Arc 1The Saint’s Novice Zone

Xiao Fan created powerful Heaven-Tier skills, was assigned to the dangerous District 18 Novice Village, and built a capable hunting team. After they defeated the Diamond Behemoth and several other bosses, Xiao Fan planned to level up his teammates and explore deeper into Southwest Forest.

  • Xiao Fan created Halo of the Saint and Gift of the Saint, then helped Chen Xuewei’s team defeat the Green-Eyed Ink-Patterned Flood Dragon and win the entrance exam.
  • Chen Zhiqiang forced Xiao Fan to accept admission to District 18 and threatened his family if he stayed near Chen Xuewei.
  • Xiao Fan entered Novice Village as Jiu Chen and discovered he could restore his mana by pulling up and replanting Seven-Colored Flowers.
  • Xiao Fan commanded Han the Person, Garfield Without Fat, Swift as Wind, and Zai Zai as they hunted Red-Eyed Rabbits and defeated the Diamond Behemoth after other players fled.
  • Xiao Fan refused to recruit the deserters, replenished his mana with Seven-Colored Flowers, and led his team to hunt beasts in Northwest Forest.
  • Xiao Fan’s team defeated Red Flame Foxes and a Green Wood Wolf, then answered Mom Is Not Home’s call for help against a Red-Eyed Rabbit Boss.
  • Xiao Fan’s team killed the Red-Eyed Rabbit Boss in ten seconds, and Xiao Fan planned to raise his teammates to level three before exploring deeper into Southwest Forest.
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Ch. 1Cloud Sea

Xiao Fan learned that he would enter Cloud Sea in seven days, where choosing the right Skill Chain could determine his survival and future. After hearing Little Fatty boast about buying a Mystic Rank Skill Chain, Xiao Fan returned home and overheard his uncle speaking inside.

  • A teacher warned Xiao Fan's class that creating skills without a compatible Skill Chain could be dangerous, then tested them on the Vertical and Horizontal Three Blades chain.
  • Xiao Fan recalled his death on Earth while saving a drowning child and his arrival on Blue Star, where the Black Fog had forced people into Cloud Sea.
  • Chen Xuewei recited the stages and requirements of the Vertical and Horizontal Three Blades Skill Chain.
  • Little Fatty told Xiao Fan that his father had paid five million for a Mystic Rank Skill Chain and promised to look after him in Cloud Sea.
  • Xiao Fan returned to the home he shared with Xiao Yi's family and stopped at the door when he heard his uncle speaking inside.

Ch. 2Newbie Weapon Cost

Xiao Fan learned that his knowledge of fantasy games could help him create unusual skills in Cloud Sea, but his family could not afford the beginner weapon he needed. After Uncle Xiao collapsed, Xiao Fan chose his uncle’s treatment over a weapon and prepared to enter Cloud Sea without one.

  • Xiao Fan discovered that people on Blue Star created only ordinary skills because they lacked the imagination shaped by myths and fantasy stories.
  • Xiao Fan learned that a beginner weapon cost thirty thousand yuan and worried about asking his family for the money.
  • Uncle Xiao collapsed at home, and the doctor warned that he needed immediate treatment or might never stand again.
  • Xiao Fan told Uncle Xiao to get treatment and said he could enter Cloud Sea as a Healer without a beginner weapon.
  • Xiao Fan bought hemostatic medicine, alcohol, and bandages, packed his supplies, and went to bed before entering Cloud Sea.

Ch. 3The Creation Succeeded

Xiao Fan chose the Healer Class and entered Cloud Sea as Jiu Chen, planning to create healing skills inspired by games from his previous life. His first original skill passed review, confirming he could create abilities beyond the limits of reality.

  • Xiao Fan turned down Little Fatty’s offer to lend him money and explained that he chose the Healer Class for safety and to create better healing skills.
  • Little Fatty, whose name was Zhang Xiashi, promised to team up with Xiao Fan and help him level up.
  • The students gathered on the sports field, and Director Li activated the login devices that transported them into Cloud Sea.
  • Xiao Fan created his character, Jiu Chen, and checked his attributes and Saint trait before designing a skill.
  • Xiao Fan submitted his original skill for review, and the system announced that its creation had succeeded.

Ch. 4Halo of the Saint

Xiao Fan created the Heaven-Tier skill Halo of the Saint, hid his identity after the system announced it across Cloud Sea, and received a bonus skill-creation opportunity and 500 Core Power. He entered the game, reunited with his classmate, and learned the school’s rules for a five-hour beast-hunting exam.

  • Xiao Fan inspected Halo of the Saint and saw that it required high attributes and the unique Saint trait.
  • Xiao Fan hid his ID when the system announced that a mysterious player had created a Heaven-Tier Skill, prompting players and faction leaders across Cloud Sea to react.
  • The system rewarded Xiao Fan with an extra free skill-creation opportunity and 500 Core Power, and he decided to save the opportunity for later.
  • Xiao Fan entered the game and heard that his chubby classmate had failed to learn the first skill in a Mystic Rank Skill Chain because he lacked one point of Agility.
  • The Principal instructed students to form teams of five and hunt level 1 and 2 Fierce Beasts in Cloud Sea Forest for five hours to earn exam points.

Ch. 5Forming a Team

Xiao Fan and Zhang Mo joined Chen Xuewei’s team for the exam, despite Zhang Huanhuan and Zhang Chao objecting to their inclusion. As the teams entered the forest, the principal and dean speculated about who had created a Heaven-Tier Skill, and Chen Xuewei’s team quickly took the lead on the Score Counter.

  • Several classmates invited Xiao Fan to join their teams because he had chosen the Healer Class, but they refused to team up with Zhang Mo.
  • Chen Xuewei invited Xiao Fan and Zhang Mo to join her team, which already included Zhang Huanhuan and Zhang Chao.
  • Zhang Huanhuan and Zhang Chao objected to the newcomers, but Chen Xuewei told them they could leave if they would not accept them.
  • The teams entered the forest for the exam, while the principal and dean discussed the newly created Heaven-Tier Skill and predicted Chen Xuewei would win.
  • The Score Counter showed Chen Xuewei’s five team members at the top.

Ch. 6The Exam

In the Cloud Sea Forest, Xiao Fan and his teammates killed Fierce Beasts to advance in the exam, while Xiao Fan concealed his unusual way of strengthening himself. After the team leveled up, a dangerous presence appeared to be approaching them.

  • Chen Xuewei killed three Iron-Eating Rats after Xiao Fan sensed their ambush and warned the team.
  • Chen Xuewei rebuked Zhang Yuanyuan for mocking Xiao Fan, and the team agreed to stay alert in the forest.
  • Zhang Chao proposed giving Chen Xuewei the team’s first ten Core Power so she could level up and kill beasts faster.
  • Chen Xuewei reached level two, and later the rest of the team, including Xiao Fan, also reached level two.
  • Xiao Fan noticed that his Halo of the Saint had gained no MP because nobody had been injured, then sensed a dangerous presence approaching.
  • The other four raised their weapons and scanned the surroundings after Xiao Fan warned them.

Ch. 7The Green-Eyed Ink-Patterned Flood Dragon

Xiao Fan and his companions faced a level-three Green-Eyed Ink-Patterned Flood Dragon in the Cloud Sea Forest, struggling to survive as their attacks barely dented its health. Xiao Fan created the Heaven Rank skill Gift of the Saint, but its effects had not yet been used when the chapter ended.

  • Xiao Fan and the others spotted the Green-Eyed Ink-Patterned Flood Dragon and realized they could not outrun the level-three Wild Boss.
  • Xiao Fan ordered the group to spread out, draw the dragon's attention in turns, and attack its weak spot, but their blows dealt little damage.
  • The Green-Eyed Ink-Patterned Flood Dragon targeted Little Fatty and sent him flying, while Chen Xuewei drew its aggro and Xiao Fan tried to treat him with a bandage.
  • As the group weakened, Xiao Fan created a support skill and waited anxiously for the system to approve it.
  • The system approved Gift of the Saint, a Heaven Rank skill that shielded and healed allies, increased their speed, and removed negative status effects.

Ch. 8Second Skill

Xiao Fan created and used Gift of the Saint to revive and empower Chen Xuewei and the others against the Green-Eyed Ink-Patterned Flood Dragon. After upgrading the skill, he warned the party as its fifteen-second effect ended, leaving them to continue the fight at a slower pace.

  • As Chen Xuewei was about to be struck by the Green-Eyed Ink-Patterned Flood Dragon, Xiao Fan’s Gift of the Saint restored and shielded her, letting her dodge its tail.
  • Xiao Fan urged Chen Xuewei and the others to attack while his skill’s Radiant Domain boosted their speed and healing, and even the Fatty recovered and rejoined the fight.
  • Following Xiao Fan’s kiting strategy, the four fighters avoided the Flood Dragon’s attacks and reduced its HP to 250.
  • Xiao Fan received 200 Core Power for creating a Heaven-Tier Skill, checked his character information, and upgraded Gift of the Saint to level two.
  • Xiao Fan warned the group when Gift of the Saint’s effect ended, and Chen Xuewei and the others adjusted to fighting without its speed and healing boost.

Ch. 9Another Heaven-Tier Skill

Xiao Fan and his teammates killed the Level Three Green-Eyed Ink-Patterned Flood Dragon and divided their Core Power, while the group wondered at his powerful support skill. Elsewhere, school officials and leaders across the nations reacted to the creation of another Heaven-Tier Skill and ordered an investigation into its creator.

  • Xiao Fan used his support skill again, helping the team defeat the Green-Eyed Ink-Patterned Flood Dragon.
  • Chen Xuewei, Zhang Yuanyuan, Zhang Chao, and Fatty thanked Xiao Fan and agreed to share future Core Power equally, giving Xiao Fan an extra point from the Boss's 16-point reward.
  • Xiao Fan accepted his share, checked his Core Power, and resolved to create a damage skill next.
  • Chen Xuewei asked whether Xiao Fan's aura was a skill, and he admitted it before she and the others stopped asking about its rank.
  • The Principal and the Dean learned that another Heaven-Tier Skill had been created, while leaders in various nations ordered their players to find its creator.

Ch. 1010: 100 Points

Chen Xuewei's team earned a record-breaking score after killing a level-three Wild Boss, while Xiao Fan's team finished the exam with a haul of Core Power. The group left Mist Forest and went to check the final rankings.

  • The Principal and the Dean found the Green-Eyed Ink-Patterned Flood Dragon's corpse and realized Chen Xuewei's team had killed a level-three Wild Boss.
  • The Dean celebrated the team's record score, while the Principal cautioned that entry to Novice Village Zone 1 depended on competition from stronger regions.
  • After the exam ended, Chen Xuewei's team split 25 Core Power, and Xiao Fan noted that healing had permanently increased his mana by 31 points.
  • The Fatty, Zhang Yuanyuan, and Zhang Chao praised Xiao Fan's unusual healing and learned that he had created the skill himself.
  • Xiao Fan and Chen Xuewei left the forest as the Fatty and the others pushed through the crowd to check the final score.

Ch. 11The Past

Xiao Yi and Chen Xuewei confronted their painful childhood history before their group celebrated setting a new entrance exam record and agreed to level up together. Xiao Yi returned to his hospitalized uncle, while his aunt refused to let him risk entering the game for money; Chen Xuewei’s family celebrated her score at the Chen Family Manor.

  • Chen Xuewei asked Xiao Yi whether he still hated her, and he told her their past was over after recalling how Madam Chen had separated them and injured his uncle.
  • The chubby boy, Zhang Yuanyuan, and Zhang Chao announced that their group had scored 125 points, broken Sea City's entrance exam record, and placed first; Xiao Yi agreed to level up with them in the Novice Village.
  • After the principal sent the students back to school, Xiao Yi visited his uncle in the hospital and withheld his exact exam score, while his uncle and aunt mistakenly assumed he had done poorly.
  • Xiao Yi's uncle considered returning to the game to earn money as a gold farmer, but Liu Xiujuan angrily warned him about the danger and threatened to divorce him; he promised not to go back.
  • At the Chen Family Manor, Chen Zhihao praised Chen Xuewei for scoring 125 points and bringing honor to the family.

Ch. 12The Acceptance Letter

Li Weiyang and Chen Zhihao arranged to sabotage Xiao Fan’s placement after discovering he had teamed up with Chen Xuewei, while Xiao Fan waited at home for his acceptance letter. The letter finally arrived, assigning him to the dangerous District 18 Novice Village, and he suspected the school had made a mistake.

  • Li Weiyang saw that Xiao Fan had teamed up with Chen Xuewei and persuaded Chen Zhihao to alter his score and send him to District 18 Novice Village.
  • Xiao Fan learned about Cloud Sea while staying with Xiao Yi and Liu Xiujuan, and hoped his acceptance letter would let him earn money to improve their lives.
  • Fatty, Zhang Yuanyuan, and Zhang Chao received letters for Zone 2, but Xiao Fan’s letter did not arrive with theirs.
  • After five days without a letter, Xiao Yi blamed himself for Xiao Fan’s presumed poor exam result and lack of a Novice weapon.
  • On the final day, Xiao Fan received an acceptance letter for District 18 Novice Village and wondered whether the school had made a mistake.

Ch. 13Threats

Xiao Fan confronted the principal over being assigned to Zone 18, then learned that the Chen Family had arranged the decision and threatened his family. He accepted the assignment but vowed to grow stronger and make the Chen Family pay.

  • Xiao Fan challenged the principal about receiving a Zone 18 admission notice despite ranking first, and the principal claimed his result depended on Chen Xuewei.
  • Xiao Fan left the school with his admission notice and was forced into a car by a man who threatened his family.
  • Chen Zhiqiang told Xiao Fan to accept Zone 18 and stay away from Chen Xuewei, threatening Xiao Fan's relatives if he resisted.
  • Xiao Fan left the building and vowed to survive the Novice Zone, rise to the top, and make the Chen Family regret its actions.

Ch. 14The Login Device

Xiao Fan collected his login device and entered the Cloud Sea world, where he arrived in the dilapidated Zone 18 Novice Village. He introduced himself to the village administrator as Jiu Chen and waited to hear more.

  • Xiao Fan told the Fatty, Zhang Yuanyuan, and Zhang Chao that he had been assigned to Zone 18, and they were shocked and worried.
  • Xiao Fan collected his login device, said goodbye to his uncle and aunt, and logged into the game.
  • Xiao Fan woke in the real Cloud Sea world and saw the vast mountain range surrounding him.
  • Wind Snow Traveler introduced himself as the administrator of Zone 18 and said they would talk once everyone arrived.
  • Xiao Fan hid his real name and told Wind Snow Traveler that his name was Jiu Chen.

Ch. 15Zone 18

Xiao Fan settled into Novice Village in Zone 18 and searched for a way to grow stronger despite lacking weapons and damage skills. In the forest, he discovered that healing replanted flowers activated his Halo of the Saint, giving him a way to farm MP.

  • Wind Snow Traveler welcomed the twenty new players, explained Zone 18’s dangers and village rules, and provided maps.
  • Xiao Fan declined to explore with the other players, rented a thatched cottage, and learned he could not create weapons until reaching Level 5.
  • Unable to hunt alone, Xiao Fan went to the forest southwest of the village and found Seven-Colored Flowers with health bars.
  • Xiao Fan pulled up a Seven-Colored Flower, then replanted it and watched its HP recover until he gained 1 MP.
  • Xiao Fan realized that flower healing activated Halo of the Saint and began pulling flowers to farm MP.

Ch. 16The Team Enters the Forest

Xiao Fan joined nineteen new players on a hunt in the forest southwest of Novice Village, joining a squad as its healer. His heightened senses detected a Red-Eyed Rabbit, but Garfield Without Fat's first shot missed it.

  • Xiao Fan returned to Novice Village and learned that he would patrol the entrance with Purple Charm that night.
  • The next morning, Han the Person invited Xiao Fan to hunt Fierce Beasts with the other new players, and Xiao Fan joined after packing medicine and bandages.
  • Xiao Fan formed a squad with Han the Person, Garfield Without Fat, Swift as Wind, and Zai Zai, then entered the forest with the other three squads.
  • Xiao Fan sensed a Fierce Beast approaching and warned his squad, which spotted a Level 1 Red-Eyed Rabbit.
  • Xiao Fan ordered Garfield Without Fat to shoot the rabbit, but Garfield Without Fat's arrow landed in the dirt in front of it.

Ch. 17Killing the Red-Eyed Rabbit

Xiao Fan organized his inexperienced companions to hunt a Red-Eyed Rabbit after their first attacks failed. Garfield Without Fat finally brought it down with a well-timed arrow, leaving the group celebrating their first kill.

  • Swift as Wind charged the Red-Eyed Rabbit but was knocked back, and Han the Person and the others fell while trying to catch him.
  • Han the Person led the group in chasing the rabbit for ten minutes, but they failed to catch it and grew exhausted.
  • Xiao Fan told Garfield Without Fat to aim at a nearby tree, then directed Han the Person, Zai Zai, and Swift as Wind to close in on the rabbit from three sides.
  • When the Red-Eyed Rabbit tried to escape past the tree, Xiao Fan ordered Garfield Without Fat to shoot, and his arrow struck its leg.
  • Han the Person, Zai Zai, and Swift as Wind attacked the fallen rabbit and killed it, while Garfield Without Fat stared in disbelief at his successful shot.

Ch. 18Adding Points

After Xiao Fan led Han the Person’s group to hunt Red-Eyed Rabbits, the four accepted him as their commander and split the day’s Core Power. As they leveled up, Xiao Fan advised them on how to allocate their attribute points, leaving them ready to follow his recommendations.

  • Garfield Without Fat’s shot helped the group kill the Red-Eyed Rabbit, and Han the Person proposed that Xiao Fan become their commander.
  • Under Xiao Fan’s commands, the team killed 57 Red-Eyed Rabbits in one day before returning from the forest at dusk.
  • Han the Person distributed the 57 Core Power, giving Xiao Fan 13 points and the other four members 11 each; the four reached level two.
  • Xiao Fan urged the others to specialize their attributes instead of spreading points evenly, and Swift as Wind decided to focus on Agility.
  • Xiao Fan recommended Strength-focused allocations for Han the Person, Swift as Wind, Garfield Without Fat, and Zai Zai, and all four agreed.

Ch. 19Diamond Behemoth

Xiao Fan's group encountered a level-four Diamond Behemoth while responding to another team's cries for help, and the combined group could not escape it. Xiao Fan leveled up and upgraded Gift of the Saint, then decided they would fight the beast.

  • A Diamond Behemoth caught Purple Charm as her team fled, and the remaining four ran toward the sounds of Xiao Fan's group.
  • Xiao Fan recognized the danger and ordered everyone to flee when the four players led the Diamond Behemoth to them.
  • Han the Person cursed the fleeing players, but Xiao Fan's group joined them as the beast closed in.
  • Xiao Fan concluded they could not outrun the Diamond Behemoth and chose to fight, directing the others to follow his orders.
  • Xiao Fan spent Core Power to reach level three, assigned his attribute points, and upgraded Gift of the Saint to level three.

Ch. 20Crouching Dragon, Phoenix Fledgling

Xiao Fan used Gift of the Saint to boost and heal his group as they fought the Diamond Behemoth, but the battle went badly when several players fled and Zai Zai drew the monster’s aggro. As the skill’s cooldown began, Garfield Without Fat shot the Behemoth in the butt and became its new target.

  • Xiao Fan used Gift of the Saint, assigned positions, and sent Zai Zai to attack the Diamond Behemoth.
  • Zai Zai struck the Behemoth between its legs, enraging it, while four players fled; Han the Person and two others attacked as Zai Zai drew its aggro.
  • The Behemoth hit Zai Zai for 90 damage, but Xiao Fan’s shield and healing kept him alive.
  • Xiao Fan ordered everyone to retreat when the speed boost was nearly over, but the Behemoth pursued Zai Zai.
  • Xiao Fan told Garfield Without Fat to slow the Behemoth, and Garfield Without Fat shot it in the butt, drawing its chase away from Zai Zai.

Ch. 21Killing the Diamond Behemoth

Xiao Fan and his teammates coordinated their attacks to defeat the Diamond Behemoth, then headed back toward the village. They recognized one of the four players who had abandoned them approaching with the Village Chief.

  • Swift as Wind and Han the Person attacked the Diamond Behemoth, and Garfield Without Fat drew its attention away from Han the Person with an arrow.
  • Xiao Fan used Gift of the Saint to shield Garfield Without Fat and told Zai Zai to take the Diamond Behemoth's aggro.
  • The team attacked when Xiao Fan's skill was ready and retreated when it wore off, eventually killing the Diamond Behemoth after twenty minutes.
  • The teammates celebrated and praised Xiao Fan, then set off for the village, angry about the four players who had abandoned them.
  • Xiao Fan and the others heard a former deserter approaching with the Village Chief and realized the group had returned for help.

Ch. 22Back to Novice Village

Xiao Fan and his teammates returned to Novice Village after killing a level-four Diamond Behemoth, while the players who abandoned them faced a beating and Purple Charm’s death weighed on the group. The survivors reached the village at night, where Blade Shadow learned that one player had died.

  • Wind Snow Traveler found Xiao Fan and his teammates alive, and Han the Person and the others beat the four players who had fled.
  • Swift as Wind and Garfield Without Fat revealed that Xiao Fan’s team had killed the Diamond Behemoth, and Wind Snow Traveler saw its corpse.
  • Wind Snow Traveler ordered Can't Figure It Out to recover Purple Charm’s body, and the group walked back to the village in silence.
  • Xiao Fan checked his increased Core Power and mana, then considered taking his team to hunt level-two Fierce Beasts the next day.
  • The group arrived at Novice Village after dark, where Blade Shadow saw Purple Charm’s body and acknowledged that the survivors had been fortunate.

Ch. 23Northwest Forest

After Purple Charm’s death, Xiao Fan led his team toward the Northwest Forest to hunt stronger beasts and replenish his mana. The chapter left them gathering Seven-Colored Flowers as they began their hunt.

  • Wind Snow Traveler told Blade Shadow that Xiao Fan’s group had killed the level-four Diamond Behemoth themselves and recognized a possible genius among the new players.
  • Xiao Fan refused to let Hard to Figure Out join his team and announced that they would hunt level-two and level-three beasts in the Northwest Forest.
  • Han the Person’s team agreed to go with Xiao Fan, while the four members of Hard to Figure Out split up and joined other teams.
  • Xiao Fan led his team into the Northwest Forest and ordered them to pull up Seven-Colored Flowers so he could replenish his mana.
  • Xiao Fan replanted each flower when its health bar fell to 20.

Ch. 24A Call for Help

Xiao Fan led his team through the Northwest Forest, where they honed their teamwork and defeated Fierce Beasts. After Mom Is Not Home and the others asked for help against a level-one Wild Boss, Xiao Fan decided to head to the Southwest Forest with his team.

  • Xiao Fan replanted the Seven-Colored Flowers before taking the Garfield Without Fat group hunting.
  • Xiao Fan’s team killed Red Flame Foxes, using Gift of the Saint to heal Zai Zai and improve their fighting rhythm.
  • Xiao Fan directed the team through a fight with a level-three Green Wood Wolf, which they defeated by rotating its aggro and using Gift of the Saint.
  • Xiao Fan kept pulling up and replanting flowers during breaks, leaving the other four members puzzled.
  • Han the Person told the team that Mom Is Not Home and the others needed help after encountering a level-one Wild Boss.
  • Xiao Fan chose to help and lead the group toward the Southwest Forest to fight the boss.

Ch. 25The Red-Eyed Rabbit Boss

Mom Is Not Home's team asked Xiao Fan Team to kill a Red-Eyed Rabbit Boss blocking their path, and Xiao Fan's group defeated it with ease and received a generous Core Power bonus. On the way back, Xiao Fan planned to help his teammates reach level three so they could explore deeper into Southwest Forest.

  • Mom Is Not Home's team spotted a Red-Eyed Rabbit Boss blocking the route to Novice Village and called Xiao Fan Team for help.
  • Xiao Fan rejected Mom Is Not Home's request to merge teams and told his group to handle the Boss while the others kept their distance.
  • Xiao Fan Team defeated the Red-Eyed Rabbit Boss in ten seconds, earning each member an additional 10 Core Power.
  • Xiao Fan invited Mom Is Not Home's team to call them whenever they encountered another Wild Boss, and they gratefully agreed.
  • Han the Person counted the team's gains as 198 Core Power from the day's hunting, plus the Boss reward, while Xiao Fan said they needed to move faster.
  • Xiao Fan planned to get his teammates to level three the next day and then explore the inner reaches of Southwest Forest.
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