Chapter Summaries

Yang Shan used Sea Heart Flame illusions and Golden Flower's apparent death to turn the Thousand Flame Ghost Tiger King against the Ghoul Wolf Clan and Demon Flame Valley. As the Ghost Tiger army marched toward Demon Flame City, Yang Shan approached the Mystic Wrath Thunder Lord's Inheritance Land to claim its inheritance.

• Yang Shan and Zi Yan watched the wounded Blood Rampage Ghost Tiger lead the Thousand Flame Ghost Tiger King away from Snow Moon Valley.
• Yang Shan explained that he was waiting for the Ghost Tiger King to leave with its army before attempting to take the inheritance.
• The Blood Rampage Ghost Tiger showed the Thousand Flame Ghost Tiger King the burned site, where the king found Golden Flower Consort's ashes and vowed revenge.
• The Thousand Flame Ghost Tiger King gathered nearly ten thousand Ghost Tigers and blamed the Ghoul Wolf Clan and Demon Flame Valley for the attack.
• The Ghost Tiger army set out for Demon Flame City, and Yang Shan went to the inheritance monument.

Yang Shan received the Mystic Wrath Thunder Lord’s Extreme Lightning Mystic Classic inheritance and learned about a hidden Thunder Light Mystic Crystal in the cave’s stone pillar. After discovering he could not break the pillar yet, Yang Shan prepared to leave but revealed his powerful attack to the Thunder Venerable Remnant Soul, who was shocked to see his Heavenly Flame.

• Yang Shan entered the inheritance cave, met the Mystic Wrath Thunder Lord’s remnant soul, and confirmed that he had refined the Extraterrestrial Ghoul Lightning.
• The Mystic Wrath Thunder Lord gave Yang Shan the Earth Rank Middle-Level Extreme Lightning Mystic Classic, whose requirements Yang Shan could meet once he reached late-stage Dou Huang.
• The remnant soul told Yang Shan that a Thunder Light Mystic Crystal was sealed in the stone pillar and could benefit a Dark Moon Dog Blood Pact Magical Beast.
• Yang Shan failed to break the stone pillar with the Blood Roar Blade and learned that he would need an Earth Rank Dou Skill or a later attempt to take the crystal.
• Yang Shan gave the remnant soul a jar of Apricot Blossom Wine, then summoned thirty magical beast phantoms with Deep Blue Flames as he prepared to send the remnant soul on its way.

Yang Shan recovered the Thunder Light Mystic Crystal from the destroyed inheritance cave, escaped a powerful Ghost Tiger, and weighed the growing conflict between the Black Moon Ridge clans and Demon Flame Valley. He advised players to join the Bloodshed Alliance, while the server’s new faction mode began after Blood Rampage became a consecrated elder of Thousand Speck City.

• Yang Shan blasted open the inheritance cave, retrieved the Thunder Light Mystic Crystal, and fled Snow Moon Valley with Zi Yan when a powerful Ghost Tiger emerged.
• Zi Yan said the Ghost Tiger was an aging elder of the Thousand Flame Ghost Tiger King’s clan, and Yang Shan decided to delay confronting the clans while watching the situation develop.
• Yang Shan watched forum videos of the Thousand Flame Ghost Tiger King accusing Earth Demon Old Ghost of killing his beloved concubine, but the two sides ended their confrontation without fighting.
• Xiao Aotian announced that the Heaven Flame Alliance planned to develop in Demon Flame Valley, and Yang Shan recommended that Yu Feifei and Jin Shankao join the Bloodshed Alliance.
• Lucky Poison Hand said Xiao Yi Xian had been badly injured in the Poison Sect’s fight with the Ten Thousand Scorpion Gate and asked Yang Shan for help, but Yang Shan refused.
• A global announcement said Blood Rampage had become a consecrated elder of Thousand Speck City and that the Black-Corner Region had activated Faction Identity Special Mode.

Yang Shan learned that faction ranks in the Black-Corner Region now offered powerful bonuses, then arranged for the Bloodshed Alliance to recruit his Blade Sovereign identity. Su Mei invited Blade Sovereign to join the alliance, but he claimed he intended to join Demon Flame Valley instead.

• Yang Shan read about Special Faction Identity Mode and decided that factions and their resource points would draw players into conflict.
• Yang Shan took Zi Yan sightseeing for five days, brought her to Black Seal City, and left the Ink Iron Marshal to guard her while she slept.
• Yang Shan told Hun Dan and Luo Xie that Blade Sovereign was powerful and instructed them to recruit him into the Bloodshed Alliance, offering him a path to Elder.
• Yang Shan returned to the inn as Blade Sovereign and accepted an invitation from Su Mei, the Bloodshed Alliance's third alliance leader.
• Su Mei asked whether Blade Sovereign would join another faction, and Yang Shan answered that he intended to join Demon Flame Valley.

Yang Shan negotiated with Su Mei to join the Bloodshed Alliance on favorable terms, then accepted a mission to occupy Bauhinia Forest. He left the meeting with extra Essence Spirit Crystals, a path toward becoming an elder, and a plan to profit by recruiting friends for the mission.

• Su Mei offered Yang Shan offering-level treatment, maidservants, and Essence Spirit Crystals to persuade him to join the Bloodshed Alliance, while Yang Shan rejected the maidservants and teased Zi Yan.
• Yang Shan agreed to stay at Bloodshed Hall after Su Mei offered him two Essence Spirit Crystals and priority access to Variant Spirit Crystals.
• Su Mei asked Yang Shan to cooperate with the Alliance's promotion rules, and Yang Shan demanded a mission that could promote him directly to elder.
• Yang Shan chose the mission to occupy Bauhinia Forest, where the Bauhinia Python clan was guarded by a sixth-order Thousand Beast King.
• Yang Shan used the mission's temporary subordinate slots to sell six places to Jin Shankao and Yu Feifei, who transferred him three hundred thousand each.

Yang Shan took Zi Yan and six Bloodshed Alliance players to clear Bauhinia Forest, using monster-luring medicine to gather its Magical Beasts and overwhelm them. He defeated the Bauhinia Mysterious Snake and bombarded the gathered beasts, leaving the group to collect the drops.

• Yang Shan brought Zi Yan to meet Mei Yangyang, Zhuang Youqian, and four other players before taking them to Bauhinia Forest for the mission.
• Yang Shan gave the six players Demon Attraction Powder and told them to lure the Magical Beasts to the forest’s center while Zi Yan searched for resources.
• Yang Shan ambushed the Bauhinia Mysterious Snake, stunned it with Lingering Spirit Hundred Howls, and hacked it down as Mei Yangyang and Zhuang Youqian watched.
• The six players led waves of elite Magical Beasts to Yang Shan, who used Overload and Berserk Blood Powder to kill them over fifteen minutes.
• Mei Yangyang and the others urged the female players to help Yang Shan collect the Magical Beast drops.

Yang Shan advanced to Four Star Dou Huang and unlocked Character Potential, a new progression system tied to resources and leveling. After Blood Rampage withdrew his group rather than challenge Yang Shan over Bauhinia Forest, Yang Shan prepared to return to Black Seal City while his companions waited for the resource handover.

• Yang Shan reached Four Star Dou Huang, gained attributes, and unlocked the Character Potential section, which explained how potential affected experience rates and how players could improve it.
• Yang Shan reflected that players would later unlock the Foundation section at Dou Huang Peak, which would affect their attributes after reaching Dou Zong.
• Mei Yangyang warned Yang Shan that a group of about a hundred Dou Wang players was approaching, and Yang Shan recognized their leader as Blood Rampage.
• Blood Rampage greeted Yang Shan politely, realized he was claiming Bauhinia Forest, and led his Wolf Pack Guild players away without a fight.
• Zi Yan returned with loot from the forest, and Yang Shan told Zhuang Youqian and the others to wait for the Bloodshed Alliance handover while he headed to Black Seal City.
• Mei Yangyang asked Yang Shan to take a photo with her, and he agreed while keeping a careful distance.

Yang Shan secured an elder position in the Bloodshed Alliance, cultivated with Essence Spirit Crystals, and went to Black Moon Ridge to hunt powerful beasts. After killing Lei Er, he rapidly advanced to Seven Star Dou Huang, shocking Xiao Aotian when he saw Yang Shan’s level on the Combat Power Rankings.

• Hun Dan entered seclusion while Luo Xie and Su Mei learned that Yang Shan had returned after taking Bauhinia Forest.
• Su Mei made Yang Shan an elder of the Bloodshed Alliance, gave him Contribution Points and Essence Spirit Crystals, and promised a Thunder Spirit Crystal for future service.
• Yang Shan cultivated offline with three Essence Spirit Crystals and raised his Character Potential to Seven Star Dou Huang while Zi Yan guarded him.
• Yang Shan left for Black Moon Ridge with a sleeping Zi Yan on his back and ambushed Lei Er with the Ink Iron Marshal.
• Yang Shan killed Lei Er, gained enough experience to advance to Seven Star Dou Huang, and Xiao Aotian accused him of using cheats after checking the Combat Power Rankings.

After killing Lei Er, Yang Shan mastered the "Extreme Lightning Mystic Classic" and discovered that perfecting it would require enormous resources. He began searching for another Essence Spirit Crystal, then sent the surviving Snow Wind Wolf to deceive the Ghoul Wolf Clan and provoke conflict.

• Yang Shan collected Lei Er's magic core, fangs, and hide, then learned the "Extreme Lightning Mystic Classic" and quickly reached Minor Mastery.
• Yang Shan calculated that perfecting the technique would cost six million RMB in magic cores, and decided to obtain them by hunting magical beasts instead of buying them.
• Yang Shan asked his company group to report any news about Essence Spirit Crystals, and Zhu Tianpeng mentioned a Spirit Stone Mine guarded by Mo Ya.
• Yang Shan chose to pursue an Essence Spirit Crystal from Demon Flame Valley while continuing to stir up conflict among the Ghost Tiger Clan, Ghoul Wolf Clan, and Demon Flame Valley.
• Yang Shan rejected the Snow Wind Wolf's attempt to offer herself and ordered her to tell the Ghoul Wolf Clan that the Ghost Tiger Clan had taken Lei Er, threatening to kill her if she failed.

Yang Shan and Zi Yan raided Demon Flame Valley’s small Spirit Stone Mine and took its Spirit Crystals. They disguised the robbery as an attack by the Ghost Tiger Clan, while Xie Zhen witnessed the deception and rushed to report it.

• Yang Shan explained his plan to rob Demon Flame Valley, and Zi Yan teased him before they traveled to the mine.
• Yang Shan and Zi Yan hid near the mine until the miners unearthed their hundredth Spirit Crystal, then confronted overseer Xu Jin and killed the two Nine Star Dou Wangs.
• Yang Shan forced Xu Jin to reveal that he held seven Spirit Crystals and that the rest were with Fourth Elder Xie Zhen, then killed Xu Jin and found all one hundred crystals in his wooden box.
• Yang Shan and Zi Yan staged the scene to look like a Ghost Tiger Clan attack, using beast flames and lightning to destroy Xu Jin’s body.
• Zi Yan transformed into a Ghost Flame Tiger and fled with Yang Shan, while Xie Zhen watched and hurried to report the supposed Ghost Tiger Clan attack.

Yang Shan and Zi Yan raided the Ghoul Wolf Clan’s deeper territory, using Bai Su'an’s Five Elements Soundproof Array to steal spirit fruits and defeat hundreds of wolves. Ten days later, the Thousand Thunder Evil Wolf King learned that the deeper region’s spirit plants and guards had vanished and set out to investigate.

• Yang Shan rewarded Su Yitang for her work report and refused to tell Xiao Aotian how he had gained three stars.
• Yang Shan brought Zi Yan into Black Moon Ridge and arranged Bai Su'an’s Five Elements Soundproof Pearls to conceal their activity.
• Zi Yan gathered Emerald Liquid Fruits while Yang Shan controlled Ink Iron Marshal to defeat five Thunder Fiend Wolves and hundreds of Ghoul Wolves.
• Yang Shan collected the loot and burned parts of the area while preserving the Emerald Spirit Tree, intending to claim its future harvests.
• Ten days later, the Thousand Thunder Evil Wolf King heard that his descendants, the deeper region’s spirit plants, and its ordinary guards were gone, and ordered the messenger to lead him there.

The Thousand Thunder Evil Wolf King blamed the Ghost Tiger Clan for exterminating the Ghoul Wolf Clan and sent Lei Yi to test Demon Flame Valley’s allegiance. Yang Shan returned to Jia Nan Academy with the sleeping Zi Yan, where Hu Qian celebrated his breakthrough to Dou Zong, but a new event announcement introduced three disguised King of Beasts in the Black-Corner Region.

• The Thousand Thunder Evil Wolf King and Lei Yi inspected the ruined spiritual plant grounds and concluded that the Ghost Tiger Clan had destroyed the Ghoul Wolf Clan’s settlements to seize Dark Moon Mountain.
• The Thousand Thunder Evil Wolf King sent Lei Yi to secretly assess Demon Flame Valley and vowed that the wolf clan would not submit to the Ghost Tiger Clan.
• Yang Shan brought the sleeping Zi Yan back to Jia Nan Academy after she gorged on spiritual plants and fell asleep from accumulated medicinal power.
• Hu Qian broke through to Dou Zong and challenged Yang Shan to spar, while Lin Xiuya and Liu Qing also prepared to fight him together.
• A system announcement launched the King of Beasts Assassination event, revealing that three transformed sixth order King of Beasts would hunt Players in the Black-Corner Region.

Yang Shan defeated Liu Qing and Lin Xiuya with a prepared Dou Skill, then fled Canaan Academy and strengthened Lingering Spirit Hundred Howls by buying Magic Cores. As the players discussed the King of Beasts event, Su Yitang subdued Azure Valley Netherwind, leaving the competition for the three King of Beasts unresolved.

• Yang Shan accepted Liu Qing’s sparring challenge and instantly used Lingering Spirit Hundred Howls to leave Liu Qing and Lin Xiuya dazed.
• Yang Shan declined Hu Qian’s offer to make his tactic teaching material and escaped before Liu Qing and Lin Xiuya recovered.
• Yang Shan bought Magic Cores from Yu Feifei and perfected Lingering Spirit Hundred Howls, whose increased damage left him seeking a stronger Dou Skill to pair with it.
• Yang Shan waited in Canaan City for news of the three King of Beasts and added Su Yitang, Chao Bafang, and Zhu Tianpeng to the Big Shot Gathering Camp.
• Yang Shan and the other players discussed competing for the King of Beasts, then a global announcement reported that Su Yitang had subdued Azure Valley Netherwind.

Su Yitang refined the Strange Wind Azure Valley Netherwind with the Green Egg’s help, then learned the Heavenly Luan Clan wanted her to leave without it. Yang Shan urged her to flee rather than surrender the chance to claim the egg, while he prepared for the Black-Corner Region event and gathered intelligence about the King of Beasts.

• Su Yitang showed Yang Shan Azure Valley Netherwind’s abilities, and Yang Shan congratulated her on refining it.
• Su Yitang told Yang Shan that the Green Egg had drawn Azure Valley Netherwind to her, but the Heavenly Luan Clan wanted her to swear never to return in exchange for a Young Heavenly Luan.
• Yang Shan told Su Yitang to escape without taking the oath or accepting the mount, promising that he would back her if the Heavenly Luan Clan pursued her.
• After ending the call, Yang Shan began refining medicine and decided that he, Chao Bafang, and Zhu Tianpeng would travel to the Black-Corner Region.
• Yang Shan asked Bai Xiaosheng for event intelligence, and Bai Xiaosheng sent him reports and images of the King of Beasts that had attacked three cities.

On the fifth day of the King of Beasts Attack, Yang Shan reached Black City and lured out the disguised King of Beasts, Lin Min. He pursued her beyond the city and revealed her true form, then began fighting the goat-like beast with his Lingering Spirit Hundred Howls technique.

• Bai Xiaosheng reported that three King of Beasts had appeared as six different people, and Yang Shan warned the group that they might be changing their human appearances.
• Xiao Aotian told the group that he had survived a King of Beasts ambush, while Yang Shan mocked his assessment and set out for Black City.
• Yang Shan tested his extreme speed, crashed into a mountaintop, and unlocked the Speed Assistance system to handle speeds beyond human reaction limits.
• After finding no further attacks in Black City, Yang Shan used Clear Spring Fruits and Emerald Liquid Fruits as bait and waited in a tavern room.
• Lin Min appeared at Yang Shan's window and fought the Ink Iron Marshal, then fled the city with Yang Shan following her.
• Yang Shan trapped Lin Min outside the city with Lingering Spirit Hundred Howls, exposing her as a goat-like King of Beasts, and attacked her with the Ink Iron Marshal.

Yang Shan nearly killed the Earth Wanderer Demon Sheep, but it escaped underground, while Xiao Aotian and Jin Shankao also failed to capture the other Kings of Beasts. After the players exchanged information, Chao Bafang and Zhu Tianpeng offered a way to restrict the Demon Sheep, as the three beasts secretly planned to grow stronger and attack the Black-Corner Region together.

• Yang Shan used his speed, Overload, and Tyrant Blade to drain the Earth Wanderer Demon Sheep’s Vitality Shield, but its Earth Wanderer Boundless Realm let it burrow away.
• Xiao Aotian failed to catch the fleeing Shadow Wind Eagle, and the Flame Demon Ape escaped Hero King Manor’s ambush at Sky Yin City.
• Yang Shan, Xiao Aotian, Jin Shankao, and other players shared information about the three Kings of Beasts and their escape abilities in the group chat.
• Chao Bafang and Zhu Tianpeng told Yang Shan they had a way to restrict the Earth Wanderer Demon Sheep, prompting him to consider hunting all three beasts.
• The Earth Wanderer Demon Sheep warned the Shadow Wind Eagle and Flame Demon Ape about Yang Shan, and the three agreed to cultivate until they could reach the Seventh Order and sweep through the Black-Corner Region.

The Earth Wanderer Demon Sheep attacked Hao Yunqi’s group at a resource point, and Hao Yunqi’s confidence turned into danger when the beast interrupted his slow Dou Technique. Just as his armor was about to break, Side Blade struck the beast and saved him.

• The Earth Wanderer Demon Sheep ambushed Hao Yunqi’s group, and Hao Yunqi ordered Ji Fengchun to summon the Tian Hao Alliance for a chance at the first kill.
• Hao Yunqi’s flaming Palm Forces hit the beast, but it mocked his weak attacks and burrowed underground as he prepared a stronger Dou Technique.
• The Earth Wanderer Demon Sheep kicked Hao Yunqi repeatedly, interrupted his technique, and left his Dou Qi Armor near collapse.
• Ji Fengchun urged the alliance members to flee, but Hao Yunqi ordered them back to cover him.
• Side Blade, wrapped in Crimson Thunder, struck the Earth Wanderer Demon Sheep’s neck and launched it out of the ground as Hao Yunqi realized this was his good fortune.

Yang Shan fought the Earth Wanderer Demon Sheep and killed Wang Tianhao when the Tian Hao Alliance arrived, but the Sheep used the Players it killed to grow stronger. By the end, it had reached the late sixth order and faced Yang Shan alone as he prepared another attack.

• Yang Shan intercepted the Earth Wanderer Demon Sheep, rescued Hao Yunqi, and began wearing down the beast with the Ink Iron Marshal and his own attacks.
• Yang Shan broke the Sheep’s Demon Energy shield after a prolonged fight, but the Tian Hao Alliance arrived before he could finish it.
• Wang Tianhao ordered the alliance to attack and Tang Baizhan to hold Yang Shan back, but Yang Shan killed Wang Tianhao and his Amethyst Winged Lion King returned to the resurrection point.
• Yang Shan used Lingering Spirit Hundred Howls and Overload against the Sheep and the alliance, while the Sheep killed nearly a hundred Players and gained strength from them.
• The Earth Wanderer Demon Sheep killed Hao Yunqi with Earth Rock Shatter and advanced to the late sixth order, while Yang Shan summoned another hundred phantoms.

Yang Shan killed the Earth Wanderer Demon Sheep with help from Chao Bafang and Zhu Tianpeng, earning the first Beast King kill and valuable rewards. As the group planned a meal, Yue Mei arrived gravely injured and said the Lion Underworld Sect had attacked her.

• Yang Shan and the Earth Wanderer Demon Sheep fought until Chao Bafang and Zhu Tianpeng trapped it in their Cemented Heart swamp, allowing Yang Shan to kill it.
• Yang Shan received the global first-kill announcement, advanced to Eight Star Dou Huang, and obtained the Beast King's Heart Blood Meat and other loot.
• Xiao Aotian failed to lure the Flame Demon Ape into a trap, and the Beast King escaped after promising to target him in the next phase.
• Yang Shan shared his loot with the group and agreed to host a meal in Canaan City while the players discussed Wang Tianhao's guild's defeat.
• Yue Mei arrived gravely wounded and told Yang Shan that the Lion Underworld Sect had injured her.

Yang Shan agreed to take the injured Yue Mei back to the Serpent-People tribe after learning that the Lion Underworld Sect was targeting its Spirit Stone Mine. On the way, he caught up with Xiao Aotian and Hua She'er, and the group encountered Peng Mao, the Lion Underworld Sect elder who had injured Yue Mei.

• Yang Shan fed Yue Mei roasted demonic goat meat, learned that the Lion Underworld Sect had tried to take control of the Serpent-People tribe's Spirit Stone Mine, and received a system opportunity tied to Medusa's Dilemma.
• Yang Shan carried the injured Yue Mei toward the Serpent-People tribe, and her Favorability rose as he forcefully kept her close.
• Yang Shan told Chao Bafang and Zhu Tianpeng to prioritize Spirit Crystals at the Black Emperor Sect and watch out for the Tian Hao Alliance before setting off with Yue Mei.
• Yang Shan caught up with Xiao Aotian and Hua She'er, who learned that Peng Mao had injured Yue Mei and pursued them to the Black-Corner Region.
• Peng Mao approached, and Yang Shan used lightning chains to bind him before raising the Blood Roar Blade and confronting him about Yue Mei's injuries.