Chapter Summaries

Wang Zhifan reviewed his new Rare Tier equipment and adjusted his gear, gaining a substantial Strength boost from the Giant Strength Bracers. He put on the Evil Spirit's Encouragement alongside his old necklace and saw that one of his skills had leveled up.

• Wang Zhifan assessed Evil Spirit's Encouragement and Frost Edge, deciding the necklace was useful but the longsword was unnecessary for him.
• Wang Zhifan left the monster cavern in Invisibility after its remaining monsters grew frenzied following the underground BOSS's death.
• Wang Zhifan rejected the Hunger Belt because its effects could worsen his hunger and kept wearing the Iron Mountain Sash.
• Wang Zhifan replaced his Berserk Bracers with the Giant Strength Bracers, raising his Strength from 47 to 54, and removed his Rage Gloves.
• Wang Zhifan kept Chapter of Gloom, put on Evil Spirit's Encouragement as a second necklace, and checked his panel to find that one of his skills had leveled up.

Wang Zhifan tested how his upgraded Summon Red Deer skill affected the Crimson Deer Horse, then traveled to Rogue Town after learning it was recruiting professionals to fight the Demon Tide. He arrived at the Wild Rose Tavern and recognized a man he suspected was the Assassin player from the camp.

• Wang Zhifan discovered that Summon Red Deer had risen to Lv. 7, increasing his daily summons and the Crimson Deer Horse's speed and travel limit.
• Wang Zhifan removed Evil Spirit's Encouragement to test the horse, but saw no change in its appearance or condition.
• Wang Zhifan rode north toward Rogue Town and found that his experience had risen to 73/100 after killing monsters along the way.
• At a crossroads, a gray-robed Mage told Wang Zhifan that Baron Rogue had gathered professionals to fight the Demon Tide and directed him toward Rogue Town.
• Wang Zhifan entered Rogue Town and headed to the Wild Rose Tavern, where he spotted a man he suspected was the Assassin player from the camp.

Wang Zhifan visited the Wild Rose Tavern to sell equipment and learned that its buyer offered three gold coins for a fine-quality dagger. He stayed when the Baron of Rogue Town arrived and announced a risky plan to end the Demon Tide, leaving its details unrevealed.

• Wang Zhifan entered the Wild Rose Tavern and asked the waitress where he could sell equipment.
• Old Bert offered only twenty-eight copper coins for an ordinary iron sword, explaining that the tavern now bought only quality weapons.
• Wang Zhifan showed Old Bert a fine-quality dagger, rejected his offer of three gold coins, and put the dagger away.
• Wang Zhifan noticed a carriage arrive and waited as the Baron of Rogue Town entered with an elderly Mage and an armored Warrior.
• The Baron of Rogue Town told the gathered professionals that he had a risky plan to end the Demon Tide and promised precious gifts to those who joined.

Baron Rog recruited professionals to retrieve a holy relic from the ruined Holy City Aifilan, claiming it could help end the Demon Tide. He demonstrated that the Omniscient Crystal detected hostile intent, revealing several would-be attackers and an invisible figure near him.

• Baron Rog told the tavern that a dream had directed him to find a holy relic in Holy City Aifilan and use it to summon a god and end the Demon Tide.
• The professionals questioned the plan because Aifilan was a forbidden zone, so Baron Rog showed them the Omniscient Crystal and explained its powers.
• Baron Rog asked the gathered professionals to test the crystal by attacking him or his guards, promising to pardon them.
• The Omniscient Crystal projected red beams at people who had merely considered attacking Baron Rog and revealed a thin, translucent figure in the air before him.

Baron Rogue offered the professionals rewards to join his plan to enter Holy City Aifilan and find the holy relic, using the Omniscient Crystal to strengthen their confidence. Most agreed to participate, while Wang Zhifan joined mainly to claim equipment and remained wary of the plan.

• The Omniscient Crystal exposed a hidden man's location and convinced the tavern's professionals that it could help them reach Holy City Aifilan.
• Baron Rogue promised to cover travel costs, let participants choose fine equipment from his treasury, grant them the right to keep treasures they found, and commission treasure-grade equipment if they found the holy relic.
• A suited player learned that treasure-grade equipment was exceptionally rare and became excited by the promised reward.
• Baron Rogue warned that the mission would be dangerous and casualties were likely, then invited those unwilling to risk it to leave.
• The professionals in the tavern agreed to join, and Wang Zhifan stayed for the equipment while preparing to flee if the plan went wrong.

Baron Rogue led the professionals and players to his family treasury, where they found a large supply of Rare-grade equipment specialized for fighting monsters. Wang Zhifan questioned why the baron was offering such powerful, narrowly focused gear as the group prepared to choose their rewards.

• Baron Rogue led the gathered professionals and players out of the Wild Rose Tavern toward the family treasury.
• Wang Zhifan observed Rogue Town's prosperity as the group passed through its streets.
• A player asked an NPC professional whether the gods existed and could stop the Demon Tide, and the professional defended the faith while admitting the gods had been hard to contact.
• Baron Rogue brought everyone into the treasury, where they found plentiful Rare-grade weapons and equipment designed to harm spirits, demons, and other dark creatures.
• Wang Zhifan suspected the specialized equipment had been commissioned to help the group fight monsters and questioned why such valuable gear was being given away.

Wang Zhifan chose a Demon-Slaying Belt and boarded a carriage as other professionals began causing trouble in Rogue Town. The fleeing players were captured and escorted away, and Baron Rogue urged the convoy to depart for its mission.

• Wang Zhifan selected a Rare Tier Demon-Slaying Belt, stored it, and went to the carriage area.
• Wang Zhifan watched players fight Rogue Town's forces and try to flee as the Omniscient Crystal tracked them.
• A vast barrier sealed the basin, preventing the players from escaping.
• Baron Rogue's guards surrounded the fleeing players, who stopped fighting and were escorted to a building resembling an altar.
• Baron Rogue promised the offenders would be punished and told everyone to set out on the mission.

Baron Rogue entrusted Sandra with the Omniscient Crystal and led the convoy out of Rogue Town toward Aifilan. After learning about the region from Andre and crossing a wilderness teleportation array, Wang Zhifan wondered how badly the Demon Tide had weakened the world.

• Baron Rogue gave Sandra the Omniscient Crystal and charged her with bringing the sacred relic back from the Holy City.
• Wang Zhifan spoke with Andre, an outgoing fire Mage, and learned about the world and the places on his map.
• Sandra led the convoy through regions with only weak monsters, which the guards handled.
• The convoy reached a wilderness teleportation array, cleared nearby monsters, and sent an advance party through to check the other side.
• The convoy teleported in groups and arrived near Aifilan, leaving Wang Zhifan impressed by the technology and puzzled by the NPCs' apparent weakness.

Sandra led the mission team into the Aifilan Ruins to reclaim the holy relic, using the Omniscient Crystal to choose a safer route. After the group easily defeated its first wave of monsters, Sandra warned them that a powerful enemy was approaching.

• Sandra guided the convoy through the night and led the NPCs and players toward Aifilan, where the Omniscient Crystal had located the holy relic.
• Sandra chose a less monster-packed entrance to the ruins and led the group through a breach in the city wall.
• Wang Zhifan teamed up with Andre, planning to protect the mage while avoiding unnecessary monster kills and reward pop-ups.
• Gunner players and spellcasters neutralized a wave of more than two hundred crawling monsters before Wang Zhifan or Andre had to act.
• Sandra used the Omniscient Crystal to guide the team onward and warned them that a powerful enemy was rapidly approaching.

Sandra’s mission team encountered a Hell Demon Dragon in the ruins of Holy City Aifilan, and their attacks failed to harm it as it unleashed devastating fire. Just as Sandra expected the team to be consumed by its breath, the flames vanished and a huge impact shook the street behind them.

• Sandra warned the team that a powerful monster was approaching from the sky and readied her magical longbow.
• A Hell Demon Dragon appeared above the street and showered the team with fireballs as Sandra ordered everyone to scatter and counterattack.
• Wang Zhifan assessed the dragon and realized the team’s attacks had barely affected it.
• The Hell Demon Dragon dove toward the street and swept it with a massive stream of Hellfire, forcing the team to flee.
• Sandra believed the mission was lost, but the flames abruptly vanished and a tremendous crash sounded behind her.

Wang Zhifan secretly defeated the Hell Dragon, then delayed choosing his level-up rewards to conceal his abilities. After the group cleared the surrounding monsters, everyone asked him how he had killed the dragon.

• The Hell Dragon crashed into the ruins of Aifilan, frozen solid, while Wang Zhifan appeared on its head and hacked at its neck.
• Sandra urged the others to attack the fallen dragon, and the group launched ranged attacks as Andre wondered how Wang Zhifan had gotten there.
• Wang Zhifan leveled up and received a choice of rewards, including two Excellent-grade items, but decided to postpone choosing them.
• Wang Zhifan told everyone to stop attacking the dead dragon and focus on the monsters closing in around them.
• The group fought off the remaining monsters, and Andre began looking at Wang Zhifan differently.
• After the survivors regrouped, someone asked Wang Zhifan to explain how he had defeated the Hell Dragon.

After the demonic dragon died, Wang Zhifan concealed his role in killing it while Sandra rallied the survivors to continue their mission. When the group searched for drops, a player found a rare ring and nearly fought off others who tried to claim it, until Sandra intervened.

• Wang Zhifan convinced the group that he had not killed the demonic dragon, and they failed to identify who had frozen it.
• Sandra counted at least four dead and six missing, then urged the survivors to continue their mission in Aifilan.
• The players agreed to divide the dropped equipment before moving on and began searching around the demonic dragon's corpse.
• A sportswear-clad Mage found a rare ring that boosted spell skill levels, drawing the attention of other players.
• Several players demanded that the Mage hand over the ring, and Sandra stepped between them to stop a fight.

Wang Zhifan investigated a dispute over a rare-grade ring and helped the team settle it before they resumed their mission. Guided by the Omniscient Crystal, the group cautiously made its way toward the sacred relic and eventually neared its destination.

• Players and NPCs argued over whether the Mage in sportswear should keep the rare-grade ring, while Andre questioned Wang Zhifan about the demonic dragon's death.
• Wang Zhifan determined that the ring had likely dropped from an elite monster killed during the earlier monster tide, not from the demonic dragon.
• Wang Zhifan and Sandra helped broker a compromise, and the Mage in sportswear paid the others with equipment and gold to keep the ring.
• Sandra led the team toward the sacred relic using the Omniscient Crystal, carefully avoiding dangerous areas and slowing their progress.
• The team fought groups of monsters without incident and eventually approached its destination.

Sandra led the team through Aifilan toward a supposed holy relic, while Wang Zhifan secretly inspected the Hell Demon Dragon’s exceptional ring and questioned whether their target was truly holy. The team reached the ruined church and found four powerful winged, horned monsters guarding a dark altar, with no holy relic in sight.

• Sandra used the Omniscient Crystal to warn the team that powerful monsters were hiding in the ruined church and advised them to rest before approaching.
• Wang Zhifan examined the Hell Demon Dragon Ring, recalled secretly returning to claim his rewards, and put the ring away because its fire-element power did not suit him.
• Wang Zhifan sensed a dark and evil aura at the church but no trace of a holy relic, and chose to stay with the team rather than investigate alone.
• After resting, the team followed Sandra’s cautious route and reached the side of the ruined church without encountering any unexpected threats.
• The team saw four horned, winged monsters guarding a dark altar surrounded by human bones, with no sign of the holy relic.

Sandra and the quest party entered the church to search for the holy relic and attacked its four demon-like monsters. When two gunslinger players tried to kill Wang Zhifan for his equipment, their bullets failed to harm him, and they suddenly collapsed unconscious.

• Sandra said the Omniscient Crystal placed the holy relic inside the church’s Dark Altar, and the party split into four squads to attack the monsters.
• Andre asked to team up with Wang Zhifan, who agreed as the groups surrounded the church and launched their assault.
• Sandra charged through the main entrance while Wang Zhifan broke through a window and attacked a monster from behind.
• The party’s coordinated attacks revealed that the four monsters were manageable elite enemies, prompting two gunslinger players to target Wang Zhifan for his equipment.
• The bullets left Wang Zhifan unharmed, and the two gunslinger players suddenly lost consciousness and fell to the ground.

Wang Zhifan secretly killed two teammates who ambushed him, then helped his squad clear the church while concealing his overwhelming strength and claiming no rewards. When Sandra contacted Baron Rogue about the missing holy relic, the baron insisted the evil altar was the relic and ordered a purification ritual, leaving Wang Zhifan convinced the mission was a trap.

• Wang Zhifan deflected two bullets with his Bioforce Field and secretly killed the two players who had shot him from behind.
• Wang Zhifan ended his squad’s fight with an elite monster, and the four squads cleared the church before comparing their meager equipment drops.
• Wang Zhifan refused a share of the dead players’ gear and questioned Andre about their deaths, then went to inspect the central altar and his reward list.
• Sandra searched the Dark Altar for the holy relic, while Wang Zhifan perceived that it contained no relic and instead held jars of human skulls and infant corpses.
• Baron Rogue spoke through Sandra’s Omniscient Crystal, declared the altar to be a contaminated holy relic, and instructed the group to begin a Purification Ritual that would attract monsters.
• Sandra agreed to defend the ritual, but Wang Zhifan grew more suspicious because he knew the altar was wholly evil.

Wang Zhifan concealed himself away from the church while Baron Rogue began a ritual that unleashed monsters in both Rogue Town and the Aifilan ruins. The team realized the purification ritual was a trap, leaving them surrounded and Wang Zhifan wondering what Baron Rogue had gained from their expedition.

• Wang Zhifan warned Sandra to be cautious, then sent his Dream Self avatar to the church and hid at a distance to observe the ritual.
• Baron Rogue prepared Rogue Town for battle and revealed his desire to gain power from a dark altar, while promising players treasure-grade equipment for guarding the town.
• Baron Rogue sealed Rogue Town and his tower behind barriers, then began a sacrificial ritual to summon monsters.
• Dark rifts opened across Rogue Town, while the Omniscient Crystal's red light provoked the monsters throughout Aifilan to converge on the church.
• The professionals and players accused Baron Rogue of betraying them, but Sandra struggled to believe it, and Wang Zhifan wondered why the baron had turned on them.

Wang Zhifan froze the monsters around the church, found the Omniscient Crystal corrupted, collected his delayed rewards, and chose to confront Baron Rogue rather than keep hunting monsters. Meanwhile, Rogue Town remained under siege, and two gunner players fled from one monster encounter only to be pursued by another.

• Wang Zhifan unleashed Ice Source Power, freezing the monsters around the church and allowing the survivors to escape.
• Wang Zhifan discovered that the Omniscient Crystal had been corrupted, then collected a Demon-Summoning Horn and a Demon Necklace as his rewards.
• Wang Zhifan decided to seek revenge on Baron Rogue and rode the Red Deer Horse toward Rogue Town.
• Two gunner players fought their way through the monster-infested streets of Rogue Town, shooting fleeing residents to distract the monsters pursuing them.
• The gunners entered a room and found a tentacled elite monster feeding on three residents, then fled as its tentacles chased them.

Baron Rogue continued his mass sacrifice in Rogue Town while Wang Zhifan raced toward the sealed city after failing to activate a teleportation array. As monsters destroyed the town and its equipment, an assassin player found a usable ring in a ruined warehouse, but nearby monsters began to detect him.

• Baron Rogue noticed a faint crimson response in the ritual crystal and continued the sacrifice, feeding the ritual with Rogue Town’s dying residents.
• Wang Zhifan failed to activate the teleportation array, then rode the Crimson Deer toward Rogue Town at high speed.
• Monsters overran Rogue Town, leaving the streets filled with corpses as Baron Rogue’s ritual continued.
• An assassin player entered a monster-infested warehouse hoping to claim its Rare Tier equipment and discovered that most of it had been destroyed.
• The assassin found a slightly damaged Ring of Light and tried to store it, but a perceptive monster detected him and stirred the creatures outside.

Wang Zhifan broke through Rogue Town’s outer barrier and confronted Baron Rogue as the town’s sacrificial ritual neared completion. He stopped Baron Rogue from destroying the ritual’s result and seized his escape scroll, leaving the baron pinned and weakened.

• Baron Rogue continued his ritual as a scarlet droplet formed in the crystal ball, while the outer barrier began to shake under attack.
• Wang Zhifan combined his abilities and shattered the outer barrier, exposing the monsters and destruction inside Rogue Town.
• Wang Zhifan rode the Crimson Deer toward Baron Rogue’s tower, freezing flying monsters that tried to stop him.
• Baron Rogue tried to destroy the crystal ball, but Wang Zhifan shattered the tower’s barrier and slowed him with Ice Source Power.
• Wang Zhifan knocked Baron Rogue down, took his Transmission Scroll, and discovered that Rog’s Heritage greatly reduced control effects.