Chapter Summaries

Qin Chuan exposed the village chief’s connection to the Blood Clan while trying to turn the guards against him. The village chief revealed his allegiance when he called the baron’s heart his master’s remains, and Captain Balu recognized him as a traitor.

• Players followed Qin Chuan to the village chief, where the Villager Guard Unit tried to arrest him for carrying an evil aura.
• Qin Chuan showed Captain Balu the fresh Blood Clan heart and claimed he had killed a Vampire Baron near the village.
• Captain Balu questioned the village chief’s orders and insisted they should get the facts straight.
• Qin Chuan invited Balu to hear his account, but the village chief tried to send Balu away to inspect the northern cliff.
• Qin Chuan threw the heart, and the village chief caught it before shouting that Qin Chuan had offended his master’s remains.
• Captain Balu realized the village chief had colluded with the Blood Clan and confronted him.

The village chief revealed his Blood Clan power and offered players a choice between helping him destroy the village or helping Captain Balu protect it. Qin Chuan urged the players to choose protection, then attacked those who joined the Blood Clan, exposing their identities.

• The village chief confessed to his plan, transformed into a towering Blood Clan monster, and struck down a player and Captain Balu.
• Captain Balu asked the players to help protect the village, while the village chief tempted them with Blood Clan power and triggered a special quest with two faction choices.
• Qin Chuan recommended that players side with Captain Balu, warning them that the choices would lead to PvP and saying Fame Points would matter later.
• Some players secretly chose to join the Blood Clan, but crimson lights revealed their choice to everyone.
• Qin Chuan killed a Blood Clan player with a flying knife and used Poison Blood Plague to attack the other infiltrators, exposing them to the players.

Qin Chuan exposed the village chief as a Blood Clan pawn and killed him, allowing Balu to take over and completing the village quest. After turning in the Wolf King hunt, Qin Chuan accepted a recommendation quest that sent him to Beli City, then headed to find Balu and activate the Teleportation Array.

• Qin Chuan killed the mutated village chief before the players could fight him, and the guards agreed that Balu should become the new village chief.
• The players completed the special quest and gained Fame Points, while Qin Chuan earned the Village Guardian title and became hated by the Blood Clan.
• Qin Chuan went to the hunter’s home and confirmed that the village chief was dead before handing over the Wolf King’s head.
• The hunter rewarded Qin Chuan with experience, silver, and Hunter Favorability, then gave him a letter for Leihuao in Beli City and a recommendation quest.
• Qin Chuan accepted the letter and left for Balu to activate the Teleportation Array and travel to the main city.

Qin Chuan found that the ghost in the Abandoned Hut had vanished and brought a wooden comb to Balu, who recognized it as belonging to Qiao Jie. After asking Balu to activate the Teleportation Array, Qin Chuan departed for Beli City.

• Qin Chuan told a party of players that the ghost in the Abandoned Hut was gone, then found a wooden comb inside.
• Qin Chuan gave the comb to Balu, who said Qiao Jie had given it to Tiedan and regretted failing to act when they disappeared.
• Qin Chuan reassured Balu that he deserved to be village chief and asked him to help activate the Teleportation Array.
• Balu led Qin Chuan to the repaired Teleportation Array, where Qin Chuan selected Beli City and teleported away.

Qin Chuan reached Beli City and planned to secure a shop, complete his hunter’s quest, and advance his class. After delivering the hunter’s letter to Instructor Leihuao, he received a new quest to take Leihuao’s letter to Idith, the assassin instructor, and prepare for his class advancement.

• Qin Chuan surveyed Beli City and decided to buy a shop there as a future fallback point.
• Qin Chuan paid a guard to deliver his request to Instructor Leihuao and gave Leihuao the hunter’s letter.
• Leihuao explained that archery was not suitable for Qin Chuan and wrote him a letter to Idith.
• Qin Chuan received a quest to deliver Leihuao’s letter to Idith for a random universal ranged skill book.
• Qin Chuan realized the quest could be combined with his class advancement and set off to find Idith.

Qin Chuan traveled to the underground black market outside Beli City to find the assassin mentor Idith and claim his class advancement quest. After sneaking past the Slums and reaching her tavern, he met Idith and challenged her treatment of him.

• Qin Chuan left Beli City and showed the hooligans at the rift Leihuao's letter of introduction to gain passage.
• Qin Chuan activated Shadow Stealth to cross the Slums and avoid NPCs who wanted to rob him.
• Qin Chuan bypassed the black market's patrols and reached the Roses and Poison Tavern, Idith's turf.
• Qin Chuan asked for Idith by name, and a black-robed attendant led him upstairs to her room.
• Qin Chuan entered Idith's dimly lit room and asked if this was how she treated her guests.

Qin Chuan passed Idith’s test and accepted a special class advancement quest to assassinate Ironhook Jack, the level 20 Gold Grade BOSS who owned the Wild Arena. Idith also gave him a seal to learn Dual Wielding for free, and Qin Chuan found the weapon master downstairs, who looked like a shabby beggar.

• Idith revealed herself after Qin Chuan mentioned Leihuao’s letter and the City Lord, then demanded to know how Qin Chuan knew her secrets.
• Qin Chuan gave Idith Leihuao’s letter and demonstrated Shadow Stealth, earning her recognition as an inheritor of Shadow Power.
• Idith offered Qin Chuan several class advancement quests, and he chose the special difficulty quest to assassinate Ironhook Jack.
• The letter quest merged with Qin Chuan’s advancement quest, increasing its rewards and difficulty.
• Qin Chuan asked Idith where to learn Dual Wielding, and she gave him a seal to obtain the training for free.
• Qin Chuan went downstairs and found the weapon master, who appeared to be a sloppy beggar.

Qin Chuan learned Dual Wielding, equipped the Bone-Rending Twin Blades, and prepared to confront Ironhook Jack. He caused a disturbance in the Wild Arena by summoning a Giant Wolf, drawing Ironhook Jack’s attention as the crowd descended into chaos.

• Qin Chuan traded Idith's Seal to the beggar for the Dual Wielding skill book and learned the skill.
• Qin Chuan equipped the Bone-Rending Twin Blades, boosting his Attack Power, and saw that Richardson had also reached level ten.
• Qin Chuan sneaked toward the Wild Arena and decided to distract its thugs before attacking Ironhook Jack.
• Qin Chuan summoned a Giant Wolf in the spectator stands, where it knocked spectators into the arena and sparked a deadly uproar.
• Ironhook Jack roared, demanding to know who had caused trouble on his turf.

Qin Chuan drew Ironhook Jack’s thugs away with the Giant Wolf, then infiltrated the Wild Arena’s upper chamber and assessed Jack and his three trusted subordinates. He launched an attack while sowing suspicion between Ironhook Jack and his First Mate and Second Mate.

• Qin Chuan sent the Giant Wolf rampaging through the stands and fleeing the Arena, drawing Ironhook Jack’s thugs away in pursuit.
• Qin Chuan slipped stealthily to the Arena’s top floor and found Ironhook Jack with One-Eyed First Mate, Redbeard Second Mate, and Heavy Punch Third Mate.
• Qin Chuan recognized that the First Mate and Second Mate were ambitious brothers and suspected Heavy Punch would remain neutral unless threatened.
• Ironhook Jack guessed that Idith had sent an attacker and tried to sow distrust, but Qin Chuan decided to strike rather than negotiate.
• Qin Chuan threw a Shadow Flying Dagger at Ironhook Jack and shouted that the First Mate and Second Mate were biological brothers.

Qin Chuan sowed suspicion among Ironhook Jack and his mates, pushing One-Eye and Redbeard to betray their captain. As they fought Ironhook Jack, Qin Chuan landed a devastating weakness attack, leaving the pirate chief reeling.

• Qin Chuan used Shadow Stealth and taunts to make Ironhook Jack suspect One-Eye and Redbeard, then warned One-Eye that Ironhook Jack would turn on him after the intruder was dealt with.
• Qin Chuan promised that his employer would support the brothers in taking over the Wild Arena, and One-Eye began considering an attack on Ironhook Jack.
• Ironhook Jack attacked One-Eye, prompting One-Eye and Redbeard to turn against him with a thrown barrel and a burst of flame.
• Ironhook Jack dodged their attack and shot One-Eye, who called on Qin Chuan for help.
• Qin Chuan threw a Shadow Flying Dagger that struck Ironhook Jack for 30,065 damage, then Rend and Poison Blood Plague dealt additional damage.

Qin Chuan fought Ironhook Jack and his allies in the Wild Arena, dealing heavy damage while relying on stealth and the Bone-Rending Twin Blades to evade their attacks. He rejected Ironhook Jack’s offer and chose the quest that required killing him, but the chapter ended as Ironhook Jack and Iron Fist coordinated a three-way attack that threatened to kill Qin Chuan with one hit.

• Qin Chuan dealt over forty thousand damage per strike and used stealth to maneuver while One-Eyed First Mate and Redbeard Second Mate fought Ironhook Jack.
• Ironhook Jack ordered Iron Fist to attack, and the minotaur struck Redbeard and searched for Qin Chuan by scent.
• Ironhook Jack offered to pay Qin Chuan double and give him One-Eye’s position, triggering a choice quest that rewarded class advancement for killing him or skill books and an overseer position for sparing him.
• Qin Chuan chose to kill Ironhook Jack and evaded the hook and Iron Fist’s hammer by activating the Bone-Rending Twin Blades’ Blade Storm effect.
• Qin Chuan considered finding a stealth-preserving movement skill, then attacked again after the blades’ effect cooled down.
• Ironhook Jack fired his musket while Iron Fist charged from the opposite side, leaving Qin Chuan trapped between their attacks and the hook.

Qin Chuan outmaneuvered Ironhook Jack and warned the One-Eye brothers about the Black Whale’s cannon barrage. The bombardment devastated the fighters in the arena, while Ironhook Jack struggled to reach his ship and wondered how Qin Chuan knew his secrets.

• One-Eye shielded Qin Chuan from Ironhook Jack’s attack, while Qin Chuan planned around Heavyfist’s slow warhammers and anticipated a cannon barrage.
• As Ironhook Jack’s health neared half, Qin Chuan warned One-Eye and Redbeard to flee, then ran toward the exit.
• Ironhook Jack sounded a horn, and the Black Whale rose from beneath the arena and fired its cannons, badly injuring One-Eye, Redbeard, and Heavyfist.
• Qin Chuan struck Ironhook Jack with a throwing knife before he could reach the Black Whale and refused to board because of its Undead sailors.
• Ironhook Jack demanded to know how Qin Chuan knew his secrets, then concluded that he himself must have leaked them.

Ironhook Jack fled toward the Black Whale with Qin Chuan in pursuit, but the returning Arena enforcers ran into Qin Chuan’s Poison Blood Plague. As the enforcers died and spread the poison among themselves, Ironhook Jack recognized the power as Blood Clan abilities, and Qin Chuan prepared to finish the battle.

• Ironhook Jack ran toward the Black Whale, while Qin Chuan followed and chipped away at him with Shadow Flying Daggers.
• The Arena enforcers returned, and Ironhook Jack believed their arrival would turn the fight in his favor.
• Qin Chuan killed the lead enforcer, whose toxic blood infected nearby enforcers and triggered Poison Blood Plague.
• The plague spread through the clustered enforcers, killing more than half in seconds and leaving the rest critically wounded.
• Ironhook Jack recognized the toxic blood’s power as Blood Clan abilities, and Qin Chuan turned to face him.

Qin Chuan defeated Ironhook Jack aboard the Black Whale and completed his class advancement quest, but the Death Bringer claimed Ironhook Jack’s soul and took the ship. Qin Chuan received an Evolution Point, unlocked his level cap, and was announced as the first player to complete class advancement.

• Ironhook Jack fled to the Black Whale, where its cannons and Undead sailors attacked Qin Chuan.
• Qin Chuan fought through the cannon fire and repeatedly killed the reviving Undead sailors with Shadow Flying Dagger and Poison Blood Plague.
• Qin Chuan reduced Ironhook Jack’s health to zero and completed the class advancement quest.
• The Death Bringer pulled Ironhook Jack’s soul into black mist, which consumed and erased the Black Whale.
• Qin Chuan gained an Evolution Point, unlocked his level cap, increased his growth value, and declined to hide his nickname when the game announced his first-place completion.

Qin Chuan returned to Idith after destroying Wild Arena and received the Gold Grade skill book Corrosive Rain. He left with a powerful new attack that could be cast without breaking Stealth, while Dragon Soaring World prepared to watch for a Guild Order.

• Dragon Soaring World ordered his party to seek higher-grade skill books and, after receiving Qin Chuan's message about a Guild Order, told Light Snow to buy gold coins and prepare to secure one.
• Qin Chuan used Dragon Soaring World to spread word about Guild Orders, hoping to keep Rakshasa One-Slash from easily obtaining the first one.
• Qin Chuan left the fallen Wild Arena and returned to the tavern, where the Black Market NPCs regarded him with respect.
• Idith asked how Qin Chuan knew One-Eye and Redbeard were blood brothers, then gave him the Gold Grade skill book Corrosive Rain.
• Qin Chuan examined Corrosive Rain's high damage and its ability to attack without breaking Stealth, and judged it an excellent addition to his skills.

Qin Chuan traded the Wolf King Horn to Idith for a deed to a shop in Beli City, giving her a path to gain influence over the Black Market. After returning to the city, he encountered Instructor Leihuao, who suspected Qin Chuan had killed Ironhook Jack.

• Qin Chuan learned Corrosive Rain and decided to use his eight Evolution Points to strengthen Shadow Stealth later.
• Qin Chuan asked Idith for help buying a shop, and she deduced that he wanted to use her influence as the City Lord's daughter.
• Qin Chuan offered Idith the Wolf King Horn and proposed that she use it to take control of the rebuilt Wild Arena and expand her influence.
• Idith accepted the deal, giving Qin Chuan a Beli City Shop Deed in exchange for the Wolf King Horn.
• Qin Chuan returned to Beli City and showed the deed to Instructor Leihuao, who asked whether he had killed Ironhook Jack.

Qin Chuan secured Leihuao’s support and a quest to destroy the Goblin Lair, then upgraded his skills before heading east of Beli City. After wiping out a Goblin ambush, he pursued the fleeing survivors toward their Nest.

• Qin Chuan invited Leihuao to his shop opening, accepted the Goblin Uprising quest, and received Leihuao’s Token to enter the Administrative District.
• Qin Chuan evolved Shadow Stealth to Silver Tier and used Skill Points to raise it to Level 5 and Corrosive Rain to Level 3.
• Qin Chuan followed the road east of Beli City and was ambushed by Level 11 Goblin Bandits.
• Qin Chuan killed most of the Goblins with a Shadow Flying Dagger and Poison Blood Plague, and the survivors fled toward their Nest.

Qin Chuan used Poison Blood Plague and Corrosive Rain to slaughter waves of Goblins at their lair, leveling up and earning Evolution Points. The Goblin Chief kept sending out more Goblins, leaving Qin Chuan eager to continue farming experience.

• Qin Chuan followed fleeing Goblins to their lair, using them to lead him through the surrounding terrain.
• Goblin Archers and Goblin Shamans ambushed Qin Chuan from both sides, but he killed them with Corrosive Rain, Shadow Flying Dagger, and Poison Blood Plague.
• Qin Chuan found the cave entrance and wiped out more than fifty Goblins, including better-equipped guards, as Poison Blood Plague spread through the lair.
• The Goblin Chief ordered successive waves of Goblins to charge, and Qin Chuan killed more than two hundred of them in a few minutes.
• Qin Chuan reached Level 11, gained multiple Free Attribute Points and two Evolution Points, and welcomed the Goblins still emerging from the cave.

Qin Chuan attacked the Goblin forces at the Nest and uncovered signs that they had been equipped with military weapons as part of a possible conspiracy in Beli City. After the Goblin Chief surrendered, Qin Chuan received a choice between taking the lair's wealth and earning Instructor Leihuao's favor.

• The Goblins emerged from the Nest in an organized force of armored Big Goblins carrying repeating crossbows, led by a level 15 Goblin Chief.
• Qin Chuan suspected the Goblins had been deliberately placed near Beli City to disrupt trade and target noble interests.
• Qin Chuan used Corrosive Rain and Shadow Flying Dagger to kill Big Goblins while dodging the crossbow barrage and the Goblin Chief's boomerang.
• The Goblin Chief fled, but Qin Chuan struck it with a flying dagger and dodged its returning boomerang.
• The Goblin Chief dropped to its knees and surrendered, triggering a choice quest to spare it for the lair's wealth or kill it for Instructor Leihuao's favor.

Qin Chuan rejected the Goblin Chief’s offer and cleared the Goblin Lair, earning an Evolution Point and completing the quest. He left for Beli City with plans to balance his attributes, while the secret organization’s reputation for him fell to hated.

• The Goblin Chief offered Qin Chuan treasure and an introduction to Beli City’s secret organization, but the updated quest rewards showed that sparing it would reduce Leihuao’s favorability.
• Qin Chuan attacked the Goblin Chief, and it ordered its remaining Goblins to swarm him.
• Qin Chuan used his Agility to evade the barrage and killed the Goblin Chief after wiping out the other Goblins.
• Qin Chuan received an Evolution Point, completed the Goblin Lair quest, and saw that the secret organization’s reputation had dropped to hated.
• Qin Chuan stored the loot and planned to divide future Free Attribute Points among Strength, Constitution, and Mental Attribute while continuing to gain Agility.