Chapter Summaries

Zhu Wen revealed that everyone except Fang Yu carried a dangerous black aura, and a ghostly mission began when a blood-covered dog appeared. Fang Yu’s team entered Josh’s haunted home, where he demonstrated his power and sought a way into the spirit world to wipe out its ghosts.

• Zhu Wen told Zhang Ming that dark clouds above him foretold the fate of people she had seen at the hospital, then said she could see no black aura above Fang Yu.
• A blood-covered, white-eyed doberman clawed at a door, and Fang Yu announced that the mission had begun.
• Fang Yu and the Reincarnator Team arrived at Josh and Renee’s house while Spirit Medium Elise tried to recover their comatose son Dalton’s soul.
• Josh attacked Fang Yu with a stool, but Fang Yu’s lightning shocked him harmlessly, prompting Elise to welcome the team inside.
• Elise explained her plan to enter the spirit world, and Fang Yu asked how to use her out-of-body technique so he could hunt its ghosts.

Fang Yu entered the spirit realm with Elise and Josh, annihilated its evil spirits, and helped Josh reunite with Dalton. He then ignored their warnings and entered the Gate of Hell to retrieve someone.

• Elise guided Fang Yu and Josh into the spirit realm, where Fang Yu unleashed a Solar Flare that purified the Black Mist and destroyed the ghosts within it.
• Josh led Fang Yu and Elise to the old house by the lake, and Fang Yu summoned Susanoo, frightening the ghosts into fleeing.
• Fang Yu found Dalton, and Josh reunited with his son's soul.
• Fang Yu spotted the Gate of Hell and chose to enter it despite Elise and Josh's warnings.
• The red door shut behind Fang Yu, leaving Elise to take Josh and Dalton out of the spirit realm.

Fang Yu fought his way through hell and forced the entity beyond a spatial rift to grant him a resurrection. He named Zhao Yingkong as the person he wanted to bring back.

• Fang Yu entered a blood-red villa in hell and unleashed his powers against the swarming goat-headed monsters.
• Fang Yu smashed through a golden door and killed the enormous horned demon with a Big Ball Rasengan.
• Fang Yu attacked the monsters pouring from hell with lightning and giant trees, but hell spawned still more creatures.
• Fang Yu summoned a thousand-handed lightning Buddha, destroyed the red-faced demon, and caused hell to collapse.
• Fang Yu faced the yellow-eyed entity in the spatial rift and demanded to revive someone who should not have died.
• When the entity asked for the person's name, Fang Yu chose Zhao Yingkong.

Fang Yu traded a bloodstained burial cloth with a demon in the spirit world to resurrect Zhao Yingkong, but learned that each demon could make only one soul transaction in the cycle. After failing to find another demon who could bring back Zheng Zha, Fang Yu and Zhao Yingkong returned to the Main God Space.

• Fang Yu reunited with Zhao Yingkong, but the yellow giant eye pulled her back into hell until he fulfilled its demand for a bloodstained cloth from the British Museum.
• Fang Yu stole the burial cloth and returned to the spirit world, where the demon completed the trade and released Zhao Yingkong.
• Fang Yu asked the demon to resurrect Zheng Zha, but the Main God warned that Mammon could conduct only one soul transaction in each cycle.
• Fang Yu brought Zhao Yingkong back to Josh's home, where she met Li Yingqi, Elise, Lin Xiaoyu, and Zhang Ming.
• Fang Yu and Elise searched unsuccessfully for other demons, then Fang Yu and Zhao Yingkong returned to the Main God Space when the cycle ended.

Fang Yu and his companions learned that their next Horror Film would be Freddy vs. Jason, while Zhang Ming panicked at being assigned Freddy. In Great Porridge Kingdom, Fang Yu advanced policies to grow pickling vegetables and legalize salt production, then met an ugly scholar who praised him as a wise ruler.

• Fang Yu revealed Freddy vs. Jason as the next film and told Zhang Ming to fight Freddy while he handled Jason, but Zhang Ming refused.
• Fang Yu oversaw a new crop of pickling vegetables and discussed how plentiful pickled food could keep the people from rebelling.
• A notice legalized salt production and sales, and a black-clad scholar explained to a farmer and his daughter how the policy could lower salt prices.
• The scholar questioned how Great Porridge Kingdom would fund its government and army without salt-tax revenue, and Fang Yu answered that he could provide food and security himself.
• The scholar praised Fang Yu as a wise ruler, then removed his hat and introduced himself as an ugly person.

Emperor Ling and the warlords reacted to Great Porridge legalizing private salt, with many predicting disaster while Cao Cao and Xun Yu recognized its appeal to ordinary people. Xun Yu concluded that Cao Cao had no choice but to fight Great Porridge.

• Liu Hong arrived in Yangzhai under Dong Zhuo’s guard and learned that Great Porridge had legalized private salt, prompting him to rage over the loss of his salt tax.
• Zhang Rang, Guo Tu, Feng Ji, Yuan Shu, Li Ru, and Dong Zhuo condemned Great Porridge’s salt policy and predicted it would undermine the state or provoke rebellion.
• Jian Yong praised the policy to Liu Bei, arguing that feeding the people mattered after a famine had killed thirty million.
• Xu You confronted Cao Cao with news that salt prices in Ye City had collapsed, insulted him, and left to join Yuan Shao.
• Cao Cao asked Xun Yu whether legalizing private salt was right, and Xun Yu warned that Great Porridge’s cheap salt could draw even their soldiers away before concluding they had to fight it.

Fang Yu's team met three newcomers at Crystal Lake and explained the Main God Space before Jason appeared and murdered a couple. Fang Yu killed Jason with one punch, leaving the team to loot the body while he claimed he was only escorting them.

• Fang Yu's team found three unconscious newcomers at Crystal Lake and woke them as the protective barrier counted down.
• Wang Hu, Su Rui, and Zhou Mingxuan introduced themselves, and Lin Xiaoyu explained the Main God Space and its deadly Horror Film reincarnations.
• Jason emerged from the lake and killed a young couple while the newcomers watched in terror.
• Jason spotted the Central Continent Team, and Fang Yu rushed forward before Zhang Ming could finish warning them.
• Fang Yu shattered Jason's mask and blew his head apart with a punch, then told everyone else to loot the body.

Tony Stark tested the powerful Mark Swallow armor with Stephen Fang, while Kang the Conqueror discovered an anomalous Timeline and set out to investigate it. In the Quantum Realm, Scott Lang found Janet, who warned him that Kang was coming before a red light struck them and she left him with a Time Key and an unfinished instruction.

• Tony Stark equipped Stephen Fang with the Mark Swallow armor and used drones to demonstrate its automated weapons and flight systems.
• Kang the Conqueror spotted a Timeline outside his control that was devouring neighboring worldlines, recognized Stephen Fang from its events, and decided to find him.
• Scott Lang entered the Quantum Realm to rescue Janet Van Dyne and found her inside an energy cocoon.
• Janet warned Scott that Kang had noticed their anomalous Timeline and gave him a Time Key she said came from his future self.
• As Scott tried to escape with Janet, Kang's detector reached them and a red light struck Scott; Janet slipped the Time Key into his pocket and began telling him to find someone whose name started with S.

Scott Lang returned from the Quantum Realm with Janet’s Time Key, and Professor X and Reed Richards built a time machine to investigate the wrong Timeline. The corrupted Four Knights attacked, Jean Grey sacrificed herself to protect the others, and Professor X sent them toward a teleportation device; meanwhile, Stephen Fang was struck by an incoming missile.

• Scott Lang crashed into Hank Pym’s laboratory and gave Hope van Dyne Janet’s Time Key, explaining that Janet had warned someone had noticed their Timeline.
• Scott went to X-Mansion, where Professor X examined Janet’s memories and identified the Time Key as part of a spacetime machine; Reed Richards helped build it.
• A week later, Reed Richards tried to activate the time machine, but Grey Knight stabbed him and the corrupted Four Knights attacked the assembled heroes.
• Jean Grey used the Phoenix Force to hold back Black Knight’s Chaos Magic and told Logan to find “S” before sacrificing herself in a massive blast.
• Professor X used his Mental Power to push the survivors toward a teleportation device, while Stephen Fang was interrupted by a missile strike at Stark Industries.

Stephen Fang and Iron Man investigated the blast that devastated Manhattan and learned that matching energy fluctuations had appeared at the ruins of X-Mansion. Stephen arrived there as Grey Knight attacked the dying Wolverine, leaving the fight poised to continue.

• Stephen Fang pulled Iron Man from the rubble of Stark Industries Tower, and they headed to S.H.I.E.L.D. headquarters to investigate Manhattan's destruction.
• Tony Stark told Nick Fury that the blast residue came from an unfamiliar energy source and might be connected to the blueprints Stephen had shared.
• An agent reported matching energy fluctuations at the ruins of X-Mansion, and Nick Fury ordered contact with the X-Men.
• Wolverine found Professor X dead and fought Grey Knight, who crushed the corpse and weakened Wolverine with runic energy.
• Grey Knight moved to kill Wolverine, but Stephen Fang appeared and caught one of his Claw Blades with two fingers.

Stephen Fang fought Grey Knight at the X-Mansion ruins, repeatedly tearing him apart despite his rapid regeneration. Meanwhile, Fang Yu learned the Evil Sealing Wave from Master Roshi and died after copying it at full power.

• Stephen Fang caught Grey Knight’s claws and smashed him through the ruined walls of the X-Mansion.
• Grey Knight regenerated from Stephen Fang’s attacks, while Wolverine Logan urged Stephen to gather the heroes and help save Earth.
• Stephen Fang kept mutilating Grey Knight and pinned him beneath his foot, telling Logan he was having fun.
• After winning the World Martial Arts Tournament, Fang Yu asked Master Roshi how to seal an immortal enemy and revealed he knew about the Rice Cooker.
• Master Roshi taught Fang Yu the Evil Sealing Wave and warned him not to use ki, but Fang Yu copied the moves at full power and died.

Fang Yu found himself running along Snake Way after dying from the Evil Sealing Wave, while Master Roshi tried to hide his corpse at the tournament. Krillin was murdered and the Four-Star Dragon Ball was stolen, leaving Goku furious and unable to pursue the killer.

• Fang Yu realized the Evil Sealing Wave had killed him, then set off along Snake Way and considered learning techniques from King Kai.
• Master Roshi discovered Fang Yu's body backstage and tried to conceal it from the tournament staff.
• The tournament crowd found Krillin dead with his chest pierced, and Goku learned a black shadow had attacked him.
• Goku collapsed from exhaustion as he tried to chase the killer, while Master Roshi revealed Fang Yu was missing.
• Goku, Bulma, and Master Roshi found blood and the missing Four-Star Dragon Ball in the storage room, and Goku concluded Krillin had been killed for it.

At the World Martial Arts Tournament, Fang Yu and Krillin were killed, prompting Bulma to plan to use the Dragon Balls to revive them. Meanwhile, Fang Yu’s team searched Jason’s cabin, killed Jason again, found his mother’s sweater, and settled into the gruesome cellar for the night.

• Bulma stored Fang Yu and Krillin in high-tech freezers and vowed to improve the Dragon Ball Radar so they could be revived.
• Fang Yu led his team through the woods near Crystal Lake, where Zhao Yingkong noticed disturbed soil and Zhang Ming spotted a cellar.
• Jason rose from Crystal Lake, but Fang Yu’s Flying Thunder God failed and he quickly killed Jason with a beam.
• The team descended into the cellar and found torture devices, body parts, and five chained couples whose minds had collapsed.
• Fang Yu found Jason’s mother’s sweater and persuaded Zhao Yingkong to wear it for protection from Jason.
• Fang Yu told the team to choose a place in the cellar and sleep there for the night, shocking the newcomers.

Zhang Ming, Lin Xiaoyu, and Zhou Mingxuan fled through a ventilation duct but encountered Jason, while Fang Yu and Li Yingqi faced Freddy in a dream and were quickly expelled. Fang Yu and Li Yingqi woke in the cellar, realizing Freddy had kicked them out of the dream.

• Zhang Ming led Lin Xiaoyu and Zhou Mingxuan into the ventilation duct, convinced Fang Yu planned to use them as bait for Freddy.
• Jason appeared in the duct with his machete, forcing the three to scramble back the way they came.
• Fang Yu entered a steel mill dream and recognized Freddy as the killer approached.
• Freddy recognized Fang Yu, panicked at their past encounter, and kicked him out of the dream.
• Fang Yu woke in the cellar and learned that Li Yingqi had also been expelled from her dream by Freddy.

Zhang Ming, Lin Xiaoyu, and Zhou Mingxuan fled through the ventilation duct, but Fang Yu rejected them after learning Zhang Ming had led the escape. Fang Yu killed Jason with a powerful energy blast, and Lin Xiaoyu then proposed using herself and Zhang Ming as bait to lure Freddy out and end the cycle.

• Jason chased Zhang Ming, Lin Xiaoyu, and Zhou Mingxuan through the duct while Freddy attacked them in a dream, and Lin Xiaoyu and Zhou Mingxuan woke after Zhang Ming injured them.
• Fang Yu learned Zhang Ming had persuaded the others to flee and ordered the three to sleep apart from the group.
• Jason burst into the basement, and Fang Yu destroyed him with a Kamehameha blast.
• Lin Xiaoyu suggested she and Zhang Ming lure Freddy into reality so Fang Yu could kill it and end the cycle.

Li Yingqi and the Central Continent Team pulled Freddy into reality through Zhang Ming’s dream, where Jason attacked him and dragged the fight back into Elm Street’s nightmare. Fang Yu and the others entered the dream as the monsters clashed, and an enormous Buddha appeared over the street, condemning Freddy.

• Lin Xiaoyu confronted Freddy in her dream, while Freddy tortured Zhang Ming in a nightmare playground.
• Li Yingqi used an Azure Chain to pull Freddy out of Zhang Ming’s dream, and Jason burst into the basement to face him.
• Freddy distorted reality and sent Jason into the dream, where the battle began to overlap with the basement.
• Fang Yu entered the dream through the wall, followed by Zhao Yingkong, Li Yingqi, and the rest of the team.
• Jason and Freddy fought on Elm Street until an enormous Buddha appeared in the sky and declared Freddy was not the ruler.

After surviving Freddy and Jason’s nightmare, Fang Yu confronted Zhang Ming and checked on the injured Lin Xiaoyu before consulting his other-world selves about his next exchange. He bought a Resurrection Cross and considered eating a second Devil Fruit, while Pirate World Fang Yu hinted at a plan to gain a continent-destroying attack.

• The Main God ended the reincarnation after the threat was eliminated and awarded the survivors two B-rank Side Quests and 8,000 Reward Points.
• Fang Yu confronted Zhang Ming for running away, while Zhu Wen urged the group to heal their injuries; Lin Xiaoyu withdrew to her room without healing her burns.
• Fang Yu spoke with Lin Xiaoyu, who said that living felt like torment, and reminded her that killing a teammate would only cost Reward Points.
• Fang Yu consulted Pirate World Fang Yu and exchanged Reward Points for a Resurrection Cross as insurance for an experiment with a second Devil Fruit.
• Uchiha Yu suggested Fang Yu could eat an authentic Devil Fruit, but Pirate World Fang Yu rejected Kaido’s Azure Dragon fruit and hinted at another fruit that could grant a continent-destroying attack.

Fang Yu gave porridge to the people of Luoyang and won their admiration by eating their pickles alongside them. When Xu You mocked his lack of decorum, Fang Yu had Bocai slap him a hundred times, and Xu You left vowing to ask Yuan Shao and the Four Generations, Three Dukes to attack Luoyang.

• Fang Yu served porridge and praised the commoners’ pickles, while Sun Qian and Jia Xu admired his bond with the people.
• Xu You criticized Fang Yu’s conduct and argued that governing required power and strategy, prompting Jia Xu to condemn him.
• Fang Yu ordered Bocai to give Xu You a hundred slaps, and Bocai battered him in front of the crowd.
• Fang Yu warned Xu You not to insult him again, then returned to serving porridge as the commoners cheered.
• Xu You staggered away and vowed to join Yuan Shao and have the Four Generations, Three Dukes attack Luoyang.

Yuan Shao prepared to march on Luoyang with three hundred thousand troops and twelve jade talismans after Xu You reported Fang Yu’s insults. In Luoyang, Fang Yu recognized the exceptionally strong Zhou Cang and took him in, just as Yuan Shao’s army approached the city.

• Xu You reported Fang Yu’s insults to Yuan Shao and presented him with Luoyang’s defense map.
• Yuan Shao ordered Yan Liang and Wen Chou to lead three hundred thousand troops against Luoyang and revealed twelve jade talismans meant to counter Fang Yu’s magic.
• Sun Qian brought a powerful man to Fang Yu, who tested his strength and learned he was Zhou Cang.
• Fang Yu welcomed Zhou Cang and recalled his legendary strength and encounter with Zhao Yun.
• A foot soldier reported that Yuan Shao was personally leading three hundred thousand troops toward Luoyang.

Fang Yu prepared Luoyang to face Yuan Shao’s three-hundred-thousand-strong army, then tried to weaken its resolve by offering the hungry soldiers porridge and appealing to them to surrender. Yuan Shao ordered Yan Liang and Wen Chou to attack Zhou Cang, leaving the battle poised to begin.

• Sun Qian warned Fang Yu that Yuan Shao’s army was approaching and that its jade talisman might counter Fang Yu’s spells, while Bocai went to guard the rear.
• Fang Yu, Jia Xu, Zhou Cang, and Sun Qian climbed Luoyang’s walls and saw Yuan Shao’s vast army arrive.
• Yuan Shao accused Fang Yu of seeking the throne, and Fang Yu challenged Yuan Shao’s motives and condemned his ambition.
• Yuan Shao ordered the army to storm the city, but Fang Yu summoned cauldrons of porridge and urged the starving soldiers to lay down their weapons.
• Yuan Shao commanded Yan Liang and Wen Chou to kill Zhou Cang after Zhou Cang stood ready to defend the walls.