Chapter Summaries

Lilia fought off Shi Lei’s Hunters until they exhausted their mines, equipment, and the Life Hourglass that sustained them. Shi Lei retreated, leaving his team too depleted to attend the Party, while Lin Yuan watched from the Coffin.

• Shi Lei ordered his Hunters to swarm Lilia, but she struck them back despite the room’s traps and illusions.
• Shi Lei relied on a Life Hourglass to restore his Hunters and ordered them to intensify their attacks when its sand began to run low.
• Shi Lei changed tactics and sent Hunters to draw Lilia across hidden mines, but she continued fighting as the team’s supplies dwindled.
• The Hunters ran out of mines and equipment, and the Life Hourglass emptied while Lilia kept recovering from their attacks.
• Shi Lei ordered his team to retreat, and Lilia called after them that they would miss the Party.

After defeating Shi Lei’s team, Lin Yuan began a twelve-hour Land Travel Modification while Lilia handled the Library’s Party. As the golems kept spawning, Shi Lei and his companions used Invisibility Potions to approach a corner where Scarface feared a dormant presence might awaken.

• Angered that Doll Girl did not pursue him, Shi Lei led his team away to use a secret they had discovered and disrupt the Party.
• Lin Yuan told Lilia to search for Blueprint Boxes and manage the Party while he underwent the Land Travel Modification with Little Black.
• The Party began, and Lilia easily fought off the Administrator Golems as they appeared more frequently.
• Scarface and the other Hunters teams suppressed their own golems, believing the feared presence on the top floor would not wake during this Party.
• Shi Lei and his companions approached the corner unnoticed while invisible.

Shi Lei opened a secret passage to the Curator’s Office and used the Life Hourglass to kill a teammate who tried to flee. The Library Curator burst onto the top floor, and every player received a warning that it had joined the hunt.

• Shi Lei led his team to a hidden door, intending to awaken the terrifying creature and direct it toward the woman who had ruined him.
• A teammate tried to escape, but Shi Lei flipped the Life Hourglass and killed him for betraying the team.
• Shi Lei forced his remaining teammates through the passage and entered the Curator’s Office, where a towering golem rested at a desk.
• Lilia slaughtered Administrator Golems and collected keys while Lin Yuan considered trading with Rats players for Blueprint Boxes.
• Jerry realized Lilia knew about the powerful creature and was not afraid of it, then hurried to search for Blueprint Boxes.
• The Library Curator charged through the secret door, sending Hunters flying, and a system notification announced that it had joined the hunt.

Lin Yuan sent Lilia to find the Library's Librarian while Little Black was halfway through modifying him, leaving him unable to fight for long. Scarface's team fled the Librarian on the sealed top floor, and the chase continued as Lilia followed the destruction in circles without catching up.

• Lin Yuan told Lilia to leave the golems and search for the Librarian, while Jerry and the other Rats players retreated and could not identify the boss's location.
• Scarface's team abandoned its traps and barriers and fled the Librarian, which had been led to them by surviving Hunters from Shi Lei's Team.
• Jerry and the Rats players found the stairway sealed, and Scarface knocked them down and ran past them to draw the Librarian away.
• The Librarian ignored Jerry and pursued Scarface, while other Hunter teams followed the chase from a distance.
• Lilia lost her way and then followed the destruction left by the Librarian, while she, Scarface, and the Librarian unknowingly circled the same route.

Scarface and his team escaped as the Librarian’s unpredictable attacks threw the Hunters into chaos. Hidden nearby, Shi Lei exploited the confusion to make Lilia kill more Administrator Golems, planning to draw the Librarian to her and take the resulting loot.

• Scarface ordered his team to drop their valuables so they could outrun the Librarian.
• The Librarian abandoned the box of loot and attacked Hunters who tried to take it, then switched targets repeatedly and scattered the crowd.
• Scarface led his team away while trying to understand the Librarian’s target pattern.
• Shi Lei hid under a Shadow Cloak and revealed that he had awakened the Librarian and learned how the Hunt List worked.
• Shi Lei secretly kicked Administrator Golems toward Lilia, hoping she would kill enough to attract the Librarian.
• Shi Lei planned to lure the Librarian to Lilia, then collect the loot after she was killed.

Shi Lei lured the Librarian toward Lilia, but the boss killed him with the stolen Life Hourglass. Lin Yuan stepped in to protect Lilia and began fighting the Librarian, giving himself one minute to finish the battle.

• Shi Lei approached the Librarian while it chased the Hunters, but its attack sent him flying toward Lilia and Lin Yuan.
• Shi Lei tried to hide in Lilia's shadow, but Little Black kicked him out, and the Librarian used the Life Hourglass to drain his life.
• The Librarian retrieved and reset the Life Hourglass, while Lin Yuan recognized Shi Lei and realized the artifact was unusual.
• The Librarian attacked Lilia, but Lin Yuan blocked its punch and told her to move back.
• Lin Yuan stood up from the Coffin and faced the Librarian, setting himself a one-minute limit to end the fight.

Lin Yuan fought the Librarian, repeatedly defeating it as the Life Hourglass restored its body, then used Reverse Scale to cut it in half. The hourglass continued flipping between white and black sand, restoring the Librarian and strengthening it again as the battle continued.

• Lin Yuan used the Sea Serpent Ram to freeze the Librarian briefly, then severed its forearm with the Holy Hall Light Blade.
• The Life Hourglass restored the Librarian, and Lin Yuan repeatedly beat it down while applying combat techniques he had learned from the Sanctum's Legacy.
• As the hourglass emptied, it flipped and released black sand, making the Librarian faster and stronger; its blows drained tens of thousands of Lin Yuan's health.
• Lin Yuan activated Reverse Scale and regained the advantage, then cleaved the Librarian in two with the Holy Hall Light Blade.
• The hourglass flipped again and restored the Librarian only partially before black sand began falling anew, causing its aura to surge once more.

Lin Yuan used the Death Seed to counter the Librarian’s Life Hourglass, discovering how its life and death sand worked before the relic absorbed it and gained a new ability. The Librarian was defeated, and Lin Yuan returned the evolved Death Seed to the Treasure Collection Room.

• Lin Yuan recognized that the Librarian’s life-draining attacks and Life Hourglass were connected to the same domain as the Death Seed.
• Lin Yuan brought out the Death Seed, which began absorbing his life energy and then locked its attention on the Life Hourglass.
• The Life Hourglass shattered, and the Death Seed absorbed its life and death sand while Lin Yuan learned how the relic healed its master and drained enemies.
• The Librarian lost the hourglass’s support, collapsed, and broke apart.
• Lin Yuan returned the Death Seed to the Treasure Collection Room and saw that its undead army had gained the passive skill Life and Death Unpredictable.

Lin Yuan studied the evolved Death Seed, learned that its ultimate ability's cooldown depended on the moons, and returned to the Coffin while Lilia searched for loot. Lilia found unusual keys and encountered Scarface's group, who learned that she had killed the Library Curator.

• Lin Yuan noticed that the evolved Death Seed had moved from the eighth ring to the seventh ring of crystal pedestals and wondered whether it would eventually recognize him as its master.
• Lin Yuan realized that Nether River Summoning's cooldown depended on the moons' cycles, which could vary across sea time zones, and considered how the moons might relate to the Nether River.
• Lin Yuan returned to the Coffin, had Little Black repair and modify the Lin Yuan, and sent Lilia to collect the Librarian's scattered remains.
• Lilia found a ring of gold Blueprint Box keys, a gemstone key, and a large black key, but could not find the enormous treasure chest it might open.
• Scarface and his group ran into Lilia while fleeing the Library Curator, and Lilia told them that she had killed him.

Lilia reached the Curator’s Office and opened the Librarian’s huge treasure chest, revealing the “New World” Hull Blueprint Collection. Lin Yuan obtained the level four Bedrock hull Blueprint and recognized that its lack of special compartments would not matter because his own ship already had them.

• Scarface realized Lilia had likely defeated the Librarian and offered to guide her to the secret passage.
• Scarface pushed the Hunters away from the entrance and told them the treasure chest inside belonged to Lilia.
• Lilia entered the Curator’s Office and opened the huge chest, releasing the “New World” Hull Blueprint Collection.
• Lin Yuan used the collection to obtain the level four Bedrock hull Blueprint.
• Lin Yuan learned that Bedrock had high base qualities but lacked special compartments, then noted that his ship already had them.

Lin Yuan planned the Bedrock hull upgrade and looked for ways to trade his surplus Keys for materials and Blueprint Boxes. Lilia left the Library and Scarface proposed organizing a larger trading meetup with the Hunters.

• Lin Yuan gave Little Black the Bedrock Blueprint, and Little Black estimated that adapting the Land Travel Modification would take another twenty-four hours.
• Lin Yuan planned to trade for high-quality steel and Blueprint Boxes, while considering where to search for materials and what metal could advance in rank.
• Lilia emerged from the secret passage and learned from Scarface that most Hunters had left after the Party and the Librarian's attack.
• Scarface explained that Hunters traded with Rats for Blueprint Boxes and asked Lilia to trade her spare Keys with him.
• Lin Yuan had Lilia ask Scarface to gather more trading partners, and Scarface agreed to organize a trading meetup.

Lilia attended Scarface’s trading meeting, where players bid Blueprint Boxes for her Keys, while Rock Bear learned that she had been mistaken for a powerful player. The bidding began, and Rock Bear took an interest in Lilia after hearing she seemed to match his strength.

• Lilia arrived at Scarface’s trading meeting, where his subordinates turned away Rock Bear’s team and welcomed her.
• Scarface explained that Rock Bear, Poisonous Snake, and Rose were powerful players, and that rumors credited Lilia with soloing the Library boss.
• Scarface announced that players could bid Blueprint Boxes for Lilia’s Keys, and Lilia would choose her trading partners.
• Rock Bear vented his frustration at poor Gacha Tower results, then asked his subordinate how Lilia’s strength compared with his.
• The subordinate estimated that Lilia was about as strong as Rock Bear, who wondered whether she could match his 5,000 health.

Rock Bear, Rose, and Poisonous Snake learned that Lilia had reportedly soloed a boss, and each considered how to deal with her. Meanwhile, Lilia traded all her keys for a huge stock of Blueprint Boxes, but the gathering ended with news that the Principal's Office Building had collapsed.

• A subordinate told Rock Bear that Lilia had soloed a boss, and Rock Bear decided she would be worth fighting.
• Rose listened through a charmed subordinate's conch and planned to bring Lilia under her command.
• Poisonous Snake heard about Lilia and hoped to profit if she fought Rock Bear and Rose.
• At Scarface's trading event, Lilia exchanged all her keys for nearly several hundred gold, over a thousand silver, and more than ten thousand bronze Blueprint Boxes.
• A subordinate rushed into the restaurant and announced that the Principal's Office Building at the academy's center had collapsed.

After the Principal's Office Building collapsed and revealed a hidden area, players rushed to investigate as the supply of Assessment Pass Badges became uncertain. On the way, Lilia received a Gemstone Blueprint Box and Key from Jerry, and Lin Yuan opened it to obtain a blueprint for a Lookout Platform.

• Scarface's subordinate reported that the Principal's Office Building had collapsed, exposing a vast tunnel filled with unfamiliar Special Puppets.
• Players headed toward the former building site to search for Badges, treasures, and the newly discovered hidden area.
• Lin Yuan sent Lilia to investigate with the crowd.
• Jerry gave Lilia a Gemstone Blueprint Box and its Key as thanks for her help at the Library.
• Lin Yuan opened the box and obtained the Lookout Platform blueprint, which required specific materials and could not be built on an Iron Ship.

Lin Yuan considered the valuable but impractical Lookout Platform Blueprint before Lilia brought him to the ruined Principal’s Office Building, where players were exploring a shifting underground maze. He recognized the maze as the tomb where the academy’s last Artisans had been laid to rest.

• Lin Yuan concluded that the Lookout Platform Blueprint required a crew member with more Inspiration and rare material from the stars, and wondered whether his predecessors had hidden knowledge about it.
• Lin Yuan reflected on the convenience of having Lilia and Little Black as crew members, then reminded himself that he still intended to recruit humans.
• Lilia guided Lin Yuan to the collapsed Principal’s Office Building, where an enormous underground opening had appeared.
• Yang Pangzi led a team through an Artisan-built tunnel into a metal room, which shifted after the team entered and left them out of sight.
• Lin Yuan learned that the underground rooms moved and presented different trials, then recognized the maze as the final resting place of the academy’s last Artisans.

Lin Yuan and Lilia entered the Underground Mausoleum, where Lilia faced a guardian golem modeled after Professor Fangta. As the fight began, Lin Yuan realized the golem was using its turret fire to keep Lilia at a distance, and then a second turret appeared.

• Lin Yuan decided to explore the mausoleum with Lilia as powerful player teams gathered to enter it.
• Lilia entered the shifting room alone and found a coffin bearing an inscription about Professor Fangta, who had become the academy's eternal guardian.
• The coffin opened, and a golem resembling Fangta emerged and declared Lilia an intruder before attacking her with a turret.
• Lilia dodged the turret's shots until Lin Yuan realized the golem was keeping her away from it and told her to attack directly.
• Lilia charged through a cannonball, but Lin Yuan noticed the turret had fired much faster and saw a second turret beside the golem.

Lin Yuan watched Lilia defeat the Fangta Golem by using the Coffin’s unexpected side door, then questioned whether the golem was truly connected to Professor Fangta. Lilia found a miniature turret item in the golem’s coffin.

• The Fangta Golem built a network of turrets that slowed, trapped, and repeatedly blasted Lilia, while Lin Yuan stayed hidden in his Coffin during his modifications.
• Lilia kicked the Coffin toward the Fangta Golem and discovered it was immune to the golem’s shells and crowd-control attacks.
• The Fangta Golem aimed its turrets above the Coffin, but Lilia escaped through its side door and cut the golem in two.
• The golem and its turrets melted into the metal floor, leaving Lin Yuan to wonder whether it had been Professor Fangta.
• Lilia found a D-rank Miniature Turret consumable in the open metal coffin.

Lilia explored the shifting rooms of the hidden maze, fighting puppets modeled after professors of the Bronze Thirteen Artisan Academy and collecting their loot. Lin Yuan worked out that rooms and puppets reset when revisited, but Lilia struggled to find unexplored rooms, and the chapter ended with Lin Yuan wondering when their team would encounter the others.

• After Lilia defeated the Kensi puppet, she collected a D-rank Transcendent Iron Pot that could cook low-rank transcendent ingredients.
• Lilia fought through more rooms, facing professor puppets with varied combat styles and receiving different rewards.
• When Lilia encountered the Fangta puppet repeatedly, Lin Yuan marked a room and confirmed that it reset after they left, restoring its puppet and loot.
• Lin Yuan deduced that puppets retained no memories between resets and that the richest rewards came from rooms cleared for the first time.
• Lin Yuan realized Lilia lacked the Inspiration and intelligence to navigate the shifting maze, so he let her keep searching by luck while he remained unable to act during Land Travel Modification.
• As Lilia continued exploring, Lin Yuan wondered how the other teams were navigating the vast maze and when they would meet.

Rock Bear’s team defeated a hammer-wielding puppet and found evidence that another team had already cleared the room, while Poisonous Snake planned to exploit teams during battles. Poisonous Snake concluded that the maze’s core area was inaccessible until some hidden condition was met.

• Rock Bear transformed into his bear form and held off the hammer-wielding puppet while his teammates attacked and defeated it.
• Rock Bear’s subordinates praised him, and he privately believed his strength and secret third form would help him claim first place.
• Rock Bear’s teammate said their route had repeatedly failed to reach the core, and the team found only basic materials in a coffin that someone else had cleared.
• Poisonous Snake explained that his team would exploit rooms when other teams were fighting, while his subordinates considered what to do about Yang Pangzi’s wounded group.
• Yang Pangzi’s team suddenly recovered and escaped into another room before Poisonous Snake’s group could react.
• Poisonous Snake decided not to pursue Yang Pangzi and said the maze’s core was inaccessible without an unknown hidden condition.

Rose used her charm ability to recruit powerful players and set her sights on Lilia. Meanwhile, Lilia found an Energy Gear and, guided by Lin Yuan, installed it in the Labyrinth Tomb’s mechanism core, where she discovered controls indicating the labyrinth could be pushed into dangerous overclocking.

• Rose explained that her team was capturing other player teams and decided to use Scarface’s connection to track down Lilia.
• Lilia found a blue Energy Gear in a treasure chest, and Lin Yuan realized the system was guiding players toward the Artisan Academy’s hidden legacy.
• Lin Yuan asked Lilia to locate the mechanism core and install the gear while Little Black continued its modifications for another twelve hours.
• Lilia unexpectedly found the mechanism core, inserted the Energy Gear, and watched it start powering the labyrinth’s central machinery.
• Lilia examined a control console showing the labyrinth’s operating power and asked what its warning about unlimited overclocking meant.