Chapter Summaries

Zhang Mingzhen hunted adventurers in the Cangwu Realm to gather Spirit Seeds and life force, then lured the Kunyu and Bloodthirsty Tribes into joining forces against him. He annihilated their gathered army of five thousand, leaving a few survivors to flee and spread the news.

• A seed sprouted where the unknown boss had been destroyed, as the Fluorescent Sea of Flowers became a monster-infested danger zone.
• Zhang Mingzhen resumed hunting in the Secret Realm, collecting nearly three thousand Spirit Seeds and eliminating adventurers while letting some escape to spread word of him.
• After hearing reports from both tribes, Shi Chenlong and Kun Yuqing agreed to join forces and gathered five thousand players to confront Zhang Mingzhen.
• Shi Chenlong led the army toward Zhang Mingzhen, who charged into their ranks and drew their attacks while preparing his counterattack.
• Zhang Mingzhen activated invincibility and used a burst of speed to slaughter nearly the entire army, then killed the fleeing survivors he caught.

Zhang Mingzhen slaughtered nearly all the players from both tribes in the Secret Realm, filled and merged the Netherblood Orb, and advanced his Life Level before claiming more than twenty thousand Spirit Seeds. When the Secret Realm closed, the tribes waited in alarm, and a survivor emerged to report the massacre and Shi Chenlong’s death.

• After learning that Shi Chenlong, Kun Yuqing, and thousands of others had died, the remaining players either hid or tried to gather, while some plotted to seize Zhang Mingzhen’s Spirit Seeds.
• Zhang Mingzhen hunted players across the Secret Realm until the Netherblood Orb filled with life force, then merged it into himself and broke through to a new Life Level.
• Zhang Mingzhen attacked the survivors who had assembled to fight him, killed nearly all of them, and gathered more than twenty thousand Spirit Seeds.
• When the Secret Realm closed, no players initially appeared at either tribe’s Teleportation Array, leaving the elders waiting anxiously.
• A Bloodthirsty Tribe survivor finally emerged and told the elders that one man had killed Shi Chenlong and nearly wiped out both tribes’ forces; Shi Tianyin demanded answers from the Kunyu Tribe.

Shi Tianyin and the Kunyu Tribe joined forces to ambush the unknown intruder as he left the Secret Realm, while Zhang Mingzhen learned how Spirit Seeds strengthened cultivators and that no one knew how to reach Life Level four. Trapped in the Kunyu Tribe’s Reverse Burial Xuanxin Grand Array, Zhang Mingzhen began searching for its weak point.

• Shi Tianyin confronted Kun Shu and the Kunyu Tribe, and both sides agreed to capture anyone from outside their races who emerged from the Secret Realm.
• Kun Ling feared the elders would discover her secret involvement in the disaster, while Zhang Mingzhen caught Shi Jin and questioned him about Spirit Seeds and raising Life Level.
• Shi Jin explained that Spirit Seeds could awaken potential, increase attributes, and be refined into pills, but he knew of no way to advance to Life Level four.
• As the Secret Realm began collapsing, Zhang Mingzhen and the surviving cultivators headed for the Teleportation Array, where Kun Shu and Shi Tianyin prepared an ambush.
• When Zhang Mingzhen emerged, Kun Shu’s forces activated the Reverse Burial Xuanxin Grand Array, trapping him in mist that restricted movement and steadily weakened him.
• Zhang Mingzhen endured the attacks and focused on finding the array’s hub and weak point so he could break free.

Zhang Mingzhen escaped the Kunyu Tribe’s grand array and returned to Earth after his seven-day journey, where his Life Level breakthrough triggered a global announcement. He learned that human researchers had used his information about the Tide Clan to develop a method for raising players to the first Life Level, though producing enough medicine would take time.

• Zhang Mingzhen took a Bloodburst Pill and repeatedly struck the array’s core with Eagle Strike until it cracked and shattered.
• Zhang Mingzhen used Super Armor to block incoming control skills, then teleported to his prepared Yang Banner and escaped the pursuers with a Cross-Realm Talisman.
• Zhang Mingzhen returned to Earth, where system notifications confirmed his third attribute sublimation and announced his breakthrough to a new Life Level.
• Red Garment invited Zhang Mingzhen to a meeting, where Lu Zheng and the officials asked him to share information about the other world.
• Lu Zheng explained that cooperation with the Azurewave Clan and Zhang Mingzhen’s earlier information about the Tide Clan had helped researchers develop Spirit Core medicines for advancing players to the first Life Level.
• A research institute representative told Zhang Mingzhen that the method had worked in tests, but mass production still required time and rare materials.

Zhang Mingzhen examined the Spirit Core Evolution Fluid, used his weekly dungeon runs, and investigated the Firefly Flower Sea’s unexplained boss appearance. Underground, he found and killed the max-level plant boss Unwarranted Flower, earning a seed and a special amulet.

• Lu Zheng showed Zhang Mingzhen the Spirit Core Evolution Fluid, and the Mysterious Man asked him about trading across worlds.
• Zhang Mingzhen completed his weekly runs in the Demon-Suppressing Tower and Barbarian God Hall, gaining equipment and activating the Moonshadow Set effect.
• Zhang Mingzhen visited the Firefly Flower Sea to investigate why a top-tier boss had appeared there.
• A vine dragged Zhang Mingzhen underground to a cave where a giant plant had gathered creatures and materials.
• Zhang Mingzhen attacked and killed the max-level boss Unwarranted Flower, obtaining an Unwarranted Flower Seed and a Jade Cassia Amulet.

Zhang Mingzhen defeated the Unwarranted Flower, reached level 93, and gained a powerful amulet, while Qin Xiao Youhui became a level one lifeform and entered the Barbarian God Hall to test its level 90 dungeon. The chapter left Qin Xiao Youhui facing a towering steel-and-stone beast in an empty hall, whose appearance did not match Blind Man’s description of the Golden Barbarian Beast.

• Zhang Mingzhen examined the Jade Cassia Amulet and absorbed the Unwarranted Flower Seed, advancing to level 93.
• Qin Xiao Youhui’s team reacted to Chongxing’s solo victory over the Unwarranted Flower and his rise to level 93.
• Qin Xiao Youhui completed his evolution into a level one lifeform, doubling his attributes and drawing attention from researchers and players.
• Commander-in-Chief Lu Zheng ordered Qin Xiao Youhui to investigate the level 90 Barbarian God Hall and authorized him to choose three items from the treasury.
• Qin Xiao Youhui entered the dungeon alone, where he found a vast empty hall and a towering steel-and-stone beast unlike Blind Man’s description.

Qin Xiao failed to defeat the unknown boss in the Barbarian God Hall but cleared the Demon-Suppressing Tower’s first floor and discovered its hidden second phase. Meanwhile, Zhang Mingzhen raised Spring Wind to level eleven and asked Red Garment whether the Legion Guild had a potion that could help players comprehend skills.

• Qin Xiao encountered an unfamiliar Diamond Barbarian Beast, dealt little damage, and retreated after its attack overwhelmed his healing.
• Qin Xiao entered the Demon-Suppressing Tower, defeated the Ironclad Stone Scorpion on the first floor, and received an Experience Pill before being offered a second phase.
• Qin Xiao’s first-floor record appeared beneath Chongxing’s fifth-floor leaderboard entry, and he told his teammates that the floors had hidden stages.
• Zhang Mingzhen received a flash of insight while leveling, raised Spring Wind to level eleven, and discovered that its healing range and target limit had increased.
• Zhang Mingzhen asked Red Garment about a potion that could help players comprehend skills, but she had no information and reported that he was focused on leveling.

Zhang Mingzhen teamed up with fishing expert Never Nourish the Stomach for God's Domain's Fishing Competition, where their early catches put them near the top. Another team caught a Silver Eel Spirit Fish and took first place, leaving the competition underway.

• Players across God's Domain discussed evolution potions, dungeon progress, and the upcoming Fishing Competition.
• Zhang Mingzhen asked Red Garment to find him a high-level fishing partner, and she paired him with Never Nourish the Stomach.
• Zhang Mingzhen and Never Nourish the Stomach joined the competition, with Never Nourish the Stomach fishing while Zhang Mingzhen helped subdue the catches.
• The pair accumulated 340 points from their catches and temporarily took first place.
• Little Slob's team caught a Silver Eel Spirit Fish, gained 60 points, and overtook Zhang Mingzhen's team.

Never Nourish the Stomach’s foul bait helped Chongxing’s team win the fishing event, and Chongxing traded his points for experience and reached level ninety-four. Qin Xiaowuhui then led a party into the Demon-Suppressing Tower, where they cleared the first two floors but failed on the third after Raphael died.

• Never Nourish the Stomach used a pungent, hallucinogenic Warcraft larva to catch an Abaisu Demon Fish, helping his team finish first in the fishing event with 2,140 points.
• Chongxing bought fish from players, exchanged his points for experience, reached level ninety-four, and advanced Chasing Wind to level eleven.
• Qin Xiaowuhui assembled a team with Dragon Diagram Frenzy, Raphael, Hero War Sky, and others to challenge the Demon-Suppressing Tower, explaining what he knew about its floors and showing his level-ninety hat.
• The party cleared the first floor despite Hero War Sky’s mistakes, then barely defeated the second-floor boss, Wine Immortal.
• The team failed to advance past the third-floor boss after its area attack killed Raphael, and the others concluded they needed a Priest for future attempts.

Zhang Mingzhen investigated how to obtain gems and arranged for Under One Person to activate Sky City's Amusement Park. He entered the new event, met a Starlight Army player, and cleared its first stage, where he chose whether to jump ahead or continue in order.

• Zhang Mingzhen traded with Qin Xiao for three spirit gems and asked the Starlight Merchant Guild to investigate other sources.
• Jade Toad's information revealed that gems could come from the Amusement Park, which Under One Person activated as the top spender in Sky City.
• Zhang Mingzhen entered the crowded Amusement Park and learned that its ninety-nine stages tested players' alertness and adaptability rather than combat ability.
• South of South City recognized Zhang Mingzhen and offered him the Starlight Army's guide to the stages.
• Zhang Mingzhen followed South of South City through the Number Maze, cleared the first stage, and received a choice to jump to stage five or continue to stage two.

Zhang Mingzhen learned that Amusement Park rewards included tradable gems and used his wealth to buy them in bulk, then rushed through stages with the skip mechanic. He reached a paired combat stage, where his opponent asked him to win so they could move on quickly.

• Zhang Mingzhen and other players discussed whether to skip stages, and he cleared stage two before learning that a player had finished the park with twenty-three stars and received ten level-one gems and 50,000 gold coins.
• After seeing the demand for gems, Zhang Mingzhen offered 10,000 gold coins each and received hundreds of thousands of level-one gems through player mail.
• Zhang Mingzhen found the Divine Array Disk, discovered it had twelve gem slots, and decided to buy up to 100,000 gems for his equipment and the disk.
• Zhang Mingzhen used skips to advance quickly while observing that most stages involved exploration and puzzles, with few confrontations.
• In a paired combat stage, Zhang Mingzhen's opponent, a gold farming guild player, asked him to win so they could proceed quickly, and Zhang Mingzhen defeated him with an attack skill.