Chapter Summaries

Lu Li survived Lu Zhongxian’s Death Intent Cage, killed him, and preserved his soul consciousness as a potential Soul Guard. After defeating the last two Lord monsters, Lu Li prepared to end the battle in Yong City.

• A little boy distracted Gao Suozhi while asking for popcorn, and Gao Suozhi noticed too late that Lu Zhongxian had trapped Lu Li in a Death Intent Cage.
• Lu Zhongxian’s spear failed to kill Lu Li, whose wounds healed as his Holy Body endured the attacks.
• Lu Li revealed that Lu Zhongxian’s Holy Body had run out, asked him to sense Holy Mark’s direction, and learned that Li Luo had arrived.
• Lu Li killed Lu Zhongxian, preserved his soul consciousness, collected his belongings, and stored the Death Intent Cage.
• Lu Li used Spirit Possession and Indestructible Body to grow into a fifteen-meter giant and kill the remaining bat monster and Deathclaw Mother.

Lu Li left for Hang City after learning the Lin Family Shelter was under attack, while Gao Suozhi learned the Gao Family had been ambushed and something had happened to Yao Yao. In Hang City, the defenders struggled against four Lord-level monsters and eighteen Elite-level monsters as the Three-Headed Dog neared collapse.

• Lin Tianxia told Lin Shi to gather the Civilian Players and prepare a speech presenting the Lin Family as Lu Li's cooperative partner.
• Gao Suozhi planned to approach Lu Li about joining the Gao Family, but a message revealed that the Gao Family had been ambushed and Yao Yao was in danger.
• Lu Li learned that Hang City was under attack, told Li Luo to stay put, and flew straight there without returning to the Shelter.
• Lin Tianxia and Lin Qinyue watched the Hang City livestream and saw the Lin Family Shelter surrounded by four Lord-level monsters and eighteen Elite-level monsters.
• Xing Anlin rescued the Three-Headed Dog from nearby monsters, then tried to charm the bull-headed giant turtle, but its shell blocked his ability.

Xing Anlin and the defenders struggled against the overwhelming monster horde as Luo Yonghao and Lin Qinfeng helped turn the battle, briefly throwing the monsters into disarray. The Decayed Great Chieftain exploited the defenders’ weakened guard to send two swift wolf monsters after the Shelter’s support Players, and Xing Anlin arrived too late to stop one from striking at Xu Xiao.

• Xing Anlin fought off Bloodthirsty Fungus Bats while battling exhaustion, as Gold Horn and Silver Horn Ant-Men were sent to assist him.
• Luo Yonghao activated Deathly Intent Union by sacrificing a level, empowering the ghouls and accelerating the Ghoul Kings’ evolution.
• Lin Ping restored Lin Qinfeng’s stamina with Heart of Vitality, and Lin Qinfeng used Pride and jealousy to make the monster horde turn on itself.
• The Decayed Great Chieftain noticed the Shelter’s support Players were exposed and sent two fast, spiked wolves to attack them.
• Xing Anlin warned the defenders and rushed to save Xu Xiao, but he was too late to stop a wolf’s claw from striking at him.

Lu Li arrived at Hang City Shelter in time to save Xu Xiao and defeat the attacking monsters, then summoned a new Soul Soldier army and Angel Descent to clear the battlefield. He left with Li Luo and Alisa after promising to try Lin Qinhua’s noodles another time, while Xu Xiao realized Lu Li had already disappeared before she could confess her feelings.

• White Shade blocked one wolf monster’s attack, but a second wolf monster overwhelmed her and threatened Xu Xiao and the other support Players.
• Lu Li arrived, stopped the wolf monster from biting Xu Xiao, and killed it with his new Mountain-Splitting Cleave blade skill.
• Lu Li summoned Soul Soldiers and ten Blindfolded Angels, turning the battle around and helping clear the monsters around Hang City Shelter in less than fifteen minutes.
• Lu Li assigned Qin Feng and Lao Luo to help with cleanup, then left with Li Luo and Alisa after telling Lin Qinhua he would try her noodles next time.
• Xu Xiao gathered the courage to confess to Lu Li, but he had already vanished, leaving her to hear Lin Qinhua wonder whether cooking was the way to win his heart.

Liu Wenjian’s shelter faced imminent collapse until Lu Li sent a disguised Zhao Quan to destroy the monster horde. The Liu Family survived the attack, while Lu Li gained a million Soul Points and unlocked new Soul Realm upgrades and Talent Soulification.

• As the Liu Family’s shields cracked and its members ran low on stamina, Liu Wenjian urged everyone to keep wearing Clown Noses and wait for help.
• After a whispered warning that his lord would arrive soon, Liu Wenjian reassured the doubting disciples as black mist brought Zhao Quan and two masked women into the shelter.
• Disguised as Zhao Quan, Lu Li flew above the shelter and wiped out the monster horde with six waves of Crystal Explosion.
• Lu Li harvested the monsters’ souls, surpassing one million Soul Points and increasing the Soul Realm’s capacity and recovery while unlocking two Talent Soulification opportunities.
• Lu Li returned to Liu Wenjian, told him to organize the cleanup, and departed; the Liu Family disciples discovered the horde had been destroyed.

Liu Yaoxiu returned to the Jiang Family Shelter after dying in Zhao Quan’s Crystal Explosion, only to learn that Jiang Chaoyun planned to abandon the Shelter and take her twins to the Shen Family. Elsewhere, Ao Zhan helped secure Capital City, while Tu Shili and Wan Juanshu watched footage of Lu Li’s battle and discussed his rapid rise.

• Liu Yaoxiu emerged from his golden cicada shell and complained that Zhao Quan’s sixth wave of [Crystal Explosion] had killed him, using up a resurrection chance.
• Jiang Chaoyun told Liu Yaoxiu she was glad he had returned, then knocked him unconscious with her pink fan and ordered Wan Yi and Miao Yin to prepare a teleportation array to the Shen Family in Prefecture City.
• Ao Zhan defeated a zombie bear in Capital City, confirmed that the Rift outbreak had ended, and changed into the Clean Altar Envoy to recover stamina.
• In the Liu Family Council Hall, Tu Shili and Wan Juanshu discussed Lu Li’s impressive growth as they watched footage of him commanding sand soldiers against the monster tide.

Wan Juanshu told Tu Shili that talent alone could not explain Lu Li’s rise, and the two agreed the Wan and Tu Families should build ties with him. Meanwhile, Gao Suozhi questioned surviving Gao Family members after Yao Yao’s abduction and discovered they had watched someone else’s livestream, leaving them in danger.

• Wan Juanshu showed Tu Shili a Summoning Class Player who had acquired the ability to summon sand soldiers from another Player and argued that Lu Li’s growth came from qualities beyond powerful Talent Abilities.
• Tu Shili described how monster waves had devastated the Tu Family’s shelters in Mausoleum City, and Wan Juanshu revealed that a Lord-level Monster nearly killed the Wan Family’s summoner.
• Tu Shili and Wan Juanshu agreed that the Tu and Wan Families could both build relationships with Lu Li while keeping their cooperation discreet.
• At the Gao Family Manor in Texas, Gao Suozhi learned that a Perfect Quality [Deadly Bait] had drawn monsters to the manor and that Yao Yao had been captured.
• A Gao Family member blamed Lu Hemu for abducting Miss Jueyao after ruling out Lu Li, but Gao Suozhi confronted the survivors for watching someone else’s livestream while supposedly protecting Yao Yao.

Gao Suozhi used gu worms to control and strengthen Gao family survivors before setting out to attack the Lu Family Manor and search for Gao Jueyao. A day later, Zhang Tiechui worked with two children to clear corpses, and he rescued them when their unstable pile collapsed.

• Gao Suozhi fed gu worms to the Gao family survivors, spared them, and ordered them to accompany him to the Lu Family Manor.
• The gu worms strengthened the survivors and took over one man's body, and Gao Suozhi set out with Directional Teleportation Cards to storm manors beginning in California.
• At the Lin Family Central Shelter, Zhang Tiechui objected to being assigned two children as teammates for corpse clearing.
• The little boy demonstrated his spatial talent by making Zhang Tiechui's rope disappear and reappear, then stored a leader-level zombie tiger's corpse.
• The corpse pile began collapsing, and Zhang Tiechui knocked the children down to save them before scolding the boy for not watching his surroundings.

A strange little boy secretly stored Elite and Boss-level monster corpses while working as a transporter, despite Zhang Tiechui warning him that the Lin Family would discover it. After Lin Shou brought him before Lin Tianxia, the boy refused to return the corpses, saying his Talent Ability had altered them.

• The boy ignored Zhang Tiechui's warnings and continued collecting Elite monster corpses while his little sister tried to calm Zhang with candy.
• Zhang Tiechui chose not to report the boy, but a Lin Family member later caught him and his sister and escorted them to the Shelter.
• Lin Tianxia mocked Qian Tongda during a chat by repeatedly comparing their losses and boasting that only one Lin Family member had died.
• Lin Shou reported that the boy had used his spatial Talent Ability to store Boss-level and Elite Rank monster corpses.
• Lin Tianxia told the boy to return the corpses, but the boy refused, claiming his Talent Ability had altered them and he could not return them.

Lin Tianxia learned that Bao Quanyong’s Talent Ability could create a Flesh God Statue from monster remains, and the Lin Family helped him build one in the Shelter. The statue was made in Lu Li’s likeness, and Bao Quanyong revealed that he had sacrificed half his lifespan to bind himself to it so Lu Li could revive there if he died.

• Lin Tianxia questioned Bao Quanyong about his unusual Talent Ability after realizing it had altered the little boy’s body parts beyond reversal.
• Zhang Tiechui followed the Lin Family as they led Bao Quanyong and the girl toward the monster corpses, fearing the children were being expelled, then admitted he had helped with the theft.
• Lin Tianxia asked whether stronger monster corpses would improve the statue, and the Lin Family brought over the Deathclaw Mother’s corpse for Bao Quanyong to absorb.
• Bao Quanyong used Build Statue in the Shelter’s open space, shaping golden monster flesh into a huge statue of Lu Li and triggering a global announcement that awarded him the title Fanatical Believer.
• Bao Quanyong explained that believers’ faith would help forge Lu Li’s godhood, then revealed that he had sacrificed half his lifespan to bind himself to the statue so Lu Li would revive inside it if he died.

Bao Quanyong turned Lin Tianxia into a follower of Lu Li’s flesh-and-blood idol, and Lu Li sensed the resulting golden-white mist in his soul. After preparing for Earth’s level-30 changes and sending Lin Qinxue a weapon, Lu Li learned he could choose where the first monarch-level monster would appear.

• Bao Quanyong traded a First-Order Mana Crystal for offering incense, and Lin Tianxia lit one to become a follower of Lu Li.
• Lu Li sensed golden-white mist in his soul and suspected it came from the new idol and its followers.
• Lu Li decided to delay leveling past 30 until Lin Tianxia and Liu Wenjian gathered crystals, so he could prepare for the end of Earth’s newbie protection period.
• Lu Li sent Lin Qinxue the Frost Staff for her journey in the Changbai Mountain Snow Region.
• The Kill Leaderboard named Lu Li first, and the system gave him two hours to choose a deployment location for the Venomflame Monarch.

Lu Li selected Sakura Island as the deployment site for the Venomflame Monarch, intending to avert the devastation Huaxia suffered in his previous life. Meanwhile, players debated his Killing List ranking and videos of his actions, and one player accused him of killing civilians to earn his points before others mocked the claim.

• Lu Li used the Data Panel to choose a small island in Sakura as the Venomflame Monarch’s deployment location.
• Players saw Lu Li ranked first on both the Ranking List and Killing List and discussed how he had earned nearly 250,000 killing points.
• A player named Mm uploaded footage of Lu Li at Hang City Shelter, but other players complained that it did not show him fighting.
• Another player posted footage of Lu Li carrying He Peiqin into Rifts to lure Lord-level Monsters, prompting players to argue about his character.
• Riding Strong, Licking Mountains claimed Lu Li had killed civilians at the Lin Family, Hang City, and Yong City Shelters, but another player dismissed the accusation as nonsense.

Okada Chusheng investigated Lu Li’s Flesh God Statue and sought the shrine maiden Himiko’s advice, but her visions of Lu Li and Sakura Island were obscured by black mist. As the conference room began to collapse, a giant foot wreathed in purple flames entered the building.

• Sakura experts confirmed that the statue worshipped by Civilian Players resembled Lu Li and had been forged by Bao Quanyong.
• Okada Chusheng slapped an expert who praised China, then ordered him to summon Himiko.
• Himiko said everything connected to Lu Li was hidden by black mist, and she had also seen Sakura Island shrouded in it.
• An earthquake shook the conference room, but Okada calmly headed for the exit while Himiko warned him to run.
• The floor collapsed, and a gigantic foot wreathed in purple flames stepped into the conference room.

Okada Chusheng survived Venomflame Monarch’s attack but suffered its poisonous purple flames, while the shrine maiden’s foresight revealed the monster was likely heading for the Corrupted Demon Well. The chapter left Okada planning to lure it away with groups of Civilian Players.

• Venomflame Monarch struck Okada Chusheng and the meeting building, but his Substitute Doll saved him from death.
• Okada extinguished the purple flames with water, only for them to turn into poisonous liquid and give him the status effect “Poisoned.”
• Okada confronted the shrine maiden for failing to warn them, and she explained that black fog obscured the monster’s deployment.
• The shrine maiden foresaw that Venomflame Monarch would likely move toward the Corrupted Demon Well, threatening the Empire’s demonized army.
• The shrine maiden said the monster could be diverted by gathering about six groups of five thousand Civilian Players as bait for four hours.

Okada Chusheng ordered thirty thousand Sakura Country Civilian Players to be used as bait for the Venomflame Monarch, and twenty thousand were already being transported without knowing their fate. In the public chat, Sakura civilians bragged about their treatment while players from other countries discussed Lu Li and were warned not to reveal information about China’s main combat forces.

• The shrine maiden expected Okada Chusheng to sacrifice the thirty thousand Sakura Country civilians, and he approved the plan without hesitation.
• Okada Chusheng wondered whether seawater could extinguish the purple flames covering the Venomflame Monarch.
• Forty-five minutes after the Venomflame Monarch was deployed, twenty thousand Sakura Country Civilian Players were being transported toward it as unwitting bait.
• Sakura Player boasted in public chat that the government fed and housed civilians while foreign immigrants did the hard work.
• Chinese Player explained that Lu Li had defended a shelter during the rift outbreak and that a Civilian Player had made a Flesh God Statue for him.
• More than a dozen Huaxia Players urged Chinese citizens to protect China’s main combat forces and stop revealing information.

Kishida Jiro arrived with other Civilian Players at a Sakura settlement, expecting food, but discovered that the Imperial Samurai had gathered them as sacrifices. A giant wreathed in purple flames approached as the samurai revealed their plan to take the civilians’ lives.

• Kishida Jiro read a chat arguing over the treatment of Civilian Players before arriving at the Sakura settlement in a transport truck.
• Kishida Jiro noticed the ground trembling and saw Imperial Samurai withdrawing from nearby buildings before an explosion injured the assembled civilians.
• Kishida Jiro spotted a giant wreathed in purple flames running toward the crowd and warned the Imperial Samurai, who ignored him.
• An Imperial Samurai struck and killed a Civilian Player who demanded that they stop the monster.
• The Imperial Samurai declared that the Civilian Players would give their lives to save Sakura Island.

Imperial Samurai used Sakura’s Civilian Players as bait for the Venomflame Monarch, whose purple flames turned the area into a dead zone. Kosugi Naki led the samurai toward the next trap site while Kato Seishiro questioned whether their seawater trap could stop the monster and proposed invading Huaxia instead.

• Kato Seishiro’s samurai encircled the Civilian Players, and one samurai brutally killed a woman who tried to escape.
• Kosugi Naki ordered her team to withdraw before the Venomflame Monarch arrived, overruling Kato Seishiro’s wish to keep delaying.
• The Venomflame Monarch crushed civilians and spread purple flames, turning many into fast-moving Ashen Devotees and poisoning others who fled.
• Kosugi Naki reported that the target had reached the first designated area and ordered the second batch of bait to move while later batches stayed in place.
• Kosugi Naki and Kato Seishiro headed north to gather more bait and prepare a trap; Kato questioned the seawater plan and suggested invading Huaxia, but Kosugi cited Lu Li, the unfinished demonized troops, and the Corrupted Demon Well.

Kato Seishiro dismissed Kosugi Naki’s warning about Lu Li, while the Venomflame Monarch reached the northern coast of Sakura Island and approached a trap prepared by the Empire. The Civilian Players realized too late that the pit they had dug—and the ground where they were standing—might make them bait for the monster.

• Kato Seishiro claimed his abilities could counter Lu Li, but Kosugi Naki warned him not to rush off and get himself killed.
• Kosugi Naki said she would avenge her younger sister, Zhi Quan, in time.
• The Venomflame Monarch slowed near the sea, and Okada Chusheng hoped the seawater trap would contain it with minimal casualties.
• Himiko warned that trapping the monster would not solve the problem permanently, but Doihara Sochu left the choice to Okada Chusheng.
• The Civilian Players celebrated their expected rewards until the Venomflame Monarch charged toward them.
• The Civilian Players worked out that they were standing above the pit and feared they had been positioned as bait.

Okada Chusheng’s Imperial Samurai lured the Venomflame Monarch into a pit with Civilian Players and suppressed its purple flames with seawater. He planned to summon players from other countries to bear the casualties of killing the trapped Level 35 monster while weakening rival nations.

• The Civilian Players panicked and tried to flee, but the Imperial Samurai killed those who crossed the baiting zone and left the rest to the Venomflame Monarch’s flames.
• More than a dozen Imperial Samurai collapsed the ground beneath the Venomflame Monarch, trapping it in a pit with the Civilian Players.
• Okada Chusheng rejected the shrine maiden’s plan to attack the monster’s head and ordered the Imperial Samurai to blow open the earth dam and flood the pit with seawater.
• The Imperial Samurai used water cannons to keep the Venomflame Monarch’s flames extinguished, and the Civilian Players’ corpses floated to the surface as toxins seeped into the ocean.
• Okada Chusheng told the shrine maiden he would stall until the demonized troops were ready, then request foreign players’ support so they would suffer the casualties of killing the monster.

Doihara Sochu explained that Okada Chusheng planned to use the Venomflame Monarch to force other nations to intervene, while a request for information about the monster appeared on the Global Trading Market. Okada paid Qian Qiang for clues, but learned that Lu Li had not leaked the news, leaving the source of the information unknown.

• Doihara Sochu told the shrine maiden that the Venomflame Monarch’s toxin could strengthen mutated sea creatures and turn the ocean into a spatial rift, forcing coastal nations to respond.
• Doihara Sochu found a Global Trading Market request from Qian Tongdan seeking information about the Monarch-level monster on Sakura Island.
• Okada Chusheng contacted Qian Qiang to ask how the Qian Family had learned about the monster’s deployment.
• Qian Qiang refused to reveal the information source, then agreed to sell answers to Okada Chusheng for valuable items and resources.
• Okada Chusheng asked whether Lu Li had revealed the news, and Qian Qiang answered that he had not.