Chapter Summaries

An Kai prepared to resume trade with the Seven Kingdoms and managed his resources while planning to inspect how Chaos City Outer City’s newcomers were settling in. He found Polpi threatening refugees over unpaid protection fees, leaving An Kai to witness his city’s harsh treatment of its residents.

• Malken left An Kai’s hall convinced that An Kai had carefully manipulated Hanks, Wayne, and him to advance his own interests.
• An Kai converted 5,000 Lower-grade Magic Stones into skill points, replenished Lazell’s Mage Tower, and sent Wayne to continue developing the Wind Blade Spell.
• An Kai summoned and destroyed a Withered Vine Treant after finding no Magic Core, then gave Nurnexius ten Lower-grade Magic Stones.
• The next day, An Kai enhanced two pieces of magical beast meat and gave Nurnexius only the bones before leaving to inspect Chaos City Outer City.
• An Kai found Polpi and his lackeys berating five refugees who could not pay protection fees, and Polpi threatened to beat them for refusing to pay.

An Kai uncovered a Seven Kingdoms alliance plot to seize Chaos City Outer City and kill Wayne, then led Malken in destroying its underground hideout and capturing its leaders. As An Kai prepared for Hanks, factions across the Desert began planning to reach the city in a week, when they expected it to change hands.

• An Kai watched Allie and four Tier Three professionals trick Polpi, then had Malken follow them to their hidden alliance headquarters.
• An Kai’s group captured Allie and the old man after killing three of the four conspirators, and the old man revealed the alliance’s plans to kill Wayne and take the city.
• An Kai threatened Polpi to complete his task of keeping new and original residents from interfering with one another, then charged into the underground complex with Malken and massacred its defenders.
• An Kai imprisoned the twenty-one faction leaders at the Evergreen Gang’s headquarters, upgraded the [Beast Meat Refining Station] to [+6], and returned to cultivation while waiting for Hanks.
• In an Oasis a day from the city, a fire Mage learned the Orcs planned to seize Chaos City Outer City and decided to head there in a week; others across the Desert made similar plans.

An Kai learned that Dong Lin had destroyed the Shak Kingdom and that Wayne’s father, its king, had died. As new powerful groups gathered near Chaos City Outer City, An Kai waited for Hanks to return, while Wayne announced that his research had finally succeeded.

• An Kai read that Dong Lin had ruined the Shak Kingdom and turned its king into a skeleton, then stayed silent when Wayne asked whether the dead could return to life.
• Wayne saw that his father’s royal nameplate had gone dim, returned to his room to research spells, and resolved to find a way to revive the dead.
• An Kai scolded Nurnexius for eating a bone, and Nurnexius quickly reassured him that he was a good boss.
• Malken told An Kai that a Tier Four Mage and more than a hundred humans had arrived, with other groups led by Tier Three or Tier Four figures approaching; An Kai ordered him to watch them until Hanks returned.
• Over the next month, more people flocked to Chaos City Outer City, while An Kai kept the newcomers under observation and waited for Hanks’s return.
• With about half a day left before Hanks was due back, An Kai exclaimed that Lady Luck had favored him, and Wayne said his research had finally worked.

Wayne presented An Kai with an analyzed Wind Blade Spell that An Kai learned and upgraded into a powerful, silent attack. An Kai then assigned Wayne to analyze Haste Spell, while leaving the Evergreen Gang Headquarters disguised as Hanks's father.

• An Kai sent Malken to meet the returning Hanks and considered Polpi's management skills as he weighed how to govern Chaos City Outer City.
• Wayne gave An Kai his analyzed Wind Blade Spell scroll, and An Kai learned the spell before raising it to Lv23 and Superior- quality.
• An Kai praised Wayne's work, then asked him to analyze the Lv6 Haste Spell; Wayne insisted on completing a perfect analysis rather than stopping at Lv1.
• Nurnexius mocked Wayne for obediently taking on the assignment, so An Kai destroyed Nurnexius's bone bowl and ordered him to keep watch.
• An Kai left Evergreen Gang Headquarters wearing Hanks's father's face.

Hanks and his surviving companions were pursued by a vicious Horned Lizard on their return to Chaos City Outer City until An Kai arrived and killed it with powerful magic. Hanks credited Malken for helping them in the Bukelin Duchy, and An Kai accepted the misunderstanding while promising rewards before leading everyone back to the city.

• Hanks and his companions fled a Horned Lizard, which killed three people with earth spikes and left only eight survivors.
• Hanks stopped to face the beast while Reed's Four-Man Group kept running and carried an injured companion.
• An Kai appeared with Malken and cut the Horned Lizard into pieces with successive Wind Blade Spells.
• An Kai ordered Hanks to retrieve the Magic Core, then criticized the beast for being weak despite its Tier Four, fourth-stage strength.
• Hanks thanked Malken for helping them in the Bukelin Duchy, and An Kai accepted the credit and promised rewards.
• As they headed back to Chaos City Outer City, Hanks asked An Kai what spell he had used, and An Kai called it a Wind Blade Spell.

An Kai reunited Hanks with Widow Wang, then recruited Hanks to help with a deal involving captured nobles from the Seven Kingdoms. The chapter ended with An Kai revealing the prisoners to Hanks.

• An Kai met the returning Hanks at Chaos City Outer City and promised him a share of the tax revenue in exchange for exchanging magic stones.
• Hanks reunited with Widow Wang, who scolded him for risking his life, then drove her home in their carriage.
• An Kai heard that the twenty-one captured direct-line members of Seven Kingdoms factions had stopped cooperating and decided to make use of them before dealing with the city's honored guests and experts.
• At the Evergreen Gang Headquarters, Malken explained tier four strength, while Nurnexius mocked Hanks about having no children.
• An Kai took Hanks to a chilling room and revealed the captured direct-line descendants of noble factions from the Seven Kingdoms as the subject of his deal.

An Kai and Hanks decided to ransom the imprisoned descendants of the Seven Kingdoms’ factions, while An Kai prepared to use Reed’s appearance for a covert mission. The chapter ended with An Kai asking Malken whether his drug would work and sending him to bring their guests over.

• An Kai and Hanks appraised the prisoners and set ransom prices, while An Kai’s talent pressure knocked Ryan and the other captives to the floor.
• An Kai instructed Hanks to prepare identity details and a price list, then said he already had candidates in mind to deliver the ransom messages.
• Nurnexius teased Hanks about needing treatment, leaving Hanks troubled by the remark on his way home.
• After Reed’s Four-Man Group reported on their Seven Kingdoms trade journey, An Kai copied Reed’s appearance with his [Disguise Mask] and tested the disguise on the group.
• Nurnexius recognized An Kai despite the disguise, but Malken was convinced after sensing An Kai’s talent and status; An Kai then asked whether Malken’s drug worked and told him to invite their guests over.

An Kai took control of Chaos City Outer City by coercing its fifty-one Tier Three and Tier Four leaders into delivering ransom letters, then strengthened his spells after raising his Intelligence. As a Seven Kingdoms merchant caravan approached for the first trade with the Outer City, Dong Lin saw that it had been renamed Goodness Home.

• An Kai revealed himself to the fifty-one leaders, killed a defiant Tier Four Professional, and forced the others to carry letters demanding resources for the release of twenty-one captured scions.
• An Kai killed a woman whose hatred he sensed, warned the remaining leaders that they had three months to return, and ordered seven others to organize the people they had brought to the city.
• Over the next three months, Reed organized the city under An Kai’s orders while the dispatched leaders carried the ransom letters; An Kai then raised his Intelligence to 581 and upgraded his spells and Forging proficiency to level 24.
• An Kai agreed to trade with Hanks using mid-grade magic stones and prepared for the Seven Kingdoms’ merchant caravans to arrive for the Outer City’s first trade with the Inner City split.
• Dong Lin escorted the merchant caravan as it approached the city and noticed that Chaos City Outer City had been renamed Goodness Home.

An Kai learned that the caravan entering Goodness Home secretly carried a Tier Five professional with an undead aura, and suspected the visitor was connected to the Town of the Dead. Dong Lin, traveling in a clone, entered the city after agreeing not to probe a hidden Tier Five presence, then accepted an offer to buy a Detector.

• Malken told An Kai that the Seven Kingdoms' joint caravan had arrived, while none of the messengers had returned with ransom.
• An Kai checked the updated side story and discovered that the caravan's escort included a hidden Tier Five professional with an undead aura.
• An Kai suspected Dong Lin or another undead from the Town of the Dead and asked Malken what Tier Five opponent he could handle before giving him instructions.
• Dong Lin registered and entered Goodness Home in a clone, then stopped after sensing old acquaintances and was warned not to probe the hidden Tier Five presence.
• Dong Lin agreed to withdraw his probing power, continued into the city, and bought a Detector from a young seller.

An Kai’s group lured Dong Lin’s clone into an ambush outside Goodness Home, where Malken and An Kai attacked with support from the city’s hidden professionals. Dong Lin’s clone was destroyed, but he recognized An Kai and vowed revenge as he emerged from seclusion.

• Dong Lin bought an obsolete detector from a young resident and followed the caravan to meet Goodness Home’s City Lord.
• An Kai enhanced Malken’s Concealment Dagger with five tier four magic cores, raising Malken’s confidence in defeating Dong Lin.
• Reed led the caravan leader and Dong Lin outside the city, where Malken struck Dong Lin’s head off with the enhanced dagger.
• Dong Lin reassembled his skull and defended himself against Malken and five disguised Tier Four professionals, imprisoning them in bone cages.
• An Kai revealed himself as a seemingly Tier One attacker and bombarded Dong Lin’s clone with spells while Malken and a Tier Five professional joined the assault.
• Dong Lin’s clone vanished under their attacks after recognizing An Kai and threatening him, while the caravan leader asked Polpi to tell Reed that the trade price was negotiable.

An Kai destroyed Dong Lin’s avatar and fled Goodness Home with Malken, Wayne, and Nurnexius, while Dong Lin remained in seclusion and sent undead envoys to seek alliances against Goodness Home. At an oasis, An Kai read a refreshed side story and discovered information about Dong Lin that enraged him.

• The caravan leader groveled to Polpi for Goodness Home’s protection after learning that An Kai had killed a Tier Five undead, while An Kai decided the dead visitor had been Dong Lin’s avatar and ordered Malken to bring Wayne and Nurnexius so they could flee.
• Widow Wang persuaded Hanks to leave Goodness Home with her, despite his wish to stay for its promised tax revenue and prospects for trade.
• The King of the Shak Kingdom sent six Tier Five undead in two groups to approach the Orcs and Chaos City Inner City about a joint campaign against Goodness Home, while Dong Lin stayed in seclusion to advance his strength.
• The Desert Orcs and Chaos City Inner City each met with three Tier Five undead and agreed to cease hostilities after the talks.
• At an oasis, An Kai checked the refreshed side story, realized it confirmed Dong Lin was in seclusion, and erupted in anger after reading further.

An Kai learned that Dong Lin had sealed the desert with the Undead Cage formation and returned to Goodness Home, where he ordered the caravans to surrender their supplies in exchange for safety. As the desert's factions adjusted to their confinement, the City Lord of Chaos City Inner City targeted Hanks for a decapitation strike at Goodness Home.

• An Kai read that Dong Lin had used a million undead to seal the desert, understood his plan to keep the factions divided while he advanced, and abandoned his attempt to flee.
• An Kai returned to Goodness Home and ordered the caravan leaders to hand over all their resources and supplies in exchange for protection.
• Malken discovered the barrier surrounding the desert and reported that he could not break through it; Hanks and Widow Wang also found themselves trapped and returned to Goodness Home.
• The caravans surrendered their goods and departed, while the Desert Orcs withdrew to their territory and the City Lord of Chaos City Inner City turned her attention to Goodness Home.
• The City Lord of Chaos City Inner City entered Goodness Home and spotted Hanks, whom she believed was Reed, the puppet City Lord, and decided to kill him to draw out the person behind him.

Widow Wang and the City Lord of Chaos City clashed at Goodness Home after Hanks was swallowed by an earth fissure. While the battle reduced the area to ruins, An Kai slipped into Chaos City Inner City with Malken to loot its resources.

• Widow Wang grew suspicious that An Kai knew her identity, while Hanks excitedly praised An Kai and discussed their unborn child.
• The City Lord of Chaos City ambushed Hanks with Earth Burial, then fought Widow Wang after she revealed her Tier Five strength.
• The City Lord summoned an Earth Spirit and attacked Widow Wang, who countered with Mirror Image Spell as their battle devastated Goodness Home.
• Wayne, Nurnexius, Reed's group, and the returning Seven Kingdoms Caravan watched the destruction from outside Goodness Home.
• An Kai waited outside Chaos City Inner City with Malken, explaining that he had swapped places with the City Lord to raid her resources.
• Malken confirmed they could enter and carried An Kai toward the inner city's gates in his aura.

An Kai and Malken infiltrated Chaos City Inner City and discovered that a hidden array fed residents’ curses and misery to a black-robed woman preparing for advancement. After finding the city’s shops stripped bare, they reached the Bounty Tower and confronted an old acquaintance who had been living comfortably there.

• An Kai and Malken followed a squad home and saw its six members divide and eat a piece of moldy bread before cursing the City Lord.
• An Kai saw phantoms rise from the residents and realized the city was under an array, while Malken traced the curses flowing toward a hidden destination.
• A black-robed woman in an underground castle absorbed the phantom torrent and dismissed An Kai and Malken as obstacles that would not hinder her advancement.
• An Kai and Malken searched the Inner City’s empty shops and entered the Bounty Tower, where they found a dying old man on the first floor.
• On the third floor, An Kai spotted detectors and crates of magic stones, then grabbed the fat man roasting meat and accused him of living well in the Inner City.

An Kai forced An Daun to reveal that a hidden tier-five professional was using the misery of Chaos City’s residents to fuel her Spirit Infusion. After weighing the risks, An Kai decided to disrupt her advancement and escape with Malken, while leaving An Daun behind.

• An Kai grabbed An Daun and threatened to kill him unless he revealed valuable information, while Malken helped stage the intimidation.
• An Daun explained that a hidden professional was using an Emotion Detector and negative emotions to complete her Spirit Infusion, and admitted he had helped exploit Chaos City’s residents.
• An Daun revealed that he had faked having a family so the professional could not threaten him, and Malken confirmed that An Daun was telling the truth.
• An Kai considered taking the loot and leaving or using An Daun to reach the professional’s retreat, sabotage her advancement, and escape with Malken.
• Malken claimed he was ninety-nine percent certain they could escape, and An Kai offered An Daun a second chance to live by preparing to send him to the retreat.

An Kai disguised himself as An Daun and infiltrated the underground castle where a tier-five [Astrologer] was nearing Spirit Infusion. He broke through her defenses, causing her Spirit Infusion to fail, and she transported the castle and Chaos City Inner City away, leaving behind an instance token.

• An Kai forced An Daun to guide him, disguised himself as the merchant, and bound An Daun beneath Malken's aura.
• The tier-five [Astrologer] mistook An Kai for An Daun and opened the passage to her underground castle.
• An Kai revealed himself by bombarding the castle with [Fireball] and [Wind Blade Spells], breaking its defenses and disrupting the [Astrologer]'s Spirit Infusion.
• The [Astrologer] fell from tier five to tier four and activated a Six-Pointed Star Disk, which made the castle and Chaos City Inner City vanish in a flash of light.
• An Kai and the displaced residents found themselves in the open desert, where An Kai discovered a [Spirit Infusion Instance Token: Lv50].

An Kai secured the Spirit Infusion Instance Token, recruited An Daun after learning about his Attribute Detector, and gathered more than a thousand Professionals as potential subordinates. When he returned to Goodness Home, he found Chaos City's City Lord fighting Widow Wang, and his sudden arrival turned the battle against the City Lord.

• Malken tried to enter the Spirit Infusion Secret Realm but failed its attribute requirement, so An Kai proposed waiting outside to seize whatever emerged.
• An Daun begged An Kai to save him from the former residents of Chaos City Inner City, then explained that his Attribute Detector measured Intelligence, Endurance, Stamina, and Strength to identify professions.
• An Kai took An Daun and over a thousand subdued Professionals toward Goodness Home, while Malken kept the group under control with poison.
• At Goodness Home, Chaos City's City Lord and Widow Wang fought amid the ruins as Reed and the refugees watched, and a Warrior punished one of the Seven Kingdoms' descendants for celebrating the city's destruction.
• An Kai arrived during the fight and attacked Chaos City's City Lord with Malken and Widow Wang, leaving her shocked and asking what he had done to her.

An Kai defeated Chaos City's City Lord Chris by exploiting her fear for her original body, then enslaved her and kept her from entering the Spirit Infusion Secret Realm. Two months later, after Goodness Home was rebuilt, An Kai tested a newly working Attribute Detector on Chris.

• An Kai provoked Chris by claiming her original body was trapped and doomed, then surrounded her with Malken, Widow Wang, and their allies.
• Chris pleaded to enter the Spirit Infusion Secret Realm, surrendered Hanks and her equipment, and agreed to become An Kai's slave after he promised to let her go.
• Chris revealed her connection to her original body, and An Kai decided to keep her from entering the secret realm while making her rebuild Goodness Home.
• Two months later, Chris had helped rebuild Goodness Home and served An Kai, who continued to dangle the possibility of sending her into the secret realm.
• An Daun told An Kai that the Attribute Detector worked, and An Kai used it to scan Chris.

An Kai used Chris’s knowledge as a fifth-tier Mage to improve his spells, while Chris’s original body suffered the sensations shared by her clone inside the Spirit Infusion Secret Realm. The chapter ended with An Kai testing the Detector on Hanks.

• An Kai checked Chris’s attributes, then confirmed that the Detector still displayed incorrect information when aimed at himself.
• Chris explained class traits and analyzed An Kai’s spells, helping him upgrade all six spells from Superior- to Superior and gain ten skill points.
• An Kai dismissed Chris harshly and drove Wayne from the living room after mistaking his attempt to speak for a defense of Chris.
• Chris’s original body survived a dangerous fight in the Spirit Infusion Secret Realm while Sensory Sharing disrupted her concentration, and she cursed whoever was mistreating her clone.
• An Kai consulted Hanks and An Daun about how to make use of Chris, then tested the Detector on Hanks.

An Kai learned how the Detector ranked attributes and heard Chris explain the difference between genuine and false tier-five professionals. He then planned to draw out the lone guest expected at the Spirit Infusion Instance by making a carefully disguised public announcement, assigning Malken to carry it out.

• An Kai and Hanks tested An Daun's Detector, and Hanks beat An Daun when its results showed An Daun's attributes but marked An Kai's values unknown.
• An Daun explained his tier system, and Chris described false tier-five professionals and how their combined abilities could threaten genuine tier-five fighters.
• An Kai reassured Hanks that Widow Wang would be provided for after his death, while Hanks continued serving him to secure her future.
• An Kai summoned Malken, and the three discussed how to persuade Chris to reveal her knowledge before turning to the Spirit Infusion Instance Token.
• An Kai proposed drawing out the absent guest by making the instance seem public, then tasked Malken with carrying out the plan.