Recaps

Su Mu’s Little Drill Wind was caught by a Forced Battle Scroll and dragged into an A-rank dungeon themed around Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio. Su Mu refused to join the battle and fled, while Little Drill Wind faced a level-23 Many-Faced Man and its faceless allies.

• Su Mu realized that the nearby dungeon masters were using a Forced Battle Scroll and sent Little Drill Wind running while he headed toward the nest.
• The pursuers sensed Little Drill Wind and used another Forced Battle Scroll to pull him into their dungeon.
• Su Mu refused the option to join the fight, fearing the unknown strength of the enemy dungeon, and continued fleeing.
• Little Drill Wind landed in a strange gray-white world filled with layered membranes and faceless figures.
• A Many-Faced Man emerged, and Su Mu received its level-23 appraisal, including its combat index of 47,353 and the dungeon’s combat value of 142,154.

Su Mu realized Little Drill Wind’s full SSS-rank strength had returned inside the dungeon and dwarfed the Many-Faced Man. After its attacks failed, the opponent recognized Little Drill Wind was not a core card and began to suspect Su Mu was not truly level 10, just as Little Drill Wind moved.

• Su Mu compared Little Drill Wind’s combat index with the Many-Faced Man’s and judged that level suppression could not overcome the gap.
• Su Mu assessed that the Many-Faced Man’s skills used the idea of faces rather than the deeper horror of The Painted Skin.
• The Many-Faced Man attacked Little Drill Wind with a giant mist palm, but Little Drill Wind’s health did not change.
• The Many-Faced Man struck again with dozens of corrosive palms, and Little Drill Wind blocked every attack with his demonic aura.
• The Many-Faced Man appraised Little Drill Wind repeatedly, discovered his SSS rank, and realized he was not a core card.
• The Many-Faced Man suspected Su Mu was not really level 10, but Little Drill Wind moved before it could think further.

Little Drill Wind killed the Many-Faced Man in three slashes, and Su Mu used Forced Recall to retrieve him from the dungeon. Su Mu then reached the crowded entrance to the Land of Buried Bones, where dungeon teams gathered to recruit members.

• Little Drill Wind predicted the Many-Faced Man’s dodge and wounded him with a slash.
• Little Drill Wind destroyed the Many-Faced Man’s core node and killed him before Puppet Replacement could activate.
• Little Drill Wind collected the Many-Faced Man’s dropped cards, fragments, and skill book, then ran away from Su Mu.
• Su Mu activated Forced Recall when Little Drill Wind was nearly two kilometers away, retrieving him with weakened attributes.
• Su Mu ran to the Land of Buried Bones entrance and passed groups of dungeon masters recruiting for parties.

Su Mu entered the normal difficulty Land of Buried Bones alone despite being level ten and having an F-rank core card. Inside, he faced a first wave of dozens of level-fifteen skeleton soldiers as the horde began to move.

• Dungeon masters outside the nest noticed Su Mu’s low level and questioned whether he could survive the Land of Buried Bones alone.
• Su Mu selected normal difficulty and entered the nest, prompting onlookers to debate his chances and his special Journey to the West theme.
• Su Mu surveyed the graveyard-like dungeon and appraised the level-fifteen Buried Bones Skeleton Soldiers ahead.
• Su Mu estimated that the first wave contained seventy or eighty skeleton soldiers, and the horde began to move.

Su Mu watched Little Drill Wind annihilate a wave of skeletons at Lion Camel Ridge, earning far more Momentum Points than he had from grinding goblins. While Little Drill Wind continued fighting, Su Mu examined the killer’s dropped cards and found a disguise item that could help him develop humanoid creature cards.

• Little Drill Wind charged through the skeletons’ coordinated formation and destroyed all seventy or eighty enemies in under a minute.
• Su Mu calculated that the skeletons had yielded seven or eight hundred Momentum Points, enough for one use of Years Like a Blade.
• As Little Drill Wind fought the next wave, Su Mu examined the cards dropped by the person who had tried to kill him.
• Su Mu found ghost-type cards and a Yaksha Fork that could help fill out the Underworld portion of his Journey to the West world.
• Su Mu discovered Thousand-Faced Skin, a D-rank disguise card that let humanoid or humanlike creature cards switch between their original and a preset appearance.

Su Mu continued grinding through the Land of Buried Bones, gained a level, and collected remains to build his future Underworld. The fifth wave brought a Skeleton Centurion whose command sent a force of skeletons toward Flower-Fruit Mountain.

• Su Mu decided not to investigate the hunted person and focused instead on leveling up and developing his cards.
• Little Drill Wind destroyed the third and fourth waves of skeletons, and Su Mu reached level 11.
• Su Mu realized he could anchor the skeleton remains in his Dungeon Space and use them to build Lion Camel Ridge or a future Underworld scene.
• A level 17 Skeleton Centurion appeared with the fifth wave and reorganized the skeleton horde.
• The centurion sent one group to engage Little Drill Wind while another group broke away and headed toward Flower-Fruit Mountain.

Su Mu discovered that monsters in wild nests could split their forces and target the unprotected Stone Left Over from Mending Heaven, while Little Drill Wind defeated the fifth wave and cleared the next four. In the tenth wave, a Burial Corpse King held Little Drill Wind back as more than two hundred skeletons surged toward Flower-Fruit Mountain.

• Su Mu realized the fifth wave’s skeletons had identified the Stone Left Over from Mending Heaven as the core card and sent part of their force toward Flower-Fruit Mountain.
• Little Drill Wind wiped out the skeletons and centurion on the main battlefield, then caught and destroyed the group attacking the core card.
• Su Mu resolved to bring out Sun Wukong and find another demon king to defend the core card; Little Drill Wind’s weakened state then expired.
• Little Drill Wind defeated the sixth through ninth waves while Su Mu gathered bone materials at the foot of Lion Camel Ridge.
• A level-seventeen Burial Corpse King appeared in the tenth wave and attacked Little Drill Wind while more than two hundred skeletons bypassed the battle and headed for Flower-Fruit Mountain.

Su Mu and Little Drill Wind defeated the Corpse King and cleared the Land of Buried Bones, earning Su Mu two levels and an E-rank skill card. After leaving, Su Mu ignored the crowd’s speculation and entered the dungeon’s hard mode.

• Little Drill Wind killed the Corpse King and cut through the skeleton soldiers attacking Flower-Fruit Mountain.
• Su Mu collected the Corpse King's E-rank Skeleton Summoning skill card, then left the dungeon.
• Onlookers noticed Su Mu had risen from level ten to level twelve and speculated about how he had survived the dungeon.
• Su Mu decided normal dungeons no longer offered enough experience or rewards and entered the hard mode of the Land of Buried Bones.
• The burly, bearded man and a hooded young man decided to wait and see whether Su Mu would return from hard mode.

Su Mu and Little Drill Wind fought through the hard-difficulty Land of Buried Bones, gaining experience and Momentum Points as the waves grew tougher. After using Years Like a Blade on the Stone Left Over from Mending Heaven, Su Mu raised the skill’s proficiency to Level 2 and increased its effects.

• Little Drill Wind swiftly wiped out the first nine waves of skeletons while Su Mu collected experience and materials.
• The tenth wave introduced elite skeleton soldiers and Skeleton Centurions, forcing Little Drill Wind to fight more carefully.
• After an hour of fighting, Su Mu and Little Drill Wind reached level thirteen, and Little Drill Wind cleared the later waves as the monsters grew stronger.
• Su Mu used Years Like a Blade nearly seven times during the later waves, accumulating Momentum Points.
• Su Mu spent a thousand Momentum Points to use Years Like a Blade on the Stone Left Over from Mending Heaven, raising the skill to Level 2 and shortening its cooldown to eight minutes.

Su Mu and Little Drill Wind defeated the Burial Corpse King and cleared the hard dungeon’s fifteenth wave. Su Mu found a glowing card among the corpse king’s remains.

• Su Mu realized that Years Like a Blade’s proficiency had increased, doubling how quickly it aged nonliving objects.
• The Burial Corpse King appeared and split its elite skeletons into groups, sending one toward Flower-Fruit Mountain and its unprotected core card.
• Su Mu ordered Little Drill Wind to attack the Burial Corpse King, who fought back with bone claws, Bone Storm, and commands that sent skeletons on a suicidal charge.
• Little Drill Wind exploited the corpse king’s weak neck joint, destroyed its skull, and killed the skeletons threatening Flower-Fruit Mountain.
• Su Mu confirmed that he had cleared the hard dungeon and found an eerie green card among the corpse king’s remains.

Su Mu defeated the Burial Corpse King in the hard dungeon and returned at level thirteen, earning the crowd’s respect. Unable to challenge the hell difficulty because he was below level fifteen, he rested and used Soul Power to create White Tiger Ridge as a buffer for Flower-Fruit Mountain, planning to summon the White Bone Spirit after midnight.

• Su Mu collected the Burial Corpse King Card and the hard dungeon’s materials, then worried that Flower-Fruit Mountain’s exposed core card could be destroyed in a more difficult dungeon.
• Su Mu exited the dungeon at level thirteen, and the onlookers admired his progress through the hard dungeon.
• Su Mu tried to enter the hell-difficulty challenge but was blocked by the level fifteen requirement.
• Su Mu rested and entered the Dungeon Space, where he spent ten Soul Power to create White Tiger Ridge beside Flower-Fruit Mountain and Lion Camel Ridge.
• Su Mu planned to restore his Soul Power after midnight and attempt to bring the White Bone Spirit into being.

Su Mu recovered his Soul Power in one minute, embedded the Corpse King Card, and named its mountain White Tiger Ridge and its demon Corpse Demon White Bone Spirit. The name raised her to D-rank, but her low affinity with the White Bone Spirit concept restricted her growth, so Su Mu began reshaping her skeletal form.

• Su Mu meditated and restored his Soul Power to its 210-point maximum in one minute.
• Su Mu embedded the Corpse King Card on a new mountain in his Dungeon Space, spending 30 Soul Power.
• Su Mu named the mountain White Tiger Ridge, then named the skeletal giant Corpse Demon White Bone Spirit.
• The Corpse Demon White Bone Spirit rose from E-rank to D-rank, but her panel warned that her low affinity with the concept restricted her growth.
• Su Mu recalled the White Bone Spirit's three transformations and began compressing the giant's bones into a more humanoid form.

Su Mu reshaped the Corpse Demon White Bone Spirit and used the Thousand-Faced Skin to give her a human form resembling Lady White Bone. Her compatibility rose to a high degree and her rank increased to SS, leaving her ready to grow further.

• Su Mu spent a hundred Soul Power to refine White Bone Spirit’s bones and soul flames into a more elegant, moonlit skeletal form.
• Su Mu checked White Bone Spirit’s panel and found her at S-rank with moderate compatibility with the concept of White Bone Spirit.
• Su Mu equipped the Thousand-Faced Skin and entered the appearance of a beautiful mountain village maiden.
• White Bone Spirit switched to human form, and her compatibility rose to a high degree as her rank increased to SS.

Su Mu discovered that adding bones to Lion Camel Ridge gave Little Drill Wind a 20% terrain boost, while bones on White Tiger Ridge did nothing for White Bone Spirit. He planned to enter the nightmare dungeon to gain resources and improve Years Like a Blade, bringing him closer to turning the Stone Left Over from Mending Heaven into a Stone Monkey.

• Su Mu tried decorating White Tiger Ridge with bones to improve White Bone Spirit, but her attributes did not change.
• Su Mu realized White Bone Spirit's true form was a specific set of remains, removed the bones, and fixed them to Lion Camel Ridge instead.
• Lion Camel Ridge's corpse-and-bone terrain raised Little Drill Wind's attributes by 20%.
• Su Mu considered adding more elements from the mountain of corpses and sea of blood to strengthen Little Drill Wind further.
• Su Mu reviewed his progress with Years Like a Blade and concluded he could advance the Stone Left Over from Mending Heaven faster than expected.
• Su Mu saved his remaining Soul Power and prepared to enter the nightmare dungeon.

Su Mu met Shen Shishi, who thanked him for killing the Many-Faced Man and gave him a Shadow Concealment Badge to protect his information. After recording their exchange and equipping the badge, Su Mu headed for the entrance to the Land of Buried Bones.

• Shen Shishi identified Su Mu's core card and asked how he had defeated the level-twenty B-rank Many-Faced Man.
• Shen Shishi explained that the Many-Faced Man had been hunting her and said she wanted to thank Su Mu.
• Shen Shishi pointed out that Su Mu's information was easy to probe and tossed him a Shadow Concealment Badge before leaving with the woman in white robes.
• Su Mu appraised the badge, recorded the encounter, picked it up, and equipped it to conceal his level and core card details.
• Su Mu turned and headed toward the entrance to the Land of Buried Bones.

Su Mu entered the nightmare Land of Buried Bones and fought its waves of powerful skeleton soldiers with Little Drill Wind and White Bone Spirit. White Bone Spirit rapidly rose from level one to level eight by the end of the eighth wave.

• Su Mu ignored the onlookers and selected the nightmare difficulty at the Land of Buried Bones entrance.
• The first nightmare wave consisted of 150 level-eighteen skeleton soldiers that split into coordinated groups to attack.
• Little Drill Wind charged into the skeletons while White Bone Spirit used Soul Flames to weaken groups of them.
• White Bone Spirit rose from level one to level four over four waves, then reached level seven after the fourth wave was cleared.
• White Bone Spirit's Soul Flames helped Little Drill Wind clear the fifth through eighth waves faster, and she reached level eight after the eighth wave.

Su Mu used White Bone Spirit to hold off the skeletons attacking Flower-Fruit Mountain while Little Drill Wind fought the Burial Corpse King. The battle continued as Little Drill Wind evaded the Corpse King's attacks and searched for an opening.

• White Bone Spirit swept a broad curtain of gray-white fire across the mountain path, destroying skeletons trying to reach Flower-Fruit Mountain.
• Little Drill Wind and White Bone Spirit crushed the first nine waves of monsters, with Little Drill Wind killing elites and White Bone Spirit guarding against flanking attacks.
• The level 22 S-rank Burial Corpse King emerged and sent skeletons in two groups, including a force racing toward Flower-Fruit Mountain.
• Su Mu ordered White Bone Spirit to stop the flankers and Little Drill Wind to attack the Corpse King.
• White Bone Spirit held the flankers back while Little Drill Wind dodged the Corpse King's claws, struck its crown, and evaded its bone storm.

Su Mu and his summoned fighters cleared the nightmare dungeon, defeating the Corpse King and surviving all fifteen waves. The Stone Left Over from Mending Heaven reached C-rank, and Su Mu emerged at level fourteen to find the watching dungeon masters impressed by his achievement.

• Little Drill Wind exploited the weak joint in the Corpse King's neck while White Bone Spirit burned its skeleton forces, and together they killed the boss and cleared the remaining waves.
• Su Mu used Years Like a Blade fifty times, raising its proficiency and nourishing the Stone Left Over from Mending Heaven until it reached C-rank and gained the essence of the sun and moon.
• Su Mu, Little Drill Wind, and White Bone Spirit gained levels, and Su Mu collected a Corpse King Card, a bone blade, and other materials from the dungeon.
• Su Mu left the nightmare dungeon at level fourteen, prompting the onlookers to recognize his strength and replace their mockery with admiration.
• Su Mu ignored the crowd and sat beside a quiet rock on the outskirts.

Su Mu reshaped White Bone Spirit’s weapon into a compatible bone whip, boosting her combat abilities, then left the Land of Buried Bones. Shen Shishi watched him go and decided to deal with the people pursuing her before they could endanger him.

• Su Mu equipped White Bone Spirit with a bone saber, then tested several weapon forms to improve her combat index.
• Su Mu transformed the saber into a bone whip, which strengthened White Bone Spirit’s stats and expanded her group attacks.
• Su Mu considered how to further improve White Bone Spirit and left the Land of Buried Bones.
• Shen Shishi watched Su Mu depart and concluded that his strength might make him useful, but contact could put him in danger.
• Shen Shishi decided to finish dealing with her pursuers and vanished into the red mist.

Su Mu summoned White Bone Spirit and traveled west to the Goblin Nest to grind monsters while waiting for the Land of Buried Bones’ cooldown. He reached the crowded nest at dawn and came face-to-face with Ye Qingxue.

• Su Mu chose White Bone Spirit over Little Drill Wind and set out for the Goblin Nest, aiming to gain Momentum Points efficiently before returning to the Land of Buried Bones.
• White Bone Spirit killed scattered goblins as they traveled, but Su Mu found the low monster density too slow and hurried onward.
• At dawn, Su Mu reached the Goblin Nest and found dozens of tents and around two hundred dungeon masters, many of them young students from Rongcheng No. 1 High School.
• Su Mu approached the dungeon’s light curtain to check its information, but Ye Qingxue stepped in front of him.

Su Mu met Ye Qingxue at the Goblin Nest and revealed that he had reached level fourteen, leaving her stunned and newly determined to catch up. After Ye Qingxue entered the nightmare dungeon, Su Mu entered the normal Goblin Camp alone, with six hours remaining on the Bone Burial Nest’s cooldown.

• Ye Qingxue asked Su Mu what level he was after she failed to inspect him, and he told her he was level fourteen.
• Ye Qingxue, surprised that Su Mu had surpassed her despite her repeated dungeon runs, entered the Goblin Nest on nightmare difficulty.
• Su Mu looked for Li Ming but did not find him, then checked the Bone Burial Nest’s cooldown and headed to the Goblin Camp.
• Su Mu selected normal difficulty and entered the dungeon alone as nearby challengers watched and speculated about him.

Su Mu cleared the normal and hard Goblin Camp nests in minutes with White Bone Spirit and Little Drill Wind, despite Wang Hao and the crowd assuming he had fled each time. He entered the nightmare nest as the chapter ended, leaving everyone outside waiting to see whether he would survive.

• Su Mu used White Bone Spirit and Little Drill Wind to clear all ten waves of the normal Goblin Camp nest in a little over two minutes.
• Su Mu entered the hard nest, where White Bone Spirit and Little Drill Wind defeated fifteen waves of monsters in five minutes.
• Wang Hao identified Su Mu to the crowd as an F-rank dungeon master and claimed he had run from both nests rather than clearing them.
• Su Mu selected nightmare difficulty and entered the nest while Wang Hao and the crowd waited outside, expecting him to fail quickly.

Su Mu and his summoned demons fought through the Nightmare Lair’s increasingly difficult waves, while spectators outside assumed he was surviving by hiding. Ye Qingxue rejected their mockery of Su Mu, whom she considered her opponent.

• Su Mu sent White Bone Spirit against a hundred level-fifteen Nightmare Goblin Warriors, and she used precise whip strikes to defeat them despite their toughness.
• Su Mu, Little Drill Wind, and White Bone Spirit cleared fifteen waves, reaching levels fifteen, fifteen, and thirteen respectively.
• Su Mu observed that White Bone Spirit anticipated enemy movements with exceptional tactical awareness.
• Ye Qingxue emerged from the Nightmare Lair after reaching the twentieth wave but failing to defeat its boss.
• Wang Hao claimed Su Mu had been hiding in his terrain to stall, and the onlookers accepted his explanation.
• Ye Qingxue clenched her fists and refused to let the crowd slander Su Mu, calling him her opponent.

Ye Qingxue exposed Wang Hao’s past loss to Su Mu, undermining his attempt to smear him and deepening his resentment. Su Mu cleared the Nightmare Nest, reached level fifteen, and emerged before a crowd that wondered how far he had gotten; as he tried to leave, someone called his name.

• Ye Qingxue told the crowd that Wang Hao had lost a bet to Su Mu at the trial nest, and a Rongcheng No. 1 High School student confirmed it.
• The crowd mocked Wang Hao, who blamed Su Mu and silently vowed to remember the humiliation.
• Su Mu and his summoned creatures cleared the Nightmare Goblin Camp’s twentieth wave, raising Su Mu to level fifteen, Little Drill Wind to level fifteen, and White Bone Spirit to level thirteen.
• Su Mu collected the Goblin King’s materials and a Goblin King Cavalry card, then exited the Nightmare Nest after about twenty-seven minutes.
• Su Mu found hundreds of people gathered outside, tried to leave without seeing Ye Qingxue, and stopped when a cool voice called his name.

Su Mu waited for Ye Qingxue after learning she had entered Nightmare difficulty again, then proposed that they farm the Land of Buried Bones together. Ye Qingxue had failed to defeat the boss again, but paused to hear Su Mu’s offer.

• Ye Qingxue asked Su Mu how far he had reached, and he told her he had cleared all twenty waves.
• After Ye Qingxue entered Nightmare difficulty again, Su Mu decided they could farm the Land of Buried Bones together using her cooldown-clearing items and his monsters’ efficiency.
• Su Mu dismissed questions from the crowd about his Nightmare run and declined the girls’ offers to exchange contact information.
• Ye Qingxue emerged exhausted after reaching the twentieth wave again but failing to defeat the boss.
• Su Mu approached Ye Qingxue and proposed that they team up to farm the Land of Buried Bones.