Chapter Summaries

Lin Yi and Zhu Cheng joined Shan Kui, Fang Yan, and Kong Buyu for drinks, where they discussed their newly advanced sequences and potion supplies. Shan Kui warned Lin Yi that advancing to Sequence Two would gradually erase his emotions and that becoming a god required an unknown condition.

• Lin Yi and Zhu Cheng entered Shan Kui's compound and found him drinking with Fang Yan and Kong Buyu.
• Fang Yan and the others learned that Zhu Cheng had reached Sequence Three, while Zhu Cheng repaid the Fire God Convoy with a pot of seven-color flowers.
• Lin Yi revealed that he had enough potion ingredients to advance once more, prompting Shan Kui to warn him against rushing to Sequence Two.
• Shan Kui explained that Sequence Two gradually diminished a person's emotions, Sequence One erased them, and godhood required an unknown condition beyond Potions.

Shan Kui warned Lin Yi that advancing to sequence two eroded a person’s humanity and emotions, and that the Spiritual Cultivation Society might target him for his potion ingredients. Lin Yi remained confident because of the Desire Mother Tree’s backing, while Shan Kui explained that the Blade Society had earned its status through two powerful curios ranked in the top ten.

• Shan Kui explained that he had delayed advancing to sequence two because it would erode his humanity and emotions.
• Lin Yi told Shan Kui that the King of the Chosen Principality had advanced after a level eight aberration creature and many lower-level threats appeared nearby.
• Shan Kui warned Lin Yi that the Spiritual Cultivation Society might use underhanded methods to obtain his potion ingredients, but Lin Yi said they would face consequences if they pushed him too far.
• Fang Yan said he needed to advance to sequence three and planned to trade curios with Zhang Yumin for potion ingredients.
• Shan Kui told Lin Yi that the Blade Society possessed two curios ranked in the top ten, and that using one against the Spiritual Cultivation Society had cost the latter dearly.

Fang Yan traded for the Seven-Color Flowers he needed, then used news of the King of the Chosen Principality’s advancement to pressure the Spiritual Cultivation Society into offering three top-hundred Curios for a complete potion set. Zhang Yumin accepted the deal, which was set to be completed that day.

• After Shan Kui drank himself unconscious, Fang Yan left with Kong Buyu and went to the Starlight Convoy to trade for the Seven-Color Flowers needed to advance to sequence three.
• Zhang Yumin exchanged three pots of Seven-Color Flowers for a Curio ranked in the top five thousand.
• The Spiritual Cultivation Society arrived, and Fang Yan warned them that Lin Yi and Shan Kui would oppose any forced trade.
• Fang Yan revealed that the King of the Chosen Principality had reached sequence two, alarming the Spiritual Cultivation Society.
• The Spiritual Cultivation Society offered three top-hundred Curios for a complete potion set, and Zhang Yumin agreed to arrange the trade that day.

Zhang Yumin traded away most of her Potions as the Starlight Convoy faced growing pressure in the Demon Capital. The Chosen Principality seized much of the city, while the Spiritual Cultivation Society's Elder President advanced to sequence two and led a crowd toward the enormous weird domain.

• Zhang Yumin traded away her duplicate Potions to protect the Starlight Convoy before Lin Yi left for the Survival Rules Convoy.
• Convoys poured into the Demon Capital, fought over supplies and bases, and backed down when the sequence-two Chosen Principality arrived and claimed nearly half the city.
• The Spiritual Cultivation Society's President arrived and advanced to sequence two, drawing Lin Yi, the King, Shan Kui, and other powerful Transcendents to watch.
• The Elder President declared that the Spiritual Cultivation Society would enter the weird domain and used a display of holy light to attract followers.
• The Elder President led a dense crowd toward the weird domain, while Lin Yi and Shan Kui recognized that the Society was using ordinary people to clear the way.

The Survival Rules Convoy and Ascension Convoy arrived in the Demon Capital, and Liu Chuan's group headed to the Villa District to reunite with Lin Yi. Blind Cheng announced their arrival loudly, and Lin Yi hurried out to welcome them.

• Fang Yan asked whether they should enter the enormous weird domain, but the King and Shan Kui decided to let the Spiritual Cultivation Society test it first.
• Three days later, the Survival Rules Convoy and Ascension Convoy reached the Demon Capital, where Liu Chuan and the others saw how drastically the city had changed.
• Liu Chuan's group decided to visit Lin Yi, and Blind Cheng joked with Cheng Rong about their relationship and postponed wedding.
• Gao Yue Xi and the Ascension Convoy went their separate way instead of joining Liu Chuan's group to see Lin Yi.
• The Survival Rules Convoy reached Starlight Convoy territory, where Blind Cheng shouted for Lin Yi, prompting Lin Yi to spring up and go meet his old friends.

Lin Yi reunited with the Survival Rules Convoy and introduced Zhu Cheng, whose Sequence Three rank shocked everyone. After arranging temporary lodging for the convoy among their allied factions, Zhu Cheng returned with news that the neighboring convoys were short on water.

• Lin Yi warmly reunited with Liu Chuan, Wang Meng, Blind Cheng, Bai Le, Wu Yuan, and Cheng Rong.
• Liu Chuan and Wang Meng mistook Zhu Cheng for Jiang Ya until Lin Yi explained that she was Jiang Ya's cousin.
• Zhu Cheng revealed that she was a Sequence Three [Ecology Listener], and Lin Yi confirmed that he had also reached Sequence Three.
• Lin Yi asked Zhu Cheng to arrange temporary lodging for the Survival Rules Convoy with Fang Yan and Shan Kui, and they accommodated its members.
• The Survival Rules Convoy joined the Starlight, Marauder, and Fire God Convoys in the area, forming an alliance with four Sequence Three Transcendents.
• Zhu Cheng told Lin Yi that Fang Yan and Shan Kui's convoys were running low on water and asked whether he should offer them some.

Lin Yi reunited with the convoys in the Demon Capital, arranged for them to share the Survival Rules Convoy’s water, and agreed to organize Blind Cheng and Cheng Rong’s wedding. He then explained the dangers and competition surrounding the massive weird domain, leaving the group to wait for the Spiritual Cultivation Society’s return before deciding how to proceed.

• Liu Chuan offered water from the Curio Faucet to the allied convoys, and Lin Yi arranged for their people to collect it.
• Lin Yi learned that Blind Cheng and Cheng Rong planned to marry, and he promised to organize a lavish wedding for them.
• Lin Yi explained that potion ingredients were drawing convoys to the massive weird domain and warned those below Sequence Seven to avoid going deep inside.
• Lin Yi told the group to avoid conflict and trade among their allied convoys while they waited for the Spiritual Cultivation Society to return from the domain.

The four-convoy alliance gathered water and supplies while preparing a wedding feast for Blind Cheng before entering the Weird Domain. After Lin Yi went out to find more supplies, Zhang Yumin quietly asked Zhu Cheng whether he had told Lin Yi yet or decided not to.

• People from the Starlight Convoy, the Fire God Convoy, and Shan Kui's convoy collected clean water from Lin Yi's Curio Faucet.
• Lin Yi and the others organized a wedding for Blind Cheng, who had advanced to Sequence Four, and the allied convoys began gathering supplies.
• Kong Buyu brought back three truckloads of fireworks, while Zhang Yumin listed wedding necessities and the others volunteered to find them.
• Fang Yan planned a communal wedding meal, which the group treated as a possible last celebration before entering the Weird Domain.
• Lin Yi left to seek more supplies, and Zhang Yumin asked Zhu Cheng whether he had told Lin Yi yet or decided not to.

Zhang Yumin urged Zhu Cheng not to leave her feelings for Lin Yi unspoken, but Zhu Cheng decided to keep them to herself. On the road, Lin Yi found Zhang Wei, Li Kun, Xu Mu, and Lin Qing'er badly injured and disabled at a roadside stall, and brought them back to his Hummer.

• Zhang Yumin told Zhu Cheng that their gathering might be the last and encouraged her to speak honestly to Lin Yi, but Zhu Cheng chose to stay silent.
• Lin Yi stopped at a roadside stall and recognized Zhang Wei and Li Kun among the blind, disabled people selling supplies.
• Lin Yi also recognized Xu Mu and Lin Qing'er, and Li Kun told him that they had been abandoned after the Three Gorges Fortress fell to Aberration Creatures.
• Lin Yi carried Li Kun to the Hummer, helped Zhang Wei, Xu Mu, and Lin Qing'er aboard, and packed up their supplies.
• Lin Yi reassured them that Liu Chuan, Wang Meng, and Liu Man were alive, promised they would be cared for, and said someone in the Convoy was getting married soon.

Lin Yi learned that the Night Cat Convoy had captured and brutalized Zhang Wei, Li Kun, and the others, then followed its men to their base near the Chosen Principality. Surrounded at the compound, Lin Yi prepared to kill the convoy’s people when its captain appeared.

• Lin Yi saw Zhang Wei and the others’ injuries and learned that the Night Cat Convoy had held them captive and forced them to sell goods.
• The Mustached Man confronted Lin Yi, claimed the injured people belonged to his convoy, and demanded fifty jin of rice per person to let them go.
• Lin Yi said he knew people in the Chosen Principality and agreed to follow the Mustached Man to speak with the convoy captain.
• The Mustached Man led Lin Yi to the Night Cat Convoy’s compound, where his men surrounded Lin Yi’s car.
• Lin Yi noticed that nearly everyone at the compound who was not a Sequence Transcendent had been disabled and asked his companions how they wanted the Night Cat Convoy to die.

After hearing why Li Kun hated the Night Cat Convoy, Lin Yi attacked its members and slaughtered the Sequence Transcendents downstairs. Captain Ye Mao learned of the massacre and sought help from the Chosen Principality, while Lin Yi remained below.

• Li Kun begged Lin Yi to kill every Sequence Transcendent in the Night Cat Convoy, and Zhang Wei explained that the convoy had mutilated Li Kun and his companions and harmed the woman he loved.
• Lin Yi left the Hummer, cut off a bearded man's leg, killed him, and attacked the Night Cat Convoy's Sequence Transcendents.
• Lin Yi killed the convoy's fighters downstairs while Ye Mao and the mustached man remained unaware upstairs.
• Survivors fled upstairs and told Ye Mao that Lin Yi had killed everyone downstairs, prompting Ye Mao to blame the mustached man for bringing him there.
• Ye Mao grabbed a Vintage Pager and ordered the mustached man and others to watch the stairs and windows as he tried to contact the Chosen Principality for protection.

Lin Yi waited for the Chosen Principality after killing the Night Cat Convoy members responsible for harming his friends, demanding an explanation and treatment for Zhang Wei and Li Kun. Captain Fei agreed to help Lin Yi and arrange a healer, but Ye Mao arrived and falsely accused Lin Yi of attacking the convoy.

• Lin Yi refused to leave and told Zhang Wei and Li Kun he would hold the Chosen Principality responsible for their injuries and the Night Cat Convoy's actions.
• Captain Fei arrived with Guardian Corps members, recognized Lin Yi, and denied that the Chosen Principality was backing the Night Cat Convoy.
• Lin Yi admitted killing the convoy members and demanded an explanation, saying he would wipe out the Night Cat Convoy and insisting that Zhang Wei and Li Kun be healed.
• After seeing Zhang Wei and Li Kun's condition, Captain Fei agreed Lin Yi could kill Ye Mao and offered to contact Sister Juny, a sequence four [Priest], to treat them.
• Ye Mao came downstairs and accused Lin Yi of killing his people without cause, demanding that Captain Fei get justice for the Night Cat Convoy.

Lin Yi forced the Chosen Principality to heal Zhang Wei, Xu Mu, Lin Qing'er, and Li Kun after the Night Cat Convoy crippled them, then let them take revenge on their attackers. He arranged for Shangguan Bei and Zhang Haitao to leave with his group while the Chosen Principality kept the Night Cat Convoy's ordinary members.

• Captain Fei abandoned Ye Mao and the Night Cat Convoy to Lin Yi after learning they had harmed members of the Survival Rules Convoy.
• Lin Yi told Ye Mao that Zhang Wei and the others would decide the Night Cat Convoy members' fate once they were healed.
• Sister Juny restored Xu Mu, Zhang Wei, Lin Qing'er, and Li Kun, and Lin Yi handed Li Kun his machete to take revenge.
• Lin Yi asked the Silver-Haired Woman about the Chosen Principality's plans for the weird domain, and she said they were waiting for the King's approval.
• Lin Yi asked the Silver-Haired Woman to send Shangguan Bei and Zhang Haitao to join his group, and she agreed while promising him a favor.

Lin Yi brought Zhang Wei, Li Kun, Shangguan Bei, and Zhang Haitao back to the Villa District, where the Survival Rules Convoy welcomed them and reunited with its veterans. He reassured Liu Chuan that he had privately resolved the Chosen Principality issue, while Liu Chuan mentioned that Liu Man and the others were still away.

• Lin Yi and the others returned to the Villa District after Lin Yi told Shangguan Bei and Zhang Haitao that Zhu Cheng had reached sequence three.
• Liu Chuan and Wang Meng joyfully reunited with Zhang Wei and Li Kun, and Lin Yi introduced Xu Mu and Lin Qing'er to the group.
• Zhu Cheng showed off her sequence-three advancement to Shangguan Bei and Zhang Haitao, then introduced them to the convoy members.
• Wang Meng and Blind Cheng wanted to retaliate against the Night Cat Convoy, but Zhang Wei told them Lin Yi had already helped him and Li Kun get revenge.
• Lin Yi sent the newcomers to help prepare the neighboring villa for Blind Cheng's wedding and told Liu Chuan he had handled matters with the Chosen Principality privately.
• Liu Chuan said that Liu Man and the others were the only original convoy members still away, and told Lin Yi that Xiaoxiao had been resurrected.

At Blind Cheng and Cheng Rong's wedding feast, the convoy leaders discussed who would enter the Weird Domain and how many people they would take. Zhang Yumin decided she wanted to join the Survival Rules Convoy, planning to ask Lin Yi for a partnership when he returned.

• The Survival Rules Convoy provided a communal feast for Blind Cheng and Cheng Rong's wedding, and Lin Yi led the wedding procession through the Demon Capital.
• Zhang Yumin and the other convoy leaders marveled at the Survival Rules Convoy's potatoes and discussed its self-sufficiency.
• Shan Kui said the entire Marauder Convoy would enter the Weird Domain, while Fang Yan and Kong Buyu planned to take only some of the Fire God Convoy.
• Zhang Yumin said she would take willing people into the Weird Domain and noted that those below Sequence Five could choose whether to enter.
• Fang Yan and Shan Kui declared their ambitions to attain godhood, and Zhang Yumin resolved to ask Lin Yi about partnering with the Survival Rules Convoy.

Lin Yi and Liu Chuan finalized a small team to enter the Weird Domain while other convoys prepared to follow the Chosen Principality inside. The Chosen Principality and Blade Society entered the Frozen Zone, as the remaining groups set their departure plans.

• Lin Yi and Liu Chuan agreed that Liu Chuan, Wang Meng, Zhu Cheng, Lin Yi, and Zhang Yumin would enter the Weird Domain, while Blind Cheng guarded the convoy.
• Shan Kui said the Marauder Convoy would enter that afternoon, and Fang Yan set the Fire God Convoy to leave the next morning.
• King led thousands of Sequence Transcendents from the Chosen Principality into the Frozen Zone after speaking with Lin Yi and the others.
• The Blade Society arrived with over ten thousand people, and Shan Kui questioned whether its forces and Curios would be enough once they entered.

Lin Yi and his companions entered the Frozen Weird Domain and drove through a swarm of Little Snowmen toward a distant city. They escaped the creatures, but Liu Chuan sensed many Aberration Creatures ahead and warned that the Snow Woman might still be nearby.

• Lin Yi left Blind Cheng, Bai Le, and the others behind and set out with Zhu Cheng, Liu Chuan, and Zhang Yumin in his Hummer.
• The group found vehicles frozen among countless Little Snowmen and recognized some as belonging to the Chosen Principality and the Blade Society.
• Lin Yi accelerated the Hummer, using its flames and reinforced body to smash through the Little Snowmen, while other vehicles followed and several were overturned and frozen.
• The Hummer escaped the swarm and headed toward a city as the group wondered whether any potion ingredients remained there.
• Liu Chuan sensed many Aberration Creatures in the city, warned that the Snow Woman might not have been defeated, and urged them to drive straight through.

Lin Yi and the others drove through a city overrun by frost zombies whose cold could damage even a Curio vehicle. They escaped the city and continued across the frozen domain, leaving behind a powerful Curio they could not safely retrieve.

• Lin Yi drove the Hummer through the city as frost zombies poured out and pursued them, and he and Liu Chuan suspected a powerful Curio had mutated the zombies.
• The group forced their way past people frozen in ice, whom Liu Chuan believed had belonged to an earlier convoy, while frost zombies attacked from the surrounding buildings.
• After about twenty minutes, Lin Yi drove beyond the city, where the frost zombies stopped pursuing them, and the group concluded they could not leave the city.
• Lin Yi noted signs that the Spiritual Cultivation Society or the Chosen Principality had searched the city and chose a direction to continue looking for potion ingredients while avoiding other factions.

Lin Yi and his companions rested inside the Dream Snow House Snow Globe before a convoy surrounded them and demanded potion ingredients. Lin Yi recognized the encounter as an attempted robbery and confronted the convoy leader.

• Lin Yi used the Dream Snow House Snow Globe to shelter the group from the extreme cold, and they rested while discussing the dangers of the Island Nation and the uncertain path to godhood.
• Lin Yi urged Liu Chuan and Wang Meng to stay close, and they reaffirmed their reasons for entering the domain.
• After the group left the snow house, Lin Yi found a convoy surrounding the globe and recognized its leader as the Marauder Convoy leader.
• The convoy leader demanded one potion ingredient per person for anyone at Sequence Five or higher, and Lin Yi called out the group's attempt to rob them.

Lin Yi and Zhu Cheng ambushed a convoy trying to rob them, seizing its Despair Coffin and subduing the attackers with their Sequence abilities. Lin Yi suspected Gao Yue Xi had sent the convoy and supplied its Curio.

• The convoy captain threatened Lin Yi and his companions with the Despair Coffin, a powerful Curio ranked number 51.
• Lin Yi and Zhu Cheng attacked before the captain could open the coffin, and Zhu Cheng severed his arms while Lin Yi caught the Curio.
• The convoy members drew their weapons, but Lin Yi used his [Criminal] Pathway ability to forbid armed combat and make them drop their weapons.
• Lin Yi identified the coffin's despair-inducing effect and questioned why the captain had dared to target Sequence Three Transcendents.
• The captain's reaction confirmed Lin Yi's suspicion that someone powerful backed him, and Lin Yi accused Gao Yue Xi of sending the convoy and providing the Curio.