Chapter Summaries

At a global leaders’ meeting, the Bear Country Emperor proposed uniting with China, while Tripp tried to stop the idea and hold China responsible for Sakura Island’s destruction. The Huaxia chairman denied China’s responsibility and defended Lu Li, prompting Tripp to threaten sanctions.

• The Bear Country Emperor told the Chinese Chairman he was open to the two nations becoming one and suggested they discuss it privately.
• Tripp worried that Bear Country might merge with China, then found a video in his favorites that gave him a new plan.
• Tripp introduced the Sakura Island monster infestation as the meeting’s final agenda item and asked the Huaxia chairman to speak first.
• The Huaxia chairman said China had fulfilled its promise by killing the Flame Poison Monarch and that Sakura’s subsequent outbreak was the Sakura People’s own doing.
• Tripp accused Lu Li and China of causing Sakura’s destruction, but the chairman argued that Lu Li did not represent China and was merely young and impulsive.
• Tripp accused China of becoming an accomplice to demons and threatened that Lighthouse would oppose it and impose sanctions.

Tripp’s threats against Lu Li sparked a confrontation with Huaxia and Bear Country, while Lighthouse’s attempt to build support for sanctions exposed its weakness. Afterward, Lu Dingkun scolded Tripp over the plan but then began advising him on how to proceed.

• Huaxia’s Chairman challenged Tripp to declare war, and Tripp instead declared war on Lu Li and threatened sanctions against his supporters.
• The Chairman warned Lighthouse not to harm Lu Li, citing his status as a Huaxia citizen, and the Emperor of Bear Country threatened retaliation because Lu Li was Bear Country’s son-in-law.
• Tripp urged other countries to support sanctions against Huaxia and Bear Country, intimidating several leaders into silence or submission.
• Tripp sent the meeting recording and information to Lu Dingkun, who berated him because the Lu and Gao families could not unite and the Lu Family could not move against the Lin Family.
• Lu Dingkun then changed his tone and began advising Tripp on his sanctions plan.

Tripp arranged a scheme with the Lu Family, the Liu Family, and Gai Nie'er to disrupt Huaxia and Russia’s operation at the revival territory. When Tripp approached the Lin Family at the breach point, Lin Qinyue greeted him with furious insults, leaving him to fear his plan had been exposed.

• Lu Dingkun offered Tripp contact with the Liu Family and three temporary [Potential Pills] in exchange for the gold in Lighthouse Country’s treasury.
• Gai Nie'er told Tripp that Ivanov’s forces, aided by Li Luo and a slaughtering puppet, had driven his forces back and left him desperate for help.
• Tripp deceived Gai Nie'er about the [Potential Pill]’s side effects and sent his forces to ambush the revival territory while arranging the Liu Family’s assistance.
• After Huaxia and Russia prepared to break through the revival territory near Mystic Water Town, Tripp gathered his people at the planned breach point.
• Lin Qinyue cursed at Tripp before he could speak, and he worried that his scheme had been discovered.

Lin Qinyue mistook President Tripp’s arrival with a group of allies for a threat and nearly ordered the Wan Family Disciples to attack. After a woman in a short skirt persuaded her to negotiate, Lin Qinyue ordered Tripp’s people to lead the charge when they later attacked the Revival Territory, leaving Tripp aggrieved but agreeing to comply.

• Lin Qinyue threatened Tripp and ordered Wan Jiaxi to prepare the Wan Family Disciples to attack him.
• Tripp insisted that he had come to provide humanitarian aid, but Lin Qinyue accused him of plotting and urged Wan Jiaxi to test his group.
• A woman in a short skirt persuaded Lin Qinyue that fighting could cause casualties, and Lin Qinyue handed her command after remembering her Servant Contract with Lu Li.
• After the women finished arguing, Lin Qinyue ordered Tripp’s people to lead the charge when they broke through the Revival Territory.
• Tripp hesitated under Lin Qinyue’s threats, then agreed to comply while feeling humiliated.

Lin Qinyue sent the Wan Family Disciples to replace Tripp’s exhausted team against the guardian monsters while the Liu Family Disciples played the role of villains to provoke them. Tripp planned to sabotage the operation after the Wan Family was worn down, but the second wave revealed that the Wan Family was exceptionally skilled at clearing monsters.

• Tripp struggled to withstand the first wave of guardian monsters and could not check Gai Nie'er’s message.
• Lin Qinyue mocked Tripp and ordered Wan Jiaxi to have the Wan Family Disciples demonstrate their strength.
• The Wan Family Disciples took the vanguard, while the Liu Family Disciples taunted them with insulting claims about their family and women.
• Tripp decided to let the Wan Family fight several waves before contacting Gai Nie'er to ambush them.
• The Wan Family Disciples cleared the second wave with startling efficiency, leaving Tripp shocked and the Liu Family Disciples still acting provocatively.

Tripp discovered that the Liu Family's shameless ambush tactics had ruined the Lighthouse's reputation, but Gai Nie'er launched the attack before Tripp could stop him. The battle erupted into chaos, and Tripp's side was pushed into a desperate fight as Gai Nie'er and Alex took Potential Pills.

• Tripp read Gai Nie'er's messages warning that their ambush position had been exposed and that he would attack at 9:48 if Tripp did not reply.
• A short-skirted woman interrupted Tripp as he tried to send a warning, and Gai Nie'er launched the ambush when the deadline passed.
• Tripp kicked the woman aside and ordered his Players to attack, while Alex struck down a Wan Family Disciple and Lin Qinyue's forces charged into the fight.
• The Liu Family Disciples fought without causing casualties, while Tripp's side was surrounded and its escape route was sealed.
• Tripp urged Gai Nie'er, Alex, and Liu Ba to take Potential Pills; Gai Nie'er and Alex gained power, but Liu Ba showed no increase in combat strength.

Tripp questioned Liu Ba about the pill he ate, only to learn it was a malted milk ball before Lin Family fighters killed him. As the battle continued, Gai Nie'er sensed an enemy in his shadow, but a hidden attacker seized and killed him.

• Tripp noticed Liu Ba eating a brown candy and asked what it was, but Liu Ba gave him a malted milk ball instead of explaining the [Potential Pill].
• While Tripp was distracted, Lin Family fighters struck him down, and Liu Ba pretended to mourn his employer before staging a fight with them.
• Liu Ba and the Lin Family fighters confirmed their apparent deaths, then Liu Ba added harmless wounds and returned to the battle.
• Alex and Gai Nie'er used the [Potential Pill] to slaughter players, believing they were close to victory as their opponents withdrew with life-saving items.
• Gai Nie'er sensed a threat in his shadow, shouted a warning, and was seized by gray hands before an unseen attacker cut his neck.

After the Substitute Doll revived him, Gai Nie'er confronted Alisa and bragged about his Pseudo-Starshine Rank Talent. Kaido caught him before he could use Fated Death, and Alisa delayed his execution so Master Qiao could arrive and claim his Talent at its peak.

• The Substitute Doll activated after Gai Nie'er was killed, restoring him and prompting him to consider fleeing.
• Alisa confronted Gai Nie'er and revealed that her Talent rank was also Pseudo-Starshine Rank.
• Gai Nie'er heard Alisa mention Marshal Ivanov behind him and tried to activate Fated Death, but Kaido pierced his abdomen first.
• Alisa stopped Kaido from killing Gai Nie'er until Master Qiao arrived, explaining that his Talent rank would drop if he died too soon.
• Xing Anlin appeared with the Living Nest and claimed he could keep Gai Nie'er alive until then.

Xing Anlin used Alisa and the Dragon Egg’s time-stop ability to keep Gai Nie'er alive despite Kaido’s explanation of his fatal Talent. With Gai Nie'er suspended between life and death, Kaido hurried to support Li Luo’s father.

• Kaido explained that Gai Nie'er could only die in the manner set by [Fated Death], but was vulnerable before that outcome was determined.
• Xing Anlin brought out the Dragon Egg and pleaded with it to use its power, while Alisa took the egg into her arms.
• The Dragon Egg stopped time, freezing Kaido and Gai Nie'er before Kaido could finish his threat.
• Alisa told Xing Anlin that the time stop could last longer over a smaller area, and the egg focused the effect on Gai Nie'er.
• Kaido resumed moving and found Gai Nie'er suspended with no breath but a faint trace of life; Xing Anlin explained that the time stop had kept him alive.
• After Alisa warned that the ability consumed tremendous energy, Kaido transformed into a leopardman and rushed to help Li Luo’s father.

Lin Qinyue and Li Luo clashed over how to rescue Xu Xiao after Alex took her hostage, throwing the Players’ command into chaos. A coordinated attack freed Xu Xiao, but Alex was left facing a gray bald figure’s headbutt.

• Alex seized Xu Xiao and used her as a hostage while Lin Qinyue struggled to control the Players and their battle-afflicted comrades.
• Li Luo ordered the Players to focus their ranged attacks on Alex, but Lin Qinyue countermanded her and told the melee fighters to press forward.
• Alex threatened Xu Xiao and boasted that the [Potential Pill] let him fully possess his body as attacks began to converge on him.
• Li Luo tried to strike Alex while gray hands seized his ankle, but Alex used Xu Xiao to shield himself from her blade.
• A gray figure grabbed Alex’s wrists as black ribbons pulled Xu Xiao free, then the figure slammed its bald head into Alex’s face.

Li Luo revealed that Lu Li had planned to distract Alex while his gray-skinned ally wore him down. Alex’s attacks failed against the unyielding man, and just as the watching Players prepared to help elsewhere, a huge shadow hurtled toward the fighters.

• Li Luo told Lin Qinyue that the apparent dispute over command had been staged to distract Alex while her father exhausted him.
• Alex discovered that his Talent Ability had no effect on the gray-skinned man, who said Lu Li had given him a second life and that he intended to erase Alex.
• Alex failed to break free or hurt the gray-skinned man, even after attacking him with his knee, and resorted to shouting insults and absurd demands.
• The watching Players mocked the bizarre fight and prepared to help rescue people elsewhere.
• A mountain-sized shadow burst from the forest and crashed toward Alex and the gray-skinned man.

Alex was beaten by Kaido and Master Qiao used [Soul-Stealing] to take Alex’s [Reckless Courage], discovering that Alex held other souls and Talent Abilities too. Master Qiao flew to help Alisa’s group while Li Luo left Lin Qinyue to handle the remaining Players, and Lin Qinyue learned who the powerful allies were.

• Marshal Ivanov arrived as reinforcements, and Alex realized that Kaido’s strength kept growing until [Reckless Courage] could no longer give him an advantage.
• After Kaido beat Alex nearly unconscious, Master Qiao used [Soul-Stealing] to absorb [Reckless Courage] and told Li Luo that Alex had more than one soul and Talent Ability.
• Li Luo told her father to leave the other abilities alone and help Alisa’s group, then handed the remaining situation to Lin Qinyue.
• Nikita arrived and teased Kaido about advancing to Starshine Rank after Master Qiao had beaten him, while Lin Qinfeng confirmed that Alisa’s group had linked up with Master Qiao.
• Lin Qinfeng explained that Jin Guoxun was Pan Xiaoxiao’s grandfather, Ivanov was Nikita’s father, and Master Bridge was Li Luo’s father, Zhen Naihe.

After the Revival Territory campaign, Lin Qinyue learned that she had zero Rule Points and would be forcibly sent into a Rule Realm unless she reached the top half of the rankings. Lin Tianxia urged her to join Lu Li’s current realm-clearing expeditions, and she reluctantly agreed to prepare.

• Lin Qinyue returned to Yong City distracted by the strength of the people around Lu Li and asked Lin Tianxia why she was so weak.
• Lin Tianxia told Lin Qinyue to stop overseeing Mystic Water Town and prepare to join Lu Li in a Secret Realm to earn Rule Points.
• Lin Tianxia explained that the new Rule Points Rankings would force players with zero points or rankings in the bottom half into an unknown Rule Realm every forty-nine days.
• Lin Qinyue learned that her ranking was last and that clearing a few realms alone would not be enough to reach the top half.
• Lin Tianxia told Lin Qinyue to team up with Lin Ye and Lin Yu, bring Xu Xiao, and avoid upsetting Lu Li.

After Lu Li led the Lin Family’s previous group to victory, he gathered players for the large-scale [Wolf and Lamb] realm. Lin Qinyue and Xu Xiao prepared to join him, while Lin Qinyue teased Xu Xiao about her feelings for Lu Li and her reluctance to put herself first.

• Lin Qinyue told Xu Xiao that Mystic Water Town was no longer their concern and that they would join Lu Li’s next run for more Points.
• Lin Qinyue and Xu Xiao discussed the dangers of [Wolf and Lamb] and agreed to bring Realm Escape Vouchers in case they needed to flee.
• Lin Shu and Lin Ye returned from a successful realm run, excitedly praising Lu Li and sharing photos they had taken of him.
• Lu Li appeared to cheers from the Lin Family descendants, then announced that 8,000 players were needed to activate [Wolf and Lamb] and called for the listed players to prepare their Entry Tickets.
• Lin Qinyue defended cutting in line to secure Points before the reckoning in forty days, while Xu Xiao hesitated and Lin Qinyue teased her about Lu Li.

Players entered the Wolf and Lamb Rule Realm, where Lu Li prepared a secret plan for clearing it. Across the lake, Lu Hemu considered how to confront Lu Li despite the Lu Family’s Oath Contract, and a strange voice suggested the contract might not protect Lu Li himself.

• The realm’s rules divided Players into Big Bad Wolves and Little White Sheep, with wolves hunting sheep and a voted lead sheep able to fight back.
• Players accompanying Lu Li waited for his instructions, and Lu Li privately sent the Lin, Wan, and Qian families his plan before they chose their factions.
• Lu Hemu recognized Lu Li across the lake and rejected a family member’s advice to avoid confronting him.
• A Lu Family member reminded Lu Hemu that the Oath Contract barred the Lu Family from acting against the Lin Family, and a strange voice suggested it did not forbid attacking Lu Li.

Lu Hemu accepted Shang Yiya’s plan to infiltrate both camps, then sent his Players into their assigned sides while punishing Lu Chong for objecting. In the White Sheep Camp, Lu Li was immediately elected Head Sheep by an overwhelming vote, revealing the Players’ loyalty to him.

• Shang Yiya proposed splitting Lu Hemu’s Players between the Gray Wolf and White Sheep Camps so they could infiltrate whichever camp Lu Li chose.
• Shang Yiya accused Lu Chong of acting like a spy, and Lu Hemu sided with Shang Yiya and warned Lu Chong to stop obstructing him.
• Lu Hemu’s group chose their camps, with Lu Chong and four other Lu Family members assigned to the White Sheep Camp as punishment.
• After the Gray Wolf Players were transported away, the White Sheep Players elected Lu Li Head Sheep with 5,188 votes before Lu Chong’s group had even voted.
• Lu Chong realized that the White Sheep Players’ overwhelming support for Lu Li explained the instant result.

After Lu Li altered the rules of the [Wolf and Lamb] realm, the Lu Family argued over whether he could lead thousands of players to safety. On Grey Wolf Island, Lu Hemu and Shang Yiya planned to capture and kill him, while the White Sheep players waited to see how Lu Li would win.

• The Lu Family members doubted that 5,187 of the 5,188 voters were Lu Li’s allies, until the realm announced that Lu Li had changed the ending conditions and restricted both camps’ use of Talent Abilities and equipment items.
• Lu Chong left to find Lu Li and seek a way to survive, and the other Lu Family members followed him.
• Shang Yiya told Lu Hemu that the new rules favored the grey wolves and that Lu Hemu could use title abilities to kill Lu Li; Lu Hemu agreed but ordered Shang Yiya to test Lu Li first.
• Shang Yiya flattered Lu Hemu after the Young Master took offense at being told to leave the capture to a subordinate.
• The White Sheep players discussed why Lu Li had imposed the same restrictions on both factions but waited for him to lead them to victory.

Lu Li walked onto the bridge toward Grey Wolf Island, while Lu Chong broke from the Lu Family’s plan to warn him that both factions meant to trap him. Lu Li shielded Lu Chong from [Soul Tremor] and told him to get up.

• Lu Li stepped onto the wooden bridge toward Grey Wolf Island, startling Players from both factions.
• Shang Yiya urged Lu Chong and other Lu Family members to block the bridge and help trap Lu Li.
• Lu Chong sprinted after Lu Li and warned him that Grey Wolf and White Sheep were working together to kill him.
• Lu Hemu attacked Lu Chong with [Soul Tremor], but Lu Chong crawled toward Lu Li instead of retreating.
• Lu Li used his power to clear Lu Chong’s fading consciousness and told him to get up.

Lu Li transformed into a towering, wolf-like beast and confronted Shang Yiya and the Lu Family disciples on the bridge to Grey Wolf Island. He drove them back toward the island, prompting Lu Hemu to charge in as the crowd's noisy discussions wore down his patience.

• Shang Yiya noticed Lu Li growing larger and furrier, then warned the Lu Family disciples to stop and retreat.
• The disciples urged Shang Yiya to attack, but he used one of them to test Lu Li; Lu Li hurled the man onto Grey Wolf Island.
• Lu Hemu ordered Shang Yiya to defeat Lu Li within ten minutes or die in the Secret Realm.
• Shang Yiya threatened the disciples against betraying the family, and one charged Lu Li; Lu Li tossed him into the lake.
• Lu Li advanced and forced Shang Yiya and the other disciples back onto Grey Wolf Island.
• As Players on both sides loudly discussed the confrontation, Lu Hemu charged forward.

Lu Li overwhelmed the Wolf Camp on Grey Wolf Island, crushed Lu Hemu despite the rules favoring “wolves,” and left the White Sheep Camp confident of victory. As the crowds celebrated and speculated about Lu Li, Xu Xiao blushed when Sister Wu suggested he was the man she had once cornered at the Sweetheart Couples Hotel.

• Lu Li easily knocked aside the Wolf Camp Players and blocked Lu Hemu’s attacks while spectators on Grey Wolf Island worried about the cost of escaping.
• Lu Hemu insisted the rules guaranteed his victory, but Lu Li crushed his fist and dismissed his claims.
• At Shang Yiya’s urging, Lu Hemu tried to use his title, but he panicked at what he saw while Lu Li stripped away his equipment and items, then crushed his head.
• The White Sheep Camp heard live reports of Lu Li’s victory and celebrated, while Lin Qinyue hid in embarrassment over a fan’s fantasies about him.
• Sister Wu suggested that Lu Li was the man Xu Xiao had cornered at the Sweetheart Couples Hotel, and Xu Xiao blushed and denied it.