Chapter Summaries

Misty Pavilion discussed how Ye Luo’s attributes, skills, and Elite Squad attacks could keep the Enemy Alliance on the defensive while their alliance gained strength through the Ultimate Trial. They devised a plan for Xiao Shu to use Wind Concealment Swift Kill to split the enemy formation and trap its elites, preparing to launch the attack the next day.

• Breaking Waves Riding Wind and June Flying Snow agreed that Ye Luo’s advantages would let Misty Pavilion continue harassing the Enemy Alliance and damaging its Guild Headquarters.
• Misty Pavilion players completed Instance Missions and helped alliance members pass the Ultimate Trial, bringing the number of successful players above one hundred.
• Ban Ye Shu argued that Misty Pavilion held an advantage in Ultimate Trial rewards, national weapons, and ten-minute ultimate skills, while San Mei Shi pointed out that Xiao Shu had mastered Wind Concealment Swift Kill.
• Yan Hua Yi Leng proposed drawing Dongfang Shitian’s group away from Xiao Shu before Little Hand used Spatial Barrier to trap enemy players, and Ye Luo added that their team should stop enemy Space Element Players from regrouping their experts.
• The group refined the tactic and agreed to carry it out the next day, aiming to kill Enemy Alliance players carrying national weapons and wipe out the elites trapped inside the barrier.

Ye Luo and his group learned that Dongfang Shitian’s team had completed the mission to unseal the Ancient Demon Gods, earning powerful rewards while triggering a demonic invasion scheduled for noon the next day. As they discussed the Enemy Alliance’s gains and the system’s punishment, Yan Hua Yi Leng warned that the coming Monster Siege might overwhelm them and lead to the imperial cities being occupied again.

• Ye Luo and his group finalized tactics for trapping the Enemy Alliance’s elites while watching for Dongfang Shitian’s team to finish its mission.
• A system announcement reported that Dongfang Shitian’s team had unsealed the Ancient Demon Gods and received extensive rewards, including national weapons and skill books.
• The system announced that the Ten Great Demon Gods would lead an invasion of every server’s imperial cities at noon the next day, and stripped Dongfang Shitian’s team of military ranks and reputation and barred them from learning skills from human instructors.
• Zhi Yue complained that the Enemy Alliance had aided evil, while Ye Luo and Ban Ye Shu explained its motives and the punishment it had received.
• San Mei Shi and the others assessed the Enemy Alliance’s increased strength and discussed how to prepare for the Monster Siege.
• Yan Hua Yi Leng warned that the siege could be unprecedentedly large and might result in the imperial cities being occupied again, prompting June Flying Snow and Hei Bai Qi to question the danger.

Key Plot Points & Events

• Dongfang Shitian's team completes the mission [Unseal Ancient Demon God], releasing thousands of ancient Demon Gods.
• The demonic army invades the Heavenly Tribulation Continent, targeting the Imperial Cities of various servers.
• Dongfang Shitian's team is punished by the Intelligent System for aiding and abetting evil.

Character Developments

• Dongfang Shitian's team makes a strategic decision to unseal the ancient Demon Gods to change the game's situation and gain rewards.
• Ye Luo and his team understand and accept Dongfang Shitian's team's actions as a necessary strategy.

Significant Themes

• Strategic decision-making and its consequences.
• The balance of power in the game and the impact of unsealing ancient Demon Gods.
• Punishment and its severity.

Character Interactions

• Ye Luo and his team discuss and analyze Dongfang Shitian's team's actions and the upcoming demonic invasion.
• Ye Luo and his team comfort Zhi Yue, who is upset about the demonic invasion.
• San Mei Shi and Ban Ye Shu discuss the opposing alliance's increased strength and the tactics to counter it.

Ye Luo and the others concluded that the demon army would likely overwhelm the Imperial Cities, beginning with the weakened Japanese and Korean servers. They decided to defend the city for the rewards and public support while postponing attacks on the Enemy Alliance until after the siege.

• Ye Luo argued that the unsealed Ancient Demon Gods and the remaining Ten Great Demon Gods made defending the Imperial City unlikely.
• San Mei Shi and June Flying Snow reasoned that the Intelligent System had increased players’ strength through the Ultimate Trial because the sealed Ancient Demon Gods made the Mysterious Mission uncertain.
• Yan Hua Yi Leng said the Japanese Server and Korean Server could not withstand the siege, and Ban Ye Shu explained that the demon army would then move on to other Imperial Cities.
• Zuo Shang Qin Xin reassured Hei Bai Qi that losing Imperial City revenue would not seriously hurt their guilds because they owned upgraded Enemy Alliance Guild Headquarters.
• San Mei Shi and Breaking Waves Riding Wind persuaded Zhi Yue that defending the city could bring rewards and public support, while attacks on the Enemy Alliance could wait until after the siege.

Misty Pavilion’s alliance compared its gains with the Dongfang Family’s and planned how to use its advantage during the coming Monster Siege. The guild leaders assigned defenses for the Imperial City, then warned that the Japanese and Korean servers might fall, putting other servers at risk.

• Zuo Shang Qin Xin assessed the Dongfang Family’s sixteen National Weapons and identified Yue Xia Ting Chan as a defensive threat; Ye Luo and Breaking Waves Riding Wind proposed avoiding him or tying him down with durable players.
• Ban Ye Shu discovered Heavenly Mad Beast had gained another Mid-Grade National Weapon and resolved to target him.
• God of Wine Dukang and Feng Xing gathered the Chinese server’s leaders to discuss the Monster Siege, and Dongfang Mietian urged Misty Pavilion to keep the Imperial City’s Teleportation Array open.
• Yan Hua Yi Leng assigned Misty Pavilion’s alliance to defend the South Gate, while Dongfang Shitian agreed that his alliance would defend the North Gate; other guilds and independent players were assigned the remaining walls.
• God of Wine Dukang, Feng Xing, and Nangong Yunlong told Yan Hua Yi Leng they feared the siege would overwhelm the Imperial City because the Japanese and Korean servers might fall first.

Yan Hua Yi Leng and the Chinese guild leaders concluded that the imperial city would eventually fall during the monster siege, so they planned to gain rewards before retreating. Meanwhile, the Dongfang alliance celebrated its mission rewards and remained confident that its growing strength would let it keep challenging Misty Pavilion.

• Yan Hua Yi Leng explained that failed servers would let the demon army spread through Spatial Rifts, making the imperial city impossible to defend, and the leaders agreed to retreat once they could no longer hold it.
• Breaking Waves Riding Wind and Yan Hua Yi Leng planned to target bosses and gain rewards during the defense, while God of Wine Dukang urged them to hold out as long as possible if they could.
• Dongfang Mietian and the Dongfang alliance celebrated receiving sixteen National Weapons, including four High-Grade ones, and two thousand All Attribute Points from Unseal Ancient Demon God.
• Dongfang Mingxing warned that their new strength still would not fully stop Ye Luo Zhi Qiu's ambushes, but Night Rain Misty and others argued the rewards would protect their strongholds and help them catch up with Misty Pavilion.
• The Dongfang alliance expected tomorrow's siege on the northern city wall to bring more rewards and strengthen its chances of eventually suppressing Misty Pavilion's alliance.

The Dongfang Family and its allies discussed using the upcoming Monster Siege to gain equipment and strengthen themselves, while foreign experts planned to return to defend their own servers. Night Rain Misty, Fujisan Shita, Twilight Cool, and Dark Night predicted that the demon army would eventually capture every server’s Imperial City, and Dongfang Shitian welcomed that outcome.

• Dongfang Mietian and the others anticipated gaining equipment, items, and national weapons during the Monster Siege, though Ouyang Feiyan worried Ye Luo Zhi Qiu might earn the best rewards.
• Black Dragon Sky Slash and Autumn Wind Sweeping Leaves proposed returning to their own servers to help defend their Imperial Cities, and Dongfang Xiaotian supported the plan because it would also benefit their allies.
• Cherry Blossoms Bloom worried that the Japanese and Korean servers had weakened after their top players joined the Chinese Server, but Tokyo Myth reassured her that defeating the Misty Pavilion alliance could restore their strength.
• Night Rain Misty warned that every server’s Imperial City would likely fall, and Fujisan Shita, Twilight Cool, and Dark Night agreed that a chain reaction of monster invasions would overwhelm them.
• Dongfang Mingxing said the Chinese Server would also eventually be unable to defend its Imperial City, and Dongfang Shitian declared that its fall would benefit his side.

Dongfang Mingxing and her allies decided to prepare for the Monster Siege by prioritizing the Ultimate Trial, reasoning that the imperial city was unlikely to hold and that stronger players would help them withstand future attacks. The next morning, Misty Pavilion also used Combination Equipment Awakened Skills to help many players pass the trial before the siege began.

• Dongfang Mingxing explained that the monsters occupying the imperial city would hinder the Misty Pavilion alliance and reduce pressure on the Dongfang Family's Alliance City.
• Twilight Cool persuaded the group to return to their own servers, while Dongfang Mingxing and Night Rain Misty instructed them to withdraw if their strongholds became impossible to defend.
• Night Rain Misty and Dongfang Mingxing argued that using Combination Equipment Awakened Skills to help players pass the Ultimate Trial was more valuable than saving them for bosses.
• Great Desert Lone Smoke and Fujisan Shita warned that Ye Luo Zhi Qiu's future raids would leave the group little time to help players undertake the trial, so the alliance used one skill and gained more than twenty new trial completers.
• The next morning, Yan Hua Yi Leng's group used two Combination Equipment Awakened Skills, helping more than a hundred Misty Pavilion players pass the ninth stage and another thirty or forty complete the trial.

Ye Luo and the Misty Pavilion alliance prepared the Imperial City’s defenses for a formidable Monster Siege, setting up earthen walls and a forward line for their strongest experts. As noon arrived, powerful monsters poured from a Spatial Rift and the siege began.

• More than a hundred players passed the Ultimate Trial’s ninth stage, strengthening the Misty Pavilion alliance, while Ye Luo’s group completed a Nightmare Mode instance and gained rare Demon God Grade items.
• Yan Hua Yi Leng arranged the alliance’s elite players along the South Gate wall, with the remaining members serving as mobile forces.
• At Ye Luo’s suggestion, Formation Masters used Change Heaven and Earth to build an earthen wall and a high platform, while Ye Luo and other experts prepared to hold the front line.
• Ye Luo explained that Heavenly Tribulation * Black Hole and Little Hand’s Spatial Barrier could help them stall monsters and isolate powerful BOSSES if the defenses faltered.
• At noon, a Spatial Rift opened over the Imperial City, and the powerful monster horde began charging out.

The defenders faced the first wave of Hua She monsters and found that the siege was manageable, while the monsters’ valuable drops promised to strengthen the Misty Pavilion alliance. The chapter ended with the discovery that the monsters could drop rare items that improved Soul Crystal growth aptitude.

• At noon, level 400 Hua She monsters poured through the Spatial Rift and attacked the Chinese server’s imperial city.
• Ye Luo and the other powerful defenders charged out to intercept the Hua She, while Zuo Shang Qin Xin directed elite troops to protect the walls.
• The Misty Pavilion alliance held its section of the defense with less difficulty than the other city walls, and its fighters gained experience and equipment from the monsters.
• The defenders discovered that Hua She dropped materials, scrolls, pet and mount equipment, and Hydra Venom Elixirs.
• Yi Xiao Hong Chen revealed that the monsters could drop rare items that increased Soul Crystal growth aptitude, exciting Ban Ye Shu and the others.

Misty Pavilion hunted the Hua She and collected Soul Crystal Growth Potential fragments while waiting for a BOSS to appear. The Ancient Demon Beast Xiang Liu charged toward their section of the city wall, leaving Breaking Waves Riding Wind wondering whether they should spend one of their few remaining Combination Equipment Awakened Skills to kill it.

• Yi Xiao Hong Chen explained that one hundred Ancient Monster Soul Fragments could be synthesized into a soul that raised Agility Growth Potential by two stars, and Xing Qi Ba later found a Constitution fragment.
• Ye Luo and the others continued killing Hua She, collecting fragments that raised Agility, Constitution, Intelligence, and Strength Growth Potential.
• Breaking Waves Riding Wind worried that a BOSS might appear at another city wall, while San Mei Shi and Yan Hua Yi Leng warned against attacking the other alliances and provoking their top experts.
• After more than twenty minutes of hunting, a powerful BOSS emerged from the Spatial Rift and charged toward Ye Luo's group.
• Zuo Shang Qin Xin identified the nine-headed BOSS as the Ancient Demon Beast Xiang Liu, and Breaking Waves Riding Wind questioned whether they should use one of their three remaining Combination Equipment Awakened Skills against it.

Ye Luo and his allies decided to conserve their Combination Equipment Awakened Skills and fight Xiang Liu with scrolls, cannons, and coordinated tactics. Xiang Liu’s health fell below 30%, leaving the group confident that they could defeat it.

• Hei Bai Qi urged the group to use a Combination Equipment Awakened Skill against Xiang Liu, but Ye Luo argued they should save it for later waves and Yan Hua Yi Leng backed him.
• Yan Hua Yi Leng assigned Ye Luo and Breaking Waves Riding Wind to tank Xiang Liu and directed the others to attack it, clear nearby Hydras, and interrupt or withstand its area attacks.
• Ye Luo drew Xiang Liu’s aggro, and Yan Hua Yi Leng used a Heavenly Descent Scroll; San Mei Shi explained that the scroll still helped despite Xiang Liu’s rank reducing its effects.
• The group attacked Xiang Liu with skills, Mobile Magic Crystal Cannons, and siege weapons while their healers kept the tanks alive and they countered the BOSS’s area attacks.
• Xiang Liu’s health dropped below 30%, and June Flying Snow and Hei Bai Qi celebrated the prospect of valuable loot and system rewards.

Ye Luo's group killed Xiang Liu and received generous system rewards, including National Weapons and five complete Ancient Beast Soul Fragments. The group assigned the fragments to strengthen key players, leaving Breaking Waves Riding Wind without one for now in hopes that another BOSS would drop an All Attribute fragment.

• Ye Luo's group killed Xiang Liu, triggering system rewards for the team and for players who had dealt at least 10% of its HP in damage.
• San Mei Shi warned that Dark Night and Tokyo Myth's groups could earn the same rewards, while Breaking Waves Riding Wind argued their Elite Squad tactics could preserve their advantage.
• Ye Luo drew and distributed four National Weapons, giving the High-Grade weapon to Jian Ba and the three Mid-Grade weapons to Yan Yu, Cang Hai Yi Sheng Xiao, and Yi Xiao Nai He.
• Xing Qi Ba reported that Xiang Liu had dropped two High-Grade National Weapons and five complete Ancient Beast Soul Fragments, including one that raised all attribute Growth Potentials by three stars.
• Yan Hua Yi Leng assigned the All Attributes fragment to Ye Luo, then assigned the strength, agility, intelligence, and constitution fragments to Luo Ri, Ban Ye Shu, Zuo Shang Qin Xin, and Zhi Yue.
• Ye Luo explained that Breaking Waves Riding Wind would wait for a possible fragment from another BOSS, but June Flying Snow questioned what would happen if no such fragment appeared.

After killing Xiang Liu, Ye Luo and the others distributed the rewards and discussed the growing strength of other servers. As they waited for the next monster wave, they estimated how many more bosses they could kill before abandoning the Imperial City and considered teaming up with the Long Family to use Seven Stars Descent.

• Breaking Waves Riding Wind and Ye Luo reassured June Flying Snow that they would find more attribute-boosting souls, then the team used the souls to strengthen several members.
• Xing Qi Ba and Yan Hua Yi Leng assigned the Earth Attribute National Weapon medal to Xiao Qi, another High-Grade National Weapon to Mu Tong Huang Niu, and the Stormy Downpour skill book to Yan Yu.
• The system announced that Five-Colored Divine Bull's team had killed Rahu, and Zuo Shang Qin Xin and San Mei Shi warned that the Indian Server could become a major threat.
• The players finished off the remaining Huashes, and system notices reported that other major servers had also killed their siege bosses.
• During the lull before the next wave, Ye Luo estimated that their remaining Combination Equipment Awakened Skills could kill at least three bosses before the city fell.
• San Mei Shi proposed combining forces with the Long Family to use Seven Stars Descent, and Breaking Waves Riding Wind said Long Teng Tian Xia would likely treat her fairly when dividing the loot.

During the second wave of the Monster Siege, Ye Luo and the others fought level 405 Qiongqi while Yan Hua Yi Leng predicted that the Chinese server might withstand a third wave but would eventually lose its Imperial City. The Qiongqi dropped equipment, soul-fragment shards, Skill Books, and an item that raised pets’ growth aptitude, but the group still expected the siege to overwhelm the servers.

• Breaking Waves Riding Wind teased San Mei Shi about possibly receiving a share of the Long Family’s BOSS spoils, before the Qiongqi emerged from the Spatial Rift.
• Hei Bai Qi identified the Qiongqi as level 405 Quasi-Demon God Grade BOSSES, and San Mei Shi warned that level suppression would make each later wave harder to defeat.
• Ye Luo, Ban Ye Shu, and the others engaged the Qiongqi, while the city walls and Siege Weaponry helped the defenders hold the second wave.
• Yan Hua Yi Leng predicted the Chinese server could withstand the third wave, but other servers would likely abandon their Imperial Cities and send more monsters toward the remaining cities.
• The Qiongqi dropped soul-fragment shards and Skill Books, and Xing Qi Ba found an item that increased pet and Summoned Beast growth aptitude.
• Hei Bai Qi explained that the pet-growth item could only be used once, much like a player’s soul-fragment upgrade.

Ye Luo and the Misty Pavilion alliance killed Taowu, earning generous rewards and strengthening their forces for the ongoing Monster Siege. They prepared to continue defending the city, while weighing their growing advantage against the Enemy Alliance’s ability to kill BOSSes too.

• Breaking Waves Riding Wind used Thunder God's Descent, and Ye Luo and the others activated their ultimates to fight Taowu.
• Ye Luo and his group killed Taowu after six or seven minutes and received system rewards, including 1,000 All Attribute Points for most of them.
• Xing Qi Ba obtained five complete souls, and Breaking Waves Riding Wind received the soul that increased all Soul Crystal attributes while four others received the remaining souls.
• The group distributed Taowu’s three dropped National Weapons and four system-rewarded National Weapons among Misty Pavilion members.
• Hei Bai Qi celebrated Misty Pavilion’s advantage over Dongfang Shitian’s group, while Zuo Shang Qin Xin and San Mei Shi cautioned that Dark Night and Tokyo Myth’s group might also kill BOSSes.

Ye Luo and the Misty Pavilion alliance assessed their remaining Combination Equipment Awakened Skills and the Major Servers’ chances of surviving the Monster Siege. As the Third Wave approached, the Chinese Server remained in better shape than its rivals, though Ye Luo and his group knew they could not defend the imperial city.

• Hei Bai Qi teased Dongfang Mingxing about using Combination Equipment Awakened Skills to help players pass the Ultimate Trial, and San Mei Shi explained how those players strengthened both sides.
• After distributing the BOSS drops, Ye Luo and his group continued killing the frenzied Qiongqi and easing the pressure on the city defenders.
• System notifications announced that Dark Night, Tokyo Myth, and other experts had killed four BOSSES, putting them temporarily ahead of Ye Luo’s group.
• Assassin's Den reported that the African Server’s outer walls were badly damaged, while other Major Servers also looked unlikely to survive the Fourth or Fifth Waves.
• The Chinese Server remained well positioned to face the Third Wave, but Ye Luo and his group knew they could not defend the imperial city.

Misty Pavilion and the Enemy Alliance used Group Blessing Scrolls to improve their defenses and kill more monsters during the Monster Siege. After the Enemy Alliance refused to match Misty Pavilion’s increased scroll use, Zuo Shang Qin Xin explained that they were conserving their smaller stockpile for future battles.

• San Mei Shi explained that Chinese-server players’ strength gains from the Ultimate Trial helped them defend against the third wave of monsters.
• June Flying Snow suggested using Group Blessing Scrolls to kill more monsters and potentially draw the wave’s boss toward them.
• Yan Hua Yi Leng ordered Misty Pavilion’s alliance to use ten Group Blessing Scrolls, and other guilds followed by using their own scrolls.
• Breaking Waves Riding Wind urged Misty Pavilion to match the Enemy Alliance’s scroll use, so Yan Hua Yi Leng ordered them to use one more scroll than the opposing guild alliances.
• June Flying Snow reported that the Enemy Alliance had not increased its scroll use, and Zuo Shang Qin Xin explained that it was conserving scrolls for future attacks and siege warfare.

During the third wave of the Monster Siege, Long Teng Tian Xia’s group killed Taotie at the West Gate and gained powerful rewards, including National Weapons. The chapter ended with San Mei Shi warning that other servers might fail to kill their BOSSes, potentially sending more monster armies toward the Chinese server.

• The BOSS appeared and charged toward the West Gate, so Ye Luo’s group discussed how many BOSSes their alliance could still kill.
• Long Teng Tian Xia teleported San Mei Shi to the West Gate and used Seven Stars Descent to help his group fight Taotie.
• Long Teng Tian Xia’s group killed Taotie and received five complete Ancient Demon God Soul Fragments and five National Weapons, in addition to the system’s four National Weapons.
• San Mei Shi accepted a High-Grade National Weapon necklace from Long Teng Tian Xia, greatly increasing her strength.
• San Mei Shi and Zuo Shang Qin Xin predicted that other servers might lack the skills needed to kill their BOSSes, while Breaking Waves Riding Wind welcomed the prospect of more BOSSes arriving.

Misty Pavilion discussed the risks of other servers’ Monster Siege failures and prepared for monsters to spill into the Chinese Server. After Dongfang Shitian’s group killed Tengu on the Japanese Server, Misty Pavilion concluded that the Enemy Alliance had used up its Combination Equipment Awakened Skills and prepared for the coming fourth wave.

• June Flying Snow worried that early monster incursions from other servers could weaken the Chinese Server’s defenses, but Ye Luo and Ban Ye Shu said Misty Pavilion could outlast the Enemy Alliance.
• Zhi Yue and San Mei Shi inferred that Dongfang Shitian’s group had been teleported to the Japanese or Korean Server, and Ban Ye Shu estimated that cross-server monsters would arrive after the fourth wave began.
• Yan Hua Yi Leng urged everyone to clear the remaining monsters quickly, and Misty Pavilion intensified its attacks.
• Dongfang Shitian, Tokyo Myth, Dark Night, and others killed the Ancient Demon God Tengu on the Japanese Server and received system rewards.
• Hei Bai Qi concluded that the Enemy Alliance had no Combination Equipment Awakened Skills left, while Zuo Shang Qin Xin warned that the Korean Server’s BOSS could enter the Chinese Server.
• Breaking Waves Riding Wind and Ban Ye Shu reassured the others that Misty Pavilion could handle the Korean Server’s monsters and the fourth wave with Group Blessing Scrolls and area attacks.