Chapter Summaries

Luo Fan explained why his team could survive the trial and led them toward the Tower, where they encountered a rule-type Farmer Weird. After it sealed Tomeko’s abilities, Luo Fan tried to stun it from behind, but Sap had no effect.

• Luo Fan pointed to the team's cooperation, their ability to move in sunlight, and their rule-based skills as advantages over the other trial participants.
• The group set out toward the Tower, using Black Bird and Nightmare Nekomata to scout while Luo Fan followed under his Invisibility Cloak.
• Nightmare Nekomata warned the group about a Farmer Weird carrying a huge sickle in a forest clearing.
• Farmer Weird spoke, revealing itself as a rule-type Weird, and its Vision Sealing power prevented Tomeko from using her skills or Uncanny Artifacts.
• Qipao Weird moved to protect Tomeko and An Xiaoran while Luo Fan crept behind Farmer Weird and struck its head with Sap.
• Farmer Weird barely reacted to the blow, leaving Luo Fan stunned that Sap had failed completely.

Luo Fan realized An Xiaoran’s transformed Healing Cross could suppress the Farmer Weird despite its immunity to control, and he helped create an opening with sunlight. The Farmer Weird ended the chapter pinned to the ground, while An Xiaoran and the Qipao Weird stood over it.

• Luo Fan dodged the Farmer Weird’s devastating scythe strike and told An Xiaoran to transform and use her cross.
• An Xiaoran transformed into a sixteen- or seventeen-year-old girl and wielded an empowered Healing Cross against the Farmer Weird.
• The Qipao Weird used Time Reversal to weaken the Farmer Weird while An Xiaoran’s cross strikes slowed and pressured it.
• Luo Fan mimicked Mo Yuling and used Space-Time Scission to expose the Farmer Weird to sunlight as it tried to escape.
• An Xiaoran intercepted the Farmer Weird beyond the sunlight and pinned it down with her cross, overcoming its immunity to control.

Luo Fan’s group killed a sixth-tier lizard Weird and secured another Yin Fish totem, then hid underground as dawn approached. Elsewhere on the island, a golden-eyed Humanoid Weird identified Luo Fan’s location and planned to approach him after dark.

• Luo Fan killed the restrained Farmer Weird with Triple Shot and took its Rule-Type Weird Crystal.
• An Xiaoran gave Luo Fan the Farmer Weird’s Yin Fish totem, completing his Taiji Diagram and qualifying him to enter the Trial Tower.
• Luo Fan estimated that at least a hundred Weirds were competing on the island and decided to hunt for Yang Fish totems after resting.
• The group used Petrification Bait and An Xiaoran’s Healing Cross to trap a level-62 lizard Weird, then Luo Fan killed it and collected its Weird Crystal and Yin Fish totem for An Xiaoran.
• As dawn neared, Luo Fan dug an underground hiding place where the group could rest until dark.
• A golden-eyed Humanoid Weird watched Luo Fan’s direction and said it would meet him after nightfall.

Luo Fan took Tomeko out to hunt Weirds and search for Yang Fish Totems while An Xiaoran and the others remained in the shelter. After finding only one surplus Yin Fish Totem, Luo Fan discovered a powerful sixth-tier Weird in a cave and entered alone to fight it.

• Luo Fan left An Xiaoran, the Qipao Weird, and the Nightmare Nekomata in the shelter while he and Tomeko searched Fallen Sea Island aboard Black Bird.
• Luo Fan used the Far-Sensing Wave Hat to find and kill eight Weirds, collecting their crystals and corpses, but found only one trial participant carrying a Yin Fish Totem.
• As evening approached, Tomeko spotted a concealed cave behind a thick patch of vines on the mountainside.
• Luo Fan sensed a powerful sixth-tier Weird inside, told Tomeko to wait outside, and entered the cave with his Wraith Short Sword.

Luo Fan entered a cavern and fought a level 63 giant lizard Weird, using Petrification Bait and a pre-set Sealing Trap to create openings. After building God-Tier Enchanting and Killing Blow to 100 stacks, he dodged the Weird’s bite and struck toward the glowing weak point on its body.

• Luo Fan found the sleeping giant lizard Weird in a cavern and set an invisible Sealing Trap near the entrance.
• When the Weird detected him, Luo Fan used Petrification Bait to briefly turn it to stone and fired two canisters of Pear Blossom Needle Storm, raising both skills to 85 stacks.
• The Weird broke free and charged, but Luo Fan led it into the Sealing Trap, which temporarily sealed its power.
• Luo Fan’s sword could not pierce the Weird’s thick scales, so he fired a third canister of needles and brought both skills to 100 stacks.
• A golden weak-point mark appeared below the Weird’s neck, and Luo Fan dodged its bite and thrust his Wraith Short Sword toward the mark.

Luo Fan killed a sixth-tier Giant Lizard Weird with Killing Blow, but its corpse vanished without leaving a weird crystal or Yin-Yang Fish Totem. After returning to the cave and discussing possible explanations with Qipao Weird, he heard a Humanoid Weird outside call for him to come out.

• Luo Fan killed the Giant Lizard Weird with Killing Blow, but its body dissolved and left no weird crystal or totem.
• Luo Fan and Tomeko returned to the underground cave, where An Xiaoran reported that nothing unusual had happened.
• Luo Fan told Qipao Weird about the missing spoils, and she suggested the crystal might have been removed by a contingency or that the Weird might still be alive.
• Luo Fan and Qipao Weird discussed their remaining Yin-Yang Fish patterns and hoped to collect them during the final two nights.
• A Humanoid Weird arrived at the cave entrance and called for Luo Fan to come out.

Luo Fan and his companions confronted a Sixth-Tier Weird whose rule nullified any rule acting on itself, rendering the Qipao Weird’s Time Reversal and Luo Fan’s Petrification Bait useless. Mimicry revealed the Weird’s defensive ability, but Luo Fan realized his team would have to fight it without their rule-based powers.

• A horned, aristocratic Weird called Luo Fan out and said it had been sent to kill him because of his role in the battle of Hong City.
• The Qipao Weird attacked with Time Reversal, but the Weird nullified her rule and overpowered her.
• Luo Fan’s Petrification Bait also failed, and his Monitoring Glasses identified the opponent as a Level 65 rule-mastery Weird.
• Luo Fan used Mimicry to copy the Weird’s appearance and learned that its rule nullified every rule that acted upon itself.
• Luo Fan concluded that rule-based skills and weapons would be ineffective, leaving his Fourth-Tier team facing the Sixth-Tier opponent with only physical abilities and other non-rule skills.

Luo Fan and his companions were overwhelmed by the nobleman Weird, whose control-level rule nullified attacks that acted on it. With the team gravely injured, Luo Fan used Mimicry to become Mo Yuling and unleashed Space-Time Scission, sending deadly sunlight toward the Weird in a last attempt to defeat it.

• The nobleman Weird easily battered Luo Fan, An Xiaoran, Tomeko, and the Qipao Weird, rendering their rule-based attacks ineffective.
• Luo Fan charged again, but the Weird stopped him and hurled him away; Tomeko’s Flowing Water Slash was likewise defeated, and the Weird shattered An Xiaoran’s Healing Cross.
• The Qipao Weird burned her essence to reverse time on herself and attack at her peak, but the nobleman Weird struck her down with pure strength.
• Luo Fan offered to go with the Weird, but it revealed that it had come to kill him and raised its hand to strike.
• Luo Fan activated Mimicry to become Mo Yuling and used Space-Time Scission to open a fissure that poured noon sunlight onto the nobleman Weird.

Luo Fan used sunlight and a bluff to drive off the sixth-tier young noble Weird after the enemy’s rules suppressed their skills. With the Qipao Weird wounded and his companions exhausted, Luo Fan realized he needed to strengthen his own Sequence Level.

• Luo Fan’s Space-Time Scission exposed the young noble Weird to sunlight and badly injured him, but the Weird escaped its range.
• Luo Fan bluffed that he could use Space-Time Scission again and threatened the young noble Weird with a bottle containing stored sunlight, forcing him to leave.
• An Xiaoran treated the badly wounded Qipao Weird until her condition stabilized, then stopped before exhausting herself.
• Luo Fan reflected on his weakness without rule-based skills and resolved to raise his Sequence Level.
• A system notification appeared before Luo Fan.

Luo Fan's group searched the island for the remaining Yang Fish Totems, avoiding powerful threats and passing up a Fifth-Tier Weird that offered no trial reward. Near dawn, Luo Fan spotted the Giant Lizard Weird he had killed the day before, alive again, and decided to follow it toward the Tower to learn how it had resurrected.

• Luo Fan's group detoured around a Seventh-Tier three-eyed lion and a Sixth-Tier humanoid Weird while searching for trial participants.
• Luo Fan refused Tomeko's suggestion to fight a Fifth-Tier octopus Weird because it had no Yin-Yang Fish Totem and fighting it would waste time.
• Luo Fan reflected on how difficult it was to guide a group safely through the Apocalypse and checked the time, finding it was 4:17 a.m. with neither Yang Fish Totem found.
• Luo Fan recognized a Sixth-Tier Giant Lizard Weird as the same creature he had killed with Killing Blow the previous day, noting that its wounds matched his attacks.
• Luo Fan told the Qipao Weird and Tomeko about the lizard's return, then decided to follow it toward the Tower and investigate how it had come back to life.

Luo Fan uncovered the Giant Lizard Weird’s resurrection secret, destroyed its buried heart, and killed it to obtain a Yang Fish Totem for the Qipao Weird. With only Tomeko’s Yang Fish left to find, Luo Fan and his companions hid until dawn, when he planned to hunt near the Tower.

• The Giant Lizard Weird believed it was fighting and dying to a powerful enemy, while Luo Fan used the Fog Weird Mirror’s Illusion Realm to learn that it resurrected at the location of its buried heart.
• Luo Fan sent Black Bird to destroy the heart, and the Giant Lizard Weird convulsed and died for real.
• Luo Fan took the Giant Lizard Weird’s Sixth-Tier Weird Crystal and Yang Fish Totem from its corpse.
• Luo Fan gave the Yang Fish Totem to the Qipao Weird, completing her Yin-Yang Fish set; Tomeko remained the only one without a complete set.
• As dawn approached, Luo Fan led the group to a new hiding place and planned to hunt around the Tower with Tomeko during the final day.

Luo Fan and Tomeko searched the mountain forests for trial participants’ totems, but found only empty caves and Yin Fish before reaching a cave that blocked Luo Fan’s mental scan. Luo Fan entered alone under cover of invisibility, and his expression changed when he saw what lay inside.

• Luo Fan searched several caves, killed a fourth-tier Weird without finding a totem, and then killed a fifth-tier Weird that yielded another Yin Fish totem.
• Tomeko grew anxious over the approaching trial deadline, but Luo Fan reassured her before a fifth-tier Tusk Boar suddenly attacked them.
• Luo Fan shot the Tusk Boar, recycled its corpse for 198,000 check-in funds, and continued the search with Tomeko after lunch.
• At a cave near the Tower, Luo Fan found that something inside blocked his mental scan, suggesting a powerful mental-type Weird.
• Luo Fan told Tomeko to hide outside, then entered the cave invisibly and saw something in the cavern that made his expression change drastically.

Luo Fan encountered two sixth-tier serpent Weirds in a cave and was nearly petrified, but Tomeko pulled him into the sunlight and he used Mimicry to escape the lingering effect. After recovering, Luo Fan prepared to confront the Weirds again because they might carry the Yin-Yang Fish Totems Tomeko needed.

• Luo Fan found two identical level-62 serpent Weirds and tried to retreat, but one detected him and petrified most of his body.
• Tomeko heard Luo Fan's call and used her whip to drag him out of the cave into the sunlight.
• Luo Fan used Mimicry to become the Farmer Weird, removing the petrification, then canceled Mimicry before sunlight could burn him to death.
• Luo Fan recovered in the sunlight and saw the two serpent Weirds still trapped at the cave entrance.
• Luo Fan decided to face the Weirds again, suspecting they carried Yin-Yang Fish Totems, including a possible Yang Fish for Tomeko.

Luo Fan used Petrification Bait to lure a sixth-tier snake Weird into the sunlight, killing it and allowing Tomeko to complete her Taiji Diagram. After the team set out for the Tower at night, they rounded a pile of rocks and stopped at the sight ahead.

• Luo Fan baited one snake Weird out of its cave, and sunlight destroyed it, leaving a weird crystal and the Yang Fish Totem.
• Luo Fan gave the Yang Fish Totem to Tomeko, who completed her Taiji Diagram and thanked him.
• Luo Fan and Tomeko chose not to pursue the remaining snake Weird because its petrification ability made the cave too dangerous.
• Luo Fan returned with Tomeko to the underground hole, where An Xiaoran and the Qipao Weird learned Tomeko had completed her totem.
• After resting until nightfall, Luo Fan led the team and their two pets toward the Tower.
• Luo Fan and the others rounded scattered rocks, stopped, and prepared for danger as the view ahead opened up.

Luo Fan faced the Young Master Weird and three sixth-tier Weirds, then drew the Young Master Weird away so An Xiaoran, the Qipao Weird, and Tomeko could escape. Cornered in an open field, he warned his pursuer that he still had Sunlight, leaving the one-on-one confrontation unresolved.

• The Young Master Weird confronted Luo Fan with three sixth-tier Weirds and declared that he wanted revenge for being forced to retreat the night before.
• Luo Fan realized the Weirds had left gaps in their encirclement and told An Xiaoran, the Qipao Weird, and Tomeko to flee toward the Tower while he drew their pursuers away.
• Luo Fan used Nightmare Nekomata's Possession and Spirit Void Step to flee, but the Young Master Weird rapidly caught up with him.
• Luo Fan stopped in an open field and reminded the Young Master Weird that they were now alone together and that he could still use Sunlight.

Luo Fan isolated the nobleman Weird from its three helpers and tried to persuade it to retreat, but it insisted on fighting. He used Rose’s deceptive self-preservation abilities to survive its attacks, leaving the Weird determined to kill him.

• Luo Fan lured the nobleman Weird away from its three helpers, leaving them alone under the moonlight.
• Luo Fan appealed to the Weird’s pride and status, but it refused to leave without testing his strength.
• Luo Fan transformed into Rose and used a Deceptive Doppelgänger to make the Weird believe it had crushed him.
• The nobleman Weird unleashed Weird Qi to expose Luo Fan’s real body after realizing the corpse was a decoy.
• The Weird struck Luo Fan, but Substitute Puppet transferred the lethal blow to a rag doll, intensifying its resolve to kill him.

Luo Fan used Rose’s self-targeting skills to evade the Young Master Weird and lure it into a fight with a seventh-tier giant ape. He reached the Trial Tower and opened its stone door with the Taiji Diagram.

• Luo Fan used Deceptive Doppelgänger, Deceptive Transformation, Substitute Puppet, and Exchange to evade the Young Master Weird while drawing the chase toward the Tower.
• At the mountainside, Luo Fan spotted a seventh-tier giant ape, ended Nightmare Nekomata’s Possession, and provoked it into pursuing him.
• Luo Fan disguised himself as the Young Master Weird and used his tricks to make the giant ape mistake the real Young Master Weird for the one who insulted it.
• The giant ape attacked the Young Master Weird, allowing Luo Fan to turn invisible and continue toward the summit while the two fought.
• Luo Fan reached the Trial Tower, where his Mimicry wore off and Nightmare Nekomata returned to his shoulder.
• Luo Fan pressed the Taiji Diagram against the Tower’s stone door, causing it to open.

Qipao Weird, An Xiaoran, and Tomeko defeated one of the three sixth-tier Weirds and drove the other two away as they made their way toward the Tower. They saw Young Master Weird battling a seventh-tier giant ape on the mountainside, and Qipao Weird suspected Luo Fan had arranged the fight.

• Qipao Weird used the Time Rule to weaken the dragon-headed Weird from the sixth tier to the third, then killed it and took its Weird crystal.
• An Xiaoran transformed, protected Tomeko with an invulnerable shield, and attacked the black-robed Weird with Holy Judgment.
• The black-robed Weird and the stone-skinned Weird fled, leaving Qipao Weird, An Xiaoran, and Tomeko to continue toward the Tower.
• The group saw Young Master Weird locked in a fierce battle with a seventh-tier giant ape, and Qipao Weird guessed Luo Fan had set it up.

As dawn approached, the Qipao Weird fought to lead An Xiaoran and Tomeko to safety inside the Tower, battling powerful Weirds along the way. A snake Weird petrified Tomeko just before they reached the doors, and although the Qipao Weird pulled An Xiaoran inside, Tomeko was erased by the morning’s rules.

• The Qipao Weird used Time Reversal to drive off three jackal Weirds, then fought a rule-type seventh-tier Weird until it retreated.
• The group faced a symbiotic tiger Weird and python Weird near the summit, and the Qipao Weird suppressed the tiger before ordering a retreat toward the Tower.
• As dawn neared, a snake Weird petrified Tomeko with a gray-white beam and entered the Tower.
• The Qipao Weird used a whip to pull An Xiaoran through the Tower doors as the tiger and python pursued.
• The Tower doors closed, and Tomeko’s petrified statue crumbled under the morning’s erasure rules.

Luo Fan reunited with An Xiaoran and the Qipao Weird inside the Tower, learned that Tomeko had died before entering, and discovered that the second-round trial was a battle royale. With more than thirty powerful participants forced to fight until only nine remained, the three prepared to survive together.

• Luo Fan found the Young Master Weird, the Giant Ape Weird, An Xiaoran, and the Qipao Weird in the Tower plaza, and realized they had arrived together because time inside might differ from time outside.
• An Xiaoran proved her identity with the Taiji Diagram, and the Qipao Weird told Luo Fan that Tomeko had been petrified by the snake Weird and erased before reaching the Tower.
• Luo Fan saw that more than thirty participants had survived to the plaza, including numerous fifth-, sixth-, and seventh-tier Weirds.
• The trial rules appeared, requiring every participant to fight to the death until only nine survivors remained.
• A Mantis Weird approached Luo Fan as an easy target, but the Qipao Weird blocked it and An Xiaoran stayed beside him.
• Luo Fan gripped his Wraith Short Sword as the three prepared for the battle royale to begin.