Chapter Summaries

Qian Tongdan’s injuries led the Qian Family to mistake the Tu Family for his attackers, but the misunderstanding was cleared up before a fight broke out. After learning that Zhao Quan and many members of the Zhao and Liu Families had died, Qian Tongda watched footage of the battle and concluded that Lu Li had orchestrated the conflict.

• Qian Long and the other Qian Family disciples charged at the Tu Family, but Qian Long accidentally knocked Qian Tongdan down before Qian Tongdan stopped a fight from starting.
• Qian Tongdan explained the misunderstanding, and Qian Tongda arrived and learned that Zhao Quan had injured his nephew.
• Qian Tongdan told Qian Tongda that Zhao Quan was dead and that the Zhao and Liu Families had suffered devastating losses.
• Qian Tongdan played footage of Zhao Quan using his second-stage ability, and Qian Tongda interpreted the battle as a meticulous plan by Lu Li.

Liu Wenjian arrived in the city with Liu Liu and Liu Ba and found the Liu and Zhao Families’ corpses covering the street. After Lu Li told him to help the Tu Family clean up, Liu Wenjian ordered his people to join in, leaving Tu Shili baffled by the Liu Family’s reaction.

• Liu Wenjian, Liu Liu, and Liu Ba entered the city and saw the corpses of Liu and Zhao Family members scattered across the street.
• Liu Wenjian awkwardly greeted Qian Tongda and offered Qian Tongdan antidote, but Qian Tongdan refused it.
• Tu Shili explained that the Tu Family was clearing the corpses at someone’s request and swore his family had not harmed the victims.
• Lu Li messaged Liu Wenjian to stop and help the Tu Family clean up the street.
• Liu Wenjian ordered Liu Liu and Liu Ba to bring the other Liu Family members down to help, leaving Tu Shili stunned.

Liu Wenjian was recognized as the new Liu Family Head, while Zhao Mou and the resurrected Zhao Qiao'er fled after their family’s defeat and discussed a plan to target Lu Li with a tampered halberd. Zhao Qiao'er decided their last hope was to seek out their father, but an explosion struck their van as they drove away.

• Lao Liu and Lao Ba called Liu Wenjian the new Liu Family Head, prompting Qian Tongda and Tu Shili to seek his friendship.
• Zhao Mou learned that the Hang City Zhao Family had fallen, its Shelter had changed hands, and Zhao Quan had disappeared from the Ranking List.
• Zhao Qiao'er revealed that the [Mysterious Iron Heavy Halberd] had been tampered with to strip Lu Li of his Talent Abilities if he touched it.
• Zhao Qiao'er said they would find their father, Lu Zhongxian, as their last card, and Zhao Mou grew wary of the plan.
• A whistle sounded near Zhao Mou’s van, and he swerved as brakes shrieked and an explosion shattered the windows.

Lin Cheng attacked Zhao Mou and Zhao Qiao'er over the old feud between their families, using what Lu Li had told him about the siblings' secret talents. Zhao Mou summoned Death God Model 4000 to kill Lin Cheng, but Lin Cheng survived by using a Substitute Doll, leaving Zhao Mou stranded beside the wrecked van.

• Lin Cheng destroyed the van with his Lava Stone Maces and accused Zhao Mou and Zhao Qiao'er of helping ruin the Lin Family.
• Lin Cheng revealed that Lu Li had told him the siblings possessed the talents [Twin Lotus] and [See Time Know Subtlety].
• Zhao Mou summoned his sure-kill item, Death God Model 4000, and ordered it to kill Lin Cheng.
• Death God Model 4000 pierced Lin Cheng, but Lin Cheng turned into a Straw Doll after using a Substitute Doll.
• Zhao Mou realized he had no vehicle and looked at the Space Pouch lying on the ground.

Zhao Mou took Lin Cheng’s Space Pouch and found a high-speed Toilet Transport Vehicle and escape tickets to Guangguai Luli's Casino, despite omens warning that taking the loot would bury a hidden danger. Lu Li revealed that the ambush and abandoned pouch were a plan to make Zhao Mou take the vehicle, then said he would track him down while the Lin Family secured Hang City.

• Zhao Mou heeded [See Time Know Subtlety]'s omen and took Lin Cheng’s Space Pouch.
• Zhao Mou found the Toilet Transport Vehicle and several tickets marked “For Escape Only” for Guangguai Luli's Casino, then inspected the vehicle and decided to leave the tickets unused.
• Zhao Mou took Zhao Qiao'er and fled in the Toilet Transport Vehicle, deciding he needed protection from Lu Li and the Lin Family.
• Lin Cheng reported to Lu Li that the vehicle had been destroyed and the Space Pouch left behind, while Lu Li said Zhao Mou only needed to take it.
• Lu Li told Lin Tianxia to recall the Lin Family Disciples and said he would find a way to track Zhao Mou.
• Lin Tianxia reported that Qin Hua had taken over the Shelter in Hang City and was clearing out the remaining Zhao Family Disciples.

Lu Li had the Lin Family search the Zhao and Liu Family corpses for useful equipment, letting the youngsters keep anything suited to them. The search revealed that Lu Li had killed Zhao Quan himself, leaving the Lin Family no longer fearing his revenge.

• Lu Li asked Lin Tianxia to gather more Lin Family youngsters so they could search the Zhao and Liu Family corpses.
• Lin Qinyue brought over more than a hundred youngsters, and Lu Li handed out Space Pouches filled with corpses for them to loot.
• Lu Li told the Lin Family youngsters to keep equipment suited to their Talent Abilities, and they found several valuable items, including Perfect Quality gear.
• A Lin Family youngster found Liu Xiaoxia's corpse and a headless body covered in Crystalline Armor beneath it.
• Lu Li identified the headless corpse as Zhao Quan and said he had smashed Zhao Quan's head and already searched his body.
• Lin Tianxia and the Lin Family youngsters realized Lu Li had killed Zhao Quan, while Lin Qinyue was left stunned.

Lu Li told Lin Tianxia to form a secret alliance with the Liu Family, then revealed that he had killed Liu Haitao and placed the new family head, Liu Wenjian, under contract. Lin Tianxia learned that the alliance was really cooperation between Lu Li’s people, and Lu Li left him to run the Guangguai Luli Casino.

• After the Lin Family disciples finished collecting equipment, Lin Tianxia dismissed them so he and Lu Li could discuss what came next.
• Lu Li told Lin Tianxia to add Liu Wenjian as a friend and proposed a secret alliance with the Liu Family.
• Liu Wenjian accepted Lin Tianxia’s friend request immediately and described the Liu Family’s situation.
• Lu Li revealed that he had killed Liu Haitao and that Liu Wenjian had signed a contract with him.
• Lu Li explained that the Lin Family and Liu Family could cooperate privately while keeping their alliance secret, then asked Lin Tianxia to help run the Guangguai Luli Casino.

Lu Li arranged for the Lin Family to profit from selling Secret Realm tickets and guides, then revealed a prophecy of an imminent Rift outbreak. As Lin Tianxia and Lin Qinyue worried about the Lin Family’s weak defenses, Lu Li urged them to recruit people, leaving Lin Tianxia to ask how he could be so unconcerned about the monsters.

• Lu Li told Lin Tianxia that the Qian Family would promote and sell Secret Realm tickets and guides, while the Lin Family took ninety percent of the profits.
• Lu Li gave Lin Tianxia the damaged Prophecy Chart Record, and Lin Tianxia recognized its accurate predictions about recent events.
• Lu Li warned that a Rift outbreak would occur at the end of the fourth cycle, in less than three days.
• Lin Tianxia and Lin Qinyue panicked because the Lin Family had built no defenses, but Lu Li said they should recruit as many people as possible.
• Lu Li invoked the idea of being greedy when others were fearful, and Lin Tianxia asked whether he was worried about monsters breaking into their Shelter.

Lu Li arranged the Casino’s fake rules and reassured its Cleaners that he had secured their loved ones at the Hang City Shelter. He then returned to his private residence, where Alisa and the others welcomed him to dinner.

• Lu Li left Lin Tianxia’s Council Hall after telling him to focus on recruiting people and preparing farmland, while saying he would handle the coming Rift crisis.
• At Guangguai Luli’s Casino, Lu Li learned Hansel had made five hundred Secret Realm Entry Tickets and heard the Cleaners’ three proposed fake rules.
• Fang Tingting suggested a fake rule allowing Players to bribe the Cleaners, and Kai Xin proposed using Zhang Xuan’s [Soul-Sucking Spores] as a diversion.
• Kai Xin deduced that Lu Li was keeping his Talent Ability for a difficult future target, but Lu Li’s concern eased when Kai Xin said he would not interfere.
• Lu Li showed Zhang Xuan a video proving his family was safe after Lu Li took the Hang City Shelter, and promised to keep them comfortable.
• Lu Li returned to his private residence, where Alisa and two other women welcomed him and Chef Nikita’s dinner was waiting.

Lu Li sorted the spoils from the Liu and Zhao families, then sent Liu Wenjian the Inversion Hourglass to help him secure his position as Liu Family Head. Liu Wenjian used the gift to regain confidence as unrest grew among the Liu Family disciples.

• Lu Li counted the Origin Crystals, kept the two seventh-grade crystals, and set aside others to help the three girls level up.
• Lu Li examined the Demon Hunter Crossbow and Inversion Hourglass, then decided to trade the hourglass to Liu Wenjian.
• Liu Wenjian faced growing unrest among the Liu Family disciples and considered using force to control them.
• Lu Li's trade delivered the Inversion Hourglass and a Fire-Attribute Origin Crystal to Liu Wenjian.
• Liu Wenjian told Liu Liu to calm the disciples and announce that he would explain matters in five minutes, then resolved to face the crisis with confidence.

Lu Li discovered that the Ant-Men had run out of food and sent them corpses, then brought the troublesome Dragon Egg out of the Living Nest. After the egg injured him and started ramming a halberd, Lu Li examined his spoils and found a stamina-restoring power bank.

• Luo Yonghao told Lu Li that the Ant-Men had eaten all their corpses, so Lu Li gave him corpses from the Liu and Zhao families and checked on the Living Nest's crops.
• Luo Yonghao warned Lu Li that the Dragon Egg was acting strangely, and Lu Li asked him to bring it out of the Living Nest.
• The Dragon Egg struck Lu Li in the lower half, and Lu Li used Extreme Regeneration while the women showed little concern.
• Lu Li inspected Zhao Quan's Storage Ring, but the Dragon Egg repeatedly rammed the Mysterious Iron Heavy Halberd before he could examine it.
• Lu Li picked up the Stamina Power Bank, learned it could store five reserves of stamina, and resolved to practice with the Ink Blade.

Lu Li discovered that Zhao Quan’s Great Halberd was contaminated with Profane Calamity Water, but the Dragon Egg devoured the dangerous substance and let him safely claim the weapon. He tested the halberd’s Constitution-boosting effects and found his Constitution had risen to 224.2.

• Lu Li used Scout on the Great Halberd and found that it increased Constitution by 70% and scaled its damage with Constitution.
• Lu Li had Alisa and Nikita boost his Luck, then summoned Xing Anlin to test the suspicious halberd.
• Profane Calamity Water engulfed Xing Anlin’s arm, so Lu Li killed him with a Lightning Arrow before the corruption could spread.
• The Dragon Egg spun up a vortex and absorbed the Profane Calamity Water from the halberd.
• Lu Li confirmed the halberd was safe, picked it up, and saw his Constitution rise from 181.6 to 224.2 with Heart Steel Armor active.

Lu Li avoided the Great Halberd’s curse thanks to the Dragon Egg, then used a Teleport Jade Token to arrive at the Lin Family Mansion in Yong City with Alisa and two other women. Meanwhile, Liu Wuya exploited Zhao Mou and Zhao Qiao’er as they sought a ride to Sea City, unaware that Zhao Qiao’er planned to kill Lu Li.

• The Dragon Egg knocked Lu Li into a wall before burrowing into the Living Nest.
• Liu Wuya, angry over his injured arm, ordered men to enter Prefecture City and abduct women.
• Zhao Mou and Zhao Qiao’er arrived in a Toilet Vehicle and asked to travel with the Liu Family convoy.
• Liu Wuya agreed to escort them in exchange for Zhao Qiao’er’s company, and she accepted to reach Sea City and kill Lu Li.
• Liu Wuya waited for the men sent to abduct women, intending to kill Zhao Mou and the captives later.
• Lu Li, Alisa, and two other women teleported into the Lin Family Mansion, where an unexpected event awaited them.

Lu Li learned that unknown forces were driving up gold prices and instructed the Lin Family to keep buying gold before flooding the market to crash the price. He also told Lin Tianxia to expand farming and the Shelter, then agreed with Ao Zhan to enter the Opportunity Secret Realm.

• Lin Tianxia told Lu Li that several unknown forces had begun buying gold in bulk, causing its price to soar.
• Lin Tianxia guessed that the Lu and Gao Families and several Earth Grade families might be behind the purchases.
• Lu Li ordered Lin Tianxia to keep buying gold, then sell a huge amount once it cost Fifth-Order Mana Crystals to drive the price down.
• Lu Li told Lin Tianxia to cultivate wasteland, sow seeds, and bring more people into the Shelter before the Rift erupted.
• Lu Li replied to Ao Zhan that he would enter the Opportunity Secret Realm, and Ao Zhan agreed to send him an Entry Ticket.

Lu Li, Nikita, and Alisa entered the Pirates and Treasure Secret Realm aboard the Black Pearl, where a parrot announced rules for competing pirate ships. As the Helm began turning, Lu Li had Nikita draw a Chance Card and Alisa activate her talent, revealing a prophecy that the next card would be a Heavy Anchor.

• Lu Li gave Li Luo a Casino Entry Ticket and told her to prioritize her safety while he entered the Secret Realm with Nikita and Alisa.
• Lu Li, Nikita, and Alisa arrived aboard the Black Pearl, where Nikita was captain, Alisa was first mate, and Lu Li was a crew member.
• Ao Zhan and Yan Qi joined them on deck as a parrot announced the Chance Card rules and declared that only the ship with the highest score could claim the treasure.
• A storm broke out, and five other pirate ships appeared alongside the Black Pearl, revealing that the crews would compete for the treasure.
• Lu Li told Nikita to draw a card and Alisa to activate her talent; a Prophecy Crystal Ball then predicted that the next card would be a Heavy Anchor.

Lu Li explained the card-drawing rules as Nikita drew an anchor that protected her first two cards, while a duplicate crystal ball destroyed her third. On the White Oak, Gawara accidentally drew seven cards and lost them all to a duplicate suit, while Kaido Ivanov’s crew drew a mighty cannon on the Silent Mary.

• Lu Li explained that cards of different suits had different effects and that an anchor would protect cards drawn before it.
• Nikita drew an anchor, then a duplicate Prophecy Crystal Ball; the duplicate crumbled while the anchor preserved the first two cards.
• Gawara struggled to reach the helm on the White Oak, and Amir forced him to draw while he was sick.
• Gawara accidentally drew seven cards, including a duplicate suit, and the cards turned to ash as his crew cursed him.
• Kaido Ivanov drew a card on the Silent Mary, and a brown-haired woman revealed that it was a mighty cannon.

Kaido fired the Silent Mary’s cannon at the Black Pearl, but Lu Li used his magnetic talent to redirect the cannonball toward the White Oak. The A-Sans had no cards to block it, and their ship was left nearly wrecked.

• Kaido aimed the Silent Mary’s cannon at the Black Pearl and fired.
• Lu Li secretly used Heart of Magnetism to attach a black seed shell to the cannonball and alter its trajectory.
• Ao Zhan manifested Hou Yi and shot several arrows at the cannonball, but could not stop it.
• Lu Li redirected the cannonball toward the White Oak, whose crew had no cards left to block the attack.
• The cannonball tore a huge hole through the White Oak’s deck, and the A-Sans scrambled to keep the ship afloat.

Abe Ishine used his Lucky Hand talent to draw several cards for the Fukushima Maru, and Kimura Eiki chose to launch a boarding plunder against the Black Pearl. The Black Pearl received a warning that the attack was imminent, leaving Nikita to decide whether to spend a card to block it.

• Ao Zhan asked Lu Li how he had pulled off his feat, and Lu Li credited Ao Zhan's arrows while Yan Qi kept Lu Li's secret to himself.
• Kaido questioned why his cannonball had struck the White Oak instead of the Black Pearl, then used Natasha to hold the Silent Mary's Helm in place after drawing an Anchor and a crystal ball.
• Kimura Eiki let Abe Ishine draw cards, and Abe's Lucky Hand produced a Set Sail card that put Blade in Hand, Prophecy Crystal Ball, and Treasure Chest into inventory.
• Abe drew a Chain Hook, and Kimura used it to activate Blade in Hand and target the Black Pearl for a boarding plunder.
• The Fukushima Maru accelerated toward the Black Pearl, and Nikita's Parrot warned that the attack was imminent and asked whether to spend a card to block it.

Lu Li defended the Black Pearl from Kimura Eiki’s boarding plunder, turning the summoned undead into supplies with his creatures. After learning the attackers were Sakura Players, Lu Li decided to stop holding back.

• Ao Zhan and Yan Qi learned that the Fukushima Maru would reach the Black Pearl within a minute unless they blocked the Boarding Plunder with cards, and Lu Li agreed to confront it.
• Kimura Eiki learned that the Black Pearl’s crew included Huaxia Players and decided to use the boarding battle to take revenge for the destroyed Laboratory.
• Kimura Eiki summoned rotting corpses, but Lu Li’s Blade Mantises slaughtered them while Burrowing Bees and Iron Shell Beetles gathered the remains.
• Kimura Eiki summoned ghouls, but the Blade Mantises intercepted and killed them as well, leaving the Sakura crew stunned.
• After hearing Kimura Eiki’s curses and realizing the attackers were Sakura People, Lu Li abandoned his plan to farm monsters and stockpile rations for the Ant-Men.

Kimura Eiki summoned three Ghoul Kings to overpower Lu Li’s Hellhound aboard the Fukushima Maru, but Lu Li calmly recalled his summon before the fight could end. Kimura vowed to kill everyone from Huaxia on the ship, leaving the confrontation unresolved.

• Kimura Eiki summoned a Ghoul King, and it smashed two of Lu Li’s Blade Mantises.
• Lu Li recalled his Soul Soldiers and summoned a Hellhound, which quickly wounded the Ghoul King in their one-on-one fight.
• Kimura Eiki cut his arm and used the Staff of the Dead to summon two more Ghoul Kings, turning the fight into a three-on-one battle.
• The three Ghoul Kings gained the advantage over the Hellhound, but Lu Li calmly recalled it before they could finish it.
• Kimura Eiki mocked Lu Li and vowed to kill everyone from Huaxia aboard the Fukushima Maru.