Chapter Summaries

An Xi reunited with A Xin after the battle, while Chu Sheng, Xingzi, and Zhuo Wu examined the strange meat that roasted on lava and discovered its value as durable travel food. Chu Sheng explained that Earth had been incorporated into a vast new world with unfamiliar resources and survival rules, leaving the group to consider how they would adapt.

• An Xi reassured A Xin that her injuries were minor and explained that transforming into a White Tiger made fighting and channeling Geng Metal Essence more natural.
• Chu Sheng, Xingzi, and Zhuo Wu inspected the lava-roasted meat, and Chu Sheng and Xingzi sampled its foul taste and tough texture.
• Zhuo Wu explained that the meat could keep people full for many hours and remained fresh while roasting, so Chu Sheng recognized its potential as a food source.
• Chu Sheng told Zhuo Wu that the Southern Wasteland was about the size of the Solar System and that Earth had been incorporated into a new world of twelve regions.
• Xingzi understood that the group would need to discover unfamiliar foods, minerals, and survival methods in the new world.

Chu Sheng and Xingzi explained how the Convoy treated survivors as its tail while Zhuo Wu’s group welcomed the arriving vehicles. The Convoy stopped, Qingqing flew out to greet them, and Xingzi spotted An Xi and laughed at his baldness.

• Chu Sheng and Xingzi discussed Anomalies and the Convoy’s relationship with survivors while Zhuo Wu’s group listened.
• Zeng Lei organized the survivors to welcome the approaching Convoy, and Zhuo Wu learned that survivors were protected and supplied as the Convoy’s tail.
• The Convoy stopped in front of the survivors, and Captain Hui and the others felt embarrassed by the loud welcome.
• Qingqing flew toward the survivors before Fang Hong called her down, and A Xin teased Fang Hong for scolding her.
• Xingzi laughed and shouted, “Bald Xi! You’re finally here!”

An Xi dragged Xingzi away for a private confrontation while Chu Sheng introduced Zhuo Wu to the Convoy and revealed that Zhuo Wu's group had found edible creatures in the lava. As the groups shared food and survivors mingled, Youming detected something suspicious about Xiao Ling and concluded that the man she called her father was almost certainly not normal.

• An Xi seized Xingzi and dragged her behind an obsidian slab, where their powers flashed as they fought without getting serious.
• Chu Sheng introduced Zhuo Wu and the Convoy's members to Captain Hui, then told Captain Hui that Zhuo Wu's group had found food in the lava.
• Zhuo Wu led the Sequence Adepts to the roast meat, and Captain Hui and the others discovered that it tasted unpleasant despite being edible.
• Wu Meng asked a woman from Zhuo Wu's group about their former life, then offered to explain how the Convoy was organized.
• Brother Wu gave Xiao Ling a piece of meat while she and the Middle-Aged Man thanked him and discussed their hunger.
• Chu Sheng asked Youming to assess the survivors, and Youming judged Xiao Ling suspicious and said her father was most likely a puppet, mannequin, or someone who had lost his mind.

Chu Sheng and the Convoy discovered that Xiao Ling had awakened the Mechanism Sequence and was using her father's corpse as a puppet while plotting to turn the survivors into Mechanism Puppets. They planned to capture her alive, leaving Chu Sheng considering whether he could plunder her Sequence.

• Youming reported that Xiao Ling looked and acted like someone from Chu Sheng's memories, so Chu Sheng summoned the Convoy's leaders to discuss her.
• The Convoy debated whether to recruit Xiao Ling, watch her, or eliminate her, and Chu Sheng argued that she was a threat because of her resemblance to someone he had known.
• Xiao Ling's memories revealed that she blamed the Convoy for her father's death and planned to turn the survivors and Sequence Adepts into Mechanism Puppets.
• The Convoy watched Xiao Ling through the Netherworld Projection and confirmed that the man beside her was her father's corpse, controlled as a puppet.
• Chu Sheng and Captain Hui arranged for An Xi and Chu Sheng to approach Xiao Ling while Zhu Qing, Lu Guan, and Qingqing prepared to attack and prevent her escape.
• Chu Sheng agreed to try to capture Xiao Ling alive, hoping to learn about her and experiment with Sequence Plunder.

An Xi and Chu Sheng distributed purified water to the survivors while Xiao Ling used her Mechanism Sequence to impersonate someone from Chu Sheng’s memories. An Xi exposed and attacked her, and the Convoy’s fighters moved to contain her as the chapter ended with Xiao Ling badly wounded and surrounded.

• An Xi announced that survivors would each receive one cup of purified water, while Chu Sheng enforced the line and warned them not to take extra.
• Xiao Ling concealed her identity behind her father’s Mechanism Puppet and prepared to exploit Chu Sheng’s reaction to the face she had copied with Mind Reading.
• As Xiao Ling offered An Xi a bottle, An Xi seized her wrist and attacked with geng metal fire and geng metal essence.
• Chu Sheng, the Butcher, Zhu Qing, Qingqing, and the Netherworld Light joined the attack or secured the area, leaving Xiao Ling restrained and gravely wounded.
• Zhu Qing captured Xiao Ling’s father’s puppet as Zhuo Wu and his companions surrounded the group to prevent escape.

An Xi and Captain Hui tortured Xiao Ling until she revealed that she had awakened the Mechanism Sequence during the torrential rain and could make Mechanism Puppets and imbue them with spirits. Chu Sheng offered her a place with the group, then used his Heavenly Craftsman ability to draw out her Mental Power and fuse her Sequence with his own.

• An Xi used Geng Metal Fire to intensify Xiao Ling's pain while Captain Hui demanded to know when she had awakened her Sequence.
• Xiao Ling admitted that she had awakened during the torrential rain and possessed the Mechanism Sequence.
• Chu Sheng questioned Xiao Ling about her abilities and offered to let her join the group if she answered honestly.
• Xingzi and An Xi grew jealous as Chu Sheng reached out to Xiao Ling, while the others quietly moved away.
• Chu Sheng pressed his glowing hand to Xiao Ling's skull and began drawing out her Mental Power to fuse her Sequence with his.

Chu Sheng entered his sequence space and discovered how Black Flame, the Spirit of Life, and the Blood Moon’s energy shaped his power. After leaving the space, he demonstrated his Sequence Seven mental pressure and began enveloping the unconscious Xiao Ling in white light.

• Captain Hui told Fang Hong to ask her sequence for information, while he and Old Man Li watched Chu Sheng’s attempt expectantly.
• Chu Sheng explored his sequence space, recognizing Black Flame, the Spirit of Life, and a crimson vortex that absorbed moonlight and converted it into white light.
• Chu Sheng realized that the sequence’s white light fueled his abilities and increased his mental power, while Black Flame and the Spirit of Life consumed it.
• Chu Sheng left the sequence space and manifested the Heavenly Craftsman Sequence, releasing Sequence Seven mental pressure that knocked out nearby survivors and Xiao Ling.
• Chu Sheng willed the white light to envelop Xiao Ling.

Chu Sheng successfully plundered Xiao Ling’s mechanism sequence and discovered how completely his heavenly craftsman sequence could rule over it. As he considered granting the sequence to survivors in exchange for years of work, the story shifted to the Fire Mud Clan rolling through a volcanic crater.

• Chu Sheng confirmed that his attempt to plunder Xiao Ling’s mechanism sequence had worked and offered Captain Hui and Old Man Li information in exchange for supernatural materials.
• Chu Sheng killed the unconscious Xiao Ling and burned her body away, then realized he could suppress mechanism Sequence Adepts, use their creations, and grant or remove their sequence.
• Chu Sheng’s Sequence Seven progress rose to 77 percent, and he sensed that ruling over one more sequence might let him advance to Sequence Six.
• Chu Sheng considered giving survivors the mechanism sequence and binding them to long-term work with the Iron Hoop Contract, then declared that he would try to be a good person.
• Inside a volcano in the Endless Volcanic Range, more than thirty members of the Fire Mud Clan rolled rapidly through the crater’s lava.

Yemo led the Fire Mud Clan after defeating a flying Anomaly and told his assistant that his power came from the Magma Sequence, not an ancestral blessing. Nearby, Xiling and six other Nature Spirits spotted the clan and headed south.

• Yemo fought a flying Anomaly with his fiery horn and destroyed it, leaving behind a strange mouthpart.
• Yemo returned to the crater, gathered the Fire Mud Clan, and led them to find a volcano where they could rebuild their tribe.
• Yemo told his assistant that his power came from the Magma Sequence and said the assistant might receive a Sequence too.
• Xiling and six other Nature Spirits watched the Fire Mud Clan from a distant volcano, then set off south.

Zhuo Wu sent Wu Mao to learn whether the Convoy was safe, while Zhou Dun and Wu Meng explained how to survive among its people. After hearing that the Convoy followed rules and that survivors could generally avoid trouble by not provoking the Sequence Adepts, Zhuo Wu decided to trust it and wait for his vehicle.

• Chu Sheng emerged from the Netherworld Light, and the Convoy's survivors watched him warily after learning he had killed Xiao Ling.
• Brother Wu asked Zhou Dun why he and his companions were not afraid, and Zhou Dun and Wu Meng explained that the Convoy's rules and other survivors mattered more than Chu Sheng.
• Zhou Dun introduced himself and his companions to Wu Mao, who offered to help them get along.
• Wu Mao returned to the Bus Fish Vehicle and reported to Zhuo Wu that the Convoy seemed safe, though many survivors feared Chu Sheng.
• Zhuo Wu accepted Wu Mao's findings, gave him food, and decided to wait for his vehicle before moving out of the Bus.

Captain Hui told the group that intelligent nonhuman races with sequences had appeared, and Chu Sheng spotted seven elf-like beings approaching the Convoy. He prepared everyone for a possible fight while Captain Hui and Fang Hong investigated the newcomers.

• Captain Hui called the ability users together and said that convoys had encountered intelligent races from beyond Earth and mythology, which Anomalies hunted like humans.
• Chu Sheng spotted seven humanoid beings approaching from the north, about twenty-odd li away, and said they looked like elves.
• Captain Hui began divining to learn more about the approaching beings, while Fang Hong also used her ability to investigate.
• Chu Sheng ordered An Xi and Zhu Qing to prepare to fight, told Qingqing to attack only after An Xi did, and assigned Xingzi to heal them.
• Chu Sheng told Old Man Li, A Xin, Zhuo Wu, and the others to stay together, and assigned Lu Guan and Zhuo Wu to provide ranged support and protection.

Chu Sheng’s convoy encountered seven Nature Spirits led by Xiling, learned about their race and their search for kin, and negotiated over forging sacrificial items. Xiling offered supernatural materials, while Captain Hui suddenly announced that he had worked something out.

• Xiling led six Nature Spirits toward the convoy after they spotted each other.
• Fang Hong explained that Nature Spirits were born from nature, awakened Sequences, and searched for their scattered kin.
• An Xi attacked Xiling with the Black Jade Bone Spear, but Xiling blocked it with shields and evaded the strike.
• Xiling introduced her sisters and told Chu Sheng that Floating Islands were difficult to find because they moved through the sky.
• Chu Sheng offered to forge sacrificial items in exchange for supernatural materials, and Xiling produced more than twenty materials taken from Anomalies.
• Captain Hui slapped his thigh and announced that he had worked it out.

Chu Sheng made seven sacrificial weapons for Xiling and the other Nature Spirits, who then left to search for their scattered people. After learning that the humans had families and could reproduce, the Nature Spirits marveled at how blessed the Human Race was.

• Captain Hui accidentally revealed that he had divined the Anomalies’ distance, then realized Xiling and the six other Nature Spirits were standing nearby.
• Xiling commissioned Chu Sheng to make seven sacrificial weapons, and Chu Sheng gave them a little Magic Conch as a token of friendship.
• Chu Sheng spent two days crafting the weapons, including a powerful Bow and Arrow for Xiling whose arrows sent images into the shooter’s mind.
• Xiling tested the bow by firing at lava, then thanked Chu Sheng and told him that the Nature Spirits were leaving to search for their people.
• Chu Sheng told Xiling that the southern route had no Nature Spirits, so she led her companions east instead.
• Orange Jade told the others that humans could reproduce and have twins or triplets, prompting her to call the Human Race uniquely blessed.

Aboard the Mechanical Ship, Zhou Qi and his companions struggled through relentless anomaly attacks and learned they still had about a month before escaping the region. Li Feifei revealed that the wind had overheard Chu Sheng's group discussing them and warned that the group might be able to steal sequences, so they decided to stop contacting them.

• Li Feifei said the group had faced seventeen anomaly attacks in half a month and estimated they needed another month to leave the region.
• Zhou Qi encouraged the others to endure and proposed leaving Chu Sheng's convoy once they escaped, since Li Feifei could help them avoid anomalies.
• Qi Yu suggested contacting Chu Sheng's group to learn about the next region, but Li Feifei warned that the group knew they were following and might steal their sequences.
• Li Feifei explained that the winds recorded nearby events and told her what Chu Sheng's group had said, and Zhou Qi agreed they should stop contacting them.
• Li Feifei reassured Qi Yu about her communication ability, then Zhou Qi told everyone to rest and recover their mental power.

The Convoy found an eerie village amid the volcanoes, and Captain Hui divined that it contained Anomalies of several ranks but could learn little else. They decided to enter after preparing supplies, while Chu Sheng examined the supernatural materials Xiling had given him.

• Captain Hui used a tortoise shell to divine that the village held Sequence Seven, Sequence Eight, Sequence Nine, and lower-ranked Anomalies, though he could not determine their numbers or explain the village's strangeness.
• Zhuo Wu summoned a Sequence Eight shell of the Great Sage Equal to Heaven to guard the Convoy and explained its strength and limitations.
• The Convoy members agreed to enter the village, and Chu Sheng proposed spending the day gathering food before going in the next day.
• Chu Sheng returned to the Netherworld Light and examined three materials from Xiling: a Thirty-Centimeter Sharpening Rod, crimson-emitting flesh, and a crystal ball he thought suited the Butcher.

Chu Sheng upgraded the Butcher with crimson flesh and a crystal ball, then fused the Sharpening Rod into a Heavenly Craftsman: Umbral Iron Forge. The next day, Captain Hui divided the Convoy’s shares for an expedition, and Chu Sheng confirmed that he, the Butcher, and the Netherworld Light would join the village operation.

• Chu Sheng fused the crimson flesh and crystal ball into the Butcher, granting him the Crimson Curse, Cognitive Impairment, the Crimson Butcher Blade, and Crimson Aura.
• Chu Sheng strapped the transformed Butcher across his back and fused the Sharpening Rod with the forge, creating the Heavenly Craftsman: Umbral Iron Forge.
• The next day, Xingzi greeted Chu Sheng, and Captain Hui gathered the Convoy to agree on how to divide the expedition’s shares.
• Captain Hui assigned shares to the Guides, A Xin, Xingzi, Zhuo Wu, Old Man Li, An Xi, Zhu Qing, Qingqing, and Chu Sheng’s group, while Lu Guan received none because he would not participate.
• Chu Sheng confirmed the Netherworld Light and the Butcher would join him, and the Convoy members accepted their group’s combined twenty-five-percent share.

Chu Sheng and his companions explored a village where anomalous wooden houses could devour powerful creatures, and they found a supernatural stick inside one house. When the house severed Butcher’s tentacle, Butcher retaliated with a devastating attack that tore open its walls.

• The Convoy entered the village, where the sunlight vanished, the Blood Moon appeared, and the retreating vehicles blurred from view.
• Chu Sheng found no visible Anomalies nearby but discovered that a Wooden House swallowed the Sequence Eight Blood-Colored Kitten when Butcher threw it against the wall.
• Chu Sheng ordered the Netherworld Light to transform into the Netherworld Mecha, then led An Xi, Zhu Qing, and Zhuo Wu into the yard to investigate.
• Zhuo Wu opened the Wooden House’s door remotely with the Golden Cudgel, revealing a lone supernatural wooden stick inside.
• Butcher tried to retrieve the stick with a tentacle, but the door slammed shut and severed it.
• Butcher attacked the Wooden House with a crimson slash and six phantoms, punching holes through its walls and sending tentacles inside.

Chu Sheng and his companions salvaged supernatural material from a collapsed house, upgraded Zhu Qing’s weapon, and searched a strange village filled with valuable materials. Northwest of the village, they found graves bearing their own names as a Treant Anomaly began approaching from the graveyard hill.

• The Butcher recovered a wooden rod from the collapsed house, and Chu Sheng identified it as a material with destruction and indestructibility properties.
• Chu Sheng fused the rod with Zhu Qing’s Retractable Steel Baton to create Unyielding Destruction, whose ranking had fallen as sacrificial items became more numerous.
• Chu Sheng decided the group would search the village before heading northwest toward the suspected threat.
• The group found a graveyard hill with five gravestones bearing their names, while a Treant Anomaly climbed out of its grave and began walking toward the village.
• Chu Sheng and the others searched all 108 village houses, finding supernatural materials in almost every one, including nine sequence seven materials.

Chu Sheng and the others discovered a vast horde of Anomalies, including a Sequence Six, after taking supernatural materials from the village. They escaped toward the Convoy, which prepared to flee with the Netherworld Light serving as the rear guard.

• An Xi noticed something was wrong and tried to lead Chu Sheng away, but Zhu Qing spotted black qi gathering into pillars that revealed a Sequence Six and countless lower-ranked Anomalies.
• Zhu Qing and Zhuo Wu escaped into the Netherworld Light, which sped away as Chu Sheng confirmed the scale of the Anomaly horde and An Xi urged everyone to keep running.
• Zhuo Wu warned Captain Hui and the others to prepare to leave, reporting the village’s Anomalies and the supernatural materials they had found.
• Captain Hui deduced that each of the village’s 108 houses and supernatural materials corresponded to an Anomaly, and that taking the materials had awakened them.
• Captain Hui told Zhuo Wu to have Chu Sheng accelerate while the Convoy followed, assigning the Netherworld Light to the rear as Zhuo Wu agreed to the arrangement.

Chu Sheng and the others found themselves trapped in the village as a Sequence Six anomaly formed from the ruins, so they planned a desperate strike against the surrounding anomalies. The Netherworld Light charged into the advancing horde, beginning their battle to survive.

• Zhuo Wu and Chu Sheng realized the Netherworld Light was still trapped in the village while debris and black qi gathered to form a Sequence Six anomaly.
• An Xi instructed Qingqing to attack approaching anomalies and protect the group, and Qingqing agreed before returning to the bedroom.
• Zhuo Wu urged the group to strike before the Sequence Six anomaly fully emerged, and Chu Sheng assigned everyone targets to hold off or kill within ten minutes.
• Chu Sheng ordered Youming to turn the Netherworld Light around and ram the anomalies as An Xi took Qingqing to attack.
• The Netherworld Light swallowed a treant-like anomaly, plowed into the horde, and fired its rooftop machine gun as it advanced toward the Sequence Seven anomalies.