Chapter Summaries

Lu Bai defeated Section Chief Misa before Warden Xiong Pi arrived and overwhelmed the battlefield with his aura. Lu Bai discovered that Xiong Pi was the Deathmatch Arena node, and Xiong Pi’s effortless defeat of Simba left the fighters questioning whether he had surpassed the Grandmaster realm.

• Thirteen Yao charged into the Prison Guards’ formation and fought off several senior guards while the other Grandmasters battled across the field.
• Lu Bai used [Flash Time] to punch Section Chief Misa through several buildings, knocking him unconscious and abruptly shifting the battle.
• Hong Zhu and Heide reacted to Misa’s defeat, and Warden Xiong Pi appeared, declaring that he wanted to exchange moves and cross a threshold.
• Lu Bai’s Deathmatch Arena notification identified Xiong Pi as the current node and promised double points to the fighter who claimed it.
• Simba charged at Xiong Pi, who sent him flying with one punch and collapsed an office building around him.

Warden Xiong Pi overwhelmed the fighters at Chikan Bay and challenged Lu Bai, who faced him with [Flash Time] and [Ink Dye]. Their fight left the surrounding ground shattered, but Xiong Pi remained unharmed after Lu Bai threw him to the ground.

• Xiong Pi knocked White-Browed Bat King down with one punch, leaving him unable to rise.
• The surviving factions and Weidao High School students looked to Lu Bai as their only hope, while Xiong Pi called his new realm the Golden Core and challenged him.
• Lu Bai used [Flash Time] to dodge Xiong Pi’s sudden punch and struck his temple, cracking the ground across a vast area.
• Lu Bai explained his lack of a bottom line, used [Ink Dye] to blind Xiong Pi, and dodged another attack with [Flash Time].
• Lu Bai grabbed Xiong Pi from behind and threw him headfirst into the ground, but Xiong Pi stood up without a scratch.

Lu Bai realized he could not defeat Warden Xiong Pi with his current abilities, so he fled and hunted other fighters for abilities that might help him break through Xiong Pi’s defenses. After testing several possibilities, he left a sewer with Great Fire Spray, Dragon Raises Head, and Power Bank equipped, while Xiong Pi continued pursuing him.

• Lu Bai admitted he was running away, then used Flash Time to escape from Warden Xiong Pi and search Chikan Bay for fighters with useful abilities.
• Lu Bai found Maddy Moment and stored it, but decided the Gold abilities he had discovered so far were not powerful enough to stop Xiong Pi.
• Lu Bai considered combining Dragon Raises Head with Shave Head and Kill Uncle, but had not found an ability that could make someone his uncle.
• Lu Bai killed a fighter hiding in a sewer and demonstrated that he had acquired Great Fire Spray.
• Lu Bai climbed out of the sewer with Great Fire Spray, Dragon Raises Head, and Power Bank equipped as Xiong Pi called out that he could not escape.

Lu Bai escaped Warden Xiong Pi while the prison guards and criminal forces continued their bloody battle. He then encountered two Deathmatchers in disguise, read them, and knocked them out as his lead in points grew.

• Lu Bai used [Power Bank] to jolt Warden Xiong Pi out of the air, then ran from the cratered road.
• Section Chief Misa helped the wounded Heide and punched Xiao Fengze away when he attacked.
• Heide told Misa that Warden Xiong Pi had pursued Lu Bai, while the growing casualties made Misa fear the prison guards could not restore order by continuing the fight.
• Two Deathmatchers killed prison guards, began changing into their uniforms, and spotted Lu Bai when he landed nearby.
• Lu Bai read the two Deathmatchers, punched them, and gained two points, bringing his total to 83 and keeping his first-place ranking.

Lu Bai used [Six Senses Enhancement] and [Power Bank] to disorient Warden Xiong Pi, then resumed killing Deathmatch Arena fighters. After the elimination rate reached three-quarters, the arena activated its objectives and opened the third Ability Pool round, leaving Lu Bai to inspect the new abilities.

• Lu Bai replaced [Dragon Raises Head] and [Great Fire Spray] with [God-Ghost Mask] and [Six Senses Enhancement].
• Lu Bai enhanced Xiong Pi’s senses and shocked him, making the warden crash into a house before Lu Bai escaped to Noah Tower.
• Lu Bai killed a fighter who offered to follow him, raising his points to 92 and his rank to first.
• The Deathmatch Arena announced the objectives Create Civilized City and Sinful City of Night after its elimination rate reached three-quarters.
• The third Ability Pool round opened, and Lu Bai looked over its three golden ability panels.

Lu Bai selected Super Male Gene and used it alongside Six Senses Enhancement to overwhelm Warden Xiong Pi while continuing to hunt death-match contestants. Elsewhere, Huangfu Zhuo and Changhu met a tall woman in a bar, where she revealed that her Gold ability made the place hard to detect from outside.

• Lu Bai chose Super Male Gene from the Gold Ability Pool after considering how it might work with his other abilities.
• Lu Bai shocked a female prison guard and her police dog, then used Super Male Gene and Six Senses Enhancement on Xiong Pi before shocking him and leaving him trapped in a flower bed.
• Huangfu Zhuo and Changhu questioned a tall woman at a bar about her plan as they worried that Smiling Face might appear.
• The tall woman assured Huangfu Zhuo and Changhu that the bar was safe and revealed her Environmental Civilization Demonstration Zone ability.

Huangfu Zhuo and the other Deathmatchers discussed joining forces against Smiling Face and turned to how they could use the Node. Meanwhile, Lu Bai hunted down a Deathmatcher controlling Crawlers, then headed toward Nanxing Street, where Warden Xiong Pi was overpowering nine Grandmasters.

• Changhu provoked Guan Jin and argued that only a group of elites could stand against Smiling Face, but no one backed him or objected.
• Huangfu Zhuo said his group had come to cooperate, then asked how they planned to use the Node's power.
• Lu Bai killed a Deathmatcher controlling Crawlers, gained a point, and considered his remaining abilities as he made his way toward Nanxing Street.
• Warden Xiong Pi overwhelmed nine Grandmasters at Nanxing Street, leaving only a few of them able to fight effectively.
• Thirteen Yao concluded that Xiong Pi had probably already killed Lu Bai and urged the Grandmasters to retreat, while Noah Zorro said he was leaving.

Lu Bai returned to Chikan Bay as Warden Xiong Pi was about to kill Simba, then used his strange electrical powers to incapacitate Xiong Pi. The chapter ended with the battlefield falling silent as everyone stared at the Warden’s humiliating spasms.

• Noah Zorro withdrew from the fight, while Lou Yunyi argued that Chikan Bay had nowhere left to retreat.
• Xiong Pi battered Simba and was about to stomp on his head when Lu Bai arrived and interrupted him.
• Lu Bai caught Crow Commander after Xiong Pi hurled him, then dodged Xiong Pi’s charge with [Flash Time].
• Lu Bai applied [Super Male Gene], [Six Senses Enhancement], and [Electronic Succubus] to Xiong Pi and activated [Power Bank], making him jerk and flush with a strange sensation.
• The fighting stopped as the onlookers stared at Xiong Pi, and Section Chief Misa demanded to know what Lu Bai had done.

Lu Bai defeated Xiong Pi and took control of the aftermath, leaving the Prison Guards considering retreat and Weidao High School uncertain about its next move. He asked Simba to join him.

• Lu Bai ignored Misa and approached the Chikan Bay factions, whose leaders were awed by how easily he had disabled Xiong Pi.
• Lu Bai asked the factions to handle the cleanup, and Thirteen Yao, Lou Yunyi, and Noah Zorro competed to help.
• A She and Simba hesitated over whether Weidao High School should keep fighting, while the injured Prison Guard chiefs discussed retreating and possibly abandoning Xiong Pi.
• Xiao Xueyin returned with more than a hundred members of All Villains and ordered them to get Fengze and Zhengmu medical treatment.
• Lu Bai reminded Simba that he had saved his life and asked him to join him.

Lu Bai defeated the Prison Guards and persuaded Simba to keep Weidao’s faction in Chikan Bay while they considered submitting to him. The next day, Xiong Pi pledged loyalty, while Weidao still had not given Lu Bai an answer, and Lu Bai paused his search for the Node to eat with Xiong Pi.

• Simba agreed to stay in Chikan Bay and think over Lu Bai’s offer, while the other Weidao leaders stayed silent.
• Misa, Heide, and the other Section Chiefs fled, and most of the Prison Guards abandoned their vehicles and weapons as they ran.
• Lu Bai organized the cleanup and turned his attention to Xiong Pi, suspecting the Node was a Golden Core on the Warden’s person.
• The next day, Lu Bai learned that Weidao’s people had stayed on Nanxing Street without submitting, while Xiong Pi returned and offered his loyalty.
• Lu Bai asked Sister Shrimp to bring claypot rice, then sat down to eat with Xiong Pi.

Lu Bai took Warden Xiong Pi’s Golden Core, gained a Deathmatch Arena Node, and canceled his [Electronic Succubus] effect, but Xiong Pi remained devoted to him. When three thugs tried to extort Sister Shrimp’s shop, Lu Bai called White Shark, who arrived with a crowd of All Villains members.

• Xiong Pi extracted his Golden Core and gave it to Lu Bai, who refined it and received a prompt confirming he had acquired the current Deathmatch Arena Node.
• Lu Bai canceled [Electronic Succubus], but Xiong Pi continued acting affectionately and agreed to cook for him.
• Three thugs entered Sister Shrimp’s shop and demanded a cleaning fee, then attacked the shop when Sister Shrimp pointed to the All Villains sign.
• Lu Bai messaged White Shark for help after the redhead threatened him and overturned another table.
• White Shark arrived with a crowd of All Villains members and apologized to Lu Bai for failing to manage the situation.

Lu Bai’s authority in Chikan Bay forced White Shark to punish his own men after three gangsters disrupted Lu Bai’s shop. The deathmatchers struggled to find a way to reach Lu Bai, while Lu Bai set out with Dao Long to rescue Dao Master and take control of the prison’s forces.

• White Shark apologized to Lu Bai for the gangsters’ actions, and Lu Bai ordered him to handle the problem and improve All Villains.
• White Shark had his men remove the three gangsters, then shot Little Crow and ordered him to bring in Li Fuji.
• Guan Jin and the other deathmatchers concluded they could not get near Lu Bai, and Changhu left their meeting after arguing with Guan Jin.
• Lu Bai told Dao Long that Dao Master was alive and invited him to go to the prison.
• Lu Bai said he planned to free Dao Master and bring the prison’s forces under his command.

Lu Bai returned to the prison with Xiong Pi and demanded that its Section Chiefs serve him, demonstrating his Golden Core strength when Jun Yi attacked. The Section Chiefs and Xiong Pi surrendered, and Lu Bai put Xiong Pi in charge of the prison and Chikan Bay.

• Lu Bai entered the prison with Dao Long and Xiong Pi, then dispelled the dark zones covering much of the grounds.
• Xiong Pi told Misa and the other Section Chiefs that he had chosen to follow Lu Bai.
• Lu Bai offered the Section Chiefs a choice between working for him and being killed, and Jun Yi attacked him.
• Lu Bai's Internal Energy barrier repelled Jun Yi's punch, and Lu Bai revealed he had become a Golden Core martial artist.
• Heide, Hong Zhu, Misa, and Jun Yi knelt and agreed to follow Lu Bai.
• Lu Bai placed Xiong Pi in charge of the prison and Chikan Bay and told him to cleanse the city of evil.

Lu Bai learned that Deathmatchers were fighting each other on Health Street and went to investigate after the Node countdown ended. He arrived above the brawl as more fighters gathered around it.

• Dao Master thanked Lu Bai for rescuing him from prison, while Dao Zhengmu reminded him that Lu Bai had saved his life.
• Dao Master offered to repay Lu Bai, but Lu Bai told him to recover first.
• Xiao Xueyin told Lu Bai that Deathmatchers were fighting on Health Street, and Lu Bai hurried there.
• Lu Bai obtained the Deathmatch Arena Node, bringing his points to 202 and keeping his rank at 1/24.
• Lu Bai reached Health Street and saw seven or eight Deathmatchers fighting fiercely amid a growing crowd of armed punks.

As deathmatchers fell into infighting, Lu Bai rejected a group of survivors’ offer to join forces and killed them, then left the cleanup to the Golden Han Gang. In the south, Misa brought the defeated Hua Yue Association president to Xiong Pi, who declared that their forces had taken the entire city.

• Huangfu Zhuo and Changhu discussed how they would use the deathmatchers’ conflict and threatened to kill each other if their plans required it.
• Lu Bai asked Guan Jin and three other deathmatchers to prove they were not Replicants, then killed them with his Destructive Death Ray.
• Lu Bai ordered the Golden Han Gang to clean up and left as its members saluted him as the Spokesperson.
• Misa delivered the badly beaten Hua Yue Association president, Hua San, to Xiong Pi, with Heide, Thirteen Yao, A She, and other Grandmasters following.
• Xiong Pi said their faction had taken the remaining territory in the city and could report back.

Lu Bai told Chikan Bay’s factions they could act as they pleased, hoping to complete the Sin City objective. Two days later, as the city returned to its usual bustle, he wandered into the streets and ended up outside the Shrimp Claypot Rice restaurant.

• Lu Bai told Xiao Xueyin that Simba and Xiong Pi were unlikely to create a civilized city, and they agreed that Sin City was the easier objective.
• Dao Long brought Lu Bai a thug who had murdered someone and buried the body in his yard, prompting Lu Bai to question why Dao Long was handling criminals.
• Lu Bai learned Dao Long had made money as a middleman and told him to keep earning, while informing Chikan Bay’s factions that they could do whatever they wanted without worrying about him.
• Xiao Xueyin thanked Lu Bai and declined to explore the Deathmatch Arena further, while Lu Bai left the suite expecting the objective to be completed.
• Two days later, Lu Bai wandered through Chikan Bay’s bustling streets and found himself outside the Shrimp Claypot Rice restaurant.

Lu Bai finished the Fourth Deathmatch Showdown while eating at Sister Shrimp’s restaurant, then returned to the real world and reviewed his rewards. He retained Mental Time Chamber and received a boost to his talent, leaving him satisfied with the results.

• Lu Bai visited Sister Shrimp’s restaurant, where Ma Qingyun thanked him for saving his sister and said he planned to keep earning money for her treatment.
• Lu Bai’s Deathmatch Showdown objective completed, and the arena closed as he sat eating Shrimp Claypot Rice.
• Lu Bai returned to the real world ranked first, with 218 Deathmatcher Points and permission to permanently retain one ability.
• Lu Bai chose Mental Time Chamber from the abilities he had gained during the showdown.
• Lu Bai checked his titles and talent rewards, noting his rainbow ability and increased talent.

After completing Deathmatch Showdown, Lu Bai combined his titles and learned more about New Birth Festival and his campus principal’s invitation. He later went to Livability City to meet an organization contact and was approached by a hooded man.

• Lu Bai combined several titles into a Four Star [Innocent Smile] and left Desheng Tower after watching cleanup workers handle the participants’ bodies.
• Qu Yawen offered Lu Bai psychological counseling, and Pu Xueli invited him and his younger siblings to celebrate New Birth Festival at his home.
• Lu Bai left Zudian Campus and went to a nearby internet café to wait before his appointment at Truth or Dare.
• A hooded man sidled up to Lu Bai in the internet café and asked if he wanted to play.

Lu Bai met Can Society's vice president, President Zheng, at the Truth or Dare nightclub and learned the group planned to cause trouble at the upcoming New Birth Festival. The safehouse was exposed before he could learn whether Can Society's president would join them, and Lu Bai ended up in an interrogation room.

• Ding Zhongmin brought Lu Bai to the nightclub, where he met President Zheng and saw the vice president's three abilities.
• President Zheng admitted he had arranged the meeting early because Can Society did not yet trust Lu Bai.
• President Zheng said Can Society might stir up trouble during the New Birth Festival, and Lu Bai asked whether the society's president would take part.
• A server announced that people from Daxiang Campus had found the safehouse, and some members accused Lu Bai of being a mole.
• Ding Zhongmin urged everyone to escape, while President Zheng vanished in a puff of smoke after wishing Lu Bai luck.
• Two men dressed as police officers questioned Lu Bai about following a stranger to the nightclub.

After the police arrested Lu Bai, Secretary Shen took him to meet Xiao Xueyin, who had recognized him as the Zudian Campus prodigy and welcomed him to Shelter No. 9. Xiao Xueyin offered his family’s support and explained that his City Councilor father approved of their connection.

• Lu Bai questioned why Daxiang's Field Operations Department had handed him over to the police, and Secretary Shen arrived to take him away.
• Secretary Shen told Lu Bai that his Young Master wanted to meet him and drove him to an upscale restaurant.
• Xiao Xueyin greeted Lu Bai at the restaurant, said he had recognized him from his achievements at Zudian Campus, and invited him inside.
• Xiao Xueyin offered Lu Bai the Xiao Family’s help at Shelter No. 9 and revealed that his father, a City Councilor, supported their meeting.
• Lu Bai accepted Xiao Xueyin’s offer with a smile.