Chapter Summaries

Wang Xian taught Cheng Yao two Priest skills and guided the group as they fought Wandering Souls. The group grew accustomed to the ghosts, but Mom’s first Holy Strike dealt zero damage, and Wang Xian’s laughter drew a miserable cry from the dark farmland.

• Wang Xian gave Cheng Yao Holy Strike and Healing Technique skill books, and she learned both skills.
• Cheng Yao used Holy Strike on a Wandering Soul, which passed through her and frightened her; Wang Xian and the others killed it and comforted her.
• Wang Xian warned Nangong Wu and the others not to provoke Wandering Souls, then led the group in killing more of them until they grew less afraid.
• Mom tried Holy Strike on a Wandering Soul, but her attack dealt zero damage because it could not penetrate its defense.
• Wang Xian laughed at Mom’s failed attack, and a miserable cry echoed across the dark farmland.

Wang Xian leveled with his companions through the night, aided by Cheng Yao’s Hundred Flowers Compete buff, and agreed to let Nangong Wu and the others rest at his home before they continued leveling. His mother gave the women Wang Xian’s bed and made him sleep on the floor, leaving him resentful as the others realized they had taken his place.

• Cheng Yao’s Hundred Flowers Compete buff increased Wang Xian’s attributes, helping the group kill level 15 Wandering Souls.
• At six in the morning, Wang Xian and his companions finished their overnight leveling, with Wang Xian and Su Jin reaching level 17.
• Nangong Wu asked to stay at Wang Xian’s home and rest before the group resumed leveling that night.
• Wang Xian’s mother rolled up his bedding and gave his bed to Nangong Wu and the other women, telling Wang Xian to sleep on the floor.
• Nangong Wu and the others realized Wang Xian’s resentment came from losing his bed.

Wang Xian and the others set out to livestream themselves scaring the village ghosts, unaware that a Bride Ghost had appeared behind Su Jin and Cheng Yao. The chapter ended as Wang Xian and the livestream viewers watched in anticipation of the two women noticing it.

• Su Jin dressed in assorted ghost-scaring gear and boasted that she was no longer afraid of ghosts.
• Cheng Yao started a livestream, claiming her popularity had drawn hundreds of thousands of viewers, until Su Jin revealed she had tipped herself.
• At midnight, Wang Xian and the others walked through the village to scare ghosts while Cheng Yao livestreamed and Wang Xian filmed.
• Wang Xian spotted a Bride Ghost behind Su Jin and Cheng Yao and signaled the others to stay quiet.
• Nangong Wu and the livestream viewers waited as Su Jin and Cheng Yao remained unaware of the ghost behind them.

Wang Xian’s group continued leveling during the Ghost Gate event, while Cheng Yao and Su Jin fled from the ghosts they had set out to scare. At midnight, the Qixi Festival event was announced, featuring Tailoring experience, temporary buffs from collected tears, and permanent blessings for pairs that could become deadly debuffs if they stopped loving each other.

• Cheng Yao and Su Jin panicked and ran from the ghosts, then hid at Wang Xian’s house.
• Five days later, Wang Xian and Su Jin had reached Level 22, and Wang Xian’s group dominated the Dragon Kingdom’s level rankings.
• At dinner, Cheng Yao asked to skip leveling for Qixi Festival, while Nangong Wu coaxed Wang Xian into nearly revealing the event details.
• At midnight, the system announced the one-day Qixi Festival event, which would officially begin at nightfall.
• The event offered Tailoring experience, a temporary resistance and agility buff from Cowherd and Weaver Girl’s Tears, and ten permanent pair blessings that could become tenfold HP-loss debuffs if the pair stopped loving each other.

Wang Xian struggled with confusion about his future after gaining the Human King Soul talent, which could protect Dragon Kingdom and humanity as his recognition grew. Nangong Wu told him she had felt a similar emptiness after achieving her goal and urged him to find a new dream, such as traveling beyond Blue Star.

• After six hours of leveling, Wang Xian and the others switched from fighting Wandering Souls to more dangerous Vengeful Souls, relying on Cheng Yao's resurrection skill to stay safe.
• At dinner, Wang Xian told the others to attend the Qixi Festival event without him, then went alone to the roof to think.
• Wang Xian reflected on his ambitions and the Human King Soul talent, whose damage-reduction effects depended on his recognition among Dragon Kingdom and humanity.
• Nangong Wu joined Wang Xian on the roof and recognized his confusion, comparing it to the emptiness she felt after taking over her family's corporation.
• Nangong Wu encouraged Wang Xian to choose a new dream, suggesting that he travel among the stars beyond Blue Star.

Wang Xian found a new dream after Nangong Wu helped him escape his doubts, then learned the group had come to Ji City to seek the blessing of the Ancient Shanyin Scholar Tree. At the tree, he discovered it was undergoing a transformation that would make it Mythical Grade.

• Wang Xian thanked Nangong Wu for helping him settle on a new dream of traversing the stars.
• Nangong Wu showed Wang Xian an Epic Grade branch that could grant a blessing beneath the Ancient Shanyin Scholar Tree at midnight on July 14.
• Nangong Wu explained that she wanted Wang Xian's help because powerful ghosts might gather around the scholar tree after the Ghost Gate opened.
• Nangong Wu teased Wang Xian for making his secrets obvious, then left him on the rooftop.
• Six days later, Wang Xian and the group traveled to the Ancient Shanyin Scholar Tree, where Wang Xian learned it had survived a lightning tribulation and would evolve into Mythical Grade.

Wang Xian found Hua Xiangrong and Xue Fangfei hiding near the ancient scholar tree and brought them into the group before the Ghost Gate opened. As vicious ghosts descended, Cheng Yao strengthened everyone, and Nangong Wu unexpectedly received a quest.

• Wang Xian discovered Hua Xiangrong and Xue Fangfei near the ancient scholar tree and recognized them as two of Cheng Yao's four great guards.
• Wang Xian forced the pair to join the group and revealed that he knew they had a Branch of the Ancient Shanyin Scholar Tree.
• The Ghost Gate opened at midnight, and countless vicious ghosts appeared around the ancient scholar tree.
• Cheng Yao used Hundred Flowers Compete, increasing everyone's attributes by 15% for 6000 seconds.
• Nangong Wu told Wang Xian that she had received a quest, and he wondered if it was the Phoenix Heavenly Maiden's class change quest.

Wang Xian and his group took on the Ancient Shanyin Scholar Tree's plea for help, but the fierce ghosts outmatched most of them. He realized the tree's branches could raise a skill by at least thirty levels and had Cheng Yao use them, leaving the group hopeful when the second use worked.

• Wang Xian judged the quest nearly impossible because the fierce ghosts were far stronger than most of his companions.
• Hua Xiangrong noticed that her branch's attributes had changed, and Wang Xian discovered it could randomly raise a skill by at least thirty levels for one hour.
• Wang Xian gave Nangong Wu's branch to Cheng Yao, who used it and raised Willow Dark Flower Bright.
• Wang Xian asked Hua Xiangrong for her branch, and she handed it over despite Xue Fangfei's objections.
• Wang Xian made Cheng Yao use the second branch, and Cheng Yao cheered when it worked.

Wang Xian led the group beneath the Ancient Locust Tree and fought off the Fierce Ghosts with their greatly increased attributes. When the group ran out of mana before the quest countdown ended, they expected to die, but Cheng Yao remained alive and continued healing herself.

• Cheng Yao cast Hundred Flowers Compete, increasing everyone's attributes by 600%, and Wang Xian organized their attack on the Fierce Ghosts.
• Wang Xian and the others rushed beneath the Ancient Locust Tree, where the Mages attacked while the healers and Warriors supported them.
• Nangong Wu discovered that the group had to hold on for another fifteen minutes, but the healers and Mages soon ran out of mana.
• Wang Xian and the others accepted that they would die and respawn, while Cheng Yao refused to stop healing until her mana ran out.
• After the others died, Wang Xian saw that the Fierce Ghosts could not harm him, and Cheng Yao healed herself back to full health.

Wang Xian and Cheng Yao fought off wraiths until Cheng Yao ran out of mana, then survived through her resurrection mark and healing. After Nangong Wu completed her mission, the ancient scholar tree became Mythical Grade and transformed into a handsome young man.

• Wang Xian remembered Cheng Yao's Flower Transfer Wood skill, allowing her to convert HP into mana and resume attacking the wraiths.
• Cheng Yao ran out of HP to convert, and Wang Xian expected her to die, but her Willow Dark Flower Bright resurrection mark revived her at full HP as she bit his hand.
• Wang Xian and Cheng Yao felt the ground tremble as the wraiths fled from the ancient scholar tree's branches, which destroyed the wraiths within a hundred meters.
• Wang Xian saw that the ancient scholar tree had changed from Epic Grade to Mythical Grade, and Nangong Wu announced that she had completed her mission.
• The ancient scholar tree disappeared and became a handsome young man in green robes, captivating Cheng Yao, Su Jin, and the other women.

Wang Xian and his companions received Mythical Grade petals from the handsome youth as a reward for protecting him. Wang Xian gave two petals to his parents, but his father asked to see his Attribute Panel before believing that Wang Xian had a Mythical Grade Talent.

• The handsome youth gave five petals each to Nangong Wu and Hua Xiangrong, then vanished after explaining he had to leave because the world could not yet support a Mythical Grade being.
• Wang Xian learned that the petals could reset a user's talent or potentially unlock a Second Talent.
• Nangong Wu asked for three petals, but Wang Xian said he only wanted two and she gave them to him.
• Wang Xian offered the petals to his parents, who initially urged him to use them instead.
• Wang Xian told his parents he had a Mythical Grade Talent, and his mother recalled his childhood lies as the others went to grind monsters.
• Wang Xian's father remained skeptical and asked him to show his Attribute Panel.

Wang Xian showed his father his unusual talents, and both his parents consumed petals from the Flower of the Ancient Shanyin Scholar Tree to reset their talents. After the group finished grinding ghosts, Nangong Wu invited Wang Xian to join the guild she planned to establish, and he accepted.

• Wang Xian revealed his four talents to his father and urged both his parents to consume petals from the Flower of the Ancient Shanyin Scholar Tree.
• Wang Xian and the others hunted fierce ghosts and then Vengeful Souls until the ghosts returned to the Ghost Gate at six in the morning.
• Nangong Wu invited Hua Xiangrong and Xue Fangfei to stay at Taibai Tavern, where everyone later gathered without Wang Xian's parents.
• Nangong Wu gave Wang Xian two petals, and he kept one for Su Mu and returned the other to her.
• Nangong Wu invited Wang Xian to join her planned Phoenix Dance Nine Heavens Guild, and he agreed.

Wang Xian accepted Nangong Wu’s invitation to join her future guild, explaining that he had no interest in managing one himself. At midnight, the Soul River Lantern Release event began, and the group sent their lanterns down the river.

• Wang Xian agreed to join Nangong Wu’s guild, then teased her about having plotted to recruit him.
• Wang Xian said he wanted to avoid guild management and preferred to focus on leveling, dungeons, and eventually traveling beyond Blue Star.
• Wang Xian assured Nangong Wu her guild would become powerful because he was joining it.
• At midnight, the Soul River appeared across Dragon Kingdom and the ten-minute Lantern Release event began.
• Wang Xian spent 100 points on a tower-ship River Lantern and released it into the river, where its tiny figures came to life and bowed to him.
• The others released their lanterns too, mostly worth 100 points, while Su Jin chose one worth 1,000 points.

After the Soul River lanterns vanished, Su Jin gave Wang Xian a powerful Level 100 warrior skill book, and the Ghost King’s avatar appeared to begin the Ghost Festival’s final event. Wang Xian and the others helped defeat the avatar, which vanished promising to return.

• The River Lanterns disappeared, and Wang Xian and his companions received varied rewards; Wang Xian gained experience while Su Jin received a Level 100 warrior skill book.
• Su Jin gave Dragon Slaying Shock to Wang Xian, who learned the tracking skill and promised to give her a surprise.
• The system announced the Ghost King’s Wrath event, and Wang Xian led the group to attack the Ghost King’s avatar with event items.
• The avatar attacked players with damaging and prank-like skills as they continued fighting and healing.
• After two hours, the Ghost King’s avatar vanished after saying it would return, and players scattered to search for other avatars.

After the Ghost Festival ended, Wang Xian and his companions rejected the option to become Ghost Clan members and considered how to spend their event points. Wang Xian exchanged points for experience, reached level 30, and automatically advanced his Priest profession, gaining a new skill and talent.

• The Ghost Festival ended, and Wang Xian declined the system's offer to transform into a Ghost Clan member.
• Su Jin, Wang Xian's family, and the others also received the transformation option, but everyone chose to remain as they were.
• Wang Xian recommended exchanging points for experience, while Su Jin and Cheng Yao urged the group to try the lottery because they trusted their luck.
• Wang Xian exchanged 1,575 points for experience and reached level 30.
• Wang Xian's Priest profession advanced automatically, granting him Heavenly Eye of Balanced Disguise and the talent Mana Spring.

Wang Xian reviewed the freedom of action system and examined the talent and skills he gained after reaching level thirty. He then spent his remaining 2,100 Ghost Festival event points on twenty-one draws and was disappointed by the results.

• Wang Xian learned how freedom of action affected ranged attacks and casting-time skills, and concluded he would explore it later.
• Wang Xian checked his Epic Grade Mana Spring talent and found it would help him avoid running out of mana.
• Wang Xian examined Balance, Disguise, and Heaven's Eye, deciding that Balance let him pursue both attack paths.
• Wang Xian used 2,100 Ghost Festival event points for a twenty-one-pull and was dismayed by what he obtained.

Su Jin gave Wang Xian a powerful area-of-effect skill book, and he learned Ice Roar to prepare for an upcoming battle over the surprise he had promised her.

• Wang Xian asked what the others had won in the lottery, and they all said they had received nothing worthwhile.
• Su Jin smugly demanded an apology before handing Wang Xian her prize, and he apologized with a fake smile.
• Su Jin gave Wang Xian the Ice Roar Skill Book, and the others teased him about his insincere smile.
• Wang Xian read Ice Roar's requirements and learned it using his control skill to bypass them.
• Wang Xian became more confident about an upcoming battle for the item he had promised Su Jin as a surprise.

After seeing his family off, Wang Xian traveled to a wilderness site to seize the Lord of Stars profession advancement item from a falling star. As the star descended, he faced three rival factions while concealing his identity.

• Wang Xian said goodbye to Nangong Wu, Cheng Yao, Su Jin, and his parents as they boarded a train for the Imperial Capital.
• Wang Xian spent ten days in the wilderness, reached level 32, and prepared to claim the Lord of Stars profession advancement item.
• Wang Xian observed Qin Zheng's, Shadow's, and Sword Twenty-Three's factions as they gathered near the falling star.
• Wang Xian disguised himself as an ordinary Mage and smeared mud on his face after recognizing Sword Twenty-Three's group as officials.
• The star began falling toward the gathering, and Wang Xian stood up with his staff as the factions' tension rose.

As the star drew closer, Shadow urged the others to deal with Wang Xian first, but Qin Zheng chose to befriend him instead. Wang Xian immediately exploited their new friendship by asking Qin Zheng to help him claim the star, then proposed they attack Shadow together.

• Shadow called Wang Xian the most unstable factor and suggested dealing with him first.
• Wang Xian asked Qin Zheng and Sword Twenty-Three whether they agreed, and Qin Zheng said he wanted to befriend him.
• Qin Zheng introduced himself and shook hands with Wang Xian, who gave his fake name, Great Strength Brings Miracles.
• Wang Xian called Qin Zheng "Brother Zheng" and asked him to help claim the approaching star.
• Shadow repeated his suggestion, and Wang Xian urged Qin Zheng to join him in wiping Shadow out as proof of their friendship.

Wang Xian provoked Shadow while a Taoist, a monk, and Chen Du arrived to seek the falling star. When Shadow attacked, the monk intervened, and Wang Xian realized the monk was completing the first stage of the Buddha Child class-change mission by saving people.

• A Taoist, a monk, and Chen Du arrived as everyone waited for the star carrying the Lord of Stars class-change item.
• Wang Xian taunted Shadow and claimed they had a grudge, though he secretly wanted revenge for a past-life assassination mission.
• Shadow grew angry and attacked Wang Xian, but the monk blocked him and urged him to stop.
• Shadow entered stealth and vanished even from Wang Xian's Heavenly Eye, while the monk moved to protect Wang Xian.
• Wang Xian told the monk he could not save him and recognized that the monk was completing the Buddha Child mission by saving people in danger.