Chapter Summaries

Xiao Fan entered the Puppet Tomb battle and chose the Seal skill, but his teammates chose Revive while Chen Xuewei and Shen Beiwu abandoned the group. The chapter left Xiao Fan leading Na Youshang and Brother Heartless, while Chen Xuewei and Shen Beiwu prepared to act on their own.

• The competition rules established a 5v5 battle in which players sealed or revived opponents, and the side with more players sealed after twenty hours lost.
• Xiao Fan chose Seal when the match began, while Na Youshang and Brother Heartless admitted they had barely understood the rules and chose Revive.
• Shen Beiwu and Chen Xuewei left Xiao Fan’s group, ignoring Brother Heartless’s protests.
• Xiao Fan told Na Youshang and Brother Heartless to follow his orders and set off with them.
• Shen Beiwu asked Chen Xuewei why she had selected the healer puppet for herself and given the Archer to Jiu Chen, then reminded her about her grudge with him.

Xiao Fan led Dragon Nation to a decisive victory over Black Nation by ambushing their weakened players and sealing all five of them. After Mirror City defeated White Nation, the chapter left Dragon Nation ahead after the first two matches.

• Xiao Fan, Brother Heartless, and Na Youshang invaded Black Nation’s jungle and killed all five opponents while they were weakened by monsters.
• Xiao Fan and his teammates leveled up and repeatedly defeated the Black Nation players whenever they revived.
• Xiao Fan farmed Soul Crystals and sealed all five Black Nation players, giving Dragon Nation the match victory.
• Jian Qingfeng praised Xiao Fan, Brother Heartless, and Na Youshang, while Chen Xuewei and Shen Beiwu were left stunned by the result.
• Mirror City defeated White Nation with a player Seal score of 1:4.

Xiao Fan prepared for the final individual match against Mirror City, choosing Revival while his teammates chose Seal. The match began amid tension over Shen Beiwu and Chen Xuewei’s refusal to follow Jiu Chen’s lead.

• Xiao Fan realized the rankings could affect post-merger rewards and agreed with Jian Qingfeng that Dragon Nation would secure the overall lead even if it placed second in the final match.
• Saint Yuan Venerable urged Mirror City’s puppet players to win, revealing that two Dragon Nation contestants had defected and claiming the match was effectively three against seven.
• The final matches began, pairing Dragon Nation against Mirror City and Black Nation against White Nation.
• Xiao Fan chose Revival and had Qian Chang and Na Youshang choose Seal so he could rely on them to seal opponents.
• Shen Beiwu rejected Qian Chang and Na Youshang’s demand that he follow Jiu Chen’s commands, then walked away while Chen Xuewei remained silent.

Xiao Fan led Brother Heartless and Na Youshang to invade Mirror City's jungle again, despite their doubts. The Mirror City players had instead invaded Dragon Nation's jungle, and Xiao Fan used their absence to start farming their monsters first, potentially giving his team the opening advantage.

• Xiao Fan ordered Brother Heartless and Na Youshang to invade Mirror City's jungle again, even though Na Youshang warned that Mirror City would expect the tactic.
• Xiao Fan's team found the recovery monster unattended because the five Mirror City players had gone to invade Dragon Nation's jungle.
• Shen Long and Quan Zhong believed Xiao Fan's failed invasion had cost his team an advantage, while the Dragon Nation observers accepted the outcome.
• Xiao Fan immediately called Brother Heartless and Na Youshang to farm Mirror City's monsters, while Mirror City's slower team had not yet reached Dragon Nation's jungle.
• The livestream viewers realized that Xiao Fan's team might gain the opening advantage if Mirror City failed to react quickly.

Mirror City's five players copied Xiao Fan's jungle invasion but hesitated until Dragon Nation had killed its Recovery Monster. Zong Heng led them back toward their own jungle, only to find their Recovery Monster gone as Xiao Fan's group waited nearby.

• Zong Heng told the Mirror City players to wait near Dragon Nation's jungle monster instead of attacking immediately.
• Jiu Chen and the other Dragon Nation players steadily weakened the monster while Mirror City's players remained hidden.
• The Mirror City squad finally approached and found Dragon Nation's monster untouched, then Zong Heng led them back to defend their own jungle.
• Xiao Fan sensed the returning squad and sped up, abandoning his kiting strategy to kill the monster before they arrived.
• Xiao Fan's group killed the monster and hid near another jungle monster, while Zong Heng's squad returned to find their Recovery Monster missing.

Xiao Fan stole the Speed Monster from Zong Heng’s team and fought off the Mirror City players with Brother Heartless and Na Youshang. Zong Heng’s team retreated toward a cannon they alone could activate, leaving Xiao Fan to clear the monsters outside its range before withdrawing.

• Zong Heng sent his team to attack the Speed Monster while Xiao Fan and his companions secretly watched from nearby.
• The system merged the four servers’ chat channels, and players from all four servers began trading insults and arranging fights.
• Xiao Fan shot the Speed Monster’s final sliver of health, gaining its experience and speed buff for himself while the Mirror City team received nothing.
• Zong Heng ordered his team to fight Xiao Fan, but the Mirror City players lost their health-pack teammate as Xiao Fan covered his novice companions.
• Zong Heng led his team toward a cannon in Mirror City’s jungle, forcing Xiao Fan to stop pursuing them.
• Xiao Fan cleared the wild monsters outside the cannon’s range and then left with Brother Heartless and Na Youshang.

Xiao Fan’s opening assault left Mirror City without key resources, while Mirror City’s leaders debated using a powerful item to preserve their server. Shen Beiwu and Chen Xuewei abandoned their farming plan to help Mirror City directly, and Zong Heng saw Xiao Fan’s strength firsthand.

• Mirror City’s clan heads recognized Xiao Fan’s overwhelming battlefield dominance and debated whether to use Saint Yuan Venerable’s item to improve their chances in the final match.
• Shen Beiwu concluded that stealing development resources would not stop Xiao Fan, so he and Chen Xuewei headed to help the Mirror City players directly.
• Xiao Fan noticed Shen Beiwu and Chen Xuewei had left the jungle, suspected they were aiding Mirror City, and continued farming before sealing Mirror City’s health-pack player again.
• Zong Heng recalled dismissing rumors about Xiao Fan and watched the opening match reveal the strength of the player he had wanted to challenge.

Xiao Fan’s Dragon Nation team exploited Mirror City’s low health and hid in the grass, repeatedly disrupting Zong Heng’s attempts to farm. The chapter ended with Zong Heng unable to locate his opponents as the Dragon Nation players’ camouflage was revealed to spectators.

• Zong Heng’s team struggled to recover after losing their healing support and fled when Jiu Chen’s arrow nearly killed him.
• Xiao Fan stopped Brother Heartless from chasing, warning that a Mirror City player was aiming the Cannon at them.
• Zong Heng accused the Cannon operator of secretly helping the Dragon Nation and replaced him with Xiao Zhi.
• Zong Heng’s team returned to fight a jungle monster, but a hidden Dragon Nation player shot it dead and wasted their effort.
• The Mirror City players watching the match saw the Dragon Nation team disguise themselves with branches and leaves to blend into the grass.

Xiao Fan repeatedly stole Mirror City's jungle monsters with arrows, keeping Zong Heng's team underleveled until they traced the shots and prepared to counterattack with Cannon. When Xiao Fan stole another monster, Xiao Zhi fired two shells toward the arrow's origin, leaving the Dragon Nation players caught in the bombardment.

• Xiao Fan stole Mirror City's monsters while Brother Heartless and Na Youshang farmed elsewhere, leaving Zong Heng stuck at level three.
• A Mirror City player suggested following the arrows' trajectories to locate the Dragon Nation players and bombard their position with Cannon.
• Zong Heng ordered Xiao Zhi to save Cannon's ammunition for any further arrows, then led the team back to fight a wild monster.
• Xiao Fan shot the nearly defeated monster, stealing the kill and prompting Zong Heng to order Xiao Zhi to fire.
• Xiao Zhi tracked the arrow's direction and launched two Cannon shells toward its origin, engulfing the area in explosions.

Xiao Fan used Winding Arrow to conceal his position and keep the Jing City players from finding or killing him, leaving Zong Heng’s team trapped near Cannon and struggling to farm. As the match continued, one of Zong Heng’s teammates spotted a Dragon Nation player.

• After Xiao Zhi’s cannon bombardment, Zong Heng’s team searched the area but found no Dragon Nation bodies.
• Zong Heng lost his temper and challenged Jiu Chen to come out, and Xiao Fan fired an arrow that Zong Heng narrowly dodged.
• Xiao Fan explained that Jian Qingfeng’s Winding Arrow could bend its path and conceal where it came from, and he stayed hidden to keep the Jing City team from recovering.
• Dragon Nation and Jing City players argued in the combined-server chat while the match continued.
• At Cannon, Xiao Zhi asked Zong Heng what they should do, and another player shouted that he had spotted a Dragon Nation player.

Zong Heng and the Jing City team killed Chen Xuewei and Shen Beiwu with a cannon, unaware that the two Dragon Nation players had come to help them. After Zong Heng recalled Saint Yuan Venerable’s warning about two defectors, he realized the people they had killed might have been their allies.

• Shen Beiwu and Chen Xuewei followed the sound of a fight and were killed by Zong Heng’s cannon before they could react.
• Zong Heng and the other Jing City players celebrated the kills, while Shen Long left to placate City of Kings players and Quan Zhong decided to begin the next phase of the plan.
• Jing City and Dragon Nation players argued in World Chat about the match rules and the teams’ relative strength.
• Xiao Fan left the area and joined Brother Heartless and Na Youshang to farm monsters and collect Soul Crystals.
• Zong Heng remembered Saint Yuan Venerable had told them two Dragon Nation players had switched sides, and suspected Chen Xuewei and Shen Beiwu had been their allies.

After Shen Beiwu and Chen Xuewei joined Zong Heng’s Jing City team, they helped analyze Xiao Fan’s group and devise a plan to separate him from the two rookies. The Jing City players began developing, while Dragon Nation players outside the game learned who the traitors were and why Chen Xuewei resented Jiu Chen.

• Shen Beiwu accepted Zong Heng’s apology but was angered by his offer to make the Shen Family a vassal, and chose to keep helping because he hated Jiu Chen more.
• Shen Beiwu told Zong Heng’s group about Xiao Fan’s team and the three puppets, and explained that isolating Jiu Chen from Brother Heartless and Na Youshang could leave the rookies vulnerable.
• Zong Heng proposed a way to separate Xiao Fan from the two rookies, then led a search that confirmed the Dragon Nation players had left the area.
• Shen Beiwu and Chen Xuewei helped the Jing City players fight wild monsters and develop quickly, with Shen Beiwu tanking and Chen Xuewei healing.
• Dragon Nation players identified Shen Beiwu and Chen Xuewei as traitors, and learned that Chen Xuewei’s family had swapped out Xiao Fan’s college entrance exam score, leading him to Novice Village Zone 18.

Xiao Fan led Brother Heartless and Na Youshang into the main hall, where they ambushed three Jing City players and fought off their attempt to escape. Chen Xuewei appeared as a healer but unexpectedly healed Brother Heartless, leaving the Jing City player furious and the battle unresolved.

• Xiao Fan, Brother Heartless, and Na Youshang killed a Jing City player in the jungle, but Xiao Fan worried that sealing him immediately could give the opposing team time to recover him.
• Xiao Fan led the others to the right-lane elevator and had all three spend Soul Crystals to enter the main hall together.
• Xiao Fan trapped three Jing City players with Rain of Arrows, and the trio overwhelmed them as the recently revived player joined the fight.
• A Jing City player called for a healer, and Chen Xuewei emerged from the main hall.
• Chen Xuewei healed Brother Heartless instead of the Jing City players, prompting one of them to curse her.

Chen Xuewei betrayed the Jing City team at the main hall, helping Xiao Fan and his allies seal four opponents and secure Dragon Nation’s victory. After explaining that she wanted Dragon Nation to survive, she revealed where Zong Heng and Shen Beiwu were hiding so the match could end.

• Chen Xuewei healed Na Youshang and revealed her allegiance by helping Xiao Fan’s team defeat the Jing City players in the main hall.
• Brother Heartless and Na Youshang sealed the four defeated Jing City players, leaving only Zong Heng on their team and putting the match beyond Jing City’s reach.
• Jing City family heads accepted their impending defeat and planned to secure transferable resources and build ties with Dragon Nation before the server merger.
• A Jing City family head ordered an investigation into Chen Xuewei, while Dragon Nation and Jing City players traded insults in World Chat.
• Chen Xuewei told Xiao Fan that Zong Heng and Shen Beiwu were hiding in the grass behind the lift below the left lane, and said she wanted Dragon Nation to survive.

Xiao Fan’s group outmaneuvered the Jing City players and sealed all five, winning the match. The victory left Shen Beiwu bewildered as he searched for opponents who had already lost.

• Xiao Fan left Brother Heartless and Chen Xuewei to guard four sealed players while he and Na Youshang searched for Zong Heng.
• Zong Heng waited with Shen Beiwu at a lift, expecting Xiao Fan’s group to follow his ambush plan, but Shen Beiwu left to scout.
• The Assassin Puppet seized Zong Heng, and Jian Qingfeng’s arrow attacks kept him controlled until he died.
• Na Youshang revealed their leafy disguises and brought Zong Heng’s corpse to the main hall’s Seal.
• The system announced that the Dragon Nation players had sealed the Jing City players 5–0, leaving Shen Beiwu stunned.

Dragon Nation Server won the Server Merger Challenge, securing its survival as the planet’s sole server after the merger. Xiao Fan returned to Dragon Nation to receive Zhou He’s thanks, while a white-haired old man left Solitary Tower in Jing City Server.

• White Nation defeated Black Nation for third place, and Dragon Nation players celebrated their victory.
• A white-haired old man on Solitary Tower heard that Jing City Server had lost, shrank the tower into a streak of light, and left.
• The system announced Dragon Nation Server’s first-place finish in the individual competition, and the contestants returned to their servers.
• Zhou He bowed to Xiao Fan and thanked him for helping preserve Dragon Nation Server, and Xiao Fan said protecting it was his responsibility.
• The system announced the final standings, naming Dragon Nation Server the winner and the sole server to be retained after the merger.
• The system announced that the servers would go offline for maintenance and updates one day later.

After the server merge challenge, Xiao Fan reunited with his teammates and received Qin Muyu’s Butterfly Gem, which transformed into a unique ring called Zhuangzi's Dream of the Butterfly. Its creator-linked origin and promise of a future special authority left Xiao Fan wondering whether Cloud Sea’s developer came from Earth.

• Xiao Fan returned home after the server merge competition, and Fatty and the others praised his victory and shared how much stronger they had grown in the Brave New World welfare dungeon.
• Xiao Fan reflected that the Lightning-Avoiding Fruit would help Zijin survive the Lightning Tribulation and reach level 300.
• Qin Muyu gave Xiao Fan the Butterfly Gem she had chosen in the dungeon, and he accepted it gratefully.
• Xiao Fan bound the gem, which became a butterfly-shaped ring named Zhuangzi's Dream of the Butterfly, a unique item set by Cloud Sea's creator that could grant a special authority after accumulating enough energy.
• Xiao Fan told the others the ring's effect but kept his doubts about its Earth-related name and origin to himself.

As Cloud Sea shut down for a day, Xiao Fan tried to materialize Zijin but learned she could not be materialized during her special period. He flew Uncle and Aunt out of the overcrowded Login Administration, then helped Xiao An and Xiao Le with their Level 10 Trial Secret Realm; that night, he noticed a friend request from someone he recognized.

• Xiao Fan used his free materialization chance on Zijin, but the system said she could not be materialized during her special period.
• Xiao Fan flew Xiao Yi and Liu Xiujuan out of the packed Login Administration, while Xiao An and Xiao Le remained behind.
• The crowd recognized Xiao Fan as the famous Jiu Chen after seeing his golden wings.
• Xiao An and Xiao Le told Xiao Fan about their progress in Zone 18 and asked him about the Level 10 Trial Secret Realm.
• Xiao Fan explained how to clear the Secret Realm, then saw that someone had added him as a friend and recognized her.

Lan Feifei approached Xiao Fan on behalf of Baisheng Chamber of Commerce to seek help securing plots in Dragon City and Yanhuang City, but he rejected the proposed deal and blocked her. The chamber’s attempt to gain a foothold in the game was left without his support.

• Xiao Fan accepted Lan Feifei’s friend request and learned that Baisheng Chamber of Commerce’s chairman wanted to cooperate with him.
• Lan Feifei sent Xiao Fan the chamber’s proposal, but he found its offer insulting and stopped replying.
• Lan Feifei explained that Baisheng Chamber of Commerce wanted a safe-city headquarters and had chosen Dragon City as its target.
• After Xiao Fan returned from dinner, he told Lan Feifei the terms were unacceptable and blocked her.
• Lan Feifei tried to continue negotiating, but discovered Xiao Fan had blocked her.

Xiao Fan refused the Baisheng Chamber of Commerce, prompting Wang Tianqiong to seek a different partner after Zhou He also rejected him. The game servers reopened as the Blue Star Server, and Xiao Fan began reviewing what the merger had changed.

• Xiao Fan blocked Lan Feifei, told Zhou He to demand an outrageous price if the Baisheng Chamber of Commerce sought cooperation, and disabled new friend requests.
• Wang Tianqiong became furious when Lan Feifei reported Xiao Fan's refusal and ordered an attendant to approach Zhou He about cooperation.
• Zhou He refused Wang Tianqiong, who blamed Xiao Fan and considered turning to the City of Kings before Shen Long arrived to meet him.
• Xiao Fan's family logged in after saying goodbye, and the game announced that the Dragon Nation, White Nation, Black Nation, and Mirror City servers had merged into the Blue Star Server.
• Xiao Fan learned that Dragon Nation's content was fully retained and that Jing City Server had retained Black Face Village.