Chapter Summaries

Xu Lang bought every fire skill scroll in the Supermarket and accepted Wutong’s offer to sell him Earth-Erupting Fire Lotus. He then revealed to the gathered players that he knew a way for them to obtain Blood Pact skills, leaving them clamoring for the secret.

• Xu Lang bought all four fire skill scrolls in the Supermarket as materials for skill Fusion.
• Wutong approached Xu Lang and sold him the level-six skill scroll Earth-Erupting Fire Lotus for eighty thousand.
• Xu Lang called Wutong back and claimed he could explain why he had grown so strong.
• Xu Lang told the crowd that Blood Pact skills were behind his strength and announced that he had a way for everyone to obtain them.
• The players rushed toward Xu Lang and demanded that he reveal how to get Blood Pact skills.

Xu Lang listed Low-level Blood Crystals for sale, and players raced to buy them in hopes of gaining the Blood Pact skill. After seeing the crystals’ effectiveness and announcing another batch for the next morning, Xu Lang reflected on how to spend his growing profits without disrupting the dormitory economy.

• Xu Lang told the players he would list his limited supply of Blood Crystals on the trading platform, and they rushed to watch for the sale.
• Wutong missed the first listings, then bought a Low-level Blood Crystal and tested it, finding that it increased his explosive power by at least a quarter.
• Xu Lang announced that he would list another batch of Low-level Blood Crystals at seven the next morning.
• In Dormitory 200, Xu Lang explained to Xu Ruyan, Xu Xiaomeng, and Cao Yaxuan that he would use his earnings to buy premium goods rather than distort the dormitory’s currency ecosystem.
• The next morning, Xu Lang listed ten Low-level Blood Crystals, and they sold out instantly.

Xu Lang fused the Man-Eating Flower into the Blood Bat Nest, creating a stronger facility, and gave Luo Lin two facilities to protect her and Tao Tao. He ended the day by deciding to collect taxes from residents of the Mad King Dormitory Building.

• Xu Lang used Facility Fusion to transfer the Man-Eating Flower's effect to the Blood Bat Nest, which gained a new King effect and improved attributes.
• Xu Lang decided to spend his remaining three fusion opportunities on facilities before the game began.
• Xu Lang gave Luo Lin a Level 5 Frenzied Flying Needle Launcher and a Level 5 Severe Cold Iron Guard, while Tong Qi and Xu Xiaomeng gave Tao Tao treats and a frog plushie.
• Xu Lang told the Blood Mist Mutual Aid Society that every player entering Rust Lake had died, so clearing the park had been suspended.
• Xu Lang began investigating tax evasion in the Mad King Dormitory Building and confronted Cao Yaxuan, the others, and Xu Ruyan over unpaid taxes and sham contracts.

Xu Lang used Level Transfer to raise the Golden Eagle Wing Crossbow to Level 6 as players prepared for the next round. Zhai Ren returned as the sole survivor of Fierce Ghost Soul Return Exploration Mode, then killed Li Hu and claimed leadership of the Fourth Floor.

• Xu Lang transferred levels to the Golden Eagle Wing Crossbow, raising it to Level 6, and decided to upgrade the dormitory gate next.
• Players intensified their grinding as conflicts between Building Lords escalated, and Zhai Ren returned as the only survivor of the exploration team.
• Zhai Ren tried to buy the Black Fish Scale Armor from Xu Lang, but Xu Lang refused to sell it.
• Zhai Ren listed three Level 6 items on the Trading Network, bought defensive gear, and left the Supermarket.
• Li Hu and his group ambushed Zhai Ren and demanded his package and ten items; Zhai Ren killed Li Hu and declared himself the Fourth Floor's new Floor Leader.

Zhai Ren’s decisive victory over Li Hu raised his standing among the players, while Xu Lang and his companions discussed why they had refused to give him equipment. As the next game approached, Xu Lang prepared for a likely Halloween-themed challenge and revealed that he possessed a Level 6 Death-Substitution Scarecrow.

• Zhai Ren killed Li Hu, and Xu Lang judged that Zhai Ren relied on strong close-quarters combat and precise predictions.
• Xu Lang and his companions discussed why giving Zhai Ren the Black Fish Scale Armor would undermine Xu Lang’s influence.
• Zhai Ren became the second most prominent figure in the dormitory, while veteran players and newer contenders settled into likely Floor Leader positions.
• Xu Lang reviewed the items associated with the next game, including the Death-Substitution Scarecrow he had bought from a second-floor player.
• Cao Yaxuan and Tong Qi suspected the next game would have a Halloween theme, and Xu Lang shared the Progenitor’s Manuscript as everyone discussed it over hot pot.

Xu Lang explained the four stages of Sequences to Wu Huihui and rejected her suggestion that the group enter Exploration Mode. Later, the Black Merchant Kabi arrived at the Mad King Dormitory Building, and Xu Lang rushed to see her as players crowded around her goods.

• Xu Lang described Sequences to Wu Huihui, who asked whether he would join an Exploration Mode run, and he refused.
• Xu Ruyan returned with supplies while Xu Lang rested and collected Nightmare Coins.
• Xu Lang checked the Chat Room and learned that the Black Merchant Kabi had arrived.
• Kabi introduced herself to the gathered players and opened her bundle of goods for trade.
• Zhai Ren questioned Kabi's prices, and she explained that expensive high-level items were restricted by the Dormitory Building's rules.

Xu Lang met the Black Merchant Kabi and negotiated for her Level 7 Gate by discovering her secret love of chili peppers. The chapter ended with Xu Lang revealing a dried red chili pepper to secure the trade.

• Zhai Ren left the protective barrier and stepped aside as Xu Lang's group passed through.
• Kabi introduced herself as a Black Merchant who could travel through the Blood Mist and send messages between Dormitory Buildings.
• Tong Qi offered Kabi a thousand Copper Coins to touch her face, while Xu Lang asked about buying her Level 7 Gate.
• Xu Lang revealed that he knew Kabi liked chili peppers and offered a finished Level 6 Gate plus two hundred thousand Copper Coins for the Level 7 Gate.
• Xu Lang took out a shriveled red chili pepper and told Kabi he had her favorite big chili.

Xu Lang visited Kabi at the Mad King Dormitory Building to trade for equipment, then agreed to exchange his Level 7 chili for the Heart of Slaughter, a Sequence Item for the Butcher Sequence. Kabi revealed that advancing the Sequence required a Spirit-Activating Butcher Knife and demanded five million Copper Coins for one.

• Xu Lang offered Kabi a Level 7 Super Red Devil chili, but Kabi refused to sell anything above Level 8 and admitted she planned to raise prices on Zhai Ren after he collected money from other players.
• Xu Lang started to leave, but Kabi stopped him by offering a Sequence and showed him the C-27 Butcher entry in her Sequence Compendium.
• Kabi offered the Heart of Slaughter in exchange for Xu Lang's chili, and Xu Lang accepted the trade.
• Kabi revealed that the Butcher Sequence required a Spirit-Activating Butcher Knife and demanded five million Copper Coins for her Level 6 knife.

Xu Lang outmaneuvered Kabi at her stall, then fused the Golden Pillar Jade Toad Door and learned that players had found many Level 6 items. He planned to become a Butcher before helping Xu Ruyan clear the Laboratory Building, as the final rest day approached.

• Kabi tried to make Xu Lang and Tong Qi sign a Money Contract, but Xu Lang merged the Heart of Slaughter into the Blood Pelican Blade and no longer needed her butcher knife.
• Kabi wept after her attempt to scam Xu Lang failed, then agreed to sell him the Spirit-Activating Butcher Knife cheaply in exchange for a copy of the Sequence Compendium.
• Xu Lang's group left Kabi's stall with several fairly priced items, and other players kept their distance from Xu Lang.
• Xu Lang fused the Golden Pillar Jade Toad Door, improving its basic attributes, and worried that he lacked enough Nightmare Coins for all the upgrades available.
• Tong Qi and Cao Yaxuan told Xu Lang that Zhang Dahai and the others had found many Level 6 items, but no Level 7 items yet.
• Xu Lang told Xu Ruyan he would help her clear the Laboratory Building after he became a Butcher.

Xu Lang took up the Butcher Sequence, gaining powerful abilities that heightened his killing urges, and explained most of them to his companions. After reassuring them and fooling around with Cao Yaxuan, he went to patrol the building with Xu Ruyan and agreed to let Xiaomeng monitor the Chat Room while the others focused on cultivation.

• Xu Lang tested the Butcher Sequence’s sharpness and bleeding effects, shattered a mirror, and restrained his urge to attack those around him.
• Cao Yaxuan and the others questioned Xu Lang about the Butcher Sequence, and he explained most of its abilities while concealing the full extent of Blood Nightmare.
• Wang Yazhi worried that the Sequence’s temptations could affect Xu Lang, but Shirley and Xu Ruyan argued that its combat strength was valuable in the game.
• Xu Lang pounced on Cao Yaxuan on the sofa, and an hour later he went to patrol the building with Xu Ruyan.
• Xu Ruyan told Xu Lang that Xiaomeng was nearly ready to watch the Chat Room, and he agreed to let her monitor the market while Wang Yazhi and Tong Qi cultivated.

Xu Lang learned from Luo Lin that the Evolution Serum’s most advanced Demigod Potion could transform people into powerful but potentially monstrous beings, and discovered that Tao Tao had successfully hosted one. After the group gathered valuable supplies and another ingredient for the serum at the Laboratory Building, they headed toward the Merit Building.

• Xu Lang asked Luo Lin about the Evolution Serum, and she explained that the Demigod Potion could cause recipients to become undying Abominations if they mutated.
• Xu Lang used his Sixth Sense to discover that Tao Tao had successfully hosted a Demigod Potion, while Luo Lin had used Golden Revolution.
• Xu Lang, Xu Ruyan, Luo Lin, and Tao Tao searched the Laboratory Building and found another key item for recreating the Evolution Serum.
• Xu Lang’s group collected supplies worth at least one hundred thousand Copper Coins and saw two groups flee when they recognized him.
• Xu Ruyan suggested visiting the Merit Building, and Xu Lang agreed to take Tao Tao along.

Xu Lang discovered that Wutong and his squad wanted to turn the Dormitory Building into a breeding building, then killed five of them as they fled. Wutong bled to death outside the building while the other players watched in fear.

• Wutong explained that the Merit Building might be connected to choosing a future Building Lord and revealed that he and his teammates had moved between Dormitory Buildings after striking once.
• Xu Lang and Xu Ruyan recognized Wutong's group as dangerous players, and Wutong proposed working together to make the Dormitory Building a breeding building.
• Xu Lang attacked Wutong's squad, killing a female player and several others as they tried to escape and fight back.
• Xu Ruyan joined the battle with a grenade, and Xu Lang killed all of Wutong's companions while Wutong fled toward the Dormitory Building.
• Wutong collapsed and bled to death as Xu Lang approached, while nearby players watched and feared that he would kill them too.

Xu Lang defeated Wutong’s squad, collected its spoils, and gained control of Wutong’s corpse before killing it again when it proved unhelpful. After selling Wutong’s room key and checking his status, Xu Lang found his attributes had reached 100 total and began strengthening the Golden Pillar Jade Toad Door.

• Tong Qi’s Ghost Pets looted Wutong’s equipment while Xu Lang inspected the Blood Pelican Blade’s increased sharpness.
• Xu Lang and his companions gathered the fallen squad’s equipment, and Cao Yaxuan planned to explain why Xu Lang had killed Wutong.
• Xu Lang used Corpse Refinement Art on Wutong’s body, alarming nearby players and worsening his reputation; he then beheaded the corpse when it could not answer his questions.
• Xu Lang collected Wutong’s assets and sold Dormitory 14’s room door key to the second most influential person on the First Floor.
• Xu Lang checked his status and found his Constitution and Spirit had risen to a total of 100 attributes, then began strengthening the Golden Pillar Jade Toad Door.

Xu Lang fused the Golden Dragon Cannon into the Golden Pillar Jade Toad Door, greatly boosting its defenses and adding wealth-related effects that could help repair it and force monsters into truces. As the building filled with tenants before the game began, a ruthless new First Floor Leader took command, while Li Shuwen decided it was not yet time to organize the third floor.

• Xu Lang used his final pre-battle fusion opportunity to combine the Golden Dragon Cannon with the Golden Pillar Jade Toad Door, gaining stronger defenses, increased monster money drops, and a daily bribery effect.
• Xu Lang celebrated the perfect fusion with Cao Yaxuan while the building’s tenant slots filled, and a newly arrived woman became the First Floor Leader by defeating the other players on her floor.
• Wu Huihui went to pay her respects to the new First Floor Leader but was turned away as the woman began directing the First Floor players.
• In Dormitory 49, Zhu Yan asked Li Shuwen whether he should command the third-floor players, but Li Shuwen said the time had not yet come.

The Halloween game trapped players on their assigned floors until each floor’s BOSS was defeated, and Xu Lang proposed keeping a BOSS alive to exploit the rules. When Glutton appeared on the First Floor and doubled everyone’s hunger, Kui Zi asked Xu Lang and other players to pool resources so the First Floor could kill it.

• The broadcast announced an indefinite Halloween game with ten floor-specific BOSSes, special buffs, and barriers preventing travel between floors until each BOSS died.
• Xu Lang suggested capturing a BOSS and keeping it alive to make the game continue forever, and his companions agreed to test the idea.
• Glutton appeared on the First Floor with waves of Ghouls, and its blessing doubled all players’ hunger until it was killed.
• Xu Lang’s group realized the First Floor’s predicament could cause players elsewhere to run out of food, while barriers prevented them from helping.
• Kui Zi asked Xu Lang, Wu Huihui, Yun Yun, and others to contribute resources so the First Floor players could kill Glutton and unlock travel between floors.

The Headless Knight appeared on the Second Floor and slaughtered everyone in a dormitory after breaking through its Level 5 gate. Xu Lang and the others considered how they might counter the powerful boss, while Xu Lang wondered whether Zhao Liang could defeat it.

• Kui Zi sent Xiao Yu to lure the Ghouls attacking Dormitory 1 toward them.
• Xu Xiaomeng reported that the First Floor’s small monsters had been cleared in nearly half an hour, with two deaths and no dormitory breaches.
• The Dormitory Broadcast announced that the Headless Knight’s blessing reduced all players’ mobility by 20% after they left their dormitories.
• The Headless Knight repeatedly attacked a Second Floor dormitory, broke through its gate, and sent wraiths inside to kill everyone there.
• Wang Yazhi told Xu Lang that a Level 4 grenade had failed to injure the Headless Knight, and Cao Yaxuan boasted that she could stop him with ice.
• Xu Lang agreed to gather books about the Headless Knight’s possible weaknesses and wondered whether Zhao Liang could handle the boss.

As the ten Bosses’ blessings spread through Mad King Building, Xu Lang’s group realized that the game’s rules could have exceptions when Mourning Lady attacked Dormitory 66. Zhai Ren led his tenants out to face her, but Mourning Lady transformed the encounter into a curse-filled trap.

• Li Shuwen and Zhu Yan retreated into their dormitory when the Third Floor Boss Mad Witch appeared and placed a blessing on the doors.
• Fear Scarecrow, Butcher, Jack O'Lantern Jack, Pharaoh Mummy, Mourning Lady, and Red Butterfly appeared on successive floors and imposed their blessings on players.
• Xu Xiaomeng told Xu Lang that Mourning Lady was attacking Zhai Ren’s dormitory, prompting Xu Lang’s group to consider what had drawn her there.
• Xu Lang refused to pass their guesses to Zhai Ren, fearing he might sacrifice tenants if they were wrong.
• Zhai Ren opened Dormitory 66’s door and knocked Mourning Lady down with an over-the-shoulder throw, but she spread a domain that cursed and disoriented the men before transforming her appearance.

Mourning Lady and Fear Scarecrow devastated the Fourth Floor as the building’s casualties surged, while Xu Lang prepared Dormitory 200 to fight the Tenth Floor BOSS head-on. The Clown Emperor arrived outside Dormitory 200 and announced a building-wide riddle game.

• Mourning Lady’s new melee form overwhelmed players in the Fourth Floor corridor, and Zhai Ren kicked her away before retreating into the dormitory with a tenant.
• Fear Scarecrow attacked players whose SAN Value had reached zero, destroying doors and killing occupants before turning his attention to Dormitory 80.
• Xu Xiaomeng reported heavy casualties on the Second and Fourth Floors, and Xu Lang prepared Dormitory 200 to confront the coming BOSS together.
• Jack O'Lantern Jack raised the building’s temperature by fifteen degrees as the Clown Emperor arrived outside Dormitory 200 on a unicycle.
• The Clown Emperor announced that every ten seconds he would ask the entire building a question and reward players who answered correctly.

Xu Lang and Dormitory 200 attacked the Level 8 Clown Emperor after he used a Magic Cloth to absorb their opening assault. Xu Lang wounded him with the Pain Greatblade, and the group overwhelmed him with bats and coordinated attacks.

• Xu Lang injected Brilliant Golden Revolution and upgraded Hidden Dragon Qi Art into Hidden Dragon Transformation to strengthen himself for the round.
• The Clown Emperor dodged Dormitory 200’s turret attacks until Xu Lang opened the door and launched an assault, but the Clown Emperor absorbed the attacks with his Magic Cloth.
• Xu Lang and his allies attacked the Clown Emperor with weapons, paper figures, Ghost Pets, and other abilities, while Xu Lang kicked away his unicycle.
• Xu Lang struck the Clown Emperor’s heel with the Pain Greatblade, inflicting multiplied pain along with paralysis and burning effects.
• Bats from the Blood Bat Nest swarmed the Clown Emperor as Xu Lang, Cao Yaxuan, and the others pressed their attack.

Xu Lang’s group killed the Clown Emperor, claimed its valuable drops, and sent Xu Lang to the top of the leaderboard. Players across the building called for his help against their own bosses as Kui Zi lost her position as the round’s top player.

• Xu Lang’s group defeated the Clown Emperor, and Xu Lang collected seven top-tier drops, including Fatal Throwing Knives, Gorgeous Golden Honey, and a Clown Emperor Summoning Card.
• Xu Lang gave Grandmaster Throwing and the throwing knives to Xu Ruyan, learned Magic Fire Ring, and stored the Golden Honey Liquid and Summoning Card.
• Xu Lang’s ranking rose to first place, prompting players throughout the building to call for him to help them fight their bosses.
• Wu Huihui’s trio and other girls headed toward the Ninth Floor to assist in battles and earn points.
• Kui Zi watched Su Yuan praise Xu Lang and grew suspicious of him as she faced losing her influence without the top ranking.