Chapter Summaries

Shi Feng repaired Northern Fortress’s four defensive magic towers and learned that the Free Inn design could help Stone Forest City advance, though building it and developing the Earthcore Mountain Range would require many ancient gold coins. After Battle Blood captured Rock Nest Fortress and threatened to blockade Northern Fortress, Shi Feng answered with a warning of his own.

• Shi Feng spent 120 units of Seven Luminaries Crystal and 320,000 Magic Crystals to repair Northern Fortress’s four defensive magic towers.
• Shi Feng considered the Free Inn construction design dropped by the Ancient Demon Dead Spirit King and the steep costs of building it and mining the Earthcore Mountain Range.
• The Battle Blood Adventure Group captured Rock Nest Fortress, gained 5,000 reputation in Dragonheart City, and declared that anyone cooperating with Zero Wing or visiting Northern Fortress would become its enemy.
• Azure Phoenix and Feng Qianyu worried that Battle Blood’s blockade would keep players away from Northern Fortress, while Water Rose asked Shi Feng whether Zero Wing should attack.
• Shi Feng said the fortress’s three-day protection period made an immediate attack pointless, then ordered Zero Wing to declare that anyone entering Rock Nest Fortress would become Zero Wing’s enemy.

At Rock Nest Fortress, Bloodsworn War Soul and Nine Dragons Emperor planned to use the Mana Spring and their alliance to undermine Zero Wing’s Northern Fortress. Shi Feng finished restoring Northern Fortress’s defensive magic tower, then opened the fortress to the public after repairs reached sixty percent.

• Nine Dragons Emperor and Bloodsworn War Soul surveyed Rock Nest Fortress’s loot and discussed their plans to isolate Zero Wing on Dragonheart Island.
• Mo Xinyu reported that Zero Wing had threatened to oppose Battle Blood, and Bloodsworn War Soul ordered her to secretly spread word of Rock Nest Fortress’s Mana Spring.
• Elder Wu dismissed Zero Wing’s move and told Thousand Lives to arrange a meeting with Lu about conquering another medium fortress.
• Shi Feng completed repairs to Northern Fortress’s defensive magic tower and activated its powerful barrier, increasing the fortress’s mana density and experience gain.
• Water Rose told Shi Feng that sixty percent of Northern Fortress’s repairs were complete and its inns were ready, so Shi Feng opened it to the public.

After Zero Wing opened Northern Fortress, Battle Blood announced that Rock Nest Fortress would open the next day, aiming to undermine Zero Wing’s attempt to attract players. Dragon Roams the World led Dragon Rider Adventure Group to Northern Fortress to support Shi Feng, where they discovered the area’s extraordinary Mana density and restorative effects.

• Shi Feng opened Northern Fortress, and Battle Blood responded by announcing that Rock Nest Fortress would open the following day.
• Withered Glory and Wind Clear Moonfall discussed Zero Wing’s worsening position and Dragon-Phoenix Pavilion’s preparations to improve relations with Star Ring.
• Dragon Roams the World led Dragon Rider Adventure Group to Northern Fortress despite warnings that Battle Blood would retaliate and Blade of the Firmament might reject them.
• After reaching Northern Fortress, Dragon Rider Adventure Group members noticed the unusually dense Mana and felt the oppressive sensation from outside disappear.

Dragon Roams the World discovered that Northern Fortress removed the Earthcore Mountain Range’s oppressive pressure and offered fortress Return Scrolls, making it a far better base for exploration. He moved the Dragon Rider Adventure Group’s headquarters there, and news of the fortress’s benefits began spreading among Dragonheart City’s major powers.

• The Dragon Rider Adventure Group members found that Northern Fortress dispelled the mountain range’s oppressive pressure, letting them recover without returning to Dragonheart City.
• A half-tigerkin Shield Warrior discovered that the defensive magic tower sold personal Return Scrolls for ten Ancient Silver Coins each, and Dragon Roams the World ordered the group to buy them.
• Dragon Roams the World declared Northern Fortress the Dragon Rider Adventure Group’s new headquarters and rented four inns for sixty Ancient Gold Coins per day.
• More than two thousand Dragon Rider Adventure Group members set out from Dragonheart City for Northern Fortress, telling other players about its benefits and the Return Scrolls.
• News about Northern Fortress spread among Dragonheart City’s adventure groups and reached the major powers.

The Northern Fortress’s Return Scrolls, safe environment, and low-cost inns drew major powers to the fortress and threatened Battle Blood’s influence. As Shi Feng managed the sudden influx and new business offers, the Fang Family arrived at Zero Wing’s headquarters seeking a meeting.

• Major powers investigated the Northern Fortress and discovered its Return Scrolls, dense mana, and lack of oppressive pressure made it an ideal base for exploring the Earthcore Mountain Range.
• Guilds rushed to send experts to the Northern Fortress, and some decided to move their headquarters there despite Battle Blood’s threats.
• Azure Phoenix told Feng Qianyu that the fortress had attracted 150,000 players and might exceed 400,000 that day.
• Feng Qianyu concluded that the Northern Fortress’s growth would undermine Battle Blood’s effort to crush Zero Wing and leave Rock Nest Fortress losing income.
• Shi Feng revised the fortress’s construction plans and handled requests from powers seeking shops and cooperation.
• Bai Qingxue told Shi Feng that the Fang Family had come to Zero Wing’s headquarters, and Shi Feng agreed to meet them.

Fang Zhenyuan offered to invest in Zero Wing in exchange for 51% ownership, turning the proposal into a threat after Shi Feng refused to yield control. The Fang Family head revealed himself as a Grandmaster of Transformed Force and attacked Shi Feng.

• Fang Zhenyuan arrived at Zero Wing's headquarters with Fang Mingyu and an unidentified young woman, alarming Xiao Yu and Bai Qingxue.
• Fang Zhenyuan acknowledged Shi Feng's strength and offered the Qilin Consortium's full support in exchange for 51% of Zero Wing's shares.
• Shi Feng recognized the offer as a threat and refused to give the Fang Family control of Zero Wing.
• Fang Zhenyuan unleashed his aura, and Thunder Leopard identified him as a Grandmaster of Transformed Force.
• Shi Feng said they would find out whether he could stand against Fang Zhenyuan, who rose and punched at him.

Shi Feng matched Fang Zhenyuan’s punch and rejected the Fang Family’s offer to absorb Zero Wing. Fang Zhenyuan left Fang Shihan and Fang Mingyu to undermine Zero Wing’s virtual combat platform, while Shi Feng planned to expand it and relied on Zero Wing’s resources in God’s Domain.

• Fang Zhenyuan attacked Shi Feng, who met his punch and used force-deflection techniques to avoid falling behind.
• Fang Zhenyuan urged Shi Feng to ally with the Fang Family, but Shi Feng said Zero Wing could handle its own affairs.
• Fang Zhenyuan tasked Fang Shihan with using Illusory Myth and Fenglin City’s martial arts schools to suppress the Heavenly Combat Training Center’s virtual combat platform, with Fang Mingyu assisting her.
• Xiao Yu warned Shi Feng that the Fang Family could disrupt Zero Wing’s partnerships and recruitment, but Shi Feng ordered him to expand the virtual combat platform and open more training centers.
• Shi Feng reassured Xiao Yu about funding and then entered God’s Domain, where Zero Wing owned the Northern Fortress in the Earthcore Mountain Range.

Shi Feng dismissed Water Rose’s worries about the Fang Family and ordered Zero Wing to lease Northern Fortress’s shops for five million Credit Points per month. He explained that fortress shops could attract neutral-map wandering merchants and provide valuable trading opportunities, leaving Water Rose to announce the leases.

• Water Rose asked Shi Feng what had happened with the Fang Family, and he said they had failed to agree on acquiring Zero Wing.
• Water Rose warned that the Fang Family could undermine the Heavenly Combat Training Center and Zero Wing’s recruitment in Fenglin City.
• Shi Feng told Water Rose that Zero Wing could withstand the Fang Family and asked about Northern Fortress’s shops.
• Water Rose said the shops were ready but doubted the fortress had enough customers to justify high rents.
• Shi Feng ordered Zero Wing to lease two hundred shops at a minimum of five million Credit Points each per month.
• Shi Feng explained that medium-sized neutral-map fortresses could attract wandering merchants whose rare goods made shop leases valuable, and Water Rose announced the shops were available.

After the Planar Invasion expansion was announced, Shi Feng prepared Zero Wing for the arrival of players and forces from other worlds. The planar passages opened sooner than expected, leaving Zero Wing facing a new era of competition.

• A system announcement revealed that the Planar Invasion expansion would begin and that planar passages would open in three hours.
• Water Rose welcomed the new resource opportunities, while Shi Feng worried about the influx of players and the stronger forces from other worlds.
• Shi Feng ordered Zero Wing City’s shops to accept Credit Points, expanded recruitment in the Dark Night Empire, and accelerated the search for promising Mithril Grade direct guards.
• Shi Feng sent Fire Dance, Bai Qingxue, Zi Yan Liu Yun, and Water Rose to train in the Tower of the Four Gods.
• A system announcement confirmed that the planar passages had opened, allowing players to travel between the worlds.

Players from other planar worlds entered God's Domain Continent, while Shi Feng used the Northern Fortress's profits to strengthen Zero Wing and prepare to advance to Tier 3. He left the fortress and returned to White River City to begin his class advancement.

• A Level 93 commander from the Shadowless Empire arrived in Star-Moon City and ordered his forces to investigate local guilds, keeping those that submitted and dealing with the rest.
• Shi Feng earned 800 million Credit Points from the Northern Fortress's shop rentals and assigned the funds to Xiao Yu to expand Heavenly Combat Training Center branches in Fenglin City.
• Zero Wing's Northern Fortress earned 7,000 ancient gold coins in net profit in one day, and Shi Feng told Heizi and Yan Tianxing that the resources needed to become combat power.
• Shi Feng gave Yan Tianxing the Storm Speedboat design and tasked him with producing speedboats for Zero Wing.
• Shi Feng left the Northern Fortress, returned to White River City, and prepared to begin his Tier 3 class advancement.

Shi Feng went to the White River City Library to begin his Tier 3 class advancement, but Xia Lian sent him to the deadly Void Land to seek a sealed Saint's Inheritance. There, Shi Feng summoned allies to fight Void Devil Insects and discovered that they dropped Magic Source Crystals.

• Shi Feng met Xia Lian at the library and paid her 300 Magic Crystal Stones and 20 units of Seven Luminaries Crystal to begin his advancement.
• Xia Lian opened a portal to a dangerous spacetime, and Shi Feng entered it despite expecting to search for an inheritance in a Level 100 neutral map.
• Shi Feng arrived on a barren island in the Void Land and received a quest to find and unseal the Saint's Inheritance.
• Shi Feng summoned a Tier 3 Demon, Anna, and Kate to help him defeat groups of Void Devil Insects.
• After the group killed five Void Devil Insects, Shi Feng found that they had dropped a Magic Source Crystal.

Shi Feng gathered Magic Source Crystals on Void Island and discovered that a magical barrier in the inner region nullified his summons and mounts. Unable to face its undead alone, he collected enough crystals to evolve the Abyssal Walker, and initiated its evolution.

• Shi Feng found a Magic Source Crystal dropped by a Void Demon Insect and continued grinding toward Void Island's center.
• Shi Feng stopped leveling at Level 100 and gave the Thunder Eagle his experience, while Heizi reported that Battle Blood and Star Ring planned to help the Thirteen Royal Courts raid a fortress.
• Shi Feng reached Void Island's inner region, where he found dense undead and Level 100 Tier 3 heroic spirits guarding graveyards.
• Shi Feng discovered that the inner region's magical barrier made Anna, Kate, the Demon, and the Thunder Eagle vanish, so he left to gather crystals and evolve the Abyssal Walker.
• Shi Feng collected one hundred Magic Source Crystals, summoned the Abyssal Walker, and chose to evolve it.

Shi Feng evolved the Abyssal Walker into a powerful Tier 3 Magic Weapon and tested how to obtain an inheritance from the graves inside the magic barrier. After learning that each grave offered a different completion rate, he set out to challenge a grave guarded by a titled Heroic Spirit.

• The Abyssal Walker absorbed a hundred Magic Source Crystals and evolved into a Tier 3 weapon, which Shi Feng equipped in place of Thunder Slayer.
• Shi Feng used Nine-Headed Dragon Slash to clear undead from a small grave and distracted its Heroic Spirit with a Phantom Kill clone while he absorbed the inheritance.
• Shi Feng gained a 15% inheritance completion rate, then abandoned it and escaped beyond the magic barrier.
• Shi Feng assessed the stronger graveyards and chose to pursue one guarded by a Tier 3 titled Heroic Spirit rather than a weaker grave or the central grave guarded by a Tier 4 spirit.
• After recovering his magic skills, Shi Feng reentered the barrier and charged toward a large graveyard resembling a small building.

Shi Feng reached the cemetery and confronted Urdia, a powerful Tier 3 Heroic Spirit whose domain weakened him and whose Bronze-ranked Combat Technique overwhelmed his phantoms. As his doppelganger struggled to hold Urdia back, it transformed into a black dragon with Dragon Soul and blocked Urdia’s attack, leaving the fight unresolved.

• Shi Feng used the Abyssal Phantoms to hold back the undead long enough to reach the cemetery and begin opening it.
• Urdia awakened, weakened Shi Feng with its domain, and revealed its extraordinary strength and intelligence.
• Shi Feng activated his rings, Blade Liberation, and Dusk Blade abilities, but Urdia knocked his eight corporeal phantoms away with Sword Light Slash.
• Urdia charged Shi Feng, and his doppelganger used Sword Return to Heaven and Sword Trajectory to withstand Storm Strangulation.
• Urdia focused Sword Light Eight Extremes Slash on the doppelganger, so Shi Feng used Dragon Soul and transformed it into a black dragon that blocked the attack.

Shi Feng used the Black Dragon Phantom to hold off Urdia while he opened the graveyard and absorbed its inheritance. After repeated uses of Thunderflash left him nearly helpless, he activated Absolute Domain and continued the inheritance, which reached 85%.

• Shi Feng used the Black Dragon Phantom's Dragon Breath to overpower Urdia's Blazing Fire Slash and take his aggro.
• Shi Feng opened the graveyard and began absorbing its owner's inheritance, while Urdia charged at his true body.
• The Black Dragon Phantom blocked Urdia, and Shi Feng used Thunderflash repeatedly to stop Urdia's Flowing Shadow attacks.
• Shi Feng's repeated Thunderflash use left him exhausted, and Urdia reached his true body with a deadly sword attack.
• Shi Feng activated Absolute Domain to protect himself from Urdia and the undead as the inheritance reached 85%.

Shi Feng accepted the inheritance and fled the graveyard as Urdia entered a terrifying berserk state. After barely escaping past the inner region’s magical barrier, he summoned Anna to block Urdia and used a Group Teleport Scroll to escape with her.

• Shi Feng accepted the inheritance, and a purplish-gold sword-shaped divine pattern formed on the back of his hand, driving Urdia into a berserk state.
• Shi Feng activated Gale Domain and flew toward the magical barrier while Urdia relentlessly pursued and attacked him.
• After Absolute Domain expired, Shi Feng survived Urdia’s blows with Sword Return to Heaven, Abyssal Bind, and Void Shield.
• Shi Feng crossed the magical barrier and summoned Anna, who blocked Urdia’s flaming attack with a dual-layered magic barrier.
• Shi Feng used a Tier 2 Group Teleport Scroll to teleport away with Anna.

Shi Feng returned to White River City and discovered that players and planar-world powers were advancing far faster than expected. He began inheriting his Tier 3 legacy from Xia Lian and saw a mana-body construction array far beyond anything he had imagined.

• Shi Feng returned to White River City and saw players above Level 90, including the Level 92 members of the Silver Arrow Adventurer Group, preparing to raid a Level 95 team dungeon.
• Shi Feng realized planar-world powers had formed Adventurer Alliances earlier than in his previous life and hurried to the library.
• Shi Feng told Xia Lian he was ready to inherit his Tier 3 legacy despite having only one chance and limited time.
• Xia Lian activated the legacy, and Shi Feng saw a four-layered magic array containing three mana-body construction diagrams.

Shi Feng received an Epic Advanced Legacy after completing his Tier 3 Class Advancement Quest and began constructing an Epic Mana Body. After several attempts, he discovered that loosening his overly precise control raised the completion rate to 91%, and he had to decide whether to accept it.

• Shi Feng learned he had earned an Epic Advanced Legacy and an extra hour to construct his Mana Body.
• Xia Lian warned Shi Feng that failure would leave him with an ordinary Mana Body, and he chose the advanced framework diagram.
• Shi Feng completed his first construction attempt with a 64% completion rate, then improved it to 72% and 74% by working more carefully.
• Shi Feng realized his excessive precision might be harming the mana flow and changed his approach.
• Shi Feng completed the advanced framework diagram with a 91% completion rate and received the option to accept it.

Shi Feng completed his Epic-grade Advanced Mana Body with a 91% completion rate and advanced to Tier 3 as a Blade Saint. After discovering that the Mana Body gave him a rudimentary domain, he learned powerful Tier 3 skills and prepared to lead everyone to a Level 100 neutral map.

• Shi Feng accepted the 91%-complete Mana Body blueprint and began shaping his body with primordial mana.
• Shi Feng became a Tier 3 Blade Saint with an Epic-grade Advanced Mana Body, gaining major attribute bonuses and 80 Legacy Skill Points.
• Shi Feng discovered that his enhanced perception let him sense and manipulate mana within nearly fifty yards, forming a rudimentary domain.
• Shi Feng spent Legacy Skill Points to upgrade Blade Liberation and Blade Awakening and learn the Tier 3 skill Void Sword Light.
• Shi Feng decided to take everyone to a Level 100 neutral map, confident he could defeat a Level 100 Great Lord without Anna or Kate.

Shi Feng completed his Tier 3 certification and set his sights on claiming a region in the Cold Spring Great Forest before other powers could take it. He summoned Zero Wing’s main force to White River City and began pursuing the Overlord subjugation quests.

• Shi Feng told Heizi that Zero Wing would rely on Northern Fortress and focus on competing in a Level 100 neutral map rather than taking more fortresses.
• Heizi reported Northern Fortress’s earnings and the advances of rival forces, then gathered Zero Wing’s main force in White River City.
• Shi Feng completed his Tier 3 class certification at the Adventurers’ Association.
• Shi Feng asked to see the Cold Spring Great Forest’s Overlord subjugation quests.