Chapter Summaries

After the adventurers discussed Ego’s danger and explored Miracle City’s newly opened tavern, Qi Ji answered questions about future Secret Realms and prepared to strengthen the Territory. He revealed plans for a Shenzhou chapter and a sci-fi Secret Realm called “Star Ocean,” then received a wave of applications from adventurers seeking contracts and rank advancements.

• The adventurers worried that Elizabeth Green had captured Dina to draw Ego into a confrontation, while waiting for the Black Light Chapter to continue.
• More than a thousand adventurers discovered the new Adventurer Tavern, where Arno explained its entry fee and Qi Ji sampled its restorative Blue Fruit Secret Wine.
• Qi Ji told Other Shore Flower that the next Ten Nations Chronicle chapter was planned for Shenzhou and revealed that the third Main Secret Realm had the temporary codename “Star Ocean.”
• Qi Ji announced that Miracle City would soon advance in rank and face Thunder City, prompting Other Shore Flower and other adventurers to apply for contracts and rank advancements.

Qi Ji expanded Miracle City’s forces and services, repelled a Thunder Lizard attack on Green Swamp City, and created the Final Arena Secret Realm and a Dungeon Teleportation Station. Thunder City’s lord Lei Ya planned to wait for Miracle City to advance in rank before attacking, while the Adventurers discovered the new Secret Realm when the city opened.

• Qi Ji held breakthrough ceremonies that brought the number of Second Order Contract Adventurers to twenty-two, recruited more Adventurers, and converted eight thousand Alien Races into citizens.
• Qi Ji created the Final Arena Secret Realm, released two Story Chapters of Blacklight Descends, and built a Dungeon Teleportation Station.
• Two hundred Adventurers defeated a Thunder Lizard force attacking Green Swamp City, and the citizens cleaned the battlefield.
• Lei Ya decided to prepare for war and wait several days for Miracle City to advance to Second Order before launching an attack.
• When Miracle City opened, Adventurers found the updated Black Light Chapter and discovered the new Final Arena Secret Realm.

Adventurers explored Final Arena, Miracle City’s new competitive Secret Realm, and discovered its large roster of distinctive fighters and elaborate arenas. Hei Yuan defeated Nanshan Guest in her first match by unleashing Kyo Kusanagi’s Orochi Nagi, and decided she wanted to buy permanent use of the character.

• Adventurers read Final Arena’s introduction and learned that Tianshu Group’s King of Fighters Tournament featured roughly two hundred playable fighters, including the T03 Tyrant Zombie.
• Hei Yuan entered Single Player Mode and chose the free fighter Kyo Kusanagi, while Nanshan Guest selected Benimaru Nikaido as her opponent.
• Hei Yuan and Nanshan Guest fought in a crowded tenement arena, trading attacks and points as they mastered their fighters’ moves.
• With Nanshan Guest slightly ahead, Hei Yuan gathered Kyo’s True Qi and released Orochi Nagi against his Lightning Fist.
• Hei Yuan’s charged flames pierced Nanshan Guest’s lightning and knocked him unconscious, winning her the match and convincing her to buy Kyo Kusanagi.

Qi Ji assessed Final Arena’s success and the output of Miracle City’s other secret realms as adventurers began practicing for its King of Fighters Tournament. In Raging Tide’s Black Light Chapter, Black Stone Hammer King commandeered a Thermobaric Tank and used it to blast through the infected district toward Elizabeth’s Mother Nest.

• Qi Ji found Final Arena popular, profitable, balanced, and rich in Basic Supplies, while the Ten Kingdoms Chronicles and Raging Tide Secret Realms retained large audiences and Black Light Acts 7 and 8 offered harder challenges.
• Hei Yuan completed seven Final Arena duels, earned a B-minus evaluation and a case of Lafite red wine, then exchanged the wine for 12 Contribution Points.
• Hei Yuan and other adventurers discussed practicing for the King of Fighters Tournament, where teams would need ten consecutive victories to reach Tianshu City and its final challenge.
• Black Stone Hammer King learned that Elizabeth’s Mother Nest was in Manhattan Center and seized the chance to infiltrate the Blackwatch Stinger Squad by disguising himself as a Thermobaric Tank pilot.
• Black Stone Hammer King drove the tank into the infected district and fired thermobaric shells, annihilating zombie hordes and demolishing buildings as the watching adventurers marveled at its destructive power.

Qi Ji watched adventurers repeatedly fail against Elizabeth in the Blacklight Secret Realm while Miracle City’s resources and population grew. On the final day of the city’s First Order era, Other Shore Flower reported that Ran Tianyun had obtained a Spirit Sea Pearl, which could grant Qi Ji another chance to activate an Inspiration Crystal.

• Black Stone Hammer King reached Elizabeth in the Mother Nest, but she merged with it and killed him after he failed to inject the Pathogen.
• Qi Ji explained that adventurers needed to use the Pathogen to make Elizabeth split off the Supreme Hunter, and adventurers kept challenging the Blacklight Chapter for its rewards.
• Over three days, Miracle City’s adventurer population surpassed three thousand, Ashina and Blacklight progress improved, and Other Shore Flower became Miracle City’s first Third Order Contract Adventurer.
• Qi Ji stockpiled resources and prepared for Miracle City’s transition to the Second Order era, while planning to save Soul Crystals for a shopping trip.
• Other Shore Flower told Qi Ji that Ran Tianyun had obtained a First Order Spirit Sea Pearl, which could provide another Inspiration Crystal activation opportunity.

Qi Ji accepted Ran Tianyun’s diplomatic overture, struck a trade deal for the Spirit Sea Pearl, and used it to gain another inspiration activation. He began creating the Sui and Tang Chapter of the Ten Nations Chronicle, and the story left Ran Tianyun disguised and ready to explore Miracle City’s secret realms.

• Qi Ji accepted Ran Tianyun’s Territory Gate blueprint and established diplomatic ties between Miracle City and Sky Cloud City.
• Qi Ji hosted Ran Tianyun, who recognized the quality and commercial potential of Miracle City’s food, drink, and other Basic Supplies.
• Qi Ji and Ran Tianyun agreed on a trade partnership, including a 12,000 Soul Crystal down payment for the Spirit Sea Pearl and expanded weekly weapons orders.
• After Ran Tianyun asked to observe Miracle City’s secret realms, Qi Ji welcomed him and used the Spirit Sea Pearl to gain an extra activation attempt.
• Qi Ji chose Xuanyuan Sword’s Scar of the Sky as the foundation for the Sui and Tang Chapter and began creating its prologue.
• The next day, Ran Tianyun arrived at Miracle City’s Secret Realm Lobby in disguise to see its secret realms for himself.

Ran Tianyun visited Miracle City and witnessed adventurers’ fervent response to its Secret Realms. They eagerly explored the newly released Sui and Tang Chapter prologue, which ended with a young swordsman destroying a vast cavalry force in one strike.

• Ran Tianyun arrived in Miracle City’s hall and was struck by the adventurers’ passionate enthusiasm for its Secret Realms.
• The adventurers discovered that the Sui and Tang Chapter had been added, with entry requirements of Second Order cultivation and at least 50% Ashina Country storyline progress.
• Other Shore Flower opened the chapter’s prologue, which showed Grand Preceptor Yang Su facing a rebellion by the Chen Kingdom.
• Yang Su ordered his student Tuo'er to prove himself as nearly ten thousand Chen Kingdom cavalry charged the Sui forces.
• Tuo'er wielded a golden ancient sword and split the cavalry, battlefield, and dark clouds with a single strike.
• The prologue ended with Tuo'er revealed as a fifteen- or sixteen-year-old youth with one crimson eye and one blue eye, leaving the adventurers stunned and eager to enter the chapter.

Other Shore Flower experienced Chen Jingchou’s opening story, in which his master Chen Fu revealed the threat posed by Yang Tuo and the Ten Divine Artifacts before Taotie broke free from the Kunlun Ancient Mirror. Chen Fu sealed himself and Taotie in ice, leaving Jingchou to seek help and restore Great Chen; the secret realm challenge ended with a C evaluation.

• Other Shore Flower entered Chen Jingchou’s body and met his strict master, Chen Fu, who rebuked him for neglecting cultivation and his duty to restore Great Chen.
• Other Shore Flower learned that Chen Fu had saved Jingchou as an infant, raised him as both master and father, and carried a blood feud against the Sui Dynasty.
• Other Shore Flower discovered the Demon Refining Pot and climbed Demon Subduing Mountain, where Chen Fu explained that Yang Tuo wielded the Xuanyuan Sword and that the Ten Divine Artifacts could help restore Great Chen.
• During a blood-red eclipse, Other Shore Flower and Chen Fu entered a cave to retrieve the Kunlun Ancient Mirror, accidentally releasing Taotie, whose phantom overwhelmed them.
• Chen Fu froze himself with Taotie and urged Jingchou to seek his senior brother Mister Gongshan, gather the divine artifacts, avoid Yang Tuo, and restore Great Chen.
• The prologue ended, and Other Shore Flower received a C evaluation and a Green Plague Ghost Soul Essence.

Other Shore Flower and the adventurers watched the Sui and Tang Chapter reveal the Ten Primordial Divine Artifacts, while Ran Tianyun resolved to deepen Sky Cloud City's partnership with Miracle City. Qi Ji planned the Secret Realm's expansion, and Ran Tianyun explored Miracle City's other Secret Realms before hearing that the Old Guild Master planned to hunt a Headless or Seven Faces for a Soul Essence.

• Other Shore Flower finished the Sui and Tang prologue and watched the Ten Primordial Divine Artifacts appear before the adventurers.
• Ran Tianyun was impressed by the Secret Realm and decided to make cooperation with Miracle City Sky Cloud City's top strategic priority.
• Other Shore Flower discussed the Sui and Tang Chapter with adventurers, who speculated about the artifacts and what the Tang in its name represented.
• Qi Ji monitored the adventurers' reactions and considered how to expand the Sui and Tang Chapter while managing its scale, costs, and billing model.
• Ran Tianyun explored Ashina Country and was struck by its seamless design and combat, then heard that the Old Guild Master planned to hunt a Headless or Seven Faces for a Soul Essence.

San Zhu hunted Ashina’s Headless and Shichimen Warriors, earning a rare Third Rank Headless Essence Soul and joining Miracle City. Ran Tianyun then watched Black Stone Hammer King challenge Act 8 of Frenzy Blacklight, where Alex joined Blackwatch’s battle against Elizabeth’s infected forces.

• San Zhu explained his preparations for hunting Ashina Wraiths, including practicing their attacks and gathering Divine Snow, Fear-Repelling Powder, and the Phoenix Purple-Green Umbrella.
• San Zhu defeated four Headless and one Shichimen Warrior, completing his challenge and receiving a rare Third Rank Headless Essence Soul.
• White Crane Hermit congratulated San Zhu on joining Miracle City, while Ran Tianyun judged the Soul Essence exceptionally valuable.
• Ran Tianyun watched Black Stone Hammer King challenge Act 8 of Frenzy Blacklight as Alex and Blackwatch tried to draw Elizabeth out with Blood Poison.
• Elizabeth emerged with a huge infected army, and Blackwatch’s forces fought the creatures across Manhattan while Alex battled alongside them.

The Black Stone Hammer King defeated and absorbed Elizabeth, uncovering the truth behind the Hope Town Project and the Blacklight Virus. After learning that Ego had replaced the original Alex Mercer and was determined to protect Dina and Manhattan, he reached the Final Act, where General Randall’s plan to destroy the city with a nuclear bomb began.

• The Black Stone Hammer King fought alongside Blackwatch against Elizabeth, drained nearby creatures to regain strength, and finally pulled her from her weakened tentacle form and absorbed her.
• Elizabeth’s memories revealed that Blackwatch’s Hope Town Project had created the conditions for the virus, that Elizabeth was its surviving test subject, and that General Randall had led the project.
• In Act 9, the Black Stone Hammer King learned from MacMullen’s memories that the original Alex Mercer had released the virus and died at the station, while the current Alex was Ego, a virus that had replaced him.
• Ego vowed to protect Dina, Dr. Laland, and his companions and to stop the virus from destroying Manhattan.
• In the Final Act, the infected began disappearing after Elizabeth’s death, but Captain Cross reported that General Randall had ordered a nuclear strike on Manhattan and much of New York.

Black Stone Hammer King tried to stop the nuclear destruction of Manhattan, but the Supreme Hunter defeated him and absorbed Ego before the bomb detonated. The chapter ended with the city in ruins, a darkened Ego poised to take revenge on humanity, and Black Stone Hammer King receiving a bad-ending achievement.

• Ran Tianyun and the Adventurers watched Ego’s story and learned that the real Alex had died long ago and Ego had begun as a viral prototype.
• With Captain Cross’s help, Black Stone Hammer King disguised himself as Colonel Lucius and reached General Randall aboard an aircraft carrier, where Randall revealed that the nuclear strike could no longer be stopped.
• Black Stone Hammer King fought through the carrier’s defenses and killed Randall, but discovered that Manhattan’s nuclear bomb would detonate in about fifteen minutes.
• The Supreme Hunter appeared disguised as Captain Cross, revealed that he had absorbed Cross and the Mother Nest, and defeated Black Stone Hammer King before absorbing him.
• A nuclear explosion destroyed Manhattan, and the surviving Supreme Hunter emerged as a darkened Ego who would begin his revenge against humanity.
• Black Stone Hammer King failed the challenge but unlocked the “Dark Prototype” ending achievement and received a Hummer H1 Military Vehicle.

Black Stone Hammer King defeated the Supreme Hunter, survived the nuclear blast, and cleared the Black Light Chapter, earning its legendary rewards. The chapter ended with him discovering Endless Mode, where adventurers could repeatedly explore a refreshed New York as a powerful Ego.

• After the nuclear explosion and Dark Ego scene stunned the adventurers, Black Stone Hammer King received a Hummer H1 and re-entered the Secret Realm to pursue the chapter’s first clear.
• Following advice from Ran Tianyun and Sleeping in the Wind, Black Stone Hammer King dodged the Supreme Hunter’s attacks, weakened it, and absorbed it to reach Fourth Order.
• Black Stone Hammer King carried the armed nuclear bomb out to sea, but the explosion destroyed his helicopter and apparently killed him.
• Ego revived on Manhattan’s shore, reflected on his identity, and disappeared into the night as the chapter’s true ending played.
• Black Stone Hammer King received the Blacklight Legend Adventurer badge and unlocked Endless Mode, which reset New York to the eighteenth day for repeat challenges.

Ran Tianyun discovered the value of Miracle City's Super Blacklight Serum and became determined to learn from the territory, despite a diplomatic dispute with Sky Cloud City's partners. As Miracle City advanced to Second Rank and its restrictions with Thunder Swamp vanished, Qi Ji prepared its adventurers to face the looming war with Thunder City.

• The Black Stone Hammer King injected the Super Blacklight Serum, gained the innate skill Blacklight Enhancement, and confirmed that the serum caused no visible side effects while permanently increasing strength and Stamina.
• Ran Tianyun left Miracle City after receiving an urgent report, reflected on how much he could learn from its Secret Realms, and urgently sought an Adventurer Doppelganger Technique secret crystal.
• Ignis reported protests from Wind Cloud City, Illusory Moon City, and Ten Thousand Swords City over Sky Cloud City's new partnership with Miracle City, but Ran Tianyun dismissed their objections and invited Ignis to visit Miracle City.
• Miracle City advanced to Second Rank, increasing its energy and lifting the restrictions between its territory and Thunder Swamp.
• Qi Ji assessed Miracle City's forces as stronger than Thunder City's and allowed its adventurers, led by Other Shore Flower and San Zhu, to prepare to fight the approaching enemy.

Thunder Lord Lei Ya led Thunder City's elite army to attack Green Swamp City, expecting to crush the human defenders. San Zhu wounded him in a duel, and Other Shore Flower trapped the invading forces in Sakura Dragon’s illusion as Miracle City prepared to destroy them.

• Lei Ya marched two thousand elite Thunder Lizards to Green Swamp City and challenged Miracle City's lord to a duel.
• San Zhu faced Lei Ya, deflected his lightning attacks, and used sword techniques to hold him off.
• San Zhu revealed his Headless form, seized an opening, and severed Lei Ya's right arm, forcing him to order a retreat.
• Other Shore Flower transformed into Sakura Dragon and trapped Lei Ya and his troops inside a Divine Dragon Illusion.
• Other Shore Flower and the adventurers transformed and prepared to wipe out the trapped Thunder City army.

Miracle City crushed Thunder City in two battles, then Qi Ji refined its core into a Second Order Main City and claimed the spoils. With Thunder City secured, Miracle City prepared to develop Gloomy City and build a science-fiction Secret Realm, ushering the territory into a new era.

• The Sakura Dragon helped Miracle City defeat Thunder City's forces at Green Swamp City, where the Thunder Lord died and two thousand elites were annihilated.
• Qi Ji sent Nan Xi Li Ya, Yi Li Si, Jin Ba, Lu Ke, and a thousand troops to Green Swamp City while the adventurers pursued the retreating enemy toward Thunder City.
• Bright Moon Reflecting Snow infiltrated Thunder City as leeches and planted sixteen C4 bombs, destroying its defenses before the assault began.
• San Zhu led the adventurers and Monster Soldiers into Thunder City, and the Sakura Dragon helped them win after more than an hour of fighting.
• Qi Ji refined Thunder City's core into a Second Order Main City, then opened a Green Chaos Treasure Chest containing Soul Crystals, Essence Soul Blessing, and a Tower of Abundance blueprint.
• Qi Ji planned to develop Gloomy City and create Miracle City's third Main Secret Realm as a science-fiction world.

Ran Tianyun and Ignis visited Miracle City and learned that Qi Ji Territory had advanced to the Second Order and captured its third Main City, Thunder City. As Adventurers entered the newly updated Sui and Tang Chapter, Other Shore Flower used its new map-based exploration system to travel from Demon Subduing Mountain to Moon River Village, where the story began.

• Ran Tianyun and Ignis arrived in Miracle City, where Nan Xi Li Ya told them that Gloomy City had opened and connected to Green Mountain City.
• Ran Tianyun learned that Miracle City's forces had captured Thunder City and that the third Secret Realm, Star Ocean, was expected to open the next day.
• At City Opening, hundreds of Adventurers traveled to Gloomy City while Ran Tianyun and Ignis entered Miracle City's Secret Realm Lobby in disguise.
• Ignis recognized that Nan Xi Li Ya was disguised and likely a powerful hidden hero, while Ran Tianyun praised Miracle City and went to see the latest Ten Nations Chronicle update.
• Other Shore Flower explained the Sui and Tang Chapter's new map-based exploration system, then selected Moon River Village as the next story region.
• Other Shore Flower entered the secret realm as Chen Jingchou at Moon River Village after the Landscape Scroll showed his journey from Demon Subduing Mountain.

Other Shore Flower discovered that Yu Xiao Xue had volunteered to be sacrificed to Moon River Village’s River God, a Millennium Jiaoyu Demon, and entered Moon River Mountain Cave to reach the ritual site and save her. Meanwhile, Qi Ji prepared the next stages of the Sui and Tang storyline and worked on launching Titanfall 2 as the opening work of the Star Sea Secret Realm.

• Other Shore Flower arrived in Moon River Village, met Yu Xiao Xue, and learned that the ferry to Lei Xia Marsh was closed during the River God Festival.
• Yu Xiao Xue told Other Shore Flower about her white hair and her younger brother Xiao Shuo, then urged her to stay at the inn until the festival ended.
• The next morning, Other Shore Flower learned that Yu Xiao Xue had volunteered to replace Doctor Wang’s Daughter as the River God’s human sacrifice.
• Other Shore Flower discovered that the ritual would take place at River God Cave and chose the dangerous route through Moon River Mountain Cave rather than fight past the villagers.
• Qi Ji monitored Other Shore Flower’s progress and planned the upcoming regions and the Millennium Jiaoyu Demon battle in the Sui and Tang storyline.
• Qi Ji worked on Titanfall 2 as the opening work for the Star Sea Secret Realm and expected to launch it the following day.

Qi Ji assessed Miracle City's expansion prospects and focused on developing his existing territory while resources remained scarce. Meanwhile, adventurers from Green Mountain City flocked to Gloomy City’s Doomsday Frenzy Secret Realm, where Ignis joined a party that was defeated by a rare Gatling Tracker, as Other Shore Flower approached the first boss battle in the Sui and Tang Chapter.

• Qi Ji decided to postpone annexing nearby regions because rapid expansion could provoke stronger forces and he lacked Secondary Secret Realm Cores and other strategic resources.
• Six-Eyed Flying Fish followed Iron-Mouthed Cockroach to Gloomy City, rediscovered his enthusiasm for adventuring in Doomsday Frenzy, and cleared its beginner stage and First Level with Wool Warrior.
• Six-Eyed Flying Fish, Iron-Mouthed Cockroach, Wool Warrior, and Ignis challenged the Second Level, but a rare Gatling Tracker overwhelmed them and ended their run.
• Ignis returned to Ran Tianyun and chose to wait for Other Shore Flower to challenge the Millennium Jiaoyu Demon at River God Cave.
• Other Shore Flower cleared Moon River Cave’s labyrinth after three deaths and approached the ritual site, where she was about to begin the Sui and Tang Chapter’s first boss battle.

Other Shore Flower and Yu Xiao Xue fought the Millennium Jiaoyu Demon after he attacked Moon River Village, eventually killing him but arriving too late to save many villagers. Blamed by the survivors despite her innocence, Yu Xiao Xue left her home and joined Other Shore Flower on the journey to rescue her master.

• Other Shore Flower jumped into the Underground Tunnel to save Yu Xiao Xue, where the Millennium Jiaoyu Demon attacked and was burned after feeding on Xiao Xue’s unusual vital essence.
• Other Shore Flower used the Demon Refining Pot, spells, and Guigu Swordplay to wound the demon, but he escaped into the Underground River and caused the cavern to collapse.
• Yu Xiao Xue awakened magical powers and healed Other Shore Flower, but they returned to find the demon had slaughtered one or two hundred villagers, including Boss He and Xiao Shuo.
• Yu Xiao Xue used earth magic to restrain the demon while Other Shore Flower struck his wound and killed him, then absorbed his corpse with the Demon Refining Pot.
• The surviving villagers blamed Yu Xiao Xue for the slaughter and drove her away, so Other Shore Flower invited her to join the group and help rescue her master.