Chapter Summaries

Shi Feng confronted the Demon Emperor Hall on Dragonheart Island and revealed overwhelming strength by defeating its top fighters. After he killed Demon Scorpion with one slash, Guild Leader Lin Xie recognized him as Sword King Black Flame.

• Demon Scorpion sent Soul Weeper and Soul Snatcher to attack Shi Feng, but Shi Feng repelled both with one Thunderflash Secret Technique strike, leaving them near death.
• The Demon Emperor Hall members suspected Shi Feng was the Sword Maniac of the Thirteen Royal Courts, while Lin Xie considered the danger of provoking that super guild.
• Demon Scorpion drew his battle sabers and unleashed a massive attack at Shi Feng, declaring that he would interfere in the fight.
• Shi Feng countered with Thunderflash Slash, split Demon Scorpion's attack, and killed him with a single strike.
• Lin Xie recognized Shi Feng as Sword King Black Flame and asked him about his identity.

Shi Feng revealed himself as Zero Wing’s Black Flame after killing Demon Scorpion, then refused Lin Xie’s demand to release Wind Cormorant and White Rainbow without a fight. Lin Xie challenged him, but Shi Feng blocked his attack and wounded him with a two-handed Thunderflash Secret Technique.

• Lin Xie recognized Shi Feng as Black Flame after he admitted his identity, and the gathered experts realized he had killed Demon Scorpion in one move.
• Lin Xie asked Shi Feng to let Wind Cormorant and White Rainbow leave, but Shi Feng insisted they could only go after dying once.
• Lin Xie threatened to fight Shi Feng, and Shi Feng warned him that he would not stand aside if Lin Xie attacked.
• Lin Xie charged with his legacy axe and struck with the Bronze-ranked Combat Technique Fire Snake, but Shi Feng blocked all seven attacks with Sword Trajectory.
• Shi Feng unleashed the Thunderflash Secret Technique with both hands, shattered Lin Xie's Demonic Wind defense, and scorched his shoulder, cutting his HP by a quarter.

Shi Feng overwhelmed Lin Xie and Mu Han despite their coordinated attacks, then faced the Demon Emperor Hall members preparing to join the fight. He activated Dusk Shadow and Ragnarok, creating eight solid doppelgängers as he announced the third round.

• Shi Feng used Sword Light Phantom to break through Lin Xie's defenses and nearly struck his head before Mu Han blocked the attack with an ice sword.
• Mu Han joined Lin Xie, and the two launched a combined assault with Wind Wheel and Demonic Flame Crash.
• Shi Feng countered with Dragon Breath and Nine-Headed Dragon Slash, leaving Lin Xie near death and driving Mu Han back with Abyssal Phantoms.
• Demon Emperor Hall members began preparing to attack together while others healed Lin Xie and Mu Han.
• Shi Feng activated Dusk Shadow and Ragnarok, splitting into eight solid doppelgängers and declaring the third round had begun.

Shi Feng split into eight physical clones and used them to overwhelm Demon Emperor Hall’s forces, despite Mu Han’s confidence that the clones were weakened. After Shi Feng activated Destruction Domain and began killing their Tier 3 experts, Lin Xie ordered a retreat.

• Mu Han told Demon Emperor Hall’s members that Shi Feng’s clones had reduced attributes and combat ability, restoring their confidence.
• Shi Feng sent all eight clones into battle, and his clone endured Mu Han’s Demonfall attack before closing in on her.
• Shi Feng’s clones gained the upper hand against Demon Emperor Hall’s experts, including Lin Xie, and forced them away from Wind Cormorant and White Rainbow.
• Shi Feng activated Ruin Armor’s Destruction Domain, weakening Demon Emperor Hall’s attributes and allowing his clones to slaughter their Tier 3 players.
• After five of Demon Emperor Hall’s thirteen Tier 3 experts died in under twenty seconds, Lin Xie ordered everyone to retreat.

Shi Feng defeated Demon Emperor Hall’s ace team alone, forcing Lin Xie and the others to retreat. He declined to chase them and led Sword Shadow’s group toward the sealed inner corridor to continue their rescue mission.

• Fan Muran watched in disbelief as Lin Xie ordered Demon Emperor Hall’s team to retreat after Shi Feng defeated them.
• Demon Emperor Hall’s members scattered to escape Shi Feng’s doppelgangers, fearing the losses would damage their standing and cost them opportunities.
• Shi Feng refused to pursue the fleeing team, explaining to Sword Shadow that they already had the key and needed to reach Commander Ziwei quickly.
• Lin Xie realized Shi Feng viewed Demon Emperor Hall as no threat and decided to meet the Vice Guild Leader after escaping the passageway.
• Mu Han reorganized the survivors, and less than ten minutes later they encountered Yu Luo’s group approaching the passageway.

Yu Luo and the other teams encountered a battered Demon Emperor Hall group returning from the passage, and Lin Xie claimed Blade of the Firmament had powerful backing. The other superpowers spread the news while Yu Luo remained confused and contacted Ziwei for answers.

• Yu Luo warned the approaching teams to keep their distance, but recognized the returning group as Demon Emperor Hall, which had lost nearly half its Tier 3 players.
• Lin Xie accused Yu Luo of having formidable backing, said Demon Emperor Hall would accept its loss, and left with his team.
• The leaders of two superpower teams questioned Yu Luo about Blade of the Firmament's supposed backer, but she insisted she knew nothing.
• The two superpower teams logged off to report that a mysterious force had defeated Demon Emperor Hall and backed Blade of the Firmament.
• Yu Luo considered whether the Thirteen Royal Courts were involved and sent an Assassin to contact their commander, Ziwei.

Guild Leader Ziwei led the battered Blade of the Firmament into a safe altar hall, where Bloodsworn War Soul and Star Ring's Ghost Shadow Four Fiends caught up and demanded their Tree of Life branches. As Ziwei prepared to fight the Four Fiends, a newcomer entered the hall and stunned her team: Mu Ran.

• Ziwei led the surviving Blade of the Firmament members into an altar hall where the Mechanical Puppets would not follow, then ordered scouts to check for traps.
• Hu Lao and the others resolved not to let Battle Blood take their Tree of Life branches, even if they had to die fighting.
• Bloodsworn War Soul appeared with more than thirty Tier 3 experts, including Star Ring's Ghost Shadow Four Fiends, and demanded the branches.
• The female Elementalist urged Ziwei to flee while she and Hu Lao held off the pursuers, but Bloodsworn sent the Four Fiends to attack Ziwei.
• Ziwei unleashed immense mana and accepted the Four Fiends' challenge, but a commotion outside interrupted the impending fight.
• Mu Ran entered the altar hall, stunning the Blade of the Firmament members.

Fan Muran announced that four Zero Wing players were coming to rescue Blade of the Firmament, angering Bloodsworn War Soul and prompting him to order an attack. Black Flame and the others emerged from the inner corridor after sending powerful Mechanical Puppets flying, leaving Battle Blood and Star Ring stunned.

• Fan Muran arrived unharmed and told Ziwei that reinforcements had come.
• Fan Muran clarified that the reinforcements were only four Zero Wing players, not the Thirteen Royal Courts, and Bloodsworn War Soul grew furious.
• Bloodsworn War Soul ordered Battle Blood and Star Ring to attack Blade of the Firmament and leave no one alive.
• A Guardian Demon Soldier and several other Mechanical Puppets were hurled out of the inner corridor by an unseen attacker.
• Black Flame led three players in black cloaks out of the corridor, shocking Bloodsworn War Soul and the others.

Shi Feng and his companions emerged into the altar hall, where Battle Blood, Star Ring, and Blade of the Firmament were gathered. The berserk Guardian Demon Soldier attacked Shi Feng, but he blocked its strike and defeated it with one sword skill, leaving everyone stunned.

• Shi Feng and his three companions entered the altar hall, shocking the gathered experts by forcing their way through the Mechanical Puppets.
• Bloodsworn War Soul and Sword Fiend each insisted on being the one to kill Shi Feng, briefly turning Battle Blood and Star Ring against each other.
• The Guardian Demon Soldier rose in a berserk state and charged at Shi Feng, drawing alarm from Blade of the Firmament, Battle Blood, and Star Ring.
• Shi Feng blocked the Guardian Demon Soldier's powerful overhead strike with Thunder Slayer and redirected it without taking meaningful damage.
• Shi Feng struck the Guardian Demon Soldier with Void Sword Light, sending it crashing into a stone pillar and leaving it heavily injured.

Shi Feng's strength stunned Battle Blood and Star Ring after he heavily injured the berserk Guardian Demon Soldier, leaving Bloodsworn War Soul uncertain whether to fight or retreat. Before he could decide, Elder Wu led more than fifty members of the Thirteen Royal Courts out of the inner corridor.

• Shi Feng heavily injured the berserk Guardian Demon Soldier in one strike, alarming Hu Lao, Battle Blood, and Star Ring.
• Battle Blood and Star Ring's experts held back, wary of Shi Feng and his companions, while Kele and the others attacked the Guardian Demon Soldier.
• Shi Feng's group defeated the Guardian Demon Soldier, and Shi Feng challenged Bloodsworn War Soul to either leave or be driven away.
• Bloodsworn War Soul hesitated between risking a fight and giving up the chance to obtain the Tree of Life.
• Elder Wu appeared with more than fifty members of the Thirteen Royal Courts from the inner corridor.

Elder Wu and a formidable Thirteen Royal Courts team arrived as Blade of the Firmament and Battle Blood contested the Tree of Life’s main trunk branch, making a clash with Zero Wing seem imminent. Instead, Elder Wu greeted Shi Feng warmly and praised his arrival, leaving the gathered factions stunned.

• Elder Wu arrived with more than fifty Tier 3 experts, and Ziwei insisted that Blade of the Firmament would honor its agreement with Zero Wing.
• Bloodsworn War Soul welcomed the Thirteen Royal Courts and offered Battle Blood and Star Ring’s support against anyone who disrespected Elder Wu.
• Hu Lao asked Fan Muran to persuade Shi Feng to yield the branch, but she doubted he would change his decision.
• Elder Wu approached Shi Feng while the others expected a fight and greeted him like an old friend, inviting him to visit the Thirteen Royal Courts’ headquarters.

After Elder Wu treated Shi Feng as an equal and offered cooperation, Shi Feng led Blade of the Firmament out of the Moltenfire Ruins while Battle Blood could only watch. Elder Wu then warned Bloodsworn War Soul that Shi Feng had defeated the Demon Emperor Hall’s main force, leaving Bloodsworn to reconsider confronting him.

• Elder Wu congratulated Shi Feng and discussed cooperation between the Thirteen Royal Courts and Zero Wing, astonishing the gathered powers.
• Shi Feng welcomed the prospect of cooperation, seeing the Thirteen Royal Courts as a valuable source of crafting materials.
• Shi Feng led Blade of the Firmament out of the Moltenfire Ruins as Bloodsworn War Soul watched in fury, restrained by the Thirteen Royal Courts’ presence.
• Bloodsworn War Soul demanded an explanation from Elder Wu, who said he was acting for Battle Blood’s own good.
• Elder Wu revealed that Shi Feng had defeated the Demon Emperor Hall main force led by Lin Xie and nearly killed Lin Xie with one strike.

After Shi Feng defeated the Demon Emperor Hall’s main force, news of his peerless strength spread across Dragonheart Island, changing how the major superpowers treated Zero Wing. Shi Feng escorted the Blade of the Firmament out of the Moltenfire Ruins and received a withered Tree of Life branch from Ziwei.

• Elder Wu showed Bloodsworn War Soul and Sword Fiend a recording of Shi Feng defeating Elder Lin Xie and driving off the Demon Emperor Hall’s main force.
• Bloodsworn War Soul decided Battle Blood would have to seek help from Star Ring and the Demon Emperor Hall.
• News of Shi Feng’s victory spread across Dragonheart Island, and the major superpowers began treating Zero Wing as an equal.
• Shi Feng safely escorted the Blade of the Firmament out of the Moltenfire Ruins, and the passing superpower members made way for him.
• Ziwei gave Shi Feng the Tree of Life main trunk branch, warning him that it had completely withered, and Shi Feng examined it with the Eye of Omniscience.

Shi Feng appraised the crystal branch and discovered it came from a Tree of Life that existed before the Great Destruction. He also declined Ziwei’s offer of another branch, instead securing Blade of the Firmament as a future supplier of rare materials to Zero Wing.

• Shi Feng used the Eye of Omniscience to appraise the withered Tree of Life trunk branch and waited nervously for the result.
• Ziwei offered Shi Feng another Tree of Life branch in exchange for a Level 100 Epic item, but he declined and asked Blade of the Firmament to sell rare materials to Zero Wing at market price.
• Ziwei agreed to prioritize Zero Wing in future material sales and appointed Fan Muran as vice commander in charge of materials.
• Shi Feng’s appraisal finished, and he discovered the branch came from a Tree of Life from before the Great Destruction.

Shi Feng discovered that the withered Tree of Life trunk was a fragment of a pre-Great Destruction Sacred Artifact and decided to seek the rare materials needed to revive it. After learning Feng Qianyu had found two Hippogriff eggs in the Moltenfire Ruins, he agreed to accompany her back to Dragon-Phoenix Pavilion headquarters to face Illusory Myth.

• Shi Feng realized the Tree of Life trunk might once have been a Sacred Artifact, but its 94% withering rate made revival difficult.
• Shi Feng identified World Cores and Western Continent Starlight as possible Legendary materials for reviving the trunk and decided to prepare for a trip west.
• Shi Feng left the Moltenfire Ruins with Kele and the others, prioritizing the Tree of Life over other treasures in the ruins.
• Feng Qianyu told Shi Feng that her group had found two Hippogriff eggs and that Illusory Myth had arrived at Dragon-Phoenix Pavilion headquarters.
• Shi Feng agreed to return with Feng Qianyu, then contacted Melancholy Smile to ask about the Red Dragon Airship's construction.

Feng Qianyu returned to Dusk Sky City and met Cold Light Poetic Shadow, Illusory Myth’s vice guild leader, who offered to buy her Candlelight Trading Firm shares for twice their market value. The Nine Dragons Emperor urged Feng Qianyu to accept, while Azure Phoenix feared the sale would damage their relationship with Zero Wing.

• Feng Qianyu and her companions arrived at the Dragon-Phoenix Pavilion’s guild residence in Dusk Sky City.
• Cold Light Poetic Shadow arrived with Illusory Myth’s upper echelons, and the Nine Dragons Emperor introduced her to Feng Qianyu.
• Cold Light Poetic Shadow praised Feng Qianyu’s business judgment and explained that Illusory Myth wanted to expand onto the Eastern Continent.
• Cold Light Poetic Shadow offered to buy Feng Qianyu’s Candlelight Trading Firm shares for twice their market value and promised a long-term supply of Western Continent goods.
• The Nine Dragons Emperor urged Feng Qianyu to accept the offer, while Azure Phoenix objected to risking a rift with Zero Wing.

Nine Dragons Emperor pressured Feng Qianyu to choose Illusory Myth’s partnership over Candlelight Trading Firm’s shares, while Cold Light Poetic Shadow demonstrated the power of War Demon Marks. As Feng Qianyu prepared to respond, three airships appeared above Dragon-Phoenix Pavilion’s guild residence.

• Nine Dragons Emperor announced that Illusory Myth wanted to cooperate with Dragon-Phoenix Pavilion, making the guild members eager for Feng Qianyu to accept.
• Azure Phoenix warned Feng Qianyu that Nine Dragons Emperor had set a trap by making her choose between Illusory Myth’s partnership and Candlelight Trading Firm’s shares.
• Cold Light Poetic Shadow offered to negotiate and demonstrated an advanced Tier 2 War Demon Mark, which dramatically strengthened a giant man and astonished the guild members.
• Cold Light Poetic Shadow explained that the War Demon Mark could greatly improve combat power, prompting Dragon-Phoenix Pavilion’s experts to clamor for the items.
• Feng Qianyu grew more troubled as the guild members favored Illusory Myth’s offer, then a commotion outside revealed three airships above the guild residence.

Shi Feng arrived at Dragon-Phoenix Pavilion with three airships, shocking Feng Qianyu, Nine Dragons Emperor, and the Pavilion’s members. Their identical designs suggested Zero Wing might eventually build a fleet, while Shi Feng had used the display to strengthen Feng Qianyu’s position.

• Nine Dragons Emperor, Feng Qianyu, and the others wondered who was approaching with three airships and doubted Zero Wing could possess so many.
• Dragon-Phoenix Pavilion’s members watched the three airships hover over their Residence as the city’s defenses avoided confronting them.
• More than a dozen Level 105 Tier 3 players bearing Zero Wing’s emblem emerged, followed by Shi Feng, confirming Zero Wing had brought the airships.
• Feng Qianyu and Nine Dragons Emperor realized the three airships were identical and feared Zero Wing could acquire more and form a fleet.
• Shi Feng apologized to Feng Qianyu for arriving late and privately reflected that he had displayed the airships to secure her standing, though Zero Wing could not afford to build another soon.

Shi Feng’s arrival prompted Feng Qianyu to refuse Illusory Myth’s offer for Candlelight Trading Firm shares, but Nine Dragons Emperor and Cold Light Poetic Shadow pressured her with the promise of Tier 3 War Demon Marks. The chapter ended when Shi Feng presented an astonishing Magic Scroll and a Dragon-Phoenix Pavilion elder identified it as an Advanced Ancient Magic Barrier Scroll.

• Shi Feng arrived at Dragon-Phoenix Pavilion’s plaza with Zero Wing’s three airships, and Feng Qianyu refused to sell Candlelight Trading Firm’s shares to Illusory Myth.
• Nine Dragons Emperor warned Feng Qianyu that Dragon-Phoenix Pavilion needed Illusory Myth’s help to secure its position in the Level 100 neutral maps.
• Several guild elders hesitated over Feng Qianyu’s refusal after Cold Light Poetic Shadow offered to recommend selling Dragon-Phoenix Pavilion Tier 3 War Demon Marks.
• Shi Feng handed Feng Qianyu an ancient Magic Scroll as the sample they had agreed on, and a guild elder appraised it as an Advanced Ancient Magic Barrier Scroll.

Shi Feng proved Zero Wing could supply Dragon-Phoenix Pavilion with Advanced Ancient Magic Barrier Scrolls, forcing Illusory Myth to abandon its cooperation bid and strengthening Feng Qianyu’s position. As news of Zero Wing’s airships and scrolls spread, Nine Dragons Emperor anticipated that the major superpowers would target Zero Wing.

• Shi Feng produced an Advanced Ancient Magic Barrier Scroll set, and the Dragon-Phoenix Pavilion members realized its value against Level 100 Legendary monsters.
• Nine Dragons Emperor challenged Shi Feng’s claim that Zero Wing could provide the scrolls in quantity, so Shi Feng displayed ten sets of Twelve Elemental Pillars.
• Cold Light Poetic Shadow withdrew from Dragon-Phoenix Pavilion after recognizing that Feng Qianyu had gained the advantage.
• Feng Qianyu invited Shi Feng into the guild hall, while Dragon-Phoenix Pavilion’s elders shifted their support toward her.
• Nine Dragons Emperor told Long Wu that major superpowers might try to destroy Zero Wing if they could not obtain its treasures.
• News of Zero Wing’s three airships and Advanced Ancient Magic Barrier Scrolls reached the upper echelons of the major superpowers.