Chapter Summaries

Wild Thunder tried to trade a level six crystal for potatoes, but Chen Luo refused to offer him more than twenty jin. At a gathering where Ouyang Lu explained how to grow crops, Chen Luo recognized Wang Lie and realized he had already recruited most of the region’s future King Rank figures.

• Yang Jia asked Wild Thunder for potatoes, and he offered Xiong Wenhui a level six crystal for five hundred jin; she rejected his offer.
• Wild Thunder asked Chen Luo for potatoes, but Chen Luo would give him no more than twenty jin for the crystal, so Wild Thunder left empty-handed.
• At the Stadium, Chen Guang welcomed the visitors and introduced Ouyang Lu, who explained how Nature Esper Ability Users could grow crops and cleanse contaminated soil.
• Chen Luo spotted Wang Lie and recalled his failed attempt to take over Mi Ling’s base, then realized that six future King Rank figures were already on his side.
• Ouyang Lu explained that her base’s seeds increased yields by fifty percent and offered them for payment equal to twenty percent of the extra harvest.

Deng Xianhong offered Chen Luo a level seven crystal to kill Mad Dragon for eating his brother. Chen Luo accepted the request, and Wang Lie agreed to hand Mad Dragon over rather than fight Chen Luo’s base.

• Deng Xianhong entered the Stadium and offered a level seven crystal to have a cannibal killed.
• Deng Xianhong identified Mad Dragon as the man who had eaten his brother, and Mad Dragon threatened him.
• Chen Luo accepted the request and declared that Mad Dragon had to die, regardless of whether Deng Xianhong had proof.
• Wang Lie weighed the risks of fighting Chen Luo’s stronger base and agreed to hand Mad Dragon over.

Chen Luo forced Wang Lie to surrender Mad Dragon, then revealed that he was level eight and demonstrated his power by killing Wang Lie. The gathering ended with its attendees terrified of Chen Luo and Deng Xianhong receiving Wang Lie as a gift.

• Wang Lie agreed to hand over Mad Dragon, and Xia Haoran crippled Mad Dragon before giving him to Deng Xianhong.
• Chen Guang praised Chen Luo's base, and Chen Luo announced that he was level eight.
• After an attendee asked Chen Luo to demonstrate his strength, Chen Luo asked Deng Xianhong how much he hated Wang Lie.
• Chen Luo killed Wang Lie by separating his head from his body with a distant-use technique and presented him to Deng Xianhong as a free gift.
• The gathering's attendees watched in terror as Chen Luo held Wang Lie's head.

Chen Luo killed Wang Lie, shared crop seeds, and announced monthly trading gatherings as he recruited Lin Xiyan and her companion to his base. Wild Thunder then approached Chen Luo and asked to become Deputy Leader in exchange for joining.

• Chen Luo killed Wang Lie with Space Cutting and warned the gathered survivors not to cross him.
• Chen Luo invited survivors to register for free seeds and ordered his group to announce monthly trading gatherings.
• Chen Luo met Lin Xiyan at her stall, recognized her as a rare Metal user, and recruited her and her companion.
• Wild Thunder decided to join Chen Luo's base and asked him to make him Deputy Leader.

Chen Luo returned to the base with Wild Thunder, planning to test him against Dharma King, while Mi Li restored Dharma King’s missing ear. Dharma King then manipulated Rice’s sympathy to dodge a points penalty, and his act continued as Rice rushed to protect him.

• Chen Luo agreed to make Wild Thunder a deputy leader if he could defeat an elder with Lightning abilities, intending to pit him against Dharma King.
• Mi Li used Light energy to regrow Dharma King’s missing ear, and Dharma King proudly admired his restored appearance.
• Rice accused Dharma King of trying to steal her pearls, so Chen Luo announced a two-thousand-point penalty.
• Dharma King pretended to be heartbroken until Rice asked Chen Luo not to punish him, and Chen Luo instead proposed staging a beating to win Rice over.
• Dharma King howled theatrically after Chen Luo lightly patted him, then pretended to be gravely injured when Rice came running to stop the beating.

Chen Luo arranged for Dharma King to fight Wild Thunder, who had demanded to become Deputy Leader. Dharma King overwhelmingly defeated Wild Thunder, leaving him blackened and sobbing on the ground.

• Wild Thunder boasted to his teammates about becoming Deputy Leader, while several of them praised the base and considered staying.
• Mi Li treated Dharma King, and Rice forgave him for the prank; Chen Luo then suggested Dharma King become Rice’s mount, but Rice refused.
• Chen Luo told Dharma King that Wild Thunder had demanded the Deputy Leader position, and Dharma King agreed to teach him a lesson.
• Wild Thunder objected to fighting a dog but accepted Chen Luo’s challenge and formed a Thunder Whip.
• Dharma King used Flash of Lightning and Lightning Clone to batter Wild Thunder through the air for ten minutes.
• Wild Thunder finally hit the ground with his head blackened and burst into tears.

Chen Luo prepared his base for Bing Lin’s attack as more than six thousand zombies gathered and marched toward the city. The chapter ended with Chen Luo calmly watching the horde approach.

• Wild Thunder decided to stay at Chen Luo’s base until he could defeat Dog Elder.
• Big Strong warned Chen Luo that Bing Lin was gathering zombies and had discovered his location, so Chen Luo ordered the base to prepare for battle.
• More than a hundred Light users arrived to join Chen Luo, and most stayed after he warned them they might have to defend against ten thousand zombies without his help.
• Big Strong reported that Bing Lin had gathered roughly six thousand zombies and was leading them toward Chen Luo’s base.
• Bing Lin sent Big Strong to guide the zombie horde from the front, and Chen Luo watched the zombies approach the city.

Chen Luo’s group defended their city against a Zombie horde, losing nine members before wiping it out. As Bing Lin’s group watched the battle, Bing Lin suspected that someone among them was a traitor.

• Dharma King tried to attack Big Strong, but Chen Luo stopped him and ordered him to watch in exchange for points.
• Chen Luo’s elemental users attacked the Zombies from the walls, killing over a thousand before the Zombies used their fallen companions as meat shields.
• Mi Ling unleashed a fire dragon, Wild Thunder struck with lightning, and Xu Qing killed nearly a thousand Zombies with three casts of Sea of Fire Art.
• After the walls began to fail and the fighters ran low on energy, Chen Luo ordered the gates opened and sent his members out to fight.
• Xiong Wenhui transformed into a level-seven black bear, and Chen Luo’s group wiped out the remaining Zombies at the cost of nine level-four members.
• Bing Lin’s group watched the battle, and Bing Lin declared that there was a traitor among them.

Bing Lin discovered that a spy had exposed his planned attack, and Chen Luo killed him before he could strike again. Big Strong then moved to seize control of the Bing Lin Society, renamed the Black Thunder Society, and revealed that his crotch was immune to Black Thunder's attack.

• Bing Lin identified the green-clad Zombie as a spy, beat it to death, and the Mind Control user who had sent it learned of its death.
• Big Strong warned Chen Luo that Bing Lin was organizing another Zombie attack, so Chen Luo decided to kill Bing Lin himself.
• Chen Luo caught up with Bing Lin, dodged his ice attack, and killed him with a Void Sword before fleeing with Bing Lin's head.
• Big Strong pretended to grieve for Bing Lin while the other Zombies feared Chen Luo, and Black Thunder declared himself the new boss of the renamed Black Thunder Society.
• Big Strong grabbed Black Thunder for trying to take power, but Black Thunder's knee strike failed when Big Strong revealed his iron balls.

Big Strong killed Black Thunder, took charge of the Zombies, and received a level-eight crystal from Chen Luo. After rewarding Xu Qing and welcoming new members, Chen Luo identified Zhao Quan as a hostile infiltrator and ordered him beaten, but realized he had not asked Zhao Quan any questions.

• Big Strong killed Black Thunder, then declared the Zombies brothers and formed the Brotherhood Alliance.
• Chen Luo gave Big Strong a level-eight flesh crystal and instructed him to recruit talented Zombies and avoid attacking Chen Luo's people.
• Chen Luo praised Xu Qing, appointed him an Elder, and rewarded him with a level-seven fire crystal.
• Chen Luo had Rice inspect the new members and learned that Zhao Quan was the only one with hostile intentions.
• Chen Luo took Zhao Quan to the prison, ordered him beaten until he talked, and then realized he had not asked him anything.

Chen Luo held a promotion ceremony, tried to help Rice advance, and assigned Lin Xiyan to assist Long Yu. Sea Ji then summoned Chen Luo and gave him crystals she had collected from powerful sea creatures.

• Chen Luo promoted Meng Yin, Xu Qing, and Jin Yuanjiang to Elders and commended new Elite Members, including Wild Thunder.
• Zhao Ziyi reached level six and returned her level eight psychic crystal, but Rice refused to advance because she feared the pain.
• Chen Luo coaxed Rice into absorbing the crystal and suggested they stop at the peak of level six for now.
• Chen Luo assigned Lin Xiyan to assist Long Yu and asked him to make durable, counterfeit-proof Name Badges for the base.
• Sea Ji summoned Chen Luo, gave him five crystals—two level seven, two level eight, and one level nine—and he warned her to be careful around stronger sea creatures.

Chen Luo and Sea Ji lured a giant Ice ribbonfish ashore and killed it after it trapped Chen Luo in ice with a Freeze Ray. Sea Ji suggested that Chen Luo eat the fish to absorb the mysterious meat's remaining energy, and he considered sharing it with Ma Yu and the others.

• Sea Ji lured a giant Ice ribbonfish toward shore, and Chen Luo transported it about ten kilometers east.
• The giant ribbonfish attacked Sea Ji and Chen Luo, but Chen Luo wore down its defenses while Sea Ji supported him.
• The dying ribbonfish struck Chen Luo with a Freeze Ray, but he escaped the ice with Void Walk.
• Sea Ji killed the giant ribbonfish with Dark Energy, and Chen Luo collected its cold crystal.
• Sea Ji explained that the fish still held undigested energy, prompting Chen Luo to consider eating its meat despite its terrible taste.

Chen Luo tested Ma Yu’s cooking of a giant ribbonfish and discovered that Dharma King and the Puppies loved its foul-smelling meat. He then organized the base’s membership badges and named the base Dawn City.

• Chen Luo asked Sea Ji to keep level-seven fish alive so they could evolve before he harvested their crystals, then brought a giant ribbonfish back to Ma Yu.
• Ma Yu cooked the ribbonfish, but Chen Luo found it disgusting and warned her not to taste it because the meat could be toxic and too powerful for her.
• Dharma King eagerly ate Ma Yu’s entire pot of ribbonfish, while Rice passed out from the stench and Silver Wolf was driven away.
• Chen Luo planned to have Dharma King test whether eating the ribbonfish helped him advance, and Long Yu finished making blank metal Name Badges.
• Chen Luo and the Elders decided the badges would use colors to mark membership ranks, and Rice suggested naming the base Dawn City.

Ningshuang captured Sea Ji after the seal identified her as the killer of its brother, then used a Psychic mark to threaten Sea Ji’s little brother into coming to the island. Zhao Ziyi received the message, while Sea Ji wondered whether Chen Luo would come to save her.

• A seal asked Ningshuang to avenge its brother, whom Sea Ji had killed, and Ningshuang agreed to track Sea Ji down.
• Ningshuang froze Sea Ji, brought her to an island, and demanded that she summon her little brother.
• Sea Ji refused to reveal his identity, so a white dolphin detected a Psychic mark that could contact him.
• Ningshuang sent a warning through the mark, telling Sea Ji’s little brother to come within three days or she would kill Sea Ji.
• Zhao Ziyi received the threat, while Sea Ji doubted that Chen Luo would come or could defeat Ningshuang.

Dawn celebrated a huge potato harvest and Little Red’s successful brood, while Chen Luo used Time Acceleration to mature a chick and reflected on dangers coming with spring. When Zhao Ziyi reported that Sea Ji was trapped on an island over three thousand li offshore, Chen Luo hesitated over the risks before deciding to go rescue her.

• Dawn harvested 160,000 jin of potatoes and celebrated by giving members a free serving, while Little Red’s second brood produced eighteen surviving chicks.
• Chen Luo used Dharma King to distract Little Red, then used Time Acceleration to turn a chick into a hen, but she could not lay an egg and the effort nearly exhausted his ability energy.
• Chen Luo considered the coming threats of stronger zombies, flooding, poisonous mutated plants, and swarms of mutated creatures.
• Zhao Ziyi told Chen Luo that Sea Ji was trapped on an island far east of the coast and would die unless he rescued her within three days.
• Rice predicted no danger for Chen Luo within three hours, but Chen Luo realized the long sea journey would outlast that window and worried about bringing Rice along.
• Chen Luo crushed his cigarette and decided to go rescue Sea Ji despite the risk.

Chen Luo traveled with Zhao Ziyi and the Sea Turtle King to rescue Sea Ji from Ningshuang, after learning that a level-seven Seal had brought Ningshuang to confront her. Chen Luo reached the island and faced Ningshuang, who mistook him for the Sea God.

• Chen Luo gathered Zhao Ziyi, the Sea Turtle King, and Sea Ji’s Water-Repelling Pearl before heading toward the island three thousand li offshore.
• The Sea Turtle King carried Chen Luo and Zhao Ziyi across land and sea, while Chen Luo used the pearl to keep seawater away.
• After the group reached an island about a thousand li from Sea Ji, Zhao Ziyi contacted her, and Sea Ji warned Chen Luo not to come because Ningshuang was too powerful.
• Sea Ji told Chen Luo that a level-seven Seal had brought Ningshuang to find her, and Chen Luo decided to rescue her with Void Walk rather than fight Ningshuang directly.
• Chen Luo left Zhao Ziyi on the island, approached Sea Ji’s island from the south, and flew ashore as Ningshuang asked if he was the Sea God.
• Chen Luo told Ningshuang that he was the Sea King.

Chen Luo rescued Sea Ji from Ningshuang by distracting her and escaping with Sea Ji, but he forgot Zhao Ziyi, whom he had left waiting on a small island. The chapter ended with Zhao Ziyi still stranded there at dawn, convinced Chen Luo had abandoned her.

• Chen Luo argued that Sea Ji had done nothing wrong by hunting the seal, but Ningshuang decided to kill Sea Ji anyway.
• Chen Luo attacked the seal with Space Cutting and used Void Walk to reach Sea Ji before Ningshuang could stop him.
• Chen Luo stripped away Ningshuang's shells and seaweed, distracting her long enough to flee with Sea Ji.
• Chen Luo and Sea Ji headed for his base, leaving the Sea Turtle King to return on its own, and Chen Luo realized he had forgotten his phone.
• Zhao Ziyi waited through the night on the island, feared Chen Luo had abandoned her, and began wailing at dawn.

After Chen Luo realized he had left Zhao Ziyi behind, Ningshuang found her and took her ashore, where she reunited with Chen Luo. Back at the base, Chen Luo considered how to protect Sea Ji and decided to travel to H City to find Jiang Chuxue and learn from her Time Stop.

• Chen Luo realized he had forgotten Zhao Ziyi, but she messaged him to say she had reached shore after Ningshuang found her crying and took her there.
• Chen Luo apologized to Zhao Ziyi for leaving her alone, then fed her a feast that quickly ended her tears.
• Chen Luo returned to the base with Zhao Ziyi and found Sea Ji's body in the river under the Sea Turtle King's watch.
• Sea Ji vowed to kill Ningshuang, while Chen Luo wondered whether the quality of the meat sea creatures ate affected their strength.
• Chen Luo decided to go to H City to find Jiang Chuxue, hoping her mastery of Time Stop would help him improve his own time ability.

Chen Luo traveled to H City to find Jiang Chuxue, a Time Esper Ability User he wanted to recruit. He infiltrated her base by claiming to be a level five Flesh ability user and began planning how to approach her.

• Chen Luo told Mi Li he planned to travel to H City, and she supported his decision.
• Chen Luo said goodbye to Rice, Dharma King, and Sea Ji, then reached H City after more than five hours of travel.
• Chen Luo met Zhang Shaojie and his expedition team, learned that Jiang Chuxue was the daughter of the base leader, and asked to join their base.
• Chen Luo claimed to be a level five Flesh ability user, endured Zhang Shaojie's test punch without moving, and was accepted into the group.
• Zhang Shaojie explained that Jiang Chuxue was publicly known as a Psychic ability user with a Body-Binding Technique, and Chen Luo began devising a plan to approach her.

Chen Luo stole all the food from Jiang Tiancheng's base and took Jiang Chuxue's Samoyed, Rice Ball. Jiang Tiancheng discovered the warehouses were empty, while Jiang Chuxue searched desperately for her missing dog.

• Jiang Tiancheng and Jiang Chuxue arrived at the base with Jiang Chuxue's Samoyed, and Chen Luo recognized them.
• Chen Luo learned about the base and decided to take Jiang Chuxue and her father by stealing their food.
• Chen Luo used Void Walk to enter both warehouses, knock out the guards, and steal all of Jiang Tiancheng's food.
• Chen Luo found the sleeping Samoyed in the second warehouse, took it with him, and fed it chicken drumsticks.
• Jiang Tiancheng discovered that the warehouses were empty and feared his people had betrayed him.
• Jiang Chuxue searched for her missing dog, Rice Ball.