Chapter Summaries

Yang Shan used the Ink Iron Marshal and his allies to defeat and severely injure Yun Shan, forcing the Misty Cloud Sect leader to flee and prompting his allies to withdraw. Yang Shan then prepared to head to the front lines, while Medusa Queen’s favorability toward him rose despite his kicking her clone into Yun Shan’s attack.

• Yang Shan ordered the Second and Third Elders to help hold off the Three Mulan Elders while he confronted Yun Shan with the Ink Iron Marshal.
• Yun Shan restrained several of Yang Shan’s allies with Ten Thousand Wind Entanglements, but they broke free or avoided the ropes, and Yang Shan maneuvered behind him.
• Yang Shan’s soul attack weakened Yun Shan, allowing Yang Shan, the Ink Iron Marshal, and their allies to batter him until he unleashed the Great Compassion Wind Rending Hand.
• Yang Shan kicked Medusa Queen’s avatar toward Yun Shan, and she self-destructed to collide with his attack; Yang Shan then sent the Ink Iron Marshal into the explosion and wounded Yun Shan further.
• Yun Shan fled with critical injuries, and the Three Mulan Elders withdrew while Gu He also escaped from Yi Qingyang and the Serpent-People commanders.
• Yang Shan declined to pursue the Three Mulan Elders and headed toward the front lines with Yi Qingyang; Medusa Queen later received notice that her favorability had risen to 21.

Yang Shan finished settling the Serpent-People tribe’s crisis, secured access to Red Sand Continent through a deal with Medusa Queen, and returned to Gama Holy City. The chapter ended with him reuniting with Yun Yun, who had been missing him.

• Yang Shan’s group stopped to eat after learning Xiao Aotian was defeating Mulan Valley’s forces, and Yi Qingyang revealed that he had gained favorability with Medusa Queen.
• Yue Mei greeted Yang Shan and led him to Medusa Queen, gaining favorability after he praised her relaxed attire.
• Medusa Queen rewarded Xiao Aotian, Yi Qingyang, and Lucky Poison Hand, then welcomed Yang Shan and recorded his assistance in the Favor Record.
• Yang Shan declared Red Sand Continent off-limits to the Serpent-People tribe, then agreed to let them gather supplies there in exchange for guarding the area with Yue Mei’s Profound Moon Tribe elites.
• Yang Shan returned to Gama Holy City, gave Ink Iron Marshal to Tie Yang for repairs, visited Ya Fei, and then found Yun Yun at her hidden residence.

Yang Shan publicly refined a Break Sect Pill for Mo Tianxing, then left Jia Nan Academy with Su Yitang to seek Mystic Wrath Thunder Lord’s inheritance at Black Moon Ridge. There, they began grinding magical beasts, and Su Yitang’s bait drew a huge pack toward them.

• Yang Shan refined a Break Sect Pill in public, endured its pill lightning, and gave the pill to Mo Tianxing to repay his debt.
• Yang Shan declined Mo Tianxing’s invitation to the Black Emperor Sect and left Jia Nan Academy with Su Yitang.
• Yang Shan and Su Yitang flew to Black Moon Ridge to seek Mystic Wrath Thunder Lord’s cultivation inheritance and gain experience.
• Yang Shan, Su Yitang, and Ink Iron Marshal defeated a pack of Black Wind Profound Wolves, while Su Yitang gathered experience.
• Su Yitang scattered Beast Attracting Powder, drawing a vast horde of magical beasts toward them, including more than a hundred sixth-order Kings of Beasts and a seventh-order King of Beasts.

Yang Shan and Su Yitang encountered Lei San and more than a hundred Sixth-Order Thunder Ghoul Wolves in Black Moon Ridge. Yang Shan unleashed his Heaven and Earth Oddities to devastate the pack, then taunted Lei San to keep it occupied while Ink Iron Marshal and Su Yitang attacked the wolves.

• Su Yitang panicked at the sight of more than a hundred Sixth-Order Kings of Beasts, while Yang Shan explained Black Moon Ridge’s danger and told her to focus on gaining assist credit.
• Lei San attacked Yang Shan, but Yang Shan’s Extraterrestrial Ghoul Lightning suppressed its beast lightning before Ink Iron Marshal struck it down.
• Yang Shan hit the Thunder Ghoul Wolves with Overload and Lingering Spirit Hundred Howls, leaving them badly injured and unable to defend themselves.
• Yang Shan sent Ink Iron Marshal toward the weakened wolves and had Blade Sovereign hold Lei San back.
• Yang Shan taunted Lei San by calling it over like a dog, enraging it as he evaded its attacks and waited for the others to finish off the pack.

Yang Shan and Su Yitang fought the Black Gatekeeper Thunder Wolf after defeating its Thunder Ghoul Wolves, and the wolf fled when their coordinated attacks weakened it. Yang Shan caught up with it and discovered two former rulers of Black Moon Ridge—a Black Moon Dog and a Snow Moon Cat—hiding nearby, leaving Su Yitang to watch them while he returned to the fight.

• The Ink Iron Marshal killed the remaining Thunder Ghoul Wolves, helping Yang Shan complete the nurturing of Extraterrestrial Ghoul Lightning and helping Su Yitang reach Nine-Star Dou Wang.
• Yang Shan used Lingering Spirit Hundred Howls and coordinated attacks with Su Yitang and the Ink Iron Marshal to weaken the Black Gatekeeper Thunder Wolf.
• The Black Gatekeeper Thunder Wolf pretended to prepare a secret bloodline skill, then fled; Yang Shan pursued it and blocked its path with the Ink Iron Marshal.
• Yang Shan found a Black Moon Dog and a Snow Moon Cat, both Fourth-Order Kings of Beasts, hiding in bushes and recognized them as the former royal family of Black Moon Ridge.
• Yang Shan assigned Su Yitang to watch the two creatures and hurried back to help the Ink Iron Marshal fight the Black Gatekeeper Thunder Wolf.

Yang Shan nearly killed the Black Gatekeeper Thunder Wolf, but it called for help from two more seventh-order Kings of Beasts. Yang Shan killed Lei San, escaped Lei Er and Yan San, and left them unable to track him.

• Yang Shan and the Ink Iron Marshal shattered the Black Gatekeeper Thunder Wolf's barrier and wore down its HP, while Yang Shan stopped its Wolf Howl Thunder Sea with a soul attack.
• The Black Gatekeeper Thunder Wolf fled and called for help as two powerful Kings of Beasts approached; Yang Shan activated Ink Iron's Wrath and pushed to finish the wounded wolf quickly.
• Yang Shan spotted Lei Er and Yan San, disguised himself, and killed the nearly defeated Lei San before the other two could save him.
• Yang Shan collected Lei San's drops and withdrew the Ink Iron Marshal, then claimed to be the Old Ancestor's direct bloodline to mislead Lei Er and Yan San.
• Yang Shan transformed into Crimson Thunder and escaped; Lei Er tried to track him by scent but could not find it.

Yang Shan discovered that the juvenile Dark Moon Dog and Snow Moon Cat belonged to former royal clans of Black Moon Ridge and claimed that Mystic Wrath Thunder Lord was his master. After Bai Xiao Guai returned with the elder Hei Jing, Hei Jing recognized Yang Shan as the Thunder Lord’s disciple, opening the way for negotiations with the clans.

• Yang Shan returned to Su Yitang and found her keeping Black Da Sha and Bai Xiao Guai calm while they waited.
• Yang Shan questioned the two beasts, and Black Da Sha revealed that they had come looking for food and had sensed a powerful fluctuation of Demon Energy.
• Yang Shan learned that Black Da Sha and Bai Xiao Guai’s clans had once ruled Black Moon Ridge, then claimed that Mystic Wrath Thunder Lord was his master.
• Yang Shan asked Bai Xiao Guai to bring an elder to meet him, and Bai Xiao Guai left Black Da Sha behind as a hostage.
• Bai Xiao Guai returned with Hei Jing, a seventh-tier Ink Thunder Dog, who greeted Yang Shan as Mystic Wrath Thunder Lord’s disciple and addressed him as Blade Sovereign.

Yang Shan used his supposed identity as Mystic Wrath Thunder Lord’s disciple to persuade Black Thorn and Bai Li to let him visit the hidden clans and retrieve the cultivation technique. After Yang Shan threatened to leave, Bai Li changed her tune and offered Bai Xiao Guai to Su Yitang to pet.

• Yang Shan told Black Thorn he had come to retrieve Mystic Wrath Thunder Lord’s cultivation technique and asked what had happened to the Dark Moon Dog and Snow Moon Cat clans.
• Black Thorn led Yang Shan and Su Yitang to the clans’ hiding place beneath a small lake, where Bai Li refused to let them enter.
• Bai Xiao Guai urged Bai Li to welcome Yang Shan and Su Yitang, but Yang Shan pretended to leave after Bai Li’s reluctant invitation.
• Black Thorn invited Yang Shan to stay, and Yang Shan claimed his master had said he could take a clan member away to raise it to the eighth order.
• Bai Li apologized to Yang Shan and handed Bai Xiao Guai to Su Yitang so she could pet her, leaving Bai Xiao Guai stunned.

Yang Shan and Su Yitang learned how the Ghoul Wolf and Ghost Tiger clans had driven the Dark Moon Dog and Snow Moon Cat royal clans from Black Moon Ridge, then staged an argument to make the survivors ask for help. Yang Shan secured a quest and a reward of one magical beast from each clan, but balked at the strength of their enemies and demanded more compensation.

• Black Thorn and Bai Li brought Yang Shan and Su Yitang into the forbidden grounds and explained how the Fire Phoenixes had killed the two royal clans’ leaders, allowing the Ghoul Wolves and Ghost Tigers to seize power.
• Su Yitang connected the story to the injured Sky Luan she had encountered and the cyan egg it gave her, while Yang Shan urged her to reach Dou Huang and travel to the Central Plains.
• Yang Shan and Su Yitang bickered so Black Thorn and Bai Li would hear Yang Shan boast of his strength, prompting both elders to kneel and beg him to save their clans.
• Yang Shan demanded that he and Su Yitang each be allowed to choose one cat and one dog from the clans, and the system activated a quest to restore their rule over Black Moon Ridge.
• Black Thorn and Bai Li revealed that the Ghoul Wolf and Ghost Tiger leaders were powerful seventh-order Thousand Beast Kings, so Yang Shan demanded further compensation.

Yang Shan negotiated a delayed plan to reclaim Black Moon Ridge, using the promise of his master’s trump card to justify killing the two Thousand Beast Kings slowly. After gaining a map and building goodwill with Black Da Sha and Bai Xiao Guai, he left to pursue the Extreme Lightning Mystic Classic and continue leveling up.

• Yang Shan convinced Black Thorn and Bai Li to accept a delayed campaign against Baleful Wolf and Ghost Tiger because he would not use his life-saving trump card immediately.
• Black Thorn gave Yang Shan a map of the central region so he could seek the Extreme Lightning Mystic Classic and find a way to lure away the two Thousand Beast Kings.
• Yang Shan gave Black Da Sha a Break Emperor Pill and an Emperor Extreme Pill, increasing the Dark Moon Dog’s favorability toward him by thirty points.
• Su Yitang secretly gave Bai Xiao Guai two pills, while Bai Xiao Guai ignored Bai Li’s plea and carried them away.
• After leaving the forbidden area, Yang Shan and Su Yitang celebrated their successful act, then agreed to focus on leveling up before pursuing a Blood Pact Magical Beast.

Yang Shan filled Sea Heart Flame’s experience bar, left Black Moon Ridge, and prepared to infiltrate Ghost Wither Branch Hall to obtain Dark Soul Mist. After traveling to Heavenly Heart Empire, he headed for Blue Crystal City to find the branch hall’s guide, while Hun Dan and Luo Xie remained in Black Seal City.

• Yang Shan and Su Yitang finished grinding in Black Moon Ridge; Su Yitang filled her Nine Star Dou Wang experience bar, and Yang Shan filled Sea Heart Flame’s remaining experience.
• Yang Shan exchanged messages with Xiao Aotian, who learned that Yang Shan had accumulated ten million experience points while raising his Heaven and Earth Oddities.
• After logging back in, Yang Shan found Hun Dan and Luo Xie waiting; Hun Dan had reached Nine Star Dou Huang but refused to return to the Soul Palace until he reached middle-stage Dou Zong.
• Yang Shan learned that Hun Dan wanted to contact Nine Heavens Venerable Mo Yu and agreed to scout Ghost Wither Branch Hall, while Luo Xie planned to break through to Dou Zong and praised the Players supporting Bloodshed Hall.
• Yang Shan left Black Seal City and traveled through a Space Wormhole to Heavenly Heart Empire, where a warning stated that deaths outside the current operational region carried a triple penalty.
• Yang Shan set out for Blue Crystal City to find a guide to Ghost Wither Branch Hall, which lay near the dangerous Ghost Wither Deep Domain.

Yang Shan entered the Ghost Wither Branch Hall under the alias Cheng E to deliver Luo Xie's soul quota and investigate which senior Soul Hall figures were stationed there. After Han Feng recognized him and attacked, Yang Shan revealed his Soul General status to Protector Sha Feng, who stopped Han Feng and barred him from seeing Venerable Elder Mu Bone.

• Yang Shan passed Doctor Bai's identity check and traveled with a branch hall servant through the Ghost Wither Deep Domain to the Ghost Wither Branch Hall.
• Yang Shan handed Protector Sha Feng sixty Soul Gathering Pearls, his Soul Envoy Token, and Luo Xie's letter transferring his task rewards to him.
• Yang Shan learned from Han Feng that Venerable Elder Mu Bone was stationed at the branch hall and confirmed from Sha Feng that Mu Bone was its only Venerable Elder.
• Han Feng recognized Yang Shan as Cheng E, accused him of abandoning the Black Alliance, and attacked him in the Main Palace.
• Yang Shan showed Sha Feng his Soul General Token and revealed his connection to a young Soul Clan master, prompting Sha Feng to strike Han Feng down and forbid him from seeing Mu Bone if he kept causing trouble.

Yang Shan entered Soul Hall’s Main Palace under the identity Cheng E, bargained with Han Feng over keeping the Sea Heart Flame secret, and met Old Mu Bone. Old Mu Bone gave Han Feng resources to search for Yao Chen, leaving Yang Shan aware of Han Feng’s next move and his backing.

• Sha Feng protected Yang Shan from Han Feng and escorted him to meet Old Mu Bone.
• Han Feng offered Yang Shan Contribution Points to keep quiet about the Sea Heart Flame, and Yang Shan bargained for three hundred thousand plus an advance payment.
• Yang Shan agreed to help Han Feng pursue the Sea Heart Flame in exchange for a chance to claim the Scarlet Strange Lightning.
• Old Mu Bone recognized Cheng E as a Soul General, examined him, and then heard Han Feng report traces of Yao Chen in several regions.
• Old Mu Bone gave Han Feng one million Contribution Points and ordered him to find people to help locate Yao Chen.

Yang Shan secured Old Mu Bone’s support and established Cheng E as his public identity, then spent most of his Contribution Points acquiring Dark Soul Mist. He began receiving the costly Dou Skill inheritance, leaving his next step to master it.

• Yang Shan told Old Mu Bone that a masked Young Master had sent him to the Ghost Wither Branch Hall, and Old Mu Bone agreed to conceal his identity and treat him as a personal disciple.
• Old Mu Bone announced that Cheng E would be called Mister E, and Sha Feng and Han Feng acknowledged Yang Shan’s elevated status.
• Han Feng apologized with two hundred thousand Contribution Points, while Yang Shan privately hoped Han Feng would survive long enough to join a future siege against him.
• Yang Shan visited the Secret Treasure Hall with Sha Feng and exchanged three hundred thousand Contribution Points for the Mysterious and Earth Chapters of Dark Soul Mist.
• Yang Shan placed his Soul Envoy Token against the inheritance stele and began learning the Earth Chapter of Dark Soul Mist.

Yang Shan completed the inheritance of Dark Soul Mist and discovered that its stored energy gave him a powerful, nearly cost-free combat advantage. He accepted a magical-beast-clearing mission in the Ghost Wither Deep Domain and began AFK cultivation to prepare for the hunt.

• Yang Shan assessed Dark Soul Mist’s abilities and realized its Hide Mist Within trait could store up to 300,000 energy points for offense and defense.
• Yang Shan received the inheritance, reaching Minor Accomplishment in the Earth Chapter and Completion in the Mysterious Chapter.
• Yang Shan learned that Dark Soul Mist proficiency increased as he condensed energy and decided to cultivate it through AFK training.
• Yang Shan asked Sha Feng for a mission that would earn Soul Points without requiring him to be stationed anywhere.
• Sha Feng led Yang Shan to accept the free Deep Domain sweep mission, where he could kill magical beasts and earn Contribution Points.
• Yang Shan had Sha Feng arrange a cultivation room and began AFK cultivation before setting out to hunt.

Yang Shan advanced to Two Star Dou Huang after killing a sixth-order Amethyst Flame Lion, then returned to the Jia Ma Empire when the server announced Version 2.0’s Imperial Civil War. He found Yun Shan facing an alliance led by Yun Yun and offered to fight for the Misty Cloud Sect in exchange for a sufficient price.

• Yang Shan used Dark Soul Mist, Lingering Spirit Hundred Howls, Finger Strength Overload, and Tyrant Blade to kill the sixth-order Amethyst Flame Lion and advance to Two Star Dou Huang.
• Yang Shan joined the Big Shot Gathering Camp’s chat as Ye Suifeng announced his own advancement to Dou Huang and Xiao Aotian compared their monster kills.
• The server announced the Imperial Civil War storyline, prompting players to prepare to defend their factions and confront rival forces.
• Yang Shan traveled through Space Wormholes back to the Jia Ma Empire as Yun Yun’s alliance of five factions seized strongholds and resources from the Misty Cloud Sect.
• Yang Shan met Yun Shan, who asked him to persuade Protector Wu to intervene; Yang Shan instead offered to fight Yun Yun for a sufficient price.

Yang Shan, posing as Soul Hall member Mister E, went to Resting Grass Forest to collect souls and demonstrate his strength. He massacred hundreds of Dou Wang Players, leaving the surviving fighters fleeing and the weaker Players on the ground facing his threat.

• Protector Wu recognized Yang Shan’s Earth Chapter Dark Soul Mist, accepted his Soul General identity, and agreed to accompany him toward the conflict with the Five Directions Alliance.
• Yang Shan heard Tang Baizhan and Old Xu discussing their plans to avenge and revive fallen Yunlan Sect NPCs before he headed to Resting Grass Forest.
• Yang Shan arrived at Resting Grass Forest in a Dark Soul Mist phoenix and challenged the Five Directions Alliance, prompting Li Batian and Mei Yangyang to attack him.
• Yang Shan’s Finger Strength Overload blasts broke the Players’ defenses, killed many of Li Batian and Mei Yangyang’s companions, and drove the two guild leaders to retreat.
• More than seven hundred Dou Wang Players surrounded Yang Shan, but he evaded their attacks and killed 632 of them with repeated Finger Strength Overloads.
• Yang Shan turned toward the Players on the ground and threatened to kill everyone there as he continued his rampage.

Yang Shan used his Cheng E identity to slaughter players at Resting Grass Forest, then lured Fa Ma into a fight to draw out the hiding Dou Wang players. Fa Ma was left badly wounded and falling from the sky, while Yang Shan prepared to continue the battle.

• Yang Shan killed waves of players with Finger Strength Overload while collecting their drops and keeping out of reach of counterattacks.
• Protector Wu watched Yang Shan's strength and resolved to serve him, as the Dou Wang players continued to avoid the fight.
• Fa Ma arrived to defend the Alchemist Guild players and challenged Yang Shan, who hoped to use him as bait for the hiding Dou Wangs.
• Yang Shan struck Fa Ma with three Finger Strength attacks, breaking his Dou Qi Armor and reducing his Qi and Blood below forty thousand.
• Fa Ma entered the Heavily Injured State, lost his Dou Qi Light Wings, and fell from the sky after only fifteen seconds of fighting.

Yang Shan baited the Dou Wang Players by attacking Fa Ma, but Xiao Aotian arrived to protect the Alchemist Guild president and challenged him. Yang Shan outmaneuvered Xiao Aotian, then sensed Ye Suifeng attacking as the fight continued.

• Yang Shan taunted the Alchemist Guild and attacked Fa Ma, drawing nearly two hundred Dou Wang Players into a defense led by Li Batian.
• Fa Ma tried to sacrifice himself to let the Players escape, but Yang Shan broke through their attacks and caught up with him.
• Xiao Aotian arrived with a Heavenly Flame, drove Yang Shan back, and escorted Fa Ma away while the Players stayed to fight.
• Xiao Aotian used Three Thousand Thunder Movement against Yang Shan, who evaded him and blasted him with Finger Strength Overload.
• Yang Shan claimed his movement technique was Earth Rank Middle-Level Thunder Flash Nine Heavens, then used Dark Soul Mist to stop Ye Suifeng's incoming longsword.

Yang Shan, disguised as Cheng E, fought Xiao Aotian and Ye Suifeng while holding back his true abilities and waiting for reinforcements. After escaping their strongest attacks, he saw a large force of Dou Wang experts arrive and welcomed the chance to keep up his act.

• Ye Suifeng and Xiao Aotian joined forces against Yang Shan, using repeated fast attacks to surround and pressure him.
• Yang Shan used Dark Soul Mist and Three Thousand Thunder Movement to counter their attacks, while Sea Heart Flame dispelled the Heart Fire planted by Xiao Aotian's Fallen Heart Flame.
• Xiao Aotian and Ye Suifeng unleashed Flame Splitting Tsunami Ruler and Wind Extreme - Meteor Kill, but Yang Shan escaped their range with his speed.
• Xiao Aotian and Ye Suifeng decided to activate Plan B and summoned reinforcements.
• A large force of Dou Wang experts flew in from every direction, and Yang Shan was pleased that more opponents had arrived.