Chapter Summaries

The Yunlan Sect attacked the Mittel Family’s Spirit Terraces, and Hai Bodong fought Yun Leng, Yun Fu, and Yun Xu to defend them. Just as Hai Bodong was overwhelmed, Yang Shan arrived and killed Yun Xu.

• Yun Leng ordered the Yunlan Sect disciples to seize the Spirit Terraces, while Ya Fei rallied the Mittel Family to defend them.
• Yunlan Sect players overwhelmed the Mittel Family’s forces, and Hao Yunqi faced three Mittel Family Dou Wang players.
• Hai Bodong fought Yun Leng, Yun Fu, and Yun Xu, but Gu He joined the battle and helped the Yunlan elders wound him.
• Hai Bodong unleashed Mystic Ice Dragon Soar, forcing Gu He and Yun Leng back, but Yun Fu and Yun Xu attacked him as his strength waned.
• Ya Fei urged Hai Bodong to retreat, but he refused to let the Mittel Family surrender.
• Yang Shan arrived, killed Yun Xu with Tyrant Blade Seven Kills, and collected his dropped items.

Yang Shan returned to the Mite'er battlefield, killed Yun Xu, and helped turn the ground fight in Mite'er’s favor. As Gu He attacked him, Yang Shan left Yun Leng to Hai Bodong and pursued the fleeing Yun Fu, who could not escape his blade’s range.

• Yang Shan killed Yun Xu with one slash, raising Hai Bodong’s favorability and reassuring Ya Fei.
• Su Yitang, Chao Bafang, and Zhu Tianpeng rallied the Mite'er Players and led their counterattack against the Misty Cloud Sect Players.
• Chao Bafang, Zhu Tianpeng, and Su Yitang attacked the Misty Cloud Sect’s forces while Hao Yunqi struggled against three Dou Wang Players.
• Gu He charged at Yang Shan, driven by his grudge over Yun Yun, and Yang Shan told Hai Bodong to handle Yun Leng.
• Yang Shan pursued Yun Fu through the air, keeping the fleeing Wind Attribute Dou Huang within the Blood Roar Blade’s reach.

Yang Shan killed Yun Fu and bombarded the Misty Cloud Sect’s players while Hai Bodong defeated Yun Leng. The battle left the Misty Cloud Sect’s forces routed, and Yang Shan warned Yun Leng to tell Yun Shan that he was protecting Mitier.

• Yang Shan killed Yun Fu with an explosion of Sea Heart Flame and Extraterrestrial Ghoul Lightning, ignoring Gu He’s demands to stop.
• Yang Shan bombarded the Misty Cloud Sect’s players from the air as Su Yitang, Chao Bafang, and Zhu Tianpeng repeatedly attacked their formation.
• The Misty Cloud Sect’s players fled while Yang Shan’s attacks killed thousands, and Ya Fei promised Mitier’s players fair Contribution Points for their spoils.
• Hai Bodong defeated Yun Leng and rejected his warning that Yun Shan might retaliate against Mitier.
• Yang Shan told Yun Leng to inform Yun Shan that he was protecting Mitier and challenged him to learn how the Black-Corner Region’s number one Alchemist had died.

Yang Shan reunited with Ya Fei in Gama Holy City, accepted her cooking and asked her to use her intelligence network to find a sixth-rank King of Beasts. Meanwhile, Yun Shan delayed retaliation against Yang Shan and confronted Yun Yun, who refused to support his alliance with Protector Wu; Yun Shan left her confined, and she wondered where Yang Shan was.

• Ya Fei cooked for Yang Shan, and he reassured her that she still had a place in his life before asking her to investigate sixth-rank Kings of Beasts.
• Yun Leng reported that Yang Shan had killed two Yunlan Sect Dou Huang at the Spirit Terraces, and Yun Shan ordered him to investigate Yang Shan before acting against the Mittel Family.
• Yun Shan considered the Yunlan Sect’s losses and its growing enemies, then visited Yun Yun in the Back Mountain Forbidden Area.
• Yun Yun told Yun Shan she would not help him while he served Protector Wu and gathered souls, and Yun Shan insisted she remain confined until the Yunlan Sect became a top power.
• After Yun Shan left, Yun Yun worried about Yanran and wondered where Yang Shan was.

Yang Shan arranged for four people to seize the unclaimed Refining Iron Vein and warned Jin Shankao to keep Hero King Manor away. When Yang Shan, Su Yitang, Chao Bafang, and Zhu Tianpeng arrived, they found Wang Tianhao and thousands of Misty Cloud Sect Players at the resource point, and Yang Shan’s group approached as Wang Tianhao hoped they were only passing by.

• Yang Shan persuaded Hai Bodong and Jia Xingtian to let the Mittel Family and Jia Ma Imperial Family support a four-person effort to claim the Refining Iron Vein.
• Yang Shan told Jin Shankao about the planned attack, and Jin Shankao agreed to send Hero King Manor to another resource point.
• Yang Shan, Su Yitang, Chao Bafang, and Zhu Tianpeng met at Gama Holy City's south gate, joked together, and flew to the Refining Iron Vein.
• Wang Tianhao arrived with the Tian Hao Alliance and around Five Wan Misty Cloud Sect Players, hoping to occupy the central monument without fighting other factions.
• The Amethyst Winged Lion King tried to pull Wang Tianhao away as Ji Fengchun warned him about four approaching figures, including Yang Shan.

Yang Shan and his three companions defended the Refining Iron Vein monument against a bounty-driven army of more than 400,000 players. As Yang Shan and Su Yitang slaughtered attackers from the air and Chao Bafang and Zhu Tianpeng drew the ground assault, the defenders unleashed a devastating combined technique that killed players across the battlefield.

• Wang Tianhao retreated from Yang Shan, then offered a three-million-RMB bounty for contributions toward killing him and drew more than 400,000 players to the Refining Iron Vein.
• Yang Shan and Su Yitang attacked from the air, killing thousands while Zhu Tianpeng replenished Yang Shan's defensive barrier at the monument.
• Wang Tianhao's alliance offered separate bounties on Chao Bafang and Zhu Tianpeng, prompting tens of thousands of players to rush the monument.
• Chao Bafang charged into the enemy crowd, drew attackers away from the monument, and retreated to Zhu Tianpeng for a refreshed shield.
• Zhu Tianpeng and Chao Bafang combined Beast Water, Beast Soil, and battle qi to unleash Cemented Heart 2.0, showering the players ahead with cement beads and white flashes of death.

Yang Shan and his allies massacred Misty Cloud Sect Players at the Refining Iron Vein while the Players misjudged how quickly Yang Shan would run out of Dou Qi. After ten minutes and more than thirty thousand kills, the crowd began doubting its calculations.

• Chao Bafang and Zhu Tianpeng used their expanded Cemented Heart Piercing attack to devastate the battlefield, leaving four Dou Wang Players trapped before them.
• Su Yitang rushed to steal kills, and Zhu Tianpeng shielded her and Chao Bafang while Yang Shan went ahead to attack more Players.
• Misty Cloud Sect Players in a temporary group chat calculated that Yang Shan could not kill all four hundred thousand of them before exhausting his Dou Qi.
• Yang Shan’s recovery and Overload costs meant he could keep fighting for nearly three hours, though he considered retreating if the battle became too difficult.
• Yang Shan bombarded the Players while Su Yitang and Chao Bafang attacked and Zhu Tianpeng gathered assists; together, they killed more than thirty thousand Players in ten minutes.
• The Misty Cloud Sect Players began wondering why Yang Shan had not run out of Dou Qi.

Yang Shan finished grinding experience at the Refining Iron Vein, then fought Wang Tianhao and his allies when they tried to ambush him. Nalan Yanran arrived with Misty Cloud Sect reinforcements and revealed that her master had been imprisoned and her sect had fallen out with her clan, leaving Yang Shan to face a new crisis.

• Yang Shan filled his experience bar by killing more than twenty thousand Dou Ling players, unlocked the Heart Demon Trial, and regrouped with Su Yitang, Chao Bafang, and Zhu Tianpeng.
• Wang Tianhao gathered twenty-four Dou Wang players and a fifth-tier Thousand Beast King to attack Yang Shan, while Yang Shan hired Jin Shankao to seize the Refining Iron Vein and eliminate Tian Hao Alliance players.
• Yang Shan used Sea Heart Flame, Extraterrestrial Ghoul Lightning, and his sonic Dou Skill to kill or cripple most of Wang Tianhao's forces.
• Misty Cloud Sect reinforcements arrived, but Nalan Yanran rushed into Yang Shan's arms and told him that her master had been imprisoned and the sect had fallen out with her clan.
• Wang Tianhao was forcibly disconnected from the game after seeing Nalan Yanran embrace Yang Shan.

After learning that Yun Yun had been imprisoned by Yun Shan, Yang Shan promised Nalan Yanran he would rescue her and prepared to break through to Dou Emperor. His Heart Demon Trial brought him face to face with Mystic Wrath Thunder Lord, who challenged him to fight.

• Nalan Yanran arrived seeking Yang Shan’s help, and her favorability toward him rose after he comforted her.
• Yang Shan killed Hao Yunqi and used Lingering Spirit Hundred Howls to wipe out most of the Tian Hao Alliance, while Su Yitang, Chao Bafang, and Zhu Tianpeng dealt with the survivors.
• Nalan Yanran told Yang Shan that Yun Shan was trying to force the Jia Ma Empire’s factions and the Nalan Family to submit, and she suspected he had confined Yun Yun in the Yunlan Sect’s Back Mountain Forbidden Area.
• Yang Shan told Nalan Yanran to avoid provoking Yun Shan and help delay the Nalan Family’s submission while he handled Yun Yun’s rescue.
• Yang Shan took a Break Emperor Pill, spent one point of Good Fortune, and began the Heart Demon Trial to advance from Dou Wang to Dou Emperor.
• Yang Shan encountered Mystic Wrath Thunder Lord in the trial, and the irritable elder demanded that he fight.

Yang Shan challenged Mystic Wrath Thunder Lord in the Heart Demon Trial, where the system stripped the senior of most of his legendary abilities and reduced him to a Gold Word Seal Four Star Dou Huang. After discovering how his Strange Lightning and Heavenly Flame could exploit those restrictions, Yang Shan gained the upper hand and relentlessly blasted Mystic Wrath Thunder Lord.

• Yang Shan probed Mystic Wrath Thunder Lord with Extraterrestrial Ghoul Lightning, and the senior dodged ten bolts before revealing his supposed Golden Qilin Mystic Lightning.
• The system instead gave Mystic Wrath Thunder Lord weak beast lightning and removed his Heaven Rank cultivation method, equipment, and other powers, so Yang Shan attacked with Lingering Spirit Hundred Howls.
• Mystic Wrath Thunder Lord recognized Yang Shan's Earth Rank Sonic Dou Skill but could not use Lightning Soul Protection, then dodged Yang Shan's Drawing Sword Flash and caught his calf with a lightning dragon claw.
• Yang Shan's Extraterrestrial Ghoul Lightning devoured the dragon claw, while Lingering Spirit Hundred Howls weakened Mystic Wrath Thunder Lord's attributes.
• Yang Shan revealed his Heavenly Flame and used Overload repeatedly, leaving Mystic Wrath Thunder Lord blasted and cursing at his reckless use of the ultimate move.

Yang Shan outlasted the Mystic Wrath Thunder Lord in a lightning-speed pursuit, passed the Dou Huang Heart Demon Trial, and became the first player on the server to reach Dou Huang. After the system announced new Heaven and Earth Rankings, Yang Shan celebrated his lead while the Mystic Wrath Thunder Lord confronted him.

• Yang Shan evaded the Mystic Wrath Thunder Lord's charged Earth Rank Dou Skill by repeatedly using Three Thousand Thunder Movement, while the older fighter tried to exhaust his Dou Qi.
• Yang Shan activated Boundless Sea to increase his Dou Qi, and the Mystic Wrath Thunder Lord eventually ran low and stopped pursuing him.
• Yang Shan refused to approach until the Mystic Wrath Thunder Lord smashed his charged Palm Force into the ground, and the system confirmed Yang Shan had passed the Heart Demon Trial and advanced to One Star Dou Huang.
• The system announced Yang Shan as the first player to reach Dou Huang, awarded him the title Number One Dou Huang Under Heaven, and opened the Heaven and Earth Rankings.
• Yang Shan realized the rankings had opened a version earlier than in his previous life, then the Mystic Wrath Thunder Lord approached and accused him of being happy about his defeat.

Yang Shan won Mystic Wrath Thunder Lord’s favor by sharing Apricot Blossom Wine and flattering him into adopting the title Mystic Wrath Saint. As they drank, Mystic Wrath Thunder Lord questioned Yang Shan’s pursuit of multiple Heaven and Earth Oddities, and Yang Shan challenged the logic of single-attribute cultivation.

• Yang Shan served Mystic Wrath Thunder Lord Apricot Blossom Wine, rekindling the senior’s memories of a mortal village from a thousand years earlier.
• Yang Shan reasoned that Mystic Wrath Thunder Lord must have broken through to Dou Sheng, and the pleased senior accepted the title Mystic Wrath Saint.
• Yang Shan shared more wine and food with Mystic Wrath Thunder Lord, seeking to build favor rather than ask for immediate rewards.
• Mystic Wrath Thunder Lord explained that cultivators usually focused on one attribute because concentrating Spirit Roots increased their power.
• Yang Shan revealed Extraterrestrial Ghoul Lightning and Sea Heart Flame in his hands and asked whether single-attribute cultivation was recommended because ordinary cultivators lacked the talent to pursue more.

Yang Shan gained Mystic Wrath Thunder Lord’s favor, accepted a quest to revitalize the Wind and Thunder Pavilion, and claimed the title Blade Sovereign after reaching Dou Huang. He then went to meet Tie Yang about repairing Ink Iron Marshal and was introduced to Tie Yang’s eccentric old friend, Bai Su'an.

• Mystic Wrath Thunder Lord gave Yang Shan the location of the Extreme Lightning Mystic Classic and tasked him with restoring the Wind and Thunder Pavilion, which Yang Shan accepted.
• Mystic Wrath Thunder Lord vanished after sharing wine with Yang Shan, and the system transferred the Ghoul Lord Remnant Soul’s favorability to him.
• Yang Shan spent Extraterrestrial Ghoul Lightning to raise three attributes, then selected the title Blade Sovereign and triggered a global announcement.
• Yang Shan received congratulations in the group chat and sent a ten-thousand-yuan red packet before Tie Yang told him he could begin restoring Ink Iron Marshal’s durability.
• Yang Shan flew to the courtyard where Tie Yang and Little Yao Xi were staying, met Bai Su'an, and interrupted the two old friends’ bickering to discuss business.

Yang Shan tested Bai Su'an’s Array Inscriptionist skills and offered him a contract to develop his talent. The chapter ended with Bai Su'an accepting a modest first-year investment and Yang Shan hoping he might later help unlock the power of combat arrays.

• Yang Shan checked the Taoist Association website, confirmed Bai Su'an was a senior Taoist priest, and examined his Array Inscriptionist panel.
• Bai Su'an explained that he had studied Myriad Arrays Deciphered and gained Spirit Hand Array Carving through a wilderness encounter, while seeking money to restore Wudang Mountain temples.
• Bai Su'an quickly carved a Four Directions Spirit Gathering Array with 100% completeness, demonstrating exceptional precision.
• Yang Shan offered Bai Su'an a contract with a first-year investment of five hundred thousand, and Bai Su'an hesitated over the risk.
• Tie Yang vouched for Yang Shan’s judgment, and Yang Shan said he would adjust future investment according to Bai Su'an’s performance.

Yang Shan disguised himself as Cheng E and infiltrated Yunlan Sect’s Back Mountain Forbidden Area to pursue his private plans. After presenting a Soul General Token, he made Protector Wu treat him with great respect, leaving Yun Shan stunned and eager to serve him.

• Yang Shan used Sea Heart Flame’s Mirage trait to disguise his Heaven and Earth Oddities, then changed his appearance and flew to Yunlan Sect as Cheng E.
• Yun Shan intercepted Cheng E in the Back Mountain Forbidden Area, but Cheng E challenged his authority and claimed even Protector Wu would not dare reprimand him.
• Protector Wu arrived and confronted Cheng E, who first tossed him an ordinary Soul Envoy Token and then revealed a Soul General Token.
• Protector Wu recognized the Soul General Token, returned it respectfully, and addressed Cheng E as Mister E while Yun Shan watched in disbelief.
• Protector Wu told Yun Shan to find beautiful maidservants for Cheng E and promised that good service could help Yun Shan reach Two Star Dou Zong.

Yang Shan used Cheng E’s Soul General identity to win Protector Wu’s trust and arrange a plan to provoke conflict between the Misty Cloud Sect and the Jia Ma Empire’s factions for their mutual profit. With Protector Wu in seclusion and Yun Shan occupied, Yang Shan secretly reached the imprisoned Yun Yun, whose rescue he had been waiting to attempt.

• Yang Shan privately allied with Protector Wu, criticized Yun Shan, and proposed using the Azure Cloud Association to provoke the major factions and gather souls.
• Protector Wu arranged for Yang Shan to become the Misty Cloud Sect’s First Offering and planned to conceal his role until the factions united against the sect.
• After Protector Wu went into seclusion, Yang Shan learned from Lian Qiao that Yun Yun was imprisoned on the mountainside and that Yun Shan was meeting with the elders.
• Yang Shan left a puppet in his room, concealed his presence, and secretly went to Yun Yun’s courtyard while she picked petals to sustain herself.
• Yang Shan appeared before Yun Yun, startling her and making the petals fall from her fingers.

Yang Shan returned to rescue Yun Yun from the Back Mountain Forbidden Ground, where her Dou Qi remained sealed and two Dou Zong-level threats loomed. After explaining why he had left before, he persuaded Yun Yun to admit she was happy to see him, and her favorability toward him rose to 47.

• Yang Shan appeared before Yun Yun and used emotional push-and-pull that left her confused, then abruptly left after she told him to go.
• Over the next three days, Yun Yun's favorability toward Yang Shan fell as she grew resentful, while Yang Shan had Lian Qiao provoke the Misty Cloud Sect's leaders and kept Yun Shan wary.
• Yang Shan returned while Yun Shan was away and told Yun Yun that friends waited at the foot of the mountain to help rescue her.
• Yun Yun warned Yang Shan that the formation marks could alert Yun Shan and Protector Wu, and begged him not to risk his life.
• Yang Shan explained that he had left before because he sensed Yun Shan might return, and Yun Yun realized she had misjudged his intentions.
• Yang Shan teased Yun Yun into admitting she was happy he had returned, and her favorability toward him rose by 20 points to 47.

Yang Shan persuaded Yun Yun that she could reclaim control of the Misty Cloud Sect with help from his allies, giving her a way to oppose Yun Shan and protect the disciples she had nurtured. After leaving her, Yang Shan set out to play both sides in the coming conflict and weaken the sect’s council of elders.

• Yang Shan learned that Yun Yun was disillusioned with Yun Shan and worried that the Misty Cloud Sect’s disciples would become casualties of his ambitions.
• Yang Shan pointed out that Yun Yun had allowed Yun Leng’s faction to control the sect and that Yun Shan would likely favor them over her former disciples.
• Yang Shan proposed that Yun Yun use the influence of the imperial family, the Mittel Family, the Nalan Family, and Fa Ma to reclaim the Misty Cloud Sect.
• Yun Yun agreed to trust Yang Shan’s plan, and her favorability toward him rose to 52 as she became strongly dependent on him.
• Yang Shan left the Back Mountain Forbidden Ground and planned to help Yun Yun regain the sect while manipulating the conflict to weaken Yun Shan and profit from the fighting.

Yang Shan, posing as Soul Hall-affiliated Yunlan Sect First Offering Cheng E, recruited Players to help seize Black Mud Forest from the Alchemist Guild and Mu Family. After reaching the heavily defended resource point, he launched a concealed lightning-and-flame attack, leaving the battle just beginning.

• Yang Shan appeared before Yun Shan and offered to expand Yunlan Sect's territory, then went to the Martial Arts Practice Square to recruit fighters.
• Ye Suifeng impressed Yang Shan with a sparring attack, and Yang Shan tasked him with gathering five hundred Players while promising extra contribution rewards.
• Yang Shan selected Black Mud Forest, a resource point jointly controlled by the Alchemist Guild and Mu Family, as his target and led the Players there.
• The Alchemist Guild and Mu Family mobilized their Players to defend Black Mud Forest, bringing the displayed defender count to 372222.
• Yang Shan combined Extraterrestrial Ghoul Lightning and disguised Sea Heart Flame in a devastating Finger Strength attack that exploded across a hundred-meter area.

Yang Shan used Flicking Finger Overload to annihilate thousands of defenders and capture twelve resource points for the Misty Cloud Sect, prompting the Imperial Family, Mittel Family, and Nalan Family to unite against the sect. The chapter ended with their alliance attacking Black Mud Forest, while Yang Shan’s seizure of the resource points forced the Alchemist Guild and Mu Family to reconsider their position in the empire.

• Yang Shan concealed his Overload attacks with Cloud Piercing Flicking Finger and devastated the player forces defending Black Mud Forest before they fled.
• Yang Shan ordered Ye Suifeng to notify the Misty Cloud Sect about Black Mud Forest, then led the Hero King Manor players to seize more territory.
• Over two days, Yang Shan’s raids captured twelve resource points, angering Yun Shan, who feared the other factions would unite against the Misty Cloud Sect.
• Yun Leng informed Yun Shan that the Imperial Family, Mittel Family, and Nalan Family had formed an alliance and were attacking the Misty Cloud Sect’s newly captured resource points.
• At Black Mud Forest, Nalan Yanran fought for the alliance, and Chao Bafang and Su Yitang killed the Misty Cloud Sect elder Yun Fan.
• The Alchemist Guild and Mu Family realized that the alliance’s victories had transferred their former resource sites to its control.