Recaps

Mu Yuan discovered that the Great Slime had a Hidden Talent after it rapidly digested Soul Sand and named it Duo Lai. He then evolved his Falcon into a War Falcon, which gained the skill Shared Vision.

• Mu Yuan tested the Great Slime's appetite and found it craved both food and valuable materials, including Soul Sand.
• Mu Yuan gave the Great Slime a small amount of Soul Sand, and it quickly absorbed it and reached level 2.
• Mu Yuan suspected the Great Slime had a Hidden Talent and named it Duo Lai, then noted that it was a skill-less Three-Star Troop.
• Mu Yuan used an Evolution Point to evolve his Falcon into a War Falcon.
• The War Falcon learned the skill Shared Vision.

Mu Yuan discovered that his evolved Falcon had the rare Shared Vision skill and decided to seek more Falcon Remnant Souls. Meanwhile, Deathbone advanced its training and demonstrated a powerful attack, though it remained dissatisfied with its limited, reckless fighting style.

• Mu Yuan learned that the Falcon's Shared Vision could share its view and allow him to control it, so he resolved to buy more Falcon Remnant Souls despite competition from wealthy players.
• Mu Yuan fed the Falcon Abundant Fruit and asked Deathbone to help it master Shared Vision while Deathbone continued cultivating toward Professional Grade.
• Mu Yuan chose not to leave Deathbone behind while leading an expedition because Deathbone refused to let him travel without its protection.
• Mu Yuan reported earning 116 Soul Sand and two Remnant Souls that day, while Deathbone reached Level 5 of Zero Rank by noon.
• Deathbone combined Charge and Cleave to smash a large rock, frightening Duolai, then judged its attack powerful but too risky.

Mu Yuan strengthened his troops and evolved Bone Two into a Skeleton Warrior and a Slime into a Great Slime. The next day, he began aerial reconnaissance with the War Falcon, marking the territory’s shift into the Exploration 2.0 era.

• Deathbone demonstrated a powerful combination of Cleave and Charge, then tested his Fireball Spell while Mu Yuan offered advice on making his attacks more reliable.
• Mu Yuan evolved Bone Two into the territory’s second Skeleton Warrior, bringing his forces to two Skeleton Warriors and twelve Skeleton Soldiers.
• Mu Yuan evolved a Little Slime into a Great Slime, which learned Pounce, while Dole watched without gaining any insight.
• Mu Yuan planned a scouting route and recalled the dangers of reckless exploration after a Whale Player had been killed by a wandering Black Knight.
• Mu Yuan sent the War Falcon into the gray fog to begin aerial troop reconnaissance.

Mu Yuan used the Falcon’s Shared Vision to scout the wilderness around his territory, discovering numerous monster groups and assessing the Gargoyles near the Ruined Tower. After tracking his gains through the fifth and sixth days, he decided to spend his accumulated Skeleton-type Evolution Points on Deathbone.

• Mu Yuan had the Falcon use Shared Vision to scout the surrounding wilderness, where it spotted wolves, an Ogre, Snakefolk, Goblins, and a large Goblin Camp.
• Mu Yuan judged the nearby monster population to be a serious threat, especially the Goblins, and added the Ruined Tower’s Gargoyles to his conquest schedule while delaying an attack until he knew their levels.
• The Falcon’s scouting improved the territory’s exploration, and Mu Yuan recorded his Soul Sand, remnant souls, trades, and purchases for Days 5 and 6.
• Mu Yuan accumulated 24.98 Skeleton-type Evolution Points and chose to evolve Deathbone.

Mu Yuan chose to evolve Deathbone, which became a Skeleton Warlord and gained both the Death Absorption talent and the Undead Rebirth skill. Deathbone was pleased with its revival ability but worried it could not protect Mu Yuan if it left the territory, especially with the nearby Gargoyle still a threat.

• Mu Yuan chose to spend his Evolution Points on Deathbone rather than evolving his lower-level skeletons.
• Deathbone evolved from a Skeleton Warrior into a three-star Rare Skeleton Warlord.
• Deathbone awakened Death Absorption, which let it permanently gain strength, spirit, and energy by killing enemies, up to a rank-based limit.
• Deathbone also comprehended Undead Rebirth, letting it temporarily resurrect skeletons and revive recently dead undead at a much greater energy cost.
• Deathbone worried that it could not use Undead Rebirth on Mu Yuan and feared leaving him unprotected from the nearby Gargoyle.

Mu Yuan sent Deathbone to subjugate the Gargoyles at the Ruined Tower, and Deathbone began the fight by destroying three of them with bone spears. Nearby veteran players heard the battle and spotted the Gargoyles, then decided to retreat rather than risk their lives.

• Mu Yuan appraised the eight sleeping Gargoyles and confirmed they were Rare, Tier 0 troops, weaker than Deathbone but dangerous because they could fly and resist magic.
• Mu Yuan withdrew a thousand meters from the Ruined Tower and left battlefield command to Deathbone, while Bone Two and the other troops waited nearby.
• Deathbone approached the Ruined Tower alone and destroyed three awakening Gargoyles with Bone Spear Triple Throw.
• Several veteran players heading toward the Mage Tower heard the battle and saw a silver-gray figure cut a flying Gargoyle in half.
• The Archer player asked whether they should continue their expedition, and their Boss decided that they should run.

Mu Yuan’s forces defeated all eight Gargoyles at the Ruined Tower, while a group of old players noticed the battle and retreated. The chapter ended with Deathbone deciding not to test its Undead Rebirth skill on the badly damaged Bone Two until it had tried it on other Undead Creatures.

• A group of old players retreated after their Boss concluded the Ruined Tower belonged to a powerful lord and warned them to leave.
• Mu Yuan spotted the players through a war falcon, but they left before he could decide how to handle them.
• Deathbone and the Skeleton Soldiers fought the Gargoyles, with Bone Two drawing their attacks while the others struck them down.
• Deathbone used Great Slime Number Two as a springboard, leapt into the air, and split the final Gargoyle with a sword strike.
• Mu Yuan found Bone Two badly damaged but cheerful, while Deathbone postponed using Undead Rebirth on it until the skill had been tested on other Undead Creatures.

After defeating the Gargoyles, Mu Yuan explored the Ancient Civilization Ruins and discovered two Rare treasures that could strengthen his territory and protect him during the Lord Trial. He left with plans to gather materials for the Mage Tower and save the Djinn Crystal Lamp’s remaining summons for crucial threats.

• The eight Gargoyles left Mu Yuan more than 300 grams of Soul Sand, two Random Remnant Souls, and two three-star Remnant Souls, but no Rare Remnant Souls.
• Mu Yuan entered the crumbling tower despite Deathbone’s concerns and found only decayed instruments, dried potion bottles, and unreadable ancient books among its worthless remains.
• Mu Yuan discovered a Rare Mage Tower (Basic) Miracle Building Blueprint and recognized that constructing it could greatly improve his chances in the Lord Trial.
• Mu Yuan found a Rare Djinn Crystal Lamp with two uses remaining, each able to summon a second-order djinn for up to thirty minutes.
• Mu Yuan planned to save the djinn for critical dangers, including the Professional Grade Wandering Ogre to the north, and to use the lamp for protection in the real world.

Mu Yuan salvaged junk from the Ruined Tower and appointed Dole as his Transportation Captain, then considered evolving it and dismantling the tower. As the Baiyun Province Resource Assessment approached, he weighed the valuable benefits against the risk of attracting too much attention.

• Mu Yuan packed salvageable antiques and used the Lord's Mark to store items carried by his troops.
• Deathbone led the skeletons out of the tower with armfuls of junk, while Dole emerged overloaded with miscellaneous objects.
• Mu Yuan persuaded Dole to transport the goods in batches and named it the Transportation Captain.
• Mu Yuan considered having Dole help dismantle the Ruined Tower and planned to buy Remnant Souls of Little Slimes to evolve it.
• Mu Yuan read the Tai Xuan Forum and learned that newcomers were preparing for the next day's Baiyun Province Resource Assessment.
• Mu Yuan considered how well he needed to perform to earn the official benefits without standing out too much.

Mu Yuan prepared for the Resource Assessment and went to the Player Association, where he learned that newcomers from four cities would compete for Baiyun Province’s welfare slots. The assessment was about to begin, and Mu Yuan was still gathering information and considering how to strengthen his troops.

• Mu Yuan browsed the Baiyun Province forum and saw newcomers claiming that they had lost troops, though most of the increasingly dramatic complaints seemed fabricated.
• Mu Yuan reviewed his territory’s supplies, found that he had little Soul Sand and few valuable resources, and left Deathbone to guard the home.
• Mu Yuan rode an electric bicycle to the Player Association, where crowds of players gathered for the Resource Assessment.
• Frog Seller Bro explained that the assessment included newcomers from Baijiang City, Linjiang City, Jiangbei City, and Dongming City, who would compete for a limited number of welfare slots.
• Frog Seller Bro said he had failed to defend his territory but had found an internship at a trading company through a fellow player.

Mu Yuan met Frog Seller Bro, White Fox Miss, and Liver Emperor at the Player Association, where they discussed the applicants competing for lord assessment slots. After learning about the strong civilian and wealthy contenders, Mu Yuan chose a troop lineup and joined the others to draw assessment numbers.

• Frog Seller Bro described the promising newcomers, including I'm Not Unlucky and Macho Man, and explained that Mu Yuan could compete for a lord slot.
• Frog Seller Bro identified several wealthy or veteran-backed Whale Players as major competitors for the limited slots.
• Mu Yuan considered which troops to reveal, deciding not to send Deathbone or summon Bone Two.
• White Fox Miss questioned the advantage Whale Players had, and Frog Seller Bro explained the kingdom's reasons for supporting new lords.
• Liver Emperor arrived, and the group went to the assessment area, where Mu Yuan and Liver Emperor drew assessment numbers.

Mu Yuan took the Resource Assessment, placing second in the Written Test before entering the Martial Test against three Level 9 Spearmen. He summoned an unexpectedly large force of Skeleton Soldiers, leaving Chief Examiner Jiang Cheng and the other examiners stunned as the test began.

• Mu Yuan drew Candidate Number 54 and waited for the assessment while Liver Emperor, Candidate Number 98, focused on grinding.
• Mu Yuan placed second in the Written Test with 19.8 points, but Frog Seller Bro warned that the Martial Test would determine whether he qualified for the New Lord Aid Package.
• Chief Examiner Jiang Cheng reviewed Mu Yuan's background and chose to conduct his Martial Test himself.
• Jiang Cheng explained that Mu Yuan had to hold out for more than five minutes against three Level 9 Spearmen and gave him three minutes to prepare.
• Mu Yuan entered the arena and summoned Skeleton Soldiers one after another until they filled the examination hall and formed ranks around him.

Mu Yuan commanded ten Skeleton Soldiers in a battle against two Great Goblins and three Spearmen, demonstrating precise control and clever tactics. After his troops won, Examiner Jiang Cheng concluded that Mu Yuan had an extraordinary Skeleton Soldier Talent.

• Mu Yuan summoned ten Skeleton Soldiers and discovered that his mental link let him command them more precisely than computer controls, though it had a limited range and consumed mental strength.
• Examiner Jiang Cheng added two Level Nine Great Goblins to the three Spearmen and offered to seek Mu Yuan an extra newcomer benefit if he won.
• Mu Yuan ordered his Skeleton Soldiers to engage the Great Goblins, then focused on eliminating the three Spearmen while using coordinated attacks to injure and slow their larger foes.
• Mu Yuan's Skeleton Soldiers defeated the Spearmen, but several were knocked out or badly injured, leaving five units to face the two wounded Great Goblins.
• Bone Four used its speed to harass and kite a Great Goblin until both Goblins collapsed from blood loss, leaving four Skeleton Soldiers standing.
• Examiner Jiang Cheng recognized the Skeleton Soldiers' unusually high damage and agility and concluded that Mu Yuan had a special Skeleton Soldier Talent.

Mu Yuan’s Skeleton Soldiers impressed the examiners, and their high scores unexpectedly pushed Examinee Number 54 to the top of the rankings. After shopping for Remnant Souls, he joined the sixteen newcomers collecting their assistance packages and ran into Liver Emperor.

• Examiner Jiang praised Bone Four, and Mu Yuan took his restored Skeleton Soldiers to practice controlling them.
• The lobby spectators saw Number 54 take first place and were stunned, while Frog Seller Bro and White Fox Miss recognized the result.
• Mu Yuan sold and bought Remnant Souls while waiting for the assessment to end, then joined the sixteen outstanding newcomers to collect their assistance packages.
• Mu Yuan met Liver Emperor, who realized Number 54 was Mu Yuan and questioned how he could call passing mere luck.

Mu Yuan attended the newcomer award ceremony, where he learned about the different paths available to lords and the support offered by the Tai Xuan Covenant. The chapter ended with Jiang Cheng wondering whether Mu Yuan had a hidden Rare Troop and hoping to see how far the civilian newcomer could rise.

• Jiang Cheng congratulated the newcomers and reminded them that lords of the Xuan Kingdom had greater responsibilities as well as the kingdom’s support.
• Staff gave the players assessment certificates and explained the differences between Official Lords, Group Lords, and Personal Lords.
• The staff described the Tai Xuan Covenant, which let lords accept government missions for Contribution Points and compete for valuable resources.
• After the ceremony, Jiang Cheng advised Mu Yuan that Personal Lords needed to act decisively when opportunities arose.
• Jiang Cheng reflected on Mu Yuan’s cautious performance and suspected that he might have recruited a Rare Troop.
• Jiang Cheng hoped Mu Yuan would climb the Trial Rankings and believed his efforts as a civilian orphan could take him far.

Mu Yuan received and inspected the Association’s generous supply package, including Soul Crystal Coins, troops, blueprints, medicines, and Contribution Points. He sent the supplies into the Eternal World and prepared to begin building, but the transport cost deducted 836 g of Soul Sand.

• Mu Yuan was warned to send the supplies into the Eternal World quickly and avoid trading outside the Association, since flaunting his wealth could attract danger.
• Mu Yuan opened the Storage Pouch and found three Soul Crystal Coins, twenty two-star Remnant Souls, and several spell scrolls and restorative medicines.
• Mu Yuan decided to keep the ten Sentry Guards and ten Archers to strengthen his territory’s defenses and ranged firepower.
• Mu Yuan examined blueprints for Sentry Towers, Arrow Towers, residences, and a warehouse, and planned to use them to defend against the wandering ogre and improve his territory.
• Mu Yuan received 3,000 Contribution Points as an extra support reward, then sent the supplies into the Eternal World and lost 836 g of Soul Sand to the transport cost.

Mu Yuan recruited new Skeletons, Slimes, Falcons, Sentries, and Archers, then planned how to manage their cultivation and identify promising troops. He decided to compare the new Sentries and Archers by leveling them, and prepared to grant Evolution Power to the first of each to advance.

• Mu Yuan returned home safely and found Deathbone guarding the supplies in the dilapidated warehouse.
• Mu Yuan recruited ten Little Skeletons, ten Slimes, and a Falcon, bringing his territory to forty-five Skeletons, fifteen Slimes, two War Falcons, and one Falcon.
• Mu Yuan recruited ten Sentries and ten Archers, noticed differences among the human troops, and tested the male and female Archers’ strength, range, and accuracy.
• Mu Yuan searched the Tai Xuan Forum and learned that troops with the highest growth potential could be identified by comparing how quickly they leveled up.
• Mu Yuan prepared to grant Evolution Power to the first Sentry and Archer to reach level two.

Mu Yuan began constructing several Miracle Buildings in his territory and gathered the materials for a Rare Mage Tower. He discovered that he could not transfer the Rare Elemental Orb he bought through the trading platform, so he planned to search for one himself.

• Mu Yuan tested evolving Sentry Towers and Archers and expected to have enough Evolution Points to try evolving Rare Troops the next day.
• Mu Yuan used Miracle Blueprints to begin constructing an Arrow Tower, Sentry Tower, warehouse, and civilian residence, while Deathbone and Dolei gathered materials.
• Mu Yuan inspected the Mage Tower's costly material requirements and learned that Black Iron Stone was common while Elemental Orbs were Rare.
• Mu Yuan bought the Mage Tower materials through the Tai Xuan Covenant platform, then realized he could not send the Rare Elemental Orb into his territory.
• Mu Yuan spread out his rough map and considered where he could search for an Elemental Orb.

Mu Yuan used his Contribution Points to exchange for Soul Crystal Coins, nurturing fluid, and breakthrough materials, then continued scouting the wilderness with his Falcons. After building two arrow towers, he gained stronger defenses but worried about the cost of ammunition.

• Mu Yuan searched the Tai Xuan Covenant platform and decided to exchange most of his Contribution Points for Soul Crystal Coins, nurturing fluid, and several sets of breakthrough materials.
• Mu Yuan exchanged the remaining points for six Soul Crystal Coins and nurturing fluid worth 1,000 Contribution Points.
• Mu Yuan sent his three Falcons to scout the North Side, east, and west, discovering ghouls, Gnolls, Harpies, and dangerous Mottled Poisonous Spiders.
• Mu Yuan recorded the Falcons’ findings, marked the new areas on his map, and noted that he had lost track of the Wandering Ogre.
• Mu Yuan inspected the completed arrow towers and tested their powerful, continuous fire, then realized their arrows consumed Soul Crystal Coins.

Mu Yuan rejected corporate investment and chose to develop as a Personal Lord, but a prepared Goblin force ambushed him and his troops while they hunted. As the battle raged, he used accumulated evolution points to awaken Dora’s power.

• Corporations offered new lords supplies and support in exchange for cooperation, while Jiang Cheng backed Mu Yuan’s decision to take the Personal Lord route and blocked some corporate invitations.
• After hearing about the competition and other newcomers’ advantages, Mu Yuan led his troops outside the territory to hunt for money to buy formulas.
• A hidden Goblin force attacked Mu Yuan’s group with a javelin, which pierced a guard’s shield before Mu Yuan’s Amulet protected him from a shard.
• Mu Yuan formed a shield wall and ordered his troops to fight the level-seven and level-eight Goblins, while Bone Two struck down several enemies.
• Slime Number Two and Slime Number Three disrupted the Goblin formation with their leap attacks, but Dora failed to imitate them effectively.
• Mu Yuan spent his accumulated Slime Evolution Points to awaken Dora’s power as the battle continued.

Mu Yuan evolved Duo Lai into a Devouring Slime, then led his units in defeating a Goblin ambush and its elite spear-throwing leader. Afterward, he suspected the Goblins had discovered him while he scouted their camp and resolved to hold them responsible.

• Mu Yuan gave Evolution Power to Duo Lai, which evolved into a Rare One-Star Devouring Slime and gained two skills and a talent.
• Duo Lai crushed three Goblins while Bone Two and Bone Three defeated Great Goblins, shifting the battle in Mu Yuan's favor.
• The Goblin Spearman attacked Mu Yuan's shield formation, but Mu Yuan spotted its hiding place with the Battle Falcon and ordered Duo Lai to strike.
• Duo Lai leapt at the Goblin Spearman, endured its wooden spears, and swallowed the flames from its scroll before Mu Yuan's forces killed it.
• The remaining Goblins fled, but Mu Yuan's units chased them down, and Mu Yuan suspected the ambushers had seen him scouting their camp.

After a brutal Goblin battle, Mu Yuan treated his wounded troops and counted the costly victory’s spoils. Worried that his own weakness made him a liability, he drank the Nine Profound Nurturing Fluid and discovered that his physical and mental abilities had greatly improved.

• Mu Yuan summoned Deathbone and territory guards while Duolai and the others gathered the Goblins’ bodies and stripped their equipment.
• Mu Yuan treated the wounded troops with aid-package potions, while the Skeleton Soldiers used Soul Sand to stabilize their injuries.
• Mu Yuan counted 135.7g of Soul Sand and several Remnant Souls among the spoils, then searched the forums for information about unusually organized Goblins.
• Mu Yuan decided to become stronger, signed for a package containing six Soul Crystal Coins and Nine Profound Nurturing Fluid, and drank the fluid.
• After four hours, Mu Yuan found that his senses, agility, strength, and mental power had greatly increased.

Mu Yuan studied Challenge Secret Realms and looked for ways to strengthen his territory before the Lord Trial. After returning to the Eternal World, he evolved a Sentry into an Imperial Guard and watched an injured archer begin evolving as well.

• Mu Yuan read that Newcomer Challenge Secret Realms offered guaranteed rewards but were guarded by monsters outside their entrances.
• Mu Yuan inspected his troops' damaged equipment and decided to use Evolution Points to repair and promote them.
• Mu Yuan evolved a Sentry into a Rare Imperial Guard, which learned Shield Strike and Guard.
• Mu Yuan researched Guard and learned that it could protect nearby important targets with a powerful shield of energy.
• Mu Yuan began evolving the injured archer after the Imperial Guard's transformation.

Mu Yuan promoted an Archer into a Strong Shooter, named his newly evolved troops Lu Six and Seventeen, and moved into a private villa while spending heavily on supplies. He ended the chapter developing a plan to overcome Dolei’s softness by having it devour steel.

• Mu Yuan’s Archer evolved into a Strong Shooter, and the two newly evolved troops muttered the numbers that led him to name them Seventeen and Lu Six.
• Mu Yuan bought Remnant Souls and equipment, then rented and moved into a private villa so he could operate more freely.
• Mu Yuan left Deathbone in charge of the territory while Dolei practiced Liquid Shaping.
• Mu Yuan reasoned that Dolei could shape hardened armor and weapons, and considered feeding it steel to make it harder.

Mu Yuan trained Duolai and prepared his territory for a planned assault on the Goblins, then evolved A-Sun into a rare-grade Hurricane War Falcon and sent it to scout the Goblin Camp. A-Sun reached the camp and revealed its many Sentry Towers, giving Mu Yuan a clearer look at the defenses ahead.

• Mu Yuan fed Duolai steel bars and told it to gather materials for the territory after it was full.
• Duolai served as Transportation Captain, devoured steel, and improved its Liquid Shaping and Steelization Power.
• Mu Yuan directed exploration and subjugation efforts northward while collecting resources and rare-grade materials, though he still lacked an Elemental Orb.
• Mu Yuan used Evolution Power to evolve War Falcon One, A-Sun, into a rare-grade Hurricane War Falcon with the Wind Speed skill.
• A-Sun flew toward the Goblin Camp, drove off three Harpies with a gale, and scouted the camp's numerous Sentry Towers.