Recaps

Chen Luo returned to his base, learned that Mi Li had reached level eight, and reunited with Rice, who told him Sixth-rate Yuri had tormented her. Chen Luo vowed to capture Yuri, while Rice demanded harsher punishment.

• Chen Luo returned to the base and greeted Dharma King, the Puppies, Sea Ji, and Xiong Wenhui.
• Chen Luo brought Jiang Tiancheng and Jiang Chuxue to his Courtyard, where Ma Yu said Mi Li had gone out to test her new level-eight abilities.
• Chen Luo and Ma Yu pretended that the home-cooked meal was meant for Dog Elder, leaving Jiang Tiancheng and Jiang Chuxue astonished.
• Chen Luo found Dharma King sniffing Jiang Chuxue's Samoyed and went to his villa to look for Rice.
• Rice emerged from the wardrobe and told Chen Luo that someone controlling small animals had tormented her.
• Chen Luo suspected Sixth-rate Yuri and vowed to capture him, but Rice insisted that he should not be let off easily.

Chen Luo devised a plan to track Yuri by using potatoes marked with Dung Beetle’s scent after learning Yuri had been tormenting the base. He prepared to catch Yuri the next time he came for potatoes, while considering other ways to expose him.

• Chen Luo bathed Rice, welcomed Mi Li and the others back, and learned that Yuri had repeatedly infiltrated the base.
• Chen Luo summoned Meng Yin and Dung Beetle, then arranged to give Yuri potatoes scented by Dung Beetle so he could track them.
• Zhao Ziyi tried to control a toad, but it broke free and leaped onto her face.
• Dung Beetle licked the potatoes, and Chen Luo planned to hide a small dung beetle in Yuri’s potato sack so Dung Beetle could follow the scent.
• Chen Luo considered making a wanted notice with Yuri’s picture, which he already knew from his past life.

Chen Luo reunited his companions for a feast, learned how the survivors and zombies had advanced, and prepared for the approaching torrential rain. Elsewhere, Yuri suffered a streak of disasters during the downpour and ended the chapter buried in rubble and covered in foul liquid.

• Chen Luo hosted a dinner, introduced Sea Ji as his level-ten sister, and learned that Xiao Yu and Xia Haoran had reached level seven.
• Chen Luo heard that most combat members had reached level five, the zombies had also advanced, and heavy rain was expected to last about a week.
• Yuri found his instant noodles missing their seasoning, then discovered a black fingernail in a packet of pickled greens.
• The rain flooded Yuri's residential complex, and the building collapsed; after Yuri crawled from the rubble, lightning struck him unconscious.
• Yuri moved his supplies to another building, which also collapsed, and he lay among the rubble while his controlled toads danced.
• A toad sprayed foul black liquid onto Yuri, leaving him utterly despondent.

Chen Luo discovered that ribbonfish meat could help Dharma King advance, while the Sea Turtle King reached level nine after digesting energy over time. He realized that Time Acceleration might speed up Sea Ji’s advancement to King Rank.

• Chen Luo bargained with Dharma King and sold him Jiang Chuxue’s Samoyed for five hundred points, along with a location and kennel for a secret love nest.
• Dharma King advanced to level eight by eating energy-rich ribbonfish meat, but Chen Luo gave him only a hundred points because he counted Sea Ji and Mi Li as having advanced first.
• Chen Luo visited Ma Yu, who was testing spices to remove the ribbonfish’s foul smell, and learned that only some parts of the meat contained much energy.
• Chen Luo concluded that Sea Ji and Ningshuang had advanced differently because they had eaten different parts of the ribbonfish.
• The Sea Turtle King emerged from the rising river and advanced from level eight to level nine after digesting energy over time.
• Chen Luo wondered whether he could use Time Acceleration to speed up Sea Ji’s advancement to King Rank.

Chen Luo used Time Acceleration and Mi Li’s mana infusion to help Sea Ji grow stronger, while a torrential downpour disrupted survivors and drove other bases to trade potatoes for seeds. Back at the base, Dharma King returned from mating with a Samoyed and was caught by Silver Wolf, who smelled her perfume on him.

• Chen Luo proposed sacrificing a year of Sea Ji’s life to accelerate her growth, and Sea Ji eagerly agreed so she could gain strength and settle her grudge with Ningshuang.
• Chen Luo used Time Acceleration on Sea Ji until he had spent two-thirds of his Esper Ability energy, then Mi Li infused him with her energy to help him continue.
• A torrential downpour flooded supplies and low-lying bases, while Zhao Feng and other groups braved the weather to exchange potatoes for seeds at Chen Luo’s base.
• Dharma King mated with a Samoyed during the rain, then returned to the doghouse to his principal wife, Silver Wolf.
• Silver Wolf sniffed Dharma King and told him he smelled of the Samoyed’s perfume.

Dharma King moved Silver Wolf and the Samoyed into the kennel, while Yuri tricked Chen Luo into sending him potatoes that had been licked by Elder Dung. After the rain stopped, Yi Siying used a counterfeit Dawn City elder badge to approach Qi Dawei’s base and demand to see its leader.

• Dharma King kicked his six puppies out of the kennel and moved the Samoyed in with Silver Wolf, so the puppies went to Chen Luo for shelter.
• Yuri threatened to expose Dawn City’s humiliation unless Chen Luo sent potatoes, and Chen Luo gave the Mutant Giant Bird ten pounds of potatoes licked by Elder Dung.
• Yuri ate the raw potatoes without noticing anything unusual, while Mi Ling and Rice enjoyed the prank.
• After eight days, the rain stopped, and Dawn City tightened its admission requirements for new members.
• Yi Siying finished forging a red elder badge, dressed up, and went to Qi Dawei’s relocated base seeking revenge.
• The guard at Qi Dawei’s base mistook Yi Siying for a Dawn City elder, and she ordered him to take her to the leader.

Yi Siying used a counterfeit Dawn City badge and claimed to be Chen Luo’s lover to trick three bases into helping her attack Qi Dawei’s camp. After Qi Dawei was killed, she admitted she had lied to Xu Wei and the other leaders.

• Yi Siying convinced Xu Wei that she was a Dawn City elder and threatened his base into joining her revenge.
• When Xu Wei’s confidant asked to verify her badge, Yi Siying struck him and dared them to test it, prompting Xu Wei to agree to mobilize his men.
• Yi Siying and Xu Wei recruited two more bases, whose spies recognized that they did not know of an elder named Yi Siying but stayed silent.
• The combined forces surrounded Qi Dawei’s camp, and Yi Siying promised the leaders level-seven crystals if they killed its people.
• Xu Wei and the other leaders destroyed Qi Dawei’s camp, avenging Yi Siying, who then told them she had lied.

Chen Luo learned that Yi Siying had impersonated a Dawn City elder to take revenge on Qi Dawei and ordered her publicly executed. Jiang Bai reached level six and summoned a resilient, foul-smelling monster, but Chen Luo killed it and kept her alive for now.

• Xu Wei beat Yi Siying after she confessed that she had impersonated a Dawn City elder, and the leaders of the three bases decided to bring her to Chen Luo.
• Chen Luo killed the foul-smelling creature Jiang Bai summoned, collected its level-seven crystal, and left Jiang Bai alive to gather more crystals.
• Chen Guang told Chen Luo that Xu Wei and the others had brought Yi Siying to Dawn City after she used its name to destroy a base.
• Chen Luo heard Yi Siying explain her feud with Qi Dawei, then sentenced her to public execution in a week for impersonating a Dawn City elder.
• Chen Luo planned to use Yi Siying's execution to establish Dawn City's authority and distribute Meng Yin's seeds to arriving survivors.

After hearing about Chen Luo and Dawn City, Zhao Jing decided to bring an unbreakable mutant corpse to Chen Luo and seek protection for his struggling base. Zhao Jing and his people set out for Dawn City with the corpse, hoping to find a powerful backer.

• News spread that Chen Luo and Dawn City had destroyed a base, and Zhao Jing warned Tong Yang that they could not afford to offend them.
• Tong Yang suggested asking Chen Luo to extract the crystal from a mutant corpse Zhao Jing had been unable to damage.
• When a scar-faced gang demanded rice as protection money, Zhao Jing surrendered more than half a ton rather than risk a fight.
• After the gang left, Zhao Jing decided to take the corpse to Dawn City and seek its protection, and Tong Yang agreed.
• Zhao Jing ate a black rat, loaded the corpse into a vehicle, and led his people toward Dawn City.

Chen Luo discovered that Jiang Bai could summon several level seven creatures without dying, but she eventually lost the ability to summon more. He then obtained a King Rank corpse from Zhao Jing in exchange for protection, leaving him with the prospect of gaining a King Rank crystal.

• Chen Luo tested Jiang Bai by having her summon level seven creatures and realized she did not know he was farming their crystals.
• Jiang Bai failed to summon more level seven creatures and passed out after Chen Luo ordered Elder Dung to torment her.
• Chen Luo distributed plans for his five level seven crystals and went with Mi Ling to inspect an indestructible corpse.
• Chen Luo confirmed the corpse was a King Rank mutant and learned that Zhao Jing offered it in exchange for protection.
• Chen Luo accepted Zhao Jing's offer and declared that Dawn City would protect him and his brothers.

Chen Luo extracted a King Rank crystal, then used a dung beetle hidden in potatoes to track Yuri to his hideout. He confronted Yuri, who was terrified and tried to stall with a guessing game.

• Chen Luo gave Zhao Jing rice and potatoes in exchange for his King Rank crystal, then cut open the corpse and began absorbing the crystal.
• Yuri sent a giant bird to request more potatoes, and Chen Luo hid a dung beetle inside the sack to track it back to Yuri.
• Chen Luo summoned Elder Dung and followed its directions with Meng Yin to an old residential area where Yuri was hiding.
• Chen Luo used Void Walk to appear before Yuri as he finished roasting and eating the potatoes.
• Yuri recognized Chen Luo, denied being Sixth-rate Yuri, and asked, “Guess whether I'll guess.”

Chen Luo captured Yuri for contaminating the base and brought him before Rice to face judgment. Rice punished Yuri by ordering him to swim ten laps in the Swimming Pool after Elder Dung added something extra to it.

• Chen Luo pinned Yuri down after finding the tracker that exposed him, and Yuri offered information about a Zombie alliance to save himself.
• Yuri revealed that Big Strong led a growing Zombie group, while Big Strong killed Steel Head in a fight and recruited the rival Zombies.
• Chen Luo decided to keep Yuri alive for Rice to judge, then mobilized more than fifteen hundred members to bring him back to the base.
• The members paraded Yuri through the streets and pelted him with stones before Chen Luo brought him to Rice.
• Rice slapped Yuri with the Meow-Meow Fist, had Elder Dung add something to the Swimming Pool, and ordered Yuri to swim ten laps.

Chen Luo punished Yuri for defiling the Swimming Pool and forced him to serve the base with his psychic abilities. He then rewarded Wild Thunder with a level-seven lightning crystal, leaving Wild Thunder eager to grow stronger and defeat the Thunder Dharma King.

• Yuri swam over a hundred laps in the Swimming Pool and pretended to choke, but Rice left his punishment to Chen Luo.
• Chen Luo had Wild Thunder whip Yuri a hundred times, then offered him a choice between more lashes and death.
• Yuri chose to live and agreed to work for Chen Luo for three years, using his Mind Communication and Mind Control abilities to expand the intelligence network.
• Chen Luo warned Yuri not to tamper with intelligence and had him locked up so others could establish Mind Links with him.
• Wild Thunder asked to trade points for a level-seven crystal, and Chen Luo offered him a level-seven lightning crystal for fifteen hundred points, letting him owe the last five hundred.

Lu Tianzhu defeated local thugs, Gu Changfeng’s group seized a base and learned about Dawn City, and Ling Weiwei decided to visit Dawn City’s gathering. Meanwhile, Dharma King hid a crystal and planned to save enough points to become Dog Leader in one stroke.

• Lu Tianzhu transformed into a firebird and then a Thunder Wolf to kill the thugs and their level-six leader before searching for a place to stay.
• Gu Changfeng threatened a base’s residents, then ordered his group to kill them after they agreed to surrender; a dying survivor warned them about Dawn City, prompting Gu Changfeng to investigate.
• Ling Weiwei heard about Dawn City’s improved seeds and strength, remembered harming a stray puppy in Divine Capital, and decided to attend Dawn City’s gathering.
• Dharma King took the Puppies’ level-five crystal and hid it instead of giving it to Chen Luo, then planned to save up supplies and points to become Dog Leader.

Chen Luo's gathering showcased Dawn City's strength and generosity as it executed Yi Siying for impersonating one of its members and publicized how it protected Zhao Jing. Chen Guang demanded that the people who robbed Zhao Jing step forward, leaving the crowd to face Dawn City's call for justice.

• Chen Luo held a larger gathering at South Stadium while Gu Changfeng brooded over Dawn City's strength and hoped to catch up to Chen Luo.
• Lu Tianzhu admired Dawn City's food and potato-seed offer, while Ling Weiwei decided she wanted to join.
• Chen Guang ordered Yi Siying executed for impersonating a Dawn City elder, and Chen Luo killed her with Space Cutting.
• Zhao Jing told the crowd that Dawn City had protected him and provided food after he surrendered a valuable crystal to Chen Luo.
• Chen Guang demanded that whoever had robbed Zhao Jing step forward.

Chen Luo’s Dawn City meeting ended with new promises, potato-seed rules, and recruitment limited to level-six Esper Ability Users, bringing Ling Weiwei into the base. The Dharma King recognized Ling Weiwei as the woman who had stabbed him when he was a puppy, and turned on her in anger.

• Chen Luo had a bald man and Scarface kowtow to Zhao Jing, then Chen Guang promised Zhao Jing Dawn City’s protection for life.
• Chen Guang announced that Dawn City would provide potato seeds in exchange for twenty percent of the extra yield and would recruit only level-six Esper Ability Users.
• Ling Weiwei left her companions, introduced herself as a level-six nature Esper Ability User who could improve seed yields, and joined Dawn City.
• Chen Luo personally welcomed Ling Weiwei and escorted her through the base toward Meng Yin.
• The Dharma King heard Ling Weiwei’s voice, remembered how she had stabbed him as a puppy, and recognized her with a savage snarl.

Dharma King recognized Ling Weiwei as the person who had abused him when he was a puppy, and Chen Luo let him confront her. As Dharma King struck, Ling Weiwei awakened a dual esper ability and gained a level-eight physique.

• Dharma King approached Ling Weiwei with hatred, and Rice identified her as the person who had cut off Dharma King's ears and stabbed him.
• Chen Luo confronted Ling Weiwei, who denied it at first but eventually admitted what she had done and begged for forgiveness.
• Chen Luo refused to protect Ling Weiwei and let Dharma King decide her fate; Dharma King advanced while she pleaded for him to stop.
• Ling Weiwei underwent an extreme emotional upheaval and awakened a dual esper ability, rapidly gaining a physique equivalent to level eight.
• Dharma King struck Ling Weiwei's calf, but she remained able to move, and Chen Luo realized she had likely awakened her ability.

After Ling Weiwei awakened nature and darkness abilities, she transformed into a massive black monster and fought Dharma King. Dharma King unleashed purple lightning to destroy her, then collapsed from exhaustion while warning Chen Luo not to charge him too many points.

• Dharma King attacked Ling Weiwei, and the beating helped her awaken her abilities and transform into a giant black monster.
• Chen Luo used Void Exile to move Ling Weiwei outside the base and brought Dharma King after her with Void Walk.
• Ling Weiwei's passive curse weakened Dharma King whenever he attacked, while her strength and speed increased.
• Ling Weiwei taunted Dharma King and called him a worthless mutt, driving him into a rage.
• Dharma King awakened purple lightning and blasted Ling Weiwei into pieces with Taste a dog's fury.
• Dharma King collapsed from exhaustion and told Chen Luo not to charge him more than a thousand points.

After Dharma King killed Ling Weiwei, Chen Luo discovered that Dharma King had awakened wind alongside his lightning ability. Dharma King outran Chen Luo in a race, but Chen Luo used Void Exile to send him back to the starting point and claimed victory.

• Chen Luo let Dharma King keep the points for killing Ling Weiwei and examined the crystal left behind by her fused nature and darkness transformation.
• Dharma King demonstrated that he could generate powerful gusts and a tornado, revealing his newly awakened wind esper ability alongside lightning.
• Chen Luo theorized that awakening dual esper abilities earlier could make their fusion more powerful, and suspected Dharma King had reached Pseudo-Level Ten strength.
• Chen Luo challenged Dharma King to race five kilometers to the base for a hundred points, and Dharma King surged ahead using wind and lightning.
• As Dharma King neared the base, Chen Luo used Void Exile to return him to the starting point, then declared himself the winner.

Yuri told Chen Luo that Big Strong had found a valuable Advanced Crystal, so Chen Luo lured Big Strong away and stole the crystals he had hidden. Big Strong discovered the theft after meeting Chen Luo and was left wailing over his loss.

• Yuri reported that Big Strong had acquired a crystal that Chen Luo suspected was at least level nine.
• Big Strong defeated a level-seven mutant Zombie with help from his underlings and found a large fiery-red crystal, while Little Mantou witnessed everything for Yuri.
• Chen Luo arranged to meet Big Strong under the pretense of giving him the antidote, and Big Strong buried both crystals in a flower bed before going to the meeting.
• Chen Luo watched Big Strong hide the crystals, dug them up, and found a level-ten fire crystal and a level-seven flesh crystal.
• Chen Luo gave Big Strong the prepared pill and left, while Big Strong returned to the flower bed and found the crystals gone.
• Big Strong frantically searched the flower bed, then collapsed and howled in grief.

After reaching level nine, Chen Luo learned from Rice that fusing his time and space abilities would kill him, so he abandoned the experiment. He helped Ma Yu gather mutant plants for research and gave Dharma King the privilege of issuing points missions, while Sea Ji’s cultivation continued to accelerate.

• Rice showed Chen Luo a poisonous mutant flower, which Ma Yu pulled up to test as a possible way to neutralize ribbonfish stench.
• Chen Luo absorbed crystals and reached level nine, greatly increasing his physical strength and Void Walk range.
• Chen Luo asked Rice to predict what would happen if he fused his time and space abilities, and Rice saw Chen Luo die, so Chen Luo decided not to try.
• Chen Luo found that his new level let him accelerate Sea Ji’s cultivation for longer and hoped she might reach king rank within a month.
• Chen Luo gave Ma Yu permission to issue points missions for mutant-plant research, then granted Dharma King the same privilege after Dharma King complained.

Ningshuang drove away survivors who tried to cut open the whale she considered a friend, killing Ji Yuan with a glance. Mo Ziyou led Chen Luo to her, but Ningshuang fled as soon as she saw him, leaving Chen Luo and Mo Ziyou stunned.

• Mo Ziyou and Ji Yuan argued over how to divide the whale's remains until Ningshuang ordered them not to touch it.
• Ji Yuan approached Ningshuang, and she froze and shattered him before warning the survivors to leave.
• Mo Ziyou reported Ningshuang to Chen Guang, who relayed the news to Chen Luo.
• Chen Luo recognized Ningshuang from Mo Ziyou's description and had him lead the way to the coast.
• Ningshuang saw Chen Luo and immediately ran away, while Chen Luo wondered if he had scared off a King Rank just by appearing.

Chen Luo chased Ningshuang across the sea, fought to keep her from escaping, and learned that the Sea God had captured her friend Little Dolphin. Ningshuang asked Chen Luo for help, and he eagerly agreed.

• Chen Luo pursued Ningshuang and grabbed her, but she froze him in ice and fled again.
• Ningshuang revealed her mermaid form and attacked Chen Luo with pursuing Ice Arrows as he used Void Walk to evade her.
• When Ningshuang tried to escape underwater, Chen Luo teleported beside her and held her, and she bit his neck.
• Green Jellyfish arrived and told Ningshuang that the Sea God wanted her to come and that Little Dolphin had been captured.
• Ningshuang agreed to go and asked Chen Luo for help, and he gladly accepted.

Chen Luo agreed to help Ningshuang rescue Little Dolphin from the Sea God, while weighing the danger of facing a powerful enemy and his subordinates. At the Sea God Palace, Bai Hao learned that Little Dolphin had killed herself and prepared to eat her.

• Ningshuang asked Chen Luo to help rescue Little Dolphin, and he agreed despite worrying that the Sea God could overwhelm them.
• Chen Luo asked Ningshuang why she did not share other sea creatures’ urge to kill, and she said she had grown strong after eating something icy cold.
• Ningshuang, Chen Luo, and the green jellyfish headed toward the Sea God Palace, but Little Dolphin did not respond to Ningshuang’s attempt to contact her.
• Bai Hao learned that his followers had captured Little Dolphin to lure Ningshuang to the island, denied ordering the plan, and warned them not to repeat it.
• Little Dolphin realized she was being used as bait and killed herself, so Bai Hao ordered that she be eaten.

After Little Dolphin died, Ningshuang set out to avenge it by attacking the Sea God, but Chen Luo repeatedly stopped her and promised to help kill the Sea God within a year. Ningshuang agreed to stay on land with Chen Luo, binding him to the promise with a pinky swear.

• Little Dolphin sent Ningshuang a telepathic farewell before dying, and Ningshuang grieved and vowed to avenge it by killing the Sea God.
• Chen Luo killed Green Jellyfish, then used Void Walk to catch Ningshuang whenever she flew off toward the Sea God.
• After Ningshuang broke down crying on an island, Chen Luo proposed that they join forces against the Sea God and promised to help her within a year.
• Ningshuang doubted Chen Luo could defeat the Sea God but agreed to wait, provided he helped her avenge Little Dolphin.
• Ningshuang refused to go to Chen Luo's home but agreed to stay somewhere on land and pinky-swore to wait one year before acting on her own.