Chapter Summaries

Xiao Fan traded a Heaven-Tier Skill Book to Taichu for the Phoenix Soul Stone and completed Quest Four. After returning to the Myriad Phenomena Tower gathering, Xiao Fan and the Zone 18 contestants faced mockery from Shen Tengfei and Shen Jiangyun.

• Taichu questioned whether Xiao Fan came from Zone 18, then led him aside to make their exchange.
• Xiao Fan traded Taichu the Heaven-Tier Skill Book for the Phoenix Soul Stone, which he submitted to complete Quest Four.
• Taichu praised Xiao Fan and tried to befriend him after seeing the skill book's rank.
• Xiao Fan rejoined the Zone 18 group at the crowded Myriad Phenomena Tower gathering, where Fatty asked about Taichu.
• Shen Tengfei's group mocked Zone 18, and Qin Muyu identified Shen Tengfei while Xiao Fan noticed Chen Xuewei and Shen Jiangyun with him.
• Blade Shadow challenged Shen Tengfei, but Shen Jiangyun insulted Zone 18 and suggested they give their competition slots to Zone 1.

Xiao Fan confronted Shen Jiangyun and Shen Tengfei at the Myriad Phenomena Platform gathering, while the Shen family revealed it had used the Trading House to boost its contestants with Core Power. Shen Tengfei taunted Qin Muyu and Ye Changge, but Xiao Fan stepped forward and offered him three punches instead of kowtowing.

• Xiao Fan tricked Shen Jiangyun into insulting himself, then mocked him for being a level-six player as Chen Xuewei watched silently.
• Shen Tengfei confronted Xiao Fan and derided his rapid leveling, while the crowd instead marveled at Xiao Fan reaching level ten in a month.
• Qin Muyu and Taichu defended Xiao Fan, and Shen Tengfei claimed Zone 1's contestants had reached level fifteen by obtaining Core Power through the Trading House.
• Xiao Fan realized powerful families could buy skill books through the Trading House to funnel Core Power to novice players, but remained confident in his skills.
• Shen Tengfei mocked Qin Muyu and Ye Changge and offered them a place in the top five if they kowtowed, prompting Xiao Fan to offer him three punches.

Xiao Fan restrained himself after Qin Muyu and Blade Shadow warned him that fighting on the Myriad Phenomena Platform could disqualify Zone 18, while Shen Tengfei left vowing to eliminate their competitors in the tower. At the competition briefing, Qin Muyu clashed with Qin Mumu, and referee Xu Shengguo asked why Zone 18 had only seven competitors.

• Qin Muyu and Blade Shadow stopped Xiao Fan from fighting Shen Tengfei, explaining that a brawl could cost Zone 18 its competition eligibility.
• Shen Tengfei abandoned his provocation and left, planning to use his allies from Zone 1 to kill Zone 18’s competitors in the Myriad Phenomena Tower.
• Blade Shadow warned Zone 18’s team about Shen Tengfei, and Zai Zai and the others worried that Zone 1’s Level 15 players had an advantage over their seven Level 10 competitors.
• Xu Shengguo arrived and explained the tower competition’s four scoring categories, including floors reached, creatures and bosses killed, and secret realms cleared.
• Qin Mumu taunted Qin Muyu about Zone 18’s small team, and Qin Muyu rejected her claims of sisterly concern.
• Xu Shengguo silenced the argument and asked Jiu Chen why Zone 18 had only seven competitors.

Xiao Fan and the other contestants entered the Myriad Phenomena Tower, where a newly added faction system let players choose rules for attacking and scoring. After assembling Zone 18 into a team, Xiao Fan checked the tower’s five rankings.

• Xu Shengguo warned Xiao Fan that Zone 18’s small roster put them at a scoring disadvantage, but Xiao Fan said they would manage with seven contestants.
• The Myriad Phenomena Tower opened, and Xiao Fan entered alone before choosing the Evil Faction to prepare for Zone 1’s planned attacks.
• Xiao Fan found the other contestants in a misty mountain hollow and learned that the player numbers above their heads showed their factions.
• The seven Zone 18 contestants had chosen Evil, Neutral, and Good factions among them, and Xiao Fan formed a team whose members’ numbers turned green.
• Xiao Fan opened the competition rankings and saw categories for overall score, tower floors, beasts, bosses, and secret realm clears.

Xiao Fan’s group learned that maps could speed their progress through the Myriad Phenomena Tower, and Tai Chu offered his maps in exchange for joining them. Xiao Fan accepted Tai Chu into the team as they prepared to advance beyond the first floor.

• Shen Beijun and Shen Jiangyun planned to target players from Zone 18 on higher floors, while Qin Mumu suggested using Fierce Beasts to kill them instead.
• System announcements reported that Player No. 161 had slain a Level 2 Fierce Beast and Player No. 11 had reached the second floor.
• Xiao Fan and Qin Muyu decided to find the entrance to the second floor, then aim for the third floor and its secret realm.
• Qin Muyu explained that the great families had maps of the first four floors, but she had left before receiving her family’s map.
• Tai Chu offered to share his maps of the first four floors if Xiao Fan let him join the team.
• Xiao Fan accepted Tai Chu’s request and welcomed him into the team.

Xiao Fan and his team climbed to the stormy third floor of the Myriad Phenomena Tower and headed for its secret realm. Shen Beijun’s team learned that Player No. 161 had already cleared it with players from Zone 18, and they hurried to catch up.

• Taichu led Xiao Fan’s team through the hidden stairways to the third floor, where thunderstorms drenched them.
• Taichu used his map to guide Xiao Fan’s team toward the third-floor secret realm.
• Shen Beijun’s team reached the third floor and discussed resting before attempting its secret realm.
• Player No. 007 checked the leaderboard after the group worried that Zone 18 might not have reached the floor.
• The announcement revealed that Player No. 161 had cleared a Level 5 Secret Realm and taken the overall lead.
• Shen Beijun’s team saw that Players No. 171 and No. 172 had also earned 100 points, realized Zone 18 had joined Ye Changge’s team, and set off for the secret realm.

Xiao Fan and the Zone 18 team swiftly cleared the third-floor Secret Realm and reached the fourth floor, leaving Ye Changge astonished by their strength. Shen Beijun’s group learned they had fallen far behind and hurried to catch up, while the tower platform showed only eight players on the fourth floor.

• Ye Changge realized that Fatty and the other Zone 18 players used Earth-Tier Skills and fought with strong teamwork, while Xiao Fan’s healing and strategy had made the Secret Realm easy.
• Xiao Fan led the group toward the fourth floor, using Gift of the Saint to protect them from the rain as they traveled.
• Shen Beijun’s group struggled through the rain toward the Secret Realm entrance, and Shen Jiangyun blamed their delay for letting Zone 18 get ahead.
• The rankings announced that Player No. 171 had reached the fourth floor and ranked first there, while Player No. 161 led the overall ranking with 117 points.
• Shen Beijun saw that Zone 18 dominated the rankings and ordered his group to hurry up and clear the Secret Realm.
• The Myriad Phenomena Platform showed ten white figures on the third floor and eight on the fourth.

Xiao Fan led his group rapidly through the Myriad Phenomena Tower, reaching the fifth floor before anyone could explain their progress. After finding the fifth-floor stairs, the group considered whether to earn points there or continue upward.

• Xu Shengguo and the contestants on the Myriad Phenomena Platform saw eight players reach the fourth floor unusually quickly and speculated about their identities.
• The eight figures vanished from the fourth floor and appeared on the fifth, shocking Xu Shengguo and the platform’s spectators.
• On the fourth floor, Ye Changge urged Xiao Fan’s group to earn points while searching for the next entrance, but Xiao Fan insisted they go straight to the fifth floor.
• Xiao Fan led the group through the fourth floor and found the stairs to the fifth floor, explaining that the tower’s stairs followed a spiral pattern and gave off detectable energy.
• The group reached the fifth floor, and the Fatty asked whether they should farm points there or search for the sixth-floor stairs.

Xiao Fan’s team rested on the fifth floor, then farmed Points while Zone 1 discovered how far behind they had fallen. After defeating a boss, Xiao Fan decided the group should gather its hide for protection before heading onward.

• Xiao Fan rested with his team on the fifth floor and saw that Zone 1’s players were missing from the rankings until they cleared the third-floor Secret Realm.
• Shen Beijun learned that Zone 18 had already reached the fifth floor and ordered his exhausted team to keep going rather than rest.
• Ye Changge grew attached to fighting alongside Xiao Fan’s team, even as he remained intent on obtaining the Heaven-Tier Skill.
• Xiao Fan’s team defeated the Sand Crocodile and earned 640 Points each, widening their lead over Player No. 001.
• Xiao Fan noticed that the Sand Crocodile’s corpse remained and told the team to skin it so its hide could protect them from extreme weather.

Shen Beijun's group struggled to keep pace with Zone 18 and blamed their rivals' rapid progress on Jian Qingfeng giving them a map. Just as Shen Beijun allowed his exhausted team to rest, announcements revealed that players had reached the sixth floor and Ye Changge had taken the overall lead, leaving Shen Beijun so furious that he fainted.

• Shen Beijun refused Qin Mumu's request to rest and berated the group over Zone 18's enormous lead in points.
• Shen Jiangyun guessed that Jian Qingfeng had shown Xiao Fan's group the fifth-floor entrance, and Shen Beijun decided they could kill Zone 18's players later to reset their scores.
• Shen Beijun said they would wait for the Military on the fourth floor if they could not find the entrance, then finally allowed the group to rest for the night.
• Announcements revealed that Player No. 171 had reached the sixth floor and that Player No. 161 led the overall rankings with 1,763 points.
• Yu Wanru suggested giving up, and Shen Beijun roared in protest before fainting from rage.

Eight contestants reached the sixth floor of the Myriad Phenomena Tower, shocking the spectators as Zone 1 claimed the feat for itself. Xiao Fan’s group faced the sixth floor’s dangers and planned to clear its secret realm before deciding whether to climb higher.

• Xu Shengguo saw eight contestants appear on the sixth floor, while spectators and Zone 1 players assumed they belonged to Zone 1.
• Shen Tengfei believed his team had left two members behind to complete a mission against Zone 18 and expected Zone 1 to secure the competition’s rewards.
• Zone 18’s spectators worried about their team’s results, while Blade Shadow privately suspected that Jiu Chen and the others were among the contestants on the sixth floor.
• Xiao Fan’s group used the animal hides prepared on the fifth floor to endure the sixth floor’s extreme cold.
• The group killed a Level 12 Ice Prison Rending Bear near the exit, and Xiao Fan proposed clearing the sixth-floor secret realm before hunting more beasts.

Xiao Fan and his companions searched the sixth floor for a secret realm and entered a Special Secret Realm called Heaven and Earth Myriad Phenomena. Faced with nine narrow paths and only eight team members, Xiao Fan warned that traveling together would be even more dangerous.

• Xiao Fan and Qin Muyu realized the sixth-floor Fierce Beasts had no fixed territories, making the whole floor their hunting ground.
• The group searched for a secret realm all day, killed two Bosses, and found an entrance after nightfall.
• The entrance offered an Ordinary Secret Realm or a Special Secret Realm, and Xiao Fan chose the special option, hoping to find the Heart of Myriad Phenomena.
• The eight companions arrived on a compass-shaped stone platform surrounded by nine paths above a bottomless abyss.
• The Fatty and Garfield Without Fat argued against splitting up, but Xiao Fan said traveling together could leave them unable to escape a trap.

Xiao Fan split the group across eight elemental paths, then used Thousand-Faced One to send a Ye Changge clone down the unassigned lightning path. On the fourth floor, Shen Beijun woke to find Ye Changge far ahead in Points and decided to go farm.

• Xiao Fan assigned Fatty and the others to eight of the nine elemental paths, while Qin Muyu suspected he had a hidden plan.
• After the group entered their paths, Xiao Fan used Thousand-Faced One to create a near-perfect Ye Changge clone.
• Xiao Fan sent the clone down the lightning path and controlled it alongside himself on the light path.
• Shen Beijun woke in a cave on the fourth floor and saw that Ye Changge had nearly 5,000 Points.
• Player No. 007 explained that Sister Wanru had taken the others out to farm Points while Shen Beijun was unconscious.
• Shen Beijun said he and the two players guarding him would go farm too.

The contestants saw Ye Changge and Xiao Fan dominate the Myriad Phenomena Tower rankings while the Military headed toward the fourth floor. Inside the special secret realm, Xiao Fan and the others collected elemental stones and placed them into the ground’s grooves, triggering a burst of multicolored light.

• Contestants were stunned to see Ye Changge and Xiao Fan leading all five Leaderboards with nearly 5,000 Points.
• The Military regrouped on the third floor and set out for the fourth floor to search for the entrance to the fifth.
• Xiao Fan completed multiple elemental trials and collected stones, while Qin Muyu warned that the group might need all nine stones.
• Qin Muyu mistook Xiao Fan’s Ye Changge clone for the real Ye Changge until Xiao Fan dismissed the skill.
• Ye Changge and the others arrived with their stones, and Xiao Fan reminded them of the order for placing them.
• All eight contestants placed their stones into the grooves, filling the space with multicolored light.

Xiao Fan and the others fought the Level 10 Chaos Elemental Envoy and discovered they had to use the colored beams to counter its changing elements. After they completed the Boss's mechanics and defeated it, the chapter ended.

• The Chaos Elemental Envoy appeared, and Xiao Fan told Fatty to draw its attacks while he healed the party.
• Xiao Fan realized the Boss's changing elements altered how much damage everyone dealt and took.
• When the Boss became immune to attacks, Xiao Fan ordered Fatty to lead it to the green beam, allowing the party to damage it again.
• A vine trapped Swift as Wind, and Qin Muyu and Ye Changge destroyed it so he could rejoin the fight.
• Xiao Fan directed Fatty to move the Boss to the correct beam as its form changed, and the party completed the mechanics and defeated it.

After clearing the Heaven and Earth Myriad Phenomena Secret Realm, Xiao Fan discovered that its Myriad Phenomena Token could unlock the Myriad Phenomena Tower's hidden tenth floor and lead to the Heart of Myriad Phenomena. On the fourth day in the tower, he planned to climb toward the ninth floor, but Qin Muyu and the others decided they would go with him in case the ultimate challenge required a team.

• Xiao Fan and his team cleared the level 10 Secret Realm, earning Core Power, an Elemental Evolution Fragment, and a Myriad Phenomena Token.
• Xiao Fan explained how the nine elements countered each other and how the team used the corresponding beams to fight the Chaos Elemental Envoy.
• Zai Zai checked the token and learned it could unlock the Myriad Phenomena Tower's hidden tenth-floor challenge, which rewarded the Heart of Myriad Phenomena.
• Xiao Fan realized the token gave him a lead on the Heart of Myriad Phenomena and decided he needed to climb higher before the tower closed.
• On the fourth day, Xiao Fan told the team he intended to reach the ninth floor, but Qin Muyu and the others proposed going with him in case the tenth-floor challenge required a team.

Shen Beijun’s exhausted group hoped to follow the Military District to the fifth floor and catch up with Zone 18, but leaderboard notices revealed that Player No. 161 had already reached the seventh floor and taken first place. The chapter ends with the group losing hope.

• Shen Beijun learned from the Leaderboard that the Military District had reached the fourth floor and planned to follow them toward the fifth.
• Shen Beijun argued that the entrance above the fifth floor must be easy to find, giving his group hope that they could catch up with Zone 18.
• Shen Beijun told the group to rest in a cave while they waited for the Military District.
• Player No. 161 cleared the Level 10 Special Secret Realm, reached the seventh floor, and claimed first place on the Overall Ranking.
• The group saw Player No. 161’s results, and their spirits sank into despair.

Xiao Fan led his group to the fog-shrouded seventh floor of the Myriad Phenomena Tower, but sent the others back when the lack of visibility made the floor too dangerous. Determined to obtain the Heart of Myriad Phenomena and pursue the Resurrection Art quest, he continued alone, while observers on the Myriad Phenomena Platform realized the eight contestants had reached the seventh floor.

• Xiao Fan gathered his companions in the dense fog and warned that they should return to the sixth floor because they could not see the Fierce Beasts or find their way safely.
• Ye Changge, Qin Muyu, and the others urged Xiao Fan to retreat, but he insisted he needed to reach the ninth floor to obtain the Heart of Myriad Phenomena.
• Xiao Fan sent the others back to the sixth floor and walked onward alone, closing his eyes so he could sense danger around him.
• Xu Shengguo and his adjutant watched the eight silhouettes disappear from the sixth floor and realized the contestants had reached the seventh floor.
• Xu Shengguo was astonished that the contestants had surpassed the previous record by two floors in only four days.

Spectators debated whether the lone figure on the seventh floor was Ye Changge or Xiao Fan while seven figures descended to the sixth floor, and Zone 18 hoped they belonged to its team. On the fourth floor, Shen Beijun kept Zone 1 hunting despite their exhaustion as the Military District’s twenty-three contestants approached, and Shen Jiangyun waited for instructions.

• Eight white figures appeared on the seventh floor, then seven reappeared on the sixth while one remained above.
• Xu Shengguo and Zhou He speculated that the group was from Zone 18 and that the lone figure was Xiao Fan or Ye Changge.
• Players in Zone 18 hoped the seven on the sixth floor were their contestants, while Shen Tengfei worried that the group might not be from Zone 1.
• Shen Beijun canceled Zone 1’s rest after Ye Changge and the others reached the seventh floor, leaving the contestants to keep hunting Fierce Beasts.
• The Military District’s twenty-three contestants approached Zone 1’s Beast Zone, and Shen Jiangyun asked Shen Beijun what to do.
• Shen Beijun told Shen Jiangyun and the others to watch the Military District and follow if they made a move.

Lost in the fog on the seventh floor of the Myriad Phenomena Tower, Xiao Fan heard Zijin and Red Hair fighting over Silver Moon Grass and realized he had entered a game story. Zijin carried him away from Red Hair, who transformed into a giant bird and pursued them.

• Xiao Fan spent nearly twelve hours searching the seventh floor but couldn't find the entrance to the eighth floor or retrace his route.
• Xiao Fan heard Zijin and Red Hair arguing and fighting over Silver Moon Grass, though the Tower Floor Ranking showed no other players on the floor.
• Xiao Fan realized he was trapped in a game story when the fight's sounds followed him wherever he went.
• Zijin ran toward Xiao Fan, warned him to flee from Red Hair, then swept him up in her golden wings and ran when he couldn't escape.
• Red Hair offered Zijin the Silver Moon Grass in exchange for Xiao Fan, then transformed into a giant dark red bird and chased them.