Chapter Summaries

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.

Mu Yuan discovered that the Goblin Camp contained a Challenge Secret Realm gate and learned that the entrance would remain open for seven more days. He reviewed his growing army and led it north to confront the Goblins, where Dole struck down their ambushers.

• Mu Yuan used the Hurricane War Falcon to scout the Goblin Camp, spotted three rare Goblin Warriors, and found a huge gate wrapped in a Space-Time Vortex.
• Mu Yuan heard that Luo Xing and Lord Feathered Serpent had entered Challenge Secret Realms, then decided to pursue the opportunity before the Goblin entrance disappeared.
• Mu Yuan reviewed his troops, counted their evolutions and levels, and chose his forces for the expedition while leaving guards at his territory.
• Mu Yuan led his army north, and Dole ambushed and crushed several elite Goblin spearmen who attacked from the forest.

Mu Yuan’s forces attacked the Goblin Camp, where Deathbone’s ranged troops and Silver Slimes disrupted the defenders before the battle became a melee. Deathbone defeated the Goblin Commander with a powerful sword strike, while the update notice promised another chapter at the usual morning time.

• Mu Yuan surveyed the Goblin Camp and ordered Deathbone to lead an assault with his fifty troops.
• Deathbone’s Skeleton Warriors and Strong Shooters outranged the Goblin Spearmen, killing more than twenty before the Goblins took cover.
• Deathbone charged through the camp’s defenses as Duo Lai and the Silver Slimes struck from above, throwing the Goblins into a chaotic battle.
• Mu Yuan identified a Level 9 Rare Goblin Commander, which smashed Skeleton troops and charged Deathbone.
• Deathbone unleashed a heavily empowered Cleave and killed the Goblin Commander with a single strike.
• The author announced that the next chapter would appear at the usual time in the morning and asked readers to vote and support the book.

Luo Xing defeated the Gargoyles and entered the Challenge Secret Realm, while Mu Yuan's forces won the Goblin Camp battle and Deathbone revived the fallen Skeleton Soldiers. Mu Yuan destroyed a Bloody Altar and received several valuable rewards, including a rare greatsword and a rare blueprint.

• Luo Xing used low-level troops to wear down the Gargoyles, then entered the Challenge Secret Realm after declaring his victory perfect.
• Deathbone revived the fallen Skeleton Soldiers and restored the wounded Skeleton Warriors with an improved Undead Rebirth.
• Duo Lai searched the Goblin Camp and brought Mu Yuan Soul Sand, Remnant Souls, and spare equipment, but found almost no other valuable materials.
• Mu Yuan discovered that blood was flowing toward an undamaged altar and received a notification identifying it as a Bloody Altar that could be destroyed and purified.
• Mu Yuan destroyed the Bloody Altar and received 1.5 Soul Crystals, two Common Miracle Blueprint Towers, a Rare Undead Greatsword, and a Rare Miracle Blueprint Shop.

Mu Yuan entered the Challenge Secret Realm and experienced Consciousness Descent through his projected body. After observing a failed challenge and learning the rules, he watched another player begin her challenge.

• Mu Yuan examined the Undead Greatsword and gave it to Deathbone, then studied the Blacksmith Shop blueprint and its uses.
• Mu Yuan left troops behind to guard his territory and entered the Secret Realm Gate with Deathbone, Duo Lai, and his other generals.
• Mu Yuan arrived in the waiting area in his projected body and learned that his troops remained in temporary Mark Space until summoned.
• Mu Yuan watched a lord lose a challenge, get restored by the rules, and learn that challengers had three attempts and failed if their lord died.
• Mu Yuan noticed a hooded female player enter the challenge arena and begin her challenge.

Mu Yuan entered the Challenge Secret Realm, learned about its levels from Jiang Luo Xing, and cleared the first four challenges with his skeleton troops. He chose Wandering Soul Remnant Souls for every reward, aiming to develop their powerful upper-tier troop, the Wraith.

• Jiang Luo Xing introduced himself to Mu Yuan and explained that Liu Miu Miu was the younger sister of the Cold Moon City Lord.
• Jiang Luo Xing described the Challenge Secret Realm's rising difficulty and warned Mu Yuan that later levels caused painful sensory feedback.
• Mu Yuan began his challenge and cleared the first four levels easily with Bone Four, his Skeleton Warriors, and Skeleton Soldiers.
• Mu Yuan examined the rewards and learned that Wandering Souls were fragile and weak, but could evolve into the powerful rare troop Wraith.
• Mu Yuan chose Wandering Soul Remnant Souls from the rewards of all four levels.

Mu Yuan advanced through the Lord Trial and reached its endless Sixth Level, while spectators discovered that his forces included two powerful Skeleton Warlords. After Liu Miu Miu was killed by an ogre, Mu Yuan prepared to keep fighting despite expecting the trial to end in his death.

• Mu Yuan collected Soul Crystals, Wandering Soul Remnant Souls, rare materials, and a Barbarian Berserker Inheritance Stone, then continued clearing levels.
• Jiang Luo Xing watched Liu Miu Miu's Spring Spirits overwhelm the Fifth and Sixth Levels with powerful water attacks.
• Mu Yuan faced an Ironclad Giant Scorpion in the Fifth Level; after his Skeleton Warriors fell, two Skeleton Warlords appeared and slaughtered the enemy.
• Jiang Luo Xing realized Mu Yuan was a powerful newcomer, while Liu Miu Miu was killed by an ogre and returned to the waiting area.
• Mu Yuan identified the Sixth Level as an endless battle that grew harder over time and accepted that he might have to die to secure rewards for his troops.

Mu Yuan used the sixth stage of the Challenge Secret Realm to train his skeletons against a Professional Grade Spearman, then sent Duolai into the fight when the battle turned against them. Duolai revealed its formidable abilities by hurling the Spearman into the ground, leaving the onlookers stunned by the Slime’s potential.

• A Professional Grade Spearman appeared in the sixth stage, and Mu Yuan ordered his skeletons to fight while refusing Duolai’s request to join.
• Bone Two and Bone Three gradually improved as they battled the Spearman, but two more Professional Grade Spearmen appeared and overwhelmed the skeletons.
• Mu Yuan approved Duolai’s request to fight, surprising Jiang Luo Xing and Liu Miu Miu, who had expected only an ordinary Great Slime.
• Duolai caught the Spearman’s weapon with its shifting steel body, then leapt high and smashed the enemy into a crater.
• Liu Miu Miu recognized Duolai’s unusual skills and potential, while Duolai declared that it would fight ten opponents.

Mu Yuan sent Deathbone to fight a powerful ogre in the Challenge Secret Realm, where Deathbone unleashed a limit-breaking attack and defeated it. After Mu Yuan expected another opponent to end the fight, a notification announced that he had cleared the Newcomer Challenge Secret Realm and could choose a reward.

• Duo Lai withdrew from the ogre and gave Deathbone the chance to fight.
• Deathbone used fire, sword strikes, and bone spears against the ogre, but its attacks barely hurt the creature.
• Deathbone released stored Undead Energy and launched a massive sword beam while Mu Yuan's Skeleton Warriors distracted the ogre.
• Deathbone's attack buried and killed the ogre beneath a torrent of Undead Energy.
• A notification announced that Mu Yuan had cleared the Newcomer Challenge Secret Realm and asked him to select a reward.

Mu Yuan cleared the Challenge Secret Realm and returned home with a haul of rewards, including a Life Spirit Elixir and four Perfect Breakthrough Stones. Back in Baijiang City, he began planning how to spend his Soul Crystal Coins and assessed which treasures could strengthen his troops.

• The Challenge Secret Realm ended before Deathbone reached its limits, and Mu Yuan collected rewards from the Fifth Level and his final clear.
• Mu Yuan left the waiting area without speaking to Jiang Luo Xing or Liu Miu Miu, while Jiang Luo Xing realized he knew almost nothing about Mu Yuan beyond the name Mu You.
• Jiang Luo Xing ignored his rival Feathered Serpent, then abandoned a forum post praising Mu Yuan because he felt words could not capture Mu Yuan's strength.
• Mu Yuan returned to Baijiang City, planned to recruit forty-six Wandering Souls and buy materials for a Mage Tower and blacksmith shop, and examined his rewards.
• Mu Yuan judged the Perfect Breakthrough Stones useful for Duo Lai and Deathbone, considered using the Thunder Warrior Experience Stone himself, and identified the Life Spirit Elixir as his most valuable prize.

Mu Yuan used a Thunder Warrior Experience Stone to acquire combat techniques, then drank the Life Spirit Elixir and awakened the Mental Link talent. He discovered that the talent could connect him with others for remote communication and information sharing.

• Mu Yuan decided to use the Experience Stone and Life Spirit Elixir on himself, while postponing plans to build the Thunder Magnetic Coil Tower.
• Mu Yuan entered the Thunder Warrior’s training experience and endured repeated lightning strikes as he practiced martial arts.
• Mu Yuan emerged exhausted but gained fluid combat techniques and learned to control and circulate energy.
• Mu Yuan drank the Life Spirit Elixir, which strengthened his body, spirit, and energy.
• Mu Yuan discovered he had awakened Mental Link, a talent that could connect him with others for remote communication and information sharing.