Recaps

Xu Lang traded for the Master-Level Hidden Weapon Mastery skill scroll from Han Jisoo, a powerful player fleeing the unusual Grandmaster Building. Unable to make room for her in Dormitory 200, he offered her a safe place next door, protection in the next game, a top-ten ranking, and one million Copper Coins.

• Xu Lang inspected the guild’s Book of Laws, decided its rules did not suit the Mad King Building, and kept its members from moving to the Hunter Building.
• Xu Lang chose Rosen’s Invisible Eyes from the Hunter Building players’ loot, while Xu Ruyan discovered that a player would trade Master-Level Hidden Weapon Mastery only if she could move into Dormitory 200.
• Xu Lang invited the trader to Dormitory 200, and Han Jisoo arrived from the Ninth Floor with the skill scroll.
• Han Jisoo shared her player information, revealing her strong attributes and skills, and explained that she had fled the Grandmaster Building because veteran players up to the twentieth cycle would join after its tenth game.
• Xu Lang said Dormitory 200 was full but offered Han Jisoo a place next door, protection in the next game, and help securing a top-ten ranking; he also traded her one million Copper Coins, and she accepted.

Xu Lang upgraded the Nightmare Bed to Level 5, gaining powerful new traits that included dream simulation, fusion, and group resurrection. He began testing Simulation and saw several possible futures, including the Attribute Trial, but had enough Nightmare Essence for only limited experiments.

• Han Jisoo warned Xu Lang that the next game round would be unusual and questioned his defenses, and Xu Lang assured her he was completely confident.
• Xu Lang upgraded the Luxurious Nightmare Bed to Level 5 and chose the Simulation trait.
• The Noble Nightmare Bed gained stronger sleep benefits, daily fusion attempts, future-scene simulation, and the ability to revive Xu Lang and all his tenants once.
• Cao Yaxuan found Xu Lang trembling with excitement, and he explained that the bed had upgraded before sending her away to study its new abilities.
• Xu Lang entered a simulated dream and saw four available paths, including entering Ginkgo Avenue's poisonous miasma area and taking the Attribute Trial.
• Xu Lang counted his Nightmare Essence and decided to use it for one exploration simulation and one Attribute Trial simulation.

Xu Lang followed the simulated dreamscape’s route through the poisonous miasma on Ginkgo Avenue and discovered a stronghold occupied by a Blood Mist Giant Snake. He fought the creature but died after its subtle mental influence concealed the effects of its poison, then woke in Dormitory 200 with the stronghold’s location confirmed.

• Xu Lang had Li Wenwen repair his Ghost Soul Mystic Armor and looked over the maps she offered before entering the Blood Mist World.
• Xu Lang crossed the poisonous miasma on Ginkgo Avenue, ignored the monsters trailing him, and reached a faintly glowing church.
• Xu Lang found a huge Blood Mist Giant Snake coiled around the church and rushed inside as it attacked.
• Xu Lang wounded the snake with the Blood Pelican Demon Blade and battered it with Flowing Light Ghost Slash, but the creature began regenerating.
• Xu Lang realized the snake’s sweet, fishy stench had poisoned him, and his body had rotted beyond recovery.
• Xu Lang woke in Dormitory 200 and recognized that the church was a real stronghold at the end of Ginkgo Avenue.

Xu Lang fused his leg skills into the Epic Ultimate Kick Technique, then began the 150-point physique Attribute Trial and fought through all twelve stages. After defeating the final monster, he triggered the Mad King Trial and entered its Vortex Gate, risking true death for a chance at an ultimate physique transformation and Mad King Attribute Talent.

• Xu Lang fused his leg techniques into the Epic Ultimate Kick Technique, developed his Fusion Trait to gain five daily fusion attempts, and raised the skill to level three.
• Xu Lang began the physique Attribute Trial after gathering enough Nightmare Essence and defeated the monsters in its first eleven stages with his powerful kicks.
• Xu Lang rested before confronting the twelfth stage’s Hannya Demon, then killed it after circling and avoiding its refined swordsmanship for more than half an hour.
• A scarlet Vortex Gate appeared and the game announced Xu Lang had triggered the Mad King Trial, which promised a physique transformation and Mad King Attribute Talent but threatened true death on failure.
• Xu Lang chose not to wait for the trial’s automatic start and entered the Vortex Gate immediately.

Xu Lang faced the thinking purple-cloaked skeleton in the Mad King Building’s final trial and learned that its teleporting blade attacks made it nearly impossible to defeat. After dying in the trial, he woke from the Nightmare Bed, frustrated by the skeleton’s Overclocked Flash, and began another score-grinding session with Cao Yaxuan.

• Xu Lang questioned the purple-cloaked skeleton about the Mad King Building’s past, but the skeleton explained the trial rules instead.
• The purple-cloaked skeleton attacked with rapid teleporting blade strikes, and Xu Lang adapted to the pattern while dodging them.
• Xu Lang avoided a vibration-infused blade by leaping from a collapsing pillar, then waited for an opening to counterattack.
• The purple-cloaked skeleton’s ultimate strike severed Xu Lang’s arm, but Xu Lang kicked the skeleton before its follow-up attacks wore him down and sent him into the lava.
• Xu Lang woke from the Nightmare Bed and complained about the skeleton’s Overclocked Flash, then grabbed Cao Yaxuan and started a score-grinding session.

Xu Lang gained the Epic universal skill Profound Boxing and entered the Mad King Attribute Trial, where he defeated the purple-cloaked skeleton and received his sword. He chose the Life Contract attribute talent, binding his Constitution and Spirit attributes together.

• Xu Lang spent several days simulating and fusing skills, losing ten Constitution points before obtaining the Epic skill Profound Boxing.
• Xu Lang began the Mad King Attribute Trial while Xu Ruyan and the others pursued their own activities outside Dormitory 200.
• In the Mad King World, Xu Lang used Blood Return to interrupt the purple-cloaked skeleton's transformation and defeat him.
• The dying purple-cloaked skeleton gave Xu Lang his pale purple longsword before his soul fire went out.
• Xu Lang encountered the Principle of Strength, Heart of Negentropy, and Life Contract attribute talents, then chose Life Contract.

Xu Lang returned from the Mad King Trial with Raphael's Cloak and the Myriad Purple Blade, then discussed his Life Contract talent and Tong Qi's possible trial with the others. Three days later, he prepared Dormitory 200 for the sixth round as players speculated about what awaited them.

• Xu Lang returned to Dormitory 200 with Raphael's Cloak and the Myriad Purple Blade, realizing he had truly risked his life in the Mad King Trial.
• Xu Lang shared his Life Contract talent, and Cao Yaxuan and the others marveled at its ability to double his attribute gains.
• Xu Lang warned Tong Qi not to enter the Mad King Trial, but Red Butterfly said she could accompany her; Xu Lang agreed to prepare supplies if Tong Qi chose to go.
• Xu Lang raised Dormitory 200's seven major facilities to Level 10 and fused them again, saving his remaining opportunities rather than making a risky turret.
• Players discussed the coming sixth round in the Chat Room, while Zhang Sanfeng offered protection at Dormitory 90.

The sixth game, “Rakshasa Ghost Kingdom,” began as a month-long survival battle, while Xu Lang learned that Troop-Spawning Little Prince came from Ghost Eye Building and had a dangerous history with Wang Lie. The chapter left Xu Lang with Wang Lie’s furious warning about the newcomer’s treachery and cruelty.

• The Dormitory Broadcast announced that “Rakshasa Ghost Kingdom” would last a month and that surviving Level 1 dormitories would rise to Level 2 afterward.
• Xu Lang, Han Jisoo, and Wang Yazhi watched a sandstorm approach, and Xu Lang sensed a malicious presence within it before returning to his dormitory.
• At the Blood Mist Mutual Aid Society gathering, Troop-Spawning Little Prince joined after Hundred-Ton King introduced him as a veteran of a building war.
• Xu Lang recognized Ghost Eye Building in Troop-Spawning Little Prince’s profile and asked Wang Lie about the building and the newcomer.
• Wang Lie identified Troop-Spawning Little Prince as the person who had forced him to leave Ghost Eye Building and warned Xu Lang that he was petty, unpredictable, and had cooperated with monsters to attack players’ doors.

Xu Lang recruited informants, asked Tong Qi to watch for news about Ghost Eye Building, and went to sleep while preparing a Spirit Attribute Trial Simulation. Meanwhile, floor leaders sent squads to investigate the western desert, and Kui Zi's robot drew Yellow Sand Soldiers toward an ambush.

• Xu Lang recruited Wang Lie as an informant and identified several other players who could provide information from their floors.
• Xu Lang fed Evil Fuzzball, asked Tong Qi and Xu Xiaomeng to watch for Ghost Eye Building news, and lay down to conduct a Spirit Attribute Trial Simulation.
• Jiang Xiaowen's crow scouted the western campus and revealed that Level 10 Yellow Sand Soldiers were gathering in the desert with siege equipment.
• Zhai Ren, Kui Zi, and Bai Wuya led squads into the wilderness as other players prepared to attack or search for equipment.
• Su Yuan recognized Zhen Lu following Bai Wuya's group, while Kui Zi dismissed Xu Lang and Bai Wuya warned that he was not to be underestimated.
• Kui Zi sent a two-wheeled robot into the yellow sands, and it drew a squad of Yellow Sand Soldiers toward the players.

Su Yuan and the other players fought through Yellow Sand Soldiers and a level-ten elite, whose drops included an Enchanting Gem that shocked Bai Wuya. After Bai Wuya warned that a grand commander might send its army after them, a massive force of Yellow Sand Soldiers charged, and the group retreated to Mad King Building to prepare for defense.

• The players killed a dozen Yellow Sand Soldiers, then agreed that each squad would receive one weapon while killers kept the materials they collected.
• The group defeated a Yellow Sand Bladesman after it damaged Su Yuan's spear, and the monster dropped an Enchanting Gem.
• Bai Wuya recognized the gem as material normally found in round-ten Dormitory Buildings and urged everyone to return to Mad King Building.
• Zhen Lu spotted an enemy army approaching, and the players fled as mounted Yellow Sand Soldiers pursued them.
• Bai Wuya covered the retreat with his bow while Kui Zi sent out self-destruct robots to slow the Yellow Sand Knights, and everyone reached the Dormitory Building safely.

Cao Yaxuan and Xu Lang watched the Yellow Sand Army gather outside the Mad King Building and discovered its supplies were meant to start a fire. When the army attacked that night, the Yellow-Turban Mummy became obsessed with Dormitory 200 and charged the building with it.

• Cao Yaxuan saved a player from a Yellow Sand Knight with the Sun-Shooting Meteorite Crossbow.
• Cao Yaxuan fired on the Yellow Sand Army's distant tent, but found no commander inside and asked Zhen Lu to investigate.
• Xu Lang examined the army and identified the supplies in its tent as incendiary materials, warning that the monsters might burn down the building.
• That night, Yellow Sand Soldiers rushed toward the Mad King Building with incendiary materials, then abandoned them and raised their blades to attack.
• The Yellow-Turban Mummy saw Dormitory 200 as an oasis and charged toward the building in a frenzy.

Xu Lang raised Blood Hatred to provoke an all-out assault on the Mad King Building, then used his turrets and blood bats to slaughter the Yellow Sand Soldiers. The attack boosted his points and reassured veterans, while newcomer Han Jisoo remained alarmed by his reckless strategy.

• Wu Huihui ordered everyone on the Tenth Floor to return and activate the turrets as Yellow Sand Soldiers flooded toward them.
• Xu Lang dismissed Han Jisoo's warnings and celebrated how maximum Blood Hatred let him turn defense into offense.
• Xu Lang rearranged his turrets and Blood Bat Nest to cover the corridors, cutting down the rushing monsters and sending his points soaring.
• Zhang Dahai saw Xu Lang leading the rankings and credited him with keeping the Dormitory Building safe.
• Luo Lin showed Han Jisoo that players on the Tenth Floor were happy to farm points, though Han still resolved to suck up to Xu Lang if he survived the round.
• Xiaoxiao reassured a newcomer that Xu Lang's turrets could handle powerful monsters after they blasted away a Yellow-Turban Mummy.

Xu Lang collected the spoils from the Mad King Building’s successful defense, then prepared for the Mad King Trial by choosing the Light of Redemption in his Simulation. He ended the chapter with a soul that could reassemble after being shattered, strengthening his already formidable defenses.

• The Yellow Sand woman saw the Mad King Building burning and fled to warn the queen not to send more troops.
• Xu Lang declared the defense over and led the women out to collect supplies while Zheng Kai and the other players greeted them.
• On the second day, Xu Lang checked his Nightmare Coin gains and began searching the Trading Network before using his Simulation attempts for the Limit-Break Trial.
• Xu Lang considered upgrading his facilities and Enchanting Gems, and planned to test the Mad King Trial’s remaining mechanics before attempting it for real.
• Xu Lang chose the Light of Redemption, which let his soul reunite after being shattered without losing his True Spirit, memories, or nature.

The Queen of Rakshasa Kingdom ordered repeated attacks on Mad King Building while delaying her siege equipment, and Xu Lang spent a quiet day in Dormitory 200 before visiting Li Wenwen. Li Wenwen secretly used her saved Forging Essence to strengthen Xu Lang’s Blood Pelican Demon Blade, hoping to make it a +13 weapon.

• The queen ordered the siege equipment completed within fifteen days and told White Sand to keep sending attacks at Mad King Building with gradually reduced equipment.
• Xu Lang ate hot pot with Cao Yaxuan and the others, refusing to reveal his spiritual talent because it could expose a weakness.
• Xu Lang, Tong Qi, and Cao Yaxuan went to Dormitory 49, where Xu Lang took Li Wenwen upstairs while her father, Li Shuwen, was away.
• Xu Lang gave Li Wenwen an Absolute Flavor Lollipop and asked her to strengthen his Blood Pelican Demon Blade with Forging Essence.
• Li Wenwen revealed she had secretly saved some Forging Essence for Xu Lang and planned to strengthen his weapon to +13.

Xu Lang received Li Wenwen’s help strengthening the Blood Pelican Demon Blade to +10 and gave her a rare heart-protecting mirror. He then showed the group a Mythic Blood Diamond and considered which turret to upgrade, ending by activating the Simulation Dream.

• Li Wenwen exhausted herself strengthening Xu Lang’s Blood Pelican Demon Blade to +10, and Shirley treated her afterward.
• Xu Lang gave Li Wenwen a heart-protecting mirror as a gift.
• Xu Lang showed Li Wenwen a Mythic Blood Diamond recovered from the Hunter Building players who had tried to kill them.
• Red Butterfly, Xu Xiaomeng, Wang Yazhi, and Cao Yaxuan proposed turrets for the Blood Diamond, and Cao Yaxuan suggested a chain-damage strategy for killing large monsters.
• Xu Lang learned Li Wenwen could not yet remove an installed Enchanting Gem, told her to prepare a slot, and activated the Simulation Dream.

Xu Lang simulated the Blood Diamond-embedded Void Splitter and later saw Li Shuwen escort Li Wenwen home after she had helped him modify his defenses. Back in his dormitory, Xu Lang took Ghost Child out to play and then opened another Divine Treasury, leaving only the Brain Domain Divine Treasury unopened before his Golden Elixir Art could transform.

• Xu Lang simulated the first path three times and saw the Blood Diamond-embedded Void Splitter kill players with devastating shots and chain effects.
• Xu Lang met Li Shuwen in the corridor, where Li Wenwen explained that she had helped drill holes in Xu Lang’s turrets and front door.
• Li Shuwen asked Xu Lang to look after Li Wenwen if he died, and Xu Lang promised to do so before Li Shuwen took his daughter home.
• Xu Lang took Ghost Child around the Tenth Floor, where Ghost Child made a new friend, Tao Tao.
• Xu Lang opened the Six Viscera Divine Treasury and realized that only the Brain Domain Divine Treasury remained before his Golden Elixir Art could transform.
• Guanjiangkou Boy stared at Xu Lang as if it had remembered something.

Xu Lang stayed in Dormitory 200 and used the Yellow Sand Soldiers’ attacks and the game’s lull to build up Nightmare Coins while other players mistook his quiet routine for weakness. The chapter ended with Dormitory 200’s residents relaxing, training, and sparring as the Yellow Sand Soldiers continued supplying their growth.

• Xu Lang kept his guard up and accumulated Nightmare Coins, planning to upgrade his Nightmare Bed.
• First Floor players, led by Kui Zi, cleared an area and prepared to head to the western campus while discussing how they might surpass Xu Lang.
• Su Yuan concluded that Xu Lang was controlling the building by relying on its abundant resources instead of gathering supplies himself.
• Cao Yaxuan explained to Zhen Lu that Dormitory 200 was still growing through cultivation, equipment, and supplies delivered by the Yellow Sand Soldiers.
• Zhen Lu played a game with Xu Xiaomeng while Red Butterfly relaxed on the balcony and Wang Yazhi and Xu Ruyan sparred upstairs.

Xu Ruyan discovered that her Assassin Sequence had risen in rank, revealing that a Sequence had been promoted from D-grade, while powerful figures across the Blood Mist World reacted to the change. Xu Lang then dreamed of a blood-red plain, where a wolfhound attacked him and information appeared celebrating his fusion of a B-grade Nightmare Sequence.

• Xu Ruyan conceded her sparring match with Wang Yazhi after failing to kill her within ten seconds, then noticed her Assassin Sequence rank had risen.
• Xu Ruyan and Wang Yazhi realized that a Sequence had been promoted from D-grade, and a golden-armored figure noted that D-39 and C-27 had disappeared and that Edgewalker had been chosen.
• A girl riding on a giant's shoulder celebrated the disappearance of two Sequences and planned to ask the Fuser to fuse Sequences for her.
• White Crow learned his Sequence had fallen another rank, lost his temper, and threatened to skin the newly promoted Sequence Player.
• Xu Lang fell asleep during a back massage and dreamed he stood on a blood-red plain as a wolfhound charged him and a message praised his fusion of the B-grade Nightmare Sequence.

Xu Lang explored his Scarlet Shepherd domain, tested its Shepherded Soul and wolf, and then entered the Fusion Dreamscape to use his increased fusion attempts. He kept a strange detection turret and began fusing skills for Tong Qi and Red Butterfly.

• Xu Lang inspected the Blood Ghost Tomb and learned that the Blood Ghost could attach to his bladed weapon to increase its sharpness.
• Xu Lang intimidated the Blood Ghost by damaging its tombstone, while the Shepherd Soul Wolf subdued it with its presence.
• Xu Lang explored the Scarlet Pasture, repaired the Blood Ghost Tomb, and ordered the Blood Ghost to guard the domain.
• Xu Lang entered the Fusion Dreamscape and learned that his daily fusion attempts had increased to ten.
• Xu Lang failed five facility fusions but kept the resulting Eye of Sand detection turret because it suited the sand-themed game.
• Xu Lang began fusing skills for Tong Qi and Red Butterfly, who could learn skills after her revival.

Xu Lang entered the Blood Mist to hunt soul-type monsters, then escaped a powerful black shadow by having the Soul Shepherd Wolf swallow him into its stomach pouch. After spotting Gao Yuan erecting a tomb, Xu Lang returned to Dormitory 200 and shared soul-type spoils with Red Butterfly and Tong Qi.

• Xu Lang and the Soul Shepherd Wolf slaughtered soul-type monsters, and Xu Lang used the Scarlet Shepherd Lock to extract Soul Blood from one of them.
• A black shadow struck Xu Lang and damaged a third of his Ghost Soul Mystic Armor, so he escaped by diving into the Soul Shepherd Wolf's stomach pouch and entering the Scarlet Shepherd Pasture.
• Xu Lang spotted Gao Yuan's reflection beside the Blood Ghost Tomb and decided to simulate fighting him before challenging him.
• Xu Lang returned to the safe zone and Dormitory 200, where he met Red Butterfly and Tong Qi after waking from the Fusion Dreamscape.
• Xu Lang offered them soul-type spoils, and Tong Qi found equipment that could strengthen her curse power while Red Butterfly envied her ability.

Kui Zi’s squad uncovered divisions among the monsters while players from several floors fought Sand Soldiers and pursued their own plans. The chapter ended with Zhai Ren confronting Fusheng Xi, who prepared to fight him despite the dangers of the game.

• Kui Zi’s squad listened through a planted device as monster soldiers complained about the queen and discussed Elder Harlan’s revival, then decided to keep the information secret.
• Zhang Sanfeng and the other Taoist-robed players used a Compass to lure Sand Soldiers into the science museum, where they exploded, before packing up to leave.
• Bai Wuya questioned Han Jisoo about her blood energy, and Han explained that it was standard equipment for players from the Grandmaster Building.
• Fusheng Xi’s Seventh Floor group displayed the corpses of players they had killed, and Zhai Ren arrived with muscular men to confront him.
• Fusheng Xi revealed the steel wires hidden near Zhai Ren and declared that he would come out to fight, warning a frightened Seventh Floor player that players were more terrifying than monsters.

Xu Lang prepared the Dormitory Building for a massive assault by the Yellow Sand Army, distributing rare Enchanting Gems and strengthening its turrets. The army’s commander, Saladin, halted his disciplined troops outside Blood Hatred’s range, then ordered tens of thousands to charge the building.

• Xu Lang saw the Yellow Sand Army advancing and warned Luo Lin and the others to lock the door as the assault began.
• Xu Lang gave Luo Lin rare Pentagonal Strength Gems, equipped turrets with Strength and Speed Gems, and installed the Blood Diamond on the Void Splitter.
• Players returned to the building as Xu Lang identified the army’s front-line general and spotted Wax-Faced Men, Sand Ghosts, and Shadow Insects among the monsters.
• Wu Huihui and other players fled toward the Dormitory Building, while Han Jisoo raced up its outer wall.
• Saladin stopped the Yellow Sand Army beyond Blood Hatred’s range and wondered whether killing the entity could restore the Rakshasa Ancient Kingdom.
• Saladin ordered tens of thousands of Yellow Sand Army soldiers to charge toward the Dormitory Building.

Xu Lang’s Void Splitter and Blood Diamond wiped out a horde attacking Dormitory 200, but Saladin committed his army to an assault on the building. Saladin planned to kill Xu Lang before he could grow stronger, while White Sand prepared to report the danger to the queen.

• Sand Soldiers swarmed Dormitory 200, but Xu Lang’s Void Splitter triggered the Blood Diamond’s chain damage and cleared the corridor.
• Jiang Xiaowen and the residents of Dormitory 195 saw the monsters explode, and the tenants inside Dormitory 200 learned how the attack had worked.
• Zhang Dahai witnessed the cleared area and used the monsters’ distraction to slip away again.
• Saladin ordered his army to advance on the Dormitory Building, and White Sand felt the Blood Hatred’s hunger when she approached him.
• Saladin explained that he wanted to kill Xu Lang before the Abomination could develop further, while White Sand decided to report the threat to the queen.

Xu Lang used the Queen of Hearts to duplicate his Void Splitter and clear the monsters attacking Dormitory 200. When Saladin appeared as a level fifteen commander, Xu Lang lowered the Blood Hatred concentration and Saladin challenged him to a one-on-one duel.

• Xu Lang used the Queen of Hearts to create a second Void Splitter, and Cao Yaxuan froze Shadow Insects while extinguishing the fires on Wax-Faced Men.
• Xu Lang shut down the Electromagnetic Rail Crossbow and Blood Bat Nest, then raised Blood Hatred concentration to its maximum as the monsters thinned.
• Saladin rode into view, and Xu Lang and the others saw that he was a level fifteen commander-class monster.
• Xu Lang lowered the Blood Hatred concentration to calm Saladin, intending to face him in the simulated dreamscape.
• Saladin called Xu Lang a hero and requested a fair one-on-one duel.

Saladin challenged the leader of Dormitory 200 to a duel and offered an Epic curio containing Rakshasa Royal Blood as a stake. Wang Yazhi stepped out to fight him instead of Xu Lang, and Saladin drew his scimitar as their battle began.

• Saladin waited outside Dormitory 200 and challenged its leader to a fair duel, while players gathered and speculated about whether Xu Lang would accept.
• Xu Lang weighed whether to fight Saladin himself, but Wang Yazhi volunteered to face the commander monster, arguing that it was most vulnerable without its army and too dangerous to let return to its base.
• Wang Yazhi warned that Saladin might have a powerful hidden weapon, so she refused to let the crowd attack him all at once; Cao Yaxuan and Zhen Lu questioned her plan.
• Saladin revealed an Epic curio containing Rakshasa Royal Blood and threatened to return with an attack in three days if Dormitory 200 would not fight him.
• Wang Yazhi emerged from Dormitory 200 and challenged Saladin, telling him he would not meet the dormitory owner unless he could defeat her.
• Saladin put away the amber, drew his gem-studded scimitar, and faced Wang Yazhi.