Chapter Summaries

Qi Ji destroyed Bloodthroat’s army, claimed control of Gloomy Valley, and expanded Miracle City before breaking through to Third Order. He activated the Sea of Inspiration, preparing to choose the Inspiration Crystal that would shape the Second Secret Realm.

• Qi Ji rejected an immediate assault on Gloomy City, then collected equipment and materials and burned the enemy corpses for Soul Crystals.
• Qi Ji returned to Miracle City, where its citizens celebrated Bloodthroat’s death and Nan Xi Li Ya decided to earn his trust and eventually help him oppose the Eternal Night Dragon King.
• Qi Ji built a Refining Tower, upgraded the Secret Realm Lobby, and built two more Soldier’s Houses.
• Qi Ji spent 5,000 Mental Strength to reach Third Order and gain another Sea of Inspiration awakening.
• Qi Ji activated the Sea of Inspiration to choose the Inspiration Crystal that would determine the Second Secret Realm’s design.

Qi Ji awakened four new Inspiration Crystals and chose Sekiro as the basis for his Second Secret Realm, Chronicles of Ten Foreign Lands. He planned to begin with the Ashina Country Chapter while saving the other crystals for future content.

• Qi Ji received the Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty, Prototype, Legends of the Wulin, and Dungeon & Fighter crystals, bringing his activatable total to six.
• Qi Ji ruled out the online game material and Prototype, then compared Sekiro, Wo Long, and Legends of the Wulin as candidates for his Second Secret Realm.
• Qi Ji chose Sekiro because its focused setting, production demands, and design made it the most practical choice for Miracle City.
• Qi Ji envisioned Chronicles of Ten Foreign Lands as a series that could combine Sekiro, Wo Long, and other historical action-game settings into distinct chapters.
• Qi Ji named the first installment the Ashina Country Chapter and planned to use Sekiro as its prototype.

Qi Ji planned a Sekiro-inspired secret realm while Miracle City’s popularity continued to grow. When the Underworld Adventurer Group sent Wangchuan Sanren to retrieve Sleeping in the Wind, White Crane Hermit persuaded him to try the secret realms instead, and he was impressed by Doomsday Frenzy.

• Qi Ji reviewed Ashina Country’s characters, locations, and dangers, and decided to build its prologue first before expanding it with a Second Core.
• Adventurers gathered in Miracle City’s newly expanded Second Order lobby, where White Crane Hermit chose to farm Second Rank Essence Souls instead of clearing the Third Level.
• Sleeping in the Wind refused Wangchuan Sanren’s order to return to the Underworld Adventurer Group, and Lonely Swordsman warned Wangchuan Sanren not to cause trouble in Miracle City.
• White Crane Hermit told Wangchuan Sanren to experience the secret realms, and Wangchuan Sanren agreed to join the queue.
• Wangchuan Sanren entered Doomsday Frenzy and was struck by its realism, detail, and immersive atmosphere.

Wangchuan Sanren cleared Novice Mode and joined Nan Xi Li Ya, Arno, and Lihua Yuluo for a Checkpoint Mode challenge, where the team defeated a Tank Zombie and Arno obtained its Essence Soul. After the run, Cat MeowMeow called Nan Xi Li Ya over to watch Sister Ming Yue begin Story Mode.

• Wangchuan Sanren cleared Novice Mode after several attempts and entered a multiplayer Checkpoint Mode challenge with Nan Xi Li Ya, Arno, and Lihua Yuluo.
• Nan Xi Li Ya took command and led the team in attempting to defeat a Tank or Witch as well as clear the level.
• After two failed attempts, the team adapted its tactics and defeated a Tank Zombie on the third run before clearing the level.
• Arno discovered that he had obtained a Tank Essence Soul, and Nan Xi Li Ya urged him to apply to the Lord for a contract.
• Wangchuan Sanren asked to run the challenge again, but Cat MeowMeow summoned Nan Xi Li Ya to watch Sister Ming Yue start Story Mode.

Nan Xi Li Ya watched Bright Moon Reflecting Snow begin Miracle City's first story-mode chapter, which opened with a leech attack on a train and then placed her in the role of rookie agent Rebecca. The chapter left Bright Moon Reflecting Snow ready to follow Rebecca's story under strict plot-sync rules.

• Nan Xi Li Ya spent her remaining Contribution Points on snacks and joined the crowd watching Bright Moon Reflecting Snow's adventure.
• Bright Moon Reflecting Snow entered Story Chapter One and watched a cutscene showing Leeches attacking a train and a mysterious man controlling them.
• Bright Moon Reflecting Snow took control of Rebecca, a nineteen-year-old medic investigating a mountain incident, and received a warning to keep Plot Sync Value above 60%.
• Qi Ji's rules made story characters die and ended the challenge if Plot Sync Value fell too low, preventing adventurers from straying from the linear plot.
• Bright Moon Reflecting Snow realized she had to reenact Rebecca's life and declared that she was Rebecca.

Bright Moon Reflecting Snow experienced Doomsday Frenzy’s Story Mode as Rebecca, learning to stay in character while investigating the helicopter crash and a nearby train. Her discoveries revealed clues about the Umbrella Corporation and the T-Virus, while spectators praised Qi Ji’s immersive Secret Realm design.

• Bright Moon Reflecting Snow entered the story as Rebecca, but a helicopter engine failure caused the team to crash in the forest.
• After Rebecca briefly broke character, she recovered and followed Captain Marion’s orders to search the area.
• Rebecca found a transport order for escaped death row inmate Billy Coen, then investigated a nearby Luxury Train and fought its Zombies.
• Rebecca gathered documents and diaries pointing to the Umbrella Corporation and its T-Virus research.
• Bright Moon Reflecting Snow gradually immersed herself in Rebecca’s role as spectators, including Wangchuan Sanren and White Crane Hermit, admired Qi Ji’s Story Mode.

Bright Moon Reflecting Snow encountered Billy Coen and joined him to stop a sabotaged train after they survived an attack by a Leech Mimic Human. As they faced a T-Virus-enhanced Giant Scorpion, it impaled her, causing her to lose plot synchronization and fail the challenge.

• Bright Moon Reflecting Snow confronted Billy Coen but let him go after suspecting he was an important character.
• Bright Moon Reflecting Snow was attacked by a Leech Mimic Human, and Billy rescued her by using a shotgun and electricity to drive the Leeches away.
• Bright Moon Reflecting Snow and Billy saw the Mysterious Man outside the train before it suddenly accelerated because its brakes had been sabotaged.
• Bright Moon Reflecting Snow and Billy worked together to repair the brakes, and she killed her zombified teammate Edward.
• A T-Virus-enhanced Giant Scorpion attacked Bright Moon Reflecting Snow, pierced her with its tail, and caused her challenge to fail.

Bright Moon Reflecting Snow explored the Raging Tide World’s story secret realm, uncovering more about the Leech Man and Dr. James Marcus while discovering that story runs might greatly increase Life Soul Fusion Degree. Her journey ended after a Mutated Centipede defeated her, leaving the adventurers eager to learn the Secret Base’s remaining secrets.

• Bright Moon Reflecting Snow reported that her Life Soul Fusion Degree had risen nearly one percentage point in a single run, prompting White Crane Hermit and the others to consider the cultivation value of Miracle City’s story secret realm.
• Bright Moon Reflecting Snow defeated the Giant Scorpion with a Double-barreled Shotgun, then worked with Billy to restore the train’s brakes before surviving its crash into the Cadre Training Institute.
• Bright Moon Reflecting Snow and Billy entered the Institute and learned from a portrait that the Leech Man resembled Dr. James Marcus, the first director of the T-Virus Research Institute.
• Bright Moon Reflecting Snow encountered a giant Mutated Centipede, was killed, and received a T-Virus Giant Scorpion Essence Soul as a reward for the challenge.
• With Bright Moon Reflecting Snow out of Adventurer Stamina, the adventurers discussed the story’s mysteries and decided to continue exploring Miracle City’s other content.

Qi Ji monitored adventurers’ progress through the Frenzy Story Chapter and assessed the high Mental Strength rewards from Story Mode. Meanwhile, the Hammer Pig Chicken Dog team found a T03 Tyrant Controller in the Raging Tide Secret Realm, and Sleeping in the Wind and Lonely Swordsman recognized it as a way to control the Tyrant Zombie they had encountered.

• Qi Ji observed that Story Mode generated roughly fifty to sixty percent more Mental Strength than Checkpoint Mode and planned to keep releasing Story Chapters alongside other gameplay.
• Qi Ji described how he had optimized the Resident Evil 0 story into five acts with escalating bosses, while Bright Moon Reflecting Snow had cleared the first act after losing three lives to the Mutated Scorpion.
• Several adventurers attempted the story but died before reaching the Giant Centipede, while the Hammer Pig Chicken Dog team made progress in the Third Level of the Raging Tide Secret Realm.
• Black Stone Hammer King, Pig King, Irritable Little Chicken, and Lone Wolf found a T03 Tyrant Controller on a researcher’s corpse during their fourth attempt.
• Sleeping in the Wind and Lonely Swordsman came to inspect the controller and realized it could be useful against the Tyrant Zombie their team had encountered.

The Hammer Pig Chicken Dog Squad discovered a Tyrant Controller and used it to make a Tyrant Zombie protect them as they fought through the Third Level. After the Tyrant sacrificed itself to hold back G3, the squad failed the challenge, but the Tyrant became a beloved companion to the adventurers.

• With ammunition nearly gone, the Hammer Pig Chicken Dog Squad followed Sleeping in the Wind's suggestion and entered a secret room containing a dormant Tyrant Zombie.
• Black Stone Hammer King used the Tyrant Controller to order the Tyrant to protect the squad, and it slaughtered the zombie horde, including G1.
• The Tyrant helped the squad survive further battles, but its restraint coat was destroyed during a fight against two G1s and a G2, triggering its unstable Second Form.
• After the defeated G2 began mutating into G3, the squad fled, and the Tyrant shut a door behind itself to hold G3 back.
• G3 killed the Tyrant and caught the squad, which fought back but was torn apart, failing the challenge.

Qi Ji finished a playable prologue for Chronicles of Ten Foreign Lands and strengthened Miracle City’s forces ahead of the Gloomy City campaign. He then revealed that he planned to add an Arena Mode to the Raging Tide Secret Realm after the Second Secret Realm was completed.

• Qi Ji completed the Ashina Country prologue, ending with Wolf Uncle’s duel against Ashina Genichiro on the Reed Plains.
• Qi Ji tallied the day’s resources and summoned sixteen high-quality monsters, including two Flamethrower Trackers, seven Tank Zombies, and a Giant Scorpion.
• Qi Ji visited the Secret Realm Lobby, where adventurers discussed their discoveries in Doomsday Frenzy and pressed him for spoilers.
• Qi Ji refused to reveal plot details but told Bright Moon Reflecting Snow that he planned to add Arena Mode to the Raging Tide Secret Realm after completing the Second Secret Realm.

Qi Ji revealed that Arena Mode would bring CS-style faction battles and battle royale gameplay to the Raging Tide Secret Realm, then assembled Miracle City’s forces to attack Gloomy City. Scarface prepared to defend the city and destroy its slaves if defeat seemed inevitable.

• Qi Ji teased Arena Mode, explaining that it would offer competitive gunfights and battle royale gameplay but require special facilities to support adventurers.
• Adventurers eagerly demanded the mission to take Gloomy City, and Qi Ji announced the assault and recruited 411 combatants, including 24 powerful units.
• In Gloomy City, Scarface feared Bloodthroat’s army had been defeated but hoped to seize power as the strongest remaining leader.
• Scarface ordered the city’s defenses prepared and planned to hold out until Thunder City could send reinforcements.
• Scarface ordered his men to keep the city’s more than three thousand slaves locked away so they could be burned if Gloomy City was about to fall.

Qi Ji led Miracle City's forces in conquering Gloomy City, defeating Scarface and the Dark Goblins through a siege and an underground ambush. He refined Gloomy City's Core Divine Stone to claim it as his first main city, then opened its Chaos Treasure Chest.

• Scarface rejected Miracle City's demand to surrender and ordered Gloomy City's defenders to fight as the attackers bombarded the city's Barrier.
• Qi Ji entered Gloomy City through a tunnel dug by a Mutant Giant Scorpion and killed Scarface with help from two Trackers.
• Miracle City's forces broke through the Barrier and gates, routed the Goblins, and rescued Gloomy City's enslaved servants.
• Qi Ji refined the Gloomy City Core Divine Stone and established Gloomy City as his first main city.
• Qi Ji opened the Chaos Treasure Chest and obtained 3,000 Soul Crystals, a Return Scroll Skill Secret Crystal, and an Energy Absorption Tower blueprint.

Qi Ji obtained Return Scroll and an Energy Absorption Tower blueprint from a Main City conversion, then considered how the tower could support new Secret Realm business models and Arena Mode. He left the Arena Mode plans on hold while prioritizing development of Chronicles of Ten Foreign Lands.

• Qi Ji learned the Second Rank Lord Skill Return Scroll, which let him return instantly to his territory's Main City if he had enough Mental Strength and was not sealed.
• Qi Ji received an Energy Absorption Tower blueprint and recognized that its ability to convert adventurers' Energy Points into Soul Crystals could support casual and online Secret Realms.
• Qi Ji planned to use Energy Absorption Towers and a Secret Realm Control Tower to launch Arena Mode in the Raging Tide Secret Realm, with paid playtime and virtual character and weapon collections.
• Qi Ji decided to seek a Secret Realm Control Tower blueprint but not rush the Arena Mode, and focused instead on developing Chronicles of Ten Foreign Lands and launching Ashina Country's story.

Qi Ji reclaimed Gloomy City's facilities, took in its enslaved population, and organized the new citizens as Miracle City prepared to develop the territory. He then added buildings and formally deployed the Ten Kingdoms Chronicles Secret Realm.

• Qi Ji reclaimed Gloomy City's Alien Race facilities, gaining 8,000 First Order Material Essence.
• Sleeping in the Wind and White Crane Hermit reported that 3,023 captives, mostly Gnomes, had been rescued and gathered.
• Qi Ji accepted the captives' loyalty and converted them into Territory Citizens, spending 1,185 Mental Strength.
• Qi Ji assigned the new citizens to Gloomy City, Red Rock Mountain, Red Claw Village, and the Main City, then constructed an Inn, a Refining Tower, two Soldier's Houses, and two Territory Warehouses.
• Qi Ji formally deployed the Ten Kingdoms Chronicles Secret Realm, using 526 Mental Strength.

Qi Ji announced and opened Miracle City’s second Secret Realm, Chronicles of Ten Foreign Lands, just one day after taking Gloomy City. Adventurers rushed to try its Ashina Country prologue, while some chose to continue exploring the Raging Tide Secret Realm.

• Miracle City opened its gates to more than a thousand adventurers, who discussed the city’s rapid growth and wondered when its second Secret Realm would arrive.
• Qi Ji confirmed that Miracle City had taken control of Gloomy City and announced that Chronicles of Ten Foreign Lands would open that day.
• Qi Ji described the new Secret Realm as a long-term project of interconnected stories across foreign countries and introduced the Ashina Country prologue.
• Adventurers hurried into the Secret Realm Lobby to try the new challenge, while Bright Moon Reflecting Snow and other Raging Tide fans stayed with the existing Secret Realm.

Black Stone Hammer King and other adventurers entered the Chronicles of Ten Foreign Lands Secret Realm and began the Ashina Chapter, where they watched Isshin Ashina defeat Tamura Yoshifumi. The adventurers marveled at the warriors’ strength and considered how such powerful characters might benefit Miracle City.

• Black Stone Hammer King activated the Secret Realm Crystal, selected Chronicles of Ten Foreign Lands, and entered the Ashina Chapter.
• Black Stone Hammer King and the other adventurers viewed a vast world map, with East Ying Land as the only region partly revealed.
• A cutscene showed Isshin Ashina fighting Tamura Yoshifumi amid the Ashina Country war.
• Isshin Ashina wounded Tamura, struck him with Dragon Flash, and killed him with a blade thrust to the neck.
• Nan Xi Li Ya estimated that both fighters were at least late Third Order, and an adventurer remarked that their power could strengthen Miracle City.

Black Stone Hammer King began the Ashina Chapter as Wolf, learned that his master Hirata Kuro was being held at Moon Viewing Tower, and reached him through stealth. After receiving Kusabimaru and learning their next plan, he headed toward the agreed location, confident he could handle the guards.

• Wolf’s opening scenes showed his recruitment by Owl, his service to Hirata Kuro, and his later imprisonment before the Ashina Chapter began.
• Black Stone Hammer King took control of Wolf, read the Secret Letter, and learned that Kuro was unharmed at Moon Viewing Tower.
• Black Stone Hammer King used Wolf’s strength and infiltration skills to reach Moon Viewing Tower and meet Kuro.
• Kuro gave Black Stone Hammer King the sword Kusabimaru and asked him to honor their pact.
• After discussing the next step with Kuro, Black Stone Hammer King set out for the agreed location despite Cat MeowMeow’s warning to be careful.

Adventurers who expected Ashina Country to be as easy as Doomsday Frenzy were overwhelmed by its skilled foot soldiers. As Qi Ji watched, the squad’s early defeats revealed how difficult the Ashina Chapter would be and how its prologue would end.

• Black Stone Hammer King charged two Ashina Soldiers but was killed in under five seconds by their coordinated swordsmanship.
• Lone Wolf challenged the same soldiers, lasted only a few more moves, and was defeated.
• Pig King fought the soldiers for ten exchanges before being killed, and the rest of the Hammer Pig Chicken Dog Squad also lost.
• Dozens of adventurers tried Ashina Country and were repeatedly beaten by its veteran soldiers.
• Qi Ji explained that Ashina Soldiers were far more capable than Doomsday Frenzy’s Zombies and that Ashina Genichiro would ultimately defeat Wolf and take his arm.

Lonely Swordsman explored the Ashina Country Secret Realm, defeating several Ashina Soldiers through stealth and skill before Yamauchi Shigetaka killed him. As adventurers praised the challenge, White Crane Hermit began his own attempt.

• Adventurers struggled against the Ashina Soldiers, while Lonely Swordsman decided to test the Secret Realm himself.
• Lonely Swordsman lured a soldier away, assassinated him, and defeated several more with careful tactics.
• Yamauchi Shigetaka confronted Lonely Swordsman and killed him after overpowering him in a series of attacks.
• Lonely Swordsman praised the Secret Realm despite his defeat, and Sleeping in the Wind agreed that it was distinctive.
• Adventurers noticed White Crane Hermit entering Ashina Country after observing it for over an hour.