Chapter Summaries

Great Xia launched a large-scale war campaign as players and official armies mobilized against neighboring powers. Zhang Qing prepared to lead the Dragon Scale Army against the Mitian Clan after Silver Venerable provided intelligence and opened the way.

• Great Xia announced a war campaign that promised a path to the Sunrise Realm and advancement slots to Heavenly Demon, drawing players into four human cities.
• Major guilds built influence across the cities, while Guan Huangsheng became Great Xia's first healer martial artist and founded the all-girl Revival guild.
• The campaign divided its forces among three routes: Zhang Qing's Dragon Scale Army targeted the Mitian Clan, Li Liming's Blood Dragon Army targeted Pig Emperor City, and players attacked around Rat Emperor City.
• Zhang Qing asked Ouyang Lin about the Mitian Clan, reviewed intelligence provided by Silver Venerable, and ordered the troops to march under his lead.

Hu Feiyun and the Snake Race Highnesses dragged their battle through Dao Lineage cities, looting them while their leaders were absent, and player factions swept cities on the western front. The guild leaders searched for a path to the Blazing Sun Realm until Zhao Huanhuan heard that Heavenly Demons were fighting nearby, while Li Luanxing confronted three wealthy Sequence Fours from the Undercurrent Dao Lineage.

• Hu Feiyun attacked She Qi but could not kill him quickly because the Snake Race's Loyalty Sequence strengthened his defense.
• The border armies and Highnesses fought through Dao Lineage cities and looted their wealth, while the factions' Sequence Users fled with their valuables.
• Yan Qingshan led the player-affiliated factions in sweeping through western cities, and the players searched unsuccessfully for clues to advance to the Blazing Sun Realm.
• Zhao Huanhuan received word that Heavenly Demons were fighting outside the city, so the guild leaders went to investigate.
• Li Luanxing stopped three Sequence Fours from the Undercurrent Dao Lineage and demanded the items he wanted.

Li Luanxing tried to rob three Sequence Four users from the Water Flow Dao Lineage, then alerted the Tyrant Army that they carried treasures and a Fate Stone. Yan Qingshan arrived with the Tyrant Army, crushed all three fugitives, and began collecting their wealth as players looted the corpses.

• Li Luanxing demanded a spatial ring from Shui Xinghai, Shui Xingyu, and Shui Xingqi, and the four began fighting.
• Players including Zhao Huanhuan arrived, and Li Luanxing urged them to notify the Tyrant Army that the three carried treasures and possibly a Fate Stone.
• Yan Qingshan gathered the Tyrant Army and rushed toward the battle after hearing about the Fate Stone.
• The Water Flow Dao Lineage members tried to flee, but Yan Qingshan's pseudo-domain trapped them and the Tyrant Army crushed all three.
• Yan Qingshan began searching the bodies for spatial rings while Zhao Huanhuan and the other players looted the corpses.

Zhao Huanhuan and the other guild leaders extracted core mental power from the Heavenly Demon's corpse, while Cheng Yu accidentally activated a Fate Stone that gave her a special trait. Meanwhile, Zhang Qing overwhelmed the Mitian Border Army and began negotiating for cities and Monkey Wine.

• Zhao Huanhuan and the guild leaders approached the Heavenly Demon's corpse and received a notification about extracting core mental power.
• Cheng Yu picked up a ring, discovered a Fate Stone inside, and activated it before Yan Qingshan could take it.
• Yan Qingshan took the ring and told Cheng Yu to find Li Liming or Ouyang Lin, while Star Ring's leaders escorted her back to their base.
• Cheng Yu logged off after saying someone was looking for her in real life.
• Zhang Qing broke through the Mitian Border Army's pseudo-domain with the Dragon Scale Army and forced Mi E to offer several cities.
• Zhang Qing learned the Mitian Border Army could also provide Monkey Wine and agreed to discuss a deal.

Zhang Qing and Mi E stopped fighting and joined forces to loot the orthodox lineages, while Yang Man enlisted Zhang Qing’s help to secure her succession in Sheep Emperor City. With Tu Shan as an ally, they prepared to attack the maternal clans backing her rivals.

• Mi E proposed peace, and he and Zhang Qing agreed to divide territory and jointly raid the orthodox lineages.
• Zhang Qing and the Mitian Border Army pretended to fight while looting orthodox cities, and they cleared the cities along the An City side of Monkey Emperor City.
• Yang Man withdrew from the Rabbit Emperor City front, received approval to mobilize troops, and joined Zhang Qing and the Mitian Clan.
• Yang Man identified the Horned Sheep Clan, Mountain Patrol Clan, and Cold Sheep Clan as targets whose defeat would strengthen her position in Sheep Emperor City’s Succession Competition.
• Yang Man said she had secured Tu Shan as an ally, giving their coalition additional support against the three clans’ border armies.

Yang Man persuaded Zhang Qing to form an alliance of Imperial City second-generation heirs and help him advance to Transcendence. With Mi E and Hou Qing joining their cause, their armies advanced into Sheep Emperor City territory, prompting the other Highnesses to consider joining before their clans were defeated.

• Yang Man told Zhang Qing that the Grand Elder considered the first-generation Sovereigns’ advance to Transcendence a miracle, and she proposed uniting the Sole Highnesses of all eleven Imperial Cities to help Zhang Qing achieve the same.
• Yang Man and Zhang Qing agreed to cooperate for mutual benefit and left the tent with their plan settled.
• Mi E revealed that he had reconciled with the Silverback Border Army, and Hou Qing pledged both the Silverback and Mitian Border Armies to Zhang Qing’s future advancement.
• Zhang Qing, Yang Man, Hu Feiyun, Su Yue, Hou Qing, and Tu Honghong prepared to act together as the army set out toward Sheep Emperor City territory.
• The Sheep Emperor City Grand Elder discarded the incoming reports and went to sleep, while Elder Council representatives urged their Highnesses to join the alliance before their maternal clans were crushed.

Yang Man became Sheep Emperor City's Sole Highness, and Zhang Qing’s coalition swept through Orthodox Sequence factions before heading toward Rabbit Emperor City. There, Tu Honghong warned that the Blood Venerable had been invited to confront Zhang Qing, while Cheng Yu learned more about the cost of becoming a Sequence User and chose not to pursue it.

• Yang Man forced the remaining Highnesses of Sheep Emperor City to withdraw, and the Grand Elder recognized her as the city’s Sole Highness.
• Zhang Qing’s combined border armies swept through Orthodox Sequence factions, strengthening the Dragon Scale Army and advancing its Sequence Users.
• Zhang Qing met Tu Honghong in Rabbit Emperor City, where she warned that the Blood Venerable had been invited to intervene.
• Yang Man urged Zhang Qing to report the Blood Venerable to the upper levels, but Zhang Qing refused and said he would face him himself.
• At Dongfeng Pavilion, Cheng Yu learned that Sequence User power came at a price and decided she did not dare become one.

After Cheng Yu revealed how players could obtain Heavenly Demon advancement items, players scattered across the Dark Realm to search for opportunities. As Blood Venerable approached, Zhang Qing decided to invite the Dark Realm’s princes and renowned Dao Lineages to watch him fight, turning the coming battle into a public contest for supremacy.

• Cheng Yu stopped logging in, but her revelation about Heavenly Demon advancement items spread through the forums and prompted guilds to offer rewards for information.
• Players began exploring the Dark Realm in search of Heavenly Demons and other opportunities, while the allied forces swept through Dao Lineage territories near Rabbit Emperor City.
• Yang Man told Zhang Qing that Su Yue, Hu Feiyun, Yun Xiaoxi, and Blood Venerable were heading toward them, and she gave him records about Blood Venerable.
• Zhang Qing proposed inviting the princes of the Imperial Cities and the renowned Dao Lineages to witness his fight with Blood Venerable, intending to prove his strength publicly.
• Yang Man agreed to arrange the spectacle, and the princes of all eleven Imperial Cities set out after receiving their invitations.

The orthodox factions and representatives from across the Dark Realm gathered at Great Green Mountain as Zhang Qing prepared to face the Blood Venerable. The Blood Venerable arrived, and Zhang Qing faced the start of their confrontation.

• The orthodox factions rushed to Great Green Mountain to learn whether Zhang Qing's victory or defeat would decide their fate.
• Yun Xiaoxi and Zhang Qing's allies arrived, and Zhang Qing assured them that he could defeat the Blood Venerable.
• Yang Man reported that the Blood Venerable was less than an hour away and that other Martial Gods had appeared to witness the event.
• Yun Xiaoxi told Zhang Qing about a lucky Great Xia player with a Sequence slot and an anomaly involving Blue Star's crust; Zhang Qing said to let the player be.
• The Blood Venerable arrived above Great Green Mountain, pressing the gathered crowd with his presence as Zhang Qing recognized his blood-red sword.

Zhang Qing fought the Blood Venerable, Chen Lan, who tried to guide him toward Martial Path Extreme authority instead of killing him. Zhang Qing rejected Chen Lan’s attempt to redirect his path and declared that they would fight to the death to protect his Survival Sequence.

• Chen Lan appeared before Zhang Qing and acknowledged that Zhang Qing hoped to rally the Imperial City Seeds by defeating him.
• Chen Lan discarded Blood Fang, drew an ordinary longsword, and immediately attacked Zhang Qing, suppressing him in close combat.
• Chen Lan fed Zhang Qing moves and urged him to pursue Martial Path Extreme authority, revealing that he wanted to draw Zhang Qing onto the martial path rather than kill him.
• Zhang Qing used Blood Dragon to knock Chen Lan back and accused him of trying to change how he obtained power.
• Zhang Qing declared that he and Chen Lan stood on opposing sides and vowed to kill him if he obstructed the survival of Great Xia.

Zhang Qing and Chen Lan failed to resolve their conflict over the future of the martial path, so Chen Lan attacked in an attempt to abduct him. Zhang Qing met him in a close-quarters battle that reached ordinary Sequence Transcendent-level power, and the spectators retreated as both fighters built momentum.

• Zhang Qing refused to let Chen Lan dictate his path, while Chen Lan argued that Zhang Qing would neglect Above Martial God if he prioritized Sequence Transcendence.
• Chen Lan summoned Blood Fang and challenged Zhang Qing to settle their disagreement by force.
• Yun Xiaoxi possessed Zhang Qing in a support role, and Chen Lan cut through the Blood Dragon before striking Zhang Qing's armor.
• Zhang Qing drew Blood Fang and fought Chen Lan at close range, using the Martial Path Extreme to strengthen his attacks as their blades warped and split space.
• Yang Man and Hu Feiyun recognized Zhang Qing's Transcendent-level combat power and warned that the fighters were building momentum, prompting the spectators to retreat.

Zhang Qing fought Chen Lan in a martial arts duel, and Chen Lan trapped him in a Martial God’s domain that inflicted heavy damage. Zhang Qing summoned the Blood Dragon and used the Serpent Venerable’s Scales to create powerful armor, preparing to face Chen Lan’s domain again.

• Zhang Qing used Blood Fang’s Authority with Heart Devouring Sword, opening a spatial fissure that forced Hou Qing, Hu Feiyun, and the spectators to retreat.
• Chen Lan unleashed his Martial God domain and pierced Zhang Qing with invisible swords, draining his health.
• Zhang Qing summoned the Blood Dragon and used Predation and the Evolution Beacon to simulate armor from the Serpent Venerable’s Scale.
• Zhang Qing added a second Scale as a Reverse Scale, completing the Blood Dragon’s armor and challenging Chen Lan to attack again.

Zhang Qing used the Blood Dragon’s newly tangible Scales and Reverse Scale to withstand Chen Lan’s attacks, then struck from within its protection until Chen Lan was badly wounded. The spectators hailed Zhang Qing as Azure Venerable, and several Dao Lineages rushed to pledge their loyalty.

• Chen Lan attacked the Blood Dragon, but its Scales and Reverse Scale shrugged off his invisible swords and space-shattering blows.
• Chen Lan shattered his domain and unleashed his full power, while the spectators fled and the Great Green Mountain Range was devastated by their battle.
• Zhang Qing hid inside the Blood Dragon’s mouth and emerged to counterattack with Predation, Blood Fang, Ten Steps, One Kill, and an arrow that pierced Chen Lan’s abdomen.
• The fight ended with Chen Lan bleeding from a gaping wound as Zhang Qing stood atop the Blood Dragon, leaving the spectators stunned by his victory.
• The Hurricane Dao Lineage and then other groups praised Azure Venerable and offered to serve him.

Zhang Qing wagered that Chen Lan’s next strike would fail to kill him, promising to advance martial arts if it did and asking the other Martial Gods to serve him for three years. As Chen Lan prepared his final strike, he confronted the loss of his youthful spirit.

• Sects began shifting their allegiance after Zhang Qing was acknowledged as a Venerable, while the Imperial City princes stayed cautious.
• Zhang Qing offered Chen Lan a wager: if he survived the next strike, the other Martial Gods would serve him for three years in exchange for a path beyond Above Martial God.
• Lu Chengfeng, Teng Pingchuan, and Liu Che descended from the Sky Dome, and Yun Xiaoxi described their fighting styles to Zhang Qing.
• Lu Chengfeng’s hope that Zhang Qing would survive unsettled Chen Lan, who accused Zhang Qing of trying to shake his resolve.
• Chen Lan recalled his youth and his rise to the title of Blood Venerable, then realized he had grown old as he approached Zhang Qing with Blood Fang.

Chen Lan reached a realm above Martial God and unleashed a final sword against Zhang Qing, carving a glimpse of a path beyond martial arts into the Dark Realm. He died after entrusting the future to Zhang Qing, who was left with a trace of Vast Righteous Qi and the burden of carrying on.

• Chen Lan’s body burst apart as his mind rose beyond its limits, manifesting a towering form that shocked Zhang Qing and the onlookers.
• The Imperial City Grand Elders recognized Chen Lan’s transformation as a realm above Martial God, while Yang Man and Su Yue prepared to intervene through Cooperation.
• Chen Lan thanked Zhang Qing, explaining that fate had pushed him toward this power while Zhang Qing remained untouched by its influence.
• Chen Lan named his power Vast Righteous Qi and struck Zhang Qing with a sword that tore open the Dark Realm and revealed a possible Martial Saint path.
• Chen Lan vanished after urging Zhang Qing to defy fate, and Zhang Qing found a fading wisp of Vast Righteous Qi around his hand.

After Blood Venerable vanished, Zhang Qing faced the Dark Realm’s Dao Lineages, who begged him for mercy as they feared his growing power. He proposed a scheme to collect half their wealth in exchange for protection, using small squads to quickly identify those who refused.

• The Imperial City Highnesses left to fight their competitors, while the Dao Lineages feared Zhang Qing and the Imperial City Border Army.
• Sequence Users from several Dao Lineages shouted that they surrendered and would serve Zhang Qing.
• Zhang Qing considered how to gather wealth quickly to strengthen Great Xia against Blue Star Fall.
• Yang Man suggested that Dao Lineages pay half their wealth for protection, with small squads visiting many cities at once.
• Zhang Qing introduced the plan as “Surrender and lose half,” and Yang Man explained that those who refused would be attacked.

Zhang Qing forced the gathered Dao Lineages to surrender half their wealth, then organized the army to begin Prince's Sweep against the Imperial City Highness faction. On the Sky City Battlefield, the extraordinary Dao Lineage members heard that Zhang Qing was raiding homes across the Dark Realm and feared their own households were next.

• Zhang Qing announced that Dao Lineages could surrender half their wealth, and the Hurricane Dao Lineage and then others quickly agreed.
• Zhang Qing told the Dao Lineages to send border army squads after those who resisted and said the army would deal with Prince's Sweep first.
• Hou Qing returned Blood Venerable's sword to Zhang Qing, who then called Tu Honghong to plan the campaign.
• Tu Honghong presented a map, and Zhang Qing's army set out to begin the sweep.
• On the Sky City Battlefield, the extraordinary fighters battled over the aura of the Time Sequence while the summoned Dao Lineage founders and Specters gathered aside.
• Li Qi told the extraordinary Dao Lineage members that Zhang Qing was raiding homes across the Dark Realm, and they suspected he was targeting their households.

Orthodox lineage factions learned that Zhang Qing might be raiding the Dark Realm and tried to alert the fighting Supremes, while Old Fan Deng assessed the situation and managed the Sky City Battlefield to buy Zhang Qing time. Zhang Qing continued his sweep at Rabbit Emperor City, where the Grand Elder let the protests continue because he was involved in the larger plan.

• After hearing Li Qi hint that Zhang Qing might be ransacking the orthodox lineages, their Transcendents planned to spam voice transmissions to alert the Supremes.
• Old Fan Deng woke, learned about Zhang Qing's raids and Chen Lan's advance to Martial Saint, and judged that the battle would last three to five months.
• Old Fan Deng identified the Screaming Ghoul Tribe's role in stirring up the battlefield and began controlling the fighting's pace.
• Zhang Qing moved through the Dark Realm and took control of the situation at Rabbit Emperor City as its Elder Council protested.
• Rabbit Emperor City's Grand Elder dismissed the complaints, knowing he was involved and that a more exciting show was still to come.

Zhang Qing and his allies collected wealth from the defeated factions and divided it among the Border Armies, strengthening their forces and drawing Imperial City factions to their side. As the Highnesses split up to secure their succession struggles, Zhang Qing and Hu Feiyun marched toward Pig Emperor City while their opponents privately complained and publicly praised Zhang Qing.

• Zhang Qing arranged an equal-share plan in which he took thirty percent first and the remaining wealth was divided according to each Border Army's contribution.
• The Border Armies' new share of the spoils energized their soldiers and prompted Rabbit Emperor City's Elder Council to back Tu Honghong, who became the city's Sole Highness.
• Half of the Highness group returned to Monkey Emperor City to help Hou Qing, whose growing support persuaded the Grand Elder to switch sides.
• Hou Qing headed southwest toward Horse Imperial City and Dog Emperor City, where rival Highnesses were fighting all-out wars to join Zhang Qing's camp.
• Zhang Qing and Hu Feiyun led the remaining Border Armies toward Pig Emperor City, where Zhu Qi and Zhu Gu had already aligned themselves with them.
• The threatened Highnesses complained about Zhang Qing's tactics in private but praised him publicly in case they ended up in his camp.

Zhang Qing’s campaign forced orthodox lineages across the Dark Realm to pay, while players used his army’s fearsome reputation to trade safely and even extract a Fate Stone. The stone’s auction drew immense bids from powerful real-world figures, and Li Wannian ordered that it should go to players rather than nobles.

• Zhang Qing’s forces crushed resisting orthodox lineages, while other factions helped hunt down those who fled; Zhang Qing also sent fruits and vegetables as return gifts.
• Players discovered that Blood Dragon Banners let them trade safely across the Dark Realm, and some used Zhang Qing’s reputation to collect protection fees and obtain a Fate Stone.
• A player’s Fate Stone drew major guilds to an auction, so Zhou Chen took custody of it as a trusted middleman.
• Bidding climbed from 4.2 billion to 105.2 billion, leaving Zhao Huanhuan unable to compete with the powerful bidders.
• Li Wannian learned that Zhang Qing had more than two hundred Fate Stones in storage and ordered Xiao Qian to ensure the auctioned stone went to players, not nobles.