Recaps

Mu Yuan tracked a suspicious gray-hoodie youth toward the Border Area, while Duo Lai intercepted him there in human form. The youth revealed himself as a Twilight Order assassin and attacked with summoned troops, but Duo Lai’s silver wings blocked the ambush and crushed the attackers.

• Mu Yuan used war falcons to follow the gray-hoodie youth, who fled toward the Border Area after sensing he was being watched.
• Duo Lai traveled ahead by mimicking a turtledove and then transforming into a human-like figure to wait for the youth.
• The gray-hoodie youth mistook Duo Lai for an apprehension-team member, removed his human-skin mask, and exposed his Twilight Order tattoo.
• The youth summoned Three-Star Assassins and sent them to stab Duo Lai while he laughed.
• Duo Lai blocked the blades with silver wings, transformed the wings into a giant fist, and smashed the attackers into the ground.

Mu Yuan had Duo Lai kill a dangerous assassin in the Border Area, then returned home and prepared his territory for the coming monster siege. By the chapter’s end, he had expanded and evolved his forces, leaving him with more than a hundred Rare-grade troops.

• Duo Lai survived the gray-hooded assassin’s poison and killed him with Finger Gun after Mu Yuan judged him too dangerous to leave alive.
• Duo Lai found the Snake God's Blood Book on the assassin, and Mu Yuan ordered it burned.
• Mu Yuan learned that all twelve Twilight Order members active in the Baijiang Border Area had been killed or captured.
• Mu Yuan spent Soul Sand to bring his final batch of purchased Remnant Souls into the Eternal World and reserved most future proceeds for wartime supplies.
• Mu Yuan evolved Skeleton Soldiers into Skeleton Warriors and reviewed his territory’s forces, including Silver Slimes, Rare Archers, Wandering Souls, and war falcons.

Mu Yuan prepared his forces for an approaching trial while scouting the hostile Snake Person Tribe and its mysterious temple. Dolei discovered that Snake People inside the temple received a strange power, leaving Mu Yuan with a new clue about the settlement.

• Mu Yuan worried that his main troops could not gain levels quickly enough, while reports of wealthy players investing in cultivation materials fueled his resolve to rely on grinding and war supplies.
• Mu Yuan kept the Blacksmith Shop producing arrows and bone spears and planned to seek Rare blueprints or War Machines before the trial.
• Mu Yuan sent Dolei, disguised as a tiny turtledove, to scout the Snake Person Tribe and learned that it had many kinds of monsters and enormous snakes.
• Mu Yuan directed Dolei toward the guarded temple, where Dolei slipped inside in a tiny liquid form.
• Dolei saw Snake People praying before damaged statues and receiving mysterious radiance that made them stronger.

Mu Yuan discovered that the Snake Person Tribe’s temple could bless its people with breakthroughs, then helped Deathbone advance to Professional Grade with a Perfect Breakthrough Stone. The next day, Deathbone created a combination skill and summoned a gigantic bone beast.

• Dolei scouted the Snake Person temple, witnessed a Snake Person Witch break through using its blessing, and stole assorted supplies before escaping.
• Mu Yuan decided to prepare carefully for war against the Snake Person Tribe, anticipating multiple Professional Grade enemies.
• Deathbone reached the Apprentice Grade soul-energy requirement, used Mu Yuan’s Perfect Breakthrough Stone, and broke through to Professional Grade.
• Mu Yuan found Deathbone training in the Training Field and watched it combine bones into a giant beast.
• Deathbone created the combination skill Undead Bone Giant Beast based on Withered Bone Land and Undead Bone Lament.

Mu Yuan’s army advanced through Snake Person Swamp and reached the Snake Person Tribe, where Grand Warlord Gui Chou had prepared an ambush. Deathbone unleashed his hidden trump card and transformed the charging undead into a towering Undead Bone Giant Beast, which pressed toward the tribe’s defenses.

• Mu Yuan’s army pushed through the swamp as Deathbone revived fallen Skeleton Warriors and the troops continued without losses.
• Gui Chou recalled how he had united the Snake Person camps and revealed that the Great Snake had ordered him to attack the Heaven Chosen Lords.
• A Snake Person Witch reported that the tribe’s ambushes and lured monsters had killed several enemies, but Gui Chou soon saw Mu Yuan’s large, well-formed army approaching.
• Mu Yuan’s forces attacked the tribe’s fortified position, while Deathbone led Skeleton Monsters through the river under fire from boulders, arrows, and giant snakes.
• Deathbone gathered the shattered undead into an Undead Bone Giant Beast, which crossed the muddy stream and struck at the tribe’s defenses.

Deathbone used the Undead Bone Giant Beast to break through the Snake Person Tribe’s defenses, then fought off the Snake Person Dancers after the beast fell. While the battle continued, Duo Lai and Bone Two reached the tribe’s temple, where they discovered two possible blessings and found that the breakthrough blessing was recovering.

• Deathbone commanded the Undead Bone Giant Beast and allied units as they smashed through the Snake Person Tribe’s defenses under heavy fire.
• The Undead Bone Giant Beast collapsed after drawing the enemy’s attacks, revealing Deathbone, who defeated the Snake Person Dancers with his bone weapons and Death Lament.
• Deathbone unleashed a powerful sword beam that struck down the last female Snake Person Dancer, then cautiously attacked her remains again.
• Duo Lai, Bone Two, Bone Three, and Bone Four assaulted the temple while Duo Lai held off approaching Snake People at its gate.
• Bone Two entered the temple and discovered that its final divine statue offered either a breakthrough blessing or a level enhancement, though the breakthrough blessing was recovering.

Mu Yuan used the Temple Blessing to bring Bone Two, Bone Three, and Bone Four to Level 9 Great Perfection, then helped them break through while his forces fought the Snake People. As the battle turned in his favor, supreme commander Gui Chou fled with three trusted aides, and Deathbone advanced toward the tribe’s giant snake totem.

• The Temple Blessing raised Bone Two, Bone Three, and Bone Four to Level 9 Great Perfection, exhausting its remaining power.
• Mu Yuan had Bone Two, Bone Three, and Bone Four use breakthrough materials, and all three advanced successfully.
• Bone Two charged into the Snake People and helped wipe out attackers near the temple as Mu Yuan coordinated his troops through Mental Link and aerial reconnaissance.
• Gui Chou watched his forces suffer heavy losses, declared that the wind was too cold, restrained three trusted aides, and escaped through a path behind the tribe.
• Deathbone and the Skeleton Warriors steadily pushed through the weakened Snake People toward the giant snake totem at the tribe’s core.

Mu Yuan and his forces interrupted the Snake Person Tribe’s totemic revival and began surveying the surviving spoils. The chapter left them exploring the tribe’s orchard and discovering its chained slave population.

• The Giant Snake Totem absorbed the Snake People’s blood and began awakening, while the Undead Bone General attacked it.
• The Undead Bone General summoned the Djinn with the Djinn Crystal Lamp, and the Djinn weakened the totem with a barrage of lightning punches.
• Mu Yuan ordered his forces to charge, and the Undead Bone General gathered their energy to shatter the totem’s blood-red protection and interrupt the revival.
• The Undead Bone General began purifying the totem’s foundation as the Snake People sacrificed by the totem withered away, leaving no usable spoils.
• Mu Yuan sent Hurricane War Falcons to survey the tribe and spotted a Snake Scale Fruit Orchard containing Rare-grade Snake Blood Fruits and chained Goblins, Dogheads, and Cave Dwellers.

Mu Yuan’s troops took control of the Snake Person Tribe’s orchard and gathered its spoils after Deathbone purified the tribe’s totem foundation. The rewards included rare treasures and a Watchtower blueprint, but Mu Yuan could not build it until he became a formal lord.

• Mu Yuan sent Skeleton Warriors and Wraiths into the orchard, where the enslaved monsters attacked them in a sudden frenzy and were quickly defeated.
• Mu Yuan surveyed the orchard and found thousands of Snake Scale Fruits, thirteen Snake Blood Fruits, and valuable land suitable for a future stronghold.
• Duo Lai counted remnant souls and searched the Snake Person Tribe, while Mu Yuan concluded that the tribe’s leader had likely escaped.
• Deathbone finished purifying the totem foundation and opened the resulting orbs, obtaining Soul Crystals, a Broken-Blade Dancer Experience Stone, and rare remnant souls including a Royal Griffin.
• Deathbone opened the final orb and revealed a rare Watchtower blueprint that Mu Yuan could not construct before becoming a formal lord.

Mu Yuan finished stripping and securing the Snake Person Tribe’s fruit forest, then watched a livestream of newcomer Tuna capturing a large Monster Camp. The chapter ended with Mu Yuan praising Tuna’s achievement while comparing it to his own far more destructive conquest.

• Mu Yuan learned that Sentry Towers could reveal the surrounding area and allow Miracle Buildings within their range, but he could not build one before the trial.
• Mu Yuan dismantled the Snake Person Tribe, harvested its nearly ripe Snake Scale Fruits, and left Skeleton Warriors and Hurricane War Falcons to guard the forest.
• Deathbone took half the returning army to explore the swamp while Duolai carried supplies back to the territory.
• Mu Yuan watched a livestream in which Tuna led troops to capture a large Monster Camp despite losing dozens of Three-Star Troops.
• Mu Yuan praised Tuna in the group chat while viewing the devastation left behind at the Snake Person Tribe.

Mu Yuan sold Remnant Souls and supplies, then spent his earnings preparing for the Lord Trial. After handling deliveries in the real world, he returned to Eternal World, where construction had begun on a sturdier earthen wall and a Silver Tower stood beside the Blacksmith Shop.

• Mu Yuan sold Remnant Souls and materials through the Trading Area, then recycled the Royal Griffin Remnant Soul through the Tai Xuan Covenant platform.
• Mu Yuan used his Soul Crystals to order potions, repair stones, and spell scrolls as preparations for the Lord Trial.
• Mu Yuan rode the subway to feed his four wraiths on commuters’ resentment, then delivered and collected goods at the Player Association.
• Mu Yuan launched Eternal World and found Skeleton Warriors building an earthen wall with Rock Soil Solidification potions.
• Mu Yuan saw that a tall Silver Tower had appeared near the Blacksmith Shop.

As the Lord Trial drew near, Mu Yuan prepared his territory and used the final Evolution Radiance before the trial to strengthen his commanders. The chapter ended with A-Sun evolving into a rare Three-Star Storm War Falcon as the trial was set to begin the next day.

• Dora trained by swallowing low-powered lightning from the Thunder Magnetic Coil Tower while Mu Yuan assessed the tower's destructive power.
• Mu Yuan sent four fully fed wraiths back to the Eternal World and had Deathbone teach Red-clothed and Rakshasa to use their energy; Undead Bone Emperor proposed that ghosts might resonate with one another.
• Mu Yuan and his forces made final preparations as the Red Mist thickened and an Association warning said the Lord Trial would arrive that night or by the following morning.
• Mu Yuan evolved Lu Liu into a Royal Imperial Guard and Seventeen into a Sharpshooter, awakening their Unshakable Will and Mind Arrow talents.
• Mu Yuan gave the temple's Upgrade Power to A-Sun, who evolved into a rare Three-Star Storm War Falcon and awakened Storm Power.

Mu Yuan prepared his territory for the coming Lord Trial, strengthening his forces and defenses while the city’s newcomers waited for the trial to begin. As players livestreamed their preparations and advertised sponsors, Mu Yuan watched from the sidelines, keeping his own strength and identity private.

• A-Sun awakened Storm Power, improved its Wind Speed skill, and advanced to Professional Grade, bringing Mu Yuan’s territory to six Professional Grade powerhouses.
• Mu Yuan recalled troops, organized his crowded territory’s defenses and supplies, and reviewed his growing forces as he prepared for the storm.
• New lords discussed their preparations on the forum, where Tan Moumou revealed that he had cultivated three Professional Grade powerhouses and hoped to enter the Trial Rankings.
• Mu Yuan assessed the likely competition, then watched a livestream and discovered that the Liver Emperor was contracted to promote the Medicine God Group.
• Mu Yuan saw other newcomers advertise sponsorships and available ad space, but kept a low profile and refused to sell his influence to merchants.

As the Lord Trial began, Mu Yuan named his territory Tian Yuan and entered it through Consciousness Descent to inspect its defenses. The first wave of monsters arrived, while players and officials watched to see which newcomers would distinguish themselves.

• The Red Mist spread across the world, and the Lord Trial began with a 30-minute preparation period.
• Mu Yuan named his territory Tian Yuan, establishing Tian Yuan Village around its Lord Altar.
• Mu Yuan entered the territory through Consciousness Descent, jumped from the Mage Tower, and inspected its walls, towers, and troops.
• Mu Yuan took the Lord’s Vision and linked himself to the arrow towers, Mage Tower, and Thunder Coil Tower.
• Baijiang City officials and Jiang Cheng discussed their hopes for promising newcomers, including Mu Yuan.
• Jiang Luo Xing watched the skies and awaited the trial’s violence as monsters approached the players’ territories.

Mu Yuan and the other newcomers fought the first monster wave of the Lord Trial and discovered that the creatures could revive unless their scarlet eyes were destroyed. After the wave ended, the Trial Golden List appeared in the sky, displaying the top hundred territories.

• Mu Yuan held back the defense towers and had Deathbone command the Strong Shooters to attack the approaching monsters.
• Deathbone sent the Skeleton Warriors into close combat, where they learned that the monsters had to be killed by destroying their eyes.
• Mu Yuan watched the first wave fall and saw other players lose troops when supposedly dead monsters rose and attacked again.
• The newcomers learned about the monsters’ unusual vitality and realized they had to destroy their eyes to kill them.
• A golden Trial Golden List appeared above the Eternal World, and the rankings of one hundred territories began to change.

Mu Yuan watched Tian Yuan Territory climb the Trial Golden List while its troops handled the monster attacks with little effort. When a powerful ogre appeared, Duolai unleashed stored thunder energy and crushed it with a lightning-charged palm.

• Tian Yuan Territory briefly entered the Golden List at ninety-ninth place before falling off as rankings shifted.
• Mu Yuan watched Great Sun Territory’s well-equipped Strong Shooter destroy three-star monsters and envied its lavish gear.
• A Hurricane War Falcon spotted a rare two-star ogre charging with the monster tide toward Tian Yuan Territory.
• Mu Yuan assigned Duolai to intercept the ogre, and they fought fiercely as the ogre dodged Duolai’s massive opening strike.
• Duolai released the thunder energy stored from the Coil Tower, charged its palm with lightning, and smashed the ogre’s head.

General Duo Lai killed an ogre but injured itself, and Tian Yuan Territory briefly rose to first place on the Trial Golden List. As the trial reached its third day, Mu Yuan realized his territory’s earlier monster-clearing had left it without major sieges, until a dense horde finally emerged from the Red Mist.

• General Duo Lai struck an ogre with a lightning attack, then Mu Yuan scolded it for injuring itself while showing off.
• Tian Yuan Territory rose to first place on the Trial Golden List, drawing attention from other lords and Jiang Luo Xing.
• Mu Yuan rotated his soldiers to rest and found that Soul Sand reserves remained ample because the sieges had been small.
• Tian Yuan Territory’s rank fell to nineteenth as other lords fought intense monster tides, and Mu Yuan suspected his troops had cleared too many nearby monsters.
• Mu Yuan sent Hurricane War Falcons into the Red Mist to search for monsters, but they returned with bloodshot eyes after brief exposure.
• On the third evening, a dense horde appeared in the Red Mist, and Mu Yuan rejoiced at the prospect of a real battle.

Mu Yuan’s forces fought off the Goblin Army as the Newcomer Trial rankings shifted dramatically, with Tian Yuan Territory surging from twentieth place to the top. After the brutal battle, a Wraith grew stronger amid the slaughter.

• Mu Yuan sent the Ghost surprise squad against the War Elephants while his Skeleton Warriors, Strong Shooters, and Undead Bone General attacked the advancing horde.
• Players watching the rankings saw King Hegemon Territory, Divine Thunder Territory, Tide Calling Territory, and Great Sun Territory hold the top four places.
• Jiang Luo Xing noticed Tian Yuan Territory rapidly climb from twentieth place to first and realized it belonged to the mysterious powerful lord.
• Wang Er Teng dropped to second place but vowed that he would still claim the top spot.
• Mu Yuan’s territory suffered heavy damage, and eight Skeleton Warriors and fourteen Ghosts died in battle.
• A Wraith grew stronger amid the slaughter as blood stained its dress crimson.

Red Garment mutated and gained the Blood Garment skill as Mu Yuan’s territory endured increasingly dangerous attacks near the end of the trial. A surprise assault by Cave Worms and a fast Dark Night Hunter threatened Tian Yuan Territory, but Mu Yuan killed the hunter with a charged Thunder Coil Tower.

• Red Garment reached Level 8 of Tier 0, mutated, and learned the Blood Garment skill.
• The Undead Bone General resurrected the fallen Skeleton Warriors and wraiths while monsters continued attacking Tian Yuan Territory.
• Five Cave Worms burst from underground and deployed monsters inside and outside the territory, while a larger horde approached from the northwest.
• The Dark Night Hunter evaded the territory’s defenders and charged toward Mu Yuan at the Mage Tower.
• Mu Yuan had the Thunder Coil Tower strike the Dark Night Hunter with lightning, turning her to ash.

Mu Yuan’s Tian Yuan Territory endured the monster tide, and Deathbone unleashed an army of undead that overwhelmed the battlefield. As dawn broke and the Trial Battle’s monster tide ended, Wang Er Teng’s attempt to surpass Mu Yuan had left his territory devastated.

• Mu Yuan hardened the ground throughout Tian Yuan Territory, stopping Cave Worms from burrowing inside as his forces dealt with the underground attackers.
• Gui Chou watched from the forest while a monster tide surged toward Tian Yuan Territory, and the approaching leader ordered her forces to kill.
• The monster tide broke through Tian Yuan Territory’s earthen walls, forcing Duo Lai and Mu Yuan’s units to fight overwhelming numbers while Mu Yuan targeted high-tier enemies.
• Deathbone raised Death Lament and summoned a vast undead force, prompting Gui Chou to retreat.
• Wang Er Teng used a Calamity-Inducing Demon Flower to lure monsters to King Hegemon Territory, which suffered heavy damage as Mu Yuan remained ahead on the Golden List.
• The monster tide stopped bringing new enemies, the Red Mist faded, and daylight returned after two days and three nights of battle.

The Lord Trial ended as the Red Mist faded, and Tian Yuan Territory remained at the top of the rankings. Spectators and powerful factions searched for Tian Yuan’s identity, while Liu Miu Miu wondered whether its lord might not be a second-generation lord.

• Deathbone ordered the Undead Creatures to overwhelm the exhausted Night Dancer, who turned toward Tian Yuan Territory before she was buried beneath the attackers.
• Lord A celebrated surviving the brutal Trial and becoming a lord, while spectators reflected on the deaths and destruction they had witnessed.
• Official players announced that Tian Yuan Territory had held the top ranking throughout the Trial, leaving spectators shocked and eager to discover its owner.
• Liu Miu Miu concluded that Tian Yuan was the mysterious young man she had seen and wondered whether he was not a second-generation lord.
• Jiang Luo Xing enjoyed the confusion surrounding Tian Yuan, then realized he did not know its lord’s identity either.
• King Hegemon Lord dismissed excuses from other second-generation lords and said they had no idea how terrifying Tian Yuan Territory was.

After Tian Yuan Territory passed the trial and became a Level One Territory, Mu Yuan counted the battle’s losses and spoils before receiving the Eternal World’s Basic Gift. The gift strengthened his troops and advanced him to Tier One Professional Grade, while his territory expanded and additional Golden List rewards began to descend.

• Mu Yuan congratulated Liver Emperor and Tan Moumou, then warned himself and the other newcomers that the Eternal Continent remained dangerous.
• Mu Yuan inspected the battlefield, found a massive pit nearby, and counted the fallen troops and the costs of the battle.
• Do Lai reported recovering Soul Crystals and Remnant Souls, then went back to search the ground for more Soul Sand.
• Tian Yuan Territory officially advanced to Level One, and Mu Yuan received the Eternal World’s gift of crystals, Remnant Souls, breakthrough materials, and experience for his troops.
• The gift advanced Mu Yuan to Tier One Professional Grade, and he tested his increased energy by blasting a shallow pit into the ground.
• Tian Yuan Territory’s borders expanded, and the Trial Golden List began removing territory names from the bottom as its extra gifts descended.

Mu Yuan received four rare buildings as the top-ranked player, including a Breakthrough Dojo, a Spring of Vitality, Golden Fertile Soil, and the Skeleton Graveyard. He placed the first three in Tian Yuan Territory and chose the far western side for the Skeleton Graveyard.

• Mu Yuan received the Breakthrough Dojo and placed it in the southern part of Tian Yuan Territory.
• Mu Yuan received the Spring of Vitality and placed it near the Mage Tower, then gained ten mu of Golden Fertile Soil.
• Mu Yuan received the first-tier Troop Building Skeleton Graveyard, which could recruit skeletons, improve their habitat, and boost undead cultivation.
• Mu Yuan decided to build the Skeleton Graveyard on the far western side of the territory.

Mu Yuan received two troop buildings, the first-tier Skeleton Graveyard and the third-tier Treant Forest, and built them at opposite ends of Tian Yuan Territory. He recruited his first troops from the graveyard, including an exceptionally talented Skeleton Warrior that quickly realized it had arrived after the territory’s established leaders.

• Mu Yuan watched the Skeleton Graveyard take shape in the west, where its black mist withered the surrounding land and trees.
• Mu Yuan received the third-tier Treant Forest and built it in the east, causing the trees there to grow into a vast, flourishing forest.
• Mu Yuan entered the Skeleton Graveyard with his Skeletons and Duolai, then received notice that he could recruit 200 troops for 1,000g of Soul Sand.
• Two hundred Skeletons emerged from the graveyard, including more than twenty armored Skeleton Soldiers and two Skeleton Warriors.
• The first use of the troop building produced an exceptionally talented Skeleton Warrior, which arrived eager to lead until it saw the Undead Bone Emperor, Bone Two, Bone Three, and Bone N.

Mu Yuan recruited troops from the Treant Forest and gained an Excellent One Star Ancient Treant, whom he appointed as its guardian. As Tian Yuan Territory’s expanded borders strained its defenses, he arranged guards and prepared a wave of breakthroughs to strengthen its forces.

• Mu Yuan entered the Treant Forest and spent 1,500 Soul Sand to recruit thirty troops.
• Mu Yuan recruited Treants, Treant Guardians, and an Excellent One Star Ancient Treant with Natural Breathing and Tree Fruit Missile.
• Mu Yuan stationed the Ancient Treant in the forest and assigned Strong Shooters and Silver Slimes to patrol it.
• Mu Yuan used breakthrough materials on Red Robe, Lu Six, and Seventeen, then sent other eligible troops to the Breakthrough Dojo.
• Mu Yuan reflected that Tian Yuan Territory already had nine Professional Grade experts and realized that he, too, had advanced to Professional Grade and gained Lord’s Power.