Chapter Summaries

After Candlelight Trading Firm's internal members dominated the alchemy competition, Miao Wuyin and Wu Ming joined the internal ranks to pursue the techniques that had transformed their rivals. Melancholy Smile revealed the Moon God's Secret Record as a reward for mastering alchemy secret techniques, leaving the new members astonished.

• Shi Feng told Miao Wuyin that internal membership could not guarantee access to the techniques Dusk Sleep and the others had demonstrated.
• Miao Wuyin chose to become an internal member, and Wu Ming joined as well, hoping to compete for the position of Candlelight Trading Firm's chief alchemist.
• Other hesitant senior alchemists followed Miao Wuyin and Wu Ming into Candlelight's internal ranks.
• Shi Feng left the Trading Firm's affairs to Melancholy Smile, who explained internal members' benefits and Guild Point requirements for learning advanced alchemy secret techniques.
• Melancholy Smile showed the new members a book they could read after mastering secret techniques, and Miao Wuyin and Wu Ming recognized it as the Moon God's Secret Record.

Shi Feng revealed the Moon God's Secret Record as a benefit for Candlelight Trading Firm's internal members, then learned Heavenly Burial Guild was attacking Ancient Rock City and discovered two three-star NPC merchants had arrived at Zero Wing City. The chapter ended with Shi Feng teleporting there to keep the merchants from leaving.

• Shi Feng explained that internal members could learn secret alchemy techniques from Melancholy Smile and earn chances to study the Moon God's Secret Record.
• Water Rose reported that Heavenly Burial Guild had attacked Ancient Rock City with over a hundred thousand players and five thousand NPC mercenaries, but Shi Feng suspected a trap and ordered Zero Wing to monitor the battle.
• Water Rose sent Shi Feng a report listing more than a thousand NPC merchants in Zero Wing City, including two three-star merchants.
• Shi Feng contacted Water Rose and told her to keep the two three-star NPC merchants in the city, then teleported there with Orchid.

Heavenly Burial Guild lured rival guilds into an ambush, sacrificed their members to empower an evil beast army, and began attacking Ancient Rock City. Meanwhile, Shi Feng brought Orchid to Zero Wing City, leaving her impressed by its potential as they headed for the City Lord’s Mansion.

• Yi Xiao Duzang and Flame Blood revealed their trap as evil beasts surrounded the watching guilds and blocked their Return Scrolls.
• Three Evilblood Earth Dragons led the slaughter of the rival guilds while Flame Blood turned the fallen players into evil demons and beasts.
• The evil beast army grew stronger, gaining five more Legendary Evilblood Earth Dragons and more than doubling its High Grand Lords.
• Flame Blood sent eight Legendary Evilblood Earth Dragons to attack Ancient Rock City’s defensive magic array with Tier 4 spells.
• Shi Feng brought Orchid to Zero Wing City, showed her the city’s lively streets and dense mana, and led her toward the City Lord’s Mansion.

Shi Feng let Orchid negotiate with two demanding 3-star NPC merchants for Zero Wing City, and she secured reduced terms with her 3-star Merchant skills. As he signed their contracts, Heavenly Burial announced that it had conquered Ancient Rock City.

• Shi Feng brought Orchid to Zero Wing City's City Lord's Manor, where Water Rose explained that two 3-star NPC merchants demanded tax exemptions and costly facilities.
• Shi Feng allowed Orchid to review the city's information and negotiate with the merchants while he selected sixty-three 2-star merchants for the city.
• Orchid returned with contracts reducing one merchant's tax exemption to fifty percent and the other's warehouse requirement to a small warehouse.
• Orchid revealed that she had advanced to a 3-star Merchant, impressing Water Rose with her negotiating ability.
• A regional announcement reported that Heavenly Burial had conquered Ancient Rock City and received guild rewards.

The Heavenly Burial Guild captured Ancient Rock City with a costly assault and used its new wealth to challenge Zero Wing in the Star-Moon Kingdom. As Water Rose warned Shi Feng about the threats, he turned his attention to completing the Four Element Tower.

• Water Rose learned that the Heavenly Burial Guild had captured Ancient Rock City in under two hours and ordered an investigation.
• Reports spread that the Heavenly Burial Guild had used an Evil Beast army to take the city, while major guilds vowed to destroy it.
• Lei Jingyang praised Yi Xiao Duzang for capturing Ancient Rock City, and Yi Xiao Duzang vowed to confront Zero Wing in the Star-Moon Kingdom.
• Water Rose told Shi Feng that the Heavenly Burial Guild was undercutting prices and placing bounties on Zero Wing members, including a twenty-thousand-gold bounty on him.
• Shi Feng asked about the Four Element Tower, learned that only its core remained unfinished, and told Water Rose to take him there.

Shi Feng responded to Heavenly Burial Guild’s bounty by ordering Zero Wing to protect its members, retaliate with a counter-bounty, and open Zero Wing City to the public. The chapter left Water Rose preparing to carry out his risky plan while Shi Feng headed into the Four Element Tower.

• Heavenly Burial Guild issued a bounty on Zero Wing members, prompting players across the Star-Moon Kingdom to discuss and pursue the rewards.
• Violet Eyes and Xinghe Wangxi predicted that Heavenly Burial’s financial strength could wear Zero Wing down, while Yi Xiao Duzang celebrated the plan with Lei Jingyang.
• Water Rose reported that more than four thousand Zero Wing members had already been ambushed and killed.
• Shi Feng ordered Zero Wing members to travel in teams, announced a permanent blacklist for anyone caught killing them, and placed a bounty on Heavenly Burial Guild across the Star-Moon Kingdom and Beastman Empire.
• Shi Feng told Water Rose to open Zero Wing City to the public in three hours, and she posted his orders on the official website.

Zero Wing answered Heavenly Burial’s bounty campaign with a matching offer, while Yi Xiao Duzang opened Ancient Rock City and drew a huge crowd of players. As Water Rose worried about the city’s growing popularity, Zero Wing City’s Four Element Tower unleashed a rain of mana that left the city with far greater mana density than Stone Forest Town.

• Water Rose relayed Shi Feng’s declaration that Zero Wing would match Heavenly Burial’s bounty, prompting players and major forces to react.
• Yi Xiao Duzang rejected Lei Jingyang’s offer to send the Thunderclap Legion and ordered Ancient Rock City opened to the public.
• Ancient Rock City attracted adventurer teams, merchants, and millions of players seeking access to the Beastman Empire’s inner region.
• Water Rose watched Ancient Rock City’s popularity rise as the Four Element Tower began to shake.
• Four elemental arrays linked above Zero Wing City and drew mana from the surrounding area, creating a brief rain of mana.
• The mana density in Zero Wing City settled at a level at least 30% higher than Stone Forest Town’s.

Shi Feng activated the Four Element Tower, revealing how Zero Wing City’s mana boosted recovery, stored double EXP, and enabled long-distance teleportation. He appointed Orchid to manage Candlelight Trading Firms in Zero Wing City and Stone Forest Town, then traveled to the Dark Cavern as Water Rose began promoting the city.

• The Four Element Tower filled Zero Wing City with mana that let players store double EXP and recover Stamina and Mental Strength faster.
• Shi Feng sent Water Rose to connect Zero Wing City’s Teleportation Magic Array with Eternal Dark City and prepare to promote the city.
• Shi Feng explained the Four Element Tower’s improved inn benefits and long-distance teleportation, then planned to build more inns and Mana Towers.
• Shi Feng appointed Orchid to manage the Candlelight Trading Firms in Zero Wing City and Stone Forest Town, and Orchid accepted.
• Shi Feng gathered supplies from the Zero Wing Residence and used Morlock's Ring to travel to the central area of the Dark Cavern as Water Rose spread news of the city’s public opening.

Zero Wing City opened to little interest as players favored Ancient Rock City and Stone Forest Town, while Water Rose raised its shop rental prices. The first visitors discovered that Zero Wing City offered unusually dense Mana, accelerated recovery, and Double EXP storage, making it a far better destination than outsiders expected.

• Players and guild leaders dismissed Zero Wing City as an inferior, unfinished city and focused instead on Ancient Rock City and the Beastman Empire.
• A merchant reported to Water Rose that merchants and adventure teams had lost interest in Zero Wing City after Ancient Rock City opened.
• Water Rose instructed her staff to offer sharply increased shop rental prices, leaving the merchant uneasy.
• An adventure team chose to visit Zero Wing City to practice without waiting for combat rooms in crowded Stone Forest Town.
• The first visitors found that Zero Wing City's Mana density exceeded Stone Forest Town's and that the city sped up recovery and stored Double EXP.

Zero Wing City attracted a rapidly growing crowd with its wandering merchants, high mana density, and double EXP storage, while Water Rose set steep shop rental prices. As the city grew busier, Shi Feng entered the Dark Cavern’s central region and arrived at World Peak.

• New visitors to Zero Wing City bought rare goods from the wandering merchants and spread news of the city’s benefits across the official forums.
• Independent players and adventure teams flocked to Zero Wing City, driving its population into the tens of thousands.
• Yaya told Water Rose that 300,000 players had entered the city, and Water Rose planned to raise shop rental prices once its population reached a million.
• Merchant players complained about Zero Wing’s rental prices, though some chose to rent shops in the outer district.
• Shi Feng used Morlock’s Ring to pass through the Dark Gate and reach World Peak in the central region of the Dark Cavern.

Shi Feng explored the area around World Peak in search of Divine Crystals, then discovered that many demon players were entering the place. He teamed up with Savage Spear and Ling Yin to take on World Peak’s team trial, and the three reached its gates.

• Shi Feng explored World Peak’s vast surroundings for more than ten hours but found no creatures or treasures outside the Golden Road.
• Shi Feng spotted numerous demon players heading toward World Peak and realized there were other ways to reach the area besides Morlock’s Ring.
• Savage Spear and Ling Yin approached Shi Feng and invited him to join their team for the World Peak trial.
• Shi Feng accepted Savage Spear’s invitation, and the three followed the Golden Road to World Peak’s gates.

Shi Feng watched demon parties attempt World Peak’s altar test and learned how its party difficulties worked. After Skyhawk’s team easily cleared Epic Grade, Ling Yin led Shi Feng and Savage Spear toward their own attempt, asking Shi Feng to hold off a Grand Lord.

• Shi Feng arrived at World Peak and saw over a hundred titled demon players gathered for the altar trials.
• Shi Feng observed that parties faced twenty monsters and could use items, while higher grades demanded increasingly powerful opponents.
• Skyhawk mocked Ling Yin and Savage Spear, then led his three-man team into an Epic Grade trial.
• Skyhawk’s party used Tier 3 Magic Scrolls and Mana-Burning Potions to defeat the monsters and pass the Epic Grade test.
• Ling Yin asked Shi Feng to withdraw or continue with the requirement that he hold off one Grand Lord, and Shi Feng agreed.
• After the previous party finished, Ling Yin stepped onto the altar with Shi Feng and Savage Spear.

Shi Feng, using the alias Maple Leaf, joined Ling Yin and Savage Spear in an Epic altar trial and secretly chose an extra High Grand Lord, leaving the team facing two Inferno Puppets. Ling Yin and Savage Spear struggled against the puppets until Shi Feng intervened, sending one flying and turning the battle’s course uncertain.

• Ling Yin assigned the team’s monster selections, but Shi Feng chose a High Grand Lord instead of the planned Grand Lord and extra Chieftain monsters.
• The altar spawned two Inferno Puppets, and Ling Yin and Savage Spear realized their challenge was far more dangerous than expected.
• Ling Yin and Savage Spear used Magic Spirit Crystals and Tier 3 Magic Scrolls to kill the Silver Puppets, but their attacks barely hurt the Inferno Puppets.
• The Inferno Puppets cornered Ling Yin and drove her HP down to one-third while spectators assumed the team was doomed.
• A ripple weakened the puppets and players, then Shi Feng appeared behind an Inferno Puppet and struck it flying across the altar.

Shi Feng rescued Ling Yin and Savage Spear by taking control of the fight against two high-ranking Inferno Puppets. He and Ling Yin defeated the altar’s puppets, leaving the spectators stunned by his strength.

• Shi Feng knocked back an Inferno Puppet, saved Ling Yin, and used Life Domain to restore her and Savage Spear’s HP.
• Shi Feng told Ling Yin to focus on damage while he tanked both Inferno Puppets, then used Phantom Kill to create a clone.
• Shi Feng and his clone blocked the Inferno Puppets’ Inferno Blade attacks while Ling Yin attacked from the side.
• Shi Feng and Ling Yin killed one Inferno Puppet after a little over five minutes, then Shi Feng summoned another clone to increase their damage.
• Shi Feng and Ling Yin defeated the second Inferno Puppet, and Shi Feng finished off the remaining Magicsteel Puppets as the venue watched in silence.

Shi Feng helped Ling Yin and Savage Spear clear the SS-rank trial, earning a Sub-Legendary Temple Key and a large time reward. He entered World Peak to search for Divine Crystals, where the fallen angel Selena noticed his key.

• Ling Yin and Savage Spear's team defeated the two Inferno Puppets and completed the trial, while Skyhawk's team set out for World Peak.
• The system awarded Ling Yin a Sub-Legendary Temple Key and 8,148 minutes, while Shi Feng earned 13,580 minutes for his performance.
• Savage Spear and Ling Yin thanked Shi Feng and added him as a friend under the name Maple Leaf; they discussed recommending him to their boss.
• Shi Feng declined to rest with the others and entered World Peak, heading directly toward the Epic-tier temples to seek Divine Crystals.
• The fallen angel Selena appeared above World Peak, noticed Shi Feng had obtained a Sub-Legendary Temple Key, and watched him with interest.

Selena opened the Gods and Demons Stairway after someone obtained a Quasi-Legendary Temple Key, revealing a challenge that rewarded Temple Points exchangeable for powerful items and life-tier improvements. After learning the rules and the immense costs, Shi Feng entered the black temple to attempt the challenges.

• Selena announced that the Gods and Demons Stairway had opened, and black temples appeared around World Peak.
• Skyhawk ordered his group to investigate the new black temple after suspecting Ling Yin and the others had obtained the Quasi-Legendary Temple Key.
• Players read the rules and learned that clearing temples earned Temple Points, which could be exchanged for items, bloodlines, and life-tier improvements.
• Shi Feng examined the requirements for the rewards and realized that players had to earn vast numbers of points and complete great feats before leaving World Peak.
• Shi Feng entered the black temple to try the challenge.

Shi Feng entered the Gods and Demons Hall and fought through a forest full of werewolves toward its exit. He defeated the Domain Lord guarding the teleportation array and obtained a Magic Crystal Fragment.

• Shi Feng entered the Gods and Demons Hall, where the system instructed him to cross a forest to reach its teleportation array.
• Shi Feng evaded the werewolves’ attacks and ran through their encirclement instead of wasting time fighting them.
• Shi Feng found a Level 58 Domain Lord Demon Shadow Werewolf guarding the teleportation array and recognized it as a source of Magic Crystal Fragments.
• Shi Feng attacked the Demon Shadow Werewolf and killed it with a series of sword skills.
• The Demon Shadow Werewolf dropped equipment, copper coins, and a Magic Crystal Fragment, which pleased Shi Feng.

Shi Feng earned Temple Points by clearing the Gods and Demons Halls and collected more Magic Crystal Fragments as he advanced. Meanwhile, Yi Xiao Duzang prepared to work with the Blackwater Consortium against Zero Wing, whose representatives arrived to meet its leaders.

• Shi Feng passed the first Gods and Demons Hall, earned 70 Temple Points for clearing it and killing its guarding Boss, and resolved to kill each temple's Boss for the rewards.
• Shi Feng cleared the second through fifth temples, gained increasingly large point rewards, and collected two more Magic Crystal Fragments from the fifth temple's Domain Lord.
• More than a million players gathered in Zero Wing City, prompting Lei Jingyang to worry that Zero Wing's prosperity would make it harder to undermine the Guild.
• Yi Xiao Duzang told Lei Jingyang that the Blackwater Consortium had offered to help target Zero Wing and said its representatives were due at Star-Moon Royal City.
• Yaya informed Aqua Rose that Blackwater Consortium representatives had arrived and requested a meeting with Zero Wing's upper management.

Water Rose rejected Blackwater Guild’s demands for Orchid and the others and half of Zero Wing City’s revenue, openly defying the powerful guild. Meanwhile, Shi Feng killed the tenth temple’s guardian on World Peak and received an unexpectedly large haul of loot.

• Water Rose met Firefall and another Blackwater representative at Zero Wing’s Guild Residence to hear their demands.
• Firefall demanded that Zero Wing surrender Orchid and the others and give Blackwater half of Zero Wing City’s revenue, threatening to destroy the guild if it refused.
• Water Rose rejected the demands, declared Zero Wing willing to fight Blackwater, and sent the representatives away.
• Yaya praised Water Rose, who then worried about how Shi Feng would react to her decision.
• Shi Feng used Divine Grace to kill the Level 60 Five-Headed Demon Snake in the tenth temple of the Gods and Demons Hall, triggering a huge drop of more than twenty items.

Shi Feng obtained a fragment of the Conqueror's Armor Forging Blueprint and continued advancing through the Gods and Demons Halls, gathering points and Magic Crystal Fragments before logging off to rest. After he returned, Water Rose told him that Blackwater Consortium was demanding Orchid and the others, along with half of Zero Wing City's revenue, while Zero Wing was already fighting a war of attrition with Heavenly Burial.

• Shi Feng found an Adamantite Grade fragment of the Conqueror's Armor Forging Blueprint, which could create Level 50 armor pieces that formed a Basic Strength Battle Array.
• Shi Feng decided to collect the full blueprint set and headed to the next Gods and Demons Hall.
• Shi Feng advanced through the halls, reached 8,960 Temple Points, obtained another blueprint fragment and seventeen Magic Crystal Fragments, then logged off to rest.
• After logging back in, Shi Feng received Water Rose's urgent call about Blackwater Consortium's demands.
• Water Rose told Shi Feng that Blackwater wanted Zero Wing to hand over Orchid and the others and surrender half of Zero Wing City's revenue.