Division 9: I Became the Zombie King

Episode 1

It's the year 3050, and the dead don't stay dead anymore. Eli Cross is a broke vlogger drowning in debt, filming in a cemetery because he's convinced a viral video is his only way out. He's nobody — living on instant noodles and energy drinks. Then a vampire corners him among the graves.

Eli begs, offers everything, promises he's not worth eating. It doesn't matter. He's simply in the wrong place at the wrong time, and the vampire ends him without a second thought.

But death isn't the end of Eli's story. Something else is waiting on the other side.

Episode 2

Eli wakes up different. A cold voice announces a Zombie Evolution System, classifying him as a stage-one feral undead. He's horrified — he's a zombie now. The system counters with a promise: under its guidance, he'll become the most powerful zombie king in the universe.

Then a warning hits: a high-energy entity is nearby. A hidden mission appears — subdue the Crimson Queen. Eli balks. Restrain the vampire who just drained him dry? The system reveals his bloodline suppresses supernatural beings, and his core ability is simple: the more he's hit, the stronger he gets.

The Crimson Queen is stunned. She drained him completely, yet he rose as a zombie. Something about him is different.

Episode 3

Eli doesn't run. He grabs the Crimson Queen and refuses to let go until she agrees to work for him. She sneers — he's nothing but a zombie boy — but then her power starts draining away. Force absorption mode kicks in, and he makes his offer plain: work for him, or he drains her to nothing.

She surrenders. The mission completes, and a lightning ability unlocks. She declares that from tonight, she's his. He learns her name is Elizabeth and immediately starts calling her Lizzie. She answers with a wry "whatever makes you happy, master."

Then a new name enters the picture: Division 9.

Episode 4

Division 9 is black ops — a supernatural response unit off the books and off every radar. They hunt things like Elizabeth. Which means they hunt things like Eli, who currently looks exactly like what he is: a zombie.

Panic sets in. Could he pass as human looking like this? He scrambles for an idea, and the system delivers a disguise ability. As long as he doesn't use his powers, not even Division 9's director can see through it.

Elizabeth has her own way of hiding. The two of them are now walking straight toward the very people who'd destroy them.

Episode 5

Division 9 tracks an S-tier entity to the scene, but she's gone. Eli plays clueless — he's just a TikTok vlogger who films outdoors, so please don't shoot. It doesn't work. An S-tier vanished, and a kid with SS-tier readings is standing right there. Not a coincidence.

Director Hayes of Division 9 steps in, offering to bring him in for his own safety. The system triggers a main mission: infiltrate Division 9, hide his undead identity, acquire cultivation resources, become the Corpse King.

Eli grins internally. The system wanted him inside — and now they're handing him the door.

Episode 6

Director Hayes clears Eli's background and invites him to join Division 9. Before Eli answers, Hayes lays out the bigger picture: six months ago, Earth's energy field began spiking, and things dormant for centuries are waking. Two thousand years ago, every living thing could cultivate power — then the field went dark and the world forgot. Now it's back, and Eli reads SS-tier.

Eli accepts, secretly thrilled that the system told him to infiltrate this exact place minutes earlier. A death-energy spike hits Zone C3, and Third Squad is sent in. Eli tags along, meeting Captain Benjamin.

Episode 7

Third Squad faces a curse-weaving foe, and the fight turns ugly fast. The creature isn't dying — it mutates mid-battle, jumping from C-tier toward B-tier. Eli could crush it easily with his zombie power, but there's a catch: he can't reveal what he is.

So he improvises. His lightning ability resonates with an ally's lightning strike, and he channels his power through her instead of showing his own hand. No one suspects a thing.

It works. But using that much strength without exposing himself is a dangerous line to walk.

Episode 8

The creature goes down. Everyone wants to know when Eli's lightning got that strong — they assume he's been holding out. He saved the team, and his name is going at the top of the report for first honors.

Privately, he's rattled. He nearly died pulling that off, and the reward is a new skill called Borrowed Glory — channeling his power into an ally for a short surge. He grumbles that he risked his life just to give his strength away.

Still, the team warms to him. Benjamin and the others start treating him like one of their own.

Episode 9

Director Hayes isn't fooled. He tells his people to keep Eli's readings, Elizabeth's disappearance, and the strike all separate — but privately he's certain: the kid is hiding something big. He can't spook him yet, so he orders surveillance instead.

A new mission lands: heavy supernatural activity at East Side General Hospital, packed with death energy and resentment — premium fuel for undead. For Eli, what's lethal to humans is a banquet. He volunteers eagerly, over Benjamin's caution.

Hayes agrees, but orders eyes on everyone, especially Eli. If things go wrong, they pull the team out quietly.

Episode 10

Third Squad survived a B-tier threat on what should've been a D-tier run — a miracle, by the sound of it. Then Jaden Rin shows up to mock them: a trash captain with a trash recruit. He and Benjamin have bad blood, once called the twin pillars before Benjamin dropped from A-tier to B-tier after critical damage.

Eli quietly soaks up the hospital's death energy, thrilled by the fuel it gives him. A B-tier mission is coming in three days, and Benjamin warns the team to stay sharp.

Eli's cover is holding — but Hayes is watching, and the tournament looms.