Chapter Summaries

Lu Li pressured Zhao Mou through another round of rock-paper-scissors, leaving Zhao Mou penniless and facing a Bet Life round. Zhao Mou tried to destroy his Servant Contract to prevent Lu Li from making him a summon, while Lu Li offered a Mythic-quality contract that could end it instead.

• Zhao Mou panicked and refused to use his Realm Escape Voucher, then One Bamboo chose Evenly Matched for Lu Li and Full Assault for Zhao Mou.
• Lu Li again asked One Bamboo to make all three cards rock, but Zhao Mou hesitated to imitate him and lost the round.
• Zhao Mou realized the next round would be Bet Life and accused Lu Li of intending to turn him into a summon.
• Zhao Mou confessed to helping kill Lu Li's parents and prepared to tear up his Servant Contract with Lu Hemu.
• Lu Li offered a Destroy Contract that could unilaterally terminate the Servant Contract, then taunted Zhao Mou to decide whether to destroy it himself.

At Fort City, Liu Liu forged a Cooperation Contract at Lu Li’s request while Lu Li wagered a Mythic [Destroy Contract] against Zhao Mou in the casino. Zhao Mou chose an all-out gamble, and Lu Li revealed three identical fist cards, leaving the outcome hanging.

• At Fort City, Liu Ba found Liu Liu forging a Cooperation Contract and learned Boss Lu Li had directly requested it.
• Lu Li showed Zhao Mou the [Destroy Contract] as his wager, and One Bamboo ruled Zhao Mou had to stake his remaining life, attributes, and Talent Abilities to match its value.
• Zhao Mou chose 'All-Out Assault' and demanded Lu Li stake a Talent Ability, so Lu Li wagered Zhao Qiao'er's [Twin Lotus].
• One Bamboo dealt the final round, and Lu Li arranged his cards face-up to reveal three identical fists.

Lu Li used the casino’s rules and Zhao Mou’s suspicions to defeat him, take his Talent Ability, and kill him in revenge for his mother. After explaining his strategy to Alisa, Lu Li accepted a loss at another table and reflected that some games had to be won.

• One Bamboo confirmed that Lu Li had cheated but explained that cheating was permitted under the casino’s rules, and she revealed that Lu Li owned the casino.
• East Wind and Nine Wan pinned Zhao Mou down as the rules stripped away his attributes and Talent Ability, and Lu Li killed him and rejected the option to retain his soul consciousness.
• Lu Li paid the casino’s guests for their betting losses, turning their murmurs about cheating into cheers while Zhao Mou died in despair.
• Lu Li accompanied Alisa through the gambling rounds she needed to leave the casino, then explained that he had deliberately confused Zhao Mou and forced him into repeated choices.
• Lu Li revealed a losing hand at the table and told Alisa that luck did not guarantee wins, but some games had to be won.

Huaxia’s elderly representative entered the international conference and overcame Sakura Prime Minister Ishiba Taro and Bangzi Country President Yin Jinhui’s attempt to deny him a seat. The meeting began with Lighthouse President Tripp proposing talks on the Flame Poison Monarch and restoring permanent members, while Ishiba Taro asked other nations for help and argued that nuclear weapons could not harm monarch-level monsters.

• The Huaxia elder and his secretary entered the meeting Secret Realm, where other representatives watched them with hostility.
• Ishiba Taro and Yin Jinhui blocked the elder from reaching the five seats, but the secretary’s mental attack left Ishiba Taro vomiting and forced Yin Jinhui to use a calming item.
• The elder took his seat as Ishiba Taro vowed to humiliate him once Lighthouse President Tripp arrived.
• Tripp opened the meeting by proposing discussions on the Flame Poison Monarch on Sakura Island and restoring permanent members.
• Ishiba Taro asked the assembled nations to help kill the Flame Poison Monarch after other leaders mocked Sakura Country’s inability to defeat it.
• Ishiba Taro claimed that nuclear weapons could no longer harm monarch-level monsters and gave the Huaxia elder a meaningful look.

At an international meeting, leaders challenged Huaxia’s status as a permanent member and demanded it prove its strength by helping Sakura defeat the Flame Poison Monarch. Huaxia’s elder agreed to give up its seat but warned that its intervention could destroy Sakura, then left the meeting with his secretary.

• Tripp argued that the world’s new balance of power required restoring the permanent members, and Yin Jinhui pressed Huaxia to state its position on the Flame Poison Monarch.
• Huaxia’s elder rose and asked whether the other leaders wanted Huaxia to give up its permanent seat; Ishiba Taro said Huaxia should withdraw unless it could handle the monster on Sakura Island.
• Draupadi proposed that White Elephant Country take Huaxia’s seat, but the Emperor of Bear Country and Tripp dismissed her.
• Huaxia’s elder agreed to withdraw from the permanent seats and declared that Huaxia would destroy the Flame Poison Monarch, though Sakura might be destroyed in the process.
• Tripp questioned Huaxia’s ability to defeat the monster, and Huaxia’s elder ended the meeting and vanished with his secretary using a crescent-shaped token.

Ishiba Taro approved a Sakura attack on China’s southeastern coast, while Lu Li activated his Level 30 class advancement quest and entered a desert Secret Realm unlike the one he remembered. The chapter left Lu Li facing an unknown trial as the advance forces prepared to deploy.

• Doihara Sochu and Okada Chusheng told Ishiba Taro that the Demonized Army’s advance forces were ready and that the Lu Family would not interfere with Sakura’s military operations.
• Okada Chusheng identified China’s southeastern coast, near the Lin Family stronghold, as the deployment point and asked to lead the advance forces.
• Ishiba Taro approved the attack after Okada Chusheng dismissed China’s claimed ability to kill the Flame Poison Monarch.
• Lu Li absorbed ten Tier 7 Origin Crystals, reached Level 30, and activated his class advancement quest after confirming Li Luo’s clones could act without endangering her main body.
• Lu Li told the others to remain in Hub Land, then teleported into his class advancement Secret Realm and found himself in a barren desert rather than the forest he remembered.

Lu Li activated a unique ultra-hidden class quest and had to survive an endless monster assault in the class-change Secret Realm. As his Soul Soldiers and allies were overwhelmed and casualties mounted, he continued searching for the promised assistance.

• Lu Li unlocked several classes, then accepted the unique ultra-hidden class quest after meeting its prerequisites.
• Lu Li prepared his Soul Soldiers and Soul Guards before the countdown ended and the viper pythons attacked.
• Lu Li fought off waves of pythons, poisonous moths, and spiked monsters while relying on his abilities and Soul Guards to hold a shrinking safe zone.
• Lin Qinfeng used [Lust] to turn monsters against one another, then died as her stamina ran out and strengthened [Clan Glory].
• Lu Li summoned Luo Yonghao and Lu Zhongxian's Blindfolded Angel, easing the pressure while Luo Yonghao's corpse soldiers suffered permanent losses.
• Lu Li realized Luo Yonghao's arrival was not the assistance promised by the omen, but only a desperate stopgap.

Lu Li’s allies were overwhelmed by parasitic monsters until Luo Yonghao revealed that the Dragon Egg in the [Living Nest] could control time. The egg froze the battlefield and helped Lu Li eliminate the mosquito swarm, leaving him to realize it had secretly been accelerating the Golden Apple Tree’s growth.

• Luo Yonghao told Lu Li that the Dragon Egg could alter time and had repeatedly ripened and eaten Golden Apples.
• Luo Yonghao summoned the Dragon Egg from the Hot Spring by threatening to cut off its access to Golden Apples.
• The Dragon Egg burst from the [Living Nest], struck Lu Li in the face, and unleashed a time-stopping wave that froze the battlefield.
• The Dragon Egg freed Lu Li from the frozen state, and he killed the parasitic mosquitoes with Lightning Arrows.
• Lu Li realized the Dragon Egg had likely been altering time inside the [Living Nest] and using his resources to ripen Golden Apples.

Lu Li used the Dragon Egg to repeatedly freeze time while he and the Soul Guards fought through a monster horde, but the effect kept ending abruptly. After feeding the egg a Golden Apple, he activated the time stop again and sent the Black and White Killers to investigate an object Xing Anlin had uncovered.

• The Dragon Egg briefly stopped time, allowing Lu Li and the Soul Guards to attack the frozen monsters before the effect ended.
• Lu Li learned that the time stop lasted less than a minute, and Luo Yonghao suggested the Dragon Egg might need a Golden Apple to sustain it.
• As Chen Hao and Xing Anlin struggled to hold back the monsters, Lu Li gave the Dragon Egg a Golden Apple, and it swallowed the fruit before freezing time again.
• Xing Anlin reported that he had found an extremely hard object beneath the sand, so Lu Li sent the Black and White Killers to inspect it.
• Lu Li saw the object through the Peeping Eye and suddenly changed expression.

Lu Li discovered that a Calamity Obelisk was causing the endless sandstorms and monster attacks, and realized he needed demon qi to destroy it. He revived Lin Qinyue’s demon-eroded corpse as a frenzied troll and tried to push toward the obelisk, but the Dragon Egg’s fading light forced him to feed it all his golden apples.

• Lu Li recognized the Calamity Obelisk and recalled that a demon’s attack was needed to shatter it.
• Lu Li took Lin Qinyue’s corpse from his Space Ring, where Deep Erosion transformed it into a frenzied troll.
• Lu Li smashed the troll’s skull, and Luo Yonghao used the Black Jade Lotus Lamp to control its corpse.
• Lu Li’s group advanced toward the Black and White Killers while the Dragon Egg’s light held back the monsters, but the light dimmed as they neared their destination.
• Lu Li tried to feed the Dragon Egg golden apples, threatened to make it into an omelet, and then gave it his entire supply.

Lu Li destroyed one Calamity Obelisk in the class advancement Secret Realm, only for many more to rise and reveal that the trial was far from over. Meanwhile, Xu Xiao persuaded Lin Shi to consider admitting pregnant women into the Central Shelter, but a shadow stirred behind him.

• Xing Anlin tried to show off his new ability, but Lu Li froze time before he could finish.
• Luo Yonghao’s troll corpse broke the Calamity Obelisk, and Lu Li killed the priest-like Soul Guard that emerged from it.
• After the Soul Soldiers and Soul Guards cleared the monsters, Lu Li realized the trial was not over when many Calamity Obelisks rose from the ground.
• At the Central Shelter, Xu Xiao pleaded with Lin Shi to admit pregnant women from the buffer zone, and Lin Shi agreed to ask questions and report the exception.
• As Lin Shi approached a frightened pregnant woman, the shadow behind him began to wriggle.

Xu Xiao and Wang Chao tried to bring a group of pregnant women to the Shelter amid attacks by invisible Blade Mantises, but one woman delivered before medical help arrived. The chapter ended with a doctor calling for a healer as the mother’s life faltered.

• Lin Shi agreed to let Xu Xiao bring a pregnant woman into the Shelter while he asked the family head for medical resources.
• Xu Xiao discovered that Wang Chao’s patrol group had been ambushed by invisible Blade Mantises, leaving patrol members and pregnant women dead.
• Xu Xiao led Wang Chao and the surviving pregnant women toward the Shelter, and another Blade Mantis wounded Wang Chao with Demon Qi Erosion.
• The group reached the Shelter and saw Lin Tianxia and Lin Family members forming a human wall around the woman Xu Xiao had brought ahead, who had gone into labor.
• A doctor shouted that the mother was dying and called for someone with healing abilities.

Xu Xiao blamed herself after a pregnant woman died in childbirth, while Okada Chusheng and a shrine maiden planned their invasion based on her prophecy. In Mausoleum City, Tu Fu doubted Lu Li’s warning about the pregnant women and contacted Wan Renfeng to find out whether Lu Li had spoken to him.

• Xu Xiao grieved the pregnant woman’s death, and Wang Chao comforted her and urged her to help move the other expectant mothers to the medical area.
• Okada Chusheng celebrated his deceptive military plan as the shrine maiden assured him her Jade Rank prophecy foretold success against China’s southeastern forces.
• Okada Chusheng planned to move toward Jiang City and have the Ghost Pregnant Woman infiltrate the Liu Family.
• Tu Fu learned that seventy-eight pregnant women had been found in Mausoleum City, questioned whether they were dangerous, and struggled to decide whether to shelter or expel them.
• Tu Fu contacted Wan Renfeng to ask whether Lu Li had privately shared information with him, and Wan Renfeng wondered whether the two were secretly working together.

Tu Fu suspected Lu Li had warned him about the pregnant women because he wanted Tu Min, and decided the Tu Family should act against the women quickly. Meanwhile, Lin Shi told Xu Xiao that the Tu Family had gathered the pregnant women near its territory and killed them.

• Tu Fu checked with Wan Renfeng and Lin Tianxia, realized Lu Li had told only him that pregnant women were monsters, and concluded Lu Li was after Tu Min.
• Tu Min reported that her recovery was mostly complete, but her aftereffects made her curse at Tu Fu unintentionally.
• Xu Xiao took over security at the medical area while Lin Shi ate with her and they discussed reports of pregnant women near other factions.
• Xu Xiao said she had requested that the Lin Family gather pregnant women driven away by smaller factions and bring them to the Shelter.
• Lin Shi quietly told Xu Xiao that the Tu Family had gathered the pregnant women near its territory and killed them.

Lin Shi and Xu Xiao learned that the Tu Family had killed seventy-eight pregnant women, then rushed to a monster outbreak in the medical area. When demonic creatures ambushed the rescue team, Lin Shi dragged Xu Xiao away and called for the Fourth Miss, leaving Lin Ping trapped.

• Lin Shi told Xu Xiao that the Tu Family had killed seventy-eight pregnant women, and explained that the news had discouraged players from joining the family.
• A monster outbreak erupted in the medical area, and Lin Shi and Xu Xiao joined the guards’ rescue effort.
• Lin Ping led the team toward the maternity ward while Lin Shi and Xu Xiao covered the rear.
• Black creatures burst through the walls, overwhelmed Lin Ping, and sprayed blood across Xu Xiao.
• Lin Shi activated his Talent Ability, then pulled Xu Xiao back and ordered others to get the Fourth Miss because the attackers were demonic creatures.

Lu Li and his companions destroyed the last Calamity Obelisk, but a new white palace appeared and unleashed an armored creature. Lu Li’s [Soul Devour] failed against it, and the chapter ended as the creature charged him inside its Lord Battlefield.

• Lu Li’s troll shattered the final Calamity Obelisk, and the Three-Headed Dog devoured the priest inside.
• A white palace emerged from the desert, and a sand dragon surged toward Lu Li’s group.
• Xing Anlin charged the sand dragon while He and Lu Zhongxian shielded Lu Li, but an armored figure burst through the dust and attacked him.
• Lu Li used [Soul Devour] on the armored figure, but the attempt failed and the Data Panel identified it as an ownerless soul (Soul King).
• The armored Soul King pursued Lu Li and trapped him in a Lord Battlefield, where Lu Li braced behind layers of shields, armor, and ghost spirits.

A strange, sentient armor overwhelmed Lu Li and his Soul Guards, killing Xing Anlin and Lu Zhongxian while resisting Lu Li’s abilities. Lu Li’s [Jealousy] also failed, and the armor revealed that it knew the name of his Talent Ability, leaving him searching for an explanation.

• The armor shattered Lu Li’s defenses and knocked him into the sand, then killed Xing Anlin when the Soul Guards saw his scattered equipment.
• Lu Zhongxian and the other Soul Guards attacked to protect Lu Li, buying him time to use [Crystallization] and [Crystal Explosion] against the armor.
• Lu Zhongxian drew the armor’s attention with [Pride] while Lu Li restored his stamina, but the armor caught and killed Lu Zhongxian as soon as the effect ended.
• Lu Li tried [Lust], but the armor absorbed its pink mist and advanced; it then spoke, taunted him, and called him a coward.
• The armor identified [Jealousy] and challenged Lu Li to use it, but the ability had no effect when he activated it.

Lu Li used the [Inversion Hourglass] to unleash the Soul King's overwhelming power against the strange armor, but its attacks only restored and strengthened the armor. As his summons warned him that their attacks were ineffective, Lu Li kept bombarding it with fireballs, leaving the trial's outcome uncertain.

• The strange armor taunted Lu Li and claimed it would devour him and take his place, while Lu Li questioned how it could escape the exclusive Secret Realm.
• Lu Li used the [Inversion Hourglass] to reverse the battle, letting the Soul Guards attack the armor as he prepared a plan with Zhou Muli and Xing Anlin.
• The armor absorbed the attacks and turned them into black mist, while the overwhelming power caused Soul Soldiers and Soul Guards to explode.
• Lu Li challenged the armor and unleashed a barrage of fireballs, knocking it down but failing to cause lasting damage.
• The Soul Guards warned Lu Li that their attacks were strengthening the armor, but he continued firing as the armor mocked him and threatened to devour his soul.

Lu Li endured the strange armor’s attacks by using stamina reserves, then trapped it with him in a cage and revealed the artificial lake he had made in the desert. He left the armor baffled as he confirmed that drowning it was indeed his plan.

• Lu Li and Zhou Muli bombarded the strange armor with fire for five and a half hours, while the armor waited for their stamina to run out.
• Lu Li used [Stamina Power Banks] to keep fighting and struck the armor with water weapons for another five hours.
• Lu Li trapped himself and the strange armor inside [Death Intent Cage] and activated his battle domain.
• Lu Li explained that he had used fire to melt the sand and water to form a lake inside the resulting glass-lined pit.
• The strange armor asked whether Lu Li meant to drown it, and Lu Li laughed and confirmed that it had guessed correctly.

Lu Li used the Death Intent Cage and the lake to trap the strange armored suit, whose search for him turned into a terrifying ordeal. The suit found itself surrounded by countless watching eyes, while Lu Li’s whereabouts remained unknown.

• Lu Li turned invisible and entered the lake as the Death Intent Cage began sinking into it.
• The armored suit dismissed Lu Li’s plan and dove into the lake to hunt for him.
• The suit found the flooded cage impossibly vast and could not reach either the surface or the lakebed.
• The suit searched the strange, smooth lakebed as darkness, whispers, and a feeling of being watched drove it into panic.
• Countless eyes appeared across the lakebed and turned toward the armored suit.