Recaps

Xu Lang slaughtered Blood Mist Creatures in the Titan Ruins, where a flying dragon, a bald giant, and the Giant Tree joined the chaos. After escaping back to the Safe Zone, he went to the Arena seeking a fight and vanished as soon as a match ended.

• Xu Lang awakened the King of Purgatory and carved through waves of Blood Mist Creatures as he traveled deeper into the ruins.
• Xu Lang recognized a road sign from Sea City, then faced a flying dragon, a bald giant, and the Giant Tree before escaping through a black vortex.
• The flying dragon attacked the Giant Tree while the bald giant charged on, and the monsters continued their battle after Xu Lang disappeared.
• Xu Lang returned to the Safe Zone, concealed the Purgatory Set, and headed to the Arena to challenge an opponent.
• Arena clerks told Xu Lang about seven top players and identified Shen Qing as a major threat, but Xu Lang vanished as soon as the match ended.

Xu Lang faced Kambada of the Sacrifice Building in an unrestricted deathmatch at the Ironblood Arena, drawing a huge crowd and a wave of bets from Mad King Building players. The chapter ended before the duel began, with the Sacrifice Building confident that its preparations would kill Xu Lang quickly.

• The Arena announced Kambada’s deathmatch challenge against Xu Lang, with Kambada at 832 combat power and Xu Lang at 100.
• Zheng Kai and other Mad King Building players bet heavily on Xu Lang, and their wagers rapidly shifted the odds.
• Players from across the Dormitory Buildings flocked to the Arena, including Jiang Han and other Sacrifice Building leaders, while some women from Demon King Castle stayed away to prepare for the Blood Calamity.
• Jiang Han noticed the Mythic-grade outfits and high charm of Cao Yaxuan and the other women, and considered what advantages their charm might grant them.
• Sacrifice Building players said Kambada had been thoroughly prepared and predicted Xu Lang would die within ten seconds.

Xu Lang faced Kambada in a death match after Sacrifice Building conspired to kill him, while the other buildings considered how his death could benefit them. Kambada summoned the Gate of Ten Thousand Demons, but Xu Lang resisted its suppression and struck; a savage ancient beast emerged and blocked his blade.

• Mad King Building Players tried to stop Sacrifice Building from targeting Xu Lang, but Bone Rock restrained Gu Mang and urged them to wait for a better chance to fight.
• Strange Tales Building Players discussed trading for a blade and benefiting from Xu Lang's death, which they believed would make their expedition against Mad King Building easier.
• Xu Lang and Kambada began their death match early, and Xu Lang used the Nightmare Eye to learn Kambada had volunteered because he was jealous of Xu Lang's appearance.
• Kambada summoned the Gate of Ten Thousand Demons and offered it a treasure chest to kill Xu Lang.
• Xu Lang appeared beside Kambada despite the gate's domain suppression and attacked him with the Purgatory Overlord.
• A tiger-striped dragon-like ancient beast emerged from the gate and blocked Xu Lang's strike, claiming Kambada's offering.

Xu Lang defeated Kambada and the Tiger Flood Dragon in seconds, securing a decisive deathmatch victory for Mad King Building. His strength stunned the rival buildings, and after he invited the crowd to challenge him in another deathmatch, no one accepted.

• The Sacrifice Building players celebrated when the Tiger Flood Dragon appeared, but Xu Lang killed it and Kambada with a flurry of strikes.
• The Ironblood Arena declared Xu Lang the winner, and Mad King Building celebrated while bettors and Sacrifice Building players reeled from their losses.
• Sky Dome Building players suspected Xu Lang had obtained an S-rank Sequence, while their leaders hesitated to challenge him or launch an expedition.
• The Blood-Clad Man and other Floor Leaders reconsidered confronting Xu Lang and discussed negotiating for his blade instead.
• Xu Lang confirmed that Ironblood Arena protected spectators from Strange Tale infection, then challenged anyone in the stands to a deathmatch; no one answered.

Xu Lang invited players with over five hundred combat power to challenge him, then won twenty-three consecutive matches and rose to the top of the Arena rankings. In the Sky Dome Building section, Yi Yun held back over the risk of losing her equipment, but her teammate volunteered to fight Xu Lang.

• Xu Lang challenged players with over five hundred combat power to send him Duel challenges, including for death matches.
• Xu Lang defeated a Finality Building Player and achieved twenty-three consecutive victories, reaching 5,256 combat power and first place in the Arena rankings.
• Xu Lang lamented that he had faced only one Sky Dome Building Player and had not drawn out the stronger players, including those above Chu Tianhe.
• In the Sky Dome Building section, Yi Yun said she would not risk losing her important equipment and skills, and that only the captain could confidently defeat Xu Lang.
• Wang Kun, a Sky Dome Building Player Xu Lang had previously defeated, warned Yi Yun not to act rashly.
• The man in the python-patterned robe challenged Wang Kun's warning and vanished to prepare for battle against Xu Lang.

Xu Lang defeated Kunlun in the Ironblood Arena to secure his twenty-fourth consecutive win, bringing his combat power to 5269. Back at Demon King Castle, he opened the loser gift packs and distributed the loot, while Sky Dome Building’s interest in joining Mad King Building grew.

• Wang Kun revealed that he wanted Yi Yun to help him obtain an invitation to Mad King Building, whose resources he considered superior.
• Kunlun entered the arena in ordinary clothes after removing his equipment, hoping to limit his losses if he lost.
• Xu Lang overwhelmed Kunlun with Tyrant’s Grip, then killed him with a blade strike and won thirteen combat power.
• Xu Lang’s twenty-fourth consecutive victory raised his combat power to 5269, and the spectators left eager to learn more about him.
• Xu Lang opened the twenty-four loser gift packs at Demon King Castle, and Han Jisoo claimed Kunlun’s rare level-thirty Purple Dragon Fist Force skill.

As the Blood Calamity began, Xu Lang watched Blood Mist Creatures cower and wondered whether players and the Dormitory Building shared a symbiotic relationship. At six o’clock, the Residents’ Committee warned that the Rain Man was coming, and an unseen visitor knocked at Zhang Dahai’s door.

• Xu Lang examined the False Evil God Heart and Mountain and Sea Heart Scripture, then told Miaoying he wanted to fight and expected the Blood Calamity’s early stages to be manageable.
• The Residents’ Committee ordered players to return to their dormitories as blood rain and crimson lightning engulfed the Safe Zone, while the Mad King Building raised a barrier against the danger outside.
• Xu Lang saw Blood Mist Creatures hiding from the disaster and wondered whether the Dormitory Building and its players were symbiotic despite the building’s attacks on them.
• At six o’clock, the Residents’ Committee warned that the Rain Man would visit and instructed everyone not to answer knocks or open their doors.
• Zhang Dahai, Chen Kui, and Ye Fan heard knocking outside their empty corridor, and Chen Kui silently identified the visitor as the Rain Man.

Xu Lang tracked the growing number of Rain Men around Mad King Building and explained why he planned to capture them before they could return to the creature carrying them. As the first day of Crimson End passed quietly, Xu Lang prepared to run another Simulation while other Dormitory Buildings struggled with the disaster.

• Mad King Building Players shared the Residents' Committee's warning about Rain Man and praised Xu Lang, while some newcomers regretted that the Building would not let Players leave.
• Xu Lang told the women that his skill had detected Rain Men, then watched their growing numbers on a map of Mad King Building.
• Xu Lang explained that he planned to capture the Rain Men at their maximum number and strengthen the Strange Tales Magic Box before they could spread the curse further.
• Xu Lang recalled that Rain Men were parasitic creatures tied to an exceptionally powerful monster he had been unable to defeat and had sealed inside the Magic Box World.
• Han Jisoo offered to fight if needed, and Xu Lang said he would run another Simulation after midnight as other Dormitory Buildings faced Crimson End.

Xu Lang discovered that capturing Rain Men had caused the Strange Tales Magic Box to form a dangerous third layer of Avici Purgatory, called Formless. He considered the Faceless Ones’ ability to replace those who forgot their memories, then left their potential uses for a later opportunity.

• Xu Lang reviewed his Nightmare Coin reserves and the women’s recent training, where Xu Xiaomeng’s arcade skills had proved dangerously effective in sparring.
• The Strange Tales Magic Box stirred, and Xu Lang discovered that the Rain Men he had captured had created the third layer of Avici Purgatory.
• Xu Lang examined the Faceless Ones and learned that they could claim and replace memories whenever someone forgot them, making Formless Purgatory extraordinarily dangerous.
• Xu Lang considered using the Faceless Ones as spies or to replace beings in the Blood Mist World, but decided not to pursue schemes without a suitable opportunity.

During the Blood Calamity, Shadow Prison Building’s leaders identified the newly unsealed Mad King Building as a possible target for conquest, while Grandmaster Building struggled to endure the blood rain. At Heavenly Demon Building, its three Building Lords learned that the Strange Tale Curse was spreading from Xia Xingyuan, who had offered a Building Lord token in exchange for his life; they arrived to question him.

• Shadow Prison Building’s leaders celebrated their defensive advantage and discovered Mad King Building on a locator, then planned to reach it before Strange Tales Building after the calamity.
• Grandmaster Building’s tenants confirmed their shelter was sealed, while Hundred Flowers Thought Emperor recalled that the building had spent its purification trait to save tenants who were turning into blood corpse monsters.
• Three Heavenly Demon Building players discussed the blood rain, the possible flood, and the Magic Box Curse before Red Snake reported that the Strange Tale Curse was spreading from Xia Xingyuan and that he had offered a Building Lord token for his life.
• The three Heavenly Demon Building Lords went to Thousand Illusions Dormitory and entered Enlightenment Studio, where Xia Xingyuan stood badly mutilated and greeted them.
• One Heavenly Demon Building Lord questioned Red Snake’s treatment of Xia Xingyuan and asked whether his injuries hurt.

Xia Xingyuan joined Han Zhenlan’s tenants after surrendering the Floor Lord token and blamed Xu Lang for the Strange Tale curse. Meanwhile, Mad King Building endured the second day of the Blood Calamity, as players who ventured into the blood rain mutated and Blood Mist Creatures were cut down by the building’s defenses.

• Xia Xingyuan told the three Floor Leaders how he obtained the Floor Lord token, and Han Zhenlan made him a tenant while the other tenants were killed.
• The Floor Leaders agreed to share the token’s power to command phantom beasts, and Xia Xingyuan blamed Xu Lang for infecting him with the Strange Tale curse.
• Mad King Building survived another night without deaths because Xu Lang’s Strange Tales and the building’s defenses kept most danger away.
• Players who left the building after seeing someone go out safely mutated in the blood rain, and turrets killed them when they returned and caused havoc.
• Turrets shot down Blood Mist Creatures that reached the Safe Zone, while Xu Xiaomeng gave up on manning a watchtower after learning the Great Wilderness Dragon Eye was gone.

Xu Lang used the Dragon Star Summoning Device to destroy a charging horde of Blood Mist Creatures, shocking the players and raising the Fear Power in the Mad King Building. Afterward, Chi Qingman told him that her friend Qianqian was asking how he had summoned the meteor.

• The Sword Saint and Tulu watched over the First Floor while the Sword Saint rested for the night.
• Xu Lang prepared the cannons and told Xu Xiaomeng and Chi Qingman that a large monster was about to appear.
• A horde of Blood Mist Creatures led by a giant elephant-headed creature charged into the Safe Zone, and Xu Lang activated the Dragon Star Summoning Device.
• The cannon and its gemstone effect unleashed two meteor strikes, wiping out the creatures and flooding the Chat Room with startled messages.
• Fear Power surged as players witnessed Xu Lang's attack, and Chi Qingman told him that her friend Qianqian was asking whether he had used an item to summon the meteor.

Xu Lang worried that the Mad King Building was withholding supplies and resolved to scheme against it, while Chi Qingman tried to settle in with the household. The chapter ended with Xu Lang waking to Chi Qingman in his bed and regretting that he had not recognized the implications of her name sooner.

• Xu Lang advised Chi Qingman to be cautious about what she shared with Qianqian, then teased her and checked the surveillance screens as Blood Mist Creatures attacked the building.
• Frustrated that the Mad King Building had not sent supplies, Xu Lang decided to harm it first and went to take a shower.
• Chi Qingman messaged Li Qian about Xu Lang, and Li Qian asked about his preferences before admitting she wanted him to notice her too.
• Xu Xiaomeng invited Chi Qingman to feed the Evil Fuzzball, then stopped her when the pet had eaten enough.
• That night, Chi Qingman woke Xu Lang to ask about the turrets, but Xu Lang told her they would talk after sleeping and realized he had misjudged what her name implied.

Xu Lang simulated the future and saw a mysterious creature breach the upgraded gate of Demon King Castle, then learned from Rainy Night Swordsman that frog monsters would attack the Titan Ruins during the Blood Calamity. He recognized that the frogs could mutate the dormitory, but remained calm because his dream had already shown him what was coming.

• Xu Lang spent Nightmare Essence on a ten-day simulation, where a mysterious black-mist-headed creature smashed through Demon King Castle's upgraded gate and found him.
• Xu Lang identified the creature as the one Zhang Sanfeng had encountered in the underground palace and concluded that Cao Yaxuan and the others were likely inside the Strange Tales Magic Box.
• Han Jisoo brought Xu Lang to the radio, where Rainy Night Swordsman warned that frog monsters would attack every area of the Titan Ruins.
• Rainy Night Swordsman explained that the frogs could mutate organic and inorganic matter and sought to possess dormitory buildings, alarming Xu Xiaomeng and the others.
• Xu Lang stayed calm as the women feared the dormitory might be transformed, believing his dream had already revealed everything.

Xu Lang offered Combat Drones and another way to protect Dormitory Buildings from the Calamity Frogs, but most of the Blood Mist Mutual Aid Society’s members refused to trust him. Wanderer and Rainy Night Swordsman accepted Xu Lang’s plan to enter the Strange Tales Magic Box, leaving Rainy Night Swordsman’s starving building behind as he vowed to save it.

• Xu Lang warned the Radio Station that Calamity Frogs would arrive at noon and offered Combat Drones to help defend against them, but Brahmin, Midnight Fiend Zero, and Hundred-Ton King left without accepting his offer.
• Wanderer asked Xu Lang about another solution, and Xu Lang suggested sending players outside to kill the frogs while warning that the Seal Building would still fall.
• Xu Lang instructed Wanderer and Rainy Night Swordsman to imagine the Strange Tales Magic Box, and their buildings resonated with it until Xu Lang could summon them inside.
• Rainy Night Swordsman left his desolate Starving Dead Building, told his tenants he would save it, and entered the Strange Tales Magic Box.

Xu Lang traded Combat Drones to the Rainy Night Swordsman and Wanderer for rare items that could help suppress Sequence corruption. The Rainy Night Swordsman offered a crystal containing Time Power, while Wanderer revealed a Mystic Lord Jade Slip that might be restored through upgrading.

• The Rainy Night Swordsman and Wanderer arrived through the Strange Tales Magic Box and met Xu Lang, Mary, and Kui Zi.
• Kui Zi offered Level Twenty rare Combat Drones, and Xu Lang asked for specialty items instead of Copper Coins.
• The Rainy Night Swordsman traded a crystal containing Time Power for ten Combat Drones.
• Wanderer traded for seven Combat Drones after haggling, then asked to buy ten more.
• Wanderer showed Xu Lang a Mystic Lord Jade Slip that could suppress external evils, and Xu Lang wondered whether upgrading it could restore its lost true words.

Xu Lang recruited Rainy Night Swordsman and Wanderer into a secret alliance to share resources, information, and emergency support among their buildings. After they left, Xu Lang brought Kui Zi to study the wrecked Apocalypse Fighter and try to restore it.

• Xu Lang traded with Rainy Night Swordsman and offered him and Wanderer food and three additional drones each in exchange for their help fighting other dormitory buildings.
• Xu Lang proposed an alliance and a marketplace centered on the Strange Tales Magic Box, and Rainy Night Swordsman and Wanderer agreed to join while keeping it confidential.
• Rainy Night Swordsman and Wanderer discussed Zero's ambitions over the radio, and Wanderer offered to back Rainy Night Swordsman if Troop-Spawning Little Prince came after him.
• Xu Lang asked Kui Zi whether she could decipher a hundred-story robot, then revealed the wrecked Apocalypse Fighter and took her to examine it.
• Shirley and the others learned that Kui Zi and ten researchers had been assigned a secluded research area in the Magic Box World.

Calamity Frogs launched a massive assault on Mad King Building, assimilating the surroundings as the Mad Vanguards and combat drones tried to stop them. The Vanguards adapted into ranged fighters, but the frogs multiplied whenever a Vanguard died and eventually assimilated the Safe Zone, leaving the building in peril.

• The Residents' Committee warned players that Calamity Frogs were approaching and ordered them to leave the fighting to the Mad Vanguards.
• Wu Huihui, Nie Xiaozhu, and Wang Tingting watched the frogs multiply and assimilate the cafeteria, field, and nearby buildings.
• Li Shuwen and Zhu Yan observed the Mad Vanguards fighting the frogs and hoped the battle would produce a Tier 4 Vanguard.
• Xu Lang anticipated the attack and used the Mad Vanguards to probe the building's defenses, while five Combat Drones joined the fight.
• The Mad Vanguards killed many frogs, but more frogs appeared whenever a Vanguard died, and one Vanguard adapted into a ranged fighter.
• The frogs overwhelmed the defenders, assimilated the Safe Zone, and placed Mad King Building in peril.

Xu Lang’s decision to use the Calamity Frogs to strengthen the Mad Vanguards let the frogs spread across nearly every building, leaving the Mad King Building surrounded. As the building faced its greatest crisis, Xu Lang prepared to withdraw if it could no longer hold out.

• Zhou Ye reassured the residents that they were following Xu Lang’s orders, then pledged to fight for the Mad King Building after Xu Lang said he would stay until the end.
• Xu Lang told the others he would protect the Mad King Building but admitted he would withdraw if the situation became impossible, and explained that Kui Zi was researching weapons instead of making more drones.
• The Calamity Frogs’ attacks evolved nearly all the Mad Vanguards into their third stage and produced several fourth-stage Mad Vanguards.
• The Calamity Frogs overwhelmed the Mad Vanguards and Assimilated nearly every building outside a few special locations.
• The Calamity Frogs surged toward the Mad King Building, which remained steady as Xu Lang recognized it was facing the greatest crisis in its history.

Xu Lang faced the Calamity Frogs as the Mad King Building collapsed, but the building’s upgrade granted him a Golden Time-Reversal Clock. He used its power to turn back time and fight the frogs, leaving him inside the Demon King Castle as its lone defender.

• Xu Lang sent Tong Qi, Cao Yaxuan, the Evil Fuzzball, and the four little ones into the Strange Tales Magic Box while the Calamity Frogs wore down the Golden Fortune Auspicious Door.
• The Mad King Building collapsed, and Xu Lang prepared to leave after apologizing to the building and leaving it a pack of cigarettes.
• The Golden Time-Reversal Clock appeared as compensation for the building’s rank-transcending upgrade and reversed time, sending the Calamity Frogs out of the dormitory.
• Xu Lang hung the clock in the hall, realizing its binding to the dormitory gave him a reason to stay.
• Xu Lang opened the door and used the clock’s three minutes of invincibility to slash through the Calamity Frogs before closing the door and facing the remaining swarm alone.

Xu Lang annihilated the Calamity Frogs attacking Mad King Building, then released the building’s players and sent a Calamity Frog Faceless One into the Blood Mist World to investigate. The players regrouped in Demon King Castle as the bloody rain continued outside.

• Xu Lang chased down and killed every Calamity Frog in the safe zone, then complained that Mad King Building had not given him its resources sooner.
• Xu Lang repaired the Golden Fortune Auspicious Door and used the Strange Tales Magic Box to release all the players in Mad King Building.
• The players discovered the battle had destroyed most dormitory doors and turrets, causing nearly a hundred million copper coins in damage.
• Xu Lang sent a Calamity Frog Faceless One through a black vortex into the Blood Mist World to investigate the Calamity Frog horde.
• Tong Qi returned the four guardian spirits to their shrine, and Xu Lang gave them Faith Incense before everyone returned to Demon King Castle.

After returning to Demon King Castle, Xu Lang discussed the loss of Mad King Building Player status, ordered Firepower Princess to guard the second floor, and approved selling facilities to other Players. The residents examined the Golden Time-Reversal Clock and ended the day with the Blood Mist Mutual Aid Society gathered in the main hall.

• Xu Lang confirmed that the former Mad King Building Players had lost their status and might suffer endlessly declining Sanity, while Firepower Princess reminded everyone that her group had no Sanity.
• Xu Lang ordered Firepower Princess and her group to guard the second floor and use drones to watch for Calamity Frogs, then approved selling facilities through the Trading Network.
• Shirley reasoned that the Golden Time-Reversal Clock showed the Blood Mist calendar date, which Cao Yaxuan identified as Blood Mist Calendar Year 93,333, June 23.
• Chi Qingman pointed out a mysterious symbol on the clock, and Shirley recorded its runes; no special event occurred at six o’clock, and the Safe Zone’s buildings were restored after the Calamity Frogs died.
• The Blood Mist Mutual Aid Society gathered in the main hall and discussed Xu Lang’s sponsorship of Wanderer and Rainy Night Swordsman and the extraordinary ability to meet across buildings.

Xu Lang arranged another round of trades with Rainy Night Swordsman and Wanderer, exchanging Transformation Cards for turrets. The chapter ended with Rainy Night Swordsman inspecting the single-use cards while Xu Lang held firm on their value.

• The Blood Mist Mutual Aid Society praised Xu Lang for his Calamity Frog intel, while Midnight Fiend Zero asked about trading supplies and was told the slots were full.
• Xu Lang warned the group to stay connected to the radio and arrange a lookout, then proposed trading facilities and asked Wanderer to bring turrets.
• After Xu Lang logged off, Rainy Night Swordsman and Wanderer kept the details of their trades secret from the others.
• Wanderer brought two level-twenty-five rare turrets and a level-thirty ordinary turret to the Magic Box world, while Rainy Night Swordsman brought a level-twenty-five uncommon turret.
• Mary presented ten Transformation Cards, and Xu Lang offered them in exchange for the four turrets.

Rainy Night Swordsman traded the Blade of Greed to Xu Lang for food after describing the cannibalistic horrors of the Starving Dead Building. Xu Lang offered to help kill one of Rainy Night Swordsman’s enemies, then revealed that killing people made him stronger, leaving Wanderer uneasy.

• Rainy Night Swordsman accepted three Transformation Cards and arranged to trade for food with Xu Lang and Wanderer.
• Mary and Wanderer listed the food they had gathered, and Rainy Night Swordsman explained that players in the Starving Dead Building grew stronger by eating people and even consuming facilities and items.
• Rainy Night Swordsman offered his Level 15 Epic saber, the Blade of Greed, in exchange for supplies, and Xu Lang accepted it.
• Xu Lang asked whether Rainy Night Swordsman had any Sequence Player enemies and offered to help kill one by lending him Ghost of Gluttony.
• Wanderer praised Xu Lang as a good person, but Xu Lang said that killing people made him stronger, prompting Wanderer to fall silent.

Xu Lang sent the Ghost of Gluttony into the Rainy Night Swordsman to help him fight an enemy tied to Starving Dead Building. Meanwhile, Li Mingqing faced a mass assault from Calamity Frogs and players during the Blood Calamity, leaving a battle for survival underway.

• Xu Lang explained that the Ghost of Gluttony had been cut into seven pieces and sealed in vessels, and the Rainy Night Swordsman asked whether Starving Dead Building would target him for opposing it.
• The Ghost of Gluttony entered the Rainy Night Swordsman's body, boosting his basic stats, and the Swordsman declared his trust in Xu Lang.
• Li Mingqing fought through Extermination Building, killed an attacking player with his Extinction Death Ray, and destroyed part of the Calamity Frog swarm.
• Players joined the Calamity Frogs in a pincer attack against Li Mingqing, charging into the blood rain as the battle began.