Chapter Summaries

Zero Wing won a remarkable share of the Ancient Miracle's teleportation slots, then arrived on its first floor and headed toward the next checkpoint despite the hidden undead, ghosts, and crossbow traps. The chapter left the other forces watching in disbelief as Zero Wing advanced into danger.

• Duan Qingcheng praised Zero Wing as a possible ally for the Ancient Miracle, while Wild Sea dismissed them and Qilian defended their strength.
• After more than half an hour of fighting, Zero Wing retained over twelve hundred players and claimed nearly one-tenth of the teleportation slots.
• Shi Feng celebrated Zero Wing's gains of over five thousand pieces of top-tier equipment, and the teleportation array carried the selected players into the Ancient Miracle.
• Water Rose spotted skeletal undead with heavy crossbows and powerful ghosts waiting around the dim first-floor canyon.
• As other forces struggled against the monsters and traps, Zero Wing's members walked straight toward the checkpoint to the next floor.

Shi Feng used Kele and three teammates as bait to draw monsters and crossbow fire away from Zero Wing’s main force as they climbed through the Ancient Miracle. With Holy Shield and Saint’s Prayer protecting the bait team, Zero Wing reached the mountaintop.

• Kele, Turtledove, Ye Wumian, and Zi Yan Liu Yun charged into the canyon and drew swarms of undead and heavy crossbow fire.
• Shi Feng told Zero Wing’s members to follow the four, using them to divert attacks from the main force.
• Kele and the other MTs endured heavy damage while Zi Yan Liu Yun held back her healing spell.
• Kele activated Holy Shield, and Zi Yan Liu Yun cast Saint’s Prayer, greatly reducing incoming damage and restoring the team’s health.
• Zero Wing’s members followed the protected group through the canyon and reached the mountain in less than a minute.

Zero Wing reached the Ancient Miracle’s third floor, where lightning and High Grand Lord monsters made progress far more difficult. As others struggled to gather Teleportation Stones, Shi Feng revealed the Weather Tome and said Zero Wing could fight together without concern.

• Zero Wing reached the first floor’s safe zone with few casualties while the other major powers suffered heavier losses.
• After resting, the groups advanced through the second floor, where Shi Feng had the Magic Light and Conqueror's Armor teams support Zero Wing’s members.
• On the third floor, players had to gather Teleportation Stones by killing High Grand Lord monsters amid dangerous lightning strikes.
• Wild Sea mocked Zero Wing as its members stayed in the safe zone, while experienced superpower and first-rate guild teams fought across the plains.
• Water Rose suggested sending a fifty-person team to collect the stones, but Shi Feng refused and took out the Weather Tome.

Shi Feng used the Weather Tome to clear the lightning over the Thunder Plains, letting Zero Wing fight safely where other groups had been wiped out. Zero Wing defeated a Level 55 High Grand Lord and obtained a Teleportation Stone, equipment, and two Advanced Combat Technique fragment pages.

• First-rate guilds and adventure groups failed to raid the Thunder Plains because its lightning-enhanced monsters killed their members.
• Shi Feng led over a thousand Zero Wing members into the lightning-strike zone, leaving the watching powers baffled when no lightning fell.
• Shi Feng revealed that the Weather Tome had cleared the thunderclouds, allowing Zero Wing to fight without the lightning hazard.
• Zero Wing found and defeated the Level 55 High Grand Lord Thunder Giant Wolf in less than five minutes.
• Shi Feng used Divine Grace on the boss and received eight items, including a Teleportation Stone, five pieces of Level 50 gear, and two Advanced Combat Technique fragment pages.

Shi Feng discovered two fragments of the top-tier advanced Combat Technique Thunderflash and pushed Zero Wing to keep hunting in the Ancient Miracle before the Weather Tome expired. As Zero Wing neared the fourth floor, Yi Xiao Duzang decided Heavenly Burial would abandon the Star-Moon Kingdom and accept the Beast Emperor’s terms.

• Shi Feng recognized his two Thunderflash fragments as pieces of a thirteen-page top-tier advanced Combat Technique and hurried Zero Wing onward to hunt more Bosses.
• Zero Wing slaughtered high-ranking Grand Lords across the Thunder Plains while Wild Sea watched and Qilian asked Duan Qingcheng whether to approach them; Duan Qingcheng advised waiting until Zero Wing struggled on the fourth floor.
• News spread that Zero Wing was nearing the fourth floor, impressing independent players and leaving Heavenly Burial’s meeting room cold and silent.
• Yi Xiao Duzang told Flame Blood to offer the Beast Emperor the souls of four hundred thousand elite players, accepting that Heavenly Burial would give up the Star-Moon Kingdom.

Flame Blood visited the Beast Emperor at the Evil God Temple and learned that the Beast Emperor would destroy Zero Wing once he received enough elite players’ souls. Meanwhile, Shi Feng collected all thirteen Thunderflash fragments and synthesized them into an ancient tome.

• Flame Blood entered the Evil God Temple and saw that the Beast Emperor had cultivated a Legendary Evil Demon.
• Flame Blood told the Beast Emperor that their Guild Leader could provide the four hundred thousand elite players’ souls he still needed, and the Beast Emperor promised to destroy Zero Wing once they were ready.
• Zero Wing continued killing High Grand Lord thunder monsters on the Ancient Miracle’s third floor while other Guilds watched and envied their Teleportation Stones.
• Shi Feng collected the final Thunderflash fragment after nearly two hours of fighting and paid one thousand Magic Crystals to synthesize the technique.
• A magic array and thunderstorm struck the thirteen fragments, producing a thick ancient tome surrounded by azure electricity.

Shi Feng obtained the complete Bronze Grade combat technique Thunderflash on the third floor of the Ancient Miracle and led Zero Wing to the fourth floor. There, they arrived at a valley where over a thousand players were fighting a powerful two-headed, three-tailed drake before a massive stone gate.

• The lightning across the Thunder Plains drew players' attention to the ancient tome floating before Shi Feng.
• Shi Feng told Water Rose and Zero Wing's members that the tome contained a complete Bronze Grade combat technique called Thunderflash.
• Shi Feng had Zero Wing's thousand-plus members use Teleportation Stones to leave the Thunder Plains and enter the Ancient Miracle's fourth floor.
• Zero Wing arrived in a secluded valley and saw expert players battling a huge drake before a towering rune-covered stone gate.
• Zero Wing's members wondered whether the drake was a Primordial species or a ferocious beast after seeing how little damage the players' attacks inflicted.

Shi Feng brought Zero Wing to face the Icefire Two-Headed Earth Dragon, a Level 58 High Lord that had wiped out a thousand-player elite legion. He gave Sword Shadow the Tier 3 Mana Weapon Edgeless Blade, then ordered Zero Wing to begin the raid.

• The Icefire Two-Headed Earth Dragon’s magma rain, tail sweeps, and icefire breath wiped out an elite legion and left the watching superpowers wary of challenging it.
• Wild Sea, Duan Qingcheng, and Qilian doubted Zero Wing could make much progress, while Yuan Tiexin hoped it would push the Boss into its second phase.
• Kele, Turtledove, Fire Dance, and Sword Shadow eagerly prepared to fight the Boss.
• Shi Feng gave Sword Shadow the Edgeless Blade, whose power far surpassed the Crimson Moon Greatsword and greatly increased Sword Shadow’s Strength and Attack Power.
• Shi Feng assigned Kele and two others to main tank, warned the team to avoid the dragon heads and tail, and led Zero Wing into the Boss’s aggro range.

Zero Wing began fighting the Icefire Two-Headed Earth Dragon at the gate to the fifth floor, and Shi Feng stopped its opening breath attack with Forbidden Domain. Kele and Turtledove proved they could withstand its strikes, while Sword Shadow wounded it with the Edgeless Blade.

• The Icefire Two-Headed Earth Dragon trapped Zero Wing inside a magma barrier and began charging Breath of Ice and Fire.
• Shi Feng used Forbidden Domain to freeze the magic in the area and make the Boss's breath attack collapse.
• The enraged Icefire Two-Headed Earth Dragon charged Shi Feng, but Kele, Turtledove, and Ye Wumian moved to intercept it.
• Kele blocked the Boss's claw and lost nearly 40,000 HP while retaining more than half his health.
• Turtledove blocked the Boss's next claw and lost just over 34,000 HP.
• Sword Shadow slashed the Icefire Two-Headed Earth Dragon's neck with the Edgeless Blade, dealing 10,320 damage.

Zero Wing fought the Icefire Two-Headed Earth Dragon, with Shi Feng’s team enduring heavy losses as the boss’s phases intensified. Shi Feng killed it with a sixteen-strike Fireburst Explosion, leaving the surviving members victorious.

• Sword Shadow used Shi Feng’s temporary weapon to deal over ten thousand damage, and Shi Feng said Flowing Water Realm experts could eventually wield similar power.
• Shi Feng and the team suppressed the dragon with the Nine-Star Domain and World Projection, then unleashed their strongest attacks as lava rain killed over a hundred Zero Wing members.
• The dragon entered its second phase, using powerful breath attacks as its HP fell and Zero Wing’s numbers dwindled.
• At 30% HP, the dragon entered its third phase and struck harder, while Shi Feng boosted his damage and led the team’s assault.
• With fewer than a hundred Zero Wing members left and the dragon near 3% HP, Shi Feng used Divine Grace and Fireburst Explosion to kill it.

Zero Wing defeated the Icefire Two-Headed Earth Dragon, claimed the first-kill rewards, and escaped into the fifth floor before the other forces could seize their loot. Shi Feng then ordered the team to rest while he inspected the drops and prepared to search for the passage to the Ancient City.

• Shi Feng and Zero Wing killed the Icefire Two-Headed Earth Dragon, earning the first-kill reward of three fifth-floor Teleportation Stones and Human Race Reputation.
• Shi Feng collected the Boss's loot while Zero Wing resurrected its fallen members before the lava barrier disappeared.
• Shi Feng used the eight Teleportation Stones to transport Zero Wing's eight hundred members through the stone gate and onto the fifth floor.
• Yuan Tiexin told Zi Qiong that the guardian Boss should respawn, though its later drops would be fewer than its first-kill rewards.
• News of Zero Wing's first kill spread, prompting guilds and adventurer teams to seek cooperation with it.
• Shi Feng ordered Zero Wing to rest beside the lake, then examined the Icefire Two-Headed Earth Dragon's drops.

Shi Feng appraised the Icefire Two-Headed Earth Dragon’s loot and found powerful Level 50 Dark Gold gear, an Epic ring, crafting blueprints, and a rare Hero’s Chapter. He lent the Ring of Ice and Fire to Half-Summer Allure and discovered that the parchment could summon the famous Magic King Katie Delan.

• Shi Feng appraised the dragon’s eight weapons and equipment, including Level 50 Dark Gold sets and the Epic Ring of Ice and Fire.
• Shi Feng shared the gear’s attributes with the team and offered the items for Guild Points.
• Shi Feng loaned the Ring of Ice and Fire to Half-Summer Allure, and Kele remarked on how formidable she had become with it.
• Shi Feng kept the dragon’s Forging Blueprints and a tattered parchment to himself after finding them among the drops.
• Shi Feng recognized the parchment as a designated-summoning Hero’s Chapter for the Magic King Katie Delan.

Shi Feng learned that the Icefire Two-Headed Earth Dragon had dropped a Hero's Chapter summoning the powerful Magic King Katie Duran, then negotiated a sale of basic combat-technique training to other guilds. As his group explored the Ancient Miracle's fifth floor, an assassin found a magic array with an NPC at its center, which Shi Feng suspected was connected to the Ancient City.

• Shi Feng recognized the Hero's Chapter as a chance to summon the Magic King Katie Duran, a famed hero capable of guarding a town.
• Melancholy Smile told Shi Feng that eight first-rate guilds and other guilds wanted to cooperate with Candlelight Trading Firm and buy access to combat techniques and the Ancient City.
• Shi Feng agreed to sell opportunities to learn basic combat techniques for 1,000 Magic Crystals each, but refused other deals and restricted payment to Magic Crystals.
• Melancholy Smile accepted Shi Feng's decision and prepared to announce the offer to players.
• Shi Feng sent his group to explore the fifth floor, where an assassin reported finding a gigantic magic array and an NPC at its center.
• Shi Feng asked for the coordinates, suspecting the NPC was connected to the Ancient City.

Shi Feng reached Ancient City and met Taloc, its Hero Guardian, who explained that entrants had to defeat themselves in a challenge for Contribution Points. Shi Feng accepted the test and faced a choice of five difficulty levels.

• Shi Feng entered a misty forest area where dense magic power rapidly restored stamina and mental strength, and considered it an ideal place for Zero Wing members to train Combat Techniques.
• Shi Feng followed the Assassin to Taloc, whom the Eye of Omniscience identified as a living Hero and Guardian of Ancient City.
• Taloc told Shi Feng that he had to defeat himself to enter Ancient City and could choose among five difficulty levels, each awarding different amounts of Contribution Points.
• Shi Feng accepted the test, and Taloc presented five crystals representing the available difficulties.

Shi Feng chose an Asura Grade trial and fought three Trial Shadows that could use his own skills and equipment abilities. With the anti-magic effect nearly over and only five of the ten required hits landed on one Shadow, the battle remained unresolved.

• Shi Feng chose the second-strongest crystal, and Taloc summoned three Trial Shadows that he had to hit ten times each while avoiding ten hits himself.
• The Trial Shadows coordinated attacks and copied Shi Feng’s skills, forcing him to evade with Divine Shadow Step and Clone Swap.
• Shi Feng used Heavenly Dragon’s Power and Sword Trajectory, but the Trial Shadows countered with Absolute Domain and Instant Shift.
• Shi Feng activated Forbidden Domain, and the two sides fought in a deadlock while he searched for openings.
• With only seconds left on the anti-magic effect, Shi Feng had landed five hits on one Trial Shadow and still needed five more.

Shi Feng nearly failed the Asura-level trial against three Trial Shadows, but recalled his fight with Rheinbeck and mastered a deeper level of the Realm of Principles. He defeated all three Trial Shadows and cleared the trial.

• Shi Feng risked taking hits to attack a weakened Trial Shadow as the magic ban neared its end.
• Recalling his battle with Rheinbeck, Shi Feng used his fighting style to block an attack and escape the Trial Shadows’ encirclement.
• Shi Feng adapted his footwork and sword strikes to block the Trial Shadows and kill the one that had suffered nine hits.
• After the magic ban ended, Shi Feng activated his double burst and used Void Step to evade the remaining Trial Shadows’ Forbidden Domain attacks.
• Shi Feng countered the Trial Shadows’ Frigid Domain with his own and killed both of them.

Shi Feng defeated the Asura-level Trial Shadow and earned a rare badge that granted him Bronze-ranked privileges in the Ancient City. He realized the white Square Tower in Lost Town could train players in the realm of principles, then teleported to the Ancient City to pursue access to high-level planes.

• Shi Feng defeated the Trial Shadow and concluded that improving one's understanding of principles could complement the Subtle Realm and strengthen combat ability.
• Shi Feng recalled the white Square Tower in Lost Town and decided that capturing the town was essential because it could train players in the realm of principles.
• The system awarded Shi Feng 3,000 Ancient City Contribution Points and a City Rising Star Badge for being the first player to pass the Asura-level city-entry trial.
• Shi Feng learned that the badge granted Bronze-ranked adventurer privileges, including a discount, access to benefits, and teleportation into the Ancient City from anywhere.
• Shi Feng recognized that the badge could let him reach high-level planes where he could obtain Dark Crystals, instructed the others, and teleported to the Ancient City.
• System notifications rang for every player in the Ancient Miracle after Shi Feng arrived in the Ancient City.

Zero Wing became the first guild to enter the Ancient City, prompting players across the kingdoms to flock toward it after the guild announced that players could learn Basic Combat Techniques for Magic Crystals. Shi Feng reached the city and headed for its central district, arriving at the Seven Luminaries Holy Temple.

• The Ancient Miracle announced that the first 500 players to enter the Ancient City each day faced easier trials, while later entrants faced increased difficulty.
• Players across the kingdoms anticipated that Zero Wing would gain many Combat Techniques and began investigating the guild.
• Zero Wing announced that players could learn a Basic Combat Technique for 1,000 Magic Crystals, angering guilds that had relied on Combat Techniques to attract experts.
• Yuan Tiexin told Zi Qiong that Zero Wing's announcement had undermined Heavenly Burial Guild's advantage in Combat Techniques.
• Shi Feng explored the Ancient City's teleportation hall, summoned the Magic Flame War Tiger, and rode to the Seven Luminaries Holy Temple.

Shi Feng entered the Seven Luminaries Holy Temple using his City Rising Star Badge and spent most of his Contribution Points on Ancient Souls, Ancient Scrolls, and a teleportation stone. He sent the Ancient Souls to Water Rose and teleported to the Dark Plane to pursue the Dark Crystals needed for Lost Town.

• Two Level 200 magic-armored puppets blocked Shi Feng from entering the Seven Luminaries Holy Temple until he showed his City Rising Star Badge.
• Shi Feng exchanged 20 Ancient Souls at a discounted cost of 3,600 Contribution Points.
• Shi Feng bought 12 Ancient Scrolls and a Dark Plane Teleportation Stone, spending another 4,140 Contribution Points.
• Shi Feng mailed the Ancient Souls to Water Rose, then used the teleportation stone to travel to the Dark Plane.

Shi Feng entered the Dark World and found himself severely weakened by its hostile environment. He summoned a Bloodblade Demon and a Great Druid to face a group of Dark Poison Scorpions, but the fight began with the demon taking heavy damage.

• Shi Feng arrived in the Dark World, where the world’s power reduced his perception, attributes, and experience gain and prevented contact with the outside.
• Shi Feng summoned a Tier 3 Bloodblade Demon and used its vision to locate nine Lord-ranked Dark Poison Scorpions and one Great Lord-ranked Mutated Dark Poison Scorpion.
• Shi Feng summoned a Great Druid with an Ancient Scroll and had it cast three support spells on the Bloodblade Demon.
• Shi Feng sent the buffed Bloodblade Demon to attack the scorpions with Bloodblade Judgment, but most of its blood blades were blocked and the few that hit dealt little damage.
• The Mutated Dark Poison Scorpion fired five beams at the Bloodblade Demon, which dodged three but was pierced by two and lost over 400,000 HP from each.