Chapter Summaries

Zhai Ren and other players weighed whether to challenge Xu Lang after Mad King Building’s mechanism made the Building Lord’s token a coveted prize. Xu Lang returned to his dormitory with his companions as the crowd watched, its greed checked by his oppressive presence.

• Zhai Ren told Dormitory 66’s tenants that the Building Lord’s token mattered more than the free attribute points, but agreed with Hei San that they should not provoke Xu Lang yet.
• Zhang Dahai went to search a hidden spot and was approached by a goateed man who asked whether Xu Lang had been his classmate and said he wanted to attach himself to him.
• Xu Ruyan and the others returned and warned Xu Lang that players might target them, while Cao Yaxuan urged them not to show fear.
• Zhai Ren and the other Floor Leaders approached, but Xu Lang read Xu Ruyan’s message that they had not formed an alliance and left without speaking to them.
• Kui Zi thought Xu Lang could be replaced but did not dare stop him, and the watching players fell silent under his oppressive presence.
• Xu Lang and his companions returned to their dormitory and shut the golden door, after which the players discussed the Blood Pelican Demon Blade and the Building Lord’s token.

After the players speculated about how the Dormitory Building would adjust the game, a broadcast announced new mechanics, including a Monster King identity and stronger monster leadership. Players across several dormitories reacted eagerly, while Xu Lang and his companions were left to face the changes as the round entered its final two days.

• Zhen Lu said she had sensed real hostility from the players in Mad King Building, and Xu Lang explained that he intended to keep his weapon and ultimately become the Dormitory Building's master.
• Wang Yazhi predicted that the Dormitory Building would either restrain Xu Lang or support a new king, while Zhen Lu and Xu Ruyan thought it might instead strengthen the monsters.
• The Dormitory Broadcast shortened the round to two days, increased monster resurrection time, added human and monster airdrops, raised the number of monster leaders to five, and introduced the Monster King identity.
• Zhai Ren and the players in Dormitory 66 celebrated the chance to become the Monster King.
• Kui Zi transformed in Dormitory 10, prompting Su Yuan to suspect she had grown stronger and to decide that she should be sent to Xu Lang.
• In Dormitory 95, Xiao Yan and Xue Heng planned to become the Monster King, kill Xu Lang, and hand over his high-risk item for a chance to rise in power.

Chen Kui warned Zhang Dahai that Mad King Building was targeting Xu Lang, then joined Dormitory 33 as a tenant. When the next game began, Tang Ze became the Monster King and, after killing all six of his tenants to meet the prerequisite, emerged in golden armor and led the monsters in attacking the other dormitories.

• Chen Kui told Zhang Dahai that Mad King Building was targeting Xu Lang and advised him to stay cautious.
• Chen Kui revealed that his dormitory had been destroyed and became a tenant in Dormitory 33.
• The next game began, but Xu Lang and his companions did not receive monster identities, prompting Xu Xiaomeng to prepare for a defensive fight.
• Tang Ze was chosen as the Monster King and had to kill every tenant in Dormitory 89 within five minutes.
• Tang Ze killed his tenants, transformed into a Golden-Armored Corpse, and led the monsters in attacking dormitory doors.

The Monster King Tang Ze led the monster players in a faction war, wiping out the Fifth Floor and attacking the Sixth as human players rallied to resist. As Tang Ze fought through the defenders, Xu Lang mobilized Dormitory 200, and a tall figure with a demonic blade emerged from the stairwell to confront him.

• Monster players broke into rooms on the Fifth Floor, killed Kong Qian, and wiped out the floor in less than twenty minutes.
• After hearing the monster army had moved to the Sixth Floor, Zhai Ren organized reinforcements and planned to attack from behind.
• Xu Lang gathered Dormitory 200, including Shirley, and led everyone out to join the faction war.
• Tang Ze abandoned his attack on Xiao Yan's door and went to support monster players fighting Li Shuwen, Zhu Yan, and Zhai Ren.
• Tang Ze knocked Zhai Ren and his shield into the stairwell, then saw a tall figure carrying a demonic blade step out.

Xu Lang led the human players against Tang Ze and the monster faction, turning the battle with his abilities and the Dormitory 200 women’s attacks. He unlocked the Five Viscera Divine Treasury’s power and fatally struck Tang Ze.

• Tang Ze tried to recruit Xu Lang, but Xu Lang refused and prepared to fight alongside the human players.
• Tang Ze ordered the monster players and reserve troops to attack, surrounding the humans as the fighting spread through the corridors.
• Xu Lang confronted Tang Ze while his purple flames trapped the five monster leaders and his Vengeful Ghosts weakened Tang Ze.
• Cao Yaxuan, Tong Qi, Xu Ruyan, Xu Xiaomeng, Zhen Lu, Shirley, and Wang Yazhi fought the monster faction while Li Shuwen’s group cleared the corridors.
• Xu Lang unlocked the Five Viscera Divine Treasury, cloaked his Demon Blade in golden and purple flames, and shattered Tang Ze’s chest with a slash.

Xu Lang and the human players defeated Tang Ze’s monster forces, then rushed to claim a human airdrop at the teaching building. Xu Lang found a Thunder God Gatling that could kill Spirit Form targets and began using it to hunt monsters before its time limit expired.

• Xu Lang killed Tang Ze, the Golden-Armored Corpse, and joined Li Shuwen in routing the remaining monsters and capturing more than thirty of them.
• The Dormitory Broadcast announced a human airdrop by the teaching building, drawing players away from the imprisoned monsters and triggering more battles between the camps.
• Zhen Lu flew ahead to scout the airdrop while monster players tried unsuccessfully to move its chest.
• Xu Lang arrived, cut down the fleeing monsters’ limbs, and opened the chest to find the Thunder God Gatling, which would disappear at six o’clock unless it killed one hundred monsters.
• Xu Lang fired the Thunder God Gatling at fleeing monster players and riddled them with bullets.

Xu Lang claimed the Thunder God Gatling and headed for a monster airdrop after it was announced at the Gymnasium. Meanwhile, Chen Kui hinted that Dormitory 33 had other opportunities after the fifth round, and Tang Ze returned with plans to rescue the captured monsters.

• Xu Lang tested the Thunder God Gatling, impressed the nearby players with its power, and set out with his companions to find more monsters.
• Chen Kui told Zhang Dahai and Ye Fan that the Dormitory Building would update its Core Facilities after the fifth round, then identified pioneering as another opportunity.
• Tang Ze returned to the basement, learned that the surviving monster players had been captured, and resolved to rescue them without confronting Xu Lang directly.
• The Dormitory Broadcast announced monster airdrops at the Gymnasium basketball court, and Tang Ze welcomed the news with three hours left in the game.
• Xu Lang and Dormitory 200 changed course toward the Gymnasium; after Zhen Lu exhausted her transformation, Xu Lang injected himself to boost his speed and went ahead.

Xu Lang discovered a clue to the monster players’ revival ability, but turned back to rescue the Dormitory Building after Tang Ze attacked it. He killed Tang Ze with a single strike and drove the remaining monster players to flee.

• Kui Zi reached the Gymnasium airdrop, but Xu Lang forced her to kneel before he found a message revealing that the monster players’ Soul Monument was hidden in the Agricultural Building basement.
• Tang Ze learned from a monster airdrop that monster blood could transform human players, then led an assault on the poorly defended Dormitory Building.
• After human players sent word of the attack, Xu Lang abandoned his trip to the Agricultural Building and rushed to the Dormitory Building.
• Tang Ze confronted Xu Lang, but Xu Lang stunned him with the Mind-Shattering Demon Eye and decapitated him with a powerful slash.
• The monster players panicked and jumped from the building to escape, while Xu Lang attacked them with the Thunder God Gatling.

Xu Lang was cursed by the Cellar Wraith in the cellar and called Tong Qi to remove it. After Tong Qi captured the wraith with the Ghost-Controlling Bell, her Ghost Tamer Sequence advanced to its second stage.

• Xu Lang broke into the cellar, was cursed by the Cellar Wraith, and summoned Tong Qi after his items and Primordial True Qi failed to dispel it.
• Xu Lang destroyed the cellar’s soul monuments, then Xu Ruyan, Xu Xiaomeng, and Tong Qi arrived to help him.
• Tong Qi and her Ghost Pets pulled the Cellar Wraith out of Xu Lang, and she tried to tame it as it neared death.
• Xu Lang offered Wesleyte’s soul crystal, distracting the wraith long enough for Tong Qi to capture it in the Ghost-Controlling Bell.
• Tong Qi’s ghostly energy surged, the bell transformed, and Xu Lang saw that her Ghost Tamer Sequence had advanced to its second stage.

Xu Lang and Tong Qi hunted down monster players, collected their transformation cards, and survived the second night. After fusing the cards, Xu Lang was declared the Monster King and received a system prompt that appeared to demand he kill everyone.

• Tong Qi advanced to the Ghost Tamer Sequence, and Xu Lang urged her to seek suitable dark arts skills before they went after the remaining monster players.
• Tang Ze reappeared in the cellar and was killed by Xu Lang, dropping equipment, skill scrolls, and a Golden-Armored Corpse Transformation Card.
• Xu Lang and the other players discovered that every monster player dropped a transformation card, triggering a hunt that ended with the monster players exterminated and Xu Lang completing his Thunder God Gatling mission.
• After the second night, 721 human players remained, and Xu Lang gathered thirty-three transformation cards, including cards from the five major leaders.
• Xu Lang fused transformation cards and unlocked a new Fusion series; at midnight, the system announced that he had become the Monster King and seemed to order him to kill everyone.

Xu Lang rejected the Monster King identity because becoming one required killing every tenant, then joined the others at the Gymnasium to claim the monster airdrop. The tense players there feared he would attack, but he insisted he was a pacifist before Cao Yaxuan found a rocket launcher in the crate.

• Xu Lang refused the Monster King identity after learning that he would have to kill every tenant to qualify.
• Xu Lang and the girls hurried to the Gymnasium to choose monster identities and collect the airdrop.
• Monster players gathered anxiously at the Gymnasium, worried that Xu Lang would hunt them for their transformation cards.
• Cao Yaxuan and the other Dormitory 200 residents entered as monsters, alarming the players guarding the airdrop.
• Xu Lang arrived and said he would help end the Blood Mist World, though the players doubted his claim to be a pacifist.
• Cao Yaxuan pulled a green rocket launcher from the monster airdrop crate and called it a divine artifact.

Xu Lang and the surviving players made it through the fifth round, and Dormitory 200 won the leaderboard reward: an item for the A-1 Savior sequence. Mad King Building publicly revealed the reward, leaving Xu Lang thrilled but furious as the next round’s changes and a fifteen-day rest period began.

• Cao Yaxuan suggested turning human players into monsters for transformation cards, but Xu Lang said fusion opportunities were limited and waited for the Monster King to appear.
• Zheng Kai received the opportunity to become the Monster King, but he silently cursed the building and did not appear as one.
• The fifth round ended at six in the morning, and the broadcast announced that the safe zone would no longer expand automatically, rare items would be more likely farther out, and the rest period would last fifteen days.
• Mad King Building announced that Dormitory 200’s first-place reward was an A-Class Sequence · Savior item, and players identified it as the A-1 sequence.
• Xu Lang and his companions celebrated the A-1 reward, while Xu Lang cursed Mad King Building for making the information public.

Chen Kui learned that Mad King Building could not normally be relocated and wondered whether playing cards might offer an exception. At Dormitory 180, Xu Lang and the others examined the newly detailed item and skill information, then received the round’s point rewards.

• Chen Kui asked Zhang Dahai whether Mad King Building could be relocated, and Ye Fan suggested that playing cards might provide a way to move.
• Wu Huihui and Nie Xiaozhu celebrated Xu Lang’s A-rank Sequence, while Wang Tingting regretted not moving into Dormitory 200 earlier.
• Zhu Yan asked Li Shuwen whether their dormitory’s higher quality meant the next stage would be more difficult, and Li Shuwen urged everyone to use the fifteen-day rest to prepare.
• Li Wenwen told Li Shuwen she had enough essence to enhance his weapon to +8, and he noticed that its information had changed.
• Xu Lang and the others checked their equipment and skills, discovering the new rarity classifications and updated item details.
• Mad King Building distributed the point rewards.

Xu Lang received the Top Player rewards, including the Savior Badge, and encouraged players to choose pet dormitories before the group inspected their exclusive items. The chapter ended when Zhen Lu revealed her dress-shaped exclusive item, whose attributes surprised Xu Lang.

• Xu Lang received the Savior Badge and read its promotion requirements, including completing an exploration Dungeon, opening all Dormitory Building safe areas, and punishing a demon or forgiving an angel.
• Xu Lang offered 150,000 Copper Coins to up to ten players who chose pet dormitories, and paid those who contacted him.
• Xu Lang and the others examined their exclusive items, including Wang Yazhi's Azure Lotus Codex, Cao Yaxuan's Low-Level Ice Magic, Tong Qi's Prajna Ghost Curse, and Xu Ruyan's Dark Blade.
• Xu Xiaomeng received Slacker's Pocket, Shirley received the Book of Wisdom, and Xu Lang judged Shirley's item to have great potential.
• Zhen Lu reluctantly revealed her clothing exclusive item, and Xu Lang was impressed after seeing its attributes.

Zhen Lu wore the Elven Dream Set and reached 200 Charm, while Xu Lang revealed his exclusive title token. The group inspected the upgraded core facilities and their new bronze effects before deciding what to do next.

• Zhen Lu put on the Elven Dream Set, surpassing Tong Qi with 200 Charm and dazzling the others.
• Xu Lang showed the group his Mad King Building Title Token and decided to use it another day after upgrading the dormitory and choosing a main facility.
• Xu Lang and the others inspected the Bronze Monitor, discovering its zoom function and a second monitor on the balcony.
• Xu Xiaomeng showed Xu Lang the upgraded Lucky Star Piggy, which recorded monster earnings, awarded an extra 20%, and spat out exchangeable pearls.
• Xu Lang examined the Bronze Radio and Bronze Air Conditioner, noting their expanded signal range and new environmental features.

Xu Lang chose a game console as Dormitory 200’s fifth Core Facility, then upgraded the Luxury Apartment into a Platinum Luxury Apartment. As the women explored its new rooms and doted on the pet dog Evil Fuzzball, Xu Lang began considering which female player to recruit as a tenant.

• Xu Lang chose the game console after the women agreed, revealing games that rewarded players with Copper Coins and a chance to obtain game items and skills.
• Xu Lang delayed playing so they could keep grinding points, and the Luxury Apartment upgraded into a Platinum Luxury Apartment with a second floor and several new rooms.
• Cao Yaxuan found a little white dog in the pet room and named it Evil Fuzzball; Xu Lang noted its weak attributes and shared the room’s revival information.
• Tong Qi fed Evil Fuzzball, which carried its bowl to Zhen Lu and Xu Lang for attention.
• Xu Lang focused on choosing a female player to recruit as a tenant.

Red Butterfly revived and revealed powerful skills, including a Legendary obsession ability and the danger that a great will could assimilate her. Xu Lang and the others decided to use the dormitory's protection to sever her connection to her original body, and Tong Qi removed her ghost pet status so Xu Lang could try making her a tenant.

• Red Butterfly emerged from Tong Qi's Ghost-Controlling Bell and revealed that she had returned to life, while her information warned that a great will might assimilate her.
• Xu Lang secretly had Tong Qi inspect Red Butterfly's skills and discovered her Legendary Obsession That Transcends Reincarnation and several other powerful abilities.
• Red Butterfly explained that the consciousness of a powerful being remained inside her and could devour her, so Cao Yaxuan suggested finding a way to protect her.
• Red Butterfly proposed becoming a tenant to gain the dormitory's protection, and Xu Lang agreed to try inviting her.
• Red Butterfly's ghost pet identity proved incompatible with being a tenant, so Tong Qi used the Ghost-Controlling Bell to remove her ghost pet status.

After Red Butterfly broke free of her original body's control, she tried to demand independence, but Xu Lang and the others kept her under their control and used her charm to farm Nightmare Coins. Xu Lang woke to find her charm had reached 320 and set himself a new goal: capture a succubus.

• Red Butterfly accepted Xu Lang's tenant invitation and celebrated after her special status disappeared.
• Red Butterfly demanded that Xu Lang remove her tenant status, but he refused and the others surrounded her when she seemed ready to betray them.
• Xu Lang slashed Red Butterfly with the Blood Pelican Demon Blade until she gave in and let her mental attribute convert into physique.
• Xu Lang woke toward evening and saw that Red Butterfly's charm had climbed to 320, increasing the Nightmare Coin conversion rate.
• Xu Lang decided to capture a succubus and send her to Luo Lin for research.

Xu Lang obtained the Blood Intent Executor title and established Mad King Zoo while preparing to become a Beast Tamer. He offered to lead a group of players on a Blood Mist expedition to capture wild beasts, leaving them to gather at the Supermarket entrance in an hour.

• Xu Lang discovered that Red Butterfly's original consciousness was resurfacing, revoked her tenant status, and invited her back after she angrily confronted him.
• Xu Lang went to the Merit Building with Tong Qi and Cao Yaxuan, where he gained the Blood Intent Executor title and the ability to adjust Blood Hatred's concentration.
• Zheng Kai told Xu Lang that he had established a zoo beside the Agricultural Building, and Xu Lang named it Mad King Zoo and registered ten animals.
• Xu Lang learned that players had found powerful items and wild beasts while exploring the Blood Mist, then offered to take them along to capture beasts.
• Xu Lang told the players to prepare for battle and meet at the Supermarket entrance in an hour, while several others stayed behind to guard the zoo.

Xu Lang assessed his growing strength and concluded that the dormitory building restricted high-rarity emplacements, while planning to exploit its weaknesses. He learned Zhang Dahai was pioneering in the Blood Mist World and had returned with the first level-12 item.

• Xu Lang, Cao Yaxuan, and Tong Qi bought clothing and listed their surplus skill scrolls and items for sale.
• A new resident arrived at the Mad King Building, where Dormitory 170 transformed into the Gothic Witch's Home; the girl there noticed Xu Lang's thirty-three homeowner keys.
• Xu Lang reviewed his skills, equipment, and facilities, then suspected the dormitory building was preventing powerful, high-rarity emplacements from appearing.
• Xu Lang reasoned that his defenses, supplies, and emplacements might let him survive dungeon types the dormitory building intended to make deadly.
• Tong Qi told Xu Lang that Zhang Dahai was pioneering in the Blood Mist World after bringing back the first level-12 item, and Xu Lang asked where he was.