Chapter Summaries

Wang Xiu and Qian Hao’s fight in Qingzhou City caused civilian casualties, and Xu Diandian tried to enforce the city’s ban on fighting. When she was unsure how to judge the dispute, Su Yi explained who should be held responsible, and his powerful allies arrived to greet him.

• Wang Xiu punched Qian Hao through a building, and Qian Hao fired missiles that exploded after Wang Xiu destroyed them with flying daggers, killing two bystanders and severely injuring eight.
• Xu Diandian arrived and recognized Su Yi, then confronted Wang Xiu and Qian Hao for fighting in the city.
• After Qian Hao disputed her authority, Xu Diandian asked Su Yi how to handle the dispute.
• Su Yi said both men had broken the rules and that whichever man’s weapon caused the deaths should pay with his life; he noted that the flying daggers had not hit anyone.
• Old Yang, Li Youyou, and the great demons arrived, and the demons knelt before Su Yi.

Old Yang tried to punish Qian Hao for his abuses, but Qian Hao threatened to leave Qingzhou with his followers and insulted Su Yi. Su Yi decided to take Qian Hao’s group into the Land of Terror and deal with them himself.

• Old Yang agreed to follow Su Yi’s suggestion and intended to execute Qian Hao.
• Qian Hao refused to accept punishment, insulted Su Yi, and threatened to establish his own faction outside Qingzhou.
• Qian Hao’s followers revealed their contempt for ordinary people and agreed to join him.
• Qian Hao invited Su Yi to leave with his group, then accepted Su Yi’s proposal to enter the Land of Terror together.
• Li Youyou dismissed the great demons, who kowtowed to Su Yi and scattered.

Su Yi entered the Land of Terror with Qian Hao and his followers, then discovered that Xu Sandian had created the survival game from ghosts and monsters gathered from three thousand minor worlds. He left Xu Sandian to watch and challenged a female ghost to help him scare people, instead of being frightened by her.

• After Earth’s latest Spirit Qi eruption, Qian Hao provoked his followers into entering the Land of Terror with Su Yi.
• Su Yi opened a spatial gate, insulted the group, and entered the Land of Terror ahead of them.
• Xu Sandian appeared and admitted she had created the game and its survival-reward announcement for Su Yi.
• Su Yi told Xu Sandian not to interfere and explored a dilapidated building alone.
• A female ghost tried to frighten Su Yi, but he crushed her fallen eyeballs and ordered her to massage his back.
• Su Yi told the female ghost her scare tactics were outdated and offered to teach her how to frighten people.

Su Yi strengthened the female ghost and sent her to infiltrate Qian Hao’s group while he captured and empowered a golden skeleton soldier. He ordered the new purple skeleton to stalk the survivors and frighten them without killing them.

• Su Yi told the female ghost to change clothes and massage him, and her strength grew from an Evil Ghost to a Ghost Immortal.
• Su Yi located Qian Hao’s group and watched them gather after more than thirty people had died in the Land of Terror.
• A golden skeleton soldier ambushed Qian Hao’s group and drained one ability user’s life, but Qian Hao drove it off.
• Su Yi sent the female ghost to pose as Wang Wenqing’s daughter, and Qian Hao’s group took her along after testing her with a Daoist talisman.
• Su Yi captured the golden skeleton, carved runes into its arm, and transformed it into a purple skeleton that the other skeletons welcomed as a king.
• Su Yi ordered the purple skeleton to follow Qian Hao’s group, attack them occasionally, and avoid killing them.

Su Yi took control of the Land of Terror and used its monsters and system to torment Qian Hao and the other intruders. As the first day ended, the survivors received the promised chance to choose their rewards.

• Su Yi sent a golden skeleton soldier to follow Qian Hao and his group, keeping other monsters away as they traveled.
• Su Yi appeared before Qian Hao, survived four direct missile hits, and vanished after Qian Hao convinced himself the encounter was an illusion.
• Su Yi took over the Land of Terror, announced himself as its administrator, and used the system to make intruders attack one another while powerful monsters herded them.
• Qian Hao urged the survivors to endure until the day ended, while groups gathered uneasily and feared both the monsters and their companions.
• After the first day passed, Su Yi announced that everyone could choose their rewards, and Qian Hao felt relieved.

Su Yi forced Qian Hao’s group to choose between risky attribute boosts and an hour of invincibility with supplies, and everyone chose invincibility. As the group turned against Qian Hao and abandoned him, he was left facing the monsters and the consequences of offending Su Yi.

• Su Yi offered the group two choices, and Qian Hao and the others chose an hour of invincibility along with bread and water.
• Qian Hao tried to recruit Wang Shiyin, but she also considered Lin Yue, prompting Lin Yue to challenge Qian Hao after Su Yi empowered him to match Qian Hao’s strength.
• Lin Yue and Qian Hao fought until they realized neither could gain an advantage during the invincibility hour.
• Lin Yue accused Qian Hao of bringing the group into danger by provoking Su Yi, then declared he would leave with Wang Shiyin.
• Wang Shiyin chose to leave with Lin Yue, and Qian Hao’s other followers abandoned him, leaving him alone.

As the second day in the Land of Terror passed, Su Yi’s monsters spared the people’s awarded food while tormenting them in other ways. Lin Yue fell into Lin Shiyin’s trap, and Qian Hao spent the night fighting endless skeleton soldiers as Su Yi’s ordeal continued.

• The monsters seized the supplies brought from outside, while the people surrendered them and noticed that Su Yi’s food and water awards remained untouched.
• Lin Yue hid with Lin Shiyin in a warehouse, where she revealed her monstrous face and attacked him.
• Lin Shiyin sought Qian Hao’s help, and he killed a weak skeleton soldier before taking her in.
• At night, skeleton soldiers erupted from the ground and swarmed Qian Hao, who fought through the night to protect Lin Shiyin.
• The other entrants also endured attacks and narrowly survived, as Su Yi made them experience despair after escaping death.

After Qian Hao and the others survived three days in the Land of Terror, Su Yi announced that the deadly game had only just begun and that only five of the eighty-three survivors could escape. As the survivor count fell and combat power was equalized, Qian Hao realized Lin Shiyin could now kill him, while Su Yi continued his plan to torment him.

• Qian Hao believed the ordeal was over, but Su Yi announced that only five of the eighty-three survivors would be allowed to leave.
• Qian Hao turned to Lin Shiyin as the survivors began distrusting one another, and Su Yi reported that only fifty-one remained ten minutes later.
• Qian Hao promised Lin Shiyin they would survive together, while Su Yi announced that only eighteen survivors remained and their combat power would be brought to roughly the same level.
• Lin Shiyin received a sword and demonstrated her enhanced strength, making Qian Hao wary of her; he proposed they find allies and eliminate the others.
• Su Yi revealed that Lin Shiyin's goal was not simply to kill Qian Hao, but to torment him until he broke.

Qian Hao formed a five-person alliance to survive the Land of Terror, while Su Yi met up with Wang Xiu, who rejected the alliance and suggested hiding until the others turned on one another. Wang Xiu boasted that he could defeat all five opponents, but he and Su Yi remained cautious and planned to wait for the group to weaken itself.

• Qian Hao persuaded two other entrants to join his plan to form a five-person alliance and kill everyone else.
• Wang Xiu found Su Yi and explained that the Land of Terror had raised everyone's strength to roughly the same level.
• Wang Xiu refused Su Yi's suggestion to find three more allies because he did not trust Qian Hao's group.
• Wang Xiu demonstrated his flying dagger near Su Yi's throat and claimed he could defeat all five opponents.
• Wang Xiu proposed hiding until the alliance members fought among themselves, then attacking the survivors.

Su Yi and Wang Xiu hid in the ruined streets of the Land of Terror, where Su Yi revealed how deftly he could dodge monsters. Wang Xiu fought the creatures while Su Yi disappeared into the darkness, and the survivors learned that the final five would have their strength doubled.

• Su Yi told Wang Xiu he could keep living off a woman, frustrating Wang Xiu as they made their way through the Land of Terror.
• Wang Xiu killed a lunging strange snake with a throwing knife, and Su Yi dodged its remains with a precise step.
• Wang Xiu used his knives to kill the snakes closing in as more monsters gathered and heavy footsteps shook the surrounding houses.
• Su Yi charged into an alley crowded with strange snakes and dodged their attacks before vanishing into the darkness.
• Wang Xiu decided Su Yi had fled to avoid burdening him, then unleashed his strength and fought the monsters with his knives and fists.
• A voice announced that eight survivors remained and the final five would have their strength doubled.

With seven survivors left and two hours until the game ended, Su Yi’s revelation that an Anomaly was among them shattered the alliances and left Qian Hao desperate. Wang Xiu arrived, but rejected Qian Hao’s plea to join forces and attacked him.

• Qian Hao’s group confronted Ran Laosan’s four-person alliance, and Ran Laosan mocked Qian Hao’s insistence that Wang Shiyin was Wang Wenqing’s daughter.
• A bald man stabbed Ran Laosan and offered to join Qian Hao, who attacked Tang Yunfeng while the woman in red joined the fight.
• Tang Yunfeng escaped when Wang Xiu’s distant roar distracted Qian Hao and the bald man.
• Su Yi announced that seven survivors remained and that they had two hours to reduce their number to five, revealing that at least one person present was an Anomaly.
• Qian Hao asked Wang Xiu to join forces, but Wang Xiu cursed him and attacked.

Wang Xiu turned on Qian Hao and killed him while Wang Shiyin and the other monsters devoured He Xin and Tian Guang. After using Dijiang’s inherited power to drive the monsters away, Wang Xiu hoped Su Yi was still alive.

• Wang Xiu attacked Qian Hao, while He Xin and Tian Guang fled instead of helping him.
• Wang Xiu sent He Xin and Tian Guang to attack Wang Shiyin, and she, the black three-headed demon hound, and the skeletal woman devoured them.
• The system announced that the five remaining survivors had doubled attributes and that the game had one hour and forty-eight minutes left.
• Wang Xiu shattered Qian Hao’s saber and pierced his armor, killing him despite Qian Hao’s warnings about the monsters.
• Wang Xiu invoked Dijiang’s inherited power to frighten Wang Shiyin and the other monsters into leaving, then hoped Su Yi would survive.

Su Yi confronted Tang Yunfeng and forced him to face a punch that could decide whether he lived or became administrator. Later, Wang Xiu found Su Yi, who gave him a finely crafted flying dagger, while the game had two survivors left and only ten minutes remaining.

• Wang Xiu searched the Land of Terror for Su Yi while his blood energy subdued the strange beings around him.
• Su Yi offered Tang Yunfeng the chance to become administrator if he survived one punch, but refused to let him decline and began his attack.
• Tang Yunfeng reflected on his past and his belief that the strong should rule as Su Yi's fist came toward him.
• After the system announced that two survivors remained, Wang Xiu finally spotted Su Yi and descended to meet him.
• Su Yi warned Wang Xiu that the last survivor would receive a peerless divine weapon, then gave him a polished flying dagger made from Mo Tu's battle-axe and armor fragments.

Su Yi gave Wang Xiu a throwing dagger so powerful that one throw tore apart space and erased the streets ahead. Wang Xiu decided to protect Su Yi, kept the weapon’s existence secret, and planned to focus on saving people and growing stronger himself.

• Wang Xiu threw Su Yi’s dagger and watched it tear open space, then brought it back as the world healed around a vast chasm.
• Wang Xiu decided the dagger had been meant for him and praised Su Yi for giving it to his big brother, promising to protect him.
• Wang Xiu said he would not use the dagger except as a last resort because it could destroy cities, and he told Su Yi to keep it secret.
• Wang Xiu revealed that his master Wu Jiang was Dijiang, one of the ten great Witch Gods, and said he still wanted to grow stronger through his own efforts.
• Wang Xiu offered to keep Su Yi safe and resolved to find ways to toughen up his unambitious little brother.

Su Yi returned to Qingzhou City with Wang Xiu and learned how the Ye Family had become essential to the city’s medical efforts. He found Ye Jingtian treating refugees at a makeshift hospital, visibly worn down by overwork, and Ye Jingtian postponed their reunion to save a patient.

• Xu Diandian welcomed Su Yi and Wang Xiu after they emerged from the Land of Terror, and Wang Xiu offered to help Su Yi register and find supplies.
• Su Yi decided to visit Ye Jingtian, while Wang Xiu explained that the Ye Family’s doctors had become a backbone of Qingzhou City.
• Xu Diandian guided Su Yi through the inner city, where refugees, medical teams, ability users, and soldiers filled the streets.
• Su Yi found Ye Jingtian treating refugees outside a makeshift hospital and saw that he had grown skeletal and white-haired.
• Ye Jingtian recognized Su Yi but postponed their conversation to accompany an infected patient into the hospital for surgery.

Su Yi returned to the hospital to reassure Ye Jingtian that Ye Xiaxuan was safe, then agreed to visit the base and help fight the creatures threatening Earth. On the way, Xu Diandian proudly told him she was ranked eleventh among the country's S-Rank fighters, and Wang Xiu teased Su Yi for smiling.

• Su Yi explained that Xu Sandian had deliberately caused the world's creatures to evolve, and that he had decided to help Earth because Su Yi cared about it.
• After waiting for Ye Jingtian to leave the hospital, Su Yi called Ye Xiaxuan, who briefly showed her father a gigantic lion before ending the call to continue fighting.
• Su Yi healed Ye Jingtian's aches and assured him that Ye Xiaxuan had powerful teammates, while Wang Xiu said Su Yi would help eliminate creatures and rescue refugees.
• Wang Xiu pulled Su Yi toward the base, and Su Yi promised Ye Jingtian he would visit again.
• Xu Diandian told Su Yi she was S-Rank and ranked eleventh in the country, and Wang Xiu remarked that Su Yi knew how to smile.

Su Yi returned to the Qingzhou City base with Wang Xiu and Xu Diandian, discussing his past as a bounty hunter and the base’s need for elite fighters. The chapter ended as they reached the entrance, where Old Yang and Li Youyou were waiting for them.

• Wang Xiu questioned Su Yi about his cold smile, and Su Yi said he had once been a bounty hunter who killed villains and robbed the rich to aid the poor.
• Wang Xiu asked why Su Yi still seemed to have Qi Refining Realm strength, and Su Yi explained that he had put all his attribute points into agility.
• Su Yi argued that strong fighters belonged in the vanguard, and Wang Xiu agreed that he would rather lead a small elite squad than a large unit of weaker people.
• Xu Diandian asked whether Su Yi was leaving and offered to find him a wife, but Su Yi reminded her that he was married to Xuanxuan.
• Xu Diandian told Wang Xiu that the women she knew preferred Su Yi because he was better-looking, and Wang Xiu grew annoyed.
• Su Yi, Wang Xiu, and Xu Diandian arrived at the Qingzhou City inner-city base, where Old Yang and Li Youyou were waiting.

After returning from the Land of Terror, Wang Xiu tried to work out why Old Yang treated Su Yi with such respect, while Su Yi agreed to have his strength tested. The group headed inside, where Xu Diandian challenged Wang Xiu to a fight.

• Wang Xiu told Old Yang he had reached S-Rank and that Qian Hao and the others had died in the Land of Terror.
• Su Yi said he was still at Qi Refining Great Perfection, leaving Wang Xiu to wonder whether he had a secret relationship with Old Yang.
• Su Yi said he wanted to take a strength test, and Old Yang invited everyone to test their abilities, starting with Wang Xiu.
• Xu Diandian asked to take the test, but Old Yang told her to have her master test her instead.
• Wang Xiu challenged Xu Diandian to fight after his test, and she accepted.

After Wang Xiu’s strength test burns out the base’s equipment, Old Yang sends him and Xu Diandian to spar among the mutated beasts at Kunlun Mountain, with Su Yi accompanying them. Wang Xiu plans to test Su Yi’s abilities, while Su Yi knowingly agrees to go along and scrape by.

• Wang Xiu’s scan makes the base’s gauges go wild and burns out its main computer, prompting Old Yang to demand an explanation.
• Wang Xiu denies carrying anything beyond his five throwing knives, and Old Yang tells him to fight Xu Diandian instead of taking another test.
• Wang Xiu challenges Xu Diandian to spar outside the city and suggests they compete to kill the most mutated beasts.
• Su Yi agrees to accompany them and asks Old Yang to lend him a sword, while Old Yang proposes Kunlun Mountain as their destination.
• Wang Xiu offers Su Yi a throwing knife for the journey, intending to see how he handles Kunlun Mountain’s dangers, and Su Yi agrees to be tossed down there.
• Wang Xiu and Su Yi fly on throwing knives as Xu Diandian rides the Green Duckweed Sword, excited to leave Qingzhou City.

Wang Xiu tested Su Yi by withdrawing the flying knife beneath him, then took him and Xu Diandian to Kunlun Mountain for training. After Xu Diandian destroyed three of Wang Xiu’s knives in a spar, they planned to hunt mutated beasts, while Su Yi’s aura kept the nearby creatures away.

• Wang Xiu pulled the flying knife from beneath Su Yi, but Su Yi stayed calm until Wang Xiu caught him and carried him onward.
• Wang Xiu, Xu Diandian, and Su Yi reached Kunlun Mountain, where Wang Xiu and Xu Diandian began sparring while Su Yi waited in the woods.
• Xu Diandian used the Green Duckweed Sword to destroy three of Wang Xiu’s flying knives, so Wang Xiu stopped the spar.
• Wang Xiu proposed that he and Xu Diandian compete to kill mutated beasts, hoping to help her get used to fighting them.
• Wang Xiu found Su Yi sitting on a rock, unaware that Su Yi’s aura had frightened all the nearby mutated beasts away.