Chapter Summaries

Shi Feng hired ten advanced NPC managers and five hundred ordinary ones for Stone Forest Town, paying a 4,000 Gold deposit. At the Candlelight Trading Firm, major corporations weighed Zero Wing’s costly partnership terms as Feng Qianyu noticed how much stronger Zero Wing’s members had become, and Shi Feng arrived to begin the meeting.

• Shi Feng selected ten advanced NPC managers, including one with 82 Intelligence, and hired them alongside five hundred ordinary managers for a total deposit of 4,000 Gold.
• Shi Feng left the Adventurers' Association and traveled to the Candlelight Trading Firm for his appointment with representatives from major corporations.
• The representatives discussed Stone Forest Town’s growing population and considered negotiating down Zero Wing’s one-billion-Credit partnership price.
• Feng Qianyu entered the VIP reception room and noticed Water Rose, Zi Yan Liu Yun, and Half-Summer Allure had become notably formidable.
• Feng Qianyu recognized that Zi Yan Liu Yun had entered the Micro Realm since their last encounter, and Shi Feng arrived shortly afterward.

Shi Feng revealed the Magic Tower Design to convince corporate representatives that Zero Wing’s one-billion-Credit deposit for Stone Forest Town partnership slots was justified. The representatives became eager to secure a place, and Shi Feng began the auction for the first slot.

• Shi Feng entered the reception room disguised as Black Flame, overwhelming the corporate representatives and impressing Half-Summer Allure and Feng Qianyu.
• The representatives argued that Zero Wing’s one-billion-Credit deposit was too high and proposed lowering it to one hundred million.
• Shi Feng clarified that one billion was only the minimum threshold and that Zero Wing would offer just ten partnership slots.
• Shi Feng showed the representatives the Magic Tower Design and revealed that the tower in Stone Forest Town had increased its mana density.
• The representatives recognized the Magic Tower’s potential, while Water Rose knew they had mistaken the design as something Zero Wing could build without limit.
• Shi Feng described the deposit as the price of a prime plot for a town slot and began the auction for the first slot.

Shi Feng auctioned partnership slots for Zero Wing’s towns, and Feng Qianyu stunned the gathered companies by buying seven at two billion Credit Points each. She then offered to take the remaining slots and asked Shi Feng to discuss broader cooperation.

• Shi Feng waited while the company representatives consulted their directors, then announced that the first partnership slot opened at one billion Credit Points.
• The representatives bid against one another as the first slot’s price climbed past 1.3 billion.
• Feng Qianyu bid two billion Credit Points and secured the first slot.
• Feng Qianyu bid two billion again for the second slot, then bought seven slots in a row at that price.
• Feng Qianyu told President Black Flame she would take the remaining slots and proposed discussing further cooperation.

Feng Qianyu secured every remaining training-base slot for Zero Wing and negotiated with Shi Feng for a Magic Tower in a town managed by Dragon-Phoenix Pavilion. After their agreement, the coordinates she sent revealed that the town was in the Wild Ancient Land, stunning Shi Feng.

• Feng Qianyu offered four billion for each of the remaining slots, driving the corporate representatives to leave.
• Shi Feng planned to use the training base as the start of public training centers that could earn money and recruit promising players.
• Feng Qianyu offered Shi Feng 40% of a town's revenue for building a Magic Tower there.
• Shi Feng negotiated for 50% of the revenue and limited the deal to one Magic Tower in a town outside the Star-Moon Kingdom.
• Feng Qianyu agreed to have the Magic Tower built within three days and sent Shi Feng the town's coordinates.
• Shi Feng saw that the coordinates pointed to Starting Town in the Wild Ancient Land and was stunned.

Shi Feng recognized the Wild Ancient Land’s importance as a gateway to other worlds and learned that Dragon-Phoenix Pavilion controlled Starting Town. He arranged for Zero Wing to prepare a training base and set out to explore the island, hoping to establish a teleportation point in its core region.

• Feng Qianyu asked Shi Feng about the Wild Ancient Land, and he confirmed he knew it as the place where humanity rose to power.
• Shi Feng recalled that the island’s core held an otherworldly teleportation gate, while spatial rifts across the island could lead to other worlds.
• Feng Qianyu left to prepare funds, and Shi Feng asked Bai Qingxue to make arrangements to purchase a training base.
• Shi Feng headed to the teleportation hall to travel to the Wild Ancient Land and planned to use the Seven Luminaries Ring to reach its core and place a Teleportation Magic Array coordinate.

Qi Yitao learned that Zero Wing could build more Magic Towers and prepared to attack Stone Forest Town with Heavenly Burial and Pantheon. Meanwhile, Shi Feng traveled to Sea Watch Town to buy a shipyard and profit from travel to the Wild Ancient Land.

• The bandaged man told Qi Yitao that Zero Wing could build Magic Towers and had gained a wealthy corporate backer, urging him to eliminate Zero Wing quickly.
• Qi Yitao ordered Qin Muyun to help Heavenly Burial complete the magic barrier and attack Stone Forest Town, after learning that Miss Ling had settled matters with the Pantheon.
• Shi Feng arrived in the Apocalypse Empire and considered Feng Qianyu's investment in Starting Town and the opportunities around the Wild Ancient Land.
• Shi Feng traveled to Sea Watch Town and went to City Hall to purchase a shipyard, using his City Guardian title to qualify as a Viscount.

Shi Feng visited Sea Watch Town’s city hall and sought to buy a shipyard, surprising local merchants with his high standing. He learned that a newly built medium-sized shipyard with an unusually fast cargo-ship design was for sale for thirty thousand Gold.

• Shi Feng entered the city hall and told Senior Steward Josel he wanted to buy a shipyard, so Josel escorted him to the second floor.
• The player merchants wondered why Josel treated Shi Feng with such deference and allowed him access to the second floor.
• Josel showed Shi Feng documents for six shipyards and explained that Ocean Trade Company was selling one after a maritime disaster.
• Shi Feng learned the shipyard was newly built to produce cargo ships that were faster and had greater capacity and durability than competitors’ ships.
• Shi Feng finished reviewing the documents and saw that Ocean Trade Company was asking thirty thousand Gold for the medium-sized shipyard.

Shi Feng bought Sea Watch Town’s newly available Ocean Shipyard, spending most of his remaining gold to secure a rare opportunity. At the harbor, he went to Dahl Workshop hoping to trigger the unique quest that rewarded a Bronze Speedboat.

• Shi Feng decided to buy Ocean Shipyard after recalling its value and the limited time it would be available.
• Senior Steward Josel gave Shi Feng a 5% discount, and Shi Feng paid 28,500 gold for the shipyard deed.
• Shi Feng planned to have Melancholy Smile and her engineers operate the shipyard once they left the Holy City.
• At Sea Watch Town’s harbor, Shi Feng passed the boat market and went to Dahl Workshop to seek the unique Bronze Speedboat quest.

Shi Feng used his high-level Guardian status to gain immediate access to Rodney at Dahl Workshop and trigger a hidden quest to help him become an engineering master. Rodney led Shi Feng upstairs to discuss how to fulfill his lifelong ambition, leaving five other players waiting below.

• Shi Feng entered Dahl Workshop and found five expert players waiting to meet its owner, Rodney.
• The shop clerk recognized Shi Feng as a great noble and promptly summoned Rodney, astonishing the waiting players.
• Shi Feng offered to help Rodney become an engineering master, and Rodney eagerly accepted.
• Shi Feng triggered the unique hidden quest "Master's Dream" and followed Rodney upstairs to discuss the task.

Shi Feng helped Rodney overcome the poor conditions and tools that had prevented him from becoming an Engineering Master. Rodney completed the advancement and quest, then offered Shi Feng an ancient speedboat made by Dahl.

• Shi Feng offered Rodney work as an engineering consultant, and Rodney agreed to serve for three months if Shi Feng helped him become a master.
• Shi Feng gave Rodney Mystic Iron Grade engineering tools and activated a Basic Mana-Gathering Magic Array in the workshop.
• Rodney crafted a ship's power core and advanced from Advanced Engineer to Engineering Master, completing Shi Feng's hidden quest.
• Shi Feng gained experience, and Rodney offered him an ancient speedboat made by Dahl; Shi Feng was stunned by the vessel.

Shi Feng received the Mithril Grade Swift Dragon Speedboat and planned to use it to reach a dangerous sea region and claim a Source Iron Vein for Zero Wing. At the harbor, a famous future sea overlord named Yu Luo Chenfu invited him to join a team.

• Shi Feng inspected the Swift Dragon Speedboat and found it had powerful combat, defense, and speed skills.
• Shi Feng decided to seek a hidden Source Iron Vein in the Apocalypse Empire's dangerous waters to support Zero Wing's city development.
• Shi Feng hired Rodney for three months and assigned him to develop a core power source for a new cargo vessel.
• Shi Feng went to the harbor, where players were forming high-level teams for sea voyages.
• Yu Luo Chenfu invited Shi Feng to join his team, and Shi Feng recognized him as the future overlord of the seas who wielded two Legendary items.

Shi Feng learned about Yu Luo Chenfu’s past and agreed to travel with him and his team to the resource-rich Golden Sand Archipelago. As the group prepared to rent a boat, Shi Feng revealed that he already had one.

• Shi Feng recalled how Yu Luo Chenfu had clashed with Miracle Guild, lost a Legendary item fragment after a betrayal, then rose again with a Legendary item and joined War Wolf Guild.
• Yu Luo Chenfu told Shi Feng that his team was heading to the Golden Sand Archipelago using a safe route bought from Heavenly Secrets Pavilion.
• Shi Feng recognized the archipelago’s Ancient God Ruins and its mysterious merchant, then agreed to travel with Yu Luo Chenfu’s team while exploring separately after they arrived.
• Yu Luo Chenfu introduced Shi Feng, using the name Ye Feng, to his four companions, who welcomed the Level 40 expert.
• Yu Luo Chenfu suggested renting a sail-equipped fishing boat, but Shi Feng stopped him and said he already had a boat.

Shi Feng unveiled the Swift Dragon Speedboat in Sea Watch Town and used it to reach the Golden Sand Archipelago far faster than an ordinary boat could. Its appearance drew the attention of major guilds across the Apocalypse Empire, who began trying to obtain it.

• Yu Luo Chenfu and the others followed Shi Feng to the harbor, where Shi Feng released the Swift Dragon Speedboat from a glass bottle.
• Shi Feng took the group aboard and activated the speedboat, which quickly outpaced the fishing boats and disappeared from Sea Watch Town.
• Players spread news and images of the Swift Dragon Speedboat, prompting major guilds in the Apocalypse Empire to seek its owner and try to acquire the vessel.
• Feng Qianyu ordered Azure Phoenix to investigate and publicly offer a high price for the speedboat on behalf of Dragon-Phoenix Pavilion.
• A Miracle Guild vice guild leader sent experts to Sea Watch Town and ordered them to obtain the speedboat.
• Shi Feng reached the Golden Sand Archipelago in a little over five hours, after a journey that would have taken nearly twenty hours by ordinary boat.

Shi Feng brought Yu Luo Chenfu’s team to the Apocalypse Empire and learned about its coastal towns, deciding that Unfallen Light could expand there as Zero Wing’s vanguard. He then reached the Golden Sand Exchange and received an offer to become its first member.

• Yu Luo Chenfu and his teammates marveled at the Swift Dragon Speedboat’s speed and realized Shi Feng was a legendary expert.
• Shi Feng learned that six of the Apocalypse Empire’s twenty-three small coastal towns remained uncontrolled and planned for Unfallen Light to develop in them.
• Shi Feng added Yu Luo Chenfu and the others as friends and offered to buy rare materials or trade advanced equipment with them.
• Shi Feng used Spatial Movement to reach the Golden Sand Exchange in the Golden Sand Archipelago.
• The system offered Shi Feng membership in the exchange for 10,000 Magic Crystals after he became its first discoverer.

Shi Feng accepted the Golden Sand Exchange’s membership offer but had to gather 10,000 Magic Crystals within forty-eight hours. He returned to Zero Wing’s residence to find its Arena thriving, then received a communication that suggested someone had finally made a move.

• Shi Feng learned that Golden Sand Exchange membership granted access to its second floor, a first-floor discount, and a Teleportation Crystal, then accepted the offer and was given forty-eight hours to gather 10,000 Magic Crystals.
• Because he had brought only 3,000 Magic Crystals, Shi Feng marked the exchange with his Abyss Pendant and teleported to Zero Wing’s residence in Stone Forest Town.
• Shi Feng found more than a thousand guild members discussing the Arena’s popularity, long queues, and limited combat-room access.
• Shi Feng noted that the guild’s management NPC had introduced Arena memberships, attracting hundreds of players and helping spur interest in joining Zero Wing.
• As Shi Feng left the guild residence to check its Magic Crystal income, a system communication arrived, and he suspected the other party could no longer remain patient.

Yuan Tiexin and Zi Qiong visited Stone Forest Town and saw how its Arena and Magic Tower had drawn elite players and experts. Yuan Tiexin doubted Zero Wing could withstand the Blackwater Consortium, but his confidence faltered when Shi Feng arrived at Level 44.

• Zi Qiong and Yuan Tiexin entered Blue Moon Premium Bar, where players recognized Zi Qiong as the Heavenly Secrets Pavilion genius who had defeated Blue Sky Ruthless.
• Players discussed the Arena’s rewards and Stone Forest Town’s growing appeal, while Yuan Tiexin recognized the town’s potential and Zero Wing’s strategy.
• Zi Qiong asked whether Zero Wing would accept the Guild Leader’s conditions, and Yuan Tiexin said it would have little chance against the Blackwater Consortium.
• Zi Qiong argued that Zero Wing’s experts had strong potential, but Yuan Tiexin insisted that the Blackwater Consortium was too powerful and Zero Wing had too little time.
• Shi Feng entered the VIP room, and Yuan Tiexin was shocked to see that Shi Feng had reached Level 44.

Shi Feng met with Yuan Tiexin and learned that the Heavenly Secrets Pavilion wanted Zero Wing’s Magic Tower design in exchange for a kingdom where the guild could develop safely. After showing Shi Feng footage of Blackwater Guild’s growing monster army and its alliance with Pantheon, Yuan Tiexin warned that Zero Wing could not withstand the threat directly.

• Zi Qiong and Yuan Tiexin were astonished by Shi Feng’s Level 44 and the strength he radiated, and Yuan Tiexin said Zi Qiong could not meaningfully test herself against him.
• Yuan Tiexin offered Zero Wing a kingdom in exchange for the Magic Tower’s design, and Shi Feng questioned why the Heavenly Secrets Pavilion believed Blackwater could destroy Zero Wing.
• Yuan Tiexin showed Shi Feng recordings of Black Ridge Town, where thousands of monsters had gathered, including five Level 60 Great Lords among the one-horned humanoid monsters.
• Shi Feng saw footage of a black-cloaked figure meeting with Blackwater Guild Leader Qi Yitao, and Yuan Tiexin said Blackwater had secretly joined forces with Pantheon.
• Yuan Tiexin warned that the rapidly growing monster army could overwhelm any player town and urged Zero Wing to avoid confronting Blackwater directly by developing elsewhere.

Yuan Tiexin warned Shi Feng that Blackwater and the Pantheon were preparing to attack Stone Forest Town, but Shi Feng focused on rushing preparations before the enemy arrived. He gathered Zero Wing’s members and began arranging funding and materials for the Magic Tower, then went to check the Arena’s operations.

• Yuan Tiexin told Shi Feng that Blackwater could attack Stone Forest Town within hours and that the Pantheon would send three core legions to support it.
• After Yuan Tiexin left with Zi Qiong, he confirmed that the Pantheon had joined forces with Blackwater and urged Zero Wing to decide quickly.
• Shi Feng contacted Melancholy Smile and ordered everyone in Titan Holy City to return to the Candlelight Trading Firm immediately.
• Shi Feng told Water Rose to gather Magic Tower construction materials and decided to sell plots near the Teleportation House to raise funds.
• Shi Feng went to the Arena and asked Cook how it had been doing.

Shi Feng expanded the Arena after seeing its profits and discovered that major guilds had come to White River City to pursue opportunities in the Heaven Sacrifice Maze. He headed to Candlelight Trading Firm, where he found its Lifestyle players transformed and spotted Master Emblems.

• Cook showed Shi Feng the Arena's finances and recommended building an underground level, and Shi Feng paid 2,000 Gold to begin construction.
• Shi Feng saw that the Arena had gained 416 members and earned 539 Magic Crystals, giving him 42,139 Magic Crystals in total.
• Shi Feng returned to White River City and saw large guilds from other kingdoms, including Free Wind, gathering there to buy land beside the Teleportation House.
• After hearing Free Wind mention the ancient ruins in Twin Towers Kingdom, Shi Feng realized the Heaven Sacrifice Maze had opened and considered its high-tier mounts and ancient siege weapons.
• Shi Feng went to Candlelight Trading Firm, where he saw more than forty Advanced Lifestyle players and noticed Master Emblems.

Shi Feng learned that Scorching Abyss had become the first Engineering Master and appointed him Candlelight Trading Firm's Chief Engineer. He organized the Lifestyle players to craft Small Ballistas, then prepared the core components himself as Candlelight raced to meet the deadline.

• Melancholy Smile told Shi Feng that Scorching Abyss had become an Engineering Master and that the team had completed ten Bronze Motorcycles and the other assigned work.
• Shi Feng promoted Scorching Abyss to Chief Engineer, granted him Elder status, and announced he could freely use the Candlelight Trading Firm's Basic Meditation Room.
• Shi Feng showed the Lifestyle players a Small Ballista design and tasked them with producing five within ten hours, offering another trip to Titan Holy City to those who performed well.
• Shi Feng used God's Grace Blessing to become a Forging Master and crafted fifteen Small Ballista core components after wasting dozens of batches of materials.