Chapter Summaries

Qiao Feng chose to leave the Beggar Clan and join the wolf race, while Xu Kun supported his decision and revealed his hope that Qiao Feng could help bring peace between the two peoples. As Xu Kun began a plan to clear Qiao Feng’s name, Quan Guanqing stood up in the Apricot Woods with an antidote and a condition of his own.

• Xu Kun reassured Qiao Feng that he knew about the Heavenly Wolf Bloodline and would still stand by him, but Qiao Feng chose to release Yelü Hongji and go to the wolf race.
• Xu Kun let Qiao Feng take Yelü Hongji, warned him to treat Qiao Feng well, and accepted the Dog Beating Staff for return to the Beggar Clan.
• Yang Yao explained why Xu Kun had helped Qiao Feng leave, and Xu Kun clarified that he expected neither betrayal nor espionage from his friend, but hoped Qiao Feng could help end the conflict between humans and the wolf race.
• Xu Kun described a plan to secure peace through strength and assimilation, then asked Su Xiaoxiao to disguise herself as Qiao Feng so they could clear his name.
• In the Apricot Woods, Quan Guanqing revealed that he had bought an antidote to Bei Su Qing Feng and offered to cure the poisoned factions on one condition.

Quan Guanqing seized control of the Beggar Clan, demanded the Inheritance Stone, and tried to force City of Sin’s faction leaders to help him break its formation. Just as he poisoned them again and declared his plan to unite the city, Xu Kun returned with Qiao Feng and took the stone from him.

• Quan Guanqing demanded the Beggar Clan leadership as the price for curing the poison, then killed Wu Changfeng and threatened Xi Sanqi when they resisted.
• The little beggar freed Guo Jing, who fought Quan Guanqing until members of the Great Wisdom Branch overwhelmed and restrained him.
• Quan Guanqing forced the elders to hand over the Inheritance Stone, then asked the other faction leaders to help break its formation so he could learn all the skills within it.
• Yun Cheng Wanlipeng pretended to agree, but Quan Guanqing poisoned him and the other leaders again when they tried to attack.
• Xu Kun appeared beside Qiao Feng, seized the Inheritance Stone with the Dragon Binding Cord, and prepared to end Quan Guanqing’s scheme.

Xu Kun rescued the Beggar Clan from Quan Guanqing’s scheme, while Qiao Feng returned the Dog Beating Staff and left the clan. With the clan divided over what to do next, Xu Kun proposed Guo Jing as its new leader.

• Huang Rong stole Quan Guanqing’s poison bottle, freed Guo Jing, and helped Xu Kun capture Quan Guanqing and distribute the antidote.
• Su Xiaoxiao, disguised as Qiao Feng, detoxified the Beggar Clan’s elders, returned the Dog Beating Staff, and departed for the wolf race.
• The Beggar Clan argued over how to punish Quan Guanqing and the Great Wisdom Branch until Wu Changfeng woke and urged them to seek Xu Kun’s leadership.
• Xu Kun returned the inheritance stone and declined to lead the Beggar Clan, then pointed to Guo Jing as Qiao Feng’s suggested successor.

Xu Kun learned how the Beggar Clan chose its leader and agreed to oversee an early Subduing Dragon Stone inheritance to address the clan's leadership crisis. The elders accepted his authority, and the group prepared to travel to Jun Mountain for the clan's gathering, where Xu Kun also planned to discuss City of Sin's future with the faction leaders.

• Song Qingxi and Lu Zhang explained that the Subduing Dragon Stone granted inheritance slots and that a successful inheritor of the Dragon Subduing Eighteen Palms and Dog-Beating Staff Technique became the Beggar Clan's leader.
• Lu Zhang said Guo Jing's talent was impressive but his seniority was insufficient, and the clan lacked qualified candidates after Qiao Feng's departure.
• Zhan Rourou relayed Old Zhan's proposal to open the inheritance early and let Xu Kun choose recipients, including people outside the Beggar Clan.
• Wu Changfeng, Xi Sanqi, Lu Zhang, Bai Shijing, and the other elders accepted Xu Kun's authority to distribute the eight inheritance slots.
• Xu Kun chose himself, Yang Yao, Zhan Rourou, Su Xiaoxiao, Hao Jian, Sikong Ting, and Guo Jing to receive the inheritance, and the elders agreed to hold the ceremony at Xuanyuan Terrace on Jun Mountain.
• Xu Kun invited Yelü Hongji and the faction leaders to attend the gathering and discuss City of Sin's future, and they agreed to go.

At Xuanyuan Terrace, Xu Kun and his companions began receiving the Beggar Clan’s inheritance from the Subduing Dragon Stone. After the others received various skills, Xu Kun entered a vast world of skill-light and found the Dragon Subduing Eighteen Palms and Dog-Beating Staff Technique among the choices awaiting him.

• The Beggar Clan elders invited Xu Kun and the others to enter Xuanyuan Terrace and receive the inheritance, with Quan Guanqing bound nearby.
• Hao Jian received the S-rank skills Charge and Decimate and Eight-Step Toad Dash, while Zhan Rourou gained Light Seal Sword and Sikong Ting gained Adhering Clothes Eighteen Falls.
• Su Xiaoxiao inherited the A-rank zither piece Break the Enemy Order, and Xu Kun gave her Lüshuang Cao afterward.
• Yang Yao received the S-rank ice-element control skill Snow Mud Goose Claws, leaving Xu Kun as the last member of his team to try.
• Xu Kun placed his hands on the Subduing Dragon Stone and saw a world of skill-light, including the Dragon Subduing Eighteen Palms and Dog-Beating Staff Technique.

Xu Kun chose Coiling Dragon Strike from the Subduing Dragon Stone instead of its two legendary arts, then awakened a hidden opportunity tied to Xuanyuan Terrace and the Xuanyuan Lord. Guo Jing inherited Dragon Subduing Eighteen Palms but not Dog-Beating Staff Technique, leaving the Beggar Clan elders baffled as Lu Zhang suddenly roared at someone.

• Xu Kun selected the shy golden orb, which granted him a hidden opportunity, and chose the A-tier Coiling Dragon Strike rather than Dragon Subduing Eighteen Palms and Dog-Beating Staff Technique.
• A violet ray from the Purple Star activated a formation on Xuanyuan Terrace, and a sacred greatsword entered Xu Kun’s glabella.
• Yang Yao learned from Song Qingxi that Xuanyuan Terrace was where the Xuanyuan Lord had once comprehended the Dao, and Xu Kun acknowledged that his opportunity was related to him.
• Xu Kun declined the two great arts and invited the elders to let Guo Jing inherit from the Subduing Dragon Stone.
• Guo Jing learned Dragon Subduing Eighteen Palms, though he could not yet use its final three forms, but inherited none of Dog-Beating Staff Technique.
• The Beggar Clan elders were stunned by Guo Jing’s unusual inheritance, and Lu Zhang suddenly roared, “What are you trying to do!”

Huang Rong secretly entered the Beggar Clan inheritance and Guo Jing defended her from the elders, who attacked them for stealing the legacy. After the Dog Beating Staff recognized Huang Rong as its master, she defeated the elders and challenged their accusations by invoking her connection to Hong Qigong.

• Huang Rong touched the Subduing Dragon Stone to enter the inheritance, and Guo Jing stood between her and the angry Beggar Clan elders.
• Guo Jing fought the elders to protect Huang Rong, eventually declaring himself clan leader and using the Dragon Subduing Eighteen Palms to stop them.
• Lu Zhang struck Huang Rong with a shockwave, knocking off her cap and revealing that she was a woman, while Chen Guyan attacked her with a sword.
• The Dog Beating Staff sprang from the altar, knocked Chen Guyan away, and recognized Huang Rong as its master after absorbing her blood.
• Huang Rong used the Dog-Beating Staff Technique to knock down the elders, then asked whether they recognized Northern Beggar Hong Qigong.

Huang Rong revealed that she was Hong Qigong’s disciple, rebuked the Beggar Clan elders for their selfishness and violations of clan rules, and was chosen as its new chief after Guo Jing declined the role. The elders bowed to her, but one spat phlegm onto Guo Jing.

• Zhan Rourou recognized Hong Qigong as the Beggar Clan’s founding chief, and Huang Rong confirmed that he was her master.
• Huang Rong explained that Xu Kun had given up the Beggar Clan inheritances because he preferred other things and lacked high-tier skill slots.
• Huang Rong exposed the elders’ self-serving plans and condemned them for driving Qiao away and breaking the clan’s rules.
• Huang Rong declared Guo Jing the new chief because he had learned the Dragon Subduing Eighteen Palms, but Guo Jing refused and nominated her instead.
• Huang Rong accepted the chief position, and the elders bowed to her before someone spat phlegm onto Guo Jing’s chest.

Huang Rong took command of the Beggar Clan and exposed Quan Guanqing’s conspiracy with the Wolf Race Iron Cavalry. After Xu Kun’s group killed Quan Guanqing and destroyed his soul, Huang Rong turned to disciplining the clan’s elders and restoring order.

• The Beggar Clan spat on Guo Jing as part of its tradition for newly appointed leaders, and Yang Yao washed him clean before he and Huang Rong flirted.
• Huang Rong questioned Quan Guanqing and uncovered his collaboration with the Wolf Race Iron Cavalry to oust Qiao Feng and seize control of the Beggar Clan and City of Sin.
• Quan Guanqing admitted his scheme, and Huang Rong ordered Xu Kun’s companions to kill him despite promising not to do it herself.
• Sikong Ting used lightning to kill Quan Guanqing and destroy his soul, preventing him from reviving with his Undying Body buff.
• Huang Rong announced that the clan would deal with its elders next and asked them to cooperate with her plan to secure lasting peace.

Huang Rong used a public referendum to expose the Beggar Clan's wrongdoing, then burned the reports and spared the clan to secure its loyalty. She later revealed that her father was East Heretic Huang Yaoshi and asked Su Xiaoxiao about the Myriad Valley Pine Wind Fan and Azure Sea Tide Song, leaving the reason she recognized the song unanswered.

• Huang Rong ordered the Beggar Clan to report one another's crimes, and the members compiled a mountain of accusations against the elders and management.
• Guo Jing burned the reports at Huang Rong's direction, and she warned the clan to obey its rules while pardoning past offenses, including those of the Great Wisdom Branch.
• Huang Rong told Xu Kun that she and Guo Jing would jointly manage the Beggar Clan and that the clan would follow his orders.
• Huang Rong identified Su Xiaoxiao's fan and Hao Jian's blade as two of the Five Supremes' divine artifacts and explained that her father, East Heretic Huang Yaoshi, sought the fan.
• Huang Rong asked Su Xiaoxiao about the Azure Sea Tide Song, and her explanation began but was cut off.

Xu Kun negotiated with the leaders of City of Sin over giving humanity half of its shares, explaining that the profits would be dry shares and that he intended to build a new city to compensate the factions. The leaders remained uncertain about his ambitious promise as he began to introduce a deal he expected them to want.

• Huang Rong recognized the Azure Sea Tide Song and invited Su Xiaoxiao to visit Peach Blossom Island, then learned she and Hao Jian were headed to Great Wall Academy with her.
• Xu Kun learned that several of his companions were bound for Great Wall Academy, while Yang Yao said they would discuss Rou Rou's plans later.
• Xu Kun called the City of Sin faction leaders together, and Yun Cheng Wanlipeng questioned whether half the city's shares should go to humanity.
• Xu Kun explained that humanity would receive dry shares without management authority, while the remaining shares would be divided among the factions.
• Xu Kun said he planned to build a new city to make up for the destruction of City of Glaciers, though he admitted he had no City-Building Token or plan yet.
• Xu Kun told the leaders that he had a major deal to present.

Xu Kun proposed using the City of Sin to launch multiple main city offense-and-defense battles, promising that its factions would share the spoils. After the factions agreed to follow him, he prepared to discuss a new allocation of the shares.

• Xu Kun announced his plan to stake the City of Sin and conquer more than one main city, while Ye You warned that such wagers could provoke devastating retaliation.
• Xu Kun assured everyone that he had considered the risks and promised their surrendered shares would eventually return many times over.
• Huang Rong, Niu Dali, Feng Bo Ting, and Yan Fuhai agreed to follow Xu Kun, and Feng Bo Ting confirmed that Xu Kun possessed a powerful Phoenix Race Bloodline.
• Yun Cheng Wanlipeng agreed on behalf of Lion Camel Ridge after Xu Kun promised to bring him on the attacks, and Ye You then pledged Night Ape Valley's obedience.
• Xu Kun declared the first item unanimously approved and said he would redistribute the shares beyond the fifty percent allotted to the human race.

Xu Kun divided City of Sin’s remaining shares among the factions, declared Shan Yanguai his servant, and renamed the city City of Freedom. The human race learned of the change as the city began a new era under Xu Kun’s rule.

• Xu Kun assigned the major factions shares in City of Sin and reserved the remaining portion for smaller factions to earn through conquest and performance.
• Xu Kun revealed that Shan Yanguai had become his servant after being sealed in the Soul Sealing Stone, silencing concerns about the Corpse Control Sect.
• Xu Kun asked the faction leaders to suggest a new name for the city, and Yang Yao proposed Freedom.
• Xu Kun and the leaders approved the name City of Freedom, with Huang Rong set to lead the work of establishing its rules.
• Xu Kun used the City Lord Token to rename City of Sin, and the human race received the announcement as it prepared to relocate the City of Glaciers.

Xu Kun set City of Freedom’s development plans and received a map to guide his team’s leveling. Yang Yao explained why bosses were scarce below the eleventh tier, but Ye You hinted that one might still be found somewhere in City of Freedom.

• Xu Kun outlined plans to develop City of Freedom’s economy, recruit powerful people, expand its territory, and build infrastructure, while Huang Rong recorded the proposals and organized the construction effort.
• Xu Kun said his team would level in wilderness maps, and Ye You gave him a detailed map of City of Freedom and its surrounding monster zones.
• Xu Kun asked where to find more bosses, prompting Yang Yao to explain the five-level experience limit and the sharply rising strength of higher-tier monsters.
• Yang Yao said bosses below the eleventh tier were quickly hunted down, so Xu Kun’s team would need to level up before searching higher-tier areas.
• Ye You hesitantly suggested that one place in City of Freedom might still have a boss below the eleventh tier.

Xu Kun learned how wilderness regions were classified and why Ye You had suggested exploring the Poisonous Mistlands. Ye You identified the Five Venoms Sect’s territory as a dangerous forbidden land that might still contain powerful bosses.

• Yang Yao explained the differences between wastelands, danger zones, death zones, restricted zones, and forbidden lands, and noted that the Sea of Fire Ravine might become a new forbidden land.
• Xu Kun stopped the leaders’ argument and asked Ye You to identify the place he had proposed.
• Yang Yao spotted the Poisonous Mistlands on the City of Freedom map, and Ye You confirmed it was the area he meant.
• Ye You explained that the Poison Source Pool filled the Poisonous Mistlands with increasingly dense poisonous mist toward its center, making it dangerous for anyone without poison cultivation.
• Ye You said the Five Venoms Sect had established itself near the pool and profited from the poisonous creatures and herbs in the region.

Ye You explained the Poisonous Mistlands’ dangers, and Yun Cheng Wanlipeng revealed that an SSS-tier poison dragon guarded the Poison Source Pool, where the poisonous fog dealt 100,000 base damage per second. Just as Xu Kun lost interest in reaching the dragon, his waist suddenly trembled.

• Ye You described how the major factions explored the Poisonous Mistlands’ outer region while its inner region contained lethal mixed-damage poisonous fog.
• Ye You said the Poison Source Pool was even more deadly, and Yun Cheng Wanlipeng identified its guardian as a level 10, level 10 SSS-tier poison dragon.
• Yun Cheng Wanlipeng showed footage of his fight with the dragon and explained that he had fled because the pool’s fog dealt 100,000 base poison damage per second.
• Hao Jian and Xu Kun realized they could not safely reach the poison dragon, but Xu Kun’s waist suddenly trembled.

Xu Kun received five Five Elements Poison Avoidance Pills and prepared to enter the Poisonous Mistlands, but learned that Zhan Rourou was leaving for Western Frontier Base City the next day. After sharing an intimate farewell on Xuanyuan Terrace, he watched her swallow a black bead and disappear, leaving him with no explanation.

• The Divine Wood King Cauldron produced five Five Elements Poison Avoidance Pills, and Xu Kun decided to head for the Poisonous Mistlands.
• Zhan Rourou revealed that she had enrolled in Western Frontier Academy and would leave for Western Frontier Base City the next morning.
• Xu Kun and Zhan Rourou spent time alone on Xuanyuan Terrace, where they shared an intimate farewell and promised to meet again.
• As her energy ran low, Zhan Rourou swallowed a black bead, told Xu Kun not to look for her, and vanished into specks of starlight.

After leaving the Haotian Pagoda, Xu Kun told Yang Yao about Zhan Rourou's strange behavior and discussed preparations for leveling in the Poisonous Mistlands before fighting its poison dragon. Yang Yao had arranged supplies and poison resistance medicines, and Xu Kun was left at the Sword Pool Holy Land when someone knocked on his door.

• Xu Kun left the Haotian Pagoda, answered Yang Yao's video call, and told her about Zhan Rourou's unusual behavior; Yang Yao promised to check on her.
• Yang Yao explained that Su Xiaoxiao and Hao Jian would level elsewhere, while Shen-bao had returned to Blue Star and Zhan Rourou could not enter the pagoda for three days.
• Xu Kun and Yang Yao agreed to enter the Poisonous Mistlands with the available team and level toward level 5, rank 10 before challenging the level 10, rank 10 poison dragon.
• Yang Yao revealed she had arranged recovery supplies and planned to obtain high-quality poison-repelling medicines from the Five Venoms Sect, which Yan Fuhai's forces had wiped out.
• After Xu Kun ended the call, someone knocked and asked whether he had returned.

Xu Kun learned that the City of Glaciers was nearing destruction and that Anivia had asked him to provide a solution. He then discovered that Queen Ashe, speaking for the Russia War Zone, wanted its citizens above the Tenth Floor to move into his newly claimed City of Freedom.

• Xu Kun assured Ou Yezi that he would reclaim more than two hundred secret realms, but Gan Jiang warned him that the City of Glaciers crisis involved the Kite God’s servant, Anivia.
• Gan Jiang explained that Anivia had requested a solution because the Russia War Zone’s trial takers would have nowhere to stand above the Tenth Floor if the City of Glaciers fell.
• Gan Jiang told Xu Kun that Queen Ashe, a Saint-tier powerhouse and wife of wolf-race leader Tryndamere, had denounced him on behalf of the Russia War Zone.
• Gan Jiang revealed that Queen Ashe’s latest demand was for Russia War Zone citizens above the Tenth Floor to move into Xu Kun’s City of Freedom.

Xu Kun considered how to shelter the homeless citizens of the City of Glaciers without letting hostile forces gain influence in the City of Freedom. After studying the Ice Wolf Mountain Range, he proposed building a fortress at Ice Wolf Canyon, a strategic passage connecting Ice Wolf City to the City of Freedom.

• Gan Jiang warned Xu Kun that moving the citizens of the City of Glaciers into the City of Freedom could let another power occupy his territory.
• Xu Kun received Yang Yao's message with the coordinates of the Ice Wolf Mountain Range and found Ice Wolf City on the other side of the range.
• Xu Kun compared the maps and discovered Ice Wolf Canyon, a passage splitting the mountain range and linking Ice Wolf City with the City of Freedom.
• Xu Kun proposed building a fortress at the canyon's eastern entrance to shelter the homeless citizens and guard the route, and Gan Jiang and Ou Yezi praised the plan.
• Xu Kun reviewed the City of Freedom's territory and realized that the Guanjiang River offered no safe barrier against Wolf Race Iron Cavalry entering from the canyon.