Chapter Summaries

The boy found kindness at the Lin Family Shelter after hearing other survivors dismiss people like him, while Lu Dingkun concluded that the Lin Family was vulnerable and ordered rumors spread to stir up trouble. At the shelter, Chen Hao explained how the Soul Anchoring Stake could protect everyone, provided it remained in place.

• The boy overheard Civilian Players criticize the Lin Family for accepting weak survivors and nearly attacked one of them before Granny Cheng called him over for food.
• Granny Cheng gave the boy rice with meat gravy and rebuked a player who asked for some, leaving the boy with renewed hope that not everyone was malicious.
• After researching the Lin Family, Lu Dingkun judged its defenses inadequate and expected the coming rift outbreaks to destroy it.
• Lu Dingkun decided to spread rumors that the Lin Family could not handle the rifts and that larger shelters would attract more monsters, then assigned others to circulate them.
• At the Lin Family Shelter in Hang City, Lin Qinhua asked Chen Hao about the Soul Anchoring Stake, and Chen Hao said it could protect the shelter as long as it stayed properly placed and was not destroyed.

Chen Hao distributed Soul Anchoring Stakes and a Clown Shield to prepare the Lin and Liu families for an approaching Rift outbreak. Liu Wenjian accepted the risks of defending his family and resolved to prove himself to Lu Li.

• Chen Hao helped Lin Qinhua install a Soul Anchoring Stake at the Shelter and gave her a hidden backup, while she wondered whether Lu Li would come in person.
• Chen Hao drove to Jiang City with an unseen woman and met Liu Wenjian, who had arrived secretly.
• Chen Hao gave Liu Wenjian a Soul Anchoring Stake and explained that the Clown Shield could protect him but would taunt humanoid creatures and draw them closer.
• Liu Wenjian worried that Lu Li might not help if the shield failed, then convinced himself the delivery was a test and resolved to lead the Liu Family through the Rift outbreak.

Xu Xiao was ordered to travel from Yong City to Hang City before the Rift outbreak, while Lu Li and Alisa discussed Li Luo’s Holy Scorch Mark and the danger it posed. Lu Li reassured Alisa that Li Luo would be with him when the outbreak began.

• Lin Qinyue told Xu Xiao to leave for Hang City that night because her Talent Abilities were needed there.
• Xu Xiao wondered whether Yong City would be defended by stronger Players or Lu Li, then checked her old private chat with him before preparing to leave.
• Alisa told Lu Li that the medicinal bath had not removed Li Luo’s Holy Scorch Mark, and Lu Li explained that it could reveal her location to people with Holy talents.
• Lu Li said the Hub Land’s teleportation channels would close when the first Rift outbreak began, forcing Li Luo back to Earth.
• Alisa feared Lu Li might abandon Li Luo during the outbreak, but Lu Li promised that Li Luo would be with him.

Lu Li prepared to face the Rift outbreak with Li Luo and discovered that her [Shadow Morph] had advanced to Pseudo Starlight Rank. He gave Alisa the second portion of Potential Advancement Medicinal Cuisine, then left her to eat it and appeared outside Yong City's central shelter, where he spotted a familiar figure.

• Lu Li assured Li Luo that he was confident they could handle the Rift outbreak, and she revealed that her [Shadow Morph] had advanced to Pseudo Starlight Rank.
• Alisa offered Lu Li the second portion of Potential Advancement Medicinal Cuisine, but he told her to eat it because they would need her help during the outbreak.
• Li Luo said Lu Li also wanted Alisa to eat the medicinal cuisine, and he reminded Li Luo not to use her new mind-reading ability without permission.
• Lu Li told Alisa to turn off her Talent Ability while eating, then left with Li Luo to avoid his luck affecting Alisa's advancement.
• Lu Li arrived outside Yong City's central shelter, praised the Lin Family night watchmen's vigilance, and noticed a familiar figure.

Lu Li returned to the Hub Land after noticing Alisa’s advancement progress had reached 5%, while a strange watcher confirmed his location. At Yong City Central Shelter, Zhao Mou used an omen to stop Lu Zhongxian from attacking Lu Li and proposed preparing for the Rift eruption at noon the next day.

• Xu Xiao saw Lu Li, hid her feelings, and drove away before he could speak to her.
• Lu Li checked Alisa’s status, saw her advancement completion progress was 5%, and teleported to the Hub Land.
• A sinister, long-haired figure watched where Lu Li disappeared and decided to wait in Yong City the next day.
• Zhao Mou warned Lu Zhongxian that his Talent Ability had foretold he had less than one year to live and would die if he attacked Lu Li rashly.
• Lu Zhongxian agreed to wait until the Rift erupted at noon, and Zhao Mou suggested using the news about the eruption and its attraction to large populations to prepare an attack.

Granny Cheng learned that the kitchen helpers believed the Lin Family had gathered the Shelter’s Civilian Players to use them as bait during the Rift outbreak. After hearing their account of the teachers’ analysis, she began to doubt the Lin Family and asked what they should do next.

• Granny Cheng found the kitchen helpers discussing rumors that the Rift outbreak would begin at noon.
• Yellow Hair explained that the public channel claimed a crowded Shelter would attract more monsters, while other Shelters were dispersing their populations.
• The helpers argued that the Lin Family lacked the defenses and strength to protect the gathered Civilian Players.
• The fat man claimed the Lin Family intended to use the Civilian Players as bait, based on an analysis by Teacher Yang and the other teachers.
• Granny Cheng questioned the accusation but began to waver and asked what they should do if it was true.

Lu Li prepared the Lin Family Shelter in Hang City for the coming Rift eruption, while Lin Tianxia rushed to the Central Shelter in Yong City after learning that Civilian Players were rioting. The chapter ended with He Peiqin accusing the Lin family of using the civilians as bait for monsters.

• Lin Cheng told Lin Tianxia that the night watch had been uneventful apart from Mr. Lu's brief visit, and Lin Qinyue confirmed she had delivered his message.
• Lin Shi sent Lin Tianxia a message warning that Civilian Players were rioting at the Central Shelter, so he hurried to Yong City.
• Lu Li arrived at the Lin Family Shelter in Hang City, summoned his Soul Guards, and raised Xing Anlin to level 30 with Soul Points.
• Lu Li gave Xing Anlin a honeycomb-shaped item and told him to call out Lao Luo before the Rift erupted, then left for Yong City as White Shade stayed to assist with the defense.
• Lin Tianxia tried to calm the crowd at the Central Shelter, but He Peiqin shouted that the Lin family planned to use Civilian Players as bait for monsters.

He Peiqin accused Lin Tianxia and the Lin family of planning to use the Civilian Players as bait during the Rift outbreak, turning the shelter crowd against them. As Lin Tianxia prepared to restore order with the Blade Slave puppets, a calm voice interrupted the chaos.

• Lin Tianxia denied He Peiqin’s accusations and promised that the Lin family would stay in the shelter with the Civilian Players.
• He Peiqin convinced the crowd that the Lin family would escape while the monsters preyed on them, and the Civilian Players began demanding an explanation.
• Cheng Duoduo defended the Lin family, but He Peiqin insulted her, and someone struck her head with an empty wine bottle.
• Granny Cheng confronted He Peiqin, who shoved her down and mocked her injury before inciting the crowd further.
• Lin Tianxia reached for the Storage Ring holding Lu Li’s four Blade Slave puppets as the shelter descended into disorder.
• A calm voice asked the crowd what they were making such a fuss about.

Lu Li confirmed that the Lin Family had gathered Civilian Players as bait for the Rift monsters, shocking the shelter and turning some of the Lin family against him. He assured everyone they would be safe while he lured in and killed the monsters, but He Peiqin challenged whether he could handle the threat.

• He Peiqin asked Lu Li to judge the Lin family's treatment of the Civilian Players, and he said using them as bait was acceptable.
• Lu Li revealed that gathering the Civilian Players had been his idea and that the Lin Family Shelter planned to use them to attract monsters.
• He Peiqin, Lin Tianxia, and the Lin family members reacted with fear and shock as the crowd despaired over being used as bait.
• Lu Li cast [Extreme Regeneration] on Granny Cheng, then promised the shelter's residents would not be in danger if they followed the Lin family's arrangements.
• Granny Cheng realized Lu Li planned to lure in monsters and kill them for resources, while He Peiqin challenged his ability to withstand the Rift outbreak.

Lu Li let the Civilian Players choose whether to leave, exposing He Peiqin’s wavering stance and forcing her to claim she had only wanted to protect everyone. He traded Gao Suozhi a Goat-Man Lie Detector for a Rule Realm Entry Ticket and told him to keep He Peiqin alive, leaving her facing an impending test of her lies.

• Lu Li told the Civilian Players they could leave if they did not believe he could hold back the monster Tide, and He Peiqin blurted out that she did not want to go.
• Gao Suozhi dragged He Peiqin before the Civilian Players and demanded that she explain her plan for getting them through the Tide.
• He Peiqin concealed her plan to use the Lin Family members as bait and claimed she had only been trying to understand the situation and would stay to help Lu Li.
• Lu Li offered Gao Suozhi a Goat-Man Lie Detector, accepted a Rule Realm Entry Ticket in exchange, and gave him an additional ticket.
• Lu Li told Gao Suozhi to keep He Peiqin alive and not kill her.

Lu Li exposed He Peiqin’s scheme but ordered the Civilian Players to spare her, then prepared to face Yong City’s Rift outbreak with the Lin Family’s help. Meanwhile, Lu Zhongxian planned an ambush based on Zhao Mou’s omens, unaware that Zhao Mou had altered them and secured a way to escape.

• Gao Suozhi used the [Goat-Man Lie Detector] to reveal He Peiqin’s scheme, and the Civilian Players beat her before returning to the shelter.
• Lu Li told Lin Tianxia to keep the Civilian Players as bait and requested ten Lin Family members who were fast and skilled at escaping.
• Lu Zhongxian questioned Zhao Mou about his omens and decided to ambush Lu Li when the Rift erupted.
• Zhao Mou asked for protection from the monster tide, and Lu Zhongxian gave him a [Directional Teleportation Card] to escape to Lu Family Manor in Lighthouse California.
• Zhao Mou’s actual omens differed from what he told Lu Zhongxian, and he had deliberately misled his father.

Zhao Mou lied to Lu Zhongxian about the omen to protect his own survival, while Lu Li prepared for the Rift eruption without showing concern. In Hang City, Xu Xiao saw the terrifying forces Lu Li had assembled, and Xing Anlin told her to support him and Lao Luo when the Rift opened.

• Zhao Mou decided to give Lu Zhongxian a false omen, hoping his father would fulfill the Minor Omen while Zhao Mou survived.
• Lu Li sent Alisa and Li Luo to Hang City before noon and waited calmly for the Rift to erupt as the Lin Family watched anxiously.
• Lin Qinhua started a livestream from Hang City, and Lin Tianxia and Lin Qinyue were shocked by what they saw.
• At the Lin Family Shelter, Xu Xiao found it surrounded by more than a thousand Corpse-Eating Ant-Men, with the Corpse-Devouring Ant Queen and powerful guards inside.
• Xing Anlin greeted Xu Xiao and told her to stand behind him and Lao Luo, buff them, and leave nearby threats to Little Bee, the level 27 Bee Queen.

Lu Li waited for the Rift outbreak to gather into a Monster Tide, then unleashed his Level 30 Mantis Soul Soldiers to defend the Shelter and exploit the monsters’ drops. After dozens of Flying Centipede bosses targeted him, he killed them with precise attacks, leaving Lin Qinyue wondering how he knew their weaknesses.

• Spatial Rifts opened around the Shelter at noon, and insect monsters of at least Level 20 emerged and gathered outside.
• Lu Li held back until the monsters formed a Tide, then summoned his Level 30 Mantis Soul Soldiers and ordered the Lin Family disciples to collect the drops.
• Lu Li devoured monster souls to replenish his Soul Points, Soul Soldiers, and experience while directing the fight from his position.
• Dozens of Flying Centipede bosses attacked Lu Li, but he killed them with Wind Blades, stone armor, Blade Arms, and lightning.
• Lin Qinyue noticed that Lu Li’s attacks kept striking the monsters’ weak points.

Lu Li held back wave after wave of monsters at the Shelter while the Civilian Players watched from the rest area. When the Tide slowed, Granny Cheng delivered Lu Li’s order for the civilians to take popcorn outside and help, and their presence drew the monsters into another charge.

• The Civilian Players watched Lin Qinhua’s livestream of Hang City Shelter’s defense while Lin Shou guarded He Peiqin and kicked her again.
• Granny Cheng arrived with sacks of supplies and told the Civilian Players to collect popcorn and go help at designated locations.
• Granny Cheng told Lin Shou to take He Peiqin outside so she could contribute to resisting the monster Tide.
• Lu Li’s Soul Soldiers had surpassed 3,000 as he held back five waves, while the Lin Family members collected loot.
• Lu Li’s preparations brought the Civilian Players to the wire fence, stirring the monsters into a new Tide that included corrupted creatures.
• Lin Qinyue warned that Lu Li might be nearly finished, and Lin Tianxia worried that his strength was running out.

Lu Li carried He Peiqin toward the Rifts, making her believe he intended to give her a gruesome death, but he instead confronted her with memories of her cruelty when he was her student. The chapter ended as Lu Li recounted how her accusations and punishment had driven him to stop asking the orphanage director for help with math.

• Lin Shou told Lin Tianxia that Lu Li planned to use He Peiqin as a warning to others and needed the family head to give a speech.
• Lu Li flew toward the Rifts with He Peiqin, and she regretted betraying Xu Xiao and provoking him.
• He Peiqin begged Lu Li to spare her, but he told her he had no intention of killing her.
• Lu Li recalled how He Peiqin crushed the paper carnation he had given her and mocked him for being an orphan.
• Lu Li recounted how He Peiqin accused him of cheating on a math exam, tore up his paper, and made him copy the questions as punishment.

Lu Li used He Peiqin as bait to draw Lord-level monsters from the Rifts, while Civilian Players watched from the Shelter. After a level 26 Deathclaw Mother and a huge bat monster emerged, Lu Li continued drawing out more creatures, which began advancing on the Shelter.

• Lu Li told He Peiqin he would spare her if she helped him lure eight Lord-level Monsters, then grabbed her tongue and carried her toward the Rift cluster.
• A level 22-or-higher Deathclaw Mother emerged from a Rift, and Gao Suozhi secretly sent a mechanical ladybug to help reveal that it was a level 26 Lord-Class Creature.
• A huge bat-like monster flew from a nearby Rift and attacked He Peiqin, but Lu Li moved her out of its path.
• Lu Li continued attracting monsters from the Rifts, and a growing horde of terrifying creatures rushed toward the Shelter.

Lu Li diverted seven Lord-level Monsters into fighting one another while defending the Shelter, but Lu Zhongxian ambushed him and summoned angels to attack. The chapter ended with the Lin Family identifying Lu Zhongxian as the attacker.

• The seven Lord-level Monsters turned on each other after Lu Li used his ability to disrupt their aggression, breaking apart the Tide threatening the Shelter.
• Lin Tianxia praised Lu Li's control over the monsters, while Lin Qinyue warned that the effect might not last.
• Lu Zhongxian launched a full-strength sneak attack, but Lu Li blocked it with his left hand and threw He Peiqin into the air.
• Lu Li used his flesh-and-blood spear to wound the battling Lord-level Monsters, while Lu Zhongxian summoned angels that pressured Lu Li's Soul Soldiers and attacked the Shelter.
• Lin Tianxia and Ma Han helped defend the Shelter from the angels, and a Lin Family disciple identified the attacker as Lu Zhongxian of the Lu Family.

Lin Tianxia learned that Lu Li was fighting Lu Zhongxian, a member of the Heaven Grade Lu Family, and watched in alarm as the fight escalated. Lu Zhongxian pursued a life-for-life attack, while Lu Li kept dodging and protecting He Peiqin; the battle remained unresolved.

• Lin Xin reported that Lu Zhongxian was the attacker, and Lin Tianxia warned him not to issue a wanted notice yet.
• Lu Li's Cannon Fist struck Lu Zhongxian, but angels caught Lu Zhongxian as he fell and carried him upward.
• Lu Zhongxian activated [Holy Body] and charged Lu Li with his golden spear, but Lu Li escaped with [Spirit Flash] and counterattacked with elemental attacks.
• Lu Li caught He Peiqin by her tongue before she hit the ground and swung her back into the air.
• Lu Zhongxian redirected his spear toward He Peiqin, tearing off her arm, while Lu Li pulled her out of danger and continued fighting.

Lu Li continued fighting Lu Zhongxian while rationing his abilities, and Lu Zhongxian turned his attention to He Peiqin when he realized he might not kill Lu Li in time. After Lu Li struck Lu Zhongxian from behind, he used a Magic-Sealing Rope to keep He Peiqin fishing near the Rifts for the eighth lord monster.

• Lu Li used Spirit Possession and smashed Lu Zhongxian's golden spear with his heavy halberd, while Lu Zhongxian noticed that his Holy Body had only one minute remaining.
• Lu Zhongxian flew toward the falling He Peiqin, but Lu Li pulled her out of the way at the cost of her right leg.
• Lu Li vanished as a Blade Mantis, and Lu Zhongxian's angels severed He Peiqin's tongue while destroying the decoy.
• Lu Li struck Lu Zhongxian from behind with his halberd and sent Burrowing Bee Soul Soldiers to catch He Peiqin.
• Lu Li tied He Peiqin with a Magic-Sealing Rope and continued using her to fish near the Rifts because they still needed one more lord monster.

Lu Li used He Peiqin as a shield while Lu Zhongxian trapped them in the [Death Intent Cage] and attacked under [Holy Body]. The chapter ended as Lu Zhongxian’s spear neared Lu Li’s heart and a strange clang rang out.

• Lu Li swung the bound He Peiqin like a flail to clear a path, then flew upward as Lu Zhongxian pursued him.
• Lu Zhongxian activated the [Death Intent Cage], preventing Lu Li from escaping, and Lu Li switched from his Great Halberd to the Ink Blade.
• Lu Zhongxian charged with a golden spear, but He Peiqin blocked his path and absorbed the attack’s damage through the [Magic-Sealing Rope].
• Lu Li vanished from Lu Zhongxian’s view by shrinking himself, then expanded into his giant form after Lu Zhongxian caught him.
• With five seconds of [Holy Body] remaining, Lu Zhongxian enlarged the cage and thrust his spear toward Lu Li’s heart, just before a clang sounded beside him.