Chapter Summaries

Li Shuyi became a Thunderwind Swordsman, activated her Combat Zeal talent, and improved her attributes. Mi Zhu then entrusted Bai Xiaowen and Li Shuyi with a secret letter for Liu Bei, triggering the historical storyline of the Three Cessions of Xuzhou.

• Bai Xiaowen recommended Thunderwind Swordsman, and Li Shuyi completed her class change and activated the Combat Zeal talent.
• Li Shuyi allocated her five free attribute points, raising her Agility and Constitution.
• Bai Xiaowen and Li Shuyi discussed their remaining time in the Three Kingdoms Plane World and Bai Xiaowen's quest to defeat Yellow Turban Army sorcerers.
• Mi Zhu thanked Bai Xiaowen and Li Shuyi, raised his Affection Level to Friend, and rewarded them with twenty Snow-White Silver Ingots.
• Mi Zhu gave Bai Xiaowen a secret letter to deliver to Liu Bei, activating a side quest and triggering the Three Cessions of Xuzhou storyline.

Bai Xiaowen saw through Mi Zhu’s attempt to recruit Liu Bei’s support against Tao Qian and negotiated a better reward for carrying Mi Zhu’s secret letter. He and Li Shuyi headed to Liu Bei’s camp, discussing how Tao Qian’s offers of Xuzhou were meant to test his own subordinates.

• Bai Xiaowen inferred that the Yellow Turbans had withdrawn and that Mi Zhu was secretly opposing Tao Qian, then refused Mi Zhu’s initial letter-delivery quest.
• Mi Zhu admitted that his family wanted Liu Bei to take control of Xuzhou and asked Bai Xiaowen to deliver a secret letter to Liu Bei.
• A new quest offered Bai Xiaowen ten Master-Forged Gold Ingots and a Fragment of the Book of Duplication, and Mi Zhu promised two more fragments would complete the treasure.
• Bai Xiaowen accepted the letter after negotiating the higher reward, and Li Shuyi praised his ability to talk his way into better quest rewards.
• As they traveled toward Liu Bei’s camp, Bai Xiaowen told Li Shuyi that Tao Qian’s offers of Xuzhou were tests of which subordinates supported Liu Bei taking power.

Bai Xiaowen delivered Liu Bei’s reply to Mi Zhu and proposed trapping the retreating Yellow Turbans at Le'an Ferry. Mi Zhu unlocked an S-Tier quest for Bai Xiaowen to destroy the ferry’s facilities and warships within three days, and Bai Xiaowen accepted.

• Bai Xiaowen and Li Shuyi decided not to pursue Liu Bei taking Xuzhou and instead sought valuable quests they could complete quickly.
• Bai Xiaowen gave Liu Bei the Yellow Turban badges and Mi Zhu’s letter, earning a promotion to General of the Gate and receiving Liu Bei’s secret reply to Mi Zhu.
• Bai Xiaowen shook a spy from Tao Qian’s residence and delivered Liu Bei’s warning to Mi Zhu.
• Bai Xiaowen proposed destroying Le'an Ferry and its boats to block the Yellow Turbans’ retreat, and Mi Zhu unlocked the S-Tier Assault Le'an quest.
• Bai Xiaowen accepted the quest to destroy Le'an Ferry’s basic facilities and burn its warships within three days.

Bai Xiaowen and Li Shuyi secured a small force from Liu Bei for a secret assault on Le'an Ferry, while Zhao Yun gave Li Shuyi a one-use mark to help her survive. The chapter left Bai Xiaowen’s group ambushed near Le’an, preparing to strike the Yellow Turban great physician and break the bandits’ force.

• Li Shuyi reasoned that Liu Bei wanted the Yellow Turbans to ravage Xuzhou before his army stepped in to win the people’s support, and Bai Xiaowen agreed.
• Liu Bei refused to send a major general to Le’an and assigned Zhang Chun with three hundred elite soldiers to assist Bai Xiaowen’s attack.
• Zhao Yun warned Bai Xiaowen and Li Shuyi about the danger, then left Li Shuyi a one-use mark that could unleash some of his strength and combat techniques for thirty seconds.
• Bai Xiaowen told Zhang Chun that their three hundred soldiers would attack the Yellow Turban altar in a wedge formation and kill the great physician.
• Zhang Chun reported that as many as a thousand Yellow Turban bandits guarded Le’an Ferry, and Bai Xiaowen recognized the great physician and his guards as the mission’s main threat.

Bai Xiaowen and Zhang Chun led a night assault on the Yellow Turban Army camp, where Bai Xiaowen and Li Shuyi killed an old Daoist priest and advanced toward the great healer. The chapter ended with the attackers reaching the altar, where the great healer stood surrounded by Elite Sword-and-Shield Soldiers.

• Bai Xiaowen and Zhang Chun led three hundred crack soldiers in a surprise attack, while Liu Bei's archers set the Yellow Turban Army camp ablaze.
• Bai Xiaowen used the Wooden Man to slow pursuing soldiers and coordinated the corporals' Intimidating Shouts to stop an old Daoist priest from attacking.
• Bai Xiaowen's summons and Li Shuyi killed the old priest, and Bai Xiaowen collected the Small Golden Treasure Chest.
• Bai Xiaowen compressed the demonic power in the Talisman Scripture, raising its purity while returning the infusion quest step to incomplete.
• Bai Xiaowen and Li Shuyi followed Zhang Chun's troops to the altar, where they found the Yellow Turban Army's great healer surrounded by elite soldiers.

Bai Xiaowen’s group fought the powerful Yellow Turban Army great healer while Zhang Chun’s troops held off the surrounding soldiers. After weakening the healer’s mental barrier and interrupting his spells, Rageclaw pinned him down as his health fell below one-third.

• Bai Xiaowen used Intimidation to frighten the healer’s guards, and Zhang Chun led his troops against them.
• The great healer summoned a Bronze Man, broke the Shadow Assassin’s Stealth, and attacked with lightning while Bai Xiaowen’s summons protected her.
• Bai Xiaowen, Li Shuyi, and their summoned creatures attacked the healer and wore away his mental barrier as Zhang Chun’s troops fought off reinforcements.
• The healer’s Chain Lightning badly damaged the summoned creatures, but Bai Xiaowen interrupted his next casting with Intimidation.
• Rageclaw pinned the weakened healer to the ground with its ultimate skill, interrupting his spell and suppressing him for 3.5 seconds.

Bai Xiaowen and Li Shuyi defeated the Yellow Turban Army grand physician Zhu Zhi, then helped rout the army at the ferry. After destroying the ferry facilities, they opened their first Elite Chest and discovered it contained a Skill Book.

• Zhu Zhi unleashed an expanding ring of lightning that destroyed Bai Xiaowen's remaining skeleton soldiers and injured Bai Xiaowen, Rageclaw, and Li Shuyi before he died.
• Bai Xiaowen and Li Shuyi treated Rageclaw's wounds as Zhu Zhi's death weakened the Yellow Turban Army and removed its enhancements.
• Bai Xiaowen took command of the remaining Liu Bei's Army soldiers, and he and Li Shuyi helped defeat the Yellow Turban Army at the ferry.
• Bai Xiaowen ordered Zhang Chun to burn the warships and destroy the ferry facilities after the enemy fled or died.
• Bai Xiaowen and Li Shuyi opened the three Elite Chests, and the card from the third chest revealed a Skill Book.

Bai Xiaowen and Li Shuyi opened Zhu Zhi’s S-Tier treasure chest, gaining valuable items that strengthened their team, and completed the Assault Le'an quest. After returning to Xuzhou, Bai Xiaowen learned of Liu Bei’s victory at Jiuli Mountain and combined three fragments into an A+ Tier Book of Duplication before heading to claim the remaining rewards.

• Bai Xiaowen gave Li Shuyi the Double Slash Skill Book, then drew an Elite Tier ring from a smaller chest and raised his Spirit to 25.
• Bai Xiaowen and Li Shuyi opened Zhu Zhi’s chest, obtaining a Bronze Man Token, a four-star Enhancement Card, the Demonfire Jade Pendant, a Fire Demon Benediction Scroll, and a Deception Talisman.
• Bai Xiaowen received Zhu Zhi’s Head and gained nearly 8,000 Psionic Points overall, while the Black Soul Stone’s growth rose to 78/100.
• Zhang Chun burned the boats at Le'an Ferry, completing the Assault Le'an quest, and Bai Xiaowen and Zhang Chun led their troops back toward Xuzhou.
• Mi Zhu welcomed the army into Xuzhou and told Bai Xiaowen that Guan Yu and Zhang Fei had killed Zhang Kai at Jiuli Mountain.
• Bai Xiaowen received two Book of Duplication fragments and 50 Master-Forged Gold Ingots, then combined three fragments into an A+ Tier Book of Duplication on his way to Liu Bei’s camp.

Bai Xiaowen copied the Talisman Scripture and used his exceptional memory to retake its test, improving his understanding of all four incantations to 100%. He earned a Perfect rating and comprehended the combat skill Talisman Switching, but had not yet confirmed whether to occupy a skill slot.

• Bai Xiaowen decided that he and Li Shuyi should leave Xuzhou because Liu Bei was unlikely to pursue the Yellow Turban Army and staying risked exposing them.
• Bai Xiaowen completed the Infusion step of the side quest with a perfect rating and used the Book of Duplication to create a second Talisman Scripture.
• Bai Xiaowen took the first Scripture test and earned an Excellent rating, qualifying to choose one of four talisman skills.
• Bai Xiaowen reconstructed the four incantations from memory and retook the test using the copied Scripture.
• Bai Xiaowen achieved a Perfect rating on all four incantations and comprehended Talisman Switching, which awaited confirmation for a combat skill slot.

Bai Xiaowen gained the three-star Talisman Switching skill and collected rewards from Liu Bei’s army after the victory at Le'an Ferry. He and Li Shuyi then secured leave to depart for the Southern Border, while Bai Xiaowen spent their merit points on supplies.

• Bai Xiaowen inspected Talisman Switching and explained to Li Shuyi that its four talisman effects shared a cooldown.
• Bai Xiaowen reported Zhu Zhi’s defeat and Le'an Ferry’s destruction to Liu Bei, crediting Zhang Chun with the kill.
• Liu Bei rewarded Bai Xiaowen and Li Shuyi with Revered faction reputation, Lieutenant rank, and 1450 merit points.
• Bai Xiaowen and Li Shuyi pooled their merit points to buy a Refined Thrust Sword, all ten jars of rice wine, and baozi.
• Bai Xiaowen told Liu Bei that he and Li Shuyi needed to observe mourning for their deceased master, and Liu Bei approved their leave.
• Bai Xiaowen and Li Shuyi bade farewell to Guan Yu, Zhao Yun, and the others.

Bai Xiaowen and Li Shuyi reviewed their Three Kingdoms World rewards and began enhancing their equipment at the settlement interface. Li Shuyi raised her Refined Thrust Sword to +3 and then used an Enhancement Card to boost her chance of reaching +4, leaving the result unresolved.

• Bai Xiaowen received C-Tier World Fame and the Night Combat Expert title, while Li Shuyi received D-Tier World Fame and the Night Combat Elite title.
• Bai Xiaowen explained the equipment enhancement costs and penalties, then proposed raising their weapons to +3 before using Enhancement Cards for +4.
• Li Shuyi enhanced her Refined Thrust Sword to +3 after five attempts, spending 1,500 Psionic Points.
• Bai Xiaowen gave Li Shuyi a 2-star Equipment Enhancement Card, and she placed the Worn Hand Crossbow and Ceremonial Rapier in its auxiliary slots to raise the success rate to 77.86%.
• Li Shuyi began enhancing the Refined Thrust Sword with the card and both auxiliary weapons, but the result had not yet appeared.

Li Shuyi and Bai Xiaowen enhanced their equipment before returning to Earth, where they reunited with Li Shuyi and Old Demon and reported their Spirit Realm exploration. Old Demon connected their Three Kingdoms Plane World scenario to the plane’s earlier unification and Reincarnation Reforging.

• Li Shuyi successfully enhanced her Refined Thrust Sword to +4, while Bai Xiaowen raised his Desert Eagle to +3.
• Li Shuyi enhanced the Demonfire Jade Pendant to +3, and Bai Xiaowen eventually enhanced the Warlock's Robe to +3 after several failures.
• Bai Xiaowen and Li Shuyi returned to Earth, with Bai Xiaowen arriving in his bathroom and mistaking Xiao Jun’s dog bath for an embarrassing situation.
• Li Shuyi arrived at Bai Xiaowen’s home with Old Demon and explained that she had been teleported into his apartment.
• Bai Xiaowen described their Three Kingdoms Plane World exploration to Old Demon, who linked the scenario to the plane’s past unification and Reincarnation Reforging.

Old Demon explained how plane worlds were reset and how the Spirit Realm matched Awakened to them. The next day, Bai Xiaowen’s Insight evolved into Telepathy, allowing him to access his summoned creatures’ memories and prompting a new offer to share their combat specialties.

• Old Demon told Bai Xiaowen that defeating all rival factions triggered a Plane Unification Scenario, after which the plane was rebuilt with changed details and reset relationships.
• Old Demon explained that the Spirit Realm matched Awakened to plane worlds and regions according to their levels, while Bai Xiaowen reflected on how this accounted for the low levels of Three Kingdoms figures.
• Old Demon left, and Xiao Jun accidentally threw a washbasin at Bai Xiaowen before he and Li Shuyi went to sleep.
• The next day, Bai Xiaowen received notifications that his Insight Talent had evolved and Mind Link had gained Telepathy, which let him sense his servants’ consciousness and memories.
• Bai Xiaowen used Telepathy and recognized one star’s memories as belonging to a Skeleton Sword-and-Shield Soldier, then received an offer to share the soldier’s combat and weapon specialties.

Bai Xiaowen discovered that Telepathy let him share his summoned creatures’ combat memories, dramatically improving his Combat Proficiency through practice. After finding the Shadow Assassin’s more advanced memories too difficult to learn yet, he planned to build up his skills first and arranged a livestream to restore his Earth Fame.

• Bai Xiaowen practiced combat movements while sharing an Elite Sword-and-Shield Soldier’s memories, and his Advanced Combat Proficiency increased rapidly.
• Bai Xiaowen connected to the Shadow Assassin and sensed Lyra Redleaf’s advanced combat memories, but decided to improve his own specialty level before studying them.
• Bai Xiaowen reflected that combat specialties could maximize attributes and protect him from close-combat attacks.
• He Zhiqing called Bai Xiaowen out for dinner, where Xiao Jun discreetly pinched him while Li Shuyi was present.
• Sister Yan warned Bai Xiaowen that his Earth Fame had fallen during his time in the Spirit Realm, so he arranged a livestream of virtual matches and asked Li Shuyi if she wanted to join.

After returning from the Spirit Realm, Bai Xiaowen updated his Virtual Battle Platform data and began his promotion matches while streaming. He won his first match by shooting the mage He Zihang, leaving him four matches and two more wins from promotion.

• Li Shuyi ordered a high-end virtual headset and watched Bai Xiaowen's livestream while she waited for it to arrive.
• Bai Xiaowen scanned his updated data and summoned creatures, removing the bandages from Wolf King Rageclaw and showing Xiao Jun and Li Shuyi how his summons had changed.
• Bai Xiaowen started his livestream and queued for a promotion match on a swamp map against Charge Is a Man's Romance.
• Bai Xiaowen used Insight to identify his opponent as the level-three spellcaster He Zihang, who mistook Bai Xiaowen for a warrior and began casting Arcane Blast.
• Bai Xiaowen shot the slowed He Zihang with his Desert Eagle, winning his first promotion match.

Bai Xiaowen won his second promotion match with ease, entertained his livestream viewers, and reflected on the likely fate of his missing father and sister. His third match began against Ye Xing, an Elite Tier assassin he had faced before, and Bai Xiaowen found him with Mental Scan, though his first shot missed.

• Bai Xiaowen thanked Proud Princess for sending him a hundred rockets and entered his second promotion match against Five-Fireball Cult.
• Bai Xiaowen used his Skeleton Sword-and-Shield Soldiers to corner Five-Fireball Cult and kill him before he could cast a skill.
• While waiting for his next match, Bai Xiaowen told his viewers a joke about his sister and privately considered that she and his father were probably gone.
• Bai Xiaowen entered his third match on a grassland map and recognized his opponent, Shadow Dancer, as Ye Xing, an Elite Tier assassin he had faced before.
• Bai Xiaowen used Mental Scan to locate Ye Xing, but Ye Xing dodged away and caused Bai Xiaowen's shot to miss.

Bai Xiaowen searched for the concealed Ye Xing with his summoned creatures, then used Intimidation and a Binding Talisman to stop Ye Xing’s attack. His summons surrounded and killed Ye Xing, leaving Bai Xiaowen the victor of their battle.

• Ye Xing vanished into Stealth, while Bai Xiaowen summoned creatures and sent his Skeleton Sword-and-Shield Soldiers to search for him.
• Ye Xing attacked Bai Xiaowen from behind with Shadow Strike, but Bai Xiaowen’s Intimidation inflicted Fear until Ye Xing used Nectar to dispel it.
• Ye Xing struck a Straw Demon Soldier with Throat Cut, then dodged the Straw Demon Soldiers’ Slowing Strikes and used Flash Step to catch up with Bai Xiaowen.
• Bai Xiaowen bound Ye Xing with a blue talisman, giving his summoned creatures time to surround him.
• Ye Xing killed one Straw Demon Soldier but was overwhelmed by the summons and died when his Life Value reached zero.

Su He encouraged Ye Xing after his losses to Bai Xiaowen by urging him to compete for National Exam Top Scholar. Meanwhile, Bai Xiaowen advanced in the Awakened Battle Platform, earned a large sum from streaming, and learned that his father wanted him and Li Shuyi to visit.

• Ye Xing lost to Bai Xiaowen again, and Su He tried to restore his confidence by pointing out Ye Xing's prospects in team competition and the National College Entrance Examination.
• Ye Xing decided he could beat Bai Xiaowen by winning the National Exam Top Scholar title, and Su He promised to arrange extra Combat Specialty lessons.
• Bai Xiaowen advanced to Bronze Tier Five and answered viewers' questions about his skills before ending his stream.
• Proud Princess gave Bai Xiaowen ten Super Rockets, helping his streaming earnings exceed 200,000 yuan for the hour.
• Li Shuyi asked Bai Xiaowen who Proud Princess was, then told him that his father had returned and wanted them to visit.

Li Beihai summoned Bai Xiaowen and Li Shuyi to assess her new class, arrange her guild contract, and reward Bai Xiaowen for helping her complete her Class Change quest. After the guild staff left, Li Beihai stopped Bai Xiaowen and called for Blade.

• Li Chengbin assessed Li Shuyi's class and Combat Zeal talent, then recommended a B-Tier long-term contract, which she accepted.
• Li Shuyi insisted on staying at Bai Xiaowen's home, and Li Beihai objected before she overruled him.
• Li Beihai gave Bai Xiaowen 30,000 Psionic Points for helping Li Shuyi complete her Class Change quest, and Bai Xiaowen accepted them.
• Fan Jianren reviewed Bai Xiaowen's Guild Contribution Points, and Bai Xiaowen confirmed his total of 1,710.
• After Li Chengbin and Fan Jianren left, Li Beihai called for Blade to enter the office.

Li Beihai arranged for Blade Nie Kong to coach Bai Xiaowen and Li Shuyi, but Nie Kong dismissed their chances and provoked Bai Xiaowen into arguing with him. After Nie Kong left, Bai Xiaowen declined further guidance for himself and asked Li Beihai to teach Li Shuyi instead.

• Li Beihai told Bai Xiaowen that intelligence he and Li Shuyi gathered was worth 500 Guild Contribution Points.
• Li Beihai introduced Blade Nie Kong, captain of the guild's main team, and asked him to coach Bai Xiaowen and Li Shuyi until the National College Entrance Examination.
• Nie Kong judged that neither Bai Xiaowen nor Li Shuyi could become National Exam Top Scholar and called teaching them a waste of time.
• Bai Xiaowen challenged Nie Kong's attitude, and Nie Kong explained that he became captain because he was strong.
• Old Demon explained that Nie Kong was talented in combat but relied on him to handle people in the Spirit Realm.
• Bai Xiaowen declined coaching for himself and asked Li Beihai to teach Li Shuyi if he had time.