Chapter Summaries

Xu Huo survived the Werner family’s attempt to kill him, and Huahan Werner froze time across Base City before killing the A-class players who had come with Asis. Huahan brought Xu Huo to Xiu City and promised to begin teaching him the next day, while hinting that the Werner family might offer him compensation.

• Several players rushed at Xu Huo, but his Time Power froze them and aged them into corpses.
• Huahan Werner stopped time across Base City, praised Xu Huo’s progress, and killed the A-class players accompanying Asis while sparing Asis.
• Huahan told Xu Huo he could deal with Kag Herta and the Herta family, then took him to his home in Xiu City.
• Huahan explained that Werner elders had tried to eliminate Xu Huo because they saw him as a future threat to the family.
• Huahan advised Xu Huo to accept any benefits the Werner family offered, but Xu Huo said he needed to look after his own family.
• Huahan told Xu Huo to rest and said his lessons would start the next day, then criticized the Werner elders for hoarding the family’s resources.

Xu Huo tested his newly evolved Time Power while Hua Han taught him the need for precise control and warned him about its dangers. Hua Han revealed that Carmen Field had died because he was too powerful and unruly, not simply because of the wormhole point war.

• Xu Huo woke refreshed and joined Hua Han for breakfast before they went to the study.
• Xu Huo tested his Time Power on figurines and found he could cover an area about ten meters wide within a range of roughly a thousand meters.
• Hua Han explained that Xu Huo needed to learn precise control and warned him never to enter an area covered by Time Power, even still time.
• Hua Han told Xu Huo that A-class wormhole points could use instruments and Transdimensional Space Power to disrupt players, and that even Super Players could be killed.
• Xu Huo asked whether Transdimensional Space Power had influenced Carmen Field, and Hua Han said Carmen Field died because he was too powerful and unruly.

Xu Huo spent half a month training with Hua Han, then returned to District 011 and learned that the Suitcase Man’s Super Instance was drawing Players to District 039. After sharing information about the circus and checking on the situation, Xu Huo returned to Rose Castle, where Nobles and representatives bearing gifts began arriving.

• Hua Han warned Xu Huo about the Game Government’s power and advised him not to challenge powerful forces alone, then began teaching him about Time Power.
• Xu Huo trained with Hua Han for half a month and returned to District 011, where he learned that the Herta family’s assets now belonged to him, Old Mr. Xi had finished his commissioned item, and Yan Jiayu had survived a dangerous Random Instance.
• Xu Huo learned that the Suitcase Man’s Super Instance was in District 039 and asked Ji Qingcheng to watch the area around the Dungeon.
• Xu Huo asked Hua Han to help him post information about the circus on Dimension Below, and Hua Han explained the Suitcase Man’s gravity-and-space Ability and tracking methods.
• Xu Huo returned to Rose Castle, assigned Mr. Dong to receive the Werner family’s representatives, and greeted Lady Lily and other Nobles himself.

After the Herta family’s assets were transferred to Xu Huo, nobles from District 011 sought positions managing the businesses. Lady Lily and Roy Clemens each pitched their strengths, and Xu Huo left the final allocation undecided.

• Nobles visited Xu Huo at Rose Castle to apply for roles overseeing the Herta family’s assets.
• Xu Huo asked Lady Lily and Roy Clemens which businesses they wanted to manage.
• Lady Lily recommended the Hertas’ mines, transportation business, and laboratories, highlighting her experience in mining and transportation.
• Roy proposed managing the Herta transportation company’s operations in the Third Sub-district and expanding its foreign trade.
• Lady Lily said the Tar family would agree to cooperate, and Xu Huo promised to consider both proposals before deciding how to divide the assets.

Xu Huo organized his newly acquired businesses and resolved the Werner family’s dispute with him. As Hua Han trained him to control Time Power, Xu Huo examined Old Mr. Xi’s A-class artifact, the Hand of Time and Space.

• Mr. Dong advised Xu Huo to limit how much authority the Tar and Miler families received over his assets.
• Xu Huo selected candidates to manage his mines, businesses, and laboratories, assigning Helena Connor to oversee the Laboratory.
• Kuintu Werner apologized for his family’s actions and asked Xu Huo to put their misunderstanding behind them, which Xu Huo agreed to do.
• Hua Han trained Xu Huo to control Time Power precisely and explained how it deprived those it pierced of agency.
• Xu Huo inspected the A-class Hand of Time and Space, an artifact capable of controlling Space Power and Time Power.

Xu Huo received the Hand of Time and Space, an A-class artifact made by Old Mr. Xi, and accepted a substantial apology from the Werner family in the form of artifacts and instruments. He selected several useful items for his inventory, leaving himself with a broad range of special and A-class artifacts.

• Old Mr. Xi explained that the Hand of Time and Space created a field of cutting spatial rays resonating with time rays, and said the game's review department had praised it as his greatest work.
• Xu Huo questioned Old Mr. Xi about the two mental Sub-class Stones, and Old Mr. Xi dismissed them as consumables before leaving for a celebration banquet.
• Xu Huo paid Old Mr. Xi for the Hand of Time and Space, which suited his spatialized index finger.
• Xu Huo reviewed the artifacts included in the Werner family's apology and selected several special and A-class artifacts for his inventory.
• Xu Huo considered the artifacts' varied uses and noted that their real strengths would only become clear through use.

Xu Huo sorted through Werner’s instruments and potions, then examined the suspected Super Artifact and found only a damaged psychic Origin Stone. He opened a trapped metal box containing an S-grade toxin and asked Dr. Deng to prepare samples, leaving the toxin’s antidote fungus under study.

• Xu Huo reviewed the instruments and potions Werner had provided, giving the potions to Dr. Deng to store in his Laboratory.
• Xu Huo opened the underground object and found that its shell had melted away, leaving an intact dark red Origin Stone amid shattered energy devices.
• Xu Huo had a robot open the metal box, releasing corrosive poison that damaged the robot and destroyed half of his location item.
• Xu Huo inspected the box’s poison sprayer and walls covered with the word “Die,” concluding it had been designed as a trap for someone.
• Dr. Deng identified the poison as an S-grade toxin and warned Xu Huo that there was no universal Antidote.
• Xu Huo asked Dr. Deng to test the improved antidote fungus solution and prepare toxin samples using supplies from the Herta family’s Laboratory.

Xu Huo discovered that the Dungeon Authorization Letter stolen by the Invisible Hand was genuine and asked Hua Han Werner whether the Suitcase Man could track it. Hua Han reassured him and gave him a special item to protect his life before Xu Huo left for his next dungeon.

• Xu Huo injected the P6S Potion, raising his evolution rate to 80% and strengthening his control over his powers.
• Xu Huo found that the blank Dungeon Authorization Letter stolen from the painted woman's bag now bore the words "Happy Circus City," proving it was genuine.
• Xu Huo asked Hua Han Werner whether the Suitcase Man could track the letter across Wormhole Points, and Hua Han said it could not contain an implanted locator but other tools might track it.
• Hua Han told Xu Huo to keep the letter in the Storage Compartment and said he would arrange trouble for the Suitcase Man while Xu Huo entered his next dungeon.
• Hua Han gave Xu Huo a special item that guaranteed he would stay alive for three minutes, though it could only be used once.

Xu Huo traveled to District 022 with Zhou Juanjuan, Zhan Erliu, and Levi, and they discussed the luck-based scavenger-hunt dungeon awaiting them. They arrived at Youzhu Station and learned that locals treated the dungeon’s changing Route Maps as a popular form of entertainment and betting.

• Xu Huo warned Old Mr. Xi to hide after an item he made may have been left in a Super Player’s dungeon, and the old man urged Xu Huo not to contact him for a year or two.
• Zhou Juanjuan, Zhan Erliu, and Levi introduced themselves to Xu Huo on the train and discussed the dungeon near their destination.
• Zhou Juanjuan explained that Players would follow changing Route Maps to collect tokens at waypoints, and that teams could split up to complete stages.
• Xu Huo and the others arrived at Youzhu Station in District 022 and noticed the advanced city and its visitors.
• Xu Huo bought a local Communicator and looked up the dungeon, while Levi complained that the locals treated Players like monkeys.

Xu Huo and his companions entered the B-class “A Romantic Sightseeing Tour” Dungeon and chose sightseeing routes through Iván Country. They left the tourist station with separate Route Maps, which the Dungeon altered to include different attractions.

• Xu Huo and the others entered the Dungeon after buying a map in Sub-district 022.
• The group studied route information at a tourist station and discussed the risks of popular and obscure attractions.
• Xu Huo decided that everyone should choose an individual Route Map rather than form a team, though they could still travel together.
• Zhou Juanjuan chose a less popular route, Levi chose one that mostly overlapped with hers, and Xu Huo and Zhan Erliu chose the same popular route.
• The Dungeon adjusted their routes after they submitted them, changing two locations on Xu Huo’s route and substantially altering Zhou Juanjuan and Levi’s routes.

Xu Huo's group explored a scenic mountain town after their Route Maps took effect, following local stories and tourist attractions in hopes of finding tokens. They found no token at Fairy Stone and continued treating the search as a tourist trip.

• Zhou Juanjuan and Levi exchanged Route Maps with other Players, and Xu Huo's group traveled to the mountain town where their routes became fixed.
• Xu Huo's group asked locals about tokens and heard the story of Fairy Stone, then headed to the riverbank to find the town's original residents.
• The group met a boy selling local perfume and crafts, and Xu Huo arranged for a portrait, traditional outfits, and group photos.
• Xu Huo's group visited Fairy Stone, waited without finding a token, and took pictures before Xu Huo posted a travel log on his terminal.

Xu Huo secured a glowing ore token at Fairy Stone by trapping rival players in spatial cutlines, then explored the area while the group searched for souvenirs. Levi discovered that a bottle cap also counted as a token, and Zhou Juanjuan explained that some Route Map locations gave clues to specific items.

• Players fought over a glowing ore at Fairy Stone, and Xu Huo seized it after trapping the others with Spatial Cutlines.
• Xu Huo checked in the ore, took photos with the subdued players, and posted them under the title "The World Is Full of Good People."
• Xu Huo questioned whether the ore was a genuine token, while Levi suggested local players might use tokens to bait Outer District Players into fighting.
• Xu Huo toured the area and collected photos and gifts while Zhou Juanjuan, Levi, and Zhan Erliu searched for their own souvenirs.
• Levi discovered that a bottle cap registered as a token, and Zhou Juanjuan explained that some Route Map guides pointed players toward specific items.

Xu Huo traveled to the next attraction, where a local dancer and the District 022 enforcement team tried to rob and frame him. He exposed their honey trap and restrained the group, demanding to know whether they wanted his items or him.

• Xu Huo bought a pair of short-lived mutated butterflies from a seller aboard the sightseeing aircraft and posted another travel log.
• At the city dance, a masked woman tried to steal from Xu Huo, then lured him into a dark garden where her accomplices ambushed him.
• The woman injured herself and accused Xu Huo of assault, summoning the enforcement team to arrest him without investigating.
• Captain Ding ordered the team to attack Xu Huo, who revealed a miniature flight recorder and dismantled their interference equipment.
• Xu Huo bound the enforcement team and demanded to know whether they were after his items or him.

Xu Huo followed the red-dressed woman’s group, recovered his stolen item, and used travel-log posts to expose the district’s law enforcement squad and Players who stole souvenirs. After collecting souvenirs across several cities, he reached the sixth city and received a specific requirement involving a red-headed hummingbird from Rosewood.

• Xu Huo followed the red-dressed woman and her companions home, where he learned about their restricted movements and heard the young man warn them not to target Players.
• Xu Huo secretly retrieved his stolen item and posted a travel-log entry thanking the law enforcement squad, while Zhou Juanjuan and other Outer District Players responded to it.
• At an exhibition hall, Xu Huo offered to buy a gemstone souvenir, but Players stole it along with its display case before the law enforcement squad could seal the hall.
• Xu Huo posted another illustrated travel-log entry, and ordinary viewers joked about the district’s simple, honest folk.
• Xu Huo traveled through several cities, collecting souvenirs and sometimes accepting them from Players in exchange for local specialties.
• In the sixth city, Xu Huo received the requirement to find a red-headed hummingbird from Rosewood.

Xu Huo entered Rosewood posing as a therapist and met the other players posing as guests. He learned about the hallucinogenic Midnight Beauties and encountered Madam Ti Hui, a former player, while the estate owner remained away.

• Xu Huo gained entry to Rosewood by accompanying Harry, a distant relative of the owner, after obtaining a therapist's certificate.
• The butler showed Xu Huo and Harry around the flower estate, where they met Madam Ti Hui guarding the bird greenhouse.
• Xu Huo noticed a shimmer on the hummingbirds and flowers, and Harry explained that Midnight Beauties released a daytime pheromone that caused hallucinations.
• Back at the estate, the scholar befriended Harry, while the photographer questioned Xu Huo's credentials and said he was wary of impostors.

Xu Huo met the manor’s guests, including a photographer who proposed joining forces to get something from Madam Ti Hui’s room. After giving the scholar a consultation, Xu Huo realized the man was trying to plant a mental suggestion in him.

• The photographer lost his temper when Xu Huo hinted that someone was diverting attention, then left for his room after the others explained his delayed photo contract.
• The scholar explained that the photographer had been waiting for Mr. Wen’s vintage-style photo shoot, while Harry ordered an elaborate dinner and the guests discussed their work at the manor.
• The photographer visited Xu Huo and proposed that Xu Huo distract Madam Ti Hui so he could retrieve something from her room, claiming the botanist was also a Dungeon player.
• The scholar asked Xu Huo for help with work-related anxiety, and Xu Huo began a conventional psychological consultation without using spiritual power.
• Near the end of the consultation, Xu Huo noticed that the scholar was trying to plant a mental suggestion in him.

Xu Huo watched the photographer steal a red-feathered hummingbird from Madam Ti Hui, then confronted him about why he was injecting it with an Antidote. After they discovered the bird still died despite its poison being neutralized, the photographer proposed they work together to obtain another one.

• Madam Ti Hui ambushed the botanist in the greenhouse and shot him while the photographer entered her room.
• The photographer swapped Madam Ti Hui's red-feathered hummingbird for a fake, escaped her attack, and returned to his room with the real bird.
• Xu Huo confronted the photographer as he injected the hummingbird with an Antidote, and the bird soon died despite the poison being neutralized.
• The photographer explained that Madam Ti Hui repeatedly raised poisoned hummingbirds and said the butler might know why she kept them.
• The photographer suggested that he and Xu Huo cooperate to take the next two hummingbirds Madam Ti Hui raised.

Xu Huo investigated the red-feathered hummingbirds and learned that Madam Ti Hui treated one after it visited a poisonous flower. The chapter ended with the botanist and the gourmet fighting in the manor before the scholar tried to mediate.

• Xu Huo heard rumors that Madam Ti Hui had worked in Punishment City and was feared by the manor's servants.
• Xu Huo entered the greenhouse, where Madam Ti Hui warned him that some flowers were poisonous and told him to leave.
• Dr. Deng told Xu Huo that poison might have caused the hummingbird's red feathers and that the bird could have died after detoxification because it could not accept going bald.
• Xu Huo examined books about plants and birds, then watched Madam Ti Hui isolate and treat a hummingbird that had visited Early Riser.
• The botanist pinned the gourmet to the Carpet and punched him until the butler intervened and the two separated.
• The scholar attempted to mediate between the botanist and the gourmet.

Xu Huo watched Madam Ti Hui raise a red-feathered hummingbird and stopped the photographer from trying to seize one. When Mr. Wen returned and the manor’s spaces became difficult to probe, Xu Huo suspected a dungeon or side quest might be forming there.

• Xu Huo learned that Madam Ti Hui had turned a hummingbird red and used gathered nectar to test how she prepared the birds’ feed.
• The photographer tried to grab one of Xu Huo’s hummingbirds, but Xu Huo restrained him with Space Ray and warned him not to try again.
• Xu Huo asked about the botanist and gourmet, and the photographer said they had scuffled while the other visitors seemed unhurried.
• Mr. Wen returned to the manor, and the butler announced that he would host a party in three days.
• Xu Huo noticed that the manor had changed after Mr. Wen arrived, with its rooms resisting investigation, and considered that a dungeon or side quest might be involved.
• Xu Huo reflected on his B-class dungeon ratings and concluded that he needed to keep clearing high-quality dungeons to level up to A-class.

Xu Huo and the other Players learned that Mr. Wen’s manor had become a Dungeon after guests arrived, triggering the side quest “Hero in Decline.” As the banquet continued, they tried to uncover the Dungeon’s objectives, but the visiting Players’ questions suggested they might be divided into opposing factions.

• The Scholar, Botanist, and Gourmet each tried to get information from Xu Huo about Mr. Wen and the manor.
• Xu Huo spoke with Mr. Wen, who told him that his most treasured possession was a painting of his wife’s favorite flower.
• The Botanist asked Xu Huo about plants in Mr. Wen’s Study Room and paid him a C-class item after Xu Huo said there were none.
• Players arrived at the manor, and Xu Huo’s group realized it had become a Dungeon when the side quest “Hero in Decline” appeared.
• Xu Huo and the others agreed to gather information from the guests, but the visiting Players gave evasive or misleading answers.
• Xu Huo questioned the manor’s staff and learned that the visiting Players were asking about the guests and what Xu Huo’s group had been doing at the manor.