Chapter Summaries

Three months into the apocalypse, Chen Fan traveled with a convoy through a fog-heavy area and scavenged a village for supplies. After finding a hidden cellar stocked with cured pork and Maotai, he drew the attention of Sister Liangzi and her companion, then headed toward a coffin shop.

• Chen Fan rode with a convoy through a dangerous stretch of stationary fog while survivors hurried to keep up.
• The convoy reached a village, where its leader gave everyone two and a half hours to scavenge in exchange for a portion of food.
• Chen Fan found an empty shop and several already-ransacked houses before discovering a concealed cellar with a cured pork leg and bottles of Maotai.
• A frail young man told Sister Liangzi that Chen Fan had found valuable food and liquor, and she decided to follow him.
• After searching more empty houses, Chen Fan spotted a shop called “Funeral Encyclopedia” and headed toward it, hoping to improve his luck.

Chen Fan entered a funeral supply shop to scavenge food but ran into Sister Liangzi, a powerful convoy member who demanded his cured pork leg and then tried to force him to stay with her. After Chen Fan attacked her and was knocked into severed monster parts, he awakened as a transcendent and received an offer to refine the monster materials.

• Chen Fan searched the funeral shop for food and found a severed monster head and claw inside.
• Sister Liangzi and a skinny young man entered, and Liangzi demanded Chen Fan's cured pork leg in exchange for her protection.
• Chen Fan offered Liangzi the pork leg, liquor, and a promise to visit her vehicle, then tried to leave.
• Liangzi stopped Chen Fan and insisted on having her way with him in the shop, despite his attempts to evade her.
• Chen Fan attacked Liangzi with a wrench and a watermelon knife, but she knocked him into the monster remains.
• Chen Fan awakened as the Immortal Master of the Artifact Dao, and a prompt offered to refine the tier-two monster materials.

After awakening the Artifact Refining Furnace, Chen Fan refined parts of a second-tier monster but discovered the furnace could not withstand Sister Liangzi’s attack. Cornered in a shop, he transformed a soul-guiding banner into the Ten Thousand Souls Banner and unleashed it against her.

• Chen Fan awakened the Artifact Refining Furnace and refined the dog monster’s head and claw into 200 points of primordial artifact materials.
• Sister Liangzi pressed Chen Fan for information about his supernatural ability’s price, then charged him with her baseball bat.
• Chen Fan threw the furnace at Sister Liangzi, but it was knocked away, leaving him to retreat and improvise.
• Chen Fan touched a soul-guiding banner and used 100 points of primordial artifact materials to refine it into the low-grade Ten Thousand Souls Banner.
• The Ten Thousand Souls Banner released pitch-black yin energy that wrapped around Sister Liangzi and swept toward her.

Chen Fan used the Ten Thousand Souls Banner to harvest souls and the Endless Black Coffin to turn a dead man into an iron-armored corpse. After he attacked Sister Liangzi and three members of her convoy, a pack of fast-moving zombies charged into the alley.

• Chen Fan killed the young man with the Ten Thousand Souls Banner and captured his soul, while Sister Liangzi escaped through the shop's glass door.
• Chen Fan refined a nanmu coffin into the low-grade artifact Endless Black Coffin and sealed the young man's body inside to transform it into an iron-armored corpse.
• Chen Fan caught up with Sister Liangzi on his yellow bike and struck her with the banner again, leaving her collapsed and barely conscious.
• Two convoy cars arrived, and Chen Fan's yin energy struck the man in sunglasses and the sinister man with Snake Hand, while their companion Xiao Lin's soul attacked them.
• The injured man in sunglasses warned Chen Fan that the convoy had been fleeing before more than a dozen fast-moving zombies charged into the alley.

Chen Fan defeated the convoy’s three first-tier transcendents and the zombies, then gained supplies and ways to strengthen himself from the bodies and souls. As he drove to take charge of the convoy, he realized he did not know how its former leaders had predicted danger or chosen safe routes.

• Chen Fan used the Ten Thousand Souls Banner and Xiao Lin to capture the zombies’ souls, then had Sister Liangzi’s ghost devour the man in sunglasses and the sullen man.
• Chen Fan refined a zombie corpse for Origin Artifact Materials and stored six corpses in black coffins to turn into iron-armored zombies.
• Chen Fan refined zombie souls and the sullen man’s corpse into a Soul Pearl and a Blood Pearl, which restored his mental and physical strength.
• Chen Fan transferred supplies into the sullen man’s SUV and drove toward the village’s edge to take charge of the convoy.
• Chen Fan realized the convoy had previously relied on a way to predict danger and select safe routes, but he did not know how to do it.

Chen Fan returned to the convoy after killing its extraordinary leaders and declared himself its new captain, forcing the survivors to accept his rule. He recruited Yan Kuan as his deputy and Sun Hong as his driver, then asked Yan Kuan how the convoy had predicted danger and chosen its route.

• Chen Fan drove back alone and announced that he had killed the convoy’s extraordinary people and would take command.
• A former captain’s lover called for revenge, so Chen Fan had Xiao Lin drag her soul into the Ten Thousand Souls Banner.
• Chen Fan appointed Yan Kuan, who had been close to Old Zhao, as his deputy after the other drivers backed down.
• Chen Fan traded his SUV for Sun Hong’s bus and took Sun Hong on as his driver.
• Chen Fan told Yan Kuan his expectations and asked how the convoy had predicted danger and chosen its direction, leaving Yan Kuan surprised that he did not know.

Chen Fan met Qian Lei, the convoy’s delivery rider and second transcendent, and learned that his ability provided guidance and food but required him to keep smiling. After Qian Lei revealed that Zhao’s snake could also sense danger, Chen Fan considered refining an artifact for danger detection and realized he might be able to do something himself.

• Chen Fan learned from Yan Kuan that the convoy’s guide was a delivery rider who stayed apart from the group, then ordered Yan Kuan to bring him over and gather supplies.
• Qian Lei arrived on his scooter, and Chen Fan introduced his artifact-refining ability before asking about Qian Lei’s powers.
• Qian Lei explained that [Super Delivery Rider] let him ride motor vehicles without spending energy, sense safer routes, and receive three group-order meals daily, but forced him to keep smiling whenever he used it.
• Chen Fan asked Qian Lei to continue guiding the convoy while allowing him to return and rest, but Qian Lei said he preferred staying on his own.
• Qian Lei told Chen Fan that Zhao’s [Snake Hand] could also sense nearby danger through its green snake.
• Chen Fan considered refining an artifact to detect danger, examined his available materials, and suddenly realized he could do something himself.

Chen Fan discovered that the Ten Thousand Souls Banner preserved the supernatural abilities of souls he refined, then led the convoy onward as Qian Lei sensed worsening danger. The Living Fog appeared behind them, and Old Zhao’s Snake Hand warned that the convoy faced a potentially deadly threat.

• Chen Fan summoned Old Zhao’s yin soul and realized the Ten Thousand Souls Banner had preserved Old Zhao’s Snake Hand.
• Yan Kuan collected supplies from the convoy, and Chen Fan ordered everyone to set out.
• Qian Lei warned that danger was approaching, so Chen Fan told Sun Hong to speed up, leaving slower travelers behind.
• Chen Fan inspected the collected supplies on the bus and discovered that the Living Fog was sweeping toward the convoy.
• Chen Fan summoned Old Zhao’s yin soul, whose agitated Snake Hand signaled that they were in grave danger.

Chen Fan’s convoy was trapped in deadly fog filled with giant bugs, and he used the Ten Thousand Souls Banner to defend the people in the bus. As the swarm overwhelmed them and Qian Lei joined the passengers, Chen Fan prepared to refine his watermelon knife into a magic weapon.

• The fog swallowed the convoy’s rear travelers, and giant bugs killed the survivors on foot before moving on to the cyclists.
• Qian Lei reported fog ahead, returned to Chen Fan’s bus, and rode just ahead of it as the convoy entered the fog.
• Chen Fan sent Old Zhao’s yin soul to scout, then used the Ten Thousand Souls Banner to kill a bug that landed on the bus.
• A swarm shattered the bus’s windshield and flooded inside, while Chen Fan’s yin qi shielded himself, Sun Hong, and Yan Kuan.
• Qian Lei abandoned his scooter and crawled under the bus seats to escape the bugs, and Chen Fan took out his watermelon knife to refine it into the Spirit Refining Sword.

Chen Fan and his companions fought their way through a fog full of giant insects, joined forces with Li Yuanyuan, and escaped onto a desolate road. Afterward, Chen Fan salvaged the insect corpses and learned Li Yuanyuan’s name and transcendent ability.

• Chen Fan wielded the Spirit Refining Sword and fought alongside the Ten Thousand Souls Banner’s yin souls while Yan Kuan and Qian Lei helped repel the insects.
• Sun Hong nearly collided with a motorcyclist in the fog, and the rider, Li Yuanyuan, joined the bus after Chen Fan asked her to help fight.
• Li Yuanyuan used her martial skills and Eighteen Dragon-Subduing Palms to clear groups of insects as the bus kept moving forward.
• After more than twenty minutes, Chen Fan and the others escaped the fog and killed the insects that followed them out.
• Chen Fan refined some insect corpses into Origin Artifact Materials and stored the rest in a black coffin, while Li Yuanyuan watched.
• Chen Fan introduced himself and his ability, and Li Yuanyuan introduced herself as a transcendent with the ability [Wuxia Master].

Chen Fan recruited Li Yuanyuan into his convoy, and the survivors replaced their damaged bus with a cargo van and a scooter before stopping for the night. As another convoy approached, Chen Fan and the others grew wary of what the encounter might bring.

• Chen Fan invited Li Yuanyuan to join his convoy, and she accepted, then greeted Yan Kuan, Sun Hong, and Qian Lei.
• Chen Fan sent Qian Lei to guide them toward a safe resting place and told Sun Hong to look for a replacement vehicle.
• Li Yuanyuan used her power to clear debris and explained her martial arts background, then challenged Chen Fan to spar, prompting him to suspect that fighting might be the cost of her power.
• The convoy found a working Huolala cargo van and a scooter for Qian Lei, whose power made the scooter run and produced a delivery box.
• After traveling for more than two hours, the convoy stopped in the wilderness to rest for the night, but another convoy approached and made them uneasy.

Chen Fan’s small convoy encountered a much larger group led by four transcendents and agreed to share a roadside rest area. After the other group proposed trading and then invited Chen Fan’s people to join them, Chen Fan bristled at the idea of becoming a subordinate.

• Chen Fan recognized that Qian Lei’s danger-sensing ability and the Myriad Souls Banner could not reliably protect the convoy at all times.
• A convoy of more than twenty vehicles arrived, led by a bespectacled man accompanied by a sword-carrying woman, a cloaked woman, and a towering panda man.
• The bespectacled man proposed that the groups rest on separate sides of the safe area, and Chen Fan agreed while asking them to keep their distance.
• Chen Fan’s five-person group cooked and ate dried noodles with preserved meat while the much larger convoy settled in nearby.
• The bespectacled man asked Chen Fan to trade supplies, but Chen Fan said his group had nothing to trade.
• The bespectacled man invited Chen Fan’s group to join his convoy, and Chen Fan inwardly rejected the prospect of becoming a subordinate.

Chen Fan considered joining another convoy, then discovered that he could not use a middle-grade magic artifact until he reached tier two. After Qian Lei sensed danger approaching, Chen Fan arranged for their group to travel with the other convoy, and they set out together.

• Chen Fan declined the other convoy's offer to join, but Li Yuanyuan and Qian Lei reassured him that he would remain their captain.
• Chen Fan tried to refine the Ten Thousand Souls Banner into a middle-grade artifact, but soul pain revealed that he needed to reach tier two first.
• Chen Fan swallowed two blood beads, felt his body gradually grow stronger, and used Old Zhao's ghost and Snake Hand to check for danger.
• Qian Lei woke Chen Fan after sensing a threat, and Chen Fan agreed with his group to travel alongside the other convoy.
• Chen Fan asked the bespectacled leader to team up and pointed out that Qian Lei could lead the way; the man agreed.

Chen Fan’s convoy was attacked by Shadow Weirds, which appeared throughout the vehicles and killed survivors by devouring their souls. Chen Fan and his spirit forces killed one, while the sword-bearing girl continued fighting another.

• Qian Lei sensed that the approaching danger had become an immediate threat, and the convoy pressed on through the night.
• Zhang Dazhuang struck a Shadow Weird with his Mustang, but it passed through the car and devoured his soul.
• The sword-bearing girl attacked a Shadow Weird with her crimson sword, injuring it but failing to kill it as more Shadow Weirds threw the convoy into chaos.
• Chen Fan sent insect souls and Lao Mo after another Shadow Weird, then met the man in glasses and the panda man while the spirits attacked it.
• Lao Mo killed the Shadow Weird with a soul flying axe, while the sword-bearing girl drew her blue sword and charged the remaining creature.

Chen Fan and the bespectacled man's convoy rested together after defeating the Shadow Weirds, whose drops Chen Fan identified as Nightmare Remnant Souls and refined into materials. The next morning, the bespectacled man invited Chen Fan, Li Yuanyuan, and Qian Lei to breakfast and proposed an alliance between their convoys.

• The young woman killed a Shadow Weird with her blue and red swords, collected its remnant soul, and Chen Fan refined another Shadow Weird's drop into 100 origin artifact materials.
• Chen Fan agreed to rest with the bespectacled man's convoy, left a concealed giant insect yin soul to watch over his group, and slept until morning.
• The bespectacled man's convoy prepared to depart, and Zhou Yuanchen invited Chen Fan and his companions to breakfast on the captain's behalf.
• Chen Fan, Li Yuanyuan, and Qian Lei joined the bespectacled man and the other supernatural leaders for a meal.
• The bespectacled man proposed that Chen Fan's convoy and his own form an alliance.

Chen Fan formed a loose alliance with Nie Shufeng’s Fairness Convoy, then both groups introduced their supernatural abilities. Chen Fan named his group the Mortal Convoy and agreed to trade Zheng Alin an artifact for eerie materials, while the introductions continued.

• Chen Fan accepted Nie Shufeng’s proposal for an alliance that let both convoys remain independent while promising mutual aid in danger.
• Nie Shufeng introduced himself as the captain of the Fairness Convoy and revealed his [Vajra Calabash Brothers] power; Wu Zhiyou, Zheng Alin, and Wang Bing also described their abilities.
• Chen Fan named his convoy the Mortal Convoy and demonstrated his [Immortal Master of the Artifact Dao] power by briefly summoning three artifacts.
• Zheng Alin asked Chen Fan to refine a defensive artifact, and he agreed to trade one for two pieces of eerie material, returning half if the attempt failed.
• Li Yuanyuan introduced his [Wuxia Master] ability, and Wu Zhiyou suggested the convoy rename itself the Immortal Martial Convoy.

Chen Fan returned from the Fairness Convoy with weird materials and a walkie-talkie, then set out with them on the road. His attempt to create a masterless Dharma artifact failed, but he kept the Nightmare Remnant Soul and refined it into the Nightmare Battle Cloud.

• Chen Fan met Zheng Alin, Wu Zhiyou, and the others, then returned to his convoy with her materials and a walkie-talkie.
• Chen Fan found Yan Kuan and Sun Hong stuffed with leftover noodles, told them to pack up, and joined the convoy as it departed at nine.
• Chen Fan compared Qian Lei's forward scouting ability with the Fairness Convoy's ranged perception and decided to weigh both when traveling.
• Chen Fan refined a drinking glass into the Golden Light Glazed Shield, but discovered his Dharma artifacts could not be made masterless because they depended on his ability.
• Chen Fan kept Zheng Alin's Nightmare Remnant Soul, returned the fiery bead, and refined the remnant soul into the low-grade Dharma artifact Nightmare Battle Cloud.

Chen Fan crafted the Nightmare Battle Cloud, then learned that his soul could control no more than five artifacts. The convoy chose to detour to a gas station for fuel, where Qian Lei found a fuel tank but was confronted by an unfamiliar convoy.

• Chen Fan examined the Nightmare Battle Cloud and discovered its flight, concealment, defensive, and nightmare-inducing abilities.
• Chen Fan tried to refine a bottle of mineral water but stopped when his soul could no longer handle another artifact.
• Chen Fan and the convoy voted to turn right and refuel at a nearby gas station.
• Qian Lei rode ahead, found fuel in the station's storage tank, and prepared to report back.
• More than a dozen unfamiliar vehicles arrived at the gas station as Qian Lei looked up.

Qian Lei tried to bluff the Butcher Convoy into leaving the gas station while waiting for Chen Fan and the Fairness Convoy. Chen Fan arrived and killed the Butcher Convoy’s leader and fighters with the Ten Thousand Souls Banner, leaving the survivors behind in panic.

• Qian Lei warned Chen Fan that the Butcher Convoy was approaching the gas station, and Chen Fan ordered him to stall them for ten minutes.
• Qian Lei claimed the gas station and threatened the Butcher Convoy, making its bald leader hesitate before he ordered Xiao Feng to attack.
• A yin-energy axe killed Xiao Feng, and Chen Fan arrived with Li Yuanyuan and the Fairness Convoy.
• Chen Fan sent Sister Liangzi’s yin soul into the bald leader, killing him, then used the Ten Thousand Souls Banner to wipe out the Butcher Convoy members who attacked.
• Chen Fan collected the corpses with the Endless Black Coffin as the Butcher Convoy survivors panicked, believing a strange entity had appeared.

After killing the Butcher Convoy’s captain, Chen Fan took its supplies and accepted its survivors into the Mortal Convoy. He claimed an RV for himself, assigned vehicles to his convoy’s core members, and waited for everyone to finish gathering supplies as Wang Bing examined a glowing crystal ball.

• Chen Fan trapped the Butcher Convoy’s survivors with the Ten Thousand Souls Banner, then told Nie Shufeng he had killed their captain after the captain’s men bullied their guide.
• Chen Fan and Li Yuanyuan inspected the survivors’ vehicles, gathered supplies from ten of them, and claimed an RV that belonged to Rongrong, who stayed to drive it.
• Li Yuanyuan chose an orange-yellow Ranger pickup, and Chen Fan let her keep the vehicle and its supplies.
• Zhao Duotian asked to join the Mortal Convoy, and Chen Fan accepted the survivors on the condition that they hand over ten percent of their supplies.
• Chen Fan arranged the vehicles and assigned Sun Hong to drive the supply van and Rongrong to drive the RV.
• Wang Bing swept her hands over a crystal ball in her BMW SUV, and its faint white glow accompanied her increasingly grim expression.