Chapter Summaries

Yu Qiudi won her battle against Liu Moyean, while Jin Fei’s side gained the upper hand by defeating Red’s Knight and other pieces. The chapter ended as Luo Jun entered the final Arena to face the opposing Hunter III Type.

• Yu Qiudi defeated Liu Moyean without losing health, then dozed against the railing.
• Luo Jun emerged unharmed after Red’s Advisor challenged him, and Jin Fei’s Rook captured Red’s Elephant and Knight.
• Red’s Knight defeated Jin Fei’s Cannon by revealing itself as an evolved Charging Devil Centurion, but Jin Fei’s Rook later defeated the wounded demon.
• Zong Zhiyong realized that Qi Xingzi may have deliberately arranged for the opposing Red Rook to be eliminated earlier.
• Red restored its General’s Vital Energy, and Luo Jun’s Pawn gave check, forcing the General to capture it and enter battle.
• Luo Jun and the opposing Hunter III Type were pulled into the final Arena.

Luo Jun fought Hunter III Type in the frozen arena, using his strength and Flame Turrets to overcome its defenses and defeat it. After discovering human tissue inside the wrecked machine, he destroyed it completely and won the match.

• Hunter III Type used Su Linna's ice abilities, but Luo Jun blocked its attacks with the Earth Barrier and battered it with its own greatsword.
• Hunter unleashed powerful Icy Protective Qi, frostbiting Luo Jun before he escaped into the barrier and treated his injuries with a Warm Mist Turret.
• Hunter transformed the arena's ice into numerous monsters to stall for time, so Luo Jun used five Flame Turrets to melt the ice and searched for it.
• Luo Jun found Hunter hiding behind an ice block, endured its attempt to absorb his Vital Energy, and shattered its shield before destroying its mechanical body.
• Luo Jun discovered living human tissue inside Hunter, stomped it apart, and won as “Victory for the Black Side” appeared.

After the chess pieces returned to the control platform, the players received ratings for their contributions to the victory. Luo Jun earned a Perfect evaluation and five Treasure Tools, which he inspected while keeping his rewards hidden from the others.

• The Miracle Chess Game announced its victory, and the captured chess pieces reappeared on the control platform.
• Duan Feilan regretted losing her duels and asked how the others had won.
• The players received mission ratings based on their duels and survival, while Luo Jun completed the main quest and several side and hidden missions.
• Luo Jun received one Legendary and four Epic Treasure Tools, including Crisscross, the Azure Dragon Crescent Moon, and the Nine Revolutions Great Restoration Pill.
• Luo Jun worked out how his rewards related to the missions and decided not to reveal or test them in front of the others.

After the Chaos Mission, Luo Jun received thanks from the surviving participants and returned to his hotel room to inspect his rewards. His excitement over the Azure Dragon Crescent Blade led him to break the room door, leaving him to pay the landlady for the damage before carefully testing the weapon again.

• Huai Xu and the other survivors thanked Luo Jun for drawing the Red Side's attacks and helping them win the mission, while Luo Jun maintained his cold Night persona and returned to the hotel.
• Luo Jun inspected his rewards, tried on Bottom Line, and set aside the Nine Revolutions Great Restoration Pill and Poison Guide until he could use them properly.
• Luo Jun summoned the Azure Dragon Crescent Blade and accidentally cut the hotel room door in half.
• The Boss Lady rushed upstairs and scolded Luo Jun, who paid an exorbitant price for the damage and let the owner board up the doorway for the night.
• After seeing off the Boss Lady and the owner, Luo Jun took out the Azure Dragon Crescent Blade again and handled it more carefully.

Luo Jun admired his enormous Azure Dragon Blade and learned that the masked Night had become a sensation after clearing a Tier A Mission. As Ya Ya stormed off after he claimed Night might not be better-looking than him, Night’s true identity remained a mystery to Yu Qiudi and the forum.

• Luo Jun marveled at the size and weight of his new saber and imagined wielding it on horseback in the Wilderness.
• Qi Xingzi asked Yu Qiudi to guess Night’s true identity, and Yu Qiudi wondered whether she knew him.
• At breakfast, Ya Ya argued with the Boss Lady about studying and told Luo Jun she admired Night.
• Ya Ya showed Luo Jun forum posts about Night’s mission, including accounts of him killing eight chess pieces and speculation about his identity and abilities.
• After Ya Ya called Night handsome, Luo Jun suggested he might be better-looking, and Ya Ya angrily knocked over his porridge before storming off.

Luo Jun returned to the Wilderness, where the Wildlands Hunter Guild treated him as a VIP and gave him a luxurious villa and an elite Hunter Badge. After successfully taking the Nine Revolutions Great Restoration Pill with the Poison Guide, his attributes rose, and his Strength and Mental Power crossed one hundred, unlocking new effects.

• Luo Jun entered the Wilderness and received priority service, a new villa at his old rent, and an elite Hunter Badge from the Wildlands Hunter Guild.
• Luo Jun used the Dice of Heavenly Secrets to check for surveillance and concluded that no hidden surveillance method was present.
• Luo Jun successfully rolled to take the Nine Revolutions Great Restoration Pill and Poison Guide together, then endured a painful transformation.
• Luo Jun found that all his attributes had increased by twenty points and that the medicine had added 960 experience points.
• Luo Jun learned that his Strength and Mental Power exceeding one hundred had caused qualitative changes, while his Agility and Perception were nearing the same threshold.

Luo Jun spent a comfortable stretch in the Wilderness practicing with his Treasure Tools until Ling Kai brought him a confidential golden mission. The mission called for rescuing two missing Clan Troops, and Luo Jun learned the first unit might already be corrupted while the second could still be saved.

• Luo Jun enjoyed his growing wealth and reputation while practicing with Crisscross and the Crescent Moon Blade in the Wilderness.
• Luo Jun opened his door to Ling Kai, who explained that he had become Luo Jun's personal Wilderness consultant.
• Ling Kai gave Luo Jun a sealed golden mission sheet and warned him not to reveal its contents, even if he declined the mission.
• Luo Jun read that two Clan Troops had vanished while investigating abnormal Vital Energy Waves, and the guild wanted him to locate them and rescue the later unit if possible.

Luo Jun learned that two Ling Family Clan Troops had vanished inside a mysterious cave in Extinction Valley, and the guild was recruiting hunters for an investigation and support mission. Ling Kai revealed that an imperial family member in the cave held the last assigned opportunity to use the Divine Smithing Furnace, giving Luo Jun a personal reason to consider the danger.

• Luo Jun questioned Ling Kai about the cave and used his Mental Power to pressure him into explaining the mission.
• Ling Kai said two of the Ling Family’s four available Clan Troops had been lost, and described the rewards for entering the cave or guarding its entrance in dangerous Extinction Valley.
• Luo Jun learned that the Frost Moon Troupe and Lion Mane Troupe would enter the cave, while the Silver Blade Squad, Rain Granny, and other hunters had accepted the mission in different roles.
• Ling Kai told Luo Jun that an imperial family member inside the cave had been assigned the final opportunity to use the Divine Smithing Furnace.
• Luo Jun considered that rescuing the imperial family member might earn him a chance to have the Divine Smithing Furnace forge his River-Sinking Stone Hammer.

Luo Jun chose to support the Ling Family's expedition to Extinction Valley but planned to leave later so he could handle an errand in the Main World. After arranging his delayed return to school, he rode Longitudinal and Horizontal across the Wilderness to catch up with the rescue team.

• Luo Jun agreed to provide support for the expedition, and Ling Kai told him the team would depart early the next morning.
• Luo Jun asked Ling Kai for a map so he could travel alone and catch up after the next door opening, and Ling Kai agreed.
• Luo Jun watched the expedition leave Lingyun City, spotting Lu Kui, Father Qin, and Xuanyuan Wuji among the hunters.
• Several days later, Luo Jun tried to contact his Master in the Main World, then applied to delay his return to school.
• Luo Jun returned to the Wilderness, summoned Longitudinal and Horizontal in its Mechanical Warhorse form, and rode toward Extinction Valley.

Luo Jun rode into Extinction Valley, killed a Lion Mane Bone Crusher Dragon, and headed toward a cave where a hunter team was under siege. The hunters faced hundreds of Four-Armed Blood Apes, then a Hunting Level Seven Dark Hair Giant Ape appeared.

• Luo Jun traveled through Extinction Valley and swiftly decapitated a Lion Mane Bone Crusher Dragon that was eating a Multi-Horned Lizard.
• Luo Jun harvested valuable teeth from the Bone Crusher Dragon and continued toward the cave marked on his mission map.
• Luo Jun heard fighting and monster roars near the cave and galloped toward the disturbance.
• Hunters at the camp defended themselves against hundreds of Four-Armed Blood Apes after their watchman disappeared.
• A Dark Hair Giant Ape emerged behind the horde and disrupted the hunters' formation with its immense strength.

The hunters battled the Four-Armed Blood Apes and their leaders until Luo Jun arrived and wounded both giant apes. The White Hair Old Ape triggered the collapse of the ground, and Luo Jun fell into the abyss with the other hunters.

• Father Qin transformed into a White Hair Giant Beast and held the Dark Hair Giant Ape while Rain Granny strengthened the hunters with Blessing Acid Rain.
• A human attacker shot Rain Granny, and the hunters discovered that a white-furred ape had taken Lao Qi’s rifle and was leading the Blood Apes.
• Lu Kui and the Silver Blade Squad captain attacked the White Hair Old Ape, but it repelled them with Gang Qi.
• Luo Jun arrived on his Mechanical Warhorse, cut the White Hair Old Ape and severed the Dark Hair Giant Ape’s Achilles tendon.
• Luo Jun’s attempt to kill the White Hair Old Ape failed, and another Dark Hair Giant Ape knocked him and his horse aside.
• The apes collapsed the ground into a Huge Pit connected to the Secret Realm cave, and Luo Jun failed to escape before falling into the abyss with the hunters.

After completing the rescue mission, Luo Jun and the hunters woke in a sealed underground space where combat Treasure Tools were disabled. They found an enormous arena beneath the Wilderness and learned that earlier arrivals had already gone to another floor as unfamiliar symbols appeared to change.

• Luo Jun discovered that his combat Treasure Tools were sealed, while some other items remained usable, and learned that he had reached Level 22 after completing the rescue mission.
• The hunters woke, killed the weakened Dark Hair Giant Ape, and found themselves unable to damage the reinforced walls or use detection abilities beyond the chamber.
• A mechanism opened a door in the rock wall, and Lu Kui ran through it into a vast arena before the others followed.
• The hunters found members of the Frost Moon Troupe, Bristle Lion Troupe, and other elite hunters in the stands, and He En concluded that their knowledge of the Wilderness was incomplete.
• A Bristle Lion Troupe member told them that other hunters had gone to the next floor, then pointed out symbols on the arena floor that seemed to change as the group examined them.

The newly arrived hunters learned the rules of the Outstanding Trial Arena and its first checkpoint, where they had to defeat an Abyssal Demon Worm without weapons or combat Treasure Tools. The Silver Blade Squad entered the Arena to fight the monster as the trial began.

• The hunters read that the sealed arena required them to clear five checkpoints within one hundred days or face the Supreme God's wrath.
• Rain Granny and the others compared the arena's compulsory rules to Chaos Missions and learned that the first checkpoint stripped away the power of objects.
• The hunters heard that three groups had defeated the Abyssal Demon Worm, while other teams had failed or been wiped out.
• He En led the Silver Blade Squad to register for the trial, and the ten members were transported into the Arena.
• The Abyssal Demon Worm formed before the squad, and they launched their attack.

After the Silver Blade Squad was nearly wiped out by the Abyssal Demon Worm, He En joined a new team for another attempt at the trial. Luo Jun’s planned attack was disrupted when he switched places with He En, who charged into the worm’s mouth and caused it to explode.

• The Abyssal Demon Worm defeated nearly all of the Silver Blade Squad, leaving He En to survive by evading it until the trial ended.
• He En demanded to join the next challenge and agreed to follow Rain Granny’s orders.
• After midnight restored the hunters, Luo Jun gained twenty-two Attribute Points and joined the team’s attempt to kill the worm.
• The team restrained the worm’s tentacles so Luo Jun could attack its exposed main body, but his strike failed when he suddenly switched places with He En.
• He En charged into the worm’s mouth, causing it to swell and explode, while Luo Jun used the Dice of Heavenly Secrets to dodge the blast.

Luo Jun survived the Abyssal Demon Worm’s explosion and joined a five-person team to challenge the second floor, where Heart Refining Realm powers were sealed. The team killed more than six hundred Scythe Fiends before fatigue disrupted their pace, and Rain Granny used her abilities to gather the monsters and help the others fight back.

• He En’s self-destruction killed three hunters and badly injured two, while Luo Jun escaped the blast and the surviving participants were transported to the second floor.
• Lion King and Xie Zi’ang assembled a team with Rain Granny, Lu Kui, and Luo Jun to face the trial’s demand to kill one thousand Scythe Fiends within the time limit.
• The team began the trial and quickly killed wave after wave of Scythe Fiends, with Lion King, Lu Kui, and Luo Jun handling most of the attacks.
• After the kill count passed six hundred, Lu Kui and Lion King grew fatigued, missed kills, and allowed monsters to begin piling up.
• Rain Granny used Gang Qi ropes to gather the incoming Scythe Fiends and replenished Lion King and Lu Kui so they could attack the bundled monsters.

Rain Granny helped contain the monster assault on the second floor, where Night’s endurance and killing efficiency astonished the spectators as the team cleared the trial. On the third floor, the group encountered the Clan Troops and learned that the next trial tested Qi capacity.

• Rain Granny gathered large groups of Scythe Fiends so Lu Kui and Lion King could kill them, while Night fought tirelessly on the other side of the arena.
• The five fighters defeated more than a thousand monsters and cleared the second-floor trial, then were transported to the third floor.
• Lu Kui discovered he could no longer use his Gang Qi, and the group saw the Clan Troops gathered on the third floor in a weakened state.
• Lion King provoked Guan Hongyue, and Xie Zi'ang and Rain Granny intervened before the dispute escalated.
• Luo Jun and Lu Kui met Xuanyuan Wuji, and Guan Hongyue explained that the third-floor trial tested Qi capacity.

Luo Jun learned that the third-floor trial required participants to use Spirit Energy Emitters to repel Netherworld Spirits for fourteen minutes and twenty-four seconds. Despite the enormous Vital Energy cost, he decided to try completing the trial with a single emitter.

• Xie Zi'ang found the third-floor rules, which explained that no more than three participants could use Vital Energy to keep Netherworld Spirits from reaching the Red Area.
• Guan Hongyue described the Frost Moon Troupe's two failed attempts and explained that the Clan Troops had been stranded on the floor for nearly ninety-eight days.
• Rain Granny and Xie Zi'ang discussed the Clan Troops' missing captains and the danger of the trial deadline approaching.
• Xie Zi'ang recommended that everyone rest and replenish their Vital Energy before attempting the trial again.
• Luo Jun asked whether one Spirit Energy Emitter could stop all the Netherworld Spirits, then walked to the Registration Desk to try it.

Luo Jun entered the Spirit Energy Emitter trial alone and fought off waves of Netherworld Spirits while the spectators doubted he could sustain the effort. After five minutes, he was still holding them five meters from the Red Area without showing fatigue, leaving everyone astonished by his Vital Energy reserves.

• Xuanyuan Wuji tried to stop Luo Jun from entering the trial, but Luo Jun threw him back into the crowd and activated the challenge.
• Luo Jun used the Spirit Energy Emitter to sweep purple beams across the field, destroying Netherworld Spirits as more appeared.
• Luo Jun adjusted his attacks to keep the spirits from overwhelming him, while spectators discussed the danger of the curse and the challenge's growing difficulty.
• Lion King dismissed Luo Jun's chances, while Lu Kui and Xuanyuan Wuji defended him, prompting Guan Tianshuang to silence the argument.
• After five minutes, Luo Jun continued firing steadily and showed no signs of fatigue, astonishing the spectators.

Luo Jun used two Spirit Energy Emitters to clear the Netherworld Spirit trial and appeared on the next floor, where his Vital Energy was sealed. He killed a mutated Polluter and began examining the new trial.

• Luo Jun kept firing one emitter as the Netherworld Spirits surged, but the single beam could no longer hold them back.
• Luo Jun grabbed a second emitter and used both to suppress the spirits until the countdown ended and the trial declared him successful.
• Guan Hongyue, Guan Tianshuang, Lion King, Lu Kui, and the other spectators reacted with astonishment as Luo Jun vanished from the arena.
• Luo Jun appeared in a new Trial Grounds, discovered that his Vital Energy had been sealed, and saw a mutated Polluter lunge at him.
• Luo Jun dodged the Polluter with a Great Success, tripped it, and killed it with another kick before reading the trial instructions.

Luo Jun cleared the fourth-floor trial by overpowering the Advanced Demon Statue, then discovered that the final floor stripped away his physical enhancements from Vital Energy. He found a long-haired woman in the arena and wondered whether she was the girl Ling Shen had mentioned.

• Luo Jun read Ling Shen's final words, learned about his family and his injured right leg, and promised to fulfill his last wish.
• Luo Jun defeated the Advanced Demon Statue by knocking away its axe, breaking its leg, and smashing it into the arena floor.
• Luo Jun cleared the trial and arrived on the final floor, where the ruins sealed the physical enhancements he had gained through cultivating Vital Energy.
• Luo Jun checked his Attribute Panel and found that the Dice of Heavenly Secrets' enhancement to his Innate Potential remained intact.
• Luo Jun spotted a long-haired woman in the spectator seats and moved closer, but she turned toward him.