Chapter Summaries

Yang Shan, Chao Bafang, and Zhu Tianpeng discussed the major ruins event and the surprising rise of Xiao Mei and the Xiao Family. The chapter ended with them wondering about Lucky Poison Hand, whom Yang Shan recognized as the foremost of the Twelve Emperors in his previous life.

• Yang Shan took Chao Bafang and Zhu Tianpeng to Hundred Flavors Inn, where they ate, drank, and traded stories about their lives and the game.
• The three discussed Cloud Frost City's event, where Jin Shankao's Hero King Manor seized a Mystic Rank Advanced Skill after the Pang and Chai Families suffered heavy losses.
• Yang Shan explained that a million Players had helped the Xiao Family overwhelm Wutan City's rival families, after which Xiao Mei uncovered the Azure Cloud Association's involvement and led the Players against its branch.
• Xiao Mei obtained a spiritual plant that raised her panel to a Golden Word Seal and her cultivation to an Eight Star Great Fighter, then helped kill the branch leader; Xiao Aotian gained powerful drops from the battle.
• The group discussed Poison Marsh City's event, where Player Lucky Poison Hand killed Hunting Life Valley's Three-Star Dou Ling branch leader.
• Yang Shan privately recognized Lucky Poison Hand as the foremost of the Twelve Emperors in his previous life.

Yang Shan navigated Ya Fei and Nalan Yanran’s competing attempts to get close to him before Version 1.1 ended. During the shutdown, he watched the Version 1.2 preview, which revealed new figures and locations across the Jia Ma Empire and ended with a woman holding a bottle beside a book titled “Calamity Poison Body.”

• Ya Fei told Yang Shan she would soon leave Cloud Frost City and invited him to accompany her to the auction in Gama Holy City, and he agreed to go.
• Nalan Yanran arrived, arranged to meet Yang Shan for a meal in Gama Holy City, and drew Ya Fei away by claiming she needed to discuss family matters.
• After the women left, Yang Shan teased Chao Bafang for wanting to raise his favorability with the young Zi Yan, and the three Players logged off.
• Version 1.1 ended after three days, and Yang Shan spent the server shutdown exercising, resting, and reviewing his recorded memories.
• Yang Shan watched the Version 1.2 preview, which showed a command to investigate the Azure Cloud Association, a battle between three cultivators, and the Misty Cloud Sect preparing for a new disciple selection.
• The preview showed Hai Bodong in the Thousand Treasure Pavilion and ended with a frail woman holding a Jade Bottle beside a book labeled “Calamity Poison Body.”

Yang Shan confirmed that the new version’s content matched his memories and planned to make major moves as he arrived in Gama Holy City with Chao Bafang. He spent his time refining and selling pills, then entered the Mittel Family’s auction carrying three million Spirit Stones.

• Yang Shan reviewed the version update, confirmed its storylines and factions matched his memories, and began planning his next moves.
• Chao Bafang returned home, gave his parents three hundred thousand yuan, and then logged in to meet Yang Shan.
• Yang Shan and Chao Bafang met Ya Fei at Cloud Frost City’s northern gate and rode a Wind Riding Giant Eagle to Gama Holy City.
• Chao Bafang accepted a quest and set off to explore the city while Yang Shan arranged an alchemy room and sold pills through the Auction House.
• Yang Shan refined his stored ingredients, saved his earnings, and entered the Mittel Family’s auction carrying three million Spirit Stones.

Yang Shan attended the Mittel Family’s Bauhinia Auction, where Nalan Jie praised his strength and Nalan Yanran’s and Ya Fei’s favorability toward him rose without explanation. As Ya Fei opened the auction, Yang Shan arranged to buy the Wind Howl sword for Jin Shankao and placed the first bid.

• Yang Shan entered the Mittel Family Auction House with the Bauhinia Token and met Nalan Yanran and Nalan Jie, who revealed that Yang Shan had killed a Dou Wang.
• Ya Fei took Yang Shan to a private box, while Nalan Jie encouraged Nalan Yanran to get closer to him; system notifications then showed both women’s favorability increasing.
• Ya Fei opened the Bauhinia Auction and presented the Wind Howl sword, a Hundred Refinements Grade weapon suited to wind cultivators.
• Yang Shan sent the sword’s details to Jin Shankao, agreed to negotiate on his behalf, and bid one hundred thousand Spirit Stones.

Yang Shan bought and resold a Purple Word Seal sword at the Jia Ma Empire auction while saving his Spirit Stones for a promised Thunder Attribute lot. After a fierce bidding contest for a mutated Wind Hunting Azure Wolf Magic Core, he recognized the winning bidder as the famous Player Su Yitang.

• Yang Shan bought the Wind Howl Sword for 150,000 Spirit Stones with Ya Fei's help, then sold it to Jin Shankao for 500,000 RMB.
• Yang Shan passed on other auction lots because they offered little improvement for Chao Bafang and Zhu Tianpeng, and he wanted to save Spirit Stones for a Thunder Attribute treasure.
• Ya Fei presented a mutated Fourth Order Wind Hunting Azure Wolf Magic Core, and Nalan Yanran bid against an unidentified woman until the woman won it for 300,000 Spirit Stones.
• Yang Shan recognized the woman who bought the Magic Core as Su Yitang, a renowned Player known for defeating Xiao Aotian in a relic conflict.

Yang Shan spotted Su Yitang at the auction and decided to learn more about her through Ya Fei, then won a powerful fifth-order Beast Lightning core. He left the auction with the Ape King Violet Lightning to strengthen his development.

• Yang Shan recognized Su Yitang as a major player and planned to investigate her through Ya Fei after the auction.
• Ya Fei presented a fifth-order magic core from the Violet Lightning Ape King, and Yang Shan recognized its value to his lightning-based development.
• Yang Shan outbid the other guests, raising the price to 2.2 million Spirit Stones to secure the core.
• A maidservant delivered the magic core to Yang Shan, who examined its power and learned its properties.

Yang Shan gained the Fifth-Order Ape King Violet Lightning and calculated how it could greatly amplify his attacks, then agreed to attend Ya Fei’s celebration in exchange for the Purple Heart Barrier Breaking Pill formula. As he prepared to leave the auction, Mu Zhan blocked the exit and confronted him.

• Yang Shan realized Ape King Violet Lightning could add 350 fixed attack and raise his Tyrant Blade—Seven Kills damage to more than 8,500 with his other boosts.
• Yang Shan watched the auction’s finale, where Nalan Jie, Mu Chen, the imperial family, and the Misty Cloud Sect competed for the Fifth-Order Thousand Beast King cub.
• Ya Fei invited Yang Shan to her celebration and offered the Purple Heart Barrier Breaking Pill formula as a return gift, triggering a special scenario.
• Yang Shan agreed to attend Ya Fei’s celebration and bring her a gift, then noticed Nalan Jie, Nalan Yanran, Fa Ma, Yao Ye, and Yao Yue watching him in the hall.
• Mu Zhan blocked the exit and confronted Yang Shan, leaving Ya Fei flustered.

Yang Shan defeated Mu Zhan at the auction house and left Gama Holy City to pursue the next stage of his Version 1.2 development plan. He headed for a hidden Space Wormhole that would take him to the Black-Corner Region.

• Mu Zhan attacked Yang Shan over his closeness to Ya Fei, but Yang Shan stopped his punch with purple lightning and sent him crashing through tables with a kick.
• Ya Fei apologized to Yang Shan, who left the auction house; Yao Ye and Yao Yue discussed approaching him for the Jia Ma Imperial Family.
• Yang Shan traveled east from Gama Holy City toward the border of the Tagor Desert, where he planned to find a Space Wormhole.
• Yang Shan recalled the dangers and rewards of the Black-Corner Region and identified it as the key destination in his Version 1.2 development plan.

Yang Shan activated Mang Tianchi’s hidden Space Wormhole and reached the Black-Corner Region, where he killed a would-be robber and entered Black Seal City. He arrived at an unmarked pawnshop whose owner was a powerful Soul Palace Soul Envoy.

• Yang Shan spent one hundred thousand Spirit Stones to open the Space Wormhole and traveled to the southern Black-Corner Region.
• A burly NPC attacked Yang Shan after he emerged, but Yang Shan killed him and took a cultivation technique and Spirit Stones.
• Yang Shan headed to Black Seal City, paid the entry fee, and entered wearing a mask and a black robe.
• Yang Shan followed his memories to an unmarked pawnshop, unaware that its owner was a top-five Black Ranking Soul Palace Soul Envoy.

Yang Shan joined Bloodshed Hall’s recruitment test by killing its target, then accepted the offer to become a Bronze Killer. He hoped to use Bloodshed Hall to reach the Soul Palace and gain access to its resources.

• Yang Shan offered pills to pawnshop steward Xu Chongjin in exchange for a Two-Pattern Azure Spirit Pill, and Xu assigned him a mission to kill Wei Dali.
• Yang Shan rode to Wei Dali’s hideout and killed the Nine-Star Great Fighter along with his accomplice, who had abducted and murdered women.
• Yang Shan returned with the target’s head, and Xu Chongjin praised him and questioned him about money, power, and his faction ties.
• Xu Chongjin offered Yang Shan a path to greater power by becoming a Bloodshed Hall killer, and Yang Shan agreed after settling the bill.

Yang Shan joined Bloodshed Hall under the alias Cheng E and accepted an assassination mission targeting Fan Jian, a Blood Sect member in Dusk City. After taking a Two-Pattern Azure Spirit Pill and gaining enough experience to challenge the Dou Ling breakthrough, he entered a Heart Demon Trial and found himself facing Yue Mei.

• Steward Xu explained Bloodshed Hall’s rules and showed Yang Shan assassination missions, and Yang Shan accepted the dossier on Fan Jian, a Three-Star Dou Ling in Dusk City.
• Yang Shan registered as Cheng E and decided to take the Two-Pattern Azure Spirit Pill before setting out on the mission.
• The pill gave Yang Shan 30,000 experience points, unlocked his Dou Ling Heart Demon Trial, and transported him to a desert.
• Yang Shan recognized Yue Mei, who had appeared in the trial as a One-Star Dou Ling, and drew his Thunder Guiding Blade as she threatened to kill him.

Yang Shan killed Yue Mei by exploiting her arrogance, broke through to One-Star Dou Ling, and set out for Dusk City to advance to Silver Killer. On the road, Eight Gates ambushed him with a group of Great Fighters and a concealed Dou Ling, and Yang Shan prepared to test two mutated magical beast cores.

• Yue Mei failed to trap Yang Shan with Three Snakes Entanglement, and Yang Shan killed her with Tyrant Blade—Seven Kills empowered by Ape King Violet Lightning.
• Yang Shan completed the Heart Demon Trial, advanced to One-Star Dou Ling, and received a global announcement and the title Number One Dou Ling Under Heaven.
• Yang Shan reviewed his new stats, decided to seek a better cultivation method in the Black-Corner Region, and headed for Dusk City to become a Silver Killer.
• Bai Xiaosheng posted about Yang Shan’s breakthrough, and Players reacted to the announcement on the forums.
• Yang Shan left Black Seal City on Hoof Shadow, but Eight Gates ambushed him in the forest with fourteen visible Great Fighters and a hidden Dou Ling.
• Yang Shan dodged the attacks, recognized the Eight Gates attackers, and took out two mutated magical beast cores to test them.

Yang Shan used his knowledge of attribute reactions to unleash Overload against the Eight Gates’ fourteen Da Dou Shi, repeatedly detonating Beast Flame and Beast Lightning to overwhelm them. As the explosions continued, hoofbeats grew closer.

• Yang Shan identified his lack of area attacks as a weakness and recalled how he had researched Overload in his previous life.
• The fourteen Da Dou Shi charged Yang Shan while a Dou Ling NPC watched from the shadows.
• Yang Shan spread Azure Jade Python Flame among the attackers, then sent violet lightning through it to trigger an Overload explosion.
• Yang Shan repeated the explosions, damaging the Da Dou Shi and leaving the hidden Dou Ling NPC frightened and relieved he had not intervened.
• Hoofbeats gradually grew clearer as the explosions rolled through the area.

Yang Shan reached Dusk City, joined Bloodshed Hall, and spent days watching Fan Jian for a safe chance to assassinate him. When Fan Jian left the city, an unknown player attacked him first, leaving Yang Shan determined to claim the kill himself.

• Yang Shan entered Bloodshed Hall’s Dusk City stronghold and met Luo Xie, who let him stay in the courtyard.
• After logging back in, Yang Shan began tracking Fan Jian and spent several days observing his routine between Fireworks Pavilion and the Blood Sect.
• On the sixth day, Fan Jian left Dusk City with a Blood Sect member after receiving an angry report, and Yang Shan followed them into the forest.
• A black-clothed assassin ambushed Fan Jian, and Yang Shan recognized the attacker as a player with no visible Word Seal.
• Yang Shan stayed hidden and resolved to kill Fan Jian himself, even if he had to compete with the other player for the kill.

Yang Shan joined the assassin Player's fight against Fan Jian and pursued him after the assassin fled. The assassin returned and nearly killed Fan Jian, but Yang Shan finished him with Thunder Spirit Flash; afterward, she recognized Yang Shan as the subject of a trending forum post.

• Yang Shan identified the assassin Player as a powerful Wind Attribute fighter and suspected she was Su Yitang.
• The assassin's wind blades revealed Yang Shan's hiding place, so he charged Fan Jian as the assassin escaped.
• Yang Shan chased Fan Jian, broke his Dou Qi Armor, and evaded his Blood Cleaving Hand while the Blood Sect lackey fled.
• The assassin returned and struck at Fan Jian, but Yang Shan intercepted her dagger as Fan Jian prepared a secret Blood Sect Dou Skill.
• Yang Shan used Thunder Spirit Flash to kill Fan Jian, and the lingering Blood Fiend Rampant Gale injured him slightly while the assassin avoided most of its force.
• The assassin recognized Yang Shan as the Yang One-Blade from a trending forum post titled 'Yang One-Blade Really Deserves to Die'.

Yang Shan used Fan Jian’s drops to bargain with Su Yitang for a mysterious parchment tied to an Opportunity Realm, refusing her proposed payment until she agreed to negotiate a fairer share of the rewards. He and Su Yitang returned to Dusk City together and sat down for a meal, where Yang Shan openly stared at her.

• Yang Shan recognized Su Yitang but pretended not to know her, then used Fan Jian’s drops to make her explain what she wanted.
• Su Yitang asked Yang Shan for the mysterious parchment and offered money, a favor, or a share of the rewards from an Opportunity Realm in exchange.
• Yang Shan selected the parchment and challenged Su Yitang’s proposed one-fourth reward share, saying his greater combat contribution deserved more.
• Yang Shan rode toward Dusk City without adding Su Yitang as a friend, so she chased him down and asked to connect before they returned together.
• Yang Shan invited Su Yitang to a private room for a meal, where she removed her veil and told him to stop staring and order.

Yang Shan learned about Su Yitang’s parchment quest and arranged for her to capture Fan Chunchun so he could complete an assassination mission. After advancing to Silver Rank in the Bloodshed Hall, he searched its exchange catalog for a cultivation method and found the high Profound Rank Wrathful Thunder Mystic Skill.

• Yang Shan and Su Yitang discussed their shared target, Fan Chunchun, and Su Yitang agreed to capture her and bring her to him.
• Su Yitang explained that four parchment pieces mapped a special secret realm, and that Fan Chunchun, Fan Jian, and an Eight Gates elder held the remaining pieces.
• Yang Shan joked that Fan Chunchun inherited her interest in women from her father, and Su Yitang promised to deliver her within ten days.
• Yang Shan returned to the Bloodshed Hall with Fan Jian’s head, earned Silver Rank, and received a catalog of items available for exchange.
• Yang Shan found the high Profound Rank Wrathful Thunder Mystic Skill in the catalog, priced at 30,000 points.

Yang Shan hunted Blood Sect targets to build his contribution points while waiting for Su Yitang to ask for help with Fan Chunchun. After Su Yitang hired him, they devised a plan to lure Fan Chunchun out, and Su Yitang caught her attention by posing as a beautiful passerby.

• Yang Shan selected Fan Chunchun and other targets for assassination missions, killing one target each day and earning Luo Xie's appreciation.
• Su Yitang told Yang Shan that Fan Chunchun's constant partying had made it impossible to find an opening to kill her.
• Su Yitang sent Yang Shan an employment contract offering him twenty thousand RMB to help complete the mission, with her keeping the parchment and him receiving the kill credit.
• Yang Shan agreed to help and told Su Yitang that they could create an opportunity rather than wait for one.
• Su Yitang disguised herself and bumped into Fan Chunchun, who became captivated by her and called her his little wife.

Yang Shan rescued Su Yitang from Fan Chunchun, then continued assassinating targets in Dusk City until Luo Xie offered him a dangerous mission to ease pressure on Bloodshed Hall. The chapter ended as Yang Shan accepted a special quest to kill someone in front of the Blood Sect.

• Fan Chunchun chased Su Yitang beyond Dusk City's gates and tried to force her into marriage, but Yang Shan struck with Seven Kills and killed her instantly.
• Yang Shan collected Fan Chunchun's drops and gave Su Yitang the parchment she needed before riding back to Dusk City.
• Over the next twenty days, Yang Shan completed fifteen assassination missions, killed eleven Blood Sect Dou Lings, and reached Two Star Dou Ling while earning more than 20,000 points.
• Luo Xie asked Yang Shan to stop assassinating targets in Dusk City because the Blood Sect had increased its inspections, but Yang Shan refused to leave before earning enough points for the Wrathful Thunder Mystic Skill.
• Luo Xie offered Yang Shan 8,500 points and a promotion to Gold Rank for a dangerous assignment, and Yang Shan accepted the quest to kill someone in front of the Blood Sect.

Yang Shan ambushed a Blood Sect decoy to make Fan Ling believe he belonged to the Heavenly Yin Sect, then used Thunder Spirit Flash to escape the Blood Sect's surrounding experts. Fan Ling pursued him by forming blood-red wings, leaving Yang Shan fleeing as the Young Master vowed to capture him alive.

• Yang Shan watched a Blood Sect steward leave Dusk City and identified Fan Ling as the Dou Ling Peak leader of the hidden team following him.
• Yang Shan attacked the steward with Thunder Arc Three-Stage Slash, prompting the steward to counterattack and summon the Blood Sect pursuers.
• Fan Ling confronted Yang Shan, and Yang Shan traded blows while feigning the fighting style of the Heavenly Yin Sect.
• Fan Ling's bloody attacks severely damaged Yang Shan's Vitality Shield, but Yang Shan activated Thunder Spirit Flash and opened a gap from the pursuing group.
• Fan Ling formed blood-red wings to increase his speed and swore to capture Yang Shan alive and refine him into a Blood Slave.