Chapter Summaries

Nan Feng prepared a surprise attack on Black Crow Peak while gathering the Black Crow Guards to announce his return as Black Crow City's true City Lord. He promised them health insurance, leaving the guards puzzled about what it meant.

• Nan Feng set the attack on Black Crow Peak for midnight and ordered Su Ziran not to expose the spies, while sending Xiao Luo on a secret errand.
• Su Ziran gathered the Black Crow Guards, who mistakenly believed he was being replaced and began plotting to rebel in his support.
• Nan Feng and Su Ziran listened to the guards' plotting through their Tactical Headsets, and Nan Feng dismissed the threat.
• Su Ziran introduced Nan Feng to the guards, and Nan Feng praised their work before announcing that he would enroll them all in health insurance.
• The Black Crow Guards wondered what health insurance was.

Nan Feng used medical insurance and generous bounties to recruit most of the Black Crow Guards for an announced march against Black Crow Peak, while secretly planning an attack by the southern district Chosen Ones that night. He also advised Huang Yuanming on how to offset the foot bath parlor discount with higher prices and membership promotions.

• Nan Feng promised the Black Crow Guards medical insurance covering treatment and discounted visits to foot bath parlors, winning cheers from Wang Defa and many of the guards.
• Nan Feng rallied the guards by condemning Black Crow Peak's control of Black Crow City's northern passage and promising large rewards for joining an attack.
• After Nan Feng offered ten times the medical insurance and bounties for killing bandits and leaders, about 90% of the Black Crow Guards agreed to march north.
• Nan Feng told Su Ziran that the guards' march was a decoy, since the southern district Chosen Ones would attack Black Crow Peak at midnight that night.
• Huang Yuanming objected to the foot bath discount, and Nan Feng told him to raise prices and use cash-only membership cards with matching bonuses.

The Black King prepared to ambush the invaders after learning Tang Chengyun was far away in Flowing Cloud City. Unaware that Xiao Luo had infiltrated Black Crow Peak, he believed he had time to collect the invaders’ Destined Divine Weapons before fleeing.

• The Black King ordered the large dog to recall his men, prepare defenses, and keep scouting for Tang Chengyun.
• After scouts reported Tang Chengyun was absent, the Black King learned that Tang Chengyun, Tian Yuan, Di Yuan, and the Emperor were in Flowing Cloud City.
• The Black King verified Tang Chengyun’s location with a crow, then ordered his men to sleep and prepare a surprise attack at dawn.
• Xiao Luo infiltrated Black Crow Peak and killed a hidden sentry before telling the Handsome Men Group he had arrived safely.
• Nan Feng told the group to teleport to Black Crow Peak in thirty seconds, moving their attack ahead of midnight.

Nan Feng and the South City Chosen Ones launched a surprise attack on Black Crow Peak, where they fought through the bandits and drove toward the main peak. The Black King emerged to attack, but Nan Feng struck him with a laser cannon and warned him that he would be hit the moment he showed himself.

• Xu Ming and the others used Sleeping Pills to put the Black Crow Guards by the Serra River to sleep, then the South City group teleported to Black Crow Peak.
• Black Crow Peak's sentries spotted the Chosen Ones and sounded the alarm, waking the bandits as Xiao Luo, Wu Yuansheng, and Xu Ming attacked.
• Su Ziran directed the South City fighters as bandits from the other six peaks rushed to reinforce the main peak.
• The Black King spotted the invaders, saw no Level 40 experts among them, and flew out to attack.
• Nan Feng shot the Black King in the forehead with a laser cannon, forcing him to retreat to his residence and reassemble after turning into crows.

Nan Feng defeated the Black King at Black Crow Peak and learned that the Black King had given a Destined Divine Weapon to his younger brother. After killing the Black King, Nan Feng absorbed his weapon and met the requirements to upgrade his own Destined Divine Weapon.

• Nan Feng shot the Black King from afar, forcing him to retreat into his manor and attempt to escape through an underground passage.
• Nan Feng tracked the Black King's true body among the crows, destroyed the rockery entrance, and blasted off the Black King's legs as he fled.
• The Black King offered to serve Nan Feng and revealed that he had given the Destined Divine Weapon he took to his younger brother.
• Nan Feng killed the Black King, gained experience, and absorbed the Destined Divine Weapon that emerged from his corpse.
• The system announced that Nan Feng had met the requirements to upgrade his Destined Divine Weapon, and he chose to upgrade it.

Nan Feng tested the upgraded Demon Dismemberer, then joined the assault on Black Crow Peak as South City's Chosen Ones overwhelmed the bandits. Xiao Luo drove Black King's dog toward the summit, vowing to return with its head.

• Nan Feng tested the Demon Dismemberer's dismemberment effect on Black King's corpse and learned that strikes at joints were most effective.
• Nan Feng found that the bandits were losing badly and killed the group hiding in a cave.
• Nan Feng spotted Black King's dog battling the Chosen Ones and chose to leave it for them to defeat.
• Xiao Luo's clones attacked the level 39 dog with Limitless Blade, and the dog used Yu Zhi's Destined Divine Weapon to block the strikes.
• The dog escaped toward Black Crow Peak's main summit, and Xiao Luo chased after it, promising to bring back its head.

Shen Pan reunited with Xiao Luo during the pursuit of the Black King’s large dog, which had fled after finding its master dead. Shen Pan’s rapid dagger strikes made the dog drowsy, allowing Xiao Luo to catch up and kill it.

• The large dog found the Black King’s corpse, mourned him, and decided to flee through the tunnel rather than seek revenge.
• Xiao Luo confronted the dog at the tunnel entrance and fought it while Nan Feng watched from nearby.
• The dog escaped into the rear courtyard, gained the advantage, and realized Xiao Luo had not killed its master.
• Shen Pan arrived and joined Xiao Luo in pursuing the fleeing dog.
• Shen Pan struck the dog repeatedly with his dagger, making it drowsy, and Xiao Luo beheaded it with a strike from his thirty-two blades.

Xiao Luo and Nan Feng reflected on Shen Pan’s transformation as South City’s Chosen Ones wiped out Black Crow Peak’s bandits. After learning that Black Crow Peak had colluded with nearby city lords, Nan Feng warned that any retaliation would give him an excuse to conquer their cities.

• Xiao Luo saw Shen Pan return from the mountain battle and offered him a place to come back if he encountered danger, but Shen Pan went back down to kill more bandits.
• Xiao Luo and Nan Feng remarked that Shen Pan—and they themselves—had lost the light in their eyes.
• Su Ziran ordered the Chosen Ones to split into four groups and leave no bandits alive as they pursued the fleeing forces across Black Crow Peak.
• Huang Yuanming and Liu Daqiang found more than a dozen bandit corpses in the bushes, their bodies covered in countless wounds, though neither had killed them.
• Su Ziran reported that three Chosen Ones had died, more than 5,600 bandits had been killed, and Black Crow Peak had shared plunder with nearby city lords.
• Su Ziran warned Nan Feng that the neighboring city lords might retaliate for Black King's death, and Nan Feng said he would use an attack as an excuse to conquer their cities.

Nan Feng returned to the Serra River, waited for the Black Crow Guards to wake, and told them he had killed the Black Crow Peak bandits. When they questioned his story, he offered to take them to see the evidence and assigned them corpse-clearing work through the Chat Channel.

• Nan Feng left Su Ziran to clean up Black Crow Peak and returned to the Serra River, where Lu Wenhua hurried off to run experiments.
• Nan Feng waited by the river as the Black Crow Guards slept, then knocked a fish unconscious with a branch and had Wang Defa roast it.
• The Black Crow Guards woke and asked Nan Feng what had happened, so he claimed the bandits had drugged them and that he had killed every attacker.
• When the guards questioned why there were no corpses or signs of battle, Nan Feng offered to take them to Black Crow Peak to see for themselves.
• Nan Feng read South City's complaints about moving and burying more than 5,600 bandits, then announced that he had brought laborers to handle the corpses.

Nan Feng turned the Black Crow Guards into celebrated heroes after they cleared Black Crow Peak, strengthening their loyalty to Black Crow City. He then ensured they were paid for the cleanup, leaving them praising him as wise.

• Nan Feng led the Black Crow Guards to Black Crow Peak, where Su Ziran rebuked them for doubting their City Lord and ordered them to clear the bandit corpses.
• The Black Crow Guards worked through the night to clean up the mountain, then returned to Black Crow City after two more days on the road.
• Nan Feng welcomed the guards as heroes before the townsfolk and credited them with wiping out the bandits, earning them cheers and gifts.
• Su Ziran assembled the guards at the City Lord's Mansion, where Nan Feng accused him of withholding their corpse-clearing pay and ordered him demoted while the guards received compensation.

After Black Crow Peak’s bandits were wiped out, Nan Feng and the South City Chosen Ones discussed plans to develop Black Crow City. Nan Feng left the meeting with Xiao Luo, then went to a foot bath parlor, where Xiao Luo caught him avoiding his duties.

• Black Crow City’s trade routes reopened after the bandits at Black Crow Peak were eliminated, giving Nan Feng control over travel in and out of the city.
• Su Ziran proposed building a Ferocious Beast Processing Plant, and Nan Feng approved the motion.
• Huang Yuanming, You Ran, Xu Ming, and others debated trade, roads, farming, animal husbandry, and other development plans while Xiao Luo whittled a wooden block.
• Nan Feng claimed he had an urgent, difficult task and invited Xiao Luo to leave the meeting with him.
• After Nan Feng and Xiao Luo went separate ways, Xiao Luo secretly followed Nan Feng and saw him enter a foot bath parlor to get a foot massage.

After three months of rapid growth in Black Crow City, Nan Feng returned from the Ancient Forest and learned that Fallen Sun Empire emperor Di Xin was reportedly near death and preparing to pass the throne to Diqi. Su Ziran told him Diqi’s coronation was taking place that day, and they prepared to watch the ceremony through a Mother-Child Mirror.

• Black Crow City expanded its trade and infrastructure, while Tang Chengyun relocated the Tang Family there and discouraged Linjiang City's City Lord from interfering with its merchants.
• Nan Feng returned to Black Crow City after three months of hunting in the Ancient Forest, having reached level 41.
• Nan Feng met You Ran and Xiao Nan on their way to work at the milk tea shop, then went to see Su Ziran.
• Su Ziran told Nan Feng that Di Xin was badly injured and intended to hand the throne to his son, Diqi.
• Su Ziran revealed that Diqi’s coronation was happening that day and brought out a Mother-Child Mirror so they could watch the livestream.

Nan Feng and Su Ziran watched the Fallen Sun Empire’s coronation through the Mother-Child Mirror, and Nan Feng suspected the new Emperor Diqi was not what he seemed. The story then returned to three months earlier, when the injured Emperor recovered and began planning to escape Dream God’s control.

• Nan Feng warned Su Ziran that Sikong Boxue might use the Mother-Child Mirror to hypnotize him, but the mirror showed a beauty livestream instead.
• Su Ziran found a livestream of the new Emperor Diqi’s coronation, and Nan Feng grew suspicious after hearing Diqi had risen from level 18 to level 40 in a few months.
• Nan Feng noticed that Diqi’s gaze resembled the old Emperor’s and sensed something was wrong.
• Three months earlier, the Emperor returned to the Imperial City with Tian Yuan and Di Yuan after the battle in Flowing Cloud City, then spent half a month recovering and stabilizing his contract with the Mirror of Dreams.
• The Emperor suspected Dream God had deliberately spared him and resolved to break free from her control and kill her.
• Tian Yuan visited the Emperor, who offered to open the Royal Treasury so his teacher could contract with another Destined Divine Weapon.

The Emperor and Tian Yuan staged the Emperor’s decline to test how his children would react and position themselves for the throne. Diqi alone showed him care, but after Di Bai intercepted Diqi on his way back with a life-saving pill, Diqi never returned, leaving the Emperor alone in the secret chamber.

• The Emperor refused to replace his Black and White Chessboard and conspired with Tian Yuan to make others believe he was dying.
• Di Bai and the other princes and princesses sought an audience, then began gathering allies after the Emperor refused to see them.
• The Emperor summoned his children and appeared gravely ill; Diqi tried to heal him while the others watched eagerly.
• After the other princes and princesses left, the Emperor allowed Diqi to stay and care for him.
• Diqi devoted himself to caring for the Emperor while his siblings competed for the throne, then went out to find medicine.
• Di Bai stopped Diqi as he hurried back with a pill from the ruler of the Bright Moon Empire, and Diqi never returned that night.

The Imperial Sovereign survived Little Liu and Di Bai’s attempt to kill him, then used the Mirror of Dreams to turn Di Bai into a soulless puppet disguised as Diqi. He sent a wisp of his soul into the puppet and planned to reclaim the throne in half a month.

• Little Liu smothered the weakened Imperial Sovereign, then summoned First Prince Di Bai to confirm the death.
• Di Bai killed Little Liu, forged a final edict, and accidentally named Third Prince Diqi as heir.
• The Imperial Sovereign revealed he was alive and at the peak of his condition, terrifying Di Bai.
• Di Bai attacked, but the Imperial Sovereign took his Destined Divine Weapon and trapped him in the Mirror of Dreams.
• The Imperial Sovereign made a soulless Di Bai puppet, changed its face to Diqi’s, and sent a wisp of his soul into it.
• The Imperial Sovereign left the secret chamber to find a Destined Divine Weapon for his new body and planned to ascend the throne again in half a month.

Nan Feng learned that several cities had begun boycotting Black Crow City’s goods and arresting its native merchants, and he suspected the Emperor was behind the pressure. Black Crow City prepared to rescue the merchants, and Long Wudi offered to help by attacking Ning City with a hundred thousand people.

• Nan Feng watched Diqi’s coronation and concluded that the new Emperor was probably the old Emperor in disguise or possession of his son.
• Huang Yuanming and Su Ziran reported that several cities were boycotting Black Crow City’s goods and arresting its native merchants, while the Chosen Ones had escaped capture.
• Nan Feng blamed the Emperor and decided Black Crow City had to rescue the merchants and show a strong response.
• Black Crow City entered war readiness, and its leaders debated whether to divide their forces or attack the cities together.
• Long Wudi messaged Nan Feng and offered to attack Ning City with a hundred thousand Dragon City fighters.

Nan Feng and South City planned to expand north by attacking Linjiang City while Long Wudi led Dragon City’s forces against Ning City. Nan Feng teleported ahead to Linjiang City, leaving Tang Xiaobao and his guards to race after him.

• Nan Feng learned that Long Wudi was attacking Ning City, and South City’s leaders discussed how the move could bring their territories closer together.
• Nan Feng rejected attacking Yang City first and ordered South City to prepare to capture Linjiang City, then expand toward White Water City and Black Water City.
• Tang Xiaobao arrived with six guards to help, explaining that the Tang Family had merchants captured in Linjiang City and that Tang Three had been left behind because his strength had declined.
• Nan Feng teleported to Linjiang City, and Tang Xiaobao hurried after him with his guards, urging them to move at full speed.

Nan Feng met Xiao Luo in hiding as South City’s Chosen Ones prepared to attack Linjiang City. The invaders challenged the city’s defenders, and Xiao Luo stepped forward to face level 41 General Gou Ci with his newly upgraded A-rank Destined Divine Weapon, Seven Stars Thunder.

• Nan Feng arrived at a foul-smelling inn where Xiao Luo was hiding from patrols searching for Chosen Ones in Linjiang City.
• Su Ziran assigned Cheng Mo’s First Guerrilla Squad to try to rescue captured merchants and ordered the other Chosen Ones not to massacre civilians.
• More than five hundred Chosen Ones from South City gathered at Linjiang City’s west gate, where Wu Yuansheng burned the city plaque with a Flaming Incineration Arrow.
• Xu Ming demanded that Linjiang City surrender, and General Gou Ci challenged the invaders to fight.
• Xiao Luo accepted Gou Ci’s challenge and summoned his A-rank Destined Divine Weapon, Seven Stars Thunder, before splitting into thirty-one clones and charging.

Xiao Luo and his clones overwhelmed General Gou Ci outside Linjiang City, until the City Lord intervened to attack the invaders. Before he could finish his skill, Nan Feng shot him from a rooftop inside the city.

• Xiao Luo and his thirty-one clones attacked Gou Ci, whose defenses were pierced by their coordinated strikes.
• Gou Ci feigned a desperate counterattack and tried to flee, but Xiao Luo trapped him in a blade formation and left him badly wounded.
• The City Lord hurled an axe at Xiao Luo, then emerged on the city wall and prepared to attack the invaders.
• Nan Feng shot the City Lord in the abdomen from a rooftop inside Linjiang City, complaining that he had waited outside the City Lord's Mansion for him.

Nan Feng and Xiao Luo led the Chosen Ones of South City to defeat Linjiang City’s defenders, killing General Gou Ci and forcing the City Defense Force to surrender. Nan Feng then pursued the wounded City Lord into the forest.

• Nan Feng nearly killed the City Lord with a shot, then blasted the shoulder of a level 40 archer who attacked him and chased the fleeing man.
• The wounded City Lord fled into the forest while Xiao Luo and his clones killed General Gou Ci, claimed his Destined Divine Weapon, and threw his head onto the city wall.
• More than five hundred Chosen Ones charged Linjiang City, and the frightened City Defense Force surrendered within half an hour.
• Cheng Mo arrived with the First Guerrilla Squad after the battle was over, and the group joked about how quickly the city had fallen.
• Nan Feng killed the fleeing archer, found that his Destined Divine Weapon was too low-grade to absorb, and flew into the forest to pursue the City Lord.