Arc 20Chapters 476–500
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Zhao Fu discovered a Life Fruit Tree guarded by a sleeping Stone Giant and decided Great Qin would claim it later. He then infiltrated Heavenly Stone City, captured Shi Wen, and fled as Shi Jian pursued him, only to be intercepted by Sade and Meng Kuo.
Zhao Fu used Meng Kuo and Sade to delay Shi Jian while he stole the Life Fruit tree and captured Shi Wen. He then confronted Shi Jian beside the sleeping Stone Giant and demanded repayment for Great Qin’s enmity, leaving Shi Jian offering compensation to save his son.
Zhao Fu attacked the Stone Giant to provoke it, while Shi Jian tried to free his son, Shi Wen, from the iron cage. Shi Jian rescued Shi Wen but was badly wounded by the Stone Giant, leaving Heavenly Stone City’s soldiers torn between defending the city and saving their lord.
Yue Linping led eighty thousand soldiers to aid Shi Jian, who battled the Stone Giant while protecting Shi Wen. Great Qin blocked the other three City Lords from intervening, and Yue Linping advanced toward a suspected ambush by four hundred thousand Great Qin soldiers.
Great Qin ambushed and annihilated Yue Linping’s eighty-thousand-strong army before advancing toward the System Main City. Meanwhile, Shi Jian seriously wounded the Stone Giant, which unleashed its full power and vanished from sight.
Zhao Fu ambushed and killed the Stone Giant, then confronted Shi Jian and Shi Wen as they tried to flee. He used a City Lord Seal fragment to suppress Shi Jian’s power, leaving the contest for Heavenly Stone City unresolved.
Zhao Fu recovered the Heavenly Stone City Seal but Shi Jian used a blood talisman to send Shi Wen fleeing before Zhao Fu killed him. Afterward, Zhao Fu collected the Stone Giant’s loot and found another fragment of the Wild Blood Mask.
Zhao Fu tested the Stone Man Heart, then led Great Qin to Heavenly Stone City after killing Shi Jian and taking the City Lord Seal. He demanded the city’s surrender, and the terrified players began to comply while its residents were left leaderless.
Zhao Fu destroyed Heavenly Stone City’s walls, branded its residents as criminals, and offered them surrender or death. The city’s remaining natives were slaughtered by players and Great Qin’s forces, and ten Calamity Knights emerged after night fell.
Zhao Fu captured and relocated Heavenly Stone City, then returned to Great Qin to secure its Life Fruits and strengthen its city walls. Meanwhile, news of Great Qin’s victory drove four famous beauties to the Ying Family seeking Holy Maiden Decrees.
Zhao Fu strengthened Great Qin’s defenses, inspected its new Wind Chime Pills, and appointed Sima Cuo as Heavenly Stone City’s City Lord. He then weighed Great Qin’s next expansion targets and decided to attack Xipan City first.
Zhao Fu investigated Xipan City and confirmed it was an easy target for Great Qin, then returned to the real world and learned that the Four Great Beauties had arrived at the Ying Family. He left their fate undecided while preparing to deal with Xipan City.
Zhao Fu declined Mu Guilin’s offer to arrange a meeting with the four beauties, but they came to see him anyway. Feng Shiyu claimed she would become the Imperial Prince’s consort, while Li Muqing’s reason for coming remained unclear.
Zhao Fu discussed the importance of scholars with Li Muqing, who explained that she wanted to see whether Qin State would preserve literature and poetry. He then led Great Qin’s army to attack Xipan City, where the overwhelming force quickly subdued the surrounding Kobold villages and surrounded the city.
Zhao Fu led Great Qin’s army to Xipan City and demanded that Xipan surrender, then began an assault when Xipan refused. Evil-Warding smoke incapacitated Xipan City’s soldiers, leaving its residents to face the attack.
Zhao Fu’s forces overwhelmed Xipan’s defenders while six city lords pursued Xipan, who tried to escape with the City-Building Stone. As Xipan was badly wounded, Great Qin’s ghost units and soldiers broke through another section of the city wall.
Great Qin conquered Xipan City after Bai Qi killed its City Lord, Xipan, and Zhao Fu claimed the city and its City Lord Seal. The Kobolds were forced to choose between surrendering to Great Qin and being killed, while Zhao Fu prepared to deal with those who refused.
Zhao Fu incorporated Xipan City’s Kobolds into Great Qin, secured the Ceylon Incense formula and Ceylonwood, and made Duo Ke the city’s subordinate ruler. After reaching Tier 3, Zhao Fu synthesized two more pieces of Silver Lake Narcissus equipment, a blade and a spear.
Zhao Fu completed the Legendary-grade Silver Lake Seven-piece Set but could not find suitable warriors to inherit it, so he stored it away. He then witnessed Jiang Ziya awaken a General Star combining the powers of Greedy Wolf and Army Breaker, transforming Great Zhou’s destiny.
Zhao Fu assessed the threat posed by Waterflow City and Fragrant Moon City, then approved Bai Qi’s plan to force Huaxia’s White Leaf City and another system main city to join Great Qin’s campaign. Great Qin’s army surrounded White Leaf City, leaving its City Lord Bai Rusheng stunned by the attacking force.
Zhao Fu gathered White Leaf City and Fiery Mountain City under Great Qin's banner to prepare an attack on Little Viet. With both cities mobilizing, the neighboring Little Viet cities learned that an alliance led by the Great Qin Imperial Prince was coming for them.
The Great Qin Imperial Prince’s campaign against Little Viet alarmed Little Viet and stirred both excitement and fear across Huaxia as people judged the threat differently. In Waterflow City, news that two system main cities had united to attack left its people expecting to be targeted first.
Hu Ming and Chen Xiangyue united Waterflow City with Fragrant Moon City to prepare for Huaxia’s attack, while Zhao Fu assured his allies that Great Qin could still breach the combined city. Huaxia then marched toward Fragrant Moon City with more than 2.6 million people and troops, bringing another major battle close.
Huaxia attacked Fragrant Moon City, and both sides suffered heavy casualties as they fought over the walls. Zhao Fu sent Bai Rusheng and Xiao Ce to confront Chen Xiangyue and Hu Ming, while Hu Ming tried to turn Bai Rusheng against Zhao Fu by accusing him of causing the war.
Zhao Fu revealed Great Qin’s hidden City Lords and ordered Hu Ming and Chen Xiangyue killed, turning the battle for Fragrant Moon City decisively in his favor. Great Qin began its assault on the eastern wall, where its arrows and ballistas devastated the defenders as ghostly qi spread.