Arc 15The Secret Realm and the Bai Family

Xiao Fan led his team through Brave New World’s shifting hazards, earned its first clear, and uncovered clues about the Bai Family’s Water of Life supply. The arc ended with Bai Qian joining his team and an unseen attacker threatening them in the Beast Zone.

  • Xiao Fan brought Xiao Yi and Liu Xiujuan into the game, secured their login locations after Zheng Jinggong apologized, and joined Yanhuang City.
  • Xiao Fan opened five professions in Yanhuang City, then helped Xiao Yi become and evolve into a Mechanist with Mechanical Legs.
  • Xiao Fan led his group into Brave New World and discovered that its minions revived in the Black Fog, while their heavy corpses blocked the route.
  • Xiao Fan’s team defeated the secret realm’s bosses and revived monsters, won the server’s first clear, and received its rewards, including a City Building Token for the Dragon Nation.
  • Xiao Fan tested Talent Stones, recruited Judge Young Master, and worked out that the realm’s moon phase was linked to the timing of its monster respawns.
  • Xiao Fan’s team returned to Brave New World at a different time, gathered all three keys, and later received Evolution Fragments from Xu Shengguo to create ten more professions.
  • Xiao Fan overheard Third Master Bai and Bai Qian planning to raise Healing Potion prices and seduce Jiu Chen, then stole a clover and learned it had been irrigated with Water of Life.
  • Xiao Fan accepted Bai Qian and Judge Young Master into his team, healed Bai Qian after an unseen attacker struck her, and pointed out the creature’s location as the group prepared to fight.
Chapters 351–375 Vol. 4 Read

Ch. 351Jiu Chen?

Xiao Fan brought his uncle Xiao Yi and aunt Liu Xiujuan to the Login Administration to set their login locations to Yanhuang City, but a dispute over Xiao Yi’s disability escalated into a confrontation with the director. As Zheng Jinggong ordered Xiao Fan arrested and sent to forced labor, Xiao Yi revealed that his nephew was Jiu Chen, the creator of a powerful Profession.

  • Xiao Fan left the game and persuaded Xiao Yi and Liu Xiujuan to enter it with him, telling them that a Class Card could give Xiao Yi the Mechanical Legs profession.
  • At the Login Administration, a clerk warned that Xiao Yi would endanger himself and consume resources, and Xiao Fan smashed her desk in anger.
  • The clerk accused Xiao Fan of attacking her, but Zheng Jinggong ordered her to apologize before announcing that Xiao Fan would be punished for causing trouble.
  • Xiao Fan refused to back down, and Zheng Jinggong ordered the guard to take him to the police station and send him to forced labor after sentencing.
  • As the guard moved to arrest Xiao Fan, Xiao Yi revealed that his nephew was Jiu Chen and had created an incredibly powerful Profession.

Ch. 352A Not-Quite-Harmonious Family Enters the Game

Xiao Fan was mistaken for a troublemaker at the Login Administration Bureau, but Zheng Jinggong learned he was Jiu Chen and apologized. After Xiao Fan arranged compensation and his family’s login locations, they entered the game, where Xu Shengguo invited Xiao Fan to join Yanhuang City.

  • The sales clerk refused to believe Xiao Fan was Jiu Chen, and Zheng Jinggong ordered the security guard to take Xiao Fan and his relatives to the police station.
  • Zhou He told Zheng Jinggong that Jiu Chen was from Sea City and asked him to find Xiao Fan’s family, revealing that Zheng Jinggong had detained the famous player.
  • Zheng Jinggong caught up with Xiao Fan and his relatives, apologized, and arranged for the sales clerk to apologize and give Xiao Yi and Liu Xiujuan one million Core Power each.
  • Xiao Yi told the sales clerk to treat all players equally, and she transferred the login locations for Xiao Yi and Liu Xiujuan.
  • Xiao Fan entered the game, where Wind Snow Traveler said Fatty and Zai Zai were bringing his relatives to meet him.
  • Xu Shengguo invited Xiao Fan to join Yanhuang City, and Xiao Fan accepted.

Ch. 353Open Classes

Xiao Fan opened five high-ranked professions in Yanhuang City, earning 2.1 million City Contribution Points and drawing attention from players across the game. The chapter left Zhou He and Xu Shengguo worried about Shen Long’s King Base recruiting criminals and powerful players, while Xiao Fan recognized Shen Long’s bold strategy.

  • Xiao Fan’s friends confirmed that Xu Shengguo had already brought them into Yanhuang City, and Xiao Fan declined a city position while agreeing to open professions.
  • Xiao Fan opened Gunner, Mechanic, Blade Dancer, Dream Butterfly Flower Envoy, and Omnipotent Summoner in Yanhuang City, earning 2.1 million City Contribution Points.
  • System announcements sparked World Chat arguments as Yanhuang City citizens celebrated and players from other cities demanded access to Jiu Chen’s professions.
  • Xu Shengguo and Zhou He told Xiao Fan that Shen Long’s King Base was recruiting without restrictions, including wanted criminals, and had become a potential den of evil.
  • Xiao Fan understood that Shen Long was trying to preserve his power outside the country’s control and admired his courage.

Ch. 354You'd Better Go Kill Him

Shen Long struggled with Jiu Chen’s opening of Professions in Yanhuang City and considered how to stop him, while rebuking Shen Beijun for suggesting a direct attack. The chapter ended with Shen Long deciding to ask others to deal with Jiu Chen.

  • Shen Long learned that Jiu Chen had opened Professions in Yanhuang City, threatening King Base’s appeal to new players.
  • Shen Beijun urged Shen Long to send someone to kill Jiu Chen, blaming him for the Shen Family’s setbacks.
  • Shen Long told Shen Beijun to kill Jiu Chen himself, then scolded him and ordered him to leave and level up.
  • Shen Beijun complained that King Base’s level 90 monster zone left a level 20 player with nowhere safe to train.
  • Shen Long decided Jiu Chen was better off dead but feared the backlash from killing a gaming genius, so he resolved to ask others for help.

Ch. 355Lost Something

Xiao Fan reunited with his uncle and aunt in Yanhuang City and prepared to help them level up and choose professions. While retrieving Xiao Yi’s Class Card, he discovered that the Heart of Gods and Demons had disappeared from his Space Ring.

  • Zhou He agreed to show Xiao Fan any attribute-bearing Evolution Fragments, and he and Xu Shengguo left with their arrangements settled.
  • Qin Muyu proposed taking a group to try for the first clear of a nearby 20-person dungeon, and Xiao Fan agreed to join after handling something with his uncle.
  • Xiao Fan offered Xiao Yi a Class Card so he could change class and eventually get Mechanical Legs, and he asked Liu Xiujuan to choose a profession or describe one she wanted.
  • While searching his Space Ring for the Class Card, Xiao Fan noticed the Heart of Gods and Demons was gone and suspected the system had reclaimed it.
  • Xiao Fan handed Xiao Yi the Class Card without revealing the missing treasure, and Xiao Yi began changing his class.

Ch. 356Profession Change and Evolution

Xiao Yi changed his class to Mechanist and regained the ability to walk with Mechanical Legs. After Xiao Fan supplied the Evolution Fragments needed to evolve the class, they discovered that evolution improved its skills but did not unlock Mechanical Wings.

  • Xiao Yi used a Class Card to become a Mechanist and unlocked Mechanical Legs, which let him stand and walk again.
  • Xiao Fan suspected that Mechanical Wings required class evolution, but Xiao Yi could not find them among his available forms.
  • Xiao Yi tried to evolve his class and learned that it required 50 Evolution Fragments.
  • Xiao Fan gave Xiao Yi 50 Evolution Fragments, and Xiao Yi successfully evolved his class, improving its skills but leaving his personal information unchanged.
  • Xiao Fan guessed that higher evolution levels might unlock new forms or paths and wondered whether evolution could affect unreleased combat stats.

Ch. 357This Is Blatant Showing Off

Xiao Yi showed off his Mechanical Legs, explaining that they came from his T1 Rank Mechanist class and a Class Card found in a Secret Realm. Xiao Fan’s party then set out to clear an ordinary large twenty-person Secret Realm and write a guide, confident in their chances with Xiao Fan leading them.

  • Xiao Yi told curious players that his Mechanical Legs were part of his Mechanist class, and they took his explanation as further showing off.
  • Xiao Fan, Xiao Yi, Liu Xiujuan, Qin Muyu, Ye Bugu, and the others met at the city gate after Qin Muyu’s group accepted a guide mission for a large Secret Realm.
  • Ye Bugu greeted Xiao Yi, learned that he had changed classes using a Class Card, and thanked him for acknowledging the earlier rescue.
  • Xiao Fan formed a party, and the group left Yanhuang City on their mounts, with Xiao Fan riding Red Hare.
  • Fatty explained that the Secret Realm was ordinary and open to players of any level, while Ye Bugu’s group trusted Xiao Fan to lead them through it.

Ch. 358The Secret Realm Entrance

Xiao Fan led a twenty-player team to a Level 50 Secret Realm, confident he could carry the underleveled Xiao Yi and Liu Xiujuan. At the entrance, the team learned that monsters inside could revive, leaving them to decide how to tackle the challenge.

  • Xiao Fan split the players into two balanced groups and chose to distribute experience evenly as they headed for the Secret Realm.
  • After reaching the camp, Xiao Fan rejected a thin player's offer to sell information about the Secret Realm, and the team followed the coordinates to its entrance.
  • A team returning from the Secret Realm complained that even its ordinary monsters revived and announced they were giving up.
  • Qin Muyu hurried over to ask the departing players what they meant about the monsters reviving.

Ch. 359Brave New World

Qin Muyu learned that the Brave New World secret realm’s mobs revived when teams engaged the first Boss, but Xiao Fan decided to enter anyway. The team vanished into the realm, leaving two captains shocked by their choice.

  • Qin Muyu questioned two captains and learned that the secret realm was crowded with spirit creatures whose cleared mobs revived during the first Boss fight.
  • Qin Muyu returned to Xiao Fan’s team and relayed the captains’ warning, alarming Liu Xiujuan and the others.
  • Xiao Fan decided the team should enter, reasoning that the secret realm might have another way to handle its revived mobs.
  • Xiao Fan entered Brave New World with his team, and the two captains watched them disappear.

Ch. 360The Gap Between People—How Could It Be This Huge?

Xiao Fan's team entered the Ghost Domain secret realm after other teams returned in defeat, while Judge Young Master learned that a beautiful newcomer was still inside. The chapter ended with Xiao Fan's group facing a road through a dark valley and Black Fog behind them.

  • Invincible Squad returned from the secret realm after losing three members, and Xiao Wu blamed Invincible Under Heaven for ordering them to stay inside.
  • Judge Young Master and other teams left the realm without clearing it, and Judge Young Master said only Xiao Fan could likely clear it through strategy alone.
  • The captain in black told Judge Young Master that a team of veterans and newcomers, including a beautiful player with Mechanical Legs, had just entered the realm.
  • Xiao Fan's team surveyed the gloomy valley and saw Black Fog covering the area behind them.

Ch. 361Brave New World: Lightning Prison Convergence

Xiao Fan led his team into a level-fifty Ghost Domain dungeon and chose to overwhelm its minions with a direct assault. After gathering the Little Daoists with Lightning Prison Convergence and letting the team weaken them, he ordered everyone to retreat so he could finish them himself.

  • Xiao Fan told Ye Bugu and the others to push through the dungeon by drawing the minions together for a burst attack.
  • Ye Bugu rushed ahead with his Purple Arm Blades but accidentally lured too many Little Daoists and called for help.
  • Xiao Fan used Gift of the Saint to boost Ye Bugu and sharpen the party's minds, astonishing Xiao Yi and his wife.
  • Xiao Fan unleashed Lightning Prison Convergence, pulling the Little Daoists into a lightning prison and stunning them.
  • The party attacked the trapped minions, but Xiao Fan ordered them to retreat so he could land the finishing blows and absorb their Intelligence points.

Ch. 362The Dragon Appeared Again?

Xiao Fan used his Golden Skull and Thunder Dragon skill to wipe out a wave of monsters in the Brave New World secret realm, stunning his teammates. He sent Qin Muyu to lure the next wave while the group waited for the monsters to revive so he could study their mechanics.

  • Xiao Fan chose the Golden Skull's active mode and prepared to gather energy from monsters he killed.
  • Xiao Fan summoned a Thunder Dragon, and Ye Bugu recognized it as Xiao Fan's God King Rank skill rather than the Dragon Nation's spiritual totem.
  • Xiao Fan sent the Thunder Dragon through the clustered monsters, wiping them out as the Golden Skull absorbed their energy.
  • Xiao Fan called for the next wave, and Soul Piercer rushed off to lure the monsters while Ye Bugu complained that luring was his job.
  • Xiao Fan told the group to wait where they were so he could study how the monsters revived for their strategy quest.

Ch. 363The Corpse Was Too Heavy

Xiao Fan’s team struggled to manage a wave of monsters after discovering that the Little Daoists’ corpses remained on the road and were too heavy to move. When Qin Muyu stumbled and faced the pursuing monsters, Xiao Fan rescued her by carrying her aloft with his wings.

  • Xiao Fan found that an invisible Air Wall blocked him from entering the Black Fog, then prepared to fight as Qin Muyu returned with a new group of monsters.
  • Xiao Fan realized the Little Daoists’ corpses had not disappeared because the monsters could revive, and the bodies blocked the road.
  • Qin Muyu had drawn twice as many monsters as Ye Bugu, but she slowed down as she ran out of stamina and the team failed to move the heavy corpses.
  • Qin Muyu tripped over a corpse and became too weak to escape as the monsters closed in.
  • Xiao Fan flew up with Qin Muyu by the waistband of her pants, then dropped her after she complained about his rescue.

Ch. 364Demonized Little Daoist

Xiao Fan and the group discovered that the Black Fog could revive dead minions as stronger demonized enemies, then continued through the secret realm after testing how the mechanic worked. They replenished their stats with Xiao Fan’s Big Iron Pot and prepared to face the next wave.

  • Xiao Fan destroyed a wave of minions with his skills, and the group noticed that their corpses remained and were unusually heavy.
  • Xiao Fan had the group throw a corpse into the Black Fog, which revived it as a level 50 Demonized Little Daoist with increased damage.
  • The group killed the demonized minion and saw its corpse disappear, leading Xiao Fan to conclude that each minion could revive only once in the fog.
  • The group continued through the secret realm by the Golden Skull’s light and rested using Xiao Fan’s Big Iron Pot.
  • After everyone restored their HP, mana, and stamina, Xiao Fan told Ye Bugu to lure the next monsters.

Ch. 365The Mad Daoist

Xiao Fan’s team defeated the Mad Taoist and the Masked Knight without the Demonized Minions reviving, but both bosses died with cries for the Black Fog to save them. The team left the second boss’s arena still uneasy about the Black Fog’s absence.

  • Xiao Fan’s team attacked the Mad Taoist, with Xiao Fan healing and warning the others about its fear, Blood Talisman, and horsetail-whisk skills.
  • The team brought the Mad Taoist’s health to zero, but his corpse remained after he cried, “Black Fog, save me.”
  • Xiao Fan waited for the Black Fog and the revived minions, then led the team onward when neither appeared.
  • The team fought the Masked Knight, whose punches dealt area damage, and defeated it without difficulty.
  • The Masked Knight also cried, “Black Fog, save me,” before dying, and Xiao Fan remained uneasy when the Black Fog still did not appear.

Ch. 366What Exactly Was Going On?

Xiao Fan and his team fought the Demonized Ana while respawned Demonized creatures closed in, and Ana marked Xiao Fan with a deadly skill that immobilized him. The chapter ended as the attack struck Xiao Fan and his companions cried out.

  • Xiao Fan led the team onward and found the third BOSS, Demonized Ana, whose beautiful back concealed a terrifying appearance.
  • Ana’s tendril dealt Xiao Fan 8,000 damage, but he endured repeated attacks and ordered the team to use all their burst damage.
  • As Ana’s HP fell to ten percent, she marked Xiao Fan, immobilizing him and disabling his skills while she prepared a powerful attack.
  • Wind Snow Traveler spotted the respawned Demonized minions, including Mad Daoist and Masked Knight, approaching the team.
  • Xiao Fan’s companions refused to abandon him and attacked Ana, but she launched a growing black orb at him as they shouted his name.

Ch. 367A Shockingly Cool Set of Gear

Xiao Fan survived the Boss’s 35,000-damage skill thanks to Zijin’s intervention and returned with powerful new armor. Rather than flee the secret realm, he took on the respawned monsters and quickly wiped out most of them.

  • After dodging the Boss’s attacks, Ye Bugu was nearly killed, but Xiao Fan rescued him and restored his strength.
  • Xiao Fan explained that Zijin had awakened to protect him, and he discovered that his changed Armor Transformation skill let him wear armor and wings together.
  • Wind Snow Traveler urged the group to leave, but Xiao Fan attacked a Boss and found that his armor greatly reduced the damage he took.
  • Xiao Fan used the Golden Skull’s Skeleton Bombs to blast through the respawned monster horde, leaving only the Bosses and a few creatures standing.
  • Xiao Fan followed up with his God King Rank Skill as the others watched in amazement.

Ch. 368Clear Rewards

Xiao Fan’s team defeated Demonized Ana and cleared the Level 50 Secret Realm Brave New World, earning substantial rewards and the first-clear bonus. The team prepared to leave, while Xiao Fan stayed behind to figure out why the Secret Realm had been so difficult.

  • Xiao Fan and his teammates defeated the remaining revived mobs and depleted Demonized Ana’s health until she died.
  • Xiao Fan received triple-clear rewards, including EXP, Core Power, Evolution Fragments, Talent Stones, and crystals.
  • Xiao Fan’s team earned the Secret Realm’s first-clear rewards, including 1,800 Star Stones, a Knight Mask, and a Level 5 City Building Token.
  • Xiao Fan agreed to hand the City Building Token over to the Dragon Nation, and his teammates let him keep the Knight Mask.
  • The system announced that the team would leave in five minutes, but Xiao Fan stayed to consider why the Secret Realm had been so unusually difficult.

Ch. 369He Was More Convinced Than Anyone

Players outside the Brave New World secret realm assumed Jiu Chen’s team had been wiped, until the system announced that they had achieved the first clear. As the team emerged, Judge Young Master proudly revealed his admiration for Jiu Chen.

  • Players waiting outside the secret realm speculated that the team had been wiped, and Judge Young Master agreed that they had failed to respect its danger.
  • Judge Young Master and the other players started back toward camp, believing the team was gone for good.
  • The system announced that Jiu Chen, Ye Bugu, Your Strength Has Arrived, and Garfield Without Fat had cleared Brave New World for the server’s first clear.
  • The players realized that Jiu Chen had led the newcomers, and Judge Young Master defended Jiu Chen’s strategies as practically invincible.
  • A player spotted the team emerging from the secret realm just as Judge Young Master was about to explain that he had been on Jiu Chen’s team.

Ch. 370Opening the Talent Stones

After clearing the secret realm, Xiao Fan decided to return the next day to investigate its mysteries, while the other teams stayed nearby. Back at his house, he arranged for Zhou He to collect a Level 5 City Building Token and prepared to appraise nine Talent Stones.

  • Xiao Fan convinced his team to rest at camp and attempt the difficult secret realm again the next day.
  • Judge Young Master greeted Xiao Fan and secretly planned to find a way to join his team.
  • The other teams decided to stay at camp, and Xiao Yi enjoyed the attention players gave him after learning he was Xiao Fan's uncle.
  • Xiao Fan messaged Zhou He about the Level 5 City Building Token, and they agreed that someone would collect it the next day.
  • Xiao Fan took out nine Talent Stones and 1,800 Star Stones, then began appraising a Talent Stone.

Ch. 371Back Into the Secret Realm

Xiao Fan obtained and tested Talent Stones, discovering that each Talent socket only accepted Talents with a matching attribute, then replaced Metamorphosis with the Golden Talent Myriad Phenomena Absorption. The next day, he led his team back into the Brave New World secret realm to investigate how its moon changed with the time of entry.

  • Xiao Fan successfully socketed an Intelligence Support Talent, tested other Talent categories, and concluded that each socket required a matching attribute.
  • Xiao Fan replaced Metamorphosis with the Golden Talent Myriad Phenomena Absorption and planned to test it in the secret realm.
  • Judge Young Master joined Xiao Fan's team, and Xiao Fan gave Ye Bugu the Level 5 City Building Token to pass to Lord Zhou He.
  • On the way to the secret realm, Xiao Fan explained that the moon's changing phase and position might be connected to monster and Boss respawns.
  • Xiao Fan entered the Brave New World secret realm and found the moon distant, nearly full, and red; Judge Young Master recalled that it had been a non-red half-moon on his previous runs.
  • Xiao Fan proposed that the dungeon's moon reflected the real game world's time, and Judge Young Master supported his theory with his observations.

Ch. 372The Key

Xiao Fan’s team cleared Brave New World again, discovered that its three keys required defeating the bosses in both normal and demonized forms, and eventually collected the complete key. After returning to Yanhuang City, Xiao Fan considered turning his growing Intelligence into a new source of income, while Xu Shengguo brought him Evolution Fragments and asked him to create more Professions.

  • Xiao Fan confirmed that entering the secret realm earlier changed the moon’s phase and let the team defeat the revived Demonized Minions before finishing the realm without encountering Demonized Ana.
  • The team learned that clearing the bosses’ normal and demonized forms awarded three keys to Brave New World, and Judge Young Master missed the first key.
  • Xiao Fan’s team spent several more days fighting through the secret realm, collected all three keys, and reached higher levels during the event.
  • The team returned to Yanhuang City, where the Fatty submitted Judge Young Master’s detailed guide and was told that contribution points would be awarded the next day.
  • Xiao Fan saw the busy Bai Family Pharmacy and considered making money by bringing something into the real world, then Xu Shengguo arrived with Evolution Fragments and asked him to create more Professions.

Ch. 373Creating Professions Again

Xiao Fan created five T2 and five T1 professions, then exchanged his Contribution Points for a Free Attribute Point before sneaking into Bai Family Pharmacy to investigate Healing Potion production. He overheard Third Master Bai order a price increase, leaving Xiao Fan with the pharmacy’s supply scheme uncovered but no recipe.

  • Xiao Fan used Evolution Fragments from Xu Shengguo to create five T2 professions and five T1 professions, while Jian Qingfeng questioned why his own professions were unranked.
  • Xiao Fan made the ten professions available in Yanhuang City, earned three million Contribution Points, and exchanged five million of them for Free Attribute Points.
  • Xiao Fan took his team to a level-70 Beast Zone, then visited the Contribution Point Exchange Mall and spent his points.
  • Xiao Fan followed a Bai Family shop assistant into the back of Bai Family Pharmacy while invisible and saw Third Master Bai and Second Young Lady Bai.
  • Third Master Bai told the shop manager to raise Healing Potion prices because scarcity made the potions more valuable.

Ch. 374Eavesdropping

Xiao Fan eavesdropped on the Bai Family discussing Healing Potion prices and their search for the Island of Light secret realm, then learned how they made the potions and stole a sample of their clover. He discovered the clover’s information but remained unsure how the Bai Family had cultivated so much of it, while they planned to use Bai Qian to obtain the secret realm’s location from him.

  • Third Master Bai and Bai Qian pushed to raise Healing Potion prices tenfold, and Third Master Bai explained why the Bai Family could not ask Jiu Chen directly about the secret realm.
  • Xiao Fan realized Luo Yi knew another entrance to the Island of Light secret realm and could help him find more Water of Life.
  • Third Master Bai persuaded Bai Qian to try to seduce Jiu Chen and extract the secret realm’s location from him.
  • Xiao Fan followed Third Master Bai and Bai Qian into the pharmacy’s production room, memorized its door code, and stole a clover while watching the potions being made.
  • Xiao Fan checked the clover’s information at home and learned it was a common weed irrigated with Water of Life, but he could not tell how the Bai Family had grown so much of it.

Ch. 375Bai Qian Joined the Team

Bai Qian joined Xiao Fan’s team to seek information about the Island of Light, but an invisible creature attacked her during a battle. Xiao Fan saved her with an overwhelming heal, then sensed the creature lurking nearby as the team prepared to fight.

  • Bai Qian introduced herself as a level-77 healer, and Xiao Fan accepted her into the team despite Qin Muyu’s warning about her identity as the Bai Family’s Second Young Lady.
  • Judge Young Master asked to join after seeing Bai Qian accepted, and Xiao Fan let him join too.
  • Bai Qian found the team’s fighting style surprisingly comfortable while she healed them through a battle against the level-70 Entangling Frog.
  • An unseen attacker struck Bai Qian for 7,020 damage, and Xiao Fan restored her health with his powerful healing skills.
  • Xiao Fan decided the team should return to Yanhuang City, sensed the creature nearby, and pointed toward its location as everyone readied for battle.
Arc 15 of 29
Arc 15 of 29