Chapter Summaries

Shi Feng and the Hell Legion learned that Demon God Atlock had offered a divine inheritance to whoever killed Shi Feng, drawing players and superpowers to Star Valley. Shi Feng dismissed the loss of the inheritance, then checked the treasure he had taken from the Sub-Legendary Treasure Chest and realized why Atlock had pursued him so relentlessly.

• Players across Star Valley and the major superpowers rushed to investigate the Demon God Palace and seek its divine inheritance.
• The Hell Legion discussed how Shi Feng had triggered the inheritance but could not claim it, while Kele, Water Rose, and Hell Howl tried to console him.
• Shi Feng told Hell Howl he was not bothered by Atlock's pursuit or the inheritance offer.
• Kele asked Shi Feng what he had taken from the Sub-Legendary Treasure Chest, prompting Shi Feng to inspect his bag.
• Shi Feng found a crystal radiating divine might and understood why Atlock had gone after him.

Shi Feng revealed the Sub-Legendary treasure chest's valuable contents to the Hell Legion, including Epic daggers, a Legendary item fragment, and a Dark Gold set design. He explained that publicizing the haul would draw attention to Zero Wing while concealing the far more valuable god's heart in his bag, then prepared to return to Starlight Fortress.

• Shi Feng showed the team the Shadow Severance Twin Blades, Magic Light Pendant, and Dark Demon Set Design.
• The Hell Legion members marveled at the haul, and Hell Howl envied the Dark Demon Set's powerful defenses.
• Water Rose warned Shi Feng that revealing the equipment details could attract powerful forces seeking to steal them.
• Shi Feng said the public disclosure would limit rumors and raise Zero Wing's reputation, while keeping the god's heart hidden.
• Shi Feng took out a Return Scroll to head back to Starlight Fortress.

Shi Feng and the others returned to a suddenly prosperous Starlight Fortress, where the ancient mana environment and player traffic promised major Magic Crystal income. Fitharia warned Shi Feng that Illusory Myth had demanded control of the Divine Will Tribe’s base and 51% of Starlight Fortress, and that its powerful, aura-concealing members could threaten the fortress when they returned.

• Shi Feng and the others found Starlight Fortress crowded with players, and Hell Howl learned its mana environment contained the three supreme elements.
• Water Rose estimated that the fortress could earn over two hundred thousand Magic Crystals a day, while Shi Feng explained that its ancient environment would benefit players’ advancement.
• Fitharia arrived weakened and a level lower, then told Shi Feng that Illusory Myth had demanded the Divine Will Tribe’s temporary base and 51% of Starlight Fortress.
• Fitharia said Illusory Myth’s fighters had defeated her and could conceal their auras even from the Holy Dragon for a time.
• Fitharia relayed that Illusory Myth would return after the Demon God Palace opened and warned Zero Wing to consider its proposal or face the consequences.

Shi Feng learned that Illusory Myth’s elusive new team had demanded control of Starlight Fortress, but he believed the Heart of a God gave Zero Wing a way to deal with them. He reached the City Lord’s Mansion’s secret chamber and prepared to use the crystal’s Eternal Aura.

• Fitharia warned Hell Howl and Thunder Beast that Illusory Myth’s young leader had replaced Trembling Hand and commanded a team of undetectable, exceptionally fast experts.
• Shi Feng asked about the team’s arrival, learned they had bypassed Starlight Fortress’s checkpoints, and said Zero Wing would handle what came next.
• Shi Feng left Fitharia to manage the fortress’s regular defenses while she decided to let Zero Wing face Illusory Myth’s team.
• Shi Feng activated the defensive magic arrays in the City Lord’s Mansion’s secret chamber and took out a crystal radiating faint divine might.

Shi Feng studied the Heart of Augus and used its Eternal Aura to accelerate his Mana Body training. He unlocked his Mana Body completely just before the aura ran out.

• Shi Feng appraised the Heart of Augus and learned that it could provide twelve hours of Eternal Aura, then recover over three months or be replenished with a Divine Crystal.
• Shi Feng discovered that activating the heart's complex magic array required Intermediate Magic Array Master skill, preventing him from using it to help Kele and the others.
• Shi Feng spent nearly an hour tracing the array and activated the Heart of Augus, releasing purple mist that entered his body.
• Shi Feng studied the Mana Body inheritance with a Memory Crystal, raising his unlocking progress to 82% before the inheritance ended.
• Shi Feng continued training as the Eternal Aura faded, and his Mana Body reached 100% just before the effect expired.

After unlocking his Epic Mana Body, Shi Feng discovered that it greatly amplified his strength and began practicing the Sacred Extinction Combat Method. When Fitharia reported that Illusory Myth had gathered more than thirty people at the Starlight Premium Bar and had a way to deal with the Holy Dragon, Shi Feng left the core secret room to confront the situation.

• Shi Feng tested his Epic Mana Body and found that its dense mana let him punch with power comparable to a full-force strike from the Thunder Slayer.
• Shi Feng reflected on the Mana Body’s potential and began practicing the Sacred Extinction Combat Method so he could improve his combat power and help Water Rose and the others later.
• Shi Feng practiced Erearti’s Light Shadow sword for more than half a day, gradually reducing its preparation time and improving his control of magic Elementals.
• Fitharia contacted Shi Feng and reported that more than thirty people from Illusory Myth had gathered at the Starlight Premium Bar and seemed prepared to deal with the Holy Dragon.
• Shi Feng ended the call, put away his twin blades, and left the core secret room.

Illusory Myth members gathered openly in Starlight Fortress and discussed their plan to pressure Zero Wing and seize the fortress, confident they could defeat its players. Their boasting was interrupted when Fitharia and a black-cloaked man entered the bar.

• Players in Starlight Premium Bar watched more than thirty Illusory Myth experts arrive and drink without concealing their identities.
• Kulo warned that Illusory Myth's members could overwhelm the fortress, and he feared the silver-haired commander in particular.
• Illusory Myth's commander ordered his team to follow their plan against Zero Wing, use battle arrays against its Mana Body experts, and withdraw if the Holy Dragon appeared.
• An Illusory Myth Assassin claimed that none of Zero Wing's people would survive if they appeared.
• A deep voice challenged the Assassin as Fitharia and a black-cloaked man entered the bar.

Shi Feng rejected Illusory Myth’s demand to yield Starlight Fortress, prompting its vice commander to send a battle-array-enhanced assassin after him. Shi Feng stopped the assassin’s invisible attack and sent him crashing into the bar wall.

• Fitharia arrived at Starlight Bar with Shi Feng as Illusory Myth’s members prepared for a confrontation.
• Silver War Demon Brashut introduced himself and asked Shi Feng whether he would accept Illusory Myth’s terms.
• Shi Feng refused to compromise and challenged Illusory Myth to fight for Starlight Fortress.
• Brashut ordered the dual-sword assassin and three companions to attack Shi Feng, and they activated a high-grade battle array.
• The assassin concealed his presence and lunged at Shi Feng, but Shi Feng drew Thunder Slayer and knocked him into the bar wall.

Shi Feng defeated Blast Sand with one strike, revealing that he had unlocked his Mana Body, but Blaisheit brought out seven more Advanced Battle Arrays to overwhelm him. As eight Illusory Myth experts attacked together, Shi Feng began his Sacred Extinction Combat Method, First Sword: Light Shadow.

• Shi Feng sent Blast Sand flying with a single sword strike, shocking the experts gathered in the Starlight Bar.
• Blaisheit concluded that Shi Feng had unlocked his Mana Body and could sense Blast Sand despite his concealed aura.
• Blaisheit activated seven additional Advanced Battle Arrays, leaving eight Illusory Myth experts ready to fight Shi Feng together.
• Shi Feng refused to retreat and told Illusory Myth to attack him all at once.
• Blast Sand and the seven other experts charged in coordination, and Shi Feng swung Thunder Slayer with the First Sword: Light Shadow.

Shi Feng repeatedly unleashed Tier 4 Legendary-power strikes against Blast Sand and Illusory Myth’s eight experts, overcoming their battle array and healers. After eleven swings of Thunder Slayer, he depleted their HP and left them dead in Starlight Bar.

• Shi Feng used a phantom greatsword strike that tore through the tavern and forced Blast Sand and seven other experts to block it with Tier 3 skills.
• The strike injured all eight fighters and shocked the Tier 3 players, while Fitharia realized Shi Feng could suppress Starlight Fortress alone.
• Blaisheit revealed that Illusory Myth’s battle array and healers could restore Blast Sand’s group, and the healers fully recovered them.
• Shi Feng launched repeated greatsword strikes, catching Blast Sand’s group off guard and steadily draining their HP.
• After Shi Feng swung Thunder Slayer eleven times, Blast Sand and the other seven experts ran out of HP and collapsed dead.

Shi Feng single-handedly defeated Illusory Myth’s monster team in Starlight Bar, demonstrating the power of an unlocked Mana Body and securing Starlight Fortress for the time being. After Illusory Myth withdrew, footage of the battle spread across the Western Continent and shocked the major powers.

• Shi Feng’s victory over Blast Sand and the other seven experts stunned the players in Starlight Bar and inspired independent experts.
• Fitharia concluded that unlocking the Mana Body could grant power capable of changing guild wars and dungeon raids.
• Blaisheit chose to withdraw Illusory Myth after hearing a dragon roar, telling Shi Feng that they would meet again.
• Hell Howl and more than four hundred Tier 3 experts arrived after Illusory Myth had left, and Fitharia showed them the battle footage.
• News and footage of Shi Feng’s victory spread to major powers, whose members reacted in disbelief that Illusory Myth had lost.

After Shi Feng defeated Illusory Myth, Starlight Fortress prospered as major powers backed away and players flocked to it. Shi Feng arranged to attract independent experts through an Adventurer Alliance branch, accepted the Netherworld Empire’s Mana Body condition, and prepared to return to the Eastern Continent.

• The major powers warned their teams not to provoke Shi Feng or cause trouble in Starlight Fortress after Illusory Myth’s defeat.
• Starlight Fortress’s population approached five hundred thousand, generating over 250,000 Magic Crystals in net daily income and making repairs to its large combat arena feasible.
• Shi Feng told Water Rose to have Yan Tianxing establish an Adventurer Alliance branch, where members could earn arena access and other rewards through missions.
• Water Rose reported that the Netherworld Empire would accept employment on the condition that every Hell Legion member unlock a Mana Body within a month or Zero Wing surrender 20% of Starlight Fortress’s shares.
• Shi Feng accepted the condition and said it was time to return to the Eastern Continent.

Shi Feng decided to expand Zero Wing’s influence on the Western Continent by bringing more experts through its Eastern Continent Teleportation Passages, while planning to return the Hell Legion by another route. After collecting rare materials and preparing Starlight Fortress for others to manage, he opened a Dark Gate and led the group away.

• Shi Feng explained to Water Rose that Zero Wing needed to seize more Teleportation Passages and build territory on the Western Continent rather than rely on Starlight Fortress alone.
• Shi Feng revealed that he had hired the Hell Legion to bring its nearly three hundred members back to the Eastern Continent through a plane world using Morlock's Ring.
• Shi Feng signed an employment contract with the Netherworld Empire and had Yan Tianxing and Yiluo Fei learn to manage Starlight Fortress and the Adventurer Alliance.
• Fitharia returned with Divine Will Tribe experts and rare materials worth over three million Magic Crystals, which Shi Feng stored in his Epic Spatial Backpack.
• After Fire Dance and the Hell Legion arrived, Shi Feng opened a Dark Gate in the City Lord's Manor and led everyone through it.

Shi Feng brought the Hell Legion and Water Rose through Morlock's Ring's Dark Gate into an unfamiliar rainforest in the Dark Cavern, where the group discovered a high-level shelter. At the shelter, a powerful Zero Wing Swordsman asked for Qing Shuang, but another player's arrival revealed that the shelter's leaders had expected different allies.

• Shi Feng brought Water Rose and the Hell Legion through the Dark Gate into a rainforest in the Dark Cavern, where the dense mana and heavy gravity impressed the group.
• Shi Feng sent the Hell Legion to hunt monsters while Fire Dance scouted and found a magic-array-protected shelter.
• Shi Feng led Water Rose and the others toward the shelter, hoping to trade for its scarce gemstones and specialties.
• Shi Feng and his companions reached the shelter, where a Level 106 Tier 3 Swordsman named Junya mistook them for Qing Shuang's teammates and asked when Qing Shuang would arrive.
• An unseen speaker told Junya that she should have invited Vice Guild Leader Phantom Whisper and the Crimson Emperor Guild instead of Qing Shuang and Zero Wing.

Shi Feng and his companions encountered Purple Lightning Rakshasa in Aurora Shelter as she warned Junya that outside superpowers were too strong for the shelter to face alone. Junya agreed to seek cooperation with Crimson Emperor, and Vice Guild Leader Phantom Whisper arrived with a team of over a hundred Tier 3 players.

• Junya greeted Purple Lightning Rakshasa, whose arrival raised hopes among Aurora Shelter’s players.
• Purple Lightning Rakshasa told Junya that outside superpowers had several Domain Realm experts and that even Qing Shuang’s forces could not turn the battle in Aurora Shelter’s favor.
• Purple Lightning Rakshasa urged Junya to cooperate with Vice Guild Leader Phantom Whisper, and Junya agreed to contact Crimson Emperor.
• Junya apologized to Shi Feng and his companions, offered them an 80% discount, and warned them that Aurora Shelter would soon be caught up in a major battle.
• Purple Lightning Rakshasa announced that Phantom Whisper had arrived, and a team of over a hundred Tier 3 players appeared on the street.

Crimson Emperor arrived at Aurora Shelter with over a hundred powerful Tier 3 experts, and Junya offered them 30% of the Bronze Teleportation Gate slots in exchange for help defending it. Phantom Whisper recognized the departing Zero Wing members and revealed that Zero Wing’s Guild Leader, Black Flame, might be able to change the battle’s outcome.

• Aurora Shelter’s members were stunned by Crimson Emperor’s Tier 3 experts and superior equipment.
• Purple Lightning Rakshasa introduced Phantom Whisper to Junya, who asked Crimson Emperor to defend the Bronze Teleportation Gate in exchange for 30% of its slots.
• Phantom Whisper noticed Shi Feng and the others leaving, while Junya explained that they were Zero Wing experts from the First Shelter.
• Purple Lightning Rakshasa dismissed Zero Wing’s strength, but Phantom Whisper said Zero Wing had an expert who could make a difference.
• Phantom Whisper identified that expert as Zero Wing’s Guild Leader, Black Flame.

Shi Feng left Aurora Shelter to strengthen Zero Wing's First Shelter, but Sentinel Shelter ambushed Qing Shuang and her allies before he could depart. As Chaotic Heavens prepared to attack them, Shi Feng arrived through a Space Gate.

• Phantom Whisper told Junya and Purple Lightning Rakshasa that Black Flame was so powerful she would not last three moves against him.
• Shi Feng refused Water Rose's request to stay in Aurora Shelter and planned to return to the First Shelter to develop its magic array and secure Tier 3 magic skills.
• Explosions outside Aurora Shelter revealed Sentinel Shelter's demonized experts overwhelming Qing Shuang and more than twenty Tier 3 allies.
• Chaotic Heavens demanded that Qing Shuang's group abandon Zero Wing, but she and Xi Lian refused to betray the guild.
• Chaotic Heavens transformed into a powerful demonized form and approached Qing Shuang's group as Shi Feng appeared through a Space Gate.

Shi Feng arrived at the battlefield to confront Sentinel Shelter, and Phantom Whisper revealed that he was Zero Wing’s Guild Leader, Black Flame. As a demonized Shield Warrior charged him, a mysterious swordswoman appeared and killed the attacker before he could reach Shi Feng.

• Shi Feng appeared before Chaotic Heavens, drawing disbelief and scorn from players who thought a Tier 3 Swordsman could not challenge Sentinel Shelter.
• Phantom Whisper recognized Shi Feng as Zero Wing’s Guild Leader, Black Flame, and Junya and Purple Lightning Rakshasa doubted her until Qing Shuang called him Guild Leader.
• A demonized Shield Warrior charged Shi Feng, declaring that no one from Zero Wing would leave alive.
• A graceful swordswoman appeared behind the Shield Warrior and killed him with a short sword and a flurry of sword strikes.
• The swordswoman declared that the Shield Warrior was not qualified to fight their Guild Leader.

Fire Dance instantly killed a Tier 3 Demon-transformed Shield Warrior, but Sentinel Shelter’s experts surrounded Shi Feng’s group with a coordinated assault. Shi Feng blocked their attacks and struck back, leaving Chaotic Heavens driven into the ground and badly injured.

• Fire Dance killed Sentinel Shelter’s Tier 3 Demon-transformed Shield Warrior before he could react, stunning the surrounding players.
• Chaotic Heavens transformed more than a dozen Tier 3 experts into Demons and sent them to surround Shi Feng’s group.
• Sentinel Shelter’s experts unleashed a coordinated barrage, but Shi Feng blocked every attack with Sword Trajectory.
• Shi Feng used Thunderflash Secret Technique to send the Demon-transformed experts flying and injure them.
• Shi Feng struck Chaotic Heavens with Mana Combat Method: Light Shadow, driving him into the ground and costing him over one-fifth of his HP.

Shi Feng overwhelmed Chaotic Heavens and forced the Sentinel Shelter to retreat, but Chaotic Heavens threatened to destroy the First Shelter as the Demon players grew stronger. As the Sentinel fighters fled, Shi Feng revealed two Tier 3 magic classes, suggesting the pursuit was not over.

• Shi Feng struck Chaotic Heavens with One Sword Rends Space, leaving the Aurora Shelter, Phantom Whisper, and Zero Wing members stunned by his Tier 4-level power.
• Qing Shuang confirmed that Shi Feng was Zero Wing’s Guild Leader, Black Flame, and the First Shelter’s Tier 3 members grew excited about their prospects.
• Chaotic Heavens climbed from the pit, admitted he could not defeat the First Shelter for now, and ordered the Sentinel Shelter members to retreat.
• Shi Feng warned that the Sentinel fighters would not escape, and Chaotic Heavens split into five figures while his allies used escape skills and illusions.
• Shi Feng revealed two Tier 3 magic classes nearby, whose mana bodies drew mana from the surrounding battlefield.