Chapter Summaries

Lu Heng used his mental power, rising heat, and the Insect Armor Warriors’ own tactics to defeat all five opponents in the wasteland. After the last Warrior collapsed, he finished it with a Mind Spike and absorbed the essence of all five.

• Lu Heng used a thin layer of mental power to read the four Warriors’ attack ranges and evade their strikes without retreating.
• Lu Heng raised the temperature across the sealed wasteland, then targeted the Warrior waiting outside the formation and killed it with three Mind Spikes.
• Lu Heng slipped behind another Warrior and drove a Mind Spike through the thin armor between its plates, then killed a third by exploiting its punch.
• Lu Heng outlasted the final two Warriors, baiting one into a full-force punch before killing it with a Mind Spike.
• The last Warrior fled, but Lu Heng expanded his mental power and sharply raised the temperature, causing it to collapse; he finished it with a Mind Spike and absorbed the essence of all five Warriors.

Lu Heng followed the Insect Armor Warriors’ trail to Geothermal Valley, where he found a vast insect nest guarded by five larger warriors. He used the Blood Taisui to consume the approaching swarm, then opened fire as the guardians charged, leaving the fight underway.

• Lu Heng vented his excess power into the Blood Taisui, then stored the five intact Insect Armor Warrior corpses for later use.
• Lu Heng followed the warriors’ tracks to Geothermal Valley and discovered insect eggs and a swarm guarded by five larger warriors.
• Lu Heng sent the Blood Taisui’s mycelium against the swarm, which fed the Blood Taisui as it consumed the insects.
• The five guardians charged Lu Heng together, and he fired the Kiss of Nightmare, killing one and injuring or knocking down the others.

Lu Heng killed the remaining Insect Swarm warriors and followed the Blood Taisui through the nest to find the Insect Queen. He discovered she was immobile and endlessly laying eggs, leaving him facing a defenseless queen and a pit filled with unhatched young.

• Lu Heng shot and killed the three remaining insect warriors, then stored the five corpses in his Wristband.
• Lu Heng entered the cave and used the Blood Taisui's mycelium to find a route through the maze-like tunnels.
• Lu Heng sensed a powerful creature below, formed his Blood Armor, and descended toward it.
• Lu Heng found the enormous Insect Queen lying on a mass of eggs and preparing to shoot her.
• Lu Heng examined the supposed gel and realized it was made of tiny eggs, while the dark brown shells had openings from hatched insects.
• Lu Heng understood that the Insect Queen could not move or stop laying eggs, and that the five warriors had been her last defenders.

Lu Heng saw through the Insect Queen’s illusion, subdued its unfinished offspring, and defeated it in a mental battle. Before dying, the Queen released a fully developed successor from an egg, and the adult Insect Queen emerged hostile toward Lu Heng.

• The Insect Queen used an illusion to bring Lu Heng close to its jaws, but he blocked its bite before its pincers knocked away and broke his Bone-Shaving Knife.
• Lu Heng released Blood Taisui, which parasitized the newly hatched Insect Armor Warriors and turned them against the Insect Queen.
• The Insect Queen attacked Lu Heng psychically, but he overcame its defenses with his superior mental energy and stellar power.
• The defeated Insect Queen forced a hard-shelled egg from its abdomen before dying, and Lu Heng’s Wristband scan revealed that it contained a fully grown Insect Queen sealed away by the previous Queen.
• The adult Insect Queen broke out of the egg and faced Lu Heng with primal hostility.

Lu Heng fought the dark-gold Insect Queen with the Kiss of Nightmare while Blood Taisui’s mycelium hindered its movements. After Blood Taisui struck the Queen with a mental blast and briefly staggered it, Lu Heng realized that Mental Energy might be its weakness as it charged him again, now moving more slowly.

• The dark-gold Insect Queen emerged from its eggshell and attacked Lu Heng at far greater speed than the previous Queen.
• Lu Heng used the Kiss of Nightmare to wound the Insect Queen, while Blood Taisui’s mycelium repeatedly disrupted its attacks.
• The Insect Queen feinted to the side, struck Lu Heng, and knocked the Kiss of Nightmare into the rubble.
• Blood Taisui released a mental blast that staggered the Insect Queen, leading Lu Heng to suspect that Mental Energy was its weakness.
• Lu Heng climbed toward the gun as the Insect Queen charged again with noticeably slower movements.

Lu Heng fought the Insect Queen at close range, using Blood Taisui to repair his injuries and Greedy Wolf Power to drain the creature’s strength. He defeated it with a Mental Energy strike, then collapsed against the cave wall to reset his broken arm.

• Lu Heng fired the Kiss of Nightmare at the Insect Queen, but it charged and knocked the gun from his hands.
• The Insect Queen broke Lu Heng’s left arm, while Blood Taisui began repairing it and he pressed himself against the creature.
• Lu Heng used Greedy Wolf Power to drain the Insect Queen as he traded blows with it and damaged its carapace.
• The Insect Queen feinted, knocked Lu Heng down, and raised its forelimbs to pin him.
• Lu Heng unleashed his Mental Energy, froze the Insect Queen, and watched it collapse.
• Lu Heng sat against the rock wall and reset his broken arm as Blood Taisui slowed from exhaustion.

After killing the Insect Queen, Lu Heng received Frost Forest’s thanks and recovered from his injuries by absorbing the creature’s remaining strength. He collected the rewards and decided to use the intact Insect Queen corpse to make a Bone Demon.

• Lu Heng finished off the wounded Insect Queen and received Frost Forest’s thanks, along with a frozen wooden gift box.
• Lu Heng used Blood Taisui to heal while Greedy Wolf Power absorbed the dead Insect Queen’s remaining strength.
• Lu Heng dismantled the breeding Insect Queen’s corpse and stored its materials and the treasure chest that appeared beneath it.
• Lu Heng examined the intact Insect Queen’s body and decided it would make a better Bone Demon than an Insect Armor Warrior.

Lu Heng raised the Insect Queen as a powerful Bronze Tier Bone Demon and recovered a Silver Tier Black Spirit Ginseng from the nest. After mapping and sealing the tunnels, he left the forest, where wildlife had begun returning to feed on the dead insects, and headed home.

• Lu Heng used the scroll to turn the Insect Queen's corpse into a Bone Demon with a Bronze Tier limit and a Silver foundation.
• Lu Heng found and carefully dug up a Black Spirit Ginseng, planning to cultivate it in the Planting Room.
• Lu Heng used Blood Taisui to navigate out of the nest, then ordered the Bone Demon to seal its entrance.
• Lu Heng saw deer and boars eating insect corpses and realized the forest was beginning to recover.
• Lu Heng left the wildlife undisturbed and set off for home with the Bone Demon.

After destroying the Insect Nest, Lu Heng returned to the Cliffside Shelter and found the Frost Forest’s creatures grateful and docile. He finished his post-battle preparations and entered the Astrology Room to open the two treasure chests he had earned.

• Lu Heng left the restored Frost Forest with the Insect Queen Bone Demon and decided to leave the forest’s animals unharmed from then on.
• Lu Heng returned safely to the Cliffside Shelter and saw reports that the Insect Tide had receded, but kept quiet about his role in ending the disaster.
• Lu Heng planted the Black Spirit Ginseng in the Planting Room and let the reluctant Blood-Devouring Vine remain there.
• Lu Heng finished the post-battle cleanup and went to the Astrology Room to examine the Insect Queen treasure chest and the Frost Forest’s gift.
• Lu Heng summoned the two exclusive treasure chests from his Wristband Space.

Lu Heng opened the Insect Queen and Frost Forest treasure chests, gaining powerful tools and learning that the forest would fully unseal with the third cataclysm. He left the Astrology Room with several decisions still pending, including which insect species to bind and where to claim permanent territory.

• Lu Heng opened the Insect Queen's chest and gained the Insect Control Technique, but chose to delay binding an insect species until he could study them.
• Lu Heng received an Insect Armor Sword and an Insect Nest, which would support the swarm he eventually chose to control.
• Lu Heng opened the Gift of Frost Forest and found a bestiary, then learned that the forest was only half unsealed and would fully open when the third cataclysm arrived.
• Lu Heng obtained a Permanent Territory Certificate and decided to consider its location carefully before claiming land.
• Lu Heng acquired a Moonlight Tree seed, dismantled the chests for materials, reviewed his rewards, and left the Astrology Room for the balcony.

Lu Heng chose Moonview Valley as his new territory and exchanged his obsolete equipment at the Starlight Altar for an Arrow Tower design. The Blood Taisui reacted with fear and curiosity to the altar’s starlight as Lu Heng prepared to begin developing his new home.

• Lu Heng reviewed the Frost Forest map and chose defensible, resource-rich Moonview Valley as his territory.
• Lu Heng cleared damaged equipment and obsolete supplies from his Storage Space.
• Lu Heng placed the discarded gear on the Starlight Altar and wished for resources useful to his new territory.
• The Blood Taisui recoiled from the starlight but also yearned to explore and absorb its energy.
• The altar transformed the discarded supplies into an Arrow Tower design, which Lu Heng picked up.

Lu Heng went to Lakeside Base to see Song Yunzhong and his sister off, but found the apartment empty and saw his sister working at the military base. He chose not to intervene and headed for Moonview Valley to establish his territory.

• Lu Heng remembered his promise to see Song Yunzhong and the others off and teleported to Lakeside Base.
• The Water-Covering Vine greeted Lu Heng at the lake, and he fed it Mental Energy before heading into the city.
• Lu Heng found Song Yunzhong's apartment empty and left the unreadable note behind.
• Blood Taisui informed Lu Heng that a city threat had likely advanced to Silver Tier, but he decided the military base could handle it.
• Lu Heng used the King Snake to locate Song Yunzhong's younger sister unloading supplies at the military base, then chose not to help her.
• Lu Heng left the base and set off for Moonview Valley to choose a territory site and plant the Moonlight Tree seed.

Lu Heng tested the Insect Armor Sword on four Agility Zombies, then traveled to Moonview Valley to relocate his Shelter. He settled it beside the lake, where it stood intact but fully exposed on the valley floor.

• Lu Heng killed four Agility Zombies with the Insect Armor Sword and adjusted his fighting style to suit the weapon.
• Lu Heng returned through the Portal to Frost Forest, where animals gathered around him as he walked toward Moonview Valley.
• Lu Heng surveyed Moonview Valley and chose the buffer zone between the lakeshore and the natural rock wall for his Shelter.
• Lu Heng used the Permanent Territory Certificate to relocate his exclusive territory and Shelter to the marked area.
• Lu Heng inspected the relocated Shelter, found its fence, walls, doors, windows, and facilities intact, and went inside.

Lu Heng planted the Moonlight Tree and moved the Blood-Devouring Vine, realizing it needed fresh corpses to restore its hunting instincts. When the Wolf King gathered the woodland beasts to ask for help eliminating the surviving Insect Mothers, Lu Heng agreed and led them into Frost Forest to destroy the nests and obtain nourishment for the vine.

• Lu Heng planted the Moonlight Tree in the Planting Room and transplanted the Blood-Devouring Vine to a secondary plot.
• Lu Heng noticed the vine had grown docile from feeding on stellar energy and decided it needed fresh, high-quality corpses to awaken its ferocity.
• Lu Heng received a Wristband notification that many beasts had gathered at Moonview Valley's entrance.
• The Wolf King told Lu Heng that surviving Insect Mothers were breeding underground and asked him to help eliminate them before the insects devastated Frost Forest.
• Lu Heng agreed to join the beasts, and he, the Bone Demon, and the assembled creatures set out toward the Insect Mothers' nests.

Lu Heng and the Bone Demon breached the hidden Insect Nest in Frost Forest and crushed the Insect Mother’s hastily made defenders. The Insect Mother lost control after recognizing the Bone Demon as the Insect Queen, and Lu Heng prepared to enter the nest and finish it off.

• Lu Heng located the dormant Insect Mother beneath the forest and blasted open the entrance to its nest.
• The beasts surrounding the nest killed the larvae that tried to escape while the Bone Demon destroyed the Insect Mother’s emergency Insect Armor Warriors.
• The Insect Mother recognized the Bone Demon as the Insect Queen and broke down in rage and confusion as it watched the Bone Demon slaughter its offspring.
• Lu Heng revealed that the Bone Demon had been made from the Insect Queen’s corpse and prepared to confront the Insect Mother, whose body he intended to use to awaken the Blood-Devouring Vine.

Lu Heng found Green Bone Grass in the first Insect Nest, then tracked down a second nest and defeated its Green Scythe Mantis after struggling to keep up with its reckless close-range attacks. He killed the depleted Insect Mother and left with its corpse and a treasure chest.

• Lu Heng found and stored Green Bone Grass in the first Insect Nest, then collected the dead Insect Mother's body to use for the Blood-Devouring Vine.
• After the beasts cleared the surface insects, Lu Heng headed toward the forest's edge to search for another nest.
• Lu Heng encountered a Green Scythe Mantis and tested his bladework, but its speed and reckless attacks overwhelmed his orderly fighting style.
• Lu Heng used Mind Spike to freeze the Green Scythe Mantis and killed it with his Insect Armor Sword.
• Lu Heng entered the second nest, killed its exhausted Insect Mother, and took the treasure chest and its corpse with him.

Lu Heng eliminated the remaining Insect Mothers in Frost Forest, ending the insect calamity ahead of schedule and restoring the region’s ecosystem. He received an all-terrain motorcycle as a bonus reward, then practiced riding it in Moonview Valley.

• Lu Heng killed the Poison-Type Insect Mother in a cave and the cautious Insect Mother hiding beneath a hillside, clearing the remaining nests in Frost Forest.
• The symbiotic state ended peacefully as the beasts returned to their own territories, and Lu Heng returned to Moonview Valley with Bone Demon.
• Lu Heng fed the collected Insect Mother corpses to the Blood-Devouring Vine, awakening its bloodthirsty nature.
• Lu Heng received a system announcement that the insect calamity had ended ahead of schedule and the regional ecological lockdown had been lifted.
• Lu Heng claimed an all-terrain off-road motorcycle, powered it with an Insect Crystal, and practiced riding it around Moonview Valley.

Lu Heng put away his motorcycle, planted seeds and reviewed his supplies in Moonview Valley, then prepared a housewarming feast and meditated. Overnight, the Frost Forest expanded and Moonview Valley rose in tier, leaving Lu Heng stunned by the transformed landscape.

• Lu Heng tested the motorcycle around Moonview Valley, found the rough terrain unsuitable for riding, and stored it in his Wristband Space.
• Lu Heng opened the Insect Nest treasure chests and received Mutated Cold Plum Tree seeds, Mutated Secluded Valley Orchid seeds, a Canned Food Sealing Blueprint, and high-grade insect silk.
• Lu Heng directed the Puppets to plant the cold plum trees along the valley entrance slopes and spread the secluded valley orchids across the valley floor.
• Lu Heng checked the Moonlight Tree sapling, then prepared and ate a housewarming feast with the Puppets.
• Lu Heng meditated in the Astrology Room as the Frost Forest silently expanded overnight.
• Lu Heng woke to find Moonview Valley nearly twice its former size, with a wider entrance, more open valley floor, and newly visible trails and mountains.

After Moonview Valley expanded overnight, Lu Heng examined its new land and the Frost Forest’s unfamiliar creatures and paths. He decided to scout the forest and assess his new neighbors without provoking them, preparing to investigate without the Bone Demon.

• Lu Heng saw that Moonview Valley had expanded, forming a waterfall, a larger lake, and a longer stream.
• Lu Heng found that the Winter Plum and Secluded Valley Orchid seeds had sprouted overnight in the newly formed land.
• Lu Heng surveyed the expanded Frost Forest and decided not to hunt its unfamiliar beasts, but to learn their habits and boundaries.
• Lu Heng entered the forest and found new paths winding through unfamiliar belts of woods, then walked them to map the routes and potential ambush sites.
• Lu Heng returned to Moonview Valley and prepared to investigate the forest without bringing the Bone Demon.

Lu Heng patrolled the newly expanded Frost Forest, noting its changing territories and ecology. After he helped the gray wolves kill a Raven Cuckoo that had taken one of their cubs, he returned toward Moonview Valley with information to plan its defenses.

• Lu Heng rode through the expanded forest, encountered the gray wolf pack, and found that the increased birdsong came from birds thriving in the enlarged woodland.
• Lu Heng heard howling, hid his motorcycle, and discovered a Bronze Tier Raven Cuckoo had killed a wolf cub and was taunting the pack from a tree.
• Lu Heng sent King Snake to attack the Raven Cuckoo, and King Snake killed it with its coils, venom, and Mind Spike.
• The Alpha Wolf recognized Lu Heng’s scent, while Lu Heng stayed hidden and left as the wolves gathered around the fallen bird.
• Lu Heng finished scouting the new territory, then rode back toward Moonview Valley to plan security arrangements.