Chapter Summaries

As the Red Mist Disaster Moon’s monster tide grew stronger, Mu Yuan approved Isroya’s most extensive Black Rock City Wall plan to protect Tian Yuan Territory and draw in more monsters. Deathbone discovered a dense red-mist area where hideous monsters gathered, while Rakshasa returned from Blue Star with his squad’s gains.

• Mu Yuan inspected Tian Yuan Territory’s defenses as Lu Liu and the Garrison Troops weakened the monster tide and sharpshooters protected the unfinished city wall.
• Isroya reported on Shiling Town’s defenses and proposed three city-wall plans, estimating their costs after accounting for stored materials.
• Deathbone recommended building at least one complete Black Rock City Wall in case the monster tide exceeded expectations.
• Mu Yuan chose Isroya’s largest plan, which included Black Rock City Walls, arrow towers, and Sentry Towers, and reasoned that the defenses could help attract monsters for profit.
• Deathbone watched a dense patch of red mist thin and reveal hideous monsters joining the advancing groups.
• Rakshasa returned from Blue Star and brought back the gains from his squad’s explorations and enemy kills in the Border Area.

Mu Yuan identified the Goblin Hero’s rare treasure as an Ice Purity Fruit Tree seed and recovered a blueprint for a Warrior Class Change Building. As Tian Yuan Territory expanded its defenses and citizens began changing class, the Red Mist outside continued to thicken.

• Mu Yuan used appraisal crystals to identify the Goblin Hero’s seed as an Outstanding Grade Ice Purity Fruit Tree seed, whose fruit could resist corruption and reveal illusions.
• Mu Yuan searched the Goblin Hero’s Storage Ring and found a Rare Class Change Land blueprint that could turn qualified civilians into two-star Human Race Warriors.
• Mu Yuan learned that citizens with classes could produce Evolution Points, and he noted that Master Li Erniu had evolved into an Outstanding Three-Star Weapon Master.
• Tian Yuan Territory’s citizens and troops built the Black Rock City Wall over twelve days while fending off increasingly frequent monster waves, and the Red Mist grew denser outside the territory.
• Mu Yuan built two Cultivation Quiet Rooms while General Duo Lai and the Undead Bone General trained, then had the Warrior Class Change Building constructed in the southern district.
• Isroya and Lu Liu organized citizens to change class, and the new Warriors gained improved physiques for construction and farm work.

Mu Yuan’s territory held its first warrior job-change trials, where Zhu Qian unexpectedly awakened as a Rare Three-Star Sword Hero. Meanwhile, the Red Leaf Territory Lord arrived at Tian Yuan Territory seeking to assess its strength and build a regional alliance.

• Niu Si oversaw the warrior inheritance trials at the new Job Change Place, where only a minority of residents received the warrior class.
• Zhu Qian passed the trial in a brilliant green light and awakened as a Rare Three-Star Sword Hero, astonishing the residents and Mu Yuan.
• Lian Yue informed Mu Yuan that a neighboring territory lord had arrived.
• The Red Leaf Territory Lord approached Tian Yuan Territory with more than twenty battle-tested people while evaluating its defenses.
• The Red Leaf Territory Lord considered Tian Yuan Territory as a potential member of the small alliance he was forming with nearby lords.

Lord Zhou Ye visited Mu Yuan’s territory to propose a defensive alliance, but Mu Yuan declined and instead saw an opportunity for trade with nearby lords. Zhou Ye left impressed by Tian Yuan Territory’s strength and prosperity, while Mu Yuan decided to look for more neighboring territories.

• Lord Zhou Ye tracked down the remote Tian Yuan Territory and saw its orderly defenses, cultivated fields, and imposing city wall.
• Mu Yuan welcomed Zhou Ye and heard his proposal for an alliance among nearby territories to withstand the coming monster tide.
• Mu Yuan declined to join the alliance but proposed trading equipment for raw materials with neighboring territories.
• Zhou Ye toured the territory, marveled at its cleanliness and Class Change Building, and enjoyed a meal of Wyvern meat.
• Mu Yuan escorted Zhou Ye away and studied a map of nearby territories, resolving to search for more.

Seventeen struggled to find missions in Shiling Town and took on ways to support the territory’s outposts, while Mu Yuan used a Nature Spirit’s ability to accelerate the growth of the Ice Purity Fruit Tree. The chapter left Mu Yuan preparing to harvest Ice Purity Fruits and make potions during the Red Mist Calamity Moon.

• Veteran players returned to Shiling Town after purifying a Filth Land, and the vice-captain warned that Red Mist erosion meant the group needed to rest.
• Seventeen failed to secure worthwhile missions at the Player Association, then returned to the territory’s shop and learned that business was slow.
• Seventeen assigned Kibi to pursue an instructor job at the western Training Field while Daisy negotiated with another merchant association and Tong Shan Shen managed the shop.
• Mu Yuan sent troops to Shiling Town to earn money through Association missions and ease pressure on the region.
• Mu Yuan watched a Nature Spirit produce Nature Dew and used it to speed the Ice Purity Fruit Tree’s growth.
• Mu Yuan planned to harvest Ice Purity Fruits and prepare Ice Purity Potions, with any remaining Nature Dew potentially going to the Shiling Town shop.

Mu Yuan prepared Tian Yuan Territory for the Red Mist Calamity Moon while population shortages kept it from upgrading, then decided to take Deathbone and Duolai to observe a public Legendary advancement in Panshi City. They reached Shiling Town and boarded toward Boulder City, where the ritual would take place.

• Mu Yuan surveyed Tian Yuan's defenses and discussed the territory's slow population growth while King Hegemon Lord hesitated to upgrade his own territory.
• Tian Yuan's residents and commanders continued their work, including Lai Ni making protective scrolls and a Treant Demon Type One maturing in the forest.
• Seventeen told Mu Yuan that a Legendary advancement would be open to observers in Panshi City for one Soul Crystal per ticket, and Mu Yuan chose to attend with Deathbone and Duolai.
• Mu Yuan and his companions traveled to Shiling Town and arrived at the train station the next morning.
• Mu Yuan's group saw the bloodied, armored train bound for Boulder City as staff cleaned it and passengers gathered to board.

Mu Yuan traveled by armored train to Panshi City and learned about the risks and methods of reaching the Legendary Realm. He arrived at the Ascension Arena to observe several experts attempting breakthroughs, where he reunited with Tan Moumou and other acquaintances.

• Isroya identified the armored train as a Black Water Dragon Type-3, and Mu Yuan’s group boarded it for the journey to Boulder City.
• During the long ride, Dora fired flames through a shooting aperture while Mu Yuan and Deathbone cultivated Soul Crystals.
• Mu Yuan arrived in Panshi City, admired its enormous walls, and sent Isroya shopping while he explored the city with his companions.
• Mu Yuan brought his group to the Ascension Arena, where Isroya explained that its breakthrough rooms were expensive and often fully booked.
• Tan Moumou, Frog Seller Bro, and other familiar people gathered at the arena to watch the Legendary breakthroughs, and Frog Seller Bro explained the dangers of entering the Sublimation State.

Mu Yuan watched several experts attempt Legendary advancement at the Ascension Arena, where Zhuo Qingwu succeeded and demonstrated the power of the Legendary realm. After returning to Tian Yuan Territory, Mu Yuan found Uta training with Sario, who realized Uta was about to undergo an Epic evolution.

• Mu Yuan, Tan Moumou, and their generals paid admission to watch the Legendary advancement ceremony, where the first five experts failed to break through.
• Zhuo Qingwu sustained Sublimation State with his domain and Willpower Light, broke through to the Legendary realm, and demonstrated his control over the power of heaven and earth.
• Mu Yuan considered how Tian Yuan Territory could defend itself against a Legendary attack, while the Mad Blade City Lord prepared to guard the Shiling Town region during the Red Mist Calamity Moon.
• Mu Yuan returned by train to Tian Yuan Territory, and Tan Moumou departed for the Xingrong Town region after arranging to meet again once the calamity ended.
• Uta repeatedly sparred with Sario and said he planned to apply for an Epic evolution loan, making Sario realize that Uta had not evolved yet.

Dragon Force Laborer Uta applied for and completed Epic evolution, awakening the Flesh Shackles skill, then fought Sario and nearly defeated him with a devastating punch. Sario survived by breaking through to high-level Dragon Artistic Conception, while Water Mirror Dragon Tiff watched in terror and reconsidered her attitude toward Uta and the Lord.

• Uta spent 3,000 Contribution Points on an Epic evolution down payment, and Isroya arranged his evolution for that night.
• Uta evolved into an Epic One-Star lifeform and awakened Flesh Shackles, which let him suppress his body for training or briefly unleash overwhelming power.
• Uta tested his new strength against Sario, who used Dragon Might and Extreme Cold Tide before Uta overwhelmed him physically.
• Uta broke the Flesh Shackles and charged Sario with Dragon God Punch, forcing Sario to break through to high-level Dragon Artistic Conception to survive.
• Uta collapsed after the clash, and Sario claimed victory despite being badly damaged; Tiff watched from her Dragon Nest and feared Uta could kill her with one punch.

Mu Yuan’s forces defended Tian Yuan Territory against a surprise aerial attack, while he learned that a newly born Filth Nest had destroyed a nearby territory. The chapter left Mu Yuan facing a threat less than a hundred kilometers away, with the Tai Xuan Alliance warning nearby territories to withdraw.

• Lai Ni healed wounded soldiers at the North Side encampment while Deathbone set out alone to scout the north for Legendary threats.
• Mu Yuan reviewed his troops and Epic powerhouses, then watched the city’s defenses defeat a group of Harpies and learned that a large monster tide was approaching from the east.
• At Shiling Town, Cui Long learned that a Filth Nest had destroyed the Pujie Territory, and the Fishing Old Man ordered the city to gather its Tier Three and above experts to attack the nest.
• After Tian Yuan Territory repelled the eastern monster tide, Sophia relayed Shiling Town’s alert that the Filth Nest was within a hundred kilometers and nearby territories should withdraw.

As Shiling Town organized an expedition against a rapidly expanding Filth Nest, Mu Yuan prepared Tian Yuan Territory’s army and waited for Duo Lai to complete his evolution. Duo Lai became an Epic Two-Star Devouring Slime with top-tier devouring abilities, and the expedition reached the edge of the Filth region as Tian Yuan’s troops approached from another direction.

• Lord Pujie escaped the destruction of his territory by fleeing to Blue Star, while Zhou Ye feared the nearby Filth Nest would force him to abandon Red Leaf Territory.
• The Fishing Old Man sent seven commander-realm powerhouses to join Shiling Town’s expedition and arranged reinforcements to protect the town.
• Mu Yuan assembled Tian Yuan Territory’s army, but kept most of his forces home to defend the territory from repeated monster tides.
• Duo Lai advanced to an Epic Two-Star Devouring Slime, gained the Top-Tier Devour talent and new abilities, and joined the expedition in a Slime knight form.
• The Shiling Town forces gathered at the Filth region’s edge and prepared to locate its Filth Roots before the Nest expanded further.
• Tian Yuan’s troops fought through waves of monsters and reached sight of the Red Mist-shrouded Filth region.

Duo Duo’s vanguard entered the Filth Land, where Isroya located the remaining Filth Roots and Lu Liu split off to reinforce another subjugation team. Lu Liu and Uta turned the team’s desperate battle around, but the main nest still had to be purified.

• Bone Four stayed outside the Filth Land with the Undead Troops while Isroya warned the vanguard about the Ice Purity Potion’s limited protection.
• Isroya detected three remaining Filth Roots and a main nest, and the group split so Lu Liu could reinforce the trapped subjugation team while Isroya led Duo Duo toward the roots.
• Lu Liu, Lai Ni, and the junior generals reached the surrounded team, where Lai Ni’s barrier healed and protected the fighters.
• Lu Liu used the Fearless Giant Mountain God to knock down the charging Mountain Giant and hold back the monsters.
• Uta released his restraints, awakened his Willpower Light, and killed numerous fourth-tier monsters, relieving the subjugation team’s crisis.

Lu Liu and the extermination force fought through the monster tide while Isroya, Xylia, and their companions raced to purify the Filth Nest. After Dora repeatedly unleashed Blazing Suns to hold back the monsters, the group purified the main nest and received the Heaven and Earth Gift.

• Lu Liu joined the extermination force, and Mad Blade learned that five more reinforcements were coming to help purify the Filth Nest.
• Isroya, Xylia, and Dora purified their section of Filth Root while Red Garment and Rakshasa held off the monsters, then they headed for the main nest.
• Isroya scouted the main Filth Nest and found more than thirty-seven fourth-tier BOSSes guarding it.
• Dora used her domain and repeated Blazing Suns to clear and repel monsters while her companions protected her and purified the nest.
• The main Filth Nest and its underground roots crumbled under the purification, and the Heaven and Earth Gift descended.

After Isroya and her allies purified the Filth Nest, they hunted nearby Tier Four monsters while the expeditionary army learned the Red Mist was clearing and launched its own counterattack. Back in Tian Yuan Territory, Mu Yuan reviewed their valuable spoils and prepared to use a Proof of Hero and new blueprints as the territory enjoyed a brief respite.

• Isroya trapped more than ten Tier Four monsters in the River of Stars, and Rakshasa, Xylia, Red Dress, and General Duo Lai helped eliminate the surrounding threats.
• City Lord Cang Lang and Mad Blade City Lord realized the Filth Nest had been destroyed, and the expeditionary army rallied to finish off the scattered monsters.
• Mu Yuan surveyed ruined territories and saw survivors carried to safety inside a moving forest.
• General Duo Lai opened the group’s treasure orbs and obtained a Proof of Hero, a Thunder Flame Machine Cannon blueprint, a Warrior Arena blueprint, and a Building Upgrade Stone.
• Mu Yuan considered Lu Liu for hero promotion and planned to upgrade the Blacksmith Shop and build the Warrior Arena.
• Dola, Isroya, Lu Liu, and the others returned to Tian Yuan Territory with their spoils as Dola prepared a banquet, while the Undead Bone General traveled unnoticed through the Wilderness Depths.

Deathbone explored the wilderness, witnessed the overwhelming clash between the Heavenly River Sword Saint and the Goblin Prince, and continued gathering intelligence for its territory. In Shiling Town, the returning army wondered about the missing reinforcements, while Panshi City’s new Dragon Gate List revealed two astonishing newcomers.

• Deathbone secretly purified a third Filth Root, marked dangerous areas, and watched the Heavenly River Sword Saint defeat the Goblin Prince in a battle between their domains.
• The Mad Blade City Lord’s punitive army returned to Shiling Town after destroying the Filth Nest, and Mad Blade and Cang Lang realized they had missed Lu Liu and Uta.
• The Fishing Old Man suspected that Tian Yuan’s commanders had been the mysterious reinforcements, but told Mad Blade and the others they would meet them someday.
• Players in Panshi City read the new Dragon Gate List, which ranked Giant Spirit God at No. 49 and One-Punch Martial Maniac at No. 23 for their extraordinary battle records.
• Hegemon Dragon celebrated that his subordinate had made the list, then marveled at the newly ranked powerhouses.

Mu Yuan upgraded Tian Yuan Territory to Level 4, gaining a Heaven and Earth Gift that strengthened its forces and helped six generals reach Level 4. He ended the chapter preparing to use a Proof of Hero on Lu Liu, while Tian Yuan Territory braced for the growing monster tide.

• Mu Yuan ordered Thunder Flame Machine Cannons produced and tested the first one on the Black Rock City Wall.
• Mu Yuan recalled Undead Bone Boss, Sophia, and Seventeen, then upgraded Tian Yuan Territory to Level 4.
• The Heaven and Earth Gift raised levels across the territory, brought many soldiers into Rank 2, and advanced Sophia and other generals to Rank 3 Great Perfection.
• Sophia, Rakshasa, Red, Xylia, Lu Liu, and Seventeen used Perfect Breakthrough Stones to reach Level 4 Commander Grade, bringing Tian Yuan Territory to nine Level 4 Epics.
• Seventeen returned to Shiling Town to guard his merchant group, while Mu Yuan prepared the Proof of Hero for Lu Liu's Hero Trial.

Mu Yuan entered a matching-mode Hero Trial as Lu Liu and joined four other participants in defending Stone Mountain Fortress. After Lu Liu defeated the Goblin Grand General and routed the invading army, he completed the trial early with a perfect rating.

• Lu Liu arrived at Stone Mountain Fortress with a hundred troops as one of five trial participants, and learned that they had to defend the fortress for ten days.
• The participants discussed their matching-mode trial, then an enormous Goblin army arrived and its Grand General demanded a challenger.
• Chen San and a towering trial participant challenged the Goblin Grand General and were killed, while the fortress defenders’ morale fell.
• Lu Liu endured the Grand General’s hammer blows, knocked him away, and struck him down with a powerful spear attack.
• Lu Liu swept through the enemy ranks, led his troops into battle, and helped the fortress forces rout the invading army.
• Lu Liu completed the trial in under an hour and received a perfect rating for finishing it 24,000% ahead of schedule.

Lu Liu passed the Hero Trial with a perfect evaluation and became a hero, while Mu Yuan prepared Tian Yuan Territory for the approaching peak of the Red Mist Calamity Moon. After a Filth Nest destroyed Blue River Town’s military stronghold and the Eye of Radiant Glory began closing in on Tian Yuan, Mu Yuan planned to defend his territory, support nearby settlements, gather Remnant Souls, and eliminate the enemy base.

• Lu Liu advanced to a Hero Unit with a perfect trial evaluation, awakening his strategic talent and skill and receiving the Fearless Gun Shield.
• Mu Yuan saw forum reports of new lords struggling to survive as the Red Mist Calamity Moon continued and the monster tides intensified.
• A Filth Nest overwhelmed Blue River Town’s military stronghold, killing many lords and players before the survivors fled.
• Isroya confirmed that red mist concentrations were rising, and the Star Observation Association warned that the monster tide would soon peak.
• The Eye of Radiant Glory’s V-Mask Commander revealed that his agents had found traces of Tian Yuan and planned to assassinate Mu Yuan.
• Mu Yuan reviewed his plans to hold Tian Yuan Territory, reinforce Shiling Town, buy Remnant Souls, and find the nearby Eye of Radiant Glory base.

Tian Yuan Territory held its defenses against the monster tide while Mu Yuan used the Spell Orrery to locate intelligent monsters and ordered his generals to begin hunting them. Elsewhere, New Lords struggled to endure the Calamity Moon, and four powerful beings plotted to attack Shiling Town as a great serpent watched Tian Yuan Territory from the forest.

• Mu Yuan used the Spell Orrery to identify fifty-two intelligent monsters and then ordered Deathbone, Lu Liu, and the other generals to begin eliminating them.
• Tan Moumou struggled to manage his territory's defenses after two days without rest, while the Liver Emperor relied on hired players and prepared to marry his wealthy benefactor after the Calamity Moon.
• Zhou Ye panicked as Red Leaf Territory faced the monster tide with few reliable defenders and players who might flee if the battle worsened.
• Shiling Town endured a fierce attack from a vastly larger monster tide while residents sheltered and soldiers and players defended the town.
• Four powerful beings gathered near Shiling Town and agreed to divide the town among themselves and offer it to the Great God.
• A great serpent remained outside Tian Yuan Territory, watching the horizon with hatred in its mismatched eyes.

Tian Yuan Territory’s generals crushed the monster commanders attacking its northern defenses, while Mu Yuan drew in more monsters with Calamity-Inducing Demon Flowers and sent a strike team to aid Shiling Town. The chapter ended when a hidden force of powerful snake-person monsters burst into the territory and their leader began corrupting the land as his shadow threatened the Flower Fairies.

• Deathbone coordinated simultaneous attacks as Lu Liu led the Garrison Troops into the monster tide, and the Sharp Knife Squads eliminated most of their identified intelligent targets.
• Tiff and Xylia killed a Violet Lightning Winged Dragon, after which Mu Yuan ignited Calamity-Inducing Demon Flowers to attract more monsters toward Tian Yuan Territory.
• Mu Yuan sent Deathbone, Redcoat, Rakshasa, and Uta to hunt the intelligent monsters threatening Shiling Town.
• A giant snake erupted beneath the Golden Fertile Soil, scattering hundreds of high-level snake-person monsters and damaging the territory’s crops and fruit trees.
• The snake-person leader fixed his gaze on Mu Yuan and spread a corrupting influence that withered plants and turned the fertile land toward Filth Land.