Chapter Summaries

Xu Lang discussed turret planning with Su Yuan and the Rakshasa players, then agreed to let Li Shuwen and Zheng Kai’s group join his next expedition to capture an outpost. The Mad King Building’s players prepared to strengthen themselves ahead of a possible clash with Dusk Building.

• Su Yuan proposed coordinating turret layouts to improve the floor’s combat strength, and Xu Lang told Aygul to follow Su Yuan’s plan and consult fifth-floor planners.
• White Sand asked about Guya and the Heavenburner; Xu Lang said Guya was alive and promised the Rakshasa players could meet the dead as souls if they performed well.
• Li Shuwen offered to follow Xu Lang on expeditions after accepting the repeatable Nightmare mission to capture the first Mad King Building outpost for a Building Lord Token and other rewards.
• Xu Lang agreed to notify Li Shuwen and Zheng Kai before pioneering within three days, while they planned to raise their group’s combat strength.
• Li Shuwen left Li Wenwen at the Supermarket and resolved to grow stronger so he could someday stand alongside Xu Lang and discipline her.

Xu Lang and the others explored the Supermarket’s entertainment area, where Tong Qi won a Butcher Doll and Xu Lang examined several cultivation skills. Xu Lang then had Red Butterfly possess Tong Qi for a Guardian Spirit lottery draw, which produced Lion Cub, and Red Butterfly immediately reacted with disgust and hostility.

• Li Wenwen reunited with Cao Yaxuan and the others, fed Evil Fuzzball, and Xu Lang asked what the group had bought.
• Tong Qi won enough points at the fishing game for Cao Yaxuan to exchange them for a Butcher Doll, and Xu Lang inspected the group’s cultivation skill scrolls.
• Xu Lang took Tong Qi and Red Butterfly to the Guardian Spirit lottery machine and had Red Butterfly possess Tong Qi before they used a Gold Coin.
• The lottery produced an Epic Guardian Spirit named Lion Cub, whose skills included gathering monster information and defending the dormitory.
• Red Butterfly called Lion Cub filthy and threatened her with a scythe, while Wang Yazhi soothed Lion Cub by letting her rub against her hand.

Xu Lang visited Pioneer Hall and encountered a dispute between Fusheng Xi and Zhai Ren, then met Zhang Sanfeng, who mistook him for Mad King Building’s lord. Zhang Sanfeng reported that a world-class boss was targeting Xu Lang.

• Xu Lang discussed Lion Cub and upcoming Guardian Spirit evolutions with the women before heading to Pioneer Hall.
• Xu Lang found only one mission at Pioneer Hall and passed a crowd where Fusheng Xi challenged Zhai Ren to fight at the Administrative Building; Zhai Ren refused.
• Xu Lang planned to visit Aygul’s dormitory, but Zhang Sanfeng rushed over and praised him as Mad King Building’s destined Building Lord.
• Xu Lang warned Zhang Sanfeng against offering only empty praise, and Zhang Sanfeng reported that a world-class boss was out to get him.

Zhang Sanfeng told Xu Lang that a powerful monster had sent him to trap Xu Lang and handed over the Death God's Egg it had supplied. Xu Lang took the Guardian Spirit and promised to try to rescue Zhang Sifeng and the others before heading to Dormitory 10 to arrange work with Aygul and her companions.

• Zhang Sanfeng invited Xu Lang to Dormitory 90 and recounted how a powerful underground monster had ordered him to trap Xu Lang or face the deaths of Zhang Sifeng and the others.
• Xu Lang and the others discussed the monster's limited chance to enter the game and concluded that fighting it outside the safe zone would be too dangerous.
• Zhang Sanfeng revealed the Death God's Egg, whose Harm skill could make the doors of two neighboring dormitories vanish, and Xu Lang took it for safekeeping.
• Xu Lang told Zhang Sanfeng he would try to rescue Zhang Sifeng and the others, then left Dormitory 90.
• Xu Lang went to Dormitory 10, learned that Su Yuan had left, and met Aygul, Golden Sand, Silver Sand, and White Sand as he prepared to have them work for points.

Xu Lang returned to Dormitory 200, where Pandora warned him not to reveal that an S-rank Sequence had appeared in Mad King Building. He installed Lion Cub and Death God's Egg as Guardian Spirits, then headed to Dormitory 195 to visit Gu Ya.

• Pandora waited outside Dormitory 200 for Xu Lang, who had been away for two hours in Dormitory 10.
• Xu Lang returned and heard Pandora warn him that publicizing the S-rank Sequence could attract enemies, and that radios and Radio Stations were not always safe.
• After Pandora collapsed from exhaustion, Xu Lang helped her sit by the wall and installed Lion Cub and Death God's Egg alongside Ghost Child and Guanjiangkou Boy as Guardian Spirits.
• Xu Lang paired Ghost Child with Death God's Egg and Guanjiangkou Boy with Lion Cub, then gave all four Faith Incense.
• Xu Lang gave Pandora a healing potion, and after she left, he headed to Dormitory 195 to visit Gu Ya.

After the great battle, Xu Lang hosted a feast and brought Aygul and the other Rakshasa women home to farm Nightmare Coins. He earned nearly 51,000 in one night, then entered the Fusion Dreamscape to combine Rakshasa blood and seek a new Blood Pact skill.

• Xu Lang and Wu Huihui hosted a lively feast for the Tenth Floor family and the Rakshasa players, who asked Xu Lang about exploring, alliances, and tenant slots.
• Xu Lang brought Aygul and three other Rakshasa women home to farm points, where they were shocked to find State Preceptor Guya among his tenants.
• Xu Lang and the others improved their charm through clothing and Fusion, while Aygul and the other mistresses joined his point-farming routine.
• Xu Lang earned 50,982 Nightmare Coins overnight, bringing his total to 392,778, and saw that his Physique and Mental attributes had both reached 280.
• Xu Lang entered the Fusion Dreamscape to fuse the Rakshasa blood he had collected and pursue a new Blood Pact skill.

Xu Lang fused six Rakshasa blood essences into Night Rakshasa Blood Essence, then combined its Blood Pact with his Pureblood Vampire Blood Pact to create the Mythic skill Blood Pact: Blood Rakshasa. He learned from Harlan that the Blood Rakshasa was one of the Rakshasa Race’s three royal clans and its famed war god.

• Xu Lang fused the six Rakshasa blood essences into Night Rakshasa Blood Essence and used it despite its slight conflict with his Pureblood Vampire Blood Pact.
• Xu Lang’s attributes exceeded 300, triggering two Mad King’s Limit-Breaking Trial prompts, while the Night Rakshasa transformation darkened his skin and heightened his charm.
• Xu Lang perfectly fused Blood Pact: Pureblood Vampire with Blood Pact: Night Rakshasa, creating the Mythic Blood Pact: Blood Rakshasa skill.
• Xu Lang traveled to Grave Pasture, questioned his eleven Shepherded Souls about the Blood Rakshasa, and heard Harlan identify it as one of the Rakshasa Race’s three royal clans and its renowned war god.

Xu Lang learned about the Rakshasa Race and transformed into a Blood Rakshasa, whose instincts made him a terrifying fighter. After testing his strength against the Shepherded Souls, he discovered that his form had not fully developed because he had not killed enough people.

• Harlan told Xu Lang that the Rakshasa Race came from another world and that Blood Rakshasas were royal beings with indestructible bodies, three heads, and six arms.
• Xu Lang used Karmic Fire to transform into a Blood Rakshasa, prompting the Rakshasas to recognize him and kneel.
• Xu Lang's Blood Rakshasa instincts filled him with murderous thoughts and precise combat knowledge, so he challenged Saladin and the others to fight.
• Xu Lang defeated the Shepherded Souls with ease, then summoned a bone blade and attempted to grow extra arms before returning to normal.
• Harlan explained that Blood Rakshasas developed through slaughter and blood calamities, and Xu Lang asked if he simply had not killed enough people.

Xu Lang discussed his Mad King's Limit-Breaking Trial with the women in Mad King Building and gave Cao Yaxuan a Mythic cultivation skill. The group remained curious about the skill's origin as Cao Yaxuan celebrated her gift.

• Xu Lang joined the women for a meal and explained that his Blood Rakshasa True Form burned away his sins when used.
• Xu Lang said reaching 250 attribute points had triggered the Mad King's Limit-Breaking Trial, and the group discussed its dangers and the option of breaking limits in the Blood Mist World.
• Xu Lang learned that Cao Yaxuan, Xu Ruyan, and Wang Yazhi were nearing different attribute limit-breaks.
• Xu Lang gave Cao Yaxuan a Level 10 Mythic Extreme Cold Meditation Technique that could raise mental attributes and refine extreme cold magic power.
• Cao Yaxuan embraced and kissed Xu Lang, while the others asked where he had found the skill and he credited leveling up several times.

Cao Yaxuan fused the Extreme Cold Meditation Technique with her Supreme Frost Aura, gaining the EX Blood Pact Esoterica: Supreme Magic Power and demonstrating its strength in a sparring match. Meanwhile, Xu Lang began his Constitution Limit-Break Trial’s second phase and quickly defeated Raphael, leaving him to wonder whether a Nightmare-level trial existed.

• Cao Yaxuan’s extreme cold magic power destabilized her Supreme Frost Aura, but Xu Lang contained the frost with his World-Ending Strange Flame while she awakened the Blood Pact Esoterica: Supreme Magic Power.
• Cao Yaxuan sparred against Tong Qi, Han Jisoo, and Zhen Lu, overwhelming them with area-wide frost attacks until she ran out of mana.
• Cao Yaxuan’s icy-blue hair and powerful new ability impressed the group, while Red Butterfly argued with her over who would win in a real fight.
• Xu Lang entered the second phase of his Constitution Limit-Break Trial and faced Raphael, a former Blood Empire royal guard and blade master.
• Xu Lang struck Raphael three times during their clash and defeated him, then wondered if he could take a Nightmare Limit-Break Trial.

Xu Lang defeated Raphael in the Mad King Trial, learned about the Blood Empire and its fallen ruler, then extracted a valuable crystal and selected powerful attribute talents. He left the chapter preparing to use the Grand Tournament Imagery Crystal after reviewing his new abilities.

• Xu Lang defeated Raphael, questioned him, and learned that the Mad King had destroyed the Blood Empire while attempting to ascend to godhood.
• Xu Lang defeated Raphael again, used the Scarlet Shepherd Lock to extract a crystal, and took Raphael's black blade in a later attempt.
• Xu Lang identified the crystal as a level 30 Blood Empire Grand Tournament Imagery Crystal and decided to use it after choosing his attribute talents.
• Xu Lang acquired the constitution talents Principle of Strength and Heart of Negentropy, then reviewed the remaining talents: Ultimate Liberation, King's Bearing, and Overlord.

Xu Lang chose Ultimate Liberation and passed his true-body mental limit-break trial, gaining new mental talents and choosing Transcendence. He discovered that the Nightmare Bed restored Sanity, then prepared to fuse his Blood Pelican Demon Blade before exploring new territory.

• Xu Lang chose Ultimate Liberation, then entered the simulated dreamscape to face the Ancient God Phonograph and passed two mental limit-break trials.
• Xu Lang noticed his Sanity recovering while he rested on the Nightmare Bed and used the bed to recover before the true-body trial.
• Xu Lang endured the Ancient God Phonograph’s ravings for three minutes, seized the phonograph, and gained Power and Will and Madness Mind.
• Xu Lang chose Transcendence from the remaining mental talents and learned that Cao Yaxuan and the others were selling supplies in the Safe Zone.
• Xu Lang refused Tong Qi’s request to let Cao Yaxuan visit the Forbidden Land, inspected two Blood Empire longswords, and stored the Ancient God Phonograph without dismantling it.
• Xu Lang entered Dreamland again, intending to improve his preparations and fuse the Blood Pelican Demon Blade.

Xu Lang fused and upgraded several long sabers, creating the Epic weapon Soul-Suppressing Purgatory March, whose powerful effects and growth potential stunned him. He bound the blade and discovered that its March effect greatly increased his attack speed.

• Xu Lang fused two standard-issue Blood Empire long sabers into the Epic weapon Kingslayer, then upgraded the Blood Pelican Demon Blade and chose Shadow of Slaughter.
• Xu Lang fused Shadow of Slaughter with Kingslayer, but the result remained limited to Epic-tier effects.
• Xu Lang fused the Myriad Purple Blade with other weapons and created the level-fifteen Epic saber Soul-Suppressing Purgatory March, which had nine effects and could grow by absorbing souls.
• Xu Lang bound Soul-Suppressing Purgatory March and found that it moved like an extension of his body.
• Xu Lang swung the bound saber and realized its March effect made his attacks far faster than before.

Xu Lang advanced his Martial God skill, then inspected the unusual items Cao Yaxuan and the others brought back and discovered a valuable rusted dagger. He went to Pioneer Camp to ask Li Wenwen to restore it, while she secretly admired his changed appearance.

• Xu Lang used the Transcendence Talent in a simulated dreamscape and raised his Martial God skill to level 3.
• Cao Yaxuan, Xu Xiaomeng, Xu Ruyan, Tong Qi, and the others returned with bags of unidentified items, and Xu Lang dismissed most of them as junk.
• Tong Qi showed Xu Lang a dagger that his Nightmare Eye identified as a top-quality weapon concealed beneath rust, and he decided to take it to Li Wenwen.
• Xu Lang left home to explore the Blood Mist World and reached Pioneer Camp with the Soul Shepherd Wolf.
• Xu Lang asked Li Wenwen to repair the dagger, and she accepted it while secretly admiring him.

Xu Lang visited Li Wenwen to have his Purgatory March strengthened while Zhang Dahai shared warnings and a map of the Blood Mist World. Li Wenwen managed to strengthen the weapon to +6 before collapsing from exhaustion, and Xu Lang left with the Soul Shepherd Wolf to explore.

• Xu Lang met Zhang Dahai in Li Wenwen's tent and heard his warnings about three dangerous areas.
• Li Wenwen repaired a dagger for Xu Lang, who traded it to Xu Ruyan before asking her to strengthen the Purgatory March.
• After strengthening the weapon for half an hour, Li Wenwen collapsed, having raised the Purgatory March to +6.
• Xu Lang revealed that the Purgatory March dealt ten thousand damage, then used a healing item to help Li Wenwen recover.
• Zhang Dahai gave Xu Lang his detailed map, and Xu Lang left the tent with the Soul Shepherd Wolf to enter the Blood Mist World.

Xu Lang slaughtered his way through the Blood Mist World, cutting down its monsters before confronting and killing the Cloaked Man. Afterward, the Cloaked Man’s soul was claimed by the Grave Pasture instead of Purgatory March.

• Xu Lang used the Nightmare Eye to learn that the Blood Mist was a chaotic natural disaster, then killed a humanoid monster and watched its soul enter Purgatory March.
• Xu Lang entered the Art Building and destroyed its powerful Blood Mist Creatures while the Soul Shepherd Wolf followed him.
• Xu Lang carved a bloody path through the Blood Mist World, then spotted a great serpent coiled around a church and decided to leave it for another time.
• The Cloaked Man appeared and charged at Xu Lang, who severed both his arms with Ghost Slash.
• Xu Lang struck off the Cloaked Man’s head, and the Scarlet Shepherd Sequence intercepted his soul and sent it to the Grave Pasture.

Xu Lang returned from the Blood Mist after massacring countless creatures, then gained a new Martial God milestone and entered the Divine Trial. The trial immersed him in combat knowledge from countless worlds, ending with his body dying as his final slash shattered the starry sky.

• Xu Lang ordered the Soul Shepherd Wolf to swallow the Cloaked Man’s corpse and spoke with Ninth Floor players who had reached Ginkgo Avenue.
• The players discovered a vast wall of monster corpses left by Xu Lang, but Wu Huihui ordered everyone to retreat after huge Centipedes appeared and killed looters.
• Xu Lang meditated atop the National Pillar and raised Martial God to level 5, unlocking the Divine Trial at the Gymnasium.
• The Dormitory Building explained that Divine Trials granted techniques at skill milestones and that Nightmare Eye’s level-50 trial involved a battle for control of the laws in the Forsaken Land.
• Xu Lang began the Divine Trial and absorbed combat knowledge from masters across civilizations, swinging Purgatory March until his body died and his final strike shattered the starry sky.

Xu Lang’s Ultimate Way: Void-Sundering Slash transformed the Gymnasium into the god-tier Ironblood Arena, where players could fight forced deathmatches. As players gathered to investigate, Hu Jianguo challenged Zhou Chang, and Xu Lang led his group inside to watch.

• Xu Lang unleashed Ultimate Way: Void-Sundering Slash, destroying the Gymnasium stands and shaking its dome.
• The Dormitory Broadcast announced that the Gymnasium had become the Ironblood Arena, with deathmatch Duels and ticketed performances.
• Hu Jianguo challenged Zhou Chang to a deathmatch over the deaths of Hu Jianguo’s wife and daughter, and their performance was scheduled for ten minutes later.
• Xu Lang arranged for Xu Xiaomeng to join the group, warned Li Shuwen to protect Li Wenwen, and said the Arena was a good addition to the building.
• Xu Lang bought a ticket and entered the Arena with his group, while Fusheng Xi and his tenants approached the gates afterward.

At the newly opened Arena, Xu Lang’s group encountered Bei Moting, a player from Sky Dome Building who provoked Xu Lang into a Duel. Xu Lang learned that players from different Dormitory Buildings could challenge one another, and the chapter left the invitation option available.

• Xu Lang and the other Mad King Building players appeared in the Arena stands but could not move freely until they had participated in a performance.
• Bei Moting arrived from Sky Dome Building and decided the Mad King Building players were inexperienced targets.
• Xu Lang used Nightmare Eye to inspect Bei Moting and inferred that Dormitory Buildings were shielding their players from cross-building information.
• Bei Moting gestured provocatively at several players, identified Xu Lang as the apparent boss, and challenged him to fight.
• Tong Qi discovered she could send Bei Moting a Duel invitation, while Cao Yaxuan angrily reacted to his insults.

Xu Lang registered as Purgatory and challenged Bei Moting to a duel in the newly opened Arena. After the Mad King Building entered the Arena and spectators gathered, the two appeared for their Pure Duel, leaving the outcome uncertain as Bei Moting threatened Xu Lang.

• Xu Lang chose the codename Purgatory and sent Bei Moting a duel invitation.
• Hu Jianguo defeated Zhou Chang in the Arena, officially bringing the Mad King Building into the Arena and unlocking the Duel Shop.
• Xu Lang and Wang Yazhi noticed that the Arena's equipment sets shared names with Dormitory Buildings, while Bei Moting approached to face Xu Lang.
• Bei Moting accepted Xu Lang's invitation, drawing spectators from the Strange Tales, Sacrifice, and Sky Dome Buildings.
• The Arena announced that Xu Lang and Bei Moting would fight a one-hour Pure Duel with one weapon and one item each.
• Xu Lang tested the Arena's conditions as Bei Moting threatened to cripple and kill him, while Mad King Building players watched anxiously.