Chapter Summaries

Players in the Wilderness of Chaos realized Oliver’s human-sized corpse could be carried off by one person, making the quest’s fifteen gold coin reward a cause for conflict. Ed chose to let them settle the dispute themselves, and the players prepared to fight over the corpse under agreed rules.

• Players considered the value of Oliver’s corpse and recognized that friendly fire was enabled in the danger zone.
• Ed realized Adelaide’s spell had restored Oliver’s body to human size and decided not to intervene in the players’ dispute.
• Zhong Lele moved away from the corpse and resumed recording while other players withdrew to watch.
• Lion Hidden in the Eyes proposed dividing Oliver’s corpse, but Bread Knight and the others rejected the idea and agreed to a winner-takes-all fight.
• The players established rules for their first PVP battle, including leaving spectators alone and not stealing equipment or abusing corpses.

The players held the first Sealed Grounds No-Holds-Barred Fighting Tournament, turning the aftermath of Adelaide’s defeat into a chaotic free-for-all. The Sandwich Adventurer Party won, and the players brought the remaining Blood Corpses and loot back toward White Wax Town, ending the threat of the marquis’s revival.

• [Lion Hidden in the Eyes] entered the tournament alone with syringes of Anadrol, but [Lettuce Priest] stole them before he could inject himself again.
• The players fought in a sprawling melee around Oliver Adelaide’s corpse while [Zhong Lele] filmed the battle.
• [Lion Hidden in the Eyes] found a vine to hold up his pants, then fought off the other lone wolves.
• The Sandwich Adventurer Party defeated the Food Trio and won the tournament, with [Ham Warrior] and [Lettuce Priest] raising Oliver’s corpse as their trophy.
• The Blood Corpse-transformed players led the remaining Blood Corpses back toward White Wax Town with the other monsters, equipment, and corpses, bringing the marquis’s revival attempt to an end.

Zhou Jue and his roommates watched viral World of Disorder videos before logging in with the Holy Crusaders. The force continued its campaign across Aduolin Province, capturing Fallen Ones and sending prisoners and a Territory Secret Pact gem to Ed as it moved toward Chinese Pine Town.

• Zhou Jue watched and laughed at viral World of Disorder meme videos with his roommates, who urged him to log in.
• The four roommates woke in their Cocoons among the three hundred fake Holy Crusaders, while Jerry woke on the wagon where he had slept beneath their robes.
• Jerry reflected on his place among the Soul Returners and the Holy Crusaders’ progress through Aduolin Province.
• The Holy Crusaders entered Ginkgo Town, seized its defenses, arrested Fallen Ones, hanged and interrogated the bishop, and searched for the Territory Secret Pact.
• The crusaders sent captured Stained Ones, experimental subjects, and the Territory Secret Pact gem to Ed, left a hundred soldiers to maintain order, and continued toward the next town.

After the players conquered more towns and captured another Territory Secret Pact, the hidden side quest for [Bloody Night] unlocked, ordering them to seize the rest of Aduolin Province while preparing for the corpse tide. [Zhongde] and [Gill's Cuisine] wondered what would happen if players failed a major quest, but [Zhongde] admitted he could not bring himself to risk the NPCs’ lives.

• The players took Ginkgo Town and Blackthorn Town, leaving Ed in control of four towns across Aduolin Province.
• Jerry watched the Soul Returners conquer towns without bloodshed and abandoned his remaining illusions about the Stained Ones.
• The players captured Chinese Pine Town’s Territory Secret Pact, triggering a server-wide notification that unlocked [Bloody Night]’s hidden side quest.
• [Gill's Cuisine] and [Zhongde] read the quest objectives: control nearby blood corpses and occupy every settlement in Aduolin Province except Fir City, while capturing all Stained Ones and Territory Secret Pacts.
• [Gill's Cuisine] asked what would happen if players failed a major quest, and [Zhongde] said he had considered testing it but could not bear the thought of NPCs being killed by blood corpses.

Gill's Cuisine and [Zhongde] discussed changing enemy storylines and the game's quests while players carried a Territory Secret Pact toward Ed. As [Haide] rode toward Blackthorn Town, a midnight update announced new region features and opportunities for players to take on administrative duties.

• [Zhongde] told [Gill's Cuisine] that he had started changing the enemy's story instead of making his own side lose, and they agreed their collaboration had succeeded.
• [Gill's Cuisine] and [Zhongde] discussed expansion-focused main quests, Tree Worship Church side quests, and the possibility of new content in the next major version.
• Players sent [Haide] on a hoofbeast to deliver a Territory Secret Pact to Ed, planning to change mounts in Blackthorn Town, Ginkgo Town, and White Wax Town.
• Ed extended his [Root Network] through the forests using the flesh, blood, and Territory Secret Pacts provided by players.
• At midnight, [Haide] received an update announcement describing Root Network deployment in newly captured regions and new player roles in regional administration.
• [Haide] realized that the update would let him teleport from Ginkgo Town and shorten his journey by three or four hours.

Ed planned to use players as occasional public servants while appointing trustworthy Pure Ones as town leaders. After [Haide] delivered a Territory Secret Pact from Chinese Pine Town and learned how it worked, Ed received news that Oliver's corpse had arrived.

• Players discussed Ed's announcement recruiting them for public-service work, and one player described the [Left and Right Arms] quest and its aptitude test and interview.
• Ed decided to pair reliable Pure Ones, such as Jerry, with players who would handle everyday town affairs and receive quest rewards.
• [Haide] delivered a Territory Secret Pact taken from Chinese Pine Town and asked Ed how it worked.
• Ed demonstrated the pact's map and battlefield functions, and [Haide] left determined to invest more points in Psionic Energy.
• Ed fed the sapphire to Little Green, who told him another visitor had arrived; Ed realized it was Oliver's corpse.

Ed consumed Oliver’s preserved corpse and began advancing to Middle Tier, releasing a powerful psionic pulse that affected liches and others throughout the area. As he drifted into a weakened sleep, his companions and nearby inhabitants reacted to the disturbance in different ways.

• Ed paid [Ham Warrior] and [Lettuce Priest] for Oliver’s corpse, then used its preserved body as a template while vines enveloped it.
• Ed began his Middle Tier transformation before dawn and fell into a groggy sleep as psionic energy spread from the castle.
• Seraphina sensed the advancement from the bank and recognized that Ed had more secrets.
• Willow was overwhelmed by the psionic surge, saw a growing black sun, and collapsed unconscious from exhaustion.
• Xilǐ'er redirected Gungnir toward the castle and told his knights to prioritize learning their code before their return to the Eternal Domain.
• Gray saw the psionic pulse disrupt Bennett, Motley, and the players in the workshop, while the imprisoned Stained Ones at the charcoal plant reacted as though their sentences had ended.

After advancing to the middle tier, Ed explored his strengthened abilities and checked on the players, while Gray finished repairing his gauntlets and prepared weapons for two Soul Returners. The chapter left Ed newly confident in his power and Gray outfitting the players for their work.

• Ed woke at noon after advancing to the middle tier and discovered his increased attributes and new ability limits.
• Ed sensed his surroundings, realized he had drained Willow's psionic energy, and returned it so she could recover.
• Seraphina congratulated Ed through the Root Network and told him his advancement had caused a loud commotion.
• Gray repaired his master's damaged gauntlets while Bennett remained unconscious and the two Soul Returners slept nearby.
• Gray went out to investigate a Soul Returner's signature dish, then later gave [Do Some Farm Work] and [Traditional Eccentric Wheel] short blades bearing the Graycast Corridor's emblem.

Gray gave [Do Some Farm Work] and [Traditional Eccentric Wheel] handmade switchblades in gratitude for teaching him mechanical knowledge, then planned to give his repaired gauntlets to Ed. After the two Soul Returners suggested turning his hammer into a ranged-and-melee weapon and shouting catchphrases, Gray was left wondering what they meant by a possible new nickname.

• Gray explained that the switchblades were gifts for the mechanical knowledge [Do Some Farm Work] and [Traditional Eccentric Wheel] had shared with him, and the two accepted them.
• Gray showed them his repaired gauntlets and said he intended to give them to Ed, though [Traditional Eccentric Wheel] pointed out that Ed was a mage.
• Gray said he planned to wield the large wooden hammer beside the Antasia instead of the knives or gauntlets.
• [Do Some Farm Work] and [Traditional Eccentric Wheel] advised Gray to modify the hammer into a ranged weapon and shout catchphrases when striking enemies so he would become famous among the Soul Returners.
• Gray agreed the idea sounded reasonable, then learned that people might not call him Gray.

Gray and the Soul Returners tested a wooden machine for safely neutralizing a Blood Corpse by restraining and disarming it. Afterward, Gray suspected that psionic energy let Graycast Corridor mechanics build machines beyond ordinary limits, which [Do Some Farm Work] compared to quantum mechanics.

• [Do Some Farm Work], [Traditional Eccentric Wheel], and [Diorite] secured a Blood Corpse to a wooden machine while Gray prepared to operate it.
• Gray used the machine to sever the Blood Corpse’s fingers and toes and hold its mouth open while the players pulled out its teeth.
• The group wrapped the Blood Corpse and put it in a coffin-like box, then discussed how the machine could be improved.
• Gray suggested psionic energy allowed Graycast Corridor mechanics to reinforce machines and perform otherwise impossible functions.
• [Do Some Farm Work] joked that psionic energy was the World of Disorder’s answer to quantum mechanics.

[Dark Archmage] explored the forest near Fir City and discovered that someone was talking nearby, but a parasitic plant took root in her nose before she could investigate. She stayed alive and waited for the nearby figures to arrive, hoping to learn more before abandoning her body.

• [Dark Archmage] used a Giant Eucalyptus to sharpen her senses and heard a conversation in the silent forest.
• [Dark Archmage] considered how the Tree Worship Church had failed to scout or coordinate its defenses against the fake Holy Crusaders.
• A seed-bearing tuft of fluff entered [Dark Archmage]'s nose and sprouted, blocking both nostrils.
• [Dark Archmage] prepared to uproot the plant, but it burrowed deeper, and distinct footsteps sounded beside her.

[Dark Archmage], the Soul Returner, was captured by clerics near Fir City and taken to a military camp for questioning. When the Knight Commander said the Holy City knew of Antiya Lisi's misdeeds, [Dark Archmage] reacted with delighted surprise.

• [Dark Archmage] fled from six clerics, who captured her with a net of vines.
• The clerics carried [Dark Archmage] into a plant-built military camp near Fir City.
• The Knight Commander questioned [Dark Archmage] and explained that a reed parasitized her and that her reaction had revealed she was not a trained cleric.
• The Knight Commander said the Holy City had learned of Antiya Lisi's misdeeds and had come to deal with them.
• [Dark Archmage] asked the Knight Commander in delighted surprise whether that was really good news.

[Dark Archmage] used her scripture knowledge to convince Nuolun that she was a qualified cleric, then began exchanging information with the grand knight commander. Meanwhile, [Zhongde] and [Gill's Cuisine]'s fake Holy Crusaders reached Blue Gum Town with their force reduced after leaving players behind to maintain order in captured towns.

• [Dark Archmage] considered fabricating a story for Nuolun and used the map of Aduolin Province to prepare her lie.
• Nuolun tested [Dark Archmage]'s religious knowledge, but [Dark Archmage] recited scripture from the official lore compendium and won an apology.
• Nuolun introduced herself as the grand knight commander of the Fourteenth Knights of the Holy City's Holy Crusaders, and [Dark Archmage] claimed to be a scout from Blue Gum Town.
• [Zhongde] and [Gill's Cuisine] left players behind in each captured town, reducing their fake Holy Crusaders from five hundred to two hundred.
• [Zhongde], [Gill's Cuisine], and Jerry reached Blue Gum Town and reflected on their tactical planning as they saw its bishop hanging in the distance.

[Zhongde] learned that [Dark Archmage] had been captured by a five-hundred-strong Tree Worship Church knight order and agreed to help her with a new deception. Meanwhile, Grand Knight Commander Nuolun questioned [Dark Archmage], learned the rebels were based in Blue Gum Town, and set out to verify her account.

• [Dark Archmage] told [Zhongde] she had been captured, and the two agreed to frame her group as rebels led by Duolin based in Blue Gum Town.
• [Zhongde] recruited [Gill's Cuisine] to impersonate Duolin and Aoda again for another security inspection.
• [Dark Archmage] chose to guide Grand Knight Commander Nuolun's force to Blue Gum Town, hoping to test their loyalties and enlist their help against the Stained Ones.
• Nuolun ended his questioning after extracting [Dark Archmage]'s account, leaving her frustrated that she had learned almost nothing about him.
• Nuolun told his squad leaders that the young bishop Duolin had acted in Blue Gum Town, not White Wax Town, and prepared to verify the information.

After [Dark Archmage] abandoned her captured body and reported the encounter to Ed, he realized that Nuolun's Holy Crusaders were allies investigating the same threats. Ed rewarded the players and prepared to watch Blue Gum Town as the story moved toward a clash between well-meaning forces.

• Nuolun ordered the prisoner kept in custody and redirected her squad to Blue Gum Town after resting overnight.
• [Dark Archmage] abandoned her body, resurrected near the ancient castle, and planned to retrieve equipment before approaching Fir City again.
• [Dark Archmage] met Ed and reported the encounter, and Ed watched the replay of her interrogation.
• Ed deduced that Nuolun and her Holy Crusaders were Pure Ones sent to aid Duolin, though the players had mistaken them for suspicious outsiders.
• Ed told [Dark Archmage] he would watch Blue Gum Town and awarded her and 201 other players a future custom action, along with compensation.

[Dark Archmage] learned that Ed had reimbursed her losses and headed for Blue Gum Town to investigate Nuolun. As Nuolun’s Holy Crusaders arrived at the town, [Zhongde] and the players prepared to judge their strength and screen them for allies, while Nuolun’s symbiotic reeds spread around the walls.

• Ed reimbursed [Dark Archmage] for the assets she had lost when she killed herself, and she shared her information with [Zhongde] and the others before setting out for Blue Gum Town.
• Nuolun ordered her Holy Crusaders to prepare to march and used rapidly growing reeds to gather information across the surrounding area.
• Two days later, [Zhongde] and the players prepared a staged defense of Blue Gum Town and planned to screen the approaching Holy Crusaders for Pure Ones and Stained Ones.
• The Holy Crusaders reached the outskirts of Blue Gum Town, and [Zhongde] and [Gill's Cuisine] observed their discipline and bloodstained uniforms.
• Nuolun's reed seeds spread to the town walls and began growing among the Blood Corpses, while Ed considered taking advantage of her symbiotic plants but held back.

Ed joined the players at Blue Gum Town to test his combat strength and reassure them, while Nuolun arrived with the Holy Crusaders Fourteenth Knights. After learning her prisoner had died, Nuolun agreed to the town’s security inspection and led her troops inside.

• Ed stayed in Blue Gum Town with the players while the Holy Crusaders Fourteenth Knights approached.
• Nuolun learned that the prisoner had died and ordered her squadron leader to keep the body safe so she could report the negligence to Bishop Duolin.
• [Zhongde] had the defenders demand a security inspection for bite marks and warned that the First Knights had been sent back to Fir City for refusing one.
• Nuolun confirmed [Zhongde]’s Territory Secret Pact and agreed to the inspection.
• Nuolun led five hundred Holy Crusaders through Blue Gum Town’s gates, and [Zhongde] remarked that she was braver than Motley.

Ed questioned Grand Knight Commander Nuolun in Blue Gum Town, but the code phrase exposed him as a Fallen One and triggered her attempt to escape and protect her troops. The chapter ended with Nuolun attacking Ed and her sword lodging in his wooden arm.

• Nuolun entered Blue Gum Town, where players led some of her five hundred Holy Crusaders away while the rest waited and began removing their armor.
• Ed questioned Nuolun about her identity, departure from the Holy City, and encounters with Blood Corpses.
• When Ed said the code phrase “Stained with sin,” Nuolun recognized him as a Fallen One and rushed for the door.
• Ed sealed the door with ivy vines, while Nuolun snapped her fingers and caused the reed seed heads outside town to burst and scatter fluff toward the walls.
• Nuolun attacked Ed, but her sword could not pierce his resilient beechwood arm.

Ed tested Nuolun’s combat ability and revealed that he could quickly regenerate a severed hand using Boston ivy. He drove her into a corner with unorthodox swordplay, leaving her to reassess his apparent knowledge of seminary swordsmanship.

• Nuolun’s feints severed Ed’s left hand, but Boston ivy tendrils pulled it back onto his wrist, startling her.
• Nuolun overcame her fear and held her ground, taking a defensive stance as Ed grew an iron birch blade.
• Ed adopted a standard seminary swordsmanship opening stance, which Nuolun recognized despite doubting that he had learned it properly.
• Ed attacked with heavily modified moves, using Boston ivy to control his sword and force Nuolun back toward a corner.
• After Ed threw and retrieved his sword several times, Nuolun revised her judgment, deciding he seemed to have only sat in on the lesson about the opening stance.

Ed cornered Nuolun, but she unleashed Blood-Seeking Pampas Grass, whose seeds parasitized him and drained his vitality. As the grass revealed its abilities to Ed, he began to awaken his own power, leaving Nuolun puzzled and alarmed.

• Ed pressured Nuolun into a corner and slashed open her sleeve, exposing that she had not yet used her symbiotic plant.
• Nuolun released a storm of reed plumes that obscured her and sent seeds seeking out Ed to take root and drain his vitality.
• Little Green notified Ed that it had collected the Blood-Seeking Pampas Grass gene, and Ed learned the plant's abilities.
• Nuolun saw Ed covered in parasitic seeds and planned to weaken him before capturing him alive.
• Ed's sapling glowed beneath his hood as his eyes turned more intensely green, and Nuolun grew puzzled and alarmed.