Chapter Summaries

Su Li raced to Jinzhan Shopping Mall after her younger sister Su Lin Yue called for help, and found two Skeleton Soldiers confronting her sister and others. She charged at the monsters with a baseball bat and began her attack.

• Su Li drove at extreme speed toward Jinzhan Shopping Mall, taking her SUV onto the sidewalk to bypass traffic.
• Traffic police and local officers received reports of a speeding SUV and Skeleton Soldiers at the mall, then mobilized to respond.
• Su Li smashed through the mall entrance barrier, grabbed a baseball bat, and headed to the second floor as shoppers fled.
• Su Li found Su Lin Yue and her friend being protected by two young police officers from two Skeleton Soldiers.
• Su Li ignored warnings from the female officer, aimed for the Skeleton Soldiers' weak joints, and swung her bat.

Su Li killed the Skeleton Soldiers at Jinzhan Shopping Mall and escaped with Su Lin Yue, while the police identified her as an extraordinary person and Bureau 749 took control of the incident. At home, Su Li revealed that the monsters came from Eternal Realm and resolved to keep playing when the game reopened the next morning, as an unmarked SUV arrived outside the Su Family Compound.

• Su Li killed two Skeleton Soldiers with a baseball bat, explained their necks were weak points, and took Su Lin Yue out of the mall.
• Su Li abandoned the SUV and escaped with Su Lin Yue on Shared Electric Bikes before the main police force arrived.
• Xiao Zhang told the Director that a girl with a baseball bat had fought the monsters, and surveillance identified Su Lin Yue while failing to find an exact match for Su Li.
• Bureau 749 took control of the Jinzhan Shopping Mall incident and the Director warned his staff not to disturb Su Li without good reason.
• Su Li told Su Lin Yue that the Skeleton Soldiers came from Eternal Realm and decided to continue playing to protect her sister.
• An unmarked white SUV arrived outside the Su Family Compound.

Bureau 749 identified Su Li as the mysterious woman from the mall and offered her a position handling dangerous anomalies. Su Li agreed to inspect the bureau’s base before deciding, and Director Zhang immediately ordered top-level protection and benefits for her and Su Lin Yue.

• He Zhiwei told Director Zhang that Bureau 749 had concluded the powerful woman at Jinzhan Shopping Mall was Su Li, and Director Zhang ordered her approached with sincerity.
• He Zhiwei and Director Zhang visited Su Li’s home, revealed Bureau 749’s identity, and invited her to join with broad freedom, benefits, and authority during emergencies.
• Director Zhang and He Zhiwei explained the bureau’s mission terms, its restrictions, and its plans for a Contribution Points system, while keeping the source of its reserves classified.
• Su Li discussed the offer with Su Lin Yue, who supported her joining as long as she avoided suicide missions.
• Su Li asked to inspect Bureau 749’s base before signing, and Director Zhang agreed while ordering immediate top-level security for Su Lin Yue and the highest salary and benefits for Su Li.

Su Li joined Bureau 749 as Dasheng City's top authority on abnormal phenomena and received a fortified Game Pod to support her play. After logging into Aetherland and reaching Lv10, she discovered that her body could breathe, leaving her alarmed by what she had become.

• Su Li toured Bureau 749's underground facility, agreed to join, and was appointed Dasheng City's Highest Authority for Abnormal Phenomena, with He Zhiwei as her liaison and assistant.
• Su Li learned that the bureau had no cultivation resources for her, but He Zhiwei offered her a dedicated Holographic Game Pod developed by a scientist.
• Bureau 749 delivered and installed the Game Pod at Su Li's home, and Su Lin Yue left for school the next morning in a discreet sedan.
• Su Li entered Aetherland in her new Game Suit and checked her status panel, which showed that she had reached Lv10.
• Su Li felt herself inhale and exhale through her body, realized that a skeleton should not be able to breathe, and wondered what she had become.

After evolving into a lich, Su Li discovered that her avatar had a beautiful face but remained a bare skeleton below the neck, then bound Pipi Axe and Pipi Finger as Retinue Knights. A class advancement quest and main quest pointed her toward finding a staff and exploring the Undead Mountain Range, and she used an enhancement stone on her Revered Corrupted Dragon Sword.

• Su Li inspected her evolved appearance, revealed her white-haired, red-eyed face, and found that the rest of her body was still a skeleton.
• Su Li tested her Dragon Roar and learned that her in-game voice came from vibrations of the Soul Fire in her chest.
• Su Li bound Pipi Axe and Pipi Finger as Retinue Knights, letting them gain experience and level up alongside her.
• Su Li checked the update announcement and claimed ten Multiplayer Scrolls and an Equipment Adaptation Enhancement Stone.
• The system gave Su Li three staff-finding advancement options and a main quest to explore deeper into the Undead Mountain Range; she decided to seek a Death Ritual Bird with multiplayer allies.
• Su Li used the Enhancement Stone on her Revered Corrupted Dragon Sword.

Su Li evolved her Revered Corrupted Dragon Sword into a Judgment Dragon Lance, gained powerful new abilities, and slaughtered undead at the Mass Grave. As the Wild Wolf Squad struggled against a monster horde, Su Li received a quest warning that forces from Twilight Village were coming after her.

• Su Li's weapon evolved into the Revered Corrupted Judgment Dragon Lance, gaining Divine Judgment and the Judgment Giant Structure trait, while her lucky evolution also granted Blood Boiling.
• Su Li rode Pipi Dragon to the Mass Grave, assigned four attribute points to Faith and two to Spirit, and used Divine Judgment and Waterfowl Dance to destroy the undead.
• Su Li transformed the lance's excess material into a Judgment Giant Palm and crushed an Elite Skeleton, while Pipi Axe and Pipi Finger fought nearby and Mad Axe leveled up.
• The Wild Wolf Squad, including Mara, Karen, Vivian, and Seraphina, became trapped in a difficult fight against a horde in the Undead Mountain Range.
• Su Li received the Light Invasion quest, which warned that forces from Twilight Village were coming to capture her for study.

Su Li chose a quest to confront the Light invasion and charged into the Undead Mountain Range, where she attacked the Wild Wolf Squad with a massive Light Lance. After some members survived, she accused them of invading undead territory and leaped down to continue the fight.

• Su Li chose a quest to defeat the Light-aligned enemies and rode Pipi Dragon toward the outskirts of the Undead Mountain Range.
• Mara, Vivian, Seraphina, and the Wild Wolf Squad struggled against a swarm of undead monsters and prepared to retreat.
• Su Li appeared on Pipi Dragon and struck the squad and surrounding monsters with Divine Judgment, killing many and injuring Mara.
• Mara recognized Su Li as a source of alluring, high-grade bone, while Vivian and Karen reacted to Mara’s strange fixation.
• Su Li called the squad born-evil believers of the Holy Church of Light and leaped from Pipi Dragon with War Stomp.

Su Li fought Vivian while the effects of [Blood Boiling] drove her toward madness, and Seraphina merged with Vivian to strengthen her. As their battle intensified, Su Li abandoned her lance and drew the Revered Corrupted Judgment Dragon Sword for a more direct fight.

• Su Li's bone spikes revealed Crimson Corruption, while wounded Mara transformed into a berserk werewolf and attacked her; Tina intercepted Mara.
• Su Li and Vivian clashed, and Seraphina protected Vivian with holy light before healing her and using Divine Fusion to merge with her.
• Su Li's flames infected Seraphina with Crimson Corruption, while Mad Axe killed Karen and Su Li ordered her allies not to interfere in her duel with Vivian.
• Empowered by Seraphina, Vivian fought Su Li in a brutal exchange as [Blood Boiling] increased Su Li's strength and eroded her reason.
• Vivian knocked Su Li's Judgment Dragon Lance aside, but Su Li interrupted the forming Judgment Giant Hand, drew the Revered Corrupted Judgment Dragon Sword, and declared she had had enough of the red tape.

Vivian and Seraphina fought Su Li, whose relentless sword blows and resistance to holy magic overwhelmed them. Seraphina sacrificed her memories and soul to complete Shattering Realm Journey, but Su Li severed her hand just before the spell unleashed a sea of golden fire across the battlefield.

• Su Li battered Vivian with repeated greatsword strikes until Vivian spotted an opening and knocked Su Li’s weapon aside.
• Seraphina cast Holy Flame Judgment, but Su Li survived with only a scorched patch on her armor and resumed her attack.
• As Vivian and Seraphina ran low on strength and potions, Seraphina separated from Vivian and began burning her memories to cast Shattering Realm Journey.
• Su Li charged at the airborne Seraphina and severed her left hand, but Seraphina completed the spell.
• Golden fire erupted around Seraphina and engulfed every living thing on the battlefield.

Seraphina and Vivian escaped through a forbidden teleportation spell after Seraphina’s memories resonated with Su Li’s soul, while Su Li recovered from her Blood Boiling frenzy and checked her quest rewards. The chapter left Su Li absorbing golden energy from Seraphina’s severed arm and staff.

• A battered golden hand emerged from a spatial rift, seized Seraphina and Vivian, and carried them to the Gobi Desert on the Aiseland Continent.
• Seraphina woke with her memories intact and told Vivian that she had seen a person, a group, and vast unfamiliar knowledge within her mind.
• Su Li regained her reason, cringed at the things she had shouted during her frenzy, and learned that her quest was 80% complete with experience and attribute rewards.
• The system warned Su Li that she had become a major threat to the forces of light, reducing her Charisma with their NPCs and players.
• Su Li tried to pick up Seraphina’s severed arm and staff, but they disintegrated into golden energy that rushed into her left arm.