Chapter Summaries

Xu Lang entered the million-year time trial despite his companions’ warnings and found an intelligence note explaining the purpose of True King Showdown. He remained inside the trial with the note’s revelations, while the other players waited to see whether he would return.

• Evil Dragon entered the time gate, while a one-eyed Evil King Building player killed a Paradise Building player who offered him candy.
• Cao Yaxuan, Wang Yazhi, and the others urged Xu Lang not to enter, but he insisted and told the Mad King Building players not to follow him.
• Xu Lang stepped through the gate and arrived in an endless stone space with red rescue and green resolve buttons.
• Xu Lang found an intelligence note stating that True King Showdown weakened defeated dormitory buildings and had been created to deal with powerful buildings such as Reincarnation Tower.

Xu Lang spent hundreds of thousands of years sleeping, training, and refining his weapon in a deathless stretch of spacetime, eventually discovering stone tiles linked to Void Lord Engels. He memorized the secret words on the tiles but chose not to contact the powerful being.

• Xu Lang found Hastings's note about a predecessor from Reincarnation Tower and wondered whether the game had preserved it intentionally.
• Xu Lang slept for ten thousand years, then searched the empty area and trained his blade skills.
• Xu Lang raised Martial Saint and Martial God to level 100, then advanced both to level 300 while refining Purgatory Overlord beyond Mythic quality.
• Xu Lang discovered an immovable tile engraved with a Void Beacon and learned that Void Lord Engels had left it behind as a way to establish contact.
• Xu Lang found three more tiles linked to Engels, memorized their secret words, and decided not to provoke the Void Lord.

Xu Lang conceded the Time-Space Door challenge after warning everyone about its million-year trial, but Qian Tong volunteered to represent Paradise Building and entered with supplies and a plan to stay happy. After a month alone, Qian Tong was already growing bored and doubting whether he could endure the ordeal.

• Xu Lang returned from the Time-Space Door, confirmed he had spent a million years inside, and warned his companions not to enter.
• Li Xuehao volunteered to enter for Demon King Castle, but Xu Lang refused and made him the Floor Leader of the Eighth Floor.
• Qian Tong persuaded Paradise Building to send him into the Time-Space Door with a hundred portions of Happy Snacks.
• Qian Tong accidentally pressed the Green Button, then set up a home and relied on his Infinite Happiness Bread Maker and risqué magazine to pass the time.
• After a month, Qian Tong grew bored, nearly got lost while exploring, and began to regret his decision to face a million years alone.

After Qian Tong endured a million years in the Time-Space Door, he returned to Paradise Building and was instantly blasted into Blood Mist. Evil Dragon and Xu Lang exchanged Intel Note information and agreed to visit Paradise Building and Heaven's Wrath Building.

• Qian Tong endured a million years of torment in the Time-Space Door, then was blasted into Blood Mist when he emerged without immortality.
• Evil Dragon emerged from the Time-Space Door and warned the triplet brothers that Players had to choose between withdrawing from the building battle and retaining their memories of a million years.
• Evil Dragon went to Mad King Building, where Xu Lang met him and dismissed the patrol squad.
• Evil Dragon and Xu Lang exchanged the contents of their Intel Notes, learning that Dormitory Buildings had some autonomy and were not united against Players.
• Evil Dragon agreed to visit Paradise Building and Heaven's Wrath Building with Xu Lang.

Xu Lang and Evil Dragon visited Paradise Building to ask about the spacetime gate, but their meeting ended in a fight after Xu Lang offered Evil Dragon an invitation to join Mad King Building. Solaris then approached Xu Lang on behalf of Heaven's Wrath Building, seeking information about the gate and how Xu Lang won the game.

• Evil Dragon questioned why Xu Lang seemed familiar, then accompanied him to Paradise Building to ask about the player who entered the spacetime gate.
• Dyson told Xu Lang and Evil Dragon that Qian Tong had exploded, and Xu Lang offered to exchange information with anyone who survived a million years inside the gate.
• Xu Lang invited Evil Dragon to join Mad King Building, but Evil Dragon mocked him and Xu Lang kicked him away.
• Solaris, the Chief Inquisitor of Heaven's Wrath Building, asked Xu Lang what lay beyond the Door of Time and Space and how he had won the game.

Xu Lang traded with Solaris for a Book of Decrees and explained the dangers of the space-time gate, then considered whether its one-entry rule had a loophole. In a simulation, he entered the gate again, leaving Paradise Building's players stunned.

• Solaris created an anti-scrying barrier and gave Xu Lang a Book of Decrees in exchange for information about the space-time gate.
• Xu Lang told Solaris that the gate’s other side contained a million years of time, warned him about the Fortitude Button, and speculated that the Paradise Building player who self-destructed had pressed it.
• Mary warned Xu Lang that Solaris might sacrifice himself for the collective good, while Mad King Building’s players questioned Xu Lang’s deal with Heaven’s Wrath Building.
• Xu Lang considered whether the gate’s one-entry rule had a loophole and entered the Fusion Dreamscape to test it in a simulation.
• After failing to enter the gate from his own location, Xu Lang flashed to Paradise Building and plunged through its space-time gate again.

Xu Lang explored the spaces beyond several Time-Space Doors in his dream, enduring their extreme boredom until he passed a hidden trial. He received the Mythic item Kronos's Sigh, then woke determined to uncover the Void Battlefield's secrets.

• Xu Lang found that Nightmare Essence stopped fluctuating in the first space and passed the equivalent of five hundred thousand years sleeping and searching before a Time-Space Door appeared.
• After returning, Xu Lang entered the door before Heaven's Wrath Building and slept for a million years, then repeated the experiment at the door before Evil King Building.
• Xu Lang left the final space and heard the Dormitory Survival Game announce that he had passed the hidden trial and earned the achievement God of Boredom.
• Xu Lang found Kronos's Sigh in his inventory, a Mythic item that could give another item a time attribute.
• An attack from Evil King Building players shattered the simulated world, and Xu Lang woke resolved to investigate the Void Battlefield's secrets.

Xu Lang emerged from Evil King Building’s Time-Space Door and used a mental attack to crush the players waiting outside, then defeated an ambush by the Void Blademan and escaped. News of his raid and the enemy’s death spread across the other Buildings, putting him under greater scrutiny.

• Xu Lang left Evil King Building’s Time-Space Door after hearing a voice call him a fool, then shattered the minds of the players who tried to stop him.
• Xu Lang dodged a black-purple blade arc from the Void Blademan, broke it with Flash Kick, and dragged the attacker from the Void with Soul-Extinguishing Siphon.
• Xu Lang crushed the Void Blademan’s neck, stored the corpse in the Strange Tales Magic Box, and returned toward Mad King Building.
• Scouts from the other three Buildings reported Xu Lang’s raid and victory, prompting speculation about what he had found and warnings that the higher-ups would watch him closely.

Xu Lang used Kronos's Sigh to enhance Demon King Castle's Golden Fortune Auspicious Door with a time attribute. The transformation began, leaving everyone waiting to see what ability the door would gain.

• Xu Lang returned to Mad King Building camp after testing a loophole in the space-time gate, while the building war scores remained unchanged for his side.
• At Demon King Castle, Xu Lang told Shirley, Kui Zi, Aygul, Xu Ruyan, Wang Yazhi, and the others about the Void beacon and Kronos's Sigh, prompting speculation about Kronos and the mysterious sigh.
• The group debated whether to use Kronos's Sigh on Xu Lang's abilities or on a facility, and Xu Lang decided it was necessary for his plans.
• Xu Lang used Kronos's Sigh on the Golden Fortune Auspicious Door, and the system announced that its transformation would finish in three minutes.

Xu Lang upgraded the Golden Fortune Auspicious Door to Mythic and used Level Transfer to strengthen Demon King Castle’s turrets before the round ended. As the next round began and more of each building’s Safe Zones appeared, he suspected Mad King Building was hiding something and resolved to investigate.

• The Golden Fortune Auspicious Door gained Mythic rarity and a time-stasis effect that froze the corridor for ten seconds.
• Xu Lang used Level Transfer to raise the levels of five turrets, leaving Demon King Castle with a formidable lineup.
• Li Xianzhou entered the Time-Space Door and returned alive, earning Mad King Building one point; the building finished the round last with two points.
• The third round of the True King Showdown began, and two-sixths of each building’s Safe Zone manifested in the Void Battlefield.
• Xu Lang saw the special structures of the other buildings and suspected Mad King Building had concealed something from him.

The third round, a survival competition across seven lethal environments, began with the players preparing for the hazards. Xu Lang sheltered Mad King Building’s players in the Magic Box World, where his air conditioner kept them safe from Eternal Freeze as they settled in to rest.

• The rules announced seven seven-hour environmental hazards, survival-based scoring, and revival after the round ended; the standings placed Evil King Building first and Mad King Building third.
• Floor Leader Bai calmed panicked Paradise Building players by reminding them they could revive after dying, but he noticed a serious little boy who refused to smile.
• Heaven's Wrath Building organized a rescue plan, while Solaris found Mad King Building’s players celebrating the chance to hide in the Magic Box World.
• Xu Lang moved Mad King Building’s players into the Magic Box World, where his air conditioner countered the effects of the battlefield’s Eternal Freeze.
• When Eternal Freeze struck, exposed players in the corridors froze to death, while Xu Lang called the sheltered players to bed and earned Nightmare Coins.

Xu Lang began a physique limit-break trial after waking to the survival competition’s extreme-heat round. He won five tournament matches and entered the next stage, where he faced ten powerful projections and was told to choose three opponents.

• Xu Lang woke to extreme heat outside Demon King Castle and went back to sleep with Cao Yaxuan, using a dream for contemplation.
• Xu Lang began his physique limit-break trial in the Blood Empire Grand Tournament arena and defeated five opponents in succession.
• Xu Lang entered a crimson vortex and appeared in a ruined arena before ten figures wearing Legendary outfits.
• Xu Lang used Nightmare Eye to examine the figures and learned that they were projections, while Raphael and the others discussed missing members.
• The antler-helmeted man demanded that Xu Lang choose his opponents for the trial.

Xu Lang challenged the Blood Empire’s Royal Guards and chose Rasputin, a Black Goat Apostle, as his first opponent. Xu Lang steadily overpowered him, and the fight continued as Rasputin tried to escape his attacks.

• The Blood Empire warriors gathered to challenge Xu Lang, and he chose Rasputin to fight first.
• Rasputin introduced himself as one of the thirteen Royal Guards and a Black Goat Apostle, but Xu Lang attacked before he finished speaking.
• Xu Lang wounded Rasputin with the Purgatory Overlord and pressed him with rapid strikes, blood qi, and a sudden kick.
• Rasputin scattered black qi across the battlefield and used black fireballs, but Xu Lang evaded his attacks and vanished from sight.
• Xu Lang used the Grave Pasture and Scarlet Shepherd Lock to appear near Rasputin, who spread his wings and flew away from him.

Xu Lang defeated Rasputin and collected his memory crystal, then continued fighting the Mad King's Royal Guard projections. After earning the Royal Guard: Mad King's Proof badge, he demanded the higher-grade Blood Star Medal worn by the guard captain.

• Xu Lang transformed Rasputin's scripture into a three-headed demon form and overwhelmed him with repeated Blade Prison: Trayastrimsa Heaven attacks, defeating him before the ten-minute limit.
• Xu Lang used Scarlet Shepherd Lock on Rasputin, who died and left behind a memory crystal that Xu Lang suspected could connect the guards to the Mad King.
• Raphael announced Rasputin's defeat, and Xu Lang chose the red-skinned, half-horse knight Kaman as his next opponent.
• Xu Lang defeated Kaman and later overcame the gray stone man Ousikas while observing the Royal Guard's history with Nightmare Eye.
• The antler-helmeted captain awarded Xu Lang the legendary Royal Guard: Mad King's Proof badge, but Xu Lang demanded the captain's higher-grade Blood Star Medal.

Xu Lang fought through the Mad King Trial’s palace guards and then faced Tang Heng, the last opponent in the arena. Their battle escalated when Tang Heng’s aura turned chaotic and his expression revealed the madness of a Mad King Building Player.

• Xu Lang asked whether he could take the Blood Star Medal if he defeated the antler-helmeted Tang Heng, then continued fighting the palace guards to prove himself.
• After Xu Lang defeated the other guards, Raphael sent him to fight, and Xu Lang killed Raphael after summoning Shepherded Soul.
• Xu Lang and Tang Heng began their duel, and Xu Lang used the World-Burning Immortal Flame and the King of Purgatory’s phantom to wound him.
• Tang Heng healed his injuries with a green skill, then his aura grew frenzied and his eyes showed signs of madness.

Xu Lang fought Tang Heng, whose overwhelming strength and unpredictable madness pushed Xu Lang to burn his soul and fuse with the Purgatory Set. The chapter ended as the King of Purgatory opened gates in the void and thunder crashed from the sky.

• Xu Lang used the Dragonblood Rakshasa bloodline and Seven Kill Blood Qi to face Tang Heng, and their weapons clashed with enough force to damage both the Purgatory Overlord and Tang Heng's axe.
• Xu Lang struck Tang Heng with the Abyssal Demon Eye, but Tang Heng resisted its control and countered Xu Lang in close combat.
• Tang Heng unleashed his own madness, more than doubling his strength and repeatedly knocking Xu Lang back.
• Xu Lang activated Ultimate Liberation, burning his soul to raise his combat strength, but Tang Heng claimed he was still using less than a tenth of his former power.
• Xu Lang recognized that the Nightmare Eye could not predict Tang Heng's chaotic attacks, then fused with the Purgatory Set and called on the King of Purgatory.
• The King of Purgatory pulled open gates in the void as thunder crashed down from the sky.

Xu Lang and Tang Heng fought as both of their powers escalated beyond reason, with Tang Heng killing Xu Lang before Xu Lang returned and unleashed Avici Purgatory. The chapter left them facing a vast army of Strange Tales as Xu Lang sought to defeat Tang Heng and advance toward becoming an Asura.

• Xu Lang summoned the Purgatory Overlord and fed it power, using the Gate of Purgatory to amplify his strength as he fought Tang Heng.
• Xu Lang gained the upper hand and shattered Tang Heng's Legendary short axe, but Tang Heng survived Trayastrimsa Heaven and grew stronger still.
• Tang Heng's madness and every physical and spiritual attribute surged without limit, allowing him to beat Xu Lang to death.
• Xu Lang emerged unscathed from the void, provoking Tang Heng into another burst of growth.
• Xu Lang opened the Ghost Domain: Endless Purgatory, overlaying the battlefield with Avici Purgatory and sending its enormous Strange Tale Army against Tang Heng.

Xu Lang killed Tang Heng, obtained a powerful badge and two physical talents, then encountered the Gate of Limits. He punched the gate to begin breaking through his body's restrictions.

• Tang Heng urged Xu Lang to follow Mad King, but Xu Lang drained him with the Scarlet Shepherd Locks and collected his red-star medal.
• Xu Lang gained the Mad King Proof badge, which increased all attributes by seven percent.
• Xu Lang received the Element-Eating Beast and Overlord talents, granting extreme-environment survival, elemental resistance, and growth in his physical attributes.
• A black Gate of Limits appeared, and the system explained that breaking it would grant Xu Lang another physical talent.
• Xu Lang clenched his fist and punched the Gate of Limits.

Xu Lang broke through the realm of matter and gained the unique talent Nine Shadows Beneath the King, which created nine powerful versions of himself. After testing their abilities in Magic Box World, he kept Right Emperor by his side and realized his combat strength had doubled.

• Xu Lang shattered the black gate with a punch and gained the unique talent Nine Shadows Beneath the King before the trial world collapsed.
• Xu Lang returned from the Limit-Break Trial and entered Magic Box World to test his new talent.
• Xu Lang summoned a horned shadow and discovered it could fight tactically and copy some of his Sequence abilities.
• Xu Lang tested all nine shadows and found that each excelled in a different specialty, though they could not copy every ability or use the Strange Tales Magic Box.
• Xu Lang named the shadows Right Emperor, Wangliang, Xiejieshu, Chifu, Suoguan, Soul Slave, Zaonan, Hai Spirit Fetus, and Renhuaji, and kept Right Emperor beside him.

Xu Lang strengthened his soul and entered the Mad King Trial to break his mental limit. While the women waited in Mad King Building, Lion Cub uncovered a valuable lead in the Lava World.

• Xu Lang pinned on the Mad King Proof, upgraded Burning Steel Soul to level 20, and chose Eternal Forging of the Steel Soul.
• Xu Lang entered the mental trial, relying on his strength and Red Butterfly's ability to revive him if he died.
• Tong Qi, Cao Yaxuan, Han Jisoo, and Xu Ruyan discussed the trials and talents while Chi Qingman watched the lava outside Mad King Building.
• Wang Yazhi fed the Guardian Spirits and headed for the training room as she prepared for her own Limit-Break Trial.
• Lion Cub used Truth Listening to reveal that a Lava Behemoth guarded a priceless Lava Core deep within the hottest magma.