Chapter Summaries

Lu Xingshi studied the Void Vortex Embryo and experimented with ways to keep it from developing while learning how it worked. His tests revealed biological instincts within it and uncovered half of the Eternal Heavenly Monarch’s face, which appeared to respond to him.

• Lu Xingshi found that the Void Vortex Embryo was attached to him and could not be removed without damage, so he decided to study how it formed and developed.
• After devouring the Third Parallel World, Lu Xingshi began experiments to delay the embryo’s growth without harming it.
• Reducing the embryo’s nutrient supply triggered unusual activity, so Lu Xingshi restored its nutrients and began simulating environmental conditions instead.
• The embryo reacted to the simulated environment by reducing outside contact and storing nutrients, leading Lu Xingshi to conclude that it possessed biological instincts.
• Lu Xingshi investigated the source of those instincts and suspected the Qian Yuan Four Sages, then discovered a half-face belonging to the Eternal Heavenly Monarch inside the embryo.
• The Eternal Heavenly Monarch’s half-face opened its eye, floated toward Lu Xingshi, and opened its mouth as if responding to his question.

Lu Xingshi discovered that the being awakened inside the Void Vortex Embryo was a Void Vortex Spirit carrying Eternal Heavenly Monarch’s memories, not the resurrected Sage himself. He kept the spirit trapped and began researching it, leaving Eternal Heavenly Monarch uneasy about what Lu Xingshi planned to do.

• Lu Xingshi questioned the awakened Eternal Heavenly Monarch and learned he could not leave the Void Vortex Embryo.
• Eternal Heavenly Monarch recalled Primal Heavenly King gathering the Three Corpses before he opened his eyes inside the embryo.
• After questioning him, Lu Xingshi concluded that Eternal Heavenly Monarch was a Void Vortex Spirit formed when the embryo evolved and adapted around the corpse.
• Eternal Heavenly Monarch accepted his new identity and agreed to cooperate with Lu Xingshi’s research under duress.
• Lu Xingshi began his experiments and told Eternal Heavenly Monarch to relax and report what he felt.

After Yan Kingdom absorbed the Wild World, Wo joined its Dragon Earl unit but struggled with his new dependence on Lu Xingshi. He discovered he had been blacklisted, while his female counterpart Wo arrived as a Dragon Earl reservist and challenged him to work more responsibly.

• Wo inspected a mech with Hui and complained that Yan Kingdom had given the Grand Shaman unit too little space and that he could no longer contact Lu Xingshi.
• Hui showed Wo that Lu Xingshi had blacklisted him after he sent incessant messages and calls, then blacklisted Wo himself when Wo tried to hand him a pile of documents.
• The female Wo mocked Wo for getting blacklisted and explained that she had qualified for Dragon Earl's reserves through the Youth Training Camp.
• Wo warned the female Wo that she would receive no special treatment in Dragon Earl, and she insisted she would rely on herself.
• After the female Wo left, Wo realized he had neglected his duties as Dragon Earl's person in charge and began considering the Youth Training Camp.

Lu Xingshi created a parallel world embryo from a Game Villager Graduation Number and World Power, then assigned Bodhi Enlightenment True Lord to oversee it. After checking that Unknown DLC (2) remained usable despite its dangerous starting conditions, he activated it and entered the Game Villager creation interface.

• Lu Xingshi created a new Great Crimson Virtue Heavenly Emperor Graduation Number by copying data into a Game Villager, then infused it with Gold Coins to form a parallel world embryo.
• Lu Xingshi found that the embryo had a bloodline connection to him, redirected its nourishment to consume Gold Coins directly, and estimated that it would take about a thousand years to mature.
• Lu Xingshi teleported the embryo to Bodhi Enlightenment True Lord, whom he considered best suited to manage its rules.
• Lu Xingshi checked Unknown DLC (2) and determined that it was still usable, though its limited starting choices and high difficulty could make his arrival dangerous.
• Lu Xingshi activated Unknown DLC (2) and entered the Game Villager creation interface.

Lu Xingshi entered the Da Ci Dynasty as a cursed, fragmented Child of Destiny and found himself an impoverished Slums orphan with the weak Spirit Treasure Master profession and a Dewdrop Bead. After discovering a Supreme-quality World Core hidden in his straw bed, he gained a chance to unlock a profession evolution Talent Tree and resolved to challenge the oppressive world.

• Lu Xingshi spent one hundred billion Gold Coins to choose the fragmented, cursed Child of Destiny identity and entered the New World.
• He learned that the Da Ci Dynasty’s rigid class system kept commoners poor and weak while noble families controlled professions and advancement.
• Lu Xingshi discovered that he had become a level-one Spirit Treasure Master whose natal Dewdrop Bead could only slowly condense a small amount of dew.
• After considering starting over as a royal relative or aristocrat, Lu Xingshi found a hidden stone in his straw bed.
• Lu Xingshi identified the stone as a Supreme-quality World Core, absorbed it, and unlocked the prospect of a profession evolution Talent Tree.

Lu Xingshi awakened the Spirit Tool · Kun but was soon seized with other Slums men and taken to a level 10 Otherworld Demon Realm as a sacrifice for a noble’s advancement. He learned that the Da Ci Dynasty’s peace treaty required human sacrifices and faced the ominous portal with his survival in doubt.

• Lu Xingshi activated Spirit Awakening, awakening Spirit Tool · Kun inside the Dewdrop Bead, then disabled its automatic dew gathering because it flooded everything.
• Gang members from the Lower District seized Lu Xingshi and other Slums men, bound them together, and loaded them into prison wagons.
• Lu Xingshi learned that the captives were being taken as sacrifices to a level 10 Otherworld Demon Realm for an Upper District noble’s advancement quest.
• A captive explained that Professionals gained experience through offerings and sacrifices under the Da Ci Dynasty’s peace treaty with the Otherworld Demons.
• The prison wagons reached the Otherworld Demon Realm, where Lu Xingshi saw a rotating black hole that seemed to drain the world around it.

Lu Xingshi reshaped the collapsed Demon Realm Village dungeon, restoring its rules and triggering a battle between the Human Race and the Otherworld Demons. After hiding through the slaughter, he exploited a wounded BOSS’s vulnerability to kill it, earning rare Spirit Treasure materials.

• Lu Xingshi used his World Core authority to reshape the dungeon, expelling Professionals above Level 10, eliminating overleveled monsters, and restoring the dungeon’s rules and Level 10 enemies.
• The dungeon trapped its entrants and marked failure as elimination, so the Otherworld Demons and Demon Monsters attacked the Human Race while Lu Xingshi broke out of his prison cart and hid.
• After the monsters killed many people and suffered heavy losses, Lu Xingshi watched the surviving BOSS and other wounded elites, then escaped when a terrified youth tried to order him to fight.
• The youth’s skill killed three dying Otherworld Demons, but the BOSS killed him and dismissed his father’s phantom without fear.
• Lu Xingshi sneaked up on the heavily wounded BOSS and beheaded it, earning rare Otherworld Demon Spirit Treasure materials.

Lu Xingshi cleared an Otherworld Demon Realm but discovered that a curse was severely weakening the Spirit Treasure materials and Essences he used. After gaining new water-vapor Talents, he left to hide in the wilderness, while GuLiang Zhen ordered the Slums and the Dao Protectors’ families killed to avenge his son.

• Lu Xingshi looted the dead nobleman’s equipment, dismantled it into Essences, and found that even a Saint Spirit Essence raised the Dewdrop Bead only one level.
• Lu Xingshi tested the Dewdrop Bead’s material enhancements and concluded that a curse tied to his identity was draining their effects.
• The dungeon forcibly expelled Lu Xingshi, then vanished after his clear, rewarding him with three Talent Points.
• Lu Xingshi spent the Talent Points on Water Vapor Gathering, Water Vapor Sensing, and Water Vapor Manipulation, then headed into the wilderness to avoid Luo City.
• GuLiang Zhen dismissed his wife’s complaints about their dead son and ordered the people below to slaughter everyone in the Slums.
• GuLiang Zhen also agreed to kill the Dao Protectors’ entire families for failing to protect his son.

Lu Xingshi entered Li City's Lower District disguised as a wealthy household’s young master and sought targets to kill for experience and Talent Points. After a Royal Family member’s carriage passed, Lu Xingshi escaped the kneeling crowd, and the constables began searching for him.

• Lu Xingshi killed a Level 1 young master and his Level 2 attendant, stole the young master’s clothes, and discovered that killing people could grant experience and Talent Points.
• Lu Xingshi learned about the Royal Academy and decided to target a wealthy household, planning to use poison against its low-level Professionals.
• A Lower District constable captain questioned Lu Xingshi about his identity and missing attendant, and Lu Xingshi claimed the attendant was dead.
• When a Royal Family member’s carriage entered the district, the captain, constables, and commoners knelt while Lu Xingshi hid in an alley.
• After the carriage left, the captain noticed Lu Xingshi had escaped and ordered a search of the Lower District.

Lu Xingshi poisoned a Lower District family, gained Talent Points and Fallen Essence, and discovered Fallen Essence could raise his level despite his curse. He developed stronger water-vapor combat abilities and prepared to face an approaching threat as he pursued his level 10 advancement mission.

• Lu Xingshi killed many members of a wealthy Lower District family by poisoning their water supply and collected Talent Points, Fallen Essence, and Spirit Treasure materials.
• Lu Xingshi fed Fallen Essence to the Dewdrop Bead and found that it raised him to level 10 despite his curse.
• Lu Xingshi unlocked Purification Dew, Spirit Tool Enhancement, and Water Vapor Condensation, then used the enhanced talents to create a powerful water dragon.
• Lu Xingshi reviewed his level 10 advancement mission, which required him to kill ten level 10 Fallen Ones or one Fallen One above level 10, with a bonus of ten Talent Points.
• Lu Xingshi infused poison into water vapor and tested a compressed water attack as someone approached, then ran when the attack failed to kill them.

Lu Xingshi killed a Level 15 Hunter pursuing him and learned that the Cheng Family and other wealthy households were hunting him across the Lower District. Rather than flee from the next trackers, he prepared to turn the humid surroundings into a battlefield and kill the rest of his targets.

• Lu Xingshi used an overloaded High-Pressure Water Cannon to crush a Level 15 Hunter who had tracked him, then escaped before more pursuers arrived.
• Lu Xingshi discovered that the Cheng Family and other wealthy households had mobilized to hunt him, and he shot down a hawk scouting his position.
• Lu Xingshi reflected that the oppressive hierarchy left him no choice but to kill, and resolved to gain the power to slaughter on a larger scale.
• A group of trackers found Lu Xingshi, and he killed a young man who called him a rebel before the man could finish speaking.
• Lu Xingshi counted eight targets remaining and gathered water vapor around himself as more pursuers converged.

After escaping the Lower District’s noble children, Lu Xingshi completed his Advancement Quest, entered the Transcendent realm, and strengthened the Dewdrop Bead and his water-vapor abilities. When commoner Professionals came to capture him for the wanted reward, he faced them with his newly increased power.

• The Lower District’s wealthy households issued a wanted notice for Lu Xingshi, offering commoners the chance to become servants to a master of their choice.
• Lu Xingshi claimed his Advancement Quest reward, entered the Transcendent realm, and raised his level to 19 using Fallen Essence.
• Lu Xingshi spent Talent Points to improve the Dewdrop Bead, gaining Life Dew and Water Vapor Condensation, which greatly strengthened his water-based attacks and defenses.
• Lu Xingshi decided to attack a wealthy household, but found commoner Professionals surrounding it after his location had been exposed.
• The commoner Professionals attacked Lu Xingshi, and he unleashed Water Arrows that tore through the crowd while a water-vapor curtain blocked their attacks.

Lu Xingshi killed a group of powerful Professionals and discovered that their attributes were far lower than his own, letting him level from nineteen to twenty-six by consuming Fallen Essence. Meanwhile, Gu Liangxiu ordered the wealthy households to capture him as Gu Lianglian negotiated for ten thousand people to fulfill the Royal Family’s offering to Lord Otherworld Demon.

• Lu Xingshi killed a level-twenty-five Ice Mage by suffocating her and overwhelming her spells, then killed a Heavy Armor man who confronted him.
• Lu Xingshi destroyed the surrounding area with a water dragon, killing hidden Professionals, and dissected two corpses to compare their attributes with his own.
• Lu Xingshi concluded that other Professionals gained about a third fewer attributes than he did, then fed Fallen Essence to the Dewdrop Bead and reached level twenty-six.
• Gu Liangxiu ordered the wealthy households to capture Lu Xingshi and flay him alive, fearing the Empress would punish her if news of his revolt reached the imperial capital.
• Gu Lianglian told Gu Liangxiu that their mother’s advancement mission required fifty thousand people for Lord Otherworld Demon, and Gu Liangxiu agreed to provide ten thousand.

Lu Xingshi destroyed the Cheng Family and defeated the wealthy families who tried to stop him, reaching level 35 and preparing to move on to the Middle District. In the Upper District, Gu Liangxiu ordered the Middle District’s noble families to kill him while concealing the massacre from the Empress.

• Lu Xingshi killed Cheng Xin and exterminated the Cheng Family, then used Cheng Xin’s Fallen Essence to rise to level 35.
• Wealthy family heads gathered to attack Lu Xingshi under Lord Gu Liang’s order, but his Kun-shaped water attack overwhelmed and killed them.
• Lu Xingshi planned to rest, refine his gains, and continue his rampage into the Middle District after destroying Li City’s remaining resources.
• Gu Lianglian offered to help Gu Liangxiu, but Gu Liangxiu gave her twenty thousand people and warned her to keep the massacre secret.
• Gu Liangxiu ordered the Middle District’s noble families to execute Lu Xingshi before nightfall.

Lu Xingshi spent nearly all his Talent Points upgrading the Talent Tree, then killed a level-forty noble-family swordsman who attacked him. He realized the oppressive behavior of his enemies might be caused by the curse on his incomplete Child of Destiny identity and prepared to move to the Middle District.

• Lu Xingshi used 142 Talent Points to reach the Talent Tree’s tenth layer, leaving too few points to activate the eleventh-layer Talent, Source of Cloud River.
• While refining materials for the Dewdrop Bead, Lu Xingshi sensed someone approaching and summoned a water-vapor kun.
• A black-clad level-forty swordsman from a noble family attacked Lu Xingshi, who wounded and killed him with the Kun Strike Technique.
• Lu Xingshi suspected his Child of Destiny curse was making people act foolishly and intensifying his oppressive feelings, so he modified the Game Villagers’ senses to ease them.
• Lu Xingshi used the swordsman’s Fallen Essence to reach level forty and decided to finish refining the Dewdrop Bead before heading to the Middle District.

After hearing that the Lower and Middle Districts had been devastated, Gu Liangxiu ordered her strongest Professional to kill the culprit before noon, while worrying about the shortage of Sacrifices needed for her mother. Gu Lianglian planned to use the destruction to undermine her elder sister and seize her share of the family’s resources.

• Gu Liangxiu ordered her level 49 Professional to bring back the culprit’s head before noon, forbidding him from mobilizing the city’s soldiers.
• Gu Liangxiu fretted over how she would replace the 130,000 Sacrifices needed for her mother’s advancement and considered waiting until next time to visit her mother.
• Gu Lianglian left Li City, convinced the culprit would be arrested and executed, and considered spreading the news to the Empress to have Gu Liangxiu removed.
• Gu Lianglian decided to exploit her elder sister’s disgrace to claim more family resources and laughed at the prospect of Gu Liangxiu losing face again.

Lu Xingshi evolved the Dewdrop Bead into a Cloud River Bead, unlocked stronger abilities, and attacked Gu Lianglian’s royal procession. After she ordered her level-forty-eight protector to kill himself, Lu Xingshi challenged her authority, provoking her guards and attendants to charge at him.

• Lu Xingshi spent Talent Points to evolve the Dewdrop Bead into a Cloud River Bead and unlocked Spirit Tool Advancement and Water Vapor Advancement.
• The Cloud River Bead’s Spirit Tool · Kun evolved into the Cloud River Kun, which could fight independently and fire a powerful compressed-water projectile.
• Lu Xingshi spotted Gu Lianglian leaving Li City with a grand procession and attacked her carriage.
• A level-forty-eight Professional tried to block the attack, crashed into Gu Lianglian’s carriage, and was ordered by her to kill himself; he obeyed immediately.
• Gu Lianglian demanded that Lu Xingshi kill himself, but he questioned why he should die when he could kill her instead.
• A kneeling onlooker called for Lu Xingshi’s death, and Gu Lianglian’s guards and attendants charged at him.

Lu Xingshi killed Gu Lianglian, a Royal Family member and Spawn of the Source of Corruption, and discovered that she granted him an enormous number of Talent Points and rare materials. As Liu Shen set out to report her death to Gu Liangxiu, Lu Xingshi began refining the materials and considered the Dynasty’s connection to the world’s corruption.

• Lu Xingshi fought off the crowd attacking him, then killed Gu Lianglian after she ordered him to carve himself into a thousand pieces.
• Lu Xingshi gained 600 Talent Points and Ancient Fallen materials, concluding that the Da Ci Dynasty’s Royal Family were Spawns of the Source of Corruption.
• Lu Xingshi used the Ancient Fallen Essence to raise the Cloud River Bead’s level and spent Talent Points on his available talents.
• Lu Xingshi finished refining the Heart of the Ancient Fallen and wondered why the Royal Family members’ levels were so low.
• Liu Shen found Gu Lianglian’s body and, despite his fear, stabbed his thigh with a dagger-like piece of equipment so he could reach the Upper District and report her death to Gu Liangxiu.

After Gu Lianglian's death, Gu Liangxiu panicked that Lu Xingshi would target her and tried to secure powerful protection while shifting blame to her family. Her mother refused to share responsibility, leaving Gu Liangxiu to seek help from her sisters and await a Level 100 Professional.

• Liu Shen reported that Lu Xingshi had killed Gu Lianglian, and Gu Liangxiu ordered Liu Shen to die; when she later needed his protection, she hysterically ordered him to return to life.
• Gu Liangxiu ordered her attendants to find a Level 100 Professional within an hour, threatening to kill them and their clans if they failed.
• Gu Liangxiu contacted Gu Lianglian's mother, who told her to bear responsibility herself and later urged her to flee to safety.
• Gu Liangxiu refused to flee and threatened to implicate her mother and sisters so they would share the blame at the Imperial Clan Court.

Lu Xingshi massacred Li City’s corrupted defenders and killed Gu Liangxiu and his son after they failed to beg for mercy. He gained Talent Points and Fallen materials, but learned that not every member of the Royal Family counted as a Spawn of the Source of Corruption.

• Lu Xingshi arrived in Li City and found its people gathered to protect Gu Liangxiu and his son, then fought back when the crowd attacked him.
• Lu Xingshi and the Cloud River Kun slaughtered the attackers, using water-vapor Talents to devastate the Upper District and silence all of Li City.
• Lu Xingshi confronted Gu Liangxiu and his son, who claimed he could not kill Royal Family, and then killed them both.
• Lu Xingshi received 1,700 Talent Points and Fallen materials, and noticed Gu Liangxiu’s son was recorded as a False Progeny rather than a Spawn of the Source of Corruption.
• Lu Xingshi considered his rewards and regretted that a Level 49 Professional had not died by his hand, which would have helped him reach Level 50.