Chapter Summaries

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Xiao Fan and his team defeated a Level 90 Scythe Beast, then learned that Shen Long’s King Base had rapidly advanced into the Level 5 City of Kings. Suspecting something had happened at the base and worried that events were slipping beyond his control, Xiao Fan decided to go there and investigate while seeking revenge.

• Xiao Fan revealed the invisible Level 90 Scythe Beast, and his team fought it after Bai Qian restored her stats with the Big Iron Pot’s drink.
• Xiao Fan tanked the Scythe Beast while his team gradually wore it down, and they defeated the boss and received generous rewards.
• As the group reached Yanhuang City, system announcements reported that King Base had advanced through seven levels and become the Level 5 City of Kings.
• Bai Qian left to discuss securing a Bai Family Pharmacy location in the newly upgraded city, while Xiao Fan returned home and read Zhou He’s messages.
• After Zhou He reported that formidable players had recently joined King Base, Xiao Fan decided to go to the City of Kings to investigate and get revenge.

Xiao Fan traveled to City of Kings under the alias Huang Quan, joined Si Ming’s mercenary group on the way, and saw the disorder surrounding the city. After reaching King Base, he secretly followed the group to learn what they were delivering, ending up outside the City Lord Mansion.

• Xiao Fan told his companions he was going to City of Kings, and Qin Muyu and Xiao Yi offered help and urged him to be careful.
• Bai Qian joined the Fatty and the others to level up while Xiao Fan was away, hoping to stay close to his team.
• Traveling under the name Huang Quan, Xiao Fan met Si Ming’s mercenary squad and accepted their invitation to travel together to City of Kings.
• Si Ming warned Xiao Fan that City of Kings was dangerous and advised him to seek a city run by the authorities instead.
• Xiao Fan crossed the forest with Si Ming’s group, entered King Base, and followed them invisibly after they parted ways.
• Si Ming’s mercenaries reached the City Lord Mansion with their cargo, and Xiao Fan followed them there.

Xiao Fan followed the Fate Mercenary Group’s gem delivery to City of Kings, discovered Shen Long had created two T2 Rank Professions, and stole the gems and other valuables from Shen Long’s private storeroom. He then followed Chen Zhihao into Shen Long’s residence, where someone reported that a squad had gone missing.

• Si Ming delivered two boxes of gems to City Lord Mansion, and Xiao Fan secretly identified them as game items that boosted equipment attributes.
• Shen Long announced the creation of the T2 Rank Professions Blood Master and Charger, prompting Xiao Fan to suspect Shen Long had found an important game encounter.
• Xiao Fan impersonated Huang Quan in World Chat to provoke City of Kings’ players, then learned from Shen Long that the gems came from a Gem Mine on the White Nation server and that Shen Long was exploring the Monster Region.
• After Shen Long moved the gems to his private storeroom, Xiao Fan stole them along with weapons, equipment, and Heavenly Spirit Treasures.
• Xiao Fan spotted Chen Zhihao arriving to meet Shen Beijun and followed them inside, where someone reported that a squad had gone missing.

Chen Zhihao told Shen Long that a level 99 team had vanished after entering a strange level 1 secret realm, and Shen Long ordered the entrance watched before sending men to kill a mercenary group. Xiao Fan followed Chen Zhihao home, discovered his scheme against Jiu Chen, and confronted him after killing his mistress, Xiao Ya.

• Chen Zhihao reported that a newly appeared level 1 secret realm entrance had vanished with the twenty level 99 players who entered it.
• Shen Long blamed Chen Zhihao, ordered guards to watch the realm’s coordinates, and told an aide to take out the mercenary group staying at the Kaiyuan Hotel.
• Xiao Fan followed Chen Zhihao home and overheard him and Xiao Ya plotting to ruin Jiu Chen’s reputation.
• Xiao Fan killed Xiao Ya, revealed his identity to Chen Zhihao, and rejected Chen Zhihao’s attempt to bargain with him over Chen Xuewei.
• Xiao Fan raised his sword as a Thunder Dragon appeared above him, leaving Chen Zhihao facing his attack.

Xiao Fan killed Chen Zhihao and Shen Beijun with a Thunder Dragon attack, then escaped unseen. Shen Long learned of his son’s death and began searching for the killer, while Chen Zhihao’s wife arrived with a possible lead.

• Xiao Fan summoned the Thunder Dragon and unleashed his skills on Chen Zhihao, killing him and Shen Beijun when Shen Beijun rushed into the house with his men.
• Xiao Fan turned invisible and watched as Shen Beijun’s surviving men searched the wreckage without finding him.
• Shen Long discovered his private vault was empty, then learned Shen Beijun had died and demanded answers in the City Chat Channel.
• Shen Beijun’s men told Shen Long they had not seen the killer and identified Chen Zhihao as the person who had led them to the scene.
• The Yu Family Head persuaded Shen Long to investigate Chen Zhihao’s enemies, and a subordinate reported that Chen Zhihao’s wife was asking to see him.