Chapter Summaries

Xu Lang defeated Bei Moting by using Purgatory March to kill his supposedly immortal rats, drawing the attention of Strange Tales Building players who believed the sword could destroy Strange Tales. Back in the lounge, Xu Lang opened Bei Moting's Loser's Gift Box and obtained the Magic Flute, while Hu Jianguo worried about retaliation after the contestants left.

• Red Butterfly worried that Xu Lang might die without leaving a body to revive.
• Bei Moting summoned a rat tide with his Magic Flute, but Xu Lang cut the rats down instead of letting them revive.
• Xu Lang killed Bei Moting after he transformed into a rat, and observers from Sky Dome Building and players from Strange Tales Building were shocked by the sword's power.
• Strange Tales Building players concluded that Purgatory March could kill Strange Tales and left to notify their elders.
• Xu Lang returned to the lounge, opened Bei Moting's Loser's Gift Box, and obtained the Magic Flute, which he refused to subdue.
• Hu Jianguo worried that Zhou Chang's teammates would retaliate against him after the contestants left.

Xu Lang faced Zhao Quan in a Duel after Zhao Quan challenged him, confident he could avenge Bei Moting and take Xu Lang’s blade. The match began with Zhao Quan summoning the Red-Haired Grandmother, while Xu Lang remained calm and Wang Jing suspected Zhao Quan was the one in danger.

• Zhao Quan challenged Xu Lang to a Duel, and the Strange Tales Building players gathered to watch.
• Xu Lang and Zhao Quan entered the Arena early as players from several buildings anticipated a fierce match.
• Cao Yaxuan worried about Xu Lang, while Wang Yazhi, Tong Qi, and Xu Xiaomeng reassured her.
• Zhao Quan summoned the Red-Haired Grandmother, whose nightmare curse made a little boy beg as she chewed his finger.
• Wang Jing observed that Xu Lang looked calm and almost bored, leaving her unable to explain his confidence.

Xu Lang defeated Zhao Quan and his three Strange Tales with Purgatory March, then brutally killed Zhao Quan in the Arena. After claiming his second consecutive victory, he taunted the Strange Tales Building players and provoked one into challenging him to a duel.

• Zhao Quan baited Xu Lang into attacking, counting on his Strange Tales to protect him and punish any threat.
• Xu Lang killed Red-Haired Grandmother, the younger brother, and the older sister with one slash of Purgatory March.
• Xu Lang crushed Zhao Quan's cabinet, survived his sacrifice attack, and killed him with a punch before hurling his body into the stands.
• Xu Lang left the Arena after winning his second consecutive duel and approached the Strange Tales Building players.
• Xu Lang taunted one of the Strange Tales Building players with a gesture, provoking him to issue a Duel invitation.

Xu Lang kept accepting Duels and defeated Li Gui and Chaoyang, alarming the Strange Tales Building players who wanted to seize his divine blade. The Floor Leaders equipped Song Fei with the Blood-Clad Man’s Blood Casket, and Song Fei’s Duel invitation was accepted, sending him and Xu Lang into the Arena.

• Xu Lang accepted Li Gui’s Duel before Brother Fei could finish equipping him, and Xu Lang won the match.
• Brother Fei challenged Chaoyang to a Duel to obtain a Proof of Survival, then crushed him when he hesitated to use it.
• Brother Fei returned to the stands and joined ten Floor Leaders as they discussed how to defeat Xu Lang and claim his blade.
• The bandaged Floor Leader gave Song Fei the Blood-Clad Man’s Blood Casket to improve his chances against Xu Lang.
• Song Fei challenged Xu Lang, who accepted, and the two vanished from the spectator stands.

Xu Lang entered a dangerous duel against Song Fei, whose Ghost of Gluttony had devoured seven opponents in a row. The chapter ended as Xu Lang unleashed his Blood Rakshasa form and Ultimate Liberation in the Arena.

• Han Jisoo, Wang Yazhi, Gu Ya, Tong Qi, and Aygul worried about Xu Lang's duel, while Mad King Building players believed he would win.
• Xu Lang entered a Simulation dreamscape to prepare for facing Song Fei, hoping to obtain Song Fei's item and abilities.
• Xu Lang and Song Fei took the Arena field before hundreds of spectators, and Song Fei revealed Ghost of Gluttony.
• Xu Lang transformed into Blood Rakshasa, empowered Purgatory March with Seven Kill Blood Qi, and activated Ultimate Liberation.

Xu Lang seemingly defeated Song Fei with a devastating slash, but Song Fei survived by letting the Ghost of Gluttony consume half of him and merge with his body. The transformed Song Fei revealed Gluttony's true power and launched a massive attack, leaving the Arena battle unresolved.

• Xu Lang dodged the Ghost of Gluttony's attacks, cut through its arms, and burned its wounds with purple flames.
• Xu Lang evaded Song Fei's spatial slash and used Ultimate Way: Void-Sundering Slash to tear open the Ghost of Gluttony's shell and shatter Song Fei's body.
• Mad King Building Players celebrated, while Strange Tales Building Floor Leaders discussed Xu Lang's strength and possible weaknesses.
• Song Fei allowed the Ghost of Gluttony to devour half of his body and soul, then merged with it and overturned the ground with a single swing.
• The Blood-Clad Man explained that Song Fei had avoided a cursed item because using it would permanently turn him into a beast.

Xu Lang overwhelmed Song Fei in their brutal fight, but Song Fei opened the Blood Casket and trapped the Arena in the Blood Immortal’s Waterfowl Game. The chapter ended with two crane copies of Xu Lang appearing, leaving the battle’s outcome uncertain.

• Xu Lang and Song Fei traded devastating punches as onlookers judged that both were nearing their limits.
• Xu Lang manifested a Four-Armed Blood Rakshasa, broke Song Fei’s extra arms, caught his final punches, and struck him with Ghost Slash.
• Song Fei revealed the Blood Casket and activated Waterfowl Game, turning the sky blood-red and sealing the Arena behind a barrier.
• Three immortal cranes emerged; one vanished, while the other two transformed into copies of Xu Lang.
• The Strange Tales Building players recognized the Blood Casket as a reward tied to the Blood Immortal and wondered whether Xu Lang could still win.

Xu Lang resurrected in Grave Pasture and strengthened his Aberrant Corpse-Release Immortal Transformation Card while Song Fei faced the Blood Casket’s possession. Song Fei forged a pact with the Ghost of Gluttony and delivered a final message to the players as the immortal crane took over his body.

• Xu Lang allowed Immortal Crane · Strong to destroy his weaker immortal crane form, prompting the two cranes to fight over it.
• Immortal Crane · Neither Strong nor Weak restored himself with Heart! Burst!, but Song Fei realized Purgatory’s death had not sent him back to the rest area.
• Xu Lang emerged from a tombstone in Grave Pasture, where the Shepherded Souls greeted him as their Shepherd Lord.
• Xu Lang upgraded his Aberrant Corpse-Release Immortal Transformation Card to Level 15 using Nightmare Coins.
• Immortal Crane · Strong entered the Blood Casket and began transforming Song Fei, who formed a pact with the Ghost of Gluttony to seal his body.
• Song Fei proclaimed that Strange Tales could save the world and welcomed the players to Strange Tales Building.

Xu Lang reappeared in the Arena transformed into the Yin-Yang Corpse Immortal and killed Song Fei with a devastating sword formation. He extracted Song Fei's corpse with the Scarlet Shepherd Lock, then received the spiritual souls of two immortal cranes.

• The bandaged man asked Old Xue to turn Song Fei into a corpse, but Old Xue refused, preferring to strengthen Strange Tales Building.
• Mad King Building's players feared Xu Lang had died and that Dormitory 200 would collapse without him.
• Xu Lang descended from a black vortex and revealed that he was alive, shocking the spectators.
• Xu Lang used Yin-Yang Power: Swordfall to reduce Song Fei's defense and kill him.
• Xu Lang used the Scarlet Shepherd Lock to drain Song Fei's corpse, and two immortal crane souls flew into his chest.

Xu Lang won the Arena match against Song Fei, gained the Blood Immortal: Rakshasa Dharma Body, and returned home after deciding not to risk another fight. Strange Tales Building players left the Arena vowing to learn more about Mad King Building and Purgatory.

• Xu Lang received the Blood Immortal: Rakshasa Dharma Body as Song Fei's defeat ended the match and gave Mad King Building the victory.
• Xu Lang counted his rewards, kept Song Fei's Loser Gift Bag unopened, and read messages from tenants urging him to stop Dueling and come home.
• Xu Lang returned to the stands, where Mad King Building players watched him with admiration, and he left the Arena with Xu Xiaomeng and the others.
• A hostile group wearing purple Veils of Isolation approached the Mad King Building players who remained at the Arena.
• Strange Tales Building players returned to their residential complex, where its Floor Leaders discussed Mad King Building and Purgatory's strength.

After the Arena, Xu Lang returned to the dormitory with the women and learned that Luo Lin was close to finishing a Demigod serum but was keeping it secret. The group examined Song Fei’s Gluttony Table Knife, whose curse and hidden danger left Xu Lang planning to study how it could be fused.

• Xu Lang and the others left the Arena, met Luo Lin and Tao Tao, and he used Nightmare Eye to discover Luo Lin was nearly finished developing a Demigod serum.
• Back at the dormitory, Cao Yaxuan urged Xu Lang to avoid the Arena, while Wang Yazhi and others suspected he could spy on players in other Dormitory Buildings.
• Xu Lang invited Ghost Child and the other Guardian Spirits to a late-night meal with the women.
• After the meal, Xu Lang gave Song Fei’s Loser Gift Bag to Tong Qi and Red Butterfly, who opened it to reveal the Gluttony Table Knife.
• Tong Qi felt an overwhelming urge to eat from the knife, and Xu Lang took it away after Nightmare Eye revealed that gathering all seven pieces would let Ghost of Gluttony kill its master and escape.

Song Fei explained the Shepherd’s growing Sequence Power and answered Xu Lang’s questions about Strange Tales, the Blood Mist World, and the God-Chosen. He ended the chapter kneeling before Xu Lang and revealing everything he knew.

• Song Fei questioned whether the Shepherded Souls had accepted their identities, and Saladin said they could betray Xu Lang only if they could bear the cost.
• Song Fei deduced that dying and reviving had helped Xu Lang develop his powerful Sequence, and Xu Lang praised his insight before Song Fei realized Saladin had baited him.
• Xu Lang ordered Song Fei to kneel and asked whether the Gluttony Table Knife would let him subdue the Ghost of Gluttony; Song Fei explained that doing so required specific items and system prompts.
• Xu Lang asked Song Fei about the Strange Tales Building’s Floor Leaders, his recent games, the Ghost of Gluttony, and the God-Chosen.
• Song Fei explained what he knew about Purgatory, the Blood Mist World, invading Dormitory Buildings, and the God-Chosen, while the Shepherded Souls listened.

Xu Lang learned that Adam’s Dragonman Civilization had been destroyed by the Blood Mist and discovered that Adam’s altered blood could yield powerful dragon bloodlines. After leaving Grave Pasture, Xu Lang fused two Strange Tale items into a dangerous new Magic Box that affected him even in reality.

• Xu Lang questioned Adam about Dragonman Civilization, and Adam said its ruins lay near the Dormitory Building and that he had glimpsed his other Dragonman companions.
• Xu Lang used the Scarlet Shepherd Lock on Adam’s corpse and obtained Altered Dragon Blood, which could produce several powerful dragon bloodlines after purification.
• Xu Lang left Grave Pasture, where Song Fei accused Saladin of setting him up, and Saladin reflected on how the Scarlet Shepherd Sequence preserved its followers’ drive to grow stronger.
• In Fusion Dreamscape, Xu Lang fused the Magic Flute with the cabinet containing the Red-Haired Grandmother Strange Tale and created the Baleful Demon Box.
• Xu Lang touched the Magic Box, felt its Curse Kill power affect him in reality, and quickly let go.

Xu Lang fused two Strange Tales into the cursed Baleful Demon Box, then helped his companions prepare for attribute breakthroughs and distributed Legendary Grade skills. The box’s curse worsened, and he discovered its shape appearing in his eyes as its opening began to crack.

• Xu Lang failed to remove the Magic Box’s baleful effect through fusion, creating the more powerful Baleful Demon Box, and put it in his backpack after clearing it from his dream.
• Xu Lang simulated attribute breakthroughs for Cao Yaxuan, Wang Yazhi, Xu Ruyan, and Shirley, and found that Wang Yazhi received a Mad King Trial only for her physique.
• Xu Lang checked his earnings and the Chat Room, where players discussed Dusk Building joining Mad King Building’s community the next day and asked when pioneering would begin.
• Xu Lang told the women that Song Fei had played more than thirty rounds, then watched them work on their daily tasks and prepare breakfast.
• Xu Lang gave Legendary Grade skills to Cao Yaxuan, Wang Yazhi, Shirley, and Xu Ruyan during the meal.
• Shirley noticed something wrong with Xu Lang’s eyes, and he saw the Magic Box’s shape opening in them before crushing his mirror and shutting his eyes.

Xu Lang’s Strange Tales Magic Box curse spread to Shirley and the other women, and Song Fei warned that it could consume the Dormitory Building unless Xu Lang confronted the Strange Tale. Xu Lang ignored Song Fei’s plan to make him a Strange Tales Building Player and chose to keep sleeping until he could subdue the Magic Box in a simulated dream.

• Xu Lang discovered that healing could not remove the Magic Box curse, and the shadow in his eyes infected Shirley, Cao Yaxuan, Wang Yazhi, and Xu Ruyan through its image.
• Song Fei explained that the curse was likely from a King-Class Strange Tale and described three ways to suppress an outbreak: use another Strange Tale, limit infection progress, or enter its world and subdue it.
• Xu Lang checked the curse and saw that its infection progress had fallen from 5% to 1% after he lay on the Nightmare Bed, though it continued to rise over time.
• Song Fei proposed a route for Xu Lang to become a Strange Tales Building Player and enter the Urban Legend Dormitory Building, but Xu Lang disappeared before answering.
• Xu Lang decided to lie on the bed and use repeated simulated dreams to subdue the Magic Box, while Wang Yazhi and the other women lay down as well.

Xu Lang perfectly tamed the Baleful Demon Box and tested its power while the Mad King Building prepared to explore. Inside the box, he confronted the Gluttony Table Knife as its final boss.

• The Floor Leaders worried when Xu Lang failed to announce their exploration plans, then received his message to gather at Ginkgo Avenue in two hours.
• Xu Lang examined the tamed Baleful Demon Box and discussed how its inner world could devour Strange Tales and living beings.
• Cao Yaxuan, Wang Yazhi, Shirley, and Xu Ruyan began their Attribute Limit-Break Trials.
• Xu Lang put the Gluttony Table Knife inside the Baleful Demon Box, where it attacked the box and devoured Red-Haired Grandmother.
• Xu Lang entered the box's inner world in his unkillable peak form and faced the Ghost of Gluttony at the deepest level.

Cao Yaxuan, Xu Ruyan, Shirley, and Wang Yazhi completed attribute trials and revealed powerful talents. Wang Yazhi also underwent a mental Mad King trial, gaining Heavenly Sword Reincarnation and prompting Xu Lang to compare it with his Transcendence.

• Cao Yaxuan revealed Soul of Ice, which greatly increased her ice affinity and let her transform into ice elements.
• Xu Ruyan, Shirley, and Wang Yazhi revealed Instant Kill, Angel Halo, and Sword Cleanses Worldly Tarnish, respectively.
• Wang Yazhi began a mental limit-breaking trial and returned after about forty minutes, pale and shaken but having reached the Mad King stage.
• Wang Yazhi revealed Heavenly Sword Reincarnation, a talent that increased swordsmanship talent without limit as her state of mind changed.
• Xu Lang compared Wang Yazhi's talent to his Transcendence and reflected that he had raised Martial God to level seven.

Xu Lang led the players from Mad King Building toward the Church Outpost and killed the White-Scaled Giant Snake guarding it. As the outpost’s formation began to claim the area as a safe zone, Blood Mist Creatures from across the region rushed toward the church.

• Mad King Building Players waited for Xu Lang, and the eleven-person team from Dormitory 200 finally arrived.
• Xu Lang warned the players about the powerful giant snake at the Church Outpost, accepted a walkie-talkie from Li Shuwen, and led the advance.
• Xu Lang raced through Ginkgo Avenue and the poisonous miasma, while the other players followed and gathered monster corpses.
• The White-Scaled Giant Snake attacked Xu Lang outside the church, but he shattered its body with Void-Sundering Slash and destroyed it with two ghostly energy slashes.
• Xu Lang entered the church and activated its formation, prompting Blood Mist Creatures across the region to charge toward the outpost.

Xu Lang and the arriving players defended the church while its stronghold formation charged under a growing Blood Mist Creature assault. After a prolonged battle, the formation completed as Xu Lang stepped inside the church.

• Li Shuwen gathered Cao Yaxuan and the others to support Xu Lang, while Han Jisoo carried Shirley toward the church.
• Cao Yaxuan froze one giant centipede, a white-clad fighter beheaded another, and Xu Lang kicked the third away from the church entrance.
• Xu Lang told the arriving players that the formation would take about a day to complete, but their reinforcements sped up its progress more than tenfold.
• Cao Yaxuan and the other players held back the encircling Blood Mist Creatures as Li Shuwen urged them to endure until the formation finished.
• Xu Lang unleashed four Void-Sundering Slashes to clear the creatures around the church, then entered as the formation completed charging.

Xu Lang and the Mad King Building players established the Angel Church, which offered protection, healing supplies, and powerful equipment. After Xu Lang claimed three golden chests and bought supplies, his group headed home while the remaining players fought over monster corpses.

• The Mad King Building's golden light restored the church, cleared the Blood Mist nearby, and announced the Angel Church's protective and trading functions.
• Xu Lang completed the First Puzzle Piece mission, received the Building Lord token, basement key, and 1,000 Silver Coins, then gave the coins to Wu Huihui to distribute among the players and the families of the dead.
• Cao Yaxuan and the others opened three golden chests, and Xu Lang stored them in his backpack before directing them to investigate the Madonna Statue's wares.
• Han Jisoo found that the church sold Lesser Holy Spring Water, while Xu Ruyan admired the Fine Mad King Armor and its powerful set bonuses.
• Xu Lang bought Fine Mad King sets and Lesser Holy Spring Water, then led his group away from the church.
• The remaining players rushed to loot the Blood Mist Creature corpses, and several Floor Leaders joined the scramble.