Chapter Summaries

Tesla used military funding to build a heavily armed War Fortress from his Charging Mecha, then tested it against a summoned monster horde during a livestream. The fortress transformed into a weapon-covered stronghold and unleashed its full firepower as players watched.

• Tesla bought enough Soul Coins and equipment to begin modifying his Charging Mecha, driving Hell Server Soul Coin prices sharply upward.
• Tesla studied the Mecha Basics Handbook, drafted the Fortress Project, and worked with military friends while players watched his livestream.
• Over a month, Tesla and his companions assembled the War Fortress, installing a high-load power source, thirteen systems, weapons, and defensive equipment.
• Tesla piloted the completed mecha, tested its controls, and summoned a horde of monsters to challenge it.
• The War Fortress opened fire on the approaching monsters, then shifted into War Mode and activated Infinite Firepower.

Tesla demonstrated his War Fortress’s overwhelming firepower, rapidly leveling while attracting attention from Players. His rampage ended when Emily killed him with a sniper shot from a distant rooftop.

• Tesla transformed his mech into a War Fortress and unleashed its weapons on the Monster Tide, stunning Players watching the livestream.
• Tesla overloaded the fortress’s weapons, continued fighting while recording combat data, and rose from level 18 to above level 40.
• A Ghost Overseer Level creature entered the artillery-restricted zone, but Tesla’s barrage blasted it away.
• Tesla imagined expanding the fortress with hundreds or even a thousand weapons as Emily woke on a high-rise building nearby and spotted the noisy battle.
• Emily aimed Black Widow’s Kiss at the fortress’s Central Region and killed Tesla with a critical hit.
• Tesla was left dumbfounded as the livestream Players laughed and teased him.

Tesla's death spurred technological development on the Hell Server, while Bai Ze successfully tamed a juvenile sea beast in the False Void Sea. His triumph ended with an encounter with Taowu, who turned out to be the sea beast's father.

• After Tesla was killed by a player, Hell Server players formed a Mecha Modification Association, and America's military researchers established the Military Research Group and launched Extermination Armies.
• Bai Ze's small-scale raids helped tie down Langya Island Allied Forces while the Sea King fought them.
• Bai Ze spent several days taming a juvenile sea beast, drawing cheers and donations from his livestream viewers.
• As Bai Ze soothed the newly tamed beast, Taowu, the False Void Sea Overlord, emerged from the ocean and frightened him.
• The juvenile sea beast ignored Bai Ze's pleas to flee and called Taowu its father, declaring that its master was greater and that it would obey him.

Bai Ze discovered that the little sea beast he had been trying to tame was Little Kun, Taowu’s five-month-old son, and tried to return him to his father. Taowu dragged Little Kun away while he cried for Bai Ze.

• Taowu tried to take the little sea beast away, but the beast attacked Taowu to protect Bai Ze and refused to leave his master.
• Taowu tried to swallow Bai Ze, but Little Kun jumped into Taowu’s mouth, forcing Taowu to spit them both out.
• Little Kun declared that he wanted to build a sea beast army with Bai Ze and conquer the False Void Sea Region, prompting Taowu to fling them away.
• Bai Ze used Analysis and learned the little sea beast was Little Kun, Taowu and Haimeng’s son, with Sea Domain Spirit-grade potential and a chance to reach the God Realm.
• Bai Ze apologized and urged Little Kun to return to Taowu, who wrapped his son in his tail and dragged him away as Little Kun cried for Bai Ze.

Bai Ze returned to the False Void Sea Region to tame a sea beast, but his bait repeatedly caught Little Kun, Taotie’s son. He released Little Kun to avoid provoking Taotie, only for it to return for the hook again.

• Bai Ze sailed into the False Void Sea Region and fished with Sea Spirit Grass powder to lure a sea beast.
• Little Kun swallowed Bai Ze’s bait, got hooked, and surfaced beside the Ghost Ship.
• Bai Ze removed the hook, fed Little Kun dried meat, and sent it away because he feared Taotie would retaliate against the Players.
• Bai Ze cast his bait again, but Little Kun quickly returned and got hooked once more.
• Bai Ze grew exasperated as Little Kun eagerly opened its mouth for him to remove the hook, while the livestream viewers joked about their bond.

Taowu confronted Bai Ze over Little Kun’s decision to follow him, then let his son choose his own path instead of forcing him toward becoming a sea-region ruler. After Taowu left, a Game Notification offered Bai Ze the chance to tame Little Kun as a pet, leaving Bai Ze torn between the offer and his promise to treat them as friends.

• Taowu tried to take Little Kun away, but Little Kun clung to Bai Ze’s ship and insisted that he wanted to stay with him.
• Little Kun told Taowu that he liked Bai Ze, prompting Taowu to reflect on his own violent path to power and the friends he had lost.
• Taowu offered Little Kun a choice between following his own preferences and pursuing the path of a king, and Little Kun chose to go with Bai Ze.
• Taowu entrusted Little Kun to Bai Ze as a friend, warned Bai Ze not to treat him as a master or servant, and disappeared beneath the sea.
• A Game Notification offered Bai Ze the option to tame Little Kun as a pet, leaving Bai Ze conflicted about breaking his promise to Taowu.

Bai Ze rejected turning Little Kun into a pet, but accepted an Equal Contract that made it his bound NPC. After Little Kun was datafied, Bai Ze discovered its five powerful talents, and the two began their journey together.

• Bai Ze chose to befriend Little Kun and bring it back to Liuli instead of turning it into a pet.
• Little Kun reached Loyalty, and Bai Ze accepted the option to sign an Equal Contract with it.
• An All-Region Announcement named Little Kun, the Son of Taotie, as Bai Ze’s bound NPC, drawing crowds to his livestream.
• Bei Li datafied Little Kun, erased its memories inside the Divine Artifact Space, and returned it to Bai Ze.
• Bai Ze analyzed Little Kun and found it had five powerful talents but no skills yet.
• Bai Ze asked Little Kun to take care of him, and Little Kun responded with a cheerful cry.

Lu Wu introduced an Affinity System that let players build relationships with game creatures, and players eagerly discussed and documented how to raise affinity with various NPCs. He ended the chapter feeling gratified by the community members who devoted their time to helping others because of their passion.

• After Bai Ze tamed Little Kun, beast taming grew popular again, and Lu Wu launched an update introducing the Affinity System.
• Players discussed the new affinity paths on the forums, while Invincible_Loneliness discovered a master-disciple affinity path with Evil God.
• A high-level player spent five days gathering player reports and published a guide rating how difficult it was to raise affinity with more than three hundred Underworld Natives.
• Lu Wu read the guide and saw players volunteer to help expand the project, then recalled that they did this because of passion.

The Sea King was trapped in an ambush on Kan Kun Island after Tian Kun betrayed him, while his subordinates debated whether to risk their forces to rescue him. The players rallied to help after learning the Sea King was close to defeat, and the Calamity Legion gathered for battle.

• Tian Kun lured the Sea King to Kan Kun Island, where the Langya Island Lord and other leaders trapped him in a Demon Trapping Formation and attacked.
• Hei Sui learned the Sea King had been surrounded and urged the other Lords to rescue him, arguing that they shared an ancestor with their King.
• Lan Hu Shan and the other Lords chose to fight, but the Langya Island allied forces blockaded their route to Kan Kun Island.
• Lan Hu Shan told Sha Shui to seek help from the Player Race while the Lords gathered their troops to face the blockade.
• Liuli Zhuzi posted on the forum that the Sea King was about to die, prompting players to rally and the Calamity Legion to assemble.

Players arrived at Kan Kun Island to help the Sea King fight the forces trapping him, while Bai Ze and Little Kun tried to break the formation. Little Kun’s overlord aura awakened the Kui Long King, which swam toward the island to answer the challenge.

• The Sea King fought the joint forces inside the Demon Imprisoning Array, opening a passage to the Western Death Domain before Langya and the others sealed it with the formation.
• Players arrived in force and rammed their battleships into the formation while firing energy shells at it.
• Langya urged the faction leaders to pour their strength into the formation, and its rune chains began sealing the Sea King as the Death Light Wheel killed several leaders.
• Bai Ze arrived on Little Kun and told it to attack the formation, but Little Kun repeatedly rammed the barrier and badly injured itself.
• The Kui Long King sensed Little Kun’s overlord aura, awakened, and swam toward it to accept its challenge.

As the Sea King’s desperate struggle continued inside the Demon Imprisoning Array, the Kui Long King appeared and discovered that Little Kun was the one challenging his rule. Little Kun’s impulsive declaration activated a Sea Domain Conquest Contract, and the Kui Long King agreed to wait until he reached adulthood before their battle.

• The Sea King severed his control over his death power, regained the ability to fight, and sent the Death Light Wheel slaughtering through the formation.
• The Players attacking the formation’s barrier noticed rising water and were struck by the Kui Long King, whose roar killed some of them.
• The Kui Long King recognized Little Kun’s overlord aura, pulled him from the water, and questioned whether he intended to challenge him.
• Little Kun grew furious after the Kui Long King knocked Bai Ze away and declared that he wanted to duel him, activating a Sea Domain Conquest Contract witnessed by the Yellow Springs Sea God.
• The contract established that Little Kun’s challenge would take place after he reached adulthood and barred the Kui Long King from harming him before then.
• The Kui Long King returned Little Kun to Bai Ze, then struck the Demon Imprisoning Array’s defensive barrier with his tail.

Kui Long shattered the Demon Imprisoning Array, allowing the Players to reach Sea King, who had lost control and slaughtered them before recovering. The Players pretended to die to let the wounded Sea King escape, then turned on each other while Lu Wu watched.

• Kui Long broke the Demon Imprisoning Array, and Langya ordered the allied lords to retreat as the Players charged onto Kan Kun Island.
• Sea King, still consumed by his Death Lord state, attacked the Players with the Death Light Wheel, killing hundreds of thousands before collapsing and regaining control.
• The Players debated what to do with the injured Sea King and staged fake deaths to convince him that a hidden force was killing them.
• Sea King spotted flaws in the Players' performances but used the distraction to limp to shore and escape into the sea.
• After Sea King left, the Players argued about their acting and started fighting, while Lu Wu watched in embarrassment.

After the Kan Kun Island battle, Taowu realized that Little Kun had challenged an overlord under the Yellow Springs Sea God's witness and rushed to intervene. Meanwhile, Lu Wu restored a Human Emperor's Mirror Fragmented Page, fused it into his body, and gained a powerful divine treasure ability.

• The Sea King returned to New End Island grateful to the Players but still holding onto his grudge against them.
• Taowu sensed Little Kun's altered aura and recognized that it carried the Yellow Springs Sea God's mark, then hurried toward his son.
• Bei Li restored the Human Emperor's Mirror Fragmented Page with Soul Coins and explained that it was a divine treasure rather than a cultivation method.
• Lu Wu let the Fragmented Page fuse into his body, enduring intense pain as the Battle Artifact's power compressed him.
• Lu Wu's analysis showed that he had reached mid-stage Ghost General and gained the Flesh Divine Treasure ability, which let his flesh and soul restore each other.
• Lu Wu thought about the Human Emperor's Mirror Fragmented Pages hidden in Jie De Technology's underground research labs and smiled maliciously.

Ai Rui decided to abduct Tesla to complete a mecha project using Jie De Technology’s Spirit Core, while Number Ten infiltrated the X Research Military Base and reached Tesla. The chapter ended with Number Ten telling Tesla they were going to build mechas.

• Ai Rui studied Tesla’s mecha design, realized spiritual energy could solve its power-source problem, and decided to abduct him.
• Dozens of military trucks attacked the X Research Military Base as a diversion, but the base’s guards destroyed them with rising bollards and missiles.
• Number Ten used invisibility and information supplied by Jie De Technology’s military mole to sneak into the base and head for underground level fourteen.
• Tesla killed Emily in the game with a barrage, then his Game Pod opened and revealed Number Ten beside him.
• Number Ten told Tesla to come with him to build mechas.

Tesla was kidnapped by Ai Rui, who recruited him to develop mechas by revealing the spiritual qi energy cores and technology at Jie De Technology’s underground headquarters. After Tesla joined him, he told Ai Rui that Battle Online had inspired his mecha design, and they entered the game only to find it was incompatible with their Game Pods.

• Number Ten abducted Tesla from X Military Base and brought him to Jie De Technology’s underground headquarters.
• Ai Rui explained that Number Ten was one of his creations and offered to fund Tesla’s mecha research.
• Ai Rui showed Tesla spiritual qi cores capable of supplying enormous amounts of energy, and Tesla agreed to join him.
• Tesla and Ai Rui discussed the mecha design, and Tesla revealed that Battle Online provided its complete design plan.
• Ai Rui and Tesla entered Game Pods to try Battle Online, but a notification said the game was incompatible.

Ai Rui tried to crack Battle Online, only to find the game had tricked him with a Calabash Brothers video, while Bei Li calmly handled the intrusion. Meanwhile, Taowu and Hai Meng discussed how to save Little Kun from the Sea Domain Conquest Contract and headed to find Kui Long.

• Ai Rui recalled that Jie De Technology's Game Pods were incompatible with Battle Online, then went to his workshop to crack the game.
• After the main computer finally cracked Battle Online, Ai Rui saw the Calabash Brothers video and erased the game, then ordered the Jie De Technology CEO to buy ten Black Sea Company Game Pods.
• Bei Li received a warning that the game was being cracked, transmitted a Calabash Brothers video through the divine artifact, and returned to banging her bowl for dinner.
• Hai Meng arrived in the False Void Sea Region and blamed Taowu for letting Little Kun sign the Sea Domain Conquest Contract.
• Taowu proposed killing Kui Long, but Hai Meng suggested helping him become a god so the contract would dissolve; they agreed to visit Kui Long and ask about his chances of breaking through.

With war against the Nine Radiance Great Domain looming and Bei Qi players facing a growth bottleneck, Lu Wu opened the Blacksmith Life Profession. Players began a demanding, hands-on class-change quest, ending the chapter eager to compete for training slots.

• The Nine Radiance Lord Governor gave Bei Qi players three days to submit before war began, and they resolved to defend their home.
• Lu Wu opened the Blacksmith Life Profession, hoping player-made war machines and equipment would strengthen Bei Qi during the coming conflict.
• The game announced that blacksmithing had no player limit, while the 10,000 highest-ranked players would earn a month of training with Copper Hanger.
• Players inspected the lengthy class-change quest, which required them to forge spirit iron, fuse it, and craft an item, with innovation earning bonus points.
• Despite complaining about the demanding handbook and manual forging, players across Bei Qi began studying and competing for blacksmith training slots.

Lin Nuo discovered that the blacksmithing manual matched techniques from his family’s ancestral craft and brought his father, Lin Tie, into the game to verify it. Lin Tie became engrossed in the manual and resolved to become a blacksmith, but first needed to reach level 25, so he asked Lin Nuo to help him level up.

• Lin Nuo recognized the manual’s refined iron fusion technique and asked Lin Tie about it; Lin Tie recalled it from an ancestral book but said it was impractical without modern equipment.
• Lin Tie grew angry when Lin Nuo explained that he wanted to become a blacksmith in a game, but agreed to try the game after Lin Nuo promised its lessons could help in real life.
• Lin Nuo brought Lin Tie into the Underworld and gave him the Blacksmithing Beginner's Handbook, which Lin Tie studied through the afternoon and night.
• After finishing the book, Lin Tie tried to start the blacksmith advancement quest, but the system said he had to reach level 25 first.
• Lin Tie learned that Lin Nuo was level 108 and asked his son to take him leveling so he could become a blacksmith.

Lin Tie pursued blacksmithing in Battle Online, leveling up with Lin Nuo before beginning the Blacksmith class advancement trial. After successfully forging Hundred Refinements Iron, he climbed the rankings and set his sights on first place.

• Lin Tie reflected on his devotion to passing down his family's blacksmithing craft and saw Battle Online as a chance to revive it.
• Lin Tie made Lin Nuo grind monsters with him for two days, buying a Game Pod so they could continue after Lin Nuo hit his playtime limit.
• After reaching level 25, Lin Tie accepted the Blacksmith class advancement quest, while Lin Nuo discovered that his own quest had expired and would need to be restarted after a cooldown.
• Lin Tie used the Smelting Iron Refining Essence technique to forge Hundred Refinements Iron, earning 89 points and entering the rankings at 9742nd place.
• Lin Tie forged four more pieces of spirit iron and rose to 587th place, still determined to take first.

Lin Tie searched his family’s old forging manual for an original design and raced to complete a complex combat puppet for the blacksmith trial. Ou Tian’s innovative Moon Sky Blade put him far ahead, but Lin Tie’s Years Flow was announced just before the trial ended.

• Lin Tie forged high-quality Tier 2 Azure Cold Iron and rose to fourth place before beginning the trial’s final forging mission.
• Lin Tie retrieved the Lin Family Forging Manual, Lower Volume, and chose its Years Flow machinery puppet design rather than following a standard template.
• Ou Tian forged the purple-quality Moon Sky Blade, earned over ten thousand points, and took first place in the rankings.
• Lin Tie forged and assembled Years Flow’s thirty-two components, then hurried to engrave and finish the puppet as time ran short.
• The game announced Lin Tie’s Years Flow as a Level 58 purple special-effect item, noting that its low-grade spirit ore made it weak and insufficiently durable.