Chapter Summaries

Shi Feng considered renting Forest Traveler, a Sea Forest restaurant whose meals granted players a valuable Luck bonus, despite its steep lease price. After three costly negotiations, he received an offer to rent it for six months for 45,000 Gold and take 40% of its net profits.

• Shi Feng recognized Forest Traveler as a future famous restaurant that granted diners Forest Blessing, increasing their Luck for eighteen hours.
• Shi Feng balked at the restaurant's 60,000 Gold upfront annual rent and asked the elf man to negotiate better terms.
• Shi Feng paid 1,000 Gold for a first negotiation, which reduced the lease to ten months for 54,000 Gold.
• Shi Feng paid for a second negotiation, which allowed installments of 50,000 Gold upfront and 15,000 Gold within a month.
• Shi Feng paid for a third negotiation, and Forest Traveler offered a six-month lease for 45,000 Gold with 40% of its net profits going to him.

Shi Feng rented Forest Traveler and twenty-three other Sea Forest inns and restaurants, then inspected Forest Traveler and discovered its potential as a two-star restaurant. He spent fifteen hundred gold to upgrade it, leaving the restaurant poised to attract customers and sell rare master-level cuisine.

• Shi Feng accepted Forest Traveler's lease for forty-five thousand gold over six months and forty percent of its net profit.
• Shi Feng spent another seventy thousand gold to rent twenty-three inns and restaurants in promising Sea Forest locations.
• Shi Feng visited Forest Traveler and asked its owner, Joseph, for the establishment's information.
• Shi Feng learned that Forest Traveler could make two types of master-level cuisine and already met the requirements for a two-star rating, but lacked transaction volume.
• Shi Feng paid fifteen hundred gold to upgrade Forest Traveler.

Shi Feng upgraded Forest Traveler, arranged production of powerful Master-level dishes, and spent two days crafting equipment before returning to Zero Wing City with the finished food. He gave Half-Summer Allure and Kele equipment dropped by the Flame Demon King, leaving them to try it on.

• Shi Feng upgraded Forest Traveler into a three-story restaurant, hired two chefs and eight waiters, and reopened it to customers.
• Shi Feng asked Melancholy Smile to gather ingredients for Drunken Tiger Meat and Ice Bone Soup, then arranged for Joseph to prepare the dishes.
• Shi Feng crafted over 300 standard weapons and more than 200 Advanced Demonpower Armor Plates, reaching Level 69 and raising Abyssal Walker to Level 55.
• Shi Feng collected 300 portions of Drunken Tiger Meat and 500 portions of Ice Bone Soup from Joseph and teleported to Zero Wing City's Guild Residence.
• Kele showed Shi Feng that he had reached Level 60, and Shi Feng gave Half-Summer Allure Sin of Thunderflame and Kele Scorchwind to try.

Shi Feng equipped Half-Summer Allure and Kele with powerful Level 70 set gear before leading Zero Wing’s group to meet War Soul Unfallen and Crimson Emperor at the Four Element Tower. The gathered guilds waited to learn which Legendary Boss they would challenge, but Swiftlight Mage discovered that all six hundred members of Zero Wing’s arriving group were Tier 2.

• Shi Feng gave Half-Summer Allure the Sin of Thunderflame set and Kele the complete Scorchwind set, whose enhanced attributes impressed them.
• Shi Feng led Kele and the others toward the Four Element Tower to meet War Soul Unfallen and Crimson Emperor.
• Phantom Whisper and Swiftlight Mage discussed Zero Wing City’s prosperity and speculated that the planned target was the Jade Tree Treant at Witch’s Hill.
• Shi Feng arrived with six hundred Zero Wing members, and Swiftlight Mage used Magic Eye to identify every one of them as a Tier 2 class.

Shi Feng led Zero Wing and its allies to a hidden temple beneath Cold Jade Waterfall, where they discovered a Level 60 Legendary Void Demon Snake with nine health bars. The group faced a world-class Boss far more dangerous than the Jade Tree Treant they had expected.

• Phantom Whisper and Immortal Battle Heart learned that Shi Feng had brought six hundred second-tier players, including many at Level 59 and four at Level 60.
• Shi Feng took the two-hundred-man teams to Cold Jade Waterfall, then led them into the lake after distributing Ice Resistance Potions.
• The group explored an underground passage whose Divine Script murals described the Otherworld Gate and how to open it.
• Shi Feng's group reached a ruined temple and found a crystal serpent named Void Demon Snake (Wakanet), a Level 60 Legendary Domain Lord with 560 million HP.
• Phantom Whisper and Immortal Battle Heart recognized the Void Demon Snake's nine health bars as evidence that it was a world-class Boss.

Shi Feng led Zero Wing and its allies to challenge the Void Demon Snake, a Level 60 World-Class Boss, while warning them of the raid’s dangers. After organizing the team and distributing powerful food, he ordered Kele to pull the Boss.

• Phantom Whisper questioned Shi Feng’s plan, and he confirmed that they intended to fight the Void Demon Snake.
• Phantom Whisper said Crimson Emperor would help only until the raid looked likely to fail, while Immortal Battle Heart pledged War Soul Unfallen to fight alongside Zero Wing in exchange for a chance to buy Level 60 Adamantite Grade gear.
• Shi Feng agreed to consider selling War Soul Unfallen some gear and assigned the raid teams their responsibilities.
• Shi Feng distributed Master-level food that boosted players’ attributes, surprising Phantom Whisper with its strength.
• Shi Feng ordered Kele to pull the Void Demon Snake, and Kele charged toward it.

Shi Feng’s raid team tested Kele against the Void Demon Snake, whose devastating attacks revealed that Kele’s hidden Adamantite armor gave him extraordinary health and defense. Kele reached the World-class Boss and survived its crushing tail strike, leaving the raid stunned and the fight still underway.

• Kele led the first MT squad toward the Void Demon Snake, which awakened and unleashed a ground-shattering roar that badly injured the frontline tanks.
• Phantom Whisper healed Kele and discovered that his health remained high despite the attack.
• The Void Demon Snake fired Void Spears at Kele, destroying his cloak and revealing his silver-gray Adamantite armor and 118,600 HP.
• Kele charged through the Void Demon Snake’s continuing attacks while Phantom Whisper’s healing squad kept him alive.
• The Void Demon Snake swung its tail at Kele, who blocked the blow with Titan Guard and emerged with more than half his HP remaining.

Shi Feng led the raid against the Void Demon Snake, whose powerful defenses and healing made it difficult to damage. After Zero Wing’s main force helped push the Boss to 85% health, it unleashed a storm of blades and split into two clones, one of which was struck down by a figure wielding azure lightning.

• Kele deflected the Void Demon Snake’s attack and secured its aggro while Shi Feng ordered the raid to begin.
• The raid’s attacks barely dented the Boss, and its Self-Healing restored its lost health until Zero Wing’s main force joined the fight.
• Zero Wing’s strongest members dealt far more damage than the other guilds’ experts, gradually reducing the Void Demon Snake’s health to 85%.
• The Void Demon Snake cast Fourth-Tier Domain Magic, Void Storm, and filled a wide area with unpredictable blades.
• The Void Demon Snake split into two clones, and a figure appeared above one clone and struck it down with a bolt of azure lightning.

Shi Feng led the surviving teams through the Void Demon Snake’s clone and its summoning phase, but the battle cost them many players. After Shi Feng forced the Boss below 30% HP, it transformed into a far stronger complete form, and Shi Feng told Kele to go all out.

• Shi Feng directed the team to destroy the clone demon snake’s eyes and kill it before it could restore the Void Demon Snake’s HP; the team succeeded without losing anyone.
• The Void Demon Snake summoned waves of Lord and Grand Lord void creatures at 50% HP, overwhelming the players and killing more than fifty of them.
• Phantom Whisper ordered Crimson Emperor to retreat, while Immortal Battle Heart kept Zero Wing and War Soul Unfallen in the fight alongside Shi Feng.
• Shi Feng and his clone used Flame Burst to push the Void Demon Snake below 30% HP, ending the summoning and turning the creatures to ash.
• The Void Demon Snake absorbed the ash and transformed into a gigantic, stronger beast; Shi Feng told Kele to go all out, and Kele charged it.

Kele transformed into the War God of Fire and held off the complete Void Demon Snake, giving Shi Feng and the surviving players a chance to defeat it. Shi Feng delivered the final attacks, and the Void Demon Snake fell with its HP reduced to zero.

• Eternal Soul and Hunter Blade ordered War Soul Unfallen to retreat as the complete Void Demon Snake overwhelmed the surviving raid.
• Kele charged the Void Demon Snake and transformed into the War God of Fire, stopping its tail and wounding it with his flaming axe.
• Shi Feng ordered the healers to support Kele and the other players to attack the boss.
• Kele endured the Void Demon Snake's attacks while Shi Feng fought alongside him with a black dragon transformed from his doppelganger.
• As the raid dwindled to fewer than three hundred people and the Void Demon Snake's HP fell below one million, Shi Feng used the Heart of Icarus and unleashed attacks that killed it.

After the exhausted party defeated the Void Demon Snake, Shi Feng sorted through its enormous haul of 413 drops, including rare materials, powerful equipment, three Epic items, and a Legendary item fragment. The chapter ended with Shi Feng recognizing the black-and-white snake ring as the famous Fate Ring from his previous life.

• The surviving players celebrated the Void Demon Snake's defeat, gained EXP, and gathered around its mountain of loot.
• Shi Feng sorted the drops while healers revived the fallen players to reduce their death penalties.
• Shi Feng counted 413 drops, including rare Void materials, equipment sets, a Void Demon Wine recipe, and valuable treasure chests.
• The loot included the Epic Void Robe, Holy Word Staff, and Void Gauntlets, as well as a Legendary item fragment.
• Shi Feng examined a ring shaped like two miniature snakes and recognized it as the Fate Ring.

Shi Feng explained the Fate Ring’s costly Fate Guidance skill and considered using its opportunities to help Zero Wing’s near-pinnacle experts. After trading equipment and Void Scales with Immortal Battle Heart, Shi Feng left the isolated cavern with the others, surprising Phantom Whisper and her companions.

• Water Rose sensed the Fate Ring greatly increase the magic power around Shi Feng, and he told her it could lead a player to the pinnacle.
• Shi Feng recalled that Fate Guidance spent Seven Luminaries Crystals to grant opportunities, and that fusing two Fate Rings made major opportunities more frequent.
• Shi Feng decided the Fate Ring could help Zero Wing’s experts approach pinnacle combat power and thought about obtaining more Seven Luminaries Crystals.
• Shi Feng sold sixteen pieces of MT and DPS equipment, kept Earth Guardian for Ye Wumian, and sold three Void Scales to Immortal Battle Heart for 42,000 Gold.
• Shi Feng, Immortal Battle Heart, and the others left the cavern, and Phantom Whisper and her companions stared in surprise at how many people emerged.

After Zero Wing defeated the Void Demon Snake, Shi Feng sold contracts for Master-level cuisine to Crimson Emperor and War Soul Unfallen. He then activated the Teleportation Magic Array to the Otherworld Gate, triggering a kingdom-wide announcement.

• Phantom Whisper learned that Zero Wing had killed the Void Demon Snake and that Immortal Battle Heart had bought some of its loot.
• Phantom Whisper and Immortal Battle Heart offered to buy one thousand portions each of Shi Feng's Drunken Tiger Meat and Cold Bone Soup for five Gold per portion.
• Shi Feng signed contracts with both guilds, took their deposits, and earned fifty-two thousand Gold from the Boss raid and sales.
• Shi Feng teleported to Ten Thousand Trees Woodland and poured a bottle of Void Blood into the Magic Array leading to the Otherworld Gate.
• The Magic Array gathered mana across the woodland and sent up a blood-red pillar of light, prompting system notifications throughout Star-Moon Kingdom.

The Otherworld Gate opened at Witch's Hill, drawing players and major Guilds to the new expansion and sending Zero Wing City's business prospects soaring. Shi Feng refused companies' offers to buy virtual shops and scheduled a public auction, leaving Water Rose uncertain whether the decision would pay off.

• System announcements revealed that the Otherworld Gate had opened at Witch's Hill and that chaotic magic made the area dangerous.
• Independent players and adventurer teams rushed toward Witch's Hill, while Star-Moon Kingdom's major Guilds planned expeditions and Guild towns there.
• Water Rose saw Zero Wing City's population, rental applications, and offers from companies seeking virtual shops rise sharply.
• Shi Feng told Water Rose to reject shop sales and hold a public auction at Candlelight Trading Firm in Zero Wing City two days later.
• Water Rose warned that companies might prefer to buy shops and that rival Guild towns could disadvantage Zero Wing, but Shi Feng held to his decision.

Water Rose dealt with the backlash over Zero Wing City’s rental-only shops and turned to recruiting adventure teams. Shi Feng entered the Otherworld Gate, met the Jealousy Witch, and received a seven-day quest to gather 200,000 Magic Crystals or face the destruction of the Star-Moon Kingdom.

• After Water Rose refused to sell virtual shops, major groups and corporations dismissed Zero Wing City’s auction, while Water Rose focused on recruiting adventure teams for Zero Wing Guild.
• Shi Feng activated the Otherworld Gate’s Teleportation Magic Array and arrived in a ruined town, where ancient aura weakened his senses and combat power.
• The Jealousy Witch appeared and confirmed that Shi Feng had opened the source of sin.
• The Jealousy Witch assigned Shi Feng the Sub-Legendary Quest “Witch’s Original Sin,” requiring him to collect 200,000 Magic Crystals within seven days or perish along with the Star-Moon Kingdom.
• The Jealousy Witch sent Shi Feng back to the outskirts of Ten Thousand Trees Woodland.

Shi Feng faced a seven-day deadline to obtain two hundred thousand Magic Crystals and decided to seize Garna Island’s Source Iron Vein. As the Beast Emperor prepared an attack on Zero Wing’s allies, Zero Wing City’s population surged to eight million, unlocking a choice to activate Free Mode and host the War God Temple.

• Shi Feng realized that his remaining Magic Crystals could not cover the pseudo-Legendary quest and decided to pursue the Source Iron Vein on Garna Island.
• The Beast Emperor learned that Bloodlust Crystals had improved his Evil Beasts’ evolution and ordered Wind Hunter Soul Chaser to send Dust Fate’s experimental Evil Dragon against adventurer teams headed for Zero Wing City.
• Shi Feng leased fifteen more inns and restaurants in Sea Forest for fifty thousand Gold, then returned to Zero Wing City to prepare for Garna Island.
• Shi Feng found Zero Wing City crowded with players and received a system prompt asking whether to activate Free Mode and allow the War God Temple to establish a presence.

Shi Feng activated Free Mode in Zero Wing City after its population reached eight million, allowing the War God Temple to establish a branch there. As the city drew attention from powerful adventurers seeking to join Zero Wing, Wind Hunter Soul Chaser sent Dark Blade to target the Boundless Adventure Group and make a scene.

• Shi Feng accepted Free Mode for Zero Wing City and selected a central plot for the War God Temple, which gifted the city ten Bronze-ranked War God Emblems.
• A towering War God Temple appeared in Zero Wing City's central district, impressing players and making it easier for them to accept quests.
• The Boundless Adventure Group's commander and a young Swordsman discussed applying to join Zero Wing Guild, while the commander wondered whether the guild would accept them.
• Wind Hunter Soul Chaser pointed out the two Boundless members to Dark Blade and ordered him to make a scene and teach Zero Wing and the other adventure groups a lesson.

Qin Yin and her companions visited Zero Wing City to seek help against Death God Studio, while Dark Blade transformed into an evil dragon and attacked Boundless Adventure Group members. Just as he was about to kill them, an unknown streak of azure lightning struck him down.

• Qin Yin, Fei Xin, and Half-Armed Rakshasa admired Zero Wing City’s prosperity and discussed Ninth Heaven’s conflict with Death God Studio and Setting Sun Guild.
• Qin Yin refused to make Ninth Heaven a subsidiary of Setting Sun Guild and prepared to meet Siyu Qingxuan at Zero Wing’s Residence.
• Dark Blade followed two Boundless Adventure Group members into the crowded area near Candlelight Trading Firm under orders to kill them and terrorize Zero Wing’s players.
• Dark Blade crushed a blood-colored crystal, transformed into an evil dragon, and attacked the two Boundless players.
• An azure streak struck Dark Blade and sent the evil dragon crashing into the street before he could kill his targets.

Shi Feng revealed himself as Black Flame and confronted Dark Blade, an Evil Dragon from the Evil God Temple who had attacked members of the Boundless Adventure Group in Zero Wing City. Dark Blade threatened to continue his attack despite Black Flame’s warning, leaving the confrontation poised to escalate.

• Dark Blade attacked Savage Bone and another Boundless Adventure Group member, but Shi Feng struck him with a flash of lightning and sent him flying.
• Players and guild leaders on the street realized that the dragon was an Evil God Temple member targeting groups that had joined Zero Wing.
• Shi Feng removed his cloak and identified himself as Black Flame, startling Dark Blade and exciting the crowd.
• Qin Yin and her companions learned from a nearby Assassin that Black Flame was famed as the Star-Moon Kingdom’s strongest expert.
• Dark Blade claimed he only wanted to kill the two adventure group members and threatened to cause trouble if Shi Feng interfered, but Shi Feng invited him to try.

Shi Feng confronted Dark Blade in Zero Wing City and fought off the evil dragon’s attacks until NPC guards joined the battle. When Dark Blade turned on Man Gu and Yi Jiu, Shi Feng activated the Four Element Towers’ suppression and struck him down, leaving Dark Blade reeling.

• Dark Blade attacked Shi Feng, who blocked the dragon’s claw with Thunder Slayer.
• Dark Blade unleashed a barrage of claw strikes, but Shi Feng defended himself with Inferno Fivefold Slash and Sword Light Phantom.
• NPC guards arrived and supported Shi Feng, healing him and attacking Dark Blade.
• Dark Blade broke away from Shi Feng and the guards to attack Man Gu and Yi Jiu.
• Shi Feng activated Elemental Domain Suppression through the Four Element Towers, slowed Dark Blade, and struck him with Thunder Slayer and the Abyssal Walker.