Recaps

After the building battle, Xu Lang told the women how the Mad King Building had tried to undermine them, and they decided to publicize its betrayal. Kui Zi then proposed centralizing control of dormitory upgrades and defenses under the Demon King Castle, but the women disagreed over the cost to Players’ freedom and creativity.

• Xu Lang described how the Mad King Building had tried to provoke internal conflict during the final round, and the women condemned its actions.
• Aygul proposed spreading the truth about the Mad King Building, and Xu Lang assigned her and Golden Sand’s group to publicize it.
• Xu Lang explained that the Merit Building’s light orb provided an opportunity to upgrade a dormitory, and Kui Zi asked whether the other light orbs did too.
• Kui Zi proposed taking complete control of the Mad King Building’s dormitory development and requiring Players to report any changes to the Demon King Castle.
• Zhen Lu, Shirley, Tong Qi, and Wang Yazhi raised concerns about Players’ freedom, creativity, resentment, and social mobility.

After debating Kui Zi’s proposal for comprehensive control of Mad King Building, Xu Lang rejected rigid centralized planning but proposed using rewards and relocation compensation to guide development. He decided to conduct a second census of Players before planning future facilities.

• Kui Zi argued for comprehensive control of Players and resources, while Red Butterfly and Shirley opposed her plan.
• Xu Lang rejected Kui Zi’s detailed, absolute control, saying complex plans were too prone to failure.
• Xu Lang supported extending governance throughout Mad King Building, using tasks and rewards to encourage Players to meet development goals.
• Xu Lang proposed paying relocation compensation to secure dormitories for Heavy Turrets, while Zhen Lu hinted that Yaxuan could deal with holdouts.
• Xu Lang decided to conduct another census of Players and assess the combat and development styles of the dormitories.

Xu Lang discovered that Medicine Pearl could treat low-level mental contamination and appointed her as the Residents' Committee physician. He ordered a building-wide census, barred residents from leaving until it was complete, and sent Mary and Miaoying to help.

• Xu Lang gathered the Players with mental contamination and learned that Medicine Pearl could use an Epic mind-control skill to erase contaminated memories and then heal the resulting brain damage.
• Medicine Pearl explained that her skill could treat contamination below Level Five and that Xu Lang's coffee had protected her from the contaminated images.
• Xu Lang appointed Medicine Pearl as the Residents' Committee physician and had Mary prepare a detailed information form for the census.
• Xu Lang ordered Zheng Kai, Fusheng Xi, Su Yuan, and Zhou Ye to conduct a confidential census with the Supervisory and Taxation Departments, and prohibited anyone from leaving Mad King Building until it was finished.
• Mary volunteered to join the census, then ordered Miaoying to come with her as Miaoying tried to slip away.

The Residents’ Committee began surveying dormitory facilities as Demon King Castle prepared to reorganize Mad King Building. Medicine Pearl advised Xu Lang on limiting Floor Leaders’ power, then found herself drawn into a group of women’s conversation about him.

• Su Yuan and Mary required Chen Dazhuang and his tenants to complete dormitory information forms, and Mary said qualifying dormitories could later receive support through Demon King Castle missions.
• Xu Lang told Medicine Pearl to treat patients with her limited coffee supply at high prices and asked whether she wanted to become a Floor Leader.
• Medicine Pearl warned Xu Lang that Floor Leaders had become too powerful and complacent, and she proposed reforms after he invited her to explain her views.
• Xu Lang and the others listened seriously to Medicine Pearl’s advice, and she left Demon King Castle convinced that he had taken her suggestions to heart.
• Wang Tingting and the female Players questioned Medicine Pearl about Xu Lang, leaving her to conclude that delusional fans were terrifying and to admit she also wanted to please him.

Medicine Pearl argued that Floor Leaders should be held accountable, and Xu Lang postponed another vote until after the census. Demon King Castle then upgraded, expanding its defenses and facilities and producing a powerful Three-Eyed Demonic Hound, which Xu Lang chose not to strengthen yet.

• Medicine Pearl reflected on whether sincere admiration could win women a place in Demon King Castle, then caught herself thinking about Xu Lang and left in the elevator.
• Xu Lang agreed that powerful managers needed accountability and said another Floor Leader vote would take place after the census.
• Demon King Castle upgraded to three floors, gained the War Fortress ability, and expanded its Spirit Fields, training rooms, study, Fear Pedestal, and Fear Power uses.
• An Abyss Fang Beast called the Three-Eyed Demonic Hound emerged from the Abyss Whisper Gate, and Shirley described the species' powerful healing.
• Xu Lang declined to strengthen the hound with Fear Power for now, stroked its head, and joked that they seemed to have a thing for dogs.

After the True King Showdown, Xu Lang and the others considered whether to choose a new Core Facility, then collected merit light orbs and resumed farming points. Xu Lang checked his overnight gains and found he had nearly 1.84 million Nightmare Coins, while the Nightmare Bed still needed half a month before it could upgrade.

• Zhen Lu clarified that she envied monsters' high stats, and Cao Yaxuan guessed that Xu Lang could overpower the Three-Eyed Demonic Hound.
• Xu Lang dismissed the Three-Eyed Demonic Hound and discussed choosing a Core Facility with the women, but Gu Ya advised waiting until they understood the Mad King Building's recent changes.
• Xu Lang agreed with Gu Ya and took the women to collect their merit light orbs before going to farm points.
• Xu Lang checked the Golden Time-Reversal Clock and confirmed that the Nightmare Bed's cooldown was not tied to Blood Mist World time, letting him continue farming points.
• Xu Lang reviewed his overnight gains, counted 1,834,984 Nightmare Coins, and lamented that the Nightmare Bed still needed half a month of sleep before it could upgrade.

Xu Lang worried that his three active Sequences would destabilize him and tried to reach Li Mingqing through Golden Dawn Radio, where Young Lord relayed that Li Mingqing wanted to speak with him. Meanwhile, Li Mingqing briefly left his dorm room during a game in Extermination Building, prompting the other players to believe they had found his weakness and attack.

• Xu Lang realized he had Scarlet Shepherd, Seven Kill Monarch, and another Sequence in fusion, and feared the combined backlash would make him unstable.
• Xu Lang contacted Golden Dawn Radio and spoke with Young Lord, who said Li Mingqing had told him to wait for Xu Lang.
• Xu Lang joked that Li Mingqing liked men, leaving Young Lord shaken, then asked why Li Mingqing wanted him.
• Players in Extermination Building discussed their fear of Li Mingqing and prepared for the game, believing he could not be defeated.
• Li Mingqing stepped out of his room, then went back inside before the game began, leading players to suspect something had distracted him.
• A scholarly-looking player rallied the others to attack Li Mingqing's room, and many players went upstairs to surround it.

Xu Lang spoke with Li Mingqing, who proposed that they join forces—and become husband and wife—while warning that the Mad King Building’s hunger could threaten both its rules and its residents. Xu Lang was left considering what terrifying beings might emerge if the building’s rules collapsed.

• Xu Lang learned that the Extermination Building had reached Tier 3 and was in its thirty-first period, but Li Mingqing said it could not yet enter the True King Showdown.
• Li Mingqing proposed joining forces with Xu Lang to purge the Blood Mist World, then insisted they must become husband and wife so they would not betray each other.
• Li Mingqing warned that the rapidly upgrading Mad King Building might develop an appetite that could consume Xu Lang and destroy itself if left unsatisfied.
• Li Mingqing explained that dormitory buildings and their players depended on a balanced sharing of resources, and that imbalance could collapse both resource chains and the building’s rules.
• Xu Lang wondered what might escape from Agatha, the Dusk Veil, the Astrology Platform, the Garden Corridor, Rust Lake, and the Underground Palace if the Mad King Building’s rules collapsed.

Xu Lang learned from Li Mingqing about building resource-sharing rights, later-born Sequences, and the limits of controlling Sequence rampage. He was left weighing his options against the danger of losing control and the cost of strengthening his suppressants.

• Xu Lang realized Mad King Building might be trying to consume neighboring buildings and asked Li Mingqing how to negotiate resource sharing with Dormitory Building.
• Li Mingqing warned Xu Lang that he would need to judge the fair share himself or find a key item inside Dormitory Building.
• Xu Lang asked how to suppress Sequence rampage, and Li Mingqing explained that later-born Sequences could revive as gods and drain their hosts’ origins.
• Li Mingqing advised Xu Lang to strengthen his resistances, warned him not to awaken a later-born Sequence, and revealed that Angel Building had an item that could strip one away.
• After learning Xu Lang’s later-born Sequence was A-rank, Li Mingqing urged him to awaken it and offered to help suppress it if the god awakened.
• Zhi Chun reported an audio fluctuation during Li Mingqing’s conversation, and Xu Lang considered his limited options while checking his Nightmare Coin balance.

Xu Lang advanced his Martial God level, unlocked Madness: Blood Dance, and decided that sleep and the Nightmare Bed could solve his problems. After noticing the Mad King Building had less than fifty million Copper Coins, he turned to its development plans, which Kui Zi and Mary were still revising.

• Xu Lang went to the training room to vent his restless killing intent, and blade practice advanced his Martial God level to 30.
• Xu Lang unlocked Madness: Blood Dance, calmed down, and decided to focus on leveling up the Nightmare Bed through sleep.
• Xu Lang noticed the training room repair cost had left him with 47,480,800 Copper Coins and considered plundering other Dormitory Buildings to raise funds.
• Mary returned with facility data, and Kui Zi explained that revising the Mad King Building's layout would take about a day because new dormitories created unpredictable variables.
• Xu Lang studied Kui Zi's models and closed his eyes to think through the building's facility deployment, considering it worth spending Nightmare Essence on.

In a simulation dream, Xu Lang received a dynamic facility-deployment model from the King of Intelligent Machines and recreated it for the Mad King Building. With the new plan in place, the building lifted its midnight ban on Players leaving, sending them rushing into the crimson-mist night.

• The King of Intelligent Machines admired Xu Lang, offered him a chance to join the mechanical faction, and gave him a chip containing a dynamic facility-deployment model.
• Xu Lang returned to the Mad King Building and used the model to create a complete plan, assigning Kui Zi responsibility for future deployment and adjustments.
• Kui Zi explained that the model adapted to changing dormitory ratios and could raise Players' survival rates by at least 35.5% while increasing resource accumulation by 18.4%.
• Kui Zi formed the Mad King Building Planning Department with planners and executors from the Residents' Committee.
• At midnight, Players received word that the restriction on leaving the building had ended, and most dormitory doors opened as Players rushed outside while employees stayed inside.

Mad King Building players spent the night buying upgraded supplies, while Zhang Dahai led scouts to a church where they gained a sunrise baptism and discovered new potions. The Residents’ Committee then issued construction missions and lifted restrictions on merit collection, and Mad King Building’s facility deployment finished smoothly under Kui Zi’s watch.

• Mad King Building players rushed to buy upgraded goods, rapidly spending their assets to increase their strength.
• Zhang Dahai led Ye Fan, Chen Kui, and other scouts to the church, where the Madonna Statue’s sunrise baptism raised their base attributes.
• Zhang Dahai advised the group not to buy pioneering potions or enter the Blood Mist World, and a player confirmed that the Blood Mist Morning Post had issued the same warning.
• The Residents’ Committee posted restricted construction missions with generous rewards, and players quickly claimed them as more turret and dormitory missions appeared.
• After the dormitory missions were released, the Merit Building’s restrictions were lifted so players could collect merit orbs and use them to upgrade their dormitories.
• Kui Zi oversaw Mad King Building’s facility deployment throughout the night, and the plan finished smoothly as she recognized Xu Lang’s understanding of the players.

Xu Lang and Kui Zi discussed the growing exploration effort before Xu Lang turned to developing Mad King Building’s new facilities. He examined the building map with Cao Yaxuan, Tong Qi, and the others, preparing to choose where to construct them.

• Kui Zi told Xu Lang that construction tasks had been claimed and that Players had begun entering Exploration Mode, and Xu Lang instructed the Intelligence Group to collect reports while allowing competing teams to clash.
• Xu Lang reviewed his Nightmare Coin earnings and attribute growth, then declined to upgrade the Mysterious Lord Meditation Art because his major Sequences still needed Nightmare Beds.
• Zhi Dong came to invite Xu Lang to eat, while Kui Zi rested on the sofa after spending time with him.
• Xu Lang showed Cao Yaxuan, Tong Qi, and the others the complete map of Mad King Building and explained that he could remotely control construction as its acting Building Lord.
• Xu Lang pointed out the Players entering exploration worlds on the map and opened the Building Center, revealing icons for a tower, a tent, and a mineral vein.

Xu Lang and the others examined the new Madness Spire, Madness Barracks, and Brass Mineral Vein, then discussed how to use their limited money and workforce. Xu Lang revealed that the Star Realm Base had improved, but they could not return to Earth, and plans to conquer other Dormitory Buildings had to wait until the Mad King Building stabilized.

• Cao Yaxuan recognized that the new building mechanics made the safe zone resemble a tower defense game, while Tong Qi asked Xu Lang about the vacant plots.
• Red Butterfly proposed placing Madness Spires along the monsters’ approach, but Zhen Lu urged caution about costs and range.
• Xu Lang said they had at most fifty million to spend and that one Brass Mineral Vein would suffice because their employee population was limited.
• Kui Zi asked about the Star Realm Base, and Xu Lang explained that it now let people with sufficient madness capacity use it without sacrifices, but it still could not take them to Earth.
• Kui Zi proposed conquering other Dormitory Buildings for population, and Xu Lang said they would wait until the Mad King Building stabilized, new dormitories arrived, and thirty Floor Leaders were chosen.
• Kui Zi prepared to return to the Magic Box World, but Xu Lang and Tong Qi persuaded her to stay for coffee and breakfast.

Xu Lang and the women decided to build a mineral vein and summoned Pandora to discuss the changes after the factories merged into the Crazy Factory. Aygul told Pandora that her factory manager position was abolished, and Pandora burst into tears before Killer Bear explained that her outfit had made her more childlike.

• Xu Lang and the women chose to build a mineral vein first because the Mad King Building needed more resources.
• Xu Lang received Pandora at Demon King Castle after she changed into an outfit that enhanced her charm and altered her mental maturity.
• Aygul told Pandora that the factories had merged and her position as Soul Factory manager had been abolished.
• Pandora began sobbing, and Killer Bear explained that her outfit was affecting her behavior.
• Han Jisoo and Xu Lang recognized that Pandora's outfit made others feel protective and pity her.

Xu Lang and Han Jisoo appointed Pandora deputy factory director and worker leader, while Aygul organized the workers’ new mining jobs. As more dormitories moved into the Mad King Building, players accelerated their development in anticipation of a building war.

• Han Jisoo recommended Pandora as leader of the workers, and Xu Lang appointed her deputy factory director responsible for assigning workers.
• Aygul took Pandora upstairs to explain the workers’ new roles, while Killer Bear went with Zhi Dong for cookies.
• A mine entrance appeared near the Astrology Platform, and more than a thousand workers began mining under rules set by the Residents’ Committee.
• Returning players brought exploration information and losses, and dormitory 1-9 moved into the Mad King Building with seven veteran players.
• More dormitories, including several unique ones and a level-ten dormitory, arrived through the night, prompting players to fear a building war and intensify their efforts to gain resources.

Mad King Building players shocked the arena with their newly heightened strength, while Sky Dome Building players debated the building’s rise and Wang Kun’s defection. After hearing what had happened, Chu Tianhe entered the arena to duel a Mad King Building player.

• A Mad King Building player defeated a Finality Building opponent, entered the Madness Domain, and challenged anyone to a deathmatch.
• Another Mad King Building player accepted his wager match, and the two fought with lethal force as spectators watched in disbelief.
• Kunlun explained to Chu Tianhe and Yi Yun that the Mad King Building’s strength seemed tied to an S-rank Sequence and that the Sky Dome Building’s planned expedition had been delayed.
• Kunlun told Chu Tianhe that Wang Kun had accepted an invitation from the Black Merchant Kabi and transferred to the Mad King Building.
• Chu Tianhe silenced the Sky Dome Building players and entered the arena to duel the Mad King Building player.

Chu Tianhe questioned Mad King Building players in the Ironblood Arena and learned that Xu Lang had exposed the building's mistreatment of them. Meanwhile, Xu Lang considered new ways to expand the Mad King Building's influence and sent Zhi Xia to contact Midnight Fiend Zero and search for radio stations.

• Chu Tianhe defeated Wang Ao without drawing his sword and questioned him about the Mad King Building players' increased strength.
• Wang Ao credited the Building Lord with protecting the players and condemned the Mad King Building for hiding features and mistreating them.
• Wang Ao warned Chu Tianhe not to use Xu Lang's true name, so Chu Tianhe killed him and awaited another challenger.
• Xu Lang approved Fusheng Xi's plan to use arena duels to implant dreams in players from other buildings, though he doubted it would work.
• Xu Lang found that he could not summon a Wanderer through a Vortex Gate and considered trading resources with Midnight Fiend Zero.
• Xu Lang messaged Zhi Xia to wait for Midnight Fiend Zero on the Blood Mist Mutual Aid Society Radio Station and search for new stations.

Xu Lang fused an Epic madness skill for himself and reviewed the Mad King Building’s growth and worsening Sanity problem. After learning that players were being contaminated by Mad Filth, he went outside to investigate.

• Xu Lang fused Madness: Hellblood Demon God, an Epic skill that could repeatedly boost his attributes, and reflected on the intelligence of powerful enemies like Azazel.
• Xu Lang checked his Nightmare Coin income and cultivation gains, then decided to upgrade the Nightmare Bed before investing in rare charm-boosting items.
• Kui Zi told Xu Lang that the copper mine had produced ten million Copper Coins in one day.
• Xu Lang checked the Mad King Building’s status and saw that its average Sanity had risen to 58, though the system still warned that Mad Filth was forming.
• Kui Zi reported that players were becoming contaminated by Mad Filth even without entering a state of madness, and Xu Lang hurried out of the Demon King Castle to investigate.

Xu Lang discovered that Mad Filth was spreading throughout Mad King Building and urgently began selecting Players for its mad professions. He ordered a building-wide election for Floor Leaders, leaving current leaders scrambling and candidates gathering to seek Wu Huihui’s support.

• Xu Lang used Nightmare Eye to identify Mad Filth as a shifting source of mental contamination and decided the building needed Cleaners, Mad Guards, and Floor Leaders quickly.
• Xu Lang told Mary to begin selecting Floor Leaders immediately, and Mary agreed to organize the process.
• Xu Lang announced an anonymous Floor Leader election, giving each Player one vote for their own floor and setting a six o’clock deadline.
• Li Shuwen worried that the old Floor Leaders had lost the Building Lord’s confidence and sent tenants to speak with landlords and Sword Saint’s group.
• Wang Tingting, Nie Xiaozhu, and Wu Huihui discussed the thirtieth-floor election, and Wu Huihui went outside to meet the young women gathered for her.

Players across the Mad King Building scrambled to secure support as each floor prepared to elect a Floor Leader. Su Yuan became the Twentieth Floor’s first Floor Leader, and Mary gave him the duty of protecting its Mad Guard and Cleaner positions.

• Players campaigned for votes across the building, while Elder Fortune decided his dormitory would abstain and wait for a Floor Leader to be sent down.
• The Twentieth Floor elected Su Yuan as its Floor Leader, and he was summoned to the Demon King Castle conference room before six in the afternoon.
• Su Yuan accepted his office token and asked Xu Lang whether they still had a chance to return to Earth; Xu Lang said they did.
• Mary gave Su Yuan four Mad Guard tokens and four Cleaner tokens, explaining that Cleaners received explicit protection but Mad Guards did not.
• Mary identified Zhen Lu as the Cleaners’ leader and Xu Ruyan as the Mad Guards’ leader, while Zhen Lu swept outside the building.

Xu Lang explained the Floor Leader selection and confirmed that the Players would soon be able to return to Earth. After Zhi Xia discovered a radio station with hundreds of elite Players, the group heard its administrator begin broadcasting news from the three major war zones.

• Su Yuan praised Xu Lang’s Floor Leader selection rules, and Xu Lang confirmed that accountability for wrongdoing would be enforced to the maximum degree.
• Xu Lang told Su Yuan that returning to Earth was true and would happen soon.
• Pandora worried about being reelected as the twenty-ninth-floor Floor Leader, and Miaoying offered to help her secure the position.
• Cao Yaxuan tried to inspect Pandora’s outfit, but Zhi Xia interrupted to announce she had found a new radio channel.
• Zhi Xia discovered the Kindred Ghost Domain station, where Six-Eared Macaque began broadcasting news from the three major war zones.

After hearing Kindred Ghost Domain’s warnings about escalating dangers, Xu Lang learned that a mutation in the Ghost River could threaten Mad King Building. He planned to clear Exploration Mode and recruit a neighbor to help defend the building.

• Six-Eared Macaque broadcast warnings about spreading disasters and reported a Ghost River mutation and a recently advanced Dormitory Building near the Ghost Mausoleum.
• Shirley identified the Ghost River as likely the Heaven-Reaching River and warned that a powerful mystery from it could endanger the Dormitory Buildings in the Titan Ruins.
• Xu Lang told the women that Blood Mist Creatures were approaching and Mad King Building might have to face threats from much of the war zone.
• Xu Lang said Mad King Building needed a Mad Cannon Platform and planned to clear Exploration Mode after the Floor Leader took office.
• Xu Lang proposed recruiting a neighbor to help Mad King Building withstand the danger, while the women debated whether a recruited building would be too weak or too strong.

The chapter listed the floor leaders and details of their dormitories across all thirty floors. It ended with Wu Huihui identified as the Mad King and leader of the Demon-Subduing Temple on the thirtieth floor.

• Elder Fortune was listed as the first-floor leader of Fortune Residence, a dormitory that produced life-extending peaches.
• The chapter detailed the second through twenty-ninth floor leaders, their dormitories, and their abilities.
• Wu Huihui was listed as the thirtieth-floor leader of the Demon-Subduing Temple, a demon-slaying specialized dormitory.

Xu Lang reviewed the abilities and backgrounds of Mad King Building’s six floor leaders, including Wang Kun, who had willingly joined the building. After discovering that a newly elected floor leader had hidden a Jack of Clubs card, Xu Lang punished him and investigated the other leaders’ information and dormitories.

• Xu Lang prepared to publicize the floor leaders’ abilities and dormitory details, along with the Cleaners list and a rule forbidding anyone from harming them.
• Xu Lang described the six elite floor leaders, including Wang Lizheng’s resistance to mental contamination, Murong Wan’s danger foresight, and Zhou Fuzhou’s record of top-ten finishes.
• Wang Kun explained that he preferred the Transcendent life of the Blood Mist World to returning home, and Cao Yaxuan welcomed him to Mad King Building.
• Xu Lang obtained the Jack of Clubs from a floor leader who had concealed it, then sent the culprit to Grave Pasture for hiding an important item.
• Demon King Castle provided the floor leaders with equipment, name-change cards, and a chance to relocate their dormitories, and all thirty floor leader dormitories became unique dormitories.