Chapter Summaries

Wu Di, a transmigrator training at Wei Chu Martial Arts Hall, broke through the Iron Body Technique and reached the first level of the Body Tempering Realm. The hall master rewarded him with an Iron Bone Pill and advised him to refine it; meanwhile, villagers planned to seize his home and fields when he returned.

• In Little Forest Village, Big Brother learned that Wu Di had trained for nearly a year without initiating the technique and planned with the other farmers to take Wu Di's house and fields.
• During training, Wu Di's Iron Body Technique advanced from 99% to initiated, bringing him to the first level of the Body Tempering Realm.
• The senior brother tested Wu Di's punch, confirmed his breakthrough, and took him to the hall master.
• The hall master gave Wu Di an Iron Bone Pill, encouraged him to keep training, and explained that he should cultivate quietly for half a day after taking it.

Wu Di used his newly enhanced strength to escape a Variant and take revenge on two men who had abused the slaves, questioning one about Pingyang City. The story then returned to his training at Wei Chu Martial Arts Hall, where he successfully began cultivating the Iron Body Technique but learned he would soon need money to continue.

• Wu Di struck the pursuing Variant, escaped when it failed to catch him, and discovered he could outrun it.
• Wu Di chased down two mounted men who had mistreated the slaves, killed one, and captured the other to ask where Pingyang City was.
• At Wei Chu Martial Arts Hall, Wu Di’s senior brother tested his punch and confirmed that he had broken through into the first level of the Body Tempering Realm.
• The Hall Master gave Wu Di an Iron Bone Pill and advised him to cultivate diligently.
• The Hall Master told Wu Di that Iron Bone Pills cost twelve taels of silver and that he would need to prepare his fees to continue training after the month ended.

At Silverkeep, Wang Zhifan’s team advanced to Steel Tier, and he selected a dangerous Silverglow Tier public commission to kill the Abyssal Nightmare. Elsewhere, Wu Di awakened the Savage Tiger Body, escaped a variant, and caught up with two men who had abused the slaves, killing one and confronting the other.

• Miss Daya promoted Wang Zhifan to Steel Badge, Anna to Steel Tier, and Joseph to Red Copper Badge after Wang Zhifan completed the commission.
• Wang Zhifan asked to accept another mission, learned that his team had reached its daily limit, and chose the public commission to destroy the Abyssal Nightmare in Quiet City.
• Miss Daya warned Wang Zhifan that Silverglow Tier teams had been killed or disbanded by the Abyssal Nightmare, while Anna and Joseph urged him not to challenge it.
• Wu Di broke free, used his enhanced strength to knock down a variant, and outran it across the wasteland.
• Wu Di chased two mounted men who had abused the slaves, killed one with a punch, and knocked the other from his horse.
• The surviving rider begged Wu Di not to kill him.

Wang Zhifan discovered that the Hellflame Demon King had secretly allied with Silver Hand and was preparing it for an impending conflict among Demon Kings. After completing his Abyssal Nightmare mission and returning to the commission hall, he remained suspicious that Silverkeep’s apparent cooperation with the Demon King hid something more complicated.

• Wang Zhifan searched the Hellflame Demon King's flame-filled domain, then used time power to see her leave for Silverkeep twelve years earlier.
• Wang Zhifan killed the Abyssal Nightmare beneath Quiet City, healed Anna’s leg, and sent her to find Joseph.
• Wang Zhifan infiltrated Silver Hand Castle and discovered in the commander's memories that Silver Hand was allied with the Demon King and would join a coming battle among Demon Kings.
• Wang Zhifan returned to the commission hall, where Miss Daya arranged an appraisal of the Abyssal Nightmare core and Anna repaid him for healing her.
• A silver-robed Mage recognized the nightmare core and carried it away, while Miss Daya began recording Wang Zhifan's mission completion and promotion.

Wang Zhifan investigated the seven Demon Kings and returned to Silverkeep as their collective descent approached. There, he confronted the Silver Hand’s leader about his secret alliance with the Hellfire Demon King, but the old knight claimed the Demon Kings were parts of the fallen Lord of Holy Light.

• Wang Zhifan used the Ring of Fate to track the Demon Kings’ likely arrival and traveled the world to learn the names and powers of seven of them.
• Wang Zhifan chose to target the Hellfire, Pale, and Boundless Demon Kings first, then returned to Silverkeep around the nineteenth day when their descent seemed imminent.
• At the commission hall, Wang Zhifan collected his 1,200-gold reward and learned that Anna and Joseph were doing missions in the ruins of Quiet City.
• Wang Zhifan found the Silver Hand’s leader praying before the Sacred Fire, froze him with the Space Law, and accused him of colluding with the Hellfire Demon King.
• Wang Zhifan showed the old knight proof of his secret contact with the Hellfire Demon King, and the old knight claimed the Demon Kings were parts of the fallen Lord of Holy Light.

As the Seven Demon Kings descended, Wang Zhifan protected Silverkeep, approached the Hellfire Demon King with an offer of cooperation, and then killed the Dark Demon King. He rejected the option to settle the instance, collected the Dark Law Core, and continued searching for the remaining Demon Kings while questioning the old commander's account.

• Wang Zhifan kept Silverkeep safe from the descending hellfire, left the old commander under his control, and teleported to the Hellfire Demon King's domain.
• Wang Zhifan offered to cooperate with the Hellfire Demon King, then departed to seek the other Demon Kings.
• The Dark Demon King ambushed Wang Zhifan and dragged him into his darkness, but Wang Zhifan shattered the Dark Domain and killed him with a second slash.
• Wang Zhifan rejected the Supernatural Game's offer to settle the instance and stored the Dark Law Core after finding it where the Dark Demon King had fallen.
• Wang Zhifan questioned the old commander's claim about the law cores, studied the Dark Law Core, and resumed his search for the remaining Demon Kings.

Wang Zhifan killed the Pallor Demon King and refused to settle the instance, then discovered that the five surviving Demon Kings had joined forces against him. The chapter ended with them surrounding him in Quiet City as the Hellfire Demon King demanded his life.

• The Pallor Demon King unleashed devastating time-law attacks, but Wang Zhifan countered with the Endless Wheel of Time and Space and swallowed him in a spacetime black hole.
• Wang Zhifan claimed the Pallor Demon King's Time Law core, rejected the Supernatural Game's offer to settle the instance, and set out to hunt the remaining Demon Kings.
• The Hellfire Demon King learned that Pallor had fallen and, suspecting Wang Zhifan of a conspiracy, went into hiding to coordinate with the others.
• The Greed Demon King and the other surviving Demon Kings secretly gathered and planned to cooperate against Wang Zhifan.
• Wang Zhifan returned to Quiet City, called out the hidden Demon Kings, and was surrounded by the five survivors, including the Hellfire Demon King.

Wang Zhifan and the Greed Demon King secretly worked together to ambush and kill the other four Demon Kings, then Wang Zhifan’s Azure Emperor Saber killed Greed as well. After the deaths of all the Demon Kings, the Supernatural Game began forced settlement.

• The five Demon Kings attacked Wang Zhifan with their strongest abilities, then argued over whether he had survived and accused Greed of helping him.
• As the four Demon Kings closed in on Greed, Wang Zhifan ambushed them with the Endless Wheel of Time and Space while Greed used Mind Law to mislead them.
• The Hellfire Demon King, Pain Demon King, Black Demon King, and Boundless Demon King were killed, leaving Greed alive to celebrate his alliance with Wang Zhifan.
• Wang Zhifan gave Greed six Law Cores, but the Azure Emperor Saber unexpectedly decapitated him before he could absorb them.
• The Supernatural Game announced that Wang Zhifan had killed all the Demon Kings and completed every objective, then began forced settlement.

After claiming three Legendary Tier rewards, Wang Zhifan fused the Seven Demon Kings’ law cores and resurrected the Lord of Holy Light, completing a hidden mission for a Mythic Point. Back on Earth World, he used the Space-Time Stone to strengthen his Spacetime Law and remained undecided about how to spend the Mythic Point.

• Wang Zhifan reached Lv54, chose the Space-Time Stone, Dark Star, and Eternal Flame, then used the Ring of Fate to find a way to combine the Seven Demon Kings’ law cores.
• Wang Zhifan used Chaos Distortion to fuse the cores and resurrect the Lord of Holy Light, completing the advanced hidden mission and earning one Mythic Point.
• Wang Zhifan asked the Lord of Holy Light to upgrade the Azure Emperor Saber, but the god could not improve a weapon from another world, and the Supernatural Game pulled Wang Zhifan out of the dungeon.
• Wang Zhifan inspected his gains on Earth World and absorbed the Space-Time Stone’s law power, which saved him about ten years of cultivation.
• Wang Zhifan considered using his Mythic Point to reach a higher realm but could not decide whether to spend it.

Wang Zhifan delegated reforms for the Heavenly Venerable Church, discussed the coming World Battle with friends and allies, and learned that advancing his cultivation would take decades. After tending to family and responsibilities across other worlds, he returned to Earthstar determined to clear special dungeons and pursue the Supernatural Game’s secrets.

• Wang Zhifan approved the Heavenly Venerable Church’s request for weapons in exchange for believers and ordered Yali and Jilupo to curb the church’s attacks on outsiders.
• Wang Zhifan met Chen Can and Chen Ming, who planned to enter the World Battle, and told them he would join the next one in a little over a month.
• Wang Zhifan agreed to coordinate with Huang Neng if he was selected for the battle, while Chu Wei warned him that Earthstar players might sabotage their own side.
• Wang Zhifan learned that reaching his next cultivation realm could take decades, then visited Mieyue Xi and Mieyue Qing, the Martial Lord Hall, and his descendants in the National War World.
• After returning to Earthstar half a month later, Wang Zhifan resolved to clear special dungeons before the World Battle and pursue the Supernatural Game’s deepest secrets.

Wang Zhifan entered the Dark Desolation dungeon and explored its eerie landscape, learning that its monsters carried physical rewards and that its secret realms used sophisticated spatial laws. After defeating a monster that looked like him, he returned to the small stone bridge and decided to explore farther for answers about the world.

• Wang Zhifan entered Dark Desolation, found a zombie hiding in a grave, learned about its past with Insight, and destroyed it without noticing its jade pendant reward.
• Wang Zhifan investigated a mud temple, froze and defeated the ghost inside, and took its hairpin and sachet as rewards.
• Wang Zhifan created a torch and discovered that the small stone bridge led into a hidden realm with a much larger bridge.
• A bamboo-hatted figure revealed that it looked like Wang Zhifan and attacked him, but Wang Zhifan's Bioforce Field repelled it before he killed it from a distance.
• Wang Zhifan retrieved a copper ring and an unreadable book from the impostor, returned to the small bridge, and chose to explore farther rather than enter the blood river's realm.

Wang Zhifan entered a Ghost Village and calmly ate the Life-Severing Meal, defeating its ghostly inhabitants with ease. A frightened man carrying a bronze mirror witnessed his power and approached him, hoping to gain help surviving the dangerous world.

• Wang Zhifan rode into the Ghost Village, entered a lantern-lit house, and began eating a feast served by a ghost steward.
• A ragged man, a woman, and a boy entered the village, where the woman and boy were driven toward the meal despite the man's efforts to protect them with a bronze mirror.
• The man saw Wang Zhifan destroy the ghost steward with a casual gesture and watched him make the woman and boy vanish as they approached the table.
• Remembering that he had come alone and that his companions were ghosts, the man clutched his bronze mirror and went inside to meet Wang Zhifan.

Wang Zhifan ignored warnings about the Ghost Village’s deadly feast, destroyed its ghosts, and discovered that they would return in two days. After reviving the man who had warned him, he left the village and continued searching the dark wilderness for the powerful figure who might explain The Darkening.

• Wang Zhifan used Time Stasis and Insight to learn that the starving man had once encountered a powerful visitor who had left behind treasures and knew about dangerous hidden realms.
• As the female ghost appeared, she frightened the man to death with an illusion while avoiding Wang Zhifan, who continued eating.
• The female ghost transformed the man’s corpse and attacked Wang Zhifan, but he destroyed her instantly.
• Wang Zhifan sensed that the ghost butler and female ghost would reappear in about two days, then claimed the Red-Light Candle that replenished energy and gradually strengthened people.
• Wang Zhifan used Rewind to revive the man, declared the village safe for two days, and vanished on the Crimson Deer Horse.
• The man ate the banquet leftovers while Wang Zhifan left the hidden realm and searched the wilderness for the unusual people connected to The Darkening.

Wang Zhifan entered a secret realm and helped three powerful natives defeat a Magma Giant, then befriended them and learned about their elite class and the world’s endless darkness. The cause of The Darkening remained unknown.

• Wang Zhifan descended into a Great Rift and found three natives battling a Magma Giant inside a secret realm.
• Wang Zhifan revealed himself and cut the Magma Giant in half, angering the natives because they feared it would regenerate in the magma.
• Wang Zhifan explained that his Saber Intent could prevent the creature from healing, and the natives recovered the Fire Man’s Heart from the magma.
• Wang Zhifan spoke with the long-haired Swordsman and the huge fat man, and they set aside their suspicions and became friendly.
• Wang Zhifan learned that the natives belonged to an influential, powerful class that had developed ways to survive and cultivate strength since The Darkening began.
• The natives told Wang Zhifan that generations of people had searched for the cause of The Darkening without finding an answer.

Wang Zhifan investigated Master Guo and the Magic Well while searching for the secret behind The Darkening. He reached the Nameless Inn and faced its owner, who demanded a price for the information he sought.

• Wang Zhifan agreed to join Old Liu, the Swordsman, and their companions in a future attempt to defeat the Black Mountain Giant Demon.
• Wang Zhifan found Master Guo meditating in an underground cave, discovered she was a fox demon, and learned that The Darkening began about two hundred and ten years earlier.
• Wang Zhifan investigated the Magic Well and used the Ring of Fate to ensure its spatial vortex would send him to a mysterious inn.
• Wang Zhifan entered the Nameless Inn and asked its waiter to bring him someone who knew the secret behind The Darkening.
• The inn's owner spoke through the waiter and challenged Wang Zhifan to offer something valuable in exchange for the information.

Wang Zhifan forced the World Will to reveal that an overwhelming outside power had plunged its world into darkness, but his attempts to name the culprit and clear the dungeon failed. He called on the Netherworld Will for help, and it agreed to make an exception in exchange for his promise to stand with it when the final choice came.

• Wang Zhifan attacked the innkeeper possessing the waiter, crushed the Nameless Inn, and used Insight to learn that the innkeeper was the displaced World Will.
• Wang Zhifan discovered that a mysterious outside force had overwhelmed the World Will and corrupted its former world, but the World Will knew neither the attacker’s identity nor its motive.
• Wang Zhifan rejected the World Will’s appeal to fight the darkness and failed to clear the dungeon by stating that an outside god or the Supernatural Game had caused it.
• The World Will fled Wang Zhifan, then returned to rebuild the Nameless Inn as a refuge and a base for its planned counterattack.
• Wang Zhifan called on the Netherworld Will as an Underworld Envoy, and it agreed to help him once if he honored his promise to side with it when the final choice came.

After learning from the Netherworld Will that the Root of the Multiverse created the Supernatural Game, Wang Zhifan resolved to grow stronger and collected his Dark Desolation rewards. He entered the Strongest Summoner dungeon, where he planned to compete for the world title and search for a hidden quest.

• Wang Zhifan learned that Root had created the Supernatural Game and caused chaos across worlds, then decided to strengthen himself in case they met.
• Wang Zhifan chose the Legendary Tier Sinking Key, leveled up from Lv54 to Lv55, and found no traceable origin for the Dark Desolation dungeon card.
• Wang Zhifan entered the Strongest Summoner dungeon and used Little Red to register him as a junior summoner in K City.
• Wang Zhifan learned that he had to advance through public matches to reach the world tournament, and decided to compete while seeking an unusual path to a hidden quest.
• Little Red suggested Wang Zhifan become the world's first AI summoner by calling it into battle, leaving him speechless.

Wang Zhifan entered his first public summoner match and won after Little Red used her powers to turn his opponent’s giant iron bull against its master. He left planning to build a bolder public persona and advance quickly, while suspecting that a greater danger remained hidden in the instance.

• Wang Zhifan summoned Little Red to face the blond young man’s giant iron bull in the Beginner Summoner Open Tournament.
• Little Red used her powers to make the iron bull turn around and charge at its master, while Wang Zhifan watched to ensure the blond young man stayed safe.
• The referee rescued the blond young man, restrained the iron bull, and declared Wang Fan the winner.
• Wang Zhifan accepted his medal and gave a humble interview, then learned from the referee that a more flamboyant image could help his popularity and advancement.
• Wang Zhifan asked Little Red to arrange his next match and investigate which public persona would best help him rise in rank.
• Wang Zhifan left the field suspecting the instance’s apparent low danger concealed a greater threat.

Wang Zhifan rejected recruitment offers and chose to remain independent while Little Red arranged a high-profile match against the veteran summoner Master Yin. As the battle began at K City Seventh Competition Arena, Wang Zhifan adopted an arrogant public persona and declared that Master Yin was the challenger and had to attack first.

• Wang Zhifan turned down an agent's offer and rejected joining summoner factions, telling Little Red to focus on arranging matches so he could reach star level quickly.
• Little Red secured Wang Zhifan a match at K City Seventh Competition Arena, where his online reputation drew tens of thousands of spectators.
• A staff member delivered a cryptic invitation saying the times were about to change and Wang Zhifan could join them if he won, but Wang Zhifan dismissed it as another recruitment tactic.
• Wang Zhifan entered the arena without greeting the crowd, while Master Yin received loud cheers from his fans.
• Master Yin summoned nearly a hundred Evil Spirit Phantoms, and Wang Zhifan summoned Little Red as his lone fighter.
• Master Yin offered to let Wang Zhifan attack first, but Wang Zhifan replied that Master Yin was the challenger and had to make the first move.

Wang Zhifan defeated Master Yin in a summoner tournament match, turning one of Yin’s phantoms against him and then ending the fight himself. The arena declared Wang Fan the winner as the crowd hailed him as the strongest.

• Master Yin sent his phantoms against Wang Zhifan and secretly tried to ambush him from underground, but an unseen force prevented his summons from surfacing.
• Master Yin redirected some phantoms toward Wang Zhifan, who turned the first one to his side with a gesture and made it attack its former allies.
• Little Red destroyed Master Yin’s phantoms while the converted summon fought the others, leaving Master Yin’s forces overwhelmed.
• Wang Zhifan pulled Master Yin out from underground, and Little Red knocked him unconscious before he could attack.
• The arena announced Wang Fan as the winner, and the spectators chanted his name as he left the field.