Chapter Summaries

Shi Feng used a World Power-enhanced Hellfire scroll to devastate Hecate’s army, then led the Asura Adventure Group in a desperate attempt to escape the encirclement. As Hecate began to overwhelm them, a huge magic array appeared overhead, weakening Hecate and empowering Asura.

• Shi Feng’s Hellfire spell killed thousands of Hecate members, including Xuan Cang and four of the Twelve Heavenly Fiends.
• Shi Feng rallied the Asura Adventure Group and led them through the gap with a summoned Tier 3 demon, while Flame Domain cleared more enemies.
• Cold Wind Cooks Fire ordered Hecate’s forces to attack; Yan Ya protected and healed Asura with Song of the Forest, and Shi Feng blocked a Tier 3 scroll with Absolute Defense.
• Shi Feng activated Heavenly Dragon’s Power and cut down Hecate’s attackers, enduring their hits while Asura’s healers restored his HP.
• As Hecate’s melee forces moved to surround Asura, a magic array appeared overhead, weakening Hecate’s attributes while strengthening Asura’s members.

Shi Feng led the Asura Adventure Group through Hecate’s encirclement, then survived the Vulture Squad’s ambush and killed all seven Assassins. With the magic array gone, the battle continued as the Asura group pressed its escape.

• Shi Feng used Gospel Ring’s skills to weaken Hecate’s forces and help the Asura Adventure Group advance through the melee army.
• Cold Wind Cooks Fire ordered Knife Hand to lead the Vulture Squad in ambushing Shi Feng.
• The Vulture Squad trapped Shi Feng in a magic array and unleashed a coordinated attack, but Void Shield absorbed the blows.
• Shi Feng activated Blade Liberation and fought back against Knife Hand and the six other Assassins inside the array.
• Shi Feng used Phantom Kill, Sword Light Phantom, and Inferno Fivefold Slash to kill the Vulture Squad, causing the magic array to collapse.

Shi Feng led the Asura Adventure Group out of Hecate’s ambush after killing the Vulture Squad and forcing Hecate to retreat. News of the battle reached Frozen City’s major guilds, and Glorious Heaven realized the newcomers might change the city’s balance of power.

• Cold Wind Cooks Fire offered rewards for killing Shi Feng, but Shi Feng used Summon Lightning to wipe out the players who charged him.
• Shi Feng activated Forbidden Domain, then led the Asura Adventure Group through Hecate’s ranks and into the snow-covered forest.
• Cold Wind Cooks Fire chose not to pursue the group into the forest and ordered Hecate to withdraw to Frozen City.
• Frozen City’s major guilds heard that Hecate had lost several thousand players to the Asura Adventure Group and began taking interest in the newcomers.
• A Level 54 Assassin told Glorious Heaven that Shi Feng had defeated the Vulture Squad and Knife Hand, prompting Glorious Heaven to anticipate a change in Frozen City.

Shi Feng and Yan Ya arrived in Frozen City, where Shi Feng recognized the prosperous city as a main hub of the Ice Crystal World. At City Hall, he used his City Guardian title to claim all the vacant plots around the old district, anticipating the future air route and airport.

• Shi Feng and Yan Ya traveled through Frozen City and discussed how its size and connections made it a main city of the Ice Crystal World.
• Players in City Hall discussed Hecate's failed attack on the Asura Adventure Group, spreading exaggerated stories about Shi Feng's strength.
• Shi Feng revealed his City Guardian title to a senior NPC steward and requested to purchase land.
• Shi Feng identified vacant streets near the old district as valuable because a future airport would connect Frozen City to other main cities.
• Shi Feng told the steward that he wanted all the land in the selected area.

Shi Feng bought fourteen plots in Frozen City, established the Asura Adventure Group’s base and shops, and recruited independent players through the Adventurer Alliance. After earning twenty Soul-Melding Flowers from exchanges, he began removing the Sage’s Hand’s curse.

• Shi Feng spent 31,500 Gold to buy all fourteen plots and built an Asura Adventure Group residence and five temporary warehouses.
• Shi Feng advertised the Adventurer Alliance’s benefits on Frozen City’s forum, attracting more than 10,000 independent players in under ten minutes.
• Frozen City’s players rapidly bought Ice Resistance Gems, earning Shi Feng over 37,000 Magic Crystals and prompting him to offer more gems in smaller batches.
• Players exchanged for three Magic Light Sets in under three hours, giving Shi Feng eighteen Soul-Melding Flowers and bringing his total to twenty.
• Shi Feng opened the Sage’s Hand’s system prompt and chose to remove its curse.

Shi Feng partially unsealed the Sage's Hand and discovered that the World Gate he needed to open was in Flame Demon Valley, whose extreme heat would make the task impossible without substantial fire resistance. He returned to God's Domain Continent carrying resources and planned to have Water Rose and Bai Qingxue seek resistance equipment.

• Shi Feng removed part of the Sage's Hand's curse, and it gained the Sage's Soul skill, which guided Lifestyle players while they crafted items.
• Shi Feng recognized the fiery vision as Flame Demon Valley and identified its World Gate as the destination for his quest.
• Shi Feng concluded that he needed fire-resistance equipment and potions for a twenty-man team to withstand the valley's heat and distract the Flame Demon King.
• Shi Feng asked Water Rose and Bai Qingxue to focus on raiding dungeons that dropped resistance equipment, then returned to God's Domain Continent with Magic Crystals and other supplies.

Shi Feng returned to Zero Wing City, saw its rapid growth, and gave Melancholy Smile high-grade blueprints and rare materials to support the guild and Candlelight Trading Firm. Melancholy Smile then handed him a gift box from the Heavenly Secrets Pavilion, leaving him to discover what it contained.

• Shi Feng saw Zero Wing City thriving and nearing the fame needed to advance to an intermediate city.
• Shi Feng met Melancholy Smile at the Candlelight Trading Firm and learned that she had become a Forging Master.
• Shi Feng gave Melancholy Smile several Level 50 Adamantite and Dark Gold Forging Blueprints.
• Melancholy Smile reported Zero Wing's growth, rising expenses, and gains from the Ancient Miracle, which eased Shi Feng's concerns about gathering fire resistance equipment.
• Shi Feng added a large stockpile of rare materials to the Candlelight warehouse, helping address the guild's shortage of funds.
• Melancholy Smile gave Shi Feng a gift box from the Heavenly Secrets Pavilion, and he opened it.

Shi Feng received a Gold Invitation to Heavenly Secrets Pavilion's internal auction and prepared Zero Wing Guild to attend and compete for valuable items. After gathering more than 124,000 Gold over three days, he logged off to head to the auction.

• Shi Feng received a Gold Invitation to Heavenly Secrets Pavilion's internal auction, scheduled for four days later.
• Shi Feng told Water Rose and Bai Qingxue about the auction and explained that young experts from major powers would compete for the right to buy finale items.
• Water Rose asked to bring a friend, and Shi Feng agreed before arranging for the group to meet at the auction.
• Shi Feng focused on raising Gold for the auction, crafting Advanced Demonpower Armor Plates and having Melancholy Smile's people sell rare materials.
• Shi Feng earned over 80,000 Gold from the sales, bringing his total to more than 124,000 Gold, then logged off to prepare for the auction.

Shi Feng and Zero Wing attended a major Heavenly Secrets Pavilion auction in Abyss City, where representatives of powerful guilds and financial consortiums gathered. The Starline Consortium's Lu Xingluo approached Shi Feng and asked to speak privately, leaving the other guests stunned.

• Over a hundred luxury hovercars brought major guild leaders and financial consortium representatives to the Heavenly Secrets Pavilion branch for its internal auction.
• Boundless Miles and Silent March discussed the consortiums' interest in the item being auctioned and Miracle's chances of competing for it.
• Shi Feng arrived with Water Rose, Bai Qingxue, Liang Jing, and Water Rose's cousin, and the women surveyed the influential guests in the lobby.
• Lu Xingluo, the Starline Consortium's representative, approached Shi Feng and requested a private conversation, shocking Liang Jing and the surrounding guild leaders.

The Starline Consortium’s Lu Xingluo tried to have Mu Lingsha of War Soul Unfallen removed from the Heavenly Secrets Pavilion auction, but Shi Feng refused to abandon her and rejected his offer. Lu Xingluo responded by ordering the Pavilion to bar Zero Wing from the auction.

• The guild leaders and consortium representatives speculated about the Starline Consortium’s apparent interest in Zero Wing, while Nine Dragons Emperor worried that a partnership would make Zero Wing harder to oppose.
• Lu Xingluo revealed that Water Rose’s cousin, Mu Lingsha, belonged to War Soul Unfallen and accused her of sneaking into the auction to save her guild from decline.
• Lu Xingluo offered Zero Wing one million Credit Points to have Mu Lingsha escorted out, and Water Rose struggled over whether to stand by her friend.
• Shi Feng rejected Lu Xingluo’s offer, said Zero Wing’s affairs were not for an outsider to meddle in, and led the group out.
• Lu Xingluo ordered his tall companion to tell the Heavenly Secrets Pavilion that he did not want Zero Wing at the auction.

Shi Feng and Zero Wing faced pressure from Lu Xingluo after their negotiations with the Starline Consortium ended badly. As Lu Xingluo demanded their removal from the Heavenly Secrets Pavilion auction, Yuan Tiexin revealed that Zero Wing's Gold Invitation protected its place.

• Water Rose worried that Lu Xingluo would use the Heavenly Secrets Pavilion to expel Zero Wing, but Shi Feng said they would wait and see.
• Mu Lingsha thanked Shi Feng for standing by her and offered him a valuable plot of land near Dark Night City's center.
• Lu Xingluo's bodyguard told Yuan Tiexin that the Starline Consortium expected Zero Wing to be removed from the auction.
• Nine Dragons Emperor and other major powers welcomed the news that Zero Wing had offended the Starline Consortium.
• Yuan Tiexin told Lu Xingluo's bodyguard that he lacked the authority to expel Zero Wing because it held a Gold Invitation.

The Heavenly Secrets Pavilion refused the Starline Consortium's demand to eject Zero Wing, and Lu Xingluo ordered Dark Soul to deal with the Guild. The internal auction began with the Book of the Undying as its first item, startling Shi Feng.

• Yuan Tiexin refused Lu Xingluo's bodyguard's demand to remove Zero Wing from the auction.
• Lu Xingluo rejected his bodyguard's suggestion to pressure the Heavenly Secrets Pavilion and ordered Dark Soul to deal with Zero Wing after the group returned.
• The auction attendees entered the hall, where Yuan Tiexin announced the bidding rules and opened the auction.
• The Book of the Undying appeared as the first auction item, and Shi Feng was shocked to see it.

Shi Feng won the Book of the Undying for 24,000 Gold after Lu Xingluo drove up the price, then bought fire-resistance equipment for Zero Wing at the auction. After the ordinary auction and the Heavenly Secrets Pavilion's friendly matches, Yuan Tiexin introduced the first finale item, stirring excitement among the gathered powers.

• Yuan Tiexin presented the Book of the Undying and explained that it could revive players and NPCs, prompting fierce bidding from the major forces.
• Shi Feng bid 10,000 Gold, and Lu Xingluo entered the contest before Shi Feng won the book for 24,000 Gold.
• Shi Feng recalled that thirteen Books of the Undying could be fused to reveal greater power, and he planned to seek out more copies.
• Shi Feng bought the auction's Level 50 fire-resistance equipment for over 7,300 Gold, while the ordinary items were sold over the course of a day.
• Yuan Tiexin began the finale auction by revealing images that excited the gathered powers, including Mu Lingsha.

Heavenly Secrets Pavilion auctioned a 40% share of a first-tier Magic Crystal Vein, prompting superpowers to scramble for funds while Shi Feng recognized its immense value. The bidding began at 100,000 gold, leaving first-rate guilds unable to compete.

• The images of Heavenly Secrets Pavilion’s auction item prompted major powers to gather funds, and Nine Dragons Emperor ordered Long Wu to liquidate or mortgage assets.
• Lu Xingluo celebrated the prospect of obtaining the item and confirmed with Zhong Langcheng that his funds were ready.
• Shi Feng realized the auction item was the operating rights to a Magic Crystal Vein and considered the value of its Magic Crystal and Mana Silver output.
• Yuan Tiexin announced that the winner would receive 40% of the vein’s output and must station at least 100,000 people there long-term.
• Yuan Tiexin opened bidding at 100,000 gold, and first-rate guilds and comparable powers fell silent, unable to afford participation.

The bidding war for the Magic Crystal mine climbed beyond the reach of most powers as Lu Xingluo and the Starline Consortium revealed their financial strength. With War Soul Unfallen seeking extra funds to challenge them, Shi Feng offered 100,000 gold in exchange for borrowing some of its people, leaving Mu Lingsha stunned.

• Shi Feng realized he could not afford the mine, while Nine Dragons Emperor negotiated with Dragon Blood's elders to raise funds for Dragon Phoenix Pavilion.
• As bids climbed past 350,000 gold, Lu Xingluo had Zhong Langcheng bid 500,000 gold for the Starline Consortium.
• Mu Lingsha raised the price to 510,000 gold, and Lu Xingluo countered with 630,000 gold using funds secured through advanced energy.
• Mu Lingsha asked Water Rose to lend War Soul Unfallen 60,000 gold against land as collateral, but Shi Feng offered 100,000 gold without interest or collateral in return for borrowing some of War Soul Unfallen's people.

Shi Feng lent Mu Lingsha money so War Soul Unfallen could compete with Lu Xingluo for the Magic Crystal Mine, pushing the auction price to 800,000 gold. After Lu Xingluo won, he ordered an attack on Zero Wing in retaliation.

• Shi Feng secured Mu Lingsha's agreement to have War Soul Unfallen support Zero Wing in exchange for lending her money.
• Mu Lingsha and Lu Xingluo repeatedly outbid each other, with Shi Feng's loan and War Soul Unfallen's mortgaged land helping Mu Lingsha reach 710,000 gold.
• Lu Xingluo contacted Heavenly Secrets Pavilion for help, then rejoined the bidding and drove the price to 800,000 gold.
• Yuan Tiexin awarded the Magic Crystal Mine's operating rights to Lu Xingluo after Mu Lingsha could no longer afford to bid.
• Lu Xingluo ordered Zhong Langcheng to gather intelligence on Zero Wing and have Dark Soul attack it.

After losing the Magic Crystal mine auction to the Starline Consortium, Mu Lingsha agreed to lend War Soul Unfallen’s Tier 2 experts to Zero Wing for a dungeon raid. Shi Feng revealed that Zero Wing would also enlist the Dragon-Phoenix Pavilion to challenge Eclipse Throne, while the Starline Consortium ordered the Dark Soul Residence to target Zero Wing.

• The Starline Consortium won the Magic Crystal mine, prompting the auction’s attendees to predict its rise and War Soul Unfallen’s decline.
• Shi Feng asked Mu Lingsha to lend sixty Tier 2 experts for a team dungeon raid, and she agreed to send them to White River City the next day.
• Mu Lingsha warned Shi Feng that Lu Xingluo would likely retaliate against Zero Wing through hired experts before leaving to prepare War Soul Unfallen.
• Shi Feng told Bai Qingxue and Water Rose that Zero Wing would also borrow the Dragon-Phoenix Pavilion’s strength to raid Eclipse Throne at Eclipse Gate.
• At the Dark Soul Residence, Lone Lamp and a Tier 2 Berserker learned that the Starline Consortium had ordered them to target Zero Wing.

Dark Soul’s Alliance Leader Duan Tianhu gathered the dark adventure groups to destroy Zero Wing Guild for the Starline Consortium. Meanwhile, Shi Feng prepared to upgrade Abyssal Walker by forging weapons in Titan Holy City, and he ended the chapter ready to feed the weapons to the artifact.

• Lone Lamp learned that Dark Soul was mobilizing its adventure groups to attack Zero Wing, while Captain Hunter and Captain Shadow discussed their own grievances and offered to cooperate.
• Duan Tianhu told the gathered leaders that the Starline Consortium had hired Dark Soul to eliminate Zero Wing’s core fighters and management, and he warned that War Soul Unfallen might be their next target.
• Shi Feng returned to White River City, summoned Feng Qianyu’s Tier 2 experts for the next morning, and allocated 60,000 Gold to develop Silver Wing Town and secretly build Lost Town.
• Shi Feng brought nineteen Lifestyle players to Titan Holy City and spent Magic Crystals to obtain Level 50 weapon design manuals.
• Shi Feng forged one hundred Adamantite Grade weapons and thirty Dark Gold Grade weapons, then took out Abyssal Walker and commanded it to devour them.

Shi Feng faced the Black Dragon King's backlash after promoting the Abyssal Walker and fought the dragon in a sealed magical space. He defeated it with Heavenly Dragon's Power and Thunderflash Slash, ending the battle with less than 30% HP.

• The Abyssal Walker's promotion unleashed a dragon's roar and pressure that shook the Blacksmith Association, then transported Shi Feng into a dim space.
• The Black Dragon King demanded Shi Feng's body, attacked him, and was restrained and weakened by the magic array until its attributes appeared.
• Shi Feng used the Sacred Breath of the Heavenly Dragon to gain an advantage and damaged the Black Dragon King with his skills and the Power of Darkness.
• The Black Dragon King unleashed black flaming swords at half health, forcing Shi Feng to defend and use Life Domain while the fight dragged on.
• At 10% of the Black Dragon King's HP, Shi Feng activated Heavenly Dragon's Power and endured its attacks while striking back.
• Shi Feng finished the Black Dragon King with Thunderflash Slash, leaving himself with less than 30% HP.

Shi Feng defeated the Black Dragon King and advanced the Abyssal Walker, gaining a skill that could transform its clone into a Black Dragon. He prepared Elven Silver and Omnipotent Magic Armor for the Eclipse Throne raid, then returned to White River City shortly before the team assembled.

• Shi Feng killed the Black Dragon King and watched the Abyssal Walker reform in its advanced silver-white form.
• Shi Feng inspected the upgraded Abyssal Walker and discovered its Dragon Soul skill could turn a Phantom Clone into a Black Dragon for three minutes.
• Shi Feng contacted Miao Wuyin, who reported that Candlelight Trading Firm had produced 217 bottles of Elven Silver.
• Shi Feng asked Miao Wuyin to bring the Elven Silver over and crafted more than eighty pieces of Omnipotent Magic Armor for the Eclipse Throne raid.
• Shi Feng used a Return Scroll to White River City with less than twenty minutes remaining before the team's assembly time.