Chapter Summaries

Xu Kun became Ou Yezi’s disciple and received skill slot advancement scrolls and the divine sword Han Guang. He learned that Han Guang, Chengying, and Xiaolian were the Saint King Three Swords, components of the SSS-Grade Supreme Artifact Great Shang Dust Shadow, and left with a list of ancient Huaxia’s national fortune artifacts.

• Ou Yezi welcomed Xu Kun as his disciple and told him to rely on his martial brothers for help.
• Xu Kun asked for high-grade skill slot advancement scrolls, and Ou Yezi and Gan Jiang gave him their supplies.
• Ou Yezi offered Xu Kun the divine sword Han Guang, which responded to Chengying and Xiaolian when he brought it out.
• Ou Yezi explained that Han Guang, Chengying, and Xiaolian were the Saint King Three Swords and could become the Great Shang Dust Shadow after passing their trials.
• Ou Yezi gave Xu Kun a list of ancient Huaxia’s national fortune artifacts, including Great Shang Dust Shadow.

Xu Kun learned about the national luck artifacts and unlocked the SSS-Rank quest to defend the City of Yanhuang alone so the Saint King Three Swords could fuse into Great Shang Dust Shadow. He returned to gather his friends for the Eternal Divine Tree Secret Realm, where Hao Jian revealed he had feelings for a woman and asked if she could join them.

• Ou Yezi explained the national luck artifacts and told Xu Kun to complete the Saint King Three Swords' trial to obtain Great Shang Dust Shadow.
• Xu Kun asked Ou Yezi about the God of Smelting, and Ou Yezi described him as a gigantic Titan who looked like a robust mountain goat.
• Xu Kun unlocked the SSS-Rank National Luck Quest One Man, One City, which required him to defend the City of Yanhuang alone from an invasion within half a year.
• Xu Kun worried that no enemy race would attack the City of Yanhuang, then called his friends together to run the Eternal Divine Tree Secret Realm.
• Hao Jian arrived late, and Xu Kun and Yang Yao realized he seemed to have fallen for a woman he had met in a secret realm.
• Hao Jian admitted he had not confessed and asked Xu Kun whether they could bring the woman along to the Eternal Divine Tree Secret Realm.

Xu Kun’s team agreed to bring Hao Jian’s S-tier, dual-attribute companion to the Eternal Divine Tree, while Zhan Rourou revealed the tragic past behind shopkeeper Qiu Qianchi and accepted a quest to find her missing daughter. The group traveled to the City of Glaciers, where Shen-bao complained of the cold.

• Hao Jian explained that the woman he wanted to bring had an S-tier Wood and Wind Attribute talent, and Xu Kun invited her to join them at the Eternal Divine Tree.
• Zhan Rourou obtained free City of Glaciers teleportation scrolls by revealing that Qiu Qianchi had become her godmother.
• Zhan Rourou told the group about Qiu Qianchi’s tragic life and showed them her SS-tier hidden quest to find her daughter, Gongsun Lve.
• Zhan Rourou explained that a jade pendant could locate Gongsun Lve, and Xu Kun promised that the group would help bring her back.
• Xu Kun, Zhan Rourou, Hao Jian, Yang Yao, and Shen-bao used teleportation scrolls to reach the frost-covered City of Glaciers, where Shen-bao asked Xu Kun for a hug.

Xu Kun and his companions traveled through the City of Glaciers to the Eternal Divine Tree, where they reunited with Hao Jian and met his new friend, Su Xiaoxiao. Hao Jian admitted he had fallen in love with her and asked Xu Kun to help him stay by her side.

• Sikong Ting and Zhan Rourou struggled with the cold in the City of Glaciers while Xu Kun warmed the group with his flames.
• Xu Kun explained that Kite God had fought the Black Tortoise Race and entered the seventieth floor after protecting him.
• Yang Yao led the group toward the Eternal Divine Tree, and they traveled for nearly an hour from the city into the springlike landscape beneath its canopy.
• The group discovered a busy marketplace beneath the tree and learned that sleigh reindeer offered transport there.
• Xu Kun and his companions found Hao Jian, who introduced Su Xiaoxiao as his friend.
• Hao Jian told Xu Kun that he had fallen in love with Su Xiaoxiao after they teamed up in a secret realm, and Xu Kun rejected his plea for help.

Xu Kun welcomed Su Xiaoxiao into his team and set out the loot rules before leading the group into the SSS-tier Eternal Divine Tree secret realm. The team entered safely, but the powerful winds at the tree’s base immediately threatened to sweep Su Xiaoxiao away.

• Xu Kun introduced his team to Su Xiaoxiao, accepted her as their healer, and explained his plan to lead the dungeon while prioritizing suitable loot for each member.
• Xu Kun and his teammates agreed on how to distribute attribute essences, materials, and the Eternal Divine Tree’s exclusive drops.
• Xu Kun led the seven-person team through the entry barrier after Sikong Ting used his remaining energy to enter; Hao Jian chased after Su Xiaoxiao when she hurried inside.
• The team learned that they had to climb the Divine Tree through increasingly strong winds and monsters to reach its guardian at the peak.
• At the tree’s base, the wind lifted the team into the air, and Hao Jian warned Su Xiaoxiao as she nearly got blown away.

Xu Kun led his team up the Eternal Divine Tree, using the Dragon Binding Cord to keep everyone safe from the wind. After clearing two groups of birds and finding Wind Spirit Fruits, they continued upward, where Xu Kun easily defeated an E-tier boss and Hao Jian received the drops.

• Xu Kun secured the team with his Dragon Binding Cord and led them up the Eternal Divine Tree.
• Xu Kun killed fifty Azure Feather Finches on the first branch and gave Shen-bao the Water-element Essences of Attributes.
• Zhan Rourou found two Wind Spirit Fruits, and Xu Kun picked them and gave one to Sikong Ting.
• The team climbed to another branch, where Yang Yao identified an E-tier Golden Feather Vermillion Finch group and its boss.
• Xu Kun killed the flock and its boss with Universe Sweep, then gave the Metal-element Essences of Attributes to Hao Jian, prompting Su Xiaoxiao to suspect the drop rate was unusual.

Xu Kun’s team climbed toward the B-class monster zone, while Su Xiaoxiao grew uncomfortable with being carried and resolved to prove herself. Their ascent was interrupted by a giant larva in a tree hollow and a sudden blast of wind from an unseen creature, which left Su Xiaoxiao dangling from the divine tree.

• Xu Kun led the team through the higher monster zones, defeating monsters along the way while Su Xiaoxiao noticed their extraordinary strength and loot.
• Su Xiaoxiao suspected the others came from powerful clans and decided to leave the team after the secret realm, but first she would climb without Hao Jian’s help.
• Su Xiaoxiao broke free from Hao Jian’s arms and climbed slowly on her own as the team continued upward in four groups.
• Xu Kun spotted a B-class Jewel Beetle Larva protruding from a hollow in the divine tree, and Sikong Ting recoiled in fear at the giant bug.
• A huge bird cried overhead and sent a powerful gust across the tree, blowing Su Xiaoxiao off her grip; Hao Jian caught her and told her to look at the creature.

Xu Kun and his companions fought and killed an S-rank Golden Cloud Woodpecker while climbing the Eternal Divine Tree, then discovered a hollow packed with nearly hatched Jewel Beetle eggs. The group was left facing the alarming nest as Su Xiaoxiao fainted into Hao Jian’s arms.

• The Golden Cloud Woodpecker attacked Xu Kun and his companions after devouring a Jewel Beetle Larva, and Sikong Ting trapped it with Lightning Web Restraint.
• Shen took over anchoring the group while Xu Kun used the Starfall Nine Heavens to batter the bird’s beak and kill it, sending its drops falling beyond their reach.
• Hao Jian protected Su Xiaoxiao as Xu Kun flung the group upward into a Divine Tree hollow, where Hao Jian cushioned her landing.
• The group found the hollow covered in Jewel Beetle Eggs at 98% incubation, and Su Xiaoxiao fainted while Xu Kun inspected one.

Xu Kun’s team reached the Eternal Divine Tree’s Tier-B canopy and faced a coordinated army of nine bird races. He assigned Hao Jian to hold the front line and directed Zhan Rourou and Sikong Ting to attack and control the battlefield.

• Xu Kun severed the nutrient roots of thirteen Tier-B elite pet eggs, collected them, and asked Su Xiaoxiao to hatch one, causing her to faint again.
• The group climbed to a broad branch in the lowest canopy, where powerful winds nearly knocked Su Xiaoxiao off her feet until Hao Jian steadied her.
• Nine Tier-B bird races surrounded the team in a balanced formation of defenders, attackers, assassins, ranged fighters, healers, and supporters.
• Xu Kun recognized the challenge as a test of teamwork and ordered Hao Jian to defend against the diving birds.
• Hao Jian equipped his Blazing God armor and shield, held off the Bladehawk Clan’s physical attacks, and Xu Kun directed Zhan Rourou and Sikong Ting to attack and control the field.

Xu Kun’s team tested their coordination against the bird army while Hao Jian fought at the front and Su Xiaoxiao supported him with her zither. The battle left Su Xiaoxiao exposed to shadow sparrows, which Zhan Rourou revealed with a Light-type skill.

• Sikong Ting used Nine Star Blink and the Thunder Pool to disrupt and contain the bird army while Zhan Rourou attacked with Light-type skills.
• Hao Jian protected Sikong Ting from the flock’s ranged barrage, then activated Reckless Abandon and charged into the enemy formation.
• Su Xiaoxiao played High Mountains and Flowing Water to restore Hao Jian’s strength, then used Three Variations of Plum Blossoms to restrain birds and heal him.
• Xu Kun spotted shadow sparrows closing in on Su Xiaoxiao and told Zhan Rourou to expose them with a Light-type attack.

Hao Jian fought through the bird monsters with Su Xiaoxiao’s music boosting him, but the bosses overwhelmed him when her strings snapped. Xu Kun, Yang Yao, and Zhan Rourou rescued him and disabled the enemies, then Xu Kun called Sikong Ting into the fight.

• Hao Jian used Extinguish This Morning's Meal to draw the Shadowfinches away from Su Xiaoxiao, then used Unfettered and Crossing the River on a Reed to shake off pollen and move while protecting Sikong Ting.
• Su Xiaoxiao played Guangling Melody of Respite, empowering Hao Jian as he used Hair-Raising Fury, Lion's Roar, and Bloody Battle, Eight Directions to kill the Shadowfinches and attack the Ironback Silver Eagles.
• The Ironback Silver Eagle boss, Shadowfinch boss, and Blade Eagle boss struck Hao Jian as Su Xiaoxiao's string snapped, ending her music and his battle-enhancing effect.
• Yang Yao shielded Hao Jian with Frost Disk, while Zhan Rourou pinned the bosses and other birds with Light Seal Sword and blinded the bird army with Holy Light Illumination.
• Zhan Rourou's Radiant Brilliance healed Hao Jian and Su Xiaoxiao, and Yang Yao's Jade Pool Holy Water restored the cooldowns of Su Xiaoxiao's earlier musical techniques.
• Xu Kun used Wind's Elegy on Hao Jian and told Sikong Ting to stop watching and join the fight.

Xu Kun and Sikong Ting wiped out nine flying-race bosses at B-rank altitude and divided their drops among the group. Xu Kun set off with Hao Jian to search for Wind Spirit Fruits and Divine Tree Spring, carrying the S-rank Dragon-Patterned Gourd Su Xiaoxiao gave him.

• Sikong Ting gathered the Thunderclap Doves with his magnetic field, and Xu Kun killed the flock and the other flying races in a fiery attack.
• Xu Kun collected the drops, and the group distributed Essences of Attributes, equipment, and spirit stones among themselves.
• Xu Kun grew concerned about Shen-bao’s worsening condition and suspected her curse had deepened as she climbed the tower to follow him.
• Xu Kun forced the reluctant Hao Jian to join him in searching B-rank altitude for Wind Spirit Fruits and Divine Tree Spring.
• Su Xiaoxiao gave Xu Kun a gourd for carrying spring water, which turned out to be an S-rank Dragon-Patterned Gourd.

Xu Kun accepted Su Xiaoxiao’s Dragon-Patterned Gourd and went with Hao Jian to gather resources on the Eternal Divine Tree. After Su Xiaoxiao’s guqin broke, she played the flute while Yang Yao and Zhan Rourou reassured her, and Xu Kun gave Hao Jian a guqin to help him court her.

• Su Xiaoxiao gave Xu Kun her Dragon-Patterned Gourd after he asked for it, and Sikong Ting stayed behind to guard the others.
• Yang Yao and Zhan Rourou learned that Su Xiaoxiao’s S-grade guqin had broken strings and offered to help find a luthier to repair it.
• Su Xiaoxiao worried that her status made her unworthy to spend time with the others, then put away her guqin and played an A-grade Jade Flute for Yang Yao and Zhan Rourou.
• Xu Kun found Wind Spirit Fruit on the Eternal Divine Tree and used the Golden Striker to harvest three slightly ripe fruits.
• Hao Jian asked Xu Kun for advice on courting Su Xiaoxiao, and Xu Kun tossed him a guqin to use for wooing her.

Xu Kun collected Wind Spirit Fruits and Divine Tree Spring Water at the Eternal Divine Tree, then agreed to take Shen-bao to Guanjiang Ghost Manor so she could strengthen her soul and resist her curse. Back with the others, Hao Jian approached Su Xiaoxiao with the Dragon-Patterned Gourd, while Xu Kun’s group prepared to leave.

• Xu Kun gave Hao Jian the Yaoshan Casket Zither to offer Su Xiaoxiao as compensation for her broken strings.
• Xu Kun gathered eighteen A-grade Wind Spirit Fruits and collected all fifty drops of Divine Tree Spring, which his Heavenly Blessing upgraded to A-grade water.
• After waking, Shen-bao asked Xu Kun to take her to Guanjiang Ghost Manor to improve her Soul Attribute and offset her curse; he agreed to go after the Eternal Divine Tree.
• Xu Kun returned with Shen-bao and Hao Jian to find Su Xiaoxiao playing music for Yang Yao, then gave Sikong Ting nine Wind Spirit Fruits.
• Hao Jian took the Dragon-Patterned Gourd to Su Xiaoxiao and urged her to open her mouth.

Hao Jian tried to court Su Xiaoxiao by giving her a divine zither, but she mistook the gift for an attempt to exploit her and stormed away. After Xu Kun rescued her from falling off the Eternal Divine Tree, Su Xiaoxiao agreed to continue the dungeon with the group, while Hao Jian's romantic gesture remained a failure.

• Hao Jian fed Su Xiaoxiao Divine Tree Spring, then offered her an SS-tier high-grade divine zither and asked her to be his girlfriend.
• Su Xiaoxiao accused Hao Jian and Xu Kun of trying to use the zither to take advantage of her, and she decided to leave the trial.
• Su Xiaoxiao backed off the edge of a branch, and Xu Kun caught her with the Dragon Binding Cord before she fell to her death.
• Xu Kun offered Su Xiaoxiao the choice to leave or continue the dungeon, and Yang Yao warned that the team needed a healer for the higher-ranked heights.
• Su Xiaoxiao agreed to clear the dungeon with the team but refused to take any items, while Hao Jian was left unable to give her the zither.

Xu Kun and the others climbed the Eternal Divine Tree and became trapped in the Ghost-Masked Poison Spider’s web. When the spider poisoned Hao Jian and Su Xiaoxiao, Hao Jian escaped the web and charged at the creature to save her.

• Xu Kun tied Su Xiaoxiao with the Dragon Binding Cord and led the group up the Eternal Divine Tree while he and Yang Yao discussed the misunderstandings between Hao Jian and Su Xiaoxiao.
• Xu Kun sped upward with everyone attached to the cord, and the group crashed into nearly invisible webs at A-rank altitude.
• The Ghost-Masked Poison Spider approached and spread venom through its web, poisoning Hao Jian and Su Xiaoxiao while Zhan Rourou shielded the others with light.
• Hao Jian burned a hole through the web, freed himself, and cut Su Xiaoxiao loose.
• Yang Yao told Hao Jian that killing the spider and using its venomous legs could save Su Xiaoxiao, so he charged at the Ghost-Masked Poison Spider.

Hao Jian and the others rescued Su Xiaoxiao from the Ghost-Masked Poison Spider, then reached the insect-filled A-rank branches of the Eternal Divine Tree. Su Xiaoxiao used her Dirge of the Fallen Flowers to draw every nearby monster toward the group, leaving them surrounded and preparing to fight.

• Hao Jian fought the Ghost-Masked Poison Spider while carrying Su Xiaoxiao, but its silk trapped them until Zhan Rourou purified the web and poison.
• Su Xiaoxiao awoke and sensed Hao Jian's worry, but he awkwardly released her; Xu Kun then killed the spider with Flame Spear Throw.
• The group climbed to the A-rank branches and found the area swarming with dangerous insects, which Zhan Rourou illuminated with her magic.
• Su Xiaoxiao offered to lure the monsters with her B-rank Dirge of the Fallen Flowers, and Xu Kun arranged for Hao Jian and Sikong Ting to guard her.
• Su Xiaoxiao played the mournful tune, drawing insects from every direction, and Xu Kun shouted for everyone to prepare for battle.

Xu Kun and his companions fought through the Tier-A insect paradise, overcoming their fear of the swarming insects as Xu Kun faced a gathering of powerful bosses. After annihilating the bosses with amplified lightning attacks, Xu Kun turned his attention to another insect threatening Su Xiaoxiao.

• Zhan Rourou and Yang Yao panicked at the swarms of giant insects, while Shen-bao washed the filth from Yang Yao.
• Xu Kun used fire, frost, and water attacks to clear insects and protect Sikong Ting, Su Xiaoxiao, and the others.
• The Blade Mantis and more than a dozen Tier-A insect bosses converged on Xu Kun after he slaughtered their forces.
• Xu Kun combined equipment effects with Sikong Ting to amplify his lightning skills, then killed the insect bosses with Double Thunderclap Sever.
• Xu Kun spotted an insect preparing to attack Su Xiaoxiao and unleashed Profound Lightning Strike.

Xu Kun annihilated thousands of Tier-A insect creatures with his Lightning Tide, but Yang Yao explained why the insects yielded little EXP and poor loot. The group collected the altitude’s Divine Tree Spring and Wind Spirit Fruits, while Su Xiaoxiao regretted that Xu Kun had stored all the spring without giving her any.

• A giant moth tried to attack Su Xiaoxiao, but Xu Kun’s lightning spread through the nearby insects and killed them all.
• Xu Kun received only 10.2% EXP from the battle and found that the insect bosses had dropped mostly weak equipment and Wood Attribute Essence of Attributes.
• Yang Yao explained that insects gave poor rewards and that most of the thousands killed were newly laid eggs that yielded almost no EXP or Essence of Attributes.
• Yang Yao and Su Xiaoxiao explained why teams had to clear the Tier-A insect troops before climbing higher.
• Xu Kun collected one hundred drops of Tier-S Divine Tree Spring and thirty Tier-S Wind Spirit Fruits, then stored all the spring in his Dragon-Patterned Gourd.
• Su Xiaoxiao regretted missing her chance to obtain Divine Tree Spring, and Yang Yao pointed out that Wind Spirit Fruits could reach higher grades.

Xu Kun's group climbed through the violent astral wind and reached the Hundred Flowers Plains, an S-grade area where Twisted Treant Maokai hid in distorted space. After learning that Maokai would attack when he sensed an opportunity, Xu Kun split the group into teams and walked off with Shen-bao to investigate her chosen direction.

• Xu Kun used the Wind Breath Bracer and Wind God's Cloak to pull the group through the gale and climb to the Hundred Flowers Plains.
• The group found a vast field of flowers and Wind Spirit Fruit trees, but could not locate any monsters.
• Yang Yao and Su Xiaoxiao explained that Twisted Treant Maokai hid in distorted space and would attack when the group let its guard down.
• Shen-bao noticed something in one direction, and Xu Kun agreed to take her there while dividing the others into teams.
• Xu Kun picked Wind Spirit Fruits that transformed into SS-tier Fully Mature Wind Spirit Fruits through his Child of Fortune bonus.