Chapter Summaries

Zhang Yuanqing overturned the detectives’ case by deducing how the killer impersonated Professor Li and used the missing keyboard and liquor bottle to expose the murder. The instance declared him innocent and gave him the win, then began the next round, Great Era of Reporting.

• Zhang Yuanqing realized the killer could not have planned for his unexpected visit and deduced that the killer had hidden Professor Li beneath the bed before posing as him.
• Zhang Yuanqing explained that the killer had knocked him unconscious, killed Professor Li, and removed the keyboard and liquor bottle to conceal evidence of his presence.
• The detective team failed to disprove Zhang Yuanqing’s reasoning before time ran out, so the instance declared him innocent and awarded him thirty points while deducting ten points from each detective.
• Spectators celebrated Zhang Yuanqing’s comeback, while Xie Lingxi, Fu Qingyang, and Zhu Rong each reacted to his victory.
• The instance announced the second round, called Great Era of Reporting.

Zhang Yuanqing entered the second-stage arena, where contestants could report one another for offenses and collect scattered armor while fighting until only two remained. He discovered that deliberate, even self-directed reports could succeed, immediately costing himself three points and alarming the other contestants.

• Zhang Yuanqing learned that the arena required the contestants to report offenses, collect armor, and fight until only two remained, while eliminating opponents allowed point plunder.
• Yuan Ting considered allying with Sun Miaomiao, All Under Heaven Returns to Fire planned to recruit Music Idiot and Green Pine Master, and Zhao Chenghuang began devising his own alliance strategy.
• Spectators debated how the reporting rules might work and noted that Yuanshi Tianzun’s fifty points made him a target for the other contestants.
• Zhang Yuanqing reported Undead No. 1 for exposing itself, but the system dismissed the report because it was not a contestant.
• Zhang Yuanqing urinated in public, reported himself, and reported Undead No. 1 for peeping; the report against him succeeded, deducted three points, and triggered an arrow from the heroic spirit.
• The other seven contestants looked up in alarm after learning that someone had already successfully reported an opponent.

Zhang Yuanqing tested the reporting rules in the arena while the spectators reacted to his public stunt. In the ancient city, All Under Heaven Returns to Fire and Music Idiot took the breastplate, and Zhang Yuanqing was surrounded by the other contestants.

• Zhang Yuanqing discovered that reporting himself could trigger punishment, while reporting the Yin corpse did not, and he considered how to use the rules against his opponents.
• Zhang Yuanqing sent Undead No. 1 to investigate a burst of treasure light and found a floating breastplate in the ruins.
• All Under Heaven Returns to Fire attacked Undead No. 1 while Zhang Yuanqing shot the breastplate aside and tried to claim it.
• Music Idiot used a Music Slave to distract Zhang Yuanqing and All Under Heaven Returns to Fire, then took the breastplate as the Fire Master shouted to draw the other contestants.
• Music Idiot's flute forced Zhang Yuanqing out of night roaming, and Green Pine Master restrained Undead No. 1 with vines as Zhao Chenghuang, Yuan Ting, and Earth Lord arrived and surrounded Zhang Yuanqing.

Yuanshi Tianzun used the tournament’s reporting rules to break up the contestants’ alliance and escape with his Yin Corpse. After discovering that reports could be delayed, he prepared to exploit the rule further while his rivals debated how to target him.

• Yuanshi Tianzun distracted the contestants by exposing his Yin Corpse, then reported five opponents for peeping and triggered point deductions.
• Zhao Chenghuang retaliated by exposing his corpse puppet and reporting Yuanshi Tianzun and the others, while Yuanshi Tianzun reported Zhao Chenghuang for pulling down the puppet’s pants.
• Yuanshi Tianzun used a bluff about pulling down his own pants to make the contestants look away, freed his Yin Corpse, and escaped after Green Pine Master struck him and Music Idiot’s flute disrupted the group.
• The contestants retreated from one another, and Yuanshi Tianzun assessed their remaining points and considered using gossip to win Yuan Ting’s support.
• All Under Heaven Returns to Fire, Green Pine Master, and Music Idiot discussed forming an alliance and tested whether reports could be delayed; Yuanshi Tianzun successfully reported himself for swearing and learned that the rule worked.

Zhang Yuanqing used a string of secrets and gossip to persuade Yuan Ting to secretly ally with him, while the contestants competed for armor and points. As another piece of equipment appeared, Zhang Yuanqing waited nearby, hoping to claim it.

• All Under Heaven Returns to Fire's report against Yuanshi Tianzun failed, costing him a point, and the group tested the Cold Iron Breastplate's strong defense and movement penalty.
• Zhang Yuanqing concluded that the same violation could only be reported once, then set out to find Yuan Ting and form an alliance.
• Zhao Chenghuang asked Yuan Ting to sacrifice himself if necessary so Zhao could win the championship, and Yuan Ting agreed.
• Zhang Yuanqing persuaded Yuan Ting to secretly ally with him by dangling valuable secrets and gossip, and Yuan Ting eagerly agreed to help take down Zhao Chenghuang.
• Zhao Chenghuang returned with arm guards, while Yuan Ting concealed his encounter with Zhang Yuanqing.
• After All Under Heaven Returns to Fire obtained the Cold Iron Warblade, Zhang Yuanqing waited in the southern city for another armor component to appear, and a beam of light rose nearby.

Zhang Yuanqing escaped Sun Miaomiao’s illusion and struck a bargain with her: she would help him win the arena match in exchange for time with Little Doubi. As the contestants prepared for guerrilla warfare, Earth Lord equipped the final armor piece, and Zhao Chenghuang decided it was time to end the round.

• Sun Miaomiao trapped Zhang Yuanqing in an illusion, but then dispelled it and offered to help him win in exchange for Little Doubi.
• Zhang Yuanqing agreed to let Sun Miaomiao spend time with Little Doubi after the competition, and the two formed an alliance against Zhao Chenghuang.
• Sun Miaomiao and Zhang Yuanqing discussed the contestants’ scores and planned to recruit Earth Lord before eliminating the other contestants.
• Yuan Ting and Zhao Chenghuang reasoned that the other contestants might ally with Zhang Yuanqing, while Zhao Chenghuang secretly sent out his Spirit Servant to scout.
• Earth Lord equipped the Cold Iron Helmet, completing the armor set, and Zhao Chenghuang declared that it was time to end the round.

Zhang Yuanqing allied with Sun Miaomiao and Earth Lord, but their standoff with the other contestants turned chaotic as reports could eliminate them. After Zhang Yuanqing eliminated All Under Heaven Returns to Fire and a flurry of reports stripped most contestants of their reporting abilities, the remaining groups prepared to fight.

• Zhang Yuanqing and Sun Miaomiao persuaded Earth Lord to ally with them for two hundred thousand, then prepared to ambush All Under Heaven Returns to Fire's group.
• Green Pine Master detected the ambush, triggering a fight that stalled when the contestants threatened one another with reports; Zhao Chenghuang and Yuan Ting arrived and allied with All Under Heaven Returns to Fire's group.
• Zhao Chenghuang reported Earth Lord, lowering his points, but Zhang Yuanqing reported All Under Heaven Returns to Fire for urinating in public before he could finish his own report, eliminating him.
• The contestants realized that reports did not require Zhang Yuanqing's supposed formal wording and launched a barrage of reports, leaving only Green Pine Master and Yuan Ting able to report.
• With Earth Lord nearly out of points and most contestants unable to report, Yuan Ting declared that they could fight, and the groups prepared to attack.

Zhang Yuanqing targeted Green Pine Master and eliminated him in under a minute by combining his own attacks with Undead No. 1 and the Red Dancing Shoes. With Green Pine Master gone, the battle continued with Music Idiot occupied by Earth Lord and Sun Miaomiao still holding off Yuan Ting and Zhao Chenghuang.

• Zhang Yuanqing assigned Sun Miaomiao to stall Yuan Ting and Zhao Chenghuang, sent Earth Lord after Music Idiot, and promised to eliminate Green Pine Master within a minute.
• Earth Lord trapped Music Idiot in poisonous fog while Sun Miaomiao kept Yuan Ting and Zhao Chenghuang caught in an illusion.
• Green Pine Master used a Substitute Doll to block Zhang Yuanqing’s curse, then attacked Undead No. 1, but Zhang Yuanqing appeared with a Water Ghost skill and stabbed him with the Bloodthirsty Blade.
• Zhang Yuanqing and the Red Dancing Shoes relentlessly attacked Green Pine Master, who was eliminated just as his Revive ability activated.
• Earth Lord and Sun Miaomiao reacted with surprise to Green Pine Master’s elimination, while the arena audience cheered and debated Zhang Yuanqing’s strength.

Yuanshi Tianzun fought Zhao Chenghuang and Sun Miaomiao as their alliance and layered scheme turned the match against him. After Zhao Chenghuang eliminated Music Idiot and Yuan Ting, Yuanshi Tianzun revealed he had prepared reports against Sun Miaomiao and eliminated her, leaving the contest unresolved.

• Earth Lord nearly broke Music Idiot’s breastplate, but Zhao Chenghuang’s corpse puppet intervened and Zhao Chenghuang knocked Earth Lord into the ruins.
• Sun Miaomiao used her God-Striking Whip to damage the Level 4 corpse puppet while Zhao Chenghuang and Music Idiot’s flute kept Yuanshi Tianzun from using Night Roaming.
• Yuanshi Tianzun borrowed Earth Lord’s helmet, bypassed Music Idiot’s defenses, and stabbed him, but Sun Miaomiao struck Earth Lord’s spirit while Zhao Chenghuang knocked him out of the match.
• Zhao Chenghuang revealed that he and Sun Miaomiao had deceived Yuanshi Tianzun and Earth Lord; his Spirit-Summoning Bone Blade eliminated Music Idiot, and Sun Miaomiao and Zhao Chenghuang eliminated Yuan Ting.
• Yuanshi Tianzun evaded Zhao Chenghuang and Sun Miaomiao, then reported Sun Miaomiao for several offenses, reducing her points to zero and eliminating her.

Zhang Yuanqing won the reporting match by outmaneuvering Sun Miaomiao, secured second place, and prepared to face Zhao Chenghuang in the final battle. After returning home, he rested and learned that headquarters had punished all eight contestants for their indecent gestures.

• Zhang Yuanqing received a damaged Unyielding Battle Armor reward, and Zhao Chenghuang challenged him to tomorrow’s final battle.
• The spectators and elders praised Zhang Yuanqing’s clever victory, while Zhu Rong recalled past humiliation and vowed to destroy the man who had tormented her.
• Zhang Yuanqing returned home, ate, and slept; Fu Qingyang estimated his odds against Zhao Chenghuang at forty percent before learning the Fu family feared Zhang Yuanqing had exposed a scandal.
• Jiang Yu'er told Zhang Yuanqing about her blind date, and he later exchanged messages with Little Round before checking the official forum.
• Zhang Yuanqing found a headquarters notice issuing disciplinary warnings and pay deductions to all eight contestants for repeatedly making indecent gestures.

Zhang Yuanqing prepared for the Ultimate Battle against Zhao Chenghuang, studying his opponent’s strengths and drafting a battle plan. The chapter ended as the two contestants entered the packed arena and faced each other.

• Zhang Yuanqing read forum reactions to his previous matches, joked with Magic Auntie Little Round, and studied Wenyuan Pavilion Scholar’s prediction that Zhao Chenghuang had the advantage.
• Zhang Yuanqing asked Yuan Ting and the White Tiger Guard about Zhao Chenghuang’s secret Spirit Servant, then began planning how to counter Zhao Chenghuang with three items and tactics.
• Elder Zhao told Zhao Chenghuang that the arena match would favor him and explained why he had been made to temper his Lunar Power before advancing.
• Zhang Yuanqing and Zhao Chenghuang entered the Life-and-Death Arena, where a large crowd gathered to watch their Ultimate Battle.

As the arena match between Yuanshi Tianzun and Zhao Chenghuang began, Zhang Yuanqing equipped Undead No. 1 with the Unyielding Battle Armor and gained an early advantage. Zhao Chenghuang countered Zhang’s planned Night Roam strategy with a sandifying clay figurine, prompting Zhang to reveal the Yin-Yang Robe’s formation.

• Xie Lingxi told Mama Xie that Yuanshi Tianzun had refused the Xie Family’s offered items, while the spectators and bettors debated the fighters’ chances.
• Zhang Yuanqing claimed the Unyielding Battle Armor and equipped Undead No. 1, keeping the battle blade for himself.
• The armored swordsman announced the match, and Undead No. 1 overwhelmed Zhao Chenghuang’s Level 4 corpse puppet in close combat.
• Zhao Chenghuang used a clay figurine to turn the arena floor into sand, countering Night Roam, then began transforming through Ghostification.
• Zhang Yuanqing summoned the Yin-Yang Robe and spread its fire-and-water formation over Zhao Chenghuang and both yin corpses.

Zhang Yuanqing trapped Zhao Chenghuang in the Yin-Yang Robe’s water-and-fire formation, but Zhao Chenghuang exploited its limits and survived until it ended. Zhao Chenghuang then revealed a Spirit Servant and thirty bronze puppets as his next trump card, while Elder Sun declared that Zhao Chenghuang’s trump card was finished.

• Zhang Yuanqing used the Yin-Yang Robe to trap Zhao Chenghuang in a water-and-fire formation, where his fire avatar attacked Zhao Chenghuang while the water avatar fought the corpse puppets.
• Zhao Chenghuang discovered that the water and fire avatars could not cross into each other’s areas, then evaded them until the ten-minute formation expired.
• Zhang Yuanqing and Zhao Chenghuang assessed their condition, and Zhao Chenghuang announced that he would use the Spirit Servant he had rarely revealed.
• Zhao Chenghuang opened a bronze Soldier Puppet Storage Box and used his tattered-robed Spirit Servant to control thirty bronze puppets.
• Elder Zhao defended the tactic as legal, but Elder Sun said Zhao Chenghuang’s trump card was finished, startling the other elders.

Yuanshi Tianzun survived Zhao Chenghuang’s bronze puppet assault by using the Red Dancing Shoes and destroying the puppets with a heated-and-cooled saber. After Zhao Chenghuang healed and prepared to use Ghostification again, Yuanshi Tianzun transformed into a ghostified monster himself, leaving the spectators and elders stunned.

• Zhang Yuanqing used the Red Dancing Shoes to evade the bronze puppets and tried to attack Zhao Chenghuang, but Zhao Chenghuang’s Yin Corpse interrupted him.
• Zhao Chenghuang’s Spirit Servant gathered the puppets for a deadly assault, and Undead No. 1 rescued Zhang Yuanqing before the two Yin Corpses began fighting.
• Zhang Yuanqing softened the bronze puppets with the Explosive Pistol, cooled his saber with water, and shattered the puppet force.
• Zhao Chenghuang used a Wood Demon pendant to heal his wound and activated Ghostification again.
• Zhang Yuanqing swallowed blue pills and disrupted his Lunar Power to transform into a ghostified monster, shocking the arena.

Yuanshi Tianzun defeated Zhao Chenghuang in the Ultimate Battle after a brutal fight, and the referee confirmed his victory despite Taiyi Sect’s complaints about medicine. He left the arena by mockingly dancing toward the furious Taiyi Sect crowd before disappearing.

• Yuanshi Tianzun shocked the audience by using Zhao Chenghuang’s signature ghostification technique, then fought him at close range as the Red Dancing Shoes supported him and helped destroy Zhao Chenghuang’s defensive item.
• Zhao Chenghuang knocked Yuanshi Tianzun’s saber away, and the two traded bloody attacks until Yuanshi Tianzun ran out of Lunar Power and Zhao Chenghuang appeared poised to win.
• The Red Dancing Shoes kept attacking Zhao Chenghuang until he collapsed, and the referee declared Yuanshi Tianzun the champion.
• Taiyi Sect members challenged Yuanshi Tianzun’s victory because he had taken a pill, but the referee examined it, confirmed it did not violate the rules, and upheld the result.
• Yuanshi Tianzun danced and curtsied toward the furious Taiyi Sect crowd, then vanished before its members could reach him.

After defeating Zhao Chenghuang and winning the championship, Zhang Yuanqing recovered at home while the victory brought him a higher bounty, praise from the Five Elements Alliance elders, and a million-yuan bonus. As he opened the forum to see the reaction, Zhu Rong appeared and demanded someone’s blood.

• Zhang Yuanqing returned to his bedroom after the arena match, exhausted and wounded, and slept until dusk while his injuries healed.
• Little Round learned from Kou Beiyue’s bounty-list update that Yuanshi Tianzun had taken the top spot, and realized he had beaten Zhao Chenghuang.
• Fu Qingyang retrieved Zhang Yuanqing’s corpse puppet, arranged million-yuan bonuses for the White Tiger Guards, and was promptly removed from the elders’ group after thanking them for their contributions.
• Zhang Yuanqing cleaned up at home, ordered dinner, and read congratulatory messages before discovering his bonus and champion’s reward in the White Tiger Guard chat.
• Zhang Yuanqing opened the forum to check reactions to his victory, while Zhu Rong lounged in a room and asked someone to give her his blood.

After winning the championship, Zhang Yuanqing read the authorities’ praise, learned more about his Ghostification talent, and prepared to collect his rewards. Meanwhile, Zhu Rong, Lust Divine General, and the Xie family reacted to his victory, and the chapter ended as the Cat King Speaker began crackling again.

• Zhu Rong took blood-soaked leaves from Green Pine Master and promised to deal with Yuanshi Tianzun before sleeping with him.
• Zhang Yuanqing read the official forum’s congratulations and learned that Elder Sun had sent Yuan Ting to a training camp.
• Fu Qingyang told Zhang Yuanqing to collect his tournament rewards at Fu Family Bay the next morning and bring his yin corpse.
• Zhang Yuanqing repaid Earth Lord and learned that Earth Lord planned to remain at the Transcendent Stage.
• Lust Divine General learned that Yuanshi Tianzun had won the championship and decided the 615 Summit should discuss hunting him.
• Father Xie learned from Xie Lingxi that Yuanshi Tianzun had won the tournament and decided to visit the old ancestor; later, Zhang Yuanqing woke to the Cat King Speaker crackling.

Zhang Yuanqing learned from the Demon Lord’s recordings that Night Wanderers must choose between lunar and stellar power after reaching the Sovereign Realm, and he discovered the Demon Lord had loved Yin Ji. He went to Fu Qingyang’s villa to retrieve his Yin corpse and claim his competition rewards, but the Empress Earth Boots’ immense weight slammed him to the floor.

• Zhang Yuanqing listened to a recording of the Demon Lord and Yin Ji discussing Night Wanderer advancement and the danger of choosing solar power.
• Zhang Yuanqing heard the Demon Lord confess his love for Yin Ji and reflected on their separation and the Demon Lord’s later downfall.
• Zhang Yuanqing decided to consider specializing in lunar or stellar power and resolved to learn more about Star Official abilities before choosing.
• Zhang Yuanqing traveled to Fu Qingyang’s villa, calmed his agitated Yin corpse, and freed it from its bindings.
• Fu Qingyang awarded Zhang Yuanqing the Empress Earth Boots and C-rank merit, and Zhang Yuanqing collapsed under the boots’ weight, breaking his arm bones.

Zhang Yuanqing bound the Empress Earth Boots and discovered how they enhanced his Yin-Yang Robe, then watched several arena matches, including Fu Qingyang’s effortless defeat of Blazing Sacred Fire. Guan Ya explained that Fu Qingyang had honed a single slash until it became an unavoidable rule, just as Zhu Rong approached Zhang Yuanqing.

• Zhang Yuanqing bound the Empress Earth Boots, learned their abilities and costs, and found that they gave his Yin-Yang Robe’s water-and-fire clones indestructible clay bodies.
• Fu Qingyang revealed that he had completed a rare item set, and Zhang Yuanqing declared he would collect the full Heaven-Worship Set.
• Zhang Yuanqing joined Guan Ya at the arena, where Ghost King of Fengdu defeated Crossing the River on a Reed with Yin Corpses and resentful spirits.
• Ling Jun prolonged his match with Pink Fang of Milk Red before surrendering, while Fu Qingyang defeated Blazing Sacred Fire with one slash.
• Guan Ya explained that Fu Qingyang had perfected his slash until it became a rule that could not be dodged, and Zhu Rong approached Zhang Yuanqing.

Zhu Rong tried to charm Zhang Yuanqing, then used the Evil Law Table to curse him with misfortune. After Zhang Yuanqing returned home, he accidentally fell to his knees in front of his aunt, suggesting the curse had taken effect.

• Zhu Rong apologized for Chiyue An and invited Zhang Yuanqing to dinner, but he rejected her and condemned her role in his crimes.
• Guan Ya told Zhang Yuanqing that Zhu Rong wanted to seduce him and explained that only Crossing Pawn had successfully mastered insight specialization after Fu Qingyang.
• Zhu Rong recalled Demon Lord and used the Evil Law Table to curse Zhang Yuanqing with three days of worsening fortune, intending to make him submit rather than kill him.
• Zhang Yuanqing returned home and refused Jiang Yu'er's invitation to go shopping because he had arranged to meet Mr. Bill about a deal.
• As Zhang Yuanqing approached the table, he slipped and fell to his knees before Jiang Yu'er.