Chapter Summaries

Yang Shan used Old Man Ying Shan’s imprisonment to test whether capturing him alive affected his rewards, but Han Feng’s attempt to kill Ying Shan exposed their connection. Ying Shan begged to ally with Yang Shan against Han Feng, offering his techniques and spirit crystals.

• Liu Ruyan reported that Yang Shan had captured Old Man Ying Shan and that Wang Tianhao had signed ten powerful players for Tian Hao Alliance.
• Yang Shan imprisoned Old Man Ying Shan for two days, hoping to learn what rewards capturing an important NPC alive would yield.
• Han Feng appeared at Ying Shan’s cell and tried to kill him, but Yang Shan’s Extraterrestrial Ghoul Lightning forced Han Feng to flee.
• Yang Shan confronted Ying Shan and threatened to kill him for being allied with Han Feng.
• Ying Shan explained that Han Feng had recruited him with a Mystic Rock Spiritual Fruit and offered Yang Shan two inheritance techniques and four sixth-grade Essence Spirit Crystals to join forces against Han Feng.

Yang Shan turned Old Man Ying Shan into an ally against Han Feng and received Mystic Spirit Body and Heavenly Eagle Cloud Treading. After mastering Mystic Spirit Body and selling the movement technique to Chao Bafang, Yang Shan sent Ying Shan to find Han Feng, but Yi Qingyang confronted him at the city gate over the imprisoned sect master.

• Yang Shan realized Seventh Order spiritual objects were scarce in the Black-Corner Region and concluded that Han Feng might possess the resources he needed.
• Old Man Ying Shan offered Yang Shan two inheritance jade slips and four sixth order Essence Spirit Crystals, and Yang Shan lifted the Spirit Locking Seal and accepted Ying Shan's alliance against Han Feng.
• Yang Shan inherited Mystic Spirit Body, which instantly reached Perfection and allowed him to control a convincing clone from up to 10,000 meters away.
• Yang Shan sold Heavenly Eagle Cloud Treading to Chao Bafang for 2.49 million, and Chao Bafang used the technique while complaining about its cultivation requirements.
• Yang Shan ordered Old Man Ying Shan to search for Han Feng, then escorted him toward the city gate, where Yi Qingyang demanded the release of his sect master before noon.

Yang Shan gathered his companions to kidnap the Thousand Thunder Evil Wolf King's children and demand spirit crystals. After they captured Sha Xiao Er, a Thunder Evil Wolf revealed that the mysterious ruins between Dark Moon Mountain and Snow Moon Valley had opened.

• Old Man Ying Shan rewarded Yi Qingyang for pretending to attack Yang Shan, granting him a chance to become an offering elder of the Mysterious Eagle Sect.
• Yang Shan sold two sixth order Essence Spirit Crystals to Jin Shankao and Yu Feifei, then flew to Black Moon Ridge to meet Su Yitang, Chao Bafang, and Zhu Tianpeng.
• Yang Shan and the three employees disguised themselves and ambushed Sha Xiao Er at Purple Spring Forest, overpowering and capturing the Thousand Thunder Evil Wolf King's second son.
• Yang Shan sealed Sha Xiao Er and ordered the group to capture a nearby Thunder Evil Wolf, which revealed that the mysterious ruins between Dark Moon Mountain and Snow Moon Valley had opened.

Yang Shan learned that the Ghost Tiger and Ghoul Wolf clans were sending their strongest sixth-order beasts into a mysterious spatial ruin, so he and his companions infiltrated the teams. Inside, Yang Shan’s clone joined the Ghost Tiger Clan as the two sides began exploring the secret realm, while the Flame Demon Ape appeared outside with the Hundred Flame Ghost Tiger.

• Yang Shan tortured Sha Xiao Er for details about the ruins, learning that each clan planned to send three hundred beasts through a spatial rift that could not admit seventh-order beasts.
• Yang Shan, Su Yitang, Chao Bafang, and Zhu Tianpeng decided to enter the secret realm, then hurried toward the ruins after Yang Shan buried Sha Xiao Er alive to keep him unconscious.
• Yang Shan sent Su Yitang, Chao Bafang, and Zhu Tianpeng toward the Ghoul Wolf Clan disguised as Thunder Ghoul Wolves, while he created a clone disguised as a Ghost Flame Tiger and hid his original body underground.
• Yang Shan’s clone joined the Ghost Tiger Clan’s group, and both clans entered the spatial rift after their kings opened it at the cliff.
• Inside the secret realm, Ghost Little Four led the Ghost Tiger Clan toward a patch of greenery while the clans observed their one-hour truce; outside, the Flame Demon Ape met with the Hundred Flame Ghost Tiger.

Tian Yao Company prepared to update the game after a Player entered Black Moon Ridge, while Yang Shan and the Magical Beasts explored the secret realm for rare resources. Yang Shan secretly ambushed injured beasts for their treasures and disguised his actions as Han Feng’s, leaving the secret realm’s deeper dangers still unknown.

• Xiao Yan ordered Tian Yao’s R&D team to finish the Version 3.0 update within ten days after learning a Player had entered Black Moon Ridge.
• The Flame Demon Ape and Shadow Wind Eagle raced into the secret realm as Ghost Little Four and Fiend Little Three argued over a White Jade Cactus Flower.
• Yang Shan followed the Magical Beasts through the vast secret realm and suspected it was a future resource zone for Black-Corner Region Players.
• Yang Shan separated from the Ghost Tiger Clan and ambushed an injured Ghost Flame Tiger, taking its purple spiritual fruit and disguising himself as Han Feng.
• Yang Shan spotted another wounded Thunder Fiend Wolf and prepared to rob it as well.

Yang Shan’s avatar joined Su Yitang, Chao Bafang, and Zhu Tianpeng in the secret realm’s escalating battles, where a Heaven Demon Phoenix appeared. Outside, Yang Shan used Sha Xiao Er as bait to lure the Thousand Thunder Evil Wolf King and Thousand Flame Ghost Tiger King away from the secret realm, then claimed he was borrowing supplies to rebuild the Black Alliance.

• Yang Shan robbed thirteen magical beasts of Rare treasures, healed them, and left them unconscious to spread word of Han Feng.
• Chao Bafang and Zhu Tianpeng fled with nearly two hundred beasts pursuing them, while Su Yitang battled the Flame Demon Ape and Shadow Wind Eagle over the Xuan Bodhi Fruit.
• Yang Shan helped Su Yitang escape by attacking the two King of Beasts, but a Seventh Order Peak Heaven Demon Phoenix named Zhi Hong appeared as his avatar faded.
• Yang Shan returned to the secret realm, pulled Sha Xiao Er from the dirt, and used Sea Heart Flame to imitate a Six-Star Dou Zong aura.
• Yang Shan wounded Sha Xiao Er and lured the Thousand Thunder Evil Wolf King and Thousand Flame Ghost Tiger King away from the secret realm by pretending to hold the wolf king’s offspring hostage.
• Yang Shan told the Thousand Thunder Evil Wolf King that he was making a comeback after the Black Alliance’s destruction and needed to borrow supplies.

Su Yitang and the others escaped the secret realm with a Six-Leaf Phoenix Blood Flower while Yang Shan negotiated for Sha Xiao Er and recovered the group’s loot. As Yang Shan headed to Demon Flame City and considered how to face stronger beasts, a global announcement warned that the game servers would shut down for an update the next day.

• Su Yitang, Chao Bafang, and Zhu Tianpeng escaped through the spatial rift while the Heavenly Demon Phoenix attacked the Flame Demon Ape and the Hundred Flame Ghost Tiger fought the humans.
• Su Yitang used the Wind Harp to distract the Hundred Flame Ghost Tiger and help Chao Bafang and Zhu Tianpeng escape as the beast clans rushed out of the rift.
• Yang Shan traded three sixth order Essence Spirit Crystals for Sha Xiao Er, then drove off the Thousand Flame Ghost Tiger King with Sea Heart Flame.
• Su Yitang returned Yang Shan’s Storage Ring, and the group discovered eight Potential Spiritual Objects, six Foundation Spiritual Plants, and a Six-Leaf Phoenix Blood Flower.
• Su Yitang’s recording revealed that she had taken the Phoenix Blood Flower from the secret realm’s oasis, provoking Zhi Hong, the Heavenly Demon Phoenix, to pursue the fleeing group.
• Yang Shan traveled toward Demon Flame City and weighed the threat of stronger beasts before a global announcement declared that the servers would shut down for an update on November 10, 2065.

Yang Shan and his allies prepared for Version 2.2 by selling spiritual objects before the update, then watched Tian Yao Company announce the new Guan Zhong and Bao Shuya's Friendship System. The announcement left Yang Shan and his colleagues celebrating the long-awaited feature and its pricing tiers.

• Yang Shan told Su Yitang, Chao Bafang, and Zhu Tianpeng to auction their spiritual objects before Version 2.2, and Su Yitang persuaded the others that selling now would be profitable.
• Yang Shan helped the Bloodshed Alliance capture four resource points, received a tribute token from Su Mei, and became an official Bloodshed Alliance Tribute before the servers shut down.
• Yang Shan and his company staff watched Tian Yao Company's preview conference, where Xiao Yan and Lin Youyou announced the Guan Zhong and Bao Shuya's Friendship System for the National Server.
• Zhu Tianpeng, Chao Bafang, Tie Yang, Bai Su'an, and the livestream audience celebrated the announcement while Yang Shan realized how excited the older players were.
• Xiao Yan and Lin Youyou revealed four prices for a system experience—28, 58, 88, and 588—based on favorability, and cautioned shareholders to watch their spending.

Xiao Yan and Secretary Lin explained the Guan Zhong and Bao Shuya's Friendship System's rules and introduced Battle Through the Heavens 3.0, leaving Yang Shan ready to publish his NPC pursuit guides as Players prepared for the new version.

• Secretary Lin and Xiao Yan outlined the system's pricing, NPC services, and restrictions on Player-to-Player use, while Zhu Tianpeng regretted turning down Maidservants in an earlier version.
• Xiao Yan announced Battle Through the Heavens 3.0, saying Players would shape the main storyline as powerful figures across the Dou Qi Continent.
• Yang Shan began writing a forum post titled "Fundamentals of NPC Pursuit" while Su Yitang teased him about teaching Players how to pursue NPCs.
• Yang Shan planned to offer a free basic guide and a 10 RMB paid guide, keeping his most advanced pursuit techniques secret as he hoped to build his wealth.

As the servers prepared to reopen, Yang Shan celebrated the enormous success of his NPC guide post, bought a mansion, and returned to Battle Through the Heavens. He told Su Yitang to manage the Black-Corner Region while he prepared to head to the Central Plains.

• Addiction Bro reviewed Yang Shan’s paid NPC guide and argued with forum users who criticized pursuing NPCs.
• Yang Shan told his father he had earned 580 million, arranged transfers for his parents, and completed the purchase of a 70-million property.
• Yang Shan declined the saleswoman’s invitation, drove back to his apartment, and entered the Game Pod as the servers went live.
• Yang Shan joined the Big Shot Gathering Camp, where Lucky Poison Hand asked about Rakshasa Gate’s Fireworks Pavilions and the group discussed Su Yitang’s lack of interest in men.
• Yang Shan privately told Su Yitang to focus on the Black-Corner Region while he planned to travel to the Central Plains, returning if trouble arose at Black Moon Ridge or with Han Feng and Venerable Yao.

Yang Shan returned to Gama Holy City, reunited with old friends and returned to the courtyard he considered home. He spent the night with Ya Fei and woke beside her, still teasing her as the morning began.

• Nalan Yanran taught the Misty Cloud Sect's Inner Sect Disciples the Clear Wind Sword Thrust, then reunited with Yang Shan, who invited her to a meal and gave her a Break Sect Pill.
• Yang Shan learned that Yun Yun had entered the Life and Death Gate and advised Nalan Yanran to seek help from his allies in the Black-Corner Region if she faced difficulties.
• Yang Shan visited Hai Bodong, then returned to his courtyard, where he reunited with Hoof Shadow and Ya Fei.
• Yang Shan inspected the old equipment and memories Ya Fei had kept for him, ate her cooking, and told her he had returned to spend a few days with her.
• Yang Shan and Ya Fei spent the night together, and in the morning she tried to get up while he held her close.

Yang Shan prepared to leave Gama Holy City and helped Little Dolphin overcome Hai Bodong’s reluctance to admit his feelings for her. Hai Bodong confessed that he had her in his heart, and the system announced that Little Dolphin had won him over.

• Ya Fei saw Yang Shan off as he walked with her to the north gate of Gama Holy City.
• Yang Shan teased Hai Bodong about Little Dolphin’s devotion and urged him to stop denying his feelings for her.
• Yang Shan called Little Dolphin over and made Hai Bodong answer whether he truly liked her.
• Hai Bodong confessed to Little Dolphin that he had her in his heart.
• The system announced that Little Dolphin had successfully claimed Hai Bodong’s heart and awarded her 20 Good Fortune.

Yang Shan left Jia Nan Academy through a hidden Space Wormhole to scout the way to Central State, leaving the sleeping Zi Yan behind. He arrived at Severed Realm Mountain Range, where a warning revealed that death would send him back to Black Seal City and the journey ahead was especially dangerous.

• Players reacted to the announcement that Hai Bodong had sealed his heart, while Little Dolphin profited from her strategy guide and shared proceeds with Meteor Association.
• Yang Shan checked on Hun Dan and Luo Xie in Black Seal City, learning that Hun Dan had reached Six-Star Dou Zong and Luo Xie Two-Star Dou Zong, but neither knew the locations of Central State Soul Hall branch halls.
• Yang Shan learned that Zi Yan had fallen into a protected slumber, so he could not take her to find her kin before traveling to Central State.
• Su Qian opened Jia Nan Academy's hidden Space Wormhole for Yang Shan and warned him to keep a low profile in Central State.
• Yang Shan traveled safely through the wormhole and emerged in Severed Realm Mountain Range, where he received a warning that dying would return him to Black Seal City and triple his death penalty.

Yang Shan crossed the Severed Realm Mountain Range and discovered that the space wormhole had brought him close to Northern Sun City, where the Earth Chapter of "Tyrant Blade" awaited. He entered the city and set out to learn when its inheritance secret realm would open, while recalling his past feud with the three ruling families.

• Yang Shan flew southeast through the Severed Realm Mountain Range, hoping to gain experience by hunting Seventh Order Magical Beasts, but found few beasts along the way.
• Yang Shan reached Northern Sun City, recognized it as the site of the "Tyrant Blade" opportunity, and decided to travel openly as Blade Sovereign.
• Yang Shan paid the city-entry fee to a Shangguan Family gate guard and entered Northern Sun City.
• Yang Shan recalled how the Shangguan, Yuchi, and Gongsun families had controlled access to the Tyrant Blade Secret Realm and how he had retaliated against them in his previous life.
• Yang Shan headed to Alluring Beauties Pavilion to find out when the Tyrant Blade Secret Realm would next open.

Yang Shan gathered intelligence on the Tyrant Blade Secret Realm, arranged for a clone to enter through the Yuchi Family, and prepared a backup plan in case the clone failed. When the ruins opened, his Tyrant Blade resonated with the inheritance, allowing him to spend Good Fortune to bypass the realm’s cultivation limit and enter as a Dou Zong.

• Yang Shan eavesdropped at Alluring Beauties Pavilion and learned that Shangguan Song and Gongsun Lin planned to oppose Yuchi Xing, while Yuchi Xing had recruited Brother Wang and a hidden senior.
• Yang Shan discovered that the three families were recruiting participants, then sent a disguised Nine Star Dou Huang clone to pass the Yuchi Family’s assessment.
• Yang Shan and his clone joined the crowds heading to the ruins, where he identified Brother Wang as a Nine Star Dou Huang and sensed a Six-Star Dou Zong nearby.
• When the secret realm opened, Yang Shan approached the entrance despite Yuchi Da’s protest, and his Tyrant Blade triggered a prompt that let him spend two Good Fortune points to ignore the entry restriction.
• Yang Shan was swallowed by space ripples and teleported into the secret realm as a Dou Zong.

Yang Shan watched Wang Chen climb the Tyrant Blade Ruins mountain and seize control of the situation, then ambushed the Yuchi Family and forced Yuchi Xing to enter a tower for him. The chapter left Yuchi Xing scrambling up the mountain while Yang Shan collected the fallen Yuchi Family members' belongings.

• Yuchi Xing explained that each visitor could attempt only one tower, while Wang Chen planned to reach the summit and claim the greatest inheritance.
• Shangguan Song and Gongsun Lin allied to occupy the lower towers, but both struggled against the mountain's pressure and entered nearby towers.
• Wang Chen revealed his identity, killed people from the Shangguan and Gongsun Families as he climbed, and entered a tower at fifty-five zhang.
• Yang Shan attacked the Yuchi Family with lightning, fire, and summoned beasts, then forced Yuchi Xing to climb the mountain and bring back a tower's treasure.
• Yang Shan gathered the fallen Yuchi Family members' belongings as Yuchi Xing crawled toward the mountain.

Yang Shan seized the treasures from the three young masters and Wang Chen after they emerged from the secret realm’s towers, then sealed their Dou Qi. He climbed toward the summit while Wang Chen predicted he would fail, only for Yuchi Xing to see Yang Shan reach it.

• Yang Shan watched successive challengers die after leaving the tower, then took Shangguan Song’s Seventh Order Essence Spirit Crystal and sealed his Dou Qi.
• Gongsun Lin and Yuchi Xing also cleared their towers; Yang Shan took Gongsun Lin’s crystal and sealed his power, while Yuchi Xing cooperated and was spared.
• Wang Chen emerged from his tower, insulted Yang Shan, and was slapped and threatened until he handed over a Spirit Gathering Mystic Grass; Yang Shan then sealed his Dou Qi.
• Yang Shan created another clone and started climbing the mountain as Wang Chen insisted that courage, not cultivation, determined who could reach the summit.
• Yuchi Xing saw Yang Shan reach the summit and told Wang Chen, who fell silent.

Yang Shan entered the summit tower, overcame its guardian remnant soul, and earned the chance to pursue the Tyrant Blade inheritance. He began a trial against a pack of 999 wolf-type magical beasts, only to discover that the rules restricted both his skills and his movement.

• Yang Shan entered the tower and faced the Tyrant Blade guardian remnant soul, whose blade-aura attack he countered with his own techniques.
• Yang Shan threatened the remnant soul with Lingering Spirit Hundred Howls, then withdrew his attack after learning the guardian had been testing his character.
• The remnant soul accepted Yang Shan as an inheritor and directed him to take the Earth Chapter jade slip before attempting a trial for clues to the Tyrant Blade Heaven Chapter.
• Yang Shan accepted the trial and found himself on a grassland surrounded by 999 wolf-type magical beasts, with restrictions against flight, defensive skills, and offensive skills beyond the Tyrant Blade Mysterious Chapter.
• Yang Shan confirmed that he could not combine Sea Heart Flame and Extraterrestrial Ghoul Lightning, then used Three Thousand Thunder Movement to evade the wolves before discovering spatial barriers blocked his movement.

Yang Shan defeated 999 Seventh Order wolf beasts in a special trial using close-combat blade techniques, then learned Tyrant Blade - Earth Chapter and perfected it. He examined the technique’s abilities and discovered that his comprehension and Extraterrestrial Ghoul Lightning let him bypass some of Seven Slaughters’ restrictions at a cost.

• The remnant soul watched Yang Shan use the Blade Sheath to parry and the Blood Roar Blade to strike the wolf beasts’ weak points, then acknowledged his skill.
• Yang Shan used Three Thousand Thunder Movement and precise close-combat attacks to kill the Seventh Order wolf beasts while conserving his strength with Sea Heart Flame.
• After a prolonged battle, Yang Shan killed the final wolf beast with Tyrant Blade—Seven Kills and completed the special trial.
• Yang Shan read the Inheritance Jade Slip, learned Tyrant Blade - Earth Chapter, and advanced it to Perfection.
• Yang Shan inspected Tyrant Blade - Earth Chapter and found that his comprehension and Extraterrestrial Ghoul Lightning allowed him to force-cast Seven Slaughters by consuming half his Qi and Blood.

Yang Shan learned that the Tyrant Blade - Earth Chapter was a powerful Earth Rank High Dou Skill that could give him a chance against the Thousand Flame Ghost Tiger King. The Severing Heaven Blade Saint revealed his true strength with a heaven-splitting slash, then granted Yang Shan a promised opportunity before his remnant soul dissipated.

• Yang Shan studied the Tyrant Blade - Earth Chapter and calculated that Seven Slaughters could inflict nearly two million damage against a Seventh Order Peak magical beast, giving him a possible way to kill the Thousand Flame Ghost Tiger King.
• Yang Shan questioned the remnant soul's claim to be the Tyrant Blade's founder, and the remnant soul revealed that he was the Severing Heaven Blade Saint, whose true body had left the secret realm over three thousand years earlier.
• The Severing Heaven Blade Saint showed Yang Shan a vision of his past, in which he split the sky and erased a vast lightning storm with one slash.
• Yang Shan gained ten Enlightenment points and unlocked the hidden effect Enlightenment Nearing Immortality after witnessing the slash.
• As he began to dissipate, the Severing Heaven Blade Saint marked Yang Shan's hand with a Nine Ring Blade and promised him a fortunate opportunity, while warning him not to claim they had met unless Yang Shan became a Dou Saint.