Chapter Summaries

During the wildebeest migration, a group of tribesmen drove a pride of lionesses away from their prey and rescued hidden photographers. The photographers learned that the tribe’s strongest warrior, Chala, was called the Ancestor Leopard Warrior and claimed his strength came from the ancestor leopard.

• Lionesses killed four wildebeests and carried the carcasses toward their territory, approaching photographers hidden in the grass.
• A group of more than twenty tribesmen confronted the lionesses and forced them to abandon the prey.
• When a lioness attacked, Chala struck her in the head with one punch, helping drive the pride away.
• The photographers emerged from hiding, thanked the tribesmen, and introduced themselves as a documentary crew from XX Television Station.
• A tribesman identified the fighter as the Ancestor Leopard Warrior, Chala, who said the ancestor leopard had bestowed his strength.

After filming the Saint Mann Tribe’s coming-of-age celebration, Jack stayed to document the tribe and became fascinated by Chala and the ancestral leopard legend. Chala explained that the ancestral leopard’s soul remained with the tribe, but Jack’s plans shifted when he learned Battle Online’s African server had launched.

• The Chieftain blessed Chala as the tribe’s youngest and strongest Ancestor Leopard Warrior during the coming-of-age celebration.
• Jack persuaded the Chieftain to let him stay and film the Saint Mann Tribe, offering funding to support its development.
• Jack questioned Chala about the ancestral leopard, and Chala said it had abandoned its body but remained in the tribe as a soul.
• Chala compared the tribe’s inherited stories to descendants forgetting the technology of a vanished civilization, leaving Jack unable to refute him.
• Jack received a message announcing Battle Online’s African server had launched and looked forward to playing on his Virtual Helmet.

Chala struggled to control the violent beast nature that came with his Ancestor Leopard Warrior powers, while Jack realized Conquest might give him a safe outlet for battle. Jack helped Chala enter the game, where Chala saw a welcome notification.

• Chala endured a full-moon surge of beast nature, leapt high into the air, and nearly attacked Jack before regaining control.
• The next morning, Chala explained his painful condition to Jack, who offered to take him to a Black Fist Arena; Chala refused to leave the Saint Mann Tribe.
• Jack realized Conquest’s realistic combat could provide Chala with a worthy opponent and suggested he try the game without leaving the tribe.
• Jack led Chala into the RV, explained the Virtual Helmet and Conquest, and helped him put on the helmet.
• Chala tapped the Conquest icon and received a notification welcoming him to Battle Online.

Chala rejected the Africa Server’s preset totems because he would not betray his faith in the Ancestral Panther, then used the newly revealed creation feature to form its image. Lu Wu’s Divine Artifact detected the hidden Ancestral Panther and pulled its soul into Battle Online, where Lu Wu and Bei Li told the bewildered spirit it had boarded the Africa Server bus, not the Six Paths of Reincarnation.

• Chala examined the Africa Server’s eight totems but refused to choose one because he believed only in the Ancestral Panther.
• Chala discovered the Create Totem function and imagined the Ancestral Panther in the creation space.
• Lu Wu learned from Bei Li that the Ancestral Panther was an ancient Human Realm divine beast whose surviving soul was hidden beneath the Saint Mann Tribe.
• The Divine Artifact pulled the Ancestral Panther from its underground refuge despite its desperate resistance.
• Lu Wu and Bei Li greeted the confused Ancestral Panther in the Divine Artifact Space, and Lu Wu explained it had arrived on the Africa Server bus to Battle Online.

Lu Wu recruited the ancestor Leopard to help the Human Realm counterattack the Heavenly Realm and sent it to the African server as an NPC. The chapter ended with Chala startled when the ancestor Leopard came to life in the totem creation space.

• The ancestor Leopard recognized Lu Wu's Human Emperor Path and agreed to follow his plans after hearing about the Human Realm and the coming counterattack against the Heavenly Realm.
• Lu Wu and Bei Li explained the African server plan, and the ancestor Leopard accepted Bei Li's Soul Imprint and chose to become an NPC for the sake of freedom.
• Lu Wu opened a Space Passage, and the ancestor Leopard entered it to join the African server.
• Chala created the ancestor Leopard's form in the totem creation space, where the ancestor Leopard awakened and startled him by speaking.

Chala learned from the Ancestor Leopard that the game world was real and that fighting within it could help him control his beastly nature. After creating Africa Server’s exclusive Ancestor Leopard Totem, he entered the Xuanfeng Great Domain and began searching for a place to grow stronger.

• The Ancestor Leopard told Chala the game world was real, explained that battle could ease his suffering, and ordered him to keep the truth secret from Players.
• Chala pledged to obey the Ancestor Leopard, then created the exclusive Ancestor Leopard Totem, triggering an All-Region Announcement that stirred envy and discussion across the servers.
• Chala entered the Xuanfeng Great Domain, where his quest was to help his weak Limit Tribe become the domain’s overlord.
• Chala arrived at Cangmang Peak, the Africa Server’s safe zone, and saw Players swarming the mountain to fight beasts.
• Chala searched for a suitable hunting ground, familiarized himself with the game panels, and found the server-opening level rush countdown and a warm-up tournament announcement.

Chala registered for the Individual Competition and crushed his level 21 opponent, Amora, despite being level 0. He won twenty-six consecutive matches before the twelve-hour gameplay limit forced him out, leaving him eager to keep fighting.

• Chala registered for the Individual Competition and entered the arena, where he was matched against level 21 Amora.
• Chala used his speed, weak-point attacks, and leopard ancestor bite to defeat Amora and earn Arena Points and Rating.
• Amora recognized Chala as the mysterious Player who had created a new Totem and posted their battle video on the forums.
• African server Players organized a sniping effort, but Chala defeated every opponent and built a winning streak of twenty-six matches.
• Chala was kicked out of the game when his twelve-hour gameplay limit expired before he could fight to his fill.

After being kicked out of Conquest at the twelve-hour limit, Chala decided to earn Soul Coins so he could buy a Virtual Game Pod and keep playing. Over the following days, he became a celebrated Africa Server fighter with fifty-eight consecutive victories, while the chapter also explained how Individual Competition balanced attributes and rewarded skill.

• Chala asked Jack how he could extend his playtime and learned that a Virtual Game Pod required substantial money, shipping, Nutrient Solution, and a Solar Charger.
• Jack offered to share his Virtual Helmet with Chala and explained that Soul Coins could be traded for real-world goods, giving Chala a way to earn enough for a Game Pod.
• Chala began alternating helmet time with Jack, reached level 23, and won fifty-eight Individual Competition matches in a row.
• Chala's battles and new class made him famous across the Africa Server and attracted the attention of powerful Players from other servers, including Proud Sword.
• The chapter explained that Diamond Rank matches slightly adjusted Players' attributes according to class, equipment, level, and skills, while Lu Wu and Bei Li designed the system to favor combat ability without eliminating equipment advantages.

Chala left Cangmang Peak to find monsters and Soul Coins, then stole a Snow Spirit Worm from a Blood Orc and escaped up a giant tree. As Chala ate the spirit beast, the furious Blood Orc ran off, unknowingly setting the first crisis for African server players in motion.

• Chala left Cangmang Peak and entered the Thorns Jungle, where he encountered more monsters and dangerous plant life.
• Chala spotted a Blood Orc carrying a dead Snow Spirit Worm and attacked to seize the spirit beast.
• Chala dodged the Blood Orc’s club and snatched the Snow Spirit Worm before fleeing through the forest.
• Chala climbed a giant tree to escape the faster Blood Orc, who failed to follow him up.
• Chala ate the Snow Spirit Worm raw as the Blood Orc ran away in fury.

Chala’s theft of Snow Spirit Worms enraged the Beast-Loving Tribe, while Africa Server players were repeatedly crushed by the tribe after entering the Eastern Thorns Forest. Lu Wu refused to rescue them, and the tribe captured the players and began throwing them off Cangmang Peak.

• Chala hid from the Beast-Loving Tribe and stole three more Snow Spirit Worms from their collectors, prompting the tribe to hunt him and investigate his origins.
• Lu Wu opened the teleportation array, and Africa Server players left Cangmang Peak to confront the Beast-Loving Tribe.
• The Beast-Loving Tribe repeatedly defeated the players, drove them back up the mountain, and camped at its foot, leaving them unable to advance or keep leveling.
• Lu Wu announced that the Africa Server players would have to find their own way through the blockade and declined to intervene.
• Africa Server players kept fighting, but the Beast-Loving Tribe captured them alive and escorted them to the summit.
• The Beast-Loving Tribe lined up the captured players and threw them off Cangmang Peak.

The Beast-Loving Tribe continued tormenting the trapped African Server players, while Crayon_Shinchan mocked them by recording their many deaths. Chala realized his actions had caused the crisis and began watching the Beast Pen for a way to draw the Beast-Loving Tribe away from Cangmang Peak.

• The Beast-Loving Tribe repeatedly killed African Server players in increasingly cruel ways, and their failed escape attempts drew spectators from other servers.
• Crayon_Shinchan published a growing record of ways the African Server players had died, earning their hatred and further inflaming the forum drama.
• Chala learned from Jack that the Beast-Loving Tribe was experimenting with methods to kill players permanently and recognized the damage his actions had caused.
• Chala decided that confronting the Beast-Loving Warrior Group directly was impossible, so he began scouting the heavily guarded Beast Pen.
• The African Server players continued to suffer and vowed to repay the Beast-Loving Tribe for their torment.

The African Losers investigated why the Beast-Loving Tribe had trapped them and concluded that Chala was likely stealing its Snow Spirit Worms. As they began digging a tunnel off Cangmang Peak, Lu Wu opened the Cross-Server Expedition system to help them escape their stalled development.

• Crayon_Shinchan posted theories that the Beast-Loving Tribe's hostility came from a player provoking them, prompting the African Losers to investigate.
• The African Losers noticed Chala was gaining levels away from Cangmang Peak and had listed a farmed Snow Spirit Worm Corpse in the Auction House.
• When Chala listed another Snow Spirit Worm on the seventh day of the blockade, the African Losers identified him as their prime suspect and vowed to punish him.
• Unable to break through the Beast-Loving Tribe's blockade, the African Losers organized a large-scale effort to dig a tunnel off the mountain.
• Lu Wu, concerned that the digging would waste the players' development time, opened the Cross-Server Expedition system for Bei Qi, Cangxu, Hell, and Demon Ridge, with Xuanfeng Great Domain as the target.

Lu Wu launched the Cross-Server Expedition, sending 980 million registered players to the Xuanfeng Great Domain. The Four Great Servers overwhelmed the Beast-Loving Tribe but turned on one another and the Africa Server players over military merit, leaving the battlefield in chaos.

• Lu Wu was overwhelmed by the 980 million registrations, then activated the divine artifact to begin the expedition.
• Players from the Hell, Europe, Asian, and Bei Qi servers appeared across Cangmang Mountain, and Africa Server players joined them in charging toward the Beast-Loving Tribe.
• The cross-server players routed the Beast-Loving Tribe warriors, whose priest ordered a retreat, while players attacked rival servers to seize military merit.
• Players from different servers targeted one another's strongest monster-killers as they pursued the retreating Beast-Loving Tribe.
• Africa Server players joined the pursuit but were attacked by the supposed reinforcements, leaving them furious and dismayed.

Veteran players from the Four Great Servers fought among themselves over Merit Points before turning their overwhelming numbers on the Beast-Loving Tribe, driving its warriors back to their encampment. The Africa Server newcomers watched from the mountain, furious and powerless, and swore to repay the veterans when their server grew stronger.

• Four Great Servers players slaughtered Africa Server newcomers and attacked rivals from other servers while competing for Beast-Loving warriors and their Merit Points.
• Players rescued Beast-Loving warriors from rival players, then charged the tribe’s arriving main force when reinforcements gathered.
• The Beast-Loving Tribe Chieftain tried to negotiate, but the expedition players refused and attacked, forcing him to order a retreat.
• Players pursued the Beast-Loving warriors to their encampment and began a major assault as more expedition players arrived.
• Africa Server players stayed on the mountain to avoid being beaten and vowed to repay the other servers double when Africa Server became powerful.

Players withdrew from their assault on the Beast-Loving Tribe when the Cross-Server Expedition ended, leaving the tribe traumatized. Back in Bei Qi, the Qixi Festival Event began, pitting couples completing Lovers' Knots against single players trying to destroy them.

• Players nearly overwhelmed the Beast-Loving Tribe, but the expedition timer ended and the artifact forced them to vanish before they could finish the attack.
• The Beast-Loving warriors were left terrified by the players, while the Africa Server players planned to thank Chala for helping them.
• China Server players protested on the forum when the Qixi event had not opened by afternoon, and Lu Wu read their arguments.
• At three in the afternoon, Lu Wu announced the Qixi Festival Event, offering players a Lovers' Knot quest or a Single Dog destruction quest with matching rewards.
• When the event began at five, partnered players tried to protect their Lovers' Knots as Single Puppies hunted them across Bei Qi.

During the Qixi Festival Event, Single Puppy players disrupted couples’ Magpie Bridge tasks across Bei Qi. After the event, Lu Wu agreed to let Wu Guoyi handle Conquest’s invitation to exhibit at E3, while he planned to provide game support and attend in person.

• Single Puppy players hunted couples across Bei Qi, leaving very few players able to complete the Magpie Bridge task before the event ended.
• Wu Guoyi called Lu Wu and told him that E3 had invited Conquest to exhibit at a free game booth.
• Wu Guoyi argued that E3 would help Conquest reach players who had not tried the game, and Lu Wu agreed that promotion could expand its audience.
• Lu Wu approved the E3 appearance but left booth arrangements and other preparations to Wu Guoyi, saying he would provide game support and attend the venue.
• Wu Guoyi asked Lu Wu for one million Soul Coins, but Lu Wu ended the call to avoid giving him any.

Lu Wu monitored the servers’ development while Chala became the Africa Server’s first King Rank Player after a 328-match winning streak. His first cross-server arena match paired him with Bei Qi Player Yuan Fang, whose record showed 564 consecutive draws.

• Lu Wu observed how the China, Europe, Asian, Hell, and Africa Servers were developing and left the E3 showcase production to Bei Li.
• Africa Server Players placed Chala on their bounty list and repeatedly tried to surround and kill him, while Crayon_Shinchan became their top bounty target.
• After escaping another hunt, Chala recovered and entered the Individual Competition, reaching King Rank with 10,000 arena points and 328 consecutive wins.
• Chala received temporary qualification for all-server Individual Competition matches and chose to enter cross-server matchmaking.
• The game matched Chala against Bei Qi Player Yuan Fang, whose record was 564 consecutive draws.

Yuan Fang faced Chala in the Africa Server’s first cross-server King Rank battle, where his damage immunity and reflected damage overcame Chala’s attacks. Yuan Fang won his first Individual Competition match, leaving Africa Server viewers stunned.

• Africa Server players gathered in Arena Room 001 to watch Chala face Yuan Fang on the Sky Floating City map.
• Chala repeatedly approached Yuan Fang to attack but retreated each time when his Beast Sense warned him of danger.
• With less than five minutes left, Chala struck Yuan Fang’s face, but Yuan Fang took no damage and Mahayana Immeasurable reflected damage that cracked Chala’s hand.
• Chala attacked again with Thunder Coffin and the Ancestor Leopard Totem, but Yuan Fang’s fixed Damage Immunity blocked the strike and reflected enough damage to defeat him.
• The game declared Yuan Fang the winner, shocking the Africa Server spectators and delighting Yuan Fang.

After Yuan Fang’s victory inspired Africa Server players to seek strength, China Server players resolved to develop faster before the Great Domain cross-server battle. Meanwhile, the melting Extreme Cold Abyss awakened an ancient legion that remembered its betrayal and vowed revenge.

• Africa Server players sought to learn Yuan Fang’s Hell Ultimate Path ability, while China Server players admitted they could not teach what they did not understand.
• Players across China Server agreed they needed to accelerate their development ahead of future cross-server battles.
• The Dissolving Array drained the Extreme Cold Abyss of ice-attributed spiritual energy, melting its glaciers and lowering temperatures across Bei Qi.
• Rumors spread among players that an ice-themed expansion and Calamity Legion were approaching, though most dismissed them as inventions.
• The Ice Seal Isolation Barrier shattered, awakening the Ice Ghost Race beneath the Extreme Cold Abyss and restoring their memories of serving the Bei Qi God Race and Ice and Snow Clan before being imprisoned.
• The Ice Ghost Race chose revenge against the Bei Qi God Race and Ice and Snow Clan, revealing themselves as the Defying Heaven Alliance - Ice Ghost Battle Legion.

Bei Qi's Players looted corpses thawed in the Extreme Cold Abyss, then dug through the ice and accidentally released the Ice Ghost Race. Its chieftain, Bing Lin, awakened with his warriors and declared vengeance against the Bei Qi God Race and the Ice and Snow Clan, leaving the Players afraid they had unleashed a threat on Bei Qi.

• Players found the Ice and Snow Clan's flooded territory and fought over valuable equipment on thawed corpses.
• Players guessed more corpses lay beneath the ice, dug through it, and opened a vast chamber containing the Ice Ghost Race battle legion.
• The Ice Ghost Race awakened, and Bing Lin used his Frost Sword to drain the lake and lead his warriors out of the ice.
• Bing Lin and the Ice Ghost Race mourned their ancestors, then he vowed to wear crimson battle robes and wage war against the Bei Qi God Race and the Ice and Snow Clan.
• Players analyzed Bing Lin, discovered his God Realm rank and suppressed demigod strength, and spread worried messages as they feared they had released an unstoppable enemy.