Arc 3The Luofu and the Ice Slimes

Chen Li forged miraculous items, became a Tai Bu Division intern, and drew the attention of the Genius Society and Aha. He then traveled to Aria’s world, rescued Sayo and Ieyasu, and began recruiting ice slimes while backing Esdeath’s rise to power.

  • Chen Li escaped the Cloud Knights, met Qingque, and arranged for her to guide him around the Xianzhou before surrendering to collect his bounty.
  • Chen Li met Dan Shu, sought information on Tingyun, and forced Fu Xuan to help locate her in exchange for her freedom.
  • Chen Li forged Robin a microphone Miraculous Item, whose first use brightened a planet and left its people unable to sleep.
  • Chen Li forged Unconventional Gourmet Cells from a Devourer embryo, then traveled to Moth Chasing Flame and gained resistance by eating Honkai beasts and other dangerous substances.
  • Fu Xuan recruited Chen Li as a Tai Bu Division intern, and he rapidly studied divination by eating books while Qingque joined his Miraculous Item group.
  • Chen Li met Screwllum, demonstrated Source Text, forged the Dice of Joy with Aha’s mask, and lent the dice to Robin and Qingque.
  • Chen Li traveled to Aria’s world, defeated Aria’s family, rescued Sayo and Ieyasu, and learned that Esdeath had left to suppress a rebellion.
  • Chen Li decided to support Esdeath as a future emperor, turned Oka into an ice slime, and confronted Seryu Ubiquitous after she attacked him.
Chapters 51–75 Vol. 1 Read

Ch. 51Qingque: What Do You Mean, "As Long as I Become a Xianzhou General"? (9k)

Chen Li made a binding deal with Qingque to tour the Xianzhou in exchange for a curio that would hide her from her supervisor’s divinations. When Fu Xuan caught Qingque and ordered her to deliver Chen Li’s wanted notice, Qingque realized the deal had made her his accomplice.

  • Chen Li escaped the Six Lords Conference after the Cloud Knights tried to arrest him, and Jing Yuan ordered a wanted notice and a divination to find him.
  • Chen Li wandered the Xianzhou, seeking someone important enough to receive his blank business card, and found Qingque playing Emperor’s Jade Cards.
  • Chen Li demonstrated his Infinite Cat Food Bowl and offered to forge Qingque a curio that would conceal her whereabouts from Fu Xuan in exchange for her guiding him around the Xianzhou.
  • Chen Li and Qingque agreed to the deal using the Forced Transaction Coin, making Qingque responsible for helping him whenever conditions allowed.
  • Fu Xuan caught Qingque slacking off and ordered her to deliver Chen Li’s wanted notice to the Di Heng Division, prompting Qingque to realize she was now implicated in his escape.

Ch. 52Qingque: What Do You Mean, "As Long as I Become a Xianzhou General"? (9k) (cont.)

Chen Li convinced Qingque he was framed and proposed getting her promoted until she could revoke his wanted notice, then arranged to be arrested so he could meet the Luofu general. After Qingque reported him and collected the bounty, his wanted notice gained a new charge of colluding with the Medicine Master's Legacy, leaving her confused about what happened.

  • Chen Li showed Qingque a Miracle Crystal business card, and she believed he was a Miraculous Forger rather than a remnant of Abundance.
  • Chen Li explained that the Aeon of the Hunt had fired an arrow at him after seeing him with a Divine Object of Abundance and a group of Buli Ren.
  • Chen Li showed Qingque a Miracle Card and a Starstone, revealing his ancient meeting with the first Xianzhou Medicine Seeker and learning that history remembered him as a blasphemer.
  • Chen Li proposed making Qingque Master Diviner and then general so she could revoke his wanted notice, but Qingque objected to being promoted.
  • Chen Li persuaded Qingque to report him as a way to meet the Luofu general, and she helped the Cloud Knight Army track him down so he could surrender.
  • Qingque collected Chen Li's bounty, then discovered his revised wanted notice had doubled the reward and added a charge of colluding with the Medicine Master's Legacy.

Ch. 53Chapter 53

Chen Li used the Abundance Wheat Ear to subdue Medicine Master's Legacy members and forced their leader to summon Dan Shu. Meanwhile, Qingque was pulled into the scheme and encountered Fu Xuan while buying Chen Li milk tea; the chapter ended as Dan Shu arrived to meet Chen Li.

  • Chen Li drained a Medicine Master's Legacy believer's excess Life Force into the Divine Object of Abundance, formed its forty-ninth grain, and ordered the sect's leader to summon the local leader.
  • Chen Li gave the Medicine Master's Legacy squad leader the grain and dismissed the group, while Qingque discussed their next steps with him through their messages.
  • Qingque went to buy Chen Li fries and extra-sugar milk tea, then ran into Fu Xuan, who had also come to the stall after failing to divine the thief.
  • Chen Li examined the Hunt trait on the Peaceful Longbow and considered reforging it to control its power.
  • Dan Shu arrived and introduced herself as the Dan Shi Chief of the Dan Ding Division and leader of Medicine Master's Legacy; Chen Li tossed her a card, which she caught.

Ch. 54Good heavens! Someone’s stuffed Lady Fu Xuan into a pink sack and carried her off! (9K)

Chen Li persuaded Dan Shu that the Xianzhou had strayed from Abundance, then arranged to join the Dan Ding Division as a doctor and learned that Phantylia might ally with the Medicine Master's Legacy. Seeking information about Tingyun’s route back to the Xianzhou, he contacted Qingque, who told him Fu Xuan was nearby.

  • Chen Li showed Dan Shu a vision of the Aeon of Abundance and scolded the Xianzhou for embracing the Hunt.
  • Dan Shu recounted how Yu Fei’s death turned her against the Hunt and led her to revive the Medicine Master's Legacy.
  • Chen Li asked Dan Shu to find him a doctor’s position in the Dan Ding Division and gave her a private Friends Circle communication panel.
  • Dan Shu told Chen Li that Phantylia might be planning to help overthrow the Xianzhou, and Chen Li agreed she could contact her.
  • After Dan Shu left, Chen Li sought information about Sparkle Trading Group’s route and messaged Qingque about Yu Kong and Fu Xuan.
  • Qingque told Chen Li that Fu Xuan was beside her and offered to let him come over.

Ch. 55Good heavens! Someone’s stuffed Lady Fu Xuan into a pink sack and carried her off! (9K) (Continued)

Chen Li kidnapped Fu Xuan in a pink sack to discuss the Xianzhou’s safety and find Tingyun, then pressured her into helping him track Tingyun’s whereabouts. Fu Xuan agreed to provide Tingyun’s voyage information in real time and keep their deal secret, and Chen Li promised to release her.

  • Chen Li teleported to Qingque’s location, used Intimidation on Fu Xuan, stuffed her into a pink sack, and carried her through a Teleportation Gate.
  • Chen Li examined the house where they arrived while Fu Xuan struggled unsuccessfully to escape her deluxe sack.
  • Chen Li asked Fu Xuan how to get onto the Interastral Peace Corporation’s wanted list, and she suggested committing crimes at its headquarters or joining a notorious criminal group such as the Stellaron Hunters.
  • Chen Li discovered that the house belonged to Tingyun and told Fu Xuan he wanted to find her, offering to help Fu Xuan become general in exchange.
  • Chen Li drank Fu Xuan’s Star Taro Boba and threatened to damage her reputation, then demanded her help locating Tingyun.
  • Fu Xuan agreed to share Tingyun’s voyage information with Chen Li in real time and keep their deal secret in exchange for being released.

Ch. 56Chapter 56

Chen Li kept his identity hidden, left Fu Xuan with a Karma Coin, and set up Tingyun’s home as his base while waiting for the consequences of their deal. Fu Xuan went to Jing Yuan for help understanding Chen Li, whose name and swordsmanship only deepened Jing Yuan’s suspicions.

  • Chen Li retrieved the Forced Transaction Coin, freed Fu Xuan from the sack, and let her leave with a Karma Coin as compensation.
  • Chen Li chose not to clear his name and returned to Tingyun’s home, where he cleaned the house and received a Tingyun Locator from Cleanup Master.
  • Chen Li continued messaging Fu Xuan as “Dad,” while Fu Xuan recognized a loophole in their contract that let her discuss Chen Li with others.
  • Fu Xuan visited Jing Yuan and explained that her divination could not predict Chen Li’s actions and that he had introduced himself as Daddy.
  • Fu Xuan told Jing Yuan that Chen Li had a wanted criminal as a teacher, and Jing Yuan grew uneasy because Chen Li’s swordsmanship resembled Jingliu’s.

Ch. 57Robin: Why… Are You Staring at My Halo? Say Something! / Sunday, Your Sister’s Halo Feels So Nice!

Chen Li investigated plans for new Miraculous Items on the Xianzhou while arranging to meet Robin and forge her a microphone artifact. After arriving backstage, he found attractive attributes on Robin’s halo, but warned that extracting them could damage it and gave her an Approval of Noble Morality instead.

  • Jing Yuan questioned Fu Xuan about Chen Li, learned he was staying at Tingyun’s home, and ordered Fu Xuan to gather more information while deciding to visit himself.
  • Chen Li learned Tingyun would return to the Xianzhou in a few days and added plans for several Miraculous Items to his memo.
  • Chen Li contacted Robin, confirmed Sunday had arranged for him to forge her a microphone-type Miraculous Item, and told her he was already on the Xianzhou.
  • Robin verified Chen Li’s Xianzhou photos and invited him to meet backstage after her concert.
  • Chen Li examined Robin’s halo and touched it, finding attributes suited to a microphone artifact; he explained that extracting them could damage the halo and gave Robin an Approval of Noble Morality as a souvenir.

Ch. 58The Aeon of Erudition Takes the Field Personally

Robin asked Chen Li to forge a Miraculous Item that could carry her singing voice, protect her, soothe pain, dispel fear, and encourage people. After Chen Li healed her neck scar and gathered traits from her belongings, Robin brought him to her empty concert stage to begin forging.

  • Chen Li explained how Approval of Noble Morality could conceal Robin's actions, then discussed her desired Miraculous Item with her.
  • Robin rejected Sunday's suggestion to silence her haters and asked for an item whose music could comfort and encourage people.
  • Chen Li gathered Resonance and Encouragement traits from Robin's microphone, a Dispel trait from her manager's Work Badge, and additional traits from Robin's accessories and sunglasses.
  • Chen Li used Abundance to heal Robin's neck scar and dispelled the lingering power before the treatment could affect her singing voice.
  • Robin led Chen Li to the empty concert stage, where he prepared to forge the Miraculous Item and asked her not to interrupt him.

Ch. 59The Gift of Nous—the [Then Let Me Ask You]!

Chen Li forged a microphone Miraculous Item while the Aeon of Intellect watched, then made a Disguise Glasses item and went to meet The Erudition. After asking it to clean up the venue, he received new rewards and returned to Robin, who wondered what had happened during his audience.

  • Chen Li forged a microphone Miraculous Item from entries drawn from several objects as Robin helped quiet the surrounding noise.
  • Chen Li noticed The Erudition's phantom above the crowded venue and forged Disguise Glasses before finishing the microphone item.
  • Chen Li teleported to a distant desert, where The Erudition appeared in person and asked him what a Miracle was.
  • Chen Li asked The Erudition to remove the venue's trash, then used Robin's microphone item to send the audience away peacefully.
  • Chen Li received the Rallying Cry reward and the Then Let Me Ask You Miracle Card after The Erudition cleaned up the venue.
  • Robin asked Chen Li about his audience with The Erudition, and he answered her question with another question before briefly explaining why he could not answer directly.

Ch. 60Promise Me You’ll Never Sing “One Night in Penacony”!

Chen Li forged Robin a powerful microphone Miraculous Item, and her test of its Word Spirit effect accidentally gave the entire planet insomnia before she fainted. After Robin recovered and reassured Sunday, Chen Li accepted an increased forging fee and counted the commission as a success.

  • Chen Li explained the microphone Miraculous Item’s abilities to Robin, including its singing-based buffs, control, protection, and attack effects.
  • Robin tested the item by singing Sleepless Night, causing the whole planet to become bright as day and suffer insomnia before she fainted; Karma Coins resolved the resulting trouble.
  • After Robin woke at Chen Li’s home, he explained what had happened, and she worried briefly about the consequences.
  • Sunday called Chen Li, confirmed Robin was safe, and heard how her singing had affected the planet; he resolved never to let her sing Sleepless Night in Penacony.
  • Sunday thanked Chen Li and offered to increase the forging fee, which Chen Li accepted.
  • Chen Li calculated his earnings from the commission, bought Disguise Glasses, and recorded two Miraculous Items forged.

Ch. 61Robin: Oh no, I think I’m falling for him!

Chen Li sent Robin back to her world after she woke, then forged Tonghua a Time Anchor from her materials. The new item gave Chen Li an idea for intervening in Akame ga Kill! and strengthening Moth Chasing Flame, so he borrowed Tonghua’s second anchor as well.

  • Chen Li invited Sunday to Friends Circle and offered Robin a slot so she could communicate with her brother in real time.
  • Robin thanked Chen Li for staying beside her overnight, and Chen Li gave her a booklet about the Microphone Artifact before sending her home.
  • Chen Li explained that Tonghua’s old crown had the Ego Attribute rather than the Self Attribute, then forged a Time Anchor using her other anchor and a Time Attribute.
  • Chen Li discussed Akame ga Kill! with Tonghua and considered sending Moth Chasing Flame or the 13 Imanity there to gain experience and resources.
  • Chen Li asked to borrow Tonghua’s remaining anchor, and Tonghua agreed in exchange for thirty Starstones.

Ch. 62Chen Li: Thanks for Nature’s Bounty!

After a meteor smashed through Chen Li’s house, he discovered it was a Devourer embryo capable of adapting to a world and eventually consuming it. Rather than let it hatch, he put it on the Miraculous Forging Platform, hoping to turn it into an item that would strengthen him.

  • Chen Li encouraged Robin to use a Miraculous Item to punish people attacking her online, then went to sleep.
  • A meteor broke through Chen Li’s house, but Friends Circle protected him; Houraisan Kaguya told him Yakumo Yukari’s membership had been revoked, and Chen Li sent a replacement membership.
  • Chen Li examined the hot meteorite and summoned Chen Shi and Li Changxi to identify it.
  • Li Changxi recognized the meteorite as a Devourer embryo that could evolve to counter a world’s life forms and eventually devour the world.
  • Chen Li kicked the embryo onto the Miraculous Forging Platform and began forging it into a Miraculous Item to strengthen himself.

Ch. 63“Tasting” Elysia

Chen Li killed the Devourer, forged a new Artifact that let him eat almost anything, and gained new skills and rewards. After testing it by eating a meteorite and a spoon, he left to continue adventuring.

  • Chen Li forged a Miraculous Item from A Guide to Abnormal Monster Girls, then made the One-star Artifact Unconventional Gourmet Cells using 101 Crystals.
  • Chen Li received the Miracle Card Kick the North Sea Kindergarten, 800 Starstones, 30,000 merit, and the Extraction profession skill after completing his novice task.
  • Chen Li bound Unconventional Gourmet Cells and discovered he could eat the Devourer embryo, gaining Attribute Points from it.
  • Chen Li ate a meteorite and a spoon, while Houraisan Kaguya broke a tooth trying the meteorite and left after Chen Li explained his plan to build resistance to rare foods.
  • Chen Li said goodbye to his parents and stepped into the guiding passage to continue adventuring.

Ch. 64Elysia: Chen Li, you smell so good!

Chen Li tested a Miraculous Item that granted resistance and strength by eating Honkai beasts, while Elysia and Kalpas accompanied him. After learning the item’s effects and feeding on the Second Herrscher’s associated Honkai beast, Chen Li grew strong enough for Elysia to challenge him to a fight.

  • Elysia teased Chen Li, who ate one of her hairs to test whether the item could grant resistance to Herrschers.
  • Chen Li consulted the item’s manual and learned that exchanging bodily fluids could increase resistance, then joined Elysia and Kalpas to grill Honkai beasts.
  • Chen Li discovered that eating Honkai beasts increased his resistance to Honkai and their attacks, while making it easier for him to damage them.
  • Elysia suggested that Chen Li eat unusual Honkai beasts for greater evolution, and Chen Li brought out the Second Herrscher’s associated beast for Kalpas to cook.
  • Chen Li tore off the beast’s wing with his bare hands and boasted that he was nearing the strength to suppress Elysia, who challenged him to after-meal exercise.

Ch. 65The Xianzhou’s Divine Physician—Chen Li!

Chen Li used his Deliciousness ability to let Elysia enjoy petting him, then headed through a Teleportation Gate with her and Kalpas. He obtained a pile of drugs from Mobius to build poison resistance and asked her for kidney medicine for a supposed patient.

  • Chen Li activated Herrscher Transformation, making himself smell delicious to Elysia, who paid ten Crystal Flowers to pet him while he rested on her lap.
  • Chen Li asked Elysia about his reputation in Moth Chasing Flame and learned that almost no one knew who he was outside the Engineering Department.
  • Chen Li opened a Teleportation Gate and sent Kalpas and Elysia through to Mobius's laboratory, where Elysia immediately teased Mobius.
  • Chen Li asked Mobius for sedatives and received a large supply of drugs, which he planned to eat to raise his poison resistance.
  • Chen Li contacted Mobius to request kidney medicine for a patient and threatened to cut her budget until she agreed to provide as much as possible.

Ch. 66Fu Xuan: I Have Kidney Deficiency? You Quack!

Chen Li posed as a healer for outsiders, diagnosing patients with kidney deficiency to earn Abundance Value, then impressed Fu Xuan by claiming blessings from the Aeons of Intellect and the Hunt. He told her he had fought in the third Abundance People War and left her curious about his past.

  • Chen Li gave an outsider pills for kidney deficiency without charge and gained Abundance Value when the diagnosis proved correct.
  • Bailu questioned Chen Li’s medical skills, and he defended his stall as a way to attract outsiders and stimulate consumption.
  • Fu Xuan arrived looking for Bailu’s medicinal tea, and Chen Li offered to help.
  • Fu Xuan’s Unfailing Eye of Law could not read Chen Li’s fate, so he claimed he had received a blessing from the Omniscient Heavenly Lord.
  • Chen Li revealed the Peaceful Longbow’s trace of the Lord of the Hunt’s power, then claimed he had abandoned scholarship for martial arts and later medicine after the third Abundance People War.

Ch. 67Fu Xuan: Starting today, Chen Li, you’re an intern at the Divination Commission!

Fu Xuan recruited Chen Li as a probationary Tai Bu Division intern after questioning his unlicensed medical stall and learning about his ambition to attract the Aeon of Abundance’s blessing. Chen Li agreed to study divination under her, and Qingque arrived with a catalog and a sack of books, whereupon Chen Li confidently claimed he would surpass Fu Xuan within three days.

  • Fu Xuan confronted Chen Li about his unlicensed medical practice, and Chen Li explained that he treated outsiders for free while hoping to attract the Aeon of Abundance’s attention.
  • Chen Li described his unusual blessing from The Erudition, and Fu Xuan decided his talents suited the Tai Bu Division and recruited him as an intern.
  • Chen Li negotiated freedom over his study and work hours, promising to become a qualified diviner within a year and surpass Fu Xuan within ten years.
  • Fu Xuan returned Chen Li’s practice certificate and sat beside his stall as he continued calling passersby kidney deficient and treating them.
  • Qingque brought Chen Li a catalog and a sack of study books, recognized him despite his Disguise Glasses, and learned that Fu Xuan had made him an intern.
  • After seeing the mountain of books, Chen Li declared that he would surpass Fu Xuan within three days.

Ch. 68The Genius Society Invitation Has Arrived! Please Sign for It

Chen Li experimented with eating books to absorb knowledge and invited Qingque to play online games through Friends Circle. Robin then told him that Screwllum had arrived with a Genius Society invitation for Chen Li, leaving him to answer the summons.

  • Chen Li rapidly studied divination in the Tai Bu Division library and discovered that eating books helped him retain and understand knowledge.
  • Chen Li invited Qingque into the Miraculous Item group, where she became interested in playing Imperial Jade Pillar of Shame online.
  • Robin called Chen Li through the Miraculous Forging Guide and said Screwllum had come looking for him with a Genius Society invitation.
  • Chen Li remembered that The Erudition had already mentioned the invitation, which had been intended for him.

Ch. 69Screwllum: [Hey, big spender, Venmo me 50 and show me what you’ve got!] / Aha: That’s right, Chen Li is the mole I sent into the Genius Society!

Chen Li met Screwllum, who had delivered Herta’s invitation to the Genius Society and wanted to investigate his abilities. Chen Li demonstrated a Source Text miracle that made people send Screwllum 50 Credits, leaving Screwllum curious about the power and its possible link to the planetwide insomnia that had attracted The Erudition.

  • Chen Li accepted Herta’s invitation and asked Robin to give Screwllum five Friends Circle access devices as a greeting gift.
  • Screwllum introduced himself as Genius Society Seat 76 and explained that he and Herta had investigated Chen Li’s mysterious past and wanted to judge his behavior.
  • Chen Li used Screwllum’s social media account to post a message that compelled viewers to transfer 50 Credits to Screwllum.
  • Screwllum received countless small transfers, reassured the Interastral Peace Corporation that the money would be refunded, and asked Chen Li how he had caused the effect.
  • Chen Li explained that the miracle used Source Text, which contained extraordinary power, and Screwllum wondered whether it had also caused the planet’s insomnia and drawn The Erudition’s attention.

Ch. 70Friends, this is a thrilling high-stakes gamble!

Chen Li demonstrated his miraculous code to Screwllum, drawing Aha’s attention and prompting him to forge a Dice of Joy from a Masked Fool’s mask and a relic. The newly forged Artifact affected Robin when she handled it, leaving her unable to laugh after rolling a thirteen.

  • Chen Li showed Screwllum a bowl that generated endless cat food and explained that he used Source Text to create miraculous items.
  • Aha appeared in the reception room after Chen Li joked about summoning him, and a Masked Fool’s mask materialized in Chen Li’s hand.
  • Chen Li enclosed himself and Screwllum in a Miracle Barrier and forged the mask and a twenty-sided die into the Dice of Joy.
  • Chen Li explained the Artifact’s gambling effects to Screwllum and dismissed the barrier after finishing the forging.
  • Robin arrived after laughter spread across the planet, and Chen Li tossed her the Dice of Joy.
  • Robin rolled a thirteen, and Aha spoke through her with a sorrowful complaint.

Ch. 71Fu Xuan: Qingque, I walked in and caught you leading Chen Li astray!

Chen Li dealt with Aha’s visit and discussed the Simulated Universe with Screwllum before Robin helped him celebrate the end of the planet’s crisis. The chapter ended with Chen Li returning to the Tai Bu Division library after eating his way through a food street, while Qingque struggled with instant noodles sent through Friends Circle.

  • Aha revealed himself to Chen Li, offered him a place as an Envoy of Joy, and left after warning that he would keep watching him.
  • Chen Li gave Screwllum five phones derived from Friends Circle, and Screwllum invited him to visit Herta Space Station to learn about the Simulated Universe and Herta’s Curios.
  • Robin thanked Chen Li for helping calm the planet’s laughter, and Chen Li said his contribution was compensation for the trouble Aha had caused.
  • Chen Li lent Robin his Disguise Glasses so they could go out to eat without being recognized, and Robin paid as he ate his way through a food street.
  • Qingque tried eating Chen Li’s book, then ordered instant noodles from Houraisan Kaguya through Friends Circle and received noodle blocks without seasoning packets.
  • Chen Li returned to the Tai Bu Division library with Qingque’s guidance after collecting Starstones at the gathering.

Ch. 72Qingque: Buddy, you got absolutely demolished!

Chen Li used the Joy Dice to conjure a powerful golden carp in the archive, then lent the dice to Qingque, who suffered a humiliating mahjong loss after using it. While considering new worlds to explore for miracles, Chen Li left Qingque lamenting that a video of her defeat had permanently shamed her.

  • Chen Li rolled the Joy Dice during Fu Xuan’s confrontation with Qingque, causing a golden carp to emerge from a book and knock Fu Xuan unconscious.
  • Chen Li, Qingque, and the others ate the carp, and Chen Li lent Qingque the dice so she could use it when problems arose.
  • Chen Li reviewed his Miracle Commissions and decided to pursue opportunities involving Imperial Arms and Dangerous Species in Aria’s world.
  • Qingque returned to the archive and told Chen Li she had rolled a 13 for a winning mahjong hand, then rolled a 1 and lost to three Thirteen Orphans hands.
  • Qingque explained that her friends had taken her Xun Di and uploaded a video of the game, leaving her permanently embarrassed.

Ch. 73Chen Li: The Local Nobles Have No Manners!

Chen Li helped Qingque use the Joy Dice to escape her shameful gambling predicament, then traveled to the Akame ga Kill! world and was poisoned by Aria’s family during dinner. He survived, defeated the nobles, and turned their attempted betrayal into a meal and punishment.

  • Qingque rolled the Joy Dice, and Chen Li spent Joy Points to change the result and resolve her trouble over discarding three Thirteen Orphans.
  • Chen Li traveled through the Teleportation Gate to Aria’s world, where her family welcomed him and mistook his forging craft for a lost Imperial Armament technique.
  • Chen Li presented Aria with a pain-inflicting silver needle, then ate the Dangerous Species dishes her family had secretly laced with sedative and collapsed.
  • Aria and her parents revealed their plan to steal Chen Li’s forging Artifact and hand it to the Minister, while Aria celebrated the chance to torment him.
  • Chen Li recovered, knocked out the family, and forced the household servants to prepare the remaining Dangerous Species ingredients for him.
  • Chen Li punished Aria and her parents while eating, using the Peaceful Longbow to capture the noble lord’s soul.

Ch. 74What Ten Thousand Souls Banner? It’s called the Human Emperor’s Bow! / The Elation Dice: I have a plan! Why not make Esdeath a queen?

Chen Li punished Aria’s noble family and rescued Sayo and Ieyasu from their torture warehouse, healing their injuries and curing Ieyasu’s poison at the cost of a thousand-year lifespan that would eventually turn him into a monster. He planned to visit Minister Honest to pursue Dangerous Species flesh and Imperial Arms, while Sayo asked what would happen to the still-suffering Aria.

  • Chen Li had Aria’s parents tortured or killed and questioned the noble lord about obtaining Dangerous Species flesh and Imperial Arms.
  • Chen Li learned that General Esdeath had already left to suppress a rebellion and decided to visit Minister Honest instead of choosing between the Empire and the Revolutionary Army.
  • A guard told Chen Li that two people had survived in the warehouse, so he dragged Aria there and found Sayo and Ieyasu among the tortured victims.
  • Chen Li healed Sayo and used the Divine Object of Abundance to cure Ieyasu’s poison, warning him that he would live for a thousand years before losing his mind and becoming a monster.
  • Sayo thanked Chen Li for saving them and asked what should be done about Aria, who remained pinned to the ground and screaming.

Ch. 75Chen Li: Even a savior has to eat!

Chen Li used the Joy Dice to discover that his Cleanup Master card could create ice slimes, then decided to clean up the Imperial Capital and make Esdeath emperor with their help. After turning the corrupt Oka into an ice slime, he faced Oka’s furious disciple Seryu Ubiquitous and tried to decide what to do with her.

  • Chen Li adjusted a Joy Dice roll to 18, causing his Cleanup Master card to gain the ability to transform Slime Janitors into ice slimes.
  • After questioning Sayo, Ieyasu, and a noble about Esdeath, Chen Li decided to support her becoming emperor and planned to recruit ice slimes as her soldiers.
  • Chen Li turned the corrupt Oka into an ice slime, earned 45 Karma Coins, and assigned him to clean up part of the Imperial Capital.
  • Seryu Ubiquitous accused Chen Li of harming her master, and he told her Oka was corrupt and intended to sell her.
  • When Seryu charged at him, Chen Li flicked her forehead and sent her flying before bringing out the Joy Dice to decide how to handle her.
Arc 3 of 65
Arc 3 of 65