Chapter Summaries

Wang Zhifan and three other players began climbing the snowy mountain path toward the dungeon summit, relying on the Beast Tamer’s summoned pets to lead the way. They encountered their first enemy, a saber-toothed tiger, and the Beast Tamer said his pets could handle it.

• The Lv17 Gunner and the Beast Tamer discussed teamwork and the dungeon’s rewards before the group set off.
• The Beast Tamer summoned a Giant Grizzly and a Golden Eagle to lead the climb.
• The female Blademaster and the Beast Tamer took up rifles, while Wang Zhifan followed with a pistol and the Blade of the Wolf Fiend.
• The Golden Eagle spotted a saber-toothed tiger less than a hundred meters up the mountain path, and the Beast Tamer said his pets would deal with it.

Wang Zhifan and the other players defeated the first enemy on the mountain path, then discovered that the next wave consisted of elite Dragon Guards. The Beast Tamer proposed a plan to draw out the hidden archers while the Gunner picked them off.

• The Beast Tamer’s Giant Grizzly and Golden Eagle killed a tiger-like enemy, then he healed his summons before they continued uphill.
• Wang Zhifan considered selling a summoned beast to the wealthy Beast Tamer but remained unsure what would be worth the risk.
• The Golden Eagle spotted ten Melee Armored Dragon Guards waiting on a platform and two to five Archer Dragon Guards hiding nearby.
• The Beast Tamer suggested that his summons and the two Blademasters engage the melee guards to draw out the archers while the Gunner shot them.

Wang Zhifan’s team argued over how to attack the Dragon Guards, but he took matters into his own hands and used a massive sniper rifle to kill one of the hidden archers. He left his teammates stunned and announced that three Archer Dragon Guards remained.

• The female Blademaster and the Beast Tamer disagreed over whether the Beast Tamer’s summoned pets should lead the attack.
• The young gunner suggested using the golden eagle to scout the archers, but the Beast Tamer explained that they were too far away and well hidden.
• The female Blademaster and the Beast Tamer reached a compromise to send the pets forward with the Warriors close behind.
• Wang Zhifan leaped onto a high rock, produced a massive sniper rifle, and studied the battlefield through its scope.
• Wang Zhifan shot and killed one Archer Dragon Guard, then told his stunned teammates that three remained.

Wang Zhifan used his Excellent Tier sniper rifle’s X-Ray Lock-On to kill Archer Dragon Guards from afar, while his teammates fought the charging Melee Dragon Guards. He destroyed the last moving archer just as his team gained the upper hand.

• Wang Zhifan killed three hidden Archer Dragon Guards with shots that pierced their cover.
• Wang Zhifan warned his teammates when ten Melee Dragon Guards charged down the mountain path.
• The Beast Tamer sent his Giant Grizzly and golden eagle into the fight, while the Blademaster attacked and the gunner fired at the charging enemies.
• Wang Zhifan resumed aiming at the final Archer Dragon Guard as it ran down the cliff to support the Melee Dragon Guards.
• Wang Zhifan completed the lock-on and blasted the moving Archer Dragon Guard into fragments.

Wang Zhifan helped his teammates defeat the Armored Dragon Guards and tried to scout ahead for the dungeon BOSS. He rejoined the group on the upper platform, where the Beast Tamer anticipated that they would face the twin dragon BOSS.

• Wang Zhifan used the Excellent Tier sniper rifle to shoot Armored Dragon Guards while his three teammates fought the enemies on the mountain path.
• After Wang Zhifan blasted apart an Armored Dragon Guard, the remaining enemies fled toward the upper platform, and the Beast Tamer sent Bear-Baby and Eagle-Baby ahead to check for an ambush.
• Wang Zhifan practiced tracking the fleeing enemies and killed another Armored Dragon Guard as his teammates eliminated the rest.
• Wang Zhifan searched ahead with the rifle scope's X-ray ability but found no way to see the next stage or the dragon BOSS through the mountain rock.
• Wang Zhifan joined his teammates on the upper platform, where the Beast Tamer praised his hidden strength and expected them to fight the twin dragon BOSS.

Wang Zhifan reassured his teammates that he could handle the dungeon’s dragon BOSS, while concealing the true strength of his equipment and abilities. After the Beast Tamer’s pets recovered enough to travel, the group continued up the mountain and crossed a long stretch of dangerous terrain without encountering enemies.

• Wang Zhifan reflected that his chosen dungeon rewards made him far stronger than his low level suggested, and decided he no longer needed to hide his strength so carefully.
• The young Gunner praised Wang Zhifan’s black sniper rifle, and Wang Zhifan encouraged him while claiming the weapon was Rare Tier.
• The Beast Tamer asked about the rifle, and Wang Zhifan repeated his lie that it was Rare Tier and recently acquired.
• The female Blademaster urged the team to move on, and the Beast Tamer sent one pet ahead and another to scout from the sky.
• The group climbed the mountain and crossed steep slopes and narrow cliffside paths, with Wang Zhifan and the other players handling the obstacles easily.

Wang Zhifan and his teammates reached the summit of the Dragon Summit Trial and prepared to summon its final boss. After they uncovered a four-color magic array, the Beast Tamer realized the mechanism showed an unprecedented configuration.

• Wang Zhifan and his three teammates reached the summit but found no dragon, so the middle-aged Beast Tamer explained how to activate the final encounter.
• The Beast Tamer warned that a pair of dragons could overwhelm his summons, while the young gunner and the Beast Tamer counted on Wang Zhifan to deal heavy damage.
• The Beast Tamer used two summoning scrolls to bring out a giant azure snake and a giant tortoise, joining his Giant Grizzly and Golden Eagle.
• Wang Zhifan and the female Blademaster said they were ready, and the group headed to the center of the summit.
• The Giant Grizzly cleared the snow to reveal a circular magic array with red, green, blue, and purple colors, puzzling the Beast Tamer because the forums had described arrays with no more than three colors.

Wang Zhifan and his teammates discovered that the dungeon had sent four giant dragons against them, far beyond the expected difficulty. After his teammates were killed by the dragons’ breath, Wang Zhifan fled alone and prepared to counterattack.

• Four dragons approached the summit from different directions, shocking Wang Zhifan and his three teammates.
• Wang Zhifan accepted that he might die, then fired all sixteen rounds from his Excellent Tier Endless Sniper Rifle at the dark green dragon.
• The dark green dragon survived the attack and sprayed a poisonous breath across the summit as Wang Zhifan fled and warned his teammates to run.
• The three teammates and the Beast Tamer’s four battle pets were engulfed by the dragons’ attacks and wiped out.
• Wang Zhifan escaped the summit alone and focused on finding a place to counterattack or survive as long as possible.

Wang Zhifan escaped the dragons’ breath attacks by using his Dream Self as a decoy, then hid in a massive snowpile. He began recovering and sent the Dream Self to scout for a chance to counterattack the four dragons.

• Wang Zhifan boosted his speed with the Berserk Bracers and Rage Gloves as he fled between the Flame Dragon’s and Poison Dragon’s breath attacks.
• Wang Zhifan survived the dragons’ blasts with his Bioforce Field and used his Dream Self to draw their pursuit away from his hiding place.
• The Flame Dragon and Poison Dragon searched for Wang Zhifan, and the Frost Dragon and Thunder Dragon joined them.
• Wang Zhifan hid inside a huge snowpile, recalled his attacked Dream Self, and decided to strike back rather than keep fleeing.
• Wang Zhifan recovered his stamina and sent his concealed Dream Self to scout the dragons’ positions.

Wang Zhifan attacked the dragons from concealment, blinding and injuring the dark green dragon before its companions closed in on his position. As three dragons unleashed their breaths around his hiding place, he revealed a small speaker and pressed its first button.

• Wang Zhifan used Dream Self to scout the dragons, then hid in a snowbank and prepared to attack the dark green dragon with his Endless Series Sniper Rifle.
• Wang Zhifan activated Tiger Fiend and shot out one of the dark green dragon’s eyes, but missed its other eye and used Dream Self to lure the dragons away.
• The dark green dragon charged toward Dream Self, and Wang Zhifan shot out its second eye before firing into its mouth and making it descend in pain.
• Wang Zhifan’s repeated shots exposed his position, and the other three dragons surrounded his snowbank and unleashed their attacks.
• Wang Zhifan took out a small white speaker and pressed its first button at full volume.

Wang Zhifan used George's Magical Stereo to gain immense power for one minute and blinded three of the dragons, but his ammunition ran out and the Thunder Dragon flung him into a mountainside. His enhanced defenses kept him from suffering much harm, leaving the battle unresolved.

• Wang Zhifan activated George's Magical Stereo and used his boosted speed and marksmanship to blind both eyes of the Frost Dragon and one eye of the Thunder Dragon.
• Wang Zhifan ran out of ammunition as the Flame Dragon, Frost Dragon, and Thunder Dragon boxed him in with their attacks.
• Wang Zhifan evaded the Thunder Dragon's jaws, climbed onto its head, and slashed out its remaining good eye.
• The Thunder Dragon whipped its head around and hurled Wang Zhifan into a distant mountainside.
• Wang Zhifan's Bioforce Field absorbed the impact and spared his body serious damage.

Wang Zhifan used a carefully timed ambush to blind the Flame Dragon, then clung to it and severed a wing. With all four dragons blind and the Flame Dragon grounded and badly injured, he began cleaning up the remaining enemies.

• Wang Zhifan noticed his BGM buff had ended and prepared to attack the Flame Dragon, but it kept its distance while directing three blind dragons to attack him.
• Wang Zhifan fled through the mountains, trying to weaken the pursuing dragons, then used Dream Self as a decoy to lure them into a narrow pass.
• Wang Zhifan ambushed the Flame Dragon with X-Ray Lock-On and blinded its remaining good eye.
• Wang Zhifan activated his BGM buff, climbed onto the Flame Dragon, anchored himself with his blades, and repeatedly stabbed its ruined eye with Fang to stack poison.
• Wang Zhifan cut into the Flame Dragon's wing, causing it to crash, then used Bioforce Field to reflect damage onto it when they landed.
• Wang Zhifan began finishing off the four blinded dragons one by one.

Wang Zhifan endured injuries and exhaustion to finish killing the remaining dragons in the Dragon Summit Trial Dungeon, then received a level-up, a title, and a selection of rewards. The chapter ended with him facing the dungeon’s reward choices.

• Wang Zhifan struggled through the dragons’ desperate counterattacks and paused several times to recover his stamina.
• Wang Zhifan killed the last of the four dragons after night fell in the dungeon.
• Wang Zhifan reached Lv5, gained Strength and the Flow State skill, and earned the Dragon Slayer (Peak) title.
• Wang Zhifan received a choice of up to three dungeon rewards, including dragon eggs, equipment, an upgrade scroll, and wyrmlings.

Wang Zhifan reviewed the dungeon’s unusually powerful reward list while exhausted and injured on a freezing snowy peak. He decided to claim the epic Dragon Source Essence but remained unable to choose his other two rewards before the cold worsened.

• Wang Zhifan read through the dungeon rewards, which began at rare grade and included excellent- and epic-grade options.
• Wang Zhifan decided he would choose the epic Dragon Source Essence and considered excellent-grade rewards such as a dragon hatchling, a skill upgrade scroll, armor, and weapons.
• Wang Zhifan worried that leaving the dungeon might make the reward list disappear, so he hesitated to return to the real world before choosing.
• Wang Zhifan struggled to make a decision as his injuries, exhaustion, and the falling nighttime temperature threatened to overwhelm him.

After escaping the dungeon, Wang Zhifan opened his rewards and fused the epic-grade Dragon Source Essence, awakening the immense Ice Source Power of an ancient dragon. He also inspected his new Thunder Dragon Rageblade and All-Skill Upgrade Scroll, leaving the powerful weapon untested until he could use it safely.

• Wang Zhifan returned to his rental room, where his dungeon-related exhaustion, cold, and pain vanished.
• Wang Zhifan opened his reward chest and absorbed the Dragon Source Essence through his Rage Gloves, awakening Ice Source Power in a vision of a frozen plateau.
• Wang Zhifan recognized the scale of his new power but reminded himself that tougher dungeons and stronger bosses still awaited him.
• Wang Zhifan examined the Thunder Dragon Rageblade, sensed its thunder power, and stored it without testing it in the cramped room.
• Wang Zhifan inspected the All-Skill Upgrade Scroll, which could raise all his skills by four levels up to level eight.

Wang Zhifan decided to sell equipment to fund skill upgrades and checked the player forum to assess how the nationwide player policy was changing the market. He found that new players were already entering dungeons and seeking rare gear, so he reconsidered the value of his items.

• Wang Zhifan stored his Exceptional Tier All-Skill Upgrade Scroll until he could raise his skills to Lv4 and get the most from it.
• Wang Zhifan reviewed his updated personal panel and considered selling old equipment, including the Blade of the Wolf Fiend and several Rare Tier items.
• Wang Zhifan realized the nationwide player policy could raise equipment prices and logged into the player forum to check market activity.
• Wang Zhifan saw new players sharing dungeon experiences and a Lv1 Gunner offering twenty million national currency for a Rare Tier firearm.

Wang Zhifan listed his Rare Tier Fang Dagger on the Player Forum and received several inquiries, though the highest offer was only 1.3 million national currency. He contacted Secretary Han, who negotiated over a Rare Tier melee weapon and asked him to come in person to complete the deal.

• Wang Zhifan messaged the coal boss about selling Rare Tier melee weapons, then posted his Fang Dagger for sale on the Player Forum.
• Forum users replied to Wang Zhifan's listing, and several buyers privately offered to purchase the dagger, with the highest offer reaching 1.3 million national currency.
• Wang Zhifan considered selling his Bear Clan Mage Circlet as well, then saw the coal boss's reply offering up to ten million for Rare Tier melee weapons.
• Wang Zhifan contacted the coal boss's associate, Secretary Han, and negotiated the price of a Rare Tier melee weapon down from ten million to 4.9 million national currency.
• Secretary Han agreed to Wang Zhifan's price and asked whether he could meet in person for the transaction.

Wang Zhifan abandoned the suspicious offer for his rare-tier long knife and arranged to sell his Fang dagger privately instead. After checking local merchants’ low offers, he boarded a train to Golden Forest City for a deal and considered investigating the other buyer there too.

• Wang Zhifan agreed in conversation to meet Secretary Han’s boss in Golden Forest City, but decided the long-knife offer was probably a scam and would not attend.
• Wang Zhifan focused on his Fang sales post, where forum users discussed the dagger’s value and the game’s classes.
• Wang Zhifan negotiated with interested buyers and settled on a 2.1 million currency offer for a face-to-face dagger sale in Golden Forest City.
• Wang Zhifan checked merchants on Tianhua Street, found their best offer was only about 1.4 million, and chose the private sale instead.
• Wang Zhifan took a high-speed train to Golden Forest City and considered checking out Secretary Han’s proposed deal if he had time.

Wang Zhifan sensed monsters near the stopped train and heard gunfire, while three armed young people fought red-skinned, double-horned monsters near the tracks. The monsters abruptly froze and disintegrated, leaving the reason for their sudden collapse unclear.

• Wang Zhifan ate instant noodles on the high-speed train as it traveled toward Golden Forest City.
• The train stopped because of a reported track malfunction, and an attendant reassured the passengers after they heard gunfire.
• Wang Zhifan sensed monsters ahead and suspected they had come from a nearby Solidified Ash Domain.
• Three armed young people fought red-skinned, double-horned monsters that had wandered onto the railway tracks.
• The monsters suddenly froze in place and disintegrated into fine fragments.

Wang Zhifan used his newly acquired Ice Source Power to eliminate the monsters blocking his train, then traveled to Golden Forest City to sell the Fang dagger. The buyer tested the dagger by turning invisible but ultimately agreed to pay by bank transfer.

• Wang Zhifan froze and shattered the monsters ahead of the train, allowing it to resume its journey after about ten minutes.
• Wang Zhifan arrived in Golden Forest City and went to Ruixin Cafe to meet the dagger buyer.
• Wang Zhifan showed the thin young man Fang and let him inspect and test it.
• The thin young man turned invisible with Fang, then reappeared and questioned Wang Zhifan about wearing a mask and sunglasses.
• Wang Zhifan pressed the buyer to pay, and the thin young man asked whether he wanted cash or a transfer.
• Wang Zhifan chose a transfer.