Chapter Summaries

Nan Feng and the other contestants entered the Violet Mist Forbidden Zone to locate the injured Purple Fiend Nine Fragrance Bug King. The experts drew the Bug King's attention while the contestants advanced through areas without purple mist, and the assessment began.

• Nan Feng told Long Wudi that he could not remember someone's appearance, then sent him a four-character name that made Long Wudi think of an interesting opponent.
• The assessment leaders explained that the Purple Fiend Nine Fragrance Bug King had been badly injured by the Liuyun Beast and was hidden somewhere in the mist-covered forbidden zone.
• The plump woman said the contestants only needed to locate the Bug King, while the stubbly man promised them protective necklaces and explained how to use them to escape danger.
• At the Violet Mist Forbidden Zone, the stubbly man and other experts released their auras to draw the Bug King's attention as purple mist formed giant faces around them.
• The Tang Family led the contestants into the forbidden zone, followed by the other families, and Nan Feng told Yan Nujiao and Man Ning to stay close.

Nan Feng and Long Wudi led their group into the Violet Mist Forbidden Zone, where a sudden stampede of powerful ferocious beasts forced the others to flee. The two escaped the chaos and neared Stinky Bug’s lair after Nan Feng secretly triggered the stampede with a Reconnaissance Drone and a Flashbang.

• Zhao Ge argued that the violet mist had driven most ferocious beasts from the forbidden zone, prompting the teams to split up and search.
• Nan Feng and Long Wudi continued together, and Zhao Ge used his fan to clear a path through the thickening mist.
• Level 40 ferocious beasts grew agitated and charged the group as the violet mist closed in around them.
• Long Wudi and Nan Feng tried to draw the beasts away, while the other members fled and crushed their necklaces to escape the forbidden zone.
• Nan Feng and Long Wudi reached the area near Stinky Bug’s lair, and Nan Feng revealed that he had caused the stampede with a Reconnaissance Drone and a Flashbang.

Nan Feng and Long Wudi tracked the wounded Bug King to a canyon where it was feeding on ferocious beasts, then launched a coordinated attack. They left the Bug King badly damaged and Long Wudi charging into its mouth to finish the fight.

• Nan Feng and Long Wudi split up to search for the Bug King, and Nan Feng discovered that the violet mist was driving ferocious beasts toward it as food.
• Nan Feng and Long Wudi followed the herd to a canyon, where they found the badly injured Bug King devouring beasts.
• Long Wudi warned that they had only one minute before outside experts arrived, and Nan Feng prepared a drone loaded with grenades, an RPG, and his Barrett.
• Nan Feng detonated the grenades inside the Bug King and shot its weak point with a charged Barrett strike.
• Nan Feng called for Long Wudi, who charged into the Bug King's mouth to attack it from within.

Nan Feng and Long Wudi fought the Purple Fiend Nine Fragrance Bug King in the Violet Mist Forbidden Zone while powerful outsiders rushed to claim the kill. After the Bug King fell, they escaped by teleporting to Flowing Cloud Inn, leaving the White Robe Man enraged.

• Long Wudi entered the Bug King's stomach while Nan Feng kept his distance and attacked with his Gatling.
• The violet mist contracted, and the White Robe Man and other experts entered the forbidden zone as the Bug King blocked them with mist monsters.
• Nan Feng blasted open the Bug King's abdomen, threw in Black Flash, and froze its antennae with the Ring of Frozen Domain as it attacked him.
• Long Wudi emerged from the Bug King's body, and the two realized it had died just as the White Robe Man confronted them.
• Nan Feng and Long Wudi teleported away to Flowing Cloud Inn, and the White Robe Man furiously cut down a nearby mountain.

After surviving an attack outside Flowing Cloud City, Nan Feng received Unrivaled Arcane Gold from the mysterious Sikong Boxue, who appeared to have returned from the dead. Long Wudi revealed that the Insect King had dropped an even better piece, and Nan Feng prepared to upgrade his Destined Divine Weapon.

• Nan Feng and Long Wudi returned to their room after evading an attack outside Flowing Cloud City, while Huang Yuanming and Mad Wolf teleported to Black Crow City.
• A waiter delivered a box containing Unrivaled Arcane Gold, then killed himself under apparent hypnosis, prompting Nan Feng and Long Wudi to escape through the window.
• Nan Feng read Sikong Boxue's note saying “I'm back” and accepted the Unrivaled Arcane Gold as a meeting gift.
• Long Wudi revealed that the Insect King had dropped another piece of Unrivaled Arcane Gold, which Nan Feng found to be higher quality.
• Nan Feng traded for the better piece and selected the upgrade option for his Destined Divine Weapon.

Nan Feng upgraded his Destined Divine Weapon, unlocked a flamethrower, and left with Long Wudi to hunt fierce beasts. At Flowing Cloud City’s gate, he recognized a vagrant as the man Sikong Boxue had hypnotized and claimed he had picked up the missing one hundred million.

• Nan Feng upgraded Rare Arsenal to peak B-class, gaining new skills and a Fiend Blaze Flamethrower, but chose not to test it in the crowded city.
• Nan Feng and Long Wudi decided to hunt fierce beasts rather than return to the Yan Family, then headed for the city gate.
• Nan Feng recognized the vagrant complaining that he had lost one hundred million as the owner of the Unrivaled Arcane Gold Sikong Boxue had bought through hypnosis.
• Nan Feng gave the vagrant a Volcanic Stone, and the man walked out of Flowing Cloud City as the crowd accused him of being a con man.
• Nan Feng told the onlookers the vagrant really had lost one hundred million and revealed that he had picked it up.

Nan Feng and Long Wudi investigated Sikong Boxue’s suspicious auction purchases at the Flowing Cloud Auction House. They learned that the Emperor was protecting him and that he was staying at the Fireworks Tower, so they set out to visit him.

• Nan Feng and Long Wudi went to the Flowing Cloud Auction House to look for clues about Sikong Boxue’s purchases.
• Long Wudi disguised himself as a wealthy young master and sold Master Lin a Purple Fiend Nine Fragrance Bug King beast core for twenty-two million.
• Long Wudi questioned Master Lin about the auction, and Master Lin revealed that eighteen million in fees and the sellers’ payments had vanished after Sikong Boxue completed his transaction.
• Master Lin said the guild had confronted Sikong Boxue but dared not act because the Emperor was behind him.
• Master Lin told them Sikong Boxue was staying at the Fireworks Tower, and Nan Feng and Long Wudi left to visit him.

Nan Feng and Long Wudi met Li Manman and Li Miaomiao at Fireworks Pavilion, where they learned Sikong Boxue wanted their help taking Flowing Cloud City. The sisters fled as Asamu and a level 40 Wanu Family powerhouse arrived, accusing Nan Feng of killing Wanu Qing.

• Nan Feng and Long Wudi followed an attendant to Sikong Boxue’s room, where Li Manman and Li Miaomiao said their master had already left.
• Li Miaomiao offered them thirty percent of Flowing Cloud City’s annual profits if they helped Sikong Boxue take the city.
• Li Manman urged them not to interfere by warning that the city’s food supply could help hundreds of millions of people in Dragon Country.
• Li Manman and Li Miaomiao jumped out the window after urging Nan Feng and Long Wudi to make the city descend into chaos.
• Asamu led a group of burly men to the room and accused Nan Feng of killing Wanu Qing, while a level 40 Wanu Family powerhouse confronted them.
• Nan Feng denied killing Wanu Qing and realized Sikong Boxue had framed him.

Nan Feng and Long Wudi escaped Fireworks Tower after blasting away two floors, but Tao Yang and Wanu Yinghao pursued them through Flowing Cloud City. They caused a chaotic confrontation at a Black Gold Casino branch, where a drunken man’s flames started a fire and the City Defense Force arrived.

• Nan Feng’s grenades destroyed Fireworks Tower’s fourth and fifth floors, and Wanu Yinghao emerged from a black space after experiencing three days of running in only five minutes.
• Nan Feng and Long Wudi fled the tower while Tao Yang chased them, demanding compensation for the damage.
• Long Wudi punched Tao Yang to cover their escape, then Tao Yang and Wanu Yinghao continued pursuing them.
• Nan Feng and Long Wudi entered a crowded marketplace, where Long Wudi punched the roof off a Black Gold Casino branch.
• A drunken man mistook Wanu Yinghao for the culprit and used True Fire Breath, setting nearby houses ablaze before the City Defense Force arrived.

Deputy General Ye Ming tried to contain the chaos caused by Nan Feng and Long Wudi as they evaded the City Defense Force across Flowing Cloud City. Nan Feng drew pursuers away from Long Wudi and escaped Ye Ming again, while two unidentified young men entered the mostly deserted Wanu Estate and headed for its treasury.

• Ye Ming coordinated the City Defense Force's search for Nan Feng and Long Wudi, then broke up an argument between Yuan Zhi and Wanu Yinghao over a burned street.
• Nan Feng, disguised with a Tactical Mask among the onlookers, slipped away and messaged Long Wudi, who said the pursuers were closing in on him.
• Nan Feng set off grenades to draw soldiers away from Long Wudi, then opened fire with his Gatling when Ye Ming and the City Defense Force approached.
• Ye Ming blinded Nan Feng with a Flashbang, but Nan Feng escaped before Ye Ming could capture him.
• After the Wanu Family sent most of its experts to hunt Nan Feng and Long Wudi, two young men entered the estate and headed for the treasury.

Sikong Boxue hypnotized his way into the Wanu Family treasury with Wanu Qing and stole a mysterious divine-weapon fragment before Wanu Tian found his son alive. Meanwhile, Long Wudi hid in Flowing Cloud City and waited for Nan Feng, but a vagrant recognized him as the Straw Hat Man and demanded his ticket stub.

• Wanu Qing and Sikong Boxue entered the Wanu Estate treasury, where Sikong Boxue hypnotized the guards and looted its first floors.
• Wanu Qing opened the protected third-floor room, and Sikong Boxue took a fragment of an unknown Destined Divine Weapon before escaping as Wanu Tian returned.
• Wanu Tian found Wanu Qing alive but vacant-eyed, then slapped him until he regained some clarity.
• Long Wudi contacted Nan Feng from a teahouse in western Flowing Cloud City, and they agreed to meet and leave the city.
• A ragged vagrant spotted Long Wudi and shouted that the Straw Hat Man had to return his ticket stub.

Long Wudi and Nan Feng escaped Flowing Cloud City after evading the City Defense Force, unaware that the Wanu Family had stopped pursuing them because it had falsely accused them. As they headed toward a restricted zone, Nan Feng spotted several figures ahead, including a man in a white robe.

• Qian Laosan accused Long Wudi of swindling him, but took 300 copper coins and apologized when Long Wudi threatened him.
• The City Defense Force captain ordered his soldiers to seize Long Wudi, who used tea empowered by true qi to fight them off and escaped after reclaiming his coins from Qian Laosan.
• Qian Laosan found 20 copper coins in a hidden pocket and went to Black Gold Casino, determined to gamble them into a fortune.
• Nan Feng and Long Wudi met at Flowing Cloud City's southern gate and left the city disguised as low-level rookies.
• Wanu Tian realized his family had caused the chaos and ordered its experts to hide rather than pursue Nan Feng and Long Wudi.
• Nan Feng and Long Wudi headed southwest toward a restricted zone, where Nan Feng spotted several figures and recognized a man in a white robe.

Nan Feng and Long Wudi were confronted by the White Robe Man, who demanded the Purple Fiend Nine Fragrance Bug King's beast core. When Long Wudi said he had sold it, the White Robe Man attacked with his tamed beasts, leaving Long Wudi trapped in spider silk until an unknown swordsman cut him free.

• Nan Feng spotted the White Robe Man approaching with the trial participants, so he and Long Wudi fled and hid in the woods.
• The White Robe Man found them and demanded the beast core; Long Wudi said he had already sold it, prompting the White Robe Man to attack.
• Nan Feng fired a Freezing Bullet, but the White Robe Man caught it, while Long Wudi used Protective True Qi to fend off the Mo Green snake.
• The White Robe Man sent Gray Mist and Purple Qi after them, but Nan Feng's bullets kept Gray Mist at bay and Purple Qi's sonic attack did not affect Long Wudi.
• The White Robe Man released Cinnabar, whose webbing trapped Long Wudi and cocooned his Teleportation Array despite Nan Feng's Dragon Light Beam Cannon.
• An unknown streak of sword light severed the spider silk, freeing Long Wudi, who fled into the forest.

Nan Feng escaped Lu Xuan’s pursuit with Long Wudi’s help from Yan Xiaoliu, then hunted tree demons in the Myriad Trees Forbidden Zone while Long Wudi went to search for Lin Meimei and others trapped in a secret realm. After five days without news from Long Wudi or the missing Chosen Ones, the chat channel speculated that Nan Feng was trapped or dead, and he responded.

• Yan Xiaoliu rescued Long Wudi from Lu Xuan and warned Lu Xuan not to attack members of the Yan Family.
• Nan Feng and Long Wudi headed toward a forbidden zone, but Long Wudi left after learning that Lin Meimei and more than a dozen people from Dragon City had gone missing in a secret realm.
• Nan Feng entered the Myriad Trees Forbidden Zone’s outskirts and spent five days safely shooting tree demons with his Barrett, reaching level 37.
• Nan Feng saw chat messages saying Long Wudi, Catherine, and others were missing in Miles Solomon’s secret realm.
• Huang Yuanming, You Ran, Xu Ming, and Xiao Luo speculated that Nan Feng was also trapped or dead, and Nan Feng sent a question mark in response.

Nan Feng opened an orange treasure chest and obtained a single-use S-rank heartguard mirror, then attacked the tree demons in the Myriad Trees Forbidden Zone before retreating with injuries. Afterward, Qian San Gou messaged him that he and others had been kidnapped and their captors demanded to see Nan Feng.

• Nan Feng learned that Long Wudi was trapped in a secret realm but that no Chosen One had died there.
• Nan Feng opened his orange treasure chest and obtained Amitabha's Mercy, a single-use heartguard mirror that could negate a fatal blow.
• Nan Feng used his flamethrower to set the tree demons in the Myriad Trees Forbidden Zone ablaze, but the demons counterattacked.
• Nan Feng retreated from the forbidden zone after flying leaves cut him, then began treating his wounds.
• Qian San Gou told Nan Feng that he and others had been kidnapped and that their captors specifically wanted to see him.

Nan Feng returned to the Sun Moon Mountains after Black Dog reported that Yan Xiaoliu had captured him and the others, then agreed to return to Flowing Cloud City for the next trials after Yan Xiaoliu promised the Yan Family had resolved his enemies. Back at Yan Manor, Nan Feng told Yan Mingzhe that Duan Kun was his, leaving Yan Mingzhe to mistakenly wonder if Nan Feng had eaten him.

• Black Dog told Nan Feng that Yan Xiaoliu had captured him and the others and wanted to meet Nan Feng, so Nan Feng rushed to their location.
• Nan Feng arranged for Yan Xiaoliu to release Black Dog and the others, then met Yan Xiaoliu in the forest.
• Yan Xiaoliu asked Nan Feng to return for the Flowing Cloud Trials, and Nan Feng agreed after securing a promise of payment and hearing that the Yan Family had handled his enemies.
• Nan Feng and Yan Xiaoliu returned to Flowing Cloud City, where the City Defense Force let Nan Feng pass without trouble.
• Man Ning warned Nan Feng that people in the city wanted to kill him and Duan Kun, but Nan Feng dismissed her concern.
• Yan Mingzhe asked where Duan Kun was, and Nan Feng said Duan Kun was his, prompting Yan Mingzhe to ask if Nan Feng had eaten him.

Nan Feng returned to Yan Manor and discussed the upcoming relic treasure hunt with Yan Nujiao and Man Ning. Yan Nujiao explained that the Ninefold Demon Tower could decide the city-lord contest, but warned that enemies might target Nan Feng inside it.

• Nan Feng chatted with the Handsome Men Group about nutrient solution, food shortages, and Black Crow City's growing trade in Blue Star goods, especially silk stockings.
• Yan Nujiao found Nan Feng back at Yan Manor and gathered Man Ning to discuss the next trial.
• Yan Nujiao explained that she had reached fifth place with thirteen points and could contend for first if her group placed in the top three and Tang Xiaobao and Yan Mingzhe did not take the top spots.
• Yan Nujiao described the Ninefold Demon Tower relic treasure hunt, where contestants would be randomly sent to one of nine floors to seek valuable treasures.
• Yan Nujiao warned Nan Feng that people in the city wanted to kill him and urged him to consider whether he would enter the tower.

Nan Feng noticed strange behavior at a noodle shop and heard about an old woman who kept walking after falling into a ditch, suspecting both incidents were connected. He returned to the shop and found its owner frozen in place again, leaving him to wonder whether Sikong Boxue was behind it.

• Nan Feng reassured Yan Nujiao that he would help her become City Lord, then spent the next day shopping in Flowing Cloud City.
• Nan Feng visited Meet You Everyday Noodles, where the owner ignored him until he mentioned dropped coins and later froze while cooking.
• After sensing something was wrong, Nan Feng left the shop without eating, and the owner ate the noodles himself before resuming his motionless reading.
• At Yan Manor, Nan Feng heard two guards laughing about an old woman who continued walking after falling into a stinking ditch.
• Nan Feng returned to the noodle shop, found its owner motionless with the same newspaper, and wondered if he had been hypnotized by Sikong Boxue.

Nan Feng and the Yan Family arrived at the King of Fighters Arena to enter the Ninefold Demon Tower, where Archie appeared as a Zhao Family follower and rival contestant. The dangerous twelve-hour treasure hunt began, and Nan Feng prepared to enter with Yan Nujiao and Man Ning.

• Nan Feng returned to Yan Manor, slept soundly, and woke refreshed the next morning.
• Yan Nujiao explained that the Ninefold Demon Tower was a Destined Divine Weapon containing treasures, and that its controller could only access half of it.
• Archie arrived as Zhao Gou, a Zhao Family follower, and told Nan Feng he had accepted the Zhao Family's offer to compete in the treasure hunt.
• The white-haired old man expanded the damaged little tower and warned that its third and seventh levels were dangerous, contestants could not leave early, and the trial would last twelve hours.
• Yan Nujiao and Man Ning handed their storage equipment to Yan Xiaoqi before entering, while Nan Feng realized the old man might not know about the Chosen Ones' storage backpacks.

Nan Feng traveled through the Scorching Sea, then chose to explore the dangerous Extreme Ice Purgatory alone and found rare materials. He encountered Archie during a battle between the Zhao family and ice giants, but Archie sensed danger and dodged Nan Feng’s shot.

• Nan Feng, Yan Nujiao, and Man Ning found a teleportation point in the Scorching Sea and used it to travel to the fifth floor.
• Nan Feng secretly chose the third floor, Extreme Ice Purgatory, while Yan Nujiao and Man Ning remained on the fifth floor.
• Nan Feng found Adamantine Bone and several other rare materials among the icebergs.
• Nan Feng spotted Archie with the Zhao family as they fought ice giants and fired a Mana Bullet at Archie’s right foot.
• Archie sensed the danger and dodged the shot, so Nan Feng raised his Gatling to attack again.