Chapter Summaries

Chen Yi showed Ningguang the Main City and offered to buy Demon God Residue from her as fuel for Flame Burning. After the corruption in his monster-filled Heart Fire Space nearly overwhelmed her, Ningguang agreed to bring him samples, while San Hua accepted Chen Yi’s new, much higher price for their contract.

• Chen Yi introduced Ningguang to the Main City and explained that he wanted to buy Demon God Residue from her over the long term.
• Chen Yi opened a passage to Heart Fire Space, and Ningguang was overwhelmed by corruption from the monster corpses until she used a Sweet Dream Coin to clear it.
• Ningguang asked about opening a shop, agreed to bring Chen Yi samples of Demon God Residue, and prepared to return to Liyue.
• Chen Yi told San Hua that the price under their renewed contract was 7,000 Copper Coins per milliliter, and San Hua reluctantly agreed to sign.

Chen Yi strengthened his allies and negotiated with Ningguang to buy Demon God Residue and Chasm sludge as firewood. He left Ningguang with a warning that only contracts bought directly from Game World shops could be trusted in Twilight Main City.

• Chen Yi used Pokémon World's resources to improve Fire Dragon's training and had Chuka study and adapt a holy priest's inheritance through her connection to the stars.
• Ningguang organized Liyue's trade and brought artifacts, Demon God Residue, and sludge from Below The Chasm to Chen Yi.
• Chen Yi tested the Demon God Residue and agreed to buy all Ningguang had, while she accepted his price for the Chasm sludge.
• Ningguang offered Chen Yi an artifact and presented a contract, but he pushed it aside and took her to a Game World shop.
• Chen Yi bought two shop contracts and warned Ningguang that only contracts purchased directly from Game World shops were trustworthy, demonstrating that words appeared on one without his touch.

Ningguang traded her goods to Chen Yi for startup money and gave him a Legendary holy relic, which he equipped on Fire Dragon. Chen Yi resumed developing Flame Demon Phantasm in the Time and Space Hut, while Toma recovered his memories after the Tech Side program crew reset him as an NPC.

• Ningguang carefully checked the revised contract, signed it with Chen Yi, traded her portable realm's goods, and left with 7.2 million Copper Coins for her shop.
• Chen Yi gave Ningguang's Legendary Sands of Time holy relic to Fire Dragon, then reviewed his plans and used Soul Energy to improve Flame Demon Phantasm.
• Chen Yi took Fire Dragon to the Time and Space Hut at the Arena and continued working on Flame Demon Phantasm with copies of himself in its mirrors.
• The Tech Side program crew reset the surviving NPCs for the second round, and Toma Karel awoke in the mist, remembered his past, and realized he was not human.

Chen Yi used an Enchantment Card to realize that the Flame Demon Phantasm should separate its casting and melee functions into different forms. After printing singer and warrior cards, he tested the redesigned phantasm in the Arena and demonstrated its powerful ranged attacks.

• Chen Yi saw an Enchantment Card drift past and realized he could divide the Flame Demon Phantasm's abilities by function.
• Chen Yi spent tens of millions of Copper Coins developing a system that let cards add separate forms and Mana Circuits to the basic phantasm.
• Chen Yi printed three singer cards and three warrior cards, with illustrations depicting a mage and enormous mechs.
• Chen Yi activated a singer card in the Arena and transformed the Flame Demon Phantasm into a refined, floating mech.
• Chen Yi demonstrated the phantasm's enhanced Flame Sparrows, bow, sword, Sky Patrol Style, and Fire Meteor.

Chen Yi tested and optimized the Flame Demon Phantasm’s Singer and Warrior forms, then turned to improving Sealing Jutsu while Fire Dragon developed a stronger Outrage. The chapter left Yao Yingqian asking Chen Yi to pay extra for continuing to talk with the Chains of Heaven, which eagerly wanted to hang him up.

• Chen Yi tested the Singer Form’s enhanced techniques and confirmed that its spell circuits improved destructive power and casting speed without slowing casting or projectiles.
• Chen Yi tested the Warrior Form, which had greater health, armor, and strength, and used a blazing sword attack alongside a weaker mirrored strike.
• Chen Yi rested at home for two days, then resumed his plans to optimize Sealing Jutsu and exploit the mirror’s advantages.
• Fire Dragon integrated Dragon Dance into Outrage, gaining a Feather Robe that increased Strength and Agility, reduced damage, and added Battle Qi damage to attacks.
• Yao Yingqian brought the Chains of Heaven to Chen Yi and asked for extra payment to keep talking with it, and Chen Yi found that the chain wanted to hang Yao Yingqian.

Chen Yi discovered a new way to evolve the Lock of the Heavens and hired Yao Yingqian to be hung from it for two months. He then developed two mirror-based sealing techniques, leaving him with new mental-control and area-suppression abilities.

• The Lock of the Heavens gained a trait that let it absorb Yao Yingqian's resentment after hanging him for more than 30 days.
• Chen Yi offered Yao Yingqian one million Copper Coins per month to be hung up, and Yao Yingqian signed a two-month contract for two million Copper Coins.
• Chen Yi used his Mana to have the Lock of the Heavens suspend Yao Yingqian as the Heavy Mystic Scorpion carried him toward his stall.
• Chen Yi developed Seal, which sealed an enemy's reflection and let Heart Fire deal Mental Damage through it.
• Chen Yi created the Seal Domain, a two-kilometer-wide area that suppressed enemies' Strength, Agility, and Defense.

Chen Yi visited Warm Home and bought two of Xiao Liu’s Legendary Quality Mana-restoring potions before spending most of his remaining Copper Coins to advance Sealing True Meaning. After reaching LV20, he chose an upgrade that strengthened the attraction generated by his Sealing Jutsu and considered his unrealized plans for gravity.

• Chen Yi brought Fire Dragon and Chuka to Warm Home and learned that Xiao Liu had developed Legendary Quality Mana-restoring potions.
• Xiao Liu sold Chen Yi two potions that each restored 80,000 Mana Points over 10 seconds for 1.9 million Copper Coins.
• Chen Yi went to the Arena and spent Copper Coins raising Sealing True Meaning from LV10 to LV20.
• Chen Yi chose Swallow and Spit, increasing the attraction effect of his Sealing Jutsu by 30%.
• Chen Yi took out the Black Hole card but put it away, unsure when he could realize his envisioned technique.

Chen Yi improved his Sealing True Meaning and prepared a carefully controlled planting bed for one Bodhi Tree Seed. As a week passed without any sign of growth, Chuka finished adapting her inherited skills to draw power from the stars.

• Chen Yi spent 5.74 million Copper Coins raising Sealing True Meaning to level 27, then continued practicing rather than starting matchmaking challenges.
• Chen Yi found that only fourteen of his 120 Pale Gold seeds had survived his planting experiments and used Plant Girl’s advice to deduce the Bodhi Tree Seed’s needs.
• Chen Yi prepared a cool, life-rich basin with fertile soil and planted one Bodhi Tree Seed, deciding to observe it before planting another.
• Wang Zhanbo watered the seed in his bathtub while unaware that deathly energy had eroded the soil around it.
• Chuka modified her inherited skills so they borrowed power from the stars, and her buffs grew stronger than those of many Clerics.

Chen Yi entered the Arena and fought Ren Zi'er of the Singing Civilization, whose songs summoned allies and shaped the battlefield. After Ren Zi'er survived his opening assault and powered up her forces, the battle continued with Silver Flame confronting her summoned giants.

• Chuka explained her buffs and joined Chen Yi and Fire Dragon in checking the Arena.
• After a long wait, Chen Yi matched with Ren Zi'er of the Singing Civilization on an airless planet.
• Ren Zi'er used her song to slow Chen Yi's Scorching Sword and summon ten pegasus knights, while Chen Yi and his summons attacked her.
• Chen Yi's Flame Demon Phantasm Singer trapped Ren Zi'er in a mirror, and Heart Fire Truman's judgment left her vulnerable to a Scorching Sword strike.
• Ren Zi'er rose from the crater and sang again, strengthening her knights and turning the planet's wind and rocks into giants and spears.
• Silver Flame sent a hundred-meter Flame Snake to entangle the black giants as the fight continued.

Chen Yi defeated Ren Zi'er in the Arena by using Flame Severance to destroy her storm giant and disrupting the formation of her knights. After reflecting on Ren Zi'er's techniques and his own combat skills, he prepared to continue fighting without relying on buffs unless necessary.

• Chen Yi used Flame Severance to split Ren Zi'er's storm giant, then trapped her behind a barrier as Flame Snakes swallowed her defenses.
• Chen Yi shot a knight out of the formation, allowing Fire Dragon and Chuka to exploit its weakness and eliminate most of the knights.
• Ren Zi'er tried to approach Chen Yi, but he drove her back with repeated barrages of blazing swords and won the match.
• Chen Yi returned to the Arena with a record of 275 wins and 0 losses, then considered how Ren Zi'er's song worked and how his own techniques had improved.
• Chen Yi told Chuka not to use buffs unless absolutely necessary, and they continued toward the next match.

Chen Yi matched with Gongye Zaolong, a Tier 5 Shinigami player, in an abandoned city Arena battle. Gongye released Ryujin Jakka and attacked Chen Yi, who gained the upper hand and began sealing him.

• Chen Yi reviewed the Arena Rank and noticed San Hua had climbed above rank 6700 after reaching Tier 5.
• Chen Yi was matched against Gongye Zaolong, who introduced his Shinigami Mutual Aid Association and offered him a business card.
• Gongye released Ryujin Jakka and used Pine Torch against Chen Yi’s blazing swords.
• Chen Yi’s Fire Dragon evaded Gongye’s attacks and knocked his Shakkahō back at him.
• Gongye became dazed as a mirror appeared around him, and Chen Yi used a sealing ability.

Chen Yi and his summons battered Gongye Zaolong, but Gongye Zaolong absorbed the damage and an Energy Ball to unleash Bankai: Ryujin Jakka. He overwhelmed the incoming fire attacks and left Chen Yi facing a devastating sword slash.

• Fire Dragon and Chuka attacked Gongye Zaolong while Flame Demon Phantasm Singer struck him with The Left Hand of the Flame God.
• Gongye Zaolong survived the assault by using his Evil Ghost Tattoo to absorb damage, then swallowed an Energy Ball.
• Gongye Zaolong activated Bankai: Ryujin Jakka and increased his strength and Agility with its release.
• Chen Yi's Flame Demon Phantasm Singer sent Flame Sparrows and blazing swords at Gongye Zaolong, but he destroyed or deflected them.
• Gongye Zaolong cut through a Fire Ring with Ryujin Jakka: East—Rising Sun Blade and sent a slash toward Chen Yi.

Chen Yi used the Flame Demon Phantasm to survive Gongye Zaolong’s attacks while Chuka strengthened Fire Dragon for a counterattack. After Gongye Zaolong unleashed a devastating slash and Chen Yi rescued Fire Dragon and Chuka, Fire Dragon rushed back in as Gongye Zaolong prepared the same ultimate strike again.

• Chen Yi switched the damaged Flame Demon Phantasm from Warrior Form to Singer Form, repaired it, and used its attacks to push Gongye Zaolong back.
• Chuka buffed Fire Dragon, which feinted past Gongye Zaolong’s Ryujin Jakka and evaded his follow-up attacks while its armor began to melt.
• Gongye Zaolong used Ryujin Jakka: North—Heaven and Earth Reduced to Ash, engulfing Fire Dragon in flames and carving a canyon into the ground.
• Chen Yi summoned Fire Dragon and Chuka back to safety, then sent the Flame Demon Phantasm to hold off Gongye Zaolong with repeated Flame Breaks.
• As Fire Dragon charged Gongye Zaolong again, Gongye Zaolong prepared to unleash Ryujin Jakka: North—Heaven and Earth Reduced to Ash once more.

Chen Yi defeated Gongye Zaolong in the Arena, but the exhausting battle left Fire Dragon badly injured and ended his climb for the day. He took Fire Dragon and Chuka to the Blacksmith Shop, where they watched Nino Tudi forge.

• Flame Demon Phantasm: Singer Form sealed Gongye Zaolong, and Fire Dragon killed him with Double Retribution, Might of Others, and Shock.
• Chen Yi won the match and took Gongye Zaolong's rank of 454, while Fire Dragon collapsed from its injuries.
• Gongye Zaolong's rank fell to over 1,900, and he realized Chen Yi was the strongest of the fourth rank and considered trying to win him over.
• Chen Yi decided to stop climbing the rankings and seek high-quality armor for Fire Dragon.
• Chen Yi, Fire Dragon, and Chuka went to the Blacksmith Shop and watched Nino Tudi forge.

Nino Tudi finished shaping a long blade and discussed forging Legendary or Epic defensive equipment for Fire Dragon with Chen Yi. Chen Yi asked San Hua to find the required ores, and she eagerly prepared to charge him as much as she could.

• Nino Tudi finished shaping the metal into a long blade after four days of forging, then collapsed from exhaustion and ate.
• Chen Yi asked Nino Tudi to forge damage-reducing defensive equipment for Fire Dragon, and Nino Tudi quoted 37.5 million Copper Coins for materials for three Epic-quality attempts.
• Nino Tudi listed the required ores, and Chen Yi contacted San Hua to buy them.
• San Hua told Qiu Qiu to stop running his ore stall and gathered her pets to find the materials for Chen Yi.
• San Hua gleefully planned to squeeze Chen Yi's wallet dry, while her pets privately welcomed the chance to share their hardships with another companion.

Chen Yi bought Legendary Quality ores from San Hua and paid Nino Tudi for new equipment, then replanted the dead Bodhi Tree Seed with more moonlit spring water. After resting, he resumed experimenting with a black hole technique, but his mirrors kept shattering under the force of his Sealing Jutsu.

• Chen Yi negotiated ore prices with San Hua, who delivered nine kilograms of each ore and put the 14.2 million Copper Coin bill on his tab.
• Chen Yi gave Nino Tudi twelve Primal Crystals and 300,000 Copper Coins to settle the equipment payment, though forging would take half a year to a year.
• Chen Yi inspected the dead Bodhi Tree sprout, replaced it with a new seed, and watered it with moonlit spring water.
• Chen Yi woke rested and watched Fire Dragon and Chuka begin their training in the backyard.
• Chen Yi reviewed his notes on creating a black hole and concluded that his mirrors were too fragile and his Sealing Jutsu's attraction was still too weak.

Chen Yi faced Situ Cuihua, the Iron Fist Guild’s highest-ranked fifth-rank player, in a grueling Arena match. Fire Dragon and Situ Cuihua traded heavy blows, and the chapter ended with Situ Cuihua catching Fire Dragon’s fist and launching a rapid barrage of punches.

• During the half month before the match, Chen Yi fought several Arena battles while Nino Tudi struggled to keep repairing Fire Dragon’s damaged armor.
• Situ Cuihua criticized Chen Yi’s fighting and introduced himself as a Gold Token coach of the Iron Fist Guild before the Arena countdown began.
• When the battle started, Situ Cuihua entered Rage and evaded Chen Yi’s blazing sword attacks with showy movements.
• Flame Demon Phantasm Singer summoned Fire Dragon and Chuka, empowered Fire Dragon, and used Talent Overload to send a speeding meteor at Situ Cuihua.
• Situ Cuihua endured the meteor and tore apart Flame Demon Phantasm Singer’s Flame Snake, while Fire Dragon struck back with punches, fireballs, and its tail.
• Flame Demon Phantasm Singer sealed Situ Cuihua long enough for Fire Dragon to land Dragon Shatter Strike, but Situ Cuihua recovered, grabbed Fire Dragon’s fist, and battered its back with a rapid series of punches.

Situ Cuihua entered her Third Rage and overwhelmed Chen Yi’s summoned constructs with her relentless physical attacks. She broke through his space domain and punched through his abdomen.

• Situ Cuihua entered her Third Rage, gaining enough strength to withstand the Flame Demon Phantasm Singer’s attacks and destroy its blazing sword.
• Chen Yi used the Sky Patrol Style card to evade Situ Cuihua, but she found an opening and smashed the phantasm’s head as it changed into Warrior Form.
• Chen Yi trapped Situ Cuihua in a suppression array and attacked her from both sides, but she threw off the attacks and closed in.
• Chen Yi expanded his domain, but Situ Cuihua’s equipment caused it to crack apart.
• Situ Cuihua broke through the outer shell around Chen Yi, blocked his reinforced Flame Seal Sword with one punch, and drove her next punch through his abdomen.

Chen Yi fought to contain Situ Cuihua with the Flame Demon Phantasm, then summoned Fire Dragon and Chuka to help overpower her. The chapter ended with Situ Cuihua driven underground, while Chen Yi and Fire Dragon used Lingering Embers to recover.

• Chen Yi escaped Situ Cuihua's attack, healed his injuries with Lingering Embers, and summoned the Flame Demon Phantasm to fight her.
• Situ Cuihua broke free of Chen Yi's restraints, outmaneuvered the phantasm, and battered its Warrior Form until Chen Yi grabbed and slammed her into the ground.
• Chen Yi changed the damaged phantasm into Singer Form and summoned Fire Dragon and Chuka, who had temporarily suppressed Fire Dragon's injuries.
• Chuka empowered Chen Yi and Fire Dragon with Shine, and Fire Dragon grappled with Situ Cuihua before driving her into a mountain.
• Chen Yi and Chuka struck Situ Cuihua with the Left Hand of the Flame God, driving her underground, then used Lingering Embers to restore themselves and treat Fire Dragon's injuries.

Chen Yi defeated Situ Cuihua with a sealing trap and Chibaku Tensei, then took a month off to recover and study. After another seed was destroyed by insects, he hired Yao Yingqian to clear the bugs from his slime farm so the final seed would be safe.

• Chen Yi, Fire Dragon, and Chuka lured Situ Cuihua into a prepared trap and sealed him inside an Earth Sphere, which Chen Yi hurled away with Chibaku Tensei.
• Situ Cuihua's berserk state ended, and Chen Yi received the victory notification, raising his arena record to 280 wins and 0 losses.
• Chen Yi stopped fighting for a month to recover, while Fire Dragon practiced his punches and the second seed died after insects chewed through it.
• Chen Yi offered Yao Yingqian 500,000 Copper Coins to exterminate the bugs in his slime farm, and Yao Yingqian agreed.