Chapter Summaries

Lu Ran chose the undead faction in a Breakthrough Secret Realm, while the other nine Trial Takers joined the Beast-Training Legion’s side and learned they would have to wait a month for reinforcements. In Ming'an City, Lu Ran listened to Gaoli teach recruits about Necromancy and discovered a Soul-Calming Stone that could test pet beasts’ aptitude for soul power.

• Lu Ran chose faction ②, hoping to gain access to special identities, rewards, and secrets tied to the undead power in Ming'an City.
• The nine Trial Takers who chose faction ① learned the Beast-Training Legion would only defend the city’s outskirts until reinforcements arrived in a month.
• England’s Golden Generation discussed ways to persuade the weakened legion to attack Ming'an City before the delay doomed their mission.
• Lu Ran arrived in Ming'an City wearing a black robe and listened as Gaoli recruited Beast Tamers to learn the Undead Art.
• Gaoli used a Soul-Calming Stone to assess pet beasts’ aptitude for Necromancy, and Lu Ran resolved to obtain stones to take back to Xia Country.

Lu Ran joined the Death Church and discovered that General Ha’s soul talent was so exceptional that a Soul-Calming Stone could not affect him. Missionary Gaoli gave Lu Ran basic undead cultivation materials and assigned Hei Yu to guide him, while Lu Ran began considering whether souls could be cooked into food.

• Missionary Gaoli tested the Beast Tamers’ pets with a Soul-Calming Stone, found the Rock Boar’s soul talent poor, and approved of a feline pet that stayed outside its body for a minute.
• Lu Ran repeatedly struck General Ha with the stone, but it had no effect, leading Gaoli to conclude that General Ha had extraordinarily high soul talent and to invite Lu Ran to wait for the divine envoy’s arrival.
• Lu Ran objected to waiting a month to learn the Undead Art, so Gaoli lent him cultivation notes and a Soul-Calming Stone and assigned Hei Yu to guide and monitor him.
• Gaoli learned that a remnant of the Beast-Training Legion might be heading toward Ming'an City and ordered two more people to watch Lu Ran in case he fled during a fight.
• As Hei Yu escorted him to his room, Lu Ran asked whether souls could be cooked with seasonings, alarming her with his interest in preparing them as food.

Lu Ran investigated soul power and theorized that strengthening his Pet Beasts’ souls could improve their future evolutions, then decided to experiment with cooking souls to remove their impurities. He persuaded Hei Yu to let her undead Pet Beast serve as a taste tester, leaving her startled by his unconventional plan but impressed by his resolve.

• Lu Ran read Gaoli’s Undead Art notes and speculated that he might obtain advanced techniques or develop soul power himself.
• Lu Ran used the Soul-Calming Stone to knock Sudden Death King’s soul out and noticed it had a small, distinct shape unlike its body.
• Lu Ran theorized that strengthening souls could improve General Ha’s comprehension and help Sudden Death King’s soul become more draconic before evolution.
• Lu Ran decided to test whether cooking could purify souls, allowing his Pet Beasts to strengthen their souls and potentially making Necromancy safer.
• Lu Ran asked Hei Yu why she became a Necromancer, then sought her help and proposed using her undead Pet Beast as a taste tester.
• Hei Yu recoiled at Lu Ran’s plan but was impressed by his determination to clear Necromancy’s name.

Lu Ran experimented with cooking souls to purify the consciousness that harmed Undead Pet Beasts, then began investigating ways to cut impurities out of them. Meanwhile, Preacher Gaoli learned of his efforts, and the trial-takers discussed an attack on Ming'an City.

• Lu Ran and Hei Yu tested grilling, boiling, steaming, and smoking Giant Rat Beast souls, but only smoking changed the flavor, and it did not remove harmful impurities.
• Lu Ran concluded that a special seasoning or a tool capable of cutting souls might purify them, and he asked General Ha to experiment with the Soul-Calming Stone and rat spirits.
• Lu Ran tested whether Sword Grass could become a natural Soul-Cutting Blade, but it had no soul, leaving soul-type sword will as his most promising research path.
• Hei Yu reported Lu Ran's experiments to Preacher Gaoli, who called him a treasure and ordered her to keep a close eye on him.
• The Moonlight Knight told the other trial-takers that Gaoli was Ming'an City's strongest enemy and suggested joining forces with the imperial force to attack the city.

The Empire faction’s Trial Takers planned to pressure the imperial remnants and infiltrate the Undead Cult in Ming'an City. When the Sunlight Knight entered the City Lord’s Manor, Lu Ran detected him and wounded him with General Ha’s Monarch Species Sword Grass, leaving the factions aware that a clash had begun.

• The Knight of Glory proposed revealing the Empire faction’s strength to the imperial remnants while infiltrating the Undead Cult’s hideout to provoke a response.
• The Queen of Light approved the plan, and the Sunlight Knight volunteered to enter Ming'an City alone despite warnings about the necromancers.
• The Sunlight Knight infiltrated the City Lord’s Manor and spotted Lu Ran and Hei Yu barbecuing rat spirits.
• Lu Ran detected the concealed Sunlight Knight after sensing hostility, and the Sunlight Knight tried to attack.
• General Ha’s Long-Leaf Sword Grass pierced the Sunlight Knight’s thigh even while he was intangible, forcing him to escape using spatial jumps and his Sunlight Sparrow.
• Lu Ran told Hei Yu to warn Preacher Gaoli that an Empire assassin had attacked and that the Undead Cult should prepare its defenses.

The Sunlight Knight returned injured after a blade of grass drove him from the Death Church’s stronghold, prompting the Princess of Light’s group to suspect the mission would be difficult. Lu Ran learned that Preacher Gaoli was cultivating an artifact spirit in Ming'an City and offered to help defend the city and contribute as a blacksmith.

• The Sunlight Knight told the Princess of Light’s companions that a strange blade of grass had injured him despite his spatial phasing, and the Knight of Glory concluded that the Death Church had a powerful expert.
• Preacher Gaoli taught new recruits Undead Art until Hei Yu reported that an imperial soldier with a Spatial Pet Beast had infiltrated the City Lord’s Manor and been driven off by Sudden Death King.
• Gaoli met Lu Ran and learned that Lu Ran had easily detected and injured the intruder, while Lu Ran promised to fight alongside the Death Church if the imperial army attacked.
• Gaoli explained that the Divine Church had tasked him with occupying Ming'an City so a special weapon buried in its strongest death aura could develop an artifact spirit.
• Lu Ran offered to help defend the city and asked Gaoli for soul-type ores so he could research artifact-spirit weapons as a blacksmith.

Lu Ran developed Mind Sword Will by combining Telepathy and sword training, then planned a sneak attack on the Empire Faction to improve his breakthrough mission rating. Outside Ming'an City, the Knight of Glory persuaded Captain Kane to join an assault, setting the stage for the battle Lu Ran wanted to provoke.

• Gaoli gave Lu Ran another Soul-Calming Stone, while Lu Ran considered forging a soul-cutting or undead kitchen knife.
• Lu Ran trained with Sudden Death King for five days, using Telepathy, a kitchen knife, and soul attacks to study damage to the mind and soul.
• Lu Ran awakened Mind Sword Will, an ability that let his swordsmanship strike an enemy's mind directly.
• Growing impatient with the Empire Faction's delay, Lu Ran decided to use General Ha's wind abilities to sneak attack its leaders from the air.
• The Knight of Glory pressured Captain Kane to abandon his orders and attack Ming'an City, and Kane agreed to join the assault.

Lu Ran tried to pursue the Spatial infiltrator, but Gaoli stopped him and agreed to let him lead an expedition after General Ha proved his strength in a spar. The chapter ended with Gaoli offering the church’s Bone Sword Thousand Blades for the mission.

• Lu Ran set out on General Ha to hunt the Spatial infiltrator, but Huo Di intercepted him and brought him to Gaoli.
• Lu Ran urged Gaoli to strike the Empire’s forces and, when Gaoli refused, insisted on going after the infiltrator himself.
• Gaoli challenged Lu Ran to a spar, and General Ha swiftly wounded Gaoli’s Nether Tiger Beast, revealing his Monarch status.
• Gaoli assigned a hundred undead sorcerers to support Lu Ran’s expedition, while Lu Ran said he would try to handle the enemies himself.
• Gaoli decided to retrieve the Bone Sword Thousand Blades from the Land of Death and lend it to Lu Ran.

Lu Ran and General Ha obtained the Bone Sword, a soul-bone weapon that Gaoli had struggled to control, and General Ha unlocked a powerful armored form with nine flying swords. Lu Ran prepared to lead the Necromancers against the Empire’s camp.

• Gaoli explained that the Bone Sword could greatly boost its wielder’s soul power and led Lu Ran, Huo Di, and Hei Yu to where it was buried.
• Gaoli’s Nether Tiger Beast opened the sealed burial site, and the Bone Sword emerged from a massive magic array.
• Lu Ran ordered General Ha to test the sword, and General Ha wielded it without difficulty thanks to its sword mastery and weapon talents.
• General Ha transformed the Bone Sword into bone armor and nine flying swords, greatly enhancing its ability to control multiple weapons.
• Lu Ran borrowed the Bone Sword and declared that he would use it against the Empire’s camp as the Necromancers prepared to move out.

Lu Ran attacked an imperial army marching on Ming'an City, using General Ha and Sudden Death King to devastate the force before the Undead legion arrived. The Empire’s trial participants recognized Lu Ran, who ordered the necromancers to surround the survivors and leave the fighting to him.

• Preacher Gaoli learned that over two hundred imperial troops were advancing on Ming'an City, and Lu Ran flew out alone to hold them off.
• Lu Ran dropped meteors on the imperial army, then used General Ha’s bone swords to kill Pet Beasts and soldiers before Queen of Light restrained the swords with rock shields.
• Lu Ran summoned Sudden Death King to withstand the army’s massed attacks, and the nine trial participants recognized him as the Great Xia Beast Tamer who had cleared a Legendary Secret Realm alone.
• General Ha’s Storm Slash broke through the imperial army’s defenses, while the Knights of Light stopped the attack with a barrier.
• Over a hundred necromancers arrived to support Lu Ran, who ordered them to protect themselves and surround the imperial troops so none could escape.

Lu Ran and his beasts annihilated the Empire Faction’s attacking force, then waited until Ming'an City’s breakthrough mission ended. He received an SSS score and major rewards, and the system offered to promote him to a level-two Beast Tamer.

• Lu Ran used Flame Dragon Armor and Blizzard Sword Will to defeat Sunlight Knight and his Space Hamster, while the imperial troops’ morale collapsed under the undead army’s attacks.
• General Ha pierced the Rock Monarch with Sword Grass, and Sudden Death King unleashed a lightning counterattack that killed five Third-Generation Beast Tamers.
• General Ha used Divine Speed to kill Moonlight Knight and helped defeat the Queen of Light and the remaining Knights as the imperial force was routed.
• Lu Ran and his beasts finished off the fleeing imperial soldiers, and Gaoli returned to Ming'an City convinced of Lu Ran’s strength.
• Lu Ran waited out the remaining days of the mission, received an SSS score and rewards, and was offered promotion to a level-two Beast Tamer.

Lu Ran and his Pet Beasts broke through their bottlenecks, and he considered how to use the Secret Realm rewards. After teaching himself Soul Enhancement, he discovered it could temporarily shape Sudden Death King's soul into a dragon, though the effort quickly exhausted him.

• Lu Ran reached Beast Taming Level Two as General Ha advanced to level 27 and Sudden Death King to level 29.
• Lu Ran considered using the Thousand-Year Soul Bone for soup and forging, and planned to study the Bone Sword Thousand Blades.
• Lu Ran decided to give the Undead Clone Trait Crystal to Dark Crow, while keeping General Ha's future development focused on spatial powers.
• Lu Ran chose Soul Enhancement as his third Beast Taming Skill and used its Skill Card.
• Lu Ran knocked Sudden Death King's soul out and used Soul Enhancement, causing its lizard soul to grow into a dragon-like form.
• Lu Ran stopped the draining enhancement, and Sudden Death King's soul returned to its small lizard form.

Lu Ran refined his Mind Sword Will into a method that removed harmful consciousness from souls, allowing them to be safely consumed. After the Netherflame Divine Envoy confirmed his discovery, she ordered him to return to headquarters and recognized his potential as an Undead Holy Son.

• Lu Ran combined his Mind Sword Will with General Ha's Soul-Slaying Sword Will and improved his ability to cut specific parts of a soul.
• Lu Ran used the Soul-Cutting Blade to remove a Giant Rat Beast's soul consciousness, and Hei Yu's Fox Undead consumed the resulting harmless Rat Spirit.
• Hei Yu told Preacher Gaoli about Lu Ran's discovery, and Gaoli tested it with his own Pet Beast before praising Lu Ran.
• The Netherflame Divine Envoy arrived to investigate the bone sword's use and learned that Lu Ran had developed a way to eliminate the dangers of consuming souls.
• The Netherflame Divine Envoy verified Lu Ran's method with her Netherfire Bone Dragon, then ordered him to go to headquarters and declared that he had saint's potential.

Lu Ran traveled to the Death Church’s hidden headquarters, demonstrated his method for removing a soul’s consciousness, and learned that the church sought to free humanity from a Legendary curse that prevented level-nine Beast Tamers. He became Legendary Necromancer Luosi’s first disciple and the Death Church’s Holy Son, while the church’s elders began preparing gifts for him.

• The Netherflame Divine Envoy took Lu Ran from Ming'an City to the Death Church’s headquarters, leaving Preacher Gaoli and Hei Yu behind.
• At Death Space, Lu Ran demonstrated his Soul-Cutting Cleaver technique to the Undead Church Master, who recognized his unusual culinary will.
• The Undead Church Master told Lu Ran that Legendary divine beasts had restricted humans from reaching the Legendary level, and that the church was developing necromancy to help humanity overcome that limit.
• Lu Ran agreed to become the Undead Church Master’s disciple and the Death Church’s Holy Son, prioritizing access to resources and information.
• The Undead Church Master named himself Legendary Necromancer Luosi and declared Lu Ran his first disciple, prompting the church’s elders to seek treasures as gifts for the new Holy Son.

Lu Ran was named the Undead Holy Son and received a residence, a Soul-Binding Bottle, and instructions from the Undead Church Master. He began visiting the church's elders and Divine Emissaries, ostensibly to learn from them but hoping to secure useful gifts, starting with Elder Shangong.

• The Death Church announced that Lu Ran had become its first Undead Holy Son after defeating the Empire's Beast Tamers and discovering how to cook Harmless Souls.
• The Undead Church Master took Lu Ran as his disciple, gave him a peak residence, a Soul-Binding Bottle, and the Soul Meditation Method, and arranged for Elder Shangong to help him research artifact spirits and improve his kitchen knife.
• The Netherflame Divine Envoy agreed to guide Lu Ran and schedule visits to the church's elders, Divine Emissaries, and geniuses within half a month.
• Lu Ran considered using the Soul-Binding Bottle to store souls and develop sacrificial curse techniques for Dark Crow, then set aside the Soul Meditation Method because he lacked a Beast Taming Space.
• Lu Ran visited Elder Shangong with a smoked rabbit spirit as a gift, making the elder hesitate to present the gift he had prepared for Lu Ran.

The Undead Church Master returned with a Soul Key and took Lu Ran to the Land of the God-Chosen to strengthen his soul, unaware that Lu Ran’s Secret Realm time was almost over. As Lu Ran was returned to Infinite City, the Breakthrough Secret Realm collapsed, leaving the Church Master with a promise to advance the Undead Art.

• The Undead Church Master visited his deceased elder brother and borrowed his soul’s power to make a Permission Soul Key for Lu Ran.
• After returning to the Death Space, the Undead Church Master found Lu Ran roasting a dragon soul and learned he had spent most of the gifts he received on his Pet Beasts.
• The Undead Church Master took Lu Ran into the Land of the God-Chosen and had him enter the Gray Soul Pool to strengthen his soul.
• While enduring the pool, Lu Ran asked about the Death Dragon, and the Undead Church Master explained that the Death Space came from one of its Legendary followers and that Necromancy could help humanity challenge Legendary Divine Beasts.
• Lu Ran’s Secret Realm countdown began, and he promised the Church Master he would advance the Undead Art before disappearing back to Infinite City.
• The Breakthrough Secret Realm collapsed, returning Lu Ran and the nine Trial Takers who had been sealed within Infinite City.

Lu Ran returned from a Breakthrough Secret Realm with valuable necromancy techniques and promised to develop necromancy and help humanity reach the Legendary realm. A Trial Taker’s viral video revealed Lu Ran had become the Undead Cult’s Holy Son in the Secret Realm, triggering worldwide calls to investigate him.

• Lu Ran reviewed his gains, planned to honor his mentor’s promises, and prepared for Sudden Death King and General Ha to evolve.
• Manager Ying returned Lu Ran’s enlightenment Trait Crystal and asked about his Breakthrough Secret Realm.
• Lu Ran told Manager Ying he had chosen the Undead Faction and killed the nine Trial Takers who opposed him, including members of England’s Golden Generation.
• A Trial Taker posted a viral video claiming Lu Ran had become the Undead Cult’s Holy Son and defeated an Imperial army with his pets.
• Lu Ran admitted he had become the true Holy Son after meeting the Legendary Undead Church Master, while people around the world demanded an investigation.

Lu Ran revealed that Necromancy could help humanity overcome the Legendary-level restriction and that he had solved its soul-consuming drawback, prompting Gu Qingyi to hurry to Green Sea. He then hatched his Pet Beast egg and discovered it contained a Level One Weather Spirit with powerful weather attacks and support abilities.

• Lu Ran explained to Manager Ying and Gu Qingyi that the Undead Cult had developed Necromancy to break the Legendary restriction on human Beast Tamers, and that he had found a way to prevent it from consuming souls.
• Gu Qingyi said she would come to Green Sea to discuss Lu Ran’s discoveries, while Manager Ying began considering how to benefit from the coming changes.
• Lu Ran learned that Dark Crow had kept Xia Ri cooking for Green Sea’s army for a month to help her develop her Spear Intent.
• Lu Ran took the Pet Beast egg from its incubator and watched it transform in a flash of light rather than hatch with an eggshell.
• Lu Ran identified the newborn as a Level One Weather Spirit, a Mid-tier Monarch capable of controlling rain, blizzards, and thunderstorms and empowering allies.

Lu Ran welcomed the newly hatched Weather Spirit, whose crying caused rain and thunder, and discussed how to develop its abilities with Manager Ying and Gu Qingyi. He then recounted his secret-realm research and decided to publicly introduce necromancy after Dark Crow completed its first-stage evolution.

• Lu Ran discovered that his egg had hatched into a Weather Spirit, which summoned rain and thunder when it cried.
• Manager Ying gave the hungry Weather Spirit a water elemental gem, and Lu Ran fed it a drink before it fell asleep.
• Lu Ran, Manager Ying, and Gu Qingyi discussed the Weather Spirit’s potential forms, traits, and role in a future Weather Legion.
• Gu Qingyi proposed a worldwide press conference to gain international recognition for necromancy and warned Lu Ran that public attention could bring danger.
• Lu Ran said he would hold a press conference after Dark Crow completed its first-stage evolution and establish necromancy as a new field of study.

Lu Ran returned to Emerald Mountain, contracted Dark Crow, and used the Evil God's Eye Trait Crystal to awaken a powerful new ability in him. He also began training the Weather Spirit alongside his other pets and ended by preparing to test Dark Crow's long-range attack.

• Lu Ran met Xia Ri and found that she had mastered independent spear intent after a month of training and barbecuing for Green Sea's Transcendent Creatures.
• Lu Ran contracted Dark Crow, then summoned him alongside General Ha and Sudden Death King to demonstrate how the Weather Spirit's snow and thundercloud forms could support and train them.
• The Weather Spirit drenched Dark Crow with rain when he asked for a weather blessing, and Lu Ran then gave him the Evil God's Eye Trait Crystal.
• Dark Crow evolved into an Evil-Eyed Crow and awakened Enemy Lock, which greatly reduced the energy lost when he attacked a locked-on enemy.
• Lu Ran told Dark Crow to test his new ability with an ultra-long-range curse against Sudden Death King after making Sudden Death King run ten thousand meters.