Chapter Summaries

Xu Lang and the other players reached the Netherworld hall and were ordered to worship a Yin Marshal within fifteen minutes. Asura Naraku appeared, recognized Xu Lang’s killing intent, and invited him to follow into a blood-colored vortex, leaving Xu Lang facing a choice of patron.

• Drought Demon Granny led Xu Lang and the other players through darkness into a grand hall in the Netherworld.
• Drought Demon Granny assigned everyone the mission of lighting Faith Incense before a Yin Marshal within fifteen minutes.
• Hundred Flowers Thought Emperor identified several Yin Marshals and explained their roles to Shirley and the others.
• Xu Lang released the Killing Crystal’s blood energy, prompting Junxing to urge him to worship at the Punishment Bureau.
• Asura Naraku emerged from a blood-colored vortex, invited Xu Lang to follow him, and entered the vortex.

Xu Lang entered Naraku’s Asura Arena and endured a brutal battle that rapidly strengthened his combat skills. He returned to the grand hall alive, newly cautious about the power of mythical creatures.

• Xu Lang ignored the warning about the mission’s difficulty and entered the blood-red vortex alone.
• Naraku overwhelmed Xu Lang with sword strikes and lethal kicks, forcing him to rely on his Martial God skill and transform into Blood Rakshasa.
• Xu Lang fought back against Naraku, and the intense battle rapidly improved his Profound Boxing, Ultimate Kick Technique, Martial God, and combat experience.
• After half an hour, Xu Lang emerged from the vortex drenched in blood, while Drought Demon Granny waited in the hall.
• Xu Lang reviewed his powerful new skill levels and damage potential, but reflected that Naraku had nearly killed him and that mythical creatures could grow frighteningly fast.

Xu Lang learned that the Asura Path Divine Seal made him a God-Chosen and discovered that the Black Merchants possessed a complete Sequence Compendium maintained by Goblin Emperor Bartholomew, a suspected S-Rank Sequence player. Meanwhile, Kabi entered Apocalypse Tower’s residential complex and introduced herself to its guards as a White Hat Merchant.

• Xu Lang showed Drought Demon Granny his Asura Path Divine Seal and asked her about Divine Seals and God-Chosen.
• Drought Demon Granny explained that gods varied in power according to their devotees and that the Asura Path was a powerful collective consciousness.
• Drought Demon Granny consulted a complete Sequence Compendium and showed Xu Lang the Yin-Yang Ghost Constable entry, including its former Sequence Players and suspected abilities.
• Xu Lang saw that Goblin Emperor Bartholomew had authored the compendium and used his Nightmare Eye to identify Bartholomew as a suspected S-Rank Divine Thinker.
• Kabi arrived at Apocalypse Tower’s residential complex, startled the guards, and claimed she had come as a wealthy White Hat Merchant to congratulate them.

Xu Lang obtained a Sequence Compendium and a time-limited invitation to Yama’s Birthday Banquet from Drought Demon Granny, then discovered that the Scarlet Shepherd Sequence had made him a target across the Void. Wang Yazhi returned wearing a Rakshasa Ghost Mask, which Xu Lang destroyed before she explained that her Junxing mission had forced her to wear it.

• Xu Lang traded an upgraded makeup case to Drought Demon Granny for the Sequence Compendium and an invitation to Yama’s Birthday Banquet.
• Xu Lang read the compendium’s Sequence information and discovered that the Scarlet Shepherd was wanted by major Void forces, with a bounty of 10,000 Void Coins.
• Wang Yazhi emerged from a black vortex wearing the Rakshasa Ghost Mask, and Xu Lang destroyed it after it fell away.
• Wang Yazhi explained that she had chosen Junxing for her Yin Marshal mission and had worn the mask after attempting the highest difficulty.
• Xu Lang learned that Junxing’s Divine Mark increased her chance of executing enemies, required executions in the Execution Space, and granted free attribute points for completing missions.

Xu Lang and the others reached the Netherworld Other Shore, where they learned that staying longer would make the final game harder. Xu Lang chose to remain for seven days and rest, while Hundred Flowers Thought Emperor went ahead with the Asura God-Chosen and left Tao Xiu and Zhang Jie in Yang Sui’s care.

• Junxing told Xu Lang that slaughter would find him despite his reluctance to fight, while the survivors emerged with God-Chosen identities and Enlightenment Studio was reduced to Hundred Flowers Thought Emperor, Tao Xiu, and Zhang Jie.
• Drought Demon Granny explained that the final game’s difficulty depended on how long the group stayed in the Netherworld, and Xu Lang chose to remain for all seven days.
• Hundred Flowers Thought Emperor asked to leave Tao Xiu and Zhang Jie behind and take the risk of continuing; Yang Sui agreed to protect them and sent her onward with the Asura God-Chosen.
• Drought Demon Granny led the group to a sea of Red Spider Lilies, showed them their still-forming Epiphyllum rewards, and warned them not to delay starting until the seventh day.
• Xu Lang told the group to explore without crossing the boundary or triggering the final battle early, and the women set off while Hundred Flowers Thought Emperor felt lonely.

Xu Lang and the others explored the Netherworld garden, where he identified rare Red Spider Lilies and Mythic Epiphyllum while Xu Ruyan detected a dangerous growing energy entity. After Xu Ruyan warned him that the final stage might be unusually perilous, Xu Lang discussed his theory that Dormitory Buildings had both benevolent and malicious consciousnesses, leaving Xu Ruyan excited by his explanation.

• Xu Lang used the Nightmare Eye to identify the Red Spider Lilies as rare materials and the Epiphyllum as Mythic flowers containing each player's growing Phantom Dream.
• Shirley assessed the Dream Ephemeral Flowers as possibly Legendary, while the other players trained, studied, and explored the garden.
• Xu Ruyan used Xu Lang's Contact Lenses to detect a dangerous, strengthening energy entity incubating in the Red Light Sphere.
• Xu Ruyan told Xu Lang that the final stage might be dangerous despite the group's easy progress, and he agreed that their risks could be greater than they appeared.
• Xu Lang theorized that Dormitory Buildings had separate benevolent and malicious consciousnesses, and Xu Ruyan eagerly embraced the idea before pouncing on him.

After seven days of preparation, Xu Lang and the others faced the Dungeon’s final boss, Other Shore: Lord of the Remnant Nether, as it emerged from the blood-red sphere. The game warned that the boss would become an Overlord in thirty minutes, while four mysterious beings watched its birth and welcomed it as a potential companion.

• Xu Lang woke after accumulating Nightmare Coins and joined Cao Yaxuan, Red Butterfly, and the others as they waited for the blood-red sphere to activate.
• Xu Lang chose to wait for the Dream Ephemeral Flowers to finish growing, and the group retreated indoors as conditions outside became dangerous.
• The sphere transformed into the headless, twin-sword-wielding Other Shore: Lord of the Remnant Nether, and the game revealed its powers and the thirty-five-minute survival challenge.
• Four beings in an unknown dark space watched the Sea of Other Shore Flowers and celebrated the birth of the ghost god.
• The woman in the palace dress noted that the seven pots of Dream Ephemeral Flowers had helped bring about the boss’s birth, and the Jester credited the mortals who had remained there.

Xu Lang and the tenants defended the Platinum Luxury Apartment from the level twenty-two Lord of the Remnant Underworld, whose attacks destroyed the turrets but failed to break through the upgraded gate. Xu Lang launched a powerful counterattack and retreated inside as the monster unleashed an even larger sword wave.

• The Lord of the Remnant Underworld battered the Five Fortune Golden Toad Gate with Netherworld Waves and twin-sword strikes while Xu Ruyan repaired it.
• The gate evolved into the Golden Fortune Auspicious Door, and Xu Lang ordered the tenants to operate the turrets at full power.
• The Lord of the Remnant Underworld unleashed a destructive energy wave that destroyed the Great Wilderness Dragon Eye, the Void Fissioner, and three cannon turrets, but left the apartment intact.
• Xu Lang charged outside and struck the Lord of the Remnant Underworld with Void-Sundering Slash, Purgatory March, and Ghost Slash, dealing enormous damage before retreating inside.
• The Lord of the Remnant Underworld merged his twin swords again and released a vastly stronger sword wave.

Xu Lang’s group fought the Lord of the Remnant Underworld after it healed from a serious wound, but their newly evolved Angel Turrets gave them a way to damage it while restoring their own durability. The battle continued as the boss advanced on the dormitory, and Hundred Flowers Thought Emperor watched, hoping the turrets would turn the fight around.

• The Lord of the Remnant Underworld healed itself by plunging the Sun Sword into its body, and Xu Lang concluded that Xu Ruyan could not cover its enormous body with a concentrated attack.
• The Lord of the Remnant Underworld attacked the Golden Fortune Auspicious Door from a distance while Xu Lang’s group struggled with depleted turret durability.
• The two Angel Turrets evolved into Mythic turrets with powerful attacks and an effect that restored their durability when they dealt damage.
• Xu Lang and his allies fired on the Lord of the Remnant Underworld with the turrets and spells as it returned fire, then advanced toward the Platinum Luxury Apartment.
• Xu Lang transformed into Blood Rakshasa and used buff items while the group prepared its life-saving items for a final chance.
• Hundred Flowers Thought Emperor watched from Enlightenment Studio and hoped the Angel Turrets would stop the Lord of the Remnant Underworld from fleeing or evolving.

Xu Lang and his allies overwhelmed Lord of the Remnant Underworld, but the Black-Clad Jester intervened and was erased by the Dormitory Survival Game for violating its contract. Xu Lang restrained the recovering Lord of the Remnant Underworld again as a woman’s warning echoed from the closing rift.

• Tong Qi unleashed Curse Kill on Lord of the Remnant Underworld, and Xu Lang and the others followed with a coordinated assault that left him badly damaged.
• Hundred Flowers Thought Emperor knocked the Sun Sword from Lord of the Remnant Underworld’s hand, and Xu Lang restrained him with Scarlet Shepherd Lock.
• The Black-Clad Jester emerged from a rift, shattered Scarlet Shepherd Lock, and restored Lord of the Remnant Underworld.
• The Dormitory Survival Game judged the Black-Clad Jester’s attack a contract violation and devoured him after he tried to defy its punishment.
• Xu Lang bound Lord of the Remnant Underworld again, while a woman’s voice warned that the Jester would disappear as the rift closed.

After the Black-Clad Jester died, Xu Lang used the Dream Ephemeral Flowers to obtain a portion of the power of time and the first part of the Immortal Art: Heavenburner Boils the Sea. The others claimed flowers suited to their needs, and Red Butterfly advanced to the Yin-Yang Ghost Constable Sequence.

• Xu Lang and the others agreed to distribute the seven Dream Ephemeral Flowers according to what each person needed, and Xu Lang claimed three for himself.
• Xu Lang assigned two flowers to Red Butterfly, one to Wang Yazhi, and one to Xu Ruyan, then used two flowers to obtain the skill scroll for Immortal Art: Heavenburner Boils the Sea 1/7.
• Xu Lang learned that the skill could ignite anything within his perception, reaching up to three hundred meters, and suspected the incomplete art could become Mythic-grade if completed.
• Xu Ruyan used her flower to obtain a cultivation method for Shadow Power, while Red Butterfly completed the Yin-Yang Ghost Constable Sequence and gained a chained scythe and a sealed black door.
• Xu Xiaomeng revealed that Xu Lang had already shared Red Butterfly's Sequence information, leaving Red Butterfly furious as the others tried to comfort her.

Xu Lang collected the Netherworld Source Essence and the Lord of the Remnant Underworld’s twin swords before the players returned to their Dormitory Buildings. He helped the Hundred Flowers Thought Emperor with ten million Copper Coins, while a hidden woman vowed to kill Xu Lang and his group next time.

• Seeking Immortality and the Dao prompted Xu Lang to refine the Netherworld Source Essence with the Sacred Embryo, and he stored the essence after the Lord of the Remnant Underworld was drained.
• Xu Lang picked up the Lord of the Remnant Underworld’s Yin-Yang Twin Swords, which weakened their bearer, and put them away despite the Hundred Flowers Thought Emperor’s interest.
• The Mad King Building announced that Dormitory 200 had cleared Netherworld Other Shore and that its players would return in three minutes.
• Han Jisoo gave the Hundred Flowers Thought Emperor ten million Copper Coins as Xu Lang described the gift as an investment in Enlightenment Studio.
• Three minutes later, the players returned to their Dormitory Buildings, and a woman in palace attire emerged from the Void and vowed to kill Xu Lang within the rules.

Xu Lang watched the newly unsealed Finality Building compete in the Ironblood Arena, then returned to the Mad King Building and refined Netherworld Source Essence to gain the Ghost God Form buff. He continued consuming energy-related items to strengthen himself, leaving his growth unfinished.

• Xu Lang and his companions watched Finality Building players duel in the Ironblood Arena, where a Sacrifice Building player defeated a Finality Building rookie and sparked a grudge between the buildings.
• Xu Lang told Han Jisoo that the Arena’s growing supplies suggested it was expanding, then encountered Wu Huihui and other Tenth Floor players on the way back.
• Xu Lang returned to the dormitory, delegated management through capable players, and gave Cao Yaxuan seven pots of epiphyllum to graft with Yan Xiaoli’s help.
• Xu Lang refined the Netherworld Source Essence and gained the Legendary Ghost God Form buff, which increased his abilities and allowed his soul to enter the Netherworld after death.
• Xu Lang used the Holy Embryo to refine batteries, soul crystals, and other energy-related items, then checked his personal attributes.

Xu Lang tested the Other Shore Twin Swords, distributed Mythic and Legendary equipment to his companions, and used the last day of rest to increase his Nightmare Coin total. At six in the evening, the two Dormitory Buildings began their games simultaneously.

• Xu Lang discovered that his Blood Rakshasa form could wield the Other Shore Twin Swords, then tested their destructive power by merging them and sacrificing clones.
• Xu Lang used the twin swords in combat and reconsidered giving them to Wang Yazhi after realizing how much he enjoyed wielding them.
• Xu Lang returned from the Fusion Dreamscape and gave Wang Yazhi, Cao Yaxuan, and Xu Xiaomeng powerful equipment.
• Xu Lang investigated Han Jisoo and Xu Ruyan for hidden connections or unreported loot.
• Xu Lang had Golden Sand and Silver Sand help him complete his daily KPI, bringing his total to 830,930 Nightmare Coins.
• The two Dormitory Buildings began their games at six in the evening.

The Intelligent Machine Crisis began as Mad King Building and Dusk Building faced a machine-army attack in Dawn City. Xu Lang reunited with Li Shuwen and Xiao Yi, learned that Xiao Yi had lost part of his logic, and watched him become a Mad Vanguard when his SAN value reached zero.

• The game announced that Mad King Building and Dusk Building had to survive three days in Dawn City while Skynet hunted them.
• The Blood Mist dissipated, revealing a ruined future city and bat-shaped fighter jets speeding toward the buildings.
• Xu Lang went to Dormitory 49 with Wang Yazhi and learned that Wu Quan had died and Xiao Yi had returned.
• Xu Lang used the Nightmare Eye to determine that Xiao Yi had lost part of his logic and believed fantasy was reality, while Earth authorities were establishing shelters.
• Xu Lang ordered Fusheng Xi to bring someone over to test whether the Star Realm Base could teleport people to Earth during the game.
• Xiao Yi screamed that he refused to accept reality, transformed into crimson energy, and became a Mad Vanguard after his SAN value hit zero.

Xu Lang tested the Star Realm Base during game time and discussed Fusheng Xi’s plans, while an advanced machine army gathered to attack the two buildings. The players watched the steel tide approach and broke down at the sight of its weapons.

• Xu Lang, Zhu Yan, Fusheng Xi, and others tested the Star Realm Base and confirmed it could not be used during game time.
• Xu Lang said he would keep the base’s existence secret until the game ended to avoid damaging morale.
• Fusheng Xi said he planned to keep playing and later take Seventh Floor players into Exploration Mode, while denying he still intended to annex the Sixth Floor.
• A patrol aircraft identified the area as the highest-level anomaly point, designated it Ghost Building, and summoned military-grade Cleaner Squads with a mutual destruction protocol.
• A vast mechanical army advanced toward Mad King Building as players from both buildings saw its weapons and panicked.

Zhang Dahai scouted the mechanized army and revealed that Mad King Building faced overwhelming long-range firepower, leaving Xu Lang and the others without a viable defense. As a cruise missile flew toward Dusk Building, the Dormitory Survival Game paused the world and issued an announcement.

• Ye Fan warned Zhang Dahai to return, but Zhang Dahai rushed toward the Safe Zone’s edge to inspect the monsters.
• Zhang Dahai reported that the mechanized army contained huge numbers of level-fifteen and level-seventeen units, nearly all capable of long-range attacks.
• Xu Lang, Cao Yaxuan, Kui Zi, Luo Lin, Wang Yazhi, and Shirley discussed their lack of effective ways to defend against the army’s bombardment.
• Xu Lang considered bringing the players into the Magic Box world as he realized the round’s difficulty exceeded what the combined buildings could explain.
• A cruise missile headed for Dusk Building, and the world suddenly froze as the Dormitory Survival Game’s main entity spoke.

After Dusk Building forcibly lowered the game’s difficulty and was penalized under the Wager Treaty, the first act of the Intelligent Machine Crisis began. Mad King Building’s players easily defeated the civilian robots, but the next act introduced humanlike androids, leaving Xu Lang and Cao Yaxuan eager to capture some.

• Dusk Building’s difficulty change violated the Wager Treaty, reducing its weight and making it an affiliated building of Mad King Dormitory Building for the next three rounds.
• Zhang Dahai saw civilian robots rush toward the Safe Zone as the game’s difficulty returned to normal.
• Xu Lang, Cao Yaxuan, Luo Lin, and Mad King Building’s players fought off the civilian robots and gathered points and supplies, with almost no players dying in the first act.
• The game began Act Two, “Purification,” and humanlike androids appeared in the frozen city.
• Xu Lang considered capturing the androids, and Cao Yaxuan suggested taking some back to play with.

Xu Lang agreed to join the fight against the bionics and led Tong Qi and Cao Yaxuan in a slaughter that reached the edge of the safe zone. Cao Yaxuan found an Excellent-level All-Purpose Housekeeping Bionic Design Blueprint, leaving Xu Lang with a valuable new blueprint to inspect.

• Xu Lang changed his mind and agreed to fight the bionics, then invited Tong Qi to join him.
• Xu Lang and Tong Qi attacked the bionics while Tong Qi summoned her Ghost Pets to fight alongside them.
• Xu Lang, Tong Qi, and Cao Yaxuan advanced to the bionics’ spawn point, killing them as Mad King Building Players watched and continued farming points.
• Cao Yaxuan showed Xu Lang an Excellent-level All-Purpose Housekeeping Bionic Design Blueprint with numerous skills and detailed manufacturing requirements.

Xu Lang and his companions cleared androids while scattering Strange Tales Magic Boxes around Dawn City, then Cao Yaxuan intervened in a robbery and earned free attribute points. They returned to the dormitory to sort their loot and post a request for high-end android blueprints.

• Cao Yaxuan gave Xu Lang an exceptional-grade android blueprint, and he put it away while promising she could build the android later.
• Xu Lang decided to speed through the round, and Golden Blade Ghost crushed an android after Tong Qi asked whether they should keep one.
• Xu Lang scattered Strange Tales Magic Boxes around Dawn City and the edge of the safe zone, explaining that the boxes could affect robots.
• Cao Yaxuan flew toward a cry for help, stopped a player from robbing someone, and killed three people, earning three free attribute points.
• Xu Lang suggested Cao Yaxuan ask Su Yuan and Zhou Ye about evil deeds, and she decided to seek a role in the Inspection Department.
• The group returned to the dormitory, sorted their spoils, and posted a notice seeking high-end android blueprints.