Chapter Summaries

Nico Sebastian emerged from Dusk Veil to save Xie Wuji and attack the players, but Paradise Building’s Horror Haunted House arrived and confronted him. As the two BOSSes faced off, Horror Haunted House targeted Amusement.

• Nico Sebastian stopped the artillery fire, healed Xie Wuji, and introduced himself before attacking the players with his Wheel of Destruction.
• Players from Evil King Building, Heaven's Wrath Building, and Paradise Building recovered and fired on Nico Sebastian from the Ferris wheel.
• Paradise Building intervened, unsealing Horror Haunted House, which took humanoid form and knocked Nico Sebastian’s giant wheel away.
• Nico Sebastian summoned three black wheels around Horror Haunted House, but the haunted house ignored him and fixed its gaze on Amusement.

Nico Sebastian made a pact with the dying Amusement, then searched for Evil Dragon as the Evil King Building summoned its guardian, Abyss Whisperer · Azazel. Azazel destroyed the Abyss of Evil Spirits and killed a player who had secretly bargained with the building, while Evil Dragon remained hidden and was discovered by a fat player demanding what he carried.

• Nico Sebastian offered Amusement an Undying Body in exchange for his loyalty, and Amusement accepted the pact before the Haunted House swallowed his remains.
• Nico Sebastian cleared players from the stone bridge and approached the Evil King Building while searching for Evil Dragon.
• The Evil King Building sacrificed its evil spirits and summoned Abyss Whisperer · Azazel, a level 65 guardian from the Abyss of Evil Spirits.
• Azazel destroyed Utter Darkness · Abyss of Evil Spirits and killed the Ghost Claw-tattooed player who had made a deal with the Evil King Building.
• Evil Dragon hid in an empty dormitory until a fat player found him and demanded what he was carrying in exchange for keeping his location secret.

Evil Dragon escaped Fat Corpse’s ambush as the battle spread through Dormitory Building, while Nico Sebastian swallowed Xie Wuji to protect him from Evil King Building’s suicide quest. Nico called on Haunted House to help defeat Azazel, but Haunted House instead turned on Evil King Building’s players, leaving the battle’s alliances in disarray.

• Fat Corpse ambushed Evil Dragon and sent his location to Evil King Building’s players, but Evil Dragon escaped into Dormitory Building.
• Nico Sebastian transformed and swallowed Xie Wuji, shielding him from Evil King Building’s quest to kill himself.
• Nico Sebastian attacked Azazel with Black Giant Wheels and a spellbook while Azazel pursued Evil Dragon and struck Nico in the stomach.
• Nico Sebastian urged Haunted House to join him against Azazel and warned that Evil King Building had exhausted its strength.
• Haunted House attacked Evil King Building’s players instead of helping Nico, killing more than ten of them in minutes.

Nico Sebastian and Haunted House pushed Evil King Building to its final dormitory while Azazel fought them and then left to attack the other buildings. They destroyed the last dormitory too late to stop Azazel from taking the final player, and Nico Sebastian realized the elimination had not been secured.

• Solaris and Osiris watched from Heaven's Wrath Building as Nico Sebastian and Haunted House fought Azazel, expecting the other buildings to weaken each other.
• Azazel trapped Nico Sebastian and Haunted House in a black domain, but they kept breaking down Evil King Building's dormitory doors.
• With Evil King Building reduced to its final ten dormitories, Azazel withdrew Its domain and flew toward Paradise Building.
• Azazel passed through Paradise Building and appeared atop Evil King Building before continuing toward Heaven's Wrath Building.
• Haunted House smashed open Evil King Building's last dormitory and seized the corpses inside, while Nico Sebastian realized Azazel had taken the final player.
• Nico Sebastian rushed after Azazel, and Haunted House's aura grew several times more terrifying.

Azazel broke into Evil King Building and faced a coordinated assault by Nico Sebastian, Haunted House, and the dormitory buildings’ powers. Before Azazel fell, he hurled Evil Dragon toward Mad King Building, leaving Evil King Building’s fate unresolved.

• Azazel broke into Heaven's Wrath Building and then Evil King Building, revealing that Evil Dragon was Evil King Building’s last survivor and had already escaped twice.
• Haunted House attacked Azazel as Mad King Building unsealed the Astrology Platform and summoned an unknown projection that exposed Azazel’s past self to their attacks.
• After the projection vanished, Heaven's Wrath Building bound Azazel with silver chains, and Evil King Building, Paradise Building, and Mad King Building joined forces against him.
• Azazel fought back but was overwhelmed by the coordinated assault.
• As Azazel neared defeat, he pulled Evil Dragon from his body and hurled him toward Mad King Building’s rooftop, catching Nico Sebastian and Haunted House off guard.

Xu Lang saved Evil Dragon from Nico Sebastian and considered helping Evil King Building, while the Haunted House carried Paradise Building’s players through Mad King Building’s Portal. With Paradise Building poised to break through Evil King Building, Heaven’s Wrath Building prepared its defenses as Nico Sebastian withdrew.

• Mad King Building suspended time for three seconds, but Xu Lang opened a Vortex Gate and rescued Evil Dragon from Nico Sebastian.
• In Magic Box World, Xu Lang told Evil Dragon he had not decided which building to support and might help him break through after Mad King Building used up its power.
• The Haunted House sent Amusement through Mad King Building’s Portal, allowing every Paradise Building member to break through.
• The Haunted House swallowed Paradise Building’s rooftop players and sped toward Evil King Building, prompting Chen Bo and the others to recognize the threat and reinforce Heaven’s Wrath Building.
• Nico Sebastian chose not to pursue the Haunted House and disappeared into the darkness.

The Haunted House and Ferris Wheel shattered Heaven's Wrath Building's barrier, but Heaven's Wrath Building spent its remaining intervention power to deploy four fused Building Guards and activate its special buildings. Heaven's Wrath Building then converted nearly all its players and Reset Prison into data, leaving the battle's next turn uncertain as Xu Lang watched from Demon King Castle.

• The Haunted House led Paradise Building's escape from the Evil King Building while the Ferris Wheel and Paradise Building players attacked Heaven's Wrath Building.
• Jester chose to keep supporting the assault until the freed players could take over the Ferris Wheel.
• The Haunted House and Ferris Wheel destroyed Heaven's Wrath Building's barrier, triggering Heaven's Wrath Building to advance its Barracks and fuse 144 Building Guards into four.
• One Building Guard activated the Central Tower's code, while another loaded Reset Prison's Data Body ability.
• Heaven's Wrath Building players discarded their keys or uploaded themselves as data, and a Building Guard absorbed Reset Prison into its palm.
• Xu Lang told Yan Xiaoli that the guards were around level fifty and observed that Heaven's Wrath Building was retrieving its players and buildings as modules.

Xu Lang dismissed Mad King Building’s chances of victory as insufficient while the battle outside the building reached a stalemate. As Heaven's Wrath Building and Paradise Building prepared to clash, Solaris called for a truce against their greater threat, Mad King Building.

• Xu Lang received a task notification and said Mad King Building’s current situation was not enough.
• The Tower Guards fought the Three Evil Gods to break through Evil King Building, while Paradise Building’s players stayed out of their way.
• Nico Sebastian used the Black Giant Wheel to wound the Tall Tower Guard and block the breakthrough, forcing the two Tower Guards to withdraw.
• The four Tower Guards returned to face Haunted House, which condensed its terrifying aura into a black sphere.
• Solaris urged Heaven's Wrath Building and Paradise Building to call a truce because Mad King Building remained the greatest threat.

Solaris and Candy Queen agreed to focus their cooperation on defeating Mad King Building, but Xu Lang ambushed Solaris and captured him. Xu Lang returned to Demon King Castle with Solaris's Sequence Crystal while the Players in the Magic Box World mistakenly believed he was fighting alone.

• Solaris and Candy Queen set aside their dispute and agreed to discuss how to deal with Mad King Building, with Solaris proposing that they target Nico Sebastian first.
• Candy Queen led the Sword-Wielding Tower Guard, Tall Tower Guard, and Haunted House toward Mad King Building as Solaris kept two Tower Guards behind.
• Guanjiangkou Boy made Demon King Castle vanish, while Xu Lang appeared on Paradise Building's rooftop and drew the Tower Guards away from Solaris.
• Xu Lang used the Footstep Ghost to ambush Solaris, dragged him into Gluttony Purgatory, and later killed him to obtain his Sequence Crystal.
• Xu Lang returned to Demon King Castle and watched a show, while Zhang Dahai and the other Players refused the food and wine because they believed Xu Lang was fighting alone.

With the magma rising, the remaining buildings formed an uneasy alliance, but Heaven's Wrath Building broke the agreed battle order and gained the advantage over Paradise Building. Nico Sebastian emerged to defend Paradise Building, leaving Amusement convinced Mad King Building could suppress even the strongest opponents.

• The Jester negotiated with the tall tower guard, and Heaven's Wrath Building agreed to cooperate in breaking through Evil King Building.
• The tall tower guard and silver hook tower guard joined the Haunted House to attack Evil King Building, where Nico Sebastian waited alongside the three evil gods.
• After nearly half an hour of fighting, the silver hook tower guard helped the tall tower guard break through ahead of schedule, prompting the gun-wielding tower guard to join them in the sky.
• The silver hook tower guard and gun-wielding tower guard intercepted the Haunted House as it rushed back toward Paradise Building.
• Nico Sebastian emerged from Amusement's shadow and used Great Darkness Sacrifice: Elemental Destruction to hold off the two Heaven's Wrath tower guards attacking Paradise Building.

As Heaven’s Wrath Building and Paradise Building struggled to break through each other while the lava lake rose, their forces joined to surround Nico Sebastian. Mad King Building finally intervened by unsealing Rust Lake, releasing an ancient commander who began heading toward the building.

• Paradise Building’s players repeatedly tried to break through Heaven’s Wrath Building while the Haunted House distracted its guards and Nico Sebastian rushed between the battles.
• The Haunted House and the Gun-Wielding Tower Guard agreed to withdraw Paradise Building’s players and join forces against Nico Sebastian.
• Heaven’s Wrath Building’s guards and the Haunted House wounded Nico Sebastian and forced him toward the lava lake.
• Mad King Building intervened, unsealing Rust Lake and summoning a rust-armored commander bearing a glowing scarlet command token.

The Everdark Knight King led the revived Mad Vanguards into battle, but Xu Lang confronted him and demanded Mad King Building’s surrender. As the Knight King prepared to attack, the game announced Xie Wuji’s death, leaving Evil King Building with one survivor.

• The Everdark Knight King revived the Mad Vanguards, sent them to attack Paradise Building, and headed for Demon King Castle.
• Xu Lang met the Everdark Knight King in the reception hall and warned that slaughtering the other buildings would make Mad King Building lose.
• Xu Lang demanded that Mad King Building surrender and threatened to send the Evil Dragon into the escape point if the Knight King attacked.
• The Everdark Knight King advanced toward Xu Lang, but the Dormitory Survival Game announced that Xie Wuji had died, leaving one Evil King Building survivor.

As the True King Showdown neared its end, Xu Lang negotiated with the Everdark Knight King while Paradise Building launched its final attack against Heaven's Wrath Building. The chapter left the super rocket full of Paradise Building Players diving toward Heaven's Wrath Building.

• After Xie Wuji died, the Everdark Knight King asked Xu Lang what he wanted, and Xu Lang demanded an offer worth his support.
• The Everdark Knight King handed Xu Lang a crimson token, but Xu Lang rejected it and the Dormitory Survival Game offered him missions with increasingly valuable rewards.
• Heaven's Wrath Building and Paradise Building attacked Nico Sebastian as Paradise Building Players began a desperate breakout.
• As magma submerged most of Paradise Building, Paradise Building intervened and boosted its Players' speed tenfold for three minutes.
• Paradise Building launched its one airdrop, a super rocket packed with Players, toward Heaven's Wrath Building.

Heaven's Wrath Building overwhelmed Paradise Building's Players as Nico Sebastian moved to stop its guards, while Xu Lang pressured Mad King Building into communicating. Mad King Building responded to Xu Lang's mention of Tang Heng by producing a crimson contract.

• Jester led Paradise Building's Players in a super rocket, but the sword-wielding Heaven's Wrath Building guard destroyed it with rented turrets and killed most of them.
• Haunted House charged Heaven's Wrath Building while its three guards flew toward the empty Paradise Building, and Nico Sebastian transformed into a black meteor to intercept them.
• At Demon King Castle, Xu Lang told Everdark Knight King that he would not break through and that Mad King Building would lose if it failed to rescue its Players.
• Mad King Building's greater consciousness sent Xu Lang the words, "What do you want..."
• Xu Lang mentioned Tang Heng's special power, causing Mad King Building to tremble and form a crimson contract before him.

Xu Lang signed the Madness Contract and became Mad King Building’s Acting Building Lord, restoring access to hidden building features and upgrading player information. In Magic Box World, the players reacted to the new, seemingly limitless Sanity ability, while the Residents’ Committee imposed order until Xu Lang’s situation became clear.

• Xu Lang inspected the Madness Contract, accepted the quest, and signed to become Mad King Building’s Acting Building Lord.
• Mad King Building unlocked new shops, areas, and player features, including full information access and the ability to enter the Supernegative Domain.
• Mad King Building players reacted to the broadcasts, and Kui Zi urged Wang Yazhi to examine her newly detailed Sanity attribute.
• Wang Yazhi and Kui Zi suspected the power had side effects, while Han Jisoo warned that players might be unprepared to control their Sanity.
• A player tried to lower his Sanity, but Cao Yaxuan froze him and ordered everyone not to do so without the Residents’ Committee’s permission.
• Zhang Dahai wondered what Xu Lang was doing as the crowd settled under Cao Yaxuan’s authority.

As the seventh round reached its climax, Xu Lang joined the battlefield wearing the Everdark Knight King's armor and the Black Crown. The crown turned every outsider into an enemy and drew the other factions into a desperate assault, as Xu Lang prepared to fight them all.

• Nico Sebastian held off three Heaven's Wrath Building Guards while the sword-wielding guard broke away and charged toward Paradise Building, prompting Haunted House to rush back and defend.
• After signing a contract, Xu Lang entered the Everdark Knight King's armor and asked Louzi to enhance his Black Crown.
• Haunted House and Nico Sebastian struggled against four Heaven's Wrath Building Guards, whose Heaven's Wrath Stroke immobilized Players on their rooftop.
• Xu Lang emerged through a Vortex Gate above Evil King Building as Mad King Building Players entered the breakout point.
• Xu Lang put on the Black Crown, and the broadcast announced that Mad King Building had interfered, designated all outsiders as enemies, and cleared its interference power.
• Paradise Building Players and the other challengers charged Xu Lang, who opened a dimensional rift for evil ghosts and drew the King of Purgatory.

Xu Lang fought through the battlefield as the Evil King Building used Dark Sacrifice to rise to First Tier and revive its boss alongside Azazel. With ten minutes before the building lost its level and faced punishment, Xu Lang battled both threats while the lava lake flooded the Mad King Building, leaving his allies worried about his delay.

• Xu Lang slaughtered Paradise Building Players and Heaven's Wrath Building guards while the Mad King Building Players broke through the Evil King Building and Paradise Building.
• The Mad King Building warned Xu Lang not to destroy Heaven's Wrath, and he vowed to keep the building from losing as it fought alongside him.
• The Evil King Building activated Dark Sacrifice, rose to First Tier, and revived Azazel with a stronger aura, though the treaty warned its level would fall after ten minutes.
• The revived Evil King and Azazel charged Xu Lang, who used a true-damage light blade to fight them while the other Mad King Building Players advanced through three breakthrough points.
• As lava flooded toward the Mad King Building's Twentieth Floor, Tong Qi, Red Butterfly, Zhen Lu, and others worried that Xu Lang was delaying the battle, while Wang Yazhi wondered whether she could ever match his strength.

Xu Lang led Mad King Building to victory in the True King Showdown, then used a prison dungeon to keep Azazel and the Evil King from being taken away by the game's rules. He sent the Evil Dragon back to the weakened Evil King Building after secretly giving him a hundred urban legends, and warned him not to abandon it.

• Nico Sebastian shrank into human form as the black Vortex Gate took the man in black robes away, and Xu Lang emerged at Mad King Building's breakout point.
• The Dormitory Survival Game announced Mad King Building's victory and promotion to a first-tier dormitory building as the other buildings vanished.
• Xu Lang asked Tong Ru to open Dormitory 395's dungeon, then used demonic-sealing blade qi to imprison Azazel and the Evil King.
• Xu Lang secretly infused the Evil Dragon with a hundred urban legends before sending him back to the Evil King Building to help it recover.
• Xu Lang warned the Evil Dragon not to run away because he was fond of the Evil King Building, then took out the Order of Madness.

The Mad King Building returned to the Blood Mist World and triggered a vast phenomenon as it advanced, drawing the Blood Mist toward itself. The disturbance drew Blood Mist Creatures and alarmed nearby Dormitory Buildings, leaving the Shadow Prison Building’s scouting teams in danger and the Strange Tales Building unable to investigate.

• The Mad King Building Players returned to the Blood Mist World, where the building began bleeding and pulled the Blood Mist into a vast funnel-shaped cloud.
• Xu Lang watched the phenomenon from the Mad King Building and used another perspective to observe the Gray Giant, whose Magic Box warned him to return to his building.
• The Silver Flying Dragon, the Giant Tree, and other Blood Mist Creatures headed toward the anomaly, fighting along the way as the disturbance affected nearly half the Titan Ruins.
• The Shadow Prison Building’s administrators spotted the phenomenon near the Ghost Mausoleum, and Da Wu warned them that Blood Mist Creatures were converging there and threatened their scouting teams.
• The Strange Tales Building’s Floor Leaders discussed the thinning Blood Mist and considered investigating, but the Blood-Clad Man said a powerful female vampire outside was targeting their Players.

Players in Titan Ruins learned that a dormitory building across Ghost River had advanced, prompting Titan Building to accelerate its plans to cross the river. At the outpost, an alluring woman appeared and turned the giants against their officer.

• At Strange Tales Building, the bandaged man rejected the idea that the woman could threaten them, while the qipao-clad Zhen Qihong and the blood-clad man agreed to approach her and learn her motives.
• Players in Titan Ruins confirmed that a dormitory building across Ghost River had advanced, and Titan Building's leaders discussed the danger and their plans to plunder buildings across the river.
• At the riverbank outpost, officers ordered the giants to lure out a ghost shark and offered a Hercules Pill to the volunteer who went first.
• An exceptionally beautiful woman in a black dress appeared at the outpost and asked what the players were doing.
• The giants became captivated by the woman and berated their officer, demanding that he apologize to her.