Arc 15Chapters 351–375

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Ch. 351Special Village

Zhao Fu discovered a special Silver-grade goblin village occupied by more than six thousand goblins and decided to weaken it by turning the ruins’ creatures against each other. He lured minotaurs into a clearing where hundreds of goblins had been trapped, and the two groups began fighting.

  • Zhao Fu led his soldiers deeper into the ruins and found goblins killing a Tier 2 cat demon, then ordered his troops to ambush and wipe out the goblins.
  • Zhao Fu discovered a special Silver-grade goblin village with more than six thousand inhabitants and considered how to capture it with his smaller force.
  • Zhao Fu chose to make the cat demons and minotaurs fight the goblins, while ten Archers lured hundreds of goblins out of the village.
  • Zhao Fu found a group of minotaurs, provoked seven or eight of them, and led them toward the clearing where the goblins were waiting.
  • Zhao Fu’s Hundred Ghost Illusionists released the goblins from the Nether Ghost Realm as he brought the minotaurs into the clearing, and the two groups charged into battle.

Ch. 352The Golden Crown

Zhao Fu used battles between goblins and several kinds of demons to weaken the creatures before striking and collecting the spoils. As he prepared to attack the goblin village directly, the Goblin King appeared and led the remaining goblins against the Great Qin Soldiers.

  • The Minotaurs killed many goblins before Zhao Fu’s soldiers ambushed and slaughtered the survivors.
  • Zhao Fu lured Cat Demons into a battle with about a thousand goblins, then ordered his soldiers to finish off the wounded survivors.
  • Zhao Fu drew more than five hundred Poison Cat Demons into a fight with over two thousand five hundred goblins, then used Ten Thousand Burials to kill both groups with black spikes.
  • Zhao Fu decided to attack the goblin village directly after reducing its forces, and sent archers to lure out another batch of goblins.
  • The Goblin King appeared wearing a cracked golden crown and charged the Great Qin Soldiers with the remaining goblins.

Ch. 353Goblin King

Zhao Fu lured the Goblin King and its goblin army into a valley, where his soldiers could attack the ordinary goblins while he faced the king. After the Goblin King’s crown amplified its strength, Zhao Fu unleashed a powerful sword strike that sent it flying.

  • Zhao Fu used the Divine Gate of Hell to summon little demons that delayed the Goblin King while his group fled toward a valley.
  • Zhao Fu’s soldiers trapped the goblins in the narrow valley and fired Ballistas at them as Zhao Fu lured the Goblin King deeper inside.
  • Zhao Fu clashed with the Goblin King, but its crown glowed and empowered it enough to send him flying.
  • Zhao Fu unleashed the Great Qin Seal’s power and struck the Goblin King with God · Demon Strike, sending it flying and carving a long mark into the ground.

Ch. 354The God-Locking Beast

Zhao Fu fought the Goblin King after its conscious golden crown took control and revealed the power of a God-Locking Beast. Trapped inside a barrier, he realized he could win by making the Goblin King exhaust its life, then attacked from hiding as the beast’s body continued to weaken.

  • The crown-controlled Goblin King struck Zhao Fu with its chains, while its beast claw sealed the Great Qin Seal inside him.
  • Zhao Fu flew away, but the Goblin King raised eight chains and locked down the space within ten thousand meters, trapping him.
  • Zhao Fu recognized the crown’s power as that of a God-Locking Beast and decided to outlast the Goblin King rather than use the Nation-Guarding Artifact.
  • Zhao Fu turned invisible with The Invisible One and threw an Evil-Breaking Spear at the Goblin King.
  • The Goblin King intercepted the spear with black chains, dispersing it, but its arm grew visibly thinner.

Ch. 355The Will to Slay Gods

Zhao Fu wore down the Goblin King with repeated attacks, but the Goblin King unleashed a devastating storm of chains that badly wounded him before dying. After his soldiers occupied the village, Zhao Fu found that the Goblin King’s crown was a damaged Emperor Heaven Artifact that could be repaired by collecting kingly aura.

  • Zhao Fu repeatedly attacked the Goblin King with the Evil-Breaking Spear and Great Spirit Roc Bow, gradually draining his life-force.
  • The Goblin King shrank into a frail figure and summoned a giant black eye that rained thousands of chains down on Zhao Fu.
  • Zhao Fu used the Nation-Guarding Artifact and a Legendary-grade shield to survive the attack, but the chains pierced him and left him severely wounded.
  • The Goblin King turned to dust as the chains vanished, and Zhao Fu healed himself after learning that his soldiers had occupied and relocated the village.
  • Zhao Fu picked up the Goblin King’s crown and discovered it was a damaged Emperor Heaven Artifact that could grant the King profession and be repaired with kingly aura.

Ch. 356The King’s Bloodline

Zhao Fu discovered how kingly aura could restore the Crown of Kings, then completed his ruins exploration with the Silver Lake Narcissus Sword. Back in Great Qin, he confirmed that the Heaven and Earth Refining Array could refine ruins creatures into valuable items and began planning a dedicated hunting squad.

  • Zhao Fu explained that killing or subduing creatures and people with kingly bloodlines could yield kingly aura, with killing providing more.
  • Great Qin Soldiers arrived, and Zhao Fu inspected the Arad City-Building Stone taken from the goblin village.
  • After gathering twelve hundred sword essences, Zhao Fu synthesized the Legendary Silver Lake Narcissus Sword, which could grant the Silver Immortal Swordsman profession, and stored it for a suitable subordinate.
  • Zhao Fu returned to Great Qin and refined a Black Goblin corpse into an aptitude sphere and a first-rank Blood God Pill, then refined a minotaur and a cat demon for more materials.
  • Zhao Fu planned a scouting squad to hunt ruins creatures for corpses and returned to the real world while recovering from his injuries.

Ch. 357Chu Shall Surely Destroy Qin

After returning to the real world, Zhao Fu read forum news about conflicts between historical figures and their descendants, then discovered that Xiang Yu’s descendants had become a powerful faction. He also read about Gu Qingyang’s sudden rise and a new ranking of famous beauties, and the chapter ended with Wu Qingniang ranked third.

  • Zhao Fu ate after returning to the real world and truthfully texted Wu Qingniang that his impression of Dong Junhua was favorable.
  • Zhao Fu read about tensions between historical figures and their descendants, including the descendants of Meng Tian and the resentment many families held toward the Ming Dynasty.
  • Zhao Fu saw that Xiang Yu’s descendants had emerged as the strongest player faction in their region and vowed to destroy the Xiang clan, though their territory was still far from Great Qin.
  • Zhao Fu read that Gu Qingyang had been chosen as a system main city’s City Lord’s son-in-law and heir.
  • Zhao Fu read the Ancient Beauties Ranking, which placed Nü Lü first, Da Fei second, and Wu Qingniang third.

Ch. 358The King of the East

Zhao Fu strengthened Great Qin’s forces, prepared a ruins expedition, and received the Gnomes’ new first-order Ballistas. After the exploration team set out, he inspected a captured Wild Boar King and took out the Crown of Kings.

  • Zhao Fu saw news of coups in small countries and Great America’s attacks on the Indian Tribe, then returned to Apocalypse World.
  • Zhao Fu reviewed Great Qin’s troops and decided to delay attacking Heavenly Stone City until their cultivation improved.
  • Zhao Fu ordered the Gnomes to produce first-order Ballistas and continue researching stronger models.
  • Zhao Fu bought the Gravity Element spell to restrain the Cat Demons and sent the ruins exploration team to search only the outskirts.
  • A soldier brought Zhao Fu a captured Wild Boar King, and Zhao Fu examined the beast before taking out the Crown of Kings.

Ch. 359King-Ranked Creature

Zhao Fu collected kingly aura from a Boar King, established a Goblin village, and organized Goblin soldiers to hunt king-titled creatures. The appearance of Army Breaker Star marked the birth of a future great general in southwestern Central Continent, but Xian Ru could not locate him precisely, and Zhao Fu returned to Guo Binglin’s report.

  • Zhao Fu killed the Boar King and drew a strand of kingly aura into the Crown of Kings.
  • Zhao Fu founded a Goblin village, installed four Class Transfer Steles, and arranged for transferred Goblins to hunt king-titled creatures.
  • Army Breaker Star appeared over Huaxia as a baby boy was born to Desheng in a small mountain village.
  • Xian Ru determined that the newborn was somewhere in southwestern Central Continent but could not calculate his exact location.
  • Zhao Fu acknowledged the distance to the newborn and asked Guo Binglin to continue his interrupted report.

Ch. 360Xipan City

Zhao Fu traveled to Xipan City, a Kobold settlement, to trade for its valuable Ceylon Incense. When he demanded the entire supply, the region’s powerful factions threatened and insulted him.

  • Guo Binglin told Zhao Fu about a Kobold small city two regions from the Terror Forest, and Zhao Fu prepared to establish friendly relations with it.
  • After recovering, Zhao Fu used Guo Binglin’s Teleportation Array to reach Xipan City, whose lord was named Xipan and whose population included about fifty thousand soldiers.
  • Zhao Fu entered a gathering of merchants and factions seeking to trade for Xipan City’s valuable Ceylon Incense and other goods.
  • The six seated faction representatives agreed to divide the incense among themselves while Kobold Beilin prepared to begin trading.
  • Zhao Fu interrupted and demanded all of the Ceylon Incense, prompting Wu Long and other faction representatives to threaten and mock him.

Ch. 361Overbearing

Zhao Fu overpowered the six faction representatives in Xipan City, killed Wu Long, and claimed exclusive rights to the Kobolds’ trade in exchange for paying ten times the price. Beilin accepted the lucrative offer, leaving Zhao Fu free to use the trade to strengthen Xipan City.

  • The six representatives rose to attack Zhao Fu, but he released his sovereign might and forced them to their knees.
  • Wu Long struggled against Zhao Fu’s pressure and threatened him and his family, so Zhao Fu broke Wu Long’s legs and beheaded him.
  • Zhao Fu demanded all the Ceylon Incense, and the five surviving representatives silently agreed.
  • Zhao Fu announced he would take everything from Xipan City and pay ten times the price, warning the other traders not to object.
  • Beilin welcomed Zhao Fu’s offer because of the profits, and the other traders left until only Beilin and Zhao Fu remained.

Ch. 362You Want Me to Kneel?

Zhao Fu traded equipment and pills with Beilin in Xipan City and arranged to buy slaves, furthering his plans to exploit the city’s resources. After leaving, he was ambushed by more than ten thousand faction experts, who demanded that he kneel, but Zhao Fu remained confident and prepared to fight back.

  • Zhao Fu offered Beilin high-quality equipment and pills for trade, and confirmed that he would use them in future exchanges.
  • Zhao Fu asked to buy slaves, and Beilin secured approval to sell them at a higher price before completing the trade.
  • The six great factions and other groups gathered more than ten thousand experts to attack Zhao Fu over his earlier humiliations of their people.
  • After leaving Xipan City, Zhao Fu flew toward the Teleportation Array and was forced down by a storm of arrows.
  • The faction leaders demanded that Zhao Fu kneel and kowtow, but he mocked them and said they were courting death.

Ch. 363What Do You Want Me to Call You?

Zhao Fu used his invisibility and overwhelming strength to defeat the more than ten thousand people who had come to kill him. He forced the Wu Family patriarch and the remaining attackers to call him “Grandfather,” then spared them for the moment.

  • The enraged crowd charged Zhao Fu, but he vanished and began slaughtering them with sweeping black sword arcs.
  • The attackers formed shield groups, but Zhao Fu shattered their defenses and drove the survivors to flee.
  • Zhao Fu appeared before the six men’s group and cut down the few who charged him, then crushed the Wu Family patriarch’s arm and pinned him down.
  • Zhao Fu tortured the Wu Family patriarch with black aura until he repeatedly called Zhao Fu “Grandfather.”
  • Zhao Fu made the other injured attackers submit to the same humiliating address, then reconsidered killing them.

Ch. 364Peerless Expert

Zhao Fu forced the heads of more than a dozen factions to submit to Great Qin, then returned home and advanced his cultivation. The chapter ended with Wang Ergou reporting news of a town that delighted Zhao Fu.

  • Zhao Fu offered the defeated faction leaders a chance to submit, and they agreed after learning he was the Great Qin Imperial Prince.
  • Zhao Fu restored their severed legs, made them swallow Evil-Warding, and sent them back to their factions as Great Qin subordinates.
  • The faction leaders told their core members they had joined Great Qin, and their factions celebrated the alliance.
  • Zhao Fu returned to Great Qin, delegated internal affairs to Li Si and Shang Yang, and cultivated beside a stream.
  • Zhao Fu broke through to the second stage of cultivation and used a Blood God Pill to reach its fourth rank.
  • Wang Ergou brought Zhao Fu news of a town, and Zhao Fu stood up, visibly delighted.

Ch. 365Great Qin’s Grand Design

After learning that four major factions were preparing to seize a newly upgraded town in Hundred Bamboo, Zhao Fu rushed to organize Great Qin’s forces and sent more than six thousand assassins ahead. He planned to destroy the factions and use the opportunity to establish a foothold in Hundred Bamboo as part of Great Qin’s broader expansion.

  • A player sold the location of the small town in Hundred Bamboo to four major factions, and Zhao Fu learned they might attack soon.
  • Zhao Fu ordered all soldiers and Eternal Night members to gather, then told more than six thousand assassins to wipe out their enemies.
  • The Ren Family, Bone Skin Gang, Hundred Harmony Society, and Li Family hurried to assemble their forces in the system main city before their rivals could claim the town.
  • Zhao Fu led the assassins toward Hundred Bamboo while Bai Qi gathered soldiers, and the two prepared to attack the four factions from separate directions.
  • Zhao Fu planned to eliminate the factions and establish a new faction in Hundred Bamboo, advancing his longer-term plans to expand Great Qin into the surrounding regions.

Ch. 366Killing Machine

Zhao Fu’s forces attacked Hundred Bamboo’s four major factions under cover of supernatural mist, killing their leaders and wiping out their people. By the end of the night, the slaughter remained hidden from the rest of the town, which would discover the massacre the next day.

  • The Ren Family patriarch found his compound engulfed in gray mist and discovered that its guards had been killed.
  • Laxi and Ram killed the Ren Family patriarch, then ordered Great Qin’s forces to loot the compound and leave no survivors.
  • Great Qin’s assassins slaughtered the Bone Skin Gang’s gathered men, while Tuoba Qing and Wu Qing cleared the battlefield and pursued those fleeing toward the compound.
  • Little Slaughter defeated and killed the Hundred Harmony Society’s tattooed leader after severing his arms and legs.
  • Great Qin’s forces killed the Li Family patriarch and wiped out all four factions, leaving Hundred Bamboo unaware of the massacre until morning.

Ch. 367An Army of One Hundred Thousand

Zhao Fu learned that the four major factions had been destroyed, while Bai Qi led one hundred thousand troops to surround a newly upgraded town. Sun Wu surrendered to Great Qin, and Bai Qi relocated the town before returning with its residents.

  • Guo Binglin reported to Zhao Fu that the four factions' strongholds had been wiped out, though some people had escaped and were being hunted.
  • Bai Qi led one hundred thousand troops to surround Sun Wu's newly upgraded town and demanded that its mayor come out.
  • Bai Qi offered Sun Wu and the residents a chance to submit to Great Qin, and gave him half an hour to decide.
  • Sun Wu consulted the town's upper echelon, then agreed to submit to Great Qin.
  • Bai Qi took control of the silver-quality town's City Heart and relocated the town before leading its people back.

Ch. 368The Number One Faction

Zhao Fu brought Sun Wu into Great Qin and began consolidating control over Hundred Bamboo after the four major factions were massacred. By the end of the day, the newly established Long Night had become Hundred Bamboo’s unquestioned number one faction.

  • Bai Qi brought Sun Wu before Zhao Fu, who inspected his abilities and rewarded him with a legendary-grade spear and a second-stage Blood God Pill.
  • Zhao Fu ordered Bai Qi and the others to return to Great Qin while he stayed in Hundred Bamboo to organize the takeover.
  • Sun Wu learned that Great Qin had killed more than sixty thousand people and feared what might have happened if he had become its enemy.
  • Residents discovered that the Ren Family, the Bone Skin Gang, and the Hundred Harmony Society had been wiped out overnight, spreading terror across Hundred Bamboo.
  • Long Night appeared, recruited people, and took over the territories of the four major factions.
  • Major factions brought gifts to Long Night, which claimed the position of Hundred Bamboo’s number one faction within a day.

Ch. 369General Statue

Zhao Fu returned to Great Qin with a General Statue that could refresh experienced Generals, then went to Red Plum Plain to find a faction he could use to expand his influence. At Great Ancient City’s tavern, he arrived as the Wang Family’s young master was assaulting Sun Sisi, his former classmate, while the crowd and guards hesitated to intervene.

  • Zhao Fu examined the General Statue and considered how its experienced Generals could strengthen Great Qin’s army.
  • Zhao Fu traveled to Red Plum Plain and decided to use a confrontation with a major faction to build his reputation and prepare to take control of the region.
  • Zhao Fu learned that a member of the Wang Family was causing trouble at the tavern and went there.
  • The Wang Family’s drunken young master grabbed and beat Sun Sisi, then tore her clothes as his men blocked the entrance and onlookers failed to help.
  • Sun Sisi struggled and called for help while the young man threatened to hand her over to his subordinates.

Ch. 370Heir to a Nation

Zhao Fu rescued Sun Sisi from the Wang Family’s eldest young master and killed him after he threatened them. He ordered a hooded subordinate to exterminate the Wang Family, while Sun Sisi realized Zhao Fu was a nation’s heir.

  • Zhao Fu appeared at the restaurant, killed the men outside, and rescued Sun Sisi from the young man attacking her.
  • Zhao Fu declared that he would destroy the Wang Family, then injured the young man when he tried to flee and continued threatening Sun Sisi.
  • A system guard and Sun Sisi urged Zhao Fu to stop, so he briefly released the young man before the young man boasted that his father was coming.
  • Zhao Fu struck the system guard who intervened, drove off the other guards and onlookers, and killed the Wang Family’s eldest young master with a sword strike.
  • Zhao Fu summoned a hooded subordinate and ordered him to exterminate everyone connected to the Wang Family.
  • Sun Sisi realized that Zhao Fu was addressed as Your Highness and understood that he was a nation’s heir.

Ch. 371Great Qin Assassin

After Sun Sisi logged out, Zhao Fu led the Great Qin Assassins in an attack on the Wang Family, fulfilling his threat to destroy them. The Wang Family patriarch was nearly killed before his son-in-law Dongfang Xiang arrived and helped him fight back.

  • Zhao Fu sent Sun Sisi back to the real world and vanished to deal with the Wang Family himself.
  • After learning his son had been killed, the Wang Family patriarch ordered his men and system guards to attack the tavern.
  • Great Qin Assassins surrounded the Wang Family compound in gray mist and slaughtered its members.
  • The assassins overwhelmed the Wang Family patriarch, inflicting many wounds as his people fell around him.
  • Dongfang Xiang broke through the Nether Ghost Realm alone, rescued his father-in-law, and joined him against the Great Qin Assassins.

Ch. 372Lord of Dagu City

Zhao Fu led the destruction of the Wang Family and stopped Dongfang Xiang from rescuing his father-in-law. Great Ancient City's City Lord intervened and agreed to let the matter end without pursuing Zhao Fu.

  • Dongfang Xiang broke through the Great Qin assassins and tried to escape with his father-in-law, the middle-aged Wang Family man.
  • Zhao Fu blocked their path, rejected Dongfang Xiang's request to spare the middle-aged man, and killed him.
  • Dongfang Xiang attacked Zhao Fu, but Zhao Fu struck him down and left him grievously injured.
  • The bearded City Lord of Great Ancient City appeared and told Zhao Fu he would not pursue the matter.

Ch. 373The Imperial System

After Zhao Fu reconciled with Great Ancient City, his faction settled in another System Main City while Great Qin continued to expand. Zhao Fu then ordered the selection of three hundred representatives to report on the people's livelihoods, setting off lively discussions across Great Qin.

  • Zhao Fu and the bearded Great Ancient City Lord agreed to avoid conflict, and Zhao Fu led his people away after the Wang Family's destruction.
  • Zhao Fu established his faction in another System Main City and left the four regions around Terror Forest to develop over time.
  • Great Qin continued its campaigns and managed its 584 villages, while Zhao Fu left military affairs to his generals and internal administration largely to Li Si.
  • Zhao Fu ordered Li Si to announce the selection of three hundred respected representatives to share the people's opinions and living conditions.
  • People across Great Qin discussed whom to choose, students asked Asani to represent their school, and Bai Shan urged the Scholars to choose him.

Ch. 374Crisis

As Great Qin prepared for its harvest, Zhao Fu learned that the Ying Family had ordered every member to attend a gathering to examine their fate. Fearing his identity as Great Qin's Imperial Prince would be exposed, he contacted Xian Ru, who offered to make a tool to disguise his fate, but they still had to get it to him before the gathering.

  • Zhao Fu arranged for a venue for Great Qin's parliamentary meetings and turned his attention to improving grain production.
  • After seeing workers thresh grain by hand, Zhao Fu searched the real world for instructions on making a wooden threshing tool.
  • Zhao Fu's bodyguard told him that the Ying Family had ordered all its members to attend a fate examination the next morning.
  • Zhao Fu feared the gathering would reveal his identity and endanger him and his grandparents, so he called Xian Ru for help.
  • Xian Ru said she could make a magical tool to change Zhao Fu's fate to that of an ordinary person, but they had to find a way to deliver it to him in time.

Ch. 375Spell Tool

Zhao Fu arranged for Xian Ru to craft an arcane tool that would conceal his fate at the Ying Family gathering, but a blood-red star destroyed it just after it arrived. Wu Qingniang took him to the gathering anyway, where his identity could be exposed.

  • Zhao Fu asked Bai Shan to pause research on the top-tier Teleportation Array and develop the threshing machine using the blueprint he provided.
  • Xian Ru crafted the arcane tool, and Ali carried it by helicopter to Zhao Fu.
  • Zhao Fu waited outside the Ying Family gates while Wu Qingniang arrived and later returned to take him to the gathering.
  • A blood-red star destroyed the jade pendant as Zhao Fu took it from its box, leaving him without a way to conceal his fate.
  • Wu Qingniang insisted Zhao Fu attend and promised she would not give up on him, and they arrived at the gathering venue.
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