Chapter Summaries

Mu Yuan’s army finished clearing the ancient underground city and discovered records linking Black Feather City’s destruction to the Fallen God and the Red Mist. Back in Tian Yuan Territory, Mu Yuan built the Spell Furnace and fused ten Super Large Fireballs into a new large-scale spell called Blazing Sun.

• Mu Yuan’s army defeated the elite Spider Women, but their attempted surrender ended when red energy overtook them and they fought until they collapsed.
• Mu Yuan explored the ruined underground city and found stone slabs recording Black Feather City’s flight across the mountains and its later pursuit by the Fallen God.
• Mu Yuan searched the forum for accounts of Fallen God servants and learned that other lords had survived or defeated descending bodies under different circumstances.
• Mu Yuan had Deathbone build Guiding Beacons and constructed the Spell Furnace in Tian Yuan Territory.
• Mu Yuan and Duo Lai filled the Spell Furnace’s ten slots with Super Large Fireballs, which fused into the large-scale spell Blazing Sun.

Mu Yuan experimented with the Magic Furnace and realized it required a talented spell researcher, then focused on training his generals while his territory settled after the Great Serpent’s defeat. Back on Blue Star, he learned that the Heroic Festival might begin in a month and that new predictions about its rules had emerged.

• Mu Yuan failed to fuse different spells in the Magic Furnace and concluded that it needed someone with deep theoretical knowledge of magic.
• After the Great Serpent’s defeat, Mu Yuan slowed his expeditions and coached Duo Lai, Rakshasa, and Redclad on developing their abilities.
• Mu Yuan returned to Blue Star after receiving a message urging everyone to check the forum for news about the Heroic Festival.
• The Taixuan Star Observation Association predicted that the Heroic Festival would likely begin in a month and that eligible lords could start preparing.
• The Star Observation Association also released predictions about the festival’s rules.

Mu Yuan learned that the Heroic Festival was only a month away and studied how lords’ Tags could attract or repel heroes, but he could not afford the Luxury Residence blueprints he wanted. Ten days later, the festival’s preparation phase began, and he entered the Land of the Festival ahead of its opening in twenty days.

• Mu Yuan and other lords discussed the Heroic Festival’s earlier schedule and their hopes of recruiting heroes.
• Mu Yuan read the Star Observation Association’s explanation of how territory, troops, wealth, and personal achievements would form Tags that influenced heroes.
• Mu Yuan tried to buy Luxury Residence blueprints but found the market sold out and the remaining exchange listings too expensive.
• Veteran lords explained that powerful lords from other nations could compete in the festival, and that Death Chanter had been recruited by a lord from the Eternal Star Empire at the previous festival.
• Mu Yuan decided to keep his Village Chief status and save his Evolution Points until the festival rules were clearer.
• After ten days, Mu Yuan accepted the world notification and entered the Land of the Festival during its preparation phase.

Mu Yuan explored the Land of the Festival, where his many tags revealed his strengths and the scale of his potential. After Liu Miu Miu invited him to meet her sister, Cold Moon City Lord, he entered the Elven Courtyard and came face-to-face with the imposing woman.

• Mu Yuan entered the Land of the Festival and discovered that lords could see tags reflecting their abilities, territories, and accomplishments.
• Mu Yuan manifested dozens of tags, including the gold-grade Enlightenment and Emperor's Road and the pale-gold Peerless General Under the King.
• Liu Miu Miu recognized Mu Yuan and warned him that foreign forces were investigating Tian Yuan's identity and that someone had offered a bounty for his details.
• Liu Miu Miu gave Mu Yuan a Secret Realm Key so he could meet her sister, Cold Moon City Lord, safely in the Elven Courtyard.
• Mu Yuan paid the fee to cross domains, entered the Elven Courtyard using Dola's template, and saw Cold Moon City Lord approach.

Mu Yuan met Liu Xi Yue, who offered him substantial investments to support Tian Yuan Territory and its future role in contests between young lords. After returning home with her gifts, he began planning to build a Domain Field Disruptor and improve the territory before the festival.

• Liu Xi Yue recognized Mu Yuan’s Slime and offered him a free official investment, including a Miracle Blueprint for a Field Disruptor.
• Liu Xi Yue offered three Outstanding Grade Remnant Souls, but Mu Yuan’s reaction led her to realize he already had several high-grade troops.
• Liu Xi Yue replaced the Remnant Souls with Perfect Breakthrough Stones, and Mu Yuan accepted her gifts and her request that he perform well at the festival.
• After Mu Yuan left, Liu Xi Yue advised Liu Miu Miu about recruiting heroes and warned her to follow the strategy she had prepared.
• Mu Yuan returned to Tian Yuan Territory and saw that the inter-domain transport fee had nearly emptied his funds.
• Mu Yuan reviewed Liu Xi Yue’s blueprints and supplies, including the Field Disruptor and several lifestyle buildings, and planned to put them to use.

Mu Yuan completed Tian Yuan Territory’s City Lord’s Mansion and Domain Field Disruptor while weighing the territory’s expenses and planning its future growth. He read a confidential report on powerful rookie lords, which also assessed him as a promising contender, while Wang Er Teng received advice from Wang Long Teng about the festival’s major rivals.

• Mu Yuan moved into the City Lord’s Mansion, while Duo Lai claimed a room and the kitchen, and Red Robe preferred sleeping in his grave mound.
• The Domain Field Disruptor was completed, and Mu Yuan noted its high Soul Sand upkeep as he calculated the costs of developing his troops and territory.
• Mu Yuan shared several Tags in the Bai Jiang Soaring Dragon Group, surprising Tan Moumou and the Liver Emperor.
• Liu Xi Yue provided Mu Yuan with a confidential report profiling formidable rookie lords, including Divine Cat, Hegemon Dragon, Kongming, and Wuji, and ranking Tian Yuan Lord among the top thirty festival contenders.
• Wang Er Teng read the report, and Wang Long Teng advised him to watch major rivals such as Kongming, Wuji, and Queen while choosing which opportunities to pursue.

Mu Yuan evolved Deathbone into an Epic One-Star Undead Bone Lord, who gained a territory and the ability to grow stronger over time. The chapter ended with Mu Yuan finding that his Festival Tags had improved, including Undead VIP advancing into Undead Adorer.

• Mu Yuan reviewed Tian Yuan Territory's growing forces and waited until he had gathered 5,000 Evolution Points for Deathbone's evolution.
• Wang Long Teng led his army toward an ancient palace, hoping to recruit a peerless Epic-grade warrior and catch up to a figure he admired.
• Mu Yuan evolved Deathbone into an Epic One-Star Undead Bone Lord, and the transformation produced a celestial phenomenon that the Domain Field Disruptor concealed.
• Deathbone awakened the Undead Bone Territory skill, advanced Withered Bone Domain into Domain of the Dead, and opened an Undead Bone Sacred Mountain that could store troops and energy.
• Mu Yuan learned that Epic creatures could grow naturally over time, then visited the Land of the Festival and saw Undead VIP advance into Undead Adorer.

As the Heroic Festival began, Mu Yuan entered the Land of the Festival while Deathbone stayed behind to guard Tian Yuan Territory. The heroes emerged from the ancient hall, and the Lords prepared to compete for their recruitment.

• Mu Yuan cultivated and sparred while his Storm War Falcons and Undead Troops intercepted monster threats and destroyed a hidden Monster Tribe.
• Two old men discussed the new Lords and promising candidates, including Tian Yuan, before one vanished after declaring checkmate.
• Deathbone chose to remain in Tian Yuan Territory while Mu Yuan and Duo Lai went to the festival.
• Mu Yuan explored the festival, where Lords and sponsors offered food and drinks, and reunited with Liu Miu Miu, Jiang Luo Xing, Great Sun Lord, and Yu Siyu.
• The ancient hall opened, and the heroes descended its steps as the gathered Lords watched.

During the Heroic Festival, Mu Yuan waited to recruit heroes while Duo Lai befriended a group of powerful food-loving heroes and brought them to him. The heroes gathered around Mu Yuan, leaving other lords stunned to realize that the Tian Yuan lord already had a hero and had attracted the Foodie Squad without making a formal move.

• Jiang Luo Xing explained that some heroes only attended the festival to socialize and could deceive lords pretending to accept recruitment.
• While other lords approached heroes they favored, Mu Yuan focused on eating and drinking, and Duo Lai charmed heroes by sharing their enthusiasm for food.
• The Hegemon Dragon Lord arrived with his hero-level subordinate, the Scarlet Flame Dragonkin, drawing attention from lords and heroes.
• Duo Lai led the Gluttony General, Giant Frog, the Dragon Blood Valkyrie, Xylia, and other food-loving heroes to Mu Yuan’s table and introduced him as the lord of Tian Yuan Territory.
• The gathered lords recognized Mu Yuan as the Tian Yuan lord and realized he had attracted powerful heroes without actively recruiting them.

As the Land of the Festival began allowing lords to inspect heroes’ information, Mu Yuan discovered unusually detailed profiles of the realm’s strongest candidates. The recruitment contest was interrupted when an imposing lord from the Eternal Star Empire arrived and forced his way toward a hero he intended to claim.

• Mu Yuan assessed the heroes’ histories and temperaments while considering candidates such as Grand Arcanist Blaise, Valkyrie Lorigia, and Princess of Pure Water Fei Xi.
• A bell rang, allowing lords and heroes to inspect one another, and Mu Yuan gained exceptionally detailed information about the heroes, including several newly emerged top candidates.
• Mu Yuan recognized Thunder King as an Epic Hero but ruled him out as a recruitment target, then identified other powerful heroes including the Blind Nun and Steel Fire Alchemist.
• A silver spatial gate opened in Festival Plaza, and a silver-haired, red-eyed lord from the Eternal Star Empire entered with two hero generals.
• The Eternal Star Lord spread his artistic pressure through the crowd and advanced toward his chosen hero, while golden radiance drew the attention of some heroes seeking recruitment.

At the Land of the Festival, the Tian Yuan Lord’s dazzling golden radiance drew the attention of elite heroes, who saw visions of his extraordinary potential and rushed to seek his allegiance. Mu Yuan was left facing a crowd of top-tier heroes competing to join him, though he could recruit only one.

• The Dragon Blood Valkyrie saw the Tian Yuan Lord’s golden radiance and fell over in shock.
• The Great Arcanist Blaise recognized the Tian Yuan Lord as a brilliant patron of magic and went to approach him.
• Holy Light High Priest Windsor turned away from the Glory Lord and headed toward the Tian Yuan Lord after seeing his golden radiance.
• Princess Fei Xi, the Daughter of Stars, the Dragon Elephant General, and other top-tier heroes made their way toward the Tian Yuan Lord, while the Eternal Star Lord watched the Daughter of Stars pass him by.
• Several Foodie Squad heroes, including the Gluttony General and Dragon Blood Valkyrie, knelt and asked the Tian Yuan Lord to accept them, as other heroes gathered around him.
• Mu Yuan watched the heroes compete for his allegiance and realized he could recruit only one.

Mu Yuan hosted the heroes at the Heroic Festival and could recruit only one, so he chose to help other lords connect with heroes instead. He recommended Liu Miu Miu to Princess Fei Xi and Wuji to the Dawn Knight, then approached Isroya, whose tragic history was introduced.

• Mu Yuan watched Wuji drive back the Eternal Star Lord's Blade Intent and considered him dependable.
• Mu Yuan said Tian Yuan Territory needed a knowledgeable hero, then introduced Liu Miu Miu to Princess Fei Xi as a compatible lord.
• Princess Fei Xi accepted Liu Miu Miu's invitation, and Liu Miu Miu excitedly hugged Mu Yuan.
• Mu Yuan recommended several heroes and lords, and Wuji recruited the Dawn Knight.
• Mu Yuan congratulated Isroya, the Daughter of Stars, and reflected on her early magical achievements, expulsion as a Witch, and death in the Wilderness Depths.

Mu Yuan recruited Isroya and accepted her heroic task to rescue her former companions, then used his influence to direct heroes toward Tai Xuan Alliance lords as the Heroic Festival ended. The festival granted him an additional blessing, while the task revealed a strange city trapped in a temporal rift and several unexpected potential recruits.

• Mu Yuan recruited Isroya, whose Myriad Phenomena Domain and broad knowledge made her valuable to Tian Yuan Territory.
• Mu Yuan accepted Isroya's task to rescue her former companions from a cursed city trapped in a temporal rift, and saw a Gray Wolf, a crow, an Elk, and a Fox.
• Isroya learned that her former companions might be rescued, while Mu Yuan promised to discuss the task after the festival.
• Mu Yuan encouraged heroes to consider Tai Xuan Alliance lords, disrupting other lords' recruitment efforts; the Dragon Blood Valkyrie decided to keep wandering, and Windsor rejected the Glory Lord.
• The Heroic Festival ended, and Gaba lamented that he could not pledge himself to Mu Yuan.
• Mu Yuan received an additional blessing from heaven and earth because more than half of the heroes had considered pledging themselves to him.

After the Heroic Festival, Mu Yuan welcomed Isroya to Tian Yuan Territory and showed her its defenses, troops, and rare units. As Isroya planned to help strengthen the territory, news of Mu Yuan’s success spread, drawing the attention of the Divine Glory Empire and Liu Xi Yue.

• Mu Yuan received a permanent buff that raised Lord Charm and Tian Yuan Territory Reputation, then recruited Isroya from the Land of the Festival.
• Isroya worried that the Time Labyrinth City was too dangerous to enter, but Mu Yuan assured her they would prepare to rescue her former companions.
• Mu Yuan showed Isroya the Domain Field Disruptor, and she offered to strengthen its resistance to observation.
• During their tour, Isroya saw Tian Yuan Territory’s patrols, Treant Guardians, and a Flora Spirit, and proposed comparing crop profits.
• Tian Yuan’s success at the Heroic Festival spread among lords, prompting Divine Glory Empire officials to order an investigation into Mu Yuan.
• After hearing Liu Miu Miu’s account, Liu Xi Yue decided to seek benefits for Tian Yuan from Tai Xuan’s senior officials.

Isroya began organizing Tian Yuan Territory’s spell, alchemy, and historical knowledge while helping Mu Yuan manage the territory’s many projects. At the Magic Furnace, she fused powerful offensive and defensive spells, leaving Mu Yuan eager to assign her another project.

• Isroya used Puppet Clones to transcribe her knowledge as Mu Yuan assigned her numerous administrative and research tasks.
• Mu Yuan introduced Isroya to Lu Liu, Seventeen, Niu Si, and Lai Ni, and Isroya recognized Lai Ni’s aura as that of a Holy Light High Priest.
• Isroya inspected the Magic Furnace and explained that successful spell fusion required carefully balancing compatibility, timing, proportions, and input amounts.
• Isroya enlisted Mu Yuan and General Duo Lai to help operate the Magic Furnace, and they spent two and a half hours fusing spells.
• Isroya created the Nine-Headed Roaring Thunder Flame Dragon and the Ten Thousand Wood Green Vine Two Elements Array, impressing Mu Yuan with their power and versatility.

Mu Yuan arranged a spar between Isroya and Duo Lai, revealing Isroya’s mastery of spells and Duo Lai’s Epic-grade power. Afterward, Mu Yuan received supplies and shared detailed information about un recruited heroes with Liu Xi Yue, who reconsidered his performance at the Heroic Festival.

• Isroya demonstrated her illusion-based large-scale spell and impressed Duo Lai with its destructive power and her enormous energy reserves.
• Mu Yuan sent Isroya and Duo Lai to spar in the wilderness, where Isroya’s precise spellcraft and fields pushed Duo Lai into revealing his Epic-grade strength and Space Devour.
• Isroya realized Duo Lai had held back and that he was not Tian Yuan’s strongest general; Mu Yuan used the spar to assess their abilities and encourage Isroya.
• Mu Yuan planned to obtain Remnant Souls to speed Isroya’s evolution, then met Liu Miu Miu at the Elf Courtyard and received a Concealing Orb and Divine Radiance Crystal Prisms from Liu Xi Yue.
• Mu Yuan gave Liu Xi Yue detailed records of un recruited heroes from the Land of the Festival, and she wondered whether his performance there had surpassed her own.

Mu Yuan broke through into the Elite Grade and helped Tian Yuan Territory raise its number of Elite Grade units to eleven as it prepared for the Time Labyrinth City mission. Just as Isroya began planning a merchant caravan and a route to Panshi City, the territory detected an enemy trying to divine and spy on it.

• Mu Yuan used Divine Radiance Crystal Prisms and a Perfect Breakthrough Stone to break through into the Elite Grade.
• Mu Yuan gave Isroya cultivation resources and told her to prepare for the Time Labyrinth City mission and form a merchant caravan.
• Bone Two Mang, Bone Three Lang, and Ni Gu La Si broke through into the Elite Realm, followed the next day by Lu Liu, Seventeen, Rakshasa, and Red Robe.
• Tian Yuan Territory reached eleven Elite Grade units, while Falcon Lord remained behind and Mu Yuan promised to help him next time.
• Isroya discussed the merchant caravan and the route to Panshi City with Mu Yuan, who assigned Falcon Lord to scout the route.
• Isroya's earring and the Domain Field Disruptor began sounding an alarm, and she told Mu Yuan that an enemy was trying to divine and spy on their territory.

Mu Yuan and Isroya concealed Tian Yuan Territory from the Divine Glory Empire’s probing, then prepared an expedition to rescue the witches trapped in the Time Labyrinth City. The Undead Bone General led the team through a shrinking spatial gate into the strange city.

• Isroya reinforced the Domain Field Disruptor with her field skill and domain, stopping the Divine Glory Empire’s observation after it consumed four and a half soul crystals.
• At the Divine Glory Empire’s Super-Distance Observation Platform, Harlen’s attempt to locate Tian Yuan failed, so he ordered spies in the Xuan Kingdom to investigate Mu Yuan’s identity.
• Mu Yuan decided to begin the Time Labyrinth City rescue mission immediately and assembled nine Elite Grade powerhouses, including Isroya and the Undead Bone General.
• Isroya told Mu Yuan that sixteen witches remained before she lost consciousness, and he named the operation “Witches of the Strange City,” placing the Undead Bone General in command.
• Isroya opened a spatial gate to the city, and the Undead Bone General stepped through as the gate began to shrink.

Mu Yuan led Deathbone’s squad into the Strange City to rescue the people there, while Isroya sensed a direction to follow. They encountered an Elite-grade Shadow Eye, which Rakshasa destroyed with one strike.

• Mu Yuan identified the area as a lawless buffer near West Ridge City and decided to enter the Strange City without detouring.
• Isroya used minor spells to gather nearby players’ conversations and then sensed which direction the squad should take inside the city.
• The squad entered the mist-shrouded city, where a Shadow Eye appeared and attacked them with slowing light and shadow spikes.
• Deathbone sent Rakshasa to fight the monster, and Rakshasa killed it with his Evil Power Like Dragon spear strike.

Isroya and the others continued through the strange city to rescue her former companions, while Deathbone avoided fights until Ghost Man Jack attacked the group. Deathbone held Jack off so the others could continue, then killed him with a powerful Netherworld River strike.

• Isroya worried about falling behind the other strong fighters, while Bone Two and Bone Three asked Deathbone to let them fight.
• Deathbone led the group cautiously through the strange city, gathering information and avoiding monsters, players, and distractions.
• Isroya sensed that her former companions were nearby, and Mu Yuan spotted an elite player team fleeing from Ghost Man Jack.
• Ghost Man Jack detected Deathbone's hiding place and attacked, so Deathbone told Duo Lai, Isroya, and the others to continue toward their target.
• Ghost Man Jack unleashed his blood-fueled killing strike, but Deathbone countered with Death Lament and overwhelmed him with the Netherworld River.
• Isroya saw Deathbone standing calmly after defeating Ghost Man Jack and realized that this was what he meant by joining them shortly.