Recaps

Chen Shuyan exposed Lan Jiao and the Lan family’s crimes, allowing Yang Ling and the others to bring the case to a close. As the officials signed the case file, Xu Wuji reminded Yang Ling to record everyone’s contributions so they could be rewarded.

• Chen Shuyan identified Lan Jiao as a Rong Tribe spy and described Lan Wentao’s schemes against Wen Kongxuan and Sun Biao.
• Yun Ruo subdued Lan Jiao, and Yang Ling revealed he already knew what Lan Jiao and Lan Yue had discussed in secret.
• Lan Yue blamed Xu Wuji for thwarting them, so Yang Ling struck him until he could no longer speak.
• Commander Ning admitted he had knowingly allowed Lan Wentao to shelter Black List fugitives, and Yang Ling sentenced him to punishment rather than death.
• Lan Jinshui claimed he had only pretended to cooperate, but Xu Wuji dismissed his excuse and said he was doomed.
• Yang Ling and the others signed the case file, and Xu Wuji asked him to list everyone who had participated so they could be rewarded.

Yang Ling learned that the Fourth Prince wanted him to manage the Blazing Gold Ore and was asked to mine quickly while minimizing casualties. He gathered more than a hundred players in Changhe Prefecture and offered them a transfer to Constables, leaving them half an hour to decide whether to join the dangerous expedition to Xiangfeng Prefecture.

• Xu Wuji explained that the Third Prince and Fourth Prince were competing for control of the Blazing Gold Ore and that Yang Ling had to outperform Jue Wang and another Lower Sixth Rank expert while limiting casualties.
• Yang Ling told Xu Wuji that Jue Wang had given him a 300-year Crimson Blood Vermilion Fruit, which he had already eaten, and Xu Wuji advised him to treat it as a gift and play dumb.
• Yang Ling asked to bring his own mining recruits to Xiangfeng Prefecture, and Xu Wuji approved and promised them the best treatment.
• Yang Ling gathered more than a hundred players, including Zhang Yan, at an inn in Changhe Prefecture and explained the Blazing Gold Ore expedition.
• Yang Ling offered the players a transfer to Constables and gave them half an hour to decide whether to accompany him to Xiangfeng Prefecture.

Yang Ling and Qin Mo gained several levels after the Iron Clothes Department’s cases were recognized, and Yang Ling explained that the others would receive experience rewards once Zhao Xun processed the case files. Back at the department, Zhao Xun questioned Yang Ling about his fight with Ming Xin and hinted that Yang Ling would soon be able to handle opponents like him more easily.

• Yang Ling rose from level 55 to 59, while Qin Mo rose from level 25 to 28, after the authorities recognized their work on Iron Clothes Department cases.
• Yang Ling told his companions that he had included their names in requests for commendations, and Zhao Xun would bring the case files to the Capital for processing.
• Zhang Yan learned that Yang Ling had not included her name and resolved to earn merits with her new Constable status.
• Yang Ling led Qin Mo and the others back to the Iron Clothes Department, where Zhao Xun was questioning Ming Xin.
• Yang Ling downplayed his fight with Ming Xin, but Zhao Xun said he would soon be able to face opponents like him without struggling so badly.

Yang Ling learned about the Qi and Blood Tai Sui and the potential of using Blazing Gold to improve his Great Mother Red Gold Mantis. After receiving two hundred Hundred Refined Red Gold Flying Daggers, he prepared to temper his weapons and Little White with Blazing Gold.

• Zhao Xun interrogated Shen Shuyan, Lan Yue, Lan Jiao, and Lan Jinshui, then left with Lan Wentao’s corpse on his Giant Strength Golden Eagle.
• Xu Wuji told Yang Ling that the Qi and Blood Tai Sui could greatly increase his Qi and Blood, and explained that the Giant Strength Golden Eagle was as strong as an Upper Sixth Rank expert.
• Yang Ling told Xu Wuji and Lu Yunchen that he had hatched a Great Mother Red Gold Mantis, and Xu Wuji explained that Blazing Gold could raise its potential.
• Xu Wuji said the Western Prince had allowed Yang Ling to take Blazing Gold in advance for his mine, prompting Yang Ling to plan upgrades for his hoe, saber, and flying daggers.
• Master Craftsman delivered two hundred Hundred Refined Red Gold Flying Daggers, and Yang Ling decided to temper them all with Blazing Gold.

Yang Ling met Zhang Wei at Qingshan City while traveling with Xu Wuji, and they discussed whether becoming a eunuch could provide a class transfer. Their conversation ended when an attacker fired a crossbow bolt at Yang Ling, but it struck Zhang Wei instead.

• At Qingshan City, Zhang Wei greeted the Cao Gang boat, and Yang Ling revealed that he had put Zhang Wei in charge of the Snake Gang.
• Yang Ling told Zhang Wei he was traveling with Xu Wuji to Xiangfeng Prefecture to open a mine and suggested that becoming a eunuch might offer a class transfer.
• A public chat message from Wang Hang confirmed that becoming a palace eunuch could grant a class transfer and an exclusive skill.
• Zhang Wei refused to become a eunuch, wished Yang Ling success, and turned to return to work.
• An attacker shot a crossbow bolt at Yang Ling, but the bolt veered off course and struck Zhang Wei.

Yang Ling’s group dealt with the aftermath of the Ku Jue Temple ambush, and Zhang Wei became Xu Wuji’s attendant in hopes of regrowing his severed limbs. Yang Ling appointed Wei Ran as the Snake Gang’s new leader, then introduced Little White, a pet beast he had hatched from an egg found in the Red Gold Mine.

• Yang Ling and Xu Wuji told Zhang Wei that a Fifth Rank Expert could regrow severed limbs, so Zhang Wei knelt and asked Xu Wuji to show him the way.
• Xu Wuji took Zhang Wei in as his attendant, renamed him Little Wei Zi, and brought him along to treat his wounds.
• Yang Ling appointed Wei Ran as the Snake Gang’s leader and told him to work with Chen Guoqing to keep Qingshan City in order and look after the new Players.
• Little White flew onto the ship, and Yang Ling introduced the white beast as his pet, explaining that he had hatched its egg from the Red Gold Mine.

Yang Ling killed the Crimson Blood Salamander after Qin Mo rescued a fisherman and his wife from the river. Xu Wuji explained that the salamander’s eyes stored its Qi and Blood, then asked Yang Ling to sell him one.

• Qin Mo used the Water Crossing Heart Method to rescue a fisherman and his wife after their boat overturned.
• Yang Ling warned Qin Mo of the approaching monster, then killed the Giant Salamander with a Hundred Refined Red Gold Flying Dagger.
• Wang Shichang and the fishermen thanked Yang Ling for saving Tingjiang City from the river monster.
• Yang Ling identified the monster as a Crimson Blood Salamander, and the Cao Gang hauled its corpse aboard.
• Xu Wuji explained that the salamander’s eyes stored Qi and Blood that could strengthen other Exotic Beasts, then asked Yang Ling to sell him one eyeball.

Yang Ling arrived in Xiangfeng Prefecture with Xu Wuji and learned that the Third Prince’s allies controlled much of the local power. The chapter left Shi Xin’s isolation clear as Xu Wuji pointed out that few officials or sects had come to greet them.

• Yang Ling and Zhang Wei discussed the resources and opportunities available to Players in Xiangfeng Prefecture, and Zhang Wei said he had taken Xu Wuji as his godfather.
• Yang Ling warned Zhang Wei that mining Blazing Gold Ore would be far more dangerous than mining Fire Crystal Rock and told him to stay close.
• Shi Xin came alone to greet Xu Wuji at the wharf and explained that he had been sidelined in the Public Security Division.
• Xu Wuji told Yang Ling that Zhao Qing and Xiangfeng Prefecture’s three Third-rate Sects were aligned with the Third Prince and the Mine Gang.
• Xu Wuji noted that only Shi Xin had come to welcome them, while the Prefectural Office, Iron Clothes Department, and three sects had sent no representatives.

Yang Ling persuaded Shi Xin to release Zhou Zheng from jail so the Western Prince could use the blacksmith’s knowledge to take control of the Blazing Gold mine. Zhou Zheng agreed to oversee the mine and join Yang Ling’s operation.

• Shi Xin told Yang Ling that Zhou Zheng was jailed for hiding and secretly selling Blazing Gold Ore, and Yang Ling argued that releasing him would help the Western Prince.
• Shi Xin took Yang Ling to the jail, where Yang Ling asserted his authority and forced a jailer to unlock Zhou Zheng’s cell.
• Yang Ling explained that he needed a skilled blacksmith to forge five jin of Kirin Iron and offered Zhou Zheng a role overseeing the Blazing Gold mine.
• Zhou Zheng accepted Yang Ling’s offer without hesitation.

Yang Ling consulted Zhou Zheng about improving his worn crane-mouth hoe and flying daggers, learning how rare metals could make the hoe self-repairing and the daggers far more powerful. Zhou Zheng revealed that he had hidden Blazing Gold and took Yang Ling and Shi Xin to his secret forge to begin preparing the materials.

• Yang Ling showed Zhou Zheng his crane-mouth hoe, official saber, and flying daggers, and explained that mining had worn the hoe down in only a few months.
• Zhou Zheng explained that combining Blazing Gold with Kirin Iron before fusing it with Hundred Refined Red Gold could produce self-repairing Hundred Refined Qilin Iron for the hoe.
• Zhou Zheng said he could reinforce Yang Ling's flying daggers with Blazing Gold to make Quenching Gold Armor Piercing Flying Daggers.
• Yang Ling decided to speak with Eunuch Xu about the mining expedition, while Zhou Zheng admitted he had secretly kept some Blazing Gold.
• Zhou Zheng led Yang Ling and Shi Xin to his hidden residence in Xiangfeng Prefecture and retrieved five jin of Blazing Gold from his blacksmith shop.

Yang Ling learned about the dangers and output of Zhou Zheng’s Blazing Gold Ore mine after upgrading his hoe. Zhou Zheng estimated that the mine held at least one hundred thousand jin of ore.

• Yang Ling received the Hundred Refined Qilin Crane-Mouth Hoe and calculated that his Strength could reach 253 when he used his techniques.
• Zhou Zheng explained that the mine lay deep underground, where extreme heat and sudden Earth Fire eruptions made mining dangerous.
• Zhou Zheng said he had mined only thirty or forty jin of Blazing Gold over the past decade and earned a substantial sum from selling it.
• Zhou Zheng estimated that the mine contained at least one hundred thousand jin of Blazing Gold if it was developed and worked steadily.

After the Blazing Gold Mine remained closed because a Mine Beast had injured Qian Dalong and Juewang, the players feared they would be sent back underground. Xu Wuji arrived with orders from the Western Prince to reopen the mine, and Zhao Qing confronted him and Shi Xin.

• Wuji Sect players worried about their losses and discussed escaping before the mine reopened, but Iron Clothes Constables had sealed off the area.
• Players from Wuji Sect, Nujiang Sect, and Divine Fist Gate learned that Qian Dalong and Juewang had been injured by the Mine Beast and feared being sent back into the mine.
• Mian Zhengdong, the other sect leaders, Zhao Qing, Qian Dalong, and Juewang gathered at the Miner's Village entrance as Yang Ling and Qin Mo watched with Xu Wuji.
• Zhao Qing greeted Xu Wuji, who said the Western Prince had ordered him to get the mine running, then Zhao Qing reproached Shi Xin for not informing him first.
• Zhao Qing spotted Zhou Zheng, turned ashen, and barked at him.

Yang Ling challenged Zhao Qing’s authority and took charge of discussing the Blazing Gold Ore mining arrangements. Eunuch Xu revealed the mine’s rules and output target, leaving the competing factions to share information and work under scrutiny.

• Zhao Qing tried to have Zhou Zheng brought over, but Eunuch Xu stopped his men, and Zhang Wei defended his godfather before apologizing to Zhao Qing.
• Yang Ling told Zhao Qing to return to the Prefecture and said he would handle the mining arrangements with Minister Shi; Zhao Qing backed down from Yang Ling’s challenge.
• Qian Dalong explained that the Mine Gang had brought guards to protect the valuable mine from Rong Tribe spies.
• Yang Ling proposed that Minister Shi and Zhao Qing guard the mine together and asked Qian Dalong about its problems.
• Eunuch Xu explained that the Third Prince and the Western Prince were competing to manage the mine, with a target of one hundred jin of Blazing Gold in six months.
• Eunuch Xu told Qian Dalong and Jue Wang to share their information truthfully, and they raised no objection to the rules.

Yang Ling and Zhou Zheng descended into the Blazing Gold Ore mine to find the Fire Vein Poison Crocodile and reopen the mine. They reached a lava pool and encountered the beast, which Yang Ling judged to be no stronger than a Middle Sixth Rank.

• Yang Ling dismissed Zhou Zheng’s concerns and followed the mine map toward the passage where the Fire Vein Poison Crocodile had appeared.
• At the mine entrance, Zhao Qing questioned Yang Ling’s strength and hinted that the Western Prince might be building another Mine Gang, while Xu Wuji voiced confidence in Yang Ling.
• Yang Ling and Zhou Zheng found that the mapped mine ended at a deeper, naturally formed section, suggesting miners had broken through a barrier.
• The pair reached a lava pool blocking several passages, and an enormous Fire Vein Poison Crocodile rose from the lava.
• Yang Ling examined the crocodile and estimated that its strength was at most on par with a Middle Sixth Rank.

Yang Ling learned that Zhou Zheng could forge a complete set of armor from a Fire Vein Poison Crocodile’s scales and planned to upgrade his flying daggers to defeat it. In Zhou Zheng’s Secret Forging Room, Yang Ling revealed that Zhou Zheng’s younger disciple had reported him, and Zhou Zheng explained that he had been deciding which disciple would inherit his craft.

• The Fire Vein Poison Crocodile blocked Yang Ling’s attack with its eyelid and left after the flying daggers failed to pierce its scales.
• Zhou Zheng explained that he could smelt the crocodile’s scales into a flexible, tough set of armor, and Yang Ling decided he wanted one if the crocodile left a corpse.
• Yang Ling asked whether Quenching Gold Armor Piercing Flying Daggers could pierce the crocodile’s scales, and Zhou Zheng said they could if Yang Ling had enough strength and speed.
• Yang Ling and Zhou Zheng went to find Blazing Gold Ore, and Zhou Zheng led him to a hidden Secret Forging Room where he could upgrade the daggers.
• Yang Ling told Zhou Zheng that his younger disciple had reported him, and Zhou Zheng said he had been considering which disciple should inherit his Core Craftsmanship.

Yang Ling mined Blazing Gold Ore in White Bone Cave, reaching Level 60 and receiving rewards for becoming the first player to reach that level and for holding Rank One. His achievement unlocked the Beginner Dungeon White Bone Cave, which was announced to all players with one month of preparation time.

• Yang Ling mined Blazing Gold Ore at great speed while Zhou Zheng watched, and the ore greatly boosted Yang Ling's Experience Points.
• Yang Ling reached Level 60, became the first of 40 million players to reach that level, and received two random treasure chests.
• Yang Ling received a random reward of 700 Qi and Blood for remaining Rank One on the Divine Realm Ranking for an extended period.
• Yang Ling put the two Golden Treasure Chests into the Treasure Chest Fusion Slot and attempted to fuse them.
• The Divine Realm announced that White Bone Cave had opened as a Beginner Dungeon, giving players one month to prepare.
• Players discussed the new dungeon and began recruiting teams on the Divine Realm Public Channel.

Yang Ling used Zhou Zheng’s upgraded Quenching Gold Armor Piercing Flying Daggers to attack the Fire Vein Poison Crocodile’s eyes and withstand its fireballs with Flame Immunity. As the battle intensified, the people above ground heard the beast’s furious roars and wondered whether Yang Ling and Zhou Zheng were in danger.

• Zhou Zheng upgraded all one hundred Hundred Refined Red Gold Flying Daggers into Quenching Gold Armor Piercing Flying Daggers without a single failure.
• Yang Ling reached the magma pool and blinded the Fire Vein Poison Crocodile by striking both eyes with flying daggers.
• Yang Ling activated Flame Immunity and took far less damage from the crocodile’s fireballs while continuing to attack its weak points.
• Yang Ling’s daggers shredded the crocodile’s head and scales as it thrashed and roared in pain.
• Qin Mo and the others heard the roars from above ground, and Shi Xin asked Xu Wuji whether they should go help.
• Xu Wuji warned them that their strength was no match for the Fire Vein Poison Crocodile and that going down would mean death.

Yang Ling blinded and weakened the Fire Vein Poison Crocodile with flying daggers, then charged into close combat to exploit its reduced speed. He faced the beast head-on and began striking its eyes with the Hundred Refined Qilin Crane-Mouth Hoe.

• Qian Dalong and Jue Wang refused to enter the Blazing Gold Mine, while Zhao Qing suggested waiting as the Fire Vein Poison Crocodile roared inside.
• Yang Ling repeatedly lured the Fire Vein Poison Crocodile into a narrow passage and threw Quenching Gold Armor Piercing Flying Daggers at its eyes until it was blinded and slowed.
• Yang Ling used up his daggers and decided to attack before the crocodile could recover, despite Zhou Zheng's warning.
• Yang Ling dodged the crocodile's tail sweep, jumped onto its back, and raised his attributes with his techniques and weapons.
• Yang Ling leapt in front of the crocodile and unleashed Mad Demon Hundred Consecutive Chisels against its eyes with the Hundred Refined Qilin Crane-Mouth Hoe.

After Yang Ling killed the Fire Vein Poison Crocodile, Zhou Zheng assessed the beast and planned to forge armor and weapons from its remains. Yang Ling and Zhou Zheng began harvesting the corpse, with Zhou Zheng ready to start work at his smithy.

• The Players outside the Blazing Gold Ore debated Yang Ling's strength after hearing the Fire Vein Poison Crocodile roar, while Shi Xin worried about him and Chen Xu's group celebrated the prospect of mining.
• Zhou Zheng confirmed that Yang Ling had killed the Fire Vein Poison Crocodile and judged him to be a young Middle Sixth Rank with the potential to reach Fifth Rank.
• Yang Ling asked Zhou Zheng to make him a full set of armor and asked whether the crocodile's flesh could be made into nourishing soup, but Zhou Zheng warned that its fire poison made the meat deadly.
• Zhou Zheng explained that the crocodile's materials could produce one set of armor and at least ten weapons, and suggested smelting its horns into the armor for special properties.
• Yang Ling and Zhou Zheng began cutting up the crocodile's corpse so Zhou Zheng could take the materials to his smithy and begin forging.

Yang Ling accepted Zhao Qing’s wager for the Great Evolution Blood Qi Pill after arranging for Xu Wuji to hold it. He privately told Xu Wuji that the Fire Vein Poison Crocodile was already dead, and Xu Wuji gave him the pill to take.

• Zhao Qing offered to wager his Great Evolution Blood Qi Pill that Yang Ling could kill the Fire Vein Poison Crocodile within ten days.
• Yang Ling accepted the wager after Zhao Qing entrusted the pill to Xu Wuji for safekeeping.
• Zhao Qing and the others left, while the sects arranged guards at the mine entrance.
• Yang Ling privately told Xu Wuji that the Fire Vein Poison Crocodile was already dead and that he planned to use its horns to forge armor.
• Xu Wuji gave Yang Ling the pill and told him to take it while his victory was assured.

Yang Ling mined Blazing Gold Ore while practicing his martial skills, and Zhou Zheng watched him work before returning to his forging. As the mine’s surface facilities resumed construction, Yang Ling took Little White deeper into the mine to search for more ore.

• Yang Ling mined a vein of Blazing Gold Ore by using Flame Immunity in short bursts until the Earth Vein Fire faded, then dug out the ore and planned to focus on leveling up while practicing martial skills.
• Zhou Zheng spotted Yang Ling mining while using his hoe like a saber and practicing footwork and leg techniques, then concluded that Yang’s dedication might help them open the mine within five years.
• Zhao Qing and the others occasionally watched underground while construction around the mine resumed with help from the Three Major Sects, Qin Mo, and Yang Ling’s companions.
• On the wager’s second day, Yang Ling brought Little White into the mine; it recognized the Fire Vein Poison Crocodile’s meat as poisonous and avoided it.
• Yang Ling searched deeper for Blazing Gold Ore as the naturally sloping mine shaft led farther underground.

Yang Ling expanded the Blazing Gold mine, gathered ore, and waited for the Treasure Chest Fusion Slot to finish, but the fusion failed. On the seventh day of the wager, he brought Zhou Zheng more Blazing Gold and arrived as Zhou Zheng completed the protective gear set.

• Yang Ling weighed 483 jin of Blazing Gold, considered how to use it, and buried it in his Secret Forging Room.
• Yang Ling expanded the mine tunnels, survived another surge of Earth Vein Fire with Little White, and reached Level 63 after finding more Blazing Gold Ore.
• Yang Ling watched the Treasure Chest Fusion Slot reach 99 percent before it reset to zero and reported failure, lowering the next success rate to 20 percent.
• Yang Ling continued mining for the next several days, leveled up again, and sent nearly ten jin of Blazing Gold to Zhou Zheng for the protective gear set.
• On the seventh day, Yang Ling put two Free Attribute Points into Strength and visited Zhou Zheng, who was finishing the gold fusion and invited him to inspect the set.

Yang Ling tested the Fire Crocodile Set and found that it greatly increased his attributes and resisted ordinary attacks. He entered a tunnel filled with Earth Vein Fire to test the set’s final ability, which appeared to keep the flames away from him.

• Yang Ling wore the Fire Crocodile Set beneath his Seventh Rank Iron Clothes and discovered that the set’s attribute boosts took priority over the clothes’ Health bonus.
• Yang Ling tested the Fire Crocodile Set’s resilience and confirmed that it stretched back into shape and deflected a Seventh Rank crossbow bolt without damage.
• Zhou Zheng offered Yang Ling a Fire Crocodile Blade, but Yang Ling instead asked him to upgrade his Hundred Refined Red Gold Flying Daggers and gave him ten jin of red gold.
• Yang Ling entered a mine tunnel filled with Earth Vein Fire, and the flames stopped a few centimeters from the Fire Crocodile Set.

Yang Ling had Zhou Zheng upgrade his flying daggers and began preparing to coat Little White in Blazing Gold. After Zhao Qing taunted them at the mine, Sun Yi approached Yang Ling with an apparent request.

• Zhou Zheng upgraded Yang Ling's Hundred Refined Red Gold Flying Daggers into ninety-four Quenching Gold Armor Piercing Flying Daggers.
• Zhou Zheng explained that fifty jin of Blazing Gold could greatly strengthen Little White, and Yang Ling brought him forty-five jin to complete the coating.
• Yang Ling and Zhou Zheng returned to the surface to rest while Zhou Zheng smelted the Blazing Gold.
• Zhao Qing mocked Yang Ling for not confronting the Fire Vein Poison Crocodile and told Zhou Zheng to remain at the mine, but Zhou Zheng said he would follow Yang Ling.
• Sun Yi, a level 18 Player from Wuji Sect, approached Yang Ling nervously and introduced himself.

Yang Ling had Little White's shell coated with Blazing Gold, which triggered its evolution into a much larger, powerful Great Mother Red Gold Mantis. The chapter ended with Little White transformed and its strength still unknown.

• Zhou Zheng coated Little White's shell with Blazing Gold, thickening it and turning it dark gold.
• Yang Ling received a prompt that Little White could evolve and chose to evolve it.
• Zhou Zheng identified the golden light surrounding Little White as a rare Bloodline Mutation.
• After about an hour, Little White emerged horse-sized, with dark-gold wings, powerful blades, and an imposing aura.