Chapter Summaries

Feng Qing'er interpreted Yang Shan’s questions for Lei Che, while Yang Shan attended the Wind and Thunder Pavilion’s recruitment and encouraged Players to join. He then went to the Soul Sweeping Branch Hall, where Protector Wu reported that Hun Xian and Elder Mu Bone had arrived to pressure Hun Dan, and found the brothers arguing over their mothers and bloodlines.

• After Yang Shan left, Feng Qing'er explained her understanding of his questions and reflected on the difference between her combat training and Lei Che’s.
• Yang Shan attended the Wind and Thunder Pavilion’s public recruitment, where he welcomed the applicants and urged them to join, complete quests, and develop quickly.
• Yang Shan left Thunder Mountain for the Soul Sweeping Branch Hall to pursue a way to advance his alchemy and help Tang Huo'er resume cultivation.
• Protector Wu told Yang Shan that Hun Xian had arrived with Elder Mu Bone to pressure Hun Dan.
• Hun Dan and Hun Xian argued over their standing and their mothers’ status and bloodlines.

Yang Shan, posing as Cheng E, returned with Yellow Spring Venerable’s soul and rejected Hun Xian’s offer to leave Hun Dan. Hun Xian and Old Mu Bone decided to arrange Cheng E’s assassination, believing his support could make Hun Dan a threat.

• Yang Shan returned with Yellow Spring Venerable’s soul, blamed the Wind and Thunder Pavilion for bad intelligence, and credited Cheng E with killing the Four-Star Dou Zun.
• Hun Xian tried to recruit Cheng E by boasting of his powerful mother, but Yang Shan reaffirmed his friendship with Hun Dan and warned Old Mu Bone about Hun Xian’s past treatment of him.
• Old Mu Bone refused Yang Shan’s appeal and left with Hun Xian, who regretted not killing Hun Dan earlier.
• Old Mu Bone urged Hun Xian to target Cheng E, arguing that Hun Dan’s real strength came from his capable ally.
• Hun Xian decided to seek his mother’s advice and hire assassins from the Central Plains to kill Cheng E.

Hun Dan withdrew from the Young Master contest after Yang Shan helped persuade Second Heavenly Venerate Gu You to support the Soul Sweeping Tower. Yang Shan returned to find three dangerous assassination missions waiting, and he began plotting how Hun Xian might target him while he was away.

• Hun Dan told Second Heavenly Venerate Gu You he would abandon the Young Master contest to focus on the Soul Sweeping Tower, and Gu You approved while warning him that Soul Hall would disown him if the plan failed.
• Yang Shan declined Hun Dan’s eighth-tier Essence Spirit Crystal and directed him to use it to help Protector Wu prepare for a Dou Zun breakthrough, raising Protector Wu’s loyalty to 93.
• Yang Shan asked Hun Dan to find a way to accelerate alchemy training, arrange a Space Jade Slip linked to a powerful ally, and raise mission difficulty to Six Star Dou Zun; Hun Dan obtained Fourth Heavenly Venerate Blood River’s protection.
• Two days later, Protector Wu presented three assassination missions targeting Chen Yin, Thunder Lord Gong Xing, and Yun Yun, which Yang Shan could not accept without endangering his allies.
• Hun Dan suspected Hun Xian had spies in the Soul Sweeping Branch Hall, and Yang Shan suggested Hun Xian might attack him if his mission route were predictable; Hun Dan realized Yang Shan had a scheme.

Yang Shan accepted Hua Jin’s contract to kill Yun Yun as part of a plan to protect her, then traveled onward while Hun Xian arranged for a Seven-Star Dou Zun to assassinate him. The chapter ended with Yang Shan facing Lan Ruyu of the Cloud Rain Sect, the powerful killer sent after him.

• Yang Shan accepted Hua Jin’s mission to kill Yun Yun, intending to prevent Hua Jin from finding another way to threaten her.
• Yang Shan left a Soul Imprint in place so Hun Xian’s people could track him, then sensed an unfamiliar force probing him during his journey.
• Hun Xian’s mother, Madam Wei, revealed that she had arranged for a Seven-Star Dou Zun to kill Yang Shan, while Old Mu Bone prepared pills as payment.
• Madam Wei warned Hun Xian to act cautiously as he pursued the position of Young Master, and Hun Xian privately planned to weaken Hun Dan by killing Cheng E.
• Yang Shan emerged from a Space Channel in an uninhabited region and dispersed a blue mist with Extraterrestrial Ghoul Lightning.
• Lan Ruyu introduced herself as a Seven-Star Dou Zun and one of the Cloud Rain Sect’s seven holy maidens, and Yang Shan considered killing her so Yue Mei could gain the experience.

Yang Shan rejected Old Mu Bone’s offer and fought Lan Ruyu, who wanted to capture him and harvest his essence. After wearing down her defenses, he activated the Seven Star Thunder Kill Array and launched a surprise attack, leaving Lan Ruyu vulnerable as he demanded that she help Yue Mei cultivate.

• Lan Ruyu showed Yang Shan Old Mu Bone’s message urging him to leave the Soul Sweeping Tower and serve Young Master Hun Xian, but Yang Shan dispelled Old Mu Bone’s Soul Imprint.
• Lan Ruyu tried to seduce Yang Shan, but he attacked her with Yan Luo - Ghost King Crossing, revealing that he wanted to kill her.
• Yang Shan assessed Lan Ruyu’s superior strength and conserved his Dou Qi while chipping away at her Protective Gang Qi during their battle.
• Yang Shan used Lingering Spirit Hundred Howls and his other abilities to reduce Lan Ruyu’s Vitality Shield by roughly half, while Lan Ruyu repeatedly attacked him.
• Yang Shan activated the Seven Star Thunder Kill Array, cracked Lan Ruyu’s Protective Gang Qi, and struck from behind with a Thunder Phantom Body and Lingering Spirit Hundred Howls.
• As Lan Ruyu fell into a disordered state, Yang Shan told her he wanted her to help Yue Mei cultivate.

Yang Shan defeated Lan Ruyu after she used the Essence Absorption Great Art, exploiting her confusion over which Yang Shan was the true body to land a concealed killing blow. Lan Ruyu died after seeing Yue Mei emerge from his sleeve, and the system offered Yang Shan the chance to transfer his experience from the kill to Yue Mei.

• Yang Shan and his Thunder Phantom Body restrained Lan Ruyu with the Imprisoning Spirit True Skill and battered down her Protective Gang Qi.
• Lan Ruyu broke free long enough to seize Yang Shan and use the Essence Absorption Great Art to drain his Dou Qi and Qi and Blood.
• Yang Shan used the apparent difference between his true body and Thunder Phantom Body to mislead Lan Ruyu, then struck her from behind with Tyrant Blade - Seven Slaughters.
• Lan Ruyu died, recognizing Yue Mei as the woman Yang Shan had intended to help cultivate.
• The system awarded Yang Shan 10,050,000 actual experience and offered him the option to transfer it to Yue Mei through the Blood Bond Seal.

Yang Shan strengthened Yue Mei with the Blood Bond Seal, then found an experience-yielding pill among Lan Ruyu’s drops and learned that the Cloud Rain Sect might provide a future source of experience. A global announcement launched the Eight Clans' Heaven's Chosen event, and Yang Shan began organizing the Players to share what they knew.

• Yang Shan used 30.15 million experience points to activate the Blood Bond Seal on Yue Mei, who transformed into a fifteen-meter white python as she began to awaken.
• Yang Shan told Hun Dan that he had killed a Seven-Star Dou Zun, and Hun Dan offered to enlist Old Ancestor Gu You if the Scorpion Demon Three Ghosts came after him.
• Yang Shan found a reusable Yin Yang Blood Origin Pill in Lan Ruyu’s purple Naring and noted the Cloud Rain Sect as a possible future source of experience.
• A global announcement declared the start of the Eight Clans' Heaven's Chosen Enter Central Plains event, inviting Players to discover the Ancient Eight Clans' young Heaven's Chosen.
• Yang Shan told the Big Shot Gathering Camp that he had killed a Seven-Star Dou Zun, then asked the Players to share their intelligence; Xiao Aotian started a temporary discussion group for those who had made contact.

Yang Shan received rewards for his Ancient Eight Clans connections and learned that the event was meant to introduce Players to more clan prodigies before the next version. He left to meet Hun Dan and Old Ghost Zhaixing, who offered him a method for becoming an Eighth Grade Alchemist in exchange for a Seven-Star Dou Zun’s soul.

• Yang Shan received Good Fortune and Comprehension rewards for his seven Ancient Eight Clans connections, but the event rules barred him from earning further rewards.
• In the temporary chat group, Yang Shan and the other Players compared the prodigies they had encountered, and Yang Shan privately sent Xiao Aotian information about Xiao Kuang.
• Yang Shan examined the event points store, noticed a pair of top-tier Storage Rings, and agreed to meet Hun Dan after Hun Dan offered an alchemy method in exchange for a Seven-Star Dou Zun’s soul.
• Yang Shan sheltered Yue Mei in a remote cave and left his Thunder Illusory Body to protect her before returning to the Soul Sweeping Branch Hall.
• Old Ghost Zhaixing gave Yang Shan a Storage Ring containing an Eighth Grade Enlightenment Pill formula, a secret alchemy technique, and medicinal ingredients for him to inspect before trading.

Yang Shan received the Soul Hall’s pill formula and resources, then hurried to meet Yue Mei after she advanced into an Illusion Jade Python. He set out for the Barren Ancient Domain to seek Enlightenment Grass, but had little time left before the server shut down.

• Old Ghost Zhaixing gave Yang Shan an Enlightenment Pill formula and supplementary ingredients on behalf of Second Heavenly Venerate, hoping to befriend his hidden close friend.
• Yang Shan handed Lan Ruyu’s soul to Old Ghost Zhaixing and left after learning that Yue Mei was on the move.
• Yang Shan found Yue Mei transformed into an Illusion Jade Python and examined her new abilities and status.
• Yang Shan ordered Yue Mei to return to his sleeve, then traveled toward the Barren Ancient Domain to seek Enlightenment Grass and gain experience.
• After three days of game time on the road, Yang Shan had only about three days of activity remaining before the server shutdown.

Yang Shan failed to kill the Withered Horn Mysterious Ox before Version 3.1 ended, then asked Su Yitang out for Qixi Festival. Their playful date began at the animal rescue center, where they exchanged gifts and left together as Su's mother quietly considered their future.

• Yang Shan nearly killed the Withered Horn Mysterious Ox, but its Withered Tree Meets Spring secret skill restored most of its Qi and Blood, so he left the Barren Ancient Domain before the version ended.
• Yang Shan woke the next morning and arranged to meet Su Yitang for a Qixi Festival date.
• Yang Shan picked Su Yitang up at the stray animal rescue center, where they teased each other, exchanged a ring and a massage-spa VIP card, and laughed together in the car.
• Yang Shan gave Su's mother a meal he had prepared before leaving with Su Yitang for their date.
• Su's mother watched them drive away and thought about preparing Su Yitang's dowry, while deciding to wait for Old Su to return.

Yang Shan and Su Yitang enjoyed a playful date before he joined the Players’ gathering to watch the Version 3.2 preview. The footage revealed Xiao Xun’er’s ties to the Ancient Clan, the Xiao Clan’s arrival at Burning Flame Valley, and a clash involving Feng Qing’er and Lei Che.

• Yang Shan and Su Yitang went shopping, teased each other about money and affection, and ended their date with Yang Shan escorting her home.
• Yang Shan visited the rescue center the next day, then joined the Players in the Virtual Party Hall, where Huangfu Qiangwei defeated the men at billiards.
• Secretary Lin began the Version 3.2 preview and showed Gu Xun’er adopting the name Xiao Xun’er as Ancient Clan members gathered behind her.
• The preview showed Xiao Ding, Xiao Li, Xiao Kuang, and Xiao Mei arriving at Burning Flame Valley as descendants of an old friend of the Burning Flame Old Ancestor.
• Feng Qing’er fought Lei Che at Thunder Mountain and mocked his power, prompting the Players to look toward Yang Shan.

The preview showed new arrivals and rising tensions across the Central Plains as clans and factions prepared for a coming great tide. It ended with Hun Xian and the Soul Hall finding Yao Chen, who feared Starfall Pavilion could not withstand what was coming.

• Yao Xingji arrived at Starfall Pavilion and insulted it, prompting Xiao Aotian to vow to defeat him.
• A Stone Clan girl named Xiao Qi revealed her Boulder Array to Yi Qingyang, while Xiao Aotian complained that he had no scene and Yi Qingyang had attracted her attention.
• Ling Weiwei challenged Su Yitang at Sound Valley, but Su Yitang stayed silent and refused to surrender the valley's leadership.
• Huo Zhi led seven Flame Clan prodigies to Burning Flame Valley, and Mu Qingluan warned Xiao Aotian that many magical beast clans would join the great tide.
• Xiao Aotian boasted about severing the tide and challenged the others to duel him, while Yang Shan declined to get involved in Dou Zong matters.
• Yao Chen sensed that the great tide had arrived and worried about Starfall Pavilion before Hun Xian and Old Mu Bone emerged from the clouds and Hun Xian declared he had been searching for Yao Chen.

Yang Shan and his colleagues analyzed the Version 3.2 preview and concluded that Tian Yao Company was shaping Central Plains around competing factions, with players deciding who would become the ultimate power. After the gathering ended, Yang Shan returned home, where an unexpected visitor arrived at his door.

• Yang Shan discussed Soul Hall, the Ancient Eight Clans, and the game’s faction balance with his colleagues after the preview’s final scene provoked strong reactions.
• Bai Su'an argued that the Ancient Clan had been constrained by the other five clans and explained why it might have stayed out of the Xiao Clan’s destruction.
• Yang Shan concluded that Tian Yao Company wanted enduring faction balance and that players, rather than any fixed NPC, would determine the game’s grand storyline and ultimate boss.
• Yang Shan assigned his colleagues to analyze Tian Yao Company’s future plans and develop proposals for Version 3.2, while promising to help Su Yitang with the analysis.
• The Version 3.2 preview ended, and the Big Shot Gathering Camp members said goodbye before Yang Shan logged off and made noodles.
• A young woman with a large suitcase appeared at Yang Shan’s door, raised her hands into a heart, and called for him to open it.

Su Yitang moved into Yang Shan’s villa, and the two began living together before logging into the new game version. After Yang Shan learned that the Soul Hall had once targeted Yao Chen and that Yao Chen’s soul remained wanted, he urged the Soul Hall to keep the matter secret and sought a meeting with Second Tianzun Gu You.

• Su Yitang moved into Yang Shan’s villa, where he had prepared her own private room and a Game Pod.
• Yang Shan and Su Yitang began their fourth day of cohabitation and hurried to log in after Tian Yao Company announced an earlier opening.
• Yang Shan contacted Hun Dan while disguised as Cheng E and asked whether Yao Chen had fallen into the Soul Hall’s hands.
• Old Ghost Zhaixing explained that the Soul Hall had arranged Yao Chen’s capture through Mu Bone, but Yao Chen’s soul escaped.
• Yang Shan warned the Soul Hall that he planned to help Yao Chen rebuild his body and ordered Hun Dan to arrange a meeting with Second Tianzun Gu You.

Yang Shan returned to the Barren Ancient Domain to prepare for a possible visit from Soul Hall’s Gu You, where he killed a Withered Horn Mysterious Ox and fed its remains to Black Da Sha. After Yue Mei helped Black Da Sha stay awake and search for Enlightenment Grass, Su Yitang reached Dou Zun and challenged Yang Shan to team up, while Xiao Aotian and Yi Qingyang still had not advanced.

• Yang Shan prepared to raise Sea Heart Flame before confronting Soul Hall and traveled with Yue Mei to the Barren Ancient Domain.
• Yang Shan killed a Withered Horn Mysterious Ox after a long battle and gained 3,450,000 experience.
• Yang Shan fed the Ox’s meat to Black Da Sha and had it search for Enlightenment Grass using an ingredient from Old Ghost Zhaixing’s Storage Ring.
• Yue Mei used Illusion Like Reality to keep Black Da Sha awake while it absorbed the meat’s energy.
• Su Yitang contacted Yang Shan after reaching One-Star Dou Zun, and Yang Shan saw that Xiao Aotian and Yi Qingyang had not yet become Dou Zuns.

Yang Shan searched the Barren Ancient Domain for Enlightenment Grass and Eighth Order Wood Attribute Magic Cores, then learned that a dangerous Blood Vine Tiger clan guarded a patch of Enlightenment Grass. Su Yitang arrived rested and ready to join him as he prepared to challenge the beasts.

• Su Yitang sent red packets to the group chat and set out for the Barren Ancient Domain, where Yang Shan told her he would keep leveling while he waited.
• Yang Shan spent three days in the domain, killed two Eighth Order Wood Attribute magical beasts, and retreated after encountering an Eight Star Dou Zun Decayed Wood Mysterious Ox.
• After resting offline, Yang Shan found Su Yitang asleep on the sofa and covered her with a blanket before returning to the game.
• Yue Mei reported finding six immature Enlightenment Grasses guarded by a powerful Thousand Vine Blood Tiger and its Blood Vine Tigers.
• Yang Shan sent his Thunder Phantom Body to scout the tiger clan, but returned to his main body when he sensed something and found Su Yitang waiting.
• Su Yitang showed Yang Shan her High-Grade Primal Artifact and asked him to carry her; Yang Shan agreed to take her to fight the beasts for experience.

Yang Shan and Su Yitang lured the Blood Vine Tiger Group away from the Enlightenment Grass and attacked the beasts together. After the Thousand Vine Blood Tiger revealed itself from underground, they launched it into the air and worked to keep it from reaching the ground.

• Yang Shan and Su Yitang planned to draw the Blood Vine Tiger Group away so the battle would not damage the immature Enlightenment Grass.
• Su Yitang boosted Black Da Sha with Azure Valley Netherwind, and he taunted the Blood Vine Tigers into chasing him away from the grass.
• Yang Shan and Su Yitang attacked the thousand-plus Blood Vine Tigers, killing or wounding more than half in under a minute.
• Blood-colored vines erupted from the ground and dragged the fallen Blood Vine Tigers underground, revealing that the Thousand Vine Blood Tiger was hidden beneath the grass.
• Yang Shan and Su Yitang caught the Thousand Vine Blood Tiger in the air and attacked it together, sending it more than three hundred meters upward.
• Yang Shan and Su Yitang resolved to keep the Thousand Vine Blood Tiger from touching the ground.

Yang Shan and Su Yitang slowly wore down the Thousand Vine Blood Tiger despite its powerful Blood Vine recovery, then killed it together. After learning that Eighth Order Wood Attribute beasts were designed as group targets, Yang Shan left to gather herbs with Su Yitang.

• Yang Shan and Su Yitang fought the Thousand Vine Blood Tiger while Thunder Phantom Body cut through its Blood Vines and Yue Mei tried to put it to sleep.
• The Blood Vines exploded into blood mist, which the Thousand Vine Blood Tiger absorbed to greatly increase its Qi and Blood and restore its protection.
• Yang Shan and Su Yitang recognized the beast as a Solo-Kill Terminator meant to serve as a team experience pack, and they patiently fought until Yang Shan landed the killing blow.
• Su Yitang collected the loot while Yang Shan called Cute Girl Customer Service 007 and learned that Eighth Order Wood Attribute beasts were intended for coordinated group raids.
• Yang Shan invited Su Yitang to hurry and gather herbs.

Yang Shan and Su Yitang farmed Enlightenment Grass across the Barren Ancient Domain, gained a clue to the Bodhi Enlightenment Heart Grass, and followed it into the domain’s dangerous depths. There, Lei Yang and Shi Hong confronted Xiao Li near a herd of eighth-tier Magical Beasts.

• Yang Shan sold the Thousand Vine Blood Tiger’s Tiger Blood Vine in the company chat, and he and Su Yitang went to Yue Mei’s patch of Enlightenment Grass.
• Black Da Sha detected more Enlightenment Grass, leading Yang Shan and Su Yitang to defeat successive Azure Demon Sheep and discover nine patches over half a month.
• Yang Shan and Su Yitang both broke through to Dou Zun, while Yue Mei nurtured the final six plants, bringing their total potential Enlightenment Pill attempts to fifty-four.
• When the last plants matured, Yang Shan and Su Yitang received a map clue to the Bodhi Enlightenment Heart Grass and set out toward the Barren Ancient Domain’s depths.
• Near the opportunity site, Lei Yang and Shi Hong watched a herd of eighth-tier Magical Beasts before Xiao Li arrived and questioned them.

Xiao Li, Lei Yang, Shi Hong, and Gu Yao converged on the Bodhi Enlightenment Heart Grass, where the beasts guarding it made cooperation necessary. Watching from above, Yang Shan boasted that he could carry Su Yitang through the fight, then reconsidered after seeing the four prodigies’ alarming status panels.

• Xiao Li recognized Lei Yang and Shi Hong as fellow survivors of the Sealing Spirit Saint ruin, and the three faced off until Gu Yao appeared and challenged Xiao Li to settle their past rivalry.
• Xiao Li, Gu Yao, Lei Yang, and Shi Hong held their positions because a pack of eighth-tier magical beasts, including King of Beasts, guarded the three Bodhi Enlightenment Heart Grasses.
• Yang Shan and Su Yitang watched from the air, learned what the rare grass could do, and joked about how they would divide the three plants and carry each other in the future.
• Yang Shan dismissed the four prodigies as manageable opponents and promised Su Yitang he would carry her, but she shared their panels and exposed their strength.
• Yang Shan backed away from his boast after seeing the prodigies’ formidable attributes and identities, while Su Yitang teased him about his promise.