Chapter Summaries

Xuan Sheng hunted demon snakes for a Cloud Demon Pearl but found an Ancient Serpent’s Egg instead, then hurried back to Tongtian City for Fei Hua’s evening gathering. At the City Lord’s Mansion, Fei Hua claimed he was her escort, while Xuan Sheng noticed a resplendently dressed man glaring at them.

• Xuan Sheng killed a hundred demon snakes, gained two levels, and found no Cloud Demon Pearl, so he decided to seek Fei Hua’s help.
• A Two-headed Demon Snake ambushed Xuan Sheng, but he defeated it and found an Ancient Serpent’s Egg that might hatch into an Ancient Flying Dragon offspring.
• Xuan Sheng stored the egg and rushed back to Tongtian City, where he noticed the Royal City Guard patrolling alongside the city’s lax guards.
• Royal City guards stopped Xuan Sheng at the City Lord’s Mansion for lacking an invitation, and Fei Hua introduced him as her escort.
• Fei Hua quietly asked why Xuan Sheng had come, while he eyed the angry man she had left behind.

Xuan Sheng and Fei Hua attended a banquet at Tongtian City Lord's Mansion for the Fourth Prince, whose faction included the City Lord and Duke. As they entered the lavish estate and saw the prince's powerful Junlin carriage beasts, Xuan Sheng wondered how the isolated demons could withstand such forces.

• Fei Hua told Xuan Sheng that the banquet was hosted by Tongtian City's lord for the Fourth Prince, who was close to the lord.
• Fei Hua explained that the Second Prince was the strongest and most popular prince, while Xuan Sheng suspected the princes relied on city alliances in their struggle for the throne.
• The Duke scolded Fei Hua for bringing a companion of unknown identity, and Fei Hua told Xuan Sheng that the Duke and the City Lord belonged to the Fourth Prince's faction.
• Xuan Sheng reassured Fei Hua, then entered the extravagant City Lord's Mansion with her after passing security.
• Xuan Sheng and Fei Hua saw two powerful Junlin pulling the Fourth Prince's carriage, and Xuan Sheng worried about the demons facing such formidable enemies alone.

At City Lord Huang’s banquet, Fei Hua was invited to meet the Fourth Prince, but Xuan Sheng insisted on going with her. Venerable Qing He arrived, recognized Xuan Sheng, and reacted with delighted interest.

• City Lord Huang welcomed the guests and said the Fourth Prince would meet them after resting.
• Xuan Sheng searched for the prince while Fei Hua socialized with the guests.
• City Lord Huang invited Fei Hua upstairs to speak with the Fourth Prince, and Xuan Sheng asked to accompany her.
• Venerable Qing He arrived, prompting the Fourth Prince and City Lord Huang to apologize for failing to welcome her.
• Xuan Sheng recognized Qing He and hid, but she spotted him and grinned with interest.

At Tongtian City’s banquet, Venerable Qing He rejected the Fourth Prince’s request to lead the city’s new War College. She left with Xuan Sheng, who recognized Fujii among the guests, while Tongtian City’s plans to rival Lone Star City became clear.

• Venerable Qing He recognized Xuan Sheng and concealed his identity as the future top student of Lone Star City’s academy.
• The Fourth Prince announced that Tongtian City planned to build its own War College and asked Qing He to serve as dean.
• Qing He refused, condemning the plan as an attempt to turn the War College into a tool for city rivalries.
• Qing He left the banquet with Xuan Sheng, and Xuan Sheng recognized Fujii among the guests.

Xuan Sheng declined Venerable Qing He’s offer to return to Lone Star City and sought leads on the Cloud Demon Pearl before finishing his mission in Tongtian City. Meanwhile, miners disturbed the Skeleton Beast beneath Fuqi Mountain, triggering Tongtian City’s subjugation quest and leaving Fujii determined to keep the monster—and its treasure—away from Lone Star City.

• Xuan Sheng told Venerable Qing He he would stay in Tongtian City to complete his mission, and she left after warning him to be careful.
• Fei Hua accompanied Xuan Sheng from the City Lord’s Mansion, and he asked her whether she knew where to buy a Cloud Demon Pearl.
• Feiyu and Zhang Zhan’s group counted their haul of enhancement materials inside the Fuqi Mountain mine.
• A violent tremor cracked the mine, lava poured through it, and Zhang Zhan ordered the miners to evacuate.
• The system announced that disturbing the Skeleton Beast had activated Tongtian City’s subjugation quest ahead of schedule.
• Fujii recognized the Skeleton Beast as the guardian of Tongtian City’s supreme treasure and vowed not to let Lone Star City take it.

Xuan Sheng learned that a Skeleton Beast had awakened at Fuqi Mountain and discovered a sealed Famous Artifact embedded in its skull. As the beast advanced toward Tongtian City, he chose to stay back while its players faced it, then met Zhang Zhan to discuss buying ore.

• Xuan Sheng received word that a monster had awakened and headed toward Fuqi Mountain after telling Fei Hua to gather the items he had requested.
• Xuan Sheng identified the awakened Skeleton Beast as a main-city subjugation target and spotted the Sealed Sword, one of Tongtian City's Famous Artifacts, lodged in its skull.
• An anonymous announcement drew players from Tongtian City and Lone Star City to the beast, and Xuan Sheng held back rather than join the fight.
• Xuan Sheng went to Zhang Zhan and his companions, claiming he had come to buy ore, while they waited for Tongtian City's players to test the beast.

Tongtian City hurried to stop the Bone Giant Beast as it charged toward the city, while Lone Star City's players watched from a distance. Xuan Sheng discovered that the shrine maidens attacking the beast were advanced troops, raising the possibility that he could command an army of his own.

• Hong Zhu asked Lone Wolf and King Loser about the Bone Giant Beast, and Lone Wolf ordered the Greedy Wolf Battle Group to wait and watch.
• Fujii overruled Tsubaki's objections and ordered Tongtian City's forces to intercept the Bone Giant Beast before it reached the city.
• Xuan Sheng learned that the Bone Giant Beast carried a Famous Artifact, causing city NPCs to ignore it as it targeted residential areas.
• Tsubaki sent dozens of shrine maidens to shoot the Bone Giant Beast, but their arrows dealt only modest damage.
• Xuan Sheng inspected the shrine maidens and discovered that they were level 20 Kagura Witch troops rather than players.

Tsubaki’s Kagura Witches tried to lure the Bone Giant Beast into Tongtian City, but the monster slaughtered most of them and smashed through the city gate. Xuan Sheng discovered that Tongtian City had allowed the attack to help unlock the Sealed Sword, leaving outsiders to face the danger while the city’s forces stood aside.

• The women in red dealt heavy damage to the Bone Giant Beast, but it dodged their arrows and charged at Tsubaki’s witches.
• Tsubaki ordered the surviving witches to lure the beast toward Tongtian City, and its Grave Spike Annihilation killed most of them.
• The Bone Giant Beast smashed through Tongtian City’s supposedly protected gate as Xuan Sheng and Zhang Zhan watched in shock.
• Xuan Sheng used the Eye of God to learn that the Sealed Sword required the blood of a thousand players and realized Tongtian City had let the beast in deliberately.
• Xuan Sheng told Zhang Zhan to summon the others and said Tongtian City’s official forces would not intervene.

As the Bone Giant Beast rampaged through Tongtian City, Xuan Sheng prepared to fight it after learning that Bone Plating strengthened its resistance to physical attacks. He gathered Zhang Zhan's army and acquired several mage skill books before joining the battle.

• Little Puppy and Hong Zhu urged Lone Wolf to retreat while King Loser stayed behind to challenge the Bone Giant Beast.
• The Bone Giant Beast shrugged off King Loser's halberd strike and knocked him away with a bone claw.
• Xuan Sheng advanced the Stone of Desolation to Purple Hero-grade, but it stopped accepting low-grade ore.
• Xuan Sheng decided to join the fight and chose a magic role after learning Bone Plating increased the beast's Physical Resistance whenever it took physical damage.
• Zhang Zhan offered Xuan Sheng the Static Ball, Frost Ray, Ice Blast, and Ice Storm skill books, and Xuan Sheng asked to take them all.

Xuan Sheng froze the Bone Giant Beast and helped the group attack while Zhang Zhan tanked its enraged assault. He unleashed a devastating spell combination that dealt nearly forty thousand damage, leaving Feiyu to abandon his damage challenge.

• King Loser escaped to Tongtian City, leaving the Bone Giant Beast confused and without a target.
• Xuan Sheng froze the Bone Giant Beast with Frost Ray, and Zhang Zhan ordered the others to attack.
• Feiyu unleashed repeated Wind Blades against the frozen boss, then ran out of Mana as the beast broke free and enraged.
• Zhang Zhan endured the enraged beast's attacks while Ruixue healed him, and Xuan Sheng struck the boss with Mana Burst for 19,001 damage.
• Xuan Sheng restored Mana with Static Ball, froze the boss again, and used Ice Burst to deal 19,812 damage; Feiyu backed down from his challenge.

Zhang Zhan held the Bone Giant Beast’s aggro while Xuan Sheng and the army attacked it, and Xuan Sheng froze it to stop its devastating Purple Funeral beam. When Fujii sent his Ninja Ashaji to assassinate Xuan Sheng, Piercing Willow killed her with a sudden counterattack, leaving the assault team to continue the battle.

• Zhang Zhan used Soul Whipping Strike to take the Bone Giant Beast’s aggro and urged Xuan Sheng to stop attacking until his skill recharged.
• Xuan Sheng waited for his cooldown while the army’s mages attacked the Bone Giant Beast and Zhang Zhan kept it away from the back line.
• At half Life, the Bone Giant Beast unleashed Purple Funeral, but Xuan Sheng froze it with Frost Ray before its beam reached the Lone Star City group.
• Fujii sent Ashaji to assassinate Xuan Sheng, but Piercing Willow struck her down as she attacked.
• Feiyu asked Xuan Sheng for a similar life-saving item, and Xuan Sheng said he only had one.

Xuan Sheng helped defeat the bone beast, and City Lord Huang gave him the Famous Sword on behalf of the Fourth Prince. The army claimed the remaining equipment, including powerful heavy armor for Zhang Zhan, who later sent Xuan Sheng a bone pendant.

• Xuan Sheng and the army wore down the frozen bone beast until it collapsed, while Fujii watched and concluded that Li Xunsheng relied on a guard against assassins.
• City Lord Huang took the Famous Sword, then handed it to Xuan Sheng, saying the Fourth Prince had ordered him to gift it to Li.
• Xuan Sheng kept the sealed sword and declined the other equipment, allowing the army members to collect it.
• The army celebrated when Zhang Zhan obtained the bone beast's purple Hero-Grade heavy armor, though he could not equip it because his level was too low.
• Zhang Zhan sent Xuan Sheng a level 25 Azure Legacy-Grade Bone Pendant.

Xuan Sheng accepted the Bone Pendant from Zhang Zhan and met Yi Qing in Tongtian City, then brought her to Fei Hua to check on the Cloud Demon Pearl. Fei Hua said the materials would arrive soon and sent Xuan Sheng and Yi Qing to rest together, unaware of the full truth behind his identity.

• Zhang Zhan gave Xuan Sheng the Bone Pendant, and Xuan Sheng agreed to let the group inspect the sealed Famous Artifact once it was unsealed.
• Yi Qing found Xuan Sheng in Tongtian City and tried to take him back to Lone Star City, but he brought her along to find Fei Hua.
• Xuan Sheng explained to Yi Qing that Fei Hua had signed a contract to keep his whereabouts secret, and Yi Qing chose to trust him.
• Fei Hua told Xuan Sheng that the materials he wanted had been ordered and would arrive soon, then encouraged him to rest with Yi Qing.
• After Xuan Sheng and Yi Qing entered the guest room, Fei Hua added succubus props and sealed the door before going to take a cold shower.

Yi Qing sought comfort from Xuan Sheng, and the two spent the night together. Meanwhile, Aisen arrived at the Xuan Tribe to arrange the formal wedding ceremony for Kael and Haili, leaving Kael to prepare the betrothal gifts and dowry.

• Yi Qing told Xuan Sheng that her master had warned her he was spending too little time with her and getting too close to other women.
• Xuan Sheng comforted Yi Qing, and they became intimate before she fell asleep in his arms.
• More than half a year later, Aisen traveled from Shengye to the Xuan Tribe to prepare for Kael and Haili's formal wedding ceremony.
• Aisen explained that the families had arranged the ceremony but still needed to settle the betrothal gifts and dowry.
• Kael agreed to prepare the gifts, confident that he could handle the expense.

Kael and Haili prepared to leave the Xuan Tribe, while Shan and Lan readied a grand ceremony and offerings for the Xuan God. Xuan Sheng descended early and mistook the tribe’s lavish chicken feast for an offering, leaving Aisen overwhelmed by the Xuan Tribe’s generosity.

• Kael told Haili he was disappointed that leaving would make him miss the Xuan God’s upcoming ceremony.
• Shan confirmed the preparations and offerings with Lan, who was ready to retire and had a wish she wanted to make to the Xuan God.
• Xuan Sheng descended on the night the preparations were finished and was stunned by a huge object covered in red cloth in the temple.
• Shan’s followers served a lavish feast made from fifth-tier Colorful Feathered Chickens, and Xuan Sheng made the dishes disappear with his divine sense to reassure them.
• Kael offered Aisen a Rainbow Phoenix feather, and Aisen refused, overwhelmed by the Xuan Tribe’s extravagant bride price.

Kael's extravagant betrothal gifts left Aisen struggling to find an equivalent dowry, while Nan demonstrated a powerful new energy source and an agricultural mecha at the Xuan Tribe meeting. Xuan Sheng rewarded Nan with a blacksmith class-change book, and the chapter ended with her receiving the artifact.

• Aisen worried that Kael's betrothal gifts were too valuable for the family to match with an equivalent dowry.
• Nan announced that she had created a multicolored core from Rainbow Phoenix feathers and spirit ore or magical beast cores.
• Nan used the core to power a green mecha designed to harvest, dig, plow, and sow crops, amusing the gathered members.
• Xuan Sheng recognized Nan's engineering talent and decided to grant her a blacksmith class-change book.
• A golden door opened before Nan, and the book marked "Artifact" fell into her hands as Xuan Sheng declared her worthy.

Nan received the Xuan God’s Book as a supreme treasure for the Xuan Tribe, and the elves reported their achievements. The chapter ended with Xuan Sheng ordering Qian and the Elf Queen to focus on having children as their reward.

• Xuan Sheng entrusted Nan with the God-bestowed Book and allowed other Xuan Tribe members to read it with her permission.
• Shan brought the Elf Queen and Qian forward, and they reported how the elves had made their work valuable and popular.
• Aisen recognized the Elf Queen and told Haili and Kael that elven artworks had become rare, priceless status symbols.
• Xuan Sheng asked Qian and the Elf Queen whether they wanted children, then urged them to spend more time together and try for one.

Xuan Sheng upgraded Soul Village and used the new Soul Return Stone to let the Xuan Tribe see and speak with Xin again. After Xin returned to Soul Village, Xuan Sheng asked retired Leader Lan what wish she had, leaving her hesitant to answer.

• Xuan Sheng learned that Chief Xin had died a month earlier from an illness caused by overwork, and the Xuan Tribe had kept his funeral simple.
• Xuan Sheng spent thirty thousand Faith points to upgrade Soul Village, creating a Soul Return Stone that could summon heroic spirits temporarily.
• Xin appeared in the crystal, and Leader Shan, Yun, and the other Xuan Tribe members were astonished to see him young and well.
• Xin scolded his sons, said he wanted to return to Soul Village to play chess with Rong, and then vanished from the stone.
• Xuan Sheng explained that Soul Return Incense could summon a soul for three minutes, then asked retired Leader Lan what wish she had.

Lan asked Xuan Sheng to let her see the Xuan Tribe’s future, so he sealed her in crystal to awaken ten years later. In Morning Wind, Sola persuaded Qi En to leave after strange nighttime visitors and noises made the city seem increasingly dangerous.

• Lan told Xuan Sheng that she wished to see what the Xuan Tribe would become, and he proposed preserving her in crystal until the future.
• Xuan Sheng used Faith points to encase Lan in a transparent crystal, and Shan wondered what she would do after stepping down as high priestess.
• Qi En returned to the bedroom after closing the shop and told Sola that the strange customers and noises in Morning Wind had made him uneasy.
• A heavy knock sounded at the tavern door, and Sola urged Qi En to leave Morning Wind for the Xuan Tribe.
• Qi En agreed to return the next day and investigate Morning Wind again after becoming stronger, and Sola smiled triumphantly.

Sola and Qi En decided to flee the Morning Wind Empire after learning they had attracted suspicion, but agents seeking a holy relic tracked them to their tavern. After Qi En killed a werewolf and took its pocket watch, the siblings escaped on Xuan God's command.

• Qi En and Sola agreed to leave the Morning Wind Empire because they suspected they were being watched.
• A nobleman and a werewolf identified a fragment on the siblings and planned to seize it for Lord Ater.
• Xuan Sheng used the Eye of God to identify the attackers as a vampire and a werewolf, then warned the siblings to leave.
• The vampire and werewolf broke into the tavern and recognized Sola and Qi En as strays from the Seriyek family.
• Qi En killed the werewolf with one strike, took its golden pocket watch at Xuan God's command, and fled with Sola.