Chapter Summaries

Shi Feng negotiated a contest with Fang Shihan, wagering Zero Wing’s shares against twenty bottles of Life Potion if he could land three palms on Matt. He stunned everyone by striking Matt once and forcing him to stagger back and collapse to his knees.

• Matt suddenly attacked Shi Feng, but Shi Feng evaded his punch without being touched.
• Fang Shihan offered an investment of three hundred million Credit Points and advanced training equipment if Shi Feng won Matt’s three-punch challenge.
• Shi Feng countered that Matt should take three palms from him, with Zero Wing’s shares at stake and twenty bottles of Life Potion as his prize.
• Fang Shihan accepted the terms, and Matt mocked Shi Feng’s chances.
• Shi Feng’s first palm struck Matt with three apparent impacts, making him stagger back three steps and drop to his knees.

Shi Feng defeated Matt with three precisely combined palm strikes, forcing Fang Shihan to promise him twenty bottles of Life Potion. Fang Shihan left to report Shi Feng’s unusual abilities to the old coach, hoping to uncover the secret behind his strength.

• Shi Feng revealed that he had struck Matt three times in the same spot, and Fang Shihan recognized his extraordinary control and reaction speed.
• Matt recovered, conceded defeat, and admitted Shi Feng had broken through his defenses.
• Shi Feng asked Fang Shihan to honor her promise, and she agreed to deliver twenty bottles of Life Potion within a day before leaving with her subordinates.
• The Heavenly Combat Training Center celebrated Shi Feng’s victory, and more members wanted to become official trainees.
• In a maglev sedan, Fang Shihan told Matt that reporting Shi Feng’s power to the old coach mattered more than their virtual battle plans because she hoped to uncover his secret.

Situ Qingtian decided that Illusory Myth should seek the Realm of Truth secrets he believed Zero Wing possessed, and he directed Fang Shihan to approach the Dragon-Phoenix Pavilion. Shi Feng strengthened Zero Wing’s real-world training efforts, then returned to Abagrey after his team gathered the final magic power for their quest.

• Matt confirmed to Situ Qingtian that Shi Feng had unified his strength and nearly doubled the power and penetration of his attacks.
• Situ Qingtian concluded that Zero Wing likely had clues or training methods for the Realm of Truth, and Fang Shihan agreed to pursue them.
• Situ Qingtian told Fang Shihan to approach Withered Glory of the Dragon-Phoenix Pavilion and seek to end Feng Qianyu’s support for Zero Wing.
• Shi Feng gave Thunder Leopard three Life Potions and sent him to train in the Tower of Transcendence, then distributed more potions to Zero Wing’s experts.
• Shi Feng drank a Life Potion and returned to God's Domain, where his team collected the last three portions of magic power in the Demon Wolf Mountain Range.
• Shi Feng led the group back to Abagrey, prioritizing increased favorability with the master craftsman over the quest’s uncertain rewards.

Shi Feng and his team released the gathered magic power to help Abagrey break the Jealousy Witch’s curse, only to face Ulunem, a high-ranking magic elf. After Kele endured Ulunem’s attacks for ten seconds, Shi Feng activated the Ruin Armor’s Power of Ruin and charged into an ice storm, leaving the outcome unresolved.

• Abagrey told Shi Feng that releasing the gathered magic power would lift his curse, but warned that Ulunem would come to stop them.
• Ulunem appeared and threatened Shi Feng’s team, while Abagrey asked them to hold it off for ninety seconds.
• Shi Feng devised a plan and had Kele confront Ulunem while he prepared the Book of Darkness and released the collected magic power beside Abagrey.
• Ulunem’s ice spells overwhelmed Kele, who barely survived with help from the healers.
• Shi Feng appeared as Kele was about to be engulfed, activated Power of Ruin, and swung Thunder Slayer at the incoming ice storm.

Shi Feng used the Power of Ruin to reach Tier 4 and fought Ulunem, a high-ranking magic spirit, while his allies supported him. As his power neared its limit, Anna summoned a superior Battle Angel to distract Ulunem, allowing Abagrey’s curse to expire and freeing him from the ice.

• Shi Feng shattered Ulunem’s ice storm with a Thunderflash strike and experienced the power of his Tier 4 Sword Emperor state.
• Ulunem unleashed Iceburst Meteor, but Shi Feng used Absolute Domain to withstand it and close in for combat.
• When Absolute Domain ended, Ulunem’s hidden magic traps and icy storm attacked Shi Feng, while the Great Demon shielded him and healers restored his HP.
• As the Power of Ruin weakened, Anna summoned a superior Battle Angel, which forced Ulunem to defend itself and left it open to the Great Demon’s attacks.
• The curse on Abagrey weakened until its ninety seconds ran out, and Abagrey broke free from the ice sculpture.

Shi Feng and the others watched Abagrey break free of the curse and become a Tier 5 Sword Saint, allowing him to counter Ulunem’s devastating magic. Ulunem escaped after Abagrey struck him, and Shi Feng received an S-rank completion for The Last Knights.

• Ulunem cast the Tier 5 Void Storm, but Abagrey dispelled it with a single sword strike.
• Abagrey revealed that lifting the curse had let him master part of the laws and become a Tier 5 Sword Saint.
• Abagrey struck Ulunem as he tried to flee, weakening him and forcing him to escape through the torn void.
• Shi Feng received a system notification that he had completed The Last Knights with a 93% completion rate and an S-rank evaluation.

Shi Feng earned an S-rank evaluation for freeing Abagrey from the curse and used Abagrey’s favor to obtain a volume of the Magical Energy Notes’ original draft. After Abagrey departed, Yan Tianxing brought Shi Feng an unidentified crystal dropped by Ulunem.

• Shi Feng received an S-rank evaluation and gained Abagrey’s trust, 80 Favorability Points, and a Communication Crystal.
• Kele and Heizi urged Shi Feng to use Abagrey’s favor to destroy Star Ring’s city, but Shi Feng rejected the idea.
• Shi Feng asked Abagrey for his Magical Energy Notes, and Abagrey explained that the complete work was kept in the Ten Saints Empire’s Royal Library.
• Abagrey gave Shi Feng one volume of the notes’ original draft, then departed after Shi Feng’s Favorability reached 100 and they became friends.
• Yan Tianxing showed Shi Feng a strange energy crystal dropped by Ulunem that his Master Appraisal could not identify.

Shi Feng appraised the Key of Magic and led Zero Wing to an ancient ruin containing a teleportation gate to the Western Continent and a Magic Temple. After the guild began exploring the temple’s first floor, Shi Feng used the key to open access to the second floor.

• Shi Feng identified the pale-white crystal as the Epic Key of Magic, which could open the Magic Temple’s second floor once per day.
• Shi Feng explained the Magic Temple’s value for studying magic and magic arrays, then led the group to search for the teleportation gate.
• Shi Feng and the others found hidden ruins beneath a lake and discovered a preserved gate that could transport ten people between the Eastern and Western Continents once a week.
• Shi Feng used the Key of Magic at the temple’s stairway, and a system prompt asked whether he wished to enter the second floor.

Shi Feng entered the second floor of the Magic Temple and faced a series of increasingly difficult magic arrays under divine pressure that steadily drained his mental strength. After mastering the final array, he advanced to Master Magician, though the temple ahead remained to be explored.

• Shi Feng entered the second floor of the Magic Temple and found three temple corridors guarded by magic arrays of varying difficulty.
• Shi Feng chose the easiest corridor and deciphered its first eight arrays, progressing from intermediate to top-tier advanced magic arrays.
• Shi Feng reached the ninth array, a master-level magic array that required him to control mana at three points simultaneously.
• Shi Feng connected his Mana Body control to the array’s demands and, after repeated attempts, completed it just before his mental strength ran out.
• Shi Feng received a system notification that he had advanced to Master Magician.

Shi Feng became a Grand Magician and discovered a treasure vault filled with Magic Barrier Scrolls and an Advanced Ancient Magic Array Grimoire. He collected the treasures and returned to White River City with Heizi and the others.

• Shi Feng reached the Master Magician rank, gained the Grand Magician title, and tested how improved mana control strengthened his sword techniques.
• Shi Feng entered the temple hall and found more than a hundred sets of Intermediate Magic Barriers and twelve sets of Advanced Magic Barriers.
• Shi Feng identified the floating grimoire as the Advanced Ancient Magic Array Grimoire for Twelve Elemental Pillars, which could seal enemies when used by groups of magical-class players.
• Heizi told Shi Feng that the magic teleportation coordinates had been set, and Shi Feng ordered everyone to prepare to leave.
• Shi Feng packed all the Magic Scrolls from the hall and led Heizi and the others back to White River City.

Shi Feng learned that griffin eggs had been discovered in the Earthcore Mountain Range, prompting a rush by the superpowers and renewed attacks on Zero Wing. He split his forces and headed for the ruins, where Zero Wing’s arrival was announced as Battle Blood cornered members of the Blade of the Firmament.

• Liang Jing told Shi Feng that superpowers were searching for griffin eggs in the Earthcore Mountain Range while Star Ring and Battle Blood attacked Zero Wing, and that the Demon Emperor Hall had sent Tier 3 experts to join them.
• Shi Feng sent Kele, Turtledove, and Sword Shadow with him to the Earthcore Mountain Range and ordered Tianxing to handle attacks on neutral maps.
• Shi Feng gave Liang Jing more than one hundred sets of intermediate magic barrier scrolls to auction and told her to buy elemental crystals and magic cores.
• At Moltenfire Grand Canyon, Battle Blood’s forces blocked the Blade of the Firmament team as they tried to escape with their commander.
• Shi Feng’s voice challenged Battle Blood, declaring that Zero Wing would interfere.

Shi Feng arrived with three other Zero Wing members as Battle Blood threatened Blade of the Firmament in Moltenfire Grand Canyon. Fading Light Like Snow recognized Guild Leader Black Flame and let Fan Muran and her companions leave.

• Four Zero Wing members led by Shi Feng entered the canyon and declared they would handle the conflict.
• Fan Muran challenged Fading Light Like Snow to spare Zero Wing and fight her instead, but Battle Blood demanded Blade of the Firmament surrender its top-grade gear.
• The onlookers expected Fading Light Like Snow to attack Shi Feng as he approached the Zero Wing group.
• Fading Light Like Snow respectfully addressed Shi Feng as Guild Leader Black Flame and ordered Battle Blood to let Fan Muran and her companions leave.

Shi Feng and his companions passed through Battle Blood’s blockade after Fading Light Like Snow recognized their overwhelming strength. Fan Muran then asked Shi Feng to rescue Blade of the Firmament’s trapped guild leader and offered him a Tree of Life branch in return.

• Fading Light Like Snow ordered Battle Blood’s members to let Shi Feng, Fan Muran, and the others pass, despite his subordinates’ objections.
• Fading Light Like Snow explained that Shi Feng’s companions were Level 105 and wore Level 105 Dark Gold Grade Sets, and that Shi Feng himself felt like a humanoid Violent Dragon.
• Fan Muran thanked Shi Feng for intervening and asked him to rescue Blade of the Firmament’s trapped guild leader and her companions.
• Fan Muran offered an ancient branch as payment, and Shi Feng recognized it as the Tree of Life.

Shi Feng identified the Tree of Life branches Fan Muran brought and deduced that Blade of the Firmament had a trunk branch, the reason Battle Blood was hunting them. He offered to rescue their trapped commander in exchange for the trunk branch, and Fan Muran logged out to consult with him.

• Fan Muran was astonished when Shi Feng recognized the branch as belonging to the Tree of Life.
• Shi Feng deduced that Battle Blood had attacked Blade of the Firmament because it possessed a trunk branch, and Fan Muran confirmed his guess.
• Shi Feng explained the trunk branch's value and demanded it as the price for Zero Wing to rescue Blade of the Firmament's trapped commander.
• Fan Muran said she could not decide on the offer herself and logged out to contact her commander.

Blade of the Firmament agreed to trade the Tree of Life’s main-trunk branch with whichever force reached Ziwei first, Zero Wing or the Thirteen Royal Courts. Shi Feng signed a contract with Fan Muran, then summoned the Thunder Eagle to carry Zero Wing toward Ziwei.

• Ziwei’s team retreated through the Moltenfire Ruins while fighting Guard Giants and Mechanical Puppets, and Shadow reported that the Thirteen Royal Courts offered to rescue and protect them for the Tree of Life’s main trunk.
• Ziwei agreed to trade the branch with the Thirteen Royal Courts but told Shadow that Zero Wing would get the same deal if it reached her first.
• Fan Muran told Shi Feng that Zero Wing had to arrive before the Thirteen Royal Courts, and Shi Feng confirmed the condition with her.
• Fan Muran signed a trade contract with Shi Feng on behalf of Blade of the Firmament.
• Shi Feng summoned the Thunder Eagle and set out with Zero Wing to reach Ziwei.

Shi Feng took Fan Muran and her party to the Moltenfire Ruins on the Thunder Eagle, where Fan Muran arranged for Blade of the Firmament members to help him reach the inner area. They met Yu Luo at the entrance, and she said their Guild Leader Ziwei was trapped and being pursued by Battle Blood, so they prepared to move in.

• Shi Feng summoned the Thunder Eagle and flew Fan Muran and her party to the Moltenfire Ruins in a little over ten minutes.
• Fan Muran offered to guide Shi Feng through the ruins and contact Blade of the Firmament members near the inner passage.
• Fan Muran led Shi Feng's group past the ruins' monsters and into a cavern where over ten thousand players gathered at the inner passage entrance.
• Fan Muran introduced Shi Feng to Yu Luo, Blade of the Firmament's chief Priest, who said Ziwei was trapped in the inner corridor while Battle Blood pursued her.
• Shi Feng told Yu Luo that his group had arrived and could enter at any time.

Shi Feng led Kele, Turtledove, and Sword Shadow into the Moltenfire Ruins’ inner passage to rescue Blade of the Firmament’s commander, despite Yu Luo’s refusal to join them. As a Level 105 Ancient Guardian attacked the five-person group, Kele stopped its kick without budging.

• Yu Luo warned Shi Feng that the inner passage was too dangerous for four people and refused to accompany his rescue mission.
• Shi Feng set off with Kele, Turtledove, and Sword Shadow, while Fan Muran followed to guide and protect them.
• Yu Luo sent her vice-captains to seek cooperation with other superpowers, and the Firehammer Adventure Group emerged from the passage with heavy losses.
• Shi Feng’s group and Fan Muran entered the passage as onlookers mocked their chances and the Ancient Guardian awakened.
• The Ancient Guardian kicked at the five, but Kele stood his ground and stopped its massive foot.

Kele used the Frost Wolf Set and Titan Guard to overpower an Ancient Guard, stunning the experts watching. Shi Feng led Fan Muran and the others through the passage while Kele kept the guardian pinned down.

• Kele blocked the Ancient Guard’s spear strike and lost only a small fraction of his enormous HP, leaving Yu Luo and the other experts stunned.
• Shi Feng told Kele to stop testing his new equipment and clear the way, explaining that the Frost Wolf Set made the Ancient Guard an easy opponent.
• Kele deflected the Ancient Guard’s next spear sweep, then used Power Fusion to strike its knee and knock it down.
• Shi Feng led Fan Muran and the group through the opened passage as Kele used Dragon Strike to pin the Ancient Guard to the ground.

Shi Feng and his companions entered the Moltenfire Ruins’ inner corridors, while Yu Luo’s team was left outside and then threatened by Demon Emperor Hall. After Demon Emperor Hall reached the sealed gate and found Shi Feng’s group resting beside the defeated Boss, Lin Xie sent two assassins to kill them and take the key.

• Kele’s strength shocked the gathered forces, and Yu Luo regretted not following Shi Feng’s group into the passage.
• Yu Luo resolved to enter the inner corridors with two allied superpowers, but Demon Emperor Hall arrived with sixteen Tier 3 players and threatened Blade of the Firmament.
• Yu Luo ordered one member to warn her commander and led the rest of her team into the passage alongside their allies.
• Lin Xie’s team fought through the passage and reached the sealed gate, where they found the guarding Boss already dead and Shi Feng’s group resting nearby.
• Lin Xie ordered two Tier 3 assassins to kill Shi Feng’s group and retrieve the magic key.

Demon Emperor Hall’s Wind Cormorant and White Rainbow ambushed Kele’s group but were overwhelmed by Sword Shadow and Turtledove. As Demon Scorpion arrived with reinforcements, Shi Feng stopped them and warned them not to interfere.

• Wind Cormorant and White Rainbow approached the resting group, but Sword Shadow detected White Rainbow and Kele and Turtledove exposed Wind Cormorant.
• Sword Shadow and Turtledove attacked the two Assassins, driving them back and steadily reducing their HP.
• Lin Xie ordered Demon Scorpion and six Tier 3 players to rescue Wind Cormorant and White Rainbow.
• Shi Feng’s lightning strike forced Demon Scorpion’s group to stop and dodge as they neared the battle.
• Demon Scorpion challenged Shi Feng, who said the fight was a fair one-on-one match and warned him against interfering.