Chapter Summaries

Cheng Tian examined the Golden Knight Statue and Emerald Wand, then used the wand to strengthen himself and his equipment. He opened the prince’s Silver Treasure Chest and found three new items.

• Cheng Tian learned that the Golden Knight Statue could revive Players rated Bronze or below in any instance, though it would occupy an inventory slot until used.
• Cheng Tian reviewed the Emerald Wand’s effects and recognized its warning about using sixteen wands as a reference to a game’s level-resetting Data Overflow mechanic.
• Cheng Tian used the Emerald Wand outside combat, raising his HP Cap to 280, upgrading the Balford Dual Swords to Lv2 and the Dragon Scale Breastplate to Lv5, and adding two points to Spirit.
• Cheng Tian performed the fifth Rampage Cut Ritual on the prince’s Silver Treasure Chest, which released a blinding light.
• Cheng Tian obtained Prince’s Sword, the Titan’s Grip skill scroll, and the Crimson Chaos Wand from the chest.

Cheng Tian examined the loot from Silver Prince Alan and learned Titan’s Grip, which let him wield and switch between more weapons while easing equipment requirements. He also obtained a second Crimson Chaos Wand, a powerful treasure that could enhance his servants, mounts, and two designated players.

• Cheng Tian found that the Rampage Cutting Technique had split the remaining loot into Prince Alan’s and the Ultimate Guard’s drop pools, producing the Prince’s Sword and Alan’s Last Words.
• Cheng Tian discovered that the Prince’s Sword’s Strength and Charisma requirements prevented him from equipping it, and that Alan’s comment left no way to bypass them.
• Cheng Tian tore open the Scroll of Titan’s Grip and learned the skill, which added a weapon set, allowed weapon-set switching without a cooldown, and reduced equipment requirements.
• Cheng Tian realized Titan’s Grip reduced the Prince’s Sword’s requirements but still left its Charisma requirement beyond his current ability except when the Blazing Sun Mask’s bonus applied.
• Cheng Tian examined the Crimson Chaos Wand, which could extend Emerald Wand-like effects to his servants, combat mounts, and two designated players.

After Silver Prince Alan’s death and the Knights of the Round Table Legion’s occupation of Silver Fortress, Cheng Tian avoided pursuing the fleeing Roman players and watched the dungeon settle. Arthur honored him as the first honorary foreign knight of the Britain Knights of the Round Table Legion, granting him the title “Dragon Elephant.”

• Cheng Tian read the settlement conditions and decided not to chase the fleeing Roman Faction players, wary of desperate enemies and satisfied with his gains.
• Arthur led his men into Silver Fortress, and the Knights of the Round Table Legion raised its banner to mark the fortress’s occupation.
• Chosen Space froze the battle and showed footage of Cheng Tian’s exploits, including his battle with Alan in Ghost Rider form.
• The dungeon settlement began, and Arthur knighted Cheng Tian as an honorary foreign knight with the exclusive title “Dragon Elephant.”
• Chosen Space preserved Cheng Tian’s mutated Rampage Cutting Technique for relearning in a future dungeon and archived his Knights of the Round Table experiences.

After the Knights of the Round Table drove out the Silver Legion, Cheng Tian received Arthur’s invitation to the Knight Festival and recognized that the celebration would likely lead to a campaign against the Golden Grand Duke. He left the instance after entrusting Arthur with the Shock Orbs, then received notice that his Chosen Player rating had risen to Black Iron Rank.

• The Knights of the Round Table settled at Silver Fortress to rest and host the Knight Festival, and Cheng Tian received an invitation from Arthur.
• Cheng Tian anticipated that Roman assassins would disrupt the festival and that the Knights would eventually campaign against the Golden Grand Duke.
• Cheng Tian connected the invitation to advancing Arthur of Demon World Village’s final wish and considered his honorary knighthood and title, Dragon Elephant.
• The British players received mostly B settlements, and several died pursuing fleeing enemies who fought back with last-resort methods.
• Cheng Tian entrusted his three Shock Orbs to Arthur, warned him to watch for Garibaldi’s retaliation, and left the instance.
• The space evaluated Cheng Tian’s PK Value and strength, raised his Chosen Player rating, and granted him the Black Iron Rank prefix.

Cheng Tian officially advanced to Black Iron Rank and received settlement rewards for completing the Dino Crisis Dungeon, including Grail Quest and Ghost Rider Transformation. After reviewing his updated status and new achievement, he realized its dungeon-specific Shock Orb might work with Soul Salvation.

• Cheng Tian reached Black Iron Rank and learned that upcoming Moon Trial Dungeons would provide modifier hints while Black Iron Rank Bounty Missions and modifiers became available.
• The Game Master settlement awarded Cheng Tian Grail Quest and Ghost Rider Transformation as Extra Skills, recognizing his dungeon completion, exploration, kills, and achievements.
• Cheng Tian ordered a huge meal for himself and his monsters, then checked his contacts and found Eileen, Smart Head, and others still offline.
• Cheng Tian reviewed his updated Personal Panel and discovered that the Mystery of the Three-Orb Spell achievement granted a random Shock Orb in each new dungeon.
• Cheng Tian considered whether the Shock Orb counted as a throwable consumable that could be used with Soul Salvation.

Cheng Tian showed Kelly his new weapons and learned the Prince's Sword might regain its Legendary Gold potential under special circumstances. After spending heavily to enhance his equipment, he auctioned the Crimson Chaos Wand's third enhancement slot and activated solo trial mode with the Demon King's Castle Map.

• Cheng Tian visited Kelly at the enhancement machine and showed her his twin swords, greatsword, and Prince's Sword.
• Kelly said the Prince's Sword had once had the potential to become Legendary Gold and might regain it through a special opportunity.
• Cheng Tian spent heavily enhancing his equipment and realized he could not afford to push everything to +10.
• Cheng Tian put the Crimson Chaos Wand's third enhancement slot up for auction to the highest bidder.
• Cheng Tian activated solo trial mode using the Demon King's Castle Map.

Cheng Tian entered Demon World Village’s Demon King’s Castle Outer Ghost Town to earn money, only to have his Grail skill add a new modifier that could attract outsiders seeking the Grail. The chapter left him considering how many such people might appear in the dungeon.

• Cheng Tian spent most of his remaining coins enhancing his armor and weapons, then decided to make money in the exclusive Demon King’s Castle dungeon.
• Cheng Tian activated the Demon King’s Castle Map and entered the Outer Ghost Town, where the dungeon warned that monsters would be stronger and reinforcements would arrive.
• Cheng Tian’s title granted him a Red Shock Orb, and his plot-limited equipment restored the Knight/Arthur protagonist template.
• Cheng Tian’s Grail skill created the Grail Projection modifier, which could attract Lost Souls seeking the Grail and added quests to recruit an outsider and find an Easter Egg Item.
• Cheng Tian arrived in Ghost Town and realized the Grail Projection might draw many people to the dungeon.

Cheng Tian entered Demon World Village with new equipment and summoned Ghost Cicada, then tested a plan to turn Innocent Souls into a powerful orb that wiped out a huge crowd of monsters. As Money Bags rained down with the corpses, a short-haired woman in a business suit appeared and asked what was happening.

• Cheng Tian activated the Fire Moth Wings, equipped the Prince's Sword for throwing, and prepared to fight the monsters of Demon World Village.
• Cheng Tian used Night Parade of a Hundred Demons to transform a ghost with a knight's breastplate into Ghost Cicada, whose Flash Spell killed the surrounding ghosts.
• Cheng Tian, Ghost Cicada, and Original Stone Pterosaur gathered monsters and collected more than a hundred Innocent Souls.
• Cheng Tian condensed 100 Innocent Souls into a Red Shock Orb and threw it into the gathered monsters, killing nearly all of them and causing Money Bags to fall from the sky.
• A short-haired woman in a modern business suit appeared and asked what was happening.

Cheng Tian used a Red Shock Orb to wipe out monsters and replenish the Innocent Souls he had spent, then met Bazett Fraga Makremis, who had been brought back by a Grail Projection after dying. Bazett recovered her memories and was left longing for Cú Chulainn.

• Cheng Tian bombed a crowd of monsters, converting them into Valuables and recovering enough Innocent Souls to fill his meter again.
• Cheng Tian noticed a one-armed woman below and descended with the Original Stone Pterosaur and Ghost Cicada.
• Cheng Tian introduced himself as Orange and explained that they were in a world based on King Arthur's legends, occupied by a Demon King.
• Bazett remembered seeing the Grail, and Cheng Tian explained that the Grail Projection had granted false life to the dead who longed for the Grail.
• Bazett recovered her memories of dying after Father Matou severed her left arm and expressed longing and regret for Cú Chulainn.

Cheng Tian received a Silver Side Quest requiring him to save Bazett and avenge her by killing Kirei Kotomine, and he accepted Bazett as his Contract Servant. Their contract formed, while Eileen sensed an unexplained danger during her fight in the instance.

• Bazett feared she would die and recalled how Kirei Kotomine had betrayed her, stolen her Command Spell and Heroic Spirit, and left her to bleed out.
• Cheng Tian received the Silver Side Quest, which required him to take Bazett as a Servant, return to Demon World Village regularly, and eventually kill Kirei Kotomine in the Fate/hollow ataraxia instance.
• Cheng Tian offered to become Bazett's Master, and Bazett accepted his hand, forming a contract marked by a Command Spell.
• Cheng Tian saw Bazett's status as a Holy Grail Heroic Spirit, including her rune magic, unarmed combat ability, and Crimson Branch trait.
• Eileen shuddered and sensed danger while fighting through the final stage of the instance's Main Quest.

Cheng Tian completed his contract with Bazett and reassured her that her severed arm could be restored, then resumed fighting monsters in Demon World Village. His expanded magic triggered a new Juste Belmont template, granting him powerful equipment and skills.

• Cheng Tian completed his contract with Bazett, whose loyalty remained driven by survival and revenge against Kirei Kotomine.
• Cheng Tian reassured Bazett that Chosen Space could restore her missing arm, and she agreed to call him Orange.
• Cheng Tian and Bazett joined the Original Stone Pterosaur and Ghost Cicada to gather and defeat monsters, while Cheng Tian explained that his high rank reduced their chest drops.
• Cheng Tian used a Magic Book to expand his Red Shock spell, killing masses of flying monsters and impressing Bazett.
• The Game Master loaded the Juste Belmont template for Cheng Tian, granting him Juste's Grimoire, Vampire Killer, Combination Magic, Whip Mastery, and Quick Step.

Cheng Tian discovered that the Juste Template’s enhanced Magic Book and Combination Magic could turn Red Shock Orbs into enormous area attacks, with their mana cost shifted onto Innocent Souls. He and his companions blasted Ghost Town until its monster spawns began to dwindle.

• Cheng Tian examined Juste’s five-attribute Grimoire and learned how its bonuses worked with Combination Magic.
• Cheng Tian used the summoning Magic Book with a Red Shock Orb to create a Merlin-supported spell whose range expanded from 10 meters to 35 meters.
• Cheng Tian realized that Combination Magic did not consume the orb and that Simon’s Soul Salvation let Innocent Souls cover the spell’s mana cost.
• Ghost Cicada and the Original Stone Pterosaur lured monsters while Cheng Tian repeatedly unleashed Merlin Shock and ordinary mana orbs.
• Cheng Tian’s attacks devastated Ghost Town until the monster spawns began to stop.

Cheng Tian cleared Ghost Town’s monster-filled mansions, collected the dungeon’s hidden items, and tested powerful Combination Magic while seeking Knight Armor. With the town silent and the Twin Ogres breathing near the mountain, he changed his title to “911.”

• Cheng Tian and his companions gathered hundreds of Money Bags and King Statues after he slaughtered more than a thousand monsters in Ghost Town.
• Cheng Tian entered a mansion, weakened its ogres with Merlin Shock, and killed them using Combination Magic with his weapons and Magic Books.
• Cheng Tian explained that his knight and Vampire Magic Hunter templates could only be used in Demon World Village, and considered the possibility of fully clearing that dungeon later.
• Cheng Tian collected a Knight Statue and a Miyachi Windmill at Ghost Town’s entrance, then found Knight Armor and a Buff Miyachi Windmill beyond the mansion.
• After Cheng Tian killed the mansion’s ogres and Ghost Town fell silent, he watched the Twin Ogres near the mountain and changed his equipped title to “911.”

Cheng Tian defeated the Twin Ogres by exploiting their twin trait and the 911 title’s damage bonus while attacking from the War Elephant Mammoth. After the battle, Bazett asked about the Crystal Moluo Eye, prompting Cheng Tian to wonder whether her blood could turn it into a Noble Phantasm.

• Cheng Tian blinded the Twin Ogres, examined their Twin Ogres trait, and attacked them from the War Elephant Mammoth to trigger the 911 title’s bonus damage.
• Cheng Tian and his summoned allies carefully reduced both ogres’ health before Ghost Cicada finished them with Solar Flare.
• The Twin Ogres dropped a rainbow-lit key, a knight’s breastplate, and a bronze-colored treasure chest, while a five-minute return countdown began.
• Bazett asked Cheng Tian about the Crystal Moluo Eye, and he asked whether her blood could transform it into a Noble Phantasm.

Cheng Tian returned to Personal Space with Bazett after completing the Ghost Town instance at 120%, where the Grail Quest side quests had boosted the completion rate. He introduced Bazett to her new living arrangements, but Eileen’s sudden arrival interrupted them as she announced major goods at the Auction House and noticed Bazett.

• The Space archived Cheng Tian’s Juste Belmont template and Demon World Village experiences, then reported 120% mission completion.
• Cheng Tian and his companions, including the newly contracted Bazett, teleported from the Demon King's Castle Map to Personal Space.
• Cheng Tian explained Bazett’s modification privileges and gave her five thousand coins, while she admitted she could eat anything.
• Eileen burst into Personal Space to tell Cheng Tian about major goods at the Auction House, then asked who Bazett was.
• A white-haired, dark-skinned figure peered over Eileen’s shoulder at Cheng Tian.

Cheng Tian, Eileen, Bazett, and Makina Mina shared a meal and discussed their recent dungeons and contracts. Eileen explained how she met Mina during a survival battle royale, where their matching archery skills brought them together.

• Bazett introduced herself to Eileen as Cheng Tian’s contracted Heroic Spirit and close-combat guard.
• Cheng Tian asked about Mina, and Eileen confirmed that she had formed a contract with the white-haired, dark-skinned girl in the last dungeon.
• After their food arrived, Cheng Tian and Eileen exchanged information about their Main Dungeons.
• Eileen described surviving the Samurai Shodown Zero dungeon, where players had to endure until enough participants died or seventy-two hours passed.
• Eileen explained that she met the isolated Demon Slayer Makina Mina after their arrows collided, and the two eventually formed a contract.

Eileen told Cheng Tian how she and Mina killed Corrupt Heretic by reversing its healing inside a trap, then revealed that she had brought Mina along after completing a side quest. When Eileen mentioned the valuable Crimson Chaos Wand enhancement slot at the Auction House, Cheng Tian revealed that he had put it up.

• Eileen and Mina joined forces after their arrow duel and hunted Corrupt Heretic, which had been devouring people and NPCs.
• Eileen described how she used a trap that turned healing into damage, causing Corrupt Heretic to eat corpses until it died.
• Eileen earned a better main quest rating and a Bronze Side Quest that let her take Mina with her.
• Eileen learned that an enhancement slot for the Crimson Chaos Wand had appeared at the Auction House and told Cheng Tian about its valuable bonus.
• Cheng Tian revealed the Crimson Chaos Wand and said that he had listed its enhancement slot at the Auction House.

Eileen tried to repay Cheng Tian for reserving her a slot on the Crimson Chaos Wand, while Cheng Tian asked Mina about her Bronze Side Quest. Mina revealed that unknown demons had massacred her village, and Cheng Tian’s reaction to Chaburu made Eileen suspect he knew something about the murder.

• Eileen tried to kiss Cheng Tian to express her gratitude, but he stopped her and complained that she had food stuck between her teeth.
• Mina and Bazett reacted to Cheng Tian’s generosity, with Mina growing possessive and Bazett considering how she might repay him.
• Cheng Tian asked about Mina’s Bronze Side Quest, and Mina said she wanted revenge on the unknown demons who massacred her village.
• Cheng Tian looked at Chaburu, who became visibly nervous, and Eileen noticed his reaction.
• Eileen connected Cheng Tian’s apparent knowledge about Mina’s enemy to his earlier question about finding information on the worlds behind Dungeon Blueprints.

Cheng Tian told Eileen that Chaburu had destroyed Makina Mina’s village and was also her emotional pillar, making Mina likely to die alongside it if she got revenge. Eileen’s quest updated with a way to prevent that outcome, and she considered who could replace Chaburu in Mina’s heart.

• Cheng Tian confirmed that Chaburu had slaughtered Mina’s hometown and warned that Mina would join it in death if it died before she replaced it as her emotional pillar.
• Cheng Tian proposed raising Eileen’s reputation with Mina to Revered so Eileen could take Chaburu’s place, and Eileen’s Bronze Side Quest updated with that objective.
• Eileen thanked Cheng Tian for revealing the quest’s solution, and the two returned to find Mina and Bazett eating in his Personal Space.
• Eileen realized that someone other than herself could replace Chaburu, but worried that Mina’s dislike of men ruled out Cheng Tian and that she was not attracted to women.
• Eileen’s attention settled on Bazett as a possible person to become Mina’s emotional pillar.

Cheng Tian auctioned his Crimson Chaos Wand, which drew fierce bidding from wealthy Players. Three groups remained in the final round, and Cheng Tian faced a choice between their rare offers, including a ticket to the exclusive Ys: Origin dungeon.

• Cheng Tian attended the Auction House with Eileen, Bazett, and Mina, who had changed their appearances for the occasion.
• Players sent Cheng Tian offers and threats over his Crimson Chaos Wand, and he had the Auction House reply to the threats with an insult.
• Cheng Tian waited for the wand's auction to begin and watched its bids climb past two hundred thousand Chosen Coins.
• Three groups reached the final round with offers of equal value: a Seagull dagger, a Treasure Crystal skill scroll, and a Black Pearl Shard that opened the Ys: Origin dungeon.