Arc 16The World Breaks Open

As Warcraft disasters spread across Earth, Zhang Mingzhen strengthened his position in Fragrant Cloud City and protected Ling City while keeping his identity hidden. In God's Domain, he claimed new powers and defeated the Skeleton King, just as cross-district battles began.

  • Dragon Diagram Frenzy's raid on the guild ruins was nearly wiped out by the Vulture King, but Zhang Mingzhen arrived and defeated it, then kept its egg as a bargaining chip.
  • Zhang Mingzhen synthesized Flying Wings, discovered that game skills worked in reality, and traveled to Fragrant Cloud City, where he became a Demon-Suppressing Guardian and gained city privileges.
  • As monster attacks and disease ravaged Earth, Zhang Mingzhen destroyed Xuancheng's giant rat nest and discovered that its Flesh Nest could be used to make a resurrection pill.
  • Zhang Mingzhen's protective array kept snake beasts away from his Ling City villa, and he secretly saved Chen Suxin before sending his Azure-Scaled Dragon Python to destroy the snake tide.
  • Zhang Mingzhen brought a Yellow Stinger Bee Queen and her swarm into reality to guard his villa, while guilds and other powers grew more eager to find Chongxing.
  • Players discovered that skeletons could be tamed and fused into mounts, and Zhang Mingzhen entered District 1 alone to defeat the Skeleton King and claim the Heart of Immortality.
  • As cross-district battlefields and the Dragon Slaying Campaign were announced, Zhang Mingzhen led his team in a Capture the Flag match and helped secure the first flag.
Chapters 376–400 Vol. 4 Read

Ch. 376The Arrival of a New Era, the Emergence of All-People Professionals

Dragon Han publicly confirmed that God's Domain abilities and attribute growth affected reality, drawing a flood of new players into the game as guild competition intensified. After leading another Divine Ruins Dungeon run, Zhang Mingzhen met with Dragon Diagram Jinghe, who revealed that his guild's equipment purchases were tied to a hidden quest.

  • Thorns rejected relocating Thorn Bramble to Hazel Kingdom and chose to wait in Dragon Han for the rise of powerful ability users.
  • Dragon Han authorities announced that God's Domain abilities and player attributes could enhance people in the real world, prompting existing and new players to rush into the game.
  • Zhang Mingzhen sent Flower Spirit to farm monsters, reached level thirty-five, and agreed to lead Utterly Empty's team through the Divine Ruins Dungeon again.
  • Dragon Diagram Jinghe and members of other guilds joined the dungeon run, where Zhang Mingzhen noticed growing tension and probing conversations among the factions.
  • Dragon Diagram Jinghe stopped Zhang Mingzhen at the Turbid Wine Tavern and explained that Dragon Diagram Guild had been buying equipment for a hidden quest.

Ch. 377A Gathering of Ten Thousand, Everyone's Thoughts

Zhang Mingzhen joined Dragon Diagram Guild at Bloodwind Gorge to grind high-level monsters while the guild searched the ruins of a destroyed native guild. After Dragon Diagram Frenzy’s ten thousand members found vulture eggs and disturbed a giant Vulture King, the guild faced a desperate battle, with Zhang Mingzhen still fighting outside the ruins.

  • Dragon Diagram Jinghe told Zhang Mingzhen that the guild had found the ruins of a destroyed native guild and asked him to help clear its level-thirty-eight monsters; Zhang agreed to grind but refused to help with their quest.
  • Dragon Diagram Frenzy summoned ten thousand Dragon Diagram Guild members near Bloodwind Gorge, then led a hundred-person team into the gorge while Zhang Mingzhen stayed behind to fight the flying vultures.
  • Dragon Diagram Frenzy’s party found the old guild ruins, searched for quest items, and discovered a chamber full of Bloodthirsty Vulture eggs.
  • After the guild members collected the eggs, a giant Vulture King burst from the ground and attacked, killing half the front-line players with one head toss.
  • Longtu Tengchong urged Dragon Diagram Frenzy to retreat and seek Zhang Mingzhen’s help, but Dragon Diagram Frenzy chose to fight and promised to cover the guild members’ losses.

Ch. 378The Federation's Conspiracy, Arrangement of the Pawns

The Blue Star Federation moved to eliminate Gao Linzhi, but he watched their plans and turned them into dungeon NPCs. Meanwhile, Zhang Mingzhen arrived to find the Dragon Diagram Guild theatrically sacrificing themselves to stall a BOSS for compensation.

  • Federation leaders agreed to consolidate power and target Gao Linzhi, the independent player Can Xue Waves Across the Map.
  • President Shi Tiansheng stayed silent while preparing a double and arranging for his family to hide in a Safe Zone.
  • The Federation failed to lure Gao Linzhi out and decided to attack his forces instead.
  • Gao Linzhi watched the plot unfold and used mist to turn the Federation operatives into NPCs in his dungeon.
  • The Dragon Diagram Guild members stalled a BOSS while counting on compensation for their deaths.
  • Zhang Mingzhen arrived, and the guild members called for Chongxing to take over.

Ch. 379A Frenzied Grind, Guilds Clash

Zhang Mingzhen defeated the Bloodthirsty Vulture King, obtained a tamable egg, and improved his equipment before selling detoxifying agents that helped players in Desolate Village. The Dragon Diagram Guild discovered that priest healing skills could activate the vitality of its vulture eggs.

  • Zhang Mingzhen lured the Bloodthirsty Vulture King away from the Dragon Diagram players and defeated it by chaining Thorn Entanglement with Eagle Beak Impact.
  • Zhang Mingzhen obtained a Vulture King Incubating Egg and decided to keep it as a possible bargaining chip while his Azure-Scaled Dragon Python farmed nearby.
  • Zhang Mingzhen chose the Deadly prefix for his equipment, then listed detoxifying agents on the auction house; players bought them to protect themselves from corpse poison in Desolate Village.
  • Hero Alliance players encountered Zhang Mingzhen's Flower Spirit clone attacking walking corpses, and Zhang Mingzhen recalled it and headed toward Spider Mountain to train it.
  • Clucking Chicken told Dragon Diagram Frenzy that priest healing skills activated the vitality of vulture eggs, prompting Dragon Diagram Frenzy to request priests for further testing.

Ch. 380Monster Invasion, System Code Beyond Gao Linzhi's Expectations

Dragon Diagram Frenzy hatched more than a hundred Bloodthirsty Vultures and began preparing an internal tournament to distribute them. Meanwhile, the Skyfall Game System’s invasion of Earth escalated into a series of monster attacks, and a captured giant spider began breaking out of its armored transport outside the Kyoto Research Institute.

  • Dragon Diagram Frenzy recruited five hundred priests to hatch the vulture eggs, then announced an internal tournament to award flying mounts to guild members.
  • Some Dragon Diagram players received a secret trial quest created by Gao Linzhi, while rival guilds investigated Dragon Diagram’s new aerial combat force.
  • Gao Linzhi realized that the stolen Skyfall Game code was autonomously invading Earth, and dark creatures began gathering and attacking people.
  • After a giant spider attacked Zhong Dongxu in Xuancheng, investigators lured it out, trapped it beneath concrete, and transported it to Kyoto.
  • A steel-hard spider leg pierced through the wall of the transport vehicle outside the Kyoto Research Institute before the doors were opened.

Ch. 381Cross-Server Battlefield and Considerations About Monsters in the Real World

Researchers restrained a giant spider-like monster that had crossed from the God's Domain Game into the real world, while Gao Linzhi studied the game’s core code. Zhang Mingzhen hunted flying monsters in District 99, returned to District 3, and saw the new War Zone mode launch as players tested its rules and guilds sought ways to exploit it.

  • The spider-like monster broke free of its concrete restraints, injured soldiers with ricocheting bullets, and was subdued with specialized equipment before researchers examined it and connected it to monsters in the God's Domain Game.
  • Gao Linzhi observed the researchers and used their findings to deepen his study of the Skyfall Game's core code and the source of golden fingers.
  • Zhang Mingzhen joined the Dragon Han Legion Guild's defense in District 99, defeated the siege monsters, and raised his collection of flying feathers to forty-seven before returning to District 3.
  • At Bloodwind Gorge, Zhang Mingzhen overheard Wandering Shadow, Wandering Arrow, and Add Oil Little Round discuss hunting a flying battle pet for protection in the real world.
  • The game announced capture-the-flag War Zone matches and their Experience Fruit rewards, and players debated the contribution rules and the prospect of future cross-district battles.
  • In an early match, Yes Yes Yes? carried his faction's flag but could not use Stealth, while the Red Faction scored first; guilds coordinated registrations and spies as Zhang Mingzhen read the battlefield chat.

Ch. 382The Emergence of Real-World Talents, Gao Linzhi's Arrangements

Zhang Mingzhen dominated a Capture the Flag match, while players across the server competed for battlefield rewards and prepared for tougher dungeons as reality grew more dangerous. After a top-player team cleared its first Hell-level Divine Ruins, Gao Linzhi secretly granted members unique real-world talents, leaving War Sky and Qin Xiao Youhui with powerful new abilities.

  • Zhang Mingzhen joined the Blue Faction, helped Chongxing secure a quick flag-capture victory, earned five merit points, and leveled up to 38.
  • Utterly Empty paid opposing players to let his Blue Faction win, while guild leaders and their members clashed when solo matchmaking placed them on opposing sides.
  • As battlefield rewards accelerated leveling, War Sky, Imperial Dynasty Defies Heaven, and other top players formed a ten-person party and began challenging the Hell-level Divine Ruins.
  • The party defeated its first Hell-level boss after a fierce battle, and Gao Linzhi decided to support the players with unique talents.
  • War Sky received Invincible Shield, which made him invulnerable for ten minutes per day but prevented him from attacking, while Qin Xiao Youhui received Frosty Sword, which added extreme cold to sword-type melee weapons.

Ch. 383Flying in the Air, Player's Envy

Zhang Mingzhen cleared Fierce Eagle Mountain, rescued Zhang Mingcheng, and collected the last Feather Plumes needed to synthesize Flying Wings. After becoming the first adventurer to obtain a flying device, he flew Zhang Mingcheng toward Fragrant Cloud City and learned about its auction house and connections between cities.

  • Zhang Mingzhen followed a giant eagle to Fierce Eagle Mountain, killed the flock, collected a plume, and found several fledglings in the caves.
  • Zhang Mingzhen healed the starving Zhang Mingcheng, accepted a quest to escort him to Fragrant Cloud City, and received fifteen Feather Plumes from him.
  • Zhang Mingzhen synthesized ninety-nine feathers into Flying Wings and became the first adventurer in God's Domain to possess a flying device.
  • Zhang Mingzhen used his wings to carry Zhang Mingcheng toward Fragrant Cloud City and learned about the city's factions, auction house, and intercity teleportation arrays.
  • Zhang Mingzhen consigned a tamed Bloodthirsty Vulture King egg to the auction house, and Zhang Mingcheng agreed to arrange its sale.

Ch. 384The Worsening Reality and a New Game City

Zhang Mingzhen completed his escort quest and helped unlock Fragrant Cloud City, then prepared for worsening dangers in the real world before exploring the new city’s guilds and services. He left with a third-tier spiritcaster badge and access to commissions, and learned that the auction house was in the eastern district.

  • Zhang Mingzhen completed the escort quest, and the world announcement credited Chongxing with discovering Fragrant Cloud City and activating its shared Teleportation Array.
  • After logging out, Zhang Mingzhen discovered he could use his game skills and equipment bonuses in reality, sensed nonhuman life around the city, and ordered supplies to prepare for possible disorder.
  • Leaders of Dragon Han’s Special Response Bureau discussed monster-related disappearances and ordered higher alerts and an investigation in Xuancheng.
  • Zhang Mingzhen returned to the game, won his War Zone match, reached level 39, and traveled to Fragrant Cloud City.
  • Zhang Mingzhen joined the Spiritcaster Guild after testing at third tier, received a robe, and learned that guild commissions offered varied rewards and experience.
  • Zhang Mingzhen visited the Adventurers’ Guild and other businesses, then learned the auction house stood in the eastern district of Fragrant Cloud City.

Ch. 385The Importance of Superpowered People and the Purchase of a Defensive Array

Gao Linzhi analyzed the Game System and began deploying Safe Zones on Earth, while Zhang Mingzhen bought a defensive array at auction and accepted a guild mission at North Mountain Mine. After reaching the mine, Zhang Mingzhen was ambushed by an unseen, poisonous Warcraft that disappeared into the rock.

  • Gao Linzhi learned that the Game System invaded worlds to harvest Source Energy and started deploying Safe Zones on Earth.
  • Zhang Mingzhen visited the Fragrant Cloud Auction House, read forum reports about mutations in the real world, and bought the Mistshadow Set.
  • Zhang Mingzhen spent 450 Gold Coins on a defensive array after Zhang Mingcheng lent him 150 in exchange for a guild task.
  • Zhang Mingcheng sent Zhang Mingzhen to investigate missing miners at North Mountain Mine and warned that an Ore Devouring Beast might be responsible.
  • Zhang Mingzhen entered the mine, was struck by a creature that vanished into the rock, and drank a high-grade antidote after its attack poisoned him.

Ch. 386The Realistic Counterpart of Spirit Stones, The Title of City Guardian

Zhang Mingzhen explored the origins of Mystic Spirit Stones, fought monsters, and searched for ways to earn gold before reaching level 40. He learned that the City Guardian title would unlock major city privileges, but still had to prove his strength to obtain it.

  • Gao Linzhi adjusted the Skyfall Game system so spirit stones would appear on Earth as controllable, bioenergy-producing crystals, while Zhang Mingzhen killed a Devouring Stone Beast and learned that blacksmiths refined Mystic Spirit Stones into spirit stones.
  • Zhang Mingcheng explained the refining process, while Zhang Mingzhen joined the other newly arrived players in Fragrant Cloud City and investigated its quests, trade routes, and upcoming pet auctions.
  • Zhang Mingzhen collected Dragonbone from Drake Lizards, earned a gold coin, and considered charging level 30 players to lead them through the Monster Altar.
  • Zhang Mingzhen reached level 40, chose the Blood Surge set bonus, and went to meet Fragrant Cloud City's lord, Dong Fangming.
  • Dong Fangming explained that Zhang Mingzhen needed to demonstrate his strength to become a City Guardian, a title granting privileges including personal shops, commission quests, guild creation, and free intercity teleportation.

Ch. 387Natural Evolution, Arrogance Does Not Exist

Zhang Mingzhen completed the City Guardian’s Trial, earned Fragrant Cloud City’s highest guardian title, and recruited powerful players for a Hell-difficulty dungeon run. As the group entered the Monster Altar, Earth’s leaders questioned Gao Linzhi about the future, and he explained that reality was undergoing natural cosmic evolution rather than being treated as a game.

  • Dong Fangming sent Zhang Mingzhen into the ancient battlefield, where he cleared enough evil souls and collected spirit stones to earn the title of Demon-Suppressing Guardian.
  • Zhang Mingzhen received gold coins, achievement points, city privileges, shop discounts, and permanent residency in Fragrant Cloud City.
  • Zhang Mingzhen recruited War Sky, Dragon Diagram Frenzy, Imperial Dynasty Defies Heaven, and Qin Xiao Youhui for a Hell-difficulty Monster Altar run, with the party agreeing that all equipment would belong to him.
  • Zhang Mingzhen charged alone into the dungeon’s monster horde while the other players discussed what it would mean if such creatures appeared in reality.
  • Earth’s leaders asked Gao Linzhi about the planet’s future, and he said Earth would remain physical and technological, with events driven by the universe’s natural evolution.

Ch. 388Reality's Mutation, a Chaotic Situation

Zhang Mingzhen led four guild members through the hell-difficulty dungeon, earning gold and selling cross-region transfer items while the Legion prepared to redistribute resources. Meanwhile, mutated rats and a fast-spreading disease devastated Xuancheng, and news of the deaths began spreading through the game world.

  • Zhang Mingzhen's party failed to survive the Sandstorm Beast and the Hell Demon King's attacks, but the members gained experience and received dungeon rewards.
  • Zhang Mingzhen sold three cross-region transfer items to Qin Xiao Youhui for sixty Gold Coins, then returned to training.
  • The Legion obtained the items needed for cross-region travel and discussed sending resources to other fronts, while Qin Xiao Youhui reported the dungeon's high experience rewards.
  • Imperial Dynasty Defies Heaven bought feathers from Zhang Mingzhen and ordered his guild to search for flying Warcraft so he could collect enough materials to forge wings.
  • Wang Liang and the residents of his building were killed by giant rats, and similar attacks across Xuancheng prompted authorities to investigate and warn the public.
  • A rapidly spreading disease overwhelmed Xuancheng's hospitals, pushed reported deaths into the hundreds, and became the subject of urgent discussion on the God's Domain forum.

Ch. 389A Greater Crisis, Questioning Gao Linzhi

As monster attacks devastated Xuancheng and unrest spread, Dragon Han struggled to protect civilians while Gao Linzhi denied responsibility for the creatures’ emergence. Zhang Mingzhen kept his abilities and defenses private, and the crisis left the public divided between calls for unity and Thorn Bramble’s recruitment drive.

  • Forum users discussed the monster attacks, sought protection, and formed or promoted player groups such as Thorn Bramble.
  • After another rat swarm hit a Xuancheng residential district, Dragon Han urged players to live together and defend one another.
  • Zhang Mingzhen fortified his villa with a defensive formation powered by spirit stones and declined to intervene publicly.
  • A vastly larger rat swarm devastated Xuancheng, killing over ten thousand people and prompting officials to question Gao Linzhi.
  • Gao Linzhi said the monsters’ emergence was part of evolution and blamed humanity’s slow development rather than accepting responsibility.
  • As fear spread, Thorn Bramble invited ability users to build a wilderness settlement, while others urged ordinary people to prioritize stability and unity.

Ch. 390The Appearance of the Life-Return Catalyst, a Lifesaving Pill in Reality

Zhang Mingzhen investigated the rat swarm that devastated Xuancheng, destroyed it, and discovered its reproductive core was a rare Life-Return Catalyst. He arranged to have it refined into three Bone-Returning Resurrection Pills and went to the city lord’s residence to research its origins.

  • Zhang Mingzhen traveled to Xuancheng at night and traced the rats underground to their enormous nest.
  • Zhang Mingzhen destroyed the rat swarm with repeated area attacks, collected the remaining Flesh Nest, and discovered that killing monsters in reality had increased his game experience.
  • Zhang Mingzhen learned from Zhang Mingcheng that the Flesh Nest was a Life-Return Catalyst used to make Bone-Returning Resurrection Pills.
  • Zhang Mingzhen asked Ganoderma about the pill and paid for ingredients to refine three, which she said would be ready the next day.
  • Zhang Mingzhen went to the city lord’s residence to search its ancient texts for information about the Life-Return Catalyst.

Ch. 391Gao Linzhi's New Pawn and the Perils of Opportunity

Zhang Mingzhen learned how a Life-Return Catalyst could form as disasters spread across Earth and players fought to protect their homes. Gao Linzhi selected new pawns, and the chapter left Zhang Jin and Zhang Song facing a giant beetle that attacked them in a park.

  • Dong Fangming told Zhang Mingzhen that a Life-Return Catalyst could arise when a powerful Warcraft population multiplied and accumulated enough blood qi, prompting Zhang Mingzhen to suspect the Xuancheng Flesh Nest might have been deliberately cultivated.
  • Warcraft disasters devastated countries across Earth as Mai Kingdom struggled with bat swarms, Stone Kingdom suffered heavy casualties, and players rushed to gain strength.
  • A party of former schoolmates from Wind Kingdom hunted monsters in God's Domain, driven by the loss of loved ones and a desire for revenge against the Warcraft and the game's developer.
  • Gao Linzhi watched the angry players and chose more pawns, including Zhang Jin, who had become a powerful assassin and superpowered individual alongside his younger brother Zhang Song.
  • Zhang Jin and Zhang Song found a giant beetle eating a woman's body in a park, and Zhang Jin entered the shadows to attack as Zhang Song froze in fear.

Ch. 392A Harsh Reality and People Fleeing in Droves

Zhang Song lost his brother Zhang Jin to a Warcraft attack, then joined Thorn Bramble as the organization gained recruits amid collapsing public order. Zhang Mingzhen secured a resurrection blessing and continued leveling, while the growing influx into Ling City drew wealthy newcomers’ attention to his home.

  • Zhang Jin sacrificed himself to hold off a beetle so Zhang Song could flee for help, but Zhang Song returned with official superhumans and found his brother dead.
  • Gao Linzhi noticed Zhang Jin’s death, and Watch recruited the grieving Zhang Song into Thorn Bramble as the organization expanded amid rising disasters and weakening authority.
  • Legion Guild leader Lu Zheng ended a dispute over how to handle rival factions, directing the elders to focus on Warcraft, public safety, and the game.
  • Zhang Mingzhen took a Resurrection Medicine potion, gained a one-time resurrection blessing, and set out with Flower Spirit to reach level forty-one.
  • More people fled troubled cities for Ling City, driving up housing prices, while Zheng Guohua sought information about Zhang Mingzhen’s neighboring villa.

Ch. 393A Rich Man's Regret and the Emergence of a Real-World Safe Zone

Zheng Guohua’s family faced a citywide invasion of snake-shaped Warcraft and discovered that Zhang Mingzhen’s home was protected from them. As the snakes broke through their villa’s defenses, the Zheng family set out for Zhang’s home and left their servants behind as bait.

  • Zheng Guohua moved his family to Ling City and tried unsuccessfully to contact Zhang Mingzhen, his reclusive neighbor, while his sons urged him to spend more time leveling in God's Domain.
  • Snake-shaped Warcraft flooded Little Shirt District, and Zheng Guohua’s family gathered on their rooftop as the creatures began attacking their villa.
  • Zheng Yingjie’s drone showed that the snakes avoided Zhang Mingzhen’s brightly lit home, but an Azure-Scaled Dragon Python destroyed the drone when it approached.
  • Zhang Mingzhen logged out, learned of the invasion, and saw that his protective array had kept the snake beasts away from his home.
  • With their villa defenses failing, Zheng Yingjie led his family toward Zhang Mingzhen’s home and left their servants behind to distract the snakes.

Ch. 394Zhang Mingzhen Was Moved, Bringing One Person Peace at a Time

As snake beasts overwhelmed Ling City, Zhang Mingzhen sent the Azure-Scaled Dragon Python to fight them and secretly saved Chen Suxin, helping the city survive. The dragon python’s victory exposed Chongxing’s presence in Ling City, drawing the attention of players and guilds across God's Domain.

  • The Zheng family fought through a snake attack toward Zhang Mingzhen’s Safe Zone, but Chen Suxin was lost among the snakes while her husband and sons escaped inside.
  • Zhang Mingzhen secretly healed and protected Chen Suxin, then sent the Azure-Scaled Dragon Python to clear Ling City’s snake beasts.
  • Chen Suxin returned to her family, and the Zhengs realized that someone near the villa had saved her.
  • The Azure-Scaled Dragon Python destroyed the snake tide as Ling City’s residents and authorities joined the counterattack, and the disaster was quelled within two hours.
  • Players identified the dragon python as Chongxing’s pet and spread news that Chongxing was in Ling City, prompting guilds and other powers to take notice.

Ch. 395Changes in the Real-World Landscape, the Appeal of a City

After Zhang Mingzhen stopped the attack on Ling City, the city became a refuge and powerful groups searched for him while Gao Linzhi added system-backed Safe Zones. Zhang Mingzhen continued playing God's Domain, unaware that his reputation was causing trouble for Priest players and drawing wealthy newcomers to his neighborhood.

  • Dragon Han secretly investigated Zhang Mingzhen while Ling City counted its dead, rebuilt, and drew survivors seeking safer homes away from major cities.
  • Other powers searched for Chongxing, and Zheng Guohua's family suspected Zhang Mingzhen lived in the villa they had visited but kept quiet.
  • Gao Linzhi added Safe Zones across cities, countryside, and sea, protecting them from Warcraft attacks.
  • Zhang Mingzhen entered God's Domain and challenged the Cultivation Tower and daily battlefield, while Seaside Wave complained that Chongxing's projection repeatedly blocked Priests from clearing the Training Tower's thirtieth floor.
  • Ling City grew into Dragon Han's safest city, attracting officials, guilds, and wealthy residents as industries focused on survival gained prominence.
  • Jiang Donglai moved into the Little Shirt District, and a group of influential newcomers went to approach the last uncontacted resident, whose mysterious identity and refusal to receive visitors made them more eager to recruit him.

Ch. 396Moral blackmail and standing by

Zhang Mingzhen ignored accusations that Chongxing had stood by during Ling City’s crisis, while his newly tamed Yellow Stinger Bee Queen kept people away from his villa. As guilds fought over trade runs, Chongxing’s cargo carriage approached the battle between Wind and Cloud and Contending for the World.

  • Zhang Mingzhen dismissed online accusations that he had failed to protect Ling City, but resolved to deal with whoever was deliberately spreading them.
  • A swarm of giant bees drove visitors away from Zhang Mingzhen’s villa and injured several guards, convincing people that Chongxing lived there and had powerful pets.
  • Players flocked to buy pet eggs as gold coins grew more valuable, and Gao Linzhi changed caravan raids into limited “assistance,” which led guilds to organize escorts and fight over cargo.
  • Wind and Cloud and Contending for the World clashed on a District 3 trade route, while spectators watched from a distance.
  • Zhang Mingzhen’s carriage entered the battle zone, prompting players to realize that Chongxing was the major event they had heard about.
  • Zhang Mingzhen had tamed a Yellow Stinger Bee Queen and brought her swarm into reality to guard his residence; he was now transporting cargo with them as his escort.

Ch. 397A Priest's New Ability, the Rush for Flying Pets

Zhang Mingzhen expanded his villa’s defenses, passed unharmed through a guild battle, and hunted Lionheart Tigers for rare materials. Meanwhile, the rush to acquire flying pets intensified, and the Brotherhood searched an underground world for tameable vampires.

  • Zhang Mingzhen synthesized thousands of bee eggs into fifty-four Yellow Stinger Bees and ordered them to guard his villa.
  • The leaders of two guilds stopped their battle and cleared the road so Chongxing could pass safely to a trade point, then resumed fighting after he left.
  • Zhang Mingzhen traveled to the Chaoslands, fought level-48 Lionheart Tigers, and found Lionheart Stones used for enchantments and pet attractant.
  • The Dragon Diagram Guild’s aerial force helped it become District 3’s strongest guild, driving up prices for Warcraft eggs and requests for flying pets.
  • Chaoyang questioned Art Bro about tameable flying monsters in an underground world, and Art Bro and Fatty confirmed they had encountered vampires before failing to tame one.
  • Wandering Arrow led the Brotherhood group onward to search for the vampires.

Ch. 398The Struggle for Pets, the Beginning of a Brawl

Wandering Shadow's party discovered that skeletal creatures in the underground cavern could be tamed and fused into powerful Skeleton Horses, sparking a rush among players to obtain them. As players flocked underground, Zheng Yingjie and Zheng Yingcai learned the entrance was near Desolate Village, where Zheng Yingjie was leveling to unlock real-world healing skills.

  • Art Bro's party triggered a swarm of skeletal bats by having him enter stealth, and Mumu found a tamable Bone Bat that could be fused into higher-tier undead.
  • Art Bro tamed a Bone Skeleton Bat, and the group learned that fusing skeletal creatures could produce a Skeleton Warhorse.
  • Utterly Empty joined the hunt, tamed skeletons, and became the first player on Server Three to fuse a Skeleton Horse.
  • The party left the underground cavern after a day of hunting; Wandering Shadow finally tamed a skeleton after six failed attempts.
  • Utterly Empty raised his Skeleton Horse to maturity and posted its Undying skill on the forum, prompting players across God's Domain to seek the creatures.
  • Zheng Yingcai urged Zheng Yingjie to head for the underground entrance near Desolate Village, but Zheng Yingjie chose to gather information first.

Ch. 399Soloing a Golden Tier Boss, Changes to Priests in the Real World

Zhang Mingzhen prepared for and soloed District 1’s unique Golden Tier Skeleton King, defeating it with his Yin Yang Messenger talent. He earned rare rewards and a server-wide announcement named Chongxing as the victor.

  • Zheng Yingjie led his group into the underground world to level up and capture skeleton pets as District 1’s guild war disrupted hunting across the region.
  • The mass killing of skeletons triggered the unique Skeleton King event, and the level-sixty boss drove District 1’s players out of the underground world.
  • After preparing his skills, potions, and weapon, Zhang Mingzhen used a cross-district transfer item to enter District 1 and challenge the Skeleton King alone.
  • Zhang Mingzhen fought through the boss’s revivals and escalating Death Sacrifice stacks, using healing and defensive buffs to survive nearly an hour of combat.
  • When the Skeleton King reached its fifth stack, Zhang Mingzhen activated Yin Yang Messenger and killed it with true damage.
  • The system awarded Zhang Mingzhen the unique Heart of Immortality, an upgradeable Immortal Relic set, experience, and gold, and announced Chongxing’s solo victory across the server.

Ch. 400A New Gift of Fate, a New Event

After defeating the Undying King, Zhang Mingzhen examined his powerful new loot and prepared for the Dragon Slaying Campaign and cross-district battlefields. In his first Capture the Flag match, he wiped out the opposing main group, recovered their flag, and led his team toward an overwhelming victory.

  • Zhang Mingzhen inspected the Heart of Immortality, growth-type priest weapons, and Undying King's Set, then listed his Mistshadow Set for auction and reached level forty-six.
  • The system announced cross-district battlefields, the Chain Islands battlefield, and the seven-day Dragon Slaying Campaign, prompting players to discuss the new rules.
  • Zhang Mingzhen completed his daily Training Tower run and entered a cross-district Capture the Flag match, where players on both teams recognized him as Chongxing.
  • Silent Silence organized the opposing team around a plan to send an assassin and archer to deliver their flag while the main group distracted Zhang Mingzhen's team.
  • Zhang Mingzhen used Ling Yue to wipe out the opposing main group, took their flag, and raced toward the enemy flag carrier.
  • Zhang Mingzhen's team recovered the enemy flag and turned in the first flag, leaving the opposing players ready to surrender.
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Arc 16 of 23