Chapter Summaries

Zero Wing exploited the Life Forbidden Land to level rapidly and collect large quantities of high-level equipment and Ancient Crystal Fragments. As Half-Summer Allure showed Shi Feng rare drops, he identified three Resurrection Potion formulas and an Ancient God Secret Key.

• Zero Wing's members farmed the Life Forbidden Land for five or six hours, collecting over 4,100 Ancient Crystal Fragments and a large haul of Level 60 equipment.
• Zero Wing's players continued farming with Stamina Secret Potions, while Shi Feng decided the leveling gains might let him bring more Guild members to the area.
• After just over twenty hours, several hundred Tier 1 experts reached Level 60, and Water Rose recognized how greatly the Life Forbidden Land could strengthen Zero Wing.
• Half-Summer Allure brought Shi Feng three unidentified alchemy formulas and an unknown stone tablet that Advanced Appraisal could not identify.
• Shi Feng used the Eye of Omniscience and identified the formulas as Resurrection Potion formulas and the tablet as an Ancient God Secret Key.

Shi Feng obtained an Ancient God Secret Key and gave Zero Wing a chance to profit from Resurrection Potions, while preparing for a growing threat in the Beastman Empire. He led the guild deeper into the Life Forbidden Land, where they defeated a Level 70 Legendary Void Giant Lizard and Shi Feng reached Level 70.

• Shi Feng explained that the Ancient God Secret Key could yield valuable items based on a player's strength, but it would disappear after seven days, so he stored it for later use.
• Shi Feng gave Water Rose three Resurrection Potion Recipe books and told her to have Melancholy Smile begin production so Zero Wing could take advantage of the market.
• Shi Feng learned that Blackwater, Dark Soul, and the Beast Emperor had allied and were plotting to control the Beastman Empire, with Zero Wing as their first target.
• Shi Feng led Zero Wing's members deeper into the Life Forbidden Land and used the Void Domain and Nine-Star Domain to weaken a Level 70 Legendary Void Giant Lizard.
• Shi Feng's team defeated the Void Giant Lizard after a long battle, and Shi Feng advanced from Level 69 to Level 70.

After Zero Wing defeated the Void Giant Lizard, Shi Feng recognized that reaching the Realm of Truth had greatly reduced his stamina consumption. He arranged secret training at Lost Town for the guild’s main force and left the Life Forbidden Land for White River City.

• Zero Wing defeated the Void Giant Lizard, and Shi Feng gave its Epic Void Cloth Shoes to Zi Yan Liu Yun.
• Kele and the other fighters rested after the exhausting battle, while Shi Feng showed little fatigue and explained that efficient movements and body adaptation conserved stamina.
• Shi Feng decided that Fire Dance and the other main force members should train at Lost Town to improve their combat standards and stamina.
• Shi Feng told Water Rose to gather the main force at the White River City Residence in two hours, while keeping the training’s true purpose secret.
• Shi Feng auctioned the remaining drops, gave two sets of Void Domain to You Ziping and other Tier 2 members, then teleported to White River City.

Shi Feng returned to White River City and saw how Zero Wing’s growing reputation and alliance with the Heavenly Secrets Chamber of Commerce had drawn players and lifestyle professionals to the city and Candlelight Trading Firm. After crafting Void Domain, he gathered Zero Wing’s experts to begin physical stamina special training.

• Shi Feng walked through White River City and saw crowds of powerful players flocking there to join or affiliate with Zero Wing Guild.
• Shi Feng returned to Candlelight Trading Firm, where Liang Jing was reviewing a long line of skilled lifestyle players seeking to join.
• Shi Feng gave Miao Wuyin the Resurrection Potion recipe and crafted five more sets of Void Domain.
• Shi Feng met Heizi and the other gathered experts at the Zero Wing Residence, where Savage Bone and Qi Guang anticipated their special training.
• Shi Feng led the assembled players toward the guild residence’s first basement floor to begin training.

Shi Feng brought Zero Wing’s main force to Lost Town and revealed the Tower of Transcendence as a special training ground. After promising a life-tier-elevating bloodline to anyone who passed its first floor within a week, he unlocked the tower’s second-floor training seal.

• Shi Feng led the group through a guarded secret chamber in Zero Wing’s Guild Residence and used its magic array to transport them to Lost Town.
• The group saw that Lost Town had become a Zero Wing town with shops, high mana concentration, and a White Square Tower topped by a Black Pearl.
• Shi Feng explained that the Tower of Transcendence offered special training and promised a bloodline to anyone who passed its first floor within a week.
• Sword Shadow and the others rushed into the tower to begin their challenges.
• Shi Feng went to the rooftop and unlocked the training seal for the Tower of Transcendence’s second floor.

Shi Feng unsealed the Tower of Transcendence’s second floor, greatly increasing Lost Town’s mana density and opening a demanding training ground for Zero Wing’s experts. After seeing the guild members struggle to reach the first floor’s central array, he challenged the course himself and told them to reach the end within a week.

• Shi Feng spent 100,000 Magic Crystals to unseal the Tower of Transcendence’s second floor, raising the mana density in Lost Town and granting visitors a Well-Rested status.
• Shi Feng considered how the tower could help players practice Advanced Combat Techniques and confirmed Zero Wing could afford the second floor’s daily upkeep.
• Shi Feng went to the first-floor training ground to improve his mastery of the Realm of Truth and prepare to make better use of the Ancient God Secret Key.
• Fire Dance, Zi Yan Liu Yun, Remnant Cloud, Savage Bone, and the other experts described how the training ground’s attacks from all directions had repeatedly stopped their progress.
• Shi Feng walked toward the central magic array and challenged the guild members to clear the first-floor training ground within a week.

Shi Feng demonstrated his mastery of the Realm of Truth by clearing the first-floor training ground with ease. He then moved on to the second floor, leaving Zero Wing’s members eager to train and improve.

• Zero Wing’s members gathered to watch as Shi Feng entered the first-floor training ground without preparing.
• Shi Feng walked through the initial beams and split the few that changed course with his sword.
• As the trial added powerful slashes, Shi Feng used his whole body to evade and deflect the attacks while advancing toward the central magic array.
• Shi Feng reached the magic array and teleported to the second-floor training ground after telling the others to continue on their own.
• Qi Guang and Savage Bone reacted with excitement, and Savage Bone renewed his determination after seeing the vast gap in combat skill.

Shi Feng challenged the Tower of Transcendence’s second-floor training ground, where opponents forced him to refine his use of external force. After hours of repeated failures, he developed his own combat technique and defeated the Gold Swordsman on the thirtieth stair.

• Shi Feng entered the second-floor training ground and discovered that its staircase weakened his attributes while summoning powerful Swordsmen to block his ascent.
• Two Silver Swordsmen drove Shi Feng off the first stair, but he realized he could use the Realm of Truth to redirect their attacks instead of meeting them head-on.
• Shi Feng climbed the staircase by turning the Silver Swordsmen’s attacks against one another, facing more opponents as he advanced.
• At the thirtieth stair, a Gold Swordsman repeatedly blasted Shi Feng back, revealing that his use of external force was too straightforward.
• After hours of practice, Shi Feng redirected the three Silver Swordsmen’s attacks into the Gold Swordsman, sent the enemies flying, and succeeded in creating his own combat technique.

Shi Feng created the Bronze-grade Combat Technique Swordlight Reincarnation and earned a Bronze Legacy Orb and the Bronze Inheritor title. With his training stalled and his new title granting worldwide baronial status, he decided to visit a neutral supercity.

• Shi Feng created Swordlight Reincarnation, but the Golden Swordsman and three Silver Swordsmen struck him and sent him back to the stairway entrance.
• Shi Feng named his self-created technique and received a Bronze Legacy Orb and the Bronze Inheritor title as the first player to create a Bronze-grade Combat Technique.
• Shi Feng learned that the Bronze Legacy Orb could record up to three Bronze-grade Combat Techniques and that the title reduced his Combat Technique costs and granted him baronial status across the world.
• Shi Feng recalled that neutral supercities unlocked at Level 70 and decided to visit one, ending his training and taking out a Return Scroll.

Shi Feng saw White River City’s promotion transform its facilities and Auction House, revealing that future auction competitions could let players contend for control of NPC cities. He began preparing Zero Wing’s resources and planned to strengthen himself before attempting the dangerous quest to open a super-large neutral city.

• Shi Feng returned to White River City and found that its promotion had added floating elevators, more shops, and a grander Teleportation Hall.
• Shi Feng visited the expanded commercial district and learned that the advanced Auction House hosted NPC auctions and featured a new arena for competitions.
• Shi Feng realized that future auction competitions would let guilds control city Auction Houses and their profits, and he decided Zero Wing needed to prepare funds and resources.
• Shi Feng informed Melancholy Smile and asked Hesitant Smile to send all the guild’s Tier 1 Strange Fires.
• Shi Feng took the Fire Spirit to the Candlelight Trading Firm’s warehouse to improve his strength before attempting the quest to open a super-large neutral city.

Shi Feng used the Holy Grail to enhance the Fire Spirit, permanently sacrificing 5,000 HP in exchange for awakening its advanced intelligence. After inspecting its new abilities, he headed to the Special Forging Room to meet Melancholy Smile and use the gathered Strange Fire.

• Shi Feng brought the Fire Spirit to the Holy Grail, which said it could not directly evolve into a Legendary Item Fragment.
• Shi Feng accepted the Holy Grail's offer to enhance the Fire Spirit at the cost of 5,000 permanent HP.
• The Holy Grail's purple mist transformed the Fire Spirit into an intelligent Advanced Fire Spirit capable of summoning one ten levels above Shi Feng.
• Shi Feng checked the Fire Spirit's improved attributes and learned that its combat power rivaled a Tier 3 monster of the same level.
• Melancholy Smile told Shi Feng she had gathered the requested Tier 1 Strange Fire, and Shi Feng went to the Special Forging Room.

Shi Feng discussed Candlelight Trading Firm’s expansion and Resurrection Potion production with Melancholy Smile before feeding Tier 1 Strange Fires to his Advanced Fire Spirit. After absorbing twenty-one Strange Fires, the Fire Spirit grew stronger again, leaving Shi Feng pleased with its transformation.

• Melancholy Smile reported that Candlelight had collected twenty-three Tier 1 Strange Fires and that one had sold for 8,300 gold at auction.
• Melancholy Smile told Shi Feng that Candlelight’s Heavenly Secrets Chamber of Commerce integration was nearly complete, giving the firm eighty NPC city slots and the potential to double its profits.
• Melancholy Smile reported that four Alchemy Masters had produced over 3,300 Resurrection Potions, and Shi Feng told her to continue production and cultivate more Alchemy Masters.
• Shi Feng activated the Fire Spirit’s Devour function and fed it Tier 1 Strange Fires, making its Flame Dragon form grow clearer and larger.
• After absorbing its eighth Strange Fire, the Fire Spirit reached Tier 3 Grand Lord Grade.
• After absorbing its twenty-first Strange Fire, the Fire Spirit grew again and seemed to undergo another rise in its level of life.

Shi Feng raised his Fire Spirit to a Tier 3 Primordial species and traveled to Star-Moon Royal City to accept the quest that would unlock Thunder Axe City, a giant-race trading hub. He accepted the Giant Secret Land exploration quest and paid its 1,000-Gold deposit, setting the quest in motion.

• Shi Feng fed the Strange Fire to his Fire Spirit, which advanced to a Tier 3 Primordial species with combat power exceeding that of a High Lord of the same level.
• Shi Feng prepared Magic Crystals and headed to Star-Moon Royal City to accept the quest for unlocking Thunder Axe City, seeking its resources and the giant race's advanced forging.
• Shi Feng went to the Adventurers' Association and reviewed the exploration quests available to him.
• Shi Feng selected the Giant Secret Land quest and paid the required 1,000-Gold deposit, astonishing the nearby Tier 2 experts.

Shi Feng accepted Thunder Axe City's three-star exploration quest and chose to keep its difficulty unchanged in exchange for a higher-tier reward, which he knew would grant one thousand Giant conversion slots. Meanwhile, Star River Alliance declined to join the powers in Witch's Hill, whose leaders prepared to proceed without it.

• Shi Feng chose the reward upgrade and received a one-use Magic Scroll for lifting sealing arrays along the quest route.
• Shi Feng traveled to a frontier town near the Icefire Mountains as players at the Adventurers' Association speculated about the mysterious quest and its three-star recipient.
• Xinghe Wangxi told Violet Eyes to urge Chi Yu and the others to reach three-star status, but decided Star River Alliance would wait before joining the powers in Witch's Hill.
• Xinghe Wangxi said Sin Domain might have the Evil God Temple behind it and predicted Zero Wing would oppose the two towns' growth.
• After Star River Alliance declined their invitation, Witch's Hill's powers decided to continue without it and aimed to destroy Zero Wing City.

Shi Feng discovered that Glory Stone Fort had become a gathering place for elite independent players who used Basic Level Enhancement Potions to fight high-level monsters. He recognized potion sellers Qingfeng Xiao and Liang Xia, but their stall was suddenly surrounded by players from Sin Domain.

• Shi Feng arrived at Glory Stone Fort and was surprised to find thousands of high-level independent players recruiting teams to hunt monsters well above their level.
• Shi Feng explored the town and estimated that more than thirty thousand elite players had gathered there.
• Shi Feng found stalls selling Basic Level Enhancement Potions and realized the potions let players overcome much of the level suppression from high-level monsters.
• Shi Feng recognized the potion sellers Qingfeng Xiao, a renowned assassin, and Liang Xia, an Advanced Alchemy Master.
• Players from Sin Domain surrounded Qingfeng Xiao and Liang Xia's stall and ordered everyone uninvolved to leave.

Sin Domain’s Heavy Sword Broken Crocodile tried to force Qingfeng Xiao and Liang Xia to join the Guild, but they refused despite the threat. As Broken Crocodile’s men prepared to attack, a cloaked Swordsman approached their stall to ask about the potions.

• Sin Domain’s hundred-man group surrounded Qingfeng Xiao and Liang Xia, drawing the crowd’s anger and fear.
• Broken Crocodile arrived and offered the siblings immediate core membership in Sin Domain.
• Qingfeng Xiao declined the offer, and Liang Xia backed him as Broken Crocodile and his men threatened them.
• A cloaked Swordsman walked up to the stall and asked whether any Basic Level Enhancement Potions remained.

Shi Feng intervened when Sin Domain threatened Qingfeng Xiao and Liang Xia, then revealed overwhelming Bronze-tier combat strength by killing several of their Tier 2 fighters. When the NPC guards arrived, their captain recognized Shi Feng as an Honorable Bronze Inheritor and respectfully offered assistance.

• Shi Feng asked Liang Xia to sell him all her Basic Level Enhancement Potions despite Broken Crocodile's threats.
• A Tier 2 Sin Domain assassin attacked Shi Feng and was killed instantly by a flash of azure light.
• Shi Feng dodged Sin Domain's attacks and killed two Tier 2 MTs with Inferno Fivefold Slash.
• Broken Crocodile and the other Tier 2 experts attacked Shi Feng, but his Swordlight Reincarnation sent Broken Crocodile flying and left Shi Feng unharmed.
• The NPC guards arrived, and their captain addressed Shi Feng as an Honorable Bronze Inheritor and asked how they could serve him.

Shi Feng used his Bronze Inheritor status to have the town guards punish Sin Domain for attacking him, but Broken Crocodile marked him and the Qingfeng Xiao siblings with Death Mark before fleeing. Shi Feng struck Broken Crocodile down as he tried to escape, leaving Sin Domain’s threat unresolved.

• The patrol captain confirmed that Shi Feng’s noble title let him kill attackers without punishment and said Sin Domain’s members could be imprisoned for three days.
• Shi Feng ordered the guards to arrest Broken Crocodile and the other Sin Domain members, prompting Broken Crocodile to order a retreat.
• Broken Crocodile used a Magic Scroll to place a twelve-hour Death Mark on Shi Feng, Qingfeng Xiao, and Liang Xia, then vowed that Sin Domain would kill them.
• Shi Feng used Instant Shift and Sword Trajectory to catch Broken Crocodile as he prepared to teleport away and kill him with a flurry of sword strikes.

Shi Feng killed Sin Domain expert Broken Crocodile at Glory Stone Fort, revealing himself as Zero Wing’s Ye Feng and inspiring a wave of opposition to Sin Domain. The news reached the kingdom’s major forces, including Sin Domain, setting the stage for a response.

• Shi Feng killed Broken Crocodile, causing most of Sin Domain’s group to be captured by the NPCs.
• Shi Feng introduced himself to Qingfeng Xiao and Liang Xia as Ye Feng, and they recognized him as Zero Wing’s Honorary Elder.
• Qingfeng Xiao and Liang Xia said they planned to leave for the Black Dragon Empire, and Shi Feng offered them Zero Wing’s support and Candlelight Trading Firm benefits.
• Qingfeng Xiao and Liang Xia left Glory Stone Fort while players recorded and shared Shi Feng’s battle across the Purple Thorn Kingdom.
• Players learned Shi Feng’s identity, and more than two hundred thousand expressed interest in opposing Sin Domain or joining Zero Wing.
• News of the battle reached the Purple Thorn Kingdom’s major forces, especially Sin Domain.

Sin Domain’s Guild Leader ordered Iron Tooth to hunt Ye Feng with the Steel Golem after learning that Ye Feng had killed Broken Crocodile. At Glory Stone Fort, Shi Feng sought to buy land for recruiting players and gathering valuable Phantom Flowers, then spotted a premium plot on the map.

• A Sin Domain executive identified Ye Feng as the one who killed Broken Crocodile, and Fengyan Duxing approved a response against him.
• Fengyan Duxing assigned Iron Tooth to lead the hunt and told him to bring Sin Domain’s Steel Golem.
• Shi Feng arrived at Glory Stone Fort and considered its Phantom Flowers and gathering expert players useful for Zero Wing’s plans.
• Shi Feng visited City Hall to buy two plots of land and noticed a premium plot marked on the map.