Recaps

Xu Lang’s scheme to win over the Great Yin Empress reached an awkward pause when she demanded he learn dual cultivation martial arts before they continued. Back at Demon King Castle, Kui Zi learned the truth from Mary and helped keep the other women from interfering, while Xu Lang and the Great Yin Empress remained in the Magic Box World.

• Mary hesitated to tell the returning women what had happened, then privately explained Xu Lang’s scheme to Kui Zi.
• Kui Zi told Cao Yaxuan and the others not to interfere and assured them Mary had done nothing wrong.
• Xu Lang moved the Nightmare Bed and the Great Yin Empress into the Magic Box World after the women returned to Demon King Castle.
• The Great Yin Empress told Xu Lang to come debate the Dao again after learning dual cultivation martial arts because he had offered her pleasure without improving their cultivation.
• Xu Lang acted unconcerned and relied on what he had learned in two Simulations, including his plan for counterattacking Heaven’s Gate.

Xu Lang lamented that sleeping with the Great Yin Empress had not brought her any closer to joining Demon King Castle, then discussed the matter with his companions. Kui Zi reported that the team had occupied Sea City but could not enter its Woodcarving Secret Realm, leaving Xu Lang to refuse sending his most dangerous Strange Tales unless he went to Earth himself.

• Xu Lang complained to Shirley, Xu Ruyan, Cao Yaxuan, and the others about the Great Yin Empress and denied ordering Mary to keep them away.
• Mary warned Xu Lang that telling others about his encounter could damage his relationship with the Great Yin Empress, and Xu Lang reassured the group that he trusted Cao Yaxuan and the others.
• Xu Lang prepared to sleep and plan his next steps, but Kui Zi interrupted to report on Earth's progress.
• Kui Zi told Xu Lang that the team had secured Sea City but could not infiltrate the Woodcarving Secret Realm.
• Kui Zi requested dangerous Strange Tales from Xu Lang's Magic Box World, but he refused and said he would have to go to Earth himself to deploy them.
• Xu Xiaomeng suggested expanding around Sea City instead, and Kui Zi accepted that as their only option for now.

Xu Lang reviewed his harvest and planned to learn the Chaotic Heaven Blade, while Steel Titan fought at Titan Building and received a message from Xu Lang about a valuable monster drop. Steel Titan trusted the tip because it could help him max out his Spirit, and he prepared to act against the Sea God Legion.

• Xu Lang saw that his Interference Power had risen to 3300, examined his level-fifty Demon-Sealing Slash, and decided to prioritize Mythic blade arts over leveling it further.
• Xu Lang chose the Chaotic Heaven Blade because its seven elemental limits complemented his Breath of God and high elemental affinity.
• Steel Titan used a Killing Intent Pendant from Old Sen to raise an Epic skill while defending Titan Building through the night.
• A subordinate told Steel Titan that Mad King Building wanted to make a deal, and Steel Titan received Xu Lang’s warning about a Lord-class monster carrying an item that increased Spirit by 500 points.
• Steel Titan considered the tip credible and recognized that the item could help him max out his Spirit, especially since the monster would appear near the Sea God Legion.

Sea God Titan fought off a desperate assault by Chaos Giant Apes as the demon army attacked Mad King Building from multiple directions. Inside Heaven's Gate, Black Lotus Venerable received orders to intensify the invasion and summon Moltenfire Clan troops, including half to attack the human realm.

• The demon army sent Chaos Giant Apes and other lord monsters to attack Mad King Building, forcing Sea God Titan to leave the walls and battle three apes at once.
• The ruler inside Heaven's Gate ordered Black Lotus Venerable to guard the Ancestral Blood Pool and increase the intensity of the attacks.
• Black Lotus Venerable found rows of monsters and a vast demon army, then ordered more troops to march out of Heaven's Gate.
• Black Lotus Venerable reached an Immortal Cliff protected by a giant illustrated tome and learned the demon soldiers had made little progress breaking its barrier.
• Black Lotus Venerable used a token bearing the Demon Emperor's authority to order the Moltenfire Clan troops gathered, with half assigned to attack the human realm.

Xu Lang realized the Demon Race’s strength might require help from the Heavenly, Earthly, or Ghost Realms, so he mobilized Demon King Castle to search for clues. Meanwhile, Titan Building’s leaders debated retreating from Heaven’s Gate, and Blade Titan reported that an investigation team had infiltrated it.

• Xu Lang reviewed his simulations and concluded that the Demon Race was too powerful for ordinary martial artists to oppose, then considered seeking reinforcements from the Three Realms.
• Xu Lang ordered the women, Demon King Castle’s staff, its Maid Robots, and the Residents’ Committee clerks to search suspicious items and report clues about opening the Three Realms.
• Titan Building’s defenders faced near-breached outer walls and rapidly dwindling supplies as the Twelve Titans argued over whether to retreat or hold their position.
• Sea God Titan and Steel Titan quarreled over loot, while Demon Titan proposed luring monsters toward Mad King Building using mind-controlled Demon Army soldiers.
• Blade Titan reported that the investigation team had infiltrated Heaven’s Gate.

He Zheng led a reconnaissance team into Heaven’s Gate, where a horned demon killed him and burned the team’s corpses. Qingsong Hold It Together hid among demon soldiers and followed them to the Ancestral Blood Pool, uncertain how to escape.

• He Zheng’s team infiltrated Heaven’s Gate, where the clown Compass pointed to bad luck and Sun Li reported that the strange space suppressed perception and luck.
• A horned demon ambushed the team, nearly tore He Zheng in half, and killed him after he sent his suspicions in a private message.
• The horned demon declared that it served the King, took He Zheng’s head, and burned the corpses, but Qingsong Hold It Together emerged from the flames.
• Qingsong Hold It Together hid inside a demon soldier’s skirt armor as the soldiers discussed their human origins and growing ancestral memories.
• The demon soldiers brought Qingsong Hold It Together to guard the Ancestral Blood Pool, where one complained that his atavism sickness was worsening.

Xu Lang’s group investigated new cards and Fate Pattern Warriors while considering whether the events around Heaven’s Gate were repeating an ancient script. Holy Angel then warned them that the Demon Army had taken over Heaven’s Gate and that Titan Building was preparing to abandon the Titan Great Wall.

• Miaoying reported that three number cards had been found outside the Garden Corridor, and Xu Lang agreed to reward future discoverers.
• Miaoying reported that thirteen Fate Pattern Warriors had appeared, prompting Xu Lang to ask whether any Astral Fate Pattern Warriors had reached their Dormitory Building.
• Xu Lang decided to ask Titan Building to send an Astral Fate Pattern Warrior to make an appearance rather than send people to the Mist Zone.
• Kui Zi answered Holy Angel’s call, and Holy Angel reported that the Demon Army had occupied Heaven’s Gate and would target players who entered the Heavenly Realm.
• Holy Angel announced that Titan Building was preparing to abandon the Titan Great Wall because more than ninety major monsters and a king had yet to emerge.

The Holy Angel warned the Mad King Building that more than ninety powerful lord-class monsters threatened the Titans and asked for help, but Kui Zi refused. When several hundred demon soldiers headed toward the Mad King Building, Xu Lang decided to enter the Titan Building alone, intending to teach its players how to use the Blood Hatred Build.

• The Holy Angel told the Mad King Building that the Demon Army posed a major threat and hinted that the Titans might turn against them if they refused to help.
• The Holy Angel ended the call as Titan Building Players withdrew from the city wall under heavy fire and Reserve Demon Army soldiers tried to stop them.
• Kui Zi and the others interpreted the warning as a sign that another dormitory might attack, while Xu Lang decided to visit the Titan Building.
• Xu Lang left alone through the Black Vortex Gate using an invisibility talisman after several hundred demon soldiers headed toward the Mad King Building.
• Steel Titan approved Xu Lang's arrival while the Titan Building covered its players' retreat, unaware that Xu Lang planned to teach them the Blood Hatred Build.

Xu Lang used his Black Crown to briefly stop time and drive the demon army into a berserk charge against the Titan Building. The Titan Building unleashed its defenses against the overwhelming assault, while Xu Lang watched from above and judged that the demons would face a much harder fight than they had at the Mad King Building.

• Xu Lang examined the Titan Building’s retreating NPCs and discovered Yingzhao, a Fate Pattern Warrior of the Heavenly Hero Star whose Star Battle Soul was awakening.
• Xu Lang suspected the Dormitory Survival Game was shaping the war between the Flame Emperor and Long Chi, then used his Black Crown to freeze time for a moment.
• The demon soldiers charged toward the Titan Great Wall at nearly twice their former speed, forcing the Steel Titan to order a retreat and boost his legion’s speed.
• The demon army overwhelmed the wall despite the Titan Building’s defenses, and Titan Building players prepared to meet the attack under the Titan Council’s highest-order command.
• The Titan Building’s gravity trait, Giant Fortresses, War Colossi, and powerful rail cannons struck the invading demons as Xu Lang watched from the roof and recognized the building’s strength.

Demon Emperor Lü Qing sent Black Lotus Venerable and Thousand-Eyes Venerable to investigate why demon soldiers went mad outside Heaven's Gate. They discovered that the soldiers felt compelled to seek a crown and become king, while Titan Building's players celebrated the demon army's destruction and the loot it left behind.

• Lü Qing asked the ninety-nine Venerables for advice and ordered Black Lotus Venerable to investigate the demon soldiers' riot with Thousand-Eyes Venerable.
• Thousand-Eyes Venerable warned Black Lotus Venerable not to leave Heaven's Gate before testing what happened to demon soldiers outside.
• Black Lotus Venerable and Thousand-Eyes Venerable watched a squad go mad, then tested an ordinary soldier and learned he felt driven to become king.
• The two Venerables ordered the others to stay inside and hurried back to report to Lü Qing, finding that the demon soldiers in Mad King Community had been wiped out.
• Titan Building's players marveled at the loot carpeting the community, and Xu Lang celebrated the rewards of the Blood Hatred Build.

Xu Lang stole high-grade supplies from Titan Building and created a Legendary puppet skill while the Demon Race prepared another assault. When the Demon Titan redirected demon soldiers toward Mad King Building, the Residents’ Committee lifted the restriction on attacking, leaving Mad King Building’s forces free to fight.

• Xu Lang stole around a hundred high-grade items from Titan Building, focusing on supplies that could strengthen Mad King Building’s wealth facilities.
• Xu Lang fused the Legendary skill Immortal Dao Puppet, which created a durable external puppet that copied his equipment attributes and abilities.
• The Demon Race attacked Titan Building again after a brief lull, and the Demon Titan used Mind Erosion to send demon soldiers toward Mad King Building.
• Foreign NPCs appeared in Mad King Building’s Safe Zone and drew the demon soldiers toward them as Mad Vanguards charged into battle.
• Demon King Castle sent the order “Free fire,” lifting the ban on Mad King Building’s players attacking.

Xu Lang’s plan drew the Demon Race’s attention to the Mad King Building, which endured a probing attack and then a much larger assault. The Demon Titan left the building to face the pressure on its own, expecting it might fall and drive Xu Lang to join the Titan Building.

• The Demon Titan sent wave after wave of demon soldiers toward the Mad King Building, prompting the Demon Race to launch a probing attack.
• The Black Lotus Venerable ordered Xing Yi to lead nearly ten thousand demon soldiers against the building, where turrets and defenses killed many attackers.
• Xing Yi fought his way inside and up to the eleventh floor, where Sword Saint killed his troops and defeated him.
• Enraged by Xing Yi’s death and seeking revenge for the Xingtian Clan, the Black Lotus Venerable sent over ten times as many troops to attack the Mad King Building.
• The Mad King Building activated large structures and empowered Mad Sentries to repel the assault, while the Demon Titan left it to bear the Dungeon’s pressure alone.

The Demon Army launched a powerful assault on Mad King Building, but just before its soldiers reached the building, they abruptly turned and charged toward Titan Building. Wang Kun recognized that Xu Lang, the Building Lord and founder of the Blood Hatred Build, had intervened, while Titan Building’s players braced for the attack.

• Thousand-Eyes Venerable and Black Lotus Venerable decided to send the Xingtian Clan and Thousand-Eyes Venerable’s clansmen against Mad King Building.
• Kui Zi woke Xu Lang to warn him that the approaching monster wave could cause Mad King Building a 23% battle loss rate, but he pulled her and Jiang Wan back beneath the blanket.
• Mad King Building Players prepared their weapons and defenses as scouting skills revealed the wave included numerous level-40 lord monsters capable of damaging facilities.
• Wang Kun prepared to use his Mad Cannon Platform, but the Demon Army suddenly turned away from Mad King Building and charged toward Titan Building.
• Wang Kun ordered the tenants to collect the battlefield loot and suspected that Xu Lang had made the Demon Army retreat.
• Titan Building Players watched the Demon Army approach, while the Twelve Titans planned to distribute excess demon soldier armor once its price fell to its limit.

The Twelve Titans debated the level-ninety Endless Challenge to the King BUFF and the threat posed by the Demon Race army. Blade Titan refused to lead an assault into Heaven’s Gate without more information, until Earth Titan revealed he had a hidden tenant inside with He Zheng.

• Zhu Rong Titan demanded that the Titans use the sealed Ancient God's Eye, and Blade Titan explained that the demon soldiers were affected by a level-ninety Endless Challenge to the King BUFF.
• Star Titan and Sea God Titan theorized that the BUFF targeted the strongest King, while Demon Titan suggested Xu Lang himself might be an evil god.
• Beast Titan warned the others that the Demon Race army had reached within three kilometers of Titan Building and stressed that they had to win the round.
• Blade Titan said the Titans needed an elite strike team to find the Demon Race army’s resurrection item, but refused to enter Heaven’s Gate without more information.
• Earth Titan revealed that a tenant had followed He Zheng into Heaven’s Gate and had not been discovered.

Xu Lang learned Heaven and Earth Yin-Yang Great Compassion Rhapsody despite its permanent attribute penalty, gaining Yin-Yang Martial Power and abilities tied to charm and vitality. He tested its pink aura on Cao Yaxuan, Wang Yazhi, Tong Qi, Aygul, and the other women, leaving Wang Yazhi reluctant to resist its effects.

• Xu Lang fused Mythic martial arts for Cao Yaxuan and the other women, then created Heaven and Earth Yin-Yang Great Compassion Rhapsody for himself.
• Xu Lang paid to check his compatibility, accepted a permanent 3% decrease to his constitution and spirit, and learned the skill.
• Xu Lang gained Yin-Yang Martial Power, whose properties included charm, illusion, and vitality, and reviewed the skill's effects.
• Xu Lang released a pink aura while testing his new ability, waking Cao Yaxuan, Wang Yazhi, Tong Qi, Aygul, and the other women.
• Wang Yazhi said she could resist the aura but did not want to, and Xu Lang told her not to resist.

Wu Xueyi returned to the Mad King Building with Heavenly Sound Sect leader Yu Changhen and several core members, seeking to bring them before Xu Lang. As the Titan Building endured another Demon Army assault, the group headed toward the Demon King Castle to find out whether Xu Lang was available.

• On August 4, the Demon King Castle residents stayed out of sight while Wu Huihui watched the Demon Army's fourth major assault on the Titan Building.
• Wu Huihui met Wu Xueyi, Yu Changhen, and four Heavenly Sound Sect holy envoys on the Thirtieth Floor.
• Yu Changhen's charm entranced Pei Wan'er until Wu Huihui's voice broke the spell, and Wu Huihui recognized Yu Changhen as a level-forty-nine leader of one of the Thirty-Six Demonic Sects.
• Wu Xueyi told Wu Huihui she intended to take Yu Changhen and the sect's core members to meet Xu Lang, but Wu Huihui did not know what he was doing.
• Wu Xueyi led Yu Changhen and the Residents' Committee members toward the Demon King Castle while Wu Huihui returned to watching the battle.

Xu Lang invited Heavenly Sound Sect leader Yu Changhen and three holy envoys to become tenants of the Mad King Building, hoping to gain their powerful charm techniques. Yu Changhen refused to accept immediately, and Xu Lang offered to pay more, leaving their negotiation unresolved.

• Wu Xueyi brought Yu Changhen and the Heavenly Sound Sect delegation into the Demon King Castle after Ghost Child directed them to the meeting hall.
• Xu Lang welcomed the delegation and dismissed everyone except Yu Changhen and the four holy envoys.
• Wu Xueyi stood behind Xu Lang while Yu Changhen questioned why he had summoned them.
• Xu Lang asked Yu Changhen to become his tenant, but she requested time to consider the offer.
• Xu Lang offered to pay more, and Yu Changhen asked whether he was insulting her.

Xu Lang pressed Yu Changhen to become his tenant, offering to help her complete the Heavenly Sound Sect’s cultivation method, while Su Qingqiu and Cao Yaxuan challenged and taunted each other. Yu Changhen refused and wanted to leave, but Xu Lang invoked Cao Yaxuan’s own arrival at the Mad King Building, suggesting he would deal with the sect leader as he had dealt with his first tenant.

• Su Qingqiu angrily confronted Xu Lang, while Wu Xueyi tried to calm her and reminded her that Xu Lang was speaking with Yu Changhen.
• Xu Lang offered to help Yu Changhen reach the final stage of the Nine Lives and Nine Reincarnations Wondrous Sound Heavenly Maiden Visualization Method and become a Wondrous Sound Heavenly Maiden.
• Yu Changhen questioned Wu Xueyi about how she had learned the sect’s secret, but Xu Lang claimed his knowledge came from an existence beyond past, present, and future.
• Cao Yaxuan arrived and urged Xu Lang to drain Yu Changhen and the others with the Shepherd's Lock, then clashed verbally with a woman in green before Xu Lang told her to sit down.
• Yu Changhen refused Xu Lang’s offer, and Xu Lang stood up, declared that he liked her reserve, and asked Cao Yaxuan if she remembered how she had first become his tenant.

Xu Lang defeated Yu Changhen and the other women, then agreed to spare them if they slept beside him without going further. On Earth, Xie Jin fought a powerful distorted creature and suddenly revealed a startling increase in strength, prompting Xu Lang to investigate him through the Nightmare Eye.

• Xu Lang overwhelmed Yu Changhen, Su Qingqiu, Hu Que, and Dongfang Yun, then offered to spare them if they slept beside him without going all the way.
• Su Qingqiu agreed after Xu Lang promised that touching them would cost him his acting Building Lord position and prevent him from becoming a player again.
• Xu Lang sensed through Ghost God Power as Xie Jin fought a distorted monster in Sea City and warned soldiers away from its remains.
• A green root creature attacked, killed several soldiers, and infected Xie Jin with a zombie virus.
• Xie Jin's wife and daughter appeared as spirits, and their presence awakened his Ghost God Power, letting him burn free and draw his blade with his will.
• Xu Lang watched Xie Jin's sudden power-up from within his consciousness and used the Nightmare Eye to inspect him.

Xu Lang used his influence over the battlefield to arrange a deal that slowed the Demon Army’s assault on the Titan Building in exchange for its Fate Pattern NPCs. As the Titans blamed Xu Lang for the battle’s course, Xie Jin was forced by Erebos to endure painful training, and the Titans began calling for Xu Lang to be eliminated.

• Xu Lang realized that Xie Jin’s growing status as the child of the world could strengthen his Fate Interference Power, and decided to manipulate events further.
• Erebos summoned the weakened Xie Jin, promised to teach him saber techniques, and engulfed him in purple ghost fire to force the knowledge into his body.
• Xu Lang removed his external puppet’s Black Crown after the Titan Building sent Fate Pattern NPCs to the Mad King Building in exchange for help slowing the assault.
• With the demons’ guiding force gone, the Black Lotus Venerable abandoned the attack and left to seek instructions from the Demon Emperor, while the Thousand-Eyes Venerable stayed behind.
• The Beast Titan and Forest Titan blamed Xu Lang for the battle’s outcome and agreed that he was becoming too dangerous to leave alone.

Xu Lang tried to persuade forty astral warriors trapped in the Magic Box World to join the Mad King Building, then considered becoming the Ziwei Star himself. Back at Demon King Castle, he struggled to sleep and found the Heavenly Sound Sect leader and her four holy envoys sharing his bed; someone else arrived just before the chapter ended.

• Xu Lang told the astral warriors that their shared attitudes and bond might be linked to the Ziwei Star, but the Black Tortoise Kingdom's Cavalry General accused him of manipulating them.
• Mary suggested Xu Lang could use the Scarlet Shepherd's power to extract the Ziwei Star's Fate Pattern, and Xu Lang ordered the Residents' Committee to watch the Titan Building for new NPCs.
• The astral warriors refused to pledge loyalty to Xu Lang, and the two sides parted on bad terms while the group remained trapped in the Magic Box World.
• Xu Lang issued orders at Demon King Castle and lay awake thinking about becoming the Ziwei Star and investigating the Heavenly Realm, Ghost Realm, and Earthly Realm.
• Xu Lang discovered Su Qingqiu and her four holy envoys in his bed, spoke with them, and watched as someone entered behind the bed curtains.

Zhen Lu, Shirley, Red Butterfly, and the Heavenly Sound Sect women joined Xu Lang on the Nightmare Bed, where the night’s revelry led him to give Yu Changhen Golden Beeswax. Yu Changhen transformed into an incomplete Wondrous Sound Heavenly Maiden and unlocked an exclusive quest whose remaining conditions were still unmet.

• Zhen Lu recognized Yu Changhen as the Heavenly Sound Sect leader and got into bed with the women.
• Red Butterfly announced that she and Tong Qi had completed the Mad King Trial, then climbed onto Xu Lang’s Nightmare Bed.
• Cao Yaxuan, Wang Yazhi, and the other women joined them, and the Heaven and Earth Yin-Yang Great Compassion Rhapsody took effect.
• Xu Lang gave Yu Changhen the fifth drop of Golden Beeswax, causing her allure and strength to surge as her constitution transformed.
• Yu Changhen unlocked the exclusive Wondrous Sound Heavenly Maiden quest, with the Unrivaled Grace and Toppling Kingdoms and Cities conditions still unfulfilled.

Xu Lang helped Yu Changhen become a Wondrous Sound Heavenly Maiden, then earned more than a million Nightmare Coins from one night’s sleep. The chapter ended with the Demon King Castle’s residents waking and discussing the Demon Army’s sudden halt at the Titan Building.

• Xu Lang used an Epic Grade outfit to help Yu Changhen fulfill the conditions to become a Wondrous Sound Heavenly Maiden, but she still could not defeat him in the Magic Box World.
• Xu Lang’s harvest log showed 1,127,520 Nightmare Coins earned overnight, along with gains in attributes, skills, interference power, and achievement points.
• Kui Zi and Shirley told Xu Lang that the Demon Army had stopped attacking the Titan Building after two probing attacks, and Zhen Lu suggested sending the Mad Vanguard to scout.
• Chi Qingman stayed in bed, while Wu Xueyi, Su Qingqiu, Hu Que, and Dongfang Yun eventually pretended to wake up.
• Hu Que worried about Dongfang Yun, but Dongfang Yun said she would make the best of her situation and enjoy the warm bed.

Su Qingqiu and the others were ordered back to their registered dormitory, while Yu Changhen led three holy envoys to find shelter. Luo Lin admitted them to the Biochemical Dormitory, where Tao Tao eagerly welcomed her new tenants.

• Su Qingqiu, Dongfang Yun, Wu Xueyi, and Hu Que received notices that their temporary stay at the Demon King Castle had ended, and Chi Qingman explained they had to return to their dormitory.
• Yu Changhen chose to leave with Su Qingqiu, Dongfang Yun, and Hu Que, while Wu Xueyi stayed behind; Yu Changhen gave Xu Lang a cold glance before going.
• Chi Qingman worried that Yu Changhen might threaten Luo Lin, and Xu Lang promised to protect Luo Lin if needed.
• After two biochemical beings blocked them from entering, Su Qingqiu and the others considered seizing a dormitory, but Tao Tao opened the door and told them they could only join the Biochemical Dormitory with her mother's approval.
• Luo Lin invited the four women inside and temporarily took Yu Changhen in, while Tao Tao welcomed them with fruit and snacks.

On day fifteen, the Dormitory Survival Game announced that the Demon Army had the lowest losses and the highest score, prompting players to question whether the game favored the monsters. The Frostfield Titan met with three other Titans and a Demon Titan stand-in to plot against the Mad King Building, leaving Steel Titan worried that his secret deal might be exposed.

• The Dormitory Survival Game announced that the Mad King Community remained safe, while the Demon Army had suffered only 0.1 percent losses and earned 92 points.
• Players protested the announcement and questioned why the monsters had received missions and rewards.
• The Forest Titan, Beast Titan, and Steel Titan came to the Frostfield Titan to discuss the Mad King Building, and he invited them into his snow world.
• The Demon Titan joined the meeting through a horned bat demon stand-in and said he wanted to take the Mad King Building too.
• The Steel Titan privately worried that the Demon Titan might know about his deal with the Mad King Building.