Recaps

Luo Li reconciled with Castorice after returning from a dangerous mission, apologizing for making her fear he might never come back. They agreed to share the dangers more honestly and face them together, and the chapter ended with Castorice smiling as Luo Li asked for another meal.

• Luo Li pretended to be asleep when Castorice arrived at the hospital with his favorite noodles.
• Luo Li apologized for worrying Castorice, and promised to send regular messages when he traveled far away.
• Castorice told Luo Li she wanted him to trust her and let her face danger alongside him instead of waiting helplessly.
• Luo Li promised not to hide things from Castorice again, and they reconciled.
• Castorice noticed Luo Li had been pretending to sleep, then calmly acknowledged the wooden peace buckle he had received from Lu Jingheng.
• Luo Li said he was hungry again, and Castorice called him shameless.

After recovering from his battle with the A-rank vampire, Luo Li returned to streaming and challenged claims that he could only play Yuan Ge by vowing to reach number one in the Peak Tournament without using him. As his winning matches silenced doubters, Peerless Sword Princess challenged him to a live duel, and Luo Li accepted.

• The guild discharged Luo Li after confirming that he was physically unharmed and only mentally fatigued.
• Luo Li read insults claiming he could only play Yuan Ge, then went live and vowed to reach number one in the Peak Tournament without using that hero.
• Luo Li banned Yuan Ge and won matches with Ma Chao, Charlotte, Lü Bu, Li Xin, and Yang Jian, silencing many of his critics.
• Peerless Sword Princess challenged Luo Li to a 1v1 duel with the loser required to call the winner Daddy.
• Luo Li accepted Peerless Sword Princess's friend request, created a duel room, and invited him while hyping the match to his stream.

Luo Li defeated Peerless Sword Princess in a best-of-three solo match, winning the deciding game with dark-form Li Xin after promising to quit streaming if he lost. He ended the chapter demanding that Peerless Sword Princess call him Daddy in front of the livestream audience.

• Luo Li won the first game with Ma Chao, then Peerless Sword Princess evened the series by defeating his Charlotte with Guan Yu.
• Luo Li vowed to quit the internet if he lost the deciding game, and Peerless Sword Princess picked Old Master against Luo Li's Li Xin.
• Luo Li endured Old Master's early pressure, switched to dark form at level four, and secured a solo kill.
• Luo Li used Li Xin's mobility and damage to dominate the rest of the match, winning 5-1 and crushing Peerless Sword Princess.
• Peerless Sword Princess admitted defeat, and Luo Li demanded that he call him Daddy on the livestream.

After the guild summoned Luo Li to explain how he killed the A-rank vampire Earl Shadowwing, Lu Jingheng helped him prepare a convincing account for the investigation. Luo Li left more confident about his statement, but increasingly suspicious of Lu Jingheng’s abilities and motives.

• Luo Li learned from Deacon Wang that a headquarters investigation team would question him about Mission A-021 and Earl Shadowwing’s death.
• Luo Li worried that the investigators’ questions could expose his [Spacetime] Path and Bloodblade Enma, but he told Castorice he would handle the statement himself.
• Lu Jingheng contacted Luo Li and offered to help him prepare for the investigation, and Luo Li agreed to meet him at guild headquarters.
• Lu Jingheng used data and knowledge of guild procedures to build a plausible explanation for Luo Li’s survival, the vampire’s defeat, and the weapon’s origin.
• Luo Li thanked Lu Jingheng and left feeling prepared, while suspecting that the researcher was more mysterious and calculating than he appeared.

Luo Li passed the guild’s investigation into his solo kill of Earl Shadowwing and was promoted to B+ rank with a medal, contribution points, and access to A-rank missions. After Lu Jingheng asked him to revisit the site where his exploration team disappeared, Luo Li agreed, determined to learn what Lu Jingheng was really planning.

• Luo Li gave the investigation team a carefully prepared account of the helicopter crash and his battle with Earl Shadowwing, crediting the terrain, luck, and his family heirloom blade.
• Advisor Chen confirmed the guild accepted Luo Li’s account and raised his ability rank to B+, awarding him a Third-Class Combat Hero medal, 10,000 contribution points, and access to A-rank missions.
• Deacon Wang praised Luo Li and told him that headquarters had formed a team to investigate Lu Jingheng’s spatial-rift conjecture and might transfer him to the research institute.
• Luo Li updated his identification card and received his rewards, then got a call from Lu Jingheng asking him to accompany him to the Withered Bone Forest to identify where his exploration team had been attacked.
• Luo Li agreed to go with Lu Jingheng the next afternoon, suspecting that the researcher had a hidden purpose, then headed home to share the good news with Castorice.

Luo Li accompanied Lu Jingheng to identify the site of the survey team's attack, where he clashed with the arrogant Murong Xue. After she attacked him and refused to apologize, Luo Li slapped her and left with Lu Jingheng, while Murong Xue vowed revenge.

• Luo Li met Lu Jingheng at a supply station and escorted him toward the reported attack site in the Withered Bone Forest.
• Murong Xue emerged from the dead trees, fired a blast near Lu Jingheng, and ordered the group to leave the sealed area.
• Luo Li demanded an apology, counted down, and slapped Murong Xue when she attacked him with a fireball.
• Murong Xue threatened to make Luo Li pay, then left with her guards in an armed vehicle.
• Luo Li confirmed with Lu Jingheng that they had identified the location and pushed his wheelchair back toward the supply station.

After Murong Xue used her family’s influence to block Luo Li from official guild missions, he bypassed the restriction by taking lucrative private bounties and quickly prospered. Murong Xue grew furious at his success, while Luo Li returned home largely unconcerned and ready to enjoy Castorice’s cooking.

• Luo Li discovered that the guild’s mission system had restricted his access to worthwhile jobs, and a staff member confirmed that veteran teams were being prioritized.
• Yang Shan told Luo Li that Murong Xue had ordered him blacklisted, but Luo Li stopped Yang Shan from confronting his captain and chose to pursue private bounties instead.
• Luo Li accepted a private bounty to clear a corrosive rat swarm from an abandoned underground railway and began taking difficult, well-paying commissions.
• Luo Li completed several private jobs efficiently, earning contribution points and resources while word spread that Murong Xue’s blockade had failed.
• Murong Xue smashed porcelain in anger and demanded that her subordinate find a way to make Luo Li suffer, but he explained that the family could not control private bounties.
• After clearing a mutant beehive, Luo Li headed home pleased with his reward and dismissed Murong Xue’s interference as uninteresting.

Murong Xue retaliated against Luo Li by targeting his parents, then set a trap to have him arrested after he attacked the thugs who harassed his father. Luo Li was taken into custody as Murong Xue watched triumphantly, leaving him facing a serious assault charge.

• Murong Xue identified Luo Li's parents as vulnerable targets and ordered thugs to intimidate them.
• Zhou Wan told Luo Li that thugs had cornered his father and threatened the family, so Luo Li asked Yang Shan to investigate.
• Yang Shan traced the thugs to a pool hall linked to the Murong Family, and Luo Li went there and beat them until one admitted Murong Xue had ordered the attack.
• Police and Guild enforcement officers surrounded the pool hall and arrested Luo Li for assault.
• Murong Xue watched from a luxury sedan as Luo Li was taken away and mouthed that he would spend the rest of his life in prison.

Luo Li remained in prison while he waited for a chance to resolve his framing without endangering his family or Castorice. After Lu Jingheng urged caution, Castorice summoned Pollux and departed for the Murong Family to confront Murong Xue herself.

• Luo Li considered escape, an appeal, and asking his allies for help, but decided to stay in his cell and study the prison’s layout and guard patrols.
• Castorice saw reports of Luo Li’s arrest and prepared to act against the Murong Family.
• Lu Jingheng visited Castorice and proposed protecting Luo Li in prison while gathering evidence against Murong Xue.
• Castorice declined Lu Jingheng’s help and grew more suspicious of his conventional proposal.
• Castorice summoned Pollux, opened a bridge through the River of Souls, and disappeared on her way to confront the Murong Family.

Castorice stormed the Murong Family estate to confront Murong Xue and learn where Luo Li was being held. After forcing Murong Xue to reveal his location and warning the family never to harm him again, Castorice freed Luo Li from the East District No. 7 Ability Detention Center and took his hand to go home.

• Castorice entered the Murong Family estate and effortlessly destroyed its guards’ attacks, weapons, and defenses as she advanced toward Murong Xue.
• Murong Feng tried to protect Murong Xue, but Castorice forced him to his knees and summoned Pollux, terrifying the family.
• Castorice demanded to know where Luo Li was, and Murong Xue revealed he was at the East District No. 7 Ability Detention Center.
• Castorice warned the Murong Family that she would destroy them if Luo Li was harmed again, then left for the detention center.
• Castorice opened Luo Li’s cell without setting off alarms, and he dropped his shackles, took her hand, and agreed to go home.

After Castorice told Luo Li the Murong Family would no longer trouble them, Lu Jingheng appeared and demonstrated overwhelming control over space by eliminating a group of assassins. He warned Luo Li that hidden factions were watching anomalous people, then left him wondering about the Lu brothers’ power and motives before Luo Li and Castorice headed home.

• Luo Li and Castorice left the detention center, and Castorice said the Murong Family would not bother them again.
• Lu Jingheng arrived, scrutinized Castorice, and warned Luo Li that the Murong Family had deep roots.
• Several trained assassins attacked Luo Li and Castorice, but Lu Jingheng used his kaleidoscope eyes and spatial power to erase them.
• Luo Li recognized that Lu Jingheng possessed immense, possibly S+-rank, power after the researcher dismissed the attack as a few tricks.
• Lu Jingheng warned Luo Li that hidden factions paid attention to anomalous existences and suggested contacting his younger brother Lu Xiao if serious trouble arose.
• Luo Li recalled that Lu Xiao was a renowned frontline God of War, then reassured Castorice and invited her home for a double portion of Amphoreus stew.

Luo Li promised Castorice he would take her home for New Year, but an emergency conscription order abruptly called him to the front lines. With only three days before departure, they faced their coming separation together.

• After the Murong Family crisis subsided, Luo Li resumed taking missions and livestreaming while growing closer to Castorice.
• During a video call with Zhou Wan, Castorice joined the conversation, and Luo Li told her he would take her home for New Year.
• Yang Shan called Luo Li to report that the Furnace Project had ordered all B-rank and higher ability users to serve at the front, and both he and Luo Li were on the first conscription list.
• Luo Li learned that he and Yang Shan had to assemble at Jiangcheng's Third Airport in three days for transport to Ironwall Fortress.
• Castorice accepted Luo Li's departure with calm support, and they went to the bedroom to spend their remaining time together.

The morning after their night together, Luo Li told Castorice he was leaving for the front in three days, but she insisted on accompanying him. He agreed after she warned she would go alone otherwise, and they promised to protect each other and return together.

• Luo Li and Castorice woke together, shared breakfast, and grew closer after their intimate night.
• Luo Li told Castorice he had three days to prepare before leaving for the front for three months.
• Castorice insisted she would go with Luo Li, arguing that she could protect herself and did not want to wait for him in danger again.
• Luo Li warned Castorice about the battlefield, but she threatened to travel there alone if he refused to take her.
• Luo Li agreed to bring Castorice, ordering her to follow his commands and prioritize her safety.
• Castorice promised to protect herself and Luo Li, and they vowed to go together and return together.

Luo Li prepared to take Castorice with him to the front, securing her a research assistant role and gathering supplies for their journey to Ironwall Fortress. On the eve of their departure, an unknown sender signed “V” warned him to beware of the “Harvester,” leaving him uneasy about what awaited them.

• Luo Li’s application to bring Castorice as a family companion was rejected, so he asked Lu Jingheng to register her as a research assistant traveling to Ironwall Fortress.
• Luo Li and Castorice bought three months of supplies at Jiangcheng’s black market, including Moonlight Moss seeds for Castorice.
• Luo Li checked his equipment and told Xiao Hong to gather useful memories from vampires, while Castorice packed her belongings for the trip.
• Yang Shan shared a farewell dinner with Luo Li and Castorice and urged them to return safely.
• Luo Li received an anonymous message signed “V” warning him to beware of the “Harvester,” but his return call found the phone switched off.

Luo Li and Castorice left Jiangcheng for Ironwall Fortress, where Kong Yan'er warned them about the Harvesters and demonstrated his power during a Nightmare Flying Bat attack. The transport survived, but Luo Li realized the real trial still lay ahead.

• Luo Li and Castorice said goodbye to Yang Shan and boarded a transport plane bound for Ironwall Fortress.
• Kong Yan'er introduced himself to Luo Li and warned him to avoid the Harvesters, who had considerable authority and were dangerous to their own people.
• Nightmare Flying Bats attacked the transport, and Kong Yan'er used his Trickster Hands ability to create a clone and kill them.
• Kong Yan'er returned to his seat as the transport steadied, while Luo Li prepared for the challenges ahead.

After arriving at Ironwall Fortress, Luo Li and Castorice were assigned to separate dormitory sectors, and Kong Yan'er showed Luo Li around the frontline base. Luo Li saw the Harvesters collect a sealed case in the mission hall and realized the dangers of Ironwall were only beginning.

• Kong Yan'er teased Luo Li and Castorice during the flight, then gave them information about Ironwall Fortress and warned them to avoid the Harvesters.
• The transport aircraft landed at Ironwall Fortress, where base personnel assigned Luo Li to combat dormitory sector C-12 and Castorice to the research dormitories in sector E.
• Kong Yan'er took Luo Li to his dormitory and then to the mission hall, explaining the risks and rewards of frontline assignments.
• A squad of Harvesters entered the mission hall, collected a sealed metal case from a restricted counter, and left while the crowd watched fearfully.
• Kong Yan'er warned Luo Li to stay away from the Harvesters, then offered to take him for nutrient paste as Luo Li worried about Castorice in sector E.

Luo Li toured the frontline base with Kong Yan'er and encountered Murong Xue, whose family had fallen into hardship and who reacted to him with hatred and fear. After checking in with Castorice, Luo Li sensed Murong Xue brooding nearby and prepared for the trial beginning the next day.

• Luo Li forced himself to eat the base's awful nutrient paste while Kong Yan'er joked about its taste.
• Kong Yan'er showed Luo Li the training grounds, medical station, and equipment maintenance points near Sector C.
• Luo Li ran into Murong Xue, who hurried past without speaking, and Kong Yan'er warned him that she held grudges.
• Luo Li told Kong Yan'er that he had slapped Murong Xue and said he would ignore her unless she caused trouble.
• Luo Li messaged Castorice, learned she had settled into her room, and promised to visit her the next day.
• Luo Li sensed Murong Xue's resentment and obsession near the dormitory, then focused on preparing for the trial.

Luo Li settled into life at the frontline, visited Castorice in Zone E, and traded taunts with Murong Xue before preparing for his first official mission in the D-7 Mining Area. As he anticipated the battle, Castorice sensed his danger and quietly resolved to protect him if his life was threatened.

• Luo Li adapted to the base's training routine while Kong Yan'er coached him in combat and the frontline's unwritten rules.
• Luo Li visited Castorice in Zone E, where she described sensing strange energy beneath the institute that resembled vampires but also carried death and chaos.
• Murong Xue confronted Luo Li after training, and he teased her by suggesting she had a crush on him until she angrily fled.
• Luo Li learned he would join Kong Yan'er's squad on a B-rated scouting mission to the D-7 Mining Area the next day and prepared his equipment.
• Castorice sensed Luo Li was approaching danger and silently resolved to break the rules if that was what it took to save his life.

Luo Li’s squad cleared the D-7 mine of Gargoyles and found strange device fragments, then returned to Ironwall Fortress and encountered several familiar people from Jiangcheng. As Qingqiu Ze joined Kong Yan’er’s squad and Yang Shan arrived at the fortress, Luo Li wondered whether their reunions were truly coincidences and left the mission hall with his companions.

• Luo Li and Kong Yan’er cleared the D-7 mine’s Gargoyles, and Luo Li noticed unnatural metal fragments among the remains.
• Luo Li ran into Qingqiu Ze in the mission hall, where Qingqiu Ze enthusiastically joined Kong Yan’er’s squad.
• Yuan Huan invited Luo Li to visit the Sector E research institute for energy tests and offered contribution points.
• Yang Shan called Luo Li, announced his transfer to Ironwall Fortress, and arranged to meet him after completing his check-in.
• Luo Li reflected on the string of familiar faces and led Kong Yan’er and Qingqiu Ze out of the hall to meet Yang Shan.

Luo Li’s squad encountered Murong Xue’s team under attack in the Rotting Swamp, and Luo Li saved Murong despite their enmity. After defeating the creatures surrounding her, the squad continued toward the Venom Queen’s nest as the mutant emerged and the team prepared to fight.

• Kong Yan'er’s squad accepted an A-rank mission to eliminate the B+ rank Venom Queen in the Rotting Swamp and traveled there from Ironwall Fortress.
• Luo Li, Kong Yan'er, Qingqiu Ze, and Yang Shan fought off swamp creatures as they advanced toward the Venom Queen’s nest.
• Qingqiu Ze detected cries for help, and the squad found Murong Xue’s team surrounded by venom spiders and Boneblade Hunters.
• Luo Li used his spacetime ability to save Murong Xue from a fatal attack, then joined Kong Yan'er, Qingqiu Ze, and Yang Shan in defeating the remaining enemies.
• Murong Xue thanked Luo Li, who explained that he had rescued her because he would not let fellow humans die; the squad then headed toward the Venom Queen as it roared from the fungus forest.

Luo Li and the others struggled against the Venom Queen until Chen Zihan appeared and killed the B+ mutant with a casual gesture. After learning the identity of the cold, overwhelmingly powerful commander-in-chief, Luo Li and his companions prepared to return to base.

• The Venom Queen attacked the group with corrosive mist, and Luo Li fought her while his allies tried to distract her.
• Kong Yan'er identified the Venom Queen's protected core as the key to defeating her, but Chen Zihan suddenly appeared above the battlefield.
• Chen Zihan crushed the Venom Queen in less than a second and criticized Luo Li, Kong Yan'er, and Qingqiu Ze before ordering everyone to return to base.
• Murong Xue asked the stranger who he was, and he identified himself as Chen Zihan before vanishing.
• Luo Li checked that the mission was complete, then called for the group to head back.

After Chen Zihan’s brief appearance, Luo Li’s squad returned to Ironwall Fortress and continued taking missions. While clearing a Shadow Bat nest, they found Murong Xue badly wounded; Luo Li treated her, leaving her confused by his kindness and less certain of her hatred.

• Chen Zihan left the Rotting Swamp, and Luo Li’s squad collected the Venom Queen’s energy core and returned to Ironwall Fortress with 8,000 contribution points.
• Over the next few days, Luo Li’s squad gained a reputation in Zone C while Murong Xue kept her distance from them.
• During a mission at an abandoned radar station, Luo Li’s squad found Murong Xue alone and seriously wounded by two elite Shadow Bats.
• Luo Li treated Murong Xue’s wound with a detoxifying potion and bandages, then helped her stand.
• Murong Xue thanked Luo Li and followed his squad, struggling with feelings that complicated her hatred of him.

Luo Li visited Castorice at the Zone E institute, where his friends teased them about looking like a married couple. After several days of training and missions, he went to meet Castorice for a meal she had saved for him, still thinking about their closeness.

• Luo Li visited Castorice, who healed the scratch on his arm, and Kong Yan'er, Qingqiu Ze, and Yang Shan barged in and teased them about being married.
• Luo Li and his squad handled routine missions while he practiced Spacetime abilities, Bloodblade Enma grew more responsive, and Xiao Hong gathered intelligence from vampire memories.
• Castorice messaged Luo Li that she had saved him braised pork, and he hurried to the Zone E institute cafeteria.
• Yuan Huan told Luo Li that Castorice had a rare talent for energy perception and could sense changes in his condition in real time.
• Luo Li joined Castorice for the meal she had saved, and he again wondered whether they really looked like a married couple.

Luo Li and Castorice grew closer through meals, hand-holding, and secret kisses while observing the base’s rules. After Castorice invited him to her dormitory to share fruit, they embraced and kissed, leaving their reunion growing more intimate.

• Castorice gave Luo Li some of her braised pork, and they walked back through Zone E holding hands.
• Kong Yan'er teased Luo Li about Castorice and asked how far their relationship had gone; Luo Li refused to answer.
• As vampire activity increased, Luo Li kept training and visiting Castorice, while they shared quiet dates and restrained their intimacy in public.
• Castorice messaged Luo Li that she had bought fruit and invited him to her dormitory, so he hurried over after training.
• Castorice welcomed Luo Li in her nightdress, and they embraced before kissing in her room.

After a tender visit with Castorice, Luo Li read a classified briefing on seven SSS+ vampires linked to the seven deadly sins and resolved to grow strong enough to surpass them. The system revealed that Castorice and Pollux could defeat any one of the vampires together, but urged Luo Li to improve his own power; he ended the chapter training in the Spacetime Path.

• Luo Li returned to his Zone C dormitory after sharing a passionate kiss with Castorice and thought about earning contribution points to improve her daily life.
• Luo Li received a top-secret global threat bulletin listing the seven SSS+ vampires and their domains, abilities, and links to the seven deadly sins.
• Luo Li imagined challenging the vampires, but the system warned that his current chance of surviving such a fight was below 0.00001%.
• The system assessed Castorice and Pollux as SSS-level entities and estimated they could defeat any one of the seven deadly sins together in their home territory.
• Luo Li rejected the idea of relying on Castorice and began channeling the Spacetime Path to strengthen himself.