Summary: "Cosmic Cockroaches"

Key Plot Points

• Zuo Yi deduces the spatial gate he passed through has random teleportation properties, scattering entrants to unknown coordinates.
• He realizes trapped tourists may be nearby (possibly miles away) and worries for their safety, especially if they landed in dense mountain forests.
• Zuo Yi changes into his Rock Dragon Leather Armor (high-level Law Creation equipment, a backup to his damaged Three Holy Regalia of Light).
• He treks through a hot, humid tropical rainforest (temperature 30-40°C, no paths, strange flora/fauna), losing his flight ability due to this world's laws.
• He kills a three-eyed toad that attacks him and discovers an Earth-Attribute Magic Crystal in its head—a valuable find since his magic crystal reserves are nearly depleted.
• He discovers a goblin village at the mountain foot: ~100 huts, farmlands, soldiers, and a pyramid altar at the center.
• A patrol squad spots him, the village erupts, and Zuo Yi is surrounded by a large goblin tribe, which attacks him first with a thrown stone axe.

Character Developments

• Zuo Yi demonstrates calm adaptability—he's unshaken by random teleportation due to his extensive planar warfare experience.
• He displays pragmatic resourcefulness, immediately changing gear suited for the new world's laws.
• His concern for others is shown through his worry about the reckless tourists.
• His combat prowess remains formidable even with his power suppressed.
• His material need is highlighted: he urgently needs new magic crystal sources.

Significant Themes

• Survival in hostile unknown worlds: adapting to alien environments, laws, and creatures.
• The multiverse's dangers: random teleportation, legal suppression, and deadly local wildlife.
• Goblins as "cosmic cockroaches": their universality across planes, low intelligence yet overwhelming numbers, terrifying reproduction, and simultaneous cowardice/boldness.
• Equipment adaptation: Law Creation items can resist world-law influence, showing the importance of prepared gear in planar travel.
• Opportunity in danger: even lowly creatures can yield valuable resources (magic crystals).

Character Interactions

• Zuo Yi vs. three-eyed toad: kills it with his Red Dragon Sword and loots a magic crystal.
• Zuo Yi vs. goblin tribe: he initially observes them with detached analysis (noting their organization and hierarchy), but is then surrounded and attacked—sparking the chapter's cliffhanger conflict.

Chapter Summary

Plot Points and Events

• Zuo Yi is attacked by a large group of Goblins, although he cannot understand their language. Their hostile intentions are obvious from their weapons and behavior.
• He catches a Goblin’s stone axe and throws it back, accidentally killing the Goblin when the axe pierces his skull.
• Hundreds of Goblins surround and bombard Zuo Yi with bone arrows, stone axes, rocks, and other crude weapons. His Rock Dragon Leather Armor easily deflects their attacks.
• Zuo Yi counterattacks with the Red Dragon Sword, killing numerous Goblins in sweeping strikes. Despite the world’s suppression of his power, he remains overwhelmingly superior.
• The Goblins’ morale collapses after suffering several casualties. They abandon their weapons and flee toward their village.
• Zuo Yi pursues them, destroys the village gate with his body and sword, and sends the settlement into complete panic. Some unarmed Goblins immediately prostrate themselves in submission.
• A Goblin priest attacks Zuo Yi with Little Flame fireballs from atop an altar, but Zuo Yi destroys every spell with ease.
• Recognizing that he cannot defeat Zuo Yi and fearing the destruction of his entire tribe, the elderly priest descends from the altar and formally surrenders.

Character Developments

• Zuo Yi remains confident, powerful, and composed throughout the battle. He displays both deadly combat ability and sarcastic humor, joking about the Goblin’s inability to catch the axe he threw back.
• He also shows a knightly sense of compassion, though his attempt to return the Goblin’s weapon results in death.
• Zuo Yi demonstrates knowledge of Goblin culture and psychology, understanding their cowardice, dependence on victory, and tendency to worship strength.
• The Goblins are portrayed as aggressive but poorly organized and easily demoralized. Their initial bloodlust quickly turns into terror once they realize they cannot harm Zuo Yi.
• The Goblin priest is distinguished from the warriors as more intelligent and socially important. He accurately assesses Zuo Yi’s strength and sacrifices his pride by surrendering to protect his tribe.

Significant Themes

• Overwhelming strength versus primitive force: Zuo Yi’s advanced equipment and combat skill make the Goblins’ weapons useless.
• The fragility of courage: The Goblins appear fearless while attacking in numbers, but their confidence disappears after a few losses.
• Intelligence and adaptation: Unlike the warriors, the priest recognizes reality and chooses surrender as a rational means of survival.
• Power and submission: The Goblins’ willingness to bow before a stronger opponent reflects their instinctive worship of power.
• Cultural misunderstanding: Although Zuo Yi cannot understand the Goblins’ words, violence, fear, and surrender communicate clearly without language.

Character Interactions

• Zuo Yi’s first interaction with the Goblins is violent, beginning with their attack and ending with his effortless defense and retaliation.
• His actions cause the Goblin warriors to flee and the weaker members of the village to submit.
• Zuo Yi challenges the priest to reveal his abilities, but the priest ultimately responds not with another attack, but with a ceremonial kowtow and surrender.
• The chapter ends with an implicit negotiation: the priest submits to preserve the remaining members and bloodline of his tribe.

Chapter Summary

Key plot points and events

As the defeated Goblin tribe prepares to surrender, one reckless Goblin attacks Zuo Yi with a huge boulder. Zuo Yi effortlessly catches and throws it back, killing the attacker and frightening the remaining Goblins. The Goblin priest restores order, kneels before Zuo Yi, and offers his bone staff in submission. Because they cannot understand one another, the priest gives Zuo Yi half of a special plant tuber called konjac. After eating it, Zuo Yi gains the ability to understand and speak the Goblin language. The effect will last three days, since the priest’s konjac is not the highest grade.
Zuo Yi rewards the priest with half a bottle of mineral water, which the Goblin regards as a precious treasure. He then orders the priest to organize the tribe and search for seven missing hikers who entered the light barrier. Using a photograph supplied by the Hubei Superhuman Administration, the Goblins spread out to find them. Zuo Yi warns them not to harm the hikers.

Character developments

Zuo Yi demonstrates overwhelming strength, precision, composure, and strategic intelligence. Rather than simply terrorizing the Goblins, he deliberately rewards the priest and establishes a system of obedience and incentives. He also shows concern for the missing hikers and thinks fondly of bringing konjac back for Bao’er.
The old Goblin priest proves highly intelligent, authoritative, and adaptable. He quickly recognizes the language barrier, uses konjac to solve it, accepts Zuo Yi’s rule, and efficiently controls the tribe. The ordinary Goblins, initially chaotic and aggressive, become frightened but obedient followers of the priest and Zuo Yi.

Significant themes

• Power and submission: Zuo Yi’s effortless defeat of the attacking Goblin establishes his dominance, while the priest’s surrender transforms the tribe from enemies into subjects.
• Communication and understanding: The konjac symbolizes how language can overcome barriers and make cooperation possible.
• Reward as a tool of leadership: Zuo Yi uses a simple bottle of water to reassure the priest and reinforce loyalty, showing that perceived value matters more than objective value.
• Mercy and responsibility: Although Zuo Yi is capable of devastating the tribe, he chooses controlled authority and orders the Goblins to locate the hikers without harming them.
• Cultural perspective: The Goblins view ordinary human objects, such as a plastic water bottle and smartphone, as wondrous treasures, highlighting the gap between their societies.

Character interactions

Zuo Yi and the Goblin priest move from mutual incomprehension to direct communication through the konjac. The priest reveres Zuo Yi as a powerful lord, while Zuo Yi treats him as a subordinate leader rather than killing or humiliating him. Zuo Yi’s reward deepens the priest’s loyalty, and the priest then commands the entire tribe to carry out Zuo Yi’s search mission.

Chapter Summary: “Rescued”

Key Plot Points and Events

• Cai Xiangming, separated from his companions in a strange jungle world, struggles to survive while being stalked by an old but dangerous Wolf Beast.
• His modern equipment fails or is damaged: his phone loses power and signal, his hiking watch breaks, his backpack strap snaps, and his jacket is torn.
• Exhausted and tripped by a vine, Cai is cornered by the wolf and believes he is about to die.
• A group of green-skinned Goblins suddenly attacks the wolf and drives it away, but then captures Cai with a vine net and drags him to their primitive village.
• Cai fears the Goblins intend to eat him, but Zuo Yi appears and speaks to him in a human language, explaining that he has come to rescue him.
• Overwhelmed by relief and excitement, Cai gives his name and faints.
• Zuo Yi rewards the Goblins who found Cai with Bull Demon Meat jerky, which contains powerful energy and is extremely valuable to them.
• Motivated by the reward, the Goblins conduct a wider search and locate four additional hikers, two of whom are injured.
• Zuo Yi heals the injured survivors with Healing Potions and provides animal hides because the world’s corrosive laws have ruined their clothing and belongings.
• Two remaining hikers are still missing by nightfall and are presumed unlikely to survive.

Character Developments

• Cai Xiangming changes from an initially adventurous but unprepared traveler into a terrified, exhausted survivor. His fear, desperation, and darkly comic thoughts reveal how close he is to breaking down.
• His attitude shifts dramatically when Zuo Yi rescues him: panic gives way to overwhelming relief, so intense that he loses consciousness.
• Zuo Yi is established as a capable and compassionate rescuer. He commands the Goblins, organizes a large-scale search, heals the injured, and uses practical incentives to ensure more people are found.
• The Goblins are initially presented as frightening potential cannibals, but their actions show that they can be organized and cooperative under Zuo Yi’s leadership. Their enthusiastic response to the jerky demonstrates both their material desperation and their desire for advancement.
• The Goblin priest appears influential within the tribe but is visibly envious when others receive the valuable reward.

Significant Themes

• Survival in an alien world: Familiar technology and expensive modern equipment are useless against the dangers of the new environment.
• Hope amid despair: Cai’s rescue occurs at the moment he has accepted death, emphasizing how quickly circumstances can change.
• Leadership and cooperation: Zuo Yi turns the Goblin tribe into an effective search force by combining authority with meaningful rewards.
• Cross-cultural misunderstanding: Cai assumes the Goblins are cannibals because of their appearance and behavior, while they ultimately become his rescuers.
• The value of resources: Bull Demon Meat and Healing Potions are far more valuable in this world than ordinary modern possessions, showing how survival changes the meaning of wealth.
• Luck and fate: Cai survives largely because Zuo Yi happens to reach the area and organize the search before the wolf kills him.

Character Interactions

• Cai and the Wolf Beast: The wolf relentlessly stalks Cai, creating the chapter’s central tension and forcing him toward exhaustion.
• Cai and the Goblins: The Goblins save him from the wolf but terrify him by capturing and surrounding him, creating a mixture of rescue and apparent danger.
• Cai and Zuo Yi: Their meeting is emotionally intense; Zuo Yi offers reassurance and protection, while Cai reacts with disbelief and overwhelming gratitude.
• Zuo Yi and the Goblins: Zuo Yi treats the Goblins as allies, rewarding them with jerky and motivating them to continue searching for other stranded humans.
• Zuo Yi and the rescued hikers: He assumes responsibility for their safety, healing the injured and providing basic clothing and shelter.

Chapter Summary: “Lab Rat” (1/2)

Key Plot Points and Events

• Night falls over Mountain-Sea beneath a Blood Moon. Zuo Yi notices that no stars are visible, confirming that the region is an independent Small World rather than part of a larger plane.
• The Goblin village gathers around bonfires for dinner, eating foul-smelling stews made from crude ingredients. The Goblins who helped locate the missing hikers are rewarded with jerky made from Bull Demon meat.
• Five surviving hikers, including Cai Xiangming, are reunited. They have lost their equipment, supplies, and clothing due to the world’s laws and are reduced to wearing Goblin hides.
• Zuo Yi provides them with water, cooking equipment, and instant noodles from his Spatial Ring. The hikers are overwhelmed with gratitude and eat enthusiastically after their ordeal.
• A Goblin becomes violently possessive over the Bull Demon meat soup and attacks others to keep it for itself. After consuming too much of the powerful meat, its body mutates and begins to swell uncontrollably.
• Zuo Yi recognizes that the Goblin is about to explode. He kicks it away from the others, and it detonates in midair, scattering bloody remains across the forest.
• Zuo Yi explains that the meat is too powerful for ordinary Goblins and instructs the old Goblin priest to prevent them from consuming too much at once.
• He tells the five hikers that the Goblins will continue searching for a route back to Blue Star the next day. He also assures Cai Xiangming that the two missing hikers, Meng Licheng and Shao Yong, are still being sought.

Character Developments

• Zuo Yi remains calm, practical, and capable. He uses his knowledge of different worlds to identify their location and takes responsibility for protecting the hikers and managing the Goblins.
• He also shows foresight by carrying large quantities of food and supplies in his Spatial Ring, which now proves invaluable.
• The Goblins become increasingly obedient and reverent toward Zuo Yi after witnessing both his generosity and his overwhelming power. Their role shifts toward serving him and assisting with the search.
• The old Goblin priest acts as the tribe’s authority and willingly follows Zuo Yi’s instructions.
• Cai Xiangming and the other hikers move from desperation and confusion toward hope. Cai demonstrates concern for the two missing members of the group and gratitude toward Zuo Yi.

Significant Themes

• Survival and resourcefulness: Zuo Yi’s preparation and stored supplies help the hikers survive in an unfamiliar world.
• The danger of uncontrolled power and greed: The Goblin’s death illustrates that even beneficial resources can be fatal when consumed recklessly.
• Leadership through protection and authority: Zuo Yi earns loyalty by combining kindness, practical aid, and decisive strength.
• Otherworldly displacement: The chapter emphasizes the hikers’ vulnerability after being separated from their home world and stripped of their possessions.
• Experimentation and expendability: The dead Goblin is effectively treated as a “lab rat,” revealing Zuo Yi’s pragmatic willingness to observe consequences through controlled—or semi-controlled—risk.

Character Interactions

• Zuo Yi speaks with the old Goblin priest about the nature of the world and later commands him to regulate the tribe’s consumption of Bull Demon meat.
• He assists the five hikers by giving them food and supplies, creating a bond of trust.
• Cai Xiangming questions Zuo Yi about their location and the fate of the missing hikers; Zuo Yi reassures him that they are in another world but will be returned to Blue Star.
• The Goblins’ violent struggle over the soup contrasts with Zuo Yi’s disciplined intervention, reinforcing his dominance over the tribe.

Summary: Mountain Apes (2/2)

Key plot points / events

• Cai Xiangming and the hikers are housed in the Goblin village’s best wooden hut, while Zuo Yi stays in the altar’s stone house.
• Zuo Yi speaks late into the night with the elderly Goblin priest, learning about the world: a low-tier, primitive realm inhabited by Goblins, Orcs, Titans, and Sea Folk; all have priestly castes that gain magic through faith, though gods are only legendary.
• Zuo Yi infers the world’s consciousness is chaotic and that he might potentially seize control of its core, though his power is severely suppressed by local laws.
• The search for missing hikers Meng Licheng and Shao Yong continues, but the Goblins find no trace; Zuo Yi suspects they are gone.
• At dawn, Zuo Yi sends most adult Goblins to search for the return passage (the Halo Gate), then sets out alone to inspect the nearby mountain.
• The Goblin priest warns him that the mountain is controlled by dangerous Mountain Apes, but Zuo Yi insists.
• After a two-hour trek, Zuo Yi reaches a vast fruit grove. A Mountain Ape throws a coconut-like fruit at him; he catches it, tastes the sweet golden flesh, and enjoys it.
• Dozens of Mountain Apes gather to confront him. Zuo Yi simply shouts, “Get lost!”

Character developments

• Zuo Yi: Shows confidence, strategic curiosity, and adaptability under world-suppressed conditions. He is pragmatic and unafraid of local dangers, treating the situation as a solvable challenge.
• Elderly Goblin priest: Deeply reverent and loyal to Zuo Yi as “Gonda,” genuinely concerned for his safety, though he cannot sway the human’s decision.
• The Goblins: Utterly obedient and worshipful of strength; they follow Zuo Yi’s commands without question and are honored by their subordinate role.

Significant themes

• Power and worship: The Goblins’ devotion to the physically dominant outsider mirrors primitive “might makes right” social structures.
• Exploration and conquest: Zuo Yi treats the unknown world as territory to be mapped, understood, and potentially controlled.
• Survival and loss: The unresolved fates of the two missing hikers highlight the harshness of the foreign environment.

Character interactions

• Zuo Yi ↔ Goblin priest: An exchange of vital world-lore; the priest advises, warns, and serves, while Zuo Yi projects authority and curiosity.
• Zuo Yi ↔ hikers: Brief but indicates his protective/leadership role—he gives them food and orders them to stay safe in the village.
• Zuo Yi ↔ Mountain Apes: Non-verbal hostility; he ignores their first attack, samples their fruit, and responds to their assembled aggression with blunt dismissal.

Chapter Summary: “Unstoppable”

Key Plot Points and Events

• The Mountain Apes attack Zuo Yi in their orchard, pelting him with fruits after he behaves provocatively in their territory.
• Protected by his Rock Dragon Leather Armor, Zuo Yi is largely unharmed. He retaliates by catching and throwing the fruits back with overwhelming force.
• His physical strength and precision allow him to kill or severely injure several Mountain Apes despite being outnumbered and unable to use Battle Aura or Radiant Power.
• The surviving apes retreat into the forest, but Zuo Yi chooses not to pursue them. Instead, he expects them to return with stronger warriors.
• While waiting, he gathers more than a hundred intact fruits and stores them in his Spatial Ring as snacks for Bao’er, unknowingly taking the apes’ food supply.
• The Mountain Ape tribe soon returns in force, led by more powerful Rock-Armored Mountain Apes and three Giant-Strength Mountain Apes.
• Rather than flee, Zuo Yi charges into battle. He swiftly bisects one Rock-Armored Mountain Ape and then cleaves through a second with the Red Dragon Sword, demonstrating the sword’s ability to cut through their stone armor.
• The chapter ends as Zuo Yi begins fighting the tribe’s elite warriors, with the Mountain Ape King and the full extent of the enemy force still unrevealed.

Character Developments

• Zuo Yi is portrayed as confident, fearless, and aggressively proactive. He refuses to passively endure attacks and treats the initial battle as little more than a warm-up.
• His confidence is justified by his extraordinary Saint-Realm Knight physique, which remains powerful even under the world’s restrictions.
• His personality also shows a playful and practical side: he collects the fallen fruit for Bao’er, even though doing so further enrages the Mountain Apes.
• The Mountain Apes shift from arrogant attackers to frightened survivors after suffering heavy casualties. Their retreat reveals that they recognize Zuo Yi as a serious threat.
• The tribe’s decision to return with stronger fighters emphasizes its pride and determination to defend its territory and restore its honor.

Significant Themes

• Overwhelming strength and combat mastery: Zuo Yi dominates through speed, physical power, precision, and superior equipment, even without supernatural abilities.
• Pride and retaliation: The Mountain Apes attack to defend their territory, while Zuo Yi answers their aggression in kind, creating an escalating cycle of revenge.
• Confidence versus intimidation: The Mountain Apes’ numbers, size, armor, and weapons fail to frighten Zuo Yi; instead, stronger enemies increase his excitement.
• Resourcefulness and preparation: Zuo Yi uses the apes’ own fruit ammunition against them and calmly prepares for their next attack.
• The disparity between factions: The Mountain Ape force could easily destroy the Goblin village, highlighting the danger of the world and the exceptional nature of Zuo Yi’s power.

Character Interactions

• Zuo Yi and the ordinary Mountain Apes engage in a direct exchange of attacks, with him turning their fruit barrage back against them.
• His actions provoke the tribe into summoning stronger warriors, escalating the conflict from a skirmish to a major confrontation.
• Zuo Yi’s interaction with the returning Rock-Armored Mountain Apes is immediate and violent: he charges them before they can organize and kills two in rapid succession.
• The Mountain Apes’ fear and retreat contrast sharply with Zuo Yi’s eagerness for battle, establishing him as the dominant force in the encounter.

Chapter Summary: Something Wonderful (2/2)

Key Plot Points and Events

• Zuo Yi defeats the Rock-Armored Mountain Apes with astonishing speed despite having nearly all of his Battle Aura and Radiant Power sealed by the world’s laws.
• Exploiting the apes’ poor agility, he uses superior footwork, reflexes, and combat experience to weave through their formation without being hit.
• The Red Dragon Sword easily cuts through the Rock-Armored Mountain Apes’ stone defenses. Zuo Yi kills several in rapid succession while avoiding prolonged engagements with the stronger Giant-Strength Mountain Apes.
• A wounded Rock-Armored Mountain Ape activates a desperate ability, transforming its stone armor into a barrage of sharp spikes. Zuo Yi evades the attack by using a Giant-Strength Mountain Ape as a shield.
• The spikes injure the Giant-Strength Mountain Ape, which loses control and kills the wounded Rock-Armored Mountain Ape with its axe. Zuo Yi then decapitates the injured Giant-Strength Mountain Ape.
• The remaining Mountain Apes panic and flee toward the mountain peak, recognizing that they cannot defeat Zuo Yi.
• Zuo Yi refrains from pursuing them after discovering that a faint flame of Battle Aura has returned to his palm. He suspects that killing the Mountain Apes has weakened the seal on his powers.
• He theorizes that the Small World may actually be a special Trial Space governed by unique rules, possibly allowing him to gain “experience” and recover strength by defeating its inhabitants.
• Zuo Yi discovers Magic Crystals inside the Mountain Ape corpses, collecting several from the Rock-Armored Mountain Apes and an even greater number from the Giant-Strength Mountain Ape.

Character Development

• Zuo Yi demonstrates his overwhelming combat expertise, relying on precision, speed, tactical awareness, and battlefield experience rather than brute force or supernatural enhancements.
• His ability to identify and exploit the apes’ lack of agility highlights his adaptability and strategic intelligence.
• Zuo Yi becomes increasingly curious about the nature of the Small World and begins treating the Mountain Apes as a means of testing its laws and recovering his sealed powers.
• His discovery of the returning Battle Aura gives him renewed confidence and a possible path toward regaining his full strength.

Significant Themes

• Skill versus raw power: Zuo Yi defeats physically stronger enemies through technique, mobility, and experience.
• Adaptation and tactical control: He turns the Mountain Apes’ own size, weapons, and lack of coordination against them.
• Power recovery and progression: The return of even a tiny amount of Battle Aura suggests a system resembling leveling up through combat.
• Mystery of the Trial Space: The chapter deepens the uncertainty surrounding the Small World and hints that it may operate according to artificial or specially designed rules.
• Resource gathering and advancement: The Magic Crystals offer both a tangible reward for victory and a potential source of future power.

Character Interactions

• Zuo Yi deliberately avoids fighting the Giant-Strength Mountain Apes directly, instead targeting the weaker Rock-Armored Mountain Apes and frustrating the larger creatures.
• His maneuvering causes the Mountain Apes to interfere with one another, including two Rock-Armored Mountain Apes striking each other.
• He uses one Giant-Strength Mountain Ape as protection from another ape’s indiscriminate spike attack.
• The wounded Giant-Strength Mountain Ape retaliates blindly, killing its own ally before Zuo Yi finishes it.
• The surviving Mountain Apes are terrified by Zuo Yi’s methods and flee toward the Mountain Ape King, setting up the next confrontation.

Summary: Mountain Ape King (1/2)

1. Key Plot Points & Events

• Zuo Yi harvests intact Magic Crystals and materials from the Rock-Armored and Giant-Strength Mountain Apes he killed.
• He follows the retreating apes' trail up the mountain and discovers their lair: a rocky area with dozens of caves, hundreds of apes, and the Mountain Ape King.
• The Mountain Ape King is a small white ape wearing a robe, carrying a bone staff, and guarded by elite apes.
• The king communicates with Zuo Yi using a special plant root (Konjac) that grants mutual language comprehension.
• Zuo Yi states he only wants to climb the summit to survey the land. The king refuses, declaring the summit is tribal sacred ground where ancestors are buried.
• Zuo Yi gives an ultimatum: submit or die.
• The king attacks first, using telekinetic stone projectiles and summoning sharp stone spikes from the ground, while the ape mob hurls stones and axes.
• Zuo Yi's full Rock Dragon Leather Armor protects him from the spikes; he closes in to capture the king.

2. Character Developments

• Zuo Yi: Pragmatic, efficient, and ruthless when provoked. He initially shows willingness to negotiate, but does not tolerate opposition. He acts decisively to "capture the commander" — targeting the king directly.
• The Mountain Ape King: Proud and protective of his tribe's heritage. His reaction to Zuo Yi's ultimatum ("The ape race shall never be slaves!") reveals a deep-seated defiance and fear of subjugation.

3. Significant Themes

• Territory & Sacred Ground: The king's refusal centers on the sanctity of ancestral burial grounds, clashing with Zuo Yi's practical need for elevation.
• Communication & Misunderstanding: Language barriers are bridged only through a magical item; even then, negotiation fails due to irreconcilable demands and prior bloodshed.
• Power & Conquest: Zuo Yi represents overwhelming individual power; the apes rely on numbers and magic but are outmatched.
• Escalation: Initial curiosity/peaceful intent erodes into open warfare due to pride and irreconcilable stances.

4. Character Interactions

• Zuo Yi & Mountain Ape King: Brief armed negotiation, then immediate combat. The king attempts to intimidate and crush Zuo Yi with ranged magic; Zuo Yi advances unharmed, intending to seize him physically.
• Zuo Yi & Ape Tribe: The apes rage over their fallen kin but obey the king's command to silence; their coordinated attack shows tribal discipline.
• Mountain Ape King & His Subjects: He holds absolute authority; his gesture with the staff quells their fury, and they fight in support of him.

Chapter Summary: Found It (2/2)

Key plot points and events

Zuo Yi captures the Mountain Ape King alive, hoping to negotiate and possibly avoid enslaving the Shijia Tribe. However, the king refuses to cooperate and detonates its own Magic Crystal, killing itself in a violent explosion. Enraged by their leader’s death, the remaining Mountain Apes launch a desperate attack. Zuo Yi responds with overwhelming force, killing the entire group—including the Giant-Strength Mountain Apes—within minutes. The battle releases nearly one percent of his sealed Battle Aura.
After collecting several Magic Crystals, Zuo Yi continues to the mountaintop, where he surveys the surrounding sea and mountains. Using advanced binoculars from his Spatial Ring, he locates a Halo Gate near a small lake and records its position with his phone. On his descent, he notices a Mountain Ape cub following him. Rather than harm it, he gives it a piece of fruit and continues on, leaving the frightened but curious cub behind.

Character developments

Zuo Yi demonstrates both his willingness to negotiate and his ruthless decisiveness. He initially intends to spare the Mountain Ape King and treat the apes fairly, but once the king chooses suicide and the others attack, he shows no hesitation in exterminating them. The battle awakens a dangerous desire in him to hunt more magical beasts and unlock all his suppressed powers, but he successfully restrains this temptation and remains focused on finding a way home. His treatment of the surviving elderly apes and the cub also reveals that his brutality is controlled rather than indiscriminate.

Significant themes

The chapter emphasizes the conflict between peaceful cooperation and violent instinct, as well as the destructive consequences of pride and fanaticism. The Mountain Ape King’s suicide reflects its fierce, uncompromising nature, while the tribe’s refusal to retreat highlights loyalty and collective courage even in hopeless circumstances. Zuo Yi’s growing power introduces the theme of temptation: the release of Battle Aura encourages him to pursue slaughter and domination, but his self-control keeps him aligned with his larger objective. The discovery of the Halo Gate marks a shift from survival toward escape and exploration.

Character interactions

Zuo Yi attempts to communicate with the Mountain Ape King while holding it captive, but the king responds by exploding itself rather than submitting. The remaining apes attack him out of grief and rage, fighting together until they are destroyed. Later, Zuo Yi has a quiet, indirect interaction with the Mountain Ape cub: he offers it food, and the cub cautiously accepts it while watching him depart. This final encounter contrasts with the chapter’s violence and suggests a more compassionate side to Zuo Yi.

Chapter Summary: "Loyalty (1/2)"

Key Plot Points

• Zuo Yi returns to the Goblin village to find it celebrating: the Goblins found one of the two missing hikers, Shao Yong
• Shao Yong had fallen into a stone pit after being teleported, breaking his leg; he survived the night and crawled out using vine roots
• Zuo Yi sets Shao Yong's broken leg, binds it, and administers healing potion (Holy Healing unusable due to world-law suppression)
• Zuo Yi announces he has found the passage back and will take the hikers home
• One hiker remains missing: Meng Licheng. Zuo Yi instructs the Goblins to keep searching, promising a double reward
• Zuo Yi reveals he killed the Mountain Ape King and cleared the orchard, rewarding the Goblins with jerky and access to fruit
• The elderly Goblin priest (Gelu) swears an oath of eternal loyalty to Zuo Yi by the Earth Mother Goddess
• The group travels to the Halo Gate and returns to the mountain path on Shennong Mountain

Character Developments

• Zuo Yi: Demonstrates leadership and generosity—rewards service, follows through on promises, and shows strategic thinking by cultivating the Goblin tribe as future allies
• Cai Xiangming & hikers: Experience profound relief and gratitude; their initial "adventure-seeking" arrogance has been replaced by humility and recognition of their luck
• Shao Yong: Cries like a child upon seeing his companions, having feared the Goblins would cook him; his "adventure" mindset is thoroughly shattered
• Elderly Goblin priest (Gelu): Pledges absolute loyalty to Zuo Yi, motivated both by Zuo Yi's strength and by his avenging the tribe against the Mountain Apes

Significant Themes

• Recklessness vs. reality: The hikers' thoughtless rush into the Halo Gate contrasts sharply with the real danger they faced
• Loyalty and reward: Zuo Yi's principle of reciprocating service with reward earns genuine allegiance
• Power imbalance: The Goblins' survival depends on submission to stronger beings; Zuo Yi offers a more benevolent alternative
• Luck and consequence: The chapter emphasizes how narrowly the hikers escaped death due to fortunate circumstances

Character Interactions

• Zuo Yi treats Shao Yong's injury with skill and efficiency, then reassures the group about the journey home
• Cai Xiangming and the others express overwhelming gratitude, with several weeping from relief
• Zuo Yi commands the Goblin priest confidently, while Gelu responds with terrified reverence and a solemn oath
• The hikers' concern for Meng Licheng is acknowledged but secondary to their desire to escape

Summary of “Return (2/2)”

1. Key Plot Points

• Zuo Yi returns through the Halo Gate to find the mountain path transformed overnight: a steel-framed shed, fortified defenses, scientific instruments, over a hundred staff, and armed security now surround the gate.
• He is immediately targeted by guards and Transcendent-level gazes, but Shen Deping recognizes him and orders weapons lowered.
• Zuo Yi undergoes mandatory disinfection and is debriefed alongside the other rescued tourists, who are detained for examination.
• In a meeting with officials, Zuo Yi recounts his time in the Small World: rescuing tourists, subduing Goblins, eliminating Mountain Apes, and gathering intelligence.
• A Ministry of Internal Affairs representative, Chen Qi, questions how Zuo Yi killed monsters without superpowers; Zuo Yi explains he is also a Martial Artist.
• Zuo Yi announces he will return to the Small World in a few days and advises against provoking the Goblins.
• He leaves by helicopter, leaps down into his courtyard, and is greeted by his dog Taike and daughter Bao’er.

2. Character Developments

• Zuo Yi: Demonstrates calm authority, strategic restraint, and protective warmth. He is both a formidable powerhouse and a devoted father.
• Chen Qi: Starts skeptical and probing, but quickly backs down when reminded of Zuo Yi’s Alpha-Rank status—showing political caution.
• Shen Deping: Acts as Zuo Yi’s ally, reinforcing his credibility and smoothing over tensions.

3. Significant Themes

• National mobilization: The state’s rapid military/scientific response to the Halo Gate.
• Power and respect: Zuo Yi’s strength grants him leverage over skeptical officials.
• Otherworld mystery: The Small World’s connection to Blue Star and the Wilds World remains a looming unknown.
• Home/family: Zuo Yi’s return re-centers his purpose beyond duty.

4. Character Interactions

• Zuo Yi with security/staff: He is initially treated as a threat, then as a VIP.
• Zuo Yi with Chen Qi and officials: Tense questioning resolved through Shen Deping’s intervention; Zuo Yi remains non-confrontational but unyielding.
• Zuo Yi with Bao’er/Taike: Warm, affectionate reunion—contrasting his harsh otherworld experience.

Summary of Chapter: "Believe in Miracles"

1. Key Plot Points and Events

• Zuo Yi unexpectedly returns home to Hang City early because he missed his daughter, Bao'er.
• He brings back two large, unnamed fruits from the Small World, which he calls "mountain fruits" and shares them with Bao'er and his aunt Fang Yonghe.
• He reveals he must return to Shennong Mountain: one tourist (Meng Licheng) from the group that disappeared through the Halo Gate is still missing.
• Zuo Yi decides to take Taike (the family dog) with him, reasoning that the dog’s keen sense of smell could help in the search and to test him in the Small World.
• He flies back to Shennong Mountain in under an hour, greatly strengthened by his abilities.
• At the Halo Gate, he learns that Meng Licheng’s parents want to come up to the site. Zuo Yi decides to go meet them personally.

2. Character Developments

• Zuo Yi: Shows deep care for his daughter and a strong sense of responsibility toward the missing tourist. He is willing to go to great lengths (including a 2,000 km round trip) to bring back a dog for the search. Despite low confidence, he remains determined and hopeful.
• Bao'er: Demonstrates obedience, generosity (shares fruit with her great-aunt), and concern for Taike’s well-being, showing emotional maturity.
• Taike: The dog is reluctant and fearful when taken away, but shows loyalty by obeying Bao'er’s instructions — though he clearly senses something ominous.
• Fang Yonghe: Acts as a caring family figure, fussing over Zuo Yi and Bao'er.

3. Significant Themes

• Belief in Miracles: Central theme — Zuo Yi acknowledges he is not confident but hopes for a miracle for the missing man, reflecting hope against odds.
• Family Bonds: Zuo Yi’s love for Bao'er and her affection for him; the warm domestic moment contrasts with his dangerous mission.
• Responsibility and Sacrifice: Zuo Yi chooses to leave his family again to save a stranger, emphasizing duty and selflessness.
• Uncertainty of the Small World: The risks and mysteries of the otherworld are highlighted; even the search is unpredictable.

4. Character Interactions

• Zuo Yi & Bao'er: Affectionate, playful; Bao'er kisses him and shares her food, while Zuo Yi brings gifts and reassures her.
• Zuo Yi & Fang Yonghe: Casual, familial; she complains about unannounced visits but still cooks for him.
• Zuo Yi & Taike: Teasing and dominant; Zuo Yi ignores the dog’s protests and carries him off, while Taike seeks Bao'er’s protection.
• Zuo Yi & Shen Deping: Professional and direct; Shen asks about chances of rescue, Zuo Yi answers honestly.
• Zuo Yi & Security/messenger: Decisive — he chooses to personally meet the missing tourist’s parents, showing compassion and accountability.

Key Plot Points

• Meng Licheng's distraught parents confront Zuo Yi, begging for their son's life. Zuo Yi promises to bring Meng Licheng back if he is alive.
• Zuo Yi's "Faith Imprints" for keeping promises and compassion activate, revealing that his true motive is gaining Faith Power from good deeds, not fame or wealth.
• Zuo Yi returns to the Small World, where time flows similarly to the Main World (it is night).
• He tests Taike, his dog, discovering that Taike retains all its Abyssal abilities while Zuo Yi's own powers remain restricted—making Taike a valuable asset.
• The Goblins have found salvaged belongings (phones, wallets, ID cards) from a missing person. Zuo Yi uses Taike's new scent-tracking talent to follow the trail, heading south of the Blood Moon.

Character Developments

• Zuo Yi demonstrates a pragmatic, transactional morality: he uses the parents' hope to guarantee Faith Power, yet shows genuine compassion by pledging his best effort.
• Taike is disciplined, obedient, and surprisingly powerful in this world. Zuo Yi reinforces his dominance physically to prevent rebellion.
• The Goblin priest and tribe prove loyal, actively assisting in the search.

Significant Themes

• Faith & reward: Good deeds are incentivized by a supernatural system; virtue has tangible benefits.
• Power dynamics: Zuo Yi must rely on allies and creatures who are less restricted by the world's laws.
• Hope & desperation: The parents' emotional vulnerability highlights the stakes of the rescue mission.

Character Interactions

• Zuo Yi reassures Meng Licheng's father and mother, who nearly kneel to him; he supports them and promises action.
• Zuo Yi tests Taike, who is surprised by his weakened aura, then cowers after a punch—showing their master–pet hierarchy.
• Zuo Yi coordinates with the Goblin priest, who presents recovered evidence and confirms expanded search efforts.

Here is a concise summary of the chapter:

1. Key Plot Points and Events

• Meng Licheng is stranded alone in a strange jungle world after rushing through the "Halo Gate." He has been without food or sleep for nearly two days, surviving on dew and fighting off monsters with a crude wooden stick.
• He is surrounded by a pack of unknown beasts and prepares to die, but a giant dog-like beast frightens them off and confronts him instead.
• The dog's owner arrives and reveals himself as Zuo Yi, who was sent to rescue Meng Licheng.
• Zuo Yi gives Meng Licheng food/drink and clean clothes, then asks if he can walk. Meng Licheng says yes, showing surprising resilience.
• The chapter ends with Zuo Yi noting that all seven missing ordinary people survived, and he wonders whether Meng Licheng's supernatural resilience existed before or only appeared after entering the Small World—an "extremely important question."

2. Character Developments

• Meng Licheng: Starts overwhelmed, regretful, and despairing, but gradually finds the will to keep living for his parents. He shows bravery by fighting rather than giving up, and is deeply grateful for rescue. His endurance hints at a possible latent supernatural ability.
• Zuo Yi: Resourceful and decisive (brought the giant dog Taike to track Meng Licheng). He is compassionate, practical, and analytically minded, immediately noting the significance of Meng Licheng's survival.

3. Significant Themes

• Survival and the will to live.
• Guilt and regret over impulsive decisions.
• Gratitude and compassion in rescue.
• The unknown origins of supernatural abilities and their significance.

4. Character Interactions

• Meng Licheng and beasts: He kills two monsters earlier, then is nearly killed by a larger pack, showing his helplessness.
• Taike (the giant dog) and Meng Licheng: Taike initially terrifies him, but under Zuo Yi's control, becomes harmless.
• Zuo Yi and Meng Licheng: Zuo Yi calmly reassures Meng Licheng, gives him supplies, and assesses his condition. Meng Licheng expresses repeated, tearful gratitude and regains initiative by insisting he can walk.

Chapter Summary: “Trial World (2/2)”

• Return to the Halo Gate: Zuo Yi and Meng Licheng reach the Halo Gate beside the red-lit lake. Meng is desperate to return to Blue Star and reunite with his parents, but Zuo Yi stops him first to conduct an experiment.
• Testing the Trial World’s rules: Taike brings them a living Wolf Beast. Zuo Yi gives Meng a Meteoric Iron Sword and orders him to kill it. Though initially hesitant, Meng draws on his previous experience fighting monsters and kills the beast after several strikes.
• Meng’s awakening progresses: Zuo Yi observes that Meng’s body briefly absorbs the surrounding moonlight after the Wolf Beast dies. His extraordinary traits become more pronounced, confirming Zuo Yi’s theory that the Small World is a special Trial Space. Killing monsters grants ordinary people “experience” or rewards that gradually enhance their abilities and may eventually awaken them as true superhumans.
• Zuo Yi’s deduction: Zuo Yi compares the world to Trial Spaces created by powerful Tower grand wizards in Sadea, where people train by fighting magical creatures. He realizes that this space could potentially produce extraordinary individuals on a large scale. The discovery would be enormously valuable—and dangerous—if the Superhuman Federation or Administration learned of it. Zuo Yi predicts that Blue Star will become even more unstable as nations compete to exploit the world.
• Meng returns to Blue Star: Unaware that he has missed a major opportunity to continue leveling up and become extraordinary, Meng eagerly enters the Halo Gate. Zuo Yi follows with Taike after patting the beast, who shrinks back to its normal form.
• Rescue and celebration: They reappear on the mountain road at Shennong Mountain. All seven tourists trapped in the other world have returned alive, prompting celebration among the rescuers.
• International competition begins: Shen Deping informs Zuo Yi that America, Europe, Yiluo, Tislan, and other nations have already begun sending personnel and supplies through their own Halo Gates. Blue Star governments see the new world as a source of immense resources and wealth, especially because its gates have no apparent entry restrictions. A fierce global struggle over exploration and control is about to begin.

Character Developments and Interactions

• Zuo Yi acts cautiously and analytically, prioritizing investigation over Meng’s immediate desire to return. His experiment confirms the Trial World’s leveling mechanism and reveals his concern over its geopolitical consequences.
• Meng Licheng shows growing courage and combat ability. He is no longer paralyzed by killing monsters, but remains innocent of the larger opportunity and danger surrounding the Trial World.
• Taike continues to serve as Zuo Yi’s obedient and powerful companion, capturing the Wolf Beast and restraining it without killing it.
• Zuo Yi and Shen Deping share information as trusted allies: Shen reports the international response, while Zuo Yi returns from the world with crucial knowledge about its hidden rules.

Significant Themes

• Power through trials: Combat and survival function as a system for awakening latent abilities.
• Knowledge and missed opportunities: Zuo Yi understands the Trial World’s potential, while Meng unknowingly leaves before gaining more power.
• Global competition: The discovery transforms a local rescue mission into the beginning of an international contest for resources, territory, and supernatural advancement.
• Rising instability: The new world promises progress but also threatens to intensify conflict and disrupt the already fragile balance on Blue Star.

Chapter Summary: "Debate (1/2)"

Setting: Temporary command headquarters at Shennong Mountain. A policy meeting is underway regarding the newly discovered New World.

1. Key Plot Points & Events

• Chen Qi (Ministry of Internal Affairs special representative) proposes immediately deploying an elite force to the New World to establish a base and secure resources, citing that other nations (America, Europe, Yiluo, Tislan, India, Japan) have already launched large-scale operations.
• Most attendees agree, viewing the New World as a highly valuable and accessible resource (entry threshold ten times lower than the Wilds World).
• Chen Qi suggests a first batch of roughly 3,000 elite National Defense Army soldiers, citing their combat capability, discipline, and loyalty.
• Zuo Yi, an expert on the New World, disagrees and instead recommends only 30–50 high-tier professional martial artists for the first batch.
• Zuo Yi argues that the New World is likely a Trial Space with unknown rules, and sending large numbers blindly would be irresponsible and dangerous.
• Chen Qi grows frustrated, accusing Zuo Yi of opposing him personally, but Zuo Yi defends his stance as being for Daxia's interests.
• The meeting is interrupted by a group of newcomers; a burly, rugged man asks Zuo Yi for the basis of his judgment. Chapter ends on a cliffhanger.

2. Character Developments

• Zuo Yi: Demonstrates foresight, caution, and willingness to go against the majority opinion. He emphasizes understanding new rules before acting, hinting at a deeper knowledge or intuition about the New World. Remains composed under pressure.
• Chen Qi: Ambitious and eager to secure Daxia's interests, but also impulsive and somewhat arrogant. He resents Zuo Yi's authority and tries to use the meeting to marginalize him. Shows a competitive, political side.
• Shen Deping (implied): Present but mostly silent, observing the debate without intervening—likely weighing both sides.
• New Arrival (unknown): A physically imposing figure who interrupts and challenges Zuo Yi's reasoning, suggesting he may hold higher authority or represent a major faction.

3. Significant Themes

• Resource Scarcity & Geopolitical Competition: The New World is seen as a critical opportunity, and nations are racing to exploit it.
• Risk vs. Rewards: Chen Qi advocates for rapid, large-scale action; Zuo Yi urges caution and incremental exploration.
• Authority and Expertise: Tension between political expediency and technical/scientific judgment, especially regarding Zuo Yi's suspected Alpha status.
• Unknown Dangers: The New World's nature (a Trial Space) is not yet understood—implying hidden rules and threats that could overwhelm unprepared forces.

4. Character Interactions

• Chen Qi vs. Zuo Yi: Central confrontation. Chen Qi tries to railroad the meeting, while Zuo Yi calmly challenges his assumptions, leading to a sharp exchange.
• The broader audience: Most attendees side with Chen Qi initially, but Zuo Yi's arguments cause some to hesitate. No one openly intervenes until the new arrivals show up.
• The new group's entrance: Abruptly cuts off the debate, shifting focus to Zuo Yi's credentials and the legitimacy of his claims. Their arrival teases a power shift in the decision-making process.

Chapter Summary: Daxia’s First Family (2/2)

Key Plot Points and Events

• Fan Haichao, head of the powerful Fan Family and Fan Faction, arrives at the command center with his nephew Fan Shaoyu and a large group of elite superhumans.
• Fan Haichao is revealed to be a Peak A-Rank superhuman and the younger brother of Fan Hailiu, Daxia’s first Alpha-Rank powerhouse. Fan Shaoyu, an A-Rank prodigy and veteran of the Wilds World, is introduced as one of the younger generation’s leading figures.
• The Fan delegation’s overwhelming strength immediately shifts the balance of power in the meeting.
• Zuo Yi explains that the New World is a “Trial Space”: superhumans entering it will have their abilities suppressed, while ordinary people can gain superhuman power by killing the monsters and magical beasts inside.
• Fan Haichao is stunned by the New World’s immense potential, recognizing that it could become an invaluable resource for the Fan Family and Daxia.
• Zuo Yi recommends cautiously sending an initial group of twenty or thirty people to establish rules and assess the dangers.
• Fan Shaoyu rejects the cautious approach and supports Chen Qi’s more aggressive proposal. He reveals that the Fan Family has brought the newly completed Super Cannon, a powerful weapon capable of seriously injuring even Alpha-Rank superhumans.
• The revelation shocks Shen Deping, who realizes the Fan Family has come prepared to seize control of the New World and may be acting under Fan Hailiu’s direction.
• Fan Shaoyu begins preparations for immediate exploration. Fan Haichao then leaves with Chen Qi to inspect the portal, followed by the other participants.
• Zuo Yi and Shen Deping remain behind as the storm intensifies. A powerful typhoon is expected to make landfall within two hours.

Character Developments

• Zuo Yi: Remains calm and principled despite the Fan Family’s intimidating presence. He advocates caution and refuses to be pressured by their status or military power.
• Fan Haichao: Establishes himself as a formidable and politically influential leader. Though outwardly composed, he is deeply interested in exploiting the New World and tests Zuo Yi’s authority.
• Fan Shaoyu: Displays arrogance, confidence, and impatience. His actions show that he favors rapid expansion and believes the Fan Family possesses enough power to overcome any danger.
• Shen Deping: Demonstrates extensive knowledge of the Super Cannon and becomes increasingly wary of the Fan Family’s intentions.
• Chen Qi: Gains Fan Shaoyu’s approval but appears to lose practical control of the situation as the Fan Family takes command.
• Fan Hailiu: Does not appear, but his immense influence is felt throughout the chapter. His reputation and possible involvement strengthen the Fan Family’s position.

Significant Themes

• Power and political influence: The Fan Family’s arrival shows how military strength, family prestige, and superhuman ability can dominate decision-making.
• Caution versus ambition: Zuo Yi urges controlled experimentation, while Fan Shaoyu pushes for immediate action and conquest.
• The value of the New World: Its ability to grant ordinary people superhuman power makes it a resource capable of reshaping Daxia’s balance of power.
• Technological escalation: The Super Cannon represents the growing combination of advanced technology, Wilds World resources, and superhuman warfare.
• Authority and control: The meeting gradually shifts from an official discussion under Zuo Yi and Chen Qi to a situation effectively controlled by the Fan Family.

Character Interactions

• Zuo Yi and Fan Haichao exchange formal greetings, with Fan Haichao subtly assessing Zuo Yi’s position and strength.
• Fan Shaoyu openly challenges Zuo Yi’s cautious approach and aligns himself with Chen Qi.
• Fan Haichao and Fan Shaoyu work together smoothly, with the elder giving approval while the younger takes decisive action.
• Shen Deping reacts strongly to the Super Cannon’s revelation and privately recognizes the threat posed by the Fan Family’s preparations.
• Chen Qi eagerly cooperates with Fan Haichao, while the other participants follow to avoid being excluded from the New World expedition.
• Zuo Yi and Shen Deping are left behind, observing the growing crisis as both the Fan Family’s intervention and the approaching typhoon raise the stakes.

Chapter Summary: “Dragon Cavalry Guard”

Key Plot Points and Events

• At dawn, thousands of heavily armed soldiers assemble along the road to Shennong Mountain. They are identified as the Dragon Cavalry Guard, one of Daxia’s former Royal Twelve Guards.
• Although the old imperial guard system has largely become ceremonial, the remaining guards are controlled by the leaders of Daxia’s major factions. The Dragon Cavalry Guard is commanded by Fan Haichao, head of the powerful Fan Faction.
• After learning about the New World and its Trial Space, the Fan Family rapidly mobilizes a large force to seize control of the expedition from the Military Department, Ministry of Internal Affairs, Superhuman Federation, and Superhuman Administration.
• Fan Haichao brings half of the Dragon Cavalry Guard—around 1,500 soldiers—along with more than 400 support personnel and several high-level superhumans. Roughly 2,000 people are scheduled to enter first.
• The other government organizations plan to send later groups, while the Superhuman Federation is expected to follow. Shen Deping chooses not to participate in the first wave because he believes the factions are acting too hastily.
• Zuo Yi suspects that sending so many people into the Trial Space will cause a catastrophe, but he has no direct evidence and no compelling reason to intervene. He also recognizes that confronting the Fan Family could provoke them into using their rumored “Super Cannon.”
• The chapter ends with uncertainty over whether Fan Haichao and Fan Shaoyu will personally enter the Trial Space alongside their troops.

Character Developments

• Zuo Yi remains observant and cautious. He recognizes the danger facing the Dragon Cavalry Guard but refuses to act as a self-sacrificing savior, emphasizing that he is a lawful and principled person rather than an absolutely benevolent one.
• Shen Deping openly aligns himself with Zuo Yi despite the political danger. He believes the Superhuman Administration needs a new Alpha and understands that the Fan Family fears Zuo Yi’s rise because it could threaten its influence.
• Fan Haichao and Fan Shaoyu are portrayed as aggressive representatives of the Fan Family’s ambition. Their presence demonstrates how seriously the family regards control of the New World.
• The Dragon Cavalry Guard is shown to possess fanatical loyalty to the Fan Family, with many soldiers being orphans raised by the family and willing to obey even suicidal orders.

Significant Themes

• Political power and factional competition: The New World has become a strategic prize, prompting the Fan Family and major institutions to compete for control.
• Fear of emerging power: The Fan Family’s opposition to Zuo Yi is driven by the possibility that he may become another Alpha and disrupt the existing balance of power.
• Loyalty and exploitation: The Dragon Cavalry Guard’s devotion reflects how the Fan Family has cultivated personal loyalty through adoption and upbringing.
• Greed versus responsibility: The established factions prioritize securing the New World’s benefits over carefully assessing the dangers of the Trial Space.
• Pragmatism and moral limits: Zuo Yi understands the impending danger but chooses not to interfere, refusing to endanger himself for people who deliberately excluded him.

Character Interactions

• Shen Deping explains the Dragon Cavalry Guard’s history, size, and deployment to Zuo Yi.
• Zuo Yi questions whether the Military Department and Ministry of Internal Affairs objected to the Fan Family’s takeover.
• Shen Deping reassures Zuo Yi that he supports his position and criticizes the Fan Family’s greed and fear of a new Alpha.
• Their conversation strengthens their mutual trust, with Shen Deping taking a politically risky stand beside Zuo Yi.
• Zuo Yi and Shen Deping agree that the Fan Family and other institutions are rushing recklessly into the Trial Space, though only Zuo Yi senses how severe the consequences may be.

Chapter Summary: World’s Malice (2/2)

Key Plot Points and Events

• At dawn, the Fan Faction sends its two-thousand-man vanguard—including fifteen hundred Dragon Cavalry Guards—into the Trial Space through the teleportation circle.
• Fan Haichao remains outside with Zuo Yi, attempting to pressure or control him. He asks Zuo Yi to enter the Trial Space, but Zuo Yi refuses, claiming that sending too many people inside will create trouble and joking that he is simply afraid of death.
• Fan Haichao views Zuo Yi as both valuable and dangerous. He recognizes that Zuo Yi may possess Alpha-level strength but still believes the Fan Faction can suppress him if necessary.
• Fan Haichao’s real goal is to establish a Fan-controlled base in the New World, seize its mineral deposits and special resources, and secure the family’s future power.
• Inside the Trial Space, Dragon Cavalry Guard second lieutenant Fan Hongcheng recovers from teleportation and follows protocol by contacting the operation’s commander, Fan Dongchen.
• The unfamiliar world quickly disrupts their communications equipment. Fan Hongcheng uses the brief transmission to locate Fan Dongchen before discarding the useless radio.
• While traveling through a dense forest, Fan Hongcheng notices an unnatural silence. Sentient vines suddenly attack him, dragging him down and attempting to surround him.
• He cuts himself free and escapes, but the forest appears hostile and alive, as though the entire environment itself is attacking the intruders.
• Explosions and signal flares rise from the forest, indicating that many Dragon Cavalry Guards are in serious danger and requesting warning or assistance.

Character Developments

• Zuo Yi: Remains calm, cautious, and independent. He refuses to be manipulated into entering an unknown environment for the Fan Faction, showing that he prioritizes his own judgment over family or political pressure.
• Fan Haichao: Is revealed to be ambitious and calculating. He respects Zuo Yi’s power but intends either to control or suppress him. His larger ambition is to turn the New World into a resource base for the Fan Family.
• Fan Hongcheng: Is introduced as loyal, disciplined, and courageous. His orphan background and upbringing through the Fan Clan’s charity system explain his deep gratitude and willingness to risk his life for the Fan Family. Despite being surprised by the alien environment, he remains composed and reacts effectively under attack.
• Fan Dongchen: Acts as the operation’s commander, attempting to gather the scattered Dragon Cavalry Guards, though his communication is quickly cut off.

Significant Themes

• Political ambition and control: The Fan Faction views the New World not merely as a dangerous frontier but as an opportunity for wealth, influence, and hereditary power.
• Loyalty and exploitation: Fan Hongcheng’s devotion to the Fan Family stems from the support they provided during his childhood, suggesting both genuine loyalty and the possibility that the family has cultivated obedience through dependence.
• Human arrogance versus an alien world: The Fan Faction enters with military organization and advanced equipment, but the Trial Space’s rules and environment quickly undermine their confidence.
• Nature as an enemy: The hostile vines and lifeless silence portray the New World as actively malicious, transforming the environment itself into a threat.
• Caution versus recklessness: Zuo Yi’s refusal to enter contrasts with the Fan Faction’s aggressive expedition, reinforcing the danger of acting without understanding the Trial Space.

Character Interactions

• Fan Haichao attempts to draw Zuo Yi into the expedition while subtly asserting the Fan Faction’s authority and strength.
• Zuo Yi responds with dismissive humor, refusing to submit to Fan Haichao’s expectations.
• Fan Haichao privately evaluates Zuo Yi as both a potential asset and a threat, while Zuo Yi remains wary of the Fan Family’s motives.
• Within the Trial Space, Fan Hongcheng follows Fan Dongchen’s command and tries to reunite with the expedition forces, but the hostile environment interrupts their coordination and leaves the soldiers increasingly isolated.