Chapter Summaries

Yang Shan pressured Yun Shan for compensation after capturing twelve resource points for the Misty Cloud Sect, then chose an Earth Rank formation fragment from the sect’s secret treasury. Yun Shan agreed to give him the fragment and asked Yang Shan to watch over the Misty Cloud Sect while he went away.

• Yang Shan demanded compensation from Yun Shan for capturing twelve resource points, despite many of them already falling to enemy attacks.
• Yun Shan agreed to take Yang Shan to the secret treasury, and Yang Shan summoned Protector Wu to accompany them.
• Yang Shan searched the treasury, considered a rare pair of boots, and selected the Four Desolations Remnant Formation fragment.
• Yun Shan reluctantly agreed to give Yang Shan the fragment after Protector Wu backed him, then asked Yang Shan to guard the Misty Cloud Sect during his upcoming absence.

Yang Shan and Protector Wu plotted to use Yun Yun’s escape to provoke the Jia Ma Empire’s factions into uniting against the Misty Cloud Sect. After Yun Shan left, Yang Shan rescued Yun Yun with Nalan Yanran, then stayed behind to face Protector Wu as the two women fled.

• Yang Shan persuaded Yun Shan to leave him in charge of the Misty Cloud Sect and secretly planned Yun Yun’s escape with Protector Wu.
• Yang Shan convinced Protector Wu that freeing Yun Yun could turn her into an ally of Yang Shan and help spark conflict among the empire’s factions.
• Three days after Yun Shan and Pill King Gu He left, Yang Shan and Nalan Yanran infiltrated the Misty Cloud Sect and reached Yun Yun.
• Yang Shan broke Yun Yun’s formation and carried her away, but Protector Wu intercepted them as they fled.
• Yang Shan told Nalan Yanran to escape with Yun Yun and faced Protector Wu alone, taking a powerful blow that shattered his Dou Qi Armor and cracked his breastbone.

Nalan Yanran and Yun Yun mourned Yang Shan until he returned alive, then he logged out of the game and joined his employees in the Virtual Party Hall. After Bai Su'an’s fortune-telling revealed Su Yitang’s good fortune but could not uncover Yang Shan’s past, Yang Shan began a meeting about the coming Tagor Desert storyline.

• Nalan Yanran brought Yun Yun to her courtyard and tried to leave to save Yang Shan, but Yun Yun begged her to stay alive.
• Yang Shan appeared alive and exhausted, and Yun Yun caught him when he collapsed after fulfilling her request to return.
• Yang Shan logged out of the game and entered the Virtual Party Hall, where Bai Su'an was reading Su Yitang’s fortune.
• Bai Su'an told Su Yitang that her good deeds had gathered protective green mist and promised to seek a talisman for her.
• Bai Su'an could not read Yang Shan’s past but predicted that he would live long, prosper, and have a fulfilling love life.
• Yang Shan began a meeting with his employees about the approaching Tagor Desert storyline and summoned a Manchu-Han banquet for them to eat during it.

Yang Shan left Yun Yun and Nalan Yanran to travel to the Tagor Desert, where he reunited with several old acquaintances at the Serpent-People Temple. Medusa Queen personally welcomed him, prompting Xiao Aotian to resent how much attention Yang Shan received.

• Yun Yun and Yang Shan discussed her plans to reclaim the Misty Cloud Sect, and her Favorability toward him rose to 63.
• Yang Shan gave Yun Yun and Nalan Yanran medicinal pills, including a Break Emperor Pill and two Emperor Extreme Pills, then departed.
• Yun Yun and Nalan Yanran discussed their feelings for Yang Shan, and Yun Yun's Favorability rose to 64.
• Yang Shan left Gama Holy City, traveled to the Tagor Desert, and flew into the Serpent-People Temple's no-fly zone.
• Yang Shan kicked Mo Bas after he insulted Yue Mei and recognized Lucky Poison Hand, Xiao Aotian, and Yi Qingyang among the guests.
• Medusa Queen appeared to welcome Yang Shan personally, leaving Xiao Aotian jealous and muttering, "Damn! He really deserves to die!"

Yang Shan and Xiao Aotian used the Serpent-People tribe’s ancient array to refine pills, with Xiao Aotian completing two perfect Emperor Extreme Pills. The chapter ended as pill lightning gathered over Yang Shan’s cauldron, prompting Medusa Queen to wonder whether he had refined a Grade Seven Pill.

• Medusa Queen welcomed Yang Shan and agreed to let him and Xiao Aotian refine pills inside the Serpent-People tribe’s ancient array.
• Hua She'er activated the array, and Yang Shan and Xiao Aotian began refining pills with their respective Heavenly Flames.
• Yang Shan used Sea Heart Flame, his Spirit Realm Middle Stage soul, and the array’s benefits to reduce the difficulty of refining a Break Sect Pill.
• Xiao Aotian successfully refined two perfect Emperor Extreme Pills and presented them to Medusa Queen.
• Pill lightning gathered above Yang Shan’s cauldron, and Medusa Queen exclaimed that he might have refined a Grade Seven Pill.

Yang Shan endured pill lightning to refine a Break Sect Pill and gave it to Medusa Queen, earning her gratitude before she entered seclusion to pursue a breakthrough to Dou Zong. A new Serpent-People Crisis storyline opened over a contested ore vein, and Yang Shan hurried to level up as his companions asked to join him.

• Yang Shan used Extraterrestrial Ghoul Lightning to withstand five bolts of pill lightning, then destroyed the storm and completed a Break Sect Pill.
• Yang Shan gave the Break Sect Pill to Medusa Queen, who recorded her debt in the Favor Record and gained favorability toward him.
• Medusa Queen arranged for Hua She'er to look after the guests, then prepared to enter seclusion and pursue a breakthrough to Dou Zong.
• Yi Qingyang and Lucky Poison Hand discussed pursuing Heaven Ranking titles while Yang Shan offered to treat his companions to a meal.
• A system announcement revealed that Misty Cloud Sect, Mulan Valley, and Heavenly Serpent Mansion were plotting to seize a top-grade spiritual ore vein in the northern Tagor Desert.
• Yang Shan abandoned dinner plans to level up, and Xiao Aotian, Yi Qingyang, and Lucky Poison Hand asked to accompany him.

Yang Shan led Xiao Aotian, Yi Qingyang, and Lucky Poison Hand to Red Sand Continent, where they fought through the Red Sand Poison Scorpions and followed their fleeing king. They discovered Mulan Valley elders trying to steal Red Tail Scorpion Beast eggs to provoke a beast tide against the Serpent-People tribe, and Yang Shan proposed a plan to the group.

• Yang Shan learned that a spirit stone mine had appeared in the Tagor Desert and ordered Tie Yang and Bai Su'an to hurry the Ink Iron Marshal’s repairs before rival factions arrived.
• Yue Mei told Yang Shan about Red Sand Continent and its powerful magical beasts, so Yang Shan invited Xiao Aotian, Yi Qingyang, and Lucky Poison Hand to join him in taking it.
• Yang Shan used Heavenly Fragrance Spirit-Attracting Liquid to draw magical beasts toward the group, then cleared their path with Overload as they advanced through the territory.
• The four players battled the Red Sand Poison Scorpions, weakening them with Overload and sonic attacks before defeating many of them and earning experience.
• The Red Sand Poison Scorpion King abruptly fled, and Yang Shan led the others in pursuit until they spotted Mulan Valley elders fighting the beast and searching for its eggs.
• Yang Shan overheard Wei Sheng say that Mulan Valley planned to use Red Tail Scorpion Beast eggs to provoke a beast tide against the Serpent-People tribe, then asked his companions if they wanted to do something big.

Yang Shan and the other players ambushed Mulan Valley's elders after they stole the Red Tail Scorpion Egg, defeating the three Dou Huangs and recovering the egg. Yang Shan then led the group back to find the Medusa Queen.

• Wei Sheng and Fang Ting trapped the Red Tail Scorpion Beast with a combined Dou Skill while Sang Bei located and retrieved its egg.
• Xiao Aotian, Yi Qingyang, and Lucky Poison Hand revealed themselves and pursued the three elders after they fled with the egg.
• Yi Qingyang and Lucky Poison Hand coordinated their attacks to halt the elders, while Xiao Aotian struck Fang Ting with his Giant Ruler and Fallen Heart Flame.
• Yang Shan killed Sang Bei, collected the Red Tail Scorpion Egg, and joined the others in defeating Wei Sheng and Fang Ting.
• Yang Shan told the group to return and find the Medusa Queen.

As Mulan Valley and its allies prepared to seize the Serpent-People tribe’s Spirit Stone Mine, Yang Shan discussed the crisis with the Medusa Queen, who was in seclusion attempting to break through to Dou Zong. He refused her offer of supreme command, then secretly infiltrated Mulan Valley’s camp to draw a horde of magical beasts toward it.

• Mulan Valley’s Three Mulan Elders prepared for the conflict and welcomed Green Barbarian, White Fang, Yun Shan, and Gu He as allies.
• Yun Shan revealed that he had reached Two Star Dou Zong, then declared that his sect had another objective besides the Spirit Stone Mine.
• The Medusa Queen asked Yang Shan to serve as honorary elder and take supreme command, but Yang Shan refused and reminded her that she owed him favors.
• The Medusa Queen ordered Hua She'er to keep the four clan-protecting elders hidden, assigned Yue Mei and Mo Bas to lead the front lines, and said the tribe could temporarily yield the mine if necessary.
• Yang Shan disguised himself, entered Mulan Valley’s camp, and planned to spread the Red Tail Scorpion Beast egg’s scent so the beast and Red Sand Continent’s magical beasts would attack.

Yang Shan planted egg powder at the Mulan Valley camp, then flew to the Red Tail Scorpion Beast and fabricated a story to persuade it to cooperate against Mulan Valley. The beast agreed to trade the Red Marrow Crystal for help reclaiming its egg, leaving Yang Shan with a temporary alliance and a risky bargain.

• Yang Shan overheard Mulan Empire players discussing their strength and saw Yun Shan and Pill King Gu He leave the main tent.
• Yang Shan sprinkled powder from the Red Tail Scorpion Beast egg around the tent to help lure the beast toward it.
• The enraged Red Tail Scorpion Beast gathered its forces, but Yang Shan intercepted it and used Lingering Spirit Hundred Howls to make it listen.
• Yang Shan claimed Xiao Aotian, Yi Qingyang, and Lucky Poison Hand were his friends and blamed three Mulan Valley Dou Huangs for stealing the egg.
• Yang Shan warned that Mulan Valley's experts could defeat the beast and offered to arrange the egg's recovery in exchange for its cooperation.
• The Red Tail Scorpion Beast agreed to give Yang Shan the Red Marrow Crystal if he helped reclaim its egg, and the system announced their temporary cooperative agreement.

Yang Shan mobilized Red Tail Scorpion Beast’s Iron-Eating Mice and Sand Ants to attack Mulan Valley, but an Eight-Winged Black Serpent Emperor named White Fang blocked their route. Yang Shan fought White Fang to keep it from interfering with the plan, and the battle remained unresolved.

• Yang Shan learned that Red Tail Scorpion Beast commanded thousands of scorpions, four Iron-Eating Mouse Kings, and two Sand Ant Queens, then arranged to use the mice and ants against Mulan Valley.
• After two days, Red Tail Scorpion Beast led a swarm of hundreds of thousands of Iron-Eating Mice and countless Sand Ants toward the Spirit Stone Mine.
• Yang Shan encountered White Fang, an Eight-Winged Black Serpent Emperor serving Heavenly Serpent Mansion, which refused to let the swarm pass without proof of its identity.
• Yang Shan attacked White Fang with Sea Heart Flame and Extraterrestrial Ghoul Lightning while Red Tail Scorpion Beast continued the plan with the swarms.
• Yang Shan dodged White Fang’s attacks and chipped away at its Vitality Shield, but White Fang revealed a burst of speed and unleashed thousands of qi blades.
• Extraterrestrial Ghoul Lightning struck White Fang on the head, costing it five thousand Vitality Shield, while Yang Shan realized how durable it was.

Yang Shan used his speed, endurance, and ranged attacks to wear down the Eight-Winged Black Serpent Emperor, then exploited its anger to interrupt its ultimate technique and injure it. After the Serpent Emperor fled, Yang Shan pursued it with a devastating flame-and-lightning attack, leaving the wounded beast running for its life.

• The Eight-Winged Black Serpent Emperor boosted its speed with a Bloodline Secret Skill, but Yang Shan stayed out of reach and kept bombarding it with Overload.
• Yang Shan revealed that he had been using the Kite Tactic and wore away the Serpent Emperor’s Demon Energy protection while pretending to tire.
• Yang Shan taunted the Serpent Emperor, then used Lingering Spirit Hundred Howls to interrupt its Black Feather Thousand Kills and weaken all its attributes.
• Yang Shan slashed open the Serpent Emperor’s left eyelid, but it unleashed a powerful blast and fled when he dodged the attack.
• Yang Shan pursued the weakened Serpent Emperor and hit it with an Overload fueled by Sea Heart Flame and Crimson Thunder, leaving it badly wounded and desperate to escape.

The Serpent-People tribe and its allies prepared to fight over the Tagor Spirit Stone Mine as Yang Shan’s animal forces launched a surprise attack on Mulan Valley’s camp. After the Serpent-People army was stopped by Mu Tiger, Yang Shan arrived with the defeated Eight-Winged Black Serpent Emperor and challenged Mulan Valley’s forces.

• Yue Mei argued with Mo Bas over her command decisions while the Serpent-People tribe’s leaders waited for Mulan Valley’s planned dawn attack.
• The Three Mulan Elders, Yun Shan, and Green Barbarian agreed to divide the Spirit Stone Mine’s spoils and attack at dawn.
• Yang Shan ordered the Iron-Eating Mice and Sand Ants to raid Mulan Valley’s camp, throwing its troops into chaos.
• Yue Mei led three hundred thousand Serpent-People Players toward the camp, but Mu Tiger and a smaller Mulan Valley force blocked their advance.
• Yang Shan arrived atop the wounded Eight-Winged Black Serpent Emperor, reprimanded Yue Mei, and challenged Mulan Valley with Blood Roar Blade in hand.

Yang Shan injured Mu Tiger with a surprise attack, then used his fearsome display to bluff Mulan Valley and strengthen the Serpent-People tribe’s position. He hoped the show of force would lead to negotiations, and Green Barbarian’s arrival gave him a chance to talk while he held White Fang as a hostage.

• Yang Shan used Three Thousand Thunder Movement and a powerful Dou Technique Overload to shatter Mu Tiger’s Dou Qi Armor and leave the elder badly injured.
• Yang Shan proclaimed himself the Blade Sovereign and concealed how much Dou Qi his attack had consumed, hoping to intimidate Mulan Valley and protect his plan to secure the Spirit Stone Mine.
• Players on both sides reacted to Yang Shan’s attack, and the Serpent-People tribe’s Players regained their confidence while Yang Shan silently hoped they would not start a fight.
• Green Barbarian arrived and questioned why Yang Shan was targeting the Heavenly Serpent Mansion, and Yang Shan told her that White Fang was still alive only because he had not cooked and eaten him.

Yang Shan used his speed, threats, and hidden allies to force Yun Shan and Mulan Valley’s forces to withdraw from the Serpent-People tribe’s camp. Green Barbarian then approached Yang Shan to talk, leaving Yue Mei wary as her admiration for him increased.

• Yang Shan stopped Green Barbarian from rescuing the Eight-Winged Black Serpent Emperor and urged her to cooperate with the Serpent-People tribe.
• Yun Shan attempted to ambush Yang Shan, but Yang Shan escaped and signaled Xiao Aotian, Lucky Poison Hand, and Yi Qingyang to attack Mulan Valley’s rear.
• The three Players led elite forces and the Rat Tide and Ant Tide against Mulan Valley’s camp, plunging it into darkness and prompting Yue Mei to taunt Mu Bear.
• Yang Shan confronted Yun Shan and deterred him from fighting by threatening to target the other experts with his Heavenly Flames and odd lightning.
• Mu Bear persuaded Yun Shan to retreat, and Mulan Valley’s forces withdrew while Green Barbarian stayed behind to approach Yang Shan.
• Green Barbarian said she wanted to talk with Yang Shan, and Yue Mei grew wary as her favorability toward him rose to 40.

Yang Shan negotiated with Medusa Queen to help defend the Spirit Stone Mine as the Serpent-People tribe prepared for another assault from Mulan Valley. After searching Mulan Valley's camp for the injured Mu Tiger, Yang Shan flew to Red Sand Continent and returned the Red Tail Scorpion Beast's egg.

• Green Barbarian and White Fang agreed that Yang Shan was too formidable to antagonize and that the Heavenly Serpent Mansion should seek to befriend him.
• Medusa Queen made Yue Mei apologize to Yang Shan, then asked him to help defend the Spirit Stone Mine until she could break through to Dou Zong.
• Yang Shan agreed to do his best, and Medusa Queen ordered Yue Mei to accompany him and look after him.
• Players from the Mulan Empire and the Serpent-People tribe gathered in the Tagor Desert as their forum feud escalated toward war.
• Yang Shan searched Mulan Valley's camp for Mu Tiger but found none of the Three Mulan Elders, then flew to Red Sand Continent.
• The Red Tail Scorpion Beast welcomed Yang Shan back, and Yang Shan showed it the egg from his Storage Ring.

Yang Shan secured a partnership with the Red Tail Scorpion Beast and claimed Red Sand Continent’s rare refining materials in exchange for protection and pills. The Red Tail Scorpion Beast agreed to provide future ore and minerals, leaving Yang Shan with a reliable source of resources and a new ally.

• The Red Tail Scorpion Beast reunited with its egg, then led Yang Shan to a cavern filled with Red Sand Essence Ore and a Red Marrow Crystal.
• Yang Shan learned from Tie Yang that the crystals could upgrade Spirit Artifacts and help a refiner advance, then took the Red Marrow Crystal and all thirty-seven pieces of Red Sand Essence Ore.
• Yang Shan negotiated to protect Red Sand Continent from the Medusa Queen in return for all future Red Sand Essence Ore and Red Marrow Crystals.
• Yang Shan gave the Red Tail Scorpion Beast an Emperor Extreme Pill and promised more pills to strengthen its clan, raising its favorability to 55.
• The Red Tail Scorpion Beast escorted Yang Shan to the continent’s border and respectfully promised to help him in the future.

Yang Shan gathered his allies and prepared to use the Serpent-People tribe’s crisis to strengthen his standing with Yun Yun, while Yun Shan led an attack on the tribe to seize the Green Lotus Core Flame and Spirit Stone Mine. The Serpent-People elders moved to defend their home, but Yun Shan overwhelmed Medusa Queen’s weakened avatar and ordered Pill King Gu He to search for the flame.

• Yang Shan welcomed Chao Bafang, Zhu Tianpeng, and Su Yitang, then sent Red Scorpion back to defend Red Sand Continent and received the repaired Ink Iron Marshal.
• Yang Shan discussed territory and cultivation opportunities with his allies, and Su Yitang said she would soon leave for the Central Plains after reaching Dou Huang.
• Yun Shan, the Three Mulan Elders, and Pill King Gu He arrived at the Serpent-People tribe’s main camp while the injured Eight-Winged Black Serpent Emperor and Green Barbarian watched.
• Yun Shan demanded the Green Lotus Core Flame and the Spirit Stone Mine, then broke through Medusa Queen’s attack and forced her avatar, Black Poison, and Flame Thorn back.
• Four reclusive Serpent-People elders arrived to defend the temple, but Yun Shan told Pill King Gu He to find the flame while he held off the defenders.

Yi Qingyang fought Pill King Gu He to prevent him from reaching the Serpent-People Temple, while Yun Shan dominated the Serpent-People tribe’s defenders. Just as Yun Shan declared himself unmatched, a sudden attack struck him from the sky.

• Yun Shan drove back Medusa Queen and the Great Elder as the Three Mulan Elders used the Three Beasts Desolate Wild Decree to battle the Serpent-People elders.
• Yi Qingyang intercepted Pill King Gu He and used his sword-control techniques to block his flames and force him into a prolonged clash.
• Yun Shan gained the upper hand against the Serpent-People tribe’s elders, Medusa Queen’s energy avatar, and two commanders.
• Pill King Gu He retreated to Yun Shan after Yi Qingyang battered him, warning that the Dou Wang was no ordinary opponent.
• Yun Shan declared himself unmatched, but Crimson Thunder, twenty beast phantoms, and Extraterrestrial Ghoul Lightning suddenly struck him amid a mocking challenge.

Yang Shan returned to the Serpent-People tribe and launched a surprise attack on Yun Shan, then led his allies in a coordinated assault against the Dou Zong. The chapter ended with Yun Shan buried beneath a barrage of attacks, while the fight remained unresolved.

• Yang Shan arrived at the Serpent-People Temple and reassured Medusa Queen that he would help stop Yun Shan, sparing the tribe's four elders from using a fatal secret technique.
• Yang Shan's opening strike depleted over thirty percent of Yun Shan's Protective Gang Qi, and Yun Shan offered him a position in the Misty Cloud Sect and Yun Yun's hand in marriage.
• Yang Shan revealed Yun Shan's offer to Gu He, and Yun Shan attacked Yang Shan after Gu He confronted him.
• Chao Bafang and Zhu Tianpeng drew Yun Shan's attention while Yang Shan released Ink Iron Marshal behind him and restrained him with combat skills.
• Ink Iron Marshal battered Yun Shan's Protective Gang Qi, then Yang Shan's allies, Medusa Queen's avatar, and two Serpent-People elders joined the assault, burying Yun Shan under their attacks.