Chapter Summaries

Summary of Chapter: "Impenetrable Defenses"

1. Key Plot Points and Events

• Wang Cheng, thought dead, suddenly awakens with eyes full of resentment and kills a guard using a short blade.
• He reveals his newly awakened ability: [Grudge Devourer] — the power to absorb living beings' resentment and convert it into strength, with near-limitless potential.
• The guards' crystal-core attacks are useless against him; he slaughters them one by one, including the woman who previously used electricity, taking her crystal core.
• The chapter shifts to the heavily fortified laboratory entrance: drones, searchlights, high-ranking teachers, law enforcement, mechs, and layered psychic barriers surround it, waiting for the Zombie King.
• Hao Yun, head of the Hao Family, coordinates the defense from an aircraft, confident they can capture the Zombie King.
• Hordes of low-tier zombies swarm the defenses in synchronized waves, buying time for something more dangerous.
• SS-rank mental-type teacher Li, while scanning the battlefield, detects that the Zombie King has already appeared — and is approaching the Guard Corps.

2. Character Developments

• Wang Cheng: Undergoes a near-death transformation. His long-suppressed energy erupts, awakening the Grudge Devourer ability. He becomes cruel, vengeful, and empowered, embracing his new strength and killing without hesitation.
• Hao Yun: Shown as a strategic leader, prioritizing the Zombie King threat over minor problems like Wang Cheng, whom he dismisses as a pawn.
• Teacher Li: Demonstrated as an experienced, perceptive SS-rank mental awakener — the first to realize the Zombie King is not still hidden underground but already in their midst.

3. Significant Themes

• Awakening through crisis: Wang Cheng’s ability only manifests at the brink of death, suggesting great power is born from extreme pain or resentment.
• Resentment as fuel: The Grudge Devourer turns negative emotions into tangible power, implying emotional/psychic energy is a real force in this world.
• False security / overconfidence: Despite massive defenses, the Zombie King has already slipped past them, highlighting the limits of sheer force and preparation.
• Brutal survival: Both Wang Cheng and the zombies kill without mercy, reinforcing a world where life is cheap.

4. Character Interactions

• Wang Cheng vs. Guards: Guards fail to stop him; his resentment aura deflects their blasts, and he cuts through them, even executing the electric woman who harmed him.
• Hao Yun & subordinate: Discuss Wang Cheng’s threat but decide to ignore him temporarily, focusing on the Zombie King — a fatal misjudgment.
• Teacher Li & nearby young man: Tension builds as Li scans for the Zombie King; Li’s warning “He is approaching the Guard Corps” creates the cliffhanger.

Lin Dong unleashed his Corpse Domain against the Inner City’s forces and fought through their guards and mechs. As the attackers awaited the arrival of Hao Yun, Lin Dong prepared to continue his assault.

• Lin Dong’s Corpse Domain crushed Teacher Li’s Mental Barrier, and the guards opened fire on him, but their attacks were deflected.
• Lin Dong charged through the guards, killing those caught in his domain, while Teacher Li recognized that it was a domain and called for mechs.
• Lin Dong met a mech’s punch with his own and sent the machine flying, shocking the defenders.
• Teacher Li concluded that Lin Dong was likely an SSS-Rank member of the Undead Race from the Corpse Soil Continent.
• Lin Dong destroyed another mech’s shield, killed its pilot, and stored both the mech and the corpse away.
• Hao Yun told the defenders to hold Lin Dong off until he arrived, and the fighters attacked as Lin Dong declared that harvest season had come.

Lin Dong slaughtered the human awakeners in the Inner City until Hao Yun arrived and attacked him with his Flame Soul Domain. Lin Dong detonated an SS-Rank Crystal Core Bomb and vanished, but Hao Yun realized the blast had not killed him and that he had escaped.

• Lin Dong broke through the awakeners’ attacks, killed the water and mental awakeners, and collected their crystal cores.
• Lin Dong threw five S-rank Crystal Core Bombs at the close-combat speed awakeners, killing many and gathering the crystal cores left behind.
• Hao Yun watched the casualties on a screen, realized he had misjudged Lin Dong, and jumped from his aircraft as it neared the Inner City.
• Hao Yun demanded to know where his son was, then attacked Lin Dong with his Flame Soul Domain after Lin Dong said the son was alive.
• Lin Dong threw an SS-Rank Crystal Core Bomb at Hao Yun, and the blast engulfed the area in a mushroom cloud.
• Hao Yun concluded that the bomb had not killed Lin Dong and realized that Lin Dong had already escaped.

Wang Cheng awakened, slaughtered the guards at Heaven Gate, and tried to escape through its wall, only to activate a powerful rune array. As awakened surrounded him, the human forces were also converging on Heaven Gate to hunt the Zombie King.

• Hao Yun concluded the Zombie King had fled toward Heaven Gate, and he and two other family heads led their forces after him.
• Human awakened gathered at Heaven Gate while guards sealed its entrances and prepared for the Zombie King's arrival.
• Wang Cheng reached Heaven Gate and killed the guards who had recognized him, absorbing the resentment from their deaths.
• Wang Cheng struck the city wall with his resentment-charged blade, but glowing runes appeared and hurled him back without damaging the wall.
• Awakened surrounded Wang Cheng as he stared at the activated rune-covered wall.

Summary: Heaven Gate Confrontation

1. Key Plot Points and Events

• Wang Cheng, a newly awakened but weak awakener, attempts to pass through Heaven Gate (the wall separating the Outer City from the Inner City) but is intercepted by Nick and his stationed forces.
• Nick subdues Wang Cheng with a mental attack; an SS-Rank Strength Type awakener shatters Wang Cheng's blade with a single punch, critically injuring him and smashing him against the wall.
• Wang Cheng, unable to stand and facing execution, hears a mysterious voice telling him to use his will when his body fails. This rekindles his fighting spirit.
• The Zombie King (Lin Dong) arrives, radiating overwhelming pressure. He crushes Nick's spiritual power (knocking him out), maims the burly Strength Type awakener with one punch, and brutally kills the other defenders.
• Lin Dong praises Wang Cheng for his efforts. Wang Cheng recognizes Lin Dong despite his changed appearance and addresses him as "Captain."
• Lin Dong prepares to break through Heaven Gate itself, using his Corpse Domain after noting that the gate is reinforced by Rune Technology and embedded Crystal Cores.

2. Character Developments

• Wang Cheng: Shows grit by refusing to surrender even after being overpowered, but is wracked by resentment and inferiority from past humiliations. His emotional breakdown upon being recognized highlights his loneliness and desire for validation. The voice's advice points to his potential growth in mental resilience.
• Lin Dong (the Zombie King): Revealed as overwhelmingly powerful (easily defeating SS-Rank enemies) and commanding. His calm, deliberate actions and encouragement of Wang Cheng show a protective, mentoring side beneath his cold exterior.
• Nick: Represents arrogance and overconfidence; dismisses Wang Cheng as insignificant and is swiftly subdued when the real threat arrives.

3. Significant Themes

• Willpower vs. Physical Limits: The core lesson that, when the body fails, one must rely on will and determination to keep fighting.
• Class Division and Inferiority: The Outer City vs. Inner City divide is a metaphor for social stratification. Wang Cheng's resentment stems from a lifetime of contempt, and the gate symbolizes an "insurmountable divide" in society.
• Power and Futility: The defenders' strength is rendered meaningless against Lin Dong's overwhelming might, emphasizing that sheer rank and numbers cannot match true supreme power.
• Deception and Recognition: Wang Cheng remembers Lin Dong's earlier advice about illusions, allowing him to see through the Zombie King's changed appearance—highlighting the value of insight over sight.

4. Character Interactions

• Nick & Others vs. Wang Cheng: They mock, overpower, and casually plan to kill him, treating him as a non-threat. Their disdain fuels Wang Cheng's bitterness.
• Mysterious Voice → Wang Cheng: Speaks directly to his despair, offering a philosophy that reignites his fighting spirit.
• Lin Dong vs. Heaven Gate Defenders: One-sided massacre; he nonchalantly crushes Nick and cripples the SS-Rank awakener, demonstrating his absolute dominance.
• Lin Dong & Wang Cheng: A quiet, emotional moment amid violence—Lin Dong acknowledges Wang Cheng's effort, and Wang Cheng tearfully recognizes his captain, showing trust and loyalty between them.

Lin Dong fought to breach Heaven Gate, but Liz, Hao Yun, and Rosen confronted him as he revealed that Hao Yun’s son was in the zombie-filled laboratory. The three SSS-rank fighters attacked together, leaving Lin Dong cornered and preparing to get serious.

• Lin Dong struck Heaven Gate and cracked its runes, then Liz arrived and stopped his next blow with her fist.
• Hao Yun, Liz, and Rosen gathered at the gate, and Hao Yun demanded to know where his son was.
• Lin Dong said he had left Hao Yun’s son in the laboratory, and Hao Yun erupted in fury when he realized it was filled with zombies.
• Hao Yun unleashed his Flame Domain while Rosen weakened Lin Dong’s Corpse Domain with psychic power.
• Liz, Hao Yun, and Rosen coordinated their attacks against Lin Dong, who dodged them and decided he would have to get serious.

Lin Dong revealed his greater strength and overwhelmed Liz before facing Hao Yun and Rosen’s combined SSS-Rank attacks. As Liz launched a full-strength punch while Rosen restrained him, Lin Dong began using Blood Sacrifice.

• Lin Dong removed his shirt and intensified his Corpse Domain, then broke Liz’s arm and kicked her into the rubble.
• Hao Yun transformed into a giant of flame and struck Lin Dong, forcing both fighters back.
• Rosen unleashed Sea of Annihilation to restrict Lin Dong’s movements while Liz recovered and prepared another attack.
• Liz enlarged her right arm and launched an all-out punch at Lin Dong as he began Blood Sacrifice.

Key Plot Points & Events

• Lin Dong activates Blood Sacrifice, burning his own blood and vitality to briefly gain immense power—a new ability evolved after reaching

SSS-Rank “Third Stage.”

• Liz, having converted all her attributes into raw strength, throws a desperate all-out punch. Lin Dong counters with a monstrous fist, devastating her: her arm bursts, bones shatter, and she is sent flying, unconscious and near death.
• Hao Yun watches in terror; Lin Dong appears as a perfect all-round warrior—domain, mental power, and body all formidable.
• Sensing more human powerhouses incoming, Lin Dong decisively smashes the already-crumbling Heaven Gate, causing it to collapse across several kilometers.
• The collapse draws massive crowds of Outer City residents. Seeing the luxury of the Inner City, resentment turns to greed and rage.
• Wang Cheng maliciously incites the crowd, and a full-scale riot erupts: Outer City residents flood in, attack guards, loot stores, and set fires—Human Civilization’s first great riot.
• Lin Dong watches and coldly notes that humans are far more destructive than zombies.

Character Developments

• Lin Dong: Mastery of Blood Sacrifice shows his ruthlessness and evolution as a top-tier SSS-Rank fighter. He is pragmatic—knows when to retreat—and ruthless in destroying the old order.
• Liz: Her gamble fails catastrophically. Once the Alliance’s war goddess, she is left broken and helpless, symbolizing the limits of pure brute force.
• Hao Yun: Shaken from comfort, he feels genuine fear for the first time in years as he realizes Lin Dong’s true threat.
• Wang Cheng: Opportunistic and chaotic, he thrives on the crowd’s resentment and actively fuels the riot.
• Outer City Residents: Their long-suppressed suffering ignites into violent, mindless rebellion, showing how oppression breeds fury.

Significant Themes

• Class inequality and rebellion: The stark divide between Inner and Outer City leads to a violent upheaval.
• Fragility of civilization: The “perfect world” of the Inner City collapses both literally and metaphorically in one night.
• Human destructiveness: Lin Dong observes that humans, driven by greed and resentment, cause more chaos than zombies ever could.
• Sacrifice and power: Blood Sacrifice demonstrates that immense strength comes at a life-cost, yet Lin Dong accepts it without hesitation.

Character Interactions

• Lin Dong vs. Liz: A brutal one-sided clash, ending with Liz’s total defeat and Hao Yun’s horror.
• Lin Dong vs. the Heaven Gate: His decision to destroy it triggers the entire civil collapse.
• Wang Cheng vs. the Crowd: He weaponizes their anger, directly inciting them to storm the Inner City.
• Inner City Guards vs. Rioters: Guards try and fail to maintain order, overwhelmed by the mob.

After the riot and the destruction of Heaven Gate, Hao Yun and Li Ersi found the laboratory emptied and their sons turned into zombies. Hao Yun resolved to take revenge on the Zombie King.

• Li Ersi arrived with reinforcements and learned that the Zombie King had escaped after severely injuring Liz and destroying Heaven Gate.
• Hao Yun, Li Ersi, and the other family heads entered the laboratory and found it stripped of its equipment and mech components.
• Hao Yun and Li Ersi discovered their sons among a group of zombies and ordered their family experts to restrain and take them away.
• Li Ersi concluded that the Zombie King had turned their sons into zombies and taken everything from the laboratory.
• Hao Yun suppressed his grief and declared that he would seek revenge.

After discovering that Lin Dong had disguised himself as Tang Ye and stolen the laboratory’s equipment and mechs, Hao Yun and Li Ersi tightened security and planned to investigate further before seeking revenge. Lin Dong returned to the Land of Exile while Wang Cheng set off for the Alien Continent, and Lin Dong continued toward the Corpse Soil Continent.

• Hao Yun and Li Ersi traced the theft to Lin Dong, who had entered the Inner City disguised as Tang Ye, and learned that Wang Cheng had joined him after awakening an ability.
• Hao Yun and Li Ersi ordered thorough investigations across the Inner City and Outer City before making plans to deal with the Zombie King.
• Lin Dong reached the Land of Exile with Wang Cheng, who decided to travel to the Alien Continent and asked to call Lin Dong his Master.
• Lin Dong gave Wang Cheng an aircraft, and the two parted ways, flying in different directions.
• Lin Dong headed across the Land of Exile toward the Corpse Soil Continent, devouring crystal cores and resolving to return for the Crystal Core Laser Swords.

Flared Ears joked that Nether Dragon was a shit-stirring stick, while Nether Dragon continued threatening Zombie Kings for pigs despite his weak forces. After the Zombie Kings began plotting against him, they sought help from Southern Province Overlord Tombstone, who listened to their warning that Nether Dragon might attack.

• Flared Ears assigned roles to the Corpse Nest’s leaders and called Nether Dragon the shit-stirring stick.
• Nether Dragon and Hu Lai threatened a Strength Type Zombie King for pigs, then fled when he refused to back down.
• Nether Dragon decided to try another Corpse Nest, while Zombie Kings began secretly discussing how to eliminate him.
• A group of Zombie Kings went to Tombstone’s Corpse Nest and warned him that Nether Dragon might be planning to attack.
• Tombstone accepted their warning and said he believed them.

Tombstone and the Zombie Kings gathered a massive Zombie Tide to attack Nether Dragon, who fled to Great Sun City for help. Doctor agreed not to abandon him, while Flared Ears sent the others back to tend the farm as the threat approached.

• Tombstone joined forces with the Zombie Kings and began mobilizing an army to attack Nether Dragon in Dragon City.
• Hu Lai warned Nether Dragon that Tombstone was leading a vast force toward them, and Nether Dragon decided to seek help in Great Sun City.
• Nether Dragon told Flared Ears that Tombstone planned to attack, but Flared Ears called him a scapegoat and initially refused to take responsibility.
• Doctor arrived with Mei Ji, Wild Wolf, Dinosaur, and other Zombie Kings, and reassured Nether Dragon that they would not stand by.
• Doctor sent Flared Ears and the others back to the Corpse Nest to care for the farm.

After Nether Dragon followed Doctor’s advice to stall Tombstone, Lin Dong returned to Great Sun City with the resources to build mechs and a laboratory. The zombies equipped and trained their forces, while Little Eight and Tank received new gear.

• Doctor told Nether Dragon to remain in his corpse nest and delay Tombstone, promising help after a month.
• Nether Dragon recalled his underlings and held his defenses as zombies gathered outside to taunt and watch him.
• About a week later, Lin Dong returned to Great Sun City and supplied human corpses, then ordered a thousand ace elites trained to operate mechs.
• Doctor oversaw the laboratory’s construction and the assembly and training of the mechs, while Lin Dong established communications with human civilization and the Corpse Soil Continent.
• Little Eight received a powerful transforming mechanical arm, and Doctor made Tank an alloy breastplate that Tank proudly praised.

Tombstone led a two-million-strong Zombie Tide to attack Nether Dragon's Corpse Nest after Nether Dragon's forces prepared for battle and waited in vain for help from Great Sun City. As the armies clashed, Tombstone overwhelmed Nether Dragon's subordinates, and Nether Dragon entered the fight with an aura that seemed stronger than Tombstone's.

• Tombstone ordered the Zombie Kings to marshal their forces and planned to use their zombies to weaken Nether Dragon before his own Zombie Tide arrived.
• Nether Dragon and Hu Lai prepared the Corpse Nest's more than one million zombies, though they doubted the Zombie King from Great Sun City would come to help.
• Tombstone led the Zombie Tide to Dragon City, called for Nether Dragon to face him, and ordered the attack when Nether Dragon stayed silent.
• The zombies breached the walls and fought through the city as Tombstone shattered attackers with his strength.
• Nether Dragon joined the battle after seeing his forces fall, and the Zombie Kings sensed his rising aura might exceed Tombstone's.

Tombstone exposed Nether Dragon as an impostor and the nearby Zombie Kings turned on him. Lin Dong arrived and saved Nether Dragon, then identified Tombstone as an SSS-Rank Crystal Core, leaving Tombstone ready to fight him.

• Tombstone attacked Nether Dragon twice and realized he lacked the strength of a true Undead Race member.
• Tombstone revealed that Nether Dragon had been disguising himself with an evolved ability, and the furious Zombie Kings rushed to kill him.
• Lin Dong appeared beside Nether Dragon and used his Corpse Domain to restrain the charging Zombie Kings.
• Lin Dong killed one Zombie King with his black saber, and Nether Dragon greeted him as his big brother.
• Lin Dong praised Nether Dragon for luring an SSS-Rank Crystal Core, while Tombstone prepared to fight Lin Dong.

Lin Dong overwhelmed Tombstone in their duel, but Tombstone’s millions-strong Zombie Tide arrived before the fight could end. The chapter left Lin Dong facing the approaching horde as Tombstone challenged him to withstand it.

• Lin Dong used his Corpse Domain to slow Tombstone and struck him hard, surprising Tombstone’s Zombie Kings.
• Tombstone charged again, but Lin Dong overpowered him with another punch and a kick that sent him crashing through rocks.
• Nether Dragon and Hu Lai celebrated Lin Dong’s strength while speculating about their own followers.
• The sky darkened as Tombstone’s starving Zombie Tide of millions swept across the wilderness toward Lin Dong and his allies.
• Tombstone’s aura strengthened with the horde’s arrival, and he challenged Lin Dong to see how many zombies his domain could hold off.

Lin Dong tested the Guard Mecha against Tombstone’s zombie tide, and the machines slaughtered the horde and forced the Zombie Kings to retreat. Little Eight then emerged from black mist and aimed a cannon at Tombstone and his remaining forces.

• Tombstone rallied his zombie tide to attack Dragon City, while Lin Dong prepared to use the battle as a live exercise for his subordinates.
• The Guard Mecha arrived, bombarded the zombies with Crystal Core Cannons, and formed a One-Character Long Snake Formation under the Doctor’s direction.
• The mecha advanced with Laser Swords and cut through the zombie tide while Lin Dong watched safely behind them.
• An S-rank Speed-Type Zombie King attacked a mecha, but its energy shield repelled his claws and a Laser Sword killed him.
• Tombstone ordered a retreat, but black mist swept over the fleeing zombies and left only corpses behind.
• Little Eight appeared from the mist, formed a cannon in her mechanical arm, and aimed at Tombstone and the other Zombie Kings.

Tombstone’s zombie kings faced Lin Dong’s advanced weapons and mutated forces, and their alliance collapsed as the battle turned into a massacre. Most fleeing zombies were cut down, while Little Black intercepted an escaping agility-type zombie king.

• Little Eight’s powerful blast shook the zombie kings, while Tombstone endured it and grew wary of the enemy’s technology.
• Tank revealed eight mechanical tentacles and tore through the zombie tide, causing the zombie kings to abandon Tombstone and flee in different directions.
• Mutated plants, including Grass Domain, Weird Tree’s Tree Realm, Little Flower’s Sea of Flowers, and Little Mushroom’s Spore Parasitism, trapped and killed fleeing zombies.
• Lin Dong’s elite zombies joined the slaughter, while Flared Ears watched with Dazhuang and claimed credit for raising the pigs that supported their fighting strength.
• Little Black ambushed an escaping agility-type zombie king, introduced himself as the Shadow Sovereign, and ripped the zombie king open.

Tombstone tried to escape Lin Dong’s forces, but Lin Dong and the Guard Mechas funneled him into a trap that isolated his zombie tide. Surrounded by powerful Zombie Kings, Tombstone surrendered, but Lin Dong judged him to be of little value.

• Tombstone led his trusted followers away from Lin Dong, but they repeatedly encountered Lin Dong’s figure no matter which direction they ran.
• The Doctor ordered the Guard Mechas to form a circle around Tombstone, cutting off the zombie tide from coming to his aid.
• Lin Dong, Tank, Little Eight, the Plant Fused Zombie Kings, and other powerful Zombie Kings surrounded Tombstone and his followers.
• Tombstone dropped to his knees and surrendered, offering to serve Lin Dong.
• Lin Dong considered Tombstone weak and difficult to control, and judged him worth less than an SSS-Rank Crystal Core.

Lin Dong killed Tombstone, put Nether Dragon in charge of Southern Province, and returned to Great Sun City. There, Doctor told him about humanity’s Star Destroyers and the one brought down on the Corpse Soil Continent, prompting Lin Dong to wonder where its wreckage was.

• Lin Dong killed Tombstone and captured his crystal core while Tank, Little Eight, and the other Zombie Kings wiped out Tombstone’s forces.
• Lin Dong named Nether Dragon the Southern Province Overlord to keep attention away from himself and told him to ask Central Province for pigs.
• Lin Dong left the cleanup of Tombstone’s Corpse Nest to his subordinates and returned to Great Sun City with a thousand Guard Mechas.
• Doctor told Lin Dong that humanity had developed Star Destroyers and that one of three ships sent to the Corpse Soil Continent had been shot down by Zombie Kings.
• Lin Dong realized that the fallen Star Destroyer could hold valuable equipment and wondered why it had not come to attack him.