Chapter Summaries

Xuan Sheng passed the arrow barrage by relying on his high constitution after his sword broke, astonishing the watching Legends. Ling Feng then began the fourth trial stage, a Spirit Impact maze, after increasing its force fourfold.

• Xuan Sheng’s longsword shattered under the rain of arrows, so he advanced without it and endured the barrage with his constitution.
• The Legends realized Xuan Sheng had high strength, agility, and constitution, and a burly Legend left to set out for Lone Star City to claim him as a disciple.
• Xuan Sheng finished the stage, rested briefly, and prepared to continue the trial.
• Ling Feng announced the fourth stage, Spirit Impact, and admitted he had raised its strength to four times the usual level.
• The Legends recalled how painful the maze and its mental traps had been, while Ling Feng promised to intervene if Xuan Sheng was in danger.

Xuan Sheng passed Ling Feng’s enhanced Spirit Maze by resisting and destroying its traps, stunning the watching Legendaries. He then faced the final trial’s Gatekeeping Puppet and chose to attack it rather than flee through the passage.

• Xuan Sheng entered the Spirit Maze and followed the Eye of God’s route through its traps with little difficulty.
• Ling Feng increased the Spirit Impact traps’ strength, triggering Will of God to counter them and disable the traps throughout the maze.
• The Legendaries realized Xuan Sheng had exceptionally high Spirit and a talent that countered mental attacks as he reached the final stage.
• Xuan Sheng learned he could clear the final trial by escaping through a guarded passage or defeating the Gatekeeping Puppet.
• Xuan Sheng attacked the awakening puppet with Ice Cones, dealing 924 damage, and prepared to continue fighting.

Xuan Sheng defeated the trial puppet with his versatile skills, impressing the legendary figures who wanted to take him as a disciple. When asked which path he intended to pursue, he rejected specialization to preserve his Demon God's class and said he planned to develop in every direction.

• Xuan Sheng used an overloaded Ice Lance to deal heavy damage to the puppet, astonishing the legendary figures watching the trial.
• Ling Feng and the other legendary figures argued over who should take Xuan Sheng as a disciple after seeing his talent.
• Xuan Sheng defeated the remaining Phantom Archers and finished off the puppet with another Ice Lance, then entered the teleportation array.
• Ling Feng ended the argument and asked Xuan Sheng which direction he planned to focus on, as the choice would determine whose legacy took priority.
• Xuan Sheng learned that accepting a legendary inheritance would remove his Demon God's class bonuses, so he said he intended to develop in every direction.
• Ling Feng was stunned by Xuan Sheng's refusal to specialize.

After the trial, Xuan Sheng declined to take any legend as his teacher, so Ling Feng delayed the decision until the other legends reached Lone Star City. Ling Feng gave Xuan Sheng both trial rewards, and Xuan Sheng left with a promise to bring him a Spirit Crystal so he could repair Xuan Sheng’s mental-resistance equipment.

• Ling Feng postponed the legends’ decision about Xuan Sheng’s future until they could meet in Lone Star City, and the legends prepared to travel there.
• Xuan Sheng explained that he already had a legacy and would not accept another teacher.
• Ling Feng presented Xuan Sheng with the Transcendent Ring and an Unknown Fragment (3), and Xuan Sheng chose the fragment as the more important item.
• Ling Feng revealed that Xuan Sheng could keep both rewards, then asked him not to accept gifts from the other legends.
• Ling Feng asked Xuan Sheng to bring him a Spirit Crystal so he could repair Xuan Sheng’s mental-resistance equipment.

Xuan Sheng left the City Lord's Mansion and discussed a future commission with Song Qing before heading outside Lone Star City to train. He chose a forest full of Level 26 Spirit Wood monsters, then realized ordinary players would struggle to survive there.

• Xuan Sheng told City Lord Sun he would bring Spirit Crystals the next day, then left the mansion.
• Song Qing caught up with Xuan Sheng and asked for a share of the Spirit Crystals, but agreed he could pay her commission on future sales.
• Song Qing accompanied Xuan Sheng to the city gates, where he said goodbye and headed out to train.
• Xuan Sheng rejected a Level 25–28 Lightning Element territory and chose another training location.
• Xuan Sheng reached a forest filled with Level 26 Spirit Wood Swordsmen and Spirit Wood Mages and recognized that their group attacks could overwhelm ordinary players.
• Xuan Sheng was about to switch weapons when his private messages began ringing again.

Xuan Sheng discovered that Greedy Wolf Battle Group possessed a Mysterious Weapon Shard and arranged to negotiate for it while continuing to level up. At Kael’s farmhouse, Haili and Kael confirmed that Colorful Feathered Chickens could breed successfully in the Xuan Tribe’s territory, and they prepared to explore the final mountain area.

• Xuan Sheng spotted a Mysterious Weapon Shard in Lone Wolf’s trade offer and hid his eagerness while demanding better items for the Halberd of Desolation.
• Xuan Sheng planned to negotiate first and attack Greedy Wolf Battle Group if talks failed, then focused on leveling up by killing Spirit Wood Swordsmen and Sprites.
• Haili celebrated with Kael when the first wild-caught Colorful Feathered Chickens reached adulthood and began breeding normally.
• Kael explained that Soul Cleansing Water had been used to grow crops for the chickens, while Black Tiger kept the flock in check.
• Kael told Haili to get ready so they could explore the final area on the mountain.

Yun and Haili’s group found the intelligent Seventh-Tier Magic Eagle Black Gold and offered to hire it for the Xuan Tribe. Black Gold attacked in anger, but Yun caught it instantly, leaving it furious and bewildered.

• Kael escorted Haili through the dangerous depths of the Monster Mountain Range as Yun led the group toward the Magic Eagle’s nest.
• Yun and the others encountered Black Gold, which communicated with them telepathically and initially offered to let them leave.
• Yun told Black Gold that the Xuan Tribe wanted to hire it while letting it keep its freedom and work four hours a day.
• Black Gold mistook the offer for an attempt to seize its territory and launched an attack on the group.
• Yun caught Black Gold with his bare hands, and the eagle accused the humans of tricking it and demanded another attempt.

Yun subdued the Magic Eagle Black Gold after chasing it through the forest, then handed it to Haili to care for. Its cry stirred the Frost Dragon on the mountain summit, whose roar unleashed a wave of ice and snow across the range.

• Yun caught Black Gold, but released it and chased it when it fled into the forest.
• Black Gold exhausted itself trying to escape Yun, then surrendered and agreed to follow him.
• Yun returned with Black Gold and handed it to Haili, but the eagle refused to accept her as its superior.
• Kael sensed a terrifying pressure from the snowy mountaintop, and Yun shielded the Xuan Tribe with his blood aura.
• Black Gold tried to flee as the awakened Frost Dragon roared, sending a wave of ice and snow through the mountain range.

Yun and the Xuan Tribe survived a warning roar from the Frost Dragon, and Haili used Soul Cleansing Water to heal Black Gold. Seeing that the water could help it break through its bloodline limit, Black Gold agreed to join the tribe and follow Haili.

• The Frost Dragon's roar froze the forest and injured Yun as he shielded the Xuan Tribe, then the dragon settled back into slumber.
• Haili checked the frozen Black Gold and poured Kael's Soul Cleansing Water over it to repair its damaged soul.
• Black Gold realized the water could help it break through its bloodline shackles, and Yun coaxed it into following the group by hinting that it could receive more.
• Black Gold chased after the Xuan Tribe and agreed to let Haili guide it in exchange for Soul Cleansing Water.
• Black Gold perched on Haili's shoulder and asked when they would eat, while Yun said they would discuss it after returning.

Haili tried to stop Black Gold and Big Black from arguing, but the two magical beasts quickly forgot their feud when Kael served them food. Kael then told Haili that the Colorful Feathered Chicken had passed inspection, so the Xuan Tribe could soon make its first offering to the Xuan God.

• Black Gold mocked Big Black, and the two Seventh Tier peak magical beasts argued over their rivalry at the farm.
• Haili scolded Black Gold for provoking Big Black and comforted the tiger, while Black Gold fell silent and brooded.
• Kael brought dinner, and Black Gold and Big Black eagerly ate their specially prepared food side by side.
• Kael told Haili that Lady Ti had secured the Xuan God's permission for the magical beasts to eat Golden Potatoes, Soul Cleansing Water, and Brilliant Moon Grass seeds.
• Kael announced that the Colorful Feathered Chicken had passed inspection and that the Xuan Tribe could soon offer it to the Xuan God.

After reaching level 20 while hunting monsters, Xuan Sheng refused Lone Wolf’s attempt to control the timing of their trade for the Halberd of Desolation. At the Greedy Wolf headquarters, Lone Wolf and King Loser concluded that Xuan Sheng was waiting for a better offer, leaving the guild in a difficult negotiating position.

• Xuan Sheng reached level 20 after hunting monsters for hours, then collected his drops and prepared to return to Lone Star City.
• Lone Wolf messaged Xuan Sheng to say the Greedy Wolf Guild was ready to trade, but Xuan Sheng insisted they meet the next day on his terms.
• Lone Wolf told King Loser that Xuan Sheng had rejected the guild’s attempt to gain leverage with its clue items.
• King Loser insisted that Xuan Sheng was a master swordsman, while Lone Wolf wondered whether he was also skilled with halberds.
• King Loser dismissed the idea that Xuan Sheng could master both weapons unless he was an old monster, and Lone Wolf concluded that Xuan Sheng wanted a better offer.

Xuan Sheng learned that the War College would be rebuilt because of worsening activity beneath the abyss, then received a system alert about a level 30 Golden Crow Afterimage near Lone Star City. He took the Spirit Crystals he needed and set out to find the boss after the Greedy Wolf Battle Group announced its hunt.

• Mo Rui told Xuan Sheng that a military woman had come looking for him, and he explained that the War College would be rebuilt because of threats beneath the abyss.
• Mo Rui admitted that succubi embedded in human kingdoms rarely communicated with demon headquarters, and Xuan Sheng told her he would handle the War College.
• Xuan Sheng asked Mo Rui for about one hundred and fifty Spirit Crystals to prepare for Lilith's trial, and she went to retrieve them.
• The system announced that a level 30 Golden Crow Afterimage was awakening at ruins outside Lone Star City and offered a Golden Crow gift for defeating it.
• The Greedy Wolf Battle Group called for information about the Golden Crow Afterimage, and Xuan Sheng took the crystals and set out to find it.

Lan chose an unusually spiritual Colorful Feathered Chicken as an offering and brought Haili to the temple, where Haili resolved to propose to Kael. Meanwhile, Xuan Sheng watched the Golden Crow Afterimage as the Greedy Wolf Battle Group approached, but a prayer from the Xuan Tribe called him to accept their offerings.

• Lan and Kael inspected the selected Colorful Feathered Chickens, and Kael showed Lan the half-grown bird that had developed a trace of spirituality.
• Lan spared the unusual chicken and took it to the temple, inviting Haili to come along in case Lord Xuan God appeared.
• Haili decided to make a direct proposal to Kael after a year of living under the same roof and receiving no response to her hints.
• Xuan Sheng observed the Golden Crow Afterimage and saw Hong Zhu, King Loser, and Lone Wolf approaching it.
• A prayer from the Xuan Tribe reached Xuan Sheng, and he agreed to accept their offerings of potatoes, seeds, and Soul Cleansing Water.

Xuan Sheng received the Xuan Tribe’s offering, a level 40 Colorful Feathered Chicken, just as Blood Rose approached the Golden Crow Afterimage. The chicken instantly killed the boss and defended its reward, leaving Xuan Sheng watching Blood Rose’s charge turn into a bloody disaster.

• Xuan Sheng accepted the Xuan Tribe’s offering and received a powerful Colorful Feathered Chicken that had been bred as food.
• The Colorful Feathered Chicken escaped its teleportation site, while Blood Rose stopped advancing after spotting Xuan Sheng near the Golden Crow Afterimage.
• The Colorful Feathered Chicken attacked and destroyed the Golden Crow Afterimage, causing it to drop the purple-quality Breath of the Golden Crow gem.
• Lone Wolf ordered Blood Rose to rush for the gem, but the Colorful Feathered Chicken struck the charging players with a storm of feather blades.
• Xuan Sheng watched the massacre and reflected that a follower’s pet was not his pet.

Xuan Sheng subdued the Colorful Feathered Chicken by exploiting its fear of the Xuan Tribe, then sent it through Divine Grace for deification. The chicken transformed into a Rainbow Phoenix before the Xuan Tribe, who recognized her as their first Divine Beast chosen by Lord Xuan God.

• The Colorful Feathered Chicken slaughtered players who tried to approach the gem, forcing Hong Zhu and the Greedy Wolf Battle Group to retreat.
• Xuan Sheng discovered that the Colorful Feathered Chicken feared his Xuan Tribe aura and picked it up along with the purple-quality gem.
• Xuan Sheng returned to Blood Rose and sent the Colorful Feathered Chicken through Divine Grace to get it back to the Xuan Tribe.
• Lan and the other Xuan Tribe members watched as Divine Grace transformed the chicken into a Rainbow Phoenix.
• The Rainbow Phoenix descended amid wondrous signs, and the Xuan Tribe recognized her as the first Divine Beast chosen by Lord Xuan God.

Xuan Sheng’s Divine Grace transformed the offered Colorful Feathered Chicken into a powerful Rainbow Phoenix, leaving the Xuan Tribe confused about his reaction and sparking jealousy among its monsters. After hearing Lan’s report on the tribe’s steady development, Xuan Sheng turned his attention to a timid noble girl.

• Xuan Sheng saw that the Colorful Feathered Chicken had become a Rainbow Phoenix whose strength exceeded the Tenth Tier, and he warned Lan that the tribe should not offer monsters again.
• Big Black and Black Gold begged Lan to offer them to Xuan Sheng so they could gain power, but Lan drove them out of the temple.
• Xuan Sheng asked Lan about the Xuan Tribe’s progress, noting that its Faith points had surpassed one million and that Godhead Fragments remained his main concern.
• Lan reported that the Xuan Tribe had begun cultivating Spirit Beasts, Spiritual Materials, and rare ores to support its people’s cultivation.
• The Rainbow Phoenix bowed in gratitude to Xuan Sheng and generated Faith points, and Xuan Sheng then focused his divine sense on a timid noble girl.

Xuan Sheng encouraged Haili to propose to Kael, hoping marriage would keep the ambitious former knight-errant from drawing attention to the Xuan Tribe. When Kael hesitated, Xuan Sheng isolated the pair and revealed that Kael still felt Haili's past insults against the Xuan Tribe made marrying her a betrayal.

• Xuan Sheng read Haili's thoughts, gave her a feather from Rainbow Phoenix, and urged her to pursue Kael.
• Xuan Sheng considered how marriage could keep Kael and Qian from attracting unwanted attention to the Xuan Tribe.
• Haili presented Kael with the Phoenix Feather and asked him to marry her before the gathered tribe.
• Xuan Sheng halted the scene around Kael and Haili to observe their private exchange.
• Kael hesitated to accept Haili's proposal, and Xuan Sheng explained that Kael still held her past contempt for the Xuan Tribe against her.

Xuan Sheng reunited Kael and Haili, blessed their marriage, and appointed Rainbow Phoenix as the Xuan Tribe’s guardian Divine Beast while choosing Shan as Lan’s successor. After leaving the tribe’s ceremony, he turned his attention to sending Qi En and Sola to explore the Morning Wind Empire for Godhead Fragments.

• Xuan Sheng connected Kael and Haili’s thoughts, allowing them to understand each other’s feelings and reconcile as they embraced.
• Xuan Sheng blessed Kael and Haili’s marriage proposal, and Rainbow Phoenix sheltered the couple beneath her wings as the tribe celebrated.
• Lan continued the chief priest succession ceremony, and Rainbow Phoenix selected Shan as the next candidate.
• Xuan Sheng made Rainbow Phoenix the tribe’s guardian Divine Beast, ranking her alongside the chief priest and tasking her with protecting the Xuan Tribe.
• Lan said Shan needed further training before succeeding her, and Xuan Sheng departed to arrange Qi En and Sola’s exploration of the Morning Wind Empire.

Chief Lan welcomed Rainbow Phoenix as the Xuan Tribe’s Divine Beast guardian but learned she could not remember Lord Xuan God’s true appearance. Xuan Sheng then let Qi En leave the tribe for revenge, while relying on Sola to ensure his plan succeeded.

• Lan asked Rainbow Phoenix whether she remembered Lord Xuan God’s true form, but Rainbow Phoenix recalled only his warm hand and gentle eyes.
• Lan accepted that she would not learn Lord Xuan God’s appearance and asked Rainbow Phoenix to care for the Xuan Tribe.
• Ti stopped Qi En and Sola from leaving the tribe, warning that their combat skills were too weak for the outside world.
• Xuan Sheng appeared through a divine revelation and told Ti to leave so he could speak privately with the siblings.
• Xuan Sheng approved Qi En’s departure and told him to prepare his luggage, then turned his attention to Sola.

Xuan Sheng confronted Sola’s possessive determination to keep Qi En from pursuing revenge and offered her a bargain. He asked her to find clues about the Godhead Fragments in the Morning Wind Empire, promising one wish each for her and Qi En if she succeeded.

• Qi En happily went to prepare his luggage while Sola admitted she would imprison him rather than let him risk his life for revenge.
• Xuan Sheng rebuked Sola for trying to control her brother, and she broke down, confessing that she feared being alone.
• Xuan Sheng offered to help Sola protect Qi En in exchange for her assistance, and she agreed to do anything he asked.
• Xuan Sheng reminded Sola that the fragments in her family heirloom had caused her family’s destruction and asked her to find the remaining Godhead Fragments or clues to them.
• Xuan Sheng promised that he would grant Sola and Qi En one wish each if they found what he sought.