Chapter Summaries

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Wang Yazhi fought Saladin and awakened the Mythic self-created skill Sword Heart Clarity, but Xu Lang ultimately struck Saladin down. Before he could claim the Rakshasa Royal Blood, Saladin sent it flying, and the corrupted blood fused with Wang Yazhi.

• Wang Yazhi battled Saladin, activated all nine seal characters, and used a Clear Spirit Qi light sword to wound him before collapsing from exhaustion.
• Wang Yazhi gained the Mythic self-created skill Sword Heart Clarity, while Saladin decided to retreat from the players surrounding him.
• Xu Ruyan killed Saladin's horse, and Xu Lang appeared, used Ghost Slash to control and attack Saladin, then defeated the Sand Guardians and severed Saladin's arm and body.
• Saladin threw the amber containing the Rakshasa Royal Blood away rather than surrender it, and the blood turned black as it flew.
• Xu Lang beheaded Saladin, but the black blood fused into Wang Yazhi.

Xu Lang questioned Saladin about the blackened Rakshasa royal blood that had left Wang Yazhi unconscious. Saladin explained its origins and revealed that a real demon had given him the amber, leaving Xu Lang to hope Yazhi would recover while wondering whether the demon still lived.

• Wang Yazhi remained unconscious and showed signs of turning to jade as her companions tried healing her without success.
• Xu Lang used the Corpse Refinement Art to speak with Saladin in the Grave Pasture.
• Saladin said the amber contained the Rakshasa royal bloodline and had mutated, gaining purer power over time before he gave it to Wang Yazhi.
• Saladin revealed that a real demon had given him the amber after the Rakshasa Kingdom was nearly destroyed, and he believed the demon might still be alive.
• Saladin explained that he had targeted Xu Lang because he inferred Xu Lang's hidden strength and potential from his actions and the behavior of his enemies.

Xu Lang learned from Saladin that the Rakshasa Ancient Kingdom might target the Dormitory Building by defeating its defenders one by one, then gained Saladin’s battlefield memories. Wang Yazhi woke with a powerful B-33 Rakshasa Sequence that let her transform, leaving Xu Lang and the others to recognize it as a top-tier transformation Sequence.

• Xu Lang questioned Saladin about the Rakshasa Ancient Kingdom’s plans, and Saladin predicted Elder Harlan might attack the Dormitory Building’s defenders one by one.
• Saladin warned Xu Lang that he would betray him when the opportunity came, and Xu Lang told him to choose his moment carefully.
• Xu Lang absorbed Saladin’s Memory Crystal and gained extensive battlefield experience and strategic insight.
• Wang Yazhi woke with white hair, blue-tinged skin, a taller body, and a greatly increased charm, then discovered she had the B-33 Rakshasa Sequence.
• Wang Yazhi returned to her normal form, and Xu Ruyan and Xu Lang concluded that her Sequence was a powerful transformation type.

After Wang Yazhi gained the Rakshasa Sequence, the group celebrated while players across the building learned the news. Xu Lang then used the Fusion Dreamscape to improve his blood abilities and began experimenting with clothing fusion.

• Wang Yazhi took the Rakshasa Ghost Mask away from Red Butterfly and warned her about the danger of losing control.
• Cao Yaxuan arranged a banquet, and the group celebrated Wang Yazhi’s Sequence advancement with their friends.
• News of Wang Yazhi obtaining a Sequence spread through the Mad King Building and shocked the players.
• Xu Lang considered fusing the Seven-Treasure True Blade with the Blood Pelican Demon Blade but decided against risking it.
• Xu Lang fused Blood Pact: Pureblood Vampire with Blood Return, gaining greater control over blood and his heartbeat.
• Xu Lang continued fusing women’s clothing, using his observations of the women’s styles to guide his experiments.

While the Rakshasa Ancient Kingdom struggled with endless monster attacks and Azeman defied the queen to pursue an unseen edict, the Daoists discovered a sealed grand tomb. Xu Lang prepared to explore more floors, but Wang Tingting asked to join Dormitory 200 and made an explicit offer when he would not decide.

• Azeman emerged from the Rakshasa Queen’s tent and declared that he would attack the dormitory building once his soldiers had awakened, while the queen decided to wait for Grand Elder Harlan to revive.
• Zhang Sanfeng and the other Daoists found a grand tomb guarded by enormous stone statues, but they could neither inspect the statues nor open the gate.
• Xu Lang checked his overnight gains, planned to sweep floors with Fortune Ribbit, and celebrated his progress toward upgrading the Nightmare Bed.
• Xu Lang defeated a Treasure Chest Monster in a classroom and collected tens of thousands of copper coins.
• Wang Tingting asked Xu Lang if she could move into Dormitory 200 for the next game round, and when he postponed his answer, she offered to eat a Planet Cup without a spoon.