Chapter Summaries

Xu Lang used the Blood Mist to upgrade the Baleful Demon Box, then ordered the Mad King Building players to stay inside while the Dusk Building players continued scavenging. White Crow returned to Dormitory 144 uneasy and, for the first time, could not sleep, leaving the danger unexplained.

• Xu Lang directed the Blood Mist’s chaotic energy into the Baleful Demon Box, used the Nightmare Lord’s Sequence power to control its upgrade, and left with the box, tombstones, and Shepherded Souls when the Nightmare Coins ran out.
• The Dusk Building players ended their siege and resumed scavenging, while Xu Lang forbade the Mad King Building players from going downstairs or retaliating.
• Mad King Building residents spent the day following Xu Lang’s order, though several grew restless or worried about losing time before the next round.
• Chen Kui, Ye Fan, and Zhang Dahai shared a meal in Dormitory 33 and accepted that they could not control the situation outside.
• White Crow returned to Dormitory 144, told his tenants to rest, and found himself unable to sleep despite his bedroom’s calming effect.

White Crow discovered that the Strange Tales Magic Box had cursed him and spread across the streets, then learned the other directors were affected too. Xu Lang summoned Endless Purgatory and entered its Gluttony floor, where he prepared to attack the assembled Dusk Building players alone.

• White Crow saw the Magic Box in his room and feared its curse would kill him, so he rushed to the front line to seek help.
• White Crow found all nine directors gathered, and they confirmed that Magic Boxes had appeared throughout the streets.
• Four-Eyed Director cut one Magic Box in half, while White Crow warned that everyone was cursed by the Strange Tales Building.
• Xu Lang arrived from Mad King Building and activated Ghost Domain: Endless Purgatory, creating the Gluttony floor within the Magic Box.
• The Ghost of Gluttony devoured Soul-Devouring Monsters as Xu Lang resolved to fight the Dusk Building players and unleashed the Yin-Yang Sword Waterfall.

Xu Lang entered Gluttony Purgatory in his real body, killed Lady Eight Feet, and transformed into a second Yin-Yang Corpse Immortal to face Dusk Building’s strongest fighters. White Crow realized Xu Lang was the source of the disaster and began writing a new letter filled with hatred and malice.

• Cao Yaxuan and the other women led the assault on Dusk Building’s forces outside, while Xu Lang left to focus on the battle inside the Magic Box World.
• Xu Lang’s projection vanished, and his real body appeared in Gluttony Purgatory as Dusk Building’s directors fought the Strange Tales and the Yin-Yang Corpse Immortal.
• Xu Lang pierced Lady Eight Feet with the Scarlet Shepherd Lock and killed her with Hundred Slashes in an Instant.
• Xu Lang used the Yin-Yang Corpse Immortal Transformation Card and became a second Yin-Yang Corpse Immortal.
• White Crow saw Xu Lang charge toward Itsumade and the Rama Ghost Bird, then wrote his fury, hatred, and malice onto a blank page.

Xu Lang fought the Dusk Building directors while disguised as Yin-Yang Corpse Immortal, and the battle turned against the directors as Itsumade and the Rama Ghost Bird fell. Four-Eyed Director charged Xu Lang, setting up a decisive clash between blade wielders.

• Yin-Yang Corpse Immortal trapped Four-Eyed Director, Nurarihyon, the Headless Ghost, and the Flying Head Savage inside a sphere of crystalline bone spikes.
• Ghost of Gluttony tricked the Rama Ghost Bird into losing a wing, while Xu Lang rapidly slashed Itsumade to the brink of death.
• Four-Eyed Director wounded Siren Oli when she tried to interfere, and White Crow struggled to write an ending in which Xu Lang died.
• Ghost of Gluttony ate Itsumade's corpse as Four-Eyed Director evaded his attacks and charged Xu Lang.
• Xu Lang unleashed a huge arc of sword energy against Four-Eyed Director, whose blade skills were slightly inferior.

Xu Lang unlocked Martial God’s level-ten skill and unleashed Nine Dragons Void-Sundering against the Dusk Building directors. After cutting down his opponents, he pursued White Crow to extract his Sequence, but White Crow survived Ghost of Gluttony’s crushing attack unharmed.

• After a hundred exchanges, Xu Lang praised Four-Eyed Director and offered to let him keep his blade, while Four-Eyed Director questioned why Xu Lang had attacked at dusk.
• Lord Impermanence joined Four-Eyed Director against Xu Lang, who revealed Martial God had reached level ten and activated Ultimate Way: Nine Dragons Void-Sundering.
• Xu Lang’s nine dragon heads struck Lord Impermanence, Four-Eyed Director, Wangliang Ghost, and Siren Oli, while White Crow narrowly avoided the attack.
• Xu Lang used the Raphael Cloak to finish off the directors and pursued White Crow, but Mirror Ghost tried to block him and Xu Lang kicked her aside.
• Xu Lang controlled White Crow with his demonic pupils and tried to cut off his limbs, but an abnormal itch made him sneeze and gave White Crow time to escape.
• Ghost of Gluttony attacked White Crow with a giant hand, but White Crow survived inside a crater without a scratch.

Xu Lang confronted White Crow, a Time Historian who advanced to the True Spirit Stage and used his power to kill Xu Lang completely. Xu Lang revived at Grave Pasture, then helped defeat and seal the out-of-control White Crow with the Yin-Yang Corpse Immortal and their allies.

• White Crow revealed his B-24 Time Historian Sequence and tried to bargain with Xu Lang while secretly writing his fate.
• White Crow advanced to the True Spirit Stage and attempted to write Xu Lang into complete death, eventually succeeding at the cost of losing control.
• Xu Lang revived at Grave Pasture, having deliberately let White Crow advance so the Scarlet Shepherd Lock could extract his Sequence.
• The Yin-Yang Corpse Immortal and the Dusk Building players joined Xu Lang against White Crow, who fought through random writings and protective phrases.
• After half an hour of attrition, the Yin-Yang Corpse Immortal wore White Crow down, and Xu Lang placed the Scarlet Shepherd Lock inside him.

Xu Lang obtained the unique Sequence Item Chronicle of Ages and helped the Magic Box World create the second layer of Avici Purgatory, Hundred Ghosts. He left its Ghost King Assembly in charge and headed toward Grave Pasture to meet Song Fei.

• Xu Lang examined the Chronicle of Ages, considered upgrading it with Nightmare Coins, then decided to pursue Sequence Fusion instead.
• Gluttony Purgatory opened into an Abyss, and Xu Lang sent tombstones into it to provide enough momentum for the second layer to form.
• Xu Lang saw that the new Hundred Ghosts layer was ruled by the Ghost King Assembly, formed from the transformed Dusk Building directors, and ordered them to attack outsiders.
• Xu Lang left Hundred Ghosts Purgatory and decided to visit Grave Pasture and have fun with Song Fei.

Xu Lang learned the dangers of using the Strange Tales Magic Box to grow stronger and decided to proceed so he could travel between the Blood Mist World and the real world. After claiming Dusk Building, he left its players surrounded by Mad King Building’s forces, who could not attack their good neighbors under community rules.

• Song Fei warned Xu Lang that feeding Blood Mist Creatures to the Emperor-Class Strange Tales Magic Box could cause it to lose control or unleash a dangerous threat in Mad King Building.
• Xu Lang revealed that he had released two seeds into the real world and needed the Magic Box to grow strong enough to let him travel between worlds.
• Song Fei pledged to become Xu Lang’s vanguard and enter the Blood Mist World under the Strange Tale curse.
• Xu Lang took Lord Impermanence with him and inspected the abilities of Lady Eight Feet, Red-Eyed Ghost, and Lord Impermanence’s tombstones.
• Mad King Building players surrounded Dusk Building, but community rules prevented them from attacking their allies, leaving the standoff unresolved.

After the Dusk Building Players accepted a new ruler, Mad King Building welcomed seven residents from an advanced dormitory. Zhou Ye registered the newcomers and gave them equipment and a Strange Tales Magic Box replica, leaving them stunned by Mad King Building’s resources and strict rules.

• A buzz-cut Dusk Building Player killed Brother Hao and urged the other residents to welcome the new king.
• Two days later, seven players from the Intelligent Machinery Dormitory arrived in Mad King Building with one day left before the games began.
• Zhou Ye introduced himself as deputy director of the Dormitory Affairs Inspection Department and required the newcomers to register their histories and skills.
• Zhou Ye gave the seven newcomers level-ten equipment and a Strange Tales Magic Box replica as a gift pack.
• The scar-faced man and the others learned about Mad King Building’s rules, including the ban on entering the Blood Mist World illegally, before Zhou Ye left.

Xu Lang completed the integration of Mad King Building and Dusk Building, then prepared for the next technology-themed Dungeon. He planned to use an Underworld Invitation to help Red Butterfly find the remaining requirements for becoming a Yin-Yang Ghost Constable, leaving the group ready to enter the Netherworld together.

• The scarred man read Zhou Ye's rules and learned that Mad King Building and Dusk Building had official departments and taxes under their six-crown Building Lord.
• Xu Lang organized the two buildings under the Mad King Community Committee and assigned leaders to the Dormitory Affairs Inspection Department, Inspection Department, and Taxation Department.
• Xu Lang and Cao Yaxuan discussed the next two Dungeons and how to install turrets, while Xu Xiaomeng overheard them.
• Ghostly items appeared in Dusk Building and mechanical creations appeared in Mad King Building, leading Xu Lang to conclude that the next round would be technology-themed.
• Xu Lang installed three Hundred Ghosts Volley Cannons, and Red Butterfly revealed that the Netherworld held the remaining requirements for her to become a Yin-Yang Ghost Constable.
• Xu Lang explained that he would use the Underworld Invitation to seek clues from the Ghost Constable, intending to take the whole dormitory into the Netherworld.

Xu Lang and his companions entered the Underworld Invitation’s Ghost Gate Pass and met the Tribulation-Crossing Nether Envoy, whose attitude changed when he noticed powerful beings in Xu Lang’s shrines. The Nether Envoy promised to protect the group, while Xu Lang spotted a suspicious player among the other arrivals.

• Xu Lang’s group saw the Ghost Gate Pass beyond Dormitory 200, and Xu Ruyan offered to scout using the Homecoming Realm.
• Xu Lang noticed the Angel Turrets adapting to the Netherworld and went outside to meet the Tribulation-Crossing Nether Envoy.
• The Nether Envoy began praising Xu Lang, then grew wary as Ghost Child, Lion Cub, and Guanjiangkou Boy emerged from their shrines.
• Xu Lang asked whether the Nether Envoy had something to give him, and the Nether Envoy promised that he and his companions would face no mortal danger.
• Players from the other dormitories thanked the Nether Envoy, and Xu Lang used Nightmare Eye to investigate them, identifying someone his instincts warned him to watch.

Xu Lang met Xia Xingyuan of Heavenly Demon Building and Li Nian, the Hundred Flowers Thought Emperor, who had once led Han Jisoo. Du'e explained how to start the game and warned that wronged souls would attack during the preparations, leaving the groups to return to their dormitories and get ready.

• Xu Lang used his Nightmare Eye to inspect Xia Xingyuan and learned that the sixth-phase player carried an Epic skill and a token of the Heavenly Demon Building Lord.
• Han Jisoo recognized Li Nian, her former Floor Leader, and the two greeted each other, easing the tension between their groups.
• Xia Xingyuan introduced himself and his companions, while Li Nian assessed the groups and remained wary of him.
• Xu Lang asked Du'e how to begin the game, and Du'e said Xu Lang could start it whenever he was ready and warned that wronged souls would attack the dormitories during the delay.
• Li Nian and Xia Xingyuan returned to their dormitories with their tenants, while Xu Lang put away the Strange Tales Magic Box and walked into the building with his group.

The Tribulation-Crossing Nether Envoy tried to open Ghost Gate Pass, unleashing waves of wandering ghosts that Ghost Child helped repel after evolving to level 10. As later waves avoided Ghost Child and attacked the other dormitories, Tong Qi and Xu Ruyan took him out to hunt ghosts, where they encountered Hundred Flowers Thought Emperor's group.

• The Tribulation-Crossing Nether Envoy pressed against Ghost Gate Pass, causing a crack to appear and releasing wandering ghosts from the gray mist.
• Ghost Child devoured the first wave at Platinum Luxury Apartment and evolved to level 10, gaining Three Yin Treasure Flame and giving Death God's Egg soul fragments.
• The second wave largely avoided Ghost Child because his House-Calming Evil-Repelling skill had grown stronger and instead headed for the other dormitories.
• Tong Qi and Xu Ruyan left Platinum Luxury Apartment with Ghost Child to hunt ghosts, while Cao Yaxuan and Zhen Lu watched from the balcony.
• Hundred Flowers Thought Emperor and her companions left Enlightenment Studio to target a Mourning Ghost, then watched Tong Qi's Ghost Child devour ghosts and marveled at him.

After Tong Qi and her Ghost Child helped clear the wandering ghosts, the group faced a tougher wave of Wrongful Death Ghosts that could damage dormitory walls. While Hundred Flowers Thought Emperor's team struggled to hold them off, Tong Qi confronted Heavenly Demon Building players over the resources their Ghost Child wanted, and Red Butterfly attacked Ma Liang.

• Tong Qi's Ghost Child cleared the second wave of wandering ghosts and rapidly reached level thirteen.
• Tribulation-Crossing Nether Envoy warned that Wrongful Death Ghosts were approaching, so Tong Qi summoned the Golden Blade Ghost to fight them.
• Hundred Flowers Thought Emperor's group discovered the Wrongful Death Ghosts could damage Enlightenment Studio's walls and fought outside as the monsters overwhelmed them.
• Wrongful Death Ghosts near Thousand Illusions Dormitory became transfixed by an illusion, allowing Heavenly Demon Building players to kill them easily.
• Tong Qi demanded the black pot from Ma Liang, and Red Butterfly surged out to attack him after he insulted her.

Red Butterfly attacked Ma Liang and Xu Dong after Ma Liang and Xu Dong provoked her, while Xia Xingyuan tried to negotiate for the Soul Pot. Xu Ruyan killed Ma Liang and took the pot, and Tong Qi led her group away after a dormitory illusion rescued Xu Dong; Xia Xingyuan vowed revenge in a future building war.

• Red Butterfly shattered Ma Liang's barrier and badly wounded him, while she nearly killed Xu Dong before a turret bolt struck her shoulder.
• Xia Xingyuan came out of Thousand Illusions Dormitory and offered the Soul Pot as an apology, but Tong Qi refused the offer.
• Xu Ruyan cut Ma Liang's throat and seized the Soul Pot as Xia Xingyuan looked back.
• Red Butterfly crushed what she believed was Xu Dong, but a dormitory illusion had already allowed the real Xu Dong to be rescued.
• Tong Qi told Red Butterfly to leave, and the Mad King Building group departed.
• Xia Xingyuan learned the attackers were from Mad King Building and threatened them with revenge in a building war.

The players cleared the first stage at Ghost Gate Pass and chose rewards from the Tribulation-Crossing Nether Envoy. As he transported them into the second stage, Yellow Springs Road, he promised greater treasures for those who passed.

• Xu Ruyan gave the Soul Pot to the Ghost Child, who thanked her and eagerly hugged it.
• The Ghost Child swept aside all three waves of monsters at Ghost Gate Pass, while the other dormitories cleared the stage with little trouble.
• The Tribulation-Crossing Nether Envoy offered each team a reward, and Xu Lang chose a life-protecting Pixiu and a Nine-Bend Spirit Vine for the Ghost Child.
• Xu Lang advised Hundred Flowers Thought Emperor to choose a Jade Thumb Ring, which proved to be a powerful accessory.
• Xia Xingyuan grabbed a Ghost Head Saber before the Tribulation-Crossing Nether Envoy collected the treasures and transported everyone toward the second stage, Yellow Springs Road.

The three dormitories crossed the Yellow Springs Road, where the yin wind battered their defenses and threatened anyone exposed to it. After they survived, the Tribulation-Crossing Nether Envoy gave each dormitory a choice of reward, and Xu Lang obtained a token that could summon the Envoy to fight once.

• The Tribulation-Crossing Nether Envoy guided the dormitories through the Yellow Springs Road and warned the players to stay inside for ten minutes.
• Xu Lang and Cao Yaxuan judged that their dormitory's defenses and raw materials could withstand the yin wind, while Hundred Flowers Thought Emperor assigned Zhang Jie to repairs and Tao Xiu to watch the other dormitories.
• Xia Xingyuan forced Xu Qian and another player to shield Thousand Illusions Dormitory's door with their bodies, then blocked a wave himself to conserve supplies.
• The three dormitories reached the end of the road, and the Tribulation-Crossing Nether Envoy offered them abundant supplies, allowing each dormitory to choose one item.
• Xu Lang accepted the Nightmare Eye · Tribulation-Crossing Token, then advised Hundred Flowers Thought Emperor to choose a conviction-boosting pendant, which strengthened her overall abilities.

Xu Lang and the others chose to proceed to the Homeward-Looking Terrace, where they could see their loved ones but would also face the souls of those they had killed. Xu Lang glimpsed the captive Xiao Yi through the terrace, strengthening the connection between Xiao Yi and the Strange Tales Magic Box, before the group’s brief reunion with the living ended and the danger began.

• Hundred Flowers Thought Emperor thanked Xu Lang and gave him a Dragon-Tiger True Intent memory crystal for Xu Xiaomeng.
• Xu Lang and the others chose to continue to the Homeward-Looking Terrace, which the Nether Envoy warned would summon their enemies and creditors.
• The group stepped onto the terrace, and its starlit canopy revealed the living relatives and friends they wished to see.
• Xu Lang tried to find Wu Quan, then focused on Xiao Yi and saw him restrained in a bed, trapped in a blissful delusion.
• Seeing Xiao Yi brought the Strange Tales Magic Box closer to him, but the vision ended, leaving the group to face fourteen minutes of attacks from wronged souls and creditors.

Xu Lang and Saladin’s yellow-sand soldiers effortlessly defeated the enemies summoned by the Homeward-Looking Terrace, but Xu Lang’s enormous killing karma remained uncleansed when the trial’s time ran out. Drought Demon Granny then began extracting his karma, leaving the players to proceed toward the Muster Platform.

• Xu Lang summoned Saladin from Grave Pasture, and Saladin’s yellow-sand soldiers defeated the wronged enemies and creditors attacking the players.
• Hundred Flowers Thought Emperor’s powerful enemy and waves of other ghosts were quickly killed, while the players realized Xu Lang was carrying the trial.
• Drought Demon Granny and Tribulation-Crossing Nether Envoy worried that Xu Lang’s killing karma could not be cleansed before the Homeward-Looking Terrace closed.
• The trial ended with Xu Lang’s karma still remaining, and Tribulation-Crossing Nether Envoy announced that Drought Demon Granny would lead the players to the Muster Platform.
• Drought Demon Granny grabbed at Xu Lang and drew his killing karma into her hand, condensing it into a translucent blood-red crystal.

Xu Lang received a soul-strength increase and a single-use Killing Crystal before deciding to continue to the fourth Netherworld game, the Muster Platform. Hundred Flowers Thought Emperor also chose to proceed, while Xia Xingyuan withdrew his Thousand Illusions Dormitory group.

• Drought Demon Granny gave Xu Lang a Nightmare Eye: Killing Crystal and told him to choose the blood-red Yin Marshal at the Muster Platform.
• The Tribulation-Crossing Nether Envoy revealed that the fourth game required players to pledge themselves to one of ten Yin Marshals and complete that marshal's task.
• Xu Lang chose to continue, and Hundred Flowers Thought Emperor decided that her group would continue as well.
• Xia Xingyuan weighed his group's gains and the danger ahead, then chose to withdraw with the Thousand Illusions Dormitory players.