Chapter Summaries

Chen Luo sabotaged Jiang Tiancheng’s food supplies until a third of his people left, but an invasion from Pickle Country threatened H City. After learning that Jin Haoyu had reached level seven and planned to kill Jiang Tiancheng and Jiang Chuxue, Chen Luo decided to intervene.

• Jiang Tiancheng borrowed food for his base, but Chen Luo repeatedly used Void Exile to make the deliveries disappear, leaving everyone hungry.
• Chen Luo fed the Samoyed braised pork knuckles, and a third of Jiang Tiancheng’s members left the next day.
• Jin Haoyu reached level seven, gathered forces from more than a dozen bases in Pickle Country, and launched an invasion of H City to avenge his brother.
• Jiang Tiancheng prepared to lead H City’s defenders against Jin Haoyu while Chen Luo considered how the battle might endanger him and Jiang Chuxue.
• Chen Luo rejected his plan to exploit the crisis and resolved to fight Jin Haoyu himself.

Chen Luo confronted a force of more than ten thousand invaders from Pickle Country after Fang Qi’s suicide poison attack weakened H City’s leaders. He revealed that he could fly and killed thousands with repeated Spatial Pulses, while the scattered survivors and Jin Haoyu remained in the fight.

• Fang Qi detonated a poison blast in H City’s leadership hall, injuring Jiang Tiancheng and the other core fighters before Jin Haoyu arrived.
• Chen Luo entered the hall, insisted he could face the invaders alone, and left for the base’s exit despite Jiang Chuxue’s warning.
• Jin Haoyu arrived with more than ten thousand fighters from Pickle Country and demanded that Jiang Tiancheng surrender.
• Chen Luo rose into the air, shocking both sides, then swept the invading crowd with a Spatial Pulse that killed over a thousand people.
• Chen Luo unleashed fifteen consecutive Spatial Pulses, forcing the invaders to scatter, and noted that only a little over six thousand had died.

Chen Luo annihilated most of Pickle Country’s invading force and killed their level-seven leader, Jin Haoyu, with a single slap. Jiang Tiancheng learned Chen Luo wanted to take Jiang Chuxue with him and demanded a bride price of sixty thousand jin of pork, which Chen Luo considered a worthwhile trade.

• Chen Luo killed thousands of Pickle Country’s fighters in seconds, while Jin Haoyu used Gravity Technique to slow him briefly before fleeing with the survivors.
• Chen Luo caught Jin Haoyu, shattered his Earth Shield, killed him with one slap, and took a psychic-type crystal from his body.
• More than a thousand people from Pickle Country escaped, while Jiang Tiancheng and the others watched Chen Luo with awe and fear.
• Zhang Shaojie told Jiang Tiancheng that Chen Luo had come for Jiang Chuxue, and Chen Luo confirmed his interest when Jiang Tiancheng asked him directly.
• Chen Luo told Jiang Tiancheng he wanted to take Jiang Chuxue away, so Jiang Tiancheng demanded two hundred pigs or sixty thousand jin of pork as a bride price.
• Chen Luo decided thirty tons of pork was a worthwhile price and asked Jiang Tiancheng if he was serious.

Chen Luo pressured Jiang Tiancheng to let Jiang Chuxue leave with him, then tested her time-based ability and confirmed he could break free of Time Stop. He secretly returned Rice Ball to Jiang Chuxue, while Jiang Tiancheng considered whether to abandon his failing base and follow Chen Luo.

• Chen Luo threatened to take Jiang Chuxue by force, offered Jiang Tiancheng a place at his Divine Capital base, and warned that heavy rain would soon flood H City.
• Jiang Tiancheng suspected Chen Luo had stolen the base’s food and weighed accepting his offer because the base was running out of supplies.
• Jiang Chuxue used Time Stop on Chen Luo, immobilizing him briefly, but he broke free on her second attempt and concluded that time abilities could no longer restrain him.
• Chen Luo brought the Samoyed, Rice Ball, from his hiding place and released it near Jiang Tiancheng’s base, telling it to pretend it did not know him.
• Rice Ball returned to Jiang Chuxue, who joyfully hugged the dog and noticed it smelled of meat.

Jiang Tiancheng and Jiang Chuxue agreed to leave H City with Chen Luo, but Chen Luo first led a raid into Pickle Country. After killing its level-eight guardian, Chen Luo paused his attack when Park Yuseong offered him a treasure.

• Jiang Tiancheng and Jiang Chuxue agreed to join Chen Luo on his way to the Divine Capital, and Chen Luo proposed wiping out the remaining forces in Pickle Country.
• Chen Luo led a raiding party across the border, destroyed most of a zombie horde, and took a level-seven crystal from Wu Hai.
• Chen Luo and the raiding party reached Park Yuseong's enormous base, where its survivors summoned a fifteen-meter-tall level-eight flesh-type zombie guardian.
• Chen Luo killed the guardian with Time Acceleration, terrifying Park Yuseong and the survivors.
• Park Yuseong offered treasure in exchange for their lives, and four people presented Chen Luo with large jars of treasured pickles.

A zombie challenged Chen Luo’s base, but Sea Ji killed him before Dharma King could claim the points. Meanwhile, the hidden survivor Yuri used a toad and taunting letters to demand potatoes, and Mi Ling planned to track whoever came to collect them.

• Big Strong lured an overconfident zombie toward Chen Luo’s base, while Zhao Ziyi warned Mi Ling and Dharma King and Sea Ji prepared to defend it.
• Sea Ji killed the zombie with Light of Annihilation before Dharma King could attack, leaving Dharma King mourning his lost chance at points.
• A base member ignored Yuri’s letter demanding twenty jin of potatoes, so Yuri dropped feces at the canteen and sent another threat.
• Xia Haoran and Jin Yuanjiang found Yuri’s taunting message at the designated location, while Yuri watched their search through a toad and ate instant noodles.
• Mi Ling agreed to leave potatoes at the location and sent invisible Xiao Yu to follow whoever collected them and locate Yuri’s hideout.

Yuri repeatedly evaded Mi Ling’s attempts to catch him while demanding potatoes from Chen Luo’s base, then retaliated by ruining Rice’s pool. Rice advanced to level seven and used Mi Li’s wand to curse Yuri, who was struck by lightning and left badly injured.

• Xiao Yu waited invisibly to catch Yuri, but he detected her with his animal-controlled senses, and she returned home empty-handed after a bird dropped waste on her.
• Yuri sent a giant bird to demand a hundred jin of potatoes, but Sea Ji followed it to a cave and discovered that Yuri had used animals to detect pursuers; he escaped again.
• Yuri dropped waste into the courtyard pool, upsetting Rice, who decided to punish him after Mi Li tried to comfort it.
• Rice used Chen Luo’s level eight Psychic Crystal to advance to level seven, then waved Mi Li’s White Magic Wand and invoked a punishment against Yuri.
• Yuri found maggots in his food before a bolt of lightning struck him through a window, leaving him charred and barely able to recover.

Chen Luo and H City's elites slaughtered Korean bases, but their losses mounted and the campaign could not be finished quickly. As Chen Luo continued onward, Zhang Xiuyan sacrificed herself to summon a dark blood spirit and launched an attack on him.

• Chen Luo accepted jars of pickled vegetables from Park Yuseong, then attacked the Korean base and killed Park Yuseong and nearly four thousand survivors.
• H City's elites helped contain the remaining Koreans, suffering more than thirty deaths as desperate survivors tried to break out.
• Over the next three days, Chen Luo's group destroyed more Korean bases and lost over a hundred H City elites while encountering two mutants.
• A survivor warned Zhang Xiuyan about Chen Luo, and she sacrificed herself by summoning a dark blood spirit after absorbing the blood essence of nearby ability users.
• Zhang Xiuyan's spirit rushed at Chen Luo, but he stood his ground instead of dodging.

Chen Luo survived the Pickled Vegetables’ deadly attack and devastated their forces before preparing to leave H City. He rejected offers to take on local followers, warned the city about an impending once-in-a-century rainstorm, and set out with Jiang Tiancheng and his people.

• Chen Luo stepped in front of Jiang Chuxue and endured Zhang Xiuyan’s Dark Blood Spirit after her Time Stop briefly froze it; the attack only gave him an invigorating chill.
• The Pickled Vegetables believed Chen Luo was badly wounded and charged out of their base, but Chen Luo inflicted devastating casualties with Spatial Pulses.
• Chen Luo and the others spent three more days in Pickled Vegetable territory, weakening the group until it no longer posed an immediate threat.
• Back at the H City base, Chen Luo refused requests from survivors and two base leaders to follow him, choosing not to deprive H City of its fighters.
• Chen Luo predicted an exceptionally heavy rainstorm within half a month and left H City with Jiang Tiancheng and his people.

Chen Luo’s convoy was ambushed by Feng Jianming’s bandits near the Divine Capital, but Feng Jianming recognized Chen Luo and begged for forgiveness. The convoy continued toward the base after Feng Jianming gave Chen Luo a large offering.

• By the morning of the fourth day, Chen Luo’s convoy neared the Divine Capital and found the road blocked by Feng Jianming’s men.
• Feng Jianming threatened to rob the group and demanded their supplies, vehicles, and women.
• One of Feng Jianming’s men recognized Chen Luo, and Feng Jianming and hundreds of his followers dropped to their knees in fear.
• Chen Luo ordered Feng Jianming to clear the road, but Feng Jianming stopped the convoy again to offer him cigarettes, liquor, jewelry, and food.
• Chen Luo accepted the offering and continued toward the base while Feng Jianming watched his savings disappear.

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.