Chapter Summaries

Ji Hao revealed that his Planner profession let him design a skill every ten levels, while the top-ten tournament began and Wang Xian won his match after Su Jin surrendered. Shadow defeated Ukawa Sakota by bypassing his stealth and apparently killing him despite Blood Lock, leaving Wang Xian stunned by the skill’s implications.

• Ji Hao explained that his Planner profession began without skills but let him design one skill every ten levels, and he said only one of his seven skills was exceptionally powerful.
• The top-ten rankings were debated, with Wang Xian expected to take first and Cheng Yao widely expected to take tenth; the tournament matches then began.
• Paul Dracula the Vampire Ancestor threatened Wang Xian’s group, while Lydia Karina said he feared the Pope of the Church of Light, who had surrendered in the first round.
• Wang Xian faced Su Jin in the opening match, refused to throw the match after the system warned them against manipulating the rankings, and won when Su Jin surrendered.
• Shadow repeatedly found Ukawa Sakota despite their stealth abilities, then struck him for nearly one hundred thousand damage and dealt another 100 damage while Blood Lock was active, leaving Wang Xian shocked.

Wang Xian faced Rhode Fielding in the ninth round and survived the Divine Knight’s powerful attacks before striking back with Phoenix Dance Nine Heavens. Rhode Fielding copied the skill and then used Phasing, leaving Wang Xian’s body fading as the battle continued.

• Sword Twenty-Three used his super-tier Heavenly Sword skill against Wang Xian, then conceded after seeing the gap between them.
• Wang Xian entered the ninth round with an eight-match winning streak, while Rhode Fielding was the only other fighter with eight wins.
• Rhode Fielding charged Wang Xian and used Divine Punishment, dealing heavy damage and briefly stunning him.
• Wang Xian struck Rhode Fielding with Phoenix Dance Nine Heavens, triggering Rhode Fielding’s Blood Lock Skill and leaving him near death.
• Rhode Fielding copied Phoenix Dance Nine Heavens and dealt Wang Xian over two million damage, then used Phasing as Wang Xian’s body began to fade.

Wang Xian defeated Rhode Fielding, then watched Ji Hao face Paul Dracula in the tournament. Ji Hao revealed a legendary sword to win, and Sword Twenty-Three immediately clung to him to ask about it.

• Wang Xian endured Rhode Fielding's attacks while Phasing, survived a godlike phantom's strike through Defy Fate, and defeated Rhode with Dragon Slaying Shock.
• Wang Xian returned to the private room and watched Ji Hao struggle against Paul Dracula, whose damage reduction and Blood Moon countered Ji Hao's skill.
• Nangong Wu and Qin Zheng insisted that Ji Hao would not surrender because he belonged to the Xuanyuan Ji Family.
• Ji Hao accused Paul Dracula of stealing an ancestor's bloodline and grew excited as Paul attacked him.
• A massive sword pierced Paul Dracula, causing his health lock to fail and eliminating him from the match.
• Wang Xian and the others identified Ji Hao's weapon as Humanity's Sacred Sword, and Sword Twenty-Three grabbed Ji Hao's legs to question him about it.

Wang Xian offered his companions several ways to gain new talents and realized he could potentially cultivate someone with an extraordinary number of talents. After the Martial Arts Tournament ended, the system’s unusual reward ceremony and a mysterious figure’s sigh convinced him that the rules had changed because of him, and he returned to the Immortal Palace with the others.

• Ji Hao explained that the Xuanyuan Sword was one of his talents and required experience to summon, surprising Qin Zheng and the others by revealing he had multiple talents.
• Wang Xian offered three ways to gain talents: reset existing talents with the Flower of the Ancient Shanyin Scholar Tree, obtain Thunder Spirit Body with Thunder Tribulation Liquid, or use a talent he extracted from someone else.
• Qin Zheng’s questions led Wang Xian to imagine combining many extracted talents in one person and using the Flower to produce an existence more monstrous than himself, so Wang Xian claimed the item was gone.
• The system finalized the tournament rankings, with Wang Xian first, Rhode Fielding second, Ji Hao third, and Cheng Yao tenth.
• The system summoned the top ten to an awards platform, where a figure of light gave Wang Xian his rewards and silently watched him before sighing and disappearing.
• Wang Xian realized the tournament rules had changed because of him and returned with Nangong Wu, Su Jin, Cheng Yao, and the others to the Immortal Palace.

Wang Xian learned the Forbidden Spell Death Space and joined Sword Twenty-Three’s plan to trap Jun Tianxia. After a mysterious encounter with the Greedy Wolf Guild leader, Wang Xian and his allies revealed their ambush, leaving Jun Tianxia and his guild surrounded by a barrier.

• Su Jin identified Wang Xian’s tournament reward as the space-type Forbidden Spell Death Space, which Wang Xian learned, while the other reward was a mysterious broken disc.
• Wang Xian headed to White Tiger Main City after Sword Twenty-Three reported that the Greedy Wolf Guild leader was ready to act against Jun Tianxia.
• A masked figure entered Conquer the World’s headquarters unseen by everyone but Jun Tianxia, then vanished without explaining himself.
• Wang Xian met the Greedy Wolf Guild leader and suspected he was someone from his past, though he could not confirm the man’s identity.
• Sword Twenty-Three and Wang Xian’s group staged a fake Level 70 Legendary BOSS to lure Jun Tianxia and hundreds of Conquer the World members into a basin.
• The fake BOSS fled, a transparent barrier enclosed Jun Tianxia’s forces, and Wang Xian, Sword Twenty-Three, Qin Zheng, and their allies appeared around them.

Sword Twenty-Three and Qin Zheng killed Jun Tianxia after rescuing his hostages, disbanding Conquer the World and imposing a severe penalty on its members. Back at Immortal Palace, the group struggled with the consequences, then turned to recruiting talents and asked Wang Xian to help unlock their abilities.

• Sword Twenty-Three attacked Jun Tianxia, but Qin Zheng killed him after revealing that all the hostages had been rescued.
• Qin Zheng repeatedly killed Jun Tianxia whenever he resurrected, while Wang Xian struck down the Conquer the World members who tried to attack.
• The system announced that Conquer the World had disbanded and its former members would suffer reduced experience gain and attributes for three months.
• At Immortal Palace, Wang Xian and the others discussed their regret over Jun Tianxia’s claim that he had more hostages, while Sword Twenty-Three went to find Mo Lan.
• Qin Zheng, Long Aotian, and Shadow told Wang Xian they had found talents and asked him to help unlock their abilities.

Wang Xian stripped Epic Grade talents from three trusted people, then spent time celebrating New Year's Day with his family and friends. When Sword Twenty-Three told him a Ghost Market auction would open that night, Wang Xian rushed to gather Gold Coins, but the group could raise only a little over ten million and awaited Qin Zheng and Xiaolong.

• Wang Xian successfully stripped the Epic Grade talents of three people brought by Qin Zheng, Long Aotian, and Shadow, though the process failed once for each of the last two.
• Wang Xian invited Su Jin, Nangong Wu, Cheng Yao, Xuan Ming, and Xuan Yue to his parents' home for New Year's Day dumplings, then stayed the night.
• Wang Xian resumed grinding dungeons and monsters until Sword Twenty-Three told him that a Ghost Market and its Auction House would open that night.
• Wang Xian asked Su Jin for one billion Gold Coins, but she had only a little over ten million available, including guild maintenance funds.
• Nangong Wu offered a few million Gold Coins, and she and Wang Xian concluded that their combined funds might not buy anything worthwhile at the auction.
• Wang Xian asked whether Qin Zheng and Xiaolong had been called, and Sword Twenty-Three confirmed they were expected to arrive soon.

Wang Xian and his companions entered the Ghost Market, bought disguising gauze, and explored its stalls before gathering for the auction. The auction began with an item that could transform someone into a member of the Sea Clan, prompting Wang Xian to recall the clan’s future attacks on coastal cities.

• Wang Xian led the group through the ghostly mist to the Ghost Market, where they bought gauze to conceal that they were living and agreed to stay in contact and regroup at the entrance if separated.
• Wang Xian and Nangong Wu browsed the market, buying the Ghost Shadow Hand and Ghost Shadow Step skill books.
• Wang Xian and most of the group entered the auction house, while Xuan Yue, Xuan Ming, and two official members were denied entry.
• The old woman who had sold them gauze hosted the auction, and the group passed on the early items.
• The old woman put a fish scale up for auction, explaining that it could transform someone into a member of the Sea Clan; Wang Xian recalled the clan’s future slaughter of coastal cities.

Wang Xian traded Thunder Tribulation Liquid for the Mermaid Race Ancestor Scale and spirit stones, but its former owner warned him to leave the Ghost Market soon. The auction then revealed a Divine Beast Egg, leaving Wang Xian chilled by the warning as the chapter ended.

• The auctioneer revealed that the Mermaid Race scale was an innate Ancestor Scale, and bidders drove its price to ten billion Gold Coins before learning its owner wanted neither Gold Coins nor spirit stones.
• Wang Xian offered Thunder Tribulation Liquid for the scale, and its veiled owner visited his private room to negotiate.
• The owner showed Wang Xian more than a dozen rare items, but Wang Xian asked for spirit stones instead and received a bag of them in exchange for four more drops of Thunder Tribulation Liquid.
• Before leaving, the veiled figure warned Wang Xian to leave the Ghost Market as soon as possible.
• The auctioneer announced a Divine Beast Egg, and Wang Xian felt a chill as he remembered the warning.

Wang Xian tried to escape the Ghost Market, but seven Main City Lords arrived to seize the Divine Beast Egg and confronted the market’s owner, the Ghost God. When the egg cracked, the City Lords discovered the ghosts fighting over its shattered shell and slaughtered everyone in the Ghost Market, leaving only nine figures.

• Wang Xian urged his companions and two Dragon Kingdom officials to leave the Ghost Market, then retreated when a war horn sounded and an army surrounded it.
• The seven Main City Lords appeared, and the Azure Dragon City Lord brought Wang Xian and his companions to a barren plain while he handled the crisis.
• The Kirin City Lord attacked the Ghost Market’s half-headed owner, but the Ghost God devoured his strike and revealed that she had entered the Divine Realm.
• The Azure Dragon City Lord asked the Ghost God to return the Divine Beast Egg, warning that the Sacred God had entrusted it to them.
• An explosion and fragrance came from the auction house as the Divine Beast Egg cracked, and the seven City Lords unleashed their top-tier divine artifacts.
• The seven City Lords massacred the ghosts fighting over the Shattered Eggshell, leaving only nine figures alive in the Ghost Market.

The seven city lords discovered that a Ghost Clan member had helped set a trap aimed at Wang Xian, but the culprit was killed before he could identify Zhang. As Wang Xian and his companions prepared to leave, the city lords awakened a powerful figure inside Su Jin, who accepted the Qilin Sacred God's Child and entered Su Jin’s body alongside it.

• A Ghost Clan member began naming Zhang as the one behind the trap, but dark markings appeared, his body exploded, and his fragments formed a face that threatened Wang Xian before vanishing.
• Nangong Wu questioned Sword Twenty-Three about the trap, while Wang Xian defended him and Sword Twenty-Three promised to investigate.
• The Azure Dragon City Lord showed Wang Xian the Ghost Clan member’s final words, but Wang Xian could not identify Zhang and agreed to leave the Ghost Realm.
• The Kirin City Lord grabbed Su Jin by her ears, then the seven city lords surrounded her and used their divine artifacts to draw a mysterious woman out of her body.
• The Kirin City Lord offered the woman the injured Qilin Sacred God's Child, and she agreed to help while refusing to leave Su Jin.
• The woman entered Su Jin’s body with the yellow orb, and Su Jin woke to find the seven city lords kneeling before her.

Kirin City's lord discovered that Wang Xian’s attack weakened him and suspected Wang Xian was tied to the Heavenly Dao or the Taboo Lords. The group returned to Blue Star with Kirin and Vermilion Bird class-change items, while the city lords considered whether Wang Xian was the existence the Taboo Lords sought.

• Su Jin called Wang Xian her brother-in-law, so Kirin City's lord struck him, lost one-tenth of his health, and gave him the Kirin Jade as an apology.
• Kirin City's lord told the other city lords about the hostility he sensed from the Heavenly Dao, and Candlelight City's lord recalled a record linking the Taboo Lords' search to a Priest.
• The Vermilion Bird City Lord gave Nangong Wu the Vermilion Bird Feather, while the Azure Dragon City Lord said the remaining inheritances would wait until the world was ready for more powerful class holders.
• The seven city lords and the group returned to Blue Star, where the Azure Dragon City Lord and Sword Twenty-Three departed and the officials promised to investigate.
• Wang Xian and Nangong Wu's group headed back toward the Immortal Palace territory.

Su Jin woke Wang Xian to show him that her talent had advanced from Goddess of Luck's Favor to the Forbidden Grade Auspicious Sign, which granted powerful bonuses and a Mythical Grade Qilin pet. When Wang Xian tried to knock her on the head, Thunder Spirit struck him with lightning, leaving him demanding an explanation.

• Su Jin pounded on Wang Xian's door and asked him to notice what had changed about her.
• Wang Xian saw that Su Jin's talent was now Auspicious Sign, a Forbidden Grade talent with powerful rewards and a Mythical Grade Qilin pet.
• Su Jin laughed triumphantly, and Wang Xian raised his hand to knock her on the head.
• Thunder Spirit struck Wang Xian with lightning, and he grabbed the confused spirit and demanded to know why it had attacked him.

Wang Xian learned that Thunder Spirit had been killing intruders at the Hongmeng Mountain Range and tested whether Su Jin’s bad-luck effect still applied when he hit her. He offered Xuan Ming and Xuan Yue a Qilin Hidden Profession transfer item, but neither could change professions with it.

• Thunder Spirit told Wang Xian that its lightning had vanished while it tried to kill an intruder, and Wang Xian sent it back to guard the Hongmeng Mountain Range with Thunder Spirit Fragments.
• Wang Xian hit Su Jin without being struck by lightning, and Nangong Wu suggested the effect depended on circumstances.
• At lunch, Wang Xian offered Xuan Ming and Xuan Yue a Qilin Hidden Profession transfer item because only one of them could take the Dao Child position.
• Xuan Yue claimed the Kirin Jade, arguing that she did not want to become a Dao Child, while Xuan Ming tried and failed to persuade her to give it up.
• Xuan Yue and then Xuan Ming each tried to change into the Qilin profession, but neither could use the Kirin Jade.

Wang Xian discovered that Xuan Yue and Xuan Ming could not use the Kirin Jade to change into the Qilin Hidden Profession, and Xuan Yue declined the chance to become a mermaid. He then considered who should become the Mermaid Race’s progenitor and presented the transformative scale to Yue Rushuang.

• Wang Xian and Xuan Yue realized that she and Xuan Ming could not use the Kirin Jade to change professions, and Nangong Wu suggested their opportunity might lie elsewhere.
• Wang Xian offered Xuan Yue the scale that could make her the Mermaid Race’s progenitor, but she declined because she disliked the idea of having a tail.
• Wang Xian and Nangong Wu discussed who might suit the Mermaid Race and decided to ask Yue Rushuang instead of Xiao Jin or Hua Xiangrong.
• Wang Xian showed Yue Rushuang the colorful scale and asked her to consider changing races.

Yue Rushuang used a colorful scale and became the Mythical Grade progenitor of the Mermaid Race, prompting a world announcement and revealing her race abilities. The Dragon Kingdom’s players began asking about transformations, while Wang Xian learned the limits and powers of Yue Rushuang’s new bloodline.

• Yue Rushuang recognized that the colorful scale could make her the Mermaid Race’s progenitor, and Nangong Wu urged her to use it.
• Yue Rushuang activated the scale, transporting the 'Immortal Palace' territory into an apparent underwater domain as a mermaid with a seven-colored tail appeared.
• The system announced that the Mermaid Race had emerged in the Dragon Kingdom and that players could seek Yue Rushuang to transform.
• Dragon Kingdom players reacted to the announcement and asked whether the 'Immortal Palace' would offer Mermaid Race transformations.
• Nangong Wu covered Yue Rushuang with clothing, and Yue Rushuang showed Wang Xian her Mythical Grade bloodline attributes and skills.

Immortal Palace members gathered to watch Yue Rushuang, the mermaid ancestor, at Angel Spring, where she used her song to summon a sea domain. She lured Wang Xian close and stabbed him with a trident, leaving him frozen after his life-saving skill restored his health.

• Wang Xian and Nangong Wu watched the crowd gather around Yue Rushuang in Angel Spring, and Wang Xian joked that the holy water was her bathwater.
• Sword Twenty-Three arrived and told Wang Xian that the Ghost Market investigation had made progress, then Qin Zheng, Long Aotian, and Shadow joined them.
• Yue Rushuang sang and created a sea domain that surrounded the gathered Immortal Palace members with seawater.
• Yue Rushuang called Wang Xian over, drew him close, and stabbed him in the chest with a trident.
• Wang Xian's Blood Lock Skill—Elegy of Life restored his health, but Yue Rushuang unleashed the trident's power and began freezing him.

Yue Rushuang attacked Wang Xian and unleashed her Sea Domain, killing more than a hundred Immortal Palace members and destroying the guild’s buildings. Wang Xian captured her and began pulling at her tail scales to force her to dismiss the Sea Domain, but Feng Luoli and Nangong Wu pleaded for a chance to reason with her.

• Yue Rushuang froze Wang Xian and attacked Immortal Palace, but Wang Xian broke free and demanded to know why she had turned on them.
• Yue Rushuang activated her Sea Domain and drowned more than a hundred Immortal Palace members as Wang Xian fought her.
• Wang Xian struck Yue Rushuang down and ordered Xiao Jin to bind her with starlight chains as she tried to flee.
• Yue Rushuang refused to dismiss the Sea Domain, so Wang Xian dragged her out of the water and tried to pull scales from her tail.
• Feng Luoli begged Wang Xian to let her speak with Yue Rushuang, and Nangong Wu joined her plea; Wang Xian agreed and told Xiao Jin to keep Yue Rushuang trapped.

Yue Rushuang broke free of Su Jin’s bindings, struck Wang Xian with the Sea God's Curse, and escaped after revealing her ties to the Zhang Family. Wang Xian ordered a worldwide hunt for her while Immortal Palace began repairing its damaged territory.

• Wang Xian told Qin Zheng, Long Aotian, and Shadow that Yue Rushuang had betrayed Immortal Palace, leaving them stunned.
• Yue Rushuang broke the starlight chains with her power, and Wang Xian stabbed her with the Heavenly Dragon Spear.
• Yue Rushuang escaped as a water figure after warning Wang Xian that the Zhang Family could not be stopped, and her phantom afflicted everyone in Immortal Palace with Sea God's Curse.
• Wang Xian ordered Nangong Wu to issue an Immortal King's Pursuit Order, offering powerful rewards for killing Yue Rushuang.
• Nangong Wu arranged repairs after the Sea Domain vanished, while Qin Zheng and the others left Immortal Palace.

Wang Xian explained that Yue Rushuang’s betrayal was staged so she could infiltrate the Sea Clan and report on its plans. After Yue Rushuang left, Nangong Wu posted edited footage that framed the Zhang Family as the force behind the apparent betrayal, while Ghost Clan allies wondered whether Yue Rushuang had truly been their planted agent.

• Su Jin mistook Yue Rushuang’s return for a real betrayal, but Wang Xian and Nangong Wu explained that they had staged the rift.
• Wang Xian told Feng Luoli and the others that Yue Rushuang needed to infiltrate the Sea Clan, and he gave her light orbs before she departed.
• Nangong Wu arranged for the battle footage to be edited and posted on the Forum, where it quickly became popular and made people suspect the Zhang Family.
• Ghost Clan members and their Human companions watched the video and debated whether Yue Rushuang had been planted by their ancestors.