Chapter Summaries

After killing a powerful creature, Emily received a hidden reward that let her customize a sniper rifle, which Copper Hanger forged with Bei Li’s help. She named the finished weapon Black Widow’s Kiss, enhanced it with Dream Eater, and left the chapter testing its lethal power on nearby creatures.

• Emily customized a sniper rifle to match her preferences, while Copper Hanger struggled to forge it and its many detachable components.
• Bei Li supplied Copper Hanger with blueprints, then enchanted and optimized the completed parts into an epic growth-type weapon for Emily.
• Emily received the rifle, saved its powerful limited-edition Black Widow bullet as a trump card, and named the weapon Black Widow’s Kiss.
• Emily absorbed Dream Eater to raise Black Widow’s Kiss to Level 24, then dismantled and reassembled it to learn its structure.
• Emily tested the rifle with charged bullets and killed creatures within a thousand meters, shocking Lu Wu with her efficiency.

After Moon Radiance’s death, Bei Qi returned to normal, and Lu Wu opened the Alchemist Life Profession. Players who joined the limited trial had three days to study three thick books before taking the profession-change test.

• Moon Radiance rejected Lu Wu’s offer to surrender and was killed, leaving Bei Qi’s Players stronger and ready to declare war on the Nine Radiance Great Domain.
• Lu Wu opened the Alchemist profession and established the Pan Shi Alchemy Association, where level 80 Players could apply after passing tests.
• Lu Wu limited the first alchemist trial to ten thousand slots and explained that future openings would come regularly because alchemy required real skill.
• Players who confirmed their participation received three thick books and a notice that the trial would take place in three days.
• Players complained on the forum about having to study, but Lu Wu did not change the trial requirements.

After the Alchemist Trial was announced, players across the Underworld devoted themselves to studying the three difficult alchemy books to compete for a place. On the third day, Feng Xiaoqi successfully refined a pill that could permanently raise Strength, triggering a new rush of players to study.

• Players abandoned grinding and other activities to study for the Alchemist Trial, and videos of their book-filled gatherings sparked discussion outside the game.
• Players shared interpretations of the three books on the official forum and struggled with their difficult material.
• Some players attempted alchemy experiments using spirit materials, though most failed and tried again.
• On the third day, Feng Xiaoqi refined an inferior Azure Spirit Pill with a chance to permanently increase Strength or poison its user.
• After learning that Alchemists could make pills that permanently raised attributes, many more players flooded into the Underworld to study.

The Players began a timed alchemy trial to compete for 10,000 Apothecary Spots, with Lu Wu and Boulder overseeing the test. As the hours passed, most Players struggled to identify materials and refine pills, while a small group managed repeated attempts.

• Boulder reconciled with the Wood Spirit Race after returning the souls of its deceased members, and Bei Li helped revive them in new bodies.
• Lu Wu announced the start of the trial, and the Players were transported to a Trial Space with six hours to earn points by refining pills or potions.
• The Players discovered they could not use their personal spaces or analysis ability, forcing them to rely on memory and their senses to identify spirit materials.
• Players measured ingredients and attempted alchemy, but after an hour only a little over a hundred had made inferior First Grade Pills.
• By the second hour, the fastest Players had made eight or nine attempts, while others were still struggling to identify the materials.

During the Alchemist Trial, Rock watched a Player carefully measure ingredients for more than ten pill formulas, including a Second Grade pill, and expected him to show exceptional talent. The Player failed repeatedly and blew up his furnace even during his promising final attempt, leaving Rock baffled.

• Rock observed Players blindly guessing at ingredients and causing furnace explosions during the Alchemist Trial.
• Rock noticed a Player who spent hours measuring ingredients by hand and arranging materials for more than ten different pill formulas.
• The Player began refining pills with less than two hours remaining, but repeated attempts ended in furnace explosions.
• The Player attempted the Second Grade Netherworld Cold Profound Pill and carefully followed the process, renewing Rock's hopes.
• Just as the pill was about to form, the Alchemy Furnace exploded, leaving Rock dumbfounded.

Nie Feng unexpectedly won the alchemy trial after his explosive mishap produced a Third Grade Explosion Pill. Lu Wu and Bei Li discovered a trace of Dark Element Law in his soul, while Panshi decided to take him as a disciple without knowing what that might lead to.

• Panshi asked Lu Wu to investigate why Nie Feng's furnace kept exploding, and Lu Wu found a long record of explosions throughout Nie Feng's life.
• Bei Li analyzed Nie Feng's soul and detected a trace of Dark Element Law, suggesting he had once been a powerful underworld deity.
• Lu Wu sent Nie Feng's information to Panshi, who concluded that the Player seemed unsuited to alchemy despite his talent for handling spiritual herbs.
• The trial rankings named Nie Feng first, leaving him and Panshi confused because his pill refining had appeared to fail.
• The smoke cleared to reveal a Third Grade Explosion Pill, which had formed when Nie Feng's precise control condensed the unstable mixture.
• Panshi praised Nie Feng as a rare alchemy genius and planned to make him his personal disciple, while Lu Wu and Bei Li anticipated the trouble his explosive talent might bring.

On April Fool’s Day, Lu Wu’s login-screen prank convinced players that Battle Online had shut down, before further tricks made them think their gear and Soul Coins were gone. A four-hour shop giveaway turned their anger into a frenzy, and the chapter ended with the officials teasing hidden classes before revealing another joke.

• Players were unable to find the tiny login button, and Lu Wu told Wu Guoyi the problem was an April Fool’s Day prank.
• Players discovered that their equipment and Soul Coins had only become invisible, though they initially believed their accounts had been looted.
• Lu Wu announced that most shop items would be free until midnight, and players filled their inventories with temporary gear and flew around Bei Qi.
• After the event ended, players asked for more giveaways, and the officials teased a hidden-class event before posting “Gotcha!”

The players raided Nine Radiance territory under the pretext of avenging Moon Radiance, while the Nine Radiance brothers ordered their forces to defend without retaliating. During an attack on an outpost, Gouzi followed a strange call and discovered a chained White Charm, only for Gu Yu and the players to find another White Charm beside it.

• The Nine Radiance brothers argued over Moon Radiance’s death and decided to defend their territory without launching attacks on Bei Qi.
• The players exploited the brothers’ restraint, shifted their leveling and looting to Nine Radiance, and targeted outposts holding spirit-mine resources.
• During a joint raid on an outpost in Mo Water Hills, Gouzi sensed a warm presence inside and asked Gu Yu for permission to investigate.
• Gouzi found a chained, weakened White Charm in a dark wooden hut and recognized it.
• Gu Yu broke into the hut and joked that White Charm was Gouzi’s mother, making the players laugh when they saw the two White Charms together.

After obtaining White Phantom's inheritance, Gouzi evolved early into a White Phantom Spirit Beast, but he remained a little white dog with only tiny antler nubs. He gained a new healing ability and was left mourning the noble spirit deer form he had expected.

• Lu Wu earned more Soul Coins from cross-server Auction House purchases and put additional game developments back on the agenda.
• Gouzi argued with White Phantom, who agreed to help him evolve early in return for receiving her inheritance blessing.
• White Phantom bestowed her inheritance on Gouzi, unlocking his early class advancement and a new healing ability.
• Gouzi checked his status and discovered that he had become a White Phantom Spirit Beast in Form Two, with Healing Chains.
• Gouzi found that he still looked like a little white dog, now with tiny antler nubs, and lay down to whimper as the players congratulated him.

Pan Shi trained the newly certified alchemist Players, requiring them to supply their own materials and supervising their practice. He discovered Xiao Mo and Xiao Yuzi were mirroring each other while refining medicine, but Lu Wu allowed their cheating because it came from their shared soul.

• Pan Shi told the ten thousand alchemist Players that they would study in the morning and practice in the afternoon, and that they would need to provide their own materials starting the next day.
• Pan Shi taught the Players while keeping Nie Feng separated from them because his furnace explosions disrupted their alchemy.
• Pan Shi noticed Xiao Mo and Xiao Yuzi making identical movements and measuring identical amounts of ingredients while refining medicine.
• Pan Shi reported Xiao Mo and Xiao Yuzi to Lu Wu, who explained that their shared soul let them cheat and told Pan Shi not to worry about it.

Cobra Squad entered a hyper-realistic game to train for an assessment to join the X Unit and learned to fight together after several deaths. In the Blue Valley Ruins, Johnson led the squad toward Black Widow's hunting ground despite a Player's warning.

• The commander told Cobra Squad that their new mission was to train inside a game using the Game Pods.
• Cobra Squad entered the game, chose balanced combat roles, and added one another as friends so they could regroup and fight as a squad.
• After three days in the game, Johnson led the reunited squad through the Blue Valley Ruins in formation, relying on tactical hand signals instead of voice chat.
• Johnson and Cobra Squad ambushed and killed a Walking Corpse that was chasing a Player, who thanked them and warned them about Black Widow's hunting ground.
• Johnson asked how many people Black Widow had, then dismissed the Player's warning and led Cobra Squad toward her territory.

Emily ambushed Cobra Squad from a rooftop and outsniped its members as they tried to advance and counter her. She ended the chapter with a double critical kill that took out a Battle Support Mecha warrior and the sniper aiming behind him.

• Emily spotted Cobra Squad and killed Stone with a critical headshot.
• Johnson directed Cobra Squad to scatter, take cover, and fire suppressive shots toward Emily’s rooftop.
• Emily moved between shots and killed Cobra Squad members one by one, including several snipers.
• Johnson switched to squad communications as Cobra Squad struggled to counter Emily’s speed and accuracy.
• Cobra Squad used a Battle Support Mecha warrior as bait, but Emily waved instead of firing at him immediately.
• Emily fired through the Battle Support Mecha warrior and the sniper behind him, killing both with a double critical hit.

Cobra Squad discovered that the sniper who defeated them was the notorious assassin Black Widow, while Emily was captured by Number Seven after he came to question her about Black Fangs. Lu Wu received an alert that Emily was in danger and sent Number One to investigate and rescue her.

• Cobra Squad returned to base after Black Widow killed all twenty members with precise shots, and the commander helped them identify her as a renowned assassin with a record of killing Fire Man.
• Johnson and his squad resolved to develop tactics to defeat Black Widow while they waited for their game cooldown to end.
• Emily considered how to obtain a Game Pod, then ambushed Number Seven when he entered her home, but he subdued her and took her away for questioning about Black Fangs.
• Lu Wu received a crisis alert through the divine artifact and sent Number One, who was in America, to investigate and rescue Emily.

Lu Wu launched the Qingming event, letting players sweep the graves of Bei Qi’s historical warriors for rewards and possible opportunities. Hu He earned Shana’s recognition, empowering the Shana Corpse Spirit, while players across Bei Qi rushed to seek similar blessings.

• Lu Wu announced the Qingming event, and players from Bei Qi, Europe, and Hell argued on the forum about which server deserved more support.
• When the event began, Hu He used his compass to find Shana’s Tomb at Liuli Coast and swept it alongside the Shana Corpse Spirit.
• Hu He apologized to Shana for stealing his head and vowed to honor his bravery by becoming the strongest.
• Shana’s Remnant Soul recognized Hu He, entered the Shana Corpse Spirit, and awakened its rudimentary intelligence while advancing it to the Half-Step Ghost King Realm.
• Hu He completed the rite and left as more players rushed to Shana’s Tomb, whose opportunity reward now named him as its recipient.
• Lu Wu observed that players eagerly searched the other graves for heroic spirits’ recognition, but no one obtained a heroic spirit inheritance.

After the Qingming Festival event ended, Lu Wu heard how Number One had rescued Emily and then read players' complaints about the Anti-Addiction limit. He introduced a study-based system that let underage players earn more game time, leaving them to discover that studying and gaming could work together.

• The Qingming Festival event ended, and Lu Wu learned that Number One had rescued Emily from Jie De Technology's underground laboratory in America.
• Number One took Emily to safety and told her not to ask about his personal details, leaving her confused by his warning that he had nothing down there.
• Lu Wu read a forum debate in which underage players protested the five-hour Anti-Addiction limit while adult players called for stricter restrictions.
• After consulting Bei Li, Lu Wu added a learning feature that sent underage players to Trial Space to study and pass a test for three extra hours of game time.
• Adult players supported the new system, and most underage players entered the learning space after their protest failed, then returned to the game pleased with the result.

The Players learned that the Sea King’s Mute Sea Country was under attack by a coalition of Kui Long Sea Region factions and prepared to intervene. Meanwhile, the American military joined Battle Online for training, only to be overwhelmed by Hell Server monsters; their soldiers’ arrival nevertheless strengthened the Players and increased Lu Wu’s Soul Coin income.

• The Players discovered that the Kui Long Sea Region factions had united against the Sea King after Langya Island promised to take none of the Mute Sea Country’s territory or resources.
• The Players gathered Ghost Ships in the Liuli Sea Region to go disrupt the war and protect the Sea King.
• The American military rejected Lu Wu’s refusal to create a private virtual training world and instead sent its soldiers into the Hell Server.
• The American soldiers were driven back by Hell Server monsters, and their first base in the Gu Lan Ruins was destroyed shortly after construction.
• The American military began building smaller strongholds and recruiting Players, boosting the Hell Server faction and its daily Soul Coin output.

Langya tried to bribe the Players into staying out of his war against the Sea King, offering treasures and 15% of the Sea King's territory resources. The Players rejected the spirit of the deal and decided they wanted both the Sea King's faction and Langya's offerings.

• A huge Player fleet entered the Kui Long Sea Region, where Langya and his Sea Monster army blocked its path.
• Langya introduced himself and asked to negotiate, hoping to keep the Players from helping the Sea King.
• Gu Yu and several guild leaders met Langya on his giant turtle, and Wu Guoyi said the Players were on okay terms with the Sea King.
• Langya presented treasures and offered 15% of the Sea King's territory resources if the Players stayed out of the war.
• The Players decided they wanted the Sea King's faction and Langya's treasures alike.

Gu Yu and the players attacked Langya’s sea beast army after he refused to hand over the promised treasures before the battle. The first great battle between the player army and the Kui Long Sea Region forces began, with the players targeting treasure-carrying sea beasts despite their weaker combat strength.

• Langya refused to let Gu Yu and the players take the treasures and spiritual materials until after the war, despite promising them a share of the Sea King territory’s resources.
• Liu Chai ordered the players to attack, and their fleet opened fire on the sea beast army while the players summoned their Warship Spirit phantoms.
• Langya counterattacked, and Liu Chai shielded Gu Yu from his claw-shaped strikes so the others could retreat toward Battleship Leap.
• Gu Yu used Evil God Gaze to overwhelm Langya with painful memories, then escaped to the Mythical Warship as Langya fell into the water.
• After recovering, Langya declared war, and the first great battle began; the players targeted sea beasts carrying treasures while the allied forces fought to destroy them.

Langya's allied forces defeated the player fleet, but the players' bodies and ships mysteriously vanished after the battle. At Sea King Palace, Sea King chose to defend and avoid provoking the players, then received a message promising their support.

• Langya's army overwhelmed the player fleet, and the last player warship was sunk after five hours of fighting.
• Langya ordered his forces to salvage the players' bodies and shipwrecks, but they found nothing and withdrew while leaving troops on watch.
• Sea King decided to defend against Langya's forces and build up the Death Clan for a future counterattack.
• Tian Kun reported that the players had arrived after losing their entire army to Langya's allied forces, and Sea King warned the lords not to treat them as benevolent allies.
• Sea King received a letter from the players saying they had his back.

Sea King grew suspicious of the Players’ motives after they intervened against the Langya Island coalition. In the Hell Server, Tesla began designing a War Fortress after securing one hundred million in research funding from the American military to buy Soul Coins and equipment.

• Sea King wondered why the Players had repeatedly helped him and suspected they were plotting something.
• Tesla studied his Charging Mecha and became fascinated by the intricate mechanics and realism of the game’s machines.
• Unable to find a safe place to conduct research, Tesla turned to his old concept for a transforming War Fortress.
• Tesla sought one hundred million in funding from the American military to buy blueprints and equipment through the game’s shop.
• When military leaders questioned his request, Tesla threatened to halt more than twenty projects until they approved the money.