Recaps

Lin Yi and Wu Renxin crossed the Venomous Insect Jungle and Green Fur Mountain before fighting the Wailing Demon Cicada in Wailing Valley. Wu Renxin defeated the boss and offered Lin Yi its remaining accessory, but Lin Yi refused the handout.

• Lin Yi and Wu Renxin fought their way through the Venomous Insect Jungle and Green Fur Mountain, with Wu Renxin clearing the path while Lin Yi followed.
• The pair entered Wailing Valley, where Lin Yi scanned the Wailing Demon Cicada and examined its stats as Wu Renxin charged into battle.
• Wu Renxin defeated the Wailing Demon Cicada and auto-looted its Demonic Cicada Wings and Chirping Talisman.
• Wu Renxin offered Lin Yi the Cicada Cicada Sunglasses, but Lin Yi declined, saying he disliked handouts given in contempt.

Lin Yi and Wu Renxin crossed the Gloomy Insect Abyss and reached the Endless Ant Nest, where Lin Yi recognized the unique boss challenge and remembered Wu Renxin’s past method of conquering it. The chapter ended with Lin Yi knowing the optimal solution while Wu Renxin remained unaware of it.

• Wu Renxin claimed he would share any truly good equipment with Lin Yi, while Lin Yi saw through his lie and followed him to learn his plans.
• Lin Yi and Wu Renxin entered the Gloomy Insect Abyss, fought through its many dangerous insect monsters, and reached the cavern marked Endless Ant Nest.
• Lin Yi recognized the ant nest as a unique stage whose queen guarded the Eastern Pole and whose death would permanently collapse the area.
• Lin Yi recalled that Wu Renxin had once defeated the queen by repeatedly killing worker ants to raise his combat power and HP until he found the boss.

Lin Yi tricked Wu Renxin into carrying him through the Endless Ant Nest by claiming that walking on tiptoe would reduce the damage from killing ants. After following Lin Yi’s directions, they reached a dead end, where Wu Renxin lost HP punching the wall, and Lin Yi told him they should turn back and take the left path.

• Wu Renxin told Lin Yi that each ant killed dealt them 10 points of true damage, so he might not be able to help clear the stage.
• Lin Yi suggested that Wu Renxin carry him on his back and walk on tiptoe to avoid making Lin Yi kill ants.
• Wu Renxin carried Lin Yi into the nest, while Lin Yi secretly used his strength to make the journey harder for him.
• When they reached a fork, Lin Yi directed Wu Renxin down the right passage.
• Wu Renxin reached a dead end and punched the ant-covered wall, losing HP without finding a hidden door.
• Lin Yi admitted he might have guessed wrong and told Wu Renxin to return and take the left path.

Lin Yi led Wu Renxin through the Endless Ant Nest using reckless guesses and improvised tricks, costing Wu Renxin much of his HP and his trousers. After Wu Renxin escaped and recovered, Lin Yi revealed a hidden teleportation array at the entrance, leaving them poised to find the boss.

• Wu Renxin retraced their route after Lin Yi admitted he had guessed which passage to take, losing more HP along the way.
• Lin Yi used glowing drops to draw ants away, but the pair soon encountered five branching passages.
• Lin Yi persuaded Wu Renxin to burn his beginner cloth trousers to clear the ants, and the system counted the ant kills against Wu Renxin, draining his HP further.
• Wu Renxin fled the nest with less than thirty percent HP, while Lin Yi left at his own pace and later found Wu Renxin fully recovered outside.
• Wu Renxin asked Lin Yi to return and find the boss, so Lin Yi knocked on the entrance wall and revealed a hidden teleportation array.

Lin Yi and Wu Renxin entered the Endless Ant Nest’s hidden portal and found the X-rank Endless Ant Queen surrounded by swarms of ants. After Lin Yi explained the boss’s weaknesses, Wu Renxin suddenly stabbed at Lin Yi from behind.

• Wu Renxin confronted Lin Yi for withholding that the portal led to the boss, but Lin Yi calmed him by claiming friendship and explaining his detection talent.
• Lin Yi and Wu Renxin entered the teleportation array and arrived in a vast plaza filled with worker ants, soldier ants, and the Endless Ant Queen.
• Lin Yi inspected the queen’s skills and advised Wu Renxin to rush the boss, avoid killing too many ants, and defeat it before it entered its berserk state.
• Wu Renxin agreed with Lin Yi, then produced a barbed dagger and thrust it toward Lin Yi’s back while calling him his best friend.

Lin Yi exposed Wu Renxin’s plan and killed him before he could attack, taking his equipment and lifespan. He then turned toward the Endless Ant Queen, ready to claim the opportunity himself.

• Lin Yi caught Wu Renxin’s dagger hand, disarmed him, and lifted him by the throat.
• Lin Yi explained that he had recognized Wu Renxin’s scheme and mocked him for acting too soon.
• Lin Yi crushed Wu Renxin, gaining 83 years of lifespan as Wu Renxin’s equipment dropped.
• Lin Yi reasoned that Wu Renxin had previously visited the Endless Ant Nest and had known Lin Yi’s identity.
• Lin Yi collected the dropped equipment and looked toward the Endless Ant Queen.

Lin Yi defeated the [Endless Ant Queen] with a series of powerful greatsword attacks before its [Life Link] could take effect. After the boss died, the [Endless Ant Nest] began collapsing, and Lin Yi went to check its drops.

• Lin Yi charged through the swarms of little ants and reached the [Endless Ant Queen], losing roughly two million HP along the way.
• Lin Yi used [Berserk Charge] to break through the ants surrounding him and struck the [Endless Ant Queen] for over nine million damage.
• Lin Yi unleashed [Frenzied Wolf's Wrath] and followed with more attacks, rapidly draining the boss's HP.
• Lin Yi leapt above the [Endless Ant Queen] and dealt a final blow that killed it, earning 160 days of lifespan and 780000 experience points.
• The [Endless Ant Nest] began collapsing as Lin Yi walked toward the boss's remains and hoped for extra loot.

After defeating the Endless Ant Queen, Lin Yi collected six X-grade treasures and entered the third mysterious treasury, where he found five rare items. The chapter ended with him weighing the treasures before his five-minute selection deadline.

• Lin Yi collected six X-grade treasures from the Endless Ant Queen, including the Ant Sea Tactics skill book and the Heart of the Ant Colony.
• Lin Yi entered a teleportation array as the Endless Ant Nest collapsed and vanished from Novice Village No. 4396.
• Lin Yi reached the eastern cavern’s gate and was transported to Novice Village's Z Treasury (East).
• Lin Yi sprinted through the treasury and found five treasures: two class change scrolls, the Holy Name Vermilion Fruit, the Nameless Pill, and the Golden Key.
• Lin Yi stared at the five treasures as the treasury’s five-minute selection countdown began.

Lin Yi weighed five rare treasures, torn between powerful class options, a fruit that granted three classes, a pill that could grant another talent, and the mysterious Golden Key. As time ran out, he chose the key and hoped it would lead to a worthwhile opportunity.

• Lin Yi considered the Dragonblood Warrior and Elemental Apostle class scrolls but decided stronger classes might become available later.
• Lin Yi became tempted by the Holy Name Vermilion Fruit, which could grant its user three classes.
• Lin Yi recognized the Nameless Pill could grant someone another person's talent and imagined how it could strengthen him.
• Lin Yi reconsidered after reading that the Golden Key could open specific locks and lead to unpredictable opportunities.
• With the selection countdown nearly over, Lin Yi grabbed the Golden Key and called on his three key brothers not to disappoint him.

Lin Yi activated the Eastern Pole teleportation array, then planned his rapid rise beyond the novice village. The next morning, he found players blocked from the Western Pole by a barrier and a sign barring the weak and dogs.

• Lin Yi left the cavern and activated the Eastern Pole teleportation array, triggering announcements throughout Novice Village No. 4396.
• Players across the village reacted to the announcements, including Lu Renjia, You Duoduo, and Wu Renxin.
• At the inn, Lin Yi calculated how quickly he could gain the experience needed to leave the novice village and went to sleep.
• The next morning, Lin Yi traveled west and found hundreds of players unable to pass through an invisible barrier.
• Lin Yi reached the front of the crowd and saw a sign that read, “The weak and dogs, no entry!”

Lin Yi discovered that the Wall of Nightmares barred anyone with less than ten million combat power, while other players blamed him for blocking their way. He crossed the barrier, unlocked the Nightmare Deadlands, and chose to reveal his name in the race-wide announcement.

• Lin Yi inspected the Wall of Nightmares and saw that only players with combat power above 9,999,999 could enter.
• Players failed to pass through the barrier and accused [Return to Zero] of deliberately blocking their path.
• Lin Yi equipped his gear and walked through the barrier, disappearing from the crowd's view.
• Lin Yi unlocked the unique dungeon [Nightmare Deadlands] and chose not to hide his name.
• The system announced Lin Yi's achievement across the universe, awarding him a random two-star equipment item and the other players in Novice Village No. 4396 random one-star equipment items.

Lin Yi’s dungeon unlock earned him race-wide praise and rewards, while players in Novice Village No. 4396 realized he had overheard their insults and panicked. Inside the Nightmare Deadlands, Lin Yi equipped his new shorts and faced the monsters gathering beneath the storm-darkened sky.

• Players across the race reacted to Lin Yi’s dungeon announcement, while a powerful man who had passed the Hell-Level Class Change Trial raged that he had not received one.
• Players in Novice Village No. 4396 celebrated their free equipment until a warrior revealed that the fully equipped person who had vanished was Lin Yi.
• Players who had insulted Lin Yi dropped to their knees and begged for mercy at the invisible wall.
• Lin Yi checked his rewards, including ten thousand reputation and the two-star Nightmare Shorts, and valued their movement speed and dark resistance.
• Thunder shook the Nightmare Deadlands as scarlet eyes appeared in the distance, and Lin Yi eagerly faced the approaching monsters.

Lin Yi entered the [Nightmare Deadlands] and discovered that even its weakest monsters had over a million combat power, despite being described as rejects by their race. He fought through a spider, wolf, and snake in under ten seconds, revealing that his ant-tide tactics had killed the snake while its venom struck him.

• Lin Yi inspected the [Nightmare] monsters and realized the dungeon’s supposedly weak creatures had unusually high combat power.
• Lin Yi charged a [Nightmare Giant Spider], dodged its web and venom, and split its head with his greatsword.
• Lin Yi used the wolf’s air blades to steer himself through the air, landed on its head, and killed the [Nightmare Giant Wolf] in one move.
• Lin Yi faced the [Nightmare Giant Snake] as it attacked with venom and its tail, then was knocked into a crater by the venom.
• Lin Yi emerged from the venom-filled crater as the snake died, with countless tiny dead ants revealing how his ant-tide tactics had defeated it.

Lin Yi fought his way through the Nightmare Deadlands, defeating increasingly strange monsters while gaining experience and recovering between battles. Exhausted but with eight million experience, he finally reached the Nightmare Giant Dragon, whose combat power exceeded ten million.

• Lin Yi defeated the Nightmare Giant Spider, Nightmare Giant Wolf, and Nightmare Giant Snake, using Ant Sea Tactics to protect himself from the snake’s attack.
• Lin Yi killed three Nightmare Specters by using ants against their area attacks, then fought and killed Nightmare Ghouls and a Nightmare Lich.
• Lin Yi used Eye of Illusion Breaking to locate and destroy the cores of the Nightmare Treants, losing 60% of his HP before finishing them.
• Lin Yi defeated the armored Nightmare Guards and continued through the Deadlands, killing monsters and accumulating eight million experience.
• Lin Yi reached the Nightmare Giant Dragon and inspected its stats, finding that it had 11.5 million combat power and powerful defensive and offensive skills.

Lin Yi faced the [Nightmare Giant Dragon] and calculated that his only chance was to combine [Ant Sea Tactics] with his defensive and crowd-control skills. After surviving the dragon’s first attacks, he reached its feet and struck, hoping to turn the battle around.

• Lin Yi studied the [Nightmare Giant Dragon]’s skills and worked out a plan based on [Ant Sea Tactics], estimating his chance of victory at 0.078125%.
• Lin Yi activated [Shadow Cloak] and [Leopard's Swiftness] to charge the dragon, then survived its [Dragon Wing Storm].
• Lin Yi used [Ant Sea Tactics] to send a swarm of ants toward the dragon.
• The [Nightmare Giant Dragon] spotted the ants and blasted them with [Shadow Dragon Breath], while Lin Yi used [Immovable as a Mountain] to withstand the attack.
• Lin Yi reappeared at the dragon’s feet, drew the Mountain Greatsword, and slashed at its ankle as he declared that a miracle was coming.

Lin Yi defeated the [Nightmare Giant Dragon] despite being unable to pierce its defenses, then met a mysterious black-robed man who challenged him to land a hit. The man gave Lin Yi an [Experience Centipede] to strengthen him, and Lin Yi leveled up to 8 with combat power exceeding a hundred million.

• Lin Yi's Mountain Greatsword dealt only one point of damage to the [Nightmare Giant Dragon], whose Abyssal Gaze reduced his HP to 1 before an unknown force killed the dragon.
• Lin Yi realized the dungeon had not announced his victory, then found a black-robed man clapping beside the dragon's corpse.
• The black-robed man said Lin Yi had not won yet and claimed he was an ordinary human who wanted to test Lin Yi's strength in exchange for a great opportunity.
• The black-robed man tossed Lin Yi a level 432 [Experience Centipede] to strengthen him.
• Lin Yi stomped on the [Experience Centipede], leveled up from 7 to 8, and saw his combat power surpass a hundred million.

Lin Yi rejected the black-robed man’s challenge at first, then accepted the chance to strike him after the man offered to match his strength. He used a handshake to land one point of damage and declared that he had won.

• Lin Yi considered killing himself rather than face the overwhelmingly powerful black-robed man, but the man stopped him and clarified that he only needed Lin Yi to inflict damage.
• The black-robed man offered to match Lin Yi’s movement speed and combat power and promised not to attack.
• Lin Yi decided to preserve their goodwill and offered the black-robed man a handshake, claiming it was a custom from his hometown.
• The black-robed man extended his hand, and Lin Yi struck it aside, dealing one point of forced damage.
• Lin Yi grinned and declared that he had won.

Lin Yi outmaneuvered the black-robed man by concealing his real thoughts and giving him a way to end their confrontation without losing face. After the black-robed man granted him the great opportunity, he asked Lin Yi three questions about changing the past and future and the meaning of miracles.

• Lin Yi revealed that the black-robed man could read minds and that he had used [From the Heart] to disguise his thoughts and pursue the great opportunity.
• When the black-robed man threatened Lin Yi for using an unfair trick, Lin Yi argued that their contest had been a battle where only victory and defeat mattered.
• Lin Yi extended his hand as a way for the black-robed man to back down, and the man accepted it and admitted Lin Yi had won.
• The black-robed man granted Lin Yi the great opportunity and asked whether the past and future could be changed and whether a miracle would alter Lin Yi's views.
• Lin Yi said the past could not be changed, the future could be changed, and a miracle was only a coincidence that could not alter the past or permanently stabilize the future.

After Lin Yi questioned the departing black-robed man about his promised opportunity, the man hinted that it was already on him and vanished. Time then rewound to Lin Yi's strike against the Nightmare Giant Dragon, and he killed it with a single blow as the Nightmare Deadlands transformed into a bright, living world.

• The black-robed man said he had only come to inspect the youngsters and identified himself as the guardian of a top-secret treasury, but he could not reveal his name.
• When Lin Yi demanded his great opportunity, the black-robed man said it was already on him and disappeared into the rain.
• Lin Yi grabbed the Mountain Greatsword as time reversed, restoring the fallen Nightmare Giant Dragon and returning him to the moment of his attack.
• Lin Yi struck the Nightmare Giant Dragon for 82,570,302 damage and cleaved its body in two at the ankle.
• The Nightmare Giant Dragon fell, the darkness dispersed, and Lin Yi murmured that a miracle had happened.

After clearing the Nightmare Deadlands, Lin Yi obtained a ZZZ-rank Purple Gold Key and entered the Western Pole vault, where a hidden program revealed Xiao Ling and offered him a ZZZ-rank quest called Choice. The quest promised no rewards, and Lin Yi was left to decide whether to accept it.

• Lin Yi received a ZZZ-rank Purple Gold Key from the FW-rank treasure chest before the dungeon ejected him.
• Lin Yi arrived at the Western Pole and entered the vault through its golden door.
• Lin Yi followed the vault's passage to a bare wall and cursed the game and Little Zero.
• The wall verified Lin Yi's identity and summoned a fairy named Xiao Ling, who introduced herself through a recording and offered him a quest.
• The system announced the ZZZ-rank quest Choice and asked Lin Yi whether to accept, noting that it offered no rewards.

Lin Yi rejected the tempting offer of five growth-type three-star items and accepted the ZZZZ-ranked [The Impossible Mission]. Xiao Ling revealed that choosing the light orb would have annihilated his soul, leaving Lin Yi facing an impossibly dangerous quest.

• Xiao Ling offered Lin Yi a choice between five growth-type three-star equipment pieces and an incomplete four-star item tied to [The Impossible Mission].
• Lin Yi weighed the guaranteed equipment against the risk of the difficult quest, then secretly reached for the dark orb instead of the light one.
• Lin Yi accepted [The Impossible Mission (ZZZZ)], which began at 0% progress.
• Lin Yi inferred that [The Impossible Mission] was the correct choice because the light orb's reward contradicted the original [Choice] quest.
• Xiao Ling told Lin Yi that choosing the light orb would have killed him and completely annihilated his soul.

Lin Yi entered the Hell-Level Class Change Trial and found the Asura White Tiger, the same boss that had killed him in his previous life. He stopped its charge with one hand and slammed it into the ground, leaving its fate unclear.

• Xiao Ling told Lin Yi to smash her head to leave, then revealed that the passage was behind her before disappearing.
• The Bronze Key opened a bronze door, and Lin Yi entered the Z-rank Hell-Level Class Change Trial.
• Lin Yi recognized the trial grounds and the level 10 Asura White Tiger, which had killed him in his previous life.
• The Asura White Tiger roared and charged at Lin Yi while he pondered why he had been brought to the trial.
• Lin Yi halted the tiger's charge with one hand, gripped its forehead, and slammed it into the ground.

Lin Yi defeated the Asura White Tiger, earned the Asura Blade and an Asura Class Change Scroll, but refused to take the restrictive Asura class. After his first-stage Impossible Mission failed, the Silver Key pulled him into the ZZ-rank Purgatory-Level Class Change Trial.

• Lin Yi examined the Asura Blade and recognized that its skills suited his immense combat power.
• Lin Yi stored the Asura Class Change Scroll, recalling that Asuras could not obtain other classes and could advance only by absorbing other Asura holders' power.
• Lin Yi discovered that the first stage of the Impossible Mission had failed and wondered what requirement he had missed.
• The Silver Key flew from Lin Yi's inventory, opened a silver gate, and pulled him away as he was about to leave the dungeon.
• Lin Yi arrived in the Purgatory-Level Class Change Trial, where the system awarded him 1,000 reputation and ordered him to kill all monsters.

Lin Yi entered a hidden ZZ-rank dungeon filled with tens of thousands of Blood Fang monsters and used his Asura Blade to kill them despite their dangerous percentage-based attacks. After an hour of fighting, he reached 9,999 stacks of Asura One Slash and raised his blade for a powerful strike.

• Lin Yi discovered that he had entered a Purgatory-Level Class Change Trial hidden dungeon despite failing the trial, and found it filled with densely packed ZZ-rank Blood Fang monsters.
• Lin Yi assessed the monsters’ enormous stats and concluded that his current combat power let him kill them in one hit.
• Lin Yi charged into the horde and killed Blood Fang Demon Bats, Blood Fang Magikarp, and Blood Fang Larvitar while dodging their attacks.
• Lin Yi used positioning and kiting to keep fighting the tens of thousands of monsters, wary of their percentage-based damage.
• After an hour of battle, Lin Yi reached 9,999 stacks of Asura One Slash and raised the Asura Blade to strike.

Lin Yi cleared the ZZ-rank Purgatory-Level Class Change Trial with only 3% HP remaining and earned a ZZA rating, receiving a Bloodfang Pendant and Bloodfang Class Change Scroll. He examined the powerful rewards and faced the choice of whether to permanently become a Bloodfang.

• Lin Yi saved the Asura Blade’s area attack for a possible later stage and fought cautiously until he killed the last Bloodfang monster.
• Lin Yi cleared the trial with 3% HP remaining and received a ZZA rating, a Bloodfang Pendant, and a Bloodfang Class Change Scroll.
• Lin Yi inspected the pendant’s combat bonuses and defensive, recovery, and attack skills, noting that only Bloodfang-class players could equip it.
• Lin Yi read the scroll’s class abilities, including attacks that dealt damage based on enemy HP, and saw that changing class would prevent him from switching to another class.
• Lin Yi gripped his weapon as the Bloodfang class’s power tempted him to use the scroll.