Chapter Summaries

Mu Yuan explored his newly awakened Mental Link talent while his troops gathered resources and his rare buildings were completed. He used a Perfect Breakthrough Stone to help Dole attempt the territory’s first advancement to Professional Grade, and Dole emerged from the process with its aura restored and confidence intact.

• Mu Yuan discovered that Mental Link could let him command troops over several dozen kilometers and practiced using it while Deathbone and Dole led separate teams to gather resources.
• The Mage Tower and Blacksmith Shop were completed, and Mu Yuan moved his office into the Mage Tower while Lu Liu produced throwing spears in the Blacksmith Shop.
• Mu Yuan reviewed the territory’s troops and resources, noting that the Golden Slime had awakened Mineral Purification and that he planned to save Evolution Points for Dole.
• Mu Yuan gave Dole a Perfect Breakthrough Stone, and Dole swallowed it as its energy surged toward the Professional Grade barrier.
• After about half an hour, Dole’s energy pressure subsided and it opened its eyes, appearing confident after the breakthrough attempt.

After Dolei broke through to Professional Grade, Mu Yuan prepared to hunt the Wandering Ogre, but an early Red Mist omen signaled that the Lord Trial was approaching ahead of schedule. In Xuan Kingdom’s central capital, Association leaders discussed the accelerated fusion of Blue Star and the Eternal World and the need to prepare people for the coming dangers.

• Dolei demonstrated its new strength and energy control, then trained with the Rare Shaman Staff by swallowing a huge fireball.
• Deathbone, unsettled by Dolei’s breakthrough, went to cultivate with Bone Two and Bone Three.
• Mu Yuan decided that Dolei and the Undead Bone General were strong enough to help subjugate the Wandering Ogre.
• Red Mist filled the sky, and repeated charges by wild monsters prompted Mu Yuan to recognize the omen of the Lord Trial, despite thirteen days supposedly remaining.
• Association leaders in Xuan Kingdom’s central capital confirmed that the Lord Trial had been brought forward and discussed signs of the worlds’ intensifying fusion.
• The leaders agreed that Blue Star’s descent into the Eternal World could no longer be prevented and urged preparations for the dangers facing ordinary people.

After learning that the Lord Trial had been moved forward and that a dangerous Border Area had appeared near Baijiang City, Mu Yuan evolved Deathbone to prepare his territory for the trial. Deathbone gained a powerful bone-manipulation skill and spontaneously comprehended a field skill, leaving Mu Yuan surprised by his rapid progress.

• Mu Yuan read the Association's warning about the Border Area near Dragon Lake Mountain and the increase in wandering monsters, while newcomer players discussed the danger and an overconfident Whale Player showed off his defenses.
• Mu Yuan concluded that the advanced Lord Trial might begin in about eight days and worried that Bone Two and Bone Three would not reach Professional Grade in time.
• Mu Yuan used the light of miracles to evolve Deathbone into an Undead Bone Funeral Master, who learned the advanced skill Undead Bone Lament.
• Deathbone entered a focused state, and Mu Yuan secured the Training Field while the earth rippled and bones rose around him.
• Deathbone comprehended the special field-type skill Withered Bone Land, leaving Mu Yuan astonished.

Mu Yuan discovered an active Guardian Barrier inside ancient ruins deep in the Gloomy Forest, where powerful monsters—including a fire-breathing Wyvern—guarded the site. After repelling a Snake People raid, he decided to bypass the forest’s spider nests by sending Duolai with the Hurricane War Falcon on a solo aerial mission to reach the ruins.

• Mu Yuan explored the Gloomy Forest with the Hurricane War Falcon and found ancient ruins surrounded by monsters and an active Guardian Barrier.
• A Wyvern emerged from the ruins and breathed fire, so Mu Yuan had the War Falcon retreat.
• Mu Yuan directed his territory’s troops as they defeated an invading group of Snake People and collected their Soul Sand and equipment.
• Mu Yuan decided to send Duolai to the ruins with the Hurricane War Falcon rather than clear the monster nests along the route.
• Mu Yuan secured a Storage Pouch to the War Falcon and had Duolai hang from its claw, launching the operation codenamed Slime Strike.

Mu Yuan sent Duo Lai into the Gloomy Forest, where it defeated a group of powerful monsters by exploiting the Wyvern’s fire and then killing it. While collecting loot in the ruins, Duo Lai found a corpse beside a barrier and discovered an incomplete message about an important item buried behind it.

• Mu Yuan had Hurricane War Falcon Two carry Duo Lai to ancient ruins in the Gloomy Forest, where Duo Lai launched itself into a crowd of monsters.
• Three Professional Grade spiders, a Wyvern, and numerous other monsters surrounded Duo Lai, so Mu Yuan ordered it to use fire and evade the Wyvern’s attacks.
• Duo Lai lured the Wyvern into setting its allies ablaze, killed the spiders and other monsters, then brought down and finished off the Wyvern with repeated strikes.
• Duo Lai collected Soul Sand, Remnant Souls, and relics before walking deeper into the ruins because it could not carry everything.
• Duo Lai found a dead, armored man sitting before a barrier and read an incomplete message saying an important item was buried inside and the method to open the barrier was about to be revealed.

Mu Yuan’s expedition uncovered a corpse with valuable rare items and a sealed underground area that Dolei could not break through. He also learned of a nearby Snake Person Tribe and a dangerous Filth Land, then debated whether to explore farther before the Lord Trial.

• Mu Yuan had Dolei inspect the ruins, and Dolei found a Storage Ring, a Greater Amulet, two soul crystals, and a rare Guiding Beacon blueprint on the corpse.
• Mu Yuan buried the unknown powerhouse but ordered Dolei to strike the Guardian Barrier; the attack failed, so he decided to seek another way inside later.
• Mu Yuan learned that a Snake Person Tribe guarded a temple southwest of his territory and that a large Filth Land lay twenty kilometers to the east.
• Mu Yuan considered delaying the journey to purify the Filth Root, then read forum warnings about exploring too far and encountering Professional Grade monsters.
• Mu Yuan resolved to stop being indolent and reconsidered traveling twenty kilometers to the Filth Land.

Mu Yuan planned his next campaign and considered ways to earn income from plant-type troops. He evolved Duo Lai, which gained a space-related skill that let it store things inside its mouth.

• Mu Yuan read forum discussions about territorial income and considered using plant-type troops to produce valuable crops or materials.
• Mu Yuan learned about Border Area incidents involving a Rare Troop building, the Twilight Order, Wanted Players, and roaming monsters.
• Mu Yuan decided to campaign against the Filth Land the next day and called Duo Lai over for evolution.
• Duo Lai advanced to Superior★, improved its Devouring talent, and learned Dimensional Pocket.
• Duo Lai revealed that its mouth contained a four-dimensional space.

After Dolei evolved, Mu Yuan tested its new Dimensional Pocket and watched Deathbone develop a new attack skill. Mu Yuan led an elite squad to the Filth Land, where he used Mental Link to direct the battle and Dolei swallowed a Professional-Grade Thunder Goblin’s lightning, leaving the fight unresolved.

• Dolei gained Dimensional Pocket, while Deathbone created Bone Wings and the skill Lament of Decay.
• Mu Yuan read that Xiong Tianba’s Black Knight had passed the Hero Trial and become a Hero Unit.
• Deathbone led the vanguard, killed monsters, and captured a Kobold camp before Mu Yuan set out with his elite squad.
• Mu Yuan reached the Filth Land and used Mental Link to coordinate his troops as they killed more than a hundred monsters.
• A Professional-Grade Thunder Goblin emerged and unleashed lightning, which Dolei swallowed with its Dimensional Pocket.

Mu Yuan's forces defeated the remaining powerful monsters in the Filth Land, and he purified a Filth Root to claim several rare rewards, including a World Breaking Stone. He used the stone to break the barrier at the Ancient Architectural Ruins, where a prompt identified the hidden item as the Proof of Hero.

• Deathbone used Bone Spikes imbued with decay to weaken the Gargoyle and Goblin Warrior, then struck down the Gargoyle as Mu Yuan's forces finished the battle.
• Mu Yuan purified a Filth Root and obtained Soul Crystals, a Rare Remnant Soul, a Thunder Magnetic Core, a World Breaking Stone, and an Undead Bone Warhorse.
• Mu Yuan decided to keep the Thunder Magnetic Core and Bone Warhorse and sell the other Remnant Souls for Soul Crystals.
• Deathbone and Dole traveled to the Ancient Architectural Ruins, where Deathbone used the World Breaking Stone to shatter the underground barrier.
• Mu Yuan received a prompt asking whether to use the special item Proof of Hero.

Mu Yuan learned how the Hero Trial worked and decided to use the Proof of Hero on Deathbone, believing the Undead Bone General had a good chance of passing. Deathbone entered the trial, and Mu Yuan’s consciousness followed as a spectator with three chances to offer hints.

• Mu Yuan asked about the Hero Trial in a news discussion and received an explanation from the veteran player Qiu Qianyuan about its challenges and baptism grades.
• Mu Yuan decided not to delay and used the Proof of Hero on Deathbone, despite Deathbone admitting it had little confidence.
• The Proof of Hero shattered and transported Deathbone into the special Trial Space, while Mu Yuan’s consciousness descended there as a spectator.
• Mu Yuan saw a gray, Red Mist-filled landscape where damaged Undead System troops rested, and Deathbone awoke among them.

Deathbone led its undead troops through the Hero Trial, recruiting forces and using its abilities to overcome the powerful Mountain Rock Giant. It earned a Perfect evaluation without using any of Mu Yuan’s prompt attempts, and Hero Baptism began.

• Deathbone restored its injured undead troops and set out to reach the trial’s final enemy within the time limit.
• Deathbone scouted and conquered monster-guarded areas, raising Skeleton Monsters from corpses and replenishing its army at supply points.
• After five hours, Deathbone led an army of more than a hundred troops and hundreds of Skeleton Monsters toward the Mountain Rock Giant.
• Deathbone’s forces repeatedly attacked the Mountain Rock Giant, then revived under black mist after being nearly wiped out and killed it.
• The trial declared Deathbone’s performance Perfect and began Hero Baptism.

Mu Yuan watched Deathbone pass the Hero Trial and undergo a baptism that made it a Hero, granting it powerful abilities and the weapon Death Lament. After testing the weapon, Deathbone prepared to serve as a stronger commander in future large-scale battles.

• Deathbone completed the Hero Trial and became a Hero, gaining the Death Legion Strategic Skill, the Undead Domination talent, and a Hero Aura.
• Deathbone forged Death Lament, a special weapon that drained the life and soul of anyone except Deathbone and could absorb the surrounding aura of death.
• Deathbone awoke and said it had not failed Mu Yuan, then went to test its new abilities.
• Deathbone used Death Lament to kill a Gray Wolf with a single slash, draining it until it collapsed as Mu Yuan watched.
• Mu Yuan concluded that Deathbone's new abilities and weapon made it especially suited to large-scale battles.

Mu Yuan strengthened his territory and evolved two unusual ghosts into Rare Grievous Spirits as the Lord Trial drew near. The new spirits attached themselves to his wristband, while he continued preparing for the coming challenge.

• Deathbone's promotion to hero strengthened the troops in his legion, and Mu Yuan incorporated himself to benefit from the Hero Aura.
• With the Lord Trial about four to four and a half days away, Mu Yuan worried that the Red Mist would make this season more dangerous than previous trials.
• Mu Yuan collected purchased Remnant Souls and equipment from the Bai Jiang Association, paid the taxes and fees, and sent the souls into his territory.
• Mu Yuan visited the underground cavern where his Wandering Souls lived and selected two unusual ghosts for evolution.
• The two ghosts evolved into Rare Grievous Spirits with the Resentment Absorption talent and attached themselves to Mu Yuan's wristband.

Mu Yuan reflected on the changing real world and prepared to focus on his Lord Trial rather than hunt monsters. When three barbarians appeared in a Residential District, Tan Moumou fought them off, but a new spatial rift opened and released more figures.

• Mu Yuan considered delaying his Snake Person Tribe campaign until Deathbone reached Professional Grade and noted the growing number of monsters entering reality.
• News and official announcements described supernatural research, new products and martial arts programs as the Xuan Kingdom and other nations responded to the changing era.
• Newcomer Ranger Players organized to hunt monsters for Soul Sand, but Mu Yuan declined to join them and focused on preparing for the Lord Trial.
• After hearing a commotion nearby, Mu Yuan summoned Red Garment as a soul pearl, concealed troops in his Lord's Mark, and went outside.
• Tan Moumou used his troops to kill two of three barbarians while nearby players watched; then a spatial rift opened and spat out more figures.

Mu Yuan, Liver Emperor, and other players fought off a rift’s monster invasion in Baijiang City. Afterward, Mu Yuan sensed a possibly wanted Twilight Order player nearby, reported him anonymously, and sent the War Falcon to search the area.

• Mu Yuan and Liver Emperor joined the players confronting Great Goblins, barbarians, and gnolls spilling from a rift.
• Liver Emperor deployed Wolf Cavalry, while Whale Player Tan Moumou summoned his Rare Troop Types to reinforce the fighting line.
• Mu Yuan summoned Skeleton Warriors and Strong Shooter Seventeen, helping the players defeat the monsters and close the rift.
• Whale Player Tan Moumou acknowledged Mu Yuan’s strength but declared that he would win when the trial began.
• Association officials warned the players that wanted Twilight Order members had entered Baijiang City through the Border Area.
• Grievance Spirit Red Garment detected intense resentment from a departing gray-hooded player, so Mu Yuan anonymously reported him and activated the War Falcon to search.

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.