Chapter Summaries

Key plot points and events

• The Great Yokai praises Chen Feng’s ability to conceal his aura, then fights Li Guolong. Though Li can devastate the battlefield, the Yokai toys with him and ultimately kills him.
• The Yokai catches up with Chen Feng’s fleeing group and tries to recruit Old Wolf, promising to heal him and make him Wolf King.
• Old Wolf refuses to betray Chen Feng and uses the wolf clan’s Wind Manipulation. The attack proves to be the powerful Threefold Divine Wind, blinding the Yokai and crippling his Divine Sense—even after he destroys and reforms his body.
• Unable to locate the fugitives, the Yokai unleashes a devastating attack that kills every living thing within hundreds of miles. Chen Feng orders No Item Drop on Death and reloads his save, returning ten years to the past.
• Chen Feng accepts that his plans and cultivation progress do not carry over unless completed, but considers the knowledge gained from the failed timeline worthwhile. He sets three new goals: reach Foundation Establishment through the system, survive Nascent Soul Tribulation Lightning, and find a hidden place to undergo it.
• He reactivates the Demon-Slaying System and chooses two new Chat Group categories. After weighing science fiction against supernatural and Western fantasy, he opts for supernatural and Western fantasy.

Character developments and interactions

• Chen Feng stays composed during the crisis, uses the encounter to test Old Wolf’s loyalty, and treats the failed timeline as a valuable experiment rather than a loss.
• Old Wolf proves his loyalty by rejecting the Great Yokai’s offer and attacking him despite the overwhelming danger.
• Li Guolong displays impressive defensive strength but is outmatched by the Great Yokai, revealing the vast gap between them.
• The Great Yokai is playful and curious at first, but becomes frustrated when Old Wolf blinds him and resorts to indiscriminate destruction.
• The group reacts with panic and comic confusion: Yellow Hair wants to help, the fat man is astonished by the fight, and Erha is mainly concerned about food.

Significant themes

• Loyalty tested under pressure: Old Wolf’s choice confirms his allegiance when betrayal could have brought him safety and power.
• Learning through failure: Chen Feng uses a doomed timeline to gather information and refine his next attempt.
• Power versus specialized abilities: The Yokai’s overwhelming strength is temporarily thwarted by the Threefold Divine Wind’s unusual effects.
• Death and persistence: The save-and-reload system lets Chen Feng turn catastrophic defeat into another opportunity.

Key plot points and events

• The Cultivation Chat Group reopens, and its members discover that time passes at different rates in their worlds: only ten years have passed for Chen Feng, but 340 years for the Unlucky Corpse Emperor.
• First Saint Demon Venerable asks whether Chen Feng’s cultivation has improved. Chen Feng admits he has made no progress, despite living in a world where spiritual roots seem unusually common.
• The Demon Venerable uploads two linked cultivation manuals: a fast-growing “child” technique that exhausts its user’s potential, and a slow “parent” technique that lets its practitioner control and drain the child-volume cultivator. Chen Feng considers whether the child technique could help more people cultivate, but learns it is unique to each world and timeline.
• The Demon Venerable explains that the Ten Thousand Souls Banner is also unique because it is made from the one Human Emperor Hide. Chen Feng realizes this explains why the Great Yokai did not use his banner against Li Guolong.
• Chen Feng suspects the city’s five monstrous rulers know about his transmigration and have deliberately publicized the Old Mansion Incident to lure him into a trap. The group’s warnings have helped him recognize the danger.
• Two new members join: Chaos Ancient Dragon and Netherworld Star. The Corpse Emperor greets them with the group’s “Genshin—Launch!” code, revealing they are fellow Earth natives and anime-game fans.
• The Demon Venerable tries to impress the newcomers with cryptic status messages, then plans to boast about an extravagant meal. His attempt at one-upmanship collapses when Netherworld Star reveals that he eats entire planets—and would eat a star if he were not avoiding spicy food.

Character developments and interactions

• Chen Feng remains resourceful and alert. He turns the Demon Venerable’s information about unique artifacts into a new explanation for the Great Yokai’s behavior, then uses his knowledge of Cihang City’s censorship to identify a likely trap.
• First Saint Demon Venerable is both useful and self-important. He shares powerful but morally abhorrent techniques, while his effort to dominate the newcomers socially is undercut by Netherworld Star’s scale of appetite.
• Unlucky Corpse Emperor contributes brief, practical observations and establishes camaraderie with the newcomers through their shared Earth pop-culture reference.
• Chaos Ancient Dragon is introduced casually, saying he is playing with fire; Chen Feng jokes that this will make him wet the bed.
• Netherworld Star is revealed to be a planet-sized being whose casual meal is a planet, making the Demon Venerable’s boastful food plans look absurd.

Significant themes

• Time and world differences: The group links people from realities where time and even the nature of life operate on radically different scales.
• Power and exploitation: The cultivation manuals embody a system that sacrifices one person’s potential for another’s gain.
• Suspicion and survival: Chen Feng’s growing awareness of the rulers’ manipulation highlights the danger of information control and hidden traps.
• Comic deflation of arrogance: The Demon Venerable’s cultivation-world superiority and planned bragging are repeatedly punctured by the newcomers’ casual, overwhelming strangeness.

Key plot points and events

• The Chaos Ancient Dragon reveals why he is being beaten: he lives in a primordial fantasy world where small beings repeatedly revive from a bonfire. They are now hunting him to burn him as fuel, leaving him trapped and miserable.
• The Dragon is eager to visit the Demon Venerable’s world for beautiful women. The Demon Venerable welcomes him, but the Chat Group’s travel and red-packet features fail because its former host has died.
• Chen Feng promises to repair the system after defeating the monster in his own world, then steers the Dragon toward helping him. The Dragon offers magic through the group’s file-sharing feature.
• The Corpse Emperor uploads a cultivation art, leaving only one upload slot. Chen Feng consults Yellow Hair about how to round out a powerful but potentially vulnerable fighter. Yellow Hair recommends a ranged attack, anti-magic ability, or movement skill.
• Since Chen Feng already has the Sandevistan for movement, he chooses the Dragon’s Holy Tree Knight’s Greatbow, which converts magic power into increasingly powerful arrows. The Dragon then becomes occupied with a “Kindling Rite,” prompting Chen Feng to worry about his survival.

Character developments and interactions

• Chen Feng remains strategic and opportunistic: he uses the Dragon’s desire for pleasure and the group’s limited resources to secure a useful combat ability.
• The Demon Venerable tries flattery and bait to engage the Dragon, then eagerly offers hospitality when the Dragon praises him. His earlier humiliation has made him more cautious, though his vanity remains.
• The Chaos Ancient Dragon is powerful but frustrated, lustful, and easily won over by promises of women. He quickly calls the Demon Venerable and Chen Feng “adoptive father.”
• Yellow Hair shows his gaming expertise by diagnosing the fighter’s weakness and laying out practical skill choices.
• The Corpse Emperor’s upload unexpectedly consumes one of Chen Feng’s limited file slots, forcing him to choose carefully.

Significant themes

• Comic subversion of fantasy archetypes: the mighty Dragon is less a dignified ruler than a horny, beleaguered survivor.
• Resourcefulness and strategic planning: Chen Feng adapts to the Chat Group’s restrictions and selects a skill that complements his existing abilities.
• Unreliable systems and precarious survival: key group features are broken, and the Dragon’s world repeatedly threatens his existence.
• Self-interest disguised as camaraderie: characters bond and flatter one another, but often with personal goals in mind.

Key plot points and events

• The Demon-Slaying System assigns Chen Feng six targets: the Holy Cow Cult’s Dharma Protectors. Killing them will raise his cultivation, while destroying the cult will also complete his Great Benefactor Mission.
• Since the cult’s whereabouts are difficult to uncover, Chen Feng turns to Prophet India, hoping her Divination can help.
• Controlling Liu Xiaohu’s Incarnation, Chen Feng lures India into having tea and drugs her. He brings her to his gaming room, where his companions are gathered.
• India quickly deduces that “Liu Xiaohu” is an impostor. Chen Feng admits she is right and explains that he needs her prophetic abilities.
• India refuses to cooperate at first, but accepts after Chen Feng offers to teach her Magic—and, more importantly, lets her pet Erha once a day.

Character developments and interactions

• Chen Feng remains practical and ruthless, using deception and kidnapping to recruit India. He also believes he may be saving her from the tragic fate she suffered in a previous run.
• India demonstrates that her Divination is genuinely powerful, correctly reading Chen Feng’s identity and intentions. Despite her fear and indignation at being drugged, her fascination with Erha ultimately wins her over.
• Erha becomes an accidental bargaining chip; Chen Feng uses India’s obvious affection for the dog to secure her cooperation.
• Chen Feng’s companions react with surprise to his kidnapping, while India’s expectations of how a “simp” should court her provide a comic contrast to Chen Feng’s blunt methods.

Significant themes

• Power and pragmatism: Chen Feng treats killing and recruitment as straightforward means to achieve his goals.
• Fate and foreknowledge: India’s readings reveal hidden truths, though her own predictions may not tell the whole story.
• Comedy through clashing expectations: India imagines elaborate romantic courtship but instead gets drugged and recruited.
• Coercion softened by genuine concern: Chen Feng’s methods are unethical, yet he believes keeping India close may prevent her future ruin.

Chapter summary

Key plot points and events

• India uses divination to locate Protector Eye-Seeing-Joy, but first accidentally reveals that a werewolf is among the group. She then identifies a close family connection between Eye-Seeing-Joy and Yellow Hair.
• Yellow Hair admits that his mother is a devoted Holy Cow Cult follower. She donated heavily to the cult, divorced his father’s values, and sent Yellow Hair to the Internet Addiction Academy. Chen Feng realizes she may have helped the cult track the group in the past.
• Chen Feng decides they will visit Yellow Hair’s family the next day. India asks to pet Erha rather than receive the promised magic, but Erha is too exhausted to oblige.
• Erha has trained relentlessly under the Proficiency System, rapidly increasing his Yokai Power. When he tries to stop, the system forces him back into training.
• Chen Feng, Old Wolf, Yellow Hair, and India travel to Yellow Hair’s family home. India comes along partly to judge whether her kidnappers are truly good or bad.
• Yellow Hair learns his family has moved out of their upscale apartment. India persuades a guard to find their new address, which turns out to be a cheap rental.
• Outside the apartment, the group overhears Yellow Hair’s mother arguing with his older brother over money. She spent the family’s savings—including the brother’s university tuition and earnings—on religious donations. The brother has returned for his salary card before getting married, and the dispute turns physical.
• Hearing a window open, Chen Feng warns Yellow Hair to look up: his brother may be about to be thrown—or fall—out.

Character developments and interactions

• Yellow Hair reveals the painful history of his mother’s religious fanaticism and her role in sending him to the Academy. He is visibly shaken by the family’s financial decline and the discovery that his mother may have donated away their home’s value.
• India shows both her divination skill and her curiosity about the group’s morals. Her flirtatious charm gets the guard to help them, while her blunt rivalry with She Qingqing provides comic relief.
• Chen Feng connects Yellow Hair’s family history to earlier events, then takes charge of investigating the lead. He also treats Erha’s forced training with amused approval.
• Erha demonstrates unusual discipline, but the system’s relentless punishment leaves him exhausted and unable to rest.
• Yellow Hair’s mother and brother clash over her cult donations. The brother wants control of his own earnings and plans to marry; the mother frames her spending as a path to spiritual blessings and threatens to disown him.
• Old Wolf admires Erha’s rapid progress, while Chen Feng’s group increasingly treats India as a companion despite her initial uncertainty about them.

Significant themes

• Religious fanaticism and exploitation: The mother sacrifices her family’s education, housing, and security to donate to the cult, showing how faith can be manipulated into financial ruin.
• Family loyalty and obligation: The argument pits a parent’s demands against her children’s need for independence and stability.
• Hidden connections and consequences: Yellow Hair’s family ties may explain how the group was discovered in the past and lead them toward a dangerous cult figure.
• Training and coercion: Erha’s improvement comes through extreme, involuntary discipline, blending progress with comedy and discomfort.
• Trust and moral ambiguity: India questions whether the group’s mixture of humans and monsters—and its willingness to hunt powerful targets—makes it trustworthy.

Key events

• Chen Feng and his companions discover that Yellow Hair’s mother, Liu Ling, has become a zealous Holy Cow Cult believer. Yellow Hair’s older brother no longer recognizes him and appears badly shaken.
• Unable to use Liu Ling to persuade the cult to change sides, Chen Feng pretends that his group wants the cult to cleanse their sins. India lends him money, which convinces Liu Ling to arrange an introduction to the cult’s Dharma Protector, Eye-Seeing-Joy.
• Yellow Hair is hurt when his mother focuses on the money rather than recognizing him. Chen Feng comforts him, though the two keep up their joking, gamer-inspired banter.
• Three days later, the group attends a cult gathering. Yellow Hair insists on coming because he still worries about his mother, despite his limited fighting ability. Chen Feng agrees but warns he cannot protect him.
• The gathering resembles a fraudulent auction, with cheap goods sold as miraculous relics. Liu Ling urges Chen Feng to hand over his assets for spiritual redemption.
• As Chen Feng prepares to confront Eye-Seeing-Joy, a gunshot hits the Dharma Protector, leaving Chen Feng stunned and wondering who else is targeting him.

Character developments and interactions

• Yellow Hair feels increasingly alienated from his family, but his concern for his mother shows that his attachment remains strong. He masks his hurt with jokes and gamer slang.
• Chen Feng balances concern for Yellow Hair with a practical plan to infiltrate the cult. He uses humor to comfort his friend and reluctantly brings him to the dangerous gathering.
• Liu Ling appears devoted to the cult and motivated by money; she fails to recognize her son and treats the group as potential donors.
• India initially refuses to lend money, then agrees when Chen Feng is about to pursue a risky alternative.
• Eye-Seeing-Joy is introduced as the cult’s charismatic leader, but is shot before Chen Feng can act.

Significant themes

• Family bonds and estrangement: Yellow Hair’s pain and willingness to risk himself for his mother persist despite her rejection.
• Manipulation and exploitation: The cult disguises worthless goods as sacred objects and exploits believers’ fears and hopes.
• Humor amid danger: Banter and absurdity soften the emotional tension and foreshadow the sudden violence at the gathering.

Key plot points and events

• At a religious gathering, Liu Wubo reveals that his mother secretly donated his wedding savings to the church. Desperate and furious, he buys an illegal gun and shoots the Dharma Protector, then fires at the fanatical believers.
• Chen Feng watches rather than intervenes. He suspects the Protector may be one of Bull Face’s supernatural Incarnations, and India has warned that acting could bring trouble.
• Liu Wubo is stabbed and killed by his own mother. A white-robed official praises her for putting “righteousness” before family and says the killing qualifies her for the Heaven Trial. He explains that the Protector was only an Incarnation and that passing trials at the Holy Land can earn the Cult Leader’s blessing and “Rebirth.”
• The believers celebrate the mother’s supposed salvation, despite her having killed her son. Chen Feng recognizes the scene as another sign of how deeply the cult has corrupted Cihang City.
• Yellow Hair vows revenge. Chen Feng urges him to turn his anger into disciplined training.
• Later, Chen Feng, his companions, and Yellow Hair’s mother travel to the Holy Land. Its six peaks—Eye, Ear, Nose, Tongue, Mind, and Body—correspond to the Six Great Protectors, and visitors are given a separate rulebook for each peak.

Character developments

• Liu Wubo moves from despair over his stolen savings to violent retaliation, but dies before he can escape the cult’s influence.
• Yellow Hair is shocked by his mother’s betrayal and becomes determined to avenge his brother.
• Yellow Hair’s mother prioritizes the cult’s promise of Heaven over her son, showing no apparent remorse.
• Chen Feng remains cautious despite his power, gathers information about Bull Face, and sees Yellow Hair’s anger as something that can be channeled into training.
• India voices the moral horror and tragedy of the cult’s hold over people.

Significant themes

• Religious manipulation and fanaticism: The cult recasts murder as righteousness and promises salvation to control its followers.
• Family betrayal and misplaced loyalty: A mother kills her son in service of an institution.
• Violence and vengeance: Liu Wubo’s revenge and Yellow Hair’s vow show how the cult’s cruelty breeds further violence.
• Caution and hidden danger: The Dharma Protector’s apparent death conceals a larger supernatural threat.
• Rules and trials: The Holy Land’s peak-by-peak guidelines suggest that the journey ahead will involve dangerous, rule-bound tests.

Character interactions

• Chen Feng praises Liu Wubo’s gunfight in front of Yellow Hair, then later redirects Yellow Hair’s rage toward training rather than impulsive violence.
• The white-robed official congratulates Yellow Hair’s mother and reassures her that the slain Protector was only an Incarnation.
• The believers applaud the mother while she expresses gratitude, underscoring the gathering’s warped moral values.
• Chen Feng negotiates with the mother to join the Holy Land trip, offering to help pay for the trial.

Chapter summary

Key plot points and events

• Chen Feng reads the visitor rules for Eye Peak and reflexively wishes he could ask Meng Chengcheng to analyze them. India resents Meng Chengcheng because she consistently outperformed India during their rookie assessments—and once cruelly told India that second place was all she was capable of.
• India tries to interpret the rules, but quickly becomes confused and frustrated. Chen Feng’s teasing and Yellow Hair’s running “affection minus one” joke only irritate her further.
• Before the group starts climbing, Chen Feng deliberately looks for people likely to trigger the rules’ hidden dangers so he can learn how the trial works without putting himself at the front of every trap.
• He reconnects with Zhong Jielian and her mother. Zhong had survived her earlier attempted drowning because Old Li rescued her, but neither she nor her mother shows gratitude; instead, they blame Old Li for not entering the water himself. Chen Feng privately decides that eliminating the pair would be justified.
• Chen Feng joins the climb with India, Yellow Hair and his mother, Old Wolf, and the Zhong family. The route is surprisingly easy despite the warning about rugged terrain, though the heat is intense.
• Old Wolf uses wind magic to cool Chen Feng. India notices that this three-hundred-year-old monster treats Chen Feng as a “High Immortal,” making her wonder how powerful Chen Feng must be.
• The group encounters a human-shaped statue made entirely of gold. Chen Feng recognizes it as one of the believers they saw at the mountain’s foot and realizes the statue’s appearance is connected to a dangerous ability.

Character developments and interactions

• Chen Feng remains calculating and irreverent. He wants others to expose the trial’s hazards first, views the Zhong mother and daughter as morally objectionable, and is unsettled when he recognizes the golden statue.
• India reveals the source of her hostility toward Meng Chengcheng: years of being ranked second and a particularly humiliating insult. Her confidence collapses when she tries to solve the rules, while her curiosity about Chen Feng’s power grows.
• Old Wolf demonstrates useful wind magic and deep deference to Chen Feng, reinforcing the mystery of Chen Feng’s status and strength.
• Zhong Jielian and her mother come across as callous and ungrateful toward Old Li, prompting Chen Feng to judge them harshly.
• Yellow Hair has recovered enough from his family loss to joke and socialize, while his mother helps organize the group’s departure.

Significant themes

• Rules and concealed danger: The hike appears simple, but the warnings and the golden statue suggest that danger may emerge through hidden supernatural mechanics.
• Exploitation and moral judgment: Chen Feng treats other people as potential safeguards against traps, while judging the Zhong family for their selfishness.
• Status and insecurity: India’s rivalry with Meng Chengcheng stems from repeated comparison and a damaging remark about her abilities.
• Power and perception: India’s view of Chen Feng shifts as she sees a powerful monster defer to him.

Key plot points and events

• Chen Feng stops Zhong Jielian’s mother from grabbing a golden statue by convincing her it is fake. Yellow Hair’s mother reinforces the warning with religious language, and the group continues up the mountain.
• Thick mist disorients the climbers, but they reach a marked halfway point: an octagonal pavilion stocked with colored hiking staffs.
• The staffs are a trap of appearances: the yellow one is gold, the purplish-red one is costly wood, and the white one is iron—the cheapest option. Chen Feng identifies the white staff as the safest choice. Zhong Jielian and her mother greedily take several others; Yellow Hair’s mother chooses white on her own.
• Carrying the staffs removes the mist’s disorienting effect, suggesting they function as passage-granting items.
• A Golden Man attacks. It turns Zhong Jielian into a statue, and her mother is transformed when she touches her daughter. Chen Feng also begins turning gold, but the effect stops when he looks away.
• More Golden Men appear along the trail. The survivors reach the summit, where a lavish golden palace stands. A smiling, masked man in a yellow tracksuit appears, and Chen Feng recognizes the overwhelming danger: Joy at a Glance, one of the Six Great Protectors.

Character developments and interactions

• Chen Feng shows sharp reasoning by interpreting the rules, spotting the staff-selection trap, and testing his conclusions. His confidence is tempered by the Golden Men’s power, which even begins to overcome his formidable body.
• Zhong Jielian’s mother gives in to greed despite the warnings, persuades her daughter to carry extra staffs, and dies after touching her transformed child. Zhong Jielian’s excitement at the prospect of never returning to school makes the consequences of their greed especially stark.
• Yellow Hair’s mother stands out for her strong faith and self-control: she resists the gold, selects the correct staff, and remains calm after the deaths. Her harsh judgment of the victims unsettles Chen Feng.
• India admires Chen Feng’s knowledge but is shaken by the sudden deaths. Yellow Hair panics, while Old Wolf remains composed.
• Chen Feng and the others cooperate through the mist by warning one another not to stray from the path.

Significant themes

• Greed and temptation: The mountain repeatedly tests whether travelers will value wealth over safety.
• Rules and appearances: Survival depends on reading the rules carefully and seeing past misleading appearances; even the “safe” choice can be misjudged.
• Faith and willpower: Yellow Hair’s mother’s conviction helps her resist temptation, though her severity raises questions about the cost of absolute belief.
• The limits of strength: Chen Feng’s physical power cannot protect him from a supernatural threat governed by rules.
• A false promise of comfort: The gold seems to offer an easy path to wealth or freedom, but pursuing it brings death.

Plot points and events

• After passing the Trial of Greed, Yellow Hair’s mother chooses to continue the trials. Chen Feng and his companions instead agree to work for Protector Eye-Seeing-Joy, also called Joy at a Glance.
• In the Protector’s lavish palace, Chen Feng sees a statue of Cihang Bodhisattva. India tries to divine its significance and suffers severe bleeding, though she insists she is fine. The incident convinces Chen Feng that Cihang is dangerous and may conceal a major secret.
• Joy at a Glance assigns the group to manage the Golden Men, who transport believers’ “sins”—meaning money—to the palace. He gives them white robes and crowns that let them command the statues, but forbids them from touching the money.
• Back at the church, Chen Feng discovers the Protector’s operation is built on robbery and fraud: Golden Men target wealthy people, while donations supposedly meant for charity are carried away. Outraged, Chen Feng resolves to attack that night.
• Chen Feng sends the Golden Men away and finds Joy at a Glance eating banknotes. He and Old Wolf launch a coordinated magical attack: Chen Feng fires a charged Holy Tree Knight’s Greatbow, while Old Wolf adds hundreds of Wind Blades.
• A system message announces that “Slay Demons and Exorcise Evil” succeeded and Chen Feng has advanced beyond the Qi Refining Stage. But Joy at a Glance emerges from the smoke unharmed, leaving Chen Feng wondering whom he actually defeated.

Character developments and interactions

• Chen Feng recognizes the Golden Men as the Protector’s main advantage and tries to find a way around them. He hides his greed-driven plan to seize the Protector’s wealth, but the church’s exploitation turns his anger into a genuine desire to act. His successful attack marks a major power advancement, though its target remains mysterious.
• India risks a divination out of curiosity about Cihang and suffers a frightening physical backlash. Her insistence that she is fine contrasts with the severity of her injuries.
• Old Wolf immediately supports Chen Feng’s assault with a coordinated follow-up attack.
• Yellow Hair quickly understands Chen Feng’s strategy and later warns him not to jinx the attack.
• Joy at a Glance appears courteous and appoints the group to a job, but his restrictions and the church’s practices reveal him as a predatory figure who feeds on money.

Significant themes

• Greed and corruption: The church condemns greed while robbing the wealthy and deceiving people in need.
• Hidden dangers and uncertain morality: The ominous Cihang statue and India’s failed divination suggest that neither the five monsters nor Cihang can be trusted.
• Appearances versus reality: The charitable institution is a racket, and the apparent victory over the Protector may have defeated someone—or something—else entirely.

Key plot points and events

• Chen Feng and Old Wolf fight Joy at a Glance, but their ordinary attacks barely hurt him. Chen Feng discovers that Joy’s defense is tied to the value of the last item an attacker touched: a gold brick makes his blows effective, while a jewel empowers Old Wolf’s Wind Blades.
• Joy explains further rules: only value recognized and tradable by society counts, and his enormous accumulated wealth—six hundred billion—makes him exceptionally difficult to kill. He also reveals that the palace’s gold could have provided a decisive advantage, but it has already been damaged.
• Joy boasts that he has summoned his powerful brother, Body of Sorrow, and claims the Dream Lord can trap Chen Feng even across reincarnations. Chen Feng realizes the fight may be unwinnable and begins thinking ahead to another life.
• Yellow Hair finally joins the battle. Because he rode the subway, he calculates that each punch represents about twenty billion in value. His blows rapidly drain the number on Joy’s chest, and he kills him.
• The system confirms Chen Feng has advanced to the Second Layer of Qi Refining. Chen Feng realizes that Body of Sorrow had already died during the battle—though he does not know how.
• A flashback reveals Body of Sorrow entered Chen Feng’s memories to attack him through a dream. There, however, he encounters a colossal Human-Faced Planet, which regards him as a snack.

Character developments and interactions

• Chen Feng stays cautious and resourceful, using the gold brick to test Joy’s weakness and probing him for information. He is frustrated when his attacks fail, then surprised to be carried to victory by Yellow Hair. He nearly tells Joy that his supposed avenger is already dead.
• Old Wolf proves himself a skilled fighter, using Windwalking and Wind Blades; once armed with a valuable jewel, he can finally wound Joy.
• Yellow Hair plays the reluctant “protagonist,” waiting for his moment before revealing that his subway ride gives his punches extraordinary value. His unexpected contribution makes him the fight’s MVP.
• Joy at a Glance is arrogant and taunting, but his explanations expose the rules that govern his power. His greed and cost-cutting ultimately lead to his defeat.
• Body of Sorrow is introduced as a formidable dream-invader confident in his ability to defeat Chen Feng permanently. The flashback ends with that confidence abruptly challenged by the gigantic planet.

Significant themes

• Wealth as power: Joy’s strength and the damage he receives are measured through recognized monetary value.
• Greed and consequences: Joy’s obsession with wealth—and his refusal to cover the group’s subway fares—creates the means of his own defeat.
• Game logic versus reality: Yellow Hair expects a staged “boss fight,” while Chen Feng notes that Cihang City’s enemies do not follow game conventions.
• Reincarnation and vulnerability: Joy tries to exploit Chen Feng’s ability to return, but the chapter hints that even powerful supernatural abilities can encounter unexpected counters.

Key plot points and events

• After killing Dharma Protector Joy at a Glance, Chen Feng reflects on how powerful the protector was despite ranking last among the Six Great Protectors. Chen Feng’s breakthrough to the Second Layer of Qi Refining has increased his vitality and granted him Divine Sense, letting him sense Spirit Energy and danger.
• Chen Feng and Old Wolf consider looting the hall, but Chen Feng takes only a little: they need to kill more protectors before dawn, before the believers discover what happened.
• Rather than face each mountain’s trial blind, Chen Feng questions the protectors’ underlings and learns the dangers: Ear Peak provokes anger, Nose Peak tempts climbers with lust, Tongue Peak induces deadly overeating, and Mind Peak offers power and adoration that eventually turn hostile. Sorrow Peak’s trial remains unknown.
• Before they can leave, Old Wolf reports that Yellow Hair has turned into a Golden Man. Chen Feng discovers Yellow Hair was prying at the hand of a Golden Man hidden in the wall. Joy at a Glance had concealed this trap in the palace, and Yellow Hair’s fate appears irreversible.

Character developments and interactions

• Chen Feng is growing more capable and confident, but remains wary of the Cultivation World’s dangers. He uses deception and information-gathering instead of following the expected trial-by-trial route, and resolves to distrust monsters’ advice.
• His new Divine Sense gives him a practical advantage, while his reflections on cultivation emphasize how difficult life is for people without spiritual roots.
• Yellow Hair’s eagerness to claim treasure leads to his transformation. Chen Feng can only mourn him grimly; his joking final thought that Yellow Hair “wouldn’t pass the second trial either” underscores the loss.

Significant themes

• Cunning over convention: Chen Feng rejects the expected heroic approach and exploits underlings for information.
• Deception and distrust: Joy at a Glance’s hidden trap shows that even a defeated enemy can remain dangerous, reinforcing Chen Feng’s decision to question every monster’s words.
• Power and vulnerability: Chen Feng’s cultivation brings new abilities, yet unforeseen traps can still take someone close to him.
• Dark humor: The chapter pairs death and danger with casual jokes, making Yellow Hair’s fate especially bleak.

Plot points and events

• Chen Feng and Old Wolf climb Holy Cow Mountain’s Ear Peak, knowing its Heart-Demon-like shadows will taunt them and provoke anger.
• The shadows expose knowledge of Chen Feng’s past and criticize his choices, training, and failures. Their insults cause painful pressure, but Chen Feng steadies himself by reciting a verse. Old Wolf withstands his own taunts and uses a Demon Wind to drown them out.
• They reach Ear Peak’s thorn-covered summit, only to find that the urban legend they came to confront has fled, leaving a sign admitting defeat. Chen Feng is frustrated but avoids losing his temper.
• Since the other Dharma Protectors may have been warned, Chen Feng decides they should retreat rather than climb another peak.
• With no ride arranged, they accept a taxi. The driver charges an exorbitant fare and boasts about telling a story. Chen Feng recognizes the suspicious setup and realizes the driver is the fifth monster, trying to provoke him into anger. He calls out the trick and punches the driver, blowing up the car.

Character developments and interactions

• Chen Feng shows composure and practical judgment: he resists the mountain’s taunts, recognizes the danger of continuing, and spots the disguised monster’s attempt to bait him. His humor and sarcasm persist even under threat.
• Old Wolf endures insults about his failure to become Wolf King. He supports Chen Feng and uses his Demon Wind as a clever way to block out the taunts.
• Chen Feng and Old Wolf share an easy, trusting rapport, trading advice and jokes throughout the climb and their return.
• The fifth monster tries to exploit anger through provocation and deception, but Chen Feng sees through him.

Significant themes

• Anger as a vulnerability: Both the mountain’s taunts and the taxi driver’s behavior are designed to make the targets lose control.
• Resilience and self-control: Chen Feng and Old Wolf endure personal insults without immediately giving in to rage.
• Caution and suspicion: Chen Feng adapts when circumstances change, choosing retreat and questioning an unusually convenient taxi.
• Comic subversion: After a perilous climb, Chen Feng finds the summit’s boss has simply run away—only to encounter a new threat disguised as an ordinary driver.

Key plot points and events

• Chen Feng defeats Ear-Hearing Fury, who reveals that his elder brother, Body of Sorrow, had invaded Chen’s memories and that the Dharma Protectors planned to send him into an endless “Load Save” loop. Chen dismisses the threat, saying Body of Sorrow is already dead.
• Ear-Hearing Fury explains his lethal death-triggered power: when he dies, an invisible sound wave kills every living thing it touches. Old Wolf kills him, and Chen uses his speed to carry Old Wolf a kilometer away, just beyond the wave’s reach. Divine Sense lets Chen detect the otherwise invisible danger.
• Ear-Hearing Fury’s death advances Chen to the Fourth Layer of Qi Refining and expands his Divine Sense. Chen detects three more masked Dharma Protectors approaching: Nose-Smelled Love, Tasting Thought, and Opinion Desire.
• Nose-Smelled Love compels Chen to stop asking questions and secretly makes Old Wolf attack him. Chen evades Old Wolf’s Wind Blades and charges her with an Intentional Haymaker.
• Nose-Smelled Love’s ability normally transfers damage to someone her target loves, making her effectively invulnerable while that person lives. But Chen’s punch kills her outright. Her death advances him to the Sixth Layer of Qi Refining.

Character developments

• Chen remains inquisitive and tactical, using Ear-Hearing Fury’s rule-bound honesty to uncover the danger before killing him. His caution and Divine Sense save both him and Old Wolf.
• Old Wolf continues to act as Chen’s ally, killing Ear-Hearing Fury and later attacking Chen only because Nose-Smelled Love has taken control of him.
• Chen’s apparent lack of loved ones defeats Nose-Smelled Love’s protection, though he does not realize why she dies so easily.

Significant themes

• Rules and loopholes: The Dharma Protectors’ powers follow specific conditions that can be exploited once understood.
• Knowledge as survival: Asking questions, observing abilities, and using Divine Sense are as important as strength.
• Unexpected consequences: Nose-Smelled Love’s power is formidable against someone with loved ones, but useless against Chen.

Character interactions

• Chen taunts Ear-Hearing Fury and questions him about the Dharma Protectors’ plans and abilities; Ear-Hearing Fury answers despite resenting the interrogation.
• Chen and Old Wolf coordinate to escape the death wave, then face the next group together—though Nose-Smelled Love briefly turns Old Wolf against Chen.
• Chen’s attack kills Nose-Smelled Love before she can explain her ability, leaving both her and Chen unaware of why her defense failed.

Key plot points and events

• Chen Feng remembers his Equipment Enhancement System too late to claim the kills. Yellow Hair and Old Wolf have already slain several Dharma Protectors.
• Old Wolf attacks Tasting Thought with a practiced combination of wind techniques, but Tasting Thought swallows the Wind Blades, pulls out Old Wolf’s organs without breaking his skin, then devours him.
• Opinion Desire pins Chen Feng down with immense force, while Tasting Thought threatens to eat him. Opinion Desire abruptly releases Chen Feng and kills Tasting Thought with an invisible attack, allowing Chen Feng to reach the eighth level of Qi Refining.
• Opinion Desire proposes an alliance against Bull Face. He reveals that Bull Face is a disembodied consciousness that can move between his Incarnations; as long as one survives, he cannot be killed.
• Opinion Desire offers to lure Bull Face’s main consciousness out by claiming he has a report. His goal is to kill Bull Face, take over, and found a “New Holy Cow Cult.”

Character developments and interactions

• Old Wolf has been inspired by Erha’s relentless training and has mastered Wind Manipulation. He fights skillfully but is overwhelmed by Tasting Thought and dies.
• Chen Feng remains suspicious and pragmatic, questioning Opinion Desire’s motives and the reliability of his information rather than accepting the alliance at face value.
• Opinion Desire shifts from apparent enemy to proposed ally, claiming he has long wanted to betray Bull Face. He explains the danger of Bull Face’s Incarnations and reveals his own ambition.
• Tasting Thought demonstrates his terrifying ability to consume attacks and extract organs, but Opinion Desire’s unseen attack defeats him.

Significant themes

• Power and preparation: Old Wolf’s training improves his abilities, but even skill cannot guarantee survival against a uniquely dangerous opponent.
• Deception and trust: Opinion Desire offers valuable intelligence, but Chen Feng has reason to doubt an enemy who suddenly proposes cooperation.
• Control and survival: Bull Face’s ability to inhabit multiple Incarnations makes him difficult to destroy and underscores the cult’s long-standing grip on Cihang City.

Plot points and events

• Opinion Desire proposes joining forces, claiming the alliance would help them defeat stronger enemies. Chen Feng refuses, suspecting Opinion Desire could be a yokai in disguise and remembering that appearances and assumptions can be fatal.
• Opinion Desire reveals that the Dharma Protectors’ powers depend on emotion—and that his own ultimate technique sends anyone who feels desire into the Abyss. He traps Chen Feng there.
• The Abyss is a lightless, foul-smelling expanse of tar-like black water, inhabited by grotesque monsters and black knights that drain their victims’ positive emotions. Chen Feng cannot outrun or safely fight the knights.
• A powerful red-eyed white knight appears and destroys the black knights with a flaming sword. This provokes a colossal snake, whose head alone is immense, to attack Chen Feng.
• Chen Feng’s magically empowered bow strike barely affects the snake. Just as he expects to die, the snake unexpectedly calls him “Dad.”

Character developments

• Chen Feng demonstrates caution and resourcefulness: he rejects an appealing alliance because he cannot verify Opinion Desire’s identity or intentions. Trapped in the Abyss, he adapts quickly, but discovers he is outmatched by its inhabitants.
• Opinion Desire reveals himself as deceptive and ruthless. His offer of cooperation was a trap designed either to secure Chen Feng’s consent or give him an excuse to unleash his ultimate ability.
• The red-eyed knight is introduced as a formidable, apparently hostile force against the Abyss’s black knights.
• The giant snake is established as overwhelmingly powerful, then unexpectedly behaves as though Chen Feng is its father.

Significant themes

• Caution and distrust: Chen Feng’s experience teaches him not to assume someone’s nature or motives from appearances.
• Power and emotional vulnerability: Opinion Desire’s ability exploits desire, while the black knights attack by consuming positive emotions.
• Survival against overwhelming odds: Chen Feng relies on judgment and improvisation, but the Abyss’s inhabitants vastly exceed his strength.
• Comic surprise amid horror: The grotesque setting and near-certain death are abruptly undercut by the snake’s baffling “Dad?”

Character interactions

• Chen Feng and Opinion Desire debate an alliance; Chen Feng’s mistrust frustrates Opinion Desire, who responds by exposing his trap.
• Chen Feng tries to escape the black knights, but the red-eyed knight intervenes and defeats them.
• The giant snake attacks Chen Feng without regard for explanations. After Chen Feng’s failed strike, it unexpectedly addresses him as its father, setting up the chapter’s cliffhanger.

Plot points and events

• In the Abyss, Chen Feng meets a giant World Serpent who recognizes the rare magic he used. The serpent is the Immortal Ancient Dragon’s child, and it accepts Chen Feng as its uncle after he proves he knows its father.
• The serpent explains that its father is still asleep after burning for a thousand years during the Kindling Rite. It also reveals the World Serpents’ goal: seize the Flame, extinguish life, and return the world to darkness.
• The serpent warns that the Abyss corrupts outsiders, using the red-eyed Wolf Knight as an example. It opens a portal to send Chen Feng home, but refuses to enter his world after sensing powerful beings there—some stronger than its father.
• Chen Feng returns to face Opinion Desire, only for the Wolf Knight to emerge from the portal too. Opinion Desire attacks with crushing gravity, but the knight advances and kills him with a flaming greatsword.
• Chen Feng’s demon-slaying system records the kill, advancing him to Perfected Qi Refining. Before he can leave, the Wolf Knight turns on him, and Chen Feng insists that he is on the knight’s side.

Character developments and interactions

• Chen Feng gains a powerful connection in the Abyss and reaches a new cultivation stage, but remains frustrated that others keep taking his kills. His confidence quickly gives way to alarm when the Wolf Knight attacks.
• The World Serpent is polite to Chen Feng once convinced he is connected to its father, but its friendliness contrasts with its openly destructive mission. It is also cautious enough to abandon its promise when it senses danger.
• The Wolf Knight, formerly a hero, is described as mentally corrupted by the Abyss. Though he kills Opinion Desire, he appears unable to distinguish ally from enemy and immediately attacks Chen Feng.
• Opinion Desire underestimates Chen Feng’s return and is killed by the Wolf Knight.

Significant themes

• Corruption and loss of self: The Abyss erodes outsiders’ minds, turning a celebrated hero into a dangerous, indiscriminate fighter.
• Uneasy alliances and mistaken identity: Chen Feng’s ties to the Immortal Ancient Dragon win him the serpent’s trust, but he cannot rely on that connection—or his claim of friendship—to control the Wolf Knight.
• Power and survival: New abilities and cultivation gains matter, but Chen Feng’s plans are repeatedly disrupted by stronger forces and stolen victories.

Plot points and events

• Chen Feng is killed by the Wolf Knight’s lightning-fast attack and respawns at the Happiness Internet Cafe. He accepts the setback, noting that his first run had already gone unusually well, and plans to reload his save to rescue Old Wolf and Yellow Hair.
• He spends a System Point to replenish his save, then uses his Temporary Points to roll Hextech augments. After rejecting two poorly suited combat options, he chooses a random transformation and receives Pandora’s Bench, a gold augment that grants two Temporary Points and lets him replace one group member with someone from another world.
• Chen Feng replaces the sports-world group member, judging sports stories too weak compared with fantasy or martial-arts worlds. He chooses fantasy as the safest option and receives a new fantasy-world group member.
• The chapter cuts to the displaced sports world, where a giant and a mounted man play tennis with absurd, destructive power: the giant’s shot demolishes a city, while the mounted man’s return shot creates a black hole and kills the giant. The man senses that he has somehow missed out on something.

Character developments and interactions

• Chen Feng remains pragmatic after dying: he assesses what went wrong, recognizes the allies and lucky breaks that helped him, and prepares for another attempt.
• His confidence in the Hextech system is mixed. He wants points rather than combat boosts, worries about harmful augments, and is relieved when Pandora’s Bench proves useful.
• Chen Feng’s choice reveals his dismissive view of sports worlds, though the tennis scene ironically shows that this particular world contains wildly powerful characters.
• The giant and the mounted player exchange devastating tennis shots; afterward, the survivor feels an unexplained sense of loss, hinting at the consequences of Chen Feng’s replacement.

Significant themes

• Death and persistence: Chen Feng treats defeat as a temporary setback, aided by saves and respawns.
• Power and perspective: Chen Feng assumes sports worlds are weak, while the final scene overturns that assumption with city-destroying and black-hole-level feats.
• Chance and choice: Random Hextech rewards shape the group’s future, and Chen Feng’s judgment determines which world is included.

Key plot points and events

• Chen Feng activates the Spendthrift System, whose first quest demands an impossible two hundred billion in spending; its second offers five points for using the Equipment Enhancement System for a ten-pull. Chen dismisses it as a terrible deal.
• He checks the group chat and learns that Netherworld Star killed the mysterious Body of Sorrow after mistaking it for a snack. Chen realizes this explains why the anomaly had haunted his dreams.
• Chen reports that Immortal Ancient Dragon was burned in a “Kindling Rite” and presumed to be asleep or dead. Ancient Dragon suddenly responds, explaining he is badly injured but conscious enough to use the chat.
• Ancient Dragon reveals that a powerful figure burned nearly all the gods in his world. Chen tells him he encountered one of his children in the Abyss; Ancient Dragon clarifies that the World Serpent is one of his daughters, though he does not know which.
• Netherworld Star notes that the Abyss, Subspace, and Hell are connected across different worlds. Ancient Dragon soon goes offline again, prompting the Demon Venerable to ask Chen to recruit new group members so he can prove himself against them.

Character developments

• Chen Feng remains wary of systems that demand too much or offer poor value, while learning more about the dangers and connections between worlds.
• The Demon Venerable is preoccupied with his standing in the group. With Ancient Dragon absent, he fears being the weakest member and looks for newcomers he can outclass.
• Ancient Dragon is alive but severely weakened and intermittently conscious after more than a thousand years in the fire. Despite this, he retains his crude humor and fixation on women.
• Netherworld Star appears casually powerful: Body of Sorrow was no match for him, and he has explored the links between planes.

Significant themes

• Satire of systems and wealth: The Spendthrift System’s absurd spending requirement mocks the idea that every system is useful or attainable.
• Power, status, and insecurity: The Demon Venerable’s concern about being ranked last drives his eagerness to recruit weaker opponents.
• Cross-world connections and time: Different worlds experience time at different rates, and their Abysses, Subspaces, and Hells may be interconnected.
• Comic contrast: Cosmic threats and ancient suffering sit alongside petty competition, crude jokes, and misunderstandings.

Character interactions

• Chen Feng rejects the Spendthrift System’s demands, then catches up with the group chat.
• He thanks Netherworld Star for eliminating Body of Sorrow and explains the difference in time flow between worlds.
• Chen and Ancient Dragon discuss the Kindling Rite, Ancient Dragon’s condition, and the World Serpent’s identity.
• The Demon Venerable repeatedly tries to turn the group’s changing membership into a chance to show off.

Plot points and events

• Chen Feng introduces two new group members: the Galactic War Marshal from a sci-fi world and the King of the Monsters from a fantasy world.
• The Demon Venerable assumes the King of the Monsters is Godzilla and prepares to assert his strength. In fact, the newcomer is from an Ultraman universe and is frightened by being beaten up regularly by the Giant of Light.
• The War Marshal, under the influence of a god, declares nearly everyone a heretic and threatens to kill them. When Netherworld Star challenges him, he shares his location; Netherworld Star destroys and consumes the War Marshal’s enormous fleet with ease.
• Afterward, the War Marshal apologizes, explaining that a god had possessed him. He describes a world with four gods opposing an evil, yellow-furred god, and says he is helping fight the evil god’s rule.
• Chen Feng asks the War Marshal to send troops to handle demons and Lesser Ghosts, but neither can determine how to share usable coordinates. Chen Feng laments the loss of his former Daily Intelligence system.

Character developments and interactions

• Netherworld Star proves overwhelmingly powerful, defending the frightened King of the Monsters and effortlessly defeating the War Marshal’s fleet. The newcomers and existing members praise him.
• The King of the Monsters is revealed to be timid rather than fearsome, and hopes Netherworld Star can protect him from future beatings.
• The Demon Venerable goes from looking down on the War Marshal to respecting him after seeing the destructive capacity of his fleet.
• The War Marshal shifts from violent, fanatical aggression to calm cooperation once the possession ends. He apologizes and agrees to help Chen Feng.
• Chen Feng tries to mediate the newcomers’ clash, then turns the apology into a practical request for troops. The group’s first conflict ends decisively in Netherworld Star’s favor.

Significant themes

• Appearances can mislead: The King of the Monsters is a frightened victim, while the War Marshal’s apparently advanced but powerful forces are no match for Netherworld Star.
• Power is relative: The Demon Venerable learns not to underestimate others, and the clash highlights the vast differences between members’ strength.
• Cross-world misunderstandings: The group struggles to identify newcomers’ backgrounds and even to exchange locations across worlds.
• Comedy through contrast: The War Marshal’s extreme declarations, Netherworld Star’s casual victory, and Chen Feng’s failed attempt to obtain troops turn a potentially serious battle into farce.