Chapter Summaries

Chen Ming wiped out the Abyss beast tide alone, leaving the Abyss in ruins, and gave the Mystic Edge Squad the rare resources left behind. City Lord Fei arrived after the battle and learned that Chen Ming had stopped the tide.

• The Mystic Edge Squad sheltered in a sealed spatial rift while Chen Ming and the Bone Demons slaughtered the Abyssal beasts outside.
• After the battle ended and the gates vanished, the squad saw the devastated Abyss and watched Chen Ming inspect his haul of pure mental resources.
• Chen Ming let the Mystic Edge Squad keep twenty-three rare resources and two high-grade resources, and they eagerly gathered them.
• City Lord Fei arrived in a blaze of fire, found Chen Ming and the squad, and asked what had happened to the Abyss.
• Chen Ming said he had stepped in to stop the beast tide, and City Lord Fei praised him for resolving it alone.

Chen Ming declined City Lord Fei’s offer to make him Cangling Province’s successor and left the Abyss with him. Fei revealed that another Abyss had been emptied by a beast tide and explained that five races had gathered on Blue Star, while rival alliances were preparing to compete for the Illusion Sea Temple dungeon.

• City Lord Fei offered Chen Ming the position of Cangling Province’s next City Lord, and the Mystic Edge Squad realized Chen Ming was a Class Changer from this year’s Grand Exam.
• Xia Chuan inspected injured Class Changers at Alliance headquarters and suspected Pei Jiuge was cursing him.
• Chen Ming declined Fei’s recruitment, and the two left the Abyss as Zhao Dahai and the Mystic Edge Squad connected Chen Ming’s identity to the team they had discussed.
• Fei told Chen Ming that the other Abyss connected to Nether Sea Star had been emptied after a beast tide, so visiting it would be pointless.
• Fei explained that the Nether Sea Race was allied with the Lighthouse Alliance, the Insect Race with the Holy See Alliance, and the Black Dwarf Race with the Wokou Alliance, bringing five races to Blue Star.
• Fei warned Chen Ming that the rival alliances also had their eyes on the Illusion Sea Temple dungeon, which would open after the fifteen-day period.

After the Elite Department was driven from the Illusion Sea Temple entrances by four enemy factions, Chen Ming agreed to lead them in a renewed attempt. He returned to Alliance headquarters and prepared to re-enter the sea region the next day.

• City Lord Fei told Chen Ming that four factions had ambushed the Elite Department and driven it from the entrances.
• Chen Ming agreed to return to Alliance headquarters and temporarily lead the Elite Department.
• The injured Elite Department members and the other teams gathered at camp, frustrated by the defeat.
• Chen Ming and City Lord Fei arrived at the camp, where City Lord Fei announced that the Demon King had returned.
• Xia Chuan asked Chen Ming to lead the next attempt, and Chen Ming agreed.
• Xia Chuan announced that Chen Ming would lead the Elite Department back to the sea entrance the following day, lifting the camp's spirits.

Chen Ming and the Elite Department arrived at the island outside the Illusion Sea Temple, where four factions were preparing to contest the dungeon entrances. Xia Chuan revealed that the temple contained legendary equipment and an Eternal Attribute, raising Chen Ming’s anticipation for the challenge.

• The recovered Elite Department teams prepared to challenge the dungeon, while Chen Ming left his Wolf King Bone Demon behind to grind levels.
• Xia Chuan teleported Chen Ming and the Elite Department to the island outside the Illusion Sea Temple.
• Xia Chuan explained that the island was divided among four factions and that fighting was forbidden there, though the sea beyond was a free-for-all.
• Xia Chuan told Chen Ming that the Lighthouse Alliance and Wokou Alliance had occupied three entrances and were blocking the Elite Alliance from entering.
• Xia Chuan revealed that the dungeon’s rewards included legendary equipment and an Eternal Attribute, and Chen Ming eagerly anticipated the challenge.

Chen Ming arrived with the Elite Department at the Illusion Sea Temple entrance, where rival factions mocked the Huaxia Alliance and the Nether Sea Race threatened to unite against it. After Chen Ming dismissed every faction as unworthy opponents, he began the entrance challenge and parted the sea to open a direct passage to the reef.

• Chen Ming met Pei Jiuge and speculated that he and City Lord Xia had come to mourn the woman who had died in the Illusion Sea Temple dungeon twenty years earlier.
• The Wokou Alliance mocked the Huaxia Alliance and laughed at Chen Ming's C-rank Shield Guard profession, while the Black Dwarf Race recognized him as the one who had killed an SSS-rank Class-Changer.
• The Nether Sea Race announced that it would join forces against the Huaxia Alliance, but Chen Ming declared that none of the factions present were worthy opponents.
• Qi Yukong explained the reef entrance challenge, and Chen Ming selected five teams to sail for a reef and begin the challenge.
• When sea beasts threatened the ship, Chen Ming used spatial power to part the water and create a direct passage toward the reef.

Chen Ming used spatial abilities to guide his ship safely through the sea beasts and dense fog toward the eastern island reef, which four factions had occupied. As the island assault began, he dismissed Qi Yukong’s concerns about coordinating their five teams and ordered the ship forward.

• Chen Ming parted the sea with spatial abilities, creating a protected route that kept the sea beasts from reaching his ship.
• Qi Yukong and the others watched as Chen Ming’s ship crossed the beast-filled waters without a fight or any losses.
• Qi Yukong warned Chen Ming that four factions and more than a hundred Class Changers occupied the eastern island reef and asked how they should coordinate.
• Chen Ming told Qi Yukong that he had never cared for coordination and ordered him to bring the ship over as they reached the reef.

Chen Ming led the Silent Night Squad and allied teams toward the reef island, where the Nether Sea Race, Wokou Alliance, and Black Dwarf Race underestimated him. After reaching the island, he appeared among their defenders, leveled up to 25, and was stabbed by a Wokou attacker, whose strike barely hurt him.

• Chen Ming discovered that his spatial abilities failed over the waters around the reef island, so he ordered the ships to approach instead of teleporting ashore.
• The Nether Sea Race dismissed Chen Ming's group as weak and assigned the Wokou Alliance and Black Dwarf Race to deal with them.
• Chen Ming regained access to Spatial Domain on the reef island, then teleported in front of the defenders who had vowed to stop the ships from landing.
• Chen Ming reached Level 25 and checked his Eternal Mental Power while dozens of Class Changers surrounded him.
• An SS-rank Wokou Class Changer attacked Chen Ming from behind, but the sword dealt only 0.5 damage.

Chen Ming used his enhanced Spirit Exhaustion to incapacitate the Wokou and Black Dwarf Race forces besieging him on the island reef. As the Elite Department arrived, he recognized that Eternal Mental Power let him cast the skill without cost and that his Agility determined how quickly he could chain casts.

• Chen Ming’s Glory Shield reduced an SS-rank Wokou Assassin’s surprise attack to almost no damage, and Spirit Exhaustion made the attacker collapse.
• Chen Ming continuously cast Spirit Exhaustion through his Nether Eye, dropping the close-combat Class Changers who charged him.
• The surviving ranged and support fighters retreated, but Spirit Exhaustion reached across much of the reef and incapacitated the remaining Wokou and Black Dwarf Race Class Changers.
• Qi Yukong ordered the Elite Department teams to sail toward the reef and help Chen Ming, then watched in disbelief as the attackers fell around him.
• After draining more than fifty Class Changers, Chen Ming concluded that Eternal Mental Power removed the skill’s cost while Agility governed its casting speed.

Chen Ming effortlessly defeated the forces occupying the eastern reef and sent them into the sea, where sea beasts devoured them. He emerged from the fog on a plank as the island’s factions realized that all four enemy groups had been wiped out.

• Chen Ming used Spirit Exhaustion and his spatial ability to incapacitate more than fifty Class Changers and hurl them out of the fog.
• The Elite Department members watched Chen Ming’s overwhelming strength and realized they had little to do but follow his lead.
• A Nether Sea Race member emerged from the shallows and attacked Chen Ming, but his shield blocked the strike and Chen Ming flung him into the defeated group.
• Sea beasts devoured the helpless Class Changers, while a Nether Sea Race higher-up learned that every Nether Sea Race Class Changer had died.
• Chen Ming floated out of the fog on a broken Wokou Alliance plank, confirming to the island’s observers that the four factions at the eastern reef had been annihilated.

Chen Ming led the Elite Department in a swift assault on the southern and northern island reefs, wiping out the Wokou, Black Dwarf Race, and Nether Sea Race forces guarding them. As his final five teams headed west, they encountered the Holy See Alliance withdrawing from its reef.

• Chen Ming returned from the eastern reef and announced he would take five teams to claim the other entrances.
• Chen Ming led the first five teams to the southern reef and eliminated its defenders in under three minutes.
• Chen Ming took another five teams to the northern reef, where he wiped out the Nether Sea Race’s elite despite their preparations.
• Chen Ming led the last five teams toward the western reef and encountered a Holy See Alliance ship withdrawing from the entrance.

Chen Ming secured the western entrance for the Huaxia Alliance and returned to leveling, where Afterimage Execution reached level 10 and Lin Wei’s Recovery Pact boosted his Recovery. He reunited with the Morning Light Squad, whose members had leveled rapidly with the Wolf King Bone Demon’s help.

• The Holy See Alliance yielded the western reef to Chen Ming, and the Elite Department took control of all four dungeon entrances.
• Chen Ming returned to headquarters and examined Afterimage Execution at level 10, noting its four-stage afterimage and a 6% execution threshold.
• Lin Wei’s Recovery Pact increased Chen Ming’s Recovery Attribute by 10%, and he recalled that Qin Zhixue had awakened Peak Duel.
• Chen Ming returned to the Eastern District headquarters and met Qin Zhixue, Qing Muyu, Lin Wei, and Sun Yang after they teleported in with the Wolf King Bone Demon.
• Chen Ming learned that Qin Zhixue and Qing Muyu had reached level 21, Lin Wei level 20, and Sun Yang level 19.

After fifteen days of training, Chen Ming and the other teams reclaimed their mental avatars and prepared to enter the Temple Dungeon, a possible source of Eternal Attributes. The chapter ended as the twenty teams and the Alliance’s higher-ups teleported to the Endless Sea.

• Chen Ming slowed his leveling after reaching level 27 so he would not exceed the level 30 limit for the coming secret realm.
• At the end of the training period, Chen Ming and the others reclaimed their mental avatars and spiritual potential from the Elf Race’s Dust Domain Pure Land.
• Chen Ming reviewed his improved skill levels and abilities after fifteen days of training.
• Xia Chuan briefed the teams on what the Alliance had learned about the Temple Dungeon and its rules.
• Chen Ming led the twenty teams and the higher-ups as they teleported from camp to the Endless Sea.

Chen Ming led the Alliance’s forces to the eastern entrance as the allied factions gathered to challenge the Illusion Sea Temple Dungeon. The dungeon opened by transforming the surrounding reefs into islands, and the challengers received its name.

• Chen Ming observed the gathered allied forces and decided the Elite Department would withdraw from the entrance reefs half an hour before the dungeon opened.
• Chen Ming led twenty teams to the eastern islet while Elite Department members returned from the other three entrances, allowing the allied factions to approach them.
• Xia Chuan, Pei Jiuge, and the other Alliance leaders recalled their failed attempt at the temple dungeon twenty years earlier and learned that Xia Chuan and Pei Jiuge had once been teammates.
• Chen Ming and the Elite Department’s hundred members gathered with the Alliance teams on the eastern reef as the sea fell silent and began to tremble.
• The seawater receded, the reefs rose into islands, and the fog dispersed as the challengers entered the dungeon space.
• A notification identified the dungeon as Illusion Sea Temple.

Chen Ming and the other Class Changers began the Illusion Sea Temple’s seven-day challenge, where recovery abilities and Chen Ming’s spatial ability were suppressed. On the first day, they had to gather Reef Crystals to recover and upgrade their Bronze Scale Armor before sunset.

• The dungeon rules disabled everyone’s recovery abilities and also sealed Chen Ming’s Battle-Hardened skill and spatial ability.
• The first challenge, Reef Crystals, began, and the group learned that the crystals were their only recovery resource during the seven days.
• Bronze Scale Armor appeared on every Class Changer as temporary dungeon equipment that could be upgraded and later provide group defense through equipment resonance.
• Chen Ming ordered the group to begin collecting crystals, and the Class Changers scattered across the island.
• Chen Ming chipped a Reef Crystal from a reef, gained recovery attributes by refining it, and raised his Bronze Scale Armor’s unlock progress to 1%.

Chen Ming used the Wolf King Bone Demon to mine reef crystals, rapidly increasing his recovery attributes and unlocking the dungeon’s Bronze Scale Armor. He completed the armor’s ascension into real-world Ordinary-grade equipment and continued mining to raise his attributes further.

• Chen Ming ordered the Wolf King Bone Demon to smash reef clusters and collected the crystals to increase his recovery attributes and equipment unlock progress.
• The other people on Chen Ming’s island mined while discussing the dungeon’s dangerous rules, and the allied factions on the other islands mined as well.
• People on the northern and southern islands spotted the enormous Wolf King Bone Demon and wondered what Chen Ming was doing.
• Chen Ming cleared a path toward the shore, reached Dungeon Recovery 320, and noticed that reef crystals nearer the shore gave stronger boosts.
• Chen Ming filled the Bronze Scale Armor’s unlock progress to 100%, turning it into real-world Third-Tier Ordinary Equipment, then ordered the Wolf King Bone Demon to keep mining.

Chen Ming completed the first day of the Illusion Sea Temple challenge in 30 minutes and continued mining until he reached the dungeon’s 1,000-point recovery attribute limit. While investigating a hidden crystal in the shallows, he awakened the level 30 Eternal Crystal Beast, which could grant one of its Eternal Attributes if killed.

• Chen Ming’s equipment progress reached 100%, earning him first place and ten Dungeon Sea Ships in the first-day challenge.
• The other coalitions and Eastern Region Sea Island residents reacted with disbelief at Chen Ming’s speed.
• Chen Ming’s recovery attribute rose as the Wolf King Bone Demon mined reef resources, eventually reaching the 1,000-point limit.
• Chen Ming used Eternal Mental Power to detect a hidden crystal beneath the shallows and headed toward it.
• Chen Ming touched the crystal with Eternal Mental Power, causing the Eternal Crystal Beast to rise from the seabed.

Chen Ming triggered the Illusion Sea Temple’s hidden stage and fought the level 30 Eternal Crystal Beast to learn how its Eternal Attributes worked. After discovering its attacks caused permanent Constitution loss, he used Shadowless to defeat it and gained 1% Eternity Recovery Attribute.

• Chen Ming triggered the hidden stage, summoning the level 30 Eternal Crystal Beast and drawing the island’s attention.
• Chen Ming attacked the beast and discovered its Eternal Agility let it evade his strike and counter with extreme speed.
• The beast’s attack bypassed Chen Ming’s shield and permanently reduced his Constitution, so he withdrew and sent the Wolf King Bone Demon to fight.
• Chen Ming joined the battle with Shadowless, then detonated it to execute the Eternal Crystal Beast.
• Chen Ming defeated the beast and obtained 1% Eternity Recovery Attribute.

Chen Ming defeated the level 30 Eternal Crystal Beast and obtained 1% Eternity Recovery, an Eternal Attribute that restored the Constitution he had lost to permanent damage. He concluded that the Illusion Sea Temple’s hidden stages could yield more Eternal Attributes over the remaining days.

• Chen Ming killed the Eternal Crystal Beast, and the dungeon display showed his Eternity Progress as 1/7.
• Class Changers on the other islands noticed the new ranking and wondered whether Chen Ming had obtained an Eternal Attribute.
• Chen Ming found that the 1% Eternity Recovery added 40 points to his attribute and restored his lost Constitution.
• Chen Ming realized that Eternity Recovery could repair permanent damage and might have other effects he had yet to discover.
• Chen Ming expected more hidden stages and Eternal Attributes in the temple over the coming days.

After completing the first day’s challenge with top rankings and maximum recovery bonuses, Chen Ming led the Eastern Region teams into the Mist Coral Sea on day two. As the fleet entered the pink mist, Chen Ming began searching for the hidden stage while his allies worked to clear the challenge.

• Chen Ming sent the Wolf King Bone Demon to help the Eastern Region teams harvest reef crystals, boosting their recovery gains.
• The first-day challenge ended with Chen Ming in first place, followed by Qing Muyu and Qin Zhixue, and several Morning Light Squad members reached the 1,000-point bonus cap.
• The second-day challenge began in the Mist Coral Sea, where teams had to travel by Dungeon Sea Ships and face sea beasts while protecting their vessels.
• Chen Ming’s allies offered to clear the challenge mission while he searched for the hidden stage, and the fleet set sail toward the pink mist.
• As Chen Ming’s ship entered the mist, he used Eternal Mental Power to investigate, and fine cracking sounds came from all around.

Chen Ming and the other teams fought through the Tide Giant Crab swarms in the Mist Coral Sea to collect Tide Pearls. After Chen Ming claimed a pearl, his Eternal Mental Power sensed something unusual, but he had to retreat from the berserk crabs as another pearl appeared.

• Chen Ming searched the Mist Coral Sea for clues to a hidden stage while clearing Tide Giant Crabs with his stacked attacks.
• Gu Feng's Purple Firmament Team seized a Tide Pearl and fled as nearby crabs turned berserk and attacked their ship.
• Chen Ming sailed toward a nearby pearl, cut through the crabs, and took it, triggering the surrounding swarm's frenzy.
• Chen Ming sensed something through his Eternal Mental Power after taking the pearl, but could not identify it and retreated toward the sea's edge.
• Another Tide Pearl appeared ahead to Chen Ming's left.