Chapter Summaries

Zhang Yang’s Zerg looting operation in the Ruined City triggered a battle with a yellow dog guarding its master, and his sword arrays uncovered a hidden Heaven and Earth Spirit Meridian. He escaped with the meridian aboard the Death Black Sail as two Heavenly Gods attacked.

• Zhang Yang sent his Engineer Worms and Zerglings to strip the Ruined City for resources, choosing to convert everything into energy crystals.
• After an Orange Crystal emerged, Zhang Yang ordered his forces to prepare for battle, and a yellow dog stopped the looting and accused the Golden Armored King Worm of cooperating with humans.
• The yellow dog used a token to slaughter Zhang Yang’s elite Zerg, but Zhang Yang arrived with the Heaven Sword Clan and killed it with sword arrays.
• A gigantic cursed entity emerged within the arrays, swallowed Mu Yizhuo, and resisted suppression until Zhang Yang brought down the Azure Nether Realm’s power and destroyed it.
• Zhang Yang discovered a hidden Heaven and Earth Spirit Meridian beneath the Ruined City and had Azure Nether Mountain carry it away as Gu Bo'en and Du Wanlin attacked.
• Zhang Yang escaped the two Heavenly Gods by summoning the Death Black Sail.

After gaining wealth from Azure Nether Realm’s Spirit Meridian, Zhang Yang inspected the Village Building Order’s assets and ownership, then began investing in a new True Realm seed. He hoped to grow an Epic True Realm Fruit, though its full requirements remained far beyond his current means.

• Zhang Yang inspected the Village Building Order and found that he held a 68% controlling stake, while Unknown Remnant Soul of Destiny, Lord of Ash, and Mu Shaoan held the remaining shares.
• The Village Building Order listed Azure Nether Realm, Zhang Yang’s assets, and the Spirit Meridian’s daily income, which amounted to one unit of Cosmic Law.
• Zhang Yang used his authority as Lord of Azure Nether Realm to travel three thousand li and prepare to activate another True Realm seed.
• Zhang Yang considered the immense requirements for an Epic True Realm Fruit, including one million units of Cosmic Law, a qualifying Divine Artifact, and divine blood.
• Zhang Yang planted a tender green sprout and poured twenty thousand units of Cosmic Law into it, causing it to grow into a flourishing tree.

Zhang Yang’s Zerg alt survived the mysterious side’s corruption after the Infinite Zerg issued new magic-resistance protections and unlocked the Nightmare Worm. As the wider conflict raged, Fate Angel Daddy and Death Angel Daddy invested in his Zerg Village Building Order, transforming it into a new one.

• Zhang Yang fled to the Zerg base with his army destroyed, then watched mysterious corruption revive and mutate the worms around the True Realm Ancient Well.
• Zhang Yang recruited Nightmare Worms after the Infinite Zerg updated his permissions, and they erased three eerie eyes while his newly protected troops cleared the undead worms.
• Zhang Yang repaired the base and stayed inside, wary of the war between the Infinite Zerg and the mysterious side and wondering where the human race had gone.
• Zhang Yang accepted an investment from Fate Angel Daddy and Death Angel Daddy, and their capital injection transformed his Zerg Village Building Order into a brand-new one.

Zhang Yang was pulled into the Infinite Village Building Order and awoke in a human body on an alien battlefield, where he joined a group of newcomers facing missions in the film world of Invasion 1. Their armored vehicle was ambushed, leaving Zhang Yang disguised as a corpse with the Death Cloak as the driver was killed by a sniper.

• The Village Building Order listed its shareholders, assets, rewards, and an activated main mission before sucking Zhang Yang's alt-account soul inside and erasing the Zerg base.
• Zhang Yang awoke beside a marsh among soldiers and learned that the group had to survive, win a character's favor, and take part in the final battle.
• Zhang Yang found the Village Building Order and its artifacts in his mind, accepted the bearded man's team invitation, and rode with the soldiers toward safety.
• The group learned through the Black Wristwatch that they were Earth Federation landing soldiers in the film world of Invasion 1, cut off from their main force.
• A massive attack overturned their armored vehicle, metal spikes pierced the cabin, and a sniper killed the driver as Zhang Yang put on the Death Cloak.

Zhang Yang survived an attack by Fifth Sequence Antivirus Hunters and suspected he had reached the Fifth Sequence, where a Destiny Village Building Task might be located. He tested his Destiny Compass, discovered it could detect approaching enemies, and used it to ambush Crocodile-men in the swamp.

• Zhang Yang revived after the attackers left and learned they had been Antivirus Hunters investigating a possible infiltrator codenamed Crab.
• Zhang Yang suspected the giant egg and his current world were connected to the Destiny Village Building Task, then searched the combat vehicles for weapons and ammunition.
• Zhang Yang used the Destiny Compass and drew a Crocodile-man toward him, then killed it with the Fatty Rifle.
• Zhang Yang let the Destiny Compass absorb the Crocodile-man's spoils, gained three windings, and detected three more approaching enemies.
• Zhang Yang ambushed and killed the three Crocodile-men, whose spoils gave him enough windings to form a mysterious higher-level winding.

Zhang Yang used Fortune +5 to reach Du Wei, a stranded mech captain whom the Infinite Village Building Order tasked him with upgrading into a Destiny Line within 48 hours. Zhang Yang left the stuck logistics mech behind and took Du Wei away, while a passing soldier soon repaired it; Zhang Yang was then attacked by three Crocodile-men as he received a mission-completed message.

• Zhang Yang activated Blood Sacrifice Cousin and gained Fortune +5, allowing him to cross the swamp without being spotted by Crocodile-men.
• Zhang Yang found Du Wei, a captain whose Flame of Destiny made him a target of a new 48-hour upgrade mission.
• Du Wei explained that his logistics mech was immobilized and would take twelve hours to repair, so Zhang Yang led him away from it.
• A passing soldier repaired and recovered the Xuanwu T-9 logistics support mobile armor.
• Three Crocodile-men attacked Zhang Yang several kilometers away just as he received a mission-completed message.

Zhang Yang and Fatty Du Wei fought their way through a Crocodile-man nest while following a Destiny Compass search toward a Flame of Destiny. Near their destination, they heard gunfire ahead, though Zhang Yang suspected the shooters were not part of the Earth Expeditionary Force.

• Zhang Yang used his mysterious winding turn and learned that a Flame of Destiny was 1.8 kilometers away, with ten hours and fifteen minutes left before it extinguished.
• Zhang Yang used ordinary winding turns to detect Crocodile-men ambushing them and warned Fatty Du Wei that they were approaching a nest.
• Zhang Yang and Fatty Du Wei killed the ambushers with rifle fire and Gravity Grenades, then continued toward the Flame of Destiny.
• Zhang Yang and Fatty Du Wei heard gunfire ahead when they were more than five hundred meters from their destination.
• Fatty Du Wei hoped they had found friendly forces, but Zhang Yang recognized the sound of a six-barreled Gatling gun and doubted the shooters belonged to the Earth Expeditionary Force.

Zhang Yang and Du Wei followed a wounded Black Wristwatch member to the Frogman Kingdom, where Zhang Yang learned that his mission was complete and discovered that outsiders could gain entry by presenting Crocodile-man heads. They entered the kingdom and began investigating its people and customs.

• Zhang Yang and Du Wei found a battlefield, where a wounded survivor left them after an elderly Black Wristwatch member died.
• The survivor led Zhang Yang and Du Wei to a cave occupied by Frog People, but their Black Wristwatch reputation was too low to enter.
• Zhang Yang received the Flame of Destiny for completing his mission by following the survivor, then decided to hunt Crocodile-men with Du Wei.
• Zhang Yang and Du Wei collected fifteen Crocodile-men and brought their heads to the Frogman soldiers.
• The Frog People welcomed Zhang Yang and Du Wei inside, leading Zhang Yang to infer that Crocodile-man heads served as a pledge of allegiance for outsiders.

Zhang Yang and Du Wei entered the Frog People's advanced underground city, where Zhang Yang's mission hinted at a new energy source and he continued investigating the Destiny Shareholder's plans for his cousin, Mu Sha'an. Then the Great Tribulation of Heavenly Dao struck the Azure Nether Realm, forcing Zhang Yang to reconsider whether he should seek a powerful ally.

• Zhang Yang and Du Wei registered as outsiders in the Frog People's city, and Du Wei suspected their aircraft used the new energy source sought by Earth's Expeditionary Force.
• Zhang Yang received a three-stage mission involving the Frog People and the Earth Expeditionary Force, but focused instead on the Destiny Shareholder's interest in Mu Sha'an.
• In the Azure Nether Realm, Zhang Yang concluded that his alternate account's missions would indirectly help Mu Sha'an rise to power.
• The Remnant Soul of Destiny and the Lord of Ash each forcibly sold Zhang Yang 10% of their controlling shares, while the Azure Nether Realm was set to enter the Fourth Sequence and lost 50,000 years of lifespan to the Great Tribulation of Heavenly Dao.
• Zhang Yang realized the Destiny Shareholder might be cultivating Mu Sha'an as an ally against the Great Tribulation, and wondered whether he should find a leg to lean on too.

Zhang Yang used his regained authority to destroy the Remnant Soul of Destiny and reclaim most of his controlling stake, but the Great Tribulation of Heavenly Dao cost the Azure Nether Realm a hundred thousand years of lifespan. After the tribulation ended, he received a mission to eliminate an escaped Ashen Graveyard convict within a hundred years, then ordered Little Account to cut its own meridians.

• Zhang Yang activated the Good and Evil, Destiny, and Life and Death Workshops and forged three Anchors of Death.
• Zhang Yang used an Anchor of Death and the Azure Nether Realm's power to annihilate the Remnant Soul of Destiny, reclaiming its final six percent of control at the cost of a hundred thousand years of the realm's lifespan.
• The Fate/Death/Immortal Cultivation Village Building Order became the Death/Immortal Cultivation Village Building Order, and Zhang Yang gained five Fate Points as the Fate Immortal Sword lost most of its traits and fell to False Immortal Artifact quality.
• After the Great Tribulation of Heavenly Dao ended and the Azure Nether Realm was expelled from the Ashen Graveyard, Zhang Yang received a hundred-year mission to find and eliminate an escaped convict or lose control of the Death Black Sail.
• Zhang Yang cursed the mission, recognized that his realm had entered the main current of the River of Time without the Ashen Graveyard's protection, and told Little Account to cut its own meridians.

Zhang Yang followed the main body's code phrase to abandon his allies and seek his own way out, escaping the Frog People's city through a Wanderer Camp. He left Du Wei behind as a strange threat emerged, then discovered that the camp's exits connected to different worlds.

• After receiving the code phrase, Zhang Yang discarded the Destiny Compass and Death Cloak, then led Du Wei toward a Black Wristwatch base to buy weapons.
• Two guards barred Du Wei from the Wanderer Camp, so Zhang Yang entered alone and learned that the camp's space separated him from the Frog People's city.
• Du Wei found Zhang Yang's discarded items and spoke of detecting a suspected Wanderer, recommending a thunderous strike with no survivors.
• Zhang Yang sold his rifle, ammunition, and Frog People's currency at the camp's tavern in exchange for twenty Wanderer Gold Coins.
• Zhang Yang left the camp and found that its exit opened onto different environments, testing the passage repeatedly before deciding he liked Pand.

After Wanderer Camp came under attack, Zhang Yang escaped Mariansburg by hiding in a farmers’ cart under a Luck +5 buff. He took over a group of farmers and bandits on the trade road, then discovered his new group was called Tough Bandits.

• Zhang Yang learned that Level 1 wanderers could not accept missions, but Wanderer Camp was attacked before he could explore.
• The camp vanished briefly, then was forced back by a spatial attack and overwhelmed by stronger enemies searching for Zhang Yang.
• Zhang Yang activated Blood Sacrifice Cousin to gain Luck +5 and hid in a farmers’ cart to escape Mariansburg.
• A bandit ambush disrupted the farmers’ convoy, and Zhang Yang knocked out the farmers and bandits before taking command of them.
• Zhang Yang herded the farmers and bandits into a group and saw that it was called Tough Bandits.

After abandoning his old body, Zhang Yang seized the body of the farmer youth Theo and used the Wanderer System to begin training as a mortal. When Baron Charles called for recruits to fight the Dashian invasion, Zhang Yang volunteered to leave the village and pursue strength.

• Zhang Yang trained the villagers, then arranged his own death so he could devour Theo's soul and take over Theo's body.
• The farmers revived Theo, and Zhang Yang stayed undetected after the Blood Sacrifice Cousin talent returned to his main body and the bounty was withdrawn.
• Zhang Yang recovered the Black Wristwatch and discovered it had transformed into the Wanderer System, which showed Theo's attributes and training routes.
• Zhang Yang trained with a polearm while working in the fields, hoping to grow strong enough to enter the supernatural realm.
• A clerk announced that Baron Charles would enlist fifty Hadley Village recruits to resist the Dashian invasion, and Zhang Yang volunteered as Theo.

Zhang Yang was caught in a Gatu attack while being marched toward Paine Town and escaped the first charge by hiding in a ditch. When a Khatu Nomad found him, Zhang Yang killed him, then used his new skill points to learn horsemanship and ride the nomad’s horse.

• Two Salion Knight Squires conscripted Zhang Yang and forty-nine other farmers and marched them toward Paine Town.
• A force of Gatu People appeared, and the Salion Knight Squires charged them while the recruits fled.
• Zhang Yang hid in a ditch, but a Khatu Nomad spotted him after the ditch opened out.
• Zhang Yang knocked the Khatu Nomad from his horse, killed him, and gained a level and skill points.
• Zhang Yang raised his horsemanship to level two, stripped the Khatu Nomad, and rode his Prairie Hunter Horse.

Zhang Yang escaped the Gatu pursuers, chose to continue serving Baron Charles, and sold his captured gear in Paine Town. After buying protective equipment and supplies, he headed to the Barracks to report for duty.

• Zhang Yang evaded the Gatu Raiders and reached Paine Town, where Roan praised him for killing a Gatu Nomad and ordered him to report to the Recruit Camp that evening.
• Zhang Yang sold the Prairie Hunter Horse, curved blade, leather coat, and boots for 212 Denars.
• Zhang Yang bought a leather vest, helmet, boots, and a heavy Vaegirs Guard Round Shield from Daniel at Old Hod's Blacksmith Shop, then chose a short-handled axe.
• Zhang Yang bought a waterskin, bag, bandages, bread, and dried meat, spent nearly all his money, and went to the Barracks to report.

Zhang Yang joined Baron Charles's army as a recruit and marched with it toward the war against the Dashians. When the allied forces were ambushed by elite Dashian troops, he hid, assessed the battle, and began killing wounded enemies with concealed wooden spears, reaching level 7.

• Zhang Yang inspected Baron Charles's fortress and forces, then joined the recruits and was issued a spear.
• Baron Charles's army marched east and was joined by Baron Foucher's force as signs of battle appeared ahead.
• Dashian archers, Blade Saints, and Scorpion Assassins ambushed the allied column, causing heavy casualties and panic among the recruits.
• Zhang Yang took cover while Salion Imperial Guards and Halberdiers counterattacked and halted the Dashian charge.
• Zhang Yang used the Wanderer System to track enemy health and killed a wounded Dashan Blade Saint with a thrown wooden spear.
• Zhang Yang killed a Scorpion Assassin with another wooden spear, gained experience, and reached level 7.

Zhang Yang allocated his new level-up points to raise Throwing to level 4, then made iron-tipped javelins while the Salion forces regrouped. He joined the reinforcements’ march and arrived near Mowbray Castle, where the battered forces were waiting rather than joining the siege.

• Zhang Yang decided to invest his attribute points in Intelligence and raise Throwing to level 4, relying on his 200 throwing proficiency.
• Zhang Yang returned to the recruits after the fighting stabilized and collected abandoned spears.
• Zhang Yang cut the spears down into six iron-tipped javelins and stored them in his Peculiar Pouch.
• The Salion army wiped out the Dashians and continued its march toward Mowbray Castle.
• Zhang Yang saw the siege of Mowbray Castle and learned that Baron Charles and Baron Foucher’s forces had camped thirty li away after suffering heavy casualties.

Zhang Yang prepared for battle while noticing instant noodle seasoning among Duke Elfwan’s Mariansburg troops, which suggested a fellow traveler had arrived. As Sallion and the Dashians prepared for a decisive battle outside Mowbray Castle, Zhang Yang’s combined unit was finally ordered to advance.

• Zhang Yang weighted his iron spears, slept through the noisy night, and ate bread warmed in the ashes before dawn.
• Zhang Yang spotted Duke Elfwan’s reinforcements and smelled instant noodle seasoning from the Mariansburg Swordsman Battalion, deciding to keep a low profile around the apparent fellow traveler.
• Sallion and the Dashians assembled their forces beneath Mowbray Castle, and Zhang Yang saw the Dashians’ golden heavy cavalry face Mariansburg’s knights and Duke Elfwan’s main army.
• Baron Charles returned furious about a rival who had won Ilina’s affection, while Zhang Yang suspected the rival might be connected to the Mariansburg swordsmen.
• After hours of scouting and a clash on the Sallion left wing, Duke Elfwan ordered Baron Charles and Baron Foucher’s combined force to prepare to attack.
• The two barons led their infantry, archers, and fifty cavalrymen forward cautiously as a similarly sized Dashian force moved out against them.

Zhang Yang fought in the battle between Salion and the Dashians, protecting a wounded halberdier named Tonks while picking off enemy troops. After reaching level 8, Zhang Yang prepared to use Surgery to save Tonks, whose fate remained uncertain.

• Zhang Yang joined the Salion infantry charge, killed several Dashian Longblade Wielders with thrown iron spears, and drew enemy fire.
• A Salion Imperial Guard shielded Zhang Yang as the core troops entered the battle, while Dashian cavalry threatened the Salion archers.
• Zhang Yang protected a wounded Salion Halberdier from Dashan Battle Archers and killed one of them with his final iron spear.
• The halberdier introduced himself as Tonks and promised Zhang Yang a drink if he survived.
• Tonks killed a Dashian Longblade Wielder with his halberd, and Zhang Yang finished off another, gained a level, and selected Surgery in hopes of saving Tonks.

Zhang Yang fought through the enormous battlefield, gained enough experience to become a level-ten cavalryman, and escaped with the wounded Tonks. He left the rest of the survivors behind and treated Tonks in safety, earning thirty Favor points.

• Zhang Yang and the surviving Salion troops broke through the Dashan archers, then endured a cavalry charge that destroyed their magic shields and killed five Imperial Guards.
• Zhang Yang used war darts to claim twelve kills, reached level ten, raised his Riding skill to level five, and changed his class to Mercenary Cavalry.
• As new enemies approached, Zhang Yang learned that their baron had surrendered and found Tonks unconscious beneath a dead warhorse.
• Zhang Yang mounted a Dashan warhorse, rescued Tonks, and rode away while a halberdier stayed behind to hold off the Dashians.
• Zhang Yang treated Tonks's wounds and restored his health, earning thirty Favor points.