Vol. 3The Road to Rat Emperor City

Zhang Qing expanded An City’s power, secured allies across the Imperial Cities, and helped Great Xia develop new technology while advancing through the Sequences. After defeating Mountain City and pursuing a food-related Orthodox Sequence for Great Xia, he entered Rat Emperor City before its Succession Competition as the Screaming Ghoul Tribe prepared to attack Mountain City.

  • Zhang Qing defeated Shami and claimed An City, then agreed to the Sixth Floor’s invitation to the Sky City Battlefield.
  • Yang Tianfan and Moth Ghoul’s group lured Zhang Qing and Yun Xiaoxi toward the Purple Flower Enclave.
  • Zhang Qing killed Black Fist and Yang Tianfan, then destroyed Aris and escaped the Outer Realm Heavenly Demons with Yun Xiaoxi.
  • Zhang Qing brought Ancient Precision Technology information to Great Xia, helped launch the South Heaven Gate Plan, and watched the White Emperor make its maiden flight.
  • Zhang Qing resisted fate, reached Sequence Four, and won the support of all eleven Imperial Cities.
  • Zhang Qing returned to lead An City’s expansion and agreed to join Yang Man at the ruins where the Minotaurs planned to ambush him.
  • Zhang Qing and the Blood Dragon Army defeated Mountain City, and Zhang Qing resolved to create a food-related Orthodox Sequence for Great Xia.
  • Zhang Qing traveled to Rat Emperor City with Su Changqi as the Screaming Ghoul Tribe declared its intent to attack Mountain City.
Chapters 201–300 Read from ch. 201

Arc 9The Sky City Battlefield

Zhang Qing seized An City by disrupting Shami’s advancement, then prepared to enter the Sky City Battlefield and made agreements with the Sixth Floor and Imperial City Highnesses. He and Yun Xiaoxi flew toward the Purple Flower Enclave, unaware that Moth Ghoul and Yang Tianfan had laid a trap.

  • Zhang Qing recruited Ares, rallied the factions against Shami, and arranged for the rebel army to attack An City during Shami’s advancement.
  • Zhang Qing reached Sequence Three and a Pseudo Authority, defeated Shami, and claimed An City for his allies.
  • Zhang Qing organized An City’s recovery, learned how cities and the Sky City Battlefield operated, and made plans to prepare for player logins.
  • Zhang Qing visited the Frost Snow Ghoul Tribe and arranged for Fang Dao to restrain nearby Specter clans while An City prepared to admit them later.
  • Zhang Qing agreed to the Sixth Floor’s battlefield invitation and secured commitments from Yang Man, Fan Adkin, and Imperial City Highnesses in exchange for reaching higher realms.
  • Zhang Qing traveled to the Sky City Battlefield with Yang Man and Yun Xiaoxi, where he learned about its factions, dangers, and Yang Man’s rank conflict with Yang Tianfan.
  • Yang Tianfan arranged to have Zhang Qing killed in the Purple Flower Enclave, and Zhang Qing and Yun Xiaoxi flew there as Moth Ghoul’s group pursued them.
Chapters 201–225 Summaries Read

Arc 10The South Heaven Gate Plan

Zhang Qing and Yun Xiaoxi survived the battle at the Purple Flower Enclave, then Zhang Qing brought advanced technology to Great Xia and helped launch its South Heaven Gate Plan. As the Tyrant Army prepared the Sky City Battlefield for a Tidal Phenomenon and Zhang Qing advanced toward Sequence Four, Great Xia demonstrated its new power with the White Emperor’s maiden flight.

  • Yang Tianfan and the Abyssal Insect Ghoul Tribe drew Zhang Qing toward the Purple Flower Enclave, where Hao attacked him and Tu Ting intervened to save Hao in exchange for Horse Trampling Border Army Military Merit.
  • Black Fist and the Heishan Border Army surrounded Zhang Qing’s courtyard, but Yun Xiaoxi advanced through her new path as their Mental Storms fused and Zhang Qing prepared to fight.
  • Zhang Qing killed Black Fist and Yang Tianfan, then destroyed the Sky City Sequence’s Aris before he and Yun Xiaoxi used the Blood Flame River against waves of Outer Realm Heavenly Demons and fled toward Sheep Emperor City.
  • Su Yue asked Zhang Qing to help with the Rat Emperor City Succession Competition and gave him Ancient Precision Technology information, which he brought to Great Xia and used to help launch the South Heaven Gate Plan.
  • Zhang Qing asked Yang Man to help secure an independent settlement for Blue Star and advance on the Sky City Battlefield, while agreeing to join Su Yue at Treasure Snatching Mountain.
  • Yang Man secured support from the Stone Army and arranged for the Tyrant Army to take over the Sky City Battlefield, while Great Xia recalled overseas personnel and prepared its fusion-powered White Emperor fighter jet.
  • Zhang Qing spent 2,019 Attribute Points to advance to Meteor Realm Tier One, and Yang Man used Fate Stones to set up a Tidal Phenomenon that drew factions toward the Sky City Battlefield.
  • Li Wannian sent the White Emperor on its maiden flight, where Liu An flew it into Subspace Orbit at seventy times the speed of sound before it descended in front of foreign visitors.
Chapters 226–250 Summaries Read

Arc 11The Border Army Rises

Zhang Qing rejected fate, advanced to Sequence Four, and secured the support of all eleven Imperial Cities before returning to lead An City’s military expansion. As players flooded into the Dark Realm and the border army prepared to seize Mountain City, Zhang Qing set out for a ruin where the Minotaurs planned to ambush him.

  • Liu An defeated a Raptor with White Emperor, while Great Xia announced plans for controllable nuclear fusion and the Dark Realm helmet preorders surged.
  • Zhang Qing tore open the false Tidal Phenomenon, resisted fate’s guidance, and gathered his past roles under struggle to force his advancement.
  • Zhang Qing reached Sequence Four and stepped onto the Imperial City Sequence, prompting all eleven Imperial Cities to support him against the Sky City and Abyssal Sequences.
  • Zhang Qing returned to the real world with Yun Xiaoxi, then logged back into the Dark Realm as its servers opened to the public.
  • Zhang Qing ordered Li Liming to form An City’s frontier army and purge Specters, then directed the military strategists to plan an eastward campaign toward Mountain City.
  • The military cleared An City and recruited players into its Auxiliary Army, while Cheng Yu and Yun Yue formed an alliance and began coordinating in Mountain City.
  • Yang Man told Zhang Qing about a relic zone containing wrecked Sky City warships and Square Crystals, and Zhang Qing agreed to join her there.
  • The Minotaurs prepared an ambush for Zhang Qing at the ruins, while Ouyang Lin’s squad encountered Li Luanxing and withdrew after Li Keming warned them not to provoke powerful entities.
Chapters 251–275 Summaries Read

Arc 12The Food Sequence and Rat Emperor City

Zhang Qing defeated Mountain City, then pursued a food-related Sequence to secure Great Xia’s independence while building alliances and preparing for the next conflicts. The Screaming Ghoul Tribe resolved to attack Mountain City, and Zhang Qing entered Rat Emperor City ahead of its Succession Competition.

  • Zhang Qing and the Blood Dragon Army defeated Mountain City, after which Kati gave Zhang Qing an Inheritance Fate Stone and died.
  • Zhang Qing learned that food production was tied to Sequence authority and resolved to create a food-related Orthodox Sequence for Great Xia.
  • Zhang Qing brought Cheng Qiping to Mountain City to cultivate its fertile land, and more than a million people joined the reclamation effort.
  • Ye Linwang returned from the Dark Realm with overwhelming power and a dangerous loss of control, but Yun Xiaoxi subdued him and connected his bloodline to the Mad Blood Ghoul Race.
  • Zhang Qing traveled with Su Changqi to Rat Emperor City, where Su Yue explained the Succession Competition and the coming opening of Treasure Snatching Mountain.
  • Yun Xiaoxi proposed a player logistics army, while Yang Man sent Yan Qingshan and the Tyrant Army to collect protection money from nearby lineages.
  • The Screaming Ghoul Tribe declared its intent to attack Mountain City because Zhang Qing’s plans threatened its power.
Chapters 276–300 Summaries Read
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