Chapter Summaries

Kamiyama Arashi began preparing for the Conquest theme song contest despite his terminal illness, using the game to compose without straining his weakening body. While singing in Gloomy Forest, he encountered a curious green-clad girl who called herself Green-Clad and wanted to hear more.

• Kamiyama Arashi signed a contract with the tavern owner, who arranged a Game Pod, an assistant named Matsumoto, and access to a recording studio.
• Kamiyama Arashi sang at the studio, then coughed up blood and showed Matsumoto his Critical Illness Notice, explaining that the contest was his only chance to devote his remaining life to music.
• A staff member suggested that Kamiyama Arashi compose inside Conquest, where he could sing and record music, so Kamiyama Arashi returned to the tavern and entered the game.
• Kamiyama Arashi asked the Conquest Official forum for a quiet place to compose, traveled to Gloomy Forest, and spent days working on his song.
• As Kamiyama Arashi sang beside a tree, a girl in light green gauze emerged from it, introduced herself as Green-Clad, and eagerly embraced him because she liked his singing.

Kamiyama Arashi completed and uploaded “Butter-Fly,” a song created with Green-Clad, before the game forcibly logged him out and he was rushed to the hospital. The song surged into first place in the contest, and after Matsumoto told the dying Kamiyama that he had won, Kamiyama spent his final moments remembering Green-Clad.

• Green-Clad stayed with Kamiyama Arashi as he composed, inspiring his music and keeping him company in the Gloomy Forest.
• On the contest’s final day, Kamiyama recorded “Butter-Fly” with Green-Clad dancing in the music video and uploaded it.
• The game detected Kamiyama’s critical condition, forcibly logged him out, and contacted emergency services as Green-Clad searched the forest for him.
• Players voted “Butter-Fly” into a commanding lead, while Kamiyama was taken to the hospital and doctors said he would not survive the night.
• Matsumoto told Kamiyama that he had won the contest, and Kamiyama asked to be left alone before closing his eyes and imagining Green-Clad flying toward him.

Kamiyama Arashi died in the hospital but was revived and cured with a pill delivered by Two on Lu Wu and Little Bei Li’s orders. After leaving the hospital, he chose to pursue his musical dream by entering Battle Online, while Lu Wu and Bei Li discussed deducting the pill’s cost from his future reward.

• Two appeared beside Kamiyama Arashi’s body, forced his soul back into it, and left him a life-saving pill with a warning to keep Two’s existence secret.
• Kamiyama Arashi swallowed the pill, vomited foul black blood, and regained his strength as the medicine cured his illness.
• Matsumoto found Kamiyama Arashi alive and healthy, and doctors confirmed that his condition had become astonishingly good.
• Kamiyama Arashi concealed Two’s involvement from Matsumoto and said he would enter Battle Online to pursue a music-based fighting class.
• Lu Wu and Little Bei Li celebrated saving Kamiyama Arashi, then agreed to deduct the medicine and delivery costs from his future reward.

Kamiyama Arashi claimed the theme song contest’s game rewards, transferred the Soul Coins and Legendary weapon scroll to the tavern owner, and spent time comforting Green-Clad in Silent Forest. After logging out, he called Eri, who cursed him and hung up.

• Kamiyama Arashi chose Reward 2, received 400 million from the tavern owner, and said he planned to spend 100 million on Soul Coins.
• Kamiyama Arashi met the tavern owner in Brahma Heaven City and traded him the 50,000 Soul Coins and Personalized Legendary Weapon Scroll.
• Kamiyama Arashi found Green-Clad crying in Silent Forest, comforted her, and sang until she cheered up.
• Kamiyama Arashi considered using Green-Clad’s singing as a reference for creating a Singer class before logging out.
• Kamiyama Arashi called Eri, who called him a bastard and hung up.

Kamiyama Arashi tried to reconcile with Eri, then continued developing a class based on Green-Clad’s nature-infused singing. After forming a contract with Green-Clad and gaining the Heart of Nature, he created the Elven Singer class and received a continent-wide announcement.

• Kamiyama Arashi told Eri about his illness and hardships, but she rejected his explanation and hung up on him.
• Kamiyama Arashi studied Green-Clad’s singing and tried unsuccessfully to learn nature’s power by communicating with plants.
• Kamiyama Arashi formed a contract with Green-Clad, who became a bound NPC and granted him the Heart of Nature.
• Kamiyama Arashi sang with nature’s power, creating an area-wide healing effect and discovering how to develop the new class.
• Kamiyama Arashi created the Elven Singer class, earning 500 bound Soul Coins and an All-Region Announcement.

A new Life Profession, Demon Chef, opened across the China Server, Europe Server, and Asian Server, while the Hell Server received Energy Allocator. Players rushed to join the five-day trial and study its handbooks, while Lu Wu watched the players and reflected on the effort required to guide their growth.

• Kamiyama Arashi’s creation of a new profession inspired players across the servers to research ways to create professions, though Hell Server players argued that their mech designs already counted.
• Server-wide announcements opened Demon Chef for three servers and Energy Allocator for Hell Server, prompting players to return to the Underworld of Beiqi.
• The Demon Chef trial required players to place among the top ten thousand over five days, and barred Alchemists from participating.
• More than ten million players registered within five minutes and received trial equipment and handbooks that they had to study before cooking.
• Players across the underworld set aside fighting to study, while Alchemists watched calmly and Lu Wu explained that he had excluded them to keep their learning focused.
• Lu Wu thought that players lacked ambition as he watched Bei Li eat snacks, and Bei Li asked why he was staring at her.

As players studied for the Magic Chef trial, Mo Xiaoxin tried to convince his biological mother, Mo Lanlan, to pursue the profession, but she refused to stop hunting monsters. He traveled to the Ghost Mountains to persuade her in person.

• Players across the underworld studied Magic Chef techniques and practiced processing spiritual ingredients for the trial.
• Mo Xiaoxin called Mo Lanlan and urged her to study, but she insisted that she would rather hunt monsters and joked about selling him for money.
• Mo Xiaoxin failed to change Mo Lanlan’s mind before she ended the call.
• Mo Xiaoxin teleported to the Ghost Mountains, joined Mo Lanlan’s party, and headed toward her location to persuade her face-to-face.

Mo Xiaoxin challenged Mo Lanlan to make her return to school, but after she defeated him, he hired Proud Sword to punish her. When they caught up with Mo Lanlan, she recognized Proud Sword and angrily confronted him, leaving Mo Xiaoxin confused about their past.

• Mo Lanlan defeated an Iron Jiangshi, then mocked Mo Xiaoxin when he asked her to return to school.
• Mo Xiaoxin challenged Mo Lanlan to a duel, but she overcame his summons and spells and defeated him easily.
• Mo Xiaoxin asked about his father, and Mo Lanlan claimed his father had died after leaving debts and that she had raised Mo Xiaoxin alone.
• Mo Xiaoxin placed a bounty on Mo Lanlan and Proud Sword accepted the job.
• Mo Xiaoxin led Proud Sword to Mo Lanlan, but Proud Sword recognized her, and Mo Lanlan angrily rebuked him for abandoning the sword path to play games.

Mo Xiaoxin discovered that Proud Sword might be his biological father after Mo Lanlan confronted him, then learned his mother had faked her death and his gender to punish him. Mo Lanlan planned to defeat Proud Sword with her blade techniques, while Mo Xiaoxin faced trouble for placing a bounty on her.

• Mo Lanlan attacked Proud Sword, who recognized Mo Xiaoxin as his son after finding sword intent in his blood.
• Mo Lanlan denied the connection and logged off, leaving Proud Sword to question Mo Xiaoxin about their family and the bounty.
• Mo Xiaoxin logged off and found Mo Lanlan calmly eating snacks; she admitted she had acted emotional because she could not beat Proud Sword.
• Mo Xiaoxin pieced together that Proud Sword was likely his father, and Mo Lanlan revealed she had claimed their child was a girl and staged her own death to deceive him.
• Mo Lanlan vowed to surpass Proud Sword and defeat him with her blade techniques, then confronted Mo Xiaoxin about asking Proud Sword to kill her.

After Mo Lanlan agreed to become a Demon Chef to defeat Proud Sword, she and Mo Xiaoxin studied Demon Chef manuals in the Underworld. The chapter ended with Mo Xiaoxin eating cheap bread after his mother refused to share her feast, while they planned to keep studying.

• Mo Xiaoxin persuaded Mo Lanlan to pursue the Demon Chef profession as a way to grow strong enough to defeat Proud Sword, though she also considered using his bounty money.
• Mo Lanlan and Mo Xiaoxin met in the Underworld, brought their trial books to a quiet spot, and began studying Demon Chef techniques.
• Mo Lanlan gradually became absorbed in the beginner's handbook, and Mo Xiaoxin joined her in studying as night fell.
• Mo Lanlan laid out a feast for dinner but slapped away Mo Xiaoxin's attempt to take a shrimp because he had no money of his own.
• Mo Lanlan sent Mo Xiaoxin one Soul Coin, so he bought bread and ate beside her before they planned to resume studying.

As the Demon Chef final trial approached, Mo Xiaoxin took Mo Lanlan to Liuli Coast to practice, discovering that she had mastered knife work despite studying the wrong material. Mo Lanlan made a successful grilled spirit fish, while Mo Xiaoxin’s own first attempt went wrong.

• Mo Xiaoxin learned that Mo Lanlan had spent four days reading Demon Chef backstories instead of studying Spiritual Energy methods.
• Mo Xiaoxin and Mo Lanlan traveled to Liuli Coast to practice making Demon Food.
• Mo Lanlan chose to grill a spirit fish and used her Mo Family Knife Technique to rearrange and seal its Spiritual Energy.
• Mo Lanlan completed a first-tier high-grade Demon Grilled Spirit Fish, which Mo Xiaoxin praised before she ate it herself.
• Mo Xiaoxin tried cutting his own spirit fish, but his knife damaged it and released its Spiritual Energy, prompting Mo Lanlan to tease him.

Mo Xiaoxin struggled with practical Demon Chef training and learned more about his parents’ family legacies, while Mo Lanlan revealed her exceptional knife skills during the Demon Chef trial examination. The examination continued across the Four Great Servers, with Lu Wu focusing on talented candidates like Mo Lanlan.

• Mo Xiaoxin ruined a spirit fish while practicing, then learned from Mo Lanlan that he inherited the Proud family’s swordsmanship lineage and that she descended from the Mo Family Knife Technique.
• Mo Xiaoxin guessed that Mo Lanlan had repeatedly fought Proud Sword before they fell in love, and she threatened him after he questioned her story.
• Players across the Four Great Servers entered the Demon Chef trial examination, where Lu Wu confiscated their handbooks and tested their ability to rework spiritual ingredients and cook them.
• Most Players chose low-grade ingredients, while some picked rare ingredients for fun and confident candidates selected valuable ones to demonstrate their skill.
• Mo Lanlan chose a Sea Spirit Grade Ao Fish and used her precise knife control to reshape its spiritual energy, prompting Lu Wu to lament that she had not studied the theory.

The Demon Chef trial ended, and Mo Lanlan won first place in the China Server zone despite a massive technical deduction, prompting heated discussion across all four servers. The chapter left the author explaining that the novel was undergoing self-inspection and revisions, while promising to keep updating if allowed.

• Players rushed to finish their dishes during the final hours, and Little Bei Li sampled highly rated Demon Food throughout the trial.
• The trial ended, and the rankings revealed that Mo Lanlan took first place in the Bei Qi Competition Zone with a raw score of 3711 but lost 1500 points for technical errors.
• Players across the four servers debated Mo Lanlan's score and compared her performance with Europe Server contestant Paul Bocuse.
• Players from all four servers argued over which region had the strongest Demon Chef contestants.
• The author explained that the book was being revised because its setting had raised concerns, thanked editor Loach, and promised to keep updating unless ordered to stop.

Sea King worried that the Smoke Dragon Merchant Guild would blame the Mu Te Empire for the goods Tian Lan had plundered, so he planned to direct suspicion toward Langya Island at the meeting on Black Reef Island. As the meeting began, the Players arrived and claimed every remaining seat.

• Sea King and his lords discussed how the Smoke Dragon Merchant Guild might connect the plundering to the Mu Te Empire and decided to point its investigation toward Langya Island.
• Sea King traveled to Black Reef Island with Hei Sui and the other lords, where forces from across the Kui Long Sea Region gathered for Smoke Dragon’s meeting.
• The Smoke Dragon Merchant Guild arrived with its fleet, and its sickly-looking leader invited the gathered forces into the plaza.
• Sea King, Langya, and their followers took seats, while the weaker forces remained standing despite empty places.
• The Players pushed through the crowd, filled the remaining seats, and argued over who had claimed them.

Smoke Dragon questioned Langya, Sea King, and the Players about the merchant ship plunderings, but each gave him a different account and suspect. The meeting ended with Smoke Dragon more confused, as Sun Qi blamed the attacks on the mysterious Doctor Sea.

• Smoke Dragon privately questioned Langya, who claimed Tian Kun had been planted by the Mute Sea Country to frame Langya Island.
• Smoke Dragon questioned Sea King, who accused Langya of persuading Tian Kun to defect and linked Tian Lan to the plundering.
• Smoke Dragon asked the Players to identify their leader, and Gouzi stood up after losing rock-paper-scissors and introduced himself as Sun Qi.
• Sun Qi told Smoke Dragon that Doctor Sea, whom he also called Eunuch Sea, had plundered ships and killed Players, leaving Smoke Dragon with a third conflicting account.

Yan Long used Heart Communication Paper to question the Kui Long factions about the plundering, exposing a merman’s lie and killing him. The Players’ papers stayed blank, and when Yan Long demanded their cooperation, they rejected him and walked out, leaving the confrontation unresolved.

• Yan Long rejected Gouzi’s offer of maritime trade, then began distributing Nine Aperture Heart Communication Paper to the gathered factions.
• Yan Long questioned whether the Mute Sea Country and Langya Island were involved in the plundering, and the paper exposed a merman’s lie; Yan Long burned him to ash.
• Yan Long asked who was more likely to have colluded with Tian Lan, but the Players’ papers remained white, even when Da Li agreed to lie.
• Da Li threw down his paper and left, and Liu Chai and the other Players followed, including Myth Guild’s members.
• Yan Long threatened to kill anyone who took another step, but the Players turned together and raised their middle fingers as Sea King laughed.

After Smoke Dragon killed the players who challenged him, Gu Yu and Liu Chai rallied the player community to retaliate by becoming pirates. Players overwhelmingly backed pirate mode, and China Server and Europe Server crews began organizing for plunder.

• Smoke Dragon used warped space to kill the players at the meeting, turning the Player Race's relationship with his merchant guild hostile.
• After logging out, Gu Yu and Liu Chai discussed retaliation, and Gu Yu posted the incident and a video on the official forum to ask whether players should go to war.
• Players debated the proposal, and a forum poll showed 92% supported activating pirate mode.
• Myth Guild and the Demolition Office Guild announced they would abandon maritime trade and reorganize as pirate gangs.
• The pirate craze spread to Europe Server, where players began forming crews to join the campaign.

Lu Wu launched the Pirate King system, turning the players’ plans to raid sea merchants into a reward-driven campaign. Pirate crews formed across the China and Europe Servers, and their warships set sail toward the False Void Sea Region to target the West Continent Merchant Guild.

• United against Smoke Dragon, players halted maritime trade and began forming pirate crews to raid sea merchants.
• Lu Wu told Bei Li to design a new mode, and the servers announced the Pirate King system with crew alliances, rankings, rewards, and a Pirate Mall.
• Players recruited guilds, decorated their ships, and used maps from the Strategy Section to select the West Continent Merchant Guild’s trade island and routes as their first targets.
• Players spent Soul Coins on supplies and ship upgrades, raising spirit-material prices while Lu Wu collected fees and tax revenue.
• The next morning, pirate crews from the China Server sailed from Liuli Coast toward the False Void Sea Region, while Europe Server players set out to join the plunder.

Mo Lang led the West Continent Merchant Guild’s supply fleet through a storm toward Black Reef Island, where the Smoke Dragon Merchant Guild had demanded extra spirit materials. Several Player pirate crews intercepted the ships, and the Evil God Guild’s first boarding attempt ended with its members flung into the sea.

• Mo Lang’s fleet used its bronze rams and protective barrier to pass through a whirlpool, then he spotted several approaching fleets and grew uneasy.
• An Sheng recognized the West Continent Merchant Guild flag and rallied nearby Player pirate crews to attack the eight merchant ships.
• Mo Lang raised the Water Lion flag to identify his fleet, but the Players summoned their Warship Spirits and pressed closer.
• Mo Lang ordered his ships to turn around, but the Players caught up before they could maneuver against the wind.
• An Sheng and the Evil God Guild swung on ropes toward a merchant ship, but its barrier repelled them and sent them all into the sea.

The Players wiped out Mo Lang’s merchant fleet and looted its cargo, prompting Smoke Dragon to declare war on the Player Race. The Players remained unafraid and prepared to continue their attacks.

• The Evil God Guild’s chuunibyou youths failed to board Mo Lang’s ship, but the Player fleet surrounded and sank all eight merchant ships, plundering their supplies as Mo Lang escaped.
• Mo Lang told Smoke Dragon that the Player Race had attacked the West Continent Merchant Guild and identified them as the force that had defeated Sea King.
• Smoke Dragon learned that the Players had been the force he offended at a meeting, then ordered squads to escort the next shipment and hunt down Player forces.
• News of Smoke Dragon’s declaration of war spread across the Kui Long Sea Region, delighting the Langya Island Allied Forces and worrying the Player Race’s allies, while Sea King expected the Players to prevail.
• The Players mocked Smoke Dragon’s threats, opened betting pools about his forces’ defeat, and prepared to continue their attacks.