Chapter Summaries

Lin Yu crafted a powerful staff and magic accessories, then decided to join Guan Canghai’s party to hunt a boss instead of gathering materials for scrolls. The chapter ended with Guan Canghai surprised to learn that Lin Yu had reached level ten and was ready to break through.

• Lin Yu crafted a staff that boosted his Fireball Spell by 150% and his other spells by 50%, then made a protective necklace and two magic-amplifying bracelets.
• Lin Yu rested at the inn and planned to hunt magical beasts for materials to make magic scrolls.
• Lin Yu saw Guan Canghai recruiting level-ten players ready to break through for a boss hunt and decided to join his party.
• Guan Canghai recognized Lin Yu and checked his level, then was surprised that Lin Yu had already reached level ten and was ready to break through.

Guan Canghai tested Lin Yu’s abilities and recruited him into his party after seeing how powerful his enhancement magic was. As the party left Newbie Village, Guan Canghai offered Lin Yu a generous deal to join his guild.

• Guan Canghai examined Lin Yu’s stats and asked him to demonstrate his abilities.
• Lin Yu showed Guan Canghai his defensive and elemental spells, then explained that he could also provide control, healing, and enhancement.
• Lin Yu cast several enhancement spells on Guan Canghai, raising his attributes by 108.8 points each.
• Guan Canghai sent Lin Yu a party invitation, and Lin Yu accepted before meeting the other party members.
• Guan Canghai led the party out of Newbie Village and offered Lin Yu a negotiable salary and benefits to join his guild.

Lin Yu agreed to join Guan Canghai's guild in exchange for freedom and a steady supply of crafting materials, and he offered to provide the guild with equipment and potions. After learning more about his companions, he led them toward the Beast Arena to find a boss.

• Lin Yu agreed to join Guan Canghai's guild after negotiating for freedom and materials in return for some of his crafted goods.
• Lin Yu listed the kinds of equipment he could craft, then directed Guan Canghai to books in the library for explanations.
• Lin Yu told I Am the Heavenly Emperor that his Mixed-Blood Fairy character had to be female because the race offered only genderless and female options.
• When Guan Canghai and the others admitted they did not know where to find a boss, Lin Yu offered to lead them to one at the Beast Arena.
• On the way, Lin Yu learned that Mo Wenjun was Chen Yun, a student and Qi Refiner, and that Mu Yu Yumu and I Am the Heavenly Emperor were his classmates.

Lin Yu brought the group to the colosseum and prepared a ritual array before they faced the boss. The others learned little about the boss or rituals as Lin Yu explained what he could.

• Lin Yu learned that Mu Yu Yumu was Lin Xiaotong, a Life Priest, and that I Am the Heavenly Emperor was Xia Lin, a Knight.
• Lin Yu asked the others about Guan Canghai, but they knew only that their guild leader was wealthy and sent red packets.
• Lin Yu led the group to the colosseum and falsely claimed the boss had defeated him instantly, while withholding that he and Sykes had killed each other.
• Lin Yu stopped the group from entering the arena and refined 300 silver coins into Mithril with Alchemy.
• Lin Yu used the Mithril to form a huge compound Ritual Array, then explained to Lin Xiaotong and Chen Yun that rituals enhanced magic.

Lin Yu buffed Guan Canghai and the others with a powerful ritual before they fought Sykes, whose armor withstood their weapons even as they overwhelmed him. Guan Canghai knocked off Sykes's helmet and urged the others to keep attacking his exposed head.

• Lin Yu spent 5,000 Mana to give Guan Canghai, Xia Lin, Chen Yun, and Lin Xiaotong a five-minute boost to their attributes.
• Guan Canghai led the group into the arena, where Xia Lin struck Sykes and sent him flying.
• Guan Canghai, Xia Lin, and Chen Yun pinned Sykes down, but their blades could not damage his plate armor while Lin Xiaotong tried to drain his life force.
• Sykes unleashed Qi to repel them, but the boosted fighters held their ground, and Guan Canghai kicked off Sykes's helmet.
• Guan Canghai kicked Sykes's unprotected head into the ground and called on the others to attack.

Guan Canghai and the others defeated Sykes with Lin Yu’s ritual buff, and Guan Canghai claimed the King’s Soul. After the group began sorting the boss’s loot, Lin Yu recognized Sykes’s Dimensional Bag and wondered about Guan Canghai’s hidden sources of information.

• Guan Canghai spotted the greatsword embedded in the arena, grabbed it, and used it to behead Sykes while the others restrained him.
• Guan Canghai finished off Sykes’s health by striking his severed head, and the group received a notice that the boss had been killed.
• Guan Canghai told the group that only the person who killed the boss received the King’s Soul and that Sykes would respawn after half an hour.
• Lin Yu wondered whether Guan Canghai’s knowledge came from official channels or an ultimate limited-edition game pod.
• Guan Canghai organized the loot, and Lin Yu recognized the small bag among Sykes’s possessions as a Dimensional Bag.

Lin Yu appraised the potions and equipment Guan Canghai’s group had taken from the boss, then helped divide the potions among them. The group had just begun examining the remaining loot, including a Dimensional Bag and two pieces of Radiant Silver armor.

• Lin Yu recognized the fifty potions Guan Canghai had emptied from the Dimensional Bag, including five Life Potions, while Guan Canghai and the others admitted they had not learned the potion compendium entries needed for Appraisal.
• Lin Yu used Appraisal to reveal the potions’ effects, durations, and drawbacks, including their healing, attribute boosts, and weapon enchantments.
• Guan Canghai proposed dividing the potions so each person received one bottle of each kind, and Chen Yun, the others, and Lin Yu agreed.
• After everyone put away their share, Guan Canghai asked Lin Yu to appraise the remaining equipment, and Lin Yu began with the Dimensional Bag.
• Lin Yu appraised the Dimensional Bag and revealed its one-cubic-meter storage space, then appraised a Radiant Silver Helmet and Breastplate with powerful defensive properties.

Lin Yu helped Guan Canghai’s party prepare to farm Sykes again, then discovered that a video of Lin Yu’s spellcasting had made the forums popular. After buffing the party when Sykes respawned, Lin Yu took to the air as the others attacked.

• Lin Yu appraised the Shining Silver equipment and agreed that Guan Canghai would get the first set while Lin Yu took the extra Dimensional Bags.
• Lin Yu refined 300 silver coins into Mithril and set up a ritual array to buff Guan Canghai and the others when Sykes respawned.
• Lin Yu found a popular forum post featuring a video of Lin Yu casting spells without hand seals or apparent cooldowns, and left a comment.
• Lin Yu returned to the game and activated the ritual array as Sykes appeared in the arena.
• Lin Yu flew into the air while Guan Canghai’s party charged Sykes, and Chen Yun and Xia Lin kicked the seated boss away.

After the group gathered King's Souls by repeatedly defeating Warrior Sykes, they returned to the Newbie Village, where Lin Yu began explaining advancement abilities to Guan Canghai and the others. A future version of Lin Yu briefly appeared during stopped time and altered his thoughts, leaving him with the urge to warn the group about special abilities.

• Guan Canghai, Chen Yun, and Xia Lin pinned Sykes down, and Guan Canghai decapitated him before Chen Yun destroyed his head and the group collected a King's Soul.
• Lin Yu and Lin Xiaotong took turns securing King's Souls while the others weakened Sykes, and the group divided the plentiful loot and gathered enough souls for advancement.
• On the walk back, Lin Yu accepted friend requests from the others, and a future Lin Yu appeared during stopped time, changed his thoughts, and slapped Guan Canghai before vanishing.
• Lin Yu asked Guan Canghai what Battle God Armor and Natal Divine Ability he planned to condense, then explained that the group had not heard of those advancement abilities.
• After reaching the Newbie Village, Lin Yu introduced Era's cultivation systems and began explaining the special abilities classes could condense when advancing to Official Rank.

Lin Yu explained how practitioners of the Qi and Battle Qi Systems advanced to Official Rank, then began describing Natal Divine Abilities. He left Guan Canghai waiting to ask questions as he continued explaining the remaining systems.

• Lin Yu explained how a Qi System practitioner formed a Life Source Core, which could repair injuries and develop abilities from the practitioner's beliefs.
• Lin Yu described examples of Life Source Core abilities growing to devour existence and explained how a king with the ability Undying ultimately chose to die.
• Lin Yu explained that Battle Qi practitioners formed Battle God Armor, whose destructive power and physical enhancement varied according to how their battle qi was tempered.
• Lin Yu paused to drink and rest, but interrupted Guan Canghai when he tried to ask a question and told him to wait until the explanation was finished.
• Lin Yu explained that Natal Divine Abilities depended on a practitioner's cultivation technique and had to match its attribute, unlike a mage's freely constructed Innate Spell.