Chapter Summaries

Matron Cynthia’s Drow Elves turned into Zombies after the humans activated a dormant plague drug with Zombie Lure Fluid, while White Stone City remained safe. Viscount Dennis’s Imperial Expeditionary Force arrived and attacked the Zombies as Bai Xiaowen considered the limits of his authority and asked to claim Cynthia as a target.

• Matron Cynthia ordered the Drow troops to retreat after barrels of gray-white liquid struck their reserves, but the liquid activated a drug that transformed them into Zombies.
• Cynthia and the priestesses sent the mist toward White Stone City, but Cecilia explained that the toxin was already dormant in the Drow Elves and that the city’s people had not taken the drug.
• Cynthia accused the humans of planning to kill the Drow Elves, then transformed into a Zombie as Marcia and Alba attacked her.
• Viscount Dennis led the Imperial Expeditionary Force in cutting down the Drow Elf Zombies outside White Stone City, and Cecilia recognized that Dio had arrived.
• Bai Xiaowen reflected that Emperor Nicholas IV had kept command of the Imperial troops from him because he was an Awakened, then asked Dennis to let his team fight the dangerous Zombie Cynthia.

Bai Xiaowen faced Matriarch Cynthia and two former priestesses after they became Zombie bosses, while Viscount Dennis watched to see how he would handle them. Bai Xiaowen’s summoned army overwhelmed the bosses, and Butcher took over against the Zombified Matriarch as her battle continued.

• Viscount Dennis assigned the three Zombie bosses to Bai Xiaowen and divided the rest of the battlefield among the Imperial Army.
• Bai Xiaowen refused his teammates’ offer to help and summoned his forces to fight the three bosses alone.
• The Death Knight and Terror Knights charged the two priestess Zombies, while the Skeleton Champion and Skeleton Sword-and-Shield Soldiers engaged Matriarch Cynthia.
• Matriarch Cynthia’s Ghostly Claw crippled two Skeleton Soldiers, and her Rotting Blood released poisonous mist from her wound.
• Bai Xiaowen sent Butcher against Matriarch Cynthia, and Butcher battered her while resisting the poisonous mist.

Bai Xiaowen used Undead Fusion to combine three badly wounded Terror Knights into a powerful Giant Terror Knight, turning the fight against the Zombified bosses. The battle continued with Bai Xiaowen’s forces gaining the upper hand, and Viscount Dennis’s doubts about him eased.

• The Zombified Matriarch roared and drew nearby Zombies toward Bai Xiaowen, forcing him to change his tactics.
• Fatty released Rotting Poison Mist while Kitz and Delifa guarded Bai Xiaowen, and Rageclaw charged the Zombified Matriarch.
• Bai Xiaowen fused three wounded Terror Knights into a Giant Terror Knight, which killed the Zombified Priestess it faced.
• The Giant Terror Knight repeatedly used Blood Enslavement to raise Skeleton Soldiers from slain Zombies and briefly outperformed the Death Knight.
• Viscount Dennis watched Bai Xiaowen handle the Zombified bosses and felt less bitterness toward him.

After eliminating the Drow Elf Zombies, Bai Xiaowen’s team secured valuable loot and chose not to give Nicholas IV a map that could trigger a campaign to unify Kane. Back on Earth, the White Phoenix Team continued its winning streak and Bai Xiaowen prepared to search the Beijing Exchange Conference for a class-change treasure for Xiao Jun.

• The Imperial Expeditionary Force and White Stone City’s defenders destroyed the Drow Elf Zombie army, and Dennis led the force to garrison Blackrock Fortress.
• Bai Xiaowen opened the treasure chests and gave Qiao Rui the Dark Elf Headdress, while keeping the Underworld Military Map instead of offering it to Nicholas IV.
• Bai Xiaowen examined the Deception Orb, which could copy a person’s appearance and Psychic Field aura for twenty-four hours.
• Bai Xiaowen returned to Earth with Li Shuyi, Qiao Rui, and Han Xu, preserving the Fief Token’s remaining stay time for a future move by the Remnants.
• The four-person White Phoenix Team won fourteen matches during Competition Month and rose to second place in league points as Bai Xiaowen’s shop profits surged.
• Bai Xiaowen set his sights on the Beijing Exchange Conference, hoping to find a Class Change-type psychic treasure for Xiao Jun.

Bai Xiaowen and Qiao Rui attended the official Awakened Exchange in Beijing, where Bai Xiaowen prepared items to trade under the event’s strict pricing rules. He ended the chapter by revealing the Seastone Spire as a high-profile item that could draw bids for a Class-Change Treasure.

• Bai Xiaowen and Qiao Rui arrived in Beijing and entered their assigned quiet room for the official exchange.
• Qiao Rui explained the exchange’s rules for scanning, pricing, and trading items through anonymous bids.
• Bai Xiaowen listed more than a dozen items, including the Thunderstorm skill book, Golden Ring Belt, and Legion Ripper.
• Bai Xiaowen priced the Legion Ripper in a way designed to attract holders of Class-Change psionic treasures.
• Bai Xiaowen revealed the Seastone Spire, the dark gold weapon dropped by the Deep Sea Lord Vazhatas.

Bai Xiaowen browsed the exchange’s sealed-bid listings, bid on the Bloodstained Battle Flag, and discovered that someone had bid on his Seastone Spire. The chapter ended when Qiao Rui spotted a listing for a set on the next page.

• Bai Xiaowen listed Seastone Spire for 99 Class-Change Treasures to attract serious buyers and negotiators.
• Bai Xiaowen examined the special items and found the Bloodstained Battle Flag, which Qiao Rui thought might help locate an Ancient China Plane.
• Bai Xiaowen bid three Superior Psionic Crystals on the Bloodstained Battle Flag.
• Bai Xiaowen sorted equipment listings by value and saw that someone had already placed a sealed bid on Seastone Spire.
• Bai Xiaowen continued to the next page, where Qiao Rui noticed that someone was selling a set.

Bai Xiaowen and Qiao Rui tracked down Liu Quansheng to negotiate for his Viper's Jaw, the missing piece of Bai Xiaowen's dagger set. Several other interested buyers withdrew after recognizing Qiao Rui, and Bai Xiaowen began bargaining with Liu Quansheng over his demand for 200,000 Psionic Points.

• Bai Xiaowen recognized Liu Quansheng's Viper's Jaw as the missing piece of his set and decided to find the seller.
• Qiao Rui learned that the seller was Liu Quansheng, a Level 6 strength-type Awakened from Dragon River Base City, and that others had asked about their room.
• Bai Xiaowen and Qiao Rui visited Liu Quansheng in Room 224 before several other interested groups arrived and left after seeing Qiao Rui.
• Lin Haoyang, Fang Ziyi, and Fang Qinghua also recognized Bai Xiaowen and chose not to compete for the dagger.
• Liu Quansheng demanded 200,000 Psionic Points, and Bai Xiaowen argued that the incomplete set piece was not worth that much.

Bai Xiaowen bought the Viper's Jaw dagger from Liu Quansheng, then invited five groups to make sealed bids for his Dark Gold weapon, Seastone Spire. After reviewing their offers, he dismissed three groups and kept the Fang Family and Hundred Battles Guild representatives to continue negotiations.

• Bai Xiaowen paid Liu Quansheng 150,000 Psionic Points for the Viper's Jaw dagger and warned him against dwelling on whether he owned the other set piece.
• Five groups visited Bai Xiaowen to bid for Seastone Spire, including the Fang Family delegation led by Fang Qinghua and his fourth uncle.
• Bai Xiaowen required each group to submit one sealed bid containing a Class Change psionic treasure and no more than two additional items.
• Bai Xiaowen reviewed the five bids and told three groups that their offers fell short, while allowing the Fang Family and Hundred Battles Guild representatives to stay.
• The dismissed groups objected, but Fourth Uncle Fang and the Hundred Battles Guild representative backed Bai Xiaowen, and the three groups left.

Bai Xiaowen weighed offers from the Fang Family and the Hundred Battles Guild for his Dark Gold weapon, Seastone Spire. After inspecting the Gliding Boots and negotiating over compensation, he became interested in the Guild’s offer of a Dragon Set component.

• Bai Xiaowen compared the Fang Family’s and the Hundred Battles Guild’s nearly identical offers and asked to inspect their proposed items.
• Fourth Uncle Fang showed Bai Xiaowen the Gliding Boots, whose Drifting Ice skill let the wearer cast spells while moving.
• Bai Xiaowen argued that the offered Dark Gold items and Psionic Points did not adequately match Seastone Spire’s value, and asked for a more appealing psionic item.
• Fourth Uncle Fang offered several scrolls and techniques, but Bai Xiaowen rejected them because the deal could include only three types of trade items.
• The Hundred Battles Guild representative obtained approval to offer Dragon’s Visage instead of 200,000 Psionic Points and showed Bai Xiaowen the Dragon Set’s two-piece and four-piece skills.

Bai Xiaowen used negotiations with the Hundred Battles Guild to pressure Fourth Uncle Fang, then traded the Seastone Spire for Fang’s Gliding Boots and Wordless Jade Slip. The Hundred Battles Guild accepted Legion Ripper as a substitute, while Fang Qinghua left impressed and frustrated by Bai Xiaowen’s success.

• Bai Xiaowen examined the Hundred Battles Guild’s Dragon’s Visage helmet and learned that the guild had no other Dragon Set pieces.
• Fourth Uncle Fang offered Bai Xiaowen the mysterious Wordless Jade Slip and Gliding Boots, which he had chosen for Qiao Rui.
• Bai Xiaowen accepted Fourth Uncle Fang’s trade, exchanging the Seastone Spire for the Gliding Boots and Wordless Jade Slip.
• Bai Xiaowen offered the Hundred Battles Guild Legion Ripper at a discount as a substitute for the Seastone Spire, and its representative showed interest.
• Fourth Uncle Fang left with Fang Qinghua, who felt dismayed by how far the younger Bai Xiaowen had risen.

Bai Xiaowen traded for Class-Change Treasures and bought the King Cobra's Venom Sac at the Beijing exchange, where he also revealed the powerful set effect of the Twin Serpent Fangs. He visited the Qiao Family with Qiao Rui and returned to Jinghai, leaving Xiao Jun's Class Change and Shu Yi's new weapons for the future.

• Bai Xiaowen accepted the Fang Family's jade bi for Xiao Jun and traded Legion Ripper to the Hundred Battles Guild for the Heart of Thorns.
• Bai Xiaowen bought the King Cobra's Venom Sac for thirty thousand Psionic Points to enhance the Adder Fang daggers.
• Bai Xiaowen revealed the Twin Serpent Fangs' set effect, which granted 12 agility and let each dagger attack trigger an additional attack for thirty seconds.
• Bai Xiaowen and Qiao Rui decided to keep the daggers as backup weapons for Shu Yi.
• Bai Xiaowen visited the Qiao Family with Qiao Rui, then returned to Jinghai with her.

Bai Xiaowen met Camille, who explained the fallout from the failed Kane Plane operation and gave him a device that would let her follow him into a future Spirit Realm. After Camille left, he learned the Virtual Battle Platform wanted him to star in its CG trailer.

• Bai Xiaowen arrived home and asked Camille and her party to discuss their business with him in the study.
• Camille told Bai Xiaowen that the failed Class 129 operation led to Andre and Auguste leaving, Richard Cwell becoming class leader, and a new round of fundraising.
• Camille repaid Bai Xiaowen 110,000 Psionic Points and agreed to follow him into the Spirit Realm when he entered again in July.
• Camille used a Spatial Coordinate Locking Device to lock her coordinates to Bai Xiaowen so she could follow him into his matched plane.
• After Camille and her party left, Sister Zheng told Bai Xiaowen that the Virtual Battle Platform wanted him to star in its '98 CG trailer.

Bai Xiaowen negotiated his role in the 1998 Virtual Battle Platform CG and approved a new Spirit Medium skin, then focused on the White Phoenix Team’s final B-League matches. The regular season ended with the team undefeated in individual games and second in the Southeast Region standings, securing a playoff place.

• Mr. Jiang offered Bai Xiaowen an important role in the 1998 CG and presented concept art for his new Overlord Series skin, which Bai approved.
• Bai Xiaowen left the CG negotiations to Sister Zheng and explained that he would prioritize winning the B-League over seeking extra exposure.
• Bai Xiaowen filmed his scenes at the Virtual Battle Platform studio in one day, then returned his attention to his territory, the league, and self-improvement.
• The White Phoenix Team continued winning 2–0 matches with an incomplete lineup and preserved its undefeated record in individual games through the regular season.
• The Southeast Region standings placed Silver Frost Team first, White Phoenix Team second, Jingwu Team third, and Star-Moon Team fourth, with all four qualifying for the playoffs.

Sky Lake Team and Solitary Heart Team faced off in their final regular-season match, with both hoping to lose and avoid meeting White Phoenix Team in the playoffs. White Phoenix Team watched as the rivals began a match full of conspicuously awkward tactics.

• The Southwest Region's final standings came down to Sky Lake Team and Solitary Heart Team, whose winner would take third place and face White Phoenix Team in the playoffs.
• Solitary Heart's president and coach told the starting players to field their main roster and show good sportsmanship, while hinting that they should lose to Sky Lake.
• Sky Lake captain Pei Yibo banned Conquest Mode, and Solitary Heart captain Tan Cheng banned King of the Hill Mode, leaving the commentators to invent explanations for the choices.
• The teams drew True Kill Mode, and Sky Lake marksman Jiang Gen hit Tan Cheng with a Heavy Crossbow Shot despite trying to miss.
• Tan Cheng charged slowly toward Jiang Gen under the slowing effect while Jiang Gen kept firing, and the match continued.

Bai Xiaowen and the White Phoenix Team prepared for their May 10 playoff elimination match while Xiao Jun entered the Spirit Realm to Awaken using her class-change treasure. The team also watched the Virtual Battle Platform’s new CG, which featured Bai Xiaowen and previewed plans for his Spirit Lord character.

• Sky Lake Team and Solitary Heart Team deliberately fed kills in their final match to avoid facing White Phoenix Team, and Solitary Heart won 2–0 to claim third place in the Southwest Region.
• White Phoenix Team learned that its first-round elimination match against Solitary Heart Team would begin on May 10.
• After reaching 20 attribute points, Xiao Jun received gear, supplies, and safety advice from Bai Xiaowen, Qiao Rui, Li Shuyi, and Han Xu before entering the Spirit Realm to Awaken.
• The White Phoenix Team watched the 1998 New Year CG, which gave Bai Xiaowen and Roaring Heavenly Lord equal prominence and showed Bai Xiaowen wearing the Lord of Spirit Medium: Reign skin.
• Bai Xiaowen said the Spirit Lord character template would be promoted in July and would not affect the June finals.

Xiao Jun returned from the Ancient China Plane after completing her S+ Class-Change quest by absorbing Dragon Qi from the Qing Dynasty’s protected Manchu Dragon Vein. She awakened as a Hero Class and left the dragon vein nearly drained before escaping the tomb.

• Bai Xiaowen explained that Spirit Lord and Spirit Channeling were separate heroes, while the publisher’s skin sale encouraged players to buy both.
• Xiao Jun returned from the Spirit Realm, and Bai Xiaowen recognized that her Psychic Field had become that of a Hero Class.
• Xiao Jun explained that her quest in the Qing Dynasty era required her to find the Manchu Dragon Vein and absorb its Dragon Qi with the Ornately Carved Jade Bi.
• Xiao Jun joined the Heaven and Earth Society, gathered intelligence, stole and memorized a map of the dragon vein, then led the society’s fighters toward it.
• Lang Tan’s cavalry crushed the Heaven and Earth Society’s forces, so Xiao Jun disguised herself as an imperial guard and reached the tomb alone.
• Xiao Jun killed two Elite Level 3 guardians, entered the tomb, and absorbed nearly all the Dragon Qi before completing her Class Change and escaping.

Xiao Jun returned from her first Spirit Realm Awakening after earning the Dragon Jade Guardian class, and Bai Xiaowen praised her success while warning her not to become complacent. The group examined her class and exclusive Dragon Vein Jade Disc, whose first form granted powerful attribute-shifting and Charisma effects.

• Xiao Jun proudly described her performance, and Bai Xiaowen praised her while pointing out that relying on the Heaven and Earth Society had nearly caused her class advancement to fail.
• Bai Xiaowen advised Xiao Jun to look for stronger factions and allies in historical planes, then reminded her that armies—not personal strength—were needed to fight armies.
• Qiao Rui eased the tension and asked Xiao Jun to display her attributes, revealing her Dragon Jade Guardian class and its Imperial Dragon Qi passive.
• Qiao Rui and Li Shuyi praised Imperial Dragon Qi for balancing Holy damage with damage reduction, while Bai Xiaowen explained how percentage-based damage reduction stacked multiplicatively.
• Xiao Jun displayed her Dragon Vein Jade Disc in its Dragon-Binding Jade Lock form, which could reshape her attributes and temporarily double her base Charisma.

Bai Xiaowen advised Xiao Jun on her new skills and attributes while preparing the White Phoenix Team to return to Kane and help Cecilia deal with the Plague Lord’s forces. After Cecilia sent a signal, the team used the Northland Fief Token to travel to Kane for a four-day mission.

• Bai Xiaowen and Qiao Rui explained how Xiao Jun could train her Transformation skill and warned her to master it before entering the Spirit Realm alone.
• Xiao Jun identified Strength as her specialty, assigned her 10 free attribute points to Constitution, and prepared to train with the White Phoenix Team and take the early college entrance examination.
• Cecilia reported that the Plague Lord’s Remnants had crossed the Blackrock Line and that spies were investigating White Stone City, likely seeking the Zombie Doctor.
• Bai Xiaowen told Cecilia to keep watching the research institute and use the Zombie Doctor as bait to draw out the enemy.
• Cecilia sent a clear signal the next day, and Bai Xiaowen and his teammates traveled to Kane using the Northland Fief Token.

Cecilia rallied White Stone City's troops to march against the Remnants while Bai Xiaowen attacked their camp with Ultimate Plague Bane. After landing among the enemy forces, Bai Xiaowen activated his Harbinger of Misfortune title, and its effects began to spread across the battlefield.

• Cecilia urged White Stone City's guards to avenge the scholar and march north against the Remnants, while Bai Xiaowen told Zombie Doctor to stay in the Lord's Manor.
• Cecilia reported that Gatman the Shatterer, Kridan the Skullsplitter, and Gaors the Plague Envoy commanded about six thousand Remnants, and she prepared three hundred barrels of Ultimate Plague Bane for Bai Xiaowen.
• Bai Xiaowen left with Qiao Rui, Shu Yi, and Han Xu, then arranged for Cecilia to lead the army north and attack when she saw his signal.
• Bai Xiaowen flew over the Remnants' camp on Er-Er and dropped barrels of Ultimate Plague Bane, causing infected undead to claw at themselves and spread the plague.
• Bai Xiaowen leaped into the enemy camp, where Gatman ordered the Remnants to attack him.
• Bai Xiaowen activated his Harbinger of Misfortune title, and a gray mist enveloped nearby enemies and Bai Xiaowen after five seconds of combat.

Bai Xiaowen used Harbinger of Misfortune to slow and infect the Remnant army while protecting himself with Butcher's Rotting Poison Mist. Cecilia's Winged Cavalry attacked the Remnants, whose warlords entered the fight, and Li Shuyi struck Kridan the Skullsplitter.

• Harbinger of Misfortune expanded to a thousand-meter radius, inflicting multiple negative statuses on Bai Xiaowen and the Remnants.
• Bai Xiaowen summoned Butcher and used Rotting Poison Mist to protect himself and keep the Remnants exposed to Ultimate Plague Bane.
• Cecilia sent White Stone City's forces into battle, and the Winged Cavalry's volley and charge broke apart the Remnant formation.
• Gatman the Shatterer killed a Winged Cavalryman with Steel Cyclone before Cecilia drove him back and Qiao Rui healed the wounded.
• Qiao Rui and Sister Celine detected Kridan the Skullsplitter, and Sister Celine exposed him with Holy Word: Radiance.
• Li Shuyi attacked Kridan the Skullsplitter with seven sword strikes while using Invincible Slash.