Chapter Summaries

Xu Xiao tried to stop Wang Xuyan from stealing Little Bao En’s food, but Wang Xuyan scalded and framed the girl. Lu Li arrived seeking Bao Quanyong, then offered him powerful treasures as repayment for making a flesh statue; Bao Quanyong asked him to kill the people who bullied his sister.

• Xu Xiao confronted Wang Xuyan for taking Little Bao En’s braised pork, but Wang Xuyan denied it and the men around her backed her up.
• Wang Xuyan splashed hot soup on Little Bao En, dumped her food over the girl, and accused her of wasting it.
• Lin Tianxia arrived with Lu Li and two women, while Xu Xiao explained what Wang Xuyan had done.
• Lu Li asked where Bao Quanyong was, and Little Bao En said Ma Han had called her brother to the dormitory for her plushie.
• Bao Quanyong entered and confirmed that he had made the flesh statue for Lu Li, who offered him valuable items in repayment.
• Bao Quanyong refused the gifts and told Lu Li he wanted the people who bullied his sister dead.

Lu Li left Bao Quanyong’s dispute with the patrol members for Lin Tianxia to investigate, then let Wang Xuyan follow him through a portal to California. Wang Xuyan eagerly chose to join Lu Li despite the danger, while Jiang Wanyi and Jiang Miaoyin remained behind.

• Lu Li told Lin Tianxia to investigate what happened to Bao En and ordered Bao Quanyong not to kill the patrol members, who would face an apology and make amends if guilty.
• Wang Xuyan offered to follow Lu Li, claiming she liked him and could help with her Gold Rank healing talent.
• Lu Li agreed to let Wang Xuyan accompany him to a negotiation in Lighthouse, California, and had Jiang Wanyi open a portal using coordinates from Gao Suozhi.
• Lu Li sent Jiang Wanyi back to rest and told Jiang Miaoyin to wait for his message before stepping through the portal.
• Several men tried to dissuade Wang Xuyan, but she dismissed them and followed Lu Li through the portal.

At the Lu Family Manor, Lu Canglong and Lu Dingkun watched a fierce battle and tried to arrange peace talks with Gao Junyuan. Zhou Muren withdrew from the fight after being cornered, but Gao Junyuan challenged him to continue as the story left their confrontation unresolved.

• Lu Canglong berated Lu Dingkun for losing contact with Lu Hemu and ordered him to seek a ceasefire with Gao Junyuan.
• Lu Dingkun sent a peace-talk request, but Gao Junyuan did not respond after a young man and a woman arrived through a portal at the Gao Family's position.
• Zhou Muren pierced one opponent with a golden awl, then was trapped by the Bull-Headed Giant Turtle and two other fighters.
• Zhou Muren used a golden beetle phantom's barrier to withstand the attacks and retreated toward the Lu Family, calling off the fight.
• Gao Junyuan questioned Zhou Muren's excuse for stopping and demanded to fight him to the death.

Lu Li revealed that he had killed Zhou Muren’s two missing brothers, undermining the Zhou brothers’ threats against the Gao Family. He then admitted he was Lu Canglong’s grandson and urged Gao Junyuan to raise the compensation demand, leaving the Lu Family stunned by his betrayal.

• Lu Li appeared with Zhou Muli and Zhou Muxin’s bodies and a severed head skewered on his halberd, shocking the Zhou brothers.
• Gao Junyuan threatened the Zhou brothers with the possibility that the Zhou Family would be unable to retaliate because of the Demon Eye’s unrest, then proposed compensation instead of fighting.
• Gao Junyuan demanded that the Zhou Family compensate the Gao Family and surrender thirty percent of its annual profits.
• Lu Li told Gao Junyuan that Lu Canglong and Lu Dingkun were his biological grandfather and uncle, and said he was Lu Feiyu’s son.
• Lu Li asked Gao Junyuan to increase the demand to seventy percent of the Lu Family’s profits, paid monthly, leaving Lu Canglong furious.

Lu Li negotiated with the Lu Family, rejecting Lu Canglong’s attempt to draw him back into the family and replacing his demand for most of their profits with a one-year nonaggression condition protecting the Lin Family. He offered Wang Xuyan as collateral, leaving Lu Canglong startled by the provocative proposal.

• Lu Li used his spiritual pressure to make Lu Dingkun kneel, and Lu Canglong slapped him after he insulted Lu Li.
• Gao Junyuan backed Lu Li’s demand for seventy-five percent of the Lu Family’s profits, while the Zhou brothers endured the Gao Family disciples’ laughter.
• Lu Canglong apologized for failing Lu Li’s parents and offered to compensate him if he joined the Lu Family, but Lu Li refused and mentioned Lu Hemu’s threat to kill him.
• Lu Canglong rejected the profit demand, so Lu Li proposed that the Lu Family and its allies leave the Lin Family alone for one year and overlook deaths from minor conflicts.
• Lu Li offered to leave Wang Xuyan as collateral, prompting Lu Canglong to look at her as Lu Li teased him about whether they looked alike.

Lu Li forced the Lu Family to sign an Oath Contract and negotiated compensation from Zhou Muren for returning the Zhou brothers’ corpses. He demanded Zhao Mou in exchange for their remaining equipment, but the Lu Family messenger failed to return, and a notification left Lu Canglong furious.

• Wang Xuyan backed Lu Li’s terms, and Lu Canglong agreed to sign the Oath Contract.
• Zhou Muren demanded his brothers’ corpses, then agreed to pay thirty percent of the Lu Family’s profits for one year in exchange for them.
• Lu Li returned the corpses but demanded additional payment for the brothers’ equipment, including a request for the [Five Elements Great Derivation Disk].
• Zhou Muren offered three pieces of Perfect Quality equipment or items instead of the disk, and Lu Li accepted while demanding Zhao Mou as well.
• When Lu Canglong’s messenger did not return, a notification appeared on his Data Panel and left him furious.

Lu Li negotiated compensation from Lu Canglong after Zhao Mou escaped into a Rule Realm, then left with several valuable items. Lu Canglong and the Zhou brothers remained behind to discuss their plans against Lu Li.

• Lu Canglong revealed that Zhao Mou had escaped into Guangguai Luli's Casino, and the Zhou brothers considered entering to capture him.
• Lu Li rejected the suggestion that he pursue Zhao Mou himself and demanded a Mythic-quality item instead.
• Lu Canglong gave Lu Li three Perfect-grade items and one Mythic-grade item, and Lu Li took them before leaving.
• Lu Family disciples surrounded Wang Xuyan, while Gao Junyuan departed after reminding Lu Canglong to deliver the promised compensation.
• Lu Canglong set up three isolation measures and listened as Zhou Muren planned to revive his brothers and attack Lu Li with the Five Elements Great Derivation Disk.

Zhou Muzhi failed to revive Zhou Muli and Zhou Muxin because Lu Li had devoured their souls, while Lu Li returned to the Central Shelter after handing Wang Xuyan over to the Lu Family as a hostage. The chapter left the men who had supported Wang Xuyan frightened and uncertain about their fate.

• Zhou Muzhi used the Five Elements Great Derivation Disk to heal the two corpses, then repeatedly failed to revive them with the Soul Summoning Art.
• Zhou Muzhi blamed Lu Li for tampering with the corpses and demanded that he be brought back to explain himself.
• Lu Li revealed that Zhou Muli and Zhou Muxin's souls were in the Soul Realm, where Soul Devour kept Zhou Muzhi from summoning them.
• Lu Li sent Jiang Miaoyin his location and stepped through a portal into a Central Shelter conference room where Lin Tianxia was investigating the cafeteria incident.
• Lu Li told Wang Xuyan's supporters that he had handed her over to the Lu Family as a hostage, leaving them too frightened to question him further.

Lu Li returned with a one-year agreement that kept the Lu Family from threatening the Lin Family and secured monthly supplies, while expanding the Lin Family’s influence into Qiao City. As he prepared to leave for the Casino, Wang Xuyan’s former allies panicked and Brother Jun urged them to flee.

• Lu Li told Lin Tianxia that the Lu Family had signed an Oath Contract and would send the Lin Family supplies worth roughly twenty percent of its monthly income for a year.
• Lu Li told Lin Tianxia to arrange for the Lin Family to take its place in Qiao City, which the Wan and Tu Families had seized and divided among four factions.
• Lu Li recalled most of his Soul Soldiers and Soul Guards, gave Jiang Miaoyin the Teleport Jade Token, and ordered the Black and White Killers to protect Bao Quanyong and Bao En while he went to the Casino.
• Wang Xuyan’s former allies returned to their dormitory terrified that Lu Li would kill them, and one man suggested asking Bao Quanyong to plead for them.
• Brother Jun rejected seeking forgiveness and told the others that their only chance was to run.

Brother Jun persuaded the patrol members to flee the Lin Family Shelter for the White Tiger Alliance, but first he planned to rob Bao Quanyong and kill everyone in his dorm. Xu Xiao, who was staying with Bao Quanyong and Bao En, heard someone picking the dorm lock and prepared to confront the intruders.

• Brother Jun convinced the other patrol members that the White Tiger Alliance in Fort City would take them in after they left the Lin Family Shelter.
• Brother Jun proposed robbing Bao Quanyong, taking Bao En hostage, and killing everyone in their dorm for travel money.
• When one patrol member refused to participate in killing innocent people, Brother Jun threatened him with a blade.
• Xu Xiao stayed overnight in Dorm 404 to protect Bao Quanyong, Bao En, and Granny Cheng after Lu Li gave the children valuable gifts.
• Xu Xiao heard footsteps and a lock being picked outside the dorm, realized the intruders had arrived, and quietly moved toward the door.

Xu Xiao tried to stop Brother Jun and his men from entering the dormitory, but they overpowered and tied her up before attempting to kill Bao Quanyong and the others. Black Shade and White Shade intervened, and the commotion woke the residents and brought the Lin Family; White Shade kept fighting the exhausted attackers, leaving them puzzled by her apparent struggle.

• Xu Xiao opened the door on Brother Jun and his men, who ambushed her, tied her up, and prepared to kill Bao Quanyong and the others.
• White Shade appeared and severed Brother Jun’s dagger hand, while Black Shade blocked the entrance and confronted the Crying Man.
• Brother Jun ordered his two hesitant companions to attack White Shade, who defended herself without striking back.
• The fight woke the Bao siblings, Granny Cheng, and nearby Civilian Players, who alerted the Lin Family.
• Black Shade told the arriving Lin Family that she and White Shade were sent by Lu Li to guard the Shelter, while White Shade continued to appear barely able to fend off the exhausted attackers.

Black Shade’s warning ended in the woman in white killing three attackers, while Lu Li’s hidden believers gained a power boost. Lu Li sent Kai Xin, Zhang Xuan, Qi Zeyu, and Fang Tingting to trap Zhao Mou in the Casino, where Zhao Mou hesitated over his ominous prediction before considering joining a game.

• Black Shade told Lin Shou to wait until the woman in white was ready, and she killed the three men surrounding her with a sudden strike.
• The woman in white warned that anyone who caused trouble in the land blessed by Lu Li would be killed, then vanished with Black Shade.
• Lu Li received a notification that the Fanatical Believer state had doubled the rate of incense wish power collection for 168 hours.
• Lu Li sent Kai Xin, Zhang Xuan, Qi Zeyu, and Fang Tingting to make Zhao Mou break the Casino’s rules, while Hansel prepared to take his life and Talent Abilities.
• Zhao Mou waited in the Casino for a new omen, questioned whether his Talent Ability was misleading him, and considered joining a gambling game.

Zhao Mou joined a Fish Catching gambling game at the Casino and raised the stakes with Fourth-Order Mana Crystals. He ignored the ordinary fish and caught a golden crab, leaving the other gamblers stunned as his score rapidly increased.

• Zhao Mou took the vacant seat as Banker and chose to continue playing Fish Catching.
• Zhao Mou proposed larger stakes and displayed a hoard of Fourth-Order Mana Crystals and other valuables, so the players agreed to wager fifty Fourth-Order Mana Crystals each.
• The Fish Catching round began, and the other gamblers targeted ordinary fish while Zhao Mou waited without firing.
• Zhao Mou spotted a golden crab, fired at it, and caught it as his score rapidly climbed.

Zhao Mou won the fishing game by following the omens, earning a fortune and deciding to pursue higher-stakes games. Meanwhile, Casino cleaners began spreading a suggestion among the gamblers that the Piglet Mask was an extraordinarily wealthy VIP.

• Zhao Mou led the fishing game after catching a Golden Crab, while a woman who caught a Diamond Turtle received only twenty-two points.
• Qi Zeyu explained that special creatures had uncertain scores and reminded the woman that violence was forbidden in the Casino.
• Zhao Mou found a pearl clam and won the game with fifteen hundred points, earning one hundred and fifty Fourth-Order Mana Crystals.
• Zhao Mou refused the gaunt old man and the fat, big-eared woman another round, dismissed their offered possessions as trash, and headed toward the higher-stakes games.
• A cleaner wearing an East Wind Mask told a colleague to begin chumming, and a cleaner wearing a Nine Wan Mask spread dark green mist that prompted gamblers to believe the Piglet Mask was a wealthy, generous VIP.

Zhao Mou watched the Piglet Mask VIP host a Lion-Tiger Fight gambling game, suspecting the Casino was setting a trap. After an omen urged him toward a risky bet, he waited through the tenth round, saw both beasts die, and stepped up to bet in the eleventh.

• Zhao Mou heard gamblers praise the Piglet Mask VIP, who announced that he would act as Banker and let everyone gamble against him.
• The VIP began a Lion-Tiger Fight game, and Zhao Mou learned that gamblers could exchange their chips for prizes at the Fortune counter.
• Zhao Mou watched nine rounds and grew tempted to join, then received omens warning him not to gamble and promising large profits if he bet heavily.
• In the tenth round, both the lion and tiger died, giving bettors on Mutual Destruction an eightfold payout.
• Zhao Mou pushed through the crowd and announced that he wanted to place a bet in the eleventh round, while the VIP complained about his luck.

Zhao Mou bet all his winnings and belongings on “Mutual Destruction” for a third consecutive round, and the lion and tiger both died. When a furious gambler accused him of cheating, One Bamboo defended him and demanded evidence, leaving Zhao Mou relieved but still seeking confirmation from the Players who won alongside him.

• Zhao Mou ignored the gamblers’ taunts, wagered on “Mutual Destruction,” and won when the lion and tiger killed each other.
• The Piglet Mask VIP dismissed Zhao Mou’s winnings, and Zhao Mou bet all his storage items and chips on “Mutual Destruction” in the twelfth round.
• A smaller, agile lion wounded the larger tiger, but the tiger knocked it down before the lion fatally slashed the tiger’s neck, and both beasts died.
• A gambler who had lost his fortune accused Zhao Mou of cheating, and One Bamboo questioned him for evidence.
• One Bamboo ruled that Zhao Mou’s aggressive betting was not cheating, warned the accuser, and returned to paying out wagers.
• Zhao Mou relaxed and turned to the Players who had followed his bet, intending to confirm one more thing.

Zhao Mou agreed to play the Piglet Mask wearer’s unfair rock-paper-scissors game after the VIP ran out of chips and proposed wagering everything on a new game. Confident after receiving another omen from [See Time Know Subtlety], Zhao Mou went all-in on an “all-out assault” in the first round.

• Gamblers who had bet on “Mutual Destruction” collected their Fourth-Order Mana Crystals and left the casino.
• The Piglet Mask wearer told Zhao Mou he had lost all his chips and proposed staking attribute points on a new game.
• Zhao Mou’s [See Time Know Subtlety] gave him omens warning of different outcomes if he continued or changed games.
• The Piglet Mask wearer explained the rules of his rock-paper-scissors game, including the unequal odds and the doubled wager for choosing “evenly matched.”
• Zhao Mou accepted the game, saw a new omen, and wagered all his betting materials on “all-out assault” for the first round.

Zhao Mou repeatedly won at rock-paper-scissors against the masked VIP, forcing him to stake valuable items until Zhao Mou recognized him as Lu Li. After Zhao Mou had the Magic Crystal Pendant moved away, Lu Li remained calm and activated Spellbreak Domain as they continued the game.

• Zhao Mou won round after round, driving the VIP to exchange more assets for chips.
• When the VIP ran low on chips, he wagered three Mythic-quality items, but One Bamboo said the stakes were insufficient under the game's rules.
• The VIP produced more personal equipment and lifesaving items, and Zhao Mou recognized the Magic Crystal Pendant among them.
• Zhao Mou asked the VIP to remove his mask as part of the wager, revealing Lu Li.
• Zhao Mou had the Magic Crystal Pendant moved at least three meters away and insisted on continuing the game.
• Lu Li said the situation remained within his expectations and activated Spellbreak Domain.

Lu Li forced Zhao Mou to continue gambling by wagering his life, then disrupted Zhao Mou’s Talent Ability and challenged his prediction. The round ended in a draw, leaving Zhao Mou stunned and the gamble unresolved.

• After Zhao Mou won Lu Li’s belongings and tried to leave, One Bamboo stopped him because Lu Li still had his life to wager.
• Lu Li bet half his life, and One Bamboo confirmed that the wager was allowed under the Casino’s rules.
• Lu Li revealed that Zhao Mou’s [See Time Know Subtlety] had stopped responding, and Zhao Mou suspected Lu Li had an Anti-Magic Talent Ability.
• Zhao Mou chose “All-Out Offensive,” believing his earlier omen predicted that result, while Lu Li hoped to receive three Papers.
• One Bamboo announced that the round ended with one win, one loss, and one draw, and warned Zhao Mou not to touch the gambling equipment.

Lu Li used his apparent good fortune to keep defeating Zhao Mou at the Casino, while the staff dismissed Zhao Mou’s cheating accusations. After four consecutive wins for Lu Li, Zhao Mou’s strategy collapsed and the match remained ongoing.

• Zhao Mou accused Lu Li of cheating by praying for a favorable deal, but One Bamboo dismissed his claim for lack of evidence.
• Zhao Mou tried to leave with a Realm Escape Voucher, but East Wind and Nine Wan released him and dared him to use it; he chose to continue gambling instead.
• Lu Li introduced Alisa as his Lady Luck, and three consecutive rounds ended in All-Out Assault, rapidly shifting the wagers in his favor.
• Zhao Mou accused Alisa of using a suspicious Talent Ability, but One Bamboo told him to stop speculating and continue the game.
• Zhao Mou changed his choice to All-Out Assault, while Lu Li wished for three Scissors; the round ended evenly matched, making four consecutive rounds won by Lu Li.