Chapter Summaries

Nine Dragons Emperor planned to seek Star Ring’s support against Feng Qianyu after Zero Wing’s chamber of commerce threatened his position. Meanwhile, Shi Feng built up Zero Wing’s income and members’ strength, until Liang Jing reported that Big Dipper Training Hall was ending its cooperation with Zero Wing.

• Nine Dragons Emperor rejected Long Wu’s suggestion to attack the small Guilds and sent him to Night City to secretly negotiate with Lu Xingluo for Star Ring’s support.
• Shi Feng handed Stone Forest City’s operations to Melancholy Smile and spent more than four days crafting Azure Light and Advanced Demonpower Armor Plates, reaching Level 77.
• Stone Forest City’s population rose to three million, earning Zero Wing about 100,000 Gold in net income and clearing its debts.
• Zero Wing’s core members reached around Level 68, while Fierce Snake attained the Subtle Realm and more than ten internal members reached the half-step Subtle Realm.
• Liang Jing told Shi Feng that Big Dipper Training Hall was terminating its cooperation, withdrawing its newcomers and removing its trainees from Zero Wing.

Shi Feng learned that the Beidou Group and several other training halls had abruptly ended their partnerships with Zero Wing, so he met Xiao Yu at Red Stone Restaurant to find out why. There, Han Yifeng, heir to the Five Continents Consortium, offered to absorb all of Zero Wing into a new guild, and Shi Feng challenged the offer by asking what would happen if he refused.

• Liang Jing told Shi Feng that the Beidou Group and several other training halls had canceled their partnerships with Zero Wing.
• Shi Feng agreed to meet Xiao Yu after Liang Jing confirmed that Xiao Yu wanted to discuss an important matter.
• Shi Feng and Liang Jing arrived at Red Stone Restaurant and were escorted to Private Room 908.
• Xiao Yu introduced Han Yifeng, heir to the Five Continents Consortium, and explained that Han Yifeng wanted to talk with Shi Feng.
• Han Yifeng offered to give Zero Wing benefits and resources if the entire guild joined the new guild he planned to establish.
• Shi Feng asked Han Yifeng what he would do if Shi Feng refused.

Shi Feng refused Han Yifeng’s offer to acquire Zero Wing, despite Xiao Yu’s fears about the consequences of rejecting the Five Continents Consortium. After Han Yifeng warned that Zero Wing’s troubles with Star Ring were only beginning, Shi Feng left with Xiao Yu and Liang Jing and decided to open Zero Wing’s own training center.

• Shi Feng rejected Han Yifeng’s offer, and Han Yifeng calmly warned him that Lu Xingluo and Star Airlines would keep targeting Zero Wing.
• Han Yifeng gave Shi Feng his business card, then privately explained that he had tested Zero Wing’s attitude and hoped it would delay the people backing Lu Xingluo.
• Shi Feng and Xiao Yu left Red Stone Restaurant, and Han Yifeng told his attendant that a forced takeover would harm Zero Wing and disrupt his plans.
• Xiao Yu questioned Shi Feng’s refusal in the sedan, while Liang Jing worried about Star Airlines’ influence.
• Shi Feng told Xiao Yu that Zero Wing would open its own training center rather than rely on outside training centers and martial arts schools.

Shi Feng offered to establish a training center in Fenglin City with Xiao Yu’s help, despite the immense costs and Zero Wing’s difficulties. Xiao Yu agreed to cooperate if Shi Feng could secure an entire downtown building, a goal he thought was impossible, and Shi Feng returned to Zero Wing’s headquarters before entering God’s Domain.

• Xiao Yu warned Shi Feng that opening a training center in Fenglin City would require enormous funds, equipment, and backing.
• Shi Feng asked Xiao Yu to cooperate with Zero Wing and offered him 5% of the training center’s shares.
• Xiao Yu considered the offer, then asked how large the training center would be.
• Shi Feng said he planned to acquire an entire building in the city center, and Xiao Yu agreed to cooperate if he could do it, while doubting he could.
• Shi Feng returned to Zero Wing’s headquarters and entered God’s Domain.

Shi Feng learned that Star Ring and allied powers had monopolized materials for two advanced potions and were poaching Candlelight’s lifestyle players with guaranteed Credit Point salaries. He responded by ordering Zero Wing to auction Stone Forest City private residences for rent, leaving the listings about to go public.

• Melancholy Smile told Shi Feng that Star Ring and several superpowers had cornered the materials for Advanced Shadow Potions and Advanced Forest Potions, driving prices sharply higher.
• Melancholy Smile reported that Star Ring’s high Credit Point contracts had already poached more than fifty advanced lifestyle players and two lifestyle masters from Candlelight.
• Shi Feng dismissed the threat to Zero Wing’s finances and asked Melancholy Smile about the private residences being built beside Stone Forest City’s Arena.
• Shi Feng ordered an immediate announcement and auctions for Stone Forest City residences, with a starting monthly bid of 30,000 Credit Points.
• Melancholy Smile arranged for the rental announcement to be posted on the official forums of various kingdoms and empires.

Zero Wing auctioned rentals for Stone Forest City's private residences, drawing players and factions eager to access the Bottomless Abyss. In Night City, Tian Tong joined the rush, determined to level up and challenge Black Flame, as bidding began and quickly exceeded the starting price.

• Players across the major kingdoms and empires reacted to Zero Wing's plan to rent out Stone Forest City private residences, which offered convenient access to the Bottomless Abyss.
• Tian Tong told her companions she would sell an item if necessary to afford a rental and catch up to first-tier experts so she could challenge Black Flame.
• Tian Tong and her five companions traveled to Candlelight Trading Firm in Night City to join the auction.
• Players and representatives of various forces packed Candlelight Trading Firms across the kingdoms and empires, discussing Zero Wing's rivalry with Star Ring.
• The auction host announced priority for previous renters and opened bidding on the first residence at 30,000 Credit Points, after which bids rapidly rose to 50,000.

Tian Tong watched Stone Forest City’s private residences sell for far more than ordinary players could afford as major adventurer teams and guilds fought over them. By the end, she realized free players had little chance of winning a residence, while similar auctions were causing a commotion across many kingdoms and empires.

• Tian Tong explained that Stone Forest City’s residences were valuable because they saved travel time and let players train in an environment rich in magic power.
• Fei Yu bid two hundred thousand Credit Points for the first residence, but Kong Jiuxiao and the Wind Wave Adventurer Team drove the price higher.
• Kong Jiuxiao won the first residence for eight hundred and sixty thousand Credit Points, and the next residences also sold for hundreds of thousands.
• Major guilds joined the bidding from the eleventh residence onward, pushing the lowest final price above one million five hundred thousand Credit Points.
• Tian Tong concluded that free players had little chance to bid for residences as similar auctions stirred commotion across many kingdoms and empires.

Stone Forest City's private residence auction brought Zero Wing more than two billion Credit Points and drew advanced lifestyle players to Candlelight Trading Firm. Shi Feng limited the day's rentals to 2,000 units, leaving other powers waiting for another chance to rent.

• Independent players and major powers reacted with shock as Stone Forest City's private residences sold for hundreds of thousands to over a million Credit Points each.
• Melancholy Smile reported that 1,667 units had earned Zero Wing more than two billion Credit Points, while Candlelight Trading Firm received over six hundred advanced lifestyle player applications and interest from five lifestyle masters.
• Shi Feng explained the value of the Bottomless Abyss and told Melancholy Smile to rent only 2,000 units that day, then 1,000 per day afterward.
• The 2,000 available units were quickly rented, and the host told the remaining crowd to return the next day.
• Tian Tong agreed with a Level 56 female Priest to wait a few days before trying to rent a private residence.
• Players who had secured residences hurried to Stone Forest City to begin their campaigns in the Bottomless Abyss.

Players discovered that resting in Stone Forest City's private residences granted a 20% boost to stamina and mental strength, causing demand and rental prices to soar. After Zero Wing earned over 13.7 billion Credit Points, Shi Feng recognized the guild's shortage of fresh blood and decided to open a training center.

• Players who rested in private residences gained High Magic State, and the major powers began seeking residences for their teams to explore deeper into the Bottomless Abyss.
• Candlelight Trading Firm auctioned private residences at rapidly rising prices, with the highest bids climbing from 2.36 million Credit Points on the second day to 2.82 million on the fifth.
• Zero Wing rented out all 7,000 private residences by the sixth day and earned over 13.7 billion Credit Points.
• Zero Wing's experts and membership grew, but Shi Feng noticed that the guild lacked fresh blood and that the gap between its upper ranks and other members was widening.
• Shi Feng decided that Zero Wing needed to open a training center.

Shi Feng bought the Century Training Center in Fenglin City to provide Zero Wing with more internal members and put Xiao Yu in charge of preparing it. The new Heavenly Combat Training Center was set to open in three days, and news of it spread across the city.

• Shi Feng purchased the Century Training Center for 8.9 billion after several days of searching and completed the contracts and procedures.
• Shi Feng invited Xiao Yu to inspect the building, and Xiao Yu was shocked that Shi Feng had bought such a large training center.
• Shi Feng asked Xiao Yu to handle equipment, promotion, coaches, and management, promising to transfer the necessary funds.
• Shi Feng named the venue the Heavenly Combat Training Center and set its opening for three days later.
• Xiao Yu began preparing the center, and news of its opening spread throughout Fenglin City.

Han Yifeng learned that Zero Wing was opening the Heavenly Combat Training Center in Fenglin City and chose to let it act as a pawn against Star Ring. At the center’s opening, the notorious Violent Dragon Wang Zongquan challenged its owner, but Fire Dance stepped forward to confront him.

• Zhuo Linqiu told Han Yifeng that Zero Wing was opening a training center in Fenglin City and that Lu Xingluo had hired an expert to oppose it.
• Han Yifeng ordered Zhuo Linqiu to attend the opening because Zero Wing could help keep Star Ring in check.
• Xiao Yu prepared the Heavenly Combat Training Center, whose opening drew prominent figures and fighting enthusiasts from across Fenglin City.
• Bai Qingxue, Zhao Yueru, and Zhang Tianya arrived, and Zhang Tianya warned them that local Dark Force experts would make the opening difficult for Shi Feng.
• Wang Zongquan entered and challenged the center’s owner, prompting Fire Dance to declare that he was not qualified to do so.

Fire Dance challenged Wang Zongquan to protect the Heavenly Combat Training Center, alarming the experts gathered in the hall. As Wang Zongquan prepared to answer her challenge, Fire Dance struck first.

• Wang Zongquan welcomed Fire Dance's challenge because he planned to ruin the Heavenly Combat Training Center's reputation.
• Chen Tianhe told Xiao Yu that he could no longer match Wang Zongquan, while Zhuo Linqiu recognized how dangerous Wang Zongquan was.
• Fire Dance stepped forward and told Wang Zongquan he would have to get past her before challenging the training center's director.
• Bai Qingxue worried about Fire Dance, and Zhang Tianya offered to intervene if Wang Zongquan attacked her.
• Wang Zongquan warned Fire Dance that he would not hold back, but Fire Dance stepped into his range and punched him.

Fire Dance fought Wang Zongquan at the dojo and turned aside his attacks before striking him down with a hidden-force palm. Wang Zongquan ended the fight on one knee as the onlookers realized Fire Dance was a hidden-force expert.

• Fire Dance surprised Wang Zongquan with a punch and evaded his counterattack, forcing him to retreat from her hand-blade strike.
• Fire Dance warned Wang Zongquan to give up challenging the dojo master, provoking him into a furious attack.
• Wang Zongquan charged Fire Dance with a Mountain-Crashing Shoulder Strike, but she moved aside so swiftly that he passed through her apparent position.
• Fire Dance pressed a palm against Wang Zongquan's chest, sending him staggering back and dropping to one knee.
• The onlookers recognized that Fire Dance had used hidden force and was a hidden-force expert.

Fire Dance defeated Wang Zongquan, shocking the martial arts figures gathered at the training hall, who assumed she came from an ancient family. When she denied it and said she trained at the Heavenly Combat Training Center, Wang grew furious and threatened retaliation, until Shi Feng appeared and claimed to be her coach.

• Fire Dance's strike injured Wang Zongquan, and the onlookers suspected she was a disciple of an ancient family.
• Wang Zongquan asked Fire Dance which family she belonged to, and she explained that she was only a trainee at the Heavenly Combat Training Center.
• Wang Zongquan accused Fire Dance of humiliating him and threatened to remember what happened.
• Shi Feng descended from the second floor and declared that he was Fire Dance's coach.

Shi Feng stepped forward to face Wang Zongquan after the crowd mocked him and questioned his ability. He effortlessly caught Wang Zongquan’s attack, swung him into the floor, and left him unconscious as the stunned audience watched.

• Shi Feng entered the hall with Fire Dance standing behind him, prompting the experts to gossip about her support and his prospects.
• Zhuo Linqiu realized that Fire Dance’s backing gave Zero Wing the standing to attract the young master’s attention.
• Wang Zongquan challenged Shi Feng to a spar, hoping to restore his dignity and damage the Heavenly Combat Training Center’s reputation.
• Wang Zongquan attacked before Shi Feng could respond, but Shi Feng caught his wrist and flung him into the marble floor, knocking him unconscious.

Shi Feng effortlessly defeated Wang Zongquan, leading Chen Tianhe and the other experts to suspect that Shi Feng was a transformation-force grandmaster. The chapter ended with Wang Zongquan waking injured as Shi Feng asked whether he still wanted to continue their exchange.

• Shi Feng defeated Wang Zongquan with a swift throw, leaving the spectators to suspect the match was staged.
• Chen Tianhe recognized Shi Feng's use of strength as possibly belonging to a transformation-force grandmaster, and other martial arts experts reacted with disbelief.
• Bai Qingxue sensed that Shi Feng's technique resembled the Subtle Realm and the Realm of Truth from God's Domain.
• Zhuo Linqiu realized Shi Feng had been telling the truth and understood that Fire Dance might have trained under him.
• Wang Zongquan woke with severe pain and possible broken bones, and Shi Feng asked if he wanted to continue their exchange.

Shi Feng defeated Wang Zongquan and forced him to compensate the Heavenly Combat Training Center by teaching Lu Xingluo a lesson. After Wang Zongquan left, rival training centers congratulated Shi Feng, and word of the center’s growing influence spread through Fenglin City.

• Wang Zongquan conceded after realizing Shi Feng’s strength and offered six Life Potions as compensation.
• Shi Feng accepted the potions and invitation to an internal auction, then ordered Wang Zongquan to teach Lu Xingluo a lesson.
• Wang Zongquan hesitated because Lu Xingluo was the Star Airlines Consortium’s heir, but agreed when Shi Feng threatened to settle the challenge directly.
• Wang Zongquan left the Heavenly Combat Training Center, and representatives from other training centers and martial arts schools offered gifts and congratulations.
• News of the Heavenly Combat Training Center’s victory and status spread throughout Fenglin City.

After Heavenly Combat Training Center drew thousands of new members, Zhuo Linqiu warned Shi Feng that Star Ring was preparing a more serious move against the center and Zero Wing. Shi Feng resolved to strengthen his real-world forces and drank the Life Potion to improve his physique.

• Heavenly Combat Training Center attracted over five thousand members and more than two hundred students after Shi Feng defeated Wang Zongquan.
• Zhuo Linqiu approached Shi Feng, and Shi Feng took him to the top floor to speak privately.
• Zhuo Linqiu warned Shi Feng that Lu Xingluo had an expert guiding him and that Wang Zongquan's challenge had been a test before Star Ring's real move.
• Shi Feng thanked Han Yifeng for the warning and offered Zero Wing's help in God's Domain.
• Shi Feng decided to cultivate more experts and forces in Fenglin City, then drank the Life Potion to improve his physique.

After drinking a Life Potion, Shi Feng recovered quickly and felt his physical and mental abilities improve. He went to meet two people sent by Unending Faint Trace, but Scorching Sea attacked him to test his qualifications.

• Shi Feng drank a Life Potion, which rapidly healed his muscle strain and began strengthening his body and mind.
• Shi Feng decided to save the remaining potions for himself and focus on improving Zero Wing's security and training its members.
• Shi Feng returned to God's Domain and received Water Rose's message that two people had come on Unending Faint Trace's behalf.
• Shi Feng met Scorching Sea and Ice Gleam, two heavily equipped Level 72 experts who concealed their identities.
• Scorching Sea drew his war blade and unleashed twelve powerful streaks of blade light at Shi Feng to test him.

Shi Feng passed Scorching Sea’s test by deflecting his attack with Sword Trajectory, and learned that Unending Faint Trace’s team needed his help exploring a Godly Secret Land in the Sea of Death. He negotiated for priority selection of one dropped item, but Ice Gleam returned with the team’s refusal.

• Scorching Sea attacked Shi Feng with Wolf Pack, but Shi Feng deflected the blade flashes with Sword Trajectory and revealed his mastery of a technique realm.
• Scorching Sea apologized for testing Shi Feng and explained that Unending Faint Trace had invited him to help with an important mission.
• Ice Gleam told Shi Feng that the team had discovered a Godly Secret Land in the Sea of Death where players were reduced to Level 0 and could not use items or full skills.
• Shi Feng suspected the secret land was a Thunder God Secret Realm and asked for priority selection of one dropped item in exchange for his help.
• Scorching Sea and Ice Gleam consulted their team leader, then Ice Gleam told Shi Feng that the team could not accept his request.