici continued studying it as Zhong Shuman prepared to leave.

Lin Baici discovered that the scarecrows pointed the way through the cornfield, leading the group from one estate to another. At the latest estate, the scarecrow spoke of the Moon God instead of the sun, and Lin Baici and the others stopped to consider the change.

• Lin Baici tested the scarecrow in the cornfield, where it turned and pointed west, revealing the group's route.
• The group followed the scarecrow for two hours and reached an estate, where Old Man Luo led an attack while Lin Baici searched the barn and found another scarecrow.
• Lin Baici planted the new scarecrow in the cornfield, and it pointed the group toward their next destination.
• After three hours of travel, the group reached another estate, fought the white farmer and the Black Slaves, and found a third scarecrow.
• Old Man Luo carried the scarecrow into the cornfield, where it pointed the way and said, "May the Moon God guide you!"; Lin Baici, Zhong Shuman, and Huang Cheng stopped at its unexpected words.

Lin Baici led the group through the night by following the Scarecrow’s words rather than its pointing arm, and they reached another manor. After a Black Slave killed the Photographer, the group planted a Scarecrow and set off in the direction indicated by its message, May the Moon God guide you.

• Lin Baici explained that the Scarecrow’s spoken words gave the right route, and the group followed the moon through the cornfield to another manor.
• Li Yintong, Taimai, and Huang Cheng scouted the manor, while the Photographer and Ma Xiaoyun searched the kitchen for food.
• A Black Slave attacked the Photographer in the kitchen, and Lin Baici killed the attacker, but the Photographer died from his wounds.
• After the group planted a Scarecrow in the cornfield, it said, “May the Moon God guide you!”
• Old Man Luo pointed the group in the direction indicated by the Scarecrow’s words, and they prepared to continue.

Lin Baici led the group through a fog-bound cornfield, where Scarecrows attacked and killed several people. The survivors escaped into a forest, but the mist remained and another Rule Pollution challenge seemed likely.

• Lin Baici gave the exhausted group food and a short rest before leading them onward through a dawn that never ended.
• Scarecrows ambushed the group in the cornfield, and Lin Baici fought them off while urging everyone to flee.
• Lin Baici rescued Ma Xiaoyun from a Scarecrow and cut her hair free, but a bodyguard was killed and dragged into the crops.
• A gigantic Scarecrow attacked, and Lin Baici refused Huang Cheng's suggestion to fight it after the God of Gluttony warned it would yield no reward.
• Lin Baici carried Wu Shitong to safety as the giant Scarecrow ate Lip Ring Girl and another Scarecrow; the survivors escaped the cornfield into a misty forest.

Lin Baici and the survivors entered Crow Ridge, where a maze of burial mounds unleashed zombies on them. After fighting their way through the graves, they were attacked from above, and Wu Shitong's bodyguard was killed by a winged monster as Lin Baici ran out of ammunition.

• Lin Baici led the group through the foggy forest, where gravestones appeared both ahead and behind them.
• Huang Cheng dug into a grave, awakening zombies that grabbed everyone's ankles and climbed out of the burial mounds.
• Lin Baici ordered Old Man Luo and Huang Cheng to lead the group as they fought through the zombies, while he covered them with his shotgun.
• The group ran beyond the graves, but winged monsters dived from the trees and one killed Wu Shitong's bodyguard.
• Lin Baici fired at the remaining winged monster after it attacked, but his shotgun had run out of ammunition.

Lin Baici and his companions encountered Dustin Pitt, the son of the infamous Slave Owner, after Pitt took control of the zombies and demanded that Lin become his slave. Pitt mocked Lin and coveted his Lamb Shotgun, but Lin refused to be intimidated and challenged him to choose how he wanted to die.

• Lin Baici and his companions fought off gargoyles until the zombies abruptly froze and Pitt emerged from the mist.
• Pitt whipped Wu Shitong, then ordered the zombies to attack him when Wu tried to bargain for his life.
• Old Man Luo and Zhong Shuman identified Pitt as Slave Owner Dustin Hoffman’s son and warned Lin about his father’s power and cruelty.
• Pitt demanded that Lin become his slave and admitted that he wanted Lin’s Lamb Shotgun, while Li Yintong revealed Lin’s title as the Nine Provinces Dragon Wing.
• Lin asked Pitt whether his father or Shakira was stronger, then cut off the discussion and asked Pitt how he wanted to die.

Lin Baici survived Peter’s ambush, killed the pursuing monsters, and continued deeper into Crow Ridge while Peter planned further safeguards. Peter forced the Female Cleaner to sign a slave contract and sent her to approach Lin Baici with a Scarecrow, leaving her tasked with betraying him.

• Lin Baici struck Peter with Great Impression Hand, but Peter’s Death Scarecrow took the fatal blow and let him escape.
• Peter shot Lin Baici’s companions one by one, teleporting them away, then vanished and left Lin Baici to face the monsters.
• Lin Baici killed the pursuing zombies with Wild Buddha Blows Out the Lamp and found Wu Shitong dead before following the God of Gluttony’s directions west.
• Peter studied a map tracking Lin Baici and the others, then went to find the Female Cleaner.
• Peter forced the Female Cleaner to sign a slave contract and gave her a Scarecrow, ordering her to approach Lin Baici and activate it.

Peter tormented Leather Pants Woman, then pressured Nangong Shu to become his mistress and take over her black market. Lin Baici followed a lead through Crow Ridge and reached a farmstead, where he fought its armed residents and faced a second gunshot.

• Peter whipped Leather Pants Woman during a rigged chase, then dragged her behind his horse after she tried to fight back.
• Peter gave Nangong Shu an hour to accept his demand, and she realized Lin Baici had arrived and chose to wait for him.
• Lin Baici followed God of Gluttony's directions to a farmstead and attacked the Black woman who charged at him.
• Coward Child warned Lin Baici of danger, and he used the injured woman as a shield when a hidden Black man shot him.
• Lin Baici confronted the hidden gunman and used Flash of Lightning to punch a bullet out of the air.

Lin Baici tracked Peter to his estate with the help of a Black man, then reunited with Nangong Shu and launched a surprise attack on Peter. The chapter left Peter dazed after Lin Baici smashed his head into a television.

• Lin Baici subdued a Black man and woman, learned that Ma Xiaoyun had been killed, and forced the man to lead him to Peter.
• When the Black man tried to escape through a hidden cellar, Lin Baici used Life Mastery to seize his heart and make him obey.
• Lin Baici killed the Black man after reaching Peter's estate, then found Nangong Shu inside and learned Peter was upstairs.
• Nangong Shu kissed Lin Baici before he quietly led her upstairs to Peter's bedroom.
• Lin Baici teleported behind Peter and slammed his head into a television while Peter was distracted by a video game.

Lin Baici beat Peter into submission and questioned him about his God's Taboo Objects, learning that Peter used the Crow Ridge map as a hidden territory for crimes. After Nangong Shu kissed Lin Baici, the chapter left their spoils and Peter's fate unresolved.

• Lin Baici overwhelmed Peter with Yongdong Long Fist and used Life Mastery to threaten him into answering questions.
• Peter identified himself as the only son of Slave Owner Dustin Hoffman and explained that the Crow Ridge map created a polluted territory around a small area.
• God of Gluttony revealed that Peter had buried at least a hundred women in the wheat fields, and Lin Baici struck Peter with a water bottle after hearing it.
• Peter explained that the parchment was a Slave Contract and that his silver revolver could teleport anyone it hit to a random location within ten miles.
• Nangong Shu declined the revolver, teased Lin Baici about stockings, and kissed him while Peter watched.