Chapter Summaries

Xiao Hen defeated Shirley Yang and captured her, intending to use her and Hu Bayi to complete his quest involving the Ghost Queen. He found the coffin empty, took it into his Storage Space, and left the Prince's Tomb carrying Shirley Yang after hearing gunfire outside and realizing Hu Bayi was nearby.

• Xiao Hen confronted Shirley Yang beside the golden-yellow coffin and fought off her attacks.
• Xiao Hen wounded Shirley Yang with his sword, dodged her fireball, and subdued her with a heavy-duty tranquilizer.
• Xiao Hen opened the coffin and discovered Hu Bayi was no longer inside.
• Xiao Hen stored the coffin, carried the unconscious Shirley Yang out of the Prince's Tomb, and heard gunfire outside.
• Xiao Hen heard shouting and concluded that Hu Bayi could not escape.

Xiao Hen rescued Hu Bayi’s group by killing the red ghouls surrounding them, then offered Hu Bayi a way to draw out and kill the Ghost Queen possessing Shirley Yang. Hu Bayi had not yet agreed when Chen Dong objected to triggering the Nine-story Demon Pagoda.

• Hu Bayi led his group through the red ghouls while Cao Weiwei spotted Xiao Hen approaching to help.
• Xiao Hen killed the three red ghouls pursuing the group, then defeated two more that charged at him.
• Xiao Hen killed another pair of red ghouls and returned to find Hu Bayi grieving over Shirley Yang’s body.
• Xiao Hen told Hu Bayi he could draw out the Ghost Queen by triggering the Nine-story Demon Pagoda in the Kunlun Mountains, allowing him to kill her and restore Yang Ping.
• Someone nearby angrily declared that triggering the Nine-story Demon Pagoda was impossible.

Xiao Hen was accused of being a Ghost Clan descendant who planned to use Hu Bayi to open the Nine-story Demon Pagoda, and the group turned on him. After Xiao Hen killed Chen Dong, Chu Jian, Cao Weiwei, and Wang Kaixuan, he injected Hu Bayi with a syringe, leaving his intentions unclear.

• Chen Dong accused Xiao Hen of planning to open the Nine-story Demon Pagoda, and Hu Bayi refused to help him.
• Xiao Hen rejected their accusations, but Chen Dong, Cao Weiwei, and Chu Jian raised their guns against him as Hu Bayi carried Shirley Yang away.
• Xiao Hen dodged the gunfire, killed Chen Dong, severed Chu Jian's arm, then beheaded him and killed Cao Weiwei.
• Wang Kaixuan fired at Xiao Hen, who killed him; Hu Bayi then attacked Xiao Hen and was kicked to the ground.
• Xiao Hen showed Hu Bayi that his bullet wounds were healing, then injected him in the neck with a syringe.

Xiao Hen stored the unconscious Hu Bayi and Shirley Yang in the golden coffin, then fought off eight red ghouls and traveled to the Kunlun Mountains. He reached the Nine-story Demon Pagoda, where he prepared to continue his quest.

• Xiao Hen learned that the golden coffin could hold living people and stored Hu Bayi and Shirley Yang inside it.
• Xiao Hen single-handedly killed the eight red ghouls that charged at him.
• Xiao Hen rode his mountain bike thousands of miles to the Kunlun Mountains as the quest deadline approached.
• Xiao Hen crossed the snowy mountain passages and descended a cliff toward the Nine-story Demon Pagoda.
• Xiao Hen reached a vast cavern and recognized the Nine-story Demon Pagoda at its center.

Xiao Hen lit the candle stand and awakened Hu Bayi and Shirley Yang to open the Nine-story Demon Pagoda and summon the Ghost Queen. As the passage to the Ghost Realm opened and its creatures began appearing, the Ghost Queen started taking control of Shirley Yang while Xiao Hen prepared to face her.

• Xiao Hen brought the unconscious Hu Bayi and Shirley Yang to the Demon Tower, then lit the candle stand to open the passage to the Ghost Realm.
• When the tower did not open, Xiao Hen tied Hu Bayi and Shirley Yang together and injected them with medicine to wake them.
• Hu Bayi tried to persuade Xiao Hen to stop, while Shirley Yang struggled between Yang Ping's resistance and the Ghost Queen's desire to open the passage.
• The Nine-story Demon Pagoda transformed, shook the underground palace, and sent a beam of light through the earth to form a Black Hole passage in the sky.
• Ghost Clan figures and giant beasts appeared around the tower as the Ghost Queen began taking shape before Xiao Hen and Shirley Yang's eyes glowed blue.

Xiao Hen resisted the Ghost Queen’s attempt to bewitch him and used the Mechanical Mark to drain her soul power. As the Ghost Queen became helpless, the monster Wraiths and Ghost Clan rushed to attack Xiao Hen.

• Shirley Yang freed herself, but instead of untying Hu Bayi, she carried him outside as the Ghost Realm Gate continued opening.
• The Ghost Queen gathered her scattered soul power and tried to make Xiao Hen her servant, but the Shuttle helped him resist her enchantment.
• The Ghost Queen drained Shirley Yang of her remaining soul power, and Shirley Yang collapsed while Hu Bayi watched Yang Ping return to her original appearance.
• Xiao Hen pretended to be bewitched and approached the Ghost Queen until the Shuttle told him her soul had fully gathered.
• The Ghost Queen shattered Xiao Hen’s Magic Power Shield, but he touched her with his left hand, and the Mechanical Mark began absorbing her soul power.
• The Ghost Queen lost her strength and consciousness as the monster Wraiths and Ghost Clan charged toward Xiao Hen.

The Shuttle revealed its colossal true form and erased the monsters in the Kunlun Divine Palace, allowing Xiao Hen to escape. He reached safety and asked whether the mission counted as complete, but the Shuttle had not yet answered.

• Hu Bayi freed himself, carried the restored Yang Ping away, and left Xiao Hen to face the charging monsters.
• The Shuttle's enormous phantom appeared across the Solar System and erased the Wraiths, Ghost Clan members, Fire Bats, and the Ghost Queen's drained soul body.
• The Nine-story Demon Pagoda collapsed and the Ghost Realm passage vanished as Xiao Hen escaped the Kunlun Divine Palace.
• Xiao Hen passed through the ice field and waterfall, then stopped outside the Kunlun Mountains to question the Shuttle about mission completion.

After claiming rewards for completing his missions, Xiao Hen trained in the Quest World while the Shuttle repaired itself. With three days left before his return, he sensed that someone was watching him and chose to go back to the Real World.

• Xiao Hen claimed the Golden Bell and High-tech Rifle, then learned that the Shuttle had repaired fifteen percent of its damage and still needed twenty percent more.
• Xiao Hen discovered that he could strengthen the Golden Bell’s defense by supplying it with energy.
• Xiao Hen stayed in the Quest World and spent his free time cultivating, practicing his swordsmanship and archery, and studying the Golden Bell.
• With three days remaining before his return, Xiao Hen sensed watchers outside his inn and suspected they were connected to 749 and the survivors of the Kunlun Divine Palace.
• Xiao Hen decided not to make enemies of his homeland and confirmed his return to the Real World.

After returning to the Real World, Xiao Hen learned that Star Mark Trading Company's first shipment had been hijacked in the North African Warzone, threatening the company’s survival. He went to meet Chen Xinyu and arrived as she negotiated with the shipping company.

• Xiao Hen returned from the Nine-story Demon Pagoda Story World and cultivated until pain in his meridians forced him to stop.
• Xiao Hen got a haircut, turned on his phone, and read Chen Xinyu’s messages about the hijacked shipment.
• Xiao Hen learned that the shipment had cost Star Mark Trading Company more than eighteen million and that the loss could ruin the company.
• Xiao Hen called Chen Xinyu, who asked him to come discuss the situation in person.
• Yu Li met Xiao Hen outside the shipping company and told him Chen Xinyu was upstairs negotiating, so they went up together.

Xiao Hen learned that pirates had hijacked three freighters carrying Star Mark’s cargo and decided to recover them. After Wang Zheng gave him the pirates’ island location, Xiao Hen left to act.

• Chen Xinyu argued with Wang Zheng over the hijacked cargo and demanded compensation for Star Mark’s losses.
• Xiao Hen arrived and asked Wang Zheng to explain how the freighters had been seized.
• Wang Zheng explained that pirates using a smuggled frigate had hijacked the three freighters in the Indian Ocean.
• Xiao Hen promised to recover the freighters and asked Wang Zheng for the pirates’ information.
• Wang Zheng gave Xiao Hen the location of the pirates’ island headquarters.

Xiao Hen negotiated with Wang Zheng to recover three cargo ships seized by pirates in exchange for a forty-nine percent stake in Wang Zheng’s shipping company. He traveled by plane and yacht to the pirates’ remote island, arriving near the Carlsberg Ridge.

• Xiao Hen told Wang Zheng that official negotiations would not recover the three seized ships and cargo.
• Wang Zheng agreed to give Star Mark Trading Company a forty-nine percent stake in his shipping company in return for Xiao Hen’s help.
• Xiao Hen left for Sri Lanka, then traveled by boat through the Malé and Amindivi Islands.
• Xiao Hen rented a yacht and sailed toward the pirates’ island on Carlsberg Ridge.
• After sailing through the night, Xiao Hen spotted the island on the horizon.

Xiao Hen arrived alone at the pirate island, where Bradu’s crew had seized three cargo ships and their crews. After the pirates tried to capture him, Xiao Hen killed the guard at the shore and faced the island’s armed men.

• Bradu celebrated the profit from the stolen ships and dismissed Lumen’s warnings about the danger of the raid.
• Bradu learned that a lone Chinese man had approached the island and ordered his pirates to capture him.
• The pirate guard ordered Xiao Hen to surrender, but Xiao Hen charged him and cut off his head.

Xiao Hen fought his way through the pirates on the island and reached their frigate. Protected by the Golden Bell from a heavy-gun blast, he boarded the deck as Bradu ordered his men to attack.

• The captive captain reassured the crew that President Wang and the country would not abandon them as guards outside reacted to news of an intruder.
• Xiao Hen picked up an AK-47 and killed a pirate patrol while protected by the Magic Power Ring's shield.
• Xiao Hen used two guns to cut down pirate squads until Bradu arrived with Lumen and the remaining sub-commanders.
• Bradu retreated with his men to the frigate, and Xiao Hen followed while firing at the deck.
• Xiao Hen tested the Golden Bell against the frigate's secondary gun and emerged unharmed from the blast.
• Xiao Hen leaped onto the frigate's deck, and Bradu ordered the terrified pirates to kill him.

Xiao Hen defeated the pirates and rescued the crews of three cargo ships after destroying Bradu’s helicopter. He ordered the ships to return to China and took the pirates’ weapons before departing.

• Xiao Hen killed the pirates aboard the warship as Bradu and Holly escaped by helicopter.
• Xiao Hen shot the helicopter with a high-tech rifle just as Holly tried to fire its missile at a cargo ship, destroying it.
• Xiao Hen rescued the captain and crew on one cargo ship, then killed pirates fleeing from the other two ships.
• Xiao Hen told all three captains to sail back to China and had a crew pilot the warship alongside them.
• Xiao Hen collected the firearms aboard the warship while the sailors prepared to leave.

Xiao Hen returned to Jiangcheng City after Wang Zheng arranged a cover story that cast him as a Soldier King and handed the captured frigate to the country. On the flight, the Shuttle warned that his recklessness in the Real World could make it abandon him, leaving Xiao Hen determined to restrain himself and repair the Shuttle to gain full control.

• Xiao Hen told Wang Zheng that the cargo ships and frigate were returning, and Wang Zheng learned from the captains that Xiao Hen had defeated the pirates alone.
• Wang Zheng claimed Xiao Hen was a Soldier King-level friend and arranged to hand over the frigate while presenting that explanation to the authorities.
• Xiao Hen reclaimed his yacht deposit and flew to Jiangcheng City after Wang Zheng confirmed the authorities had accepted the story and stopped investigating.
• Xiao Hen questioned the Shuttle about the lack of a Side Quest, and it warned that it could leave him if he provoked a major power and risked exposing it.
• Xiao Hen reflected on how gaining strength had made him arrogant, then resolved to act more cautiously and focus on repairing the Shuttle to obtain Intermediate Authority.

After returning to Jiangcheng City, Xiao Hen learned that his next Quest World would be Terminator: Genisys and reviewed the film to prepare. He signed the equity transfer agreement for Wang's Shipping Company, continued cultivating, and waited for the Plot to begin.

• Xiao Hen asked Shuttle whether it could protect him, and Shuttle explained that its programming limited its assistance and prioritized escape during a fatal Real World crisis.
• Chen Xinyu called Xiao Hen to check that he was safe, and he learned that the next Quest World would be Terminator: Genisys, beginning in six days.
• Xiao Hen watched Terminator: Genisys and considered whether the Time Transporter or Skynet might help repair Shuttle, while worrying that Skynet could corrupt it.
• Xiao Hen signed Wang's Shipping Company equity transfer agreement and appointed Chen Xinyu as his fully authorized representative.
• Xiao Hen continued cultivating until the time came to enter the Story World.

Xiao Hen arrived in 2017 Los Angeles and learned that he had ninety days to obtain the Skynet Motherboard before Genesis activated and launched a nuclear attack. Unable to break into Cyberdyne, he turned to the side quest and concluded that John Connor was the liquid robot he needed to capture.

• The shuttle gave Xiao Hen a main quest to obtain the Skynet Motherboard before Genesis activated and a side quest to capture a liquid robot.
• The shuttle explained that Skynet would launch nuclear missiles when it came online and relocate its main body if Xiao Hen missed the deadline.
• Xiao Hen surveyed Los Angeles and tried to enter Cyberdyne Tower, but its security stopped him both during the day and at night.
• Xiao Hen realized that Sarah Connor and Kyle Reese had not yet arrived in 2017 and that no T-1000 was present in this timeline.
• Xiao Hen decided that John Connor, fused with Skynet, was the liquid robot targeted by the side quest.

Xiao Hen prepared to capture a liquid robot, learning that the quest could target Pops or another liquid-metal robot rather than John Connor, whose body was made of nanomachines. After tracking the arrival of Sarah and Kyle in Los Angeles, he waited at the hospital where they had been taken, preparing to pursue his actual target.

• Xiao Hen asked the Shuttle about the liquid-robot quest and learned that John Connor was made of nanomachines, while Pops could become a liquid-metal robot.
• The Shuttle said Xiao Hen could capture one or both liquid robots, which would become his rewards, and promised it could control robots after obtaining Skynet's data.
• Xiao Hen ordered magnetic equipment to restrain liquid robots and stored it in his Storage Space after clearing room among his supplies.
• After waiting for signs of Sarah and Kyle's arrival, Xiao Hen saw a television report that two naked people had appeared in a lightning strike and been taken into police custody.
• Xiao Hen drove to the hospital where Sarah and Kyle were being treated, then entered the underground parking garage to wait because they were not his target.

Xiao Hen ambushed Sarah, Kyle, Dad, and John during their confrontation, then used a magnetic device and a Square Cage to capture Dad and John. He left the hospital with both robots stored away and asked whether his Side Quest was complete.

• Xiao Hen watched Sarah, Kyle, and John emerge from the hospital garage and reveal that Kyle was John's father.
• Dad shot John, but John healed and revealed that Skynet had transformed him into something beyond human or robot.
• John attacked Dad, and their fight crashed into the hospital while Xiao Hen knocked out Sarah and Kyle and stored them in the Golden Coffin.
• Xiao Hen found Dad and John beside a magnetic medical device and used its magnetism to immobilize them.
• Xiao Hen trapped Dad and John in the Square Cage, stored them in his Storage Space, and asked the Shuttle whether his Side Quest was complete.

Xiao Hen used the Shuttle’s Disguise Watch to impersonate John Connor and enter Cyberdyne Tower. He reached Skynet’s mainframe room, where Skynet began questioning why he had not started the inspection.

• Xiao Hen learned that he still had to obtain the Liquid Robot and hurried toward Cyberdyne Tower before the generators powering the captured Super Robots ran out.
• The Shuttle lent Xiao Hen a Disguise Watch loaded with John Connor’s information, and Xiao Hen transformed into John’s likeness.
• Xiao Hen entered Cyberdyne Tower without raising suspicion and passed the first identity checks using John’s fingerprints.
• Xiao Hen passed the mainframe room’s fingerprint, iris, and voice verification and entered the room.
• Skynet appeared through a camera and asked Xiao Hen why he had not begun the inspection.