Chapter Summaries

Xiao Fan watched the Boss summon minions while the team struggled to survive its growing army. He discovered that killing at least one minion before each countdown ended stopped the next summon, giving the team a way to manage the fight.

• The Boss continued summoning minions every five seconds as Xiao Fan healed the team and searched for a way to stop it.
• Zai Zai struggled to tank eight Powerhouse minions, so Xiao Fan killed two and nearly finished off the others with his damage skills.
• When a countdown ended after minions had died, the Boss summoned nothing and the countdown increased to ten seconds.
• Xiao Fan explained his theory to Garfield Without Fat and the team, then killed the weakened minions before the next countdown ended.
• The Boss again failed to summon a minion and extended the countdown to fifteen seconds, confirming Xiao Fan’s discovery.

Xiao Fan’s team defeated Shattered Frost and learned that killing the boss also erased its surviving Undyings. After returning to the plaza, Xiao Fan warned the other teams about the summoning mechanics and suspected the temporary speed reward meant a much stronger boss awaited them.

• Xiao Fan’s team ignored Undying and defeated Shattered Frost after clearing the monsters it summoned.
• Shattered Frost transformed into a golden statue when it died, and its surviving Undyings vanished.
• The system awarded every party member a temporary speed attribute, leading Xiao Fan to suspect another powerful boss was coming.
• Xiao Fan returned to the plaza and found the teams led by Ye Bugu, Feng Qi, and Bai Qian waiting there.
• Xiao Fan explained Shattered Frost’s summoning mechanics and advised the other teams to study their bosses’ summons.
• Xiao Fan refused Ye Bugu’s request to join the other teams, explaining that his party needed to earn all three attributes for the secret realm’s later big boss.

Xiao Fan’s team defeated the dragon and tiger Bosses, learning their summoning mechanics and earning temporary Intelligence and Strength bonuses. With three Bosses down and the other teams still fighting, they wondered whether the secret realm’s remaining battles would go as well.

• Xiao Fan chose the dragon Boss Yu Tian and ordered his team to kill the discolored mob before it could trigger repeated summons.
• Xiao Fan’s team defeated Yu Tian and received a temporary Intelligence bonus, then learned from Xiao Yi that the other teams were still fighting.
• Xiao Fan chose the tiger Boss Mountain Splitter, whose summons depended on its remaining HP.
• Xiao Fan used the fight to help his team improve their coordination, and they defeated Mountain Splitter to receive a temporary Strength bonus.
• Xiao Fan’s team wondered whether the other three teams had finished their Boss fights.

Xiao Fan’s team learned that the other teams had cleared their first Bosses, and Xiao Yi reported that the secret realm prevented him from fighting again after he gained temporary bonuses to three attributes. Outside the secret realm, players complained about its difficulty until they recognized that the supposedly weak Carry Team included Xiao Yi, the only person in Yanhuang City with Mechanical Legs.

• Xiao Yi scouted the other platforms and reported that three teams were fighting second Bosses while the others had cleared their first Bosses.
• Xiao Yi said the system had barred him from another fight because he already had temporary bonuses to three attributes.
• Qin Muyu began writing a guide as the three teams returned from their platforms, and Xiao Fan explained how his team had beaten three Bosses before the teams went back into combat.
• Players emerging from the secret realm complained that no team had beaten even one Boss in ten days and said the secret realm was too difficult.
• A newcomer mocked the Carry Team for entering despite its weakness, then revealed that its member had Mechanical Legs, prompting the others to recognize Xiao Yi.

After the twelve sealed bosses were defeated, a storm and twelve golden pillars heralded the arrival of Great Emperor Ziwei, the secret realm’s level-60 final boss. Xiao Fan chose to fight and organized the four teams into roles, preparing to activate his Dual God Profession.

• A storm swept across Central Plaza as the platform holding the twelve sealed bosses glowed and twelve golden pillars erupted from the ground.
• Golden light converged to reveal Great Emperor Ziwei, a level-60 boss with 240,000 HP and an overwhelming presence.
• The other team leaders asked Xiao Fan what to do, and he decided the four teams would fight the boss.
• Xiao Fan assigned the Fatty and Feng Qi’s tank as main tanks, selected two off-tanks, divided the damage dealers into two teams, and arranged the healers’ duties.
• Xiao Fan decided to activate his Dual God Profession before the battle began.

Xiao Fan activated both of his God Rank classes and used a Class Skin that transformed him into a striking half-light, half-dark figure with a merged staff and mismatched wings. After promising Xiao Yi he would save him a skin if he found another, Xiao Fan gathered the group to fight Great Emperor Ziwei.

• Xiao Fan activated his dual classes, gaining sharper senses and two class weapons.
• Xiao Fan used his Class Skin, which transformed his appearance and merged his two staffs into one.
• Fatty, Xiao Yi, and the other players admired Xiao Fan’s new look and asked for Class Skins of their own.
• Xiao Fan promised Xiao Yi he would save him a Class Skin if he found another.
• Xiao Fan gathered everyone before Great Emperor Ziwei and ordered Main Tank One to pull the Boss.

Xiao Fan led the teams against Great Emperor Ziwei, whose damage and defenses overwhelmed the players. His powerful healing and precise commands kept the tanks alive as You Feng began to learn the Boss’s marked mechanic.

• You Feng struck Great Emperor Ziwei for little damage, then took a devastating hit that revealed why Xiao Fan had assigned two main tanks.
• The teams attacked Ziwei, while You Feng’s health plunged and Bai Qian struggled to keep him alive.
• Xiao Fan healed You Feng for 9,780 HP and reduced the Boss’s damage, shocking the other players.
• Xiao Fan ordered the fatty to take aggro, and the fatty took less damage than the higher-level You Feng.
• Xiao Fan told You Feng to leave the main group and clear the hexagram mark above his head, and You Feng watched its lit points turn black.

Xiao Fan’s powerful Profession skill pulled aggro from Great Emperor Ziwei and triggered the Boss’s dangerous mechanic. He endured seven attacks without losing HP, then handed aggro to You Feng and focused on healing.

• Fatty took over aggro from Bai Qian while Xiao Fan observed the Boss and noticed the team was dealing damage too slowly.
• Xiao Fan used Nirvana Curse Kill on Great Emperor Ziwei, dealing 4,001 damage and pulling aggro away from Fatty.
• The Boss’s health fell below ninety percent and its weapon turned red, so Xiao Fan activated God of War Mode and tried an ineffective control skill.
• Great Emperor Ziwei struck Xiao Fan seven times, dealing no HP damage but draining thirty thousand mana.
• Xiao Fan told You Feng to take aggro, restored his mana with the iron pot, and stopped attacking so he would not pull aggro again.

Xiao Fan’s four teams cleared Twelve Heavens Execution and earned the server’s first clear, while other players speculated about the Secret Realm and reacted to a rare Golden Legend appraisal. After the teams emerged, the players who had mocked Xiao Fan’s group faced their mistake, and Emperor realized too late why Ye Bugu and the official team had waited for them.

• Players outside the Secret Realm debated why their teams kept failing, and one player guessed that the twelve Bosses had to be defeated in a specific order.
• System announcements revealed that Frost and Han had each appraised a Golden Legend, drawing the crowd’s attention away from the Secret Realm discussion.
• A system announcement declared that Jiu Chen’s team, Feng Qi’s team, Shadow’s team, and Little Medical Flower’s team had cleared Twelve Heavens Execution for the server’s first clear.
• Xiao Fan’s teams emerged, and the fatty teased the players who had mocked them; Xiao Fan mocked the shit-eating player but let the matter go.
• Emperor realized that Jiu Chen’s connection to the team explained why Ye Bugu and the official team had waited, and regretted missing the opportunity.

After clearing the Secret Realm, Xiao Fan learned that Chen Xuewei had identified a powerful Golden Talent and considered how to obtain it, while Chen Xuewei chose to embed it herself. On the way back, Xiao Fan failed to identify a rare Talent and asked Zijin about the Divine Dragon inheritance, learning it could pass on undesirable traits.

• After the players dispersed, Xiao Fan realized that Frost was Chen Xuewei and asked Qian Juduo to find a way to buy her Golden Talent.
• In the level 55 region of Cloud Sea, Chen Xuewei rejected the many requests to buy her Talent Stone and successfully embedded Endless Plunder.
• Chen Xuewei resolved to grow stronger and avenge her father.
• Xiao Fan tried identifying two Talent Stones but obtained only a white Talent and a blue Talent.
• Xiao Fan asked Zijin how to use the Dragon Token, and Zijin warned that a Divine Dragon inheritance could pass on traits such as greed or lust.

Xiao Fan learned that unlocking the Dragon Token’s inheritance required blood from earth-type Magic Beasts, so he postponed the dangerous hunt and discussed finding Lightning-Avoiding Fruit with Zijin. In Yanhuang City, he asked I Kick Your Lung to appraise two Talent Stones, and the first appraisal ended in a burst of seven-colored light.

• Zijin explained that the Dragon Token’s inheritance could be dangerous and required blood from around a hundred or more earth-type Magic Beasts to unlock.
• Xiao Fan gave up on pursuing the Dragon Token for now and asked Zijin about finding Lightning-Avoiding Fruit.
• Xiao Fan met Crush Your Bird and I Kick Your Lung at Yanhuang City’s gate and brought the sisters to his residence.
• Xiao Fan asked I Kick Your Lung to appraise two Talent Stones, while Fatty tried to intervene and Xiao Fan stopped him.
• A seven-colored light burst from the Talent Stone as I Kick Your Lung’s appraisal result appeared to be exceptionally rare.

I Kick Your Lung appraised the planet’s only Colorful Supreme talent, and Xiao Fan found that its powerful effect came with demanding socket requirements. He confirmed his participation in the Life and Death Contest, which would begin in thirty days.

• The system announced I Kick Your Lung’s Colorful Supreme appraisal, and Xiao Fan urged her to block friend requests before inviting her and her sister into his party.
• Xiao Fan inspected the Supreme Talent Stone and learned that Resonance doubled all talent effects but required a full talent page to socket.
• Xiao Fan kept the stone rather than give it to an enemy, then appraised more than fifty Talent Stones and found only one purple talent among mostly white and green ones.
• Xiao Fan received a notice about the Life and Death Contest and, despite not knowing what awaited him, confirmed his participation.
• The system set a thirty-day countdown until Xiao Fan would be teleported to the contest arena.

Xiao Fan opened the planet’s one-time Brave New World Dungeon and chose the Lightning-Avoiding Fruit as his exclusive reward after another player claimed the Butterfly Gem. The group gathered in the Dungeon, where Xiao Fan learned Qin Muyu had chosen the Butterfly Gem and vowed to help her earn enough Points.

• Xiao Fan decided to activate the Brave New World Key, knowing that all players with keys would enter the planet’s one-time welfare Dungeon.
• Xiao Fan selected the Lightning-Avoiding Fruit as his exclusive reward after another player took the Butterfly Gem before he could choose it.
• The fatty arrived confused and complained that he had picked the worst reward because he thought entering the Dungeon was a dream.
• Xiao Fan saw Judge Young Master among the entrants and checked that his skills and Profession remained normal.
• Qin Muyu revealed she had chosen the Butterfly Gem, and Xiao Fan promised to help her earn enough Points to claim it.

Xiao Fan and four others entered an Escape Game after triggering an invisible minigame entrance in the grassland Dungeon. They began running along a dangerous road as the Black Fog chased them, and the route started narrowing and filling with obstacles.

• Xiao Fan and four other players triggered the Escape Game and vanished from the grassland.
• Wind Snow Traveler explained that players had to explore in separate groups to find minigames and earn Points.
• Xiao Fan, Qin Muyu, Taichu, Ye Bugu, and Fire Baby appeared at a starting line beside a winding road and the Black Fog.
• The five players started running when the countdown ended.
• The Black Fog began spreading behind them, so Xiao Fan used Gift of the Saint to boost their speed.
• The road ahead began narrowing, breaking apart, and presenting obstacles.

Players learned that Brave New World’s minigames were difficult despite being safe, and that rewards depended on performance. Taichu, Ye Bugu, and Fire Baby returned from an Escape Game with substantial rewards, while Ye Bugu’s attempt at another minigame ended almost immediately.

• Wind Snow Traveler and the other Players waited for Xiao Fan and the others because they had earned almost no Points and hoped to follow their example.
• Taichu was ejected from the Escape Game after falling off a cliff, then Ye Bugu and Fire Baby emerged as well.
• Ye Bugu explained that the Escape Game involved fleeing the Black Fog through a dangerous route, and said Xiao Fan had helped them survive.
• Taichu, Ye Bugu, and Fire Baby checked their rewards and found they had each earned tens of thousands of Points along with attribute points and Core Power.
• Ye Bugu entered an exploration minigame, kicked open the door at the start, and was immediately ejected after the game ended.

Xiao Fan and Qin Muyu survived the Escape Game, with Qin Muyu breaking its record after Xiao Fan threw her forward. While they collected their rewards and prepared for more games, Cloud Sea announced that the planet’s four servers would integrate through a week-long challenge starting the next day.

• Xiao Fan used his acceleration skill to hurl Qin Muyu past the spikes before the Black Fog swallowed him, and Qin Muyu used her invulnerability skill to break the game’s record before being caught by the fog.
• Xiao Fan and Qin Muyu received 260,000 and 490,000 Points respectively, and Xiao Fan realized record-breaking earned higher rewards.
• Xiao Fan found the Players waiting outside the game, then explained its key points while recovering for the next game.
• Cloud Sea announced that its four major servers would begin a week-long integration challenge the next day, with the top server on the Overall Points Ranking taking command.
• Zhou He questioned Luo Yi about the unexpected Ranked version and server integration, but Luo Yi said he had known nothing about the changes, so the officials began studying the challenge.

The Dragon Nation leaders planned for the server merger challenge, which would determine whose server progress and territory survived the merger. Zhou He worried about the Mirror City server and Shen Long, but Jian Qingfeng revealed that the City of Kings players would support Dragon Nation, and Dragon City announced class-change rewards to strengthen participants.

• Zhou He explained that the merger challenge would rank the four servers through overall strength, team competition, and individual competition, with registration opening the next day.
• Zhou He worried that Mirror City and Shen Long's City of Kings faction might undermine Dragon Nation's bid to win.
• Jian Qingfeng revealed that Falling Leaf had reported Shen Long's agreement to help Mirror City, but the City of Kings players planned to support Dragon Nation instead.
• Zhou He felt reassured and credited Xiao Fan with helping Dragon Nation even while he was inside a dungeon.
• Dragon City announced class-change slots for eligible challenge registrants and said slots from Dragon City and Yanhuang City would be distributed by strength and contribution within seven days.

Xiao Fan questioned whether Cloud Sea was real after recognizing Earth-like minigames, while the Fusion Challenge Tournament registration ended and its team competition rules were announced. The tournament was set to begin in ten minutes, with 50 players randomly selected from each server.

• Xiao Fan panicked that his new life might be a coma hallucination, then tested the theory by asking Fatty to hit him with a skill and reassured his friends that he was fine.
• Players registered for the Fusion Challenge Tournament, and the number of registrants doubled after more players met the requirements; Zhou He gathered them to await the competition.
• Quan Zhong criticized Shen Long because fewer than forty City of Kings players qualified, then told the team to cause an accident for the Dragon Nation players in exchange for better prospects after the servers fused.
• The tournament organizers announced that 50 players from each server would enter Interstellar Canyon, where teams would earn Points by killing monsters, killing players, and destroying guardian towers.

The team match rules made each server's Guardian Tower crucial, and the selected contestants were sent to the unfamiliar Interstellar Canyon as the competition was broadcast. In Dragon Nation's starting area, Iron Blood Blade called for a commander and unified tactics.

• The rules revealed that destroying a Guardian Tower would eliminate its server, preventing the four servers from cooperating.
• The system selected thirty-six Dragon Nation players, while Jian Qingfeng and Zhou He were not chosen; a live broadcast showed the map and selected teams.
• Jian Qingfeng identified the Dragon Nation players on the roster, including his senior brother and ten City of Kings players.
• Dragon Nation's contestants arrived at their Guardian Tower in Interstellar Canyon and found the surrounding map hidden by nebulae.
• Iron Blood Blade proposed choosing an overall commander and forming basic tactics, and a Military player immediately backed him as the strongest.

Iron Blood Blade accepted Fallen Leaf as overall commander, and the Dragon Nation team split between guarding its Guardian Tower and exploring Interstellar Canyon. The Mirror City Server's factions divided over whether to merge with the Dragon Nation, and Liu Chuisui's group set out to help the Dragon Nation reach the top.

• Biao Ge challenged Iron Blood Blade's claim to command and nominated Fallen Leaf, whom Iron Blood Blade readily accepted as overall commander.
• Fallen Leaf assigned twenty-four players to defend the Guardian Tower and split the remaining players into two groups to explore the map.
• Biao Ge's signal left Iron Blood Blade and most official players guarding the tower, while the City of Kings players formed one exploring group.
• The Mirror City Server split in two: one faction left to seek a merger with the Dragon Nation, while Luo Xianning's faction stayed and vowed to win the team match.
• Liu Chuisui told Floating Cloud that merging into an outside server was the Mirror City's only way forward, then ordered his group to find the Dragon Nation's Guardian Tower and help it reach the top.