Chapter Summaries

Pang Dahai returned to Golden Creek City with reinforcements from Miracle City, and Qi Ji’s forces overwhelmed Black Water City’s army and captured both territories. Qi Ji annexed Golden Creek City and occupied Black Water City, adding two subordinate cities to his territory.

• Pang Dahai arrived in Golden Creek City with Miracle City’s reinforcements, including fifty Adventurers, Nan Xi Li Ya, and three Elves.
• White Crane Hermit and the Adventurers organized the force’s weapons and vehicles before attacking Black Water City’s troops at River Beach Village.
• The helicopters, machine guns, and Ronin Mecha devastated the Dark Race forces, while Pang Dahai used a High-Energy Arc Gun to kill the Ratman Lord.
• Miracle City’s forces defeated the remaining defenders, captured River Beach Village, and then took Black Water City with almost no resistance.
• Qi Ji refined Black Water City’s Core Divine Stone, Pang Dahai advanced Golden Creek City’s rank, and Qi Ji annexed Golden Creek City and occupied Black Water City.

Qi Ji used the Black Water City treasure chest’s Territory Array blueprint to plan Miracle City’s expansion, created the City of Freedom Secret Realm for Black Water City, and upgraded the Lord’s Mansion. He entered the new Secret Realm to explore Los Santos and began considering rules to curb adventurers’ crimes there, while the Miracle City Battle Royale Competition drew near.

• Qi Ji opened the Black Water City treasure chest, gained a Territory Array blueprint, and planned to use arrays to establish outposts and spread Miracle City’s influence into Thousand Lake City.
• Qi Ji chose the Grand Theft Auto assets to create the City of Freedom, a Los Santos-based Secret Realm with Story Mode and multiplayer Free Mode.
• Qi Ji planned a future Arad Continent Secret Realm using Dungeon & Fighter, opting for a party-based online experience rather than a massive MMORPG.
• Qi Ji completed the City of Freedom, attached it to Black Water City’s core, and upgraded the Lord’s Mansion to Second Order.
• Qi Ji entered the City of Freedom as a Lamborghini-driving resident and explored Los Santos, then witnessed four adventurers get killed or arrested after robbing a jewelry store.
• Qi Ji considered adding restrictions to Free Mode after the robbery and monitored his territory as the Battle Royale Competition approached.

Qi Ji examined the City of Freedom Secret Realm’s rewards and discovered that its low-grade Smartphones could connect users to Miracle City’s information services. Meanwhile, Nan Xi Li Ya’s Elf squad entered the Battle Royale tournament, gained early victories, and was eliminated after the Old Folks Fun Squad ambushed them at a bridge.

• Qi Ji checked the City of Freedom’s drops, exchanged for a Smartphone, and recognized its potential for widespread use and income.
• Artus and the other Elves prepared for Miracle City’s Battle Royale tournament, and Nan Xi Li Ya’s squad chose a cautious drop point near the airport.
• Nan Xi Li Ya’s Elf squad regrouped, eliminated several opponents, and gathered equipment while looting the airport area.
• As the poison zone closed in, Artus drove the squad across East Bridge, where the Old Folks Fun Squad ambushed them and killed Artus, Evelyn, Elsa, and Nan Xi Li Ya.
• San Zhu and the Old Folks Fun Squad looted the eliminated Elves and drove away before the poison zone arrived.

Qi Ji planned future variations for Raging Tide Escape as the Chicken Dinner Tournament’s shifting battles eliminated several top teams. The Four Directions Alliance Squad defeated the Yellow Springs Squad in the finals circle, leaving fewer than ten adventurers alive and the championship undecided.

• Qi Ji considered adding creative maps, special events, and new equipment to future Raging Tide Escape matches while preserving the battle royale mechanics.
• The Old Folks Fun Squad ambushed and eliminated the Bully Team and Green Mountain Team, then drove toward the school area.
• The Hammer Pig Chicken Dog Squad sacrificed Irritable Little Chicken in a C4-laden Motorcycle attack that wiped out the Old Folks Fun Squad, before the Yellow Springs Squad eliminated the remaining Hammer Pig Chicken Dog members.
• Other Shore Flower used an Airdrop Crate as bait, and the Yellow Springs Squad ambushed and eliminated the Cat Deer Rain Snow Team.
• The Four Directions Alliance Squad fought the Yellow Springs Squad in the finals circle and eliminated all four opponents at the cost of two members, leaving fewer than ten adventurers in the tournament.

Arno won the first Miracle City Battle Royale Competition by defeating Ran Tianyun with a trap, and Qi Ji recognized the upset’s value for inspiring ordinary citizens. After planning Miracle City’s housing and urban layout, Qi Ji began preparing to establish a Miracle City Adventurer Guild and Secret Realm Lobby in Thousand Lake City, alongside a new online-game Secret Realm.

• Arno used the Native Team’s gasoline trap and an Incendiary Grenade to defeat Ran Tianyun and win the Battle Royale tournament.
• The adventurers celebrated Arno’s victory, while Qi Ji concluded the surprise win would make the tournament more popular and inspire ordinary citizens.
• Qi Ji planned three types of residences and began considering a redesigned layout for Miracle City.
• Pang Dahai asked when Golden Creek City would receive a new Secret Realm, and Qi Ji said he had already begun creating one.
• Qi Ji asked Artus about the Elf Race’s influence in Thousand Lake City and arranged to establish a Miracle City Adventurer Guild and Secret Realm Lobby there.
• Artus agreed to coordinate the outpost, while Qi Ji planned to finish remaking Dungeon & Fighter for the Thousand Lake City internet café.

Qi Ji weighed Miracle Territory’s growing expenses against the Mental Strength needed to advance to Fifth Order as adventurers discussed its Secret Realms. In the Sui and Tang Chapter, Other Shore Flower uncovered the scale of Yuwen Tuo’s scheme, recovered the Shennong Cauldron, and received Yang Shuo as a settlement reward.

• Qi Ji calculated that Miracle Territory could save enough resources to advance him to Fifth Order, though doing so could slow construction and adventurer recruitment.
• Meng Yin Xue and other Green Mountain City Adventurers watched Other Shore Flower’s Sui and Tang Chapter progress and discussed its story and characters.
• Other Shore Flower and her companions defeated Yang Shuo after he used the Myriad Spirits Blood Array to destroy Donglai City and kill its sixty thousand residents.
• Other Shore Flower found Yang Shuo’s map and letter, learned Yuwen Tuo might target four more cities, and followed a lead toward Great Liang.
• Dugu Ningke told Other Shore Flower where to find the Shennong Cauldron, which she recovered from an official ship at the docks.
• Other Shore Flower ended her adventure and received the Third Rank Four Star Named Essence Soul of Great Sui White-Robed Tiger General: Yang Shuo.

Qi Ji expanded Miracle Territory by conquering Blood Howl Valley, then built a Named Sanctuary and summoned Emma as his first Named Individual. With Emma appointed Steward of the Lord’s Mansion, Qi Ji prepared for further expansion and the launch of the Arad Continent secret realm.

• After the adventurers left, the four lords traded materials and blueprints with Qi Ji, and Qi Ji built a Money House that issued gold, silver, and copper Miracle Coins.
• Qi Ji ordered an assault on Blood Howl Valley, and Miracle City’s forces shattered Blood Howl City’s defenses and captured the city and its six strongholds.
• Qi Ji’s troops killed over 3,800 Dark Race members and rescued more than 8,000 enslaved natives, adding Blood Howl City to Miracle Territory’s growing holdings.
• Qi Ji opened Blood Howl City’s Chaos Treasure Chest, obtained Lord’s Blessing Art and a Named Sanctuary blueprint, and built the sanctuary.
• Qi Ji bought a Heroic Soul Stone and summoned Emma, then appointed her Steward of the Lord’s Mansion.
• Qi Ji planned further territory development while awaiting preparations for the Thousand Lake City garrison and the Arad Continent secret realm.

Wan Shan Gu Hong overcame his adventuring weariness after exploring Miracle Territory’s Ashina Country Secret Realm, then joined Green Mountain City Adventurers visiting Miracle Main City for its first residential auction. As Qi Ji expanded the territory’s economy and established a presence in Thousand Lake City, he prepared the new Arad Continent Secret Realm for its planned opening the next day.

• Meng Yin Xue persuaded her uncle Wan Shan Gu Hong to leave seclusion and enter Miracle Territory, where he became absorbed in Ashina Country and felt his cultivation bottleneck begin to loosen.
• Wan Shan Gu Hong defeated Ashina Genichiro at Tenshukaku and declared that Miracle Territory’s Secret Realms could help him break through to Fifth Order.
• Wool Warrior showed Wan Shan Gu Hong, Meng Yin Xue, and the other Green Mountain City Adventurers Miracle Main City’s new districts and Secret Realm lobbies before they joined the residential auction.
• Meng Yin Xue exchanged 10,000 Soul Crystals for Miracle Gold Coins to raise Contribution Points for the auction, while Qi Ji opened a limited Soul Crystal exchange to provide liquidity.
• Qi Ji established a Secret Realm Lobby and Adventurer Guild in Thousand Lake City and continued creating the Arad Continent Secret Realm, which he expected to open the next day.

Qi Ji prepared the Arad Continent secret realm while Adventurers in Miracle City celebrated White Crane Hermit’s rare Isshin Ashina drop and explored the territory’s other attractions. Wan Shan Gu Hong watched the King of Fighters '97 tournament reach its final battle, where Orochi appeared as the story’s new threat.

• Qi Ji dismissed Emma and hurried to finish the Arad Continent secret realm for its planned launch the next day.
• Meng Yin Xue and Wan Shan Gu Hong continued exploring Miracle City while bidding on commercial housing and visiting the crowded Secret Realm Lobby.
• White Crane Hermit explained how he prepared three Abundance Marks to earn the named Isshin Ashina Essence Soul, then traded Ashina Young Lord: Ashina Genichiro to Miracle City for 6,000 Contribution Points.
• Wan Shan Gu Hong toured Miracle City’s secret realms and watched Hei Yuan, Nanshan Guest, and Mad-Eye Battle Maniac defeat the Awakened Trio in the King of Fighters '97 tournament.
• Chris absorbed the power of the other two and transformed into Orochi, prompting Wan Shan Gu Hong to recognize the Ancient God as a potentially valuable Essence Soul.

Hei Yuan led the final round of the team’s high-risk battle against Orochi and defeated the Ancient God, clearing the Final Arena. The victory earned the team the King of Fighters '97 Champion medal, an Ancient God Orochi Essence Soul, and two Skill Stones.

• Mad-Eye Battle Maniac fought Orochi first as Chang Koehan, but Orochi overwhelmed him and killed him with Soul Extraction.
• Nanshan Guest used Benimaru Nikaido to injure Orochi with a Great Lightning Fist, but Orochi defeated him with Sunshine Radiance.
• Hei Yuan entered as Kyo Kusanagi, used Bursting Qi and consecutive attacks to weaken Orochi, then avoided the mental impact of Sunshine Radiance by closing her eyes.
• Hei Yuan unleashed Zero Style and defeated Orochi, clearing the Final Arena and earning the champion medal, Orochi Essence Soul, Black Particle Skill Stone, and Sunshine Radiance Skill Stone.

Adventurers celebrated the King of Fighters challenge’s rare rewards as Wan Shan Gu Hong explored Miracle City and decided to join it. Seeking a Fourth Rank Essence Soul, he went with Meng Yin Xue to watch Other Shore Flower’s progress in the Sui and Tang Chapter, where a voyage to find an Immortal led her party into a giant fish’s belly and the mysterious Di Ren Country.

• Hei Yuan, Nanshan Guest, and Mad-Eye Battle Maniac earned Orochi’s Soul Essence and two valuable skills after defeating the King of Fighters Tournament’s boss, prompting Adventurers to prepare for future challenges.
• Wan Shan Gu Hong marveled at City of Freedom and the Star Sea Secret Realm, concluded that Qi Ji was a godlike creator, and resolved to become a Miracle City Adventurer.
• Meng Yin Xue told Wan Shan Gu Hong that the Sui and Tang Chapter might yield a Fourth Rank Essence Soul, so they went to watch Other Shore Flower’s Secret Realm Crystal.
• Other Shore Flower, Yu Xiao Xue, and Tuoba Yuer sailed into the East Sea seeking an Immortal, but a gigantic fish swallowed their ship and left them inside its cavernous body.
• Other Shore Flower led Yu Xiao Xue and Tuoba Yuer through the giant fish’s maze-like inner world, where they encountered guards from the Di Ren Tribe and learned they were in Di Ren Country.

Other Shore Flower and her companions learned that the Di Ren Queen could guide them to Immortal Island if they helped the Di Ren Tribe defeat the Black Dragon King. After skipping three days of preparation, they joined the tribe’s underwater assault on the Dragon Palace, where they had to assassinate the king and keep him from taking the Kongtong Seal.

• Other Shore Flower defeated the Di Ren guards without killing them, then learned the tribe lived inside the giant whale Giant Wave and was brought to Di Ren Country.
• Other Shore Flower and the adventurers caught up on her recent journey: she obtained the Shennong Cauldron, returned it to Tuoba Yuer after refining medicine, and befriended Cheng Yaojin and Qin Qiong.
• The Di Ren Queen revealed that the Kongtong Seal protected her people and that the Black Dragon King was devouring whales to prolong his life; she offered to help the adventurers reach Immortal Island if they aided her tribe.
• Other Shore Flower accepted the Queen’s request, skipped three days of exploration to prepare, and joined nearly a thousand Di Ren warriors for their attack on the Dragon Palace.
• The Di Ren Tribe began its underwater assault while Other Shore Flower and her companions headed toward the palace’s secret passage to assassinate the Black Dragon King and prevent him from taking the Kongtong Seal.

Other Shore Flower and her companions defeated the Black Dragon King, but Tuoba Yuer removed the Kongtong Seal after he deceived her, causing the Di Ren people to lose their youth and leaving Yuer gravely injured. The group set out for Immortal Mountain to seek help, while Qi Ji finished preparing the Arad Continent realm and reviewed Miracle City’s major gains.

• The Di Ren Tribe attacked the Dragon Palace as Other Shore Flower and Tuoba Yuer entered and challenged the Black Dragon King.
• Other Shore Flower, Yu Xiao Xue, and Tuoba Yuer repeatedly fought the Black Dragon King before coordinating their attacks to defeat him.
• The Black Dragon King tricked Tuoba Yuer into removing the Kongtong Seal, which ended the Immortality Array and caused the Di Ren people to age rapidly.
• Tuoba Yuer disfigured herself in remorse, then learned her injuries might be fatal; the Queen urged the group to seek a healing Immortal on Immortal Mountain.
• Other Shore Flower, Yu Xiao Xue, and Tuoba Yuer reached Immortal Mountain, but the adventure ended before they could explore, and Other Shore Flower received the Black Dragon King Essence Soul.
• Qi Ji completed the initial Arad Continent realm and reviewed the adventurers’ rewards, reclaimed Essence Souls, resources, and property sales.

Qi Ji announced new developments for Miracle City, including housing, secret realm updates, and plans for expansion, while adventurers celebrated their new residency and prepared to explore Arad Continent. The chapter ended as Black Stone Hammer King and his team entered the newly launched secret realm and began creating characters.

• Emma reported that Miracle City's first housing auction had sold out, bringing 176 adventurers residency rights.
• Qi Ji considered making God of War the opening work for a mythology-themed fourth Main Secret Realm, then announced updates to the three existing Main Secret Realms.
• Meng Yin Xue and Wan Shan Gu Hong secured one high-class and one ordinary residence, giving themselves and Six-Eyed Flying Fish and Iron-Mouthed Cockroach residency rights.
• Qi Ji announced the launch of Arad Continent, multiplayer mode for the Titan Chapter, and plans to establish a Secret Realm Lobby in Thousand Lake City and expand the territory.
• Adventurers discussed the threat posed by Evilwood Territory, and several scouting groups tested its outposts but achieved little.
• Black Stone Hammer King, Pig King, Irritable Little Chicken, and Lone Wolf entered Arad Continent, chose classes, and began their new adventure.

Lucky Little Grass entered Golden Creek City’s new Arad Continent Secret Realm and discovered a vast, richly detailed world with persistent progression, combat, quests, and shared adventuring features. He and the other adventurers explored its opening areas and realized the Secret Realm contained an immense number of replayable stages.

• Lucky Little Grass arrived at Golden Creek City, where Pang Dahai announced that its old Dark Mine Secret Realm had been replaced by Lord Qi Ji’s Arad Continent.
• Lucky Little Grass chose the Gunner identity and watched its story lead from a Cartel outpost in the Heavenly Realm to the enormous Arad Continent.
• Lucky Little Grass fought Goblins in Luo Lan, learned the Secret Realm’s level and loot systems, and raised his character to level 2.
• Lucky Little Grass and the other adventurers explored Elvenguard, discovered its chat channels and party features, and began taking quests.
• Lucky Little Grass accepted a quest from Linus to rescue Celia, then joined the investigation of the Forest of Grant’s many Dungeon Battlefields.

Qi Ji opened Miracle City's Adventure Hall in Thousand Lake City and introduced local adventurers to the Arad Continent Secret Realm. Lich Visaros discovered the Secret Realm's appeal and teamed up with Elf Elder Artus to challenge Kain the Thunder.

• Qi Ji arrived in Thousand Lake City, praised Artus for establishing Miracle City's outpost, and offered the Elf Race half of the first two hundred adventurer slots.
• Visaros and his undead arrived at the Adventure Hall, and Qi Ji welcomed them despite Artus's hostility toward the former elf.
• Adventurers were astonished by the Arad Continent Secret Realm, and Visaros entered it as a Blade Master and began exploring its quests and dungeons.
• After struggling with the difficult Thunder Ruin, Visaros offered Artus equipment and proposed they fight Kain the Thunder together.
• Artus accepted Visaros's offer, and the elf and lich formed a party to enter Thunder Ruin while their followers watched.

Qi Ji’s Arad Continent combined cultivation ranks with game levels to balance its dungeons, while Visaros and Artus explored its maps and uncovered more of its history. After the pair failed to defeat the Poison Cat King, Visaros offered 1,000 Soul Crystals for a rare Autumn Leaf Katana, leaving the cross-city trade unresolved.

• Qi Ji’s level system balanced dungeon combat and linked equipment ranks to secret-realm levels and quality.
• Visaros and Artus defeated Kain the Thunder in Thunder Ruin, then learned from Celia about the Fire of Grant, Great Mage Mar, and the nations of Arad Continent.
• Visaros explored Hutton Mar with Artus, and the pair reached Level 6 before unlocking Poison Thunder Ruins.
• Artus and Visaros challenged the Poison Cat King but died after being overwhelmed by poison, traps, and the level gap.
• Visaros offered Lucky Little Grass 1,000 Soul Crystals for the Autumn Leaf Katana, astonishing the adventurers, but the two could not yet determine how to complete their cross-city trade.

Qi Ji’s Arad Continent secret realm became a hit as adventurers traded valuable gear, formed groups, and discovered skill instructors, while Visaros became completely absorbed in the experience. Back in Miracle City, Qi Ji planned changes to improve Soul Essence drops, just as news arrived that someone had obtained a Fourth Rank Essence Soul.

• Lucky Little Grass chose 900 Contribution Points instead of 800 soul crystals for his Autumn Leaf Katana, inspiring other adventurers to pursue the Arad Continent.
• Qi Ji planned a Miracle Coin system with two-way soul crystal exchanges and considered adding harder dungeon modes to improve Soul Essence drops.
• Kobold Luke rallied nearly twenty kobold adventurers to farm gold and equipment, while Visaros and Artus formed a party and cleared the Poison Thunder Ruins.
• Visaros found GSD’s Blade Master Dojo, learned that he could train in skills, and became so engrossed in Arad Continent that he felt it was like a second life.
• Qi Ji returned to his body in the Lord’s Mansion and considered a Return to Truth Mode that would remove level effects and improve the chance of Soul Essence drops.
• Someone in Miracle City announced that a Fourth Rank Essence Soul had dropped.

Other Shore Flower explored Immortal Mountain Island with Xiao Xue and Ah Chou as they sought help for Tuoba Yuer, a cure for her injuries, and a way to stop Taotie. After overcoming Xingtian’s trial to obtain a Blood Dew Peach, Other Shore Flower earned Miracle City’s first Fourth Rank Essence Soul, Phantom Xingtian.

• Qi Ji reviewed the Secret Realms and planned future updates that could eventually let adventurers obtain Brother A’s Soul Essence.
• Other Shore Flower and Xiao Xue struggled to keep Tuoba Yuer alive, and Xiao Xue’s blood miraculously enhanced medicine made with the Shennong Cauldron.
• Other Shore Flower encountered Gu Sheng Yue and Immortal Ran Weng, who agreed to help with Taotie and the Di Ren Country barrier and revealed that a Blood Dew Peach could restore Yuer.
• Other Shore Flower and Xiao Xue reached Ximu Peak, where Xingtian appeared and killed them repeatedly as they tried to take a Blood Dew Peach for Yuer.
• Other Shore Flower reflected Xingtian’s strongest attack with Shifting Flowers and Grafting Wood, then learned that the Xingtian she defeated was a phantom and passed the trial by seeking the peach for someone else.
• Other Shore Flower returned with the Blood Dew Peach and received Miracle City’s first Fourth Rank Essence Soul, Phantom Xingtian.

Other Shore Flower advanced the Sui and Tang story, helping Tuoba Yuer recover and Xiao Xue awaken her hidden potential before the group traveled to Sea Mountain Jianmu. They reached God Pangu, whose overwhelming presence left both the heroes and the watching adventurers stunned.

• Other Shore Flower obtained the Rare Fourth Rank Xingtian Soul Essence, which sparked excitement among adventurers and convinced Wan Shan Gu Hong to keep pursuing a Soul Essence in Miracle City.
• Other Shore Flower returned the Blood Dew Peach to Heavenly Village, where Immortal Gu Yue used the Shennong Cauldron to heal Tuoba Yuer and later awakened Xiao Xue's hidden potential; Ah Chou also advanced to Third Rank Two Star.
• Other Shore Flower, Tuoba Yuer, and Xiao Xue set out for Sea Mountain Jianmu, sharing a sunset voyage as Yuer played the pipa, Ah Chou played the flute, and Xiao Xue combed her hair.
• Xiao Xue suffered a severe headache near Jianmu, but recovered after the group rested; the adventurers suspected her awakened constitution resonated with divine artifacts.
• The group climbed into Jianmu, fought and collected demons, and encountered God Pangu, whose voice and aura overwhelmed them and astonished the adventurers watching through the Secret Realm Crystal.