Chapter Summaries

Xu Lang upgraded the Nightmare Bed, filled its new sleeping spaces with twelve high-Charm maid androids, and went to sleep to earn Nightmare Coins. Dream Bear woke, tried to evict the other sleepers, and was put back to sleep by Xu Lang, while her mysterious status remained largely unreadable.

• Xu Lang celebrated the Nightmare Bed's upgrades, which doubled its base Nightmare Coins and comfort, raised its capacity to thirty, and removed the fusion limit.
• Xu Lang created twelve maid-outfitted bionic humans, paid the population tax to make them subordinate units, and spent his remaining Nightmare Coins raising their Charm to around 250.
• Xu Lang went to sleep for another eight hours, hoping to farm Nightmare Coins.
• Dream Bear awoke and tried to throw Chi Qingman off the bed, but her plush body was too weak to move her.
• Dream Bear woke Xu Lang to complain about outsiders, but he pulled her into his arms and made her fall asleep again.
• Xu Lang examined Dream Bear and found that her level, attributes, skills, and origins remained almost entirely unknown.

Xu Lang used the Nightmare Coins earned from sleeping with the Dream Doll to upgrade the Mysterious Lord Meditation Art and chose the Mystic Lord Visualization Method. He then decided to upgrade a Mythic Double Skill Card so he could pursue a second cultivation skill, accepting the risk that one skill would be disabled at random.

• Xu Lang woke in the dream and celebrated the Nightmare Coins produced by the Dream Doll’s improved earnings.
• Xu Lang spent Nightmare Coins to raise the Mysterious Lord Meditation Art to level 20 and reviewed its seven Epic upgrade paths.
• Xu Lang rejected the Primeval Return-to-Hiding Art, the Evil King Secret Record, and the other paths before choosing the Mystic Lord Visualization Method.
• Xu Lang considered cultivating both righteous and demonic arts and took out the Double Skill Card from the All-Powerful Building.
• Xu Lang decided to upgrade the card despite its seven-day limit and random skill-disable effect.

Xu Lang upgraded the Double Skill Card into an Epic card that let him learn two cultivation skills, then began fusing four sequences and prepared for the day's events. As a proxy war erupted against the Mad King Building, the Angel Building's hired players discovered the defenders were ready for their attack.

• Xu Lang upgraded the Double Skill Card into an Epic Double Skill Card and stored it for further upgrades, then considered which cultivation skill to learn next.
• Xu Lang fused B-24 Time Historian, B-88 Adjudicator, C-40 Vajra Strongman, and E-10 Lucky One, with the process expected to take twenty days.
• Xu Lang simulated the day's events and arranged for Li Shuwen and the others to handle the trouble while gaining combat practice.
• Players hired by Steel Titan, Beast Titan, and Sea God Titan attacked the Mad King Building's Safe Zone, but its guards and anti-air defenses resisted them.
• Chen Luo questioned Beast Titan about the defenders' preparedness, and Steel Titan promised more supplies and help if the attack went badly.

After the Angel Building fell and the Titan Building paid Xu Lang the promised supplies, the Mad King Building expanded and strengthened its forces. Xu Lang’s Ghost God Power reached 1,000, allowing him to form and name his new ghost god identity, Yog-Erebus.

• The Angel Building collapsed, and the Titan Building delivered one billion Copper Coins, equipment, blueprints, and raw materials to Xu Lang.
• The Beast Titan protested the Alliance Regulations and challenged Xu Lang, who stayed asleep while Cao Yaxuan and the others slept under his influence.
• Li Shuwen and the others used the new supplies to build Madness structures and raise the Mad Vanguards’ levels.
• Xu Lang reviewed his Nightmare Coin gains and continued sleeping until changes in his body drew him into a deep dream.
• Xu Lang’s Ghost God Power reached 1,000, and he transformed into a ghost god with a noble face on one side and a savage face on the other.
• Xu Lang named his new identity Yog-Erebus, ghost god of sleep and brutality, and shaped its form into a regal, combat-ready body.

Xu Lang tested his Ghost God form and discovered how its attribute boost combined with Madness Domain, then began using Fusion to upgrade equipment for the women of Demon King Castle. He finished with Epic gear for each woman and considered how it could strengthen Mad King Building’s players.

• Xu Lang tested his Ghost God form in a deep dream and found that its 30% attribute boost could stack after Madness Domain’s tenfold increase.
• Xu Lang returned to human form, rested with the Dream Bear, and resolved to keep using Fusion rather than let himself go down.
• Xu Lang turned his inventory into a phone-like display and began fusing skills and equipment for Cao Yaxuan and the other women.
• Xu Lang planned equipment around each woman’s needs and finished fusing gear for the sixteen women of Demon King Castle, giving each at least three pieces of Epic equipment.
• Xu Lang also made a set for Chi Qingman and considered distributing fused items to raise the standard of Mad King Building’s players.

Xu Lang fused and upgraded a level-thirty Epic outfit and charm skill for Wang Yazhi. She received the Azure Feather Celestial Raiment and Banished Immortal Aura, then celebrated with Xu Lang.

• Xu Lang began fusing outfits after completing equipment and skill fusions, but found that the fairy dress barely improved before he ran out of materials.
• Xu Lang upgraded Wang Yazhi's outfit into the level-thirty Epic Azure Feather Celestial Raiment, whose effects greatly increased charm.
• Xu Lang gave Wang Yazhi the Epic skill scroll Banished Immortal Aura, which boosted charm and helped reveal hidden enemies and traps.
• Wang Yazhi put on the raiment, learned the skill, and appeared far more beautiful to Xu Lang.

Xu Lang earned nearly 600,000 Nightmare Coins overnight by improving the women’s charm, while his absence left the Mad King Building anxious during its extended rest. In the blank zone, Li Shuwen rejected the Holy Angel’s proposal for cooperation between the Mad King Building and the Titan Building.

• Xu Lang gave the women Epic outfits and charm skills overnight, stopping Red Butterfly from learning more when her charm attributes became unbalanced.
• Xu Lang earned 597,024 Nightmare Coins overnight and increased his Martial Saint skill, but chose to rest instead of testing his new technique.
• Players and Residents' Committee staff worried when Xu Lang and the Mad King Building residents stayed inside, while the building filled all six hundred dorms and its rest period continued.
• The Holy Angel offered Li Shuwen a ceasefire and proposed splitting resources from their next conquest fifty-fifty, but Li Shuwen remained hostile and asked if she was finished.

Li Shuwen negotiated with Titan Building and secured Mad King Building Players access to its Supermarket, leaving Mad King Building's residents wondering why Titan Building had agreed. Jiang Wan and the others suspected an unknown development had forced Titan Building to compromise.

• Li Shuwen told the Holy Angel that peace required Titan Building to let Mad King Building Players enter and leave its Supermarket freely.
• The Holy Angel said Titan Building would consult the other Titans, and Li Shuwen left the decision to them.
• About three hours later, Titan Building agreed to Mad King Building's demand, surprising players in Mad King Building.
• Wei Feng and White Rabbit questioned whether Titan Building's concession was genuine and suspected that something had changed its plans.
• Jiang Wan and the others soon received the answer to why Titan Building had compromised.

Four Overlord-level beings and their armies besieged the Mad King Community as Titan Building faced an approaching Dungeon and waves of Blood Mist Creatures inside its Safe Zone. Xu Lang guessed that Mad King Building would be forced to enter the game alongside Titan Building, leaving the story with Titan Building bracing for its forty-ninth round.

• Four Overlord-level beings and their armies attacked the Mad King Community's protective barrier while Elder Cloud remained nearby.
• Steel Titan, Beast Titan, and Antler Giant watched the siege through a special pool and saw Blood Mist Creatures entering Titan Building's Safe Zone.
• Beast Titan crushed and ate invading creatures, while Antler Giant scattered seeds and urged the others to hold the line until the game began.
• Antler Giant warned that Titan Building's forty-ninth round was approaching and that the game had already started, though its Dungeon had not formed.
• Xu Lang saw Blood Mist Creatures inside Mad King Building and guessed it would be dragged into Titan Building's game.

Xu Lang continued simulating dreams and sleeping while Demon King Castle stayed quiet, causing new players to worry and veterans to remain calm. At the Mad King Building, Titan Building workers outperformed the local workforce until seven ore veins regenerated and reassured everyone that Xu Lang was still present.

• On July 13, Xu Lang spent his Nightmare Coins on simulations and gained attributes, while planning to stockpile Nightmare Essence after two more days.
• On July 14, Xu Lang remained asleep, and new players grew anxious about Demon King Castle’s silence while veterans trusted that his rest meant things were calm.
• A Crimson Vanguard raced toward the front line after a female player spotted it, and a Mad Guard followed to fight the Blood Mist Creature.
• Titan Building workers mined six ore veins faster than the Mad King Building workers, and Pandora rewarded both groups equally, prompting resentment among the local workers.
• Seven ore veins regenerated, and the Mad King Building workers took it as proof that Xu Lang was still alive and forbade themselves from targeting his Titan Building workers.

Xu Lang used his dream-control skill to have the women help choose new tenants for Demon King Castle, which still had five vacant slots. He agreed to recruit Li Wenwen and heard about a famous singer in another shelter, but refused to leave Earth for her and told the women to choose three candidates first.

• After waking, Xu Lang reviewed his Nightmare Coin gains and sent Li Shuwen and the others instructions for opportunities in the Safe Zone.
• Xu Lang brought Cao Yaxuan and the other women into a dream and proposed recruiting newcomers to fill Demon King Castle’s vacant tenant slots.
• Xu Lang summoned attractive Mad King Building players as candidates, and Xu Xiaomeng persuaded him to recruit Li Wenwen.
• Kui Zi told the group about a famous singer surnamed Yang in another shelter, but Xu Lang refused to go to Earth for her and ordered the women to choose three candidates.
• Red Butterfly suggested the singer might have been passed around, prompting Zhen Lu to defend her and reconsider how stars presented their backgrounds.

Xu Lang and the women chose five candidates to join Demon King Castle, then Wang Yazhi invited them to become tenants. Yan Xiaoli received the offer and reacted with disbelief at the Mad King Building’s front line, while Medicine Pearl accepted and prepared to go.

• Red Butterfly and the others selected Bai Ling, Li Wenwen, Jiang Wan, Medicine Pearl, and Yan Xiaoli as their final candidates.
• Chi Qingman said she wanted a sister who could cook exceptionally well, and Tong Qi lectured Red Butterfly after she mocked Zhi Xia’s cooking.
• The dream shattered, and Yan Xiaoli told Jiang Xiaowen and Bai Ling that Wang Yazhi had asked her to become a tenant.
• Jiang Xiaowen and Bai Ling mistook Yan Xiaoli’s excitement for a Sanity crisis and tried to give her a Super Lollipop.
• Medicine Pearl paused her treatment work to read Wang Yazhi’s message, then accepted the invitation to become a tenant and said she would arrive soon.

Li Wenwen said goodbye to her father, Li Shuwen, before heading to the Thirtieth Floor to become a tenant of Demon King Castle. She met Jiang Wan in the elevator, and the two entered through the Auspicious Gate, where Mary welcomed them.

• Li Shuwen arrived at Clear Spring Pavilion after learning Li Wenwen was moving to Demon King Castle, and he cried when she hugged him goodbye.
• Li Wenwen met Jiang Wan in the elevator, learned they were both headed to the Thirtieth Floor, and exchanged friend requests with her.
• Li Wenwen fed a ruined iron sword to Glutton Trash Can and collected the copper coins it returned.
• Mary opened the Auspicious Gate and welcomed Li Wenwen and Jiang Wan inside, where Jiang Wan said she was no longer a player.

Xu Lang welcomed Li Wenwen and Jiang Wan to Demon King Castle, where Jiang Wan became a tenant and met the crowded household. After dinner, he arranged Fusion outfits to suit the five women's distinct fashion styles.

• Luo Lin and Tao Tao noticed that guests had entered Xu Lang's Demon King Castle, and Tao Tao suggested they visit.
• Li Wenwen arrived with Jiang Wan and reunited with Xu Lang at Demon King Castle, where she learned all twenty-one tenant spots were filled.
• Wang Yazhi offered Jiang Wan a tenant invitation, and Jiang Wan accepted it immediately.
• Xu Lang introduced Li Wenwen and Jiang Wan to the residents and androids, then hosted them for a meal.
• Xu Lang sought designers from the Residents' Committee to create Fusion outfits matching Yan Xiaoli, Li Wenwen, Jiang Wan, Bai Ling, and Medicine Pearl's styles.

Xu Lang used the Nightmare Bed to earn a huge haul of Nightmare Coins, then spent 394,000 of them upgrading Golden Beeswax into Diamond Beeswax. Red Butterfly swallowed it and gained 1,200 charm, leaving Xu Lang calculating how long the investment would take to repay.

• Xu Lang woke Medicine Pearl, Bai Ling, Jiang Wan, Yan Xiaoli, and Li Wenwen in turn, earning 548,672 Nightmare Coins over eight hours and raising his attributes.
• Xu Lang calculated that the women and Nightmare Bed gave him a maximum conversion rate of 24,589%, then decided to spend his remaining coins on Golden Beeswax.
• Xu Lang woke Jiang Wan and produced a third drop of Golden Beeswax, which he upgraded to level 40 and chose to become Diamond Beeswax.
• Xu Lang gave the Diamond Beeswax to Red Butterfly, whose charm increased by 1,200 points and whose dazzling transformation woke the other women.
• Xu Lang estimated that Red Butterfly's added charm would earn 38,400 Nightmare Coins each night and take about ten days to repay the upgrade cost, while Red Butterfly explained that she had swallowed a shiny liquid.

Xu Lang resisted the women’s efforts to make him get up and help prepare the Mad King Building for the approaching Blood Mist Creatures, while Chi Qingman revealed that Kui Zi had traveled to Earth. Outside, the battle intensified, and Wang Tingting watched as Jiang Wan and other new tenants emerged from Demon King Castle.

• Xu Lang promised the women beeswax but said Red Butterfly had grown resistant to it, then refused to get up when Cao Yaxuan and the others urged him to help prepare for the attack.
• Yan Xiaoli learned from Chi Qingman that Kui Zi had gone to Earth, and realized the revelation surprised her because Demon King Castle’s players knew things ordinary players did not.
• Wang Yazhi and Wu Huihui watched the Blood Mist Creatures approach the Mad King Building as Cao Yaxuan flew out to join the battle.
• Wang Yazhi left to complete a Main God mission, while Kui Zi flew off to collect battlefield data.
• Wang Tingting saw Jiang Wan, Li Wenwen, Aygul, Golden Sand, Silver Sand, White Sand, and Gu Ya leave Demon King Castle and hesitated to approach Jiang Wan.

Jiang Wan and Wang Tingting exchanged information while Cao Yaxuan and the Mad King Building players fought off increasingly powerful blood-mist creatures. Titan Building faced a new barrage of flaming bone arrows as the monster assault escalated.

• Jiang Wan approached Wang Tingting, explained how she had learned about her, and privately messaged with her to exchange information and build connections.
• Cao Yaxuan joined the battle, freezing and killing dozens of blood-mist creatures while Mad King Building players gathered the loot and fed unwanted equipment into the Crazy Soldier Demon Furnace.
• Zhang Dahai spotted level thirty tree monsters, and a Mad Guard led Mad Vanguards forward to test their strength as the battle line held.
• Titan Building players complained that powerful monsters were targeting them, then used long-range cannons to scatter a squad of armor-piercing skeleton archers.
• A huge wave of flaming bone arrows appeared on the horizon as Titan Building prepared to move its limited-durability cannons back.

Xu Lang fused supplies and experimented with a way to strengthen Shirley’s Vampire Blood Pact, while sending Wang Lie and an elite squad into Day-Night Ghost March to find a vampire. The chapter left Wang Lie’s urgent search underway.

• Xu Lang focused his Fusion efforts on charm skills, then produced standardized high-level equipment and asked Kui Zi to distribute it to the frontline.
• Xu Lang crafted a level 35 Heart of Darkness and tested it in a simulated dream, where Shirley’s Blood Pact evolved into Noble Vampire but still could not Assimilate others.
• Xu Lang summoned Wang Lie from the Residents’ Committee base and ordered him to find a vampire in Day-Night Ghost March.
• Wang Lie led an elite squad toward Day-Night Ghost March with one of the Nine Shadows Beneath the King concealed in his shadow.

Sophia, the Blood-Clad Man, and Zhen Qihong searched the Ghostwood Forest for the source of the phenomenon and forced a Shadow Prison Building player to reveal the Mad King Building's direction. They continued toward the Mad King Building, while the frightened player hurried back to report that people from a city had arrived.

• The Blood-Clad Man, Zhen Qihong, and Sophia cornered a Shadow Prison Building player in the Ghostwood Forest and demanded directions to the phenomenon's source.
• The Shadow Prison Building player summoned a level-forty-five monster and escaped, but Sophia killed the monster and captured him.
• The Blood-Clad Man stole items from the Shadow Prison Building player, and Sophia threatened him until he revealed the Mad King Building's direction.
• After the trio left, the Shadow Prison Building player healed himself and rushed home to report the arrival of people from a city.
• The Blood-Clad Man used the player's Compass to guide the trio toward the Mad King Building, and Sophia rejected Zhen Qihong's suggestion that she use hypnosis or charm.

Xu Lang summoned the Ghost of Gluttony to hold back the Blood Mist Creatures while Demon King Castle’s women withdrew to eat and rest. After debating whether Tong Qi should enter the Fierce Ghost Soul Return world, Xu Lang postponed the decision until he could simulate the risks.

• Kui Zi and Wang Yazhi discussed pulling back from the front line, and Xu Lang messaged the women to return home and sleep while the Strange Tales took over.
• A scarlet gate opened above the battlefield, and the Ghost of Gluttony emerged with demons to hold back the Blood Mist Creatures.
• The Antler Giant, Steel Titan, and Beast Titan watched the Ghost of Gluttony appear and judged that the Mad King Building might help relieve pressure from the Dungeon threat.
• Cao Yaxuan praised Xu Lang’s powerful summon, and he explained that using many Strange Tales limited his control of the Strange Tales Magic Box.
• Red Butterfly demanded to return to the Fierce Ghost Soul Return world, but Xu Lang postponed deciding whether Tong Qi could go until he had run a separate Simulation.