Chapter Summaries

Xu Long completed his mission by killing Master Ren, but learned that Ren Tingting was the true threat and that she was fighting Uncle Nine at the Ren residence. He rushed back to help as explosions sounded in the distance.

• Xu Long noticed Master Ren seemed unusually weak while beating him, as Uncle Nine discovered that Master Ren was a corpse fiend.
• Master Ren's severed arm attacked Uncle Nine, who rushed inside and realized Ren Tingting was fighting the Red Queen after inheriting Master Ren's power.
• Ren Tingting revealed herself as Old Eight, Uncle Nine's former senior brother, and attacked him over their master's decision to pass on his mantle to Old Nine.
• Ren Tingting tore apart the Red Queen, but the robot wrapped around her again as Uncle Nine tried to face her.
• Xu Long killed Master Ren and completed his assessment mission, then learned from the Red Queen that Ren Tingting was the real enemy.
• Xu Long hurried back to the Ren residence with Yuehan and saw two people fighting as explosions sounded nearby.

Xu Long fought Ren Tingting while Uncle Nine used a ritual to locate Old Eight, and Ren Tingting self-destructed before the group could finish her off. Xu Long received the reward for killing the corpse demon, and the survivors prepared to pursue Old Eight at the mortuary.

• Xu Long fought Ren Tingting, while Uncle Nine began a ritual with Yuehan’s help to find Old Eight.
• Uncle Nine located Old Eight three li west at the mortuary, and the Red Queen rode Rice Bucket away to confront him.
• Ren Tingting absorbed the surrounding black qi and began swelling, so Uncle Nine warned everyone to run.
• Ren Tingting exploded, injuring Uncle Nine, Xu Long, and Yuehan, and the hidden mission reward confirmed her death.
• Xu Long dressed Uncle Nine’s wound and noted that his own injuries were already healing.

Xu Long endured the corpse demon’s genes fighting the T-virus and survived three days of flames and sunlight, while Uncle Nine worried over him. After Xu Long studied under Uncle Nine and Yuehan recovered from a run of defeats, the thirty-day mission ended and they returned to the Reincarnation Temple to receive their rewards.

• The Red Queen and Rice Bucket killed Old Eight as he left the funeral home, completing a hidden mission and earning Xu Long 2,500 points.
• The Red Queen advised Xu Long to use Blazing Fire Talismans and sunlight to help the T-virus adapt to the corpse demon’s genes, and he followed her advice despite Uncle Nine’s alarm.
• Xu Long endured three days of internal conflict, flames, and sunlight until the corpse demon genes finished fusing, then demonstrated that his body had become extremely durable.
• Xu Long studied under Uncle Nine while Yuehan went out to earn money and later settled down after being beaten by zombies and ghosts.
• Xu Long and Yuehan completed their thirty-day survival mission, returned to the Reincarnation Temple, and received 3,000 points for survival and 3,000 points plus a D-rank access card for killing Master Ren after he became a zombie.

After clearing the Mr. Vampire world, Xu Long spent his rewards on D-rank Internal Force, a war base core, materials, and attribute enhancements. He prepared to return to the fallen zone, while Rice Bucket was sent back to Minghu City to keep Xu Jiao company.

• Xu Long received an S-rank rating, 24,500 points, and a D-rank access card, then used an access card to enhance his Internal Force to D-rank.
• Yuehan told Xu Long that the Blood Ghost Emperor had given him 20,000 points, and Xu Long mailed him the Vulcan Machine Gun.
• The Red Queen found the Black Tortoise Type III War Base Core, which Xu Long exchanged for after learning the Great Wilderness Main World would absorb this world when it collapsed.
• Xu Long spent points on special materials and raised all five basic attributes to 300.
• Xu Long decided to return to the fallen zone without Rice Bucket, who was sent back to the old house in Minghu City to stay with Xu Jiao.

Xu Jiao learned from Rice Bucket that Xu Long had completed four mission worlds with S-rank ratings, while Hong Chao grew desperate to avenge his son and began recruiting powerful allies to target him. The chapter left Hong Chao secretly pursuing a dangerous tortoise shell and gathering C-rank reincarnators despite warnings from the Divine Heavenly Emperor and Xuanming Emperor.

• Xu Jiao questioned Rice Bucket, who revealed through gestures that Xu Long had passed through four mission worlds and earned four S-rank ratings.
• Xu Jiao deduced that Xu Long had gained the T-virus and serum, martial arts, Rice Bucket, and knowledge of zombies or talismans.
• Hong Chao killed a subordinate who failed to find Long Aotian, despite the Divine Heavenly Emperor's order not to investigate or harm him.
• Hong Chao reviewed the robots clearing a path through Southeast Asia and learned that Long Aotian might soon rise to C-rank.
• Hong Chao contacted an associate to obtain a tortoise shell dropped by a B-rank Flame Hell Beast, accepting the danger of discovery.
• Hong Chao made several calls to enlist powerful C-rank reincarnators by offering them rewards.

Xu Long joined the joint offensive to clear the Flame Hell Beasts from the Sixth District’s Australasian District and install the Black Tortoise Type III War Base core. As the battle raged, he weighed several potential base sites and focused on the safest western location, where only humans stood in his way.

• Xu Long explained how difficult C-rank advancement was and why so few reincarnators dared to attempt B-rank assessments.
• After waiting nearly ten days, Xu Long set out with the joint force from the First District’s Huaxia District and the Second District’s Western Europe Region.
• At the Australasian District border, the Divine Heavenly Emperor, Xuanming Emperor, Mad Wolf Emperor, and Holy Emperor fought three B-rank Flame Hell Beasts while the larger force battled below.
• Xu Long followed the main force and fired his Flame Light Machine Gun as the fighting continued.
• The Red Queen reported five possible war-base sites, and Xu Long learned the best one could save up to ten days of development.
• Xu Long asked which site was safest and learned that the western location was twenty kilometers away and occupied by humans.

Xu Long joined the sweep of the Sixth District, where humans fought Flame Hell Beasts that had grown more dangerous through mutation. After he knocked a C-rank beast away with Ten Thousand Buddhas Pay Homage, a reincarnator urged him to help finish it, but Xu Long claimed he had spent half his Internal Force and stayed out of the fight.

• Red Queen explained that nuclear attacks had caused Flame Hell Beasts to mutate and warned that survivors of a nuclear strike could become nearly invincible.
• Red Queen estimated that at least seventy Flame Hell Beasts were nearby, ranging from E-rank to C-rank.
• Piao Renyong introduced himself to Xu Long and told him to stay alert as they advanced.
• A C-rank Flame Hell Beast attacked and stunned several soldiers with its shrill hiss.
• Xu Long struck the beast with Ten Thousand Buddhas Pay Homage, sending it flying and injuring it.
• A C-rank reincarnator asked Xu Long to help kill the beast, but Xu Long said the attack had used half his Internal Force and declined.

Xu Long reached a human settlement in the Australasian District and secretly deployed the war base core. After overhearing Japanese reincarnators plotting to poison the Chinese forces, he attacked them and returned to camp as an emergency assembly was called.

• After the B-rank Flame Hell Beasts were slain, Xu Long and the others reached a settlement and continued to one of the Red Queen's target locations.
• Xu Long slipped away from camp and planted the war base core behind it.
• Three Japanese C-rank reincarnators discussed a plan to poison the Chinese forces and drive them from the region.
• Xu Long killed one man, crippled the other two, and left them with their recorder and the poison as evidence.
• Xu Long returned to camp, where a robot summoned him to an emergency assembly.

Xu Long helped orchestrate the execution of Japanese and Hanguo prisoners and the withdrawal of rival forces from the Sixth District, protecting his plans for Australasian development. When the Reincarnation Temple opened for the fifth time, he entered it and weighed his world options, focusing on Number One Under Heaven and its powerful martial arts.

• Xuanming Emperor accused the Japanese and Hanguo prisoners of poisoning the ground, played Xu Long's recording, and ordered the robots to execute them.
• Divine Heavenly Emperor and Xuanming Emperor withdrew from the Sixth District, and Red Queen imposed sanctions that forced the Second District's Western European forces to retreat.
• Mad Wolf Emperor rampaged through the Sixth District's Australasian District and destroyed three human settlements, while Xu Long revealed that he had secretly manipulated events to protect the area he planned to develop.
• Xu Long planned to eliminate the Flame Hell Beasts and build a safe human realm, but resolved to grow stronger before revealing himself and claiming Earth's resources.
• When the Reincarnation Temple opened for the fifth time, Xu Long entered and considered The Storm Riders, The Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber, and Number One Under Heaven, leaving the latter as a possible choice.

Xu Long entered the Number One Under Heaven mission as Cheng Shifei and rescued the empress dowager from a jar. He prepared to ambush Wuwan with Bone-Dissolving Powder, and the chapter ended as Wuwan opened the door.

• Hong Chao used a tortoise shell to teleport ten people to a target's location.
• Xu Jiao selected Number One Under Heaven as Xu Long's next mission world.
• Xu Long entered the world as Cheng Shifei, gained the Vajra Indestructible Divine Art, and received a mission to survive for two years.
• Xu Long shattered his jar and restored his dislocated limbs, then helped the empress dowager escape her jar.
• Xu Long placed bottles of poison above the door and hid the empress dowager in a cabinet to ambush Wuwan.
• Wuwan opened the door with two subordinates, unaware of Xu Long's trap.

Xu Long killed Wuwan and Princess Lixiu, rescued the empress dowager, and returned to the palace, where he grew closer to Princess Yunluo. At an inn, he reviewed Cheng Shifei’s inherited martial arts and learned how to make a C-rank Divination Talisman.

• Xu Long killed Wuwan with the Bone-Dissolving Powder and earned 4,500 points.
• Xu Long reached the palace as Duan Tianya and Guihai Yidao fought Princess Lixiu, then kicked and killed Princess Lixiu for another 4,000 points.
• Xu Long returned the empress dowager to the emperor and left the palace without approaching Zhu Wushi.
• Xu Long embraced Princess Yunluo, who promised to arrange palace access for him and asked him to visit the next day.
• Xu Long reviewed Cheng Shifei’s inherited techniques and learned the materials needed to make the C-rank Divination Talisman.

Xu Long planned to obtain the Energy Absorption Great Art and a Heavenly Fragrance Cardamom while learning that Xu Jiao had captured Rice Bucket. He refused an imperial secret agent position, then gave Princess Yunluo a pendant and held back from taking their relationship further because of the danger of spreading the T-virus.

• Xu Long considered how to acquire the Energy Absorption Great Art and the Heavenly Fragrance Cardamom, and wondered whether Rice Bucket was lost or trapped.
• Xu Jiao kept Rice Bucket beside her and suspected he would betray her as soon as he saw Xu Long.
• Xu Long refused the empress dowager and emperor's offer to make him an imperial secret agent, prompting Cao Zhengchun to consider recruiting him.
• Xu Long went with Princess Yunluo to her chambers and restrained himself because he feared infecting her with the T-virus.
• Xu Long gave Princess Yunluo a pendant made by Red Queen and claimed it was a family heirloom crafted from meteoric iron.

Xu Long obtained the Heavenly Fragrance Cardamom hidden in Princess Yunluo’s Mermaid Little Pearl and sent liquid-metal robots to infiltrate Cao Zhengchun’s residence and the imperial palace. As he traveled toward the Giant Whale Gang, ronin blocked his road, and he ordered them killed.

• Xu Long sweet-talked Princess Yunluo into giving him the Mermaid Little Pearl, which contained a Heavenly Fragrance Cardamom.
• Xu Long recalled Cao Zhengchun’s plans against the Giant Whale Gang and decided to investigate the gang and steal the last Heavenly Fragrance Cardamom from Cao Zhengchun.
• Xu Long sent one liquid-metal robot to Cao Zhengchun’s residence and another into the imperial palace to steal the cardamom and prepare to impersonate the emperor.
• Xu Long traveled toward the Giant Whale Gang while cultivating his internal force and thinking about its leader, Li Zhengkai, and the rivalries involving Li Tianhao and Yagyu Tajima no Kami.
• Xu Long spotted Fusang-style ronin blocking the road and ordered his men to kill them.

Xu Long decided to kill Yagyu Tajima no Kami and Li Tianhao to collect points, while improving his Internal Force with medicinal herbs. At Li Tianhao’s home, ten Giant Whale Gang elders gathered to search for Long Aotian, leaving Li Tianhao wary of their unity.

• Xu Long weighed ways to deal with the Giant Whale Gang and chose to kill Yagyu Tajima no Kami and Li Tianhao before leaving the aftermath to the Dragon Guardian Villa.
• Xu Long explained how essence, qi, and spirit complemented one another, then reflected that the Red Queen had killed the emperor and taken medicinal herbs from the palace.
• Xu Long continued taking century-old herbs, which strengthened his Internal Force but caused heat to build inside him.
• Li Tianhao met with Yagyu Tajima no Kami, Yagyu Piaoxu, and ten Giant Whale Gang elders who had gathered to find Long Aotian.
• Li Tianhao considered splitting up the ten elders, while Yagyu Piaoxu stroked the dog at her feet and the group admitted they knew little about Long Aotian.

Xu Jiao, disguised as Yagyu Piaoxu, drove a wedge between Li Tianhao and Hong Chao's group to protect Xu Long. Hong Chao used his special ability to narrow the tortoise shell's search to within ten li of Long Aotian, setting his group on a collision course with him.

• Li Tianhao pretended he would search for Long Aotian after Hong Chao said Long Aotian had killed his son.
• Xu Jiao suggested Hong Chao's group had come to pressure Li Tianhao, prompting Li Tianhao to add them to his must-kill list.
• Yagyu Tajima no Kami asked Xu Jiao why she had stirred up trouble, and she explained that weakening Li Tianhao's other allies would make him depend more on her father.
• Hong Chao used his life-force ability to turn the cracked tortoise shell into a more precise search item, and it indicated that Long Aotian was within ten li.
• Hong Chao's group decided to stay near Li Tianhao, kill anyone who might be Long Aotian, and then kill Li Tianhao and Yagyu Tajima no Kami.

Xu Long prepared to search for the Energy Absorption Great Art while Hong Chao’s group learned that killing a special conscript could earn a B-rank authorization card. At the Giant Whale Gang headquarters, Li Tianhao turned the conflict toward Hong Chao and Li Zhengkai, leaving the reincarnators to choose sides.

• The Main God announced team-battle rewards, including a B-rank authorization card for killing a conscript, and Hong Chao’s group feared Long Aotian might be their target.
• Liu Shibin hesitated, but Hong Chao reminded the group that their contract carried severe penalties for backing out, and Meng Fanlong urged them to fight together.
• Xu Long considered the mission and his search for the Energy Absorption Great Art, then hoped the Red Queen would steal the last Heavenly Fragrance Cardamom and locate the Strange Hero of Heavenly Lake’s death site.
• Xu Long slipped into the Giant Whale Gang headquarters and found Li Tianhao’s experts confronting Li Zhengkai, with Duan Tianya and Haitang beside the gang leader.
• Li Tianhao accused Li Zhengkai of sheltering the killer of Elder Hong’s son, and Hong Chao realized Li Tianhao was trying to force the reincarnators to choose between him and the gang leader.

Hong Chao and the other elders were caught in a fight after Rice Bucket identified Liu Shibin as the killer, exposing how the group had been manipulated. As they fled the Giant Whale Gang headquarters, Hong Chao began to suspect someone else had orchestrated the trap, and the elders abruptly stopped.

• Li Tianhao persuaded Li Zhengkai to let the group search for Duan Tianya, using a bloodstained cloth and Rice Bucket to identify the supposed killer.
• Rice Bucket barked at Liu Shibin, and Xu Jiao, Yagyu Tajima no Kami, Duan Tianya, Haitang, and Li Tianhao joined the ensuing fight.
• Hong Chao and the elders decided Li Tianhao and Li Zhengkai had plotted to eliminate them and seize the Giant Whale Gang, while Li Tianhao believed they wanted to take over.
• Rice Bucket escaped and howled, drawing countless shadows toward the headquarters as Hong Chao and the others attempted to flee.
• Hong Chao questioned whether Li Tianhao had arranged the trap, then suddenly stopped while considering the cloth, the dog, and the possibility that a woman was responsible.

Xu Jiao and the others trapped Hong Chao’s group with a massive pack of dogs and accused them of plotting against the Giant Whale Gang. Xu Long arrived and watched the fight, leaving Haitang to wonder why Cheng Shifei had come to the gang’s headquarters.

• Hong Chao and his companions found themselves surrounded by more than ten thousand dogs, which charged at them after a howl.
• Xu Jiao accused the ten reincarnators of staging a fake murder and conspiring to seize control of the Giant Whale Gang, while Li Tianhao and the others blocked their escape.
• Liu Shibin attacked Xu Jiao, who fought him with Emei martial arts and drove him back.
• Xu Long arrived, recognized Hong Chao’s group as enemies, and spotted Rice Bucket among the dogs before sitting on a rooftop to watch.
• Haitang spotted Xu Long and wondered why Cheng Shifei had come to the Giant Whale Gang’s headquarters.

Xu Long used the Vajra Indestructible Divine Art to defeat the reincarnators and help settle the conflict among the Giant Whale Gang’s fighters. As Yagyu Tajima no Kami and Duan Tianya began their fight, Xu Long joined in and targeted Yagyu Tajima no Kami.

• Xu Long activated the Vajra Indestructible Divine Art, defeated Hong Chao and Liu Shibin, and killed three reincarnators for nine thousand points.
• Xu Jiao killed one reincarnator, while the remaining six escaped.
• Yagyu Tajima no Kami attacked Duan Tianya, and Li Tianhao attacked Li Zhengkai as Xu Jiao stayed out of the fight.
• Haitang asked Xu Jiao why she would not fight, and Xu Jiao decided to break with Yagyu Tajima no Kami after the battle.
• Xu Long joined the three-on-three fight and chose Yagyu Tajima no Kami as his target.

Xu Long fought Yagyu Tajima no Kami and Duan Tianya before the Iron Courage Divine Marquis, Zhu Wushi, arrived to confront him. Cao Zhengchun intervened and took Xu Long under the Eastern Depot’s protection, but Zhu Wushi refused to surrender Li Tianhao and Yagyu Tajima no Kami.

• Xu Long struck Yagyu Tajima no Kami, then kicked Duan Tianya after Duan Tianya attacked him, breaking Duan Tianya’s breastbone.
• Haitang challenged Xu Long, but the Iron Courage Divine Marquis, Zhu Wushi, arrived and moved to attack him.
• Cao Zhengchun stopped Xu Long and Zhu Wushi from clashing, then claimed Xu Long as his subordinate and offered him protection.
• Xu Long reported that Li Tianhao and Yagyu Tajima no Kami were suspicious but not the true masterminds, making Zhu Wushi fear they might expose him.
• Cao Zhengchun declared that the Eastern Depot had taken over, but Zhu Wushi refused to hand over Li Tianhao and Yagyu Tajima no Kami.