Chapter Summaries

Shi Feng used the Book of Darkness to frighten Demon City's demon NPCs and control a Tier 4 Demon Viscount guard captain. He used the captain to break Demon City's magic barrier with his dragon clone, leaving the supposedly unconquerable fortress breached as players stared in disbelief.

• Demon City's demon NPCs fled when Shi Feng appeared, leaving players and Demon Heart members confused.
• Shi Feng used the Book of Darkness to control a Level 134 Tier 4 Demon Viscount guard captain.
• The demon NPCs stopped fleeing but remained wary of Shi Feng, who sent his dragon clone to attack the magic barrier.
• Shi Feng's controlled guard captain cast the Forbidden Curse Dark Star against the barrier as the dragon clone struck from outside.
• The magic barrier shattered, and system notifications rang throughout the Demon Territory.

Shi Feng shattered Demon City's defensive magic array by exploiting its weakest node with help from the Tier 4 Demon Guard Captain, triggering severe penalties for the city and its players. He then killed Chaotic Heavens in Demon Heart’s Guild Residence, leaving Demon Heart to face Zero Wing’s retaliation.

• Regional announcements reported that human players had breached Demon City, imposing penalties on its demon players and halving the city’s revenue for seven natural days.
• Elder Wrathful Heart was shocked as Shi Feng’s attack, combined with the Demon Guard Captain’s bombardment, destroyed the defensive magic array’s weakest node.
• Shi Feng appeared above Demon Heart’s Guild Residence and told Chaotic Heavens that it was his turn.
• Elder Wrathful Heart warned Shi Feng that killing Chaotic Heavens would make Demon Heart an irreconcilable enemy, but Shi Feng dismissed the threat.
• Shi Feng ordered the giant dragon to strike Chaotic Heavens, who transformed into a demon but was crushed and turned to ash.

Shi Feng killed Chaotic Heavens in Demon Heart’s headquarters and departed Demon City unharmed, humiliating the dark force. Wrathful Heart could not stop him because Demon Heart’s guards were weakened, but he alerted the Guild Leader and Vice Guild Leader Flame Light as Shi Feng’s escape became the talk of the Ten Saints Empire.

• Shi Feng killed Chaotic Heavens in Demon Heart’s plaza, stunning Qing Shuang and the watching players.
• Wrathful Heart refused to let Demon Heart’s elders attack Shi Feng, knowing none of them could match him.
• Wrathful Heart explained that the Tier 4 demon guards had lost 30% of their basic attributes inside the headquarters.
• Shi Feng flew out of Demon City safely while Demon Heart’s members watched without attacking.
• Wrathful Heart said he had informed the Guild Leader and Vice Guild Leader Flame Light, and news of Shi Feng’s feat spread through the Ten Saints Empire.

Beichen Tianlang absorbed the Sacred Fire Bloodline and learned that Shi Feng had breached Demon City and killed Chaotic Heavens, prompting him to turn his attention to Zero Wing. Across the Ten Saints Empire, major superpowers chose not to attack Demon Heart because it had allied with Illusory Myth, while Flame Light sought a meeting with Cold Light.

• Beichen Tianlang finished absorbing the Sacred Fire Bloodline and prepared to visit Demon City, but Zhan Wuji reported that Shi Feng had breached it and killed Chaotic Heavens.
• Beichen Tianlang canceled the trip to Demon City and decided to visit Zero Wing instead, while Zhan Wuji prepared to go with him.
• Major superpowers across the Ten Saints Empire sent experts toward Zero Wing rather than exploiting Demon Heart's setback, and Phantom Whisper explained that Demon Heart had allied with Illusory Myth.
• Flame Light arrived at a mana zone outside the Fire Dragon Empire and asked two Tier 3 experts to speak with Cold Light.

Shi Feng brought the Hell Legion to Stone Forest City, where its immense population of Tier 3 experts amazed his companions. As Demon Heart prepared to threaten the city and the Heavenly Secrets Pavilion declined to intervene, Shi Feng discovered that Rebel Thunder’s Dark Remnant Blade was a fragment of the Abyssal Walker and began fusing it.

• Shi Feng and the Hell Legion arrived in Stone Forest City, astounding Qing Shuang and the others with its crowds of NPCs and Tier 3 experts.
• Yuan Tiexin and Zi Qiong met with Vice Guild Leader Bi Xia, who refused to protect Zero Wing from Demon Heart but promised to preserve the Heavenly Secrets Pavilion’s shares in Stone Forest City.
• Zi Qiong learned that Flame Light might open a passage to the Dark Great World, allowing its dark players to threaten Stone Forest City and the surrounding lands.
• Shi Feng entered Zero Wing’s underground secret chamber and placed Rebel Thunder’s Dark Remnant Blade beside the Abyssal Walker.
• The Abyssal Walker recognized the Dark Remnant Blade as a fragment of the same origin, and Shi Feng chose to fuse it.

Shi Feng fused the Abyssal Walker and Dark Remnant Blade fragments, spending 100,000 Magic Crystals to complete the fusion. As the weapon began a five-hour reforging process, he agreed to meet visitors claiming to come from the Dark Great World.

• Shi Feng fused the Abyssal Walker and Dark Remnant Blade, discovering that their fragments carried a terrifying pressure.
• Shi Feng spent four hours and more than 40,000 Magic Crystals repairing and fusing the fragments, with progress still below 50%.
• Bai Qingxue told Shi Feng that dark players claiming to come from the Dark Great World wanted to meet him and offered to help Zero Wing.
• Shi Feng agreed to meet the visitors after Bai Qingxue arranged for someone to receive them.
• The fusion completed after consuming 100,000 Magic Crystals, and a vision showed Shi Feng a colossal Black Dragon King.
• The system gave Shi Feng five hours to reforge the broken blade and warned that completion below 70% would count as failure.

Shi Feng struggled to reforge the Abyssal Walker into a powerful one-handed sword before the five-hour limit expired. With the material ratio still uncertain and little time left, he added Ice Dragon Heswitt’s claw to the blade and inspected the result.

• Shi Feng used Sage's Hand to reshape the Abyssal Walker, but its initial form achieved only a 40% completion rate and seemed suited to a two-handed sword.
• Shi Feng repeatedly discarded and adjusted materials to favor a one-handed weapon, but his best completion rate reached only 58%.
• Shi Feng realized the material ratio needed to fall between 17% and 18%, but he had too little time for the extra tests and polishing.
• Shi Feng refined Ice Dragon Heswitt’s claw into a deep-blue crystal and merged it into the Abyssal Walker.
• Shi Feng initiated a quality inspection of the reforged blade and hoped it would meet the required completion rate.

Shi Feng successfully reforged Abyssal Walker into a Fragmented Legendary Weapon with an 86% completion rate, gaining a powerful sword suited to him. Confident in its strength, he prepared to meet the people from the Dark Great World.

• Shi Feng selected the reforged Abyssal Walker's appearance after its completion rate reached 86%.
• Shi Feng polished the blade and its magic arrays, then successfully reforged and named it Abyssal Walker.
• The system appraisal confirmed that Abyssal Walker had become a Fragmented Legendary Item and awarded Shi Feng 30,000 Forging Proficiency Points.
• Shi Feng examined the sword's powerful attributes and skills, including its Black Dragon King transformation and dangerous curse.
• Shi Feng decided that Abyssal Walker gave him a better chance of challenging the level 120 secret realm, City of Poison Calamity, and left to meet the people from the Dark Great World.

Shi Feng met representatives of Dark Fantasy and Divine Society, who sought a pact over the threat of Demon Heart opening a passage to the Dark Great World. He surprised them by offering to give up seventy percent of the Cold Spring Great Forest’s resource areas in exchange for Dark Magic Crystals.

• Bai Qingxue introduced Shi Feng to a Dark Knight representing Dark Fantasy and Elder Jin, a fallen half-elf representing Divine Society.
• Elder Jin warned that Flame Light could open a passage to the Dark Great World in the Cold Spring Great Forest, bringing its players into conflict with Zero Wing.
• The Dark Knight proposed that the two Guilds refrain from attacking Zero Wing and Stone Forest City in exchange for half of the forest’s resource areas.
• Shi Feng countered by offering the two Guilds seventy percent of the resource areas and requesting five hundred thousand Dark Magic Crystals.
• Bai Qingxue and the two representatives were stunned by Shi Feng’s offer.

Shi Feng negotiated with Dark Fantasy and the Divine Society to give them 70% of the Cold Spring Great Forest’s resource areas in exchange for 500,000 Dark Magic Crystals, leaving Zero Wing with 30%. He revealed to Bai Qingxue that Zero Wing could defend its share with thousands of fully equipped Tier 3 NPCs, then flooded the guild warehouse with rare materials.

• Shi Feng offered Dark Fantasy and the Divine Society 70% of the Cold Spring Great Forest’s resource areas for 500,000 Dark Magic Crystals, and Elder Jin and the Dark Female Knight agreed.
• The three sides signed a contract granting Dark Fantasy and the Divine Society 70% of the resource areas and Zero Wing 30%, with the two guilds promising to provide the crystals.
• Demon Heart learned of the deal, and Elder Wrathful Heart said Demon Heart had made secret agreements with several superpowers to help destroy Stone Forest City.
• Bai Qingxue questioned Shi Feng’s decision because Zero Wing relied on Cold Source Water to develop its Tier 2 members, but Shi Feng said the guild could not manage all the forest’s resources anyway.
• Shi Feng asked Bai Qingxue what would happen if Zero Wing had two or three thousand fully equipped Tier 3 NPCs, then unloaded a warehouse’s worth of rare materials from his Epic Bag.

Shi Feng revealed that he had brought back a warehouse full of rare Western Continent materials, giving Zero Wing the wealth to strengthen its knight regiment and counter its rivals. He then used Candlelight Trading Firm’s Meditation Room to try fusing Starlight with the Tree of Life’s trunk, leaving its survival uncertain.

• Shi Feng showed Bai Qingxue the rare materials and said they could sell for at least ten million Gold Coins, easing her concerns about the Dark Great World’s players.
• Shi Feng entrusted Bai Qingxue with quietly selling at most half the materials through trustworthy people so Zero Wing could fund its knight regiment without drawing attention.
• Shi Feng went to Candlelight Trading Firm in Stone Forest City, where he entered a Basic Meditation Room and took out the Tree of Life’s main trunk and the Starlight he had obtained from Temptation of Gods and Demons.
• Shi Feng slowly fused the Starlight into the Tree of Life’s trunk, hoping the branch would survive.

Shi Feng revived the Life Tree branch with Starlight, and it grew into an Ancient Tree of Life Seedling, a Sacred Relic Fragment with powerful life-giving products. He realized Stone Forest City could not provide enough mana to sustain it and contacted Bai Qingxue to ask about her situation.

• Shi Feng used Starlight to revive the Life Tree branch, which absorbed Mana Water and gradually sprouted emerald leaves.
• Shi Feng discovered that the branch's life energy could more than double players' recovery speed while they rested in the room.
• The branch formed a seedling that drained the room's mana, and Shi Feng identified it as an Ancient Tree of Life Seedling, a Sacred Relic Fragment.
• Shi Feng realized the seedling needed more mana than Stone Forest City could provide and contacted Bai Qingxue to ask how things were going on her end.

Shi Feng urgently sold Zero Wing’s Western Continent materials to raise the Gold needed to build the Free Inn, hoping the advanced building would increase Stone Forest City’s mana density and help it qualify for promotion. After earning over four million Gold, he began construction as the Dark Great World’s invasion loomed.

• Shi Feng told Bai Qingxue to sell a portion of Zero Wing’s Western Continent materials quickly because he urgently needed Gold for the Free Inn.
• Shi Feng prepared the Free Inn’s construction in Stone Forest City while other superpowers and Zero Wing members worried about the approaching Dark Great World invasion.
• Bai Qingxue sold the materials through Auction Houses, where major Guilds competed for the large supply of rare crafting goods.
• Bai Qingxue earned over four million Gold from selling half the materials, and Shi Feng received 4.11 million Gold.
• Shi Feng took out the Free Inn blueprint in Stone Forest City and received a system prompt asking whether to begin construction.

Shi Feng spent two million gold to begin constructing a large Free Inn in Stone Forest City while his workers built it under his direction. Meanwhile, Illusory Myth, Star Ring, and Demon Heart arranged to isolate Zero Wing and attack it with forces from the Dark Great World, but the completed inn rose above the city as their plans advanced.

• Shi Feng chose the large-scale Free Inn and paid two million gold to begin construction.
• Shi Feng directed more than a hundred workers to build the inn while he inscribed magic arrays.
• Cold Light Poetic Shadow, Lu Xingluo, Elder Nanxun, and Vice Guild Leader Flame Light discussed opening a passage for tens of thousands of Tier 3 experts to attack Zero Wing.
• Cold Light Poetic Shadow said Illusory Myth would offer War Demon Mark exchanges to adventure teams so they would stop selling materials to Zero Wing.
• Adventure team members discussed Zero Wing's material shortage as the magic barriers around the construction site shattered and the thirty-two-story Free Inn rose over Stone Forest City.

The Free Inn’s completion made Stone Forest City the first guild city with a top-tier building, earning it the City of Freedom title and the option to become an intermediate city. Shi Feng paid the required resources to begin the promotion, leaving the city enclosed in a magical barrier as players outside realized what was happening.

• The Free Inn appeared on Stone Forest City’s main street, astonishing players with its size and powerful mana density.
• The Free Inn’s completion rewarded all players with a level and Free Living Proficiency, increased the city’s fame and prosperity, and granted it the City of Freedom title.
• Shi Feng accepted the system’s offer to promote Stone Forest City, recognizing that an intermediate city’s defenses were vital for surviving in a Level 100 neutral map.
• Shi Feng spent 500,000 Gold and 100,000 Magic Crystals to begin the promotion, and a magical array teleported everyone out of the city.
• Players outside Stone Forest City saw it surrounded by a magical barrier, and members of the major forces realized it was being promoted.

Stone Forest City completed its upgrade to an intermediate city, drawing surprise and debate over whether its new defenses could withstand the Dark Great World. Crimson Emperor sent a force led by Phantom Whisper and the fierce man toward the city, and the chapter ended with players seeing its dramatically transformed walls, buildings, and magic power.

• Players learned Stone Forest City had upgraded and argued over whether an intermediate city could hold off the Dark Great World.
• At Crimson Emperor's headquarters, the fierce man mocked Phantom Whisper's decision to abandon cooperation with Demon Heart, while she defended her belief in Zero Wing and Shi Feng.
• The fierce man told Phantom Whisper that Crimson Emperor's elders had ordered him to lead the main force to Stone Forest City and cooperate with the superpowers if Zero Wing seemed in trouble.
• Phantom Whisper agreed to go, and the fierce man led Crimson Emperor's main force toward Stone Forest City.
• After two hours, the city's magical barrier shattered, revealing taller, steel-like rune-covered walls, transformed buildings, and greatly increased magic power.

After Stone Forest City advanced to an intermediate city, Shi Feng showed Zero Wing members its new facilities and explained how it could operate independently of kingdoms and empires. He delayed opening the city so he could handle the Free Inn, where he brought out the Tree of Life sapling.

• Zero Wing members entered the transformed Stone Forest City and found new shops run by NPC merchant associations.
• Bai Qingxue asked Shi Feng how Stone Forest City had changed, and he explained that intermediate cities could survive independently outside kingdoms and empires.
• Shi Feng described how the Free Inn supported the city with a teleportation array and bonuses to Double EXP and Lifestyle Proficiency.
• Bai Qingxue reported that Zero Wing's personnel were ready and asked to open Stone Forest City, but Shi Feng told her to wait while he handled the Free Inn.
• Shi Feng went to the Free Inn's inner courtyard and took the Tree of Life sapling from his bag.

Shi Feng successfully planted the Tree of Life, whose Sacred Relic Fragment effects filled the courtyard with life energy and sharpened his mind. He then ordered Bai Qingxue to cut Stone Forest City’s entrance fee to five Silver Coins and open it to the public, as players gathered outside.

• Shi Feng planted the Tree of Life sapling in the courtyard, and it rapidly grew into a large emerald tree that spread powerful life energy.
• Shi Feng found that the Tree of Life’s aura quickly dispelled the strange energy in his body and cleared his thoughts, but he worried that revealing the Sacred Relic Fragment would draw powerful enemies.
• Shi Feng contacted Bai Qingxue about Stone Forest City’s entrance fee and explained that Zero Wing needed to attract more players to strengthen the Guild.
• Shi Feng told Bai Qingxue to lower the entrance fee to five Silver Coins and open Stone Forest City to the public.
• Players and major powers waiting outside Stone Forest City noticed that the city had opened.

Phantom Whisper, Junya, and their companions from the Crimson Emperor Guild arrived at Stone Forest City to see Zero Wing’s headquarters. They were stunned by the city’s immense size, powerful magic, and enormous crowd of players and NPCs waiting to enter.

• Phantom Whisper assured the Crimson Emperor’s fierce-looking leader that she would only observe Stone Forest City and would not interfere with the guild’s plans.
• Phantom Whisper brought Junya and Purple Lightning Rakshasa along, explaining that the Aurora Shelter would benefit from seeing the major powers gathered there.
• Junya praised Zero Wing for killing Chaotic Heavens and forcing the Demon Heart to reveal its trump card, while Purple Lightning Rakshasa argued that Zero Wing would likely be badly weakened.
• The Crimson Emperor group reached Stone Forest City and found it vastly larger and more powerful than Phantom Whisper remembered.
• Junya and Phantom Whisper stared in shock at the city’s magic power and at the hundreds of thousands of players and numerous NPCs queuing to enter.
• The fierce-looking man questioned whether Phantom Whisper had brought them to the wrong place.

Experts from major powers marveled at the upgraded Stone Forest City and its low entrance fee, while Phantom Whisper learned that Demon Heart’s invasion could begin within a day. Shi Feng returned to White River City to invest in Zero Wing’s Knight Order and asked Loran to show him its recruitment status and available class changes.

• Phantom Whisper confirmed to the Crimson Emperor Guild members that the astonishing city before them was Stone Forest City.
• Xinghe Wangxi and other experts discussed how Stone Forest City’s five-silver entrance fee could attract players and generate substantial income for Zero Wing.
• The fierce man told Phantom Whisper that Demon Heart had acted and the Dark Great World’s passageway could open within a day.
• Shi Feng teleported to White River City, intending to use Zero Wing’s five million gold to upgrade its Knight Order.
• At the Adventurers’ Association, Shi Feng asked Loran to show him the Knight Order’s recruitment status and available class changes.