Chapter Summaries

After Zero Wing Guild's victory secured Stone Forest Town, Shi Feng announced that only five Adventurer's Houses would be auctioned to the highest bidders, prompting many adventure teams to condemn the decision and reconsider settling there. Unending Faint Trace took a special interest in Zero Wing's strategy, while Shi Feng returned to White River City and headed to the War God Temple.

• Shi Feng saw representatives from several adventure teams waiting outside the Guild Residence, and Water Rose explained that they had come after seeing Zero Wing Guild's strength.
• Shi Feng told Water Rose to announce that Zero Wing would auction only five Adventurer's Houses after Stone Forest Town's repairs were complete, with the highest bidders getting them.
• Water Rose relayed the announcement, and well-known adventure teams criticized Zero Wing and many abandoned plans to settle in Stone Forest Town.
• In an ancient ruin in the Apocalypse Empire, Unending Faint Trace read the news and became more interested in Zero Wing, while her teammates questioned why any powerful team would pay to settle there.
• Shi Feng returned to White River City and hired an advanced horse-drawn carriage to travel to the War God Temple.

After Zero Wing’s victory made Stone Forest Town a destination for merchants, Yi Xiao Duzang sought the Frozen King’s rewards and opened talks with the Beast Emperor about destroying Zero Wing. Shi Feng brought his captured Evil God Apostle, Qi Yitao, to the War God Temple to claim the bounty and was escorted to meet its Vice Temple Master.

• Merchant players flocked to Stone Forest Town, expecting its shops and direct teleportation arrays to offer convenient business opportunities.
• Yi Xiao Duzang concluded that Heavenly Burial needed to defeat the Frozen King quickly as Stone Forest Town’s growth widened the gap with his guild.
• Misty Glow told Yi Xiao Duzang that the Beast Emperor had contacted Flame Blood and offered to help Heavenly Burial destroy Zero Wing.
• Yi Xiao Duzang agreed to speak with the Beast Emperor through Flame Blood.
• Shi Feng showed Roland the captured Qi Yitao, whom the War God Temple verified as an Evil God Apostle, and Roland took Shi Feng to meet the Vice Temple Master.

Shi Feng brought the captured Evil God Apostle Qi Yitao to the War God Temple, where Kapla executed him and rewarded Shi Feng for the capture. Shi Feng gained the War God Warrior title and a major increase in Kapla’s Favorability, opening the possibility of obtaining powerful magic arrays.

• High Deacon Roland led Shi Feng into the War God Temple’s astrological chamber, where Kapla confirmed that the prisoner in the Mobile Prison was an Evil God Apostle.
• Kapla released Qi Yitao from the Mobile Prison, and Qi Yitao tried to escape with a Tier 1 Teleport Scroll but remained trapped inside the War God Temple.
• Kapla killed Qi Yitao with golden chains, turning him to ash.
• Shi Feng received 10,000 War God Temple Contribution Points, 500 Reputation, 100,000,000 EXP, 50 Free Mastery Points, and 5 Inheritance Skill Points for capturing Qi Yitao.
• Shi Feng also earned the War God Warrior title as the first player to completely kill an Evil God Apostle, and Kapla’s Favorability toward him rose by 300 points.

Shi Feng used his War God Temple Contribution Points to exchange for the powerful Starlight Energy Gathering Magic Array. After he left the temple, Water Rose alerted him that Heavenly Burial Guild had recruited numerous prominent adventurer teams and brought them to its town.

• Shi Feng discovered that Kapla’s Magic Water sphere offered many rare magic arrays, including three advanced celestial arrays.
• Shi Feng spent 12,000 Contribution Points, paying 4,800 Coins for part of the cost, to obtain the Starlight Energy Gathering Magic Array.
• Kapla warned Shi Feng that celestial magic arrays required extremely demanding materials and could not be mass-produced.
• After Shi Feng left the War God Temple, Water Rose contacted him about Heavenly Burial Guild signing contracts with several top-tier and dozens of well-known adventurer teams.

Shi Feng learned that Heavenly Burial Guild had attracted three top adventure teams to Red Iron Town and was preparing to raid Frozen Scar, while Zero Wing had suffered losses and faced pressure on several fronts. He refused to recall Bai Qingxue’s forces and instead organized a thousand-member expedition to the Ancient Orc Kingdom, which he would personally lead.

• Shi Feng read forum reports that Heavenly Burial Guild had brought three top adventure teams to Red Iron Town and planned to open Red Iron Mine to players for a 30% mining fee.
• Water Rose told Shi Feng that Heavenly Burial Guild had assembled a powerful force for Frozen Scar, while Zero Wing’s recent casualties and efforts against Dark Guilds had weakened its raiding team.
• Water Rose suggested recalling Bai Qingxue and her group to prioritize raiding the Frozen King, but Shi Feng refused because their presence was needed in the Black Dragon Empire.
• Shi Feng ordered Water Rose to select one thousand Zero Wing members and gather them in Dark Marsh Town to raid the Ancient Orc Kingdom.
• Shi Feng said he would personally command the guild event, and Water Rose began organizing the members.

Water Rose assembled a thousand-member Zero Wing legion of elite players and mounts for an event personally led by Shi Feng, leaving White River City amid widespread speculation about their destination. Tianji recognized Zero Wing as the guild Shi Feng led and was shocked by its strength.

• Water Rose called Zero Wing’s main force and core members back to White River City and recruited Level 40-plus elites with guild mounts for a Guild Leader-led event.
• More than a thousand members applied, and hundreds of Thunder Wolf Beasts gathered outside the guild residence, astonishing players hoping to join Zero Wing.
• Water Rose led the assembled thousand-member legion through White River City to the Teleportation Hall and out of the city.
• Tianji and his White Tiger Martial Arts School companions recognized Zero Wing as the guild Shi Feng led and were stunned by its power.
• The major powers of the Star-Moon Kingdom heard that Zero Wing had mobilized a thousand experts and hurried to recall their own members to the cities.

Heavenly Burial used the Frozen Heart to hunt Frost Violent Bears while Zero Wing assembled an expedition led by Shi Feng. Shi Feng brought the group beyond the Star-Moon Kingdom to Wailing Battlefield, where they faced a heavily guarded orc settlement, and prepared small ballistae.

• Misty Glow praised the Frozen Heart as Yi Xiao Duzang's team fought Frost Violent Bears, and Yi Xiao Duzang predicted Heavenly Burial would soon conquer the Frozen King.
• Misty Glow reported that Black Flame was leading a thousand mounted Zero Wing experts, so Yi Xiao Duzang ordered Ghost Shadow Legion assassins to watch for them.
• Shi Feng reorganized Zero Wing's team in Dark Marsh Town and led it out, leaving Water Rose and Heizi unsure of their destination.
• Shi Feng led the group across the Star-Moon Kingdom border into Wailing Battlefield, where they spotted Level 75 Orc Sentinels and Level 77 Orc Captains guarding a settlement.
• Shi Feng reassured Sword Shadow and produced small ballistae and explosive arrows for the group to use against the orcs.

Shi Feng used Zero Wing’s small ballistae and a summoned Tier 3 Purgatory Demon to help the guild members grind high-level orcs. After the team killed more than twenty Orc Captains, several members leveled up and Water Rose, Half-Summer Allure, and others neared Level 50.

• Water Rose questioned the cost of using small ballistae for leveling, but Shi Feng ordered the guild to deploy them to strengthen its members.
• Shi Feng summoned a Level 64 Tier 3 Purgatory Demon with the Book of Darkness and assigned the guild members their roles.
• The Purgatory Demon drew the orcs’ attacks while fifty small ballistae fired Explosive Arrows at the Orc Captains.
• The team killed the first Orc Captain in under thirty seconds and gained a large amount of experience.
• Zero Wing’s members killed the remaining Orc Captains, with some rising from Level 42 to 43 while Water Rose, Half-Summer Allure, and others reached Level 49.

Shi Feng led Zero Wing through the Wailing Battlefield, where the group gained levels and completed the Demon Soul Potion recipe. As Stone Forest Town prepared to auction residences and shops, Heavenly Burial announced a competing auction in Red Iron Town, and Shi Feng decided to meet the challenge.

• Zero Wing cleared the orc sentries and captains, collected valuable loot, and Shi Feng found a Demon Soul Potion recipe fragment.
• Shi Feng led the group deeper into the Wailing Battlefield, where stronger orc armies forced him to summon a second Tier 3 demon.
• After more than nine hours, the group reached the inner region, and Shi Feng combined four fragments into the complete Demon Soul Potion recipe.
• Stone Forest Town finished restoring its Arena and drew over a million players ahead of its auction of private residences and shops.
• Heavenly Burial announced a competing auction in Red Iron Town, prompting Melancholy Smile to ask whether Zero Wing should move its auction earlier.
• Shi Feng recognized the rivalry and decided that Zero Wing would compete with Heavenly Burial.

Shi Feng declared that Zero Wing would bar anyone who bought property from Heavenly Burial Guild from entering its towns, escalating the competition over Stone Forest Town and Red Iron Town. On the Wailing Battlefield, Water Rose and the others reached Level 50, and Shi Feng offered them ten slots in the Sea God Inheritance.

• Shi Feng ordered Melancholy Smile to announce that buyers of Heavenly Burial Guild’s residences or shops would be barred from Zero Wing’s towns, and he told her to have alchemists produce Demon Soul Potions.
• Melancholy Smile posted the declaration on the official forums, alarming adventure teams and merchants who depended on Stone Forest Town’s Arena and wandering merchants.
• More than a dozen well-known adventure teams withdrew from Red Iron Town, while the leaders of three top teams remained confident that Heavenly Burial Guild could help the town surpass Stone Forest Town.
• Heizi, Water Rose, and the others reached Level 50 on the Wailing Battlefield and prepared to pursue their Tier 2 class advancement quests.
• Shi Feng revealed the Sea God Inheritance and offered ten slots to those willing to advance to hidden classes.

Shi Feng led Zero Wing toward the Ancient Orc Capital to complete an SSS-rank quest, then devised a costly plan to draw its beastmen away. As the beastmen and three Tier 4 Legendary orcs charged after the ballistae, Shi Feng used Spatial Movement to reach the Orc Imperial Palace gates.

• Shi Feng offered Water Rose and the others a chance to pursue the Sea God Inheritances, then sent them into the inheritance space while Zi Yan Liu Yun, Half-Summer Allure, and Kele returned to White River City.
• Shi Feng led the team through the Wailing Battlefield toward the Ancient Orc Capital, where they found a vast city crowded with powerful beastmen.
• Shi Feng ruled out a frontal assault and planned to draw the beastmen out with small ballistae so he could enter the ruined city.
• Shi Feng placed sixteen small ballistae around the city and ordered their operators to fire Explosive Arrows, provoking the beastmen into pouring outside.
• Three Tier 4 Legendary orcs charged toward the ballistae, and Shi Feng used Spatial Movement to appear before the gates of the Orc Imperial Palace.

Shi Feng entered the Ancient Orc Capital palace to reach the royal underground treasury, evading the gargoyles and the returning Legendary Orcs. He uncovered a hidden chamber containing an Ancient Treasure Chest, though its contents remained unknown.

• Shi Feng rushed into the palace as the awakened gargoyles alerted the orcs and chased him.
• Shi Feng used Phantom Kill and Clone Swap to escape the gargoyles, leaving his clone to distract them.
• Shi Feng activated the Eye of Omniscience and detected a concealed chamber protected by a magic barrier and physical mechanisms.
• Shi Feng broke through the barrier, opened the hidden chamber, and discovered an Ancient Treasure Chest.

Shi Feng opened an Ancient Treasure Chest and found a mysterious ring he could not appraise, then fought his way through traps toward the royal treasury. He reached its hall and discovered the Level 85 Legendary Orc Leader guarding the gate as footsteps approached behind him.

• Shi Feng opened an Ancient Treasure Chest and took a pitch-black ring whose attributes neither he nor the Eye of Omniscience could identify.
• Shi Feng left the secret chamber and carefully navigated the underground treasury’s deadly trap arrays using the Eye of Omniscience and Absolute Defense.
• Melancholy Smile told Shi Feng that Lord-ranked evil demons were attacking routes near White River City and Stone Forest Town, driving travelers away.
• Shi Feng told Melancholy Smile to organize patrol groups while he continued toward the treasury.
• After more than two hours, Shi Feng reached the treasury hall and spotted the Orc Leader guarding its enormous iron gate.
• Shi Feng heard footsteps approaching from behind as he considered how to get past the Orc Leader.

Shi Feng tried to unlock the royal underground treasury’s magic barrier while holding off its Level 85 Legendary Orc Chieftain. Anna summoned a Battle Angel just as the Orc Chieftain charged him, leaving the outcome of the confrontation unresolved.

• Shi Feng spotted six Level 85 Orc Generals approaching and summoned Anna and a Tier 3 Demon to buy time.
• Anna’s Golden Giant attacked the Orc Chieftain, but the Chieftain’s Tier 4 Domain weakened it and a single punch sent it crashing into a wall.
• Shi Feng sent Anna’s ten Rock Guards to trap the Orc Chieftain in a magic barrier, then flew to the treasury gates and began unlocking them with a Magic Crystal Stone.
• The Orc Chieftain shattered the Rock Guards while Shi Feng’s unlocking progress passed two-thirds, then charged at him.
• Anna summoned a silver-white-armored Battle Angel in front of Shi Feng.

Shi Feng used Angel Summoning to keep the Orc Chieftain occupied while he unlocked the Royal Treasury and escaped inside. He found the Ruin Battle Axe fragment, but a system announcement then revealed that he had triggered the Empire Rising expansion and that the game would update for ten hours.

• Shi Feng summoned Anna's Battle Angel, who fought back the berserk Orc Chieftain and pushed him away as Shi Feng completed the barrier's unlocking process.
• Shi Feng opened the Royal Treasury door under Absolute Defense and entered its teleportation space with Anna, escaping the Orc Chieftain's attacks.
• Shi Feng arrived in the treasury and spotted the Ruin Battle Axe fragment inside a Magic Crystal pillar.
• Shi Feng inspected the treasury's treasures and learned that selecting an item would summon an enemy he had to defeat to claim it.
• The system announced that a player had triggered the Empire Rising expansion and that the game would update for ten hours.

After the system announced a major expansion and went offline for maintenance, Shi Feng returned to God's Domain and claimed two treasures from the royal vault. He obtained the Advanced Auction House design and the Ruin Battle Axe, then was automatically teleported out before he could inspect the axe.

• Shi Feng logged out during the system update and learned that Big Dipper Training Hall's popularity had surged, while Bai Qingxue's efforts to acquire Snake of the Void's training base remained stalled.
• Shi Feng refused Jiang Tianyuan's invitation to White Tiger Martial Arts School, and Xie Qiwen left intending to report the rejection to the hall master.
• After logging back into God's Domain, Shi Feng defeated the Level 59 Guard Battle General with help from Anna, Kate, and the Golden Giant, earning the Advanced Auction House design.
• Shi Feng waited for the Book of Darkness's skill cooldown, summoned a Level 64 Tier 3 Demon, and selected the Ruin Battle Axe challenge.
• Shi Feng picked up the Ruin Battle Axe without triggering a monster, then was automatically teleported out of the treasure vault before inspecting its attributes.

Shi Feng arrived in Rock Sand City and learned that orc invasions had drawn major guilds to the region in pursuit of valuable rewards. After Melancholy Smile reported escalating Evil Demon attacks on Zero Wing’s trade routes, Shi Feng ordered the guild to withdraw its forces and have assassins watch for Grand Lord Grade Evil Demons, then returned to White River City to turn in his quest.

• The system teleported Shi Feng to Rock Sand City, where he noticed unusually large numbers of high-level players and major guild teams rushing out of the city.
• Shi Feng read the Purple Thorn Kingdom forums and learned that orcs had occupied territory near the Wailing Battlefield, prompting guilds to seek Town Construction Orders and Town Reputation Orders by reclaiming towns.
• Melancholy Smile told Shi Feng that Grand Lord Grade Evil Demons were ambushing Zero Wing’s trade routes and driving players away from Stone Forest Town.
• Shi Feng ordered Melancholy Smile to withdraw everyone to Stone Forest Town and have assassins monitor the trade routes for Grand Lord Grade Evil Demons.
• Shi Feng used a Return Scroll to go to White River City and turn in his commission quest.

Yi Xiao Duzang’s forces exploited the Frozen Heart to clear monsters in the Frozen Scar while planning to cripple Stone Forest Town’s trade route. Meanwhile, Shi Feng turned in the Ruin Battle Axe for completing an SSS-rank commission and was offered a choice between the client’s fixed reward and a reward from the Adventurers’ Association.

• Yi Xiao Duzang’s legion used the Frozen Heart to withstand the ice pythons’ breath and clear the ice giants and Frost Violent Bears.
• Ghost Shadow reported that Zero Wing had withdrawn its elite teams from the trade route, and Yi Xiao Duzang ordered him to coordinate with Flame Blood on the next phase of the plan.
• Renee verified that Shi Feng had recovered the Ruin Battle Axe and led him into the Adventurers’ Association’s treasure vault.
• Renee told Shi Feng that, as the first adventurer in the Star-Moon Kingdom to complete an SSS-rank commission, he could choose between the client’s reward and the Association’s wooden box.

Shi Feng completed the SSS-rank Ancient Orc Kingdom quest and chose a Holy Stone over the Ruin Battle Axe. He used the stone to upgrade the Seven Luminaries Ring, which transformed but whose new attributes were not yet revealed.

• Renee explained that the wooden box contained a Holy Stone capable of raising a suitable weapon to Legendary item fragment rank.
• Shi Feng chose the Holy Stone, completing the quest and receiving reputation, Inheritance Skill Points, Free Attribute Points, and enough experience to reach Level 55.
• Shi Feng allocated most of his Free Attribute Points to Strength and Agility and saved his Inheritance Skill Points.
• Shi Feng used the Holy Stone on the Seven Luminaries Ring, causing it to transform and emit a powerful aura.
• Shi Feng opened the ring's attribute panel and reacted with surprise at its power.

Shi Feng discovered that the upgraded Seven Luminaries Ring had made him as strong as a same-level Grand Lord and gained a Space Gate skill. After Melancholy Smile reported a large group of Evil Demons threatening an NPC merchant caravan, Shi Feng set out alone to test his new strength.

• Shi Feng examined the Seven Luminaries Ring's powerful Domain skills, including Space Gate, and realized it could help him reach the Source Iron Vein in the Sea of Death.
• Equipping the ring increased the mana around Shi Feng and raised his strength and speed to the Grand Lord Grade.
• Shi Feng concealed the ring's effects and left the Adventurers' Association to check on Xia Lian.
• Melancholy Smile warned Shi Feng that over a hundred Evil Demons, including Grand Lord Grade ones, seemed ready to attack an NPC merchant caravan.
• Shi Feng told Melancholy Smile to send him the Evil Demons' coordinates and used a Guild Teleportation Scroll to go face them alone.