Chapter Summaries

Chongxing and Blind Man opened the Barbarian God Hall and defeated its Golden Guardian, unlocking the weekly dungeon. Chongxing claimed a flight-evolution item and began choosing a new form for his wings.

• Blind Man guided Chongxing across floating rocks to the Barbarian God Hall and opened its sealed entrance with the activated Barbarian God Token.
• Chongxing survived the Golden Guardian’s sword-rain attack by finding a safe zone, then opened three treasure chests that removed the boss’s seals.
• Chongxing defeated the Golden Guardian, earned Honor Jade and a Barbarian God Fragment, and the system announced the dungeon’s weekly opening.
• Chongxing resurrected Blind Man and inspected the rewards, including a Moonshadow Ring and an Ascension Feather.
• Chongxing used the Ascension Feather to evolve his wings and considered the Holy Type and Ice Crystal Butterfly Wings options.

Zhang Mingzhen chose Holy Wings, gave Blind Man the Barbarian God Fragment, and cleared the Barbarian God Hall’s Front Hall again to earn a Middle Hall Challenge Token. He entered the Middle Hall and defeated its lava-surrounded guardian, the Holy Tiger Barbarian Beast.

• Zhang Mingzhen transformed his Flying Wings into Holy Wings and identified a spirit-pet manual that granted the Powerful trait.
• Zhang Mingzhen sent Blind Man away with the Barbarian God Fragment to deliver to the guild officers for negotiations with the Orc Race.
• Zhang Mingzhen reentered the Barbarian God Hall’s Front Hall, defeated the Golden Barbarian Beast, and received Honor Jade, a Moonshadow Necklace, and a Middle Hall Challenge Token.
• Zhang Mingzhen used the token to enter the Middle Hall, where he faced the Holy Tiger Barbarian Beast amid a sea of magma.
• Zhang Mingzhen dodged the beast’s attacks and fought across floating rocks, surviving several knockbacks into the lava before defeating it.

After clearing the Barbarian God Hall, Zhang Mingzhen tested the Honor Jade and negotiated with the major guilds for pet skill books in exchange for jade. He accepted the Legion Guild’s invitation and arrived at its research institute, while Lu Zheng secretly confirmed that a Garrison Zone had been concealed from him.

• Zhang Mingzhen received a second Moonshadow Necklace for his first clear of the Barbarian God Hall, then used Honor Jade to follow a trail and kill a Demon-Slaying Quest monster for two million experience.
• Red Garment contacted Zhang Mingzhen on behalf of the major guilds, and he offered to trade Honor Jade for the chance to choose three Pet Skill Books.
• Zhang Mingzhen arranged to visit the Legion Guild’s research institute, accepted the guild’s invitation, and entered its vast level-seven base.
• Lu Zheng greeted Zhang Mingzhen and approved his unrestricted visit to the research institute, then asked an administrator about a Garrison Zone and learned it had been concealed from him.
• Red Garment gave Zhang Mingzhen a temporary access badge and led him to the institute, where she used a crystal on its wall.

Zhang Mingzhen toured the institute’s Security Zone and learned about its experimental devices before visiting the Evolution Zone to inspect research on magical beasts. Wang Chaoming showed him hybrid embryos designed to inherit the skills of two different monsters and potentially be tamed by players.

• Red Garment guided Zhang Mingzhen through the institute’s maze-like corridors and introduced him to Little Tadpole in the Level-One Security Zone.
• Little Tadpole showed Zhang Mingzhen the Tadpole Probe, improved potions, a Copy Talisman that replicated stats and skills for thirty seconds, and a Substitute Doll that could absorb fatal attacks.
• Red Garment took Zhang Mingzhen to the Level-Two Evolution Zone, where Wang Chaoming greeted him and offered to guide his visit.
• Wang Chaoming explained that researchers were trying to extract magical beasts’ innate skills and turn them into manuals for Summoned Beasts.
• Wang Chaoming showed Zhang Mingzhen hybrid embryos made by fusing two different monsters, which might inherit both parents’ skills and remain tamable.

Zhang Mingzhen toured Legion’s magical-beast experiments, then met Lu Zheng, who gave him a Cross-Realm Talisman in exchange for intelligence about other races. After reaching level 92 and clearing the Barbarian God Hall’s Middle Hall, Zhang Mingzhen obtained a key to the Rear Hall.

• Wang Chaoming explained Legion’s beast-fusion and Split-Body research, and Zhang Mingzhen refused to let researchers examine his Nine Yin Candle Dragon.
• Zhang Mingzhen told Lu Zheng that humanity stood little chance against higher-level races and that he would help humanity but prioritize his own survival if defeat became certain.
• Lu Zheng gave Zhang Mingzhen a Cross-Realm Talisman and asked him to gather and share intelligence about other worlds; Zhang Mingzhen agreed.
• Zhang Mingzhen prepared supplies, reached level 92, and returned to the Barbarian God Hall.
• Zhang Mingzhen cleared the Middle Hall and obtained a key to the Rear Hall.

Zhang Mingzhen cleared the Barbarian God Hall’s Back Hall after discovering how to counter the Azure Dragon Barbarian Beast’s repeated aerial attacks, then received new equipment and began investigating how to combine set bonuses with his growth equipment. The Blacksmiths’ Association invited him to Fragrant Cloud City, where its members revealed they had already made progress on equipment fusion.

• Zhang Mingzhen defeated the Azure Dragon Barbarian Beast by jumping as she struck the ground, interrupting her repeated aerial attacks and earning the Back Hall’s first-clear announcement.
• Zhang Mingzhen received Glory Gems and a Radiance Belt, then considered how to activate equipment set bonuses despite four growth-type items occupying his equipment slots.
• Zhang Mingzhen contacted the Legion Guild, the Starlight Merchant Guild, and the Blacksmiths’ Association to ask whether equipment could be fused to preserve multiple effects.
• Big Hammer invited Zhang Mingzhen to visit the Blacksmiths’ Association’s gathering place in Fragrant Cloud City and promised to demonstrate its equipment-fusion research.
• The Blacksmiths’ Association members explained their work in crafting, upgrading, repairing, and researching modifications to dungeon equipment.

Zhang Mingzhen arranged for the United Association’s blacksmiths to prepare equipment-fusion materials and accepted their request to send guards, while his Archangel Wings stirred excitement among players. The chapter ended with players flocking to the wilderness to pursue upgraded wings, as Yu Tian listened to his companions discuss their ability to carry passengers in flight.

• Big Hammer presented Zhang Mingzhen with the Gold-Melting Potion and the blacksmiths’ fusion research, explaining that their special Forge was required for the process.
• Zhang Mingzhen asked the blacksmiths to prepare materials for four fusions, refused to endorse their association, and agreed to send Azurewave Clan members to guard them.
• Rumors spread that Chongxing had partnered with the blacksmiths, while Imperial Dynasty Little Princess urged her brother to help her obtain Archangel Wings.
• Players became more eager to explore the wilderness after learning the wings could carry another person, and Yu Tian grew weary of handling monsters while his companions talked.

Zhang Mingzhen chose three pet skill books focused on control and defense, then received a system announcement that he had advanced to a level-two life-form. His attributes and combat power surged, leaving him questioning how humanity could survive the coming contest among races.

• Longyin gave up on repeatedly power-leveling the appearance-focused players and suggested they hire professionals instead.
• Qin Xiao Youhui discussed the Legion Guild’s Honor Jade shares with War Sky and Shiyade while their guild leaders continued scouting for experience.
• Zhang Mingzhen selected Void Seal, Protection, and Soul-Hooking Blade for the Nine Yin Candle Dragon, though the Red Rose Guild wanted holy four-winged wing materials in exchange for its book.
• Zhang Mingzhen received a system announcement that he had advanced to a level-two life-form, becoming the first human to reach that tier.
• Players worldwide reacted to Chongxing’s breakthrough, and his combat power rose past 200,000, nearly an order of magnitude above Qin Xiao Youhui’s.
• Zhang Mingzhen considered the vast racial disparity and wondered whether humanity could win the coming contest, deciding he might need to seek a powerful backer.

Zhang Mingzhen negotiated with the military for rare support items, then used the Cross-Realm Talisman to leave Blue Star and pursue a life-level breakthrough. He arrived in the unknown Cangwu Realm, where his quests were locked but his inventory and map still worked.

• Lu Zheng and Red Garment contacted Chongxing to discuss life-level advancement, and Zhang Mingzhen agreed to cooperate in exchange for access to the military's secret vault.
• Zhang Mingzhen selected the Rule Space, Reset Battle Banner, and Thousand-Mile Divine Movement, then prepared supplies and dismissed the Flower Spirits before activating the Cross-Realm Talisman.
• Chongxing vanished from Blue Star, disappearing from every ranking and sparking rumors among players.
• Zhang Mingzhen regained his senses in a seemingly lifeless desert, confirmed that his quests were locked, and saw that the talisman gave him seven days to return.
• Zhang Mingzhen discovered that he had arrived in the unrecorded Cangwu Realm, while Gao Linzhi turned his gaze toward the new world.

Zhang Mingzhen flew across the Rock Crystal Desert and encountered Kun Bing surrounded by Shi Ming and the Bloodthirsty Tribe. After Shi Ming ordered his squad to kill both Kun Bing and the newcomer, Zhang Mingzhen defeated Shi Qing and discovered that killing high-rank lifeforms advanced the Netherblood Orb’s evolution.

• Zhang Mingzhen summoned the Nine Yin Candle Dragon and flew south through the desert, unable to access his home space or sense the Golden Toad.
• Shi Ming and four Bloodthirsty Tribe members confronted Kun Bing, planning to kill him despite the truce between their tribes.
• Zhang Mingzhen arrived, and Shi Ming ordered his squad to attack Kun Bing and kill the unfamiliar newcomer so he could not report what happened.
• Shi Qing attacked Zhang Mingzhen, but the Nine Yin Candle Dragon’s Void Seal immobilized him long enough for Zhang Mingzhen to kill him with Bear Strike.
• Zhang Mingzhen received a notification that he had defeated a high-rank lifeform, and the Netherblood Orb’s evolution fusion progress increased to 0.01%.

Zhang Mingzhen defeated Shi Ming and the Bloodthirsty Tribe hunters, then discovered that Kun Bing planned to steal his supposed Holy Relic. Their alliance collapsed into a fight, with Zhang Mingzhen defending himself as Kun Bing attacked.

• Zhang Mingzhen recognized the Isolation Barrier and fought Shi Ming while Kun Bing held off the other Bloodthirsty Tribe hunters.
• Shi Ming called for help as Zhang Mingzhen gained the upper hand, and Kun Bing weakened the three hunters with Relative Weakness.
• Zhang Mingzhen killed Shi Ming and the remaining hunters, while Kun Bing gained buffs and thanked him.
• Kun Bing tried to lure Zhang Mingzhen into a formation to seize his supposed Holy Relic, but Zhang Mingzhen recognized the trap.
• Kun Bing attacked Zhang Mingzhen with Kunming Sharp Wings, and Zhang Mingzhen used Vine, healing, and defensive tactics to withstand him.

Zhang Mingzhen continued hunting players to fill the Netherblood Orb while Kun Bing’s death brought the Kunyu and Bloodthirsty tribes to the brink of conflict before their Spirit Seed contest. After both elders postponed retaliation, Kun Ling secretly set out to attack the Bloodthirsty Tribe, while Zhang Mingzhen approached its territory with a captive from a small tribe.

• Zhang Mingzhen used Self-Sacrifice to survive Kun Bing’s attack and kill him, then worried that his Netherblood Orb progress was too slow.
• Kun Ling and Kun Shu discovered Kun Bing had died, and Elder Kun Shan led a search that found evidence an Isolation Barrier had been used.
• Kun Shan and Shi Changxiao agreed to defer investigating their tribes’ casualties until after the contest for the Spirit Seed.
• Kun Ling rejected the tribe’s decision to wait, gathered her crafted weapons, and secretly headed toward Bloodthirsty territory to take revenge.
• Zhang Mingzhen wiped out a small tribe for bloodline progress and forced Qiao Luo to guide him toward the Bloodthirsty Tribe’s city.

Zhang Mingzhen learned about the Spirit Seed contest and persuaded Kun Ling to help him infiltrate the secret realm so he could kill Bloodthirsty Tribe warriors. Meanwhile, a gathering at Earth’s Firefly Flower Sea continued as an unexplained mutation began to take root nearby.

• Qiao Luo told Zhang Mingzhen about the Spirit Realm contest, and Zhang killed him after learning what he needed.
• Kun Ling prepared formations and weapons to ambush the Bloodthirsty Tribe, but Zhang interrupted her and proposed working together.
• Zhang convinced Kun Ling to help him enter the secret realm in exchange for killing at least a hundred Bloodthirsty Tribe warriors, and they sealed the deal with a True Word Contract.
• On Earth, members of the Red Rose Guild gathered at the Firefly Flower Sea, where Little Princess complained about Fengming and Fengming’s group chose another area for photos.
• Fengming’s companions suggested exploring beyond their usual photo spot while avoiding places where Fluorescent Butterflies gathered.

Fengming and her companions disappeared in the Firefly Flower Sea, where an unseen infection was spreading through players. The outbreak reached Neverwinter City and other locations, leaving Imperial Dynasty Defies Heaven fearing that his sister Zhiqiong had become a Plague Germ Carrier.

• Fengming and her companions were killed or infected after entering a secluded part of the Firefly Flower Sea, while pollen silently settled on nearby players.
• Longyin received a notice that his master-apprentice relationship with Fengming had ended, and he and other players learned that she and her companions had vanished.
• Little Princess and her companions searched the flower sea, unaware that they were inhaling the drifting pollen, while investigators found no clear cause for the disappearances.
• Imperial Dynasty Defies Heaven found Zhiqiong withdrawn and her home filled with a strange odor, then later discovered that her residence had been overtaken by abnormal plants and mucus.
• Players across the world reported contagious Plague Germ Carriers, and infected players began dying as ordinary healing failed to cure them.

The major guilds led an ill-prepared assault on the Firefly Flower Sea, where an unknown entity’s tendrils and Plague Germ Carriers overwhelmed them and caused devastating losses. Lu Zheng ordered continued surveillance and barred players from the Cherry Blossom Sea area while the Legion Guild prepared purified potions for the Training Camp.

• Imperial Dynasty Defies Heaven and other guild members realized Zhiqiong had become a Plague Germ Carrier, and they argued over whether she might be saved or should be killed.
• Lu Zheng ordered the Legion Guild to accelerate research on the carrier’s evolutionary substance and monitor Firefly Flower Sea rather than attack its unknown inhabitant.
• After Plague Germ Carriers attacked nearby players, Dragon Soul Guild and other major guilds assembled a force and marched into Firefly Flower Sea.
• Longyin’s force encountered dense roots, swarming carriers, tentacles, and Mental Erosion; the battle collapsed as players fled and many were dragged underground.
• Longyin died during the retreat, Dragon Soul Guild was reduced to a second-rate guild, and other guilds suffered heavy losses.
• Lu Zheng ordered reconnaissance to continue, prohibited players from approaching the Cherry Blossom Sea area, and approved safer purified potions for the Training Camp.

Zhang Mingzhen impersonated Kun Ling to enter the Spirit Seeds contest and began secretly killing Kunyu tribesmen inside the Secret Realm. After escaping Kun Xiong’s watch, he used the nighttime confusion to hunt the tribe’s warriors.

• Kun Ling used the Blood Exchange Technique to disguise Zhang Mingzhen as herself, and he entered the Secret Realm with the Kunyu Tribe’s warriors.
• Kun Xiong ordered his squad to rest through the dangerous nighttime phase while keeping Zhang Mingzhen under watch.
• Zhang Mingzhen trapped Kun Dai in a Rule Space and killed him, gaining a portion of bloodline power.
• After Kun Dai’s disappearance prompted increased patrols, Zhang Mingzhen volunteered for a patrol to get away from Kun Xiong.
• Zhang Mingzhen killed his patrol partner, returned to camp, and began secretly targeting isolated Kunyu tribesmen.

Zhang Mingzhen ambushed Kunyu teams overnight, killed Kun Ping and Kun Ting, and helped leave nearly three hundred Kunyu members missing. At dawn, the tribes gathered around Spirit Seed sites, where Zhang Mingzhen’s team faced a swarm of monsters emerging from black mist.

• Zhang Mingzhen ambushed Kun Ping, killed him before Kun Ting’s team could rescue him, then interrupted Kun Jing’s resurrection attempt and cut down more than half the Kunyu team.
• Kun Ting sent up a distress signal, but Zhang Mingzhen killed him before Kun Yuqing arrived with the main force; Kun Yuqing ordered the troops to assemble and remain vigilant.
• Kun Yuqing suspected the Bloodthirsty Tribe of the night’s attacks, while Zhang Mingzhen returned to the group and planned to deal with Kun Xiong’s close attention.
• At dawn, Kun Yuqing led the Kunyu teams to claim Spirit Seed sites as the Bloodthirsty Tribe arrived, and Zhang Mingzhen’s team secured a small halo site.
• When the halo produced a yellow Spirit Seed, black mist swept toward it and formed monsters that attacked the group; Zhang Mingzhen stayed in formation and watched them.

Zhang Mingzhen secretly collected Spirit Seeds before ambushing and killing the exhausted Kunyu Tribe team, then entered the forest to hunt Bloodthirsty Tribe members. Meanwhile, Kun Yuqing organized a quiet retaliation, and a hidden Bloodthirsty Tribe squad sensed someone approaching.

• Zhang Mingzhen collected the team's Spirit Seeds while helping the Kunyu Tribe fight monsters, and Shi Chenlong ordered the Bloodthirsty Tribe to let them work before taking everything for themselves.
• As night fell, Zhang Mingzhen ambushed the Kunyu Tribe team and killed its support players and most of its fighters, including Kun Xiong, who realized the attacker was not Kun Ling.
• Zhang Mingzhen left the battlefield and headed into the forest to hunt Bloodthirsty Tribe players, aiming to fulfill his contract with Kun Ling.
• Kun Yuqing counted his team's fifty Spirit Seeds and gathered nearby tribespeople to launch a quiet counterattack against the Bloodthirsty Tribe.
• A Bloodthirsty Tribe squad hid in a tree hollow, and its lookout warned that someone was approaching.

Zhang Mingzhen hunted isolated squads, then disguised himself as a Kunyu Tribe member and exploited a clash between the Kunyu Tribe and the Bloodthirsty Tribe to slaughter both sides. Kun Yuqing escaped and vowed revenge, while Shi Chenlong concluded that the Kunyu Tribe had massacred his clansmen.

• Zhang Mingzhen killed a Bloodthirsty Tribe squad that tried to ambush him and collected its nineteen Spirit Seeds.
• Kun Yuqing led Kunyu Tribe players in a nighttime attack on the Bloodthirsty Tribe, each side believing the other had broken the truce.
• Zhang Mingzhen entered the battle in disguise and killed members of both tribes until the survivors recognized an infiltrator and joined forces against him.
• Zhang Mingzhen killed the remaining fighters and pursued Kun Yuqing, who escaped by using a life-costing secret art.
• Kun Yuqing vowed to gather his tribesmen and avenge the attack, suspecting that someone in his tribe had enabled Zhang Mingzhen's disguise.
• Shi Chenlong sensed his clansmen dying in the Secret Realm and blamed the Kunyu Tribe for the massacre.

Lu Zheng rallied the major guilds into a joint campaign to destroy the monster in the Firefly Flower Sea, while Chongxing remained away and was expected to return within three days. Nearly a hundred million qualified players defeated the monster after a costly day-long battle, but the chapter ended with the Dragon Soul Guild discussing its effort to rebuild.

• Lu Zheng proposed a temporary alliance, and more than a hundred guilds signed the Covenant of Joint Battle to fight the monster.
• Lu Zheng told the guild leaders that Chongxing was safe and would likely return within three days, but he urged them not to delay while the Plague Germ Carriers kept spreading.
• The major guilds assembled an army of nearly a hundred million players, restricted participation to level eighty-five and above, and marched toward the Firefly Flower Sea.
• Imperial Dynasty Defies Heaven warned the army about ambushes as the players fought through the infected and mourned the vanished names of his sister and brother.
• The players battled the level 100 flower monster for an entire day, endured its weakening pollen, and defeated it at heavy cost while earning experience and other rewards.
• Players discussed the victory, and they heard that the Dragon Soul Guild had elected a new leader and received funding from a new consortium.