Chapter Summaries

Brother Stick wrestled with whether to involve players in Melia’s family troubles, then learned that players might be able to live permanently in Transia through cloned bodies. After Sister Cement revealed the costs and limits, he chose to pursue a future there with the people he loved.

• Meow Brother and the Big Bird crew met Brother Stick at a night market, where he complained that Melia had maneuvered him into helping her family.
• Meow Brother argued that Melia had been driven to act, while Brother Stick warned that the game’s inhabitants were real people and players could not promise to share their lives.
• Meow Brother speculated that cloning technology might let players acquire bodies in Transia, citing Little Potato’s drunken remarks about rebirth and Sister Cement’s unusual existence.
• Little Hand added that Ah Feng and Sister Cement showed signs of having physical bodies, prompting Brother Stick to hurry to R-9 Base and question Sister Cement.
• Sister Cement confirmed she had obtained a body through cloning but explained that players would need to give up their real-world bodies and that the current technology was failing.
• Brother Stick accepted Sister Cement’s warning to report the secret, then declared that he would help make Transia a home for himself and those he loved.

Lady Dena struggled to fund the Transians’ fishman-hunting rewards, while the players debated their final payout and registered with the Adventurers’ Guild. Old Qin and the Artist Squad then accepted Sir Ferdinand Zweig’s offer to escort a valuable shipment, leaving the group arguing over the job’s pay and their plans.

• Lady Dena learned that the Transians had killed nearly five hundred thousand fishmen’s worth of Black Fins and that the temple’s supplies were running low, so Mo'er proposed using ancient weapons and armor as the final rewards.
• Lady Dena agreed to ask the Transian warriors whether they would accept higher-quality but fewer rewards, while Mo'er raised the request from Transian women seeking to join Great Reef Province as mermaids.
• Three Jin Sweet Potato Liquor, Four Bottles of Fermented Tofu, and Cucumber Strips debated the changed rewards and whether to pursue war crabs or powerful gear as Master Qin explained that fishman hunts would continue.
• Old Qin registered the Transians with the Adventurers’ Guild, declining the offer of immediate Adventurer Master rank so they could earn it themselves.
• Sir Ferdinand Zweig offered the Transians five thousand gold coins per person to guard his shipment of Far Eastern artwork, and the Artist Squad accepted while arguing over the opportunity.

Qin secured arrangements with the Adventurers' Guild for Transian membership and asked Sherlock to investigate Twilight within the organization. In Crimsonhold, Murphy learned of Twilight-linked smuggling and arranged cooperation with the Helms Rangers, then prepared to travel to the Land of Origin and launch the 3.0 storyline update.

• Qin told Sherlock that ten thousand Transians sought guild membership, proposed a Crimsonhold branch led by Old Flywheel or Taylor Ilsa, and arranged for headquarters to send staff and membership cards.
• Qin asked Sherlock to personally investigate possible Twilight members in the Adventurers' Guild, and Sherlock agreed while recalling how the Guild had been corrupted by people with ulterior motives.
• Effie reported that the Martink Trading Company had secretly shipped Old World recruits to the New World for thirty-five years and smuggled Twilight weapons, while its presumed-silenced owner and seven missing ships left few leads.
• Murphy agreed to join the Helms Rangers' campaign against the Witch Cult and offered help with their plans to oppose King Louis, while Loyalty promised to consult specialists about splitting the Plantagenet Kingdom.
• Adele told Murphy that the airship to Chardo Port would leave in three hours, and Murphy ordered preparations for the 3.0 storyline update when they reached the Land of Origin.

Murphy and Grand Duke Triss led Transia’s birthday delegation toward the Sanghai Empire, where players and officials prepared for a diplomatic journey that would also open the way to the Land of Origin. In Chardo Port, Murphy saw that local engineers had rebuilt a captured power armor, and Mosna declared their imperfect work the start of Transia’s own path toward the Creator’s legacy.

• Cheche, Ge Bao, and Meow Shark boarded the Good Fortune with the other travelers, learning they would transfer to the Blood Dread Fleet at Chardo Port before crossing to the Land of Origin.
• Murphy and Triss boarded in elaborate Gothic court outfits as Captain Paula prepared the airship and arranged cargo ships to carry Nefertari’s Dragon Cavalry vehicles and the delegation’s weapons and supplies.
• Captain Paula flew the Good Fortune to Chardo Port, where Transians gathered to cheer Murphy and the delegation disembarked for a brief rest before boarding the fleet’s ships.
• Murphy visited the mechanical laboratory beneath the embassy and found Horse King testing the rebuilt Pioneer-class armor, which the engineers had renamed Dragon.
• Mosna explained that the armor remained weak and barely functional, but praised the engineers for rebuilding it without her help and called them true Creator Walkers.

Explorers' Guild researchers struggled to adapt the repaired Dragon power armor, while Meng Ha argued that esoteric engineering could help restore it and teach them useful principles. Meanwhile, players aboard the pirate ship learned that Cat Bro would visit the Niu family, and they organized a large, respectful offline gathering to watch.

• Ma Wangye and Tea at Leisure discussed the Dragon's software, armor materials, and energy problems, then Ma Wangye planned to add an intelligent interface and seek help from AI specialists.
• Meng Ha demonstrated that Xiao Ruyi's esoteric-engineering driver made the power armor process and output data a third faster, and urged Tea at Leisure to combine local knowledge with research back home.
• Great Shark and Bro Fire discussed technology transfer, Madam Judy's mermaid form, and taking a break from the game during the voyage.
• Lin Beigou told the players that Cat Bro would visit Old Niu's family, where Grandpa Niu would host him and Pomegranate Sis might put him to the test.
• River East Lion's Roar and Bro Fire offered to arrange buses and planes, while the players planned to attend the Niu family gathering as respectful guests.

Niu Niu’s attempt to host a small visit for Cat Bro turned into a massive Myriad Realm gathering, while he learned that he could reunite with Amber in her world after living out his life in reality. The chapter ended with Cat Bro threatening to test Niu Niu’s martial skills and Sister Pomegranate furious about the gathering.

• Ge Bao and the other students joined Niu Niu at dawn to pick up hundreds of players arriving for the gathering, while Niu Niu warned Grandpa Niu that a crowd was coming to his home.
• A-Cha suggested Niu Niu ask Little Ashina whether he could truly join Amber in her world, and Niu Niu traveled to the airport with the others.
• Giant Shark arrived with a plane full of players, who boarded the coaches for the hotel Little Rich Brother had booked.
• Niu Niu met Little Ashina, who confirmed that Lord Murphy had said Niu Niu could reach the end of his journey with Amber after living a full life in reality.
• Sister Pomegranate called to berate Niu Niu, and Cat Bro challenged him to withstand twenty moves with a weapon or face a visit to an old Chinese doctor.

The Loyal Guy mobilized the operations group to secure a large player meetup, while Lord Qin joined the gathering and urged Master Yang to let Ah Feng begin a new life in Transia. After Little Ashina appealed to him, Master Yang decided to return to Transia and ask Lord Murphy for guidance.

• The Loyal Guy learned that Meow Brother and Sister Cement’s martial arts matchmaking event had drawn hundreds of players and ordered security checks and plans to secure their headsets.
• Lord Qin agreed to travel with the Loyal Guy’s operations group to the meetup, where players gathered for a beachside banquet.
• Lord Qin and the older players discussed Little Ashina’s health and the possibility that Ah Feng could start a new life in Transia.
• Lord Qin showed Master Yang Sister Cement’s file and warned that Master Yang and Amei’s constant connection to Ah Feng was endangering their health.
• Little Ashina urged Master Yang to let Ah Feng move forward in Transia, and Master Yang decided to return there and ask Lord Murphy for time to think.

Murphy assured Old Yang that A-Feng would be protected when he began a new life in Transia, and A-Feng’s parents agreed to stay with him. Murphy summoned A-Feng as a true spirit aboard the Plunderer, where A-Feng reunited with his father and began choosing a new name.

• Triss and Murphy discussed the otherworldly players’ spouse-finding tournament and their plans to finish the DLC, while Murphy refused to give Rose access to the otherworld’s network.
• Old Yang asked Murphy whether A-Feng’s soul would be safe, and Murphy promised to protect him when he was reborn in Transia after fulfilling his duties in the other world.
• Murphy told Baburo that his warriors’ bond with him and the support of the otherworldly players made him confident he would win, then asked to use the Plunderer’s psionic chamber for A-Feng.
• Aunt Mei confronted Old Yang, but they agreed to stay with A-Feng; when they reached Scarlet Keep, A-Feng comforted his mother before Murphy summoned him away.
• Murphy summoned A-Feng’s true spirit aboard the Plunderer, where A-Feng embraced his father and received a Transian identity badge and the chance to choose a new name.
• Murphy told Old Yang to return and stop his wife from heading toward Mirian with a weapon.

Grandpa Niu prepared to welcome Brother Cat, Shiliu’s prospective fiancé, and learned that the younger generation had been improving their martial arts in a game. The visit turned into a public celebration with sparring rings and a tournament, while Grandpa Niu planned three trials for Brother Cat and an elder exhibition match.

• Grandpa Niu questioned Lezi Ren about his sudden martial arts progress and heard about the strange fighters appearing in the game.
• Teacher Li brought Brother Crow, Giant Shark, and other guests to the Niu family home, where Giant Shark asked Grandpa Niu to take him as a disciple.
• Grandpa Niu proposed three martial arts trials for Brother Cat, and Teacher Li suggested an exhibition match between Grandpa Niu and Old Yang.
• Giant Shark and Lezi Ren sparred onstage as Grandpa Niu learned that players had trained in martial arts through the game.
• River East Lion's Roar and Lin Bei Dog-Scrounger proposed a tournament, and Grandpa Niu agreed to provide prize money while forbidding bloodshed.
• Big Sain and Ge Bao helped set up cameras and equipment as organizers prepared the four rings and officials turned away local media.

Shy Flower, Closed Moon, and Fallen Goose headed to Niu Family Town with the other players, where Sister Pomegranate’s family prepared three trials for Cat Bro. After admitting that she wanted a future with him, Sister Pomegranate joined her family to greet Cat Bro, who nervously awaited the challenge.

• Loyal Bro told the players to leave their headsets at the hotel and dress normally for Big Saen’s filming as they traveled to Niu Family Town.
• Sister Pomegranate angrily confronted Old Master Niu and the other elders about arranging three trials for Cat Bro, but Old Master Niu asked whether she truly wanted him.
• Sister Pomegranate admitted she liked Cat Bro and was willing to leave home with someone who could stand beside and protect her.
• Lumina announced that Cat Bro had arrived with Uncle Yang and Aunt Mei, prompting Niu Niu and the elders to prepare to meet him.
• Old Master Niu led Sister Pomegranate and the family outside as Cat Bro nervously faced the cheering crowd and Uncle Yang encouraged him to stand tall.

At the Niu family gathering, Meow Brother faced three martial arts trials to earn the right to marry Sister Pomegranate. He passed the first two but was defeated in the third, while a mysterious spectator disappeared and left Shen Yu searching for her missing phone.

• Soul Eagle defeated Meow Shark in the warm-up bouts and offered to teach him wrestling.
• Sister Pomegranate announced that Meow Brother had to pass three trials to join the Niu family, and Meow Brother defeated Niu Niu with a formation-breaking saber.
• Teacher Li tested Meow Brother with ten exchanges of staff fighting, then gave him advice about yielding and supporting Sister Pomegranate; Meow Brother passed the second trial.
• Uncle Niu secretly advised Meow Brother on his family's fighting style and family disputes, then struck him down after warning that he had to get serious.
• Shen Yu noticed that the mysterious spectator had vanished and discovered that her phone was missing.

Cat Bro won Pomegranate’s martial arts contest, but her estranged father, Niu Haicheng, returned and attacked him before revealing that foreign agents had tried to recruit him to obtain game headsets. Niu Haicheng reported four agents he had captured, while Brother Zhongcheng arranged their arrests and began securing the Niu family and the feast guests.

• Cat Bro defeated Uncle Niu in the final round and earned the crowd’s approval as Pomegranate’s future husband.
• Pomegranate kissed Cat Bro, and the family opened the feast with an exhibition match by Old Master Niu and Uncle Yang.
• Niu Haicheng challenged Cat Bro, fought him and Pomegranate, and left Cat Bro unconscious; Niu Niu explained his estrangement from the family to Teacher Li.
• Niu Haicheng called Brother Zhongcheng using Chen Yu’s phone and reported that he had captured four people who had tried to recruit him to obtain game headsets.
• Brother Zhongcheng arranged for the four agents to be arrested, and Master Qin informed Old Master Niu, who agreed to have the feast guests discreetly investigated.

Meow Brother was lured into a honey trap by criminals targeting his game headset, but hotel security intervened after Xiao Hu grew suspicious. Loyal Brother learned that the suspects had been caught, Meow Brother needed medical care, and Giant Shark had been silenced after trying to post about the incident.

• After the banquet, Meow Brother accepted a ride and interview from a woman posing as a reporter, while Sanwudou and Old Qu assumed he would stay out for the night.
• The woman drugged Meow Brother, took him to his hotel room, and planned to steal his headset for a five-million-dollar buyer.
• Xiao Hu suspected the woman and alerted his colleague, so the hotel team gave her a fake headset fitted with a tracker.
• The woman threw Meow Brother to the floor and sent the fake headset to an accomplice, but hotel staff burst in, subdued her, and arranged medical care for Meow Brother.
• Giant Shark tried to post about the incident on the forums but received a three-day suspension, while Loyal Brother learned that players had helped capture all four suspects.
• Loyal Brother ordered the best medical care for Meow Brother, told the team to bill Little Rich Brother, and said he would speak to Giant Shark himself.

Xinghunzhiying reunited with Shyhua to receive his prize money, then helped catch thieves targeting the players’ gaming helmets. After Meow Brother was taken to the hospital, Old Qin and Loyal Brother concluded that foreign forces were behind the attempted theft and planned to warn the players.

• Chenlong gathered the Zodiac brothers and other men to spy on Xinghunzhiying and Shyhua, but they found Shyhua returning Xinghunzhiying’s 100,000-yuan prize money.
• Shyhua agreed to donate the prize money for Xinghunzhiying, who invited her to visit his family’s restaurant in Sichuan and Chongqing.
• Xinghunzhiying chased down a thief carrying a gaming helmet, and Shyhua, the Zodiac brothers, and hotel staff helped subdue the thieves and recover it.
• The group discovered that Meow Brother had been badly injured, and Xiaoshou accompanied him to the hospital.
• Shyhua told Xinghunzhiying she suspected the thieves and hotel staff were connected to something larger, while he urged her to keep quiet.
• Loyal Brother reported the incident to Old Qin, who ordered him to prepare a statement warning players to protect their helmets and stay alert.

As the players departed the successful meetup, Alpha Company and the authorities warned them about security while Cat Brother and Niu Niu recovered from their injuries in Niu Family Town. Aboard the Plunderer, Murphy revealed that Lady Rose had created a virtual player interface through the calculation orbs, paving the way for a more convincing game system as the group approached Origin Harbor.

• Mr. Ziwei warned the departing players about the theft and Meow Brother's injuries, but none of them chose to quit, and they signed confidentiality agreements before leaving.
• Sister Pomegranate tended to Cat Brother, while Niu Niu admitted that he had deliberately spread news about Cat Brother and Sister Pomegranate to push their relationship forward.
• Ah Lin reported that Big Saien's meetup video had become popular and that Alpha Company planned to hold another official gathering in a few months.
• Triss and Murphy discussed player safety and the difficulty of preserving the game's illusion as more players realized that the world was real.
• Murphy had Lady Rose demonstrate a virtual interface that displayed Triss's character information and other details through a calculation orb.
• Murphy explained that Lady Rose was developing a game system to distinguish the players' perceptions from reality, then looked forward to the new version as the Plunderer neared Origin Harbor.

Murphy and the Transian delegation arrived at Origin Harbor, where the Sanghai Empire welcomed them and temporarily lifted Triss and Pablo’s wanted notices. As the delegation began its journey ashore, the new Creator-focused DLC and its staged quest appeared in the players’ interfaces.

• The Transian fleet stopped offshore because Pablo and Triss were still eternally wanted, and Sanghai envoys arrived to escort the delegation into Origin Harbor.
• Murphy refused to hand over Triss and Pablo, but the envoys announced that the Pharaoh had temporarily lifted their wanted notices for the birthday banquet.
• The delegation entered Origin Harbor to a grand welcome, and Murphy asked the little mummy to coordinate the airships carrying the dragoons.
• Triss disembarked with Murphy, and the players’ new character interfaces appeared as they followed the delegation ashore.
• The DLC announcement launched the Legacy of the Creator storyline, setting Creator relic restoration and Creator Points as its central objective.

Murphy arrived in Origin Harbor and saw how the Sanghai Empire had used the Creator’s legacy to build advanced solar-powered technology. At the Greenery Palace, he met Princess Frier and prepared to discuss the Creator’s oracle with her and Berdinos.

• Players examined the new virtual interface, while Furry Immortal marveled at Murphy’s stats and the group discussed exploring for Creator relics and the main quest’s failure conditions.
• Murphy’s party entered Origin Harbor, where the players saw trams, solar devices, and other technology built from a thousand years of studying the Creator’s relics.
• Murphy sent Penny to accompany his carriage as a mechanical guardian, prompting the Sanghai crowds to cheer for him as a Chosen of the Creator.
• Triss recognized the Great Library of Isus and recounted her past adventures in the city as the party traveled toward the Greenery Palace.
• Princess Frier welcomed Murphy, but Nefertari rushed forward to hug her and disrupted the formal reception.
• Murphy reassured Berdinos and said he wanted to discuss the Creator’s oracle and its effects on the Sanghai people.

Murphy negotiated with Princess Fleur for the otherworldly scholars to help repair Sangheili relics, while Triss proposed a player expedition into the Isus Grand Library. That night, Murphy went with Bertie and Penny to meet Baburo and retrieve the pirate’s hidden treasure.

• Murphy asked Princess Fleur to let otherworldly scholars repair Sangheili relics and requested a sun ship for study if their skills were confirmed; Fleur agreed to let them demonstrate their abilities in Origin Harbor.
• Murphy asked Triss to guide the players, and she suggested a Silver-rank quest to sneak into the Isus Grand Library and copy its books.
• Claire told Murphy that Baburo wanted to give Transia his treasure, hidden in a sea cave near Origin Harbor.
• Murphy left the palace with Bertie and Penny and met Baburo on a deserted shore, where Baburo described the graves marking his treasure and led them toward the vault.

Murphy and Pablo uncovered the truth that Project 27 created Dagon and that the Blood Dread clan’s doom was tied to the evil god. Murphy assigned Pablo to investigate the laboratory’s location at World’s End Cape, but Chaos creatures attacked before they could leave, forcing the group into battle.

• Pablo showed Murphy his hidden treasure and explained that he was offering it to support Transia while seeking help with the Blood Dread doom and Project 27.
• Pablo revealed that Grand Duke Charlemagne had sought the results of Project 27 and that the Blood Dread exile to the Foggy Sea may have been meant to pit them against Dagon’s fishmen.
• Penny’s lie detector detected that Pablo was still concealing something, and Pablo admitted he also hoped to plunder the astral laboratory.
• Murphy confirmed that Dagon was a product of Project 27 and tasked Pablo with traveling to World’s End Cape to find the laboratory while Murphy’s group headed for the Royal City of Ptolemy.
• Chaos creatures attacked as Murphy, Pablo, and Penny fought them on the beach, while Murphy urged Bertie to pray to Lady Rose for help.

Bertie received Rose’s new data-based divine arts and helped Murphy and Penny defeat the Worldburning Demonic Soldiers threatening Origin Harbor. While rescuing survivors from a crashed Kalumese airship, Murphy revived a mysterious man whose identity was blocked by Cloudmist Blessing; the man woke with no memory of who he was.

• Bertie prayed to Lady Rose and received her reality-editing divine arts, nearly collapsing from the flood of knowledge.
• Bertie weakened the Worldburning Demonic Soldiers and enhanced Penny, helping her and Murphy suppress the attackers.
• Murphy sealed the subspace rift, then chased the surviving soldiers as they turned themselves into meteors aimed at Origin Harbor.
• Babbro and Penny destroyed the meteors, but Murphy and Babbro discovered that one had struck a Kalumese aircraft carrying a birthday delegation.
• Murphy and Babbro rescued an unconscious man in white from an escape pod, while Necessary Evil fought the man’s spirit sword.
• The man woke frightened and unable to remember who he was.