Chapter Summaries

Qi Ji chose to activate Prototype and learned how Nan Xi Li Ya’s World Tree’s Blessing would strengthen Miracle City. He then met Ran Tianyun of Sky Cloud City, and the two established a trade partnership before Qi Ji returned to prepare a Prototype teaser for City Opening.

• Qi Ji compared his unactivated Inspiration Crystals and chose Prototype, planning to save the others for future opportunities.
• Qi Ji reviewed Nan Xi Li Ya’s Hero benefits, including reduced Secret Realm material costs and additional awakening attempts as Miracle City advanced.
• Sleeping in the Wind introduced Qi Ji to Ran Tianyun, and the two met at the Underworld Adventurer Group headquarters to discuss cooperation.
• Qi Ji traded 1,000 Common Zombie Essence Souls for Ran Tianyun’s First Order Subordinate Core.
• Sky Cloud City agreed to buy 300 firearms from Miracle City each week in exchange for Material Essence and to help find Construction Blueprints.
• Qi Ji returned to Miracle City and prepared a Prototype prologue teaser for the upcoming City Opening.

Qi Ji planned Blacklight Descends as a paid, segmented Frenzy Story Mode chapter that preserved Alex Mercer’s overwhelming power. Meanwhile, adventurers discovered that the Flower Goblins were oppressed by Green Swamp City and began considering an attack; at Miracle City’s opening, they found the new chapter and its entry fees.

• Qi Ji decided to divide Blacklight Descends into story sections with paid challenges, settlements, and later modes while keeping Brother A’s power intact.
• At Scarlet Thorn Forest, Yi Li Si told the adventurers that Green Swamp City took most of the Flower Goblins’ crops and frequently raided them.
• Black Stone Hammer King, Irritable Little Chicken, Pig King, and other adventurers proposed joining the Three Great Tribes to capture Green Swamp City, and the tribal leaders agreed to discuss the plan further.
• When Miracle City opened, more than a thousand adventurers arrived from Black Stone Town and noticed the new Blacklight Descends chapter in Frenzy Story Mode.
• Black Stone Hammer King opened the chapter list and found that only the Prologue was free, while later challenges cost at least 30 Contribution Points.

Black Stone Hammer King and the Adventurers watched the free prologue of the paid Blacklight Descends chapter, which introduced Alex Mercer as a nearly unstoppable superhuman in a ruined New York. The chapter ended with Alex escaping a military ambush, leaving the Adventurers stunned by the power they might face in the full Secret Realm.

• Black Stone Hammer King entered the free prologue, where the Adventurers watched a cutscene set in a devastated New York.
• Alex Mercer revealed his extraordinary strength by leaping between skyscrapers and running up a building wall.
• Alex attacked a tactical squad, mutated his limbs into weapons, and slaughtered soldiers while destroying tanks and a helicopter.
• Alex absorbed dozens of soldiers with tentacles, escaped a rocket attack, and impersonated the Special Forces Action Captain.
• Other Shore Flower, San Zhu, and White Crane Hermit assessed Alex's abilities as the Adventurers wondered how they could possibly defeat him.

Adventurers in the Black Light Chapter discovered they were playing Alex, a powerful infected man who had just awakened in a morgue. As Black Stone Hammer King escaped Blackwatch forces, he learned to regenerate, devour people, absorb their memories, and transform into them; he uncovered Dina Mozer’s address and Blackwatch’s plan to capture her.

• Black Stone Hammer King woke in Alex’s body on an autopsy table and escaped the morgue after scientists called for the Extermination Team.
• He fought off Blackwatch soldiers, survived gunfire through rapid regeneration, and escaped the military compound by overpowering pursuing forces.
• Black Stone Hammer King destroyed several helicopters with thrown objects, then collapsed after exhausting his body’s strength.
• After devouring a soldier, he healed, absorbed fragments of the soldier’s memories, and transformed into a Special Operations Soldier.
• Black Stone Hammer King devoured Captain Charles Perry and selectively extracted memories that revealed Dina Mozer’s address and Blackwatch’s plan to capture her.

Qi Ji explained how the paid Black Light Chapter would support Miracle City and outlined plans to expand its story. In the Secret Realm, Black Stone Hammer King rescued Dina, learned about Elizabeth Green, and reached the end of the Prologue, leaving the adventurers to explore until their time ran out or unlock the next chapter.

• Qi Ji discussed the Black Light Chapter’s pricing and its potential for future paid expansions, including new stories involving Pariah and a reworked role for Black Bro.
• Black Stone Hammer King disguised himself as Captain Perry, entered the apartment building, killed the guards, and rescued Dina.
• Black Stone Hammer King escorted Dina to her Manhattan workshop, where he learned that he had worked on the Blacklight Project and had sent her a Laptop containing encrypted files.
• Dina identified Elizabeth Green as a woman quarantined on the fifty-first floor of the Gentag Building, triggering Black Stone Hammer King’s quest to investigate her.
• Black Stone Hammer King received a notice that the Prologue had ended and that further main-story progress required activating more chapters, so he chose to keep exploring with the adventurers.

After the first Black Light Chapter run, Black Stone Hammer King returned to the Secret Realm and encountered Elizabeth Greene, who recognized Alex but told him to become stronger before facing her again. When Hunters erupted from the building, he absorbed one and evolved Alex’s Energy Claws, revealing how adventurers could gain new abilities.

• Adventurers explored New York after completing the main storyline, while some discovered that Alex could not enjoy ordinary food or other everyday experiences.
• Black Stone Hammer King earned a B+ evaluation and an M320 Grenade Launcher, then paid to challenge the Black Light Chapter again and continue its story.
• Black Stone Hammer King found Elizabeth Greene on the fifty-first floor of Gentag Building, where she called herself his mother, declared that he was not yet worthy to be devoured, and escaped.
• Hunters hatched from the building’s living tissue and pursued Black Stone Hammer King into a military base, where he grabbed a Rocket Launcher and helped bring one down.
• Black Stone Hammer King absorbed the Hunter and evolved Alex’s Energy Claws, prompting the adventurers to realize they could gain weapons and abilities by absorbing powerful genes.

Black Stone Hammer King explored Alex’s growing Blacklight abilities, uncovered clues about Ego’s past, and rescued his former girlfriend Karen Parker before Act One ended. After leaving the secret realm, he discovered his Life Soul cultivation had reached 91%, while the later acts remained unavailable until Qi Ji finished them.

• Black Stone Hammer King unlocked Alex’s claws, killed two Hunters, and demonstrated new attacks that raised his combat power to the peak of Second Rank Five-Star.
• Dina directed Black Stone Hammer King to Alex’s old apartment, where a photograph of Alex with a blonde woman restored a clue about his girlfriend, but Blackwatch’s bomb ambush engulfed him.
• Black Stone Hammer King survived the explosion, killed Captain Mark Marshall, and learned from his memories that Blackwatch considered Alex a unique Blacklight-infected subject.
• Black Stone Hammer King followed the clues to Dr. Karen Parker, rescued her, and announced that Act One had ended before the group exited the secret realm.
• Black Stone Hammer King found that his Life Soul cultivation had reached 91%, but he could not enter Act Two because Qi Ji had not finished the later content.

Other Shore Flower led the adventurers’ push to gather the materials needed for Fountainhead Incense and the Dragon Homecoming plan, reaching Bodhisattva Valley and defeating the Guardian Ape to obtain the Fragrant Water Lily. After learning that the White Serpent God’s Serpent Viscera were also essential, she prepared to challenge the enormous serpent, while the other adventurers continued searching Mibu Village for the Lodging Stone.

• Hundreds of Ashina adventurers organized a strategy group and selected ten representatives to pursue the Dragon Homecoming materials.
• Other Shore Flower traveled through Sunken Valley and Gun Fortress to reach Bodhisattva Valley, where the White Serpent God attacked her and she escaped into a cave.
• Other Shore Flower found the Fragrant Water Lily guarded by the Guardian Ape and defeated its immortal, headless form on her sixth attempt.
• Other Shore Flower learned that the White Serpent God’s Serpent Viscera were needed to make Ice Tears and decided to challenge it for Fresh Viscera.
• White Crane Hermit’s group entered Mibu Village but had not yet found the Lodging Stone.

Other Shore Flower killed the White Serpent God and gathered its Dried and Fresh Serpent Viscera, then joined the effort to collect the materials needed for Fountainhead Incense. After obtaining the Lodging Stone in Mibu Village, she held the Fragrant Water Lily and Lodging Stone, with the final step toward reaching Fountainhead Palace remaining.

• Other Shore Flower's first attempt to kill the White Serpent God failed, but she wounded it before being swallowed and revived in its cavern nest through the Dragon Heritage Power.
• Other Shore Flower used a controlled monkey to distract the injured White Serpent God, entered the Broken Temple, and took the Dried Serpent Viscera from its altar.
• Other Shore Flower ambushed the White Serpent God again and killed it, then cut out its heart to obtain the Fresh Serpent Viscera.
• White Crane Hermit and San Zhu cleared Mibu Village and found the Lodging Stone, which Other Shore Flower needed for Fountainhead Incense.
• Other Shore Flower followed the Strategy Group's route through the Hidden Forest, defeated Female Ghost A Lin and the Broken Ring Monk's phantom, and obtained the Lodging Stone.

Other Shore Flower returned to Ashina Castle as the Inner Government began its full-scale assault, then defeated Owl after several attempts and obtained the final ingredient for Fountainhead Incense. With all the materials gathered, the adventurers prepared to travel to Immortal Village and continue their quest for Dragon Homecoming.

• Qi Ji praised the adventurers’ progress and began preparing to break through to the Fourth Order as the Ashina Chapter approached its later stage.
• After Other Shore Flower obtained the Fragrant Water Lily and Lodging Stone, the Inner Government attacked Ashina Castle, giving the adventurers twenty-four hours to complete the main storyline.
• Other Shore Flower found Owl confronting Hirata Kuro atop Tenshukaku, refused Owl’s order to abandon the Divine Child, and fought him.
• Owl defeated Other Shore Flower in her first three challenges, while she and the other adventurers studied his techniques and adjusted their tactics.
• On her final attempt, Other Shore Flower wore down Owl, killed him, and found the Everlasting Cherry Incense Wood on his corpse.
• The adventurers celebrated having gathered the Lodging Stone, Fragrant Water Lily, and Everlasting Cherry Incense Wood, and prepared to make Fountainhead Incense and travel to Immortal Village.

Other Shore Flower reached the Immortal Village and confronted the Broken Ring Monk guarding Fountainhead Palace, but she was defeated before entering. Back in Miracle City, Qi Ji spent 20,000 Mental Strength to advance to Fourth Order and gained two Spirit Sea awakening attempts.

• Other Shore Flower gave Hirata Kuro the three collected materials, and he used them with his blood to make Fountainhead Incense.
• Isshin Ashina gave Other Shore Flower the Green Kodachi, promised to protect Hirata Kuro, and urged her to return from Fountainhead Palace for a victory drink.
• Other Shore Flower used the Fountainhead Incense in the sedan chair at Sedan Chair Stone Cave, and a giant straw man carried her through the mountains to the Immortal Village.
• Other Shore Flower crossed into Fountainhead Palace’s outer region but was killed by the Broken Ring Monk on the vermilion bridge.
• Qi Ji gained more than 20,000 Mental Strength from the day’s adventures and upgraded to Fourth Order, receiving two Spirit Sea awakening attempts.

Qi Ji awakened ten new Inspiration Crystals and considered how their materials could support future Secret Realms. Meanwhile, Miracle City's adventurers captured Green Swamp City, giving Qi Ji another dungeon where he could establish a secondary Secret Realm.

• Qi Ji awakened crystals for Halo, God of War, Dynasty Warriors, Xuanyuan Sword, King of Fighters, Chinese Paladin, The Witcher, Dead Space, Gears of War, and Metal Slug, then considered how to use their materials in future Secret Realms.
• Three hundred adventurers joined the Flower Fairy Race, Dwarf Race, and Kobold Race to form a force of around eight hundred and set out to capture Green Swamp City.
• The adventurers used C4 bombs to breach Green Swamp City's Barrier and gates, then overwhelmed the goblin defenders with Tanks, Witches, firearms, and native warriors.
• White Crane Hermit and Bright Moon Reflecting Snow helped defeat the goblin lord, and Miracle City's forces captured Green Swamp City in under an hour.
• Qi Ji received the Green Swamp City Core Godstone and realized he could install his First Order Subordinate Core there to establish another Secret Realm.

Qi Ji planned a King of Fighters Secondary Secret Realm, refined Green Swamp City's Core Godstone, and rewarded the people who helped capture the city. Miracle City's popularity and adventurer numbers continued to rise as Other Shore Flower returned to Fountainhead Palace to continue the Ashina Chapter.

• Qi Ji planned a King of Fighters arena secret realm with character selection, PvP and stage-clearing modes, and a story about Fighters being gathered as sacrifices to revive Orochi.
• Qi Ji refined the Green Swamp City Core Godstone, obtained Soul Crystals and blueprints for an Energy Absorption Tower and an Adventurer Tavern, and distributed Contribution Points to Green Swamp City's adventurers and citizens.
• Flower Fairy Ilis, Dwarf Jin Ba, and Kobold Luke praised Miracle City's strength, while Ilis resolved to cultivate more Flower Goblin adventurers.
• The Chaos Tide returned, the secret realms reopened, and adventurers from nearby towns arrived in Black Stone Town as Miracle City's population and reputation grew.
• Black Stone Hammer King found five new story acts in the Blacklight Descends Chapter, while Other Shore Flower entered Fountainhead Palace to continue the Ashina Chapter.

Other Shore Flower defeated Broken Ring Monk after adapting to her attacks and overcoming her Undying Worm form, then entered Fountainhead Palace in search of the Source God. The palace’s dangerous lightning hounds and vitality-draining Okami Clan killed her, and she returned determined to avoid enemies and head north.

• Other Shore Flower finally defeated Broken Ring Monk by exploiting her openings, surviving her berserk attacks, and using the Mortal Blade to kill the Undying Worm.
• Time Traveler suggested that the Source God was likely at the highest point in Fountainhead Palace, so Other Shore Flower headed north after admiring the palace from a cliff.
• Okami Clan Hounds attacked Other Shore Flower with lightning and killed her; after reviving, she used throwing stars to defeat them from a distance.
• Other Shore Flower learned that the palace’s seemingly weak Okami Clan residents could drain vitality, age their victims, and grow stronger, and one killed her after draining her life force.
• Other Shore Flower decided to avoid most enemies and rush toward the north to find the Source God.

Other Shore Flower fought her way through Fountainhead Palace, using Kusabimaru’s poison and Thunder Reversal to defeat the Okami Clan’s powerful warriors. She reached the source of the Fountainhead Water and entered a vast dreamlike Immortal Village, where the Source God awaited beyond a decayed giant tree.

• Other Shore Flower learned to avoid or quickly kill Okami Clan members, then fought through Fountainhead Palace and discovered that its red-clad Okami Nobles fed on their blue-clad kin.
• Other Shore Flower used Kusabimaru’s Verdigris Poison to weaken Okami Female Warriors and Okami Samurai, while Thunder Reversal helped her defeat lightning-wielding enemies.
• Other Shore Flower reached the mountain that fed Fountainhead Water to Ashina Country and defeated the powerful Okami Elder Shizuka with Thunder Reversal and Kusabimaru.
• Other Shore Flower entered a small Cave, found a nearly lifeless Okami Person Maiden beside an ancient Stone Coffin, and heard her offer guidance into the Immortal Village.
• Other Shore Flower prayed as the Maiden instructed and emerged into a vast Sea of Clouds, where a pale, decaying Giant Tree marked the setting for her coming battle with the Source God.

Other Shore Flower challenged the Sakura Dragon, learned to reflect its divine lightning, and defeated it after repeated attempts. She collected Dragon Tears from the fallen Source God, obtaining the core material needed to Sever the Dragon Heritage.

• Other Shore Flower cleared the White Wood Old Men and watched the rotten deadwood transform into the Cherry Blossom Divine Tree, where the Sakura Dragon emerged.
• The Sakura Dragon attacked Other Shore Flower with sword energy, Golden Thunder, and tree spikes, killing her in their first battle.
• White Crane Hermit advised Other Shore Flower to use Thunder Reversal to reflect the Sakura Dragon’s lightning, and she wounded it with a successful reflection before dying on her next attempt.
• After repeated defeats, Other Shore Flower reflected the Sakura Dragon’s lightning seven times and used a final midair strike to overcome its sword energy and defeat it.
• Other Shore Flower collected Dragon Tears from the Sakura Dragon’s tear gland, securing the ritual material for Sever the Dragon Heritage.

After returning from Fountainhead Palace, Other Shore Flower found Ashina Castle under siege and Isshin Ashina dead, then fought Ashina Genichiro to protect Hirata Kuro. Genichiro sacrificed himself to revive Isshin in his prime, leaving Other Shore Flower to face the Sword Saint in a final duel over Ashina’s fate.

• Other Shore Flower left the defeated Sakura Dragon’s realm and found Ashina Castle burning as the Inner Government’s forces overran it.
• Other Shore Flower learned from Emma that Isshin Ashina had died defending Tenshukaku and that Hirata Kuro had escaped through the Water Drawing Tower’s Secret Passage.
• At the Reed Plains, Other Shore Flower fought Ashina Genichiro, defeated him with Thunder Reversal, and watched him use the Black Mortal Blade to sacrifice himself.
• The Black Mortal Blade, Opening Gate, revived Isshin Ashina in his prime, and he asked Other Shore Flower to decide Ashina’s fate by defeating him or being defeated.
• Other Shore Flower welcomed the duel, and she and Sword Saint Isshin took their fighting stances as the wind and thunder intensified.

Other Shore Flower challenged Sword Saint Isshin Ashina and was repeatedly defeated, but she finally exploited the battlefield’s lightning to wound and kill him. Her adventure ended with a Double Grade A+ evaluation and the Divine Dragon Essence Soul, bringing Ashina’s story to a close.

• Other Shore Flower fought Isshin Ashina, but his masterful swordsmanship and lightning attacks overwhelmed her and ended their first duel in defeat.
• Her Secret Realm rewards included a Double Grade A+ evaluation and the Third Rank Five-Star Divine Dragon Essence Soul.
• Other Shore Flower studied Isshin Ashina’s techniques and used Ninja Tools on repeated challenges, lasting longer each time but failing to defeat him.
• During her final attempt, Other Shore Flower used the Mist Raven to evade Isshin Ashina and redirected a battlefield thunderbolt into him while he wielded lightning.
• Other Shore Flower exploited Isshin Ashina’s injuries to break his stance, sever his sword arm, and kill him with Mortal Blade: Homeward Tears.

Other Shore Flower secured the perfect Dragon Homecoming ending for the Ashina Chapter, earning rare rewards as the adventurers mourned the story’s end. Qi Ji then considered the chapter’s unexplored content and the strategic value of the Divine Dragon Essence Soul as Miracle City prepared for a possible conflict with Thunder City.

• Other Shore Flower gave Hirata Kuro the Dragon Tears and Ice Tears, setting the Dragon Homecoming plan in motion without sacrificing him or Wolf.
• Wolf carried Kuro from the ruined Ashina Castle, and the Immortal Severance Divine Child became the new vessel for the Dragon Heritage before setting out west with Wolf.
• The adventurers completed the Ashina Chapter with an A+ rating, and Other Shore Flower received the Dragon Homecoming achievement, badges, and a Tomoe Style Secret Sword Technique Skill Stone.
• Qi Ji noted that the adventurers had left the Demon of Hatred, other bosses, side quests, and alternate endings unexplored, and planned to expand the chapter.
• Qi Ji assessed the high cost and potential value of the Divine Dragon Essence Soul, hoping it could help Miracle City withstand Thunder City after its territory advanced.

Adventurers discussed the growing popularity of the Ten Nations Chronicle Secret Realm before watching Black Stone Hammer King advance through the Black Light Chapter. After evolving new armor and abilities, he uncovered a lead on Elizabeth and lost Dina to her forces, leaving him to search for Elizabeth to rescue his sister.

• White Crane Hermit and other adventurers predicted that the Ashina Chapter would draw more challengers and boost Black Stone Town, while they speculated about future Ten Nations Chronicle content.
• Other Shore Flower and the others watched Black Stone Hammer King’s progress and learned that Karen had betrayed Alex, leaving him infected by a pathogen that suppressed his abilities.
• Black Stone Hammer King used Laland’s antidote on a Hunter, absorbed it to recover, and evolved biological armor and a giant blade.
• Black Stone Hammer King destroyed a Blackwatch force with Bullet Dive, completing Act Five of the Black Light Chapter.
• In Act Six, Black Stone Hammer King learned that Elizabeth was linked to the outbreak and had the power to control infected beings.
• A Super Hunter abducted Dina from her Safe House, and Laland concluded that Elizabeth was behind the attack, leaving Black Stone Hammer King to find her and rescue Dina.